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The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
A Priests View Of Life Insurance.

A Priests View of Life Insurance.
ssrhou shalt not adore them nor serve
them =
To show the wisdom of this part OF
the first commandment against adorlng
false gods, it is only necessary to cite
the fact that while the commandment
was being written on the summit OF
Mount Sinai, the Hebrew people were
ai1orinq a golden calf at its base.
People are very fond Of gold. They
nov down and adore it under tbous-
and different forms.
And while the alteration Of any clea-
tnra ID abominable idolatry, it should
not he understood that the Bible is in
any way opposed to legitimate money
gathering.
Tits the worship Of MONEY! during the
time &c gathering or when gathered
ithat constitutes its idolatrous qualities
s NV experience leads me to believe
tint s little money is very good pro-
moter of morality, and would encour- J.
40 tsll men Catholics in particular-
Itoa re- more frugal and to have few
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il Hunska,s Opera hall On I. anuary sd.
The committee ii charge Will do al ia
their power to make this event the moot
attractive and pleasant OF the season.
The Misses Myrgle Brown, Alblna
Back and Lizzie Hauer have been
namedsby the Circle as a committee on
ARRANGEMENTS, and the committee on
entertainment the Misses Emma
Brown, Albina Petrickka and Anna
Taraba are working with an earnest
zeal to arrange for the entertainment OF
their visitors. Refreshments will be
served and the evenings pleasantnes'
! will be interspe1sed with vocal and in
atrumental music,
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scompanied bY slammed 4 )n' one
occasion, ventnring "a interpose bis bic
opinion III some discussion among his
comrades, one Of them rudelY inter
rupted him BY saying, 'sWhat business
have you to speak who are the Ounce OF 9
the college2n The wound was smart
ing but salutary. The meek boy did
not reply, but retired heart.sore into
solitude. He reflected on what had
been said publicly to him, without re-
buke from any one, with the silent con.
currence of all. Yes, that was the
character among them, that the opinion
even of the kindest of his friends: 1t
they had not told him of it, one had let
il out to him. To this rough monitor
he ought to be thankful for telling him
the truth. And now what was to be
donep The reproach must be wiped
away, the character must be reversed.
It's causes, real or imaginary. must be
cured at any cost. This must be the
unremitting task of his scholastic life;
he must never forget it. He took inn
mediate steps for this purpose. He &C.
cordingly wrote on slipof paper, "The
Ounce of theCollege," in plain unmis-
taxable letters, and placed it on bis
desk, where, unseen by others, it should
| ever be before his eyes. During the
regular hours of application there 1t
was; at times of extra study, while
others were at recreation. this stnging
goad was at his side. He adopted a
slow. deliberate utterance, which &C.
companied him through life, but when
perfectly remedied bis original defect
He soon rose honorably both IN his
class and in the estimation of his school
fellows-those severest but mosJ accur'
ate of judges-who, however, knew not
of the spell that formed the secret OF
his success. And SO he passed through
all the honored degrees OF his sacred Pc
sition to the highest attainable dignity.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
Beefsteaks and Schooling.

In one of the advanced islands OF the
Pacific the government made law that
it was to supply the people with beef
steaks. This caused grand hurr ah!
It was tho best government on earth.
But these were two parties. One party
liked, chose and preferred porter-house
steaks, and the government dealt out
porter house steaks to them. Another
party preferred sirloin steaks and actual
~ asked for them. The government
stood aghast. They we're rebels, enc
mics of the country, traitors, malcon-
tents, and they were told they must take
porter house steaks or go without.
''Why!" said the poor people, "you gave
these other people what they preferred,
why can you not give us what we pre-
fer? We pay our taxes just as much as
they do.'' But the only answer they
got was that they were a set OF audacious
ungrateful rebels, and they had to go
without any steak at all.
We sympathize heartily with our
friends in the South Seas. Our states
here have not opened butchers meat
shops, but they run education shops.
They tax us all for them. They give
Professionals, nothingarians, agnostics and
infdels what they ask for at this educa-
ton shop; they give them their porter
house steak III the shape Of non-religious
education. excluding God from the
school books, and leavening them with
misrepresentation of Catholic doctrines,
Catholic practices and Catholic history
so as just to suit their palates; but when
we poor Catholics go to the education
shop and say that we would like our
sirloin steak in the shape Of religious
education, we get no steak at all; we get
plenty Of abuse. ridicule, scorn and con-
tempt. Like our Pacific friends we say:
Eve pay taxes why not give us what We
want, as you give other people what
they wants But he only reply is:
Take what we choose to give or 60
Without
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montgomery.


Special Correspondence of The Irish Standard
III. r, Fisher has returned from ST.
Paul.
W. j. Sheehy visited in New Prague
last Friday.
Miss Anna Taraba visited In New
Prague Monday.
F. A. Evans, former resident, was
a visitor Tuesday.
Miss Mary Kovar returned from Min
neapoIls Tuesday evening.
j. r. Stratton made business trip to
Wateryille the fore dart OF the week.
DR.. a. J. IictiD, OF Minnesota Lake,
renewed acquaintance here this week.
John c. Murphy, OF Minneapolis, is
visiting with his parents in Erintown.
Attorney g. G. Kolars, OF LeSueur
Centre, had legal business here last
Friday.
DIR. ]. 3. White was called to Kilken-
nv to perform surgical operation last
week.
The A. O, y. W. Lodge, OF this city,
will give an entertainment and ball
next month.
The Misses Kate Dolan and Mamie
Cannon, of Waterville, visited with
friends Saturday evening.
C. G. Thurston has invented an elec-
trio telephone that for beauty and con-
Yenience is yet to be excelled.
Clerk of the Court Jacob Fish, was
a social caller last Tuesday accompanied
by Mine Host 5paetgens, of LIE Sueur
Centre.
w. A. Kennedy and Judge Mcmahon
are hard combination to beat, so say
our worthy postmaster, Frank Becker
and Mayor Sheehy.
A meeting of the interested projec-
tors Of the proposed Mankato and
North Eastern railroad. will be held at
,Mankato, December 10Th.
MIR, James Quirk, of the Tetonka
Roller Mills, Waterville, and Mr.. Jami
son. of GAINESVILLE, were here last Tues-
day. 1t is rumored that the gentlemen
have purchased the Miller Il Phelps
milling plant and elevator.
The unior Orchestra recently organ
lied have ordered their instruments
and in short time the ethics Of the
dulcet tone will reign supreme: The
members are: j. e.. Sweeney, bass
viola; F. G. Bentley, fate; G. G. Rich
ter, cornet. fat; b. Richter, cornet, b
flat; w. J. SheehY, trombone; John
Kreink, Ylolin; j. F. Kalina. lst violin;
a. j. Burg, clarionet. Rehear5als un-
der the leadership Of Prof. John Kais-
ersatt.
The Young LadlesHE ertatning Cir
lie will give . leap year dancing social
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retin hall was packed W ednesday
evening with an audience that eDjoyeds
an interesting lecture from the lips OF
Hon. 6. y. @ Brien. e was benefit
affair, the House of the Good Shepherd
being the beneficiary and forming the
subject of the lecture. Mr.. VBrlen
gave history Of the sisterhood, dating
far back in the dark ages and traced 1t
down to the organization of the local
sisterhood in 1868. The great good the
order has done in this community was
rehearsed, tie speaker showing that
1890 inmates had been received at the
house, and l,4OO absolutely reformed.
Many Of these were happily married
and are now living in St. Paul. Arch
bishop Ireland sat upon the platform,
with Revs, Heffron. Harrison, Lawler
and Raleigh, the first named introduce
ing Mr.. O Brien. At the close Of the
address, Archbishop Ireland supple
mented it with few remarks, compli-
menting the speaker and urging the citi'
zens to help out the sisters i'll this good
work. The evening was financial as
well as literary success, about $500 be-
ing realized.
A telegram was received Wednesday
from Richard .Forrestal by his brother,
announcing the sudden death of Frank
McGarry in Milwaukee. The dispatch
gives no particulars, but it is presumed
the trouble was heart failure. MIR. NC
Garry was contractor in 1T. Raul fo1
many year,, and many OF the public
works Of the city were constructed un-
der his supervision. Two years ago he
embarked in business enterprise,
which he Ielinquished two months ago
to accept lucrative and responsible 20.
sition with a heavy Milwaukee contract
or. The news OF his death comes with
q sudden pail to his hosts OF st. Pau
friends, for it was confidently supposed
that he Was ENJOYING his usual robust
health. The funeral occurred IN Mil
WaukGe.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
Farm Hands in England.

The scarcity of farm laborers in some,
of the agricultural districts of England
has given great annoyance to the land
ed proprietors and farmers. The dull.
'sChawbacon'' or Hodge" of old Eng
land has become enterprising in These
times, and is DESTROYS Of trying life il
the cities, where hordes Of miserables
have their abode, or getting away to
some other country. The employers
are apprehensive that, within 81 few.
years, only the laggards Of the rura1
regions will be left to do the hard work
of the fields for the paltry wages that
are paid to them. ssss 81
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Observation-Disclosures.

The Able Dugas says that anong t,e .a
chief causes Of the ruination OF Frencll.
Canadians are the love Of pleasure and
dress, incompetence, sidleness, dennosalsE
nation brought on by thespo litlcal yllssl
TEN, and dislike for agricult rre
perhaps to the too large mum
young men indiscriminately trained
the higher spheres Of studies ana
later on, finding no opening
idlers and burdens On societE sssSs
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W aseca.

Special Correspondence of The Irish Standard
1.-The Waseca Electric Light Company
have Incorporated and we will soon have
our lights put up.
The annual election of officers Of the
Waseca County Agricultural, Mechani"
cal and Industrial Society, was hello
Dec. 18th last. Joseph T, Dunn was re-
elected president; John Moonan re-
elected seere tary and John A. Krossin
reelected treasurer; Samuel Leslie and
Michael Sheeran were chosen Weep res1-
dents. The society is now on good tinan-
clal footing.
The Supreme Court hiss recently rem
dered decision liberating Mathew Con-
nelly who was committed to the reform
school from this city. No serious charge
was ever preferred against Connolly and
no person believes him very bad boy
His release will be source Of great
qualification to his parents who reside III
this city.
Court Waseca. A. O. F. of A. elected
officers on Saturday evening. James
Conway was re-elected Chief Ranger;
Will drapp. sub.chief ranger; P. Nc
Loone, secretary, while all the other
Offices were filled with good energetic
Foresters. Court Waseca is prospecting
and by the time the next biennial ma
tional con 7ention will have some claims
upon delegate thereto.
A literary society having for one of it's
objects the suppression of the vice OF in
temperance, has been organized in this
city with Thomas Boucher as presid emit
thereof. The society is wise in the Sc
lection of presiding officer, as no more
energetic worker than Bro. Boucher
ever associated himself with any cause,
and the success of the society is as
sured.
It affords us great pleasure to note the
manner in which F. J. McWaide of our
county "walked away" with first pre-
miums at the recent Dairymen's Con-
vention. Bro, McWaide Is one of our
most substantial farmers we'll up in
everything pertaining to that honorable
calling Industrious and painstaking
and an exemplary citizen of which any
community might be proud, and enjoys
the respect and esteem of all our citi-
zens.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26

insurance. would encourage every
Young man. and especially every father
Of family, TO have his life insured for
az least $sl 600 and not have the widow.
or dependent friends lin case OF misfor-
tune-humihated in the very earth IN
seeking the charity of this or that Orga--
niZation.
We Catholics show much heart IN
our liberal support OF charitable lnstl-
buttons, but we should show more Wis
dom by removing many of the causes
which make them necessary.
Charity is charity. No matter how
warm it may be, there is always an ele-
ment Of cold comfort In it when brought
home to our own families.
Some men seem to be perfectly insen-
sible to the possible need OF others.
They follow out selfish and narrow
minded policy.
Among the worst Of men must ever
be ranked those who wilful]y refuse to
provide for their families.
We should strive to be practical, and
in this we can learn wisdom from the
shrewd yankee who, if his salary be not
more than 81 per day for selling notions,
generally has filed away II some remote
corner of his house a paid-up insurance
policy on his life of sufficiently large
amount to enable his widow, in case OF
death, to battle successfully against
hunger.
Yes, my dear friends, we are behind
| in these matters, very far behind.
Not long ago I was present at The
death CT a comparatively young man,
! WHO left his widow and five children to
be provided for.
| His great regret was that his wife
persuaded him to discontinue his life
insurance payments in order to purchase
a piano on the jnstallment plan. That
good woman, fear, will have more
music as result Of her folly than she
| expected.
say Gas result Of her folly" 1t is
objectionable foolishDess for any NO
man to barter away the necessities OF
life for accomplishments obviously
probable. I would advise young ladies
to demand ct any young man, as the
first introduction to her friendship, a
policy of at least $1,000 written On his
life. In this l. am perfectly serious
His life insurance policy and marriage
certificate should both adorn the prelim-
jnaries 10 the wedding breakfast.
l. would advise mothers of families to
so importune their husbands that life
insurance would be the only condition
Of domestic peace.
| Oh! but it costs too much. This is
an excuse that leads to shif5lessness.
It does not cost five cents per day for a
ST. 900 insurance policy, What is $40 a
year to a man who spends double that
amount to CRAFTY his whims?~-U.B.M
a, journal.
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CATHOLIC CONVERTS.
It Includes Long List Of Persons Prom
inent in English Life.


inent in English Life.
Father Luke Rivington in the course
of a recent sermon, is reported to have
said, saws the Liverpool Times, that a
prominent dignitary of the Established
Church assured him in conversation
that It was really remarkable to find
what a change of attitude in regard to
the Catholic Church has taken place ID
the minds of a. large number OF hitherto
steadfas5 Anglicans within the past
two OF three years. This position was
the dignatary added, favorable one
as far as Rome was concerned, and his
opinion was that it would sooner OF
later eyentuate in numerous secesslons-
1t certainly seems that this prognos5l-
cation is already being fulfilled, II the
following list of recent converts TO
Catholicism is to be taken as test:
Mr. James Montgomery, M. A., Ia lead
ing Irish PresbYterian), the Castle Tar
vachy; Mrs. Bell, granddaughter of the
famous Zachary Macaulay; Mr., ".
Craig, j. F., and ex-M, T., for North
Stafordshlre "a highly respected Metho-
d1st); Mr.. Alfred Austin, OF the war
Office: Mr.. Charles and Mr.. Ethelbert
Stuart Mills; sons OF Charles Stuart
Mills; Mr.. Cateret Maule, and Mr." Eo-
ward Hunter Hale, SOUS Of we'll known
| Anglican clerygmen; Miss Baldwin,
eldest daughter of an influential Bap'
t1st family in Birmingham; Colonel
William Monok Hall, formerly OF the
74th Highlanders; Mr.. Herbert Smell
grove, MIR. Robert Cunningham Williams
eldest son of General Williams. MISS
Cecilia Fosbery. eldest daughter OF Col
onel Vincent Fosberv, Y. c., Mr. Henry
Algernon Fulke Greville, of the 18th
Hussars; Captain Fl. T. Lyons Mont
geometry, Of the Bengal Staff Corps; Mr..
J. Rees, private secretary to Lord Wen
lock, Governor of Madras; Miss Mary
E Warden, gof Little Walton Lodge;
Mr.. G, Keyte, of Brokhurst; Mr.. Her.
bert Measures, of Woodlands. streat-
ham; Miss ! Stafford, daughter OF a
wealthy Dublin Merchant; Miss Bessie
Hatton, who is now so successfully ap.
pearing ins her fathers adaptation OF
prince and Pauper,' at the Vaudeville;
Miss Blanche Lancaster Clarke. only
daughter Of Mr., George r. Clarke The
Doulaise millionaire land who was mar
ried last week to MIR. Clarence Fores-
tier Walker, son of Sir George Walker,
Bart, and grandson Of the first Lord
Tredegar; daughter and grandson OF
Charles Dickens; the Rev. X. Besant,
M. A, Of Whitechapel Parish Church,
a near relative Of Mrs. Besant, the
Theosopb1st; the Rev. John 3. Camm,
M. A., Dorsetshire rector, who has
thus followed IN the footsteps of his son,
She Rev. e. P. Camm (of the Rituals
tic Church Of st. Agnes, Kennington),
who became Benedictine Monk last
wear; and the Rev. Charles Edward
Candy, M. A., Of St. James the Less,
Plymouth, making the fifth clergyman
from that church who has become
(lofhn1io
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
The Ounce Of the College.

This story is told of the Rev. Michael
Blake, the first rector Of the Irish Col.
lege at Rome. who afterwards was
made Bishop OF Dromore.
When the future bishop Of Dromore
was student at Rome, he was remark
ably slow and considered dull. This
was owing. at least in part, TO verv
great indistinctness in his speech, &C
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
Waukee
West Superior Waves,

Srecial Correspondence Of tho Irish Standard
The little three year-old daughter O
Mr.. and MIS-. John p. Neil OF Twenty
fourth street was so unfortunate as Il
lose one of her eyes as a result OF prick
ing it in the pupil with q pair OF scis
sors.
Thomas G., aged year and elgh
months, son of Mn. and Mrs. Thomas
Leahy. died yesterday. The body vii
be.taken to Larlmore, N. D. TO be bur
led beside a brother, the funeral ser
vices being held at the Allouez flats.
The police Investigating committee
have at last presented their report tc
hhe public. They recommend the re-
nroval Of some OF the police officials
high in authority. But Mayor Pattison
has not yet decided whether he shall
decapitate the said officers heads OF
not. 1t is very probable that some re-
movals will be made.
The Forum Literary society have de-
clded not to hold any meetings until af'
ter the holidays. The LADIES' will as a
consequences Law aside their blue stock
ings during the interval and have hose
ct = glittering earmine hue. We would
say, parenthetically that the Forum is
fast forging to the front and is destined
70 oe the Catholic Club of the city
Mrs. NAV z. CareY who sustained
severe injuries while leaving train on
the Eastern Minnesota at Rhodes
Mills on the End day Of December has
through her attorneys, obtained a very
satisfactory settlement of her claims
against the company. She has been
maid So, 500 in cash amp che company as
anmed all hospital and medical ex-
penses until Jan. LIST, 1892.
The 21st street crossing scrape is
about at an end. The Eastern Mime
sofa Railway IS still making feeble re-
sistance, but it is thought that they
will eventually succumb to the inevita-
ble and allow the street railway to cross
their line. ...
Some Of the railroad companies and
tha officials thereof have exhibited an
arrogance and obstlnancy that would
he contemplate if 1t we're not absurd.
supt. Merrill of the Great Northern dis.
oheyed the orders Of the conrt and
totally disregarded an Injunction served
an him. at last patience ceased to be
q virtue, and he was arrested by Chief
paoen and was only saved from spend
ing night in the clock. up' by inter
noslng miserable plea to get OFT. We
annnose he thought like Chauncy Depew
that it was 1.-THE most ridiculous thing
,maqinable to arrest railroad official.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26

Dolls by the hundred, All shapes
and sizes at @. T. Swett's, 22s Central
avenue. .
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26

Special Correspondence of The Irish Standard
1.-The Waseca Electric Light Company
have Incorporated and we will soon have
our !iohts D11t I'm
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

which could have been operated for 1ne
mere cost of maintaining teachers and cnli-
dren. Church influence has prevented thls
and perpetuated the costly system OF con-
tracts.
A Close Watch on Finances.
These profits have been devoted to the
building up of the institutions OF the
churches. The Catholic Indian Bureau has
been very business-like in their management
OF the financial affairs of the schools. IL
had its agent, who haunted the Treasury
Department, and the moment an account
was known to be in the hands OF
the auditor, pressure would be brought TO
Dear to have it advanced ahead OF all otner
accounts, that the bureau might gather In
the shekels From the auditor the account
would be followed up until 1t reached the
final accounting officer, and there again 1t
would be advanced probably as in the other
cases by order of the Secretary. 1t is as
serted that Secretary Window never re-
fused to order his subordinates to advance
one OF these accounts at the request OF the
agent OF the Catholic Bureau.
Moreover, letters would be boldly written
to the Secretary, telling him that certain
institutions were 'hard up" and that if he
could do anything to hurry the settlement
of the accounts Of the Catholic schools his
action would be gratefully remembered.
Letters are on file at the Office of the Secre-
tary not only from members of the Catholic
Bureau, but from men and women (Mlss
Kate Drexel frequently among the latter),
in various parts of the country, urging the
necessities of this or that institution and
begging the hasty consideration of accounts
that otherwise would have taken their
place among the mass Of accounts to be
settled.
The history of the proft-making contracts
of the churches with the Government is in
deed q strange one, and one day when it is
written will be almost beyond belief.
Z. W. L.