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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-01-28
MARTIN MAHoNy.
Relative to Church Fairs.

go the Editor of the Irish Standard.
George Sand, in her "Hlstory of My
Lift =" tells us how during the solitude
of her early womanhood she shut herself
up in an egoistic sorrow and attributed
to herself an exceptional sensibility.
The sollcitous mother who wro Q
last week on church fairs must have
read, aud without judicious reserve,
this strange and fascinating book.
Those who would impeach her state
ment of fact and deny the inference
which she intended should be drawn,
will agree that the letter does really OK
press It's author. 1t was probably not
the incidental evils that may obtain as
elsewhere at church fairs that inspired
her; but the unanswerable rehsction-
Thus pleasures fade away;
Youth, talent, beauty thus decay,
And lee7e US dark, forlorn and grey.
It is an unworthy cause that cannot
inspire courage to fling off the mask
that hides the champions identity; and
the champion of such cause is not
worthy mask for the lance of even a
common scribe. A facile pen knows but to
obey the inspiration Of even asoured soul,
and eager manufacturers of Islander give
no rest to th-ir v-nomous tongues Tue
solicitous mother must be g disap-
pointed old maid whom the worlds scorn
or indifference has consigned to involun
tary solitude. IT'S easy for such an one
to detect evil in what is most remote
from wrong either in purpose or in fact.
A mere possibility is exhibited as spe-
cifc actuality. A mere rumor that some
one was derelict is made to justify the
damaging statement that multitudes
erred e there reason why q church
bazaar as now conducted should offer
opportunities for wronR-doipg any more
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PUBL Tn)N S

lNo co1nmunicat will be acceptsd for pub
location IN this column unless accompanied by
the name ct the writer. It should be understood,
in this connection. that the editor does not nee
essarily endorse opinions Of correspondents / #
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-01-28

Spe al to Tire Irish Standard
Mrs. .. Erwin, OF Lake City, is visit
ing her aster, Mrs. james McCahill.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-01-28

"a any tther lsoeial tLer'ing q
. like lihood that soliciting bsS1
more dang erous than shop ping There.
Ii no evidence that the bszaars held
within the last three months have not
satisfied tho postulates of enlightened
Christian zeal Yours,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-01-28
HISEXACT WORDS.
Cont,nued Fronl First PAGE

Confirmed From First Page.
DeSota, the arrival of tha clergy Of
Maryland, gre events Catholic in origin,
and are so recorded in history. The dis
coverers, Marquette and Hennepin We're
Catholics; yea, the very city in which
we live is named after a French
Catholic general, Du Luth. Let peace
and harmony reign amongst US. Let
us all work for the noble cause, the
progress of our country. Let there be
freedom of worship and liberty, which
the Catholic Church proclaims, which
cur grand constitution permits, aud you,
m2 veterans-pardon NE If thus speak
it is a heart full Of patriotism for my
beloved c,untry. If there be an evil
and you know it well-why not speak it
out? If the Roman Catholic church
would tamper with the American repub-
lie, priests would sound the note of alarm.
Why, my friends, what does the Church
represent in this nation? She represents
100000 OF Catholics, 5000 Catholic
priests and over u bishops, and she re-
presents wealth amounting to 81, lGO, $780,
600 in the Union.
Let there be neither distinction of
nationality nor religion on election day.
Let US Americans consider the honesty
of the candidate, be be Protestant or
Catholic, and vote only for the loyal and
upright citizen.
NV, my friends, it is we'll that
the nation does not forget your noble
deeda. Woe to the nation that would
consign to oblivion the memory OF her
heroes. What nation more than ours
could forget heroes who conserved tho
Union.
THERE is sparkle about everything in
the Ladies' Home Journal that appeals
with wonderful attractiveness to reader,
and this is especially true of it's February
issue. Mamie Dickens "reminiscences,
"My Father as Recall Him" deepen in
interest as she tells this month Of her
great fathers love for birds, sports and
outdoor life, while Mrs. Bayard Taylor's
portrait is for the first time seen in print.
with sketch of the wife Of the famous
story writer and traveller. The daughter
Of Hawthorne is also sketched and por-
trayed, while Mrs. Burton Kingsland tells
how to give timely luncheons, teas and
suppers. In fact, there is everything in
this wisely conducted and beautifully
illustrated Ladies' Home Journal 70 win
it the approval Of Womankind, and that
u.s. 600 women now buy md read it each
month Is not surprising when one looks
over even single copy Of this magazine.
One dollar per year. Published by the
Curtis Publishing Company of Philadel-
phia.
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Metallic Salts and Oxides.

Experiments made to ascertain the ac-
ton of metallic salts and oxides, as de-
scribed before the Manchester Philo-
sophical society, exhibit some phenom-
email facts. Saturated solutions were
made in water and painted ON small
pieces of the rubber, or. in the case of
insoluble substances, pastes were made
with water and painted on, the whole
being allowed to dry, the heating being
done at temperature Of GO degrees c.
for 10 days. The following compounds
of copper entirely destroyed the rub
Der; Sulphate, chloride. nitrate, fer
rocyanide, oxide, sulphide; also arsenic,
iodide. silver nitrate, strontium chic
ride, vanadiam chloride. manganese OK
ide and bismuth chloride.
The following had an injurious effect
viz, ferrous nitrate, sodium nitrate,
uranium nitrate, ammonium vanadate.
Those that had very little action were
lead chromate, ferrous sulphate, zinc
acetate, zinc chloride, tin perchloride,
while the behavior of about 60 salts hav-
ing no actie1 whatever was also exam
ined. Exceedingly small quantities Of
copper salts arc injurious TO rubber, and
it was found that wherever the cloth
used in making waterproofed fabric con-
tanned traces of copper the rubber be.
came generally hardened and destroyed.
As to tho use of the various blacks, it APP
pears that manganese oxides should not
be present, but logwood chrome blacks
may be used with impunity. New York
Sum-.
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The dress of the women is almost iden-
teal with that of the men. though some
times varied by low white muslin bodice
and string of coral, replaced in tho
higher classes by sparkling circlets Of
rubies or sapphires on dusky necks and
arms. Moormen descended from ancient
Arab traders. who migrated hither from
Red sea ports, and distinguishable by
their voluminous red or white robes and
tall hats glittering with tinsel, smoke
their narghilehs in dim arcades filed
with gorgeous silks and delicate en-
broideries.
Malays with fiat Monaghan features
and dull blue garb drive brisk trade in
the artistically woven cloth and cotton
of their native peninsula. Stolid Bonn
bay merchants and keen faced Jews with
long, black ringlets preside over stores
of shining gems, for this favored island.
together with the pearl fisheries Of the
western coast, possesses the further treas
ure of inexhaustible sapphire mines and
the minor wealth of tourmalines, moon
stones and garnets.
The rubies and emeralds of Burmah
and Siam, which appear plentiful as the
native jewels, are received in exchange
for the splendid sapphires and the rare
specimens Of alexandria and iacinth OBJ
tanned from the quarries of Ratnapura,
famous for unique crystallizations which
rank amid the phenomena of nature
Cornhill Magazine.
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WOMEN WELCOME IT.
An Apartment House With No Rules In
III

An Apartment House With No Rules In
New York.
London is far ahead of New York in
one respect at least. 1t contains more
than dozen apartment houses for wom-
en- exclusively-houses unhampered by
any rules, but where conveniences and
even elegancies are to be had without
paying exorhitant rent,
New York is soon to have one. Glow
ing stories are told of it. 1t will be stu
ated on Fourth avenue, corner of Nine
tenth street. 1t will be seven or eight
stories in height The apartments will
be divided into small suits for semi
housekeeping and single rooms all deco
rated and furnished by the associated
artists. Needless to say, this bespeaks
harmony of coloring and an aesthetic
selection of chairs, tables, coy divans,
etc
The Twelfth Night club viii have a
fine sweep of rooms in this new house.
After the Partisan style, the wide court
yard, shadowy and cool, will be nest of
florists shops, all kept by women. A
restaurant on the ground floor will be
headed by first class chef and staff
of walters. Elevators will run all night,
and boys in brass buttons will be numer-
GUS in the marble tilet halls. Altogeth-
er tine independent women of New York,
young and old, will be able to vie with
their rich neighbors on Fifth avenue
and for about half the expense.
Mrs. Candace Wheeler is the promoter
of the enterprise, and Miss Janet Lewis
the secretary,
.'And there viii be really no rules:"
asked one girl at aclub tea last week, her
voice expressive Of awed wistfulness.
mot lulei Not ghost of one, Once
woman is accepted as tenant her re-
spectability and reliability are guaran-
teed. After that there is no espionage"
Most of the suits are already bespo-
ken. 1t is rumored that General Clusters
widow will make her home there, as
will Mrs. Frank Leslie and others equal-
" well known Most Of the occupants
will know each other. They will have
all the privileges Of home-no rules--ao
red tape, Jolly: Comfortable Desira-
bles Yes, indeed.
When the apartment house is ready,
fhsIe will be a migration from poky
tiats and chilly boarding houses; there
viii be ordinations of joy from divers
corners of the town that welded togeth-
er would put the most triumphant Greek
chorus to shame. KATE JORDAN.
New York
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Funeral. In the Middle Ages.

In the middle ages it was customary
at the funeral Of any great person to
have his horse led and arinor borne be.
fore his corpse, the horse being after
ward claimed as "a mortuary due to the
church at which the burial took place.
The armor was either reserved for the
next Of kin Of the deceased or else was
hung mp in the church. No doubt much
of the armor suspended over tonbs IL
mere ''undertakers trappings,r although
often considered genuine and Of sntiq-
uity.
Over the tombs Of bishops the episco-
pal inter and pastoral staff were some
times suspended, as in the case Of those
in Winchester cathedral hanging over
the tomb Of Bishop Morley. who died in
1896, and Of those in Bromsgroyc church,
Worcestershire, suspended over the mon
ument Of DIR. Hall, bishop of Bristol, who
died in 7i0.--Westminster Gazette.
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~ don't know" and Mr.. Plunket sat
back thoughtfully crossing his legs. f'but
it seems to me that strong speech of
Lemaire's coming so closely upon Miri-
ANS denunciation takes the ginger out
of Miss Stones lines. Tone that down,
Murray, or hold it back bit"
The rehearsal of The Worlds Way"
was on. Raw gaslight flooded the stage
and showed the auditorium beyond.
shadowy pit that echoed every word.
Tom stood near the manager, the prompt
book in his hand, interlining it with new
suggestions for stage business and some
times altering line to be more effective.
He was accustomed to the theatre by
this time. For two weeks he had been
coming and going, spending much Of his
time among scene painters and holding
long interviews with the manager. He
no longer felt resentful at hearing the
text slurred at rehearsals and only the
cues given with distinctness. He was
accustomed to seeing tho players go
through tho "business' like automatons.
and climaxes his heart had stood still in
creating arranged with mechanical ex
actness.
The skeleton of the players craft
without the simulated passion and hui
mor-tho hardship and disillusion, were
all familiar now,
The days were too short for all he
found to do. and sometimes it was past
midnight before he thought of returning
to Chelsea square.
The interrupted avowal of his love to
Virginia had not been finished. But in
a vague, happy way she understood that
even that must remain abcyant to the
success of his play,
Outlines tho thought that it might
fail gave him soul sickness that i'm
FILTERED his food and kept sleep away.
1t was not enough to hear it praised and
feel its reality himself. The final YER
dict must come from the crowd, the
vague mass called the public, depending
upon its mood. What this would be
who could foretell? He heard on every
hand of plays teeming with promise that
had gone down like ships at sea with
flags flying and cargoes of gems on
Z DpdIut pl VI why bbUONlul
that had made fortunes and established
regulations.
Doubt left him no peace, and the first
night of 1.-THE Worlds Way" found him
with every sense quivering and alert.
Behind the scenes the air was freighted
with fever. Everybody was whispering,
peeping. specializing except Tom, and
he leaned against one of the wings wait
ing. He could do no more. opallike
CLEANS of excitement fiekered in his
yves, nervous tremors ran through his
flood, and behind an easy smile his teeth
We're clinched. He could not breathe
/ freely until the first act was over.
Five minutes before the curtain went
up he peeped over the gasman's shoulder
and looked eagerly at the upper right
hand box. He saw Mr. Kent first, stand
ing well in front leisurely surveying the
house through aa opera glass as farnii-
iarly as if boxes on first nights were
quite everyday matters.
A little more in shadow sat Virginia.
Tom scarcely knew her in the new gray
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nnrxinr ryithnn. camn..

From the earliest ages to within about
100 years ago it appears to have been cns-
tomary TO bury either with or without
coffin. The following is an extract from
terrier Of lands. fees. etc, belonging TO
Castor vicarage, Lincolnshire, dated
III: ''For every grave in tao church.
yard ard without coffin, 4 pence; IL with
coffin, / shilling" Among tno vosary
minutes Of st. Helen's, Bisbopsgate, dat
ed March 5, 1854: Item, that mono shall
be buryd within the church unless tho
dead corpse be cofined in wood" Tho
late John Bernard Palmer, first abbot Of
the Cistercisns in England since tho
reformation, was buried in the chapter
house at Lougbborough without coffin.
In the days when burial without coffin
was general the body was shrondod, tied
at the head and feet, and carried 10 tho
grave in o closed bier, which was geri-
orally provided by the parish for this
purpose.-Westminster Gazette.
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taken complete charge of her estate of
more than $50 acres, on the whole of
which hardly a weed is to be seen and
in no place can there be found single
plank missing from the - miles of fence
upon it.
Her thoroughbrcds are descended from
one of two mares Margaret Wood and
Magnolia-which were presented to
Henry Clay by prominent politician.
Most of the cots Mrs. Clay sells as
yearlings. The pride of the whole estate
is Logic, the splendid thoroughbred, who,
with his III hands of height. is very
Saul among his fellows He is the largest
horse of his kind in America and proba.
bly, in the world.
Mrs. Clay cares little for the society of
her own kind, but she is on the most in
innate and confidential terms with these.
her mute friends. She knows their names,
their histories and even their individual
dispositions. Last month, as she was
showing visitor over her domain, they
approached beech grove where no sign
of animal life could be seen, but at the
call of her mistress from every nook and
corner of the wood came running beau
tiful mares with their colts beside them,
all showing in their arched neck, small
ears and intelligent eye their proud de-
scent. Each of these horses has its own
little house and paddock, and should any
die they are laid tenderly away in spot
set aside for that purpose. Mrs. Clays
genuine love for her horses is shown in
her interest in their future welfare. In
her will she has bequeathed to every su-
perannuated animal ON the place leg
acy of $50 per annum and no work.
BRACKENBAUGH FITzBUGB,
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On that part OF lower Clark street
where the houses have shriyeled away
until they are never more than 20 feet
high, where the sidewalks are moldy and
decayed, where firnsy lace curtains hang
in the windows and where no man looks
you in the eye, coal wagon was seen
the other day. 1t was overloaded, and q
chunk weighing 30 pounds or more fell
of when the wheel struck deeprut. A
little Italian lounging before theentrance
to basement saw the block Of coal fall,
and he ran for it. But it had broken
into several pieces. He captured the
largest piece. A colored driver whose
army coat was fastened about him by o
piece Of hempen twine took two Of tho
smaller pieces, and then a woman with
a basket trotted down stairway and
gathered up what was left, even to the
crumbs. In certain parts of the city
coal will be coal this winter. - Chicago
Rccor1
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are too pretty to he confined to that color,
and we may expect to see them in vari-
Gus rich, dark colors. Nicotine and chest
nut brown, the favorite new browns,
will be very handsome made into such
jackets.
There is nothing very new in bonnets
except perhaps that they are growing
smaller by degrees and beautifully
less" until now there is nothing to many
of them but bit of a wire frame with
or without velvet strings, and jet or
gauze butterfly or aigret or some ride
ulously small flower or bow. But their
main object seems to be to hold upright
some glittering bit of nothing of conse-
quence. The tea caps are larger than
the bonnets, but are generally prettier.
There is a fashion in shopping bags
and reticules that bids fair to become
general. The newest bag is large, made
of the same material as that in the dress,
and lined with silk that is gauffered at
the top. where the wide ribbons are run
in to slide over the arm. These reticules
are very useful and are often quite orna-
mental. HENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.
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A NOTED HossewoAAa.
Mrs. John Clay of the Old Ashland Farr
~, ,,t,,ar~

Mrs. John Clay of the Old Ashland Farm
In Kentucky.
The most widely known horsewomaG
in Kentucky, and probably of the whole
south, is Mrs. John Clay of Lexington.
A manifold interest surrounds her. The
fact that she is the daughter-in- law OF
1.-THE great commoner," Henry Clay; that
her home, '.Old Ashland was built BY
him for his son, her husband; that it was
here that Mrs Henry Clay died. and thai
almost every article of furniture the
house contains was bought and used by
Henry Clay, is worthy of notice. Be
sides that, however, she possesses the
usual great personal attraction and up to
her marriage was a renowned belle. She
is also woman of literary ability, hav-
ing written several well known novels.
But Mrs. Clay's principal point of in
terest lies in none of these things, but in
the fact that throughout the whole length
and breadth of her native state she is the
only woman who conducts entirely alone
Blue Grass stock farm. Since the death
of her husband six years ago she has
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first"
AL last only one voice was heard
competing with me. The owner Of it
peered at me through the crowd.
peered at him. Who was it but the son
of dear old friend! All, it was sight
to see him look at me only half con-
WINGED. is your name Kent? 1T is,
and you are Eichard Monklow, ar
swered. Well, he withdrew, and the
bust became mine. / spent the rest Of
the day with him. We lunched at Del
monico's, played game of poker in his
rooms afterward. All, he's fine fellow,
this Lieutenant Monlzlow. He's just left
the navy to inherit Il great fortune. Oh,
what a life he has had! Teeming with
adventure, with experience. Lucky dog!
But open the packages, Tom, and see
The Masker' 1t cost me $50 to regain
it. What matter? 1t is worth hun
tlreds."
In moment Tom had the wrappings
off, and the bust was placed on a little
stand, The head and shoulders of girl
CLEANED whitley in marble. She was
represented laughing with unrestrained
gayety, her eyes half closed from sheer
WEAKNESS of so much mirth, her curling
mouth with it's range Of little teeth just
showing above the small mask that one
daintily curved hand had pulled down in
capricious moment.
A lovely thing, indeed, but sadly out
of place i'll that poor room. 1t seemed
strange to Virginia that her father did
not recognize the singular unfitness.
The girl was laughing at them ell!
And to have spent $50 for it, Oh, it was
wanton. cruel!
"Touch it reverently, Virginia; it be-
longs to my past" sighed Mr.. Kent.
But, father dear, how-how could
you do it?' she burst out with uncon-
trollable reproach. "Sixty dollars, and
SO many things needed herer'
Tom saw the old mans eyes flash, as
he Strengthened himself from the waist:
THAT will do, my dear. lido not see
that we lack any of the plain comforts
which, alasl are all can at present pro-
vide-and if | choose to add a luxurious
trife, something associated with the dear
dead days, l will not, he said in a clear,
studied voice-"I will not be interfered
with. Now, if you please, my child,
we'll say no more about it. Whenever
you want to talk over household matters
with me, am always at your service
in private"
Nothing more was said, and the bust
was placed near the melGdeop, But
Virginia could not bear to look at it.
Poverty was biting, their needs urgent
and debt abhorrent to her. How many
panels she would have to strain her eyes
over before half of $50 was earned. A
burning mist fell over her sight. She
looked up and met Toms compassion
ate eyes. They counseled her TO be pa
tient All, what did these small briers
matter since he loved her?
There lay her hope, her refuge.
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ties. The bright color should be brought
up under the throat and also be shown
in some sort of hat or bonnet trimming,
or as bow in the hair. Vests of other
material have ribbon ties OF cherry vel
vet satin or velvet, or Grape cravats like
those of little children. Worn with q
black or gray or brown dress this bright
bit of color is very pleasing.
Among some of the minor things of
the season are very handsome sleeveless
jackets of black velvet, with full ruff1e
of four inch black chantilly set around
the rather large armsize. Another frill
of the same lace borders the rest, the
rufae around the neck falling downward
over the shoulder. These jackets are like
enlarged figaros and are to slip on over
the fancy silk waists, or indeed over al
most any home toilet. Solar these jackets
have only been seen in black, but they