The Irish standard., 1886-05-08
FA i | y AND FANCY

Ills lOSS Ocl ylu4s
Upon the people of the British lands
Wisely relying.
They tell us that the man is old and grey;
So ere the mountains
Whose baldheads glisren with the silver spray
OF crystal fountains.
Dark clouds about the mountain top may swim
While peaIs the thunder:
But there it stands,a great and ga,int and grim
Eternal wonder.
The Peoples William knows his people we'll
Yea, somewhat better
Than they can know themselves; so, tru,htotell,
He's not their debtor.
His domination fears no facticn's fight
Or coalition,
But hews it's way with steady axe inspite
OF opposition.
Though old in battles, on his sheathless brand
No stain Of rust is:
With good old words be sways an ancieDtland-
Freedom and Justice!
New York World.
The ate hour movement will always
be popular.
If you want to keep from spending
your money give it to your wife.
She'll spond it.
Powderly's name stands higher IN
the newspapers, but Gould's is the big
ger at the bottom of q check.
Cesar says that all Gall is divided
into three parts. Caesar should have be-
come acquainted with the modern book
agent.
The debt OF Mexico is so great that
all the Mexican government does now is
to estimate it, and the figures range all
the way from $l44, 900, 900 to 1896, ,0Oo,-
900.
An astonishing fish story comes from
the tropics to wit, that ship winch
had a. hole knocked in her was saved
from sinking by 1t large fish that came
alongside and WAS sucked into the aper-
ture bY the rush of water and stuck
there.
An eminent singing master, an italian,
who WAS celebrated tenor, once said:
Throughout the vocal profession, from
the highest to the lowest, you will al
WAYS find this-the baritone and the
bass may be men OF talent the tenor is
invariably an idiot"
'Do not intercept me, nor delay me
moment" said gentleman to friend,
s:for I am in al awful hurry "Whats
the matter?' replied his friend. "Oh,
nothing, only / have just bought my
wife new bonnet and T. want to get
home before the style changes. Carl
Pretzel's National Weekly.
A mad dog scare was created a few
days ago by small boy who daubed
soap lather about the mouth Of his ter
r1er and chased the animal through o
mach -frequentea street i'll New York,
crying "Mad dog" the while. He con-
fessed the trick to save his dog from a
police officers revolver.
In Scotland recently q woman went to
register the birth of her child and had
to answer the usual questions. To the
one, "Were you present at the birth?''
the astonished woman answered: I'm
the mother Of the bairn." t'But that is
not an answer to my question:" replied
The registrar. "Were you present at the
birth?0
The model husband has been found
at Reading, Pa, and his name is Reb-
stock. He sent his wife to Europe and
kept her in luxury until she ran away
with another man. Then he arranged
with her for divorce that she might
marry her new love, and, in bidding her
goodbye, told her when she wanted
true friend to let him know.
While female baseball club clad in
jerseys, knee breeches, colored stock
ings, and red caps were playing ball in
New Orleans on Sunday, q young man
darted out of the crowd. and seizing one
OF the young women by the back of the
neck started to rush her off the field.
fsPolice,'' shouted the manager, starrest
that man, s.Not much,' said the
young man; ssthis girl is my sister, and
I'm going to take her home.' and he did
A Cincinnati dog that answers to the
name of Jumbo, yet is only four years
old, has become quite hero. A little
girl was knocked down by the horses Of
passing street car, and an instant
later would have been crushed to death
by the wheels had not Jumbo, who saw
the accident from his masters doorway,
sprung forward, seized the child's dress
and dragged her from the rail The dog
belongs to colored whitewasher, who
declines to part with him.
The idea Of q parade of working girls
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