The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-04-06


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IL has been decided BY the genersi con.
currsnoe of lsvy ers that 10 gistsringfor
municipal elections IN Kansas, women
are not required to state their exact ages,
but will comply with the law BY simply
stating that they are aover twenty one
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Although the mother Of the greatgrand
heir apparent TO the throne Of England,
the Duchess Of York place in the royal
circle Is quite low ia the ranks. The
Queens daughters and dangh ters. iD-law
all havs precedence Of the Duchess Of
York, who, is placed ct drawing room,
between the Duchess Of Albany and the
Duchess of Teck. She takes precedence
| Of her own mother, however, If there is
any pleasure or comfort il that.
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Frederick Douglass often laughed over
witticism Of Mrs. Fred Grants at his
expense when they met at. the Chicago
Convention Of 1883. II was sitting with
Mrs. Grant and her party, watching the
balloting,' Z said he to friend. $40 my
surprise, one vote was cast for me for
Pr. ident Of the United States. It had
no sooner been announced by the tellers
than Mrs. Grant turned to me, and, with
the most charming smile Imaginable,
said: You must be the dark horse OF this
convention, M. Douglass. 0
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An English clergyman was preaching
in = country town in Scotland. He had
as his subject .sThe Prodigal Son. "And
the prodigal son went away from his poor
old father and remained in Tar country
for years aud years, and his father
lmourned his absence foryears and years.
But after years and years he came back
to his poor old father, and his poor ola
father said unto hisservants, Bring torth
the fatted calf which has been kept for
my son these years and years" Antold
farmer in the audience could contain
himself no longer. EYER q le'er, it wud
hae bin COO" he exclaimed.
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William 81. Walters, Of Ellis Post, No.
|6, q. A. r., Of Germantown, Pa, who is
an old ex-prisoner Of war;, has placed On
exhibition a perfect model Of old Libby
Prison. The model is made OF wood
taken from the famous original, and the
cobblestone walk and brick pavement
are also formed Of material from the ol6
prison. The miniature flagstaff on top,
OF the building is q stick from the genu~
inc pole that bore the stars and bars over
the old historic tobacco house. The
model is complete in every detail, and is
backed BY scenery painted on canvas.
The model Is admired by many old veter-
ans who were imprisoned in the old
prison, who at once begin to tell their
tales Of woe and i'll treatment at the
hands Of the rebels during their conAns-
ment there. ID
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One Of the oldest war vessels in the
world belongs to Holland. 1t is canal
boat ironclad, perfect and completely
equipped war ship ID miniature. Thie
mimic war ship is valuable part of the
defensive armament Of Holland, anG
would be very effective in. some emer--
gencies. The whole country is crisis.
crossed with canals only . few hundred
yards apart, and about every street OF
every town, except Utrecht, has a canal
running through the middle Of
i. The canals in the country are every
whore several feet higher than the sur
rounding land, and warship in the
canal, Of 9 regiment on the towpath
would have 9 strong vantage point. or
course, Holland navy Is BY no means:
confined to canal bosts.5 She has about;
100 men of-war, Of which about twenty
i've are ironclads, and some Of them rank
with the best vessels of other nav,iies.
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"a western Pennsyly anis man has pat
ented 9 new style Of sleeping csr. Each
car is to contain rubber bags Of various
sizes and designs, some to IS used as pill
lows. others e mattresses, and others as
cushions. AT MIG Hall these bags are to
be taken from the cupboard and stretched
over steel frames. When that lie done
hot air from the locomotive 10 to be-
turned o., md the baes are to bedilated.
"a q very lew minutes the cushons, mat