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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
REFUGE In SILENCE?
LIONS RoARs QUOTED WHEN
HUNTERS ARE ABROAD.
Facts Noted by Theodore Roosevelt
While In Afrlca-Has Belief That
tho Sounds Are Method OF
Signaling.

Lions are noisy animals where they
have not been much molested, but, for
some reason or other, if they are so
hunted that their numbers are much
thinned, the survivors seem to roar
less frequently than formerly. writes
Theodore Roosevelt In Scribner's Mag
azine.
The roaring is done at night, but
once in the Lado heard lion roar
after sunrise. There is no grander
sound in nature than the roaring of a
troop of lions. The old male begins
end the others chime in, at first with
low means, that grow louder and loud.
er until the full lunged roaring can lit
orally be heard for miles. Then the
roars gradually die away into gasping
grunts.
The volume of sound is extraordin.
ery and cannot possibly be mistaken
for any other noise If reasonably
close, but of course If far enough dis.
tant 1t becomes only partly audible,
and may then resemble the booming
of an ostrich heard near by, and In
thick cover the grunt or growl of a
lion, indistinctly heard, may be mis-.
taken for the grunt OF a buffalo or the
occasional growl-I know no other
word to describe the sound-of an ele.
plant, beast which sometimes utters
the Queerest and most unexpected
noises.
1t has been asserted that the lion
never roars when hungry, because to
do SO would brighten his prey. and that
his roaring is sign that he is full fed.
This sounds plausible, and yet as q
matter of fact doubt if 1t is true. I'm.
questionably. after q successful chase
lions roar freely. I have most often
heard them between midnight and
morning. But have also heard regu.
lar roaring-not mere moaning or tho
painting noise occasionally INDUCED in
by a hungry, questing beast-soon
after dark, and this was persevered in
at intervals for an hour or SO.
am inclined to think that generally
lions are silent until they have killed,
but that occasionally, whether as sig.
mails to one another or from mere
pride and overbearing insolence, they
roar at intervals in their way through
the darkness from their resting place
to their hunting field. OF course, when
they reach the actual place where they
are to hunt they become quiet, unless
they deliberately try to stampede the
animals by roaring, or unless several
are hunting together. spread out
around herd Of zebra or antelope,
when one may roar or grunt to scare
. the animals toward the others.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
Placing the Blame.

There is situated about quarter Of
mile from certain pier an hotel fol
the conveniences of excursionists On
q tree close to the pier is fixed board
which informs all corners that the ho
tel is only one hundred yards away,
A gentleman. thinking to joke at the
expense Of the landlord, remarked ia
him one day:
Il say, landlord, you have peculiar
ideas Of distance, haven't you? That
board down at the pier says it is only
one hundred yards to the hotel: thai
can't be right, you know"
Excuse me, sir" said Boniface. "the
board is perfectly correct, but the
man employed to fix 1t put it up in
the wrong place."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
WOULD TRAIN SLEUTHS
VIEW OF MANAGER OF NOTED De.
TEcTivE AGENCY.
Only Highest Trained Men, He %.
ciares, Arc Competent to Deal
With the Glass Of Criminals
That Exist These Days.

zone Of the great needs Of the day."
declares manager of one Of the
great detective agencies, "is school
in which young men can be trained
for the calling Of detectives. I con-
slider this profession equally as i'm.
portant as that of a physician, the
teacher and the lawyer. because the
man who has to ferret out crime
shoulders many responsibilities. He
must not only be able to catch a
crook, which sometimes is a difficult
task, but at times he holds the reputa-
ton Of prominent men in the hollow
of his hand. If an amateur sleuth,
not qualified for his work and placed
in charge of an important case,
should fail in his duty, some very
damaging consequences might be eX.
pected.
THE course in the school should
cover a period of from two to three
years. The length of time required
would, Of course, be determined to
some extent by the knowledge the
pupil had at the time of enrolment. A
college graduate who decided to take
up the detective course could complete
it sooner than one who had very little
education in the subjects which com.
prise a collegian's course.
I'm school for detectives there
should be courses of foreign languages
because linguistics is valuable asset
to detective. The more languages
n1oufh oon m a stor thu bot+er oc,,;,,,a
he is in pursuing his work. Then there
should be courses in mathematics,
science and psychology, as we'll as the
special work which deals with crime
! and how criminals are apprehended.
Science and psychology play an i'm.
portant part today in the apprehen.
sion of law-breakers. The Bertillon
: system of anthropometric measure.
ments, the study of finger prints, the
microscope for examining blood spots,
: the handwriting expert, the dicta.
graph. the sphymograph and other
modern tnventions-all play their
parts in locating suspect and deter.
mining whether he Is guilty or not.
THE criminal Of today is different
from the criminal of yesterday. Among
the present types of the underworld
are classes of men who are intelligent
and educated-men with college edu.
cation who have prostituted their gifts
and turned from the paths of right.
eousness and honesty. To catch crooks
of such caliber requires men of equal
mental ability. It is a case of brains
against brains, and the shrewdest will
win out, whether it be the criminal
suspect or the man who is to catch
him. You can we'll see why under such
circumstances q detective must be
we'll fortified with a knowledge that
has a bearing on the criminal and
his operations"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
"'Is Royal 'lahness.r

An amusing story of King George
when he was a young prince is related.
His majesty always greatly liked the
old-fashioned London horse-bus, and as
q young prince knew and patronized
every route. He himself has recounted
this adventure. Seated Immediately
behind the driver, he heard the latter
say to a troublesome horse: Come
up, yer royal 'ighness; come up"
why do you give him that Manner
asked the unknown prince.
well. y see guv-nor," answered
Jehu. that 'oss is 80 'aughty and lazy
and good for nothing that well, I
Just calls i'm Is Royal 'Ihgpess-thers
amt nothin' else for t"-London Telo.
graph.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
SEEM TO NEED EXPLANATION
Authenticated Faets 40 to Pa,mlssry
May Hardly Be Dismlssed az
"Nonsense."

You. being typical, hard-headed
specimen Of humanity, have often ex.
pressed yourself as taking not the
slightest stock in palmistry and "all
that kind Of rot" and have openly
teered at feeble-minded fellow men
who admit that they cant help but be.
lieve there is something in It," Utter
nonsense! OF course it's nonsense
and yet how do you explain some Of
the striking, and verified, instances on
record Of the fulfillment Of the future
as foretold by the hands? Take the
following authentic case as an ex-
ample:
About four years ago two women OF
refinement, more from a spirit of d.
version than from any other reason,
determined to consult well-known
palmist in London. The first woman
was thunderstruck by the accurate
reading given Of her past. She was
promised happy future also, and the
palmist foretold many events which
have since come true.
The past of the second woman was
read also, but the palmist refrained
from saying anything about her fu-
lure. When asked why she did not
prophesy in regard to this she replied:
II can see no future in your hand"
Barely ten minutes afterward the
woman whose hand portrayed no fu-
ture was run over and killed by a mo-
tor omnibus when crossing the Strand!
Quite recently skeptic in regard to
palmistry was induced to consult q
famous palmist. He did so in a
spirit of derision, but his attitude was
soon changed to one of awed surprise.
The palmist detailed events in his life
which were known to himself alone.
He had spent ten years of his youth
in America. There he had married un-
happily and divorced his wife. When
he returned to England he determined
to look upon that part Of his life as a
closed book, and SO his friends over
here, without exception, were ignorant
of the fact that he had ever married.
The palmist not only read about his
marriage in his hand, but gave the ex.
act year in which it took place, the
events which led up to it and those
which led to its dissolution. After this
striking demonstration of the art OF
palmistry the skeptic was constrained
to admit that there was a great deal
in it, after all"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
His Sea Of Troubles.

Some years ago in London Sir Hen.
~. Irving was playing Hamlet" to the
usual appreciative audience. A guards.
man, who had returned after a num-
Der Of years of service in India, had
drifted into the theater and occupied
a good seat. After the first scene, in
which the Prince Of Denmark is
prominent, the soldier turned with an
undecided air to the man who sat next
to him.
Does that young fellow in black
come on very often?"
"Oh, yes; pretty much of the time
for the rest Of the evening""
"Oh, rot!" said the guardsman. and
reached under the seat for his hat
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
Paradise Of Childhood.

Blessed be childhood for the good
that it does, and for the good that
it brings about carelessly and uncon-
sciously by simply making us love it
and letting itself be loved. What lit
tie Of paradise we still see on earth is
due to its presence among US. With
out fatherhood. without motherhood, I
think that love itself would not be
enough to prevent men from devour-
ing each other-men, that is to say,
such as human passions have made
them. The angels have no need Of
birth and death as the foundations Of
their life, because their life ia heav.
enly.-Amiel.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
POPE Plus TO
MAKE PROTEST
Anti Catholic Denomination Likely
to 30 Brought to Attention Of
Friendly Nations. -.

After the Constantinian celebrations
have closed in December next. and on
the occasion Of the coming consistory
which will probably be held before
Christmas. 1t is not unlikely that. the
Holy Father may issue protest, ad-
dressed to the whole civilized world.
against the insults that have been. OF.
fered with impunity to Catholic sciti-
zens who have just visited Rome from
nations which hold friendly diplomatic
relations with the Holy See. N.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
It SQuashes Them.

William Dean Howells. at hil
country house at York harbor, wa,
admonishing young novelist, who
after writing fine and successful
novel. had written only easy, com
mercial, slight things.
Mr.. Howells, as always with him,
couched his admonition in terms OF
fine and delicate originality.
1.-TWO critics." he said to the young
man, "were discussing a certain au
thor.
His laurels,' said the first critic
already seem faded and bedraggled.'
"'That,' the other critic agreed, ia
because he has been resting OF
them"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
Humane Mayor.

The mayor of little commune in
the Pyrenees has just issued the fol-
lowing decree: Whereas the young
people Of the commune are wont to
meet and dance every Sunday after
mass, and the noise they make fright.
ems the cocks, hens, and other animals
Of the village, and whereas the result
is prejudicial to agriculture; we here
BY prohibit dancing within the bounds
Of the commune during the hours in
which the domestic animals take their
Fepose." Gazette.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
Son Of Turkish Poet.

Hallouk Fikret Bey, son Of one Of
the greatest poets Turkey has ever
produced, will be the first Turkish stu.
dent to enroll in the University of
Michigan when he comes next fall to
take up work in the engineering de-
partment. He has already had. two
years engineering work in Glasgow.
His father was for years president
Of the Turkish university of CONSTANT.
nople. and at present Is professor IN
Roberts college.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
skIIfuI italian Artists.

The Italians are adopts at minute
work, for there are artists in Florence
who will take particles Of glass and
stone no larger than a mustard seed
and piece them together on the head
Of q shirt-stud with such nice adjust
ment of delicate shades Of color that
minute flowers and insects are repre-
scented in perfect detail, with all the
truthfulness of nature. An Italian
lady, too, has painted q landscape in
which appear windmill, millers, q
cart and horse, and passengers, with
such diminutive neatness that half
% grain Of corn can cover the whole
composition.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
Simple Matter Of Fact.

Little Jim, though he attended Sun.
day school every week, did not know
quite so much about scriptural history
as he ought to have known, but when
his sister asked him, Where was Sol
omon's temple?" he was rather angry
that she should think him unable to
answer a simple question like that.
! Don't you think know anything?"
he asked.
! 'sWell, where was 1t, then?" his sis
ter repeated, and them he. informed
her.
! "On the side Of his forehead. Of
;course-the same - other folks. Do
iyoQ think I'm q dunce7"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
We All Are.

At the dental congress at Asbury
Park, DR.. J. P. Carmichael Of Mil
waukee, apropos of disappointment
in dental legislation, said philosoph-
ically:
well, let US not despair. Let US
remember the old maid.
IAN old maid, you know, went into
q decline.
What's the matter with your her
doctor asked.
ooh, DOCTOR she sobbed, I've been
disappointed in love!'
Naturally said the doctor. 1t
never does come up to expecta.
uons.'" ~
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
Found on the Film.

A story Of a mans recognition Of
his long-lost brother in cinema play
comes from Whitstable, England. Dur.
ing the exhibition Of q certain film at
the picture palace q visitor became
greatly agitated. and was so overcome
by emotion that he tainted, and had to
be carried out Of the building. When
he recovered it was ascertained that in
one of the actors in the scenes depict
ed the visitor had recognized a broth.
er who went to Italy IL years ago and
had not since been heard of.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
His Subtle Revenge,

Two young bootblacks who have
stands close together on fremont
street quarreled the other day. "I'll
get even with that guy yet" vowed
the smaller boy of the two.
Coin to fight him, are yer.
JIMMY" he was asked.
Nav! When he gets troo poiishin'
a gent I'm goin' to say ter that gent
soon's he steps of the chair: Shine
cir. shine!' "-Boston Transcript
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
WHEN STUDENTS RULED
PECULIAR COLLEGE SYSTEM OF
SEVEN CENTURIES AGO.
Professors Took Oath Of Obedience to
Youths Under Their Guidance
Courses of Five and Six Year,
the Usual Thing.

College men Of today, with their
every NOV watched by the faculty,
might well complain that they were
porn seven centuries too late. For at
that early date, according to Henry
Dwight sedgwick in Italy in the Thir-
keenth Century," the students were the
governing body.
The Emperor Frederick Barbaros-
pa, who was endowed with scant demo-
cratic sympathies, had tried to put
the government Of the University of
Bologna in the hands of the profess
sors," says Mr.. sedgwick, "but his sys-
tenn did not succeed. Little by little,
and not without struggles, the students
got the upper hand; before the end of
the. century their domination was we'll
established, and the professors were
obliged to take the oath of obedience
to them.
"The university was very large, stu.
dents came from all western Europe;
1t was computed that the number in
residence at one time was as high as
ten thousand. They were Of all ages
from sixteen to forty; some of them
were men of wide experience, many
were benefited clergymen."
In important matters the student
body met In general assembly. They
also appointed rectors for each guild,
which was club Of students from one
particular province. The rectors act
cd for the students in most matters.
These rectors had civil jurisdiction
over the members of the guilds and &C
quired jurisdiction over the professors
when they took the oath of obedience,
and had virtual authority before that
owing to the students power of with
holding fees or putting ban on any
set Of courses.
In dealing with the municipal gov.
eminent, the power of the university
lay in the fact that it had no building,
no property, and could leave Bologna
on days notice. Several times the
students forced the towns to terms by
emigration. Lectures were held in a
professors house or in hired apart.
ment.
One similarity with things as they
now are was that students lodged
where they could, or dubbed together
and took house, bought or hired fur
riture, and engaged servants. Lectures
were held in the morning and the aft
ernoon. The long vacation came in
September and October, and there
were short vacations at Christmas and
Easter and few holidays for the car
nival.
The courses we're long, five or six
years being the usual period. The pro.
fessors were paid either by the stu
dents who attended their courses, or,
according to a system adopted toward
the end Of the century, by the city. But
the professors acquired no greater
freedom by this new system, for they
were elected to the endowed chairs
by the students from year to year.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-09-27
Worldly Advice.

"Equivocal advice, that" said Sena
tor Hitchcock, in a tariff argument
Such advice can be taken in two
ways. It's like the advice of Rown
dar.
"A youth told Rowndar that he was
passionately in love with a parlol
maid eleven years his senior.
She's all the world to me- said the
youth. What would you advise me to
do?
"'See q little more Of the world, old
chap Rowndar replied. "-Rostou
Globe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-28

nTey 'Oldfield, Tom c., Sterlin, King
Lear, Godfather, Abihu, Abe Sulpskey
DeIlnite, Jim Cafferata, ran.
fourth receive and one-half fur
longs; purse; three-year- Olds; value
$500 Weyanoke (LOftus) 1I3. to /,
70 ., 1 to 3, won Fitzgerald child
40z, to !, to 1, to 10, second.
vested Rights Carter 102, Is to 2, 4
10 show. third Time ITO As. Con-
ha Ils, KiTa, Auto Run. ran.
FlIth receive and one-half fur
Io1gs; sellingi three-year-olds and up;
value $500. Russell McGin CHal-
seq SO. to 1, to 5. to 10.
Won King Stalwart child SO, is to 5,
to 5, z to 10. second. Quid Nunc
lGentry) 1O4, 80 TO /, to 1 show. third.
1lme 40 3-5. Annual Interest, Ma
1urka, Orimar Lad, Velie Forty, Char
ley Brown, Shooting Spray, ran.
sixth raCe-One mile; selling; four
year-olds and up; value $500. Acu-
men (Halsey) los. to S, 1 to 2, out
Won Dutch Rock (Estep) 1O7. 16 to
., to .. 8 to 8. second. Black Mate
lHilD 107, to 1, / to 2 show, third.
Time 1:44 2-5. Rake Shorty Northcut
ran.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-28

First race-SeIIingi tWO-year-olds:
four furlongs. Stella Ward a9S, Col
oneI McDOugan "IO1, Duke Hall 1O3.
Della Mack 1913, La EstreIa 1O3. Vir-
ginia S. 1O3, La Rimifax LOG, Irish Ann
10. Attica 10, Paw 10, Benedict I13.
Olds and up; six furlOngs. Pretty
Dale sS7. Vireo 80, Ernest H 81, King
Lear los, Hugh Gray los, Lee Harrison
II los, Adolante los, Galene Gale 1O9,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-28
CONVICTED OFFICIALS MAY BE
REELECTED BY IRONWORKERS

Samuel GOmpers Expresses Belief Men
Convicted Of Conspiracy In Dyna-
mite Plot Are Innocent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-28
ILLINOIS MAN CITES TRIVIAL
CAI-GEs OE nTEnRr CT n -

Chicago. Ill, Feb. 2S.-'Divorces seem
to be granted here because a husband
has a wooden leg, or because q wife
pulled him out Of bed by the whiskers.
because the wife appropriated the hus-
bands percolating coffee pot or be-
cause a husband kept a beer saloon
a nurse married a sick man exDecting
him to die. and then sued him and SEE
cured divorce on the ground of fraud
when he recovered"
In these words, Francis Minor Moody.
secretary OF the Illinois Commission on
marriage and divorce, characterized
before a meeting Of the Empire club
evils. which the commission is exerting
itself to remedy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-28

Convicted OF Conspiracy In Dyna-
mite Plot Are Innocent.
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb 2s-SamueI
Gompers, president Of the American
Federation OF Labor. held a confer
ence with Frank NJ Ryan and eight
other officials OF the international
Bridge and Structural IrOnWOrkers
who We're convicted at the recent
dynamite conspiracy trial here. Pre-
cautions were taken to make the con-
ference secret. Guards were placed at
the doors and only those who could
show. credentials as delegates to the
1ronworkers' convention were permit
ted to attend
Mr.. Gompers declined later to make
known what took place except to say
that he had expressed a belief that all
OF the 80 men confined in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kas, as
conspired toward the Mcnamara dyna-
mite plots were innocent
He said in addressing the Iron
workers delegates that he told the
men he was confident the United States
circuit court Of appeals would grant
new trials.
Frank NJ Ryan, who received a SEN
tence of seven years, and who pre-
sided over the session, addressed by
GOmpers. is a candidate for reelection.
Several days ago when plans for re-
organizing the union came up at the
convention, the delegates decided to
defer action until Mr.. GOmpers had ad-
dressed them Mr. Gompers's express
sions Of confidence in Ryans as presi-
dent John T. Butler, Of Buffalo, as
vice president and Eugene A. Clancy, OF
San Francisco; Phillip A. Cooley, Of
New Orleans; Mitchell J. Young, OF
Boston, and Frank G. Webb. of New
York as members Of the executive
board, was said by the delegates 10
strengthen the probability that their
men would be reelected. The election
will not be held for several days.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-28

Shooting Spray III, stare III, Jack
Ellis III, Bill Anderson 11S.
Third race-Selling; three-year-
olds and up; six furlongs. Sanfranor %,
Mayerdale 81, Frank G. Hogan "103,
Ethel SamsOni 103. Golden Agnes 103.
Quid Nunc 105, Balronia LOG. Fancy 106
Angelus los, White los, Gift los, Dave
Montgomery III
Fourth race-Purse; four-year-olds
and up; six furlongs Winning Witch
100, Bachelor Girl 100, Wintergreen los,
Upright 107, MockIer los, DR.. Doug
erty los. Enfield los, Ymir 10, Cha
pultepec 113.
Firth race-Selling; tnree-year-o
ana Up; five and One-half furlOngs-
Hoseltalre 81, King Stalwart SO, InqUi-