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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-31
The Blighting Effects of British Rule in
the Misgoverned Island are
Vividly Pictured.
Before the Dawn of Another Century the
Island will be Desert if No
Change Happens.

Richard Williamson, a Highlander,
contributes the following interesting
article on Ireland to a Scotch news
paper. Having referred to the Won
derful progress made by all nations
during the past century, and the mar
yellous achievements in the realms of
science, art and industry, he continues:
have said that the century was one
of progress in which every nation has
had it's full share. should have said
with one exception-and that excep-
ton is Ireland-and this is the only
instance in the history Of the nations
of the world where the population of q
country has, in half a century, been
reduced by one half. 1t is the one
country in the world whose popula-
ton, within the last half century, has
failed to rapidly increase. The coer-
cion, oppression and the predominance
of extortionate and profligate landlord
ism by which the depopulation Of
Ireland has been accomplished consti-
tutes, to my mind, the greatest blot in
the history of the British empire. I
cannot do better than give the official
returns of the population of Ireland
for the entire century. In 1901 the
population of Ireland was:
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-31
Our Childlcss Future.

How our dear old tongue
grows! And what Il dobt it owes to
the ncwspapcrs-cspccia to those of
the yellow variety. There are no more
children in these ncwspapers-no, not
one. Children have become "tots"-
all, rich and poor, good and bad-all
tots" Consider the headlines: "Lost
Tot Found by Policeman Flannigan;;"
"Bravc Rescue of Three Tots by or
ficcr O'Rourke;;'' zone Hundred and
Twenty Tots Endangered by an Or
phan Asylum Fire" 1t must have it's
effect upon the language; tot is the
coming word. says the Saturday Even
ing Post.
But who would be guilty of standing
in the way Of progress? 'Tls sur
vival Of the fittest, 10 doubt. "Tot" Is
a shorter word than "child." All we
IiStt 10 W DtNOlllC Will ~.
have a wife and seven tots" man
may announce as easily as in the old
way. "How many tots?" the census
takcr will inquire. The teacher is
destined peculiarly to reap the benefits
Of the new word. "Now, tots, which
of you can tell me who discovered
American The stage shall share:
"Tec-wenty years ago drove her from
me door-mc only tot!'
The day shall surely come, too, when
our quotations will be modcrnized, as
Chauccr is now. Tuppcr, Martin r.,
Shall feel its vivifying touch: "a tot
in a house is well-spring of pleas
ure." Shelley shall say that he could
lie down like a tired tot, and weep
away the life of care" Our descend
ants shall delight in these philosophic
truths: "rhc tot is father Of the man."
and, "Men are but tots Of larger
growth" Then there Is Sweetest
Shakespeare, Fancy's tot" How much
he missed in not having the resources
of modern English at his command.
But we Of the present cannot hope
to see the universal acceptance Of the
new word, however much we may wish
it. We may cry with the poet, "Oh,
ever thus, from tothoods hour, I've
seen my fondest hopes decay" But
the glorious language which we inher-
tied marches on, and we may console
ourselves with the thought that Heav-
en- still lies about us in our totency.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-31

glance at this announcement? asks the
Ladies' Home Journal. Yet it would
be a piece of news calculated to throw
the people of New York, and the whole
Of this country, in fact, into n parox-
ysm of excitement and feverish expcc-
tation, as must be admitted when the
names of King Edward VII, Queen
Alexandra, and Emperor William Of
Germany are respectively substituted
for the true family names given in the
suppositiOus item. Then there is the
youthful matron, Mrs. Henry Schwe-
rim, who wields more power than any
other woman of twenty-one now living.
She is known to the world as Wilhel-
nina of Holland, and is the only queen
in the world today with the same pow
ers as Il king. ..... .
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-31

anu uiuSuCeTS. LIE uaLI OIL LucSe at
least ought to be living contented and
happy in Ireland. In Glasgow there
is an Irish population of 100000, and
in my opinion the majority of these
people ought to be living in prosper
GUS condition, and under a just and
beneficent government, in the land Of
their birth. Great Britain is the boast
ed seat of liberty, but the only liberty
the Irish people enjoy is that Of emil
grating to other lands, or dying by the
roadside or on the bogs Of their native
land. Ireland has been completely
| estranged by disagreement and in
justice; her religion has been trampled
the interests Of England, and she has
been treated as conquered nation--a
nation fit only to be treated on the
one hand with successive coercion, and
! lintOlerable land acts on the other
Day by day we hear the cry of agony
of one of the finest nations in the
world being slowly but surely done
to death, and the cry goes up to
heaven: How long, 0 Lord, must we
tolerate this iniquitous system by
which the government are impoversh-
ing the country? How long, o Lord,
must we remain in a soul depressing
state Of wretchedness, poverty and
starvation? Now, suppose the above
applied to any other country in the
world. would not the sympathies Of
the English be with the oppressed? :?
Would not their leaders be feasted in
London, their funds drawn from Eng
lish purses, and their soldiers armed
by the Birmingham renegade radical.
If we were told that last year over
$4,000 Films had left Finland, every
newspaper in Great Britain would bo
denouncing the despotism of the czar
OF Russia. England has always SYM
pathized with every foreign nation for
full and complete control of their own
affairs. Then why deny the right of
England is steadfastly engaged in the
task of destroying a nationality by
emigration, coercion and the most bru-
tai measures conceivable In 1886
speaking on Mr.. Gladstones home rule
bill, the late Duke of Argyle said:
'"1he Irish are not foreign to us, and
we are not foreign to them. They are
bone of our bone, and flesh of our
flesh. They have contributed to our
national glory great warriors, great
lawyers, great statesmen-among them
one Of the greatest statesmen that ever
graced the parliament Of Westminster
Edmund Burke. They have contrib
uted to build up this glorious empire;
we wish to keep them united to us;
we wish to keep them members Of our
glorious dominions, and under the Sc
curity of our united land" According
to the late duke the Irish are bone of
our bone and flesh of our flesh, and yet
we have denied them the right of ex-
istence in the land that gave them
birth. His idea Of better government
for Ireland was more comprehensive
system Of coercion and oppression.
Are the Irish to be always the victims
Of cruel misgovernment, landlord ty
ranny, oppression, robbery and cruelty?
| Y, 81, 10 1,o n Sr%o 81
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-31

We are now in possession of the cen
sus returns for 1901, and we find the
population of Ireland returned at
4,456, ,546-a decrease for the ten years
of 24S,2O4; while the population of
Scotland has risen to 4,471 ,957-an in
crease for the ten years OF 157,054.
Not only that, but for the first time
Scotland has the larger population of
the two countries, the excess popula-
ton of Scotland over Ireland being
15,411. The following returns show
the position of the two countries dur
ing the past century:
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-31
Real Names of Some Noted Rulers.

Suppose that some morning there
should appear in the newspapers such
an item as this: "AIr. and Mrs. Albert
L. Victim. accompanied by their ne
phew, Mr.. Frederick w. V. A. Hohen-
zollern, sailed yesterday from Liver
pool for New York" How many peo-
pie would give more than a passing
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-08-31
wilderness? All the old industries of

wilderness? All the old industries of
the country are dying out, and there
are no new ones being opened up. To-
day the land is studded with the moul-
| derng remains of ruined manufacto-
ries, which survive only to remind us
! of the one time prosperity of the coun-
try. The marks of decadence are visi-
Bile throughout the entire length and
breadth of the land. Robert Burns, in
one of his poems, says:
Mans inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.
But in the case of Ireland the govern
ment's inhumanity has made countless
millions mourn. The late Michael G.
Mulhall, the eminent statisticiHn, in
his "Dictionnry of Statistics," points
out very forcibly that the reign of
Queen Victoria was more disastrous to
Ireland than that of any other prev1-
GUS king or queen. During the reign
of Queen Victoria there died of famine
I ..225,O 600; emigrated, 4,3SG,000: evictcd,
3.GGS,OO0-a total of 9,279000. And
vet lrishmen are expected to sing
God Save the Queen" "Rule Britain
nia," and shout "Hurrah for the Brit
ish empire
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

left, and within less than a foot of the
rattler's body.
1.-THE velocity Of the snake was most
wonderful 1t seemed to be one continu-
Gus ring, and part of the time 1 could
seemingly see three or four rings at once.
1 made a slight movement with my right
foot, which attracted the rattlers atten-
ton for an instant, and that was fatal to
him At that one false movement of his
eyes the king snake darted and seized the
rattler by the throat, close up to his head.
and began instantly to coil around his
victim
.They rolled off me in their death
struggle and became one tangled mass for
ten minutes. when the rattlers sounds
died away gradually. While I lay ex-
hausted from my fright road runner
darted out of a bush and grabbing the
two snakes in his beak began to drag
them away. The weight was too great,
but he killed the king snake by a blow
from his long bill, and ran away as I
arose and threw the two reptiles into the
bushes, and there the bird and his mate
devoured them"
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

structed than the fighting cock, the road
runner is one of the most dreaded enemies
of the rattler. In fact, so great are his
snake killing propensities that heavy pen
alties are provided by the Territorial sta
tutes as a protection to him from the gun
Of the hunter. Apparently immune to the
venom in the poison sac of the rattler, the
road runner attacks the largest snake
with impunity, and has never been known
TO lose fight. Frequently, indeed, the
road runner has been known to battle
with and kill pair of large diamond rat
tiers whose total weight was five times
that OF his own.
Not so common an enemy TO the rattle
snake, but no less deadly, is the king
snake, species Of the bull snake family
Rarely seen in the lower countries, but
often found in the northern forests and
higher mountains, the king snake wages
constant warfare on the rattler, and when
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

nightmare The dentistin question came
to the conclusion that this preliminary
ordeal of bad dreams at the commence
ment of the anaesthetic influence was
caused by the perception of noises around
by the mind when in a state of still
partial consciousness. Why not soothe
patients into the required condition of
temporary oblivion by sweeter sounds?
The dentist tried the experiment, and he
and his patients were alike charmed with
the result. The latter were as good as
gold: the tooth-pulling operations, not
being interfered with by the groans or
contortions of sufferers, were performed
with the greatest ease. and on recovering
consciousness all that pa,.ents remem-
bered were bars of the 'Lohengrin" over
ture, for example, still softly singing in
their ears. The new method having been
invented nothing remained but to bring
it to its greatest possible pitch of per-
fection. The obvious difficulties in the
way of dentists habitually keeping bands,
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

11 n USICAL dentistry is the latest
NWM discovery in Paris. 1t has been
u ~ y taken up by a we'll known ply
sician, who expounded it before
the Paris Academy Of Medicine, and it
has thus received the sanction of high
scientific authority. The method consists
in drawing teeth to the sounds of sweet
music. A usually trying operation be-
comes, it is stated. not only painless, but
quite pleasant, when conducted in this
way. The physician addressed the
academy meeting on behalf of a Paris
dentist. who has already applied the
musical method with success. The idea
of the new process was first suggested by
observation of patients under the infiu-
ence of anaesthetics, the drug used being
nitrogen protoxide in vapors. AS Is
known, the incipient effect of the latter Is
to produce in nearly every case disagree
able, sometimes almost unbearable, sensa-
tions, resembling those experienced in
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

his great 1.-THE form coils around the body
OF the rattlesnake the life of the latter is
matter of only few seconds.
Herbert Housland a prospector had an
experience with a rattler, a king snake
and road runner a few days ago which
he will not soon forget. He was with a
party In the Bradshaw Mountains, south
OF Prescott. and was guarding camp for
the day. He had lain down to sleep when
he was suddenly aroused to find q great
rattlesnake coiled upon his breast.
Il almost suffocated from fearing to
breathe lest 1 should be bitten" he said.
The snake was greatly excited, and in
a minute saw the cause. A king snake
was trying to excite the rattler to COM
bat, and my person was the chosen battle
ground. The king snake had probably
forced the rattler to refuge upon my body,
and following up his aggressive tactics
was running in a circle around the rattler
very rapidly. He crossed my breast from
left TO right and my thighs from right to
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06
PesTo 81 AOreo&

nests are also sprinkled with insect pow
der and sulphur. Early each morning
Mr.. Johnson or his assistant spreads a
good-sized pile of straw about the ranch
grounds. that the pigeons may find
plenty of material at hand for nesting
purposes.
The farm Is a picturesque sight. espe-
cialIy at feeding time. when the birds
swarm the place, picking their way daint-
fly over the ground. a mass of gray and
white fiutterers. Now and then there is
a whirr Of wings as the birds stare sud
denly from their lofts and wheel in great
spirals over the ranch. finally settling
in dense cloud upon the streamlet in the
river bed where they drink and battle.
They die sometimes says Mr.. john
son, as he ccnducts his visitor over the
farm.
Here's one, now. Got diphtheria." and
he pulls a three-weeks old "sQuea!er"
from the nest. The bird has a large
swollen neck The proprietor regards it
ceressingly for moment, then separates
the vertehra of the neck with his thumb
Another bird, a pepper ten days DID,
has become badly bruised and must he
killed TO avoid future misery Three or
four old birds. "Died of old age, per-
haps," found lying at the foot of
the lofts. Sometimes es many as twenty
five birds are found dead of a morning.
''They all know me; that is. all OF the cid
ones know me-" says Mr.. Johnson, land
1 know a good many of them" True
enough. some of the birds will suffer him
to catch them while they are wary of
stranger.
The young birds are filled with an enor-
nous quantity Of grain. They seem to ab-
sorb IL. I'm trying to raise all white
stock remarks the pigeon rrrcher, as he
selects a large number of dark SQUADS
for the market. I'm only selling off my
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

~ NE of the most remarkable meteors
L y recorded in history is known as
Y II the New Jersey meteor of Novem-
Der 10, 1859. At $50 o'clock in the
morning the r1etecr appeared in the
heavens over the southern part of New
Jersey 1t was SO brilliant that. although
the sun was urclouded and had an eleva-
ton of 20 degrees above the horizon. the
flash attracted attention as far north as
Albany and Boston and as far south as
Fredericksburg, Va. Its path was ap-
rarently downward. and if left behind
cloud of rounded form like puff of
smoke Seen after the flash a series OF
terrific explosions was heard like the dis
charge of a thousand cannon These were
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

he does not hesitate to send languishing
glances and coo at other lady birds. Fhis
is tolerated by his mate. who is always
faithful until he gets sick or dies; then
she seeks another partner without delay.
The nesting begins when the pigeons
are about six months old. 1t takes eight
cen days for the two eggs that are laid
at a setting to hatch. The male bird di-
vides the time on the nest with his mate.
going on duty about 8 in the morning,
giving her an hour or two to fly around,
eat, drink and take her bath. Later in
the day he takes another turn. The fe-
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

solo singers and choirs On the premises
were avoided by means of powerful
monographs. Now the operator whose
new method has been revealed to the
Academy of Medicine regularly uses a
machine of this kind. The patient puts
the tubes to his ears, the music is started,
the gas administered, and shortly after
ward the occupant of the once dreaded
dental chair awakens from pleasant
dreams to see the smiling surgeon show
ing him his tooth. Of course a varied
choice of musical selections can-and.
indeed should-he made to suit different
temperaments and teeth Without going
into these particular questions the ply
sician spoke quite enthusiastically about
the new process to the assembled
academicians. He is eager to apply the
musical method to surgical operations in
general. He intends making experiments
of his own in this direction. and he hoped
that some of his hearers would do ike
wise.-London Telegraph.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06
ROAD RUNNER, kTNe sNAkE AND RsrrLER.

r \ country where quarter Of CEN
tury ago rartlesnake was to be
q found under every rock and in every
hiilock, the reptile IS rapidly becom-
Ing rarity says the New York Sun
With his human relative, the Apache, the
rattler is disappearing from Arizona, and
Is now found only in the most isolated
districts.
To the advance Of civilization and the
unremitting warfare Of the road runner
ana the king snake may be attributed
the eNtermination OF the rattIer. Wher-
ever irrigation has found its way the rat
tesnaEe has been driven 20 higher ground,
and there the prospector and miner have
siam MIN whenever and wherever found.
ne road runner, that long-legged feath-
cred warrior, has done his part. and done
Il well
o. a~cA resembling, but more lightly con-
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06
NOTABLE N$ETEcRs Or HISTORY

heard throughout Delaware and the
greater part If New Jersey. It was com
puted that the height of this meteor
when it exploded it's height was over
twenty miles. The length of its visible
path was moro than forty miles. 1t de-
scribed this Path in two seconds, so that
its velocity relative TO that of the earth.
was twenty miles per second The
column of smoke resulting from the ex-
PIosion was a thousand feet in diameter
ard several miles in length
On August 2. 1850 about 10 O'Clock at
night, magnificent ball Of fire was seen
throughout the whole region from Pitts
burg TO New Orleans, and from Charles
ton to st. Louis. 1t was equal in size to
the full moon. and before its disappear
ance broke into fragments.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

male bird seldom goes far from the nest
and is always ready to return at a no
ment's notice the more so # she has had
her bath At three weeks the squads are
ready for market and by the time they
are fairly out of the way the mother bird
IS ready to lay more eggs. After the squad
begins to fly it falls off in weight and for
a period is not readily marketable.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

dark squads now. White birds present
better appearance. Thev look bigger and
they sell better. Three years ago my
birds were most all dark, but over three
quarters are white now" TIE squads are
selected in the morning They are
placed in 4 crate where they are allowed
TO remain until evening, at which time
they are killed and dressed
When selecting their homes the male
bird takes possession Of nest first Then
the female flies exctediy around making
a pretense of finding a better location. As
she flies past the various coops contain
ing the males each one tries to coax her
to take up her abode with him. When she
finally selects q companion he drives her
out perhaps three or four times; If sne
persists In returning they are mated,
In pigeon life the male bird is inclined
to be 1ckle. He has hut one mate, yet
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-06

The red-tafled hawk is the worst enemy
rats But neither of these destroy an ap-
preciable number. A remarkable fact in
connection with Mr.. Johnson's establish
ment is that the pigeons never leave the
ranch and seldom go beyond the large
wire fence that surrounds the yard.
HAMILTON WRIGHT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-02
COMMANDER POND
ORDERED HOME
Will be Succeeded in Com
mand of Iroquois by Lieut.
Rodman.

Lieut. Hugh Rodman, executive Of
icer OF the Albatross for the past
three years has been ordered to Homo
lulu to succeed Commander ]. F. Pond
in command Of the u. S. Tug Iroquois.
Lieut. Rodman will arrive on the Ser
"a, and Commander Pond will proceed
home to await orders. Since his con-
nection with the Honolulu naval station
in the latter part of 1898, Commander
Pond has been active in the work of
preparation for the Pearl Harbor naval
station. His three years stay here was
ended last April. but his period of SER
vice was extended to December l. He
may leave for the Coast on Christmas
day Captain Pond made extensive sur
veys and soundings at the Midway ISL
ands last year. The officer was admit
ted to Annapolis Naval Academy in
1875 and his first assignment was on
the Pacific Coast where he was engaged
in survey work on the steamer Hassler.
He also served in the photographic Of
flee at washington for a short period
He was recently assistant inspector of
ordnance at New York Navy Yard, and
at the outbreak of the Spanish war he
was assigned as executive officer of the
collier Panther, which towed the mont
tor Amphitrite. The Panther took part
in the engagement at Guantanamo, one
Of the severest of the naval campaign.
twenty-five men being killed or wound
ed. After the Panther went out of COM
mission he was pComoted to the rank
IF Lieutenant Commander and ordered
TO Honolulu. where he has been on
duty ever since. He has serv-
I'd seventeen years on sea duty. ten
years and seven months on shore duty, |
md was unemployed one year and nine
months.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-02
Grover cleveland's Heaith.

PRINCETON, n. J.. Nov. 23.-Mrs.
Grover Cleveland made the following
statement to the correspondent of the
Associated Press today: Mr.. Cleve-
land Is suffering from a cold in the
head. which he contracted a short time
ago. He was most annoyed by it on
Thursday, but since then has been rest
ing comfortably. He has not been
threatened with pneumonia and if he
has been in any danger whatever of
serious illness, there IS surely no fur
Their indication of 1t in his present con-
dition. He is confined TO his room, but
we expect his complete recovery soon.'
Mr.. Cleveland contracted the cold
while on a cunning trip IN North
Carolina. He returned TO Princeton
early in the week and since then has
been indisposed. Although confined to
his room, his closest friends have felt
no grave anxiety over his condition, as
DR.. ]. II. Wickoff. the family physician.
told them Mr. Cleveland had nothing
more serious than a cold.