The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-22

ed In this country. This makes an average
of $500, OOO, 900 per annum. During the
same period we have exported of American
productions, excepting apecie, 30 .3o2,ooo,-
900, or an average of S4lS $40, 900 per an
mum. This leaves deficit of $cl ,OOOOOU
a year, which we have had to liquidate by
specie, extensions on debts and repudia-
ton.
Archbishop Pnrcell's organ, the Ciucin-
natl Catholic Telegraph, very pungentIy
observes 1--WE are pleased to know that
priests on the missions, but especially stu
dents in our seminary, see the necessity OF
paying due attention to the study of Eo-
glish. In almost every congregation OF the
Diocese there are many anxious to hear the
explanation, and we might add, the vindi-
cation of Catholic doctrine in Ineligible
English. To this date In many places we
have made but few converts, the services
being almost exclusively. in a language
which our non Catholic citizens do not I'M
derstand."
According to the Ne,c Free Press, Prince
MOTIF L0okenitZ has been petitioned by
deputation of Roman Catholic priests and
nuns to place his castle of Muehlhaasen
in Bohemia, at the disposal of 500 nuns,
who have been obliged to emfgrate from
Germany and take refuge In Bohemia.
The prince has consented and Is having
the castle put in readiness for their arrival.
1t appears, however, that the some OF the
inhabitants of the neighboriug cities, less
hospitable than the prince, have an
nounced to the government their objection
to the settling of these religious In their
midst, and have eQuested that they should
be sent back to Germany OF elsewhere.
Mr.. Samuel T. A. Branch has given the
Tampa Guardian novel way OF planting
Irish potatoes and preparing moss for mat
tresses at the same time, which is indeed
good idea First dig out your trench as
deep as you desire it, then put layer OF
green moss at the bottom; cut your pota-
toes and lay them on the moss, then put a
layer of NOES over them and throw over
your dirt though the season ia extremely
dry, the moss will keep moist suffi GENTLY to
give you larger yield of potatoes than
you ever had before, white and clean as If
they had been freshly washed in water,
and the moss is now thoroughly dried and
killed, aud by washing aud beating 1T
little you have nice lot of moss ready for
mattress making.
ALABAMA CoAL.-The Mobile Register
speaks thus about coal: "The increasing
shipments of coal from the interior of Ala
| bama.to Pensacola, over long and tortuous
| railroad route, indicate that the steam ma
rine of the Gulf will at early day be sup
! piled with fuel from this State. If Mobile
cola, we invite and will inevitably receive
orders for and consiguments of vast guam
| titles of coal. Water routes will always
destroy the rivalry of railroad routes, rs re-
CARDS heavy and bulky articles of merchan
| dice. Mobile has two water ways to the
| coal beds, one by way of the CDosa river,
which will receive special attention at the
approaching Rome Convention to be held
| in October, but which can be opened only
| at large expense, and after some time
the other by way of the Tombigbee and
Sipsy rivers.
The New York Tribune having in it's edi.
torial columns supported the custom Of
reading the Bible in the public schools, g
Brooklyn gentleman writes as follows &C
the editor of that paper: Surely if Protes
tants defend the schools they must sui
them, and hence they should be willing &c
paw for them without the assistance Of
Catholics, and let them have schools o.
their own liking. How consistently we
Americans vaunt our hatred of Church and
State our devotion to entire freedom 81
conscience, our pre-. eminent love of fair
play our respect for the inviolable rights
of minorities, when we tax millions %
Catholics for schools to which they caunot
conscientiously send their children 1
Catholics we're q majority in the United
States, and should have the Catholic Bible
read in the schools, what hue and CRY
would be raised against 'PopIsh lntole
rance and 'Romish bigotry'w
Practical joking, to be at all amusing, re
, quires the CO operation of the two partie
IN the transaction and especially If th
party of the second part happens to b.
J armed and trained in the use of arms, hi
l lack of sense of humor may render tn
< whole thing no joke. Such was the cas-
!. the other night at West Peint, where sew
+ eral light hearted cadets thought it wou!'
!, be excellent fun to surprise one of their ju
8 nior brethren at his midnight post and rol
8 him down the embankment of Fort Clinton
= He, However, being entirely devoid of an.
# appreciation of the ludicrous, aud actuate
q by rigorous adherence to military discip
n line, failed to enter into the spirit of tn
a jest, and repealed their attack just as b
C would that of any evil disposed person
It trying to break his guard, giving one {
e them a bayouet wound in the thigh an
y clubbing the heads of two others with tn
bntt of his musket, altogether epoiling whs
IT had promised to be pretty piece of spor
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