The Irish standard., 1889-12-21

New er was heard 80 protracted curse!
But what gives rise
To no little surprise,
Nobody seems one penny the worse
.London Truth !"
A Japanese nun is q novelty in a
Catholic convent. However. a young
Japanese lady belonging to high
family will soon take the veil to enter q
Bavarian nunnerY.
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A clerk in one of the departments in
Washington. has discovered that ''sol-
a,ers in the late war were killed in their
first, third and fifth battles more than in
any other" After soldier is killed il
three battles he ought to have ex-
perlence enough to escape death in al
the subsequent engagements. .
The secret Of good talking is to have
something to say, say it we'll. cut it short
and be ready to listen. The best talker
who will not listen is bore aud a
nuisance, and so the verdict is given
against him every time. To know how
to be silent IN many languages is great
accom- plishment possessed by few.
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The crop Of hickory nuts is unusually
large and we must look for a had
winter. The moss is growing high on
the north side of the trees, and this fore.
bades hard winter. The corn shuck
is quite thick. and this is another sign Of
a hard winter. The goose bone looks
like young leopard, and that means a
hard winter. Our weather predictions
are always wrong. and that means a
warm winter. Now pay your money
and take your, choice.
A man in business without an adver~
tisement in the newspaper is like grave
W1lHONb d oOAO~oaoA01 7" 0oon 06OA'.
without a tongue. Neither one is
known, neither one does much. all are
passed by. Advertising 1s preaching
the gospel of business to those who bnY
or ought to buy. Every business man
NAV have little trade, but unless he
advart,ses the great body Of traders will
pass by the other side, and the fate Of
the bankrupt may come upon him.
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Let honesty be as the breath of thy
soul, and never forget to have penny,
when all thy expenses are enumerated
and paid; then shall thou reach the
point of happiness, and Independence
shall be thy shield and buchler, thy
helmet aud crown; then shall thy soul
walk upright, nor stoop to the silken
wretch because he hath riches, nor
pocket the abuse because the hand
which offers it wears ring set with
diamonds.
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Mary had lit le brute, as fat as it
could waddle, and everywhere that
Mary'd scoot, that little pup would
toddle. It ragged her down the street
one day. close up behind her buggy;
oh how it loved to run away th1s naughty
little PIGGY. Twas always doing some.
thing wrong, when Mary turned her
back, and all the time he seemed to long
to walk the railroad track. One day,
while Mary was at church, this frisky
little scamp, thought he would leave her
in the lurch, and 20 and play the tramp.
So down upon the ties he trots, the one
the poor tramps use, till worn out on
the track he squats and drops into q
snooze. He, fast asleep did not ob-
serve-ah, sad indeed the story-the
the fast express came round the curve
the pup went up to glory. There came
along butcher man, who once had
loved that pup; and with brush and
big dust pan he swept that poor dog up.
Next Wednesday Mary got him back, he
did not look the same; he would not
come when she called Jack, Bologna
was his name.