The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

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through the ,hinti " aocoBSnFore&h ensi ht ssas
the bsfrSI 81 pisS6l turued - ard him in thsI
coufse ofsA = 6foAsn tfick'bthey woaldsspeF
courage as the bsayest soldier shows in battle,
An oMfssf9n of some trifling point, the Jresks.,
ing or Of y small part of the fxlS6 ranaroAs Of
may make the discharge fatal. i0fssn, TOO, thu,
trick IL q new one, and some misca10ulAtfou
may make tho plan q failure, where failure
may mean death. Ans nfortupste, .eyent,l
which took place in the Cirque, NApeleop, ~
Paris, strikingly illustrates .Houd;nS words.
Mr.. Upstein, the conjuror, had offered gun to
q spectator, with directions to take good aim
at the doctor, who was to receive the dis
charge on che point of = sword. Tho man TO-
fused, but another fired of the gun as directed.
The moment after the doctor fell TO the ground,
of the ramrod had broken of in the barrel,
and this, fired of at no close q range, had pen
esratsd his right l1ng circumstance IN
ors who amusS MS will often play with danger,
depending on their ready fngers TO seCnfe
their safety. He had performed some startling
SsSss ss G as
conjuring pistol, which isso contriyed that the
ramrod withdraws the bullet. While the rest
OF the party we're expressing their sdmifstaon,
of the true nature Divine trick, said: 'sThe
strangeris doubtless y strong magician; will
he suffer mo to ire at hinl with my own pts,
tolls II Yes, said tHoudO1, unhesitptingly,t
"but frst1 must make invocation to those who
assist me-" The next. day he met the same
party. and offered saucerfal of bullets to the
they were fead-aas indeed they were-the
Arab handed his pistol to Houdi1, who loaded
them, using the Arabs ransfod. His own
as she knew his akill, was in perPlexity when
.he SAW him hand back to the Arab one of the
klo.ied pistols. ",Now fire" he said. The Arab ,1
9sss Sss Th . shs n sss
SFap6ns. 's Sec hessl You have been unable
tdaraw blood from my fesh,. and will draw
| blSsd fromtyonder wallR He aimed at the
| wafA fired, and Immediately Q stain of blood
wa4een. The Marnbout went up 10, the wall,
and andA when he had dipped his finger into the
amaAenent were SO great that his features as
snule4 ghasty hue. Yet the trick was simple
enoagh, two prepared bullets having bean
skilfulH substituted by Houdip for the leaden
bullets be took up from the saucer. But the
experimeat was quite new, aud Hondin tells
us that 10 trembied, and could scarcely con-
ibg the trigger Of the pistol. p .'-..l' ~
PRcULIAfr1Es OF THE ARABs-No Arab is
! ever curious, Curiosity with all the Eastern
hatiops is considered unmanly. No Arab will
stop in the street, or turn his head round to
l1isten to the talk of the bystanders. No Arab
| will dance, play on an instrument, or indulge
! in. cards or any game of chance since games
| of chance are forbidden by the Koran. Never
you for pleasure. Although the Arabs are on
occasion good walkers, they have no notion of
walking for amusement, they only walk as o
matter Of business. Their temperance, their
outdoor habits render all exercise for exercise
| sake unnecessary: they cannot, therefore, I'M
derstend the pleasure of walking for walking's
sake What Arabs like best is to sit still, and
when fhey see Europeans walking up and down
in thapublic place in Algeria they say: Look,
look Ne Christians are goipc mad p. :. The
! as matter of business or for his public fetes
and carousals. And when you do walk you
must 11ever walk quickly. just as in speaking,
tells yep: " Endeavor to moderate thy step,
! and speak in a low tone. for the most dis
agreeable of voices is the voice of the ass"
Indeeds it was Observed by a famous Arab:
viii redeem all, propriety of speech" And
again. t"Of the word which is not spoken j
am the master, but of the word which is
spoken am the slave" The famous proysrb,
"speech is of silver, but silence is of gold" is
| a motto of Arabic origin. silent, grave peo-
pie the Arabs, and a polite one, too very much
large scale, which they call razzias in Algeria;
but the tArab's teut is always open to yon, and
You can get any amount Of couscous-sou, cam
els milk, OF even roasted mutton if he has it.
long as you are under his roof after which
"your happiness is in Your own hands," which
means Unae your nOSG VINO leu you 'ln tne eVen-
ing may at a decent distance from histent,
rifle your saddle-bag in the morning, and let
tine powder speak to you" if you object, after
which :; Allah be merciful to YOU" 80 N be.'
KEEP BEEs.--A French bishop, being abont
to make his annual yisitation, sent word to q
certain curate, whose ecclesiastical benefice
was extremely trifing, that he nisaut to dine
with him, at the same time requesting that he
would not put himself to any extraordinary
expense. Tie curate promised to attend to the
bishops suggestion but he did not Keep, his
word, for he provided q most sumptuous enter
tainulent His lordship. was much surprised,
and could not help censuring the conduct of
the curate; observing that il was highly III
dicnlons IN q man whose circumstances were
SO marrow, to lannch out in such expense, nay,
almost to dissipate his annual income in q
single day. :" Do not be uneasy on that source,
my lord replied the curate, &c for can assure
you that what you now see is not the product
of my ctaracy. which bestow exclusively upon
ths poor orr. Then you have = .latri"eny,
speak in riddles, ? reieined Ills lordship :: how
do you coutrive to live in this manner {" "My,
fDrd, have convent Of young damsels here,
who do not let me want anything. +" "a How,