THE SHAMROCK.
Thwe Is a legend tlint when St. Pat
rick began to talk to the pagiin Irish of
fh Trinity they would not listen to him
wnta the hnppy thought struck him of
Uluatrating tho doctrine by means of the
Druid's Nicred plant the shamrock, or
mall white clover. Tho three leaves
growing on one stem used as a symbol
nade his teachings clear, and the sham
lock became henceforward sacred to St.
Patrick. It is said by others that the
shamrock is worn on St. Patrick's Day
to represent the cross. It is a curious
ftsct that the trefoil is called shamrakh
fa Arabic, and that it was hold sacred in Ffttrlck " nonr Inverness. There
FOOTSTEPS OF THE 8AINT.
Tho Xonio of rntrlrk l'tTpi-limtrd In Many
I.amln.
Tlie footsteps of fct. Patrick may be
tracpd almost from his cradle to his
grave by the names of various places
which he visited during his life. Assum
ing his origin to have lccn Scottish,
traces of his life begin in Dumbarton
shire, Scotland, where tho legondary
place of his birth is known as Kflpatrick
(cell or church of Patrick). Dalpatrick
(tho district or division of Patrick) is in
Lanarkshire. Crnigiihadriir (the rock of
are
ancient Tersia as emblematical of the
lrn Triads. Pliny, in his natural his
tory, says that serpent are never seen
pon trefoil, and that it is an antidote to
the bite of the snake and the sting of the
eorpion.
e's a sweet little spot away down br Capo
kit's Ireland herself, to all Irishmen dear
Wbare tlio white praties blossom like Ulcgant
nowers,
i the wild birds slog sweetly above tho
ponnd towers.
the dear little shamrock, that none can
withstand,
Ik the beautiful emblem of old Ireland.
Ik his hat good fit. Patrick used always to wear
tkahamrck whenever ho went to a fair,
Aat NebachadnecEar no doubt highly prised
A bit of the blossom when he went disguised,
for the blossom of beauty Itself might expand
Wben bedecked by the shamrock of old Ireland..
When far, far away a sweet blossom I've seen,
Tl dreamt of shlllalaha and shamrocks so
green,
That grow, like two twins, on the bogs and tho
hills.
With a drop in my eye that with Joy my heart
fills,
Aai I've blessed tho dear sod from a far dis
tant strand,
And the beautiful shamrock of old Ireland.
Dean Swift's Shortest Sermon.
Dean Swift once preached a charity
sermon in St. Patrick's cathedral, Dub
lin, the length of which bored some of his
bearers so greatly that their comments
wached his ears. The next time he preach
ed a charity sermon in the cathedral he
took for his test the words,"He that hath
pity upon the poor lendeth to the Lord,
and that which he hath given will he pay
Mm again." Repeating this text with
emphasis the dean said, "Now, my bo
loved brethren, you hear the terms of
the loan; if you like the security, down
with the dust.".. Tho contribution was a
large one.
O'Leary's Itetort to Curran.
John Philpot Curran, the noted Irish
barrister, and the no less renowned Fa
ther O'Leary met at a nner one day, in
the course of which rran said to the
priest:
"Reverend father, I wish you were St.
Peter."
"And why, councilor?" asked O'Leary.
"Because," was tho reply, "in that
case you would have the keys of heaven
and you coiild let me in."
"By my honor and conscience," said
the divine, "if I had the keys to the oth
er place it would be better for yon, for
then I could let you out."
A Sweet Irish Girl.
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t ' fc irlrl 111 Mia
W'ii For uhd's nnl.v.
WAi&if1 ' witty,
t-J-X She's hoaxing.
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w.JMii7? u wio's smiling,
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Mm rattles.
She prattles,
Hho (lances
And pranocs;
OcliI A sweet Irish
two churches called Klrkpatrick one at
Irongray, in Kircudbright, and another
at f ioming, in Dumfnoa.
Tho place he sailed ft way from is
known as Port Patrick, and tho place
where ho first preached in England is
called Patterdale (Patrick's dale), In
Westmoreland. Flo founded another
Kirkpatrick in Durham, and visiting
w aies waucea over a causeway now cov
ered by the sea and forming a danger
ous shoal on Carnarvon bay, which be
came henceforth Sarnbadrig (Patrick's
causeway). lie sailed for the continent
from Llan-Badrig (the Church of
Patrick), in tho island of Anglosea.
When he went to Ireland he first
landed at Innispatrick (the Island of Pat
rick), and next at Holmpatrick on the
opposite sido of the mainland in the
county of Dublin. On the Isle of Man
he founded another Kirkpatrick, near
Peel, and later he landed on the coast of
Ireland, in the county of Down, where
he converted the Chief Dioka and bap
tized him on his own threshing floor,
the name, Sabbal-Patrick (the barn of
Patrick) perpetuating the event. From
there he went to Temple-Patrick, in An
trim, and thence to a lofty mountain in
Mayo, which has ever sinee been called
Cragh Patrick.
In East Moath he foundod an abbey
called Domnachpadroig (the Church of
Patrick), and built a houso in Dublin
where St. Patrick's cathedral now stands.
Ia an island of Lough Dcrg, in the coun
ty of Donegal, there is a St Patrick's
purgatory; in Leinster, St. Patrick's
Wood; atCashel, St. Patrick's rock, and
there are St Patrick's wells scattered by
the dozen all over Ireland. His death is
said to have taken place at Down pa trick,
where tho remains of St Bridget and St.
Columb were laid beside him.
A more curiously derived same than
any of these is that of Stnrill, applied to
a woll known place near Downpatrick.
This name was originally Struth-fhuil
(Stream of Blood), and is said to have
been derived from the following circum
stance: St Patrick was baptizing a con
verted pagan chieftain at this place and
inadvertently rested the iron point of his
crozier on the chieftain's great toe, caus
ing a serious wound, from wliich the
blood flowed freely. The chieftain, how
ever, in his ignorance of the rites of
Christianity, bore the pain without flinch
ing, and his fortitude has been commem
orated as above set out
O'Connell and the Fishwife.
It was O'Connell who had the celebrat
ed altercation with the fishwife on a
wagor. O'Connell knew well the effect
of polysyllables on the ignorant ear. The
spirited discussion in which he opposed
the language of Euclid against billings
gate wound up as follows:
Fishwife Go rinse your mouth in the
Liffey, yon nasty ticklepitcher. After
all the bad words you speak it ought to
be filthier than your face, you dirty
chicken of Beelzebub I
O'Connell You're a most inimitable
periphery I A convicted perpendicular
in petticoats! There's contamination in
your circumference, and you tremble
with guilt clear to the extremities of
your corollaries I You are a porter swip
ing similitude of the bisection of a vor
tex! At this the fishwife aimed a saucepan
at O'Connell's head, and he was declared
winner. ,
1st. Patrick's Jawbone.
For many years a family in Belfast,
living in very humble state, were in pos
session of a silver shrine inclosing what
was said to be tho jawbone of St. Patrick.
This relic was believed, and if it be still
in existence is probably believed to this
day, to possess potent virtues. A writer
of some thirty years ago tells how he
was taken when a child to see the relic,
which was exhibited with signs of great
veneration. At that time it contained
but one tooth, though in the memory of
persons thou living it hud contained five.
Three had been given to members of the
family who had gouo to America, and
the fourth was deposited under the altar
of tho Roman Catholic chapel at Derri
aghy. The writer says:
The curiously embossed case has a
vory antiquo appearance, and it ia said
to bo of immense ugo, but it is, though
certainly old, not so very old as reported,
for it carries tho "Hall mark" pluinly
impressed upon it. This remarkable
relio baa long been usod for a kind of ex
tra judicial trial, similar to the Saxon
corsnod, a test of guilt or innocence in a
certain form of words, supposed to be
an assorvation of the greatest solemnity,
and liable to instantaneous supernatural
and frightful punishment if falsely
spoken.
Responsibility of Saloon Keepers.
The Harrisburg 7w(f,;)cwr?7 speak
ing of the the peril that attends saloon
keeping and the constant danger this
class of persons ere in of transgressing
the laws, says : "During the late
quarter sessions court Dauphin county
landlords of saloons and rasfanr.mu
wumn its limits had another exper.
lence ot the many ways in which thsy
can be entrapped into trouble which
prevents them from having renewals
of license, or if thev succeed in seen
ring such previlcges, the cost to which
mey are put to before it is accomplish
ed is ruinous in character. When it
is considered that a tavern license
costs $500 a year in a city, $250 in a
borough and $7 in a townshin mn
who hold such privileges and desire to
nave mem renewed, can t be too care
fill in manacini? their hnsinrK. If
v o
thev or their emnloves sell tn a drunk.
aru, wnaicvcr injury Details such a
miserable creature a ter he has re.
ceivcd a drink, the seller of it is re.
sponsible for all damage he incurs and
irom wnicn nia lamiiy is made to suf
fer. The suureme court h.t affirm-.!
the constitutionality of this act, while
me law against selling to minors makes
a landlord liable to a loss of his li
cense as well as to fine and imnrison
ment. This shows the necessity of
- 1 : 1 . 1 1 ' . .
.aic imu viguance an tnc wnue on tne
pait of men who hold licenses to sell
intoxicants, in no business is there
as much danger incurred by people
who transact it as in the liquor trade.
It not only costs a heavv sum of mnnev
to secure a license to sell intoxicants.
but it costs even more to esrane
trouble when the law is violated to
hire attorneys to enable a man to es
cape me penalty ot vioiatmz the h
cense laws. The road of a tavern and
saloon keeper is indeed a hard one to
travel, not only to keep within the law
DUt to elude conspiring young men
who want to secure drink, as well as
to frustrate the nlots of nnlirompn
who try to get landlords into trouble
for the money there is in the work.
It is generally conceded bv all who
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is legion," that Salvation Oil is the
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It is compounded only of the best in
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Beef Will Go Up.
A telegram from Cincinatti savs:
A beef famine is coming; at least
prices are going to be hicher than for
years, if the opinion of a very intelli
gent cattle buyer who travels Ohio,
West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana
is worth anythine. In addition to a
personal knowledge of the stock on
hand in those States, the gentlemsn
has an extensive list of correspondents
in other States. He says that for
five or six years the mice of cattle
has been so low that all the small
farmers have ceased to raise them and
devoted their attention to other nro-
ducts. The result is that thousands
of farmers who sold from ten to 100
head each year have now not a hoof.
It is the discovery of this which has
already sent uo the Drice of beef.
Unlike the hog crop, the stock cannot
De renewed in a few months, and
therefore the price of cattle will ad
vance a long time yet.
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