The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05
0ornlRg Star and Catholic Messenger.
~ xKw oRLEANs SUNDAY. APRIL 5 1874.
Editorial AND OTHER ITEMS

u0 victory; if no victory, no CROWN"
Colonel Valette has asked to be retired from,
SEae French army with pension and to be al
sSewsd to share the captivity of Marshal Ba'
aazne-
The pews in q New York synagogue were
4aoad at public auction, after inspiring lunch,
sSsd brought $1,000 The highest price paid
xar ono was $4,000.
q Father Druon, of the Catholic Church in St.
Albans, 10 trying for tho prize of 100000 off
<,ced to the inventor of device for propelling
szssnai boats by compressed air.
Rev. j. b. Stacy, of Ottawa, Canada, who
has identified himself with the cause Of
Bishop Cummins, has been formally excom-
raunicated by the Anglican Bishop of Ontario.
Eli Love of Wayne county, Ohio, recently
climbed tree to shake down o coon. Eli
s.owever, fell down himself, and his dogs mis-
taking him for the game, tore him badly be-
fore they discovered the mistake.
Hon. Henry Green, Of the Illinois Legisla-
ture, having been absent twenty -four days on
account of sickness, and received warrant
for the full month returned tho pay for the
limo he was absent,vtEx. What's in q name
A New York Clergyman suggests that instead
s<of adopting the tactics of the western ladies,
our girls should try tho following method ::
Let every young woman say to him who IA
dearest to her: your lips touch liquor they
shall never touch mine"
There are in England and Wales two
churches with only two members each, one
with three three with Ave, eight with six,
eighteen with ten, and 100 numbering from
eleven to twenty each. Ono church of ten
Ssoasts Of nine lay preachers.
Paris, Kentucky, comes to the front with
tho latest marvel. 1t Is o lady who has had
dut one new bonnet in forty years, has made
but two calls on neighbors in eighteen years,
and las taken but one meal away from home
In all that time. And yet she is well of, In
good health, and all her limbs perfectly sound.
Ayeung Irishman named Hugh MoConville,
died recently in Ashland, Ashland county,
Ohio, leaving an estate worth, it 10 said, from
tan to fifteen thousand dollars. He was In the
drug business. The Public Administrator has
charge of his affairs. No person there knows
f,is native place; but one friend heard him say
that he had two sisters in ireland. Tho Rev.
III. Schmits is the Catholic pastor of Ashland,
TO whom inquiries might be addressed.
There is always @ great deal of sport in
Washington at the faux pas made by new
members Of Congress and their families, who
are unused to the demands of fashionable life.
Fancy the horror Of the diplomats who were
guests at q recent State dinner ut the White
L." House at seeing the wives of severa, Congress
mon present in black dresses with high cor
-ssges. "oh," exclaimed an appalled, diplomat
afterwards, "it was horrible. Such disre-
speot to the President and his wifew
As soon as the Congressional chaplain closes
his appeal to the Throne of Grace, there is q
-cinpping of hands all over the floor. 1t is the
way the members have of calling pages to their
aide. Every Congressman begins bis days
- labor by giving an order to o messenger, hence
sho olapping is universal and uproarious
Well, that beats me-" said an elderly man In
tho gallery, with mud on his boots, which
hooked rs though it had been brought from
tho other side of the Potomac, al don't see
anything in that prayer worth cheering"
sRev. Mr.. Jackson. the chief exponent Of
Ritualism in Washington city, preached few
evenings since on private confession and abso-
tuition, arguing that the Scripture, the writings
OF the fathers and English reformers, and the
prayer book, all show that tho priest has
power 20 convey Gods pardon to the penitent
after true and hearty confession of sins and
10 advises the laity to avail themselves of
ehe blessing whenever they felt the need of it,
SsA1 W Nalue IL ab ONO OF the precious prlvl-
heGes which the good providence of God has
ueserved to His Church.
Tue Washington Republican pitches into S. S.
Cox for his appearance in the role of capital
mower. Cox told them in the house ono day
last week that he could raise Joint stock
OoApany out on the prairies of the West, and
pay them for their old rattle-trap buildings
aud build them better capital than they had ,
ono that would be q national ornament and
convenience, and let Washington go to grass
Snd save the people of the whole United States
GcOm the eternal taxes extortsd from them for
the benefit of the people of the District of
Columbia alone, or words to this effect.
The New York Post, abiding to Mr.. Bryant's
projected popular history of the United States,
says that AS q rule o man who undertakes q
history initiates that renowned Dutch tumbler
OF antiquity who took o start of three miles
TO jump o hill, and when he got there was SO
blown that he was compelled to sit down and