The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-23
Ilornin. Star and Catholic MESSENGER.
Efw ORLEANS, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 70, is7o. s
l[Il0RIxAAY.

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1sachsnS .ske Deuf and Ds,aB i, ,S,.,on
= q. .Hondin, director of am institntfon "a
hep deaf and dumb at Passy;- some sim,
nee a1noanced to the French Academ !
*leI after twenty-five years experiences hs
I'D proved the possibility Of communica
s.ng me 4ecaatysof speech, in q certain de.
pointed ~ ne Academy and the fscsltv Z
vestigate the subject, reports that the
!Hlcarned Ne&tor .has really succeeded in sew.
& raj instAnees,in teaching these unfortuate
II beings ~ speak and even comprehend
&spoken aanguage, SO that it is difficult to be-
slieve that they are not guided BY the ear.
he pstiepts conVersed with members OF
n tne cOnmission, and answered the differ
fSNenS questions put to them. They were
xo1nd to be perfectly familiar with the use
"a mechanism of speech, though destitute
kpf the sense sOf hearing. They compre-
s4hended what was said to them, reading the
words upon the lips of the speaker with a
9nfarvellous facility Thus they become Ct
tO-enter intO society and capable of receiv-
kan& AL manner of instruction. But here ia
4 4 smother case still more wonderful. What
wouid yOu do AZ yOn had to Instruct and
y prepare for 1rsEcosnmunion a child who vso 8
at that time deaf, dumb and blind 3 The
ease ls not an Maginary one; it has ooour-
red in an asyluEn for deaf mutes at Metre
Dame de Larney ,1nthe diocese of Pcit;ers.
"A nun was there charged with the instruc-
ton of child in tlris unfortunate ,state. to
whom she could appeal only by sense of
touch. Yet the sensibility and intelligence
have come by chat means to a knowIet3pe
Of the spiritual life, of God and divine Son.
OF religion and its mysteries and precepts
has been prepared, in fine, for a worthy
rcceptioDicf the Eucharist.
Histoyys " Church Pers. - Concerning
pews, Dr.. DOran tells us that they were
first placed IN English churches Inv the
Norman mobiles but it is certain chat. for
many generations, these private bexes for
public worship were'neither numerous or
allowed to persons of inferior grade or gem.
tllity. Even to the close Of the Plantaoe.
net period, Christians,of all degrees, save
the highest, were content to be -eenal in the
house of God, 80 far as seats were concern.
ed. But though pews were intre& uced be-
fore the Reformation, they were reserved
even so late as the opening of Elizabeth's
reign for persons of undesirable quality,
Before the close of her Majesty1s life, how
eversathey had become conlparatively com
mons and in James the Firstis time, the
churoh -warden'sR pew Of St. Margaret's
church, had become so unclean and popu-
Ious' with heas, that sixpence.was paid for
Its publication. The seventeenth century.
which witnessed SO many changes in &C.
cieslastacal matters, saw pews come into
soon have gone to church without his
Point-lace, as have sat ont a service on the |
old-fashioned stool or more modern bench. |
:" Stately pews," remarked Bishop Corbett. |
protesting against the innovation by which |
Worshipers in velvet protected their gem
unity from personal contact with worshipers |
In home-spun, are now becoming taber-
nacles, with rings and curtains to them.
They want nothing bat beds to hear the |
Word of God on. We have easements,
locks, keys and cushions,-I had almost |
said holsters and pillows; and for these We
love the Church I will not guess what is |
done to them; who sits, stands or lies asleep
1t prayers, communion, etc.; but this 1 |
1are say-they are either to hide some vice
Dr. to proclaim one to hide disorder or
proclaim pride."-Loada0 -EtAen@una.
Mr.. Southey, in his History of Brazil,n
.hus describes the perilous situation Of
CabezO de Vaca, who, sailing towards
Brazil, is preserved from shipwreck by
,rillo, or ground cricket::-@ When they
lad crossed the line, the state of the water
vas inquired into, and it was found that,
4 q hundred casks, there remained but I
hree to supply four hundred men and
hirty horses upon this the Adelantado
ave orders to make the nearest land.
three days they stood toward it. A 6
rought a grillo with him from .Cadiz,
linking to be amused by the insects voice; '
ut it had been silent the whole way, to his 1
o little disappointment. Now, on the
'urth morning, the grillo began to ring its d
brill rattle, seeming, as was Immediately
opposed, the land. Such was the r
liserable watch which had been kept, v
lat, upon looking out at this warn t
lg, they perceived high rocks within 8
ow-shot, against which, had it not a
cen for the insect, they must inevitably a
ave been lost. They had just time to drop
le anchor. From hence they coasted a
long, the grillo singing every night as if II
had been on shore, till they reached the G.
land of South Catalina" t.
Tile A1e of Mdnkind-Speculatin on the II
7erage age of man kind, some have express W
surprise that the organism should wear =,
1t at all, seeing that the materials of it :.
q SO constantly replenished /; others, on :,
70 contrary, have wondered that the
echanism should last SO long as it ordi- ~
.rily does. In reference tOsthe former, it ",
IS been said that every part of a living f. F..
imal's body undergoes renewal once in e.
,out three MONTHS out this is not strictly ", ~
rect Every soft part of the body may, as
deed, probably does, come under that "ass
ocess of regeneration in the time speci- ~
d; gelatine, or the soft portion of the IN
mes, inclusive. The composition of our w w
dies alters with age, notwithstanding. ~
th the Turing of tea kettle or the foul ..
I of steam boiler. Hard, earthly con- u.
stions deposit In the heart, impeding its Nv Nv
in the arteries, impeding the ta;
'sticity needful to their vital fUnctions. 20
inly are the soft portions of our bodies IL IL
lovated while those earthly dispositions frS
ltipue to be formed. The longer we live AAe