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The Irish standard., 1913-02-15

union had destroyed the beauty aud
the prosperity Of Dublin % assist In
making one Of those lovely ceilings
which you can find still, and often In
residences Of Ireland's old aristocracy
to tenement buildings crowded with
the poorest Of the poor. Nannetti,
himself, has been for most of his life
a compositor in the office of the Free
mans Journal, the Chief nationalist
newspaper In Ireland, and tears In his
pallid face the traces of the hard life
through the long sunless nights, in
the stuffy composing room, OF the fa-
tigues of his trade. He also has been
always one of the steady, ardent,
though quiet, nationallsts Who could
always be relied on for punctual at
tendance. It, was reported on the
morning OF the division that he was
too Ill to leave his bed. The ruthless
Paddy O'Brien was not satisfied. Let
him come in blankets he said in his
usual stern way, and three men Of the
party were sent to bring him down
from his bed to the house.
But when they arrived at Nannetti's
house they found the poor fellow had
had slight stroke. He tried to speak,
but he was unable to '-tt"r word,
and the visitors were almost moved
to tears when they saw the desperate
struggle in the poor follows mind be-
tween illness and tho Gesire to strike
| another blow for the cause OF ireland.
] am glad to say that the illness is
passing away and that soon he will be
In the fighting ranks agaia
Other Heroic Mon.
Nor let it be supposed that all these
sacrifices were on the Irish side alone.
In the space behind the speakers
chair, which stands between the divi-
sion lobbics. found an OIL friend in
{; bath chair. 1t was Kobe.'t Cameron,
the member for division Of Durham
in the north of England. He is n
Scotchman by birth, but has lived
/ most of his life in Sunderland, the
capital of Durham commercially. He
is 81. and not we'll. but there he was,
/ after his long Journey, III and old, hut
determined to give vote ftr ireland
His vote. like O'Kellys had to be TAX
en- without insisting on his walking
through the lobby.
ireland has won: but IL is in the
blood and tears Of those who have
loved her. and she is loved today by
every generous English, Scotch, Welsh
us well as by every Irish heart. Thus
| are democracies rcconcilcd.
The Irish standard., 1913-02-15
FIRST MOTOR CHAPEL
IN UNITED STATES
Unique Structure Shown in Display Of
Motor Trucks in Chicago.

The first motor truck chapel, which
will be known as the Motor Chapel
st. Peter" ever put into the service
of the Church in the United States
was to be seen at the motor truck
show in the Coliseum II Chicago this
week. 1t is the property Of the Cath
olic Church Extension society and is
the newest means Of spreading the
faith in wildernesses where the serv-
ices of the priest are wanting. 1t is
a greater novelty even t. an the chap
ell car and more useful in some re-
spects, since it can penetrate into
parts that the railroads do not reach.
1t was built by the American Loco
mobile company at a cost Of $500.
The Irish standard., 1913-02-15
SOCIETY DANCES
Assailed BY Archbishop GIennon Of
St. Louis.

letter directed to the society lead
ers of st. Louis appealing t. them to
ionable rag" dances of the day has
been sent out by Archbishop Glcnnon
and other members Of TIL. Catholic
clergy of the Archdiocere Of ST. Louis
The turkey trot," the bunny hug"
the tango" and other fashionable
rags are considered conducive of
immortality and an effort to have them
banned by Catholic society leaders is
being made.
The Irish standard., 1913-02-15
DIOCESE OF LEAD
Circular Letter From 1t. Rev. Joseph
r. Busch. ....

To the Catholic Young Ladies of Am
erica:
The young Diocese Of Lead is just
recovering from the heavy visitation
of the drought of 191O-1911 and will
soon experience a steady influx of
Catholic settlers to it's very promis-
ing agricultural districts which are be-
ing explored. selected and recommend
ed by competent men under the bish-
ops personal direction.
This will create demand for Cath
olic schools in many places To sup
ply the teachers for these schools the
Sisters Of St Benedict, religious
community, established in ara for this
diocese exclusively, invite Catholic
young women of talent, preferably un-
der the age of twenty five, to enter
their Motherhouse at s.urgis. S. D., as
candidates for the sisterhood.
This community not only enjoys the
direct personal supervision of the
Bishop of Lead, Rt. Rev. Joseph F,
Busch. but has received very substan-
tial proofs Of his extraordinary solici-
tude for every individual member.
The Diocese Of Lead being one OF
the few remaining Jurisdictions where
pioneer conditions still prevail, offers
rare and inviting opportunities for re.
ligious zeal.
Every generous Catholic :oung wo.
man of talent who desires 20 serve the
cause Of religion through the Cath
olic school should write at once te
Rev. Mother NJ. Salesia, o. S. B., al
ST. Martins Academy, Sturgis, S. D.
The Irish standard., 1913-02-15
Duration Of Popes' Reigns.

Strange traditions concerning the
probable duration of the reign of
Popes have always been quite COM
mon, but almost invariably their fall
lacy was shown by the actual facts.
During the reign OF Plus TX, the be-
lief was quite general hat he would
not be Pope more than 25 years, two
months and seven days, that is, not
longer than st. Peter rcigncd after the
establishment Of the papal see in
Rome. Yet Plus IX dlsproved the
theory by rsigning 81 years. months
and ~ days.
There have been but three Popes
who have rcigned more than 25 years.
The first was st. Peter, who spent the
first seven years Of mis- pontiflcate at
Antioch and then came to Rome,
where he reigned an additional 25
years, 9 months and days before he
died a. martyr. Next to him came
Plus TX, who rcigncd 81 years. z
months and 2l days, and then came
Leo XIII. who was Pope rs years and
months. Six Pontlffs have reigned
more than % years; II more than 20
years: 300 less than onr year and
nine less than one month. CT the first
thirty Popes, twenty-njne were mar
tyrs, except St Dionysius, who was
the twenty-fifth. The total number
of Popes who died martyrs was twen-
ty-threc.
The Irish standard., 1913-02-15
APPALLING DIVORCE
RECORD OF CHICAGO
Discussion of Proposed Changes
in Marriage Laws Reveals
Startling Facts.
One Judge Heard 1900 Cases in
19i2-Indications Point to
Increase in 1918.
Half the Cases That Reach the
Courts Attributed to Fraud
And Collusion.

In Cook county last year, the coun-
ty in which Chicago is located, the
records Of divorce courts show:
That 1000 divorces were granted.
That 5000 homes were broken up
as result.
That 1000 children -..'crc made or
phans through the separation of their
parents.
And indications are that the record
of 1912 will be surpassed this year and
the total number of divorces granted
will reach near $500.
These facts were stated by Judge
Marcus a. Kavanaugh in the Illinois
legislature i'll the course Of discus
sion on the proposed changes in the
marriage laws OF the state.
Last year." said Judge Kavanaugl,
Il heard at least 1,20O divorce cases..
1t is incontrovertable that there Is Il
dire want of proper regard for the
sanctity and perpctuity of the mar
riage relation. That is why the bench
is more interested even than the bar.
and the laity in the divorce ques-
tion.
The change which is proposed in
the laws ef the state l a of Ill.t9ia would
require fifteen days to elapse between
the application for q marriage license
and the issuance of the license. FIFTY
per cent of these cases would never,
have been granted or even applied
for" Judge kavanaugh said. chad the
laws that we plan been in effect"
There is only one country in the
world" he continued, where the con-
ditions are as bad as In this country,
and that is Japan. And vet in the
last decade conditions have improved
in Japan. but have grown worse here"
Judge Kavanaugh enumerated cases
In which people came to him asking
to have their marriage annulled on
the slightest pretext. One woman, he
said. filed a suit charging her husband
with continued cruel and inhuman
treatment and when he came to ques-
tion her In court. her only charge
proved to be that when walking with
her husband he kept telling her she
was not walking fast enough. Other
cases We're mentioned where young
girls were married after few days
acquaintance to worthless culprits
with the inevitable divorce suit after
a month or two.
Senator John r. Madsan, when
asked his opinion about tn, proposed
change in the laws governing mar
| riage, said he was heartily in favor of
it and added: AT least fifty per cent
of the divorces obtained in Chicago
are the result of fraud and colusion.''
The law proposed in Illinois has
three principal provisions:
1. Complete abrogation of the COM
mon law marriage.
the issuance Of marriage licenses SO
that no license would be issued until
fifteen days had elapsed from the time
it was applied for.
). A provision by the state for the
keeping of complete records Of mar
riages and divorces.
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) 3;1 generalization from all over
An britative Pronouncsmsnt.
One the most representative
meetings Of Irish Protestants ever
held in this country took place in
Dublin, and an authoritative pro-
nouncement went forth which must
influence and finally c.nvers the most
vacillating supporters of Home Rule
in England.
Who can reject as unworthy of be-
lief the testimony Of Colonel Sir Nu-
gent Everard, Bart, The O'Mahony,
DR.. Douglas Hyde. Parsons Barbour,
Moore and Crawford, the High Sher-
ifs Of Cork and Limerick. W. B.
Yeats Saxon Payne, A. Wilson, r. w.
Russell, Jonathan PIN. x. c., and
Lord F'ermoy? Surely such a COM
pany has a good claim to represent a
large share of the brain and capital
Of Irish Protestants. and what do
they say?
eassIsss and Reckless Accusations.
Perhaps the most effective speaker
was Jonathan PIN, VINO reminded the
meeting of the cruel persecution Of
Catholics by Protestants in ireland in
the old days, and said that Irish Prot
estants should be the last people in
the world to talk of persecution. 1--WE
should be coWards," said he, "if we
did not come forward to deny the
baseless and reckless accusations that
have been made against our Catholic
fellow-countrymen.
Catholics arc not going to drive
out a creed that gave to Ireland Grat-
tan, Robert Emmett and Wolfe Tone.
have no fear. Our fellow country.
mon are the most generous race in
the world, and wncn Home Rule
comes their answer to slaader will be
such that all calu:nn;cs and insults
hurled at them for u few years past
will be hushed forever
The Goodwill Of Catholics.
Speaker succeeded speaker. OF the
taits .,,4s=
! toric gathering not one disccrdant or
dissenting note Is recognizable. Each
man first gave tho amount of his ex-
perience and secondly stated without
equivocation what were his conclu.
sions. Conclusion was invariably the
same. They had prospered and grown
wealthy through the goodwill and
support Of their Catholic ne:ghbors.
Truly it is the turn Of The tide The
new current is flowing with strength
that nothing can resist. The people
arc coming together, without fear,
without recrimination, and a felici-
tous union is before us, inevitable as
fate. But is it not fate itself? A
Nation lying temporarily In the shad-
ow but never submerged, a race un-
conquered by conquest, q people who
at one time or another lost all things
except hope, patriots whose only prize
was the martyrs crown, a cause
strewn with reverses and ,!ogged by
the shadow of disaster-such is one
chapter of our story.
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A Pathetic Case.

The case of poor ]. p. Nannctti is
the most pathetic Of all. The name is
of an Italian who came to Ireland in
the days before the accursed act of
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= \zed from tho hills. ,.:,d the houses
q generally illuminated. Redmond
90: recipient of innumerable mes
y a.. ongratulation from all over
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Father Ito his son whom he has re-
proved for lying)-I never told q lie
when was small.
Hans-Well, how old were you faith
er when you began?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
THE STRANGE FOLKLORE OF THE AMAZON--ByC Markell

Charlemagne and In Yara a companion 10
Heinrich Heines Lorelej.
one of the most charming of Brazilian
romances is 1eYoted to this Yara, the
roermaid of the Amazon. 1t deals with
tho life. the love and the death of
Januario Marinho. a young POI suguese,
who was betrothed to the beautiful Nun
dica of Para. The day for the nuptials
had been appointed, but in the mean time
Januario had caught vision of Yara.
This Yara is incomparably beautiful,
she is enhancing and irresistible. Her
voice is the music Of the choir invisible
and like that of the Lorelei 1t haunts
and haunts the ear OF mortals until that
mortal returns to the music and death
Sic appears and appeals only - young
ren and especially 10 those who are
about to be married. Januario met his
fancee at fete carnival aud IL was a
case of mutual love at first sight
Ii was his daily custom to indulge in
a morning bath in one of the bayouS OF
tie river and not long after the engage
ment his sweetheart accused him of cool
ness toward her. The young man laughed
ana attributed it to Jealousy. one morn
ing he hes the Yoice from the choir in
VISIBLE and from that hour he was lost
though unconscious of his fate. His Wis
It's to the bayou became more frequent,
a1d to his fiancee he told the story Of his
strange experience. She begged INN to
promise her never to bathe there again.
He asked for an explanation, and she re-
piled:
After the chant comes the vision and
after the vision death. 1t is the voice of
Yara." He promised ana for I'VE days
observed the promise. Then he returned
To the bayou. The description of the
gcres which greeted his vision and en-
ravished his senses Is unequalled IN liter
oture. His visits to the bayou became
more frequent and one morning his body
vas found floating upon the surface OF
the watera sax
One recalls the clever ruse Of the daugh-
er of chariemange, who after receiving a
yisit,from Eginard. her lover. carried MIN
El.on her back across the yard lest his
tracks in the newly fallen snow SHOULD
betray him., aud how the great ruler.
sszink 3out OF atbsspindow, discovered the
ruse, alidsas Atfasgspa Iprf feleverness gave
his daughter In n1arrage to the lover who
was his secretary. ~ TIE -'tf
RANT there Is no snow. but the guilty
lover z the sugges,..lf -.
sings his .riefs aloae IN his prison lower
when he knew that his plants would be
overheard by the ilate father The ruse
succeeded and he was forgiven.
The AmazonianS have their legend Of
the deIuge and their. Noah was named
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
BILL VINES.

Tamandare He was saved with his
wife By floating for three days and nghtse
upon the branches OF palm tree. The
fruit OF the tree furnished food for the
twain and when the sun looked it saw
nothing but sky and water with Taman-
dare and his wife resting upon the floating
palm They also, as did Noah. had their
little bird, which announced the subsi-
dence of the Hood by Mapping its wings.
Lastly | must speak of two strange
animals in which the Amazonians be-
licve The first is the Caapora or king
Of the forest. It is giant and like thu
cyclops ii has but one eye. in the middle
of It's forehead a hunter once told mo
that he feared neither savage nor beast
only of the Caapora was he afraid lie
declared that this monster had once met
him In the woods and asked for some
tobacco. In reply the hunter discharged
his gun at the beast. but the Caapora
caught the bullet in its hand and puff
ing some smoke from it's mouth. said:
Your tobacco is not strong but il has
q good taste The hunter fell and was
unconscious for an entire night and day.
The other dreaded animal is the head
less horse. 1t frequents the plains and
is only abroad on Friday nights. when It
is moonlight When 1t disappears at
daybreak IL leaves a circular hole in
the ground which is supposed to be the
entrance to hell. An Indian never passes
such a circle without making a sign Of
the cross.
Thus in the study Of the folk lore of
Brazil we find that legends and posie
live not in books but in the lives OF the
races. | was told to receive his soul in
India but | found it in Palestine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

After walking awhile together they per-
ceiyed a nest or sparrows. Christ took
the nest and handed II to St Peter, say
ing, "Take care and keep this for me aud
above all do not kill the birds. = Then they
separated. Next day Christ asked ST.
Peter what he had done with the spar
rows Alas. Master cried st. Peter Il
killed them" How" said the Master;
did | not tell thee guard them in thy
arms?r YES" answered st, Peter; Il
had them all there, but one of them
peekod me and / Killed them ALL" Thou
now seest," responded Christ, that the
Just always pay the penalty for the evil
doers."
They are likewise decidedly clever and
often needle witted.
II appears that they arc quite fond Of
st. Benof whoevcr he may be. The
saint was a negro and thus probably
seenA nearer TO them than do the white
canonized cnes. one Sabbath In the 40
sence of a priest an Indian chieftain es-
sayed to preach little sermon. taking ST.
Benoit for his text. Thus he began. st
Benot was black. an imitator and a
thief"
At this cry OF Indignation was uttered
by the assemblage. The chief undlsturb,d
proceeded Eyes, my brothers, 81 Be
mott was black but only in the skin, for
one never saw whittier soul; ne was an
imitator, but only to initiate divine love.
and he was a thief. for he has stolen all
our hearts.
His audience was in ecstacy
Nor are these denizens of the forest
without their proverbs. crude though
they be- They say that he who works
has one shirt ana he who works not has
two. He who sings enchants his sorrow,
who weeps augments his grief. The par
rot eats the cora and 1t is the paroquet
which IS aceus1 d.
And vet the ildiments of the classics
and tihe epics are to be diseerned in the
Legends Of the brazilian Indians II one
wifi only take tie pains to read between
the lines Those who have read the beau-
tiful legend Of Solomon Azrae. the angel
of death who separates the human soul
from the body at the moment of dfsolii-
fion will recall lis words: Il regard this
man with astonishment. | received the
,rder TO take his soul in India and ] find
him IN Palestine" II is thus with the le-
cepds that haunt the valley of the ANA
ION. for here one finds the analogues #
the songs Of the cycle poets and the liter
atti of our highest civilization. In the le-.
gend of the great ant OF Brazil the folk
lorist sees the counterpart of Faust and
of Ahasuerus In the story of Yrapassu.
the repetition Of the deeds of the great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

is this: Pahy-Tuna was an old man with
more than 1000 wives, for all of the male
Eabes of the tribe were killed at birth,
and only the. girls were permitted to live.
But at last the old man was abandoned
hy his family and he retired to a cave In
the woods to live and perhaps die. How
eyer, to his great surprise he found each
morning at the mouth of his cave num-
heI of hot cakes freshly baked, although
lie was unable to discover the identity OF
tho donor. Finally by dint Of long watch
ing in hiding Pahy-Tuna discovered a
brilliantly plunaged parroquet in a neigh
boring tree which divested itself of its
feathers and became beautiful damsel
who at once set to work making a fire
ard baking cakes of mandioea -four The
CID man rushed out from his hiding and
grabbing up the birds plumage, cast 1t
into the fire. Mercy. my friend, cried
the parroquet, nov since you have
burned my clothes ] must become your
wfe." and the pair lived many long years
happy and inseparapie.
| must now speak of the Indians
strange account of the creation of the
world and in its consideration one is
struck with the similarity of their idea
and that of Homer relative to night Sleep
ing at the bottom of the sea. The story
is exceedingly crude, but at the same
lime intensely interesting. in the begin
ing of time there was no night and It
was always day. Night was sleeping at
tiie bottom of the sea. There were no an
FINALS and all plants could talk. The
daughter of the great serpent tCopra-
Csrande) was married to a young man, but
she would never sleep because there was
no night. Finally she told him that her
father possessed the night and that II he
wished her 10 sleep ne must look for Iopre-
G1ande. who lived by the river he
husband sent three faithful servants to
find the night, giving them nut from
tho palm. which they were 10 present TO
tos great serpent After their visit 10
Cobra -Grande he bade them return to
their master with the nut which they
we're not to open under penalty of being
lest En- route homeward they heard a
curious noise within the interior of the
nut. and their curiosity was too great for
them as they opened the nut TO discover
fhe cause of the noise. In an instant ali
became dark. and in despair the three
cred out. 1--WE are losf for our mistress
a. home already knows that we have
0, ened the nut.
Then all things which grew in the woods
were transformed into beasts and birds
and all things which grew near the wa
ter were transformed into ducks and
fish. The fishermen became ducks, their
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heads being the bill of the duck, their
boats its body and their oars its legs
When the daughter of Cobra -Grandc saw
the morning star she said to her husband,
IL am going to separate the day from
the night" Then she unsnound thread
and said, You shall be cubujin and
sing when the day first dawns.'
This bird is now called the Maria ia g
dia maria it is dag from the supposed
resemblance Of its notes to these words
which il utters at dawn.
Then the woman unwound another
thread and said. Thou shall be part
ridge and sing the hours of the day and
night"
When the three servants, reached home
their master said to them, "You have
not been faithful; you have opened the
nut, you have let loose the night and
all is lost. including yourselves. You are
changed into and shall live always in
the branches of the trees"
They have their sorceresses and mos.
poetic are some OF their incantations,
especially those invoked for unfortunate
lovers. The unhappy one casts into d
spring of'water some leaves of the Gala
dium and odorous resins after which she
pours the water three times over her
mead, and crosses her arms as though
she were embracing her beloved. In the
meanwhile the sorceress repeats this in
vocation: ~
Wind which blows across the world
of Christ, If thou meetest such. give him
three strokes upon the heart that he
may fblnk only of me and come TO speak
TO md Wind, carry to me his Thoughts
and his person; grant that he may rot
repose. without having seen me az Maria
the Blessed could not without having
seen her son in the divine tribunal One
such; thou goest thou cometh, thou
shalt weep for me. Heart, / strike thee
blood, drink tnee thought / imprison
theessf1f thou art with another she will
detest thee; thou wilt become as the
stasnant waters of ravine and / shall
become for thee A diamond clear as the
sun, pfetty as the stars and beautiful as
the moon. Wind, IL this. my prayer is
heard. thou wilt turn and one such shall
appear behind me-
When converted TO Christianity the In
dians become Intensely religious and their
metisod Of weaving a parable or fashion,
.nga platitude Is as interesting as il is
unique One example will suffice. "One
day St. Peter asked Christ why tod had
punished the whole world for the sin Of
one individual. Christ promised 10 give
him an explanation later on.