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Royal Crowns.

The value of the crown jewelry Of
into almost incredible sums.
The crown of the king of Portugal,
one of the most precious of Europe,
is worth six and half million dollars
The one worn by the car at special
ceremonies of state is not worth any
less The cross on top Of the crown
is shaped of four immense diamonds
Of the first water, resting on large
uncut but highly polished ruby val
ued at over $4,000. A great number
of valuable gems cover the crown. At
the recent obsequies of the late car
one of these gems disappeared mys-
teriously from it's setting during the
transfer Of the body from the railroad
station to the fortress of st. Peter and
Paul, and, in spite Of most searching
investigation, no trace of the gem has
been discovered.
The small crown diadem Of the
czarina contains the finest diamonds
ever set and it took many years to
collect these exquisitely matched
gems.
The crown of George v is valued at
nearly 100000, and contains one
large ruby, one large sapphire, sixteen
smaller sapphires. eight emeralds,
four smaller rubies, 1850 white and
1878 rose colored diamonds, four
large pear-shaped pearls and 26s
others.
The robes and jewelry worn by the
are adorned with diamonds worth
$10,000,000. His collar, epaulettes. belt
bracelets, anklets, buckles and head
gear are sparkling with the shining
pebbles.
The most precious of all crown
jewelry is owned by potentate in
ferior in rank to the last named, the
| Maharajah of Baroda. He possesses
| necklace of five rows Of diamonds,
increasing in size from a pea to
walnut. There are five hundred dia-
| monds in this necklace, whose bril-
liancy is further increased by two
rows of emeralds above and below the
! diamonds and Of the same size. The
|
necklace is thought to be worth over
| 100000, while the other jewelry
| owned by this Croesus Ia estimated at
more than $20,000,000.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
Ireland. CHARMING Aotre.s.

If for no other reason than that they
have served to introduce to London
so sweet a personality and SO charm
Ing an actress as Marie O'NeiM, We
should be grateful to the Irish Ma
tional Theater society. which has been
having brief season at the Court
theater. It was in weirdly mourn
full play, 'Deirde Of the Sorrows" by
the late ]. NJ Synge, that the society
first showed us Marie O'Neill, the
"disthressful" heroine Of the tragedy
The story was Of profound and
overwhelming melancholy, but amid
the gloom the exquisitely pathetic
figure of Marie O'Neill and the Groom
ing cadences of her voice held the rapt
attention of the house. Her sister,
Sara Allgood, was also very success
full in the character Of Lavasham.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
Right Kind of Charm.

Very often very good people seem
to lack charm so utterly that even
the sensible among us find ourselves
opposing the thing they advocate,
simply because they advocate it. So
it's a pity not to make the best Of
any little bit Of charm nature may
have given you. It's worth while fan
ming and nursing and coddling it.
Fortunately, if you begin early
enough, you can acquire a pretty fair
substitute for natural charm. Prob
ably the very first step is to cultivate
pleasant habits Of thought. Not mere
ly agreeable speech and manners, al
though these are important, too, but
the habit of thinking pleasant thoughts
If you have that common habit OF
tearing everybody's motives to pieces
and picking the flaw in every nice deed
resolutely consign it to your mental
bish heap, whichever you like Get
rid of it somehow. Instead, attribute
the kindly motive. Just ignore the pos
sible sordidness. Motives are mixed
any way. Make point of seeing the
fine things people do Call attention
to them whenever you have the chance
Do as many of the little friendly things
that hardly seem worth while, as you
can. Little notes of sympathy make
lot of difference sometimes, so does
penny post card on ones birthday
or other anniversary.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
Ireland'a Ancient Trade.

Professor Kuno Meyer speaking in
the Alexandra College, in the opening
lecture of the Margaret Stokes men,
orial series for. 1910, brought for
ward historical evidence of the trade
relations and direct communication
that existed between Ireland and the
Continent of Europe and Great Brit
ain in the early centuries. Ireland, in
trade, culture. industry and learning
was in the front rank among early
Christian nations.
Professor Meyer hoped that an i'm
petus would be given by the new Ma
tional University to Irish research
work, and that more attention would
be directed by Irish scholars to the
study Of ancient manuscripts and other
documents available which will still
further enlarge our knowledge of the
customs and history Of Ireland. He
disposed of the statement that the
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Irishman the Fastest Writer,

Chas. H. McGurrin, of the Salt Lake
Security and Trust Co., established the
present worlds record eight years
ago in Dublin, Ireland, where in 60
seconds he wrote 212 words. At Mad
ison Square Gardens, four years ago,
he won all contests in typewriting;
and made record in speed and endur-
ance, copying new matter for six con-
secutive hours and averaging 140
words per minute. At the Coliseum
in Chicago, three years ago, he won
the. national typewriting contest.
Many desperate attempts have been
made at different contests to wrest
from him his international fame, but
none have ever or since approached
his records. Mr.. McGurrin, the great
minipulator. is visiting in Butte pres
emily.
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Loyalty at Homo.

A young girl, attending a school at
day in her room surrounded by COM
panions who were busted with en-
broidery and bits of fancy work. Some
one asked for a needle, and the young
hostess brought needlecase. AS she
offered it the one who had made the
request glanced at it with slight
laugh and a perceptible lifting of eye
brows. 1t was an inartistic, old-fash-
toned, homely little needlecase, but its
owner drew it back almost as if the
look had been a blow, and smoothed il
with caressing fingers as she said:
'My mother made it,"
There was love, loyalty and a touch
of defiance in the words. What die
these gay girls know of the plain, lit
tie home and the dear, old-fashionei
mother whose toil-worn fingers had
sewed the bits of ribbon together and
shaped them Into gift for her girl:
The daughter saw it all as in a vision
These stylish young friends were well
enough, but the old home and those il
held were the dearest treasures on
earth, and no sneer should touch then
or their ways in her presence. WORD
and action showed the fiber Of the girl
Had she been weaker or less loving
she would have been ashamed of her
little possession and the home condi-
tons it represented, and if she did not
disown or apologize for it she would
at least have kept it carefully out OF
sight thereafter
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
CHURCH AND PRESS.

The calumnies against the Church
that issued from the lips of few
reverend gentlemen of the Tuning type
who took part in the Worlds Sunday
School Convention held at Washing
ton lately served to emphasize the
general unfair attitude of the secular
press toward the Catholic Church. At
that anti-Catholic rally. which was
advertised as a Sunday School Con-
vention. a few disgruntled divines dis
charged volley of blank cartridges at
the Church of Rome. Their vitriolic
illusions made excellent copy for tho
dailies, which is not at all surprising
since the utterances were made at q
formal gathering of men who presum-
ably knew what they were talking
about. Undoubtedly If at gathering
Of Catholic clergy such poisonous
charges were made against any Prot
estant sect the papers would gulp
down the news in the same eager man
ner.
While the papers are not to be
blamed for making public the senti-
ments expressed at the convention
they certainly did show decided I'M
fairness toward the Catholic Church,
by refusing to give the same space
and prominence to the refutations Of
fered to the outrageous misrepresen-
stations. Catholics want nothing more
than common justice and in the Unit
ed States where there are nearly If
teen millions of them they certainly
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the sound Of Liberty vibrating through
the air? How many OF us ever think
Of Bull Run and Valley Forge? How
many Of us ever call to mind the al
most hopeless struggle by which our
Independence was won? If we loose
sight of these things our celebrations
are unworthy of the event which they
are supposed to commemorate.
The anniversary of the Declaration
Of independence is indeed a memoir
able day and we have every reason to
celebrate it with joy and pride. It
should recall to us the noble courage
Oh those men who inscribed their
names on the greatest monument that
could be erected to their memory when
they signed the Declaration. The re-
turn of our Independence day should
awaken in US the spirit of rs. 1t has
q grand lesson to teach, lesson which
our statesmen could profit by today
If the political grafters whose black
pages Of American history would learn
the lesson which our independence Day
teaches it would be for the common
good. The men Of '76 were ready to
serve the Union with their lives
Would they be likely to barter off their
honor and forsake the cause of their
country for personal gain? No, not
they. They possessed independent in
tegrity, dauntless courage, unpur-
chasable honor, true patriotism. In a
word, they were men. We are in need
of their kind today and the one thing
which the Fourth Of July should d.
for US is to bring wildly before our
minds the lives, characters and worthy
deeds of the men who have made il
possible for us to celebrate,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

q Mr.. Berger. the leading spirit Of
Milwaukee socialism thinks that in the
end the fight will be between the ST.
scialists on one side and the Catholic
Church on the other. Mr.. Berger must
go either on the hypothesis that all
who do not believe in socialism will
ultimately join the Catholic Church Or
that all Protestant denominations will
either espouse the cause of Socialism
s0r remain neutral. If the latter is Mr..
sBerger's. assumption he may live to
see his hypothesis disproven. The
ISchances are if Socialism ever gets 20
he formidable factor in politics Mr..
/ Berger will find Protestant denomina-
stions taking prominent place in the
ranks Of the enemy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
President Taft NJ Villa Nova.

On Saturday, June 10, while Colonel
York, President Taft was attending
the commencement exercises Of st.
Thomas college at Villa Nova, Pa,
from which institution he received the
honorary degree of Doctor of Juris-
prudence. In his address President
Taft paid a worthy tribute to the
work of the Augustinian Fathers in
the Philippines.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

West" Montalembert pays an elo-
quent tribute to the early Irish mis-
sionaries. We know that wherever
those Irish monks went they founded
colleges and monasteries. They laid
the foundation of modern culture and
civilization, which has been conclu-
sively proved by the researches of
German and Celtic philologists. Zim-
mer, in his work on "The Irish Ele-
ment in Medieval Culture" says of
the Irish missionaries:
'"They were instructors in every
known branch of science and learn
ing of the time, possessors and bear
ers of q higher culture than was at
that period to be found anywhere on
the continent, and can surely claim
to have been the pioneers-to have
laid the cornerstone of western Gull
ture on the continent, the rich results
of which Germany shares and enjoys
today, in common with all other civil
lied nations"
The Irish monks carried the Gospel
and the torch of learning to what are
today the great nations of Europe.
Sedulius, who has been called the
Christian Virgil invented rhyme in
the fifth century. His name was
O,Sheil VirpiliuS who discOvered the
rotundity of the earth seven hundred
years before Corpernicus was born
was Bishop of Salzburg. Who was
this Virgilius? He was an Irishmar
by birth and education, and his name
was O'Farrell. In triumph and de-
feat the Irish have been devoted tt
Faith and Fatherland for more thar
a thousand years.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

Irish prior to the coming of the Brit
ons and the Anglo-Americans, were
uncivtlized barbarians. Especial re-
futation was directed against the
statements made by Professor Dunlop,
the author Of the Cambridge History
of Ireland" and from his position in
a leading seat Of learning, might, he
said, have sought evidence to support
his theory that the whole Of Irish CIV
ilization was due to foreign instruc-
ton and example,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

Of the week. 1t was given no less to
calm the fears Of scrupulous Catholics
who would worry lest they might not
be doing enough than to remind lax
Catholics how much is expected Of
them.
The Mass is the same unbloody sac
rifice Whenever 1t is offered and Cath
teach their children the supreme i'm
portance Of attending Mass on Sum
day regardless of weather or any sum-
mer attractions that might tend to
lure them from their duty.
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have every reason to expect a fair
deal from the secular press.
Not all newspapers can be said 60
be unfair toward Catholics. Many Of
them endeavor to give Catholic news
in the best possible form. AS a case
may be mentioned. When the conse-
Grafton services took place at the ST..
Paul Seminary last May this daily Sc
cured the services of a Catholic priest
to furnish it with detailed account
of the ceremonies and above the ar
ticle a note was inserted giving the
name of the writer and stating that
the news was reliable inasmuch as it
came from a Catholic source. That
publication saw the advantage of sup
plying it's Catholic readers with a re-
liable account of that memorable
event, which goes to show that If
Catholics will insist on 1t their rights
will be respected Catholic patronage
means as much to those papers as bust
ness from any other source and II
whenever Catholics find matters per-
tanning to their religion wrongly pre-
scented they will call the attention Of
the publisher to it such news will be
more likely to receive proper atten-
ton.
Aside from any intended unfairness
Catholic news is often badly garbled
in secular publications. This is due
to the fact that the reporters who
have charge of the matter know MOTH
ing about the significance of Cath
Ollie ceremonies and while they may
be doing their best to present the
news in proper form they often make
ludicrous statements.
In large cities where Catholic news
is an important item enterprising daily
papers should see to it that they have
a Catholic member on their staff COM
petent to handle such news. No pa
per would expect the same man
to write for the sporting page and
report the proceedings of the cham
Der Of commerce. Experience is
necessary for competent handling Of
the different departments. If then a
knowledge of the work is essential for
properly reporting court proceedings
or for handling society news why is
it that any cub" is considered COM
petent to handle church news?
II Catholics will insist on having
Catholic news properly presented the
time will come when a feature of lead
ing publications will be Catholic news
edited by a competent Catholic.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
George v Not q Fre.m,.on.

King George v is not a member of
the Masonic fraternity. His father,
the late king, was grand master for
many years, and his uncle, the Duke
Of Connaught, is the present grand
master Of the grand lodge of England.
The late Duke Of Clarence, eldest
brother of the King, was a member
Of the craft, but the new King has
never Joined the fraternity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
TO OUR WESTERN PATRONS.

Edward O'Brien, editor of the Irish
Standard, will visit as many of our
subscribers as possible, in a business
and social way, at all points on the
Northern Pacific road between Min
neapolis and Portland, Oregon, within
the next two months. Mr. OBrien left
this city on Tuesday, June 90, and
expects to arrive in Portland in time
vention beginning July 10.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

I There was"no time in the history of
ireland when the need of unity was
sIgreater than 1t is now. And Ireland is
mot seriously wanting in that respect
& today for country with nine-tenths
LOT its representatives following the
ssleadership Of one man certainly can
5ss,e said to be united. There are those
who are becoming impatient because
~ IL. Redmond didn't force the issue of
q Home Rule before the budget was
7sspassed. Mr.. Redmond is no novice in
the art Of craftsmanship and If he and
nine tenths OF his colleagues saw At
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02
OUR OBLIGATIONS.

While no Catholic will make the hot
weather an excuse for staying away
from Mass many of us will feel the
obligation Of attending divine worship
on these sweltering Sunday mornings
a little hard perhaps. We will find
will take little extra effort to forego
tho attractive GOODNESS of many allur-
ing spots. OF course no one who real
ICES the obligation of attending Mass
will give much thought to anything
else until that obligation is discharged
for we know that IL we were to alb
sent ourselves from the Holy Sacrifice
disturbed conscience would keep us
much more restless than sultry wealth
er and anyway the supremest pleasure
springs from the consciousness of
duty well done. The lightest hearts
and purest joys belong to those who
are willing to sacrifice bodily COM
forts for the glory of God. We never
think Of sacrificing business interests
to lounge In the shade and why should
we think Of sacrificing our spiritual
interests for that purpose?
One of the grandest testimonies to
the genuine worth Of the Catholic
Church is the fact that though its
commands at times seem severe, its
children are always willing to obey.
On the hot Sundays of summer when
the flocks Of other denominations are
leaving their churches empty by flee
Ing to the lakes and parks to avoid
the heat, Catholics who realize the
ever present necessity Of ministering
to the wants of the soul crowd the
churches with the same regularity as
at any other season Of the year. For
them there is just as much attraction
at the foot Of the altar in July and
August as at Christmas and Easter
time.
Attending Mass is not social func-
ton and the Catholic church is not a
| rendezvous for the social set. Cath
olics sometimes make the complaint
that though they go to the same church
for years they never get acquainted
with other members Of the parish. If
this complaint has no other value 1t is
proof that the Catholic church is not
social center. which is to it's credit
There is no objection to Catholics be-
coming acquainted with each other but
that should be effected through other
means.
It is amusing to see how surprised
! those outside the Church are at our
going to church in hot weather and on
disagreeable Sunday mornings. The
reason is because they do not look
upon church-going az an obligation
With them the failure to attend d.
vine worship doesn't imply any seri-
Gus fault With US 1t is different. We
are commanded by the Church to at
tend Mass on Sunday whenever 1t is
possible and failure to do SO Is q NOR
tai sin. II this command never ex-
listed true Catholics would attend
Mass with no less regularity and devo-
ton. The command was not given
entirely for the purpose of making
Catholics go to Mass on that one day
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

The board of studies of the National
sof the Gaelic League and recommended
. that the Irish language be made COM
pulsory beginning in 1918. If the sen-
ate acts favorably on the matter Irish
will again be one of the prescribed
studies. Of the course.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

to follow their present course it is the
duty of every loyal Irishman to SUBJ
NIT to their judgment and not be too
hasty in uttering the childish retort
II told you so.'
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

Too many people waste their time
gazing at the dim visions of opportu-
mites that are awaiting others in
stead of giving their best effort to the
little tasks they have at hand.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

AS yet we have seen no firm adve"-
Using the muffler that is to keep ex-
President Roosevelt silent on politics
for the next two months.
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If the young men and women who
have finished school will aim to do
ssome lasting good in the world rather
than to accumulate a fortune the val
sue Of their services will not be meas
urable ain currency.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

1t is reported that there is lots If
ammunition in the Republican camp.
They also have one very troublesome
Cannon.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-02

Few of the people who are hit by
automobiles are fortunate enough to
have the Presidents son at the wheel.
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This would be an opportune season
to start movement TO conserve the
heat " ''' 20
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North Pole fame doesn't seem 10
stand the test of a temperate climate.
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The above rates include cost of postage
10 any part of the United States. 10
ireland and other foreign countries the
postage will be SOC per year additional
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Early Irish Scholarship.
In his history Of the Monks of tho
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vention beginning July 10.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-04-22
SCOTS Emulsion

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1t will put flesh on the
bones of the tired, over
worked, thin man, and
will keep the aged man
or woman in condition to
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in the winter.
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