The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-02-07
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The queen of England is aging per
ceptibly. Great care is taken OF the
roval lady, who moves about1as little as
possible, even in her owissapartments.
and is constantly attended by an alert
little Scotchman, who anticipates her
wishes. Stairs are assembled backwards
and very slowly, and the ebony stick is
in constant demand. Yet the queen is
only seventy-one years old
Another Irish envoy has reached New
York, Mr.. William J. Lane, NJ. P. for
East Cork, but ne comes on romantic
errand, to claim an American bride. He
is a well-known merchant in Cork, Ire
land. about thirty five years of age. and
regarded as one of the most influential
of the Munster section of the Irish par
liamentary party. Three years ago
during visit he was making abroad.
he met Miss Mary Armstrong, the
daughter of the late John Armstrong. a
New York merchant, who livedin Brook
lyn. They fell in love with each 'other,
and when the brief courtship of the
visit was over have had to carry it on by
corresponding ever since, as the lady
returned home and the broad Atlantic
separated them until last Sunday.
Brooklyn Catholic society Is all agitated
over the romance, which will have q
happy matrimonial ending in d few
days. "...
"The newest tenor, Mr.. Joseph
O'Mara, who has been selected .by Sir
Arthur Sullivan to alternate the part of
Ivanhoo with Mr. Ben Davies. 49, says
the Star. ga navive of the city which,
gave birth to another famous singer
Catherine Hayes. He is a son OF the
mayor of Limerick, who, few years
ago, distinguished himself by refusing:
TO paw the extra police tax, and bro
ther of Mr.. Stephen O'Mara, late Mp.
for Limerick. Another brother OF the
new tenor is MIR. James 0 Mara, "a -four
fishing Ioudon merchant who Is a caus-
tic humorist, and the fdus achates OF q
large section of the temporarily divided
Eighty.six. Mr.. Joseph O'Mara is a.
young man Tho has studied hard at
Milan. He is of medium height stoutlY
built, and good looking, as tenor
ought to be- He wears neat black
moustache, which gives him quite an
Italian appearance. He can sing The
Wearin' of the Green with as much
spirit and fervor as his friead and fell
low-countryman, Ludwig"
~
John B. Cough, who addressed in his
lifetime about seven Thousand audiences
used to say that he never went upon
platform without feeling of trepidation,
and Gen. B. F. Butler says that On rising
to speak he is always conscious of a.
weakness at the knees. Some of the
oldest actors and the most successful are
not free from this infrmity. Nor can it
be truly said that GOODNESS of nerve is a
result OF sound health. During the last
thirty-tive years of Andrew Jackson's
life he never enjoyed one day OF good
health. But Nd one ever saw him fretted
or anx1ous-not in moments of: the most
critical Importance to his plans and
hopes. He once declared himself that
he never knew what it was to be- excited
or fearful of failure, and we know that
on the morning of the battle of New
Orleans he slept peacefully on his
lounge as long as the circumstances
permitted, and showed perfect calm at
every moment until the dav was decided.
Yet he was more fit for the hospital on
that day than the field.
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Dennis Murphy receives 1925 900
year for reporting the senate proceed
lngs for the Congressional Record, and
each of his reporters gets 5000 year.
Dennis Murphy is a pleasant brown
whiskered man of fly. He is slender
and active, and he has hand that can
travel like lightning over sheet etsi
paper. He writes practically nothing
bnt shorthand. and after taking down
speech in the senate, he hands it over to
some other man TO read off and tran
scribe. Mr.. Murphy hiss large room
in the capitol building, which is filled
with desks, at which sit q dozen short
hand men. The notes are taken down
in the senate. brought into this room,
and re read TO slower stenographers.
They take them down in their note books
and re-transcribe them for the Record.
The speeches made to-day are put in
print tonight, and furnished ia the
Record for the Congressmen's breakfast
on the morrow. Mr.. Murphy told one
day that Webster averaged about onss
hundred words minute, and that
Henry CLAW rolled out abont ono INN.