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nenal days, when educating his son for
nriest would mean confiscation of faith
er's property, the bold young fellow, after
getting a smattering of Latin at home by
Stealth from the outlawed hedge school
master, was carried aboard smuggling
smack. which rode in some forgotten bay,
at dead of night, and was thus borne to the
continent In n smuggler. also. and under
cover of night, like a thief. he stole into
ireland again. when he had been ordained.
and disguised as a layman. tried to min
ister in private to an awed and hungering
flock.
Except in the case Of our mountain
PRIESTS the Maynooth man of today is not
the same type of homely sagart that his
continental schooled predecessor was.
The Mountain Parish.
Our parishes perhaps average ten miles
square, and contain, say. 6.OO0 souls; for
whom there are two chapels and three
priests Some parishes are twenty miles
long and even longer: and. as every one
appreciates the duty of regular attendance
at mass six, seven and eight miles of moor,
mountain and road Is a common distance
for men and women of seventy to walk to
chapel on Sunday, in sun and in storm,
rain hail or snow. Topcoats are almost
unknown with US, and the women who
carry umbrellas are rare. But our people
give little concern to drenching and little
care to q cough.
In one case with which was quite famil-
lar these poor people, after tramping weary
miles to mass, and arriving drenched with
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of family of that townland coming for
ward with his dollar-some farmer more
comfortably circumstanced than usual pay
ing voluntarily) a dollar and a half or
two dollars. This at the Christmas stations
for the payment is made but once a year.
Other fees which Father Dan receives are
half a dollar (or more) at each christening
and five dollars at marriage. According to
the circumstances of parish, priest re-
ceives from three hundred to seven hundred
and fifty dollars year.
Formerly the priest went to the house to
perform the baptismal and matrimonial
services and remained to share in the mer-
riment. But now he is enjoined to perform
both ceremonies in the chapel.
The most trying duty of the priest Is the
sick call. He Is never sure of nights quiet.
At any moment he expects laundering at
the door, which may order him off post
haste, in rain, hail or storm, over half
dozen or half a score miles Of moor that
is not without its hazards at high noontide
to visit some creature who is hungering
for his ministrations before bidding final
farewell to care and ache.
But be the night ever so bad, and be the
priest already wearied and worn, and be the
way dark and ugly and far, sigh is gen.
orally his most earnest protest. He arises,
dresses hastily, takes his staff in hand and
his summoner leading the way with TORCH
bends him to the mountain path. II at the
wearied end of the journey he finds that
the nervous old woman who in a scare sent
for him at dead of night Is already sitting
in the chimney corner and treating herself
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DEVOTED TO DUTY
The Irish Priest Richly Deserves the
Love Of His People.
THEY YIELD HIM LOYAL ALLEGIANCE
He is ar the Most Prominent Man
in the Neighborhood
LEADER OF HIS FLOCK

Copyright, 1900, by Seumas MacManus.)
Written for The Evening Star.
The clergyman is here interpreted Roman
Catholic priest, for clergymen of other de-
nominations (of whom l shall deal further
DOWN are very rare in our mountains, and
their focks exceedingly small
The priest is by far the most important
man in our neighborhood. The autocrat of
all the Russians is far from being vouch-
safed the dutiful obedience paid the priest,
and no prince or potentate ever got a
1.-THE of the whole-souled love that is Law
ished on the darling priest, or, as We call
him. the sagart arun.
Some years ago. in the throes of the land
war the constitutional authorities were
shocked when the world famous Father
MacFadden of Gweedore announced for
their edification at public demonstration:
II am the law in Gweedore.' Yet. though
they harried him and prosecuted him and
imprisoned him, they, to their bitterness
learned at a sore price that he had only
given utterance to a cold fact The forces
of the crown when they came to arrest
him were held at bay for long weeks by his
poor unarmed flock. till. when blood had
been split, he disbanded the standing army
that his followers had constituted for his
defense and voluntarily gave himself up.
So. in every mountain parish. the priests
word is more truly the law than the enact
ments of the British parliament. And be-
cause OF this sneerers who know not the
conditions of things, and know not the SEN
timents and feelings. and the proper rela-
tions of priest and people, say that We are
priest ridden. They say so because they
know not, and do not seek to know. that
the extraordinary obedience and respect
paid to the priests word is founded not in
the remotest manner upon servility or fear
(for our people never have been Servile or
afraid, but upon fond, filial love and the
implicit faith which mountain priests,
by their priestly and fatherly qualities.
have worthily engendered in the hearts of
those who have never in vain looked to
them for sympathy, for help, for guidance
and for protection.
.SnEart Arun."
For the true sagart when he takes charge
of mountain parish. takes upon his shoul-
ders and upon his heart great load. The
sickness, the troubles, the sorrows and
griefs of every household, of every child, in
his domain are his personal SORROWS and
their little joys are his joys. Not merely
for the souls, but for the bodies of every
one in his parish. responsibility weighs him
down. He cannot. could not. shirk his ira
ditional duty, which is truly to father his
flock in all things-to brave any tyrant who
would oppress them or unjust one who
would wrong them. to fight for them, to
suffer for them. to lay down his life for
them, if need be.
The Roman Catholic clergy nowadays re-
ceive their education at Maynooth College,
near Dublin. 1t was established 100 years
ago and before that time the boy who felt
a priestly vocation went to France. Bel
gium or Spain for his education. In the
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the land. and the priest gathered the flock
in a hollow Of the hills. with his altar
rock. and his roof the dome of heaven.
In the case of this scanlan. one of the
last of its kind each person, in wet and
snowy weather. brought with him a little
bunch of hay to lay under knees in the
slushy, muddy ground. upon which they
knelt. l think God always heard the pray
ers of these people. About five years ago
this scalan was superseded by chapel, built
by money sent home for that purpose from
servant girls and laboring boys in America.
Religious Exercises.
After mass the congregation join the
priest in praying in turn for each person
sick in the parish, and then for the repose
of the souls who died during the week, each
being specially announced and each getting
a special prayer.
Then follows the priests discourse or ex-
hortation. which. in our chapelS has pro-
fcundly moving effect. The emotions OF tne
Celt are very responsive; 1t Is a common
Sunday experience to find congresatlon OF
two thousand convulSed with Sobs. ana L
have innumerable times been thrilled to the
soul by a chorus of wailings. which. rising
and falling in waves. filled the building.
Approaching Easter, and approaching
Christmas the priest begins ''the stations
that is, holding confessional in each DIS
trlct of the parish. He announces from the
altar on Sunday the name OF each party IN
whose house he proposes holding a station
on each day of the week following. Every
woman who is done the honor of having G
station called in her house goes to much
expense to have the house and Its sur
rcundings fitted in manner that will re-
fleet credit on her and force a word of
praise from Father Dan-and to have the
best and most elaborate breakfast the coun-
try can afford.
At the .StatiOn House,
The men and women and children, dressed
in their neatest are collected at the station
house when Father Dan arrives on his
rickety jaunting car at o'clock in the
morning. The best room in the house has
been prepared for him, and when. sitting
here he has lightened many oppressive bur
denS by his counsel. he says mass. admin
listers holy communion and delivers to the
sobbing penitents a gentle and touching
hOmily.
After breakfast. to which he sits down with
the heads of the household and the school
master, he collects his stipends, each father
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will be kept mainly for religious meetings,
and camp meeting will be held there
Saying the summer. The beach will be be
managed on strictly temperance lines. No
liquor will be sold oki the property, and 1t
was announced thatw any person caught
bringing or drinking liquor there would be
punished.
Tuesday afternoon of next week at 2
o'clock the. twenty-fifth anniversary OF the
conservation class will be held at the Wes-
ley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church.
There will be suitable commemoratfon OF
the leadership OF Mrs. VIM. Burris. Mrs.
Burris Is well knownithroughout Washing
ton, having been prominently connected
with philanthropic and Christian work.
Her friends wilt be pleased to learn of her
recovery from a prolonged Illness, and will
Join in the anniversary services next Tues
Lucien Clark. u. B. Wilson and others.
A pastoral letter signed by all the bishops
OF the M E Church South has been re-
ceived here asking that the members of the
denomination in Washington unite with
their brethren throughout the land in OBJ
serving the week preceding July In all
the cnurches as week of prayer and self
denial.
"On that day. say the bishops, "let the
people bring thank offerings, praying to
the God of their fathers that their gifts may
be grac1ously accepted and blessed to the
furtherance of the divine kingdom in the
earth.'
The object of the gifts is to insure the
raising the sum named in the order of the
last general conference. not less than
S,5oo,oO, for the support of the education
al work of the church. and contribution
Is asked from every member.
In this connection" the bishops further
state, we beg to say that the time Is short
during which this work must be done. The
next six months will determine the fate of
this movement, and both the reputation and
character of the church are involved in its
success or failure. Being with one eX-
ception, the largest Methodist body in the
world. the success or failure of our church
in this matter must be conspicuous and
influential.
I'm naming a particular day for offerings.
however, it is understood it is not proposed
to terminate the movement at that time,
but that 1t shall continue to the end accord
Ing to the provisions of the plan unanimous
ly adopted by the last general conference.
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him to steer And maybe he didn't faHe> me
on a lively chase around the W@s41e Lot o.
the first day. Me wrote his Sfeat long name
all over the shass. duSeed IN ana ana t ous ,,,a oa
me a cooling in the river. and finally. when
1 told him to go clear Of one of those big
trees down there he did the opposite stunt
with his steering gear and tried his worst
to climb it, Just like the other chap did
But the narrowest escape I had was
with foreign minister out here in the Sol
diers' Home. Just as We started down a
steep hill he got things mixed up and
put on full current. The first thing l knew
we were making a hole in the air like
creased cannon ball. l was sure he was
going to take my neck until gave his CON
troller swipe off and saved the pair of US.
But he learned his little trade in ten days,
and now he's a regular bird.
Another fellow whom l had given a few
lessons got mixed up with trolley car and
split his machine clean in two the first Gay
he was out alone. Three days later he got
tangled up with horse-cab. did two circles
about the street and climbed the front stcop
of a house. When 1 last saw him he was
layin' easy up at the hospital.
woIcott Is Champion.
"Who is the best automobilist in Wash
ington? Well. I'll give the first prize to
Senator Wocott the second to young
Dahlgren-the son of the admiral-and the
third to Baron Hengelmuller, the Austrian
of ther and that means a lot. Three
chaps out of every five will treat machine
right. and the other two will knock a lung
out of it to the tune of $50 month One
fellow here has utterly ruined two new
machines in as many months.
women? Well, they are a sight faster
drivers than the men. every time From
the minute they get in till they are out
again they want to go a mile minute. in
Guiding stops. One lady always puts on all
her power with a sudden jerk, blackens her
Commutator. and then sends her machine
back to the shop. That's the amount of fun
she gets out of it at Sl2J a month, and
there's a kick coming from her daily. Miss
Cassini is the best automobile driver among
the Washington ladies'.
Washington the Best.
washington is the very best automobile
city I've ever struck, and I've struck
whole slew. She has the widest and most
even streets. and then the beauty of 1t all
is that there's no traffic on them.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, Jr.
Evening star., 1900-06-02

to a rousing bowl OF tea. he is perhaps not
to be too harshly judged II he do not give
earnest of much JOY at her sudden recovery.
And such case is far from being excep-
tional.
Only n Few Protcstants.
Episcopal.ans and Method!sts are only oc-
casonally met with In mountains iv-
ing in small communities. in valley or on
a hillside richer than the remainder Of the
country. The lands which they occupy
were given TO their furefathers at time
when the Cets were hunted from their
homes by the hounds of war. out of a gen.
eral sustentation fund their clergymen are
paid an income OF about $50 a year. Into
these funds the Methodist pariShioncrs are
expected 20 pay - cents every quarter
year. each member of the family; and the
head of each Ep;sc1palian family To pay
yearly sum of about Si-but when their cir
cumsiances are above the average they pay
higher sums. BY means of these general
funds the larger and richer congregations
in Ireland are made to ald the smaller.
There is no haptismal fee In either church.
The matrimonial fee is voluntary. Five dol
lars or more is usually paid.
Formerly the EpiScopIlian clergyman was
a rich aristocrat. being paid tithes by Cath
Ollie a. we'll as Protest9n,. But the Roman
Catholics eventually made ii bold stand
against the injustice. Regular battles were
fought by the poor uIarmel peetsc against
the police and military forces WnJ came to
enforce the law. hui the justice of the cause
triInIphed over all the powers of the crown.
ana today the Protestant clergyman in the
Irish mountains is no better eff than his
CathoLc brother.
The minister collected his 1.-THE IN harvest:
the priest his stipend at Christ mas. In
those days there was clever half Wit in
my parish who. one day. meeting the priest
and parson. was stopped by tnem. and. to
afford them some fln. asked: Now. Ned.
We have been disputias whether. if You had
a son. you would make a priest of him or a
parS"n-and we want YOU to decide.
III l had SON.. said Ned, "!ll tell ye
Evening star., 1900-06-02
RENAN AS A REPORTER
His Views on Women Criticized h,
CASTOR Denchamps.

AAAS oh omen SrIttctSe6 Inv
CASTOR DekchampH,
From the New York Sun.
Write an article, sir, upon -Abou-M Mo-
manned al-Cassem ben Ali ben Mohammed
ben Othman.'
That was the assignment given in 1871
to young man who was looking for a
place on Paris newspaper
IN short, sir" said he, smiling. ..you
want an article on Hariri?"
Precisely" said the editor: ego ahead
So he went ahead and wrote a spIeudid
story on the great Sheik who flourished in
the eleventh century But in order not to
discourage the bank clerks and bIacksmiths
who dream of glory in the domain of
journalism, as the country editors saw
it may be well to whisper the fact, in strict
confidence, that the young man in question
was Ernest Renan and that the newspaper
was the Journal des Debats
Remains next assignment was the Paris
exposition Of 1850. He treated the great
fair with severity, and even heaped ridi-
cule upon it. He despised expositions
For him they were the height of frivolity,
tending toward degeneracy, and. holy Su-
san, he blamed the women for them all.
There is no doubt whatever said he,
that at the present time feminine instincts
occupy more space in the general physiog-
nomy of the world than they did formerly.
The world is more exclusively preoccupied
just now with frivoities that formerly were
looked upon as the; exclusive property of
women. Instead Of asking men for great
achievements. bold, enterprises and heroic
labors. the women ask them for riches
only, to satisfy vulgar taste. The gen
eral movement of the world has put itself
at the service of the Instincts of woman.
not those splendid Instincts through which
they display, more clearly than men can.
perhaps. the divine ideal of our nature. but
the lower instincts which form the least
noble portion of her vocation"
CASTOR Of he
menting upon Remains remarks, recently
charged the woman of the present day
with doing her utmost to gather the ap-
pies. all the apples, that Eve, the blonde,
left hanging ON the branches Of the for
hidden tree"
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purchased Il similar vehicle before accom-
p.,nyin:: her hone.
OF the senatorial set. Mr. Wolcott of Col
or;ldo is the most enthusiastic 'billiSt."
Early every morning his electric phaeton
i delivered at the coor of his Connecticut
avenue residence. and there it almost in
variahly waits until about 11:30, when the
senator jumps in and propels himself 10
the north wing of the Capitol. Just south
OF the Senate steps. out in the open air
Evening star., 1900-06-02
Complete Extinguishment.

From Puck
Rupert-'It was a strange case! He left
the club one night to go to the opera and
was never seen or heard Of afterwardr .
Harold-'Dtsappeareda as completely as If
the earth had opened and swallowed him
up, eh?'
Rupert-"More so. If possible. In that
case he might have left his hat above
ground, or there might have been a crack
left to show where he disappeared: but this
fellow, mind you. disappeared as completely
as II he had married an authoress!
Evening star., 1900-06-02
Worthy of Fame.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
She's a remarkable actress isn't she:'
Very. Why, she's been on the stage
eleven years and never lost diamond nor
q husband yet"
Evening star., 1900-06-02
Some Day.

From the Indianapolis Press
When shouted the orator, when will
come that blessed day when every man
shall get all he earns?"
It'll come along about the time" fiercely
back-answered the man in the crowd, who
was there for that purpose '.it will come
when every man earns all he gets,'
Evening star., 1900-06-02

Graball docking for free information)-
Suppose l should fall through a defective
sidewalk and sprained my ankle. What
would advise me to do?'
Lawyer-'Come to me and plank down
SO as retainer and then ask me that
question"
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rain snow or reeking with perspiration,
knelt down upon the grass field barehead-
ed under 4 scoechng sun or pitiless storm
and heard mass read by the priest under
the protection of a matched and open shed.
This kind OF mass shed is known as a
scalan, and is the last link that binds us to
the days when no chapel was allowed in
Evening star., 1900-06-02
A Poor Specimen.

First Boy-"Is dat new kid any good?"
Second Boy-"Naw! He's one O. dem kind
O guys wot calls swimmin' 'bathinx.''
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what I'd have him. I'd have him a parson
in harvest an priest at Christmas"
SECMAS MacMANUS.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-26
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

Chicago. IAN 25 (speciaD-The incident in wheat
to-day has been the confirmation from number OF
OF yesterdays report. which was so gener-
ally dIscredted. Of the outbreak Of the buoonic
plague in Rosario. Argentina. Confirmation OF this
comes in both public and private messages. Public
cables also announced a case OF plague IN Sydney.
The effect or the market has been to keep prices
about steady. Argentine spot wheat at Liverpool
was I'd I'd Liverpool futures, however did not
hold their early advance Prices here all day were
within sc for the active futures, the May and the
July closing practically where they did Wednes-
day. May sold 674c and al 665sc, and closed at
&c January was relatively firm. closing at 6issc:
July closed 6sc sellers The trade has not been
active and the demand for futures mainly from
shorts. Paris up equal to i2c bush, but there
was less heard OF French damage. Gables say It
will not exceed per cent Clearances were 265.Oo0
bush; at the primary points there $1,000 bUsh
compared with 5000 bush last year. Shipping sales
were 10000 bush: some business done with
mlers. The cash trade has been retail scale.
eight loads for export The West has winter con-
ditiOns to-day everywhere and no snow Freezing
dition In the absence OF snow misht result in some
The entire range of corn fluctuations was only
hc, and to-night's prices are the same as Wednes-
ssse July, ssise s6ippng safes here are are SaE
creased. although the weather conditions were
more favorable for movement. but at the same
inspection was 1872 with $50 for Friday, Liver
B 600 SsnsS Se Il, frb wal, wSFs
the cash handlers keep rather beafsh. New-York
reports % loads for export.
New-YOrk bought some oats here, presumabl
against shipping sales there some local cover
ing. Prices were steady. but the range was only
Ac. May closing s39sc The talent Is selling Nav
oats against purchases OF May corn. The oats dis
count has been increasing Of late and Is expected
to widen further Receipts We're lS9 cars, with
cash. 81 SO; but the speculative trade was as small
as for fortnight past. The three points had ONLY
cars, against S cars last year. Provisions were
strons. pork closing l2'se over Wednesday; ribs
May lard s.; May ribs, $ 77is. There were $500
hcgs, with only gI.Oe0 estimated for to-uOrroyv
The packing for the week West was $4,000 hoas
against 555.OOO last year. There Cudahy buyips
to-day; there some Improvement in the ship-
ping demand. The pit now rather feels that prod
the important holder.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-26
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

OUTSIDE SECURITIES MARKET - MAJ 80
closed active and firm Standard OIL closed at 'is
655l5, against 5OSG50 on Wednesday Last prices Oh
other prominent issues Havana CONNER oIo4'
2OQ23: preferred. 60Q62; Baking Powder. s4qSo; bas
state Gas. 1%@2; Pump 16dl1S; preferreo osg"t, ~
Markeen Copper, 6d6i5 Amagamated copper, e17sV ~
S3Ac; Amsterdam Gas. 2214G23; preferred 4S7s~1'.
Rubber Goods 2SGSO preferred, s0GSl; D1stlhns u
America 71aa7ss; preferred 22a234; soss- sheieiu'
Ssa31; preferred 6s1kQ7O; Storage Power lVell's'
General Carriage, 4%G5.
NORFOLK AND WESTERNS GAIN-The heAVl-
est gain in American railroad earnings received
Yesterday was made by the Norfolk and western
company which showed increase for the third
week in January OF $54 the same time
last year.
STANDARD OILS RECORD-Standard OIL STOCK
made another new high record yesterday selling at
514]A an advance of 8 points Wednesday 3
close
FOREIGN TRADING-London prices were high
err and arbitrage houses were active buyers In the
local market. Total purchases for the foreign ac-
count aggregated 2.OO0 shares.
ELECTRIC AXLE ABSORBED.-A circular has
been Issued announcing merger of the Electric
Axle, Light and Power Company with the Consoli-
dated Railway, Electric Lighting and Equipment
Company Electric Axle is receive 81 per cent In
stock of the Consolidated Company.
ELECTED A MEM 8ER.-Arthur Whitney was
elected a member Of the New-York Stock Exchange
yesterday.