The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-07-07
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Richard Croker, tie Tam ~ {,
says lhiie wss deeply The
sturdy virtues of the irish peasalntry
whom he considers the finest ia Europe
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President Cleveland, tho cabinet and
diplomatic corps attended the Cannot
memorial services at ST. Mathews Osth-
olic church in Washing ton last Sunday.
Requiem masses for the murdered
French president were also celebrated in
New York, Brooklyn and Boston.
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do Lightly Morrill, delivered one OF
his pyrotechnic addresses on the Ameri'
can flag last Sunday, and he said he vel
coined it "within the sacred walls" Of
Calvary Baptist church. Sacred walls,
indeed! How the walls can be sacred
while the profane and blasphemous Go
Lightly occupies the pulpit is beyond
comprehension.
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I, The latest thing out is 9 pulseometer,
by which the life insurance examiners
can tell to fraction the exact condition
Of an applicants heart! beat. An cleo
trio pen traces on prepared paper the on
goings, haltings, and precise peregrlna-
tions of the blood, showing with the.
fidelity Of science the strength or weak
ness of the telltale pulse.
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In replying to- correspondent, the
Boston Pil..t sensibly remarks: You
need have no concern for the statements
made by the A. P. A. ''patriots." No re-
spectacle American pays any heed to-
them. The A. P. A. maligners do not
desire refutation. They do not seem to
know when they meet with it. Their
trade is villifcation. Lot them revel in it.
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The Pope lately received q number OF
women belonging to the association for
the assistance of poor churches, among
them being the Misses O'Connell, de.
scendants of Daniel O'Connell. His
Holiness held lengthy conversation
with the Misses O. Cornell. in the course of.
which he referred to O'Connell as q great
Irish patriot He graphically described,
an Grafton he heard O'Conneu deliver in
the British House of Commons. fifty
years ago.
Some months ago q Dublin inventor
claimed for preparation Of his that it
would preserve eggs in perpetual fresh
ness. To thoroughly test the efficacy Of
the: invention, which, it successful, would
revolutionize the egg market, an expert
ment was carried ont at the Freeman
Offices. A sample Of eggs immersed in
the patent solution, which is thin gray
ish paste OF the consistency Of honey,
have remained undieturbed there for ..
period of four months, and when opened
the other night in the presence Of experts
were found to be all perfectly fresh.
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Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, who, like Mr..
Gladstone, recently passed successfully
through an operation for cataract in the.
eye, will make his annual visit to Lon
don at the end of the month, after win
tering at Nice. He is, according to the,
Daily Chronicle, in the best 81 health,
and Notwithstanding Che, the great de-
mand which the editing Of his success
full "New Irish Library makes on his
time, he has been able 10 make great
headway with his autobiography. He
hopes to make arrangements for thepub-
lication Of the book during his torthcom-
ing visit to London.
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The Hon. Richard O 'Connor, @. G., the
leader Of the Bar Of Sydney, Australia,
and distinguished statesman, who has
served in several Cabinets in New Soutl,
Wales, visited the House Of Commdng,
recently, He is grandson of the oeae-
brated Arthur O'Connor, a member OF
the Irish parliament, and an associate OF
Lord Edward Fitzgerald, who was tried
at Maidstone in 1898 on charge Of high
treason and acquitted. Among the wit
nesses examined for the defense on be-
half Of Mr.. O'Connor was Nj. Samue;
Whitebread, then member for Bedford. e.
constituency which il at present repre-
sented by his grandson Of the same name.
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During his visit to the United States
the late Lord Chief Justice Coleridre ao-
CURED the reputation Of being ono Of the,
best after dinner speakers Americans
have ever heard. When his domestic,
troubles we're made public in England
he was the object Of an act Of chsraotar.
istic generosity on the part Of Edmund
Yates. Coleridge had abused Yatee
from the bench il case involving tl,f.
editors interests, but when the scanda,
came out Yates refrained from mention-
ing his old foes troubles ia his in,,,;na,