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

PROFESSOR AYToUN's DIFFIDENcE. =
When in her fathers drawing-room he was
making proposals of marriage to Miss Jane
Emily Wilson, who afterwards became his
wife, the lady reminded him that before
she could give her absolute consent it
would be necessary that he should obtain
her fathers approval. You must speak
for me-" said the sutton, I" for l could not
summon courage to speak to the professor,
on this subject" !" Papa is in the library"
said the lady. "Then you had better 60
to him" said the sutton, "and I'll wait till
you return" The lady proceeded to the
library, and taking her father affeesionate-
ly by the hand, mentioned that Professor
Aytoun had asked her in marriage. She
added. Shall accept his offer, papa he
is so diffident that he won't speak to yo1
about it himself" "Then we must deal
tenderly with his feelings" said the hearty
old Christopher. "I'll write my reply on
a slip of paper, and pin it to your back"
"Papa's answer is on the back of my
Dress" said Miss Jane, as she entered the
drawing room. Turning round, the de-
lighted sutton read these words, with the
authors compliments" -A Century OF
Scottish Life.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

cats were tho next objects of his tuition.
He taught these domestic tigers 10 strIke
their paws in such directions on the duicI-
mer as to produce several regular tunes;
having music books before them. ana
squalliDg at the same time in ditferent
keys or tones, first, second and third, oy
way of concert. He afterward was induced
to make apublic exhibition of his animals,
and the well-known Cats Opera, in when
they performed, was advertised in the
the monkeys and the cats went through
their several parts with uncommon ap.
plause to crowded houses; and, in few
days, Bisset found himself possessed OF
nearly a Thousand pounds to reward Ills
ingenuity and perseverance,.
This success excited Bisset's desire to ex-
tend his dominion over other animals, In
Guiding even the feathered tribe. He pro-
cured young leveret, and reared 1t TO
beat several marches on the drum, with Its
hind legs, until it became q good stout
hare. He taught canary birds, linnets and
sparrows to spell the name ofany person 10
company, to distinguish the hour and MIN
ute of time, and perform many other sur
prising feats. He trained six turkey cocks
no go through regular country dance, but,
in doing this, he confessed to having
adopted the Eastern method, by which
camels are made to dance, by heating the
floor. In the course Of six months teach
ing, he made O turtle fetch and carry like
dog and having chalked the floor, and
blackened it's claws, could direct it to trace
out any given name in the company. lie
next bought black sucking pig, and
trained it to lie under the stool on which he
sat at work. At various intervals, during
six or seven months, he tried in vain to
bring piggy to his purpose; and, despairing
of every kind of success, he was on the point
of giving it away; when it struck him to
adopt q new mode of teaching; in conse-
auence of which, in the course Of sixteen
months, he made an animal, supposed to be
the most obstinate and perverse ia the
world, to become the most tractable.
In August, 1888, he again turned timer
ant, and TODD his learned pig to Dublin.
where it was exhibited for two or three
nights. "It was SEEM" says an old author,
" for two or three days by many persons OF
responsibility, to spell, without any appa-
rent direction, the names of those in the
company to cast up accounts, to point out
the married, to kneel, and to make his
obeisance to the company" Bisset was thus
in fair way of bringing his pig to good
Market" when some difficulty arose con-
corning his right to exhibit his animal
within the city, although he had obtained
the permission of the chief magistrate to do
SO. In vain he pleaded the permission that
had been granted him he was threatened
to be dragged to prison. He was now con-
strained to return home, but the agitation
of his mind threw him into a fit of illness,
and he died few days after, at Chester, on
his way to London.-LetsureH Hours.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17
Bisget, tho Animal Teacher.

Few individuals have presented so
striking an instance of patience and eccen-
trlcity as Bisset, the extraordinary teacher
of animals. He was native of Perth, in
Scotland, and an industrious shoemaker,
until the notion of teaching animals at
tracted his attention in he year 1859.
Reading an account of n remarkable horse,
shown at st. Germans, curiosity led him
to experiment on a horse and dog, which
he bought in London, aud he succeeded in
training these beyond all expectation. Two
monkeys were the next pupils he took in
hand, one of which lac taught to dance and
tumble on the rope, while the other held a
candle in one paw for his companion, and
with the other played the barrel organ.
He also instructed these animals to play
several fanciful tricks, such as drinking to
the company; riding and tumbling on a
horse's back, and going through several
regular dances with dog. Three young
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

a plate of glass measuring one hundred
superficial feet was recently silvered at
st. Helen's Lancashire, England, by q
new process, by which the mirror was
completed in forty hours instead of ten
days, which would have been required &C
cording to the old methods. This mirror,
it is stated, is the largest ever manufac-
tured in Lancashire, and, with one or two
exceptions, the largest ever made in
England.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

ia man without assurance is liable to be
made uneasy by the folly OF Miniature of
every one he converses with man with
out modesty is lost to all sense of honor
aud virtue modest assurance is the just
mean between basbfulness and impotence.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

Mono are 80 fond of secrets as those who
do not mean to keep them /; such persons
covet secrets as the spendthrift cOvets
money, for the purpose of circulation.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

OF all the passions, jealousy is that which
exacts the hardest service, and pays the
bitterest wages. Its service is to watch
the success of our enemy its wages is to
be sure of it.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

Near Baronne, New Orleans,
IMPORTERS OF ALL VARIETIES OF
ENGLISH CARPETING, RUGS, ETC, ETC:
We now receiving from England and the North
Ingram CARPETs. Also, large assortment Of CUR
TAINs. White and Colored, the whole Of which We win
WALL PAPER. PAINTS WINDOW GLASS. Etc.
11s.. Common Street. 119
The undersigned, formerly of ,Gs Canal ste.t,
located at lis COMMON STREET, between Camp and
he calls special attention to his stock of WALL.
sans e. sfs &c.
SHADES etc. being very large and hs Pc ss,
at
Gan anu Sec 'oa ~ io WHEsLAHAN, 1,o Common st.
Genuine English WHITE LEAD tB. 81 always on
hand myl4 Il If
II. Importer and Dealer in
FRENCH AND GERMAN LOOKING GLASSES,
and in ina na "
and square Portrait and Picture Frames Of ali
'1ss for
Lace Ma M Msts9 sSa sna and 9Sss
niees, Curtain Holders Picture Cord and
crneRs wooden Gooss Fine fpsseh
CARVED OAK DINING ROOM MIRRoRs.
milo ! 1s 3. CANAL STREET. (rouro Bow, ;.,....
T j. DoNAHoE
manufacturer of
M ATT RE ES,
ai3 Girod street. bet. Rampant and Dryades,
New Orleans.
Will ec constantly hand &c neral as sortment of
Mattresses Mt the lowest factory prices
Hotel Country Steamboat an City trade solicited.
Hair and Spring Mattresses Feather Pillows, ETC..
made to order and repaired with dispatch. noe0 1y
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
Charities street 10
A. BROUSsEAU & CO.. Importers offer q. low prices
CARPETINGS, English and American of all kinds
OIL CLOTHS, Floor, Furniture and Enamel
MAT TINS rolls China, 100 pieces Cocoa
CRIME CLOTHS, Drugget, Linen, Felt.
EfGi an Cotton
C6RNICEs Bands, Pins. etc. noIaIy
WILLIAM EGAN,
Hair. Feather, Moss and Excelsior -MATTREssEs,
No. Is Shsfs' Rs9hss rna Msa and
Bourbon streets, New Orleans
and carefully stored. se3 ii Iy
TT j. BROWN. PRACTICAL PAPER HANGER.
- And Dealer in
Wall Paper, Window Shades, Cornices,
Buff Green and White Hollands Picture Cord Tassels,
263: -: -------- Camp street. go. .-.....-263
oca'oiy New Orleans.
FURNITURE FOR SALE AT HUGH FLYNN's,
dele streets Second hand Furniture bought In large
or email quantities Furniture received storage
the most reasonable rates Also lsTgs lot Of Iron
iaii ~ ''' '''"''N d. onAf'eS ana oaf0hoeie''
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17

TEUTONIA INSURANCE COMPANY
NEW ORLEANS.
Insure Fire, Marine and River Risks at Lowest
Rates.
TEMPORARY OFFICE, NO Ill GRAvIER STREET
NEAR THE CORNER OF CAMP.
capital
Subscribed. 100000
A. Elmer BADER President
Oh ENGSTFELD, Vice President
GEORGE STROMEY Err, Secretary
BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Elmer Bader, NJ Frank, w B Schmidt,
Thoo Lilienthal, Louis Schneider Frank Roder
J NJ Schwartz Hermann Eicke r Rickert
ID mlIler JACOB Hassinger, Oh Engstfeld,
N"sits, a. Pohlmann, Louis Schwartz,
y Mayer II. Seig, x weissenbac
IL Gogreve, w Davis, N A Baumgarden,
Joseph Keller, Isaac Scherck, E. T. lei Bondio
jell II Iy
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-17
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE co.
OF NEW ORLEANS.

In conformity with tho requirements of their charter
the company publish the following statement:
Premiums received during the ending May 81 1871
On Fire Risks ....................... $757,573 Go
ON Marine Rsks.. iO3,6O8 81
On River Risks Observation-Disclosures. 239,6S0 IS
Total Premiums 81 lOl O62 "a
Less Unearned Premiums. ...-.-.-.-.-- "a, Az 10
Net earned Premiums, May 81, ls7l..... ts7s640 "a
Losses Paid:
On Fire Risks $3.50 100 81
On Marine Risks.............. 6y $50 27
On River Risks p 79i Is
Total SSH sl2 81
Taxes. Observation-Disclosures. 1851 II
Reinsurauces and return pre-
NUNS .............-.-...... 3o05a 81
Deduct Interest less expenses $50 rs S6l5 60
Profit Observation-Disclosures. s263 sos O4
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having made thorough repairs for the new season. L
respectfully INF rm the Factors and Planters that
again prepaed to ill all orders for sacks for the ship
eht OF seed cotton which will be furnished respo
sibie parties, as usual tree of charge.
VIII GIN and BALE COTTON n the rate as
formerly. viz For the seed only and charge for bag
ging and ties ut the market rate.
All ORDERS will be PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
te In box at No 200 Gravier of Baronne
street. Also, Lock.box 41I, Postoffce.
The celebrated E. CARVER & CO g GIN used.
H. W. KLOPPENBURG,
au2I Inn Per j. P. Cotaya.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-04

4 ~SltIN EL'o SALE Ot REAL 10
L a. TATE.-There viii be exposed TO Public
Sale at the Court House in EbCnShurE. on
FgC;Ii day. GEze sstEs day OF March EaaCt.
at I'D O'Clock p. NJ, the following described
Real state, to wit:
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NUMBER G..

the case in hand, and expelled him from
their communion and fellowship
Thus did the bitter get bit. Thus
swiftly did The retributive justice of God
oyertake the poor cheat who secretly tried
to rob a poor honest man of the fruits Of
his toll. The wreiched John never heard
the last of the long rod pole. Ii was the
standing joke for II generation, and al
though nearly all the actors have long
since settled their accounts with that One
who measures all things justly, the lesson
sill remains, and should teach US ihat in
all our actions with cur brother man, God
will only prosper Us when we deal honesi-
ly and justly. When tempted 10 do
otherwise, let US remember the story Of
John who made his rod-pole too tong.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-04
EBENsBURG, PA, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1871

received full wages, and we left not that
noble hearted captain until we left to be-
come officers on board other ships.
Jack Small is now one of the best mas
ters in the world, and l believe that the
rest of our party are still living, honored
and respected men. Three years ago we
all met; the whole six of US, at dinner
again, and not one OF US had broken that
pledge which we made in Rio Janeiro.-
We had all stuck to the sea, and were
then commanders Of good ships
That Is my story and now you know
why can't drink with you, and, as |
said, al first. will not take my refusal as a
mark Of disresPect or want of good-lellow~
slim
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-04

4 GENTLEMAN of Halifax, being at a
ladies fair not long since, aud being So
hcited to buy something by fair creature
who kept one Of The tables, sand he wants
ed TO buy what he feared was not for sale
"a lock of her hair. To his surprise and
delight, she promptly cut off the coveted
curl, and received the price otiered-ten
dollars. The happy purchaser was ex,
hibiiing the trophy TO one of his friends,
who very suddenly blasted his Joy by say
Ing: ''She rather outfianked you, for to
my certain knowledge she, only paid three
dollars for tAe whole Wig.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-04

The latest venture 10 rural New York
journalism is called the Sandy mn SalU
Nil The editor expects 10 get his board
out Of it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-04

The LATEST dose of sickly sentimental
ity is a song entitled ''Give my String of
Buttons to JOSIE" by louisville compo>
SER The same author IS at work on
Lend my Chewing Gum TO Gertie.''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-03-04
- LTHE ORPHANS, COTRT %

I = IIL UINI- fI = NJ ONJJ II Vt
Z CAWBRIA COUNTY.-Eoticei is hereby Giy
en- thut lie following ApUraiscmcut Of certa'u
apart for he widow Of am inueStatc under the
Act of Assembly Of 18th of 4 prii, lSjl has been
Will be presented to the Orphans Court for ap-
prCval on = etlisesssay- at22 day Of March
next, TO Wit:
The inveatory Of the goods and chattels ap-
praised andFet apart Tor INN Doyle widow OF
James DOVE, late of Allegheny township de-
ceased g0l
GEO u OATlIAN, C1crIr O. c.
Clerks Office, EbensbuIg, Feb. ii, ISL.
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-16
(Iaffin aud VVoodbuu

Tennie C.. Clafin is the noisi-
est and liveliest of the company "a rather in
timidating combination OF the boisterOus and
frivolous Like her older sister, she is wei!
dressed-dressed rather richly, but in sood
taste; jauntily, but not tawdrily or outland-
lshly-in silks and laces la LOde, and not in
any mannish toggery. Victoria Woodruff is
sooerer, more sedate, less garrulous-carrying
modest, refined face, and ready and witty
tongue held in restraint. She can talk well.
She knows how to lead the conversation, how
10 ulIect IL SO as 10 entertain how to adapt
hersel 10 lts requirements. She talks finance
as perslstently as II she had been under the
tuitlon Oh NecKar or John Law, and thinks
she has short cut for paving the national
debt. Speaking of Neekar-these WoodbuU
sisters evidently aspire to create kind of So
cial headquarters where literary people shall
congregate, like the soirees of De Stael or Re-
caEier under the First Empire.
Whether or not they are more fastidious
than Madame Recamier, they certainly wear
more clothes; and if they are less wise than
De Stael, they certainly draw about them
curious concourse of notorious visitors. Ste
phen Pearl Andrews, the hirsute Pantarch, is
the presiding genius, like Sam johnson at the
Garrick Club. He talks learned nonsense
and cosmopolitan bosh till everybody is tired
of listening. Theodore Tilton drops in some
times and scintillates awhile. Greeley spends
an evening hour here now and then, much as
he despises "the woman's suffrage claims"
Albert Brisbane, the founder of Fourierism in
America, dilates on his patent for transport
ing all freight in hollow spheres at two hun
dred miles an hour, and explains his new veg
citation theory. Sol" Blood fits about-an
inane, unnoticed nobody. Artists, brokers,
editors, lawyers, and others Especially those
| Who are atheists, theists, spirituaiists or ra-
tionalists,) congregate here from time to time
| and report progress-Or otherwise.
Mrs. Woodruff pays, it is said, $4,000 annua
rental for her palace, and it costs $4,000
more to keep it up in its present STYLE.
"Where does all the money come from ?" is a
question considerably discussed, but there is
no doubt that most of it comes from regular
stock transactions IN Broad street. Mrs.
| Woodhull's office there is fitted up sumptu-
ously, and she sits all the morning at the lit
| tie telegraphic battery on her desk and listens
| to whispering spirits with one ear, and to the
"clck-clck" of the magnet with the other +;
and when her favorite spook says snow go it,
| Victoria; there's chancep she strikes with
out hesitation. She claims to have made
| $4,000 in one hour last spring in this sort OF
celestial gambling. Her friends think that
she, or her guardian angel" has heaps of f.
nancial wisdom, but wheE she talks on this
question, she spreads one idea out very thin,
and makes it cover good deal of ground.
She is apparently moved upon by the fanati-
cal and ridiculous ghost of John Law.
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-16

PLAsTERING THE WRONG MANA New
port correspondent of the New York Com
mercial Advertiser relates the following as
one of the mistakes incident to hotel life
when parties are in hurry and the gas
turned off:
heard such an excellent story and know
ing it to be a fact must relate it. A gentle
man and wife on travelling tour stopped at
hotel. The gentleman was an invalid,
jaunting for health, and was subject to severe
attacks Of spasms in his chest which nothing
would relieve but blister, or in the absence
of that a good hot mustard plaster. They
reached the strange hotel late in the day, and
in the night Mr.. - was taken very ILL., His
wife was unable TO find any remedies at hand
among her traps, but remembering to have
seen the caster containing mustard ON the
sideboard of the dining hall, and being reluc-
tart to arouse the servants, she flew down
with a light, and made plaster as quick as
possible. Now the room she occupied was al
the head of the stairs, on the right hand COM
ing up, but there was one precisely similar to
it on the left side. just as she reached the
head of the stair case her light went ont, but
wishing to relieve the sufferer, as quickly as
possible, she went into her room on the right,
as she supposed, and flying up to the occ,l-
pant OF the bed-her husband of course
raised the clothing and clapped the plaster on
his chest. Just as it toucned the individual
in question, what was her fright and horror
at being assailed with a strong expletive, and
at discovering she had turned to tbs left in
stead of the right, and entered the wrong
apartment. The hurry with which she en-
tered was not quite equal to that with wnie9
she retreated, and finding her own man ana
telling him the story, he laughed ;1 SO out
at All. So mortified was the lady, however,
that IT.. she insisted on leaving the hotel the next
morning, at an hour sufficiently early to
avoid meeting the victim of her mistake.
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-16
Making Fun of Big Appetifes.

One of George Alfred Townsend's letters to
the Chicago Tribune contains this:
A frst-class civil war can be contrived in
Philadelphia any day in the year by setting
back the State House clock an hour. PuHctu-
ally at twelve the Philadelphia artisan viii
look at his stomach and compare it with tue
clock. In five min ates he will be transformed
into a raging cannibal. AT quarter-past
twelve he will assemble at the mayors office
and demand an explanation. AT twenty
minutes past twelve he will m arch on the
market houses and the Produce Ext 'hange: By
half-past twelve p. M. the horses VIII be
stopped on the railways and the smoke ~ the
barbecued cattle will rise to the skies. VIII, 'e
forging reconnoissanees will be made into
Jersey. The rebellion can never be put down
by arms; nothing less than hams will do it,
well remember the popularity said to have
been obtained by certain English clergyman
who was visiting Philadelphia. He dropped
his his and preached very long sermon. At
five minutes after twelve he stopped, to every
body's relief, and began to read some notices
to the congregation. The first related to lay-
ing away fuel for the church for the next
year ensuing, and he announced it as follows;
"Those who want to take part in the
arrangement for eating this church will. remain
to consummate it after service"
Great cry broke out i'll response all over the
congregation:
"Amenp
The only lecturer ever said to have been
thoroughly successful in Philadelphia was
Professor Blot. His subject was "Food-illrs-
trated by specimens Of cooking"
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-16
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas
R&ilr00d CO2,ap07sy

Offer for sale a bond which combines these advan-
tages to an unusual degree The route lies betwesn
Mobile, Alabama, and Houston, Texas-passing
through New Orleans, the New York OF the South.
OF the whole line of 475 miles, about twothrds are
already built, and tie Stockholders have expended
nearly TEN MILLION DOLLARS in the work.
The bonds now offered are secured by mortgage
upon all that part OF the line west Of New Orleans,
which has en- enormous traffic assured TO it from the
start, this being the only rail connection by which
the cotton corn cattle and other productions of Tex
as can reach New Orleans.
So important is this road considered to Louisiana
that the State has made very liberal grants in aid
the enterprise. by direct donations by endorsement
ots bonds and by subscriptions to the stock OF the
Company, amounting in al to over eight million
dollars.
Tho Of Mortoooa
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-16

"A few weeks ago baby was taken into
a church to be baptized, and his little brother
was present darlng that rite. On the follow
ing Sunday, when baby was undergoing his
abutions and dressing, the little brother ask
ed mamma If she intended to carry Willie to
be christened. "Why, no." replied his mo, h
er; dent you know, my son, that people ore
not baptized twice?" "What," returned the
young reasoner, with the utmost astonish-
ment in his earnest face, mot If it don't take
the first time ?n
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-16

EVERY one knows that tobacco was first
brought into repute in England by Sir Walter
Raleigh. AT first he smoked in private, not
wishing it to become common ; but sitting one
day absorbed in meditation, with pipe in
his mouth, ne called 70 %, MS servant to bring
he entered the room, was seized with terror.
threw the contents Of the mug iuto Sir Wal
ter's face, and running down stairs, bawled
out, "Frel firel flrel helpl Sir Walter has
studied till his head is on fire, and the smoke
is bursting out of his mouth and nosep
The Portland daily press., 1871-08-16

The New York Times says that $4,000
would carpet the new Court House to the root.
The amount paid, or pretended to have been
paid for carpeting is over $221 ,OOo For car
pets for the Court House, Armories, Sc, one
man is reported as having received nearly
$500 600 and no such man can be found. The
fanatic papers that defend the swinde are si-
lent under the repeated call for his residence
IL .,Iana of hnsinesS.