The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-25

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some Of them. sas HuubAr of barrels were
brought ON deck but the weasel was sink.
ing 80 fast that the only hope for life was
boat was about to push of, when q mid
shipman rushed back to see if any one was
still on board. To his surprise, there sat
a man on. deck with a Ratchet in his hand,
with which he had broken open several of
the casks, the contents of which he was
now heaping up about him. What are
you doing :" shouted the youth. Escape
for your lifel Don't you see the ship is
fast going to pieces" "The ship may"
said the man 81 have lived a poor wretch
all my life, and I am determined to die
rich." His further circumstances were
answered by another flourish of the Ratchet
and he was left to his fate-in q few min
utes the ship was .engulfed in the waves.
We count such a sailor a mailman, but he
has too many imitators. Many men seem
| of all risks do they count the chance of
losing the soul in.the struggle.
! Shot as GaMedicine.-Dr. Maydieu, of
France, has revived the old practice of
| giving shot for bilious collie. His method
is to take No. shot, after carefully wash
| ing them with sweet oil, and give desert
spoonful every half hour. He claims that
in FIVE OF six hours the vomiting ceases.
! The editors of the Pacific Medical and
Surgical Journal relate the following anec-
dote, illustrative of this treatment: "A
clergyman was taken very sick and stopped
at the house of good old lady, who was
familiar with the treatment, who stated
that she had no shot, but bullet which
would answer the purpose. She gave it to
the divine, who, after being assured of it's
great efficacy, swallowed it, and to his joy
and surprise found that in very short
time he was entirely relieved of the collie.
Before leaving, he expressed some doubt
to the old lady about the piece of lead so
heavy finding its way through the bowels.
ooh, my" she replied, "you need have no
anxiety about that, as it has been through
me ten or twelve times"
Latent Heat in Watsr.-A remarkable
and useful property that water possesses is
it's great capacity for heat. Every one
must have found that cold water, either
when drank or applied TO heated head
during sickness, cOols more than any other
liquid can when SO employed. This is
owing to the large amount of heat water
requires to raise it's temperature, the
greater proportion of the heat applied en-
tering into combination with the water as
latent heat. To give an example of this,
it is found that the quantity of heat re-
quired to raise the temperature of water
one degree (say from 60 to 6l) will raise
quicksilver thirty degrees, from 60 to 80 );
therefore, that an amount of heat enough
to raise quicksilver twenty nine degrees
higher, has SO united with the water as to
| be unable to act upon the thermometer.
That this heat is really hidden in the water
in a latent state may be at once proved by
mixing cold concentrated suphuric acid
with cold water, when the mixture will be-
come at once extremely hot, in consequence
of the latent heat being liberated.
Occupation:-What glorious thing is
occupation for the human hearti Those
real sorrow. When grief sits down, folds
its hands, and mournfully feeds upon it's
own tears, weaving the dim shadows that
a little exertion might sweep away, into a
funeral pail, the strong spirit is shorn of
its might, and sorrow becomes our master.
When troubles flow upon you dark and
heavy, toll not with the waves, wrestle
not with the torrent rather seek, by occu-
patton, to divert the dark waters that
threaten to overwhelm you, into q thou
sand channels which the duties of life al
ways present. Before you dream of it
those waters will fertilize the present
and give birth to fresh flowers that
| will become pure and holy in the
sunshine which penetrates to the path
of duty in spite of every obstacle. Grief,
selfish is the man who yields himself to
the indulgence of any passion which brings
no joy to his fellow men.
| The Relative Value of Fish and Butchers
Meat-The elementary composition of the
flesh of mammifers differs little from that
| nSD, especially Wnen Inc DlOOu
of fish is less rich in globules; the amount
of earthly salts is less in proportion to the
organic matter in osseous fish than in rep
tiles, birds or mammifers the skeleton of
cartiaginous fish consists of peculiar firm
animal matter without calcareous deposit;
the milt contains fatty substance closely
resembling that of the yolk of IA fowls egg;
between the roe of fish and the eggs of
birds the analogy is perfect; the fatty mat
ter extracted from fish differs greatly in
consistence, according to the varieties from
which it is obtained. Finally, chemical
analysis shows that fish contains all the
constituent elements of q perfectly COM
posed food. AS regards nutritive power,
the flesh of fish holds the second rank; it
is rs wholesome as the flesh o. mammifer
GUS animals or of birds.
Early Rising.-Few ever lived to great
age, and fewer still ever became distin-
guished, who were not in the habit of early
rising. You rise late, and, of course, com
mence your business at late hour, and
every thing goes wrong all day. Franklin
says that he who rises late may trot all day
and not have overtaken his business at
night. Dean Swift AYERS that he never
knew a man come to eminence who lay in
bed of a morning.
| Garibaldi.
The London Times, which has done more
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