The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-12-31

average date Of the parturition Of the scala.
The young ones come to maturity In marvel
lously brief period. Thus two advantages ara
gained; the old zeal are not slain a. hereto
fore, with their young unborn, and tho young
ones, unfit to DO taken, are left for another
year.
Drunkenness 10 on the decrease among the
well-so do Glasses of England, who look upon
it evidence of bad breeding or bad taste,
but IL 10 Increasing among tho poor. In treat
ing this matter OF drunkenness, the refoTmers
must bear in mind that the excessive use OF
alcohol Ia largely an incident of deep poverty
There is o tendency to get the cobcsntrated
stimulus of alcohol when O sufh eiency OF sus-
tanning food cannot be obtained; and the rum
is a more cheerful place than q tenement conse
garrett, though it's frequenting does lead TO the
rendering of the garret more desoiate. ana
makes the poverty which compeis o residencs
there more absolute and inviDciole. There are
3 great many sides to this question of drank
enness. The disease hss some of its roots IN
the most deep-seated evils Of the social order'
Railroads. hsve been completed between Yo-
kohama and Yeddo, and from Kobe to K;olo,
the sacred capital, which add VASTLY to the con-
veniences of travel in japan. The "jen'Iic-
shas" are the greatest convenlences OF ell.
They have come into use within fs" years
and are now all over Japan ard Ssa5gaal,
China. They are simply q chlld's street car
risge enlarged 70 hold one or two sdnlts, gig
or . sulky, with felling-top, and either one
man in the shafts only. or for uphill or long
distances another, tandem fashion, In the lead.
Foreigners, Japanese aud Chinese Use them.
and 60 all over the islands, changing Is neces'
sary. People keep their own establishments,
the same as Q carriage and horses, and they
can be hired by the week, day month, or on
the street by the job or hour. Some long
winded fellows have made seventy miles In Q
day, but that, Of course, is exceptional.
NJ Leverrier, the great French astronomer
Who kept the star gazers of the world On The
| qui rire for the appearance OF his new plan Of
Vulcan in October, has undergone great
change since the death of his wife. He with
drew to his little house. and only emerges Mt
| night to proceed with his Studies In the Ns-
| tionai Observatory. His whole existeno e is now
| devoted to science. he desires neItSer TO sae
| nor to know any one. II he is wanted he either
| escapes to the Observatory or shuts hi meelf up
| in his strange den, and the old honsekeeper Is
| just superstitious enough TO refnse aomittence
| lest he practice on her some ctabterte Napoleon
| Ill made him Senator, but, owing 10 his bit
terness, Olivier removed him in le10. He went
| to Italy for year, aud " As called thence by 3D.
Theirs, who saw that the Observatory was
being grossly mismanaged, and placed it again
| in his charge. With q simple az knew it," the
| old man resumed his stool and looked through
| the glasses IS if nothing had happened
The Abbot of the Trappist Monastery of
| Sept Ponds, in France, is q marquis By inheri-
| tance, IS years of age, and has been monk OF
| the order since his nineteenth year. hotwith-
standing the sscetic life he has pursued, this
and his manners are genial and courteous
| Under his guidance the monastery OF sept
Ponds has greatly extended both as to the
number Of IT'S members and the largeness OF
| its resources. 1t is not merely self-snpporting,
bat out of the considerable profits OF the va
rious branches of industry pareued by the
mon ks, il affords aid to other pious iustitu.
tions that are not prosperous. The names Of
] one Englishman, two Bavarians, Greek, and
| four Irishmeu are upon the roll OF the MONKS
of Sept Ponds One very young Irishmsn OF
splendid physique, red-faced, aud jolly -looking
is conspicuous among his brethren, whose aP'
| pearance rule BELTS their vocation. he ID
| the second son Of o former Mayor OF Dublin
The MArquis-Abbot has little IN bis dress to
distinguish him from the friar who is blowing
the bellows in the suith'e forge, except a tiny
he was absolved from the VOW Of perpetual
silence upon his election prior, but he con.
fesses with q degree of sincerity that he wonld
| rather be back again among the plain monks
] because his rank as abbot necessitates atten
| tiou to worldly matters, which quite 10
| cnnn,,at ihl., " LII bis emily viahea