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BUSINESS CARDS.
COAL-COAL.
LANES MCGUIRE,

TTNIoN WOOD AND COAL CO.. i26 X ST =
Coal can be bought at very low prices, for
steam and hotel purposes. F. Trader, super1n-
tendent lone Mines te2S-lm
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OFFICE AND MEDICINE STORE, NO. 926
Third street, between l and J. By the pulse
he can locate disease Consultation free. He uses
no poisonous drugs, but roots and herbs, natures
medicine for man Call and see him. jeS-
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WUHg oIHg
J. II. LEWIS, Acting Postmaster,
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nEvTIsT, AIS J STREET, BETWEEN sza
Z EFouNth and Fifth, Sacramento. Arti. ~ ~
fetal Teeth inserted on God, Yuleanite $AIII1T
and all bases. Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas ad-
Innstersd for painless extraction Of teeth jel4-lm
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CHARMING features msy be rendered sctu.
adv repul5ivs BY blotches or pimples, Glsun's
sulphur Sqap remedies sll eomplsxionsl
blemishes,
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MANUFACTURER OF ROAD SCRAPERs.
wi Iron Doors, Jail Cells, Shutters, Ratings
Gratings, Housework and Blacksmlthlng In genera,
No 800 street, between Fifth and Sixth. Second
hand Doors for sale. Je22-4pu
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II STREET, BETWEEN NINTH AND@7
eH Tenth The handsomest sample issfsE31
rooms in town Only the very best Wines, 80
LIQUORS and Cigars served to patrons. fine lunch
served w. Il. CHENOWEIH, Proprietor.
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DIR. DE DERBY
MRS. l.. A. JOHNSON

VKTILL NOT REMOVE FOR THE PRESENT
w Office and Residence SlS Eighth street, be-
tween H and l. Office hours to 10 AN; l to 3
and to p NJ iel6-
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PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS


Homeopathic PHYsICIAN-OEFICE AND
IL residence, 7OS street, near Seventh. Office
hours to A. NJ; l to P. NJ, and 6 to P. NJ.
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Seminal weakness,

Seminal Emissions, the
consequence ofself-abuse.
This solitary vice or de-
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IDA E. ANDREWS, NJ. d,

QFFICE AND RESIDENCE. NORTHEAST
- corner VI Second and streets. Office Hours {:
10 A NJ to z NJ; P. NJ to P NJ; II Il. ie2s.1 I'm
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DR.. NIXON,

~ FFICE AND RESIDENCE, NJ STREET, Be
I y tween Ninth and Tenth, Nos. 91S and 920.
Will visit the Railroad Hospital daily at $50 A. N.
Office hours S to 9 A. NJ; l to P NJ, and even
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uTATCHNIAKER AND JEwELER, 500 SO
w street, between Fifth and Sixth, YIN
las always on hand choice variety OF fine e. Ss
Watches Diamonds, Jewelry, etc. ie3-1m Gsxssz5
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MO n2 J STREET. PRACTICAL PLUMBER
and Gashtter-Fork done on the most approved
sanitary principles. jol4ptt
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W, A, HUGUsON. IL, D.,

a ND GENERAL PRACTITIONER, BEING
N crippled is only able to attend to Office prac-
ice. Office hours, 9 A. NJ to P NJ. Room %,
Mansion House. Consultation free. je25-1m
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The CLERGY /!
PAINFUL. CASE OF letter.

have for % or 80 years been = sufferer
from DRY letter. 1t developed itself on
different portions of my body, extending to
my feet and hands, causing them to itch in
tolerably and to crack. 1t was so painful
that was compelled to wear India rubber
gloves day and night for months at time.
After consulting the best physicians. and
using all the remedies which came to my
notice, without relief, commenced the use
of SHIFTS SPECIFIC, and am happy to
say that there is scarcely vestige Il the
disease left. At no time in % years have l
felt such relief and freedom from disease,
and cheerfully recommend Swift's Specific
to all similarly afflicted.
j. R. BRANHAM, Macon, Ga.
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San pranciseo Produce Market.

SAN Francisco, June 2Sth-1 P. NJ
FLoUR-Shipment5 TO China to-day foot up about
10, 600 tons. Best City Extra Is 25d5 70 /; medium
grades, 81 a so; shipping superfine 50 1904 o Dbl
WHEAT-Nothing doing on shipping account, Mill
ers are buying largely at not over 81 65 for choice
Ordinary No grades, suitable for export are quota
bic at 81 coal 62!, the latter being considered an
outside price.
The Produce Exchange call session presented no
special feature of interest Seller 1888 contracts Of
No l White were the only ones in which any busl-
ness was transacted. Details were:
Seller lSs3-2OO tons, 81 554 100, 81 55s 500,
81 55f 500, 81 So y ell.
At the Grain Exchange this afternoon business
was far from being as active as yesterday. Trans
actions limited to two lots of 100 tons No.
White, seller 1883, at 81 5449l 543 e ctl respec-
lively.
Quotations of No. 2 grades at leading centers to-
day are teegraphed as follows
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DE-. LAESE,

DzYsIOIaE AND sURGEoN.-oFFIcE IND
Residence, No. sa3 sire 1t, between lhir5
Fourth. Hours TO 10 A. L., to and to P. N.
Office q City supeTin END mt Of Public Schools al
Sane place. je5-4plm
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earle & CgOLY,

<NONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, ARE PRE-
4 pared to do all kinds Of work in their line In
CITY or country Principal place Of business, Sacra-
rnento Shop No. 1924 Second street, between K
and L. Postofice Box No 40, Sacramento.
faIR
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REMOVAL-DR, GEORGE PYEURN

VEAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE AND RESI-.
dence to the norths asst corner Eleventh and
streets Orders left the slate at Tufts Drug
Store will be promptly attended to. Hours as before
in1l-Im
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Bronchitis and Ministers sOze
Throat Cured.

Twas laid low by an attack of Bronchitis
and Ministers Sore Throat, and my life was
almost despaired of, when my doctor said,
"Try S. S. s." l hesitated for some time,
bnt was afraid of being permanently laid
aside from the active duties of my ministry,
1 decided to give the preparation fair trial,
and after persevering in its use l found
complete relief, and am enjoying excellent
health. l am clearly of the opinion that
Swift's Specific is one of the best Alternatives
and Blood Purifiers in existence, and take
pleasure in recommending its fine curative
qualities 20 others aft ;cted as was
II. c. HORNADY.
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A. u, SMITH,

A ssAYER AND CHEMIST-LABoRAToR AT
~ 3l7 street. Glow rates and quick returns
is the motto Gold purchased, also cast into bars
for mining men jel.tt
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DR.. G. .. SALFlELp,
ei6 Eesrny street,
SAN ER a NC SEQ, GAL.

Consultations strictly confidential by letteT or at
c4aee FREE. Fl. ne convenience of psdcnts, al d
in order to insure pel;eet secrecy, have adoptsj
private address. under which all packages sre ifr-
gsrded- -
TRIAL E0TTL EFFEEEs
Sufficient to show its merit, viii be sert 20 . ycE
applying by letter, stating his symptoms snc age.
Communicatians strictly eonfiaantisI
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HAs REMOVED FROM SECOND STREET TO
Seventh street, between H and l, where she is
prepared TO receive calls from the afflicted Special
attention given to chronic diseases Give her Yege-
table Blood Purifier trial je15-1m
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Fhts Grea I

hts a r 6 y {
Strength e air e
Remedy and H5TT e
r0NsG Is the iegit.
mate result Of over
twenty years Of prsr .
teal experience, ar d
!. CURES WITH IN.
FAILING CERTAINTY
Nervous and Physical
Debility ,Seminai Veal E
iness, SpermatorrhGa,
statOrrh @s.
E,,nfc.;orJ I,zp1ray, %,
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AND SURGEON, GRADUATE OF
the University of Berlin, Germany Office and
No 52l street, between Fifth and Sixth,
Sacramento. Office hours to II a. n, 3 to and
TO SPIN jel3-tf
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Exhausted Vitality, Premature Decline and LOSS
0E H1ANH00D, in all its complications.
and from whatever cause produced. 1t
Nerves. Brain, Muscles, Digestion, Reproductive
Organs, and Physical and Mental Faculties. 1t
stops any unnatural facilitating drain upon the
system, preventing Involuntary losses, facilitating
dreams, seminal losses with the urine, etc, so
destructive to mind and body. 1t Is sure
eiiminator of all KIDNEY AND BLADDER con.
PLANTS. 1t contains no injurious Ingredients.
70 those suffering from the evil effeefs
OF youthful indiscreIiOns or excuses. a
speedy, thorough and permanent CSEE
rs GUARANTEED. Price, ss2 so per bottle,
five bottles in case, with full dire tiojs sid
advice, si0. Sent secure from ebservati tc sIy
address upon receipt Of price, or G. Q. D. 20 e
had only OF
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CHARLES +. PlNKHAM, Nj. d.,

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
ofiee-Seventh and J streets lover Acker-
man's). Residence-Removed to $50 Eighth street,
between and l. Sacramento, Cal. Office hours
70 and TO p n: SUNDAYS. . 70 4 p " iaI2 Inn
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u. HI. PERsoE.

TAR F. NJ SHIELDS, DENTIST. <sA
70 No. 525 street, between Fifth -
and Sixth, where he will be pleased to sseNl1IfD
his friends. ia16.u
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VIII be paid to any Chemist who viii find,
on analysis of 100 bottles S. S. s., one parti-
Gle of Mercury, Iodide Potassium, or any
mineral substance.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, ATLANTA, GA.
fJ Write for the little Book, which will
be mailed free.
Price: Small size, 81 per bottle Large
size (holding double quantity. 81 Is per
hottIe All nrnooistu coll II
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HERMAN C. HoTFiLTER
G0LD AVID sILYERsN

No. tess SIXTH ST. BETWEEN J AND
~ JeFeiry made 10 order. Old Gold worked ever
Repairing speciality. m7-a
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

C. L. WHITE. A. L. HART.
HART Il WHITE,
4 TTORNEYS AND C0UNSELORS- AT-LAW-
"a Offices at the southwest corner of Fifth and ]
streets, Sacramento, California. ie2i-
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WILCOX. POWERS & CO,
IMPORTERS AID WHOLESALE LIQUOR
D. Dealers.
NO. SOS K STREET :. IiOl-4ptl- ..sAcRAMENT0
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WW EIxERv .gyGGs. Nn

nCUusT, AURIST AND PHYSICIAN zoe
Diseases Of the Tmoat. Office, 1924 ] ssress
corner OF Fifth, over Sacramento BANK, Sacrsmento
Csi. Hours-s;So to u \. n; to- Il Sundays-
9:sO to II A. NJ: TO N jel-S
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= IsT OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
the Postoffice at Sacramento on Thursday,

Est OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
IL the Postofiee at Sacramento on Thursday,
June IS, 1855:
Ladies' List.
Baldwin, Mrs Cornelia Quincy, Miss Abbie A
Bachle, Josie keegan, Miss Maggie
Bannister, Miss Emma King, Mrs PA
Bickerstaff, Mrs Neill Mrs jeanne
Billiard Mrs NJ Phillip, Mrs Emma
Burns, Mrs Mary Reed Mrs Chas
Burns, Miss Sara Rodgers, Mrs Hanna
Campbell, Miss Nette Spencer, Mrs Minnie
Casey, Mrs Katie Thomas Miss Mamie
Chase, Mrs Molle yahle, Miss Belle
Connors Mrs Sarah Valentine, Lizzie II
Elliott, Mrs Emma Wagner, Mrs Thomas
Fergerson, Mrs & ] Wells, Mrs Charlotte
Franks, Amelia Weston, Miss Nellie
Freeman, Miss Lucy White, Mrs Laura 3
Garcia Maria Lula Whiting, Mrs S
Garrison, Mrs Wilburn, Mrs
Gilbert, Miss Lena Wilson, Miss Ida
Gould, Mrs L Wilson, Mrs Mari
Gentlemen's List.
Ables Green Freeman, W Oser, PS
Anderson, PJ Flanders, W A Peterson,
Babcock, Col GeoFox, Theo Preston, LIZ
Baldwin, Geo Cooke. A II Prahl, VIM
Barrett, S Graham, w Pray,
Battelle, G Haley, WI Raymond, C E
Bennett, VIM Hall, Parthina Richards, G
Borsse, Eugene Haubrick, F II Ricco, Chas
Borer, Mr. Hosford, John Ritz, P
Bott, J B Hoyt, rs Rothang, Chris
Bradley Henry Hubbard, L S Samuels, Samuel
Bradley, II Humphrey. WalrSargent, L
Burke N or W Hunt, Geo Schumacher, G NJ
| Carter, GP Jones, CIV Schumann, Adol'h
Cepina& Pepina JKavanaughMic'e lSmithWC (eng'er)
Cross, A Kelley, Chris Spears, P w
| Colquhoun Mart Keleher Jas Spring, HIS
| Colquhoun, NJ NJ Kent, NJ NJ Staher, Geo
Coresma, A F Kerrier, VIM Stanton, H c
Cosey, Ii B Lavrana, Franci'oStewart, E
| Crook, c LIS Lancaster, S G Streeter, Stephen
Crosley, GJ Lovride Ante lo Tangher John
| Cummings, J H Lydia. @ L Thomas, Robt
| Cutler, D Manning, Mr. Underwood, n
DickersoD, Fra'kMcClure, Robt Van Horn,
Dornback, G II McNanny. Arch. 2vorman, David
Douglas, E E Messing, Henry Walsh, Philip
Dryer, Hans Middleton, j Walker, J
| Dunton, II Monroe, Frank Watson, E K
Durer, Jos Mulovire, Frank Webster, Jas
Eldridge, D Nell, Ii Wilmington, Rob
| Emple Fl (blackNiesen, Hans White, B W
SMITH 0Connor, Jas Wolf, C A
Evans, A H Oliver, Chas WittTJ(at at-law)
Eversole, II
Chinese.
| Bon Jon Cong Shong
Sing Wah Wong Sing
]. H. LEWIS, Acting Postmaster.
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HONDURAS EXHIBITION,


Not half as many people went to the
exhibition of the products of Honduras at
the State Mining Bureau as the dear, good
products deserved. Honduras has an am.
bilious President-Le Sieur De Soto-who
intends to make Honduras truly great.
We knew that Honduras was the largest
of the Central American Republics, and,
thanks to a communicative doctor who
had made Central America his home and
his study, l knew that the coffee of Hon.
duras is the best this hemis phere produces,
though San Francisco is taught to pin her
faith to the berry of Costa RIGA but his
Excellency's opals were a delightful
novelty. The uncut one, five inches high,
THE LARGEST OPAL IN THE WORLD,
Had been only so far tempered with by
the lapidary as to highten its resemblance
to castle with two towers, led up to by
flight of broad steps. Rings of flame shone
through the towers, when the light struck
them, like fire through snow. There was
another opal cut and finished in the form
of tortoise, and cakes of crude silver
shaped like corn fritters, and gold bullion
in thin oblong pieces, and two dishes of
gold dust. The man from the agricultural
district would be gull-derned if it wasn't
the cleanest gold dust he ever see. There
was showcase full of vegetable fiber, from
which silks and other fabrics can be made,
and the "mescal cut of which they
weave ropes and hammocks, and another
case of leaves and bulbs and spices for
the healing and gluing and piquing of the
nations, and many counters covered with
specimens of wood, some polished and
some in the rough, among the latter a
beautifully rose-fiushed piece labeled
"Azalau." There were numerous
SPECIMENS OF ORE
From the various gold and silver mines
about Tegucigalpha, the capital, all
worked as yet in the most primitive man.
ner by natives. Ii this exhibition of
products speaks faithfully of Honduras,
President De Soto seems justified in taking
his specimens to the great Eastern and
European cities, as he intends, to arouse
an interest in the republic over which he
presides. With opals, coffee, a silver mine
and pineapple fiber gown for his wife,
cnap HlgnG De III aryulse, as D1r'
Briarly observed of the income of seven
shiIlings week. Oh, the power Of the
shilling, and the need of it There lived
once in this town gentleman whose name
lives immortalized in the favorite weapon
of the Southwest and the border. He was
a naughty being, yet urbsne.. The desired
Of every circle; the delight of his own
he boosted coat of arms with sixteen
quarterings he deplored nursery of six
teen sons. To-day the sixteenth scion,
having attained his majority, sends out
circular advertising himself a trustworthy
vendor of high.priced fireworks for the
Fourth OF July. If it ia a joke, it is
thrifty; if not. it is highly creditable.
Why not. PHILIP SHIRLEY.
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HOLE & BUCKLEY,

A TT0RNEYs AND COUNsELoRs AT LAW.
"a Office, northeast corner Sixth and SITS je9tf
THE FIRM OF BEATTY, BEATTY d
BEAETR,
4 TTORNEYS-AT LAW, SACRAMENTO, CALI
~ fornia was dissolved December Il, 1882, Adam
Beatty withdrawing The business will be continued
by the remaining partners under the firm name Of
Il. o. & W. Il. Beatty. is4-4pd
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DENTISTRY.
W. WOOD,

N ENLIST, QUINNs BUILDING, -.
northeast corner Fourth and JfffSsSssssss
streets. Artificial Teeth inserted on anNIIIO
bases. Improved Liquid Nitrous Oxide Gas for
painless extraction Of teeth. je25-u
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4. p ROOF. ALEX. NELSON. J. DkI
pOnr NFrTSON - CO..
J. A. CUNNINGHAM,

ETNION FOUNDRY = IRON AND BRASS
Founders and Machinists, Front street, be-
tween and o. Castings and Machinery of every
description made to order m244p1m
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A TToRNEY. AT.LAw METRO.
politan Block. Entrance next to Metro.
politan Theater mott
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DRs. BREWER & sOUTHWORTH,

nENTJSTS, SOUTHWEST CORNER 80
~ OF Seventh Snd streets, in Brytes ISSeSzssSS
new building, upstairs Teeth extracted, SII1O
without pain, by the q improved Liquid Nitrous
OXIDE Gas iel6-4plm
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DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON, SOUTHEAST
corner Second and streets. Office Hours
to 1890 A N; ? TO /, and to P. N. Residence
9l3 street. between Ninth and Tenth. m23 4ply
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WALaACE a. RREGGs, N. D.
DIR. 10y FONn MON.

EFiINL IND hIa5IDI1NOl1l No ~ ' EAFsl1lL
~ Sacramento.
to M
9nlce Hours IL A. H. 10 P. N js124ptf
$50 70 P ".
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DIR. t. b. REID,

II ENLIST, 10 COS J STREET. es.-ssa
Sacramento, California u1TS
m29-E ILL
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CURED ar HOME.

Persons az distance may be cured a. homo BY
addressing letter to DR.. GIBBoN, stating case,
symptoms length Of time the disease has continued,
and have medicines promptly forwarded, free from
damage and curiosity, to any part Of the country,
with full and plain directions. By lnelosing ten
dollars In registered letter. through the Pcst0fce,
or through Wells, Fargo Co., package OF medicine
viii be forwarded to any part OF the Union. Please
cay you saw this advertisement IA re RECORD.
UEIoE. Address. DR.. J. z. GIDEON,
ta24-4ptfSsw BOX 1857 ssi Francisco.
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SAMUEL CROSS
u. L. ALEXANDER
3. G. benson,

4 TToRNEY-AT-LAWA AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
u No. 407 J street, between Fourth and Fifth,
Sacramento ie1-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-20
MistIetoe a! CAristmas Tide.

The banging Of the mistlctoe is the
cause Of much frolie and laughter in tho
house. It is the rule that whoever is
passing under the mistlatoe-bough must
submit to being kissed then and there
by whatsoever chooses to take that lib
orty. As bough usually hangs from
the center OF the ceiling, spreading over
large space, it follows that there must
be much lodging or much kissing: am
inclined to think there are both.
The origin Of this use Of the mistletoe
is not known: but We do know that
more than l,s0o years ago. when the
glad stars sang together over the man
ser at Bethlehem, and when wise men
brought gifts Of gold, frankineense. and
myrrh to a young child in the peasant
mothers arms, England was chill.
mist-coyerod island, inhabited olly bv
savages, Who wore garments Of skins
and lived in huts Of mud and stones.
Among these savage Blitons there were
pagan priests Gale Druids. These
priests were q mysterious folk, who
lived in dense woods far away from
other men, and who, in the gloomy
soitudes Of the forest, performed
strange secret ceremonies. The sacred
groves, rs they were called, were of
oak; for the oak was divine tree. ac-
cording to the Druidical religion.
Within these sacred groves the priests,
it is recorded in history. offered their
sacrifices, and In some manner now not
known they employed the mistletoe.
But all mistletoe was not sacred to the
Druids. They would have none but
that which chung to the trunk and was
nourished ly the sap Of the divine oak.
To them the apple tree mistletoe, which
modern England uses so freely in her
holiday festivals, would be a worthless
and common thing.
When, il later centuries, England
was taught the Christian religion by
priests who went thither from Rome,
the people, though processing a belief
in Christ, retained many of their heath
en- rites and customs changed from their
original meaning and purpose. At any
rate, from the Druids has come the
modern usage Of the mistlotoe-bongh,
strangely preserved in festivities which
commemorate the birth of Him whose
pure worship destroys all heather
supcrstitioas st Nicholas.