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The Irish standard., 1906-02-10
The Linen Industry Of ireland.

The leading industries of Great Brit
ain and Ireland are iron, cotton and
linen products. The seat of the latter
is in Ireland and has been from time
out Of mind, says a writer in the Los
Angeles Times.
There is scarcely prettier sight in
the world than a field of Irish flax in
August. The stalk grows from 20 to
as much as 40 inches high. The seed
is put in the ground in April. In May
the blade is well above the ground,
and in August the bloom appears. as
level as if artificially produced, from
end to end of a field, bright, deep
blue bell on the top of wildly greer
stalk. the whole top of the field being
a sea of bloom, as the breeze sweeps
over the blue heads all swaying on
the tough, flexible, graceful stalks. not
waving like fields of grain, but ali
swinging in rhythmic time together,
forward, then back, the blue and green
mingling in the most beautiful inter-
change of color. The sight is one
never to be forgotten.
About this time band of sturdy
Irish women invade the field and aat il
grasping a double handful of the flax
they pull the stalks out from the
roots. clean and whole. These hand
fuls are laid out in swaths to dry.
Then the flax is STEPPED for days in
ponds of fresh water until the fiber
becomes as tough as spun cord. 1t is
dried once more, then hacked to- get
the outer casing off the fiber, which
lies within as in a pipe.
The north of Ireland is where flax
is spun. and linen woven, and Belfast
is the center of this great industry.
There are linen dealing establishments
here that cover an entire block. bound
ed on four streets. The buildings ruE
six stories high. The factories owned
by these firms are in the country,
and hers in the city the linen fabrics
coming from the factories are con-
verified into all sorts of forms ready
for use. D.,
A great deal of the linen is hand
spun and hand-woven. The big COM
panies have 1900 to 1000 hand looms
let out to the cottagers in the country
where tablecloths, napkins and other
fabrics are woven. The pay rolls ol
these factories will carry $4,000 names
and upward.
The linen exported year by yea
comes to 100000, 900 yards. Thi'
would make sirdle for the earth al
the equator three yards wide. -her'
The Irish standard., 1906-02-10
ENJOYABLE for years.

en1oSapie LOT wears.
Butte, Mont.-Mrs. Johanna Murphy.
aged So years. widow of the late John
Murphy, who died last March, passed
away Monday morning of last week.
She had lived in this city for eleven
years and leaves daughter and two
sons in Butte. one daughter. Mrs. Con-
nors. i'll Port Huron. Mich. and son.
Jerry. in Ashland, Wis. The funeral
took place from the family residence.
127 Anaconda road.-Patrick Langan.
aged 60 years. died suddenly at the
family residence. 1891: West Galena
street. Mr.. Langan came to this city
from Virginia City. Nee, about fifteen
years ago and was we'll known and
highly esteemed resident. Previous to
removing from Virginia City Mr.. Lam
gan conducted an extensive brewery
in that city. Heart disease was the
cause of Mr.. Langan's death.
Faribault. M.nn.-Sunday evening of
las: week. says the Pilot. while William
Cassidy was returning to his home
on the east side he was the victim of
q most painful and serious accident.
He reached the crossing of the Great
Western Railroad on Third street
where his passage was INSTRUCTED by
Il freight train and in preference to
waiting for the way to be cleared. he
chose to climb over the coupler be-
tween two cars. While he was so
doing the train started and the lurch
precipitated him on to the tracks. He
fell in such a position that the elbow of
his right arm was doubled across the
track and the wheels of the trail,
passed over his arm both above and
below the elbow. He was found some
time later by Mr.. Kane who rendered
him such service as he could im-
provise to stop the flow Of blood. and
brought him To the office of DIR. Smith.
where the badly manglcd arm was
amputated just below the shoulder.
The Irish standard., 1906-02-10

tus has 700 lepers; the asylum is in
charge of the Sisters of Notre Dame de
Bon Secours.
The dreaded disease is prevalent in
Madagascar. In former times the UNI
fortunate sufferers were put out Of
their homes and driven away from the
villages; they lived in holes and corr
ners, and begged for a livelihood, until
in 1860 Il Catholic priest, Father De la
Bassiere, S. j.. took an interest in
them an an asylum was opened. In
1888 the Jesuits were driven out. and
nom Catholics took possession of the
hospital. However, nearly all the in
mates stood true to the faith, and chose
one of themselves to instruct, cate
chise and do for them all that a lay
man could. He died in 1891, but by
that time the Jesuits We're back again.
Since 1898 priest belonging to an old
nobal Tartar family has lived at the
institution with $50 lepers. Near Tan
ananarivo is the asylum of st. Law
renee, with room for sixty lepers. In
1900 the Franciscan Sisters OF Mercy
took charge of the asylum of Ambohi-
dratrimo, with it's 500 lepers.
In Cuba there was a leper hospital
in charge of the Sisters of Charity. un-
til the Americans took possession and
sent the lepers to a small island. In
the West Indies Catholic missionaries
and Sisters carry on the same work of
mercy. At Corcorita is a leper asylum,
which was formerly in charge Of Negro
nurses. male and female; the Govern
nor, after his first visit, refused to
go back again. Then the Governor ap-
piled to the Catholic Bishop of Port-of-
Spain, and as u result the management
was undertaken by six Dominican Sis
tiers.
In South America, Brazil from old
time has had leper asylums, managed
by confraternities. In Peru similar
care is taken of the afflicted. In 1889
Don Michael 'Unia went to reside per-
manently in the leper asylum at Aqua
Iii Dios. Demerara has two leper colo
MES attended by Catholic missionaries.
There is Cor was, for no one knows
what France has done since) leper
asylum in Cayenne, managed by the
Sisters of st. Joseph. In North Gale
donia nearly ten per cent of the inhabi-
tants are lepers. To save the popula-
ton the Government removed the lep-
ers to the island, Of Belep; an Irish
priest offered himself for their spiritual
care, and has since gone to his reward.
Two Marist Sisters and a native nun
look after the lepers. The place of the
dead priest has been taken by another,
who had already been fifty years a
missionary.
Martyrs of charity issue from her
sanctuary, and over the whole earth is
her network Of love and mercy spread"
How different sounds the record to
that of the large sales" of books
amongst people who can't read of the
Bible societies!
The Irish standard., 1906-02-10

Ill fares the land to Fastening ills Il
prey
Where wealth accunulates and men
decay;
Princes may flourish or may fade.
A breath can make then, as a breath
hath made;
But bold peasant.y, their country's
pride,
W.len once destroyed can never be
supplied
The Irish in Ireland. in America,
everywhere, want this act of union re-
pealed. Redmond and his followers
will demand home RUE. Give US Ire
land for the Irish and we will soon
have Irish for Ireland.
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MINISTER TO THE SUFFERING.
Catholic Charity Knows no 0istinc.
tions Of Race or Condition.

Great though Damien's heroism
was, it was no greater than Catholics
are accustomed to find in their priests
anywhere" This remark. made at the
time of Father Danien's death. recurrs
to one on looking through the pages of
a German missionary journal which
chronicles the work Of the Church
amongst lepers the world over.
India is the country most troubled
with leprosy. and the most important
of missionary leper asyiums is ut Man.
galore. in charge of Italian Jesuits. In
August. 1883, two pagan young men
came to the seminary, entreating the
missionaries to take care of their
mother. who was afflicted with leprosy.
Two months later another leper APP
pealed for help and was taken in: and
thus began the leper hospital of St.
Joseph. The leper asylum in the Poo
nan district is in charge of German
Jesuits.
5000 lepers in Egypt: the Sisters of
the African Missions receive cases into
their hospitals there. There are leper
asylums in the missions of the Upper
and Lower Niger; the Hospital of st.
Raphael in French Congo, under the
management of Father Deroust; a
leper asylum in Upper Guinea. under
the Sisters of st: Joseph of Cluny.
while the White Fathers. who in 1901
1902 attended 5s6,S1S cases of sickness
have three leper asylums. one in
French Sedan and two in North Ny
ANA; also the Fathers of the Holy
Ghost in North Zanzibar, and the Ital-
ian Capuchins have each leper asy-
lum. In Funchal. the Azores and Las
Paimas are similar asy!ums under the
mana ement of Catholic nuns. AIauri-
The Irish standard., 1906-02-10
The oratory Of Burns.

One of the droll things about the
British general election is that, while
every second speaker mixes meta
phors and furnishes such good material
for jokes as to make Yankee long to
be on the staff of a London paper for
month.
Mr.. John Burns, who might. as a
comparative novice. be excused If he
made occasional errors. observes all
the rules, finds apt illusions. illum-
mating references and happy ayota-
tions. and Is credit to his coasfitu-
The Irish standard., 1906-02-10

are 100000 spindles at work. ANA g.
500 power looms. There are 10000
persons in Belfast employed in the
various branches of the industry. The
value of the products amounts to s40,-
! 100000.
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REDUCING THE BURDEN.
Hints Tending to Make the Household
Duties LIGHTER.

Should chimney refuse to draw and
the stove smoke, tie rope to q flat
iron and drop it down the chimney. 1t
makes hole through the SCOT.
Pecan and hickory nut meats can be
easily removed without breaking by
pouring boiling water over the nuts
and letting them stand until cold.
Then crack with a hammer. striking
the small end Of the pecan.
If the eggs are fresh and very cold,
there is no danger of curd:ing when
making mayonnaise.
Oxalic acid removes ink stains from
paper without injuring the print.
When garments that have been
packed are found to be wrinkled hang
them before an open fire and the
wrinkles will disappear.
Water is not good for amy kind of a
hardwood floor. and should be used
only when absolutely necessary.
Real Oriental rugs are handwoven,
dll(t tlIC uCNCI CllllAC vi UolIl SlucS.
If there is any doubt about the age
of goose that is to be roasted, 1T
should be parboiled at least an hour
the day before.
Mothers who are making short
clothes for their little ones would do
we'll to remember that, once having
begun. the baby keeps on growing
every day. A box plait in the back
of the little dress. to be let out as
great convenience. Use only fine
lace, like Valenciennes,- for these little
dresses. and no heavy lace or en-
broidery. India or Victoria lawn and
Nainsook are the best materials, and
n very useful garment is the creeping
apron. made of dark-colored Bingham
or denim.
Have the inside of the oven kept
scrupulously clean. Wash the entire
inside of the oven, not forgetting the
roof, at least once a week. Remove
the shelves and door before commence
ing and scrape off any burned SUBJ
stance With an old knife. Let the oven
be kept open till quite dry and all
smell Of soap passed off. A spoke
brush Kept for this purpose is very
useful.
Loose knife handles are quite easily
mended. Take the handle off, mix to-
gether three parts resin and one Of
bath brick. Nearly fill the handle With
this, heat the steel beyond the blade
till nearly red hot. insert in the handle
and press down into place. 1t will be
as firm as when now.
TO clean white silk handkerchiefs
wash with Il lather made of boiled
soap and warm water. and rinse thor
oughly. adding little methylated spirit
to the last rinsing water. This will
give brightness to the silk, which
should be ironed while 1t is slightly
damp.
To remove grease spots from the
kitchen table or from the floor do not
make the mistake of using hot water.
as that only spreads the grease and
sets It, Saturate the spots with Il
strong solution of soda. cold. then scrub
with the grain of the wood. using cold
soapsuds.
1t is suggested that bit of wrapping
cord be placed around the edge of a
button hole with the loop to the front,
recommended for children's clothes
that vii. have hard usage.
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For Sale.

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used but little. Two band wheels. 4S in
and "a in. heavy. ~ in. and 10 in tace. One
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engine u h. p Portable engines Rus.
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Z ~ b. p. Russell compound. out z years
Z Geiser b. p. fraction engines Rus.
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L {. 9, Cooper. - b. q. I Frick Junior
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Saw Mills-One Russell. cone and rack
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~ II. carriage and go II track. two head
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All this machinery is practically as good as
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Tor sale also saw mills Their Universal
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can compete wish them. We sell havbsIrrs
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GROW STRONG AGAIN

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Cure oigesis what you eat and allows the
stomach 70 est-recuDeratc-Rrow strong
again. a few doses OF Kodol after meals
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organs 20 iuii performance Of their fuuc.
tons naturally
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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
sHERIFF's SALE

Notice is hereby given, that by vir-
tue of an order of sale issued by the
clerk of the District Court of the
Third Judicial District Of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster County, in
an action wherein ]. L. Kellogg and
M. l.. Williams are plaintiffs and
the unknown heirs and 0. M. Colley
widow of 0. P. Colley, deceased, now
intermarried with Henry Holt ct al,
defendants, / will at 2 o'clock p. M,
on the 18th day of July A. d., 1906,
at the east door of the court house,
in the city Of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Nebraska, offer for sale at
public auction the following described
lands and tenements, towit:
Lots 3, 4, IA, Is, 16, II, Is, 25 and
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sHERlFF's SAL.

Notice is hereby given, that by vir-
tue Of an order of sale issued by the
clerk of the District Court Of the
Third Judicial District of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster County, in
an action wherein J. l.. Kellogg and
M. L. Williams are plaintiffs, and
George w. Young ct al, defendants,
will at o'clock p. M, on the 18th
day of July A. D., 1906, at the east
door of the court house, in the city
of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Ne
braska, offer for sale at public auction
the following described lands and
tenements, towit:
Lots /, 2, 5, s, ~, 20, 81, % in
block five (5) in Lincoln View Sub
division of northeast quarter of south
west quarter of section II, town 10,
range east, Lancaster County, Ne
braska.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of June, A. D., 1906.
NICHOLAS RESS,
Sheriff.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-14
Rod Material

A considerable misunderstanding
seems to exist in regard to the mate
rial from which lightning rods should
be constructed. Popular opinion as
well as scientific authority now gen.
orally comedies chat rods are pre-
tentative of lightning losses provid-
ed that they are made of the right
kind of material and properly put up.
An article which has been copied
by a number of papers states that
the best rods for the price are those
made Of galvanized steel with or with
out sheeting Of copper and known
as star rods. A rod having a star
shape in transverse section gives
greatest surface possible without loss
of rightly and the rod being twisted
adds to its stiffness. If the theory
that electricity travels on the surface
is correct this is the best form; if
the other theory that conductivity is
in proportion to weight OF metal is
correct this rod meets it."
Fortunately for the users of rods,
the electrical conductivity of the diff
erent metals is not matter of guess
work. Scientific experiments have
shown just how readily electricity
passes over them. Matthiessen gives
the following table with silver as a
standard:
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From the above table it is evident
that silver, copper and gold are the
best three materials. The cost of
silver and gold at once rules them out
for all practical purposes. Since the
conductivity of iron is 1873, the use
of iron or steel in a lightning rod is
about one-sixth as effective as cop
per, providing the same sized rods
were used and the form of the rod
were the same. Considering the con-
ductivity of the material alone an
iron or steel rod should weigh six
times as much as a copper rod.
Aside from the excessive weight re-
quired for iron rods there are other
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day of July, A. D., 1906, at the east
door of the court house, in the city
of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Ne
braska, offer for sale at public auc-
ton the following described lands
and tenements, to-wit:
Lots /, Q, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, II,
IL and 10 in block one Cd in Lincoln
View Subdivision of the northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter OF
section eleven (1D in town 10, range
6 east, in Lancaster County, Ne
braska
Given under my hand this 18th day
of June, A. D., 1906.
NICHOLAS RESS,
Sheriff.
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26 in block five 20 and lots 5, 6, Z
and in block eight 81, all in Lin
coin View subdivision of the north
east quarter of the southwest quarter
of section II, town 10, range 6 east,
in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
Given under my hand this 18th day
of June, A. D., 1906.
NICHOLAS RESS,
Sheriff.
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sHERlFF's SALE

Notice is hereby given, that by vir-
tue of an order of sale issued by the
clerk of the District Court of the
Third Judicial District of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster County, in
an action wherein J. l.. Kellogg and
NJ l.. Williams are plaintiffs, and
Thomas Hanlon ct al defendants,
will, at O'Clock p. M, ON the 18th
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objections. First, electricity might
pass from the iron of the rod to other
iron in the building. Copper is such
a good conductor that it may be nailed
TO the building rodded without fear
that the electricity will leave the
copper for any easier road to travel.
Second, iron rusts and copper does
not.
All rods, no matter of what mate
rial, must reach moist earth to be eff.
fective. Where the rods enter the
moist earth it will be sometimes damn
and sometimes dry. This varying
condition will inevitably rust iron or
steel and in time sever the connec-
ton. Third, an iron or steel rod must
necessarily be put up In steel Sec
ton. The joint is the weakest part.
The expansion and contraction due to
the varying temperature as the sea-
sons change have tendency to
loosen the joints. The old style rod
with disjointed connections is a IA
miliar recollection. Copper cable
rods are continuous pieces and can
not become disjointed by any action
Of the weather. Fourth, neither iron
nor steel can be made into cable
form as readily as copper; and, il
made at all, Is not SO durable. Cop
per possesses such tenacity that it
is particularly valuable as cable ma
terial.
AS electricity passes over the sur
face of conductor, and not through
1t, that form is best which has the
greatest surface. With a cable of
from thirty to forty strands Of pure
copper the greatest possible surface
for the passage Of electricity is Sc
cured, taking into consideration the
weight per foot of the rod.
The only argument in favor of the
iron or steel rod is its cheapness.
Manufacturers who desire large profits
at the expense OF an inferior article,
approve of the iron rod. Copper re-
tails at s25 to $50 per hmdredweight
and iron at 81 to $3.50 per hundred.
With the better material costing APP
ten times as much, it is
not to be wondered at that some man.
ufacturers advocate the use of the
iron rod This is especially true
where the price per foot to the con-
sumner of the iron rod Is nor proper
tionally lower than that of the copper
rod.