The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-06-04
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certain houses of Protestant worship
plymouth church is called simpi
Beecher's;' DR.. Storr's church, owing I
the peculiar form of the st. eple, is know
a. the Church Of the Holy Corncob.' M,
9 Iaimadges Tabernacle is called tn
Church Of the Hippodrome.' One Of tn
I old churches. stiff in doctrine, is known O.
the 'Ofd Furnace A Baptist churcl
which makes specially of the ordinance
annonncing it every Sunday, ie known a,
ran Church, low building, with its off
ferent parts drawn out like q telescope, j.
called the Church of the Holy Turtle.
DR.. Bellows church, built of alternate Law.
ers Of red and white, is known the Church
Of the Holy Zebra To raise funds tn pay
cieties held fair, at which dancing was
made prominent. The society was imm.d
lately christened the Church of ST..
Vitus.'" Young America shows his pro-
gressiveness in irreverence by designating
certain house of worship as I" the Church
of the Holy Poker"
The largest paper in the world ia said to
be the Hereford lEngland) Times, establish.
ed In 1882. 1t Is published weekly, con-
sists OF two sheets, each consisting Of eight
pages. each page of seven columns-the
columns being longer than those of the
London Times, and each page contains one
more column than q page of the Times. In
addition, q railway table of seven columns
! IA published every mouth aud given awav
with the newspaper, the price Of the whole
being three aud a half cents. A notable
feature is the iDdices-one index referring
To every department of news and adver.
tisements, and the other referring to the
auction advertisements, the latter forming
distinguished feature. The paper is pub.
llshed in cathedral city of less than 90.
600 Inhabitants. The average Circulation
exceeds 10000 copies, and the advertise
u
10000. VIA"
Irish charlottesville majority of irish
Americans now living we're born in this
land. Maryland principally, and South
Carolina, Pennsylvania, aud New Hamp-
shlre, in great part. were settled by the |
irish. Holmes Annals Of america Informs
US that the arrivals at the port of Philadel
phia, for the year ending December. 1929.
are set dawn as follows: English and
Welsh, 267; Scotch, 43; Germans. 343:
Irish, $685.. The descendant of those Irisi,
fought and bled in the Revolu-
clon' ana their names are found enrolled
10 the Declaration of Independence. The
Oldest fre-engine company in the United
states Is an liish American one-the "Hl-
oernia Fire Company" of PHILADELPHIA
ana It was bnt last St. Patrick's Day that
The ''lrish Charitable Society of Bnstonn
ceaenrated their one hundred and thirty
|ourth anniversary.
A Womans Wn.-When trade grew
slack and bills fell due, the merchants
ace grew long and blue. At last his wife
into him said: Rise up ut once, get out
II ped and get your paper, ink, aud pen, ,
foods wish to sell to you, and to your
wives and daughter too, my prices are 40
cry low, that all will buy before they go.'
ie did as bis good wife avised, and in the
'aper advertised. Crowds came and {
nught of all he had, his bills were Maid
is dreams were glad, aud he will tell YOU
this day. how well did printers ink re-
sy. He told us with knowing wink.
ow he was saved by printerss ink.
English Protestanss and Napoleon.-A
'rge number of English PrOtestants head Fl
by DR.. Lee, vicar Of All Saints, Lam beth,
ls 20 f" M an address to the late En-
error Napoleon ILL.,, In which, after wei a.
'miug him to England, they add i" Our X
arnest hope is that your Majesty, with the
impress and the Prince Imperial. NAV =,
'eediiy be recalled to France to restore -
ice again social order and religious liber n,
your country from the inroads of bar O.,
arous socialism aud the curse and depot RI
m of an anti-Christian republic.n The
mperor, in reply, briefly thanks them for in
cir solicitude in his imperial behalf kr
BE 1rue.-Be true to the world. Be-
violence, like music, is o universal Ian ga
age. 1t caunot freely utter itself in di.-
q
large Significance, the human race ia to an
ee brother and friend. Posterity
eds much at thy hands, aud will receive
lc', whether thou art aware of it or not. alb
'ou may est deem thy self without influ-
CO, and altogether unimportant. Believe m,
not. Thy simplest act, thy most casual no
rds, is cast INFO "the great seed family
human Thought" and will reappear as DO
isonous weed, or herb medical after a pr
,usand years. fir
Railroads in India" The first train Of
. In India was set in motion in 1852, or,
twenty years ago, and now there are W.T.
re than 5000 miles of railway in opera CHI,
n. The East India Railway extends al ed
dy nearly 1900 miles from Calcutta to
north west, near the borders of Afghan. ~
an. The Great Indian Peninsular Rail. cal
y, from Bombay to the northeast, with Jal
bran ches, IS OF almost equal extent. and jus
DIS. ~ '''A'
IN ALARM CLoCK.-I have an alarm sha
Tx in my CHAMBER. Every moruiny ,i.,
ut I'VE O'Clock it sets up such whiz- ret