The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-28
|aernlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
INV ORLEANS. SUNDAY. AUGUST Is, lo7s.


ing beside the opening. Each beggar in
turn rang the bell and received his dinner.
Eve dinners were passed out. A watch
was set, and it was discovered that after
the beggars had each received his portion
and turned away, this dog would 60 up and
ring the bell and get q dinner for himself.
The authorities of the convent learning the
case, decreed that the dog should continue
to have his dinner for ringing for it. Anoth
er case, related by gentleman who saw
it. A party of huntsmen had to cross q
river, which they did by swimming their
horses-the pack of dogs all followed, ex-
cept q terrier, who dreaded the plunge.
tressful barks, he suddenly turned and ran
swiftly up the bank till out of sight. There
was q bridge some distance above. After
awhile the dog came running down the
other side Of the river and Joined his COM
rades. Another, of q dog belonging to a
pies was wont to stop in the street before
the shop, and sell his pies to the passers-
blythe dog often standing by and observ-
ing the traffic. One day the pieman gave
him pie. The NEXT day when the pieman
came along, the dog came out looking e1-
pectantly. But the pieman shaking his
head, said no. The dog turned Immediately
into the shop, and contrived to make his
master understand he wanted penny.
Getting it he sailed out, carrying it to the
pieman, and received his pie. There is one
more anecdote worth relating, that is not
in the books. heard it from those ad-
mirable gentle women of the old school,
the Misses R., long time my neighbors on
the Passaic. They had a carriage dog that
commonly accompanied them I'm their
drives. Their course often took them
across the river, over bridge some four
miles from their residence. The keeper OF
the dollhouse had a big, snrly mastiff that
ALWAYS sailed out and attacked the
which was no match for him, and some
times Beaujeu suffered severely; 80 that at
length he declined accompanying them if
they took the road up the river towards
the bridge. The way through the. lawn
from their house to the high road was
nearly half mile. One day, when they
came down to the gate, they found the dog
there waiting for them. AS soon as he saw
them take the uP,river he turned ard ran
very little while he returned and over
took the carriage, accompanied by very
powerful dog that was ordinarily kept
about the house and grounds, and never
went with the carriage. The two trotted
until they came to the bridge, when the
mastiff sailed out as usual. The little dog
then held back, and his big comrade went
at the assailant and gave him a tremen--
dous punishment, evidently to the little
fellows great satisfaction.
Hop ace 40 to Sleep.-The immediate an
tecedents of sleep-as languor, sensation
porary relaxation of certain muscles, as
shown by the nodding and dropping OF the
head upon the breast, comparative obtuse-
ness to external Impressions, yawning ETC.,
call for no very special remark The. Or
der in which the muscles lose their power
is, however, deserving of a passing notice.
The muscles which move the arms and legs
usually become relaxed before those which
support the head; and the latter before
those which maintain the body in an erect
position. There are, however, many ex-
ceptions to this rule, as may be seen In
church on hot Sunday, when some of the
congregation are almost certain to be seen
with their chins- quietly resting on their
chests, but yet tightly graspipg their pray
er books. Moreover, in relation to the
special senses, that OF sight is nrse lost, tne
closing of the eyelids setting up barrier
between the retina and the external world;
but, independently of the eyelids-if they
have been removed by the surgeon, or
cannot be closed through disease-the sight
is still the first sense whose function is
abolished. Some animals, as the hare, do
not shut their eyes when asleep; and in
cases of somnambulism the eyes remain
open, although the sense of sight is tenn
porarily lost. The other senses, as DIR.
Hammond tells US, are not altogether abol-
ished; but their acutenessi is much lessened.
Il
smell; hearing follows; and touch is the
most persistent of the senses. So conversely
q person is most easily awakened by tao
tual expressions, next in order by sounds,
and then by smell.-Oncc Week.
The story of the discovery of the proper
ties of chloroform in England is 1this: A
Mr.. Waldie, chemist and bookseller ut
Linlitbgow, had one day some of the liquid
in a saucer, when gentleman entered the
shop with little dog. The chlorofOrm was
placed upon the ground to be out of the
way, and presently the dog was discovered
lying by the side of the saucer unconscious
and apparently dead. After time, how
ever, while the stranger was mourning
over the loss of his pet, the dog moved his
limbs, and gradually regained conscious
ness. Mr.. Waldie began to think he had
made discovery, and, after having ad-
ministered chloroform to a number of cats
with the same result, was confirmed in his
belief He went to Edinburgh to relate
his story to some medical men, and, at the
suggestion Of friend called upon Profess |
sor James Y. Simpson. After that inter
view Simpson tried number of expert
ments, and proved beyond all question the
virtues of chloroform as an an@sthetic.
(yhloroform, it will be remembered, was
discovered by Soubeiran, in 1881, so that
the composition had been long known to
chemists before its special property was
ascertained.
Ia Retired Bakers Recipe for Tread
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