, 1876-06-11
ROSES.


| ROSES.
Gossip About Them.
Amoernte iHc I f fe4 eases ga.e1 Is gooa tb,nos IN
their place has been justly considered ID one Of
| the results Of home education which arc least
t open to objection. It Is, however, by no
means, general among persons who have
Played 50 prominent 2 part IN pubhc:
history, and who share with the black beetle q
| positive distaste for the roses. The famous
| Chevalter dc Guise could not smell rose with
out feeling pncomfortahle; and Vcnieri, one Of
the Uogcs Of Venice, suffered under the same
ing: Anne, Of Austria, wife Of Louis XIII,
could not even look ut q rose in a painting
without being seized with tantrums.
| Nevertheless many people who are willing
from rule to take examples from the great have
/ toward this flower, and every time that the
| spring and early summer brings back the pretty
| vegetable they fall to telling one another al
| they know about it. In the East there
from :. tear. OF the prophet Miaho1net,
but nations Of more cool and disciplined In.
| agination have sometimes admitted that
It's origin Is lost In obscuritJ. Roses we're used
| very early In history among the most potent
Ingredients Of love philters. They seem to
| until the reign Of Domitiau. Antiochus slept
| upon bed OF rose leaves. Marc Antony begged
that Cleopatra would cover Ills tomb with these
| flowers, and "mea rosan was favoTitc term
| OF endearment among Roman lovers, as who
| a-lays III France. Homer has adonTued tie
| shield Of Achilles and the helmet Of Hector
| with roses- Among the Greeks It Was Gus
| tom to leave bequests for the maintenance Of
| scpulchrl rose gardens over the grave OF the
%4nkr kr%~ 3rkT Trwn H.. nxa$r to
seription may still be seen which shows that
! this fashion was adopted in Italy. In Stocks
collection OF engraTings on stone there Is a
beautiful design cut III garnet. It represents a
butterfly settling on rose, and it Is supposed to
commemorate the death Of young giri- In
Turkey 3 stone rose is often scalpt11ed above
the graves OF unmarried women. A charming
bas-relief On the tomb OF Nine. De Ii Live, who
died ut the age OF q, represents Tine moving 3
rose with his scythe. According to Indian my
was found in rose zoroaster is said to havs
made a rose-tree spring out Of the earth and
bud aud blossom In the presence Of Darius, who
had called upon him to perform miracle. In
Babylon preparation OF shoe leather WIS much
esteemed when it had been imprcgnatcd with
tue scent of roses, and Abdulka1i, an eminent
Turk who wanted to live there, being
made. aware of this fact, discovered ga
ingenious way to profit by 1t In
reply to demand which he had msde for the
bowl brimful Of water, to signify that there waa
no room among them for IN intruder Abdul
kari PLACED q rose leaf On the surface Of the
water without splling drop Of It, and, having
thus indicated TINT he might be received with
out making mess, he obtainea the object OF
bis desire.
In one OF the books attributed 10 Solomon,
eternal wisdom Is compared to the plantations
Of rose trees at Jericho. Princess EournlahaI,
the most lovely lady ia the harelu Of great
Afrf~+~ had 141 Z, 1to
rowed about on it with her august oousort- The
heat Of the sun disengugcd the essential oil
from the water, and their majcsties having
observed the fact invented otto Of roscs The
Emperor Heliogahalus filled a 6sh-pond with
rose-water; It fs nowhere said whether the
Soldan saladin, who had SO much trouble with
hard-6sted English King Richard aud turbulent
Christian friends, took Jerusalem In 1183, he
would not enter the temple, which he
walls washed with rose-water; and Sanut u.s.
sures us that 500 came}s were no more than suf
fcient to cArry the purifying liquid. Also, after
the taking Of Constantinople BY Mahomet Il In
1855, the Church Of St. Sophia WIS solennly
purified With rose-water before It was CON
vertcd Into mosque Tho high priest OF the
Hebrews wore 4 crown OF roses when he
offered up certain sacrifices upon the NO
saac. dispens2tfon; and it was, perhaps, In
remembrance Of thls fact that the synod OF
Ill ~
enjoined every 3ew to wear rose an bis
breast as distinguishing mark Of inferiority.
In Many countries the Jews still celebrate
the festival Ct 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, aud
gre often condemned in the writings OF the
fathers who professed that they could not un-'
dezstand that pious people could think with
eansnat{ Of roses when 1hey M remenbe.sd the
seems to have died out When Marie
Ant0fuette passed through Nancy On her
way to be married with Louis XVI, the
laaies OF Lorraine prepared her 4 bed strewn
with roses, In the middle ages roses we're
held so precious in France that q royal License
WAS Necessary to grow them. Charlemagne
recommended the cultivation of the rose in |
his "cspituiatfon." The Persiaas OF shirax
stop their vine bottles with roses, which give
tts.l the wne E, pleasing smell; and during the
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 ou a
special day set apart, which Was called Rose
Sunday: The custom of blessing tie golden
@ss aSs otal9 sa h9se Ss E as sos'
on the fourth Sunday IN Lent, and she
golden rose thus eonseerated was given az q
mark Of the sovereign Ponttffs favot to some
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been received with great honor during q
journey which be nale in France, sent .he
golden roec to Louis the Young ~ = sort OF
graceful compliment Subsequently The givtng
Of the golden rose BECAME an authoritative [
act, BY which the Pops officially recog-
nized The right Of Christian soVeEeigns. Thus
Urban Y. gave the golden rose to Joan, Queen |
Of Sicily, m 1868, thereby prefentng her over
the King Of Cyprus. Henry VIII. of England
received the golden ross both from Julius II.
md from Leo <. Toward the close Of the Last |
century the golden rose appears to have been |
given almost mdisatminately to any travelling
Prince who would pay SUN equivalent to
about Gn0 Ia fees for it. t
Awkward Situations. !
In the days Of the Empire, Marahal MaeNahon |
having become father, went to the Mayoralty !
II the City Of Nancy to have the infants birth /
md name registered, rs required by law. he !
vas accompanied By the nurse carrying the
oaby, and two relatives.
You must wait, !" said tie clerk On duty, who
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