The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-05-24
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55t mormon ~ With ives Z, md III
children. was fonnd "a 'rovo, Utah, All
recently, living = a hut III i one room. d, q.
q little hard On the rr,pn
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Kentucky has two counties ii which
there is not i single. church What
good people they must be there when
they can get along without 4 church,
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The population Of New Orleans has
increased 100, 600 in 10 years. II il now
$50, 600 just wait and see the census
returns for Minneapolis. New Orleans
will be nowhere. N ...
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a mathematician estimates that a
machine Of one-horse power would keep
q, O0O, 600 watches trimming. Mr..
Lowry's street car electric machinery
promises to keep all the watches III Min
neapolis from running. Which is the
worse?
.Prof. A. N. Klaer, q Norwegian
statlstlcian, has discovered and declared
that the marriage state increases the
death rate. among women and decreases
it among men. It cannot be that the
Professor is opposed to the marriage
state, It's to be hoped not, at least. +
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AT Meohanicsburg,I aPa., q woman
named Mosher spent the afternoon with
two female friends, and upon reaching
her home her voice was gone. For
three months she could not speak q loud
word. Her voice then sudd enly returned.
The unfortunate member was evidently
worked too hard.
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congressman Hall introduced q bill
to tax incomes. His alleged object is
to reach the bloated. bondholder, 1t
does not touch any income below $4,000
q year and the percentage is increased
as the income becomes greater 1t
Hall can reach this kind of Ash he ought
to have tar paper chrome anyway.
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president Henry Rice, of the United
Hebrew charities, says that $4,000 He
brews have come to this country an
nually for the last four or five years.
OF those $4,000 or $4,000 came from
Russia and only 600 or 700 from Ger
many He should have told how many
of them went into the pawnbrok1ng bu-
siness and failed.
tMr A. J. Drexel is shout to erect in
Philadelphia an industrial institute at
an expense of $500. 900, end wilt endow
it with $1,000,000, The building will
be a splendid affair, and will furnish
accommodations for two thousand to
twenty-five thousand pupils. This is a
good example indeed. Wonder if Jay
Gould will follow suit. ~
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Themrrdererer, Kemmler, has often
said that he ought to die, and that he
was willing to die by electricity. Such
Being the case, officers and unsolicited
friends ought not to meddle with the
venerable writ Of habeas corpus Ii
there were less money and more cleo
tricity in the case the lawyers would not
work SO hard and Kemmler would be !.
happy. %
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Sir Henry Parks, the political leader
of Australia, owns sixpence which was
the first money he ever earned. He
stepped ashore penniless and friendless
at Sydney halfa century ago., and got
the sixpence for holding horse in front
OF tavern while the owner went inside
to get drink No doubt he would
rather part with his entlre fortune than
that sixpence. It was lucky coin for
him.
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The sum of $55. 600 in gold coin was
sent from San Bernardino to San Fran
cisco by mail few days few days ago
as second. class matter at ! cent an ounce.
An insurance company took the risk on
the coin, and the bank saved $3.50 by
using the mall II this money had been
stolen there would have been q big
noise. To save $3.50 it was sent as
second class matter. Poor policy in
deed. y.
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Some people do not deserve. TO get
rich as will be seen from the following
clipping from an exchange: John /.
Blair is SO, and looks no more than 60.
He is rated to be worth from $40, OOO, 600
to 800. O0O, ! 600, according to an intel
igent Chicago reporter. who is also
authority for the statement that he will
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