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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-02-14
THE MIsrLEToE.
Enough OF Il Growing In This Country
for All Festal Purposes.

NOO4e1S
for All FestAl Purposes.
There Is mistletoe growing in our
own country quite good enough to an
swer all the testal purposes Of the
mistletoe descended from that which
the old Druids in their white robes out
with golden sickle just after the new
Of the moon, and distributed for charms
against all evil to their believing tribes.
1t Is not, indeed, the true and ancient
mistletoes but it takes botanist and
good one to tell you why not; and it is
quite as interesting in its appearance,
with the long. olive-like leaves and the
singular translucent berry with q CLEAN
Of green in its wilderness, something be-
tween . moonstone and pale cat's-eye
quartz in tint. Il grows any where In
the Virginia latitudes, abounds upon
the mesquite in Texas, and is usually
to be found in the Washington flower
market through the Christmas holidays
The plant Is certainly beautiful and
curious; but except for its parasiticsl
origin and growth, which gave 1t q sort
of . mystery to the unlearned and prim-
tive mind, it Is difficult to see why 1t
ever attained such eminence as 1T had,
although it is true that the Druids gave
it veneration only when found growing
on the oak, which was sacred to the sun
the Druidfcal worship and that of the
old Persians having much in common;
but it held with them, for whatever
reason, an important part in the great
rites Of the winter solstice, correspond
ing to our Christmas festivities One OF
the old northern myths makes the dart
which killed the beautiful Bladder out Of
the mistletoe, which alone Of all nature
had not been bound to do him NO harm,
possibly IS showing that there is moth
ing In tho universe without significance,
and with Him there ia no great nor
small" Nowadays the strange plant is
found less often on the oak than on the
apple tree whore it kills out whole
orchards, being all but indestructfble it
self, and living just as long as there is
any sap in the tree 1t has chosen; In
some regions 1t has, indeed, become
more profitable 10 raise and sell than
the apples would be. In England, and
In the wild state, it Is most often sown
by the misselthrush; but it is raised
artifcially by crushing the berries on
bough, to which their glutinous matter
adheres and where they generate; others
make slit with penknife on the
undetside of a branch, 50 that 1t may
not be observed by the birds, and there
insert the seed, and something Of .
weird and mysterious character is seen
in q species Of intelligence manifested
| by It, since, in whatever direction the
seed iS pointed, the radical will turn
toward the surface, and fasten itself in
such manner as to draw the most nutri-
ment it CON, and it has even been sue
cessfully grated upon another miseltoe.
That it should still have part in our
! Christmas keeping is owing to the fact
! that we always have a tenderness to-
ward the customs OF our ahcestors.-
: Harper's Bazaar.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-02-14
. FANCY! fGOODS,. !:
Fresh Vegetables q Specially.

M. Reinhart ha
just received hi
Spring and SummeI
samples for custo1|
made clothing. i
you want you
clothes made to OF
der, give him a cal
and see as fine
line of samples a
has ever been e4|
.hibited i'm Elkd
You can get a sui
Of clothes made 4
order from $21 O
up. Fit Guara1
teed.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1890-12-22
THE East Oregoniar thinks the CHRoN-

THE East Oregonian thinks the CHRoN-
The Dalles, and that judging from other
ventures in the newspaper line in these
parts tt will not get sufficient support
to keep it alive. We are glad to inform the
brother that it already has that, and it
HASN'T began to canvass its territory yet.
Thank you brother, we are all right and
hope these few lines may find you en-
joylng the same blessing, or words to
that effect.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1890-12-22
THE DALLES

The Gate City Of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation the Middle Columbia and
is a thriving, prosperous city
ITS TERRITORY
1t is the supply city for extensive and rich aeri
cu1tural and grazing country its trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over two
hundred miles
THE LARGEST WOOL. MARKET
The rich grazing country along the eastern s1oneA
1ne tne cascades furnishes pasture thousands
of sheep, the wool from which finds market here
Inc Da1les is the largest original wool shipping
point in America, about 100000 pounds being
shipped this year.
THE VINEYARD OF OREGON
The country near The Dalles produces sn1enaid
crops of cereals and it's fruits cannot be exceed Il
Is the vineyard of Oregon its grapes equalin Cali
1orna's best, and its other fruits, apples pears.
prunes, cherries etc.. are unsurpassed
ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon fisheries the finest on the Co1nroLia
yielding this year revenue of 81 500 600 which con
and will be more than doubled in the near future
The products Of the beautiful KickitaI valley ind
market here, and the country south east has this
year hned the warehouses and all available storage
places to overfowing with their products
ITS WEALTH
It is the richest city of it's size on the and +
money is scattered over and is being used to deva
more farming country than tributary to anv other
city in Eastern Oregon.
It's situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
1uE Its possibilities incalculable! resources un-
limired And on these stones she stands
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1890-12-22
The North Danes once at po,t,ana

The Interstate Investment Company's
office at 72 Washington street Portland
Or, is one of the finest in the city, and
the citizens of The Dalles are always
while in Portland.
On Friday evening the office was kept
open until midnight making out deed 3
to lots at North Dalles. Thirty days
will close out every lot, and in most
case to parties who intend building.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1890-12-22

No use of mans saying he can't find
work. Harvesting is going on in some
parts of the world every month in the
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1890-12-22

obtained. There is marble slab on the
top of the sarcophagus. This they re-
moved and placed near the crypt. They
then removed the top of the sarcopha-
gus and stood it end up on one side of
the gate. They next removed the end
of it, and pulled the casket out about a
foot. The cornered man suggested that
he should go for the express wagon
which was waiting at the entrance gate
to convey the body to some safe hiding
place. The thieves acquiesced, and
while he was gone they thought they
heard noise and ran away and hid be-
hind a tree in the cemetery. All this
time the detectives i'll the inner chamber
had heard them working and the guard
had just started around, and when they
came to the catacomb the rascals had
fed. After this place was dug eight
feet deep by five feet wide under the
and filled up three feet in
the bottom and one foot on the sides
with concrete, and the casket placed in
this and sealed over with concrete, foot
thick. The sarcophagus is placed over
this. Mrs. Lincoln rests ON the right of
Mr.. Lincoln, also in sealed vault. We
now went around to the
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1890-12-22
MEMORIAL HALL.

In it are several parlor chairs, belong
ing to Lincoln, congratulations from
nearly every kingdom or empire on one
or the other of his elections as president
of the United States. 1t would take too
long to tell all SO will only mention one
or two other interesting things. There
is the exact representation of the house
in which he was born, made by a young
lady who visited his birthplace and
picked up rough pieces of the old house
to build the little one. There is
wreath that was on his coffin and a
fiower-piece, once beautiful, preserved
in glass case, that was sent to Mrs.
Lincoln, at the time of her bereavement,
by Queen Victoria. 1 sat in one of the
parlor chairs and wrote my name in the
visitors book, so perhaps for once filled
his place. do not know whether I
used the pen with which Lincoln signed
the emancipation proclamation or not.
L hardly think so. 1t only cost us the
small sum of 25 cents apiece to learn all
that have told and great deal more
that have not time for. We now
wended our way to the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-18
The Short Line to

Charleston q Florida.
PORT ROYAL AND WESTERN CAROLINA
RAILWAY CO.
ftUMMENCING SUNDAY. MARCH . ls9A. Pas
" scngcr trains will run rs f,lI0ws by 18th Mrrid
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The Tendency TO Untrutlifulness.

But coming down to the detail df The
thing, there is no surer way to make
child with any tendency to untruthful-
ness cherish the tendency than to let
him know that you are aware of the
tendency, and to let him know it, mcst
of ALL in any obnoxious way. 1T is
possible that with a child with whom
YOU have established a confidential i'll
timacy, so that he considers you more
as his dear friend than as his corrector
and overseer, you can let such knowl-
edge of yours be known, and can be-
come. agreeably to him, fellow watch
er with himself over the fault. But
this is not a very frequent possibility,
since cfildren's intimates and conf
dants are liable to he of the same age
with themselves, and it is rarely that
they do not look up with little awe
and distance upon the person, whoever
it may be, that is appointed to take
care of their morals and behavior.
But there is one course that can al
ways be pursued, and that is never TO
let the child for moment dream that
YOU suspect him of the wrong doing or
saving. Unless it should be absolutely
necessary, for some reason better
known to yourself, that you should be-
tray your knowledge, keep it to your
self and maintain your watchfulness
but let the child hope that you consid-
er his standard of truthfulncss to be as
high as any in the world. You can do
it without either deceit or untruthful-
ness on your own part if your look to il
with care and are precise in your state
ment as to what the child ought to be
rather than rs to what he is.
Once given reputation to live up to;
a character TO maintain, and the child's
pride comes to the rescue, his sense of
honor is cultivated to the point of Civ
ing birth to truthfulness, and thence
forward noblesse oblige, until at last
he seizes OH the real beauty and value
of truth, upon which truth itself OBJ
liges. And OH the other hand, if you
would make the little liar big liar
and eternally liar, then constantly
confront him with the fact that he is q
liar already. He will have small mo.
tive for telling the truth, since all the
world believes and knows that he is q
liar ; he sees that he would not be cred
tied if he told the truth; he will not
have the name without the game; and
his fate, which the tact and watchful-
ness of which we have spoken might
have made very different, is early seal
ed.-Ha1Ter's Bazar.
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Don't.
Don't corrupt the English language.

Don't corrupt the English language.
For example:
Don't drop the sound in such words
as lord, bird, etc. Don't coufound lord
and laud. Don't pronounce father and
farther precisely alike. We know per,
fectly well that it is English to do so,
and that leading English ortheopists
are sanctioning the vulgar practice.
We know that Ellis talks about I
sound as silent, or rs mere glide, but
let it remain as long as possible the
rule of cultivated speakers on this side
of the Atlantic to pronounce the dis
tinctly i'm both accented and unaccent-
ed syllables in all cases. Let them say
hard and not hahd, speaker and not
speakah. Let US put up wall of de-
fense against the English corruptions
which are crossing to this country.
Don't give up the full diphthongal
sound of long O. Don't pronounce
glory in the feeble, attenuated English
style. 1t is come to be a fashion now
to drop the final 90 sound of the diph-
thongal long o, to pronounce the VOW.
ell as if it were simply prolonged from
that which the Autocrat of the Break
fast-table denounceS in such words as
coat or colt. This "glo-o-ry" is simply
detestable, and is one of the products
of an affected English Church-service
reading style. We are we'll aware that
it has got into our non-Episcopal pull
pits, and that one or two of our most
distinguished divines hereaboutS have
this vicious pronunciation. 1t should
be marked and avoided.
Don't say evil or devil. The in the
last syllable of these words is silent, as
much as the in heaven. This is an
other of the liturgical affections of
would-be purists which our pulpits are
taking up and making more or less
popular, but which disgust all intelli-
gent ear. Don't say Gard or Cord for
God. This is the worst of all.
Don't write "any one" and "every
one" as one word. Divide them just
as you do "every man" and 'any
man." The word one maintains its
distinctive sense and has not become
incorporated with the adjective pro-
noun, as the word body has in any
body. This is another modern Eng
lish corruption.
Don't say "these kind of men !"
"this sort of a man y or II can pre-
vent him doing it," Don't Use will for
shall, or would for should. Use the
English language without abusing it
either English-wise or American-wise
Independent.
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About Pet Names.
A pet name is pretty thing, when
,Sed i'm its nrOner place.

A pet name is pretty thing, when
used in its proper place.
When a father, in kissing his daugb.
ter goodnight, calls her PUSSY" :" OF
when a mother, taking her daughter
into her arms and realizing ali the
blessedness that motherhood means,
calls her "Pet," these little names
have 81 ynifcation. They belong to
the beautiful free masonry of the
home, and make a part of its little
mystery of pass. words and symbolism.
But what do you think of the taste
which permits such combinations as
"AIiss Pussy Smith and Miss Pei
Jones" on visiting cards?
What do you think of the taste that
permits the merest acquaintance to ad.
dress young lady as "Miss Kit, or
Miss Dot, or Miss Duckie ?" b.
What do you think of the taste that
permits newspaper announcement,
to the effect that Miss Dovie johnson
has Just returned from a visit to her
friend, Miss Blossom Jenkins?
Dear girls, don't indulge yourselves
in the vulgar habit Of living your ev-
ery-day family life before the whole
world. Cultivate rather the habit of
reserve. The deep, tender thoughts
and feelings of this life are cheapcned
by publicity. Don't he everybody S
"Pets" or everybody's "Pussies."
Don't permit irreverent voic;s to
speak the names which should have
for you none but the dearest associa-
tions. Keep those names sacred for
the lips of those you love. and be, to
the dear five hundred, "Miss Lucy
Smith," and Miss Emma "Jones.n
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RUNNING IN DEBT. Il know of few
things in our life SO full of peril to Il
young man as running into debt. 1t
has done more damage to our finest
manhood than any other thing 1 can
think of, except drinking whisky; and
to a good many men there is no dam
ger from that, even so long rs they
stand free from this curse Of debt.
But man is driven into the second
evil often in trying to forget the first,
or to abate its burden. 1t is not
true, as we might imagine, that only
those Of Il poor and shiftless sort drift
into debt. = The worst Of the
curse is that it so very often takes our
choicest young men captive, and drags
them down to this shame-young men
of genuine honesty, SO far us good
Intentions go. when they set out in
life. = 1t is Ikea thread of golden
wire, so fine they do not see it at first
or feel it but day by day other threads
are bound about them, and these twist
themselves at last into a cable, from
which they find it very hard and bit
ter work to get free. Do not
spend. money you cannot well spare.
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H0eing and Praying.

Said Farmer Jones, in whining tone,
TO his good old neishbor Gray,
"l've worn my knees through 10 the Done,
But 1t amt no use to pray.
"Your corn looks just twice rs good as mine,
Though you don't pretend to be
A shinin light In the church TO SHINE,
An tell salvaton'S free.
awe prayed TO the Lord thousand times
For TO make that ere corn grow;
An why yourn beats ii so an climbs
Id gin II deal to know.
Said Farmer Gray to his neighbor Jones,
In his easy, quiet way. ,o,
"When prayers get mixed with lazy bones
They don't make farmin' pay.
Your weeds, notice. are good an tall,
Ip spite of all your prayers;
You may pray for corn Till the heavens al''
If you don't uig up the tares'
~ mix my prayers with a little toll,
Along In every row;
An work this mixture into soil,
Quite Vigorous with hoe.
AN I've discovered, though still In sin,
AS sure as you are born,
This kind OF compost we'll worked in,
Makes pretty decent corn.
$50 while I'm praying use my hoe.
An do my level best,
To keep down the weeds along each row,
An the Lord, he does the rest.
ats we'll for 10 pray, both night an morn
AS every farmer knows;
But the place 10 pray for thrifty corn
Is right between the rows.
"You must use your hands while praying
though,
II an answer you would get,
For prayer worn knees an Il rusty hoe
Never raised big crop yet.
An so 1 believe, my good old friend,
If you mean TO win the day,
From ploughing, clean to the harvests end
You must hoe as well as pray"
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"Natural Religion"

"Bob" Burdette, who, not long ago,
was regularly advanced to the dignity
of the pulpit by solemn ordination TO
the ministry, thus expresses himself
on what he calls "natural religion ~
IA friend named Blake, living in
Chicago, has sent ME Il letter, on mat
ural religion 1t is a good letter, but
I don't think 1 care to order any mat
ural religion just now. In fact l
have quite large stock of it on hand
that would be glad TO get rid of on
any terms, if l knew what to do with
it. / kind of hate to give it to the
purchaser. 1t never did me any good,
and / can't guarantee it as an article
that ought to be kept in every house
hold. Natural religion gets into the
market early and holds on long. !
have seen babies in full possession Of
it, rending their playthings to rags,
kicking and yelling with iniantile
rage, as though posses ied of many dev-
lis, bowling for pure 'cussedncss' long,
long before they were able to lisp u
prayer. / have seen little children in
full possession of natural religion
learning to lie, to deceive, to steal, ILL
natured, vain, overbearing, treacher-
Gus, bad in Il score Of ways, and bad
in spite Of teaching and training, just
naturally bad 1 have seen the guile
less savage of the plains, with never Il
college or theological seminary in all
his tribe. so full of natural religion
that he couldn't get scalps enough to.
satisfy the unspoiled cravings of the
natural man, nor drunk enough to
celebrate his triumph when the last
prisoner was finally carved up into
small fragments.
"For people who enjoy the natural
man in all his native naturalness, mai
ural religion is, no doubt, sweet and
uplifting, and tranquiliziug. I prefer
it with milder flavors myself; I like it
refined, softened, improved by educl-
tional processes. Bretheren, there is
nothing in the world of animal life
hat is good in its natural state but an
oyster, and he's next door to a clam"
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First Monday in each Month
W. P. CALHOUN
Saw Mill for Sale.

Supervisor OF Registration for Abbeville
County. tJan. %, 1880, II
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A Wise Decision.

Years ago, 4 young man, working
his way through college, took charge
of a district school in Massachusetts
during the winter term. Three Loys
especially engaged his attention and
interest. They were bright, wide
awake lads, kept together in their
classes, and were never tardy.
One night he asked them to remain
after school was dismissed. They
came up to the desk, and stood in 4
row, waiting, with some anxiety, to
know why they had been kept.
"Boys," said the teacher, ~ want
you to 60 to college, all three of you"
"Go to collegen If he had said,
''Go to Central Africa" they could not
have been more astonished. The idea
had never entered their minds.
EYES," continued their teacher; 81
know you are surprised, but you can
do it as we'll as l. Go home, think it
over, talk it over, and come TO me
again."
The three boys were poor. Their
parents had all they could do to feed
and clothe them deceutly, and allow
them term of schooling in the win
ter. One was the son of shoemaker
another came from large family, and
the farm that supported them was
small and unproductive.
The boys stood still for moment in
pure amazement. They looked at each
other, and around the old school house.
The fire was going out in the box stove.
The frost was settling thick upon the
window pane. AS the teacher took
out his watch. the ticking sounded
loud and distinct through the stiffness
of the room. Nothing more was said,
though the four walked out together.
The third night after his converse
ton, the boys asked the "master' to
wait. Again the three stood at the
uesk: one spoke for all, "We've
thought it over, sir, and we've talked
it over; and we've decided to CO."
Good ~ said the teacher. "a boy
can do anything that he sets out to do,
if it is right, and he can ask Gods
blessing upon it. You shall begin to
study this winter with college in
view.n
Twenty years later, two of these
boys shook hands together in the State
capitol. One was clerk of the House
for eight years, and afterwards its
Speaker. The other was President of
the Senate: The third boy amassed a
fortune in business.
The shoemaker's son, who became
Speaker of the House, made his own
shoes that he wore in college, and was
particularly proud of the boots in
which he graduated-his own handi-
work. GA better pair Of French calf"
he declares ''you never saw" He
learned the trade from his father, and
S}heE SeTsa sais it ah5 h50uh Wak yaeaGn to n su1 e
of term-time, and none Of the three
were helped by their parents during
the coltess course.
The teacher who gave the first i'm
pulse to their intellectual life that win
ter became a judge in one of our New
England cities, and died few years
ago.-Christian Register.
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THE LAKE OF GENNESARET.- A
fresh-water lake in Northern Pales-
tine. In form til an irregular oval,
with the large end to the north. 1t is
about fourteen miles long and nine
miles wide, and is about six hundred
feet below the level Of the Mediterra-
mean Sea. "Seen from any point of
the surrounding heights, it is Il fine
sheet of water, a FURNISHED mirror set
in q framework of rounded hills and
rugged mountains, which rise and
roll backward and upward to where
Hermon hangs the picture against the
blue vault of heaven" The lake is
fed mainly by the Jordan; but there
are also number of copious fountains
around the shores, which throw in Il
considerable supply and in the rainy
season the increased flood of the Jor.
dan, together with numerous noun
tain streams which rush in from sur
rounding wadies, raise the waters of
the lake several feet above the ortlina-
ry level. The water is sweet and
wholesome, and the fish abundant
and of excellent quality.
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