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-.-r-"-.-, rn f . t4ffniffir jCy fcv ww$Mwww&wwwwmwt?' A SCHOOLHOUSE ON WHEELS A NUR3G'0 EXPERIENCE. I if T mm' w. St Patrick's Day Memories Dy DENIS A. MCCARTHY (From his Volume of Poetry, "Voices of Erin.") Here In the strangers' city The winds blow bitter and keen, But over the sea in Irclnnd nuw I know that the fields arc green; I know that the fields arc green, and the snow From the hills has melted away. And the blackbird sings, an' the shamrock springs, On dear St. Patrick's Day! I know that the bells arc ringing From many a belfry quaint, In many a chapel the s.xgdrt tells The glory of Ireland's saint; From many a cabin lowly and poor, Trom many a mansion gay, The strains arise to the list'ning skies Of sweet St. Patrick's Day." I know that the boys arc gathered Outside on the village green. Where many a feat of stalwart strength Enlivens the sunlit scene: And who would be blaming an Irish youth For letting his glances stray To the cjitins dressed in their Sunday best On dear St. Patrick's Day? Here in the strangers' city Are fortune and fame galore, The poor man's son may win if he will A measure of golden store; But ever when springtime comes again I wish I were far away Where the Suir flows and the shamrock grows. On dear St. Patrick's Day! St. Patrick's Greatness JfeRS'SsK N Englishman who had toured the United States said to an American friend: "I cannot understand it. On the 22d of February I supposed there would be a grand national dem- nstratlon in honor of George Wash ngtoa. But nothing occurred. On the 17th of March tho city I was In was decorated in green Hags and Irish em blems fluttered everywhere, tho hotol menu card was in green Ink and the evening paper enmo out In green. "Hands played in tho streets, men paraded, the city police force and mili tary turned out, thoro wero balls, ban quets and public speaking. What I want to know Is whether St. Patrick or George Washington is the nation's patron sjlnt." Some idea of how powerful a figure St. Patrick was may bo gained by -comparing tho memory of St. Patrick, born 1,535 years ngo, with that of Georgo Washington, who has been dead a Ilttlo more than a century. St. Patrick went into Ireland when It wa3 plunged in the darkness of paganism. Ho confronted a hostile people with a dozen assistants. He carried tho now civilization with him. Ho met a fighting race and subdued it ilnglo-hnnded. His flist work in reaching a com munity was to preach tho gospol In tho native tongue of tho people. This he did with Paulino fervor und a flro or conviction which fired the heart nnd Imagination of tho pcoplo. You can look nt the work of any Irish priest today and see the duplication of St. Patrick's method. First a talk to tho people, then tho building of a church, then the erection of a school, and thon tho exhortation' to practice tho Christian virtues, tho succor of the widow and the orphans, the weak, tho fallen and tho aged. Patrick established universities which, by the labor of the Inmates, wero self-sustaining, and to which tho youth of England Hocked by thousands. rT'J2uropo, during his llfctimo, was In conflagration. Hordes of tho north, Goths and Vandals, ravaged the south, and tho lamp of learning, extinguished on tho continent, burned brightly in tho cloisters of tho monasteries nnd tinlversitlos of Ireland. Patrick trans lated nothing into hlsh. He taught tho Irish Latin nnd Implanted, full born, tho civilization of Christian Home. Ho Introduced tho nits and crafts, developed ngrlculturo, taught industry, application and love of work. Institu tions of learning, churches and homes of religious workers, training schools und seminaries, wero supported, not by contributions, but by labor of tho Inmates. From Idleness to Industry, from fighting to tho nrts of pcaco, from Dtuidical worship to Christian prac tice nnd Ideals, St. Patrick turned tho wholo Island by personal effort and example, by Incessant exhausting toll. Ho died as ho llvod, without tho pos session of a groat. Tho arts nnd lottcrs, sclenco nnd biblical knowledge which iled from tho contlnont took refugo In tho famous schools which mndo Dm row and Ar nigh tho universities of tho west. To tho eternnl honor of Irish hospitality bo It said that these thousands of strangers from ovory country In Ku ropo wero not only wolcomed, hut sup plied gratuitously with books, clothes und food, Tho scholarship thus engendered re furnished Europo when, a century's anarchy over, tho Irish missionaries V w ft? y w W S' trE3gic.iJw dj,yo"j' emerged from schools and flashed over tho charred t cumins of European civili zation the sacred light of learning. So, when The bearer of tho natno Patrick, laborer and toller though he be, remembers that his title Is de scended from one of tho proudest in Rome, patrician, nnd thinks In his povorly and humility of tho nucient glory or his people, where Is there nn American who will not honor In him the survival thiough tho centuries of tho pride nnd learning and achieve ment of his ancestors, nnd Join him on St. Patrick's day in singing "All Hall to St. Patrick?" DROUGHT OLD FOES TOGETHER, Two Results of Deep Potations on St. Patrick's Day. Here Is an echo of St. Patrick's day in a story that is going tho rounds of tho polico oillcers in a certain district. In fact, the story began two years back from tho 17th or last March. At that time a certain son or Eiln, In honor of tho patron saint or his coun try, Imbibed just freely enough to mako him a bit peevish. A gentleman whose ancestors hall from the land of the Kaiser Wllholm did the samo thing, possibly because It was not tho day dedicated to tho patron saint ot his country tho nverngo man enn find; an excuse In anything when ho wants to tako a little more than Is good for him. With such Inspiration on St. Pat rick's day, 1907, It did not take much to get up a goodly-sized quarrel be tween tho Irishman nud tho German, nnd euch said mean and horrid things about tho lnnd which tho other de lighted to honor. By and by It reached tho "You're unother" stage. ' And for a wholo year tho two guardians of tho peace wero enemies. But on St. Patrick's day next year tho twain again indulged In frequent libations, nnd this time with different results, ror each one was Inspired with a great and deep love for nil mankind. With this love In their hearts tho old cnomles met. "Herman," said tho Irishmnn, "bo gorra, but I'm a mane man. Will yo, fcrglvo nnd forglt for tho bako of nuld times?" "Sure Mike, but dat Iss von ting I will do." There Is not nny moral to this story unless It is that there are queerer things than green snakes to bo seen on St. Patrick's day. Clovelnnd Leader. The "True Shamrock." Tho "true shamrock" to an Irish man, Is tho plant which Is known by that imino around tho spot ot his or his father's birth. Hut tho botanist Iuib us much trouble In Identifying it us ho has In Identifying the "mayilow or" of Now England, a nume which is applied In different localities to tho trailing nrbutus, to tho saxifrage, to tho hopatlca and to two or three other plants. In splto or tho fact thnt tho hailing arbutus Is tho mayilowei of Now England Htornturo, tho woid Is much more commonly and popularly applied to tho saxifrage than it Is to the arbutus. St. Patrick's Iron Hand BtJ.' No vlslblo memorial or Putrlck has escaped tho chances of tlmo with one possible oxcoptlon. This Is a four sided Iron hand hell, preserved In the national museum nt Dublin, which, If It wero not actually used by tho saint, may have been In use nt Armagh a hundred years or so after his death ISgl SRK ttMBfe' Ml tV-rxaIHHHBiyk. . I1 lil nW iM I'll I Mi il ' ' 1 1 Hi i 1 1 i i B . ,. 1 Without some scientific knowlcdne succeed. Realizing this, several agricultural experiment stations throughout the country are using railroad trains an moving schoolhouscs and are teach ing those engaged in agricultural pursuits how they should follow their busi ness. Lectures on farming are given In the cars nnd stops are made wherever It Is thought necessary. It Is a fact worthy of note that many women attend these lectures. CAPE TO CAIRO LINE WORLD'S LONGEST RAILROAD TO BE DONE IN FEW YEARS. Chief Engineer of Syndicate Which Has Charge of the Great African Project Tells of Advantages Railway Will Give. New York. F. von Ghcel Glidemees tor, chief engineer of the Capo Town Cairo railway syndicate, now In charge or tho operations which, with in a few years, will form tho connect ing link between North and South Africa, is stopping nt tho Waldorf Astoria. Ho Is in tho United States to mnko a study of tho railway sys tems of this country. "In the Capo Town-Cairo railway," said Mr. Glldcmecster, "there Is at present n stretch of about 2,500 miles to bo completed. It lies between Khartoum, In tho British Egyptian Sudan, to Broken Hill, n point In Rhodesia. It Is cstlmntcd that this remaining mllengo will be completed within three years, and then the long est railroad In tho world, covering In tho neighborhood of 0,100 miles, will bo finished. "What do I estimate tho total cost to be? Very closo to 200,000,000, or about $1,000,000,000, I should say, but a comparatively small amount when it Is considered what n glorious thing it will bo for Africa, ono of tho great est and richest countries of tho world. It will be possible for the traveler to journey from Berlin or Paris to Capo Town lit ten or eloven days Just think or that! And then it will open up a country thnt Is rich In almost everything In the mineral world gold, silver, copper und diamonds. What elso they will find there remains to be Been. "It's a great work, Is this building of tho longest railway, and what It all means to Africa and the world Is not fully appreciated, I am afraid. 'To tho business man, to bo found everywhere, nnd especially thoso hav ing affairs in Africa, it will bo a won derful thing. Whcro now, in travel ing from PnrlB ror example, ho Is com pelled to tako a long sea trip, ho will bo able, after the completion of tho road, to tako train to Brindlsl, Italy, Ihenco by bont to Aloxnndrln, Egypt, nnd a short Journey to Cnlro, whore he will tako the train that will land htm In Capo Town, at tho southern ex treme or Arrlca, all In ll days. "Just at tho present tlmo wo nro working In n rnthbr dlsagrecablo coun trythat Is to say, a country which has a fair climate, but fovor Is qulto prevalent. Tho engineers on tho work nro German, American and English, with, of course, tho Knlllr as tho labor ing factor." INVENTS MOTOR ICEBOAT. Yankee Hopes to Attain a Speed of a Mile a Minute on Ice. Springfield, Mass. A motor Iceboat, tho Invention of Philip E. Tnft or Stcb bins Place, has been attracting much nttentlon on Wntorshops pond, Tho mnchlno hns already attained n speed or 30 miles an hour, nnd Mr. Tnft ex pects to Increaso thj to 40 miles be fore tho winter Is over. Another year ho will build a now boat, which ho expects to enBlly travel at a mile n minute clip. Tho boat ho Is now experimenting with Is about ton foot long and rour and one-half reet wido at thbow, tapering to near ly a point at tho stern. Tho highest point is tho gasoline tank, which Is V "it t hs s the farmer of to-dny cannot expect to - perched on a frame about thieo foot nbove tho Ice. Tho entire boat weighs 110 pounds. The power Is furnished by n three and one-half horbcpoweren glno taken ftom a motorcycle. The purchase on tho ico Is obtained by a wheel filled with Iron spokes attached to a hinged lever which ilses and falls as tho boat glides over the hummocks on the Ice. Thoic nre two steel runners In front and a concave ci uclblc steel runner at the stern, which Is used for steering. This Bteerlng runner is operated by n lover similar to a tiller on a sailboat. Mr. Taft conceived tho Idea of a motor Iceboat by lldlug his motor over the ice. WARSHIP OF REVOLUTION RAISED Sloop Sunk In Lake Champlaln In 1777 Is In Excellent Condition. New Yoilc A British sloop of war which wassunk in Lake Chninplnln ncur tho old stone pier of Fort Ticonderoga hns been raised, according to a tele gram received hero by Stephen II. P. Pell, whoso wife, a daughter of Col. Robert M. Thompson, owns the his toric foitlllcatlon and Is having it re stored as near ns possiblo to tho con dition In which it wns whon captured by Ethan Allen and his Green moun tain boys. Tho sloop, which was sunk In 1777, Is 90 feet long and, with tho exception or the upper deck, Is In nn excellent stntc or pieservntlon, despite Its 132 years' lmmeislon. In tho bow are two largo cannon balls. Tho gun which was mounted on tho sloop Is believed to bo also at tho bottom, not far from whcro the vessel was found. GOVERNOR Gov. Augustus E. Wlllson, of Kentucky, who has become prominent in the public eye recently through his efforts to maintain law and order In his state by trying to abolish the dreaded night riders. T n ST. LOUIS' WALKING ENCYCLOPE. DIA PASSES AWAY. "Count" Fred Gerlke Solved Many Dif ficult Questions of Law for Juotlces Kept Diary for Forty Years. St. Iannis.- With the pausing away ol "Count" Fied Gerlke, who was nsphyx lated in the icar of .lumlco "Maity" Monro's otllco mi Client nut street the other day, Justices of the peace, law M'i'H ami attaches of coiiits In St Louis hnvo lost the services of a walk lug encyclopedia. For 30 yeats the count" lias been solving illlllcult law points which aiusu In Justices' courts and settling questions of history which no ono but ho seemed able to answer. When ho was nnt making himself me ful In many little ways mound the courts the "count" was loading and studying. No one know whoio ho got Ills lost and sloop. Tho light would Imi n In IiIk loom on Soul li Second street until far Into tho moriiln'g and ho was alwa.vH tho Hist man at tho bat of the coiner miIooii when it opened nt 5 a. m "Count" Gerlko was bom In 3t Loulii about 05 yeats ago. Fiom oail boyhood ho was a ronstnut leader studying many languages and especial ly hlstoiy. llo knew the lilstoiy of the formation of every government, could toll tho names of eveiy ruler of tho dlf ferent count rles down to the present tlmo, nnd could give practically all In formation about these countries, their people, nit, ilteratuto and religion. "Count" Gerlko Is helluved by former Justice "Bobby" Cat roll, who was one of his best fi lends, to have had a right to tho title which he assumed, and by which ho was known. Ills grandfather wiib under sentence to he shot In Ger many, wheie ho wns a member or the nobility, but escaped to Ameilea. Ho died In Philadelphia. During the earlier years of his llfo the "count" wns a student of law and medicine, and for 35 years hns been a voluntary attncho of different Justlco courts in St. Louis. Less than a year ago ho was left $1,000 In the will ot Henry Bocmlcr, a lawyer ho had known for many years. Tho legacy wiib conditioned thnt tho "count" should enter the ministry. Ho hnd studied for tho Lutheran ministry, but would have had to devote considerable moro tlmo to study to have qualified himself to preach. He declined tho legacy, sny lug: "I'm too old for thnt sort of thing." For many years tho "count" had been a hard drlnkor. His friends say there was novor a day that ho did not drink. Sometimes it would be only a little, and ut other times ho would bo lu a stupor for weeks. Tho "count" made n number of torn poianco speeches, usually while Intoxi cated. Ho would tell his friends ho was n living example to others. Tho "count's" wife died three yenrs ago, and sinco that time ho had been living In two rooms on South Second stteet. These looms are filled with books and memoranda. For more than forty years ho kept a diary or dally happenings. His looms contain many mnnuscrlpts he had written, mostly essays on history, philosophical and moral subjects. He had at least 10,000 newspaper clippings on a great variety or subjects. Tho "count" nppeared In Justice Monro's ofllco and asked permission to go Into a rear room to sleep. Whon Justice Moore rind formor Justlco "Hobby" Carroll went to the room to look for him Into in tho afternoon they round him propped in a chair, dead. Tho room wns filled with gas, which had escaped from a -gas stovo. OF KENTUCKY Backache, Pains In the Kidneys, Bloat Ing, Etc., Overcome. A nurse Is expected to know whnt to do for common nllineiils, and wom en who suffer back ache, constant lan guor, nud other com mon symptoms of kidney complaint, should bo grateful to Mis M I tin I o Turner, of K. II. St., Aundarko, Okln,, pointing out the way to Hud quick relief. Mis Tumor used Bonn's Kid ney Pills for a run-down condition, backache, pains In the sides and kid neys, bloated limbs, etc. "The way they hnvo built me up U simply mar velous," says Mis. Turner, who Is n tiiirso. "My health Improved rapid ly. Five boxes did fco much for mo 1 tun tvlllng oveiybody about It." Hold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Mllbuin Co.. HulTalo, N. Y. Lost At tides Department. Bridget, who had administered tho culinary affairs of the Morse hoiisotiold for many yeats, was sometimes torn between her devotion to her mistress nud loyalty to (he small sou of tho house. "Bridget," said Mrs. Morse, In a tone of wonder, after an Inspection of the storeroom, "whore have thoso splendid led apples gono that the man brought yostei day those four big ones".'" "Well, now, ma'am," said poor Brid get, "I couldn't rightly say; but I'm thluktu' If you was to Hnd whcro my loaf o' hot gingerbread Is, likely thlm rour led apples would bo lyln' right on top of It, an' I'm hopln' his little stum mlck can stand the sthraln." Youth'u Companion. $100 Reward, $100. Tho rrwtm of this pnprr ulll lx plramsl to Iftm that thcro In nt leant ono ilrraiinl illviue Hint nrtrnn luu txrn atilo lu euro In nil Ita itntia, iiml thai U Catarrh. Hull's futnrrb Cure ti tho only pusiiUt itiro now known to tho mnllrtl fraternity. Catarrh Ix-lnn n roimitutlonnl (Uwnno. rrnulrrs a ronitltii llnnnt treatment. Ilall'i Cnlarrh Cliro ti taken In tern illy, nctlnu directly upon thn blond ami mucous itirfarrn of tho )lem. thereby cleitroylnu lira foiimLitlon of tho 1Imam nnil tiHInu tho patient etrenmh hy liulhllnK up thn conMltiitlon nnd aMbt Ins nature In ilnlna Ita work. 11m proprietors ha no mueli faith In Ita iiirnthn pirnem that they oner One Hundred Dollar fur nny enso that It tall W euro. Heml for lint of testimonial Aililmn 1". J. ciii:ni:y A CO.. Toledo, O. Hold hy nil DruKKlnta. 7'.e. 'lake Hall 1 amlly 11113 for constipation. Thanks to the Burglar. Tho dark lantern flashed through the Hat. Then came the gleam of a revolver. "Hands up!" hissed tho head of tho fnmlly. "You're a burglar." "Y-yes," gasped tho Intruder, ns ho raced tho cold nteel. "What hnvo you Btolen?" "Your wile's pug dog." "H'm. Kr ir that's all you may sneak out quietly." "And your niotherln-law's narrot." "You don't Bay. Well, hero Is some looso change." "And your dnuglitor's phonograph." "Good! Hcio's some moro looso change." "Also your Bon's punching bag." "What! Great Scot, man, como out to tho library and I'll open a special bottle." Tlt-Blts. Might Look for Recovery. v Tho following was told or tho pa tient of a well-known New York phy sician: Tho pntlont, an oldorly gentleman, becamo quite ill while tho doctor was absent upon a vacation, the indisposi tion being tho result or too frequent potntlons. A femalo mirso wns at onco engaged to caro ror him in his hotel. A lady, residing in tho samo hotel, bocamo awaro or hlo illness, and In terested herself to tho extent ot ono morning Inquiring concerning his con dition of tho chambermaid. "Shiiro, ma'am," replied Maggie, "an I think ho do bo gottlng alone; vory well. Tho nurso was slttla' on bis lap this mornla'l" CONGENIAL WORK And Strength to Perform It. A person in good health is likely to havo a genial disposition, ambition, and enjoy work. On tho other hand, if the dlgestlvo organs havo been upset by wrong food, work becomes drudgery. "Until recently," writes a Washing ton girl, "I was n railroad stenog rapher, which menns full work ovory day. "I.lko many other girls nlone in a largo city, I lived at a boarding house. For breakfast it was mush, gronsy meat, soggy cakes, black coffee, etc. "After a fow months of this dlot I used to feol Blcepy nad heavy In tho mornings. My work seemed a ter rlblo effort, and I thought tho work was to blame too arduous. "At homo I had heard my fathor speak of a young rellow who went long distances In tho cold on Grape Nuts and cream and nothing moro for breakfast. "I concluded if it would tide him over a morning's heavy work, It might holp me, so on my way homo ooo night I bought a package and next morning I hnd Grape-Nuts and mlllc for breakfast. "I stuck to Grapo-Nuts, and In loss than two weeks I noticed improve ment. I can't just tell how well I felt, but I romembor I used to walk tho 12 blocks to business and know how good it was simply to Hvo. "As to my work well, did you over fool tho delight of hnvlng congenial work and tho strength to perform it? That's how I felt. I truly bellovo thoro's llfo and vigor In overy grain of Grape-Nuts." Nnmo given by Postum Co., Battlo Creek, Mich. Rend "Tho Road to Well vlllo," In pkgs. "Thoro's a Reason." V.yrr renil tlio nltnve lettcrt A neir nnr npprnrN from time to time. They re Ktrnulne, true, uutl lull ot kumas liitereat. for t M J - 11 i M 4 4 VI I' fa r, "il '1 I ; hi MA m I t h 41 8"'& vA-ar fMrin-M ' it-'- 2rfrf- ra' :,.,iiEHS?KBnRarrii -i .' MiixurnTT