The Crowder City Guardian (Crowder, Oklahoma), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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amounts to that all the *aine In of
flcial parlan< • this federal contrlbu
Ion to the Yule tide whopping a
ity U termed Tbt Sale uf Articl
Vccuniulated in the I>l\lsion of Dead
Letters." and it takes place each >
during the Christina* holidays, by or
der of the postuiasier genera)
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IOJN t'ALE
TALES OF THE
CHRISTMAS GREENS
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This year I ho sale opened on Mod
Jay, December H, and continued all
week. It Is an auction sale and Just
about the IIveil' t sort or an auction
pale tbat could possibly be Imagined
Each day (he proffering and bidding
begins at ten o'clock in the morning
and continues with very brief Inter-
ruptions until dark Then at seven
o'clock in the evening the auctioneer
resumes his oratorical efforts, and the
sale progresses until, say ti o'clock,
when nn adjournment Is taken until
the following day.
Although this unique sale takes place at the
national capital, the purchasers are by no
means limited ti) persons residing or visiting
at the seut of government. The postofllce de
partment Issues thousands of catalogues - this
year's catalogue Is a book of 1!:!D pages of Its
novel sacrifice sale, and these are mailed to all
parts of the United States upon request. So
many out-of town resident* desire to bid for
the nrticiea put up for sale that there has of
late years developed a distinct Held of activ
Ity in Washington for "brokers" who act on
behalf of absent clients in bidding on deslgnat
ed articles as per the Instructions sent them
No person who has not attended one of
these quaint sales can haw an adequate con
ceptlon of the number and bewildering variety
of the articles which are annually lost In the
mails with no clew to the owners For. be it
explained, only a fraction of the total number
of articles that go astray in the malls ultimate-
ly find their way to this picture.. pi. clearance
sale Tho major portion of the waifs of the
mails that are consigned to the Dead Letter
office because of lack or abscnce of address or
any other cause ultimately And their way to
their rightful owners, thanks to the exception-
al discernment of the blind readers'' and oth
er tracers of lost letters In this branch of the
postal Institution. It is only the letters and
parcels that are absolutely 1 .idling in their
lack uf means of identification, that have a
chance of tindlng their way into the sti ck of
the Christmas bargain sale
gutter
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and make room for the
year's accumulation of
unclaimed parcels.
However, there are
several clrcumstnnees
which make the holi-
day season an especial-
ly appropriate time for
this governmental bar-
gain sale. In the first
place a surprising pro-
portion of the articles
contained In the sale
ure such as the aver-
age person prefers to
give as Christmas gifts
— gloves, Christmas
cards, handkerchiefs,
dolls, toys, books ami
jewelry indeed, it Is from the wreckage
the holiday postal rush that the dead lett
sale eli the follow lng year is chlefiy recruited
At the holidays many persons who are not fa
miliar with the preparation of parcels for the
malls make use of till
he-expected sequel of In
eels, missing add1esses
duiing the cht: tma
time of mail is be n
portion of wrapt* rs .
parcels in transit, th
malls Finally there I
l< t at ChiIstmas I
"And they tound written in the law
. . . Go forth into the mount and
fetch olive branches, and pine
branches, and myrtle branches, and
p. im branches, and branches of thick
trees to make booths."
of Joshua the custom of
for midwinter festivals
among the Hebrews—in
let, it was obligatory. And the use
' i i 'letoe by the old Druids anil of
oily by the Romans were customs al-
ready centuries old when Christianity
adopted th in. The u.-e of Christmas
greens began before Christmas.
Nov/ you are preparing, doubtless,
to decorate your home, to twine ivy
about the paintings in the drawing
room or parlor, to hang on walls and
in window s holly wreaths and suspend
mistletoe from chandeliers and door
frames, riut do you know the legends
of these greens, of the significance of
the ivy, the holly and the mistletoe?
Holly was used by the Romans In
the feasts of Saturn, to whom it was
dedicated. It was an emblem of peace
and good will. When the early Chris-
tians began to celebrate the birth of
Chrisbt, holly became the symbol of
resurrection. Even the Persians re-
garded this plant as sacred and be-
lieved that "the sun never shadowed
the holy tree." They would drench
Kvon at that there is a furthi r
these unldeDtil:
experts of the
to abandon ho|
tended d< liuai
waif is held at
year In th" hot
own Initiative t
rai«-n s . r:
ting
lat
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Dead
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tloil W!
of readln
un claim*
nual au.;
It is a
of our < i
to take i
the mails
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twelve
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of Bacchus. When
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AMERICAN SETTLERS WELCOME
AND DO'NG WELL.
The Portland Oregonlan, of Port-
land, Oregon, published a cartoon on
the Immigration of U. S. people to
Canada, in its Issue of October 5,
1909. The picture was accompanied
by the following article:
"Losing American Citizens. The ex-
i>dus of American farmers to Cana< la
continues to be a phenomenon of the
first Importance. More of them are
crossing the border this fall than
ever before, and they are flocking
from all parts of the country. Former-
ly it was the Middle West alone which
thus lost the heart of its citizenship.
Now all sections of the Union suffer
alike. The regret which we cannot
help feeling over the migration of
many thousands of excellent citizens
has an economic side which causes
some concern. The 70,000 farmers
who will go to Canada to live this fall
will take v. ith them some $70,000 000
In cash and effects. This is by no
means a negligible sum, and makes a
very appreciable drain on our re-
sources. But, of course, the most se-
rious loss is the men themselves and
their families, who have forsaken the
land of the free and the home of the
brave to dwell under the rule of a
monarch.
Why do tbey go? Naturally the
cheap and fertile land of Western Can-
ada attracts them. Each emigrant
goes with a reasonable expectation of
bettering his fortune. Indeed, in a
few years he may grow rich through
the abundant crops he can raise and
the Increase of land values. But per-
haps that is not the sole reason for
the astonishing migration. There is
a common notion abroad that in Can-
ada life and property are appreciably
safer than they are here. Murders
are not so frequent, and are more
speedily and surely punished Mobs
and the so-called 'unwritten law' are
virtually unknown in Canada. Again
the law is a vastly more ascertainable
entity there. Canada does not per-
mit its judges to vet" acts of the leg-
islative body. When a statute has
been enacted It is known to be the
law of the land until it is repealed,
this naturally imparts to Canadian
civilization a security and stability
which we have not yet attained.
| "We must remember, in the same
connection, that the Canadian protec-
j tive tariff is far less exorbitant than
■ ours, and much less boldly arranged
for the benefit of special favorites.
Hence there is an Impression, very
widely diffused, that the Canadians
are not so wickedly robbed by the
trusts as we are in this country. Rea-
| sons like these sufficiently account for
: the exodus of a body of citlzers, whom
i we can ill afford to lose, but they do
| not much assuage our regret that they
cannot be retained in the United
States."
I Speaking ef this, a Canadian Gov-
ernment representative says that the
Americans who cross the border are
most welcome. The splendid areas
of virgin soil, a large quantity of which
is given away as free homesteads, lie
close to existing railways and to those
under construction. The railway lines
that are assisting in this development
are the Canadian Pacific, the Cana-
dian Northern and the Grand Trunk
Pacific. The latter is built entirely on
Canadian soil, and has opened up a
wonderful stretch of land. Along this
line during the year about closed thou-
sands of American settlers have made
their homes. They have built the
towns, and immediately began as fac-
tors in the building up of the great
Canadian West.
Agents of the Government are lo-
cated in various cities throughout the
United States who will be pleased to
give any information that may be de-
sired to further the interest of the
settler.
A HINT.
artic!
that
loser.
the
bad not considered It worth whll" to
trace then., but nn tho o'.hor bard there
are hundred of really valuable art Inclu-
ding number* of diamond rings, gold and nil-
ver watches and other pieces oi Jewelry.
To some reader* tho que-tion may naturally
present Itself of why this sub is held ea;h
year Just at ChrUtmas tln:> The r«.i- n ad-
vanced by th> pin i ueuit t«
tbat It U the natural time lor a iliaranc. >ale
alnce It Is the season when tho work of the
calendar year Is being brought to a close and
obviously It Is desirable to clear out tho ca
pacious store rooms at the postal headquarters
w 11
pert
* or tho D
Is In tho ha
sk being bo
bidder -th
to ill Sfct
trgo of col
Ically, as they are
ril each lot in tur
highest bidder wit
• g ird to bow Inade
compared with th.
itial postal .;i
ion and supe
d Letter nti
Is of n privai.
owed by com
is. the auct
postal stock
:.i-slon The
price, |ier "lot" brought at the
e Is well above }1. Tho lowest
I are usually for the parcels of
mental music which go for 30
"lot." whereas the top notch
s are derived of course, from the jewelry
. notably the diamond ing.- v so'.ld gold
set with a diamond weighing slightly
than half a karat sold for t:>0—a decld-
i.igain at the prictis at which diamonds
then selling. All the packages contain-
instn:
ts per
tual
ict upon the
tieer who Is
I the lowest
term* are
strictly cash Uncle Sam usually derives gross
receipts In excess of JtO.eOO from this sale,
deductlrg for the co t of catalogues and other
expenses means at least $8,000 net profit This
is turned over to the I'nlted States tre'asury.
However, U at atiy time, within three years a
lng jewelry of value are sealed,, but the post-
olhct- oil'i.lals supervising a sale will usually
br. ak tho seals and display In advance any
des gnated |i cea of Jewelry If requested to do
so by bor.a tide bidders Not all the parcels
offered at tho pn-tal sale are such as can be
carried home by the purchaser. Many a "lot"
Is contained In a huge wooden box. In this
year's tale one Item Is represented by a pack
lng case, as large as a piano box, filled with
souvenir cards. Another almost as large, holds
a miscellaneous assortment of cheap Jewelry
manor ys.
lold;
vithout t'. ' d- '• is full tore a rnM
as preferred, but ivy became ponu-
course of time Mistletoe has al-
od wi:h Ivy the popularity of Christ- :
tietoe Is more rare and more asjo-
h myths.
he Druid priests at their yearly eels-
i re wont to send out persons to dU
cover tho newest of the mistletoe growth at a
season when tho voice of a cuckoo was first '
hi ard Only thrt which grew on an oak tree
was acceptable. When It was found, great
ore prepared.
lay appointed, when the moon was
! there were led to the pla :« tv
■ : a white-robed priest wou:d at-
• and cut the mistletoe wi'h a
id. The sickle was never used for
purpose; all the fragments of the
gathered, and with great rejoicing
proceeded to their sacred g ov e.
sacrifices were made and partic!es (
of the plant distributed.
It wa.s bell, vi d that the mistletoe brought
with It the t'-od will and blestlngs of the fsi
rle-s, fo.-. It Is said, tbey sought protection with-
in It during the winter w-hen all other trees
were leafless.
In Sweden for many years It has been re-
garded as a cure of epilepsy and an antidote
for pol-cns. In southern Wales it Is worn
about th-' n;ck as a protection against snake ;
bites. The belief of the old Druids that the
poss« -slon of It guaranteed children Is belUrsd
In many paits of England to this day. i
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sacrlfli
On
six d:
white
cend t
si kit'
any ol
plant wer
the- Druie
where th>
her
yV>,, -t or ,- ^
The Boss—That's an nnclcnt-looklng
coat you're wearing, Mr. Shrimp.
Mr. Shrimp—^Yes, sir: it's tho one I
got when you last raised my salary!
FOR OLD PEOPLE.
After reaching tlie ago of forty the
human system gradually declines. The
accumulated poisons in the blood
cause rheumatic pains In tho Joints,
muscles and back. These warnings
should be promptly relieved and seri-
ous illcess avoided by using tho fol-
lowing prescription which shows won-
derful results even after the first few
doses and it will eventually restore
physical strength.
"One ounce compound syrup of
Sarsaparilla; one ounce Torts com-
pound; hall pint of high grade whis-
key. This to be mixed and use>d In
tablespoonful doses before each meal
and at b*>dtime. The bottle to be well
shaken each time." Any druggist has
these Ingredients or cr.n get the>m
from his wholesale house.
Enthusiasm is something that
causes a man to shout when the
crowd Is shouting even if he doesn't
know what It is about.
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Barrow, A. E. The Crowder City Guardian (Crowder, Oklahoma), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1909, newspaper, December 10, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc273776/m1/4/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.