The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-04-26
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A thief is sometimes called 9 chrome -,
but that is mistake. He is nothlng
more or less than steel lsteaD engrav;-
ing.
The table upon which Oliver Crom-
we'll signed the death warrant OF Charles
I. was sold recently to 9 London anti
quarry for $40. Such . relic as this
ought to be consigned to the flames.
Cromwelps memories are anything but
pleasant.
IMPRISONMENT for debt will soon be
abolished in Now York. The extortlons
and frauds practiced in Ludlow street
Jail have settled this. Imprisonment Tor
debt is large sized relic OF barbarlsm,
and should be abolished st once in New
York state.
Prof. George B. R. Cockburn, for 70
years principal Of Upper Canada Col
lege. and leading educator OF that
country, has forsaken the school room
and has been elected to the Dominion
parliament. Politics take precedence IN
almost everything. They sometimes IN
terfere with church socials.
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The Gear of Russia has ordered that
all clothes made for himself and family
shall be of Russian material and made
by Russian hands HIS wife is much
ANNOYED at this decree. Her majesty's
best dresses have always come direct
from Paris. This is a good move on the
Cars part. Patronize home industry
all the time.
An Englishman has bought the con-
tents of the royal castle OF Nuremberg,
containing the most complete collection
of instruments of torture extant. These
instruments were probably purchased at
The instigation Of Lord Salisbury and
Bloody Balfour to be used on the Irish
people during the remaining days OF CO.
ercion law in that country.
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The canning business is considerable
If an American industry. In Baltimore
alone 100, 900, 900 tin cans are made every
year, filled with fruits, heats and oys-
ters. and sent to all parts of the world.
A chrome for the man who can name
how many OF these cans are daily hltcned
to unoffending dogs tails by the mis-
chieyous urchins of Baltimore.
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The Supreme Court of California has
decided that colored children cannot be
excluded from the public schools of the
state on account of their color. That is
right. Some of these public school
cranks, if not sat upon very soon, Will
soon have these schools turned into re-
ligious revival halls These schools are
for the public, and not for few.
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According to the Department OF Agr1-
culture there are more than IA. 1000
horses in this country, and nearly 49,
600, 900 COWS. There was a large in
crease in the number of domestic ami
mails of all kinds last year. There ought
TO be some more of these IN the North
west than there are. The farmers OF
Minnesota and Dakota must do more
stock raising if they want to be prepared
for poor crop seasons. $685..
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A we'll dressed. comedy, and apparently
we'll educated woman, walked into 8
DOCTORS office at Bridgeport, Conn.,, and
wanted to sell her body after death for
dissection for 800. She wanted the
money to meet some family difficulty.
IF such thing occurred II Minnesota
eastern papers would have several long
editorials on poverty in the West. Such
case as this speaks very poorly for the
people of Bridgeport.
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The will of the Indiana man who left
S35, 900 to found home for old maids
has been declared invalid by the court.
the testator having been of unsound
mind. A very sound decision, indeed.
Old maidism should not be encouraged
in this way, and to compel bachelors to
do their duty an annual assessment
ought to be levied on them by. the state,
and the fund thus created be set aside
for helping newly married couples to
start life with.
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Labouchere breads the advent of that
absurd American religious caricature,
''the boy preacher into England. The
pen picture which the clever editor of
Truth furnishes of this modern evapge-
lical humbug is q delicious bit of itera-
ture. Labouchere should not feel too