The Irish standard., 1891-06-27
RANDOM REFl.EOIIONs.

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RANDOM REFLEOIIOEs.
a regular army officer has been ar
rested for appearing on the governments
reservation attired in citizens dress.
That's right; they should be made to
stick to lawn tennis suits and bathing
costumes or suffer the consequences.
Bread and water for q month would be
good punishment.
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Anybody who buys glass of liquor
in Boston now can drink it standing,
sitting, running, or lying down. The
late restrictive law as to bodily attitude
in imbibing fluids was regarded as con-
trary to the teachings Of Delsarte, op-
posed to the spirit of Ibsenism and I'M
Emersonian in It's nature.
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Next years contest is not likely to be
dull one for lack of preliminary prac-
tice on the part of the campaign liars
In the language of the ringside they
went to work early and there won't be
an ounce of supe1fuous truth about
them when time is called. Such is po-
litical life, and the man who keeps out
of the swim is the safest.
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An Illinois clergyman has been ar
rested for making counterfeit money, If
he makes the plea that he was forced to
do that or something else to increase his
salary to decently supporting SIZE, it
will clearly, at least, be entitled to some
consideration in mitigation of punish
ment. In that event the court should
| make it interesting for the congrega-
tion.
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The Massachusetts Legislature is imi-
! tat1ng the interpretation Of Providence at
the Tower of Babel by undertaking to
limit the height of Boston buildings,
which is placed at 125 feet. Boston fire
engines will not squirt higher than that
There is wisdom in limiting buildings to
the high water mark. That is true.
High buildings are ire-traps by reason
of their height.
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Mr.. William Dean Howells, in his lat
est book laments at length the decadence
of American criticism. But this is by
no means lamentable state OF affairs.
A critic is usually an unsuccessful au-
thor. II there are no critics it is an in
creation that there are few unsuccessful
authors. Mr.. Howells should patronize
our base ball parks and he would change
his tune pretty quickly.
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A few scientific men headed by Prof.
Heilprin. expect to reach the north pole
by the aid of the whale steamer Kite.
They may do something besides freezing
their feet and eating each other up.
Benjamin Franklin caught on to cleo
tricity by using kite. The professor
could do worse than take his namesake,
Leo, who is occupying palatial (?) quar-
ters at the county Jail, with him.
Xxx
No wonder the law is still the favorite
profession Of ambitious young men.
! Three suits in court at Ann Arbor,
Mich, growing out of four trowels, bear
evidence that American fondness for lit
igation is not dying out. There are
men in every community who would
rather lose $40 in lawsuit than gain
their point by arbitration. That is what
is running the country and the most TO
the men in it.
Even the quaint and quiet Quakers
are now demanding revision of their
creed. This is the last statement need
ed to clinch the fact that the theological
doctrines of all branches of the Chris
tian church are being permeated with
the theory that the Development Of dog
mas must follow the development of hu-
mainly. Let them continue to develop,
they may some day amount to some-
thing.
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1t is. to be hoped Anna Dickinson will
carry out her announced determination
of taking her case into court and suing
the managers of the asylum where she
was confined, for damages. That would
bring out the facts IN satisfactory form
and secure judicial decision on her
condition. But if she does not get a.
better vlndication than dld Petrolmsn
erich against the Tribune, she had bet
ter stay out of court
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It was the vibration caused by pass.
ing trains winch produced the recent ex-
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