The Irish standard., 1891-11-14

The above is part OF 9 beautiful street
ballad at present sung in the streets Of
Irish towns. Il is however q plagiarism
and is taken from the old time ballad.
part Of which is as follows:
but oh, alas how can singh
''Tis an exile breathes the strain,
That dear old land of our early love
We may never see again;
"'The very joys that all our hearts
Must ever turn to woe
For that dea, old land, that great old Land,
Where the lovely rivers how.'"
Munchausen has turned up in Penn
sylvania, where he says that CAT re-
GENTLY killed large copperhead snake
in fair fight, and was not bitten by the
reptile. If the cat would only get after
the real copperheads, the Democrats
would have things there just as they
want them.
The largest stud farm in America is
near Greeley. Oolo., and is owned by
syndicate of rich western men. It is
stocked with 1890 Percheron horses
and is run with a capitol Of $500, 600.
The farm embraces five ranches with an
area Of $500 acres. Yes, and doughnuts
to shoe strings that that farm pays better
than bank-faro banks excepted.
Ooupt Straganotf, Russian yachts
! man, does not mean to be crowded on
his new boat, the Zaira, which has
tonnage Of LOOP, making her the largest
private steamer afoat. She was built
on the Clyde and will be manned by
Russian sailors. What's the matter
with the count being one of the sailors?
Russian counts do not count for much
| outside Russia.
| Frank e. McGurrin, Of Salt Lake
City, who has q typewriting record o.
124A words, exclusive Of errors and from
dictaton, per minute, claims to be the
fastest operator in the world. But, with
the average employer he would stand 20
chance Of getting JOB against a pretty
girl operator who could only reel off her
ninety words per minute. Yes, good
looks go good way toward making life
easy.
| While dredging the Taber River re-
Gently to prepare for the construction of
the new embankment an ancient bronze
helmet was found in perfect state of
preservation and decorated in has relief
of various forms. According to Italian
Archaeological Signor Rossi, it belongs to
the second century before Christ. Signor
Rossl may be right but there are a
number of people who will scarcely
credit all he says.
Mayor Stuart, of Philadelphia. has re-
fused TO allow the Pan-American emblem
to fly from the CITY hall flag staff during
the convention OF chat body there. He
claimed that it was reserved exclusively
for the stars and stripes. That is 8
pretty rule for all American municipal
Iities to stick to. When men like Stewart
talk that way, we are not surprised to
know that this world is made up Of some
very small people. &
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l ~ IN oh Hols in
Garrett. died few years ago near Tai
ladega, at the supposed age Of 1877 years.
She was born in Virginia, and until
within few days Of her death retained
vivid recolleotions Of the British army
which invaded the Old Dominion during
the Revolutionary war. She never
married. She was q slave before the
! war. What a pity she did not write q
book before she died! I. .as
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In excavatlng the Case Grande ruins
in Eastern Arizona with view to repair
ing the walls, Messrs. Stoufer and White
find the cement foundations as hard as
when they we're laid, which was, perhaps,
1000 years ago. The mystery is how the
builders, with the materials to be found
in the desert, were able to make q cement
as hard as the celebrated Portland.
Such traces Of advanced civilization are
found from time to time, and the dis
coverers are puzzled to account for them.
There is 9 present disposition toward
what is called common law marriage,
II the maiden moved 70 natrimony will
take . hasty glance az BIackstone's Com
mentaries she will discover that under
the common law the husband had q right
to whip his wife, provided the stick used
I'm gellatlon was not larger than a ~ l,i,
little finger. Il That would be " attlheri
Uncommon las with sone Anerllocslannss'.,
land just Ia line Mt but 81 s,an