Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

reaches rs height. and then gradually
relaxes until the AFTERNOON Of Easter
SUNDAY, when the bull hght season j.
inauguraied amid general rejoicing, and
the warm Andalnslan nature gives Itself
up 90 every species Of fun and gaYety
known among men.
On Palm Sunday, everybody goes 20
hear the Passion service chanted by
three priests 10 q dramatic manBer, be-
tween the altar and the ch0if OF the
most beautiful Gothic cathedral in En-
rope. These priests are specially train-
ed, and are respectively tenor, bass and
counter tenor, the first chanting the
narrative without change Of the key
note. When he comes 10 the words Of
the others, the bass sings In a deep,
resonant voice, with rich tones, the
words OF tho Saviour, while the
counter tenor imperSOnates the Inferior
characters, and the multitude are inn
personated by q band Of musicians
within the choir. The effect Of this
musical dialogue Is indescrlbable. IL Is
repeated every day til Thursnay. Ga
Passion Wednesday a white veil con-
ceals the clergy during mass. On
reaching the words: The veil OK
the temple was rent In twain,
the veil before the priest is
split from top 10 bottom, amid the
laundering explosions OF powder In the
lofty galleries, which symbolic the
earthquake that accompanied the rend-
ing Of the veil OF the Temple.
On Wednesday evening the Miseerera
is rendered Imagine an audience OF
Is, 600 or 20, 600 souls packed into the
limits Of this vast cathedral, wrapped
In the densest gloom save for few
Pickering candles about the altar, no
one able 70 move q step In any
direction, vet standing with sub
lime patience from shutdown %
10 o'clock. Before the Miererere and
Lamentations OF Jeremiah are chanted
for an hour, while the candles OF the
Tenebrp, representing the hours that
Christ was on the cross, are slowly exc
tinguished, one by one. 40 last, only
one slender blaze is left, the white
flame OF the Mary candle, which must
burn continually. This az last is borne
away IN solemn procession aud deposited
before the altar Then bursts forth
the tender and solemn harmouios OF the
Miserere A chorus OF so voices, aud
an orchestra Of 100 pieces, interpret the
requisite music done by noted Spanish
composer, priest named Esclava.
Again IL is sung on Thursday evening.
On Holy Thursday and Good Friday
there takes place a curious service,
which Is known as that OF the Monu-
ments. Immense wooden structures
covered with stah TO represent marble
are erected Ia every church as well as
the Cathedral. a consecrated host Is
deposited in each. Thedevout endeavor
TO breathe prayer before each such
temporary altar, once In the iorty-eigha
hours. The whole Is brilliantly illumi-
mated with five or six thousand candles,
and one hundred aud sixty silver lamps.
From Monday 10 Friday, curious pro-
cesslonS, known as C0frUdldS, pass
through the streets every day, twenty
three in all. They consist OF one or two
pds0s OF wooden statues OF the Virgin
Mary, the crucihed Savior, TIE two
thieves, etc, mounted on q w00dbn
platform, borne by men carefully con-
AHWlNMs ANN MAN AMNNMANa W. AN Nt"H
scenes Ia the life OF Christ. Then fol-
low long lines Of military attIred as
Roman soldiers, or = concourso OK
Nazarenes In sackcloth and ashes.
The efigies Of the Virgin Mary arc
draped in very costly robes, being prin-
cipally OF velvet, stiff and crusted with
gold and silver embroidery, costing up
into the thousands Of dollars. The pro-
cossions last all night, aud tho streets
arc as full Of spectators as in the day
time. These c9frddtds are Vowed by
the rich people from boxes and seats
erected Ia front Of the town hail. Al
most every nation Is represented, and
squads OF cabelleros, officers, etc, flo
up and down the streets, TO get good
views OF the senoritas.
On Saturday morning, an immense
black VEIL that all the week has MD
the rerodos, an emblem OF the darkness
that enveloped the earth during the dis
appearance of Christ Is suddenly rent
apart. amid the laundering echoes