The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-07-04

ke s boys in the St. Georges School know the
s C of ali their sehoolfeilosvs with unerr1ng
certainty sT Thus a boy having missed Is ms
fd,en mast, walking round the green sward, or
ns e ga;I into dinner. He hears the tramp Of
his friend smid the din and the semitic OF the
ounces upon him with the same certainty %
Eonch he saw him. Indeed, the blind speak
Of hearing as seeing II nom me me sro they
KNOW Jaw him 20 OUT" It rs u curious fact |
Say say, hind people never run mp against each
other. Thus, when playing at prisoners ost In
s even s%opg sts fellows but rarely into
Collision with each other. Eash Doy, wnsm ed
IN hasket-mnking--a room 20 feee wide ny 10y
koat In length--lmarches UP TO his own scat anu
box, mover by amy chance mis.ang ms place aa,,.
thew never stop for an answer, their sense OF
hearing telling them that there Is no one IN ~
we'll illustrates this point. had occasion,
hs Jaws, ito send out q blind man with mat
tress I gave him the bill with it, tha1 ne
MIGHT receive payment. But to my surprise
ba seturned with the account and the mattress
TOO sPye brought back baith ye see,- sfr,
I'd he. How SOP Indeed, sir, didna hke
sa' aa,j..,t yonder-else I am sure we wad neer
70 teh s;,far--theres nae stick of furniture
Within the door, How do you come W 49,
MT - ooh. sir, twa taps on the hoor Win my
stick soon telPt me that Z anu W. H n1 ,fo"a
nata nroyed to be eotD-taSSese0 maya"
zine. LAB, E,c,l;sb
THE Poisoas in the Eitchen.-A late EnGn lsa
~ contains the following relative TO tue
noisons existing in many OF our cooking n'oN
u Human beings must have as many hyes Is
,,+s are reputed TO enjoy, to withstand the re-
p eaos; hunters declare them to undergo
msatS ia nowadays acknowledged to iurS IN II.
xve1I-niph everything we eat and drink, anu ~,
some things that we wear But wee uiu no'
sui Of fiSding destruction in the pots, pans
I'D Ietties of our households. Yet there WE
are assured it is. practical chemist nIlu na
~; fsyn;Iv prostrated with gastric complain
thot dafed the doctors, searched vigorously ioi
tba cause and traced 1T to copper nnu ; Rs,.
comm from cooking utensils anu wno e1 ac
Tha tin with which vessels are hned - iic
canteI as safeguard against the commnhi;e y;
lion of any poison from the metal OF wnio,
they are made, but it may be source .. cnot
-, ;nstead of q preventive. ThusWise: cooh
oftsn only half I'll their saucepans, and shel
the flames that wrap around them overh 60
the portions above the liquid, anu o1a e,,itb RI
metal, which, when it gets into the stom aas
Combines with the gastric juice, and forms ms
most irritant poison ms rs rs nSS meta
the tin, by generous aa.nixture OF lea
which ia much cheaper. The too free use
lead is prevented %ssre o The sPSanr tinman
str;ctfv watched. Our only resource woulo
to discard everything but iron, plain or ehaI
eled, for culinary articles and inns nst 1 take O.
would never agree TO- 30 VIC ni"0' Vs.
poisons cheertuliy'
Irish iSpecsacles.-The late Gen. B., going pc
haste to Ireland on some extraordinary pu
ness that would not permit the fhcutno[An
IF n retinue stopped to dine at the Inn on Z
Chester road, and ordered a Paif Oh uuo'
which he saw ready ut the kltcnen n :S. up r
his table The generals desire had just De
complied with when some country bucks ca
in, hungry as hawks, after the mornings sPo
They eagerly inquired what could 5e naa =,
eat Like q true Boniface, the Landlord 81
merated what he had not, to apologize
what be had, and among other things m
toned the ducks~which had been oh!y q
ment before served up for the Irish gentiema
dinner "Irish jontlemonp gibingly
claimed one of the group; " III lay fifty to
Eve that be don't know from pun i,
Here waiter, take my watch mp to the Jon
mon, present my compllments, ana Ie9u
him to tell me what o'clock it is" The g
eral heard the message, took the watch
With GREAT temper returned his respects,
the assurance that as soon as he had dined
would endeavor to satisfy their inquiry.
bucks chuckled at the embarrassment WI
they Imagined the ignorant Irishman was
into; sat down to regale themselves on WI
ever they could get but their jollity was
sently disturbed by the entrance OF a mini
figure who with that po1iteness which is
peculiar characteristic of the army, adyau
towards the table " here they were sea 1a; !
presented the watch. >"Gentlemenr> SAID
Il wish to know its owner, as from the !
sage sent me a tfttieSwhife ago presume 4
short-sighted, and have brought. ninf a pal
spectacies1n pointing to a pair of pistols 2s III
his arm &c to remedy the defect" The
was gone-thS bucks were silent The gen
deliberately put the watch il, his fob WI
declaration that secured it to him lore
Gentlemen, / am sorry for intrud1ng,
find the owner is not among you when
he claims it he shall have it, but never
out q trial of the spectacles"
Span Glass.--Du Braffant, in Paris, rece
exhibited articles made of spun glass, sue
head dresses, watch chains, curled
srnoothed ostrich feathers etc. The usua
..s amply here as the thread is as fine as spi
web. 1t is not inferior in strength to the
wool, while fGr gxCUeCfing n ftt-beatty'-
sfiexibility of the thread is such that 1t ma
worked in the sewing machine.
- o5strstctions Rittenhouse, the
bDated astronomer, who was skiltul in me
ing tho size and determining the posltlo
the heavenly bodies, found that q thre'
ordinary sewing silk drawn across the gla
his telescnna zzanld.- camnletelY conceal a