The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-06-11
GBNERAL NEWS xIEMs.

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There sse 10 ooe childrsn Iis1sg on boats in
England who receive no educSsion.
In Connections. last year, there were 466
sbout $50 divorces o year for the laet fifteen
years. the prevailing eause being general
misconduct
The now Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Children has established active branches
in most OF the large cities Of the United States.
In Oakland, CAL, q four year old chiid used In
cirone feats has been rescued and another In
Washington. ~SL
The City Council of Baltimore passed an Or
dipaDoe on May % autboriziDg the Mayor to
contract with three charitable institutions for
also appropriated to the reformatories named
sums aRgreg stlng $54 200.
! The Catholic Senators in Congress are Bogy.
of Missouri; Herman, Of New York; Johnson
one Catholic Goverpor--Csrroll. of Maryland.
| Last year California had q Catholic Governor,
Pacheco for an unexpired term.
\ An Intelligent foreigner. passing through the
str eets Of Philadelphia took ont his note book
at the end of long walk, and made little
| memorandum to the effect that 'eighty- nine
| psrcentum of the population of PhiladeiPhis
| are members of the powerful family of Rooms
| toilet"
The Maine Legislature has abolished capital
punishment. During the three months since
| the act vent into force there have been three
| most brutal murders, man named Page hav-
| ing killed his wife, another named Finn his
| child and third named Herring his daugh
| husband.
The following advertisement appears in the
agony colnmn Of the London Times: Apology.
The gentleman whose hat was knocked of in
| the Regents Park on Saturday, 22d April, is
| earnestly requested to sent his pane and ad-
dress, in order that full apology, ETC., may be
at once offered. Address -"
Alcohol as q stimulant has been discontinued
for the last three years by the Wrexhsm Union
Board of Guardians in England. They substi-
tuted-beef tea milk and eggs where Pauper
inmates peeded extra no1rlshment, ana nave
thus not OILY saved six shillings annually per
| head bot the health of the panpers has greatly
improved.
The prevalence of lyuching in Texas is
tonishing. The Galveston Noes gives the par
tcuars Of seventeen instsr occurring & within
| two months. Most of the victims were horse
stealere and stage robbers The San Antonio
Herald says that in no other way, in the absence
of enforced laws, could the lives aud property
of respectable citizens be protected.
Peking has generally been reckoned one of
the most popnlous centres of the globe, the
number of it's Inhabitants being set down by
most authorities, and Gy official figures, at be-
tween one and two miliops. But DR. Brett
sob neder afirms from his own intiuate know
lege of the city, that its population does not
exceed half q million at the very most.
A unique mausolenm WAS obtained a few
days ago in the following way An enormons
block Of granite wss being lowered into the
| fou nd alton for a dock at Haulbowline, Ireland
| a iaborer fell under it unobserved, was crush
ed into the layer of concrete upon which the
stone rested, and his body will remain there,
as the fact was learned too late to recover 1t,
| except at great expense and trouble.
Virginia has been doing something for the
| csnse of education since the war. A cores
pondent of the Richmond Enguirer estimates
that s. 659 600 have been appropriated to edu-
cationaI purposes in the State daring the past
ten years. In the period endowment
schemes for the benefit OF the colleges and
theological institutions in the State have been
| ILL s, rid ont
| the aggregate to Sc 100000.
| 1t was the custom every 5th of May, for all
the old debris of the Republic and of the First
Empire, of Valmy and Jemappes, OF Wagram
| and of Waterloo to march in procession to the
| Vendome column, and deposit q crown on the
| Failip9s. Each peusioner Was dressed in the
costume of his period, and according to the
| aim of the service to which be had belonged
In 1865 there were 200 of these pensioners; the
numbsr of surviving braves now is very small
and only one went to deposit wreath on the
monument this year.
The casting of the colossal statne of Liberty
to be erected by Frenohmen in New York har.
Dor, is now going on near Parie, and we are
given idea of the great size of the statae
| by the sta atement that the shoulders are over
forty feet broad, and the head twenty-three
feet high from chin to crowp. 1t is also said
that q man can easily conceal himself in come
of the folds of the drapery. The statue ts to be
commemorative of the good will between France
and the United States, but is to be utilized as
q light house in New York harbor:
Oysters do not abandon their ova as q great
number of other marine animals do, but detain
them within the folds of the bronchial lens in
side their shells where they remain enveloped
in a mucous substance, in which the embryo
developmentis is accomplished. The young ones
come out of their shell with a temporary swim
ming apparatus, which enables them to float
and search q solid body, to which they can At
tach themselves. The number of young oysters
expelled at each period of breeding from the
mantle of q single mother amounts to from one
to two millions
Two literary ladies were lately witnesses in
q trial. One of them upon hearing the usual
questions asked, ''Wkat is yodr name - and
'sHoW old are you 7" turned TO her companion
and said II do not like to tell my age; not
that have an objection to its being known,
but don't want it published in all the newspa-
pers." "Well" said the witty Mrs s., 81
will tell you how to avoid it. You have heard
the objection to all hearsay evidence; tell
them you don't remember when you were
born and all you know Of it is by hearsay.'
The ruse took and the question was not press
ed.
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