Bellefonte, Pa., March 8, 907. Quaint and Interesting Legends of the Lowly Little Plant. CALVARY CLOVER ODDITIES. The Common Red Clover Was Once a Favorite Charm Against Witch Spelis — The Belief In Luck That Clings About the Four Leaved Plant. The most probable origin of the name clover is that which derives It from | the Latin clava—clubs—as the clover | leaf slightly resembles the three prong- It is said, too, | ed club of Hercules. that the clubs of our playing cards are in imitation of the same leaf. There arc many varieties of this common but favorite plant, and, notwithstanding its practical uses in agriculture, about it superstition has woven many quaint and interesting legends. The common red clover was once re- puted to be baneful to witches, and people of high and low degree wore the leaf, considering it a powerful charm against their spells. It is sup- posed to have been introduced into England from the Netherlands during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, The thorny clover (Medicago eclumis) 13 called Calvary clover on account of some of its peculiarities. In the first place, it must be sowed in the spring, and some say on Good Friday. As the leaves appear above ground they have a deep red spot, resembling fresh spilled blood, on each of their three divisions, which will remain for some time before dying away. The three leaflets stand erect during the day with arms ex- tended, but at sunset the arms are brought together, and the upper leaflet Is bowed over them as if in prayer. After a time a small yellow flower appears and later a spiral pod covered with sharp thorns. These thorns inter- lace with one another as they ripen and form a globular head, which when fully matured may be removed from its spiral coils, and the striking re- semblance to a erown of thorns is plainly seen. Thus its blood stained leaves, its extended arms and bowed head and the day when the seed was first planted to await its resurrection have caused it to be christened Cal- vary clover. It is fitting, too, that Palestine should be claimed as its na- tive land. Legend says that the three leaved clover, generally regarded as an em- blem of the Trinity, was first used by St. Patrick to illustrate how three sep- arate objects, such as leaves. could yet form one. Those deeply versed in leg- endary lore, however, claim that St. ' Patrick borrowed rather than origl- nated the sanctity of the shamrock (Medicago lupulina), held in the hand of Hope among the Greeks, when he thus illustrated the Trinity in its three | or found the cross in its four leaves. In the east also the trefoll is sacred. as the holy books of Persia and Arabia tell, and the legend of St. Patrick driv- ing the snakes out of Ireland has a more ancient root, for the Latins be- lieved that snakes were never seen near the trefoil. So If St. Patrick wore it he was invested with additional power to banish these invaders, in Ireland as the true shamrock. It has en asserted that it was a still more , “lent religious symbol and expressed s.ong the ancient Teutonic race the "le grades of druids, bards and neo- tes. The druids held the clover in . at honor as a charm. Hope was de- picted by the ancients as a child stand- ing on tiptoe and holding a clover bloom in its hand. But it is In connection with the four leaved clover that manifold myths have been developed. Owing to its scarcity, it has generally been believed that it would bring luck to the finder. This superstition is referred to in this old stanza: : When sitting in the grass we see A little four leaved clover. "Tis luck for thee and luck for me And luck for any lover. If & lover can find two four leaved clovers and induce the object of his love to eat one while he swallows the other mutual love is sure to result. The four leaved clover brings mys- terious powers with it if it is found on St. John’s eve, they say In the Tyrol. Like fern seed, it can render the wear- er invisible at will and gives especial good fortune in gambling. If a clover Dr. ! Prior says that this plant is regarded | EE —— is concealed in a gift it will enhance its value, A German proverb says of # lucky man, “Er hat ein vierblaet- triges Kleeblatt gefunden” (“He has | found a four leaved clover”), | The fact that its four leaves are ar- | ranged in the form of a cross gives it | its significance. One who wears a bit | of it can detect the presence of evil spirits, While the four leaved clover is said | by tradition to possess a weird magic | Influence, the three leaved is looked | upon more in the light of a religious | symbol. Sbakespeare’s Rosalind asks, ! “Can one desire too much of a good | thing?” and may be answered, “Yes, in | respect to clover leaves,” for, notwith- | standing the wonderful virtues every- | where ascribed to the four leaved clo- | ver, the finder of the five leaved will have bad luck. Even the two leaved clover is not unregarded, but has its legend, and the lucky maid who secures one is by its influence enabled to see her future lover. The lowllest blossoms have always called forth the poet's praises, and even Shakespeare alludes to the clover as “honey stalke”—a fitting name, as the bees revel In its sweetness. Love of Beauty. We will try to make some small plece of ground beautiful, peaceful and fruit- ful. We will have flowers and veg- etables in our garden, plenty of corn and grass in our fields. We will have some music and poetry. "The children shall learn to dance and sing it. Per- haps some of the old people, in time, may also. We will have some art, and little by little some higher art and Imagination may manifest themselves among us—nay, even perhaps an un- calculating and uncovetous wigdom, as of rude Magi, presenting cups of gold and frankincense, for this love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature, and, though it can long coexist with states of life in many other respects unvirtuous, it is itself wholly good, the direct adversary of envy, avarice, mean worldly care and cruelty. The men in whom it has been most strong have always been compassionate and lovers of justice and the earliest declarers and discov- erers of things conducive to the hap- piness of mankind.—John Ruskin. Diplomacy and the Brute. “Listen!” sald the girl as the woman came in from the party at 3 o'clock in the morning and stood at the head of her bed. “Do you hear her sob, the woman above? She has been sobbing like that for an hour. Now. listen to his big, gruff volce storming at her.” “I'll put a stop to that! the woman declared as she hurried out of the flat and on upstairs, “Well,” said the girl when she had come down again, “what did you do? Threaten him with the Soclety For the Prevention of Cruelty to Wives?” “Not at all,” said the woman. “I sim- ply rang his bell and asked him if there was anything I could do for his wife. Wasn't she ill? We could hear her crying beneath in our bedroom, I told him. He thanked me and said there was nothing I could do. But you don’t hear any more sobbing, do you?” —New York Press. Fire Test For Rugs. | The dusky rug salesman took a red | hot coal from the grate and, holding it tight in the tongs, touched it to the | splendid Persian rug. “Oh!” gasped the visitor as the cost- ly rug sizzled and gave off a little smoke and an odor of burning. But the salesman smiled as he point- ed to the charred spot as big as a half dollar on the rug's cream colored ground. “Observe, madam,” he said. And with his hand he brushed the brown entirely away. In a moment nothing of it was left. The rug came forth from its flery ordeal the same as be- fore, only in that one spot the fabric was perhaps an elghth of an inch thin- ner. “A Persian rug that will not come unhurt from the fire test,” said the salesman, “is not worth your at- Han ™ ———— — M— CASTORI For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of CHAS. H. 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THE FALL SESEION anens September 15th, 1906. ¥or specimen examination study, expenses, ete, and showing positions held ——— or for catalog ue giving full information ecting coureas of by graduates, address Tp THE REGISTRAR, State College, Centre County, Pa i | i i Fetichism marks the lowest point of a gross Emergency Fooas. Fine Job Printing. According to Dr. Robert Hutchinson | and degraded supersition. It belongsto| : ibd ES NENRG: of London, if at any time meat is not Sages id tol jodiviling peuple. aa man : available, bread, su and eggs will ere are social fetiches to which mothers AT make “a or x support for | Sacrilice their daughters in this enlightened FINE JOB PRINTING "» i 1and. And these sacrifices are no less hor- the body.” Sugar is an exceedingly | rible than those of the degraded African valuable article of food as a source of | who throws his writhing child into the fire. energy, the unfortunate thing about it | The name of the great social fetich is Ignor- being that it contains no nitrogenous | ance. Mothers see their daughters *‘stand- matter. Bread, however, does contain | ing with reluctant feet where womanhood | some; hence it balances up well when | and girlhood meet,” see them take the step | combined with sugar. In times of | beyoud and assume the stupendons respon- | scarcity of food bread and molasses is | sibilities involved in marriage and mother- | mot a half bad diet—at least it can be | hood and yet they say uo word of warning | {—BOOK-WORK, —3 lied on to keep the body up to a fair | °F ©" ‘ghiehmem 8s fo the greab physical | ih re ie] change which marriage brings to women. | that we can not do in the most satisfactory mag state of efficiency. For those who have snffered through ignor- | ner, and at ance, and have allowed disease to develop | Prices consistent with the class of work. Call on {in the deli 1 ’ . | or communicate with this office. 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