The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-06-27
EDlTORIAI AND OTHER ITTMs ara.

q magazine" 10 $500. Aor
Bishop Verot, of st. Augustine. Fl.
for Havre, France, ON Saturday, june los sailed
Roses are SO plentiful in Francs ,h.
railway companies decorate the wall. 10y 81 the
stations with them arranged on t,.,. = " tae
The Catholic population Of Penu.,l,,-
doubled since 1860. It is now 6OONn -. mas
have 632 churches, chapels, ETC., and sn -, .nsy
Mgr. Dapanloup opens his new booL .a s
sonry with this question and answer. "a
one be a Mason and Christian ~ I'm
"No.n
A man is said to be absent-minded vb., :,
thinks he has left his watch at home and ~. -
it out of his pocket to see If he has tim. =
yetuIn home and get it."
There is q political doctor in Paris, who.
al prefer tyranny to license; for tyraunv a..
gusts us with slavery only, but license dissD,t.
us with liberty itself"
DIR. Dio Lewis, whose active and sr.-
fanatcal participation in the Ohio tempe,,,.
crusade will be remembered, has now WRIT
book to prove Prohibition a FaiIuren
One of Tennyson's friends quoted one of Ts,
nyson's lines, in the poets presence, as ham,
instance of the natural expression of a spsn.
taneous thought, and the poet said, "Ismot.,
dozen cigars over that line"
Somebody once asked Tom Corwin if be b.a
heard certain story of Louis d. Camnh.n
WAS it about himself 7" inquired Mr.. Corvir
"No, 1 believe not" "Well, then, nsv.,
heard it," said Mr.. Corwin gravely.
Titan of great beauty is said to have bss,
found recently in the garret of the Moritzhsu,
by the new director of the Museum at tn.
Hague. 1t was with nearly 200 other paintipg,
which had lain there rotting for nearly half
century.
The Tralee Chronicle shows that while III.
Protestant population of Kerry is but 556e. and
the Catholic as high as 157 ,917 the public and
government appointments of the county stand
in the proportion of forty Protestants to te,
Catholics.
Humboldt regards the climate of the Caspi,,
Sea as the most salubrious in the world: bsrs
he found the most delicious fruits that he saw
during his travels; aud such was the purity of
the air, that polished steel would not tarpi,b
even by night exposure.
Treasurer New has declined a complimeptary
dinner rendered him by the citizens of Indian.
apolis previous to his departure to Washington,
giving as reason that he had. not yet been
to successfully discharge it's duties is improved,
Beware of much speaking. An open mouth
is sign of an empty heart, as a chest open is
sign that nothing is in it. When money or
jowels are within, it is kept looked. Be not
hasty in speech, and as the best rule of ALL
commit the guidance of your tongue in prayer
| to God.
"Are the young ladies of the present day 4,
for wivesW asked the lecturer of his audience.
They are fit for husbands" responded
female voice; "but the trouble is that you
men are not fit for wives!" The applause was
great, and was the discontinue of the
lecturer.
Large numbers of emigrants (says the Dab
| lin Nation of the 6tb) continue to leave the
neighborhoods of Lurgan and Portadown tbs
greater part of them being bound for New
Zealand and Queensland. Very few, compars.
lively, are taking their departure for either
the United States or Canada.
The we'll known Jesuit Father, Rev. Albany
J. Christie, s. J., has brought out a very beau
tiful mystery play" entitled the "First
Christmas." 1t would be admirably adapted
for Christmas festivities in a convent. As q
mere intellectual treat. it is like all that comes
ship of very high order.
Dallas (Texas) Herald: ''Sister Rose Everett,
Mother Superior of tie Convent of st. Vincent
de Paul, in Jefferson, is on q visit to our city.
She is the niece of Edward Everett, SO well
known in American history as the silver
tongued orator and statesman, and is q lady Of
rare accomplishments and education. She Is
looking for suitable locality to establish .
convent of the Society of st. Vincent de Paul.
Because the headquarters of the grangerS
are to be removed to Louisville, instead of to
Chicago, correspondent of the Chicago TINS
says that Louisville is "quiet" and "bucolic.'
Therefore Louisville observes "There is one
thing about the pastures of this city that
should be considered by debt-ridden and swim
ding Chicago. man can rest himself almost
anywhere in one of them without sitting down
on mortgage"
Recently, during one day, Whit Monday
246,547 passengers were carried on the Metro
politan Underground Railway, London, being
at the rate of nnatv mi11;op, of IN aaan 0ere