The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-05

short LEGS withal and with smooth bro"
| babe the tabrer begin. The drum etIucAo,
| forward marcht | with my. merry, lnnyus
| Marian. who shooke her fat sides ana Iooleu
| IL merrly 10 Melitord. being a IonE ny III III
| There parting with her besides her sKih-iuii
of drinke} an English crowpe 20 ouy more
| drjpke. for. good wench. she was In pl'tlous
| heate my kindness she requited WIN uIol,-
| ing some dozen o. short courtsies ana .ln-
| ding God biesse the dauncef. oaDe ne,
| sdieu and 70 give her her duo. she had gool
| care daunst truly and we parted friends. W
| Dancing OF almost any kind is said TO be
among the healthlest and most conducive 10
| longevity OF all occupations, tut Morris
| dancing would seem entitled 20 the palm IN
| those respects. If We are TO believe pau
| phet printed during tho reign OF James J.
| which states that the united ages OF ten re-
| tired Morris dancers then living IN Hereford
| shire amounted 20 ! 200 years, while OF eight
| Others the youngest was seventy-nine and the
/ Oldest l0g years their united ages being
| 500 years. Morris dancing continued 10 De q
| favorite Whitsuntde diversion IN England
down 20 the early years OF the present cen
| fury. and was publicly danced III GosWe.i-
! street road London. as late as 1876.
| Down TO the middle Of the seventeenth cen
| tury the representation Of mysteries. ana
miracle plays alwsys took placeat Whitsun-
| tide throughout Great Britain and IN many
| countries Of Continental Europe. They were
| dramatic spectacles devised during the Mlddle
| Ages-when the Bible was an interdicler
| book-to instruct the people IN sacred Story;
/ The mysteries represented the narratives OF
! the Old and New lestalnents, while the MIR
| acle plays delneated the lives OF the saints.
| Originally written and acted by monks they
| continued favorIte Whtsuntide diversion
| for nearly two centuries sitter tue heioInA-
| ton. for they were strongly condemned Dy
| come clurcbmen-am them bong WICK
| \ fCIlouuqrl TrOtauF treatment
of sacred subjects. yet Luther gave them his
sanction. saving that IN his opinion rnch
| spectacles often DO moro good ana produce
! more impression than sermons"
! These religious dramas we're usually per
! formed in churches though frequently IN
cemeteries. market places and pu6lIc squares
as well Three stages we're usually erected
] one above the other. Upon the highest was
| repr3seutation Of the Creator and bis angels
| and upon the next lower OF the saints. WINE
| the action Of the drama took place upon the
| lowest | pom one side OF the last named
! there was representation OF the NOUN 81
/ hell whence came fire ana smoke and the
cries Of tho lost Demons also issued from 1t.
! their coarse tests and horse play forming the
/ low comedy part of the entertainment and
afordng infinite Amusement TO the audience.
1t was my good fortune while solourning
in Naples some years ago 10 participate IN the
elaborate esta oil Monte Nlrgnie, which the
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Sunday and during the two succeeding days.
The principal features of the celebration take
place at "A church erected upon amOuntain near
Ayolino a days Journey on foot from Naples
and the prettiost most interesting part OF tie
ceremony is the long train OF carriages,
wagons. carretas and all sorts OF wonderful
nondescript vehicles Eaily decorated with
flowers ribbons and gsrlands, as also the
horses. oxen and asses drawing them. which
winds from the city along picturesque roads
to the summit of the mountain attended by
great crowds OF merry makers on foot sing
ing and dancing untringly and bearing sticks
which support brightly colored pictures oil
the Madonna.
In st Petersburg in 1875 | witnessed what
was perhaps the last observance OF Whit
suntide custom which though once highly
popular had long been gradually dying ont.
II was show Of manageable women and
girls DESTROYS of obtaining husbands, aud
took place on Whit Sunday afternoon IN the
summer Garden. place Of popular resort.
The young women were attended 10y Their
parents or some other elderly relative, through
whom. If Young man was smitten WITH
maid. he conducted his negotiation for her
hand.
IL is. of course. needless TO say that this
usage was confined to the lower and middle
classes. GEoFFaRY WmLIsToN CHRISTINE.
scheme for n Negro state.
OF all the schemes proposed IN the past
thirty years for the solution OF the negro ques-
ton that OF making Oklahoma negro state
is the most daring We're such plan carried
out the political results might have most
important bearing upon the General Govern
Inent. but for the present II Is Sufficient 10
examine the extent Of the movement and the
character OF its managers HE CHIEF spirlt
of this undertaking is Edwin T. McCabe q
oolprnd IN tV1p 6pfeufp1 SpVerul
ago by the Republicans OF kan-as for re-
nomination to be Auditor OF State. This
| political disappointment, together with 30
| cial embarfassments at Topeka. aroused IN
| McCabe q desire 20 establish negro State.
! He interested in this project some Of the most
| intelligent negroes in Kansas. and began or
/ ganIzlng colonies with an energy that brought
! immediate results. When oklahoma was
| opened 10 600 negroes crossed the border and
| took up claims. McCabe was at the head Of
one of the colonies. and in order 10 promote
tho cause he established "A newspaper TO ad-
| vance the interests OF hls race. He boldly
advocated the dispOssesslOn Of the whites OF
political power McCabes newspaper was
circulated in the old Southern States as well
as in Oklahoma. and caused Il further exodus
| 10 his promised land.
Much ishrewdne.s has characterized the
efforts of McCabe and his followers The in
genious plan OF distributing the negro settlers
SO that maiority could be depended upon n
every political division was carried out.
wherever q cabin became vacant McCaDe S
agents promptly put In negro tenant. The
opening of the Sac Fox and POttawatOmie
| reservations last fall afforded still other ter
ritOry which Is filling up with negroes
! There are now seven large colonies Of negroes
/ in Oklahoma and within the next sixty days
| there will be upwards OF sixty colonies estaD-
| lished, If McCabe's plans do not miscarry.
There are said 10 be 900 negroes in the
South organized tor settlement IN Oklahoma.
The population Of Oklahoma at this time is
said 70 be about 50, O0O. whites and negroes,
so it is evident that domination by the latter
will not be difficult. If they maintain their
present rate of additions they viii certainly
| have the political control Of the Territory
| fully in their keeping. With State dignity
there would go the right 20 two [ nted States
senator's while a full complement of state
and county officials wOuld be selected by the
people
OF course. McCabe is in the game for polit-
| zeal advantage 10 himself. be - not q sOciO-
logist of high IDEAS. but politician with a
keen eye 10 the main chance. lie announces
no principles, and IS bent only on filing W
the new lands with people whom he can con-
troll. He is nearly white and certainly has
Caucasian energy and nerve Ii will be in
teresung 10 watch the further development II
his scheme. The concentration Of negroes in
u single Territory where. IN the event that
their local sei-gOyernment should fail. the
General Government would be called on tc
interfere, presents problem with many
phases. A negro State might DO highly sue.
cessiul from all points OF view; on the other
| hand, II might be q source or perpetual
trouble.-lndianapolis News.
w. H. Sawyers Wins.