The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-19
%asuiug Star and Catholic Messenger.
Nxw ORLEANS, SUNDAY, APRIL 10. ie7a.
gpIIToRAL AND OTHER ITEMS.

EEys,iens and GuioD of Now York, arc ABOUT
so Establish line of steamers to run direct
mgr that port to Dublin
l. tornado passed over Nashville, Tenn, on
s-nAES tn, destroying 100000 worth of property
szak1 rendering homeless many poor families
Ebe Persians belieye that oil diamonds ieil
Sznu, heaven during the earliest stages of the
.-sxz-%l and are therefore entitled to religious
vNs5aTation.
plrauiy is now made from sawdust, ana 30
unrascest pine, the harmless oak and the gentle
.Nzs .,,rst henceforth share in the vltuperations
7Snrnched upon the noxious vine.
In old lady hearing some one reading about
- ,.o,,s sman-at- large, rushed to the kitchen
S4arr shouting, Sarah Jana, Sarah Jane! don't
rxsz- leave the clothes out all night; mind tell
.7ua. Cor there's n congress- man at large"
the Supreme Court of Spain has rendered
usxsrision unfolding Archbishop Llorente, of
santiago, against the Holy Father and con
Hauluing Obera, the Popes appointee, to i'm
5x-Ts,nment or Punishment fr ON the Island OF
yia,vi1.
,-hs attendance at school of all children be-
sTs9cn the ages of eight and fourteen years is
1rsasIs compulsory in the state of Nevada. Pa
.-s-srfs snd guardians are held responsible, and
zx,s liable to Imprisonment for neglect in the
,ztCGtsr.
The French steamship Amerique sunk ten
,riise oil the harbor of Brest, on the 14th. All
.Sr.r z aasengers and crew, excepting the second
aKssr, were saved. She was considered one
N Ele finest and safest steamships that ever
NILS built.
4 new entrance to the Mammoth cave is said
~ have been fouud, and the proprietor of the
fa'ss.-if the rambling old shanty can be so
eSssgaiGed-is in great distress lest some one
-, 20 kt,ox
xnA more com for table hostelry.
Ecaptain in the Bengal army has compiled o
.-1,ok which will prove sweet boon " to re-
rIewers and other writer's who want to cite
=zES passages 1t is entitled Shakespeare
4csosy." and contains o long alphabetical list
Is sai,i ects, each of which is illustrated by
t.osce quotations from Shakespeare.
London ia literally built on a foundation of
ss6sses. In some places it would be difficult to
axfsL room TO lay another pipe. One gas COM
many supplies two districts with nearly four
!Szzrsired miles of pipes. Then there are the
playground telegraph pipes, and 500 miles
N drSiR pipes, the lead and iron pneumatic
;SIsss, the sewers, the water-pipes and the
background railway.
How much better it would have been to
s5x1ve shaken hands and allow it was all mis-
ss.Sc," said Detroit Judge. Then the lion
AMI tho lamb would have lain down together,
-zxrL Ehite ROBBED peace would have famed you
gss til her wings aud elevated you with her
.za11iss of appreciation. But, no you went to
-s4a~iag and biting, and rolling in the mud
END here you are. Its SIS apiece"
l. little over ten months ago the first postal
,T;zxd was issued, and already 1000 900, tho
-NfIaie amount estimated for the first year
A1Avs been issued. OF this number the fifteen
EaEySast cities in the country took 40, 900 900
-EtsaC York nearly eight per cent of the whole
Nisxt to New York came Boston, which took
,Sss<out 1--WE millions, while Washington requir-
mi Cor her use considerably over one million.
T. "a estimated that aboRt ten millions more
sStEt 90 required to meet the demand for the
k4nzs gear since their introduction.
Garfield, of Ohio, once in a while kicks ovor
ING party traces and tells some disagreeable
gxTzths He recently likened the United States
AMY to u half developed frog-all head and
Ie body" The comparison was decidedly
agrr@ pos, for the frussion army of 1000 men
sssE staff of but one hundred officers, the
EkLsS Sn army, numbering 100000 men, has but
'SSa5e hundred officers, while the United States
amy of 25 900 men has a staff of six hundred
sEBa thirty-three officers, many of them being
'hrLCsdic r generals.
81 Hebert, celebrated French painter, has
zSs9y finished an important picture, represent
nE the Madonna, seated, with the Divine In.
lEsEEs The Blessed Virgin wears white tunc,
aIth colored borders, embroidered and her
,EE.Al is enveloped in folds of tho same mate
nd a black mantle is cast over her left
shoulder to form full drapcry Report speaks
. sagaiy of the tender aud pathetic spirit
which animates this work, of its elaborate and
.lSsSutifal execution, and of the fine manner
az which Oriental characteristics are rendered
Ky tho painter.
According to the New York Uor1a LIB mem
.~scs of the British Parliament are rrccmasons
-Gfty-six in the House of Lords and seventy
even in the Commons. Fifteen of those in
Lac Lower House are noblemcn. The Prince of
F'AIes heads the list of Freemasons who have
teats in Parliament and Mr. Whallcy brings up
1ac rear, The Protestant Bishop of Peter