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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

places where great courage was re,
CURED SO to do.
When his strange, eventful life was
over, ST. Patrick, or Bishop Patrick, as
he was then called, was buried at Dun
Patrick, Dun-da-lath-g las-or the dun
of the broken fetters-and here until
| the time of the reformation were pre-
served his relics. Here also were laid
two others of Ireland's most holy
saints, st. Brigid and St. COLUMBIA.
The place is still held in generation.
Material memorials of st. Patrick
are numerous, but the church bearing
his name in Dublin is the most inter-
esting among them ALL Passing down
the quaint old Nicholas and Patrick
streets, one comes to it, the cathedral
of st. Patrick, so filled with monu.
ments and memorial tablets as to be
called the Westminster of Ireland.
The covered we'll at the base of the
first pillar in the south transept is
commonly ascribed to St. Patrick, and
the baptismal font was used by the
worthy bishop in amounting I'll of his
brethren.
The history of the church itself is
intricate and interesting. In the year
1880 Comynan, Anglo-Norman arch
bishop of Dublin, adopted an ancient
church which was particularly reyer-
enced for its associations with st.
Patrick. This he altered into a col.
legiate church, and it was raised by
his successor, Henry de Londres, to
the dignity of cathedral Subject to
many changes since, the original form
Of this stately pile is almost entirely
obliterated.
The tomb Of the holy Ms n near the
cathedral is marked with a huge
boulder upon which are carved plain
cross and the one word Patrick"
AS a record of one of his greatest
deeds in his holy work is Slane Alb
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they will
save not only time, because it never
sticks to the iron, but because each
package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in 3-4-pound pack.
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again, because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
12-oz. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures 10 o2s." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

Of Aquitaine CA. D. 402-463) and Bede
"a. d. 679-795), both of whom attrib-
ute the conversion of Ireland TO Pal.
ladius.'
This seeming omission, however,
has been explained by the theory that
st. Patrick and Palladius are one and
the same person. Succat, the saints
baptismal name, in the ancient British
language means Good at war" (mod.
ern Welsh hygad, warlike), and is &C
curately translated by Palladius (from
Pallas), a common Roman name at
that period AS Roman citizen, and
moreover of noble birth, the saint
must have had more than one name
and doubtless his praenomen was
Patricius. 1t would therefore be ap.
propriate to call him st. Patricius, for,
as Mr.. Andrew Lang says, asst. Pat
rick almost inevitably suggests an
Irishman and Patricius was none"
Before proceeding further it may be
stated that all the dates concerning
st. Patrick are elusive and uncertain.
The most likely dates, and those most
in accord with the historical evidence,
are those suggested by Dr. Whitley
Stokes, the distinguished editor Of the
"Tripartite Life of st. Patrick. The
dates suggested by this scholar are:
Birth, A. D. 1913; first missionary adj
vent to Ireland, S97; second advent in
1872, and death in 4G3. But, as Prof.
Maclean remarks, after all has been
said and searched, we are dependent
for the essential features and out
standing facts Of his life upon the
apostles own writings" and these, I'M
fortunately for US, contain no dates.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

birth is unknown to us, he himself
tells us that he had Calpurnius, a
deacon, for his father, who was the
son of POlitus, and lived in the little
village of Banaven in Raburnia (Which
cannot be found; that his mother
was named Conchessa, a sister of st.
Martin of Tours
When he was 16 years old, so the
story goes, ST. Patrick was carried
into Ireland and sold as a slave, and
there he was shepherd. Here he had
ample time for reflection, and in this
way drifted into religious frame of
mind.
A short time before he was released
he dreamed that a boat was ready and
waiting at the shore to take him back
to his home. Weakening, he hurried
to verify his dream, and, sure enough,
there lay the boat. Passage, however,
was refused him, and he went little
apart and began to pray, when one
OF the sailors came running up to say
that the captain had thought better
OF it and granted his request
On the way the provisions gave out,
and Patrick was beseeched to pray for
food. His prayer was answered eff
fectively, a herd of swine being sight
ed on that same day and wild honey
on the one following.
Soon after this episode he was or
dained to the work of the ministry.
He was never a learned man, but a
thoroughly conscientious one, who
never failed to do what he considered
his duty, no matter in what direction
it lay, and who proclaimed the Cos
pei to multitudes at times and in
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
NERVOUS HEADACHE
MARRIED A YOUNG W0MAN'S HAP.
PINESS FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Interfcred With Her Social Duties and
Threatened to Cause Her Retire
mcnt-How She Was Cured.

Interfcred With Her Social Duties and
! Threatened to Cause Her Retire
mcnt-How She Was Cured.
| Every sufferer from nervous headache
| knows how completely it units one fo-
the duties and pleasures of life. Any
little excitement, or over-exertiOn, or IT.
regularity brings it on. Sometimes the
pain is over the whole head Again it
is like nail driven into the brain, or
wedge splitting it open, or a band tight
enilIg about it. At one time it is all i'll
the top of the head, at another it is all
at tie base Of the skull.
Most headaches can be traced to some
faulty state of the blood. When the
blood is scanty or charged with poison,
and the nerves are imperfectly nourished
and the digestion weak, one of the COM
monest results is frequent and severe
headaches.
The important thing is to get rid of the
diseased condition of the blood that
causes the attack blythe use of q remedy
that will do tho work quickly and
thoroughly. What is that remedy? The
experience Of Miss Ellen McKenna fur.
l.ishes the answer. She says:
For more than seven years I was a
great sufferer from nervous headache and
dizziness. My stomach was disordered,
and became so restless that could not
sit still any length of time. Dizziness
interrupted my work greatly. At first
the attacks were not so severe, but they
gradually grew more violent, and finally
became SO acute that was on the point
of rellnquishing my membership i'll the
different organizations to which | be.
longed"
"What saved you from that necessity"
"a very simple thing; the call of
member of one of the clubs, who strongly
advised me to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills
before giving up. l acted Oh her sugges-
ton at once, and after steadily using this
great blood and nerve remedy for two
months, my headaches and my dizzi-
ness entirely disappeared.
Miss Mckenna is secretary Of the
Associated Ladies' Guild, and resides at
No. as Wait street, RoXbury, Mass. DR..
Williams Pink Pills have cured many
hundreds of similar cases, and can be
confidently recommended to drive all
poisons from the blood and to give needed
strength to the nerves. Every druggist
keeps them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

There is, perhaps, no Individual in
the history of either church or secular
life whose memory has been kept
green for so long a time as St. Pat
ricks, and certainly none about whom
people of modern times know Sc little.
Men have come into the world, at
tanned distinction and been cOmmem-
Grated for some centuries, but what
one of them all has left a more lasting
impression than the Apostle of Ire
land" in whose honor we celebrate
the 18th of every March.
Notwithstanding these annual dem
onstrations, however, it is doubtful if
many of even the most devoted of the
Catholics who claim him as a saint of
their faith can explain the why and
wherefore Of their reverence for his
name. a reverence which has stood
the test of centuries.
Many and widely conflicting are the
accounts which have been handed
down from century to century regard
ing st. Patrick. Even his origin is
shrouded in mystery.
He was born in Scotland, at Dunn
barton, on the Clyde; at Nantes, in
France; at Boulogne-sur-Mer, and
various other places, according to as
many so-called authorities, each one
secure in his own assertions and each
citing Sherlock Holmes-like reasons
for them.
Since in his Confessions st. Pat
rick tells of his call to Ireland, it
might with reason be inferred that he
was not already there However, Ire
land in his time-that is, about the
fifth century, and indeed until the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

eleventh-was called Hibernia or
Scotia, and the people Scots, which
may account for the apparent discrep.
ancy.
A bit of the history of that section
and period shows something of the
field in which st. Patrick labored, but
little enough has been recorded
According to Burton, the people
seem to have constituted the first
wave of immigration which rolled over
Asia into northern and western Eur
ope, and to have been a peculiar race,
remaining impulsive and lfght-hearted
in spite of many vicissitudes. W
Their religion before conversion
was that of the Druids, which Mr..
Burton describes as "a frightful, awful
system, involved in deep mystery,
tended to inspire terror and well fitted
to hold in subsection a turbulent, reck-
less people"
The Druidical priests secluded them
selves from view of others, dwelt in
impenetrable forests, dens or caverns
and practiced religious rites in Sc
crecy; they offered human sacrifices,
selecting their victims from among
criminals, and, when these were
wanting, did not hesitate to take limo.
cent ones.
The groves are described as thick
with massive trees so closely inter
woven as to be impervious to the rays
of the sun, and with nothing visible
save a multitude of affairs with their
human sacrifices whose blood had
turned the very trees crimson"
Thus, while England knew Chris
tianity in the first century, and there
may have been a few stragglers of the
faith in Ireland, it was left for st.
Patrick to become the Apostle of Ire
land" and deliver it out of it's saw
agery.
Although the exact place of his
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
A slayer Slain.

Nashville, Tenn: In shooting af.
fray with pistols at Lynnville, KY, a
line town in the northern portion of
Weikley county, Bert MeClain, aged II,
was instantly killed by John Canter.
who in turn was killed by Walter Nc.
CLAIM of Dresden. There are no par.
ticulars as yet as to what the trouble
was about.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
Saint Had Two Names,

ut is characteristic of our age"
says Prof. Maclean in his Literature
of the Celts,' ito doubt, if not to deny,
the historical reality of many of the
historic figures that hover in the back.
ground of history. And such a doubt
has extended even to st. Patrick, due
largely to the fact that he is not men,
toned by the early historians, Prosper
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
knowledge from Experience

Is what we understand when DR..
Spalding, an eminent Baptist divine,
of Galveston, Texas, writes: Send me
two bottles Of Taylor's Cherokee Rem.
edy Of Sweet Gum and Mullen. It is
for friend suffering from consump.
ton. 1t Is preparation | know from
experience to be good"
At druggists, Csc, SOC. and $1.OO q
bottle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
DR.. Hunter, Specialist.

If you have any ailment, state prin-
cipal symptoms and get list of ques-
tons, books. etc. A new system Of
scientific specialists treatment for ca
tarrh, brorshitis, asthma, consumption
ETC., by inhalation, which you can use
at your home. Or. j. H. Hunter, 80
Main ST., Houston.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
Kate Clerks Adjourn.

San Antonio, Texas: The railway
rate clerks who lave been in session
here for the past week, revising the
rate sheets, adjourned yesterday and
returned to their respective headquar-
ters.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

Butler, Mo-: The jury in the case
Of Charles Kratz, on trial for alleged
ooodling while member OF the 81.
Louis council, returned verdict OF
not guilty after being out an hour anu
lorty.fiYe minutes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

When you see young woman max.
ing fuss over widower's children,
it's sign that If she doesn't soon
acquire right to correct them it won't
be her fault.-Exchange.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
NoW's the Time,

In the spring always use bottle
Of Simmons Sarsaparilla to put me in
shape for the summer and it sure does
It tones one up all right.
]. W. Dickey,
Mt. Judea, Ark.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

Nearly all the shoes sold in Rus.
STA are manufactured by one firm in
st. Petersburg. 1t is one OF the most
prosperous stock companies in the
world
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
Ralsed Tralnload Of Pickles.

Chriesman, Texas: The last car Of
the cucumber crop that was raised
here, for pickles last year was shipped
to San Antonio yesterday. Thirteen
carloads in all were raised.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

Half a ton of lace, stolen property
packed in ten sacks, was discovered
by London detectives few days age
on the premises of a tailor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
McEaIl improved.

Austin, Texas: Judge D. a. McFall
is reported to lie much better last
night and hope Of his recovery is en-
tertained.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

A curiosity to be seen at Berlin is
pair of curtains made of champagne
corks, each cork being still covered
by the gilt paper associated with the
brands.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

The quickest growing plant in the
world is the kudzu. a species Of bean.
1t is said to have been known to
grow sixty feet in three months.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

If a man quits work he begins to
get old rapidly. Work has rejuve.
mating influence that idleness lacks.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
Sensible Housekeepers

will have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because Of
superior quality.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

Swollen face, as the result of a cold
or decayed tooth, should be fomented
with hot water, or milk and water.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
The Best Results In starehlnn

me Best ResuIto In starchlng
can be obtained only by using De-
fiance Starch, besides getting 4 or.
more for same money-no cooking re-
pulsed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17
Supreme.

Say Hopes a phantom
And a dream
One day of Love
Is Life supreme!
Atlanta Constitution
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-17

The most discouraging thing in life
is the success of the other fellow.
The Glenwood post., 1905-09-23
CHAPTER x.
Caught in the Trap.


It was only after he had sat a min
ute or two, amid silence so profound
that he could have heard his heart
beat, that Alexis Nazimoff began to
reason with himself what If this
were trap?"
The idea no sooner occurred than
1t was dismissed. No one had induc-
ed him to visit the place. His COM
ing had been entirely of his own voli-
ton, and could not have been antici-
pated. Besides, there could be no
possible mistake about Ivan's amaze
ment when he had revealed his name,
and there was something in the man.
ner Of the man, despite his excite
ment, that forbade the idea of treach-
cry.
Then he thought of Ida.
She herewith her evident refine
ment and highly wrought nature
here, in this dark. gloomy, forbidding
place-in the cellar-like apartment of
house in the lower quarter of the
town. What did it mean? And she
was still here!
Alexis looked around, this time
with more eager interest.
There was apparently no DOOR AK
cept the one at the top of the steps.
1t puzzled him. Had Ida gone in
the interim between the time when
his man had seen her enter and his
own arrival! Then he remembered
that Ivan had not, after all, admitted
that his sister was in the place.
WELL" was his silent conclusion,
there is nothing for it but to wait
his return. l must be patient"
When a man gets into a frame Of
mind when he says he must be pa-
tient, the most natural thing in the
world to enable him to endure pa
tience with a comparatively cheerful
equanimity is cigar. To his an
noyance he found that his. cigar case
was in his greatcoat pocket.
Suddenly his eyes rested on Ivan's
coat. In Russia all men are smokers,
and Alexis felt the chances of End
ing cigar were strongly in his favor.
He lifted the cloak, and as he did SO
he uttered an exclamation of pleas
ure.
There was cigar case xnre
enough.
Alexis withdrew it from the pock-
ct, and as he sat down he tossed the
coat back on the table. AS he did
The Glenwood post., 1905-09-23

s % A RkE ST RUS STA
4 Smith. eerved =

CHAPTER Ix.-continued.

Then lend me your greatcoat. l
shall be less liable to be questioned
by any of the gendarmes when they
recognize an officers coat. Then
rest here, and l swear to you that
in less than forty minutes l shell
return here with Olga"
Alexis thought a moment. Then,
taking up his coat, he handed it to
Ivan, who, quickly assuming the gar
ment, said: REST here, and trust
me. l will keep my word. Should
any one enter in my absence, say
You are my friend and await me-"
Then as he was going he suddenly
stopped.
Taking his overcoat, he said: "You
are tired from your journey and ex.
hausted, no doubt, by your expert
ence tonight. Rest there, and throw
this over you. You will wait my re
turn?"
Il will await your return"
He glanced up the steps as Ivan
departed, saw the door close and
heard key turn in the outer lock;
then rapidly departing footsteps till
they were lost in the distance, and
then there was profound silence.
Ivan had started on his mission,
and Alexis was alone
The Glenwood post., 1905-09-23
A Younsster With Ideas.

Myron, the singer, has a little
daughter named Marie, pretty, curly
haired child with plenty of spirit. For
the last six or seven weeks she has
studied her catechism diligently, and
on recent Sunday was confirmed.
Just as she was about to start for
the church friend wanted to know
II her father had been asked to sing
during the ceremony. A dismayed ex-
preston swept across the childs face.
Il shan't ask him." she said. "and I
hope nobody else does. Well all be
badly enough frightened by the bish-
op, without having papa around to
scare everybody with his roaring"
Some one told the same youngster
that If Bhe wasn't clean Of heart the
bishop would pour barrel Of oil over
her. As she WAS to wear pretty
dress and was not little proud OF the
fact, she said. II hope nobody tells
that to mamma. I'll have to wear an
old dress If they do"
The Glenwood post., 1905-09-23

to close in upon him with murder in
their eyes.
But none, not even Oraminsky him
self, felt like leading the assault, and
being the first to feel the thrust of
the naked blade which Alexis held
with the grip of iron and the master
full ease of the perfect swordsman.
But scratch and we have him, 80
said Oraminsky. Rush on him in a
body."
But nobody rushed. Nobody was
itching for a scratch.
kirshkin at the first moment had
left his press, and as Alexis drew his
sword he had crept up the room be-
hind the others and on all fours had
gone under the stairs and around to
the rear of the dauntless swordsman,
who, with certain death staring him
in the face, kept a bold front to his
would-be murderers.
Oraminsky had seen Kirshkin's mo-
tion and had at once OWNED his in
tention. He made a threatening
movement forward with a bar of iron
as weapon. Alexis made a pass as
he came within reaching distance,
but the weapon never reached Ora
minsky for at that moment Kirshkin,
with a suppressed yell of triumph.
sprang upon the back of the young
soldier There was an instant rush,
and a moment later, bound and help
less, Alexis Nazimoff was at the
mercy of Oraminsky and his com
panions.
AS Alexis was borne back by the
weight Of numbers, and in spite of
his gallant struggle against such over
powering odds, there fell from his
pocket bundle of letters. and these
it was but an instant's work for Ora
minsky to grasp. He fairly shouted.
despite his habitual caution, as he
read the superscription.
Ito be continued)
The Glenwood post., 1905-09-23

Wake up. Ivan Barosky! wake upl
We have just finished . letter OF in.
yitation."
ITO the funeral of the car" said
Kirshkin, whereupon there was a
laugh.
And printed in red, too-red will
be the fashionable color in st. Peters
burg" said another.
Because the czar will wear 1t and
set the fashion for ALL"
Come, come" said Hersy, wake
up!" and as she spoke she grasped
the coat and pulled it from the re-
cumbent form. itH
"Ah!" with scream Of astonished
rage as she discovered the stranger,
Hersy pointed one finger at Alexis
"a spy!"
Quickly springing to his feet Alexis
drew his sword.
Down with him!" Kill him.,
His life!" were some Of the exclama-
tions which fell on the ears of Alexis,
as pale and resolute, with no evk
dence of fear in the steady eye, he
gazed at the faces Of the now blood
thirsty crew before him.
well. dogs of the gutter" at
length he said, as for a moment they
stood at bay, held back by his I'M
daunted front, what seek you? My
life? Take it when you cant"
And now with knives drawn, with
such weapons as came to hand-a
hammer, chisels, an ax-they began