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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27

The BLvarian Juteriand, one of the ablest
journals published in South Germany has a
bold and vigorous article upon the accession
OF Marshal MacMahon to the Presidency of the
French people. 1t anticipates great results for
the true faith, and says: !" The most popular
of the French Generals, Marshal MacMahon,
whose wife, only few months ago, led a pro-
c.ssion of 100000 pilgrims to Lourdes to pray
for the. aid of the Holy Virgin and Holy Father
for France, President of the French Republic
SO it is; what q marvellous change, tbrou gh
Gods dispensation AnG Bismarck 7 We can
well believe he wild now again feel the irflu-
ence of his nerves, and retire to Vargin to re-
cover from this blow which has fallen upon
him and his plans. Tho party of order the
Father, the Faithful sons of the Church, may
gaze with satisfaction and with thank fn Ia ess
to God on the wonderful change which has
just taken place in France, when Catholic
France, through its representatives in the Ma
tional Assembly, has at last manned itself to
deed of deliverence, and has taken the most
decided step on the way to the triumph of the
Catholic monarchical principle. Soon, now
shall we hear the roar of the guns. The party
of revolution, smitten to the heart. will soon
determine to rise in rebellion in France, but
only to be indefinitely Voverthrown, and SO to
make room for the lawful king. In Italy, it
will sweep away that sad monarch, Victor En-
manuel, and then it may be restrained and
overthrown by France, and thus leave the way
open fora new order. The revolution will not
be confined to France aud Italy alone. The
will not swallow mp the rock which is the a
tholic Church. We stand the threshold of
mighty events, on the bank of a sea of blood
and tears. But on the other side an island of
peace invites us-the triumph of the Church
and of Justice"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27

SLURs ON WoMEN.-Of all the evils pre-
valent among young men we know of none
more blightiDg in its moral effects than to
speak slightingly of the virtue of women.
Nor is there anything in which young men
are SO thoroughly mistaken, as the low es-
innate they form of the integrity of women
not of their own mothers and sisters,
but of others, who they forgot are some
body else's mothers and sisters. AS a
rule, no person who surrenders to this
debasng habit is to be trusted with any
enterprise requiring integrity of character.
Plain words should be spoken on this
point, for the evil is a general one, and
deep-rooted. If young men are sometimes
thrown into the society of thoughtless and
lewd women, they have no more right to
measure all other women by what they see
of these than they would have to estim ate
the character of honest and respectable
citizens by the developments of crime in
our police courts Let our young men re-
member that their chief happiness of life
depends upon their utter faith in women
No worldly wisdom, no misanthropic phil
osophy, no generalization can cover or
weaken this fundamental truth. 1t stands
like the rock of God itself-for it is moth
ing else than this-and should put an ever
lasting seal upon the lips that are wont to
speak slightingly of women.-PhiladeIph
Herald. 81
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27

A gentleman, writing letter, concluded
as foIlows: "Give EVcrybody's love to
EVerE body, so that Nobody may oe ag-
Somebody
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27

I776.
Farmer at the pillow,
Wife milking COW,
Daughter spinning yarn,
Son Ihi eshiDg in the barn,
All happy 70 q charm.
1873.
Farmer gone to see a show,
Daughter at the piano,
Ma1Hm dressed in satin,
All the boys learning Latin
With a mortgage on the iarm.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27


AGRICULTURAL lMPlEMEN
PLANTATION HARDWARE AND MACHINERY,
lis and III Magazine Street,
Poole Hunt lEaltimorel Steam EnGines Saw Mills
etc.
H. r, Blandy tH.,nesviIe Ohio team Engines, Saw
Mills. etc.
B. W: Payne Sons Corning New York; Steam En-
Rines, Saw Mills etc.
George squier & Bro Buffalo, New York; Sugar
Mill, Horse Powers etc.
Z. Ball L Co Canton, Ohio World and Ohio" Now
ors and Mowers aud iseapers combined.
D. n. Osborne Co. Kirby Mowers etc
B. q. Taylor. Hay Rakes
"NishTitz " and Monroe" Pulverizing Harrows
Excelsior Lawn Mower.
r. Bail Co Worcester, Massachusetts, W God Work
H. Smith tsmithvine New Jersey WOOD. Working
Machinery.
American Saw Company New York
Hubbard, LiPptncOtt Bakewell & CO. Saws.
,Gunpowder Copper Works, Baltimore.
Moline Plov Company, Flows aud Guilty tora
Winship Bro ATLANTA Georgia. Cotton Gins.
stafford" Cuitvator and Sattley" and Phel Gang
Pows.
"Backeye' Foundry Bells
b. J. Vests Cotton Seed HulIer.
b. j. Vests Improved FELTON, Patent Gri-t Mill and
Corn.COb and sbuck CruEter combined
T. c. Hisbet Macon. Georga) Cotton Press Screws
etc. ia26 m
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27

Charles Kean said that a bad horse is
like a poor play: it don't run and it won't
draw.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27

Agents for DANIEL PRArrs IMPROVED COTTON
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to tho SUPERIORITY OF THE SINGER
MACHINE over an others.
The Returns of the Twenty-Five different Sewing
Machine Companies for the year 1871, show the
Number of Machines Sold to be 6lO,l94
Of which the Singer sold ....... lsl ,26O
NEARLY oNE-THIRp OF THE TOTAL NuMBER
SOLD.
The CHICAGO RELIEF COMMITTEES RETURNS
show like result
Out of 294l Machines Furnished, 2427 were
Singer Machines.
The Applicant in every designated the kind OF
Machine desired
There are now 100000 Singer Sewing
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Call and Examine, or Send for Circular
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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-27

1776 AND 1s73-Two PICTUREs.-The first
lines of the following contrast are by DIR.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10
Lens Fires.

DR.. H. G. Bolton, of Columbia Col
lege, New York city, states that on re-
cent occasion, at A. NJ, on entering his
laboratory he found a wooden table on
fire, Ignition having been occasionel by
the rays of the morning sun which fell
upon a glass spherical flask containing wa
ter. The flask served as a lens which con-
tracted the rays and set fire to the wood.
The author also alludes to the statement
of Lactantius "a. ID. 300) who mentions
the use Of glass globes, filled with water,
in kindling fires; while Pliny recon-
mends the use of lenses for the purpose
of cauterizing the flesh of sick persons.
As to the latter, one Mr.. Barnes, of Con-
necticut, took patent in this country
some five years ago for the use of lenses
for the purpose suggested by PIny.
In respect to fires occasioned by lenses,
doubtless there are many examples. 1t
is well known that vessels at sea have
been set on fire by the bullseye glasses
used to admit light between decks. These
were formerly made convex on one side.
thus forming powerful lenses. In con-
sequence of the loss Of property and dan
ger, their use has been discontinued, and
thick plates of glass, fiat on both sides,
have been generally substituted.
Captain Scoresby and DR.. Kane used to
astonish the natives OF the polar regions
by taking blocks of clear ice, and cutting
them into the form of lenses, with which
they instantly kindled fires.-Scientifc
american,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10

1t is useless for Slate Leg slatures to pass laws
for the preservation of the public health, If the
great law Of self preservation which depends for
its enforcement upon the will of the indvidual is
suffered to remain a dead letter. There is scarce
" an adult member of the community, of either
sex, in this country, who has not seen the test'
mony in favor of Hostetter's Stomach Bltters fur
nished over their own signatures by persons Of
acknowledged eminence in science, literature,
art commerce, and every department of business
and professional life. These witnesses have de-
clared in the most explicit terms that the prepara
tion is a safeguard against epidemics, sovereign
remedy for dyspepsia, a valuable anti bilious med
icine, q promoter of appetite, genial and harm
less stimulant, good accimating medicine, a
strenglhener OF the nerves, general invigorant,
a protection against the deleterious effects of ma
larIa and impure water, and that 1t imparts de-
gree of ygor and activity to the vital forces which
is not communicated by any other of the tonics
and stomachics in use. Under these circumstances
the self-preservauve law of nature should teach
every rational person who, either by reason of in
herent debility or in consequence of exposure to
unwholesome Influences, is in peril of losing the
greatest of all temporal blessings, health, the i'm
portance of Using the B.tters as defensive medi-
cine. Dyspeptics who neglect to give 1t a trial are
simply their own enemies. 1t is guaranteed to
cure Indigestion in all its forms, and the bilious
and nervous will find nothing in the whole range
of official and proprietary medicines which will
afford them the same relief.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10
Saw Dust fer Stables.

A correspondent of the London Field
has the following which will be of inter-
est to those living in the vicinity of lum-
Der and planning mills, where saw Gust is
obtainable. We can adj our testimony to
the value of this material, as bedding for
horses or cattle. The correspondent
says:
II litter the horses on it to a depth OF
nine inches, raking off the damp and
soiled surface every morning, and spread
ing evenly little fresh, removing the
whole four or five times year. Its ad-
vantages appear to be many, of which
will state few which give it, in my esti-
nation, its greatest superiority over
straw. 1t is much cleaner, and more
easily arranged; and, of course, much
cheaper at first cost, making in the end
excellent manure. 1t is peculiarly bene-
fetal to the feet, affording them a cool,
porous stufflng, substitute for the soil of
earth we always find in the hoofs of a
horse at grass, and presents the nearest
resemblance to the horses natural foot
ing-the earth. We never had disease d
foot since the introduction of sawdust in
the stable, now some years since. Horses
bedded on sawdust are freer from dus
and stains than when in ordinary litter,
simply because sawdust is a better all
sorbent, perhaps, and testify their appro-
val of it by frequently lying down ft
hours in the day. 1t has also the recon-
mendation of being uneatable-an advar-
tage which all in charge of horses with
the habit of eating their litter will adj
mit.''
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10
Over-Reaching in Horses.

Over-reaching" is an injury to the
heel of the fore foot. 1t is sometimes
merely bruise, but more often lace
rated wound, small portion of skin be-
ing left hanging. nearly detached from
the heel. The offending part of the hind
shoe is its inner circumference or edge, so
that the injury must be caused by the hind
foot being in the heel, and the skin caught
as the foot is retracted. The inner edge
at the toe of hind shoe becomes very
sharp after a few days wear, and will cut
like knife. AS in "clacking," the indi-
cation for prev, ntion is to remove the of
Tending edge. This cannot be thorough
ly done with the file, but when the shoe
is hot, the edge behind the toe can be cut
out with the "fuller" so as to leave the
shoe concave. AS over-reaching is an ac-
cident peculiar to the gallop, it is well al
ways to shoe hunters so as to guard
against the occurrence. The neatest and
best hind shoe for hunter is made, like
the fore one, in "cress," and presents
a concave ground surface and rounded
edges.
When heel is injured, it is always well
to try and save the piece ofskin. Itshould
not be cut off until it is certain that it will
not reunite to the issues beneath. One
good fomenting on reaching the stable is
enough; after that use the simplest wa
ter dressing, and under no circumstances
use poultices, which only increase the
chances of a slough and retard the heal
ing process. Should healing seem slow,
apply mild stimulant, such as piece of
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10
Skull Hunting in the South Sea
Islands.

The practice of skull hunting is a most
barbarous custom of the natives of these
Islands, who in many cases undoubtedly
have been assisted by the white men,
brought about in the following manner !:
A vessel arrives at one of the islands, and
the king is informed by the master of the
vessel that he is desirous of trading and
bartering. The answer is that he has so
much cocanut oil, &C., which he is willing
to part with for trade gear, providing he
will allow some of his (the king's) warri-
ors to take passage in the vessel to such
and such an island with whom they are at
war. This is agreed on, and number of
these so-called warriors are embarked.
On arriving at the island the unsuspect-
ing natives, as usual, come alongside,
when these so-called warriors suddenly
attack, kill them, and cut off their heads,
which are kept and placed on pegs in
their taboo houses as trophies the mas
ter of the vessel on his return secures the
trade as before promised in exchange for
tobacco, pipes, &C., as most fancied and
wanted by the natives. 1t is but right to
state that, although it has been reported
by the missionaries on these islands that
white men have assisted in these barbar-
Gus practices of skull hunting, yet no sim
gle case has been fully proved.
At one of the villages on the sea shore
OF Isabel Island a most sickly and re-
pulsive sight presented itself Across the
door of the chiefs house were nailed
twenty-three or twenty-five human heads,
taken about three weeks, previously by
the chief and his followers from some of
his fellow islanders. The attack had been
made from the rear, as was evident by the
skulls the flesh was still on the bones,
the eyes protruding, jaws broken, and the
stencil frightful. The bodies of all these
men had been eaten.-Sid,aey Herald.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10
Antarctic Regions.

A SINGULAR, and irdeed fallacious, ar.
gument has been advanced by Captain
Maury in favor of the theory that the
Antarctic regions are occupied by a great
continent. sit seems to be physical ne
cessity," he argues, "that land should not
be antipodal to land. EXcepta small por-
ton of South America and Asia, land is
always opposite to water. Mr.. Gardner
has called attention to the fact that only
one twenty-seyenth part of the land is an
tipOdal to land. The belief is, that on the
polar side of 20 degrees north we have
mostly water, not land. This law of dis
tribution, so far as it applies, is in favor of
land in the opposite zone" Surely a
weaker argument has seldom been ad-
vanced on any subject of scientific specu-
lation. Here is the syllogism: We have
reason to believe Though we are by no
means sure) that the Arctic regions are
occupied by water land is very seldom
found to be antipodal to land: therefore,
probably, the Antarctic regions are occu-
pied by land. But it is manifest that,
apart from the weakness of the first
premise, the second has no bearing what
ever on the subject at isse, if the first be
admitted: for we have no observed fact
tending to show that water is very seldom
antipodal to water, which would be the
sole law to guide us in forming an opin-
ion as to the regions antipodal to the sup
posed Arctic water. On the contrary, we
know that water is very commonly antip-
odal to water. We have only to combine
what is known respecting the relative
of land and water on our
globe, with Mr.. Gardner's statement that
twenty-siX out of twenty-seyen parts of
the land are antipodal to water, to see
that this must be so. There are about 81
millions of square miles of land and about
las millions of square miles of ocean.
Now about 40 millions of square miles are
aantipodal to water, accounting, therefore,
for only 40 millions out of the 146 mill
lions of square miles of ocean surface the
81 millions of square miles of
ocean are, therefore not antipodal to land,
but one half (any we please)I antipodal to
The other half. In fact, we have thfs rather
singular result, that the ocean surface of |
The globe can be divided into three nearly
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10
A Negro Wedding.

Egbert Phelps gives in the Lakeside
most amusing picture of negro wedding
in the old-fashioned days of plantation
life. He describes the comical scene
thus:
The bride and groom answering TO the
name of Susy and Andrew, were. field
hands of Enthusiastically pure Guinea blood,
and both of them had passed the first half
century of life. Their dress, however,
showed that they had not yet entirely es-
chewed the follies of their youth, for
though rude and cheap, as became their
condition, it was nevertheless not unem.-
bellished with those bits of gewgaw and
glaring finery of bright colored ribbon
and tie in which the negro delights.
With the most decorous gravity the
preacher began:
/" Andrew! duz you lub dis yere wo-
man?"
Il duz so I" was the emphatic reply.
"Will you promise to stick close to her
troo time an 'tarnity, renouncin' all od-
ders an cleabin' on'y to her for eb er an
ebber an amen?"
"I will dat!"
"Will you lub, honor an hey" 4.
"Hold on dar, Ole Jack ~ here inter
rupted the groom, with no little show OF
Indignation, "'taint no use talkin' to dis
nigger bout Begin de wimmin'. Cant
promise to hey no wimmin' folks on'y
"Silence dar you owdumptious mig
ger ~ roared the wrathful preacher
"what fur you go fur spile de cemmony
You done split all de grabbity oh de Ca
sion! Dis yere's on'y matter OBJ form an
indispensable to de 'casion. Now dom
you go fur to open your black mouf til
de time for you to speak !"
Will you promise to lub, honor an
'bey'-( Andrew still shaking his heaC
ominously at the obnoxious word) di'
yere nigger Susy, furnishin' her wild al
things needful fur her comfort an hanpi
ness. cherishin' an pursectin' her from
all sufferin' an sorrer, an maxim smoovt
de path OBJ all her precedin' days t.
Gomez"
81 spose l must say yes to dat" sale
Andrew. meekly. -.
"Den pronounce desc yere two couples
to be man an wife! an whom de Lore
hab Joined togedder let no man go fur tx
put dem asunder!"
Here an uproar arose among the blacks
betOkening a dilemma entirely unforseer
| by old Jack, for inasmuch as he had for
gotten to require the usual vows of Susy
they insisted that however firmly Andrew
might be bound by the bonds of matri
mony, Susy was still single and the pai
were but half married. The matter wa
at last adjusted by the preacher commenc
ing the ceremony de moro, by which mean
the couple were finally united to the sat
| isfaction of ALL
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10
Clacking.

Clacking, or, as it is sometimes called
"forging" is the name given to the sound
produced by the hind shoe striking the
fore one in progression. 1t is usually
heard at the trot, and seldom noticed in
adult horses. 1t is most common in
Young horses out of condition and especi-
ally noticeable when they are tired. The
noise is produced by the hind shoe strik-
ing the under surface of the fore enc just
behind the toe, not at the heels. When
the blow has been repeated so as to leave
an rtssion, the marks are found on the
inner edge of the fore shoe. This is inn
portant, as it shows us that the length OF
the shoe is not at fault, and it suggests
the removal of the part where striking Oc-
ours. Removal of this edge is equivalent
to making shoe concave instead of flat
on the ground surface, and such shoe is
found effectually to preventa a recurrence OF
the Objectionable noise. The ordinary
hunting shoe, especially the narrow one
made in q ''cress," is the best possible
form. For harness horses, where more
substance is required for wear, the Orui-
nary shoe seated on the outside instead a
the inside is usually sufficient. "A case
may be met with in which this alteration
is not effective. We must then alter the
hind shoes, making them square at the
toe, with two clips-one on either side
and set back little on the foot. The
wall at the toe should not be rasped off.
but allowed to protrude little. Too
often the hind shoes are the frs to suffer
alteration, something of a very objection
able kind; for instance, we have seen the
toe of hind shoe made diamond shaped
and prominent, so as to come in contact
with the sole of the forefoot instead of the
shoe This is a most irrational and some
what dangerous eXpedient. 1t leaves the
offending part of the fore shoe untouched,
and favors the infliction of injury to the
foot. Even when the hind shoe is only
made short and placed back on the foot,
there is risk of the horn at the toe being
unduly worn, md there is shortening
of the leverage Of the foot which must
more or less affect the powers of progres'
sion.
fla horse "clacks," rest contrnted at
first with altering the fore shoes as We
have described; improve his condition,
and ride him up to the bit, but not past
his naco-ET
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-10
The First Daily Newspaper.

The first daily newspaper ever published
was the Courant. 1t appeared in LONDON
on the 18th of March, 1902. 1t was curl
osity, about the size of half a sheet OF
foolscap-paper, printed only upon one
side, containing neither editorials, locals,
court news, political matter, advertise
ments, nor English intelligence of any
kind whatever. A.
"This Courant," says the publisher, "as
the Title shows, will be published dally,
being designed to give all the Baterlal
News as soon as every Post arrives, ana
is confined to halfthe Compass to save the
Public at least half the Impertinences OF
ordinary Newspapers"
Six weeks after the first issue the pub
Usher announced in his largest type that
the project had been $50 Successful, tnat
hereafter both Sides would be printed,
The appearance of overa column. OF ad-
yertisements in the same number is SUI
ficient endorsement of the statement, and
from that time the Courant increased In
prosperity. Every newspaper has its
leading feature, and that claimed by the
Courai,t was foreign intelligence. Three
months after its first appearance the lol'
lowing notice found a conspicuous place
in its columns, which leads to the peiiel
that newspaper publishers were much the Tn
| SdIllC Ill JllOSt udJ dS now etH'
dishing-up of news from abroad: "l
will be found from the Foreign Prints
which, from Time to Time, as Occasion
offers, will be mentioned in this Paper,
that the Author has taken Care to be duly
furnished with All that comes from
Abroad in any Language. And for al
Assurance that he will not, under Pre-
tense of having Private Intelligence, i'm
pose any Addition of feign'd Circumstan
ces to an action, but give his EXtract'
fairly and 'impartially, at the Begin
ming of each Article he will quote tn
Foreign Paper from which 'tis taken, tina
the Publick, seeing from what Country
Piece of News comes, with the allowance
of that Government, may be better able t.
Judge of the Credibility and Fairness.
the Relation. Nor will he take upon hin
to give any Comments or C9njeScatartes attes o o
Fact, supposing other People to hav
Sense enough to make Reflections 10
Themselves"