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per it was printed on. In other words,
the paragon. the noble and upright
Rriton. buneoed the poor old Boer
farmer.
, Our pancgyric would not be COM
plcte without some reference to the
moral status of the British, and this is
particularly relevant to the discussion
because it Is supposed that under the
aegis of British civilization, vice and
wicke,lness will fade away like the
mist before the morning sun. IL
those who entertain this notion would
investigate the matter, their ideals
would be rudciy shattered. for they
would discover that British ethica.
standards are lamentably low. There
is less corruption in the heather is
lands of the sea than exists in the
creme dc la creme of British society.
Conditions and relations exist in the
British royal family which are utterly
subversive Of every principle of NOR
atty.
This is the drama which has been
enacted more than once by the Brit
sl royalty: Sciulls of the royal blood
contract marriages with those of the
plebeian order. Children, perchance
are born. The most gracious and
Christian sovereign proceeds to set the
m ,ln
the Divine mandate. putting asundcr
what God hath joined. \ partner Of
noblsr birth is then CHI SEA and a fic-
!itiouS marriage is entered INTO; this,
according to the law of God which
transccnds the law of man and the
mandate of kings, constituting moth
ny m're nor less than an aqlllterouS
connection. Rcsult-nn llrgitinlntc
succession. This is the condition
which the Mother of Civilization not
only tol'rntcs, but sanctions.
such is her record. Her policy of
Il century ago has undergone no
,llangr. Her hoaSteM wealth and glory
.tavc been attnimcd ut the expense of
those weaker ones whom she has
crushed. To-day. apparently, despite
or tranS.rcSSOns, she is i'm the plcnti-
Jude of her powers; hgr future ncve,
appeared NOR. roSrntr: but let her re-
mcmbrr that all along the shores of
time are scattered tho wrecks of M
tons Gnce imperial in strength, whic.
Lave lsrrglr,lctl the potent truth that
"RUhiltl the dim unknown
S;nndrth God. within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own
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he demanded that the Irish land ques-
ton should be dealt with as a whole.
the DE Freyne difficulty could be dealt
with by the application Of few thou
sand pounds. The British government
had sunk f25O,OOO,O0O in Africa to
please the Jews, and to get the frau
chise for the Outlandcrs Where were
the Outlanders now? Their generous
English friends should remember that
all this time they We're robbing Ire
land. Millions of money We're year
after year extracted from Ireland for
the up-keep Of Sheridans. (Nationalist
laughter and dheers.) He would rather
the Turks were there. UaughterO
He would cheerfully exchange the
rule Of the Sultan of Turkey for the
rule of King Edward the Seventh.
Wcnewed laughterJ Anyhow, he
would try him, and see how they got
Oh with the Bashi Bazouks, because a
more appalling system of administra-
tion never settled i'll any country than
that now existing. 1t was impossible
to know where the government Of
Ireland was. There was no govern
ment-only Il few gausers taking in
money, and police driving agitators
into Jail. There was no more. He
was surprised at the fuss made about
law and order in Ireland. What was
all this talk Of a grave scandal in re-
gard to the courthouse at Cork?
Every stone of it was paid for by the
ratepayers. 1t was the ratepayers'
courthouse just as much as this hat
(taking up his hat was his hat.
cloud laughter and Nationalist
cheers.) And yet it was proposed that
the Sheriff, poor old Colonel Johnston
cloud laughtcr)-sllould drive away
from this polluted temple with fixed
bayo1letS the representatives Of the
people to whom the courthouse belong
ed. Nationalist cheers) The whole
thing was hopeless. There was not
one ounce Of sense in the government
Of Ireland. Let the government take
ten millions out of their pockets and
say nothing about it. uaughter.)
Whilst the government robbed the
Irish people Of these millions every
year, and got Irish soldiers to enlist
in their regiments, they could let the
great proprietors of the land fight out
their battles alone with their tenants
without having the use of the forces
of the Crown. When they got down
to the machinery Of purchase it was
largely a question of price.
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| O'Brien. of Grucevillc. The bride was
| attended by her sister, Miss Violet,
and the groom by l.. V. Green. The
church was beautifully decorated with
ferns and golden FL ries. Tle bride
was attired in white batistc trimmed
With cream applique and carried
brides roses. Hcr maid Wore white
French lawn with lace and ribbon
trimmings and carried pink roses. an
informal reception was held immedi-
atcly following the ceremony at the
home of the brides parents, MIR. and
Mrs Jefferson S. Smith. fer immedi-
ate relatives and friends.
Belle Plaine, acknowledgements
August 20, John Sharkcy, one of our
earliest residents. died ut the home of
his son in Derrylmnc- township, lie
Sueur county, at tie old age of 80
years. The death of Mr.. Shnrkcy re-
moves Il conspicuous figure from the
thinning ranks Of those who built up
this western country. He was Il ma
tive of ireland, born in the parish of
Hayunough, county Galway, i'm 1920.
He left fir this country in 1917, com-
ing to Boston, Mass, where he resided
three years. He then came to Chi
ch@o and was married there to Bridget
Brennan. In 1850 he came to Minnie
sofa and took up the farm in the town
of D>rryrane where he remained until
his death. His wife preceded him t,
the grave, having died at the old home
in 1899. Seven children survive him,
as fellows: William, Michael and
John. of Dcrrynanr; Thomas and Miss
katherine. of st. Paul: Mrs. John
O'Bricn. of Harrisburg. y. d., and
Mrs. Morris lIanlon of MINNEAPOLIS.
The funeral took place from the
church of the Sacred Heart and was
ATTENDED by the entire neighborlood.
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PROBATE NOTICE,

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUN-
TY OF HENNEPIN. Probate
Court.
In the Matter OF the Estate OF Francis
J. Curran, Deceased.
On reading and filing the final ac-
count OF the executor OF the last will
OF said deceased, and his petition pray
ing for the allowance OF said account
and for decree assigning the residue
OF said estate to the persons by law
entitled to the same:
IT is ORDERED, That said petit
ton be heard at special term OF said
Court to be held at the Court House
in the City OF Minneapolis. in said
County. on Monday, the goth day OF
September, 1902, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon; and that notice OF such
hearing be given to all persons inter
ested, by publishing this order once IN
each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day OF hearing i'll the
Irish Standard newspaper printed
and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 4th day
OF September, 1902.
F. c. HARVEY,
Judge OF Probate.
HARRY A. LUND.
Attorney for Executor,
1857 N. Y. Life.
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competitors; and the papers which
many handed in were brilliant beyond
expectation. But to South Dakota
belongs the honor of capturing the
first and greatest prizc-Tihe st. Thom-
as Scholarship.
Frederick j. Port, winner of the st.
Thomas Scholarship is the son Of Mr..
II. S. Port, who resides at Millbank,
S. d.
Frederick was brn September 4,
1856, at NIilbank, S. D., and he was
a pupil at st. Lawrence School in Mil
bank at the time when he won the
scholarship. 1t goes without saying
that the Presentation Nuns, who con-
duet st. Lawrence School, are elated
Mt their pupils victory over competi-
tors from three states.
;, Leo j. Sitzmann. winner of the Arch
bishop Grace Scholarship is the son
of Mr. G. Il. Sitzmann, who resides at
~. L "ui, Ahilill. TIC was porn MafCn
I. lSSS, in st. Paul. Mimi; and last
year he was pupil of St. Mathews
Parochial School. which is taught by
the Sisters of Notre Dame. .
John Joseph Gleason, winner of the
bishop Crctin Scholarship, is the son
of Mr.. Timothy Gleason, who resides
at Minneapolis, MINI. He was born
July 10. 1883, in Minneapolis, Mimi.
and he comes from the St. Anthony
Parochial School. which is taught by
the Sisters Of st. Joseph.
On September 3rd these three Sic
cessful competitors will begin their
studies in the college; and their ex-
ample will, no doubt inspire other
youths to enter future competitive ex-
aminations which will be given every
year
We give below the names and ad-
dresses Of the seventeen most success.
full competitors:
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1. Frederick ]. Port, Milbank, S. D..
2. George Moser, Faribault, MINI.
g. Philip J. Hayes, Grand Forks, N.
d.
H. Thomas Bull, Graceville, MINI.
5. Robert Dudley, Faribault, MINI.
6. Warren Brunson, Brownsville,
MINI.
Z. John j. Gleason, Minneapolis,
MINI.
s. Matthew McConnon, Winona,
MINI.
9. Francis Dupea, Staunton, Wis.
10. Leo ]. Sitzmann, st. Paul, MINI.
II. Edward Fisher, Duluth, MINI.
-. Michael J. Schmitt, New Ulm.
MINI.
-. Thomas Melia, Faribault, MINI.
IA. John J. Connaughton, Grace
vile, Mimi.
Is. ]. \. Seibel, Minneapolis, MINI.
16. Edward Collins, West Superior,
Wis.
II. Frank J. NIinea, st. Paul, MINI.
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THREE BRIGHT. BOYS.
Winners Of Free Scholarships al
81. Thomas, College.

Winners Of Free Scholarships at
81. Thomas College.
EARLY in May of last year the Col
lcyc of st. Thomas, Merriam Park, st.
Paul, Mimi, invited, through their
pastors, the Catholic boys of Mime
sofa, North Dakota and South Dakota
to compete, in Il written examination,
for three absolutely free scholarships,
to be given in the Academic Depart
ment of the college during the scholas-
tic year 19U113O2, alld it repeated the
invitation this year.
The three scholarships offered We're:
1. The st. Thomas Scholarship"
valued ut SILL. This scholarship in
Guided board, tuition, lodging, and
laundry service for one year; and it
was to be awarded to the competitor
attaining the highest general average
in the examination, no matter where
the competitor might reside.
.. The Archbishop Grace Scholar
gave to the winner one years tuition;
and it was to be awarded to the most
successful one among the competitors
who reside in st. Paul.
3. 1.-The Bishop Cretin Scholarship"
valued at 500. This scholarship Of
ferel to the most successful one
among the competitors who reside in
Minneapolis 4 years tuition.
1t will be seen that this arrange
ment made it possible for two st. Paul
boys OF two Minneapolis boys to win
scholarships.
The competition was open only to
Catholic boys who had attended school
this year and who had not yet taken
high school studies. Boys from high
school grades were dcbarred.
The subiect-matter of the examina-
ton was:
1. Christian Doctrine (based ON the
Baltimore Catechism).
>. Arithmetic (complete).
3. English Grammar (complete).
t. History of the United States Ito
Cuban War;.
.. Descriptive Geography (of the
wurlU.
6. Spelling Qrom dictation Of Well
known Words.
The examination was given stimuli
tancously. Oh Saturday, June Stl, in
thc following named ccnters Of popu-
lation:
l. st. Paul. Mimi.
.. raribault. Mimi.
). New Tim, MINI.
4. Gracrvillc. Mimi.
5. Duluth. Mimi.
| &. Winonl. Mimi.
Z. Fargo, \. ID.
| s. Mitchell, S. ID.
Members of the college faculty
brought to @,ch of the respective cen
tiers duplicate sets Of the examination
questions in sealed packages. and, at
the appointed hour, they broke the
seals in presence of the assembled
competitors and distributed to the
competitors the papers containing the
examination questions.
After the examination. the compete
tors written papers We're scaled and
brought from each center to the col
lr.e by the aforesaid members of the
faculty: and they We're duly inspected
and marked under the personal super
vision of Very Rev. j. l.. Dolphin, A.
NJ. president of the college.
Fcrty-ninc boys entered the compe-
/ tition.
Nearly every part of the three states
was represented creditably by the
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Congressman Fletcher tells his con-
matter is now ancient history and l
shall not take your time by discuss
ing it tonight 1t would be inter
esting to have him explain why he
was opposed to the Nicaragua route
after McNinley's commission had re-
ported favOrably upon it. He was the
only member of his committee who
was opposed to it. Why?
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residue Of said estate to the persons
bv law entitled to the same.

residue OF said estate to the persons
by law entitled to the same:
1T is ORDERED, That said petit
ton be heard at special term of said
Court to be held at the Court House
in the City of Minneapolis, in said
County, on Monday, the goth day of
September, 1902, at 10 o'clock i'll the
forenoon; and that notice OF such
hearing be given to all persons inter-
ested, by publishing this order once in
each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day OF hearing in the
Irish Standard, newspaper printed
and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 4th day
OF September, 1902.
By the Court.
F. c. HARVEY,
Judge OF Probate.
HARRY A. LUND,
Attorney for Administrators,
1857 N. Y. Life.
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PROBATE NOTICE

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUN-
Tl OF HENNEPIN. Probate
Court.
In the Matter OF the Estate of Clara
E. West. Deceased.
On reading and filing the final ac-
count OF the administrators OF the
estate OF said deceased. and her peti-
ton praying for the allowance OF said
account and for decree assigning the
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Headquarters

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Tracing Floating Germs.

A curious and interesting expert
ment was conducted recently by Prof.
McWeeney on the premises of Dub
lin manufacturer, who was anxious to
ascertain whether he ran any risk to
health from the presence on a neigh
boris premises of refuse-heap, the in
tervening distance being 500 feet.
Prof. McWeeney took-a number of
easily recognized microbes, which
were not common to the neighborhood
and sprayed them into the atmos-
phere over the heap of refuse, taking
care that the wind was in the right
direction. On the premises of the
manufacturer culture-dishes were ex-
posed for three hours, land at the end
of that time examination showed that
colonies of the newly introduced NIL
crobes were developed. 1t is note
worthy that rain was falling heavily
during the progress of the experiment
We thus learn that even under I'M
toward conditions germs can be con-
veyed through the air from a distant
point, and that it is quite as necessary
to see that the surroundings of a
house are clean as to attend to it's in
terror sanitary condition.-Chambers
Journal.
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fifty miles of a battlefield or heard G
bullet whistle in their lives, command
Grand Army posts and are conspicu
Gus in the public view as representa-
tive Grand Army men.
1 have now before me the roster OF
a large and influential post having
about 500 members. By actual count
305 of them gained their membership
by the fact that they had belonged tc
militia regiments which were under
the national governments orders fol
a few months, or even thirty days, but
never saw service. All who know
these men and what constitutes theil
ward record naturally judge the Grand
Army and it's veteran members by
them, and conclude, not unnatura1iy
that its claims and character are un
founded and fictitious.
Let it reorganize itself, classify its
members by their service and record
in the field, and then it can demand
and will surely receive the considera
ton and public confidence which
fear it does not now wholly possess
Tenth New Jersey, in New Yorl
Times.
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The rand Army
New Out
What He Considers a Mistake

The Torcible letter of Mr.. Victor
Hagemann, which you published yes
terday on the editorial page of the
Times, strongly and clearly points out
the great error which the Grand Army
of the Republic commits in admitting
to its membership every one who st
any time during the civil war Gas we
now politely term it, was in the mill
tary service of the United States for
period of thirty days.
Under these liberal terms of admis-
sion thousands and tens of thousands
of men belong to the Grand Army
and attain the highest positions in it
without having in the least degree
participated in the war or aided in the
suppression of the rebellion. Every
member of a militia regiment that
was hurriedly called into service for
a brief period (and which was passed
in Notifications or other duty far re-
moved from the field, has now bios
somed into veteran and is associated
in the common mind with all the bat
ties and great campaigns of the war.
Men without the faintest knowledge of
actual war, who never came within
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Death of Col. McCook

ssThat story of Sergeant David U.
Mccullough said the captain, re
minded me that l was almost at Nc
Cullough's side when he was shot He
was carrying the colors of the Fifty
second Ohio when he met the assault
On Kenesaw, June 81, 1864. He was
at the abattis in front of the main
rebel works when he was shot through
the shoulder. AS one of the color
guards caught him and lowered him to
The ground Mccullough handed Majxr
j. T. Holmes, then in command of the
F'ifty-second, the colors and said:
Take them, major; they never
.ouched the ground
The major grasped the colors, gave
hem to one of the corporals of the
color guard, and led the way through
The distractions At first the colors
we're planted on top of the rebel works.
When they were shot down and the
iagstaff splintered, the boys cut a can
:een in strips, repaired the staff. and
planted the colors in the loose earth
1T the foot of the works 1 remem-
Der that a rebel captain was killed
N trying to get the flag while it was
IN top of the works, and when the
burial parties went out between the
Ines to look after the dead, the adiu-
ant OF the Rock. City guards told me
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
A Persian Philosopher.

A traveller in Persia tells the fol-
lowing: My hunthi walks into the
veranda. He is an aged man, wrapped
in a long black cloak and wearing
green turban, denoting him seyd,
or descendant of the prophet. He IS
very polished to-day; his beard IS
dyed the brightest orange with henna
and he tells a string of beads While
he waits We plunge into stories OF
the Caliphat and dictation written
from left to right with reed pen and
presently the reason of his smartness
is told He has a favor to ask Would
it please me to advance him three
months pay in order to buy a wife?
He is old and he is poor, yet he has
fallen a victim to the moon face and
stag eyes of a damsel of IA, but her
dowry is large. Why do you not
support your old wife?' l inquire
sternly. She is crippled and nearly
blind; you do not give her sufficient
sustenance and 1 send many things
to her. She is too DID, he replies,
with a shrug. She is ugly as an
afreet; added thereto she has no
money, nor children, and of what
good is an old woman unless she is
rich?''
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Tricks Of Soldiers
ndu in
Ever In the Fac O

'tThe boys played tricks on one an
other even when under fire." says a
writer in the Chicago Inter Ocean. ION
one occasion after our line of battle
had been formed the color-bearer
stuck the flagstaff In a hole in a
stump, behind which he sought shelter
from the bullets of the enemy's sharp
shooters For a time the rebel fire
conferred on that stump, or rather on
the flag waving from it, while all the
time the color bearer, curled up behind
the stump, smiled at the efforts of the
rebS to cut his flag down.
Soon the firing became regular and
the boys relaxed from the high tension
of the opening session. The color-bear-
er, as che boys settled down to regu-
lar business, drowsed off to sleep, his
flag still flying from the stump. |. N
Cook, now of Guilford, Ill, thought
the c.-b. was having a pretty easy time
and he crept up, lifted the flag staff
out of the stump and let the cOlorS
fall to the ground. The boys Yelled,
Raise the flag, and the color-bearer,
waking up, crawled around to the
rebel side of the stump, caught up the
flag, examined it for bullet marks,
and finding none, was greatly mysti-
fed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
The Famous Apple Tree
Old Soldier Has War Relic
Which Is q Cherished Possession

ct have carried from that day to this
a square inch of the apple tree of APP
pomattox, which came to me in this
way: There was a general impression
that Grant and Lee met under an APP
pie tree for their first informal talk
over the terms of surrender, and the
particular tree was guarded by both
Unionists and Confederates," says an
old soldier. But, as soldiers passed,
twig after twig was broken off, and
finally cavalrymen broke off large
limbs as they rode by. At this juno
ture a squad of cavalry rode down on
the crowd about the tree. dismounted.
and two men proceeded to cut it
down, the chips flying out among the
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men who stood near. One of these
chips 1 put in my pocket, and I have
it yet
When the tree hal been cut down
the cavalrymen cut it in sections, and
mounting their horses, carried all of
toward headquarters. In five minutes
every chip and scrap had disappeared,
and the next day there was a great
hole where the tree had stood, the
relic-hunters digging down to get even
the smallest root branch. And, after
all, Lee did not surrender under the
tree, but rested under it while waiting
to hear from Grant and was met there
by Marshall and Babcock. who carried
Grants message to him"
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Governor Opposed to FriIIs.

Ex-Gov. PattiSon, who is once more
the choice of Pennsylvania Demo-
Gratis for governor, is utterly opposed
to parade of every kind At the Har-
risburg convention of 1890, the year
when he was elected, it was determin-
ed to give him a royal reception on
his arrival in the city. A splendid
carriage and horses were awaiting him
when his train pulled in during q
rainstorm- Pattison looked the rig
over and said: That's too rich for
me to ride In; take it away I'm go
ing to walk up under this dollar
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

In his capacity of High Priest, the
Chinese Emperor has to offer at least
forty-six sacrifices to different gods il
the course of a year. AS to each sac
rifice is dedicated one OF more holt
days, which must be passed by him in
complete solitude, his time is pretty
well taken up. These sacrifices are
made by the Emperor either by night
or about dawn, and the houses along
the route taken by him, as he is car
RED in his closed pa-anquin through
the deserted streets OF the city, are
hung with black.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Death of a Noted Man.

Raphael Romero, the longtime SOL
der and scout, died in his Indian
tent near Ell Reno, Oklahoma, recent
ly, and the remains were buried on
one corner of his allotment He was
in the Indian wars as a scout under
Gems. Custer, Lawton, Miles and Phil
Sheridan, and was with Miles and
Lawton in their long and forced jour
neys after Chief Geronimo and his
Apache warriors In the civil war he
served in the Second Colorado cav
airy and was honorably discharged.
He was born a Mexican, but joined
the Indians and spoke fiuently the
languages of all tribes in the south
west With the allotment held by his
Indian children, he was considered
the wealthiest of the Arapahoe In
dams.