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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

Rev. ]. P. OMahoney, President of
st. Viator College, and Rev. Hilary
Doswald, Prior of the Carmelite Order,
will be two of the speakers at the st.
Brigids day banquet of the Chicago
Ladies' Auxiliary at the Auditorium
Hotel.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

people who find the journey to fame
will be too long if they are to follow
the regular course up the side of Parn-
assus. So they try to attract attention
by jumping off into the sage-brush and
assuming ridiculous attitudes as they
pull the burrs off their hides.
These free-verse people, the vers--
librists, as they call themselves, lack.
technical skill, imagination, fancy
they have no part of the poets equip
ment. All they desire to do is to-
startle their readers, and they can
always do that. Their idea of making
poem is to say that the trees look
like jade elephants, or something Of
the sort.
"Who makes it possible for these
people to break into literature? It's.
the silly critics, l suppose, striving.
after novelty.
Critics are queer people. In the old
days, they were afraid of novelty,
they praised only work that was thor
oughly conventional. Now they have.
come to the opposite extreme, they
! want nothing but novelty.
Recently, was reading Cleveland'ss
book of criticism. There was man
who was typical critic of the old.
! school. He filled page after page with
praise of Robert Muir, Pollag, johann
ma Bailie, and great company Of
poets now forgotten. and he made no.
mention of either Keats or Shelley!
Yet his book was published 80 years.
after Keats and Shelley died.
cleveland mentioned Leigh Hunt
and he gave some selections from
Lord Byron, but with apologies. Z
would not defile my pages he wrote,
with the work of an author who lived
so wretched life, were not sensible
that if some of his verse were not here:
quoted, the reader would have re-
source to his complete works."
Critics Without Appreciation.
Take even so able a critic as JET
ferey-he was without appreciation
of the value of Keats work. He ap-
provingly italicised She stood in tears
among the alien corn and utterly
failed to see the beauty of the follow
ing lines about the magic easements
opening wide DER perilous seas in
faerie lands forlorn.'
well, the critics have gone to the
other extreme; they are crazy for
novelty now, and these 1magistes and
vers-librists who are praised so loudly
today will in few years be more
thoroughly forgotten than Pollak and
Johanna Bailie.
Zone reason" said Mr.. Daily, why
1 refuse to consider the old school of
American humor to be supremey i'm
portant is because those humorists
had no regard for poetry. Now, no
man who is not poet can be great
humorist The greatest poet of all
time is Shakespeare, and he is also
the greatest of humorists.
ut has been said that Milton was
without humor. Perhaps there is no
humor in Paradise Lost but there is
something closely akin to humor in
I'L'Allegro' and III Penseroso,' and I'd
rather have written those poems than
Paradise Lost
1.-THE great American poet who is
yet to come will understand the aims
and ambitions of all the people who
make up our country; he will UNDER
stand and sympathize. He will be a
kindly observer of humanity. He wilt
be a humorist.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

National Vice President Patrick F.
Cannon, who has rendered commend
able service for thirty-four years, has
been installed for the thirtieth time
an officer of Division of Clinton,
Mass.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

Patrick T. Moran, we'll known
throughout the country and President
of the District of Columbia Board, has
been unanimously reelected President
of the Washington Chamber of Com
merce.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

Owing to the war numerous process
sions to Lourdes have given way to
the individual pilgrim. Lourdes has
become a home for wounded soldiers,
for whom numerous hospitals have
been fitted up.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

Among the wonderful antiquities of
Egypt, long before Christ, is the Ser
apeumor temple of sacraphagi for
bulls. 1t is over 1000 feet in length.
Each sarcophagus consists of an enor-
nous block of polished granite,
each at least Is feet long, II feet high
and 8 feet wide and each weighing
about IS tons.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

Many Congressman have written
that they will support the bill for a
site in Arlington cemetery for monu-
ment to the nuns of the battlefield to
be erected by the Ladies' Auxiliary.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

The Jesuit astronomers of the Oh.
servatory of Zi-ko.wei. China, have
issued valuable Chinese calendar,
embodying full astronomical and me.
neurological information. 49,.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

Last Sunday the four divisions at
Columbus, Ohio, were consolidated
into one body. The first function
was the initiation of fifty new men,
bers.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

The vacancy among the judges of
the Rota has been filled by the ap.
pointment of the Holy Father, by
biglietto of the Secretariate of State,
by Msgr. Vicentini, promoter of JUS.
tice" of that sacred tribunal.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

The Little Sisters of the Poor are
doing efficacious work in Turkey. AL
so, in Spain, ireland, Algeria, British
India, the United States, Canada, Co
lumbia, Chile, Germany, France, Aus
traliasia, Tunis, Portugal, Malta, and
in other lands.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

With 1876 members in good stand
ing, Division of Clinton, Mass, re-
ports expenditures of $3,664.25 during
the past year, with total assets on
January / of $15,207.2O.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

There are two orders of colored Sis
ters in the United States: The OBJ
lates of Divine Providence, and The
Sisters of the Holy Family. They num-
Der about four hundred members.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

John d. Ryan has presented to the
Bishop of Helena, Mont, $4,000, to be
added to the endowment fund of Mt
st. Charles College of Helena.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

A home for the order and q COM
pany of Hibernian Knights are in pros
pect for South Omaha.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

Division IA of Yonkers, N. Y, be-
gan the year with an initiation and
many proposals for membership.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

In ireland there is one priest t.
every 900 Catholics; in England .one
to every 40.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05
Pat-The Lakes of Killarney, 81,

!: Pat-The Lakes OF Killarney, sir,
have no bottom. .,.
Tourist-How do you prove that?
!. Pat-Why, sir, Felix O'Garrahan
was reported drowned in there while
in swimming last year and about six
months after that his mother had a
letter from him from China asking
her to send him his clothes.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

America" has recently published
statistics which show that the Jesuit
colleges of the United States and Can
ada have a total enrolment, in their
collegiate and academic courses. Of
1873 To this must be added the
university enrolment of 5,7s3, which
makes a total of 21,666 students un-
der the educational care of the Fathers
OF the Society of Jesus.
Doubt having arisen in some locali
ties and dioceses as to the continu-
ance of the obligation Of reciting aft
er Mass the prayers prescribed by
Pope Leo XIII, the Sacred Congrega-
ton of Rites has decreed that these
prayers are still of obligation. His
Holiness Pope Benedict XIV, Novem-
Der "a. 1915, approved the decree and
ordered it to be carried out.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05

A movement is on foot to commem-
crate the golden jubilee in the priest
hood of Father Nicholas Staples, Car
melite, Superior of White Abbey, Kill
dare, Ireland, who during the course
of long and useful life has become
known throughout the length Of Ire
land and beyond the seas as great
priest, grand, religious and noble
patriot.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-02-05
HleERNIANs.

HlBERNIANs.
Governor Stanley has accepted an
invitation to speak at the St. Pat
rick's day banquet at Cincinnati.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20
Preachers Sons Who Made
Good.

There is an old saying that the
children of clergymen are worse
than those of other men-perhaps
becaus they are more closel ly watch
ed and more expected of them
but the facts do not bear out this
assertion as shown in the following
from the Christian Herald:
When minister's son or daugh-
ter goes wrong, the chronic critics
and the uncharita BILE in spirit point
to them and say, "Why do preach.
ers children turn out badly" Moth
ing could be further from the truth
than such notion. Ministers
children turn ont we'll, better than
any others in the community. There
are exceptions, but this is the rule.
This fact has been recently men
toned in a sermon by Rev. Robert
Hugh Morris, preached in the Gen.
tral North Broad Street Presby-
terlan church of Philadelphia.
Among other things Dr.. Morris
said:
"Of the fifty names in the Ma
tional Hall of Fame, twenty are
from ministers homes: Roger
Williams, Jonathan Edwards, Will
liam Ellry Charming, Emerson,
Holmes, Henry Clay, Agassiz,
Bancroft, Beecher, Stowe, Lowell
and Philips Brookes, being fifty
times more than proportion prop
er if other families measured up to
the standard. Of our twenty sew
en- presidents three we're ministers
sons. Arther, Cleveland and Will
son. The wives of five we're min
isters' daughters: Mrs. John Ad-
ans, Mrs. Millard Fillmore, Mrs.
Franklin Pierce, Mrs. Ben jamin
Harrison, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
r = IL
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Mrs. O. j. Davis and two little
daughters returned home Tuesday
night from a two weeks visit to
relatives and friends in Pontotoc
and Tupelo.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20
A National Potash Hunt.

According to Farm and Fireside,
the national farm paper published
in Springfield, Ohio, the United
States Geological Survey is now
engaged in explorations of the pen.
handle of Texas for deposits of
potash salts. The studies in this
region made by Prof. Udder of
Texas seem to farrant the expend-
iture of public money in the search.
There is some interesting devel-
opment in the potash situation.
"a commercial company is max
ing a small amount daily from
mineral called alunite in Utah.
There is not enough alunite known
to exist to furnish our supply how
ever. The great Searles Lake brine
reservoir is in litigation between
two companies, one Of which
claims exclusive title to it; but
SeArles Lake, though larger, also
falls short of a possible supply.
Many chemists, some of them
backed by capital, are working to
get potash from the common stone
known as feldspar, but the pro-
cesses do not seem to work com
meroially. There is plenty of pot
ash in the giant kelps of the Pa.
cifc Ocean-a huge seaweed-but
its recovery presents at least two
problems yet unsolved. One of
these problems is the harvesting of
the kelp and the other is the dry
ing of it. Imagine the problem Of
drying millions of tons of cabbage
or rape to get something solid out
of the plant and one has not yet
quite imagined the kelp problem,
for kelp is wetter than cabbage or
rape. Add to the situation the
fact that as soon as the war is over
the Germans will be in the field
with the Strassfurt salts, which
they have probably never sold as
cheapy as they could it they had
to and one realizes that man will
think twice before putting his
money into any new rocess or
plan Of getting potash from Amer
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Mrs. j. B. Tucker, of jackson,
and Mr. and Mrs. j. E. Bowman,
of Memphis, attended the funerol
of their relative, Mr.. John Kenne-
dy, in our city Sunday.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Judge j. g. McGowen left Mon.
day morning to hold a term of
Chancery Court in Sardis and
fernando.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

ican sources. But if in the pen
handle or elsewhere concentrated
deposits are found which resem-
BILE those of Germany the case will
be different. The problem, in
short, will be solved. Therefore,
good luck to the explorers of the
geological survey"
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Mrs. M. F. Reeves, of Drew, is
in the city to be at the bedside of
her n-law, Mr.. Fl. A. Lee, who
is critically i'll.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Misses Maibelle Humphreys, of
Canton, and Annie Lee Mitchell,
of Tie Plant, have been the guests
of Mrs. CASTOR Mitchell for the
past several days.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Miss Addie Farrell, one of the
popular salesladies with Davis
Brothers, is spending her vacation
at her home in Grenada.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Miss Octa Kendall, of Oxford,
spent several days of the week in
our city the guest of her friends,
Misses Mabel and Ruth Fulmer,
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Mr.and Mrs. Lewis Rodenb ba ugh
and children, Miss Mary Cath
crime and Master Walter Lewis,
are up from Tutwiler for visit to
her mother, Mrs. M. E. Woods.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Miss Rosa Berry returned home
last Wednesday after a several days
visit to Durant where she has been
attending a house party
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-07-20

Miss Willie Baker returned to
Memphis Sunday afternoon after
a two weeks visit to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Baker, in our
city.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-20
cUMNllNs TO REsloN IN
FAVOR OF laFolLETE

The progressive republicans,
among them Senator Gronna and
Representatives Hclgesen. Nor
ton and Young will attend meet :
ing to be held next Saturday and
appeal to progressive republicans
Of the country to get busy and
work for the selection of pro-
gressive republicans of the coun-
try to get busy and work for the
selection Of progressive republic
cans as delegates to the Chicago
convention.
1t is probable also that there
will be an agreement for divi :
sion of the country among the
progressive republican candidates
for president.
At the meeting last Saturday
night at Washington, D. c., Sena-
tor CumminS said he would keep
out of North Dakota if La Toilette
permitted the use of his name
there. because it was believed the
Wisconsin mans strength there
was greater than his. 1t is ex-
pected working agreement will
be perfected which will secure the
election of the largest possible re
presentation d progressive re-
publican delegates to the Chicago
convention.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-20

lars. This shows that the general
prosperity Of Richland county as
a whole is beginning to show it
self in an outspoken manner. \
general survey of the banks here
show that deposits subject 20
check and time deposits are stead
lily rising in amount Of moneys
deposited and that the short time
notes are rapidly being paid off.
Never before has business been
better than during the last month
just passed. and indications point
to- another banner year, that We
just coming into. Prospects all
over the state are looming up in
gigantic indications, and although
Wahpeton and Richland County
are not boasting of themselves,
nevertheless. the place can't be
found in this state, or any other
state where prosperity stands out
more forcibly.
Many things point to a success
full year, in 1916. and the fact that
Wahpeton is going to get new
railroad this year. and the bank
deposits have increase two humid
red thousand dollars. What can
the investor or homeseeker want
than to invest i'm Richland county
prosperity.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-20
CORN PROBLEM SOLVED FOR
NORTHWEST FARMERS

Every thinking farmer in the
Northwest today appreciates the
value of corn as a rotation CROP.
Some even claim that if they did
! not get one cent Of their corn crop
they would be repaid the following
year in greatly increased wheat
yield. However. this may be, it
is necessary to lose the corn crop
no matter how bad the year.
thanks to the sill,
The past year demonstrated the
value of silo> to the Northwest
farmers more clearly than ever.
Corn was late-the summer cold
and the frost came early. The
result was a great deal of soft,
immature corn that couldn't be
sold at any price. 1t couldn't be
.cribbed. There was only one way
In which it could be used satisfact
orily and that was in the silo.
This condition did not exist i'm
the Northwest alone. Iowa and
Illinois, states that chiefly depend
almost entirely on corn. were ev-
en- hit harder. The man with a
>ilo was the lucky man. He could
make this soft corn into good sill
age. He knew that corn in the silo
is worth dollar for dollar as much
as the corn in the crib. So why
should he worry?
And now that winter has come
and snow is on the ground. he
still does not have to worry. He
can go out to his barn knowing
that he has plenty of feed under
cover where he can handle it east
ly. He doesn't have to spend his
days chopping out frozen corn
shocks and hauling them to the
stock. His cattle do not have to
wander around his corn fields in a
half starved. half frozen condi-
ton. The silo is helping him
with his winter work as we'll as
making the corn crop profitable.
There is just one moral to this
story. Raise corn and plenty Of
it. 1t will help build up your
farm. Have a silo and make
your corn crop pay you hand
some profit.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-20
WHERE the SHAMROCK
USED TO oR0lM

We do not want anyone tn
think we are violating our neu-
trality in publishing the following
little poem. 1t was sent to us in
typewriter form. We do not know
who the author is and if you don't
want to read it you don't have to.
Ii you read it you can laugh or
swear to suit yourself: we're neu-
trail, We don't care:
The kaiser's cows are grazing
Where the Shamrock used TO grow
How long they'll pasture on the
ground
There is no one seems to know.
But if we judge the future
BY what's happened don't Won
know
There'll be no grass
For Pats Jack ASS.
Where the Shamrock used 10
grow,
Oh Johnny Bull. Oh Johnny Bull.
What are you going to do;
You said that you could whip tha
Dutch
And now it's up to you.
But unless you get a hustle On
There is one thing you should
know,
They'll be raising plants for sau.
erkraut
Where the Shomrock used to grow
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-20
PITCHING IN BASEBALL.
Lack Of Control Will Render UssIss,
All Other Ability.

Lack Of Control Will Render Useless
All Other Ability.
I'm my ten years connection with
the American league as umpire have
seen the fact proved again and again
that control is absolutely necessary to
win success" writes Billy Evans in St,
Nicholas.
THE more enc studies the different
features Of the art Of pitching the
more clearly does he see the value that
control plays in the success Of the
pitcher.
If the pitcher knows the weakness
of the batter and intends giving him a
fast ball on the inside and then DELHI.
erately pitches to the opposite side his
knowledge Of the batter is Of NO use to
him. Lack Of control has rendered his
knowledge useless.
If he knows the shortstop IL to GOV.
er and then pitches ball to the batter
that makes it easy for him to hit
through the position vacated by the
shortstop he nu!liies. the strength Of
his infield. Lack Of control is again
the cause.
If the catcher signals for waste
ball in order to be in better position
to throw out a runner trying to steal
and instead he gets the bah wight over
the plate he is handicapping the
catcher. Lack Of control is again the
cause.
"After all, most Of the finer points
If pitching are based on ability to con.
troll the ball"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-20
Stonej,enoa.

No sooner had we set foot on the
first swell Of plain than became
aware Of what looked like herd of
elephants. half a mile ahead. They
did not move, and slowly it dawned
upon me that this was Stonehenge. 4
few minutes later. seated within the
circles Of those enormous stones, I was
asking myself the cd questions tha,
80 many travellers have asked. For
worship. at least. these rude masses
were erected: that seems fairly certain.
And to commemorate battle. if one
may judge from the barrows that
crown the neighboring hillocks Reli
si"a and Wharf.-The two powers that
have charmed and ruled and tortured
the world. So mysterious is the Whole
Of life. alike moral and physical. that
the haunting wonder of Stonehense
was neither increased ror lesseped by
what then saw.-Scribner's
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-20
THE CURIOUS BANANA TREE,
A Plant That Will Practically Grow.
While You Wait.

A Plant That Will Practically crev.
While You Wait.
II good sized. healthy banana tree
is cut OF few feet above the ground
during the wet season the tree will not
die. but nine times out Of ten will send
up new shoot from the center of. the
trunk and will grow fast enough to
make up for lost time. for within forty.
eight hours it will rear waving green
leaves triumphantly above the severed
trunk.
The secret lies in the fact that the
trunk Of the banana tree Is not hard
and woody like other trees. but is real
~ composed Of undeveloped leaves
wrapped tightly together in spiral
form. When the tree grows these
rolled up leaves push upward and
merely unroll Thus no time is lost in
forming buds and growing leaves as do
ordinary trees. When the trunk is cut
off 1t doesn't interfere with the growth
Of the leaves. because they are always
pushing up from the center Of the
stalk. If you will roll sheet of paper
tightly and push against one end you
will see exactly how the leaves are
pushed up from the trunk Of the ba.
mana tree. and If you cut the roll IN
two you will find that it doesn't pre-
vent you from pushing out the center
Of the roll as before.
Although the banana tree repairs an
injury so rapidly and well. the shoot
formed from the cut stalk seldom bears
fruit or flowers. As these shoots are
taller and stronger than the original
trees. however. they are much better
adapted to Withstand wind and storms,
and the natives frequently cut the ba.
mana trees in order to force them to
produce the strong. fruitless growth
and to serve as windbreaks for other
crops.-A. Hyatt verrill in st. Nicholas.