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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Ireland's Patron Saint WHAT MILITARY TRAINING WILL DO FOR BOYS ST. PATRICKt "A stone lay deeply bedded In tho clay until one of strong hand uncovered it, heaved It aloft and made It tho capstono of a noble edifice." This is his description of his life. He was n centenarian wait ing for his death when ho wrote It, and to his eyes tho career of tho Apostle of Ireland was a blend of human worthlcssness made capable of lofty achievement by the call of God. It is a great man's humblo cstlmato of his share In remaking a great nation. And It is correct as to the humble beginning, and tho mighty accomplishment, and tho abiding of humility In tho bosom of tho man who wrought so mightily. Not without reason has tho namo of St. Patrick been held In veneration through theso many generations. There is nowhere a teacher whoso services for learning exerted so wldo an influence in a time so critical for all culture. Thcro is nowhero a states man whoso activity so completely reformed tho character of any people. There is nowhere such a national hero whose fame is sounded across fifteen centuries and can still stir emotions of ardent enthusiasm far beyond his nation's shores. There is nowhere a saint whose teachings are blended like his with tho destinies of his nation, so that tho invocation of his name can bo at onco tho cry of patriotic devotion and tho expression of religious vencra tlon. Rev. T. P. McDonough. Tiu photographs of two enllstul men taken before tlk enlistment and Hfter live months' service Lieut. Col. James B. Allison of the Second South Carolina Infantry, now In tho federnl service at HI Paso, Tex., shows these, photographs as the most pronounced evidence of tho good In universal military training. Prom left to right: Prlv vato Tobo White, Company K, Pht North Carolina Infantry, who comes from Huncombe county of that Htnte, and Private W. C. Bryson of tho sumo company. The photograph on tho left was taken last August whllo tho one at the right shows the same men January 1!0, 1017, Ave months later at Camp Stewart, Texas, showing White n gainer by !tt) pounds and Bryson heavier by CO pounds. BEAR RIVER DAM TO BE LARGEST IN COUNTRY 4 !3? ? ?3 f ? S a& oa em a - - . . TT 1 II... 1 ,.1 1. - i ... . 2' iMiniUHO rLrtVt yourself If there Is n shadow of tho "I imd conjectured that It should S acotcn cia m ten. let wo are con- bc S0B,lt nlMU. thc Sovcm or U)e uuuauy umueu wiui uie uogiuaui: uristol channel. The existence of ft OF BIRTH LONG IN DISPUTE assertion that "St. Patrick was born tllPC0 plllces n,une(, Banwcn (wlllch y $4 F i 4?A In SCOtland." mnv Mtimnnt ltimnnvnnn l nln. Kf On the other hand, to quote from 1I10rganshIro opens n prospect that Jft Archbishop Healy of Tuam : tho sotutou mny 110S8ibly u0 tiieTO 'Philip O'Sulllvnn Beare, n man Tho ren(er ,s nQW , SSiIon of of learning and authority, declared lhe , f u nuthorltleB that Patrick was born In Bretagno. ,,, nlwl ,,. ,,, ft be tolerated. The controversy He was tho first writer of note who ...... ... mnv . ., 0.Slll,Ivnn Jnn ROM Boston a bitter cry that the mention of a Scotch birth place for St. Patrick Is not to i Is nn nlil nno nnil thin Is nnr n nlncn PUt forward that OI)ltU0n. for 110 UI1 " , . .. , . , jmiiufjiiii uguniMi uociur iicaiy aim Kt g& for taking sides, so we will merely clent writer know-n to us over ad- Car(1Inal Mo w Co, ' d 2 present tho rival views to the Inter- vonccd If Tho difficulty - has been 0Tlaherty against Keating and K S ested reader. It would appear that, to sett e where exactly Bonnayem 0'IIaulon. Or ho may weigh Profes-a prepared to do battle for tho honor rick mentions In his "Confession" w n tnln n.,i,.l hllm1nvCnnf. II S Mfq 1101110 VI UU111L 1 ULllLIL a Ull 11 OUl" Bury and Sir John Rhys against them all. Whatever tho merits of tfa tlir nitosttnn ft pnmint lin n ilnmiintlr. land, WTales and Brittany being all Lannigan believed In a French but ussertion on either side But even a contestants. not a Breton birthplace. Doctor lf sti Pntrlck hlld bcen born In whnt First let our well-read correspond- Healy states that his view was n js now caC( Scotland or Britain J ent speak: mouineation or O'Siimvun's. "Ho in neither nnso mniii u i.o oi,iim,.,i "I have road every nuthor worth says that the Bonnavem Taberniae tnnt ll0 W(IS wlint lg ,ncant uy either sadlng on the question and with of tho confession was the same town f the modern terms "Sentchmim" J.- real live human belnir. Enirllsh nnd blrthplnce. but that It was the place g Scotch desire to appropriate every- where his father hnd a villu from ier west coust (Argyle means liter- tf thhirr nnfl nvnrvhndv worth while, is Which he himself WUS Carried Off Q a wnnnnmiiiiii . i i v O till J ill VI ULUIIUlf llltJ 1U11U JL L11U J , o 1 StT. the cause of the error In the case, captive. For overy line that can be said Sj? about his French birth ono hundred ...,.... .1... 1.. 1.1,1. VliLlUU Ull IIIU A.llLinil lOIUUU side, but such claimants have no a critical argument on meir siue. it is ull a part of the so-called "Anglo- Irish). As for the "Amrlo-Suxon." tita Doctor Healy himself states: "It that peculiar breed had not yet left ta Saxon" propaganua, anu l nope mat when the paper again alludes to tho question, It will go Into tho facta appears to us to be quite clear from thc account the saint gives of him self that he wus a native of tho Ro man province of Britain, and In all probability was born on the banks of tho Clyde in Scotland." He of tho case, which the Scotch claim- rick :" "In the absence of any trace ever 9 ants never do. See Keating, O'Han- the German forests. When they Sft came to Britain they drore the Brit- tah Celts westward, but eventuully adopted tholr name of Briton. It r is sufe to describe St. Patrick as S n Untnnnlziul fVilt wlioJIior lu wnu I To turn now to Professor Bury, born in Irish-Scotland, Celtic rlt-S& e writes ns follows In his "St. Pat- nln or In Un-Franked Gaul. Wher- Z2 his upbringing, he came In 2k? tan- of n Bannaventa In north British touch and understanding with both nt), regions, we must, I think, give deci- the Roman Idea nnd Gacldom. He ,-an, slve weight to the general probabill- was the first to realize what a splr- Ion, Professor Moore (Protestant) Lnnnlgnn, Don Philip O'Sulllv FaUier Morris, Canon Fleming, Miss ties of the case und suppose that Bannaventa was south of the Wall 5fi f'nsnelr. Father O'Fnrrell and n host 2 of others, for the full analysis of tho case. Then reud tho best that mm can bo said on the Scotch side by riv Archbishop Healy; read Professor gta Bury for u complete disposal of Doe of Hadrian somewhere in western Britain, not far from the coast." After his book was in press he received n communication from Pro- spir- a, I,...., ...It 1 .... ... v iiiiiu cuiiiuiiiuiiuii iiiuy were iiKciy to mnke. History has Justified his f, experiment, ror touay there are of Gaelic blood than of any other branch of the hutnnn family. Froih ressor ithys, which lea him to udil tlic Magazine Ireland. & IRISH LOVE OF EQUALITY ifflHH?SKHS FROM THEIR COUNTRY in Some Ways It Has Tended to Pre vent a Closer Unification of the Great Race. The art and literature of the Celt nuturally Is pure, noble, moral, re lined and Idealistic. Besides, his love of equality has a leveling effect, and n tendency to uniformity of social and economic Ideals. This love of equal ity has, however, prevented a closer unification of the Irish race in matters vital to its independence ns a separ ate and distinct people. Their sensi tiveness, It must be admitted, is tho real reason why, notwithstanding their acknowledged valor, they lost their In dependence; and mainly because of this natural Instinct, they cannot nnd never could accept conquerors or mas ters with that humility thut would have lulled suspicion and crcnted a new starting point for u successful daub and break for independence. This Fonsltlveness absolutely prevents forgetfulness, and tho hatred engen dered by centuries of persecution can not be dulled or dispelled by promises made In extremes. You may clotlto tho Irish In rags, as Curruu suid, but they will not wear chains. Church and Tower at Kells. The, celebrated Book of Kells wan written there In the sixth century. Tills church Is famous for Its histori cal associations. The town of Kells originated in a monastery founded by f?(!'nt Columbu. AN IRISH TUNE Will you listen to lhe laugh of It, Gushing from die fiddle; More's the fun of half of it Than e'en an Irish riddle. Sure, it's not a fiddler's bow Tlut'i making sport so merry; It's ust the fairies laughing so I heard them oft in Kerry Will you listen to the step of it. Faith, that tune's a daisy; Just the very leap of it Would make the feet unaity Hold your tongues, ye noisy rogues. And stop your giddy prancing. It' me can hear the weshee brogues Of Irish fairies dancing. Will you listen ts the tune of it. Sweeter than the honey I'd ratlier hear the croon of it I 9 t Than set & miser's money. Sure, my son, it mil.es me cry But don't play wi.h any other May God be with the days gone by I danced it with ycur mother Rn. Hugh F. Blunt nlrith Wotli Always of Lofty Ideals. Tho Celt undoubtedly was the most purely moral and religious of all the barburlc races, and this necessarily grew out of his lofty Ideals and lively Imagination, which demanded pleas ures of mind rather than thought of future food and raiment. This mnde for Improvidence, but who will say the gain Is not greater than tho losu7 Barbarous Penal Code Was the Cause of Many Irishmen Foroaklno Their Own Soli. Some writer 1ms said "that during tho eighteenth century In Ireland the chief social feature was political op pression and emigration," The treaty of Limerick was signed October 3, 1091, but despite tho protests of King William, who was apparently a bravo soldier and an able statesman, the treaty was soon ignored as a more scrap of paper. The odious, barbarous, prescriptive legislation known us tho penal codo was In. full swing shortly after 1700, and largo contingents, rep resenting tho (lower of Irish manhood nnd chivalry, began to fly to tho con tinent of Kuropo and tho shores of America. These unhappy children of Io, maddened by the English gadfly, lied Into all lands, carrying with them u memory that enabled them to recog nize tho gadfly wherever encotinte-ed, nnd u spirit that prompted thetu to swot it remorselessy whenever It crossed their path. Remember Native Land. No other people coming to our shores have displayed toward tholr native lund a love moro wholcHomo than the Irish. They keep their chil dren fed upon the tales of the fairies and "llttlo people" who are good to the good children, nnd whoso wrath descends upon tho children who aro not doing right. This photovi'iiiih isIiowk the liuilillng of the largest powu (Is m in the country, which Is across the Bear river a Emigrant Oup, lnl. Tlin dnm Is (500 feet long, HOD feet tleop and 2(10 feet wide at the bottom, TORPEDO STARTING ON DEADLY MISSION I heroine of the laconia . . . r it ,ni m i.ipli xlinwing a tuiptdn Jim) leaving the tube on Uh havoc-wreaking mission. It Is not often that tho enmcrn cutrhes tho torpedo Just out of the tube, probably headed f ir an enemy craft. All matter con cerning what dexcrlptlou of Ycssel t'lo torpedo Is being llred from, and of what navy It Ik h milt, hxs been withheld. RECORD BREAKER OFFERED GOVERNMENT Mr. Krauk 13. Harris of Philadelphia,! who helped to place tho women of thol i l.ueonla In lifeboats. She cabled her husband, Col. Frank H. Harris, U. S. A. ; Fort Delaware, Del., that sho loso everything when tho big liner wnal 1 Rimk. Mrs. Harris was on- her way tol be nUed Cross nurse In England. Sha , won the admiration and praise of the ; ofllcers of the Laconia by her coolness ; and bravery In tho fnco of death. furl 0. I'Uhor. smuwq m iljjht of Illustration, ban j;tered to the govern moat bU pKprchi! o l'jr fthndow III, whleh Is capable of a Buatalned sixtod of ItO.l rolle an Uow nd fs un Hleal crnfl for ehuslng aubtnutlnei. Mr. Kisher b a wll-kuorn Muatear spiMtxiimii of IndlnnupolU nud the builder of Ihu HplTfy In I Wat altf. Got Her Share. Kvaugellno wan home from collcgot for a vacation. Late one afternoon: die came In during a downponr ofJ rain. "Evangeline," said her mother, "were yon out In nil that raint" "No, mother," said Eynngolino. " was merely In a portion of tlio rain! that descended In my Immediate vicinity." n
