Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 December 1897 — Page 8

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$ The Ship of Wraith and wro Gode of

fortune and Itapulneae Japan's Yeaua and nanta Clan old Man of longevity Uualnt I rgrn.U of Antiquity. In Japan "the .lad now year" is a MMai of much festivity and innocent inirth. Every portal is decorated, and . MB i l'jocl of which tlie decoration is composed baa a symbolic meaning. The usual f rm uf tbe decoration is a green ar h Uu the right is placed a small pine tree with a reddish stem and on the left one with a black stem. Fancy bus attributed to the light one a feminine and to the dark one a masculine sex. Also this hardy tree symbolizes a -tttlwart age that bos withstood the. fcOnM and struggles of existence. Close to the pines on either side are set graceful stems of bamboo, which, rising erect w ith succession of rin-js, forms a fit

symbol of hale life and fullness of years. The distance between the pm. ubout six feet is spanned by a grass rope, sufficiently raised to admit of passage beneath it. This, according to its symbolic purpose, debars all unclean and evil things from crossing the threshold. Among tbe decorations hung in tbe arch is the iakara-bune, "the ship of wealth, " a miniature ship of twisted straw, in which are seated the seven gods of fortune and happiness. The names and functions of these seven gods of fortune are worthy of attention. Fukurokuji, the first figure which attracts notice, is an old man with a very tall head. He is known as the ancient star of the south pole, the luminary which presides over human life and by its appearance announces peace to the world. Rishamoo, the next figure, is the heavenly protector of priests and the special patron of all who wish to become expert rwordsmen, horsemen and scholars. He stands, armed cap-a pie, grasping a long poar in his right hand, while in his left he holds a miniature pagoda which contains the soul of the devout. Those who pray to him are told that "he can grant them good fortune more swiftly

than the flight of an arrow from the bow." Near to this oriental man is Ben ten, the Venus of the company, a comely woman, holding a stringed instrument of music, the emblem of harmony. Actors and people who make their living by amusing the public look to her for attractiveness and ability to acquire wealth. Hotei, the least dignified of the seven, but the greatest favorite of the populace at large, is supposed to have beeu a priest, remembered for his portly

form, his love of children and for a large cloth bag, which he always carried. He is the Japanese Santa Claus ; a Marry old fellow whose heart retains a t" y . -h freshness notwithstanding the wrinkles on his brow, sharing with lest the sports of children who take liberties with him u with a playmate aud claim him as their own. His bag, always full, may be put to many uses. It may be a bed upon which he can rest his limbs at night, or a receptacle for the thousand precious thiugs which he has gathered, or a trap for little boys and girls who are enticed inside to see the marvelous things it is supposed to contain, or the treasury frorn which he dispenses gifts to all good children; for he is of keen discernment, with eyes in the back of his head, and, able to see around corners, he can easily distinguish the good from the bad. Ebisu, a short figure with a jovial countenance, is the guardian of markets and trades. He is the third son of IzaNgl and Izanami no mi koto, the creators of great Japan and the progenitors of the mikado, bat he reflects little credit on his illustrious parentage, for he is a cripple. He la represented in pictures aa sitting by the aea on a rock, with a fishing rod In his hands and a large red tail, the turbot of the Japanese banquet, under his arm, and on his head a cap worn by persons of rank. Daikoku, the god of wealth, is a short, stout, well to do looking figure, standing upon a pair of rice bales, holding a large mallet in one hand and with the other grasping the mouth of a bag, filled with wind, slung over his shoulder. He is painted blue, the color of heaven, wears a black cap, the crown of whi h pxojeets forward over his brow, and is attended by a rat with which he sometimes amuses himself. The moral

is, human nature is prone to ambition, therefore a low figure and humble attitude are most befitting it. The bag slung over his shoulder represents wealth, hard to be acquired; like the wind, not easy to be controlled and ready to escape, therefore to be held fast. The cap coming well over the forehead prevents too high looks nnd keeps the eyes intent npon the realities of life, without which there can lie no success. The mallet is the symbol of labor by which wealth is acquired, and the bales of rice on which ho stands show that he is the patron of agricultural prosperity. All classes of the people honor him, and his image is in every house. Jirojin. the seventh of these gods, is the duplicate of Fukuroknju. He is represented as a venerable man of dignified bearing, clad in long robes of a bygone time, bearing a fan and supporting his footstep by a crooked staff from which is auspeurled a manuscript roll, while by his side are tbe stag, the stork aud the tortoise, emblems of longevity. These seven divinities, like the uine muses, ore thus charged with functions of great import in relation to tbe lower world. Their uames are woven into cradle songs, to the sound of which many a JaiKtncsc child is hushed to his earliest infant sleep. This song is used especially to announce the rowing into port of ihe treasure ship, with the seven gods of fortune aboard, on New Year's eve.

NEW YEAR'S CALLS. A Good old r .i.l. .in That h uld Not D

Allowed to !. . T..e formal custom of reviving New Year's calls has nearly died out in our large cities, it having lweii suicrsoded by the regular afternoon and informal evening reception. to which gentlemen take n. ore kindly than to the old fash ioned New Year's party. The good old Knickerbocker habit has not. however, died out altogether It has only lmen broken up into different forms, the result of the complex conditions of rr.ideru life. Some families still niaiL.iiu the custom in its entirety. Some give formal dinners, not the "family" dinner, which is usually the part of the Christmas festival, and in the country carriage loads not infrequently go round from house to house making merry calls, picking up additions to the party aud finally ending with supper at some hos pitable house and in an evening with games, refreshed by apples, roast chest nuts, homemade plum cake and sweet cide It is now said that this custom of making New Year's cnlls in the city lielougs to a time when making calls had not become a daily business pursued for want of other occupation by men and women of leisure. It is true that it belongs to a time when men wore too busy to do much visiting and gladly seized this annual opportunity of looking upold friends, and especially the busy wives and mothers they had known as girls, and recalling aud recounting the scenes and events of their youth. This annual brightening of the links of old friendship is the special function of New Year's calls. The day is put to very bad use when it is employ, d in a mere effort to count up a long list of names of people w hom one may have seen yesterday, or the day I fore, or who have no steady purpose t prevent them from calling every day of their lives. Of course oue does not want to miss one's intimates on such a day. but there is not the same object in sotting apart a day for them, and this is the reason why so many people who have "traveled" relinquish the custom when they return home to a life bas.d, so far as

i possible, on what they have heard aud seen abroad. But there are many who represent the oldest and Inst families who cling to I old habits, who do not spend half their lives abroad, but who are the strength land honor of the bet enterprises and

efforts at homo. Then there are others, busy professional and business men aud women, who form the largest part of our "best" society, who, perhaps, do the most to formulate its habits and perpetuate its customs, and to those the

I 1st of January as a day of freedom and I devotion to the social idea is a boon

which they welcome apart from its significance and the desire to perpetuate it as a custom. Philadelphia Iress.

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March S, ISO',

THE MOQUI'S NEW YEAR. A Mythical Drama Acted to Piarat, the Enemy of the Sun. The Moqui New Year's celebration, called So-yal-u na, is largely a presentation of a singular and elaborate mythic drama, divided into two parts, in which offerings are made to effigies of the great plume headed MTpent, the enemy of the sun, followed by a sun dance, in which the ooufliet Wtween the sun and the inferior hostile gods is admirably portrayed by Moqui men personifying the various deities. This celebration is primarily performed by warriors and commemorates the return of the sun from the winter solstice. In other words, the Moqui woefully fear, when they see the sun going farther and farther to the southward each day, that he is going to desert them aud leave them alono npon their cold, weary, sand blown mesas. One wouders little that in this dread situation they have initiate! profound and mystic rites With a view to propitiating the evil one who would harm their dearly beloved eternal fire. Day by day the old men and seers of the tribe watch each morning the point at which the sun rises from the eastern horizon of the pinnacled and ragged mountain range They have found a particular notch tietween two peaks, past whi' h the sun do. s not travel in its southern march, but instead it stops and returns over its long and dreary trail to bring ultimately the spring, the butterflies, and. most precious of all, the com their staff of life. As the sun nears its lowest notch preparations for the rite which conciliates the sun's worst enemy the snake demon are well under way. Tomor row, in a weird subterranean cavern called an estufa. or kiva, it is declared that the baneful serpent shall be amply placated. So rich will be the tribute that for one entire year the sun shall lie free from his lersecutious, and the clouds, too, which the snake wickedly swallows, shall gather and their moisture freely d. s. end upou tbe pan h. d and blighted land until it is on re more clothed in verdure. New York Herald. Nomenclature of the Month. The Roman year oriuinallv beiran

with March, and September, October, November and December were the proper nam. s for the last four months, as the year had but ten. When January and February wore added, however, the names became entirely inannrotiriate.

but nevertheless have by general custom been retained in spite of the error im (ieneral Repairing A Horse Sboeing.

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