LA11L\ \ EPISCOPAL BISHOPS I
Their Labsrs , Trials and Triumphs in
Pioneer Timw in Nebraska.
PREPARING THE GROUND FOR THE SEEDING
Mrnuulc * mid Privntliiim of C'luifch
\VorWrr * Tlilrly Vi-npt Ann
Tinllnrvrnt Time of
I.nivr Yrnr * .
The labor * , ' .rial * ana triumphs of the
Vtnntcr blflKpn of tbe Uplwopal church In
Ne-brniika arc appreciativeihoURh ) ! briefly ,
sketched by Henry \V. Yates In the January
i ; umber of the Crozler. The pioneer period
begins with the coming of Bishop Tnlbot In
IS'O. and the work taken up by Qlshop
C'li rkson nix years later. Mr. Yates saj-B In
part :
The flrnt establishment of the church hers
was accomplished by laymen without the
connection or aid of any episcopal function.
This v.-as the case both at Nebraska City anil
Omaha , In which the oldest parishes exist.
The litst church movement occurred In
Omaha. A few laymen met together In ISS'i
end derided thnl they wanted the church ,
iind srnt an urgent reqiiCBt to Hlnhop l.eo
of lou-n to vlBlt them with reference to or
ganizing a parish. He responded by eendltiR
to lliera Hev. Edward W. Pcet-of Ues Molue-s ,
who met with thorn nnd under his advice
mid direction the parish of Trinity church ,
iinw Trinity cathedral , was organized.
It was nfter this that Bishop Kemper , In
whose jurisdiction Nebraska then watt , left
Ills home lu Wisconsin to visit this distant
( station. He was Joined ut les Molnea by
I3lrhoi Lee , and on July 13 , 1B5G , those two
bishops held services in Omaha In the ter
ritorial government building , which were at-
tende'l by crowded congregations.
Thin was the first and only visit ever mada
to Nebraska by Hlshop Kvmper. Shortly
afterwards he resigned his missionary
jurisdiction and Nebraska was then placed
under the especial charge of Bishop Leu ,
which continued until 1857 , when the gen
eral convention of that year elected Bishop
Talbot over a widely extended jurisdiction
which Included Nebraska.
ICilrly 1'rtviitluiik.
1 can find no record of any other visit from
Bishop Lee than the one referred to , except
when the cornerstone was laid , which IB
mentioned In the quotations which follow.
A begging circular , dated June 1 , 1859 , was
of Trinity church and
issued by the vestry
circulated among the eastern churches ,
which says :
financial eni-
"Previous to the
harrasHtnont of 1857 we were fortunate
to secure a lot for a church
building * We proceeded no far as to t
lay the corner stone when the panic before I
mentioned coming upon us , forced us to
RUKpend nil operutloiifi * We have
been compelled to move about from place In
unsulted
place , and oicupy rooms entirely
for church purposes. ( There are no public
- build , n
halls here ) Wowish to
good , cheap chapel to cost $1.500 to $2,000 ,
and thus have a permanent T > lace to wor
ship. In which we can always be found. "
" " of Bishop
A "paper entitled "An Account
Talbot's Mission of. Trinity Church" pre
sented in 1SC2 continues , the story.
"In the nprlnp of 1857 It was determined
to build a church. The vestry almost alone
bought a lot and paid $1.000 for It and sub
scribed the sum of $7,000 towards building
n church to cost $20,000. In the Bumruc :
Bibhop Lee laid the corner stone. Shortly
afterwards the financial reverses came
weeping away at a breath much of the
supposed wealth of those on whom reliance
* * * In the
for aid had been placed
summer of 1857 a neat brick building will
200 sittings v/as built. The lot belonging tc
the church'was believed too far removed
frcm the town , nud a lease for ten yearf
was obtained of two lots advantageously lo
coted , without expense. The building was
built of brirk because perBous Interested Ir
the enterprise owned the material whlcl
they offered to give while they were , unabli
to give the necessary money to buy lum
ber. "
Doubtless manual labor was contribute !
in the same manner as the brick , and al
this explains the erection of the first churel
in Nebraska upon leased ground. This llttl
church erected in this manner and uuronfie
orated by any Episcopal function , shoul
yet ever remain a consecrated memory 1 ;
the minds and hearts of Omaha churchme :
p\cn If nibscciuently Its walls resounded wit
ribald songs and Inderorous dancing an
ended Its existence In its more rcputabl
HBO as a stable.
IlUhoii Tnllint.
Bl hop Talbot was consecrated Fehruar
15 , I860 , and took up his work soon after
wards. At this time there were three jiar
lubes and three clergymen in Nebraska
Ills fcervlces wcro brief and It has been sal
that the most Important part of his wor
that remains is Brownell hall. In the * es :
inbllsbment of Browuell hall a service wa
rendered to the church and people of Ne
braska equal In Importance to thebulldln
of a dozen churches. But those < famllln >
with the circumstances know well that thl
school , located in a large barn-like buildln
in a Email hamlet , then three miles froi
Omaha and without any means to suppoi
It , would have soon gone Into oblivion If
bad not been for the fostering care of Blsho '
Clarkson.
H is hardly fair to pass any Judgtnet
We all covet strength and admire it We
look at the marvelous muscular develop
ment of a Sandow with cavy and straight
way resolve to buy a pair
of dumb bells and pet
strongas if the secret of
strength lay in muscles.
Strength begins in the
stomach. H begins
there because there the
strength elements are
manufactured , and ,
from there they are
distributed to blood ,
bone , brain , muscle
and nerve. If
you want to
begin to be
strong , start
with tbe stem
ach. Put the
digestive and
nutritive or
gans and blood
making elands
in perfect
working order
That is the foundation of strength. Exer
I cise put * on tbe superstructure of develop
ment ,
To establish the stomach and the dipcs-
tivc and nutritive functions in perfect
nenltti , there is no medicine so sure and so
satisfactory as Dr , PJcrce's Golden Medical
Discovery , It strengthens the stomach ,
enriches the blood , nourishes the nerves ,
and regulates the functions of every vital
organ of the body
" About tweiveyears ago I was suddenly taken
wui a pain in tbe pit of the itamach which waite
to violent ! could not walk straight , " writes O. S.
Copcnhivcr , lisq. , of Mount Uulon , Huntingdon
CoTa. , ( Box > ) , " It would grow mure severe
nstil it cautrd waterbrash and vomiting of a
limy vellow water. I consulted a physician and
he tola me I had a form of dyspeptia and treated
me Tar about six months with but little benefit ,
IitDl ept retting * oweakcould scarcely walk ,
I then tried another physician aud he told tnc
iny liter was out of order and that I bad indiges
tion , lie care me a treatment and I got emi
better bill only for a ebon time. I then tool : tc
wing several widely adverlUed patent mcdi
cinrs. hut received no more than temporal- )
K'ief vfhtle using I then tried Ir Ilcrce'i
medicines , uainc Bit ' Golden Medical niscot
err,1 ' favorite Prescription' and the ' Pleasant
rc'tels'AOd in two moctbs' tiac I tvat feelloi
tx-ttcr than I had for yean before I can truth
( ulljr say Pr rierce's nedicine > did me teen
food than any I had ever taken. "
Dr. Merce'a Coamon Senu Medical Advittf
looi-piia , fully illnitrated. Unt free en re
crlpt of 21 oac-cvnt stamps ' .c t of mailln
oafrl for paner edition , or 51 ktamps for eviitioi
Vouai in cloU. Dr. K. V. I'lerce. Buffilo , K. V
Mpi t DW'inp TalbPt : , o-iic i"ji ftnh 'h * [
hunh in Nt-bra a when w < consider the
time and 1hr < in umstan. < Their are
period * during uhlch n work ran be advanced - I
vanced In anr Hn * ot life , no matter hnw
eminent In ability tbo men may bo who un-
dcrtakfc it or bow large mar be their zeal
ana oncrry. The period from 1S 0 to 18V.
which measured ninhop Talbot'e career in
this western country , was one ot thct * . The
financial deprcvclon which followed the
panic of 1867 almost depopulated Nebraska ,
and the Infant church was nearly strangled
In Its "bornlng. " I believe that Blthop Talbot
bet accomplished everything that anyone \
else could have done and that this energy I
and zeal perhaps preserved what little of the I '
church there was In this trying time. Ills
Jutlrdlctlon embraced also an Immense area ,
f which Nebraska was a small part. He
may therefore be called a preserver , rather
i
than a pioneer. What was done during his
[
first two years Is ehown In the paper to
which 1 have already referred , published In
18C2. I will quote tbo callow features :
"Illshop Talbot reached hte jurisdiction |
April 24 , WOO. landing fliet nt Nebraska ( :
City. Ho found here St. Mary's parish j ,
organized with the Rev. Ell Adams for its , '
rector , and a beautiful church nearly com-
pleted. Thence he proceeded to Omaha i
where was Trinity parish with Its neat , sub-
ctantlal brick church , the tlev. George W.
( I Watson being Its rector * * Journeying
through tbe length of the inhabited part
of his Jurisdiction , the bishop found In ,
i many Hettlcmcnts those who were attached |
I to the church by former tics , particularly at
j I'lattsmouth , Bellevue and DeSoto , and
cheered their hearts by assurances that he
j wculd care for them. He proceeded as far
north as Fort Randall , 400 rallea above
' Omaha At Arapn in the extreme
| southern part of Nebraska the Rev. Dr.
i Massock wan laboring among the Germans.
| * The Jtev. J. H. Kehler was Just
I commencing his labors at Denver , Colo. Such
wa the force which the church two years
ago hod In the wide field of the northwest
a diocese extending over one million square
miles. Nothing al all commensurate with
the,1 Importance of the work could lu two
years be accomplished. The great energy
and wise zeal of the bishop nnd his clergy
I have done something. St. Mary's ut Nebraska
, City has been completed Trinity
In Omaha has in spite of many difficulties
on the whole prospered. Dr. Maseock has
at Arago built a church which Is
well filled. At Bellevue St. James
has been organized * ; Jcmaha
nnd Plattsmouth have been made
missionary stations * At Decatur the
Church of the Incarnation has been organized
* * At Vermilion , In Dakotaa church
has been built * MF. Kehler's work
in Denver baa developed Into St. John's In
the Wilderness * The bishop has
bought a valuable estate near Omaha for a
church school. A large building Is on it
well fitted to that purpose. It will probably
I bo opened in the fall. The bishop has at
occasional services held by him in almost
| all the towns in Nebraska , rorlalmed to the
church many who had wandered frccn the
fold The fseod has been widely
) cown and the Father will surely gather It. "
-llnlmii Cliirkhun.
There was little change In tbe above rec
ord down to the period when Bishop Talbot
preached his farewell sermons and intro
duced his successor to the few devoted souls 1
which then constituted the church In Ne
braska. The limits assigned this paper have '
i been now so nearly reached that only the
! briefest reference may be made to the work
I and services of Bishop Clarkbon. But It is
\ \ not required. Ample records of his careet
I1 are preserved , tad the evidences of hit
\ achievements exist on every hand.
' | The- general convention of 1EC5 divided the
' Jurisdiction of the northwest and Dr. Clark-
' son was elected missionary bishop of Nebraska -
! braska and Dakota. He commenced his wort
! in the spring of ISCfi , taking up his rest-
' e'encej in Nebraska City. He early realized
1 however , that Omaha should 'be ' the centei
' o [ church work and removed to that city ai
! the end of the year. The church increased
' wonderfully under his influence and eare
3 and reached proportions in the short spaci
1 . of two years to Justify the creation of a sep-
1 nrate diocese for Nebraska , which was au >
' tborized by the general convention of 1SGS
The primary council was held in Omaha H
September , 1868.
1 ! We have seen with what small force Bisho ]
1 Clarkson took up his work. At this prlcnar :
b council It had grown Into fifteen parishes am
e seventeen missions. At the council held Ii
May , 1883 , the last at which Bishop Clnrkscx
d presided , tbe numbers had grown to thirty
n six parishes and forty-six missions.
n . This is the brief and terse record of hi
h ' achievements as given In Bishop Perry's his
d tory of the church.
"The creation of an endowment for th <
episcopate , the erection of a noble- cathedral
the establishment of the diocesan school
nnd the rapid development of missions Inti
i parishes make the episcopate of Blsho ]
i Clarkson a noble memorial of n goodly , en
I ergetlc and beloved father In God. " A etll
d nobler memorial U that established by hln
k i In the hearts of his people , evidenced ll
' I every old church family by the famllla
3 portrait of him which hangs on the wall
' ' of their homes.
K j Chancellor Woolworth , writing in ISft
r | with a clear Insight into nnd Intimate ac
18 qualntance with the character of Blsho
E Clarkson , said of him :
n ! "To him the diocese was a splendid do
"l main full of great possibilities. Po far wa
" he from making little of his field that h
" magnified it greatly. His buoyant iplrl
,
j carried him always beyond the measure c
means and gains which commonplace me
count trivial. He rejoiced in what he hate
to do as If It were the largest and most con
BplcuotiR work the greatest bishop under
took. II you think this strange of him nn
wonder at his overestimate of some thing
and despite of others , remember tbat It hn
always been so with the great misslonarlei
Their work has always been a beginning an
most of them hove teen generation afte
generation pans away before men would glv
them credit for any gains. So It was wit
St. Paul and all the other apostles of whet
It is not Irreverent to say our bishop was
successor In spirit as well OB in orders. "
CO.VM'lM.Vl.ITinS.
Hon. Archibald Ulonel IJndsay. who I
to marry Miss Kthol Tucker of Boston nes :
week , ls > the second son of the t'arl of L.lne :
say of Kilconn.ulmr and Wormlston , Fife
shire , Scotland. The e-nrl of Llndsay 1st a
elected member of the House of I < ords froi
Flfeshtre , one of the ten lords elected froi
Scotland.
The eluko of Westminster , the riches
catch In England , having obtained a shot
le'uvo of nbfcpnce * from his duties nt tf :
CapeU hurrying to Knglnnd to rnarr
Jilts Sheila We-st , daughter of Mrf. Con
wullU Wewt and sister of Prlncfss H'enr
of Pless , Within a week after hla weddln ,
ho will return to South Africa and go i .
the front.
Jesse James , Bon of the once famous Ml :
sourl bandit , having entered Into the hal
state of matrimony with Miss Stella l-'rai
res Mncowan may lenrn now how It fee ;
to ho " 'held tin" for his loose change hln
self. The brldo U the elauch'rr of A. J
Mneowun , a railroad man. The wexidir
occurred In Kansas City nnd FrunU Jamr
the uncle of the brlde-grexim. was present.
Recently nn irate father In a southei
city applied for a court Injunction ' 0 pr
vent his daughter , a minor , marrying t )
man of her choice. Now wo have anoth
Irate father In the city of Nevada. Mo. , t
wit , following his eloping ilnuRhter with
horsewhip and soundly whipping her. t !
h HE band niennwhllo belne rovere-d with
revolver. The crpstlsement conoludwl , t'
Iktrent took hlfl daughter homo nnd allow- -
thu would-bo bridegroom to try Ms hn
with thu courts ,
Harry I.eo of Sioux Kails. S D. . w !
claims that ho Is mitklne a 30.000 mile t
cyilo tour of the- Unite * ! States on n . <
wauor put up ly Colonel II , B. Snyeler ai
J. K. Hutchesun of Sleiuv Falls , was ma
rlenl In the rhow window of a furnltu
store In San Antonio , Tex. , to Miss. Am
Pewllt Mltclifll of Hvtrgreen , An ! I.
t > ayx the conditions of his wager nre tb
ho niuot start broke and rettitn with a wi '
und fiu > . Ho will nnlsh his trip on a ta
dttm with his wife.
EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND
Sennm ManManus Dwells on ths Lights
aud Shadows of nn Octnn Trip.
EMIGFA TSDF FIFTY YEARS AGO AND TODAY
In
fliiirnclfrlotli * I'n rM I'll
i ! < * > , I'M t lift If lie-lit <
11 n d .lii.vftil Hftiiriix.
( Copyright , 19'K ' ) . by Senmas MacMnnus. )
The other day ! went Into the barge of
fice nt the foot of New York to observe the
freshly landed emigrant and see him go
through the routine necessary on landing.
The ctntrast which , with his tlmU air nnd
open , genuine , unsophisticated looks , he
presented to the New Yorker of cne and
two and ten years' standing whom I bad
seen outside the barge ofliCD struck me
forcibly nnd set me ruminating.
1 come from the one county of
Ireland which perhaps more than
any other has for generations been
sending Into exile its sons and Its
daughters the County of Donegal. Mouth
after month and week after week for many
> ears I have been seeing the human stream
flow outward nnd over tne ocean to the
'
great land of our hopes and longings. 1
remember well the feeling of sadncse that
oppressed me when , leaving Ireland , 1 stood
on the forecastle of the tender that steamed
away from Derry quay nnd looked down
upon the thousand boys nnd glrla who with
their bundles and bags crowded the main
I
i deck. Many of them were openly wesplng ;
almost all of them crying In their hearts ns
through misty eyes 'they pazod yearningly
at the heath-clad hills which were sinking
j nwny from their vision.
I I said to the comrade who stood by me :
I "What a crying pity it is to see the flower of
i the youth of our country , Us blood and Its
brawn , borne away week by week like this.1
"It Is , " he said. "Yet you go yourself ? "
And II could not reply to this.
For our Irish boys nnd girls to leave their
homes now Is a trial , but fifty years ago It
was In its dire Importance perhaps only
second < io death. In the Irish famine tlmea
of 1S40-47-48 , nnd for half a dozen years
after , my countrymen and women swarmed
across the Atlantic by hundreds of thou
sands. From countless bays on the wett
coast In every week in every summer ol
those years hundreds of little boats of 100 ,
200 and 300 aons were constantly putting
| out , laden down with human cargoes , des
tined to flounder about for any space ol
j time between seven und seventeen weeks
before they reached America , portions cl
their cargces still alive and portions cf then
lying at the bottom of the ocean. No won
der that "going to America" was then
great undertaking.
I'ntliL-llo Knrrwt'llN.
Three weeks before the date of his pro
posed sailing the intending emigrant Btartei
out over the countryside to say goodby
He must call at every house within a radlu
of many miles from home. Even If famllle
j to whom ho was not known lived within tha
j radius ho must shake the hand of every on
| ot them also and get their , "God send yo1
safe and prosper you where you're going.
' If , when he came to sail , be had omitted on
child within a wide area he would leave wit :
a troubled conscience , p.nd his friends woul
be ashamed for his neglect.
His more immediate neighbors and hi
friends from far and near a week before hi
sailing began baking and hardening oat
bread ( for it took a full week to harden t
the extent necessary ) , making their calcula
tions , as they did , for a probable fou
months' voyage. As every one had to pro
vision himself , a'barrel was provided with
hinged lid and a lock , and In it were packe
everything eatable that he should need-
oatbread , potatoes , bacon , hard-boiled egK
nnd butter. The provisions needed wet
nil , or more than all , provided as tokens froi
his neighbors and friends. The very pooret
and in those days the poorest wrre poc
Indeed gave from their scanty store c
borrowed from a n-ore fortunate nelghbc
that they might give , for they could nt
bear that one day the departing Conal mlgl
'reflect : "Every soul of my neighboi
3 ' minded me , unless Shan Mar's people. " A
3 ' my native place the passenger schcone
rode in the center cf a group of Islands in tl
bay Donegal 'bay awaiting Its conslgr
raent. A certain day was named for tt
passengers to be aboard , after which , t
soon as the weather would permit , all sa
wquld be set for Aaierlca. We believe 1
drowning grief by merriment , so for seven
nights and days before the emigrant crosse
his father's threshold for the last time h
friends and the neighboring fiddlers at
pipers came in and held high revelry by dt
tad by night. This revelry did not Jar upc
the breaklng-hearte'd mother nor the dowi
cast father , but. Instead , prevented the
brooding too much , as they otherwise woul
upon their coming sorrow.
On the morning on which he must boat
the boat the passenger , hip father ar
mother and all his household , his relative
his friends , his neighbors every one i
wHom was in duty bound to be there-
started for the shore. A piper and a fiddli
led the procession , half a dozen of h
friends curried Jugs of whisky and glassi
to treat every one whom they met and
treat the company as they went , and son
other friends brought up the rear carryit
between them his little luggage. All wl
could not come to tbe convoy appeared ;
the wayside to sny a last word to Conal at
pray a last prayer on him. and when tl
convoy swept past they looked after It wli
tenr-dlramed eyes. When the ehore wj
reached other convoys had already conic at
still more were coming , and no matter wh
the hurry of the eklpper m'.glit be thout
generally be knew no nurry hours we
spent in merrymaking and carousing her
Finally , after a deal of pwcarlng and threa
cnlng and bulldozing by the skipper , tl
emigrants , attended by boatloads of the
friends , rowed off to climb aboard tl
schooner.
Dcliijx III Stnrtlnir.
Is When all were aboard the skipper , wul
l |
Iing > upon wind or weather , or often up (
" j ( something of far less importance , delayed
it I day , aweek , three weeks or even actual
n j a month before he lifted anchor. Durii
j this period of delay the emigrant's frien
f rowed off daily to ee him and to carou
with him. The boat's officers could not thl :
j of Interfering with this , and as there we
? " i I from 100 to 200 passengers aboard , oil r
g' celvlng their friends , the state of thin
' fiddling dancing , cr
.o upon that ship's deck , ,
j ing and carousing , may be conceive
? " Finally , when the command was given
n. weigh anchor all the emigrant's frien
IP were ordered off the ship. They got Ir
J * their boats , fastened them to the ship a
1 -were towed after It down the bay , tbe fi
s. dlers fiddling for all they were worth a
all of tbe remainder who were not cryl
p" ( .houtlng cheerily to their departing frlei
16 who now leaned over the ship's side. Wh
er t the mouth of the bay was reached and t
° [ | rowboats could not venture any further , t
tie t j skipper cut them all loose and they lay up
* the water , cheering and waving their hi
and 'kerchiefs till the departing ones d
[ ) ; appeared from their sight. Also , while 1 :
' schooner was sailing down the bay , i ;
1)0 I hilltops , along the phore were crowe
' with thousands who could not accompa
nd i In boots , and as the .ship passed each t
ir- i wild cheers , mingled with cries , were rail
, p ' for those who were going , perhaps forever
oo . The tuifferlnrs of the emigrants on th
u * little. Ill-managed and unseaworthy boj
* especially when tbe voyage was prolong
, were terrible. Ship lever destroyed Its tb <
I
fansls and 'ens of iliou'-asi < s in ihopf > t IT
and rtarvaihri. too did i-s hare On m
island in the St. Uawrem-e tuands a bie siont
erected by some Irish workmen. intvribrel ;
IX.MBMOKYOF
SIX THOUSAND EMIGRANTS.
WHO DIHD HKUB FROM SHIP
FKVUR IN 1S4S.
And there are many and many another six
thousand whose bone * are the links In nu
awful chain tbat under the ocean binds Ire
land to America. Yet ehlp fever and starva
tion and coflln ships did not In all those yearn
deter the Irish from fleeing in millions.
And no dangers , no perils were so terrible to
them as that awful famine Irver that struck
down nearly a million of our race In their
houses , on the hlllti and In the dltchcw by the-
wayside- home. It would scarcely be be
lieved at this day , but It Is none the less R
bitterly true fact , that there- were English
philosophers then who gazed on nil this
awful thinning of our race with thankful
hearts and recognized In It the hand of c
kind Providence. The troublesome Celt was
at length being got rid of. Crowing over the
exodus going on In those years , the London
Times screamed , "They arc going ! going !
nnd soon a Celt will be ns rare In Ireland ns !
n red Indian on the shores of Manhattan. "
ThHtik God the prophe-cy Is unfulfilled nnd
very likely to remain so. The Time * and ite
Ilk did not then foresee , what often nowaday ?
I hey are made to feel , that not only does the
troublesome Celt still remain with them nt
home , but he has likewise arisen to trouble
them still more sorely in Manhattan and In
Illinois and In Pretoria.
I'rlmltlx < Nuluiitlon ,
The method of navigating the little schoon
ers of which I spoke was often remarkably
primitive and It was In no way strange to
find one of them nine or ten weeks after Its
departure cast anchor again hi the bay
whence It started to allow the passengers to
replenish their stock of provisions and to
give all hands a rest. 1 know three men
who In those years as young fellows made
up their minds to go push their fortunes In
America , and who , coming back HO Into their
own bay again , after two or three months'
battling with the elements , came on shore ,
resolved to look for no change ot fortune
and have never left Ireland to this day.
1 know one unfortunate man who galled
three times out of Donegal bay for America
and came lu again when his boat was tired
tossing about on the ocean and his pro
vision barrel empty. He vowed never to
maku a fourth attempt and he has kept his
vow. He Is now an old man , und. though he
was never In any country outside Donegal ,
he holds the fireside circle fascinated with
tales of marvelous adventure which could
not be equaled by a Polar explorer. Of one
of these boats , called the Rose Mary , aud
Its skipper , "Charlie" Boyle , better known
to us as "Charlie the Sailor. " same wonder
ful stories are told. "CharlleV nautical ac
complishments enabled him to bring his
ship clear of Donegal bay und to sail due
west till tbe top of Silabh Liag mountain
disappeared into the ocean , rie lay about at
this distance from land till he- sighted an
other schooner bound'for America ; then he
crowded all nail in pursuit and if , under j
cover of the night or fog or by superior sailing - [
ing powers , this boat slipped him he Jogged '
about till another came up , and in bits and
snaps this way he always managed to strike
.some part of the American coast. It was In-
I different to "Charlie" what part of it he
struck ; he had only then to inquire the way
to New York and follow the coast in the
8 I direction pointed out. It is told that on one
3 I occasion , "Charlie" being ill , the boat had to
start without him. When a week out an
unworthy hand slept at his post In the night
time and the ship turned right around. On
the days following they , as usual , kept pur
suing every sail going in the same direction
as themselves , and ten days later , to tbe
bewilderment ot both passengers and crew ,
they entered Donegal bay again. 1 do not
vouch for tbe veracity of this tale.
CluTTN nucl TciirM.
Although tcday Ireland and America have
come very close together , the leaving hccnc
still costs her boys and girls and their
fathers and mothers moro than a passing
pang. I lived at the Joining or three roads
whereat emigrants took their final leave of
their kin and their friends , and of the party
who had convoyed them so far on their
way , and there still rings in my cars I shall
never forget the heartrending and heart
breaking shrieks and the wild and despair
ing wails that awoke me from my slumbers
before day dawn in tbe spring mornlngF , and
then the wild blend of parting cheer and
cry. More pathetic or appealing scenes than j
these partings 1 have never witnessed and |
never shall witness. If the emigrants were
IB girls the cries wrenched from their hearts
id as they tore themselves away were EO
iy agonizing , BO wildly despairing , as always
to suggest to mo the wall of lost eouls.
And , with all this , consider that these boys
Ir j and these girls were bidding goodby to hard-
d , I ship and want and coming to a land where
fortune nnd prosperity almost surely
d awaited them , and you may infer the love i
id of the Irish for their home and their own j !
s , and the bare brown hills and the humble
at hearth. 1 remember once on n dreary ,
miserable February day.break , when await
ing the first train at the railway terminus in
the mountains of my Donegal , n big , rough ,
strong young man arrived laden down with
[ 0 j bundles , and three girls , his sisters , with
him. He cume to put them on the train fcr
Derry , enroute to the states.
Then another man , a fine , tall , lithe , open-
countenanced , but ead-cyed fellow , arrived
with bis daughter , a handsome young girl of
20. He carried her portmanteau. The morn
ing , with Its soaking , drizzling rain was
. not moro forlorn or dispiriting than were
" these two little parties. While they waited
,
1 f-r the train to get In order I observed the
, man pluck his daughter by the clceve , anJ
she followed him to a corner of the platform.
I , apparently absorbed by other matters ,
stood close by. He unbuttoned bib vest and
drew out a spare- purse , saying-
Rosy , I must give you tomenbing more. "
She put both hands on hni , preventing him
opctilng the purse , and looked up pleadingly
In his face. "No. father' No' No' ' You have
given me too much more than you are able
About 200 sample furniture pieces nre put in this sale to move
them quickly. These are all goorl desirable high grade goods one or two plod's of
a pattern , which cannot bo made today for the prices we have marked them.
"We need the room for goods which we have coming in large quantities , whic-h
explains our reason for sacrificing our sample pieces.
I It will pay you to investigate these goods as you may see just what you have
been looking for , and the saving to you will be one-fourth to one-third.
r + Jlfi.fiO Iron Bed , flnc brass trimmings ,
p choice designs , sample at \
pie ce price Ip 1 12
J18 do iron lied very rich de.-lgn
fo handsome brass trlm-
tilings sample wile price
f J22.00 Mantle Folding Bed. swell front
T made of quartrre-d tak polished
finish sample piece
price
$36.00 Upright Folding -quartered
oak polished rich e'arv Ing large
French bevel pattern
mirror sample price
J32.no Upright quartered cak hand
'polished ' and carved bed lai-gf mir
ror e.vtra value ut
sample piece price . . . .
J2."i Bookcase made eif select quart red -
ed ouk , hand pollshe-d
sample piece price . . .
J22 Library Table made of quartnre-d
cak band polished massive design
choice carvings sam
ple piece price
J7C quartered cnk Sideboard largp
handsome design hanl-
carved sample piece price
$7.1 Flemish Sideboard extra value'
extra quality sample
piece price
$1S Solid Mahogany Arm 1'rtHor i'1
silk upholstered
sample1 piece price
JtO ! 3-plece Mahogany 1'nrlnr Pun
tmmplc1 piece price GiSJ' '
only ipO . ,
*
$100 il-ulpco nolle ! Mnhosativ Parlor
suit sample- piece tji s f\ *
price rpOV
Jfi2 Mahogany Davenport , e-oltmul
Sofa cholct' carving nnd uiiholator
Ing sample piece price rf' A A |
only ± ± 2
$120 Davenport Turkish -'ofti finely
iijiholpterexl sample tllG'
ple-ce price IpC7iJ !
$100 3-plcco Library Suit ninlioguny
framechoice1 carving nnd Hill ; up
bolstering sample ! salefll'7O
price Up Ji * j
$2'J ' iMahogimy Dining Tablerln. . l 'e < + .
carving eamplo nale ' 'T' 4 >
price iP wO'1
$5R Mahogany Hound Te > p Dining Tn-
blc very choice sample { E f1 1
sale price LpOx2
$27.r > 0 select quartered oak. round trp
Table sample piece QL't O' *
price kpl.jx/1
Dining Chairs In Mngle HI-IS und less
of C of n kind at a fraction of their
value -to closo.
200 pairs Knitted Curtains in muslin and
Curtain Special iirfh nets muslins in plain , dotted , figured ,
striped and checked , also in colors fish nets in assorted styles , 3 yards long , 88 to
45 inches wide. An elegant assortment worth $1.25 , $1.50 and $1.75 a pair spe
cial for this week only $1.00 pair100 pairs extra good quality Knitted Curtains
in muslins and fisb nets , plain figured and colored , curtains that sold at $2.50 , $ ,5.00
and $3.50 pair. Special for this week , $2.00 per pair.
Remnants of mu&lins and nets of all kinds very much reduced to close out.
and more than enough for cne. I have 22
shillings , and that's too much too much
when I think of all you have to do with your
llttlo money. "
"No , ncsy , 1 I must give you more , " her
father pleaded , a big tear forcing itself oui
ot his eye.
"Father , oh father ! won't you won't you
put up the purse ? You have-too little and I
have too much. "
He closed the purse again aud put it in his
vest hesitatingly.
All of the- girls bore up bravely until , when
they were seated in the carriage and the
train having whistled , they must say their
final go dby. All four of them then burst
Into a shrieking cry. The tall man turned
away and bent his head. The big , rough
you ig man turned away for a moment , then
he strode back to the carriage door , nnd with
n fierce look In his eye , KhaV-.ng his stick In
the girls' faces , saiei with bitterness : "Vc
ought to be > ashamed of yourselves ! " In-
ftnntly he turned nwiiy again , and the tram' '
went off with the girls Bltll walling. As
from out the carriage window I watched
hl'ii I saw him , base hypocrite that he was ,
rub his sleeve across his eyes.
Itiitiiii for liniirovfiiie-iit.
Aboard the passenger steamers today the
treatment of these emlgrEOtboys and girls
IB not yet everything it should be. This Is
more marked In the case of girls , toward
wlicm stewardesses unfit to wipe their boots
are insolent and harsh. I bad the exquisite
pleasure once of seeing one of these steward
esses get a scathing rebuke that she only
too richly merited. She was a coarse Scotch
woman who had browbeaten the poor girls
throughout the voyage , particularly venting
her spleen upon those who were sick , be
cause with them she had most trouble. On
the last , morning of the voya'ge I saw her
wantonly reprimand a poorly dressed young
Kirl who had perslfcted In going to the doc
tor's office. The poor girl in the manner cf
a quiet gentlewoman explained to her that
she had ilono no wrong. The itowardess
waxed more coarse and abusive because she
had dared to reply , and continued to such
an extent , gathering a crowd around , that
at length the shy young girl raised her
head , ber face flushed and he > r eyes nflre ,
und with a pride that was ejueuily , Oe-
manded : "How dare yon , madam , ipak
to me like that ? This Is my business and
I uu-cinl to It , and do not have the Imperti
nence to cpcn your lips to me again in this
shlj. ; " She Bifid all this with such scathing
se-orn that the woman shrank within her-
hi'f ' and slunk away. And 1 walked away
hui > y.
The meals serveel ito the stoeragr passen
gers are fairly good so far as quality am
quantity of the ingredients po , bui ccr
? 42 Flemish Sideboard elegant design
roraplu eulo prlrc
only
$22.50 Select Oak Sideboard largp
French mirror snmpH1
Piece price
$4C China rlosel mlrioliRrk glass
shelves samplerice" -
price
48 Mahogany linnet sam-
pie- piece price
$42 Oak China I'losot large mr.sslvo
, design cample ple-ce { t O A
price . tpOTt
$1U Morris Chair mahogany polished
Inlaid frame silk upholstering
sample piece price
emly
$13 Gold Hoclter handsome silk rov-
crcel scat sample plere
price
Hockcr upholstered scat
$15 Flemish
and back sample piece ( Fd f1 1
price ,
Chair upholstered
$10 Mahogany Parlor
stered hllk seal and back
rample piece price
$13.50 'Mahogany ' Polish Finishes ! Arm
Chair decorated silk upholstered
neat sample piece ( t D 1
price . Up O2
'
talnly more cleanliness and more decency
might easily be observed in the service.
Out of the .hearts of these thousands of
pcor emigrants poignant grief and reflection\j \
are , as ithey near the .American shores ,
crowded by the joy of anticipation.
America is to them not only a land of
freedom , but a land of prosperity and
wealth , and n land In which they will
be able to do for the loved ones tit home
that which through nil their youth in poor
Ireland they had dreame-d of ; for all the
young boys and girls In Ireland look for
ward with high hope and bounding heart
to that day when they shall. In the land of
the west , plue'k ithe apples of gold that
grew in the gardens of their dreams , and
revel in the Joy of lifting the load that
for years has bent to earth their tolling i
fathers and arrowing mothers. For to all
of these emigrants America is. nnd always
has been , the land of golden hopes. They
cannot realize the disappointments , failures ,
heart burnings , weary , weary toil aud heart
breaking struggles tbat their kith mil kin
who have gone before have had to endure
again and again in the promised land.
Through tbo years of ithelr youth the one
great and constant ambition Is to secure
their passage ticket to ( America , aud they
take no thought for the morrow that must
follow.
SimiitilcN mid niMiiipiilnliii ) > .
To one who considers the childish , Joyous
optimism that Inspires the Irish youth
whose eye-s nre bent on the states , and
having been here , realizes the clre-um-
stances and learns the trials and troubles
and the struggles that await his brethren
the matter has n deeply pathetic side. !
True , Dennis McCalllog and Owen Gal ,
lagher , nnd some others whom 1 might
reckon on my fingers , after ton yearn so
journ in the Btateis have gone home with
$1,000 or $2,000 nnd bought a farm , and
built a house and married n pretty girl and
settled down for the rest cf their lives , rich
and prosperous men , but agalnt.1 . Dennis
and against Owen I might eount twenty
who had never went back , twenty who
struggled all alone hero almost us sorely
as they had struggled at homo In Inland ,
and nro still , after ten and twelve and
twenty years , hoping and hoping to strike
that htrrak of good luck which will enable
them to po back to Ireland wealthy men
and proud. Their path , alas ! 'will ncvrr
cross this streak ol luck ; ye-t thi-y wi 1
wrestle on hopefully to the bitter end , tnd
far less happily than their K'.rugfcling
brothers in Ire.lanJ. B' the > KUCCT.BR of ilic
two or thre-o or ten hifk : om'B who have
gone home with thflr ueal'h : hr youth a'
home ure enthuse-d , while- they willfully
close their eyes nnd their minds to thr
fact that twenty , fifty , a hundred whom thc-.v
knew , and whom they saw nail off In ili
track of the western sun have no ! returned
because they are Btlll In pursuit of those
e'luslvc hopes that beckoned the-m away.
l-'rlriulfi 1o Meet.
The risks und dangers which flfly years
ago emigrants underwent cu lauding here are
not today , for now every hey and every girl
coming from Ireland nas before him or her a
brother or a sister , a cousin or nn Intimate
friend , who meets nnd lookB nfter the emi
grant. And this Is a very necessary thing
for the simplicity whlcib prevails among very
many of those ? -who come from remote nnd
mountainous partx of Ireland is astonishing
and would render them an easy prey for the
sharper and the hcodlum. A friend told mo
that an Irish girl in his employ ( now smar
nnd clever ) , whom ho engaged at Castle
Garden weverul years ngo , would only con
sent to descend the stairs , which were a
novelty to her , backward.
A priest who works in the- Irish tenement
district related to me un Incident illustrative
of this simplicity , which occurred qulto re-
cently. A Galway boy arrived In New York
Ho had not troubled to keep the address ot
the friend to whom bet WHS going , HB he- con
sldercd his cousin , riicllm. should , ef e-oursc
bo as well known In New York as In his own
countryside. Ho started up one street and
down another , at every door Inquiring where
Phellm lived. The Ignorance of New Yorkers
tried Barney not a little , but the plerclnc
cold of a raw March day wat > still worse , for
i he at length dropped upon the oldcwalk clcEe
to Father 'B rrsldenceand by home
chariti-.blo oncH was carried In there be
numbed. When Father had thawed
him out and straightened him up and given
! hoi ! a good meal ho looked up this friend's
! namei In the dlrortory und tcok the boy
i straight to Pbellm'H house , to the- astonishment -
'
ment of Barney , who WHP JIB plcarcd at. ho
' Has proud to find n hook of such slzo -
bigger than the blggest ; bible. ut home
I devoted to nil the particulars about his
Cousin Phellm. SEUMAS MACMANUS.
Moot ! l > 'r- li Off.
! E. U. Mutulay , a lawyer of Henrietta. Te-x
orico fooled a grave dlgfie-r. He uys. "My
I brothct WHS very low with malarial fever
j und Jaundice. 1 persuaded him to try I3le-r
' trie lilttcrs and he was noon much better
I but continued their tine * until ho W.B wholly
. cured. I am sure Electric Bitter * ' saved his
lifeThis re-medy expe-ls malaria , kllln
( ILscHBo ge-rms und purifies the blood , aids
' digestion , regulates IHcr. kldne-y8 und
! bowe'lB. e-urfH rnwilpailcn. dynpcpslu. ni-r
I ous dlscaxrH. JiidnctnublcK , female- com
plaints gives perfect health Only fiOc at
Ktihn & Co B durg si ore.
n
ly
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nk e- re $200.00 WORTH OF ADVICE FREE.
Fontana , Kan. , Feb. 20 , J399.
to I saw some strong ; testimonials of Wine of Cardui when I was in bed sick , and my husband
ds got me a bottle. I was in bad shape and had spent over $200.00 for treatment. Wine of Cardui
nd ito has helped me so much I feel better than I have for a year. I can do my work without
d- difficulty. I feel very grateful for a medicine that will do so much for suffering women.
dnd Mrs. CAROLINE EASTWOOD.
ng |
id. Mrs. Eastwood's experience in trying to t-ccuie relief from " female troubles " cost ber over fzoo.oo
icn She gives it to other suffering women free. She proclaims to tbat every woman can bear , tbat M'ine of
he Cardui docs wbat tbe testimonials printed say it will do. On tbe strength of a good woman's letter she
he secured Wine of Cardui , anil the result is quickly told. She was completely cured and now gives unstinted
on praise to tbe medicine that bos made ber well. If ever'woman who reads ber statement printed to-day
its would follow ber advice , and take this simple vegetable remedy for woman's ills , a new epoch would rome
l - to tbe womanhood of this city. Suffering mothers would get relief , lonesome husbands aud wives would
hc know the joy of parenthood , thoseternble uifiicii na , falling of the womb , whites nnd painful menstruation ,
ho would disappear , and every borne to which the great medicine went would be muile happier , Mrs. Hast-
led wood's experience shows you the way to get speedy , effectual relief. \ \ hie of Cardui taken cs directed
ny willjbuild you up so you can etjoy life as long ns truture intended you to live , itAJfi
For advice in directions , address , the "Ladies'Advi
ill ! cases requiring special giving tymptomr cry rwlST&dnk f
sed Deportment , " Tbe Chattanooga Medicine Co. , Chuttauooga , Teun. T f wl < M
Dee YOU CAN GET A BOTTLE AT YOUR DRUG STORE TO-DAY FOR SI.OO.
its ,
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