The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-09-26


phor. 1t is coming into extensive use TO
combs, cheap jewelry, harness trimmings
knife handles, and like articles which hav'
hitherto been of ivory, bone, coral ant
hard rubber. Its substance is certain y
peculiar. A delicately formed finger ring
cannot be broken by a heavy blow with 1
hammer, but when brought in contact will
fire it ignites and burns as quickly as {
parlor match. This is a rather serious de-
feet in the article, which is handsome al
ivory, and can be manufactured of varied
colors. A manufactory of cellnloid atNe warh
exploded recently, causing loss of life and
much damage to property.
| Writing to the Secretary, Rev. j \.
| Enzlberger, to express his regret at not be-
ing able to attend the Convention of the
| st. Cecilia Society, Archbishop Bay1ey say e.
81 would willingly do anything in my pow
e. to show my appreciation of the object
and labors of the ST. Cecilia Society. AL
though God has not given me what DR..
johnson used to call the additional sense,
yet | EN- convinced that most of the
Church Music in the United States is a
ndrapce rather than an assistance to de
votion-and consequently doing harm in
stead of good. 1t is my earnest hope that
yonr Society is intended by God to bring
about the much needed, in fact absolutely
necessary, reform in this most important
matter. Your Society las my warmest
sympathy and approval"
The winters in Russia are becomins .
colder every year, and the summers hotter,
more dry and less fruitful, owing, as is
clearly proved by Palingston, to the de
struciiun of the woodlands which form erl Y
bounded in the southern districts. The
clearing of these lands has caused such an
enormous evaporation that many once
capacious water courses have become mere
nj G-slv HTy
Dnieper becomes every day more shallow.
aud its tributaries are no longer worthy of
the name of streams. The question of
replanting has frequently been agitated,
but the dried condition of the earth in
many places in S)uthern Russia M axes it a
matter of great difficulty. Energetic
measures, however, are about being adopt
ed TO overcome this difficulty by scientific
means.
VINDICATED AFTER MANY YEARS Some
forty yeas ago Thomas Emerson, PreslGen mt
of the old Windsor (Vt.} Bank, was sus-
pected OF Tobbing the baak of about $50,
900, the loss of which ruined the institu-
ton. He was tried, found guilty, and was
contineG in Windsor jail for many Years.
On Monday last, as Colonel Harlow was
removing an Old brick oven in his house,
which was formerly occupied by the cash
ier, kittridge, he dI. covered some " here
-
the missing money III q brick vault under
tie oven. The bills are quite decayed, but
still somewhat legibie. The opinion is that
the cashier took the money instead of EN-
erscn. WHO, though an innocent man, had
to suffer for another's crime. Both Emer-
sou and Ktttridge died several years since.
The discovery causes quite a sensation at
Windsor.-4lbany Argus.
At the London dog show this year the
Rev. j. w. Mellar's champion mastiff,
Turk, dog little over seven years old
that has won more than thirty prizes and
cups, was valued by his owner at $25, 600
and Mr.. A. S. D. Fivas's CRANKY. an an
imal almost as big as lion, at $50 600
Four other mastiffs were valued at $5 900
each, several st Bernards were rated at
from $4,000 to $40 600, Newfoundland
was marked $5. 900, the famous greyhounds
st. Patrick and Warwick were considered
to be worth $25. 900 each, several settlers
were appraised at $5 900 apiece and one
at $50 600. one Irish water spaniel was
held at $5 900 aud six retrevers at the same
price, while Dalmatian, belonging to Mr..
r. j. l.. Price, known as Crib, nine years
old, was valued at 10000 sterling. OF
course most of these valuations were exag-
ger4ted methods of stating that the dogs
were not for sale at any price.
An inter State convention of delegates
from Ark apsas, Mississippi and Louisiana,
will be held at Vicksburg on the I'd OF
October. This is in accordance with res
oiution adopted in April last at New
Orleans by the representatives of the sec
| tions of Louisiana exposed to the overtlow "
of the Mississippi. Its object is to devise
some means of protecting the territory in
question from the disastrous effects OF the
! crevasses in the levees of the river. To
this end the united action of the several
States is desired go as to induce the uuder-
taking of the work of levee protection by
the National Government, independent Of
of all State concern. A somewhat similar
project has for the past two years been
agitated in the National Board of Trade,
where the representatives of the Missis-
sippi Valley urged the guarantee by the
Federal Governmento of flevee bonds to be is
sued by the States and redeemed in twenty
years by sinking fund.
RIGHTs OF CLEANERS IN FRAHCE.-In
all countries the right or privilege of
cleaning is fruitful source of dispute.
Poor folks must appeal to Holy Writ for
their charter in England but in France,