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The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
At WHITE HOUSE

Archbishop Ireland called at the
White House last week and conferred
with the president. The fact that it
was his second visit within a week,
gave rise to the suggestion that the
distinguished prelate broached the
subject of European peace to the pres.
ident.
1t was recalled that during the
Spanish-American War and during the
Russian Japanese war, Archbishop
Ireland had several conferences with
Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt.
With the revival of peace talk
came the reiteration from the White
House of the presidents determine
tion not to make any further overtures
to the belligerent nations until one
of them specifically signifies a desire
that the United States use it's friendly
offices.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

clearly distinguished. The Irish Gus.
tom Of giving prominence to running,
Jumping, hurting, hurdling, football,
hand ball, quoits, etc., is undoubtedly
one reason for the splendid physical
condition of the race. We are never
either overturned nor undertrained.
Where our young men-and our old
men also-have full access to the
fields we are ready at an instant's no
lice to offer soldiers with strong
bodies and clear brains to serve any
where and on any duty.
The need for the encouragement of
the open air games is greater now
than at any period in our history. The
unhygienic character of many occupa-
tions, the indoor confinement in many
methods of earning a livelihood, and
the depressing influence of our mod
ern industrial system, sap the vitality
of the healthiest and most vigorous
constitution. With parents weakened
by the burdens of earning a liveli-
hood, and because of the unhealthful
character of their occupations, the
children will be born with feeble con-
stitutions. The eye of the observing
and thoughtful person will often see
around a single neighborhood fami-
lies of children who have lost the old
Irish vitality of their ancestors. This
warning should be needed by all Hi
bernians with energy and sense
enough to put forth an effort to per-
petuate the Irish games. The states
man and the historian, the sociologist
and the soldier, know that the
strength of any race, or Of any ma
tion, is composed of the strong bodies
and strong minds of it's people.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
sINN FEM OFFICES RAIDED.

The offices of the Sim Fein organ.
ization in Cork, Ireland, were raided
by the police on instructions from
Dublin Castle on Tuesday evening.
No further report of the raid made
by government officials has been re.
ceived in this country. The raid took
place under the provision of the So
called Defense of the Realm Act, the
purpose of which is to crush and de.
stroy any agencies which are attempt
ing to voice the real sentiments OF
Ireland.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
GROWING SHANlR0CKS IN u. S.
National Emblem Of Ireland Grown On Large
Commercial Scale Throughout the U. S.
FIRST STARTED in PHILADELPHIA

The raising of shamrocks in the
United States commercially was start
vye1ett is said, by William X. Harris. of
'"hia. now dead. To make the
n. re attractive for Saint Pat
ricks , ! he devised small pot
shaped like shamrock which he had
patented. This pot filled with sham
rocks proved so attractive that within
couple of years all the large florist
establishments of the country were
growing shamrocks for sale on March
18th.
The shamrock is said to have been
adopted as the national emblem of
Ireland, because Saint Patrick select
ed spray of this plant to illustrate
to the Irish people the doctrine of
the Trinity. or three persons in one
God, but according to the song
THAT dear little plant that springs
from our soil,
When it's three little leaves are ex-
tended;
Denotes from the stalk we together
should toll,
And ourselves by ourselves be be.
friended.
And still thro' the bog, thro' the break
and the mireland,
From one root should branch like the
Shamrock of Ireland,
The dear little Shamrock, the sweet
little Shamrock,
of Ireland"
The following beautiful tribute is
paid by Rev. DIR. Peter Guilday, Of
the Catholic University of America, to
the Irish priests and soldiers in the
present war-(permission for use
from the author).
"All through the wars in which they
have taken part it has been recognized
that the Irish are among the most re.
lfgious soldiers in any army. Their
bravery without doubt is due to their
religious piety. For the reason, says
a recent writer, that he is praying
man, the Irish Catholic soldier is q
fine fighting man.
"And now 1t turns out that the Irish
Catholic priest is the finest fighting
mar of them all. Up to this great war
the world has hardly known its Cath
olic priesthood. Now the men have
come into their own. No considers.
tion of danger has kept the Catholic
chaplain in this present war from ad-
ministering the last sacraments to the
men dying in the trenches. Besides
binding up the wounds of the fallen
soldiers he has the important duty
i on his hands Of enkindling their souls
with courage like his own.
"Those who are not coreligionists
with him or his men recognize this all
powerful influence and every liberty is
given him in all the different armies
now at war in Europe to exercise his
spiritual sway over his soldiers.
There is also beautiful spirit Of
comradeship between the representa-
tives of the different religions-the
Jewish rabbis and Protestant minis
ters in the several armies and the
Catholic priests meet on the same
common ground of assistance for their
men, one helping the other The fu-
ture historian of the war will find
many singular and somewhat anus
ing occurrences in this fraternal as
sistance between the representatives
of the different creeds."
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

olu sou' UT III tne lanu ol ~ ~ y
ton, there is no feature of the hi.
bration of Saint Patrick's Day tha>
appeals so strongly as the crushed lit
tie sprig of shamrock in a letter from
across the sea, to be worn on the lapel
of his coat, and the living potted plant
to be given places of honor on the
dinner table.
Washington has a generous supply
of these little plants to be used as
decorations in the celebrating Of the
great Irish feast day this year. Ac-
cording to conservative estimates of
capital florists, more than 5000 of
these little pots full of the Irish sham
rock will be sold in the national cap
ital this season.
An estimate of how large quantities
Of shamrock are imported each year
can be had from the records of the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce, which state that over nineteen
thousand dollars worth of plants,
trees and shrubs from Ireland are i'm.
ported yearly, exclusively of bulbs,
and by far the largest portion of this
big quantity are shamrocks.
Uncle Sam himself is cultivating
the little trefoil growth described in
song as follows:
There's dear little plant, that grows
in our isle.
Twas Saint Patrick himself sure that
set it;
And the sun ON his labor with pleas
,ure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet
1T shines through the bog, through the
break and the mire-land,
And he called it the dear little Sham
rock of Ireland, ,,...
The dear little Shamrock the sweet
little Shamrock,
The dear little, sweet little Shamrock
| of Ireland"
Superintendent Hess of the govern.
ment Botanic Garden (Which ranks
among the finest In the world) has
more than 300 little pots filled with
Shamrock plants, grown from seed
that came from Ireland, which he
prepared for the president and the
many other prominent officials who de-
sire to have the emblem Of the day
growing green in their homes upon
this Saint Patrick's day.
The seed for the government is Or
dered from wholesale house in Phila-
Emerald Isle, and in the Botanic Gar
den it is sown in September, so that
the plants appear in all their beauty
by March 18th. The superintendent
states that outside of the prominent
men who receive the plants, requests
come from colleges and schools
in all sections of the United States.
Several florists with large green
houses just outside of the capital have
been growing the shamrock to be used
as decorations in celebration of the
feast In more northern cities, and es-
pecially near cities where there Is a
large Irish population, the shamrock
is grown in much larger quantities,
for example, much is grown on Long
Island to supply a heavy demand in
New York, near Philadelphia and near
Boston.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
ST. PAUL HIsERNIANs cELE.
BRA1E.

Rev. Father Cremin Of the st. Paul
Seminary was the chief speaker at
the Hibernian Celebration ct st. Paul,
March II. ...stt
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

Mrs. Margaret Copeland has gone to
Pembroke, Ont. where she was called
by the illness of hef sister. =,
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Turrish and Mr..
and Mrs. H. ]. Connor are in Honolulu.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
THE COTTON OUTLOOK

Recently (t was announced that Germany had found sub- stitute for cotton in making gun powder and that even after the war that country would not use cotton in her ammunition fac tories. If the war does not close soon the European nations will be so crushed by debt that they will not be able to buy cot ton for this or any other pur- pose. Of course the failure to keep up the supply of cotton for textiles would naturally make a tremendous demand for cotton if the people were not so bur dened with taxes. The outlook for a big cotton trade next year is bad. The southern farmer who banks his all" on cotton this season is certainly taking a gamblers risk. The safe thing is to make another ''cut" and with a smaller acreage produce a good yield of good quality and then stand a fair chance to get a decent price, a profit above cost of production. The Extension Division of the University of Arkansas. cooperating with the Department of Agriculture is making campaign for safe farming.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
A BANK ACCOUNT

The Extension Division of the University of Arkansas has a sin cere wish that every farmer in this old state may open the New Year with bank account, no matter how small. The EXten- sion forces of the state and the Department of Agriculture are working hard to help farmers make money and they are honest in the belief that a bank IS better than a sock" or a dish in the cupboard for the savings. We want the farmers, the small farmers. the fOrty-acre farmers. the renters and share crop pers" to get on friendly relations with the bankers and establish confidence and do business with them. The bankers and the county agents are about the best advisers the farmers of Arkan- sas can have for the year 1916. Try them both.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
DAVE TARTAN FOR PRO.
 SCOUTING ATTORNEY

Dave Partain of Franklin County is soliciting the votes of the fifteenth judicial circuit to endorse him for their prescott ing attorney at the next Demo- cratic primary. Dave is a pro- duct of Arkansas and has spent practically all his life in the fifteenth judicial circuit, most of the time living on the farm on which he was born. He receiv- ed his education in the public schools of the state and early in life took to the study of law, and in spite of the fact that he was seriously handicapped by poverty and adverse circumstances. by hard study and diligent applica- tion so fitted himself for the prac- tice of his profession that at the time he was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of Arkan- sas he was one of, if not the youngest man ever admitted to practice before that bar.
 He has shown remarkable abil- ity in handling the cases he has had, proving himself to be trial lawyer equal to many who have spent their lives in the profess ion. He has a gift of oratory that is valuable aid to lawyer and has made a splendid record in the courts of the counties where he has been called to con- duct cases.
 He is a Democrat of the un- questioned and unquestionable type, and has never lost sight of the party standard in the smoke of the hardest battles. If elect ed to this office he promises to devote his whole time and energy to the business of the office and will faithfully, fairly and impar- tially perform every duty of the office, to the very best of his ability. He is making the race on his own merits and qualifica- tions. and asks only a fair and impartial consideration of his candidacy at the hands of the Democratic voters of this judicial circuit, and assures them that if elected he will conduct himself and the affairs of the office that they will have no cause to regret their action.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
BUILD UP THE HOME TOWN

If you want to live in the kind of a town. Like the kind of a town you like, You needn't slip your clothes in grip And start on a long, long hike. You'll only find what you left behind,
 For there's nothing that's really new. It's knock at yourself when you knock your town. It isn't your town-it's you! Real towns are not made by men afraid,
 Lest somebody gets ahead. When every one works and mo- body shirks You can raise a town from the dead. And if, while you make your personal stake. Your neighbor can make one, too, Your town will be what you want to see. It isn't your town-It's you!
 By R. w. Glover.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
FAIR VIEW
January 3, 1916.

y
 Weather fine this morning.
 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Marlborough visited home folks Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Charlie Hogan visited Mir. and Mrs. Riley Had ley one day last week.
 There is some sickness in these parts. Mrs. w. E. Brook ey, Mir. and Mrs. Bob Merrill, ST.. Mrs. Bob Merrill, Jr.. Miss Annie Forbus, and Miss Viola Hogan are reported sick this last week. Hope they will all soon be up again.
 Rev. ]. H. Williams filled his appointment here Sunday and Sunday night. He left an ap- pointment for the first Sunday in February,
 w. A. Hogan will preach here Sunday, the 9th of February at l2 o'clock and at night.
 Yes. Caldwell and Winfield Cargile are reported sick. We hope all soon be well.
 Our school is progressing nicely under the guiding hand of Prof. A. A. Williams. Mrs. Williams is another member of the sick list last week. Now if there is any one else who has been sick this last week we don't t know it, except Mr. M. A. Stockton who has been sick for some time.
 Prof. l.. H. Lee starts writ ing school here Tuesday night. The Professor knows how to write all right. It would be a good thing for us if We could go and learn how to write. Don't you think so?
 We'll 1915 is gone forever. 1916 is here with all it's joy and pain, with all it's health and beauty and wealth. with all it's sickness. sorrow and wealth. May it be the greatest year that has ever been for us all. May il bring health and wealth and joy and happiness for all, and as few sorrows as possible.
 Per Reporter.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
SULPHUR SPRINGS

We have been having some rainy weather in these diggins here of late, but looks now like we are going to have some pretty weather.
 This is the beginning of the new year. Hope it will be as good if not better than last year
 Pearl Barnes visited with Nettie Rogers Sunday.
 Jode White visited with Tobe Riggs Sunday.
 w. C. Barham and family visited l.. A. Barham and family Saturday night and returned home Sunday.
 School is still progressing nicely. There are about 60 pupils enrolled now. All patrons of this district are urged to visit the school. It would be a help to the children and would be a help to the teacher. The children like to see their parents come in to school on Friday evenings and listen to them speak their pieces. The patrons visiting the school encourages the teacher and the children too. So if you cant come on Friday come any time you can.
 F. E. B.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
CENTRAL COMMITTEE

To the members of the demo- cratic central committee of Franklin county, Arkansas. A meeting of the Democratic Gen. tral Committee of Franklin Coun- ty, Ark, is hereby called to be held in the court house in the town of Ozark, Ark, on Satur- day, the 18th of January, 1916, at l:30 o'clock p. m., for the pupose of fixing the date for the Democratic primary to nominate candidates for state, district and county offices, and for the transaction of any and all other business that may properly come before said meeting. A quorum is necessary, and if you cannot attend please send a proxy,
 J. s. Turner. Cashier.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
WILLIAM EICHENBERCER

William Elchenberger, one of the few pioneer citizens of Ozark, died yesterday morning at his home in Ozark, of pneu- monia and paralysis. and was buried in the Nichols Chapel cemetery today.
 Uncle Bill, as he was familiar ly called, was born at Cincinnati near Fayetteville, in this state in 1844 and the same year his parents moved to Ozark where he has resided since. He sur vived his wife, father, mother, and nine brothers and sisters, and is survived by one brother, Alfred Eichenberger, and a son. Walk Eichenberger, both living in Ozark.
 He was of a kindly, sociable disposition. always glad to meet his acquaintances, and polite and courteous to strangers with whom he chanced to meet, and will be greatly missed by our old citizens who have for seventy one years and less, been accus- toned to meet him and hear his friendly greetings, and homely philosophy of life that he liked to tell his friends.
 He was scrupulously honest and always saying he did not want to die and leave any debts behind, and just few days ago he went into the sheriff's office and paid his taxes saying he did not know when he might drop off and wanted to pay up.
 To a friend whom he had watched grow to manhood and who visited him Sunday. he ex- pressed his strong faith of eternal life in the world beyond.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
making on request.

their reward when she was gone. She waxed red-headed one day when 1 said that Doolittle wouldn't be so all-fired kind and nice if she hadn't a bundle. We argued about it. and dared her to tell the Doolittles that the bank in the East had failed, where she had her money. and that she was ruined. She took me up saying she'd do it. and the Doolittles would be kinder than ever. She went right over to their place and sprung the fairy tale, and a few minutes later she came out of the house on the jump, and her umbrellas and valises and things came out after her. and then l heard the door being locked after her.
 Walt Mason.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
BOSTON
January 8. 1915.
.her fine at present.

Weather fine at present. Some sickness in these parts. Mrs. D. L. Brown is improving nicely at this writing, and Will is up a good deal now.
 Alfred. Tom. and George Avery visited Leon and Ernest Moss Sunday.
 Ross Brown started to his school Sunday. We wish him success.
 Mrs. Worthean visited Mrs. Will Blanscet Sunday,
 Mrs. Green Morris is improv- iny nicely at present.
 D. E. Glover began moving Monday. Mir. Spruce will move in where Mir. Glover moves from.
 Miss Myrtle Hopkins visited Mrs. Hardcastle Sunday.
 As news is scarce we will close. Success to The Spectator and readers.
 Mutt and Jeff.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
ORCHARD PRUNING

Whether the orchard has a hundred acres or one acre or even a dozen trees, this is the month for pruning. Cut out the useless dead stock and let the sunlight in. Keep the lower limbs so the picking will be easy. If a farmer does not know how to prune his trees. he should find a neighbor who can teach him or he should change work with some one or hire the work done. But prune now. It wih help the tree and make the place look better.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
WATCH THE ROADS

January and February are hard months on country roads. Two-thirds of the really bad places could often be prevented by a few minutes work at the right time. Why wait for the officers to do these little jobs Ten minutes work would often stop a wash" down the center of a hill that later will cost fifty dollars to fix. Open mp the ditches and keep the water off the road. Drainage is the first law of roadmaking and dragging is the next great law. The EX- tension Division of the College of Agriculture at Fayetteville, will send free bulletins on road making on request.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
SUBMITS PROPO.
 SETON TO OPPONENTS

Hon. June P. Clayton. candi- date for prosecuting attorney, on Thursday mailed to Hon. Wm. Fletcher. of Charleston, and to Hon. David Partain, of Altus, each of whom is also a candi- date for the same office. propo- sition to submit their claims to the voters of Prairie, Hogan and White Oak townships in an elimination contest at a time to be agreed upon. the one receiv- ing the highest number of votes to be the candidate from Frank lin county, the other two to re- tire from the contest.
 MT. Clayton takes the propo- sition that with three candidates from Franklin county in the race it would likely mean the defeat of either of them for the office, and he thinks an election could be held at a convenient time in their respective home townships by the friends of the candidates, at little or no cost to either of them, and that it would be an honest way to decide the matter with edual fairness to all
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
SERVICES AT BAPTIST
 CHURCH

Elder Sellman of Texarkana, Ark, preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning and night, and will preach again Wednesday night. Everybody is most cordially invited.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04

Tobe Logan has installed a complete wood working outfit operated by a z h. p. Webber gasoline engine and will have it in operation in a few days.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04

An engine expert is here this week installing the new oil en- zine at the light plant.
The Spectator., 1916-01-04
ROMANCE OF RICHES

professor, You may be enter taining an angel unawares. I have just been reading story of an old man who took up his abode with some relatives. He was supposed to be poor, but he had money invested. The rela- tives were kind to him, and when he died they found he had bequeathed them a considerable fortune.
 That sounds like a story out of one of, the Sunday school books my mother used to make me read when had gone swim ming without any license" said the low -browed man. Nothing of the, kind ever happened in real life. The nice old uncles who eat you out of house and home always are as poor as they look. and then some. If my Uncle Hiram did leave me some money, it would turn out to be counterfeit.
 'I wish romatic times did happen in this world. but they don't. When l was young l read about a good little boy who saw a poor old widow trying to dig her garden, and making a poor stagger at it. for she had rheumatism in both feet. The good little boy told her to go and rest beneath her vine and fig tree and he would dig her gar den. She let him go ahead and thanked him warmly when he was done, and a few days later she died of blind staggers, :and the little boy proved :o be her heir. She left him enough to live on Easy street the rest of his life.
 The story made great inn pression upon me, and l began looking around for chance to help some afflicted widow. After a while found one. She was trying to saw stick of cordwood, and 1 went up and took the saw out of her hands. and told her to bask on downy beds of ease, while did the work. wrestled away with that bucksaw all day. and when 1 went home in the evening my hands were blistered, and my back had an ache nine miles long.
 ''I had such faith in the wind up to this adventure that l look ed for crepe on the widows door every time 1 passed her house. but she was a cheap sport, and had no notion of dying and leaving me her pro- perty. And then one evening l overheard her talking about me. She was telling a neighbor woman that there must be something wrong with my head. In all her long and varied exper- fence she had never seen such an easy mark; and then she ex- plained how l sawed about a cord of wood for her for nothing and she was giggling so she could hardly make herself under- stood.
 ''The perfdy of that miserable woman took a lot of sunshine and romance out of my life. I've never had any faith in poetic justice since.
 Two or three years ago a female cousin of old Dolittle's  came to live with him. It was well known that she had a lot of money in an Eastern bank. and you bet she was an honored guest there. Nothing was too rich for her. She had the best bedroom. and the best rocking chair, and Doolittle and his wife just hung around her all the time. anxious to anticipate her slightest wish.
 She was 4 nice old pirl and