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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-17
FIRST LUTHERAN.

The First Lutheran church-Preach-
ing at IL a IN. and 7:30 p. m. by the pas
tor, Rev. ]. e. Shenk. Subject in the
morning, THE Family of Cod" evening,
THE Saviour is Passing BY" Sunday
school at 10 q. III. Wednesday evening
Drawer meeting
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ACROSS THE STATE LINE
WORK OF DEVELOPING ARIZONA
TERRITORY
Railroad Affairs at seligman-saw-
Mills at Flagstaff and Williams.
Mining Prospects Favorable

SELIGMAN, April 1S-(Regular Cor
respondence) A party of men under
w. j. Hill have started on the excava-
tions for the monster dam several miles
southeast of here on the Smith place. 1t
Is to cost something like s150,OOO and will
be made of stone similar to the Flagstaff
red sandstone. A large grading outfit
arrived yesterday.
The town is commencing to look lively.
A party of A. & p. railroad surveyors
urdea Assistant Chief Ensinger are do
ing some work on a pipe line for the
company. The citizens are stalking out
the surrounding hills on the reported
rumor that the division is to be changed
from Williams to Selgman.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Burt arrived
last evening on No. 1, just in time to
quell quite a little disturbance among
several of the men from the grading
camp who had imbibed little to freely
OF liquor.
DR.. Childs of Ash Fork came in last
evening and registered at the juno
tion.
r. B. Burns, chief engineer of the A. &
P, dropped in Friday and stayed over
night. Mr.. Burns is the busiest man
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burned amidst the widest merriment.
and with much ceremony.

burned amidst the widest merrimen..
and with much ceremony.
OTHER SPRING-TIME CUSTOMS
To trace. however, all the modern fes-
tival observances to their source would
be tedious. The custom of presenting
green nosegays and planting fir trees
before houses is strongly reminiscent
of the 'thysus'' of the ancient Baccha-
mails, and equally of Yule-tide decora-
tions among northern peoples. The Gus
tom, too, of scourging women met upon
the streets during the Lupercalia was
preserved during the medieval carni-
val. The presentation of eggs,th burning
OF Jack-a-Lent, the descent of the holy
fire. in the Greek church. as well as the
Jumping over the bonfire by boys in Eng
land, all are survivals of Grecian legend
and ceremonial. The last-named OBJ
servance drew from the sixth general
assembly of the church, held in the year
$50, under Constantine Pogonatus, pro-
hibition against "the practice of light
ing fires in front of the houses and shopz,
and jumping over them at the time lf
the new moon" The carnival fire Is still
kept burning however, in some parts Of
southern Germany.
One of the most pleasing festivals
of old English life was the May day
celebration. Then green branches were
pulled Immediately after midnight, a
Lord and Lady of May were chosen, and
a Maypole having been erected with
peculiar honors and surrounded with
emblems Of spring, dances We're kept up
throughout the day This festival had
its origin in the sacrifices offered by the
Romans on the first of the month to
"Maia," the mother of Mercury, and
marriages during the month were con-
sldered unlucky on account of the cele-
bration of the Lemuria-a superstition
of which traces still remain.
The May Lady, Jack in the Green and
Morris Dancing are simply variations
of remembrance of Flora, the goddess
of Flowers.
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connected with the A. & p. All of the
improvements contemplated by the road
are under his personal supervision.
j. M, Walsh. the sheep man. stopped
over last night to look after his sheep
interests In this vicinity.
Assistant Engineer Ensinger and a
party of assistants have been quite busy
in this vicinity for the last ten days.
]. M. Dennis left for st. Louis this
week to purchase more machinery for his
sawmill at Williams.
The new Saginaw mill is rapidly near
ing completion. The local manager j.
G. Brown, expects to have the mill in
operation about the 1st of July.
Col. Hyde, an old and respected citi-
zen, was found dead in his cabin near
Challender. From appearances he must
have been dead several days. He was
member of the local Grand Army Of
the Republic and will be buried by the
order today.
AS development progresses on the
copper mines, prospects of mining
boom are now imminent. All the ore
taken out averages from $50 to 500 ton,
and smelter is nearly certainty.
VIM. Nellls showed some rich ore and
interested DR.. e. B. Perrin, the local cat
tie king. The doctor assured Mr.. Nellis
that he would have a party of eastern
capitalists here this week.
c. J. Mcfarland. a mining man from
Chicago, left for the copper mines this
week.
Another party consisting of T, T. Baker
O. Butte. j. Popping of Prescott and NJ
Butler Of Chicago. who are interested at
Jerome. left to look at the new Edo
rado.
FLAGSTAFF
The new city hall will soon be COM
pleted.
A Flagstaff machinest by the name
o. q. A. Cress lays claim to Major Nc
Kinley's Endorsement for the u. 8. mar
shalship of the northern district.
The Greenlaw Bros. are increasing the
capacity of their mill from $4,000 to
$4,000 feet day to meet the increasing
demand.
Capt Smith of Williams was visitor
the latter part of the week.
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ber of city merchants united under the
name of the Merchants association and
resolved to inaugurate carnival after
the manner of the celebrated post -len-
ten fetes of the Riviera and other Latin
sections of Europe, with the distinction
of making illustrations of Spanish
American life as found on the Pacific
coast the especial feature.
The primary idea was not to make of
La Fiesta speculative enterprise, by
which direct return in dollars and
cents might be made, but to cater par
ticularly to that crop of tourists that
is second only in Importance to South
ern California to the crop of fruit. BY
inducing visitors to come to Southern
California it was realized that certain
proportion would desire to settle per-
manently here, and help to build up the
southern part of the Golden state.
With this end in view committees
were appointed, and Mr.. Max Meyherg,
as director general, took general super
vision of the preparations. prize of
$25 was offered for the best name by
which to designate the celebration, and
Mr.. Harry Brook, we'll known news
paperman, won the award with the
name by which the local carnival is
now known. The characteristic colors
of La Fiesta--orange. green and red
were desieneI by Mr.. J. T. Steward.
The merchants and citizens generally
responded with liberality and on April
10, 1894, the Queen of the Fiesta (Mrs.
o. w. Childs) received the golden keys
of the city from the hands of Mayor
Thomas Rowan.
The total receipts amounted to SIC, ,537- =
92 and after paying all expenses Incl
dent to the celebration there remained
$4,000 on hand. OF this amount 5000 was
donated to local charities and the bal
ance carried forward to the Fiesta ac-
count of next year.
The celebration of 1894 having proved
so successful, not only in an artistic and
financial way but as an attraction to
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with a golden knife cut the mlrtletoe
robed attendant priests caught the sa-
cred plant as 1t fell.
In this connection It may not be amiss
to mention the fact that despite the
declarations of historians who are never
tired OF declaring that Druidism disap-
peared from England many centuries
ago. this is scarcely correct. The last
representative of the old Druidical order
is the Duke of Buccleuch, and either in
person or by appointed deputy each year
he offlciates in a curious old ceremony
which has been preserved since long
before the days when the Norman butch
er led his following over the English
void. 1t consists Of the payment of what
Is called "wroth money" the principal
householders Of the parish in which he
is lord Of the manor being compelled to
pay him small sum in silver coins every
November. The money is thrown into
a hollow cross of Saxon design and col
lected afterward by the bailiff of the
estate. An amusing feature of this old
time ceremony is that any parishioner
failing to make the payment ID liable
to forfeit Of twenty times the amount
or Is compelled to procure white bull
with pink nose as substitute. This
old custom is witnessed each year by a
number of spectators, drawn less. per-
haps, by the curious ceremony than by
the excellent entertainment given by
the Duke Of Buccleuch to mark the
event.
While the carnival never, perhaps.
gained a foothold In England in the
sense of being observed, as by the Latins,
1t is, nevertheless. linked with many Of
the observances which are even yet
maintained. The Roman carnival orig
inally began on the feast of Epiphany
and continued to what has been known
in England as Shrove Tuesday, the fol-
lowing day-Ash Wednesday--ushering
in the austerities of the Lenten season.
But later the carnival was limited to
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IN "MERRIE" ENGLAND
JOYOUS UsAGEs OF TODAY SUR
vIvALs OF THE PAST
The Quaint Habit of "olacking"
Still Kept Up and Pancake Tues
day the Delight Of Children

MAR for the field and women for the
Man for the sword and for the needle she;
Man with the head and women with the
Man to command and women to obey;
TENNYsoN-rHEp PRINCESS.
I'm the constitution know, and exulting-
ly feel. both that am free and that am
Others" Burke.
"The. English are to be distinguished
from the Americans by greater independ-
ence of personal habits."-J. Tennimore
Cooper.
During the medieval age the fire.
quency and magnificence of the festivals
were most notable. but In France and
England the celebration OF carnival was
modified and to a large extent gave
place to the miscellaneous frolcs Of the
populace. Indeed, the carnival. as a
distinct festival. has never been en-
grated upon the Anglo-Saxon stock.
In France, however. the jousts and
tournaments Of the chivalrous age form
ed magnificent spectacles, and knight
ly deeds of valor were made famous by
the troubadours and 'jonsleurs." In Eng
land. after the Norman conquest, the
character of the Englishman was modi-
4AC0 0AtA VIC SiaGS VI 4uGoSs lOI WduL Ol
better names, termed the feudal or chiv-
alrous. was introduced. In Sir Walter
6cott's 'Ivanhoe" is given most true
and realistic account Of the tournament.
But while this was, in some respects. the
romantic age, romance is oftener than
not mere synonym for pain and wrong,
and In England chivalry was never re-
ally dominant. Teutonic notions Of right
and common sense were never wholly
driven out. While II was harder in some
ages than others for man to rise by
sheer force Of individual merit, apart
from accident of birth favoring him,
there was no age In England when It was
impossible.
ORIGIN OF ENGLISH FEAsrs
When the Anglo saxons flrst settled
IN Britain they dedicated each day OF
the week to particular deity, and
these names are still retained. sun-daeg
(Spnday) ana Moon-daeg (Monday)
were set apart for the worship OF the
great lights of the heavens; Tuiscaes-
daeg (Tuesday); Wadens-daeg (Wed-
nesday), Thores-daeg (Thursday) and
Ereyaes-daeg CFriday) were sacred to
Tuisca. Wooden, Thor and Freya; while
saturnes-daeg Saturday was devoted
u the service Of Saturn. god imported
from the Roman mythology.
The religion Of the Calts had been
Druidism. and their chief sanctuary the
Isle Of Anglssea. Their three chief feasts
had reference to the harvest: one was
held after the seed was sown, another
when the crop was ripening. and third
when the crop was ghthered In. The
mOok ooleY6n cnrauonv however foo1e
place On the 9TH day Of the moon near
ct to the 10th Of March, which was their
nsw yeArs d>N HAtn the Arch1rlid
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eastern visitors. from whom constantly
increasing inquiries kept pouring in with
regard to the cost and produotiveness of
land in various fruit sections that 1t was
determined that La Fiesta of 1895 should
be carried out on an extended scale.
Again Mr.. Max Meyberg was appointed
director-general, and again most graf
flying success crowned the efforts of all
concerned. The celebration lasted from
April 18th to goth. and some striking in
novations We're introduced in the pa
rades. Mrs Modini-Wood filled the rola
of queen of the revels with gracious dig
nifty and the ceremonial of the court
was quantity attractive.
The total receipts amounted to $31, ,737.-
81, and of this amount $12, ,696. .46 was paid
out directly for labor with from $4,000 to
$4,000 more paid out also for labor In an
indirect way. The receipts, however,
did not meet the expenditures, there be-
ing deficit of about $2500.
In 1896 still further advance was made
in making La Fiesta distinctive OF the
southern soil. The following executive
committee had control of all the prepara-
tions and arrangements: ]. F. Francis,
president: r. w. Pridham, first vice.
president; F. X. Rule. second vice-pres-
ident; c. s. Walton, third vice-president;
Fl. Jevne, treasurer, and c. d. Willard,
secretary. This committee was rein
forced by committee of thirty, made
up of ten representatives from the three
business organizations of the city-the
chamber of commerce. Merchants and
Manufacturers association and board
of trade.
The day parade was splendid exem-
plifcation of the resources of the state,
all of the outlying towns being repre-
sented by floats, and the Chinese board
of trade making display wherein su-
perbly embroidered flags and banners,
rich and grotesque costumes and odd
combinations of color made most strik-
ing picture. The evening parade Was a
moving panorama illustrative of the
LANDS of the Sun" Concerts, masQuer-
AIDES, pyrotechnic displays and grand
carnival night lent attractiveness to La
Fiesta week. and over all this merriment
Mrs. Mildred Howell Lewis, as queen
of La Fiesta. ruled with gentle dignity
Occupying a high social position. she
possesses distinctive beauty. The daugh-
ter of r. H. Howell, she was born at
Shreveport, La, and came to Los An
geles after graduating from Miss Bald
wins school In Virginia, and was mar
ried in this city to Mark B. Lewis. as
sstant cashier of the State Loan and
Trust company.
While La Fiesta of 1896 was the most
successful OF any held, the expense was
less, and this very creditable showing
was altogether owing to the close super
vision maintained OF the multitudinous
details by Secretary Willard, and also, In
some measure to the experience gained
in previous years. The total receipts
amounted to >s2,70o. out Of which the
deficit Of the previous year was made
good.
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Maypole. Spring decked the hallowed
emblem with young blossoms and fresh
green boughs; summer brought roses
of the deepest blush. and the perfected
foliage of the forest; autumn enriched 1t
with that red and yellow gorgeousness
which converts each wildwood leaf into
a painted flower; and winter silvered 1t
with sleet and hung ii around with
icicles, till 1t flashed In the cold sunshine,
itself frozen sunbeam. Thus each al
ternate season did homage to the May
pole, and paid 1t a tribute of its own
richest splendor"-and all united In
stamping on civilizations virgin soil the
memory of Mother Earth (Ceres or Dem
eter) mourning the loss of her daughter,
the Springtime (Proserpine). and of the
several observances that characterized
the feasts of classic times.
CURIOUS SURVIVALS OF THE PAST
But as time went on the customs i'm
ported from England, as well as those
brought from France, Germany and
other parts of Europe, became changed
and modified when not altogether neg
lected and forgotten. Even Christmas
and the New Year are not observed as
they were some years ago, but none the
less curiosities Of custom are common
for anyone that looks beneath the sur
face. The "eeny- -meeny -miny-mo," used
by children in designating a particular
individual to initiate game, is merely
a relic of Pagan incarnation and when
so curious a survival as this can occur
it is not to be expected that the ordinary
festivals of the Anglo-Saxon race will
fall into desuetude for many generations
yet to come.
The carnival, in the technical accepta-
ton of the term, has never found a foot
hold in this country. The pre-Lenten
gayeties of the fashionab BILE social world
are the only reminders of the reign of
frivolity in the older centers of civiliza-
ton, that form prelude to the season of
Lent.
A series of festivals have been inaug-
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urated throughout the United States
which are termed carnivals for the mere
reason that they have been conceived
and carried out in the spirit of abandon
that has ever distinguished the annual
time of masquerade and buffoonery in
the old world.
1t has been shown how in Greece the
festivals, founded on religious obsery-
ance, served to foster all that the ma ton
valued in building up robust and cul-
tured manhood. The Roman festivals
speedily degenerating from 'thie IDEAL
served to turn the thoughts of the people
from affairs of state and latterly, when
the spirit of utilitarianism became ram
pant the festivals were valued as an in
centive to trade, to attract visitors from
afar and to replenish the treasury. The
Venetian republic, in like manner, made
merry as a business, and with an eye to
the money that could be extorted from
the myriads of visitors that fiocked to
the Queen of the Adriatic." And for this
purpose, too, has the carnival been es-
tablished in the several cities of the
United States.
SOME AMERICAN CELEBRATIONS
OF all the celebrations in this country
the Mardi Gras Of New Orleans is the
best known, for the reason that it was
the earliest established. While it has
been the means of attracting wide atten-
tion to the historical city of the south,
it is simply copy in general plan of a
similar celebration held in Paris, when,
under the regime of Louis PHILIPPE, it
attained it's greatest splendor 1t is
said that the American Mardi Gras was
conceived in 1897, when a number of
Creole gentlemen who had just returned
from Paris, after finishing their educa-
tion, organized the first grand procession
of masqueraders in New Orleans. A
more brilliant and numerically stronger
parade took place in 1887. and one still
more striking In effect two years later.
From 1843-45 other displays were made
with the good taste and liberal expend-
iture of money that have made the later
displays of the "Mistick Krewe," "The
Twelfth Night Revelers," and "The
knights Of Momus" memorable gala
nights in the history of the southern
city.
At Mobile was inaugurated the plan
of presenting scenes on floats, the Cow
bellions of that city having had such
a parade as early at 1881. The same
idea was adopted at New Orleans in
1857. Each year the Mystic Nymphs''
hold sway at Mobile.
At Louisville festival called the
Satellites of Mercury" is held; St.Louis
has its "veiled PROPHETS" Memphis
has the Mystic knights" and Kansas
City holds celebration in the first week
in October. when the Priest of Pallas''
receives the homage of the people. This
latter festival was organised in 1887.
At st. Paul, Mimi. and other cities. also,
festivals are held
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UNDER THE STARS
WHEN LIBERTY HAS REACHED
FULFILLMENT
Curiously Persistent Survival Of the
Seasonal Character Of Certain
Celebrations

1.-THE old order changeth, yielding place to
And God fulhlls himself in many ways,
Lest one good custom should corrupt the
TENNYsoN-MoRTE D'ARTHUR.
"And, because right is right, to follow
right
Were wisdom i'm the scorq Gf conssSqsSGe." nsSoSN
Alexander the Great, rejecting on his
friends degenerating into sloth and lux
ury, told them that 1t was most slavisn
thing to luxuriate and a most royal thing
to labor."-Barrow.
When the Puritans first set foot on
Plymouth Rock, self-expatriated from
their country for conscience sake, they
brought to the new world many OF the
customs of the motherland. True,
amusement of any kind was rare and
the spiritual refreshment of prayer must
have been the only periodic time Of re-
taxation from labor. The Sabbath be-
gan at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening and
lasted until sunset on Sunday. Being
absent from church meant visit from
the tithing man and, lacking sufficient
defense, a fine, locking in the stocks,
placed on exhibition in wooden cage as
a frightful example, or a whipping az
the post-the Puritan's May-pole. AS
might be supposed such state Of things
did not last very long. Human nature is
not of such character as to permit such
severity OF life, and very soon, even In
New England. various forms Of amuse-
ment became the vogue.
For q long time. however. public
amusements we're eschewed, and an at
tendant at theater continued to be re-
garded in very truth as "a man of Be
lial." Hawthorne's description of the
Maypole of Merry Mount accurately de-
scribes, however, how the hereditary
pastimes Of old England were trans
planted to the new soil and took good
root albeit in the particular instance
cited eclipsed for time by the severity
of the more austere faction.
The king Of Christmas was duly
crowned, and the lord of misrule held
sway, On the eve Of St. John-time Of
vast import to loverH-acrss OF the forest
were feiled to make bonhres, around
which danced the youth Of both sexes.
crowned with garlands, throwing flow
ers into the flames. At harvest time,
though the crop might be small. an
image would be made with the sheaves
OF Indian corn, and wreathed with fiow-
ere would be borue home triumphantly.
BVt what chtely characterized the
ctl93ipts was thtit veneFftien for the
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MEMORIAL DAY
It viii Be Property Observed in
This Citv

Preliminary steps have been taken for
the public observance of Memorial Day
In Los Angeles by Bartlett-Logan
posts, Grand Army of the Republic,
which have appointed the following
committee Of arrangements for exer-
cises on Decoration day, May 31st: Sam
Kuts, George N. Stockwood Col. H.
Glaze. r. A. Werth and DR.. L. ]. Hol-
land.
The other posts in this city will ap-
point like committees, who will meet
jointly to perfect the program Of the
day devoted to memorial offerings to
patriots OF the past.
A. Memorial day falls on Sunday this
year. the day no5lowIng will be observed
throughout the country.