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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-05-28

ST JosEpHs ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES,
Conducted by the Sisters of Charity
Near Emmitsburg. Frederick County, MAzylan2s.
This Institution pleasantly situh ed In hoalya5
picturesque part of Frederick county Maryland ise
mile from Emmitsburg, and two miles from McusSt q1
Mary College 1t was commenced in 1909, and hxsMi
Porated by the Legislature of Maryland In 1915 Hk
buildings are convenient and spacious. -
- TERhs.-
The academic lie divided into sessions Ivt
months each. -
Board and Tuition per academic year. including
BED ana Bedding, Washing, hend!ng and
L. IL ior each sssspn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l25 %
ALL PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
The Academic year vded In TO two Sessions of Ava
months each beginning reSpectiv ely the MonHV
of September and the first Of February
Letters Of inquiry directed to the
MOTHER SUPERIOR.
NOS 10 ly st. JoseDb's Academy EmmitSburR. Ma.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-05-28
isrnIng Star and Catholic Messenger.
TTW oRIEAss, SUNDAY. May as 1875
JUVENILE COLUMN.
CONFIRMATION.

CONFIRMATION.
Although baptised'a Catholic,
Right glad ought to be
That there's anotf or Sacrament
To rouse the faith in me.
For though 'tis such n lovely faith,
Perhaps If were tried,
should not have the strength to die
As holy martyrs died.
st. Potter was . noble saint,
Who loved bis Master well,
And yet upon that awful night.
Through craven fear, he fell.
And ali the scared Apostles Nod
Unmet by fear CT frown'
Ard never dared TO speak, until
The Hely Ghost came down.
The Holy Ghost, with all His gifts,
or wisdom, love and fear
The seven. fold gifts that heat the heart
And light the mind 30 clear;
That set a mail upon the soul
Never to face or fee,
But shine out like q star in heaven
For countless hosts TO see.
But would it not be over sad
If, by some hidden Elm,
missed the seven fold tide OF grace
The holy Ghost will bring
And If tho sign, the awful sign,
Upon my soul shou be
A mark to bring Code anger down.
With surer stroke, on met
With what wondrous act CT love
Did Chr'st's own Mother try
To lift her sinless Heart to meet
The spirit from on hight
And Christ's Apostles duly came
And gathered round her there,
Where still they kept their holy watch
In solitude and prayer.
And I. weak and sinful child,
Shall rush lightly ON
Where holy men with bowed heads
And reverent feet have comet
Father will confess my sins.
And keop my conscience clear,
At least from every wilful Sin,
Through love as well ~ fear.
And OIL will not pray and pray,
Where none bu. God can see,
The Holy Ghost, with all his gifts,
To como and dwell in mel
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-05-28
SPRING HILL COLLEGE,
(sT. JosRPHs,J
NEAR MOBILE. ALA.

This long Institu ton known
| fifth Scholastic year
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

mellow and pulyerize the soil as moth
ing else can. If clover grows thriftily,
the top acts as a mulch, shading the
ground and keeping it moist. A crop
of two tons or more Of clover, whether
plowed under or cut for hay, can hard
" fail to leave the soil better than it
was before. 1t should be the farmers
aim to grow the largest possible crops
of clover. A slight dressing of gypsum
100 pounds per acre in early spring
often produces wonderful results. But
if farmer has little we'll rotted ma
nure, the scrapings of barn yards, fall
is the time to apply it. Glover is often
injured by freezing and thawing WIN
tiers, and a very slight covering of ma
nure will afford great deal of pro-
lection. Rich earth from the corner of
fences, is we'll worth drawing a short
distance on young clover, provided the
ground is hard and firm. If the field
is not to be moved next season, coarse
manure can be used.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Railways at the Bottom of the Sea

When railways on land were first
talked of the projectors were credited
with being visionary enthusiasts. What,
then, is likely to be thought of those
who seriously propose to have railways
under the sea. A submarine carriage
of most ingenious construction has re-
Gently been invented in Paris to cross
the channel, and for navigating deep
rivers and canals. The carriage is Of
galvanized iron, and is Theoretically
sealed. AS its lightness. compared with
surrounding water, would cause it at
once to rise to the surface, it is attached
to a heavy eight-wheeled truck, which
runs on line Of rails laid down under
the ocean. 1t is not fastened SO secure
ly, however, but that, in the event of
an accident, it could be at once detach-
ed and Above to ascend to the open
air, when it would be easy to make for
the nearest port. The motive power
is supplied by two screws driven by
compressed air An enormous quanti-
ty of air is distributed through the inte-
rior in mum erous pipes, for the benefit
of the screw and passengers We might
enter still farther into details, and de-
scribe the electric light at the bows,
which is to illuminate both the road
and the interior of the vessel; the en-
trance for the passengers, hermetically
sealed when all are aboard; the strong
glass windows, out of which any one
may see the marvels of the deep; the
raft carried ON the roof, and the divers
chamber at the stern Manufacturers
Trade Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

sary to call in detective, and to have
him searched, whereupon the gentle
man evinced great mental disturbance.
AS this agitation only confirmed the
suspicious Of his guilt a policeman was
actually summoned; but, just as the
halfresisting stranger was about to be
exposed to gross personal indignity, an
attendant cried out that he had found
the medal. The effigy had indeed
fallen to the ground and rolled under
one of the presses. The curators Of
the collection, of course, overwhelmed
the Russian gentleman with apologies.
But they could not refrain from asking
him why he had exhibited SO great re-
luctance to be searched.
For this reason" said the foreigner,
still pallid and trembling with agitation:
1t has been generally asserted and be-
leved that the fellow to your Constan-
tine Chorus medal is not to be found
in the whole world. You told me so,
half dozen times, this morning. Now,
| happen to possess a counterpart of
this very medaP'-he produced it as he
spoke, from his waistcoat pocket
"and it was my wish to enjoy your dis
comfiture when l proved to you that
your treasure was not unique. But
what would have been my position if
your medal had not come to light, and
mine had been found in my pocket?
Who would have believed my story
about the counterpart?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Pumpkins for Cows.

From peck of seed dropped and
covered in the gaps of a cornheld, a
diary of nine COWS has been kept up to
summer milking, and the quality of the
butter is super-excellent; and six heifer
calves raised from the above are as fat
as moles. The cattle are fatter, too,
than majority of the cattle slaughter
ed. These COWS have been making
about six pounds of butter per week,
besides supplying new milk and cream
for gentleman's house with sixteen
inmates. The pumpkins are chopped
up in the manger, noon and night,
about half bushel each time when cut
into pieces. They eat while being MIXED
morning and night, and they come to
the yard and go into the stable for half
an hour at noon. Beets, carrots, and
some other roots and small ears of corn
will follow, SO as to keep up the milk
during the winter. Correspondence OF
Country Gentleman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Improbable Match-Making.
Sandusky (O.) Register.

A few months ago one Yoncker, in
Hancock County, offered anyone $50
who would procure him, or be instru-
mental in procuring him, wife. Sub
sequently, a young man named Sam
uel Wickham introduced Yoncker to a
widow named Oren, and Yoncker was
so enamored of the charms of the
lady that he woed and won her. AS
soon as the two were made one, Wick
ham demanded a fee of $50 for his
services in procuring a wife for Yonck-
er; but the unhappy husband refused
to pay the money. Wickham at once
commenced legal proceedings against
Yoncker, and had him taken before a
Justice of the Peace; but the man of
law decided the case against the plain
tiff, and Wickham didn't get cent for
his labors as matchmaker, and is out
Of pocket the costs of the suits. He
has gone out of the wife-procuring
business.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
What to do with the Straw

Many farmers in "the West" and
some in what we call the East" are
troubled as to what to do with the piles
of straw which lie about the fields The
solution is easy where considerable
stock is kept. Some poles should be
set In the ground, and rails or other
poles laid upon them so as to form a
sloping roof. This is made near or
around the place chosen for threshing
the grain. The straw from the thresh-
ing-machine is heaped upon the rails,
making long stack, which forms three
sides of square, with the open side
toward the South, and leaving a space
beneath it in which cattle may be shell
tered from storms. In this enclosure
some rough troughs or racks may be
placed, from which to feed corn. Here
the cattle will feed and lie, or will lie at
night under shelter, while feeding dur
ing the day on corn in the field AS the
straw that is given them becomes
trampled and mixed with the drop
pings, further supply is thrown down
from the stack. The accumulation
may be removed and spread upon the
field to be plowed in when it is so re-
quired, and the stakes pulled up and
moved to another place, where they
may be needed for the same purpose
Such shelter as this would be very
.serviceable for the purpose of making
manure, even where straw is scarce.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
To Sow Tobacco Seed.

Select a plot of land with slope to
the south, where it will receive the
suns, rays all day, especially at morn
ing, burn well with brush and some
heavier wood; after cooling off, remove
brands and Goals, leaving the ashes to
be worked into the soil; dig two and a
half inches deep with a hoe, pulveriz-
ing the ground thoroughly, and mixing
the ashes well with soil, then rake
smooth and level, removing all the
roots, and other trash; then with rake
handle, mark it both ways, four feet
between marks. Put a tablespoonful
of seed into gallon of sieved ashes;
SOW one way and then SOW across on
the other which will make the sowing
regular. After sowing, tramp or roll
so as to imbed the seed well, ditch
around the upper side to keep of
water, and cover with brush cut from a
living tree, or green hazel bushes suffii-
GENTLY thick to protect them from the
wind. Sow any time from first of Jan
uary to first of April, when the ground
is sufficiently dry. If sown as late as
April, sprout the seed before sowing
Journal Of Ag1icuHure
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Circumstantial Evidence.

A story, illustrating the crushing
force of mere circumstantial evidence,
has for its hero a Russian gentleman of
distinction, who, provided with strong
and fattering recomm endations, visited
the coin and medal room Of the
French national institution. The coins
and medals in this collection being, to
all intents and purposes, priceless, the
curators are compelled to exercise the
very utmost caution as to the admis-
sion of strangers, and to keep a sharp
lookout on the visitors while they are
inspecting the rarest of the numismatic
treasures.
The Russian gentleman wished to
see a medal-say of Constantine
Chlorus-which was of gold, of large
size, and reputed to be unique. Sud
denly, while he was bending over it, the
medal disappeared, and the foreigner
declared that it had slipped from his
hand and fallen on the floor. After a
scrupulous examination of every chink
and Granny in the room, the officials
began to doubt the strangers integrity,
and intimated that it would be neces-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
The Pressed Gentian.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

The time of gifts has come again,
And, on the northern window pane,
Outlined against the days brief light,
A Christmas token hangs in sight.
The hayward travellers as they pass,
Mark the gray disk of clouded glass;
And the dull blankness seems, perchance,
Folly to their wise Ignorance.
They cannot from their outlook see
The perfect grace it hath for me;
For there the flowers those fringes through
The frosty breath of autumn blew,
Turns from without its face of bloom
To the warm tropic of my room,
As fair as when beside it's brook
The hue of bending skies it took.
So, from the trodden ways of earth;
Seem some sweet souls who veil their wealth
And offer to the careless glance
The clouding gray of circumstance.
They blossom best where heartb-tires burn,
To loving eyes alone they turn
The flowers of inward grace that hide
Their beauty from the world outside.
But deeper meanings come to me,
Ny half;nmortal flower, from thee!
Man judged from partial view,
None ever yet his brother knew
The Eternal eye that sees the whole,
May better read the darkened soul,
And find, to outward sense denied,
The flower upon its inmost side!
ST. Nicholas for March
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Harbingers Of Spring.
From the Chicago Tribune, Feb. 26th.

from the Chicago Tribune. Feb. 18th.
1t is not often in this la titude that the
earliest arrival of the migratory birds
from their winters sojourn in southern
climates occurs before the closing days
of February. Towards the last of that
month, if the season has not been I'M
commonly rigorous, the observer will
note the return of stray blue-birds and
robins, and red-winged starlings,-the
species of song birds that may justly be
called the harbingers of spring." This
year, after a winter of unusual mild
ness, the early birds were to be expected
sooner than is customary, and, in fact,
they have confirmed the expectation.
On the 18th, the faint, timid notes of a
blue-bird was heard in the groves on the
lake shore; and, in hurried, uncertain
flight, the little stranger was seen rang
ing from tree to tree, in an apparently
anxious and bewildered mood of loneli-
ness. 1t looked as if bit of the blue
sky had taken wings and huttered down
to the earth, to murmur in sweet, war
bling tones that the spring has set her
face toward us. Out of the bosom of
the heavens the bird always seems to
come, with plumage cleft from the
blue that bends overhead, and voice
soft and soothing as that which should
fall from an angels lips. Truly it is a
messenger from a brighter world, for it
brings glad promise of the fair flow
ers, the bland breezes, and therioh mel
odies of the vernal season.
On the 18th, too, a flock of pigeons
was seen floating off to the northwest;
while, earlier than this, at odd intervals,
geese, in their queer, harrow-shaped
lines, have been observed making their
way to feeding-grounds north of U.s..
1t has been asserted by trustworthy
persons that the frogs have been heard
on several evenings in both january and
February, piping in the streams in the
vicinity of this city 1t is odd that the
uncouth creatures should have pulled
their head out of their winter night
caps thus prematurely; but the mys-
ferrous thrills that tingle through the
earth's heart at the approach of spring
are felt, we must believe, at the bottom
of the waters, and start from their
slumbers all animate things, that they
may join betimes in the grand anthem
of immortal life and love.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

milk; one teaspoonful of soda; two tea
spoonfuls Of cream tartar; three cups of
flour; lemon extract to flavor.
GRANDMA's CRULLERs. eggs, six
tablespoonfuls powdered sugar, six Ia
blespoonfuls melted butter, and little
nutmeg; flour as for doughnuts. Roll
thin and cut into fanciful shapes with
tagging iron. E
DoUGHNUTs, Half pint of sweet
milk, half cup butter (scant), one cup
of yeast, salt; flavor with nutmeg or
cinnamon. Mix them at night. In
the morning roll out and let them rise
until very light, and drop in hot fat.
They are very nice, after they are fried,
to roll them in pulverized sugar
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING. a
quart of milk, and while boiling thicken
it with a pint of corn meal, remove
from the fire, thin with cold milk to the
consistency Of batter, add two well
beaten eggs, a cup of raisins, sugar to
taste, little salt, cinnamon or nutmeg,
and bake two or three hours in a mod
crate oven.
DOUGHNUTs WITHOUT EGGs.-One-half
tea cup of buttermilk or sour milk, the
same of cream and Of sugar, one tea
spoonful of salerat,ls, spice and salt to
taste; add little yeast, flour enough to
mold, and let it rise before frying; or
if an agg can be put in, the yeast can
be left out and the dough fried at
once
AN EXCELLENT PUDDING.-One-half
pound suet shred fine; one half pound
grated bread crumbs; One-quarter
pound loaf sugar, the yolks of four
eggs and the whites of two, we'll beaten;
two tablespoonful of orange MARINA
lade or sliced citron, if preferred To
be put into q buttered mold and boiled
for two hours. To be served with
sauce.
HAM ToAsr.-Chop some ham (which
has been previously dressed) very
small, and to large tablespoonful of
it add an egg well beaten up, a small
bit of butter and little cream. Mix
altogether over a fire till quite hot.
Have ready some neatly cut pieces of
bread, about the size of crown piece,
but little thicker, fried in butter;
spread the mixture on these and serve
them on napkin.
To KEEP THE HAIR FROM FALLING
OUT.-Wash the head every week IN
salt water, and rub the skin of the head
with dry coarse fowl. Then apply
dressing composed of bay rum and
sweet oil, with which few drops of
tincture of cantharides have been
mingled. This will stimulate the skin,
and keep the hair from falling out and
turning gray The dressing for the hair
may be scented with cinnamon oil or
some such warming essence.
INDELIBLE RED INK.-Dr. Elsner
states that an indelible red ink can be
prepared by taking equal parts, by
weight, of copperas and cinnabar, both
in fine powder and sifted and rubbing
up with inseed-oil with muller, finally
squeezing through cloth. The thick
paste can be employed for writing, or
stamping wooden or cotton goods, and
the color remains fast after the goods
have been bleached The reds usually
employed are not fast colors, and do
not resist the action of bleaching
agents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

A nelghbor came to us few years
since, late In the autumn, and said his
wife and children wanted him to build
an ice house, and he should like to
crafty them, but didn't like the idea of
pecking through frozen ground in order
to do 1t, and wanted to know if he
couldn't store away enough ice in his
barn or shed and protect it SO that it
would last for one season, and then he
would dig out a regular ice house. We
told him that we had kept ice for our
selves and neighbors for years in the
hay of an old barn, and desired no
better place for keeping it. He went
home and partitioned an old shed into
an ice house, which answered the pur-
pose so well that the regular" ice
house was never built If no barn or
shed room can be spared for the storage
of ice, then a cheap structure can be
built on the surface of the ground,
the size to correspond with the size of
the family, twelve feet square and
eight feet high being ample for family
of ten Or a dozen, as it will contain a
thousand cubic feet of ice, or thirty
tons. If no regard is had to the looks
of the structure, it may as we'll be COW
cred with rough hemlock boards as
with shingles, for all that is required of
the roof is to keep out the sunshine
and rain. The more circulation Of air
above the ice the better it will keep.
Neither is there any necessity for
double boarding the sides. Plank are
better than boards for the siding, and
when plank are used, posts and studs
are superf1uous. Flooring, of course, is
unnecessary, as sawdust is the best pos
sible flooring, and should be strewed
over the surface Of the ground to the
depth of five or six inches as a non
conductor of the heat Of the earth.
If the ice house is built near the dwell
ing house, good taste demands that it
should be shingled and also sided with
planed stuff so that it may be painted
and not be Disagreement to the prem
ises, but we prefer to store ice some
where near the barnyard, so that it
may be washed in the watering trough
of the cattle before being taken to the
house for use.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
COIOrinp Cheese,

The preference for colored cheese is
one of the strangest commercial infat-
uations we are acquainted with. The
Yorkshire people, shrewd as foxes gen
orally, have notion that plain cheese
is not genuine for some reason or other,
that it is not so rich as the other,
whereas it is really the colored cheese
that is not genuine-that is, actually
adulterated with annatto to produce the
deep tint which they unwisely prefer.
If these good people were to taste just
a teaspoonful of annatto. such as is
used to color cheese with, we venture
to predict they would eschew colored
cheese for the future. However, this
fallacy is gradually being extinguished,
London Agricultural Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08
Agricultural Notes.

The London Live Stock Journal saws
that in the London diaries shorthorns
are very largely in use. In fact pure
bred shorthorns and their crosses con-
stitute the principal source of the me-
tropolitan milk supply.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Prairie Farmer
says he bought four bells of different
sizes to the 100 sheep, and put them on
good, active specimens. This was
about twelve years ago, and he has not
had a sheep killed by dogs Or wolves
since that time. Some of the neighbors
have tried the same plan with similar
success
The Rural NeaU Yorker says: cit has
been proved in the case of thousands
of COWS that have lived to a good old
age that they can be bred to give milk
ten months in the year, breed a healthy,
strong calf, and be ready for a good
milking season the next year. We
should seek such COWS, and discard
those that persist in drying early, even
if they give good mess for short sea-
son."
The Ralral Home Says owe tried the
experiment this year on several alter
nate rows of potatoes, about 80 rods
long, of planting part about 2. or
inches deep, and another part 5 inches
deep. The latter invariably produced
from 20 to 25 per cent. more potatoes,
the treatment In every respect being
the same. They were cultivated fiat,
which always gives more than when
ridged."
THE nest-boxes should be movable, so
that after Matching, and occasionally
when used only for laying, they may
be conveniently cleaned One way of
cleansing is to whitewash them, but
another, preferred by some, is to kindle
a fire inside and char them. This prac-
tice will effectually destroy vermin and
their larvae, and will thoroughly purify
the nest by leaving a coating of char
coal inside.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen.
Hemon says that the latest explanation
of the beneficial effects of gypsum, or
plaster, is that it enables or helps plants
to first decompose and then absorb nj
trogen, Of which atmospheric air, when
pure, contains seventy-nine parts to
twenty-one parts of oxygen, hydrogen
and nitrogen, but plants cannot take
up, assimilate or feed upon them in an
elementary state; they must first be de-
composed.
A CORRESPONDENT says, that to de-
stroy rats set Indian cal on a plate for
taree nights; the fourth night sprinkle
strychnine over the meal. It may be
placed under the floors or boxes, put
ting blocks under the sides Of the box
es, that the rats may have access to the
NEAL remove the plate and the poison
in the morning If the poison is set the
first night only one or two will get it,
and others will take the alarm and
leave. If the meal is set without poi
son for several nights a great many will
become accustomed to using it.