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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

Did Erin, he wears the best imitation
he can find, and if he can get no
shamrock, real or counterfeit, he
wears green necktie or a strip of
green in his coat lapel.
1t was not many years ago that the
more enthusiastic of the sons of Ire
land on the day when they bedecked
themselves with green would decline
to tolerate the sight Of a yellow en-
blem. Vendors of oranges and ba-
nanas did well to keep their carts off
the street. Even belief in the same
religion was not always sufficient to
save orange sellers; that fruit was en-
tirely too suggestive of the Orange
mems association.
In these days of increasing tolera-
ton there is less and less friction of
this sort. The custom Of giving Saint
Patrick's day parades is gradually dy-
ing out in this country. Many years
ago the New York city council passed
an ordinance imposing a penalty on
anyone who abused an effigy of Saint
Patrick, but no such law is now neces-
sary. Patriotic Irish societies observe
the day quietly, and there are services
in the Catholic churches, especially in
those edifices named after the saint
Even in Ireland there is less and less
of bitterness between the wearers of
the green and the yellow, and the
crack of the shillalah is not so often
heard as formerly to the accompani-
ment of the strains of "St. Patricks
Day in the Mornin'." The attitude Of
Queen Victoria had much to do with
bringing about this change of feeling
1t was the duchess of Buckingham
and Chandos who, in voicing her ma
jesty's sentiments, wrote these lines,
which on each recurring Saint Pat
rick's day find warm response in the
hearts of the Irish soldiery:
We're the most uplifted regiment,
Bedad we're mortal keen!
The shamrock's in our forage caps
BY order of the queen!
This song bears date 1900, for 1t was
in the last year of her reign that Vic
toria, just before her memorable visit
to Ireland, gave orders that her Irish
regiments were to wear the shamrock
in their headgear on Saint Patrick's
day. That raised the national emblem
of the island officially to the heart
high position it had ever held in senti-
ment. 1t was small and easy thing
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
B[I ATRlCK
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to do. but it made the tiny three-leaved
plant popular as it never was before.
In spite of all ingenious attempts to
discredit the beautiful story which
represents the patron saint of the EN-
erald Isle as using the shamrock for
an illustration of the Holy Trinity in
spite of the learned debates and AGA
demic differences of such scholars as
Bentham and Britten, Colgan and
Cook, your true Irishman the world
over will ever cling to the chosen leaf
which grows in the moss, the moor
and the mireland' of his old home
and the public Endorsement of queen
surely did not weaken that affection.
Dear Shamrock Of Erin, SO sacred and
green,
Though ages of sorrow thy past years
have seen;
From childhood's bright morning to man
hoods decline
Thy leaflet we wear Ger our hearts ever
thine.
In Moore's poem on the shamrock
he tells Of the triple grass" which
Shoots up, with dewdrops streaming,
AS softly green as emerald seen,
| Through purest crystal cleaning.
o, the Shamrock, the green immortal
| Shamrock!
Chosen leaf Of bard and chief.
Old Erins native Shamrock
The mere student of folklore little
guesses the feelings of the son of
| Erin who bears the shamrock in his
cap or wears it on his breast. To him
it embodies all the religious and TO
mantle, mythical and national ideas
which ever have stirred in the souls of
his forefathers. The great love for
! the plant inspired the famous ballad
"The Wearin' O. the Green" which
tells that They're hangin' men and
! women for the wearin' o. the green.
| This did not mean, of course, that
people were being hanged for that,
but it was poetical exaggeration i'm
| plying their willingness to die, if nee
essary, rather than give up wearing it.
For the last half dozen years, under
the inspiring influence of the Sham
rock league, happily instituted and
even more happily carried on by the
Countess of Limerick, there has been
an unprecedented demand for the Irish
national emblem. Thousands upon
thousands Of little green boxes filled
with tiny punches of the trefoil have
annually been packed by that great
hearted woman and her friends and
sold the world over, the proceeds
going to aid disabled Irish soldiers and
| the destitute relatives of those Irish
men who have fallen in battle.
And where does all the shamrock
come from? 1t grows wild in every
county of Ireland. Along the noun
tains, in the old hill-pastures and in
| the venerable meadows, it may be
picked in small quantities as early in
the year as February Is, and a fort
| night later in luxurious abundance.
There are national emblems that
may be eaten. Not so the shamrock.
A man may eat leek and enjoy it, n
Scot might even try a thistle, but an
Irishman must drown his shamrock.
That is as sure as is March II itself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
Why He Got Degrees.

Woodrow Wilson, president OF
Princeton, was deploring the promis'
cuous giving of honorary degrees.
Our universities have learned Of
late" he said, ito distribute honorary
degrees judiciously. But in the past
He smiled.
well, in the past, met an uncouth
person at dinner, and. being told by
an acquaintance that he had three de-
grees, / asked why it was.
We'll, said my friend, the third
was given him because he had two,
the second because he had one, and
the first because he had none. PROV.
idence Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
Plan TO Shift HUNGER.

An English clerk. suddenly dis.
missed the civil service, found himself
obliged to retrench, and decided on
two instead of three meals day. He
hit on the following device to recon.
Gle his family to the change:
The first evening he asked each OF
his six children what they preferred
"a penny or supper? The penny was
chosen with reclamation, and the chill
dren went to bed happy. Next morn.
ing, when they arose hungry, he rep.
resented to them that there was moth.
ing in the house. but told them if they
wished they could give their pennies
to their mother to buy loaves and milk.
This they did with alacrity, pleased
at their own Importance.
The game went on for Is days--the
children getting the coins after they
were safe In bed-and after that time
the father secured employment and re-
stored the custom of supper.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

On ST. Patrick's day, with tender
heart and moist eye, we set before
ourselves the far form of Ireland, gar
landed with the deeds of the past, and
bedecked with the colors of bygone
days. The pages of Irish history are,
without doubt, familiar to ALL The
brilliant lights and deep shadows, the
intense joys and keen sorrows, tho
failures and triumphs which mark the
annals of Erin are an old and familiar
story.
Her very early history contains an
air of romance, and has, running
through it, a depth of color which in
vests it with a peculiar charm. In its
primal days Druid worship held the
hearts of its people and the cult OF
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

sylvan deities formed its religion. The
beauty and richness of legend, in
whose lap Ireland then slept, are ri
vailed by none perhaps, save those Of
classic Greece herself. Tradition sup.
plies an endless number of crags, hill
sides and valleys, which were the sub
jects of legendary lore, and which cap
tivated the feelings of the Celt with
an irresistible spell. The history of
those times is obscured by the many
myths and fables interviewer with the
facts handed down to us. Amid all this
vagueness, however, it is plain that,
in the early stages Of Ireland's career,
she left upon the world the impress
of q most excellent civilization and
that her people possessed much merit
and many virtues.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
TELEPHONE Lines in Africa.

Hello, Central! Give me Upper
Senegal" Telephone lines have been
opened on the borders of Upper Sene-
gal and the Central Niger region. The
sections are from Kayu to Medine,
from Kati to Bammako, and, lastly,
one for the district of Kulikoro. These
two last-mentioned lines are mutually
connected. The price of five-min-
utes' conversation ranges from 10 to
Is cents, and the annual subscription
amounts to $50. There is every reason
to believe that in the course of q few
months Tinrbuktoo also wiz have its
telephone.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
The Editor Of the Rural New Yorker,

The Editor of the Rural New Yorker,
than whom there is no better Potato Ex-
pert in the country says: "Salzer's Earli-
est Potato is the earliest Of SO earliest
sorts, tried by me, yielding 464 blu. per
acre." Salzer's Early Wisconsin yielded
for the Rural New Yorker 1856 bu. per
acre. See Salzer's catalog about them.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
and this notice to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.,, and they will
mail you the only original seed catalog
published in America with samples of
Emperor William Oats, Silver King Bar
ley, Billion Dollar Grass which produces
Y tons per acre. Sainfoin, the dry soil
luxuriator, ETC., etc, etc.
And if you send l4c we will add pack
age of new farm seeds never before seen
by you. X. & w.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
Spread Christianity,

The coming Of st. Patrick marked
an epoch of spiritual glory in Ireland,
which was the center of learning, and
the youth Of other lands flocked to her
shores to receive the advantages of
such an education as could be OBJ
tanned only there.
Her monks and scholars went forth
to other nations diffusing the light Of
Christian and secular knowledge,
propagating the truths of the gospel
and bringing whole peoples into the
fold of Christ
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

One thousand,
four hundred and
forty-two years
ago, on March II,
according to the
most trustworthy
a C C o u n t S, the
death and beati-
fication of Saint
Patrick took place.
That is why, on
the anniversary of
that event, the
shamrock is worn
by every loyal
Irishman. If he
cannot obtain a
genuine leaf from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
Nf Two Evils

You're such q wretched writer, it's
a wonder you wouldn't get typewrit.
ing machine"
Il would, only that would show what
a miserable speller / am"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
Reward of Obedience.

The father has, of course, the right
to use his superior wisdom in decid-
ing whether or not the child's request
shall be granted. The child has no
right to command the father except by
his obedience. In nature we can COM
mand only by obeying. If we obey the
laws of electricity or steam, we may
command them and they will do our bid
ding. But if we refuse to obey their
laws, they refuse to obey us. And
so when God promises upon certain
conditions, and we fulfill the condi-
tons, his promise becomes our COM
mand, and we may lovingly insist upon
it's fulfillment AS a father to give
a child what every whim of fancy or
selfish desire might prompt him to
ask would be to injure the child and
make the order of home give place to
the anarchy of discordant demands.
AS a Father, God gives to his child
all he asks within the limitations Of
his superior wisdom.
AS a subject petitioning a ruler, as
a plaintiff pleading before judge, as
a child crying to a father, every one
ought to pray. Not to pray is, there
fore, to lead an immoral life in our re-
Iation to God and man, in that we are
not doing what we ought to do. 70
pray in the name of Jesus Christ is to
draw upon e. resources Of the King
of the universe, to receive pardon
from the Judge of all the EARTH" and
fo have the constant care of q Low.
Ing Father.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

Only unselfishness wins affection;
only toll achieves success; it is only
the courageous heart that does brave
deeds.-T. Farquharson.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
GIVING and Receivinn.

Hall porter to person soliciting a
favor at ministry: THE minister re-
ceives from ten o'clock to midday"
"All right" says the other, but at
what hour does he paris Fig.
aro
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

God as King
hears and answers
the petitions of
b i S S u b ] e C t 8 i.
Prayerlessness ig-
nores the ruler of
the universe by
refusing to petit
ton him. T b e
prayerless m a n
has placed him.
self outside the
pale of civiliza-
ton by denying
to the ruler the
right to hear the
OetitiOnS of his
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

You ought to be satisfied with nothing
less than Natures laxative, Garfield Tea!
Made of Herbs, it overcomes constipation,
regulates liver and kidneys, and brings
Good Health.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
The AGE Index.

Ella-You shouldn't look q gift
horse in the mouth.
Stella-But how are you going to
tell whether the present is new or
not?-Harper's Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
The Bio Dent.

Marian Automatically the rings
OF Saturn! If that extraordinary de-
preston which recently appeared on
earth isn't gradually disappearinsl-.
Puck.
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PILES CURED IN 6 TO Ia DAYS.
'AZC OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
# Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
to IA days or money refunded Soc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

1.-THE poor you have always with
you," said woman to her husband,
who had mania for offering excuses
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces fir
1ammstion, allayS pain. cures wind collie Csc bottle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
A Sore Throat or Couch,

if suffered to progress, may affect the
lungs. Browns Bronchial Troches"
give immediate relief.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

Multiplying her words seldom adds
to a woman's popularity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12
God as Father.

God as Father hears and answers
the prayer of his child. If you con-
fess the fatherhood of God and then
deny that he is Influenced by the cry
of his child, you would degrade him
below the level of the beasts of the
field and the birds of the air, for they
heed the cry of their young in distress
and hasten to their relief. So right is
it for the Father to hear the prayer
of his child that the universal con-
seriousness of mankind gives him no
option. He must hear it, or be
branded as UNANIMOUSLY heartless. Even
pagan ethics demands it. For a
parent to be insensible to the cry
of his child is sign of insanity or
depravity. To deny that God answers
prayer, while we believe in his father
hood, is, therefore, to charge him
with insanity or depravity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-12

From October to May, Colds are the most fire.
Quent cause of Headac che. LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININE removes cause. E.W Grove on box 25c
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a God, while at the same time he de-
MES that he answers prayer, he has
brought his God down to the position
of the petty savage chieftain who
lives for his own pleasure without re-
gard TO the welfare of his subjects.
Prayerlessness is, therefore, species
of barbarism.
Any man as subject of the King
may come before him with petition.
If he has a grievance, let him not tell
it to others, and thus backbite the
King. The King invites him into his
presence, and will give audience even
to his complainingS. Let him come
boldly unto the throne of grace, that
he may obtain mercy and find grace to
help him in time of need God is en-
throned in grace and invites every
subject in need to approach with bold
ness. And the promise is clear:
my God shall supply all your needs
according to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus" The resources of
Gods throne are at the disposal of all
his needy subjects. With such king
would it not be wrong to refuse to
make petition? Would it not be dis
loyal? Prayerlessness is, indeed, dis
loyalty to the King of the universe.
God as Judge.
God as Judge hears and answers
the prayer of a plaintiff. In the par
able of the Unjust Judge duke
1919 the widow has a grievance
against her adversary, and pleads that
he shall be punished. Though the
judge is unjust, his judicial position
compels him to hear her plea, and her
importantly constrains him to grant
her petition. The argument is that, if
an unjust judge is compelled by Off
cial position to hear the plea, and
constrained by the Importantly of the
plaintiff to grant it, how much more
will just God respect his judicial po-
sition and answer without demanding
importantly. 81 tell you," says Jesus,
that he will avenge them speedily"
For men to reject God as arbiter Of
their affairs and Wreak vengeance on
their own adversaries is the spirit of
barbarism, where there is no recogni-
ton of judicial power, but every man
is his own judge and jury. Prayerless-
ness is ethical anarchy. 1t ignores
the Judge of all the earth" by re-
fusing to petition him about griev-
ances.
But just judge cannot forgive a
man who has been proved guilty, un-
less satisfaction to justice can be
made. Mercy is injustice. 1t may be
based upon kindness, but that does
not rid it of injustice. Then how can
a prayer for forgiveness be answered
without impeaching the justice of the
Judge? Only by another's bearing the
sinners guilt.
To say that confession of sin is
atonement enough ignores the right
eousness of God. Confessing debt
does not pay debt; it rather enforces
the obligation to pay But if the debt
has been paid by another, it would be
fragrant injustice to demand second
payment 1t is we'll known that
Henry Clay, the orator and statesman,
became involved in debt until he was
bankrupt
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Dere ISIS always room al der top.
Dot iss why de attig iss full of chunk.
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A Word from Josh Wise.
WHAT eau SEES HEADACHE.

"It's cause he doesn't talk back that
tn oysters given SO much sauce
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FOR IRELAND

within tender breast
consumed for motherland opprest
dreams oercast
God shall light my las
bell that blows in Irelands dewy giens
nota her fens.
nota thousand hills
fondb love overfowing nlls
your holy sake I'll joyful bear all pain;
To hand, brain
life and soul sigh,
Then crowning JOY your unworthy de-
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PATENTS w,s s;:s B s. g. aztec ass.
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

The Board of Segistration will be at
the following places:
Irmo, Wednesday, a. M, Sept. 2.
Ballentine, Wednesday, p. M, Sept. 2.
Hilton, Thursday, a. m, Sept. 3.
Efrd's Store, Thursday, p. M, Sept. 3.
Chapin, Friday, all day, Sept. 4.
J. z. Summers Store, Saturday, a.
M, Sept. 5.
Peak, Saturday, p. M, Sept: 5.
Brookland, Wednesday, all day, Sept.
CASTOR, Thursday, all day, Sept. 10.
Swansea, Friday, all day, Sept. II.
Sandy Run, DR.. Brokers old place,
all day Saturday, Sept. ~.
Edmund, Monday, all day, Sept. IA.
Pelion, Tuesday, all day, Sept. 10.
Steadman, Wednesday, a. M, Sept. 16
Batesburg, Thursday, all day, Sept. II
Leesville, Friday, all day, Sept. IS.
G. F. Keisler's Store, Saturday, a. M,
Sept. 19.
Crouts' Store, Saturday, p. M, Sept.
49,.
Gilbert, Tuesday, all day, Sept. %.
E. H. Addy's Store, Wednesday, a.
m., Sept. %.
Very respectfully,
W. P. ROOF, JR., Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
Notice of Registration.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION,
Lexington County.

LoAluSGOA NOuuGJ.
Lexington, S. O., June 2, 1908.
To the qualified electors Of Lexington
County, South Carolina:
In accordance with the act Of the
General Assembly Of South Carolina,
approved February "a, 1908, requiring
the Supervisors of Registration to re-
enroll all the qualified electors in the
State during the year 1908, the Super
visors Of Registration Of Lexington
county will keep the books of registra-
tion open at the county seat every day
(Sundays excepted) between the hours
Of nine a. m. and six p. NJ, during the
months of July and August 1908, and in
addition thereto will attend during the
month of September 1908 at least one
day in each township in Lexington
county Of which at least ten days notice
Will be given by advertisement in "a
newspaper published in the county.
W. P. Roof, Jr., Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved.

Mr.. Edward E Henry, with the Unit
ed States Express Co., Chicago, writes,
"Our Ge1oral Superintendent, Mr..
Quick, haAaed me bottle of Chamber
lain's ooas, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy NAe time ago to check an at
tack Of tho old chronic diarrhoea. I
have ussd u since that time and cured
many On S16 trains who have been sick.
Am "a vA soldier who served With
Ruthertss4 B. Hayes and William Nc
Kfnley NH years in the 2Srd Ohio Reg
ment, End have no ailment except
chronic 6arrhoea. which this remedy
stops 1t once" For sale by Kaufman
Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
Trespass N office.

This is to notify all persons not to
trespass in any manner whatever, either
by person or their stock, sheep, goats,
hogs, geese, turkeys or chickens roam
ing at large upon our land in Lexington
county. The law will positively be en-
forced against anyone violating this
notice. Levi Meetze. White Rock, S. c..
43p Jesse u. Metz, Balientine, S. c..
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26

WANTED-To buy every pound of
beeswax in the country. We will pay
the highest market price in cash at
the Bazaar, Lexington,S. G.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
Barbecue at Irene.

On Saturday, August 20, 1903, we
will furnish a f1rstclass cue with re-
freshments st Irene. The meats will
be cooked by Messrs. Wade Corley and
Sox. pd Irene Brass Band.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-08-26
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Lexington County.

IdE STALE OF OOOId dCAhOLlN "A,
Lexington County.
By Geo. S. Drafts, Esq, Probate Judge.
Whereas, Henry E. Drafts made suit
to me, to grant him letters Of adj
ministration of the estate Of and effects
of Otis 0. Drafts.
These are therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said Otis O. Drafts, de-
ceased, that they be and appear, before
me, in the Court Of Probate, to be held
at Lexington, G. H., S. G., on 27th day
of August, 1908, next, after publication
hereof at II o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the
said administration should not be grant
ed.
Given under my hand, this 18th day
of August, Ammo Domini, 1908.
George S. Drafts, II. ST.
Probate Judge, Lexington county, S. O.
Published on the 18th day of June
1908, in the Lexington Dispatch. 2w4s