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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
The Young Hero.

The weeping father and mother
were bidding their only son goodby.
A tear stood in his eye, but there
was no faltering in the resolution that
expressed itself in every line of his
brave young face.
You are going, Harry" said his an
uish-stricken mother, among scenes
of carnage, destruction and possibly tc
a swift and terrible death. Do not, my
son, 1 beg of you, forget the lessons
have tried to instill into your mind
from your earliest childhood"
Il will not, mother" he answered
pale, but undaunted. Cheer up!
have feeling that I shall return
alive
Kissing her affectionately and wiring
ing his fathers hand, he tore himself
away and was gone.
To war?
An, no; more terrible than that. He
was about to enter college as fresh
man.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
What to Teach the Boys.

1a4LO0OEf1E0 nus S6lQ CQ8C the
~ education of boys is to teach
them what they ought to know when
they become men,"
First-To be true and to be genu.
inc. No education is worth anything
that does not include this. A man had
better not know how to read and be
true and genuine in action rather than
to be learned in all sciences and in all
languages and be at the same time
false in heart and counterfeit in life.
Above all things teach the boys that
truth is more than riches, power or
possessions.
Second-To be pure in thought, Ian.
guage and life-pure in mind and body.
Third-To be unselfish, to care for
the feelings and comforts of others, to
be generous, noble and manly. This
will include genuine reverence for
the aged and for things sacred.
Fourth-To be self-reliant and self
helpful even from childhood, to be in
dustrious always and self-supporting
at the earliest possible age. Teach
them that all honest work is honor
able ;that an idle life of dependence
on others is disgraceful
When a boy has learned these
things, when he has made these ideas
part of him, however poor or however
rich, he has learned the most import
ant things he ought to know.-Ex.
change.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
A New Years Wish.
This wish for you: that past rougl
roads unheeded

This wish for you: that past rough
roads unheeded
You march ahead.
Undaunted, with the hope of trust be-
gotten
To win life's bread;
To wear smile cen when tears bc
your p-rtion
With signs unsaid;
To find fair blooms from last years
brown leaves springing,
Upon your way;
To reap the worth Of deeds gone by
that left you
A bit more gray.
A bit more strong to live and love
with others
From day to day.
In fruitful fields may Time think wise
to give you
A gentle part;
With love of home and friends tc
Irvine about you
May this year start
Blue skies to cheer, and peace Of Gt'd
to guide you,
o faithful heart!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Must Have Been Bad.

One of our leading actor-author-
managers tells the following yarn:
A certain man obtained admittance
to theater on a free pass The play
was an execrably bad one, and the
company playing it was even worse
When the curtain fell on the first act
sounds of marked disapprobation were
heard from all parts Of the theater
not join in the general storm of dis
appreciation. At the close Of the Sec
ond act a perfect tornado of groans
cat-calls, and Kisses broke out among
the thoroughly Disguised audience
Still the free-ticket man sat unmoved
At last a man sitting in the next seat
turned to him and said:
Pardon me, but are you not dis
gusted with this wretched playa"
II am, indeed" heartily concurred
the deadhead.
"Then why don't you signify the
same in the usual manner?''
We'll, you see, am in here on
free ticket, and as 1 am getting some
thing for nothing. l hardly feel justi-
fled in expressing my disapproval; but
I'll tell you what. If this COMPOUNDED
play gets much worse I'll go to the
box office and buy ticket, and come
back and hiss like the rest of you"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Justin McCarthv's Home.

Since retiring from politics seven or
eight years ago Justin Mccarthy has
made his home in Westgate-on-Sea,
on the Kentish coast. Working leisur-
ly in his beautiful dwelling he has
finished his great History of Our
Own Times" A friend who has re-
Gently seen him says of the gifted his
torian: Where can you find so charm
ing talker, one who has seen so
much, knows so much, met so many
famous people and who by word or
a phrase can make the past live, laugh
and cry again?"
The years since he left politics have
been kind to Mr.. Mccarthy. His out
look is the bright outlook of youth, and
his health is perfect. His single bur-
den is weakened eyesight, which
does not permit him t. read, but, as
he says, means the pleasure of being
read to py others. His daughter, Miss
Charlotte Mccarthy, is his constant
companion.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Brother-in-Law of a French Count.


Mr.. Longworth, who is to marry
Miss Roosevelt, has two sisters, the
countess de Chambrun and Mrs. Buck
ner Wallingford. His mother, Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, is now in WASH
ington and has taken a house oppo-
site the Harriet Lane Johnston resi-
dence.
The first member of the immediate
Longworth family to marry was Clara
Longworth, whose marriage to Jacques
Adelbert, Comte de Chambrun, was
celebrated with all the pomp of the
Catholic church at high noon of Tues
day, Feb. 10, 1901. Miss Longworth
had previous to her marriage been re-
ceived into the Catholic Church, to
which her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
converts.
Archbishop Ireland journeyed espe-
cially to Cincinnati for the ceremony.
He preceded this with short talk, in
which he spoke of the prominence of
the brides family, Of her charming
personality and of her intellectual
gifts and attainments.
The tableau was one long to remain
in the memory of those who witnessed
it. The notable assemblage, the dis
tinguished churchman with his stately
illustrious families who knelt to re-
ceive the blessing made a memorable
picture.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
At p.athb.d of Heir to $4,000 900.

When reading the following descrip-
ton of the scenes at the deathbed OF
Marshall Field, Jr., son Of the mer-
chant prince of Chicago and a convert
to the Catholic Church, one cannot
help but think how different it all must
have been had the young man re-
manned a stranger to the faith that
alone consoles in the hour of supreme
trial:
"Ar the consultations which religion
could afford were given Mr.. Field be-
fore his DEATH" says the Catholic Uni
verse.
AT the end Sister Vivian gave the
dying man her crucifix. He clasped 4
to his breast with one hand. His 9TH
er hand was in his wife's who sat be-
side his bed. He and she repeated their
prayers together. He still held the cru
cifix when he died and his wife re-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast!

Commencing February 18th and con-
tinuing until April 7th, the Minneap-
oils & st. Louis R. R. will have on sale
reduced rate one way tickets to Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, British
Columbia, Utah, Montana and Idaho
Rates SIS below regular fare. Two
tourist cars are run every week to
San Francisco and Los Angeles. We'd
nesdays via Kansas City and popular
Santa Fe System; Thursdays via
Omaha, Denver and famous Scenic
Route through Colorado.
Call on agents for particulars, or
address A. B. Cults, G. P. & T. A.,
Minneapolis; MINI.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

tanned his hand for some minutes af-
ter 1t was announced that he was dead.
Earlier in the day. when he was
told that there was no hope that he
could live, the patient expressed his
willingness to meet his fate. I am
ready to go when the call comes he
said.
so patient and accomplishing was
the dying man in his last moments
that the nurses and Sisters at the hos
pital, accustomed to many such
declared that the young man set a
beautiful example Of faith and resigna-
ton"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Dove on Priests Head,

A strange incident occurred at Nor
rice, Mich, While Rev. Fathe: Welsh
was conducting farewell mission ser
vice at st. Mary's church last Sun
day when dove flew down from the
gallery and after walking the cnancel
rail flew up and alighted on the rrv
erend fathers head, where it re-
manned for an instant ar.d then flew
away. Father Welsh in his farewell
remarked that in years to come the
little ones present woull remenlLe,
him by that incident.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

| that spells failure, to me it spells
fame. They were dragged to Jail and
then to the dock to the dock in which
| Emmett had faced Lord Norbury. Phil
lips it Is that paints the picture. He
was there. He had gone over to hear
O'Connell, to see for himself how II
| was in Ireland The courtroom was
crowded. The verdict was prear-
ranged, inevitable 1t was to be death.
An example must be made of such
dangerous conspirators. There is 81
lence. 1t has been ordered. The case
is called. The defense is to be made.
Who will dare defend? Who will risk
life and reputation in that court de-
Tending traitors? An old man is seen
to move. AS he gets up a thrill of
admiration passes from one end of the
court to the other.
The silence is oppressive The figure
reminded Phillips of Mount Blanc
| among the hills of Switzerland, or
Everest, among the Himalayas. The
frosts of more than eighty years had
whitened the mans hair. The form
was as straight and erect as pine,
sturdy as an oak. In his right hand
he held a paper from which he read.
1t was a copy of the Indictment AS
he read it his voice rang out in
strangely eloquent tones. When he
finished he lifted his eyes to the court.
May it please your honors" he be-
gan; 1.-The sentiments of treason put
down in this indictment and charged
against the prisoners at the bar were
the sentiments of my childhood, lispei
and learned at an Irish mothers knee;
they were the sentiments of my young
manhood, for them I went to prison.
They were the sentiments of
my mature manhood. Your honors,"
the speaker drew himself up to his
"'aved the indictment above
s--~!: J. in the faces Of
the court as he shouted, with an elo-
quence said by Phillips to have been
the greatest to which he ever lis
tened: These, your honors, are the
sentiments of my old age Why does
not your Attorney General arrest me?"
Phillips says the scene that ensued
was beyond words. 1t was sublime.
The only thing in all history with
which he could compare it was st
Paurs marvellous and masterful de-
Tense in the presence of Agrippa
He did not free the prisoners, but it
saved their lives. But for that arraign-
ment and that eloquent assertion of an
Irishman's right to love liberty, the
men at the bar would have been
hanged. AS it was, they went to prison
Or into exile for life. That man-tha
defender of Mitchell, Martin and
OBrien-was Robert Holmes. At the
age of eighty odd years he came forth
from his retirement to renew the al
legiance of his youth and to pledga
again to liberty his love for her. AS
in youth, so in old age he stood firm
when to do SO was dangerous.
Such is the life or the lives we live.
These are the idols we worship-the
ideals we offer to our boys. Let others
offer better if they can. This is what
l call Irish character!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Mr. DooIev's Sarcasm,

IF Canada liver wants to increase
her population" remarks Mr.. Dooley,
'all she has to do is to sind a man
to yell, Stop theft At the sound Nv
tn wurruds sivinty million men, wo-
men an scoundhrelly little children
wud skedaddle FIR tn frontier, an lave
Jerome, Folk an Bob La Toilette to
pull down the blinds, close tn dure an
hang out sign: United States to
rent"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
The Watch His Mother Gave Him,

The timepiece carried by Pope Plus
X. is a nickel watch that has no claim
to beauty and little intrinsic money
value. 1t is one given the Pope by
his mother, when he was boy and he
refused to lay it aside for the most
costly jeweled watch that gifts car
bring or money can buy. The follow
ing verses, suggested by the little
watch, appeared in the Chicago Rec
ord Herald:
Oh, that little nickel watch
Which the Roman Pontiff owns!
With it's leather shoestring catch
And it's lack of precious stones;
With it's nickel full of d1nts-
They are jewels in his eyes
Not the dover of a prince
Could secure the ancient prize.
Once a simple peasant boy
Now the mighty Pope of Rome
Wore that antique nickel toy
In the Vatican of home.
And the Holy Father prays
Though the nickel may be dim,
That it marks the passing days
Until time shall cease for him.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Goldenrod.

GoIdenrod.
TELL me, sunny goldenrod,
/ Growing everywhere,
Did fairies come from fairyland
And make the dress you wear?
Say, did you get from mine Of gold
Your bright and shining hue,
Or did the baby stars some night
Fall down and cover you?
Or did the angels flap their wings,
And drop their glitter down,
Upon you, laughing goldenrod,
Your nodding head to crown?
...
Or are you clothed in sunshine caught
From summers brightest day,
10 give again in happy smiles
To all who pass your way?
I love you, laughing goldenrod,
And will try, like you,
To fill each day with deeds of cheer.
Be loving, kind and true
Selected.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
First campaian Emblem.

So far as known, the first campaign
emblem was a finger ring of copper
1t was worn by the adherents of John
Quincy Adams in 1925, when he ran
for president, and was inscribed, John
Quincy Adams, 1925" Tintypes and
medallions were among the insignia OF
the 1860 campaign.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Sunday Morning Improperly.
From st. Patrick's Parish (Grea.l B

From st. Patrick's Parish (Grea.l Bay
Wis.) Annals.
It is the improper thing
To be hard Of hearing when the
church bell rings.
To forget that your clock may some
times be wrong.
To look into your excuse book.
To wait until Sunday to get a head
ache.
To attempt to break any walking
records.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
One Boy.

One Boy.
DIAM of face and body he,
OF no noble pedigree,
Tall and slim,
High desire, strong and true,
In his soul its purpose grew
All through him.
Few his books and small his chance,
Yet he daily broke lance
For his hope.
Meier a whimper, groan, or cry,
Until manhood, by and by,
Cut his rope.
Thus the boy, working man,
Seized his chance, as all men can,
And unfurled
To the view Of all mankind
All the treasures of his mind,
A new world!
Selected.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

cts really distressing to think" said
the wealthy Mr.. Farrasy, "that many
very common and ignorant people will
be admitted to heaven"
Well" replied Mr.. Cutting, "that
needn't worry you.'
Cholly-"I did hope TO raise a MIC:
Vandyke beard, but it is growing sc
straggly I think I shall shave it off
don't y'know.''
Miss Pepprey-"Oh, let it grow! Per-
haps in that way you'll get ii all out
of your system
Something to Brag About: Hote
Clerk Oo commercial traveller, who
halls from Chicago)-"That was a
smashing big bank failure that you
had up in your town the other day."
Commercial Traveller (proudly)--
well, should say so. We do every
thing on a big scale in Chicago"
What Interested Him: What in
terested me most in my travels" sai6
Henpcck, "was the mummy of a queer
1 saw in Egypt"
| Wonderful, eh?" asked his friend.
Yes, it's wonderful how they could
make woman dry up and stay thai
!! way"
When the six-year-old son was taker
in to see the new baby he exclaimed:
20 mamma, it hasn't any teeth!
mamma, it hasn't any hair!"
Then clasping his hands in distress
he cried: Somebody has cheated us!
It's an old baby"
An Inartistic Soul: What did yor
think of those voices at the grand
opera?"
"They were good,strong voices
answered Mr.. Cumrox, "but, consider.
ing what we paid for seats. couldn't
help thinkin' that we folks in the au-
dience ought to be doin' the hol.
lerin'."
I'll give you a position as clerk tt
start WITH" said the merchant, "an6
pay you what you are worth. Is tina
satisfactory"
"Oh, perfectly" replied the college
graduate, "but-er-do you think the
! firm can afford it?"
The funeral procession was passing
down the street.
| What did he die of" asked the
! man from the East.
"Shortness of the feet" answered
| the Arizona landlord.
"Shortness Of the feet?" echoed the
tenderfoot, in establishment.
That's what I said," rejoined thu
innkeeper. "They got SO they wouldn'
touch the ground. See?"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

lngratitude is to be found only on
earth and in hell. We can therefore
rest assured that the suffering souls,
whose entrance into heaven has been
fastened by our good works will show
us before the throne of God Sin is
something exceedingly heinous, if they,
whose sins have been pardoned by
God, must suffer such intense pains
in the fire Of Purgatory.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
Morning Prayers.

1t is better to say ones morning
prayers today than to resolve to be-
come Il saint next week. Today is
here. and next week is nowhere. This
day is mine. / know not if 1 shall
have so much as one other. God has
the past and the future. l will thank
Him for the past, and 1 will beg Him
for the future AS to the present,
with Gods help, I will set to work and
do my utmost.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

You don't seem to enjoy your din
ner, DEAR" said the proof-reader's
wife. Whats the matter:"
Il was just wondering" he an
swered, III there weren': soma type
graphical errors in that COOKBOOK CT
yours"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

Men and women go to church to
humbly worship God; not to have their
to have their intellects tickled with a
sermon of trophies and figures-rhet-
ORIG and elocution. If they do not go
to worship God, in all humidity to
open their souls to Him, they have
missed the object for which the church
Is intended,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

Let us he men with men, and al
ways children before God, for in His
eyes we are but children. Old age IT.
self, in presence Of eternity, is but the
first movement of morning.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
To come late for mass.

To CUIIle Idte IOr llIdSS.
To be suddenly overcome with sane
tity when the collection box is passing.
To be the last one in and the first
one out.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

P1ainville, Kas.
einee the last eight years have bought At least
Twelve dozen Of Pastor Kosnig's Nerve Tonic,
Kept 1t always on hand for peopls who need Il n
ny mission. Ikuow that 1t always has the desired
effect. Rev. b. vornh.lt.
Rev. Sister NJ Vida. of Moberly, Ma, vritss, Il
was suffering from detective circulatisa. brousht
o BY overwork In school. consulted seyer,l
physicans, but became worse couldn't ala,
and almost became desperate for want q sIs,p
! then took one dose Of Pastor Koenie's New
Tonic. which made me sleep an night, and thsa
took tho Tonic for two more weeks, till osaiA
sleep again without it half the night"
fn a Valuable Book on Noes
RkP vouo Diseases and sampae
u6A bottle TO any address. Peer D.
ttents also get the molieaoo fFoos
Wayne, Ind. since isss, and now By Il: ~ ''
koEhIa MED. CO., chIoago, 90.
100 Lake Street
0ss6 ~ Druggists st 81 per Bettis, s ~ g
Lesge Size, S1.5S; Q Bstsies ~ So
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

Let us bear in mind this truth that
Judgment to have saved one soul will
be not only better than to have won
a kingdom, but will overlay by an ex-
and tolls of the longest and most toll
some life.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

Let my eyes behold the Cross to
sanctify my tears; let my mouth kiss
the Cross to sanctify my fasts and let
my heart love the Cross, that its sem
timents Of sorrow may be acceptable
to God.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06
ONLY IN JEST.

Its really distressing to think" sale
the wealthy Mr.. Farrasy, that many
very common and ignorant people will
be admitted to heaven"
Well" replied Mr.. Cutting, "tha
needn't worry YOU"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

Hard work Is not clog and a drag;
hard work Is the privilege given you
to test and train the powers Of your
hand and heart. That is the divine
blessing that lies at the center of our
difficulties; that is the thing that
makes work and success such splendid
facts.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06

Cholly-"I did hope TO raise a mic
Vandyke beard, but it is growing S
straggly I think I shall shave it oil
don't y'know.''
Miss Pepprey-"Oh, let it grow! Per
haps in that way you'll get ii all Oh
of your system
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-15
Story Of q YounS Woman
With a Stony Heart

THERE was once young woman
who was very beautiful. Liz
wise she was very wicked and m
kind. She Ill treated her little brotbor.
and sisters in most outrageous man
ner and broke 50 many noble hear.
that l fear to state how many Lest =
should be disbelieved. One dav tb,.
wicked young woman was strolliny IN
deep and deadly forest. Suddenlv
she saw approaching at a rapid gait
big brown bear.
"Ha," calculated the bear, won Arc
my victim! Prepare for deathw
The young woman was much aIar,,
ed to hear the bear speak so unkjndlv
and she began to beg for mercy. but !,
was Of no avail. Then" said tho
young woman, ''let me confess nv sine
before die"
To this the bear consented. and sba
began to relate in a trembling VOICE
the many dreadful deeds Of which sbe
was guilty.
MY" said the bear to himself
what stony heart this young woman
must have! If should swallow II T
should have appendicitis" And he LOT
his victim 60.
Moral.-The good die young.-Nation.
al Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-15
TAGGART A POLITICAL POWER

National Chairman "Tom" Taggart
is acquiring real political influence
these days in his Indiana congressional
district. No boss was ever more fear
ed. He unmakes candidates without
raising a finger or winkng an eye.
Democrats who would ordinarily well
come a nomination shrink away at
the mere whisper of his name as they
would at the sight of a smallpox flag
His power was never before so great.
SO long as National Chairman Tag
CART is on guard there will be no need
for Democrats in Indiana to thresh
over anti trust legislation and tariff
revision. He has personally presented
them with the burning issue of the
pluto chip" Why drag out the
Roosevelt foreign policy when the
gambling joint at French Lick Springs
is on every voters tongue?
Clever politician that he is, National
Chairman Taggart has got the people,
ear. All that the Democratic candi-
date for congress, if one can be drum
med up in the district, will need to do
will be to keep it to be certain of de-
feat The Republicans will help all
they can, and so will Taggart, for he
refuses to resign.