The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
RANDOM REL CTIONs.

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AT the recent maneuvres Of the Trench
army in Champagne the Service de
3ante employed portable hospital in
vented by M. Espitallier, a commandanf
Of engineers. The barraok in question
16 meters inside, and could
receive twenty beds. When the French
army get weary Of lighting they can re,
tire to bed provided there are enough
portable hospitals in sight.
Malcolm W. Ford, champion anna
teur athlete of New York. has been dis
inherited by his sire for devoting his
time to the cultivation Of muscle. The
young man loses large share of $780,,
900. Had he made his brow bulge in
stead of his blceps, he would never hays
made an error Of shat magnitude. Evi
IDENTIFY too much muscle is not good
thing to have in New York.
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The Chinese highbinders of San Fran
cisco seem to have seriously set about
the business of killing one another off.
The police of the town display CON-
mendable astuteness or praise worthy
stupidity III PROCESSING their utter inabil~
ity 10 discover any of the assasslns. 4
war of determination among highbindert
is just the thing. Yes, and the sooner
the last Celestial is laid away the better
for San Francisco.
The story that the Gear declined tls
visit Emperor Wilhelm at Berlin be-
cause he bad heard that an attempt was
10 be made on his life on the way was &
pure invention. The Gear never for Z:
moment entertained the idea Of going to
Berlin. He disl1kes the young German
Kaiser exceedingly and takes no pains to
conceal the fact. Emperor Wilhelm.
may feel about the same towards the
Gear and there you are.
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A man seventy years Of age recently
drove seven nails three inches long into
his head at Vienna. At Last accounts he
was still alive. but suffering considera-
BILE pain and Inconvenience A perform.
ance Of that kind would have destroyed
an ordinary coal hod, but simply proves
in this case how few brains man needs
to live in that city. It looks, though
that that man had no brains at all.
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Hard feelings exist between Novia
Scotia and New Foundian5 on account
of the bait act. The blue noses want
the dominion government to try retalia.
ton, but Minister Topper hesitates ON
the ground that it might be good deal
easier to grab than to lei so, as New
Foundland is bit of a badger when it
comes to fighting. New Foundland had
better act for herself, as Canada's Doodle
statesmen would not do it justice if they
could.
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While searching for gold end silver III
the Cascade range, Washington, pros
pector stumbled On a Ledge of crystal
quartz suitable for making glass. Ac..
cording to a specimen its percentage of
metal substances is very low. One ton
of it would only produce FL cents worth
of gold, but prospectors have searched
in vain for that very quartz along the
coast. What pity all these happy find
lngs are not discovered nearer home!
A careful survey Of the present con-
dition of affairs throughout Kansas re-.
veals the fact that practically every acre,
of desirable land in the state has IN.
creased Is per cent. in value IN the past
twelve months. There has been steady.
increase in the demand for farms, and
where bargains were plentiful year Or
so ago, high prices rule now. The value
and repute of the land have been in
creased by the recent big croIs. This is
good news, but why is it that Kansas
City bank clearings do not increase LII
the same proportion.
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Texas ranchmen are losing faith in
the rain makers. One of the ranchmen
who put up his money to induce the
rain makers to experiment in Southwest
Texas says that after three days and
nights of continual bombardment only
small shower of few moments duration
fell, which was followed by a cold
norther and clear sky. The test was
made on the explosive theory with dyna-
mite, cotton and combustlble balloons.
The balloons must have leaked, but
that is poor consolation for the man who
put up his hard cash on the experiment.
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There Is indeed cold. hearted diabol-