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The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

THOSE fond of antiquarian lore will
be interested to learn that William S.
Walsh, editor Of Lippincot's Magazine
and his brother, Henry G. Walsh, form
erly of the Catholic World, will edit a
new weekly periodical entitled "Ameri-
can Notes and Queries" which will
make it's first appearance in Philadel-
phia to-day. The contents will consist
Of articles on quaint, out-of-the-way,
and curious subjects, and Of queries
and their answers. Queries On all ques-
tions Of general literary and historical
interest the origin Of prov
erbs, familiar sayings. popular customs,
quotations, etc, the authorship OF
books, pamphlets, poems, essays, or
stories, the meaning of reconcile allu-
sions, ETC., etc.,-are invited from all
quarters, and will be answered by edi-
tors or contributors.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

THE IRISH STANDARD is the only Home Rule
Organ in the Northwest.
Copies Of THE IRISH STANDARD will be on
sale at the principal news-stands IN this CITY,
ssud by newsbOys.
Advertising rates will be made known by ap-
plying at this Office.
When writing matter for publication in TaE
rR.sII STANDARD be sure and sign your proper
name. not necessarily for publication, but as
guarantee of good faith
IN every instance correspondents will please
s,e us brief as possible.
70 insure publication in she following ISSUE
nf TIE IRISH STA NDARp contributions shouic
xeach this Office 1T Least by " ednesday noon
Subscribers will please be careful1n giving III
sEeir perfect address and thus avoid any com
plant through failure TO receive their paper
Sn changing your place OF residence, notify us
Srnnediate,y Of the fact. aud forward your Jul
name, giving number and name OF street tt
which you have removed, also your forme!
address.
Al letters addressed to Manager lRisE
vrANDARD, a. Third Street South, Room 20,
will receive immediate attention.
Matter Of an Official nature, such as calls to1
regular or special meetings Of societies, memo
xia resolutions. etc, viii! be charged for by tfs
sine
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05
GLADSTONE TO INGERsOLL.

The leading article in the May num-
Der of the North American Review is
Gladstone's contribution in defense OF
Christianity against the attacks Of Sob
Ingersoll. The Grand Old Man, is a
daughty champion Of the Christian
faith, and Bob has found at last a
foeman worthy of his steel. The arch
lnfdel of the United States has been
frequently answered before by able men
and notably by Father Lambert who
wrote the "Notes on Ingersoll' and
'The Tactics of Infdels," but perhaps
the great statesman of England is the
ablest man who has yet entered into
controversy with him. Gladstone is a
master of logic and possesses wonder
full knowledge of Biblical literature, and
we are confident that he will effectualIy
expose Bob's sophis tries and get the
best ct him in the discussion which has
commenced. Gladstone is courteous
and complimentary to the American
and truly says:
"Col. Ingersoll writes with rare and
enyiable brilliancY, but also with an
impetus which he seems unable to con-
troll. Denunciation, sarcasm, and in
yective may be said to constitute the
staple Of his work; and, if argument OF
some favorable admission here and
there peep out for moment, the writer
soon leaves the dry and barren heights
for his favorite and more luxurious gal
Looping grounds beneath
Referring TO Ingersoll's blasphemous
illusions to the Almighty he says:
81 do not deny that a person who
deems given religion to be wicked
may be led onward by logical consist
ency to impugn in strong terms the
character of the author and object of
that religion. But he is surely bound
by the laws Of social morality and de-
cency to consider we'll the terms and The
manner of his Indictment. -. Are
not such methods Of proceeding more
suited to pLacards at an election than to
disquisitions on these most solemn SUBJ
jects?'
lngersoll will probably reply in the
June number of the magazine and an
interesting discussion continued for
months may be expected from the two
gladiators.
AS an evidence of Gladstone's mar
vicious versatility it may be stated that
there is review from bis pen i'll the
May number Of the 'Nineteenth
Century, on Mrs. Humphrey Wards
new novel, s'Robert Elsmere." We
sincerely hope the old man will not
forget Ireland in the midst of his liter
airy labors, and that he will soon be re-
instated as premier TO give Home Rule
to that prosecuted island.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

WE are proud and exultant over the
defeat Of Minister Phelps for the Chief
Justiceship. Cleveland feared the Irish"
American vote and appointed Melville
w. Fuller of Chicago to tho vacant
seat. AS Phelps is now in this country
he ought to be kept here and some re-
preventative American should be given
his portfolio at the Court Of St. James.
Such toadies and sycuphants as Phelps
should never be sent by a Democratic
administration to represent this coun-
try abroad in any capacity. Lowell was
bad enough, God knows. but Phelps
"beat him hollow" Such snobs are a
shame and disgrace to the republic,
and the sooner Phelps is relegated to
the obscurity from which he was un-
earthed by Bayald the better it will be
for tine reputation of the democratic
party.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05
DONNELLY7s CRYPTOGRAM.

The much advertised and famous
book of Donuelly's made it's appearance
last Tuesday. The work consists of 61gc
volumes comprising 998 pages. Whether
DonnellY succeeds or not in convincing
the world that Bacon was the author OF
the plays attributed to Shakespeare he
has proved himself to be man Of great
industry and reseMch. We have not
yet seen the work, but we have read
everything about it both from Donnelly
and his critics, and we have no doubt
whatever of its being the most interest
ing production Of the day. Prof. Elias
Colbert contributes to last Sunday
Chicago Tribune an elaborate review
of the CIPHER argument, and though a
doubling Thomas before he examined
the proof sheets, he now admits the ex-
istence of a CIPHER in the plays OF Shak'
speare. Another critic of acknowledged
ability, James knowles, Of the mine
teentn Century Review" obtained from
Donnelly the advance copies OF the
proof sheets Of his book and submitted
them to one Of the most eminent mathe-
maticians in England, George Parker
Bidder, Esq Queens Counsel, r. r.
S. a, and wrangler at Cambridge
Mr.. Ridder examined the book very
carefully and reported to Mr.. Knowles
the other day the result of his searching
examination. A London telegram tells
the result as follows: ''l1r. Bidder says
that the wonderful coincidence shown
by Mr.. Donnelly could not possibly be
due 20 chance, and that he believed
that Mr.. Donnelly was right, and that
there IS a cipher i'll the plays, possibly
several; and that they were probably
interviewer into the text by Bacon
While complimenting Mr.. Donnelly
highly and expressing his amazement at
his stupendous industry and ingenuity,
Mr.. Ridder is of the opinion that the
publication Of the book is a little pre-
mature, and thinks it would have been
better to hold it bach for the purpose Of
perfecting the work instead Of submit
ting it to criticism i'll its present form.
The book is out, however, and every
reader of the STANDARD should not
fail to read it and test the accuracy Of
the cipher by the aid Of a fac-simile
copy Of the folio edition Of 1923 which
can be found in the bookstores to serve
as companion volume to Donnelly's
book. The STANDARD wishes Donnelly
both fame and fortune and hopes his
book will be an immense success.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

ton of the Union and the downfall OF
slavery their assailants and insulters
STAYED at home or fed into Canada to
escape the draft. According to 1he
Army and Navy Journal, which is gooo
authority, Irish born soldiers to the
number of 144,2 200 fought in the War OF
the Rebellion, and we may add those
OF Irish parentage born under the stars
and stripes who shouldered their musk
cts at the same time must have far
exceeded that number. We admire the
Pioneer Press for it's able advocacy Of
parliamentary indepenence for Ireland
and feel dlsinclined on that account to
use harsh language towards it. AS for
the Dispatch it is too contemplate TO
receive any notice at our hands.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

A LETTER from General Grant ad-
dressed to General Sherman has been
given for publication to the North
American Review, in which Grant
gives his reasons for accepting the Re
publican nomination for President in
1868. Grant was actuated by patri otto
motives in accepting the nomination as
the following extract shows: 'You
understand my position exactly. 1t is
one / would not occupy for any mere
personal consideration, but from the
nature of the contest since the close Of
active hostilities 1 have been forced
into it in spite of myself. I could not
back down without, as it seems to me.
leaving the contest for power for the
next four years between mere trading
politicians. the elevation of whom, no
matter which party won, would lose to
us largely the results of the costly war
which we have gone through. Now
the Democrats will be forced to adopt a
good platform, and put upon it relia-
BILE man who, if elected, will disappoint
the Copperhead element Of their party.
This will be a great point gained, if
nothing more is accompl ished 4
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05
JOHN BOYLE O'RE1L1Y's new bool

JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY's new book
on pugilism and athletic sports is quite
an interesting publication. MIR.
O'Reilly himself is an athlete Of no
mean ability, though he does not prob
ably rank as high i'll that line as he
does in journalism and poetry. The
s'Book BUYER relates that upon one
occasion Mr. George w. Gable who was
lunching with him, leaned over to ask
him, with the air Of one who propounds
great ethical conundrum, "Mr.
O'Reilly, can you tell me what a slug
ger is ?" a question which, coming
from MIR. Gable, the neekest of men liz
app earance, must have been deliciously
funny to a boxing expert like the Irish
rebel Journalist.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05
THE CASTLE POLICY.

The Dublin correspondent Of the
Boston Pilot writes as follows:
ga batch of men and women in a
given district are prosecuted for All I'M
aginary ofense. They are brought to
the central town to be tried, and natur
ally their neighbors follow them into
the town to learn the result. They are
joined by the townspeople; the police
are brought in large force, and some
urchin groans at them OF calls "Buck~
shot, or Harvey Duff" or mayhap
filings stone. Forthwith there is a
baton charge, several heads are broken,
and the names OF some prominent peo-
pie taken down, to furnish matter for
fresh prosecutions and give excuse for
fresh proceedings Of the same charac-
ter. The Castle and it's 1nstrumen is
are, in short, daily creating disturb
ances, and then furnishing the people
who axe she victims of their rowdyism.
It is a fearful position in which the PEG.
pie are placed; and no man can foresee
how it will eventuate. There is one
thing certain. # the Castle is deter
mined to so On with it's policy Of tor-
ture the people are no less hardening
themselves into an attitude OF defiance.
They cannot meet brute force as it de.
serves to be met. by the only means by
which it should be met. But they can
meet it, and are daily meeting it, with
the grim determination Of men who
know that their only chance of foilinq
the malice of their enemies lies in pa
tient, stern endurance. That is the
sentiment prevailing in all the districts
where the heel Of the oppressor has
been placed on the peoples necks.''
In this connection The Citizen says:
"We think that Messrs. O'Brien,
Dillon and the other leaders are wrong
liz bringing a lot of helpless human
beings together to be meat for the
sabres of English hussars. They
should either let the people stay al
home or give them a hint to come tc
the gatherings prepared to defend
themselves in some form. Five hun.
dred determined men could have wiped
out, with hav forks and bill hooks, the
small force of uniformed English
ruffians who attacked the Ennis meet
ing. Irishmen are no longer men il
they permit themselves to be dragooned
to earth. without O. manly retaliation
like that. The people should either re-
frain from meeting or sight to the best
of their ability when attacked. The
wiping out Of a detachment of hussars
or infantry might do nc permanent
good, but 1t would be q great satisfac.
ton. But we forget-we have no right
to suggest anything Of the kind. We
are -four thousand miles away"
Aye, there's the rub; and SO long as
the American Irish are that distance
away from the scene OF action and are
likely not to get nearer it is their duty
to refrain from finding fault with the
leaders and people who meet the enemy
face to face on their native heath.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

Shuman heads the list of importers OF
our goods. Philadelphia promises very
well for US. took an order there the
day before I sailed, for very large
quantity of tweeds from Wanamaker u
Brown, who employ in their several
establishments over 5000 statesmen. l
also visited with success Roch ester,
Syracuse, Utica. Providence, Baltimore,
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, st. Louis, Mil
waukee, Detroit and made my head.
quarters in New York.
"Then you thinks the prospect of your
company are good %
Decidedly SO. We have in ono year
succeeded in establishing business
connection with the best mercantile
firms in the United States, and we have
a firm hold of market that is I'M
limited. The goods of the Irish Wooden
Company are now asked for in most Of
the large clothing establishments in the
principal cities, and means are being
taken to develop the trade to much
greater extent during the coming sum-
mer." Mr.. White, it will be observed
makes no mention of either of the twin
cities. Let some enterprising firm en-
gagged in tie clothing business open a
correspondence with Mr.. White, with
the view OF introducing Blarney tWeeds
and other Irish WOODEN goods into Min
nesota. From conversation had with
several freshmen iii Minneapolis we are
led to think they would patronize any
house which would embark in the i'm.
portation Of Irish wooden fabrics.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

The government Of the District OF
Columbia (Which includes the city OF
Washington) is in charge Of three Com
missloners, one Of whom is to be prac-
tical engineer. MI are appointed by
the President. There are subordinate
off Gals, assessors, collectors: surveyors,
attorneys, coroners and inspectors.
There is also District police and fire
department. There is no such office as
that of Mayor in WASHINGTON.
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05
TIE WOODEN INDUSTRY AGAIN.

The Dublin Freeman's Journal pub
fishes an interview with Mr.. Peter
White who had arrived home from
America where he was acting as agent
for the Irish Wooden Manufacturing
and Export Company. BE reported his
mission here as being very successful,
and said the wholesale traders Of Chi
cago complained of not getting half
enough Of Irish cloths to meet the de-
mand for them Boston said Mr..
White, Continues to use more Irish
goods than any other city, and Mr..
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05

JHE Toronto Globe says that Canada
has no room and no welcome foE the
Inmates Of British warehouses, whom
many ssphilanthropists'' seem willing to
cast penniless upon its shores. The
Toronto city council has passed a reso-
luton protesting against the practice OF
shipping paupers from the "Mother
Country" The Canadians seem TO
think that the Anglo-Saxon immi-
grants would be hindrance to the
sworking of free Institutions to bor~
row all expression from Prot. Gold
win Smith,
The Irish standard., 1888-05-05
EDITORIAL BREVlTlES.

THE Official organ of the Chicago
anarchists is gone where the woodo1ne
twineth. The "Alarm" died last week
with defiant shrek and direful threats,
and it IS the earnest wish OF all good
citizens that the dirty rag may never
have resurrection.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-08-10
Jenny Wade's Sad Fate.


Among the many interesting things
concerning the battle of Gettysburg,
published by the daily press during the
recent celebration of its quarter-centen-
nial, have seen no illusion to the story
of Jennie Wade, who was the only wo-
man killed in that conflict. She was q
young and very attractive girl, living
in double red brick house on the
Baltimore pike, east of the town. On
the first day of the combat, when the
Eleventh corps, under Major-General
o. o. Howard, was forced back to
Cemetery Hill, and 5000 of their num-
ber captured in the street, Jenny was
engaged in her usual household occupa-
tions in the kitchen in the rear of the
dwelling, and Confederate bullet
penetrated the front door, traversed
the direct and connecting hall, and
buried itself in the poor girls bosom,
killing her instantly. She was engaged
to be married, and her lover was fight
ing among the Union troops. By a
strange fatality he was killed, as nearly
as could be ascertained, about the same
time as his sweetheart, neither of them,
of course, learning aught of the death
of the other. The house is still stand
ing, and was conspicuously decorated
with bunting during the reunion.-
Washington Capital.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-08-10
A WAR ANEcpoTE.
How One Pair of stockings Was Distrib-
utcd Among Two soldiers.

How One Pair of stockings Was DistrIb-
utcd Among Two soldiers.
The Listener is proud of the acquaint-
anco of n venerable lady who, domiciled
mt the time of the war at New Orleans,
proved ministcring angel to the Union
soldiers who came into that city after
the capture. 1t was u hard post in
good many respects, for the boys; the
climate was against them, and there
was a good deal of hard fighting up and
down the river. The hospitals were
filled with the wounded from the Port
Hudson campaign, who wero brought
in daily by steamers. The graves of
the twelve thousand Union dead who
lie in the Chalmcttc Cemetery attest
the severity of the service on the lower
Mississippi. For II long time this ex-
cellent lady served faithfully in the hos
pitfalls, without a cent of pay, risking
her life in assisting the sick and wound
ed, and contracting smallpox while
nursing in the hospital-an illness
which has enfeeblcd her to the present
time-and not only paying rent to the
pied, but suffering pccuniary loss. This
excellent lady relates, among other
stories of her heroic experience there,
this pathetic remembrance, which has
enough substances in it, II fully treated,
to make much more of story than the
Listener can make of 1t.
1t was in 1864, and in the st. James
military hospital in New Orleans. A
box of gifts had been sent from Boston
to the soldiers. Who that recalls that
period does not remember those boxes
that were always being made up at the
North for the soldiersP Sometimes they
contained very impracticable sort OF
material indeed, that made the boys
wonder that Northern people could be
so stupid; but generally their contents
were very welcome. The lady had dis
tributed the articles in this box among
the soldiers in the hospital, and had got
down to the last thing in the bottom-a
pair of stockings with II love letter in
the toe. She entered a ward where the
brave Michigan and Indiana sufferers
were convalescing after the terrible bat
tie of Baton Rouge. Before her, upon
their cots, there lay two mutilated but
cheerful young fellows, covered with
sheets She held up the parcel toward
them and said:
"But one pair left-draw lots for
them!n
Its all right, Mrs. R." said one OF
the boys: zone for each!"
He held up one amputated leg, with
out the foot. And the other, saying
not word, but with smile, showed
that his leg was gone above the knee"
Boston Transcript
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-08-10
RANDOM SHOTS.


THE w. R. G. of Iowa are purchasing
slippers for the inmates of the Iowa
Soldiers Home.
"SoPHIA JANE RICHARDSON, Eighth
Pennsylvania Reserves, Daughter of the
Regiment, 1864" This inscription upon
gold medal worn by Pittsburgh
girl means she was the regiments
''war baby" and was born in camp JAN
uary IA, 1864.
WHO was the last man killed in the
warp That is not an easy question to
answer, but in the town of Union, Me-,
some of the people think it was Jacob
Sidelingcr, of that town. He was killed
on the very day of Lees surrender to
General Grant, and in the latter part OF
the day.
The field of Gettysburg comprises an
area OF twenty-five miles. There are
now 1876 monuments standing on the
ground. There are 10000 dead heroes
buried on the field. The most expen-
sive monument erected thus far cost
5000, is ffty-two feet high, and was
placed by the Eighty-third New York
Volunteers.
A CURIOUS relic of tho war, owned by
Mr.. Highgate, OF Grenada, Miss, is the
first number of the Prison Times, a
four-page, twelve-column paper, pub
lished at Fort Delaware, in 1865, by
Captain j. w. Hibbs, of the Thirteenth
Virginia Infantry. Instead OF being
printed in type, 1t is beautifully and
closely written with pen in script
style.
A MOST remarkable incident, and one
which is we'll attested, is the case OF a
Union soldier who had been in Sher-
mans army, and while making trip
through Georgia stopped at Marietta to
visit the graves OF his comrades. He
found there his own grave, plainly
marked on the records, with his own
name, with his company, regiment and
State. The man felt moment like
Rip Van Wrinkle, but he finally solved
the mystery in this way; A shell had
taken off the head OF the man who stood
adjoining him in battle, and he had OBJ
tanned furlough the next day and gone
off, and his comrades missing both men
had mistaken the mutilated body of his
comrade for his own and marked tho
grave with his name,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-08-10

and I'm all chokod up with sulphur and
rubbish"
just then his wife, who had looked
out, gave n cry.
"Where is the left wing of the housop''
she asked.
Don't know. Don't ask me. could
not bring 1t with me, you know. TWAS
all could do TO get hore myself"
When a"Orning dawned tho extent OF
the wreck could be seen at glance.
The she'll had completely demolished
the wing in which the Colonel had been
sitting in an upper room, and his escape
appeared to be almost miraculous. After
that the Colonel stuck closely to his
family in the bomb-proof, and yet dur
ing the long weeks of the siege that fol-
lowed the house was never struck again.
atlanta Constitution.