The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-15
Aa.-urne Star and CaTnuslc messenger.
new ORLEANS, SUNDAY. JANUARY 10. ie1l.
,fIsCELLAHY.

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NIsCEILANY. 70
The eriqim of Cats. = The EgyPsans TIN
dored the cat as divinity, an" STI 1;hertv. tn
ave chosen it as q symbol OF noei;y pc
y;storv rarely condescends to mention ~ tn
va the Doets in general ignore IL; ZOE, &c
however valuable it's quality the cat Is !; hos SO
Ooetical. Yet Goldsmith mas gwen ~ re
place in his exquisite Herm" W
"A r: ,s.s i x. R;:sss .s'A
The The ss s9sssi in sseos Dies a. a.
r. 10 a common thing enough to call men G,
udoos.n but Volumnia, in "Corlolanus, g
.aIis them cats. In speaking OF her son 7
".rwas you ineenss d y the e., ra ID61sS
cass ts 81 ss saa ,aSsss
Wiii not have easth to know" RI
A. To the " brindled cat" tnag mewein
.hr;ca before the three witches in Macoetn Z
tsrod the cave. we can only appiauu
Sh"Eeoneare,s good taste in giving he1 Ino !
.Drecedence in that grand scene G,;starSny. 4
Z Ahnusand years Western Cnris5
scarcely knew tn the n 3lssS were kept down
..h.r mo four-footed policeman patfoigu
W. h;.chan ia more than we can guess. IN
the tenth and eleventh centuries very LIZ
price. we're given for aeseended from those
Sa-aest;c cats which the Egyptians certalh;y
s.ossoesad. which exist to our own o"y ~
tha form Of mummies, and are repr9senS1a
on many monuneptss a. .ha;1 wav into
1 11. mt there is reason to believe that
~ pnwans imported them in small num-
t tuo omd at rare intervals. Our ancestors
had 90 high a sense OF Inc inc ns9 Ho1veil the
t na s1" ;nsertad among the laws one ex-
".slv concerning it. The price OF XIV
H.sss hssfore it could see was to be penny
nnSS .vhen it had killed mouse TWO pence $.
If it's seeing OF hearing was a%p rn Killing
naa NJ nroyed o bad mother, the seller
liz 70 forfeit to the buyer the third part
v" WIZ ;ts value. If any one stole the cat, from
the princes granary, the nne ne nad aeecs.
was " ,,mch wheat as would cover the cat
-, held by the tail with her head touch-
W. the floor, No reduction was TO pe
made. The very. tip Of pnssy's t tan mus mus
rbe covered with sne e ~ Has hiah. consider
81 the value of specie at that perloo, AM
the fact of laws being made to pro. uass 'n s
i,roed Of an animal which multlplies 81
fast. shows that in the Mlddle Ages ~ III 10
have been scarce in Wales.
Ho,o Rain . Formed.-To understa n.
the philosophy OF tn is.o pnen nf ninnts an
anin,ais. q few facts, derived from ooserVa
tion and long train OF experiments iio
No remembered. Were the atmospnel
temnerature, we should never nave RAJ
I'll or snow The water ABSORBED py
in avanoratiou from the sea and the earIL
snrfaca would descend in an lmperceptlo
yapor, OF cause to be ABSORBED ny Ehe
han r. was once fully saturated Inc
snrh;np mower of the atmosphere, ana CO
sennentiy its capability to retain h9mio
90 ia nroportionably greater in cold TN
IN warm air. The air near the sariace
the earth is warmer than it is in the Eegl
Of the clouds. The higher we ascend fre
tha earth the colder we find the atmt
nhere. Hence the perpetual snow on We
bioh mountains, in the hottest cnmat
Now, when from .; efSa 9psnarMsbo one it
;ng;sible-if its temperature Is sudoei
reduced by cold currents descending II
above. or rushing from higher TO 10Y
latitude, its capacity to retain m'A SUD
s;no;nisIed clouds are formed, anu
aa,,t ia rain, Air condenses as it CO.
and like sponge filed with water
comnressed, pours out water when us
minished capacity cannot holn' nu ur. i,
n.Iar vet how simple is such an arrar
S,ant for the watering of the earth =
entifc american.
s;mnle Test-Dr. McCuAock gives
f,,I"winr test, which, perhaps, may ot
nncently tried by all who are at all sk9
cal as to the prejudicial effects OF :Go,
1rinks on the constitution mo-
,,antbfnl of spirits-whiskey, for inst
IN wour mouth for five minutes, and
,v;lI find it burn severely; inspect
montI,. YOU will observe that 1T is lnha
Hold it ten or fifteen minutes, you VIII
that that various parts of the mouth h,,
come blistered; then tie handkef
over the eyes, and taste, for instance,
ter, vinegar, milk OF SIENNA; you VIII
that YOU are incapable of distingu'
The one from the other. This simple
aasv experiment proves to certainty
alcohol is not only n violent lrritah
also narcotic; for in this experimesr
have objective evidence that 1t n;
aamed and blistered the mouth, and
time being paraly zed the nerves oftast
70 certain extent, those also OF co
SENSATION. Now this is not an expel
or fact upon which any doubt has
%aen or ever can be thrown; and as
can YOU believe that the still more II
ant intesnal organs of the body can
;ninriously affected than the m,
s.R.ven the moderate use," says Dr..
DOT such liquors, if long continue
grown Rabitual, cannot fail to nav
mateiy prejudicial effect upon the
While it may be confidently ASSERT
share are no circumstances, OF o.
Loroctar under which it can be J