The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-06-06

1870, was fret in the lat of cities, return
ing population Of 942 292. This population
families were lodged in 81 044 dwellings.
Brooklyn had 80. 066 families. multiplied
into q population of nearly 100000, aud
housed in As. S34 dwellings. Philadelphia
was conceded 647, 900 Inhabitants, repre-
sentiBg l2z. TAG families, living in liz. 396
houses. Now, although Philadelphia re-
turns nearly sixty thousand less families
than New York she has nearly fifty thou
aand more houses. In other words, New
York has nearly fifteen inhabitants for
every house, while Philadelphia has only
six Inhabitants to each house. There is
none of our large cities which shows this
proportion but Philadelphia. New Orleans
and San Francisco are little better off,
and So ia Washington. But the one fact
stands out emphatic and suggestive, that
Philadelphia is the City Of Poor. Mems
Homess and this happy result was achieved
associations of which there are 60O3 in
Philadelphia.
Tho greatly increased consumption of
French wines in Germany during the past
two or three years is one of the most in-
structive and curious consequences Of the
great war of 1870 II. The German invaders
of France obviously learned to prefer good
red wine to bad white beer during their
sojourn in that delectable land. The food
of money poured upon Germany by the in
demnity developed, too, all over that
country a reckless spirit speculation and
extravaganza like that which was let loose
upon the North by the civil war and its at
tendant financial vagaries. With this came
the natural concomitant of a widespread
passion for those luxurrs of all sorts which
1t is the prerogative of France above all
other countr. 8 in the orld to supply. 1t
has been estimated by Competent financiers
that since 1872 Germany has sent back into
fNr oh
nearly three fourtbs of the whole sum paid
out by France to Germany Under the con-
ditions of Prince BismaTck's peace.
The new twenty cent silver p ece is ready
for distribution at the mint. The diverse is
| similar to the quarter dollar, with the ex-
ception that the word "Liberty" acIo ss the
shield is raised, and the design is mailer,
the reveree is an eagle, holding 10 bis taons
| the olive branch and three arrows. At each
end of the inscription United States of
America" is six pointed star. Beneath
the eagle are the words Twenty Cents"
The edge of the coin is not milled, as
is the case on all other United States silver
coins, this difference probably being intend.
ed to distinguish the new piece from the
| quarter dollar. The words SIN God We
Trust" which have appeared on most of
| the national coins of late years, are omitted.
A Berlin experimenter has demonstrated
the combustibility of iron in peculiar
manner. He takes straight bar magnet
of some power, and sprinkles iron filings on
one of it's poles. These filings arrange
themselves in accordance with the lines of
| magnetic force and however closely they
may appear to be placed, of course no two
of the metallic filaments are parallel, and
consequently, a certain amount of air is en-.
closed as in a metallic sponge. The flame
| of any ordinary spirit lamp or gas burner
| readily ignites the finely divided iron, and
it continues to burn brilliantly for some
time, the combustion being, apparently,
as natural and easy "a that of any ordinary
substance. If the experimepter with this
operation stands on slight elevation and
| waves the magnet to aud fro while burning,
a magnificent rain of fire is said to be pro-
| duced.
recent London Gazette contains
translation of documents which have been
received at the Foreign Office respecting
the IS 600 prize which the King of the Bel
glans proposes to award annually for the
best work on a subject of national interest.
His Majesty explains his design in letter
| to NJ. Delcour, the Minister of the Interior,
who, in conjunction with the king himself,
is to choose the jury of seven members
namely, three Belgians and four foreigners
the president to be Belgian. The first
award is to be made in 1873 for the best
work on the national history of Belgium
| the second in 1879, for the best work on
architecture the third in 1880, for the best
work on the developmento of the commercial
relations of Belgium and the fourth in
1881, for the best scheme Of harbor improve
ments on low and sandy coasts like those
of Belgium. The fret three competitions
will be limited to Belgian subjects, but the
fourth will be open to foreigners. In each
succeeding four years, there will be three
restricted and one open competitions. At
King Leopold's wish, regulations have been
drawn up and published by the Minister of
the Ihterior.
most curious revelation has just been
made by the North German Zeitung, Prince
Bismarck's organ. 1t seems that during
the late war and while the German army
was still surrounding Paris, the prince en-
deavored to induce the Pope, through the
French bishops, to persuade the French
Government-that is, NJ. Gambetta-tO
make peace. The Holy Father did as he
was requested but failed. The incident
happened before the defeat of General
Chauzy, and strengthens the conviction,
that there was a time when the German