The Irish standard., 1895-02-16
PASSED IN R EV VIEW.

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is being kept close watch on by the
British press. It certainly must be q
menace to them. The London Times
writing on the subject of the Irish in
America MAY IA, 1860, said: There will
be again an Ireland, but a colossal Ire
land and an Ireland placed in the new
world. We shall have only pushed the
Celt westward; ceasing for the future to
be imprisoned between the I,iffey and
Shannon, he will spread from New York
to San Francisco. We must grid our
loins to encounter the nemesis of seven
centuries of misgovernment. 70 the end
of time hundred millions of people,
spread over the lar geet hsbitable area in
the world and confronting us everywhere
by sea and land, will remember that their
torefathers paid tithes to the Protestant
clergy, rent to the absentee landlords
and were forced to obedience to the laws
which these had made"
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A singular coincidence is recalled in
the war "reminiscences in the blue and
Gray" this month in it's account of the
bloody fight at Tunnel Hill, November
Is, 1868. The came bugler with the same
bugle that sent the SIX hundred forward
at Balasklava sounded the advance OF
Corse's brigade. This buRler was Jimmy
Burke, IT the Fifteenth Michigan Infan-
try. And commenting further upon the
bravery of the late Hero of Altoona"
his reluctance to leaving the field, though
80 wounded that he had to lie prone upon
the field and issue his orders lying on his
back, the writer continues: "Had Oorse
remained on the fisld the result might
have been different, for he possessed the
faculty and rare ability to carry body
of men farther into the conflict than any
brigade commander of tho Army of the
Mississippi. He routed the forces OF
Cleburne and sent them in confusion
back onto their reserves, and stayed not
until he fell, sharply wounded, at the
very threshold of his foe. The only time
his followers wsvered at all was when he
was being carried from the field. Sher-
man knew this brigade; he saw it stand
at the bridge crossing Own Creek at Shi-
lob, and beat back the legions OF Beau
regard until its dead carpeted the field
and made it famous with their matchless
heroism. 1t had been tried and found
true; the struggle was desperate, and 1t
was equal to the requirements"
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The Post office Department has begun
the collection of stamps OF ali the foreign
countries of the world, rs we'll as those of
the United States. Captain Brooks, Of
New York city. Superintendent of the
Foreign Mail Service, has two large
stamp albums containing places for every
stamp issued, and makes requests of the
various nations for set of their stamps
as specimens. There are in all about
Is, 900 stamps issued, and up to date
| about $500 have been secured. A great
difficulty in securing complete set arises
from the fact that certain principal1ties
of Europe, now included III the domains
! of nations, con tinue the use Of their lndi-
vidual stamp. For instance, Wurtem-
burg and Baden, in Germany, use the
same stamps they did when governed by
! their Grand Dukes. These pass only in
the prlncipalitles named. and are not
good even for the rest of Germany. This
tact causes much confusion and extra
expense to tourists travelling on the
Continent. If an American in Wurtem-
burg buys stamp of that principally
and mails it in Berlin, or even in Wur-
temburg, to any one in America. the let
ter reaches it's destination safely, but an
extra charge Of ten cents is made before
delivery. A dozen years ago each de-
partment of the United States had dis
tlnct issue of stamps, which, since the
use of the penalty frank on envelopes,
have to all appearance gone completely
out of existence. Those that have not
been destroyed have found their way
into the hands of stamp collectors There
are but few complete sets left.
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O'Connell, writes MIR. Gladstone in his
"reminiscences, was an able and conscien-
tious lawyer. His knowledge OF the Irish
language and Irish nature gave him q
unique position in criminal causes, and
in REORGANIZATION he wac without
rival. Denied the privileges and respon-
sibilitles Of constructive craftsmanship,
be nevertheless possessed all the elements
that 20 to make a statesman, and his ap-
probation OF the relative Importance OF
the means to the end rendered him i'm
patient alike of coercion and of the doc
trinaire schemes OF the Young Ireland
party. The bent of his mind was essen
TALLY practical. AS an orator he held
hig h though not the highest place In par
lianont Giffad nv nature with fine