The Irish standard., 1894-12-08
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The sending Of 9 message and reply be-
tween Manchester, England, and Vic.
toria, British Columbia, recently, occu-
pied only 80 seconds. The total distance
by wire, out and return, is Is 600 miles.
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Alas! proofs have been given to the.
world that Robinson Crusoe was not our
Robinson, but another one. on Tobago,
Island. So Juan Fernandez is to be BAN:
ished with William Tell and other so--
called childish delusions.
On the field of Waterloo a topaz seal
set in gold was recently found, bearing
the arms and motto Of Viscount Barring
ton. It belonged to Ensign Darlington,
who was killed at Quatre Bras, June Is,
1915, and had lain undiscovered for 80
years.
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General Booth, asked by q newspaper
interviewer, do you think the millen-
mum will come If the whole world is con-
verted to the Salvation Army replied:
sit would be very near at hand II the
newspaper men were converted, it would
he very long step in that direction"
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an annual tax of $40 upon each fire in.
surance company doing business in the
town. In turn the State Board of Un.
derwriters gave instructions to increase
the insurance rate lopez cent. for that
town while the tax holds.
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The value of electric light as saver
of time and money is strikingly illus
tr tied in return just made of the aver
age time occupied by ships in passing
through the Suez canal. With the cleo
trio light the journey is accomplished in
eight minutes under 20 hours Without
the light 81 hours and "a minutes ia the
time usually required.
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It has been matter OF surprise that,
no authentic life of Parnell has appeared
since the death Of the ''unorowned king,''
but it is probable that memoir, partly
biographical and partly political, will be-
ready for the press in time for the next
general election in England. The,
book will be the work Of J. j. O'Kelly,
the Irish ex -member OF Parliament, who
is now arranging and Sitting the ma
terial for it.
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Women are generally credited with
having more moral courage than men.
Certainly they sometimes show this in
singular manner on IL" roads and rail-
road trains. have sometimes observed
with feelings akin to admiration, how q
woman will pile her bundles on an adj
joining seat, and, though conscious Of
the fact that she has no legitimate claim
to it, will calmly and complacently stare
at the women around her who are stand
ing up. When a man thus appropriates
what does not belong to him, he takes
refuge from hostile scrutiny behind the
folds of a newspaper. He hasn't courage
enough to face it,
English Catholics have celebrated
lately double centenary-at Taunton
the introduction of the Third Order of
Franciscans into England, land at Ushaw,
near Durham, the establishment at
Crook hall, which grew into the college
at Ushaw, of the Catholic Fathers from
Douai. The Douai college was founded
in 1892; the English branch of the Third
Order in 1919, first at Brussels and then
at Bruges, and each was centre of Eng
lish Catholic education and influence
while the religion was outlawed in Eng
land. In 1874 both establishments were
driven out by the spread of the French
revolution, and their inmates found
shelter with other political refugees in
England
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By the use of the submarine detector
the Russian monitor Rusalka, which
foundered with all hands on board a lit
tie over year ago, in a storm in the
Gulf of Finland, has been found in 30
fathoms of water. The Russian Govern
ment intends to raise her. The detector
consists OF sinker containing an cleo
torical arrangement attached to an cleo
trio cable, which joins it to another cleo
trical arrangement on deck, connected to
a telephone. The apparatus is so ad.
justed that the approach OF mass of
metal d1sturbs the adjustment and makee
q sound in the telephone. The main ob-
ject of Captain McEvoy, the designer Of
the apparatus, was to indicate the ap-
nronch of iron uIinc RI ono,oro1 lorna