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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03
MARTYRDOM OF FATHER OUANG IN
CRINA

K u
We have already referred to the martyrdom
OF this Zeaious native priest at Ning-ko fou
Les Missions Cathol CUES, Of November 3, pub
snes h;es sn sooOans Of his last
con Thursday, July 18th, Father Oaang had
hardly commenced Mass when the Administra-
tor, Ouang-tchen-io fastened to him to tell
him to fly Immediately, because band of out
laws were moving towards the Kom-sou. The
good Fathers fret thought was to facilitate
@i, t3e remSvai OF the young girl belonging to
from the church by two courts and @ garden.
But the Kom-sou, surrounded by eight h nndred
men armed with guns and knives, offered no
possible means of egress; and these forces
forthwith took possession. Father Ouane was
seized near the school which he was trying to
save; y. MI Aokin advanced towards him.
Father, if you have any requisition to make
on me. am ready to answer
Down on yopr knees and beg for your
"tMy life is in the hands Of God. i'll lose IL
IN His service will ascend to heaven, where
nope thon wilt one day meet me. am here
brethren. # thou wilt strike me, strike.'
Take on your clothes.'
60 will not take them off,
Father Ouang had scarcely uttered these
WORDS Ghau his habit was torn of of him, and
then hie shirt and shoes. There remained bnt
one garment on him.
".Take that off yourself,' said Ho-kin, who
wished to add insult to injury.
81 will not remove this one any more than
the others.'
"Ho-kin then seized bis head and struck him
on the face with bis sword. A hideous wound
extended from his forehead TO his right ear
covered him with blood. A second blow strDok
him on the left side and prostr ated him. Jesus,
have mercy upon me-! - cried Father Ouanp
These were his last words The outlaws then
dlvested him of his only remaining garment.
The third son of Ho kin cut open his abtlomen
and disemboweled him. His limbs were cut off |
from bis body, and it is said that Ho-kin car. |
rled eff bis head. The remains were burned |
upon the spot whore the victim fell.
Hardly had Father Onan9 fallen und der the |
steel of his assassins, than Yang chez cho, one
OF his catechists, was arrested. sword thrust
INTO his side brought him to the ground before |
the very door of the church. This young mans
zeal and his success in explaining the tru this of
the Gospel, naturally pointed him ont to the
hatred of Ho kin. Yang. che-cho was then
b9rnSd ned under the very eyes of his mother.
me school girls were divided among the
.SAueIs OF this barbarous expedition. The
1nl Tnuron was plundered and pary demolished.
4 ne scno0I wac burned to the ground. Before
Cne hre' do' kin found IN q box some fieures Of
angels cut out of paper, which the Ch1istians
were In the habit of tyiog to palm branobeson
Palm Sunday. He carried off the boz and mt
in it q queae, which he had no dopbt taPsU
from one of the victims. They then circniats5
the report that they had found at the MiGainn |
House these terrible paper men, who we're the
cause of SO many disasters. The queue found in
the box was an overwhelming proof of Father
OuanR'e Ruiltn
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03
PROFTTS OF Ho0L CROPPING IN MfssIs-
SIPPL.
LHumboldt Jonrnal \


Mr.. Mat Mahorner, of Macon, Mississippi,
sent bale of wool (net 336 pounde) to a
gentleman of this place, to be sold to the
Humboldt Woolen Mills, which netted,
after paying all expenses, 500. Seeing that
there was more profit in this than cotton,
the gentleman wrote to him for his exper-
lence IN wool growing. His answer we are
permitted to give below:
" In the fall of 1873 bought 80 head of
sheep at sec, to pay in spring or when |
sold my cotton. sold and ate $50 worth
the next summer, charging myself the mar
ket price for the mutton consumed, and
had left AZ bead. Late the fall bought of
Campbell Brown, Esq., a full blood Colts
void lamb (ram). Last year l ate and sold
about $50 werth of mutton, and had left
just fifty eight head. This year l have
eaten and sold $50 worth of mutton. S96
worth Of wool, and now have over 80 head
worth S2OO; sold email lots of wool, pelts,
ETC., say $l5. My sheep are driven up every
night, and have eight or ten bells in the
flock have never lost one from dogs, and /
believe only three old sheep have died in
the meantime. The cost of keeping ia very
tridiDg, and consider the satisfaction Of
having them almost paid for the trouble.
NY Cottswold ram, two years old last
spring, after shearing twelve pounde of
WOO W0oI ouring the twelve months, weighed
oOO pounds gross. l have never fed grain
except to my ram, and give him during
6he FALL winter and spring, from one to two
ears OF corn daily"
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

REMARKABLE PRESENCE OF MIND-O wing to
an alleged necessity of pushing the work as fast
as possl BILE on the now point bridge, Pittsburgh,
the contractors had the men who are employed
in joining the three cables engaged all day
yesterday. They are compelled to work fu .
"basket" or platform, which is suspended
above the river at about the height of ninety
feet from the water. Yesterday afternoon q
workman by some accident fell of the plat
form. Hanging from the platform was . rope
that reached nearly to the water. In his
frightful descent the man 0ttemp' cd to grasp
the rope, but as he kept turning somersa1its in
the air he was unable to reach il until within
about twenty feet of the river, when he sue
oeeded in GraspiDg the rope With both hands.
He was ut fret unable to stop bis descent; and
eiid down the rope for about fifteen feet, until
his feet nearly touched the water. Then, to
the aetonishment of the people on the banks
who had seen with horror his terrible fall, he
commenced climbing back upon the rope hand
over hand. Then the crowd cheered him
lustily, and his companions on the platform
drew him up nninjured, except the inside of
biS hands. which were badly lacerated-AKe
7hGHy Mail.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

NEUTRAL SPIRITS
am Rectifying and intend keeping on hand a vsrv
pure article. entirely devoid of flavor.
Besides the Choicest and Medium qualities of
French and Domestic Brandies,
have on hand very choice IRISH WHISKY also
the choicest of SCOTCH WHISKY, pure old Bourbon
and Rye Whistles, with all the medium qualities of
Whisky FAMILY RITTERS on draught equal II
not superior to of the bottled than half
the price. Holland Gin Schnapps draught better
than the bottled; Jamaica Rum, Krug Champapne
Cordials, and every kind Of goods in my line at the
very lowest prices. 1t would he well to cali before
buying elsewhere EDW. BURKE,
my7 Gun lS4, IsG and 1922 Tchoupitoufas street
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03
OUR SUGAR LANDS.

The st. Louis Re7u5zisaH of the 2Ist has
the following strong article in favor of
Western immigration to our State:
Thousands upon thousands of North
ern farmers follow the plow from year to
year growing corn, and after their crop ia
made it rarely ever brings them much
money. Upon the richest and beet titled
lands of Illinois, Kansas, Iowa and Ne
braska, the average yield of corn is not
more than 90 bushels per acre. Tho labor
required to make crop is aboutas folfows:
Ihe land must first be thoroughly plowed,
then narrowed; then marked off; then the
corn is dropped and covered, unless corn
planters are used. AS soon as the corn
comesaup it is narrowed. Itis then plowed
ABOUT three times when it is considered
sufficiently worked" Next comes cutting
and shocking. Then husking and hauling
together, then Smelling and hauling to mar
ket. For all of this labor the farmer, when
he gets 30 cents per bushel for his corn.
realizes SIS per acre gross. But he onfy
receives 80 cents in the eff years. More
frequently he must put up with 20 centa,
which would return him twelve dollars uer
acre fer his labor
In the sugar districts of Texas and Lou
lslana sugar cane may be raised with as
little labor as is bestowed on corn, and il
pays the planter 500 per acre net, for he
gets three barrels of nolasses to the acre
besides the Sugar, and this molasses paws
the expenses of each acre.
Land is cheaper than in Illinois, and the
health of the planters is better, if any
thing, than the health of the farmers who
live on those fiat, wet, and dismal prairies,
and grow corn all their lives"
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03
4 CATHOLIC Mar OF GREAT BRITAIN
tPbllade!phia Standard. J

trhHAueiphla StanoAro.)
A curious map has been printed in
England. 1t ia issued by Protestant In
stitute, and is prepared with the sole OBJ
Ject of showing what progress the Catholic
Church has made in that country. The
various counties are outlined, and within
their boundaries the white space ia re-.
lieved by certain marks intended to give a
sort of birds eye view of the churches,
chapels, converts, colleges, and schools,
which maintain and diffuse tie ancient
faith.
The comparison between 1898 and 1876.
which we shall give at large in regard to
churches further on, shows some great ad-
vancement. Ia the former year, Great
Britain had two Catholic colleges-one in
Leicestershire and the other in Somerset
but no schools or converts. When this
map was made it had five hundred and
thirty eight schools, three hundred and
thirty converts, and twenty three colleges.
In 1888 Scotland had neither schools, con.
vents, nor colleges. To day it has G5
schools, 81 converts, and 4 colleges, ex-
elusive of that at Fort Augustus, which will
have to be registered in the next map is
sued by our friends of the Protestant Edu-
cational Institution.
Now for the places of worship. In 1888
England was blessed with four hundred
and thirteen, Wales with ten, and Scot
land with seventy -four. In the present
year England has ten hundred and ninety
four, Wales ffty-one, and Scotland two.
hundred and thirty. three. Taking the to
tails, we have an increase, in little over
forty years, of eight hundred and eighty.
one.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

ANOTHER HAYES ELEcToR IN DoURr.-we
are informe that the returns of the eleOtion irl
Philadelphia show that the entire Republican
containing the name of Samuel w, Stork-
weather. This name was not on the regular
Republican electoral ticket, but the name Of
Seth w. 'Starkweather was. If this be true,
and the returns in the Office of the Seoratarv ~
the Commonwealth will show whether it is or
not, Seth w. Starkwesther received fifty odd
thousand votes less for elector than twenty
nine other gentlemen voted for, and Samuel w,
Stsrkweather received some 800, 600 votes for
elector less than twenty nine other gen tlemen
voted for. Consequently neither Samuel W.
nor Seth w. Starkweather has been chosen
an elector. We gives the report as it comes to
u.s. not as yet having seen the official returns
Patriot.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

How EUROPE SEES Us-The sum and sub
| stance of the whole matter is that the "Sou tn.
ern question" has no longer any really practi-
cal foundation in American politics, whether
by the use of these words we mean the protec.
ton of the negroes or the protection of the
results of the war" against the solid South
Should Messrs. Blaine, Morton and Logan sue
ceed in electing Mr. Hayes their platform,
it will simply leave the South where it is. In
other words, no plan of pacifcatiou or inter
ference will be even tried during the whole of
Mr. Hayes administration. "Intimidationn
and coercion" will still be used in every
Southern State as part of the ordinary means
of government. The bitterness, the extrava.
gance of denuucistou, and the sectiona abuse
come not from the solid South. but from the
solid North. 1t is not men like Wade Hampton
or Vance who are eXulJing and clspping their
hands over the recollection of the carnage aud
misery and desolation of twelve years ago. and
firing the hearts of their followers with the
savage threats of vengeance, of subiugation,
and of anarchy. The fire. eaters of to-day-the
Irrational zealots who fonent sectional strife
to keep themselves in power, and take cold
blooded satisfaction in the pain which their !
thrusts at the half healed wounds of the war |
cause-are not Soatherners, but Butler, Blaine.
Morton, Logan, Chandler and Cameron Pail |
Mall Gazette.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

SHARPER THAN YANKEES Our trade with
Japan increases fast. The Japanese people
they set about improving them, and their
genius is displayed in many such innova-
tiODs. When our Government cent Commodore
Perry to break the exclusiveness of Japan we
sent, among other presents, case of Sharp's
lihes. Two years later the Japanese Govern
ment sent to us return presents. Among them
was what appeared to be the identical box of
Sbarp's rifles. The box bore exact resemblance
and the rifles were the same, even to the name
of Sharp engraved upon them. Our Government
supposed this to be evidence of dsapproval, for
inspectors pronounced them the same rifles
Sharp was sent for at PHILADELPHIA
The fret sharp survey revealed to him GER
taiD improvement, which had baffed his in
ventive genius, and which he had given up as
impractical. 1t saved one extra movement in |
breeoh- loading, and Sharp Immediately adopted |
it.-DdltiaoTe Sun.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

There is an abundance of uncultivated land
in the Southern States. Out of Sl5 600 square
miles in the Southern States in 1870, only little
over 100000 square miles were in cultivation.
Daniel DennetU, of Louisiana furnishes these
figures as to the following named States Lou
isiana, with surface of more than &c, 600, 900
acres cf laud-over &c, 600, 600 acres of tilisble
lsnd-has never cultivated 5000 900 acres.
Mississippi has never cultivated but about
5 900 900 acres, and has area of about So
6 600 600 acres ont of more than 30 coo 600.
Georgia bas cultivated about 100000 acres
and has an area of $4,000, 600. Tennessee has
cultivated less than T. 0OO, 900 out of 20 900 600
O0O, ,OO0-S0utRerR Farmer.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03
TWO HEROIC IR1SHMEN.
CORNELIUS L. BRADY.

A hero of the sea died at Liverpool, England,
on the 4th inst. Cornelius L. Brrdy wac third
officer Of the steamship Atlantic, of the White
SsAr Line, which went ashore on the coast of
Nova Scotia April 1st, 1873. Through his heroic
enorts many lives were saved by hisswimminR z
4Rot4, when . passenger on board the steamer
Eennsylvania, of the American Line, on her
voyage from Liverpool to PHILADELPHIA, after
Gne captain and two chief officers were washed
ever0osrd, and with every prospect of the ship
iO9ndering, he took command and brought her
safely into port. 1t was through exposure in
ne last instance that he contracted the disease
obiIS '1our years and leaves a wife and one
NED BURKE.
-onane EElttsburg Gazette, in it's account of the
5oSi1rU Uteadtut tut boiler explosion, tells the fol-
SrriS story of an hereto engineer "Ned
sLa.oi Oue OF the assistant engineers, had
soaS. OF OF the boilers that exploded. He did not
1tS nLs post, and his faithful performance of
Sinntas LkseIy TO yet cost him his life. Ten
Fas not .ter tter Ine explosion, when all danger
,1D PGSV' Ihose who ventured upon the scene
P9no Burke with his hand on the throttle
i've noe OF the engine. His face was blank and
a tbaUa !ess' MS eyes had vacant stare, and
fne.o 20 was about him all the rigidity and
10 msH "a uea1h' 1t required the strength of
fs frat ~ loosen his grasp on the throttle.
hon biD, 'noognt when the explosion came
ton the al u all It's awful suddenness was to
blurred h. sstne, so that the men would not be
,nt hlghteDed-who Wouldn,t have heen3
lis nost could not induce him to abandon
he 6oiI" ~ is remarkable, being SO clpse TO
70 JI shat he wasn't blown ont of a,~iat-
h doT'IsssSS - very badly soalded by steam and
NAethcr be win recover.
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EXCHANGE ON LONDON AND DUBLIN,
payable in Ali partS of ireland. for any froO
Al upward sold 1t current rates. jsS0 70 Iy u
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asrn,ug Star and Catholic Messenger.
NEw ORLEANS sURDAY. DKoRMBER 1876.
(From tho Boston Pilot.)
PRAYER.
By A. n. FARR.

Prayer is the hymn that Nature sings. the refrain
That bids the doubling mind look up the weary hear
Tis seen in every twinkling star, felt in the lyl
1t trembles the palld lips whom face to face with
death.
It fingers round the mountsin top whore lightning
1t siumbsI in the silent glen where shadows only
1t siles uron the whore parting sunbeamu
It rests upon the forest oak whose locks are tnged
with gray
Its sunset gores crown with gold the distant noddDg
When recoections chords vibrate beneath the even
It's earliest rays kss all the flowers when begins
For every thing in nature prays OPT ming of the
MORN
The ripples that impress leave oceans sanded
Repeat with each recedpg His praises DER and
The biows that foam crested dash against the frown
Are but echoes of His voice resouuding from the
deep.
Reflects from IN lts srlvry some distant light
The willows that, like mothers fond, bend DER the
Arc Natures sentinels to pace the mourners PRAYER
above f'
What though , we stand by open grave and feel its
Yet hum hope is bounded, not ly dark and narrow
For dssah hsa above this whose exit we call
Is floating perfume of Faith like grant
Then tel us not We mast not pray, though chilled with
Tho human heart grows again beneath the
Like earth though chilled al cold from winters
Is warmed when spring returns again to melt the
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

FoUND-MoNEY.-Byh having your frst-class
dental work done by Dr. L. A. Thurbsr corner Common
and Derbigny streets.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

TT T. LAWLER,
GENERAL COKMISSION MERCHA Mt
75 IT. TO- 81 and Peters street date New Lsyee, near
Poydras New Orleans,
FOR THE SALE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN PRODUCE.
A Good Supply of the following articles always on
hand:
PORK, BACON, LARD FLOUR,
SCoRS, OATS. BRAN. HAY, CORNMEAL
POTATOES ONIONS, BEANS,
DRIED FRUITS, ETC., ETC.
Cash Advanced on All Consignments (not perishabIe)
Shipments Advanced On. Must Be Insured In Ny Open
II Policy.
to My Care.
PROMPT IN ALL THINGS.
In the execution Of your commands, in the acknov.
ledgment of receipt and advice of sale your consgn
msnts, and in remittng net proceeds accompanied
with account sales.
All orders for Western Southern Produce filled
promptly et the lowest market rates. Satisfaction
always guaranteed, no commission charged for eIeeu
ting orders for goods which may have hand fun
commission charged for selling all oonsignments.
Consgnments and Orders are respectfully solicited
IS IT
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-11-30
COURT PROCLA NATION.

VXIboreas tine lion. j. c. Bucher Prssi
w dent Judge Of the Judicial District
composed of the counties Of Snyder. Union
and Miiiin and Daniel Gembcrling and
Is. l.. Raudenbush Esqs. Associate Judges
in and for Snyler county have issued their
precept bearing. date the 9th day OF
Sept. A. D. 1876. to me directed for
the holding Of nm Orphans court, court
Of Common Pleas, court OF Oyer and Ter.
miner aud General court OF Quarter Ses-
sions of the rcace at Midllcburg, for the
county Of Snyder, on the 2nd Monday. (be
ing the llth day Of Dec. 1850 anJ
continue ono week.
Notice is therefore hereby given IN I'll,
Coroner, Justices of the Peace and Consia
bles in and for the county Of Snyder, to ap
pear in their proper person With their rolli
records, inJuisitions. examinations AM
other remembrances to do those thing
which Of their offices aud in their behal
pertain 10 he lone and witnesses and per
sons prosecuting in behalf of the Common
wealth against any person or persons ar,
required TO be then and there attending
and not departing without leave at thei
peril. Justices are requested to he punct
ual in their attendance at the sppointe,
time agreeably to notice.
Given under my hand and seni at til
Sheriifs Office in MilijeburR, the hh Ia.
/ Of Nov. A. D., one thousand eight hundre
| and seventy six.
DANIEL ElSENuART. Sheriff.
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Hayes on the Situation.
lie tcouM Rather be Counted Om Than In
by Fraud.

From the Cincinnati Comm crcial.
ATHENS, o., Nov. 15.--Governor
Hayes came here on the noon train
yesterday, from Columbus, with sew.
eral members of the Board of State
Charities, on an official business Wis
it. Last evening several gentlemen
Of Athens called upon the Governor,
and pleasant interchange OF views
Of an hour or more took place.
Mention was made by some one
Of the fears 50 freely canvassed in
the newspapers, that some ono of
the electors may turn out to be eleg-
ible, or not elected, by some clerical
error or mistake, and fiually it was
suggested that in these times when
so much money staked on bets de-
pended upon tho result, there was a
possibility that an elector might be
found to suddenly vote for some one
other than the head of the ticket on
which such eloctor had been chosen,
and DR.. Gnnday suggested the pre-
cedent Of one elector, who, although
chosen on tho Monroe ticket, with
out any notice Of his intention, voted
for Adams and Mr. Speaker Gros'
venor said mo man in this ccun-
try has courage enough to accept
the Office Of President if elected by
such vote, aud by courage i mean
hardihood, bravado, wickedness and
all the qualities requisite to such an
act
Governor Hayes very promptly
but quietly said: II know one man
certainly who has not" Enlarging
upon this idea, he said ANY man
fit to be President, or even n candi-
dato of great party for the office,
would prefer to be counted out by
fraud rather than to be counted in
by fraud, Of which their is reason
able suspicion.
The self-possession, GOODNESS, mod.
esty aud freedom from excitement or
agitation by Governor Hayes are
something most remarkable. lie
talks of the situation as though he
hod no interest in tho result beyond
that of any other citizen. Daring
the day he devoted himself steadily
to the business that brought him
here and left for Columbus this
evening,
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100000 People 0estroyed--large
Islands Submerged.

LONDON Nov. 20-A dispatch to
the Times from Calcutta says three
large islands, namely, Shahobazpore,
and numerous small island i'll the
Dakorgunge, Nookhally and Chit
tigong districts, India, were entirely
submerged by the storm wave of
October 81, as was also the main
land for five or six miles inland
These islands are all situated in or
near the estuary of the river Meena
The largest, Dakin Shahobazpore,
was 5000 square miles in extent. 1t
had population Of about 100000.
Hattich and Sundeep together had
about 100000 population.
Up to IL o'clock on the night OF
the 3lst there was no signs OF dan-
ger, but before midnight wave
swept over the country to depth
in many places of twenty feet, sur
prisins people in their beds.
Dense groves OF cococanut and
palm trees around tho villages en-
abled many to save themselves by
climbing among the branches, and
some took refuge on their houses,
but the water burst the houses asun.
der and swept them out to sea.
Some We're carried thus across the
channel ten miles to the Chittagong
district, but a vast majority were
never heard of again.
The country is perfectly fat, aud
almost every one perished who fail
ed to reach tho trees. There is
scarcely houshold on tho island
aud on the adjacent coast but lost
many members. The cattle are n |
drowned. The boats are sw ep
away, aud means OF communication
with other districts is destroyed
There is much distress among tn,
survivors, which the governm ent ii
relieving.