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The Irish standard., 1896-12-12

III
The December number Of "Kennedy'a
own is as usual, repiete with matter
which will betreaf with interest: Booki
er T. washington contributes an article
upon the Social and Economic Condi:.
lions Among the Coloted Peoples"
Frank Nye, county attorney Of Henpes
pin county, has most entertaining ~
ticle upon his brother, the late 'Bili
Nye.'' Father Cleary and Mrs. Alma
Lynch exhibit their patriotism in Ffits
ing Respect and Love Tor Our cohht-
t1y's Flag The subject OF Negro. ia,
vanecment is discussed BY Frank. J, Dey-
lin; Augusta Soares treats Of THE Des-
tiny of the Anglo saxon Race ana sbe-
sides these special articles the naga-
zine contains the usual number Of edi.
torial articles upon various topics. 4
The publication Is meeting with az
served success, the publisher, Mr.. Hen
redy, having conceived the happy idea
Of treating IN an advanced and intel
lectual. manner, questions which readily
catch the attention. 3. The magazine 40
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Sthss III ,tii s. a V No.
not mind indors a Il q q Il Nhicll,
otherwise have no dins in lanItt
cases, the notes 81 priisats parties ~
thereby invested With tho money func-
ton. BILE flnanc IKE Controller
Eckels are then mad b happy. But when
the government hooses e give its own
81, rlo,rmiissory notes Al the form Of Ereen-
backs ii exchange for service ors sllp,,
plies. then all thu Eckelses T. the land Y
smite their breasts and deprecate tlas
participa alton of the government IL the
banking business. 4 All of which 5is tho
lveriest bosh. The issuing Of kreenbac ks
is not the banking busin Their re-
demption at the treasury on demand Is
not the banking business, The legitf-
mate business OF banks sis TO- receive de-
posits and make loans. under such re-.
strictions Of law as will secure the de-.
posters and at the same time accom-
modate the public, and give ploynnent
At q profit to capital that would other
wise be idle. The government is In the
banking business only when It becomes
the indorser OF the notes Of banks. It
should 60 out of the banking business. !"
The banks should go out Of the govern
ment business OF issuing money III q any
form. We repeat that the Issue OF notes
to be used as a circulating medium is
as strictly the governments function as
is the coming OF money. We have vet
to hear Of any proposition that the COIN
age Of money shall be turned over to the
banks on the ground that it does not.
look well for the government to be en-
gagged in the banking business.
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II til. lis 90, said that about 1oo. 900 horses vii

~ tits said that about 400. 900 horses will
starve in washington, state this year be-
cause their owners do not feel justified
In feeding them, as they can be put to
no practical use If modern science and
invention have the tendency to-, crush
out life, human or otherwise, because of
it's uselessness, it might be we'll to stop
d,consider whittier we are drifting, or
in the language, of the still uncrushed
j Watson, Where we are at 1t"
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Archbishop I.augevin announces that
the Catholics Of Manitoba will establish
and. maintain, separate chools. for them
selves, irrespective 81. the government.
;Laurier's compromise,sas4 it is called, is
looked upon with the greatest disfavor
aand it is limited at that in future his po-
:liticai aspirations will be opposed by Tive
Catholic, portion of that section tof. the
s:s.Donin ionsssss :: !: v
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IRISH INFoR MERS.

III a ISECAI HULL IVA ~ ASWJ AASeANs NSS"S
paper the following item appears, which
is a pitiful reflection upon the condi-
ton Of patriotic secret societies and
some men who are Irishnlen only by
the accident of birth: 1 1
"The people of this country have long
ago ceased to doubt that it's government
resorts to the Continental method Of the
agent provacateur, that Is, thetpolice spy
who provokes crime. We have seen him
in the Walsall bomb case; LIE Caron was
another example,; and now Mr.. Jones'
coolly admits that he took the Clan-na-
Gael oath, and himself established a
branch of the society, while all the time
in the pay and under the direction Of the
English government. It is to be noted
that both the prosecuting counsel for the
government, Mr.. Gill, and Mr.. Zones, !"
the informer, are Irishmen. There is
something pathetic In the easy way i'm
which it is possible to delude Irishmen.
In every Irish secret movement there has
been a government informer THE
Revelations of Scotland Yard" BY ex-
Political Detective Patrick Mcintyre, and
the articles of the agent of this govern
ment in America, "Tornan,' both OF which
appeared in Reynolds Newspaper q
short time ago, ought to have opened
the eyes of these credulous people. At
this very moment there are men promi-
nent in the Clan-na- Gael who q IS! in the
pay of the: English home Office. But 1t
is seemingly futile to warn or advise.
The Irish patriots insist upon being be-
trayed. Well, it is their affair. .
But whatare earnest men to do in such
an emergency !? They must trust some
body. They cannot sit idly by. fold their
arms and trust altogether to the DEGREES
Of Providence. The Lord helps those
who help themselves. 1t is true, irish
secret societies should exercise more care
in admitting to their ranks men Of whom
they know little or nothing, especially
when it is so we'll known that England
stops at nothing to induce an Irishman
to take steps against the government
which can be readily construed into trea-
son and upon which conviction and dire
vengeance are sure to follow. That's her
policy, and the wonder is that her So
called moral statesmen do not hang their
heads III shame for promoting or coun-
tenancing the existence of such unjust
and treacherous methods. While Eng.
land pursues such disgraceful tactics she
will perhaps always find bastard Irish
men to assist her for the shiny gold she
gives them, and she can rest assured that
her degraded hirelings will find an I'M
.ceasing occupation, for lovers Of the old
land wherever placed, and no matter in
what condition, will never cease to har-
.rass their oppressors. Spies may -four
ish for a time, and one poor wretch sue
coed another, but surely it must be a
nightmare Of an existence, for they know
not the hour when the hand Of the
avenging fate will rid the earth Of their
putrid presence, while an impartial
world will look cheerfully on and ap.-
platld the act. Il. !, IL: :. 5.s a. .a 3.3s
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dREENBAckS.

about retiring greenbacks and upon hits
question the New York Sun says:
The best part OF it is that Congress is
generally right, as for instance, when
it refused to take Mr. Cleveland advice
to retire the green backs, next to gold the
very best part of our currency and thus
imperil all business interests in the
Union:
And Congress will continue to take Mr..
Cleveland's advice on the subject. The
grenbacks will. not be retired. Why
should the governments promises to
pay be abolished as a part Of our cur
rency to make way for the govern
ment's promises that private banks will
pay?. There are some banking houses
in the United States the notes of which
would be received generally with con-
fdence. Their certificates of deposit
are SO reliable that they would be count
ed as good as gold. So there are some
mercantile houses whose acceptances
would be looked upon in the same way.
But no system can be- devised under
which banks Of issue generally could
make their notes acceptable everywhere,
as representa- Of money value, un-
less they had the unconditional endorse.
ment and guarantee Of Uncle Sam.
Banks Of issue are neither necessary nor
desirable. Az well have banks Of coin
age. The issuing Of circulating notes
is NO more a legitimate function OF the
banks than IS the coinage Of money.
The creation Of money and its substi-
tutes or representatives is solely q gov
eminent function, Checks, drafts; and
certificates Of deposit are all instrument
talities OF trade, and their value de-
ponds upon the estimate placed on the
credit of their maker. The same may
be said Of the promissory notes of indi-,
viduals or Of corporations. Before the
war such notes, printed on engraved
plates, were issued by state banks In de-
spominations Of from pne to one hundred
dollars, and consti ted what was re-
garded as the paper money Of the conn
try. In some states they were guaran-
steed BY the state government, upon the
deposit with estate official of approved
bonds, just assour national bank notes
of the present Y time are Guaranteed ~
the United States, ~ pom the deposit. IS
Che treasury Sof the: United States, of
United States. bond Bit 80 rome Is the
states no such guarantee existed md
The holdersso 81 the notes o. the banks III
tl,ose states often found their values
ahrink ana disappear Il, II day
81 ~, bes ahle itc clf ctlI ate one romia-
~ y mon q, tthat debit
~ n ID
mise
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49, 81
George Horksn, Of Stacy, Mont. wss
os,n y Business trip in Mime "a
tst, Panlss this week. .5 a
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247-249- &5lNic. Az.

being read already in nearly allFthe
status of, the union, and yet It isS but
tour months old. The Pacific Coast fur
nfshes readers, as do the shores Of the
Atlantic, and this recognition should
prove q source of pride to the publisher.
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four months old. The Pacific Coast fur
nfshes readers, as do the shores of the
Atlantic and this recognition should
prove a;source Of pride to the publisher.
What j, Adam Bede did in the recent
I campaign for the success Of sound mon
~, was done, from sense Of duty and
not Tor expected reward. -. Adam
Bade is an honorable and worthy gentle
man. and the Union wishes there were
more LIKE him" That's the idea Of old
sPease, The man who publishes the Union
!, IL an. Intelligent town, but which con-
.tains a man who thinks that mouth is
equal T. intelligence.
h, w., III, He Was Bishop.
Bishop Curtis (Roman Catholic), for
itneriy. Of Wilmington, Del, says that
ihe once:went on a yachting cruise wear
Ing a rough yachting costume. An r.
.isshman observing him changing his
sclothe49as the boat drew, near shore and
discovering that he wore .scapulars, said
LID = rather gra.v !, tone: e"Oh, SEQ
sthat you are Catholic" The Bishop.
nodded and said indifferently: oh.
nAss-i am a Catholic" The man con-
tinted ~ watch him, as he gravely put
% :hts Honan collar %''oh!" said the
,Irtyhman n see you're a priest" The
e6ltshop, who had difficulty in maintains
3tilg his gravity, answered; "tYes;.1s am
.a,prtestt: Z; rhe man fixed his eyes upon
him With more interest than ever, and
Bishop cnftfs then proceeded to putson
.shls purple. icarf. The Irishman started
fwitb astonishment; and exclaimed:
Y. why q .see you are q tbishop!" The
bishop said quietly. Yes, ! am Bishop
Curtis and The man fell On his knees
lltt, as !l ths bishops ~ 4 blessing Y
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for Irish unity. What but a united Irish
Partyscan compel landlords and govern.
ment to do their duty in this crisis .,1

I ~ b. Il T. .
The presidents. message, delivered toi
congress at it's opening last Monday. w@s
a document that created no surprtie
and comparatively little comment The
Cuban question was dealt with, in |a
mild and water kind OF a way nothing
was to. be done, on the plea that We
could do nothing, and must wait for fur
ther developments. The retirement. Of
the greenhacks was urged and the trusts:
and combinations Of various kinds were
denounced. Apart from these Items;
the message contained nothing except
the usual .platitudes found in such doc
uments. Grover, howevre, displays,
more virtue paper as he goes opt
Of Office than he did actually in oceu-
plying the presidential chair. @ =.
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There were only three fine days from
August lis to October %; The poor mans
harvest during these months went !; ut
terly to- loss. A great deal Of the oats
was lost, and the straw went all rotten,
The potatoes were nearly all bad. The
potato Is the chief crop. I'd Say that
over half the crop Is lost. ...,,.
This years crop Il ali very bad. There
4 is rot among what the farmer has been
able to get iii, and I3have seen loads pf
potatoes stocked which are, rotting.
tts.As to horses and cattle, the prices are
almost hall those OF last year. Pigs are
ass. to 36s.ss They were ,37s. and sss. last
year. This Is not much OF q country for
sheep. They are small nnountainy
class for the mountain grazing. Such
az they are, they are much cheaper than
last year. n n s.s III vi 4. III
The tenants suffering under this acct-
mutation 81 naiss,te have; been paying
/ III, 1p back rents heretofore; but Nj. Cross
Tempieton avera Thai none Il the farm.
err hi, make tlis years rent out 81 the
j land, i ssD that arrears viii continue 10
sp,le u D s b them. He would ommend
iberal redncti on in the rents to meet
TIL 81 essins need s. the year, and then
purchase 81 the tsnanta at i reasonable
price 81. s5I,i. b.
IN, Jlo,ihn \ D i e P., 4 constsI;slih q
1tf Ms landl ora, ina 4 q ilmonf soss
tint ID iuaist land
isr sHt Ia q 20 y y,
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Greater Redu1|I il Jae|k|e |
q FOR He balance 81 the month";

l VI II tire stock Of leleg ant| y
llrt bSEsftSA prices. II s rs s sSss's
ls'NlE N mi Jyit p,tf Cloak Depar tnantat
of the extra dinarily low 5ric
elegant garments.
Atsueh prices no one tnelse,ldE SIS IS
winter coat. 81, ||ssss|, |, , FL il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-31

Charles f. Nash, Joseph II. Manley, Leslie
Z. Cornish, Oscar Holway, j. Manchester
Haynes, Lendall Tltcomb, Benz. f. Par
rott, James W. North, Richard f. Good
win. John W. Chase.
The following are the contributors tc
the building fund; it will be noted that
those not otherwise designated are resi-
dents of Augusta:
Charles +. Alden, Clinton, Iowa; AL
bert G. Andrews, Orvillc d. Baker. George
H. Bangs; Mrs Adcline N. Beicher, San
Francisco, Cal. Richard W. Black. James
q. Blaine; Mrs. Emmons Blaine. Chica go.
ILL.,; William 6. Boothby, Horace f. Bow
ditch, James W. Bradbury, G. Hartwell
Brlckett, Joseph II. Bridge: Andrew
Carnegie, West 51st street, New York city
Miss Ena Cbadbournc, Miss Fannie Chase,
Fred W. Chase, John W. Chase, Charles B.
Chick, Winfield S.Choate, John H. Cogan,
Nathaniel W. Cole, George \. Cony,
Leslie &. Cornish Leander J. Croker,
Edward +. Davis, Edward c. Dudley
Lemuel B. Fowler; Mrs. j. Swan Frick.
l26 West Franklin street, Baltimore. Md. 4:
Albert T. Fuller Mrs Henry Weld Full
Ter, New Rochelle, n Y; James L. Full
Ter, William 4. Gage, William II. Gsnnett,
Richard f. Goodwin, Oliver G. Hall,
Henry NJ. Harlow, Fred l.. Herscy, Charles
S. Hichborn, John +. Hill, W. Scott Hill,
Oscar Holway, Miss Abby C. johnson,
kenncbec Journal, Treby johnson, Frank
W. kinsman, Fred G. kinsman, Charles
knowlton, Mrs. Harriet S. Lambart,
Samuel W. Lane, Mrs A. c. Lee William
II. Libby, Llewellyn W. Lithgow, Fred j.
Lord Harry p. Lowell, Thomas J. Lynch,
George +. Macomber, Joseph H. Manley,
George W. Martin, Byron A. Mead, Charles
Milliken, Charles A. Miliken, Charles Z.
Nash, Edwin l.. Nash, Charles II. Mason,
James W. North, Howard Owen, Benz f.
Parrott, Frank r. Partridge, J. Frank
Pierce, Ira H. Randall, William H. Reid
Miss Mary j. Rclley, Is Bulfnch street.
Boston, Mass. Edward j. Roberts. Gus
tavus A. Robertson, Bigelow Z. Sanborn.
Emery A. Ssnborn, H. Eugene Smith;
Frank E. Southland, Bath, Me. Granville
7. Stevens, Walter ID. Stinson, Everett
Stone,J Henry Sturgis, Albert W. Thayer,
LeDdaIl Titcomb, George o. Tobey, George
0. Vickery, Peleg 0. Vickery, j. Chand-
Ter Weber; Mrs. Mary c. Webster, Gar
diner, Me; Otis c. Webster, Lyman b.
Wccver. Charles H. White VIM. Penn
Whitehouse Mrs. Florence Allen Whitney,
Amos NJ. Wight, Mrs.. Daniel Williams
Horace Williams, Joseph II. Williams
John p. Wyman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-31
Reception TO Current Events Club.

Mr.. and Mrs. a. :. Bangs gave rccep-
ton at their beautiful home on East Chest
nut street to the Current Events Club and
gentlemen, last evening After the recrp-
ticn the programme of the evening was
taken up by the club The Subject was
Music
Mrs. Bangs had very entertaining
paper treating of American music and
more especially of its history and develop
mcnt. Mrs II. b. Hill also had an in
teresting paper upon American Com
posers" There was piano solo by Miss
McClench and a vocal solo by Miss Robin
son upon the programme. Later in the
evening, Miss Robinson sang again by re-
quest, and there was piano solo by Miss
Fogler.
Refreshments Were served and the re-
mainder of the evening was passed in
social conversation. A large number was
present and the event was in every way
one of the most delightful
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-31

Invitations have been extended to the
contributors to the building fund of the
new Llthgow library, to meet in the
Lecture hall, Feb. 3, at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon, to dedicate the building in a
simple and informal manner TO the use for
which 1t is designed. Owing to the i'm
possibility of accommodating SO large a
number, it has been necessary to confine
the invitations to the subscribers, although
1t would be the wish of the trustees and
| all those interested, that the public might
be present at the dedication.
Daring the past few days, however, all
have had an opportunity of being intro
duced, as it WERE to the beautiful library,
which has already become part of our
city and our life, the entire building hay
ing been open to visitors and will be keep
open during the remainder Of the week
day and evening. Ii is expected that the
books will be ready for circulation, Feb. A.
The beautiful building needs no eulogy
or description. Those who wish to obtain
an idea of it must go and see for them
selves. No amount of description or rep
rescntation will suffice to do Justice to the
elaborate and in every way exquisite ar
rangement Of every feature
The work has been one of endless care
to the trustees, and after months of plan
ming and watching, the building is now
as it Is found, complete, an appropriate
center and source of learning.
In no way has adornment encroached
upon utility, and likewise in no way has
utility been allowed to detract from well
balanced beauty.
The library in every WAY is convenient.
and it is an honor to Augusta. The build
ing has a character of its own, and it will
be, with the protection Of Providence. a
source of what the world mostly needs, and
what the world is getting. education of the
best that is in the world
In the beautiful reading room, which in
itself is an honor to the building, as is the
building to our city are placed two Dor
traits. One is q crayon OF the fonder Of the
library, Llewellyn W. Lithgow, and 1t is
said by those who knew him to be al ex-
cellent likeness. The ether is an Gil paint
ing by Willard, of Hon James W. Brad
bury, our most honored citizen and benc-
factor.
To The trustees, the people to wht ~ the
library will be a source of satisfaction and
pleasure. will feel debt of gratitude for
their painstaKiug work. They are the
following; James w. Bradbury, (reprc-
scnting the Lithgow bequest); Charles A.
Milliken, mayor lex of1cio); John f. Hill,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-31

The Boston ADVERTISER has very flat
tering notice of the collection now on
exhibition in Boston, Of the portraits by
William Willard, the we'll known artist
who has painted several portraits for Au-
gusta people OF the Blaine portrait the
Advertiser says; "And his portrait of
James G. Blaine, which j. II. Manley
only last week went twice to see and in
dorscd as the best portrait ever painted Of
Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Blaine last sat for it in
1892, and while his hair and beard were
whitened, his heaviest sorrows had not
come to bend and break him, heighten
the pallor of his face and take the bright
ness from his magnetic eyes. He was
then the magnetic man, the ''Plumel
Knight. never better able to follow his
ambition. 1t is the most interesting time
to view him, and Mr.. Willard has perpet-
uated it. The pale face. with its com
manding yes kindly CLEAN from the
brown eyes makes portrait of marvellous
interest even to one who was not person
ally acquainted with the statesman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-31
THOSE DOORS.
people Having Great Time at the New En-.
trance to the PostoffiCc.

One would not suppose that such n
simple arrangement as four doors, ar
ranged radius like from a revolving
centre, and cncascd in two close fitting
sides would bother people, but it does.
It is positively surprising to see the way
people approach it.
For less than Ave minutes journal
reporter watched the passing streams Of
people, and in that short period saw, if
not all there was to see, at any rate part
of it.
One old man came along, and, absent
mindedly got close up to the doors before
he noticed any change from the old, old
style. He jumped back, as if he were
afraid the thing would fall upon him.
Then he approached cautiously, and softly
pushed Again he drew, away, meeting
with no success, looked at the doors,
glanced around to see if anyone were
looking and then tried it again. BY this
time some one from the inside turned it,
and he Tell into one OF the pOchctS ana
was carried through.
The only way out was to him by the
way he came in. The rubbers are SO
fixed that the doors turn easiest allowing
one to pass to the right. Oh course he
was on the wrong side. He pushed,
harder and harder until finally he made 1t
move. With the delight Of child over a
new toy he came out, triumphant
Next along, came two women. They
Looked at the doors. then at each other,
and giggled. "You go first" mo, you
co." Number one made a rush, after
much discussion, whereupon the other.
lust as her companion was closing the
door behind her, made jump to get into
the same pocket There was jam, a
CRY, and more giggling
But everybody so say the storekeepers
across the way, comes out with smile,
and those who don't 60 back and try it