The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-30
NISCELLANY.

considered the most usefuI part OF the rattan. |
Inc processes OF cleansing, soaking, scraplng |
tho joints smooth, splitting and separating the
outside from tho pith, aud the making the |
different strips Of uniform thickness and
width, being completed, tho rattan ia carried |
to the various other departments Of the facto- !
ries, to DO devoted to a great variety Of other |
processes, and to many various uses The
tied up in bundles Of 1000 feet one hundred OF
which compose . bale. At first the pith,
shavings and other refuse Of the rattan. after |
formed Of the outer bark covering. was cart |
ed away and burned as useless. But man's
ingenuity and perseverance, soon perceived
that this was = waste stuff that might be
turned to many valuable uses. Now, none OF
the rattan whatever is regarded as useless. The
macbinery-rounded pith is woven into baskets,
shapes and forms. The shavings arc spun by
women into roping and fashioned into mating
the kind of mating 80 much used in Offices,
railway stations, etc. This is done on ma
chinery; and it is astonishing to observe how
rapidly and apparently easily, neat and sub
stantial articles of this sort are curiously
and are woven with astonishing skill and pre-
cision by men at work at the hand looms
VIII. CLERGYMAN DYED HIS HAIR.-The
Boston Ivareller says: A clergyman Who had
on his hale and youthful looks the other day.
With a smile he touched his handsome brown
hair and replied: You know they have way
| of helping old men in these days What!
said his friend, have you been coloring your
hairT He repli,d: yes, have been doing
what Ithought once nothing could induce me
brown, and will tell you how was brought
to it. After leaving my position as -,
proposed to go into the ministry and become q
parish minister. Accordingly, as had oppor-
Iuuity preached to several destitute church.
es, and was glad to hear, at the conclusion of
my services, that the people were we'll pleased
would gladly have me for pastor; but they
could not think of having SO old a man Well,
while l was going through with this expert
| ence, an old friend suggested to me to color my
hair, and thus remove from the eyes of the
people the reproach of being an old man. And
/ consented, finally, to try the experiment
preached with brown hair on my head, was
greeted with call to settle in the ministry,
and have ever since been the pastor of a united
the color of ones hair. So much in proof that
| looks are something after all; notwithstanding
tho old proverb, that looks are nothing and be-
havior is all"
UhBRHLLAs-In D recent number of Cham
| bsr's JournaI there is some interesting gossip
about umbrellas and their introduction into
England. 1t appears that as late as l77e, one
| carrying in the streets of London an umbrella
he had brought from Spain; however, lie tells
us, he persisted for three months in carrying
it, till people took no further notice of the
| novelty. 1t was considered mark of effemi-
macy to carry an umbrella, and the hackney
coachmen were loud in their complaints
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| or that these men mado their harvest. In fine
! " Gather, people generally preferred walking
| to being jolted in q coach. Disraeli says that
at first single umbrella was kept at the cof-
| feeh ouses, and lent, as coach or o chair, in o
heavy shower. The Female Taller advertises:
g The young gentleman, belonging to the GUS
| tomhouse, who, in fear of rain, borrowed the
| umbrella from Wilk's coffeehouse, shall the
next time be welcome to the maids pattens."
At noblemen's and gentlemen's houses, large
one was kept hung up in the hall, to hold over
| q lady or gentleman, if it rained, between the
door and their carriage.
A POLITE HORSE. We must certainly
judge that politeness is increasing in the
world, when we find that even horses are set
ting us good example: correspondent
| writes: "Gong one day to a worthy deacon's
for dinner, won't with him to the stable to
! provide for the wants of my horse, which, as
| consider, Is as much entitled to his dinner as
am myself. Before installing MY steed, the
deacon turned out a pair of sprightly ponies,
aud told me- to watch their performance. In
| the yard was well, the bucket of which was
hanging on an old-fashioned sweep. One of
the ponies led the way, to this well, and,
reaching up to the pole, brought it down with
his teeth. Dipping up pail of water he set
| it shelf inside the well-cnrb, and then
waited till his mate had drunk before helping
! himself Sometimes he would even draw two
buckets for her in this wonderfully gallant
manner. What man can be rude when brutes
are polite :"
SMELL AS A DETECTIVE. The nose knows
something An article IN the last number of
| Good Health says: "The nose acts like n Gus
| tomhouse officer to the system. 1t is highly
sensitive to the odor of the most poisonous
substances; it recognizes tho fetid smells of
drains, aud warns us not to smell the polluted
air. The nose is 80 sensitive that it distin-
! cuisines air containing 10000 part of o grain
of musk. 1t tells us in the morning our bed
rooms are impure, and catches the fragrance of
the morning air, and conveys to us the in vita
tion of the flowers to go forth into the fields
| and inhale their sweet breath. To be led by the
nose hitherto has been used phrase of re-
proach but to have good nose, and to fol-
| low IT'S guidance, is one of the safest and short
est ways to enjoyment of health"
THE HAND.-Montaigne gives curious and
interesting account of the intellectual MS es to
which the hand is put. He says: =" With the
hand we demand, we promise, we call, dismiss,
threaten, entreat, supplicate, deny, refuse, in
terrogate, admire, reckon, confess repent, ex-
press fear, express shame, express doubt ; we
instruct, command, write, encourage, swear,
testify, accuse, condemn, acqnit, insult, de-
spise, defy, disdain, hatter, applaud, bless,
abuse, ridicule, reconcile, recommend, exalt,
regale, gladden., complain, affict, discomfort,
discourage, astonish, exclaim, indicate silence,
and what not with n variety and multiplica-
tion that keep pace with the tongue"