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The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

CARDINAL GIBBONS recently sent the
Pope portraits Of Benjamin Harrison and
Grover Cleveland. The Pope expressed
q desire for them, and the Cardinal sent
hlm two very good ones. The Cardinal
in speaking of the matter, said the Holy
Fathers desire for the counterfeit pre-.
sentiments shows the interest he takes in
America and Americans.
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

answer, which We give IN full:
War Dept, Washington, Dec. 16. 1898.
Editor Catholic Telegraph Dear Sir:
In reply to your communication Of the
18th instant, received today, in which
you enclose newspaper clipping, re-
turned herewith, containing statement
relative to the nativity and religious per.
suasion OF the soldiers who enlisted in
the volunteer army of the United States
during the late war and OF those who de-
serted therefrom, and request to be in
formed whether or not the statistics
given in said clipping are official, am
directed by the Secretary of Wsr to IN
form you that no compilation has ever
been made by this department upon
which any statement concerning this
subject can be based.
AS matter of fact the number of SOL
diers of any given nativity or religious
persuasion in service during the late war
is not known, and consequently it is not
possible for this or any other department
to make even an approximately correct
statement of the percentage of deserters
belonging to any particular religious de-
nomination. Furthe more, inasmuch as
the War Department is the sole custodian
of the records of the volunteer armies,
no person outside of said department has
the means of making any reliable estim-
ate coscerning the matter in question.
The figures contained in the enclosed
newspaper clipping are not based on any
report furnished from the official records,
and are entitled to NO credence whatever.
Very respectfully, .
r. A. AISswoR7H,
Colonel U. S. Army, Chief Record and
Pension Office. .-..-
The professional lecturers who make
their living by slandering Irish Catholics
should invent some span-new lies after
reading this official denial from Wash
ington. ''Prof." or "Msjor" Sims, of To
ronto, is already aware of the spurious
ness of the desertion figures, but he in
sists that they are correct, nevertheless,
and that he will verify them from authen.
tic records at his earliest convenience.
If he and the rest of his tribe have any
regard for the eighth commandment
they will cease propagating the falsehood
that 1O4,OOO Irishmen deserted the Union
army, when there is no evidence of it at
Washington. They certainly do not know
from personal knowledge how many men
OF any nationality deserted. They we're
not in tie army themselves, and it the
Union was again endangered from either
foreign or domestic foes they would rap
idly leave for Canada, the land of their
nativity, to escape the draft.
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

WARD McAn11sTER does not believe
in paying tax on his income. He says
that great number OF the best people
of this country would live abroad if the
income tax bill become q law. He has
no intention of leaving the country
himself but he etrenuously objects to
taxing the few for the benefit Of the
mAnv
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10
THE RECENT KELLEY MEETING

Many persons were attracted to the
Il rreat Keeley demonstration recently held
!. I s. this city by the announcement in the
1aily papers that Archbishop Ireland,
stha Father Mathew Of America, would
~ present to deliver temperanceH adj
Isi] ! sis]1rsee,s He did not appear. however, and
] M absenoe Is explained By the fact that
n ID. morrill, had been selected 70
u, 5.,s, s,ils StI,e meeting with Every
I'M sciitty md state that Go
& il ~ lll torissY Y
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

T. The above rates include cost of postage TO any
part of the United States OF Canada. To any
other part of the world the postage must be
added to the subscription price.
All subscriptions are payable in advance and
may be sent by draft, express. postal order, OF
registered letter. at our risk.
The date printed On the wrapper OF each
paper denotes the time when thes subscription
expires.
Where subscriber desires to discontinue,
the Office should be informed by letter OF such
fact. Amy arrearages due must accompany the
same.
Copies OF THE IRISH STANDARD will be on
sale at the principal news-stands in this city.
When writing matter for publication in THE
IRISH STANDARD be sure and sign your proper
name, not necessarily for publication, but as q
guarantee of good faith.
In changing your place of residence, notify US
immediately of the fact and forward your full
name, giving number and name; of street ito
which you have removed alsO:your former ad.
dress.
Matter OF an official nature, such as calls fol
regular or special meetings of societies, memo
rial resolutions, ETC., will be charged for by the
HE.
All letters addressed to Manager IRISH
STANDARD, so Fourth Street South, will receive
immediate attention.
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

The notorious ex-priest McNamara has
cause to regret the language he used IN
his TRADE 6 Kansas City. He has been
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10
made clothing, and go does VIM g O'Brien.
Redmond Is too much of Z dude TO imi- r
tate their example. a #

DAVID B. JOHNSON, whose ability az 9
platlorn orator has gained for him the
title Of "the Little Giant OF the North
west,' addressed the Third Ward
Democratic club Of this city at its last
meeting. In the course Of an eloquent
speech on national politics he diRressed
for moment to administer 9 rebuke to
the midnight conspirators who masque-
rade in the .guise Of patriots as the arch
O, emy Of mankind appears as an angel OF
hight to deceive the elect. Said MI.
johnson: .eThere is an organization IN
our midst that says it is all patriotism. !.
It claims to be the protector OF American
citizens, American liberty and American
homes. I say it comes to you Like q
tn Of in tho night. You do not know
where it is or belongs, except that we DO
know it has no home, resting or abiding
place in the Democratic party. No hon.
est Democrat can look man in the face
as he walks on the streets OF our city ana
says he belongs to this nefarious under
handed organization. Thank God, the
Democratic principles do not even per-
NIT of such thought, much less the
teaching of such doctrine. This organ
ization arraigns friend against friend,
neighbor against neighbor and family
against family, and nothing but ruin can
follow in it's train. Any man who would
join such an organization is un-American,
false to his home, traitor to himself
and disloyal to his God"
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

BOB INGERsoLL, the scof1ing intidel
spoke last Sunday in Chicago and ridi'
culed orthodox religion in his usual Hip.
pant style. The Chicago Herald cor
rectly calls him a platform mountebank
whose ignorance of philology hes been
the basis of his success, and who has not
scholarship enough to make an ideal
truth out of anything. Father Lambert
in his s'Notes on Ingersoll" and "ractics
of In6dels'' shows how densely ignorant
Bob is ON matters he pretende to know.
And yet he draws big crowds and is rap
turously applauded when he derides the
Scriptures and the Christian faith. Last
Sunday he took up several churches, in
cluding the Catholic, the Episcopalian,
the Methodist, the Baptist and the Pres
byterian, and scored them all in turn.
Being born in the Presbyterian fold, be
was more severe upon it than the others,
and delared it was the worst of all, so far
as creed is concerned. He said it was
founded by John Calvin, murder, who
having power in Geneva, inaugurated
human torture and put Servetus to death,
That is historical fact, which nobody
will deny. He then referred to John
Knox, whom DR.. Johnson called "the
ruftian of the Reformation" and said he
was a fit mate of John Calvin, both OF
whom fitted each other like che upper
and lower jaws of wild beast. He said
he had no time to speak OF the Baptiste
that Jeremy Taylor said were as much
to be rooted out as anything that. was
the greatest pest and nuisance or earth
OF the Catholic Church he said sonne
barsh things, but acknowledged that il
preserved the Bible manuscripts, and is
the witness that Professionalism brings tc
the bar of history to prove miracles thai
happened 1890 years ago. Bob will lect
ure in this city on February Is, and viii
undoubtedly have large audience. Any
orthodox Christian who listens to the
eloquent agnostic should hiss him vigor
ously and thus reb1,ke his revilings o1
sacred things.
The Irish standard., 1894-02-10

A very curious and interesting circum-
stance, says the London correspondent
of the Cork Examiner, was mentioned in
the course Of Discussion which followed
Mr.. w. B. Yeates' lecture the other day
in London on .Irish Folk Lore before
the Irish Literary Soc,ety. Father
Browne, q priest attached to an East End
mission, stated that negro sailors from
the Bahama Islands who speak Irish are
now and then to be met with at the docks,
and that they engage the services Of the
old 1ri6hwomen who sell things to sailors
as interpreters. These negroes are the,
descendants Of the so GOO Irish men and
women and children who were expatri-
ated to the West Indies and sold as
slaves by order of Cromwell after the
suppression of the Catholic Contedera-
tion in the middle of the seventeenth
century. It is we'll known fact that
Irish family names largely prevail among
the colored Inhabitants Of the Bahama
Islands, Barbados and Janaica; but that
sufficient of- the old Irish language to en-
able the negroes . make themselves nm
Iderstood BY Irish spea king
should have snryil q |oil,ane $50
year. IS the We diss I'd . very MI
q So, sIIEI II
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

Inc most unhappy tor OF men IN TINS
unhappy country today are the Demo-
Gratis. Every man Of them has q griev-
anoe, and that, too, against his own
party. With some Of them it is n
thing, with some another, but it is hard
to find any Democrat who Is satisfied
with what his party has done. Imme-
diately following the inauguration Of
President Cleveland came the disgrace
full Hawaiian incident, which brought
the blush to the cheek of every Demo-
crat. A Democratic president, backed
by O deserter from the Republican ranks
as secretary OF state, caused an ex-Con-
federate i'll the ,guise Of an official of
the United States TO haul down the
American flag, vigorous attempt to re-
establish a monarchy and restore to the
throne a discarded sovereign whose per-
sonal reputation was even more ques-
tionable than her official record.
How roundly this course Of the presi-
dent was denounced by members of his
W party as well as intelligent citizens
Of the world generally is a matter of his
tory. Then anne the struggle over the
silver question, in which the president
offended more than one-half of his own
party by applying the lash, which re,
suited in preventing any further add
tons to the currency of the country by
the use of silver. Not content with all.
. tagonizing one-half of his party on the
silver question, he now makes an at.
tack upon the other wing of the party
composed of the conservative senators,
who mostly stood by him on the silver
question, and brands their action as
perfidy and party treachery, the result
being such a scathing denunciation of
the president by leading senators of his
own party as has never been known in
the political history of the country.
Truly the lot of the Democrat in 1894
is mot a happy one, " and he will make
that fact apparent in November when
an opportunity offers TO put q Repub-
lican house Of representatives between
the president and the absolute control
OF all lawmaking, which Mr.. Cleveland
assumes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

Let no Republican be deceived
into voting for +. W. Small. All
the candidacy of Small d possibly
amount to, is to defeat kidder.
Kidder is Il good MAXWELL quail.
fed for the otfice-and was fairly
nominated, and Small was, fairly
defeated, III the convention. The
delegates from the country did not
want Small ait. for that reason
alone he was not nominated. The
populists are patting Small on the
back and urging him on, bat 10
one of them will vote fer HIM.
Their aim is to puff Small and get
some doubtful Republican to vote
for HIM who would otherwise vote
for Kldder. 1t may be that the
Herald and Bristolite have sold out
to Small but we are Inclined to
think it is because they want to
cripple KiddeY that they are putting
Small.
We understand Small says he
will spend $4,000. in this campaign.
If he does, his votes will cost him
over so. apiece. Small has his
hirelings now riding the county in
his interests. We don't believe
The time has yet come when Il. w.
Small or any other man can buy or
bluff his way into soffice in Day
county Clipper.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25
Magic Hair ReStorer.

Some advertisers who hope to
make money by inducing people to
believe that fortune is theirs If they
IA rewilllng TO DO light work, on,
tent themselves with offering to sci!
you some particular process or Sc
cret for making IA variety of articles
which you Can peddIe at tremen-
dous advance over the original cost.
For instance, you are told how TO
make a bottle of haIr-restoratlve for
eight cents that you can sell for a
dollar; a bottle of hair-oil for four
cents that you can sell for a quar-
ter; a ten-cent package of stove
polish for three cents; a half-dollar
rubber hand stamp for five cents,
etc., etc. Starch, indellble Ink,
washing powder, shoe backing,
cough-syrup, iy-paper, sllver-pla-
ting fluid, artificial honey, freckle
lotion, perfume and court-plaster
are some of the things which have
been invited to make and spread
through my neighborhood, the
profit to the advertiser being in the
shape of whatever money | may
pay him in return for the secret, or
whatever profits he may derive from
the sale to me of boxes, bottles or
labels with which to put up my
goods. | am told that if | do not
like canvassing myself, | can easily
find lots of miserable people who
will be glad to canvas for me and
double their money. | am told
that if | make ten thousand bottles
of Magic Hair Restorer, costing me
three cents a bottle, and sell them
at ten cents apiece to canvassers
who will retail them at a quarter, |
will make seven hundred dollars,
the happy a will make
fifteen hundred dollars, and the
whole nerghborhood will rejoice,
except perhaps the bald headed
man who tries the Magic Restorer.
Philip G. Hubert, Jr, in NOvem-
Der Lippincott's.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

II, by lowering the tariff duties,
this country imports more goods
and pays the cash for them, and
the imports exceed The exports, it
will be only a question of time
when the volume of money we send
across the water will exceed the
volume we keep at home. No bust
hess man a afford to pay out
more money than he takes in. 1t
dosen't require very much mental
calculation to foresee the result of a
policy which drains our country of
money. The more money we keep
at home the more we shall have to
use at home, and the more we have
to use at home the less we shall feel
'hard times"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25
POPULISM M HIGH.

Populism comes high in Colorado
where the rule of governor Waite
has had the effect to consume not
less than $500, 900, 600 of values in
the state This is the testimony
of the Denver Business Mems
League, composed of five thousand
business men, partly Republicans,
partly democrats, and partly recent
populists. Populist rule in Colo.
RADIO is compared by the League to
a devastating forest fire, which,
by destroying the credit of the
state, has caused values to shrink
two thirds. So bliglting has been
this influence that it is impossible
to borrow on a gold mine one dollar
on five dollars worth of ore in sight
and men with money to invest in
agriculture or manufacturing avoid
Colorado as they would a pest
house.
The lesson of Colorado is worth
careful study by the voters of other
states with a leaning toward popu-
lism. Upon Colorado has fallen
the heaviest penalties of popullsm,
for the two-fold reason that it's gov
ernor was the craziest crank of the
entire list of populist governors,
and that its chief industry, mining
for the precious metals, could not
be carried on without large capital.
Kansas, another of the populist
states, has suffered in credit only
in a slightly lesser degree, however,
and both states are rightfully re-
garded by men with capital to in
vest in business as the two states in
all the Union most to be avoid
ed. Populism has proven the most
costly craze ever entertained by the
people of either, and it IS no Won
der that the business men Of Den
yer are calling for it's overthrow as
the ouly means ot restoring pros
perity to Colorado.
If the effects Of populism have
been so baleful as to reduce the
credit of a state, the borrowing
power of whose prosperity once
ranked next to New York, to a con-
dition of actual paralysis, what
guarantee has Georgia or North
Carolina or Illinois or any other
state North, East, South or West,
of immunity from a like destruction
of credit and prosperity in the case
Of populist success! Populism Is
the costliest political fad since the
days of secession, and the sooner
the people of every state take the
lessons of Colorado and Kansas to
heart the better for their peace Of
mind and pecuniary prosperity
Philadelphia Times. independently
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25


Pier 50, of the international Navi.
CATION Company, with 1850 bales o.
wool piled up in formidable array
has for the last few days had much
of the appearance Of a besieged for.
tress. 1t offered the first opportuni.
ty to Philadelphia Americans of ob.
serving what free wool meant under
the new tariff bill passed August ~
The brands of New Zealand, France
and Turkey marked ON the bales
were object lessons Enthusiastically il.
lustrating the fact that America and
Americans cannot compete with the
cheap labor of Europe. This bic
pile of foreign material was not with.
out its effect, and many casual OBJ.
se ryers who supported the men who
We're responsible for its presence il
Philadelphia whistled and thrusr
their hands deep in their pockets ant
talked incoherently about wishing
they had voted the other way. The
wool arrived On the steamship South.
wark from Liverpool, saturday. The
1859 bales looked formidable enough
but they ere as nothing compare,
to the $4,000 bales waiting for trans
portation TO America on the sam,
wharves from which this importation
came. And there are other noun
tains of wool in other European port.
that are simply waiting to be shipped
to America. Philadelphia Inquirer
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

1t shows what straights the oppo-
sltion are reduced to for argument
when their organ is filed with slush
and balderdash. This is probably
the kind of argument Kelley would
use in the state senate if the people
OF Day county should be SO unfortu-
nate as to elect him. How logical it
is to say, '.you lie!' aud other such
expressions. How dignified. How
naturally it comes from his pen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25
Kansas Populists.

Tic second plank Of the populist
platform has this to say in regard to
a protective policy:
..Nc adhere to the doctrine of pro-
lection and believe that tariff laws
should protect the products of the
farm as well as of the factory"
How different this is from the I'M.
American ideas Of our South Dakota
populist leaders. who are making
speeches day alter day and night af-
ter night defending democratic free
trade fallacics and the monstrous
surrender to the sugar trust.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25
How To Select A Mandolin.

Putting aside the matter of deco
ration, then, observe that the joints
of body and face are tight; that the
neck piece, or finger board, ls firm
ly secured to the body; that the
fret bars do not shift in their SOCK
cts from shrinkage of the wood
that the strings, when tuned, touch
nowhere from nut(i. e., the trans
verse strip over which the strings
pass from the keys)to bridge; and,
most of all, that the keys them
selves work correctly. If the cog
at the end of the string spindle is
loose, or if the endless screw on the
shank of the key does not accurately
engage IN the cog, you can never
tune your instrument properly, nor
keep it in tune. These suggestions
are offered on the supposition that
the learner is to purchase his own
mandolin. They are vital to his
success as Il performer, and to the
aesthetic enjoyment which he has a
right to expect as a reward of his
patience and devotion. AS with
every human endeavor, a good be-
ginning is three parts of the whole.
In conclusion of this head of our
subject, | should add that MANY
professional players prefer a maado-
lin of American manufacture 20 an
imported instrument. The former
is the larger model, and is said to
bear our climate more sturdily, as
well as to develop a more robust
tone with use.-From "The Man
dolin Without A Master;" Demo-
rests Magazine for November.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

Speaking of the democratic tariff
bill, in his letter to Wilson, President
Cleveland says it ear party per
iidy and party disl,onor. How can
we face the people after such outra-
geous determinations and violations
of ps~inciplc?"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

Reciprocity goes aud with it the
markets for American products that
made a demand on us in one year
for mor than $3.50, 600, 900 increase
in the shipment Of those products
not one compensating thing to
take their place. We lose the flour
trade with Cuba, trade IN farm pro-
ducts with Brazil and all the South
American republics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

Gnd Harness Mfg. Co, of Elkhart, Ind,
informs Ms that their prices will be lower
fof 1884 than ever. He wishes us TO ask
3rr readers rot To purchase anything In
rie linc Of carriages, wagons, bicycles or
larEcsS until they have sent 4 cents in
sLsm p To pay postage on their liz page
catalogue. We advise the readers OF this
ai2r TO remember his suggestion
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

Kelley accepts the challenge for a
joint debate and names the night
before election as the time, and Web
ster the place. Why not take in
some other towns and go out in the
country? Perhaps Mr.. Kelley would
rather wait until after election.
That is the way it looks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

The populist press and their speak
ers are trying to throw dust in the
eyes of voters, crying corruption that
they may hide their own crookedness.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

Fer years and years the editor of
the Herald has been bowling, "Web-
ster Ring" but he is now the head
of the biggest ring that ever was or
ganlzed in this state and is unblush-
ingly running the machine in his
own interests.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

"Pensioner' Pidcock is going over
the county telling the voters how to
think. lie is also hired to look after
the county jail-that is where the
pension comes in.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25

MANY of the eftizcqs OF I'nl"s \. I
diana, nre never without q IT." !
Cllamberlain's cough Reflf,e ,..,r,
hu0se,' says Jacob Brown, p,,ss!
mslrhant OF the place. cdJ
has proven OF so much. va'nf .,orS4
and Group IN children thai ,gm 10 I
who know its worth ARE wn''" Co
without it. For sale by f. Ho'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-25
PLATFORM.

We denounce the Republican par
ty of South Dakota for collecting
taxes to run the state government.
We commend the vote of senator
Kyle for voting a tax on sugar.