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heands Hope of Home Rule Nearing Realization at Las.

man nature in the period OF critica
transition and the dawning of the re
ligion of peace upon e race barbaric
but far. indeed, from savage.
That warlike race regarded it doubt
less as a notable cruelty when the new
faith discouraged an amusement 30
popular as battle. But in many re-
| spects they were In sympathy with the
| faith. That race was one of which
the affections as well as the passions
retained an unblunted ardor. and
when nature is stronger and less cor
rupted 1t must feel the need of some
thing higher than itself, its interpreter
and its supplement. 1t priced the
family ties, like the Germans record
ed by Tacitus, and 1t could but have
been drawn to Christianity.
Warlike as it was, it was unbounded
also In loyalty, generosity, and self-sac-
rihce; it was not, therefore, untouched
by the records of martyrs, the princi- !
pies of self-sacrifice, or the doctrine of !
a great sacrifice. 1t loved the chill !
dren and the poor, and st. Patrick |
made the former the exempliers of the |
faith and the latter the eminent inner
tors Of the kingdom.
In the main, institutions and tradi-
lions of Ireland were favorable to
and the people received
the gospel gladly. 1t appealed to them
and prompted ardent natures to find |
their rest in spiritual things 1t had |
nraatah anopq them an aycanapt an
probation of the beautiful, the es-
thetic and the pure.
The rapid growth OF learning. as
we'll as piety, in the three centuries
\ succeeding the conversion of Ireland
proved that the country had not been
until then without preparation for
the gift.
Perhaps nothing human had SO
large an influence in the conversion
of the Irish as the personal character
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Denied the opportunity for develop
ment in his own beautiful land. tho
Celt has embraced It where offered
abroad. Though intensely national.
he has shown an adaptability to 9th.
er conditions. In the lands to which
he has been driven by bad govern
ment at home he has developed pow
ers that at home were unrecognized.
His emigration has been providential
both for himself and for the country
of his adoption. He has made Aus
tralia and New Zealand what they
are he has developed Canada and In
our country has given elements OF
strength to our American population
and withal he has not ceased to be
Celt.
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| - NE HUNDRED years age
AvAA ireland had remnant oil
MIN her ancient bards; fallen
i ~ from their high estate, II
/ is true, being reduced In
great part to the nomad
habits OF the strolling musician, old
and. In many cases. blind; but still
| playing the old airs on pipes and harp,
and enjoying the love and affection of
tho Irish people. They had almost
disappeared when Edward Bunting un-
| dertook to preserve what was left OF
Erin's ancient minstrelsy. An assem-
bly, Of harpers was held at Belfast,
and the tunes as they were played
were taken down by Bunting. The
collection OF airs which he published
which Moore cleaned his immortal
melodies.
The movement to revive the min
strelsy of the Gael has received
great impetus within recent years. 1t
affords a field of intellectual effort
wherein there is no room for the ra-
cial divisions which have proved so
disastrous in Ireland Educated men
and women In Ireland of all shades OF
thought are helping along the good
work, and they find willing and loyal
auxiliaries in England, notably in the
great educational centers OF Oxford
and Cambridge.
The late Sir Frederick Gore Ousely,
professor of music at Oxford. was a
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CELTIC STRAIN IN AMERICA
It's .ntermIngino With That OF Other
Races Has Made This Nation
Strong and Great.

1t would take a volume, and a large
one to set forth the whole of the
debt which America owes to men Of
Celtic blood. There Is sentimental
effort on foot by men of this race to
conserve the various branches of The
Celtic language and to perpetuate in
It's purity to future ages the Celtic
blood The sentiment is admirable
The Celts, and particularly Irishmen,
have been noted for their ardent
patriotism No people ever loved
their native sod with such tender
ness of devotion as the people Of this
/ green isle. But the Celtic race is
not sufficiently differentiated from
the Latin and from the Teutonic to
make perpetual segregation possible.
For 1000 years the amalgamation OF
these European races has been going
on. and the amalgamation must go or
until in a complete mingling of thu
various strains will arise one con
glomerate people of various strain
of the highest type of humanityt tina
the world has ever known. The cit
of Boston is more Irish than Yankee
and the intermingling of the blood c
men like Patrick Collins with ths
of the descendants of John Alden an
Cotton Mather is just what gives l
5 the men Of whom we are proud. Tt
t influence of this Celtic race, the pi
t neers of all Europe. in Its minglir
: with the other strains Of white bloc
= In the American people. is of moi
t value than the conservation of Il
g Erse sept In Connemara or Tyrone.
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TWO LEGENDS OF
ST. PATRICK
One That the Sons Of
the Emerald Isle Shall
Be Judged by Him.

HERE Is an old ieKend-no
-. doubt fondly Rugged to an
Va Ir4shman's conscience -
WV that at the last day OF
Judgment tho sons OF the
Emerald Isle shall be
5uGgsd BY St. Patrick alone. And for
many centuries there was pointed out
on the island of Tough DerE = cave
sad to be the entrance to st. Patrick's
Purgatory-"an and 1t should be to any
one who had courage to 90 into 1t AZ
II he had passed through purgatory
after DEATH"
OF entirely different nature Is the
profane legend linking st. Patrick .
name with that special delicate privi-
lege permitted the fair sex every leap
year
Shortly after passing the snake ex-
clusion act, ST. Patrick met st.
Bridget, who brought to him the com
plants Of certain young ladies In her
nunnery because they were debarred
the initiative privilege in affairs of
! the heart-ce1ibacy not then being
compulsory unless a special VOW had
been taken. st. Patrick, duly consid-
ering the matter, suggested that tho
desired privilege should he granted
| once In seven years.
| "Arrah! Pathrick. jewel cried st
Bridget, II daurn't go back to tht
gurls wild such a proposal. Mex i
4 one year In four"
1t ended of course in her gaining
| her woman's way. he calamity giving
her leap year. the longest ono Of the
lot"
And leap year 1t must have been
then by lucky chance, for st. Bridget
at once made good by popping the
question herself. But as st. Patrick
had taken the vow OF celibacy, he
could only offer the consolation prize
of kiss and silk dress.
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Wonder not that the Irish honor
such man as their national saint.
Hero worship had never a more sane
and noble object than the bringer of
light. In reverencing Patrick they
Indirectly demonstrate their keen ap-
probation of what is superlatively
worthy. Great men have been born
into the race many time since Pat
rick's death; but the mightiest of
them is, IN the estimation of all true
Irishmen, small indeed when COM
pared 70 holy Patrick.
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IL beautiful woman in Ire
land. and exclaimed:
Look in her face and you forge
all-everything else. All! that face
Ito be loved by that woman woule
build and burn another Troy"
In Rome In Florence, wherever she
went. men fell on their knees before
the beautiful representative of Erin;
many declared her the most beautiful
woman that ever lived; Byron wrote
poems to her-unto his death he never
forgot her; and nine years after meet.
ing her wrote to friend, THE head
OF Lady Charlemont, when l first saw
her, seemed to possess all that sculp-
ture could require for the ideal"
Ireland for ages has been famed for
its lovely women-women with eyes as
limpfd as its lakes, as blue as Its
skies, and voices as soft as the winds
that caress the green meadows; they
have been famed in song and story.
And shrined in the heart OF every true
lrishman with his desire for national
freedom is his love for his Kathleen
Mayourneen
Lady Charlemont, who inspired both
Byron and Thomas Moore, had many
predecessors; has had many success
sors. Beauty fourishes In Ireland as
luxurtantly as the shamrock. Many of
lreland's beauties. like Lady Pole
Carew, whom King Edward declared
The fairest woman In the United King
1om; Maude Come, the Irish Joan of
Arc" and Lady Nesta Fitzgerald, have
become famous. Others, like the gems
of purest ray serene" which 'sthe |
lark, unfathomed caves of ocean
'ear," unfold their beauty In Ireland's
,harming retreats. its secluded farms
md lake regions, unknown to fame.
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a. Patrick,s hIah Place.

Irishmen and all others honor them
selves IN honoring st. Patrick. He
was one-perhaps the greatest
among many men and many women
who devoted their lives to the teach
Inc of the truth and kindness and to
education In It's highest sense.
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And in far later years. with the purest
devotion,
To the high cause Of freedom full many
son
OF the green shores Of Erin, the gem of
the ocean,
Fair evergreen laurels OF glory has won.
The martyred oNeal and the gallant
Fitzgerald
On the bright list of glory forever shall
stand,
And fame circle Emmett the eloquent
herald,
who Weakened the spirit and pride of
his land.
They are gone! they are gonel but their
memories that linger
On the shores where they persisted no
wretch shall revile.
No slave of a tyrant shall dare point the
finger
or scorn Mt those sors of the Emerald
Isle.
John Greenieaf Whittier.
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Aexxz lssa Hzsss a-.ass->-s.-As-.----
sI]auellters
ut Grin
15ail~ ann
Iialllpl

ORD BYRON looked into
the eyes OF Anne Birming-
ham. countess of Charlie
mont, in her day the most
beautiful woman in Ire
land, and exclaimed:
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, NATURE, GRACE AND
TRAINING FITTED
ST. PATRICK TO
HIS TASK
So Well Accomplished,
Ireland Was Known
for Centuries as
the Land of
Saints !

} T. PATRICK says OF him
4 self in his confession that
he was born at "Dannaven
4 Taberniae," which Is ex-
tremely hard to identify.
Some. however, claim that
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Therefore

Mr.. Merchant and Business
Man. meet your competitors
with their own weapons
advertising.
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THE OLD MELODIES
OF ERIN
Ancient Minstrelsy Is to
Be Preserved for
All Time.

NE HUNDRED years ago
Ireland had a remnant OF
her ancient bards; fallen
from their high estate, it
is true, being reduced in
great part to tho nomad
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15
The Democratic Nominee for Governor.

THE appeal to Reason questions
Bryan's sincerity in behalf of the
common lpeople," because, il
alleges, he is worth So, 900, 900. To
my belief one cipher less would
more nearly express the truth /;
but that is neither here or there.
1t is not the possession of wealth,
but the manner of its requirement,
that may faint the honor of it's
possessor. Then, again, l have
been very credibly informed that
Messr5. Warren and Wayland,
laudably engaged-according to
their light--in trying to better the
condition of the impoverished,
toiling masses, sport their auto
mobiles and are not domiciled in
log-walled, puncheon-fl o ored
houses, but are surrounded by all
the conveniences and comforts
that modern civilization, coupled
with q full purse, induces. Are
they "demagogues'' because of
that? Their own logic convicts
them,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15
6 BEAUTIFUL TEASPOONS FREE.

Farm Progress of ST. Louis, Mo-,
the biggest and best semimonthly
farm and agricultural paper print.
ed in the United. States, offers to
send six beautiful teaspoons to
anyone who sends Is cents for a
one-year subscription, or one doz-
en- spoons for a two-year subscrip.
ton at 30 cents. The spoons are
six inches in length and are made
OF solid siIveroid pure White
MedaD, which will not tarnishs
and in ordinary use will last for
years. The edges are handsomely
beaded after the design of the
most expensive spoons made and
In every way will prove valuable
to the household. If you are at
present a subscriber and wish to
take advantage of this offer, your
subscription will be extended.
Tell your friends and neighbors
about this generous offer. Ad-
dress all orders to Farm Progress.
st. Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15
WYcliffess PrayAra

Among recent sales of relics and
curios in London was that Of Wycliffe's
Prayers Of the Bible" Of the date of
1927 or ~thereabout. "The rare old
black letter Of this work puts it," says
the noted authority on curios, ]. F.
Blacker, "at once among the s~carcest
examples of old "Flete Strete' print
ing. The noble old divine died in 1884,
shortly after he had completed his
translation of the Bible into English.
These prayers we're imprinted Just
about the time when the first English
Bible was published by Tyndale in the
years 1526-1532. The six parts realized
ESQ, though a copy Of each of the
first four parts sold some time ago for
R4O0."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15
Destroying Weeds il Ponds

Copper sulphate is often used for
destroying the scum-like weeds in
ponds. But precautions must be ia
ken. for unless the right proportion Of
sulphate is used any fish which NAV
be in the pond will be injured. The
proportion of copper sulphate used in
the ponds at Kew Gardens is n part
to from 100000 to 1,O0O,O 900 parts Of
water. sulphate Of copper in a pull
verized state is placed in a porous bag
and dragged through the water until
dissolved. The water in st. James's
Park, London, It might be mentioned.
a for two summers been kept free
from scum by this method.-London
Mail.
Job-work at the REGISTER Office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

+A HALM
The Democratic ticket, National,
State and local, Is completed, and
q mighty good ticket ii IL. The
contests for place on it we're. In
some instances, spirited, and the
margin OF success narrow, but We
can all c~heerfully and hopefully
on till the ides Of November shall
have closed the struggle in victory
over the common enemy M
good reason is there for ANY,
Democrat to sulk in his tent o.
indulge bis love for the art pisca-
torial-on election day. After
shat, the fishing Will be fine ana
not interfere with any Of the dom
pick duties the citizen owes tbe
State.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

IRON COUNTY Democrats are
certainly to be congratulated on
the magnificent vote they gave At
torney-G General Major. His vote
was much the same in nearly ev-
cry Democratic stronghold in the
State.
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G. 3. Ready Lies Large Opportunities,
CARLETON cnLI-EnE oae..

CARLETON COLLEGE offers unex-
celled advantages for an education.
The Courses in the Academy-Collepe.
Piano, Voice, Violin and Art Departments
ARE thorough in every way.
The Moral and Religious life of the stu
is safeguarded and nurtured.
The Faculty represent the best scholastic
training.
New Science Hall is ready for use.
Splendid equipment. Ladies' Dormitory.
Board, Room and Tuition for the Year.
One Hundred and Sixty-Nine Dollars.
z M GILLILAND, PRESIDENT.
Pennington, Mo.
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The st. Louis Star: $50 far as
reported, the total vote cast in the
State at the Democratic primaries
was about 100, 900, while the total
Republican was about 81, 900.
This shows a majority of 43, 200
Democrats at the primaries, Ger
tainly not encouraging to the Re-
publicans for November. This is
partly explained by the warmer
fight in the Democratic party for
the gubernational nomination, but
1t might also be claimed that the
difference was caused by Bull
Moosers remaining away from the
polls.v
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

WOULD suggest to the Liquor
Dealers Association of Missouri
that it will pay the members
thereof we'll to attend to their own
knitting, leaving the politics of the
State to the care of the lave of us.
Insolent meddling may call for
drastic remedy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

THE rural districts of Missouri
have shown in the late primary
that the cities cannot run things
their way all the time. Some of
US have grown tired of st. Louis
and Kansas City setting up our
candidates in August in order to
knock 'em over in November.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

ISN'T our election machinery
unnecessarily complicated and
burdensome-with the maximum
of cost and the minimum of good
result?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

MAJOR carried eighty-five out
OF the ia counties in the state.
That certainly entitled him to the
nomination.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

ONE William Joel Stone has
no doubt taken notice that Mis-
souri, Democrats are nominating
their own candidates these DAYS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

LAST Tuesday Hon. Champ
Clark was unanimously re-nomi-
mated for Congress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15

The Hon. Walter L. Hensley
has received the unqualified en-
dorsement of his Democratic con-
stituents and he will no doubt
continue to represent them in
Congress for at least two years
longer. He possesses the three
Democratic qualif cations: is hon.
est, faithful and efficient.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15
E. D. AXE, EDITOR.

AND Elliott W. Major is his
name!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-15
Big Bargains
SUMMER CLOTHlNG!!

Entire Stock of Mems
and Boys Summer Suits
and Trousers go at IMMENSE RE.
DIIONS, in order to "Clean
House. for the New Fall
Stock, which is soon to
arrive.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Had Varied Occupations.

In his varied career he was also part
ner in a travelling drug business and at
another time conducted a panopticon or
panorama As side lines, he also engaged
in the selling OF musical instruments and
sewing machines. His musical ability be-
ing well known he was paid IS day FOR
some work he did in arranging and writing
music for a new hymnal.
When a new institution for the blind was
needed, his own blindness did not prevent
him from being a successful lobbyist in IA
vor OF a bill that had been introduced into
the Ohio legislature by a member Of that
body, who himself was totally blind. Mr..
Welsh gives US his own philosophy Of life
and II is the most optimistic and sunny that
can be imagined.
Among other things, he writes: "our
happiness is what we make It II we 20
forth in life with the determination Of be-
ing happy and making others happy, we
will succeed ninety-nine times out Of 100"
He points out that blindness IS not the worst
possible fate that can befall a man, and
declares: IF IN any condition Of life we
were to look on the dark side only. we could
make ourselves miserable. The true phil
osophy Of life Is not to fret or worry over
anything or any condition that is beyond ou-
control, but to make the best use Of all
means placed within our reach for our we'll
being and the happiness OF those with whom
we are associated and for humanity at large"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
E5gdl Among Men Work with Hand Bran 80

Hccident will now and then ccm-
bine circumstances So as to place an
individual bi9ber than be deserves,
but In the long run Merit, and merit
alone, will determine the outcome.
Che law Of survival is the one i'm.
lnutabIe law; the strong must rise 10
their appointed and destined places;
the weak must serve those Wbc prove
their illness to command.
-6erbert Kaufman.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
How Optimism Pays in Business;
One Man Regained Lost TradebyIt
BvHV SIMPSON,
By H. v. SIMPSON.

I'D you ever see dollar after dollar sunk
steadily into q business that once had
paid out dollars instead Of taking
them? Did you ever see hope after hope
flicker out and dIe7 Did you ever-but
q thousand different angles that breed pessi-
misTn present themselves when a mans busi-
ness. for no apparent reason. suddenly starts
on the down grade. That was the direction
my business had been travelling for six
months II seemed that nothing could do
could stop It. was losing hope.
And so was every one else connected with
the establishment. I had been compelled 10
dispense with the services of ten OF my clerks,
and the other forty that were left were not
cheerful The empty sisles. the lack Of the
hurry and hustle that they had been usedto IN
the past depressed them, and It reelected in
their work. Everything was gloom. Even the
weather, cloudy and rainy, day by day,
seemed TO be in sympathy with the something
that was driving me out OF business II was
one Of those conditions that come sometimes
in a mans business, for which there Is no
explanation. and which only time can change.
But did not have the resources with which
to wait for times to change. IhaGto do some
thing and do 1t quickly.
One day walked through the store and
noticed the glum looks on the faces OF every
one happened to glance into q mirror and
saw that my face was as glum as any ones
perhaps more so. And q thought flashed
into my brain.