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New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
CHRONICLES
AND LEGENDS
OF IRELAND
r., NEu MACnONAl
St. Patrick in the Annals
of Clonmacnois
BY NEIL MACDONALD

LONAIACNOIS owes Il measure
~ of its fame to the Annals"
A written in Gaelic and of very
great antiquity. The earlier
portion Of the history is undoubtedly
largely mythical, and even in the more
modern part, fable and fact are so in
terlaced that it is extremely difficult to
attain certainty. Ii claims TO be IA
narration of events from the dawn OF
humanity down TO laos. when the rec
ord closed.
According to the old chroniclcrs all
the heather kings who reigned In Ire
land until the time of st. Patrick num-
tn, Gaelic people anterior to the time
of Noah and write of events beyond
the range of human knowledge. with
all the assurance of undoubtlng GER
talnty.
Much is written about st. Patrick in
the ANNALS" but. here again, the
miraculous and Improbable are so
c0mmingled with reality that IL is hard
to determine what Is truth and what is
fiction.
translate portion of 1t bearing
upon the life of st. Patrick. which is
doubtless in the main correct:
"In the fourth year of King Leogair's
reign ST. Patrick, the apostle Of Ire
land, was sent over by commission Of
Pope Celestine to convert the land
from paganism to Christianity. but he
did not land here until after the death
of Celestlne, in the first year of Sixtus.
his successor in the year A. ID. 432.
Ardmachu was edited and made the
rick. Some writers say that st. James
the Apostle came to this land: others
say that Palladius was sent here be-
fore st. Patrick. but he had not much
success. for he converted TO the faith
hut five parishes only, which were In
Lelnster. and as he was returning TO
Rome he died in Pictland tScotland)."
In the ANNALS" frequent mention is
made Of st. Kieran. who was not only
the founder Of Clonmacnois, but was
COnnaught. The annals of lyinisfaf
assign the year 506 as the date of st.
Kieran's birth and 54S as that of his
death. So great was his reputation for
sanctity that people in that part of
Ireland. even now. couple his name
with deity when they wish to give
additional force to an assertion.
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ARCTIC VISITOR TO BRITAIN
Little AUX Frequently Driven Far In
land by Storms and Continued In
clement Weather Conditions.

The little aux. polar bird familiar
10 all arctic explorers. is an irregular
winter visitor to the British isles from
the polar regions. chiefly arriving on
the northern shores. During the 80
we're winter only. however. do these
birds make their appearance in large
numbers. being driven from the coaSts
far inland by the violent storms ac-
companied by arctic weather.
In the memorable winter of lS9i-93.
when the temperature fell below zero
In various parts of the country. re-
markable invasion of these little birds
took place along the northern and
eastern shores of Britain. Another
great invasion of these birds took
place during the severe wintry wealth
er early In 1912. when the aux was
found in abundance in various ipiand
localities.
The aux selects for its nest boies
und crevices In rocks and cliffs. into
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Famous Seven Churches
of Clonmacnois.

NHE ruins of the Seven
Churches" OF ClOnmacnOis are
among the most famous and
ancient Of the architectural remains In
Ireland. They stand on a green bank,
high raised above the River Shannon,
and about seven miles from Athlone.
A monastery or religious city was
founded at Clonmacnois In A. ID. 545-
54S. which rose to great importance,
though its foundation was almost acci-
dental and its founder gave It no fos-
tering care. st. Kieran, "Mac ant
Saor," "Son Of the Carpenter" as he
was named, from his fathers occupa-
tion. had settled as recluse on Inis
Ainghin Tor Hare island) In Loughrea,
and conceived the idea OF founding a
little wooden church and cell far down
the Shannon at lonely spot. While
engaged on the work he was found
by fugitive prince, Dermot, who aid
ed him to set the first posts Of the
church there. earning the saints bless
ing and prophecy of coming honor.
Soon afterward Dermot was elected
king Of Ireland and endowed the es
tablishment. The place grew in fame
and learning. and many churches and
villages were crowded around Kieran's
cell.
The seven churches of Clonmacpois
were nearly all erected by kings and
petty princes for their places Of sepul
ture. who though continually at war
while living were content to lie here
peaceably in death. One OF these
churches. "Tempul Righ" (King's
Church) was built by the king of
Meath, and MP till recent times was
the burial place of his descendants
Another was built by O'Connor Don;
third and fourth by O'Kelly and Nacar.
thy More and the largest of all wa.
erected by The MacDermot.
Clonmacnois was the seat Of
bishopric for close on thousand years
until in 1868 the see was united to that
of the Bishop Of Meath. During the
long period Of Its eminence as a center
of religion and learning Clonmacnois
produced a long list of noted men
some of European fame.
II suffered often from plunderers
and destroyers. both Morse and Irish
having been ravaged six times between
s34 and 1912: burned at least ten times
between 10 and 1882 and was burnec
and plundered often afterward.
The Morse king, Turgesis, in his at
tempt TO break up the Irish church in
S45. enthroned his wife, Otto. on the
altar of the church of Clonmacnois
whence she gave her oracles. Ii was
plundered by the subjects of King
Donough O'Brien in 1912. but he pun
ished the culprits and made amends to
the monks. The Normans also raw.
aged IT several times about 100. Per
haps the reputation Conmacnois hao
of being one of the richest religious es-
Establishments in ireland had much tc
do with attracting plunderers.
Omitting mere sites and foundations
there remains at Clonmacnois two
round towers, three crosses Of large
size and elaborate sculpture. seven
churches. a castle. two holy wells ane
some two hundred inscribed tomb
stones and fragments.
tcopsrisht. isze Western Newspaper Usies.
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BULL ASSOCIATIONS TO STAY
Every Oairynan in Community May
Have Use of Animals Of High
Producing Ancestry.

Grepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
Bull associations are mere to stay.
Figures furnished by the United States
department of agriculture show that
there We're rs cooperative bun asso-
Citations in operation in this country on
July l, 1919 which represents gain of
II associations over the previous year
when records showed that there were
A associations active on July |, 1918.
Bull associations have proved espe-
cially popular in sections where dairy
ing is comparatively new industry.
Many dairymen have been anxious to
increase the productivity of their cows,
but due 10 the fact that their herds
were small and their resources limited
ii was often impossible for them to
buy and maintain sufficiently good
purebrcd bulls To accomplish this pur-
pose. 1t is in eases of this kind that
the bull association has proved most
valuable says the department. BY or
ganizng the dairymen into an as
sociation and working comparatively
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
DAIRY NOTES
The bull should be well cared for.

The bull should be well cared for.
Ii takes a mighty good COW TO hold
her own with - average hens.
MIX production is very largely a
matter of proper feed induction.
Whitewash is one of the best and
cheapest barn interior decorations.
1t is worth as much or little more
to feed and care for bull a year than
for COW.
1t is important that the calf pens
he SO placed as to avoid too great vari-
ations in temperature.
Milking is q dirty job these cold
mornings hut don't slight the precau-
tions to keep the dirt out of the pail.
Feed is high priced. but we cannot
afford to stint the producing COW.
Cows are very important farm ami
mails. Every farmer should take good
care of his COWS.
A good COW is always worth more
than she will bring on the market.
Take good care of your COWS.
A dairyman talks about pounds of
milk. The consumer thinks of il IN
quarts. -Four quarts of average milk
weigh Bit oTer Sh pounds.
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12

practical economy To build and own
your home. The ownership not only
inSurcS the family with a comfortable
place in which To live, but the owner
will be accommodating the best asset
money will purchase. But, aside from
the investment standpoint, owning II
home brings larger dividends in the
satisfaction and comforts that go hand
IN hand with owning the home in
which you live. Home owners are
stable; they are best members of So
ciety in any community, and are given
both business and social opportunities
that are denied to the renter. II
pays in every way to own IL home, and
the best way 10 get the home you
really want is to select the plans
and build il.
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room. At either side OF the fireplace
are windows.
The dining room at the right is IL
feet q inches by 10 feet. and, being
corner room, with double windows
in each wall. is CHEEKY place. Back
Of the dining room is the kitchen. =
feet Q inches by 10 feet, with a good
sized pantry Off il.
At the rear Of the living room is n
door that opens into short halt
that connects the two bedrooms, each
of which is 10 feet 6 inches by l.
posite the dining room door is the
bathroom.
II VIII be noted that plenty Of closet
space is provided, there being closet
in the entrance hall. and one in con-
nection with each of the bedrooms.
The basement extends under the
whole of the house and provides ade-
quate space for the heating plant, fuel
storage and rooms for fruits and vege-
tables, and other things that usually
are stored In the basement.
From this description il can readily
be understood that this home is "A
convenient and comfortable place In
which to live. and, at the same time,
il is one of the least expensive of
homes to build.
While the house shown In the Illus
tration is of standard frame construc-
ton with clapb0ard sides, either brick
or stucco may be substituted without
changing the character OF construc-
tion. For stucco any Of the patented
Stuccu boards, or metal lath Is put on
with the stucco over il. Or wall of.
II >ipge brick thickness may be used
on the outside
These changes in the design can he
made readily by the architcct, or the
contractor, if he be an experienced
ana capable one. Whichever method
is used it is well 10 consult an archi-
tect the contractor and the material
lhaler before the material to be used
Is finally decided on. These men have
had long experience in building; are
familiar with the costs of materials
delivered 10 the place where the home
Is to be erected, and can give the best
possible advice to the home builder.
As was said at the beginning, it is
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
THE OULD SOD.

Pat Nowlan, do you mind of the
stile
That straddled the hedge by the
whin-grown cairn,
And the Connocht hills for many 4
mile
A-wearin' the green of the heather
and fern?
Do you think of the colleen baugh
SO sweet,
With laughter and mischief a.brim-
min DER?
Do you hear the pat of her wee bare
feet,
When she runs to meet with you
at the door?
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
Concerning Freedom of
Land From Snakes.

"HE freedom of Ireland from
snakes and other venomous
l. creatures was remarked by
writer's from a very early period.
The popular opinion among the
peasantry of ireland was that the is
land is indebted TO st. Patrick for the
exemption. This merit is still attrib-
uted to the saint. not only by the un-
educated. but also by some of those
who stand in the relationship Of moral
and intellectual guides of the people.
Joceline. a monk of Furness.
writer of the twelfth century, was the
first to give currency to this reputed
miracle of st. Patrick. The old chron-
icler writes: "As the season of Lent
approached st. Patrick withdrew into
a high mountain on the western coast
Of Connaught. TO be more at leisure
for contemplation and prayer. He
tasted for 40 days. without taking any
sustenance. After his period of fast
ing was completed, to this place he
gathered together the several tribes of
ssrpents and veuomous creatures. and
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lie concealed all affection. fearing
that out of sympathy she would sac
rifice herself to bring him a ray Of
happiness, and for three years she
continued her tender ministrations.
Finally Tilloloy said to his mother :;
Jeanne must care for me, or she
could not be so faithful. DO you be
lieve she loves meg"
The answering tap was in the af-
frmative. Upon his sweetheart's next
visit Tilloloy put the question:
Jeanne. will YOU marry meF"
A resolute tap and the folding Of a
pair of arms about the blind mans
mutlated body turned his fears of a
lifetime Of solitary suffering into
dreams Of quiet content.
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12

the many blessings enjoyed by the
hiehiy favored isle. Had Donat ne
lieved that st. Patrick had been the
active agent in securing this boon to
Ireland, it is improbable that he would
neglect to state the fact.
In his Confessions" st. Patrick lays
no claim to miraculous power of any
KIND unless it be, as the instrument of
divine grace In the conversion and
transforming of sinners, whereby they
became the children OF God. II is not
known that there was any other au-
thority for the story of st. Patrick's
banishing the snakes. but JOceiine.
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Nowl.n paused on his mass.ward

drove them beadlong into the Western
ocean. From hence hath proceeded the
exemption Ireland enjoys from all poi
sonous reptiles"
Solinus. who wrote few hundred
years before st. Patrick arrived In Ire
land. makes mention Of the fact of
Irelands freedom from all venomous
creatures. but assigns no cause for the
exemption.
Donat. bishop of Fisulae, near Flor
ence, who lived in the seventh century.
wrote Latin poem describing his ma
tive country, ireland. in which he re-
fers to the absence of snakes from the
land and frogs from the lakes of this
favored isle. A translation of the poem
is subjoined:
Far westward lies an isle of ancient fame.
Enrolled in books; exhaustless is her
store
OF veiny silver and of golden ore.
Her fruitful soil forever teens with
wealth.
With gems her waters. and her air with
health.
Her verdant feds with milk and honey
flow.
Her wooIly neeces vie with virgin snow.
Her waving burrows float with bearded
corn,
And arms and arts her envied sons adorn
No savage bear with lawless fury roves.
No ravenous lion through her peaceful
groves.
No poison there infects. no scaly snake
Creeps through the grass. nor frogs an
noy the lake;
An island worthy OF its pious race.
n war triumphant, and unmatched in
peace.
This enthusiastic. expatriated Irish
saint of the seventh century mentions
the exemption above noted, as among
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the purchase of proved bulls of high
producing ancestry is made pos
sibIe. By using these animals
comparatively few good bulls can
take the place of all the inferior bulls
formerly found in the community.
An example of what the bull asso-
citation can do in improving the type
of sireS is found in the South Gibson
Bull association of Susquehanna coun-
~. Pa. This association has 20 mem
hprs who own a total of 3S2 cows.
Before The buIl association was formed
there We're l3 bulls in the community
with total valuation of 81 300. After
organizing, only four bulls were needed
and these were purchased at a total
cost of Si.S00. The average invest
before organizing was $56l.5i, bur
after the association was formed the
average investment was 81 200 for each
of the good bulls. In this way each
dairyman had the use of bulls that
We're twice as valuable as the bulls
used formerly, and Mt the same time
his investment was Sl25 less.
The southern states have been found
especially well adapted to bull asso-
citation work. Darying in these states
is making rapid strides. and producers
have shown great interest in improved
dairy cattle. Twenty of the associa-
tions organized during the past year
are credited 10 the South, six associa-
tions having been formed in Mississp-
ri. four in North Carolina. three in
South Carolina, two each in Alabama.
Georgia and Tennessee, and one in
Louisiana.
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
Roadside Crosses.

The McNirans have q quaint. but
rather appropriate custom concerning
crossroads. If two friends happen TO
meet NJ a crosSroad and then soon af-
ter one Of them should happen TO die
tho other returns To their last meet
ing place and erectS u cross and says
prayer for his dead "compadre"
These little crosses sga Just rough lit
ale wooden crosses propped up by little
piles Of stone. hut to the native they
represent his sacred duty TO friend
who has been 50 unfortunate as 10 die
soon after having met him nj the cross
ing OF the ways
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12

which il creeps long way. and there
lays its single egg. out of reach of its
enemies. the arctic foxes. The eggs
are OF very delicate. pale greenlsh-
Ike blue color. family spotted. Like
the razorbill. guillemot and other spe-
cies. the little aux has remarkably
small wings. which are used finlike TO
propel themselves rapidly under wa
ter. Although so small. they fly with
great speed. with rapid wing-beats.
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
LIVES TO TELL OF LONG FALL
From Top OF 125-Foot Smoke
stack.

Milwaukee. Wis.-Plunging from o
smokestack 125 feet high and living
to tell Of the accident was the expert
ence that overlook Edward SHARING
of Chica go. SHARING who is mason
was at work on the top Of the smoke
stack when powerful gust of vino
hurled him from his perch. A rops
on the inside Of the stack broke hi.
fall. lie landed at the bottom viii
his legs fractured in two places.
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12

fc,f Wide As viii Ice seen by the
floor plan. the home contains FIVE good
ruuris and bath. The interior arrange
mrlt Is on the order of colonial
houSc. the entrance being into hall
iu The center Of the building. with
the living room on one side and the
dining room on the other.
Al II the rooms are of good size.
The living room * at the left II is
~ feet inches by Il feet. and has
four attractive easement windows
that open on the terrace. The open
fireplace is at the end Of the living
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
Stricken Dead at Neiohbor's Bier

Mount Zion. O.-While. watching al
the bier Of neighbor who had died
of pneumonia. William Fritz. sixty
years old. a farmer, was stricken with
heart disease and found dead by the
other watchers.
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
MIXED Drink Which Made Him Wild

Washington ''Since prohibition
came into effect he cOncOcts some sOrf
of drink which literally makes him
wild said Mrs. Anna J. Campbell In
asking for divorce frWn her hus
band
New Mexico state record., 1920-03-12
GIRL WILL WE'D
HELPLESS HERO
Blind, Deaf and ArmIess as Re-
suit of Injuries Received
in War.
LOVE S0FTENS "ExILE"
French Soldier Believed to Be Most
Unfortunate Being in All History
Scientists Were Debating
Painless Death.

PariS.-Blnd, deaf and with both
arms amputated as the result of in
jurieS received in action during the
war, the young French veteran, Emile
Till0loy, considered the most unfor-
tunate being in all history. has found
refuge from his tribuations in the
love of little peasant girl, Jeanne
Delavoine, his boyhood sweetheart.
Their engagement has been an
nounced and the marriage is to take
place early in the spring.
The announcement has set at rest
the minds of leading French moral
lists and philosophers who had been
debating if the ending of Tilloloy's
trials by euthanasia would not be
justified. .s
Debate Painless Death.
Had society any right to demand for
the sake of moral precedent, the
continued Calvary of this modern Iobf
Would it be an humane and enlight-
pned act to put an end 10 his horri-
BILE sentence 10y quick and painless
deathr
These were the disturbing queS-
tons asked by French mctaphysi-
clans.
ON July n. 1916, Tilloloy was
wounded in both arms and the face
by bursting shell. The detonation
broke both ear drums.
Expert surgery and tender care
saved his life, but he left the mill
tary hospital n year later deprived of
the three senses of sight. touch and
hearing, able only 10 taste and smell
Taps Only Language.
lie was taken Ia his own home, in
the little hamlet of Canaples, Depart
ment of the S0mme. and placed un-
der care Of his mother and two sis
tiers.
\ primitive system of taps on his
body for yves" and mo" constituted
his only means of receiving messages.
Upon Tilloloy's return To his home
Jeanne became II daily visitor taking
her turn at sitting beside him and
tending his needs. She identified her
self by three short taps.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-11
Appetites vs.. Lives

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: According to The Tribune Of
even date, the grand jury is about to
recommend the employment Of IN addi-
tonal thousand traffic policemen 70 re-.
doee to minimum if possible, the
number Of motor car fatalities.
in this connection. permit a,e TO pro-
pose more effective method. namely
regard for the Federal Constitution by
enforcing the Volsiead Act. So long as
we have more respect for the sensuous
appetites of the few than for the lives
OF the many, the motor peril vii net be
met with ten thousand additional police
men; for investigation viii prove that
reckless driving is largely due to IN
toxication.
Motor car accidents are effects, no.
causes. Stop the manufacture and sale
and use Of liquor in fact. This will bs
the public's safest insurance policy
against irresponsible driving.
ROBERT S ROSS.
New York, Oct. 7, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-11
Spry New jersey

New Jerseys rate of increase in
population between 1910 and 1920 is
the highest reported to date by an
Eastern state. 1t is nearly twice
New York's-24.4 to 1879. New Jer-
sey has also grown nearly twice as
last as Massachusetts. The only
other Eastern state so far whose
percentage rivals hers is Connecti-
cut, with 23.S.
Connecticut and New Jersey are
both wedged in between much big
ger neighbors, but neither is over
shadowed. Both profit through the
suburban overflow. New JERSEY is
something of sleeping porch for
New York City and Philadelphia.
But there is an even greater stimu-
lus to growth in both these states in
their rapidly developing industries.
1t is curious reversal of prece-
dent that Hudson County has grown
faster than Jersey City, Essex
County faster than Newark, Passajc
County faster than Paterson. Ber-
gen County, with no large city
showed an increase in population of
o2'7 per cent. New Jersey has. in
tact, suffered relatively little from
the general backward pull of the
last decade Her rate of increase
between 1900 and 1910 was SAT and
between 1890 and 1900 3O.4. The
three decades show an average Gain
Of 1896 per cent.
New Jersey gained two seats in
the House of Representatives under
the census of 1890, two under the
census of 1900 and two under the
census of 1910. She will gain two
more under the present census if the
ratio of apportionment is increased
from 211,S77 to 100000, but will
New-York tribune., 1920-10-11

naming one-tenth. Still, the up
holders of the all-male tradition
must view as a portent the specta-
Gle of women boldly calling them
selves daughters of Harvard.
Some years ago the Harvard med
ical students, in petitioning against
the opening of the Medical School to
women. set forth the argument that
Whenever a woman should prove
herself capable of an intellectual
achievement this latter would cease
to constitute an honor to the men
who had previously priced it, The
present-day inheritors of this senti
ment must feel that the days of their
glory are numbered.