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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-07-26

the 1ntercesslOn OF Mary; 90 each ID atCache0
q label, bearing the name of the person and
the date Of the cure.
From the vestibule we passed into the
nave. One feels an inexpressible emotion
of piety and devotion on entering this
beautiful church. I went Immediately
to the grand altar to pay my dev0-
tions to our Lady of GARRISON, while the
NJ. lie Superieur, who was fortunately at
liberty. found him q tall, fine-looking
gentleman, instead of hoary old hermit,
and as polite as Partisan. In his room
saw the skull of the shepherdess to whom
the Virgin appeared. She died nun, and
her body was given to the chapel, which had
been erected during her life, and to which
she had been permitted to resort from time
to time. The fountain is under the grand
altar; but the water is conducted into a
basin in q vault to the east of the chapel.
Every one says the waters still perform
wonderful cures.
Over the grand altar of the church, in q
niche, is q statue Of Notre Dame de Garai-
son, the mother of sorrows, holding in her
arms the inanimate body of her divine Son.
There are four small chapels, two on each
side, separated by walls which advance to
the principal nave, and are there convertt d
into pilasters to support the vault.
At a late hour in the evening, when, while
was still wrapt in prayer, and quite un-
conscious Of what was going on around me
in this still, mountain chapel, found the
altar suddenly illuminated, and door
opened to long procession Of white robed
priests and about hundred young men.
They rassed around the chapel, chanting
Iantens Ergo, and then returned to the altar
to give the benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament. The richly gilded chapel was
radiant with reflected light, and the strains
of o salutaris Hostia! seemed to float up
ward in celestial tones, as they issued from
lips purified by solitude and prayer.
1t was very late when fell asleep on my
hard bed at the Hotel de la Paix. At an
early hour the next morning was again
before the altar of Our Lady. Priests were
celebrating the holy mysteries at every
altar when entered the chapel. At seven
o'clock, NJ. lie Slperieur offered the Holy
Sacrifice for my intentions, at which COM
municated. My devotions ended, ram
bled around the garden and through the
cloisters, drank again from the fountain,
and then prepared for my departure. left
that chapel in the strong embrace of the
everlasting hills, and with sunlight flooding
it's walls like glory. Since that time l
have visited many shrine in la belle France,
but turn to none with a more grateful
heart than Notre Dame de GARRISON.
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FAT OFFICES FOR PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES

At late general conference of the sec
taries at Chicago, an effort was made to
raise a fund for the support of missionaries
to convert the Jews of that locality. An
outspoken Hebrew, in a well-timed speech,
exposed the falsity of the statistics which
were urged in favor of that measure, and
the whole scheme exploded. In truth,
hundreds of these schemes are gotten up to
afford fat salaries for needy Adventures,
under pretense of supporting missionaries
among all classes of persons-Jew, Gentle,
or Christian. A correspondent of the
Israelite thus exposes one of these impos-
lures:
Before the American people (Protestant)
re-invest in the enterprise of converting the
Jews it would be we'll to look into it fnan-
cially, SO that ample provisions may be
made for the army of mercenary stlpendia-
ries for whose benefit the societies for apos-
tacy are chiefly maintained.
The following are a few items of cost and
statistics of the London society, from their
In 1853, they spent e3o,so5 lis. Id,
| and saw they converted fourteen adults and
nine children.
In 1854, they expended eco ,469 Us. Cd,
| but are silent on the number converted.
The number of persons employed was
thirty four, and they abandoned one OF the
best fields of labor-Smyrna.
In 1857, the Prudential Committee
doubtless from prudential considerations
discontinued the missions ~! in Africa; In
| fact, the two missionaries (Stcrn and RO-
sentha) to Ably ssinia mixed themselves up
with the political affairs of the late King
Theodorus, created disturbances, and made
themselves, generally, nuisances. This
barbarous king did not think it right to
4, o,,I f.Nl.
| those two gentlemen to go away and mind
their own business.
In 1861, the London society expended the
sum of 9:35, AGO, reported ttty-th con-
versions, and employed one hundred and
sixteen paid officers; over two to each CON
vert.
In 1868, they spent the trihing sum of
$I62, $40 in gold, about $3.50, 900 in green
backs, had one hundred and thirty five paid
officers, and report sixty baptisms, men,
women, and children, which would give an
average of $4l66 per head, or i'll other
words, $780, 700 disbursed by one hundred
and thirty five persons to themselves, and
favorites.
1t must be remembered that sixty bap-
tisms are reported, and it has been proved
| that there are persons whose business it is
to be baptized and converted " early and
in London, Berlin, Constantinople, and
other places, but as this lucrative business
has been exposed fully in Europe, a new
depot is sought in New York and Chicago
The baptizer and the baptizee will make
good thing out of it in partnership, if they
can make the connections in America as
complete as in Europe.
Think of it, about $15O,OO in gold every
year for about fifty baptisms, some in du-
plicate, some lunatics, some children, some
confederate "But the world owes me q
living" say they. cam not man and
brot6erf"
He who greases his wheels helps his oxen.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-07-26

The mind wears the colOrs of the soul,
says Madame Swetchine, as valet those OF
his master.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-07-26

As jewels lose their glory if neglected. 40
princes their renowns if not respected.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-07-26
uosx1xa STAR AND CATHOLIC xEsnEaxR.

NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY. JULY %, 1885,
~~@>~>~>~>~>~>~>>
IFor the Morning Star:l
SLAM ER.
By LEoNA LEE.
In certain lovely garden.
Rich beds Of flowers grew,
s 0% R;n as. 70 Si sseir lofty head.
Above their blooming mates.
And jessamines kissed the anemones
Beside tho garden gates.
Sweet Summer smiled upon the spot,
And Winter In his route
Threw of his ICY cost OF snow
And softly touched theee flowers rare.
And gased upsn their beauty.
TIL Spring crept silly up on him.
And warned him Of his duty.
Then like the gentle snowfakes
He drifted far away,
And left the lovely garden
To spring. time golden sway;
Amid the violets white,
WED s spTrn e sp ana iehs
The beauteous blossoms welcomed it
And guarded il rom chilling gale,
From AL that could destroy;
It reared Its naughty head,
And bursting wide its brilliant balls.
A noxious perfume spread.
It passed. DER all tho flowers,
And many dropped and died.
But still 1t hoated DER tho earth
And breathed on every side;
Gray.headed sires, fair matrons, maids,
And many q darling child,
Sank down beneath its vapor foul,
Or fed into the wild.
Kind reader would you learn the name
OF this famed blasting weeds
IT'S SANDER! Marx its title well,
And e'er avoid its seed;
Cast it from out your loving homo,
Destroy it at the root,
And watch the garden of your heart
Ere it from Love Is soil shoot.
Rw ORLEANS, July S, 1868.
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He who greases his wheels helps his oxen.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17
Game Law.

Farmers and others interested, will
do we'll to remember the provision of
the Game Law, ofthe state, given be-
low. 1t Will soon be time for it to go
into operation again.
SECTION l. BE it enacted By the Genera
assembly Of the STATE Of Iowa, That it
~na,i r1clhslHe oe nhla" use to kill, ensnare or
trap any wild deer, elk, or fawn, prai-
rie hen or chicken, between the first
day of January and the first day OF
August in each and every year; any
wood-cock between the first day OF
January and July in each year. ny
quail, ruffled grouse, or pheasant, be
tween the fifteenth day OF December
and the twelfth day OF September. or
any wild turkey between the first OF
February and the first of September:
Prorded, That except on his premises,
it shall be further unlawful for any
person to net, ensnare or trap any OF
said game exceptin the month otDecem-
Der: Ind pr oridtd further, That except
on his own premises it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to cnsnarc, net or
trap any quail at any Time OF year
prior to the first Of December, 1872
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17

Tive following Is the calendar OF
Presidents ana Chief Justices with
their Alma Matters annexed.
1st Prest George Washington, non
graduate
ID Prest. John Adams, Hazard Mass.
3D. Prest. Thos. jefferson, William
and Mary, Va.
4th Prest. James Madison, Prince
ton, n. J.
5th Prest. James Monroe, William
and Mary, Va.
9th Prcst. J. Q. Adams, Harvard,
Mass.
7th President. Andrew Jackson, non
graduate.
Sth Prest. Martin Van Buren, non
graduate.
9th President w II. Harrison, non
graduate.
10th Prest. Jas. X. Polk, University
of n. c.
1lth President Zachary Taylor, non
graduate.
18th Prcst Franklin Pierce, Bow
doin, Ne.
18th Prest. James Buchanan, Dick
enson, Pa.
14th Prcst. Abraham Lincoln, non
graduate.
10Th Prest Z. s. Grant, West Point
lst Chief Justice, John Jay, Colum-
bla, ~ Y.
ID Chief Justice, Olises Ellsworth,
College OF n. Y.
Sd Chief Justice, j. Marshall, edu-
Gated by tutors.
4th Chief Justice, 3. = g4iase, Dart
mouth, n. II.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17
NO 50
KcligiOla and the Sccts.

Each little sect builds its little wall,
and incloses its special atom of Gods
truth. 1t denies all outside of the
wall, and then when we sweep that
wall away, charges us with denial. Our
answer to them all must be that the
church of freedom and philanthropy is
older, larger and grander than they
As Luther said, we say, but in wider
spirit, "We are the church, because
we represent no platform narrower
than humanity itself. Religion is the
natural instinct of the human soul; this
and this only lies behind all these petty
organizations, and gives them their be-
ing. and when We push them away,
and come down to Gods solid founda-
ton, it is no denial, but affirmation
That is the only assertion; it is tn 1t
which gives the believer in natural re-
ligion strength, not alone for himself,
but to labor for others; because he
represents, not this or that conventicle,
but the central spirit which they all
embody, the love of God and man, by
which alone they live. Take away
from them what is superficial, and they
are all alike Take away few cere-
monies from the Catholic and the Prot
estant, few technical phrases from the
Trinitarian and the Unitarian, and they
are one and the same. Take away
from the Jew and Mohammedan these
separating forms and dogmas, bring
back each one to what makes his man
hood, and they are all the same. Be-
hind the highest utterances of the
world of the Vedas, of Epictetus, of
Marcus Antonius, and Of Jesus,-be-
hind them all, and greater than them
all, is the eternal aspiration of human
ity to the absolute truth of God 1t is
that truth to which the radical is pledg-
ed, because it is natural religion which
he recognizes. He it is who affirms,
and leaves each little sect of each little
religion to do its own denying.
Look into your books Of piety and
see the unity of the great expressions
among all peoples! Look into your
hymn books. and you see that the
hymns which come nearest to every
religious soul are the hymns which are
not sectarian, which were not written
by sectarians, which were written, in
many cases, by persons cast out by the
churches. Those hymns which are
most immortal In the hymn-books are
often those which the churches borrow
ed from poets whom they left outside.
Who wrote "While Thee / seek, pro-
tecting Power" that perfect uttcrance
of the last triumph OF religious trust ?
Helen Maria Williams, the friend and
imitator of Mary ollstonecratt. You
may still find her branded as hereto
in the biographical dictionaries. Who
wrote, Nearer, my God, to thee? 1t
was Sarah Flower Adams, the friend
and disciple of VIM. J. Fox In her
lifetime she would have been iisowned
by the very churches which now can
not draw near to their God without
borrowing her wings to fly with. And
so, through piety as through morality,
you find that all forms are superficial,
and all souls are saved by that simple
religious sentiment which lies behind
all creeds.-I. ". Hiqqins0n.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17

A GRAMMATICAL PuplL.-A School
master, after giving one ofhis scholars
a sound drubbing tor speaking bad
grammer sent him to the other end OF
the room to inform another boy that
he wished to speak to HIM, and, at the
same time, promising to repeat the
dose, ii he spoke to him ungrammatl-
cally.
The youngster, quite satisfied with
what he had got, determined to be
exact, and thus addressed his pupil;
"There is common substantive, OF
the masculine gender, singular number,
nominative case, and in an angry mood,
that sits perched upon the eminencc
at the other side Of the ROOM wishes
to articulate few sentences to you
i'll the present tense
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17
The Eno,reer q journal is.

BELLs.-The Engineer, a journal is-
aued in London, and devoted TO the
publication of matters of interest to
the profession whose name it bears,
gives the following statistics in refer
ence to heavy bells in the cities men
toned: Antwerp, 10000 lbs; Rome,
10000 lbs; Malines, 10000 lbs; Bru-
ses. $4,000 lbs; Cologne, $4,000 lbs;
Erfurt. 10000; Paris (Notre Dame)
$4,000 lbs, Sens, $4,000 lbs; Vienna.
10000 lbs; London (St. Paul's}, 43, 900
lbs; Novogorod, $4,000 lbs; Pekin,
10000 lbs; and Moscow, 14l 900 lbs.
In Moscow there still exists an enor-
nous bell, called the Tar Kolokol, or
Emperor of Bells. 1t weighs about
100000 pounds, and was cast in l6o3
The height is nineteen feet, and the
circumference at the base sixty-tour
feet, but it has never been hung so that
it could be used.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17
JOshbillimysian,i.

| never bet on the man who il al
ways telling what he would have done
It he had been there: have noticed
that this kind never get there.
The fear of the law here, and the
law hereafter, has furnished us some
very clever specimens Of Christianity.
FOOLS don't know their strength; If
they did, they would keep still.
Irue happiness seems to consist in
wanting all we can enjoy, and then get.
ting all we want.
Beauty never dies; it is ike trutb.
they both have an Immortality some.
where.
Truth is radical; fiction is consery.
ative.
You would make yourself aereea-
BILE, wherever you go, listen TO the
grievances of others, but never relate
your own.
Men never seem to get tired of talk
ing of themselves, but l have heard
them when 1 thought they sho~ed signs
Of ,ceaknsss-
Common sense is most generally de-
spised by those who haven't got it.
Although mankind worship wealth,
I Will give them credit for one thing
they seldom mistake it tor brains.
Treason is one Of those stains that
wash we'll
Shut New England ont in the cold
4 should as soon think OF shutting
the cold out OF New England
Monuments are poor Investments
the bad don't deserve them, and the
good dan't need them.
The best way to keep secret is to
forget it.
1t isn't so much trouble to get rich
as it is to tell when we have got rich
II man wants to get at his actual
dimensions let him visit a graveyard.
1t is good plan to know many peo-
pie, but to let only few know you.
l don't care how much a man talks
if he will only say it in few words.
Anybody can tell where lightning
struck last, but it takes smart man to
find out where it is going to strike
next tlme-this is one of the differenc-
es between learning and wisdom.
l have got first rate recollection,
but no memory. I can recollect dis
tinctly Of losing ten dollar bill, but
can't remember where, to save my lite.
There are some folks whose thoughts
can't be controlled; they afe like twins,
they can't be had, and they can't be
stopped.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17

"Will you have a Daily Saa2' said
a newsboy to Mrs. Darlington. Will
| have daily son? Why, you little
scrapcgrace How dare you insiM,ate
against lone woman? No, indeed l
guess | won't have daily son. Ny
Door dear husband used to complain
awfully when presented him with q
yearly son. A daily son, indeed. Be
gone, you little upstart imp!a And the
old lady called for the turkey wing tan
to keep her from swooning.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17

A RlpDLE.-An old man, having
three sons, made his will thus: One
half to eldest, one third to second, one
ninth to youngest son;-He died pos
scssed of nothing but seventeen fine
healthy camels. The sons failed to
manage the division IN the terms ofthe
viii. They went, therefore, to the
Cadi who promised to settle the mat
ter. After considerations, he propoun-
ded scheme of distribution which
more than satisfied each claimant and
disposed ofthe whole estate. What
did lie do? @
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17

all the property seized. The reason i
this-every ticket which they sell
claims to be ticket of admission to a
"Grand Concert" and this is held to
be valuable consideration for the mon.
ey paid, and hence perfectly legiti-
mate transaction-a simple case of buy
ing and selling goods.
TUE swlNDLER's RATIONALE.
"You pay your money for that" said
the New York manager to me. at
promises nothing, and you get what it
promises. You may be notified that
you have drawn a prize, valued at $500,
and You send us the five per cent ask
ed tor-we send you watch valued
at $500, but worth s2O-what are you
going to do about it? What does your
ticket call for :? We admit the swindle,
but what are you going to do about it?
you've got no claim on us beyond ar,
admission to Irving Hall-comc to Irv-
ing Hall and we'll admit you-when
we agree to-we haven't fixed the time
yet"
WHICH Is THE WORST?
When the New York manager
(whom l afterwards ascertained was
but an ordinary clerk) had learned from
me that l held number Of tickets
which were said to have drawn prizes,
he did not hesitate to inform me that
they never intended to give prizes of
any value, and justified such a course
by saying that every person who
bought ticket did so in the hope of
gaining an advantage over some one
else-of getting prize worth FIVE, ten
or fifty times the amount he inyes ted
To use the expressive language Of the
manager, ''They hope to beat us, 50 we
make sure Of beating them-they want
ten dollars for one, while we take ten
for nothing-wheres the difference be-
tween US? They try to overreach us
and we do overreach them-moraliy
considered, which is the worst ~
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17
POETR Y.
THE AVALANCHE.

From Belgravia for October.
Down with rush and roar and clatter
Down from the peaks Of perpetual snow,
To crush and to chill, to smash and to shat.er.
Riving the pine trees while laying them low;
Spelling the vines, and then splitting asuncler
Great granite rocks with the blast nf its
breath;
Down with boom, and bound and thunder
RuthIsfsly dealing destruction and death.
Down like an army to waste and to pillage.
Thunderingd gdown the snow-conqueror came.
Doing its work in our bright little village
More sharp than the sword, more sure than
the fame;
Its vengeance on lowly cots soon it is wyeak
ing,
Quickly it tolleth the poor peasants knell,
Mournfully mourning and savagely shrieking,
Like gibbering hends in some glacial hell.
Down it comes, down like . grand giant,
crushing
Poor puny picmies that stand in its path:
Down with the sound of mighty windrushine.
Breaking the bridge like a reed or lath.
Through pleasant pastures It's fearlessly
flying
Crushing the crops with . shower of stones;
Needless alike Of the dead as the dying,
Prayers disregarding like curses and
: groans.
Down it comes swift over church, hut and
chalet,
Down the steep hillside It's hurrying fast;
All that is bright in the sweet smiling valley
Bows meath the blight fits withering blast.
Men cover down in wild CONSERVATION,
On rolls LGwine, and soon it is past
Dark is the day Of theNdire desolation-
The work of the snow-fend is over at last
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17

Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, George
Washington, John Milton and Thom-
as Paine are among the registered col
ored voters Of Augusta, Ga.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17
ORIGIN OF THE "pRlNrEIs DEVIL. =

ORIGIN OF THE 'pRlsTEIs Devil. -
When Aldus Manutius set up i'll bust
ness as printer at Venice, he came in
possession of little negro boy. This
boy was known over the city as ''the
little black devil who assisted the
mysterious bibliotactor; and some Of
the most ignorant believed him to be
none other than the embodiment OF
Satan, who helped Aldus III the prose
cution of his profession. One day,
Manutius, desiring to dispel this
strange hallucination by publicity, dis
played the young imp" to the poorer
classes. Upon this occasion he made
this short but characteristic speech ::
BE il known to Venice, that |, Aldus
Manutius, printer to the Holy Church
and Doge, have this day made public
exposure OF the printers dtH All
those who think he is not flesh and
blood, may come and pinch him.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-17

A Chinese almanac is most extra
ordinary publication. The days for
blowing, building, travelling, marrying
are laid down in it with the greatest
minuteness. The whole period of four
seasons is divided into twenty four SO
lar terms, each possessing character
istic name and corresponding to the
day on which the sun covers the first
or fifteenth degree OF one OF the twelve
signs of the zodiac. As the Chinese
is lunar calendar, the places OF these
solsticcs, equinoXes, etc, which regu-
late the three great festivals Of the
year, are changed every yea. There
is also the intercalculation of the ar
rears Of the Chinese year OF asa days,
which in period OF thirty two or thir-
ty-thrce months amount to great
month OF thirty days, which is intro
duced every two or three years, in
such way rs to preserve tie order OF
these twenty-four periods.