The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-18
A FINE COLOR is YELLOW.
It's Present Use is a Case OF the Might.

US present Use is a Case OF the MightJ
Having Fallen.
In ancient mythology yellow was
sacred to Jupiter, and TO be worn on
Sunday, the day ruled by the sun and
consecrated TO deity. Saffron or flame
colored robes were also dedicated to
HNinen, say the Queen, and brides
We're covered with Il veil called the
flammarion, without which no mar
llage vow was held binding.
The imperial color of China is orange
and is sacred to he use of the Son of
Heaven. Yellow mixed With red is
often AN emblem of turbulence, as the
orange lily badge of the O%ransemen in
Ireland.
Yellow is considered a fundamental
color. like red n blue; its principle is
healing. stimulating. but may prove
injurious and o~vereNciting to very ir-
rltable n nervous conditions, as it is
powerful in its effect upon the nerves.
especially of the brain and lower parts
of the body.
The yellow principle pervades pois-
cines as SIENNA, figs, castor oil, olive oil,
sulphur. etc. Coffee, With its yellow
brown principle. is infiammatory and
disposes to reStlessness: saffron in small
doses eN~hilarates the spirits; in large
doses produces headache and deliriuml.
-aC.iilS an alCo!lOllG drinks cOlllGlll
the stimulation of yellow-sherry. Mar
sala, whisky, brandy, champagne, the
golden wines of Italy and Spain, etc.
also cereals such as Mllea,, oats and
barley. There are strange chemical aft
hnltles between colorS n ii is curl
oas to note with regard To the growth
OF plants how certain colors group
themselves together, such as vlole1s
and prllnloScS, gOrSe and heather, etc,
violet and yellow being afiinitiNe COL
ors. Wherever yellow enters another
color there is a deepening and warln-
ing; thus yellow with blue, green, yell
low With red, orange.
ellow is assuredly the outward ex-
preston of power. vitality, vigor-
physical. ip.ellectual and spiritual. 1t
contail.s a.: the qualities for good and
for eV2i of the planetary principle of
Jupiter, the ruling qualities of the
world; wherever it is present it strikes
= dominant note.
The raging fire, the illimitable desert
with its shutiling camels, the beautiful,
fierce body of a lion, Il tiger. a cobra
are alike yellow. There is no power on
earth greater than those little Jumps
of yellow metal, passed With the UNI
conscious swiftness of thought from
hand to hand. focusing like a
all the evil passions of men, consuming
IT'S seekers With the gold fever; i'll is
the root of all evil, yet With a blossoms
ing power lor good; by 1t men must
live, without it, die.
In the Jewish itual the most pre-
sious metal is an aver recurring SYM
DOL. The golden cherubims above the
golden ark and mercy seat. the golden
table and the golden candlesticks, the
golden lamps, the golden bells on the
nigh priests robe, the golden mitre
NTH It's e%ngravement, Holiness to the
Lord"
And the same symbolism flows
through the vision of Patmos-the gol-
den altar, the golden crowns and cir.
dies, the golden Walls of doors and thos.
even terrible Walls of the wrath OF
God. and the golden cup of abomina-
lions held by the scarlet woman, rum
ding, as it We're, from the height to
the depth of the golden scale-or ratll-
sr shall it be said. from the depth to
the height, from the barbaric, tawny
orang of physical force, through the
infinite gamut of tone shades-copper,
bronze, jacinth, topaz. flame, saffron.
amber, citron, emon. primrose, cream
.Nory-up to the glorious fount of light
before whom the spirits veil and from,
whose radiant glory the torch of lif.
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