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Tensas gazette., 1917-12-07

some miles from the town. They had
an orchestra-trOmbone, accordion
fiddle and organ. They played selec.
tions from most of the Italian operas
and then Rockefeller suggested q
dance. Not such another dance was
ever held in the eternal hills of Colo.
RADIO. Rockefeller is some dancer. too
He danced with the miners wives and
daughters, and before they knew 1t he
was the one normal person there. They
forgot he was the son of John d. Rock.
efeller, after while, and had the
time Of their lives.
Again he fired us all back to town.
Come up in the morning." he said.
He was alone that night again with his
men-his partners, as he called them.
We came back in the morning. He
had explored the mines with his men.
He had inquired about the school IA
cilities, how they would like to have
bandstand. provision for small gar
dens, Y. NJ. c. A. and a lot of things
like that.
We found him. as down beyond Trim
idad, standing on the high bluff, look
ing out over the foothills, wrapped In
the flooded gold of the sunrise.
I'D like to live here a part Of the
year." he said.
And so from mine camp to mine
camp. always insisting that he 60 alone
to see his partners.
The Big Meeting Called.
At one mine camp he went alone to
the homes Of the miners to talk with
the wives and the children. He was
so affable, so mild-mannered, so ap-
parently sincere, that the haif-billion-
dollar business soon was lost sight of
and they felt somehow-these human
beings with only wretched chance at
the best but with a soul and love Of
life like his-they found a friend
They were coming together from the
widely separated poles, like flash of
lightning.
After weeks spent in living their
lives, the big meeting was called at
Pueblo. 1t was attended by delegates
from all the mines. The delegates
were selected by the men themselves,
In secret meeting and by secret ballot.
No company influence was exerted.
He laid before them his industrial
scheme. since adopted by all the min
ing towns in the district and officially
approved by the Colorado Industrial
commission.
The thing was going along smoothly
when a delegate from up Fremont way
arose and said that the boys back In
the mine were skeptical. Some had
told him the man who came to them
was an impostOr, that they didn't think
1t was Rockefeller at all. for a Rookie
feller wouldn't have dared to come
there.
Rockefeller's face broke into a
smile.
WELL" he said pleasantly, "You
think l am the man l represent myself
to be, don't you? You remind me of
the story Of the man who entered
passenger coach and sat down on an
other mans hat. He quickly got up
and said to the owner of the crushed
hat: I think sat down on your hat
You think you didT the other yelled
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white satin next the face for thoe,
who find the Chinese collar unbecom
ing.
One Of the best bits Of strategy OF
the part Of the designer Of this frocI
appears in the narrow, fiat sash, mad,
Of the satin. that is placed at the nor
NAL waistline. 1t encircles the wais
and Is crossed in the back with tn,
ends brought round to the front an,
lOoped over. They reach below th,
knees and are finished with long sill
tassels. The chances are that occa
sional snap fasteners about the waist
line hold them in place always. Their,
is a plain underskirt Of lining face,
up with satin.
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Useful as a Snake.

Little Peter is good boy as well as
a boy of great originality in his no
tions, but he has the serious fault Of
being extremely forgetful. One day
after having gone on an errand. and
forgotten what he was sent for. he ex-
claimed bitterly to his sister:
"Oh. dear. l wish 1 was a snake y
"You wish you were a snake!" said
his sister Mortified.
"Yes, and great long one-as much
as six feet long,"
"Why, what for, Peter"
$50 1 could tie knots In myself to
make me remember hings."-Pearson
Weekly.
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Ancient Mirrors.

The mirrors Of antiquity were prin.
cipally Of bronze, highly polished and
about the size of an ordinary hand
mirror. They were usually provided
with a handle and sometimes were
mounted on stand. The principal
feature Of these ancient mirrors was
the design incised on the back. They
belong to the period about 400 to 500
B. c. During the middle ages. from
the twelfth to the end of the fifteenth
century. picket mirrors or small hand
mirrors carried at the girdle were con-
sidered q necessary part Of a lady'a
toilet.
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Disciplinary Garden.

The city of Somerville, Mass. has
established a disciplinary garden.
Those compelled to work this garden
are youths who have been caught tres
passing in, or in some way injuring. a
garden or park. In referring to this
novel arrangement the Youths Com
panion says: "The idea has grown out
Of a practice of the Somerville police
court which compels young evildOers
to make some sort Of restitution to
hose whom they have injured"
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Black Satin 10 Back.

simultaneously with the acceptance
of black satin as quite in the
mode In dress circles comes its en-
trance into the needlework world. 1t
is not a new material for embroidery
purposes, but 1t has been some time
since black satin pillows graced ones
couch. Now, however, the black satin
Is treated slightly different. The aim
Of using this material seems to imi-
tate in Western way those gorgeous
embroideries Of the East which deco
ratOrs have taken to their hearts for
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Thouqht All "Steps" Cruel

Nell's mother had been telling her
the story of Cinderella, and the little
girl was deeply impressed with the
cruelty Of the wicked stepmother. A
day or two later. while playing with
several other children, she heard Bob
by's mother reprimand him severely
for some misdemeanor. Rushing home
she excitedly explained to her mother
what had occurred and inquired
breathlessly: 'Is Bobby's mother
step?" .-r
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Childish Deductions.

Mary and her little brother, Billie,
were standing in the parlor of a big
hotel. Much awed at their luxurious
surroundings, they were gazing about,
when Billie's glance fell on a picture
Of Marie Antolnette. Edging up to
Mary, he whispered. "Who's that
lady" To which Mary replied In a
confidential tone: '"Why, she's the
one that owns the furniture"
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Etiquette.

There is an ancient saying that zone
should never speak of rope to a man
whose father was hanged and there
is great deal implied in those few
words. In effect, is meant that subjects
of conversation should be carefully in
troduced where persons present are
not known to certain extent; that is,
that nothing untoward has happened,
publicly. at least. that would make
any unusual subject apply too openly
to anyone especially.
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Great Burma Rice Crop.

Burma Is the worlds largest pro-
ducer of rice and, though less than q
tenth Of the crop is exported, even
then her exports constitute more than
half the rice which comes into inter-
national trade. The Burma rice crop
averages twenty-eight million tons a
year, and upwards Of two and one-half
million tons are exported.
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interior furnishings. Thus one ca,
find already stamped for embroiderin,
runners, cushion covers, even a lunch
con cloth, and sectional headres
for cane-back or wicker chair. Tn,
patterns are worked out with fla
stitches in Chinese and Oriental ef
feet with cOlOred silks and thread
of tinsel.
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be perfectly fair. about it. But II sure
was to be "spurlos versenkt" for John
D., Jr.
An old philosopher said that while
distance lends enchantment to the
view it also begets u dimness fatal to
our purpose.
Hand to. hand, elbow to elbow, soul
to soul. right up close where men can't
camOuflage-well,i 1t was . violent dis
illusionment!
make bold now to assert, mindful
of inherent prejudices, that this Is the
man:
Take all his money from him, set
him down on the top of the mountain
or In the midst of the interminable
desert and he would be all there
Just man, the rightest of the right
est merely as man-tO-man stuff goes.
He'd do his part-without q whimper.
He'd be the last man to give up.
He went up against sure-enough
proposition in Colorado. He won over
to him--as a man-hundreds of una
fraid men in the mountains who Judge
fellow humans by stern standard
nerve They might hate the power of
his money, probably still do In way,
but. they liked this human being.
That's the ncid test In the high hills
and on the desert. He went through
unscathed.
There wasn't man among us after
two weeks who wasn't ready to agree /:
well, what do you know about
that? He's humanw
At the hearing by the federal trades
commission in New York, after he had
surprised the members with his ap-
parent grasp of industrial and sociolog-
ical problems, Mother Jones. angel Of
the miners everywhere, laid her hand
on his shoulder and asked him TO come
to Colorado.
II believe In your sincerity" she
said, substantially. II believe you
mean to do what is right, but you don't
know. Come and see for yourself.
John" .,.
He, said simply:
'I'r come"
Some one asked him If he didn't
fear such trip.
He said: "No."
Common Everyday Man.
He would not permit u detective or
policeman to accompany him. He wore
the kind of clothes he wears in New
York-fabrics of ordinary texture.
probably costing about $40 a suit. He
wore an ordinary overcoat that prob
ably didn't cost as much. He wore an
ordinary, fedora hat and ordinary
heavy shoes. He wasn't half as snowy
as the newspaper men who were with
him. not at his invitation but unbe-
known to him until they burst In on
the landscape and discovered him
calm. pleasant and lnafraid.
We went into Fremont county one
day. The miners had been in an ugly
mood. Rockefeller couldn't be diStin-
gtsished, by them. from the others. for
they had never seen a Rockefeller. He
inquired for one of the miners. This
fellow had the reputation of being a
bad actor. Rockefeller found him at
the mine mouth. They chatted few
minutes and then stepped on the cage
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-07

A rather mediocre literary person
once advised all young and mediocre
reporters-one of whom l am, both
young and mediOcre-tO pick the big
gest subject In the world If he would
get away with Ii. He mentioned two
subjects as the biggest" and
the Bible. He put the Bible first.
Both subjects, somehow, fit into the
story Of John d. Rockefeller, Jr., but
of the two subjects the Bible end, or
the man himself, is the one worth
bothering about. Fortunes change.
Character usually Is fixed.
To write about a million dollars is
easy. To write about a hundred mil
lion dollars Is easier. To write about,
say. O half billion dollars-the approx
innate size of the Rockefeller potts
easiest. But to write about the man,
entirely disassOciated from his money
that Is a horse of another color but,
withal, not unpleasant. if one happens
to know his man.
Believing every wallOp ever aimed
at the ROckefellers, and 1t was con-
genial believing, l hurried Off to hob
mob with the very rich mans very rich
son, gloating In my soul ut the oppor-
tunity to break another lance on his
supposedly sOulless hide-and. also, to
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ROCKEFELLER, R.,
WINS HEARTS OF
COLORADOMINERS
Proves to Men and Families That
He Is Human and Interested
in Them.
firm AND KNOWS NO FEAR
How Son Of Americas Money Mag.
nate Brought to an End One of
Country's Greatest La
Dor Wars.
BY CHARLES N. WHEELER.

Mr.. Wheeler is reporter on the Chi
eago Tribune staff and was sent to Colo
ado to report Mr.. Rockefeller. Jr.'s. visit
during the coal miners strike. He gives
an interesting impression of the worlds
richest mans son and only made heir
Editor.
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Turnback Cuffs,

Turnback cuffs are smart finish Z
the sleeves Of some of the tailore
coat suits of cloth or velours.
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sheriG's Sale Under Judgment and

Sherfff's Sale Under Judgment and
Decree.
State of Minnesota, County of Henne-
District Court, Fourth Judicial District.
Mitchell and John w. Mitchell, De-
Notice is hereby given that under and
by virtue Of judgment and Decree
entered in the above entitled action on
the 18th day Of March. 1917, a certified
directing the sale of the premises here's
matter described to satisfy the amount
found and adjudged due said plaintiff
in the above entitled action from said
defendant. ], the undersigned, Sheriff
of Hennepin County. will sell at public
on Monday, the 18th day 'u Of May, i 1877,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the
Sherff's main office in the District
Court House in the City of. Minneapolis,
in the said county and state, the prem
ises and real estate described in said
Judgment and Decree, to-wit:
and state Of d Ge
follows, to-wit: Lots One (1) and Two
ca in Block Twenty-six (26), in jack
son, Daniels and Whitneys Addition to
Minneapolis e,a ace9rdng to the plat
office Of the Register of Deeds, in and
Dated April Z, 1917.
OTTO S. LANGUM,
Sheriff of Hennepin- County,
By JOHN p M WRff,
NEIL. M. CRoNIN,
April 14-21-2S. May 5-12-19.
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RoscoM MON.
TilIaqe Obligations.

A grazing ranch at Curry near Ros-
common, which has been the subject
of prolonged agitation, was recently
offered in conacre for tillage, but the
bulk of the local farmers stated that
they did not desire to assist the land
lord in meeting his tillage obligations.
Two tenants, however, took several
acres, and had commenced ploughing
them. During the night the ploughed
soil was turned over to nearly it's
original state, and the plough, etc.,
had disappeared, and have not since
been traced.
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AnaIicans Become Catholics.

The last week of March Mrs. Rosa
Mary Mather and her sister, Mrs. Mon.
lea Elizabeth Lister, with four chill
dren of the latter, made their pro-
fession of faith and entered the true
fold, being baptized at St. James
church, Redondo Beach, by the pastor,
the Rev. Nicholas Conneally. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson, who were recently re-
ceived into the Catholic church in Los
Angeles, acted as sponsors, After bap-
tizing them, Father Conneally congrat-
ulated them and stated that he had
never instructed convert who had
shown such a thorough understanding
of Catholic teaching as they had. The
newly baptized belong to an old Eng.
lish family. Their father is pastor of
one of the largest Episcopal churches
in London.
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LoUTH.
Castle Judge Condemned.

Castle Judge Condemned.
A calumny on County Louth and cal
culated to engender dangerous feel
ings among the people, was the way
in which the Dundalk Urban District
Council characterized the observations
of Justice Ross on the state of the
county at the recent Assizes. Mr.. C.
j. M'Gahon, B. A., said such provoca-
tive language would not have been
used at Belfast. Assizes by Justice
Ross when Sir E. Carson was training
his army and hurting defiance at the
British Government. The Irish judges
are creatures of Dublin Castle and it
is part of their duties to besmirch the
Irish people.
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The Call of the Nation.

In the Catholic churches all over
Manhattan and The Bronx the clergy
men from their pulpits last Sunday
urged their hearers to sign the dec.
laration to the President which is be-
Ing circulated by the mayors commit.
tee on national defense. In st. Pat.
rick cathedral, Monsignor Mooney
urged those who attended each ser.
vice to sign. The Cathedral had 49,
900 blanks and the enrolment was
large. In the Church of the Resur-
rection, on 151st street, Father Muir
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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP.
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION,
ETC, REQUIRED BY THE
nro rnN~nu,SS

AUGUST "a, 1912.
of The Irish Standard, Published Each
Week mt Minneapolis, Mimi, for
April 1. 1917. State of Minne-
sofa, County of Hennepin.
Before me, Notary Public in and
for the state and county aforesaid, per-
having been duly sworn according to
Editor Of The Irish Standard and that
agd Belief true eest
of the ownership, management (and if
a daily paper, the circulatioD, etc; Of
shown in the above caption, required
by the Act Of August "a, 1919, embodied
in Section .44S, Postal Laws and Regu-
lations, printed on the reverse of this
L. That the names and addresses of
the, publisher editor, managing editor
Mlnneapolis, MINI. editor i; N:
Reichel; managing editor, r. M. Reichel;
business manager, none.
2. That the owners are: (Give names
and addresses of individual owners, or.
names a1d Of stoekhoders
q the total amount s # stoek5: ]. 2:
Ryan, Minneapolis, Minnesota; r. M.
Reichel, Minneapolis, Minnesota
g.. That the. known bondholders,
owning or holding i per cent Of total
s securities areMiff there s" are none, SO
state.
a. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names Of the owners
any, contain not only the list of stock
holders and security holders as they
appear upon the books of the company
er or security holders appear upon the
books of the company as trustee or in
any other fiduciary relation, the name
of the person or corporation for whom
statements embracing atlantis full
knowledge and belief as to the circum-
stances and conditions under which
stockholders and security holders who
do not appear upon the books Of the
securities in a capacity other than that
/ Of bona fide owner; and this affiant
has no reason to believe that any other
person association, or corporation has
said stock bonds, or. other securities
than as so stated by him.
5. That the average number OF cop
les of each issue. Of this publication
or otherwise, to paid subscribers dur
ing the six months preceding the date
shown is (this information is required
from daily publications 9nlX 1}}15z,
ness manager or owner.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 31st day Of March, 1917.
MATTHIAS BALDWIN,
Notary Public,
Hennepin County, Mimi.
MY commission expires July Fl. 1917.
(SeaD
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QUEENS.
Laborers to Organize.

Inc Queens County Executive Of
the Irish Land and Labor Association,
Mr.. James Delany, Cappanellan House,
presiding, demand a minimum wage
OF Ills per week as a temporary ar
rangement pending the fixing Of a
minimum wage by the Government.
They also decided to establish the
Association on trades union principles,
and Mr.. Thomas Breen, Ballacolla,
was appointed Secretary at a salary,
to devote his whole time to the work
OF organizing the Association through
out the county.
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SherifI's Sale Under Judgment and
Decree.
State of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin,-.ss. District Court, Fourth Ju-
dicial District
Olive B. Hays,
Plaintiff,
Laura T. Mitchell and John w. Mitchell

Laura 7. Mitchell and John w. Mitchell,
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of a Judgment and De-
cree entered in the above entitled ac-
ton on the 9th day of March, 1917.
a certified copy of which has been de-
llVered to me directing the sale of the
premises hereinafter described to satis-
fy the amount found and adjudged due
said plaintiff in the above entitled ac-
ton from said defendant, I, the under
signed, Sheriff of Hennepin County,
Will sell at public auction, to the high
18th day of May, 1917, at 10 O'clock
IN the forenoon. at the Sheriff's main
office in the District Court House in
the City of Minneapolis, in the said
County and State the premises and real
estate described in said Judgment and
Decree to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying
and being in the County of Hennepin
follows, to-Wit: Lots One Cd and Two
(2) in Block Twenty-six (26) in Jack
son, Daniels and Whitney's Addition to
Minneapolis, according to the plat
thereof on file and of record in the
office of the Register of Deeds in and
for said County.
Dated April 3, 1917.
OTTO S. LANGUM.
Sheriff of Hennepin County, MINI,
BY JOHN P. WALL
NEIL NJ CRONIN,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
April 7-14-21-2S-May SIP.
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Priests Will Probated.

Rev. James O'Beirne, of the Par
ochial House, Killeigh, who died on
June 4 last, left personal estate val
ued at G1,630. Probate of his will,
dated June "a, 1911, has been granted
to Miss Marie O'Beirne, and Mr. John
Gore. The testator left G25 to the
Prior of the Dominican Fathers, Dom
nick Street; G13 to the Prior of
Mount Melleray; 812 to the Prior of
the Celisan Fathers, Turin, in each
case, for the celebration of Masses;
and the residue of his estate to his
cousin, Marie O'Beirne.
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WATERFORD.
Death Of Sister WheIan.

0eatn 90 S1steF Wne1ah.
The death has occurred at the age
of seventy-two, at the Mercy Convent
Dungarvan, of Mother August Whelan,
for fifty years member of the Com
munity. She belonged to Whitehaven,
and, with her two sisters, one of whom
is Sister Francis, matron Dungarvan
Workhouse, was convert to Catho-
licity. She was relative of the pres
ent Lord Abbot of Melleray.
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Death Of Father Lynch.

The death occurred, in his sixty
ninth year, in a Dublin hospital, of
Rev. John Lynch, o. S. A., SIS. Angus
tine and Johns, Thomas Street, Dub
lin. He was an active member of the
Order in Ireland, and was a native of
Callan. In the seventies he was Prior
of the Augustinian House, New Ross,
and afterwards ministered in Drog-
heda, Callan, Galway and Dungarvan.
He was successful preacher and an
able theologian.
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CORK.
Court Martial Trial.

Court Martial Trial.
A Cork court martial Investigated
charges against Patrick Fleming,
Athy, of, as alleged, Offering money
to two members of the Royal Field
Artillery, in Bandon for the purpose of
getting them to procure arms and am
munition from the military stores
there, and of, as further alleged, hav-
ing seditious documents and some
rounds of ammunition in his posses
sion. A lady friend of accused swore
that she had heard of plot to secure
his arrest. The decision will be made
known later.
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GALWAY.
UncoIIectabIe Rates.

Owing to the difficulty experienced
by the collector in collecting poor
rates which have accrued on laborers'
cottages within the township, the
Loughrea Rural Council have recon-
mended to the Galway County Coun-
Gil to strike off these rates, which
amount almost to $40, as being I'M
cOllectable. Mr.. T. Corbett, Collector,
stated If he had to pay the money out
of his own pocket it would mean that
he had given his services for nothing
for the past year.
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Irish Mission to China.

Most Rev. DR.. MacRory presided at
a lecture by Rev. E. j. Calvin, in con-
nection with the Maynooth Mission to
China, in st. Mary's Hall, Belfast.
Ireland, said his Lordship, had sent
out many missionaries in the past, but
a more glorious work was never I'M
dertaken.
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Policeman Shot.

The men arrested at Ennistymon
for alleged shooting at Constable
Johns, have been discharged by DR..
O'Dwyer, j. P. The constable re-
ceived three pellets in the head just
after he had left duty at the railway
station, and remains under medical
treatment.
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LIMERICK.
Good Work for Poor.

0V00 WIN TV1 TVVTs
Most Rev. DR.. O'Dwyer, Bishop of
Limerick, presided at the quarterly
meeting of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society, whose annual report showed
that 1913 families, consisting of 1862
persons, had been relieved, and 1929
visits paid. The total value of relief
distributed in money, coal, and house
hold supplies showed an increase of
so per cent over that of the previous
year, and the number of blankets was
40 per cent higher than the previous
year.