The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-02

The gas war is approaching a crisis in St
Louis Her city authorities refnse to pay the
exorbitant bills of the Laciede Gas Company,
whose pipes cover about one-thrd of the city,
and supply the street lamps The company
notify them that they will shut off the gas
April 1st unless past due bills are paid before
that date, but the city officers stand firm, and
are actively preparing to light that portion of
the city with coal oil, at d saving of so, 900
per annum.
Daring seventy years, extending from March
4 1889, to June 80. 1860, the net revenue of the
Government was 81 s06. 354 $50 80, and the net
expenditures during the same period were
81 ,73l 7:A 673 ~ From June 30, 1860, to June
80 1874, including fourteen years of Repu blican
| administration, the net revenues were 81 437, :
1877, 765 ~ and the net expenditures Sc 46S S.7,-
922 -. These figures, which are taken from
| en- Administration campaign document, are
very Significant.
The extraordinarily cold weather, which so
suddenly came upon rs q week ago. was eX-
pected by 3 good many of orr Louisiana
planters, rs the pecan trees resolutely refused
to put out leaves, Notwithstanding the almost
continuously warm weather during our reSu lar
winter season. 1t is a we'll known fact that
the pecan tree, even if artiticially stimulated,
| very seldom makes leaves until there is no
| danger from frost, and it might be we'll for
| gardeners generally to pay little more atten-
| ton to this index Of our climate.
| The recent religious statistics published in
France show a considerable decline in the
number of Pedestrians. Before 1889 there were
| 1000 600 in the the Kingdom. now, although
the population has Increased, they only number
500 600, and are divided into two classes,
| orthodox and liberals. The orthodox refuse
the liberals the right of appointing ministers
salaried by the State. and persist in reserving
| that privilege for themselves. With the Min
lister of Public Worship rests the question,
but he has not as yet announced his ultImatum.
1--WE are sorry to notice in one of the daily
papers," says the n. Y. Catholic ReVieH, " a
small piece of bigotry perpetrated on poor
| colored man in Washington. 1t appears that
on the police board of that city. Recently his
stituted. The reason given by the President
for this action is that Smith is a Catholic be-
| ing a prominent member of st. Augustines
Church and that he has been retained by the
Democratic Honse assistant libr sran.' 1t
| is bad enough to be retained by the Demo
Gratis, but that he should be Catholic!
One of the most interesting things in the
| Holy Land is the fact that one meets every
where in daily life the GLinGs that illustrate
| the words of our Lord The streets of Jerusalem
are very narrow, and no one is allowed to 90
ont at night without light. Throw open
your lattice in the evening and look out, and
you VIII see what seems to be little stars
twlukIlnR on the pavement. You will hear the
CHATTER of sandals as the traveller rattles along.
| As the party approaches, You will see that he
has little lamp to his foot to make his step a
safe one. In an instant the voice comes to Your
memory, written in the same city three thou.
sand Years ago, Thy word is a lamp to my
feet and light to my path"