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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

EXTRAORDINARY WAGER.-A wager came
Oft few days since in London, the terms
of which were as follows: az will bet any
man El0O chat he cannot make a million
strokes with pen and ink within a month";
They were not to be mere dots and scratches
chiid's first lesson in writing. A gentleman
accepted the challenge. The month allow
ed was the lunar month, of only twenty
eight days, so that for the completion of
the undertaking an average of sc, 900 strokes
per diem was required. This, at 60 per
minute, or 5000 an Eour-and neither the
human intellect nor the human hand can
be expected to do more-would call for tene
hours labor in every twenty-four. With a
proper feeling of the respect due to the OBJ
servation of the Sabbath, he determined to
abstain from his work on Sundays, and by
this determination diminished by four days
the period allowed him, at the same time,
by 80 doing, he increased the daily average
of his strokes to upwards of Al 900. On
the first day he executed $4,000; on the
second day nearly as many. But at length,
after many days, his hand became stiff and
weary; the wrist swollen, and, without in
terrupting its progress over the paper, it
required the almost constant attendance of
some assiduous relation or friend to be-
sprinkle it with a lotion calculated tore
lieve and invigorate it. On the twenty
third day the million strokes, exceeded by
some few thousands, "to make assurance
double sure" were accomplished; and the
piles of paper that exhibit them testify
that to the courageous heart, the wilfal
hand, the energetic mind, nothing is i'm
possible. These interesting papers are not
placed in the archives of the Royal Society,
of which the author is a fellow, but were
claimed and received by the person who
paid the wager.-PdH Mall Gasette.
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FAIR, FAIRER, FA1REsr.-The prospects for
the success of the entertainment to be given
next November, in Odd Fellows Hall, for the
benefit OF st. Vincent's Home, have, been
steadily advancing from the positive to the
speculative, and we will have to get up q
treble superlative to do them Justice, thus
"ossest .fairest. The conference of st. Alphon-
sus, acting under the advice and with the con-
sent of the Redemptorist Fathers, have adopt
ed measures which cannot fail to make their
table one of the most interesting and profit
able at the fair. The sale of tickets for the
house is also progressing in a most satisfactory
manner. To-day another meeting of the com
mittee will take place, after which there will
be a meeting of the Board of the Home, at
which each member is particularly invited to
attend.
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| than himself, but just as weak and crimi-
nall The great bulk Of poverty is the
result Of vice, and the laws can only take
cognizance of vice when it assumes the
shape of crime. Religion must he invoked
for its adequate repression.
Now Protestant countries in reality repu-
date all religion. They make sham of
great liberality by inviting every man to
judge for himself, when they know this to
be such a herculean task that the strongest
inteliects shrink from it. While doing this
they base themselves on the fundamental
idea that no religion is infallible, that no
religion is commissioned to teach with au-
thority, that there is no church Of which a
man may say, "that is the Church of God,
and whatever it teaches is right" In thus
putting the truths of religion so far beyond
the reach of men they virtually cause it's
rejection by nearly all men, and while keep
ing the garb and language of Christianity,
they are really it's worst enemies-worse
indeed than open Infdels.
As long, therefore, as Professionalism rules
any country, things will go on from worse
to worse. There will be less and less of
religious influence, more and more of free
opinion and open disbelief. Passion wi
constantly feel less of moral restraint and
vice be more unchecked by conscience.
Poverty, want, suffering, must grow apace,
with all their accomplishments of discon-
tent, revolution aud crime.
The London Times does not dare to Crap
pie with the problem or propose remedy
for the evil. 1t feels that the situation is
as far beyond the puny control of man as
is the tempest or the tide. And indeed
that paper is right. There is but one con-
trolling agency with men, and that is rel-
gion. Its divine voice alone can say to
the raging storm of human passion, Z" be
still!" The Times can do but one efica-
cious thing in the premises, which is to tell
men that there is religion which they
must hear. 1t would be by far the best to
direct them to the true religion, but if the
Times cannot humiliate itself enough to do
that, let it set up a false religion-even in
vent one itself. Any religion is better than
none. But it must be understood that
when men adopt it they may believe all it
teaches. Otherwise they will have none of
it, and it will be just Professionalism over
again, which is really-nothing.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

Dun CoLIEGEs.-A very erroneous idea has
become prevalent in the South, regarding the
hea1thfu1ness of our Southern Colleges as COM
pared with those of more Northern ATTITUDES,
Parents continually send their children hum
dreds of miles away from home to colleges mt
the North, under the plea that o northern eli
mste is more invigorating and has o tendency
to more surely develope the mental faculties
of the Young as we'll as to improve their gen
eral physical well-beingi the student, as they
say, returning home after u few years of alb
sence, robust, fresh and rosy, the very imper-
sonifcation of health. As to the first PROPOSE
tion, we respectfully submit that the question
rs to the effects of climate upon the vigor Of
the intellect is still an open one, the authori-
ties on the subject being about evenly balanced
though we must admit that those who oppose
this view of tho subject, by citing the glorious
history of Greece and Rome, in fact, the whole
of the past history of the world, seem to have
the better of the argument. As regards the
second proposition, while it seems to be gener-
ally admitted that slightly greater proper
ton Of the pupils from the North return home
in splendid health, they have to go through
the somewhat dangerous and certainly
pleasant and tedious process of becoming again
acclmated, and IN two or three months after
their return home, we think that, on the score
of health, the boys from our Southern colleges
would carry of the palm. We are lead to these
reflections by the superior advantages of loca-
ton offered by the Pass Christian College.
Situated on Mississippi Sound, from which
splendid and cooling breeze is always percepti-
Ole, and affording good opportunities for bath
ing during the summer, with a back country of
splendid pine forests, it would be difficult to
fluid more healthy and agree tble location Oh
the continent. When to these considerations
are added the fact that in cases of urgent ne
COSTLY, sickness for instance, the college eau
be react ny ""!y t''"- "~''"s' travel, we do
no &c H. state about making
a choice.
Under its new President, with II CORPS of
professors far superior to that of previous
years, and with discipline that cannot fail to
give full satisfaction, we predict most glorious
fntnJG for this splendid establishment,
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ST. VINCENT DE PAULs CHuRcH-The Com
fraternity of Our Lady of Seven Dolors being
economically erected in st. Vincent dc Paul's
Church, with a special and privileged altar,
the patronal feast, which takes place to-day,
is to be commemorated with great solemnity
The members of the Confraternity DESTROYS to
obtain the indulgence granted for Our Lady of
Seven Dolors' day, must receive communion in
st, Vincent de Paufs Church, and they are
requested to attend, in the evening, the usual
prayers and ceremonies, opening at o'clock
Rev. Father Tooney 10 to deliver IT, ia
ton. At 10 o'clock A. NJ, Solemn I...u a..
and instruction in French.
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Ellen Fitzgerald.
OUR NEW STORY.

tits with great pleasure that we introduce
to our readers, in this number, the beauti-
full and spirited local novel which we have
heretofore announced. They will recognize,
in pernsing it's opening chapters, those
graces of style and that interest of plot
which will give u sure guarantee of the
pleasure in store for them. AS its publica-
tion will run through several months, it
would be we'll for all who may expect to
become readers of the MORNING STAR du-
ring that period to send in their names at
once. s.
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The chronometer is the name of the
instrument which supplies all England
with the correct time. 1t is in direct COM
munication with the Greenwich Observa-
tory, and with sixteen of the principal
cities in the Kingdom, and precisely at 10
o'clock, A. NJ. the hour is flashed out not
only to these stations but to every post
office IN the country, so that all the time is
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THE NEW ORLEANS CONSERVATORY OF Mu-
sIc.-Prof. Masac, president of this new insti-
tuition, opened the doors, on Friday evening
last, to q large number of guests whom he had
invited to attend Soiree Musicale, and, at the
same time examine the institu ton over which
he has the honor to preside. We were among
the welcome guests, and in candor we must
say that, upon an inspection of the building
and the manner in which Prof. Masac has
fitted it up, we were not O little surprised
This new feature in our city is located at No.
80 Baronne street. Tho building is an elegant
three story brick, about forty feet front and
easy of access from every part of the city. On
the ground floor there are two very large par
lors, which are designed for the giving of con-
certs and exhibitions by the pupils. The sec
ond and third floors are divided off into class
rooms, for instruction in vocal aud instru-
mental music. On the second floor the pro-
fessors have been assigned an office, and on
the third floor richly furnished room has
been set aside as ladies' toilet. Had the
president the supervision of the construction
of this building, he could not possibly have
had it laid off more to his satisfaction.
The concert given on Friday evening was a
treat to those who were fortunate enough to
be present. After the concert Professor Masac
laid before his guests a very tempting COLA
ton, and bumper after bumper of the spark
ling Krug" was pledged to the success of his
undertaking.
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A black dress and veil Stuff! Let them
dress as other peonle do %

black dress and veil! Stuff! Let them
dress rs other people dow
Good friend, it would be difficult to decide
| what the costume is that you propose; that of
the Sisters is simple aud serviceable, adapted
Tor use and not for ornament. They can work
IN 1t, they can pray in it, and Its fashion never
changes. AS to the veil, is is our opinion
that it is the proper covering of woman, and
that she feels more at ease with it than she
does in any other head-dress. The first woman,
Eve, had none: it would have been better had
she possessed the article, and kept her face we'll
hidden inside of it; but since her day. every
modest face that gazes down upon us from
ancient painting or statuary, wears q ueil.
When the last questions had been asked and
the last responses given, Father Raymond gave
to each Sister new name. These names were
not of their own choosing; they heard them
now for the first time, but accepted them with
gladness.
Holy indifference! Sublime self-renuncia-
ton!
"What, not allowed to choose their own
names! In this free"
stop, Diogenes! Very few persons choose
their own names. Kings sons are named as
soon as born-should not The Kixgs daughters,
then, also receive from their Spiritual Mother
names of saints OF martyrs, of those who have
gone before them in the perfect wayp
The ceremony closed with the Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament, after which the newly
professed Sisters received their relatives and
friends in the Convent parlor, and among tho
guests we offered our heartfelt ngratulations
that, from among SO many who accept the
world with its decisions; they had chosen "the
better part" and would henceforth, like Mary,
sit at the Masters feet
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17
Muscular Popularity.

The heroes Of the Nineteenth Century
are it's men of muscle. IL there any poet,
painter, orator or statesman living whose
funeral, if dead, would call out procession
of ten thousand men z Yet few days ago,
an individual named Renforth was buried
at Newcastle, in presence of an assem-
bly, of one hundred thousand spectators
as estimated. Mr.. Renforth was a highly
accomplished oarsman-a mighty man of
!. the rowlock. He was emineptly the heroic
ideal of that surging mass of muscular
humanity.
If a couple of pugilists get up scientific
set-to, steamboats, and railroad trains are
crowded with passengers eager to witness
it, while the whole English speaking popu-
lation of the world, on both sides of the
ocean, eagerly devour the telegraphic
column which immortalizes the heroic
achievement.
Physical force is at a premium. In the
great emporium of this Continent the
" Roughs" have things pretty much their
own way. They appropriate the street
cars, tread upon the toes of ladies who
stand while they sit and converse among
themselves in language which has not even
the veil of innuendo to cover it's indecency.
Then they claim the many privilege, not
only there but in Philadelphia also, of in
sulting young women whom they chance to
meet in retired places and of killing their
escort if he resents it. In all this they are
sustained by secret popular sympathy,
or they would quit it instead of growing
worse. They are the efaorescense of that
manhood to which the aspiring youth of
this generation look forward-the models
of physical hardihood whom the fast boys
of the day regard with kind of venera-
ton.
What is becoming of the Wanted spirit
ual and intellectual pre-eminence of the
great Nineteenth Century, Instead of
worshiping at the shrine of mental supre-
macy, our people are as much attracted by
feats of bodily strength and skill as the
savages of the Western plains. Instead of
applaudlng the man of genius, they reserve
their enthusiasm for the bully. This is all
quite natural, however. The age SCOTS at
Faith, it must, therefore, turn to the mate
rial world it rejects the spiritual, it has,
therefore, no resource but the physical. 1t
cultivates every science that can deyelope
wealth and fiatter the senses, but leaves |
the moral man dwarfed and neglected.
We cannot wonder then at seeing such
growing preponderance of the animal ma
ture, at finding the greatest pecuniary
shrewdness and scientific culture united
with the worship of muscular heroism.
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DEATH OF A PRIEsA-On the 9th nit, Rev.
Peter Guilloux, of the diocese Of Nantes,
France, died in Natchitoches. Father Guiiloux
was only twenty-six years of age, and came to
this State with Bishop Martin on his return
from the Vatican Council.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

Copies of the MORNING STAR can always be
had at the Catholic Bookstore of MI. Chas d.
Elder, No. 12i Camp street, opposite Lafayette
square.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

EMnKR DAYS. - Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday next, being the autumn Ember days,
will be days of fast and abstinence.
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NEW JAPANESE SILKs.-As usual, Messrs.
Braselman adams. in the van OF progress have
now ready for inspection and sale hne stock Of fall
gooas: Cneir popular store, corner Magasne and St
40 largo are the throngs Of people DO seen at
All hours of the day crowding their establishment,
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That man will guard where he doth bind
Jean Ingelow felt this truth. although she
wrote of death; yet religious vocation is as
truly 3 call from God as that which summons
US through the shadowy portals to an eternal
dwelling.
But We are moralizing instead of reporting g.
There were five of the reverend clergy pres
emit: Rev. Mr.. Raymond, vicar-General of
New Orleans, Father Grignon, Vicar-G General of
Natchez, and Rev. Fathers Hubert, L'Hosk
and Tnmoine; the Rev. V. G. Raymond ofici-
ating and receiving the vows of the postulants
aud novices.
After the Mother Superior had expressed her
willingness to admit the young candidates
into her Sisterhood, Father Raymond babe
them retire in order to retrench the superfiuity
of their hair, lay aside their garments of
worldliness, and return clothed in the poor
habit of the Sisters of st. Joseph.
Alb, Diogenes! here is nice chance for an
other growl.
"Cut off their hair! The Bible says long
hair is an ornament to woman"
True, but st. Paul says also let innocence be
the ornament of woman, and let her not put
gold and pearls in her hair. Besides, what
would Sisters do with long tresses! Their
time must be given to labor, not to selEadorn-
ment. 1t is superfuity, an ornament, if you
will, but they dispense with superfuities, they
renounce all ornament, they deny themselves
When the postulants had retired to assume
the habit of the Order, six novices approached
the altar and knelt before the venerable
Vicar. These were those who, having passed
through two years of probation, were now to
bind themselves by more solemn VOWS to o life
in God.
Most impressive were the exhortations made
by Father Raymond as he gave to each of these
small crucifix, bidding her: Receive this
cross of Jesus Christ, my child, to which you
have attached yourself by vows as with nails.
Wear it upon your breasts as an assured bull
wark against the attacks of the Evil One but
above all wear it in your heart, that, after
bearing with patience and humility, through
49,. '"avy ,,,. ray be received
" 'nr L, to His eternal King
DOM"
Have you any thing to say to this, Do
genesi"
After this profession and conservation, the
new novices returned to the chapel, robed in
the habit of the order--a black dress and veil.
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Misery often assails riches, as lightning does
the highest towers. Or, as q tree that is
heavily laden with fruit breaks it's own bouphs
SCISSOR.
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INV oRLEANs. SUNDAY. sEPrEMBERl7. is'
CALENDAR OF TIE WEEK

Rura.v Sept 17-sevon Doiors of the D. v. II.
Hondsy SEPT is-st Joseph Of Cupertino. Confess.
Iassd sss yanSasHss 1s s sn and
Thuryday " Sept. 9l-St. Matthew, Apostle.
Triday SEPT. 2e-St Thomas OF vianova. ConfesS
SsfurXay . Sept Syst: Linus Pope and Martyr.
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Agents for the Star.

ALABANA.
+. J. McGovERN. 20 Dauphine street, Mobile.
rExAx.
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Second streets, Galveston.
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country may become, through the real inf
deity of a Professionalism which calls itself
Christian, it would be bound still more
tightly and cast into still lower depths of
poverty and misery if cursed with privileged
classes and entailed property.
We are pleased with the unusual candor
OF the London Times in thus bearing testi-
mony to the truth Of the situation in its
own country and in ours. Verify pauper-
ism is their curse, aud rapidly becoming
ours. Truly English craftsmanship must
fain limit it's efforts to palliation of the
evil and partial staying of it's surging
food, without dreaming of an attempt to
dry up or even diminish its fearful waters.
And why is this2
1t is quite evident that much of the pow
erty seen in the world is caused by intern
perence, gaming, and other vices and pas
sions. Most of those English laborers
whose families suffer from want and hunger
earn enough money to support them we'll.
In fact, scarcely any country is so unfortu-
nate that its laboring population cannot, as
n general thing, not only support their
families in abundance, but lay up some-
thing in the way of savings. But they
drink or in some other way spend nearly
as much upon their pastimes and debauch-
cries as upon their necessities. The pot
house, the beer saloon, the low theatre, the
gambling haunt, are tue banks in which
they deposit a large portion of their earn
ings while wife and children are shivering
at home. Can the laws remedy this7 fla
man is determined selfshly to indulge his
own appetites at the sacrifice of manliness,
decency and honor, can he be reclaimed by
the legislation of another set of men made
Of the same clay, a little more enlightened
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-26
PARTICULAR NOTICES.
To These tho Attention OF the Pu bile
IL Especially Invited.

AJa's.-The barber shop Of VIM. Alba,
on Commercial avenue, near the corner OF
Eighth street, is the place to which all
lovers of a good, close shave with razors
sharper than the wit of twenty Jerrolds,
wind their way. If
Meats.-The branch meat shop of James
Kynaston, located on Commercial avenue,
next door to the grocery store of James
Carroll, is now in full blast, and this pop
ular butcher is supplying all the refined
meat eaters Of that portion of the Fourth
Ward with splendid meat. If you have
not tried him give him call. If
Hime's.-Hime, at the old stand on
Sixth street, near Ohio levee, is conduct
ing his barber shop in frst-class style.
1t is model establishment in every par
ticular, and while in his charge all its GUS
toners will receive courteous attention,
and the benefit of excellent workmanship
Hair cutting, shaving, shampooing, etc.
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