The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-22
NEW okLEANs, SUNDAY, AUGUST q, 1875.
EDITORIAL AND oTHKR ITEMs.

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highly cuitu,ed fool, and maybe it is; oo'
every uueducated man must not fancy, merely
because be is unedncated, that he IS the feiio"
with the brains.
Edmond Abont 10 afraid that il they let the
sea into the Desert of Sahara, and keep it
there, Europe will lose the " warm equatorial
Winds and become an Arctic wilderness. Ed
rnond will do we'll to examine that subject
again and write on it later in life.
A Carmelite Convent is soon to be establish
Cd at Patterson, N. j., by @ community Of Fa
theirs recently exi!ed from Germany. They
have purchased large plot, containing eight
cen city lots, at West Patterson, for the pur-
pose of erecting q monastery, church and
schools.
att is not a creditable reflection upon the
integrity of our public men generally" remarks
an exchange, THAT every comment upon ex-
President johnson should dwell strongly upon
the fact that he would not steal, and was above
the reach of brides, whether in the shape OF
gifts or otherwise
In Italy a traveller has got himself in trouble
through owning q too intelligent horse. Ihis
animal, whenever any person was met or over
taken on tho road, threw himself in the same
60 as to stop their progress. Some people
handed ont their purses at once; some pro-
duced pistols and opened fire. 1t is supposed
his former owner was n gentleman OF the road.
1.-THE Rev. Clergy of this diocese" says the
Louisville, KY, Catholic Advocate, " have been
busy for q few weeks with their annual reports
of parish income and expenditure to be sub
mitted to the Bishop and, should he desire it,
to the congregations also. The report OF each
shurch has to be printed before submission,
and signed by two lay members Of the congre-
CATION as vouchers.s
Military rank is recognized in the French
army without difficulty from the number of
gold bands on the officers kepis, but the Minis
ter of War, considering that nothing is more
common than for an officer to lose his cap in
action, and thus to be deprived of his symbol
of authority at the very moment he requires
it most, has limited that this decoration is to be
removed from the cap and placed on the coat.
1t is really surprising how London and the
chief cities in England and Scotland continue
to increase in numbers. Notwithstanding its
immense population of 1884, $50 in 1871, Lon
don increases at the rate of 10 per cent during
each decade. Manchester is an exception, hav-
ing only advanced 7 per cent, but Leeds ad-
vanced 25l, Sheffield 90 6, Bradford 1913, Hull
PAS. Brmiug ham 16.l, and Nottingham 40 per
cent. Glasgow is also advancing with great
rapidity.
AT the Grand Saconnex, near Geneva, the
church and presbytery have been broken into,
under circumstances of great violence, by the
police, and handed over to the new sect, of
whom there are but fifteen persons in the
parish, the rest of the population, which
amounts to 100 souls, remaining faithful TO
their religion end to the Catholic parish priest,
who has occupied that cure for tweuty-one
years.
The French Dramatic Cookery" gives this
recipe: "How to make first walking gentle
msn-Take a handsome young fellow out of q
dry goods shop. He must be very vain. Teach
him always to thrust ont his right arm so as t.
carry his coat sleeve up to the elbow and t.
hold his shoulders very square Teach hin
that it 10 better to die than TO cut his mustache
and that the study of his part is beneath tn
man Of genius. After several years he will
make an excellent-insurance agent.
They recently had very droll discussion il
the French Academy in session on the diction
airy. They were divided on the word republic
II. Mignet, n. de Broglie and III. Jules Favr
were almost ready to come to blows. In til
midst Of the storm q member arose very calmly
and the Academy heard q voice it had neve
heard before, that of n. Olivier, who has neve
yet pronounced his initiatory discourse.
proposed a definition that was unanimousl
accepted. 1t was as follows: Republic,
State in which the rulers are chosen by ele'
tioD, and in which power is not hereditary"
We announced the other day the disbant
ment of his grand army of ninety troopers b
the Prince of Lichtenstein. Some surprise
expressed at the existence"of this sovereig
prince, as it was thought that Prussia had "m'
diatized" aTl these relics of old Germany. Bu
Lichtenstein was left for reason. Prussi
gave to every sovereign prince whose militar
power was absorbed O rank in the Germs
army in proportion to the number of his troops
Lichtenstein would have received the grade G
sergeant. Even in Berlin they thought tina
too bad, aud left him alone in his glory.
The New York Herald copied Mccarthy
poem from the Catholic Revie1 and Published
in it's Geographic report of the O'Connoll eel,