The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-01-26
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The word catholic il f1irst used il Tho &
apostles creed, where it says: One holy, B
Catholic. apostolic church, T is next
used by Ignatiu6 who is said 70 have been
an apostle Of John. He used the word
in this sentence: wherever Jesus Is,
there is the Catholic Church" st. Angus
tine (A.D. 400 says: 'The very name Of
Catholic holds me to the Or uroh." The
word is derived from "kata, : meaning in
or '.through," and "olus,'' the whole.
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Here is an interesting little group Of
statistics: Sarah Bernhardt was born in
Paris in 1914; Marie Borroughs, San
Francisco, 1866; Rose Coghlan, England,
1853; Sadie Martinez, Yonkers, N. Y,
1857; Mrs. Kendall England, ls49; Ada
Rehan, Limerick, Ireland, about 1857;
Nine. Rhea, Belgium, 1855; Ellen Terry,
England, 1913; Adelina Patti, Spain,
1913; Margaret Mather, Detroit, 1851, and
Lillian Russell, Iowa, 1869.
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According to one Of our consuls Amer
lean artificial limbs would have agreat
sale IN Germany we're there agencies es-
tablished there by the manufacturers.
The German makers of artificial limbs
are less ingenious than their brethren in
America, the limbs are heavier. less con-
venient and not more durable. Oddly
enough, not single American manufac-
turer of such things has sought to intro
duce his goods into Germany.
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O'Donovan Rossa, the persistent as
sailant of the British lion, is going to
England. Some years ago this announce
ment would have created some excite
ment. Ross of late is not the terrible
bugbear to Englishmen that he used to
be. His pardon has been granted by the
British Grown, and his twenty years Of
exile expired in 1891. He holds pass
port from Secretary of State Gresham
and goes to England as an American
citizen.
The county in which Milan, Tenn, is
located contains three very odd families,
believed to be the tallest, heaviest and
slightest" families in that state. The
first is composed of four persons-father,
mother, son and daughter; the range Of
height being from feet 2 inches to 7
feet inches. The heavy family is COM
posed of father, mother and daughter,
and their united weight is 900 pounds.
The feather weight family is composed
of ten persons, father, mother and eight
children, the combined weight of the ton
being but 513 pounds, an average OF q ,
fraction over 50 pounds.
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''Who is Jane Smiley?" is the question
that the lovers of short stories are ask
ing, apropos Of the appearance in the
Catholic World and Harper's Young Peo..
pie of two bright and interesting tales.
over the above name. They betray q.
delioacy of touch and fine play Of fancy
that indicate the possession of born
genius for story telling. Probably it u.s.
no breach of confidence to say that the
author of these stories is the eldest.
daughter of the late John Boyle O'Rsi]Iy,'
who has chosen to conceal her identity:
under nom de plume which is the name.
of her grandmother. Now that the SCI
cret is out there seems to be no good
reason why she should not sign herself.
Mollie O'Reilly, or, perhaps, her full
name, Mary Boyle O'Reilly. It is name
that the admirers of the poet would re-
joice to see perpetuated SO worthily by,
one of his own beloved children.
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The Dublin Freeman's Journal, speak
ing of the fire in the crib at St. Teresa's
church, Clarendon street, on Christmas
day, says: The fire which occurred on
Christmas day in st. Teresa's, Clarendon
street, by which the crib was burned was
attended by marvellous results, which,
are much spoken Of in the city. Children
who remained in the midst Of the conha-
grafton, and should in the ordinary
course of events have lost their lives,
were saved. Those who aided to extin.
guish the flames, though in the most im-
minent peril, did not suffer from the
flames. But what excites wonder especi,
ally is the fact that the statues of the
Divine Infant and our Blessed Lady
alone remained. The face of the Divine
Infant preserves it's exquisite loneliness,
though rescued from shapeless and un-
slightly mass Of debris, and after having
been subjected to heat sufficiently in
tense to fuse all the glass employed in
the construction Of the crib.
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At the Housssu colliery, in Belgium,.a
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