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} a Few years ago, youths, on leaving school o.
college, were deeply impressed with the ide;
, Ehat up to that moment they had learned no
thing, and that education was in fact nothing
more than preparation of the mind for the
reception OF knowledge. Acting under this
impression they eagerly sought information
through the approved sources; to-wit, the
classics, histories, languages, mathematics and
other text books they had begun to dip into,
AS we'll as the sterling journals, periodicals and
reviews, wherein they could find essays upon
the live topics of the day.
| This reference is made of course to suoh re-
| liable publications as the Catholic Miscellanv
the metropolitan, Bro,cmaon's Rerie,o and the
Ike and not at all to the effeminate Godey's.
the dashy Frank Leslies, ard the froward Bows
ana Gtr's papers which, nowadays, unfortu-
hately too many careless parents admit beneath
tier roofs. 1t is even said that some appa-
rentiy good people allow their children to pur-
chase and read the vile periodicals issued by
that unhappy publication house that had ii,
hardihood to prin5 Maria Monk! Bat il is,
perhaps. unfair to notice such families ing:
now, since these lines arc addressed nat AZ all
to them.
The purpose ut present is o direct thu atteIi-
tion of young men just FROM school to the OK.
istenco of such solid and instructive perIodi-
Gals as the Freeman's Journcl, Catholic Rerie,r.
Catholic World and Catholic Quarterly Rcrie1c, all
of which are specially adapted to aid the
youthful scholar in the pursuit of useful in
formation.
From what Is seen opon steamers and rail-
roods, in hotels, reading rooms, book stores
and even private parlors one would think that
that the sum of human knowledge was con.
tanned in pictorial periodicals and illns,rated
hand books; ard tnis communication il in
tended simply as r note of warning, to guard
the we'll disposed part of our young men from
being carried away by this pernicious food of
worse than nonsense, and TO advise them to
try back" upon the old-fashioned plau of
solid" instead of light" reading, if they
Wish to pioneer q second century even half as
glorious as the FIRST Just past.
Young men, if you read any thing, read only ..
uch books aud journals will tend to make
'ou intelligent Christian gentlemen, an honor t
o your Alma Mater and source of lust pc;d. I
o your parents and friends. SENIOR =
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Here il what Ireland wants, according to
the Montreal Sun. 1t is bright picture, which
we trust may soon be realized:
What Ireland wants is the comfort nnd hap.
p'ness OF her people, that every irish peasant
Should eat the bread of independence; should
landlord myrmidons will disturb him; should
see his children's looks brighton into q blaze
upon bis loTIy hearth, and have no fear that
those rosy cheeks will blanch beneath a winters
wind; that the wife of his bosom shonld share
his pleasure with no sad forebodiugs of house,
less poverty; that he should view his humble
heritage and SEQ the waving corn ripening for
his children's bread and not for the landlords
rent; that his house, his HEARTH his altar, his
words, his steps, his thoughts hi spirit should
be free; that he should walk abroad among
his fellow men with the consciousness of inde-
Pendence, with the security and confidence of
a freeman. That is what Ireland wants.
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the TAVages o: Drunkenness in Great Britain
are nov exciting renewed attention there and
the scientific ciasses, aa we'll as the clergy, are
Trying t" discover some practical way CT deal
ing with the evil. The Archbishop of Canter
hory recently addressed the House of Lords on
tho subject, being induced to do SO by me-
mortal from eight thousand clergymen of the
Established Church; and the House of Lords
"pPolnted select committee to undertake the
desired inquiry. The Pail Mall Gazette dis
ousses the question as one of great Importance
to the British people, but finally falls into
state Of discouragement, and closes thus:
1t is quite possible that the real remedy for
drunkenness is TO be sought in the discovery Of
some non Intoxicating drink which shall be at
once palatab!e, cheap, and easy of distribution
1t cannot be sal that any drink now exists
which combines ell these Recommendations
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Speaking of political life. Macaulay saws


often wonder what strange infatuation
leads men who can do something better TO
sqnander their intellect their health, their
energy on such objects as those which most
statesmen are engaged in pursuing. That q
man before whom the two paths of literature
and politics lie open, and who might hope for
emlnence in either, should choose politics and
quit literature, seems to me madness. On the
one side are health, Leisure, peace of mind, the
search after truth, and all the enjoy ments Of
friendship and conversation. On the other
side are almost certain ruin TO the constitution
constant labor, constant anxiety. Every
friendship which q man may have becomes pre-
carioCs 80 soon as he engages in politics. For
what IS 1t that he submits, day after day. to
see morning break over the Thames, and then
totters home with bursting temples to bed Is
it for fame Who would compare the fame of
Charles Townshend to that OF Hume, of Lord
North to that of GIbbon, Of Ford Chatham to
that Of Johnson.
Since his overwhelming defeat in 1874, the
Right Hon. VIM. E. Gladstone has expressed
the same sentiments. From fierce political
cOmbats with Disraeli and the other Conserva-
tives, the Liberal leader has turned to the more
cOnRenisl and less ardnous tack Of abusing the
Pope and the Catholic Church.
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NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1876.
Nobody's Boys.
Editor Morning Star:

Editor Morning Star:
: isupposed you noticed in the Pioayuns latel,
! that touching appeal in behalf Of our "Stree
Arabs" l doubt not some good hum manitariar
will yet take hold and do some good for thi.
poor, friendless class, which in a few years will
be 30 powerful for good evil in our midst.
The foremost thought to me is, that o large
majority of these little nomads are the baptised
children of Catholic parents, and hence have
special claims on Catholic guardianship; and
what want to know is, if there be not in this
large and charitable community at least one
devoted Catholic man or woman willing to step
forward and save from impending ruin few
OF these immortal sonls which God certainly
| created for his own bright Heaven.
NOW that so many of the currents of industry
are exhausted, the number of these unproyided
boys ls greatly increasing from the non en-
pIoyment OF their parents; and consequenfly
there IL "a greater necessity of locking after
them.
IL Won't do 10 say the timas are TOO hard
now t" undertake such WORK" for lot rs re-
member tre fact, that these boys are now living
ana VIII continue TO live at somftoGys erpense
ANA srlce the community is TINS bound TO sup
pert them, whether wild tame, how much
better 1t will bc to take them under control
AID raise them mp to be good and useful men
than leave them in their present semi.4avage
state, which must lead many of them to the
Penitentiary, and some, alas! even to seats in a
Radical Legislature.
10 prevent this calamity, there must be |
gifted man among us, whose dfildence has kept |
him back till now. Let him reflect that the
time of his mission is at hand, and the longer
he delays the greater will be his responsibility.
Let him so to work this very day If he be able
TO take care of only one poor boy. God will
'oon show him the way to provide for others
aud let Us hope that 10y this means New OrIeans
nay shortly be able to point with pride and
happiness to her own "FATHER NUGEST.S u
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appropriations for the last year of sly 6G3. :
"91, being reduction Of S29, ,944, 253.

SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
-on the 10th the first regular Democratic
convention since 1860 met 81 Columbia 1t was
oody truly representing the virtue, wealth
ana intelligence of the State. General Wade
Hampton was unanimously nominated for Gov
S, 9rnor; IN his address Gsnl Hampton said
Inc platform which yon have adopted here 10
SO catholic in its spirit so strong in it's found
alton and so broad in it's construction that
every man in South Carolina who honestly de-
slres reform can find room to stand upen it,
with such platform where citizens of all par
Lies and all races can stand assured of equal
rights and iull protection, you can surely bring
oack to our distracted State the great blessing
of good government.
For myself, should be elected to the high
position for which you have nominated me,
my sole effort shall be to restore our State
Government to deosnoy, to honesty. ts ecor-
omy and to integrity. I shall be the Governor
OF the whole people, knowing no party, max
ing no vindictive DETERMINATIONS, holding the
scales of justice with firm and impartial
Land, seeing rs far as in me lies that the laws
are enforced and justice tempered by mercy,
projecting nj ciassos alike, and devotinE every
effort To the restoration of prosperity and the
re-estaDl1sa:uen9 Of honest Government.
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The German Government has jdst completed
an immense establishment in Mayenoe, for pre-
pairing provisions for the army in time of war
The main building is more than 1000 feet long,
with four extensive wings. A railway branch
rams directly in to the grounds. Two engines
of 1900 horse power are used to run the ma
chinery. The water is drawn from wells fed by
the Rhine, and is pumped up by steam into
reservoir which will hold about SOC, 600 gal
lone. When the mandatory is in full work
it will be capable of boiling down and con-
of -four, and of making 100000 loaves of
bread. It will also be able to supply enough
preserved oats for q days feeding Of the horses
belonging to IN army corps Of 25O, 600 men.
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ELECTION OF CORONER FOR THE CITY or
CORK IREt-AND-At a special meeting recently held Of
tho Cork Town Council Mr.. Alfred Blake vas elected
ty a handsome majority Coroner, to fill the vacancy
created by the death of the former incumbent Mr. Jones
The of this Office is for life the position
calculated to increase the popularity an Efficient
officer. Mr.. Blake il talented and rising young Nom.
Der Of the Bar Of his city. He Is brother Of Hon j.
Blake Grown Solicitor Of Cork, and Of our estosmsd
fEisnd, Henry A. Blake, Esq.
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How the Froenan's Journal is Helped BY It's
Friends


In the last issue of the New York FreemGn',
journal, Mr.. McMaster says:
(.
We said not aLniss, week or two ago, that
those who wrote, and published, formed but
part OF " not the great Bishop of Langres, Mgr
Par!sis called the Apostolate of the Catholic
press" Those who take part in propagan0g this
true Catholic Press, have part, not less than
those who Issue it. In the view of God, perhaps
far greater.
Here is an instance that humbles us exceed
iingly, knowing osr little worth but it shows
how Catholic Journal can be propaRated
Will the learned and devoted priest, friend Of
us, unworthy Of him, forgive us for mentioning
his nsmef
1t is Father John Van Gennip, of Alpena,
Mlchlgan. he writes ns that, in June last, he
recommended to his people the FTeen.ans Jour
nat After waiting, he did not find the response
he bad expected ::
" Yesterday the weather was oppressvely
warm. was not feeling well but, did not
care for the fatigue, nor for soiling two shirts
with perspiration; Here is the resnlt (twenty-
twenty. five before am through.
=, Wishing yon Gods choicest blessing, in the
) sweet Hearts of Jesus and Mary, yours,
(Rev.) JOHN VAN GENNIP."
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Is orn ng Star and Catholic n assenger
PUsLI3nsD WEEKLY EY
As Nd.0 Orisans Catholic Publication Company a.
NJ. llS Pos iras street, corner Of Camp.
Tho Directors OF the Company arcs
lost Rev. NAPOLEON JOSEPH PKRcHE,
Archbishop of New Orleans,
President.
VIM. j. CAsrELL,
II Vice Presidents.
Very Rev. G. RAYMOND,
Very Rev. C. MoYNrRAN.
Rev. T. J. KENNY,
eev. T. ]. SMITH, G. N.
Rev. B. A. NKrTHART, C. SO. Z.
Rev. P. F. ALLEN,
JOHN T. GIBBONS, 4
John McCAFFRRY,
ID. II. BUCKLEY.
All comm unications are TO be adirsssed tn tba
Sdttor ofThs Morning Stor Catholic Nssssnor,
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Approua! Of tn. Nos. Gev. A,oAo..Ae,

We approve of the aforesaid unaoR.
taking, and commend it to the Catholics
of our Diocese.
j. N. ARCHBISHOP OF NEW ORInANs.
December I2, 1867.
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Morning Star and Catholic MesssHasr

! THE MORNING STAR hss boon aAaskak
with the approval of the ecclesiastical
authority of the Diocese, to supply an
admitted want in New Orleans, and In
mainly devoted to the interests of The
Catholic Church. 1t will not interfere
politics except wherein they intaxfsRe
with Catholic rights, but will expooa
iniquity in high places, without regard 10
persons or parties. Next to the spiritual
rights of all men, it will especially ohsu.
pion the temporal rights of the poos.
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rorms-ssnslo Copy, Cents; BY Mail, ss-in Ad,.n..
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In the lset Issue of the New York Freeman
JournGl. Mr.. McMaster says:
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family of Secretary Belknap, her sister
then being Lis vie. As Tor the stories
Of her fortune, they have been grossly
exaggregated. Mr.. u. g. Leonard, well
known among wholesale hardware men
at Chicago and New York, and yet in
the trade here, tells me that for year
alter her husband's death Mrs. Bower
continued her interest In the firm OF Il.
q. Leonard & Co., and at that time drew
out for her snare OF the business about
SIG, eco, which, with $4,000 insurance on
the life OF Mr.. Bower, constituted her
entire fortune.
AS for the romantic story OF her dev6-
tion to the cause Of the Union, attentions
10 wounded soldiers, etc., 1t is all sheer
fabrication, though possibly she may
have been coniounded with her sister,
the wife Of an Iowa colonel, since de-
ceased. She was, in the current slang,
"a RED HOT REBEL."
Two Of her bfotners had served IN the
Rebel army, and the story published in
the Tribune of her forming the acquaint-
ance OF Belknap by applying to him in
their behalf when prisoners in our hands,
and under his charge as Union officer,
is probably correct. Her story as sum-
med up by gentleman here who was in
timately acquainted wlth'her, ana asso-
Grated with ner husband Tor years In
business, Is that she was
A HANDSOME, DASHING BELLE,
who married olu Juhn Bower to secure
such social position as very moderate
competence would buy; VINO was litter
ate, but proud, quick, and ambitious,
and improved her advantages 10 The ut
most, and was mistress Of that lnde-
scriDable queenly grace which enables
beautiful woman to hide even her igno-
rance, and to audaciously overyoMer
criticism as often as she MADE iau1
pas, and, as her eXpelience Wioaeneu' a|le'
she learned to avoid b!unders.
OF exquisite beauty and grace, charm
ing manner and illimitable self-posses-
sion, she entered society 10 win the top
most position; she seems to have been
sort of Kentucky Becky Sharp, ana how
sne won the topmost position after the
style Of our latter-day Becky Sharpe, and
how she toppled from that height, every
body now knows.
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onsaida the Ola Party.

Eyes, we tried the 'Reform' plan in
our county last year," said an old
farmer on the incoming train this morn
ing. "We Grangers jined in with the
Democrats and tue Liberals and lnde-
pendents and the Woman Sufragists
and the Whatnots, and jest carried
everything before us-we did-all to save
expense and extraYagance in Office, you
see,"
"Well, did you succeed in your OBJ
jectT asked gentleman passenger.
'Nawv' exclaimed the ancient soil
tiller in disgust; ''we jest got ourselves
into a fix-expenses gettin' bigger and
taxes is eatin' us up worse'n ever"
"IndeedT
"Yes, sure's YOU'RE born," continued
the elderly plow-jogger; snow there's no
County Superintendent-we 'lected q
woman to that position, and she didn't
want no salary or nothin', she said, but
you should a-seen her last yere's report
sent in tort-nit ago"
"What, was 1t heavy oneW
"Whal I should say it wasp re.
sponded the grim husbandman; sflog me
ii she didn't nave 220 days charged up fol
Examinations, 80 days for visitiR schools
and 4 days for bein' at the State 'Socia-
tion-sticken' US payers with 313 days
at S4 a day-$1, ,252, by hokey !-inur'n
could earn farmin' in three hui
years~
"She ought to be satisfied with that"
remarked another passenger.
"But she wasn't," declared the ole
man; ssblamed il she didn't seem to b.
mad because 1t wasn't leap year, SOL
she could crowd in mother Workin' day 7
l-[Chieago Journal.
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Mr.. PENDLEToN's case before the ex-
kmining committee did not present exact
BY the clean thing we had expected. This
thing OF men lodging behind the barrier
Of "big fees" is getting pretty well
played out. Even as administrator of
the Bowler estate, the charge of $4,000
nut of $4,000 claimed, looks to be
rather more than the law allows. 1t is
well understood, that while an admins
lrator Is to be allowed extra compensa-
sion for extraordinary services, he is
not allowed to make specuiating con-
tracts in regard to the assets ofthe es-
tate by purchase or otherwise. We
Ihink further explanation is in order.
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A Double Ender.

Mr.. David W. Cartwright, a trapper
well known in the West, and a man
whose word may be implicitly trusted,
states, in his late work on "Western
Wild Animals" that he once discovered
a two-headed snake in the vicinity Of
Humboldt River. Tne creature was
diminutiYe in size. measuring only six
teen inches in length, and was s'at one
end about like lead pencil, the other
end being larger" The heads ter
minated the two extremities, that at the
tail being smaller than the one at the
opposite end. They were both perfectly
developed, and seemed to share the
leadership between them, tor the snake
was able to crawl equally we'll with
either one foremost. The reptile had
been fatally wounded by party In ad-
vance OF him, just before Mr.. Cartwright
found 1t, therefore he had not much op.
portunity to experiment with 1t; yet be
states that, sit stick were put in. front
OF either head, it the snake) would back
away from It,"
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VARIOUS reasons are assigned for
young Fred. GRANTS sudden witnaraWai
from Washington and joining his troops
ON the frontier. Some say Sheridan or
idered him off in anticipation Of a war
with the Sioux az soon as the grass gets
higher; and others say that he went be-
cause the banking concern beaded by
Fred. and young Cooke was about to
COLLAPSE,
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THkRE 10 nothing so addicted to
sserookedness" as the Mississippi River.
Esen whisky itself is straight compared
with the Father Of Waters. 1t is ascer-
tsiHed that the distance from St. Louis
- the Gulf at South Pass, in a straight
line, Ia 6G4 miles; yet the Mississippi
River takes 1870 miles, a little over
twtee Che direct distance, to reach the
esnIf. And all this fow ison fall ofonly
6oe feet from st. Louis to the Gulf, an
average Or only fraction over three and
b halt inches per mile, -7-sa.
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WEDNESDAY .............. MARCH rs

The NEW HAMPSHIRE ELgcTIoN has
evidently resulted In Iavor OF the Repub-
Iican tickets. A close vote WAS antici-
Pated by both parties, and the result
was mutually considered in doubt. The
vote has been unusually full, showing a
strenuous effort ON both sides. As a
karbinger Of the future the Republicans
will Of course hail the result with some
dsmohstrations OF rejoicing, as the sub
stance Of things hoped for and the evil
aence Of things not yet seen.
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What is Needed.

. y BOSTON, Feb. 13, 1S11.
HENRY II. STEVENS, Esq: Dear Sir-About
dition from general debility. YEGETlNE was
strongly recommended to me by friend who
had been much benefited by its use. l pro-
cured the artlcle, and, after using several bot
Ties, was restored to health, and discontinued
it's use. | feel quite confident that there is no
medicine superior to it for those complaints for
whloh it is especially preparedi and woeld
cheerfully recommend it to those who feel that
they need something to restore them to perfect
health. Respectfully yours,
u. L. PEFTENGHL,
Firm OF S. NJ. Petteng II u Co.,
No. ~ state street, Boston.
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( TIE insurrectionary movements In
European Furkey, SO far from being
suppressed as was announced, are be-
coming more general and intensified.
Meanwhile the Sultan is trying TO bor-
row money to maintain his army. But
having repudiated one-half the interest
on an unpaid loan, no money can be had.
The dark days for the Turk seem near
at hand.
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A WOMAN in Brooklyn sues the Of.
fender for $40, 900 for kissing her without
her consent. A woman kissed against
her will, will be Of the same. opinion
still.
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STRANGE things happen in Kentucky
this year. An exchange says thata babe
born in that patriotic State on the 22d
OF February Of this Centennial year, had
red, white and blue hair, with a sDanR-
lug spFead-eagle just where il would
show best-in infancy.
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A TELEGRAPH operator at Louisville is
held in durance vile for forging a tele-
graph dispatch, whereby cattle dealer
was delrauded Of about 81, 100. As the
case is reported, the accused stands a
fair chance to be elected to the peni-
tentiarY.
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1T is reported that MIR. STOREY, of the
Chicago Times, is about to dispose OF
leetle less than one-haf (forty-nine one
hunaredths) of his interest in that pa
per Tor half million OF dollars. "rhe
old, old Stor(e)yw
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THE English language is becoming en-
riched by recent eyents, though At ooa-
siderable expense IN the first invest-
ment. We have now such words as
Beccherology. Creditmebllierism, Bab-
cock kodoodleism, schenckiana, Winslow-
Salarygrabbery, and Belknap-
cry; and the columns still open for CON-
ing recruits. Wonderful languagei
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A CONTEMPORARY asks: ais there any
record in history of party that was so
quick to condemn and disgr ace its own
representatives, when convicted OF
wrong-doing, as the Republican party T'
Wen, perhaps not. But then they are
kept rather TOO busy at it nowadays.
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THE Eastern papers admit that Ken
lucky is rather a meaty State, but they
shake their mutton-heads at that shower
of mutton-chops. They think there is a
little too much blue grass in it.