The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-29
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
NEW ORLEAHe, SUNDAY. JANUARY 20, ls7l.ss
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-" "a q. snbject that has lops had q deep inter.
est Tor natnralists q the power possessed
gwen 1si road sssis
doubt that Providence has bestowed an in In
stinct upon them which we, who do not
Bird. .a: Of p.s:.ge find sisir way ". means
gions of the earth, and seem 10 prefer
travelling by night rs the keepers Of light
hoass. ere wei aware ina.@uch q they
lying dead under the windows, having been
killed by flying against the thick plate
glass, attracted, like moths, by the light.
The same faculty exists in various do@es
ss tic animals but is not so strongly develop
ed "a in birds, horse belonging to q
friend Of mine turned out in some
msrshes adjoining the Thames. The dis
tance In straight line from his owners
house was only few miles, but he had to
be sent long way. round to cross bridge,
I'm less than twenty -four hours he made his
vet, having swan n the , river and tnten
straight line home During the life of the
celebrated sportsman, the late Sir Richard
Sutton, draught Of young hounds
sent up to London, by wagon, from the
kennel, near Lincoln, and there put
dropping down the Thames, OF them
.A jumped overheard, and SWAN ashore. Some
weeks after it made it's appearance at the
SO kennel half starved, and covereds. with
bites bestowed upon it by its more fortu-
nate fellows. Some years since dog fox
near Ashford, Kent When dug out he
was found to have some remarkable white
spots about him therefore, tho Earl of
Thanet had him sent to his seat in West
noreland--Appleby Castle distance of
f anu a
near Hathfeld-hs native place. Not very
~ long ago ! saw COW bought at farm
u auction. About six o'clock in the evening
- 49, she was sent off home by the purchaser
up via. md was placed in the yard, distance of
give. them sSosk the next morning she was found
ain her old shed, quietly chewing her
s<<ArHo1., MosSd waiting TO be MIXED as usual
Old without Ho Il the hen tSa;
80, ensSsn Soma -. took them home and
o ssoas 8 s sEasrajngI found they we're
rSstchen. reun, "ssaos S2vered them snugly
W ME- e'i IN q ths ness n n
Which they were hatc6ed. "A laborer told |.
me he had met them in the streey home
ward bound, at four O'Clock A. NJ, as he
Is was going to work. They had not been
or the premises where they were bred be-
fore.v
Spirits of Ammonia-By a Hoasekeeper
Sisters in household labors, have you any
idea what very useful thing ammonia is
60 maid-of- ail-work fifteen cents and an empty
pint bottle, at once, and send her to the first
drugstore for supply: Tell H. her s to be
as hartshorn, but if she asks for that they'll s
give her for the fifteen cents a few drops in
While she is gone, IN tell you how to use :
it, For washing paint, pnt Tablespoonful !
annel ei 10 snd With d this simply a Ripe
\ off the wood work NO scrabbing. viii be I
Necessary: For ~, taking grease spots from
y and iron & iigstly.s II washing iaces, put I
To clean silver, smix 1.-TWO teaspoonfals of G
ammonia ina quart Of hot soap-suds, put g
old nail. bSsS Of tooth-brnsh for the pu nn
pose. For cleaning hair brushes, etc,
simply shake tho brushes up and down in a 9
enfo staaur of
one pint of hot water; when they are 9
| cleaned, rinse them in cold water, and
stand them in the wind or in hot place c
TO dry For washing fnger-marks from y
looking glasses or windows, put few !
drops of ammonia a moist rag and make {
quick work Of it. If you wish your house t
plants to flourish, put. few drops of the
spirits In every pint OF water h used in wa,
water will add much to the refreshing eff
fects of a bath ]; nothing is better than am e
monia water for cleaning the hair. In Z
every case, rinse off the ammonia with Z
clear water. Ammonia is used "a a rising G
in cake making, ETC., but cannot recon- e
mend it for that purpose; and ten drops in t
wneglass' of water is said to be excel 1
81 lent remedy for headache and acidity of o
stomach; but don't believe in newspaper i
doctoring, and so will not endorse the o
remedy. However, for o score of fair and Z
square, needed, practical household pur- !
poses, spirits of ammonia is invaluable, as
I am not afraid to proclaim it. Farmers t
and chemists are profound concerning the I
native article in its free state, and admit it's !
all-important service in the economy of ma Z
ture; but farmers wives throughout the
country really know very little of the mani i
fold uses that can be made of pint of the c
rs spirits kept in the house," bottled and
labelled. say emphatically, labelled, be- 9
cause it is q sin not to have all such things
SO conspcuously marked that no mistakes I
need occur. Let me add here, by way of 8
caution, that ammonia, directly applied, is t
not good for the eyes. 1t has a way of
melting them that is anything but agree {
= able.-Heagth and Home.
The Bdyometsr. = The barometer was !
frat invented and introduced by Tori :
celli,n q student of Gallileo, in l643 who, I