The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-05-28

having no case OF criminal character 70 go De-
fore me; but my brother magistrates, in their WIS
dom Thought to do me a bad turn by sennlhg pc
fore me two small cases which you will have to
Investigate OF petty larcency, and by this act de
prlred me of the pleasure of receiving white
gloFas to which the peaceable condition q your
eonny would otherwise have entitled me-
King Edward has patronized the Wexford Hat
factory and ordered some half-dozen OF the hight
summer head gear which this newest product OF
the Irish industrial revival in Wexford has put
forth The queen too, has also given an order tor
some light garden hats, and expressed herself very
pleased with the samples of hats which we're shown
her while here in Dublin. The head gear turned
out by this new branch of industry in Wexford IS
finding market, not alone in the best shops
IN Dublin and throughout Ireland generally but
Manchester. Liverpool. London, GLASGOW and Edin.
burgh are now buying largely from the Wexford
company. Curious to say, the war IN the east has
somewhat interfered with the prosperity of the
Wexford factory, as most of the fine plats and
straws are imported from China, but principally
from Japan. and, needless to say, the supply at
the present time is practically cut off. The fac
tory had, however, good stock of straws on hand.
1t is not generally known that one of the finest
private collections of ancient coins, rare old
tokens and other curlos is in the possession OF the
Stapleton family, of Thurles. The collection was
commenced more than quarter of century ago
by the late Mr.. John Stapleton, then distln-
guished student of Thures college and remark
able for his antiquarian tastes. The collection
comprises about fifteen hundred items and includes
coins of almost every nation in the world There
are silver coins of the Caesars, Anglo-Saxon, Nor
man, some of the days of the Crusaders, Dublin,
Limerick, Waterford silver pennies of the middle
ages. mngle with Ihurles and Kilkenny coins of
the fifteenth century. Cromwell's mint of the Tow
er of London, Charles seige pieces, reminders of
the Seige of Limerick in several specimens of war
tokens, consisting of James anathamised brass
and gun metal melted down to meet the necessi-
ties of the times. The fac-simile of both William
and James are impartially represented these.
Hapsburg, Hohenzollern Bourbon and Boneparte,
Romanof and Saxten have their profly in juxta-
position with the less aristoeratc of the diff
ferent United States, South American republics
China, Japan and other nations of the Far East
contribute to the collection, as we'll all the Brit
ish dependencies from Canada to the Channel
islands. The Stapletons are also the possessors of
a fine collection of stamps. both ancient and mod
ern. The late Mr.. Richard Augustus Cooper Ca
Irish scholar brother of the present
Colonel Cooper, Co. Sligo inspected the collection
and formed high opinion of its rarity and value.
Amongst the collections there is also an interest
ing relic of the '6T movement 1t is one of the
bonds issued in America 40 raise funds for that
The engraving and general design of
this historic document is of fine and curious
character. 1t bears the inscription: at is here
by certified that the Irish Republic is indebted to
bearer five dollars redeemable six months after the
Acknowledgement of the independence of the Irish
nation The bond is signed at The Treasury of
the Irish Nation" by John O'Mahony.