The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-29

OF the pioneers TO accept the teach
lngs ~ the Irish missionaries. ST.
gurd's son built o great church ar
Rirsay In the west Mainland (Po-
mona1. Another was erected in EEil-
shay. the ruined tower Of which stlll
exists. and these. with the chapel OF
~. Olaf tho longer s%tanding) appear
to have oeen the first places reared
for Christian worship by the Morse
men in orkney.
About the beginning Of the twelfth
century Hakon and Magnus. two
cousins who divided the orkney Jarl-
dom. became estranged. and the lat
ter was assasslnated. some years az.
ter the king Of Norway granted half
the orkney earldom 10 Rugnvald
tKall. a grant which PAM. son Of
Hakon. who succeeded his rather, re-
fused 20 recognize. Roegnyaid. hay-
ing made a vow that II his expedition
were successful he would dedicate 20
Masnus "a church. bore down on lthe
Orknoys and put Paul &C. the sword.
Tho vow was kept and the foundation
u the magnificent cathedral Of 81.
Magnus was laid in uo7 This was
also the foundation Of Kirkwall's su-
prrmaov in the Orkueys.
THE Ancient Cathedral.
The cathedral was nnglly CONE
plcted in 1900. II shows i've differ
ent STYLES az architecture. Norman
and Gothic mainly. aud IA one Of the
three old %cathedrals TO be found In
Scotland now remaining at all In per-
feet condition. Il stands out In all
views 81 the place 'preeminent IN
beauty and dignity q cruciform
banding. with symmetrical arches and
rich mullioned windows.
Toward the close Of the nf,eenth
! century the islands passed TO the
Scotch crown. and in direct violation
Of an act Of parliament that Orkney
was not 10 be given away except Go
/ or the king snus uf 'lauchful bed,
queen Mary granted then 90 her un'-
Vral brother. Lord iiober, stewart.
VINO passed them on to his son Earl
Patrick stewart. This MAJ lived a
life OF prohiga,y and RIGHTEOUSNESS,
which At Length brought his head tu
the block. though cousln-germnn To
\ the Kigu of Scotland. and gave kirk
wall a century OF s~huddering rcc"i-
lection. For his cruelty Co The ma
tivcs he was called the courgc ~
! Orkney He constructed the EarIs
Palace, the ruins ~ which stand %
La little way from the cathedral "a
structure OF baronial architecture
Scoto-Flem,sh, the most distinctive
characteristic being the bartizan tur-
rets projecting from Amos every pos
sibie angle or corner IL was In the
80 - 81 HHH HmA that tho
scene was laid Tor the meeting az
Cleveland aud Runcc. in The Pirate
Of sir Walter Scott
"A few hundred yards east Of the
town are the remains of Cromwcli-
fort. built by Oliver because Of the
ospousal 10y the Orcudians OF the
cause of Charles IL. ~ostensihly TO
ward Oh foreign assault. really To- fur
nish a vantlEepoint in case scotland
might not agree with the lord protec-
tor concerning the government OF
Kings. other interesting relies are
the bishops palace. where Hakon
died. and Tenderness House. "A me
example OF the mansion of the Old
time Orkney laird. 4 typical sneci-
men Of the Pictlsh tower may be
found "A few miles away across Holm
sound.
Acknowledge God aud Get land.
But 200 or 500 odallers survive he
~ro.e.s a. the old Norsc days, a few
being ia kirkwall. They were the
free-holdcrs Who got their land near
Iy 1900 years ago, holding 1t In IN"
alI-houd and acknowledging cod
alone for u. paying no tithes thereon
They were an Independent lot. The
Irith prince might marry the daughter
|.f th. poor ouaIlcr. buf nothing short
OIL am actual INVASION could compel IN
udnI,rs services They still retain
itLc Sous, features and culorug, and
some uf the ancient Nnrac language,
| Occasionally % Writer storm Boa this
,yie.uity has swept away 20 ~sandh1uk
and barred the bone, uf NoE-c war
r.1rr. with their arms and aocoutr'-
mont. where thcy f,Il 900 some ancient
flts.
THE people today are peaceful s'-
uia'. uua luquls.ti'e, industrious end
hlip ~Iur.aiusr- wh,u tourists are
prouud. The town had torm'fly an
cytin..tc linen industry and ii"u snp-
piled straw braid for usr iu mtNiU-
hats. but those haud!crar's have Inn
puishcd, and nah supply the cher
soufsr Of Industry today.