The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-05-31
+. RANDOM RsFLEOTI0Ns.

George Bancroft, who was secretary
Of the navy for a year and half during
the administration of President Polk,
is the oldest ex-cabinet officer, both IN
age and date of service, now living
The old gentleman should have The best
the country can afford as long as he lives
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"A clergyman at Annville, Pa, recently
took $40 bill from his pocket and
threw it in the fire, under the impression
that it was slip of paper containing
list of hymns There was weeping and
gnashinp of teeth In that minister's
household when the result became
known.
Henry M. Stanley is a believer in the
policy of colonlzing the upper Congo
valley of Africa with colored immigrants
from the United States What is the.
matter with colonizing the upper Congo
with American bank presidents and
cashiers who are now sojourning in
Canada?
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erhere were found in the Golfers Of
Henry II. after his decease. 100000,
beside plate, jewels and other valuables;
an immense treasure in those days. No
wonder that the taxpaylng community
in England were poor in those days.
When old Queen Vic dies some valuables
will be found in her stocking.
, "A lad of seventeen years died lately
at Pomona, Cal. from the excessive use
of tobacco, He was known to have
smoked in one day sixty cigarettes and
two, or three Mexican cigars. The doc
tors say he died of narcotic poison
The wonder is that he lived to smoke so
many. They were better quality than
the average boy uses in Minneapolis.
The most of the southern newspapers
stick pertinaciously to the theory Of the
levee system, Notwithstanding the scenes
along the broken levees of the lower
Mississippi river If they would stick to
the colored people as we'll as they do to
the theory of the levee system, there
would be fewer race troubles in the
oo,sth than thora arn
x*x ".
IAN electric typewriter is being con-
which will write letters IN New
York as they are transmitted from Bos-
ton, and vice versa, the communications
being transmitted simultaneously over
four separate wires It is to be hoped
the East will soon get something that
will enable 1t to keep pace with the
West.
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Jay Gould's daily income has been
estimated recently at $7,446, Cornelius
Vanderbilt's at $15, 249, John D. Rookie
feller's at $18.7l5. and William Waldorf
Astor's at 500, $685. Notwithstanding
all these immense incomes. if poor
man wanted S. TO pay his taxes or buy
groceries, he would rather ask some one
of reported less wealth, as he would be
more sure of getting it.
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California has eolored woman, Aunt
Pegg1e Barnes. who claims to be 1876
years old. Possibly auntie don't know
how old she really is. and might on in
veatigation find she is really older It
is to be hoped that she will live to see
the Worlds Fair, and that the manage
ment will have her there. She will
draw as big crowd almost as the Edison
exhibit.
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'Astown councilman at Horitz. In Bo-
hem1a, has been sent to jail for two
months because he refused to rise while
the mayor read resolutions on the death
of the crown prince. Evidently that
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alderman thought more Of himself than
he did of the mayor or the deceased
prince. There are some aldermen in
the Minneapolis city council who think
they are bigger men than Mayor Babb.
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u is estimated 1.-THE war department
that # any foreign power should tackle
this country i would be confronted By
the enormous totsl Of {, 0oO, 900 fighting
men. Of course It would take some
time to put that host il the field II
the policy Of the present governme so
far as approx riat1ons D are conce rned,
should 81 q BE- slowed Il the oalling ont ot