The Irish standard., 1892-12-10
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\. PASSED IN X 3 VIE AnI,
William s. King and a. z. Ankeny IN
carrying on a discussion in the daily
press on corporal nishment ID the pub
lie schools. Mr.. King approves Of whip
| ping when it becomes necessary, while
Mr.. AnKeny would never allow il under
any circumstances. In our opinion, Mr. !.
King has the best of the debate with the
humane president of the board of educa
| ton.
In 1897 it is proposed to celebrate the
thirteenth centenary of the conversion
of England to Christianity under King
Ethelbert. The Bishop of Northsmp-
ton in whose diocese is a sanctuary dedi-
Gated to st. Ethelbert, proposes to erect
a magnificent church in memory Of the
sanity king The Holy Father has writ
ten letter to the Bishop in which he ex-
presses the hope that England is on her
way to the Catholic faith.
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The population of the new world is
thus classified religiously: North Amer
lea: The United States, Catholics. 49,
000, 600; non Catholics, 50000,0 600; British
possessions; Catholics, 100000, non
Catholics, 100000; Mexico. Catholics,
l2O00,0 900; Central America and the West
Indies, Catholics, 100000; South Amer
lea, Catholics, 24,OOO0O0; totals, Catho-
lies, 100000; non Catholics, $4,000, O00.
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Aubrey de We're, the Irish poet, is men
toned as probable successor to Tenny
son as poet-laureate. He is nearly 81
years old, and is the son of Sir Aubrey
de We're, who was friend of Lol d Byron
He lives in the county of Limerick and
has written many beautiful poems. He
is convert to Catholicity and rank
Tory in politics. It is supposed that the
naughty young beauty immortalized BY
Tennyson in his lady We're de Vere'
was the sister of the Irish poet, who
enamored and rejected the love of the late
poet-laureate when he was young man.
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DR.. Sigerson OF Trinity College is ar
Irishman of Danish origin who is the
most eminent scholar in the country in
the Ir sh language. In recent article he
proves that the early Irish writerswerethe
frat to write poetry in rhyme, and that
they should be awarded the palm as the
discoverers of rhyme. He maintains that
no vestige of rhyme can he found in'the
earliest Greek, Latin or Sanscrit Ian.
guages. He declares that he is himself
astonished at the absolute perfection
of the ancient irish metrical compost
tions and the strict and unvarying rules
that govern such metrical formations.
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! DR.. Brann, the scholarly rector OF st.
| Agnes church. New York, recently pro-
tested in the Sun against the action Of
the Eplscopalians in stealing the name
of his church for an uptown chapel. The
Episcopalians in England and Irelans
not only stole the names of the Catholic
churches but the churches themselves
st. Patrick's and Christ church in Dub.
} lin, Christ church in Waterford, St. Fin.
bars at Cork, st, Canice at Kilkenny, St
Mary's IN Limerick and numerous other
: editices throughout Ireland belonged to
the Catholics and were confscated fol
, the use of the Episcopalians. a.
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Presbyterian prejudice barred the in
PRODUCTION of the potato from ireland
into Scotland, because it was never men
> toned in the Bible! In LAO it came into
the Lothians, but was confined to gar
dens till 1854, when it was planted il
fields. BY the close of the century it wa
general article of diet. The old folks
however, did not take kindly to the new
: esculent. When an old man was told b!
his wife that she had potatoes for supper
he exclaimed: "Tatties! tatties! neve
supped on them a. my days, and wipn'
the NIGHT. Gle them to the herd, and ge
me sowens." It is significant that Burns
who sings the praises Of kali, and porrldge
!, and haggis, has nothing to say OF tn
potato.
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An Orange sheet Of the orthodox type
yclept ''rhe Loyal American" made it
I debut here last week The editor is on
/. Edwards j. Doyle, name which is any
, thing but Orange The name Of the pa
! per is an assumption and pretense an
implies there are disloyal Americans
: the Catholics, of course. Can Mr.. Doyl
I give one instance of the loyalty of Orange
men to America since the foundation 0
tho Rnnnh1ic2 What IA the mi1itar,