The Irish standard., 1892-12-03
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The mistortune off Ireland is that HUI
most fertile lands are unlnhabi ca while
her barren boys and hills are III many
places overcrowded. The extension of
the grazing system has been the mesnsof
developing an indolent set Of people, u
norant OF tillage operations, uninured "a
hard, steady work, and consequently bad
farmers. In the words Of Tennyson:
And so there grew great tracts Of wilderness
Wherein the beast was ever more and more.
But man was less and less.
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DR.. Wilde, the father Of Willie and o.
car Wilde,w member Of the Oesianic
Society in Dublin, and was one day dis
cussing with John O'Duffy work which
the society was abont to publish, "The
Adventures of Oscar of the Fiery Flail."
Mrs. Wilde that very morning became
the mother ola bouncing boy, and Dr.
Wilde was thinking by what name to
baptize him and consulted O'Duffy who
suggested the old Fenian name Of Oscar.
aud so was he christened
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Simon Duck, of Victoria, B. G., is
seventh son Of seventh son. In 1867 he
left London on the seventh day Of the
seventh month and arrived in this coun-.
try on the seventh day of the following
month at seven o'clock in the morning.
When he put up his name for member
of the British Columbian parliament he
was elected by majority of exactly
seven votes. At the election following
he was defeated by the same mystical
number.
Sir Walter Raleigh's old house at
Youghall will not be exhibited at the
Worlds Fair, after all. The patriotic
people of ''rebel Cork" have taken steps
to keep the historic relic where it has
stood for 300 years. Youghall without
Raleigh's old residence would lose many
tourists who make pilgrimage to the
ancient burg for the sole purpose of see-
ing this curiosity. The town of Youghall
is older than Cork city, and letters were
addressed in olden days to residents Of
Cork by adding the words "near Yough.
alp Oh the envelopes.
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In the present House of Commons,
several Iriehmen sit for British constit-
uencies. Thus Mr.. Smith Barry, Mr..
Penrose Fitzgerald, and Mr.. Osborne,
represent the landlord and Unioniet in
terest, while Sir Charles Russell, Mr..
Tough, Mr.. Wallace, and several other
Irish members for British constituencies
represent the tenant and Home Rule in
terest. 1t is noteworthy that Mr.. Isaac
Butt, himself the originator of the pres,
ent Home Rule movement, sat in Parlia-
ment for many years as member for Har-
wich. Before the Union, by mutual
courtesy, English members we're admit
ted to the floor of the Irish House OF
Commons, and irish members were like
wise admitted to the floor of the English
House. In Ireland this courtesy was at
times extended to distinguished strang-
ers who were not members of the British
Legislature. Thus Benjamin Franklin.
on his visit to Ireland was admitted to-
the floor of the Irish House of Com
mons, and has placed on record his graft
ication at the compliment.
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Rev. J. M. Cleary, the pastor of the,
new parish of st. Charles Borromeo il,
this city, is attracting large audiences t.
the popular sermons delivered by him a.
DANA hall every Sunday evening. Last
Sunday evening the body of the hall and
gallery were filed with attentive listen
ers, many Of them being Pedestrians at
tracted through curiosity. Father
Cleary has commanding presence, and
is man of the world who knows the,
virtues and frailties Of mankind. Hif
style of preaching is eloquently simple,
forcible and convincing, and his enuncia
ton and delivery are perfect. He in
known all over the country, and
in fact all over the globe. az
a temperance lecturer. He is no fanatic
on the subject Of total abstinence, but its
broad and tolerant in the extreme. A
year ago when speaking to the writer he
told him that in all the European coun-
tries he had visited he found the Irish
people the most temperate; and very few
temperance lecturers are willing to adj.
nit that fact when preaching total alb
stinence to an Irish Catholic audience.
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P, L. Comedian, the Rome correspon~
dent of the Boston Pilot, IN writing Of st,
Brendan and the Irish IN America before
Columbus, says: In the Middle Ages--in
that glorious period of Individual exer~
tion, to which some large minded his