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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-27
LITERATURE
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The illustrations of this number are
not up to the customary standard. The
article on "House Furnishing" contains
valuable suggestions as to the best and
most tasteful way to make homes look
attractive. Frank Vincent describes
persons and things that came under his
observation during a visit to Benares,
of the oldest in the world; 1t is on the
northern bank of the Ganges, and five
hundred miles from Calcutta.
Benares Is the home Of Hinduism; 1t
contains thousand temples. 1t Is to
the Hindu what j jerusalem is to the Chris
tian, Mecca to the Mohammedan, Rome
10 the Catholic, or Lassa to the Budd-
hist--a most sacred and revered spot.
The article Is quite the most interesting
of the number. The short story, "Bird-
sail of Mapleton," is good. Under the
title obstruction from the Outside,"
DR.. Holland attempts to show that theo-
logical schools, as at present conducted,
are failure, and that they need new
kind of wisdom.
Institutional life, Of all sorts. has an Innate
tendency to get into ruts. This is peculiarly
the case with institutions Of learning. With
an established curriculum, and corps OF pro-
fessors who grow old in routine, and unpro-
gressiye through the lack OF intercourse with
the world, and through the constant contact
with immature minds and rudimentary knowl-
edge, everything tends to become mechanical.
1t is, therefore, with great pleasure that we
notice in some OF our leading theological
schools the movement to import instruction
from outside.
IL is said that prominent New York pastor
has freely declared that he learned more about
preaching the Gospel In three weeks, from
Henry Varley, than he had ever learned before
in his life We believe MIR. Varley has had no
theological training. We know little Of his
methods, but we know that such men as he, and
such men as Messrs. Moody and Sankey, who
belong upon our own side Of the Atlantic, have
power over the popular. mind Of which theo-
logioal schools seem absolutely to deprive men.
The fact goes to show that there Is kind OF
knowledge of methods and OF men which the
theological schools do not teach-have not, in
deed, in possession. Would it not be well, now
that these schools have begun to import in
struction, to procure for their uses some Of the
wisdom possessed by the lay elementP Why is
it that u layman, turned preacher, has the
power to move men so wonderfullyY why, ex-
cept that lie knows men bettcr-knows their
minds and the motives that stir them better
and gets q little nearer to the three or four es-
sental truths Of Christianity, and enforces
them and stands by them better than those
trained in the professional schoolsp Ills work
is to save men, and he drives directly aud per-
sistently at 1t. His method is simple, and he
knows little and cares for little outside OF 1t.
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Of parties that are selling the bricks and
materials of their houses, to be taken down
and carted off. These people cannot rent
their houses nor pay their taxes. They
cannot sell to any body who is willing to
pay taxes on the basis of present appraise-
ments. The only recourse, therefore, is
the fatal one of demolition. Tear down
what was once built up. Sell the material
and leave only the vacant lot to be taxed. 1t
is, then, time for courageous citizens to act.
They must sustain the Mayor and Council
in that action on their part which is really
inevitable. 1t is q question of BREAD vs.
BONDS. Unfortunately, the daily papers,
with the exception, perhaps, of the Times,
so far as they say anything, are in favor of
the bondholders and against the people.
We neither know nor suspect the cause of
this.
We do think it very strange, however,
that the people should continue to submit
to it. One would suppose that the Property
Holders Association could take efficient
steps to correct so extraordinary a condition
as that where the people who support all
the papers are not as efficiently represented
as the bond-holders.
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night and the house is nearly self sup
porting. The farm of the Holy Cross, in the
3rd district, is also nearly self supporting
with the labor of large boys.
The sums of money voted out of the city
treasury bear bnt small proportion to the
total cost. Immense sums are collected every
year by itinerant mendicants.
Here our neighbor admits the baseessness
of it's whole charge of interest and cupidity.
The fewer the children the greater the
profit. AS to collections from the public,
why does the Republican complain Did it
ever contribute anything certainly not,
for If it had done so it would have expe-
rienced too much satisfaction In the act to
have ever regretted it or assaulted the OBJ
jects of its benefcence.
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DIVISION No. 3, A. o. H.-The Ancient Or.
der of Hibernians, which is 40 powerful An
organization Mt the North, and the first Divi-
sion of which was organized in this city few
months since, is rapidly increasing in member
ship. Bat thtvo months ago Division ? was
formed, aud on the ist inst, as will bo seen By
n notice in another column, Division No. , was
permanently organized. During the few weeks
which interyened between tho first call to or
Eanize this Division and the present time about
fifty members were admitted.
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Letter from our Travelling Agent.
BATON ROUGE, NATcnEz AND v1cksBuRe.

NICKsBURG, June 9th, 1873.
Eo the Editor of the Morning Star:
For the first time l now appear in your
columns as correspondent. The first place l
had the pleasure of visiting after my departure
was Baton Rouge, once the capital of Louisiana
and ttourishing town, which it would soon
be again if the people had control of their own
Affairs. Ny welcome by the Very Rev. Pastor,
Father Delacroix, so we'll known in your CITY,
was most pleasant. vas sorry to find him in
bad health, superinduced by his great labors
during the macy years he has been in charge
of that large and intelligent congregation. The
Very Rev. Father intended leaving for a short
time, for the benefit of his health. for the
speedy recovery of which his congregation.
who hate SO much to part from him, even for a
few weeks, daily pray. Though nv stav in
Baton Rouge was brief it will be ever remem-
bered with the kindest feelings for all whom I
had the pleasure of meeting.
LETT Baton Rouge on the Lee during the
morning Of the 18th, and had all day to view
the large plantations on each side of the river.
Ahe corn and cotton crops look WE'LL and felt
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AMMEKGAU 1t is announced frSm the
OberammerEan that the colossal group of the
Crucitixion, scuipturcd in marble, which is the
gift OF King Louis, has just hccn success,
fully erected on the high poiut over the stage
of the Passion Play. The expenses of trans
port alone amounted 10 10 coo Gulden cover
tl7,toV>. For the Inauguration of this great
work tie people of oberammergau intend to
perform the school ofthe Cross Lkreu:SchHt.0
an undertaking in which about 200 persons will
take part. The following days have been ap-
pointed for the performance Co. %, June s.
ii, Is, -, July; l, : -, August, and :, II, H.
NJ September. 1t is worthy of observing that
IN former years, the "School of the Cross" was
considered to be even moro attractive than the
celebrated Passion Play itself.
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p A valuable addition to the famonj
works of Friedrich Krupp, of Essex, w
to be made, in the shape of q million 4
hammer. The largest steam hammer ~
ent in use at these works was erected a'
of $3.50 900, This new hammer will
most powerful in the world, and It may AZ Z
artillery will be- eSoTmonsiy nou increased :
new steam m-hammer will permit the WI
up Of larger masses of metal than, W pPo,
present time, has been thought to DC
by scientific engineers.
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Free Schools.

Parochial schools on the pay system are
virtually failure. Some few of them are kept
up pretty successfully ; many others Ian
guish along through a spiritless kind of
existence. The few apparent successes,
however, are made so by almost superhu-
man exertion on the part of the parish
priest and often at great personal expense
and loss to himself. The vast annoyance
and anxieties caused by such institutions
to their promoters show conclusively that
there is something abnormal about their
! constitution, that the system is not one
adapted to general use aud marked with the
features which commend to public favor.
The parochial pay school does not 60 the
necessary lepgth-it is cheap but it is not
free. While there are public free schools in
! tie community they appeal with SO much
force to the poor that many Of them will al
ways be unable to resist the temptation ua-
less there are rival establishments on the
! same basis. With some persons the motive
of driving them to the public schools is
! avarice, with others pride. Some might be
able to pay dollar or two per month for
each child, but rather than do it they risk
their eternal happiness. Others are really
unable to pay, but pride forbids them to
put their children on the footing of paupers.
At pay school, no matter if it is called
parochial, all are expected to bring their
monthly contribution, and those who are
unable to do it are placed in the attitude
of charity scholars. This is humiliation
which can be avoided by sending them to
the public schools, and few parents are
willing to subject themselves and their
children to it when the other alternative is
so handy.
We cannot wonder, then, that there is
such difficulty in keep up parochial schools
on the pay principle. Some parents are
ashamed to send their children as paupers,
others are too mean to pay for their educa
ton, though able to do SO, when they can
get it for nothing, and many others again
are too proud to patronize them, because
their rates are so small. They estimate the
excellence of school by the grade of its
prices, when it has prices, and have a much
higher opinion of n free school, which NAV
be very fine, than Of pay school which
admits its humility in it's list of rates.
Certain very Jealous and, at the same time,
fortunate parish priests, may be able to
sustain the system with great difficulty, but
as whole it cannot work we'll.
In New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia aud
other places. the free school system has
been introduced for parochial purposes,
with the most surprisingly good results. In
New York alone we are told that such
schools are attended by thirty thousand
pupils. They are a grand success, and we
doubt not that a similar result would attend
an experiment of the kind in this city.
Success would enable the schools to be put
on higher footing than can be maintained
now as general thing, and that improve
ment would in turn induce increased sue
cess.
We hope the experiment will be made
here. We believe it due to our much
tempted Catholics that the Church should
offer them as good terms as the Devil does.
Accounts continue to be received from Ger
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Bishop Ryan, of ST. Louis, who is said to be
the first pulpit orator in the United States,
has received u telegram from the Lord Mayor
of Dublin, inviting him, as the guest of the
nation, to deliver tho centennial address in
honor of O'Connell, on the 9th of August, in
Dublin. The Bishop has had to decline the
honor, as he has more work during the esummcr
months than he can attend to.
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Accounts continue to be received from Ger
many of the extraordinary attendance and de-
Won't behaviour at the professions of the
Blessed Sacrament wherever they were per
mitted to be held. At CobleuE all the public
authorities who are all Catholics attended. At
Fulda all the Catholic professors of the Gym
nasium and of the High School attended, bat
the director of the teachers Training College,
schroter-an ecclesiastic appointed lately by
the Government prohibited the members to
attend in q body. At Assinghausen Gin the
Brliou district), in Westphalia, there was a
touching scene. The people assembled as
usual, the streets were decorated, flowers and
green branches were strewn, but the Blessed
Sacrament was absent. There was no priest.
Their priests have been banished under the
May Laws, and no neighboring clergymen dare
come in, for this would be an illegal assump-
tiOu of unauthorized functions" The people
sang hymns, and a couple of laymen recited
prayers. At Metz, that most Catholic city
| the procession was confined to the cathedral
| in cOnse Suence of a notice from the District
| Governor.
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Catholics wGo think that they can approve
al the secular system of public education
which has been adopted in this country (says
tho Cinctnnau Telegraph would do we'll 10 nc
quaint th smselvcs with the doGmatic decisions
of the Holy See contained iu the 47th and 4sth
propositions of the syllabus "4ut msrdus
S'Tut 0Ht Ckris;Hs, '-"eithcr the world or Christ
crrs' In the Syllabus the Church has expl.
city and absolutely condemned education from
which religious instruction has been eimi-
mated. Ii any Catholic approves of this relic
of paEanism he must, a consequence hold
that the Church has erred, and he has, there
fore, given his assent to heresy. There is no
way in which he can evade this conclusion.
No sophistry is strong enough to enable him
to pass this deepest of spiritual pitfalls. On
this point, as in all other matters of doctrine,
he must be either with Christ on-against Him
He cannot make a neutral position upon which
the condemnation of the Holy See does not fall
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HIBERNIA BANK by a notice elsewhere in
these columns it will be seen that this sterling
institution has declared a semi annual dividend
of four per cent pay able on and utter the second
Monday In July.
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cALKNpAR OF THE WEEK.

Sunday .....July l-Sespnth Sunday after Ponteoost
The Moat Precious Blood OF our Lord.
Monday...Juiy k-st Ire Mus, Bishop and Martyr.
Tuesday ....Juy G-oc,ave cf the Feast Of 49, Peter
and Paul.
wednesday July 7-st. Benoit XII, Pope
Thursday July s-St Elizabeth. Queen OF Portugal,
Widow.
Friday ...July a-Feast Of the Miracles Of tho Most
Holy Virgin Mary.
Saturday ....Ju}y fs-Feast OF tho Seven Brothers.
MRrtyrs.
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Our TRAVELLING AGENT.-Mr Geo. w. Nor
man is now in Monroe, La. After finishing at
that place, he will visit Yazoo City, Canton
and jackson, Miss.
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The lottery for the benefit of the Little Sis
ters of the Poor was drawn on the oath and
26th uIt. The Sisters are now distributing the
prizes
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St. Aloysius' Cadet Society meets at o'clock
to-day.
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Our highly esteemed friend, DIR. Emile Dau-
meing, President of the Society of ST Vincent
dc Paul, was madc the recipient of most
appropriate testimonial of respect and aAec-
zion, from his fellow members of the Pelican
Benevolent Association, of which he is the
honored Vice President. Tho testimonial con-
sists of acomrlete set of surgical Instruments.
The case containing the Instruments bears the
Inscription "Erom the Pelican Mutual Benev-
olent Association to DIR. Emile Doumeing,
Juno 20, 1s7S." We know not whom most to
congratulate; the Doctor upon his valuable
acquisition or the poor of his district who,
judging from his record of tho past will be
the yeritable benefciaries of the donation.
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The mosaic decorations in the new opera at
Paris had TO be executed by Italian workmeu,
As thefc were no French workmen TO be found
trained TO the task. This circumstance has
aroused the national pride OF France, and to
prevent the recurrence of such necessity in
future, it Is proposed to open school for
work of this kind in Sevres, The first Napo-
leon already founded sueh school there, but
under the Restoration it was allowed to de-
cline.
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As the Very Rev. G. Raymond, ". G., does not
consider the translation of his circular letter,
which was published in our last issue, quite
accurate, we repubish it to-day, as amended
by himself:
tOfciRl)
We have just received from Rome an Indult
Of the Pope for the Jubilee in favor of mis-
sionaIy countries; and we delegate to the
priests in the country the powers therein con.
veyed aud of which they will make use only
IN cases of Necessity or for serious reasons
The powers granted To priests of the city in
virtue of the original Jubilee Bull are as n
general thing sufficient; however, we delegate
TO them suoh of the powers of tho present
!ndult as may be necessary for thom in particu-
lar cases,
Given at Now Orleans, the 2O;h of June, 1875.
Feast Of 81. AtoySius OF Gouzaga.
q. RAYMOND, V. C., administrators.
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In looking over the reports OF damage
done to the crops in this vicinity by ouI
modern deluge, we lose sight OF the ex
cess of acreage planted in corn this sea-
son caused by the freezing out of the
winter wheat, all of which being upland,
looks excellent. The high lands give
promise Of the largest crop of corn
known for years. Indeed many farmers
ray they will come up to the average. oi
The best low lands. The general bust
hess outlook is encouraging, as the pros;
poets of good crops and fair prices will
90 further toward putting our country,
particularly the West, in better condi-
lion financially than an issue of more
money. BY giving us,a good market for
our surplus crops the balance of trade
will be restored and the people will
spend their money freely. Manufactures
of every description will open, the work.
Ing class will find employment, and the
capitalist an investment. which has a
prospect OF speedy returns. Money will no
longer be locked up in the vaults of our
banks, but put in circulation to satisfy
lhe demands of trade. The financial
problem is then solved by natural
means.
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French PLAYS.

|, The man of science begins at the be-
ginning aud writes from cause to effect.
The play wright who understands his
business begins at the end; first seeks
his denouement, in the same way that
Poe, according TO his own account, wrote
The ''Raven." What our poet called the
climax the playwright calls the denoue-
ment, which is only a difference in name.
Ii the play be Of five acts, this is often
placed in the fourth, the itth being
ADDED to satisfy the poetic demands OF
Justice and fill out the harmony OF the
work. Men OF science are not often ca
pable of producing play, because they
are men OF deductions, Who reason from
the egg to the animal; in a word, it is
foreign to their nature and training to
write backward.
When the playwright has found his
grand situation, the rest is compare
Liyely easy, and consists of a series of
sign boards which point to it. Then the
action marches logically step by step,
the interest increasing, until the end is
reached-a SNOWFALL that rolls into the
avalanche. This art has attained to re-
markable development in France, but
talent can never take the place OF genius
and some of Shakspeare's plays remain
to thfs day the most perfect models of
dramatic unfolding which leads UP to
that calamity which is the sequence Of
every drama. From the beginning the
impending catastrophe is apprehended,
and the apprehension grows with each
succeeding scene until the elimination;
no intelligent spectator thinks that this
or that act is dull or out OF place; for
every scene and every phase is the nee
essary part of harmonious whole.
The most essential feature in play
writing is naturally a. striking denoue-
ment; and when it is found, it should be
written out clearly. The most common
cause Offailure is because this denoue-
ment is vague or half way, and is gen.
orally owing to the fact that the author
does not begin at the end. The lines
should be deep and strong in everything
relating to the grand. final situation.
Shakespeare teaches this in all his work;
Lot hesItating to resort to violent
methods in bringing on the catastrophe,
freely using steel, poison and strangula-
ton. The dilettante playwright of to-
day shrinks from the strong measures Of
the master; and ii he is not clever in his
profession, he is right, for there is only
one step from the sublime to the ridicu-
lous. This kind Of work should be well
done or not at alL--Albert Rhodes, In The
Galaxy for September.
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The Secret Of Longevity.

A French chemist has just completed
plan whereby human life may be indef.
initely prolonged. 1t is we'll known that
all life is the result of,combustion of car
bon in the blood and vital vessels. This
process of burning leaves residuum,
which, according to his theory, accumu-
lating principally about tho vessels Of
the heart and other large organs, almost
invariably causes death between the
seventy fifth and the hundredth year.
His discovery is, that Tactic acid has the
power of dissipating the residue OF the
combustion, and SO of prolonging life to
any desired extent. The fluid in which
this acid is most abundantly found is
sour buttermilk. The agreeable infer-
ence is, that we have only to drink an
abundance of sour buttermilk, and, by
the action of the Tactic acid contained
therein, to scatter the ashes OF the fire
in our veins, and without the least diff
Guilty live to the age OF Methuselah, or
any other Of those ancient worthless
,GlObe-Democrat
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% great elevation. In 1923 stone can
non ball, discharged from the tower Of
Notre Dame, at Orleans. killed the Earl
of Salisbury on the opposite side of the
Loire. Some OF these projectiles, used
during the memorable occasion, are
still preserved in the same city; two Of
them measure over thirteen inches in
diameter, and their weight exceeds two
hundred pounds. The journal of the
siege of that battle relates, in fact, that
on the lst OF December, 142S, the English
batteries threw against the town balls
weighing nearly two hundred pounds.
On the 10Th Of January, 1429, Lancel0t
de Lille, who commanded the English,
had his hand carried off by stone shot
from the walls.
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authorities under which he was taken
South were merely trumped up to shield
him from punishment, and instead of
yielding to them the Government author
tiles should have takengh to Browns
vile, delivered him to the court officials
and seen that he was tried, convicted
and hanged as any other murderer. The
course pursued will probably be as bad
for the Lerdo Government as for those
who have been the victims of his atroc-
tiles, for the return of this bandit and o
revival of his thieving and murderous
raids will have the effect Of stirring up
this country to a course that will be
pleasant neither for Cortina nor the
Mexican Government.
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A LETTER from Mexico announces that
Cortina expects to be backto Matamoras
ns soon as the election for President is
over. This is about what was expected
when the announcement was made that
be.had been taken to the City of Mexico
for trial and punishment. He is a muir
derer and thief Of long standing. but has
acquired large wealth and great in1u-
ence. Possessed Of million Of dollars
in personal property and a number Of
The finest estates in Northern Mex
leo, he reigned as a sort of
nucal freebooter, the admiration OF
1hieves and murderers and the terror Of
honest men. Our Government has been
too patient with him, and If allowed to
return and resume his raids ON Texas he
should at once be demanded for trial on
the indictments against HIM In the border
counties, The demands OF the Mexican