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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-08

of DIR. Francis Pringle's people it is
narrated that some of his rural par
ishioners, whose week day employments
were in the open field, being unused to
a sedentary habit, would occasionally
fall asleep during the sermon. For
this offense his manner Of reproof was
somewhat original After patiently
permitting them to enjoy their nap for
about ten minutes, or for such length
Of time as he deemed sufficient to re-
fresh them, without saying n word
or for a moment losing the calm and
benevolent expression of his counte-
nance, or making the least pause in his
discourse, he would bring down a vol
ume Of David's Psalms on the big
Bible that lay closed before him with
such prodigious force that the crack
resembled the report of a musket, and
in an instant murdered sleep."-St
Louis Globe-DemoerSt
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-08
The HOLY THoRN OF GLASTONBURY


An Account Of a Tree which Formerly
Was Said to Grow in England.
The legend of the holy thorn of Glas
tonbury is very old, and, until very re-
cent times, was quite generally believed
in. in spite of its absurdities. The orig
inal legend was that st. Joseph of Ari-
mathea landed not far from Glaston-
bury, England. and that he and his
companions went TO a hill near the
town and there rested for a few hours.
Upon making the halt st. Joseph is
said TO have thrust his staff. adry haw-
thorn stick, into the ground, and that
it grew and ~blossomed, being constant
ly in bud or full bloom.
The first account of this miraculous
tree found in print bears date of 1722.
This states that the tree had a double
trunk in the days of Queen Elizabeth,
but that during her reign a Puritan,
taking offense at the trees observance
of Christmas dor it is said to always
bloom, no odds how cold the weather,
on Jan. 6, ''Old Christmas'), hewed
down the largest of the trunks. For
this act of Dissertation the Puritan was
punished by accidentally cutting n of
his legs and by the loss of one eye,
which was injured by a chip from the
sacred thorn.
Although the tree had been felled to
the ground, it still adhered 10 the stump
by a bit of bark, and for thirty years
the fallen part continued TO flourish
Just as the standing branch did, and
to always bloom at Christmas time.
Finally the trunk, which remained
standing. was cut down by a military
saint in the time of King Charles l, and
after that time the people of the vicinity
did a thriving business in the sale Of
young shoots that sprang up at the base
Of the sacred tree.
For a century or more thorn trees
continued to be shown in that neigh
borhood, each claiming 10 be the main
shoot of the original Glastonbury thorn.
There is a curious story told in a
British magazine of January, 1853.
The change of the calendar from old to
new style had Just been made. a mum
Der of people visited the tree on Christ
mas day, new style, but it showed no
signs of blooming. Therefore it was
watched on Jan. 6. the Christmas of
old style, when it was seen 10 bloom as
usual.
In a work on British plants and trees,
published in ISIS, | find the following
in regard TO the winter blooming thorn
tree Of Glastonbury 1T does not now
grow within the Abbey of Glastonbury,
but in a lane beyond the churchyard
on the other side of the street, by the
side of a pit. 1t appears to be a very
old tree. 1t has been reported TO have
ne thorns, but that l found TO be a
mistake. It has them, like other haw-
thorns, but which also in large trees
are but few. 1t blossoms twice a year.
The winter blooms, which are individ-
ually about the size of a ~sixpence, ap-
pear about Christmas, or sooner if the
weather be severe. st. Louis Re,
public.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-08

The historians Of the conquests by
Pizarro. Cortes and their contempora-
ries and Successors have recorded events
unsurpassed IN bloodshed and cruelty,
yet the fate Of the Indians under the
Spanish domination-and under the in
fiuence Of the Roman Catholic church
Is in marked contrast with that Of the
great tribes which aforetime Inhabited
the Anglo Saxon and Protestant Ameri-
can States. In Mexico Indian blood
courses IN the veins Of seven eighths Of
the people. in Argentina the proper
ton is far less. it being in this particu-
lar ar the other extreme among Span
ish American states, but ven here the
Indian admixture is not only notice
able. but sufficient 70 influence national
traits.
Il may not be said that the Indians
have been thoroughly Chrisriahized by
the Roman Catholic church in the
Spanish Americas. but though many
were slaughtered the race has been
perpetuated. and has received religious
ideas in advance Of the former heather
rites. The Anglo-Saxon has dispos-
sessed and destroyed the Indians with
GU a protest from either the Protestant
or Roman Catholic church. and the re-
iieious work in their behalf has been
ahamefully puerile compared with the
ChristIike missionary work in behalf Of
heafhens in remote and foreign lands
Bishop j. NJ. Walden in Harper's
The mean annual temperature of the
whole United States. excepting Alaska,
Is 50 degs. Fahrenheit, and the figures
show that the part Of the country
where this is the actual mean tempera-
sure Is the enter Of the greatest dem
sfty Of population.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-08

heard of an amusing little affair to
day. A son of a friend Of mine de-
Sired to purchase a cheap new hat to
wear about the store where he is EN-
ployed, and he and his father started
out to make the purchase. Previous to
their departure, Jim, the boy, conclud-
ed to wear his Sunday7go-to-meetin' +"
hat an almost new four dollar
tile, and, unknown to the father,
he put it on, told his father he
was ready, and of they went in search
of a new olead covering. 1t did not
take long TO make the purchase. A
two dollar hat vas selected jim
told his father that he would 60 down
town in a while, and asked his father
to take home his old hat, which had
been tucked away in a paper bag.
The father started home with the
bag, and while on the way concluded
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-08

Nothing cheapens the college more
than the careless comforting Of degrees.
To degrade a degree into a mere per
sonal compliment, without due regard
70 :ts essential propriety, is TO wound
educs,5on in the house of its friends.
This sens. Sveness of the leaders Of edu-
cation to the subject Of degrees is sign
of the deeper interest in the higher edu-
cation. But it must not be forgotten
that the phrase is not exact There Ia
no point at which primary education
ends and higher education begins. Sec
ondary education is only more educa-
tion.-Harper's Weekly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-08

It would be useless 70 sarry the rusty
thing further, so he quietly laid it down
On the pavement and moved on. A
gentleman and lady came along soon
after. picked up the bag, advanced to
a gaslight hard by, examined the con-
tents, became satisfied it was a good
find and went on their way rejoicing.
The father went en- home, told his wife
that Jim had bought a two dollar hat,
and that he had thrown his old hat
away. Thrown the old hat away
exclaimed his wife. "'Why, that was
his Sunday-go-to-meetin' best. Here Is
the old bat. Louisville Post.
Poisonous EnEIish Fiesion-
A great deal has been spoken and
written against reprints Of foreign
hooks on the score of the dishonesty
involved in them, and with good rea-
son. but they deserve far mor and far
stronger reprobation on another ground.
Even If the authors copyright had
been in all cases duly regarded, they
ought still. in the majority of eases, &c
be protested against, as tending to cor
rupt our people and draw them away
| from that simple ideal of life and free
dom which is the very soul of oul
nation.
am here referring not solely On
| chiefly to reproductions Of those IN
clean works with which France favors
us or Of that vapid, sentimental
DameD-Iiteratur in which Germany
| abounds. but rather. and especially, 70
those innumerable reprints Of English
works Of unexceptional conventional
morality with which the whole country
is deluged.
Against French immortality We are.
in some degree, protected by our native
puritanism, and where that fails 10y
conventional hypocrisy; while German
sertimentality. lacking, as it usually
dos, the salt Of humor. strikes MS as
insipid. and therefore lays but slight
hold upon US. In English works, on
the other hand. there is something far
more germane to our character, a subtle
~atavistic poison. which puts to sleep the
new man. the free American. in us, and
wakes the slumbering servile or over
bearing Englishman.
Still more frequently ii wakes the
slumbering English woman However
useful such literature may be in Eng
land. which is dominated by the spirit
Of caste. rendering necessary the cult
walton o! servility In IA class to rlatct
the arrogance Of another, il is distinct
ly hurtful in America, where there i
no recognized caste. and where nothing
is more essential to public and privat,
well being than the spirit of manly and
womanly self respect. and of contemp
for all Fictitious worth conferred b!
birth. position, title or wealth.-Prc
lessor Thomas Davidson b. Forum.
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Looking for New Book.

The other day a visitor entered the
public library and passed some time in
looking ct the list of new books Then
he went 70 the counter and in a few
moments the Librarian stepped along
70 attend to his wants. Some time was
passed in inquiring about the latest
publications. when he suddenly asked:
Have you amy late books by Charles
DicisSnaT' - Bangor Commercial.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-08-08

The erosion Of big guns IS thought to
be largely due to igniting slow burning
powder al tie base Of the charge,
whereby the bore receives attrition
from the hard unbuFned portions Of
lha powder.
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Ill.

When the child had spoken, Wash
ington came forward and taking Steph-
en- Won Tromp by the hand. led him
up TO his father. There WAS no need
OF words. The old Major threw his
arms around his eldest born and
clasped him to his heart. Then he
turned to the company and said bro
kenly, "FrIends and neighbors, it is 1
who need to be forgiven. My wife
said truly, though L didn't believe il
then, that this is the good Gods best
Christmas gilt to me. For, this my
son was dead and is alive again; he
was lost, and is found.
None of the congratulations to the
reconciled father and son were more
hearty than those of President Wash
ington and no face in the whole city
was SO happy the next day as that of
the wife and mother. When, in the
Christmas service at old st. PauPs, the
preacher, DIR. Provost, spoke of the
little child that had been born on that
day to heal the wounds of the world,
the eyes of father, mother and son
turned to the pew in which sat the
President And threescore years after
wards, the grandchild, whose golden
hair had turned white and whose steps
had become slow and infirm, told her
grand children how Washington had
stopped for a moment after the service
at the old gateway of the churchyard,
to lay his hand upon her head and wish
her a MERRY Christmas. "-Sunday
NercurY.
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dren that they might obtain . view o,

dren that they might obtain . view o,
the Bambino.
Naturally to the infantile mind the
idea OF the beiewelled figure appeale
most forcibly, and, to many, the
baskets of fruit seemed to be an even
greater source of covetousness; or,
should they chance to come on the day
when the Shepherds are represented as
paying a visit to the Babe the sheep
which peer round the corner of the
entry, taking stock of the Holy Family,
with suspicious air, are more attrac-
tive than Is aught beside to them, and
the intense desire for "baalamb"
overrules the parental admonition to
preserve silence. But these advices
are neither very frequent nor very
stern. The sacred Bambino makes
festa for the children, and young and
| old, priest and laity, look kindly oD
their vagsrieJ.
Meanwhile, from the chanoel, swell
tine notes of an organ, and, with a
monotonous chant, the priests begin
vespers. The crowd is too dense to
penetrate further, and it is best to
await by the doors for the procession
of the priests, who will come to fetch
the Bambino after the vespers are over.
Then, amid much pomp Of satin ban
ners and great dripping candles, they
carry the sacred effigy, first on to the
terrace, where, holding it aloft, the
chief priests utters a benediction on
the kneeling crowd, thickly gathered
not only on the staircase, but in the
| piazza and street far below, and with
this ceremony the Bambino festival
ends; for, after the image has been
borne prompously through the sisles
of the church, it is taken to the sac
risty, and there locked up until called
for by some urgent need, or until the
glad time of the "Natale" comes round
once again.
l.. VANsITTART DE FABECK.
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TIE FNl. OF A WESTERN EDsroa.
usU Hs Eseahllshed Q ReV.tzxlsa n /.
DanSpreay MRn-

When the first weekly in Washing
ton Territory was cstablished the edi-
tor, who was An Ohio printer, made
break in the first issue to establish his
reputation as a dangerous man to fool
with He was surrounded by a rough
crowd, aud he realized that the proper
thing to do was to put himself in shape
to be sized up according to Hoyle- To
effect this he led of with an article
abusive Of Col Taylor. The Colonel
was an imaginary individual. aud i,
was therefore safe to call him a liar
aud a coward, and to declare that if he
ever appeared in town he would be
horsewhipped up and down the streets.
Every issue for two mouths contained
n hit at Col. Taylor. and he was scored
SO vigorously and the editor seemed sc
anxious for some sort of a shooting
match with him that '.the boys" treat.
ed him with that Difference always ac-
corded to the fearless man.
When anybody inquired who the
was a desperate of the worst type, anC
that he had solemuly sworn to have
the editors life He was never exact
ly located or identified. but was always
dared to como in like a man and have
it out
One day. just after an issue in which
Col. Taylor was stigmatized as white
livered coyote and dehed to duel witt
bowie knives In a dark room, a stranger
came slouching into the office; looked
about a while with curiosity, and then
said to the editor:
well, I'm here"
Yes, l see, but what for?" was the
reply.
I'm Col. Taylor
Nor
Him and nobody else. You've beer
lighting into me like wildcats for I
long time past, and l haven't been say
ing word. I've got tired OF it, how
ever, and now it's got to stop!
My dear sir. the Col. Taylor men
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He who thinks better of his neigh
oors than they deserve, Is seldom bad
man, for the standard by which his
Judgment is guided, Is the goodness of
his own heart. 1t is only the base who
believe all men base, or, IN other
words, like themselves.
WOMEN govern us; let us render
them perfect. The more they are en-
lightened, so much the more shall
men be. On the cultivation of the
mind of women depends the wisdom OF
men. 1t is by women that nature
writes on the hearts of men.
II any speak ill of thee hee ZONE 10
thy own conscience and examine thy
Laar.; il thou be guilty, 1T is q Just Cor
recti1n; if not guilty, it is a fair in
strucliou; make use Of both; so shalt
thou distil honey out of gall, and out
Of an open enemy create q secret
friendy
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Some or the designs In use en- the
Oriental carpets that are SO attractive
10 Western ideas of taste have history
early Persian kings. They are handel
down from generation to generation of
rugmakers, mothers transmitting them
10 daughters, for most Of the carpet
Weavers of the Orient are women.
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uowILAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
BY EUGENE FIELD.
,nu the haarth ia low

BY FUGENE FIELD.
-,s hre upon the hearth is low,
lp M there is stiffness everywhere;
iiEs troubled spirits here and there.
~ areiight hldows tluttering 20.
ttsS asthe shadows round me creep,
AZ childish treble breaks the gloom,
HSd softly from the further room
c.mas: Now | lay me down to sleesS
ttnS somehow with that little prayer,
AIInd that sweet treble In my ears,
nT thought goes back to distant years,
,aJIinGeTs with dear one there.
md as fhear the child's amen;
Nv mothers faith comes back to me:
Tronrhed az her side seem to be-
mother holds my hands again.
nbI for an hour I'm that dear place!
nhi Tor the peace of that dear tImei
mi fOr that childish trust sublime
nsi for glimpse OF mothers facet
Vst a. the shadows round me creep,
Iao not seem to be alone,
sSset magic Of that treble tone
And "NOw l lay me down 10 sleep"
Chicago Nelos.
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REMEMBER that we have no more faith
at any time than we have in the hour
OF trial All that will not bear to be
tested In mere carnal confidence. Fair
weather is no trial of faith.
If your religion does not improve
your character. it is the wrong kind.
NOTHING reveals q mans. character
more fully than the spirit in which he
bears his limitations.
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THEY WE'RE ALL RIGHT.

Mother-"Wheu the new :.inister calls,
Tommy, you mustn't make any rema-ks
about his clothes"
Tommy latter the minist-' Is seated)
MA told me not to say anything about
your clothes. don't see anything tho
uatter with then."-Np York Sun.
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A LUCKY FELLOW.

} Bilkias-"So Goodheart, who wa
once engaged to you, has married Kiss
Sweetie. ehi Well, hes lucky fel-
low" ~
/ Mrs Bilkins-"Do you know Miss
Sweetie7"
Bilkiu.-'No, but know you've
yorI Weekly
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He-"whs. would you do II o man
should kiss youl"
Shc-"I'd give him as good as be
sent"
He--"Td kiss you now for cent.
She-"How dare you1 And without
assent. ."-Atlanta ConHitutioa.
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AN APPEAL FoR MONEY.

Physician with ear to patients chest)
There is a severe swelling oSer the
region Of tie heart which must be reduced
at once"
Patient (anxiously)-"That swelling
IS my pocket book, doctor. Pleas.
don't reduce it too much. - YanEei
BLADE.
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SHOWN UP.

servani-"Therc's a gentleman down
stairs, aa'am."
Mistress--"Sh him up to the par
3or."
Servant-'But he has come to clear
the chimbiy."
Mistress-"Then show him up tht
chimney"
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MANNER is one of the principal ex-
ternal grsces of character. 1t is the
ornament of action, and often makes
the commonest offices beautiful by the
way in which it performs them. 1t is 6
happy way of doing things, sdorning
even the smallest details of life.
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pIpS'r DARE HIvAI. THE JUDGE.

"wcll," said the Judge, "you boast
ofbeing able to pick pockets with remark.
able de1teritv."
Il can pick pockets With anybody In
the room"
Then, bowing courteously, THAT 10
meant without any offence to you"
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urS nAIHI nv III

"Sir," said the culprit, II committed
his theft under advice Of my doctor"
What, he hypnotizcd youi"
mo, sir. But he told me to take
something before went to bed"
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uCAfLlAIINo,

De Mascus-"I suppose Wing, Is ven
proud Of his wife's success with her
novell"
St. Agedo,c-''No, I fancy not. You
sec. he is merely known as 'Hrs. Wings's
husband now. - Yankee Blade.
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II travel on my cheek" said q
drummer to u conductor.
Pretty hard travelling, I should Say"
remarked the conductor easily, and
passed on. - Washington Star.
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APPEARING NATURAL.

Bride lat the CapitoD-"Charlie, dear.
try and appe.r natural, so people won't
think we arc newly married"
can right, Angela. You can carry
This bag while smoke. "-Nann Brss.'
H. Monthly.
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NO. |
THE GIRLS OF RTNErS-oNE.

They tell me twas the fashion,
oh, long and long ago,
For girls to look like lilies white,
And SIT at home and sew.
To-day the times have altered,
And pretty Kate aud Nell
Are PLAYING merry tennis
In svoth, they do it we'll.
Do you want happy comrade
In study OF IN fun3
BE sure you'll fiud her quickly
Mid the girls of Nnty-Our.
She'll keep that bright head steady,
Unharmrd in any whirl,
And not a lad will love her less
Because she is girl.
Selected.
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tne ponderous brass knocker and then
t IL urop gently and without sound
se1tly ne walked away and disap.
pedeu In the lane that led TO the rear
gateway OF the famous Won Tromp
gardens, which then stretched down to
the East River shore. "