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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-04-17
rived in Charleston, South Carolina.
Dec. 80, 1920. and died there April IL,

rived in Charleston, South Carolina.
Dec. 80, 1920. and died there April II,
1912. ...
At his conservation he refused to
take the customary oath to the British
government, declaring his intention to
renounce his allegiance to that gov
ernment and become a citizen of the
United States as soon as possible after
his arrival in America. In a letter to
a Protestant minister, dated Oct. 10,
1889, Bishop England tells how his
grandfather showed him, as boy, the
cell in which that grandfather had
been imprisoned for his faith. and told
him that his grandmother had been
evicted while her husband was in
prison and that she died under the
roof of a stranger; how a son (the
father of the bishop, when II years
of age, had been arrested for teaching
propositions of Euclid, but escaped to
the mountains after refusing the oath
Of abjuration of his faith proffered
him with the alternative Of transpor
tation and slavery in British colony.
Memories like these were the inher-
itance Of Bishop England and inflamed
the ardor Of his love for his persecu-
ted Faith and country, and inspired
his written and spoken words In their
behalf while he was priest in Ireland.
Later Daniel O'Connell said: "If l had
Bishop England at my back I would
not fear the entire world"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-04-17

a visit from his guardian angel. who
brought him the good news that the
cleansing fires had done their good
work, and that now he might follow
him, and pass out Of the Kings prison
house. Now there was nothing to
keep him from the Golden Gate. Light
hearted and brimful of joy and expec-
tation. he flew rather than walked up
the steep incline till he found himself
standing before: the Gate of Paradise.
He rang the great silver bell, which
was answered by Blessed Peter him.
self.
The key-bearer looked him in the
face, saying: lam very sorry. friend.
but we cannot let you in today"
"And why. pray asked, mot to-
day?" w.
"well," replied the saint. I'VE are ex-
pecting a millionaire from London to-
day, SO must emphasize the occasion
by letting no one else in on the same
day." -
What" I exclaimed. you do. not
mean to say you carry on up here as
they do below, and make money test
and give millionaires the first place?"
mo, no. my SON replied st. Peter.
Il am not making much of the million
aire on account OF his wealth, but be-
cause we SO rarely see one up here.
The Dives coming here today is one
who not only left. money to the poor
after his DEATH, but even in his life
time gave q living wage to all in his
employment" S@
Presently saw coming towards me
poor brother man, whom I recogniz-
ed as one who had been in the employ
Of the millionaire. Pat" said TO him
-"yoY need not ring the bell, for no
one will be let in today
Sure" said Pat, "if only crow loud
enough and long enough, like a cock.
I'll shame st. Peter into letting me in
mo, don't do thst'sI replied; but
as your prayers have 50 much helped
the salvation Of your millionaire mas
ter. just spring on my back as you
are," and once more stood before the
Gate and rang the hell. At. once it
was opened, st. Peter asking,, What
is this?' to which replied, "the mil
lionaire's advance luggage"
Pass through at once" said the
Saint, but the blaze Of light that sud-
denly flashed across my eyes woke me
up, and found I was in bed at half
past t1ve IN the morning, the caller
having flashed on tina electric light
Father Vaughan said that the lesson
was that there was no investment for
money like that Of helping the needy
and the poor. Often enough 1t Sc
cured for those who otherwise might
never have got there at all through
ticket.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-04-17
Mezzofanti's Gift Of Tongues.

Just sixty years ago there died in
Rome that linguistic wonder worker
of modern time, Giuseppe. Cardinal
Mezzofanti, says the Tablet.
Born Of humble origin in 1774,. he
was ordained priest at the age of "a.
having. been a few days previously ap-
pointed professor Of Arabic in the uni
versity of his native city If Bologna.
for by this time he was already master
Of ten languages. From the little in
come Of $10o derived from professor
ship, supplemented by the proceeds of
private instruction, .Mezzofanti sup
ported two helpless parents. Among
his pupils was Byron. to-. whom. When
he was in Bologna In 1917, he gave
some lessons in modern Greek. The
poet, writing of his stay in that city,
says: Il don't remember man emong
them whom ever wished to see twice
except Mezzofanti, who is monster
of languages, who ought to have exist.
ed at the time Of the Tower of Babel
and acted as universal interpreter. He
is indeed q marvel-unassuming also.
I tried him in all the tongues in which
/ knew single oath against postboys,
savages. Tartars. sailors, camel driv-
ers and anything, and egad: lie as
founded me.'
Nine years later the Crown Prince
of Prussia, passing through Bologna
on his way to Rome, reports of the lin
guist: "He is truly a miracle. He spoke
German with me like q German, with
my Privy Councillor he spoke tho
purest French, with Bunsen perfect
English, and with General Groben flu
ent Swedish"
Another time it was the Grand Duke
Michael Of Russia who was surprised
md himself exchanging volublc Po-
lish with the polyglot priest. IL
When Gregory XVI. who called
Mezzofanti to Rome in 1880, made him
a Cardinal eight years later. a depu-
tation of fifty representatives OF as
many tongues and dialects waited on
the new Eminence with their con-
gratulations. The Cardinal was equal
to the occasion, rendering spirited
thanks to each in his own language. II
was to DR.. Cox, the rector of the Eng
lish College in Rome, that the Cardin-
al said: "Well, If you must know, !
speak forty-flve languages" Wiseman
in his -Four Last Popes" attests Mes
zofanti's perfect utterance and express
sion in the few languages with which
happen to be acquainted, {.
Though it was natural that he should
be fond of conversing in his many Ian
guages, should doubt If ever it was
done from love of display. for he was
humble and shrinking on every ooca-
sion. Indeed, he knew his powers to
be gift rather than an acquisition.
His appearance certainly did not bear
the seal Of his high intellectual mark,
for his learning on all subjects was ac-
curate, extensive and solid. The coun-
tenance. which was the 1ial to the
busy and complicated works above 1t,
was not ample or noble in It's traits.
His brow was problem to phrenolo-
gists. though his eyes wero heavily
pressed outward by what they may
have considered linsual faculties"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-04-17
a Pris.t'. Dream.

Father Bernard Vaughan, the we'll
known English Jesuit. recently told his
congregation Of a dream he had. He
said he thought that after he had been
in Purgatory a. short time ne received
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
CITY SALARIES

TT WAS hardly necessary for Coun-
man Wallace to refer semi-apolo-
Il getically to increases in the sal
aries paid by this city to it's servants.
Salaries paid in Los Angeles in many
departments of activity are still hay
seedy rather than metropolitan. We
could give instances in which they are
one-half the Chicago price and one
third the New York. Salaries paid
when no adequate services are rendered
are deplorable and censurable, because
in such case the salaries become graft
exactly to the extent by which they
exceed in value the service rendered.
on the other hand, as Councilman Wal
lace is well aware, when service is rem
dered which exceeds in value the
amount paid for it, the beneficiary
might be called a CRATER. 1t all de-
pends, of course on his financial con-
dition. A man cannot be blamed for
being a cheap-jack when he cannot
help it.
In the case of city salaries, however.
the error of parsimony may be made
by officials who would rather be called
cheap-jacks than wasters of the city's
substance. We are glad to think there
is much force in Mr.. Walace's state
ment that citizens are in error who
think political conditions are the chief
factors in fixing salaries of employees
of the public.
Mr.. Wallace says: "If those who
hold that view could have overheard
every word in the various discussions
that were held in the committee rooms
they would have changed their views
and the decision would have been that
where error was made, if anywhere IN
recommending an increase, 1t was
chargeable to that kind of human weak
ness that leads one to desire to De
little helpful to the other fellow Wheh
onportunity is afforded And even then
no advances were made until the rea-
sons were fully given for the increase
The disposition of Councilman Wallace
and his associates to be justly gener-
ous and generously just in the matter
of navment for services rendered mer-
ite commendation. Los Angeles Is too
rich and too great to graft on the men
who work for 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
TO DON

MOOD citizens of all political beliefs
ET should be united in the endeayOr
" to thWart the Vaccinations of
the Southern Pacific cOnspirators who
are planning to defeat the spirit, pur-
pose and intention of the primaries.
Shrewd political tricksters are racking
their brains in the endeavor TO find
sly smooth ways of evading the
primaries law, which is dreaded by
them because they think it will give
political power to the people and re-
duce the machine bosses. henchmen
and workers to that grand old con-
dition known as innocuous desuetude.
Faith, it's a cOnsummatiOn devoutly
to be wished, as the chimney sweep
said when he fell in the soup.
But political heelers, as our readers
may have observed in other instances,
are of all men the hardest to con-
Vince that their occupations gone, that
the well has run dry, that there are
no more plums on the plum tree.
There is something pathetic in the
earnest desperation and desperate
earnestness with which Mr.. Don Nc
Garvin and the company are hugging
delusions. cherishing myths, fostering
errors and putting Iances in rest to tilt
Windmills.
What's the use of trying to make a
Don Quixote of yourself, Don Nc
Garvin? Come down off your high
mule and accept manfully the new
conditions which have been created by
the will of the people Your stump
speeches and chump committees and
rump conventions will only be funny.
No loyal citizen can take you seriously
when you try to create rumpus
which may disturb the operation of
the new system Of popular nomination
and election.
Your rump conventions win make
you a laughing stock not only in Cali
fornia, but throughout the United
States, ana a man hates to be ridiculed,
especially when he knows he deserves
it. A word to the wise should be suf-
fcient. For the present, adios, Don
Quixote McGaryin.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
USEFUL FUND

nRACTICAL application of the good
government fund to the general
purpose for which it was sub
scribed may be made by using it in the
defense Of the public from the possible
consequences OF the political game that
IS being played by the supervisors. A
legitimate use of this fund will be to
finance a movement for the enforce
ment of the claims of the advisory
committee that 1t shall represent the
public in the capacity indicated by its
name Nay, more, the fund might well
be applied to financing proceedings for
the removal of highway commissioners
appointed contrary to public protest
and in defiance of public sentiment,
While clean sweep might be made by
the removal of supervisors who seemed
to be magnctized by the good roads
fund and held fast in an attitude of
dishonorable contempt of the public.
Since the chief object of the good
government fund is to give financial
support to worthy movements for good
government and for the lettering Of
civil and political conditions, 1t is clear
the good roads movement is within it's
scope. The fund has helped the peo-
pies lobby at Sacramento and has
financed the recall campaign. 1t has
had not merely a creditable, but a glo-
riOus record of usefulness.
on account Of the contemptuous at
titude assumed and maintained by the
supervisors, the good roads plans stand
in constant danger of being interfered
with. Prominent business men are en-
deayoring to bring the supervisors to
a sense of their duty with regard to
the advisory committee.
The supervisors are we'll aware of the
nature Of the only possible amendo
honorable they can offer the advisory
committee or the public and that Is 10
annul their precipitate and il-judged
action with regard to the appointment
Of the highway commission and yield
to the public demand that the advisory
committee be consulted in the nomina-
tton and selection Of the commission.
The highway commissioners can
easily put the subject matter Of contro-
yersy to a fair test by resigning. If
they were satisfactory to the public
their reinstatement would be certain.
And if the advisory committee, in be-
half Of the public, should find the
highway commission does rot fairly
represent public interests, why should
the members retain their places?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
SAYS THERE ARE MANY
TITLES, BUT ONE HEAD

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26.-[Editor
Herald: In answer to Will B. Smith
let me remark that it has been shown
to the perfect satisfaction of all who
have studied ancient and sacred" his
tory with one idea Of finding out the
facts regardless of where it carried
them that whether the supposed super
natural being be good or evil-whether
he be called God or devil, Christ or
Belial, Holy Ghost or Satan-all are
but the varied God"-all are but the
different supposed manifestations OF
the attributes of one and the selfsame
physical agency
These gods, devils, christs, lords
angels and holy and unholy ghosts are
only so many personifcations of the
sun of our system-they are entirely OF
an astronomical and NEUROLOGICAL ma
ture-and they never had real ex-
istence any more than the mythological
heroes of the Greeks and Romans. In
fact they are the selfsame heroes, only
they are known in the Christian world
by other titles.
These are not the ideas Of ignorant
men and women, but those of the
learned, the wise, not only OF the non
Christian writer's but of Christian his
torians, and even the fathers" OF the
first three centuries. TAYLOR.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
PICTURES COMING OF
NAzARENE TO DENVER

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 24.-tEditor
Herald: Bless me. where was OBJ
server when the cyclone struck, and
has he caught his breath yet?
Louisa Harding hit out from the
shoulder and gave his pet theory a
dreadful jolt when she furnished the
Letter Box readers the tabulated report
of the vote of Green county" as Den
ver's redlight district is called. Who
can say now that civic righteousness is
in danger from equal suffrage because
of the Mary Magdalenes when almost
the entire vote of the district was cast
for Chancellor Buchtel,
There is little hope, however, that
statistics VIII have much effect on OBJ
server, for he seems dreadfully soured
in his disposition regarding equal suf-
frage. If he is so distressed over the
fact that four of these United States Of
America have recognized the truth that
woman is an individual instead of q
chattel and given her the franchise,
what will become of the poor man when
the whole "fOrty-seven varieties do
likewise, not because she is lovely
woman with the uplift," but because
justice demands 1t?
Observers defense of the cloth might
lead one to think him a Christian were
IL not IOr MS most unCHIlSlliHllhe iIt
ter, in which he says many unkind and
not overtruthful things about the
Colorado women, not the least being
his assertion that if Christ came to
Denver and criticised certain women
the cry would be Hang him!" instead
Of Cruelty him!"
Observer, unless his name is mis-
nomer, ought to know that If Christ
really did come to Denver he would hnd
conditions much the same as he did III
Judea 1900 years ago The majority OF
the men would be so obsessed with the
trading instinct and the desire to rule
others that they would have no time &c
listen to the lovely Na2arene, so the
most of his followers would be women
and humble workingnen, as was the
case in Galilee. And if he came as q
poor carpenter none of our captains OF
industry" financiers, bankers, brokers
high salaried ministers of fashionable
churches or business men busy chasing
the almighty dollar" would stop the
game long enough to inquire If he had
found employment, and it would be
some mission worker in some obscure
mission chapel by whom aid would be
given if at all. MARIAN MARTIN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30

did | did know something about the
disadvantages of child labor. Many a
morning, long before daylight, I could
be found cleaning out the stables and
milking the COWS; yes, before l was 10
years old; and then in the spring or
the year old Buck and Bright were
yoked and hitched to the piow or drag,
and 1 was sent forth to follow them J i
day; and then the evening chores
would keep me until 9 or 10 before l
could crawl into my bed
| assure you | had no time for dlssl-
patton, nor did I have much of an op-
pcrtunity to get into mischief. [ know
there were times when l was worked
too hard, and deprived of educational
advantages that I feel child should
have: on the other hand, l verify be-
lieve more children are ruined from the
lack of something to do than from
oVerwork.
Satan always finds some mischief for
idle hands to do. The life of many, a
country boy and girl is now ruined by
overindulgent parents-farmers VINO
are able to furnish their children with
n horse to ride or drive to the city
school away out among the shadeu
lanes and country byways, where L am
led to believe Mary Magdalen must
have received her training. If l am
mistaken will take 1t all back when
I meet Mary at the picnic to be held az
Long Beach; and right here l woulo
suggest that the editor of The Herald
furnish every letter writer of TINS de-
nartment some kind of badge or button
to be worn on that occasion.
W HOEINHAND.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30

and apparently held by Mr.. Griffith of
the Prison Reform league. l clipped
from the San Francisco Chronicle the
other day an interview with the warden
of Sing Sing, who was one of the dele
gates to the congress. He expressed
the opinion that its most valuable work
had been the bringing together some
forty prison wardens, who were thereby
able to compare notes. This is how the
interview begins
"If the sentimentalists will leave con-
victs alone while they are in prison,
and then give them a fair show after
they are out--treat them in the Same
light in which the law regards them
they will do the criminal class the
greatest good. / believe that criminal
is sent to the penitentiary to be pun
ished, and that he should be kept under
discipline while there"
They get the discipline all right.
Meanwhile it is interesting to observe
that those whom this professional gem
tleman--his name Is Jesse d. Frost
dubs "sentimentallsts" are the people
who have foolish preJudices against
prisoners being chained down in tubs
and tortured until they faint with cleo
tricity, the water cure, and other dia-
bolic inventions of the warden mind.
The evidence that these things are
thus is now overwhelming; they are
beyond all denial. These wardens--
through their deputies, of course-inflict
tortures an Apache would be ashamed
of. 1t is all to be found in our very
best magazines and books by recog-
nized and reliable authors. There Is
one on Sing Sing, by the way. Robbs-
Merrill of Indianapolis published it.
ECONOMIST.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
REVIVAL

1 DIRECT line of steamships may be
u established between New York
- and Egypt. Nothing testifies
more eloquently to the revival of in
dustrial Egypt than this announce
ment. Think of the lately sleepy old
land of the Pharaohs, the country of
the pyramids, the mummies and the
Sphinx, the country which long ago
lad been given up by progress and
classed among the antiques, suddenly
taking a new lease of life and becom-
ing as prosperous as it was in the days
Of Cleopatra and far more cnterpris-
ing than it ever was before,
There is no reason why all the old
countries should not respond to indus
trial civilization. Palestine soon should
take its place among modern nations.
Surely there is enough Hebrew cap
ital to finance any undertaking which
might be projected there!
The Holy Land, as it is sometimes
called, is said to resemble California.
II that he the case, it is not surprising
it was named the land of promise,
flowing with milk and honey and
abounding in oil ard wine.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
AUTO MAIL COACH

NJ ONDERFUL possibilities and
wv revolutionary changes are sug-
gested by the automobile post
office proposed by Postmaster Flint
The automobile will be operated after
the manner of the street railway mail
service. 1t will be fitted in the same
manner as mail car. and the clerks
will work while the machine is being
driven through the mercantile district
of the city.
The sorted mail will be placed
aboard railway trains. This is the idea
of today. But what will be the idea
of tomorrow? With good roads and
speedy, safe automobiles, the sugges-
tion will be made it will save time if
the automobile mail car is sent along
mail route over the roads. And so
civilization will have swung around
again to the mail COACH" but instead
of the eager-eyed whip" with his
four six or eight galloping horses
burning up" the road, there will be an
eager-e man at a wheel burning
up" the road at pace never dreamed
of by even the most imaginative and
progressive of the "Wellers"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
CONGO FREEDOM

N EV. JOSEPH CLARK'S lecture on
X the Congo Free State brought
AZ home to many people the fact, oft
repeated in newspapers, that an elder
Iy European roue who is called a
king" exploited an African country
for the sake of loot and humane
civilization did not intervene to pro-
tect the aarassed and tortured natives
from the assaults of the raider bandits
Of this European monarch. The his
tory of modern civilization contains no
blacker page than the chronicle of the
Congo. Any one ol the great European
powers could have restored order in the
Congo "Frce" state but each was
afraid to lift mailed fist against the
Belgian pronigate, because each was
afraid all the other powers of europe
would accuse it Of aiming at the annex
alton of Belgium, and would have
united to "crush' the delivercr OF the
oppressed people of the Congo. All Of
which goes to show civilization is
more or less of a farce. 1t is all right,
not as far as it goes, but as far as it
Davs.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
VOTERS DUTY

TIME duty of voters is to vote on all
issues and all questions submitted
L to the people for their decision. In
his address before the Federation CLUB
.Tudge Works said the greatest peril
Los Angeles and the country have TO
fear is the absolute neglect of many
so-called good citizens to do their pollt-
ical duty.
Women are fighting for right which
men. possessing, do not always appre-
ciate. The very strongest argument in
favor of the extension Of the FRANCHISE
to women is they probably would use
it--at least, a bigger percentage of them
than Of the men would use it, This
statement is not conjecture. 1t Is
founded on the fact that in places
where partial franchise has been
granted to women the female voters go
to the polls in foul weather or in fair,
and they put the right to vote on
almost the same plane with religious
duty.
And that is the truth about voting,
1t is not merely a privilege. 1t is a
solemn duty. A man who votes fraudu-
lently is punished severely and the
punishment is we'll deserved. There is
no greater sin than tampering with the
ballot box or exercising spurious
franchise, which may be called griev-
GUS sin of commission. But there is a
sin nearly as great, and 1t is the
grieVous sin of omission.
If voter were disfranchised he
would make an uproar and would ap-
zeal to the courts. But there is no
legal method of compelling him to use
the franchise which he possesses. All
qualified voters should vote at every
election.