The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-01-24
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RANDOM II fLE o1'IoHs!
Davitt, the noted IrishHan. is not
ashamed If his mother, though she was
beg9ar. How many cltiyens Of Re-
publican America would speak as frank
" as he did, in meeting at Manchester?
Said he: II am of humble and obscure
origin, the son Of an Irish peasant who
was refused the shelter of an Irish work.
house, the son Of an Irish nfsther who
had to beg through the streets OF Lon
don for bread for me-
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Mr.. George Harlan and Mrs. Kate
Woodson were married recently in Dyer
county, Tenn. The bridegroom is hale
and hearty man of one hundred and seven
years, and the bride was blushing under
the weight of eightythree summers.
The groom served in the Mexican waT
and the great rebellion. Mrs. Woodson
ia his fifth wife. Tho last one he mar
riad in his one hundreth year. The
groom is the fourth husband OF the
bride.
II is reported of Dion Bouclcault thas
$40, 600, 600 have been spent in the last
twenty. Ave years by the public to see
his plays; that single play, The Col
leen Bawn," brought him 81 600 600.
and another, 1.-The Shaughraun.' $780,
600. and that thirty five dramas out OF
! his total IF over four hundred ran for at
least one hundred and fifty nights each
at their first production and have been
each played over five thousand times all
! together,
Americans who remember the Louis
Kossuth OF forty years ago--handsomes
romantic, eloquent, impassioned-can
not easily imagine him worn and feeble
veteran of 80, earning in exile scanty
income by his pen. Though fortune,
friendships, and patriotic hopes are long
ou.lived. he still keeps his sensitive hon
esty, and lately refused al offer from his
publishers to advance 8, 1000 forms IN an
t,cipation of future articles on the ground
that he might not live to fulfill his con-
tract.
The civil list annually voted by Parlia~
ment to the Queen amounts to &385, OOO.
The annual allowances to other members
of the Royal family amounts to 9l58,-
COO. AS compared with other great
| monarchies, that of England is the least
costly of all. La Germany the Royal
Family costs annually over 96C0, 000f
the Imperial family of Russia receives
| net annual income of e2,000.000; the
civil list of the Emperor of Austria
amounts annually to $3.50, 600, and that
of the KING of italy to $3.50, 900.
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! Some very interesting facts OF crime
are revealed by a Scotch sheriff. He
| knew of one woman who. between the
years OF 1914 and 1865, was committee
to prison l67 times for being drunk, and
| when drunk her invariable practice was
to smash windows A man when drunk
stole nothing but Bibles and was trans
ported for his seventh theft. Another
man stole nothing but spades, woman
stole nothing but shoes; another stole
nothing but shawls; but the queerest
| thief was one who stole tubs, and was
sent to penal scrvltude for his seventh
tub.
Lord Rottchild and Lord Randolpfs
Churchill are among the patrons of the
Robin society, an English organizations
which has two objeots--to give Christ
mas treats to poor children, and to send
the little ones into the country in the
summer. Last year it gave Christmas
breakfast to 5000 London children, and
THIS year it largely Increased this num-
Der. A. Christmas card is placed under
each child's plate. The breakfast Con-
sists of large buttered roll, good
sized currant roll, and not coffee. The
buttered roll is consumed on the prem
Uses, but the currant one ls taken away
to be enjoyed subsequently.
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| A millionaire's sensations are described
as follows in an interview with George
NJ. Pallmap:-''Now that you mention
it, believe that am no better Off
certainly no happier--than I was when [
didn't have dollar to ray name and had
to work from daylight until dark, I
wore a good suit of clothing then, and /
can only wear one suit now. l relished
three meals a day then great deal more
than do three meals day now. had
fewer cares. slept better, and may
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