The Irish standard., 1893-02-25
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{. The Sons Of the American Rey0lu luton
should not be COMPOUNDED with the Pa
triotic Order Sons Of America, which Is .
Knownothing organization Of the mean
est kind. 8.s
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The Boston Pilot is being congrat-
ulated by it's contemporaries upon its
improved appearance since it put on q
new typographical suit. In, new or old
clothes, the Pilot is always the same in
it's principles, and occupies the front
rank in Irish American and Catholic
journalism.
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The statue of Father Mathew is at last
placed on its pedestalin Upper O'Connell
street, Dublin. It is ine work OF art
and is highly creditable to Miss Mary:
Redmond, the young sculptor. The
statue was publicly unveiled by Lord
Mayor Shanks on February g., in the
presence of large multitude who lined
the spacious thoroughfare. ,
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In Ireland, near Horn Head, in County
Donegal, there is q remarkable hole In
the rocks of the sea. coast, which is known
all o.eiNBritain as "McSwiney's Gun"
It is believed to be connected with sea
cavern. When the sea "runs full . the
ssgun" sends up jets of water to the height
of more than 100 feet, each spouting be-
ing followed and preceded by loud explo-
sions. The stgun" is a perfectly smooth
hole ebout 10 inches in diameter, and in
history can be traced to the first settling
of the country. No one seems to know,
however, how it got the name Of enc
Swiney's Gun"
The editor of the Arena recently re-
ferred to the A. P. A. in the following
scathing style: The organization Of such
society means a warming over Of the
ashes of discredited Knownothlngism; q
transplanting of miserable Canadian and
Irish Orangeism; and an acknowledge
ment that 6O,000O00 Professionals are
afraid of 100000 Roman Catholics.
Little Drained fanatics and bigots hug
their bogeys to their miserable little
hearts; but the American nation has
long got past that sort of thing. Fellows
that circulate that sort of literature and
organize that sort of lodges are unfit for
American citizenship and should be in
continently ducked in the river
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Although the late Daniel Dougherty
was for at least thirty years an orator of
high reppte, he never quite mastered the
anticipatory stage fright that came upon
him as the time to make public speech
approached. He charmed distinguished
company at one OF the fellowcraft din
ners, after Bishop Potter. Mr.. Cleveland
and others had spoken, but those who
heard him did not know that tenminutes
before MIR. Dougherty began to speak he
had been intercepted in an attempt to
escape from the room. He confessed
then and there that he was on the. verge
Of panic, and only by the most urgent
persuasion could he be prevailed upon to
speak. Once upon his feet, however, his
fright was gone and apt words, came
promptly to his tongue. He had his half
hour of tremors, however, no matter
what the occasion, when he knew he
must address an audience.
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On whatever points Irishmen may diff
fer, they are all supposed to be enthusi-
astic in their admiration for the sham
rock. Unfortunately they do not seem
to be agreed as to the plant which de-
serves the honor Of being considered the
genuine national emblem. According to
Mr.. n Colgan, who has been disoouEsing
on the matter in the Irish Naturalist,
there are two plants for which distinction
may be claimed. When his attention was
attracted to the subject he obtained
thirteen specimens of the shamrock from
eleven counties of Ireland, and his cor.
respondents took care that they should be
selected by na'ivee who were confident
that kne "the real thing" The speci-
mems were planted, and in due time it
was found that eight of them were Fri
folium minus of Smith, while five were
Trifoliam repens Of Lin@us. Thus no
one can toll which is the shamrock that
ought to appeal to the entire Irish race"
It has been suggested that the problem
should be solved by the collection of
specimens in every Irish county, the ulti-
mate decision being given in favor Of the
plant which is proved to have majority.
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The ruined abbeys Of Ireland are
among some of the most ancient and in
teresting monuments Of the world. Tits
true the sculpture is not as massive as
that of Nineveb, Babylon, or Athens, but
undoubtedly it is as ancient as the monu-
ments of Greece, and even of Assyris