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The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Judge John F. MCGEE, of the Fourth
Judicial District of Minnesota. will nor
make divorces easy in his court. Some
time ago he threatened to disbar dis
reputable attorneys whose chief bust
ness it was to institute divorce proceed
lngs III an unprofessional manner. In a
decision rendered the other day he stat
ed that i'll 90 per cent of divorce cases
desertlon is the ground alleged, and in
80 per cent of the divorces granted the
defendant fails to appear because of a
private agreement with the plaintiff. He
then made use of the following forcible
language, which has struck popular
chord: with highly immoral and
disgraceful condition existing by which
in Hennepin county annually nearly one
thousand persons, by private agreement.
concealed from the court by perjury
dissolve the marriage ties-a condition
compared to which Mormonism is re-
spectable-the court ought to enforce
rigidly the requirement of statute that
tor laxity and looseness is reproach to
decency and civilization :,
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Marquise de Fontenoy, titled lady
who furnishes social news in high life
to the Chicago Tribune, explains the
meaning of "the" which is prefxed to
Irish names, such as The O'Conor Don,
The O'Donoghue, The O'Brien, The
MacDermot, The MacGillicuddy. She
says: "The pronoun the prefxed to
the name signifies that the bearer
thereof is the principal represen-
tative of one of the houses that
once exercised sovereign sway over
the Emerald Isle. There are many
people in Ireland who claim the
right to this prefix and who coolly
adopt it without a shadow of right there
to-" That is because the British govern
ment does not recognize the title. But
why does she call "the' a "pronoun?'
1t is a definite article or an adjective
and is used by way of eminence before
names of Milesian noblemen who gen.
orally gave their allegiance to the Brit
lsh crown, and some of whom aposta-
tiled from the Catholic faith during the
penal days to preserve their estates from
conhscation. The fellows named by the
Marquise are Tories and opposed to
Home Rule for ireland. There is big
difference between them and the
O'Neills and O'Donnells Of that period.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05
y A GREAT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.

In the St. Paul municipal election OF
last Tuesday the Democrats gained a
glorious victory and redeemed the city
from the grasp OF the Republicans after
hard fought contest. Robert A.
Smith becomes chief magistrate for the
third time, and though there were six
candidates for the mayoralty i'll the field
he was elected by plurality OF go
votes. That fact speaks volumes for
his popularity and Enthusiastically shows
that the public place great confidence in
his integrity as we'll as i'll his ability to
give good administration after four
years of Republican incompetency and
corruption. The city controller and
treasurer were elected with R. A. Smith
and nine out of eleven wards were
triumphantly carried by the Democracy
for the board OF aldermen. The Repub-
licans succeeded in electing six mem
bers of the assembly, thus giving them
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05
An officer with Colonel Primer :.

An officer with Colonel Plumer saws
that in Mafeking Colonel Baden-Peweil
has nothing but MARK W. ammunition
lett. That means the expanding bullets
known as dum-dum. The Beers cap
tured some OF them and used them ON
the British. Roberts protested against
giving her majesty's troops a dose of
their own medicine, and Kruger told
him how his men came into possession
OF the deadly missiles used by Kitchener
In the Soudan campaign. But perhaps
they are not more destructive than lvd-
dite shells which are used exclusively by
the British in the present war. Let the.
Beers capture these also and use them
with vengeance on the British barbara
ans o-#
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

The Duke OF Teck, "a scion Of the
British royal family, is said to have
acted coward near the Bloemfontein
water works when the British CONVOY
was captured by the Beers about a
month ago. He is said to have turned
and fled, urging his horse to it's utmost
speed and leaving his men to fall into a
Boer trap. 1t appears that General Bobs
is trying to shield the royal runaway.
In the British parliament Mr. Wyndham.
under-secretary of state for war, refused
to give the name of the officer who fled,
saying he did not know him, and when
asked If he would find out, replied: II
shall certainly do nothing of the kind"
The royal poltroon should be court
martialed and shot, or sent home in dis
grace.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

saaaos C43b0j..T u: = -,
majority in that branch of the city
government. But the greatest victory
of all, perhaps, was the defeat of ]. ].
McCardy, the autocratic controller, who
for eight years ran things in a high
handed manner and acted as if he were a
car instead of being the humble and
obedient servant of the people. It re-
quired strong, efficient and very pop
ular man to beat him, and Louis Betz
was the candidate selected to give him
his quietus by bare majority of IS
votes. But that was enough to stamp
out the arrogant, overbearing and SUI
perciious upstart who fondly imagined
he could hold his position for life be-
cause of his fancied political strength
and official capability. He has not yet
recovered from the surprise he expert
enced on Tuesday night and is calling
for recount.
The St. Paul Democracy have just
cause for jubilation. They have
achieved splendid victory in being
restored to power once again. They
stood loyalty by their ticket, and that
they did so is evidenced in the fact that
Pottgieser, the nominee of the Bell
Scannell faction, received less than 100
votes.
Many citizens of oratorical ability
contributed to the victory of last Tues
day, and much credit is due to the
young Democracy for the achievement.
But the one man above all others who
deserves the highest praise is Mr.. Hum
phrey Barton, chairman of the
Democratic committee. AS an or
ganizer he displayed conspicuous
ability and is certainly entitled
to recognition for the eminent
services rendered during and be-
fore the campaign in the way Of solid
flying the Democratic forces who were
weak and disheartened from repeated
defeats. The Globe also rendered SPLEEN
did service from the opening to the
close of the campaign, especially in its
editorial columns, and vigorously de-
tended the candidates from the vicious
attacks of its local Republican contem-
poraries. Now that the Democrats are
once more in office they are expected
to give ST. Paul the best government
of which they are capable. Let them
recognize the men who worked so Ell :
Enthusiastically and reward the workers
rather than the drones.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05
THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

Despite the fact that the British
forces under Lord Roberts exceed tn,
Boer forces under Gen. Botl1a by nearly
100000 they are making very slow prog
ress towards Pretoria. In fact, the,
have not yet got into Transvaal terri
tory at all, and they have enough to dc
to guard themselves from attack il,
the Orange Free State. The Beers arc
still in possession OF the Bloemfonteir
water works. They are harassing the
queens troops in every direction ant
inf1icting heavy losses. The inefficien,
fighting methods of the British are be,
coming more apparent every day, and
unless Roberts bestrs himself he will
soon lose his military reputation like the
rest OF the Births generals. He is now
Cup against it" and it is quite doubtful
if tic car ever succeed in conquering the
brave burgncrs. The British people are
angry at the slow progress he is max
ing, and pretty soon he will become a
target for abuse by the jingoes.
But he has great obstacles to over
come. 1t is two months since he cap
tured Cronje and entered Blocmfon-
tein: He proclaimed the Orange Free
State as British, territory and sighting
ly referred to Steyn as the late presi-
dent" That was merely British buster
unbecoming modest soldier. Hc is
not able to hold the country without
fighting Tor it, and in every cncountey
thus far the Beers appear to have given
him the worst OF it. He thought he
could surround them and annihilatc
them quite easily, but he utterly failed
in the attempt. On the south at Red
dersburg and Wcpcncr, on the east at
Sannas Post and Thaba N'Chu, on the
north at all points, and on the west from
Aasvogcl Kop to Boshof, the Boer raid
ers have kept the British busy, and have
slipped through the nets spread to catch
them.
The under secretary OF war says that
Roberts delay in marching northward
is not due to the lack OF horses and
mules but to the necessity of capturing
the railway and repairing it, and also OF
defeating the Boer detachments that
threaten his line of communication, and
the shifting OF his base from Cape Town
to Bloemfontein
The fact of the matter is that the de-
lay is owing to the Decentralization OF
his army while pursuing Cronje. That
victory was almost defeat for the Brit
isl, and they required considerable time
to recupcratc. The English went 2t
hours without food and dropped from
sheer inanition by hundreds while OH
the march. The Canadian soldiers in
their letters speak OF the privations they
underwent around Paardeberg, and the
time it took to recover Roberts plan
is to accumulate enough provisions and
supplies at the Free State capital to last
his army during its further advance.
The conveys guarding the trains were
annoyed by the Beers and retarded
their progress over 700 miles of a single
track railway. They will be annoyed
in the future as in the past by the dar-
ing burghers, and it may be that they
will starve the invaders the further they
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Education is one OF the indispensable
steps of mission enterprise and in some
form must precede all successful work, !"
said President Mckinley to the Anglo
American missionaries at their interna-
tional meeting in New York City Com
1nenting on his utterance the Catholic
Columbian says: The Divine Founder
of Christian missions evidently did not
know His business. He chose poor ig-
norant fishermen to preach His gospel.
He did not turn sclloolmaster and show
them how to read and write and cipher
as indispensable steps OF mission enter
PRISE" before sending them out to tcacl,
all nations all truth, whatsoever He had
commanded them. He thought that
men could be told to know God and to
do His will, without being instructed in
geography or mathematics or "non-sec-
tarian'' history.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

The Northwestern Chronicle is Sc
verely criticised by the Providence Wis
itor because of an article which recently
appeared in its editorial columns upon
devotional puerilities. We are curious
to see what reply our Sanity City neigh
Dor makes to the structures OF our es-
teemed New England contemporary. 1t
is very edifying to the lay editor when
two priests enter into a discussion on
religious matters and strike right out
from the shoulder in the good old way
OF apostolic blows and knocks" Lay
on Macduff, etc.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Poet-Laureate Austin, OF England
says that the Irish are not poetic race,
The little fellow has evidently never
read the following words OF Magoon, an
American critic: "Ireland's poets are
among the Oldest and the best: her lite
rati shine brightly among the chiefest
luminaries OF art and science; her mar
tlal heroes have never been excelled;
and as for her statesmen it is enough to
say that for centuries they have been
what they now are-the greatest leaders
of parliament"
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Judge Thomas Canty in his speech on
the Philippine Islands, delivered in Min
neapolis last week, said that the Sultan
of Sulu, McKinley's oriental ally, had a
lot of Christians as slaves. He is cor
roborated by Raymond Reyes Lala, a
native of Luzon, in an article published
in Leslie's Magazine. The Filipino says
that the Moros go on piratical expedi-
tons every year and take women and
children into captivity, the former for
the harems and the latter for slaves
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Says VIM. O'Brien in the Irish Peo-
pie: Let the English come and go.
They are entitled to the respect due to
strangers. They may even improve their
minds somewhat by going amongst a
people superior to themselves in every
mental and moral attribute-in every
thing which constitutes true manhood
in all but the possession of wealth.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

The Catholic Columbian says that an
Ohio priest, pastor of country parish,
recently discovered that many OF his
parishioners were derelict in the matter
OF taking Catholic paper. He urged
the people to support the Catholic press
and as result OF his exhortation every
member Of any standingin his parish sub
scribcd for our esteemed contemporary.
Father Clcary, OF Minneapolis, recently
urged his congregation to do the same
thing, and the result has been most
gratifying. Bishops and priests in city
and country should speak for the
Catholic press ii they hope to achieve
good results i'll the moral elevation OF
those committed to their pastoral care.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

At petty sessions court in the Enc
raid Isle, Catholic named John Con-
molly was fined five shillings and costs
for singing God Save Ireland" and
an Orangeman named John Perry was
fined ten shillings and costs for singing
God Save the Queen" and cursing the
Pope. At that rate it is twice as bad
to sing God Save the Queen" as
God Save Ireland" but probably
cursing the Pope counted in the offense.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

The latest report from the Philip
pines is that Aguinaldo is dead, that the
insurgents killed twenty American sol
diers and that McKinley's polygamous
ally, the Sultan of Sulu, is as mad as a
March hare because Of the Dingley tariff
placed on imports into his Mohamme
dan dominions. 1t looks as if Mac and
his masters have "bit more than they
can chew" as Judge Canty says.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Governor -Pingree, of Michigan, has
deserted the Republican ship Of state of
which that pirate, Dollar Mark Hanna,
is the high admiral. II believe that the
hope of the people is in the Democratic
party this fall" says the patriotic
Michigander. Many other prominent
Republicans are of the same opinion.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

The Catholic Transcript, of Hartford,
Conn, we'll says: If the church in the
Philippines were in possession of such
fabulous revenues as recorded by some
OF our contemporaries, one would fancy
that Spain would be overrun with re-
tired ecclesiastics rolling in wealth and
living in Oriental magnifcence. Search
that country, and you will indeed find
retired Observation-Disclosures who have la
bored in the colonies and have Sue
cumbed to the unpropitious climate of
those distant lands. After fifteen years
of exposure under the Philippine sun
the missionaries are, one and all, inca
pacitated for further work and are re-
called to Spain, where they drag out
what remains to them of life in infrma-
ries established for their home.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

you have imported two or three car
goes OF hemp from Manila and YOU
have benevolently assimilated the Sui
tan of Sulu," said Senator Hoar in his
recent speech on the Philippines. That
is all this country has got in return for
the loss of 5000 American lives and the
expenditure of $15o,ooo,ooo.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05
M'K1rlBY,s cARpE1-BAG POLICY.

Last Tuesday, for the first time in the
history of the republic, the United
States became a colonial power On that
day Charles H. Allen assumed the gov
ernorship Of Porto Rico, being inau-
gurated with great pomp and ceremony
at San Juan, the capital of the little
island with a million inhabitants who
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Says the San Francisco Monitor
The spectacle OF nearly one thousand
stalwart members OF the Ancient Order
OF Hibernians approaching the Holy
Table i'll body on the annual COM
munion day of the order in this city,
is always an inspiring one. This beauti-
full public act of faith was witnessed by
multitude last Sunday i'll St. Patrick's
church -
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

The government of the United States
pays over $4,000, 600 annually for rail-
way mail transportation, or 12h cents
per ton per mile. If railroads were com
PEELED to make the same charges for
mail matter as for merchandise shipped
by individuals there would be an annual
saving OF many millions to the Ameri-
can people.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

The Irish Joan OF Arc is prosecuting
MIR. COLES, editor of the Irish Figaro,
in Dublin, for publishing statement
that she is government pensioner and
spy. Griffith of Omitted Irishman y
is serving sentence of Imprisonment
for assaulting COLES on account of his
references to Miss Come.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Il wish you to understand" Lord
Roberts is reported to have said to
Lord Kitchener, eff you please, that |
command this army. You are my CHIEF
OF staff. | don't seek your advice, and
l shall decide myself on what is to be
done and shall issue my orders accor-
dinghy" That is plain talk from the
hero of Kandihar to the hero of Khar-
toum after the latter had lost 1900 men
in chasing Cronje.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Says the Northwestern Chronicle:
Those who understand Gaelic will read
lily understand that sons of Erin in
South Africa established Thaba N'Chu.
If ever the north pole is discovered, an
Irishman will be found perched upon it,
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

A French law student is said to have
saved the Prince of Wales from assas-
at Brussels. He grappled with
the boy Siprdo after firing at the prince
and disarmed him. His name is Louis
Won Mol, a young Partisan. He lost
an umbrella and pair of gloves in the
scuffle, but afterwards recovered them.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

my New Curate," by Father Shee-
han, of Doneraile, has reached sixth
edition. Another story in the same de-
lightful vein will soon appear from his
gifted pen.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

We think that instead of estranging
the friendship of the Sultan of Turkey,
Mr.. Mckinley ought to form an alliance
with him rather than with Queen Vic
toria, if he wishes to retain permanent
and cordial relations with the pensioned
polygamist, the Sultan of Sulu.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

The Irish Standard begs to inform the
spring poets that their illusions are not
wanted at present. If they send some
prose contributions of any interest to
our readers we shall be glad to print
them. We have surplus of poetry
lying loose in all the pigeon-holes in Our
sanctum for the mice to gnaw. Send us
prose. please, or high-grade poetry.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Dollar-Mark Hanna voted for the re-
tention of Quay and the expulsion OF
Clark from the United States senate.
One is Republican and the other a
Democrat. Mark himself remains to
adorn the American house OF barons.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

An international Catholic Truth So
ciety has been incorporated in New
York state. 1t will operate in the United
States and Canada. Its objects are the
spread of Catholic literature, the refuta-
ton of calumnies against the church and
the dissemination of Catholic truth
among Protestants We wish it every
success in its broad field of usefulness,
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Michael Cudahy, of Chicago. has
given Archbishop Keane $4,000 for the
Catholic university OF America, at
Washington, D. C. Good for the pork
packer OF the Windy City!
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05

Admiral Dewey received a magni6
cent ovation in Chicago. While guest
OF the Windy City he scrupulously re.
Trained from talking politics.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-05
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20

Now, as to how flies walk upside down.
They do not accomplish the feat by adher-
ing to ceilings by means of little air pads
attached to their feet, as many suppose.
They walk on the ceiling and on glass by
means of capillary attraction. the operation
of which is accumulated by means of little
drops of oil which exude from hairs on
their feet Every time fly walks over a
window pane it leaves behind IT series of
tracks. invisible to the naked eye. perhaps,
but composed Of little spots Of this delicate
oil.
One scientist counted the hairs on a f1y's
feet and found average Of between
49, 600 and Il. 900. from each of which flowed
the minute specks of Oil. This oil Is abso-
lutely necessary to the fly when walking on
a vertical surface. If pane of glass should
become wet OF very dusty 1t would be i'm
possible for the fly to walk over it, in the
one case because of the flowing of the oil
between the hairs of the feet and destroying
the strength OF the capillary action; in the
other because of the clogging of the hairs
with the dust.
The effort of the fly to get rid of dust
can be noticed by any one. The insect will
constantly stop and clean out the hairs on
Its feet by wiping them of on the wings,
which are provided with wonderful little
stin hair brushes for this purpose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20
For Burns and Bruises.
From he New York Herald

The most important point in the treatment
of burns is to at once exclude the air. Cot
ton wool saturated with sweet oil is a safe
and effective application. Do not remove
the dressing until the irritation has subsid-
ed. In the country mothers otter cover
their children's burns with flour. In seri-
Gus cases a mixture of sweet oil and mo-
lasses is favored. Vaseline will sometimes
be sufficient. If the air Is kept away ma
ture will generally restore the tissue with
out other assistance.
Table oil or fresh butter rubbed imme-
diateiy on a slight bruise will prevent
swelling or Disagreement. But If the bruise
is severe of course a little raw beefsteak
is better. A slight bruise may often be best
treated by compress wet with witch hazel
The first thing to do with a sprain is to
apply water as hot can be borne. and
repeat until the pain is gone. The hot wa
ter may be showered on the sprain, or wet
cloths may be used if frequently removed.
The foot ankle can be conveniently i'm
mersed in the hot water. The next thing
is to keep the injured part thoroughly
arm. This is done by winding it with wad-
ding or flannel The less a sprained limb
is used, the quieter it is kept. the more
likely 1t is to get well quickly.