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The Irish standard., 1896-01-04
4 GIRL BILLIARD ,PHExoMErt,N.

a GIRL BILLIARD HENOMENOas. VI
Lacuta Shelenberger Is a little 1a1en-g
haired girl Of years, whose fatherats er1-53
gagged in the manufacture Of billiard ana
pool tah1es They live 81. 910 Forty
.seyenth street. Hyde Park. Isacuta Is; 80 /
small that she can scarcely look over ia !.
bMliare' table, yet she can play O. game
of Billiards with marvellous dextsrity IS
She ca actually make "a afnnF'sos a. larger
number than she is able to count. "a Is /.
not ar uncommon thing for her ID go to 4
a billiard hall and play pool WITH "a per-
feet stranger, rlakingt every ball on the
table in one ganls. THE little girl hay \
been as5iayings pool ard billiards iaaN for
about a5Year. SIZE docs not care sor skates
1s q bic aIe Fer afnuaer,1 erlt lis.s sglslyysss
III handlinsg he cue. She uses q 1s-ouueas
cue. Il Is rulnored that Santa CLAUS fsS
going tn bring her a beautiful han q s-s
carved rosewood cue, which is inla id NJ thsa.
white holly. ebony and 1riahogansy ind
her name ig to be engraved III q PEARL
ls4a1sso on the handle. y x SSsS
4. Lacutafx!aas heard OF Arthur Sr,iegghTss
tina bny pool pla YER, and she says ne
world like to make matcn with him sls sss
Mr.. Akarn, prssident5Of the kaTns MAN
gtllring cnrslpa ny, of this city, ~ no has
seen the child play, say $ She is Tsnar
5sb1a. ~ Il think she. can beat3 anyttltn A1sS
the way Sof a. woman .,il lard dE
believesshe is able to bear almost sanys01s ID
our local pool cha nptor1 OF coni
hasil the faculty ofsaca alcuaat
tiens. like person Of natl ire age @qrsatee
inexperief,esd player, btit she q apHears{ {ssgyRs
have q nat raj alb! ty to IA ake5
Chicago Record.
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Married at Erin. Wis.

William Fitzgerald, of New Richmond.
and Miss Mary, Meath of Erin, were mar
ried at st. Patriek's church in the latter
town. on the 26th ult., Rev. Father Red
din cffic. .aiing.
The Irish standard., 1896-01-04
CONGRESS AS A MIMIC SHOW.

CONGRESS AS a MIMIC SHOW. 70
Practically there was no union pf the
states, and certainly nothing that rou'd
be called a national government; unr1l the
constitution was adopted in 1883, writes
eS-President Harrison in January Ladies'
Home Journal Before that we had a
congress consisting OF single BODY OF
delegates All votes were taken by states
"a majority of the delegates from the
state casting the vote of the state. Ihere
was no senate, no president. nor any sep
srate executive department. and pfac-
tically no judiciary. The ccngress. either
by the whole body or bS-s committees, per
formed the necessary executive functions;
commissioned officers; raised and. lis
bursef revenue; conducted our dip0l1l-
acv: audited accounts. and exercised Ger
| tain judicial functions. 1t was weak IT
teynpt to organize q government but II
answered 50 lorg as the common peril OF
British suhiugation lasted. When tnat
threat was withdrawn by the peace Or
1888 the seIfishness and jealousles or me
states became intense and Threatened TO
snap the feeble bonds that held the states
in union The congress became the laugh
ing stock Of the country, and the best men
shunned IT, It had.eontracted debts IN
thu prosecution Of the war and, that the
sta ties ueglecting or refusing to pay their
quotas, congress was protested ana d:s-
honored, for it had no power 10 lay ana
collect taxes. 1t nau THdue CoiiiHtclNl-s1
treaties with foreign powers. and the
states refused to allow in their ports tl1e
privileges guaranteed by--thes treaties.
Congress was a mimic sEovfs the butt Of
lousy and ridicufe. Great things were
demanded of men who could do nothing.
Each state made its own tariff law. If
one, with view to raising nnorsy to pay
its pressing debts. fixed a higher rate on
foreign goods imported, another would
adopt lower rate to attract commerce
to it's ports. 1t was hence Impossible for
the states to maheea beneficial use of the
power to levy duties on foreign goods
And besides, con1emree between the states
was hindersd and bad blood engend dersa
by duties levied by one tate on goods
coming from another. New. dY,oEk oslk laid q
duty on fireWood coming down the sound
from Connecticut, and upon garden truck
crossing the river from Jersey, Gut OF
these and n1any like things grew tlle con-
ytction in the minds of o1lt: 81 and
peon!e more per s
nseessary that we snlli sl1hYe tnnal
overnpsnt IA ica l.sS
Ils sts l
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NATT1RAII,y ELATED

Miriam-Oh. Ferdy! you know those
rice picture frames and worsted notices
and horseshoe paperweights that I made,
and which i took to the church sale at
your $suggestinn2
Ferdinand thopefully)-They were all
sold dear2
Miriam (e,atedlv)-ya The auction
eer, such nice man, described them SO
beautifully. and they looked SO utterly
lovely and too sweet for anything. that I
just bought every last one of them back
again nysef.-Judge.
The Irish standard., 1896-01-04

The Father Was your sons college
ssonrses q complete one 2s
SSstsats Ill lf.nniIe III no Il laiz urnt
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= - . F-.. - -. 81 a IA
'IRsT RECOGNITION IN NEW Or

Mary Anderson sse Navarro, III recount
ing her early stage experiences in January
Ladies Home Journal, asserts that New
Orleans audiences were the first to give
her recognition Of e. subs tantial sort, and
OF the Crescent City she speaks with gem
1tine fonAuess. Rather oddly It was IN
Meg Merriliea,". thiat she won the favor
and plaudts Of the New Orleans public.
jrhe house on the occasion Of he. presentA-
.>tion. oE the play was crowded AMI the au-
dience; Wildly enthusiastic. There were
Speeches and presenta tions,' writes Mrs.
de Narravo ''an1 checks concealed an5
baskets Of flowers were handed over the
rootlights." One gift that came on that
night TO the aspiring young actrass and
ton Artillery badge, whici, made her q
member Of the battalion that won the.
name OF 'The Tigers in the late war. a
The Irish standard., 1896-01-04
BEAUTIES OF "REMINISCENCES:

In January Ladies' Home journal Kew
Charles III. Parkhurst, D. D., in an admir-
able article on '"The Memories OF Our
Childhood Homes," writes that 'Renin-
iscence makes us little even when we are
old, and helps to keep us pure ana fresh
with the springtime that was in US a score
or a. generation OF years ago. A boy can
never become utterly bad so long as there
remains with him q memory of his father
and mother, in the act and attitude OF
PRAYER The time may come with the
hardening and chilling process OF the
years when he will himself cease to pray,
but from the canvas long ago painted
there will never fade. the figures OF those
now asleep, whose heads were seen day
by day bent in humble, confiolng worship,
and who in inspired prlestl1ness lalo we
morning sacrifice upon the family altar;
and the memory Of fathers and mothers
prayer helps, at any rate, to keep allVe
in us our own possibilities of prayer.
'"rhe most natural years of our lives We
live while we are children, and there is
always rest and publication III getting
back into touch with them. When the
burdens press a little heavily, and the
future is thick with uncertainties, tho
wish will sometimes shape itself that we
might be back again among our ffec
fresh, childish days We do not under
stand it very we'll, but there is something
gone that we would dearly love. to have
PACK. lnCSt. nldy. seem W A16FC '1'-'-i@
rather unproductive afternoons that Wa
used to- spend up in the garret, listening,
in the pauses of our merry-naklng, TO the
rain pattering on the roof, and we SO dry
and sheltered underneath, but our h'e
means more even today because OF them
and because of our memory OF them.
Marearet Bottome in "Heart to Heart
Talks in January Ladies' Home Journal
relat es this pathetic incident Of her minis
trations to the sick: "Jllst before I left
for Europe last summer a great box came
to me. filed with dolls, all dressed. and
the request came with IT. that J should
have, them sent to a cli1drsr's hospital.
There is a, hospital IN New York for cor
su1nrtive children, as we'll as for Older
people with the Same disease and ! gave
the dolls to ;t physician who is connected
with that hospital. He said afterward be
wished I could have seen the children
trouping toward him, each carrying
doll. But the most tuoc'ling thing to rae
was that the nurse told the doctor. that
after every child was furnished with
doll there We're q number left, anu the
poor women dying with consumption,
asked if each might have doll. Ihey
all wanted them, and to each the dolls
were given, and the nurse said sile enutl
not have dreamed of their being sut'h a
comfort to those poor sick women. There
were lust enough dolls for each to nave
one. All, who can tell the thoughts they
had Of earlier days when they took ligt'e
wee one close TO their hearts. as they now
took those little dolls"
The Irish standard., 1896-01-04

The sentiment expressed by Germany
in the South African affair is that Eng
#l:sh greed and bad faith are everywhere
manifested To-day. It is in Africa, yes
terday it was South America. But in
her South American greed her hopes are
being very slowly realized. En- fact they
grow small BY degreestan more beauti-
fully less. s#sas 10 80
The Irish standard., 1896-01-04

Fargo, NJ D-The Fargo Sun, the lead
ing Democratic paper in North Dakota.
has been sold to the Record and will here
after be published as a. Saturday evening
paper, With Col. LoalnsbelTy editor. It
will be independent in politics, though no
Populist. Col. Lounsberry established
the first newspaper in North Dakota %
years ago and has been II editorial work
since 1853 The Monthly Record, now be-
ing published, will be strengthened by
the Sun.
The Irish standard., 1896-01-04

Dubuque, lathe funeral of Mss Mary
Hennessey, sister OF Archbishop Hen
nessey, occurred Friday morning at the
cathedral with all the SOLEMN ceremonies
of the church. Nearly all the priests Of
the diocese were present. The cathedral
WAS .iraped in black, while tine mourning
coiors and song services were rendered by
the best talent in the city Father
Toomy said the grand requiem mass, and
wear general Very Rev. Father Ryan was
master OF ceremonies.
The Irish standard., 1896-01-04
MORT INVEST NEWS
-
Fargo, N. D.-Peterson, the murderer
Of DIR. Young, has been adjudged insane
and takentp the asylum at Jamestown.

sWaterville, Minn.-At a meeting OF the
county commissioners of LIE Sueur county
held Wednesday the contract for building
the new court house at LIE Sueur Center,
was awarded to Gartner & Doian at $685.
900
The Irish standard., 1896-01-04

Deadwood, S. Dan underground sur
vey of the ore bodies Of the Two Bear
Mining Company's claim in Oro-Fino cam
yon has been made and the estimate,
which is said to be conservative, places
the essay value of the ore at ST.. coo ,000.
The mines are located two miles east Of
Deadwood, and are owned by the Deaa-
wood and Delawarye Sme1ting Company
which is operating large snelter at tbs
place, and the ore will be brought here
for treatrnent The ore is Of the highest
grade Of amy large body yet discovered
in the Black Hills.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

Corner stone I-tii With Fitting Gre
monX SATURDAY,

mony Saturday.
TIE corner stone. s.ta- Uas.n S. -r-s-
cations, church s, E -va-aa Fs.l- va
lad WITH aa- ceremony -a.a-e.y s',e--
noon. TIE pa-to-. Eae Emerson E. Hunt.
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saa Eer. L II. ". Was.a Fae ceremony
vs. postponed from luar-aay ee...#ug On
sccouni o'the nan.
The eyerc.~~~ We. Tene3 with couCre-
cafs9ual SINGING "a Union hsH here the
church services A. nov held. Rev.
David l.. Yal. resa several passage
'ro-u psalms and he M Te~tsmen nj. aud
Esy l. II " WhsrT s'e-ed prayer.
Nj Hunt then rsad the record. Of toe
NIX 10 czfe. IN the s1>ence q Deacon
Martin NJ Meere. TIE af-; step toward
h4.ttags church ~, tuaae y he .ad.e-
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duo = he = r,e,ers - q tae isdies =
;sst circle sud - -.ee---ar NJ. Huut
"a 1 these aides glowing and Ne.f-te-
se-Te: tribute
TIE contracts Tor cellar snd binding
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

Il nothing and never has man the
r.gnc 10 think. or believe. or feel. or
say, or d wha. Il plea-e- Always
It's: h. d VIA, r.-a. demands. He
Is bound There : no -ucn liberty -
men Otter boast - anywhere n G5d's
world. No such rec speech Or free
though a. men -3metimes demand
exists, any more han free doing Of
Ike sort OF free Icing, exists As
men must feel right and do right, so
thev must think r:ghtand speak right.
They mes. DC ruled, regulated, soon
go 70 wreck. True men are always
bound Their true liberty i in that
they arr 5gQnd .. b@st forces. Bond
age u rlS4s is tie highest and only
real freedom. slavery is no, in being
bound, b1s in beng bound 70 wrong.
-TeUtitr0H.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

Plantation -. : tld not vote. A.
stated "a IHE AMERICAN some ~e-k- -,
the reason gwen ~ the secretary Of state
t3r nat -et.e#fs Vie hailot, and election
blanks h. ,Ae plantation va because no
return, had aesu= -see..e! Il; That II
showing that the plantation orgaa5za-
tion -,!I existed. Since tina, time the
CLERK q the plantation, David Robertson,
has Communicated with the secretary Of
state, formally advising aifa that the
plantation organization still existed, and
requesting THAT blanks De sent. No
attention ws- paid the letter. There are
thirteen voter, IN 40. :, but they are de-
prived q the privilege Of voting.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

Helen Are you sure God Will forgive
me for Shaping sister If I ask Him,
mamma? Mamma - Certainly, dear
Helen rehectigely Then ! Wish had
slapped her harder.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

Already TIM papers are discussing
the makeup q: President Nckini-y's
cabinet, and i : not surprising that
Hon. Thomas B Reed, Of Maine Is 80
universally named for the secretary
Of states portfolio. The New York
Sun. in naming Mr. Reed, says This
j. not a nomination. Itis not even a
suggestion. It Is merely an indica-
ton Of what the next President of the
United States VII DO, i lie follows
the example Of Lincoln, Of Garfield
and OF Harrison, in selecting as his
principal ea5ine, adviser ne most
distinguished and most capable
eastern statesman among his com
petitors in the nominating conven-
ton And what a truly American
secretary Of state the Man from Maine
would make The Boston Herald
suggests ex-president Harrison for
secretary Of state and Congressman
Dingley, Of Maine, for secretary Of
the treasury.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

In accordance with law, the presi-
Dental electors, who were chosen by
the people Of Maine at the polls last
Tuesday, Will meet at the capital on
Saturday, January 9, at o'clock
p. m, for the purpose Of qualifying,
II for any cause one Of the six
electors could not be present, the
other electors could choose a man TO
fill the vacancy. On the following
Monday the electors vote for presi-
dent and vice president. Three
copies Of their vote are made, one Of
which goes by special -aeesenger to
the president Of the United States
Senate al Washington, another is
mailed to the president Of the Senate,
and the third to the Judge Of the
United States district court of Port
land. The messenger TO Washington
is generally one Of the electors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

Now that Mr.. McKinley's election
is assured, says an Augusta letter to
the Lewiston Journal, Iii IS but nat
ural that the candidates for federal
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

Offices should he heard from. SINE
Of them are coming forward promptly.
The Office ot the United States pen
sion agent, now filed By Capt. ". i.
Black, = one ot the best in the g.ft q:
President. paying $500 per an
mum. The following gentlemen are
reported % he the candidates Col A..
B Fatnham. Bangor. Ray E..
Bath; J. \. Clark, Caribou; Gen. Sel-
den Conner, Portland. For United
states marshal. two names have teea
spoken Of here. Edgar Z. Norton. Of
Gardiner, the t-going sheriff -
hennebec county. and Marsaa.
Saunders, Of Ellsworth
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

prises launched. These are not cam
palga Arguments, they are incon-
trovert95.e and extremely gratifying
facts. Manufacturers a-e already
employing more operatives. ner-
chants ara selling more goods. and
general rep.en.sEment Of depleted
stocks = gong OF in all trades.
Hoarded million, Of geld, which have
been drawn from the banks because
q lack q confidence n the resul; 0:
the election. are now finding their
way back to the banks and into the
channels u commerce. in parting new
y.goz to the current.
Great though the Improvement =,
even greater 5 expected. Many bus
inesses ara now 5u>t between two sea
sons. 30 that the tuil beneficial effect
Of the sound money victory and res
;erasion q confidence cannot be in
u1ediace.y felt; In tae,e businesses
the Improvement vii * shown when
10 regular business seasons 81 II.
The Tremendous impetus already
gwen 70 business, however, i suffi-
cent to warraa, ne assertion that
the prediction prophecies q the
sound money forces have been ~
a.led - sound money and cuisines.
prosperity wax hand II hand
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12
lhsap Wv slapers.

N.az, F#--Fz. =. -.zz-e:4z. >szse
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-20

The old question lis to the influence
of newspaper utterances upon public
opinion is again before us. Mr.. Labou-
chere, the distinguished English editor
and politician, has recently announced
that "a newspaper is merely and solely
an undertaking to make money by
means of advertisements" 1t follows
from this that the only interest Of the
owners of newspaper in influencing
public opinion is that it may increase
it's circulation, since circulation is
necessary condition of advertising pat
ronage. There are, indeed, many pa
pers of which this is true; the editorial
pages of some Of the dailies which have
the largest circulation in our great
cities are in most cases less vigorous
and less worth the attention Of intelli-
there still remain enough newspapers
that make much of their editorial arti-
cles to disprove the sweeping allega-
ton above mentioned. These papers
are often among the class accounted
"slow" by certain sort of readers, be-
cause they give too little space to SEN
sational news anG trashy illustrations;
but they provide the daily food Of many
thousands Of "solid citizens" who de-
rive from them their political creed and
most of their arguments. How these
newspapers are going to fare in the
fierce struggle for existence that is now
going on, it is difficult to say. Let us
hope they may survive.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-20
THE wooDcock.
He Is Among the Most Exclusive 49,
Aristocratic of Birds.

He Is Among the Most ExclusiSe
Aristocratic of Birds.
The season for shooting woodcocA -
now open in all or nearly all the $780, 80,
and the real enthusiastic spoftsinen
will trv to bag this wary bird, tnaI 10
miarator. here to-day and there to-mu
row AS uncertain in his likes ana uls
likes as it is when on the wing. MAN.
a man has seen numbers Of wooucocA
along some favored spot and gone me-
in a day or two with dog and gun Oily,
to find the birds had vanished. Inell
habits are peculiar, their surrounuine
UNIQUE. and their capture the NOS
difficult of any of the game blros ~
middle America.
AS a game bird the woodcocK nas ~
eoual for the table and IN auluninea.
coloring. the rich browns, yelloWs' anu
dark reds, he is beyond doubt the Aanu
soonest of the birds the sportsman SEEKS
It is a very fair days work TO piins
IN eight birds, for they never 60 IL
flocks. and are scarce and harder 70 Inv
than any other game. They live III tne
brushy thickets, near wet grounus' ~
alder bushes, along little runs W
brooks. and on islands along river poe-
toms. They must have soft soil to hVe
on. and plenty of it, for they are emu.
NOUS feeders. They reed mostly az
night. and can stow away about nali
their weight in angleworms IN tWen'y-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-20

admiration on the papers remarkable
whiteness. It's thinness and transpar-
ency guard against the two once popu-
lar methods of forgery-erasure with a
knife and washing out the printing
with turpentine. The water-mark or
wire-mark is an additional precautiOn
against counterfeiting, and is produced
in the paper while in its PUPPY state.
In the old manufactured bank notes
this water-mark was caused by the
enormous number Of over two thousand
wires stitched and sewn together; now
it is engraved in a steel-faced die, af-
terward hardened, and is then used as
a punch to stamp the pattern out of
plates of sheet brass. The difficulty of
counterfeiting is still further increased
by the shading of the letters in the
water mark. The paper is made entire
~ from pieces Of new linen and cotton,
and it's toughness is so great that a
single bank note will, when unsized,
support weight of thirty-six pounds,
while when sized you may lift fifty-six
pounds with it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-20
Dog Found the Lost None

John A. Stats, proprietor Of the
Sheridan House at Elizabeth, has a
setter dog named Fannie which he
values at several hundred dollars. He
now has cause to think more highly
of the animal than ever, as she saveG
him a considerable loss yesterday.
Stats had the receipts of the hotel
for Saturday and Sunday in the safe,
and in the afternoon made up his ac-
counts and placed the bills and checks
between the leaves of his bank book.
About the book he placed an elastic
band. He put the book in one of his
pockets and started for the bank.
When he reached the bank and put
his hand in the pocket for the book it
was gone. He examined his other peck
cts. and then started back to search.
Just as he left the bank he met the
dog Fannie coming toward him with
the book in her mouth. The money
and checks were undistrubed. 1t is
supposed he dropped the book just as
he left the hotel, and it was picked up
by the dog, who followed him.-New
York Journal.