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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

The action Of the Russian sailors on
the two Russian ships destroyed at
Chemulpo, who went out of the har-
Dor with bands playing to meet certain
destruction at the hands of an over
whelming Japanese force and which
gained the praise Of all the foreign
officers and men on board ships in tho
harbor, is certainly as much deserving
OF admiration as the stealthy midnight
attack made by the Japanese upon the
Russian ships at Port Arthur before
the war was declared. Our Anglo
American press cannot see it that way,
however.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05
A Xornan,s influence.

Abiding to the good influence ex-
erted by a kind-hearted woman of
humble life and retiring disposition, a
great writer ON. moral and religious
subjects says: What was the secret
of her power? What has she done?
Absolutely nothing, but radiant smiles;
beaming good humor, the tact of d.
vining what everyone wanted, told.
that she had gone out Of self and.
learned to think of others, so that at
one time it showed itself by sweet
words, at another by smoothing an
invalid's pillow, at another by sooth-
ing sobbing child. None but she saw
these things; none but loving heart
could see them. That was the secret
of her blessed power. The woman.
who, whatever her station in life may
be, will be found in trial capable Of
great acts of love, is ever the one who.
is always doing considerate small
ones,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05


most powerful party and abiest lead
ers. This ought not to be time to
differ about details. Matters which
go to the very form of our government
must be decided once for all within
the next few years. Certainly these
questions call for the best and highest
craftsmanship that the party is able
to put forward. Let us look ahead to
future accomplishment and turn our
backs upon the alleged sins and mis-.
takes of the past. The so-called lead
ers of the party are engaged in lot
of profitless talk. They ought to be
large-minded enough to cast aside
pride of opinion and work for the well
fare of the party and nation.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

n little monograph by a distinguish
eo Jesuit has recently tiuttered to our
desk. is an unpretentious pamphlet.
but it is as convincing as words of
Holy Writ because supported and sus-
tanned by an imposing array of fig
ures. 1t treats of mixed marriages
y word or two will not be alnss
says the Boston Republic. That
mixed marriages will not take place
in this country is one of those dreams
that the complacent Catholic. quietly
smoking Il soothing after-dinner cigar
may harhor. But i: certain, relatively
low. perhaps, percentage of mixed
marriages must be expected in the
present condition of things The most
noteworthy fact in connection with the
activity of the miXed-marriage microbe
is that it's ravageS are seen most fire.
quently among what may be called the
better classes" And public opinion
seems to be growing shockinSly lax.
| Even the point of view of Catholics
grows somewhat tainted. The chief
danger is to be feared from those with
social aspirations. whose ideals of liv-
ing have been distorted by the example
of the unethical-lninded about them.
The Catholic Church has never way
cred in her historic position with
reference to divorce. But the mid
dle-nisle Catholic"-who accepts meek
ly the yoke of social custom not of his
own making. falls Il ready prey to the
net of the fowler!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05
lronwood.. Mich.

IrOnwOOd, March 3.-In, accordance
with it's time4honored custom, Division:
No. l, A. @. H. Of this city, will ap-
propriately celebrate the anniversary
of its patron saint this year. The COM
m1ttee of arrangements are sparing no"
pains to make the affair the equal, if
not the superior, of any in the history
of the division. The program as al
| ready prepared, is certainly elaborate
consisting of music, vocal and instru--
mental, recitations and essays, one of
which will be in the Language
of the Bards." The members of the
division, in full regnlia, will attend
high mass at St. Ambrose church at:
8 a. M, led by the Third regiment
band and followed by the Ladies'
Auxiliary in carriages. At 2 o. m.
the grand parade will form at the COR
her OF Aurora and Suffolk streets and
march through the principal streets of
the city and the capital of Iron county,
Wis. In the, evening the concert and
exercises will take place at Pierce's.
opera house, the principal event of
which will be the Grafton by Hon. p.
IL. OBrien, the well-known. lawyer of
Calumet, Mich. His subject will be
1.-The National Spirit. of the Irish
Race" and to say that he will handle,
it i'll his usual mastery style is ex--
pressing it rather mildly. The com.
mittee are very fortunate in securing
the services of Mr.. O'Brien for the.
occasion. and it is needless to say
that those who will attend will be
fully satisfied that they have par
ticipated in a rare treat. The Ladies'
Auxiliary have been given the use of
Il large storeroom in the vicinity Of
the opera house, where they Will
serve bountiful supper from 5 to Z
p. H., and as they are proverbial
caterers. they will receive as usual n
liberal patronage. Taken as whole.
the 18th of March, 1904, will be cele-
DRAFTED in such manner as to make
the Hibernians and their friends feel
proud. a cordial invitation is ex--
tended to all, especially to any Hi.
bernians who may be in Ironwood at
that time.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

horse for $4,000. Not to be outdone
in the matter Of horse-hesh by his un-
Gle, the Emperor Of Germany imme.
diately purchased another Irish racer,
the Incompatible Galtee More, for the
nice sum of $65,OOO. Now if the EN-.
peror would only come to Punchstown
and ride against the king in a steeple.
chase, there would be a royal race sure
enough. Well bet on William!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05
FARMING hy Niuht.

Many of the large farmers of the
West are taking profound interest
in some power which will supersede
horses and oxen. Some are using
steam tractors. but these, however. ell
danger the crops by fire, especially in.
very dry weather. One Dakota farm
is now experimenting with an electric
al device for this purpose. By this con-
trivance the power is generated by
mill some distance away-perhaps.-
several miles-and transmitted in the
usual way to a power mast forty feet
high, set in the open ground. At the
top of this mast double conduct,
ing cable is connected this in turn
being connected to the tractor,
which consists of 25-horse-power>
motor onga heavy carriage. A spar
ten feet high is carried on the car.
sriage, with a universal joint pully ons
top, over which the cable is led to a
drum on the carriage, which auto.
matically takes up any slack cable as
the tractor approaches the power.
mast, the power being transmitted by
suitable connections through the
drum to the motor. The. tractor, when
rim operation, is hitched to gang
plank, cultivator or harvester, the
cable being kept from sagging by the
action of the drum. With q cable of
about 500 feet in length, twenty-five
acres can be worked. The work has
proven so satisfactory that it is pro-
posed to extend the system to cover
600 acres, which will require twenty
four masts at suitable intervals.
The device should prove quite essen,
tial during the spring wheat opera
tons, as each days delay in seeding
is detrimental to the future crop. The
owners of this farm on which they are
using this method. propose, when
planting time comes for the spring
wheat, to install arc lamps on the
masts and carrying poles, so that their
operations may go on night and day,
thus saving valuable time.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05
ROBERT EMMET.

SolSAu0y was 1luACI uSlys w ucE'
ever the Irishman has gone, and that
means every civilized country in the
world, the day was celebrated in crate.
full remembrance of the most popular
of all of Ireland's long list of heroes
No country in the world has such a
list of political martyrs. Other coun
tries celebrate the anniversaries OF
men whose achievements have brought
renown upon themselves and theil
country. 1t is sad and convincing
araignment of English rule in Ireland
that the people in Ireland to-day com
memorate the lives of those who have
died the victims Of English rule. OF
all the martyrs to the cause of Irisl
nationality, Robert Emmett is the
most renowned, not because his
achievements were greater, for in ac
tual immediate accomplishment his
work resulted in nothing, but because
Of the loftiness of his patriotism, the
purity Of his character and his ex
IRENE youth.
He was born in Dublin in 1878; stud.
led at Trinity college, from which he
was expelled in 1898 because of his
connection with the United Irishmen
He went to France, where he remained
until 1903 when he returned to Ireland
and became the moving spirit in an at
tempt to seize Dublin castle and drive
the English out of Ireland. The at
tempt was made, but those upon whom
Emmett depended failed at the critical
moment and the attempt was miser-
able failure. Emmett was arrested,
tried, convicted of treason and eXecut-
ed. 1t was in answer to the question
Of tie court. why sentence should
not he passed upon him." that he de-
livered from the dock that remarkable
speech which has served as an inspira-
ton to Irish patriots ever since. 1t
was not an answer to the question
propounded by the court. Emmett
knew that nothing could save him
from the English government. which
was bent upon crushing out every at
tempt of the Irish to secure their free.
dom. but it was Il vindication of his
country and its people. No purer or
more unsetish patriot ever lived. His
undertaking was extremely dangerous.
if not absolutely certain to end fatally
to himself He was yOung-only
twenty-iive-well educated and we'll
connected: he loved and was loved in
return. vet lie sacrificed himself upon
the altar of his country. His motives
We're impugned in his life time and for
some time afterwards, but it is uni
vcrsally conceded now that his acts
were prompted by the love of country.
and that alone. His attempt failed.
but it is Il failure which has succeeded
Nothing has served as Il greater slim
illus to the fight for recognition of
Irish nationality than the execution of
Emmett.
The celebration of his birthday
more than one hundred years after his
death teaches us that falsehood and
revenge find place beyond the grave.
He was attacked and betrayed in life.
but he is honored by all in death. His
sad and untimely death has been
means of inspiring thousands upon
thousands of youth with generous and
patriotic impulses. His wonderful
speech has been recited by schoolboys
for Il century and will remain Il gem
of pure oratory as long as the English
language is read.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

Candidate Hearst has shown up in
bis seat in the House of Representa-
tives about three times during the SEES
sion. He is busily engaged advertising
his newspapers and cannot afford to
look after the peoples business at
$1,000 a year, especially since his
grand opportunity for advertising only
lasts to July 9th.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05
A Resourceful Woman.

II think it is foolish fashion that
so many women indulge, that of tell
ing their age wrongly" said the wom-
an with the prematurely gray hair. II
can honestly say that never practice
it myself"
"No?" said her friend, with many
meanings on the monosyllable.
.sWell," said the first speaker, with a
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

The Journal is searching for Re-
publican good enough to represent
this district in Congress. John Lind
has set such IL high standard that the
Journals task is insurmountable 1t
used to be easy to find Republican
good enough for the job, in fact, any
old thing was good enough.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

In view of the fact that the Japanese
feet is about one-half as large again
as the Russian fleet in Eastern waters,
and much more modern, there ought to
be little surprise at the initial success
Of Japan. 1t will be an entirely diff
ferent matter for the Japanese to drive
Russia out of the mountains of Man
churia.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

The court of appeals in the state Of
New York has just decided that public
school money may lawfully be paid to
Sisters for teaching the orphans in
asylums, says the Catholic Columbian.
This settles an A. p. A. cutlery. 1t is
good sense as we'll as good law. The
orphans must be educated, and the Sis
tiers deserve wages for teaching just
as well as any other teachers.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

Probably Russia will feel less annoy
ment after the celebration of Robert
Emmets birthday, when the devoted
men of his race will have an oppor.
tunity to express themselves concern
ing the Anglo-.Japanese alliance, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

New York Freenan's Journal, for be-
ing pro-Russian as to the war in the
East, viz. because England is against
Russia may not be very logical, but
it is the reason that would be given by
nine tenths of frishmen, all pro-Rus-
sian to man, and it well points the
moral of British rule in Ireland"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

''>>e>9 See>&>A e~AV VAuAAdty ASuSSAdu SUI
der. While not all the Russian
guards of the railway in Manchuria
are Cossacks of the Don, yet they
form the nucleus of that fighting arm
of Russia. Every Cossack owns a
horse and gun and is always ready
for service. He is the best cavalry
man in the world. From childhood up
he lives with his horse and looks upon
war and its pursuit as the one honor
able calling. In his perfect readiness
and great daring he may be likened
to our western cowboy.
After the Tartar invasion southern
Russia began to settle up and it be-
came necessary for the Cossack to till
the soil. This he did to some extent
and became sort of free settler. He
cultivated piece of land as long as it
was fruitful, and then moved to an
other piece. At the present time every
Cossack possesses a share of land un-
der system of allotment described by
Wallace in his work on Russia, as fol-
lows:
by this system each adult male
possesses a share Of the land. The
mode of distribution differs in different
localities. Here, for instance, is the
arrangement adopted in Kazanskaya
Stanitsa. The whole of the arabic
land, with the exception of a portion
reserved for minors, has been divided
into number of lots corresponding to
the number of males who have attain
ed the age of II. The arrangement
has been made for term of six years.
Those who attained the age of IL dur
ing that period received portion of
the land held in reserve Widows re-
ceived an amount proportionate to the
number of their young children; those
who have less than three receive half
a share; those who have three receive
a full share, and those that have more
than three receive two shares. Each
member, as soon as he receives his
share, is free to do with it as he
pleases; one cultivates it himself, an
other let's it for yearly sum and a
third gives it to neighbor on condi.
ton of receiving certain portion Of
the produce. Some of the richer fam.
lilies cultivate q considerable area, for
there are ALWAYS many memharc will.
ing to sell the usufruct of their por-
tons. y family may buy a number of
shares for the whole term before a
distribution takes place and receive all
the shares in one lot. In consequence
of this practice there are still a num-
Der of members who are practically
landless, but they have no ground for
complaint, for they voluntarily sold
their right, and they will be duly rein
ton"
The Cossacks of the Don have play
ed Il great part in the building up of
the mighty Russian empire. They are
stationed all along the Siberian and
Manchurian railway, and events in the
East are sure to bring them into prom
inence within the next few months
The Japanese will find these COssacls
very different propositions from the
Chinese soldiers from whom they Won
such easy victories.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

King Edward and Queen Alexandra
will visit Ireland in April, says the
San Francisco Leader. His majesty
wants to take part in the famous
/ Pnnchestown races and, for that pur-
pose, recently bought an untried Irish
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

Some Of the business interests which
have felt the effect of the Russian re-
sentiment toward this country, in the
way of cancelled orders for goods, are
beginning to think Hay made a mis-
take.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

If the Democratic party should be
unwise enough to nominate for the
presidency certain ambitious pro-
moter OF newspapers, we would have
q ''yellow peril" on our hands ut home
that. might be more Immediately dan
gerous than the yellow peril" in the
East
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

"They say greenbacks are full of
disease germs" 20, that's all right.
1 got this greenback from old Tight.
leigh, and he squeezed it hard enough
to. kill all the microbes"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

were scarce and friendship meant
something.
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

The old liberty cracked bell of Phil
adelphia will be on exhibition at St.
Louis during the Exposition. 1t will
soon be removed and w. NJ. Regain of
this city has suggested that an effort
be made to have it sent around via
Minneapolis on it's way to st. Louis,
thus giving many of the people of the
Northwest an opportunity of seeing
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

The key to the situation in Korea
has been lost by Japan.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

liev. Father Danehy, of st. Stephens
parish, suffered relapse during the
week and hope has again turned to
despair The many inquiries regard
ing the distinguished patients condi-
ton indicates how strongly he stands
in the affections of the people of this
community.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-03-05

Carter II. Harrison. Chicago's pop
ular mayor, is being pushed by the
Democracy of that city as the partys
candidate for the presidency. a very
deserving compliment. indeed. How
ever. a ticket with Judge Parker. of
New York. for president and Carter
Harrison. of Illinois, for vice president
would be nearer the proper thing. All
things considered. such Il ticket would
prove winner.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-05-21

and valuables were kept. Taking re-
volver from one of the men he shot him
dead. AS the other started for the door
he fired but only succeeded in wounding
him. The man was not badly hurt but
terribly frightened. The doctor then left
to notify the police. He explained his
connection with the case by saying he saw
the man run from the house in wounded
condition and, knowing that something
must be wrong, notified the police. Itwas
nearly morning when he returned home and
being very tired he fell into deep sleep.
When he awoke it was far into the next
afternoon. Something he had never done
before was to over-sleep and when he
opened his eyes he was in a very dazed
condition. Remembering what had hap
pened during the past night, he called for
bis morning papers to see what they had
to say about the mysterious murder and
robbery. After looking them over, he
dressed himself and looked for the mys-
terious stone,'' but it was gone, although
no one else had been in his room during
the night.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-05-21
No Joke.


From the Louisville Herald.
One of Governor Hoard's recollectlons
is of prosperous old German farmer with
whom he was once conversing in Northern
Wisconsin, when the subject Of humor
came up.
cit has always seemed strange to me,
said the Governor, "that you Germans, as
rule, do not appear to understand Amer
lean humor You have some remarkably
clever humorists in Germany, and their
jokes are easily comprehended by the
American mind, yet your people do not
seem to see the point of our jokes at all. y
The German promptly controverted this,
claiming that his people were quick to see
and appreciate American humor.
''You gif me joke" said he, ''and
YOU will see dat I will understand it yoost
so veil as you.
So Governor Hoard told of man in his
county who had feet so big that he had to
use the fork of road as bootjack.
The German stood smilelessly waiting
for the point, when the Governor said:
''There! told you German couion
comprehend an American joke.
"Do you mean to tell me dat dis man
hat feet SO big dat he hat to 60 oudt efery
night and pull off his boots NIT der fork
of der road?'
"That's the idea," the Governor ad-
mitted.
even you talk about der fork of der
road do you mean der blaze where one
road runs dis way und der odder runs dat
vay?''
eyes"
"Und you say dis man hat sooch big
feet dat he hat to use dis fork of der road
for bootjack?''
EXACTLY"
"Vell, dat's no joke. OATS joost a
great big lie
xuo,,ll lo-o ,pl;oact.op II