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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01

those blessings which are the greatest
gifts. We remember a friend for a
kindness or a favor hut We forget Cod
who has given US life, health and rea-
son. One-half of the human race dies
in infancy and childhood. Is it not a
matter of thanksgiving to know that
you have been favored with life, pro-
tected and cared for through the peri
cd of helpless infancy? Did you ever
stop to think how thankful you should
be that you are what you area hui
man being, wonderfully organized and
endowed and destined for Immortality?
The possessor of u free will, of intelli-
gence and of dominion over the earth?
With senses constructed SO that you
can enjoy all the wonderful works of
God? Are not these blessings great
enough to call for continual thanks.
giving to Him who IS the giver of them
all? Why can not the Catholic Church
take UP this national Thanksgiving
Day and by vivifying, purifying and
sanctifying make it what it ought to be
the day on which the homage of the
heart Of the nation is rendered to God
for His goodness?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01

The Mayors Of not less than three
hundred and ,eight-six French towns
have sent in their designations rather
than consent to the taking down OF
the crucifxes in the Communal schools,
and several projects have followed
their example. In many places the in
habitants have carried the crucifixes
back to the schools in procession, and
nailed them to the walls. Instances of
children being punished for having
rosaries or prayer-books in their pos
session are increasing, and the French
papers of the Opposition are full Of
particulars Of this sort of petty persc-
cution. Throughout the country from
end to end the names Of God, Jesus
Christ. and the Virgin Mary, and even
Of the saints, have been effaced from
all the school books. and teacher who
recently opened school hours with the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01
THANKSGIVING DAY.

1.-THE worship most acceptable to God
comes from q thankful and cheerful
heart" Thus spoke the pagan Plu-
tarch. 1t is fitting custom for this
Christian nation to set apart one day
each year when all the people are
called upon to assemble in their places
of worship and give thanks and pray
ers to God for the bounties conferred
For some obscure reason the human
heart is more sterile in gratitude than
any other virtue. People are much
more given to prayer than to thanks
giving. We often ask for blessings,
but infrequently give thanks for them.
Yet it seems reasonable that our
thankfulness for mercies granted
should be at least as fervent as our
prayers for mercies sought. Thanks
giving Day has come to be quite gen.
orally observed. 1t is not, we fear,
attended with the same fervent graft
tude which actuated the early set
tiers Of New England. BY many the
original subject and purpose of the day
is lost sight Of. Gratitude to God for
his gifts to us is not as prominent a
feature In the days observance as ii
should be. In actual practice the day
is given over to amusement rather
than to thanksgiving. In too many
roc 3c Io01-o6
drinking and carousing. People gath
err in the theater, at football games or
receptions rather than in their churches
and about their firesides. A deeper
religious tone, more earnestness and
better appreciation of the object Of the
day are needed. No people ever exist
cd who had so much to be grateful for
as the people of the United States, and
yet we think no people, unless it be the
and SO little to God as do we Amer
leans. We boast of our resources, our
wealth. our energy. our intelligence,
our liberty and our institutions as
though we ourselves were responsible
for them all. We are the greatest
boasters that ever lived except only
the English. 1t is our pride that de-
stroys our power to be truly thankful
for it is only out of humble honest
minds that thanks naturally flow. a
proud man is never grateful because
he always thinks he deserves even
more than he gets.
Another peculiar thing about graft
tude is that we are most forSetful of
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01

The attempted assassination of Piux
X last Sunday morning by unknown
anarchists while the holy sacrifice CT
Mass was being offered to His Holy
Majesty our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, was, thank God, a fiasco; but it
will serve useful purpose In showing
many good and honorable Protestants
the brand of hate by which certain men
are actuated, for. assuming Catholics
to be wrong, to show more forcibly the
point of our argument. such dreadful
hate and the means used to give It
force and existence are absolutely un-
godly and subversive Of the doctrines
of atheists, lnaterialists and Protest.
ants themselves, which in their highest
form is individual liberty in worship
ping God according to ones conscience.
The result Of this attempted unlaw-
full crime will individually conduce to
give Pope Plus a deeper affection in
the hearts Of the millions Of Catholics
of every nation under the sun, and
will excite for him III the honest breasts
of millions of non Catholics a feeling Of
pity for his loneliness of position
which has ben increased by the trou-
bles in France, Poland and SPAIN.
says the Salt Lake Intermountain
Catholic.
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BY the death recently Of Lord Arun-
dell of Wardour leaving no children, his
brother, who is a Catholic priest, sue
ceeds to the title as Lord Arundel Of
Wardour. His accession observes the
Catholic 14erald) adds another to the
very few examples there have been in
modern ties of Catholic priests entitled
to sit and vote in the House OF Lords
The last one was that of the Hon. and
Right Rev. Mgr. Petre, who succeeded,
twenty-five years ago, OH his fathers
death, as thirteenth Baron Petre. Dur
ing the nine years that he enjoyed the
title the late Lord Petre took no part in
political life, nor did he ever even take
his seat in the House Of Lords. AS the
new Lord Arundel is in his seventy
third year, and has lived for a consid-
cradle time In great retirement at
Bournemoutll 1t is not probable that he
will figure az an active politician any
more than did Lord Petre." No matter
how well meaning he will have no OPP
portunity to accomplish good in the
House Of Lords. There would have
been some chance for Lord Arundel i'm
the Commons, but even this would be
slight.
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FROM THE. CAPITAL.

All divisions of Hibernians in the
city, including the Ladies' Auxiliary.
are actively engaged in obtaining
funds for their respective divisions for
the proper conducting Of the coming
Hibernian festival.
Div. No. /, L. A. to A. o. H.. gave
a grand card party and ball at Gen.
trail hail on last Monday evening.
Div. No. 3, A. o. H., gave a ball
at Central halt on last Thursday even
ing for the benefit Of the A. o. H.
festival.
The Catholic Order of Foresters, st.
Peters Court, gave free entertain
ment to its members at Assumption
hall on last Wednesday evening.
Miss Sadie o'Brien of Cottage Grove
and Mr.. Frank Glenn of ST Paul were
married GU last Wednesday in st.
Paul. and left Immediately for their
future home in Seattle.
John H. Downey has added another
fine team and dray to his already well
equipped outfit.
Tom Hennessy is back from his
summer in the west.
Tho old Cathedral of st. Paul is be-
ing renovated and generally cleaned up
for the great congregations use until
such time as the new Cathedral will
be finished.
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voters or legislators, has right to put
asunder what God has Joined together.

In all sections Of the country the
newspapers are telling their readers
that the relief fund contributed by the
generous people Of the nation for the
earthquake and fire sufferers in this
city has been "plundered," says the
San Francisco Monitor. The state
ment is made BADLY and without
qualification, just as if it were a prov
en- fact. Is it? So far as we can as
certain, there is not vestige of evil
dence to sustain so gross a charge.
That the application of the fund has
been involved in needless red tape
and possibly in some instances less
economically managed than it might
have been, may be granted. but that
is quite a different thing from plum
dercd''-an ugly word. In their eager
ness to make good wholesale accusa-
tons of graft, some Of our local news
papers have overstepped the mark. We
think they are to blame for tho i'm
preston that has gone abroad that the
peoples bounty is the prey Of thieves.
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FAREWELL MEETING.
Div. No. z, A. o. H., Gives Final En-
tertainment in kistler's Hall.

Minneapolis, Nov. 2Sth.
Editor The Irish Standard:
Division No. z, "A. o. H., at their
last meeting had a visit from the state
insurance officers, r. J. Doyle, state
insurance president Of st. Paul; ]. E.
McGovern, state insurance vice-presi-
dent of Rochester, Mimi, and John
Mahoney, state insurance secretary of
Minnea polls. Also r. j. McManus Of
st. Paul, and J. l.. Gleason Of Division
No. 4, Minneapolis.
All the officers gave No. good adj
vice, and while they thought that No.
Z was making good progress. they still
insisted that we must do better work
and bring in more members, and make
it the banner division of the state.
The members tried to make it as
pleasant as possible for the state off,
GERS present, and we had singing by
Brother McGrath, Brother Pepper,
Brother cady and Brother Lynott. We
also had music by Brother Coyne and
Brother Cady, and had several good
old Irish reels danced by Brother Hur-
ley, Brother McGrath and Brother
Lynott; and the honors were about
even between the brothers. At least
it was SO stated by Brother Gleason
of Division No. 4, who is recognized
as a past master on Irish jig dane
ing.
The division held its last meeting in
kistler's hall, and they wish to take
this occasion to notify all the mem
bers that our meetings will be held
hereafter at Morgan Post hall, over
the Model Clothing store, on the cor
ner of Nicollet and Third street, where,
there will always be good elevator
service; and it is to be hoped that the
attendance will be larger hereafter,
now that the hall is centrally located
and the street cars running past the
hall from all parts of the city. Our
next meeting will be held on the sec
ond Thursday in December in our new
hall. Meetings will be held on the
same nights as We're held in our old
hall, viz, the second and fourth Thurs
day evenings of each month.
We take this occasion to invite all
the state and county officers to visit
us at our new hall, as we'll as all the
officers and members of the other di-
visions in the city, as We are Well
prepared now to entertain any Of the
brothers that may call upon US at
any OF our regular meetings.
Recording Secretary.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01

A national congress on uniform di-
vorce laws was lately held in Phila-
delphia, says the Catholic Columbian.
a measure was adopted to be laid be-
fore Congress. Some remedy for the
Babel Of legislation that obtains on
that subject should he devised. As
the Washington Post says: 1T seems
more like barbarism than advanced
civilization to see a couple living i'll
lawful wedloclz and rearing children in
one state, while in another state, per-
haps only q few feet away, the laws
FIX the status Of that couple as UNI
married. living criminal lives and rear
ing illegitimate children" The solu-
ton Of the difficulty would be to do al,
South Carolina does ,permit no di-
That is the Christian solution.
Me- man and not gathering Of men.
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school curriculum which has been en-
riched by many subjects which rightly
or wrongly are called "fads" and
''frills" by many who can not be sus-
pected Of hostility to the public school
system may yet prove elastic enough
to become public in fact by not ex-
Guiding all who wish to put catechism
and religion on a level with drawing
and nature study and this is written by
one who must necessarily be friendly
with the public school system and who
is So"
Catholics are not complaining. They
would be the last to insist that any
certain religious doctrine should he
taught in the public schools to the cx-
clusion of all others. They do, how
ever. insist with reason that youth is
the time when character is formed and
that an education from which all men,
ton of God is excluded is a detriment.
In other countries, particularly in Can
ada it has been found practicable 10
give up certain hours of the day in the
public schools to the teaching of relig-
ion. In those districts where the Cath
olic tax payers arc Il certain percent-
age OF the whole number of rate pay
ers they are entitled to have certain
portion Of the day set aside for the
teaching of catechism. At those times
other children need not attend. The
Same privilege Of course is extended
to Protestants. 1t might not be prac-
tcable nor desirable in this country.
But Catholics will certainly insist up
on teaching their children the funda-
nentals of religion, and il to do this it
is necessary to maintain separate
schools they will continue to do so.
The Parochial sciloo1 system in such
cities as Boston AMI New York actually
rivals the public school system today.
AS the Catholics of the country grow
in number and wealth this system will
surely be extended. OF course both the
Parochial school and the public school
will be at a disadvantage under this
double system. Catholics will have to
pay taxes twice and others will have
to help to maintain public schools in
districts where the public school will
be attended by Il very small minority
Of the children.
Another fact worth observing is that
while tho public school system is be-
ing given over to fads the Parochial
school system insists upon it's pupils
being trained in the common branches
Perhaps this accounts for the fact
that graduates of the Parochial school
system meet with SO much success up
on the Civil Service examinations.
To the ordinary mind, even one not
a follower of any religion, it must seem
at least as desirable to teach boy
something about the teachings of the
Saviour as to teach him how to do ;bas-
ket work or make a mud pie. These
recent fads are intended to instill a
desire for the artistic. 1t is just pos
sible that morals and religion would lie
more conducive to good citizenship
than knowing how to make a basket.
The school question will adjust Itself
and that too upon the principle of the
survival Of the f1ttest.
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Samuel J. Tilden, when he took hold
OF the Democratic party in New York
stats early in the '70s, adopted as his
whispered admonition to Democratic
politicians. Elevate the Standard! Ell
svate the Standard" Tilden insisted all
along that the standard Of the Demo
ocratic party in the state should be
elevated to higher plane than was
the vogue before his time. 1t would
be a great good thing for the Demo-
cratic party and the country il there
was in the state of New York at the
present time another such man as
Samuel j. Tilden.
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THE PARocHIAL SCHOOL.

Few realize the influence that the
Parochial school is exercising in this
country These schools have been
Maintained by the Catholic people with
a great deal of sacrifice and very little
complaint. The great mass of Cath
olics of the United States belong to
the working classes. They are the
poor. II is remarkable that they have
so generally and generously contribut-
ell out of their meager incomes for the
support OF these schools. They of
course arc called upon to pay taxes for
the support of the public schools also.
A deep appreciation of the necessity of
surrounding their children with re-
igious atmosphere has undoubtedly
been the cause OF the increase and
growth of the Parochial school sys-
tenn. A principal OF one of the New
York public schools writing to the
New York Sun says of the school sit
uation in that city: mo one can tray
ell to any extent without observing
school in close proximity to every
Catholic church or nearly every one in
this city. I think here are nearly
hundred, each with from a few hundred
to fifteen or eighteen hunderd pupils.
Rumor affirms with considerable en-
phasis that i'll these schools the secu-
Inr> oil, inn, i,,,,p orto &c, F,,1l
to that impaired by their great rivals,
the public schools. Those who actually
conduct them and who are in a special
manner charged with their defense
point with pride to many examinations
and admission to the civil, military and
naval services where the graduates Of
these schools have come out equal or
superior to others. The sentiment which
began and maintains these schools al
though it necessitates double school
tax is in no sense hostile to the public
schools. If it was I would refrain
from commenting it. 1t merely as
sunles that no education is complete
which leaves out the religious clement.
Vague and shadowy ethics based upon
the writings of a variety of sages from
Confucius to Rosseau with an occa-
sional yelled reference to Christ, and
that mostly in hymns more or less dis
torted. have no charms for the inde-
pendent minded citizens who pin their
faith on these schools. have even not
ed statements of late in the press to
the effect that any person, whether
Catholic or not, will be permitted to
send his children to these schools. I
suppose, however, not to the exclusion
of any Catholic child and also on con-
dition of paying in one way or another
as regular patrons do.
AS an observer of school events ana
merely as one asking a question. Will
our public school system eventually
find it necessary to adopt these schools
while conserving their autonomy and
representing their basic popularity?
public authorities violate the alleged
American principle of non-scctarjan
schools? I say alleged since the
schools in the beginning were RAM
PANTY religious. Perhaps it will be
on the ground that since this Parochial
system has actually come to be and
since it may be assumed to be more
o. Or less e handicapped BY lack Of funds ',,
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The knights of Columbus, of Phla-
delphia. through Mr.. James Flaherty,
president of the Philadelphia chap
ter, and Mr.. Philip Hart, treasurer,
have presented Archbishop Ryan, o:
the above city, with q check for the
handsome amount of $4,000. The
Archbishop has decided to distribute
the whole amount between now and
Christmas to the needy poor and the
different charitable institutions of his
episcopal city, the knights of Column
bus donating the amount named for
that laudable purpose.
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Irish centenarian Dead.

An Irish centenarian Of Cork has
just PASSED away in the person OF
Nora Mulcahy. a woman Of the farm
ing class, Of sandyhill, six miles
from Middleton. whose demise occurred
after a, very brief illness, at the a4e
of 102 years. Deceased, whose re-
mains were inferred in Ballynoe
cemetery. was never married, and en-
joyed good health and full possession
of her faculties almost to the lat
Born in 1904. and always residing ~
a Gaelic-speaking rural district, d..
ceased spoke Irish. only having =
very imperfect English. Deceased N
the daughter of u centenarian, her
mother having attained the age Of 1ld:
years Hi
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01

The late Patrick Larkin, of Cam
bridge, Mass, left over 100000 to the
Catholic good works Of the Archdiocese
Of Boston. says the Kingston Canadian
Freeman. But it is a notable fact that
Mr.. Larkin did not hold on to his
money until death relaxed his grasp, as
it is estimated that within the past
three years alone he gave fully $4,000
away, SO that his total benefactions
count up to $4,000. Mr.. Larkin a his
name indicates, was an lrshman. and
the right kind of a man to do honor to
any community and a credit to the
Irish race.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-01

The recent by election in Galway
shows how little cause for complaint
Irish Protestants have against their
Catholic countrymen. Galway is a
Catholic city, yet it elected Mr.. Gwynn.
q young Protestant to Parliament. He
gave his unqualified allegiance to the
Nationalist movement and the Catho-
lies of Galway elected him as against
4 candidate supported by VIM. O'Bricn
who stood for evolution.
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Good.M ornina.

VoO0"WOTntu2s
The world grew brighter to ragged
When well-dressed gentleman said
to him,
"Good-1norning, sonny!" then passed
along,
And was lost in the busy city throng;
1t was not much for the man to say,
But the world grew brighter to Tim
that day.
The world grew brighter for Mother
Gray.
AS Tim sang out in a cheerful way, Wiz
Good morning, mother!" then pass&d
along
With lighter step and heart of
song;
It was not much for Tim to say,
But the world grew brighter IS z
Mother Gray.
A bright Good morning" a CHEEKY.
song,
Or kind word spoken can not 20
wrong;
Into some heart they are sure to throw.
A ray Of light that will thrive and
Ever increasing from day to day,
Till the earth and it's people have
passed away.
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Caruso, a fellow with a. rattan skin
and a sweet voice, the idol of the mat
inee woman, looks in at the monkeys in
their cage and thinks: How wonder
fully J. have developed since ! was a
monkey" while the monkeys look out
upon Caruso and his antics and say
Gee whiz! How our race has degell-
Grated
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Lords Prayer was i Immediately de-
nounced by the Freemasons of til.
town, and lost his position within
twenty. four hours for this awful crime
(D: but a. teacher who held the cruci-
fix in his hands for the children to spit
upon as they went out of school wss
Immediately promoted to another place.
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Mr.. McCleary could not deceive the
farmers of Minnesota. Neither could
Mr.. Hearst fool the farmers Of New
York