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Show ' " " Latest Irish Hews . : Antrim. Deep sorrow has been occasioned in Belfast bv the announcement of the death of Miss Margaret McComb, late principal of St. Peter's Female National Nation-al school, Raglan street. She was one of the earliest pioneers of education in the city, having been in the service of the national board as highest grade of teacher for the space of over forty years. Down-Early Down-Early last summer the Community of Mount Carmel, Dundrum, lamented the untimely death of their beloved mother prioress, Mother M. Clare Dennehy. The third year of the general triennial elections commencing, the ecclesiastical superiors thought well to postpone the election of a new prioress till the three vears would be up. Meanwhile the sub-prioress sub-prioress was appointed by the vicar-general vicar-general as the acting prioress pro tern. On the feast of St. Agnes the new elections elec-tions took place under the presidency of the vicar general, acting for the bishop. The ladies voted into office for the next three years are: Mother Margaret Mary, prioress; Mother M. Angela, sub-prioress; sub-prioress; Sisters Magdalen, M. Francis and Stanislaus being first, second and third diocretes. Old Irish Proverbs. The rare jewel is the most prized. A blind man is no judge of colors. When the cat is out the mice dance. Even a fool has luck. A mouth of Ivy, a heart of holly. The historian's food is truth. Fierceness 5s often hidden under A good dress often hidea a'deceivcr. Fame is more lasting than life. A foolish word is folly. Lay up in time. Mild to the meek. Cat after kind. Force overcomes justice. Hope consoles the persecuted. The satisfied forget the hungry. Long sleep renders a child inert. Hurry without haste. Drunkenness is the brother of robbery. rob-bery. Hope is the physician of each misery. It is difficult to tame the proud. Idleness is the desire of a fool. Look before you leap. He who is out, his supper cools. The memory of an old child is long. Everything is revealed by time. A cat can look at a king. Patience is the cure of an inveterate disease. Learning is the desire of the wise. Character is better than wealth. Without treasure, without friends. A hungry man is angry. No man is wise at all times. Every dear article is woman's desire. Wisdom exceeds strength. Wine is sweet; to pay for it bitter. Sleep is the image of death. Enough is a feast. Present good is better than past good. Death is the physician of the poor. Every flatterer is not a friend. |