The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-06-27

Reuue Indnstriette describes INC uhoIu'.
as being about the size OF the bspd. IL 10
nnt in Connection with the vocal organs, |
the instrument recording their movements
upon a moving band of paper in dots ana
dasbes. The pereon to whom the los1re
ment Is attached simply repeats the WORDS
of the speaker after him audio!y. lnis
lip language is then faithfully written ou'.
An English officer at Boston thus wrote
of our revolutionary sires: In this army ('ne
Britisb) are many of noble family, many
very respectable, virtuous, and amlaoie
characters. and it gr;eves one that gentie
men, brave British soldiers should fall by
the hands of such despicable wretches as
compose the banditti of the country,
amongst whom there is not one that bas
the least pretension to be called a gent'e
man. They are most rude, depraved,
degenerate race, and it is a modification
to US that they speak English. and can
trace themselves from that stock"
Now that the spelling match mania has
declined, why not have a trial or TWO at
reading Euglish There is room for vast
improvement, as, for example, the follow
ing was "read out" the other day by
graduate of one of our best schools A
bronze fork was recently exhumed in Rome,
aud the Romans are freed from the terrible
imputation of having eaten with their
Knives And was understood by the audi
tors as follows: "Browns corpse was re-
Gently exhumed in Rome, and the Romans
are freed from the terrible imputatinn OF
having eaten him alve."-BOston Trans :
cript
Kentucky still exhumes her wonders at
the rate of about one a week. 1t Is now
stated that n man in Bath county in pln~-
ing up a field has discovered the ruips OF
city no mere Indian village, but city OF
regular streets curbed with stone, and with
architecture exhibiting the evidences of a
greater degree of civilization than are shown
IN any prehistoric remains yet unearthed In
this country. The description is definite
enough the location of the buried city Is
near Peeled Oak on Slate creek, in Bath
county, aud the man who discovered the
ruins is one Mr.. Bolts. The land adjnins
large tract belonging to Gen. William
Preston, of Lexington.
FOREIGN PosTAGE.-After July lst, the
rate for lie ters to the German Empire,
Egypt. Spain, Great Britian, Malta, GREECE,
Italy, Norway, Netherland. Portugal, Ma
deira, Roumania, Russia, Finland, Servia,
Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey will be
cents per half ounce; prepay ment Is op'
tionaI, but letters forwarded 'unpald ol
insufticiently paid" will be charged ten
cents per half ounce. Newspapers 2 cents
each. Postal Cards one cent additional
All other printed matter cents per each
2 ounces or fraction thereof. After Jan.
1876, these rates viii also apply to France
Not very long since the wife of the Pro
fessor, Mrs. Agassiz, rose one morning anC
proceeded, according to custom, to pu
on her stockings and shoes. At certain
stage of this process a little scream attract
ed Mr.. Agassiz's attention, and not having
yet risen, be leaned anxiously upon hi
elbow, ipQuiripg what was the matter
, "Why, Professor, little snake has jus
crawled out of my boot" said she. .'Onl!
one, my dearf" returned the Professor
calmly laying down again; "there shoul'
have been three" He had put them ther
to keep them warm. Pleasant man to hav
in the house, particularly in ones sleepin
room.
, A Japanese editor writes of Europea
+ customs; elf we observe the practice &
, Europeans, it would appear that the powe
of the wife is greater than that of the hus
band, and that this error has been brougt
about by the want of a correct view of tn
I dictates of nature.A We will point out ez
l ampies of this. In going through doc
: the wife passes first and the husband fO
, lows her; the wife takes the best seat an
a the husband the next best in visiting, th
wife is first saluted in forms of addres
r the wife is first mentioned. Moreove
2 while men are in the company OF ladlesthe
:. must be particular in their conversation
e and are not permitted to smoke withol
/. the ladies' permission being first obtained
!, These and like customs are innumerabl
and the power of the women is far great
= than that of the men"
n The reported losses by fire during t!
Is month of May were In New York al
d Brooklyn. S6l8,600; in the United State
.r exclusive of these cities, So. l27 ,2O0 q
gregate. 50 745,S00 Losses in Unite
lie States during first five months of this ye
Of reported, s38 OO4 500, These facts,
J. connection with the fact that the. gro
Ie earnings of the nation are 81 1000, ,O00, 90
ninetenths of which are consumed for Gu
% rent living, leaving only $500 900 900 n
ID accumulation, and some statistciaus pla
p the consumption at a higher figure, leavi il
le only per cent, or $3.50, ,O0O, 900, net ear
le iugs, furnish food for serious reflectiO
le That nearly 80 per cent. of the net ear
l. iDgs of people should be annihilated
fire, is by no means an evidence of prudenC
% And large portion of this destruction
10 preventible by proper caution.
10 10 The Boston Pilot says that the forem
,S 80 of the jury in the recent libel case of Fa
ming Cs. Father McGlew of Chelsea, b
~ called at it's Office to contradict tho stori
. in circulation concerning the attitude
o. the iurv The RostOn ,Journals and Re