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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

In complimentary paragraph the
Dublin Freeman's Journal says Of
Hon. John Il. Finerty: Whilst IN
member of congress in 1854 he called
the attention of the United States leg
islature to the needs of the American
navy, then but a collection of old
hulks left over since the civil war
Of 1861-65. The present splendid ar
ray of ironclads which the States now
boast of are primarily due to the eff
forts Of this Irish-American
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01
The Jerusalem Of Today.

There is no warm or bright color
here; all is grim and gray except the
blue tile in the Mosque of Omar"
writes Mrs. Lew Wallace of "Jerusa-
lem as We See It Today" in the De-
cember Ladies Home Journal. 1.-THE.
shadow of the Cruciixion rests on the
place forever; a strange stiffness,
reigns, and laughter would seem like
laughter before an open grave. Wo-
men, yelled in white, glide through
the dark, crooked alleys like tenants of
city of spectres, and even the chill
dren, subdued by the overwhelming
gloom, are silent beyond the wont OF
Orientals. Ruins, ruins at every hand.
Well has the prophecy been fulfilled:
Jerusalem shall become heaps The
very stones of the streets are dismal,
worn away with burdens borne since.
they rang with the tramp of Iegisns
and glittered with the brassy armor
of the masters of the earth. Men may
come and men may go, but never
since the Omnipotent Hand stretched
the north over the empty space and
hung the world upon nothing has there
been a race like the race descended
from that wolf brood on the Tiber
Outside the walls-saddest sight where
all is sadness-are ancient Jews come
merely to die in the land of their love.
A few in whom there is much guile,
offer for sale talismans, gems of ma
gic, rings Of occult power. The great
er number sit in the sun, motionless
as statues, without the dignity that
should accompany age, in poverty past
telling, dreaming away the day and
INDEPENDENTLY without hope, ex-
cept to have little holy dust laid on
their eyelids when they shall have
closed them to sleep with patriarchs
and seers in the Valley of Jehosha-
Dhat"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Father 1imoney, an Australian army
chaplain in the Transvaal, has an ex-
allied opinion of De Wet. In a letter
he says: DE Wet is one of the first
generals in the world. He commands
the Orange Free Staters, and has
sworn never to surrender until the
Transvaalers under Botha have first
given in their guns. Botha has sworn
that until De Wet has surrendered he
will never lower the flag. French,
Hunter, Kitchener and Darlington are
trying to entrap De Wet. They have,
probably, ten times his forces, and
whenever they have him surrounded
and he must surrender DE Wet puts
double teams to his wagons and rides
triumphantly over the hills. Up to the
present rs far as valor, intrepidity
and judgment go to form mans char
acter, DE Wet comes next to Napoleon
l.; and when De Wet surrenders, as
he must do in the early future, the
war will be at an end"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

ing her lifetime established no less
than twenty-four houses of higher ed
ucation for women in our own coun-
try, and in Canada and Cuba, long be-
fore the craze for that particular grade
Of training had seized the public; and
whose efforts have been attended with
incalculable benefits in fitting for their
sphere of life the daughters Of the best
families of those countries, and by
that means building up and strength
ening the bulwarks of morality and
Christianity in quarters where the
faith of Catholics was most imperilled.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Says the Martin County Sentinel:
Tams BiXby's rascally trick of plac-
ing Tom Lucas on the official ballot
for governor as "social-democrat,"
cheated John Lind out of 10000 votes.
This may be considered sharp tactics,
from the standpoint of n machine poll
tician, but the masses of the people dc
not approve Of such disreputable prac-
tees. Time, at last, will make things
even.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01
A Famous Lighthouse.

The most famous lighthouse on the
Pacific coast is that of Tillamook rock.
seventy miles south of the mouth of
the Columbia river, Oregon, says the
Chautaquan. The rock is ninety-twO
feet above the sea, yet at the time
Mr.. Lord made one of his photographs
a wave was breaking through crew
asse and hurting it's spray higher than
the summit. On this day it was too
rough for the Columbine's boat to
make a landing. Coal for the station
had to be hoisted in net sings, and the
keeper had to be lowered in cage or
basket, and suspended in mid air over
the sea. report on the condition of
himself and his assistants, as they
were short of provisions, most of the
supply having been destroyed during
the storm.
From the side of the rock a heavy
sea at the height of this storm tore
off two pieces averaging sixty three
pounds, and hurled them upon the roof
of the keepers dwelling. With the
weight ofthe water those fragments
made hole twenty-six feet in area in
the roof, flooded the building to
depth of over five feet and washed out
two walls, throwing three rooms into
one, an improvement for which the
keepers were not especially grateful.
Pieces of rock punctured the iron roof
in thirty-tive places. Although the TO
cal plane of the lantern is 1876 feet
above the sea level eleven panes OF
glass three feet long and three-eighths
of an inch thick were knocked in by
pieces of rock which went through the
lantern, and the water put out the
light. The building has now been
raised six feet, and thick concrete
roof has been laid on heavy steel grid
ers.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

The Baltimore Mirror is now the
personal property of Cardinal Gibbons.
to edit it. what a splendid property
it would be Western Waterman.
Perhaps it would not be bit better
than it is now. The present editor is
giving his readers a splendid paper.
Is there a cardinal or an archbishop
who can get out better paper than
Father Phelan himself? He is little
short on paragraphs, however since
his return from Europe.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

The Boston Transcript does not be-
lieve that the Pope told Bishop Trobec
of st. Cloud, Mimi, that he should
pray that President McKinley's mind
be so illumined that he may avoid the
dangers Of imperialism. The Pope, it
says, is always careful to avoid COM
hitting the papacy to either side of
domestic politics In any country. The
Transcript is correct, and Bishop Tro-
bee is likely to have been mlsQuoted.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Says Rev. DR.. Lambert in the New
York Frceman's Journal: At Meth
odst missionary meeting on Monday
in New York one of the speakers talked
about being more determined than
ever to wipe out" the Catholic
church. Manifestly he forgot that
they have been ut the wiplng-out husi-
ness for Il considerable time and with
no better success than Is illustrated
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Rev. Father O'Leary, chaplain Of
the Canadian soldiers in South Africa,
otficiated at the burial of the Protest
ant boys of the regiment who were
killed by the Beers under Cronje at
Paardeberg. He used the Anglican
liturgy on the occasion. Speaking Of
it he says: 1T was my duty. Besides,
l had noble precedent for my action,
in a similar action on the part Of
Father Brindle, now coadjutor bishop
of Westminster, England, at Khar-
toum. At the memorial service held
in honor of Gordon, at that place,
Father Brindle ofticiated, using the
Anglican liturgy for the purpose. Was
he censured for that action? No. In
stead, he was commended, and was
later named as Cardinal Vaughan's
assistant in London"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01
IRELAND'S NEW DEPARTURE.

For the first time since the passage
of the Act of Union Ireland will have
no Nationalist representatives in the
British parliament at the opening of
the special session next Monday. In
stead of going to Westminster as usual
they will assemble in the capital Of
their own country and perfect their
national organization so as to be able
to influence the British parliament
more effcctually ut the regular session,
which opens in February.
The British Tories seem to he de-
lighted ut the prospect of no opposi-
ton from the Irish members against
an additional war appropriation, and
they are happy in the thought Of an
early adjournment for the Christmas
holidays. They are, nevertheless, sur.
prised at the novel policy adopted by
the Irish representatives. In explain.
ing this new departure William O'Brl.
EN- says:
THE resolution to boycott the Eng.
lish parliament in order to attend to
the business of the national convention
of the United Irish League. our own
national parliament, in Dublin is un-
doubtedly new departure.
ut emphasizes the fact that the Irish
question has entered upon new
phase. i'll which Ireland has sover-
eign contempt for English arrange
ments and English opinion.
"The dominant note of the new
movement is that Ireland has reorgan-
lied her forces and purged the Irish
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

In his last will and testament the
late Lord Butte. Catholic convert,
bequeathed an income of $500 a year
to NJ. Il. J. CNpel, better known as
Mgr. Capel. who has been living in re-
tirement in this country for several
years. In Lord Beaconstields novel,
"Lothair," Butte figured, as Lothian and
Capel was portrayed under the name
of NJ. Catcsby.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

The cynical Miss Elder, of New Or
leans. is still harping on the back
wardness Of Catholics as compared
with Protestants. 1t would be curious
to know what the censorious critic has
done herself in promoting Catholic
enterprises. We are inclined to be-
lieve that she has done nothing by
which she will be remembered by n
grateful posterity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01
Story of Eleven Poor Boys.

John Adams, second president, was
the son of grocer of very moderate
means. The only start he had was.
education.
Andrew Jackson was born in a log
hut in North Carolina, and was reared
in the pine woods for which the state
is famous.
James X. Polk spent the earlier
years of his life helping to dig living
out of a new farm in North Carolina.
He was afterward clerk in a country
store.
Willard Fillmore was a son Of q
New York farmer and his home was
an humble one. He learned the bust
ness of clothier.
town in the Allegheny Mountains. His
father cut the logs and built the house
in what was then wilderness.
Abraham Lincoln was the son Of q
wretchedly poor farmer in Kentucky.
and lived in a log cabin until he was
twenty-one years old.
Andrew johnson was apprenticed to
tailor at the age Of ten years by his
widowed mother. He was never able
to attend school and picked up all
the education he ever had.
Ulysses S. Grant lived the life of
village boy in plain house on the.
banks of the Ohio river until he was
seventeen years of age.
James A. Garfield was born in a log
cabin. He worked on a farm until he
was strong enough to use carpenters,
tools, when he learned the trade. He
afterward worked on a canal.
Grover Cleveland's father was a
Presbyterian minister with small
salary and large family. The boys.
had to earn their own living.
William McKinley's early home was
plain and comfortable and his father
was able to keep him at school.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Bishop Earl Cranston, Of the Meth
odist church, gives long sound to "i''
in the last syllable of the word "Phil-
ippine." When told that the last syl-
liable was pronounced 'peen" instead
of ''pine," he exclalmcd: "0h. yes; l
know, that is the way the Romanists
pronounce it. But we want to remove
every vestige OF Rome from those ISL
ands, and we might as we'll change the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

When in Chicago last Saturday.
William ]. Bryan was approached by
n reporter, to whom he said: II ex-
pcct to remain in politics as long as
l live. I shall continue to advocate
and work with both tongue and pen
for the principles for which l fought
so long. l shall continue to reside in
Lincoln. Nebraska"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Archbishop Walsh says that THE
Dublin stage is in scandalous condi-
ton, and that some of the plays pro-
duced are communicating and degrad-
ing. His criticism is warmly approved
by the Dublin press, both Protestant
and Catholic.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Where the Union Jack floats,
thank God, there is peace and personal
liberty" exclaimed Rev. A. G. Leon
ard at a Methodist missionary meet
Ing in New York. His utterance was
greeted with applause by the disciples
of Wesley.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Says the st. Paul Pioneer Press:
Long after "Pinafore," ''The Pirates
of Penzance" and 1.-THE Mikado" shall
have found "the oblivion of the back
number" the name of their author,
Sir Arthur Sullivan, will be recalled
by the tender melody of 1.-THE Lost
Chord" Telling of some forgotten or
unful6lled aspiration the lines find an
echo in every sensitive soul:
have sought, but seek it vainly,
That one lost chord divine,
That came from the soul of the organ,
And enter'd into mine.
1t may be that Deaths bright angel
Will speak in that chord again;
1t may be that only in heaven
shall hear that grand amen.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Dudley Buck, who was schoolmate
of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan, attrib-
utes the latter's place as one of the
foremost musical geniuses of the age
to the happy blending in his nature of
Irish wit and Italian harmony. A post
humous opera of his is yet to be per-
formed, the libretto of which, written
by Captain Basil Hood, treats of Ire
land in the last century, and this may
yet prove to be Sir Arthur's browning
work.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

According to a dispatch from a cor
respondent of the London Daily Mail
at Lourenzo Marques, the Beers re-
Gently killed $50 British and wounded
so at Lomahache and then returnd to
Swaziland.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Lord Roberts asked for 10000 reg
ulars to relieve the same number do
Ing duty in South Africa, but the
government absolutely declined to fur
nish them.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

President Mckinley has applied to
Great Britain through Ambassador
Choate to exclude from British juris-
diction at Hong Kong the Filipino
junta, whose relations to the United
states are the same as We're those OF
the Cuban junta to Spain on Ameri-
can soil.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

John Bull is anything but pleased ut
the ovation rendered to Paul Kruger
by the French. The cartoon OH our
front page truly represents his frame
of mind. He does not enjoy smoking
Oom's whiskers out of a meerscltaum
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Sir Arthur Sullivan, the famous mu-
steal composer, died In London last
week at the age of 90 years. His
father was an Irishman and his mother
an italian.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Trinity College, Washington, D. c.,
the first Catholic institution for the
higher education of women, was dedi-
Gated with imposing ceremonies on
Nov. %.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

1t is said that Pope Leo XIII. will
celebrate the entrance of the twentieth
century by officiating as the celebrant
Of Mass at midnight, Dec. 81, in the
basilica of st. Peter.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

in statistics we print elsewhere, in
GLIDING figures showing that "the rela-
tive progress of the Catholic religion
between 1850 and 1890 was about dou-
BILE that of other creeds in the United
StateSo
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

pronunciation of the name. l propose
Philippine 1t will take many
years for the followers Of Wesley to
remove the last vestige of Rome from
the Philippine archipelago. That san
culinary Methodist, William Mckinley,
cannot do it in four years unless he
kills off the native inhabitants.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Bishop Els, of Marquette, Mich, has
ordered the priests of his diocese to
preach at least two sermons a month
In the English language.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Mr.. John Morley is making rapid
progress with his Life of Gladstone"
which he expects to have completed
next spring.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

Lord Kitchener, "the butcher of On
durham" will use Cromwellian tactics
in South Africa after the retirement of
Lord Roberts.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-01

John G. Woolley, Prohibition candi.
date for president, received nearly
half q million votes.
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Editor Sees Wonders.

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BY vote of sixty-fve to seventeen
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nuli6es all provision against the forti
cation of the Nicaragua canal, aud one
by Senator Elkins was even stronger
Senator Money has introduced reso.
luton providing for the abrogation o
the Clayton Bulwer treaty by diplomat
ic negotiations.
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Six thousand Dutchmen assembled at
Worcester, Cape Colony, for the Afri-
kander congress. They assembled in
the open air. On the slopes surround
ing the meeting place ten British gun
are trained on the assemblage and
many troops are stationed around the
town.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-12-20
Do You Contemplate Going West ?

The state department has been in
formed that the foreign ministers at
Pekin have reached an agreement. The
nature of the agreement is not made
known. Mr.. Conger has been author
lied to sign on behalf of the United
States government.