The Irish standard., 1890-01-11
RANDOM REF LOTIONS.
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RANDOM RRFLEOTIONs.
Francois Bonneau, Frenchman. died
in New Bedford, Mass. few days ago.
at the reputed age Of los years 9
months. He survived both of his wives.
The correspondent who furnished the
newspapers with this brief history OF
Francois Bonneau, failed to say word
about the mothers-in-law. Perhaps it IS
better unsaid,
Miss Hattie Blaine, the secretary's
youngest daughter, who is to make her
debut in Washington society this win
ter, is described as the beauty OF the
family. It must cost Secretary of State
Blaine small income to pay society
reporters for all such puffs about his
daughters. This is one way of reducing
the surplus in the United States trea-
curry.
WATERS in Washington hotels have
adopted new method of obtaining tips.
They place before helpless guests cups
bearing the legend Remember Me-"
It will not be necessary for Police
Commissioner Gjertsen to adopt this
means with the leading Republicans of
Hennepin county next elections to recall
the valuable services he rendered the
party during his term of Office.
"
OF the hundreds of birds killed this
year by flying against the Liberty statue,
in New York harbor, 60 per cent, it IL
said, belonged to one species the Mary
land yellow-throats 1t would pay Min
neapolis to send some of her cutthroats
to New York If they would fare as the
birds did at Liberty statue. Costly and
unnecessary Investigations into NUM-
cipal affairs would be unheard of and
New York would have to bury the dead.
made his confession 70 an English
officer that he had committed 700 MUIR
ders, but plaintively said: 'An, sir, if
T had not been a prisoner twelve years
the number would have reached thou
sand" The officer would have done
himself proud had he turned to statistics
and informed the thug how many MUIR
ders the English Government committed
in Ireland since 1916.
Speaking of Boulanger's proposed
trip to the United States an exchange
says that il he succeeds no better in the
United States as lecturer than he did
in France as a tssavior Of society" he
will not have statue voted to him by
posterity. That will certainly be the
case if he remains in New York. If he
wants monument erected to his name
let him 80 to Chicago. They have
derricks there capable of raising such a
monument as the ex-general deserves.
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An exchange says that the New York
Herald's correspondence from eighteen
states in all parts Of the nation shows
that "ballot reform" IS marching on''
The system known as ''Australian' has
been adopted with more or less modifca-
ton in Massachusetts, which led off in
May, 1888, Connecticut year later,
Minnesota and Rhode Island. Yes, 1t
is a good thing as far as it goes, but
what is the man to do who caunot either
read or write. He must then vote with
his mouth open, so to speak. So mote
it be. .....
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Osman Digma, the dervish general in
the Soudan, who has been reported
killed seven or eight times, seems tg be
ready now to pounce down upon upper
Egypt. The English government how =
ever will continue to send men money
and arms to that country to be eaten up
and carried away by Osman Dlgma and
his tribes, as long as there is penny in
the treasury. Better withdraw the
army and distribute the money among
the poor in London who are starving in
the streets.
The latest electric device is for detect
ing fires. When the temperature of
room reaches a dangerous point the
composition in the little button starts
the bell to ringing and indicates the
number Of the room in the office. The
alarm is kept up until the temperature
of the room is reduced to below the
danger point. No married man who is
afraid of his wife should be without this
device. It would call in the neighbore
whenever his wife made the house toe
hot for him.