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The Irish standard., 1905-05-20

They are looking to the Catholic
church for solution of the temper
ance question. They are invoking the
example and influence of the Catholic
church upon the divorce evil. They
are slowly beginning to wheel into line
with the Catholic church on the ques-
ton of religious education.
1t is we'll that the Catholic population
of this country has among it's number
hundreds of thousands of the country
men of Windthorst and Schorlemner.
1t is a certain reliance on which we
can look out cheerfully upon the fu-
ure and have no apprehension Of the
indifferentism and imbecility, In any
future struggle with the thousand and
one evils which are Nesting in Ameri.
can society today, we shall want to
depend on the spirit and faith of mil.
lions of Catholics, such as Germany
contains today.-Ex.
The Irish standard., 1905-05-20
Recovered Her Money.

An elderly, we'll dressed couple
rang the bell at 81 South Sixth street,
Williamsburg, yesterday afternoon
and asked to see Mrs. Mary Slavin.
The young woman who came to the
door told them that Mrs. Slavin could
not be seen; she had been prostrated
since Friday, when she lost $3.50
in currency after leaving the Dime
Savings Bank, at Broadway and
Wythe avenue, says the New York
Sun.
"That is what we have come about"
said the man. "We have important
news for her."
The couple looked like anything but
cranks or curiosity seekers, so in a
minute they were admitted to the
room where Mrs. Slavin lay i'll.
II think we have your lost money"
said the man.
If Mrs. Slavin's physician had been
on hand he probably wouldn't have
allowed such news to be broken so
suddenly. Mrs. Slavin gasped and
almost tainted, for the lost money waa
The Irish standard., 1905-05-20
Dunraven's Views.

The Earl of Dunraven has written a
remarkable pamphlet in which he says
ireland is at crisis In her history.
"Year by year." he says, "the coun-
try has been sinking deeper and deep
er into misfortune and has now
reached point at which must be de-
cided whether the dominant tenden-
cles shall continue to the inevitable
melancholy end, or whether SUI
preme effort shall be made to lift the
country out Of the national bankruptcy
in man power, intelligence and ma
terial prosperity which so Immediately
threatens it"
The Earl of Dunraven says the Land
Act made good beginning, but that
1t is not sufficient to save the country.
He assails with the utmost bitterness
the present system of government in
Ireland as a gross anachronism which
satisfies no one. He contends that
the Irish are not lazy or devoid of in
telligence and points out that they
do good work and become leaders of
men in every quarter Of the globe.
He says Ireland cannot be Anglicized,
that she understands her own affairs
best and could manage her own af-
fairs. The pamphlet concludes:
IF the union Is to be maintained,
an active, living democratic progress
sive policy must be applied to the
causes of decay. .-~ ~
The Irish standard., 1905-05-20

be granted only by the holy see, says
the New York Freeman's Journal.
LEO KILL" says the bishop, "in his
Encyclical of Feb. 10, 1880, expressed
himself with no uncertain mind on
the subject when he wrote:
"'Care must also be taken that
the faithful do not enter into mar
riage with those who are strangers
to the Catholic fold, for when minds
do not agree as to the observances
of religion it is scarcely possible to
hope for agreement in other things,'"
Marriage" says DR.. Henry, SIS a
divine institution, the Christian mar.
riage being the perfect antetype of
the union of Christ with his church.
The wife should be subject
to the husband as the church Is SUBJ
ject to Christ. There are, it is true,
precautionary conditions inherent in
mixed marriages, but of themselves
they do not remove these dangers.
How often are these conditions no
sooner made than they are completely
forgotten? In the great majority of
cases the precautionary promises of
safeguarding the faith and the prac-
tice of the Catholic religion and the
Catholic education Of the children are
left unfulfilled from the Indifference
with which the Protestant views
every form of religion-an indiffer-
ence in which his Catholic partner
frequently shares. The danger to the
faith of the Children is greater when
the husband is Catholic and the wife
nonCatholic. 1t will not surprise any
one il they become, when they grow
up, cold and careless Catholics with
out zeal for the faith, or with little
faith of any kind. Whenever a Catho-
lie young man or woman has a desire
or temptation to become engaged to
marry person outside the commun.
ion OF the church, the old advice
quoted in the Imitation should be
kept in mind: "A certain man said /:
withstand the beginning; after-reme.
dies come too late. ~"
The Irish standard., 1905-05-20
Honored Her Calling.

A beautiful story is told of a Sister
OF Charity, who was returning to Bos-
ton from New York on Sound steam
er recently AS tea-time was about
to be announced, the colored waiter
approached her and suggested that
perhaps it would be pleasanter for
her to go to the table before the gen
eral rush of the passengers. She as
sented and took her place at the table
for a very simple tea. The waiter left
her without waiting for an order, and
was gone so long that the Sister Won
dered what had become of him. At
last he appeared with a large tray
loaded with all the luXuries of the
season and set it down before her.
or course the modest Sister was quite
taken aback, and said to the waiter:
You have made a mistake, that is not
for me-" "Oh, yes, sister," said he,
it is for YOU" But did not order such
a supper as that; it certainly must
have been ordered for some one else
and you have brought it to me by
mistake" mo, sister, there is no
mistake, it was ordered for YOU" Con-
vinced at last, the Sister ate all she
wanted. Before she could leave the
table, the waiter appeared with a
second course of sweets, ices, fruits,
etc. "My dear man." said the Sister,
that is too much. Who has ordered
all these things for me?" There is
the gentleman who gave the order,"
said the waiter. "Then go and express
my grateful thanks to him, and ask
him for the pleasure Of his name."
The waiter conveyed the message to
the gentleman, and returned with this
reply: "Tell the sister that my name
is of no consequence. / am a stranger,
and may never see her again; but
say that am always happy to avail
myself of every favorable opportunity
OF testifying my profound respect for
the Sisters of Charity, whom l first
learned to venerate and love in our
late war"
The Irish standard., 1905-05-20
Sturdy German Catholics.

What is peculiarly commendable in
German Catholic public spirit is its
persevering quality. 1t is no fleeting
effervescence or feminine passion.
Rather it is deep-seated feeling ex-
pressed with masculine power and
earnestness.
The struggle which Catholic Ger
many made against the Falk legisla.
tion and the Bismarckian persecution
will remain one of the choice chapters
of the nineteenth century history,
which our Catholic posterity will read
together with the emancipation strug-
gle under Daniel O'Connell and the
Christian revival in France under Mon
talembert and Lacordaire. Unlike their
co-religionists in other countries of
Europe, the Catholics of Germany had
no political animus in their great
struggle. They had no Henry v or
Don Carlos to destroy their singleness
of purpose and their devotion to prin-
Clplc. 1uSy AOu6uI AOA AOA6AOuo AAO.
erty for is own sake, and not in fur.
therance of the pretentions of some
efete political system. This fact is to
be looked upon both as a cause Of
their success and a merit of their
cause. There was no worldliness. no
alloy of selfishness to detract from the
purity of their purpose.
DR.. Brownson was not incorrect in
looking upon the Catholic church as
the great conservative influence that
alone could rescue American society
from it's hereditary tendencies, and
safeguard the American social and
political sysem. Already the leaders
, of the sects are beginning to recognize
their powerlessness to grapple with
the social evils that are running riot
and ruin among their congregations.
The Irish standard., 1905-05-20
On Mixed MARRIAGES,

A few comments on the evils Of
mixed marriages from the Most Rev.
DR.. Henry, bishop of Down and Con-
nor, are likely to prove of seasonable
import The bishop finds growing
tendency among Catholics to marry
non-Catholics, Notwithstanding the fact
that experience in SO per cent of cases
has proved them to turn out unhappi-
ly. His lordship also notes frequent
instances of young Catholic men and
women marrying persons of differ.
ent religion in non.Catholic churches
as well as an increasing number Of
applicants for dispensations which can
The Irish standard., 1905-05-20
Stands Out More Prominently Than. AM
Other as the Man Upon When the
Future Of Ireland Depends.
An Irishman and Catholic He is One of the
Most Remarkable Personalities in, q
Great Britain.

l shall retire disgusted in year. But
1 am willing to try"
Born in 1914, the son of the late
Mark Garvey mcdonnell of Palmfeld
House, he received his first instruc-
ton in little boarding school in
Athlone, where he was one of num-
Der of Irish lads who afterward be-
came famous. Sir Anthony was the
most distinguished of the group. T.
P. O'Connor, who was pupil in the
same school, and although a few
years younger than mcdonnell, saw
good deal of him, says that he was
easily the head of all his classes,
strong in classics and mathematics,
and carried off the prize for general
excellence, the most coveted honor in
the gift of the school. From Athlone
he went to Queens College in Galway,
where he carried off the prizes within
his reach and took gold medal at his
degree examination.
It was about this time that the In
dian civil service was thrown open to
competition, and young MacDonnell,
who had already given proof that his
future was going to equal his reputa-
tion as student, looked forward to a
civil service career.
To secure one of the 40 or so places
in the civil service, mcdonnell, with
his training received in the little
western college, was obliged to enter
into competition with the first pupils
of the great schools of England. He
was able to hold his own with the
best of them, and among the hundreds
competing he had a place very near
the top.
It was after taking up his work in
India that he developed the qualities
that render him at present invaluable
in Ireland. His position was peculiar.
He was a Catholic, a Liberal in pol
itics, and more than this, he was an
Irishman with very decided views on
all matters. Yet he crushed his way
to the front and proved his worth in
every instance. He conquered famine
and pestilence, and ruled 47,000,0OO
people with a rod Of iron. He was
made chief commissioner of the West.
ern Indian provinces; then in 1889
governor Of Burmah, and in 1892 a
member of the state council Of India
The next step in his promotion would
have been to the governorship OF
Bombay, the highest Office under the
vice-royalty. The salary is $4,000 a
year, and when the governor retires
he is always elevated to the peerage
MacDonnell renounced these honors
for Ireland's sake. He gave up these
prospects for gloomy old Dublin Cas-
tie and the strife of Irish politics
And now the political economists OF
the world are watching his work
Meanwhile India is showing her love
for him by erecting his statue in
Lucknow.
The Irish standard., 1905-05-20
Ill she had in the world. She could

"Will you please describe the
money!" said the woman visitor.
Mrs. Slayin told them, as soon as
she could pull herself together, that
l.:ere were eight $1,000 bills, one $500
bill, three $100 bills and one $50 bill.
Or this she had taken $3.50 from the
Nassau Trust Company's branch at
136 Broadway, Williamsburg. 1t was
the proceeds OF the sale of some prop
erty she recently inherited, and she
was withdrawing it in order to place
it in banks paying higher rate of
interest.
She put the bills in the bosom of
her dress and walked to the Dime
Savings Bank at Broadway and
Wythe avenue, where she withdrew
her savings of s1OO and put it with
the larger amount. She then went
home, intending to deposit the money
in other banks the next day, but on
reaching the house found that her for
tune was gone.
The description of the money and
the route she took satisfied her visit
ors. The man drew an envelope from
his pocket and handed it to the sick
widow. There was the $3.50.
"My wife found the money" said
he "She will tell you about it."
II was waiting for car in front of
the Dime Savings Bank" said the
wife, "and whie walking up and down
my foot struck the envelope. picked
it up and saw that it contained
money. Just then my car came along,
and as I did not know what else to do
l went home. I supposed that some
business man had lost the money and
we looked in the lost advertisements,
but found no call for the money
"This morning l saw in the news
columns of one of the papers the story
of your misfortune, and we have come
as quickly as we could from our home
in Madison avenue, Brooklyn, to see
whether it was your property"
Mrs. Slavin began to thank the
couple.
"Im only glad that we got here in
time," the woman broke in. Il should
nave felt like a murderess if you had
died from the shock
IT want to give you $780," said Mrs
Savin, although that doesn't come
near expressing how grateful 1 am to
YOU"
"We don't want any reward for be
ing honest" said the woman, smiling
I'VE shan't take a cent of your
money" She and her husband turned
to go.
Don't leave without telling me youl
name, at least" said Mrs. Slavin.
"We don't dare to do that" said the
woman, because we don't want oul
names in the papers. We should moi
enjoy notoriety, nor would our rela
tives. We have son in the priest
hood"
And, beyond learning that the
couple attended the Roman Catholic
church of St. John the Baptist a
Lewis and Willoughby avenues, Brook
lyn, Mrs. Slavin could get nothing
more about the two most welcome
callers she had ever seen. The man
her daughter said yesterday, was up
ward of 60 and had white nous
tache. His wife appeared somewha
younger.
Mrs. Slavin had another faintint
spell after the good fairies went away
and the doctor was still in attendance
last night. He said that she was IL
no great danger, but that the secont
shock had been almost as great a!
the first. ..
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-07
SORGHUM.

During a recent trip we noted what
was really n great curiosity-viz,
twenty acre field of sugar cane grow
Ing in the north. Thirty years ago
the growing OF patch of sugar cane
was common thing with the pioneer
settlers. In every community would
be found mill for expressing the
Juice and boiling 1t down into mo-
lasses, which to large extent fur
nished the sweetening used by the
family of the early settler. AS sugar
decreased in price, less and less Of
the cane was raised, until now, as
above stated, 1t is rare thing to find
any sorghum grown for this purpose.
While the sorghum is high in saccha-
rlne contents, 1t was found after al
most endless experimenting that It
was impossible to convert the mo-
lasses. which was easily made, into a
granulated sugar. While sorghum has
ceased to have any special value as a
farm crop-as producer of sirup-it
still has one great value as forage
crop, forming most valuable hog
feed during the late summer and early
fall In connection with field of rape.
More of 1t should be grown for this
purpose than there is.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-07
GRASS.

Il stay by grass" was the terse and
significant statement made to us re-
Gently by successful farmer. This
Is a motto worth considering, and our
friend showed much wisdom In the
saying Of 1t. When one looks at grass
and its relation to the soil, the force
of this expression becomes apparent at
once. Grass Is natures benediction
spread over the earth. No soil ruin fol
lows In its trail. Grass means stock
to eat it, and where cattle are kept
there the soil will grow constantly
richer and better. 1t is not saying too
much to assert that every farm would
be more profitable If one-half Of the
area was kept continuously in grass,
and by grass we mean clover, alfalfa
and blue grass.
Few farmers understand the value of
land kept in grass as applied to pro-
duction Of meat and milk. While we
cannot accurately estimate 1t, 1t is safe
to say that the net profits connected
with good pastures are greater on the
average than net profits connected
with producing any of our common
cereals. An acre of good blue grass
pasture devoted to the production of
meat or milk will give man, at pres.
ent prices for such produce, not less
than $40 per acre.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-07
Eaas That Won,t RoII ON.

By far the commonest birds on tho
rocks are the California murrcs.
They nest up and down the sides of
the cliff wherever the ragged rock
furnishes II footing. There is not
the least sign of nest, but the
single egg is deposited wherever
there is niche to keep it from
dropping into the sea. The peculiar
top shape of the murre's egg is a
unique device to keep it from roll
ing. The practical value of this can
be seen every day on the sloping
ledges. We tried several experiments
with these eggs and found they were
OF such taper that not one rolled
over the edge. When they were
started down grade they did not roll
straight, but swung around like a
top and came to standstill four or
five inches down. The eggs were
tough shelled, and sharp push sent
one only about nine inches before
1t whirled around on its vertical
axis, Country Calendar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-07
THE POOR STAND OF CORN.

A friend asks us whether the poor
stand Of corn to be found In so many
fields is attributable wholly TO poor
seed. 1t Is not There are many agen-
cles which tend to impair the Vitality
Of seed and prevent it's healthy and
vigorous development. Among these
may be mentioned too early planting
when the weather Is so cold as to be
entirely unfavorable to the termination
of the seed. Then there Is deep plant
ing. With our modern planters suffi-
Client care ls not used to prevent the
corn being planted at too great a depth.
1t Is a common thing to go out into n
corndeld and find corn struggling to
reach the surface where 1t has been
buried at depth of from four. to FIVE
inches. When the ground becomes
slightly crusted corn under these con-
ditlons hardly ever reaches the surface.
Then there are the ravages of the mice,
gophers and crows, which cut no small
figure In preventing n good stand Of
corn. Primarily, however, the main
cause of poor stand Of corn Is poor
seed, and this, too, Is one which Is
wholly within the power Of the grower
to prevent. Here Is short recipe for
avoiding this difficulty: Pick the seed
corn not later than the 18th Of October,
hang it up where 1t will get thorough
ly dried out and then keep 1t where it
will be free from frost until needed for
planting. If this should be followed
out the complaint Of poor seed corn
would almost wholly disappear from
the corn growing regions.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-07
The Eyes.

People who recognize the impor-
tance of taking care of their health
often forget that if we want to pre-
serve them it is just as necessary
to take care of our eyes. First OF
all, take care of your general
health. Poor health often leads in
directly to various eye troubles.
Then remember that straining OF
the eyes is caused by dazzling
glare or a bad light. Glare and
gloom are equally bad to work in.
You need not ask which Is the worse
for the eyes. One Is as bad as the
other. The light should fall on
book or work from behind us. The
attitude while at work is of great
Importance. The head should, as
far as possible, be kept erect. Stoop-
ing causes an increased flow Of
blood to the head and eyes. This is
injurious to them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-07
The True Basis
Of the
Honor System

xE HI honor system" the to the practice of
conducting examinations not under the surveillance
of proctor of members of the teaching force of the
~ school college where it prevails, BUT UNDER THE
SELF DIRECTION OF THE PUPILS THEM
SELVES depending for the prevention of cheating the watch
full eyes of officers detect it, but upon the honorable esprit
de corps of the young boys who undergoing the ordeal
The system of experimenting poctors has always and everywhere
proved Intellectual those who take the examinations
EXPECTED TO CHEAT and watchers prevent tlc
the adventurous and less sensitive among hem the lazy
who sharp wted and who regard
official nqutoa process best invented for their discomfort
feel that of CHALLENGE has been flung them
crcumven their academic they can accept
Wits and cheat with small conjunction Their
affected much those of travellers returning Europe
affected by the treatment they the hands of the
officials who first require of them declaration under oath
take for granted that they have lied and search their luggage The
only thing that cheating strong feeling the
of the students themselves THAT II is DISHONORABLE
That feeling pecede the establishment of the honor
SYSTEM That system be established by the faculty of
school college, proceed from
OF The STUDENTS 1t method of self government Under
student of conscience feels bound
report regar the part of fellow student
report it not the faculty, but his fellow
tgaon of the charge is undertaken by them their
voluntary adoption the condemnation acquttal them
and it upon THEIR the convicted
the ofense dismissed by the institution
missed who has broken the Understandings
short of the standards of the little community such an amos
here onses grow very indeed practically never
detection.
ONE MAY BE THAT EXAMINATIONS HAv. BEEN
PASSED IN GOOD FAITH AND OBTAINED H,s
DEGREE AT GRADUATION sY.A sEREs DEcEPToNs
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-07
Be Your Own Rival.

BE thy own rival, comparing thy
self with thyself and striving day by
day to be self surpassed. If thy own
little room is well lighted the whole
world is less dark. If thou art busy
seeking intellectual and moral illu-
mination and strength thou shalt
easily be contented. Higher place
would mean for thee less liberty,
less opportunity to become thyself.
The secret of progress lies in know
ing how to make use not Of what
we have chosen, but of what is forced
upon us.