The Irish standard., 1909-01-16
nv PASSING


magazine hs- made its appearance. 1t 4
is something on the same plan as Mr..
Bryan's Commoner, but smaller in
size. We hope to see it grow larger
with age. and wish it prosperous
and useful career.
!, The Commoner has opened an earth
quake fund and calls upon all its read
ers to contribute to it, on the ground
that it is duty they owe to human
ity. 1t starts the fund with 800 Of its
own.
Rev. Thonas e. Sherman, s. j., son
Of the great general, says that unless
there is something to Offset the Chris
tan Science teachings, the country's
asylums will be so crowded that they
will be a burden on the public.
The will of the late Claus spreck-
els, the sugar king, disinherited two OF
his sons and it is now promised there
will be a contest over the fifty million
dollar estate. That will be a profit
able thing for the lawyers Of San
Francisco.
A London newspaper says that largo
shipments of blackberries from Ireland
have arrived on the west coast Of Eng
land. No country Of it's size has con-
tributed more luxuries to tickle tho
palate Of John Bull than has the Green
Isle.
Rev. William D. Hughes, a noted
member of the Paulist Order, died last
Sunday in New York City He was
well known throughout the United
States as missionary and for many
years was manager of the Catholic
World. 5
Standard, writing from Odessa, says
that many orthodox Russians are be-
coming Roman Catholics. In the gov.
eminent Of Wilma alone, 10000 nave
embraced the Catholic faith, and in
the diocese of Cholm, 100000 :, have
gone over to Rome.
:
In writing the life Of Dean Kirwan,
who was one Of the greatest prea ,ll.,
ers Ireland ever produced, but who on
coming heir to large estate changed
his religion, his biosrapher compla-
Gently tells us that: HE abandoned
the errors of the Church of Rome. ana
adopted those Of the Church Of D4x-
land" That looks like an Irish bull.
William O'Brien, M. p, is thorn In
the side of the Irish parliamentary
party, If what I. p. O'Connor says OF
him in last Sundays Chicago Tribune,
is true. We take with big grain Of
salt what is said of O'Brien by O'Con-a
nor. The os and Macs should drop
their chickering's and pull together FOR
the sake Of the motherland.
M. 6. Brumbaugh, Ph.D., LID, SUI
perintendent of the Philadelphia pub
lie schools, says that of all the. imnni-
grants that have come to America,
statistics show that the Irish immi-
grants have produced the largest per-
centage of teachers in our American
civilization. For that reason he feels
like saying Hats off to the Irish!" A
nice compliment, indeed, coming from
man Of lis educational attachments.
Prof. VIM. M. Sloane Of Columbia
University, says: TITS sad thing 10 j.
say, but we are vanishing race
There are but sixteen millions Of pes
pie from Colonial stock out Of the 80
millions in the country The profess
sor did not explain why the Anal,-
Saxon descendants of the Pilgrims ire /
vanishing. We doubt that the survly-
ors comprise one-fifth Of the American
population Of today.
A man who has just died in New York
at the age Of 70 spoke thirteen lam
guases and as many more dialects. He
was a master Of English, French, Ger.
man, Italian, Spanish, Turkish. mod
ern Greek, Russian. Polish. Bohemian,
Hungarian, Roumanian and Servian.
AS boy in Vienna he sought out for-
eigners and tried to learn their native
tongues. AS q result of this youthful
enterprise me obtained profitable po-
sition as interpreter in the New YORK;
courts and left an estate Of $4,000 be
sides his home. t$s