The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-15

IIHInB, Wlth that
OF Burke, Grattan, Curran, aud others, shed q
lustre i'll their day upon Ireland. AS an orator
ne was powerful and brilliant, as dramatist
he was equally brilliant and successful, a
politician he was able, though uncertain, as a
man of the world he was both fortunate and
singularly unfortunate. Sheridan took con-
spicuous part with Burke in the impeachment
OF Warren Hastings, and, had he possessed o
little more steadiness of character and had he
been less extravaganza in his desires, there was
no position he was not capable of achieving
possessing abilities of n superior order
possessing statesmanlike views, being at once
q genius, wit, and an orator. He had en-
dowments which would compass almost every
thing he ambitioned for, vet by pleasure and
fashion he was Lead influenced, and driven
until disaster and sheer necessity environed
him. A welcome companion at the table of the
greaI-a boon companion with the prince in his
revels-a social companion at every board, his
opportunities We're lost, and, when darkness
and night fell upon him, those who preyed on
the offspring of his glorious brain deserted him
his debts, heavy, multiplied with his mis-
fortunes; SO, also, did his enemies, and when
us last sigh was breathed, and his body was
wrapped in its shroud, his lifeless form was
seized by the myrmidons of the law to exact n
ransom for his creditors. d
Brinsley Sheridan was the author of one of
the most successful dramas ever written ",The
School for Scandal" still keeps the boards and
is as great a favorite with the play going
public to-day as it was fifty years ago Like
Grattan, Goldsmith, and Burke, his bones lie
In an English grave, and in the lustre that is
still reflected by his name and fame, his faults
are forgotten. This iliustrious Irishman died
in the second decade of the present century.
Sheridan's race has not yet died ont, his name
still exists in our Parliamentary history, and
while the glory of Grattan and genius of
Moore survives Ireland shall not forget the
memory of the witty, brilliant, and versatile
Richard Brnsley Sheridan.
The fhin'bte.-The name of this little in
strument is said to have been derived from
thumb bell" being at first. tumble and after
tlimhle. is of Dutc in
was brought to England about the year 1905,
by John Lofting, who commenced its man
utacture at 1slington, and pursued it with
great profit and success. Formerly iron and
brass were used, but latterly steel, silver and
gold have taken their places, In the ordinary
manufacture, thin plates of metal are in
troduced into die, and then punched into
shape. In Paris, gold thimbles man
ufaetured to n large extent. Thin sheets of
sheet iron are cut into dies of about two inches
in diameter. These being heated red hot, are
struck with punch into n number of holes,
gradually increasing in depth, to give them the
proper shape. The thimble is then trimmed,
polished, and indented around its outer surface
with number of little holes, by means of a
small wheel. 1t is then converted into steel by
the concentration process, tempered, secured,
and brought to blue color. thin sheet of
gold is then introduced into the interior and
fastened to the steel by means of polished
stee! mandril. Gold leafis then applied to the
outside and attached to it by pressure, the
edges being fastened in a small groove make
to receive them. The thimble is then ready
for use. The gold coating, if cut away by
needless may be easily replaced, but the steel
is OF an excellent quality and very durable.
The Population Of the Glo6e.-There are ON the
globe ,2S9 900 souls, Of which 5000 900
IRE of the Caucasian race, $50, 00O, 900 are of
the Mongol race, 100, 900 900 are of the Eth
opian race, 176,0OOO00 are of the Malay race
4, 100000 are of the Indo-American race There
are 3642 languages spoken, and 1000 different
religions The yearly mortality of the globe
rs 33t,333,33 persons. This is at the rate of
So each .puisation of our heart marks the
decease of some human creature. The average
of human life il 80 years. One-fourth of the 1
population dies at or before the age of I
years One~half at or before IL years. Among
l0,O0O persons one arrives at the age of 100
years. one in 500 attain the age of so, and one
in 100 lives to the age of 60. Married men
live longer than single ones. In 1000 persons
% marry, and more marriages occur in June
and December than in any other months of the |
year. One-cighth OF the whole population is
Oh longevity. In 1000 individuals who arrive |
at the age of 20 years, az are priests orators |
Or public speakers; 40 are agricnlturists, 30 are
b are soldiers military employees |
- advocates or engineers d professors. and /
"a doctors. Those who devote their lives to |
The prolongation of that of others die the |
soonest. There arc 336,ooo,0 900 Christians, /
1,OOooG0 1sracltes 6O,000O00 Asiatic religion
sts, 16O,0OO,000 Mehammedans 5000 900 |
Pagans. In the Christian Churches 40 100000 |
profess the Roman Catholic, 75,0O0SO0 profess |
nc NASOiN 'AithJ CoJOOoJOOO profess Inc
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4 Pretty Incidental very pretty incident is
,elated of n canary bird, by Georgia paper |
The door of the birds cage occasionally |
eft open so that he might enjoy the freedom
If the room. One day he happened to light |
lPon the mantle shelf wheFeHPeH a
mirror Here WAS new discovery of the most
profound interest. He gazet long and curious
y at himself, and came to the conclusion that
Ie had found n mate. Going back to his cage,
10 selected seed from its box and brought it
N his bill as an offering to the stranger. In
ain the canary exerted himself to make his
friend partal1e, and becoming
weary of that tried another tact. Stepping
pack few inches from the glass, he poured
orth his sweetest notes, pausing now and then
or reply: None came, and moody and dis
'usted he flew back to his perch, hanging his
lead i'll shameful silence for the rest of the
lay; and, although the door was repeatedly
eft open, he refused to come ont again.
Paper HoWses.-Roofs of pdpier mache are not
N absolute novelty, but an entirely new
of paper has been discovered by
which that article can be rendered both water
nd iire-proof, and used for building material
IL all cases where wood serves n similar pur-
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