THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. SATURDAY, MARCH I, 1913.
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Saturday, Mareh 1. 1913.
Meanwhile fha ahnrt farm In
United States senate Is growing dally
shorter.
Illinois, usually quite sedate, man- j
ages to stir tip a rumpus every time
a senator Is to be elected
The Princeton tiger next week will '.
indeed be the grandest tiger in the .
jungle i
A big maple syrup crop is predicted tion to oppress the many,
in some sugarbush counties. Score 'n this readjustment the imposi
one more good start for the young tion of a general income tax must
year. ! of necessity receive the closest aUen-
i tion. There can be no relief oT the
At least President Huerta isn't ln people from the exactions of favored
any doubt as to what will happen to interests, no reduction ln the cost of
him ln case he falls into the hands of , living, no sharp separation of bust
the opposition. ! DeBB anj government, unless federal
. - taxation, new by design confined
More cabinet troubles in Japan, chiefly to the necessaries, shall be
There's no room for doubt now about wisely transferred to wealth, to prop
the thoroughness of the modernizing erty, to e&rn'ugB.
of that country. - , The new congress will not meet
, for four weeks aftsr inauguration.
It Is generally conceded that Wood- but these four weeks mav be well
row Wilson is to make an unprecedent- j
ed president. That Is why the people
elected him.
The suffragists now wish to abolish
the title "Miss." Still, the young wo
men nre accomplishing a good deal in
that direction already.
At least .Malero cannot be accused
of shortslKhtr.es?. H!s lat dispatch
to War.liiriKton caiil In
"expected defi-
nite results very soon
General Felix I)iaz says he does not
wont any office which is not the first
time he hi matiifestfil marked sinn
of human Intelligence.
Great Britain needn't mtike any
Kcornful remarks about the Ijik police,
man of the w'ei n ht n.ijp'.u re.
There's Turkej. you know.
The I'ujo it;- e.itlKi'linx committee
sees the existei.'e of ;i iroi'.ey trjut.
an ell the people have peeu for a
considerable ii!'n:lcr of v. '.is.
One of the women appearing in the
Washington suffragist parade will
wear it IihII mid chain as a symbol of
her m im-idae. Wo .:! '1 n't a bobbin
skirt answer the name ;,tir;'se?
One of Geo.;e Washingt'-Mi's letters
bss brought $1.2."i) in London, but r.
communication from any mere states
man will ever 1,11V- n:.Y:i;.tK tie
bringing ca;i;ity :' tuns.- Archbolri
"Pear Senator'' l. ,teis.
A further iuo". e 'o eliminate mili
tarism from th Moy Si-outs of Amer
ica was taken at the third unnr.al
meeting. An order was issued to
scoutmasters directing them to elimi
nate military method and ideas and
to keep only such drills as are needed
to teach the boys to move promptly
and in an orderly manner from one
place to another. The staves should
not be used In any way as dummy mus
kets. The leaders of the Boy Scouts
of America wish to encourage the
boys in peace scouting
It seeins altogether likely that the
senate wtll pass ln favorable form
the bouse bill for the physical valua
tion of railroads Senator LaFollette
has not encountered aa much difficul
ty as naturally would be expected to
beset bis way and has secured amend
ment of the bouse measure in several
important particulars. How rapid Is
the progress being made ln govern
mental affairs may be Judged from the
fact that a few years ago the rail
roads frothed at the mouth and threw
fits, figuratively speaking, at every
mention of the proposal to value them
on a physical basis.
.i or himself retire. Other departments Since those days we have listened
Notwithstanding the greater area of CRn largely be left to their heads. ,to the orations of impassioned speak
"dry" territory, from July to February The state department must be in- ers on every Fourth of July. We have
the nation consumed 6.UOO.0OO gallons j .-,.. P(1 fo thf, n.8ident without oues-lheard from their lips that we are liv-
of whisky more than during the corre -
spondlng period of the year before, or , er nations. and he alone represents our the face of the globe. They have re
a total of M.000.000 gallons. The con- own natjon t0 other nations. The sec-: counted its boundless resources, its
sumption of cigarettes increased by rtArT 0f eUte apeaks for the presl-1 mines rich in ores and its fields fer
x billion, of cigars 250.000.000. and dent !tite m projuct.
of smoking and chewing tobacco. 12.-, They have flattered us with the state-
000.000 pounds. 1 ne consumption oi
beer for the first seven months of the
present year as compared with tbe
corresponding months of the year
preceding Increased by 1,150,000 bar
rels. ONE FgaTVnS OF RECIPROCITY.
On objeotloa raised to the recipro
city treaty witn Canada proposed by
President Taft was that it opened the
way to the Importation here of Cana
dian eggs and the consequent pauper
ization of the American ben.
This dire prediction was made ln
the face of official American figures
showing the following ei ports of eggs
from the United States to Canada dur-
'. ing the last five fiscal years, ending
June 3u: 1908 1.159.626 dozen, value
$218,275; 1909866,609 dozen, va:ue
1211.644; 1910868.454 dozen, value
$202,844; 13112.457.188 dozen, value
; $474,350; 1912 8,697.568 dozen, value
: $1,982,975. The average value per
, dozen was 18.8 cents, 24.4 cents. 23.3
! cents, 19.3 cents, and 22.2 cents for
thee b&a rt. respectively.
Retail prices of eggs In Canada now
are between 40 and 60 cents. Here
they are low-er than they have been In
years. We leave It to some defender
of the American hen to prove that the,
free entry of Canadian eggs is goin;
to put all the American henB In ths(
boiling pot.
THE EXTKA SESSION.
Stating his purpose to call the
Sixty-third congress in extra session
April 1, President-elect Wilson rec
ognizes a popular demand and a diffi
cult situation.
President Wilson and his party are
charged with the duty not oniy of
revising the tariff downward but of
reforming the whole scheme of na
tional taxation. They are to address
themselves to wrotigs that are almds
Institutional. They are to assume a
task in finance and economy greater
than was ever before imposed upon
!" Ainericaa admlnl.tritlon
Their problem Is the shifting of the j
burdens of government from those
Ieast b,e t0 r em to the ele-!
monts wnich in the past have carried
few of them. It is to distribute taxa-
tion Justly. It Is to do away so far
88 lB P"sible with the whole scheme :
of Privilege by means of which power-!
'"1 interests, escaping taxation them- i
, selves, have used the power of taxa-
spent by the committees in prepara
tion for a reform that once begun
should
V'f'f.
never rest until it
is com-
" - -
Mlt. Bl'.vivs lnKlAKTION.
Those, who for one reason or anoth-
mr r v !!. , , ,, .
'
'B. oppose W. J. Bryan, are sure he
has not the preparation to fill the office
of secretary of state. The Brooklyn
KuRle. timer ery friendly to Bryan,
happily H!:t.ers these critics;
Mr. Bry;n lias uriderfxore some
possibly educational experience
Tiiiiiius KfCl el U"ies did r.o Mr.
Bryan has seen more of the world
than Theodore KooRevelt. I If has
heel) clc3i .ii'otind I'. ile liiih con
sulted with more muiiiiivhs and
elin .irr!ti:r'i t- and statesmen pud
!! fl-irs tb"ii Mr. Roosevelt or
Hamilton Kisli. or Secretary Ray
art", or Krc .;!!. sen. or Bliine.
oi Olney. or .John Hay. or Henry
f'hiy. or .lohn ('. Calhoun, or even
Kllhu Boot ever tlio.ifilit of do!njt.
And eveiyhere .Mr. Bryan went
he was well received, ever. I y the
pope and the rar, aM by Tolstoi.
Mr. Boost vol; 's eprince wit.:
the suprefiit- p-jntivT heirn drastic,
and w'fh Mr. AH'ju!th even more
so Xo American lias been so fur
and conferred 'Ith so many of the
great in power, in knowifje and
!n Influence as Mr. Bryan, except
Presidcr. Tuft And the la'ter
h.'.f paid to Mr. Brjim in the
While house more honor than he
has 'o Mr Roosevelt fv r sine
he c!:-rtvered the ex president has
for him 'he enmity cgotiMF have
for tro- they have soegth to in
jure without cause.
The fg is dit- rsed to subject
th( tfiRte of the Wilpon pudding to
the test of the national eating.
Sw-d d'd les ?-r l To!p t--l
Brvan has done for Wilson, snd
Lincoln nude Seward secretary of
state, teaching him his place when
he made a mistake about his exact,
dimensions. Bryan lies done more
with democracy for Wilson t!nn
Wilson has had a chance to do for
him. Often reciprocity is the best
foiiv. The Karle thinks that Mr. '
Wilson will be .lustifled ln taking
his chnuces with Mr. Bryan, and
feels certain that Mr. Bryan will
not be unwilling to take his with
Mr. Wilson. And "if he Roes in"
he will have to take It whether he
would or not. or will relish the
consequences or not.
Incidentally, too. the state depart
ment 1 the'nnlv on a resident of
any s'reneth keeps and must keep in
his own hands and which the secre-
tary of state has to permit such a
resident to keep in his own hands
: tlon jt r?preBents this nation to oth -
- MlBn.e,p0il8pat Crowe, the man
whom the police of many western clt-
ies were accused of being afraid to . such a people as are we, the liberty
trv to arrest after the kidnaping of i loving people of the Cnited States of
young Eddie Cudahy in Omaha sever
al years ago, was arrested ln Minne-
spoils on the lowly charge of being
intoxicated.
Washington Captain A. H. Rostron,
who as commander of the steamship
Carpathia directed the rescue of sur -
rivors of the Titanic disaster, has
reached here to receive at the hands our religious tendency as a people, by j cf the Scott memorial fund to com
of President Taft the gold medal voted j noting that in addition to the school j memorate the death of Captain Rob
by congress In recognition of his hero- house on every hill-top, there was alert F. Scott and his associates in the
ic services. I church in the valley between. antarctic.
CAPITAL COMMENT
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER. The country first came to know him
congressman-elect from the j as a conservationist when the report
FOURTEENTH district. of the democratic minority on the Bal-
(Speclal Correspondence of The Arg-ua.) linger-Pinchot committee was publlsh
Waehington. Feb. 27. One of the led. That report was written by Judge
most acute questions confronting the
next congress Is
that of conserva
tion. Already the
lines are being
tightly drawn in
both senate and
house, and some
very interesting
problems are likely
to come up in the
beginning of the
extra session.
Much is being said
here now both pro
and con as to the
right of the fed
eral government in
th controlling of
water rights, pow
er sites and forest
CLYDE M. " "
TAVENNER . ?' Question ana
involves things
that are requiring the careful atten
tion of the best minds in congress.
On of the foremost conservationist
ln tbe democratic party, and one who
iB Qualified in every way to give the
Question the consideration it deserves
r "lul ul
Springfield, 111., district. He is shrewd,
' caref ul painstaking. Being a law-
f u i auowienge oi we
Phae ' subject. His fine
analytical mind is capable of giving
the matter the thorough consideration
it deserves. For the past two years he
has been ranking member on the pub
lic lands committee and is familiar
with many of the most difficult situa
tions of conservation.
m vy WeX. - v: '
HOW POLK BROUGHT ON WAR
(Kansas city star.) i
Conditions on the Mexican frontier, I
with the mobilization of American '
troops at Galveston, recall the events
1 1 n that f ..... t J tn iCiC 1 . 1 3 .
,u nm.. iru iu
war. Under the constitution congress
has the sole power to declare war.
But President Polk showed that an
aggressive chief executive through
'his power as commander-in-chief can
involve the nation in an encounter
out of wnicn war is certain to develop,
'rtle Mexican war followed a mes-
sage from the president calling on
congress to act since American troons
had been attacked on American soil
and war existed by the action of Mex-
ico. But it became known a few years
ago when Polk's diary was published
that the president had determined on
war is-respettive of the action o' the
.!xie;in troops, and that the encoun-
ter proved merely a convenient pre- 1
text.
When Tov.s was annexed there was
a dispute over iis boundary line. Te,-
as claimed i ho FJio Grande. Mexico the
Nueces, u hundred miles to the north,
Into ibis disputed territory Polk h;id
M iit G.-iieral Tr.ylor early in 1S40, ex- '.
pectiiit that the presence tin re of
Ainerioau troops tnijjht brin;? on an
etn ounter
sor.
with Mexico as the aggres-
Meanwhile the president was hop-.
TAVENNER ANSWERS CHILDREN
i .!'. 1 t.) The Aram.)
W
ele.
s;hinuton, March 1. C'or.gressman
t'iyde ti Tavenner has made r.n
a.-'ree-i
1. (
:.t with the ooys and piris o!
''oofteoiuii it: nois dis'r that as
as he sits in the halls W congress
1
!. will be a triend of the birds
it happened this way: The o'her day
Mr. Taventier received a letter sip-'el
by 13 hoys and girls of Carbon Cliff.
111., one of the small towns in his dis
trict. It started out: "Our Dear Con-
prFsman." and Tavenner's first I written it is probable I would never
tho-.'ght was that it was another appli- Ihave thought of the birds. But now, if
caticn for a postoffice, of which he has j anything concerning birds, or the pro
received scores. But all the letter ! tection cf them, ever comes up ln the
s::i I was: "Please protect the birds j halls of congress for discussion, I will
God has jriven us." ; immediately become an eager and in-
The new congressman felt so reliev
ed, he was inspired to dictate the fol-
URGING THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT
Rock Island. Feb. 28. Editor The
m
I Argus: I am pleased that effort Is
j being made to erect a soldiers' monu-
met in Bock Island. Surely we of
thls generation have not rorgotten the
anxious days from '60 to '65. Neither
have we forgotten the brave boys who
donned the blue and responded to our
country s call and went forth to do
anl Je needs be that the union
might be preserved.
! Ing in one of the grandest countries on
meet, so dear to the ears of an Ameri-
i can, that in no other country are there
America.
By our applause we have endorsed
the sentiment, snd in our hearts, at
I least, we admitted that we were a
great, a generous, and a noble-minded
I people. v
j Then,
when the orator told of our
' intelligence and referred to the school
, house on every hill-top, he also praised
Graham
ADVANCE IDEAS PRESENTED.
A report submitted at the beginning
of this congress by the committee on
expenditures in the interior depart
ment, of which he is chairman, and
which he wrote, shows that he has
some advance ideas of the matter.
The report deals with the lands in
Alaska and the harbor of Controller
bay. In speaking of the control of the
vast areas of coal and mineral lands
there, the following suggestions were
made to congress, and the report urg
ed that early action be taken:
"Your committee would therefore re
spectfully suggest that for the better
development of Alaska, as well aa for
the general good, congress should at
an early day take action,
PROTECTING ALASKAN LANDS.
"1. That will reserve to the govern
ment in perpetuity the title to all coal
iland and mineral land in Alaska, the
title to which has not already passed
to others or in which no vested rights
obtain.
"2. That a similar course be fol
lowed as to all land containing petro
leum or natural gas.
"3. That all future land patents,
deeds or conveyances of the fee. In
whatever form, shall contain provis
ions saving and reserving to the gov
ernment all coal, minerals, petroleum,
and natural gas, on or under public
lands, with the right to remove the
same.
"4. That fair and even liberal leases
be made by the government to proper
parties, providing carefully for the con
tinuous development of the lands so
leased."
ing that he might arrange to buy the
Mexican territory that geographically
ought to belong to the United States.
He appointed John Slidell to negoti-
: ctA anfhnrlTif htm t-.fTnr e A A1
' v" ' 1
noo, with the United States assuming
the payment of several million dollars
in claims due from Mexico. When the
Mexican authorities refused to receive
Slidell, Polk felt that the time for ac-
tion had come. He called a cabinet
meeting on a Saturday in May, 1846,
and told the members he had deter-
mined to send a message to congress
on Monday urging war on the ground
that Mexico had failed to Dav iust
claims or even to negotiate concern-
ing them.
Kvery member except George Ban-
croft, secretary of the navy, voted in j
iavor of the message. That night the j
news reached Washington that a de-j
tachment of Taylor's dragoons had!
been attacked by a Mexican force in j
April. !n his diary Polk records how '
he stayed at home ail day Sunday re-j
writing his message, and changing the
ground on w hich war was to be de- j
c lared The a s.irre.-sion against Amer;-!
can troops he I'eit was a stronger basis :
for litihiin;, than The unpaid claims.
CoiiKress responded promptly with;
ar, appropriation of $10.oeii.oiio. and i
tiie autbori ''utiou for a call for Sft.OuO ;
volunteers. Uvt the war was directly;
due to the initiative of the president.
lowing letter to his little friends:
! "Your letter was only eight words in
; length. But it has made a deeper ini-
! pressio'i o:i rn" than many letters
have received on o'her matter:, which
are Mm words in length. All you say
's: -Please protect the birds God has
given us.'
"Your plea is a noble one. I agree
with you. The birds God has given
us should be protected.
"I am glad you wrote. If you hadn't
terested listener. Then I will cast my
vote on the side of the birds."
But high-sounding words may be sim
ply vin-glorious utterances, eif we do
not live np to our testimony. If we
appreciate this great country of ours,
then not only we alone must not for
get Its brave defenders, but we must
also see to It that by act and example
we impress the fact of such apprecia
tion upon the minds of the young of
this and of future generations.
In ,no more fitting way than by the
erection of monuments can this be
done. The word of the orator is the
testimony for a day the granite mon
ument will stand as an impressive ex-
ample of a liberty-loving people for
jears.
I am glad to add a word of com
mendation for the effort now being
put forth to provide funds for a sol
diers' monument, to be erected in
beautiful Chippiannock cemetery, or
in one of the city's beautiful parks, but
cannot believe these words are neces
sary, for surely we in Rock Island I
will take pleasure In doing what we
can to further your unselfish efforts in
behalf of our honored soldier dead.
F. O. VAN GALDER.
New York Rear Admiral Robert E.
Peary, the discoverer of the north
pole, heads a list of a few subscribers
who have started an American branch
ftomknee
I have a cousin twice removed who lacks
a Jaunty air;
Ha Uvea at Turnlpopolia and is a leader
there;
Here in th rltv he would stand back in
some safe retreat !
And look with bulging eyes and be afraid I
to cross the street;
Ha moves with very little grace, his
clothes are cheaply made.
But he has money In a bank and all his
debts are paid.
He lives at Turnlpopolls, where daily, wet '
or dry, j
The people of the town turn out to watch j
the train bv:
Ik Hi'
ivss w
And there at times wfien flaga are raised I and there was only the dark walls of
and thrilling songs are sung, i the cave
,T1S m 1 TX7 J?11 10 thS 1 But fm hi Patrick found
old and to tbe young; ;
He Is the leading citizen, he strokes the j happiness. V hile feeding my herd
children's curls j upon the mountain." he says. "I pray-
And proudly claims a leader's right to i
kiss the pretty girls.
I sometimes wonfler If It pays to toll and
moll and fret
Where virtue is so very cheap and life Is
cheaper yet;
Where thousands come and thousands go,
unnoticed and unknown.
Where, lacking room a man may still be
friendless and ulnno
I sometimes wonder If It pays to merely
live for this
When each might be a leadtr'in some
Turnip-' pol:s.
"When ny wife l'?s down her hair
she can sit on it."
"When my wife let1; hers clown tha
kitten cm play with it."
Narrow f-scspc.1
I , There w-as a n:an in our tow n,
About a giant's size,
Who nearly starved to death because
He wouldn't advertise.
And when he weighed but forty
pounds.
He grasped his trusty pen,
And wrote an ad. and published it.
And now he's fat again!
8a J Part.
"Oh, dear!" said Eve, after she had
secured all the best fig leaves there
were to be had, "I'm eo unhappy."
"Come, dear, cheer up," replied
Adam. "Things might be worse than
they are. We still have each other."
"Yes, but now that I've got to
wearing clothes there's no other wo
man with whom I can talk about
them."
He Did.
"Don't you ever pant for freedom?"
asked the kind lady, addressing a pale
convict who had turned to look
curiously at her after the gside had
passed.
"Yes," he replied, "but I have look
ed ln vain for breaches in these
walls."
How He Did It.
"How," asked the young lady as
she looked with admiration at the rug-
gsd nonogecarian. "have you managed
to live so long and preserve your
health so well?"
"By regularly declining to practice
what my friends nave preached," he
candidly replied.
The Main Question.
'Tf you will be mine 1 11 put rings
on your fingers and bells on your
toes."
"Ah, but will you book, my dress in
tbe back 7"
Self Confidence.
"Do you believe in all the views you
advocate?"
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum,
after some hesitation. 'I do. but I
doubt whether a less skillful reasotier
than myself would tie able to convince
me of tbe correctDe3 of some of
tbxm." Washington Star.
Thl El R HAIR. i
The Daily Story
THE LEGEND OF ST. PATRICK BY TIMOTHY CAHILL.
Copyrighted. ISIS, by Associated Literary Bureau.
The story of the man who convert ea !
Ireland from tbe religion of tbe drulda
to Christianity dates back so far that
we are dependent for It upon legend
banded down through fifteen centuries-One
night in tbe early part of tbe
fifth century when the good people of
the little town of Bononia, on the coast
of Gaul (France), were asleep ln the
rude dwellings of that day there sud
denly came from the shore a shooting
and the clatter of arms. Tbe dttcens,
composing a Roman colony, knew that
some enemy was upon them and sprang
from their beds and seised their
swords and shields to make a defense.
But they were soon overpowered by
pirates. Bononia was destroyed and its
people either massacred or sold Into
slavery.
Among the killed were a Briton who
belonged to the Roman army, bis wife
(a beautiful Gallic woman, who bad
been a slave, but who had been freed
by the Briton in order that be might
marry her) and all their children, ex
cept a son, a youth, who was taken
aboard the pirate ship. He was car
ried to Ireland and sold Into slavery ln
what is now the county of Ulster and
was set to work attending the pigs on
his master's estate.
We first bear of tbe young sjave by
the name of Patrick, but whether this
was his original Roman or Gaelic
name we do not know. Bis dress was
a goatskin, hls'sbelter a cave, his food
oats mixed in warm water.
Adversity is the most potent canse
to turn men to religion. Patrick pray
ed long and earnestly. Being the son
of a Roman, it is probable that from
his father be derived the religion of
Rome.
Tbe announcement that was made to
St Patrick that he was marked for
divine favor was made to him one
night when be was asleep. He heard
strains of music. A soft light lllomlu- j
ea ms cave, a young man tiugea witn
celestial brightness holding a harp
bent over him. "I am the angel of
.viftory," he snld. "and I bring you con
solation." Then the angel vanished.
e(j a ionir time ere dawn. Snow miebt
cover the earth, rain fall, the frost
freeze my limbs, no ill I felt or numb
ness. The spirit warmed me. I heard
spirits singing within me." The an
gel of victory often nppenrWl to blm
and one day said to him:
"Hitherto thou hast wept only for thy-
self When thou weepest for others
thou shalt behold the sun of everlast-
ins lite."
Tbe wretched state of those about
him. tbe poverty, the slavery of the
people, had n marked effect on St. Pat
rick He, was moved to rid Ireland of
their siuial and. religious thraldom, the
hitter beinK in the keepln:; of the
druUls But when he considered that
lie was liothins but a slave and a
swineherd he knew that he could ac
I'tmi! dish nothing except with divine
iissist-inee
This is bow he became convinced t
that such assistance would be given j
him- One evening while lie slept he
saw .!cmis walking before him Ills j
fit: u re was radiant, and a beam of light
shot from his heart and filled Bat- I
r: I':- with heavenly joy When the!
yoiitli a vi!;e be was aware of Ills'
mission "At last.'' be exclaimed. "I '
have tieu-xl Iiim with my eyes I have j
received n : in into my Heart. It Is he j
The Christ has come to my aid. I am !
free, and 1 will make my brethren ,
free." :
But there is H bre.-.U i:i the legend '
be!'. Me be et about the work. Being j
by the sen, he saw a ship, with sailors j
:i hoard, w iio were about to set sail for j
his oid home in ;:iul He persuaded
tiiem in take linn with them. On the
voyage he was recaptured by pirates
' and this time was sold into slavery In
i;au! Uaiisomed by friends, he retired
! to a monastery. But be did not forget
the sorrows of the Irish people and
while in the monastery was prepnrlng
for the ;;reat work of his life their
liberation Then, when he was ready,
be went bnck a free man to Ireland
The British isles were at that time
subject in religious faith to the druids
At Storiebeiw. in ICnpl.-ind. there re
main today immense rocks, some stand
ing upright on one enn. some a nai
stone supported by others, like " table,
which are supposed to be connected
with druid worship Whnt these huge
inoijo'iths meant has passed awnj
with ihe noting of the centuries sines
the primitive worshipers adored their
pods and made their sacrifices within
the sorrrber forests of Britain and Ire
land It was the mission of St. Pat
rick to place 1 ri their stead the em
blem of the cross. This work he ac
complished as n preacher and a leacb-
j er Ie wf,rl0'I "lon the lower classes.
1 v,,mn- children, outlaws, the lesser
! grade of chiefs, nil listened to him.
j The legend goes on to any that one
' dy. St Pal rick met two daughters of
; King Lnegalr. washing their wedding
! robes In a poof, and he converted ihem
i to Christianity Their father was the
1 thief roier of Ireland, and his palace
stood overlooking t plain of Tars.
Frerv third year ar tlie vernal eo,iitnos
i a pyre corerr'i Howars was bnr.t
upon the te.-race. The king and five
subordinate sovereigns with the druids
at niidniffht aat frt in flio nvro i n i
tha plain below the chiefs, with their ' 1 e.at.oi. or tbe cionu-s sue.
arm.es assembled, witnessed the reli-1 cw5wl ;-
glous ceremony with acclamations. "L?1"1 " ''atl t'xlMe,1 M:,y
The fire was extinguished and other LA, 'TI.''t' , ,, .
- ii. i,. . n i . , 194 Wlllit m Jenkins Worth, general
fires lighted all over Ireland, marking! . . . ,,
,t. 1.-;,,.,. ; "In Mexican war. bom: died IMi,
At one of these ceremonies, when the
druid high priest. Dubtak. w:ri about
to set fire to the pyre, the king no
ticed a white light In a field where
slaves were buried. He asked the dru
id what It meant. "It is the light cf
the man with the crooked staff whose
coming we liave predicted." replied the
priest, "Do not permit him to come
nere or ne win have dominion over us
all."
Then the king directed St. Patrick to
be forcibly brought before him. The
holy man appeared bearing a taper, at-.
tended by his disciples holding torches,
and when the king angrily asked him
what these lights meant he replied:
"Thy pyre means idolatry and hatred
We Christians, who worship the trun
God. carry wax torches on the night of
our Lord Jeans Christ's resurrection. "
"Why do yon come Into my king
dom?" asked the king.
"I call God and the angels to wit
ness that I have no other aim than
that of proclaiming the gospel and Its
divine promises la returning to the
land where I was a slave. Who forced
me to come? Is It not through love
and pity for this nation that I labor?"
St Patrick's words and influence cre
ated a division among the chiefs, some
siding witn him, while others sided
with the drnid priests. Nevertheless
King Laegalre concluded to born hlra
to death.
Now, the drold priest, Dubtak, bad
a daughter, Bridget, who was ased to
accompany her father at religious cere
monies, playing upon the harp and
singing the deeds of the heroes, as
American Indians were wont to sing of
their own deeds. When the pyre that
was to born St Patrick was ready
Bridget aald to her father:
"I know the flower of Joy (the ver
bena) which Joins hearts, I know tbe
flower of gold (tbe lelago) which opens
tbe eyes and the mind to tbe future,
but this man possesses a mysterious
flower which saveth from death the
flower of everlasting life. If yon burn
bin) let me be burned with him, for I
have seen bis crucified God. He hath
overpowered me with his sorrow; he
bath thunder stricken me with bis
glory."
The people were convinced that Brid
get was a prophetess and saw with di
vine eyes. But King Laegalre was not
minded to give up the religion of his
forefathers. "Wilt thou suffer." be
said to Dubtak, "this wizard to seduce
the souls of our daughters? Go tbon
and wrestle with him on the Eagle's
mountain and let our god9 overthrow
him."
So the saint and the druid nscended
tbe mountain, and the latter command
ed the engles. which whirled about the
bend of tbe Christian, tmrloklng and
threatening, to teHr him. But they
were not able to get near enough to
him to do bo. Then a tempest arose,
tbe rocks of the mountain were cloven.
phantoms of dead heroes appeared and
Rlred. while U.ibtnk called upon them
to "put the man of evil omen to flight '
But St. Patrick put forth b's hand and
a ray of light darted from e:n b linger
and the thumb. Then the tempest and
the phantoms vanished, giving place to
a warm, starlight night. A perfume
emu tinted from the mountain, a tlocl; of
white doves flew py. and a great star
appeared in the heavens
"Is yonder world Inhabited !' thy
God?" asked Hubtak
"It is the throne whence lie descend
ed." replied St. Patrick. "It is Ihe star
of the Mngl drawing the world after it.
It showed the divine fi-hild to the wise
men of the east and the west."
The druid could not draw his eyes
nway from the star, so bright had it
become, and he confessed that the god
of the Christian was mightier than the
god of (he druids Si. Patrick there
upon asked him if he would be bap
tized, tun before he would con.se it lie
asked what would become of the he
roes, hi nuec"-tors where would Klnn
and Ossian dwell? St. Patrick told lilui
that they would remain In hell, where
upon Imbliik declared that he would
have nothing to do with the suiut or
his god. but would abide Willi Ills
friends With this be left the saint
and was never seen again.
With the departure of the most faith
ful of the druids the religion tell Into
decay, being superseded liy the more
vital faith of Christianity. . .
One day Bridget, who became an In
defatigaIe worker in the cause of the
new leligioti, saw St Patrick coming
toward her. an old man
"I have converted I rein ml." he saUl.
"and my work is lii.ishcd. My limba
tremble: my eyesight is dim Take thy
harp. Bridget, so that in thy song 1
may once more tlnd a ray of light tie
fore I tiuil the sun that never shall tii
darkened."
Ami Bridget said: "I have sung loni
enough. Thousands of my sisters Iimvh
I liberated, hut no more does my burp
give rn" i-ol.ifort. My soul Is sad. for
thou hast doomed my father. Itubtak.
and the old herocy sleeping under the
sacred stones to the everlasting
shades "
To this St. Pftrick snld sadly: "The
time Is come. I must go my way unto
them. Farewell, my daughter."
St. Patrick left no trace other than
a spiritual one on Ireland Ills grave
even is unknown. Bridget in n dream
shw Mm sitting beside her father in a
hark, while Ossian and l inn surround
ed them. The angel of victory was thu
helmsman. Then the bark spread 111
sails like n great bird and sped away
After seeing this vision Bridget died
comfort ed.
March 1 in American
History.
1010 Snowi-lides in the mountain of
Washington caued the Ions of over
100 lives
His Conclusion.
Mrs. Gnaggs I'll never forget the
nltrht you proposed to me. You acted
like a perfect fool. Mr. Gnagg.' That
wasn't acting Philadelphia Record,