The Irish standard., 1893-06-03
PASSED TN R j ! d ~ | ] y I.
The highest salary drawn ~ aadiplo-
matist is that Of the French mbassador
TO London, which is e12 900 per annum.

to London, which is $4,000 per annum.
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The four-masted bark, Cave Hill, built
in Belfast, Ire, by Irish workmen and Of
Irish steel, has arrived il Boston. She
flies the green flag at her top. She is
the first vessel Of her kind that ever en-
tered Boston harbor. Captain John
Leahy is her commander. The vessel
was launched march s, 1892, and sailed
from Liverpool one year ago. She made
a splendid passage from Calcutta in 1913
days, laden with jute and saltpetre.
The royal palace in Madrid, which the
Infanta Eulalia still regards as her home,
though her mother is in exile, is one Of
the most magnificent edifices in Europe.
It is of marble and granite, occupies an
area of 220,900 square feet. and rises daz.
zingly white against the sky to the
height Of 100 feet. The scene from the
palace gardens is splendid. Ia the edi-
fee there are gallery of paintings, 9
library, museum, an armory, chapel.
and theatre.
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The use Of the typewriter is no longer
confined 10 the commercial world. tits
in great favor with members OF the titled
classes in England, and H. r. Fl. the
Prince Of Wales has recently honored
the Remington Company with an order
for ono of their well.known machines.
It is more than probable therefore that
typewriting will soon become fashion
able throughout society, and that the pen
albeit "mightier than the sword" -will
find itself no match for the armored
typewriter.
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The pathway of an Ex-Governor 10 not
always strewn with the laurels of promo.
ton. OF the thirty-eight Governors who
were in office at the beginning of the
term of President Harrison four years
ago only one ls in Office to-day, the Eras-
mus of the Pacific slope, Sylvester PEN
mover of Oregon. David B. Hill Of New
York and John B. Gordon of Georgia
have been sent to the United States
Senate. Fiter of Illinois, Foraker Of
Ohio, ami Hoard of Wisconsin we're de-
feated for re election Several others
died; some retired, nearly all the others
are forgotten.
During the last few years Professor
Barnard, of the Lick Observatory, has
been engaged in photographing in detail
the Milky Way. When the plates are
finished, which will not be for three
Years, it is expected that the facts re-
vealed by them will revolutionize the old
conceptions of this remarkable phen.
omenon. The text books declare that
the Milky Way probably contains TO-
10000 SIMS; but Professor Barnard esti-
mates that the camera will record the
presence of at least 5O0OoO,O00, with
the certainty that there must be still
larger number which are not visible.
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Thursday evening, May 25, Rev. 3.
Sherman, s. j., son of the "Old Tecum-
seh,' lectured at Omaha on "True Amer
icanism" and denied that the Catholic
Church asked anything inconsistent with
loyalty to this government. For himself
he said: "The papal power is spiritual
power and not political power If the
Pope imagined that he had political
power and called upon me to renounce
my allegiance as an American citizen to
the President of the United States, the
elected chief of the American nation, I
would resist the Pope. IF President
Cleveland called upon me to renounce
my spiritual allegiance to the Pope az
vicar of Christ and head Of the Church,
would resent such an interference"
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The Eighty-Seventh Royal Irish Fusi~
liers (the old Faugh-a-Ballaghs), who
went straight to India after Tel-e -Kebir,
where they highly distinguished them
selves, were inspected at Allahabad lately
by Brigadier- General Kinloch. At the
close of the inspection the Brigadie1
thus addressed the battalion: AOhicers,
non-commissioned officers, and men of
the Royal Irish Fusiliers-I have very
pleasant duty to perform in addressing
you this morning, as in the course of my
thirty odd years. experience Of soldier
ing, have never come across finer
regiment than you are. Your physique
is excellent, your drill is pefect, and your
discipline leaves nothing to be desired.
I am shortly leaving this command. and
my greatest regret is in having to part
with such pattern regiment. The
musketry returns show that you head
the list in India"
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The Princess May Of Teck is the most
popular person in England at present.