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The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

! with the new cult of selection in
words, which begins by saying that
all word superfluities are an abomina
ton. The cult would be better if it
ture, which means acquired and deli
cate perception OF meanings in words
When it is made to stand for ruthless
excision of every thing in our etym
ologies but the words needed to fill
the narrower views of things, the
movement becomes burlesque, says
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The chapters of the Decalogue in
which the Ten Commandments are
found are models of conciseness Je.
hovah seems to have wasted no time
in talking to Moses. He went straight
to the point and laid down the law
in such a clear and sure way as to
leave no room for lawyers to raise
technicaliries in it's administration. In
order to do this he found it neces-
sary to illuminate shades of meaning
which were a part of the divine pur-
pose and which, he must have felt,
might be turned from that purpose if
not so Illuminated. Accordingly, he
used just the number of words needed
to make his meaning clear and to tell
what would happen to anybody dis
obeying him. He did not use one
word too many or one too few. And
his statutes stand now as about the
only ones left in which some form of
technical loophole can not be found
If he had used more or less than
enough words than needed to make
himself understood, this could not be
said.
what a horrible thing it is" says
Cardinal Gibbons, ITO undertake to
lay hands on Gods Commandments
We must not dare to change an iota
of Gods word" One need not be
orthodox, or wholly out OF sympathy
with higher criticism, in order to sub
scribe to this protest against chang
ing, in any way, the form OF the basic
law on which civilized human institu-
tons rest The body OF law which is
the only body OF law left into which
corporation lawyers, and criminal
lawyers, can not read technical NEAL
ings should not be attacked by the
church, or any part Of it. However
innocent the intent of those who have
proposed boiling down" the Ten
Commandments, they should reflect
that they may be opening the way to
dry-as-dust lawyers, in the employ of
high financiers, to set aside the whole
moral code on technicalities and get
a new deal which will not be square.
The world will stand with Cardinal
Gibbons for the only law that inter-
prets itself.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06
UNFAIR TO The UNIONS.

The arrest last week Of two McNam-
ara brothers and i; man bearing the
name of McManigal Oh the charge of
having taken a leading part in the
blowing up of the Los Angeles Times
building on the first of last October
which caused the wrecking of the
plant and the death of tweny-one per-
sons has aroused considerable SEN
sation. The evidences of the compile
ity Of these particular men in the act
are slight, to say the least but in
spite of that fact the press dispatches
flavor the story with as much sensa-
tionalism as if the men had already
been proven guilty. Nor is that all.
A list of II long series of crimes COW
ering a period of several years and
imputed to labor leaders has been
compiled and circulated. These afro
cities are charged" to labor leaders.
There Is no proof tina, labor leaders
have actually had any connection
whatever with the deeds committed.
The result is prejudice will be raised
against labor organizations OH ac-
count of charges for which there is
no foundation in fact. This is rank
injustice to those organizations. 1t
conveys the impression that they are
tending toward anarchy and are being
1ed nv dicropnt,h1o MAN
This is certainly placing labor un-
ions in a false light. They do not
deserve to be SO described in sensa.
tional dispatches. Labor unions are
an absolute necessity in the present
stage of our civilization. With huge
corporations welding an influence
which in the main is hostile to the
working man it would be impossible
without labor unions for the wage
Garner to get anything like adequate
compensation for his service. Labor
unions have through their persistent
agitations succeeded in exacting more
reasonable compensation for the serv-
ice of their members as we'll as short.
er hours and more hygienic condi-
lions in which to work. Without UNI
ions labor would be in state border
ing on slavery.
BY this we do not mean to justify
labor leaders in committing crimes so
revolving as the wholesale destruction
OF life and property. If the men who
have been taken under arrest and
charged with the destruction of the
Times building, Los Angeles, are
guilty of the deed for which they are
suspected, certainly they ought to be
death with according TO the nature of
their case But until they have been
proven guilty it ia taking the meanest
kind of an advantage of them to hold
them up for public scorn and condem-
nation for crime in which they may
have had no part.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06
FROM DULUTH.

/ The feast of st. James>was celebat-
ed Friday afternoon, April %, by the
children of the Cathedral high school
as it is the names day of Bishop
McGolrick. The following program
was rendered in the assembly room:
| Hymn, "To St. James," school; adj
dress, to Bishop McGolrick, Miss
Grace La Vague; chorus, glee club
of the Brothers high school; recita-
ton, Jeptha's Daughter, Miss Bell
Owens; chorus, Down the Glen" high
school girls; violin solo; Edward Dill
Ion; chorus, a, Spring Song" b, "Our
Country" intermediate children; cho-
rus, "The Soldiers Passing By" pri-
mary children; recitation, primary
children; chorus, "The Wanderers
Night Song" high school girls.
Miss Katheryn Sullivan, daughter
of Mrs. A. Sullivan, 210 West Second
street, and Hugh Brown, of this city,
were married Thursday morning,
April 9th, at 1880 o'clock at the Sac
red Heart cathedral, Father Limmer
officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown left
for wedding tour and after June l
will be at home at West Duluth.
Mr. Bennett ellis announces the ap-
preaching marriage of his daughter,
Miss Gertrude Margaret to Joseph
H. Ruerup The wedding will take
place on Tuesday, May 16, at the Sac
red Heart Cathedral. The ceremony
will be read at o'clock and Miss
Gillis will have as her bridesmaids,
Miss Alice Clutter, and Miss Ethel
Murphy. Mr.. Ruerup will be attended
by his grother, Charles Ruerup and
John Gillis. The young people will
be at home after June / at Bozeman,
Mont.
Miss Mae McAlpine, 1922 Sixth aven-
lie west, has returned from the West.
where she spent the winter. She Wis
tied in Southern California, Seattle
and Portland. She will leave next
week for Detroit to study art.
Coach James Ten Eyck made his
debut Monday evening. A sight that
must have been very pleasing to his
eye, greeted the new Instructor. There
were something like thirty oarsmen
On the water, about the biggest nun.
Der of men who have ever been on
the water in single evening. From
the looks Of the material the Ten
Eyck boy is of the opinion that he
is going to have some classy men be-
fore they have been going month.
Arthur O'Dea, former baseball
manager and now deputy sheriff, still
leads in his fight for a homestead in
section "a, $40, up in the. Beaver
bay country. The Duluth land Of
flee received notice recently that it's
decision in favor of O'Dea had been
sustained by the commissioner of the
general land office. An appeal to the
secretary Of the interior may be taken
by Axel Lundgren, the other party to
the case.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

Pennsylvania has just enacted a
law, greatly through the insistence of
the Catholic Federation which, if prop.
erly enforced, should have purifying
effect upon theatricals, says the Cath.
Ollie Union and Times. Under the
provisions of this measure no person
will be allowed to give or participate
in, or allow as the owner of theatrical
property, any dramatic, operate, the
atrical or vaudeville exhibition, or the
display of any fixed or moving pictures
Of lascivious, sacrilegious, obscene,
indecent or immoral nature, or such
as might tend to corrupt morals.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

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The Irish standard., 1911-05-06
Woodrow Wilson is soon to 20 O

Woodrow Wilson is soon to go on
a speaking tour through the West.
His speeches are not to be Of a. par
tisan political nature Nevertheless
Mr.. Wilson will be followed very
closely, for since his election to the
governorship OF New Jersey last fall
he has been exploited in the press
more perhaps than any other man
in politics. He is recognized as a
formidable presidential possibility
and whatever he says on his present
tour will be construed in that light.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

~ 1t appears that the Lorimer case is
still bad case. Though at the last
session the Illinois senator retained
his seat by very fiimsy vote, the
Senate still retained the right to open
the case at any time. From present
sindications there is good reason to be.
glieve that another attempt will be
made in the near future to declare
Lorimer's seat vacant. If he is guilty
he should be removed from the Sen.
ate by all means. If he is not, his
Innocence should be demonstrated SO
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06
VAGARiES OF SCIENCE.


The vagaries of minds scientifically,
or rather ultra scientifically, inclined
are at times amusing. When in 1859
Darwin published the Origin of
Species" the scientific world was cap
tivated not because Darwin had proven
anything but because he formulated a
nature. Everyone knows that to say
there are no facts to prove the fall
lacy Of Il proposition is not itself an
argument in favor Of the proposition.
AS an example, a man might say that
Darwin is OH the planet Mars teach
ing the inhabitants his theory of evo-
not there, but because of the failure
Of contradictory evidence it cannot be
argued that the proposition Is more
likely to be true. Darwin's theory of
evolution is an hypothesis of this ma
ture. 1t only points out possibility
of unity.
oSASIlIioA VI lSsS llolc llloll Ddl w Ill
who, however, was CO. discoverer with
Darwin OF the theory OF natural selec-
ton is still living. His name is Alfred
Russell Wallace. He has just written
a book which is a good example of
scientific vagaries. The work Is called
the world of Life" In it Wallace
H., So
into the realm Of the gods! Long
ages before the first rudinents OF life
appeared on EARTH" he writes, ''long
before all the suns we see had become
suns. the infinite development had
been at work, and must have pro-
duced gods of Infinite degrees of
power. any OF whom would presum-
ably be quite capable of starting such
a social system as ours, or one I'M
mensely larger and better, and of so
determining the material constitution
of an earth as to initiate and guide a
course of development which would
have resulted in II far higher being
than man. Once assume q mind-de-
veloping power from all eternity, and
it must, now, and at all earlier periods
of the past, have resulted in beings
Of infinite power-what we should
term gods!"
Here are evidences Of a mind tram
mcled by the idea of evolution. At
the age OF lightweight this scientist
has come to the conclusion that evolu-
ton is the only real thing we know
of on earth. and not only ON earth but
that it extends to the Deity! He be-
lieves that the present life is only a
preparation for the life to come. that
the preparation will continue after
death and no doubt that aeons and
aeons hence we will be demi-gods en-
cheering planetary systems like, or
perhaps better than the one of which
our earth forms part. Like the nameless
Haeckel. he would fain solve the riddle
OF the universe. But what has he
done more than to trace out on paper
the wanderings of his restless mind.
and to try to attach scientific import to
them. We marvel at the manner in
which NEUROLOGICAL conceptions were
evolved. But the same process is
going on at the present time only now
it is termed science.
Again.. though Wallace did not
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

The month of May is dedicated by
the Church to the Blessed Virgin
Mary. During this month special de.
votions will be held in the churches
in honor of the Queen OF Heaven.
This is beautiful custom and one
OF the few customs that our Protest
ant brethren do not initiate. Why
they do not is a mystery Surely by
honoring the blessed Mother of Cod
we do not show lack OF reverence for
God Himself. In the natural order
we honor a son by honoring his moth
er. In the supernatural order it is
impossible to conceive that the con-
verse Of this would be true. But
the main reason why the Blessed Vir.
gin finds no place in Protestant rit-
uals is because the sects are still too
young to permit reason to fully tri-
umph over prejudice. The time will
doubtless come when this devotion
will find its way into rituals from
which it is now debarred.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

Maurice Francis Egan does not be-
lieve that the evil that men do lives
after them while the good is oft in
tered with their bones. DR.. Egan
is right. Good deeds have their in
t1uence as well as evil deeds and II
we are prone to think otherwise it
is because we give more attention to
evil deeds, allowing their consequence
es to fill our minds to the exclusion
of all other considerations, lust as we
think the street railway service is
poor when we are in a particular hur-
ry and have to wait the ordinary
length Of time for car.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

On Tuesday the Veto bill passed
the committee stage in the House of
Commons practically in the original
form. The successful passage of the
bill through this critical stage was
the signal for a great demonstration
Oh the part of the Liberal and Irish
leaders. The good work continues to
go on encouragingly.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

Sress, says that this country has out
grown the Constitution, says the Cath
Ole Columbian. He wants to have
an amendment to it adopted that
would let it be thenceforward amend
ed at the will of Congress. Victor
has to make noise In order to keep
in with the proletariat.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06
Will STAND WITH HIM..

Cardinal Gibbons is out of sympathy
with the proposition to boil down"
the Ten Commandments: He appears,
really, to have notion that the Gre
ator knew what he wanted to say and
also what words to use In saying it.
The Cardinal is evidently not in touch
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06
THE PEERS AND THE VETO Bill

1t will not be long before the cor
onation ceremonies will dazzle London
and attract swarm, of millionaires
multi-millionaires and would-be mil.
ionaires thithers to buffet each other
about in their vain attempts to get clos
err to the source of radiation as winged
insects buzz round an electric arc
lamp on summer niEht.s But in the
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

The profession of arms is one that
or itself, does not suggest affinity with
letters, and yet, from Julius Caesar to
William Butler men mighty with the
sword also welded the pen with DOW.
Ell, grace and dignity, says the Catho
lie Register. Though the great Irish
soldier is not dead year, the world
that appraises literary values has not
hesitated to place his name high in
the roll OF those who brighten life
with great thoughts lasting to the
end. Sir William Buffers writings
interest the Catholic on grounds other
than literary. They reveal great
soul who, at every stage of a success.
full, brilliant and picturesque career,
showed the world the dominating in.
Duence OF the faith he received in ban
tlsm. And that faith TO which he
chung with much proud tenacity, and
which he always protested with
much touching loyalty, neve,
blinded him to the virtues of those
who protested an alien creed. We
know OF no greater evidence of
breadth and tolerance than the Life
OF Gordon affords. Gordon strove for
an ideal which could not attract Cath
ollcs as such, and yet Sir William
Butler, one OF the best Catholics of
the age, wrote Of that IDEAL and the
man who sought it, with a tender.
ness OF sympathy and an eloquence OF
eulogy hardly eXcelled in literature
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

The third national peace congress
was opened at Baltimore by President
Taft on May 3. Among others Card.
inal Gibbons was present at the open
ing session. His Eminence is a sin
cere promoter of world peace.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

that future corrupt politicians will
not have his case to look to for an
inspiration and future generations
will not have to blush for shame at
the mention of it.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

During the month OF May everyone
should make all effort to show spe-
cial devotion to the Mother of God.
The Litany OF the Blessed Virgin
could be repeated proftably if spe-
cinl services in IA church cannot be
attended.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-06

OF resignation influenced those who
came in contact with her during her
many years of loving service. Sister
Margaret's memory will be held dear
by those who knew and loved her.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-26
twenty-five Years AGO Today.
PERFECT HERoIsM.
Rare Courage Of Or. Franz Mueller ir
His Trsuic Death.

Ste JFkBfC 6CAtH.
Heroism has been defined as "ths
brilliant triumph Of the soul over tbs
fesh"-that is to say. over fear-fear
Of suffering. of sickness. of isolation
and OF death. An instance of this
dazzling and glorious concentration o.
courage Is given In Mr. Frederisf How
land Maryin's: book. The Excursions
Of Book Lover" 49-S
DR.. Franz Mueller OF Vienna, who
fell victim TO the bubenic plague
when that disease was first under bac.
THEOLOGICAL investigation in that city
In 1897, contracted the malady from
bacilli in culture tubes When he be.
came certain that he was infected. he
Immediately locked himself In an iso
lated room and posted a message ON a
window pane:
II am suffering from the plague
Please do not send doctor to me. az
10 any event my end will come in
four or FIVE days"
At once number Of his associates.
all Of them young physicians, with
much to live for and with full knowl,
edge OF The chances to which they
would expose themselves. stepped for.
ward and not only offered their serv.
Ices, but in some cases begged to be
sent to DR.. Mueller. The patient re
fused to permit it and died alone with.
In the time predicted
At the end he wrote a farewell let
ter to bis parents and placed 1t against
the window SO ii could be copied from
the outside and then burned the orig.
inal with bis own hands. fearful that
it might be preserved and carry out
the mysterious and deadly germ.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-26
PLAYED Nc Favorites,

John Addison Porter. once secre-
tary to the president, overdrew his &C.
count on one occasion. when he went
of on vacation. and Comptroller
Tracewell disalowed it When Secre
tary Porter returned to Washington he
told the president about II. and Presi
dent Mckinney telephoned to Trace
well to come to the White House. On
bis arrival there Traccwell was ask.
ed why he had disallowed that ac-
count, and he replied
IL dlsallowed It. Mr. President, be.
cause ii Is my duty as comptroller OF
the treasury 10 protect the money Of
the people from every kind Of miscoh.
strdction OF the inv II you should
draw one months salary In advance !
should uerlainiy disallow it-"--Cincin.
matt Coxls ia. Tribune
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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-26

Oh soothe nj OF
striving endless vain deari! I'm
My is filled with the paint
TIRED struggled I'm snuggle kind
HEART look So long swatted the blooming do
rotted, immoral Industrious flies! When
with
mec fire. bfed em soaked and mashed oaked
profit
buzzin in each blight their
be that far distant will
-=.': s:. .s . s IM,1Hls.o.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-26
VANILLA BEANS.

They Are Not Beans at All. out Pods
Filled With Tiny Seed.
The vanilla plant is the only orchid
Of any Industrial value. As orchids
60, the plant Is not unattractive. for
the foliage is much greener and more
enduring than In the case of most Of
the species. 1t is climber, and when
the leaves are fresh It brightens q
small tree trunk wonderfully. The
Vanilla planifolia, to give it its fun
name. ia terrestrial parasite. II
climbs from the ground, but once es-
tablished has feeding stations on the
bark all along the line. The leaves
long, very smooth and light green
are alternate, and at the axil of each
IL a sucker few inches In length that
fastens itself securely to the tree, "
ing fat against the bark.
The blossoms are inconspicuous. 1t
is the resultant pods that are the va
nilla of the industrial world They
are slim pods six to eight inches long
and when dried for the market are OF
a rich. deep reddish brown. These
are called vanilla beans. but without
warrant. They contain no bean; the
seed In them Is as fine as dust. These
seeds are the black specks that are
usually found In the finest grade Of
vanilla ice cream. the best chefs the
world over preferring to grind the
@bean" rather than use the extract.
Vanilla is found growing wild in the
Bahamas. West Indies and Central
America. In Madagascar and some Of
the neighboring islands II has been
introduced and now forms an impor'
tant article Of export. But American
vanilla is the best. Harper's Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-26
Gilbert and Sullivan,

Questions have often been asked az
to the real cause Of the difference be.
tween Gilbert and Sullivan at one
time, and many erroneous statements
have been made on the subject, The
truth is very simple and commonplace.
Gilbert objected to the proposal Of
Mr.. D'Oylcy Carte to include the sum
Of f1,500 for refurnishing the front Of
the Savoy theater in the preliminary
expenses Of the production Of THE
Gondoliers." Sullivan did not support
him In the way he thought he should,
and for time GOODNESS between
them resulted. 1t was. however, al.
ways matter Of the greatest salts.
faction to Gilbert that he and Sullivan
We're the best of friends again before
the latter died. Westminster Gazette.
tnsn re uor his.
She-i consider, John. TINT sheep are
the stnpidest creatures living He
Extraordinarily T. Yes, my lamb!
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-26
RAN.BEAST FOUND.
Texas Discovery Has Feathsrsd Wings
and Monkey Face.

Texas Discovery Has Fsathersd Wings
and Monkey Face.
The strangest freak ever found in
Texas and which battles ornithologists
was captured in q cave In Bexar coun-
ty. 1t appears to be partly human.
partly monkey and partly owl and lab.
bers In a tongue as though speaking
an unknown language
Part Of the body is covered with
feathers and part with hair, and its
face Is like monkeys, almost hu.
man. The freak is about three feet
two inches. and its two legs are cover
ed with hair. 1t has two short wings
with feathers.
The cave had not been explored for
many years, and the freak appears to
be perhaps ten or more years OF age
and is believed to have been imported
from some foreign country.