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The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

A MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS.
The memory of the Chris mas of 90 to
the American who witnessed it will be
lasting. The generosity OF the people Of
the United States is noted. In the hour
Of their need we have sent money, pro
duce and wares to Ireland, to Russia. and
the far east. But this season the deetitu~
tion at home is sufficient to tax our gen.
crosby. The lesson of this Christmas is
obvious. He, who gave US Christmas
SAID, 'crhe poor We have always with
you" The force Of that saying came to
US this year with redoubled force. But
have the people no escape from poverty !?
No doubt the poor will be With us at all
times. But it would not speak we'll for
our civilization to say there is no rem
edy; no relief for pauperism. We are
forced to admit that the want which ex-
listed in many households this Christmas
was enforced, the result OF enforced idle
ness. Are we to infer that it will be
with Us each succeeding year in an equal
or increased degree? The experience of
mankind has remedied many absurdities
in the social organism. The influence of
tho Church's teaching raised woman
from q state of slavish subsection to q
position of equality with man. The in.
fluence of national feeling destroyed the
absurdity Of feudalism. Human slavery
withered before the feeling of the broth
erhood Of man.
We have reason to believe that another
social absurdity--that Of poverty will
disappear under the influence Of whole
some legislation. We all admit now that
man mas q right to hia lite, and to that
property which he acquires. These
rights were once denied. We may rea.
sonably hope that the time is not far dis
tant when all will admit that man has q
right to home, and to employment;
Our legislators should have learned then
during this vacation that there are more
serious questions demanding their atten-
ton than party policy or personal prefer
ment. A large portion OF the American
people have learned that lesson. This
Christmas season has brought b mo to
us all the virtue Of giving. Self was for
gotten, and every where there was EVIL
dence that the commandment "Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," was
most widely and generously practiced.
City COPIED with CITY church with church,
and neighbor with neighbor in the gen.
crosby Of gifts. And We may safely say
the words; peace on earth, good will to
man" were sung with sweeter force than
for many preceding Christmas.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

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The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

The partisanship displayed by our po'
litioal parties is something not known in
European countries. re tho Republican
party had control Of the present G m
gress, the bill for the admission of Utah
ARIZONA, and New Mexico into the Unior
would not have called for serious consid
GRAFTON. One reason why the Republic
cans in the House made no more SERIOUS
opposition to the bill for the admission
Of Utah is the hope, which many Of them
entertain, that their party, instead of the
Democratic, may profit by the move
ment. But it is the height OF folly To-
either. party to pin it's faith TO the future
of new state. The Democrats con
s,nted to the admission Of Colorado in
1876 because they thought they were
sure to carry it, and then found that, but
for Colorado, Hayes could not have beer
elected even after South Carolina, Flor
ida, and Louisiana had been counted fol
him. When Idaho was admitted in 1890
the Republicans regarded it as sure for
their party, and yet only three years later
their candidate tor president lost it, three
electoral votes. The Republicans are
n w obi setting m ost strenously to the ad-
mission Of New Mexico and Arizona, be.
cause they are sure these states will send
men to the United States Senate who
are sure to be against them. We believe
that it would be better for the territories
themselves to postpone the burdens Of
statehood until their population becomes
more settled. So long as our western
states are capable Of the follies which
they have shown them selves possessed
Of We ought not to increase the risks Of
the nation by making new states OF even
less promising material Yet opposition
on the part Of the Republicans comes in
bad grace, after their action il regard "a
Wyoming and idaho. +,
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

TAMMASY collected and distributed
among the poor of New York city SIC, GOO
last week. It should be remembered
that Richard Croker said, "Tammany
should be more earnest in the work Of
relieving the needy than in that Of poli-
tics" Tammany's words and actions
sneak with thousand times more elo-
ouent voice than does DR.. Parkhurst.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

The sentence of McKane, the boss Of
Coney Island, to thirty days in the county
Jail for contempt of court, in disregard
ing an injunction at the time OF the re-
cent election, was welcomed by all good
citizens.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

II appears from the official returns OF
the election held in New York last month
that the Democratic defeat was due en-
tirelv to Maynard's candidacy. He was
defeated by 10l, 000 votes, while the high
est majority against any other candidate
on the Democratic ticket il only 25, COO.
He was the load which dragged the
ticket down to defeat
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

Ir is amusing to read Republican
editorials on the Hawaiian matter. The
chief count against the administration
is that it's course is un- American. They
harp about the American policy" The
American policy as construed by them
seems to be closely related to highway
robbery. The Democratic party waa
severely criticised Tor the method in
whiob great deal Of our western terri
tory was acquired from Mexico. The
argument used was that We were taking
advantage of 70 weak nation. This to 9
certain extent was true, but how much
more torcib]y the argument applies to
the present trouble. The Mexican Acqui-
ssition was the result Of an unavoidable
WsE The Hawaiian trouble is the direct
result OF unwarrans ed meddling with the
affairs Of that country by the preceding
administration. There are some facts in
the Hawaiian trouble which are perfectly
plain to. the American people; first, that
the present admin stration does not act
from any bnt patriotic motives; second,
the American policy does not mean any
such thing 40 the Republican press would
have 90 believe; third, the action which
President Cleveland has tsken or will
take Will be consistent with the principles
Of justice and international law.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

VIXEN such men as Reed are at a loss
to know what to say in defense of pro-
lection we gain some idea Of the weak
ness of their position. All the plausibil:
lty of the OK speaker and the sarcasm Of
Burrows will not answer the cry for
bread coming from the unemployed.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

JUICE Cooley, one Of the most distin-
guished jurists and law writer's in this
country, again says that the course OF
President Cleveland in tbs Hawaiian
matter is the only course consistent with
the principles ct justice and interna-
tional law fs4
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

THE year 1898 will be remembered by
the people of Ireland as year in which
their right to self-government was first
recognized by a majority Of the members
OF the popular Legislative body of the
British Empire.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

AS New York and Chicago are both
ruled over by mayors who are Catholics
it is about time for the A. r. A. to got up
another massacre.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

The latest encycEcal Of Pope Lao on
the study of the Bible is one Of thssmost
important issued during his occupancy
Of the Papal throne. It is an able and
unequivooal denial of perhaps the most
often repeated and unfounded charge
made against Catholics by Professionals,
viz; Catholics are taught not to read the
Bible. This document should renew the
pride which every Catholic feels for the
most distinguished man Of the age. With
out doubt it will increase the respect of
mont Catholics for the scholar and phil
osopher at the head Of the Catholic
Church. It is the parts treating of the
persons whom the Pope calls the enemies
of the Bible and his recommendations az
to how to meet the attacks Of adversaries
that chiefly interest American Catholics.
We have not seen an official translation
Of the enoyclical, but in speaking Of the
rationalists those who oppose obstacles
to the Church, the following are essenti-
ally the words used:
Formerly the Holy Sse had to do
above al with thoss who relied on pri-
vate judgement, and, repudiating the di-
vers traditions and authority of the
Church, affirmed that tho Scriptures
were the unique source OF revelation and
the sovereign judge Of faith. At present
our principal adversaries are ationalists.
who, sons and heirs, 80 to speak, offstbe
men Who we mention above, and basing
their notions on their individual opin
ions; have rejected Wholesale even the
doctrines Of Christian faith still accepted
by their predecessors. They absolutely
deny ell inspiration; they reject Holy
Writ, and proclaim that oil sacred OBJ
iects are human inventions and articles;
they regard the Sacred Books not % con-
tanning the exact narrative Of real events,
bnt as inept fables and lying histories.
TO reinforce those errors, by meanS Of
which they believe they can annihilate
tho holy truth Of Scripture. they invoke
the decisions Of new, free science. These
DECISIONS are 90 dubious = the cloudsd
visions OF those rationslists that they
vary and often contradict each other on
the seltsame points And while men
Judge and speak in @ innplous 9 fashion
3of God, Christ, the Gospel and tho ~
maindsr 81 tho scriptures there 40 not
wanting among them tthose Who wish .
be considersd Christians, theologians
and commentators, and Who, under the
most honorable 81 names, ddiiasembls tho
audacity 81 = spirit abounding On inso-
5leaoe. il spesl king Of the method of
studying tho Billie the Pope urges the
critical study d ancient II Inn
guagss ii order that those who are g
teach should know the tongues s. which
tho oanonical books vsre prini tiiyyely
written.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30
GROWTH OF SOCIALISM.

The year just ending has been prolific
in the amount of discomfort which has
arisen among all classes. AS a general
thing the people of this country can not
understand why socialists should exist.
The fact is they should not exist: But
perhaps there are in this country to day
many who feel, as they have never felt
before, the canses which produce the
socialists Of Europe. Carlyle said: IA
man willing to work and unable to find
work is perhaps the saddest sight that
Fortunes inequality exhibits under the
sum-" There are many in our country
who can attest the truth of that saying.
1t is just such business inactivity as we
have at present that allows the growth
of communitic ideas. Socialism is not
q native Of this country. It is an unna-
tural and unwelcome foreigner. But
the minds of many would now be in
prime condition to believe any radical
doctrine. They know they are discon-
tented and they look to new conditions
for change. The explosion in the
Cham or OF Deputies in Paris is the re
suit of extreme socialism in the Old
World. ~
But socialism is gaining ground. Dem
ocracy in it's advance leveling all dis
tinctione az to the natural rights of man,
is attended by the spectre socialism which
seeks to level distinctions based on prop
erty. Thus far society has rejected so
cialism as the foe Of peace and order. It
seeks to array capital against labor,
which should 70 hand in hand. Society
is made up of different classes, and one
can not do without the other. An equal
ity of social condition never has existed
and never will exist. ~
We believe that man should be al
lowed to work out his own station in life.
We believe in the survival of the fittest. !"
In business matters, the fullest competi-
tion, the completest liberty Of contract
should be encouraged. This system OF
individualism undoubtedly has it's evils
It offers no resistance to the able, shrewd
and untiring. The consequence is, great
fortunes are amassed which in them
selves are praiseworthy, but in the hands
Of those not burdened with "over scru-
pulous conscienoes," they are enslaving.
Yet the evils attending individual efforts
are trifes compared with the evils OF 30
cialism. No man has right to rely
upon the efforts of others for his sup
port. The drones, the shirks, the ineom-
petent, need reinforcement OF their
morality. In iHdividualism this REIN
forcement is furnished by the thought
that he who dees not work can not est
Socialism holds the state responsible Tor
the support Of the people and oonse-
quently encourages the worlds lazy
thrOng to continue in their course.
But it is not in combating the teach
ings or arguments Of socialism that we
find any difficulty, but in preventing its
spread and acceptance. For g q certain
class are predisposed to and pleased
with socialism from the outset, il takes
no reasoning to hold them TO their doc
trina The remedy Tor, socialism consists
IS wider education. When personal
rights are spoken Of By speakers and
teaohers property lights should also ~
spoken of The youth born and raised
IS 5onr large CITIES, without education,
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30
A MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 80. 1893.
The Irish standard., 1893-12-30

politics. It claims to be non-psrtisan
and non-sectarian, Of course, but it is
both partisan and sectarian. II is sort
Of educated A. =. A. That 10 to say,i
appeals to the intelligent Professionals 9of
Boston, whereas the 4. p. "A. sppeals to
the ignorant and deprayed. Thea. PA.
is the organized ignorance pf tho Pro
testant sects. First Let us consider the
purpose Of the league which u to purify
city politics. kre tho citizens in their.
collective capacity not capable Of doing
all that il required in that directiofs
without the aid Of Mr.. Ospen md his
church societies? There Is no corruption
in Boston's municipal politics We havs,
the cleaneet and the most efficient and
the best city government We have had Tor
half century. An organized effort vas
made recently TO- overthrow II, but II
failed. Why? Because the oitissns 81
Boston. without NJ. Oapen's church so
cieties, know what they wanted, md they
held fast tosit. We have no doubt thai.
IL Mr.. Capen's crest moral snaclilas ~
III sxistence this year i would have joinSseI
the ~. =. a. and other elenents df con-
fuaion and disorder "a trying q slects III,
Ha1t We have 10 doubt that aly,sts
Emsj ority 81 the delegate Nom q III
|organizatiio yoted To- HIart md din1t
fatthev
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-02
CarlYle's Xacnnt House.

Mr.. Arthur Waugh describes visit to
the now vacant house of Carlyle in Chelsea,
in his letter to The Critic There were two
rooms on the ground floor, opening out of
one another-a double dining room, the
front looking on the blank wall opposite
the back giving glimpse of dark, desc
late looking little garden. The staircase,
though In very poor repair, has a fine oak
balustrade, and above are the bedrooms, of
which the servant had distinctly the better
choice. But above that again was the
room we had really come to see. 1T was
here as Mr.. Carlyle wrote them books of
his" said the woman.
A large, lofty garnet, well lit by a sky
light; on either side the fireplace, book
shelves and cupboards let into the wall, the
whole painted uniform terra Gotta. On
the doors of the bookshelves are pencil
sketches, by whose hand drawn wonder-a
Rosettilike woman, with bare breasts and
long, flowing hair, and roughly drawn
outline of "A mans head And over all the
silence of death and the shadow of decay.
We passed into the garden, and here the
sense of desolation was the keenest. The
path was weedy and ill defined, the wall of
the house behind looked broken and inhos-
pitable. By the stump of tree there is
plain staff of stone, marking the grave Of
Mrs. Carlyle's pet dog. A worm eaten wa
ter tub and a ruined shrub or two com
plete the scenery.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-02

The orcR,io Warbler may voice her culture
rHrc
With Wagner. uublnsicin nnd Bach, or an,
hghnuwn air.
but still her o. trs are lacking, they're so very
straight and prim
By the side NJ hat old melody. the pcnnyroyal
hymn.
When Deacon Jones aud sister Prime In joy.
ful tune did blend,
WIN many an extra here aud there and such
hearty end
The church was filled with music up to the very
brlm
When the chorus Joined the choir in that pen
nyroyal hymn.
The pasied organ creaked and wheezcd when
soaring M on g
And grumblcd, gr0aned and tremblcd down
along tac depths of G.,
But never faltering in It's work, like soldier.
staid and grim,
II started out 10 wrestle with n pennvrovai
hymn.
The boys would swell the rolling song to help
the deacons out,
But keen would be the ear that told just what
they sang about.
But words were never noticed. for thew sang
with mighty vim,
SO their aid was very welcome in that penny
royal hymn.
Oh, would those days might come again, sweet
days of long ago
When youth lent strength TO lungs and arms.
and we helped the organ blowl
Few voices now seem just Alright, SO dainty
and so slim,
but olden times put forth the zeal In penny.
royal hymn.
Fred L. Smith In Yankee Blade.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-02
An A damlens Eden.

The romances of the opening of the Cher
okee strip will survive after the memory
of its hardsh1ps and perils. The story of
one enterprising woman is already aaoat
She managed by private agreement with
30 women maids, spinsters, widows-to
secure the right to one square mile. These
Amazons had their steeds ready, and when
the signal gun sounded each was off pell-
nell to the square mile, whose goodly out
side had previously claimed the notice of
the fair organizer. They reached the goal
and defied all the men in creation to jump
their claim. This square mile they have
christened the 'Lady's Home" and it is
held in common on the condition that no
man be allowed to set foot on any part
There is probably good deal of amiable
pleasantly in the account of the Ladys
Home and its guards and safeguards, but
it is agreed that since machinery so largely
does the work of western farms there is no
reason why women may not farm to advan-
tage. In many of the northwestern states
women have taken up quarter sections and
farmed them alone. In Minnesota there
are numbers of instances of women rs sue
cessful farmers. 70 eastern women the isola-
ton and deprivation of those things in life
that are as much as meat and drink and more
than cattle and lands are a more serious
objection than fears of manual labor or of
inability to hold the pillow or WELD the
scythe. But whether in the Cherokee strip
or Westminster, the disposition of women
to become land owners is a significant sign
of the times.-New York Evening Sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-02
HER LOVER SHOT The COW.
when. Thinking 1t Was Burglar, She Got
Her Fathers Gun.

when. Thinking 1t Was Burglar, She Got
Her Fathers Gun.
The pretty village of Hollis, N. Y, was
recently excited over the mystery surround
Ing the shooting of a fine Jersey COW owned
by Farmer Fredericks, peaceful tiller Of
Hollis productive soil.
The farmer was aroused late that night
by terrific explosion at the rear of the
house. He ran down stairs, and seizing q
double barreled shotgun which was stand
ing in the kitchen made hurried search
about the premises. No evil effects of the
explosion were then apparent, so he went
back to bed. The next morning he found
the COW riddled with shot in the barnyard
When the shooting of the COW became
known In the village, everything else was
forgotten, even politics. Everybody won
dered who the guilty person was--that is,
everybody except one young mamie knew.
Farmer Fredericks would probably never
have learned who shot the COW had it not
been for the kicking qualities of his double
barreled shotgun.
While his pretty daughter Phoebe was
standing at the gate talking with Coles
Hendrickson Friday evening Farmer Fred
ericks, unknown to the young people,
passed near them. AS he did so he over
heard Coles tell Phoebe that his arm had
been lame from the kicking Of the gun ever
since he shot the COW.
Farmer Fredericks did not want to be
deemed as an eavesdropper, but he could
not restrain himself He made his presence
known to the young couple, and in the same
breath demanded an explanation from Hen
erickson.
The young man, finding he was caught,
NoAn full Azll
Fredericks that he had escorted Phoebe
home from church Oh Sunday night, as
usual and that after they had been in the
house awhile they heard strange noise in
the yard. 1t sounded like some one trying
to break into the house.
What time was thatf" demanded the
farmer.
"About-about-l2 O'clock" answered
the young man hesitatingly.
WAS there u lightf'
"Yes, sir, but-but-it was turned low"
"Go onl' thundered the farmer 81 want
to know it ALL
"Phoebc became frightened and got me
your shotgun out of the kitchen"-
THAT accounts for the gun barrels being
hot when grabbed it," broke in the farm
er. Il thought the heat was due to it's
standing against the chimney Go on"
Il stole out of the front door," continued
Hendrickson, land crept around the house
l saw dark object in the garden and
fired. Both barrels went off at once, and
the recoil foored me. Hearing a groan, l
ran back to the house and gave Phoebe the
gun. l thought l had shot some che, and
ran home"
Phoebe said that she put the gun back in
its accustomed place, and hearing her father
coming down stairs she put out the light.
When the farmer went out, she stole up to
her own room.
Hendrickson added rather undiploma-
tically that when he, heard the next day
that Il was the cow and not human be-
ing that was shot he felt greatly relieved.
Farmer Fredericks, however, has forgiven
him.
The cow, too, is recovering from her
wounds Young Hendrickson would con-
sequently be happy if his confession had
not leaked out.-New York Sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-02

A terrific explosion occurred In Chiles
valley on the Thomas Edgington ranch,
near the magnesia mine. Mrs. Bartlett.
whose husband owns the mine, was out
with % caliber rifle shooting ut fences
and rocks, when she noticed a can some 80
yards away. Taking aim, she fired at it,
and big explosion resulted The can did
not happen to be an empty one. 1t con
tanned rs pounds Of giant powder. BY its
explosion fences were torn down and posts
RACED to the ground. The shock broke all
the windows in the house, tore off the
weather boarding and threw Bartlett and
William Bradley, who We're in the kitchen,
in heap upon the floor Luckily Mrs.
Bartlett, the innocent cause of all this
commotion, was not injured, but the scene
OF the upheaNal now presents most de-
moralized appearance. Register.