The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-09-22


tinctive badge of maids of honor is bow
of scarlet ribbon on the shoulder, while
the ladies' in waiting wear white bow
with the Queens cameo portrait. The
dowry of maid of honor has been given
for at least $50 years, but is according to
her Majesty's pleasure, and in 1868 it,
was refused to one lady who engaged
herself in marriage without the consent
of her royal mistress.
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"What is the probable loss from the
fir. on pine stumpa1e throughout the
etate?" was asked of a leading Minnesota,
logger the other day. "The loss is in one
sense nominal" replied he. "You under
stand, fire does not burn the body OF q
pine tree; it only burns off the bark and
foliage. The trunk of the burned tree is
as good as it ever VAS, with this excep.-
ton. The tree, after it is burned, must
be cut the succeeding winter, else it will!
become worm eaten and worthless. This
fire is blessing in disguise to labor
Every owner Of burned pine stumpage
must 20 to work this coming winter ana
cut every foot of it, and many Of these
owners are forced to cut perhaps hun
dreds of millions of feet Of stumpage;
they would not have cut otherwise for
years to come. They are, you see.'
forced to employ immense crowds OF men
they would not otherwise have had use
for"
The disestablishmept of the English
Church is only question of time, and
only short time at that. The good that:
will result from this is illustrated by the
results of disestablishment in Ireland.
A few years ago, before the church was
diseetablished, it had poor, sickly ex-:
istence, but since it was thrown upon it's
own resources it has risen up to strength
and usefulness such as it never had when
endowed. The Church of England is
greatly in need of the tonic which it wilt
receive when compelled to work out it's
own salvation, and when the abominable;
business of advertising and selling church
l1vings shall come to an end. The best
churches in England are now in charge
not of the best and ablest men, but Of
the men who have been able to secure
the favor of the "nobie lords" who hold.
their living (churches as sops to deal.
out to their poor relatives and friends.
The sooner this system comes to an end
the better for the clergy and the people.
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A staticiaD. taking the official reports
of the Interstate Com herce Commission
as basis, finds that there is an annual
slaughter on our railroads of some 1000
persons, killed and wounded. That is
what it has averaged in the past FIVE
years. The killed numbered one-sixth of
the dreadful total. This exceeds by far
the casualties OF the bloodiest battle of
the late war The cause given for this.
annual loss of life and limb lies in the.
fact that railroads are run primarily to-
make money for the stockholders, hence.
economy in the number of employees to-
properly do the work, and economy in:
equipment make sad havoc with human
life The remedy, and the only appar-
emily effective une, seems to be in gov
ernmental ownership of the railroads of
the nation, for, as may be noticed in the
departments, there is always abundance
Of help to do the work required, the SAL
aries of subordinates are Of the highest
and the hours OF labor the shortest known
in the country, the very reverse of all.
which is the rule in railroading. {:
*F* "a
Bishop Spalding in an article on
Catholicism and Apaism,' in the North
American Review, describes the Catholic
attitude toward the public schools in the
following manner: "Our position on the
question Of education is at once simple
and widely and authoritatively pro-
claimed. We believe that religion IS an
essential element in human nature, and
therefore Of right education; and where
it is possible to do so We found and main
tain schools, in which, along with other
things, We teach also what we believe to
be religion. Inasmuch as this is not
done in the c ,mmon schools, we find the
system defective, but we do not condemn
it, for in 9 country such as ours no one
system of'State schools seems to be pos
slble, and we are openly and without
reservation in favor Of free schools, and
consequently in favor Of school tax. &
For my own part and think express
the Catholic view-I not only would not,
had I the power, destroy the public
school system, bui, would leave nothing b