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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

an especial degree the bride OF CHRIST
the Catholic church, who hath been
newly gloriiied by means of this art,
and who now, more richly adorned,
goeth for Il few coins can obtain for
themselves a number of new books.
Is it not great glory for your holiness
that volumes, which formerly could
scarcely. be bought for a hundred du-
cats, at present may be had for twenty
gold pieces, or less, and are no longer
full of errors as they used reader for
merly bought with difficulty for TWEEN
ty ducats can now be had for much
less.
1t was not only, however, by their
praise and their blessing that the clergy
encouraged the art of printing; they
themselves, and especially the religi-
GUS orders, took an active part in the
work of the printing press. The
Brothers of the Common Life, we'll
known as the congregation to which
Thomas A. Kempis belonged, set up
a printing press in their house at Ros-
took and issued their first printed book
as early as 1476, in which they speak
of the art of printing as: 'The mistress
Of all arts for the benefit Of the
church, and style themselves:
preachers not by word, but by writ
ing" One is reminded irresistably by
these words of the maxim of Cardinal
Vaughan-"This is the age Of the
Apostolate of the Press;;'' and of the
saying attributed, think, to an Amer
lean ecclesiastic, that, if st. Paul were
living now, he would not be preach
er, but the editor of newspaper.
But to return. 1t was not only in
Rostock that the Brothers of the Com
mon Life practiced fhe art of printing
in their converts. Very early they
set up well appointed printing press
in their convent of Nazareth at Brus-
sells, where we find them busily at
work between 147G and 1884. Seven
teen works published at their press are
known. Several of these bear the inn
print in famous civitate BruXellensi
per frates com. vitae in Nazareth. The
Groto solitos sive Spectrum Conscien-
tiae of Arnold of Gheihoven was the
first book printed in Brussels In their
convent at Hem, near Schoonhoven,.
they announced in 1895 that they print
books in both Latin and German.
In addition to the monasteries the
monks themselves worked at the press,
quite long list could be given of other
converts, both men and women.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

One day about noon a farmer no.
ticed a boy working extraordinarily
hard to put load of hay back upon
a wagon which had overturned in the
road. The farmer went out and said:
my boy, you had better come in and
have dinner and load that afterwards"
NO." answered the boy, "I'm afraid
father won't like it." "Why, your IA
Their won't care" replied the farmer;
come on and have your dinner first"
well, all right" said the boy after
some persuasion, "but I'm afraid fa-
Their won't like it." The boy went in
and ate hearty meal. After eating
he started out of the house and the
farmer asked him if he didn't feel
better and more like working. eyes,"
replied the boy, but I'm afraid father
won't like it, "Look here, demanded
the farmer, what is there that you are
afraid your father won't like?"
"Well." drawled out the boy, father
is under that load of hay out there"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30
Beyond doubt President Roosevelt is

Beyond doubt President Roosevelt is
not a safe nor even prudent man,
gays the Boston Pilot. Witness his
latest rush act in accepting member
ship in the Thirteen Club of Brooklyn,
an unhallowel body of scoifers who
dine regularly, thirteen ut the table, on
a Friday, and challenge mistortunes
by splitting salt, walking under ladders
and defying hoodoos of every kind.
Is such Il man to he trusted by the pru-
dent. conservative business interests,
especially when he is unprotected by
the possession of so potent talisman
as the left hind foot of Il rabbit killed
at midnight in the churclyard? Wall
street must shulder ut such foolhardi-
ness.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

The next national convention of tn

The next national convention of the
republican party will be it's thirteenth
an ''unlucky number" Mr.. Roose-
welt is a president who succeeded his
chief, and as yet no vice-president who
became president by the death Of his
chief has ever been elected president.
And another factor in the equation is
the fact that the republican party has
never succeeded in electing an eastern
man to the presidency, and Mr.. Roose-
welt is an eastern man. While persist
ing in disclaiming that he is candi-
date, Mr.. Nj. A. Hanna imagineS thai
he can overcome the ''13'' hoOdOO, says
the COmmoner.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

The New York Post, which was a
staunch supporter Of President Roose
Welt when he succeeded to the office,
now finds it difficult to support him.
But as between Roosevelt and Hanna
the Post has the following to say:
''On the main question, we wish to
speak with no uncertain sound. Pres
ident Roosevelt has many failings. He
seems to delight in making it impos-
sible for peace-loving and law-abiding
citizens to support him. By his er-
ratio and precipitate course in foreign
affairs he has given a serious shock
to public confidence in him. This it
is which lends so much color to the
demand for a safe" president, and
which would give such strength to a
conservative Democratic candidate
against Mr.. Roosevelt. But Senator
Hanna as an alternative! That would
he to turn from an honest man fire.
quently wrong, to a politician who rep
resents every bad tendency in his par
ty. The friend of detected looters, the
hacker of all the selfish raids on the
treasury, the ready advocate of cor
rupt methods in politics-what! take
up with that man in place of Theodore
Roosevelt? If Mr.. Hanna were to be
successful in filching the nomination
from the especially by the
abhorrent means employed with so
little cOncealment-it would be neces-
sary to make the one issue of the cam
paign the question whether the Amer
lean people will allow the presidency
to be unblushingly bought and Sold"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30
Where Men Are of No Use.

The woman tainted, and these are
some Of the things the half dozen men
in the rooms with her did, says the
Baltimore News:
Two of them made dash for the
dining room to get water, and fell over
each other at the door of that apart
ment.
One fastened to a neighboring drug
store for mixture of vichy and am
monia.
One appeared suddenly with glass
of whiskey obtained no one knows
where.
In endeavoring to raise the gas two
able-bodied and excited masculine put
it out and left the party in total dark
ness for at least minute, while
everyone of them fumbled in his pocl1-
cts for match.
-Four men famed the invalid with
music, handkerchiefs, hats or what
ever was to hand.
One, held potpourri jar under her
nose under the mistaken impression
that it would be reviving in it's effects,
but it wasn't.
Another said: Here, DEAR" and
tried to wipe her brow with the fan
he held, instead of the handkerchief
that was in his other hand.
-Four of the men called her "little
woman" and entreated her to be
calm.
Two said, "There, there" and look
ed at each other and asked haggardly
if she were quite dead.
One put his arm around her tenta-
lively, not sure that the corpse
wouldn't sit up suddenly and smile
at him for his temerity
Another called the servant man,
who had appeared in answer to his
urgent calls ''blundering idiot" be-
cause he didn't understand what was
wanted when he was told to run for
the nearest hat without any DOCTOR"
This sounds like quite an army Of
men, but in reality it was only six
active ones who did all these things.
And just as they were in despair a
woman came into the room. She took
in the situation at a glance and gave
her orders coolly. "Let her lie down."
said she, land stand from around her,
so that she may get some air. She'll
be all right in minute. Take away
that whiskey and let me have the
water. There you are.'
And there she was, sitting up and
blinking.
Yes, it's just as Dr.. What's-Her.
Name says, men are much more emo.
tional than women.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

In a recent issue of The New York
Sun we find the following paragraph,
says the Republic:
"In commenting on the rapid ad-
vance of the Catholic Church, an OBJ
server cannot fail to recognize that
that body Of Christians is apparently
gaining much faster than organized
Professionalism in this country. But
even more remarkable than that
growth is the absence of Protestant
alarm Or excitement on account of it.
Where it is not looked on with indif-
ference it seems to be viewed without
apprehension. Not trace of the old
Know-Nothing spirit remains. Hostil-
ity to the Roman Catholic Church and
suspicion Of it seems to have given
place to respect for it as religious
force, and to fraternal feeling toward
it as a powerful agency for the pre-
servation of religious faith"
This is no doubt true, and it simply
serves to put in another form what the
Sun has been saying for many years
past.
Professionalism as an organized ex-
preston of religious aspiration is
evaporating..
The ''odium theologicum" that our
grandfathers heard so much about is
a phrase that recalls the past as the
crinoline does or as those Rogers
groups of statuary that were so popu-
lar in country parlors in the middle
seventies. This passing of Protestant
ism, however, in the opinion of The
Republic, is to be regretted as a Bos-
tonian would regret the absence of
these stimulating winters that call
out and develop all the power of re-
sistance that is in one. The old en-
kindled and enkindling spirit of con-
troversy had it's good points. 1t stirred
you out Of your mental malaria and
quickened your energies until you
We're in the glow that vigorous think
ing always gives.
'.rhe Watchman," our excellent
Baptist contempory, reflects this
changed attitude admirably. Its re-
cent structures on the Church have
been tepid with what they were once
day! And those We're mild and
dripping with saccharine sweetness
when compared with the tone that old
George Barrows II most picturesque
and vigorous and lovable of bigots-
used only a generation ago.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

That Indiana is at least doubtful
state, which may be easily swung to-
the Democratic column, the Indian
apolis Sentinel (Dem.) believes. 1.-THE
Democratic party in Indiana is a party
of intelligence and of courage, and it
has the fighting blood which enabled
it to elect the first Democratic gov
ernor north of the Ohio river after
the civil war. 1t has that fighting
blood yet, tempered by new condi-
tons, but none the less eager and pur-
poseful."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

The president has named as dele
gates to the universal congress Of
lawyers and jurists at St. Louis in
September, 1904, the justices of the
United States supreme court, the pre-
siding judges Of circuit courts of ap-
peal, other eminent jurists and noted
lawyers, Senators Hoar, Spooner,
Morgan, Daniel Fairbanks, Cockrell
and Kittredge and Representatives
jenkins, Dalzell, Palmer, Littlefeld,
DeArmond, Clayton and Williams.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

to congress. Littauer is not as power
full Republican as Hanna. Per-
haps he cannot be reelected, but if
he is defeated it is doubtful whether
his political graft will be the cause
thereof
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30
ton. 1t is often wise not to do that
which the enemy wish you to do.

The release of Col. Lynch from
prison creates novel condition in
Ireland. Irish jails now contain no
political prisoners. He is the last of a
long list of Irish political prisoners,
men whose opposition to English rule
in Ireland landed them in prison.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

Democrats will please note that it is
the Republican press of the country
which is talking so much about
Hearst's great strength, and his
chances for the Democratic nominal
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-01-30

It is to be earnestly hoped that the
fears so often expressed that the Con-
grees Of the United States would fail
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Wardrobe of Mr.. Doo.

In Paris they have come to look up
on the dog as member of the family
and to study his dress almost as care
fully as if he were one of the children.
There are dressmakers who design
garments for dogs only, and every sea-
son brings its new canine fashions
The dogs wardrobe includes such ele-
CANT creations as a white hairy cloth
overcoat, bordered with white mohair
gallons, with a red velvet collar and a
pocket for the handkerchief He also
has colored cambria nightshirts, rub
Der shoes, thick, fluffy dressing gowns
to wear after a bath, straw and felt
hats, special wicker sofas, cushioned
and bedecked with garlands and rib
bons; nail files, ear picks, powder
boxes and vaporiZerS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
A Biographical Game.

There must be a leader someone
who is pretty good in geography and
is capable of doing some quick think
ing himself. Any number of players
may take part in the game. When all
are seated the leader takes his place
in front of them and tells them that
he is going to give them the name of
State and a letter of the alphabet,
and is then going to count five slowly.
While he is counting five all the
players must be trying to think of a
city or town in the State he called
whose name begins with the given let
ter. For example,: Suppose he gives
Maine as the State and F as the let
ter. Then the players must all try
to think of city or town in Maine
the name of which begins with the let
ter F. 1t is necessary for them all to
do the thinking, for he has a right to
ask anyone of them for the answer,
and they never know which one of
them it is going to be-
When he has received a correct an
swer he may ask another player to
name some other town beginning with
the same letter, or he may change the
letter two or three times. Then he
names some other State and con-
t1nues the game as long as it inter
ests the players.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
GAMBLERS AT MONTE CARLO.
Elderly Ladies Live on Faith, Hope
and Charity at the Gaming Table.

when l alighted at Monte Carlo
the other day" writes III. S. S. H."
I was surprised to find the Hotel de
Paris omnibus waiting at the station,
and several outside porters from other
hotels, which opened their doors for
1Of. per diem en- pension. Except for
the employees of the Casino, the place
seemed deserted in the early morning
The gardeners were working in the
beautiful gardens, and workmen were
mending and painting some of the fig
ures on the dome.
'The rooms opened as usual at 10,
and the three roulette tables were
quickly surrounded. / watched the
players, and saw only one English
face-a young girl who had lost all
her color. She had come out last win,
ter with an invalid lady. At first she
won largely and handled thousands
of francs; then gradually lost her all,
and now lived in a small apartment,
often having to go without a meal.
Her only friend was the manager of
the Hotel de Piete, who was taking
care of her jewels and all that she
once possessed
There seemed to be many more
women there than men; chiefly elder
" ladies, who live on faith, hope and
charity. The rooms were delightfully."-
cool. and much more comfortable than
in the season. The sea seemed to
look bluer than ever and the water so
clear. london Daily Mail
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01

good-naturedly. If a peddler comes in
Poll raises cry, and Don drives out
the intruder. Don also meets the let
ter carrier at the door and takes the
mail to the chief clerk.
Joe, the cat, shows Impotence occa-
sionally, when Poll screeches so loud
that he cannot Sleep Joe is light
eater, and often gives up his dinner
voluntarily for the benefit of Don.
AS rule this little family gets on
very well. The three are quite fond of
each other. Poll sometimes perches
on Don's head, but the talkative bird
has to be careful to keep the claws
from scratching. Don objects to that
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Two Lively Contests.

For jolly contest bottle partly
nlled with water, and generous sup
ply of thin nails. Have each guest
write down on a piece of paper or a
blackboard the number of nails he
thinks it will take to make the water
overflow. Each guess should have the
name OF the guesSer written beside it.
When all have guessed, the hostess
begins dropping the nails, one by one,
INTO the water. When the first water
runs over the edge she stops; and the
various guesses are examined The
boy or girl whose prophecy hits or
comes closest to the real number of
nails wins a point or a prize
For another lively sport secure a
long-necked vase or pitcher, the open
ing of which is just large enough to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Advent of Baby in Japan.

A hundred gifts In various shapes
are offered to the baby before it's ap-
pearance; toys, big ones, of course !;
pieces of cotton, silk OF crepe, invar-
lably with happy omen in their de-
sign, are a joy to the mother. The
housemaids will be busy with the
baby's dress under the supervision of
the grandmother. 1t will be no slight
affair If the baby is a boy, yes, eS-
pecially if it be the first son.
Parties coming with their congratu-
house the very next morning after
the announcement. They will bring
dried fish or a box of eggs to express
their good wishes, which will be re
turned in some form of present when
the baby is two weeks old
On the seventh day after the birth
comes the christening, and rice cook
ed with red beans-doesn't red mean
happiness?- be sent among the
friends. Matsu (pine) is a favorite
name, since it signifies bravery, keep
ing green even under winters frost
Isn't Mume (plume) better, since it is
the harbinger of spring breathing out
the most divine odor in the world
Mi amairi going-to-temple) will take
viii be dressed in kimono; it must
be silk, with the fanfily's coat of arms
on it. He will be put under the i'm
mediate protection of the deity.-Good
Housekeeping.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
Homemade Traps.

In Gibson's Camp Life in the
Woods and the Tricks of Trapping %
published some years ago, the follow
ing effective traps that can be easily
made are described:
A mouse trap may be made with a
bowl and knife blade. Put a piece
of cheese on the end of the blade of a
table knife. Lift one edge of the bowl
and put the knife, standing on it's
edge, under it, allowing the bait to be
about an inch and half beneath the
bowl. The odor of cheese will attract
the mouse and he will find His way
under the edge of the bowl, and a very
slight nibble will tip the blade and the
bowl will fall over on the prisoner.
A thimble may be used in place Of
the knife. Force the cheese into the
thimble and put the thimble under the
bowl with the open end inward, al
lowing about half the length of the
thimble to project out of it. The
mouse, in trying to get the cheese out
of the thimb1e, will cause the bowl to
fall If the thimble be too small to
allow the mouse to pass under the
edge of the bowl, put bit of paste
board or fiat chip under the thimbIe
To make fly trap, take tumbler
and half fill it with strong soapsuds
Cut circle of stiff paper which will
exactly fit into the top of the glass,
and in the center of the paper cut a
hole half an inch in diameter. A slice
of bread may be used in place of the
stiff paper. Smear the under side of
the disc with molasses before insert
ing. Flies will find their way down
ward through the hole, and once be-
low the paper their doom is sealed.
In their efforts to escape they will fall
into the soapsuds and speedily perish
By setting a number of such traps in
a room it will soon be rid of the pests.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
MAGNESIA AS A WEAPON.
More Convenient and as Effective as
Revolver.

More Convenient and as Effective as
Revolver.
Every man who is out late should
carry a bottle of magnesia water with
him." said Police Captain Burdine the
other day. There is no law against
it, and it is far more effective than a
pistol. 1t isn't a concealed weapon,
and is just as deadly, when it is not
used as a medicine.
mot long ago a young fellow whose
business keeps him out late at night
was carrying home with him one of
these bottles. 1t was in the pocket of
his raincoat. Head down, he was
breasting the storm, bound for his
home port, when a woman rushed out
of the darkness toward his port side.
she begged for his protection. Her
arms were extended, and she was com
ing at him like a football player ready
to tackle. The young man was wise.
He side-stepped, and thought of the
bottle just in time to use it as a
burly individual doomed to starboard,
a blackjack in his hand.
There was just time to hurl the
bottle into the fellows face. 1t ex-
ploded with a report that sounded like
bomb. The man, terribly cut and
his wounds, fed. The woman went
with him.
Later a man in terrible pain stag
gered into the station house, saying
a dynamiter had hit him. 1t was Bill
the Brute We very much wanted
him. New York Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
A Devoted Cat.

One day a little dog, pet in the
home of a clergyman, disappeared,
says The Animals Defender. After
long search it was found in med
ical laboratory in almost a dying con-
dition. 1t was carefully carried back
to its home and placed ON a soft bed
near the fire. All the family minis
tered to the sick dog, but the most
constant care was given by another
household pet-a cat she made the
suffering animal comfortable by
stretching out her soft body as a rest
and ON one occasion, when the dog
staggered to mis- feet to drink from
dish of milk, the cat rose and went
over to the dish, to serve as a sup
port for her feeble charge to lean
against while he drank. Kitty was
thirsty, too, but not a drop of milk
did she touch until she had escorted
the patient back to his bed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-01
chiIdren's Right to be Heard.

Mrs. NJ. N Van Vliet of Chicago has
come out in defense of the child at
home in opposition to the old adage
that child should be seen, not heard.
Mrs Van Vliet says child should be
heard as well as seen. She asks the
pertinent question, How can a child
be expected to be all that an ideal
man and woman Should be if for the
first fifteen years OF its life it has
known nothing but repression and
suppression, and its opinions have
been scorned as of no weight and
value? Mrs. Van Vliet argues, and
doubtless argues from correct prin-
ciples, that children have their rights
in the house as well as father and
mother. One of these rights is to be
heard To be constantly suppressing
the impulse of the child to give ex-
preston to its thoughts retards men,
tai development, declares Mrs. Van
v1iet, prevents the cultivation of the
faculty of thinking clearly and speak
ing concisely and fuently, and ce-
stroys that poise and self-reliance
which are SO essential in the grown
man or Observation-Disclosures Post.