The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-23

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PASSED IN REVIEW.
Ireland was originally Ierne, or the
sWestArn Isle." It was called the EN-
erald Isle" because Of the brilliant color
Of it's verdue, winch throughout the year
is lively green.
At the annual meeting Of the Toronto
board of trade the retiring president,
Hugh B ain, said that the last year was
one of the most disastrous and unsatis-
factory ever experienced in the history
of the confederation. The number OF
failures was per cent more than the
previous year, and had occurred especial
ly in business lines rather than in manu-
features.
There is Jaw in France in which the
various forms of unsoundness to which
the horse is subject are described, and
which further provides that purchaser
of horse has nine days in which to re-
turn him to the seller should he be
found to bs suffering from any OF the
forms of uneoundness specified. Such q
law in this country would do much to
protect buyers, aud it would also be
welcome to the reputable mon who are
engaged in selling horses.
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An ordinance has been introduced IN
lhe city council of New Orleans, La, to
prohibit all persons, firms and corpora
tions engaged in laying street railroads,
paving, erecting building, ETC., from en-
ploying persons who have not been resi-
dants of New Orleans for year. The
ordinance is aimed at the street rdilroad
companies, which have large force at
work engaged in laying their tracks, and
which, it is SAID are employing negroes
and Hungarians from other States and
paying them starvation wages.
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A leaf Of Gothic Bible of the sixth or
seventh century was recently discovered
in the archives of the Haute Garonne by
an able OF Toulouse. It contains two
chapters of Ecclesiasticus, and is valu
able, for DULY small portion of the Old
Testament translated by Bishop Uifilas
has been preserved; the New Testament
has Jared better. Fragments of the
Gothic Bible have been found in many
parts of Europe, the most important aud
most famous of all being the Codex
Argenteus, written in silver letters on
crimson parchment, now in the library
at Upsala, in Sweden.
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The cost of the British House OF Lords
and the United States Senate is given as
follows: United States Senate, salaries,
travelling expenses, personal expenses,
$4,000; House of Lords, Q; United
States Senate, clerical staff, SALE, 900;
contingent expenses, $4,000; House of
Lords, $4,000. In other words, the
British upper House costs about one fifth
part of the charges on account of the
United States Senate. And as there are
80 members only of that body every indi-
vidual member costs his country about
$1l,500 year. The British House of
Lords consists of $50 members, il they
all choose to appear, aud this number
means an average of 1875 year each; 90
that not only does the British House of
Lords cost only one fifth Of the United
States senate, but each individual Peer
costs one thirtieth part Of the cost of our
Senators.
Ooe who Was probably the oldest
Bishop in the Catholic Church recently
passed away. The Most Rev. Tobias
Kirby, Titular- Archbishop of Eph esus,
and for many years rector of the Irish
College, Rome, who died on January Doth
in the Eternal City. was long one OF the
most venerable and venerated person
ages among the numerous distinguished
ecclesiastics in the metropolis of Christ
endom. Held in special esteem by the
Sovereign Pontif and by his brother
Bishops, patriarchal prelate whose
length of years far exceeded that of many
of the aged churchmen among whom he
lived and moved, he was we'll known in
both hemispheres. A typical Irishman,
in whom the simple piety of the olden
time was associated with strong and
deep affection for the land of his birth,
with whom faith and patriotism were al.
ways lnseparable, he was beloved by his
countrymen, who regarded him as per-
sonitying their undying attachment, faith
and fatherland and their traditional de
votion to the sac OF Peter.
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