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, 1876-05-21

LOUISVILLE, May IA special dispatch tc
the costTier7'ou1zsal from Bowling Green, Aa,
20, says: The Assembly met this morning. pur.
suant to adjournment, aud was opened with
PRAYER by the Rev. James N. Kirkland. One
half hour was employed in devotional exercises,
conducted by the Bet. G. w. Mitchell.
a communication from A B. Miller, D. D.,
Gorresponding Delegate to the Evangelical
Union OF Scotland was read, aud referred To
the Committee on Correspondence. ~
Rolling Elder A: r: Tyler offered resolution
protesting against the sale of Intoxicating
liquors on the Centennial grounds, which vas
unanimously adopted
The Rev: George Gladstone, Corresponding
Delegate. from the Evangelical Union ct Scot
land, delivered an address presenting lie % sa1n-
tations OF his church, aud vas responded to il
appropriate and feeling terms By the Moderator.
Lincoln, ILL.,, was selected as the next place Of
meeting. F1'"~~ -
The Rev; 7. c. Blake, D. D., Of Nashville,
presented the annual report of tho Board of
The Assembly ad1ourned.tiu Monday morning
, 1876-05-21

!. H0tEk. ENE
a iellow, billing, himself in the towns and reg.
1; 11stcring hlmaeh as John B. Cough has been DE-
4vcr1ng temperance lectures in Northwestern
impostor, but when be told the Niagara st storr ~
and jumped up in the air, cracking his heels to.
gether, and split his coat up the back from the
lN!s TO the collar, the audience stood right up
a9a n said, This il Of rerty the great apostle
, 1876-05-21

SFZl111 D4SpQstE 70 7H9 1Tt8a71e.
MONTREAL, May 20.-Last night, about 10
o'clock, as party Of Indians who live in the
outskirts Of Okla we're returning from prayer
meeting, they were attacked with sticks and
fired at by crowd of French Canadians led BY
a notorious character called Fateaux. Two Of
made. The Protestant Defense Alliance haye
the case in hand.
, 1876-05-21

IA. a Bucks, County farmer drove into Pb1sde,-
p,1a aem Hmesteraay with load OF garden-sass, and
ment were about They told him the Center
a.al ma vas going to be opened Sen-tenny-uii,
sAa ne. "Sen-tenny-ul! What'n thunderaa
5tnat" They hung him forthwith to the neaYnst
lamp poat--Naa York, ,CeaufurridL ~>f'
, 1876-05-21
THE MISSISSIPPI MuSS,

NEW ORLEANS, May oo.-The following dis
patch from the Sheriff of Wilkinson County,
will explain the troubles in that section. No
particulars as to the number killed and wound
cd has been received It is known that the
number has been greatly exaggcratcd:
Woopv11Ls. Miss, May 19.-To Coz. Stone:
Quiet restored throughout the country The trouble
dred into my posse. They we're advised By their
leaders to kill white people from the cradle up.
get moro Politics had nothing to do with the a.
fair. Prominent colored men were with me at
tempting to pacify them They would listen to AZ
advice Iappreheud no turther trouble. .(Signed)
". ". NOBLE, Sheriff
, 1876-05-21
1.YNfHERs nuEn

LYNCHERs OvERAyVED.
Lousv1tLB, KY, May 2o.-The police force,
armed with rifles, appeared in and around the
Jail all last night and the militia was ready with
artillery to repel the Oldham lynchcrs, but they
came not, and probably will not now.
, 1876-05-21

snatch the package, but failed. As coon AZ he
could Bye drew his revolver, but the rash scouad-
rel had made bis exit and escape.
, 1876-05-21

AtNu kuE 1lNul-6tEpo Will Auouk DAH a JUMP
for day on which Mrs. Old Probabilities had ar
ranged to dry the clothes falling barometer, condy
weather, and probable heavy rains.
heard 70 remark the other day that this getting
silver for currency WIS very good. but, he said,
=. they've got mighty mean WAY down II the
the get ,oa
Bad ez It, .tWhy," interrogated 4 byetand-r,
Ha wGq w92 # 81
else passed Il of on me, replisd tbs embodiment
Of commercial morality.
The work Of the Chicago Athensnm progresses
finely under its new management. The member
ship for the spring term Is uearly 600. The art
slses under Prof; BosEella, has grown large and
interesting. and the pupils arc accomplishing good
Wotk ANY desiring 10 enter this class for the last
half OF the term should make immediate sprlica-
ooa. improvements arc in progress in the gym
bring 1t nta the front ranK Of kindred institutions.
~ the close OF the spring term vacation classes
t9oonFt,a n At IN , IN penn ,nehp aEd in
studies in which sufficient pupils eau be secn-cd
book-canvasser in the pursuit Of his ucfa.ious
occupation called yesterday at house on Ieavftt
street aod meeting scared and sabdued. looking
his batr all over his clothes and had Ions scratch
kong his left cheek. asked him where tia master
q the henss hesss,sI ~ t. There she L. replied
ity aud bitterness were blended and he pointed
through the window Of the basement dininx-Eoom
to middle -aged woman Of determined look who
had leaned her Eell-wora broom stick against
chair, while She was sharpening her nails on the
steel The book-agent said: t.Wel1, won't call
Ehake, stranger; I'm married myself, and SOFTLY
stealing down the steps vanished in the blue dis
kance-
*sMrs- Thompson, said tie wit Of West Side
boarding house, man with red whiskets and
eky- -blue neektie, lyon must BE- u good customer
10 the butcher!~ .+You n4y we'll say 30, Mr.
Green. y answered the lady, with 1ush Of pleas
ure mant1ing her acquiiue nose, my meat bill il
S69 week and {bere she cast significant glance
Ut I weAk-eyed German rnusic-teacher seated next
the htehen-door At place there the table WAS al
less( ny money y .lways ready at The end .of the
week" 20. / didn't mean that,~ replied the
body e1ee wouId-that's why He does not yet
know that the hair which s laid his piece Of
Pie is the creature OF design. not accident that
The chanbermaid's orders are to blot his name
from the book Of those who are to hare 4 monthly
ehange Of sheets On their beds
Two very practical young men met downtown
he other Day and the r.t asked the eecond to come
sad take something hut the second said to the first
hist he wasn't feeling well and couldn't Look
lere said the drBt young man. - haven't seen
ron for four months and you've got 10 take come
11jng." ''But, replied his companion, - Tn ever
pnch obliged all The sauc, but can't take any
hing. was just going round to the drugstore 70
,et dose Of castor oil heereet," answered
he int speaker, Thea TIL tell you vhst vel
o. ven just 60 1n.e de drug stors .nd tyen'a
lhaznsceu5oA Da1aeas &na ths aut 1aznx
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23
I" Hes o Brick"

If this expression is slang, it is really
classical slang. And yet of the thousands
who use the term, how few know it's origin
or its primitive significance. Truly, il is
noble thing to say of a man E" he's n
brick" The word, SO used, if not twisted
from it's original intent, implies all that is
brave, patriotic and loyal. Plutarch, in
his life of Agesilaus, King of Sparta,
gives the origin of the quaint and familiar
expression. On certain occasion an
am bassador, from Epirus, on a diplomatic
mission was shown by the King over his
capital. The Ambassador knew of the
monarch's fame-knew that though only
normally King of Sparta, he was yet
ruler OF Greece-and he looked to see mas
sive walls rearing aloft their embattled
towers for the defence of the towns, but he
had found nothing of the kind. He mar
yelled much at this, aud spoke of it to the
King. Sire" he said, - have visited
most of the principal towns, and find DO
walls reared up for defense. Why is this ~
Indeed, Sire Ambassador" replied Age
silaus, -" thou canst not have looked care
fully. Come with me to morrow morning,
and will show to thee the walls of SPARTA"
On the following morning the King led
his guest out upon the plains, where his
army was drawn in fail battle array, and
pointing proudly to the serried host, he
said; There, sir, thou beholdest the
walls of Sparta-ten thousand men, and
every man brick"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

DISHONESTY Begins AT HoME.-The CRY ing
sin of the day is dishonesty. One hears much
OF 1t in public life, but we have said before
there is too much of it altogether in private
life And its cause is to be found in the want
OF self control in the indulgence of tastes and
appetites. Reckless extravagant living is at
the bottom of it all. If this living had any
true foundation in any hearty and earnest de-
sires for desirable things, there would be more
hope of amendment. But when one comes to
see what i'll gotten gains are spent upon, the
outlook is sad one: Dress, display amuse-
ment, costly things bought just because thew
are costly; wealth Won evlly, merely thai
it may be wasted fooshly these are the
signs of time which it is not pleasant to
contemplate If n man loves any one thing
say rare books or pictures, or objects Of
art OF any KIND, or music, or sciences 80 well
that for the sake of the one thing in which
he would be rich, he is willing to be poor in
everything else, no matter though his choice
be an un"lso one according to the best
standard of choice, he will yet have mo.
tive which viii help to keep him upright
But tor those who love none of these things
but simply desire them because it is the
habit of the times; because, like pampered
children, they must needs cry for whatever
they see just out of their reach for them is
shall teach them to let alone whatever ia not
theirs. And the beginning of this self discip-
line is in the home. Parents must teach their
boys and girls the great lesson of doing without
whatever cannot he fifty theirs. There need be |
no niggardly restraint, but in some way the |
first lesson for childhood should be that of |
earning its pleasures. To get whatever it |
Graves soon it asks for it, is the wor.t
training child can have.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

The FRENCH MISSIONARIES IN CENTRAL
AFRICA.-The Journal de Paris contains
some interesting extracts of statements
made by the Archbishop Of Algiers, repre- e.
senting the Christianlzation by French
missionaries of the inhabitants Of Central
Africa. the deserts of Sahara and Soudan
The efforts of the missionaries have been
crowned with great success. The immense
desert of the Sahara has been evangelical.
notwithstanding the declarations Of some
influential personages in the French
colony that any attempt in that direction
would be impracticable. The missionaries,
after traVersing the sand plains of the de-
sert, interrupted occasionally by hills and
GASES, where are to be found the wild and
feroclous hords of pure Arabs and the
Arabs intermiDgled with the descendants
of the Maures, Tuaregs, Tuabs and lib
bone, living in any available space covered
with vegetation, are now advancing to.
wards llmbuctoo, which they exIect to
reach shortly. 1t is not impro bable, there
fore, that within few years Christianity
Will be known ard pTacticed all over the
Soudan, where the French Mission SO
clety propose to erect churches, hospitals,
institutions for freemen and commerce.
NIgrltia interior, or the country of the ne
gro, one part of which professes MOhom-
mechanism, the other part Fetichsm, tina
IL, worship of material substances and in
animate objects. euch as stones, carved
images, fires, streams, etc, form of
ldoatry that exists very extensively among
tue barbarous nations, and especially |
those CT the negro races, will in short |
time count thousands OF Christians. The |
numb Der of French missionaries in these
parts already exceeds q hundred, although |
the vocation of winning the African race |
over to Christianity is q very hazardous
,ne and imposes labors and hardshps the |
knowledge of which would startle any
ones imagination, opening with a per-
spective OF devotion without limit The |
Mission have undertaken the freeing
and education of a certain number of
young negroes, who, after being duly in
tructed, will be sent back to their respec-
i've countries, there to become the apostles
or the conversion of their fellow creatures
o Christianity.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

THE HoRRID GERMAN LETTERS An
Eoglsh journal copies from the Cologne
Gazette an interesting statement to this
effect: " If the signs are to be trusted, a
great work is about to be begun in Ger
many. Of recent years that country has had
good many great works on hand. 1t has
demolished Its enemy, enlarged it's bound
aries and consolidated it's unity. I he
movement which is now being set afoot is
of little less national Importance and of
almost universal interest. 1t is nothing
less than the reform of the characters in
which its language is printed aud written.
The struggle Of Teuton and Latin il once
more to begin, but on a bloodless field and
in the sphere OF letters only. OF the iucon-
veulrnce, the awllwardness, the uelinees-
dare We say the 'Harbaric' look ?-of the
German character, few students of litera-
tuTe, or travellers, or cnmmeTciai men have
not at some time or other had more or less
painful experience. It was useless, how
ever, for them to growl or protest. You
cannot strike against nation, and if you
want to kno' their language you must
iehil the,- letters, However iaborious tie
task. Reform must come from within and
tits pleasant to discover that in Germany,
and III the pages of the Cologne Gazette,
one of the most patriotic of German news
papers, the necessity of reform is not only
admitted, but is now being forced upon
public attention. Germans have been fond
of laying the flattering JUNCTION to their
souls that their character, like their tongue,
is Teuton, and has descended to them from
the age when Arminius kept at bay the
Roman legions. Nothing, however, can be
further from the fact. The characters orig
inally were Latin. The old illuminators,
writing in their lonely cells, gave points,
finals, curves and scratches to the Latin
forms, just as in our days schoolbOys and
sometimes copper plate engravers, and
occasionally ladies, give needless tlourishes
to their writing. The early printers made
their matrices upon the model used by
the monks, aud out of fauciful Latin text
has grown the German now In use.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23
PROGRESS OF EGYPT.

Since the epoch of the Ptolemies-and We dc
not overlook the ftful splendor of the Fatimide
erned, or enjoyed 80 much material prosperity
as under the present dynasty. The merits OF
| hohammed Ali are i'll appreciated by those
who gauge his conduct by Western standards
and In similar exactng spirit, the khedive is
arrsgned for extravaganza in building and
entertaining. II is true that magnificent un-
dertakings and a lavish civil list have lately
eliminated in financial EN- barrassment. Yet il
we survey Egypt without prejudice, as she was
| at the beginning of this century, and as she
now Ia, we must aokno wledge an astonishing
advance in all directions. The SueZ Canal
itself, although indebted to France for it's
initiative, sheds lustre on the reigning house,
since 1t has been carried through Egyptian soil
by Egyptian workmen, and to a great extent
by Egyptian capital; but would more
especially direct attention to the numerous
other canals, as well as the bridges, nqu led cts
railways and telegraph lines which checker
stance, which spans the river at Katfr-el Mil
ranks among the most costly and admirable
achievements in that field of engineering.
to agriculture, and the growing of cotton, in.
troduced by the first Viceroy, has expanded
until the annual crop now reaches AGO. 900
bales. Another index of prosperity is the gaio
IN population. Alexandria, which the French
reckoned in 1899 to contain less than six
thousand souls, has now more than two hun
dred thousand, while the in habtants of Exyp.
aggregate Fl ve millions, having exactly doubled
in seventy five years.
The characteristic feature of Egypt 1, the
impenetrable homogeneity of its population
The Copts and Fellahs, who form the bulk of
the inhabitants, however divergent in religions
faith, are of one stock. They are no mongrel
race stripped of traditions and hereditary
aptitudes, but in spite of the successive CON
quests which have swept over their heads
remain the lineal descendants of those artisans
and laborers who reared the pyramids and dug
the reservoirs of the Pharaos. 1t is owing 10
the tenacious vitality and iuveterate industry
of this people, coupled with favorable con
ditions of soil aud climate, that Egypt is able
to revive as If by magic at the first gleam of
order and wise rule
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

"Sam," said a darkey to his ebony bro
ries de news froo dem wires :" wal Ssi
Caesar, now s'pose dat am dog free miles
long" "Nebber was SIGH big dog done
b'IeiS dat" "You jes wait mint; Use
only illustratin', you stupid niger. Now,
dis yer dog, You see, just put his front
i t. ct on de HoboEen sho'." g." fesser."'
in New York" Yesser." "Well, where
will dat dog bark 7" "In Uoboken, l
calc'late." " Dat am les it; you walk on
de dogs tail in New York an he bark in
Hoboken; an dats de way de telegraf
works" =. Iesser, jesso-jesso You's ri ght,
by golly"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

With people of our race brillancy is always
disqualification. 1t is not always q fatal
one. But the Pitts and Disraelis are the excep.
tlons to the rule. Under ordinary conditions,
other things not being too unequal. English
speaking people are generally found preferring
shrewd, homely good sense, certain sturdy
beetnees of mind as we'll physique, to the
most SNOWY talents and requirements. These
may compel admiration, but they also inspire
an instructive distrust. Mr.. Blaine is handi
capped to-day by his reputation for "smart-
ness" Dean Swift made no bones of main
tanning that this instinct was sound one :;
that this distrust, 20 far from being unreason.
able, was amply warranted by experience as
justified by philosophy. Men of great parts"
he wrote, ARE often unfortunate In the man
agement of pubic business, because they are
apt to so out Of the common road by the
qnickness of their Imagination. This once
said to my Lord Bohnghroke, and desired he
would observe that the clerks in his office
used a sort of ivory knife with Il blunt edge
to divide Il sheet of paper, which never failed
to cut it even, only requiring Il steady hand:
whereas, if they should make use of u sharp
pen-knife, the sharpness would often make
it go out of tho crease and distigure the
paper"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

A Protestant clergyman of New York
makes complaint, through one of the
church organs, that every time he = ""!led
upon to address the mourccrs at q funeral,
he is asked to give assurance that the de-
ceased has gone to heaven. He says that
Protestant clergymen are expected to do
this even in behalf of the "vlest sinners
and hardest cases that drop out of the con-
gregation." He gives an incident in his
own experience at the funeral of an Gun
cody young man of notorious bad charac.
ter, who met sudden death" The pious
mother of this young rapscallion implored
him to tell the people around the coffin that
her son had departed for heaven; but the
stern clergyman resolutely refused to accede
to this request He does not cay that he gave
any opinion about the mans destiny in
another world but the people doubtless
drew their own differences when they saw
he did not conform to the ordinary custom
ofsendiUg souls to heaven. The New York
secular paper from which we CLEAN these
facts very properly test:fes the clergyman,
saying that he could not send to heaven a
man who had chosen hell and it WAS.
proper that he should avoid hypocrisy.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

CnURCH TAxATIoN.-An opponent of
church taxation remarks that tho taxa
ton of churches would be found imprac-
ticable on any basis heretofore occupied
for the estimation of property. They can
not be taxed for their cost, for no other
property is estimated by that standard ;
nor for their pToductiveness, for they pro
duce nothing financially ; nor on an esti-
mated market value, for they have no mar
ket value with reference to converting
them to other ends. You may indeed sell,
but only on condition of investing the pro-
ceeds in a like manner elsewhere.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23
A TTENTION, LADIES!

A NEW DEPARTURE.
Millinery, Dress Making, Perfect Fitting Cor
sets and Fancy Goods Combined.
MRS. K. q. LOGAN
Respectfully announces that she has removed to the
large and elegant store,
NO. IA BARONNE STREET.
next door to Gunewald Hail. where will be pleased
To show her friends and the public the elegant
stock OF MILLINERY. OSTRICH PLUMES SPRAYS,
COIiSETS and FLA NCY GOODS ever seen in this CITY
Ready made Ball Costumes a speciality.
Dresses made order light hours i42J76 W
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

Beggars at the front door often succeed
better than those whose modesty prompts
them to solicit contributions at the door
through which the wood and coal are
Brought ils
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

Across the walnuts and the wine-Bogage-
ing child "Oh, Mr. Jenkins. do let me SEQ
you drink ~ Mr.. Jenkins "See me drink !
What for my dear ?" Engaging child "Oh,
plSmmR sag yea dIiI.G Ike \ tsAt'
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23

Jerrold once went to n party at which
Mr.. Pepper had assembled his friends and
said to his host on entering the room, " My
dear Pepper how glad you must be to see
ToaF friends mustered"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-23
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