The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-11-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

UGN N4JnAA NE w y 1IHMS.
Twenty farmers, with their families, stock
etc., left Fayette county, Ga, few days ag
for Fort Worth, Texas.
The wine crop of France this year is un
usually large, being a third larger than tn,
vines promised at the outset of the season.
Capt Bedford PIN, M p, told his constitn
ents in England the other day that one ssilol
only in each of England's 25 900 vessels wa.
an Englishman, and that the foreign crews in
the next war would navigate the ships to theiI
own ports.
The Plains of Abraham have been leased to a
= private association, composed of the leaiiu Q
citizens of Quebec, whose intention 10 to lay
ont the grounds as q driving park plant trees
and other wish embellish it, go that it NAV
eventually become the public park of the city.
Everything promises we'll for the oonstruc.
tion OF the Cauada Pacific Railroad. The in.
dioSeions are that the contract will be let as far
as Fort Edmundstoue next summer, while the
survey west from Thunder Bay has been most
favorable in the essentials of grades and curves.
The recent report of the French Minister of
the Interior gives the emigration from France
from 1866 to 1874 rs 60 2l5; the aRricultural
element constituted 81 per cent, and the aver
age OF men was II per cent and of women 90
per per cent. @ During the came period the immigra-
ern frontier, reached SO, OBS.
The Germans actually do teach the vonno
idea how to shoose as q Prussian primer no " in
the hands of Bostonisn makes plain: ait is
an ofhoial publication, and is filed with pic-
lures OF gnns, flags, cannon, forts, armies and
Implements of war, and the spelling is in syl-
labies on snch words Bismarck, Prince
Charles. King William, Germany, Empire, and
on military terms"
Certainly there never was such an apple crop
IN 0eorgla as that which ripened this year
Heretofore all the apples bronght to this mar
n net were brought from the North and West
now DOZENS or wagons, loaded down with fine
Georgia apples, roll into the oity Most of them
come from the counties through which the Air
line railroad runs. They are sold at remar kHbly
low prices, one dollar bushel at retail heino
the regular price.-Atidnta Tines
The census of Massachusetts, for 1e75 abows
that In that state, as well in New York
Tnere is tendency of the population towards
large cities Massachusetts, has 65l 912 in
Inspitants, and now ranks as the seventh State
In the Union in population and tho first in
density of population. In 1865 the towns had
e population of 762 344 and the cities 5O4 6s7. |
NOV the cities have 1886 ,933 and tho towns
pl4. .s79 This drift of the people towards the |
great centres of trade should bs regarded as q |
bettled fact.
Tho island of Vslentia, the terminus of the
atlantic cables in Ireland, is the property of |
Mr. Fitzgerald, "KnighC of Kerry !" and its ex.
seeme point is the most extreme v westerly point
ioIH SnG: not easily accessible, in Europe. The
.ISnC 10 constant resident, and takes great
.aterest in his estate which Dresents q & 3uoat
.8vorable epecimen of Irish property. The
rsveier finds neat and comfortable inn. and
she scenery from Killarney TO VnI.ntia onS |
thence via Waterville and Eenmsro t Gi
will amply repay him. Valentia prodoo.s emnrN
nous slabs of slate. "oA-
While the natty Spurgeon is smokino bio
llgar, and perhaps cncking his reverend hat m |
lhe side of his powerful head, American minis.
Iers are discussing the propriety of the use of
Ehe ill-smelling weed by clergymen. Phila-
pSiphla preacher, who doesn't want to ''hwear-
pm, argues that eating too much ie Just as in
Qrlous as the excessive use of tobacco, and
that q man who smokes is not necessarily i'm
moral. None of the disputsnts seem to take
hn
which persons who do not choose to practice
the tobacco vice are subjected by smokers and
SneWers. The worst feature of the use of to- Z
DAcco is the pigGish disposition which it en- Q
couEages in mankind. It is very rare that q =
smoker gives his company a thought, and he y
g1oWs @ coarser rs his habit grows. The true
= ikSinema9 ~ is always CoDsderate of others, but
us - 10 very hard for even gentleman to realize
low olsagreeable he can make himself with his
beloved cigar. p
.,1 An examination of the sight of the school b
orn.l in Portland, Me-, by DR.. Spsulding t
isSso iSsno that twenty per cent were Of defective Fl
asCtS,, Many of these were very slightly q
snon.sS yet ten per cent were short sighted q
suct}onS' 70 need glasses. DR.. spaulding's de- a
sSooI soe are that the defective lighting of e
hat The bnH;.i ia one cause of the trouble, and
E@S 4; Soit OF holding books too close to The I
ndv 1itS tner' Ilr' He advises children not to v
st the eSns S9e nc eyes toward bright light, to
~ to ny Go LEequeutly, and, when it is neces ii
n arc 80 Siasses, not to choose stronger ones D
n0bt that tn; de adds: "They should be "
aide oU @ Sne IlghG should alway8 come from n
bk SbouIT I'D even T oyer the shoulder; that the D.
the Isn. De held up, if possible, and never y,
"a o1ap, p mat they should always have q g
Il SitS lamp standing on a table at q pl
to ts% faos t1eiT tS eyes, and especially if they Of
bendinS noS; Sne iight' as in writing; and that G
at, or ystt tptositlons, aud reading in the twi- W
81, are % with with the sunlight pouring over the
NJ c. o. very hurtfnl to the eyes"
81 tSeTo ge Nd. Beard says in the Indepeadent bs
iety ia iSoa,W Widespread delusiOn that enc Ia
Smes arc .nosG1orable, and that the inebriate of
pStiar.t sre failures Some Suppose that naariS ne ne
i've ijsO Lrei9pse as soon as they ret1Tn 70 W
es the foIoe TSS ne seeks 70 refuto that idea and On
- peia IA four ysnrs ssS ~ - ~
HsHa Aae1t Gf tho-S 90 - 1 ~