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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-01-27
TN AND AROUND THE CITY
WHAT rs SUPERSTITION?

Father. Cleary Answers the Question in a
Discourse at Labor Temple.
The subject discussed by Father j. N.
Cleary at Labor Temple last Sunday
evening was Religions Superstition
He said in part: 81
Superstition is diseased religion. Su
perstition arose from false and delusive
notions of God and the unseen world.
There is grain Of superstition in every
mans nature, for we all instinctively
stand in awe of what we, cannot clearly
understand. Superstition arises from
sttributing effects to certain agencies or
powers which they are unable Of them
selves to produce, or which the divine
power has not sanctioned them to cause.
Superstition and ignorance usually go
hand in hand, for ignorance causes su-
perstition, and superstition clouds the
mind, bases Judgment and obstructs the
entrance of the light Of truth into the
human soul. The ignorant, however, are
not the sole victims of superstitious de-
lusions. We often meet bright and in
telligent minds misled and deceived by
most absurd superstitions.
The scoffer at revealed religion feigns
tn believe that all who give the assent OF
their minds to Gods spoken word are
victims of unreasonable superstition.
But faith in the supernatural, and in the
invisible world beyond the grave, is not su-
perstition, for our convictions are founded
on the word of God, which makes clear
to the reasoning man truths of the SUI
pernatural order. Those who do not un.
derstand the Catholic faith are greatly in
danger of becoming victims to the most
absurd, euperstitious delusions about
what Catholics believe The Catholic
religion takes wise and prudent precau-
lions against superstition. The super
etitions of men arise from false notions
of God and the hereafter. The Catholic
Church is tireless in it's efforts to impart
religious truths, and we'll defined convic-
tions to the minds of it's children. The
Catholic Church does not ask any man
to believe in it's teachings until his soul
is convinced that these teachings are
vouched for by the infallible word OF
God. The Catholic Church supplies the
best and only safe remedy for the cure
of superstition by teaching, with the
sanction of divine wisdom, supernatural
truth to men. The Catholic Church
does not ask any man to sell his soul to
servitude, but constantly cautions men
not to accept the teachings OF any re-
ligion as true, unless that religion is
authorized by God to teach, can prove
it's cou EMISSION and convince the human
mind of it's inerrancy in conveying the
light of Gods truth to the souls OF men.
A religion that admits it's own fallibility
is unworthy of the confidence aud re.
spect OF men who have immortal souls to
save. Superstition is an offenae against
God, and an insult to His truthfullness,
inasmuch as men prefer to yield their be-
lief to delusive phantoms, rather than to
the unerripg word of God. Faith,
founded upon d. zine authority, is the
only unfailing antidote to superstition"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-01-27

OQ W0OuoSuhy oVoAAn8s cnAOoAJ cAS
Father j. M. Cleary, of st. Charles par
ish. will lecture at the Church of the
Redeemer, corner of Eighth street and
Second avenue south, for the benefit OF
the emergency fund of the Associated
Charities. DR.. NJ. D. Shutter, pastor OF
the Universalist church, has rendered
the use of the building to the association
for the occasion, and the trustees OF the
church have given their consent. The
subject of Father Cleary's lecture will be
american Citizenship" and it is ex-
pected that a large congregation OF
Catholics and Professionals will turn out
to hear the eloquent priest and thus
help the cause of charity. Tickets to
the lecture are placed at fifty cents.
The Hennepiu county teachers will
hold their monthly meeting this forenoon
in the rooms of Caton's business college,
corner Nicollet and Seventh street. The
program will be as follows: General
Reading for the Teacher; It's Character
and Scope" G. NJ. Henry; "The Teach
ers Sublime Calling" Rev. J. N. Cleary,
pastor Of st. Charles Catholic church;
an usic as it is Taught in Ny School"
Peter sweeny. In addition to the above
program the assistant superintendent
will conduct the class in psychology and
Prot o. z. McFadon will give practi
cal illustration Of his method OF instruc
ton in the public schools. 1t is expected
that large number Of teachers will be
present to listen to Father Cleary on the
vocation of the pedagogue.
Eyert Nymanover will deliver 3
course OF four lectures on the historic
development and intellectual status Of
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-01-27
ANCIENT ORDER AIBERN|ANS
LIFE INSURANCE FUND.

Principal Office, stillw alter. MINI.
james j. Kennedy, President; J. A.. O'Shaugh-
messy, Secretary. 49,,
ness August 1885,
Attorney for service of Process in Minnesota,
]. A, O'Shaughnessy, saltwater, MINI.
Net assets, December 81, previous
"">''o
INCOME DURING 1893.
Annual dues ...... ....... - soo.96
ASSESS ments-Mortuary .......... e,s2o.5O
Received from delinquent ASSESS INV -
menus 0oosoo
Total income ... $11, 54S. 96
DISBURSEMENTS DURING 1888.
Losses ind claims paid " ........ slez 70 s.
Salaries of officers ......... 1890
Paid directors ................. 2!51
Advertising and printing l a3 % 8,
All other Items. -......... 1as.oo
Total disbursements 49,. I'll 520'e4
INVESTED ASSETS.
Cash in bank on emergency or re-
serve fund account -. ....,,... 5 676.72
676.72
TOTAL BUSINESS OF 1893.
Business in Minnesota.
Number. Amount:
In force january -. 80. 1888 $685. 900
Written during he year,. 800 4oSCee
Total ................ 2,o49 s2,o4s,ooo
Ceased during 1893 80 ........ 1924 $4,000
N force December 31......... 1,7,5 l,72oG,O
C aims unpaid January / .... IS 1000
Claims incurred during 1S93:. 700
Total ........... IA 5 14,U00
Claims paid during 1898. ...... II 1Ao0O
Policies terminated by death. 7,OOO
Policies terminated by lapse. BIZ 3l7.OOO
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STATE OF MINNESOTA,

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
ST. PAUL, January II, 1894.
!, the undersigned Insurance Commissioner
of the State of Minnesota, DO hereby certify
that Che Ancient Order OF Hibernians Life n
surance Fund Insurance Company. above
named, has complied with the laws OF thus
enapo wered, through it's authorized agents, to
transact its appropriate business Of Life Insur~
ance in tt is State for the year ending january
3lst, 1896. G. H. SMITH.
Insurance Commissioner.
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on either side, and two upright in front, the latter fastened with a paste buckle. A twisted roll of velvet comes around the low crown.
 Next to the plumes in general use come violets. These are more worn than ever, and the fact that artificial ones can be bought for g. few cents bunch makes no difference with veal thy folk, who buy and wear them, too. After the hat is all finished bunch of glowing violets may be tucked under the brim and be only an improvement: when the collar is complete, bunch of violets tucked against the neck at each will only make it the prettier; big bunch may then be added at the breast, and the effect will be charming.
 Some of the bonnets of the hour are so odd as to appear to be windmills set on spinning wheels. The windmill is of loops of ribbon, the spinning wheel an openwork of brilliants. Like strange expressions of the milliner's ingenuity are so frequent, that the most sedately minded woman is in danger of appear ing like the crowned queen of Sheba, But she will think nothing of it, so or nate and bejewelled are the current dress bonnets. FLORETTE.
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SOME HOLIDAY BOOKS.

"Wayside Poems" By Wallace Bruce, author of "Old Homestead Poems." These poems were 'born for the most part of living pictures and eventful oc- casions," as the author sojourned in the land of. his fathers. Many were written during a delightful period of consular life at Edinburgh, and many, connect the old world with the new and are fragrant of both soils". Such are "Columbia's Garland" written of the unveiling of the Lincoln monument, Edinburgh, in memory of Scottish American soldiers, and Fourth of July at Bannockburn." The volume is a handsome square octave, fully illustrat- ed. Harper & Brothers, New York. For sale by E. P. Judd. ..
 "Eighteenth Century Vignettes." Sec ond series. By Austin Dobson. These delightful papers, with one exception, have been published in leading English and American magazines. They have been minutely revised, and in some cases considerably expanded. Dodd, Mead & Co.,, New York. For sale by B. P. Judd. .-..
 Essays About Men, Women and Books" By Augustine Birrell; author of "Orbiter Dicta," etc. These essays are short, brilliant and vivacious. All are upon subjects connected with liter atufe, both of the past and the present century. and the work will be found very acceptable to cultivated tastes. Charles scribner's Sons, New York. For sale by E. P. Judd.
 "where Honour Leads" By Lynde Palmer. A sequel to "A Question of Honour" The characters that charmed the reader in "A Question of Honour are carried on into later life and deep CT experiences. The story is we'll told. and though complete in itself is espe-
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eially satisfactory when read in connec. ton with the first volume. Dodd. Mead & Co.,. New York. For sale by E. P, Judd.
 Margaret Arnolds Christmas and Other stories." By Mary D. Brine. au. thor of "Grandma's Attic Treasures '' etc. Seven very pleasing stories, writ. ten in an unaffected and charming style. The book Is beautifully printed, bound and illustrated. and will make a delightful addition to girls store of Christmas gifts. F. P. Dutton & Co.,. New York. For sale by E. F. Judd.
 Two Girla" By Amy E. Blanchard. Illustrated by Ida Waugh. A charming story. well told. The characters are clearly portrayed. and the moral tone of the story is wholesome. J. B. Lip- pincott Co.,. Philadelphia. For sale by D. P. Judd.
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SIGN OF THE TIMES.

One os the cheering signs or the times is the result of the big sale Of domestic cotton goods that took place in New York the other day. It was forced sale, and twenty-seven thousand packages were disposed of. Buyers were nresent from all the large cities of the United States between Maine and the Pacific coast, and the eagerness to purchase was proven by the fact that the twenty-seven thousand cases and bales containing an aggregate of some thirty million yards were auctioned oft in seven hours. The aggregate obtained from the sale exceeded two million dol lars. So spirited was the bidding that twenty-five hundred bales were sold in ten minutes. The prices obtained were within ten per cent. of the list values.
 This indicates confidence. It also in dicates that the bottom has been reach ed in the dry goods market and that any change in prices is likely to be up- ward, The sale was a good and encour- aging test of business conditions.
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pansion in these amateur bicy- ele riders was one and four-sevenths inches. There could be no doubt that
 the use of the bicycle induced condi-
 ton of cardiac and pulmonary develop ment. In the fourteen professional riders examined, seven of whom were among the first in the country. Dr. Hammond did not find a solitary case of deform!ty of the spinal column. These men invariably ride with their body bent over the handle of the wheel. All the riders thus examined were found to be we'll built and mus cular. with excessive development of the thigh. The average chest develop ment was one and three-seventh inches. Dr. Hammond declared that certain diseased conditions of the heart were benefited by bicycle riding. The use of the wheel was also good for those troubled with gout and diabetes.
 Good enough. More heart and morelung are what are wanted. Therefore roll on, o bicycle, and get more heart and more lung, O rider of the bicycle. It would also be we'll if the roads could be made better and the price of a good bicycle brought down to fifty dollars or less. They say good bicycle can be bought in Paris for fifteen dollars.
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SOFT.
Full soon we'll see the Christmas tree,
 With lovely gifts down bent: And in our pockets we'll find
 There's not a single cent.

uli soOH well sec tHe SuFistIHde lTce With lovely gifts down bent: And in our pockets we'll find There's not single cent. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 Mrs. Parvenoo-And what does your husband do? Mrs. Heavyplate-He chases silver. Mrs. Parvenoo-So does mine, but he never seems to be able to catch it.-Syracuse Post.
 Softly used to be always threaten ing to blow out his brains. I wonder If he ever did?" Miss Caustic-Yes. think he must have. met him yes terday.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 Mildred-What did you think of the Christmas decorations? Majorie-Con- sidering that the alcove was so seclud- ed, hanging that piece of mistletoe up there seemed rather superfluous.- Truth.
 T suppose" observed the tramp bit terly, you would like to have me get off the earth. But I cannot" Have you tried soft soap" asked the woman in the blue gingham dress dispassion- ately.-Puck.
 Gracious" said the artist to the sculptor, you've made that bust of Swelby outrageously large" Yes" was the reply; T had to do it. He told me to make 1t lifesize, and I couldn't risk insulting him. m."-Washington Star.
 Do you love me, mammal" "Yes, my child" "But not so much as love you, I'm sure." why not?" Be cause you have to divide my love be- tween me and my two sisters, while have only one mamma to love."-Le Fi- garo.
 q see," said Senator Sorghum, "that they are still harping on that little sugar deal" 'Im afraid they are," re- piled his private secretary. 'It simply goes to show," the senator went on, n,with a sigh of resignation, 'thow often a profit may be without honor."-Wash- ington Star.
 T wonder" complained little Rastus, why 'possum an watermelon can't be Ilpc at ue Sctlllt lilIlc IOu 1OOl ulS- gah," replied Uncle Nose, severely, "ef 'possum an watermelon was on earf togedder at de same time, nobody wouldn't take de trouble to try to git to hebben." indianapolis Journal.
 Watson (coming into Courtney's room) Why, what is the matter, old man? This revolver here. What does it mean? Courtney Gin deep dejection)-The girl I'm engaged to has sent me this hand painted necktie. If don't wear it she'll be insulted and break our engagement. can't live. without her, and can't wear the necktie.-Exchange
 Hers was a delicious dream of ever lasting summer time. "Willie," she said to the young fellow holding her hand. 'I love you better than anything in the whole state of Michigan" He was in raptures. "Are you sure?" he asked in joyous mood. "Sure," she re- iterated, "sure. Charley is in Chicago, Frank is in Indiana, and Jack and Herold left for Canada yesterday."- Detroit Free Press.
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canal between the North Sea and the
 Baltic. In the spring of 1891 the gov ernment and Parliament agreed upon a law which made over to a private association founded for the purpose an area of about 100 acres of land and 70 acres Of water to constitute free terri tory within which ships might come and go and land and take cargo. and merchandise of all sorts might be ware housed. treated. and manufactured without let or hindrance from the Dan ish customs" Three basins. sl feet, 26h feet, and 24ta feet deep respectively, have been laid out with spacious quays and wharves. and all the most modern mechanical appliances for facilitating the loading and unloading of ships. Warehouses of the latest type have been erected. and plots of land are available for hire or purchase on which factories for the treatment and manu- facture of goods can be built, either by Danes or by foreigners. The whole is surrounded by a double iron railing which forms the Danish customs from tier, and along this boundary rows of model workmen's houses are already springing up for the laboring popula- ton which will find employment within the precincts of the free harbor. The total cost of the undertaking. which has been completed within the brief period of three and a half years, has not exceeded the original estimate or 10000 900 kroner (f54O, ,ooO, a figure which speaks well for the soundness of the scheme and the, economy with which 1t has been carried into execution.
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4 GOOD WORD FOR THE WHEE1

A UOOD VOID FOH THE WHEEL.
 People have been having so much real, honest enjoyment with the bicycle that it has been thought necessary to remind them that there is a fly in the ointment which has healed so many of their wounds. So doctors, including some of the learned foreign doctors who know more than anybody else could possibly know, have discovered that the bicycle is foe to good health, and one disease caused by it has been labeled with such alongand awful name that a bicycle rider would be justified in riding away from it with all pos sible speed. But now comes the New York Academy of Medicine and dis agrees with those doctors who have tried to Fpuncture the pneumatic tire. Dr. Graeme M. Hammond made a re- port to the Academy of his investiga- tion of bicycling and bycyclers. He said he had made Q careful examination of fourteen professional and fourteen amateur riders. In the fourteen cases of amateurs examined, there were men who had ridden from five to fif- teen years, and from five thousand to twenty-seven thousand miles. The men who had ridden great deal ex- hibited g cardiac lypertrophy and an increased lung capacity. The great chest expansion of the average man was one inch. while the average ex-
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The landlady had done something that the boarder didn't like, and he was telling his roommate about 1t in rather vigorous language. My dear fellow" said the roommate. "she didn't do it intentionally" T think she did," "Oh, no; 1t was a mistake" "Well, she had no right to make such a mistake" :" "But, my dear fellow, the best of women make mistakes" May be they do; but I don't think she's as good as all that" -Deroit Free Press.
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Antidote for Mushroom Poison. From the Washington Evening Star I


 The danger of indlscriminate mush- room gathering for table use has had a sad illustration in this city within few days. The mushrooms eaten in this case were undoubtedly the Aman- ita verna, which, with Amanita musca- ria. are the most poisonous mushrooms known. There Is but one antidote known for amanitin or muscarin poi son, and that is sulphate of atropin. The use of atropin, as has been fully demonstrated, will quickly neutralize the effects of muscarin and amanitin on the nerve centers of the human sys- tenn, as well as that of the lower ami mals. The dose may be administered either by means of hypodermic injec- tion or by the mouth, in the usual way.
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nnn,t Mali Til Easter.

Though Easter Is the time when many new bonnets and hats have their first showing, Christmas this year is to take rank as a gala day for millinery display and will rival the spring holi- day. Indeed, the number of quite diff ferent types of headgear which midwin- ter is going to see fashionable is so great that the matter of choosing from them is quite task. In this sort of situation there is one advantage, however, and that is that everyone should be well suited in the end. In all the shapes and trimmings there is no more conspicuous feature than the rich plumes. There is no end of ways to apply them, that pictured here be- ing a rather original one and one that Is best suited to a young and rather large featured face. Made of moss green felt, the brim is edged with black velvet and has roll of the same in- side, The back is turned up and is held in place by velvet rosette, while the garniture consists of six plumes two
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PROHIBITION AND PROsPERITY

PROHlBlllONd dND 4 1tOSA A2AbAA =
 It is a little surprising to read that the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes of Indians in Maine are not fad ing away before the civilization of the pale-face, but are actually increasing in numbers, in intelligence and in wealth. This interesting condition of things is not explained, but it is probably due to the fact that Maine is and has been for many years a prohibition State. Fire-water is the deadly foe of the In- dian, and wherever he can get it he is fast falling into a drunkard's grave. But in Maine he probably cannot get the pernicious fire-water. The white man, with all his ingenuity, can't get enough for himself, and there is none to spare for the Penobscots or the Pas samaquoddy Indians. Therefore they live and prosper, and remain noble red people. But the pale-faces of Maine must beware. If they do not obey the prohibitory law as strictly as the red faces are obliged to do the red-faces may yet get ahead of them and own the State. It would be an impressive result of prohibition in Maine if by reason of it the State should fall back into the hands of its original owners. But much property has changed hands through indulgence in rum, and much more will. The waxing of the Penob- scots and the Passamaquoddians ap- pears to be the strongest kind of argu- ment for the efficacy of prohibition in Maine and 1t is also the strongest kind of argument in favor of complete ob- servance of the law by the whites.
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Vienna is stirred up over the refusal of the minister of education to appoint Professor Franz Brentano, the psychol- ogist, to the vacant chair of philosophy Tn the university there, notwithstand- ing the recommendation of the faculty. Professor Brentano was Catholic priest and professor at Wurzburg, but resigned his pofessorship and gave up his priesthood when the declaration of Papal infallibility was made. In 1874 he was called as professor to Vienna, where he remained six years, when he became engaged to be married. There upon he was told by the minister of education that he could not retain his place; he was allowed, however, to re- main as private docent, performing sn substance all the duties of pro- lessor. The present action is looked upon as sign of the clerical reaction which is spreading over Austria
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A Manchester EnglanO man carries pn his person a complete pickpocket alarm system. Removal of his watch, pin or other jewelry causes the ringing of a bell The electric plant weighs twenty-five ounces.
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According to present indication(s sthe treasury deficit at the end of the cur rent month will be about $7,000,000 greater than the deficit which Secre- tary Carlisle estimated would be found at the end of the fiscal year next June.
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Bishop Taylor says there Is distill- cry in Liberia which the natives call the Good Jesus Factory" so closely in their minds is the liquor traffic associat- Rd with christianity.
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John Burns says that Chicago is "a pocket edition of hell" The general belief is that 1t is a little larger than that.
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