The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-17

| contributed 500 900 for q cemetery, that the
working classes of his neighborhood should
not be compelled to make their interments at
a distance from their homes, entailing heavy
| costs and great inconvenience This is a new
/ form of benevoence.
Joan of Arcs chapel at Domremy, France,
where she saw the visions of the saints which
first Inspired her patriotic ardor, is being
res stored, and will be an object of many devout
pilgrimages this coming summer. The chapel
bad fallen into ruin, and was sadly dilapidated.
The expenses of it's restoration are to be de-
frayed by the ladies of Alsace.
The New York Tribune in notice of the
| Catholic Uorld for May, says that most readers
will attribute the article the Transit Of
| Jenus in that periodical, to Prof. Proctor. The
| Catholic Rerie,c, commenting on the statement,
says that it has good authority for saying tina
Prof. Proctor did not write it. The Rerie,c
believes that Bishop Lynch of Charleston, is
| the author of that very able and accurate ar
| ticle
The irreverence with which the Parisians
| treat foreigners is (Galigndni thinks) worthy
| of notice. Usurers are for them Jews should
| the money lenders be Christian, they called
Arabs certain thieves who perform a partic-
ular trick, we'll known to cashiers, are quail
English; people of but little education, Sa-
| voyards; ignorant individuals, Welsh ; ugly
persons, Chinese; those much addicted to
wine, Poles of ill-regulated habits, Cos
sacks and vagabonds, Bohemians. All por-
tiers are called Swiss, and the of paid
applauders at the theatre, Romans. Finally,
the honorable industrials who make cheating
at play a profession are Greeks.
Rev. Florence Mccarthy, of Chicago, recently
deposed for telling the truth to his congrega-
ton, has given lecture in which he answers
the conundrum: "Who wouldn't be mi mister ?"
Among other things he said that the only
happy moment il the life of an average Baptist
minister was when he called upon to sit
in trial on a brother divine. A Baptist mi ter
would forget to collect a marriage fee, or fail
to attend the funeral of the toughest deacon
in the church rather than fail to sit in a
council and say of an accused brother If he
is innocent, can't see it ; if he is guilty, let
us cast him into outer darkness. where there is
weeping and gnashing of teeth"
The Orange Lodges of New York have de-
> cded not to parade this year. At meeting
held last week, it was urged By some of the
members that the mere parading through the
streets was not satisfactory, and, in fact, was
d not approved of by vast number of Orange
e men in the district, or by the Protestant por-
y ton of the community, while, at the same
IT time, it was the means of causing unnecessary
o excitement and trouble to the city authorities
IT 1t resolved that on the next 18th of July
V the members assemble at their headquarters
e without regalia, and proceed in body to
o Church, and that on the day following they
i have grand picnic to Iona Island.
n One of the oldest developments of recent
n date is, that out of 100 persons in Cincinnati
% who have committed suicide from the begin.
g. ming of the year 1c67 down to date, 102 were
lie Germans, 81 American, Irish and the rest
v mostly Bohemians, Danes and Swiss. A Gin,
a cinnat journal in calling attention to this
D. fact says the ratio of Germans is out of all
81 proportion to their number in the population
n that the startling condition of things
J. appears in the statistics of suicide in New York
city, and. that the records of the coroner's
"a inquests show that intemperance has much to
70 do with it, Attention is called to the small
% proportion of Irish suicides, notwithstanding
i so many Irish are hard drinkers, and the re-
', mark is made that the restraining influence is
- their strong religious faith.
Faster Sunday was the occasion of a SPLEEN
l. did aud truly Catholic demonstration in Paris
u At o'clock the magnificent Cathedral o
. Not1e Dame was crowded with men, and mel
only. Men of all ranks passed up the great nav,
~ side by side. n. Buffet, Secretary of State tn,
&C President of the Assembly, General Charett,
's' and hundreds of other notabilities were pres
lie ent. His Royal Highnees, the Due de Nemours
in and the Count de Cbsrtres also partook of th
ch Bread of Life with the rest of the vast con
of gregation. The Cardinal Archbishop oficiated
u The CredO was said aloud by all present, AND
Pere Monsabre preached one of his most clio
quent sermons. A great many distinguishet
be officers also in the church. 1t is calculated
n that about 5000 men communicated on thi
- occasion in the Cathedral. The communion
Of were very numerous in all the other churohe
in Paris.