The Irish standard., 1891-07-18
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
London was slow to ACCEPT the cleo
trio light, but is now making up for lost
time. At the general meeting of the
Metropolitan Company the chairman re-
ported that within Year the number of
lamps supplied by them had increased
from 5000 to 10000.
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Brooklyn has honored itself by erect
ing splendid memorial statue of the
late Henry Ward Beecher. But then
Brooklyn is not New York, although
there is bridge connecting it with the
city that has not sufficient public spirit
to fulfill Its pledge to erect Grant
monument. But for all that New York
wants the Republican National Conven-
ton.
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The New York Anarchists are going
to hold mass meeting to sympathize
with Herr Most. The occasion will
doubtless afford good deal Of gratifca-
ton to the orators who are to air their
eloquence. but it will not restore Herr
Most's waving locks nor his flowing
beard, nor will he grace the gathering.
A pent-up penetent1ary contracts his
powers for the present
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A recent decision of tine New York
Court of Appeals declares that mans
note made payable f'sixty DAYS after
DEATH Is good against the makers es--
tate. A good many men might be will
ing to fix up their debts with such paper
as that. But the banks would. perhaps.
not be eager to discount it. In that
case man would be like roasted hog:
of more value dead than alive.
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The rush of Americans to Europe,
with loads of American dollars, is going
on as briskly as ever this summer. Toll
ers cannot understand that they can
have pleasant times in land where
they have worked and shaved to make
the money they want to spend abroad,
If they only knew it, there arc prettler.
sights to be seen here than in Europe.
Keep the money in the United States,
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A loving couple from the rural dis
trlcts of Moose River went to Bangor
the other day and got married. After
the nnptlal knot had been tied they
made tour of the town in the electric
cars, took in view of the shops and at
99-cent store invested in baby car
riage, their only purchase. Some peo-
pie like new things, and it is evident
that the baby carriage was the first they
ever bought.
American naval circles have taken
note of the fact that Great Britain IS
calling home all the inferior vessels that
have heretofore been good enough for
duty on the American coast, and is re-
placing them with the best ships she can
supply. She doesn't want the new
Yankee vessels to feel lonesome. By
and by England will be obliged to cali
them all home or there will be none to
20 home.
Blacksmith Ripper, of Iglau, Mo-
ravla, had attempted suicide several
Tunes and been interfered with, so he
constructed a box like clock case,
seven feet high, the door of which could
be fastened with paddock inside. Then
he put a strong hook IN the top board,
entered. locked the door, and comforta-
bly, hanged himself. He is dead. Now
# ''Jack the Ripper" would 80 and do
likewise the world would breathe easier.
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An ingenius apparatus has been in
troduced to prevent the wheels of cleo
trio and other street cars from slipping.
It consists of revolving brush con-
nected with the orward axle by belt.
As the axle revolves it sets the brushes
in motion, clearing path for the
wheels. There is also operated in con-
nection with the device a box which
allows the escape of sufficient amount
of sand or salt without the slightest
waste. Here is something for the Min
neapolis Street hallway company to in
vest in.
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The speech that called out the most
applause at the Yale alumni dinner this
year was from young graduate who
has lived down in Chill, and he told his
hearers that the government there is in
the hands of gang of cut.throats and
that the cause Of the insurgents is en-.
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