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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

Some years ago William T. Stead issued
a number of the Review of Reviews
which was entirely devoted to stories Of
hobgobblns and ghosts. Contributors
told their strange experiences with WISH
tants from the spirit world, and the
yarns they wrote about appariticns and
visions were well calculated to give ST.
perstitious people the night mare Cdi-
tor Stead now declares that he has receiv-
cd a message from the unseen world COM
handing him to retire into the contem-
patve life 1t is to be hoped he will
obey the injunction. He has been too
active Of late in writing for publication
a nasty book entitled "Satan's Invisible
World Displayed; or Despairing Democ-
racy,' describing the wickedness and
political corruption of New York CITY.
Stead will go crazy if he does not change
his tactics.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

killed off and ALMOST, exterminated like
the North American Indians. Instead Of
slaughtering them Hike wild game the
spaniards christiapHed them, and now
their descendants are being educated by
public taxation and compelled to at
tend the schools established by the gov
eminent. =
Mr.. Bryan did not find that dense ig-
norance, Of whicheewe have heard so
much from men of, DR., Strong's kidney.
He goes on to say f..
II found that the public men of Mex
leo are not inferiQr to our own in in
te4llsence. education and general infor-
nation. Senior Mariscal, secretary Of
foreign affairs, adds to great ability lon;,
experience as a diplomat, and is worthy
OF comparison with the premlers of the
leading nations of the world. Senior
Limantaur. secretary Of finance, is q
most accomplished gentleman and has
exhibited superior Skill in the man
agement Of the fiscal affairs of the r,-
public. The other cabinet officers, gov
ernors, members of the national and
state congresses, mayors. ETC., whom I
met were, without exception, men of re-
hnement and scholarly attainments.
Il found that the English language is
being taught more and more extensively
each year. and is now understood and
spoken by most CT the public men or by
members of their families. | was in
formed that a majority of the members
OF the federal congress could understand
a speech delivered in our language The
leading hotels and stores have clerks
who can speak English, so that travel
and traffic are made easy"
Though William J. Bryan is a Presby-
terrain he is free from religious prejudice $
ana can be relied on to give an unvar-
nlshed story of what he found in Mexico.
IN this respect he differs widely from
evangelical ministers who live by the
gospel and are financially interested in
establishing Protestant missions in the
land CT tho Aztecs to convert the in
habltants from 1.-The errors of popery, -
When the truth is known about Mexico.
Italy and Spain by the humbugged Amer
lean people the occupation of the living
Protestant missionaries will he, gone for
ever, and they will be compelled to seek
other avccations than living on the
credullty CT the sincere but mistaken
sons and daughters of the New England
Puritans.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29
THE DREYFUS CASE,

EoisterCus scene was witnessed in
the French chamber of deputies the other
day. The members were so excited as
to come to blows. and one of them was
in the act of hurting an ink bottle at the
head of political opponent when con-
fl'ere prevented him. The cause of all
the unseemly disturbance is the I'M
prisonment OF Dreyfus. a French officer
Of Jewish birth. On the charge of giving
secret information to the German gov
crLmcns. Since his conviction his faith
full wife has proclaimed his innocence,
and it is mainly through her exertions
that the French people who have inves-
tisatcd the circumstances of the case,
nave become convinced that Dreyfus is
the victim Of a plot and is unjustly
punished
All the evidence when impartlally ex-
amlneu gees to prove that there is not
an atom Of fact at the bottom OF the in
dlctment brought against Dreyfus The
German minister of foreign affairs has
sormnly pledged his word of honor that
no secret communication had ever ex-
listed between any German officers and
Captain Dreyfus. and that declaration is
supported by the quality of the evi-
denrG Hdduced at the trial. His convic-
ton was obtained through the testimony
OF experts Ca handwriting Three CHI.
cf five experts testified that the mem.
Hfandlm on military affairs. alleged to
rave been OF traitCrCus character, wa;
IN the chirosraphy Of the accused, while
the two ether aXEarts were positive that
the writing was that of somebody else.
The expert employed by the Bank If
France was quite positive THAI Dreyflis
rover wrote the mcmorandum and that
official is considered the best authority
IN the republic, The Inflated soldier
was stripped CT his military rank and
Transported in chains to desclate
island inhabited by centiredes.
Tho French people are aroused over
the affair. There is an uproar in The
army and in tho legislative body, and
IN" government itself is perilously agi-
tated by the case. Public sympatbv is
with the prisoner. From the present
aspect of affairs he will soon get new
'rlaI and be indicated and restored 10
liberty. When released he will become
national hero and be ionizcd by the
French people CT all classes,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

of McClure's did not like the criticism.
for he struck the Irish Standard from his
exchange list. We notice that Rev. FIR.
O'Neill, the retiring editor of The
Rosary" brings Kipling to task for cast
ing such an imputation on the Catholic
church. Kipling must have been reading
Collins STORY Of Liberty" where a sche,l-
uie Of prices for permission to commit
sin is given, all the way from $50 down
to few cents. Lawrence Sterne, the
Protestant clerical author OF "'rristram
Shandy," was the first to give the price
list, and ether writer's since his day
have followed suit. Many educated
lrotestants of the present day believe
that indulgences are still granted for q
financial consideration.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

there even as book Of reference. The
only member Of the board who cham
pioned the cause Of the work was a
woman. 1t is among the female portion
Of our Protestant population that bigotry
survives longest. We regret to be COM
PEELED to make this statement, but the
truth must be told at all hazards"
1t appears that Coffin wrote another
work entitled The Building of the Ma
tion," from which passages are quoted
by correspondent in this issue of the
Irish Standard, who says 1t is used in
the public school libraries in the rural
districts Of Minnesota on the recon-
mendation of the superintendent Of pub
lie instruction and the presidents of the
four state normal schools. At the first
opportunity we shall examine the work
and give our opinion of it to our
Catholic readers in the North Star state
Nothing good can come from Coffin when
he handles Catholic topics. AS for
Myers history, mentioned by our cor
VIZ hAio" llo Sildi etSlef anu az
clare ITO be unfit for pubis schools be-
cause of it's nnreliability on matters re-
lating to the Catholic church. Catholic
pupils in the public schools of Mime
apolis are using it now, and their par
ents seem to be thoroughly satisfied with
its tone and tenor They will regret this
when their children shall have grown
III in ignorance of historic truth.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

DR.. Geo. McCloske, professor of bio
logy at Prir5eton University when ques-
toned Us to the possibility of controlling
the sex OF Offspring, expressed his views
as follows:
There is no way to decrease The
population except by the birth of a
larger number of males than females.
That is what Prof. Schneck's plan, if sue
cessful, will in all probability bring
about. The same object has already
been accomplished in the plant world
and in some forms Of animal life. Hemp
when grown in rich soil, produces the
female plant, while in scant soil it pro-
duces the male. Salamanders, when fed
upon the fragments Of their brothers and
sisters, will produce about twice the per-
centage of females as when they are fed
upon ordinary foods. Starving cater
pillars has been found to make. them Of
the male sex. Modern biology has estab-
lished the fact that there is no funda-
mental difference between the sexes"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

the kings English" must have studied
Lindlcy Murray. The Sun replies to him
as follows: There never was an Eng
lish grammar that didn't darken the I'M
derstanding. The whole pack of Eng
fish grammars is but a set of fossilized
rules and 'obter dicta" about this Won
derful, illimitable, and passionately liv-
ing speech. Use your English grammar,
II heaven has been so harsh to you as
to give you one. for fuel in winter, or for
cigar lighters in the furnaceless and
grateless months. Burn it, esteemed
Philadelrhian! 1t is an ignorant and
presumptous hereto and sinner against
our sacred speech. So you may grow
in knowledge OF that speech, and lie
healthy and fortunate, not some few, but
very many years.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

knute Nelson, United States senator
for Minnesota, recently secured an all
dience with President Mckinley for
Mrs Eva Mcdonald Valesch formerly Of
this city, and now of New York, and the
son of the Viking is now extremely sorry
that he did 50. Eva wrote an interview
with the president and got it published
in the New York Journal. The man from
Canton denies the accuracy of the in
terview and Knute says that the enter
prising lady drew on her imagination
She is exactly the right kind of female
reporter for the sensational New York
press
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

"A special cable from Dublin to the
New York World announces the election
OF Campbell, Unonist lawyer, for mcm-
Der OF parliament in the Stephens Green
division. Intense popular excitement
prevailed over the defeat of Count Plum
kett, the Parnelite candidate. The Dill
lonites and Parncllite fused and reduced
the unionist majority two-thirds. John
Dillon took the platform for Plunkctt
and appealed to his followers to sink
their differences in patriotic effort to
Wrest the seat from the grasp of tho
Tories. The fact that Dillon supported
the Parnellite candidate is Indicative Of
an early reunion Of the Irish National
LIST forces. Count Plunkett charges
fraud and forgery and will petition
against the validity Of the return of
Campbell.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

We have ascertained beyond doubt
tEat Stewart Gamble, the noisy Orange
man, who dispenses pills to the public.
was born in Ireland and came to tile
United States twenty-one years ago. He
honestly nherits his raMd prejudices
against Catholics and all the ozone IN the
lnvlgorating atmosphere of the North
west will not cure him of his bigotry. He
has not yet succeeded in getting 'The
Story of Liberty" back into the Mime
apolis public library for the defamation
Of the Catholic religion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

The bonny sons of Caledonia celebrat-
ed the 10th anniversary of the death OF
Robert Burns in Minneapolis last Tues
delivered an eulogy on tho immortal
bard. 1t appears somewhat odd that the
Scotch do not celebrate the anniversary
of his birth instead of his death. But
probably they like to follow the ex-
ample of the Irish in celebrating the
death instead of the birth of St. Patrick,
the patron saint of Erin.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

Cur friend, Judge Cough of the catbo-
TIC sentinel, of Chippewa Falls Wis. has
pathetic editorial on "The viro;n
Mother" in which he asks, .Whv wa,
she made to bear the ignominv of coo,,,
ing unchasteness, to be held in derjsion
ny her neishbors, and distrusted AMI
charged with infidelity by her husband9"
Neither scripture nor tradition, ,o
rants our friend in asking such o,,,a
t'oh. Let him read the recent ,ifo -.
onflss IN two volumes, translated FROM,
the French, and he will find that ~
Dressed mother OF God was loved Inv h,>,
helshbors, and that her moral characto.
was Above the slightest susnic;on
Neither was she "distrusted and charge,
with lnfidelity by her husband, 8,
joseph learned the miraculous oo,,,,
''oh CT Mary from all angel, and th,r
satisaed his holy mind Besides bo ;,
suppressed to have Eesn Marv's mol,
and to have known the maide, ,,t;,-o+,
ly before their marriage. Our friend
GOES not like the answer given by Josus
to His mother when she found Him j.,
the temple disputing with the dcctor,
ana though he says the only bright raw
in her life would seem to be at tho
marriage feast of Cana" yet he does
net like the answer He gave to His
mother Oh that occasion. Learned com.
mentators do net agree with our frjen.1
CT chippewa Falls on that point. I3c
would leave an impression on tho
minds CT his readers that Christ spoke
somewhat disrespectfully to His virgin
mother. If He had done so He wou,a
nave broken the fourth commandment
and would not have been Subject" r.
her. Or course, Judge Cough is an
orthodox Christian, but we fear he has
been reading heretical writer's li,tla
too much for his spiritual sanctificatian
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

]. Adam Bede, OF birch-barll fame, has
been sounded by inquisitive politicians
as to his aspirations for congress in place
of Judge Morris, of the Sixth district.
Adam cannot tell lie and without hest
tation answered that he would take the
nomination If rendered him. Why
shouldn't he? If Adam had not changed
on the Democracy we would like to see
him elected. Congress needs a humorist
badly at the present time, and Adam is
the man to draw smiles and Taught er
from the gloomy assembly,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

Says FIR. Phelan. in the Western
Watchman: Our radical conlrcrc OF tho
Cathoilt Citizen would like to see The
attendance OF priests on scaffolds dis
continued, arguing that as few Catholics,
even the most deserving. die with H.,
priest at their bedside. condemned muir.
derers should not claim it as a privilege.
Mf. Desmond seems not to know, out
he may find out some OF these d,vs that
tnere is a great difference between get
ing hanged and battling with disease
and natural death.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

The aspiring orator should paste in lis
scrapbook this fine metaphor from the
sermon of Tennessee minister: "The
wheat and the tares must grow together
until harvest, until the Great Reaper
shall come to separate the sheep from
the goats"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

Says United Ireland: Colonel Sam
derson, noisy braggart as he is, when cn,-
minating his clustering threats in th,
house of commons or in an Or.nra
lodge has made no favorable impression
in South Africa where he has been star.
ring for the past few months. At Elm
berly, where he thought he could beat tn,
Orange drum with his usual military
swagger, he was taught that his mani.
ties were not wanted. There was ennuc;,
OF good lrishmen there, it appears. t.
let him see that his unsolicited allns;ons
to home rule were better lett ursaid.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

they die there will be no amelioration in
the condition of Ireland, unless the Brit
ish democracy say to them that they
cannot veto any bill passed by the rep
resentatives OF the people in the lower
house Of parliament. The British democ-
racy are too much enamored with the
aristccracy to deprive them of their ar
bitrary powers when Ireland's national
ity Is concerned,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

Tho New York Journal realizes the
fact that its editorial writer made a
blunder in attacking William j. Bryan
The Democrats of the country will re-
sent any unfair criticism of their chosen
leader. Perhaps the Journal allowed tho
columns because it's rival, the World
succeeded in getting Bryan's "wrte-l,p"
of what he found in Mexico.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

OF the Irish people believe that self
government and the development OF Ire
lands es-agriculturally, COM
mercially and industrially-will enable
them to enjoy the prosperity which
tlourished during the eighteen years Of
parliamentary Independence The Irish
men who think otherwise are West Brit
ons and Mr.. Plunkett is one Of them.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

The Minneapolis Journal recently an
nounced that the candidate for holy or.
ders in the Greek church of this city was
to be married before his ordination.
Ihe reason OF that is that he could not
officiate us priest if he got married after
his ordination Bachelor priests in tbs
Greek church cannot marry, and young
men preparing for the ministry must dc.
eide whether they will remain celibata:
or take wife. The bshop Of the Greek
church is always celibate, and none
but an unmarried Priest can become q
bishop The married priest must al.
ways remain a Priest in the GreeI,
church. We give all this information &c
ehllghten oar esteemed contemporary
as 1t is poorly posted Gu church matters
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

The liars of the Atlantic cable haze
got tired OF reporting the Pope's feeble
health and turn to that Of Mr.. Glad
stone for q change. The latest dispatch
announces that the grand old man" is
sinking fast and cannot live much long
err 1t even says that the venerable
statesman welcomes death as Il relief
from pain. What the cable says is far
from being reliable.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29
A member of the Medico Legal Society,

A member of the Medico Legal Society,
Of New York, says that Hetty Green, the
richest woman in America, has accepted
passing herself off for a poor woman. He
also says that when recognized she had
to pay 5000 for medical attendance and
care. A reporter of the New York
World called upon Hetty, and she fatty
denied the whole story 1t is now aues-
tion of veracity between the daughter of
Plutus and the son of Esculapius.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

The current number of "kcnncdy's
own" contains lengthy article on Tho
Prophecy of Thomas Jefferson" from
the pen of Hon. c. b. Kennedy, a law.
yer of North Dakota The contest going
on for supremacy between the democracy
and plutocrary, from the foundation of
the republic TO the present day, as 10.
scribcd by the writer, makes very in
structlvc and profitable reading for III
classes OF American citizens.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

A New England paper refers to Bourle
Cochran as the silver-tongued orator."
Perhaps the ex-Tammanyite prefers TO
be called "the golden-tongued orator"
since he took the stump for the British
gold standard and went back on the
party that brought him into national
prominence
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

Horace Greeley says, in his autobio-
graphy, that he obtained all his knowl-
edge of English grammar from Lindley
Murray's text book on the subject, and
he declares that after studying it he
came to the conclusion that Murray
knew but little Of what he had written
on. Murray was Philadelphia and hi;
book made him famous. 1t was used as
the standard authority in the British is
lands for many years. The Phladel-
phian who rashly undertook to correct
the New York Sun recently in its use Of
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

The Irish Standard was the first Cath
ole journal in the land to draw the at
tention of McClure's Magazine to the
story of Captains Courageous" by Rud-
yard kipling, then appearing in its pages,
IN which the poet-novelist imputed 20 the
Catholic church the custom of permitting
her children to commit sin. The editor
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

We are indebted to the courtesy Of
Hon. Loren Fletcher. M. c.. for a copy
of the compendium of the Eleventh
Census of the United States and Terri
tories" for which he will escape adverse
criticism in the approaching congress-
ional campaign.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

Last year 1S417 immigrants from ire
land landed at the port of New York. Of
the total number less than five per cent
were unable to read and write The
money brought by them aggregated more
than a quarter million dollars.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

referring to the curious ideas Of ;he
Allwaukee Citizen aneAt priests on the
sealold, the San Francisco Monitor han.
terlngly says: The delicate young crea.
thfe OF forty, who wrote it, was Mortified
that priests shci,ld so on the scaffold
ohe is sensitive about notoriety-huntins
ciefgymen and she considers the peni-
tent thief good enough two thouson,
years ago, but rather coarse now van
kno" We wish to inform the de]icato
young creature of forty, whose maidenlv
BOSOM was shocked by the appearance Of
a priest on the scaffod, that the Catho-
TIC clergymen Of California are NOT M.
torlety hunters, and least Of al, ;s tho
rev. Pastor. of San Rafael DESTROYS Of
appearing In the papers. He was on the
scaffold because his duty called him
there. 1t is not the first time either Nv
the prescriptions CT the ritual. tho nl,oo
OF the pastor is by the side of his diving
parshloner. 1t makes no difference
"here the death place is, there the nae
Tor must be- 1t will be a bad day for tho
cnufch when her priests will refuse ia
a''era the dying because they may have
peen great sinners. At least the Grim.
maj on the scaffold pays the tempor,,
punishment due to his sin in the sieft
Oh the world. There are far greater sim
hefs IMAM Durrant who go out of the
"ofld IN the ctlor of responsibility and
Jus. because they are not found out, the
iastldlous young creature of forty VIM
eaits the Milwaukee Citizen wou]d dron
i,owefs on their collins and SWIVEL over
'nelr graves. Woe to you scribas and
pharlsees, hyprocrites, for the harlot and
the publican shall go into the kingdom Of
heaven before you.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

The appointment Of Attorney General
McKenna for the supreme bench WIS
confirmed by the senate in spite of shr
A. P. AS.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29

The Lodge immigration bill passed by
the United States senate smacks of
knownothingism.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-01-29
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