ten by
Conservatives, others by Nationalists. In one way or another all have
been sent back to private life.

At the general election of 1880, Ireland returned to Parliament eighteen
Liberals, and twenty-six Liberal Home Rulers, twenty-four Conservatives
and thirty-five Parnellites. Thus, out of the one hundred and three
Irish members, Mr. Gladstone could count forty-four supporters against
sixty-nine Conservatives and Parnellites. In the present election the
Conservatives will probably have eighteen seats, while the Parnellites
will secure the remaining eighty-five seats. The Liberals and Liberal
Home Rulers are wiped out to the last man. God save Ireland.

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THE LIVINGSTONS, in Ireland, lived on the land of the famous Con
O'Neill, who once was rescued from prison by his wife in the oddest way
imaginable. She hollowed out two small cheeses, concealed a rope in
each, and sent them to her lord and master, who swung himself down from
the castle window and struck a free foot upon the green grass beneath.

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THERE are in the United States 400 Catholic priests bearing some one of
the following nineteen well-known Irish names. The numbers following the
names indicate the number of priests in this country: Brennan, 12;
Brady, 22; Carroll, 13; Doherty, 16; Kelly, 25; Lynch, 21; McCarthy, 15;
Maguire, 12; McManus, 14; Meagher, 14; Murphy, 33; O'Brien, 24;
O'Connor, 14; O'Neill, 18; O'Reilly, 34; O'Sullivan, 18; Quinn, 16;
Ryan, 31; and Walsh, 33.

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PHILADELPHIA has established an excellent precedent for every other city
and town in the Union. A few days ago the manager of a popular theatre
there was fined $100 for advertising a spectacular exhibition by setting
up indecent posters. It is high time this shocking breach of common
propriety was corrected everywhere. The pictorial representations, by
which the performances of the stage are introduced to the public, are
often far worse than the living exhibitions.

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NEW YORK FAMILY JOURNAL.--A few days ago the Mugwumps thought they were
as big and powerful as Hell Gate, with all its attachments, before
General Newton blew it up. Now they are just where that obstruction was
the day after the explosion. They thought they were the rooster, when
they were only one of his smallest tail feathers.

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