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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
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T.R. On istie has been spending
tie past eek with hunting party
re.r orGon.
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game between the Evening lie e.
gram and Olympic football teams Will
be played this afternoon for the
championship OF Superior,
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Patrolman O'Blien departed II un
day morning for few days vacation
hunting deer
The Irish standard., 1902-08-16

An Iowa priest writes as follows to
the Catholic Messenger about visit
to Father Shcchan at his home i'll
famed Donerailc:
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and this in turn had fostereu certain
firms OF victorious iublation quite
out OF joint with temperance princi-
pies, says tile New York Sun.
The idea seemed to prevail that the
only thing Il member had TO do after
infringing the society's pledge WAS to
go to Il priest and renew it. This SIM
pie formality would place the member
again in good standing.
Many men visit Il priest for the pul'-
pose of taking the pledge who never
think Of joining Il temperance organiz-
alton. No special type Of humanity
seems to prevail among pl,dge-takers
unless possibly middlc-agcd laboring
men, from 80 to 80, who have families
to support
Professional men. such as lawyers.
doctors aud professors, are rarely
known to take the pledge. Store
clerks. bartenders, compO>itGrs and
skilled mechanics Of every description
may be frequently seen among the ap-
plicAnts.
Often ii happens that man pre-
sents himself who is not Catholic at
all. but still insists upon taking the
pledge from a Catholic priest. The
solemnity of putting himself upan his
knees and repeating the words: 81
faithfully promise, With the assistance
of Gods grace. to firmly abstain from
intoxicating drink for one year." is
after all a serious matter.
Generally year limit is set, but
any term may be named AS rule,
priests object to giving the pledge for
more than years time. having learn
ed from experience that three and five
year pledges generally go to pieces
within month.
Sometimes an applicant will present
himself who is already deep in liquor.
and men on the verge of delirium ire
mems are proverbially very penitent
and full of good resolves, ready to
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take the pledge for the rest OF their
lifetime. In such Il case the priest
usually advises the unfortunate fell
low to go home and take Il good sleep,
following Saturday, and then take the
pledge.
Many applicants present them
selves for the pledge merely in order
TO get back to work after being dis
s1.llrgcel or suspended on account of
drink. An employer will frequently
exact the pledge as sort of voucher
for the mans go ID Intentions.
Cards are specially prepared to serve
these arc duly signed hy the clergy
man. In some localities these GER
tifcntes are made ont in tie form of
promises which the applicant signs
and the Clergyman cerlics to: this
signed promise is delivered to the boss
and coupon to correspond to it is
retained by the priest.
1t often happens that Il man who cam
not be induced to take the pledge for
year will consent readily enough to
take it until Christmas. Another IA
vorite date for the expiration of
pledge is March II, ST. Patrick's Day,
although there are many who will
name the Fourth of July.
The man who takes the pledge un-
til Christmas does not by any means
intend in advance to start drinking
upon that day. He merely foresees
that he will meet great many friends
at Christmas. and he foresees also
the consequent interchange of a good
many greetings. Rather than run the
risk of breaking his pledge, he seems
to prefer to have it finish it's own
course and expire legitimately and
llonorably.
Very few of the old-timers are now
alive to boast of having taken the
pledge from Father Mathew-"the real
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pledge, as it used to be called, on ac-
cjtlnt of its long formula and it's strin-
gent wording. Nowadays the form is
simple and brief, and perhaps to some
it does not mean as much.
The clergy regard the pledge as but
an earnest of serious good intention,
with no inherent OF sacramcntal grace
attached thereto. Its value comes
from the individuals own self-reliant
force Of character, or from what Rom
an Catholic theologians designate ex
opcre opcrantis.
Whether tle rank and file of pledge
takers coincide with. such a view nav
indeed be questioned. Instances recur
frequently enough to show that many
who take the pledge seem to regard
it as possessed of special inherent
efficacy and think that it gets in its
goad work irrespective of effort upon
the part of the individual.
y priest who was recently tonvers-
ing upon this subject narrates that not
long ago Il man living i'll his parish
came to the priests house to take the
pledge. THE next day the clergyman,
walking down town, met his parish
Toner staggering woefully along the
street.
"Why. Thomas. what does this
mean?' he exclaimed. weren't you
up at my house yesterday to take the
PLEDGE"
Il was, your reverence
"And why are YOU today in this con-
dition?"
II dom know, unless it be that when
you gave me the pledge you forgot to
put the power in it."
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A VISIT TO DONEkAlLE.
The Home of Father Shccnan, III
Popular Novelist.

An Iowa priest writes as follows to
the Catholic Messenger about 4 WISH
to Father Shcchan ut his home i'll
famed Doneruilc:
We babe farewell TO "Killarncy's
lakes and uclls" yesterday and took the
train to Maluw. the ncatcst and NEST
PROSPEROUS 10 liking Irish inland Town
have seen yet, where we soon hlreu Il
haunting car TO take lis to Dnneialle.
was clad to find lnc ether two priests
about MS anxious TO see and meet Faith
er Sheellan as / WAS, So we made pill
grinagc to Doneraile together to pay
.pur' homage to the man who had given
+ us so much of genuine pleasure, and
who is easily TIL, foremost Catholic
literary man of the day lor those whose
language is English. The way led
over very pretty road-but all roads
are pretty here-and as we lcarcd Don
eraile, could easily see the influence
/ of the pastor in the appearance OF tile
!. place, different from much Of what we
had seen, neat, clean, well-Iept, even
where small and poor surrounded by
flowers and covered With vines. AS
for Donelaile-well, it is quite ideal,
except, perhaps. for being somewhat
larger than l expected. We had little
or no claim to Father Shechan's at
tention, and less to his hospitality. eX-
cept that we were American priests of
Irish descent and readers and admirers
of his works. We soon found that this
was more than enough. We had in
quired Of relatives of his in Mallow to
D make sure that lie was at home. He
y came at once when we called. and by
I the hearty, kind, unaffected welcome
he gave us. put us Mt once at homo
with him. The picture Of him that ap
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TEMPERANCE PLEDGE.
Professional Men Rarely Known TO
Take II.

'"'l'lc pledge is fine thing; but
don't take it too often or you'll forget.
perhaps. that you've ever taken it at
all. Just bear in mind that one good
strong pledge well kept is worth q
hundred broken pledges"
The above remark. the recent public
uttcrances of a Roman Catholic cler-
gyman. was made for the benefit Of
Il young mems temperance society
which had degenerated into an attn
letic club. Rivalry with brother socie-
ties had developed professionalism,
The Irish standard., 1902-08-16

J. F. Mccarthy, we'll contractor.
Estimates furnished on application
200 Central avenue.
The Irish standard., 1902-08-16
The songs the greatest minstrel sings"

regard 10 The unequal distribution Of
weal,n, he uU~s not Iall to draw atten-
t.ol To ,ne TACT THAT there Is not only
Il great difference between the amount
vi money that one man possesses and
another, but with regard to the path
Way that is traverseu by the one and
the ouher-rhe pathway that is as
hyr cmfwy ETAOIN SHiDLUMI
smooth to some us it is rough to others.
The truth he expresses in the words:
Some hands fold, While other hands
Are lifted bravely in the strife,
And so tlro' ages and thro' lands,
Move on the two extremes in life"
BY way of excuse for apparent for
getfulness. he uses Il very beautiful
smile to show us that true friendship
is too stcadfast il thing to be affected
by distance or silence:
ITO forget often means to remember
What we have forgotten too long;
The fragrance is not the bright
flower,
The echo is not the sweet song.''
On the little word now he gives
us enough in one verse to show us that
great issues often depend upon ''tak-
ing occasion by tine hand";
Some time one minute folds
The hearts of all the years,
Just like the heart that holds
The infinite in tears"
While principally prone to revel in
philosophy and metaphysics, he was
not at the same time stranger to une
influences of the sublime and the beau
tiful in nature. Creation had it's own
silent but forceful attractions for him
or he could never have written such a
verse as the following:
"The stream sang down THE valley
fair.
I saw the water lilies nod,
felt and knew they whispered there,
How beautiful art Thou, O God!"
Abiding to those who had talents Of
of,,ro
who are unable to give the full ex-
preston to THEN: thoughts and feelings,
he strikes Il note Of the richest cadence
and gives us much to mediate upon
in Tire lines that run thus:
Hearts that are great are always
lone,
They nc'er will manifest their best,
Their greater greatness is unknown,
Earth knows little, God the rest"
Ii is to the same class Of men he
refers to, no d.ubl, in the poem that
has cryStIlizeu LOT us Il fact that other
SolNtll NOV ttisoO ltlAA dO1SA upOlA
as something they had an experience
of themselves. But no matter how the
same thought may have been express
ed by others, Father -Abram Kyan's
setting Of it is too god to be over
looked, ami not given us it is found
in his works:
1T is a truth beyond our ken,
And yet Il truth that all may read,
AS here with roses, SO With men,
The sweetest hearts are those that
bleed"
Like all philanthropists, the South's
deceased poet and priest met with
much to discourage him in the work
he had set his hand to. For kindness
he was repaid b ingratitude, and for
profession III tire way of holiness, he
saw in this case OF the other insincer-
ity and retrogression. Deceived and
disappointed us he had been from
time to time, it is no wonder that his
feelings at some particular moment in
spired the poem that has the sad strain
in it that it has. OF the six or seven
stallzas of this plaintive lay, one will
serve the purpose OF speaking Tor the
whole of them, and it is this one:
Ills hard to toll, when toll is almost
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The satisfying things of sense
and time. coupled With the perplcX-
ING thoughts that led to the writing of
the poem commencing With "What ails
This wGl'l,l." fuStcrcu the spirit that
found its elimination. no doubt, in
the ole that bears the title of Rest. )"
Ii is Il poem of peculiar sweetness.
and brings his writings and his life t.
Il close in the most synchronical fash
ion. The spirit ii hreatlics Is that Of
resignation. and the desire to be
"Whclr the wicked cease from troub-
ling and the weary are at rest. The
whsle of the poem should be read to
be fully appreciated and effective i'll
hriu@in" us under its influence. and
thereby into closer touch with its SELL
sitivc author.
Twill soon be DER,
For down the west
Lies sun is setting, and l see the
shore
Where l shall rest.
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John ]. McHale and Ace p, Abel
lawyers, 219 Bank Of Commerce build
ing.
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-. II need OF anything o
N
ION land fresde
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Life is Il burden, bear it,
Life is Il duty, dare it,
Life is IL HOMEGROWN, wear it,"

But while thus holding up his fell
loW-crcnture as an afflicted, endowed
and responsible being, at the same
time he speaks of him as being envir-
oncd by Il power over which he has no
control Hence the verse:
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EVEN UNTIL TODAY.
How Woman Has Always Evolved a VIC
tory Out of Defeat

Eve grow.ed Adam, these Bis
cults are fierce"
Don't you ike them, dear:"
Like EN-. Huh; Not half Ike
moth-ahem. They're bum-yery
bum. 1 wish you'd buy cook book
They say a mans sou. is in his
stomach, and believe it,"
Eve and Adam glsred, "ycu' re
the most exasperatiDg woman ever
saw. BY jirg, ! wish | had my rib
backr'
There You go-throwing that in
my face again. Who asked YOU for
your old rib, anyway? Weren't you
just as lonesome as you could be until
| camel
And | wish I'd been satisfied to let
it 20 at that. Another case Of When
lonesomeness is bliss It's folly to get
married."
"Boo-hoow
Here, row"
"Boo-hoo-oop
'Aw say. Darn it, Eve"
"Boo-hoo. w-wish | w-v-was
de-e-eadr
"Gosh-b'ame it all, Eve, | was Just
Joking! Don't do thatl Honest
the biscuits are the best overland I'd
cat 'em if they were ike cobblestones!
I'm chump and a fool and"
And benevolent old boomptago-
saurus looked on with fatherly smile
while the reconciliation took place
"Egobulusp he calculated, "the
woman wins with the tears Of defeatw
And she continues to do so even to
this day.-San Francisco Bulletin.
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YouNosTeR cRAwLs IN MY BED

There's half-smotherec yawr from the
cot where he Les.
Supposed TO be soundly asleep.
His chubby brown fists rub the SAND"
from his eyes.
And the covers ny OF In a heap.
HIS bare little feet strike the moor with a
whack.
They race like a young thoroughbred.
They slide hike two 'cicles over my back.
As the youngster crawis into my bed.
Hey. popsler' his CHEEKY tones sing in my
ear
While his hand gives my nose a sharp
tweak
eve come on a visit. say. Go you heart
Why don't you turn over and speak,
With counterfeit srore Ike blast from
horn.
l pretend that my eardrums are lead;
But he laughs my most C0nsumate acting
10 scorn.
When this youngster crawls into my bed.
'Now tell me story. please. popsie"
pleads he.
gruh. growing protest make
am too badly tOrgue-tied 10 say A BE,
And my brains but a fraction awake.
But growing and sIarling don ttsrrlfy
him
''You's bear are YOU? Just ercvI ahead
And III be a y-goat-br-rr- bum bin! 20
And he butts me halt out OF the bed.
He SCOTS at my pitiful bride % a dime.
He snuggles against my warm breast.
And cocks Up his ear for the once or
time"
That ushers in al Of the rest
OF the Mother Goose tales and the story
book lore
And the yarns spin out of ny head.
And when n pumped dry. 10 is Please eel
ne some more"
When the youngs-sr crawls into ny bed.
After stories galore. then ro-I.cklng play
With happiness fills his cup
What fierce. hungry cub has crawled In
hereT' ] say.
"Oh. please. tiger. don; eat me up
Then be roars ard be romps with IN awful
bubbub
His feet beat tattoo on ny head
His knees my poor RIBS Ike a washing
board rub.
When the yourgster crawls into ny bed.
But breathless az last. ard 20 quiet - lies.
That his loud humping heart can hear
Until "OIe. Two. three and the bumblety-
Our signal. sounds shrlI iu his ear
Hes up For the minute I've said. "Roos-
ter Crows"
The covers from US Will have fed
And when ] have finished. Away, then, he
goes
That yourgster Will crawl out Of bed.
So he grapples ne tight 'tvixt his arms ard
his legs.
Ard he holds me there. logged ard grim.
sony five minutes more. Pop" he earn
esty beEs:
But the shopbeN won't tsrry for him.
But they make nay heart light all the rec:
Of the day.
Those pictures that come in my head.
O. the capers b. cut in that rollickirg play
When the yOuEgster crawitd into ny bed
Christian Erdeav0r World
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THE W00ING
OF CELESTE.
BY JOHN II. RAFTERY.

Miss Celeste came 10 Cold Harbor
Fl il the early spring to work out Git
tie scheme which seemed in harmony
both with her business necessities and
her aristocratic instincts. For she
was ofgentle blood and much nurture,
though driven by an inscrutable des-
tiny to support her widowed mother
and herself by the precarious drudg-
cry Of drawing lessons. Her I'M
seasonable advent 10 the little sum-
mer resort was prompted by the idea
that she might establish her studio
and her fame before the rush Of the
"resorters" commenced. and so gain
for herself and her mother a sojourn
by the lake that would be impossible
under other conditions.
Mamma, whose head was quite full
of romantic, impracticable and IN
warranted notions about Celeste's fu-
ture, treated the young woman as a
plebeian firing maid might serve a
princess Of the blood. The old lady,
chattering everlastingly Of better
days, CONSTITUTED herself a willing
but dictatory servant Of all works and
spoiled her pretty daughter 10 the top
Of ner bent. Therefore il is not sur
prising that Celeste, who was %,
dressed her pretty figure in the style
of debutante, ate her morning muf-
fin and slipped her breakfast chocolate
in bed, spent more money for her
fancy lingerie than many an heiress
and changed her gloves oftener than
her ingenious parent could change
the dinner bill Of fare.
When they came into the boxlike
cottage late in March they contrived
to convince one another that it was
quite romantic" The surf thun-
dered on the tawney sands only few
hundred yards from their back door
and the west wind crooned in their
stuffy little attic like the spirit voices
of the waters. After putting a notice
Other coming in the local paper, hang
ing out her card and disposing her pr
ano, drawing-boards and pictures
about the tiny cottage, Miss Celeste
found leisure in some novel reading
and opportunity to keep warm by ~
ing abed while mamma petted her
and fused about the kitchen. From
revels in the deliriou glories Of about
a dozen impossible love stories Cc-
leste naturally plunged into the more
approximate possibilities Of the ap-
preaching season Of gayety and mag
ined some very pretty romances.
in which she herself was the heroine
and some bruno demi-god with a pre-
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-05-15
A Celebrated Timekeeper.

The worlds best timekeeper is said
to be the electric clock in the base
ment Of the Berlin observatory, which
was installed by Prof Forster in
1865. 1t is inclosed in an alright
glass cylinder, and has frequently
run for periods oftwo or three months
with an average daily deviation Of
only lj-1000ths Of a second. Yet as
tronomers are net satisfied even with
this, and efforts are continually made
to secure ideal conditions for clock
by keeping it moi only in an alright
case, but in an underground yaul,
where neither changes of tempera
ture nor Of barometric pressure shalt
ever affect it,
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tentatively and cautiously. Of course
in her mother. on borrow some.
thing from Boggs,' cried the old lady,
and then I'll invite them to teap
II was a happy thought and bore
quick fruit, for that afternoon the
widow ran home with o new light in
her eyosand said: Its done. Celeste
| didn't borrow a cup Of sugar, they
don't cook or cat in the cottage, but
live. that is eat. at the Hotel Florence
Oh, they must be rich. The old gen.
t,emau. Bogg,, Is his uncle. The
nephew's nameis Bedford, Porter Bel
ford. and they're coming over this
evening
They came, the old man logged out
in a rusty suit Of black and the
nephew difident but handsome. II
she had not been already in love poor
Celeste might have wondered at Bel
ford's awkwardness, thelmitations Of
his commonplace conversation and
the evident gaucheries Of Uncle
Boge.. But she could see no deeper
than his splendid beauty. hear moth
ing but the rich barytone Of his rich
voice, think Of nothing but the Won
drous music Of her charmed cello.
And SO al last when they had left the
table and the talk was languishing.
Celeste turned to her idol and coyy
whispered:
Certainly" he answered, without
b.ushing "Boggs get the cello"
Boggs not only broughtthe instru-
ment. but. without so much as an in
vi;ation, sat down to play it. Celeste
could scarcely force q word Of praise
when the old fellow, smelling loudly
Of tobacco and alcohol. laid down the
instrument and grinned at mamma
like some ancient ape The girl
turned quickly to Bedford and muir
INJURED:
Now. you'll play, won't you, Mr..
Bel"
Il: Why. no. I"
For my sake Celeste was whis-
pering bat mamma broke in with an
in>i,tent voice. which made the bash
fui young man blush Ike girl.
But l can play" he .aid. looking
he,p.cssly from one 10 the other. Il
never get time 90 Try anything like
that. Boggs learned while he was a
night Waterman. He gets all day to
practice. You know hes NJ cht watch
man up at the Florence"
And y0u:' the voice Of mamma
clicked ike a steel trap. The silence
# the room was cold and dense, and
the aristocra,ic girl in the corner felt
her teeth chatterwith an urspeakablc
horror as Belford's voice. grown sud
denly harsh and raueous. said:
Il; Oh, I'm head waiter a the
same hotel. '-Chicago Record He,-
AID
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Col. Fowler Appointed.

Col. A. 5. Fowler has been ap-
pointed marshal Of the Eastern dis
trlct to succeed Col. Henry NJ Coop
or. Col Fowler was the unanimous
choice Of the republican state CEN
trail committee, and in addition to
this endorsement he was recon-
mendcd by a large number Of bust
ness and professional men, irrespcct-
i've of politics.