The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-08-31
RANDOM REFLEUIIONS.

RANDOM REFLEUIIONs.
The Catholic churches Of this country
number 7,4A as against e,829 one year
ago, and there are 1896 clergy as against
I, 596 in 1880.
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J American ingenuity shows no signs
of tagging; $4,000 first patent certif-
Gates were issued in this country during
the last twelve months.
| 1t cost Morrison county, Mimi, So ,0D0
to convict, hang and bury Bulow, This
county is in luck. They could afford to
hang murderer there every week al
that price.
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It is said chat the Pope has named
Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop RYan, of
Philadelphia, and Archbishop Corrigan
of New York standing commission to
adjudicate all ecclesiastical disputes in
this country.
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England is said to have under con-
s1deration a proposition prohibiting the
immigration of pauper labor into the
kingdom. The governme nt is probably
going to starve the paupers there to
death and turn the land into hunting
domains for the rich.
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The Prince of Wales has farm of
1900 acres at Sandringham. He is now
ont there experimenting the having
and harvesting. He occasionally takes
ride around ON the mower or reaper.
If he had to pay rent to an Irish land
lord he would be obliged to work more
and superintend less.
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The people of the United States use
nearly 1900, 900 postage stamps an
nua!ly, nearly enough to put two girdles
around the earth at the equator. They
pay nearly $4,000, 600 for them. The
largest sales are made at the New York
postoffice, Chicago being the second
largest consumer of stamps.
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The London Times is endeavoring to
instruct James 6. Blaine ON the rights
that England has in the Behr1ng SEAS
and how the seizure of the Black Dia-
mond must have been made by mistake,
etc. James G.. knows England too we'll
and the Times much better. Needless
to say he did not charge the Times any
thing for its advice.
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The Salisbury ministry says that it il
investigating the tarBpering with Presi-
dent Harrison's letter to Mayor Sexton
of Dublin. 1t can be safely predicted
that the result of this investigation will
be a declaration that the letter was
never opened by British officials. Mayor
Sexton says it was, though, and the ma
joritY of people believe him.
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AAC low plOAlO1VluS U4C 01l0 VI Vlk1l~
cites to boys under 16 years of age,
which has just gone into effect in Con-
necticut. has led certain dealers to get
machines with drop-a-nickel-in-th
slot arrangem emit, whereby person can
drop penny and receive cigarette.
The machines are placed outside of the
door where the dealer cannot see who
buys. That law would not hold water
in Minnesota very long.
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An exchangesays that not withstand:
ing all the urgent invitations held out
to her to enter the Canadian Dominion.
Newfoundland declares her preference
for staying out as she is at present, and
it must be admitted that she gives some
very good reasons for her choice. She
points to the fact, for instance, that.
whereas taxation in the Dominion ex~
ceeds $50 per capita, her rate does not
reach $40, and as there is no argument
that appeals more forcibly to the ave
rage man than the one that touches his
pocket, the Observation-Disclosures ask why
they should, simply for the sake Of be-
coming portion Of the Canadian fede
ration, subject themselves to a tax Ave
times as large as what they are at pre-.
sent paying. Newfoundland is indeed
very wise. It evidently does not care
to assume any OF Canada's liabilities
which are now over $500, OOO, COO.