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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

1T may be doubted If any Of them dis
played so much activity in his profess
sion as one Harry E. Mason has shown
as an enlister, during the past two
years. On Feb. Is, 1901, Mason en-
listed in the army at Brooklyn, and in
April deserted. On April 10 of the
same year, under the name of Harry
E. Low, he enlisted at Detroit, and
deserted the same day. Then he wait
ed a year-at least he seems to have
done so; but on April %, 1902, as Har-
ry Edwards, he enlisted at Phila-
delphia, only to desert five days later,
on May 5, on which day he enlisted at
Louisville as Harry Briggs, to desert
on May Z. Coming to this city, he
enlisted as Harry Dubois on July 25,
1902, and deserted on July 20. At
Mobile, on March 81 of this year, he
enlisted under the name Of Harry e.
Bates, and deserted at Jefferson Bar
racks on March %. The day before
his departure, however, he had gone
to st. Louis and enlisted as Harry
Hastings; but on the way to Columbus
Barracks he deserted again, and hur-
ried to Cincinnati, where, as Harry
Lewis, he enlisted for the eight time,
on April 2, only to desert while again
en- route to Columbus Barracks. AS
no bounty is given for enlistments, and
as he could have drawn pay only dur
ing his first enlistment, the reason for
his performances is not clear.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25
Secret of Old AGE.

The Saxon government has under
taken an inquiry to solve the secret of
old age, and in this pursuit has studied
the life histories of seventy-three per.
sons over ninety years old, living in
the city Of Dresden, says Golfers
Weekly. The fruits of this investiga-
ton have been published and some
Of them are so appalling that only a
strong journalistic instinct compels us
to record them. The majority of the
aged are of medium height. None of
them are bald. A majority are deaf.
All of them sleep eight or nine hours
daily. Out of seventy only five are
of serious disposition. These facts
are not extraordinary. Lots of hair,
good sleep, and cheerful spirit are
recognized as friends of health and
wisdom. But what can we say of the
other disclosures? 1t is lamentable
fact that nearly all these ancient souls
abhor cleanliness. They wash their
hands, but they are opposed to baths.
Pure air has always been supposed to
be an ally of good health and prolong-
ed life. But these old rascals will
have none of it. Their rooms are sell
dom aired. They sleep in closed
bedrooms. Most melancholy of all,
they are not total abstainers. One
wicked old woman confessed that she
couldn't live "unless she got drunk
three times week." The oldest man
in Dresden, man of one hundred
years, likes ''little drink" on his
birthdays.
: On the whole, though, the evidence
in favor of alcohol as a preservative
Of life is not as strong as the evidence
in favor Of impure air and uncleanli-
ness. That seems to be indisputable.
The old fellows united in scorning
ventilation and baths. Have the
hygienic sharps been ON the wrong
track all these years? Has the race
been really shortening the duration of
life by sleeping in well-aired rooms
and subjecting itself to the painful
inconvenience Of the bath? This is
a matter that invites serious considera-
ton. Perhaps the doctors would reply
in the words of the familiar yarn:
How much older these people would
be if they had bathed-Finley Peter
Dunno c'Mr. Dooley'D in Golfers
Weekly.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25
lRELAND's REPRESENTATIVE.

Joseph Devlin, who delivered the
principal address at Harmonic hall last
Tuesday evening is Ireland's youngest
member in the British parliament. He
has an earnest, convincing manner, is
thoroughly honest and the cause in
which he is engaged has no more faith
full advocate. During an address last
ing over an hour, interest never waned
in the speaker, whose eloquent por-
trayal of past and present conditions
Of Ireland was listened to with marked
attention by those present. While the
audience w S not large it was never
theless very enthusiastic and rare
treat was accorded those who were in
attendance. Speaking of the United
Irish League, which has been the head
and foot of the present land move
ment in Ireland, Mr.. Devlin stated that
over three hundred branches of the
organization now exist in the United
States, and as the accredited agent of
that societ. his best endeavors were
being put forward in the furtherance
of this work. Ireland's freedom from
further oppression of landlordism, a
new national life, the preservation of
treasured tradition and local self-gov-
eminent, these are some of the hopes
this splendid representative of his race
expects to soon see realized and for
the accomplishment of which he asks
the substantial support and encourage
ment of his countrymen everywhere.
Mr.. Devlin is a gifted orator, logical
and eloquent and Is doing we'll his part
in his country's welfare.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

The Virginia Legislature has under
consideration primary election law
designed to carry out the recommends
ton of the Democratic State Conven-
ton held at Norfolk. 1t provides for
the extension to the primaries Of most
Of the laws governing general cleo
tons. Notice Of the primaries is to
be given in newspapers thirty days
before they are held, and candidates
who wish to be voted for must give
notice in writing to the county or city
chairman Of their party fifteen days
prior to the election. Any person who
has affiliated himself with the party
holding the primary, or who will take
path before the judges that he has
Joined the party or will support the
nominees will be allowed to vote.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25
AN IMPARTIAL ESTIMATE.

While Joseph Chamberlain was in
South Africa, the Land Purchase bill
was formulated by Mr.. Wyndham,
who, it is claimed, took advantage of
the formers absence, knowing full well
Chamberlain's hostility to any meas
ure of such nature and to every
movement beneficial to Ireland or it's
people. That Chamberlain is grow
ing in popular disfavor in British pol
itics and is utterly detested by many
is shown by an estimate of him in
Reynolds Newspaper, which we here
produce. 1t says:
Most people in England have at last
come to believe that Chamberlain, the
renegade Radical, is the greatest fail
ure that has been known in the world
of politics. When he rushed into war
with the two South African Republics
for the benefit of the gold magnates,
he was actually so ignorant of what
he was doing as to have no conception
whatever of the strength of the forces
opposed to him. Now, at the end of
a war so miserable and so humiliating
to England, he comes back stating
that he has learned many things by his
visit to South Africa. 1t would have
been well had he learned those things
before lie went out. We are paying
him salary of thousands year to
know these things. Had he known
his business rs paid public servant,
$4,000 British soldiers would have been
alive to-day; $4,000 or 10000 cripples
would have been sound men; innumer-
able widows and orphans would not
have been made; the food Of the poor
would not have been taxed for MUIR
der and robbery; we should not have
had permanent addition to the ma
tional burdens for all time; $4,000
slaughtered babes in the concentration
camps would not be turning their re-
proachful little faces to him as he
rests on his uneasy couch at night.
Chamberlain, in short, is nothing but
humbug, a mere political trickster,
who hides his defeats under incessant
shouting and diverts the issue by abus-
Ing his opponents. Such a creature
is the lowest type Of English politician.
1t Is comforting to know that all the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

To truly Catholic parents one Of the
ambitions Of life is to have a son on
the altar, says the Catholic Columbian.
But some vocations to the priesthood
are lost because the parents do not
notice the signs of the divine call
ing or do not cultivate them. The
boys innocence is not protected, the
allurements of the world are not de-
cried to him, and he is not encoura ged
to aspire to the sacred ministry. Arch
bishop Kahn not long ago urged the
pastors of st. Louis to look for voca-
tons among the lads of their re-
spective parishes and to foster them.
mo doubt" his Grace adds, "some
priests have special gift, enabling
them to discover and foster vocations.
But no doubt also, that candidates for
the priesthood are lacking in some par
ishes, because the priest pays little Or
no attention to the subject of voca-
lions. Nearly one-half of the boys
now in our Preparatory Seminary
come from our city parishes, and out
of the sixty-seven parishes in the city
only seventeen are represented. Sure
ly God has not given all the vocations
to few parishes" The same dispar-
ity is seen in other dioceses. Some
parishes have no son in the priesthood,
while others, adjacent to them and I'M
der similar temporal conditions, fur
nish number Of vocations. Much
depends on the pastors and the par
ents whether or not vocations are to
be sought and promoted.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

The National Economic league, with
headquarters in New York, has started
out to settle the questions now before
the public by ''non-partisan" investi-
cation, says the Commoner. An ex-
animation of the Endorsements, how
ever, would indicate that it is going
to settle them on the side of organized
wealth. For instance, Mr.. J. H. Man.
ly of the republican national commit
tee gives glowing Endorsement of the
league, saying: "Your work is one
which the employers of labor and the
property-holding interests of the coun-
try cannot fail to support. 1t will do
much in the future to harmonic the
relations existing between labor and
capital. The belief that capital is
robbing labor and that the wage-earner
does not receive his just share of the
profits is an erroneous one, and results
from a wrong education and lack of
knowledge regarding the true state OF
, existing facts.' 1t would seem to be
the work Of the league, therefore, to
convince the public that the laborer
is getting his full share, which means
that the trusts are not getting any more
than their share. Mr.. Albert Clark,
Of the Home Market club, is alarmed,
and says: Revolutionary ideas have
been gaining such rapid Roadway in
recent years in many Of the cities and
large towns Of the United States, that
it is high time for property to better
insure itself by enlightening public
opinion. The splendid work Of the
.>ational Economic league in its cam
paign Of education should be sustained
financially by every good citizen of the
United States" Some Of the persons
whose names are advertised as officials
in the league, or indorsers Of its work,
have doubtless been deceived by the
purposes of the league, but they will
find, unless indications fail, that the
educational work is very one-sided
work paid for by the men who are
using the government for private ad-
vantage and who are trying to still
] the rising protest.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

With Democratic mayor, two Dem
ocratic aldermen and Democratic
city attorney, Anoka Is doing fairly
well for Republican town, says the
Free Press of that city. Now let the
people see that the more Democrats
they elect into power the better will
be the administration. In our case
It isn't the party name so much as the
realization of party principles that
counts. Democratic principles, if
properly carried out, contribute to the
welfare Of the people. The name
signifies nothing, if the principles are
not carried out.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

A recent cablegram from Rome says
the Pope was gratified when informed
that President Roosevelt, on the cele-
bration of the papal jubilee, had for
warded to the pontiff, through Cardi-
nal Gibbons, the volumes containing
all the messages and official documents
Of the presidents of the United States.
he said: "The messages are the es-
eence of century and a half of Amer.
ican political wisdom. I shall be
happy in having it as companion to
the set of President Roosevelt's own
literary works, sent by Governor Taft
last year" The pontiff added that he
will thank the president by sending
him an autograph letter.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25
Betting on Watches,

In the windows of nearly all the big
retail jewelry stores down town are
chronometers. In fact, the chrome
meter has become the most valuable
part Of the window display.
Two prosperous-looking men, after
comparing their watches the other day
with one of these chronometers, were
seen to 60 inside the store and few
minutes later to reappear. AS they
did so one Of the men passed a roll of
bills to the other. Then they laughed,
shook hands, and separated.
The jeweler stood inside and Smiled.
tits funny" he said, chow many
people there are in this world who
have the betting fever and how foolish
ly they risk their money. These two
men are samples. Before the day is
over I've no doubt half dozen more
will be in to get me to decide similar
bets. Every day we have some.
"What alu they bet on. Why, on
the nearness of their watches to the
correct time. OF course, two men
who make such bet have the betting
bunch to begin with. Then they're
also stuck on he watches they carry.
"There was the difference of two
seconds between the watches in the
case you just noticed, but on that $25
changed hands. I've known it to be
as high as hundred.
'"The difference between any two
watches is rarely less than half
second. It's generally more. But
when a bet is made men generally
want the jeweler to decide it, and, of
course, We're always willing. 1 guess
quite few thousands have changed
hands on my decisions by this time.
IA man will get watch abroad and
pay big money for it. He'll meet a
friend who has bought one of the crack
American watches, and if they've got
the sporting instinct bet will almost
invariably follow comparison of the
watches.
perhaps both men have set their
watches that day or the day before,
and so are willing to wager all the
money they've got with them, and
that's often a big roll.
"When one of them finds that his
watch, instead of being almost with
the chronometer, is, say, twenty-five
seconds out he's the most surprised
man in the world,
"a man who bets on a watch, al
though he may think he's betting on
the surest thing in the world, is betting
on something more uncertain than a
race horse. You can tell generally
when the horse isn't going to run well,
but you can't tell that about your
watch.
II wouldn't bet on the correctness
Of my time from here to next block.
In just that distance the handspring
might develop the weakness that no
test thus far devised can detect when
it's made, and your watch is off. Then
you lose your money if you're foolish
enough to bet on what you thought
was sure thing.''
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

best intellect. and all the true NOR
atty of the kingdom, stood up in op-
position to his Infamous projects in
South Africa"
From an English standpoint of view
this is pretty strong language, but it
Is an honest estimate of man who
is thoroughly familiar with the career
of Chamberlain and who is not afraid
to thus place this arch-enemy of Ire
land in his true light before the world.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25
EX-GOVERNOR RAMSEY.

Alexander Ramsey, first territorial
governor,-second state governor and
one Of the first to respond to President
Lincoln's call for troops, following the
breaking out of the civil war, peace
fully passed away at the family resi-
dence in st. Paul last Wednesday
evening. He was born near Harris
burg, Pa, September 8, 1876, and was
in his SSth year at the time Of his de-
mise. His father, Thomas Ramsey,
was Of Scotch descent and his mother
was of German family, which early
In the 18th century settled in Pennsyl-
vania. At the age Of 10 he entered
Lafayette college at Easton, Pa, and
six years later he was admitted to
the bar and became quite successful
in the practice of his profession at
Harrisburg. In 1913 he was elected
to congress and served two terms, de-
Ginning a nomination for a third term.
After returning from congress Mr..
Ramsey resumed his law practice and
later OH was chosen chairman Of the
Wing state committee of Pennsylvania
covering the campaign which resulted
in the election Of Zachariah Taylor for
president.
The success Of Mr.. Taylor in that
campaign had much to do with Mr.
Ramsey's future, for shortly after the
Inauguration in March, 1S49, the new
Neglected president appointed him ter
ritorial governor Of Minnesota, which
appointment he accepted, arriving in
ST. Paul May q of that year. In Sep
TENDER following, one of the first acts
Of the territorial legislature was to
name one Of the counties after him.
Among the first acts Of Governor RAM
sey were efforts in the direction Of
extinguishment of the Indian titles by
treaty, and the negotiations made ut
Mendoza and at Traverse de Sioux in
1851 brought some 100000 acres of
what is now the most valuable portion
of the state, into settlement. Later
in the same year he visited the Red
River country and at Pembina made a
treaty with the Northern Chippewas
f.: the cession of thirty miles on each
side Of the Red River. This treaty
was not ratified, but some years later
Governor Ramsey, then senator, made
another treaty, accomplishing the re-
suit sought, thus throwing open the
great Red River valley to settlement.
In 1856 he was elected mayor of st.
Paul and was again a candidate for
FIRST state governor in 1857 but was
defeated by General Sibley. He was
again nominated for gubernatorial
honors in 1860 and was elected. In
the spring of 1860, at the time of the
fall Of Fort Sumpter, Governor Ram
sey was in Washington on official
business and seeing the necessity for
troops, made the first offer to President
Lincoln of 1000 men from Minnesota
In January 1863 he was elected
United States senator from this state
and served two terms, ending in 1875
After a season of rest from political
activity he was appointed by President
Hayes in December 1870 to the posi-.
ton Of secretary of war. Again, In
1882, he was appointed on the board
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

Germany has about 1900 persons
who may be classed as millionaires
according 10 American standards. 1t
Is said there are but two who really
possess $25,000,0O0 or more, which
shows how far behind the German is
In the race for wealth compared with
the money makers in this country.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

Does it amount to anything-the de.
cision in the Northern Securities case!
Ex-attorney General Griggs says it
doesn't, though Mr.. Griggs, of course,
may be mistaken. 1t is possible, after
all, hat when the supreme court gets
through with it the lower court will
find itself sustained, though not by a
large margin. A majority of one
against the merger can be put down
as about the most popular guess.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25


is not forgotten, and when he greets
visitor with a handshake they say
at court: "His majesty has made an
other lasting impression"
This grip, it is only fair to say, he
reserves for strong men. For the op-
posite sex he has a hand that is as
soft as velvet and a courtesy that is
elegant.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

IF I thought could get anything
for the gold in my teeth" said Ard
up, gloomily, 81 would go and pawn
it."
"What would be the use?" said Be-
throng. "You would go around then
putting up poorer mouth than ever"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25
She Gave Him Some Hone.

But, Priscilla" he persisted,
Couldn't you learn to love me?
II suppose 1 could" unused the
Boston maid, "but what practical good
would it do me? Still, suppose 1
might take it up, just for the mental
training it would afford me-"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-04-25

The salary of the private secretary
of the mayor Of New York is $4,000.
In Chicago the salary for the same
official is $4,000.
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Professional bounty Jumpers were
developed during the Civil War; but