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The Irish standard., 1903-01-17

minister oficiate at the funeral. They
failed, and made a disgraceful scene at
the burial of their relative. The Rev.
H. ]. Untrant had said the last pray
ers at the grave in the Catholic cem-
etery, and the pallbearers We're about
to lower the remains into their last
resting place, when one of the mourn.
ers"-if mourning can be associated
with such behavior-drew horse
whip from the folds of her gown and
struck at the priest with it. A man,
especially priest, is at disadvant-
age with a feminine assailant; but the
sexton succeeded in wrestling the whip
from the virago's hands. She then
picked up handful of sand and threw
it into the priests face. What hap
py life the departed Catholic must
have led if she had to spend much
time with these amiable relatives!
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Why 2

1. Some say alcohol gives strength.
If so, why do athletes abstain while
training for race or other contests
requiring strength?
2. Some say alcohol gives endurance
If so, why do great employers of labor
cut off the supply of drink when work
of an especially arduous or heightened;
nature is required?
3. Some say alcohol gives heat. If
so, why do travellers in the Arctic
regions who take drink succumb to the
cold, while total abstainers remain I'm.
harmed?
4. Some say alcohol is good in hot
countries. If so, why did Stanley re-
fuse it to his men during his forced
march across Africa in search of Emin
Pasha?
5. Some say alcohol steadies the
nerves. If so. why do surgeons alb.
stain before performing delicate on
GRAFTON?
G. Some say alcohol sustains the
health. If so. why do insurance COM
panies take total abstainers at a lower
premium than others?
Z. Some say it is dangerous sudden
lv to give up the use of alcohol IF So
why do prisoners. most of whom aro
Obliged suddenly to abstain, improve
in health?
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"The Eternal City,"

However, we have here only to dis
cuss the religious feature of this pc
culiar drama, say Rev. John Talbot
Smith of "The Eternal City, in Janu-
airy Donahoe's. Mr.. Caine has in
troduced the Pope into the play, with
the title of Plus x. His (stage) Holl-
ness is presented as the centre Of
handsome scene in the Vatican gar
dens on fine day. The panorama of
Rome stretches away i'm the Instance
to the purple hills. In his white
soutane, white zuchetto, or skull-cap,
golden cross, seated on dais whose
bench is covered with red draperies,
the old gentleman looks very we'll, and
very STACEY. There is nothing of at
mosphere in the scene, except in the
venerable old monk who attends the
Pope as his confessor, and who looks
as if he had just stepped out of Ca.
ruchin cell. Many people come and
go,observing the most perfect etiquette.
Each conner genuf1ects three times,
and usually on the wrong knee, be-
fore arriving in the presence. There
is an ecclesiastic in the habit of a
monsignore, but wearing a pectoral
cross, who never removes his skull
cap in the Pope's presence. However,
these inaccuracies are trifling, bu they
arouse in the experts the temptation to.
laugh. Mr.. Caine is at his worst in
the language Of this scene. At the
beginning the Pope, reminded by the,
name of the hero of the play Of Incl
dents in his own life, tells his confess
sor Of the young man, an officer in the
Pope's guard who married, left his
wife and child for little while to 20
ON political mission, and returned to
find his child lost and his wife dead
from persecution carried on by his
own family; thereupon disgusted with
the world, he becomes priest, devotes
himself to the poor, and finally be-
comes Pope Plus x. Thereby the
audience learns that the Pope is the
father of the hero, and gets ready for
developments. Plus x has sent for
the heroine, Roma Volonna, to per-
suade her to testify against her lover.
as the best thing for her, her lover and
society in general. The arguments of
His (stage) Holiness are confusing and
even ridiculous, but the heroine
writhes under them as if Aquinas him.
self delivered them.
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DR.. B. F. De Costa.

Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas f..
Kennedy, D. D., rector of the Amer
lean College, Rome, sailed last week
from New York by the Kaiser Will
Benjamin f. DeCosta and Mr.. Alvah
w. Doran, both converts from the
Protestant Episcopal ministry, who
will pursue theological studies at
Rome with the purpose of being Or
dained to the priesthood. Mgr. Ken
needy succeeded in his task of raising
$4,000 to pay off the debt on the col,
lege 1t is said that John Wanna
maker contributed $4,000 of this
amount, and that the vessel upon
which the rector sailed carries com
plete base ball outfit for the students,
also the gift of Mr.. Wanamaker, who
has pleasant recollections Of a game he
witnessed while visiting the American
College. In accordance with his Gus
tom regarding gifts. no confirmation
of this report could be obtained from
Mr.. Wanamaker.
The desire to become a priest on the
part of DR.. DeCosta, who is sixty-five
wears old and widower, his wife hav-
ing died two years ago, recalls the
fact that Lord Thyme. an English
peer and a clergyman of the Church Of
England. and also a widower. became
a Catholic at the age of seventy years,
and afterwards priest. dying few
wears ago as rector of a Catholic
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f elected by the legislature Of his state,
and Republican politicians outside Of
Utah should not interfere in the con-
tnct
CHAMBERLAIN IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The British statesman who inAugust
1896 declared that war in South Africa
would leave the embers of a strife
which generations would hardly be
long enough to extinguish," and who
four years afterwards sent an army
of half million soldiers to destroy the
two Boer republics and change them
into British colonies, is now on tour
of inspection in the land Of the burgh-
ers, and if reports from London be true
it would have been better for him to
have remained at home.
When the Boer generals appealed to
Chamberlain for liberal concessions to
enable the burghers to resume their
agricultural pursuits, he upbraided
them for their lack of appreciation of
what Great Britain had already done.
There is where he made a mistake
which he may have occasion to regret
before long. He ought to have known
that he cannot make new Ireland
out of South Africa while the Beers are
permitted to carry arms. One war
with the Beers is enough for England
in one generation, and there will be TWO
if Chamberlain does not change his
imperious tone in addressing the brave
men who played havoc with the best
generals of England and made them
the laughing stock of the world.
The Boer generals asked Chamber
lain to grant amnesty to the Cape reb
els and to abolish the colonial con-
stabulary This he refused to do. He
ought to have known that the Dutch
and British must live together side
by side in the two late republics and
in Cape Colony and Natal, and that the
aim of wise statesman should be to
remove all possible causes of friction
and discomfort. He ought to have
known that there can be no real peace
in South Africa until the two races
are brought to live side by side in mod
crate friendship But Chamberlain
is not statesman, and hence MS visit
to South Africa will do more harm
than good.
The war in South Africa has added
one billion dollars to the taxation of
Great Britain and Ireland. From the
beginning to the close Of the war Great
Britain's loss in killed and disabled
exceeded 100000 men, not including
$4,000 prisoners captured by the Beers.
1t was the most disastrous war in which
England ever engaged, and had not the
British attacked the women and chill
dren they could have never conquered
the gallant farmers of the veldts. The
man who is mainly responsible for the
loss Of life, of money and of prestige
is Joe Chamberlain, and if he does
not take care he will start another
war in the dark continent. In his
opening address to the Beers lie told
them to forget the past and make up
their minds to live in peace with the
English hereafter How can they for
get the past? The man who is re.
spOnSible for all their woes and who
has deprived them of independence
will discover that the Beers may for
give but cannot forget.
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church. His daughter, who married

church. His daughter, who married
the Earl Of Kenmarc, was also a con
vert.
DIR. De Costa was rector of the Pro,
estant Episcopal Church Of St. John
the Evangelist at Eleventh street anG
Waverly place, New York, up to four
years ago, when he embraced the
Catholic faith. He has studied I. grea'
deal since and it is quite likely that ii
will be necessary for him to take only
a very short course before being or
damned a priest. His return is looked
for i'll little more than year. Mr.,
Doran's attachments are also of a
character that will materially shorten
his course.
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or Of their perjury to the needs of the
Church? suppose there is no Christ
ian body in the United States whose
members give proportionately as much
money as Catholics do. The vast
majority belonging to this Church are
among the poorest in the country-yet
every loyal member feels it his bound
Ell duty to give to the vel, utmost
Of his ability. When realize how
large portion of their hardearned
wages these poor people cheerfully give
to the support of their Church and
other institutions, I blush for the
meagre sums many of our rich people
think sufficient to contribute to the
cause Of religion.
eve ought to honor Catholics for the
frank and open manner in which, not
withstanding popular misrepresenta-
lions, they pay their tribute of rever-
ence to holy things.
"Another point which it seems to me
calls for our admiration is the supreme
Importance attributed by Catholics to
the religious education Of their chill
dren. Viewing the matter from their
standpoint, we must admit that they
are justified in establishing their own
schools, where their children may be
taught the religion which they profess.
The absolute necessity of intoxicating
the truths of religion while the child
is yet in it's most impressionable stage
is one which is generally recognized by
all parties. Bodies other than Cath
olics attempt to do this in Sunday
schools. Catholics believe that such
teaching of religion is not sufficient.
They desire that religion shall enter
into the daily life of the child and that
knowledge of it shall go hand in
hand with secular studies. Who shall
say that they are wrong? Certainly
the fact that they willingly bear the
great expense Of supporting their pa
rochial schools when they might send
their children without cost to the pub,
lie schools is the best evidence that
they are animated by purely conscien-
tious motives.
"No review, however slight, of the
excellencies Of Catholics would be
complete without a mention Of the vast
work done by them in the field Of
practical philanthropy and charity.
Whatever one may think Of their doc
trinal beliefs, every fair-minded person
must admit that in works Of charity
and mercy they stand pre-eminent.
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THE TARIFF ON COAL.

In his recent message to Congress,
President Roosevelt asked that the tar
i'll OH anthracite coal he removed. By
some legerdemain a tariff Of 81 cents
per ton was placed on it in the Ding
ley bill in such Il way that nobody but
an expert in legislative trickery could
find it out. The President himself
did not know it until his attention
was drawn to it some months ago. The
first man in Congress to ask that the
Presidents recommendation be i'm
mediately carried out was Senator
Vest Of Missouri, the veteran Demo-
crat. He reminded the Republicans
of the fact that member Of the cab
met had charged that the tariff on
anthracite coal was put into the Ding
ley bill in "cowardly and sneaking
manner" and that it should be taken
off. The Republicans We're not ready
to grapple with the question and post
poned it's consideration.
Then came Senator Lodge, the Pres
ident's spokesman, with resolution
to suspend the tariff OH coal tor nine
ty days, or until the cold weather had
gone, and that ended the debate. In
view of the fact that Lodge stands
close to the President, it is to be as
sumed that the chief executive does
not favor the permanent abulltion OF
the tariff as recommended by himself
in his message. 1t ought to be re-
moved absolutely and permanently for
all time in order to afford relief to the
people from the extortions of the coal
barons.
The House Of Representatives may
do little better than the Scnate. On
Tuesday the ways and means commit
tee agreed to report bill providing
for a rebate to the importers of coal
of the tariff paid at the custom houses
on >all kinds Of coal coming from all
countries during a period Of one year.
The bill is likely to pass the House
and the Senate may adopt it. A
temporary relief is better than none,
but will there be any relief while a
coal trust exists? \ rebate Of 81
cents a ton on imported coal will not
afford much relief to the consumers
thereof while the coal trust fixes the
price of the American product. 1t
is well, however. that coal is practical.
ly placed on the free list. auu now It
is in order that other commodities may
hc treated in like manner.
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The celebration at Delhi cost $5,OOO,-
900. of which the Indian government
will pay the major part. The dis
play Of magnificence was held in
country where during the last decade
of the last century twenty-five millions
of British subjects died of artificial
famine. Did Viceroy Curzon and his
pretty Chicago wife ever think of that
when holding the theatrical perform
ance? Perhaps some of the Hindoos
who witnessed the demonstration re-
membered how their relatives died for
want of food under the rule of the
Anglo-SaXons.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-17

President Schurman, of Cornell uni
versity, in a speech the other day on
the Philippines, said that the islands
should be given their independence.
Haul down the flag" he exclaimed.
"Some say, don't haul down the flag,
but the work of the flag is finished
and it should be hauled down." If he
had spoken in that way two years ago
he would have been called traitor
by every Republican paper in the
country. The flag will remain in the
islands until the American people find
it too costly to be kept there for the
benefit Of the plutocracy.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-17

Says the Northwest Review: The
clever and learned Bishop of Fargo
tells Of highly educated lady, one
of the leaders Of society In an i'm
portant North Dakota town, who
came to visit his beautiful cathedral.
After His Lordship had shown her the
magnificent set of Stations of the
Cross, the finest in any church west of
New York, after he had explained to
her in his peculiarly picturesque way
the meaning of each station, he point
ed out to her tho beautiful pulpit. On
seeing it she exclaimed in a studied
imitation of the fashionable English
accent: GLOW very aesthetic it all is!
But isn't it rather a pity that you al
ways preach in Latin?''
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Bishop Martin G. Alcover, the apos-
tolic administrator Of Manila, says of
Aglipay and his followers: ''These
apostates are few in number, uur are
they Of the most learned nor of the
purest morals, nor those of the best
rank and social fame. These chiefs
of schism and heresy wish to have re-
nown among the ignorant and common
people," 1t is ''the ignorant and COM
mon people," both at home and abroad,
who are always led astray by charl-
atans and impostors.
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The Philadelphia Catholic Standard
and Times says of the Sunday news
papers: "Tley literally reek with sug
gestive sketches, stories and slang,
and seem to be edited on the assump-
ton that their chief readers are in
mates of the seraglio or the gaming
house." And yet the pastors of
Christian churches have not the cour-
age to speak out from their pulpits
against the communicating influence of
the yellow pagan press. If the Amer
lean people demand better reading in
Sunday papers they will get it from
the publishers.
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Mrs. Mary Morgan, who was one OF
the oldest women in Iowa, died at her
home, in Dubuque, on Jan. 6, at the
age of 105 years. Mrs. Morgan re-
tanned the full possession Of her sacul-
ties, and her mind remained clear and
her memory unimpaired until the end.
For the last fifty-four years she had
been resident of Dubuque, having
emigrated to this country in her early
youth from Ireland, where she was
born. She was married in 1918, and
had lived in three centuries.
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
1 Fine Tribute Paid To 1t by
Protestant Minister.

Rev. Hamilton Schuyler, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, Trenton, N.
j., in recent sermon said:
II would place loyalty to their
Church as among the foremost Of tnt
virtues exhibited by our Catholic
brethren. You will seldom find a
Roman Catholic denying his faith.
Whatever baseness he may be guilty
of, he will never stoop to that.
Attendance at church services, the
observance of fasts, the repetition of
prayers and other acts of devotion are
things for which they must be accord
ed the foremost place among the
Christian people. I am filled with ad-
miration when contemplate the
crowds which throng the Catholic
churches at hours when most other
Christian people are lying comfortably
in bed. A religion which is able to
make people shake off natural sloth
and Incidence and set them about
their religious duties as the first Obli-
gation incumbent upon them has GER
tainly a great deal to commend it
from any point Of view.
Catholicism lays great stress upon
the performance of outward acts,
while Professionalism affects to make
light of such things. In this attitude
I am firmly convinced that Catholicism
is right and Professionalism is wholly
wrong. n genuine religion must man.
ifest itself in some outward way.
"Liberality to the Church is another
distinguishing note of Catholics. In
what other religious body will you
find so great a willingness among its
members to contribute of their riches
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BRITISH FEsTIvlTY IN INDIA.

The durbar at Delhi is over. His
Gracious Majesty Edward VII, has
been made Emperor of India as
thoroughly as any durbar could make
him. The glories of this ceremony
have never been equaled in India Such
pageants, such fireworks, such deco
rations, such professions and such
gatherings Of brilliantly costume1
natives from all parts Of that strange
ly interesting country were never be-
fore seen.
The general government alone spent
on these festivities somewhere in the
neighbOrhood of two million dollars,
and the sum expended by the vast
assemblage of native princes and dign-
itaries, by wealthy individuals, who
We'd with one another in lavish and
gorgeous display. and by the unnamed
multitude, reached, we are told, be-
wildered total. Ingenious persons Ell
deavoring to estimate this total carry
it very far into the millions.
Everything about the durbar seems
to have been an impressive success
Everybody connected with it seems to
have been extremely joyous. This is
good news, because il it We're worth
while to make His Gracious Majesty
Emperor Of India in this third year Of
the twentieth century, we suppose the
thing ought to be done well. We also
hope that those that enjoy durbars ell.
ioyed this one very much, because the
probabilities are that neither they nor
any one else will ever see another,
says the Chicago Examiner.
But while these persons are no doubt
congratulnting themselves OH having
witnessed such wonderful and mag
nificent spectacle, the fact remains, and
steadily demands attention, that in
truth the durbar, instead Of being
very pleasant incident in the history
Of India, was really very sad, so sad
and so instructive that in these days
we do not know where we could turn
for another illustration so tremendous
Of the essential cruelty of monarchy
and the dreadful evils wrought by the
unconscious spirit of rapuc,ry.
Millions Of dollars were expended ut
Delhi in order to proclaim, with suf-
ficient emphasis. that n man that
means nothing whatever to India had
received Il barren and useless title sur
viving from the davs Of feudalism and
ignorance, and while this was going
on seventy millions of people Of India.
Il population almost as great as that Of
the United States, were starving.
Seventy millions of people are starry
ing in India. For several years there
have been almost MS many as this
starving. Millions or them die an
nually Of starvation. Annually new
millions of unforturates take the plac.,
of the more fortunate dead. Year af
ter year this goes on. and always the
extent of the famine stricken country
and the number of famine victims In
crease.
| While Delhi rang with the shouts Of
the celehrators of the coronation Of
this useless potentate the collected
groans of the starving people in India
would have drowned the noise Of fifty
durhars. While the number VI VIC
| tins of famine and the extent Of the
famine country steadily increase, the
resources of India are diminishing in
a way to startle into sohriety any peO.
pie except those engaged in durhar.
For forty years the British have been
draining the milk out Of this cocoanut.
I 1t is now practically dry. The vast
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If the initial number of The Gael
for 1908 is Indicative of its makeup
for the coming year, it's readers are to
be congratulated, for it will he diff.
cult, if not impossible. to find another
periodical devoted to Irish literature
so attractive in form and substance.
1t is published monthly at 40 Nassau
street, New York, at the moderate cost
of one dollar a year.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-17

According to writer in Reynolds
Newspaper English literature and
art are in low water. He asks:
"Where are the men to take the place
Of Tennyson, Carlyle, Browning, Mat
thew Arnold. Morris, Ruskin, Burne
Jones, NIillais, and Leighton? Who
will follow the small handful of living
acknowledgement, Meredith, Hardy,
and Watts? What historians can we
descry to rival Freeman, Froude, Gar
diner, ]. r. Green, and Creighton?"
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Says Father Phelan in the Western
Watchman: Count Campello is out in
letter to the Catholics of England
and the United States asking pardon
for the scandal he has given them in
renouncing the faith and lecturing
against the Church. Let the old fool
go soak his head. We shall not pub
fish his letter. He says he could not
find peace outside the Church. 1t was
not peace he sought, but pounds.
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''clad in dress Of gold brocade, and
Wore magnificent tiara and necklace
of diamonds, with four big rubies that
once belonged to King Theebaw of
Burmah." What must the subjects
of King Theebaw think of her if any
Of them We're present? The poor old
king was robbed of his ruDies by the
son of a Chicago girl! But she got
them in the same way that Queen Vic
toria got the famous diamond called
British, and they now adorn the per-
the Kohinoor. Verify, to the victors
belong the spoils.