Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-22
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 .,0raF0L TREE IN 4 BEAU TIfuL GROVE.

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 E books of the Buddhist a''sa .a the early daga Of tie# lia'' aaasfion U sf which deeply asl isdq qag of the leaTned was tbs m mi inc trees had solls, sa5' Ha q 'V +ba philad, ia Ledger s 1D.r.r ? ~. ragged strongly, for tle Widespread that in injarine fl'.gg Fas m, . tree proportionate pail. lIa,lls ...a4 on it's spirits nature. saels' iSea 10 creeps out again and e.eek l1. and Roman mythology s.IfIore oil of every country and i0.r rarane is full of 1t, and at U l.s l ag Christmas these primi- .sess are actually praotieed. ssl..,,.s 9.snsrous German aud Engiish o.Feringg to the apple trees lla s..rd md seen on every Christ Dssi', l;s .aTetamorphosesN tells sa'a AlisI I story of Erisiethon's s i'm. s'p1 s.ssF on the greTe of Ceres and s'l', essek dryads and hamadryads Iiges linked to a tree, and as .'lbars and dies they themselves VI snd cease to be. Any injury 'ag z tvig is felt as . wound, and s,sle bewing down puts an end sE opce. 4 cry of anguish es- ssn when the cruel ax comes .., tbjs established belief that 5d such lines as;
 a.spsll the air resouhds the weoamans solce bie.hs from tho grooming my life, : trembling virgin srarei ' sa me haInadfy y;ltt < I'TsiYt'
 rist that fearful TX resound.
 .,}s tree to which my life ls bound. ' sss bark ny blood il torrents flows. fsIas, l perish from your blows. .sIipq, then, this prevalent faith | rtual life and soul of the trees, I Dass on to the subjects on hand 1 e5ldsa bough or mistletoe-the I aIaa its locality, I ina legend of 13alder the Bean aa lis death by the mistletoe 6 iH ioneh with the ancient doe- I dire worship.
 Iadtea stated that Virgil gave this l Iha golden bough to the mistle- Has he only compares it with sloe
 sixsh book Of the HA1neid" lie ] Bos tWo doves, guiding A3neas oomy vale, ill whose depth grew isa l0ush, alighted upon ! tree shone . fiekering gleam of T As in the woods in winter cold, sl0e-.a plant not native to ite gfsan with fresh leaves and is yellow berries ahout the s5eh seemed upon tho shady oak # gold, 50 rustIed in the gentle As golden leaf. ? Yifgil docs not l: ihe mistletoe, and yet what s Modification is perfeet.
 pet loeaies the gloomy vale IT. shbahood of Lake Ayernus, but tadition, as recorded by servi. z t9the grove of Neini, Arieia. aoFg of this Arieian grove is d in Macaulay's 5 lines:
 k s'ill, glassy lake that sleeps
 Beaeaih Arieia 5 trees
 sa trees il whose dim shadow
 glastly priest doth reign,
 U priest who slew the slayer
 ai shall himself be slain.
 soi antiquity in this beautiful EeE a wonderful tree, round IIoWllils figure, sword in hand, 0e constantly expeotant of an hon some enemy. Yet he was
 tf tae grove, and, by the or. IN flee, be would some day be
 To claimant who wished to
 a. 10 gain his position he
 ls Predecessor, and, in course aest himself be slain. Such is 4 ef Strako's version. The q the tree might not be bro- sPl y 3 runaway slave. This ssa nm the right to challenge Y and, if successful, to assume 2 king of the wood. ' Ira. ! as that this was tine bough 4aeaa plueked before he jour lae lower wosl0.
 familiar story from Norsa ol Balder tho Beautiful we Y laets that he first dreamed seat foraboding Of evil, yet he aalther to earth nor heaven. ' gods, anxious to protect him,
 a from fire. air, earth and 5aes trees and plants, sick @ g0'son, birds, creeping things looEsd beasts that they should ' ' llalder.
 nus invuluerable, the gods 'ssalselses by throwing stones ~ nm. Then Loki, the mis- ]ss' Uncovered that eass of grew the mistletoe chat a .. young and innocent to ass'lins II, he placed q branch aSauf B hands, who threw and s'9sf \ dead. Then his body was N. as great ship RingAsr, the .'sI' sl' Mas It, his faithful wife, " sl9se tears had fallen on the .sssa and been turned into ,. ,.'S,--and his warhorse were paa hlm ne tho 1eAs