The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-08-22
RANDOM REF E IIONs.

RANDOM REF OuOHs.
Bicycles no longer can be ridden in
Danish cities faster than the speed OF 9
cab. by decree of the government.
This decree would not hold water in
Minneapolis, for if there is anything
that amlses the young and old, here, it
is the bicycle.
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Lieut.. Peary's exploring party to
Greenland seems to be meeting with ill
the difficulties incident to life in the far
north. Their vessel was fast in the ice
for three weeks in the straits OF Bell
Isle, and so lost that much valuable
time at the start. That same ice would
bring good pull if it were here now.
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In the trial of the new twelve-inch
gun the government has run against a
snag in the shape Of defective, powder.
That used was of foreign make and
burns to rapidly, subjecting The gun to
pressure that in actual service might
prove disastrous to those firing 1t and
not particularly dangerous 10 the enemy.
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In summer the correc; thing is to
lounge on the hotel piazza and brag Of
your establishment and your personal
greatness in town. In winter, it is good
form to boast of your summer achieve
ments at the shore or mountains. Men
and women are curious creatures-al-
ways, of course, excepting ourselves.
The Twin cities have their quota of
them too.
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The excursion trains continue to meet
with shocking accidents. 1t was one of
these that carried 200 people to their
death in France on Sunday, and it is
the same kind of train that must be
held accountable for most of the shock
ing accidents on the rail in this country
this season. Pretty soon people will
begin to give excursion trains the slip,
unless more care is exercised in manag-
ing them.
The California olive oil producers have
taken stand for the marketing of pure
home made oil. Imported olive oil
which has been mixed with cotton seed
and other vegetable oils may be sold
cheaper than the pure product, but it
the California producers can convince
the general public as to the purity of
their oil, the homemade olive oil will
eventually outsell the imported and
adulterated oils.
There is Chinese pugullst in this
country who processes to yearn for q
hostile meeting with John Sullivan.
What pity it is that MI, Sullivan
draws the color line SO strictly; other
wise there might be some hope of his
speedy and permanent retirement at the
hands of Peter Jackson, the Chinaman
or some other tinted Hercules. A good
many of these so-called rugil1sts would
be missing should Sullivan blot out that
line.
Farmers and bank officers seem to be
given length of days. From recent sta
tistics it is estimated that the average
life of men in the different callings and
professions is as follows: Farmers ga
years, bank officers Ga, clergymen Sc,
lawyers 81. merchants 81. physicians 81,
carpenters 40, traders 46, manufacturers,
bakers, painters, shoemakers and me-
chanics 43, editors 40, musicians 80,
teachers "a. clerks 81, operators 80.
What pity the editors could not live to
be 100 years old.
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Maud Estabrook, born at Leeds, Eng
land, who ran away with man who
committed suicide soon after, and finally
dr1fted out to Salt Lake City, becoming
the thirteenth wife Of Mormon bishop.
has been informed that she has fallen
heir to vast estate, but refuses to quit
the Saints in order to go and get it. A
woman who could be satisfied with q
thirteenth interest in Mormon Is too
fond of vulgar fractions to care much for
money. The money will be taken care
of just the same.
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An old br1ndle COW belonging to an
Indiana man broke into another's field,
and IN court the owner of the field
proved that the COW destroyed the fol-
lowing named property, to-wit: Two
4-year old cherry trees. seven apple
trees, five pear trees, one plum tree, 100