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The Irish standard., 1907-05-18
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WITH The POETS
The Candle.

The Candle.
.Nor do men light a candle and put
it under a bushel."-Matt. V. Is.
Your candle is SO small, so small,
1t makes scarce any light;
The feeble word you may let fall
Has neither strength nor might?
And there be many greater ones
Who outshine you by far,
AS do the sky-illuming suns
Outgrow the farthest star?
But of all good sounds ever heard
There is none half so fair
AS one uncalculated word
That soothes some dim despair,
And what a dull sky it would be
If all the points of light
Were gone, and we might only see
The suns of wondrous might.
He who holds up his little flame
Knows not what strainng eyes
May find it guiding them from shame
Into a paradise;
All may not climb the lofty steep,
All may not lead the throng
But each may shelter and may keep
Aglow some word or song.
We know not how our candle CLEANS,
1t may be sconced in gold,
Or it may send its cheering CLEANS
From some cup worn and old,
And that which fate has held apart
From pathways wide and grand,
May glow with light which finds a
heart
Attuned to understand.
The little word, the little smile,
The little song you know
These make the candle all the while
That we must keep aglow,
And we may think its trembling light
Unnoticed by all eyes
But there is greater dark of night
When that lone candle dies.
w. D. Nesbitt, in st. Louis Republic.
The Irish standard., 1907-05-18

Teacher-Now, children, remember
the text, Feat, drink and be merry,
for tomorrow you die"
7Pupil-Please, teacher, in our fam
lily we don't. We all take castor oil
next day.
The Irish standard., 1907-05-18

Jim-When she was young, she was
always running after the men.
Roy-That explains why she never
caught one.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
SOyHE, PAGES FRON NY SCRAP BOOK

but a minute or so and sentence wa. 1
pronounced In silence. Pessonnaux 81
patriotism was admitted, but he was
a priest. "Who are you?" asked
the Judge. "The Abbe Pessonneaux,
author OF the last verse of La Mar
selIlaise. " The judge laid his hand
upon the black cloth, guards, jailel
and citizens made way respectfully,
and the abbe passed out, free to g.
where he would. He died in a little
parish III Duerphiny, March 9, 1885.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
THE VALUE OF THE MAN.

Jefferson placed the man at the
foundation of our system of govern
ment. Tt was by giving the citizens
abilities the fullest play and the
widest expansion that we developed
into a nation. Who shall say that
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
NAPOLEON THE GREAT AS A
NOVEL READER.
international Review.)

When Napoleon became Emperor
he strove In vain to make the trou-
bled and feverish years Of his power
produce a literature. He himself
was one of the most voracious read
ers of novels that ever lived. He
was always asking for the newest of
the new, and unfortunately even the
new romances Of his period were
hopelessly bad. Barber, his libra
rian, had orders to send parcels of
fresh fiction to his Majesty wher-
ever he might happen to be, and
great loads of novels followed Napo
leon to Germany, Spain, Italy, Rus
sia. The cOnqueror was very hard
to please. He read in his travelling
carriage, and after skimming few
pages would throw a volume that
bored him out Of the window into
the highway. He might have been
tracked by his trail Of romances, as
was Hop-o'- '-My-Thumb, in the fairy
tale, by the white stones he dropped
behind him. Poor Barber, who min
istered to a passion for novels that
demanded twenty volumes a day, was
at his wit s end. He tried to foist
on the Emperor the romances Of the
year before last; but these Napoleon
had generally read and he refused,
with imperial scorn, to look at them
again. He ordered a travelling IL
brary Of 5000 volumes to be made
for him, but it was proved that the
task could not be accomplished in
less than six years. The expense, if
only fifty copies of each example had
been printed, would have amounted
to more than six million francs. A
Roman Emperor would not have al
lowed these considerations to stand
in his way; but Najoleon, after all,
was a modern. He contented himself
with a selection of books convenient
ly small in shape, and packed in
sumptuous cases. The classical writ
ers Of France could never content
Napoleon, and even from Moscow, in
1912, he wrote to Barber clamorous
for new books and good ones. Long
before they could have reached Mos
COW, Napoleon was flying homeward
before Koutousoff and Benningsen.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
"LA MARSEILLAISE."


possesses thrilling interest. To be brief
it was at Strasbourg, in the last week
Of April, 1892, that, news of the
Austrian declaration of war having
been received, the Mayor, M. Freder-
lex de Dietrich, invited one of the
numerous guests at his table, Rouget
de l'Isle, an officer Of engineers,
aged thirty-two, to compose war
song for the soldiers about to set out
to meet the enemy. The words and
music we're written during the night,
and the song was given to an enthu-
siastic. audience next day by
Dietrich s niece. The piece was Civ
en- to band masters of the several
regiments in garrison, and perform d
in public Sunday, April 20, at the
parade on the Place d'Armees. The
words and music were printed imme
diately on a half-sheet quarto b
Th. de Dannebach, printer at Stras-
bourg-a publication which availed
Rouget de l'Tsle when subsequently
his claim Of authorship was contest
ed. The song was popular; by th
29th of June it had appeared in the
Journal des Departments Meridion-
aux. It spread to Montpelier, and
then to Marseilles, where copy of
the "Chant de guerre de larmee du
Rhin'-to give it its original title
was given to each Of the famous
bands of Marseilles, "who knew how
to die. ;" They brought the song to
Paris July 80, 1892, where it took the
name it has ever since retained. In
his book, published in 1896, Rouget
de l'Isle calls it Gle chant des COM
bats, vulgarement 'l'hymne des Mar
seilles, f" and dedicates it t'to the
names of Sylvan Bailey, first May
or Of Paris. " The original version
was addressed to Marshal Luckner,
and a copy was sent to Gretry at
Paris, as the musician records in his
Memoirs. :" It was a particularly
unlucky song, for, apart from the
authors own troubles, his mother died
of grief, attributing the horrors Of
the Reign of Terror to her son s
verse, and Mayor Dietrich and Mar
shall Luckner were guillotined.
The "Marseillaise" was first iden-
tilted with the events of the 10th
of August; at the feast in imita-
ton of those ordered by Lycurgus,
October IA, 1892, the seventh stanza
was sung by a chorus of children.
This additional verse was long at
tributed to Marie-Joseph Chenier, but
in 1848 a poet, Louis du Bois, put
in his claim to the authorship
claim long received, but that was ut
terly unfounded The seventh verse
was written by young priest, An
tone Pessoneaux, professor Of rhet
oric at the College of Vienne (Isere).
Vienne was celebrating the feast of
the federation, July IA, 1892; the
Marseillais was there on their mem
orable march to Paris, and the Pro
foeeOr. xry,,oto xvo,.,n Po.. he
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
CHARLES O'CoNoR.
How the Great Lawyer Spends the
Evening Of His Days.
(Nantucket Correspondence Of the
Providence Press.)

After that long and terrible i'll
ness, when Mr.. O'Conor's life was
despaired Of by the whole counsel of
physicians, and his well-written obit
uary waited for a fortnight in all
the New York newspaper Offices, he
came to Nantucket for recuperation
and a. quiet summers rest. He re-
turned to his city Office in the fall
restored and ready to resume his le-
gal drudgery, but began to fail so
rapidly that his physicians summar-
lily ordered him back to Nantucket
It was then that he abandoned his
practice and regularly retired from
the bar, settling himself for the rest
of his days in Nantucket. The
O'Conor castle is a large gabled
frame house, with broad porches on
it's seaward front, and, standing on
the very edge of the bare and breezy
cliff, is one of the most conspicuous
objects as one approaches the island
from the sea. Over $4,000 was
spent in the construction, and, a.
though the exterior is plain and sim
pie, the interior is most completely
appointed and elegantly furnished
Furnaces and freplaces defy the
winter blast, and polished floors with
India rugs and rattan furniture
make it the most delightful of sum-
mer homes. This grim old bachelor,
whom the gossips persistently tried
to marry to Mrs. Hicks-Lord, is as
much character as any of the Nan
tucket natives, and inhabits the great
mansion in solitary state, save when
his nephews and nieces come down
upon him during the summer months
He rambles about the cliffs and the
town with his hat on the back of
his head and both hands in his pock-
cts, and is seen with one hand out
only when he has to carry a bundle
or an umbrella. Possessed of a
large fortune, and with a great and
honorable career to look back upon,
he takes life easily in these years
past his three score and ten, and de-
votes himself to lengthening out this
vacation part of his life. Lawyers
still appeal to him for decisions, and
he acts as referee in many knotty
cases, writing out his opinions in his
own snug library, within sight and
sound Of the sea. At present he i
busying himself with a freproof
brick and iron building in which to
store his books, and this new library
is removed a good distance from tn
mansion to prevent any chance of
confagration. It is solid and sub
stantial enough to defy the eleme t,
for centuries, and may fitly serve as
a vault when he ceases to be the Iiv-
ing occupant. His law library, com
prising several thousand volumes, is
regarded as one Of the most COMP t.
and valuable collections in the profes-
sion, and with the addition Of his
volume Of general literature will
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decide the relative merits of the
sstudent in his library and the farm
'er that feeds himq Who shall deny
that the man whose business ability
and financial credit pushes a rail
road through a wilderness where
homes and citizens may multiply is
not as serviceable to the nation as
the president in the White House
who adequately does his part?
In other lands the man was Of
small account-there the trimmings
made the dish. Why is it that we
are now proposing to reverse our pol
icy and accept in it's stead one al
ready proved faulty and acknowl-
edged to be wrong where it has been
crystallized into system? Yet that
is exactly what our president offers
us when he sets rule to which all
business must mark time-when he
puts a commission in no wise re-
markable for ability or comprehen-
sion Of modern conditions to pre-
scribe rules alike for the foolish and
the wise. Nothing like it has been
known since the days of Procrustes
who fitted all men to the same meas
ure by cutting off the long and
stretching the short.
Start two railroads through terri
tories Of like character; one will
succeed because Of good manage
ment, and the other will fail, but
the president sets the same rules for
both. Money is needed for develop
ment and not the business sense of
those who loan, but a commission
of politicians must decide what sum
is sufficient to represent the values
offered to secure the bonds. Who
can say what is "overcapitaGza-
tion"? Hartman is charged with
the crime of watering stock";
Mellen increases stock of the same
character 100 per cent, but NO
charge is made against him! But
who shall say whether Harriman's
success will not justify the conf
dence of the investor? Who will
guarantee that Mellen will pay back
the credit he has earned? Millions
were invested and lost in Kansas
lands. Why not punish overcapital-
ization in that instance? The wealth
of Kansas today has outstripped the
dreams of her most sanguine promo
ters, but these would have been con-
demned had Roosevelt's policies been
applied to their methods.
The American merchant marine
has been crushed out of existence by
laws intended to nourish its growth;
the manufacturers Of Massachusetts
are passing solemn resolutions ask
ing for the repeal of the law for
which they begged a few years ago
The South which was made to pay
for the protection of others is out
growing all the favored children, sim
ply because the struggle for eXis'-
ence here has been equalized, and
q -.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08
RIVERSIDE.

Riverside, Nov. 17-John Murtha
unloaded car of coal for the Hub
bard & Palmer Co., Thursday.
W. L. Wallis plastered a room for
G. L. Brosier Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wallis, of
Mitchell, called at W. l.. Wallis Sun
day.
A little daughter came to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Tohin last
week. We learn the little one has
beer chris,ened Lucille Genevieve.
Mrs. knapp and Mrs. Woodruff
drove to Mitchell Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. Mic Gatze, OF Perry town.
ship, passed through here Monday on
her way home from q visit with
relativ.s at Alexandria.
John Tjousland visited with
friends in Mitchell over Sunday.
Miss Maud Sholes, of Bethel, called
on friends in Riverside Wednesday
afternoon.
School will begin again Monday
after Il two weeks vacation, Verne
teacher.
Earle Wallis visited his COUSIN.
Floyd Wallis, Wednesday.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08

Tho New Workers are playing on
the vanity OF Governor Hughes when
they are attempting to dissuade him
from entering too far into the presi-
Dental race by declaring that he
made too rood : governor for New
York and that they do not want to
lose him y the president OF the
United States. Governor Hughes,
according to the development OF the
sentiment down east, 1t is not
thought. will have the opportunity
TO leave New York state to get into
the presidential chair. The senti.
mont ~ not strong enough for him
and the attitude of the adminstra-
tion is turned IN another direction.
Il 10 the general belief among many
politicians that the New Workers
aIe trying to make q martyr OF the
governor and perhaps to try and
shelve him In much the same way
that the politicians did with Presi-
dent Roosevelt when the urgent de-
mand vas made for him to enter
national politics. But the fates
played riRht into the Roosevelt
hands and he got where the politl-
clans never hoped to see him land.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08

All South Dakota will extend
sympathy to George ID. Perkins over
the fire which practically destroyed
the mechanical department. of the
Sioux City Journal at an early hour
Wednesday morning. Down in the
mailing room as the men were getting
In readiness to mail the morning
Edition of the Journal as soon as it
came from the press, a lighted
match set hre to some paper lying on
the floor and Instantly it spread over
the room, going up the elevator shaft
and spreading the fire over three
floors. The forms had been placed
on the press, but the matrices we're
saved and taken over to the Tribu,,e
office aud the paper was issued by 8
o'clock. The loss is placed at about
500, o00, partially covered by jnsur-
ance of $4,000. The Journal will
suspend the evening e6iuion of the
paper until the plant is rebuilt, anG
In tue meantime the presses OF. the
other papers Of the city will he
placed at the disposal of the Journal
until srch tine as its plant is again
placed 10 position. The Journal will
rise from the ashes stronger and
better than ever to take its place
among the foremost journals OF the
northwest.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08

Chilly" Sunday, the evangelist,
has just closed a series of revival
meetings at Galesburg, ILL.,, with
1890 converts, which broke the
record for THAT section OF the country.
When Mr.. Sunday held his last meet
ing a free willrotfering was +takensu p
foI hisabeppetit and the immense SUN
OF 8 ,430 was subscribed and presented
himself and his assistants for five
weeks work. That is a pretty good
salary for a little over a month";
work, and. it seems like that is
placing a pretty high figure on
religious work. However, wnen a
man rouses the religious enthusiasm
up to the highest pitch there is no
telling where the money contributions
will end. Mr.. Sunday is perhaps the
greatest r%evivalist in the country
and wherever he has held meetings
good results have followed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08
ETHEN

Ethan, Nov. A. M. Pierce and
wife returned Thursday from their
visit In North Dakota.
Misses Eta Leonard ana Lucy
Newman of Chicago, are gue~ts at
the John Clement home.
! The WoIthen Sunday School
Amusement Club gave a party last
Friday night at the home of Itenry
and Eenevieve Evans.
Fred Dixon and Leonard King are
the last e to join the Ethan brass
banu. Bandmaster Thomas has ad.
vertised for a snare drummer.
Andrew Gordon of Alexandria
visited friends around Ethan last
Sunday.
The sad news has reached here
that Gunder Syre, an old time Ethan
boy, was killed at Beach, N. D.,
while working around a t%hreshinp
machine. The family have the
sympathy of their many friends here.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Sand, Sunday, Oct. 9th, an 8 pound
baby girl. Mother and child are
doing nicely.
Geoge Adams, ST.. has sold his farm
in Worthen to Mr.. Harvey. His
sale is dated for Thursday, Nov. Ia,
after which he expects to move with
his family to California, where they
have a married daughter living.
This family will be greatly missed
both In their neighborhood aud 10
town. where they are all we'll known
and liked.
Emil Rosenquist is on the sick list.
The teachers meeting in the school
house Saturday vas we'll attended.
Miss Cecil Brink and Mr.. Merritt
Barnes of Parkston, spent last Sun
day at the home of Geo. e. Brink.
r. j. ouigley. Of Mitchell, was seen
on our streets Saturday.
+. A. Lamb, wife and baby, OF
Parkston, departed this week for
Wyoming, where they intend to
'make their future home. Mr.. Lamb
will be remembered by many of the
Ethan people, as he was in the EN-
ploy of the Hanford Produce Co. at
this place for some time this past
summer.
Mrs. Ira Seeger spent a few days
in iParkston this week.
Mrs. VIM. Craig returned Saturday
from Mitchell where she has been
visiting relatives.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08

Admiral Evans is going to take a
battleship squadron for a trip over
TO the Pacific coast, and lie expects
TO start from Hampton Roads on
Dec. g. just where the feet is going
IS not given out by the admiral nor
the government officials. One thing
seems determined on. however, and
that is that the feet will sail wher-
ever it wants to, and the admiral
declares that there is nobody who
can stop 1t. and that 1t would be
unhealthy for them ii they did try
to stop the progress Of the ships.
ssFighting bob' says he knows
his men and be knows the ships and
that Is SUFFICIENT for him to go where
he will.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08

amp family, of Woonsocket, visited
Monday the home of his mother, Mrs.
Frank Kidd. Mrs. DR.. Kidd visited
at the home of her parents, P. O.
Taylor.
Mrs. Wick Waugh and daughter,
Miss Adie Waugh, visited at the
home of Mrs. Drank Kidd the last
of the week. They started for
Marshalltown, Iowa. Monday to visit
with relatives there before going to
Polk county AK, their future home.
Mrs. Espy is visiting at the home
OF her children, Mr.. and MIS-. Hal
CLARK.
q. P. Taylor started Monday aafor
Murdo to visit with his son, Ha-
Taylor, and family for a week and
then he is going on to Rapid City.
The Rev. Keller of Odebolt, Iowa,
arrived Friday with his car Of goods.
He took up his duties Sunday and
preached at Loomis and Letcher.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs j. G.. Alex
lander. a daughter, on Nov. 4th.
Rev, Keller mas taken up his
residence in the. Loomis State Bank
for the present.
G. P. Taylor the land man. solo
two farms last week to eastern
parties.
James Duncan aud family and
Elmer Allen and family visited with
brother and sister at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Allen.
Thursday night Goe. Better was
awakened by some boys taking his
wagon or playing a little halloween
joke on him. MIR. Better, did not
think of it being Halloween but
tbatsome L was stealing his wagon.
He got on a horse and went after
them. The horse threw him off an
bruised him quite badly.
There was some excitement at
Loomts Halloween. The imps ha d
fYust got hades located and was going
to put a prop under it when the con-
stable and his deputy appeared on
the scene and began shooting at the
inips and using unfit language tor a
gentleman to use. There was nothing
disturbed.
+. NJ. Shirk, OF Mitchell, was at
LOOMS Monday to take charge of the
Farmers elevator but the lumber
was delayed on the road and it. will
not be done until next Monday.
There will lie an entertainment
and basket social at tile Bethel
church, Friday evening November 8.
Everybody cordially invited. The
ladies will please bring baskets.
John NagaI shipped a Car Of hogs
to Chicago Monday. Hc gets from
40 to 60 cents IL orc pc! hundred than
he a In Sioux City.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08
The Cowardly Mountain Lion

Many attempts have been made to
hold up the mountain lion as a true
lion in point of bravery and courage,
says Mr.. Charles F. Holder in The
Travel Magazine, but the consensus of
opinion is, of those who have hunted
it, that the mountain lion is a coward,
that the instances where it has at
tackled man are very few and far be-
tween. Almost any animal will fight
when cornered like a rat, or in de-
Tense of it's young, but the mountain
lion, has, at least to my knowledge,
never been known to charge a camp
of men, though l do know an instance
where "a cougar swan to a small key
in Florida and sprang into a camp
and stole a pig that was being used
as a lure, taking the animal from
among the hunters who were demon
allied by the apparent courage of the
beast.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08

Tie Galveston plan of managing
Z city lost out at Sioux Falls Tues
day In the special election that was
held to see II the people would adopt
It. Previous to the election there
vas a very general discussion which
eliminated In q mass meeting last
Friday evening when the plan was
detailed by those who we're IN favor
OF II. Speeches ere made on Doth
sides. The voting on the plan.
however. was lamentably light. only
l.izS beng polled whichals moi. hslf
the vote that Sioux Falls could
naturally poll. The proposition
vas not defedted1l 6y . very large vote,
the majority against 1t being "a.
The proposition Of having the city
governed By five men with absolute
power did not meet with favor in this
queen city and It is willing to let
some other town take the Initiative
In that respect.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-08

Lieutenant Governor Chanler Of
New York has appeared on the
horizon OF the democratic party as a
candidate for the presidential nom
nation He Is conducting an adver-
tisina campaign, one that is wholly
different from any thing that Mr..
Bryan has done that it is something
OF q novelty. The lieutenant COVER
ne IS spending his money it seems In
= legitimate to secure The
nomination and it is said that he is
spending lots OF it. This is unfair
to Mr. Bryan who is supposedly the
idol Of the democratic party and that
he was the only Moses to lead them
out in the broad sunlight Of the
presidential nomination with the
STRONG hope OF winning Should Mr.
Bryan be successful in 1908 Of lanoing
the nomination 1t will be the third.
tilne that lie has aspired ami the
political horizon does not look at the
present time no can q forecast be
made which would INDICATE that The
services otltbe noted Nebraskan were
needed In the white house Mr..
sBryan's diagnosis of whatever ills
s'the conntry mipht have. which need
the medicine, ,loes not seem to meet
the approval OF the people ana what
he has ~ far given out In his many