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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
Priest Dies in sacrlsty.

Baltimore.--On Sunday last Father
Alfred Bradford Leeson. aged 81 years,
died of heart disease In tho sacristy OF
st. Monicn's Church. this city. after
celebrating o'clock Mass. He has
been pastor of this church for the last
II years. Father John VI. Greene, tho
assistant pastor, who IL 81 years old
was among the first to reach the
stricken priest. and administered to
him the last rites of the Church.
Father Leeson was born in New
York City and at an early age he was
educated for the Protestant Episcopal
ministry. He was educated at Trinity
School, New York, Hobart College, Ge-
neva, N. Y, and the General TheoIog-
ical Seminary, New York, and after
his ordination he was assigned to
Mount Calvary Church. Baltimore
where he served until 1875.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
Newspaper in Shorthand.

Victoria, b. c., December 7.-There
is 81 little newspaper published here
the kamloops Wawa, circulating
among several tribes of North Amer
lean Indians. The unique feature of
this journal is that it is printed in
shorthand.
Some years ago Rev. J. M. LeJune,
a Breton missionary, arrived in Brit
ish Columbia to take charge of a ter
ritory some fifty miles square. He
found the great obstacle to his work
to be the absence Of any means OF
written communication.
The missionary was acquainted
with the simple French Duploye Short
hand, and then conceived the novel
idea of teaching the Indians to write
their own language phonetically. He
adapted the stenographic signs Of the
Chinook language, and the expert
ment proved complete success.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
Will Take No Part in Masonic Doings
in Canada. ..

The La CroIx, Catholic paper OF
Montreal, says: "The Evening Tcle-
gram of Toronto announces that the
Duke Of Connaught the new governor,
has decided not to visit any Masonic
LODGE nor to assist at any Of their
celebrations, as long as he is in Cam
ada as general governor.
This Is good news, If true. The
Duke of Connaught Is grand master
of the supreme lodge of England, and
as such he has free entrance to all
English lodges. If he dDes not attend
any in Canada, the rcason is that he
perceives that the Catholics of our
country would not tolerate 1t. In fact,
1t could be but distasteful to us to see
the Kings representative countenance,
by his presence, the enemies of our
faith. Whatever the dukes motive
we trust that the Evening telegram e
Information is correct. Our campaign
against the English lodge, had 1t only
the present results, deserves to be
classed among the mott patriotic"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
MONSIGNOR RYAN
Vicar General Of Dubuque Diocese Re.
ceives Serious Injury.

Dubuque, Iowa, Dec. 9.-Monsignor
Roger Ryan, vicar general of the dio-
cese of Dubuque, while OH his way to
st. Patrick's church today fell on an
icy sidewalk and fractured his left
thigh. Monsignor Ryan probably is
the oldest priest in the diocese, both
as to age and point of service, being
6S years old. He lay for some time
unseen in a dense fog before his feeble
calls for help attracted the attention
Of a delivery driver, who came to his
assistance. He was taken to his home
only a short distance away, where
physicians attended him. Monsignor
Ryan was planning a trip to Rome i'm
mediately after the holidays, having
been promised a special audience with
his holiness. The outcome of his in
juries, due to his advanced age is un-
certain.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
BIRTH RATE
Far Below tho Death Rate in France,
According to Latest Statistics.

Far Below tho Death Rate in Franco,
According to Latest Statistics.
Paris.-The serious attention of the
public has again been called to the
depopulation question In France by
the publication of official statistics.
These cover the first six months in
1911 and show an excess Of deaths
over births Of 1920. The figures are
all the more dscouraging from the fact
that In the same period in 1910 the
births exceeded the daths by 21,1S9.
The figures for 1911, from January to
June, Inclusive. are ms follows: Popu-
lation. 39,262,24b; marriages, 1881;
divorces. 8,372: births. 3sb999 and
deaths, 4o4,27s. Births In France were
always slightly In excess of deaths un-
til the year 1907, when a surplus of
1890 deaths was recorded. The fol-
lowing year, however, n surplus Of 49,
AL births WAS recorded, and In 1909
there was a surplus OF 1924 births
The latest official statistics obtainahle
show al average excess of births over
deaths of 1876 per cent III New South
Wales, 1887 per cent In the United
States and 1.3 per cent for 1910 in
France.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
Combining Religion and Athletics.

An interesting sIdc-l light on the sue
cessful football season at st. Louis
University is n very cdifying custom
which prevailed among the Catholic
players on the team. AT the Begin
nicg of the season a year ago all the
Catholic members of the squad
agreed among themselves to receive
holy Communion weekly-beforc each
game. The same practice was re-
newcd this year and from their long
line of victories, offset by but one de-
feat these stalwart warriors Of tho
gridiron gave ample evidence that
manly athletic prowess is in no way
hampered by chid-like practice of
their religion. They closed their sea.
son by playing Syracuse n tic game
6 to 6. Syracuse had Just beaten Har-
ward and all other big Eastern oppon-
ents.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
Miss Redmond's Play in London.

A most interesting entertainment
was given Nov. 25 at the Queens Gate
Hall, South Kensington, in aid Of the
James Stephens Memorial Fund now
being promoted in Stephens native city
Of Kilkenny. 1t was organized by the
London Divisions of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, the officers and MEM
bers of which deserve hearty congratu-
lations on it's great success. The chief
features Of a most attractive program
were the performance of Miss Johanna
Redmonds play, "The Best of Bad
Bargain" and the delivery of a pane
gyric Of Stephens by Mr.. Joseph Dew
lin, NJ. p. There was in addition a
frst-class concert by number Of
prominent Irish artistes. The Hall was
filled to overlooking, the audience in
cluding Mr.. John Redmond, Mrs. Red
mond and several members of the Irish
Party, as well as many leading London
Nationalists.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
Fate's Grim Irony.

The New York Sun takes the follow.
ing news item, which has a special In
tcrest for Catholics, from the Paris
Journal:
Every morning in the beautiful
Church Of ST. Pierre de- M Montmartre
may be seen a very old woman devot-
cdly attending mass. She Is the grand
daughter OF that woman who. in the
revolution, posed as the Goddess OF
Reason and took her seat on that very
altar where mass is now celebrated.
The cnthroncment and worship OF
the Goddess Of Reason in France was
only n passing phase OF ant-religious
madness The desire Of the present
generation of French atheists to "ex-
tinguish the lights Of heaven" will
pass also, and French people OF q fu-
ture generation will be found going I'd
mass just as the granddaughter of the
Goddess of Reason goes now.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
HONORED BY POPE
Cardinal Warmly Received BY His
Holiness Plus X,

On November 80. Cardinal Logue,
accompanied by Canon Quinn. drove
in state from the Irish College to the
Vatican to pay his official visit to the
Pope.
His Holiness met Cardinal Loguc on
the threshold of the Library, and, pre-
venting him from kneeling embraced
him cordially and conducted him to a
chair placed near his own at his writ
ing desk.
The august personagcs remained to-
gether in private conversation for
some time, and on the conclusion of
the visit the Pope accompanied Car
dinal Logue to the door of the Library.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16

ings of the Jesuit Fathers Vasquez
Sanchez, Becanus, Layman, Castro
Palao, Escobar, Mariana, Tolcto Curry,
Palmieri, Delrio. and had absolvcd
them all; and they decided that Hoens-
brooch had entirely failed to substan-
tiate his claim-that these famous
texts contained nothing that is not ad-
missible by the most rigorous moral
list.
They pointed out that there are OBJ
viously two senses in which it is pos
siblc to understand tho maxim that
'thc end iustifies the means" Firstly,
that any bad means may be justified
if employed for good end; secondly,
that certain actions, otherwise unlaw-
full become lawful in View of certain
ends for which they arc necessary;
such, for instance, as the cutting off a
mans leg when necessary to save his
life.
1t was with the first sense alone
that the Court declared itself to be
concerned; and in that sense 1t was
not found in the Jesuit authors eXam-
ined. In the other sense. the maxim,
as the Protestant DR.. Ohr, of Tubin-
gen, wrote, is by no means peculiar to
the Jesuits, but is an ethical truism
accepted by moralists OF every creed.
And a Nationalist writer. *. Jeutsch,
said that il Hoensbroech really consd-
cred the instances he quoted from
Jesuit authors to be! IL proof of de-
praved morality, he commits an alb
surdity. .:.
In these circumstances, have felt ii
my duty on behalf Of myself and my
colleagues to protest publicly against
the action of Sir Edward Fry in giving
circulation to this slandcr, and am
sending him copy Of this letter.
Yours faithfully,
WILLIAM DEI4ANY, S. j.,
Provincial in Ireland.
Father Delany further offers to give
$50 to any public charity in Dublin
if it. can be established tn the satisfac-
ton of board of arbitration in Dub
lin that the Jesuits teach the doctrine
that the end justif1es IT, means, pro-
vided in the event thvts proposition Is
not proved the board donate G10 fol
proceedings. He further stipulates
/ that he does not require that there
shall be any Catholics on the board.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
Catholic Daily Newspaper.

Buffalo.-Buffalos new Catholic
daily newspaper is billed to appear
about the first of May. 1t will be tho
first Catholic daily in America to be
published in the English language The
greater part of the stock, the total of
which has been placed at $3.50, 900, has
already been subscribed, but Rev. John
Is in charge of the undertaking, be-
lieves in doing things right and then
keeping it up, so he is not in any hurry
to start the presses until everything is
to his satisfaction.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
MISS EGAN WEEDS
Groom Former Minneapolis Attorney
Nov in Philippines.


Miss Carmel Egan was married De-
cember 2, at Copenhagen, Denmark, to
Gabriel Ambrose O'Reilly, of the Phil
ippines, formerly of the United States
army
The bride is the daughter of Maur-
ice Francis Igan, for many years a
member of the faculty of the Catholic
University at Washington, and now
the United States minister to Den
mark. Mr.. O'Reilly, the bridegroom,
is one of the officials of the insular
government in the Philippines. He is
a native of North Dakota and was
practicing law in Minneapolis when
the war with Spain began.
He went to the Philippines with the
Minnesota regiment, and remained in
Manila when peace came. He was
made superintendent of the public
schools of the islands and later was
given charge of the government de-
partment created to promote the ma
tive Filipino industries.
The marriage took place in the his
toric Cathedral at Copenhagen, and
was witnessed by distinguished gath
ering. This is the second marriage
which has taken place in Mr.. Egan's
family since he became Minister to
tricia, was marrhd two years ago to
Charles Phillips, editor of the San
Francisco Monitor,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
Dies Tryino to Save Church.

While trying to save the furniture
of st. Patrick Church and parsonage,
Denison, Texas, which were recently
burned to the ground, Tim Corcoran
lost his life. He was carrying furni-
ture out Of the parsonage. when the
Guiding the pipe organ, was $4,000
The pastor, Rev. p. M. Donohue, had
narrow escape from falling walls.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16

feat the bill.
There Is some doubt as to whether
elections In the near future to the in
jury of the liberals, but the general
impression is that the bill is becoming
understood by the working classes and
nobody doubts its ultimate success as
the greatest measure of social reform
ever passed.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16

private secretary to the Earl of Bca.
consfield from 1874 to 1880, and priv.
ate secretary to successive First Lords
of the Treasury-the Earl of Iddes-
leigh and the Marquis of Salisbury
from 1885 to 1887. The deceased was
also Departmental Controller of the
is no heir.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-16
Death Of Irish Peer.

Lord Dunsande died at Brighton on
s.NoN.. 2s. aged 80. He was assistant
The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
He Got Badly Lift.

Experiences Of 4 correspondent of 4
Nuremberg paper go to show that the
German adulterafiOn laws are drastic.
He says: "A French friend sent ms
four bottles Of burgundy. After pay.
Ing the duty was Informed that all
wine coming from abroad has to be
analyzed. As my consignment includ-
ed two kinds of wine double apalys,,
was necessary. and for this I paid \
Zee OF <9.24. Az the end Of a week I
received first certificate attestinr that
my wine was pure and. SECOND. the
case IN which the bottles were xept.
was also Informed that two bottle.
mad been required to form the basis OF
each analysis and that consequently
tnere was no wine left. ! am natural.
" grateful to the state for the prex..u.
ions taken to guard my health, but I
cannot help thinking I am entitled -
Ne empty bottles. Surely these vere
not also analyxed-"
The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
Findina Mark Twain hx Faith.

One evening few years ago Brandee
Matthews aud Francis Wilson were
dining together at the Players club of
New York. when the former mnde the
suggestion that they write q letter to
Mark Twain. But" objected Mr. VII
son. I'VE don't know where be Is" for
1t was at u time when Mr. Clemens
was away travelling somewhere. "Oh."
said Professor Matthews. that does
not make any difference. II " sure to
6nd him. I think be 10 some place in
Europe. 20 We had better put on .
i've cent stamp" So the two sat down
and composed letter. which they ad-
dressed to "Mark Twain. God Knows
Where"
Within three weeks they received Q
reply from Mr. Clemens which said
briefly. HE did" The letter had been
sent BY the New York postof8ce to
Harper 4 Bros. thence to Chatto 4
windua Of London. thence to q bank
IN Vienna aud from the bank to the
small town In Austria In which MARI
Twain happened 10 be staying.-Bock.
man.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
A sird's Barbsd Wire Fences.

There may be seen al0ag the rOad
sides In Central America brown wren
about the size Of canary which builds
4 nest out Of all proportion to It's z.s,-
parent needs. II selects u smull tree
with horizontal branches growing close
together. Across two Of the branches
It lays sticks fastened together with
tough fber until platform about six
feet long by two feet wide has Deen
constructed. On the end of this plat
fOrm nearest the tree trunk 1t then
builds huge. dome shalNd nest foot
or no high with thick sides Of inter-
woven thorns. A covered passageway
h fhen made from the rest to the end
Of the platform In as crooked a man
ner aS possible. Across the outer emo
~ well as at short Intervals along the
inside OF this tunnel are placed cum
ming little fences of ihOrns with just
space enough for the owners TO puss
through. On going ont this opening "
closed by the owner BY placing thorus
across the gateway. and thus the safe
ty OF the eggs or young II assured
Harper's Weekly.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
Told Who He Was.

DR.. Beadon, a former rector in e.
than. Kent. England. one Sunday
preached from the text "Who art
thou7" After reading It he made .
pause for the congregation to reflect
upon the words. when man in milf
tary dress who at that instant was
marching very sedately up the middle
aisle Of the church, supposing 1t a
question addressed to him, replied. II
am. sir. nm officer Of the Sixteenth
regiment Of foot on a recruiting party
here. and. having brought my wife
and family with me, am come to
church because wished to be nc
Quainted with the nelghboring clergy
and gentry" This so deranged the
divine and astonished the congresa.
ton that the sermon was concluded
with considerable dif1culty.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
~ +. CANNON. PURE FOOD
INSPECTOR, IN GREELEx
frrom Wednesdays Daily

(Erom Wednesday OoA''
wi,bur F. Cannon. the man VINO
ua,ches the food that is sold IN
colorado and makes an effort to see
that IT is absolutely pure. was Sis''
,or Yesterday at the grocers con-
,ertton He came. he said. to greet
",hs hoys' and incidentally to Keep
an ave on whatever they might q"
looking toward any Innovations IN
the grocery business.
"Greeley?" he said interogauSeiy.
"sure I like Greeley. ] used to come
here wears ago when l was travelling
over the state selling things to mer-
chants. and this always was my ban
ner town. When business was "iack
in other places. l figured on bringing
I'm nv average In Greeley. 1t was
tho hest town in the state then. anu
from what l have heard today IL
still claims that distinction"
Mr.. Cannon would have been cali
ed upon for a speech had he remain
cd long enough in the city. There
was hut a brief session in the after
noon and the morning program hao
been postponed on account OF pro-
longed discussion over the report OF
the rules committee.
Years in the state senate prepared
Mr. Cannon for his duties as pure
food commissioner. He also knew .
lot about the grocery business and
since his incumbency there has been
n material change in the hanoilhs
of adulterated stuffs.
Eve have the grocers and drug
eists and other fellows that sell
things working with US now. ne
said. We teach them the law and
let them know that it must be obey
ed and that is nearly all there Is tc
it. The jobber5 that are so inclined
have hard time selling any adult
Grated stuffs now because the retail
ers are wise to the situation and are
irving to get rid of the products thai
fail to come up to standard.
Mr.. Cannon left this morning fol
Denver where he is scheduled te
make a pure food speech this after
noon. Tomorrow he has to appear
in the case of Denver dealer who
Is charged with violating the state
pure food law.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
SMOKING mERRlHuANA.
u Fills Mexican Poems With es"'s'
thing Like Deiirium 1rsmsns.

u Fills Mexican Poems With ee"ss'
thing Like Dsiirium Trsmsns.
Water bugs and worms are among
the tidbi,s in which the Mexican peon
delights. He catches his bugs us they
skim along the top Of fresh water
ponds, drying them and then cutting
them with as much zest rs nm Ameri'
can hoy eats peanuts. As near as tue
peon can explain 1t. their navor u
something OH the order Of the chest.
nut. but as no white man has ever
tried eating water bugs. or II he has
doesn't dare confess 1t. the exact taste
Of these Mexican morsels can't be de-
scribed very accurately.
The poems dote. too. on the nice.
fat pulque worm. This insect is about
two inches long and half nm Inch thick
They fry the dainty In grease and
pack 1t in brown paper packages or
q dozen worms, which fetch 2 cents
Q paper. An Industrious pulque worm
collector makes good living.
The worm inhnbits the maguey or
pulque plant. from which is distilled
the aqua miel, or honey water. OF
Mexico. After twenty-four hours fer
mentaton 1t Is very intoxicating. AIT
er the Mexican has primed himself
with several drinks of ngua miel ana
has smoked half dozen cigarettes
made of the dried leaf of the merri-
huana weed and brown paper he Is
ready for any crime OF violence.
This combination Of stimulant and
narcotic has the effect of deluding the
victim into thinking that his enemy
ard every peon has choice collection
of enemies-is pysmy In sinture At
the same time it gives him an idea
that he Is tremendously strong ana
wonderfully brave. So he sallies forth
to make mincemeat of his enemy or
enemies and, as rule. lands In the
local calaboose.
One of the peculiar effects OF mer-
Tijuana smoking is to distort the size
Of all animals. making them OF enor-
nous size and horrible shape. The
smoker is filled with a horrible fear.
something like the horrors brought ON
by delirium tremens. A kitten or a
puppy to his distorted vision appears
as some terrible creature. A common
sight in Mexico Is to see swarthy
"greaser." armed to the teeth, Zee in
terror from a small dog, while he
would fearlessly attack any man with
his knife or his machete.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
A FAMOUS RACE.
The Greatest Steamboat Contest on the
Mississippi River.

the Greatest Stoamooat contest on tho
Mississippi River.
The greatest race ever run on the
Mississippi was between the Natchez.
boat built In Cincinnati and COM
manded by Captain T. P. Leathers,
and New Albany boat, the Robert e.
Lee. under Captain John W. Cannon.
There was spirited rivalry between the
two vessels, and when the Natchez
made the fastest time on record be-
tween New Orleans and St Louis
Q,2IS miles in 3 days 21 hours 58 min
utes) Captain Cannon resolved to beat
1t. He engaged the steamer Frank
Pargoud and several fuel boats and
arranged for them to meet him at va
.ious points up the river with wood
and coal. Then he had his boat cleared
Of all her upper works likely to catch
the wind or make the vessel heavier.
On Thursday. June 20. 1870. at 4:45
p. M. the Robert +. Lee steamed out
Of New Orleans. The Natchez follow
ed five minutes later. The race had
been advertised In advance and was
now awaited with gathering interest
at all the river towns. Large crowds
were assembled at Natchez, vicksburg,
Helena and other large places.
| Between Cairo and St Louis the
Natchez afterward claimed to have lost
seven hours and one minute on account
Of a fog and broken machinery. The
Robert E. Lee, however, was not de-
layed and arrived in st. Louis thirty
three minutes ahead Of the previous
record established by her competitor.
Fifty thousand people from the house
tops, the levee and the docks of other
steamers welcomed the winner as she
steamed into port. Captain Cannon
was the lion Of the hour. The business
men gave banquet in his honor. -
Travel Magazine.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-01-19
coAxINe SLEEP.
simply 4. Question Of VIII Power s"'
Self Suggestion.


Self Suggestion.
Ordinarily We do not sleep ~ Nv.
,on, or haphnzard. We simply resolve
- s,een and self suggestion plays
go, mart In the production OF Sleep
We 20 through u variety OF nc'on.'
sII suggestive Of q change i.U" ~" .,a
n"rn,,I - wukIng condition. we uh'
dress: we place ourselves IN . eon
e,r,o,,,e positIon; we close our e!e"'
he,,ere and expect we are going 10
,le,.p. md the result is-sieep
One OF the great preventlvea OF s'eep
:. ,,,o rcor OF not sleeping. but writer
- u,rncr.s Bazar says that once this
,a,r :. broken down we sleep anyhow
ri. Inso,nniac worries about MS IN
.am,,o and this very worry deepen.
tbe mischief: hence the sufferer snouiu
srrccs, TO himself again and again:
.If I sleep. well: II ! don't sleep !
r',l, n, least gain rest by keeping my
mind calm and my body relaxed
In word. our chances OF g-tting
s,eep increase II We assume the eA'
formal physical attitude which CORE
snonds 10 sleep II we relax every
muscle and let 1t stay relaxed. II we
brcatbe lightly and regularly. II we
call IN the Imagination OF II sleeping
pcrsou and talk and think sleep 10
ourselves. repeating silently ana IN Il
ouirt. dreamy fashion such formuia
MS this:
"Thcre Is no reason why ! shouiu
not sleep. Therefore ! can sleep
Therefore | will sleep. My MIND Is Ut
peace. Sleep is coming. am getuhs
slcppy. l nm about to sleep. aih
osleep"