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The Irish standard., 1902-05-10
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The Irish standard., 1902-05-10
The Black rhorn Blossom,

Have You ever seen it-tle blackthorn
blossom,
Snnwy white OH the dingy bougl.
No tufts of green where it may en-
bosom,
The bush leaf-bare as the trees are
now?
My boyish bosom with ne'er a care in,
My face with gladness all aglow.
How oft it charmed me in changeless
Erin
The blackthorn blossom white us
Up the green hillside where hawth rms
hoary
Lcaued DER many a fairy ring.
The sloe was the first to tell the story
OF love eternal as told by spring.
House spnrrows mad DER their mates
were quarrelin'.
The brown hedge sparrow chirped
below.
But aflame in yellow the joyous yorlin
Flooded with music the blossomed
Hard and high rose the hawthorn
hedges.
But here and there the gaps be-
tween,
1lluming the springs-tops. sides, and
edges.
The freshly opened buds were seen.
On old mossed stones the sllamrocks
shining.
Spake to heart untouched by woe,
OF budding woodbines above them
twining.
And rough among them the bios
sOmed sloe.
Oh. days departed! no more forever
May my home in Ireland see.
But nor time. nor fate nor seas can
One happy memory from me.
No listless crowd may my song en-
bosom,
In vain may my numbers flash and
flow.
But what care while the blackthorn
blossom
Spreads out before me white as
snow.
Moses Taggart.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

y Admiral Sampson died at his home
/ in Washington last Tuesday at the
age of 62. He was the son Of an Irish
\ Slaborer of Presbyterian stock and be-
gan life at the foot Of the ladder. He
was made rear admiral by Secretary
Long Mt the outbreak of the Spanish
u American war. His record at Santa
90 is we'll known. His cruise is ended
and his name will live in the annals
@of the American navy. According to
medical diagnosis, he died Of soften
ing of the brain, which was probably
aggravated by the controversy ovel
the defeat Of Cervera's feet.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

During the celebration of his silver
Jubilee last week Bishop Spalding. OF
Peoria, was presented with a purse Of
$1,000 from the clergy of his diocese
The knights of Columbus, of Peoria,
presented the prelate with another
purse of $1,000 for the establishment
of a free scholarship for deserving
student in Spalding Institute for Boys
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Capt. Charles f. Clark. of the Ore
gon, will not accompany Whitelaw
Reid to England to "crook the preg-
nant hinges of the knee" before King
Edward. The gallant captain has de-
clined to go, and there is no law to
compel him. Why not send Captain
Mahan? That degenerate son of an
1rishman would consider it a great
honor to play the part of a sycophant
on the occasion.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Colonel Wootlruff's defense of Gen.
y, H. Smith ut Maniln was cabled to
the New York Sun and contained some
reference to ''sincerc but misguided
and incompletcly informed sentiment
alists and troublesome busybodics in
the United States" He said that the
witnesses for General Smith were the
same men that restrained the mis-.
5sionaries in China who desired re-
.yenge on the Boxers" That's hard on
the missionaries who pretend to teach
the gentle gospel of the Nazarene.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

And from a hundred thousand con-
Sumptive and alcoholic throats rise the
roar Cord sive our grictious," as this
outlandish people pronounce their own
language. And ''our gricious" bowed,
smiled, passed on, and murmured to
his attendant fiunkeys:
Lord, what fools these mortals be-"
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Canada is offering every inducement
to bring immigrants within her bor-
ders. The House of Commons at Otta-
wa has voted $4,000 for immigra-
tion purposes. Persons from the
British islands are preferred. but Ger
mans are extended welcome. Why
not Scandinavians? They make en-
cellent settlers in a new country.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Henri Watterson again hays koosa-
velt's Philippine policy and asks:
"Must we desecrate the flag, degrade
and brutalize the soldier, abandon the
Constitution and have nothing at the
end Of these surrenders to show for it
except a military despotism in Asia,
menacing free institutions in America
and belying all our claims as republi-
cans"
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Andrew Carnegie has donated $42,-
212,923 for public libraries in the
United States, Scotland, Canada, Eng
land, Cuba, and Ireland. He has also
given $1O,LOO,OOO for the founding of
Il college in Scotland, and $10,OOJ,O 900
for the establishment of a national
university in Washington.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

June q (the day after the coronation),
and also OH Saturday, June %, which
is the vigil of a saints day, in order
that they may participate in the ma
tional rejoicings. Cardinal Vaughan
has been directed to prescribe special
coronation prayers. Yet there has
been no alteration of the infamous
terms of the oath the king is supposed
to take.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Out of every five Englishmen who
offer themselves for military service,
three are rejected on account Of physi
cal inferiority. So says Reynolds
Newspaper, an excellent English au-
thority.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Asks the Catholic Columbian: "Did
General Funston ever return to the
Church of Caloocan the silk robe that
he is said to have stolen from statue
of the Blessed Virgin there and to have
given to his wifc?" We hope our
esteemed contemporary will not get
Funston to break out afresh in the
classic style of the cowboy. Let him
keep the robe If he keeps his mouth
shut.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

New England is now an anachron-
ism. 1t should be called New Ire
land" Ignatius A. Sullivan is now
mayOr of Hartford. Conn: BOstOn's
mayor is Patrick A. Collins; Bridge
port has for mayor Denis Mulvihill;
Cambridge has for mayor III. II. Nc
Nance, and John Foley is chief magis-
trate of another Connecticut town.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

President Roosevelt spoke to the
Sons of the American Revolution at
Washington last week, and told them
it was the descendants Of the heroes
of 177G who had put the flag of the
Union over the far Philippines. He
assured them it would ''stay put" but
said nothing of the Constitution ac-
companying it.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Stephen Bonsal, a writer OH the
Philippines says that Gen. Jacob I'll.
the name of "Hell-Roaring Jake in
army circles.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Senor Palma, the president Of Cuba,
will enter Havana at noon on May
20. the hour at which the republic
is to be established. In honor of the
event the bells on all the churches in
the island will be rung.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

1t is again reported that Secretary
Root will soon retire from office and
return to the practice of law. He has
given up his residence in Washington
and removed to Arlington, across the
Potomac.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Says the Chicago Tribune: Under
home rule not only the Irish but also
the English would be happier In any
case, things could not be much worse
than they are now.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Says the Boston Pilot: Major Cen
eral Brooke, who acquired fame by a
loose tongue a year ago, has been din
ing again with the st. George Society
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10
cOlorcu minister of Philadelphia

A colorcd minister of Philadelphia
named Mcclure. recently attacked the
memory of the late Colonel Mckee,
the negro millionaire. for leaving his
estate to Catholic institutions. The
Protestant preacher with the Irish
cognomen declared that Mckee was
worse than an inlidcl. No white man
could surpass the son of Ham in the
bigotry Of his language.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

The first victim under the Crimes
Act in Ireland is a woman. The Tory
coercion rulers began it's enforcement
by imprisoning. without trial. Mrs.
O'NIahony, proprietor of the Waterford
Star. for sixty days. on the charge of
publishing matter in her paper calcu-
lated to prevent the occupation of land
from which tenants have been evicted.
That is freedom of the press in Ire
land! This cowardly warfare on n
woman is characteristic of alie;: rule
in the Emerald ISLE The prisoner is
the widow of patriot who suffered
at the hands of the government. The
editor of the paper was also sent to
prison for sixty days.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

If Texas were as densely populated
as Belgium it would have nearly H.
100000 inhabitants. Now it has only
a little over 100000 of Il population.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

The Catholic church in America has
lost one of her foremost prelates by
the death of Archbishop Corrigan of
New York.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10
ST. PAUL GOES DEMOCRATIC.

The election in st. Paul last Tues
day resulted in a pronounced victory
for the Democrats who were placed in
control of the city for the next two
years. The campaign lasted six weeks,
during which the affairs of the muni-
cipality We're discussed in every ward
by the best orators in both parties,
and at the close the voters of the city
were more worthy of confidence than
the Republicans. Mayor Smith
doubled his majority of two years ago:
Treasurer Bremen was reelected by
majority Of 1924; and Louis Betz,
he candidate for comptroller, defeated
McCardy, the Republican incumbent
who had held the office for several
terms.
The retirement Of McCardy is Pc
culiarly gratifying from the fact that
he was an offensive partisan" in all
that the phrase implies, and had bet
come too arbitrary as servant of the
people. His long continuance in office
may be attributed solely to the fact
that he was competent and honest in
the discharge of his duties.
The Democrats elected eight alder
men and five members of the assem-
bly,, and are now in absolute control
of 1,0 icf, Nd
legislative departments of the govern
ment. They also elected two justices
of the peace and two constables, but
the nominees for municipal Judge
81" 'eft behind il the race by their
Republican opponents.
Now that the Democrats of our
twin city have won such grand vic
tory for the first time in a decade. let
us hope that they will not betray the
confidence reposed in them by their
fellow-ctizens. We are sure that the
gentlemen elected tn the various Offices
will discharge their duties faithfully
and well. Let them make such a rec
ord that when their terms expire two
years hence. no citizen will regret to
have voted for them.
The sweeping Democratic victory in
st. Paul is due in no small degree to
the Globe. It's contemporary. the Dis
patch. also contributed to the result
by it's foul attacks upon the Demo
cratic candidates. especially Mayor
Smith. The laudation of Dolan did
that gentleman more harm than good.
For the fifth time Robert A. Smith
has been elected chief magistrate. In
an interview lie says: 81 always have
tried to serve the city to the best of
my ability and l shall make no new
rule for the next term. The people
have been good enough to express
| their confidence in me. and l shall re-
turn the compliment by giving them
the hest administration of which I am
capable"
What more can Mayor Smith say:
That he has been chosen five times rs
mayor is sufficient evidence of his in.
tcgrity and efficiency. as we'll as popu
larity. Two years ago he received
$50 votes more than Chester r. Smith
and last Tuesday 1.773 votes more than
r. r. Doran. The Irish Standard con.
graduates the Democracy of the Capi
tai City on the glorious victory they
have achieved.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

The Pope has granted to the Cath
olics of the British Empire dispen-
sation from abstinence on Friday:
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

The reporters of secular papers make
4 some amusing blunders when chronic
ling Catholic events. In describing
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

Peace in South Africa has not vet
been proclaimed.
The Irish standard., 1902-05-10

lord Wolseley, Rudyard kipling
and DIR. jameson have returned to
England from South Africa.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
The Turn Of the Sheet.

Two lord chancellors of England
made the turning over Of sheet of
note paper a device for executing
their neatest joke. Lord Chancellor
Eldon, having been asked by cler-
lcal friend to give him certain liv-
ing, wrote on one side of a sheet of
paper:
Dear Fisher-I cannot today give you
the preferment for which you ask. I re-
main your sincere friend. ELDoN.
Turn over.
(on the other side): gave It to you
yesterday.
Sir John Sinclair, who had done
much for the agriculture Of Eng
land and Scotland, thought the M
ton should present him with testi-
monial and wrote to Lord Chancel-
lor Erskine, inviting him to sub
scribe to it. On one side of sheet
of paper Erskine replied:
My Dear Sir John-I am certain there
are few In this kingdom who set higher
value on your services than myself, and I
have the honor to subscribe
ION the other side tho note concluded):
-myself your chea!ent, faithful servant.
ERsRrNE
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
. Reckoning Without Ills. Host.

A little. story from the Atlanta
Constitution seems to indicate that
Tennyson is not name to conjure
with always:
: A poetical traveller, stopping at a
Georgia inn, dismounted from his
horse and called to the landlord,
who was lounging on the veranda:
+, ''WrinIled ostler. grim and thin.
Here Is custom come your way:
Take my brute and lead him in;
Stuff his ribs with moldy hay"
EFF you say that ag'in," said the
landlord, 'I'll lam you side the head
with this hickory! Thar's a boy
here to look after the hossesp
sMy good man." explained the
traveller, 'I meant NO offense. I
was only quoting Tennyson to you"
Hang !Tennyson!'' exclaimed the
landlord. "And tell him I said SO!
Neither him nor you kin make a
stable boy O. mel"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
Wearing Out the Nerves.

Many people wear themselves out
needlessly. Their conscience is q
tyrant. An exaggerated sense of
duty leads many {. person to anx-
lous, ceaseless activity, to be con
stantly doing something, overpunc-
tual, never idle a second of time,
scorn to rest. Such are in uncon-
scious nerve tension. They say they
have no time to Est, they have SO
much to do, not thinking they are
rapidly uniting. themselves for
probably what would have been
their best and greatest work in aft
er years. Self control of nerve force
is the great lesson Of health and
therefore of life itself. To under
stand how to relax is to understand
how to strengthen nerves. Hearty
laughter is source of relaxation, as
are also all high thoughts, as those
of hope, beauty, trust or love. Re
Taxation is found in DIVERSION
London Doctor. a
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
a Study Of Eyeo.

A story is told of the courtship of
the late Sir George Airy the famous
astronomer. BY reason of his IL
midity he seemed doomed to be a.
bachelor for life. But fortune ia
vored him, and he driftt : into mat
rimony in an unexpected way. An
intimate friend remarked to him
one day: 9'Have you ever observed
Miss IS eyes? They have the
property Of double refraction." :"
'Dear me, that is very oddl" he ex-
claimed. 'I should like to see that
Do you think I might venture to
call?" And call he did and begged
permission to examine the young
lady's eyes.
The novelty Of the situation may
have fascinated him. At any rate,
he begged the privilege of a second
look at the eyes in q clear light.
The problem grew SO interesting
that he at length came to the con-
clusion to make it life study. The
boldness born Of scientific curiosity
enabled him ultimately to propose.
He was accepted, and the strange
courtship ended in happy mar
riage.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
a Bitter Retort.

Nine. de Stael was angry with the
Count de Choiseul for witty stings
and sarcasms of which he had made
her the subject. Once the two enc
mics met in a drawing room. Nine.
de Stae! end the count greeted each
other on account cf the laws Of po-
liteness.
eve have not seen each other for
] long time," said she.
@oh, madame" J" replied he. eI have
been I'LL"
Have you?"
sIthought I was poisonedp'
"Alasl Perhaps you had. bitten
your tongue"
This terrible cut fell like a thun-
lerbolt on the count, so famous for
his ISLANDERS and scandals. He bow
I'D low and withdrew, unable to ut
ser word in reply.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09

A teacher of French now in New
York tells story Of the difficulty
she experienced in learning English
when she first came here and of
some Of the ludicrous blunders she
made, now that she appreciates the
full force of certain of the terms
and words that made up her earlier
vocabulary.
The teacher had grown tired of
chops and steaks and one or two
moro standard articles of food, and
she yearned for meal made up of
such things as she had eaten at
home, notably calf's brains a la
vinaigrette, spinach chopped fine
with an egg dressing and one or
two other dishes. She made out her
bill of fare all right until she came
to the brains, and to find an equiva-
lent she had recourse to her die
tionary.
This is what she asked for at a
butchers shop, "And, plees, some
of-some Of ze intelligence of ze
calf"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
It Spelled the Name.

He walked up to the hotel regis
ter and signed his name with a
flourish, SE. K. Phtholognyrrh."
"Look here, Turner!" exclaimed
the clerk, who knew him well, care
they hunting for you or what?
Where do you get that outlandish
name ?"
"Get back, my boy, get back!
You're slow" replied Turner airily
as he Lit cigar. ''That's my same
old name, written in plain English
and pronounced as usual-just sTur-
ner.' Look at it. Of course I do it
just to get them all guessing. They
wonder what nation I am from;
what my name is. I can now hear
people talk about me all around. It
is, as 1 said before, English spelling.
Phth,' there is the sound Of st' in
ephthisis; solo,' there is the sur' in
COLONEL fgn,' there is the <n' in
sgnat;;' syrrh' is the sound of 'er' in
emyrrh.' Now, if that does not spell
Turner what does it spell ?"-Chat.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
The Thought Unanswerable.

A little girl, who was being "sass-
ed by another little girl, was holding
In splendidly, and she continued to
keep her peace, while the other little
girl said, apparently, all there was to
say on the subject:
"You were nice little GIRL" a
person who had overheard the conver.
sation observed, mot to talk to that
other little girl"
"Well," the little imp answered,
you see, if I had told her what
thought of her she would have had a
chance to answer back, but as she
doesn't know what I think, she cam OF
do anything about it, can cshc?'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
BANKMoTE THREADS.
ahe Thing counterfeiters Find Most
Difficult to Initiate.


One OF the officials connected with
tne secret service branch of the
treasury department, recently dis
cnsslng the methods of counterfeit
ers, stated that in spite of their
great skill and industry lhey had
never been able to make bill which
dld not have one or more vulnerable
spots. Perhaps the feature of good
treasury notes which countcrfeiters
have found it most difficult to imi-
tate IS the two blue silk threads
which run lengthwise through them.
I'm the first place." he said, "the
SILK threads are put in the paper
when 1t is made at the factory. To
make paper of the kind used by the
government requires big plant and
lots OF capital, SO counterfeiters arc
kept out of it. Even if they had
the necessary money they wouldn't
be fools enough to risk it all for the
chance of making bogus bills. It
would be exceedingly Improbable
P"PSi lHtlHulaCCurCr VINO al
ready has a factory to make the pa
per, because to do so is q peniten-
tiary offense."
The writer was then shown two
dollar bill which had single thread
running through its center. sThis,. .
continued the secret service man. els
the only bad bill that ever saw
with silk thread in -. Even this
has only one thread stead of two,
SO it would not be dangerous to a
skilled teller. I have never heard OF
more than two other bills like this
one. It is easy to see that the coun-
terfeiter split this note, put in his
thread and then pasted the two
parts together again.
'The frayed edges show that. The
fellow must have been very stupid
not to know that genuine none,
has two threads instead of one. Al
expert can easily tell when a bill has
been split in two and pasted togeth
er again, SO the silk threads would
not deceive him. New York Her
aid.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-09
Answer.

A certain learned professor was in
struoting class of schoolboys about
the circulation of the blood. To make
sure that they understood he proceed
ed to question them:
Gan you tell me, said he, "why
tits that if 1 were to stand on M
head there would be rush of blood
to my head and that there is no rush
OF blood to the feet when + stand up.
on thcm?"
Fcr moment there was silence, and
then q small boy answered:
Its because your feet arc not emp
ty, sir"