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datcs from William do Haya, settled In 1ott,on
sovcn contures slneo, and wnn roynI 1ntior i,
timo Of Malcolm Nv, Tho crest Of iho family il
o goats mead, tho supporters two Elivaa n.t;rcd
mud ut,g.oa, each gorgod viii, co1ar; tho
'npto p sar" REF H"glt" As tho gont lH notod
10 tio el1Hpo Of !nouoy which Lo could pes %. hss
l'ards on. tFlere Is rooaon for ILLS thinktny INK
l'o Ind right to tho symbols OF lhe EnrI. At
9ny lnto, nj tho story goes, bo took tho rwoe,i-
waa npaco onough to put tho1n. rio Marnus
would be iEatte.ol, II ho know TINT tho II, A mt
ecion Of MS houso ia tho inmato Ut a oony;ct'a
coll, In tlla blastod country, YOU ku3w.n
, 1874-01-22

MIR: Kallooh. VIC understand, has acoopted
tho call of tho First Baptist Church pf Loavou.
worth to become tts paator At aailiy OF 80, ,QU0
par AuuuM.--LaureNce (Knu.1 Standard
, 1874-01-22

Rtty for thoro collecting aud crod.~ Watching
agents, ho would have only admitted The truth.
II tho ,aalca aio graded by what tho farulor
noctls to buy ra'hor than by what tho manufao.
t,'ror walts tn roll 1t will no fur towards solving
tile mldllcrnnn question M botwoen tarmor and
manufacturer. This would bo quite d ncl, il,
accord with tho Legitimate laws Of ttalo Oh tic
prcBent condition Of af trs, r..
, 1874-01-22

forts nud Influence Will In Eiyrn during tho coming
aohslt IT UnHrraB IN Fe"ur. Try n.to1,ato h1,nr0prf
tnnH, tho fnlf.vnG rcHmlls, tn-wlt;
Tim ri Gety Improvement If TIM A1Aatsappi River
at IN "tt ai'tl 1t a'ell pllcr ina upon Il wrs
i'tK arsy le"'l ;t''"e'''e1 1t by tho ac'lorat anv
Fo1 aiss WlscunHn Rivers,
rri iy al your rnrlicht convenience ,v o!li,c
yn',ra reHicttnlIy.
J. CurIfEA:iE.
!. 1'AAISnnD,
j. II. uHntInN.
II. U. HHnnw1S,
A. v, MoLAu0tEL1u,
ExeritiFc Committee II tnu Btato Grange of Wis
, 1874-01-22

advancing personal instead Ut public interests.
Anu ind!neronce to the roal interests of tho
Eeoplo at largo il not more apparout thau tleyo-
tion to those scoiuea which have for thoir ob.
1ocs private emolulnonts rather than publio
bonotiss. Even an enliro disregard for solicit
tallona from their constituents iH not at this
day considered as indicating failure to meot
either the duties or tho courteasea of official
position. In accordance with tho suggestion
adopted at the Kookuk meeting the Executive
Committee Of the State Grange OF Wisconsin
issued the following circular letter to tho United
stnteH Senators aid Representatives Of WIa-
consin ~
TO THE w1scoNa1N coNanEss,1EN.
IN your capacity ~ omber Of tho National I.ogis-
aturs, respt otlny ash your attention 10 tic follow
1nH Df1tcnent nllI request:
Adequate llralH u transportation ut mojlcrata cost
las arown H. be great nAtona waMt. a,l Justly de-
nas tho attention of cnngreks. 10 tho prusillcors
Tic unsersEncd ths subject III If vital Importance.
With due lfBar1 for A thu various rlaB, theories aud
ssases whsh srs advocated esors the country :.
of tunBresa, VII respectfully represent that means
Of re!!cf open for tho acsion Ut that hudy Which
other plan plans nlny MpIy not bu aIbau,I.,uuy
adopted: ws refer to tho Improvement Of rIyus u
While ,mproyu,nenis upon theso l,aye hor,1ofora
comparatively triAng expenditures u pl,bilo ,aonsy
Of such magnitude III al of prlyato n ,fnrtlqs w to
at rrovie for al sucure tLer ral:i complexion
VS. believe tbat tho Improvement of natfol watur
channels HhonM haF0 corresponding nct!rn ut lilo
solsud to yss xat int!uoncu ossos: taw4rd ssor-
o That eud. III behalf Ut large number Of czeus
OF tue Hate WHICH ynn repros9t IN ally Nional Con.
8fess va respectfully INK to 10 aaHlrrd hut your If
y ,ntstake nlcs.rs alrDlll ana wtl!la,as, tho now
ssaas 81 CONGRESS, were omitted Waen tho aloYe
~ AuAHEDaf, GQIGGnnDulY tiGp ilAVA mt had
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wine Making in the United States.

OF the 500 +" exhibitions " of wine at
Vienna, 90 came from the United States,
sent by IL makers, aud earning two medals
of progress, medals of service, and three
diplomas. The four leading exhibitors
were Austria. with 1872 sorts of wine !;
France. 929 sorts. This country stood
ninth in the list, the British colonies,
Switzeriand, and other countries coming
after it. DR.. Adolph OFT, member of the
Swiss commission, says in his report, the
United States sent ordinary and spark
payne, sweet and dry. The last named
received much commentator, and was de-
clared to be equal to the best Spanish and
Portuguese dry wines. The sparkling
wines were also much approved. 1t is
we'll known that the European vine vitis
account of the severe changes of tempera-
ture, and even the bastards obtained by
naturalization are worthless for the prnduc-
ton of wine. On the other hand, North
America possesses more than 600 native
varieties, mostly of the Uitis labrusca, of
which, however, only a small number are
cultivated. Mr.. Frederick Hecker, who
has experimental with 81 varieties, has
settled upon Ia. The American varieties
of vine flourish exceedingly we'll, never
freeze, and are almost indestructible. For
instance, the Gaia ba, the blue Isabella,
and the blue Madeira are known in Europe.
Some kinds bear enormous grapes, as the
Concord, North Carolina, and others,
which, according to Hecker, are very we'll
suited to the Rhine climate" Upon the
character of the American wines he re-
marks: "The odor and taste of nearly all
the labrusca varieties is similar to that of
and varies between vanilla and
straw berry. The aroma. which is different
from the favor of European wines, ia
generally weak, and diminishes with the
age of the wine. Still the wine obtained |
from the blue Isabella (Cape grapesl is !
distinguished by a superior boquet, which |
ills the surrounding air with a spicy |
essence, for which reason this grape is we'll
fitted for admixture with less aromatic
'rapes." The production IN 1870 was
e, 450, 900 gallons, of which California |
yielded 100000, New York $3.50, 600,
illinois Zoo, 600. Missouri 1000, 900, and |
,ther States 100000.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-30
a Life Of Lee at Last.

The work which General Lee positively de-
clined to do for himself during his life has been
Childe. Mr.. Childe, who has for many years
past resided in Paris, and who was married
there few years ago to very charming and
accomplished lady, daughter of the cele-
brated sculptor, Baron Triqueti, has just pub
lished in French monograph on the career of
his illustrious uncle, entitled, Le General Lee,
ga cie ct ses campagnes. Since Lord Mahon pub
lished his life of the great Prince De Condo no
work of equal pretensions has been issued in
French from the pen Of writer of English
blood. Mr.. Childe comes fairly by his gifts as
Boston, is remembered by all who know any
thing of cultivated society in Paris quarter
of century ago, as the host of one Of th g most
ol
Mr.. Vernon Childe, with the grace and accom-
plishmeuts of his wife, drew around them q
circle Of the best and brightest men and Wo-
M. and Nine. De Circourt, and Prosper Meri-
NEE were among the intinaes of that circle, in
which thoughts outshone toilets. and the
than the glitter of diamonds. Nous arons
change tout celia Whether for the better or not
is quite another question. Though he had
made his home in Paris, Mr.. Vernon Childe
never failed of loyal service to his native land.
He was for many years an occasional cores
pondent of the London Times, and his letters
on American affairs, under the signature of "a |
Statesman" were invariably full of pi"h and
point. They were the letters always of pa |
triot and man of the world, who knew how !
to tell the truth about his own country with |
out dancing it's war-dance over the heads of
other people. Mr.. Lee Childe inherits the |
tact and good taste of his father, and it is a
fortunate circumstance that the delicate task
of saying at this comparatively early day what |
it would have been indecent much longer to |
have deferred saying about the great Confed-
crate leader, should have been assumed by one
so near to him in blood. yet 40 far removed by |
and by training from the coarser
passions of the unhappy strife in which it was
his fate to bear so conspicuous part, and his
tory and in defeat. -Nep York Hor1a
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-30

THE EFFECT OF CAMPHoR ON SEEDS
Some curious and all but forgotten ex-
periments of much interest to agriculture
and gardening, observes a London paper,
have lately been revived by German sa-
want. Very many years ago iG was discov-
cred and recorded that water saturated
with camphor had remark able influence
upon the termination of seeds Like many
another useful hint, the stupid world took
no notice of this intimation but a Berlin
professor came across the record of it, aud
he seems to have established the fact that
solution of camphor stimulates vegetables
as alcohol does animals. He took seeds in
various sorts of pulse, some of the samples
being three or four years old, and therefore
possessing very slight degree of vitality.
He devided these parcels, placing one moi
ETY. e them between sheets of blotting
paper simply wetted, and the other under
strictly similar conditions between sheets
soaked in the campheFated water. In many
cases the seeds did not swell at all under
the Influence of the simple moisture, but
in every case they terminated where they
were subjected to the camphor solution.
The experiment was extended to different
kinds of garden seeds, old and new, and
always with the came result of showing a
singular awakening of dormant vitalism
and wonderful quickening of growth. 1t
also appears from the professors researches
that the young plants thus set shooting
SouLihueu W InCEeaso Will d ViRoT duu VI
vacity much beyond that OF those which
were not so treated. On the other hand,
when pounded camphor was mixed with the
soil, it appeared to exercise rather bad
effect npon seeds. The dose in this latter
case was possibly too str1us. At all events,
there is here line of luyuiry we'll worth
following up by seedsmen aud gardeners !;
and even farmers might try how far wheat
and barley would prutie from the strange +
property which seems to be possessed by
this drug over the latent lite OF vegetable
germs.
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BE HAPPY Now.-How old are-yon :
Twenty five 2 Thirty Are you happy
to-dayf Were you happy yesterday
Are you generally happyf II so, you have
reason to judge that you will be happy by
and-bye. Are you 90 busy that you have
no time to be happy ? and are you going to
be happy when you are old, and you have
not 80 much to do No, will not.
You now have a specimen of what you
will be when you are old. Look in the
face of to day. That is about the average.
That will tell you what you are going to
be. What you are carrying along with
you now is what you will have by and bye
If you are so conducting yourself that
you have peace with heaven and with your
fellow-man, and with your faculties if
every day do you insist that duty shall
make you happy, and you take as much
time as is needtul for the culture of your
social faculties, you will not be exhausting
life, aud it will be continually replenisheh.
But if you are saving everything up till
you get to be un old mat, hahjs will stand
like u tyrant, aud say,-"Y0u wonld not
ENJOY yourself before, and you shall not
now" How many men there are who
have ground and ground to make money,
that they might be happy by and bye, but
who, when they got to be fifty or sixty
years old, had used up all the eujo yabie
nerve that was in them During their
early life they carried toll, and economy.
and frugality to the excess of stinginess,
and when the time came that they expected
Joy, there was no joy for them.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-30
The Loousss of Egypt Revived!

Our readers may remember that, two weeks
ago we published n letter from Clay Center,
Kansas, abiding to the grasshopper plague of
that section ; and now we find in the st. Louis
Republican, the following letter from Manhat-
tan, Kansas, confirming and intensifying the
previous sickenipg statement:
MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug 16, 1874.
Ay Dear Sister Josie Il had set my heart on
visiting you in st. Louis this fall, but the
drought and the grasshoppers have upset my
plans and hopes, as they have done so many
others, though in my case not to SO great an
extent, thank God! Such misery as there is in
homes around us, it is fearful to contem plate.
You will ali feel sympathy for us, 1 know, when
tell you we have had no rains yet, and the
grasshoppers are still with us bad ever
Nearly three months without rain; grasshoppers
for two months, and excessive heat and dust
all that time! never felt dsenheartened
and prone to murmur! Over and over again
we have had heavy storm-clouds, thunder and
of relief; few drops would fall, and Except
for slight cooling of the atmosphere) that
would be all.
Every tree is stripped. the naples, willows,
fruit trees, bushes, grass, weeds even-all
greenness gone-and it presents such sngu-
lar, dreary sight; looking like November with
not leaf is left, and the fruit eaten away
and the pits left hanging most forloru! The
" hoppers" are thick upon them from root to
stem, now eating the very bark, and many,
many young tree will be killed. We cannot
step out of doors with comfort, for they rise
in swarms and blind US, and at night have to
take off every article of clothing separately,
and carefully hunt the pests. They very
destructive to curtains and clothing. 1u hang
ing out the clothes from wash, tho articles
have to be watched with lynx eyes, aud taken
in soon rs dried, or they would be spotted
and eaten in few minutes. Bat there
is no use trying to make you understand the
nuisance; you cannot form an idea of their
horrible destruction without witnessing it, nor
the disgustingly nervous feelings they give us.
The trains are often stopped by elogging up
the track. . Even the plants in my
house am unable to preserve. They have
destroyed my geraniums, my Gala lilly, ETC.,
though have kept them in the parlor and en-
deavored to protect them.
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Life or Money.
SINGULAR ATTEMPT To BLEED THE DUKE OF
MARLBOROUGH.

The abduction, some weeks ago, of little
Charles Ross, the son of Philadelphia mer
chant, and the apparent impossibility of fluid
ing any clue to his whereabouts, not withstand
ing the fact that advertisements have appeared
in the Philadelphia Ledger and New York
Herald, Offering to give him up for $50, 900, re-
calls to the mind of u new York UorId CORE
spondent the following singular incident in the
life of the great Duke of Marlborough:
The famous secret letters in the Ross case
recall n singular trial which took place in the
year 17lS, in London. 1t sprang from the fact
that certain strange letters were sent anony-
mously to the famous Duke of Marlborough,
their aim being to obtain money from him by
threats, or, rs we say more succincty, black
mail hm.
The fast bore date of the goth of November,
IVY. 1t was very dffnSe, but at length came
TO the point in these words go
"For some time l have been thinking of
some means to take the life of aHother person
without exposing my own, aud without run
ming any risk. have found way, and defy
she law. Now for the application. L am
plunged into despair, aud must get out of il.
1t is In your power to help me, aud mean to
with an honest maintenance (the Duke died
worth more than GI 500. 000) or your life W ill
be at an end before Parliament ceases to sit, |
Be sure to meet me next Sunday, at
10 o'clock in the morning-or Monday, ii it |
should rain Snnday-near the FIRST tree behind
road. Secresy and your good Will for me can !
alone save you from u double danger
A few days now will make either your |
friend OF your enemy. EELToS.
r. S.-UnderStand that you must be alone, |
and that the slightest indication which you |
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laughed at the Dnke-nobody sucoeeded in

laughed at the Dnke-nobody succeeded in
solving TIE mystery.
Some good came of it, however for the
nctoriety made yonng Bernard's fortune as an
architect. Marlborough died four years after
wards. but although 176 years have elapsed
since then, neither the public nor detectives
have ascertained who wrote tho famous black
mail letters to the hero of Hochstett.
Az nothing further than the trial came of
the adventure there was more of. the comic
than tragic element in it. Who wrote the
Ross letters and what became of the child ap-
pears likely to remain EEsolved as long as the
mystery of the Marlborough Bernard case.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-30
Miscellaneous Quotations.


Easier to atop Euphrates at its source
Than one te0r OF u true and tender heart.
Byron
There's not string attuued to mirth
But.hath its chord Of melancholy.
The tear down childhood's cheek that flows,
Is like the dew-drop on the rosei
When next the summer breeze comes by,
And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
We promise, hope believe-there breathes despair.
Byron
To be possessed of double pomp
TO gild q title that was rich before
70 Gild refined gold or paint Iily.
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice or add anI Their hue
Unto the Eainoo@. or with taPer-light
Is wastefui and ridiculous excess.
Shakespeare.
When the stem dies the leaf that grew
Out OF its heart must perish too.
Full many stoio eye and aspect stern
Mask hearts where grief hath little left to learn
And many a vitherinG thought lies hid, not lost,
In smiles that least beft who wear them most.
Byron.
o, surely melody from heaven was sent
To cheer the soul when tired with human strife
10 soGthe the Tayward heart by sorrow rent,
~ wv NN'''N WI T. y kir 1is. White.
Grief that dissolves in tears, relieves the heart
When coDgregated vapors melt in rain.
The sky is Gained, and all's again.
II More
nope ike the EnmmerlnE taper light,
Adorns ANA cnrerS the way,
And still, az darker grows the night
Eintts u brighter ray.
GSldsHiith
Where Is the fame
Which the vain-glOTious mighty OF the earth
seek to eternizei oh the fatntass sound
From Times light football the minutest wave
hat Nv ellis the flood of ages, whelms in nothing
'he unsuostantial bubble. Shelley.
Come TO the bridal chamber DEATH
Come 10 the mother when she feels
For the first time her first born = breath
And thou terrible
But To The hero when his sword
Has won the battle for the free
$3.50 Tho voice sounds like q prophets word
And in ito hollow tones are heard
The thankS OF millions yet to be
HGlIeck
1mmcdest words admit of no defence
For want OF decency is want of sense.
Earl Of RoRcomUloH.
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Kind words are the bright flowers of
earth's existence use them, and especially
around the Preside circle. They are Jewels
beyond price, and powerful TO heal the
wounded heart and make the weighed
down spirit glad.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-30

The world is governed by three things
wisdom, authority, and appearance. Wis.
dom is for thoGghfui people, authority for
rough people, and appearance for super
fetal people.
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but supposed he wanted to give him some
place! When asked what he had to say in
Court and jury the examination of the proofs
for and against me-"
For the defence was called John Bernard,
father of the accused.
Kensington the very Sunday that the Duke
accosted him in Hyde Park that Bernard
Jr., was good and careful young man, that
he had at that time no less than 200 guineas
in bank that he made no secret nor mystery
of having seen the Duke in the Park; that he
told him, when he saw the Duke armed that
he supposed he was going to fight duel
Again, when he saw him in Westminster
Church, and he spoke to him, he thought he
meant to give him some appointment, because
he had SAID nothing about the Dukes goiRg to
fight. He told every one of his acquaintances
about the second interview. Bernard, Sr.,
further said that, as the anonymous letters
were written in printed characters, he could
not tell whether it was his sons handwriting
not.
Next witness, James Greenwood, depcsed
that one Sunday morning he went to young
Demands room and found him still in bed
that he made him get up to go with him to the
park, reminding him that monument had
lately been erected to the memory of General
Hargrave which everybody was going to see.
In passing Westminster Church they stopped
an instant aud went in, and that they saw and
recognized the Duke of Marlborough, and see
ing him approach them, the prisoner, hurriedly
related the Hyde Park adventure and then me-
Greenwood said, " In that case 1 will leave
you alone with him. Don't be afraid go and
speak to him. Perhaps he will give you q post
Push your fortunes" Shortly
after the Duke left the church, so did they
they went to the park, where they told of the
adventure to all who would listen. Numerous
other witnesses deposed in favor of the pris-
oper.
The total absence of proof the calmness aud
candOr of the young man, the honorable wit |
nesses he brought to testify to his character,
and even the deposition of the Duke himself, |
took from his charge all it's gravity. Bernard |
was acquitted, leaving the court with his |
character untarnished.
The adventure caused o great sensation in |
England. Conjectures were rife as to who !
wrote the letters-for what purpose. Was it q |
job, or was it joke Some few
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-28
SINFUL SETTINGS.

Lloyd Craighead is boarding at the work.
house row. Twas not ever thus with
Craighead. The time was when he walk
ed our streets with the proud step of a free
manor, more properly speaking, Of a
freedman. But his is a noisy, bOisterOus
character, and when he takes about ''thTee
fingers invariably attracts the attention of
the police by his disurderly conduct.
Thomas Noon comes of war-like race.
He attended the court yesterday morning
to answer to the charge of assault and bat
terry. He did the best he could, but his
answer not being considered satisfactory,
he was requested to shell out 20 the extent
Of a five dollar bill.
Maria Brown has her estimable qualities.
and for these she is held in high regard by
those who have the honor Of being iHti-
mately acquainted with her. But she will
drink occasionally. Now there would be
no harm in this if she would confine her
drinking operations to coffee, tea, sulphur
water, lemonade and similar beverages. If
she would do this. she could have saved the
five dollars which she expended intEe shape
OF a fine yesterday, for having been drunk
and disorderly the day previous.
Eliza Bell had her Saratoga and hair
curriers' removed to the Hotel de Adams
yesterday. She did this at the suggestion
of the Judge. Eliza had been guilty Of
very disorderly conduct Thursday night.
Matilda TrOmell assaulted and battered
one of her friends the other day, and is out
five dollars in consequence.
Mary Caruthers was fined a like amount
for the same ollenSe.
Harriet CaTuthers was accused OF throw
ing rocks, but the case was dismissed.