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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13
YOU CAN TELL A MANS CHAR
AcTER ~ WHAT He
LAuoAS At.

Have you ever noticed that the opin-
ions we form Of others are based in q
far greater degree than we would sus.
pect on what they laugh at? II q
man laughs at q piece of humor, we
call him good.natufed; IL he laughs
at the misfortunes Of others, we call
him heartless; II he laughs by way of
excuse. we call him weak; II he laughs
only at his advantage, we call him
selfish: IL he laughs at his own re.
verses, we call him plucky; IL he
laughs at vulgarity. we call him
coarse; II he laughs 1T everything or
nothing, we call him frivolous. II we
were given the main facts Of an event
happening to some man of whom We
knew nothing else and were told
whether under those circumstances he
laughed or did not laugh. We could
form . fairly accurate opinion % to
that mans character. So you zee we
pass Judgment on men more than we
suspect mainly on the knowledge Of
what they laugh Ut. We are in turn
judged BY our fellow men according to
the same standard. It would be we'll,
therefore. for 40 to make sure what
our laugh stands for and how 1t win
be Interpreted. &. s5l
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13

food remaining available for the civil
population of Belgium. They even
carried away cattle and cereals from
Belgium into Germany. They also
levied large monetary contributions.
It was evident that if, under
such conditions, the British govern
ment undertook, through your commits
sion. to supply money and food to the
Belgian population, the only result
would be an equivalent diminution of
the food supplies already there. The
British government, in fact, would be
facilitating the feeding and paying for
the maintenance of the German
army"
Sir Edward Grey goes on to say that
while the German government has
stopped all acquisitions on Belgium
for food it still continues its "pecuni.
airy exactions." And he concludes:
"Solely on account of this attitude on
the part Of the German government
the proposed arrangement between
His Majesty's government and the
commission must be regarded as hav
ing broken down. We shall, of course
retain our general favorable attitude
toward your work."
Mr.. Hoover, in his reply, expresses
deep regret over "the lack of accom-
mediation between the belligerents'
which is handicapping the efforts o.
the commission. And he adds: "The
failure of this particular negotiation
does not alter the fact that 100000
people in Belgium must still be fed
nor that there are 100000 absolutely
destitute people in the country, MOI
that the number of destitute peopl,
will be increased by 100000 before tn.
next harvest"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13

New York papers have limited very
strongly that the attempt to explode
q bomb in st. Patrick's Cathedral was
q hoax, and the very fact that a bomb
planter was permitted to 60 to the ex.
IRENE limit Of carrying the bomb into
the Cathedral and lighting it, seems a
rather strange act on the part of men
charged with preserving life and prop
erty. The scheme used to apprehend
the anarchists was dramatic In the ex.
IRENE, but it would seem in this in.
stance too much of a sacrifice for q
dramatic effect.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13

might compromise the listener into,
seeming partnership with the one
aggrieved. And therefore the hearers
of stories of injustice or of indignity
grow humorous and extend philoso-
ply instead of speaking and doing the,
few simple little things that would
really help, not that well mentioned
people err in this respect worse than
in others. We frequently see teachers.
and physicians, with the best of in
tentions making mistakes by being
what the Spanish call "Profession
mad" That means that they are So
trained to making deductions from
given premises that they often make
the same deductions without analysing
the premises. There is an old story Of
a country doctor that threw all of his.
patients into fits because he could
cure fits. What he did to their origi-
nal malady is not told. And so with
the utterers of stock consolation, per-
haps they never apprehend that what
they say does not fit the case at all.
A hospital patient once commented
gratefully upon the kindness of friends
who sent flowers to the sick. eyes,"
replied her sympathetic nurse, "but I
! don't believe in people sending all
their flowers when people are sick.
Why don't they send them once in a.
while when people are well?" The
meaning of this would seem to be that
personal, friendly communication all
the time is far better than set express
sion at stated times. In calamities like
death or accident all flock to do what
is necessary and the way to be especf-,
ally efficient at these times is to form
the habit of being steadily helpful all
the time in every little bit of personal
dealing we have with anybody else
above all, never to give the idea that
1t is troublesome to us to hear the.
worries of others. Such a confidant
has very great model, who actually
invites such relation, far from shutting
it off. Come to me all We that are
burdened." He refreshes the sufferer
by infusing His own superabundant
personality. Can there be a better
reason for enriching our own?
C. H. K.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13
QUEER soPH,sMs.

Yeno, Greek sophist, arrives at
some startling conclusions by some Of
his arguments. One of the most in
teresting cases is the argument by
which he proves that there is no such
thing as motion. He begins by say
ing that an object at one particular
instant is in but one spot; that If q
body were moving from a point A to
point B, at any given infinitesimal
instant of time that body would be
at but one point, and at no instant
would it be passing from one point to
another. Then since at no time it is
passing from one point to another
there is no time when it is in motion.
since motion is passing Of an object
from one point to another. Hence
there is no such thing as motion.
Another proposition he advances is
that there is no such thing as sound.
He proved this by an experiment he
performed. He took q measure of
grain and dropped one grain to the
floor. He observed that it made no
noise. Then he dropped another and
another until the whole measure full
was used up, each time noticing the
same result. He concluded that since
the whole is the sum of all its parts.
and since none of the grains made any
noise, then the whole measure full
when dropped at once would make no
noise. Hence he said that there ia
no such thing as noise.
Another statement of his is that IL
Achilles were chasing hare and al
though he kept gaining ground on the
hare he would never catch it. For II.
for instance. at the start the hare was
one hundred feet ahead of Achilles and
at the end Of second Achilles had
cut the distance in half, and at the
end of another second, the distance
was again cut in half. and 90 on, the
time would never come when Achilles
would catch up to the hare, for there
would always be half Of the remaining
distance to go.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13

The Catholic daily again. This time
it appears in Chicago. But the ex-
pense of financing such an undertake
ing seems to brighten away the ap-
pearance of such publication. From
Chicago recently came the announce
ment that a Catholic daily would be
published in that city and that Rev.
John Noll of the Sunday Visitor will
be one of the chief factors in the or.
ganization of the publication. Moth.
ing more definite of the Catholic daily
paper has been heard.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13
THE "Ex.PRIEsrs" HARVEST,

Yankee inventive genius in lines
of commercial activity has been
SO far eclipsed by the ingenuity of
those who capitalize religious pref
udice and traffic in the gullibility of
an unthinking curious, and, in some
localities, a prejudiced public that the
latter has long since won the palm.
The list Of those who are now posing
as "ex-priests" and ESCAPED nuns"
is long one, but the longer the bet
ter. 1t is to be sincerely hoped that
their ranks will be increased to such
an enormous extent that the unthink-
ing and the prejudiced will have a
surfeit of the abomination they rep
resent. Like the Hoosier school
master, "they should get plenty while
they are getting" because this is their
harvest time. 1t comes about once in
a generation as the history of the
country shows. The crop of bigots is
bountiful and the "ex-priests" and the
"ex-nuns" reap a rich reward in the
coin of the realm while it lasts. For
anti-Catholic lecturers the "ex-priest"
and "ex-nun" game is very popular
in certain localities, and among a GER
tain class of people. Just now the
harvest time is on and fakes are be-
ing we'll paid. These fakes who have
smattering of English, a wanton dis.
regard for truth, an unlimited vocab.
ulary of abuse, an inexhaustible sup
ply of nerve and a shameful disregard
for decency, ordain themselves lex.
priests" The same is true of the lex.
nuns" These "ex-priests" and eek.
nuns" as they style themselves, are
well represented by the type of per.
sons such as Black, who recently
stirred up SO much difficulty in Texas
and whose companion who posed as
an "ex-nun," was none other than q
girl who had escaped from the house
of correction and who had been in the
reformatory. This girl served Blacks
purpose we'll enough In the appeal he
made to the class of persons who
listen to him. The present wave OF
bigotry and prejudice which has swept
over the country gives such fake lex
priests" and "ex-nuns" an opportun
ity to reap a rich harvest and they are
not missing the opportunity. Another
example of this class of persons IL
furnished in the person of L. ]. King
who was recently driven out of Pat
erson, N. ]. He Joined the Baptists
at an early age and was later request
ed to leave that organization on &C
count of his character. The "ex.nun'
whom he stated he married was moi
even Catholic and never had been
one. But such as these are doing q
thriving business now as the oppor
tunity is presented and when the pub
lie comes to its senses ON these mat
ters what revelation It will be to
those who listened and believed, to
realize the extent to which they have
been duped.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13
RESIGNATION OF CHAPLAIN
OoRAN.

Rev. Michael G. Doran, chaplain
Tenth infantry. United States army,
which 10 stationed at Camp Il. 8. Otis,
Canal Zone, has rendered his resigna.
ton from the army. Father Doran 10
sorry to have to leave the service. for
the seven years work among the en-.
listed men have been very Pleasant
years for him; then. too. he has
always had the good win and splendid
support Of all the omcers he has
served with. i1s
While on duty at the military prison
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13

The Gaelic American of New York
appeared last week in twenty pages,
which contained an excellent amount
Of matter, both historical and current,
in connection with Irish affairs, and
was literally patronized by the ad-
vertisers. Mr.. John Dewey, the editor,
is to be congratulated upon his thrift
and ability.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13
COLOR LINE BEING DRAWN ON
HORSES IN THE ARMY.

The color line is being drawn by the
army in the purchase Of horses. It is
against white or light colored horses,
and in favor of sorrels, browns, bays
and even blacks. Because of their
visibility, white and gray horses are
not considered desirable for mounts.
In the field they are mark for sharp
shooters, and on that account the
quartermaster corps has stopped pur-
chasing light-colored horses.
Officers are permitted to purchase
gray horses, however, If they care to
take the chance of being shot on the
firing line. Some of the members of
the general staff are advocating the is.
suance Of general order entirely pro.
hibiting the use of gray or light.col.
ored horses in the army, as they claim
that with even a few officers on light
colored mounts the enemy will be able
to locate an entire regiment or a com.
pany on scout duty.
In connection with the foregoing It
is we'll to note why the olive drab uni
form was adopted for use by the Of.
ficers and enlisted men Of the army.
After many tests of colors, the pres.
emit color was selected, as one which,
at a certain distance is not distin-
guishable. as the outline Of the person
wearing such a uniform seems to
merge into space.
No better example is known of the
danger of wearing q white uniform in
battle, than that of General Henry w.
Lawton, who was killed in battle by
sharpshooters at San Mateo in the
Philippines, on Dec. 81, 1899. Before
the engagement, General Lawton was
warned and cautioned of the presence
and deadly aim of the enemy's sharp
shooters. and his associates begged
Of him to take of his white uniform.
Anxious for the fray, he refused to do
SO. When the firing began he was an
easy target for fire, as his big frame
encased in white. stood out in con-
spicuous contrast to those around him,
who wore colors that disappeared in
the distance.
Again. the present policy of the
United States navy painting it's bat.
tleships war color" is apparent.
Some few years ago we had the f.
nous white squadron" but now near.
ly all Uncle Sans ships, even to the
smallest craft are painted lead color
which, at q certain distance on the
water, blends with it and fades away
into marine space.
There is . reason!
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13

With the appreciation Of Cardinal
fsriey. OF New York, there has been
formed by Catholic laymen in this city
Catholic Big Brothers' Society to
care Tor Catholic boys who come into
tne Children's courts, Dennis A. Lam.
oert, Clerk Of the Chidren's Court. IN
General Secretary.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13
BELGIUM AND ENGLAND.

do the Belgians blame the Eng
lish"? was the query put to Irwin
Cobb, who Is lecturing in this country
on the European war; Mr.. Cobb re-
Gently delivered a lecture at the Audi
torium in Minneapolis and declared his
strict neutrality. But Mr.. Cobb an
swered the question directly when the
query came from member of his
audience at Omaha, Neb. He declared
that the Belgians do blame the Eng
lish for their present plight and the
woe they have experienced since the
war began. An account of the incident
Is published in connection with the
article taken from the Omaha World
Herald. Since the war broke out and
the pitiful condition of Belgium be-
came more and more apparent public
opinion began to realize that Belgium
was simply the cats paw of the allied
nations and was destroying her life
as nation at the behest of England.
Belgium had nothing to lose and every
thing to gain by remaining out of the
struggle and it is now plain to the
minds of many representatives of that
government. who have since come to
this country. that the lightly, ungrudg-
ed praise which has come fom those
who she has aided has been dearly
bought. The following from the Oma.
ha World Herald is of important in.
terested in this connection:
DO the Belgians blame the English ?"
asked member of Irwin Cobb's audi.
ence in the Auditorium Wednesday
night.
Yes. and think justly So" came
the prompt reply, which constituted
the sole deviation from "strict neutral.
ity" that characterized Mr.. Cobb's
very illuminative and entertaining ad-
Yes, and ! think Justly so,' came
too. since the rights and wrongs of
Belgium are questions of history and
contemporaneous politics, upon which
the lecturer was hardly more com.
competent to express an opinion than
are good many intelligent people
who have never been within 5000 or
1000 miles of the war.
But as to how the Belgians them.
selves feel about It, Mr.. Cobb is a com.
petent witness and his positive state.
ment that they blame the English"
for their heavy burden Of woe must
nave come as q surprise to many in
the audience. His testimony would
be welcome news, no doubt. to Mile.
Artois, the Belgian actress, who was
recently given anything but a cordial
reception in Omaha because she, too.
blamed the English"
1t Is rather interesting to note in
this connection. the cabled news from
London that the British government
has refused further financial assist.
ance to the American Belgian relief
commission. on the ground that Ger.
many 10 still levying cash tributes on
the Belgian population. In his letter
to Mr.. Hoover. chairman of the com.
mission. Sir Edward Grey said:
For some time we have REGARDED
the whole project Of the distribution
of food in Belgium. with some doubt.
in view Of the action Of the German
authorities. While respecting the
food actually imported by you, they
did not until December accede to your
representations regarding the cessa.
ton Of acquisitions for the use of the
German army Of supplies Of native
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13
PAN.AMERIcAN ENJOYS DISCUS,
INTERVENTION IN MEXICAN
9fRuo0lE.
STRUGGLE.

Reports on the frightful struggle in
Mexico were in such tangled shape
and 20 voluminous, ut the writing OF
this, that no one would venture q
prediction % to what the next climax
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-13
CHANGES IN PERSONNEL o
HOUSE AND SENATE

Many changes in the personnel Of
both House and Senate, in both par
ties, followed the expiration of the
Sixty-third Congress and the coming
IN of the Sixty-fourth. Representa-
tive Underwood of Alabama and
Broussard of Louisiana move up into
the Senate. Charles Curtis of Kan
sas comes back to the Senate after a
campaign which retired from Con-
gress Representative Murdoch of Kan.
sas, the Progressive leader of the
House, and Meeley of Kansas, Demo.
crat.
Representative Cannon of Illinois
for many years Speaker of the House;
Mckinley of Illinois, former chairman
of the Republican congressional cam
paign committee and the Republican
national committee; Foss of Illinois
who used tot head the naval commit
tee; Hill Of Connecticut; Longworth
of Ohio; Sulloway of New Hampshire
Rodenborg, Wilson and Sterling, all
OF Illinois, are among the more con
spicuous representatives who again
enter the lists Of the House.
Among others prominent in nation
al legislation who retired from Con
gress are Representatives Barthold
of Missouri; Stevens and Manahan Of
Minnesota; Burke and Martin, South
Dakota; Palmer and Temple of Penn
sylvania; Buckley of Ohio; Bartlett q
Georgia; Korbley of Indiana; Floyd o.
Arkansas; Mcclure of Oklahoma
Reed of New Hampshire; Samuel w
Smith of Michigan.
Previously retiring from the House
to accept federal appointments during
the sixty-third Congress are Clayton
Alabama; Covington, Maryland; Nc
Coy, New Jersey, and Ansberry OF
Ohio, to become judges; and Kinhead
and Townsend, New jersey, and Muir
ray. Massachusetts, to become post
masters.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-29
Ex-Governor R. B. Glenn
On Prohibition

Fitzgerald is to have a great ad-
vantage in the visit of this great
Prohibition Orator, on April 14th.
The ex-governor of the state
of North Carolina where his pro-
hibition administration attracted
so much attention and proved what
a man of conviction in office can
accomplish. He is one of the most
popular orators in the furtherance
of the Anti-saloon fight over the
nation.
Governor Glenn will speak, pro-
badly, on one of these two sub
jects: "Our Country, Its Dangers
and Possibilities" or, care Our
Young Men Safe, and How Can
We Help Save Them9"
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-29
Missionary Meeting

The Woman's Christian Boarc
of Missions are holding their Gus.
tomarv week of Prayer at the
Central Christian church this week,
The following meeting will be
held Wednesday night March 31st
Mrs. Howard Brown leader. g
Topic, A Wider Missionary
Vision. Scripture Lesson Isaiah
81 2::3. Song 35. Prayer that
our vision may be widened.
The effect of the Missionary
vision on ones view of the world,
of the Church, of the Gospel-Dr.
Hall.
Prayer for our missionaries and
native Christians in India.
Solo-Mrs. L. A. Turner.
Some items of interest concern
ing our work in India-Mrs. Hall.
Condemned report of G. W. B.
M. work in India-Rev. Orahood.
Prayer for workers at the College
of Missions. Prayer for teachers
who are leading the work of our
Bible choirs. Song 166.
Benediction.
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Notice

The Assessment Roll for the
year 1915 is now in my office at
the City Hall, and will remain
open for inspection to all Tax
Payers until the first Monday in
April, at which time said Roll will
be delivered to the Board of
Equalization.
The Equalization Board will
meet the 9Th of April (frst Mon
day. for the purpose of equalizing
the Taxes for the year 1915 any
person agrieved by anything in the
Assessment Roll may appear be-
fore said Board and file complaint,
The Board will be in session
from day to day in the Clerks
office, until its labors are complet.
ed.
This Doth day of March 1915.
David l.. Paulk, City Clerk.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-03-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Burton left
Saturday afternoon for Eastman,
where Mr.. Burton has secured the
lease on the Dodge County Herald.
Mr.. Burton will be among home
folks at Eastman, having been
raised up in the Newspaper bust
ness in that thriving town and
numbers his friends by the thou
sands among the people of the
county and city. We regret that
Mr.. Burton's stay with the Leader
Enterprise was so brief, but as
sure him that the two weeks he
spent with US we're pleasant and
profitable to the entire Office. We
wish for him a full measure of
success in his new venture.
Mr.. I. Fisher made a business trip
to Atlanta.
Wanted 1000 bu. corn at
DODD. SUPPLY co.