The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-05-14

been q meat earnest and eloquent exponons Of
Catholic theology, aud o most successful guide
were converts, and having known by personal
experience the folly of Professionalism, they are
wonderfully skilled in guiding Others into the
fold of God. Father DAlgsirns expired at the
Cistercian Monastery near Brighton, agec
sixty seven years, after painful illness Of
more than year.
Boys and girls under ten years of age are
not hereafter to be permitted to work in the
factories of Massachusetts. The law passed by
the Legislature on the subject has gone into
effect against the opposition of interested par
ties at Fall River and elsew here. 1t he's al
ready taken many little children away from
disgraceful to all concerned, but especially to
the Legislature, which for so long time re-
sisted the passage of humane laws similar to
those which are enforced in Great Britain.
The British laws fer the regulation of the labor
of women and children are far more consider
ate of their natural rights than those of Mas
sacbusetts still in existence. Even children of
ten years of age are far too young to he kept
at factory work for ten or twelve hours of
every day of the week. 1t destroy their child
hood, stu nts their bodies and minds, eufsebles
their consultations, and sends large percent
age of them to early graves. The work of these
tenderiings is not necessary in any properly
regulated Industrial or social system.
work will soon be attempted by the British
Government which ought to be of interest TO
American engineers and mechanics. 1t has
been decided to raise the Vanguard, an iron
clad steam ram of six Thousand tons, which
was sunk in the Irish Channel by a collision
With another ram about eight months ago; On
the I'd of September, while in q fog off Brav
Head, the Iron Duke rammed the Vanguard,
and supk her. The immense mass of iron lies
on the Kish Bank, in about twenty fathems of
been removed by divers, but the sand has drift.
| ed into the interior of the hulk, increasing the
dead weight to be raised to probably 10000
tons. To raise such q weight, in a tempestuous
upin he All a n
plan is to attach a large number of hollow iron
air vessels by hooks to the hull to pass chains
under it to place 1000 air balloons in the ship,
each having q lifting power of one ton; to
draw her into shallow water; and when che
| has risen to a short distance below the surface,
| to lower a floating dock and catch her. The
mechanical d difficulties presented by the dark
| ness and the enormous pressure of water seem
| almost overw heming; but men do not usually
| enter into a contract without good hope of
being able to do the work.
A murder case awaiting trial at the Cudda
pah Sessions in India last month was, accord
ing to the India papers, expected TO give rise
to much legal discussion as to whether the Cir
| cumstances justified the charge. juggler
which rendered him "bnllet proof" invited
the prisoner in the case to aim at him with q
| loaded musket, assuring him that he might do
| so without the slightest fear of producing any
! painful results. The prisoner accepted the
kind invitation, and with q loaded musket
presented to him by the jngg'cr immediately
cont bullet through his head. IL is urged
that as there was no intention Oh the part of
the prisoner to kill the deceased, the charge of
| murder cannot be maintained. The jugEler
| WAS thoroughly confident of his own invulner-
| ability, and several of his relations who were
| to be called as witnesses for the defence were
prepared to prove that, although several times
shot at before he never hurt. Some few
years ago in England :, wizard " at one Of the
| theatres begged one of the audience as a favor
to fire gun at him. The spectator thus in
vited loaded the gun with a charge of shot ht
| had brought with him for the express purpose
of testiog crucialy the alleged Notwithstanding
of the wizard. The result was painful in the
ex'reme-the wizards face was peppered will
the shot, and the spectator who fired the guI
Both narrowly escaped death-one by the gun
the other by the galiows.