The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-29

WV mhes ueop, tongues OF Name darling up
ward more than so ,O00 miles, volcanic forces
that hurl into the solar atmosphere lumin.
GUS matter to the height of 100 600 miles; ;
drawing to itself ell the worlds belonging to
our family of planets, and holding them
oil in their proper places; attracting with
such superior force the millions OF solid
and stray masses that are wondering in the
fathomless abyss that they rush heIplessly
towards him and fall into his fiery embrace.
And thus he continues his sublime and re-
sistless march through his mighty orbit,
having period of moro than Ii, 0O0, 900 Of
years. r., -
SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING ABoUf
PEACH CULrURE.-For several years have
tried to grow good sound peaches, free
from worms and gum, and, until this year,
utterly failed. Last November had ali
the dit removed from the roots of the
trees, making a circle of three feet around
the body of the tree, covering the roots
about one inch deep with coal ashes. Then
in February returning fresh earth, manure
and coal ashes to the former depth; by this,
process grabs, insects and eggs were killed
during the winter. Seven trees, seedlings,
l experimental with, yielded fine crop,
large and most delicious, and not a wormy
peach. put all the earth dug from around
the trees in a deep hole, dug for the pur-
pose. and covered is deep. 1 intend to
make the application to my trees this fall.
I have a few grated young trees from
Langden's Nursery, Mobile. which intend
| to treat same way. N. c. FoLGER.
Our Home Journal,
The union of Europe and Africa, by
means of q tunnel under the Straits of Glib
raltar, is one of the great engineering
schemes at present contemplated. This
tunnel, as projected, is to be right line,
extending between Tarifa and Aigesiras,
on the Spanish coast, to Ceuta and Tam
gier on the Morocco shore, the submarine
portion to be A ,l60 feet in length, or nearly
nine miles. This vast enterprise offers it is
said, more difficulties than the similar
work under the English Channel, although
the latter will have more than twice the
length. The maximum depth of the chan
mel at the point to be traversed is stated to
be only abont 1853 feet, while that of the
straits is 2 ,62l feet Surprising that the
tunnel under Gibraltar be bored at
distance of one thousand feet under the
| bed, its total depth under the sea level
would be over 8, 600 feet, while the entry
and exit galleries would be each three
miles in length.
Boston is demonstrating the profit of
cheap railroad trains. She is surrounded
| with villages where poor laboring men
| find cheap homes, and railroad men have
found means by which these laborers may
be transported to and from their work at q
tTlnlnS expense hallroaQ companies are
running trains for their accommodation at
the rate or about one third of one cent per
! mile-below even the rate of the street
| cars-and return dividends on that. The
charge from Boston to Lynn, q distance of
| fourteen miles, is Eve cents, and what is
more, such is the crowd of people going in
the morning and returning in the evening
that the cheap train pays better than any
| passenger train that goes into Bpston. It
is said that Philadelphia has tried the ex-
pertinent with equal success, and the fact
| is now established that cheap trains, run
ming to and from large cities, at hours which
will accommodate the laboring and business
population, may develop a paying bust
ness as certainly as the starting of street
cars within the limits of city does.
Our foreign exchanges bring us news OF
what might have been stupendous disas-
ter, and really was great calamity, in the
immediate neighborhood of the Russian
capital. It seems that on the Odd of July
the streets of st. Petersburg were suddenly
filled with o penetrating -odor of burning
peat and a sutfocating smoke. Regiments
of troops were soon seen hurrying out of
the capital at a quick step, and the news
fifty versts square in extent lying within
the districts of st. Petersburg and of
Schlueselburg was in flames, and that the
fire was rapidly advancing towards the
MedeVeschy stan, place where the Gov
eminent keeps enormous deposits of gun
powder, and from which the laboratories
of the Russian artillery extend in an un-
broken line to Parnchewo. The troops
went to work, however, with will, heap
Jog earth and sand upon the burning spaces
and banking up the deposits But for several
days the city was in danger. What with
this excitement in the north, and the earth-
quake which on the 18th of July shook
Sebastopol from end to end at 80 A. N.
aud did great deal of damage, Russia has
had her share in the uproaFseand alarms Of
this most accountable summer.
Says the London Universe of a recent date
" Abroad we are the most Christian and
the most civilized Of nations at home we
are, except on the surface, about the most
h~eligious aud brutal. The models OF
English society-our affluent, thriving do
nothing -classes-are probably all that
they ought TO be to each other, and they