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The Irish standard., 1903-12-05
In the Pullman Sleeping Car.

When you lie in expectation
Oh slunbcr for while,
As the train from out the station
Rumblcs, gaining speed each mile
Then there's nothing so distracting
When you've travelled from afar,
As a snorers who is acting
In the Pullman sleeping car.
AnA while lying there devisins
Just what vicious means to take,
And you're planning and s,rmising
How the snorer's song to break:
Though his voice at times he smothers
Yet you feel from where you are
You shall tell him "There are others
In the Pullman sleeping ca.
When the snorer's song is ended
And the morn has dawncd at last
And baby's cry is blended
With the snoring that is past
Then. from out your berth. you leaping
Seek the man who dared to mar.
The rest OF all those sleeping
In the Pullman sleeping car.
But when out Of number seven
That is halfway down the aisle
Comes fairy as from heaven
With hushing morning smile,
Then you feel your anger soaring.
For you know you can not spar.
With the maiden who was snoring
In the Pullman sleeping car.
C. T. S. in the Notre Dame Schol-
astic.
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Will reside at the Old Manse.' The
paper got it old Man's.'"

will reside at the Old Manse, Tho
paper got it old Mans"
Demosthenes was rehearsing at his
home one of his most brilliant ora.
tons.
eyes," said his wife, that's verv
hne. Now, won't you just step out
and discharge the cook?"
Suddenly remembering an eno,g.
ment downtown, he fed from the
house with fear upon his face.
Yes sighed the fair young thing.
i admit that I like you-but il does
not seem to me that we were ever
meant Tor each other. We have not a
single taste in common"
Mournfully the young man studied
the floor for some moments. At last
he looked up with the dawn of hone
in his eyes.
But yet" he whispered, "are you
not very fond OF onions?"
blushlngly She nodded a confession,
so am IL he cried. rapturously.
The Husband - What! You don't
mean to say those furs were 5000.
Yes; but I'm going to be very care
full OF them. In fact, 1 ordered an
other set for only $500, so as to keep
these for best"
The Irish standard., 1903-12-05
OVER THE NORTHW EST.

Mankato, Minn-The marriage oil
Mr.. James Smith. OF Sleepy Eye, and
Miss Rose flaming, OF this city, oc-
Cured Wednesday, November 18th,
at the Catholic church, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. Father
Hughes, OF Mankato Mr. and Mrs.
Smith have taken up their abode in
Sleepy Eye.
Emmctsburg. Iowa. = On Friday,
November Goth. Father Whalen,
brother OF Sister Mary Emily. died in
Chicago. He had been i'll poor health
for some time. Sister Mary Emily
was called to his bedside week or
ten days ago Father Whalcn visited
this city last June at the time the aca-
deny commencement exercises were
held and he preached at Assumption
church the following Sunday His ci-
tort was pronounced Il gem by all who
heard him. He was Tor several years
pastor OF one OF the leading Catholic
churches OF Chicago and was for three
years a member OF the faculty OF the
Catholic university Of Washington.
Catholic Reading circle. which has a
large membership throughout the
United States. He wrote Il great deal
Tor magazines and other publications
though his identity was seldom made
known. He wrote. no, to achieve a
reputation. bu, ior the good he cnmll
do
Bultalp Lake. Mimi. Daniel o.
Neill's stock barn. together with
nll.h cow md lcal "i horses, wa
destroyed by fire AT .Andovcr. \nuha
coHnty, MONDAY night, November ,.,,i
The loss Will exceed $1,000 AMI the
insurance was bu $'.225. Ii is no,
known how the fire startc l.
Graccvllc. Minn Mrs. Coughlin.
vile OF John CoughIin, died at her
home near Barry. Mou,ay. Noycmbc;
o3d, after a brief illness oi pneumonia
The funeral took place from Holy
Rosary church the following Wc,ncs-
Cay morning at 10 o'clock The re
mains were inferred in Lakeside Gene
terry.
I'aribault. Mimi. - On Tuesday
morning OF last week. at the church OF
the immaculate Conception, John
Donohuc and Miss Margaret Ryan.
OF this city, were united in the bonds
OF matrimony Rev Father Steven
read the mass and performed the ScrN.
ices according to the rites oi til,
Catholic church. The bride was at
tended by Miss Cora Grady as brides
maid, and George Murphy acted as
groomsman.
Albert Lea. Minn-Mrs. Donahuc
died at the home Of her daughter. Ms.
Tanning, in this city Wednesday
morning. November 18TH. She was
about eighty years old and the direct
cause OF death was heart disease The
funeral was held Friday following from
the Catholic church in thi, city and
the interment in the cemetery in Twin
Lakes. Mrs. Donahue is survived by
ten children: Mesdamcs Tanning and
Pash, OF this city; Mrs. Murphy. Of
Mankato; Mrs. Tierncy, OF Hanford.
Ia; Hugh and Thos, Donahuc. OF Flax
ton, N. D.; Michael, Peter and John,
Ct Twin Lakes, and Daniel, OF this city.
Anoka, Minn-The marriage OF Mr..
Joseph c. Conroy, of this city, to Miss
Minnie E. Foley, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James Foley, of Zimmerman,
was solemnized by nuptial mass at the
Catholic church in Princeton Tuesday,
November oath, at 1890 o'clock a. ln.,
Rev. ]. Kicken, of Clear Lake, Of
floating. Dennis Foley acted as
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groomsman, while a niece OF the
groom from Minneapolis was brides
maid.
| Morris, MINI. - Jas. Ginnaty,
prominent young man Of Graceville,
and Miss Bee Conroy, daughter OF
Patrick Conroy, OF Stevens, were mar
ried in the Catholic church here
Thursday. November Goth, by Rev.
Father Klein.
Livingston. Mont-'rhe wedding OF
Fannie l.. Mitchell, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Mitchell, and James
McDonough, a popular employe Of the
Northern Pacific, was solemnized at
ST. Marys church Tuesday morning,
! November oath, at 9 o'clock, Rev.
Father Blaerc officiating. They we're
/ attended by Mr. and Mrs Gus Nash
Lanesboro. MINI. - On Saturday
morning, November oIst, at the home
oi her daughter, Miss Julia Mccarthy,
death claimed Mrs. Mary Mccarthy
at the age Of 81 years The immediate
cause OF death was paralytic stroke
! which she suffered on Wednesday
evening preceding, her advanced age
aiding materially in the work of the
grim Destroyer The funeral was held
the following Tuesday forenoon from
the Catholic church and the remains
conveyed to their place of final rest in
the l.ancsboro cemetery. Deceased is
Survivcd by five sons: Charles, Owen,
Timothy, Patrick G. and Peter j., anf
,w" daughters. Miss Julia Mccarthy
and Mrs. P. J. I.ovctt There are &C
grandchildren and 7 great grandchil-
drrn, lour OF whom attended tho
/ lunrral
Credit River, Mnn-A very pretty
! wedding took place in Credit River
Tuesday, November 18th. when Thorn
a: White and Annie Cleary were mar
Tie !, Rev. Father Kelley officiating
he bride WAS attended by her cu.isn,
Muliic Foley oi Burnsvllc. AMI the
room by his brother John White
Iessrs. Otis Sprau and Peter Foley
acted as ushcrs. Mr. and Mrs. White
will make their home in ST, Paul Tor
;lr winter.
Winona, MinnAt the pro-cathc-
dral at I o'clock Monday morning
November 2,'d. Miss Mary Lynch. OF
this city and ]. ]. Shancsy. OF Bclvi-
derc. ILL.,, were united in marriage.
Rev. 7. ]. Gallagher officiating. The
attendants were Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ].
Lynch, a brother and sister-n-law of
the bride. The couple left at noon
Tor Bclvidcrc, ILL.,, where they will
make their future home
Ellsworth Minn-Thc marriage Of
MIR, Thos. Moran and Miss Teresa
Burke occurred Tuesday morning.
November 24th, at ST. Mary's Catho-
lie church, nuptial mass being cee-
brated by Rev. Father Hartlcib The
groom was attended by Mr.. John Nor
gan. and the bride by Miss Anna
Pagan
St. Cloud. Minn.---At the Cathedral
Tuesday morning. November cath. oc-
Cured the marriage OF Miss Rose
Kathleen Connolly. daughter OF Or
ficer Connolly, to Michael Barrett. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Barrett, re-
spected residents OF the town OF St.
Wendell. Nuptial mass was celebrated
by Rev. George f. Arenth.
Rochester. Minn.-Thomas L. Nc
Coy, of Marion township. was acct
dentally killed Monday night. Novcm-
Der 23d, while on his way home from
Rochester. He was found lying in
the road with his neck broken EN-
cept for a slight bruise on the face no
other injuries were apparent. He had
been struck squarely in the neck by
the wood rack as it fell from the run
ming gear Of his wagon. Coroner F.
The Irish standard., 1903-12-05
Going Home.

UUluS uUAlS.
What time, my day-long labor done,
l drop my weary pen,
And following the setting sun
Am come back home again.
I know no pleasure more complete,
No melody more glad
Than that of one loved voice so sweet;
90! boys, here comes your dad!'
She's always there, in rain or shine,
AS constant as can be,
With her wee boys, her boys and mine,
Who wait and watch for me-
And how they shout and hail me in,
Those boys, and then she'll add
Her happy voice above the din:
"Now, boys, don't worry dad"
AS if they could! God bless the boys!
I'd rather have them bring
The roof down with their joyous noise
Than hear a Patti sing.
And there she sits as proud as I,
And every whit as glad,
Though every now and then she'll cry:
"Now, boys, don't worry dad"
i ii should be the fates' decree,
And God forbid it may.
hat all these hearts should pass from
Ere ] have passed away,
,od grant that when come to die
be not deemed so bad
But may hear loved voice cry:
%, boys here cores your dad
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Irish standard., 1903-12-05

y>..rs. Ii now contains the museum Of
the New Mexico Historical society.
OF which l.. Bradford Price. Il native
New Yorker ami former governor OF
New Mexico is president Governor
Price considers this ''the most his
to;,ic building i'll the United States.
The Irish standard., 1903-12-05
Oldest Building in America.

Ii we seek the oldest civic building
in the United States we shall find
ourselves in the quaint old adobe pal
ace Of the governors in Sante Fee n.
M. This long. low structure in the
second Oldest city of the United States
has been the seat OF government under
the Spanish, Mexican and American
regimes for nearly three hundred
The Irish standard., 1903-12-05

How many teeth have you?
What arc the words OH a police
mans star.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-01-15

home and that that water right was
guaranteed by the Government of the
United States.
This is, beyond all comparison, the
greatest thing ever attempted by the
American people. Let it be done, and
let it be done right. The first step in
this great and inspiring drama of
the future is to stop the stealing of
the public domain by repeating the
present vicious and inexcusable land
laws.
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they have been applied. They are a
disgrace to the Government and dis
grace to the American people.
They have enabled wealthy individ-
uals and corporations to carve lordly
private estates from the public do
main.
They have permitted a few men to
acquire and hold out of use, for self
ish and speculative purposes, lands
which are needed to make homes for
the masses of our people.
They have encouraged private enter
prises to enter field where, in the ma
ture of things, it could not be success
full, but could only involve it's own
capital in a hazardous adventure and
thereby do great injury to the irriga-
ton industry and to the West.
They have furnished the means by
which settlers were deluded into in
vesting their capital and their labor
in dangerous and often disastrous at
tempts at home making.
They even now stand in the way of
progress by blockading the path of
national irrigation and permitting
spectators and adventures to take
up lands which will be required in the
operation of the new national policy.
Repeal Desert and Communication Law.
For all these reasons the desert land
laws and the communication clause OF
the homestead act should be promptly
repealed as recommended by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his message to con-
gress.
From this day forth the Government
should not offer a single acre for set
tlement. Repeating the laws by which
land is now acquired in large tracts,
and without actual residence and i'm
provement, the Government should
proceed to withdraw from entry all
lands where there is any thought of
applying the national policy. This
done, it should go forward as rapidly
1t should bring under thorough and re-
liable irrigation every acre which it
purposes hereafter to open to settle
ment
What would this policy mean to the
people of the United States? First OF
all, it would mean "a home for every
man who wants one" 1t would mean
that we had stopped looting the peo-
pies estate and begun saving the
peoples estate. 1t would mean that
we had reached the end of the wild
orgy of speculation in the natural re-
cources of the West and entered upon
a period of sound and sober indus
trialism. 1t would mean that when a
settler got ready to claim his share
of the national heritage he would OBJ
tain not only fertile soil, but the water
necessary to make it a self-sustaining
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-01-15

In order to follow intelligently the
advance of the wireless telegraphy
from the beginning, some rough idea
must be had of the modern physicists
view regarding the nature of electrical
phenomena. To this end all space
must be regarded as permeated by
something, termed the luminiferous
ether. Not only does this ether per-
meate the spaces between the heaven
ly bodies and our atmosphere (Which
conception offers little difficulty to the
lay mind, but it also permeates all
solids. Further, it's nature is such
that the movement even of solids is
not in the least restrained by such per-
meation, the closest analogy being
that of a sieve, representing the solid,
being moved about in water, represent
ing the ether
The ether is the seat not only of all
electrical phenomena, but also of all
the phenomena of light and heat. All
of these, apparently so distinct, are
but the result of vibrations, or waves,
on the ether, the apparent differences
being due only to differences in the
length of the waves and the rapidity
with which they occur, just as one mu-
steal note differs from another in the
same particulars, only that the sound
waves are air waves and not ether
waves
Now, with the usual Geographic
methods, the current, as it is termed,
is sent or directed through space by
means of a metallic conductor. Actu-
ally nothing passes through the wire,
as is implied by the use of the word
current" What actually takes place
is the transmission of energy along
the path of the wire by means OF VIZ
brations in the neighbOring ether.
That is, the metal of the wire acts
merely as a guide for the ether waves
to the destination desired.
In wireless telegraphy ether vibra-
lions are also set up at the transmit
ting station, but these, having no con-
Quoting guide, radiate in all directions
through space, and a small percentage
of them arrives at the receiving sta
ton, and by means of suitable appara-
tus are made appreciate by the
senses, or recorded.
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| those who have sought to use these
laws as a means of exploiting the
homeseeker. How many of the specu-
lative irrigation enterprises have made
profits for those who actually invested
the capital? A distinction should be
drawn between the promoter and the
real investor. Sometimes the former
has made money, but it is seldom in
deed that the latter has done so.
This is not because the desert land
law and the Communication clause OF
the homestead law do not offer every
opportunity far abuse. 1t is due rather
to the fact that, save in exceptional
instances, the reclamation of new
countries is inherently an improbable
investment for private capital. The
enterprise is surrounded by too many
unknown factors; the settlement of
the lands is seldom to be controlled
with any certainty; too long time is
required to get the country establish
ed on a dividend-paying basis. All
this has been proven over and over
again in the experience of nearly
every state and territory III the West.
Why Private Irrigation Fails.
But these facts do not constitute an
argument against public enterprise in
the same field.
Irrigation is always a paying in
vestment from the standpoint of social
and economic gains. With private
capital, large and early dividends are
the chief consideration, but the pri-
mary object of the investment of pub
lie capital is to increase the general
prosperity. This is accomplished when
the opportunity for homemaking is
opened for thousands; when the
amount of taxable property is in
creased; when business is created for
merchants, manufacturers and rail-
roads. With these benefits to be scor-
ed on the credit side of it's ledger, the
Government may well afford to wait
long time for direct returns from its
irrigation investments, but private
capital is in no such position.
The misfortunes which settlers have
suffered in dealing with speculative
irrigation companies furnish several
important counts of the peoples in
dictment of the desert land law.
Large irrigation undertakings have
frequently been started by men whose
means were entirely inadequate to the
enterprise Very often they have in
vited settlement before they had them
selves done anything except to make
preliminary surveys. They had no ex-
istence except in their imagination.
Strangely enough, settlers have often
made haste to purchase such paper
rights" and thus to furnish the pro-
motors with capital to be used in the
exploitation of those who supplied it.
If settlers had thereby obtained water
for their land, even upon these unfair
terms, the case would not Lave been
so bad. But usually they did not get
water for their lands. The amount OF
money which could be obtained from
settlers in advance of the construction
of works was seldom sufficient for the
purpose. Thus neither the settler
nor the promoter had anything to
show for their investment and labor.
In this way thousands of people dis
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STOP LAND-STEALING.


The operations of the land laws of
the United States have been in the
main benefcent The dominant idea
in public land administration that
homemakers would be given part Of
Uncle Sans vast public domain has
caused the westward movement of the
sturdy sons of our New England and
Eastern farmers, and has attracted
other thousands of the better class of
European emigrants. The result has
been a great homemaking movement
which has civilized and settled the
Mississippi valley and the states to
the westward in an incomparably
short period. But the land laws which
have made possible this great move
ment have likewise benefited the land
speculator, and in some sections, un-
der their loose administration, great
areas have been wrOngfully and fraud
ulently acquired and to the great
detriment of the country. The desert
land law is responsible for the great
est of the land frauds.
It would be erroneous to suppose,
however, that all the stealing OF the
public lands has been accomplished
under this law. On the contrary, there
is not a land law on the statute books
which has not been abused to great
er or less extent Even the benefcent
homestead law-of glorious tradition
has frequently been made an instru-
ment of injustice and playthlng OF
speculation by means of it's notorious
Communication clause" Both have
been misapplied by greedy and dis
honest men, who have looked upon the
public property merely as a means OF
private speculation.
But the desert land law is singular
in this-that there never was even
the shadow of an excuse for its exist
ence from the standpoint of the home
seeker. 1t has been a hypocr1tlcal
pretense of benefit to the homeseek-
ing public. when it could not possibly
be used for such purpose in the vast
majority of instances.
Put Water on Land First.
From our years of experience with
the desert land law and with other
enactments made in connection with
the public domain, the American
people should learn one lesson and
write it in luminous letters upon their
hearts. That lesson is this:
This Government should not offer
one single acre for settlement until II
has been made fit for settlement The
arid land cannot be fit for settlement
until water has been made available
for it's irrigation.
What social tragedies have followed
the disregard of this simple rule!
What precious years have been wasted
by whole families and entire communl-
ties, What beautiful homes have been
bulded in hope, to be abandoned IN
despair! What seeds have been plant
ed only to wither and die-seeds not
merely of fields and orchards, but OF
institutions as we'll! Joaquin Miller
once told me the whole story IN
single explosive and dramatic SEN
tence when he exclaimed:
"Arid America! My God, we nave
.ooa - with orr tearSi"
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uncleared when he took it. But
he has brought it out in good shape
and placed it in an excellent state
of cultivation. He began farm.
ing under many disadvantages,
but by good management aud hard
work, he pulled successfully
through all his trials. He is a
progressive farmer and has kept
pace with all the modern improve
ments in machinery. Besides
general farming, in which all the
grains of his section are grown, he
pays much attention to stock grow
ing. being especially interested in
cattle. At the age of twenty. one,
Mr.. Long was united in marriage
with Miss Angelina Grioe, a native
of Mason county. and their child
ren's names are Isaac Newton and
Mary M. In 1885, Mr.. Long re.
moved to Charlton county, Mo-,
where he lived and farmed until
the fall of 1864. when he returned
to Mason county, where he has
since lived"
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In his later years, when his in
firmatives prevented him from at
tending divine worship, Mr.. Long
lived very closely in truth with
nature. gaining great solace and
happiness from this sweet compan-
ionship. Amid all of his suffering
which was borne with fortitude,
his devotion and tender sympathy
for his afflicted wife were shown in
acts most beautiful.
The strong under-current OF
faith and love reached it's food
tide, in the fulIness of time, richly
manifesting itself in the last gold.
en- days of life, and bearing away
the redeemed soul to the blessed
shore beyond the river.
"Yea, though / walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,
1 will fear no evil. for thou ari
with me; thy rod andlthy staff they
comfort me. Allowing RELATIVE
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BOARD.
3rd.

Correspondence, 3rd.
Mr. and Mrs Grant Fry, of Gin
cinnati. and Mrs Chas Jamison,
of Glen jean. are spending a few
weeks with Mrs q McMillin.
Mrs A B Roush is in poor health
at present.
Miss Allie Fry, who has been
with her aunt, at Spilman, has re.
turned home
The Quarterly meeting at the U
b Church Saturday and Sunday,
was largely attended. Rev. Rank
in. the blind minister" preached
on Saturday night.
Miss Mamie Burns. of Mason
City, is visiting friends here this
week.
Rev Davis and Rev Rankin were
the guests of A Luse and wife Sat.
urday evening.
The ball game Saturday was 6
failure. the visiting team Muo
Sock failed to appear. From what
reason we do not know. We sup
pose it was from fear of defeat. II
seems as though other teams are
afraid to come to our ground. as we
have had but one match game al
home.
Will Roush had a very valuable
horse killed by lightning last weeH
while in the hay rake. The same
stroke so stunned and shocked Mr.
Roush and his SON Theran, who
were quite near that it was some
time before they could realize what
had happened.
Hazel. little daughter of Mrs 6
McMillin, is suffering with whoop
ing cough.
Mrs A NJ Wallace and children
Oscar and Harry, of Pittsburg. who
have been visiting her parents. Nj
and Mrs w B Blessing, returned
home Sunday.
j 2 Piokens. of Sassafras. wal
here Saturday. PLATO