The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05

PASSED in REVIEW.
Il Pork dropped So 4 barrel IN Chicago
81 i Tuesday, and John Cudahy failed.
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.Inan Fernandez, the island where
Robinson Crusoe was monarch OF all he
surveyed, is now inhabited by about,
sixty people who attend the herds Of
cattle that Craze there.
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The Eagles Nest is q celebrated rock
1900 feet il height among the Killarney
Lakes. It is noted for the extraordinary
effect of it's echoes, and the slightest
whisper will be repeated Thousand
times clear and distinct from the various
projecting points Of the cliff.
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Many an anecdote is told Of the affa-
bility of the Duke of Connaught while at
his simple country seat. If the ragged
est urchin touches his apology for cap
to him he is certain to receive as gracious
salute in return as would any member
of the royal family. The duchess is
charming and universally popular.
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The lste Chief Justice Ryan of Wis
oonsin was once asked by ex-senator
Doolittle to Sign petition to Congress
for the free coinage of silver. The CHIEF
Justices answer was: Il will sign your
petition provided you add a paragraph to-
the effect that whenever one man tenders
another 500 in silver he ehall tender
with it iackass to carry it."
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The Official statement shows that the
expenditures Of the general government
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1893,
amounted to $685., sic, sos, while the rev.
epues amounted to $685., s46,s32 only
The expenditures, therefore, exceeded
the receipts by S., 769,674. During the
previous year also the expenditures ex-
ceeded the receipts, but the excess was
slightly less than last year, being &c.
340,429.
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George I. of England, while on jour-
ney to his native kingdom of Hanover
stopped at a village in Holland. While
fresh horses we're getting ready for him,
the King asked for two or three eggs.
They we're brought to him; and the price
asked was hundred forms. GLOW is
this?" asked the King; eggs must be
very scarce here" pardon me- replied
the host; eggs are plentiful enough, but
kings are scarce"
The German emperor has magnifi;-
cent wine cellar, containing precious
brands from all parts of the globe. Each
brand has it's separate inclosure shut ip
by iron ratings, with tablet affixed CIV
ing name, age. price and number of bot
ties. The head butler is an American.
No TASKS or decanters are ever placed on
the imperial table, but the wine is poured
out by the footmen from the original
bottles. Emperor Williams favorite
liquor is Kirschwasser, while he is also
fond of American whisky.
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The Sisters of the Holy Family wilt
open a colored orphanage for boys III
New Orleans, sometime next September.
The Congregation Of the Holy Family ID
community of colored sisters whose
lives are devoted to the moral and intel
lectual elevation of their race in the
South. In Louisiana their work is
especially commendable. There they
have large orphanage, known as St.
John Berchman's Asylum, home for
the aged and lnfirm colored people, and
well-attended day and boarding school,
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The Pope has ordered Jesuit Gather
Brandy to prepare an article to be printed
in the Civilta Catholica dealing with the
marriage question, setting forth all the
reasons expressed by the Italian episco.
pate against civil marriage taking preoe;
dence over religious ceremony, and also
discussing the law of divorce. This docu:;
ment will bring under review the ideas
of the most noted European writer's and
the statistics of concubinage where the,
divorce law exists. An encyclical is also,
to be issued by the Pope explaining hif.
views and those of the Church on the;
subject of civil marriage.
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It is said that there is more profanity
among the miners of Ian, ashire, Eng.
than anywhere else in the Queens do
minions. In some of the mines the Ian
guage used by the employees is "simply q
Babel of oaths." THIS is not at all sur