The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-08
RANDOM REFLEOTIONs.

RANDOM REFLEOTIONs.
Queen Victoria still cljngs to the
black dress which is the symbol of her
widowhood. Indeed, black was always
her favorite even when she was Young
and unmarried. it being an expressed
opinion that she 'tlooked best in black
Black always costs less than fancy dress
goods and here is where it pleases the.
queen most.
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Said woman Of the world, as she
watched party of men smoking. and
drinking: elf a man has any delicacy
or taste in his composition he will man
ifest it by the way in which he handles
his cigar and his glass Of wine. I have
never known this to fall" She was evil
IDENTIFY Judge and must have been adj
dicted to the liquor and weed-sympa-
thy for her. Ill.,.
Xxx
The Itata has paid Uncle Sam $500
for violation of the navigation laws.
The question of the violation of the
neutrality laws still remains to be ad-
Indicated, but it is believed that the
saucy little CHILEAN will not suffer ma
teriallY at the hands of the United
States. This is not right. The Itata
ought to have been fined so that her
crew would never attempt the like again.
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When Edison gets his kinetograph
inso good working order it will not be
necessary to go out to the lakes for
change of scene in the summer. All
the addition needed will be pneumatic
arrangement to blow in little of the
fresh air off the waters as the other ap~
paratus shows up the panorama of things
there, If Edison lived for 1000 years
what comforts he would bring to the
lazy ones.
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In discussing the new theory of the
suns heat before the Boston Scientific
Society George Smith showed why the
fat man should suffer more than the
lean one As gravity depends upon the
mass of body, and as heat is, accord.
ing to Mr.. Smi' his theory, in one sense
gravity, it follows that the larger body
is the hotter. Hence the fat mans dis
comfort. MIR. Smith might not have
gone to 80 much trouble; the conclusion
is evident.
A Chicago man claims to have in
vented generator by which he will be
able to compete with the natural gas Of
Pennsylvania on it's own ground. Re-
membering the great promises and
small performances of Mr.. Pennington,
of air ship fame, the outside public is no
longer swallowing gaseous Chicago
schemes with it's old time avidity. When
Chicago cannot bring forward fake
once a week, business is dull.
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lie Baron Russell Briggs, the new
Dean of Harvard University, is known
to the outside public as writer Of farces
and comed;ettas which have been pub
lished in the magazines. He is a man
of about thirty-fve and his appointment
to the important Office of Dean is an
additional indication of the University's
new policy of putting young men into
positions of responsibility. That is
right. If the young men are not en-
couraged great deal cannot be expect
ed from them.
Mademba, king of Segon, Africa, who
was elevated to his present position by
Colonel Archinard, was formerly in the
French telegraph service service in A.
r1ca. Mademba is native of the coun-
try over which he at present rules, but
was formerly controller of telegraphs at
Senegal. Before accepting his regal
state he made it a condition that his
name should be inscribed on the list of
telegraph servitors, and that his situa-
ton as king should be considered sub
servient to that of his original employ
ment. This man had some sense. Hon
ors did not make MIN forget that he was
mortal.
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It is believed in Philadelphia that the
only one of the original continental
flags in existence in the possession of the
City Troop of that city. The old flag is
spread between two large pieces Of plate
glass which keep the air from it. The
probabilities are that were it removed
from this case it would fall to pieces
In design it is somewhat similar to the
English jack. The design was made by
a committee, of which Benjamin Frank
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