The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-01-27


1ssED IN RE \ III
The Boston Globe says that Bourke
Cochran is one Of the few orators left iin !
Congress, according to the oId-time
meaning Of the word He has the swing
and felicity Of the orators Of the old
school. He has what Walt Whitman
called ''ths divine power to speak Words
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Judge a. p. Norton, Of Dallas, Texas,
in 1874, swore he would never have his
beard shorn or hair cut until Henry
Clay was President And he never did.
So, when he died q few days ago, in the
fullness Of years, he had the finest beard
and head Of hair in the south. Judge
Norton carried cane given him by Clay,
and kept it by him when he slept, for
i forty years. :
Baltimore is about to put up another
monument. The young Irish are at the
head OF the movement, and they have
not yet decided on the hero to honor. So
far the vote favors, in the order named,
Emmett, O'Oonnell, Grattan, Tone. Burke
and Parnell, and the choice will be made
from this half dozen. Contrery to the
order of such things, the money is al.
ready provided. ~
A few particulars are published regard
| ing the habits and health of Isaac Pit
| man, whose name is now known all over
| the world in connection With his system
of photography. Mr.. Pitman has reached
his SOth year and is reported to be still
| in robust health, rivaling even Mr.. Glad
stone himself. He begins work every
morning ut 6 o'clock. He thrives on
teetotalism and vegetarianism, he does
/ not smoke, and he ia sturdy anti-vac-
, cinationist.
John Redmond, the Parnellite leader,
, in addressing meeting at Roscommon,
| said he would demand the appointment
of Irish representatives on the commits
sion to inquire into the financial rela-
lions between Great Britain and Ireland,
as he would not trust purely English
commission. He asked that at the open"
ing of the session of the House of Com
mons he would press the government for
information on many points. The atti-
tude of the Parnellites would depend on
the replies to these questions. ~s
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| In the Irish Brigade Song Book" there
are verses entitled "Irish are no longer
Slaves" which are sort of parody Of
''Rule Britannia" They open thus:
! When Britain first, at helvs command
! Prepared to cross the Irish ain.
| A paper called the "Christian Irish
man" remarks that this is apretty strong
expression, since it was the Pope who
first handed Ireland over to the tender
mercies OF England, but it seems to for
get that Urban's bull was a forgery and
"a humping English lie," as the late
Father Tom Burke, the Dominican ora
| tor, used to call it. .
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Lady Marjorie, daughter of Lord and
Lady Aberdeen, has the distinction Of
being the youngest editor in the world.
and her little monthly, Wee Willie Win
kie, is an almost ideal specimen OF what
a ch1lds paper should be. 1t is simple,
natural, interesting, and is likely to have
an extended range of usefulness on the
American continent. Lady Marjorie is
an interesting child, somewhat tail for
her age, but still child at her lessons.
She does her editing in the intervals OF
play time. Like all The rest of the fam
lily she is devoted to her mother, who ie
naturally very anxious that such child
should not be unduly forced into prom.
inent activity.
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Cardinal Manning, who was as thin
and emaciated as ''Spaight of Limerick -
when in Liverpool was visiting convent
where an lrishwoman was cook. nne
begged and prayed for the blessing Of
the cardinal. The mother superior pre-
sented the request to him, with which he
kindly complied. The cook was brought
in, kne1t down before him, and received
his blessing; whereupon she looked up at
HIM and said, "May the Lord preserve
your eminence; and oh, may God forgive
your cook!' The cardinal was one of
} the most abstemious of men. He ate
very little and never touched wine. He
said once while speaking of intoxication:
\ "It is the curse of mankind. 1t makes
brutes of the English and bacchanals Of
the Irish. Neither nation is improved
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