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The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
,I,he following gentlemen are autho-
rize1 agents for THE IRISH STANDARD
in their resDectiYe localities:
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Tf(Y IElSN STANDARD wishes all lts
s,,],scrilels, and those who are unfprtu-
nate enough not to be subscribers, "A
Merry Christmas y
1t would appear insincere were we TO
extend our wish to tie irish people
across the broad Atlantic and say to
them also, "a Merry Christmas. It is
not fnr them to be merry this bright
morning when all the civilized world
are jovous in the thought that to-day
Il is calebrat ting The birth Of our Savior
yas,s Christ; ii is theirs to be sad
sad ia the knowledge That yet they
wear tsseir Crown Of Ihorms.
While all Christianity rejoces to-day
in the fact that Christ came into this
world to teach, "Peaca OIL earth and
GOOD will toward men, our friends III
ireland are being crushed under the
feet or landlords who do not regard tha
doctrines laid down by OUT Savior, but
treat their tenants with cruelty 10
lay at,luence and wealth. are to be
found in the palatial residences OF
landlords who appear ob!iyous to the
fact that the people from whom they
derived their il'-gotten gains arc. .starv-
ing by tAa roadside OF occupying wards
in the poor-houses.
What a contrast to The position We
occupy IN this great, glorious and free
Republic, Everyone is happy, knowing
that ii they have wrongs which should
be riehted, it is within their own power
to hrlpg about such @ state Of affairs.
However. we sincerely trust that ere
another year eiapses we shall be able To
say to our friends across the Atlantic,
as well as to those in America, IA
Merry Christmas" ana feel at the same
time that there is some probability Of
our wish being realized.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
HEA:R1,I,Ess MONOPOLISTs,

The action of that gigantic monopoly,
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad, in reducing the wages OF It's
coal sllovelers to the paltry sum OF sl.lo
Yer day, is one chat deserves the censure
Of humane people. OF conrse, it Will
not surprise anyone that this railway,
which has earned such an unenyiable
reputation wherever it is known, should
deal in an arbitrary manner with this
particular class Of it's employees, but it is
a sad state Of affairs indeed chat such a
soulless corporation should possess the
power 10 trample every humane feeling
under its feet
We have before stated in these col
u1nns that no man with family to sup
port could do SO with any degree OF com-
fort in Minneapolis on less than S12 per
week, and eyen by practising the most
rigid economy $40 per week ; but here
we find railroad which has never been
noted for anything excepting se(tishness
asking men to work ftr them at therate
of $11C per day! Still people wonder at
crime! Why should there not be laws
TO prevent this deplorable state OF af-
fairs Why, we ask, should men be
compelled to sttsrge their families, while
the officers of this huge monopoly revel
! in ll,xuries which wealth alone can pur-
chase? The IRISH STANDARD has
never advocated anything that could be
construed into socialism, in its generally
accepted meaning, but it does believe
that the sooner the Government OF the
United States legislates in this matter,
the better it will be for suffering hui
manity. The Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St.
Paul road employs few officers that are
not domineering, and the life that
these poor men who work for s1.lO per
day have to live, working for tyrannlcal
taskmasters, is worse than the slavery
Of ante-bellum days.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
Witt, TT BE WAR? :?

The Washington despatch concern
ing the preparations which England is
said to be making to carry out her
threats of forcing the Americans to ac-
cept any terms that the former may die
tate in regard to the fisheries dispute
should put our own Government OH its
guard. 1t is unnecessary to remark
that England has not forgotten the cpl
so9e Of l77e, and she would be only too
glad to take advantage OF anything that
wonld enable her to annoy America.
More than to cause the United States
a. certain commercial loss England
could never do, but even this should be
guarded against. That she is examil-
ing her defenses III Canada with the
evident intention Of improving them
has been no secret for some time, and
it is also known that she means to gar
risop the Dominion with several regu-
lar regiments, but with all this, it is
scarcely likely that England would be
very anxious to cross swords with a
country who has in the past subdued
her. However, to be forewarned is TO
be forearmed, and it is extremely ne
cessary at this time that the American
Government should examine into our
capability to cope with foreign foe.
Although the words spoken by the Con-
gresham referred to III the despatch
may have been said in jest, we cannot
afford to be found mapping.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
TRTSH AFFAIRS.

Matters in Ireland are much the same
this week as they have been for some
time past. Gloom, like dark impene-
trable tog hangs over the fortunes of
the down-troiden people There is a
constant struggle between the pnllce
and the people, poverty aud crime, tears
and prayers, and for what Simply be-
cause the British Government will not
permit them to enjoy the privilege OF
governing themselves. When it is con-
stlered that d vast amount OF money is
snent in the attempt 10 keep the Irish
neop,e IN q state Of subsection, and that
This money could be expended to much
greater advantage in other directions,
il will be understood that the average
British Tory is but slightly removed
from the bulldog
John Dillon's application for a stay OF
the order against him to furnish bonds
in the SUM Of .el,C00 with two suretaes
in the sum Of el 900 each for future
ssgood behavior pending the outcome
of an appeal FROM the sentence, has
been refused by the court. Mr. Dillon
is nots daunted by reverses, however,
and says he will continue to carry out
the s'plan of campaign in openXde-
fiance of the Government. Mr.. Healy
says the same thing, and both gentle
men are threatened to be prosecuted by
the Government for their utterances
IN obody,' says Mr.. Dillon, has right
to say that the plan Of campaign is IL
legal until the jury has decided on the
facts"
4 Arrests Of nationalist members are
occurring daily, and in the course Of 9
week Of two an Irish member Of "a Parlla.;
1mrentsw who has not either been arrested
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
MIR. PARNEIL RECOVERING. G..

Irishmen the world over will be
pleased to learn that Mr.. Parnell is re-
covering from his attack Of gastric fe-
yer. For some weeks the leader Of the
Nationalist has been prevented from
taking an active part in the movements
of his party, and is yet forbidden by lis
physicians to participate in the fight,
However. bis entire recovery is only a
matter of time, and then he will enter
the ring with all his original vim.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
THE Prince Of Wales has been invited

THE Prince of Wales has been invited
to open the exhibition at Melbourne,
Australia, in 1855. To alleviate any ap-
Irehension OF neglect in connection
with this matter, tue American Catho-
lie News says that there is YET. time
enough to invite Lily Langtry and a
few others whose names have been fie-
quent!y coupled with that Of the Prince
of Wales. The show would be incom-
plete otherwise.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

TIE newspapers Of Germany and
Russia have formed themselves into
mutual admiration society. The
North German Gazette welcomes the
indications Of a better feeling between
Russia and Germany as shown in the
recent article in the St. Petersburgh
Messenger. ''I'he two nations," rs
the Gazette, recognize that there re
permanent binding interests comm :. 20
both" The Gazette attributes ne
press chickering's to the influence OF Y IT,
tizans of a policy Of revenge ag&is, st
Francs. The Gazette reioice& that the
Messenger recognizes chat the German
policy is ever directed toward peace.
with mistaken confidence in the WIS
dom and iirmness OF the Gar
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

TIE Campbell divorce case has at
last come to an end, It now transpires,
according to the verdict, that Lord
Colin and his lady (?) are virtEous
couple, and all The witnesses OF both
sides of the case were perjurers, which
lead us to the belief that the therInom-
eter indicates very cold weather, in
deed. when q British nobleman can be
proven guilty Of any crime.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
IT. r Az 1h %
81 South Washing Ton Ave.

Ia Dor organizations. II q reasons for
so doing are contained ir the following
interview with membe, Of the assem-
bly,: "Our local has deci led to resign
from the Central Labor Union. The
Socialists are stralning 7ery nerve to
capture it and every labor: organization.
Some of these men are not citizens and
yet they want to teach arad control men
who were born in the co untry Or who
have lived for years in it. They talk as
though we We're living urider European
despots. They talk abo ut revolution
and tlaunt red flags in their process
sions." Other assemblies it is under
derstood, have also deci led to with
draw.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

In the case OF the persons accused OF
assauiting bailiffs on the Clanricarde
estate, at Woodford, the jury at the
Connaught session found the prisoners
had committed an assault, but several
of the jurylnen considered that the as
sault was justifable. Counsel for the
prisoners submit that no verdict has
been found. The judge directed the
jury to again retire. When they re-
turned they announced verdict of
guilty, but they expressed their belief
that the prisoners had right to defend
a neighbor's home and had acted in ig-
norance. The Judge construed this as
averdict of guilty.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

LANDLORDS are heartless tyrants no
matter in what country they are found.
In Scotland, recently, q sheriff, acting
for one Of these Shyloeks, actually
seized baby, its cradle and q house
hold dog and sold them for rent.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

THE Chicago Citizen says: "It is al
legged that the English Cabinet is di-
vided about the policy Of coercing Ire
land. Salisbury wants to do it alIo-
pathically and Churchill homeopathic
ally. 1t would be strange to find al,
Englishman who is not in favor Of some
kind Of coercion"
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

2. A. CHANCE, Nationalist member of
Parliament for South Kilkenny, writing
to prominent Nationalist concerning
the arrests and seizures at Lougllrea,
charges the executive with conspiracy,
ia lse imprisonment, assault and bat
terry, trespass, trover, and robbery.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

ONE of the advantages, says the Bos-
ton Pilot, and great one, of the new
church of st. Patrick, in Rome, will be
that it will ensure the presence near
the Vatican of uumber of able Irish
priests. The intrigues of a political
Catholic, like Mr. Errington, would
have little chance of success with the
daily encounter Of Irish as well as Eng
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

The suicide Of William Manning last
Tuesday morning, caused by melan-
cslolia from being out Of work, should
attract the attention Of the authorities
10 the condition Of the laboring Men OF
this city. No doubt, there are hum
drpds Of rae,l who are di5heartened be-
cause they are unable to procure Work.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

MIR. GLADSTONE, in letter to Prof.
James Stewart, member of Parliament.
saws that he thinks that the Home Rule
measures are conservative in the truest
sense Of the term. He adds that IL he
can help in any measure to settle the
affairs of Ireland lie will confer upon
Great Britain a greater service than
any he has been able to Go.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

A FAMILY consisting OF six children
and their parents were asp!yxiated by
escaping gas last Monday night at Car
rick on-Suir, County lipperary. Five
children were dead when found. The
other child and the parents were alive,
but physicians say that it is impossible
for them 30 survive
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

WARREN GREEN, ex-United States
consul to Japan, says thai the wife Of
the Mkado is a graduate of Vassar and
a charming woman. She is probably
known in Japan us Gum-Gum,
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

A FUNNY anecdote is told Of one OF
those peple who are constantly making
remarks that are better left unsaid, who
observed to the Prince OF Wales, the
other day, apropos Of the Lord Colin
Campbell scandal, that the marriages
of all those Campbells turned out badly.
The Prince received the remark in
chilling silence, and then The speaker re-
nembered that one OF ''those Camp
belIs'' is the husband of the Princes
sister.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

The preparations for the st. Paul
carnival, which is to be opened on ths
18th inst, are being made on such q
scale as to leave no doubt that the
scene which will be presented on the
opening night will be a magnificent
one
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
FATHER FAHEY RELEASED.

1t will be remembered that in Sep
tember last Father Fahey was confined
in Galway jail because he refused to
give bail for s.good behavior" although
he never did anything that would lead
one to infer he was otherwise than a
moral and upright man. The Rev.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

AT the regular meeting OF the Ma
tional League in Dublin last Tuesday,
it was announced that since the last
meeting there had beell received i'll DC
nations from Ireland, $500, and from
America $2, 500. . r.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

QUEEN VICTORIA has sent to the
Longrnore Hospital for lncurables,
Edinburgh, copies of her portraits for
each of the rooms in the hospital. That
settles 1t. If there was any doubt
about their recovery before, it is ,loW
forever dispelled.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

ALL three of the candidates for the
mayoralty of Boston were in favor OF
women yorjng at all the elections. If
the new method Of sustaining govern
ment is successful in one OF two States
of the Union, il will soon be adopted by
the others. IT not, why not?
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

In accordance with an imperial order
all small towns and villages in Russia
bearing German names will be given
Russian names at the beginning OF the
new year. Russo-German Inhabitants
bitterly resent this action of the gov
on, rupnI
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

THE fund which the Ave Maria re-
Gently started for Father Damen's s
mission among the .epers at Molokai
amounts to ST ,O0o.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

GALVESTON, Tex, has again been
visited by fire. Ii Galveston does not
get her regular visit from i1e, she is
sure to get it from water.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

THE Boston Republic says: ut would
be a good feature Of the Home Rule
propaganda that is being conducted by
the Irish Press Agency, and to which
attention nas been directed in these
columns, if All effort were made to OBJ
tain favorable opinions on the Nation
alist struggle froD men Of note in sall
parts of the civilized world, by sugges-
ton or solicitation. 1t is quite proba-
bic that large amount Of correspond
ence, such as would be available III the
campaign, could be thus secured.
Translated and published far and wide
in Great Britain, it would help to show
the enemies of Home Rule that the
name of Ireland's friends is legion, and
that remote nations are interested in
her cause"
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

THREE farms belonging to Parnell's
brother, John, were sold at auction last
Tuesday at Armagh for 50 per cent. less
than they were valued at three months
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

No MATTER in what land IrisIlinen
dwell, except Ireland Itself, they pros
per, In America they stand in tile
foremost ranks Of every pursnit, and
we ale pleased to learn that they a,e
none the less prosperous jn New lea
land. Tie Tablet contains the follow
ing: "A number of I1ishme!i have been
singu!tss]y fortunate in their invest
rnents in the Inangahua mines, par
ticuIArly those Of them who own to the
Irbs Intacta Marle Waterfordia as
their county town. One of them, Mr.
2. Butler, has drawn over $50, 600 In
dividends from tl!e Welcome alone; the
brothers E'itzgerald are credited with
having 100000 each. Mr.. Yin, Me
Loughlin, who halls from The City of
the Tribes, has us much money, Ii not
more. Mr.. L. Murphy. Clare man,
and Massrs. Caples aud Stately, who
belong to the premier county, tvre also
independent men, thanks to the inter
est they hold in the mine iii question:"
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

lish ecclesiastics. Errington's under
ground trains We're all confounded in
day when the American Bishops assem-
bled in Rome. It is to be hoped that
Prior Glynn, Of the new St. Patrick's
Church, will receive generous support
from Catholic Americans"
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

THE action Of District Assembly No.
49, e. of L., of New York, in discoun-
tenancing anything tending towards So
cialism will be glad news to the con-
serYative and peaceab]e element of all
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

TuE Catholic school pupils of Mstll-
kato, Mimi, will give grand musicale
on Dec. 26.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

I'LL HEALTH has compelled Cardinal
.Iacobini to resign. Ihe appointment
Of his successor is under consideration,
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

THIRTEEN cities OUT OF seventeen III
Massachusetts voted no liquor license
On the 9th inst. making a radical
change Ill some Of them. ali of which
grew out Of the women'5 vote.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

GOVERNOR PIERCE. of Dakota, is
likely to re-enter the field Of journal
ism.
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25

JOSEPH RICHARD Cox, jeremiah Jor.
dan and Joseph Edward Kenney, Par
nellite members for East and West
Glare and South Cork, respectively, says
a cable despatch, succeeded last Sun
day in totally hoodwjnking the police
and in collecting and escaping with all
the rents due from tenants on the Van
deieur estates in county Clare. They
went to Kilrush On Friday last. 1t was
known to the police that they went
there to act as trustees under the "plan
of can1paign," to collect from the ten.
ants OF the Vandeleur estates the re-
duced rents refused by the proprietors.
The authorities, however, could not as
certain the nature Of the arrangement
TO be carried out between the tenants,
and trustees, and were led to believe
that the tenants were to assemble at
Klrnsh on Sunday and hand in the
rents The police We're keD5 on the
alert and were instructed TO watch for
the arrival OF the tenants and to arrest
the trustees and secure the money when
it had all been handed in. The trus-
tees, after having secured the police on
this tack, appointed three places Of rem
devious outside the town Of KiIrusll and
instructed the tenants to GO to the
proper place. On Sunday it showed
very hard in Kilrush. Each Of the
trustees left his hotel alone and went to
the appointed rendezvous, collected the
rents, returned unobseryed by the po-a
lice and closed his business up without
attracting any suspicion on the part Of
the authorities, who continued to
watch for the assembling of the tenants
at Kilrush, and finally concluded that.
either the rigor Of the police arrange,
ments or the severity Of the storm had.
prevented the arrange from being
carried out u ~ 81 d
The Irish standard., 1886-12-25
EDITORIAL BREV|1|ES.

The western portion of Ireland ex-
perienced q heavy snow storm last Sun
day.
The National tribune., 1886-11-18

the ascension, in the six particulars mentioned
we are prepared to exclaim-" To Him be glory
and dominion for ever and ever. Amen"
VS..
But Christ Is to be much to US in the future.
We know the past; we can know Of what is to
be only by revelation. Hence the last book of
the Bible, and hence its name. Jesus is not
only the Alpha. but also the Omega. He is the
A and the Il. He has been. He will be.
First of all we are assured Christ is u return
to our earth. va Then we shall all recall
our treatment Of him. Even bis crucifers
will remember the day on which they drove
the nails. As soon as the centurion sees the
cash in Christ's side, his conscience will smite
him for raising the spear. Let US prepare for
that day. All Of US viii have occasion to feel
the presence of our Savior by its remindings.
Verses S-11 relate principally to st. John.
The author of Revelation was one of us, bro
Their and companion. The visit of the Angel to
st. John was on a Sunday. (V. 10Y
Verses 1918 relate to Christ describing his
appearance when he shall return. The Voice
" ~ means Christ himself Each of the
seven churches of Asia Minor is represented as
golden eandlestick-gOlden, precious; CANDLE
stick, because each church should be light.
Christ is always with his people, always aiding
his ministers. He is clothed in a style becom-
ing our king and priest White hair points to
wisdom and purity. His eyes make men pass
judgments on themselves. His feet could tread
down his enemies. His voice was resonous,
oratorie, positive, authoritative. His face be-
tokened justice and holiness. His very tongue
was a weapon of vengeance to the evil. What's
Protector he was TO the seven stars, meaning the
clergy Of Asia Minor. Most of st. Johns early
| friends were in Paradise (hell. Wis. The new
| translation is "hades.") He was to die as all
had or would. But never mind. Christ has
power 1.-THE keys over the place Of departed
! spirits, and even over death.
The National tribune., 1886-11-18
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