The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-24

husband, ~ . French characteristic WhlCn
onr American independence cannot ina
CINE. The guardianship of the daughter is
four-fold more strict in France than in
England OF America; and it is q gratuitous
and unwarranted assumption that her affec-
ton is not constant as "a wife. Above all
things the great affection which French ia
theirs OF all grades and ranks Of life show
for their children is an evident reply 70
this slander.-Paris, scith american Eyes,
IN the Penn Monthly.
The Amalgamated Society Of Engineers
has been frequently quoted as the most
powerful of trades unions existing In Eng
land, or, possibly, in any other part Of the
world. According to . late statement IN
the Contemporary Reviesc, by Mr.. George
Potter, it comprises more than s., 600 mem
bers Its income il nearly E63, 900, ($4I5,-
600 in gold.) ssDuring the nineteen years
Of its existence, it has paid to members out
of work E485,6A; to sick members, E179,i
165; for accidents and funerals, s73,45o; in
approximations, esq, 32z; in benevolent
Fgrants and assistance to other trades,
EOS, 1902. making in all the princely sum of
ESl7 ,O65, ($4, O65, $40 in gold, y and leaving
q balance finland of S76, l76."
The details to hand of the appalling rail-
road accident, which occurred lately in the
north of England, contain sundry curious
facts The manner Of the occurrence was
as follows: A freight train had just left
Newark on the way to London, when
the axle of one of the cars snapped, and
that car, along with few others, was
thrown upon the down track, along which
an excursion train was advancing at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hoaf. The
collision was severe and instantaneous,
the passenger locomotive being swung
completely around and turned over on it's
side.- The tender was shivered, and the
two following cars, bounding over the pros
trate locomotive, were crushed up In one
a nrnuOrkinu M
their occupants instantly killed. Out of
$50 passengers carried by the train, about
one Eleventh of the entire number were
either killed or seriously injured. A party
of gentlemen were playing whist in car,
and one of them having revoked, his place
Immediately after, and the new addition to
the whist party was killed, while the gem
tleman he had relieved escaped. Two
newly.married couples were on the train,
in one case the wife only was killed, In
another both the husband and wife. A
passenger, acting under sort OF present.,
ment, wrote his name and address on
an envelope, with the remark that II
he was killed it would be known who he
was. The flaw ia the axle which caused
the collision is said to have been ola ma
tore which could not have been discovers,
but searching inquiry is being Instituted
into the circumstances.
n31r. ArCnur SuAuVau, Guo WoA-hAoW u
English composer, has been giving q series
of twelve lectures on the theory and prac-
tice Of vocal music. The object of these
lectures was to give some idea, in concise
and comprehensive manner, OF the
requirements for the study of vocal
music, with special reference to choral
singing In the first of the course, after an
explanation of the different "intervals" in
music, Mr.. Sullivan, remarked that har-
mony, like many useful and beautiful
things, sprang from the monks, whose crea-
| ton it was, and not q revival of something
forgotten or lost. The old Greek music
died out; there was no heart in it; but for q
| time it's clumsy nomenclature was retained.
| Afterward came the cold, unimpassiOned,
| Greporian chants. There was not much
heart in these either, but they strangely
moved one by the very absence of passion:
They were in keeping with the long, still
aisles in which they were sung, and with
the austere lives Of the men who sang
them. The solemn church song, or hymn,
which was first sung in one voice only, OF
in octaves, was indeed the basis of modern
music. It was sung without rhythm OF
time Tin canto fermo) The monks soon
found that certain different sounds sang al
the same time had new and pleasant effect
and they set to work on scientific prin-
ciples, to develop the science of "counter-
point, - the grammar of part writing,
| a Funny Bird.-A recent traveller in Aus
trala thus describes Cne performance VI
cockatoo, known by its pet-n of the
Doctor: :" "It pretended to have violent
toothache, and nursed its beak in its claw
rocking itself backward end forward as i
in the greatest agony, and, in answer to al
the remedies which were proposed, croak'
ing out, sOh, it amt a bit of good? and
finally, sliding up to the edge of its perch
and saving, in hoarse but confidentia
whisper Give us drop of whiskey, do
1t would also pretend to sew, holding q
little piece of cloth underneath the CLAW
which rested on the perch and going
through the motions with the other, getting
into difficulties with its thread, and tinali.
setting up long song in praise of sewing
machines, just as if it were an advertise
ment. "The Doctors best performance
is when he initiates hawk. He reserves
this fine piece of acting until his mistres
is feeding her poultry then, when all tn
hens and chickens, turkeys, and pigeons
are in the quiet enjoyment of their break
fast or supper, the peculiar shrill cry of
hawk is.heard overhead, and the q Doctor
is seen circling in the air, uttering scream
, occasionally. The fowls never find out tina
, it is q hoax, but run to shelter, cackling il
l the greatest alarm-bens clucking loudl
/ for their chicks, turkeys crouching unde
r the bushes, the pigeons taking refuge /
) their house. AS soon as the ground
, quite clear, cocky changes his wild note fo
peals of laughter from a high tree, and
D finally alighting on the top of hencoo
D filled with trembling chickens, remarks, j
? q suffocated voice, you'll be the death {
. mep"