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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14
Ny Irish Home.

The grass is green in my Irish home
And the primrose blooms today;
The wild rose grows on the Abbey
ruins
In my home across the spray.
The skies are blue and the village
Looks green and fair and bright;
The convent bells ring sweet and clear
In the mondays golden light.
The sheep they Craze OH the yonde,
And the homeward schoolboys sing;
They romp along the dusty way,
The daisy blooms in the fair broad
fields,
And the ivy decks the way;
The anvil rings in the village forge
In my Irish home today.
The woodbine on the village church
The silver moons sweet glow,
In the village of my childhood,
In the long, long years ago.
And the waters of the purling spring
In the field just DER the way,
remember with sweetness, as
1t were but yesterday.
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atives of q foreign people legislate for
them? Echo answers, why?
A NUNS DEVOTION,

If there is any one force in the
world that unites humanity into one
great brotherhood it is religion. The
priest risking death to minister to the
dying, the nun exposing herself to the
ravages of deadly disease to allevi-
ate the suffering of unfortunate vic
Tins, are incidents which we have all
heard related over and over. The
heroic valor and noble sacrifices of
sanity men and women in all ages
have won eulogies from even the bit
terest foes of Christianity. The re-
cent outbreak Of cholera in various
places in Italy has led to sacrifices on
the part of the Catholic Sisters which
have been noted and praised even in
the anti-clerical organs. Witness the
following from the Corriere di Livorno,
an italian periodical which has no
sympathy for the church:
when the first cases occurred, and
it became necessary to send Sisters to
attend the cholera victims, Sister Flor
ida was among the first TO offer her.
self generously for the ungrateful and
dangerous mission; after few days
her health was undermined by an at
tack of the dread disease, and for
weeks she lay between life and death
until her robust constitution, support
ed perhaps by the powerful help of
faith, which is unknown to us, tri-
umphed, and the good Sister, worn
and thin, returned with renewed ener-
gy, to the struggle for existence 1t
was logical, humane, right, that after
so severe trial the pious nurse should
be allowed period Of repose. . but
Sister Florida begged, prayed, wept
before her Superiors to be allowed to
return to her work, and at last she
was allowed to leave her sick bed to
go to the assistance of her stricken
brethren, with greater faith and great
er enthusiasm from the fact that she
had herself experienced the awful dis
ease"
One cannot imagine devotion more
unselfish. II life were it's own
reward and death the end of all how
could such things be? What material
list would be capable of making such
a sacrifice of love? Who but one 20
whom God is more dear than life can
risk his or her life to serve Him? The
devotion Of this good nun is proof
in the endless chain of proofs of the
existence of God.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

in the tabernacle they grouped their
ideal creations, the greatest works of
man. 1t was all for Jesus.
For Him architecture flung in air
its grandest designs; for Him poetry
sang its most soul-inspiring hymns;
for Him painting made the walls of
His sanctuary throb with the most
sacred themes; for Him music rolled
out it's most solemn melodies; for
Him sculpture carved it's most ex-
quisite forms; for Him eloquence took
its highest flights. Yes-all the arts
and crafts and best things in nature
conspired to glorify the majesty of
their Eucharistic King.
"You wonder at the magnitude of
the Pantheon, that masterpiece of
pagan architecture" said Michael
Angelo. You are surprised that the
earth could support it; but l will place
1t in the air." And he did it, The
dome of st. Peters Basilca in Rome
is of the same dimensions as the
ancient Pantheon. His Catholic mind,
imbued with correct ideas of the
beauty, solemnity and majesty be-
lifting the sacramento home of his
Eucharistic Lord conceived the great
project and his lofty genius carried
ut into execution. Thus was built St.
Peters matchless dome - that vast
and Wondrous dome to which Diana S
marvel was a cell" So it was in
those ages of faith. The greatest
minds planned splendid abodes for
Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and
the faithful with willing hands and
generous, sympathetic hearts erected
them and filled them with grandeur
in every detail, grandeur which often
remained unobserved by the eyes of
man, but which was always pleasing
to Him for whose glory alone it was
intended.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14
RELIGION AND IRISH POLITICS

One often wonders why it is that
the Protestants of Ireland are so large.
ly opposed to Home Rule. The rea.
son they. put forth is, of course, that
they dread the ascendancy of the Cath.
olics in the Irish Parliament. They
say that If Ireland were to make her
own laws they would be made in the
interest Of the Catholic majority and
to the detriment of the Protest minor
ity A state church might even be
established and the Professionals made
to contribute to it's support.
But why all this fear? What grounds
are there for 1t? 1t is true, the Cath.
olics suffered to preserve their relig-
ion, but who will say that they have
ever shown disposition to play the
role of their prosecutors? The Cath
olics of Ireland constitute about sew
enty-three per cent of the entire pop
nlation and yet at the present time ten
per cent of the members Of the Irish
party are Catholics, elected to rep
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14
EXTREME VIEWS.

1t is very common experience, par
tlcularly during a campaign year, to
meet with men in politics who are so
thoroughly convinced of the rightness
OF their own methods for solving pub
lie questions that they feel it their
duty to enlighten their fellow citizens
whom they are certain are in the
wrong They believe that the passage
Of certain law would be for the best
interests OF the people. Their belief
based, perhaps, on reasonable argu-
ments, soon becomes to them certain
knowledge, and they are ready to tell
every man, who doesn't believe as they
do that he is wrong They will tell
their opponents that they are not fair
in considering the merits of the other
side of the question-and all the time
they themselves are delightfully."- OBJ
livlous OF the fact that they are offend
ing in the self same way.
In matters where economic laws are
SoAASSAhSu III IidlI CttI w.. absolutely
certain in advance that one solution
will bring about better results than
another, for the sil.ple reason that
in such cases the solution is not de-
pendent alone on correct reasoning,
since there are many things which we
must depend on experience to reveal.
No one can foresee in their entirety
the effects law will have The only
way to be certain that an economic
change will be good or bad is to try
the change and note the results. If
the results in the aggregate are good
then the change may be said to be
good. We can all agree on what is
meant by good in the abstract but we
cannot all agree on what is good in
concrete cases; the reason being be-
cause we are unable to foresee effects
accurately.
Where it is not question of reve.
lation Or Of observing the laws of
logic it does not necessarily follow
that of two conflicting views one is
right and the other is wrong. They
may both be equally good or bad.
Every mans honest opinion deserves
consideration:
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resent Catholic constituencies. But
strange to say, the non-Catholic con-
stituencies of Ulster have not a Cath
Ole member in the House OF Com
mons. 1t would seem that those who
are crying most about the abuse of in
| tolerance are themselves the most in.
tolerant.
/ The Catholics of Ireland do not wan;
to deprive the non-Catholics of their
just rights. They do not want to es,
tablish a state church. They will
gladly agree, if necessary, to have
clauses incorporated in the constitu.
tion which will make such perils i'm.
possible.
If Ireland had her own Parliament
today it is improbable that religion
would become political issue. I'm.
less the articles providing for the es.
tablishment of Parliament expressly
granted it the right to discriminate in
matters of religion, it is hard to see
how the general legislation could be
inimical to the Protestants In Amer,
lea where there is a mixture of all
classes and creeds the question of re-
ligion is never made a political is
sue. In Ireland there would be no
more need for hosting religion on
the political platform than there is
here.
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Ho Reformed,

A girl, great lover Of nature, went
to the seashore for a holiday, and, APP
preaching typical fisherman, said:
"Ah, sir, how we'll you must know
the face Of nature and know 1t in all
it's moods! Have you ever seen the
sun sinking In such glare of glory
that it swallows up the horizon with
fire? Have you not seen the mist Gid
ing down the hilltop like a specter ?
Have you never" she went on impas-
sionedly, "seen the moon struggling to
shake off the grip of the ragged, rug
ged stormcloud?"
"No, MISS" responded the fisher
man. II used to see dem things, but
I'm on the water wagon now"
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His RoundIess Love,

An old soldier walked up and dowr
the streets of Vienna playing a vic.
lin to earn his daily bread. After q
time his hand became feeble anG
trcmulous, and he could no more make
music. One day the old man sat or
the curb weeping. a man came along
and said:
My friend. YOU are too feeble tt
play; give me your VIOLIN"
He took the instrument and began
to discourse most exquisite music
People who were passing stopped. A
crowd gathered. While the stranger
played the violin the old man held his
hat, and into it fell the coins which
the enraptured townspeople willingly
gave. When the hat was full the
stranger said:
"Now put that coin in your pocket
and hold your hat again."
Then the man played more sweetly
than he had before, and the tears ran
down the faces of the people who lis
tened, When the hat was filled the
second time. the violinist dropped the
instrument and passed on.
"Who can it be-" the people ex-
claimed %.
why" said a man in the crowd, at
is; Bucher, the greatest TO violinists'
And so it was. He just took the ole
soldiers place, and assumed his pow.
erty land shouldered his burden, an6
played his instrument and earned 70,
him the coin he needed so much.
That is precisely what Our Savior
did for us. He found us in poverty
and distress, and across the broker
strings of His own broken heart He
struck strain of infinite music which
called forth the plaudits of Earth an6
Heaven. He stood in our place. He
assumed our poverty. He carried oul
burden.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

According to Joseph Devlin the Irish
party would have three more represen.
tatives from the Province of Ulster if
it We're not for the law permitting plu.
raj voting. II this law were repealed
Derry City, South Derry and South
Tyrone would return Nationalist mem.
bers. When Ireland is given her own
Parliament Mr.. Devlin believes this
abuse viii be quickly remedied and
as a result there will be only two coun.
ties in Ulster, County Antrim an6
County Down, which will be strongly
Unionist. Thus analysed there is not
much left in Ulster to make an anti
Home Rule noise
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A Neat Structure,

Grand Rapids, Oct. S.-Al the con.
struction work has been completed at
st. Joseph's Catholic church and the
pastor, Rev. Father Buechler, is busily
engaged in experimenting of the statu
airy. 1t is expected the church will
be consecrated Oct. %, and, as the
pews are being installed, the church
will be completely furnished and
equipped when it is used for the first
time. This is unusual, for as rule
about six months time is consumed in
securing all the statuary required. The
building will cost, complete, about $780,.
O0O, and will be one of the finest
church ediices on the range.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14
INSPIRATION OF ARcHITEcruee


Right Rev. John J, Lawler, Auxili.
airy Bishop of st. Paul, delivered a
sermon at the National Eucharistlc
Congress on the effect which love for
the Holy Eucharist had on church
architecture in Pre-Reformation times.
me theme is an interesting one. In
this day OF advanced scientific thought
When according to our evolutionary
theories and with all our modern facil.
tiles for doing wonderful things ON a.
wonderful scale We ought to outdo the
past i'll every department of endeavor,
it is interesting to know that we must
yet take lessons from the past in ev.
erything but the experimental sci.
ences. 1t is singular fact that the
ages OF faith produced architects,
painters, sculptors, poets and philoso.
pliers that have had no equal since.
Who will say that religion was not
the inspiration of those remarkable
geniuses? In answer to this question
let us quote few paragraphs from
Bishop LAWYERS sermon:
No longer will the fine arts pander
to mans baser instincts, but hence.
forth as religions landmarks their
high and holy mission will be to
instruct, elevate, purify, sanctify. And
grandly did they fulfill 1t. Around the
masterpiece of divine love reposing
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14
New Bell for Church.

Cloquet, Mimi, Oct. Z. - A 1000.
pound bell has been purchased for the
Catholic church on the reservation,
and last Sunday morning the pastor
Rev. Father Simon, assisted by Rev
Father Lemlre of Cloquet, blessed the
bell, 1t will be, hoisted next week, L
E. Durkee, OF Cloquet, having the con,
tract. The bell was purchased by the
Indians and cost $3.50, exclusive of
freight.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

For a hundred years the English
have striven to compel the Irish to
8resign themselves to bad form of
government by making it worse as the
irish resented. But century has not
sumced to bring about the results they
sought. Coercion and oppression have
failed utterly; concession is meeting
with better results. The Irish were
\ made to rule, not to be ruled. They
have all the qualifications for attend
ing To- the affairs of their own coun-
try. Why. then, should the represent
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14
PRESIDENT TAFT'S TOUR,

PRESIDENT TAFT'S TOUR.
When President Taft started on his
western trip it looked as if the 1912
campaign had already opened. Every
body was waiting for the President to
provoke an exchange voly when he
discharged his big guns. But as it
proved Mr.. Taft did not have many
big guns to discharge. His speech
making tour has been defensive rather
than aggressive. He has given most of
his effort towards defending the work
OF his administration. His principal
speeches were those in defence of the
Supreme Court and his defence of his
veto Of the tariff bills. In the West
he is not doing much more than reit-
Grating what he has already said in
the East. He is being received with
consideration wherever he goes, which
is only right and proper since he is,
as Mr.. Bryan said in Offering him
toast at Lincoln, Nebraska, the Presi-
dent of all the people.
When Mr.. Taft began his tour it was
intimated by friends of Mr.. LaFoll-
etc that the latter would probably
follow in his trail on a speech mal1ing
tour in the interest Of the progressive
Republicans. This threat did not ma
terlalize, and it will probably be to
MIR. LaFollette's credit that it did not.
There is yet year before election,
ample time for public sentiment to
f1uctuate a dozen different ways. Ex-
perlence has shown that it is not wise
to heat the iron before the hammer is
in readiness.
There have been campaigns in which
a reversal of public sentiment within a
few days before election determined
the outcome of the election. The en-
thusiasm which Mr.. Taft works up,
now Will be pretty chilly by year
from next November. BY saving, his
ammunition until later date, LaFol-
lctte will not only get as good a. hear
mo- pul Tie conNlcuOnS lie Will sue
coed in impressing on the people will
not be so likely to be swept away be-
fore election time comes.
On the Democratic side there hav.
been no recent developments. Possibly
Champ Clarks chances of being nom
mated have been lessened by the fail
ure of Reciprocity in Canada. The
speech in which he mentioned tho do
STABILITY of anneXing Canada was
made capital of by the Conservatives
and Mr.. Clark has been accused Nv
many of being responsible to a lnrpe
extent for the failure of the pact Mr.,
Bryan. who had previously mentioned
Champ Clark among the leading men
III the Democratic party who are elir-
lpie Tor the nomination, has expressed
the belief that Clark's annexation
speech was largely responsible for the
defeat of the T.aurer government
However that may be, it does not
detract from the chances which the
Democrats have of winning the nex+
election. So long as there does NOT
arise a question which will cause a
spllt In the party. success at the polls
IN l"l2 seems inevitable.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

While peace treaties are being dis
cussed ad nauseam in the West, war
IL being actually waged in the East
Italy and Turkey do not seem to be
disposed to substitute cold reason for
shot and shell. Italy has taken the
powers are not disposed to interfere
Had Turkey been the prime offender
the result would perhaps he different
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14
Father Sherman Recovering.

The good news comes from Califor-
MIA that Father Sherman, whose re-
cent nervous breakdown has been
chronicled, may be expected to rccov-
er his health in short time. In re-
porting Father Sherman's misfortune
many Of the papers recalled the chief
events of his career and quite gcner-
ally fell into error concerning Father
Sherman's connection with the pro-
the route of his distinguished fathers
march to the sea. 1t was said that
"he was brought into wide publicity
in 1905 when he launched a movement
to lead an army of United States
troops over the famous route his ia
Their followed on his march to the sea"
"rhis is grotesquely and mischiev-
ously false" says the Sacred Heart
Review. Father Sherman launched
no movement of the kind. There was
no movement of the kind launched
by anybody. Not an American army,
but detail of army officers, in the
course Of their duty as students of
military conditions and problems,
proposed, together with other field
work, to follow the route of General
Sherman on his march to the sea.
Father Sherman, having been an army
chaplain, was known to some of these
officers, and was invited to accom-
pany them. The sensational press of
the South got hold of it, and immedi-
ately made an uproar. The trip was
abandoned so far as Father Sherman
was concerned, but that is all there
was to it.'-Catholic Sentinel.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

A priest in a st. Louis parish has
organized a hand of Catholic boy
scouts. Various Protestant church
have taken up the Boy Scout idea and
put it into effect. The result has been
that Catholic boys either had to join
organizations under Protestant direc-
ton or remain out. In England some
of the Catholic bishops have sane.
toned the movement.
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cies in the. Sacred College. If all the
vacancies should be filled at the next
conclave those newspaper correspond
ents whose speculations have caused
them to suggest as candidates all the
archbishops whose names they We're
able to spell will be complmenting
themselves on their able forecasts.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

without God life is a meaningless
tenlpestuous pilgrimage: with God,
life is Il path to paradise. Without
God hope wears the shackles of NOR
tally and is buried with the corpse in
the grave; with God life is an Incl
dent and death is the birth of all that
Is fareSt and best.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

known on the range, Mr.. McGivern
having been bookkeeper for the
Steel corporation for some years be-
fore taking the position in the bank.
Miss O'Hara has lived in Biwabik
practically all her life, her father be-
ing village marshal and street COM
missioner.
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Archbishop keane at Old Home.

The retired Archbishop Keane on
Monday, October 2, left Mercy hospi-
tai. where he has been living for the
past three months, and returned to the
archepiscopal residence to make his
home with his successor, the present
Archbishop Keane.
The aged archbishop at times grew
lonesome for his old home in the shad-
ow of the Cathedral and learning this,
the first act Of his successor, Archbish-
on Keane, was to ask him to share his
home. The two prelates were in the
sanctuary on Monday evening at the
October devotions. The health of the
retired archbishop is as good, if not
better, than for some time past.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

That was not bad reply of the min
lister who on being asked by an anX-
ious parishioner what was the way to
Heaven, replied: Take the first road
to the right and go straight ahead"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

Jimmie, and here is fifty cents to pay
your way in
There are no more lessons in man
nerS in that office.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

The students of our great univer-
stiles are all back at their work.
practicing the football yelis.
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Death Of Mgr. FaIconio's Nephew

Daniel J. Falconio of McKees Rocks,
nephew of Mgr. Diomede Falconio,
Apostolic Delegate, died in Mercy
hospital, Pittsburg, Sept. "a, after
three months illness. Heart trouble
was the cause. He was 40 years old
and single.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14
viii Wed Next Week,

Biwabik, Oct. S.-James G. McGiv-
ern, cashier of the First National bank
of Biwabik, and Miss Vina O'Hara,
daughter Of Mr., and Mrs. William
O'Hara, will be married October 81.
Both the contracting parties are well
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-14

All some men ask for is chance
and sometimes they don't get chance
to ask for it.
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In times of peace there are nearly
1900 deaths in the British army an.
nually. the rate per thousand abroad
being two and half times that at
home.