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inns.
On the highways Of our lives;
And mar can never be free from sins,
No matter how hard he strives; 1.
Yet even when down DISTINCTIONS grade
Our thorny pathways trend.
In spite of a thousand errors made
ST is never too late to mend.
There are crosses heavy for men to Dear
And passions to conquer too;
There are joys and woes that each must
share
Before the journey is through.
But men may be poor for hpnors sake,
And truth and right defend,
And hone will never this promise break:
"II is never too late to mend"
TITS never too late for noble deed,
For, blessed BY the angels tears,
It plants in the breast Of man a seed
That will grow in after years,
"A word of kindness. OF hope ana cheer
Will always comfort lend;
We must live for love and Danish fear:
"It is never too late to mend"
Ii .is never too late to mend, my lad,
No mater what people say,
And no mans nature is wholly bad,
Even If old ana gray;
And in our Journey toward the grave,
Until we reach the end.
There is time to change and time to save
TT is never too late to mend
Providence Visitor.
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RlSECOMMON.

Stephen and Daniel O'Brien, sons Of Mr..
O'Brien, Collegiate and University school.
Lady Lane, Waterford, We're among the
successful candidates at the autumn mat
ricultion and first arts examination Of the
Royal university.
A most impressive ceremony took place
in Elphin, on, Sunday, October Is, when
the beautiful bell, cast at the Fountain
Bell Foundry James street, Dublin, for
St Patrick's new church. Elphin was
solemnly blessed by the Bishop of the
diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Clancy. High
mass commenced at IL o'clock and the
preacher on the occasion was the very
Rev. DR.. O'Lean, professor OF; Ecclesias-
tical History. MaynOoth collage.
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KILKENNY.
KINGS COUNTY.

The work of trying to save the crops in
Burr district proceeds under the most dis
heartening circumstances. The cereals
stacked are found to be almost useless
mostly oyergrown, and unnarketable. The
produce of thousands Of acres of meadow
is Only fit FOR manure, and potatoes are so
far damaged as to discourage g-breeding
to large extent. The tenants are pre-
sented with gloomy prospect, and their
only hope lies in whatever consideration
they may receive from their landlords.
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How Would You Like to Go?

It's cool enough in Greenland,
TO freeze your very soul;
A million icebergs cluster
Al the tip top Of the pole;
They never have picnic there
The winters never done; -:
And icicles hang all the year
Arouns the frozen sun.
And how would you like to go
TO mat wonderful land of snow?
In sledge-On bike
Oh, how would you like
Oh. how would you like to go?
IT'S cool enough in Greenland
To freeze your very soul,
The waves they wash the glaciers,
And seas with icebergs roll;
They never have a barbecue
While years are passing by; .
For the ice puts out the fire
And freezes up the rye
And how would you like to 60
To that wonderful land of snow?
On 4, sledge-oll a bike
Oh, how would YOU like
Oh, how would YOU like to go?
Atlanta Constitution.
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Song of the New Born.

The drowsy midnight dreanneth
Der Kedrons grassy vale;
The rushing water gleanlsth
Against tho moonlight pale;
And where the pasture stretches
Along the hillsides steep,
lone shepherds keep their watches
And guard the folded sheep.
Now suddenly. 0 wonder!
What music greets their ears!
The heavens cleave aSsunder,
An angel band appears;
And one whose face the morning,
~ With all its glory, shames,
COTS light his, eyes adjoining,
The Joyful news proclaims:--
90 Fear rot O meek and 1owly!
For unto you is born
A Savior pure and holy,
This glad and wondrous morn.
He cometh like stranger,
Without home On earth; ,...
Tn BethlehYn's lowly Manager
The Virgin gives him birth"
A thousand angel voices
Then through the heavens rang;
The song that still re5oices
Mans hoping heart they sang
TO God be glory given,
I4hroned on His golden hill,
And be the peace of heaven
To men of righteous will.
The vision and the radiance
Fade from the wondering eyes;
But all the heavenly cadence
Still sounds along the skies;
And man. though weak and low1y,
In want and woe forlorn.
Still hears that hymn SO holy,
That song of the Newborn.
Daniel J. Dona;hoe in Boston Pilot
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A Winter Walk.

I walked where the worn old world looked
new,
walked in a strange world dazzling
bright,
Where the crusted snow spread white
spread blue,
And sparkled and glowed In the suns
brave light.
Shrub dismantled and bare-twigged tree
: I,ay 'inkily Swallowed; there fell no sound !;
The stiffness spread, with the purity
OF the srotless earth, to the sky's blue
bound
And tun1ult and turmoil and care, 1t
seemed,
Were paltry things of another sphere.
Ard silent drifts, where the white drifts
cleaned,
And perfect beauty and rest were there
Faint shadows fell on the snowy sheet
dropped apart; ...
And I drank the wintry air, keen and
And the joy ofltying filled my heart.
walked where the woods were dusky
90. with the snowy load Of the pines that
70 the drifted ground; no twig or limb
But was weighted deep with q c1inging
! sliroud.
The snowy canopy hid the sky, :,
istgi AIlC summary SILetAoWS ASao1 =
Soft sounds, when a squirrel scudded
RAJ. high s,< FL. il 1S.zs tasss u
On 4 bending branch; or the nigh creek
3ss,st stirred Ss{.s ,
n In ITS ice-hou11d bed with q nnuffied click
:@ sI walked the twilight aisles: and there
%TY, the ragged snow-wTeaths hanging
.ssaill8 " thick, sE.s 5
s3ssa3 II. saw q,laint harmony everywhere;
rlimpged fair shapes; pale stracery,
essthery arabesql tender scroll
| UNI marvel, ~ glory WAS Wroug ht f sl me.
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MONAGHAN.

On October IL, shocking accident, re-
sulti7 6 in the death Of an engine driver
on tie Great Northern Railway, named
tra:n arriving from Belfast at 1880
John Gosling, took place at Clones juno
tion Gos.ing, who had charge Of The
o clock, had brought his train in all right,
and, about 1890, was crossing the rails
from the north to the south platform, when
a shunting engine with a truck attached,
came along and knocked him down. The
truck and engine both passed over the
unfortunate man, saveTing both his feet
and one Of his arms from his body. He
was conveyed to the ,Workhcuse Hosp tai,
where ne was attended by DIR. Henry and
Or. Tierney, but died al & bout 3:15 o'clock.
Gcsl;ng-Who was about As years CID, and
resided in .PortadoWn-Was a married
man, and leaves a widow and family OF
seven children.
Careful inquiries made in Monaghan
county have led to the conclusion that in
certain districts the oats and potato crops
are in such condition? as to cause the
gravest apprehensions. In the country
lying between Newbiiss and Ea'lybay,
and IN that which stretches from the lat
ter place to within a few miles of Mona
CHAN town. large quantities Of: oats are
st:N stacked in the fields, much Of the
crop standing III water, with shoots
srrouting from the sheaves. That which
has been saved, and is being threshed, is
only yielding about half the quantity of
former years, evidercing what the crop
has suffered from high winds and heavy
,,a.nfalls There is now little hope of saw
ing that which is still exposed of the po-
tatces: while the yield IS fairly large,
fully one-half Of the crop is useless in con-
sequence of disease. -.
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TYRONE.

Boring operations carried out recently
on the property Of Mr.. Chambre, M. p. at
Kilylack Giebe, Dungannon, have had
successful results, a seam of coal, twenty
eight inches thick, having been discovered
at depth of twenty yards. The coal is
Of good quality, and should be easily
worked, owing to its proximity to the sur
face.
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brated The sfftie.h ann iYerz ~ sof Tie foun-
Edations Of heir convent. Tle celebration
waa a remarkable one il many ways, and
there was large cOncOurse Of people.
We regret to have to announce the death
of Mr.. Patrick Brick, which occurred at
the residence Of his father, Mr.. Maurice
Brick, Caherbreagh, on Oct. 10, at the early
age Of ~ years. Deceased commenced bus
mess as a grocery, wine and spirit mer-
chant in The Nal, Traiee, a couple on
years ago, and rapidly secured for himself
a foremost place among the traders Of the
town. Failing health, however. compelled
him to retire from active business, and
about month ago he disposed Of his inter
est in his conlnaodious premises to Mr.. c.
1uomey. The deceased was a sturdy, I'M
compromising Nationalist, and always sub
scribed generously to every movement
having for it's object patriotic purpose.
KILDARE.
On Oct II, an interesting and impressive
ceremony took place at the Convent Of
Mercy, Mas, the occasion being the recep-
ton OF M is Lizzie Farley, youngest daugh-
ter OF the late Mr.. Farley, Of Ba!istrane,
Lusk County Dublin. In the absence Of
the Bishop, the ceremony was performed
by Very Rev. Father Morrin, p. P. Mas.
A sermon suitable to the occasion was
preached by Rev. r. Slayden, C. G. st.
Pauls Arran quay, Dublin. TIE young
lady took the name lin re.igioa) OF Sister
Mary Ph.lomena Joseph.
KILKENNY.
On Oct. 6, the beautiful church of the
nuns of Loretto Abbey, Rathfarnaan,
County Dublin, was the scene OF the i'm
pressve ceremony Of profession, at which
the Most Rev. D. O'Donnell, Bishop OF
Raphoe, offciated The religieuse who
made her final VOWS was Miss Mary Birch,
IN religion Sister Mary Catherine Joseph,
eldest daughter Of the late Mr., James Birch
of Dootstown, County Kilkenny.
An inquest was held, on Oct. 10, at Miss
Rowan's, Johns Green. Kilkenny, on the
body OF Johanna O:Conneil, Johns Green,
aged 71a years, who had died in the County
Intirmary on the i1th from the effect OF
burns she received some days previously.
The jury returned verdict of death from
accidental burning.
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WATERFORD.

A Lloyd's telegram from Liverpool, re-
lating to the schooner Carmel previously
reported wrecked in the Mersey, states
that all hands were lost. -Four bodies
had been washed ashore. TIE lost schoon-
err was owned by Patrick Curran. OF Dun
garvan. The captains name was M. Gal
vim, but the other three bodies had not
been identified. 1t is feared that in all
six lives have been lost by the wreck.
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LIMERICK.

At a meeting OF the Limerick Amnesty
Association, on Oct. 10th, in the Town
Hall, the Mayor (Mr. Michael Cusack, T.
c., presiding, Mr.. John DAILY, who was
present, urged the necessity OF holding a
series Of demonstrations in favor of amnes
ty throughout the country. to show that the
Irish people were determined in demanding
the release of the men still suffering in
prison.
We regret to announce the death, on Oct.
3, Of the Very Rev. Father Walsh, Guar
dian of the Franciscan Convent, Limerick.
Father Walsh was a native Of Dublin. and
was in the prime Of life. He contracted a
lung affection some time ago. which took
an acute turn and terminated fatally.
Father Walsh was ordained In Rome, n
1870, and the greatest part Of his ministry
was spent in Limerick, though he was also
some years in Clonmel. He was appointed
Guardian ON his return to Limerick, about
year ago, in succession to the late Father
McDermott The funeral took place on the
10th, and was largely attended.
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MEATH.

We regret tot have to announce the
death, by drowning, at Hamburg, OF Or.
Thomas Pagan, Of Athboy. Mr.. Pagan
some months ago left the Mater Hospital.
In Dublin, where the last year Of his }st,l-S
3dentship was passed. He was a veryspop
iullarss young gent ema d, of great prs1lntse
fessiol. md his d1eatl, /, A dAp
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l.
vim, but the other three bodies had not
been identified. 1t is feared that in all
six lives have been lost by the wreck.
WESTMEATH.
On October 18th, the impressive cere
n1ony of laying the foundation stone of
the new church at Rallinahown took place.
in the presence of large assembly Of
parishioners and their friends from va
rious parts Of the county, as well as a
great number Of clergy Of the diocese of
Ardagh and Clonmacnoise- Immediately
after the celebration of mass the Most
Rev. DIR. Hoare, assisted by very Rev.
Canon Reddy, p. p, Cloghan; very Rev.
DR.. Langan, Adm, st. Mary's, .Athlone;
Rev. J. Kennedy, c.. c., do, and Rev.
r. M'Givney, C. c., Moate, proceeded to
the site, which is Situated opposite the
present church, where the ceremony Of
laying the foundation stone was perform
ed after which the bishop preached an
then received, and a. sum Of $500 was at
single collection, realized.
WEXFORD.
At Kiltealy, On Sunday, Oct. H., Mrs.
Anne NELL, aged 70 years, who resided
in Mary street, Wexford, met with q, sad
death. The old woman had been in the
habit of keeping a mission" stand, ON
which prayer-books, pictures and rosary
beads were exposed for sale. It was in the
course of her business that she had been,
during the course, of a mission, residing
in Kihealy. At the close Of the mission
on Sunday evening, her daughters direct
ed her to return to their lodging, for the
purpose of preparing supper, while they
were fixing up the stand previous to de-
parture for home When the daughters g r
rived at the lodgings the old woman had
not returned. A search party was or
ganized, and. sad to relate. the poor wo-
man was found, by one Of her daughters,
in a grippe, in which there was about q
foot Of water, and which was ON short
cut leading to the house. It was plain
that the old woman had missed her foot
ing, fell into the water and was suffocat-
ed before she could recover from the
Shock .*s @ .tt
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TONGF{)RD.

In the Longford municipal elections, it
was stated there would only be contest
in one of the wards this year, Mr., Samuel
Wilson, J. ?. Conservative. being allowed
a walk-over in the Abbey Ward. For the
Longford Ward, however. there were seven
gentlemen nominated for the four vacan-
cies, viz: Mr. Thomas Duffy and Mr.. Mat
thew Farrell (NationaEsts), Mr.. John
Quinn, Mr.. w. Bolton. DR.. J. !. Yorke,
Mr.. John Bolton and Mr.. M. 7. Molioy
Redmond ites). The retiring candidates
were Messrs. Farrell, Quinn, w. Bolton and
Molloy. ,
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MAYO.


On October 7th, his Grace the Arch
bishop Of Taum, assisted by Rev. Father
McHugh, Rev. Father McGrier, Adm, and
Dev. Father NJ. 0. Donald, professed Miss
Josephine Reilly Tin religion Sister
Schaosticha Joseph, daughter Of the late
William Reilly, Castletown, Kslbarry, Ma
van, County Meath, aud grandniece Of the
foundress Of the convent, Mother Mary
Paula Cullen.
Miss O'Dowd, of Kiltimagh, has notified
her tenants, through her agent Mr.. M.
O'Donnell, that she will, this year. owing
to the bad state OF the tenants crops, al
low them reduction of 50. in the pound.
At meeting of the Achin branch Of
the Irish National Federation, held on Oc-
tober IL, John P. Connolly, P. P, presid-
ing, the following resolution was adopted:
THAT owing to the almost total failure
of the potato crop in the parish of Achill,
the poor people are face to face with a ter
rible crisis We therefore confidently call
upon the government to come to their aid,
by giving some useful and necessary
works, such an building piers, making
roads, draining 4ands., ETC., and thus pre-
serve hundreisAofs poor families from
starvation"
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I.OUTH.


AT the meeting of the Dundalk Board of
Guardians, on Oct. II, memorial was
read from fifteen persons, heads OF families
at Gyles Quay, stating that the recent
storm and high tides had completely de-
stroyed their houses, which are situate on
the seashore and left their families, COM
prising seventy-one persons, homeless.
They appealed to the Guardians for assist
ance. Rev. P. Clark, P. P, and d.. Fine
gan attended in support Of the memorial,
and it was stated that these people were
about to be elected from their homes, for
non-payn1ent Of rent, when the elements
forestalled the evictor: The chairman sad
all the guardians could do would be to offer
the hospitality of the workhouse to these
poor people, who could not obtain other
relief under the Poor Law. A strong rep
resentation would be made to the Local
Government Board, who would, perhaps,
allow of a, departure from the ordinary
rules, to meet this case.
On Oct. IL intelligence reached Drogheda
that Drogheda vessel, The Brothers, had
gone ashore the previous night on the
County Down coast, SIX miles north OF
Strangford Tough, the crew being saved.
The vessel was subsequently towed off the
rocks with slight damage, considering the
position Of peril in which she was placed.
The Captain, Donnelly, is also the owner,
and the vessel was bound from Ayr to
Drogkeda with a cargo of 1870 tons of coal.
The cargo was insured.
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would get a considerable reduction IN the
rents The tenants, on the other hand,
assert that the landlord only wants the
holdings to present healthy appearance
before the Sub Commissioners, in order that
the present heavy rents might be left I'M
reduced. They were all decreed in los
each and costs, and prevented from cutting
turf in future on this portion OF their hold
iEgs.
The recent severe storms had at least
one good effect in the desolate Arran Isl
ands, as they prevented the evictors from
making an intended raid on the unfor-
tunate tenants, on which they had set cut
on Oct. 10. The eyicting party failed, after
hours of tossing and splashing at sea, tcs
effect a landing on the Middle Island; so
they returned to Kilronan, where they have
since lain low, while their police escort and
emergency men departed, bag and baggage,
for Galway, thanks to the mercy OF the
gale and not to humanity Of the rent office.
The doomed tenants are still under the
shelter of their own humble roofs.
KERRY.
The recent severe storm played consid-
cradle havoc about Caherciveen, wreckage
being strewn everywhere along the coast.
Three fishermen had miraculous escape
at Valentia Harbor On their return from
fishing, and when just inside the harbor,
their boat got cops:zed, precipitating all its
occupants in to the water, along with their
haul Of mackerel, as well as their nets and
accoutrements. Two of them we're able to
reach the shore by swimming. The third,
who was unable to swim, chung to the up
turned boat, and drifted about the whole
night, being washed ashore and picked up
BY farmer at Begins Island The poor
fellow was terribly exhausted $$ IL ss.5 5tss
On Nedpesday oct. z, the coed nuns Of
the presentation Ord Ter, leisiand eele-
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-24
Rich Discoveries of Gold

At Cripple Creek. Colo. and elsewhere,
are being made daily, and the production for
1896 will be the largest ever known, est.
mated at Two Hundred Million Dollars
Cripple Greek alone is producing over One
Million Dollars a month, and steadily increas
ing. Mining Stocks are advancing in price
more rapidly than any other Stocks, and many
pay dividends of IS to 50 per cent. They
offer the best opportunity to make a large
profit on a small investment.
J. E. MORGAN & CO., IS Broadway,
New York, are financial agents for the Pru.
dental Gold Mining Co., and others in the
famous Cripple Creek district. They will send
you free, interesting particulars of the Mining
Companies they represent also their book on
speculation in Stocks, Grain and Cotton, con.
tanning many new and important features.
Send for these books at once if you are
interested in any form of speculation OF
investments. They may prove profitable to
Won
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7 AND M

Even these April winds are filling the
Mckinley kite.
A police judge at Minneapolis, Kan,
has had only one case before him in the
four years he has held office. He ought
to move to Salem and take lessons.
Some very shrewd politicians are of the
opinion that Mr.. Reeds campaign for the
Presidential nomination has been poorly
managed from the start, and their opinion
is not without apparent justification. If
it succeeds, it will be in spite of some of
it's conspicuous leaders.-Boston Herald.
General James s. Clarkson, of Iowa, is
managing Allison's candidacy very
shrewdly. His idea evidently is that the
least said about Allison the better, until
the convention meets and the leading
cand idates have developed just enough
strength and obstinacy to prevent any
one of them from being nominated
New York Recorder.
Baron Hirsch, to whose princely phil
anthropy the Jewish race is under an
everlasting debt of gratitude. has just
died in Austria, at the age Of 63 years.
Born to wealth, he vas yet a man O.
keen business sagacity and broad culture
and as a fnancier he ranked with the
R~othschiids. His ambition was to aid
his own people, and for this purpose he
spent millions. coIonizing them in favor
able locations. He was the founder o.
the Hirsch fund in America. and the
Hebrew colony at Woodbine, in Cape
May county, was promoted by this fund
His b~enefactions were widespread.
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The Washington correspondent of the
Trenton State Gazette, in discussing the
New Jersey Congressional delega-
ton, and the probabilities of the
fall election, has this to say about
the First District: Congressman Lou
denslager is not SO firmly entrenched.
1t has been understood for months that
Senator Stokes is to be his successor.
But Mr.. L~oudenslager is not ready
to give up the ship to him by any means,
There is no doubt that Stokes would
make a new fame for New Jersey from a
seat in Congress. He is one of the ablest
men in this State. Loudenslager, too, is
a we'll equipped man and a hard worker,
and one of the most genial of friends, and
these are strong points. 1t is doubtful,
however, if they are strong enough to
keep the Cumberland Senator out of the
nomination if he presses for it and insists
having it. 1t is likely that he will insist.
There is room for believing that his
refusal of several tempting State places
that have been recently within his reach
was inspired by his ambition to go to
Congress-"
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There is no truth that demands more
emphatic and persistent ute than
that OF the certain harmfuiness of all
wrong doing. First offence leads to sec.
ond, and SO on down the scale; thu moral
nature is warped, the desires are cor
rupted, the path of doing right becomes
harder and less attractive. In the sam me
way every good resolve deliberately car
ried out is an actual benefit to the char
acter. 1t strengthens the will, draws the
desires into right channels, and makes
~virtuous conduct easier in the future.
The most precious boon which can be
given to youth is this power OF self
discipline, which will enable them
promptly and intelligently to choose the
good and refuse the evil, in spite of all
allurements in the opposite direction.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-24

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 20, 1896.
CAN PRESENT
LOW PRICES CONTINUE?
The question is vital to all
except thefew thathave money
to burn. We think they can
not continue. Prices should
advance for one of two rea-
sons,
Firs1Many manufacturers
are tired of making goods at
a loss and will stop producing
until prices improve enough
to make resumption profta-
bic, 4 Thus bargain making
chaJces will decrease.
6scmd-If demand should
Increase many goods will adj