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The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

The first number OF William O'Brien's
new paper, The Irish People, which was
issued in Dublin on Sept. 10, was re-
ceived at this Office, 1850 miles away,
on Monday morning, Sept. rs. 1t is a
magnificent publication of eight pages
OF e. columns, Sc OF which are occupied
by original and selected matter, while
12 columns are given up to advertising.
And, strange to say, the price per copy
is only one penny, or two cents. The
subscription for one year to the United
States, including prepaid postage, is
nine shillings and two pence, or about
two dollars and fifty cents in American
money, counting the cost OF money or
der and letter postage. Checks and
money orders are to be made payable to
T. Mccarthy, los Capel street, Dublin.
We give this information for the benefit
OF patriotic Irishmen who desire to get
a frst-class paper from the Emerald
Isle. We notice that it contains news
Of noted individuals in the four prov
inces. 1t is unnecessary for us to state
that the initial number has como up to
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

The special correspondent of the Chi
cago Chronicle in Dublin writes: The
feeling here is general that Great Brit
ain is on the brink of war with the
Transvaal, and the nearer the probability
the more bitter becomes the feeling
against the government and the jingoes.
OF course at this distance from gene
raj election the noise of ireland counts
for little or nothing in British councils.
But we are interested all the same, and
not alone from sentimental standpoint,
fer its share of the cost of the war will
fall heavily on this impoverished coun-
try, while not single benefit will we
derive from it. Whether at war or in
peace the imperial government sets no
industry in motion in ireland. All the
money for shipbuilding, for munitions,
for supplies of any kind is expended in
England and Scotland-every pound of
it-while the Irish taxpayer must sur
render even more than his equitable
share of the war chest, for overtaxation
to the extent of nearly $4,000 900 an
nually is one OF his standing grievances.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

The Milwaukee Citizen critically re-
marks that Bourke Cochran carried off
the honors as an orator at the recent
antitrust convention, and even sur
passed Bryan. 1t evidently has forgot
ten the words OF Wendell Phillips:
Language alone does not constitute
oratory; there must be man behind
it." The great gathering in Chicago
recognized the superiority Of Bryan, for
when he finished his address eighty per
cent OF the audience dispersed They
went solely to hear Bryan and cared
little for Cockran's rhetorical sophistry
in behalf OF trusts. Writing OF Bryan's
magnetic oratory at mass meetings,
Congressman Champ Clark declares
that "he is the greatest living orator,
perhaps the greatest that ever lived"
Referring to large audience which
Bryan addressed, he says: "For two
hours and thirty-fve minutes that vast
multitude OF people stood, packed like
sardines in box, sweltering in trop-
ical heat, to listen to the flow of his
oratory. They literally hung enraptured
on his accents. When he concluded
near midnight, like Oliver Twist, they
cried for more" We have no desire to
belittle Cockran's artificial eloquence,
but after listening to him and reading
his speeches we consider him the in
tcrior OF Bryan as a persuasive platform
orator. His smooth sentences, artfully
constructed, may charm the ears, but
leave no lasting impression on the mind.
He is an elocutionist, while Bryan is
an orator.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

our business if the Filipinos butchcred
one another and sank slowly or rapidly
into savagery. We are butchering them
now in the name Of liberty and to the
disgrace OF the American flag. We are
committing atrocities upon the Filipinos
that are crying to heaven for vengeance,
but the. man Of, blood and iron who
sways the sceptre in New York has as
much sympathy for them as the Sultan
OF Turkey has for massacred Armenians.
Teddy's speech in the Ohio campaign
has satisfied nobody but the followers of
Hanna. His sophistry and vituperation
fell flat on honest men, and unless more
convincing speakers will turn the tide
OF public sentiment in the Buckeye
State John R. Mclean will be the next
governor.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Gov. Roosevelt says the trust problem
will be solved by Republicans and not
by Democrats. That is right. The Re-
publican party is the only political party
in this country that has displayed any
business ability during the past thirty
five or forty years.-Minneapolis Tri-
bune. Teddy does not say how Repub-
licans will solve it. At the last national
convention they made not the slightest
mention of trusts. As for the business
ability displayed by the party of trusts
the less said of it the better. With the
exception of two terms the party has
been in power for 50 years and has pro-
duced millionaires and bankrupts. The
country has had enough of the G. o. p.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Our friend Fitzgerald, OF the Catholic
Journal of the South, says with more
truth than poetry: 1--WE boast Of our
untitled heroes and scli-made men and
scott at the old world nobility. In the
very face Of this fact whenever little
Jim Crow foreign prince, lord or earl
lands OH our shores, we arc ready to
rush to the front to do him oriental,
sycophantic honors. This is toadyism
plain and simple and should find no
lodgment in the manly heart OF true
and noble American citizen. The plain,
everyday citizen OF this country is the
equal, if not the superior, of any
crowned monarch on earth. Why, then,
should we toady to any titled for
eigner?" There is no reason why we
should, except that we are OF Anglo
Saxon origin, and that the Anglo
Saxons, from time immcmorial, have
been kow-towing before the titled black
guards of England. None but Anglo
maniacs are guilty of such servility
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Commenting on Secretary Hays de-
NAL that any alliance exists between the
two "AngloSaxon nations" John
Brennan says in the Northwestern
Catholic: There is of course no treaty"
OF alliance between England and Amer
lea. A treaty would require adoption
by two-thirds vote of the American
senate; and there is no express agree
ment, for the reason that the American
end of the anglo Saxon" conspiracy
dare not avow it. There is simply IAN
understanding" whereby the American
republic reverses the verdict of York
town and again accepts the principles
OF George III. and of abdul the
damned" as the correct code of ma
tional morality. 1t enables us with the
approval of England to enter on the
work of conquest; and it plugs our ma
TONS mouth with the clotted blood of
the innocent Filipinos.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

the Philippines. 1t is safe to assert that
Carroll of Pawtucket is not lineal
descendant of Carroll of Carrollton.
The latter was champion OF liberty,
while the Rhode Islander is an advocate
OF slavery. He has the sublime audac-
ity to declare that every educated Cath
Ole in the country is in favor of up
holding the flag in the Mckinley war,
and he brazenly says in his little paper
that it is only the ill-iniormed Catholic
editors who oppose the Otis campaign
OF plumber and slaughter. Hugh must
have the organ OF self-estecm abnormal
ly developed in his Uranium. Rhode
Island is too small for such an intellec-
tual giant. Why doesn't he pull
stakes" and go 70 Texas to give his
brain chance TO expand?
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Sir Thomas Upton, the spirited
owner OF the yacht Shamrock, was asked
in New York the other day whether
it was true that he had made an offer
of $3.50, 900 for the purchase of the Lakes
of Killarney, and whether, if his offer
was accepted, he intended to make a
present Of the property to the Irish peo-
pie, when he made the following reply:
eyes, sir" he replied. Il made an
offer to purchase the beautiful Muck
ross estate from the Standard Insurance
Company, of Scotland. They hold a
mortgage on the property and recently
foreclosed. I offered $25o,ooo, and if
they accept it intend presenting the
estate and the lakes it includes to the
Irish people. I have not heard yet
whether my offer has been accepted, but
I hope it will be. I am very anxious
that this charming piece of nature be
preserved to Ireland, and would also
like the preserving of it to belong to
Irishmen rather than allow it to fall
into the hands OF foreigners"
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Says the St. Paul Globe: A gentle
man lately returned from Europe, one
Marcus Aurelius Hanna, is vociferously
demanding to be shown evidence that
trusts are not good thing" A quiet
interview on the White House lawn, in
the cleaning of fine September even
ing, between Mr.. Hanna and Mr.. Nc
Kinley, might possibly do much in dis
ciplining the impetuous senator from
Ohio. Or, how about turning him over
to the ferocious man with the snicker-
snee, Mr.. Hobart?
Mark says that the English form of
government is fully as good as ours"
There is no bowling objection against
Marks taking up his residence there.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Champ Clark, the brilliant congress
man from Missouri, thinks that there
was an unprecedented stuffing OF the
ballot boxes in 1896. He says: Take
Ohio, for example, The rule i'll old, set
tied communities like Ohio is one vote
for every five inhabitants, and yet in
1896 in the Buckeye state, Mark Han
mas own, the ratio was one vote for
every three and half Inhabitants! That
that was an honest count is thing in
credible. Have all tile people coming
of age in Ohio in the last IS years been
boys? Have the women and girls been
dying faster than the men and boys?
Mark owes it to the scientific world to
explain how that thing happened, for
statistics show that all over the world
the proportion OF boys and girls born
is 81 OF the former to 20 OF the latter"
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

eddy, it is not this paper which will ever
have word OF censure for ardent
young minds that may dream OF larger
conqucsts OF liberty in some hour OF
stress for the powe: that so insolently
flung the Irish offer ri Cancellation back
in our faces, and perhaps with weapons
which make young muscles Jingle more
than poets pen or tribune's tongue
Let only each cohort Of thinking Ma
tionalists pursue their several ways as
part OF the Grand Army OF Irish Free
dom with fraternal goodwill for each
ether, jealous only as to which shall
first have the chance OF overthrowing
the rule Of England with whatever swift
est weapon earnestness, courage, and
good fortune may place in our hands.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Conyngham Greene, the English
agent at Pretoria, the capital of the Boer
republic, is an Irishman. He is the
man who carries the messages from
Joseph Chamberlain to Paul Kruger
and DR.. Reitz, the Boer secretary of
state. When on a recent occasion he
presented some OF the English pro-
posals to DR.. Reitz, he concluded by
saying that the Boer government would
be given forty-eight hours in which to
reply. Instantly the hot Boer blood
famed to anger. "If you are serious,
young man." DR.. Reitz is reported to
have said, you will get your answer in
just forty-eight minutes" The Anglo
Irishman explained that no insult was
intended. He is Is years old, gradu-
ate of Oxford, and is married to the
daughter of the Earl of Courtown. In
recognition of his services he has been
made a Commander of the Bath.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

With characteristic modesty the ami
able and beloved bishop of Duluth, Ri.
Rev. James McGolrick, desires that no
reception be rendered him on his ar
rival in the Zenith City from Europe.
Having learned from Dean Corbett that
preparations on an extensive scale were
being made to give him public re-
ception, that popular prelate wrote to
the chairman OF the committee saying
it would be far more congenial to his
habits to go back quietly to his usual
work in the diocese OF Duluth. His let
ter appears elsewhere in these columns
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

rade yesterday. Last Monday the
United Irish societies OF the city adopt
cd the following resolutions: Whereas,
a committee of officers representing the
Irish volunteers waited upon Major
General Roe, grand marshal OF the pa
rade, and asked and were refused place
in the parade, we take emphatic excep-
ton to this action as invidious, if not
hostile to the Irish volunteers, and re-
sent the unjust discrimination of de-
priving the regiment of the honor OF a
position in the line of march as admir-
ers and fellow citizens of the hero of
Manila, Admiral Dewey" The New
York dailies of Monday and Tuesday
make no reference to the matter.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

VIM. ]. Bryan says of Admiral Dew
ey: "The American people will well
come Dewey with open arms. Nothing
should be left undone to prove to him
and the world that his distinguished
services are appreciated by his country
men. He has added glory to the Amer
lean arms and won for himself an en-
during place in our nations history"
II Bryan were president he would have
been in New York yesterday to do him
honor The little man from Canton was
afraid of the hero's popularity and re-
manned away. He will not take Dewey
with him on his western trip, though
the hero is willing to go if Mckinley
desires it. But Mac will not consent.
He wants all the applause for himself,
and he needs it. s1e
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

A few weeks ago it was reported
that 10000 Irishmen in New York had
offered their services to the Beers.
Willing as the Irish may be to fight the
Saxons in Africa, we fail to see how
they can do it at distance of 1000
miles. If the Irish already in the
Transvaal will stand by Paul Kruger,
they can inhict some blows on the Brit
ish redcoats who include many of their
own countrymen. The Irish Hessians
i'll the English army are the greatest
enemies of Ireland and OF human lib
erty. We hope the Dutch sharpshooters
will single them out for targets.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

The St. Paul Pioneer Press, which is
owned by wealthy Jews, quotes the fol-
lowing words of Father Phelan in the
Western Waterman to show that there
is nothing reprehensible in the desecra-
ton of Catholic churches by McKinley's
soldiers in the Philippines: "Now, if
the only dissertation those churches re-
ceive is sheltering our poor soldiers
from the killing Philippine sun, very
few drops of holy water will reconcile
them" We wonder if the Pioneer Press
proprietors know that the Western
Waterman was the only anti-Dreyfus
Catholic paper in the United States dur
ing the trial of their famous co-religion-
list. Father Phelan knows that "the
only dissertation" was not sheltering the
troops, or he must have kept poorly
posted on the question. We refer him
to The Irish Standard OF last week.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

The Boston Pilot says that "the
crime of the century" is not the convic-
ton of Dreyfus, nor the conquest of
the Philippines, but the attempted sub
jugation of the Transvaal. Referring to
the British colonial secretary, it says:
with the best intentions in the world
to play the part of an international
pirate, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, the
Brummagem screw-maker, must feel
that he is rather poor kind of an anna
teur freebooter. He would be the great
criminal of the century, but he has not
the power or opportunity to commit the
crime. He is Captain Kidd confined
to dry land"
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Joseph Chamberlain, the Judas of
British politics, has been completely
overlnatched by Paul Kruger in the
Transvaal imbroglio. In diplomacy he
has been outwitted by the sturdy Boer
and his legal adviser, Mr.. Farrelly. If
England now goes to war the world
will know that it IS not because of the
alleged grievances of the Uitlanders,
but for the conquest OF the Boer terri
tory, which contains gold mines.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

We had thought that Thomas Ham
ilton Murray was the editor OF the
Pawtucket Tribune. We are glad to
find that the patriotic secretary OF the
American Irish Historical Society is
not responsible for the utteranccs OF that
imperialistic sheet. The guilty man is
Hugh ]. Carroll. He is an apologist
for McKinley's benevolent policy" OF
exterminating the Filpinos by shot and
shell, and is trying hard to shield the
administration from the odium it de-
serves for allowing its soldiers to pillage
and desecrate the Catholic churches in
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

right. Mckinley himself declared that
"forcible annexation is criminal aggres-
sion," but that was before Dewey had
sunk the Spanish fleet and before his
Anglo-Saxon advisers urged him to
grab the Philippines and govern them
on the British plan. He must feel proud
OF his acquisition OF the Sulu islands in
the manner described, but he is not yet
through with the crafty Sultan.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Our most sanguine expectations, and
that it will improve as time goes en-.
Mr.. O'Bricn is at his best with pen
in his hand, ard he can be counted on
tc give The Irish people at home and
abroad the worth of their money. He
deserves to be encouraged at the be-
ginning, and any subscriptions sent to
the Irish Standard for his paper will be
forwarded with pleasure. Elsewhere we
give clippings from The Irish People
as a sample OF Mr. O'Brien's style of
journalism
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Admiral Dewey, the hero of Manila,
arrived in New York harbor two days
ahead of time to the surprise of the in
habitants who were preparing for his
reception. He arrived in Manila bay
on May I, 1898, to the surprise OF the
Spaniards and destroyed Montejo's fleet
in the twinkling of an eye. His is zone
of the few immortal names that are not
born to die" Hurrah for "Cousin
George"
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30
The death OF Judge Charles P. Dalv

The death OF Judge Charles P. DAILY,
of New York, is deeply deplored in lit
erary, historical and geographical socie-
ties. His death is also regretted by the
Irish people at home and abroad. He
it was who was the active and efficient
chairman OF the relief committee which
fitted out and dispatched the first pro-
vision-laden vessel that reached the
Irish shore in the famine year of ~.
On later occasions he was always ready
to render prompt aid to the distressed
people of Ireland. At the time of the
Civil War he was instrumental in or
ganizing the Irish Brigade" and the
"Corcoran Legion"
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Ex-Sergeant Kirkham of the Mime
apolis police force has brought libel
suit against the Times for an alleged
injury to his character, and demands
$4,000 damages. OF course, he does
not expect to receive that amount. Sam
would be satisfied with half OF it and
feel exceedingly happy that his reputa-
ton was attacked.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

What has become of the bloody duel
between Captain Phelan, OF Kansas
City, and Count Esterhazy, of London?
Has the fiery Fenian withdrawn his
challenge since the pardon of Dreyfus?
It would be we'll for their seconds to
bring about the mortal combat as soon
as possible.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Brother granny peas of the Anoka
Union has the gubernatorial bee buzzing
noisily in his sombrero. As friend of
his we would suggest to him to wait
for few years longer before seeking
the nomination from the G. o. p. John
Lind will succeed himself, and there is
not the slightest chance for Repub-
lican to be elected in 1900.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

One OF the Minneapolis papers stated
the other day that Dewey would not
utter word on politics or international
affairs, and on another page the same
paper gave an alleged interview with
him two columns in legnth.
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

1t appears that the Republican man.
ayers of the reception to Admiral Dew
ey in New York have Disseminated
against the Irish volunteers and de-
prived them of participation in the pa
The Irish standard., 1899-09-30

Archbishop Ireland will respond to
the toast ."The American Republic" at
the Marquette club banquet in Chicago
next Saturday. President Mckinley will
be present to applaud him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-08-04
Impure Water.

The dirty brook should be a theme
for thought by more than one dairy
man. The man that has no running
have good water for his COWS than the
man that thinks he is blessed by a
stream of running water. Where the
stream is rapid moving and fairly deep
it may serve for drinking place the
year round, but in most of our western
states the conformation of the land is
not such that a stream is either swift
or deep or clear. In states that are
filled with mountains and hills and
forests the streams to a large extent
remain pure the year round. The soil
on their banks is held in place by a
multitude of vegetable growths. FIRE.
Quently they run over bed Of stones
and are little exposed to impurities
from the immediate banks. Such
brooks may, in mountainous localities,
serve as a suitable drinking place for
the cattle most Of the year or until the
summer drought renders them stag
nant. But in this great level country
OIL Tue west COuUIllOuS dIC dlllCISIlI
The ordinary brook should never be
depended on as the water supply for
the cattle. There are few times in the
year when it is safe for them to drink
from it if the dairyman wants to keep
both animals and animal products
pure. In the midsummer especially it
is a positive detriment to the dairy
business. The man with the Shiny,
muddy brooks too often neglects to
have a pure water supply, which his
brother farmer, who has no brook, is
compelled to supply. We have seen
such streams in summer become mud
dy WallOWs where the COWS both stood
and drank. There is no doubt that
animals, like humans, contract many
diseases solely through bad drinking
water. On many farms the conforma-
ton of the land is such that shallow
streams may be made sanitary by
deepening the central channel and
sinking a few shallow wells in their
beds at various places if the pasture is
so large that the cattle would have to
travel a great distance on hot day to
get Water.-Farmers' Review.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-08-04
A Curious Ear.

The catfish uses hislungs as an organ
of hearing The needless lung becomes
a closed sac filled with air and COM
monty known as the swim bladder. In
the catfish, as in the suckers, clubs
and most brook fish, the air bladder
is large and is connected by slender
tube, the remains of the trachea, to the
oesophagus. At it's front it fits closely
to the vertebral column. The anterior
vertebrate are much enlarged, twisted
together, and through them passes a
chain Of bones, which connects with the
hidden cavity Of the air. The bladder
therefore assists the ear Of the catfish
as the tympanum and its bones assist
the ear of the higher animals. An ear
Of this sort can carry little range OF
variety in sound. 1t probably gives
only the impression of jars or disturb
ances in the water.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-08-04

Every American travelling abroad
knows that he is able to notify his
friends in America Of his safe arrival
in Paris by registering his name at one
of the newspaper offices. The names
are cabled over every day and appear
on the following morning in the New
York editions.
This custom struck two smart bust
ness men as being open to large posi-
bilities. One of them goes to Paris
every spring upon business, and, in or
der that the one who remains in New
York should be kept posted as to what
his partner is doing, large amount of
cabling is necessary
In order to economic in this matter,
it is said that the two partners ar
ranged a cipher, made up of family
and Christian names. Every day that
the partner in Paris transacted some
business he walked into the newspaper
office and registered there under some
name and address that conveyed to his
colleague in New York an exact idea OF
the progress he was making.
The name, initial and place of resi-
dence registered represented some item
of information which the partner in
New York learned next day upon read
ing the newspapers list Of arrivals in
Paris.-Stray Stories.