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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10
CON.NINIC.I T.GN.
Editor OF the age.

Editor OF the age.
AS agriculture is the life, the en-
iStcnce of nations. so all must take |
great interest in it and feel that
all reasonable means should be taken
to prnno.c auN eNcoNr4ge the same.
The fairs greatly he.p ann that -
why they are so well patronlzed.
Some take a greater interest III one
department than another, vet they
Should nc liberal and feel that those
that take Il greater Interest in another
should have their feelings and de
sires in part gratified. Some have
q greater liking for cattle. 1t was
SO with Daniel WebEter, lie liked
large handsome oxen better than
horses. Franklin said that the
farmers that use oxen to do their
work thrive better than those that
used holse.. The most OF our great
men have showed y greater liking
for horses. The horses arc the
great attraction at the fairs. How
close the grand stand is packed
winen he races and horses are
called. They draw largely the Peo-
pie from the other dePal lpente,
For all the horses and races are so
attracuFc, they should not nonnno-
lie and draw nqte thgn their share
OF the money that is taken: II they
do the other departments must SUI
fer. Each should have their share.
There is too much money given for
the races, At our late fair purses
to the a.nourr o! $3.50 were given for
seven RACES, and only I'VE $E:f CON
fined to the COUNTY horses. and had
but half the money been offered the
trotting would have bees mnre m
tercsting and satisfactory. The
Nancy offered should be for the
county horsea. Let it be so and 1t
will greatly encourage tic raising OF
county horses, When the tr"ttlng
was confined to the county horses
the tIotting was much norc lnter=
cstino, as all rather see horses trot
that they know. II the trottlng is
confined to the county horses there
is no need of belonging to the Ma
tional Association. Nh's vii! sgve
some) as the society can give the
Judges power to fine, suspend and
cXpel from their track. 1t is sell
dom there is any trouble from the
county drivers. The trouble comes
mostly from the outsiders
Some claim that the big time that
is made by the outside horses is
what draws the crowd. This is 2
mistake. What the crowd waOts to
see is a sharp and closely contested
race between several horses, if the
| time is not in 40. The trotting
for some of the small purses has
often been more exciting and inter-
esting than ior the $500 purses
where big time was made.
The society has twice offered 2
purse of $Ioo for stock horses, five
or more to enter and be shown with
five or more of their get, each pay
ing 10 per cent. Of the purse. 1t
would be well to offer it again and
haye it opened to all horses owned
in the United States and the Cana
das and if ten horses are entered
the purse to be doubled,
What grander sight would be
seen than to see ten fine horses 50
around the track, each followed 10y
five or more of their sons and
daughters.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10
Principal Conant Of State Normal
School Found Dead in Bed.

Prof. Edward S. Conant, prilci-
pal of the state normal school, was
found dead in bed at Randolph
Monday morning. His death was
brought on by an accident received
at Buffalo during the exposition. He
was - years old, native of Pom
fret. and had been principal of the
state normal school since 1854.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

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the gums. alays all pain, cares whI ,rnI'r.
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Sold by ri druggists in every part of the
world. Twenty-Five cents bottle. BE 81
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r,eu.- and take no other kind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10
At a Glance.

"As a doctor he is splendid di-
asnostican, isn't he:'
"llnc. liz can tell at glance
within tlou.anG dollars II h?W
much man is worth. New York
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10

''fIOneSty is the best policy.
eyes, said Senator Sorghum alb.
stractedly and without looking up
from his desk, "but are we to be
governed in our public conduct by
me.e consideration of policy -
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25
THE LAND BILL PASSED.

The Irish land purchase bill has
passed the house OF commons by an
overwhelming majority, the vote being
317 to 20. Thus, has the great mca-
sure weathered the storm of the OPP
position, and, like the miniature cy
clone, it grew stronger as it proceeded
on it's way. There was great rejoicing
in the commons when the vote was am
John Redmond said that while the bill
was defective in some features it
would, if worked in a reasonable and
moderate spirit, bring the blessings of
peace and prosperity to Ireland. 1t
has been a long time since Il representa-
tive member Of parliament Of Ireland
was heard to speak In the commons
as Mr.. Redmond spoke. The majority
by which the bill passed insures it's
success in the house Of lords, though
we do not expect it will pass that body
without considerable opposition. In
all probability it will be some weeks
before it becomes the duty of the
king to sign it. There is no fear.
however, of the ultimate passage of
the bill. and then we hope to see un-
happy Ireland rejoice as she has not
rejoiced since the act of the union.
How long after the passage Of the
bill will the commission require to get
to work. is question. The Irish ten
ant farmers are very anxious to get to
work for themselves. For many years
they have been working for the 1anil-
lords. but the time is close to hand
when they will be able to call their
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25
TIE THREE-CENI FARE.

The question of inaugurating g.
cent fare on street cars of the Twin
City Rapid Transit system during GER
tain hours of the morning and evening
is not likely to meet with much favor
from the powers that be. for some
time. \ year or so ago there was con-
siderable talk on the merits of the
change, but for some reason the sub.
ject has been lost sight of ever since.
except. perhaps, when some dissatis
fed passenger on the cars objects to
paying an additional nickel, because
his transfer is pronounced no good by
the conductor. Many cities through
out the country have been discussin:
the 3-ccnt fare for some time and
some of them are already sharing the
blessings of it. To a large extent this
question is as yet a subject of discus
sion by commercial bodies. many of
whom do not see or ut least say they
cannot see any particular benefit in it,
as it necessitates larger amount of
labor in the matter of making the
correct change than the benefit accru-
ing therefrom is worth. Cleveland. O..
is one Of those cities that has given
a good deal of thought to this sub
ject, and has gone so far as to invite
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25

souls their own. With the passage Of
the land purchase bill it is to be
hoped a revival of Irish industries
will follow. The factories and mills
that have been closed so long, we
hope, will soon reopen and thus give
lucrative employment to many. There
is no reason why American capital
should not find profitable field for in
vestment. Why will capital let the
endless chain of water power 90 to
waste in Ireland, and go elsewhere to
use steam ut much greater expense?
1t is not to Ike supposed that capital
seeking investment will do SO any
longer. OF course, it is we'll known
that capital invested in Ireland re-
ceived no encouragement from English
manufacturers, but with the land in
the hands Of the tenants, and the land
lord shorn of his feudal powers, Ire
land ought to be happy and prosper
Gus and she will.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25

AS time goes on the opinion pre-
walls more forcibly that Russia is
bound and determined to test the al
lance between Japan and England.
Advices from Feking go to show that
Russia is prepared and willing to go
to war with Japan, provided no other
country joins with the latter. Al
ready the United States has had as.
surances from Russia that our trade
relations in the Orient will not be in
terfered with and this being all our
government wants, it is not concerned
with any difficulties that now exist
or may arise between the government
of the ear and Japan. Picking adj
vices say Russia is confident of de-
feating Japan and thus settling for all
time to come her position to tho
government of Manchuria Russia is
now formulating plans to appease
England, and a visit to Great Britain
by the emperor, it is hoped, will ac-
compliSh this. Thus will Japan be left
to stop Russian activity on the Yalu
river, which appears to be more ir-
ritating to Japan than the retention
of Manchuria. If Russia succeeds iii
carrying out her program, there will
be no war, and England and Japan
will have tie modification of seeing
Russia in possession of all the terri
tory she has so coveted for many
years past.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25
LEO XIII is DEAD.

Pope Leo MIL is dead. He passed
away in his quiet and unadorned
room in the vatican last Monday after
noon at i o'clock Without utteriny
murlnur he lay in the agony and
shadow of death for more than two
weeks. Not even once during these
long and terrible hours of suffering
and distress id he complain. Often
did he apologize to his physicians and
attendants for the extra hours of labor
and care they were bestowing on him.
He cared little for himself, but grieved
for those around him, and consoled
them by his blessing from time to
time. His fortitllde in the face of
death was what those acquainted with
his sanity life might expect. His
kindness, gencrousncss and lovable dis
position remained with him to the
last, and when the time came he closed
his eyes, and with peacefulness over
spreading his benign face he calmly
and cheerfully awaited the call that
was to welcome him to- his great eter-
nal reward
Nothing that can be said or written
OF Leo NH can do full justice to him
as pope. scholar or statesman. AS pope
he was the equal of amy and superior
to milny of his predecessors. His name
was IL household word of reverence
even in the land of the Mohammcdan.
Men of all nations loved him for his
ln:luty of character, his simplicity of
life. his noble virtues, his Sanctity, his
great Sulcitutle for the welfare of MAN.
kind and the peace of the world. Their
advancement and prosperity were his
joy: their troubles were his atllictons.
Is ii amy wonder that the whole world
mollrlAS his death? AS scholar he had
no superior. Educated from early
youth he never ceased to be the at
Though a prisoner Within the wallis of
the vatican. he kept in touch with the
Inltions of the world. Nothing of i'm
pOrtancr that related to the Church or
the uplifting of the human race escaped
his watchful eye. What endless care
he exercised for every nation and
everything. His personal concern for
the whole world made him familiar
with everything in it. His learning
and scholarly attanmcnts brought
him the admiration of all, even the
ruling molllrchs of the earth who low
cd TO visit him and profit by his wise
counsel When ruling powers dis;l-
greed they called upon him to nrbi-
trate. AS statesman he was the peer
of all, recognized as such by ALL
Problems of state he solved with ease
and the world will never know how he
solved them. Verify, he was the great
est man of his time. His loss is world
wide, but almost irrepurlblc to the
Church: which will mourn his death.
for her loss is great.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25

The Kansas City Star is the first
newspaper in America to build a paper
mill for it's own use. The star like all
other publications, has been grooming
under the heavy prices that the paper
monopoly has been eXacting for long
time from all it's customers. 1t has
seen the folly of its way and is now
independent Of the trust The exam.
pie set by the Star should be copied by
the press Of the northwest If tho
great dailies Of the Twin Cities could
only sec their advantages as the Star
did, they could have all their paper
for almost one-half they are paying
now, besides furnishing others with
good quality Of paper at much less
rates and at big profit to themselves.
The Star is obliged to go to Canada
for their pulp, which adds consider
ably to the cost of manufacturing it
into paper. We have in Minnesota
millions of cords of pulp wood that
would supply the northwestern mar
ket for years. There is no better ma
terial for the manufacture of good
paper than that to be found in the for.
ests of Itasca county. There are al
ready two small paper mills in this
state; one at Little Falls and the
other at Grand Rapids, but as the
amount Of capital behind these fac.
tories is so limited, the output is con.
scluently very small. No better place
for the construction of paper mill
could be had than on the Bigfork
river on the upper rapids, right in the
heart of the pulp wood region. Water
power in abundance could be had for
almost nothing. The only reason we
can see for the non-existence of q
good paper mill in this TERRITORY ia
that those who would be most hene.
fitted by it are in ignorance of what
good things are right at their very
doors. Will our enterprising city
press look into this matter and see for
themselves and profit by what thev
see? Or will they continue to he hled
by the paper monopoly?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25

Our Republican friends, who backed
up the governments policy in the far
East, will find little consolation in the
figures recently published on the
amount OF commerce done with the
Philippines during the last fiscal year,
According to the figures just ISSUED
these islands purchased only $1,000,
ooo worth OF our goods during that
time. Even Alaska, with it's few
thousand inhabitants, bought more
goods than did the Philippines. Our
imports from the latter are so per
cent larger than our exports to that
country. Here is something for those
friends of the administration, who
could not see the wisdom of letting
these islands alone, to explain. 1t is
certainly very plain to all unbiased
thinking men that our possessions in
the East will prove a very costly aft.
fair. Where is all the trade gone that
we heard SO much about some time
ago: We can recall without much
difficulty the many windy arguments
in favor of holding the Philippines, in
which it was shown, rather in which
rhe speakers tried to show, how our
trade that had been handicapped in
the East, would soon increase an
hundred fold. Yet the fiscal year
just closed shows that we did more
business with little Hawaii than witt
all the Philippine group.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25

All Christcn1om no;lrns the death of
Pope leo NH. How true this is can
he gathered from the beautiful tributes
paid his memory by some of the Prot
estant clergy of our city. Though of
different faith they saw in Leo the
greatest pope that has adorned the
chair of st. Peter. They admire him
not only for his great scholarly at
tainment but for his many special
virtues and truly do they regard his
death as Il great and almost irrepar-
able loss to the entire world. We here
quote 4 few of their many glowing
eulogies to his life and virtues:
Rev. William Fielder. presiding elder
of the Methodist church:
"1n the passing of Leo NH. the re-
ligious world has sustained q distinct
loss. Though Il Catholic of the Cath
Olics. he was Il man of broad vision.
liberal sentiments and generous i'm
pulses. He had the eye of seer and
the heart of an apostle. He used his
tremendous influence for his peoples
good. for humanity's betterment and
for Gods glory. His sterling character
and his ulrdying devotion to the inter-
ests transmitted to him by his prede-
cessors commanded universal attention
and won worldwide admiration. Sci
dom. if ever, has the chair of Saint
Peter BEEN more ably filed or more
highly honored"
Rev. Irving P. johnson, Rector Geth-
semaale Episcopal parish: sit is very
difficult to express an opinion on the
character of Il man so isolated as the
pope. In entering upon his Office, The is
so fettered by the preceoents Of his
position, so bound by the limitations
of his personal freedom, and so cut off
by the exalted character of his position
that the ordinary American has few
ways of learning the character OF tllf
man-but certainly Leo NH. has ad
ded much to tile luster and taken moth
ing from THE re>own of his high sta.
ion. He has been universally admired
in his life: he certainly deserves oui
highest reverence in his DEATH
Rev. George r. Merrill. Superintend.
ent Of Congregational Home Mission
airy society: Tho most pronounced!
Protestant may he permitted his trih
ute of respect to one who has hello
himself so worthily in the exalted re-
lation in which he stood to so many
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25

At last Emperor William of Ger
many has made up his mind to run
his own household. For long time
his sons were his special care. His
daughter Louise was the only one III
the family who ever had the temer-
lty to walk right up to her father and
tell him what she thought as well as
ask what she wanted and she always
had her way. So much did her father
humor her that at times she was an
object of hatred to her brothers, who,
though older, had to go through their
daily exercises as if they were ordin-
ary soldiers. But the emperor has
turned over q new leaf and now his
daughter Louise can be found by her
admiring callers at certain times Of
the day with her kitchen apron on and
her scrub brush in her hand, ready
for business. What fine example to
80 many of our American millionaires'
wives, whose ambition Is 10 keep their
daughters dressed in the height Of
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25

millions of the Christian world. have
long: admired. that familiar face of
strict Puritan type, with its lofty fore
head, keen eye and facile lips, which
has proved itself true index of the
man."
Rev. A. B. Marshall, Pastor First
Presbyterian church: LEO XIII. was
not only man of great age but of
great ability. He was also good man,
Because Of his appreciation of the
times and lovable character he had Il
hold ON the world greater than that of
any predecessor for ages. He will be-
long remembered as the grand old man
of the Vatican"
Marion ID. Shutter OF the Church Of
the Redeemer (Universalist.)-
In the passing Of Pope Leo the
greatest figure III .... .stelxom has
gone. From the sick-chamber Of that
magnificent man, in his heroic strug-
gle, went forth an influence that will
work for unity and peace i'll the relig-
icus world. There is not Christian
OF ANY denomination who does not feel
that, in the loss of the Catholic church,
the whole world is bereaved. The pope
is to be remembered and honored, in
part at least, OH account of the great
office which he held, from which he
swayed the minds of millions. This
spiritual successor of the Caesars eX-
ercised dominion over more souls than
Rome ruled in her pal1niest days, and
he ruled by wisdom, truth and love,
No civil power backed his edicts or
buttressed his authority. He used his
great Office to uplift and bless the
world. The church was his instIu-
mentality and humanity his aim. His
career is a standing testimony to the
fact that religion is still the chief
agency in reforming and civilizing the
world. He applied the principles of
religion to the solution Of the social
problems that veX the world, and in
those principles alone is there hope of
solution. Under the reign of Leo, the
Catholic church became, to a large
extent, an influence for peace and order
in a world of strife and conflict l
speak as Il Protestant of the Protes-
tants, as one who believes that the fin
al authority in religion and elsewhere
is reason; but 1 should he false to the
facts of history and to my own COLI
victions if l did not recognize the
power for good that the Catholic
church has exercised in the world.
And under no. pontitf has that power
been more widely and beneticiently
exercised than under him from whose
dead hand the scepter fell today
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25

\ number of Minneapolis grain men
took in the crop conditions in South
Dakota last week. They were sur
Driseu to find wheat looking much
better than they expected. The OUT
look, they say, is exceptionally good
for all kinds Of grain, and they pre-
dict IL larger wheat yield than for
many years. This is really good news
from our southwestern neighbor. We
hope North Dakota will do as well,
though reports from that state are not
SO iatterng. The present outlook for
our own state would Indicate Il good
average crop.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-25
Pioneer Press

Not the Catholic world only, but all
Christendom, feels deeply the death of
Leo XIII. For days the people of
every nation have been watching with
anxiety, admiration and wonder the
aged pontiff's struggle with the i'll
evitable. That man of his years,
loaded with responsibilities, burdened
with a weak and weakening frame
should by the power of his will resist
the onset of death for over Il fortnight
and retain to the last the clearness of
mind and that cheerfulness of disDo-
sition which had won for him the adj
miration of the world has seemed lit
tie short Of miraculous. 1t has re
vealed a store of intellectual and spirit
ual energy which. though it had long
arrested attention. had not before been
thoroughly appreciated. There are few
men in the world who combine such
greatness of intellect and greatness OF
spirit. such sound Judgment and such
tact in their dealing with men as did
Leo NH. That such Il man should
have occupied fer over a quarter of Il
century Il position from which he could
exert an influence greater than that of
any other individual has been of im-
measurable advantage to the world.
His death is therefore Il loss that is
not unlikely to prove irreparable. His
place cannot easily be filed. 1t is the
consciousness of this fact which COM
bines with the general admiration of
his ability and character to make the
world feel more deeply the death of
Leo than it would that of any other
potentate.