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The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

ACCORDING to an Irish contemporary
there is weekly auction of linen goods
in Belfast at which nothing is ever sold.
About two hundred years ago there were
two halls for selling linen in Belfast, the
White Linen hall and the Brown Linen
hall In the former a bleached linen
was sold. while the latter was exclusively
reserved for the sale Of brown or IN
bleached goods Nearly a century ago a
linen manufacturer IN Belfast endowed
the latter institution, and the deed OF
endowment contained clause to the ct.
feet that market should be held in the
hall every Friday. Linen, however, be-
gan to be disposed Of in other ways. and
the halls were no longer useful. The
White Linen hall was made into public
offices, but the Brown Linen hall still
remains to fulfill it's original functions
Every Friday morning, MIR. Nicholl, an
old man, opens the doors, takes his stand
in the middle Of the hall, and puts sin.
gle bale of unbleached linen up to auc-
ton. Ii is always the same old man and
the same old bale. Nobody ever comes
to buy it, because few people are aware
of this remarkable custom.
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

|, AID. JOSEPH L. K1IcHL1 was defeated
for state senator by an even 400 votes
last Tuesday. While this result is. not
pleasing to Mr.. Kiichti or his friends, yet
there is great deal of comfort to be de-
rived from the returns in illustrating as
they do this popularity OF the man. In
his own ward Mr.. Kiichil is beaten a
trifle over 400 votes while the average
Republican majority is nearly l,OW.
Over ia the First ward where the REM
nant of the Irish American club worked
tooth and nail against Kiichli, the re-
turns indicate that they fulfilled the pre-
diotiona made by The IRISH STANDARD
last week, that they would not be able
to muster over fifty votes against him.
This is proven by comparing Kiichli's
vote with his associates On the ticket,
some Of whom carried the ward with q
few hundred to spare while others were
beaten FROM. one to three hundred Mr..
Kiichll carried the First ward by II
plurality while the returns indicate the
election Of jacob Foell for alderman by
plurality OF 5.
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

is now being held in Rome. The
plan conforms with the history OF his
whole Life Leo throughout his whole
pontiicate has been the most important
factor ia preserving the peace OF Europe.
National and religious peace has been
the fond hope OF Leo. The first has 80
Tar been preserved, there is hope for the
second. The most important obstacle is
the constitution of the human mind, for
no two minds were ever exactly the same.
This divergence of minds N anifest itself
in religious thought as we'll as in secular
affairs. Yet it is by no means impossible
that the East will yield and return to
the fold of the Catholic Church whence
it departed in the early centuries OF
Christianity Several attempts have
been made to unite the churches but al
failed except one and that resulted in
but short union The chief point OF
difference between the churches and the
one upon which they parted was the
Profession of the Holy Ghost. Since
the time the churches parted there has
been added this further difference the
infallibi}ity of the Pope. Notwithstand-
ing the great magnitude Of the task it
does not appear to be entirely hopeless
for the Greek church has several times
expressed an anxiety that the two
churches lutte. Had it not been for the
downfall of the Eastern Empire and the
supremacy of the Turks over Constants
nople 8 large portion of the Eastern
Church adherents would now be in the
fold of the Catholic Church. The scheme
of Pope Leo is one of the grandest ever
conceived. History repeats the wonder.
full work of converting done by ST. AN
CUISINE. St. Patrick and Charlemagne,
and how Columbus and others discovered
and gave to Christianity q new CONT
nent. History tells also Of the awful
doings perpetrated by Christian againet
Christian in the name OF religion, but it
remained for Pops Leo by the simple
method of conference to attempt the
union of tbs two greatest Christian
churches. Should the plan materialize
it will add to the religious dominion Of
the Catholic Church all of Greece, Mes
sopotamia, Chaldes, Palestine and Rus
STA. It would Undue the East with the
progress of the West. Eastern Europe
and Western Asia would be brought
into contact with Western thought. 1t
would give to progress another CONT
nent--that Of Asia. It would be an &C.
com lisbment Of the closing years OF a
grand life. It would be q fitting ending
of a life whose message has been peace
aud harmony to the whole world. 1t
would be notable illustration OF Christ
ian charity.
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

OLIVER Wendell Holmes gave express
sion to what many physicians have noted
concerning the death bed when, in reply
to distinguished clergyman WHO asked
his opinion as physician on the work.
ings of beliefs about the future life in
the minds of those dangerously i'll, he
wrote: $50 far as I have observed, per-
sons nearing the end Of life, the Roman
Catholics understand the business of dy-
ing better than the Protestants. I have
seen good many Roman Catholics On
their dying beds, and it always appeared
to me that they accepted the inevitable
with the composure which showed that
their belief, whether or not the best to
live by, was better one to die by than
most of the later ones that have replaced
4 - Y
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

may bathe our face With tears, may
praise in verse their virtues and write
there worth upon the marble Of their
tombs but not in th-se consists our
love for the dead. The flowers fade, the,
tears dried, the elegies are forgotten, the
inscriptions become blurred aud blotted.
Love for the dead consists IN prayer.
"Pray for me" said st. Monica, ''Iray
for me when you ascend thu altar, pray
God for me- How we'll Augustine did
80 is written in hi4 sublime Confess
sions" But we, alas! too easily forget
onr dead. While we hold in ours the
hand of him who is about to leave us,
when we hear his dying voice and see
his lingering glance of affection, it seems
impossible that we should ever forget
him. But it does not last. While the
blow which has carried away our dear
one still yibrates in our heart, while the
heart still bleeds, the dear image Of the
dead remains with us, but time passes,
distractions intervene, and mist arises
between us and our lost ones. We see
them, but afar, and as through a cloudy
veil, aud often while the flowers ara still
fresh upon the tomb, before the year has
gone it's round, we have already formed
fresh existence from which we have
excluded our dead; they have departed
from our thoughts as they departed
from our lives.
But bhis forgetfulness is cruel, inhu-
man, for our dead suff-r. Unless we
contribute to their ransom they will re-
main in Purgatory until Gods Justice is
fully eatisfed-till they have paid the
last farthinR."
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

IT cannot be denied that the press Of
this country is coming more and more
to voice the sentiment of the people.
TO those who earnestly wishe1 for tbs
success Of Senator Hill In New York, the
most unfavorable sign wss the attitude
Of the Independent newspapers, such as
the Herald, Times, Harper's Weekly,
Puck, and even the World George
Washington could not hope to succeed
against such an array.
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10
TIE Freeman's Journal Of October >;

The Freeman's Journal of October %
announces that the sums of money sub
scribed for the Irish cause, generally
known as the Paris funds, are nov in
the hands Of Justin Mccarthy, chairman
of the Irish Parliamentary party. The
funds could not have been released but
for the compromise arrived at between
the two wings OF the Irish party, and it
is an open secret that OF the $40, 600 the
sum OF elO, 600 will be handed over to
Me- John Redmond and deposited in the
now empty exchequer Of the ParnelHte
party. Most OF the latter sum must be
applied on old debts. The Irish party
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

power exercised BY the irresponsible
chamber, he SAID, would prevent the
present Parliament from continuing for
anything like the full extent Of its
natural life. The next election, in his
opinion, would be fought on the ques-
ton of the continued existe nee of the
House Of Lords. The House, as it ex-
listed at present, was q mockery and an
invitation to reyoluti n. The House Of
Commons might vote bills till they were
black in the face; they must still go up,
cap in hand, to the House of Lords, and
ask them to pass the bills. He favored
the principle of second chamber, say
ing that the temptation of absolute
power was too great for any single per-
son or body. He believed that the feel
ings of the country on this point was
the same as his. The issue was the
greatest that had been presented since
the country resisted the tyranny OF
Charles l. and James II , involving re-
vision of the entire Constitution. The
country had not given a mandate to the
government at the last election to deal
with the House of Lords: if it had, it
had not I'll en- thu government suth-
Gent majority. The government must
therefore walk warily; it must first bring
the Commons into play. The govern
ment proposes to submit to Parliament
q resolution, the exact terms of which he
would not state now, but affirming the
principle that the Commons, in the part
nership with the Lords, was unmistak-
ably the dominant partner. Such q
resolution, which, in the present 'emper
of the House of Commons would un-
doubtedly be passed, would represent
the joint demand of the government and
the Commons for revision Of the Con-
stitution. the question thus entering up
on new phase. Then, the verdict Of
the country woul! be required, and be
felt sure that it would be as favorable rs
tho verdict of the Commons.
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

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The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

ONE OF the gratifying results of the
ate election is the small vote cast for
the only woman candidate on the tickets
The result of the count shows that wo-
men in general do not believe IN inter.
fering with the work of men and are sat-
isfed to live the life of women. Even
those who did vote did not all support
the woman candidate. Many wom on
voted in order TO show their disapproval
of the business
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

GROVER CLEVELAND is to day q greater
m IN than ever before. Honestly ard
sincerely he begged the party to perform
the pledges it had made to the people.
His note Of warning went UNDECIDED and
those 10 whom he spoke with so little
effect last Tuesday heard voice from
outraged constituents which will linger
in their memory for many day. Pub
lie sentiment is g mighty power and
when it speaks, it speaks in thunderous
tones
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

The President has issued tbs Thanks
giving proclamation appointing Thurs
day, November 20, as the day of thanks
giving and prayer for all the people, and
after enumerating the chief blessings of
the year, adds appropriately and beauti~
fully these words: "And with our
thanksgiving let us pray that these bless.
ings may be multiplied unto us that our
national conscience may be quickened to
a better recognition of the power and
goodness of God, and that in our nation
al life we may clearer SOC and clos or fol-
low the path of righteousness"
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10
THE CHURCH'S CALL.

No part Of the doct rlne of the Catholic
Church has been more misunderstood
and misrepresanted by Professionals than
that which relates to Purgatory, says The
Providence Visitor, 10 the we'll in
formed Catholic, however, it is one OF
the most familiar and consolipg Of all
doenas. So Far as 1t is of faith: it is
comprised in the two statements of the
Council Of Trent that there is purga-
tory; and that the souls detained there
are helped by the "suffrages Of the faith
ful, and most especially by the accept
table Sacrifice of the Altar"
No doctrine has on it's side wsightie1
tradition and authority, Everywhere
we find traces Of ezpiatory rites, and
engraved in tbs heart Of man and ia the
customs of every people, living express
sion Of belief that there must be place
where the dead go to be purified before
ascending into heaven. Even Protest.
ants admit of Purgatory, however much
they disagree about the definition Of the
dogma. Many of them, like Haase, hold
that 'ssome who die are too good to so
to He'll. but are to bad to go at once to
Paradise" and therefor there must be q
place where souls are purified to merit
eternal glory. What is this place if
not the Catholics Purgatory?
And how, after all, can any one fail to
admit Purgatory? Our heart and our
reason both require it. Reason says:
Gall Sins ere not equal, but they all de-
serve punishment; and punishment must
be proportionate to their guilt, the most
heinous 1neriting severe retribution,
the less a more merciful chastisement."
there must be then place where vsnial
and limited sins receive proportionally
light and limited penalty conductive to
expiatiou, so that even without the
teaching of our faith, reason itself would
suggest Purgatory.
And what does the heart say? It, too,
needs Purgatory for the consolation of
the living and the dead. It nurses un-
consciously the hope that human love
may reach beyond the grave, may pass
beyond deaths shadow, and bind a
prayerfu| bond thus with that other
world, whittier the dead have gone, and
whittier the living are forever going.
We do not readily forget the friends who
leave us for far distant lands. Our love
and our affection abide with them, no
matter where they go, And will our
love for those who pass to that unseen
and unknown land go no further than
the grave? -be smoshered by the sand
end sod that shroud them? The heart
protests againsts it. Wounded by grief
by The loss of the beloved one, it needs
to believe in this devotion; it needs to
believe in this efficacy Of prayers and
good works, it needs to believe that while
weeping, it's tears help the soul for whom
they are said; it needs, in fact, to believe
that one day in the better world it shall
meet again with the object Of it's affec-
tion.
No, death does not sever the links Of
affection which unite Us to our dead
! We may strew their graves with flowers,
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

The most unfortunate result of the
election is loss Of tlls lower house CT CON
gress to The Republicans. On the vital
questions between the parties nothing
can now be accomplished. It means
nothing can b. done for two years
Grover Cleveland will guard the inter
ests of tariff reform and the Republican,
majority in congress will be practically
useless so far as tariff legislation is con-
cernea. II Democratic majority had
been retained in the lower house the
present tariff law could have been per
fecteI
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10
CATHOLIC AND GREEK.

One of the greatest ambitions OF Pope
4 LEO has been 10 unity the Latin Of
Western Church and the Greek or East
I sern Church ference with that end
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

THE prime minister, Lord Roseberry.
scored the House OF Lords in recent
speech in Bradford, Eng. The veto
The Irish standard., 1894-11-10

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1t ia known to only few that tun-
mel is to be constructed from the crypt
of the Capital under the east park to the
vaults of the great building for the Con-
gressional Library, now in course OF con-
struction. The plans for the tunnel
have been completed and work upon it
will soon be begun, that it may be used
in the transportation of the nearly L.
100000 books and pamphlets which
make up the vast bulk of the library
from the old rooms to the new. It is
probable that temporary railroad will
be laid in the tunnel that cars may be
employed to carry large quantity of
books at once.
One of the most remarkable transfers
of this kind in the history OF Libraries
was that in Berlin some yers ago, when
a regiment of soldiers we're put to work,
received their burdens, and marched and
CONFERENCE.-THE in perfect discipline, &C.
complishing in short time the vast Ia
Dor Of removal. s.38sI AZ III #
II is possible that when the new build
ing completed 9 pneumatic tube may
be- laid Jnrougn the tunnel That Con-
gressmen may mediately receive books
which they desire to consult Without the
trouble and loss Of time Which would be-
entailed in going to the library iii persons
or awaiting g trip by d messeh eer. It H.
not expected that The Hork III LII remoya
Will begin il's before t d
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AEJvoRDs.

The road to dbrtune docs not pass
by every mans door.
Love of HON should prompt you to
make it home'of love.
The most certain sisn of w.sdom is
a continual cheerfulness.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice !;
and weep with them that weep.
The weigh of the traEsGrcssor is
hard if it be suspension from gibhrt.
Be kindly affectioncd one to another
with brotherly love; i'll honor prefer
ring one another.
Let love be without dissimulution.
Abhor that which is evil cleavc 20
that which is good.
Mankind in tho gross is n gaping
monster that loves to be deceived and
has seldom been disappointed.
Nnrrowness of mind is often the
cause of obstinacy; we do not easily
believe btyon-i what we can see.
If you want knowledge, you must
it; and if pleasure, you must toll sor
II tOll Is the law.
Exact Justice is commonly more
merciful in tho long run than pity /;
for it tends to foster in men those
stronger qualities which make them
good citizons.
Every want. not n low kind, physi.
cal as well as moral, which the human
breast feels, and which ErutcS Il" not
feel, nnd cannot feel, raises man by so
mnch III the scale OF existence. anI is
II clear proof and dir"ct in%tGnc" of
the favor of God. toward His SC. :nrch
favored human offspring.
''Enlnrgc not thy destiny cndca"oi
not - Il" more than is given th"c in
chcrgc." The one prudence i'll life is
concentration. You must elect your
WORK ~, shall take wha: your brain
can, and 11rop all tho rest. N2]l so
can that amount of vital force Gccumn-
late which can make the step from
knowing to doing,
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FVH NHIO Who NJ
nu.xa6e * Beats All.

Spc >ps.,5f ancient ships and ship
buildi5s, Professor j. Harvey Elcs
said Sat, though Great Britain aud
AneriSca had made such great strides
in shipbuilding. none of their wooden
ships approached the dimensions Of The
Ark. which was 450 feet long, seventy
five feet broad, and forty-tivc feet
deep. He calculated that this was
The size of this vessel from tho Bible
measurements, taking tho cubit to be
eighteen inches. This, he thought,
was tho correct measurement. The
largest wooden ship ntlont row w;is the
Shenandoah, and her Dimensions wero
800 feet Ivy forty -iiinu feet broad and
twenty y-ninc feet deep. Even the
Campania wns much smaller tknu ths
Ark, except in lcngth. and tho iimel-
sions OF the Ark hai ouIy been oy-
cccded in tho case of the Grsst Fast
ern. In 1856 u prize was offered fnr
tho best model OF n ship made by any
one in the United KingIlo,n. ard tho
models were on view Il! the Royal In
stitution. The prize was awarded 10
n model six times the beam tu tho
length, and ten times the depth I" the
length, these being tho same proper
tions ns those Of the Ark. Scientific
American.
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word as to the meaning of his trips
into the woods. Yesterday I saw him
prowling about the old quarry, but
when asked him what he was after he
said he was looking for game. A likely
place. indeed. t" find cnything to
shoot.
Father said the daughter, "NIr.
Hayes has always treated me like o
rcutloman. and, as there is no other
company here, | don't see what harm
can come from talking with him"
II know that it is lonesome here.
Jessie, with no one but me for com
pany, and when VIC can afford it we
shall go where y0u can have better ad
vantagcs, but that fellow Hayes is not
the right kind and I don't want you to
have anything at MI to do with him.
I've left word with Dick to have his
horse ready when he gets back, for he
has got to leave this place to-day. Oi
course, I've got no proof that he is a
bad one, but il is easy enough to see
Look at his brace of pistols | tel
you rife is good enough here against
anything but the Sherffs posse But
| must 60: remember what I sav an(
lon't look for me back before night, y
mud Mosby turned away.
Anton Mushy's occupation was tc
protect n large section of pine timber
owned 10y nn Eastern company from
cncruachmcnts by rival firms and ne
crssitntcd long irumps along tba houn'
durics of the great forest estate. Hi.
home was located in small clearing
not large enough to escape, the shadow:
of the trees for more than half the day
The nearest village was a numbering
town about fifteen miles distant. Froi.
this village ran n narrow, scraggy roaC
ont into the forest, past Mosby's house
and ti,cn nj tn" distance OF mile oil
so divided or" branch turning south
and leading somewhere III the dircC
tion of civilization, the other running
several miles northward and ending u
an old quarry which was dug in IN,
| side Of n rocky ledge.
After Mosby's departure Jessie wen
| on with her work indoors with heavy
heart. Her fathers suspicion that tn,
man Hayes, who had been sojonrr !.
with them, was only refugee IN
| Justice, panied her. He had Away
been very obliging about the house.
had books in his saddle bags and some
J times read aloud. to her, which was 1
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Channel of Commerce Shifting.

The dccadence of the steamboat
business along the Mississippi River,
occnsioned by the rapid development
of the railroad system, has naturally
resulted i'll the decline of many river
towns which i'll their day were Cen
ters of commercial Importance. But
inland towns have had more than n
corresponding growth, and the chan
nels of commerce are perpetually
shifting to suit themselves. The
freight car has largely supplanted the
river barge and the canal boat but
the latter may have restoration through
the aid of the trolley, and invention
may yet crowd with traffic all our in
ternal watcrcourses as they were
crowded during the good old steam
boating days. Philadelphia Record.