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Show H ST. PATHICK'8 DAY. H Ireland Iim been glorified be tlio valor H elherionson flelds ol bille In nearly H eery Uml dim. Tlie derlalte H battled! Waterloo shattered the pride H unit hope of Kimiro, and saved tint llrlt- H ltd emplrnt but the JfofttUli armr tliat H clinked Napoleon's slctorlmis march H mid hurled back hie telcrau legions to H defest and death, In that sanguinary H conltlct, mi commanded b)r general H through wbote reins coursed the blood H ol Irish ancestors, B The sparkling wit ami eloquence o' H Hhsrldsn, the orstary anil scholsrslilp H of Burke, both stall i men and Irishmen, H hae enriched the) lllcralre bl the age H and charmed and Imtructed the race. H Preeminence is claimed by Ilia Irish H In mnilc and poetry. PrlenJ and foe H concede that Music, which hai maile H the Welsh people famous, went first H from Irelsnd to Wales, In the world ol H long "Kathleen Mavimrneen" itandi H without a rival. H ' kathlrtnllatotirtieenllhssuiiaUatlllrlrilliil, H Aa Irnb and clrat the trill el MM H In onrM wtary hrartall IsauMJiia: .ml aluiluc B a4tktNtuorl fur the le n lareal word. M Early In tho (Ilili century the people H ol Ireland acre groping In pagan dark- H ner i, and the yoke ol the Dnilda retted M heally upon them. There came to H Krln aboiil thii lime a remaikabtenian H from Scotland. He came ilb pcare B and loro In Ida heart, and hrougbt the M (loipel ol the Crucified ltedetmer lor M the people, A complete victory ever M error and lupeiatltutlon waa achieved, B and the aplrllual liberty ol the Ichabl-BBgWanai Ichabl-BBgWanai i n imUnljp i1I'J:ihkUJiI"wi tecured, m Thla dlatlngutihed peraon waa M. M f atrlck, the patron aalnt ol Ireland , and H lila memory, the great work that he ac- M compllihed on that "Island ol Borrow," H avery Hibernian la proud to wmuieni- H orate on the 17th day ol March. H The early yeara ol 8t. l'atrlck't Hie M wero checkered with woe, Hla name H waa Buccal and lie lived with hla father, m aChrlitlan deacen,on the ahore ol the H river CI) de, until ho waa alalcen yeara H ol age, when be waa atelen and eald aa n H alaietoan Iriali chief, fill yeara were H patieilln captivity) then he eacaped H and auccoeded In reaching hla (ather'a H home. He remained but a abort time Hj at home, lioaever, Idr he aaw In a vlalon Hj a Idler, with the auHrKrlptlon, "The H Voice ol the Itlili." Thui waa St. 11- H rick'a llfe'a work revealed to him With H true ClillalUu tplrlt he nturned to the M land nt Ills louJage, and bticcat the H former alive, became fit. I'attlck, the m Apoatlo ol Ireland. Hj lloldly and aucccMlulty did the great H evangellil attack the citadel of pagan- H Inn, The victory waa complete and H concluilo. Tlie Iriali chleta and chin H were couerted to Chriitianlty the B poAerof the Drulda waned and van H lihed, and In the neat century the laud H waa known aa the ' Iilaml ol tjalnti " H Throunb fit. Vatrlck, Ireland liecaue H the 'mother ol tracool mliilouarlea " H Ororilug tho atoruiy aeaa In boata made H ot wlckerwork and cowed with leather, H tlieae devoted dlaclplea carried the "glad H tldlnga" to the Anjlo-baxoui, aud were H the drat atandard-bearora ol the Croat H In central Europe. kt. l'alrKV dlvil In 403. During hla H mlnlatcry hundrodi ot cliurchea and B uiouaatorlea were envcted. According t St tradition, be bauliluxl tho anakea Iroiu "J tli fair Uln, lllatorlana, bowevtr, le- fm train from vouahlng lor the truth of thla J atory, although the acrpent'a. trail does H not mar theboauty of tho homo ol tho K Shamrock. H St I'atrlckwaaagreatbcnefactortotbe B Jrlah race, Hla memory will be lorever IH enahrlncd in the heart ot Krln'a aona. H Tlie Irlih are a generoua aud warm- j lieartod peoplo. Theyhavodltlngulihcd H themaelica In war and peace, and ibelr JHI blood baa flowed In atreama In delenao H ol liberty. Their blitory, though glor- H toat and rich In deeds of bravery and palrlotliro, la, in some retpeeta, a ead one. Ithae moved million! to admiration, ad-miration, pity and teara. The 17th of Ireland will be royally observed ob-served throaghout the world and the ahamroikand the green will be eomplc-uoutly eomplc-uoutly displayed 0 0 |