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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1904)
f ST. PATRICK AND HIS i . I'rin ! . r ru . . matter of dispute, hut then there la scarcely any historical fact tluit Is not disputed. It would bo passing stiango. therefore, If any ot the Incidents ol ho renowned :i hl.itorlc.il character at St. Patrick, not placed beyond doubt by demons! table Tact v. on to pass mi disputed. There an- few now how ever, who will claim with tho bile Hi Iannlgnn that he was born at Hon logne-Sur-Mor In Prance. Musi his torians allow that Dumbarton on tho Clyde In Scotland Is the plate of his nativity Though whv his own state ment that he was an Irishman should ho Ignored, I fot one am at a loss to understand. One thins; Is nitaln he was not only a Kelt but ho belonged 10 mo wnenc niaiieii 01 tno Keltic race. Whether, theieloie. Ii (otihl be proved ho wan hot 11 In Sudland or J'ranec he was still laclally a Gael that Is an hlshnian -anil spoke (ladle or the Iilsh tongue Perhaps to this maj be attributed much ol his success in the conversion of li eland, and that biiccess was phenomenal. St Patricks veal in pleaching the gospel was vetv similar to St Paul's Ills energy was untiring Ills aim was 1 the conversion ot tho whole island To accomplish this ho woiked b night as well as b da as londlthns necessitated. His coinage was abn lutelj fearless lie did not hccdlcsdv run into dangei He was guided ,j a sound judgment in all his nilsslouaiv effort lint when tho conversion of a person or tiibe necssaill.v iMidangeiod I bis Ittc ho did not sbiiuk liom death lor a moment, Inn went loiwaid bold 1y and preached the gospel, and m generall happens In bold entci prises ho was signally smcoisful. St Patrick's sstem of chinch policy was neither diocesan, parochial, con- ST. giegational, nor monastic such as pre xailed In medieval times. It was rather collegiate and missionary; or wo micht sav it naitnok of tho con gregational, parochial, monastic and dlovesnn a combination of what Is good in all. Had he had a knowledge ot physiological aiulvsis, such as wo now possess, one would be Inclined to .say he took his system tioni the hu man body. Tho simplest lorni of his work In any locality was tho cull, cell, or kll, as It is in the human or ganism This was the nucleus To the cell was drawn mimheih of oung and old. Hero in due time assimila- lion tool; place. Then the kll (church) or cell became divided ami subdivided, as in the living org.uii-.in. by sending out those prepated at the colleges to localities chosen as promising Ileitis, each body of miasiounilos so sent out formed a now cell A kll with Its col leges aud other appurtenances was oa tnlillslieil. each senarate aud distinct in Itself yet in conectlon with the I mother kll ami with each other. Theso individual Kits sent out their rhoots In missionaries Congenial habitants were selected, nuclei were fonuod, kils weio established. As needs lequlred a chief pastor, or bishop, vvns so- lectcd, consocrated and sent to preach tho gospol, convert the heathen, and extend the church by leading the vvu In which his cleigy followed. The bishop was mote like the col onel of a cavalry regiment advancing to the charge against the enem.v. who precedes his soldiers, is tlist i-i tliu tight and leads in every post it dan ger. Under the leadership of uich n bishop his clergy would follow to ihe death. With Kiich bishops nnd clergy I the "A lepscop" (archbishop) Patrick himself loading tke van, the Idols went down before them like com be fore tho sickle. I-ct one instnnca suf fice. Tho Irish like other ancient na tions and In common with nil Diulds paid religious homage to pillar stones. Keating In writing of 0110 of these, thejrom crunch, or ciom dubh (tho blaiTJ -stooping stono) sajs it was "the namo god that Zoroaster w 01 shipped" and tho first foun of idolatry Intro dttccd nmong the Milesians (Scots). It was erected in the plain of weeping wltU twclvo les.er idols of brass iciicwwrafctf4tt5tt By REV. F. P. DUFFY. M. 11. Secretary of Am-lcn Church Dlblo Initltutr. atonnd ,t and was thi. favorite teort of Kins luogatie The Intiepeil Pat rick and his comiianioas taking their Uvea in i hell hands advanced boldly against these idols ami shattered thetii In pieces. The message of such men, who pioved the vw tlhlessnosK of Idols of stniie luass and gold lor crom dulih was owilald If It was not whol Ij in.ide ot uold wast leeched with gladnois and tho fame of the saint and bis companions and tho gospel I ho pioaohoil spiead lar and wide, so tha' gieul numbers became obedient t" I'll ltiltb This act of Patrick was 1:0: dissimilar to that of He7eklah, who bioKf In pieces the bra.cn ser pent in.ii .iosos pad elected for a somoHint shullai reason, that It he came an object of Idolntioitu woisblp. This crom dubh and Its companions weie not cilglnnllj objects of wor ship, lor the early I1NI1 ldiglon was puiolj monothelstlo Hut the Iiisb, and ospcciall their priesthood or dutlds, weie fiom icinolo antiquity skhlod astronomer .Many of their lolij-lons I'ltstoms had an iistionoinlcal boailim with apodal leleience to the sun l'lio mislletoo for Instance, was a t.soclated with I bo winter Solstice, tin1 "J Nt December as was the Shunt lock with tho Venial equinox or the L'L'd ol .Mtu eh So C10111 dubh and his companions weie oilglnnllj nothing; more bin infill than the sun and the tweho signs of tho yodlnc Ciom him self symbolied the sun. ami hence he was overlaid with gold ihe better to Illtistiato that luminal v Tho tweho smaller bodies tepiesenling the tweho signs ol the zodiac woio on eased in an interior metal indicative ol the inferior positions they held. It Is from Cimii that the woid cionilech is domed. St. Patrick was happy In his parcn- PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, DUBLIN, IRCLAND. 1 1 . , 1 m i iiMa. 1 11 1 ,i ppi 1 tage. Ho was, as be himself tells us, the son of Calpurnlus, a deacon In tho Christian church, and the grandson of Polltus, a pi lest or piesbyter ol the same church, and his mother was Con chessa, a sister of St. Martin of Toms. Thus he was not only the son ot Christian parents, but came of a lam ily of eccleslnstlcs on lather and moth er's sides. Like many nnother youth ot Christian pnrcnts he "did not know the Lord" in its spiiltual signification. But when a slave In the mountains of Ireland his e.uly teaching came homo to his soul. Slave though ho was he had learned to love the people among whom he lived. And subsequently, when a tioo man, he obe.ved the promptings ol his heart and the vision ot his di earns, aud resigned his nobil ity to become a missionary, when ho went every where throughout tho Is land ptoaehing Christ with wonderful power to tho pagan Irish, and bring ing multitudes Into the Christian fold. When ut home at tho kll or church his usual mode of procedure was to be "accompanied with a gioup of holy men clothed in white with books in their hands, chanting the morning service In tho open air as well as in the church." Ho died In praer on March 17th at Downpatilck, where he first preached. It was his happy lot 10 see the fruits of his labors In mul titudes who professed the faith, in tho erection of numerous churches, in thousands of oulalncd clergy, and In the establishment of colleges, which subsequently beenmo tho most re nowned seats of learning In tho world, and to which students Hocked from all parts of Km ope. It has been granted to few of IJod'H saints to witness such wonderful results cro the thread of lite Is severed. Well might ho say in the words of the aged Simeon ns ho held tho Infant Savior In his arms, "I)rd now lettrst Thou Thy scrvnnt dopart In peace" Tho legends that gather around St. Patrick are many nnd absurd. How ever it may bo well to mention a few. li'uly wells nio so numerous that It would havo boon lmposslblo for tho Balnt to hnp visited them nil. They nio characterized by crystal clearness, the limpid waters bubbling from the depths boneath, nnd many a time have rssm ws WORK 1 slaked my thirst and laved my brow in the cool waters of a St. Pattlck'a well Snakes In a wild state are n uogn the quantity In Ireland. Whether they ever existed theie in human times may ho questioned. Some forty years ago a practical joker eonvojod a number of snakes ftotn Unglund and llbeiated them during the night and unobsoivod. When discovered in the morning gteat was the commotion among the superstitious, and critical were the esays of tho expert literati, and lengthened were tho rhetoilcal oftotts ol tho gairulotifl orators. Hut alas! for all the learned lore of tho savants of tho United Kingdom, the poor teptiles died, and not a snake has since appeared to pollute tho Holy Isle What has given rise to tho legend of St. Pntilck expelling the snakes Is no doubt Us metaphorical slgnlllca Hon that he suppressed tho totetnle bcipcnts, and expelled the snakes of pagan doctiine by Hm power of the (iospel. Toads were also expelled, anil the legend has much the sumo basis for siippoil as the expulsion of the snakes The legend of the last toad, which I hcai d mil rated years ago In the west or Ireland, may be deemed worthy ol notice. The Saint was standing on the sunimll of Cioaghpat tick (the highest mountain In Ire land) watching the llight of satan across Clow Buy. when, turning round to glance over the Connnninrii hills, ho haw to bis astonishment a toad hid ing under a tutt of heather. As ho appioaehod Ihe toad opened his mouth and said. "tIol I'at 1 Irk, spate me. 1 am the soul of the gieat Pythagoras, who taught tho tiansmlgratlon of souls In a time of ii religion." "You taught false," sa.vs the saint. "I have an explanation ot that," replied tho great philosopher. "Almrls, chief ot tho Druids, and by tho samo token an Itlshmnn like xourselt of great learn ing nnd valiant deeds, taught me tho doctiine "That's true" sajs the saint, "and a gieat and learned man he was, and so were jou. aud I will deliver ou, hut ou will have to go to my piugatoiy and bo theie piepared for a higher life." With that tho saint touched (ho toad with his pastoral st a IT, when uu explosion loud as thun der took place and Pythagoras was llbeiated and flew away with joy to 1-ougli Deig, In Donlgal, whom ho en tci ed Patrick's purgatoiy. The legend of tho puigatory, too, Is Inteiestlng. Tho saint was In hot pur suit ot Satan. He vvns standing on top of Xenhln Mountain, fiom which ho gave a sprint and landed on a lock in the hod of the river Moy that still tetalns his footprint. Then with it bound ho lands on Crouch Patilck. when Sntnn flees the land. The devil's mother still remains and tho saint now tutns his attention to her. She flees away to the north, the saint In pur suit. He overtakes her in a desolate bog In Donegal, and to escape him sho rushes Into a lake, where nil the leeches in the "black north" had con gregated. They Instantly sebo her, Insert their fangs In her body, nnd bho bleeds to death. Tho vvnters be come colored red with her blood, and have lemalned so ever since, henco tho nnmc fough Derg. A mighty con course of people had nssombled and the snlnt pienched to thoin about tho torments of the lost. Tho Druids an swered they couldn't accept such n doctrlno without oracular demonstra tion. Then the saint prn cd for a few moments, when suddenly there was a loud report, n mighty explosion took place, tho eaith opened with a yawn ing cavity, an Island was upheaved In tho lough, and In Its center was formed a envo, which became tho entranco to tho purgatory. No legend so well authenticated by tho most re spectable authority hns ever existed than that of St. Patrick's purgatory. It forms tho foundation of Dante's Inrerno, aud In tho nilddlo ages it throw tho legend of "tho AVanderlns Jew" completely In the shade aSf THE FATAL REQUEST ORFO U N D OUT . By A. 1,. HixrrU Author of "Mino Own Fwmlllnr Frlontl." ate. V o i y r t ,j h t , 1 v 0 j, ft 1 S t r t . 3 m t t A . CHAPTER XXV Continued. "The tialn slatted on the Journey Ivlilrh was to end In Its doMtuctlon, and mile after mllo sped awav In si lence Once nunc the feeling of to Btralnt had settled down upon us. and this time heavier than befoie "Then 1 reinemboi a sudden awful, nevei -to-be lorgotten eiash followed by erics and shileks such as have inng In my ears ever since "I found in) self iiimjj vlolentl.v for ward against the opposite side of the compartment amid the smashing of vvoodwoik. and with the pioscntlinent of aonio nwlul doom upon me 1 was half btunned but lecoveiing m.vself, found thnt 1 was not much hurt. Then I lemouibored my companion and turned m ntlentlon to him "Silas'' I cried 'Aio jou hint?' "Hut liefoio he could tep. another sound was added to the awful babel of cries aud gioaus all 111 omul "The' lire!' we hoard slnleked in voices mad with tenor mingled with ngonllng cries lor help The atmos phere became stilling a sickening. In Biippoitahle odor was waned towauls us and clouds ol thick, black suiTorut lug smoke began to dilft past "'Silas'' I shouted, In mad tenor, to my friend, come! oxeit join self, If you wish to escape instant dtatli!' "Aud 1 caught him iiiund the body and tried to compel him to move, but In vain, ho onlj gnvc a set earn of agony. " 'Save .vourself.' ho gioaned 'I can not stir: and 1 think tin log is biokon "I was almost demented, and toio at the shattered wood vv oik which made his pilson. with m Ilugeis. but onlj to Increase his ngon.v, without freeing him f 10111 bis hoiilhlc position And already the atiuosphete was like that of a furnace, and hell Itself seemed to ho open. I tould not save him, hut I might save mjolf 1 know the door on tho other side was unloc ko I, so that I might attempt to escape that wa.v "I Invc nothing to forgive," "I propand lot lliuiit. but before 1 had taken tho Hi. si step I was sta.vod by my friend's voice "'James, lie died -and the lo-uing of the flnmes almost diownod bis xolce, which was shaip anil shiill with honor 'put 1110 out ol my mlsorv. Savo jouisell, but shoot 1110 tbiougb tho brain Hist! Quick! quick' ' "It wns the most nieniful death, and, without pausing a second which on thnt awful day might have meant a humnr life I drew the revolver, placed It to his temple" ("My Cod!" from tho lender) "aud pulled the trigger. Kvon as I hoaid tho teport a thin tongue of flame cm led upward thiotigh tho splintered f'.ooilng, ami without even looking bnck without even a glance at the face of my tilond, I forced open the door and spuing from tho now burning can lago with the smoking weapon still grasped In my right hand. In doing so I tiod upon some smouldering timber nnd wrenched mj nnklo seveiel.v, bo that for a long tlmo 1 was lame. "A few bonis later and I was con veyed to town, together with a com pany of the oilier survivors, nnd as soon ns I renrhed my destination my strength forsook- mo and I wns pros trated for dajs by a nervous Illness, tho result of my Into tenlblo expeil onrr. "When I icrovered, It wns to find that there was n hue nnd cry nlrondy after me that tho partially consumed corpso of a first class passenger had been discovered shot through the head, and that all tho evidence pointed to the crime having been committed by a fellow tiaveler who had made his es cape during the terror and confiifilon of the catastrophe and who was being eagerly sought for. "Since then, 1 havo had to submit to tho ordeal of seeing myself confronted by tho reward ot one bundled poundH offered for my detection; and hnvo lived In dally and hourly fear of being charged with tho committal of this crime If crime It can bo called of which I was guiltless, In thought, If not in deed. It Is this which Is kill ing me, and I do not regret If. "Sometimes I irgret nothing; not even the shot which took my host friend's llfo nnd branded mo with tho brand of Cain!" CHAPTER XXVI. Dr. Jeremiah's Little Dill. This was nil. Tho render drew a long, shuddoilug bienth. "My (5od!" ho whlBpcrcd, volco and everything iatulnc to frll him for tho moment, In b? itwfif1 JxawMi: ' laMF jgM njfb&l the face of the levelatlon which had Inn st upon him 'My (Jod! To think thai I should know the littlh at lasl! Hut how tnaiv clous' How utterly he ond the leallatloii of inj wildest dionm' " ' Not for an Instant did It ocur to lilin to think the tiariatlve false It was too a founding and, what was iitoio, It agieed so exactly with all tho st tango, an 1 bltlieito iumIciIoiik, cir cumstances which had attended tho t raged Ami tho man he had wronged- the man he had hunted down and would have beliayed to death, believ ing him to be the vilest of his spooled - -whoso whole naluie ho had tend falsel b.v the Iighl of his unjust sus picion Ills cos weie closed tic seemed to be hanlly hioalhlng. Had he fainted- or was this death? Was ho to be left alone, and in the dnik, with a dead or djiug man? lie iiibliod to the door and dashed out of tho hoiibu In s'cnich of a doc tor. .lames Pei 1 01s was not dead; hut the nearest mcdhal man, on being summoned to the house, shook his head ovet (no nso "Heart!" he said, bilefl.v "Oct him to bed. I do. sot think ho will ever need to got up again " Il this time tho whole household was roused, and the sick man's daugh ter was hanging In speechless griof, over her father's unconscious form. At one time II was fenred that ho would pass awa.v unconscious, hut tho untiling application of le.storatlves was at last pioductlve of some effect, and two or three hours later Uiu liv ing man opened his eves. lie saw his daughter kneeling he side his pillow . nud, not far away, his old filond's son, who, by some means, had asseited and maintained a light to tomaln in I lie slide room. The doctor, seeing Hint tho patient had regained consciousness for n while hcl'oio the end, stood aside, so as not was the broken answer. to Intoileie with those hut solemn moments. The dying man's gae rested upon the .voting mail who In obedience to a gesture, approached anil bent over him with a stiange intenslt.v, ami bis lips moved. "Do ou foigivo?" he mummied close to tho other's oar, so that the wot ils might bo heard b none but him lor whom they weie Intended. "I have nothing to fotghe," was the broken answer. "You acted for the best, and I bless jou for It." A look of pence fell upon the corpse llkq countonanco upon the pillow, and he turned his ejes ngaln upon his daughter. "Don't gilove much for 1110, my child," said he; "and when I am gone. " He gave a deep sigh, his eyes closed, and his head fell a little to 0110 side. The doctor pressed forwanl. "This Is the end," he said, "and a very peaceful one Hut It wns not qulto the end. Once more tho dying eyes opened, nnd fixed themselves upon the pale, remorseful face of the young man who had once hoped to neo him expiate his deed upon tho scaffold. Then ho turned them 'umi htm to tho bowed head of tho gill who knelt, with her face hidden, upon tho other sldo of the bed, and back again. His lips moved for tho last time, but no words issued from them. Ho tiled again, and this time though there was no sound it seemed to tho other, who had his eves fixed upon them, nnd his ear strained to catch tho lightest whisper, that tho motion of tho lips might bo translated Into tho words, "Keoji my secret!" "I will I will," ho nnswercd, nnd oven ns ho uttered these words tho end came. Tho next day Ted Huiiltt letumed homo unexpectedly. Tho first thing ho did was to write a brief summary of ovents to Dr. Jere miah Cartvvrlght, who, in spite of tho vory short tlmo which hnd elapsed sinco his last visit, again mado his ap pearance at Magnolia Ix)dge osten sibly to hear furthor details, but moro particularly to carry out u deep laid scheme of his own. "And what do you mean to do oh? I mean, about tho young lady? Oh, jou needn't look as though you don't understand what I am talking about! I've not forgotten what you told mo about her. What a beautiful blush 1" And tho little gontloman chuckled; then, all at onco, became protornatur- nlly gravo. "Hy-tho by," ha said, slow ly, and with a noticeable tondoncy to avoid his ftlend'ri eye, "about thnt bill of mine," Ted looked stirpilsed. "Hill?" ho repeated. I 'Yes, bill," continued the doctor. 'You didn't suppose I wan going to let jou off, did jou? You hnvon't forgot ten what I said a llttlo while back nhoiit sending one In, have you7" Tho joiing mini looked nnd folt nou plunxvd. "I have made up my mind to lake It In kind 'What I mran Is." continued Dr Cnrlvv right, 'that Instead of iccolving pnj incut for whatever services I may have lendoiod. In ready money, I am willing to lake it out In some other uttlclr." "And what. might that nrtlclo bo?" wan the mutual but still perplexed In quiry. "Your sister," vvhh tho brief and much to Ihe point 1 espouse. "Hy Jove!" was the exclamation It called fot Ih followed bj "jou don't menu It?" "Don't I, though!" was tho deter mined topl.v. "l'vo been meaning II for some time past. What's more, I've sounded the joung Indy I don't mean with a stethoscope and nun wasn't hull so much surprised as you seoin to bo " Tho hiolhor of the joung lady In question httrut out laughing. "I suppose I shall havo lo give In and I may as well do it sooner than later." About three months Inter u gentle, man In the most lirepronchablo atttio railed at tho icsldenco of tho Into .Tames Kciicrs, Ksq., of Holmont House, Hnmpstcnd, and lequested to see Miss l-Vrtots. That joung lad.v, who had descended to encounter her v Isltor qulto In Ignor niico ns to his identity, was confounded beyond measure to dlscovet: In tho supposed sti anger, none otuer than that same Individual whom sho had first met at the Hoyal Academy und who hnd afterwards occasioned her thn greatest perplexity of mind hy doub ling the pnit of the young man who wnlted at table nnd cleaned tho plate. Only he had grown tho loveliest moustache nnd It seemed pcifectly lui IMissthlo to Imagine for a moment that ho had over done such a thing hh polish the lorks nud spoons and make himself genoiully useful. Ted plunged at once Into the object or his visit. "I should hnvo called much sooner," Ik1 icmurked with a compassionate glance nt her deep luoiiinlng, "but was afiaid of Intituling upon jour retire ment. I have a statement to make an explanation lo give, which I cannot withhold any longer." Ilo cnnie iiqtiicr to her and oh. tho piosumptlon of the crcutnio! actually ventured lo take her band. "Do jou loinember being at tho Aradcnij', one day laid June, und drop ping join catalogue?" Did sho mil? Hut she nindo no audible icply and the explanation thus pinpitiouslj commenced wns continued without any iiiteniiptlou bejoml nu oc casional stilled exclamation 011 tho pail of In lceipieut. It Is mil neoossaiy, however, to to port the whole of what passed during the lutoi view. A eoitalu poitiou only of It need bo icfoired to ua being of some Interest "And vou ically mean to sny," said Miss Pen eis to the joung man. "you really mean to say that jou fell In love with me thou nud tlicie, nnd took tho situation, ami put up with overj thing. Just for the sake of being under tho saiiio loof with me?" lie looked nt her stiangely for a moment before answering. "What other leason could there have been'"" ho asked. Sho (dapped her hands together In delight. "Whatever will tho ,-Jrls at school Bay to this?" (Tho Knd.) Beecher's Deacon Went to Sleep. "Pow sleopoiH are one of tho bug bears of pi earners," snld the Hev. Hobeit Colljer, the veteran Now Yoik minister. "I can spenk feelingly fiom experience. On one occasion when Henry Ward Heccher asked mo to go to Plymouth Chinch to talk to his people, ho leninrked Joklnglj', let us hope that most of them were hard working folk who needed plenty of lost on Sunday, and ho felt that a ser mon liom me might be gratefully re ceived. "In the course of my talk I men tioned this, nnd said that It was, how ever, a matter upon which my feelings could not he hint, nnd thnt I owed this IniporvioiisnesH to Mr, Heocher him self, I told them that, 0110 Sunday, jeais before, when I was niton ling u service nt old Plymouth and Mr. needier was thundering foith, I saw one of his deacons asleep In a front pow. "I wont on to say that always after this, whenever I saxv a man slumber ing peacefully through my most stir Hug efforts In tho pulpit, I would say to myself: 'Well, let him Bleopj even tho great Heccher can't keep 'em all awake." Success. The Vogue of Pantalets. Pantalets caino Into voguo about 1820. Thoy wero looso, flapping frills tied on under tho kneo and hanging over tho foot. Tho strings gonorally broko or slipped down, and ono lonrn3 of a young mother's trials with thoso horrid things In a letter quoted by Mrs. Karlo, which says: "My finest dimity pair, with real Swiss laco, Ih qulto useless to me, for I lost off 0110 leg. I saw tkut menu Mrs. Spring wearing It last week for a tucker. My help says sho won't stay If alio has to wash more thnn soven pairs a vvoolc for Myrtll'" " g'OIWIBIUIfc.J.. IZVZ3IX!Z:'lWr0 ftTw;"'$2 rmr " -' iv-.twjy..4tv 'ifp ?syr';;g!y-tt&'--L- , j$t -a, , S!3ftS L') .ifit