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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

No wonder Whitelaw Reid of the
New York Tribune is persona grata
with the English as envoy extraordi-
nary to the coronation. His paper
is more English than American. Re-
ferring to the friendship Of European
nations to the United States during
the late war, his mouthpiece says:
"Great Britain was our friend. She
refused to countenance any act or any
word which might be unacceptable to
the United States, and by such refusal
she precluded the possibility Of any
concerted movement against us. That
was practical and effective friendship"
Outlaw Reid deserves a grand ovation
on reaching the British capital.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Nhe Poles Of the United States are
expressing their Indignation at the eff
forts made by the German govern
ment to suppress their native Ian
guage in the schools and universities
of Polish Prussia. The Polish chill
dren are being tiogged for refusing to
use the German language exclusively,
and the Polish women are being
placed in dark dungeons for speaking
to the children in their own language.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

sang, "See the Conquering Hero
Comes" which was repeated on each
floor, different children taking up the
refrain. After an address of well
come the children also sang a con-
gratulatory ode composed for the &C.
casion by two of the teachers. He
priced the reception from the children
banquets. What must Sampson think
of it?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Alfred Austin, the poet laurate ot
England, has been inspired by Calliope,
chief Of the nine MUSES., to write a
ditty entitled Together" which he
dedicates ''with the warmest sympathy
to the American people," Referring
to the possibility of European allies
bouncing ON the "two Anglo Saxon
nations'-Great Britain and the United
States-the sweet singer Of Edward
VII. says:
How quickly they would change their
tack
And show the recreant feather
Should Star and Stripe and Union Jack
But float mast-high together.
Alfred ought to receive big wreath
of laurel and butt Of wine for writ
ing such doggerel.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

The Milwaukee Citizen modestly
claims that it is 'the best Catholic
paper in the country" How does it
reach that conclusion? What consti-
tutes the best Catholic paper? In
what way does it excel all its contem-
poraries? The newborn Leader Of
San Francisco has an editor who
thinks he is ct" We may hear from
him in due time on the audacious boast
Of the Wisconsin weekly.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

The terrible list of accidents and
loss Of life is growing as the year pro-
crosses. Never before had the world
such a number Of destructive acct
dents by rail, by tunnel, by explosion
and by all the other fearful shapes in
which death comes. Is there not a
growing carelessness, inability and
disregard for consequences amongst
a people without the restraint of reli-
gion?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Father Pedro Rodriguez is called the
second st. ratrick for Kidding Arizona
Of snakes. Instead Of banishing the
''varmints" he kills them scientifically,
and from the snake skins and oil he
derives quite an income. He has al
ready killed 1900 rattlers by means
Of the chaparral bird, the natural foe
of venomous sarpents. By training the
birds he expects to rid the Southwest
of snakes, tarantulas, scorpions and
centipedes. The birds are immune
from poison.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Says the Pilot: One of the Boer pris-
oners at Bermuda Is named Emmett,
relative of the wife Of General Botha
and, like her, a scion of the illustrious
Irish family. The judicial murder of
Robert Emmett did not prevent his kin
from taking up arms against England,
seven thousand miles away and nun-
bred years afterwards.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Mrs. Martha Kranz is Boer heroine.
AS wife Of Commandant Paul Krantz
she took her Mauser and fought the
British at Modderspruit, Ladysmith,
Spion Kop and Biggersberg with signal
gallantry. She is 26 years old and a
niece of General Louis Botha. She is
the Joan of Arc Of South Africa who
turned the tide of battle on that never
to-be-forgotten day at Spion Kop.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

The proposed tax-law- is meeting
with just opposition on all sides. The
ingenuity with which our solons de-
wise laws is wonderful. Consider the
number of laws made in the state of
Minnesota since the commencement
of our statehood and you will have
reason to exclaim that we are a peo-
pie unexcelled as law factors. Law
makers are very like religion-makers
The men who cannot make a de-
cent leg for table can make a new
religion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

There has never been period in
the history Of the republic when mil
itary men of no special ability have
had so much to say in governmental
matters as during our occupation of
the Philippines. Congress should rep
rimand these little martinets who have
been pushed into prominence by the in
fluence of the jingoes. They not only
want to exterminate the natives of the
Philippine archipelago by fire AMI
sword, by exile and starvation, but
they want to, NEEDLE in civil affairs.
Gen. Chaffee is in conflict with Gov.
Taft. One says that the islanders
to man are opposed to the authority
of the United States; the other says
everything is lovely and the Filpinos
will soon be loyal Americanos. The
fact that it needs 10000 soldiers to
keep them quiet is no evidence of their
loyalty to the Stars and Stripes.
Besides the American soldiers of the
regular army there are 5000 Filipinos
employed by the government to cut
the thoats of their own countrymen for
pay. These wretches resemble the
Sepoys Of India and the Peelers Of
Ireland. The Macabebes, which Pres
ident Roosevelt praised in his message,
are on par with Sioux Indians, and
capable of committing the greatest
atrocities on a defenseless people. They
do not use the tomahawk and scalp
ing knife of the Indians in England's
service in the Revolutionary war,
but they are just as bloodthirsty and
ferocious as the redskins of that peri
| cd.
The best. thing for the United States
to do is to let go of the Philippines as
quickly as possible. The Washington
government has demonstrated its in
capacity to govern the natives with
any degree of justice or humanity.
Even by the adoption of British meth
DDS it has lamentably failed. The
people of any country cannot govern
those of another against their consent
without resorting to the infection Of
pains and penalties. 1t is out VI
place for "the land of the free" to use
criminal aggression in the subjugl-
ton of an alien race who owe neither,
loyalty nor allegiance to the flag.
In case of international complications
in the future the Philippines will be
hindrance to America progress.
Give the Filipinos elf-government af-
ter preparing them first, as the Cubans
have got, and then let them ssink or
swim, survive or perish" The sooner
the American people rectify the mis-.
take made by the preceding administra-
ton in the acquisition Of this oriental
elephant, the better it will be for this
republic of the West. The wholesale
slaughter Of the Filipino people will be
n blot upon the escutcheon Of the
United States, which time can never
efface. Future generations will curse
the stupidity and selfishness of the
American plutocracy who have brought
the republic to the low plane Of the
British empire.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

William J. Onahan is the new
president Of the Home Savings Bank
of Chicago. Any financial institu-
tion with Count Onahan at it's head
must be safe and sound. The distin-
guished Catholic layman came from
Ireland fifty years ago. He has been
city controller and city collector of
Chicago and also member Of the
public library board.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01
SOME 1Nvrp1ous COMPARISONS.

In a recent issue we objected to the
following statement made by an anony-
nous correspondent in new weekly
paper started in San Francisco at one
dollar a year: IF you take the So
called Catholic and Irish papers pub
lished throughout the United States
you will find no work that could not
be done by the youngest and most poor
ly paid reporter on daily paper"
We said it was wrong for paper
just born to belittle the labors of ex-
perienced journalists whose hair had
grown gray in the service of ireland
and the Catholic church, and that the
editor and correspondent of the paper
in question had displayed no remark
able ability in the production Of the
first number of their publication. In
the second number, instead of withdraw
ing the offensive statement regarding
editors of Irish and Catholic papers, it
replies to the editor of local contem,
porary, who is layman, and draws a
comparison between priests and lay
men as editors of the Catholic press.
Among other things it says:
"Nhe clerical editors, we may pre-
sumo, are intellectually capable Of
bringing out first rate Catholic pa
per. But, as a rule, they are pastors
as we'll as editors, and in trying to do
the work of the two offices, they do it
badly in both cases. To govern par
isll we'll requires all the work that Is
in a man. To edit paper we'll de-
mands all the work that is in man.
1t is strange how the clerical editors
cannot see this"
The clerical editors of Catholic pa
pers in this country are doing excellent
work, and could certainly do better
work If rhey had more time at their
disposal from parochial duties. News
paper work is always done rapidly by
every editor who has no assistant but
that clerical editor who attends to
paper and parish at the same time does
both works badly does not necessarily
follow.
In order that priest may succeed
as an editor he must have journalistic
instinct and training. No matter how
Intellectually capable he may be in
other directions he must select timely
topics for comment and must be a
ready writer. He may be a man Of
great learning and brilliant talents and
vet be an utter failure at newspaper
work. Sel1nonizing will not pass for
editorial writing. He must be capable
Of writing sprightly when occasion re.
quires, and dispense with the rhetoric
of the pulpit Take the poorest of
clerical editors, however, and he cer-
tainly can do better than "the young
est and most poorly paid reporter on
daily paper"
In speaking Of the lay editor the San
Francisco critic brands him as a very
ignorant fellow. He says:
"a man that teaches any given sub
jet should know his subject, otherwise
he cannot teach 1t. How much do our
lay editors know Of Catholic theology?
OF church history-of all the leading
and controversial questions which have
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

A British author named Morrison
Davidson believes that King Ed
wards empire has found it's grave
yard in South Africa. He quotes the
following stanza from Byron:
'sBelshazzar's grave is made,
Ills kingdom passed away,
He, in the balance weighed,
To light and worthless clay;
The shroud his robe of state;
His canopy the stone;
The Mede is at his gate,
The Persian on his throne"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01
country is undisturbed and free from

country is undisturbed and free from
crime. The leaders Of the people are
being consigned to rrison without
violating any law, and without trial
by jury, to which every British sub
ject is entitled. While judges of the
assizes are receiving white gloves as
a token of the absence Of crime in
Ireland, the representatives of the
people are being treated like criminals
by the agents of Dublin Castle. Sew
eral members of parliament are now
occupying cells in Irlsu jails instead OF
being in their seats at Westminster.
The Anglo-Irish fight of centuries is
being tiercely waged on Irish soil, and
the Celt is getting the worst of it..
How long shall the struggle continue?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

In his speech at the opening of Par
lament King Edward made but one
reference to Ireland as follows: "a
Bill for facilitating the sale and pur-
chase Of land in Ireland will be submit.
ted for your consideration" He ought
to have added that the Bill would
be for the sole benefit of impecunious
landlords whose estates are elephants
on their hands.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

At the coronation of King Edward,
according to ancient custom, cavalier
on caparisoned palfrey will ride into
Westminster Abbey, throw his gauntlet
on the floor, and challenge anyone to
mortal combat who denies Edwards
right to the British throne. A British
Radical named Walter Dighton has an
nounced his intention of meeting this
military hero. If he does not take care
he may find his way to Tyburn, accord
ing to ancient CUSTOM
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

The following news from Pretoria
was received in London recently: "Ten
British soldiers came into camp the
other day without shred of clothing,
the Beers having relieved them of it,
together with their horses, rifles and
ammunition. What barbarians these
''bloody Beers" are!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

The war department may repri-
mand General Wheaton for his criti-
cism Of the official actions of United
States senators who are opposed to
the exterminating policy Of the mill
tary satrap.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

William Redmond and Joseph Dew
lin, members of parliament, sailed
from Queenstown last Wednesday on
the Cymric, for the United States, to
League Of America.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Dawson City recently held mu-
nicipal election which was carried by
Americans who had sworn allegiance
to King Edward in order to control
the administration of affairs in the
Klondike. The vote stood 1888 to
3O4. the Americans winning by a ma
jOrity of 70.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

According to a French periodical nine
bishops and 1852 priests were martyred
in the Far East during the year 1900.
-Four of the bishops and s9 Of the
priests were French, and the others
We're of different nationalities.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

When leaving New York for England
last week Richard Croker said: 'aTam-
many is an organization that will never
die, no matter who the leader may be-
AS for myself, shall always be an
American and a follower of the organi-
cation, and as for my coming back,
well, 1 can only say that I expect to
be buried in this country"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

According to the latest returns from
the British war Office the total losses
in South Africa are 1O4,7 36. In addi-
ton, the Beers took and released
about $4,000 British prisoners And
Salisbury and Chamberlain say they
are proud Of this record!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Chicago, New York and Philadel-
phia have invited President Kruger Of
the South African Republic to visit
the United States next April. 1t is
said he will come, and again it is said
he will not. 1t depends on the state
of his health.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

F. E. Herring, professor Of English at
Notre Dame, is urged to run for con-
gress OH the Democratic ticket. He is
% years old, and in the last presiden-
tial campaign made half a hundred
speeches in Indiana.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

King Edward, it is said, has read
every book that has been written on
the history of the Crimean war. 1t
is not stated whether or not he has
read of all the battles Of the Boer
war.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Butcher General Kitchener is trying
to make the Boer prisoners fight
against the burghers In the field. He
ought to be able to meet De Wet, De-
larey and Botha with the 100000
British troops at his disposal.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Capt. Lewis Bagly, British naval
attache at Washington, has been ate
ing as spy for his government and
must leave the country. He was
gathering secrets of the American
navy and was not satisfied with the
ordinary sources Of information.
England, as our FRIEND" wants to
probe into all American secrets.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

British subjects now in America
are asked to go to South Africa to-
occupy the farms Of the Beers which
have been declared forfeited to the
crown. Houses will be built for them
by the government. The British sub
jects here do not seem to care about
going. They are afraid of being shot
by the evicted Beers.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

DR.. De Costa, the eminent convert,
has begun q series of articles in the
Freeman's Journal on the "Reforma-
tion," and the various phases of the
subject of Anglican Orders.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

The Irish Standard acknowledges
with gratitude the receipt of reports of
the twelfth census of the United States
from Hon. William R. Merriam.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

The new president of the Catholic
Converts League is the Rev. J. A.
Locke, who was formerly curate of
st. Johns chapel in New York. He
is a convert from the Episcopal
church.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

1t is officially denied from Rome that
any manuscript exists in the Vatican
archives revealing that Rizzio was a
priest in disguise with the unfortunate
Mary, queen of Scots.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Admiral Schley was the recipient of
an enthusiastic ovation for three days
In Chicago last week. At the Sdhley
School, named in his honor, the pupils
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

Gen. Fred Funston, the captor of
Aguinaldo, will be the candidate of
the young Republicans for governor
of Kansas next fall.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

The new Ameer of Afghanistan
will allow no British missionaries to
enter his country. His head Is level.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01

President Morrissey, Of the Notre
Dame University, is in critical state
of health from pneumonia.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-01
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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-03-28
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF KINDER

Hal Is The PURPOSE OF KINDER
GARTEN EDUCATION?
1t is to develop the child and all it's
faculties in natural manner, while
checking all propensitieS to evil.
The New Education'' may he re-
garded as analogous to the treat
ment/of plants by Il skilful gardener.
1t is to apply the maternal instinct
intelligently, to make the consci-
entlOus mother in easy circumstal ces
her child's besJ educator during us
tenderest years.
1t is to associate children with
children, in a pure atmosphere, amid
pleasant surroundings, and under a
special guidance, during the three or
four years Intervening between the
nursery and the primary school
1t is to afford children all proper,
rati onal enjoy mert: to supply them
with toys and games, to sing with
games, songs, and plays being all
covert vehicles OF instruction.
1t is to promote children's healthy
activity: later to awaken their imagi-
nation gradually to- the influence OF
the beautiful, the true, and the good; {;
to stimulate their initiative and in
ventive capacity: to aid the develop
men5 of their reason: and to give
those powers free exercise and %
right direction.
1t is to prevent any undue strain on
children's powers, mental or ply sical,
to teach by means Of object lessons
conveyed III plays rather than by
books.
1t is to form wvll-bala need mind,
to discern and bring out gently, but
surely, any latent aptitude for intel
lectual requirements, artistic gifts,
or manual skill.
1t is TO partially relieve parents of
slender means of the charge of their
very young children for part of the
day, and during that time to train
them properly.
1t is finally to prepare children for
school, to fit them for learning more
readily, to sow the first seeds that are
to produce adults of sound mind in
sound body citizens and true
Christians.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-03-28
Political.

A conference of the democratic and
populist COMMITTEES was held in Tope-
ka this week and seems not to have
resulted according to the wishes of
the rank and file of the party for they
failed to agree on any plan of getting
together in the coming election. The
pOpuliStS asked the democrats to
/ ostpone their state convention to
some time in June that both cOnven-
tiOns might be held on the same date
and, in the same city, SO that the del
egates might have an opportunity of
arranging things to the satisfao ion
of their constituents. This was refus-
ed on the theory that it was now too
late to make the change. The popu-
list committee then called a state con-
vention for the latter part of June, to
be held in some city to be selected by
the committee. This action makes it
certain that one of two things will re-
suit, either the democrats will nomi-
nate a ticket satisfactory to the pop
ulists, who will then endorse it in
their convention, or the nominations
being unsatisfactory will put up a
ticket. There is one other solution.
which while it seems unlikely, might
be reached, that is for the democrats
to make certain nominations and
leave other for the populists to fill.
Whatever The result may be in the
state many of the counties will find
some way to nominate SO that county
candidates will receive the full vote
of the opposition to the republican
party. One thing we must all guard
against and that is allowing our par
ty sentiment and action being con-
oiled by the republicans whose aim
will be to so foster strife and discon-
tent between dem ocrats and populists
that they may reap the benefit of u
pitt in our ranks