rrnr kflimi
V1LBURD.NESBII
( The old man will not march today he meant to be in line;
i You mind last year he stepped along so jaunty and so fine .
His hat atiit so boyishly, his shoulders straight and. square, ) x
1'And him near eighty, but as young as any marching there? ;
tTwas yesterday his shamrock come.
i Ana wnen ne saw tne ntue leaves
And he sat down and patted it like
The little bit of jgreen that camftpm far off Coun
etc
fwns like a man that had a spell,
pAnl sigh about the way it grows, along the little brook
LThat runs into the Shannon--" 'Twashe song it sang,'". said he,
fJThat led me to the Shannon and from there aCrossThe sea.
But sure this is the voiceof home, grown up so sweet fcnd clean;
FAnd5(ike5he, love1 I bear for it, still tender, young! and gjreen,
i It paWflioiSand things for me I wish .that I)was there;
:J vvr);thatJ.ys where they find
; And Ions into the niaht he sat adream 61 other days,
i He vliispered of the boyhood paths, as one whose fancy strays
j Back over long forgotten fields and then with eyes aflame
He looked and looked into the past and whispered mother's name!
"Acushla! Norah!" . . . Sure 'twas joy that held him when he sighed,
! He dropped his head upon hjsiftrA3tjnd, dreaming so, he died.
i Anil in his hand. nressedcP
, Was crushed the little kt? of green
CHARM OF RURAL
IRELAND IS GREAT
Jravclar Must Leave City of Dub
lin if He Would Really
Know Country.
Thera the Attractlvs Characteristic
; of t!ie People Are Portrayed Songs
' tnd Talcs of tho Days Whan Fac
tion Fi;iitirg Was the Fashion.
I KH:LA;TD has many surprises for the
traveler v.hosa opinion ol the Irish
has hecn termed from his visits to the
theuter, where "Pat" is always dretsed
In me !ii:po33iblo style, speak
ing a harsh and disagreeable tongue,
and tl vays ready to obtrude his im
pbrtrnce upon tha audience. If euch
a ty.e ever existed, it has left Ireland,
for da hiogue of the Irish la a pleas
ant diversion to thoso who visit the
land. There it is recognized as the
accomplishment of those who have
preserved their own' native "Gaelic
tongue, and who Eci!t it in soft, pleas
Ji5 voices, .perhaps it Is because the
otner racks have generally failed to
understand the poopls of Ireland that
loo inhabitants of the land, although
cordi.U, assuma a ressrve 'with
f'r.-.r.geia. If,' however, a tourist
I'-.r: cf a reiatioaahip with one of
their countrymen he ii at ence taken
into th-i hearts of the people, who
love to feci a fellowship with their
The traveler who selects the city
til Bullm for his sightseeing in Ire-lr.-d
v. ill r.ever feci that he has seen
the litud. Excepting the fact that one
1; r.i ij.crs tfco Ecl't, musical' voices of
the r-pc-Ie and eic3 at the hotels aris
tccr&i." 3 e'il l id: c s often wearing long
veils exieading from the backs
of t;..:!r heads to the trails of their
arns:-s i-i the style w-orn by Queen
"Vic.cria, and excepting the fact uiat
cue f-'ts corned bt-f and cabbage
er-s.t a good class hotel in the
m: ':ie of a very hot suuiiiier and yet
eij -ys it, one would hardly rtsliM
that J. is in Er;n's Isle.
Hairiiy fertile tourist, St. Patrick's
Jas-i is riostiy peasant Ireiend. In the
rur.i! districts one findi gems of
iBCei erv, and it is there, too, that the
Attractive characterittlcs of the peo
ple ere portrayed. Ejuthern Ireiaad
is so poor ia farbi i nds that tho trav
eler wonders lev the peifca:t3 live,
surrounded in iv.iar phicea by rocks,
heather fi-!" aD'l peat begs, with
ler rnd t'.tie only a little patch of
Tpr'airz:; Z iand. where a few potatoes
ir some greens may be grown.
Even pif3 crc rcirce. Unless thesa
little grunters are really kept In the
parlors of the one or two roomed
ab'.uB, tvey srs noted more for their
absecc. than ty their presence. The
bea't:.'-.il heather fields of the island
are a taare u.r the scranger who start
to g:.'.her a bunch cf the pretty weeds, '
i.a there is apt to b a ptrticnlarly
Teautiful tfray a E-ile way off from
. is road Eut wc unto hira wha
t z.e3 Lis rrt step frLi the hhway.
i fet si."t tS his eboetons into the
- arsh. A.i bee t. -p, u'. it i lav
i
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Twas Clancey feent if him:
nis eyes grew soil, pi
twas a baby s tux
the way he'd sit and look
the green in U?unty uarey
frontar toffri Junty Clare.
JL'-
ult to get out. To attempt to cros3
he boz would be serious, and so the
raveler conies to tmderstend why the
easants do not clear thesa fields and
lant crops.
Among the peasants there are many
ood Irish songs sung and many tales
old of the "ould days" when "die
usslons with sticks" were the fash
on. Ia a few old homes the big, stout
hillelahs which have either lost or
von battles have been preserved for
generations, descending with their his
ories from oldest son to oldest son.
few tourists return from Ireland with
out a stout bludgeon, but that is a
.ouvenir made only for the traveler;
ts length Is. only about cne-half that
-ny Crtiltirsn In Krcnt of Pictures
Coitavjs, Cour.iy Kiny.
the oid tiircvic-'
ich v,Ti3 used by a
neighbor's skull.
! e ack
la tuo aays o
n f:r-l
tue followers of both
lh;- opportnnr.v to ret
'hey cuned ii, l
foLi 't, wmcn mea-'-t
. -v i. . i. t
-
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- s:.d J'" v. j.o .if rn
it1' . 3 ..rt.
nent,
'voa took !
.St. Pst-:c';'3 L'T.::"ihr.e39.
Like St. Paul, s?, U o." Gt. Patrick
'-- .uii to have prsticect the M?w Tasi
lament lajuiictiou: "i ree!y. J: i y x
received, freeiy give. i.via.i. v,
for he 6ays;
s; "Thouglj I(have bapJ?fd
.housar.d pccpls, did I ask
"o "rany th
i halfpenny (dimidiura ecripuiia-.)
:':on any one of theirs? "entloa it
I will give it back to you And
waea the Lord ordained" clerics
-rough my utworthlcess (mcdicita
r .tin) and ministry I gave ordiii'.lins
ee'y. If I ashtd of 023 of the a
-- j tos orJc9 of ray scnO-.i, toll twj
n-3 llb it, zui will reon
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PROMINENT Itf IRISH
CIRCLE
Some of the prominent Irish
men of this vicinity are : Mes-
rs. Davis, Melloy, Hinchy, Welch,
Hyland, Welter, O'Flynn, Barry,
Leis, Shevlin, Donovan, titz-
gerald, O'Meara, Smith, -Hen-
nesey, Kennedy, lutzpatnclc,
Kyan, Sullivan, O'Brien, Meuer,
Fitzsimmons, McCallen, Murray,
and The Owl.
" A GEM .
Hut far on the deep
There are billows,
I hat never nhall break on the
beach;
And I have heard song8 in the
silence, '.
That never shall float into speech
And I have heard dreams in the
valley,
Too lofty for language to reach.
(Found written on S. P. Depot
A-.Z'i. Marys Station.)
Sunday School Convention
The twenty-fifth annual con
orition of the Washington Cuiin-
Sunday school a;sociation wiii
iheld in the Methodist church
:t Banks, March '27 and 28, An
xcellenf' program has been ar
anced .with ' county and state
peakers and special music.
Billy Fil'.ey is .thinking about
fling into the farming business.
T'.ere are fine farms up around
Paul, Ore.
'Somebody found a uiamond
miing nomeiroin a.cwia!u vy
arty,- of late.. Owner may have
rme by applying. .. ...
HIS GREAT LOVE
FOB HiS PEOPLE
St. Patrick's Confession Shows,
T . Their Welfare ;
Epletia Has Been Declared Worthy of
tha Qroatsst of llr Teachers of the
Word Breastplate of Prayer a
Short Litany His Synod.
OW yearningly St. Patrick loved,
I"! lis people may be learned front
the 'allowing passage in bis Confes.
sion, worthy of Bt Auguatine or St.
Pau: "If I have ever done any good
for the sake of my God, whom I love,
I beg him to grant me that I may
Bhed my blood with these prosolytea
and captives for his sake, even though
I should never receive burial, or each
member of my body should be most
horribly thrown to the dogs and wild
beasts, or the birds of prey should,
feed upon it." (Par. 24.)
Ills Confession ends with thesq
vords: "And this Is my confession
before I die." (Par, 26.) '
For Its humilitv, sweetness, faith,
love and solf-sacnfice It must be adi
mired by all who read It.
The Breastplate of Prayer of St.
Patrick Is a sort of short litany pro
Pilgrims st St. Pat:
- Crc:s,,ilnto
Inland, Lougi. Terfl.
ttsing oalic-f in and 1uvoh!ns tha
P.V-fsed Trinity. Our Lord's incarna-t!-.,
'lCJarrectioa and asreension;
railing cn the- powers cf heaven, of
earth, etc., ir.voking Christ for himself
and all of hits.
From other works not turely com
peted by St. Patrick, though probab!y
reflecting the beliefs and practices of-
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hi3 times or those soon after him in yo-ir salvation.' iie tens us even
Ireland, the eycod of St. Patrick la that "on a certain dreadful day they
rotrposed of 31 canons. .The tw.lfth, triH most earcertly to kill tue . . .
is entiued: On oui obligation towf.rd and they thriw ma Into chains. But
to dead- At4 elghtfctnth Is on the fourteenth day tha Lord dliT
'glrea aa orimX ln'.rpretiXion f me from thair powor.",,
Three More Republican
Candidates Fi'a
Ed C. Luce seeks renomination
for County Clerk, and says if he
is nominated and elected he will,
during his term of omce, per
form the duties of the oftce, as
prescribed by: law, and for the
best interest of the public.
E. B. Sappington desires the
Republicans to renonjina'te him
as County Treasurer, and says if
elected he will perform the du
ties of the office the same as he
has heretofore.
' Fred A. Everest announces
himself a candidate for County
Fy-'corder on the lie publican tick
et, and says if elected he will use
(Lie care in the execution of his
ities and perform thorn to the
of his knowledge and abil
:ervingtli public efficiently
it all time's' being kind, cour
ity,
and
teous and attentive.
Prompi Sub?criljcr
ili'3 A H Spraner,
J T Melloy, ' '
Beaverton, Ore
Ve appreclala IJglily.
Sold'ars' Reunion
The Washington County Vetcr-
ssociation will, assemble in
Grave on Thursday, May
ores
7, at 10 o'clock, in the K. cf T.
Hall.' P nr.a- at 12 noon; dec
t'.on of officers; big pioiram.
When limbs of trees han trover
sidewalks and interfere with la
tiles' umbrellas as they pass by.
it 1:3 the right time to trim vp the
trees.
A PRAYER. p
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(By 8t. Patrick, Apostle of Ire
land, at Tara'a Hill.)
a
At Tara today! the strength
of God pilot me; -the power of
God preserve me; the wisdom of
God instruct me; the eye of God
watch over me; the oar of God
hear me; the word of God give
me sweet talk; the hand of God
defend mej the way of God
guide mo. Christ bo with mo;
Christ before me; Christ after
me; Christ in ine; Christ under
me; Christ over me; Christ on
my right hand; Christ on my
left hand; Christ on this Bido;
Christ on that side; Christ at
my back; Chrlut in the heart
o every person to whom I
speak; Christ in the mouth of
every person who speaks to me;
Christ in the ear of every per
son who hears me. At Tara, to
day, I Invoke the mighty power
of the Trinity. Salvation is the
Lord's salvation is the Lord's.
Salvation is Christ's. May thy
salvation, O Lord, "be always
with us! v'1
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the three different degrees of fruit
fulness of the gospel seed, declaring
that those who are to reap a bun.
dredfold reward are the bishops and
doctors, who are all things to all
men; those who aro to have the sixty,
fold are tho clergy aiid widows; the
thirtyfold shall bo received by tho
laymen who are faithful. Ha aim
places monks and virgins with thosq
who chall have the hundredfold.
He who does not receive commun
ion at Easter hi dwlared to be not a,
"faithful" (Canon 2".).
It is interesting to note that the
synod forbids a man to take his dead
brothsr's widow, to wifo, and daclares
that sho-fchaU be to him only a sister
(Canon 25).
' Little fymrr.y was'eiven to avar
ice anions the ch.-r -;y, acoojding to.
decrac-s IV., VIII. and XIII., vh!!e de
cree XIV, i:i intcr':r:.Ia-r in rhow!n&
that for murder, evil living cr con
rcWrig ai'srilccs the sinner shall dr
penance l:r a year and afterward ho
shall he absolved by tho priest.
After th '-e fo!iov.' a few "other
cmons at'rlhuU.1 to Et. Pat rick," then
the "Chaifw cf fit. PatrMt," on th
antiquity cf th t:"i'rch of Gaitonbunr
In England, very quaint' and enter-
fining. yar.t we have "Thi Book cf
I'atriok U!) PlBhcn ou tho Three
IJWclllnKS," a profound yet rr"C''cal
and unctuous F'-rmon on hf.-aven, lie'l
and this world.
Saint Knew Persecution.
If St. Patrick's conversion of Ireland
vt,3 without persecution in the ordi
nary tcr.se of tho word, as Uf;ed In the
history cf tin church, yet he assures
us: "I went abnut everywhere for
your cakes In many dangers, even to
the furthest dlsti'.-t, beyond which no
1 odj. liv-"d, pad v-here no one had ever
3 to bar;t!.-3 or to ordain clerics
cr to cncoi'.raiJe the people; by tha
1 elp cf the Lord I have done all thes
thir.33 most faithfully and freely for
RETURN OF GLORY 1
TO OLD IRELAND
Happy Future Ssems to Be In
Store for tho Land Beloved - ;
by SL Patrick. j
GREAT CHANGE ALMOST HERE
Her Sons All Over the World Wiii
Rejoice at tha Return of Her Na
! tive Parliament Outline of
the Saint's Work In the
Conversion of Country.
NCE more the round of the sea
sons brings tho approach of St.
Patrick's day. As the ancieDt
Celts, 15 centuries ago waited in a
6trange unrest, not unmixed with a
hope of deliverance from tho mental
and moral subjection imposed upon
them by the horrible and degrading
practices of Druidism, for the coming
of the conqueror which had beon fore
told by their magicians, so tho Irish
people cf the present day are stand
ing expectantly on tho threshold of a
great chaste, barkening Impatiently
to the tumult which delays the ad
vent of their nationhood and clogs the
wheels of their recent wonderful prog
ress. The return cf her native parlia
ment, by stilling the political unrest
of a century and satisfying the uncon
querable aspirations of her people,
will set tho seal upon tho marvelous,
social regeneration which has trans
formed Ireland, in less than 20 yeara,
from a condition of hopeless apathy
t; a state of prosperity and conscious
powor. A revivifying iiilluenco has
passed over the land. Intellectual un
rest, social improvement and an as
tonishing material progress have beon
the result. Tha Naomi of tha na.
tions has dried her teara and serenely
confronts the future of happy augury
which is openingto her gaiio. Not
with forgetfulnubs of the past, but hv
obedience to her destiny, Park Itosa
Icon litis relinquished "the rising of
tho moon" for "the dawning of tha
day." May her coming glory strength
en her soul and lighten her heart as
the gift of ratrick purifled and trans
formed the ancient Milesian land.
At the coming of St. Patrick, tho
Celts were a highly cultivated people,
then, as afterward, noted for their do
votion to knowledge and their appre
ciation of learned men. Scholars,
poets and historians were held in
veneration. Much progress had been
rrade in decorative art, in tho fash
ioning of gold and silver ornaments,
rud in mu-jic. The whole nation was
c f an inquiring turn of mind and it is
interesting to note that Patrick's firt
converts were among tho learned men,
Fftrick shone particularly as an
organizer. He journeyed incessantly
throughout tho land, " founding
churches and monasteries, baptizing
converts and consecrating bishops and
iriefits, accompanied alrjays by his
tcribes and architects, his goldsmiths
:uid carpenters. Ho adapted liio raeth
ids to the euuius and character of tho
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St. Patrick'3 Cathedral, Dubllr.
::a;iun, and gave a Christian direction
ii e i.a'urul and lively curlonlty of
the Celt, which has never been weak-R.--d
tor diverted. His Influence and
UitMues. touching magically on the
j.:.:'r temperament of soul and ar
:!r r,t irargj -ilion, which are character-I.-c
cf the Celt, inada the Christian
: i: :ri'.-jicdly ti e v out seholarly
citlvuted r'";'10 Uie middle
-fz. At Va dCi'.a, afttr Z", years of
; gtorfctifl cadaver, PaUick K.'; U'lnt
J:ai a v;u.Wa ciuU icUita .1, vr,
Mil
I. ': ' x z
" nthtsstastib and undaunted In pursuit
of the only good.
Besides cleansing tho Augean stable
of Irish Druidism from its many
dreadful and disgusting habits and
looting out the revolting rites of pa
ganism, Patrick brought Into the
country some knowledgj of Roman
civilization and, all over the Island,
established schools and trained teach
ers in arts and letters. He revised
the lirohon laws of tho kingdom,
bringing them into harmony with
Christian teaching. A copy of this
famous codo, which was known aa
"the law of Patrick" and as tho
"Seanehus Mor," .is to be seen in the
Dublin museum. Hut It was as an in-'
spiring leader, as the apostle and
prophet of a whole people, as tha
Hoses of a nation, that St. Patrick left
his mark on Ireland for all time.
If his influence is so persisting and
inspiring smoa; tho far-flung Irish
raca of today, what must have been
its effect on his immediate successors
ilwsa ari"..Tf, Jevotcd disciples who
hnd warmed their hearts and imagina
tions at the blaze of his geniii3, who
caught from his dying grasp the torch
cf erudition and religion which, passed
from hand to hand, was to gain
for Ireland the well-merited title of
' the island of Saints and Scholars?"
In a troubled and darkened world,
plunged in Intellectual t;loom and dis
aster by the disintegration of tho
Greek and Roman civilizations, Ire-
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" Interior of St. Patrick's CatiieuTaTr
land alono kept the lamp of loarnin; 1
alight. Hor schooln were the resort
of stu-.lnnto from all parts of Europi,
and lUllain; hor hearthstones the ref
uj'.o and anyhun of loarned men, Al
frld, idiig of Northumbrla, and Ia
gohei t II, king of Franco, were stu
dents at Clonmncnoiae.
During this period of four or Ave
centuiic!', fw.jn tha death of Patrick
until tho Danish invasions, tho mon
asterlos weio unmolested. Learning
i.as cultivated and brought to the
highest state of perfection. Law and
philosophy, architecture and sculpturo,
music and science flourished and were
t-ucouraged. Irish tenehera were In
demand throughout Europe. At the
court of Charloinagno they wero de
scribed as "men incomparably skilled
in human learning."
THE SEVENTEENTH.
Mothfr Klro! Mothur Eirel By wliatevcr
mime tlioy cull you,
There's ono wets every Irish eyo, fllH
every IiIhIi tliroat;
Over s'is, our lands, over b.irrlpra I'.i'if
tht'jitl you,
Cnms tins echo down ihn ntrca of llift
"T'Hcan benn boeliuiul!"
Mother rrn-l Jl.ithrr Klro! Thoush ynur
l;vel onn turned to gmito t.u,
Th-t;-!l riai-l Ins opt!l ttio bioo-l cf C. I
Is hiil ar.ii lh 11 Hml tnn.it;
Tiioio'h .:.- '.i'h.I 1 look in toll, t!ionr'i
K.iii fnuKht c "i t'i rl::ht yon,
Tin ir lit'.irlH Rtill join In hoiiolinsf liio
"T'ttj.ua buan byrluiuul"
Mother Kire! Moti.cr Elro! Opon-fiT"
wo fi' mo to meet you.
For tUi.j er:-d f.r piirtv liats or v
t! ..t btrlvea with vole;
On ties fl." y .o n"-t OS on..', pnl !'l v
1 ' ::. '.'.o yr. f yoii
Vllo ;, ' , -!. ! h I inli-t f-.'Ii.lnto (.,.
'i f -L- :i i;' 1 ri I.- ' l;'l!:o !"
1
rro:
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un vnun vot"
Fa 'h and Falherla-.i.
In cei.-i -',11. the Mi-iory e-f
ricV. v.-c c:ii:.n.l e;:ei'i-lo cel.; -i.l re
of the roui.lry l).:;n:ai) to chrhiti 1
i.-r falt'.i and f;it!i eland er'i inc x:
biy i::' ;rtwii,e.l i:i th') Ii:ner,ihl
nj this the moro l'trnrly. It-:
i f lh t!2r-tu'i'm of botii. Th'-r
1!
Is
a iit in the e! )o'T ', h'v,-vrr, ai:d '
Iready b' !-')M tho flint ,"l.i.:'ner
tho prorcizi d uli.nn. I'omo rule r-.ii
a matter of p:.i-ii;.iivrii;iry proced 11
when the veik ef tho bravo 10 ii
whom we have known for 'ioir fldc'.'y
and eae-lirg labor, nh:ill, aft'T tleny
years of strenuous effort, realUo t:'0
r.rnliiion of their livs. in an Ir,1:' '1
redecuied, r'-hablll'.at"l and di 1.
thralle-J. Per' this good work, '.(
RHmond3, Dillon3 !,r.d their confreres
dfiserv vel of their country and
will be tho fcxcioplnrs of future aj;e8.
So, let us rejoice that Ireland borne
down by ctnt'oiis of cnre3slon, hull
rt la?t hark lu the sunlltht of Veace;
that her fiir daughters ehall attune
tha harp to r.tfes of Joy, and her
faithful fens fof-v.- r gnarJ with Jeal-
oua care tha brfshfjr hepes, tha left
lent ambitions ci'l i:.ianii-hed ffcra
of the "Isle of drr-h-jv."
1 1
Haa AtfdH tn Britain' Clory.
Many of I'rltalu'a slateetr"n, sol
diers, JarlsU and oraura wcro
tirth. j
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