The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-05-16
ARTS, SCIENCES, Ere.

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tIfo,c to Econoh,fse iLabor.--A French engineer,
Mons. H. Cazal has inyenteda little electric i
motor which, by its combination with the
sewing ani.ieiiine, resolves a problem. On
tosehiiigts button, the machinery turns eS-
actly as If an invisible workman was treadIng
the pedals.r Elsetfieity docs the work, ana
the woman superintends IT. pie stuck IN
corner cozc called in foosstooi supplies the
motive. forne required. ThewoItraan, TO work.
must bs liheralty fed the ELECTRIC MOTOR too
tnust Us sppplied yitb xiftga5s aPf dae ik s
tif6 rs eonsiderable.s The pile is it's stomach,
vhiel, assiinilate zinc, exactly the steamA
engine consumes ~ Leebiae h9hiN ;yor
Notwithstanding which, iitssaexfense is low
| eaap Oh to allow Of its.GaploSmsnt ineiemssttef
,aaES!Y an S III Il 5Spfesyes tic
brtiffry modes of TRANSMIT Force by w4ifeh
iat4ell power is snavoitiabfs INST lie also mus
dimnishes theetirst effort which fs TO he madet
to set the thing T. So.ngf sour bnisees
i elements for lnstance, suffice to llut tle motor
1 in action. Now each one OF these consumes
about the vtiftia OF "a penny worth oi ZHio pel1
4 hour making the expense 1t tue day 'poapfi
I,sevenpenee half pc npy,qo o. eiShtpepGe. for
Iithose who want to work only several hours Eel
Gday a fen pence covers the cost Now II the
work oman, OF her employs r,y reiienpers tnat
I.she must spend more than that ON extra 4iet
to keep UP her Strength, y MI 2o i",',I
the .elecrrie motive. power. nebtto Ir'entoh we
, question of health. Moreover there are times
; when mothers of falnilies cannot YlIhout
t;;.sf seTf acti5itr machine would afford
. Invaluable assistance The machines, besides,
are furnished With pedals, so that they can DE
D l,set in motion either by electricity or human
strengths. Finally, the electro -inotor Is SO IN
f yen ionsly constructed thatit viii probnoly De
= found 1uapp licable to. tothsr thH'Ss pSo''S@i
n isewing machines .t.s4. sa giiE, 'r7- 81 .tHai
Thai Missing LiRk.n--W hat are our etanoio,
r gsts and anthropologists, as they cat
themselves, doing They are bllndly searct tas
3 will never find tin the mere outer feseh',
g blence, namely, between the,creature man ana
his snppostiS1ss next o. k,n an1 Of man
7. they think they have discovered the emu OF
$, the clue which is to guide them into the inner
%ystsIy ma noM sts should
lie know better All their Investigations and all
their teachings lead us TO the truth that things
1e are not what they seem, Yet on TINS po OILY
g, they are carried away by seernings pure and
a. simple. What is there that distinguishes man
ee from the lower order OF animals Is ~ LIE
to | form 4 No. Look at comparative anatomy
m The ]eps of a man are the yeutrai Tins OF the
er fish the legs of, the bird, the hinder legs OF
nc quadruped; his arms are the pectorai ms o. .e
We fish, the wings of the bird, the foreieSs OF tnt
he uuadruped. His brain differs only iHlquantitS
mt and texture from that of other animals 1t II
as trne that man stands erect but there IS no
ok more difference between him and the lowe
lat orders of creation i'll this respect than there
re- between a bird and fish. Wherein is it, then
NE that man does stand out in a dignity am
ID, majesty all his own from among tue varloa
he and multitudinous herd of all other erease'
ed beingsf Why, sir, it is in his possession o
ng that which We cali mind it is in his inner
u not in his outward qualities IhoHJdts IN ~
ava TtctligkF," IN CassslPa Magazine.
,o+ Giants Of the Olden Tfme.--A giant exhibite
w in Rouen, in 1880, measured nearly eiSh
~. feet The ,CheyalIer Scrog, III his voyage TO III
80 Peak of Teneriffe, found i'll one OF the cavern
ia; ia. of that mountain the head of d Gnnich VII
tIss had sixty teeth, and was not less than ht0ee
~; 80 feet high. Gorapius saw giant that was lie
lnS feet high FanIlunl, who lived IN the time
%I' Eugene H., measured eleven aud half fee
nm, the castle of Danphne III 1870 a IolI
@ n:ls r0nTtt feet otttss atet-Hiae al
- eight RiI; or: leffHttS
5 's these words, Ketoochus Rex" The skeletf
It1 was found entire, twenty-five and afourth lie
MS Inn5, ten, feet across the shoulders and fl
M feet from the breast bone to tites-back Ne
: nv Palermo, in Sicily, in 1916, was found q
.u skeleton of n giant thirty feet high, and
AZ 1859 another forty -four feet high. Near Maz
No found the -skelet
'eliH | of a ciant thirty feet high, the head was
80 | large MS . hogShcad, and each OF ms tee
hosI weighed i've ounces. The giant FaTragi
&c CT slain by Orlanda, nephew of CharlemagI
80 was twenty ght feet high In Isl near !
-; German, wis found the tomb. OF the ga
~ Isorent, who not less than thirty iect ms
ta,, In 1853, near Rouen, was found u skeiet
the whose skull held q 6usheI OF corn; anu W
on twenty-five feet high: his thigh bones We
''S found in 1903, near the river Moderi. ANA
,ried only were the past ages dlstn gulsheu iof
~ ! prolific proportion of these monsters;
49,, their history is not more remarkable thah u
Er;,s of dwarfs, several of whom were even small
and than the nutipS anu fS ~ u o"- :
% he about Parrots.--The species of the par
, tell family best known and valued in civllr
cred countries consist OF SIX Varleties-parrots
it in per. co1katOuE, macaws, parrakeets, loye-bi
the | and tories. The latter species are the IN
rTied rare, although their plumage is eSceedin
{ the gay and beautiful, because they are not SO
ser Sctent in speaking. Tho parrots of Asia {
Ia he Africa were known TO the greeks anu TON
1t, to more than two thousana years a8o anu
them ouent mention of their powers of mimicry
he fonnd in the writings of such authors
eath Piutareh and EuriEtEaeS-5, They occasions
ived, mention, also, that these oiEdS were =,
him in the palaces of kings end princes; A1 NJ
sra Of who wrote ahont the time OF bne DlrS1
siIsI make frequent mention of parrots and maca
bbed Ovid speaks OF tho emerald nue. OF HhelE
And mage : and Pliny calls attention to their Il
once colOred collar ana DT1lAanS grooh PIuin"So'
that ------uuus-y----
. ~ HIGH AIlEs-He who seeks to exp
baye ina mind and enlarge the faculties, and '
tf,aSF. ioorahiraa with th1B steady arm aG1e1