The Irish standard., 1894-02-10


... " PASSED in Z [ VIEW
n Daniel D. Sullivsn, Of Fall River.
Mass, has been appointed postmaster 81
that place BY President Cleveland. He
is q successful business man, and, per.
haps. the best known. Demooratic leade4
in Southeastern Massachusetts,.
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The recent statistical quarterly state.
mont Of the German Empire reports the
latest religious data Of the country,
Germany has 81, ,026,8l0 Protestant sub,
jects, 17,674,921 Roman Catholics, 1863
$40 other Christians, 567,884 Jews ane,
1878 without any religious profession
The total population Of the Empire is
49,428,470.
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According to the Catholic directory
there are now 81 Cardinals, and as the
full number ,s 80 there are eighteen va
cancies in the Sacred College. Out of the
whole body Of Cardinals "a are Italians,
l8 are Austrians, Germans or Hungary.
ans; are Spanish, Portuguese, Bel
gian, of the United States and 8 are
British subjects.
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England has now IN Ireland standing
army of 2S,00C soldiers. In addition:
there are 1850 policemen, who are also
practically soldiers for England. All the
expense of sustaining the above thous-
ands Of soldiers will be obliterated when
the Irish parliament is again located on
College Green. That in itself should be-
enough to induce 'the lawds' to pass the
Home Rule bill without hesitation.
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Crispi, the italian Bismarck, is worth
$l,OOO,OOO, amassed in politics and IN
the law, but chiefly, according to his
enemies, in politics, 1t is a fact OF rather
curious interest in connection with the
present discussion of the question
whether women should smoke, that, al
though Sig. Crispl himself does not use
tobacco, Nine. Crispi always lights a,
cigarette after dinner and luncheon.
Crispi is now seventy four years old. Out
of respect to his digestion he eats SPAR
ingly, but he drinks great deal of milk,
a glass of which usually forms his entire
breakfast.
The late Bishop McNierny, Of Albany,
played an important part ia the delicate
and difficult negotiations carried on dur
ing the war to prevent the recognition Of
the confederacy by Great Britain and
France. He was secretary of the three
commissioners, Archbishop Hughes,
Thurlow Weed and Bishop McIlvaine,
who were sent to those countries, and he
was the last surviving member Of that
historic mission. For many years he
kept the records Of their proeeedings}
rich in material of romantic interest, un-
til few years ago, when, believing it
better that they never be published, he
threw them all into his furnace. s@.'
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According to the latest government
census the Catholics of Ireland consti-
tute nearly " per cent of the entire pop
ulation of the island, their numbers be-
ing in round figures 100000. Cork
lerds the 81 counties with Catholic
population of 448,650, and Carlow has
the least Catholics, 41,169, though the
Professionals in that county are only q
little over 5000. The biggest non-C Cath
olic population is found in Antrim, 314,-
159, and the smallest is Glare. which,
with the exception OF 1851 souls, is en-
tirely Catholic. The Preebyterians form
about nine per cent Of the entire popu-
lation of the island, and the Methodists
less than per cent
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Chateaubriand, the famous French au-
thor, who, after dining with Washington
at Philadelphia, said: "There is virtue
in the look of great man." is buried at
the actual spot where he was born, and
probably no one was ever laid in a
stranger resting place. 1t is on jutting
point of rock in lonely, exposed posi-
tion. The father and mother of the
Vicomte Chateaubriand were on board
vessel bound for st. Malo. It was night
when they neared the coast and terrific
storm was raging. No boat could ven-
ture to the assistance of the crew, and
the vessel was wrecked upon rock not
far from the shore. The mother Of Cha
teaubriand passed the night upon the
rock, and there he was born. He after
wards purchased the rock and built upon
it the tomb in which he now lies.