The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
PASSED IN REVIEW.

The Catholic Truth society has re-
Gently published it's seventeenth pamph-
let. The latest is on the subject Of the
Holy Eucharist by the renowned Jesuit,
Father Smarius, the author Of Points
Of Controversy" Every Catholic should
not fail to secure copy Of this pamphlet,
and in fact of all the pamphlets gotten
out by this excellent society. The price
of each pamphlet is only few cents
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The Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Brennan,
Bishop of Dallas, Texas, has established
Catholic Immigration Bureau to direct
immigrants into the Lone Star State,
which is the largest in the Union. Rev.
John F. Coffey, the editor of the Texas
Catholic, is in charge of the Bureau and
will be happy to give full particulars to
all who desire information about land.
His address is the episcopal residence,
Dallas, Tex.
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Last year Father Quigley, Of Toledo,
Ohio, was fined under the compulsory
education law for refusing to give the
truant officers the names, ages and resi-
dences of the pupils attending his par
ochial schools. He appealed the case to
the supreme court, and last week that
court confirmed the judgment OF the
lower court, and upheld the law. Judge
Dunno took charge of the case for DIR.
Quigley.
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The seventy eight anniversary of Nor
wegian Independence was celebrated in
grand style by the Norwegians of Mime
sofa last Tuesday. On May II, 1914,
local self-government was extorted from
the Swedish King at Eidsvold in about
the same manner that Magma Charta
was wrested from King John of England
by the barons. Eidsvold may be called
the Norwegian Rumnymede All nation
alities Joined with the Norweg1ans in the
observance of the day. ..t.
TX
A Belfast paper makes the wonderful
announcement that real live snake has
at last been found in Ireland. It was
killed at Morals Glen and it measured
seven and half feet long and nearly
seven inches in circumference. 1t was
taken to contractors yard in the town,
where it was inspected by large crowd
of people. This solitary reptile will be
preserved in glass case for the inspec-
ton of future generations.
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'It is the Oldest blood in the world
the Celtic" says Emerson. "Where are
the Greeks? Where are the Etrurians?
Where are the Romans? But the Celts or
Sidonites are an old family, of whose be-
ginning there is no memory, and their
end is likely to be still more remote in
the future, for they have endurance and
productiveness. They planted Ireland,
and gave to the sea and mountains names
which are poems, and initiate the pure
voices of nature. They are favorably re-
membered in the oldest records of Europe
They had no violent feudal tenure, but
the husbandman owned the land. They
had an alphabet, astronomy, priestly
culture AMI a sublime creed. They have
a hidden and precarious genius"
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The people of the United States have,
generally speaking, but vague idea OF
what it annually costs the people of
Europe to maintain their respective SOW
ereigns. The German Emperor heads
the list with yearly stipend of forty-two
| million francs, which means, in other
words, that every man, woman, and child,
of forty-seven million Germans, who in
habit the Fatherland, must pay annual
tribute of about eighteen cents to sus-
tain the dignity of the imperial crown.
| The Gar of Russia comes next, with q
civil list of thirty six million francs, or a
head taxation of nearly nine cents for
each one of his eighty-seven million Of
subjects. The Emperor of Austria, who
rules over forty one million nine hun
dred thousand of people, has an annual
income of twenty three million francs,
raised by means of an individual personal
taxation of fifty-seven cents. Queen Vic
toria receives from the thirty-seven mil
lion of people, which comprise the popu-
lation of the United Kingdom, a royal
tribute of ten cents per head, or three
million seven hundred thousand dollars.
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The ring which was presented to the
Rev. Charles E. Mcdonnell, on his con-
secration as Bishop of Brooklyn, is prob
ably the handsomest bishops ring ever
produced in this country. It has large
amethyst of a royal purple color, weigh
ing three and one-half penny weights, and
around it are sixteen brilliants, each
weighing one-half carat. The gold, OF
which there are fifty pennyweights in the
l r;no ia heal1tif111lv chasad Tho crown