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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
A World Without:
the Irish Race

Conceive, If you can, of world in
which there should be no Irish.
Its like banishing the sunshine and
the laughter with the sunshine.
Its like censoring the smile of a
pretty, rosy-cheeked young girl, bub-
bling over with health and life and
merriment. It's like deleting the
babies from world too gray by half,
or making Of the calendar an unbrok-
en- series of penitential days, or TAX
ing the color and the scent from flow.
ers, or the song from birds, or the
poetry from lovers.
I'VE do not propose to enter into
the controversial questions that bris
tie around the name and fame Of St
Patrick. We have met people who de-
MED that he was an Irishman, and
proved it to their own satisfaction. But
we have also met people who were
skeptical as to every Irishman being
descended from race of kings, and
from them we knew there was no hope
at all. What can you do with those
who have so much Ego in their Kos
mos that there is no room in it for an
idea. What are you to do with such
as think that human life means at
much in New York or Chicago as II
does in Ballyshannon?
1T has been the way of the Irish
man the world over to dream, but
never to doubt or to despair. He has
always thought nobly of the soul. He
has never been brutal cynic. HI
has never preached the gospel of ami
malism. He has, on the other hand
held steady to the tenet that the in
dividual Is everything-or the rae,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
TORIES IN POWER.

The early accounts OF the
trouble in the British parliament
gave rumor of political plot,
which on the face of it seemed
innocent enough, but which
later events foretold was a deep
and we'll planned conspiracy to
restore the old Tory power i'll
British politics. AS the matter
stands now the coalition govern
ment is practically part of Eng
lish history. The plot has been
successful. The coalition did
not represent the British mind.
Lloyd George, Edward Carson,
and Bonar Law are anti-Home
Rulers. They are out and out
against any freedom for Ireland,
and, when the British mind was
aroused during the war, it
brought the real mind Of England
to the front, expressing itself
through anti-Home Rule min
listers. The scheme seems to be
working itself out in the form OF
a Unionist ministry for the pur-
pose of conducting governmental
affairs, with the idea that when
the war is over the Unionists
would again be in power and
Home Rule would naturally go
by the board. Parliament, as it is
now constituted, unless prolonged
~ a special act, will 60 out Of
existence in January. The House
81 Lords are against the present,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06

we were born. Let us not forget the
past, but let us look at the past as we
look at the present; let us bury it's
prejudices with it's dead, its political
.animosities with its politicians. The
Church of God is made up Of human
beings; its inspiration and authority
are divine. And humanity has been
weak even in the Church of God, but
immeasurably weaker outside it. That
is the lesson Of the history of the
Church and the states with which it
has held a relationship.-Bird S.
Coler ("Two and Two Make Four')
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
1f7eI sI5s!esIss%9Ss;n
~S ;5Sis5a
DUP1NG YOUNG FRESHMEN.

As an example of methods de-
signed, to entrap and ensnare
young men of Ireland to enlist
under the British colors, an ad-
vertisement appearing in the
Galway Observer" under date
of October 9th, stands unequaled.
The inducements offered in the
advertisement were contained in
telegram sent to the Galway
Observer and published in that
paper on the date mentioned.
From that paper the following
item in question is taken YER
batim:
On Thursday, the 18th inst,
we received the following tele-
gram from Mr.. w. F. Regain,
with directions to publish it
"Greenville Street, London.
ITO Observer, Galway.
"England's army now three
millions fighting men. Allies
winning all along the line. /,
Il undertake to secure profit
able posts here for Galway men
after the war if they join colors
Immediately.
II pledge my word ON this; l
never break. ...
= "REGAN."
A Derusal of above will con-
vince anyone that the gold brick
swindler must give way to the
recruiting sergeant in Ireland.
The facts in the case are GER
tainly at odds with the statement
contained in the telegram. The
paper which published this tele-
gram knew that it was false on
the face of it. The statement
that the Allies were winning was
false. The statement that prof
table posts could be secured fol-
any man or any set of men en-.
joying the distinction of being
privates in the rear ranks of the
English army is false in the face
of things. The entire affair is q
fraud. The facts were false
The inducements could never be
realized. The entire affair was
for the purpose of trucking young
Irishmen to join the British
colors. The very fact, however
that tricks and falsehoods are be-
ing resorted to to gain recruits
shows the desperate straits tc
which England has been reduced
in getting recruits for the army
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06

nothing. And so he is never tired of
love. He. has loved beauty because
it is beautiful and delighted in delight
for its own sake He has never min
imized the sublime idea that life en-
dures forever.
There are, we have heard, very few
millionaires in Ireland, but we have
never heard an Irishman regret it.
There are, on the other hand, plenty
of poets, definitely emotional and in.
finitely spiritual; men, and women,
too, who know the importance OF
moods, the exquisiteness and strange
ness Of living, the mystic beauty OF
the world, the wonderful face of love
the enchantment of mere metrical
words.
1T is the Irish who discovered the
beauty of rain, "A silver net of sudden
rain:
ooh! do you hear the rain
Beat on the glass in vain?
so my tears beat against rates fee1
In vain-in vain-in vain.
"Oh! do you see the skies
AS gray as your grave eyes?
Oh! do you hear the wind, my dear
That signs and signs and signs.
There has never been any need tt
bring back the muses. to Ireland, tina
land that has never lost the keys o
faith and hope, that holds to its mes
sages and its mission.
mo, world in which there shoult
be neither Ireland nor the Irish woul.
be as a City of Dreadful Night
Louisville (Ky.) Herald.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
SAH1B IN BELGIUM"

Under the above heading the
Canadian Freeman of Kingston
attempts to tell how broken
hearted and sorrowful the entire
world has been since the execu-
ton of Miss Cavell, the English
nurse, at Brussels. The account
given by the Freeman contains all
the manufactured elements of bru-
tai details which were contained
in the press reports at the time Of
the announcement of the execu-
ton. The statements, in order to
give them credence, were credited
to Brand Whitlock, the American
minister to Belgium. How ILL
timed were the tears of the Free
man. The French government
has spoiled the effect Of it's sorrow
by admitting that the military au-
thorities of France executed two
young German women who were
declared guilty of espionage. So
completely were the details of the
execution of the German women
covered that they were only
brought to light in forced admis-
sions in defense of the necessity of
the execution of the English spys
in Belgium. We are certainly wise,
with but little self-denial on the
business of all times but Our own.
To heat the mind and embitter the
heart against the Germans, it be-
comes necessary for the English
government to forget the execu-
ton of Sir Thomas Moore, the
10000 Catholic victims of Eliza
beth, the massacred victims of
Glencoe, the hunted priests and
disinherited people of Ireland, the
women and children executed at
the point of the bayonet, the men,
DRY of Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien,
the execution of Robert Emmett,
the victims of '48 and go, the. man
ner in which England tried to dis
rupt the American government
during the Civil war, the victims
! of her tyranny during the Revolu-
ton, the bloody memory of Wolfe
Tone, Thomas-a-Becket, Mary
Queen of Scots, and St. Lawrence
O'Toole, the treatment accorded
to the Boer women and children
during the Boer war, the victims
of the Dublin massacre, and the
sainted memory of Joan of Arc,
the shepherd maiden of Domremy,
whose only guilt was that of lead
ing her countrymen to victory and
whose virtues have been recog-
nized by the Catholic church,
which has declared her saint.
For her patriotism she was burned
at the stake at the instance of the
British government. Truly the
memory of the Canadian Freeman
is very poor indeed, and with poor
err grace, does it attempt to elicit
sympathy for a person guilty Of
espionage. War is a grewsome
fact. Its consequences are ter
rible, its discipline rigid. IT'S a
pity that in this modern day such
things as the execution of women
should take place. Both France
and Germany have declared the
necessity of the act to protect their
armies, and when readers of Am
erican history hear of the execu-
ton of a woman for political pur-
poses, a blush of shame comes to
their cheeks when they recall the
execution of Mrs. Surritt, because
it was alleged she had guilty
knowledge of the assassination OF
President Lincoln. History has
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06

Parliament and the Lords are oc-
cupying the high positions in
England since the war began.
For this reason it is highly i'm
probable that any change can be
brought about decreasing the
power of the Lords. The Union
lists are coming back in power
daily. 1t would not be difficult
at the present time to nullify the
power, and remove the veto from
the House of Lords, thus leaving
the Lords again supreme.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06

since established that her execu-
ton was the execution of an inno-
cent person. The tempest which
the pro-British press sought to
raise in America in connection
with the Cavell case has been its
own rebuke. "
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
PARENTAL AsrIeMATlsM.

Every true mother feels that the
best in every department of life is
none too good for her child, says the
Rosary Magazine. She spares nc
pains, no labor, to make him happy
She would give her all to be able to
guarantee for him bright and useful
future. All her days she plans how
best she can assure him an abiding
success in life.
Success in life! But what is the
true SUGGESTIVE success that alone
matters? Is it material, or physical,
or intellectual? Or is it not primarily
and essentially spiritual? And if the
latter, then surely all the mothers
planning, nay, even all her praying
should be for the spiritual growth
and spiritual development, and spirit
ual rounding out of her child. To 8
Christian mother all culture is hollow
unless it refines the soul; all educa
ton is mockery unless it disciplines
the spirit; all progress is empty un
less it be the conscious going forward
step by step, to closer union with
God.
These are such undeniable basic
principles of true Catholic mother
philosophy that they deserve to be
held up before the eyes Of the world
today. For worldly mothers in oul
time have set quite another goal fol
their children. Even the secular maya
zines have awakened to a realization
of the appalling indifference Of the
modern mother to the best-because
the spiritual-interests Of her of
spring. From one of them we quote
the following arraignment of the par
entail astigmatism which obtains in
contemporary society:
Parents often seem to care more
for the bodies of their children than
for their minds and morals. Money
is lavished on food and sparingly
spent on books and papers. Fine
clothes are provided to protect and
adorn their bodies, but church and
Sunday school are neglected. They
are encouraged to train their nerves
and muscles, but spiritual culture is
not suggested. Conversation turns on
sports and society rather than on his.
tory and education. The vulgar, de.
moralizing funny paper is furnished,
and beautiful, uplifting pictures are
withheld. The making of money is
emphasized, but the proper spending
Of 1t is not discussed. Parents who
sorrow over Maynard and worldly
children wonderingly ask pastors and
teachers how to save these untaught,
misguided youth, strangely forgetting
that almost all of the active influ.
ences of the home have tended toward
worldliness. theoretically they desire
their children's welfare, but practical.
ly they have failed to cooperate with
pastors and teachers, and too late re-
alize their folly. Rarely do children
overcome the paralyzing power of
spiritual parental poverty. Many mod.
ern homes need old-time religion and
Old-fashiOned common sense"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
RELIcs oE aI. GEORGE,

The cult Of St. George. martyr. COM
ing from the east, took root in the
west under the Byzantine domination
and especially dutng the Crusades,
when England elected him AZ her
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
as THERE A ST. FREDERICK

- OF VNe0ensSN'
Replying to the above question, a
contemporary says:
"Alban Butler (vol. iii, under July
1S) gives St. Frederick who was
the eighth Bishop Of Utrecht from
st. Willibrord.' The Herder Kirchen
Lexicon. vol. Nv, col. 2022. mentions
the same holy Bishop. Michael Sintzel,
In vol. Of his Leben und Taten der
Heiligen,' mentions the same saint
under July Is. Sintzel. vol. l, under
date of March S, mentions another st.
Frederick, Abbot Of Hirschau."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06

patron. His church at the foot of the
Palatine, in Rome, dates from the
sixth century. st. Gregory the Great
elevated it to a Cardinal deacon's
title, which is vacant at present. The
head of the saint, and his helmet and
lance are preserved in this church
and are exposed on this saints feast
dav
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
A BRILLIANT mErAooIsr's VIEW.

A BRILLIANT METHoDIsT's VIEW.
1t is quite possible to differ from the
Catholic Church upon points of doc
trine without accepting as true every
fable that political animosity has in
vented to discredit it. We shall be
better Professionals, think, for being
fair. 1t Is by no means necessary to
my Methodism or another's Presby-
terianism that we shall believe there
was Pope Joan, when there was
not Pope Joan; that we shall believe
a religious spirit was responsible for
St. Bartholomew massacre, when
the real impelling force was secular
and political. Nor need a man be
now unduly excited over the right of
Henry VIII to divorce, or the ques.
ton of Tudor or Stuart on the English
throne, to be devout and righteous
member Of the Church of England.
Those old questions have hardened
into history; they are no longer ques-
tons; they are facts. Mary Stuart
and Elizabeth Tudor have gone to
God. who has Judged between them,
doubtless; the Guises and the younger
Bourbons-and the older, too-have
long since been laid in sepulchre;
Philip II is Of less real importance
than little Johnnie Jones who is play.
ing outside the window. Let them
all go; we have problems enough of
our own without clinging to those we
can never solve because the Lord in
His own way solved them long before
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
SUICIDE AND CHRISTIAN BURIAL
From the Observer, Pittsburgh.

Query: If one wilfully commits
suicide and shows no sign of repent
ance, is he allowed to be buried in
consecrated ground?
Answer: No. However, if the act
were committed by one of unsound
mind land this would exclude wilful
suicide), he may be given Christian
burial. The" present practice of the
Church is to interpret this prohibition
as mildly as possible. II the case is
at all doubtful, recourse may be had
to the Bishop. If there is no doubt
about the sanity of the unfortunate
person, and If he manifested no signs
of repentance, then he cannot be
buried in consecrated ground, wheth-
er the family has cemetery lot or
not When one buys lot in Catho-
lie cemetery, the right to bury there
is coded only on condition that the
laws of the Church permit the burial.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06
ALLOWED TO SAY MASS.

The French priest prisoners of war
in Germany are allowed to say Mass
daily, and to give retreats to their
fellow prisoners. - '~1.t :. D.,
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"The Silver-Grays."
"'The Silver-Grays' were the men,
bers of another political faction. l
suppose that today we would call the
'Silver-Grays' the same thing as the
reactionaries. They were the back
ers of Fremont and Francis Granger
for President and vice-President and
they took their name from the won
derful silver gray hair of Granger,
which was the talk of everyone who
had seen it in reality or in pictures.
The 'Woolly Wings actually never
counted very much after SCOTS de-
feat, but they kept their name awhile
longer, and in the long run here in
Onondaga county were able to make
a considerable showing.
"The American party as it called
itself-the Know Nothing party, as
it was generally called-sprang up III
1853. 1t was for a long time a Sc
cret political organization, holding
meetings clandestinely and having for
its main principle opposition to for.
eign citizenship. They were against
any person alien born being admitted
to citizenship, and were strongly anti.
Catholic in their tendencies. Around
in 1854 the Know Nothings' appeared
as fully organized political party,
nominated Willard Fillmore as it's can.
didate for President in 1856, and got
q big vote. too. But the war swept all
ideas Of the kind the Know Moth.
ings' advocated out Of existence.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-11-06

This article is no reflection on Ell
Their the Democrats or Republicans of
the present day. All parties have now
abandoned the bigots to their secret
meetings, lock-boxes, etc. But have
the bigots kept pace with the prog
ress that everyone else is making? Or
are they not "The Men Who Stood
Still"?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-24
KENNEBEC co,
PROBATE COURT

The following routine business was
transacted at the session of the Kenne-
bee probate court held on Tuesday, Feb.
%:
Wills proved, approved and alluwed-Of
Darius ]. Raymond. late Of Winthrop,
Lucy a. Raymond of Winthrop admin
istratrix c. I. a.: OF Annabel McLaugh-
lin, late Of China, Alice C. Mason of
China. executrix; of Frances H. Long
fellow. late of Augusta, Stephen ].
Hegarty OF Augusta, administrator c. t..
a.; of Benjamin S. Smith. late Of Gardi-
ner. Martha A. Smith Of Gardiner, ex-
ecutrix; Of Horatio F. Harrington, late
Of China. Ida NJ. Harrington Of China,
eAecutrix: Of James Conway late of
Chelsea, NJ. s. 91olway of Augusta, ex-
ecutor.
Administrations g-anted-Of the estate
of Mary F. Flavin, late Of Augusta, c..
L. Andrews of Augusta, public admin
istrator: of the estate Of Wellington
johnson, late of Augusta. Mary E..
johnson Of Augusta, administra&rix; of
the estate Of William P. Hatch, late Of
Litch:ield, o. B. Classon Of Gardiner,
administrator; Of the estate Of Harry l..
Briggs late Of Hallowegl, Bernice Childs
Briggs Of Hallowell. administrative.
Guardians appointed-Of Francis Pierre
Fortier minor. Of Waterville. Mary A..
Fortier Of Wateville. guardian: Of
Lewis S. johnson ct ais. minors. OF Au-
gusta, Mary E. johnson Of Augusta.
guardian.
Surviving partner appointed-Oe the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-24
LADIES'! DARKEN
YOUR CRAY HAIR
Use Grandma's Sage
Tea and Sulphur Rec
ipe and Nobody will
Know

The use Of Sage and Sulphur for re-
storing faded, gray hair to its natural
color dates back to grandmother
time. She used it to keep her hair
beautifully dark glossy and abundant.
Whenever her hair fell out or took on
that dull faded or streaked appear
ance. this simple mixture was applied
With wonderful effect.
But brewing at home is mussy and
out of date. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store for a 50-cent bottle OF
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" you will get this famous Ole
recipe which can be depended upon to
restore natural color and beauty to the
hair and is splendid for dandruff. dry.
feverish, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says it darkens the hair so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell it has
been applied. You simply dampen
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
strand at a time. By morning the
gray hair disappears, and after another
application or two it becomes beauti-
fully dark. glossy. and abundant.-Adv,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-24
HOW TO DESTROY CATARRH
GERMS AND END cATARRH
FOREVER.
A Specialists Advice.

Catarrh is a germ disease and the only
way to cure it so it will stay cured and
never comeback is to XIII and drive out
of your system the catarrhal germs
which have found Judgment there When
the germs go the catarrh will stop The
trouble with most treatments, like
sprays, salves, creams, greasy balms, To-
| tons, etc, is that they give only tenn
porary relief by opening up for while
the ciogged head, throat and nostrils. In
little time the Catarrh comes back az
bad as ever.
People who suffer continually from
catarrh should drop such temporary
makeshifts and get something that really
gets at the root Of the disease and
stamps it out. There is nothing better
for such cases than breathing into your
nose and lungs the pleasant. soothing
pronounced High-o-me) made from pur-
est oil of Eucalyptus and combined with
other powerful healing. anttseptic and
germ destroying ingredients. Hyomei
penetrates and heals the infiamed swollen
membranes Of your nose and throat, stops
discharges. clears the passages and COM
pletely oyercomes the disease by destroy
ing its cause. For catarrh germs cannot
them. Bowditch-Webster Co. and many
other good druggists in augusta and
vicinity have long sold Hyomei on a
positive guarantee OF successful results
or money back and find this generous
policy pays. Most druggists are now
rubber with every complete treatment
sold. This makes very simple. easy
and convenient as well as thoroughly
reliable means OF treating by the best
known method this dangerous and often
disgusting disease.-Adv.
feb17-20-A-E