New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-11
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Ia one Of the books attributed to Solomon
eternal wisdom is compared to the planta-
| tions of rose trees at Jericho. Princess
Nourmahal, the most lovely woman in the
harem of great mogul, had q canal filled
| with rose water acd rowed about on it with
her august consOrt. The heat of the sun
disengaged the essential oil from the water
| and their maiesties having observed the fact
invented altar of roses The Emperor of
Heliogsbalus filed q fish pond with rose
water; it is nowhere said whether the fishes
approved of this proceeding. When the
Sedan Saladip, who had so much trouble
with hard-fsted English King Richard and
his turbulent Christian friends, took Jeru-
salem in 1888 he would not enter the lem.
pie, which he .profanely called 8 mosque,
until he had its walls washed with rose
water, and Sanut assures us that
5000 camels were no more than suf-
fcient to carry the purifying liquid.
Also, after the taking of CONSTANT
nople by Mohammed III. in Ass, the Church
OF st. Sophia was sOlemnly purified with
rOse-water before it was converted into
mosque. The high priest of the Hebrews
wore crown Of roses when he offered up
certain sacrifices under the Mosaic dis
pensation; and it was perhaps in remem-
brance to this that the Synod Of Nismes,
which was held in the third century, en-
joined every Jew to wear rose on his
breast as distinguishing mark of inferi-
GRITTY. In many countries the Jews still
celebrate the festival of Easter Flowers,
during which they ornament their lamps.
chandeliers and beds with roses. Thus it
happened that these flowers were hateful
to the early Christians, and are often con-
demned in the writings of the fathers,
who prOfessed that they could not under
stand that piOus people could think with
eunanimity of roses when they remembered
the crown of thorns; afterward this hostile
feeling seems to have died out When
Marie Antoinette passed through Nancv on
her way to be married with Louis XVI,
the ladies of Lorraine prepared her bed
strewed with roses. In the Middle Ages
roses were held 80 precious in France that
royal license was necessary to grow them.
Charemagne recommended the cultivation
Of the rose in his "Capitulation The
Persians of Shiraz stop their wine bottles
with roses, which give the wine q pleasing
smell, and during the festival of Adrian,
which takes place during the equinox,
Persian ladies throw roses at each other
when they pay visits. At Rome it was the
practice of the Church to bless the rose on
special day set apart, which was called
Rose Sunday. The custom of blessing the
golden rose seems to have begun in the
eleventh or twelveth century. The
benediction was pronounced with
sndsv !, '0ie nnt a., On the fourth
rose thus c0nsecrated was given as q mark
Of the sovereign POntiff e favor to some
prince or princess. Alexander I'LL, who
had been received with great honor during
Q journey which he made in France, sent
the golden rose to Louis the Young as q
sort of graceful compliment. Subsequent
~ the giving Of the golden rose became an
authoritative act by which the Pope off.
cially recognized the rights of Christian
sovereigns. Thus Urban v. gave the gold
en- rose to Joan. Queen of Sicily, in 1868,
thereby prefsrring her over the King of
Cyprus. Henry VIII, of England, received
q golden rose both from julius n. and from
Leo x. Toward the close of the last cen.
fury the golden rose appears to have been
given almost Unfortunately to any trav.
cling prince who would pay q sum equiva.
lent to about f400 in fees for it.-PaH Mal
Gazette.