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The Irish standard., 1909-04-10

often heard ''he grutched me What I
axed": "grutched" for "grudgei" is
in Sponsors 'Faery Queene." and
"uxed'', for asked" is Chaucerian
("Knightes Tale" 4ss). Some twenty
years ago in England the best edu-
Gated and fashionable people took to
dropping the final of the present
2articiple. They spoke of runnin'.
walkin'. standin' thinkin', f1ghtin' and
10 on. Quite possibly in setting this
fashion they knew that they wers re-
viving a. sound historic pronunciation.
But it may be taken for granted they
did not know that the Irish people
had never lost 1t. "Hond," "lond," and
"brond" for hand" land end
brand were frequent in both Spen-
ser and Chaucer. l know that "ho,!t.''
"boult" aud '.dure" for hold bolt
and door" are right, but cannot find
the exact authority. A Tipperary man
says he is "agin" the "peelers," and
Chaucer would quite understand
"agin." though such a recent word as
'peeler" would certainly bother him.
We may cite one or two later and less
classic authorities than Spenser. 1t
is perfectly right to talk of Dane"
Swift, as we have the authority Of
Swift himself for 1t. Everyone knows
Cowper's lines:
I am monarch Of all / survey,
My right there is none to dispute,
From the center all round to the SAY"
/ am lord Of the fowl and the brute.
The Irish standard., 1909-04-10
THE IRISH BRoGUE.
Not . Corruption, but a Survival o
Classical English.

Walter Dalton & analyses the
''brogue'' in the Dublin Leader. and
shows that 1t is nothing but a sur
vival Of mode Of phraseology end
pronunciation which was once excel
lent English, literary English, the
language Of English poets and dram
atlsts. He says:
Let us sec what this "brosue' is
We say that a person Is a "threa.
sure" Sponsor uses the word; any.
ono can find tip the "Faer,
Queene." Book II, Canto vII--24. WI
hear It said of an obstinate man tina,
ne is contra yry fella." Contrary
is ''contrayry" in spenser (F. O.. Blk
H.. Canto lI.-2D, and "fella" for "fel
low" is in chaucer prologue. severa
places). The 1rishnan who says h.
was '.afeard he'd bs kilt" is a, subject
for mirth. Altered" Is in spense,
(same book, canto 1IL--45); it is slse
used by Chaucer; and Chaucer alse
uses kilt" and not killed" Not otter
but, still sometimes we hear "nostrils'
pronour ced snosthurles": chaucer IN.
the latter in the Prologue. We speal
! Of the ''fith-le" for the: fiddle or VIC.
in, and we have 1t also in the Pro.
lcsue. Whom man is upright we cal
him 4 ."staFling man. and Ben John
son rhymes the wand, with darling
in one Of 5his plays tsDrhe Fox'). WI
The Irish standard., 1909-04-10

Look here, young man." caid th<
old millionaire, don't you think til
about time you began hustling TO,
yourself?"
I'm afraid can't, father rejoined
the son. you see. haven't. the ad'
vantages you had when you were
young" TN
why, sir, what do you mean?'
queried there man. y
Your father was poor, you know
was thesreply. .s.s III
The Irish standard., 1909-04-10
The National University.

At the banquet of the Irish Nation.
alist Party in London on st. Patrick's
Day, In proposing the toast of IRE
land Nation" Mr.. Redmond, who
was enthusiastically received, said
that since last they assembled a great
measure Of civil and religious enan-
cipation had been carried into law,
measure which he believed would
stand out for all time on the pages
of history as a great landmark on the
road to Irish independence and hap
piness. It. was q measure that car.
rIed for ireland CREST free National
University, BY far the greatest Of all
the injuries inflicted on Ireland by
her alien rulers was the destruction
Of her education.
Just think Of the tragedy Of It,"
he said. ireland, the land of learn.
ing in the far off ages Of the past.
the home of Universities, the literary
and religious training ground of Eur.
ope, the Island Of Saints and Scholars,
condemned by her alien rulers to liz.
norance! The result was apparent in
our history. Our struggle for our Ma
tional rights and freedom hat been
thereby weakened, our material ad-
vancement had been arrested, our In.
tellectual growth stunted. The year
1908 will for ever stand out in let
ters of gold in the pages Of Irish his
tory as the date when, after long ages
Of persecution, there had been once
more created on the soil of Ireland
a great, free. Irish National Univer-
sity,": (applause.) #.
BY free University he meant Uni
versity in which young Irishman.
whatever his creed or politics or class
might be, could enter to obtain the
advantages of the highest educational
facilities without any sacrifice of his
conscientious and religious opinion, a
University that shall be Irish, endowed
by money every penny Of which is
Irish. It WAS Irish in another sense
in it's government, in the settlement
of it's curriculum, in It's management
and control. 1t would be just as Ire.
land chose to make It, and it would
be the first real installment of Home
Rule that Ireland had obtained (hear,
hear.)
Amid renewed outbursts Of applause
he said he believed vnls new Univer.
sity had certainly marked the com.
pletion of Catholic Emancipation,
From today onward ne believed there
would be in ireland a great educa.
tional revival, a rapid intellectual de-
velopment of the nation, a broadening
of the mind, a rapid spread OF reli'
gious and political liberation. Il be.
lieve," he said, you will find In the
near future disappearance OF the old
hateful and fateful spread of faction
and ii consequence, I believe, there
will be strengthening Of the Nation.
!, al movement"
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noted by the additional title Of 'Ro-
man. OF this there are many proofs
in the history Of st. Gregory Of Tours,
Victor Of Vite, and the Spanish Coun-
ellis. This appellation had two mean
ings; one which will readily suggest
itself, as it's use In contrast to the
word Barbarian as donating the faith
of the empire, as Greek occurs in st.
Paurs Epistles. But the word certain
~ contains also an alusioa to the
faith and communion of the Roman
See."
Newman goes on to cite various an
cient authors. among others, in the 4th
century, the Ernperors Theodosius and
! Gratian and st.ss' Jerome. He also
quotes from 2. letter from Eugenius,
Bishop Of Carthage. to King .Iunneric.
the vandal, stating that he was writ
ing to his brethren for foreign bish-
ops who" he says, may assist us in
setting before you the true faith, COM
mon to them and to us, and especially
to the Roman Church, which is the
Head of all Churches
Moreover. the african Bishops in
their banishment4to Sardinia. to tho
number of 50. with st. Fulgentius at
their head, quote with appreciation the
words of Pope Hotlnisdas, to tine ef-
feet that they hold on the point Of free
will and Divine grace what the Roman.
that is the Catholic Church, follows
and preserves"
/, Writing against Ruffinus, who haa
spoken Of "our faith ST. Jerome asks:
What does he mean by "his faith?"
That which is the strength of the Ro-
man Church, or that Mhlcn is con-
tanned in the works of Origen? If he
answers: "the. Roman then we are
Catholics who have borrowed nothing
of origen's error; but If origen's
blasphemy be tir faith. then while he
is charging me with inconsistency he
proves himseH tosbe a hereto"
We could quote from many other
ancient witnesses to prove the l.istori-
cal association ~. Rome with true
catholicitS% but enough has been
shown to dsnaonsaias,at How ,cur!ously
i we may say ai,na,t s. yidsnttally---
!. the-very appellatinne which our adver-
saries would employ against us would
i. only recoil upon them. And such ex-
pressions as Roman" "Ro,nish,' u
"Romanist,. "Romanisn1,' ETC., truly
indicate stfe one and only true. holy,
Catholic and Apostolic Church OF
Christ. ~
/ Nevertheless we rightly: object to
the common use Of the designation
Roman Catholic" for two principal
reasons: First, because 1t is not a
Catholic, but Protestant expression,
And. secondly, BECAUSE, owing to the
! present tactics Of the High Church
Party who have come to recognize the
mistake Of the Reformation, the real
significance of the term is now dis
torted to mean that in the true Church
there are several kinds of Catholics.
one being Roman" and others AN
'.glican," Greek" and so on. Ibis OF
course, being a. sacrifice Of our funda-
mental principles, we can never allow.
Except. therefore when we are COM
PEELED by force of circumstances, as in
execution of legal documents or for
.ment purposes. It is better not
to employ the Objectionable and invid-
ious adjective, but insist upon the
single title of Catholic" as proper
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
ONE THING THAT WAS CERTAIN
No Doubt In the Basgsgemsn's Mind
as to Contents Of What Looked
Like Coffin.

In an emergency the manufacturer
OF Limburger cheese was forced to
use strategy with a shipment. Ordi-
narily his product went in special
cars, but in this instance no car was
available and the order must be filled.
Two hundred pounds Of the fragrant
comestible was put in a rough, OBJ.
long box, and taken to the railroad
baggagcroom. Then the manufactur-
er bought a ticket for himself and the
boz, and entered the train. At the
first stop he went ahead to the bag.
gage car to see that there was 40
trouble. He stood by the box In a
disconsolate attitude and shaded his
eyes with his hand. The b~aggageman
was sympathetic. "a relative?" he
asked. YES" answered the manu-
facturcr, "it is my brother" well"
said the railroad man, philosophically.
you have one consolation. He's dead,
all ~right."-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

it. Before L had taken n bottle L
was better, and now L am completely
cured. LENA V. HENRY, Route NO.
3, Adrian, Ga. 80,
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly,
h~alf-hearted existence, missing three
fonrths of the Joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable C~ompoundr Do
For thirty years it has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, hbroid tumors,, irregqlari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, lndlgeS-
ton, and nervous prostration. -,
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia y. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice, Your letter
will be absolutely contidentials
and the advice free.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
To Enjoy

the full confidence Of the Well-Informed
of the World and the Commentator Of
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts Of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA should be
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub
fishes a full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity Of pro-
duct, which they demand in a laxative
remedy of an ethical character, arc assured
by the Company's original method of man.
ufacturc known to the Company only.
The figs of California are used in the
production of Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of
Sienna to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most benefcially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the gcnuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
HE PUZZLED THE BRITISHER
Evidently D~oorkeeper Had Never
Heard Of the Lord That Ameri-
can Minister Served.

Judge George F. Lawton of the Mid
dlesex probate court told me a story
the other day OF an American minis
ter who was spending his sabbatical
year travelling abroad. Arriving in
London, he made every effort to get
an intimate view of the two branches
of parliament in session. OF curse
no stranger Is allowed on the floor of
the house Of lords, but the minister
not knowing this, and with the usual
mount of American push, tried to
make his way in. There is a rule,
however, that servants of the various
lords may be admitted to speak to
their ministers. Seeing the minister
walking boldly in, the doorkeeper
asked:
What lord do you server"
What lord?" repeated the aston
ished American, the lord jehovah"
For a moment the d~oork2eper hest.
tated and then admitted him. Turn.
ing to an assistant standing near, he
said:
Gle must mean one of those poor
Scotch lairds. Boston Record.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
POLICE OF FOREIGN CITIES.
Marked Dlsslmllarity Exists In Cos.
tune and Methods In London,
Paris and Berlin.

London policemen carry no clubs.
Attached to the middle of the bet
behind is a dark lantern. The cuffs
of their coats have vertical stripes,
blue and white, signifying rank and
distinguished service. During the fire.
quent showers and rains they wear lit.
tie waterproof capes. Their silent reg
ulation of street traffic by hand sig.
mailing is a realization Of perfection.
In Paris the ordinary patrolmen wear
blue caps and coats, and in summer
white duck ous They carry short
swords, rather as an emblem of au.
thority, but in extreme danger use tho
fiat side as a club. In n downpour OF
rain the Paris policeman hangs his
cap on n hook in the back side of his
belt, and draws over his head the hood
of a short blue cape of heavy cloth.
This hooded cape is called a capochon,
n in it's longer form, reaching to
the knees, in used by civilians as well,
in cold or rainy weather. According
ly, at such times the streets of Paris
seem to be alive with cowled monks.
Recently the London plan for con
trolling vehicles has come into vogue
successfully on the Paris boulevardt,
The policemen detailed for sucl, duty
wear white gloves, and signal with
white clubs. German policemen wear
helmets and have a distinctly martial
air.-Travel Magazine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, We much Of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done IN q
me to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to s%tiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
An Eve For Business.

The people of Eschweg think Sven
Hedin a good business nan. The mer,
chants association of hat place in.
vited him to deliver a lecture there,
and in reply received a letter from the
explorer in which he said he would
be delighted to comply with the re.
quest, but expected to receive in re-
turn 4,500 marHs. The secretary OF
the organization answered that the
price was not in keeping with their
modest means and that the explorer
probably fancied that the invitation
emanated from a colony of American
gold mine wners.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In Shreds-Itchine Was Intense
Sleep Was often impossible.
Cured by cutlcura in Three Weeks.

AT first an eruption Of small pus-
tules commenced on my hands. These
spread later to other parts of my body,
and the itching at times was intense,
so much so that I literally tore the
skin off in shreds in seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. l tried several doc
tors and used a number of different
ointments and lotions but received
practically no benefit. Finally 1 set.
tied down to the use Of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills,
with the result that in a few days all
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. l have had no trou.
BILE of this kind since. H. A. Kruts.
koff, STA Wabash Ave-, Chicago, Ill,
November IS and %, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Helped Make History.

DR.. Mary Mills Patrick is at the
head of the American College for Girls
at Scutari, the Asiatic suburb of Con.
stantinople. 1t was founded in 1871
as a high school and DR.. Patrick, then
little more than a girl herself, be.
came connected with it soon after.
Graduates of this college are now
helping to shape the history of east
ern Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
Women of Roumania, Servia, Bull.
garia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt and
other countries are educated there.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Japanese Girls College Honors.

With the degree of bachelor Of di.
vinity a Japanese, Miss Ochima Oku'
DO, was graduated from the Pacific
Theological seminary with six other
students when the commencement ex'
ercises of the seminary were held at
the First Congregational church.
Miss Okubo is also registered In
sophomore work at the University OF
California and lives in O~akland.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Women to Fight Tuberculosis.

One million women, representing
cities, towns, villages and isolated
rural settlements in every section OF
the country, are to-day enlisted in a
campaign against tuberculosis, accord.
ing to a statement issued by the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis. In legis-
latures, in congress at Washington, in
society gatherings, in churches and
clubs, through speaking and writing
in every possible way, the ome of
the country are persistently fighting
consumption.
With an organization established in
every state of the country, under the
direction of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, and with associated
clubs in Alaska, the Hawaiian islands,
Porto Rico and the canal zone, the
women of the country have entered a
systematic crusade to carry the mes
sage of the prevention and ure OF
tuberculosis into every American
home.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Poets of National Greatness.

Victor Hugo once said in his lord
ly, generalizing way, that it vas
Shakespeare who prevented England
from being only another Carthage;
and it is indeed true that but for II
great poets we should not hold the
place We hold in the opinion Of Eu-
rope. Because of them we do not
vince when we are described as a ma.
ton of shopkeepers, for they prove
that we, like the Florentines and Vene.
tians, are something more than that.
NJ. Bourget has expressed the general
wonder of cultivated foreigners that
the English nation, (which seems so
matter of fact, and even dull, should
have produced two poets compared
with whose works all other poetry
seems to be prose; and these poets are
the very two who are to be honored to.
day in Rome. 1t is certainly a fact
that more than any other nation We
produce men of genius who vary ex,
tremely from our normal type, and we
never have produced more wonderful
poets than Shelley and Keats.-Lon
don Times.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

Laundry work at home would be
much nor satisfactory if the right
Starch We're used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
ell strength than other makes.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Headache

"My father has been a sufferer from sick
headache for the last twenty-five years
never found any relief until he began
taking your Cascarets. Since he has
begun taking Cascarets he has never had
the headache. They have entirely cured
him. Cascarets do what you recommend
them to do. I will give you the privilege;
of using his name."-E. M. Dickson,
112o Resiner St., w. Indianapolis, Ind
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste GOOD.
Do Good. Never Sicken Weaken or Gripe.
lOc, 25c, SOC. Never sold in bulk. The gems
uine tablet stamped c &C, Guaranteed Do
cure or your money back. Ro
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Continual Doubt.

How many children have your"
said the tourist, afably.
81 dunno exactly" answered the
t~ired-looking woman.
You don't know"
Not for certain. Willie's gone
fishin', Tommy's breakin' in a colt,
Georges borrowed his fathers shot.
gun to 90 hunting an Esmeralda Ann
is thinkin' Of elopin'. I never know
how many I've got till supper time
comes, SOS I can count EN-"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market % years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est Observation-Disclosures Starch-all
injurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition Of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

n heavy sediment. Doctors were not
helping me so / began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills. ] improved soon, and
after a while was entirely free from
my suffering. I am in the pest of health
now and am in debt to Doan's Kidney
Pills for saving my life
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster.Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Exclusive,

"Where do the Hottentots live,
Nary" a public-school teacher asked
one of her pupils. Il don't know, IN"
said Mary, primly. ma won't let me
visit any of the people in this neigh
borhood Youths Companion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Men Car Care for Themselves.

A coal company in the Hooking val
ley, O.. employs both men and mules.
One mule costs 5000. and In point Of
work equals six men. The company
has this order standing on its books.
When the roof gets weak, take out
the mules. Vancouver Mining tx
change.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

than q minute at a
time. My doctor
said an operation
was the only
chance / had, and
Threaded it almost
as much as death.
One day / was
reading how other
women had been
cured by Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
and decided to try
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

years / was Grip
pied with sciatic
rheumatism in my
thighs and could
not get about with
out crutches. The
kidney secretions
became irregular,
painful, and showed
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
Succinct.

Justice O'Halloran-Have you any
children, Mrs. Kelly?
Mrs. Kelly-I hov two living an
wan married!-Judy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
A Poor Memory,

"Have you forgotten that you owe
me seven dollars?"
Dear, dear, l had forgotten. My
memory IL miserable-but wasn't 1t
only &c. 9?"-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

There is no need to suffer with soreness
and stiffness of joints and muscles. A lit
tie Hamlins Wizard Oil rubbed in will
timber them up Immediately.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04
TENDER, BUT NOT LOVING.

Waiter Ito customer, who had COM
planned that his steak is not tender
enough)-Not tender enough! D'you
expect it to kiss you!
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-04

It's a safe rule to pass up two-thirds
Of human philosophy.