The Irish standard., 1891-04-11
b. RANDOM REF 4 i TIOHH,

The announcement tlat queen Vic.
tor1a has gone to Grasse does not signify
that there is anything grsen in her eye.
When the English people turn Albert
Edward out to grass, however, there
will be deep significance connected with
the act. If parliament would only vote
him enough money to pay his debts, he
could afford to spend the summer max
ing hay.
*
A London newspaper asks why
young woman sits on her foot. One can
not say why a London girl should do
such thing, but it is we'll known that
st. Louis bud always sits on her foot
because it completely cushions her char,
If she we're Chicago woman no explain
alton would be necessary.
~
The severest blow that Brazilian reci~
procity has received is in the fact that
Adelina Patti is to sing in Rio de Jan
GIRO BY the time she Marbles few
evenings at the rate OF $50 per trii'.
there won't be enough money left in
| the province to buy 81 second hand Amer
lean almanac. Whab is worse than all
that, is that she insists On having be-,
money IN advance.
*
The Chllian soldiers recently con-
planned Of the inadequacy Of their pay,
and it was raised from $30 to $40 Il
month. This is probably the largest
! nominal rate of compensation allowed
anv soldiers in the world, and is good
pay if the money is any account When
some Of Uncle Sam Is recruits hear OF
this the public may expect TO hear OF
! many desertions.
Nv
Queen Lll1uokalani appears TO be 6
very determined sort OF a woman She
has insisted from the first upon naming
the members OF hex cabinet without out
side dictation or interference, and she
has carried out herintention. She like.
| wise insisted on naming the Princess
Ka1ulani as the heir~apparent to heg
| throne. She has done that, too. When
a woman will she will, and when she
| won't she won't and there's ali end ont,
| That seems to be the rule in Hawai-.
| She must have read the constitution and
bylaws of the Minneapolis W. G T, u.
before she became SO bossy,
Xxx
The British government seems to Lave
stirred up pretty lively Wasps nest IN
Newfoundland There are threats Of
asking CHS country to take the island In
as one Of the states OF the greatest rs-
public on earth. We don t know whether
we want Newfoundland or not Probably
| we would take her, however, If she wants
TO come and ask us in the right way.
Sir John Mcdonald and Lord Salisbury
are trying to induce Newfoundland to
keep away from the United States, bus
the Statue of Liberty is too visible TO
the y ewfoundlanders.
Xxx
A railroad man has invented novel
clock to be used in connection with the
block signal system. IT lis arranged with
dials and figures Of usual size, SO that
they may be readily seen by the ell
gineers OF rapidly moving trains. The
hands mark the time of the passage OF q
train and remain in that position until
another tram appears. The engineers
may thus learn from the clock exactly
how long it was since the previous traiD
passed the station. If these clocks
would but indicate the broken rails and
wild freights in advance the deadly car
stove could be conquered,
Ky
Tt seems that one of the faults OF the
late Chief Hennessy was in arres ting aud
handing over to the Italian authorities 4
notorious bandit and assassin who I,ad
escaped from Italy and found refuge LII
the Sicllian colony at New Orleans. The
Italian was taken back to Italy and exc
cuted. 1t was griavious fault on the
part of the chief, and previously hath he
answered it. Some OF those who were
interested in the chiefs death, and who
are Boosting now of what they will do IN
avenging the deaths of his murderesar
will probably soon get their passports
to Italy.
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4 Boston clergyman preaching recent
~ in favor of law to regulate medical
practice is reported as saying that she
object of government was to curtall the
rights of the individual. If the reverend
gentleman said that at all, he doubtless
said it with qualification, He probably
meant at the worst that il was legiti-
mate province Of the government to pre-
vent people from making FOOLS of them
selves. He likely urged nothing more