The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-22

enticing liquor. As soon as the monkey sees
and tastes it. he utters loud cries of joy, that
soon attracts his comrades. Then an orgie be-
gins, and in a short time the beasts show all
signs of intoxication. Then the negroes APP
pear The few who come too late to get fud-
died, escape. The drinkers are too far gone to
dstrust them, but apparently take them for
larger specimens OF their own genus; me ne
gin to weep aud cover them with maudling
kisses. When negro takes ono by the hand
to lead him Off the nearest monkey will cling |
to tho one who thus finds a support, and en-
deavor to go Oft ALSO Another will grasp at
him, and so on till the negro leads o stagger-
VIXEN finally they are brought to the village, |
| they are securely Gagged, and gradually sober |
down; but for two or three days gradually
diminishing supply Of liquor is given them, so
of captivity.
Forming the Mqnners.-Next In Importance to
1 the mental culture Is the formation of onr man
ners. There are multtudes who will have no
other criterion by which to judge onr charac-
| ter. In the varied intercourse of society, we
meet many persons perhaps, only fer a single
of course, form some opinion of us : and that
opinion is built upon what they witness of our
general appearance. With good manners we
may leave an impression upon u stranger from
| q casual meeting with him which may cause
him to hold us in grateful remembrance
through life. With manners of an opposite
character, would either pass unnoticed, or,
perhaps, be remembered only as a giaring
specimen of aifectation or radeness
nearly every casethe first impressions of the
character are gathered from the manners; and
we all know that first impressions are not
easily eradcated. If our manners are as they
should be, it will give this great advantage
in respect to every acquaintance we form
that the individual, from the beginning, will
be prepossessed in our favor. If otherwise, the
best we hope is, that in finding our way
ultimately into their favorable regards we will
have to encounter n man of prejudice
Ioe.-Besides the fact that ice is lighter than
to- No., IN hnn
which most people do not know, perhaps
namely its purity. lump of ice melted will
become pure distilled water. When the early
navigators of the arctic sea got out OF water,
they melted fragments of those vast mountains
of ice called ice-bergs, and were astonished to
, find that they yielded only fresh water They
thought that they We're frozen sea water, not
l knowing that they were formed on the land
and in some way launched to sea- But If they
0 had been right, the result would have been the
> same The fact is, that water in freezing
turns out of it all that is not water-salt, air,
| colorng matters, and all impurities. Frozen
sea water makes fresh water ice. If you freeze
. a basin, of indigo water it will make ice as
l clear and white as that made from pure rain
= water. When the cold is very sudden, these
) foreign matters have no time TO escape, eithel
> by rising sinking, and are thus entangieo
with the ice, but do not make any part Of 1t.
= A Nan of Nerre.-A Washington letter wri
J, ter remarks of Mr. Greeley, that the -contro
he has of his countenance is nearer what Is re
lated of Talleyrand than any we wot of-lt be
ing said of the latter that if any man We're t.
n kick him behind, man IN 'front.' COultl IOG Tel
!, from the expression of his face that anything
)! unusual was occurring"
Il + This reminds q correspondent of an inciden
that occurred in Omaha gentleman VIII
p had received an insulting missive determines
Is to resent it promptly. Next day, thlnking
II saw his man ahead he hastily overlook hiI
ye and administered several pedal salutation
:" The kicked remained passive; and the KICKS
. went around in front to see the effect and di
=, covered to his regret that he had kicked u
10 wrong man. He apologzed, and the oth'
IN IN said, Don't mention it. From the trequenc
ne of such little episodes in my experience, L wa
C. sensible of your demonstration, but was III
aware that you made any mistake"
"a Range of the Human Eye.-The range of IL
az human eye may be judged sf from consider
~ ton which gives us at the same time goe
,% idea of the scope OF animal structure. gu
I'll posinr that an individual of every known sp
| cies were to take its stand between the tv
Ike species that were respectively the next lnrg
IN; and the next smaller than itself, the smalle
is known animal being at one extremity of Il
ire line, ard=the iarSer-at the other ana TINS
MT surprising we were to ask which creature 6
cupied the middle place, having as many q
in Qrees of Rize below it above, and as maj
,at above it asSbelOw, that place would DC toni
he to be occnpedby the common house fly. VIII
II q stupendOus optical instrument must that
1o which, assisted with u few brass tubes a
some disks of glass, shall discern creature
- ,, much smaller than fly as a fly is smaller tn
-, an elphant!
sad To Sare DroHRing Persons.-It may not
,ds generally known that when a person is drow
m ing if he is taken by the arms from behiI
between the elbows and shoulders, ne cam
touch the person attempting to save him, a
dye whatever struggle he may make will only
saf- sist the person holding him in keeping
my head above water. good swimmer can u
our keen a man above water for an hour If sell
Int anywhere else, the probability is that he v
clutch the swimmer and, as is often the ca
~ both will be drowned.
the The ERghsh Ldh5"dYe'-lhere Is no oI
GER spokeD language SO cheap and expressive
and telegraph the English. So the electric wi
and are becoming teachers Oh our Ihether ioESut
tic foreign countries The same amount of I'M
nation can be transmitted in fewer Engl
-, words than French, German. Italian, or
saIu other European language. In Germany
enc Holland especially, il is coming to be q G.
S Sno mon thing to send kilograms in English
n lo.t save expense and insure precision.
ten Time ERo"gh:-AnDet TScehIly hUtehueu
~, away OTTER the ceremonies in church were o
tne when some one asked, DO you not accomp
ngn MS to the cemetery I" mo" was the reply
seiI' 20 no further than this for other peoples
gam ~. 1erals; it will DO time enough for the chu