The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-02-15
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Nearly ninety mem bers Of the present
Congress were ID the Confederate army
in stations ranging from private soldier
to major general They are all colonels
now, but their commissions have not yet
been received.
Poet Stedman says that the grippe ia
result Of vapors through which our
planet is passing on it's way around it's
orbit. Those vapors made slow pro-
gress on their way through Minneapolis.
Perhaps they left town over the motor
line.
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Four cities have commended before con-
gress for the Columbus fair in 1892.
They are Chicago. st. Louis, Washing
ton and New York. The. premium
ought to be put up at auction and given
to the highes. bidder. tt is q good
chance for the government to make
some money out Of the deal, aud the
honor should go to the city having the
most enterprise. 81
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They say that Postmaster General
Wanamaker keeps q scrap book, in
which he pastes for future reference all
the uncomplimentary things that are
SAID about him by the newspapers. II
suct is the case Wanamaker will have a
large scrap book in 1892. He is the
genuine type of Yankee ,hypocrite who
would if it we're to his interests, run
saloon and Sunday school in the same
building.
A contemporary says; "Ice men, like
the coal men and heavy overcoat men.
have been shrouded in gloom because of
the cold weather. Whence will the Ice
come for next summer? Well, why do
they not learn the method of making
artificial ice? It has been brought to
such PERFECTION now that the manufac-
tured article is cleaner and solder than
the natural one.' Don't fret, sister,
you will have enough cold weather be-
fore the Ides of March yet.
The late Thomas Parker, of Washing
ton. became 80 attached to cane which
he had carried for years that he kept it
in bed with him all during his illness,
and before dying expressed wish that
the favorite stick be buried with him.
His wish was carried out. the cane being
out in the coffin. When boy his
father had probably chast1sed him with
a cane aud he carried it to remind him
of his fathers good advice.
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Although the Yellowstone park is full
Of springs and streams they cootain no
fish. This is explained by the album
dance of lava, which obiiterated life
when it was forced out, and has since
kept the fishes out by the fact that the
lava has produced waterfall in every
stream. Many traveller who bas VS.
tied the National Part has been heard
to remark IN answer to what he saw
there. II was sucker. or 1 never
would have gone so far to see SO little. I"
tt strikes the writer that sucker" is q
species of fish which one does net meet
every day. :
s'The hydrocarbon process of treating
iron 80 that 1t will not corrode is said TO
cost less than one half of that OF GAL
van'zing. while the durability. under
similar conditions, is considerably ex-
tended.'' the Peoples Political Reform
club should cut out this and frame it,
Perhaps they can draw as much mean
ing from it as from their declarations Of
principles with Sam Johnson's name
attached. Sans idea of pure admin
istration is worth prominent place in
the dime museum.
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A Pacific coast paper has this item:
"a school teacher at Kootenay. B. c.,
recently saw personal in an Eastern
paper soliciting correspondence, etc.
He took Aver and received in return q
check for $3.50 to come to Minneapolis
aud get bride The day of the mar
riage he will also get bank book cover
ing deposit of $4,000 subject to his
order" Minneapolis is a great city
when man IN British Columbia can
draw ON some ones credit for so much
money.
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The Sydney Herald reports that dur
ing severe storm at Louth, South
Australia, chunks of ice as large as
cricket balls fell in the streets. The
court house. Royal hotel, Telegraph
hotel aud all buildings covered with iron