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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

The Leisure Hour says: The metropolis
of the British Empire, the largest city the
world ever saw, covers within fifteen miles
radius of ChariDg Cross, nearly seven hum
dred square miles, and nu N bers within these
boundaries four millions of inhabitants. 1t
comprises a hundred Thousand foreigners
from every region Of the globe. The port
of London has every day upon it's waters q
thousand ships and pine thousand sailors.
towards Of a hundred and twenty persons
are added to the population daily, or forty
thousand yearly, a birth taking place every
FIVE minutes, and death every eight min
utes. On an average, twenty eight miles of
streets are opened and nine thousand new
houses are built every year. In its postal
900 900 letters. On the police register
twenty Thousand habitual criminals in
creased by many thousands every year
More than one third of all the crime of the
country is committed in London, or al
least brought to light there. There are ai
many beer shops and gin palaces as would
| IL their fronts were placed side by side
reach from Charing Gross to Portsmouth
distance of seventy three miles, ant
thirty eight thousand drunkards are an
nually brought before its magistrates. Th'
shops open on Sunday would form street
sixty miles long. 1t is estimated tina
there are above million of the people VIII
are practically heather, wholly neglectin
the ordinances of religion. AT least min
hundred additional churches and chapel
would be required for the wants of tn
people.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26
JOHN Oc0NNoR POWER, NJ P.
Icbieago Pilot, Dec. Ie.I

lcbieago Pilot, Dec. IsI
1t 10 seldom that the people OF Chicago'
have the privilege Of listening 10 sucn q
highly finished orator as the gentIenan "
whose name heads this notice. he Is 3
about Ave feet eight inches, and would
probably turn the scale at ten stone. de
is OF dark complexion, dark hair, and
a bright piercing gray eye, which seems 20
take in at q glance the state OF mlno OF his
audience, and appealing more directly 70
the head than to the heart, reaches nIs
climax in sentences 30 telling aud SO beau
tifolly expressed that the audience are
carried with him, and spontaneous cheers
ard rapturous applause which FREQ uently
bnrst from bis hearers showed how
thoroughly he bad placed himself 10 sym
patty with them. His voice Ia DOT a. 80.
norous az many orators We have heard, OCT
the distinctness of his epuneiation rem
dered every word ineligible In all parts
of The aouse. His gestures are few and
graceful, and perfectly in keeping with
whatever subject he may have In hsno.
He does not "paw the air" A morning
paper likens him to Dan Dougherty and
wendell Philips rolled into one. For a
youpR man few have attained the emil
uencs he has achieved, and since O'Con-
nelI,s time but few Irish men have been
listened to with more marked respect than
O'Connor Power. He has been In every
roscrum in ireland, and has maze the mans
his denunciatiops of English misrule in
ireland. With the exception, perhaps, of
the eloquent and gifted Isaac Butt, the
father of the home rule party, no man oc-
cupies q warmer place In the lrlsh heaft
than o'Connor Power, and surely no man
deserves more at their hands: The reasons
that he gave for remaining in the house OF
commons to watch over the interests OF
ireland, until such time as place was
prepared in College Green, where Irish
Legislators could meet in an Irish parlia,,
mept, was mastery in the extreme, and
the cheers which greeted the hope that
the day was not far distant when Engiand
would do justice to Ireland showed how
how fully his apology was accepted.
AS has already been announced in the
MORNING STAR, our fellow citizens will
soon have the pleasure of hearing this dis
ting uished orator. He will lecture in st.
Pat.ick's Hall, on Tuesday, January 4'h,
ID Irish Independence.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

of the tree and live upon its sap. The
hsmmiug bird and the fly catcher purify
the chalice of the flower. The bee-eater,
in all lands, carries on a fierce hostility with
the wasp which ruins our fruit. A large
number OF insects remain during the Win
ter in the eggs or larva, waiting for the
Spring to burst into life bnt in this state
they are diligently hunted by the navis,
the wren, and the troglodyte. The former
turn over the leaves which strew the earth,
the latter climb TO the loftiest branches OF
the trees, or clean out the trunk. In wet
meadows the crows and storks bore the
ground to seize the white worm which,
for three years before metamorphosing
into q cockcbafer, gnaws at the roots OF
our grasses.-The Animal Eiuqdom.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

1t is not generally known that there is a
large and prosperous Irish settlement in
tho Argentine Republic in South America
there ia a population of nearly 400, 900, of
which nearly half is Irish. The country is
exceedingly fertile, producing two crops
of figs aud potatoes year, and 100 differ,
emit sorts of grass that grow only by great
care elsewhere. 1t 10 a rich grazing coun-
try, and the most extensive farmers IN the
tracts of land, and carry on q wool trade
that rivals Australia. In 1869, they clipped
100, 900 pounds of wool. The majority
of the population are Catholic, but all re-
liRions are free, and some OF the Pro
testant ministers are salaried by the
Soverpnent The Irish settlers have
snlendid hospitals, schools, and academies
Of their own.-Boston Pilot.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

FRASKNEss IN LovE.-One of the most
essential things in love affairs ia perfect
frankness. Both parties should be frank
true to themselves, and truthful to each
other. How many uneasy and anxious
minds, how many broken hearts there are
to day, in which content aud happiness
might have reigued supreme but for the
want of fraukness. Repentance inevitably
comes for all these things, but it comes too
late, and only when the evil produced is
incurabe. In love, as in everything elses
truth is the strongest of all tbings. and
frapkness is but another name for truth.
Then always be frank. Avoid misunder-
standings; give no reason or occasion for
them. They are more easily Stunned than
cured-they leave scars upon the heart:
You are less liable to be deceived yourself
when you never deceive others. Frankness
is like the light of a clear day in which
everything may be plainly perceived.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

Coon ON GEN. BAKER.-Daring the last
State fair at Macon, Ga, Gen. Alpheus
Baker, of Barbour, was in Attendance, ex-
hibiting his cotton and selling seed: Qt is
we'll known that he has the best cotton
seed in Americs.) After all the great ora
tore, including Mr.. Bayard and Judge
Kelly, of the North, had spoken to the
large concourse of people, Gen. Colquitt
conscribed Gen. Baker and forced him to
make a speech. AS is always the case
when Baker speaks, it required only few
minutes for everybody to become much
amused and demonstrative. About in the
crowd enquiries were made, Who is
that ~. Where did he come from 7" etc.
A man who had met Gen. Baker aud bought
some of his cotton seed, replied, so that it
could be heard all around, Why that's
that confounded old cotton seed peddler."
Among other good stories told by Gen.
Baker was the following, which is the history
of many firms in numerous cities: MIR
Smith went into business with German.
After being in business for about four or
five years, they broke. A friend meeting
the German asked him how it was. gu
see, my friend Schmidt and go into one
| business. He had five thousand dollars
and had experience which puts against
his money. Vel, we go in onS two, four
years, and we close up, when Mad dc FIVE
thousand dollars and my frieHd Schmidt
| had the experience"
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

TIE LAWS OF DIGEsTIoN.-The San.
itary Record says 81. Food for the sup
ply of the daily wants of the system is
most rapidly and thoroughly digested
when taken early in the day, ere the ner-
vous and secretive forces are exhausted by
toll. g Rapid digestion in the early
part of the day contributes to the imme-
diate demands of IL. otion and innervation.
3. Food for the repair of the continuous
wear and tear of the tissues is in less inn
mediate request; the completeness Of it's
solution is of more Importance than the
rapidity, and it is best taken towards the
evening, when an opportunity is afforded
for it's leisurely absorption during sleep.
4. The duration of digestion bears pro-
portion to the quantity of food eaten. 5.
In youth the digestion is quicker and the
stomach sooner emptied than in grown-uP
persons. g. Rest before meals makes the
digestion more complete. Exertion inn
mediately before meals retards digestion, ,
and exertion immediatly afterwards de-
ranges it. 7. Sleep retards digestion. but
makes it more complete. 8. Alcohol re-
tards digestion and renders it also ipcom-
plete. 8. Earnest pre- occupation of mind
retards digestion, and may even quite an
null it. 10. Water Quickens digestion,
and encourages the absorption of fatty
and saccharine matters; but it's effect
on the complete solution of albumen is
| doubtful.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26
Ballads and Songs.

Among all nations the ballad has invaria-
| bly, preceded the song. Oar English fore
| fathers, in feudal times, shouted rude bal
| lads around the groaning board, and chaDted
| bacchanalian choTuses over their wassail-
bowls. Under the shadow of tho holly and
the mistletoe, their descendants sung
qu amt, but hearty Christmas carols, which
were an improvement on the earlier ballad.
Bat is was not until the days Of Qaeen Eli
Zabetb, when Shakespeare, Spencer, Sid
ney, Beaumont and Fletcher lived and
wrote, that higher and more graceful
The sonnet of those days approximated
nearer to our ideal of q song than any
form of verse which preceded it. Bot it
remained, however, for the poets of the
nineteenth century TO bring the song to its
present high degree. Il is true that the
Greek bard Anacreon, Petrarch, Horace,
Shakespeare and others of the English
writers, produced songs as chaste and
charming As any which are now indite1 j;
bat these were exceptions, and not the
rule.
It is worthy of note that there is scarcely
q eopg which has attained any degree OF
popularity either in Great Britain, or in this
country, that has not been written within
the present century and which has not
gained its popularity within a period of
seventy years, dating back from to day.
With not a single exception, so far as can
learn, the charming Scottish songs of Burns
whom place at the head of song writer's
obtained their popularity within a
time somewhat less than the period have
named. 1t certainly is posterior to this
period that the melodies of Tom Moore,
were first heard in Epgland that Thomas
Haynes Bailey indited bis love-lyrics for
the boudoir that Dtbdin shouted forth his
sea ditties that Barry Cornwall's sosgs
became household sounds, or Charles
Mackay swept with strong hand the
bling chords of the Tyre.
1t in within the present ceptury-ndeed,
since I6l2-that Beranger, the song writer
OF France, published his first song while,
in our own country, every song OF any note,
with, perhaps, a few exceptions, has
been written within even narrower space
of time.
America numbers but few song-writers
who have produced songs ofsany repnte,
and it is the more to be wondered at, for
the reason that, as a nation, we are band
of singers. The babe with its tin rattle,
or coral and bells-the ragged urchin
whistlipg through the streets-the idle
school boy with his jewsharp or rafting g
| bones-the sentimental mics, the coquettlsh
belle, and the dignified matron with piano,
harp or meIodeon-the brass bands which
straggle through the streete-the philhar-
monic societies-the Ethiopian minstrels-
the itinerant organgrinders-andt the love-
| stricken young gentlemen who awake
from their midnight slumbers be~itchlng
young ladies, by warbiDg under their
| cham be- windows romantic allads,-each,
in their way, attest the love we bear for
music and for song.-Bdrry Gray in Manhdt-
tan Monthly.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

In tho past two years there have been
some pixty murders committed in Cook
County. iii. Thirty -four murderers have
been brought to trial, and the following
tiisnosition has been made of their cases !:
Hapged, /; sentenced for life, $; for ten
years, 8; for eighteen months, ! toF one
tered, 8; waiting trial, 5. In almost every
ease the crime was clearly proven, aud in
the majority of instances the circumstances
were most horrible. Where is Piegan
Sheridan7
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

Whatever may have been the degenera-
tion of man from the standard of patri-
archal longevity recorded in Scripture, it
is statistically certain that since the begin
ming of the present century, at all events,
the average duration of human life has
been steadily increasing in all civilized
countries. Aside from the many modern
instances of alleged centenariauism (Which,
even if they be rarely or never fully veri-
fed, show the frequent attainment of
great age by individually, there is
ample proof that the expectation of life".
of the whole community is much greater
now than in the past generations. In
France recent official report shows that
the average span of mans existence, which
was thirty one years and three months &C
cording to the vital statistics complied in
1917, is now thirty-nine years and eight
months, and a similar improvement is evil
denced almost everywhere throughout the
world. This elevation is principally due
to the limitation of epidemic Pestilences
and the reduction of infant NJ ortality which
80 fearfully diminishes the general average
oflongevity E; but considerable part of it ia
Internationally to be ascribed to the i'm
proved sanitary conditions of adult life, as
regards both communities and individuals,
and we may look for still further ameliora-
| tions when governments and the public at
large shall have learned to give proper pro-
minence to the teachings of hygiene.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26
rur RErunL1cANs ANp rnE RELIGIOUS QuEs:

THE REpUBIcANs AND THE RELIGIOUS CUES.
TON -Uashington, Dec. 10.-The Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee have de-
termined to follow the Presidents leadership
upon the religions and seotarian questions.
Two or three weeks ago the Rev. Jno: P: New
man, the pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist
Episcopal Church in this city, which the Presi-
dent and his family attended, preached a SER
mon on the Inquisition, Cranmer, Queen Mary,
and kindred topics. This sermon, with the
late message of the President, has been printed
in pamphlet form by the above-named COM
mittee, and five hundred thousand copies of it
will be distributed all over the Union.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

The only really powerful Scottish mobiles
are those who share the religious and pol
itical preiudices of the people, and the re-
mainder at once admit their loss of terri.
torial influence and make a profit of
it by letting their without scruple to the
highest bidder. The mass of the nation
has a natural affinity for the more demo-
cratic element in English society, and thus
Enolish liberalism comes very near being
the national creed of all Scotchmen in
politics.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

BIRDS THE FARMER's FRIENDs.-Not
long ago, near Rouen, in the valley of
time been prescribed. The cockchafers ac-
cordingly multiplied to such an extent that
an entire meadow was pointed out to me as
completely withered on the surface. The
IarvSe had pushed 60 far their subter-
ranean works, that every root of grass had
been eaten, and all the turf could be rolled
hack ON itself like a carpet. The multipli
cation of insects is almost incredible, but
our birds seem equal to the emergency.
Michilet says, "The swallow is not sat-
isfied with less than 900 flies per diem ;
| and pair of sparrows carry home to their
900 daily. The magpie hunts after the in
seets which lie concealed beneath the bark
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

A splendid edition of the Imitation of
Christ "is about to be published by Messrs.
Clady. IE will have a preface by MI L.
VeuiiIot, and will be illustrated by M. j. r.
Laurens, the fret of living historical paint
erg. His illustrations form commentary
ON the precepts of the " Imitation by
means of subjects drawn from the lives Of
the Saints and of the POpes.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26
PHIL. WERLEIN
Sells at LOWEST FIGURES and on BEST TERMS
THE BEST PIANOS MADE,

THE BEST PIANOS MADE,
Such as -
The Peerless "CHICKERING,"
The Matchless "DUNHAM,"
The Opera Favorite WEBER"
TIE Boudoir "PLEYEL"
The Low Priced HALE" and "GROvESTEEN. >
And others.
Also, ESTEY CO.'S Incompatible COTTAGE
ORGANS and others. and full line of
Music and Musical NerchandiSe.
Pianos and Organs Repaired and Tuned cheaply and
with dispatch also Rented
SECONDHAND PIANOS at amazingly low figures.
PHIL. wERLEIN'S,
Old Music House,
my2 T5Iy 7s, so. 50 and 80 Baronne street.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

There is a bull frog farm in Southeast,
ern wisconsin, thirty acres of swamp fec 60 d
in, and the proprietor sends thousa1oa "f
the featherless birds to New York.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

In this world, We must laboT,. we must
Anht. We shall have plenty of time to
rest in all eternity.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

Is now receiving LARGE STOCK OF NEW
FURNITURE, of all descriptions and qualities suit
able housekeeping and will sell it at prices low
a any other house in the citv.
Parties about purchasing Furniture will find it to
their antage to call and for themselves before
For Sale FOUR BILLIARD TABLES, at low
prices oc375ly
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1875-04-03
MEETING Of THE BOARD OF CITY
TRUSTEES.
p~rincely salary

A meeting of this Board was held on
Monday last. but what to do seemed to
be the question. By rumor, and by let
tiers, and by newspaper reports. the city
had been disincorporated by an Act Of
the last Legislature but what that Act
contained no one seemed to know, as it
never had been sent to either the Board
of City Trustees or to the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners. Rumor had it that a
magnificent donation was to be made by
the City Trustees to the Board of County
Commissioners, but how it was to be
made, andhow received, was a puzzle to
our City Fathers. Rumor had it that
the wheels of our City Government had
ceased to move, by the provision of a
bill on file in the Secretary of States Of
fee in Carson, and that it was the duty
of the Board to turn everything owe to
the Board of County Commissioners.
Some inquiring member wanted to know
when this bill passed !? This sent the
members toa file of newspapers, and they
discovered that it was approved by the
Governor on the 9Th of March last; it was
further discovered. that the original bill,
together with all the copies, had been
safely preserved in the archives of the
Capitol-not one of them had been sent
to interested partiesby either of the
members from White Pine County.
Every effort will be made to get a copy
of that bill before the Statutes of 1875
are issued, and when received and digest
ed, q full compliance with its provisions
may be expected by our 0 puzzled
City Fathers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1875-04-03
saturday. April 8, 1875.


AIAIE |-L
We are under obligations to our State
Mineralogist for a copy Of his Biennial
Report. We do not wish to be unjust IN
our criticism of the report, but we are
compelled to be just to our " mining
interests in this county. We claim thai
the report is unjust to our mines and
our miners. We are astonished that Mr..
WhitehiIl should have substituted an
article in the White Pine News, written
nearly two years ago, for his report upon
this district. That article no doubt was
acorrect report of our mines and mining
interests then, but copying it, and max
ing it a part OF his late report, was hardly
expected of the State M~ineralogist. Not
having visited our mines for over two
years. he certainly knows but little about
them. therefore he could not be expected
to give a great deal of information con-
corning them. We have all along sup
posed that it was the duty OF this high
official to visit the several mining districts
in each county, ascertain and record
their history, describe their prevailing
geological formations and altitude, the
characteristics of the mines, peculiarities
of the ores, products, richness and de-
velopments; this is what the awrequires,
but it seems that high official thinks it
only necessary to remain at the Capitol,
Gull local mining items from the several
newspapers Of the State, reproduce them
in a garbled manner, and palm them off
as the result of his diligent and pains-tak-
ing research. This is not what the peo-
pie of this State pay twelve thousand
dollars a year for |; they demand that the
law shall in some degree be complied
with, and they also demand that this
high official shall in a measure render an
equivalent, instead of an insult, for his
princely salary.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1875-04-03
Born.

On Treasure Hill. on the 2sth ult., to the wife
of Edward Wilmarth, q son.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1875-04-03

LUCKY BALDWIN lost his pocketbook in
Los Angeles the other day, says the Ec-
press. His brother-in-law, Mr.. Fawcett,
picked it up and kept mum. As it con-
tanned two certificates Of deposit, .unin-
dorsed, for $500, 900 each, and a note
signed by Ralston, Sharon and. others
for $4,000, 900, that portion of the u
chase money of the Ophir mine which re-
mains due. Lucky Of course felt no
anxiety about it. Of course not. He
didn't pull his hair out by the roots and
stamp around as if he had sat down on a
hornets nest.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1875-04-03

PREPARATIONS are being made in Mon
q 70 send specimens Of all the products
OF Its mines to the Philadelphia Worlds
Far. The ores are from five to twenty
i've pounds. Not only gold, silver, lead,
and copper ores, but all the mineral pro-
ducts OF Montana are to be fully repre-
sented.