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AN UNFORGOTTEN CRIME.
The Murder OF a Priest In ireland lac
Years Ago.

Hidden away in far southern Tippe-
rary, where the Galtees and the great
HIS Of Knockmealdown are rivals, is
Il wild secluded valley within which
nestles the village of Clogheen, writes
',r. NJ in New Ireland. 1t is Il small
scarcely worth marking on the
map of Ireland. But most Irishnen
who knew anything Of the history Of
their country will at once connect the
name of the remote village of Clogheen
with the memory of the martyred pa
triot-priest, Father Nicholas Shelby.
III the "Pcnal Days''-Irelands long,
black, cheerless night of misery and
despair-the people of the valley in
which ClOgheen nestles had a fearless
and Jealous defender in their beloved
pastor. They had neither civil rights
nor real religious liberty. They lived
but to provide their brutal local ty-
rants with the means of figuring as
fine old Irish gentlemen of the school
dimly pictured for us by Lover and
Lever. George Ill had just been
crowned when Father Sheehy, fresh
from La Belle, France, where the Old
Ell Faith was hOnored still, settled in
the valley beneath the Galtees, and
threw himself into the struggle for the
rights of the poor. He fought the bat
tie single-handed. Centuries of oppres-
sion had all but killed the spirit of
resistance amongst the people; and it
was no wonder that the NIaudes and
Bagnells, and Tolers, and the rest of
the Cromwellian brood became wild
with rage when the cultured, fearless
gentleman from st. Omer's ventured
to denounce the tyranny of their class.
Near Clogheen is the parish of New
castle, within whose boundaries not a
single Protestant lived. Yet Protes-
tant clergyman zealously levied tithes
Off the Catholic people who scornfully
rejected his ministlations. At Bally.
poreen, two ministers of the Establish.
ed Church EARNED" out their share of
the villainous impost allowed them by
the law to one Dobbyn, calculating
scoundrel, who forthwith proceeded to
increase his income by compelling the
payment of five shillings for each mar
riage ceremony performed by the
priests Against these exactions Father
Sheehy rebelled. He denounced them
publicly, and in burning words he ad-
jured his flock to resist the grinding
and illegal impositions of their foreign
taskmasters.
n Clonmel the Cromwellian coterie
were troubled, puzzled, and infinitely
astonished. Here was their right to
plumber and torture openly denied ana
challenged by mere hated "popish
priest" The privileges they had en-
joyed to the full for nigh a century
We're threatened! Maude and the Bag
nells, and the Toler who was kinsman
to the Infamous Lord Norbury, took
counsel. They invented or instigated
the "Whiteboy outrages." They drew
pictures of land over-ridden by in
surgents: and they secured the pres,
ence of the Marquis of Drogheda and
troop of freebooters, who, as Sir Rob-
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Information Wanted.

John Feehan, of Havre, Mont, wish
es to know the whereabouts of his
brother, Michael Feehan, who was last
heard from 10 years ago at Butte,
Mont. He is a native Of Ireland, parish
of Cullylanl, Townland Syhim, county
of Armagh, about 40 years of age Any
information concerning him will be
greatly appreciated by his brother,
John Feehan, Havre, Mont. Montana
and Washington papers please copy.
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EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

Russia is still able to float loan of
S154, 100000 at low rate of interest
in spite of the japanese victories.
Those who are predicting the success
of the japanese in the present war
should take note of the fact that the
Japanese have to pay higher rate
to-day than Russia.
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King Aengus commemorated his con-
version to Christianity by erecting a
church on the rock. The ruins consist
of cathedral founded in the eleventh
century, a round tower 80 feet high and
81 feet in circumference, Cormac's
chapel and palace. 1t is an imposing
structure, designed as museum and
containing many famous antiquities
and specimens Of that almost lost Irish
art-book illumination. Relics of Fa-
Their Mathew, Daniel O'Connell and
other celebrated Irishmen may also be
seen here. Kate Kearney's cottage
comes next, then handsome art gal
lery. in which will be displayed paint
ings, statuary and antique metal work.
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"I can't let you kill me for $4,000,
friend. I've figured it all out, and 1
find that your money would be no good
to me after I was dead. I'll tell you
what 1 will do, though. Hll let you
half kill me for $5,OOO.'"
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Leave me how much?' anxiously
asked the bride, who was-well, let us
say Twenty-Five years and eleven
months DID,
Mr.. Millyuns-Now, Tommy, you
must go to school and work hard.
Why, look at me, started without a
cent, and now I'm a millionaire.
Tommy-Yes, know; but you can't
do it any more. They all have cash
registers now.
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1t has truly been said that all the
ecclesiastical ruins, not only of the
county of Tipperary, but of all Ireland,
sink into insignificance compared with
those that crown the far famed Crock
Of Cashel." Massive and colossal in as
pect, it towers above the level plain Of
the Golden Vale" and presents an i'm
posing appearance from all sides. For
more than a thousand years Cashel
was the seat of the kings of Munster,
and its history, as Sir Walter Scott re-
marks, 'such as Ireland may be proud
Of" A synod was held there in the
middle of the fifth century by st. Pat
rick, st. Ailbe and st. Declan,, when
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DULUTH NEWS.

Division No. 1, A. o. H.. will meet
tomorrow afternoon in Odd Fellows
hall. There will he a large class of
candidates to initiate.
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The Fighting Race.

The Fighting Race.
We been readin' the papers
And watchin' the capers
OF Russian and Jap on the land and
the sea,
And it's got me to guessin'
Why some names is missin'
That should be conspuickus where
fightin's so free.
Shure, where are the Reillys,
The Caseys and Kileys,
And all the rest of the Macs and
the O's?
There was never real fightin'
Or wrongs to be rightin'
But some O. thin byes d be strikin'
their blows.
Now the longer ponder
The struggle out yonder,
Where the Jap and the Russian are
flirtin' with Fame,
The more I'm decidin'
The Irishman's hidin'
Behind the quare front of haythen-
ish name.
If We read Of "Patriski,'
Or "NIichelkomoski."
Ye will know they're not Russian at
all, if we're wise;
And the Jap "Tomohara,"
Or "Teddimagara,"
Are simply good Connaught men
there in disguise.
Catholic Standard and Times.
"What would you do if I were to
die and leave you, darling ~ asked the
bridegroom, who was on the shady side
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more faithful Munster peasants will
turn aside to offer up prayer for the ,
soul of the heroic priest who nobly died
a felons death because he was true
to his people and his faith.
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"What would you do if were to
die and leave you, darling asked the
bridegroom, who was on the shady side
of seventy.
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of the Christian charity practised by
the 1.-THE gatherers during the penal
days. took an active part in priest
hunting" He was kept in dungeon
until the crime ut Clonmel had been
duly consummated.
The rest Of the story is soon told. On
the evidence of the miserable creatures
already mentioned the perjured verdict
of guilty" was returned, while Sir
Thomas Maude and his bands of brig
ands paraded the streets of the Tippe-
rary town-breaking into houses, and
threatening dire penalties on any of
the good priests friends who might
possibly say word in his behalf.
They murdered Father Sheehy. They
hanged him; they beheaded him; they
cut his body into pieces; and they
spiked his head above the gate of Clon-
mel jail, where for 20 years after the
hideous crime in 1765, it remained an
awful witness of a deed Of guilt and
shame which burned itself into the
hearts and minds of the peasantry of
the South Of Ireland, and which will
ever be told of within the shadow of
the Galtees and far away from Clon-
mel and Clogheen as a perfect type of
the methods of British rule in Ireland.
After the lapse of 20 years the mar
tyrs sister was generously allowed to
remove the skeleton head from the
spike over the Jail. 1t now lies in the
grave in the little churchyard of Shan
drahan, where until time shall be no
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
who Were Theyf

To one great fact do all the most an
Client epochs Of history bear witness;
one and all they prove the existence In
a yet more remote past of an already
advanced civilization such as could only
have been gradually attained after long
and arduous cropping. Who were the
inaugurators of this civilization? Who
were the earliest inhabitants of the
earth? To what biological conditions
were they subject? What were the
physical and climatic conditions of the
globe when they lived? BY what fora
and fauna were they surrounded? But
science pushes her inquiry yet further.
She desires to know the origin of the
human race-when, how and why men
first appeared upon the earth, for, from
whatever point of view he Is consider
ed, man must Of necessity have had a
ginning.-"Manners and Monuments
Of Prehistoric Peoples"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Climbing a Cocoanut Tree.

Cocoanuts when ripe fall to the
ground and when necessary are pluck
ed by men who climb up. 1t sometimes
makes ones blood run cold TO see them
run up the trees like monkeys. Two
ways are practiced for mounting the
trunk. In the case of small tree, or
at an odd moment, the man walks up
the trunk, keeping his feet fiat against
1t and throwing his weight back from
1t as much as possible, retaining his
position at the same time by the ten.
sion Of his arms. The other and safer
plan is to pass loop of cord around
the feet, which are thus kept close to-
gether, and grasp the trunk of the tree,
the arms in the meantime assisting
the climber, who moves upward in a
series of jumps.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Banana Crop Every Fifteen Days.

'There IN evidently an erroneous idea
abroad concerning the harvesting Of
the banana CROP" said man who has
been for seven years on plantation in
Honduras
"The statement that four or FIVE
crops of bananas are harvested year
Is entirely Incorrect A crop Is har-
vested on an average of every fifteen
days throughout the year. Each thrifty
banana plant has many suckers or
stalks growing from single root at
the same time. One or more lunches
Of the ripening fruit are cut from n sin
gle stalk, while the other stalks grow
Ing from the same root are left un-
touched, and In fifteen days another of
the stalks is sborn of its fruit. This
process continues necessarily during
the year. In July and August 1t Is
necessary to cut off the ripening bunch
es every ten days, while in December
and January about once month is
sufficient, the average throughout the
year being practically fifteen days.
Mexican Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
COLUMBUS CREWS.
One Enplishmnn and One Irishman
Were Among Their Number.


An Englislmun and an Irishman
were among the sturdy 100 ad-
venturers who sailed with Columbus
In the three small hundred tonners.
This may have been due TO the well
known fact that nothing brings men Of
different races together more than
maritime and commercial enterprise,
or, still more probably, because they
Were swept in at Palos. when Colum-
bus put the press gang to work, as lie
was authorized to do by Ferdinand
and Isabella
The names of these men, as given
by Navarrete, were Jallarte de Lajes,
Ingles probably Arthur Lake, Eng.
llsh), and Gulllermo Tres, naturel lie
Galney. EN- lrlanda (probably william
Herrles or Rice. native of Galway, in
Ireland).
These two men were among the
forty whom Columbus left behind in
the fort constructed In Hlspaniola be-
fore he sailed for Europe. who all met
their death at the hands of the natives
before the great discoverer returned
owing to their disregard Of his express
directions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
The Cocoanut Tree.

There Is no tree so widely distributed
throughout the tropics as the cocoanut.
Even on remote atolls of the south
seas, which geologlsts say were only
recently formed by the subsistence of
volcano and the growth Of coral up
from its base, one finds the cocoanut.
The parent tree leaning over the beach
Of one tropical island drops Its fruit
Into the sea. to have the nut carried
away perchance halfway round tie
world. Then In some faraway place .
the waves cast the cocoanut ashore to
sprout and propagate another forest
after Its own kind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Tree Kills Tree.

A Victoria clergyman had an orange
and a pine tree In his garden. One
tree was dropping, and on digging
down he found that the roots of the
pine, which stood at some distance,
had twisted around the taproot Of the
orange tree and were strangling 1t to
death. The offending roots We're un-
twisted and cut away, and the droop-
ing plant revived. The tree eventually
died. Then on digging down at a
greater depth the clergyman found the
pine had attacked the orange root low
er down and accomplished its murder
GUS end.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
CRACKED VOICES.
A Lack of Muscular Control IL what
Causes the Break.

Causes the Break.
The pitch of the human voice de-
pends primarily upon the number Of
vibrations per second Of the vocal
cords, and these, in their turn, depend
on the length, size and degree Of ten
sion of the cords, which increase In
length with the growth of the larynx.
One of the deepest bass notes, from
the greater length of the cords, has
only eighty double vibrations second,
while soprano voice can give 902
such vibrations In the same time.
The size of n lads larynx Is, roughly,
that of Il womans. but when the pip
ing schoolboy Is shooting up into man.
hood his larynx grows rapidly and the
vocal cords become elongated nearly In
the proportion of three and half to
two. The cartilages by which their
tension rs regulated also share In this
growth, as il seen by the swelling Of
the so called adams apple"
Now, all these parts do not increase
with equal rapldity; hence the muscu-
lar control, which must be very exact,
is rendered uncertain and the voice is
said to "break." A similar change
takes place in the case Of women, but
very much less I'm amount. and fur
ther compensation In the formation Of
the upper part of the larynx serves to
disguise the effect.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
A Hint to the Engaged.

There is a superstition which says
that engaged couples who are photo
graphed together never get married.
Superstition is gradually dying down,
so that few would be kept back by an
old woman's saying. There is. how
ever, one thing which should keep en-
gagged couples from being photographed
together, and that is the thought that
IL either or both should marry some
one else the fewer tokens there are Of
previous love affairs the greater is the
chance Of happiness in the final choice.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
WILLING TO HELP.
tn Ola senmnn's scheme TO win
Honor For n Favoritc.

tn Old senmnn's scheme 60 Win
Honor For N Favorite.
An amusing story Is told of an old
cruisers In the north Atlantic squad
ron. He was not person of wide af-
fectlons. but he had warm place In
his heart FOR young ensign who had
been kind TO him In many little ways.
One day lnndsman fell from the
rigging TO the water, and as he could
not swim he would have been drowned
but for young officer who sprang In
after him and held him up till assist
ance came.
Later the young officer received
complimentary letter from the secre-
tary of the navy. Every one rejoiced
but the old seaman; he coveted the let
ter for his ensign.
That's nice thing to have, a letter
like that" he said few days later.
You ought to have one"
IL don't quite see how can get one"
laughed the ensign.
"Well, see here" said the old man
eagerly. Tomorrow night I'll be In
the main chains, fussing with some
thing or other, and | might fall In. and
you could jump after me-"
THAT would be very good Of you"
said the ensign gravely, "but, you see,
I'm not good swimmer by any
means"
"Ho, that's no matter" said the old
seaman. "I'll hold you UP till the boat
comes"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
The Annie.

The apple is not considered to be II
complete food In itself, but on the food
list II has n value far above the nutri-
inent 1t possesses. Apples aid tile
stomach in the digestion of other foods,
and therefore the best results are OBJ
tained from eating them after rather
than before meals. After partaking Of
an unusually heavy dinner the eating
of an apple will be found to facilitate
an early digestion and afford great re-
lief from the sufferlngs attendant upon
indigestion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

Sir Michael Foster In lecture on
Health and III Health" TO the meri-
bers of the Workingmen's club said
that health, like happiness, did not ex-
LIST. They had goal. or limit. an |.
while seeming attainable, eluded PEI
feet possession. The body consisted
of number of mechanisms which had
the closest and most exact relations
As they approxlmated to harmony
there was health, but when discord
came, III health.-London Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
A Caution.

Reginald love you, Madeline. For
you would give up family, position,
wealth. Madeline-Hold, Reginald!
Giving up family is all right; ! fain
would be spared a mother-in-law. Give
up your position If you can get better
one, but please hold on to your wealth.
We may need It,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
NUMBER 48.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the partnership
nlihertn existing between J. II. Hughes and
iohn POmrQy, Undertakers and Picture
trainers, under the firm name OF Hughes &
Pomroy, has been dissolved by mutual con-
sent ana thn business will be conducted here
themselves Indebted to the firm are requested
20 make payment ut their earliest conven-
fence ana nll persons having claims against
j. II. IluGHEs,
JOHN POMROY
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Walked II OF.

I'm sorry. Mrs. O'Toole, to hear
that yer husband suffers from insom.
ny. My husband had the tame com.
plaint. but he cured It."
How did he, now?"
"Sure, he became night watch.
man!"-Brookly Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
lIObsOn'n Choice.

Tom-I've been hidden to her wed.
ding, but I'm not going.
Dick-But your absence will surely
be noticed. DO you think you can af-
ford that?
Tom-Well. when you can't afford to
have your presents noticed your alb
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Too Much Realism.

"Do you not feel at times" remarked
the fireside critic, that realism can be
carried too far on the stageT
"Yes." replied the tragic actor, with
a sigh, THE last man was working
for did 1t. He wanted to pay us all
Off In stage money."-Cincinnat Times
Star
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
The Wrong Market.

Mrs. Newlywed-Have you any nice
slumps this morning? Butcher-Slumps :?
What are they? Mrs. Newlywed-In-
deed, I don't know. but my husband is
always talking about slump In the
market, and I thought 1 should like to
try some.-Philadelphi Record
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

~ suppose the hero and heroine or
that story get married in the last chap
teri" she said.
"No, divorced" replied her friend.
"Oh, how lovely! Will you let me
borrow 1t when you get throughT'--
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

"You can't" said the philosopher,
take from thing without making II
less"
"Oh. | don't know" the fool replied.
"Have you ever tried taking light
from one candle with anotherT-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Catching Pigeon. In aueen.tovn.

The ragged children of Queenstown
catch pigeons in a curious way. Seat
ed In a row on the edge of the pave
ment. they each have string stretch
.ag into the road, at the end of which is
a moose surrounding some tempting
breadcrumbs. Homeless pigeons pounce
on the meal and are as quickly jerked
to the pavement by the cheering
youths.--London Graphic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Coming and Going,

Hello, Mike! DO you find much to
do now2"
"Yis. I'm Jest after cuttin' down a
tree, and tomorrow I'll have to cut 1t
up."-Kansas City World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Why He DIDN'T Pay.

Il have bet a silk hat with that man
hve times In the last year, and he has
never paid me one Of them"
THAT so? didn't know he was In
the habit OF breaking his word"
"Oh, he isn't; he won the bets."--
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Waste of Worda.

Miss Withers-When Harold kissed
me he told me that he loved me. The
Friend - What waste Of words!-
Town Topics.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
His IufeusIeI.

Husband-Does Jack know Miss Pep
pertree? Wife (calmly)-I believe not.
for he has asked her to marry him.
Town and Country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Sarcasm.

"Are you the waiter who took my
order for that chop?
"Yes, sir"
Bless me, how you have grownr'-
Chicago Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
How He Won II.

Goodson-It was Lawyer Townsmun
that won my lawsuit for me. Simply
Why, | thought he was on the oppos-
Ing side. Goodson-He was.-Tit- Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

We hope nobody ever courted as
they do on the age.-Washington Qa. J
Democrat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

Impatience and pride have destroyed
more souls than wickedness.- s.-Mazzinl.
You will never get on the sunny side
by waiting for the world to turn round
Atlanta Constitution.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-06-02
The BIG STORE.

ped off on their way home from the
coast to visit Mrs. Baughman's
brother, G. M. Carver.
DR.. and Mrs. H. B. Felty, and the
latter's mother, Mrs. P. Wilmer. with
Misses Rose, Mary and Anna Wilmer,
left for the Worlds Fair. Mrs. Felty
will return next week, the others GO
ing on to Pennsylvania.
D. A. Stoddard and family left for
Portland, Ore, to reside. They are
old residents OF the county and their
many friends will miss their cheerful
couptenances. May prosperity at
tend them.
Philip Maier has purchased the
Keller bakery next to the REFLECTOR
block. All are glad to see Phil back
again in Abilene, the best town on
earth. Mr., Keller has not decided
what he will do.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-06-02
TINE Is SHORT.
Prof. Larson Will Take Chronic Casss
for Brief Time Longer.

e. u"
The time when people suffering
with chronic diseases can put them
selves under the care Of Prof. J. A.
Larson Is now short. The professor
never takes more patients in any To-
cality than be and bis assistant can
properly and carefully treat, and that
number has about been reached In
this locality. He always visits To-
cality until the last patients received
have been given full course OF treat
ment, and Abilene will be no excep-
ton to this rule.
Prof. Larson will receive new
patients upon his next two trips only
and all persons desiring treatment
should make arrangements by the
evening Of June IA.
Since the professor has been visit
ing this city the REFLECTOR has heard
his ability highly complimented and
it has not heard one word Of complaint
either as to his professional skin or
business integrity.