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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
THEY PLANT TREES.
Cabinet Officials Help to Beautify
Government Grounds.
Statesmen Weld Shovel and Troyvel
md Give Graceful Exhibition of
Landscape Gardening Roots
Suggestion Carried Out.

No more distinguished body of gar
deners ever was seen in Washington
than when President McKinley's en-
tire cabinet appeared before the war
department on Thursday with show
ell and trowel and gave a graceful ex-
hibit of landscape gardening under
the watchful eyes and running COM
ment of the amused pedestrians along
the way.
The occasion was the contamination
OF long cherished desire on the part
of Secretary Root to improve the
grounds about the war, state and navy
departments with flowers apd shrubs.
After talking over the matter with
Capt. Baird, superintendent of the
building, it was agreed that Secretary
Root was to select 400 rose bushes
and other trees and plants necessary
to carry out his idea of gardening.
The tree planting by the cabinet Of
tlcers was an afterthought, in which
they all entered with the greatest en-
joyment. OF course, Secretary Hay
took precedence, planting double
blossom cherry tree, and handling the
shovel in the most stately and diplo-
matte manner. He even stopped to
level off the dirt about the roots with
the gusto of country boy.
The other officials were less at ease
until it came to Secretaries Long and
Root, who entered into the spirit of
the occasion like pair of country
boys in q truck garden. Though this
is the first time Secretary Root ever SUI
perintended so distinguished body of
gardeners, the work is not new to tim,
Tor he is lover of flowers and land
scape gardening, and follows it as one
of his favorite recreations. Assisted
by Gen. Corbin he shoveled the dirt
about with all the relish of scientific
gardener and threw in some laughable
remarks in the bargain.
While this was going on the fence
about the grounds was hung with
street urchins, who watched the per.
Torrance, and having become accus-
toned to call Secretary Long the
"sailor man" and Secretary Root the
war man." one of them remarked:
"Well, Jimmie, he may be mighty
good tighten man, but he certainly
don't know farmin'."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
BRITISH BRIBERY.
Lord 'iRoberts Offered General Botha
$4,000 Year.


$4,000 a Year.
In an interview with Charles u.
Fierce, consul general Of the Orange
Free State and treasurer of the Bocr
Relief Fund, and Commandant w. d.
Snyman. who was on the staff of Gen
eral Christian De Wet over six months
and who was intimately acquainted
with General Louis Botha for MANY
years. it was stated that the position
OF Geperal Botha ut the present time
is as follows: According to the terms
of convention held ut potchefstroom
in June, 1866, and reaflirmed In 1896
(atter the Jameson raid by the then
president, Reitz. now state secretary
OF the South African Republic, and
President Kruger. and which was
agreed to by the Volksraads of both
republics the two republics agreed
that when one or the other should hc
threatened by another power. that
each Of them would assist the other
III war. Thus, If General Botha should
desire to surrender to the British no
could only do so with the full consent
Of General De Wet and President
Steyn. and as long as both republics
refused to surrender, so long must
england keep on the war with them.
1t was called to mind how ut Don
derhOOk, near Pretoria. when Lord
Roberts sent peace envoy to General
t'otha, about the 14th of June, 1900.
ne (Lord Roberts) told General Rotha
that considering the gallant stand
which he had made with his men and
knowing his defeat would be owing
only to the overwhelming forces op-
posed to him, he (Roberts) promised
him an income Of $4,000 per annum
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
BABY COUGHS IN TELEPHONE.
Physician Then Quiets a Mother, Who
Feared 1t Had n Touch OF
the Group.

A Paris doctor has just put the tele-
phone to novel use. He was awak-
ened in the middle of the night by an
anxious mother, whose baby had sud-
denly been seized with violent fit of
coughing, and who said she feared the
baby had Group. The doctor, not
wishing to go out into the wintry
night, had brilliant idea. He tele-
phoned:
Lift the baby to the telephone,
madame, and let him cough"
The baby coughed into the tele-
phone and the doctor, after listening
to the noise, replied:
Don't worry, madame, the baby
hasn't the slightest trace of Group.
You had better go back to bed"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
WEARING OF THE GREEN.
II From the Note Book Of an
InishOPrlest.
will my soul pass through Erin
On it's way to our God?"

"Will my soul pass through Erin
On it's way to our God?"
Just outside the City Of Sherborne.
England-under the wing of st. Os-
burs's Convent, as it were-is a
quaint old house, in which mer-
chant prince may have dwelt in the
old Tudor times. Now it is a home for
the aged poor-a resting place for
those who have found life's pathway
stony.
Among the denizens of the .'home"
is an aged dame on whom the storm
had spent it's fury when she was out
side in the world. Her name is Cath
crime Maloney; and, when her birth
day comes round she always looks up
and says: "Another mile on the road
to Tim. father Shurc. you an me
mind Tim"
And tell her truly. that her Tim is
never forgotten; for he is remembered
ut the altar and is often spoken of by
one of my flock as zone whom God
had taken"
l turn to my note book and from
! it piece together this story:
When Catherine NIaloney came
among us she was not widow; she
was bright Irishwoman with kind
and steady husband and a sturdy bow.
Mike. her husband. was a bricklay-
er's laborcr. and during the long.
dark winters, when King Frost reign
ed, the Maloneys would have had a
hard time of it had it not been for
GATHERINGS industry and thrift The
good God can but fill cup full, and
though Maloncy's cup of life was but
common earthenware, it was full of
the honey of happiness-Of content
''Shure the saints are wild u.s. There's
no strangers land with them: and
Mike is willin', and Tim is like little
robin rcd-breast. It's a happy woman
am: an if l We're only in old Ireland,
in me own town, wild the tisherwomen
gcin' to mass wild the song in their
hearts. an tn shawls' on their heads,
I'd be in paradise afore got there"
said Catherine often and often.
Then came the day with the rain
In it,
Mike lost his life. one Eastertide
trying to save mate who had been
compelled to drink and despair to
make what he called "a hole in the
water" And when the brave fellow
had been laid to rest in the Catholic
part Of the local cemetery, we set
about finding place in the worlds
market for the widow and her little
son.
Our Irish people gave their pennies,
| may say mite, some kind Protestant
theirs. and with the sum thus received
Catherine Maloney was set up with a
manglc and Il small general store. Lit
tic Tim became Junior GRAND boy in
Il watch manufacturers factory, and
so the broken threads We're united for
a time.
Young as he was, Tim was a thor
ongh-going little patriot He Wore
the shamrock on st. Patrick's day;
cultivated it in his little back garden,
and openly declared he intended going
back to Green Erin directly he became
a man.
"Tll pick up clock and watch repair
ing as my trade" he used to say,
land then mother and me will so back
to Galway. where We'll smell the
breath Of the sea and the peat; and
We'll have little pig and a COW, and
something to give to the Soggarth
Aroon, bless him. when he lifts the
latch of the door. And I'll 60 to the
a
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Sunday in Enrland-

England may be envied for it's oh.
servance of the day of rest. There is
q refreshing relief from the Sunday
morning newspapers, mails and thea.
tiers, writes Edward Page CASTOR, in
Woman's Home Companion. Railway
traffic is suspended in London during
church service hours. The king and
queen follow we'll the excellent tradi.
tions of the past, and not alone are
religious ceremonies reverently oh.
served. but all about their residences
every class of labor is either suspend.
ed or lessened as much % possible.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

There are 1000 claims to be opened
and about 10000 applications have
been filed for them. There are no
'sooners' getting in on the territory to
be opened either, for the government
is keeping strict guard over it.
''While in the territory met several
men that are well known here. At
Talahana, met and had dinner with
II. r. Hill, who used to run steam
boat on Vermillion lake, and a man
named McInnis, Of Tower. They pre-
ceded me in the territory on cruising
work by about two weeks
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
The Indian Territory.

John Mccarthy, eX-postmaster of
saltwater, has returned from a two
months cruising trip through the tim
Der districts of Indian Territory, ex-
amining and estimating yellow pine
and other woods. Mr.. Mccarthy says
of his trip in the Duluth Herald:
Eyes, there is great deal of pine in
Indian Territory, particularly in the
timber belt that runs through the
lands Of the Choctaw nation south
ward to Northwestern Texas.
Through the northern portions of the
territory there is plenty of hardwood.
Splendid stretches of magnificent for
ests OF oak are to be found with miles
and miles where there is not particle
of underbrush, but the forest seems
more like an immense orchard. Other
hardwoods also abound. Yellow and
white oak are to be found along nearly
all the river bottoms in the southern
portion, while farther back and fol-
lowing the mountains up to the very
summit are forests of yellow pine. The
pine grows in the most homogeneous
places, for here and there you will
find them way up on the mountain top
growing out between the crags, where
there seems scarcely a foothold for the
roots. The yellow pine down there is
far inferior to the quality of the yell
low pine in Minnesota. It is simply
full of sap which on some of the trees
that have been cut oozes out and over
hangs for five or six inches. The vel
low pine of the Indian Territory re-
sembles very much the Norway pine
OF this state. Some Of the lumber that
I saw in buildings looked very good.
'The government does not permit
any cutting there now, but is examin-
ing the pine districts. The great
slaughter in the districts was done ten
or fifteen years ago before the govern
ment took hand in the matter and
lumbermen slid in there with portable
mills and cut and sold the timber to
the railroad companies. It was q
slaughter too, for in many instances
they would cut down a magnificent
tree and perhaps just take one log
from it, leaving the rest to rot, which
it does very quickly on account of the
excessive amount of sap.
''The land in the Indian Territory is
simply grand. believe it cannot be
eXcelled anywhere else in the world
for it's fertility. The climate, during
the winter months that 1 was down
there was fine. 1t was moderate all
the time. There would be morning
or two a week, perhaps, when there
would be frost and thin coating of
ice over the creeks.
every morning when we got up, we
could hear the wild turkeys gobbling
in every direction. The first gobbler
that we shot weighed twenty pounds.
They are magnificent game bird,
and live on the acorns that they find
in plenty.
''NeXt August the land of the Chicka-
saws will be opened by the govern
ment and there is going to be another
such rush as took place in Oklahoma.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Capable SIGN Artiat.

The makers of the big and gaudy
advertisements which so offend on
every side are not, as might be sup
posed, mere inartistic daubers. They
are frequently real artists, who have
had years of training even abroad,
but who find that more legitimate
forms of art afford them only a pre-
carious livelihood.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

A New York doctor has in his off.
cial report given worry" as the
cause of the death of one of his won.
en- patients. He will probably be
ostracised by the rest of the doctors
now, says the Chicago Record-Herald,
because he didn't invent some mys.
FERROUS and terrible name for it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
Moha M me d.s Hair Fad..

Mohammed dyed his beard red, and
his example was extensively followed
among the Arabians. He disliked
black hair, and his favorte wife
blondined her tresses with sulphur.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

rs long as he lived and position in
the new Volksraad, which would be
formed after the surrender. This
statement Commandant Snyman said
he had personally from General Botha.
His last words to Commandment Sny-
man We're that as long as he had 800
lighting men he would continue the
tight. In the present case no doubt
a large sum of money has been Of
1ered General Botha by the British
LOT MS surrender; also mat there has
been some correspondence between
Lord Kitchener and General Rotho in
Which General Botha threw out the
conditions under which he would sur-
render, j. e., restoration of full rights
to every burgher; restoration of nron.
erty; free pardon to every Cape rebel
VINO mad joined the Boer forces. and y
Tree form Of government to both 70.
publics.
The Afrikanders have a majority of
ten members in the house of the Cane
parliament, and in the Orange Free
states there would be almost q
unanimous majority of the Afrikander
party; in the South African Repub,ic
they also have a large majority. We
can still count on the extreme lingo
party who were misled by the procla-
nation Of General Butler on his arriva,
in South Africa, in which he stated
that considering the British government
was inadequate to protect its loyal
subjects as we'll as their private prom
erty and interests, that whatever loss.
es they would sustain during this war
would be fully compensated by the
British government. Now as this war
is costing England much more than
she ever bargained for, it would be i'm.
possible for her to compensate these
people; her former supporters would
be her opponents. No credence can he
placed on these newspaper reports, as
they emanate from London Offices and
are circulated to bolster up their
stocks.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
she-what if l have loved another.

She-What if have loved another.
dear? Don't you know it has only pre-
pared me for the greater, the higher
love have for you? THAT'S all right.
but how do I know that the love YOU
now have for me isn't preparing you
for a greater, higher love for some one
else?"
Freshleigh-Pray, how did you be
ONE ossitied? Ossified Man-In m,
'outh l was nice and soft like YOU
When l grew up and realized what n
cruel world this is became hardened.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
CHARLES D. PIERCE.
W. d. SNYMAN.

New York, March 20, 1901.
Note.-The above statement. which
was made during the armistice for the
negotiations for peace, proves that the
British government has been endeav-
ofihe TO obtain its ends by the corrup-
ton of the chief Boer general.
England has exposed her weakness
The Boer situation is more favoroh,o
thah at any time since the war began.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
A Unique Washington Dinner.

The aged pensioners of the Little
Sisters of the Poor We're served at
dinner on the Feast of st. Joseph by
most distinguished walters. NJ. Jules
Cambon, the French ambassador, was
a most stately master of ceremonies,
and directed his staff, composed of the
Catholic diplomats resident in Wash
ington, with grace and skill. Mr.. e.
Francis Riggs, the banker of Wash.
ington, officiated as carver, and the
white aproned diplomats and ladies Of
their families hurried through the busy
feast with exemplary zeal. Senior AS
piroz, the Mexican ambassador, and
Mr.. j. P. Bioda, the Swiss Minister,
were detained from the ceremony, but
each sent bounteous apology in the
way of material for the comfort of the
venerable poor. Among the corps Of
walters were all the French embassy,
and the officials Of the Portuguese and
all the Central - ~, American
nations, with all the ladies of their
families. Senior Calvo, of Costa Rica,
and Senior Calderon, of Peru, brought
their little children to assist the
grown people, and these youngsters
added to the happy scene. Among the
ladies who assisted, and who are not
connected with the diplomatic corps
were Mrs. Fred D. Grant, Mrs. Reg
nifo, the Misses Letter, the Misses
Riggs and the Misses Sheridan.
M. Cambon, as master of ceremo-
MES, permitted his assistants to take
no tips other than the gratitude of the
aged banqueters.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

''There are two kinds of grip going
round" "What are they?" 1.-THE kind
person gets when you can afford to
stay in bed, and the kind of grip a
person gets who can't afford to stay in
bed"
Mrs. Newlywed-I had horrid luck
with my cake. Mrs. Binthare-
bad-did it fall? Mrs. Newlywed-
Yes, placed it on the window-ledge
to cool, and my husband, either by &C.
cident or design, pushed it off.
''See here, SIR" exclaimed the sue
cessful manufacturer to Mr.. Adam
Upp, his dilatory bookkeeper, "you are
not as attentive to business as you
might be. 1t has been my rule through
life to be at my desk early and late"
"And me too," replied Mr.. Upp. "Some-
times get there early and sometimes
late"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13

where SiflS are kept until their 18th
year, when they are given their liber-
ty II quite free from all faint of lcp-
rosy. AS it is, there have been yery
few cases among these children. A
similar home is much needed for nom
leprous boys. in order to give them a
chance of escaping the malady.
AT Molokai the Sisters service is
invaluable. and besides their chapel
they have schOolh0use and the four-
teen roomy cottages which form the
Bishops Home, near which is the fine
granite monument erected to Father
panlen's memory by the English pco-
pie.
be1ore we 80 further, we must tell
our readers about this chapel we have
Just mentioned. 1t is a pretty Gothic
edii1ce, built for the Sisters by a
wealthy Honolulu citizen to testify his
admiration of the humble nuns who
nave devoted their lives to the lepers.
hut although it does belong to the Sis
ters Tor their own use they have es-
tablished here regular service of ado
ration for the women and girls who
are anxious to honor the Sacred Heart
or Jesus by their prayers and acts of
homage in reparation for the ingrati-
tnde OF men. These poor sufferers also
derive from this service of love great
er resignation under their heavy cross
ana are the better able to pray for
their benefactors. Ever since the open-
ing of this chapel there has been n
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-08-16

THE Independent reports that Dis
trict Attorney Llewellyn has decided
that mortgages are taxable, and that
he has instructed Assessor Gnlett
add 10 the taxroll all the murtgag
recorded in the county. Work has
been commenced ia making a list Of
the mortgages, aud II is now estimat-
cd they will add at least a quarter Of
Il million dollars TO the taxroll. With
This large additian to the taxroll after
The tax rate has been fixed the county
viii have money to burn, after the
taxes are all collected. 1t is generally
held by tax experts that a tax on a
mortgage is really a double taxation.
10 is seldom that any reduction is
made on the valuation Of II piece Of
real estate because there is a mort
gage on it, and the assessment OF the
mortgage really makes a double as,
sesSment.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-08-16

THE LIBERAL IS in receipt Of a book
entitled the Message Of Governor
Ctero, which contains the message Of
Governor Otero to the last legislature,
also the reports OF the various terrific
rial officers and boards. Heretofore
the reports OF the various officers and
official boards have been published 10
separate volumes. AS books OF
reference il is a great advantage to
have them all published 10 Que
volume. Barring the proof reading,
some Of which is SO bad that it is self
evident, and some is evident only by
comparison, the book is a valuable
one to any person who is interested in
the affairs OF the territory.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-08-16

THERE are still troubles around the
Cobra Grande aud w. Q. Green. a
New York court has been asked to ap.
point a receiver for the company on
the petition OF a stakeholder who
practically was frozen out. Some
weeks ago a number OF the large stock.
holders visited the mine, aud came
away dissatisfied with the way IL was
being managed. They secured tho
resignation Of George Mitchell, who
had been managing It, and secured
the services Of a Californian TO take
his place. 1t is reported that Scott
White was also ared, add that Green,
himself, will not have so much to say
in the future regarding the manage
ment as he has had in the past.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-08-16

THE newspapers have been paying
a good deal OF attention lately to the
railroad prospects or this section OF
Grant County. The New Mexican Of
Santa Fe published nearly a column
last week, which vas cribbed without
credit by the lei paso Times. The lei
Paso News also printed nearly a col
nmn describing the Lordsburg &
Hachita road, and the effect OF its
building on this section ofthe country.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-08-16

THE strikes have become so serious
IN San Francisco that there is great
danger 10 the public health. The
city is in a most distressingly dirty
condition. The streets arc not
cleaned, and the municipal authorl.
ties seem TO be making no attempt TO
do anything in the way OF cleaning up.
san Francisco being a seaport the
government OF the United States has
a certain interest in preserving the
health ia the port, and negotiations
arc now being made 20 have the gov
ornment's health board take charge
0f the town and clean IL up. The city
authorities are too closely allied to
The anarchist crowd that is running
the town to do anything, and 10 looks
as though the only hope the people
have Is from the government. Per-
haps II would be as well for the law
abiding people 70 mov out Of san
Francisco aud turn the town over TO
the anarchists II they did so 10
would not be long before the anar-
chists starved " death, for there Is
one thing an anarchist will not do,
an1 that is work, and without work,
either working yourself or working
your neIghbOrs, you must DOT starye.
The anarchist never objects TO work
ing his n%elghbors. This is his one
long suit, and he is always willing 70.
play q.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-08-16

But we will cure yon if you will pay Us.
Men who are Weak, Nervous and debili-
tated suffering from Nervous Debility.
Seminal weakness, and all the effects Of
early evil habits, or later indiscretions,
which lead to Premature Decay. consump.
ton or instantly, should send for and read
the ''book Of life" giving particulars for
d home cure. Sent (sealed) free, by nd
ressing DR.. PArker's Medical and surgi-
cal %iustite, ISL North Spruce St., Nash
vile, Tenn. They guarantee a cure or no
pay.-The Sunday Morning.