The Irish standard., 1891-08-15
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
It is said that of 1873 men who bore
the title of ger eral in the confederate
service, only 1874 are left. G.. I. Beau
regard is the 1ole survivor Of those who
held the highest rank, that Of full gen
eral.
China will have to pay roundly for the
mob violence against the missionaries.
France has already filed at Pekin q de-
mand for an indemnity of eight million
dollars for damages to mission property,
and other nations are to follow suit.
China must not be allowed to kill and
cut to pieces all the good people in the
country.
Miss Gillian Lewis is an actress and
she is having play written for her that
will be corker. Principal parts in the
drama are taken by dog, horse and
tiger. Miss Lewis will play t'sort of
Adelina Patti of the circus ring.'' This
announcement is very interesting and q
trihe obscure. She and Svbil johnson
would make good team.
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Who says that farming does not pay?
An Atchison (Kan.) widow whose hus-
band died five years ago, owns farm Of
100 acres in Doniphan county. There
was 81, 700 mortgage on 1t. The farm
was rented and hes paid enough to sup
port the widow and cancel the mort
gage. The same can be said of almost
all the farms in the Northwest.
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Nearly all American railroads use the
block system, but 1t doesn't block the
freight trains until after they crash into
the express train ahead. nevertheless.
The Ravenna and Dayton wrecks were
inexcusable and due entirely to criminal
carelessness Of the grossest sort. The
sooner congress passes on this question
the better. else in a short time thefe
will be no people left to kill.
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The livery of snowy woman's COACH
man and footman, according to the
New York Herald, is fred top boots and
black velvet collars trimmed with red
piping.' Along towards Christmas,
common humanity should cause her to-
give them in addition pair of yellow
flannel partitions and sky blue ear
mufs. Better still, give them more
wages, and holiday once year.
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A Bellamy colony OF nationalists in
the California national park is said to be-
cutting down the famous big trees, to
preserve which was the object of Gre.
ating the park. If this is the sort of
nat1onalism practised by Bellamyites,
the sooner the government applies it's
paternal hand in punishment OF these
violators of the law the better. No pun
ishment is severe enough for a man
who will cut down nice shade tree.
A lady equestrian on Long Island has
devised novel bit of horsemanship for
her own amusement and the entertain
ment of her nejghbors. Iastead OF
mounting her thoroughbred aud canter-
ing about singly like ordinary folks, she
always takes her airing tandem fashion,
riding on one and driving another horse
attached to the first steed by long bride
reins. Suou a woman would do we'll at
the Minnesota state fair, if she WOULD
only come.
Mrs. Leland Stanford's trust deed,
giving 500, ZOO to endow five kinder
gartens in San Francisco, has just been
filed. Each school will get ST. 900 q
year. These schools are said to have
already had an appreciable effect in re-
ducing the number of "hoodlums7 who
infest the streets of San Francisco, and
in lettering the condition of the tene-
ment house districts. II some good
woman IN Minneapolis who has the
means, would do likewise, how happy
the average citizen would feel.
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Washington is the only city of $780,
600 inhabitants in the Union that has no
factory girls. The lack of manufacture
ing and commercial enterprises reduces.
the working women to minimum, A
few are employed in retail stores, photo
graphic galleries and private Offices, but