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EDUCATION.

We are republic whereof one man is as
good as another before the law. Under snch q
form of government it ia of the greatest i'm
portance that all should be possessed of edu-
cation and intelligence enough to cast a vote
with right understanding of its meaning. A
any considerable period oppose a successful
resistance to tyranny and oppression from the
educated few, but will inevitably sink Into
acguiescence to the will of intelligence
whether directed by the demagogue OF priest
craft. Hence the education of the masses be-
comes of the first necessity for the preservation
of our institutions. They are worth preserv-
ing because they have secured the greatest good
to the greatest portion of the population OF
any form of government yet devised. All
other forms of government approach it just
in proportion to the general diffusion of edu
cation and independence of thought and
action. AS the primary step therefore, to our
| advancement in all that has marked our pro.
! gress in the past century, suggest for your
| earnest consideration and most earnestly recon.
| mitted to the Legislatures of the several Statel
| for ratification, making it the duty of each oi
| the several States to establish and for evel
| maintain free public schools, adequate to. the
| education of all the children in the rudimen
| tary branches within their respective limits
irrespective of sex, color, or birth-place o
| Religions, according to the teachin 1s in saiI
! schools of religious, atheistic or pagan tenetg
and prohibiting the granting of any school fund
or school taxes, any part thereof eithe
by legislative, municipal or other authority
for the benefit or in aid, directly or indirectly
OF any religious sect or denomination, or ii
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The Catholic Universities of Paris and Lille
were opened on the 18th of November. Mr..
Terrat, In opening his course at the fornet'
paid tribute to the State Professors of Law
under whom he was trained, and said the new
Faculty was not due to mere rivalry, but to
convictions which could not suffer indifference
or neutrality.
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The President on Public Schools.

In another column will be found the text
of those portions of the Presidents message
which treat of public schools and of taxa
ton on properties usually exempted. The
diction and style of these two extracts
ought to be studied as matter of curiosity.
Their violations of grammar, logic and
rhetoric are as fragrant as those of good
eense and good faith. The passages re-
ferred to would be disgrace to the educa-
ton of schooner captain.
AS to their substance, it is all disposed OF
by the editorial reflections of our cotempo-
raries, the Picdyune and Bulletin, in sug-
gesting that the whole topic of schools
"a reflection which applies equally to
taxation or real estate-is outside the scope
of national legislation. Congress and the
President have nothing to do with
schools. No such power ia conferred by
the Constitution on the general govern
ment, and any effort to provide for it by an
amendment is another move towards cen
tralization. We think it matter of con-
graduation that two journals OF such in
fluence should so promptly take 30 just
stand on a question of such vital import
ance.
We can only regret that we are not able
to place the Times in the same category.
That paper merely says at first of these
absurdities in the message that they present
issues which may eventually attain to an
y overshadowing Importance. Subsequen tly
it, as we notice more at length elsewhere,
, champions the President in his taxation
. nonsense, still keeping severely silent as to
his school policy,
The President having entered the lists al
a logical athlete and discussed the question
a la Aristotle, let us examine some of hi
i, achievements
- A large association of ignorant cannot fo
Is any considerable period oppose suceessfu
e resistance to tyranny and oppression from th
p, educated few but will inevitably sink int
II acquiescenceto to the will of intelligence whethe
to directed by the demsgogue or priestcratt.
X 1t used to be said that "eternal vigilanc
" is the price of liberty" but Grant woul
De change that price into eternal study {
lie grammar and geography. How does b
le account for the ugly facts that anon
" ancient nations, when both the Romar
ch and Creeks became thoroughly educate
ar and refined people, they lost Il
e, vigorous manhood which had in earli
he ages secured their national and individu
We independence, aud fell into docadence ar
he slavery. Did the education and INTEL
as gence necessarily enervate their chara
ue tersR No! We would not maintain tbs
nd Did they enable them to resist tyranny al
IN oppression Certainly not. What ther
is, Simply, Grant has missed the key to Il
of problem. He is not doctor, but an eT
lat piric.
90 If Mr.. Grant wants to find out the conc
he tions of freedom he ought to look for the
rs. in cases of practical illustration. Ind
as pendence, personal and national, is the T
ss. suit, not of mental but of moral condition
in Among the early Romans, among the Swi
Ike of former daysSamoDg our own fOrefaths
.ts, of revolutionary history, We ind har'
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cALHNDAR OF THE wKKK.

u,,asv Dec ls-Third Sunday in Advert.
n ,nanv 80 Dec 1876. Lucy Virgin and Martyr
M.sSacy Dec lf-St. Gertrude, Virgin.
sMSTraSoy Dec I6-St. Eusebius, Bishop and Martyr
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aid or for the beneft Of any other object q -
nature or kind whatever. any

aid or for the, beHeAt Of any other obiectos -
nature or kind whatever. any
TAXING CHURCH PROPERTY.
In connection with this important o,s..,.
I wonld also call your attention to the inroau
continue will probably lead TO great trouhisa 10
our land before the close Of the nineteenth ~. ~
tury. It is the accumulation Of vast amonrt Sen.
sSTsSs un.sS believe
paid no tag, municipal or State, amoantss ssn a
about $s3, 900, 900. In 1860 the amount ~ y
doubled. In 1875 it 10 about 81, 600, ,Ooc nso 0sS
property will reach . sum exceeding a0n
600, 600. So vast sum receiving ali the ~
lection and benefits Of government witksss
bearing its proportion Of the burdens aad =.
penses Of the same will not be looked rs.ss
acquiescentiy by those who have to pay a.
taxes. In growing country where real estsss 80
| enhances 90 rapidly with time as in the Unitss
States. there is sSasse,y y limit to the wealth
or otherwise, il allowed to retain real estsss
| without taxation. The contemplation Of ~
vast property as here alluded to, without
taxation, may lead to sequestration withons
constitutional authority, and through blood. \
| would suggest the taxation of ali prouertr
| equally, whether ohnrch or corporation. az
empting only the last resting place of the dead
and possibly, with proper restrictions, church
edifices.
| TIE SUMMING UP.
As this will be the last ANIMAL messag.
which shall have the honor of Transmitting
to Congress before my successor is chosen, I
| will repeat or recapitulate the questions,
| which deem of vital Importance, aid which
may be legislated upon and settled at this
session
/. That the States shall be required to afford
the opportunity of good common school ed.
ucation to every child within their limits.
Q. No sectarian tenets shall ever be taught
in any school supported in whole or in part By
the State, nation, or by the proceeds Of any
tax levied upon any community. Make educa-
tion compulsory 30 far as to deprive all persons
| who cannot read or write from becoming yo.
ters after the year 1890, disfcanchising none
however, on account of illiteracy who may be
, | voters at the time this amendment takes Of
, feet.
and distinct, but each free within their prope
spheres, and that all church property shal
bear its own proportion of taxation.
A. Drive out licensed immortality, such q
polygamy and the Importation of women 70
illegitimate purposes. To recur again to th
centennial year, it would seem as though nov
:. as we are about to begin the second century o
l our national existence, would be most 6ttin
8 time for these reforms.
5. Enact such laws as will insure q speed
o return to a sound currency, such as will CON
mand the respect of the world.
= Believing that these views will commen
themselves to the great majority of the righ
thinking and patriotic citizens of the Unite
= States, submit the rest to Congress.
O U. s. GRANT.
Erecatire Mansion, December Z, 1875.
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Money has been steadily flowing ins0 .,,l
country for some months. Let at leasS ',.sl
of the stream of greenbaCks begin to A0s ". &.
in the shape of post oaace ORDERS etc., i''
MuRNINa STAR.
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Wednesday, Friday and Saturday next 10Th
18th and 18th of December, being Ember days,
are days of fast and abstinence.
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SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL~-The
Quarterly general Communion of the members
of this Society will take place this (sunday)
morning, at 1880 o'clock, in the Church of the
Aununciation, Rev. A. Durier, pastor, corner
of Vaudeville and Morales streets, Third Dis
triet Vaudeville is the second street below
the Pontchartrain Railroad, and Morales is the
second street from Love, going towards the
woods. The Canal and Claiborne carS pass
within one square of the church. The Rampant
and Dauphiue, going down town by much
shorter route, pass within four squares of the
church.
The general meeting will be held at O'Clock
In the evening, in the Morning Star Hall.
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An election for Directors of the Hibernia,
National Bank will be held at its Banking
House on Tuesday, January 11th, 1876, from 10
O'clock A. NJ. to p. NJ.
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Mr.. o'ConnOr Power delivered niS 20 q
lecture in Chicago last Sunday evenADs'
immense audienee.
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prs.idsn. Grants Massage to Congress.

From tie message of President Grant to
Congress, read last Tuesday, we take the fol-
lowing extracts:
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For the coming holidays Mr.. Wm' Hogan ~
- 10, C.pal street. has magnificent stock Of boots
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The fair for St. Johns Church closed We'd
nesday night. That night aud on the preced-
ing Sunday the attendance was good. We
have 30 far received no ofncial returns as to
the financial result of the entertainment, but
understand that the net profits will amount to
from $1,000 to $4,000. In the contest for watch
Father Massardier was the victor by a large
majority Mr.. T. ]. O'Sullivan won the pony,
and the watch at st. Patrick's table was
carried OF in triumph by Mr.. VIM. Cannon.
The rahle for the centre table was postponed
sill further notice. Tickets in the rafde fer
the secretary may be exchanged for those or
4he table By calling on Mr.. Hugh Flynn, Poy
aras street.
Ladies in charge of tables will please sent
us reports Of results OF contests and Iathe' b!
next ThurBdsy OF - 4:
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THE JUBILEE IN ST. HENRY's PARIsH.-The
Jubilee exercises commenced in this parish
last Sunday evening. After Vespers, at 3
o'clock, the congregation in procession made
the four prescribed visits, two to st. Stephens
church and two to ST. Henry's. Upon their
return to St. Henry's church the last time, the
Rev, Pastor, Father Bagaertsi delivered the
formal opening address. The exercises were
concluded with Benediction of the most Bless
ed Sacrament. Wednesday and Friday even
ings sermons were preached in German to large
congregations.
The exercises for to-day and next Sunday
will be tho same as on last Sunday. There
will also be sermons on Wednesday and Friday
evenings of the next two weeks
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This Society has been to its members perhaps
the least expensive of any Society of its kind
in the city. The members have seldom or
never been called upon to contribute towards
the payment of any expense incurred, all bills
being paid out of the treasury. This shows
with what promptness the members pay their
dues, and what interest they take in their as
sociation.
We congratulate the members Of st. Alphon-
sus Total Abstinence Association upon their
brilliant record and wish them the sNccese
they SO justly merit.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-02-19
Electricity As Railway Motor.

A San Francisco newspaper gives the
following account of an invention on
which young mechanic Of that city has
applied for patent. The idea is to turn
electricity to the purpose of motor for
railway trains: "The principle is the
construction of driving wheels of enor-
nous electro magnets, which diverge
from the center in the same form as the
spokes of an ordinary wheel, the poles of
each magnet terminating with the outer
circum ference The electric current is
complete as the magnet impinges upon
the steel rails of the track AS the poles
of each magnet forming the driving
wheel approach the track, an enormous
magnetic attraction is exerted, and as
they pass the center, or perpendicular
point of the magnet upon the track, the
current is cut off from each particular
magnet and the attraction abated. By
the multiplication of driving wheels of
this description, the inventor expects to
acquire any degree of power requisite,
and accomplish any rate of speed at
which railroad car is capable of travel
ing, with no possible danger of the loco
motives leaving the track. In place of
the cumbersome steam boiler and tender
loaded with coal, the locomotive will
carry magnetic battery of immense
no,rarV
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The Russian and English Navies.

The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the London Times says: "The Cron-
stadt Messenger gives a return of the
ships of the Russian Navy which have
been actively employed during the year
1874. The Baltic feet was composed of
II vessels, it had on board Admirals,
Oil Captains and Lieutenants, 110 mates
400 midshipmen belonging to various
naval schools, and 800 sailors. The
Black Sea feet was composed of 9 ships,
with 320 officers of all grades, and 5000
sailors. The feet on the Caspian pos
sassed IL steamers, besides several small
gunboats, and was commanded by 80
officers, who had under them ,150 sail
ors. The Siberian feet in the Frozen
Seas had IL vessels, with 140 officers and
1900 sailors. In addition to these there
we're gunboats on the White Sea and the
Aral Sea.
Several of the naval officers | have
met here seem to think that the tradi-
tional superiority of the British fleet
over those of any two other Nations
combined has gradually disa ppeared,
and that whatever superiority of sea-
manship British sailors may still possess
the ships of Russia and France would
in case of sudden war assemble within
a fortnight in the Channel and would
far overmatch any force the English
Government could bring to oppose them
in the same space of time. Statistics
and Government returns are quoted to
prove this, though the subject is always
mentioned in most friendly spirit to-
ward England. The Russian navy has
been entirely formed on the English
model, the naval history of England il
thoroughly well known to the service
here, and the officers of no other Nation
so warmly appreciate its glories; but
they seem to be decidedly of opinion
that of late years the aim of England
has been merely to keep ahead of the
French, and that even in this respect the
margin has been allowed sometimes tC
be reduced to dangerous extent"
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A PeddIer's Wonderful Ride.

A peddler named James Marburger
has for many years tramped over var
ious sections Of this and neighboring
counties selling his wares; and by con-
sistent course he has won the confidence
and esteem of large number of ac-
quaintances. On Tuesday afternoon
about 5 o'clock the peddler opened his
pack in the kitchen of man named
EsheIstaub, in Albany township. The
farmers wife purchased what she desir-
ed, and the peddler, according to the
custom of that neighborhood, was asked
to remain for supper, which he did, and
subsequently determined to stay all
night.
At about o'clock the peddler was
shown to large garret under the roof,
where he was to sleep. The family re-
tired and nothing unusual occurred un
til some time near midnight, when the
farmer was awakened by the barking of
watch dogs and the tramping of horses
hcofs. He arose and looked out of the
window toward the barn, when an ex-
traordInary sight met his gaze. The
dogs were in an adjoining field, and,
strange to say, there appeared to be
ghost riding about on one of the farmers
young horses. The farmer called the
hired man, and on going to the garret
with a lantern they found the bed which
had been occupied empty, and the ped
dler gone, but his clothes still hanging
on chair, where he had evidently plac-
ed them. The farmer and hired man
went down stairs, and found that all the
doors were locked as they were before
they retired. Going out, they found
the horse still on full gallop under the
direction of his mysterious rider. The
hired man watched his chances, caught
the animal, and upon close examination
found that the rider was the peddler
who sat there like statue, and was in a
complete state of somnambulism. He
had nothing on him excepting his shirt,
undershirt, drawers and stockings, and
notwithstanding the coldness of the
night, he was perspiring freely when
lifted down. They could not waken
him properly until he was led into the
house, and when he came to his senses
he seemed to know nothing of what had
occurred. He seemed startled at being
out of bed and down stairs in such ap-
parel. Subsequent examination showed
that the man. in his strange state, had
worked his way out of a trap door to
the roof and thence down to a roof of a
back building and thence to the ground.
C-Reading Eagle.
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How to Raise Plums.

There is a secret about plum raising.
We have discovered it in travelling over
the country. We never visited large
plum orchard in our life that we did not
find plenty of fruit. And we never
visited any place with eight or ten trees,
and found good crop of this fruit.
Now, these facts set us to thinking; and
the result Of our thoughts is this: that
it is very easy to have all the plums you
want to eat and sell. The secret con.
nected with plum -raisingI is to plant
plenty Of trees, so as to give fruit to the
curculio and to yourself also. II you
plant fifty or hundred trees, you will
have fruit enough for everybody. Ev-
cry such orchard that we ever visited
had plenty of ripe fruit. Some even
complained that the curculio did not
thin out the fruit enough-that the trees
were overloaded So we say TO our
readers, if you plant plums at all, plant
fifty or one hundred trees-then you
will be sure TO have all the fruit you
want, and it is one Of the most profita-
bic crops raised.-[A Annual of Phrenolo-
gy and Physiognomy for 1875.
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A Country School Episode.

There was melancholy occasion at
a country school-house near Columbus,
O., few days ago. The school-house
Is located near the line of the railroad,
and slight collision CHANGED to occur
between two freight trains, in which
one car. loaded with whiskey, was bad
ly wrecked and several barrels of the
liquor was tossed out beside the track
in a damaged condition. During the
incoming the pupils of the school went
down to investigate the character of the
accident and discovered the whiskey.
They were girls and boys together, and
some of the boys proposed that they taste
the liquor which was wasting, which
suggestion was taken up as good joke
and complied with. The day was cold
and the spirits produced no effect, so all
the pupils drank of it several times, just
for fun, and then returned to the school
house. In the warm school-room the
heat produced the usual effect upon
those carrying much whiskey in the
stomach, and the school became singu-
larly restless. Suddenly one boy was
taken awfully sick. The school ma'am
asked what allied him, and he said he
was i'll, which fact he made painfully ap-
parent by doing what the whale did with
Jonah, only distributed bread and but
ter and things over the floor, instead of
prophets. The school ma'am was full
of sympathy, and was doing what she
could for the afflicted youth, when an
other boy was taken even worse. He
seemed to have no object in life save
to get his boot heels up out of his mouth,
and the indications were that he would
succeed. Then two of the girls began
same thing, and the appearance of bread
and butter on the floor was enlivened by
the addition of the sweetmeats school
girls love. By this time every boy in
the house was struggling for a proud
supremacy as a producer, and the floor
was sight to behold. Only one little
fellow was in condition to tell what
the scholars did at noon, but when he
told of it a great light dawned upon the
troubled mind of the school ma'am. A
feet-footed messenger was dispatched
for aid, and wagons soon came and car
RED the limp and exhausted pupils to
their several homes. The day will long
be remembered in the neighborhood as
one when the rising generation was in
pain and disgrace.