The Irish standard., 1890-02-22
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the world 8 fair Is around th1 waist
This was not made g laugh 'at but g
look at and then pass On. 3.5s
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Boston is still loyal. a Boston man
has discovered = method for making
whisky from beans. Z This is q pointer
for the people Of two Dakotas which may
work well until fanatic ism is choked ofR.
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"A Hndsondale (Penn. man has worn
the same hat for twenty three years. and
he says that it has come into style nine
teen times. He must have the song
.'where did you get that hat" committed
to memory by this time.
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IA bank at Los Angeles paid divi-
dend Of 16 per cent. last year. That
was nothing remarkable. Banks In
Minneapolis have paid better dividends
than that since 1880. but they were sand
banks.
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Hutchinson, Kau., shipped 163. 900
barrels Of salt last year. Kansas is now
producing salt at % cents per barrel, and
there is profit IN it at that fignre."
this la why dudes cannot live in Kansas.
Their freshness is sailed at AN early age.
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"rhe Massachusetts supreme court
has ruled that man who 10 injured ia
railroad accident, while riding on pass,
cannot recover damages" Where is che
Interstate Commerce law now wnen peo-
pie are riding on passes in Massach1~
sets?
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The statistics of wild beasts for 1888
show that they 90 not grow any ]ess
deadly. Twenty-Five thousand niue
hundred and seventy persons were killed
in 1883, an increase of 600. This num-
Der may be increased when the returns
are all in from North Dakota on the
lottery bill.
ssAfrica is not the private property OF
England That government, with char
acteristic push and bodness, is endeavor-
ing to lay she foundations for great
empire in Africa as it did in ASIA It
makes but little difference to Eogland
whether Africa is private property or
not providing there is any money there.
Il is characteristic Of England to gobble
up everything in sight.
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The pension department at Washing
ton has upon it's rolls the names Of q
widows of revolutionary soldiers who
have been regularly paid pensions up to
the present time. Three of them are 81
years of age aud two OF them &C. The
youngest is II, The department. should
not kick on the wild ,ws. They are grow
ing old aud will not live to sign many
more vouchers.
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The opinions of nine of the largest
mill owners in this country are uniform
in stating that the flest grades of A ur
ARE made by the nse Of millstones in
preference to rollers. When Minne-
fapolis millers are quoted as saying this,
then the wheat growers of the North
west will take some stock in 1t. Pray,
where are the largest fl ,ur mill owners.
If they are not in Minneapolis? Regis
ter break No. /.
1.-The preacher who dropped into an
Office in Alpena, Mich, the other day
where four Of rhe biggest guns in town
were playing poker for money may not
have known what he was abouu, but then
again ! he may. Anyhow he q .shed
paper for some benev H.
enoe before the blushing PLAYERS and
quicket'n you could say Jack Robinson
took pledges for over $780," The minis
ter opened the jack pot. SO to speak.
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SIN the estimates for expenses at the
J
to pay for the portrait in oil of Grover
Cleveland. This is the first time auch
an appropriation has ever been asked of
congress- This may appear strange
but Grover Cleveland is such a tue
sample Of American thrfs aud happiness
that the country at large would rather
see congress- appropriate the necessary
expense them ask Mr.. Cleveland to foot
the bill himself.
'sMlss Ella Green is the prettiest
drummer on the road. She is travelling
for ST.. Louis paint house that employs
eighteen travellers and receives the high
eat salary Of any of them. She has saved
money enough to buy hotel at Topeka,
Kan" A Woman Who can tolerate paint
TO this extent ought to succeed Il is
customary with women who paint to fud
fault with thosdp of their kind in proper