ANNUAL STATEMENT.
(Concluded.)
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
To—
Bovd Bennett, int. on 34210.50 at
4% 308.Cn
Ida M. Zaner, inf. on |SOO at 4 To 20.00
Ellen Carroll on SISUO #O.OO
Mrs K. E. Wrede, $«SOO 82.00
Oraee Magarjcle on sls.*>o 87.f>0
Chas. W. Scliworer, Iml. due 1.-1
Int. on temporary loan 25.00
Perclval Wentzel, S.*H»OO 60.00
Int. on temporary loan !!.">. o<>
Int. on temporary loan 28.57
Elizabeth Sick, $1750 70.00
Kate Sick. SIOOO 40.0n
I'erclval Wentzel, S[JOOO co.oo
Temporary loan 0.-5
i'alrlek Ilannon, SIOOO fto.oo
Ellen Carroll, SIBOO 35.00
■'<78 < .>.:;7
FIRE CLAIMS.
Fire Warden. Toictififiii).
J. YV. Aumlller, Shrewsbury 21.05
.1. M. Zaner, Cherry 81.20
tush llu(Tinastor. Cherry (»J>.os
roo. Gorman, Laporte Twp 44.55
t. \V. Dennett, Shrewsbury 21.80
•v. T. More, Elkland 18.60
Jeo. Gorman. Laparte & Davidson.. 58.00
V. A. Gumbel, Hillstfrove 02.70
Total exp. in Co. by Com'w'lth. .$828.55
a nit. paid by Co., proportion being
1-5 of total 04.77
JAIL EXPENSES.
Tudson Brown, expenses 04.00
)r. Randall, medical attention .... (J.OO
Judson Brown, boarding prisoners...2oß.so
Judsoto Brown, commitments & exp... 01.85
Judson Brown, boarding prisoners... 01.70
COUNTY COSTS.
"Ikland poor dist. rare .las. Taylor.. 12.00
l\ I*. Martin, burial unknown man 25;00
S. U. Morgan, copying duplicates.. 1.00
sip 8.00
COUNTY BRIDGES.
J. W. Laird, labor .'... 5.00
Ym. W. l.ewls. plank 01.20
ames Meyers, plank 12.sn
loger Bros., plank 4' I".
I. W. Moran, plank 2.02
rohu Coleman, shingles 4 V >.00
ohn A. Rohe, hauling snlngles 1 °~
lames Meyers, replanking 1 5.05
I. W. Laird, labor 0.00
\. L. I'lotts, labor 00.75
■>!. W. Lewis, plauk 101.
foyers Bros., plank 8«1.45
lames Meyers, plank 51.n0
fool McDennott, labor and material 40.42
talph Rohe, plank 4.75
• ohn Taylor, plank 10.00
112. B. Yaw, repairs •» 00
a $024.10
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' AGAIN!
Ireland's Hope of Home Rule Nearing Realization at Last
§ NATURE GRACE AND J
I' TRAINING FITTED !j|
| ST. PATRICK TO !j;
HIS TASK |;
i I , . ,ft
j|» So Well Accomplished,
Ireland Was Known ».'!
i;l for Centuries as • !
, the "Land of
!■' Saints" i
fit 112):
/gHh T. PATRICK says of hirn
self in his confession that
| lie was born, at "Rannaven
| Taberniae," which is ex
j tremely hard to identify.
Some, however, claim that
i Kirk-Patrick, near Glasgow, in Scot
j land, took its name from St. Patrick.
The saint was born about 372; was
; a captive and a slave of the king of
| Dalaradia, in Ireland, from 388 to 395;
| went to Gaul and was there ordained
priest; was consecrated bishoj> and
| sent to Ireland as missionary in 432,
and died at Saul, near Strangt'ord
| Lough, County Down, Ulster, where
| many years before he had founded his
j church, March 17, 465, the day now
sacred to his memory.
Ireland was then occupied by a
great number of petty tribes, most of
whom were evangelized by Patrick. So
well was the work accomplished that
J Ireland was known in subsequent cen
turies as the "island of saints and
scholars."
The method employed was that of
dealing cautiously and gently with the
: old paganism nf the people. The chief
i tains were first won over and then
through them thair clans.
Of St. Patrick himself much that has
i been related is fabulous, but his au
tobiographical confession and his epis
j tie to Coroticus, both of which are un
questionably genuine, reveal a devout,
j simple minded man, and a most dis
creet and energetic missionary.
In his epistle he states that he was
'of noble birth and that hi" father,
i Calphurnicus, was a Roman dectiiro.
i His Mother, Conchessa, or Conceis,
j was the sister of St. Martin of Tours.
The family of the saint is affirmed
j by the earliest authorities to have
j belonged to Britain, but whether the
term refers to Great Britain or Brit
tany or other parts of France is not
ascertained.
Some of the quaint stories told in
j Ireland about St. Patrick would make
j the traveler imagine that the saint
| visited the Island for the benefit of
j witty guides, or to promote mirth in
j wet weather. It is not remarkable
! that the subject of these stories for 16
I centuries, at countless hearths, has
been regarded and is today honored as
j the greatest man and the greatest ben
j efactor that ever trod the Irish soil,
j and considering the versatility of the
j Irish character, it is not strange that
I there remains respecting the saint a
j vast cycle of legends—serious, pathet
ic and profound.
! It could not be otherwise. Such a
1 people could not have forgotten the he
| role figure who led them forth in the
! exodus from the bondage of pagan
j darkness. In many instances doubt
j less has the tale become a tradition,
I the foliage of an ever active popular
Imagination, gathered around the cen
tral stem of fact; but tho fact re
mained.
A large tract of Irish history Is
| dark; but the time of St. Patrick and
I the three centuries which succeeded
: It is clearly, as depicted by history, a
1 time of joy. The chronicle is a song
of gratitude and of hope, as befits the
story of a nation's conversion to
Christianity.
The higher legends, which, how
ever, do not profess to keep close to
| the original sources, except as re
gards their spirit and the manners of
the time, are found in some ancient
lives of St. Patrick, the most valu
able of which is the "Tripartite Life,"
ascribed by Colgen to the century aft
er the saint's death. The work was
lost for many centuries, but two cop
ies of It were rediscovered, one of
which has been recently translated by
jan eminent Irish scholar, Mr. Hen
! cessy.
| Tbe miracles, however, recorded In
the "Tripartite Life" are neither the
most marvelous nor the most interest
lug portion of that life.
Whether regarded from the religious
or philosophic point of view, few
things can be more Instructive than
the picture which it delineates of hu
man nature in the period of critical
transition and the dawning of the re
ligion of peace upon a 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 so
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 it must feel the need of some
thing higher than itself, its interpreter
and its supplement. It prized the
family ties, like the Germans record
ed by Tacitus, and it could but have
been drawn to Christianity.
Warlike as it was.it was unbounded
also in loyalty, generosity, and self-sac
rifice; it was not. therefore, untouched
by tiie records of martyrs, the princi
ples of self-sacrifice, or the doctrine of
a great sacrifice, it loved the chil
dren and the poor, and St. Patrick
made the former the exempliers of the
faith and the latter the eminent inher
itors of the kingdom.
In the n\£in, institutions and tradi
tions of Ireland were favorable to
Christianity, and the people received
the gospel gladly. It appealed to them
and prompted ardent natures to find
their rest in spiritual things. It had
created among them an excellent ap
preciation of the beautiful, the es
thetic and the pure.
The rapid growth of learning, as
well as piety, in the three centuries
succeeding the conversion of Ireland
proved that the country had not been
until then without a preparation for
the gift.
Perhaps nothing human had so
large an influence in the conversion
of the Irish as the personal character
St. Patrick.
of our apostle. By nature, by grace,
and by providential training he had
been especially fitted for his task.
Everywhere we can trace the might
and sweetness that belonged to his
character; the versatile mind, yet
the simple heart; the varying tact, yet
the fixed resolve; the large desire tak
ing counsel from all, yet the minute so
licitude for each; the fiery zeal, yet
the gentle temper; the skill in using
means, yet the reliance in God alone;
the readiness in action, with a willing
ness to wait; the habitual self-pos
session, yet the outburst of an in
spiration, which raised him above him
self —the abiding consciousness of an
authority—an authority in him, but
not of him, and yet the ever present
humility. Above all, there burned In
him that boundless love which seems
the main constituent of apostolic char
acter. It was love for God; but it was
love for man also, an Impassioned
love, a parental compassion. Wrong
and injustice to the poor he resented
as an injury to God.
A just man, indeed, was St. Patrick;
with purity of nature like the patri
archs; a true pilgrim like Abraham;
gentle and forgiving of heart like
Moses; a praiseworthy psalmist like
David; an emulator of wisdom like
Solomon; a chosen vessel for pro
claiming truth like the Apostle Paul;
a man of grace and of knowledge of
the Holy Ghost like the beloved John;
a lion in strength and power; a dove
in gentleness and humility; a servant
of labor in the service of Christ; a
king in dignity and might, for bind
ing and loosening, for liberating and
convicting.
What the
Weil-Dressed
Woman Will
Wear
EVIDENTLY there is no intention
on the part of dressmakers to
widen skirts. They have made
some changes that intimate drap
ery, which means the buying of a lit
tle morq material and the giving of an
appearance of fullness to the skirt,
but it is seeming, and not real, this
fullness, writes Anne Rittenhouse in
the Boston Herald.
There are slight changes, but noth
ing important. Mme. Paquin has sent
over a gown which she has designed
for wear at the Riviera, and it is a
convincing proof that so far she
hasn't thought of anything strictly
novel. The material used Is a change
able green taffeta, and there is no
doubt that we will be flooded with this
rabric at the beginning of the warm
weather, and the skirt has a hip yoke.
Now this is new.
It is the tunic idea, shortened, mod
ified and made practical for a simple
frock. It extends for about six inches
below the waist at the sides and back,
and is lapped over in front with the
edges outlined with two rows of stitch
ing. To it the skirt is attached in nar
row box plaits quite far apart and not
stitched down.
Above the hem there is a tuck of the
material, and down the middle of the
Tront there is a two-inch band of thin
white lace insertion, plaited across,
ind held down by small black buttons;
it Ihe edge of the insertion, on each
side, is a tiny frill of lace. This is
also a new treatment.
Neat Touch for Blouse.
The blouse has a folded girdle of the
silk that comes nearly to the bust and
an upper part of white chiffon with
black chiffon over it. The betelle ef
fects over the shoulders are of Jace and
taffeta, and the three-quarter sleeves
show a taffeta band.
If we can draw conclusions from this
model it means that the transparent
upper part of the bodice will be as
popular as it has been for two years,
that the high waist will be continued,
and that the bretelle effect, which
broadens the shoulders, will be an in
.eresting feature and rather new.
Every one knows about the fight
that is going on by the mill people
abroad to have the dressmakers in
crease the width of the skirts in the
interests of the thousands of men,
women and children who have been
out of employment for a year; and
whether or not it will win time only
can tell. Starvation is an ugly word,
and it is daily used by the French and
English papers in connection with
the condition of the clothworkers, who
have no jobs and no chance of getting
any while the fashion of narrow
clothes prevails; much is said against
I .Gowns from Paris
THE princess gown at the left Is
of changeable satin In opal
shades. The fronts cross and
are bordered with bands of
Venetian lace. A ruffle of fine lace
headed by a band of fur trims the
sides and back of the skirt at the bot
tom. and the front is iinished with a
band of fur only.
The corsage is finished around the
low neck with a collar of Venetian
lace, finished in front with chains of
the dressmakers for not compelling
full skirts and long coats, and a good
deal of the blame is laid at their door.
Other Side of the Matter.
And yet upon this subject no one
seems to take the opposite side. Here
is a day of such high living that mil
lions are worried over a mere fact of
getting a comfortable existence on this
planet, and the price of clothes is no
small matter. Now there are thou
sands upon thousands of women who
buy the materials for their clothes at
the shops, and make them at home, or
with the aid of a seamstress. What
about these women being immensely
benefited by the continuance of nar
row skirts and slim coats? Instead
of buying 14 yards of single width ma
terial to make a gown, they need only
buy seven or eight yards, instead of
eight yards of double width material
they need only buy four yards.
And because linings have gone out of
fashion they can eliminate this part of
the expense entirely and because pet
ticoats are not popular they can cut
out not only the money for white
skirts, but the laundering of them. The
simple little, tight, short underslip of
inexpensive silk or pongee, that now
does duty under every gown, is a
mere trifle in cost compared to the
dozen petticoats that a woman used
to own.
So, as against the non-employment
of a few thousand people there is the
cutting down in the price of home
made clothes of many thousands of
women in Europe and America. The
dressmakers, they are legion, also
profit by the lack of cloth used in a
gfown because they have not lowered
their prices, making the contention
that the public must pay for their art
in drapery, their talent for designing
and their genius for fitting.
As a commercial proposition, let the
good work of narrow skirts and slim
coats and a few yards of material to
a gown goon.
That Turkish Toweling.
Tou may remember that Paris used
a good deal of Turkish toweling last
year, in a tentative way for blouses,
top coats, fur collars and cuffs and
for bands on skirts. It was whito
and it was ecru, and it was expensive,
but it did not prove popular.
It is now called by many names,
such as Terry cloth and agaric cloth,
but it remains the same old toweling.
Whether or not. it will take is a ques
tion for the public to decide, but it
really makes admirable blouses and
good-looking collars and cuffs.
The girl who wants to make a new
kind of wash waist should buy some
of the soft, tliin toweling, fasten it
up the front under a two-inch band
of embroidery done in" red and orange
and blue, have the long sleeves with
tight deep cuffs of the embroidery,
and a collar of Irish lace surmounted
by a stock of Irish insertion and vivid
embroidery.
Whole suits are made of the towel
j ing. but what is known as linen ratine
jis far better. The latter cloth as it is
j now, is very lovely, and, it may pos
sibly be repeated next fall and ex
ploited more than now; so far it has
remained exclusive peau do chamois.
The latter has been so expensive that
the majority of women have not in
] dulged in it, but it has led the fashion
for a summer material that is in imi
tation of kid, and has a great deal of
charm.
pearls. The sleeves are shirred and
finished with bands of the fur.
The long skirt of the gown at the
right is of green brocade; the tunic
is of fine white laco bordered with
bands of heavier lace.
The corsage crosses in front where
it is caught with a large motif of
beads. The long stole are of
satin embroidered with beads, and fin
ished with rings and tassel 3 of the
s a ma.
TOFIMONAL 1
SUNWSdIOOL
LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Even
ing: Department, The Moody Bible In
stitute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR MARCH 17.
THE PARALYTIC HEALED.
LESSON TEXT—Mark 2:1-12.
GOLDEN TEXT—"Bless the I.ord, »
my soul, and forget not all hla benefits;
who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who
healeth all thy diseases."—Ps. 103:2-3.
Events tread upon the lieels of events
in the life of Jesus, especially during
his early Galilean ministry, and none
depict these events more graphically
than St. Mark, who is presenting us a
picture of him as & servant.
Jesus had been upon a preaching
tour and now returns to the town of
Capernaum. As soon as it was noised
about that he was at his hotbe a
crowd quickly gathered about the
door. So great was the crowd that
there was no longer any room in the
house nor about the door, that is the
crowd was so dense that late comers
could not look into see and hear the
prophet.
That many of these were attracted
by his popularity there is no doubt,
but it gave Jesus an opportunity to
speak and preach the word which ho
was quick to seize upon. "He preached
the Word unto them." Is this not a
suggestion l'or teachers? especially of
some of the adult classes.
If your class is a Bible class stick to
your text or else change your name.
The apostles followed his example in
this respect; so liave all the mighty
men of God.
The result of thi3 teaching and
preaching is manifest in this record
and should be an encouragement to
preachers and Christian workers, viz.,
that it not only attracts the crowd,
but that it reveals sin also.
Sickness Result of Sin.
Willie all sickness may not be the
result of sin, yet remove sin from the
world and an overwhelming propor
tion, perhaps all, suffering would
cease. We are promised that in his
newer and better kingdom there is to
be no more pain nor sorrow. Jesus
therefore said first of all, "Child, thy
sins are forgiven." How his voice
must have thrilled with tenderness
and pathos as he uttered these words.
But the critics were there; they
: ever have been wherever a good
deed Is being performed. Note they
! were sitting idly by (v. 6). Showing
I no such anxiety as tho four that the
i needy might come into the presence
! of Jesus.
"Who can forgive sin but one, even
i God? Their reasoning was correct
j and their conclusion was logical; the
trouble was that unbelief and preju
dice had so blinded their eyes that
they could not and would not recog
; nize the power of God working through
his Son. Yes, they went farther and
made the fatal blunder of ascribing
to Beelzebub this work of God (Jno.
! 10:33).
It would seem as though their smug
' self-esteem would at least have been
1 startled when this young teacher
I showed them that he was reading the
thoughts of their hearts. "Why rea
son ye these things in your hearts?"
Human reasoning can disprove God,
! but the deductions of the intellect can
not satisfy the cry of human hearts
after God (Job. 23:3, 4).
The greatest lesson for us to learn
1 at this point is that the forgiveness of
sin, Is greater in the estimation of God
than the relief of human sufferings.
Turning to the ono sick of the
palsy he said, "Arise!" "What?
Why such, a thing is a phys
ical impossibility. Surely this young
j prophet has gone mad; was not this
boy let down a few moments ago
through that hole in yonder ceiling, so
| helpless that it took four of his
' friends to bring him to this place?"
In seeming reply to such a query
j Jesus tells the man to take up his bed
and walk.
Jesus Could Make Men See.
Small wonder that the man's new
power and this use of that power
should amaze those present so that
they should exclaim: "We never saw It
\ on this fashion." Let ua beware that
our eyes be not blind to behold simi
lar miracles in this the twentieth cen
tury. (Read, "Twice-Born Men").
It is very doubtful if the "all" of
verse 12 Includes tho "certain" of
verse 6. We must be careful that
even as believers we do not crowd
away some needy, palsied one. Be
ware also of loveless censoriousness.
What is meant by glorifying God
(v. 12)? The answer is suggested by
the spiritual seer, St. John. God'r
glory is wrapped up in the Son who
delighted to do God's will. God's
power is shown over ail flesh in th«
Son, and through the Son he is givinf
life—eternal life.
us glorify God over the fact and
hasten to bring others to the feet of
Jesus. Let us co-operate as did the
four. Let us demonstrate as did th*
sick one by our walk. Thus shall we
stop the mouth of every critic, si
lenca the tongue of every skeptic, anrf
glorify the Son who came to give us
strength, life, peace, salvation and
everlasting life.
A suggested outline of the lesson
would be:
I—Jesus teaching, v. 1, 2.
2 —Jesus forgiving, v. 3-5.
3—Jesus rebuking, v. 6-10.
4 —Jesus commanding, v. 11-11,