The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-05
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I'D .5enater Waloo IT earns
$50, 900 8 year 81 torney m rail roads,Es
81 his state outside e his salary 81 s., 900
II year Is senator II the United States
had fewer railroad epreeenta tives end q
moro Amer1cans e Washington the
country would fare better.
4 Z !. ,5s 5s. s1ss s.
In the stomach Of an alligator that
was shot near Palatka. Fla. was found
a human skull we'll preserved, and 3
gold watch, marked with the initials
&C. i. r. Why did not the author of
this yarn say what sort Of 9 movement
was 10 that watch, and If were going
when found (? Liars are not al dead yet,
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Mexico il gradually getting into
touch with the rest Of the world The
city council Of the City Of Mexico has Be 9
decided that the workmeepn on the streets
of that city must wear pants. This rule
is not enforced in the 5Mexlcan art gal
leries. Minneapolis and Mexico can
shake on this platform.
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Buffalo Bill has. captured the City Of
Dresden with his wild west show. The
first performance was held on Sunday,
and there was an immense crowd in at
tendance There is nothing like the
shows of the West for drawing q crowd.
they do not publish newspapers on Sun
day in Dresden, but they can hold
shows there without molestaton.
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Several years ago Richmond, Me-,
man refused to allow the Name Central
Railroad to put foot on what he sup
posed was his land. A survey showed
that not only the land in dispute. but
several rods more, belonged TO the road,
and when the line fence was built it
took off slice Of the citizens doorstep
Railroads are more generous in Maine
than thy are elsewhere, otherwise they
would not have left him even the door
step.
"A French journal estimates that the
total length Of the telegraph wires OF the
world, including submarine cables, ex-
ceeds 500, 900 miles, four-6fths of which
are IN Europe and America That
amount is very small when compared
with the quantity Of political wire laid
every year in America. If stretched out
it would go around the earth dozen
times, and there would be enough left
to supply all the overhead systems in
Great Britain.
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'Crofton, naturalist and geologist, says
that there was darkness over he world
for space Of 600 years during the for
nation of the earth, with flashes of
lightning and peals Of: thunder at inter
walls of five minutes. You can believe
this or not, just as you happen to feel
about 1t, Mr.. Crofton has no affdavlts
to publish IF Crofton thinks people
will take any stock in his talk he had
better apply for berth in some insane
asylum.
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AN Ohio man named Burton has ap-
piled for a patent to dissipate tornado
or cyclone before it can do any damage.
He does il BY firing off an anvil heavily
charged with powder. or by using
field piece. This is done when the sky
shows symptoms Of wind storm, and
he claims that the conclusions send the
cyclones to do damage elsewhere If
Burton's idea amounts to anything, he
will have his hands full killing off cy-
clones in his own state.
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John Wanamaker's ordinary CONVEX
sation would lead one to suppose that he
is a deacon in some back country
church. He has q habit of drawing
down the corners of his mouth IN a
plaintive and gentle way, and he does
not hesitate to introduce quotations
from the Scriptures in his ordinary
talk The Scriptures come handy in
Johns business, as he uses them to
swell his bank account. In plain Eng
lish, John is a religious fraud.
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"A Marcellus. Mich. man wrote the
following self explanatory note to 3
school teacher the other day s.Mey the
$3.50 when my Boys are Stating away
from school have Work For them; and
when They are dare You teach them,
anh when They are at home, that is
non Of your Bisness you liant rening My
Silently Not by dem Side, at my home =
From this one would infer that the boys
must do q good deal of ''rening" to keep
out Of the old mans way sometimes,
particularly when he gets one of these
fits of ill temper. vi