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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The official North German Gazette
peats the assertion that on April IA,
1898, Lord Pauncefote, the British
chum Of John Hay, proposed a joint
European note to the United States de-
claring that American Intervention in
Cuban affairs was unjustifable. If
this statement is again denied by
Great Britain, the documents relating
to the matter will be published by the
German official organ. Speak out
John Bull, if you dare. Germany has
got you on the hip.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Rear-Admiral w. T. Sampson was
superannuated on last Monday. He
is Of "Scotch-Irish" descent, his par
ents having come from the North Of
Ireland five years before he was born.
In religion he is n Presbyterian. His
attempt to deprive Admiral Schley Of
the glory Of the great victory at San
tiago has rendered him somewhat I'M
popular in his old age. Had he been
a real Celt he would have acted more
magnanimously and been less of a
naval snob.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15
William X. Redmond and JOSEF

William X. Redmond and Joseph
Deylin, the Irish ENJOYS, arrived in
New York last Monday on the Cymric
after pleasant voyage. Mr.. Red
mond says that England is afraid of
the Irish, and that Salisbury sounded
the alarm in his recent speech. A
Dublin dispatch says that England is
not afraid, because she has $4,000
armed police in Ireland in fortified
barracks, besides a military garrison
exceeding $4,000. There ought to be
men enough in Ireland to drive them
all out with blackthorn sticks.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The constitution of the United
States forbids American citizens to ac-
cept titles of honor from foreign rul-
ers. Article I, section 8, reads as fol-
lows: "No title Of nobility shall be
granted by the United States. And
no person holding any Office of profit
or trust under them shall, without the
consent of the Congress, accept of
any present, emolument, Office or title
Of any kind whatever from any King,
Prince or foreign State"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

are usually the victims, for the doors
are generally opened all day for wor-
shippers. The pastors Of Catholic
churches find it necessary to connect
an electric alarm from the poor box
to the rectory, and the thief is caught
before making his exit. The tender
hearted priest frequently lets the
thief go unpublished instead of hand
ing him over to a policeman. The
thief who takes money from a poor
box is the meanest thief of all and
should be shown no mercy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

II regret to report" says Kitchener,
"that though surrounded and pursued
by twenty-three columns of my
troops, De Wet escaped capture at
my hands," or words to that effect.
The British butcher-in-chief also
informs the war Office that the Boer
general lost his last gun and left
some smoking tobacco behind for the
Tommies. We venture to say that De
Wet has yet few pom-poms left to
welcome the Anglo-Saxons to hospit-
able graves on the veldts.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Mother England has been robbed of
$4O,O0O,OOO during the Anglo-Boer war
by collision between army officers
and horse dealers. The "embalmed
beef" scandal during the Spanish.
American war was a mere bagatelle
in comparison with that gigantic rob
berry. What noble patriots these
Anglo-SaXons are. They have always
an eye to business at the expense of
the government they love so we'll.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

situations as to make the English lam
guage a desirable political end with
view of peace in the Philippines? Is
Switzerland less republican Tor less
united because her Cantons use three
languages? Whey then should not
the Tagals and Visayas be left the use
Of their own under the American flag?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Says VIM. J. Bryan in his paper:
Some of the enthusiastic friends of
The Commoner exaggerate the income
from the paper while unfriendly crit
les belittle the papers success. The
fact is that the receipts have exceed
ed the expenditures sufficiently to in
sure the success of the enterprise, but
not sufficiently to relieve the editor of
the necessity of lecturing occasionally.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The Dublin Freeman says that thir-
ty-six Irish Nationalist members were
absent at the opening of the British
parliament and that had they been
present the government would have
been defeated on a division. The
Tories had majority Of only thirty
one, it having dwindled down to that
from 100. The Irish members should
attend to their parliamentary duties
or resign.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15
while her competitors are forging
ahead in leaps and bounds.

This is the latest Irish bull max.
ing the rounds of the press: "In a
Dublin paper some time since was a
biographical notice of Robespierre
which concluded as follows: This ex-
traordinary man left no children be-
hind him except one brother, who was
killed at the same time'" The
clumsy bull is evidently the product of
the dull brain of some Johnny Bull.
There's nothing Irish about it.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The Ladysmith correspondent Of the
London News says that the Beers in
the field are surprisingly numerous
and well equipped, and that they are
being reinforced by rebels from Cape
Colony. We are exceedingly glad to
hear such cheering news from an en-
envy of the brave burghers.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

England has found an ally at last.
1t is Japan. The two countries have
entered into a solemn compact for five
years to preserve the integrity of
China and protect it from other grasp
ing powers. The Empress Dowager
does not appear to relish their ,disin-
terested friendship and will closely
watch their movements.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Who is the "chief horse expert of
the United States army" who has been
helping the British in the purchase of
horses for the South African war?
Congress should make an Investigation
into the matter to disclose his identity
and hold him up to the contempt of
the American people.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

1t was Abraham Lincoln, whose
birthday anniversary was celebrated
on Feb. IL, who said that "a govern
ment of the people, by the people, and
for the people, shall not perish from
the EARTH" Similar governments to
ours are being destroyed in South AZ
RIGA, and the Republican eulogists Of
Lincoln never referred to them in
their orations.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Says Bishop McFaul: Some one has
said that we need an apostolate of the
laity under the guidance and inspira-
ton, Of course, of the Church. No
truer words were ever uttered. The
propagation Of truth, the promotion
of our interests must not be left to
the clergy alone. We are powerless
without the strong, loyal arm Of the
laity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The decrease in British imports and
exports last year, as compared with
the previous year, has a very depress-
ing effect on the "nation of shop
Keepers" The decrease in exports in
round numbers was 100000, 900, and in
imports $4,0O0,00O. England is on the
down grade in trade and commerce,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

A correspondent of Reynolds News
paper in South Africa says: 81 can
assure you this war will last another
five years. warn any young fellow
from coming out here until the war is
over. do not wish to see the down.
fall of England; but If she doesn't
wake up she is doomed"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Miss Alice Roosevelt, the Presi-
dents daughter, will attend the corona
ton ceremonies in London with
Whitelaw Reid. The young lady
should not be severely criticised for
going. What difference does it make,
one way or the other?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

A resolution was introduced in the
British parliament the other day in
favor Of taking away some of the
Irish seats and giving them to the
colonies. The resolution was voted
down. Canada and Australia have par
liaments of their own and care for no
representation at Westminster. The
Irish would be glad to leave London
and make their own laws in Dublin.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

A writer in Melbourne paper says
that six thousand Australians lost
their lives in fighting for England in
South Africa. Out Of 11,773 men who
left Australia, only $500 returned.
and "they were glad to get home with
whole Skins" Good for the Beers!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

King Ned of Anglo SaXony enter
tanned forty-two guests at MARI
borough House last Saturday night,
and among them was our own Joe
Choate, the Anglomaniac, who misrep-
sents his country at the Court of St.
James.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Minister WI is an advocate of the
rights of American women and thinks
that women accused of crime should
be tried by jury of women before a
woman on the bench. Why doesn't
WI advocate such rights for the
small-footed and down-rodden women
Of China? Reform, like charity,
should begin at home.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The O'Growney funeral fund is
growing. The Gael has already COL
lected about $500, which is about one
third of the amount required to trans
fer the remains Of the patriotic priest
from California to ireland,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

'Innominato," the Roman cores
pondent of the New York Sun, says
that Pope Leo discussed politics with
ambassadors ut the receptions on
New Years Day and ran over the
whole range Of European questions.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15
cone says there is not pro-Boer in
Canada. The loyalty Of the Canad-
ians is not creditable to them.

1t is reported that three Yankees
who have rejected Christianity are
preaching Mohammedanism to the Fill
ipinos. The converts of the friars turn
a deaf ear to their false doctrine.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Only 5000 persons can see King
Edward crowned in Westminster
Abbey, and each person will occupy
but sixteen inches Of space in the
venerable temple to accommodate that
number.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

eff Ireland were volcanic and
should sink into the sea some night"
said Robert Louis Stevenson, "the
world would be bereft of more than
half Of it's poetic and imaginative peo-
pie"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The. thief who steals the contents
of poor, box in church is guilty of
more than petty larceny, even if he
finds but dime in the box. Rob-
bling poor boxes is a common crime in
the large cities, and Catholic churches
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Fred Funston calls Gen. Wheaton,
his companion in arms, "the American
Kitchener" It is a very apt appella-
ton, and is very applicable to the
military despot in the Philippines.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

Iceland is about to obtain home rule
from Denmark. When will Ireland
obtain it from England? Echo an
swers: when England is beaten to
her knees by some first-class power"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The contents of Donahoe's Magazine
for February are quite attractive in
both prose and poetry. The subscrip-
tion of this popular Catholic periodical
is $500 per year.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The Canadian troops in South AZ
RIGA are being badly treated by the
British officers. And yet Lord Strath-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-02-15

The American people, irrespective
of party, fervently hope that President
Roosevelt's eldest son will recover
from his severe attack of pneumonia.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-04

ICToR HUGO has been
called "the most remark
able monument of a CEN
fury of her (France's) his
tory" Small wonder then
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-04

of wood. When the fire has commune
Gated to the layer of wood and the
lower layer of coal and tongues of
flame begin to shoot from the crew
ices in the sides of the heap, spread
earth over the entire heap. This earth
should be previously loosened by plow-
ing several burrows about the heap.
The earth thrown upon the pile damps
the drafts and retards the combustion.
The figure shows the arrangement Of
the materials in rough way.
Steam and smoke escape slowly dur
ing the first few hours, but later the
entire heap, including the covering of
earth, is heated to dull red glow.
The burning goes on slowly for several
days, the interior sometimes being hot
for several weeks. When the stone in
the lower part of the heap has reached
an advanced state of calcination por-
ton of the outer layer of lime some
times slips down. When this occurs
fresh covering of earth must be ap-
piled at once, lest the exposed part act
as vent and the top and sides fail to
be properly calcined.
In some LOCALITIES the heap is COW
cred with earth before the fire is kim
died, openings or vents being left at
the top, where the steam and smoke
may escape. When the smoke stops
these openings are closed.
The quantity of fuel used in this
Center county plan is approximately
one ton of coal for each 100 bushels of
lime, though a heap of 5000 bushels is
sometimes satisfactorily burned with
20 tons of coal. The ratio of coal to
lime ranges from 1885 to Is, or, esti-
mating on the basis of compact lime
stone yielding 80 bushels of lime to
the perch, one ton of coal will burn
from 8 13 to five perches. The change
that takes place in making lime from
limestone or other forms of calcium
carbonate is the loss of carbonic acid
gas through the agency of heat, con-
verting the stone into calcium oxide
or lime. Upon complete combustion
100 pounds of pure calcium carbonate
will yield Sc pounds of lime. - Ohio
Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-04
STILL HARD AT WORK.
Good Roads Association Considers
Spring Splendid Time for
Missionary Work.

The Good Roads association is still
active in it's work of improving the
highways of the country. Winter and
spring is the time to make converts
to the good cause, because then the
roads are bad. This is big country,
and much of it is comparatively new.
The expense of proper road building
is great, but it will come gradually, as
it has in the older countries of Europe.
The aim in making a road is to estab-
fish the easiest, shortest and most
economical line of travel, and that it
Is therefore desirable that roads
should be firm, smooth, comparatively
level and fit for use at all seasons Of
the year. They should be properly
located SO that their grades shall be
such that loaded vehicles may be
drawn over them without great loss
of energy; properly constructed, The
roadbed graded, shaped and rolled,
and surfaced with the best available
material suited to their needs. The ex-
tension of rural mail delivery will en-
courage better road system.-Chica-
go Daily Sun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-04
NEW ROAD MATERIAL.
Sticky Mud. known as Gumbo, baked
Over Wood Fires, Almost as
Good AS Stone.

Nowhere in the United States are
the present roads poorer or better
ones more needed than in some parts
of the Mississippi valley. The prob
lem of improvement in this region,
moreover, has seemed peculiarly diff
cult because there are no Lodges of
rock of kind suitable for making
good road material.
But now, behold! out of the very
excess of badness-out of the sticky,
clinging, almost bottomless mud into
which the roads are converted every
spring and autumn-comes the ma
terial which is to work their salvation.
This material is burnt gumbo, the very
mud which makes the roads SO bad,
baked over wood, fires until it becomes
one of the best road building materials
known.
The credit of making the first prac-
teal application of this discovery be-
longs to the railroads. For several
years they have been using burnt gum
DO as ballast for their road-beds in H.
hnois, Missouri, Iowa and other states
of the middle west. 1t was first intend
ed as substitute for crushed rock in
regions where rock could not easily be
obtained; but it demonstrated its SUI
periority so plainly that it is now used
extensively even where Lodges are
abundant.
The mud is really an impure, exceed
ingly sticky clay. The process of pre-
pairing it for use upon the road is very
simple. Cord wood is piled in low
pyramid eight or ten feet wide. Over
this is thrown three or four inches Of
coal slack, and on this again is placed
from 10 to 20 inches of mud. When the
wood is fired slow combustion goes
on, which converts the mud into small,
sharp-cornered and exceedingly hard
pieces, so that the product has the ap-
pearance of red gravel.
The railroads find that they can
make and deliver the gumbo on board
the cars at cost of Is to IS cents q
cubic yard; but when burned in more
primitive fashion and on a smaller
scale, as is usually the case on country
highways, the cost is slightly greater.
Roads covered with this material are
never muddy or dusty. They keep free
from snow and ice, are slow to get out
of repair, and weeds or grass will not
grow on them. The supply of mud is
unlimited, its preparation simple and
cheap. A writer in the Review of Re
views declares that five years of syste-
matte and intelligent work with burnt
gumbo would make the principal coun-
try roads as passable all the year round
as paved city street, and at little
more cost than the amount now wasted
in working the road" -Youth's Com
panion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-04
One Hundredth Birth
day Of Victor Hugo ~
France Will Celebrate the Day n February 26, and
Pay Honor to the Great Writer'S Memory.

parte. His mother brought her three
vigorous, spirited boys up with a firm
hand, but allowed them unusual free
dom in their reading, for which free
dom Victor asserted he was much in.
debted to her In the pleasant old
garden surrounding their Paris house
the boys had their lessons with their
tutor, and there in the garden
sprung up in the heart of Victor his
lifelong love for books and sunshine
and trees. In 1911 his father had his
family join him in Spain, and in
that country the boy felt the influ-
ence of high military and court life;
and though his stay in Spain was a
short one his writings show that the
experience left its impress on the inn
questionable youth. When the FAM
lily returned to Paris Victor was sent
to school to the Pension Cordier and
for three years received drill in the
usual subjects.
Hugo's career began during the
days of the Restoration, when
Charles X. sat on the tottering
throne, and the youthful Hugo wrote
ardent lines on the benefits of row.
atty; he who afterwards was the
most irrepressible of radicals, the in
sistent enemy of kings and priests.
But times change and minds change,
and the world moves on.
After his royalist odes Victor Hugo
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-04
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HOW LIME IS BURNED.
Description of the Method Approved
by the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture,

AS practiced in Center county, Pa,
the burning of lime in heaps is done
bout as follows: A convenient piece
of ground is cleared and made level to
secure fit platform. A layer or two
of good, well-seasoned cordwood is put
down, and between the chinks of the
wood shavings, straw and light kin
ding wood are placed. Upon the wood
is then placed layer of the stone,
which has been reduced to pieces the
sic of double fist, or perhaps some
what larger. Care must be taken to
leave chinks between the stones. This
layer of stone should be about ten
inches thick. In some cases temporary
wooden fues are erected and filled
with straw, then when the straw burns
out the fire has temporary vent.
These are placed at the center, if the
heap is round, or, if it is oblong, at
each end, and the stone and coal are
piled up about them. When one of
these fues burns out it should be
damped with piece of sod or stone.
Upon this first layer of stone is spread
layer of coal, then another layer of
stone az inches thicll), then coal
again, and SO on till the heap is as high
as practicable. The object is to get
most of the coal in the lower layers.
so that it's heat will not be wasted.
Thus the layers of coal at the top of
the heap are much thinner than the
lower layers.
When the heap is finished, kindle q
fire under the shavings and first layer
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-03-04


about to commemorate with enthu-
siasm and expression of great love
and reverence the one hundredth an
niversary of the birth of this re-
mar1lable man. Victor Hugo was
born February 20, 1902, and February
26, 1902, the French have set apart
as the chief day of the fetes that are
to be held in his honor. The celebra-
ton is to last six days-from Febru-
airy rs to March 1, inclusive.
Folk of low and high degree are to
take part in the celebration. Rep
resentatives of French art and liter
allure, statesmen and soldiers will
share with the masses in the observ-
ance of the birthday of Victor Hugo,
poet, dramatist, novelist, patriot and
exponent of social democracy.
The dedication of monument to
Victor Hugo in the Square DIES Vosges
will probably be the most splendid
function of the six days celebration.
President Loubet, the members of
the cabinet and the municipal Off
GERS will have seats upon a platform
facing No. S, Hugo's house; choir is
to render musical selections based on