The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-03-04

d sixth of one per cent real value
M The buildings for the great Paris Exposition
b&Of 1873 are making rapid progress. over , O0u
&woEkmen are employed with 200 carts, be-
sides numerous barges and clTcular railway,
and all the work on the foundations has been
GDmpleted.
~ The electric light ID becoming common in
Faris in connection with works TIA at have To be
vAoarried on during the Eight. a large lamp h az
been established in the avenue de l'Opera and
Others are employed in the Trocadero iu
Palace.
In Worcester England, January 20 H. a farm
laborer was tin'd Sl2 and costs bY "A petty ses.
sions court for having refused TO obey the law
.fui commands of his employer He Rad been
working fourteen hours. aud the "Iawful re-
quest " was that he should continre and load
three wagons more.
Heavy sans were wagered upon Kafr III
Natal, who offered to against horse Ia
hve-milo race. The race was run, the road,
and though the animal wa. no where during I've
hrst three miles. his endnrunce proved tho
greater in the end, and he Won amid great ap-
piause by ten lengths
A There has leeu great slaughter OF ca IL. Ia
Nevada by railroad trains this winter. Nhe
SLOW has ttea SO deep that tbr an praI= have
Bought the tracks fp' conlfof table standing
places, ana upon the approach Of u train. -t,Y
mhkInE frantic Efforts 10 F2aio the banks AT
enow Nuiug the K, have !.nr,i crushed IN
h7Ee numbers.
81 &c ueNs from L Gia in-esa,,. to ho faraiI.o
&N'stnl in D,Cnh"! :,;.a Ai,.:.s,~ not uac"ln..
We nuul",r "E !eT-"';~ nov on The relief "r"r..s
h RoHiay has increased So -. CUp, viii, IL
Madras it has RISEN to loIJ eco h.-,I+s t.:o--
NCelVlng Srh'uitoo- support. EenEAt ;.r q
BaEnah are exporting large ran,Ij!cs Of grain
~ the distressed Districts
M Lx.Pere HvacintHe delivered ~ lecture in
Geneva the other day, IN which be st; ,matizud d
Fhat city a. being the most irfdel and i'm
bboral city IN Eorupe. He says he bases hi
Hhsertion upon rhe deHecration of the Sabbath,
the general tone OF he press pnblic opinion az
manifested in the ciEh- and the spirit tua
Eliminates the education IT yOnth.
n An EOgish factory Inspector says that
cleaning machinery in motion continues to
ead TO very numerous and painful! mutla-
ions" In the balf year ending April, 1876, !
#26 persons were killed in Eugland by factory
accidents, 4Sl amputations were necessary, |
Hhere were 2jU fractures of limbs and bones. |
Snd 1913 other ipjCries-in all = 4S7 males and
md 769 females.
Rockport woman who supports her two
5ahi iIdren by hard work was asked last week by |
fellow W workman in the mill to aid in making !
~ purse for "A poor woman" She bad only |
alxty cents left 10 carry her and her children |
3Ghrough the month, but she gave twenty-tive |
cents. little later the person returned aud
told the woman that the purse was meant for |
her, and handed her So.
The brotherhood of Enginecrs was formed
thirteen years ago. 1t now embraces 1872 sub |
divisions and II 900 reguar members in ell |
parts of the United States and Canada. IL |
provides for the widows and children Of dead |
brethren, and since its organization it has
spent than s. 600 900 IN this work be-
aides donating $4,000 TO aid needy en- bers.
Only locomotive engineers eligible for
memhership, and at Il death the family receives
$4,000 cash.
k9As the contracts with tho coolies IN Peru will
shortly expire, aud as they intend in nearly all
caees retnrring to China, the agrcutuIsis
have besOuCht the Government to encourage
IN M grafton from Europe. The Congress ha-,
EAerttort, passed n law authorizing the Execu-
tFe 10 import 100000 European uen, with
&eir fa,niIler, ut the Gnvernm"ut's eXpcusr.
fhail tracts OF land VIII be gwen to them, to- !
ESther "i'h instruments OF agriculture and
npidinG, rDd alsn seeds for their first crop.
&Ecy " al toe expected TO earn food, 1t frat, hy
AbnIir& Tor others, and 10 repay the Govern
Nrat III sulaii install ments.
EWhe British HCHitary Record objects to the
&nG hours Of school hLudy, Inc numeron- eED
@Cts taught and !he slight attention given 10
10 Laws OF Psychology and hygiene i'll the
Fyscal training of pupils. 1T advises mere
&rIfui attention 10 tie relations existing be-
Teen a pup..'s physiCal we'll being and his
tDtal acrIvitv, and say There is a serious
nger OF permanently njur'ng the health of
Pills nunaturaliy CTarimod, and 4 closer ex-
nation of tie TE& seal condition of pupil
ouid Ire lar otttner taken as guide +" the
e "EEt If time I" be spent III study thau 10 now "
Iho ffsy y-e!ght horsc butchers in Paris dis :
huted TO the population of hat city 3 21l
R9ses, asses, 3Ld mule, curing the past year,
ajust G.~CJ of these nLlAas eiaD gh'eTe IN
-. socIojy, foriucd for the proa":lOn ~ ,
-se of hor,e flesh for food, q aIdcl q liver
Gtl to tue owner of the first cata hmert
s,r.,. the sale OF That meat at Lyons, and
odd n.udrI - the rT"pTloI'-f, OF n'r g n,t7c
- shops in Paris. y sum Of l,1DG francs !
also placed at tho disposal of -Lpe society l
its founder, to be applied 10 J'!c encourage {
#ot OF &uy butcher :" Eo shall fret lntrcduce =,
r>o meat the lotice Of the raO!ic OF Lon j
y.
bHayinE visited Mount VPsuvus mt the be- +
.uiug IF the present year, Professor DawkIns Y
ates that re found the Nount in state of r
frquiet reet," and that the volcano is now n
hing as a safety valve. The evidence he was r.
abIed 10 collect regarding volcanic eruptions a
those parts of the country went far to prove 2
At Etna and other volcanic beds were eithor v
tirely silent OF not in any violently active ~
te when Vebuvius was active, SO that it
+ build seem Vesuvius was now performing the :,
Et of a safety-valve to a wide tract of conn y
h, including the whole of the PhlegI@an Il
eIds, and approaching, if it did not embrace, =,
pa itself. n
The Government of Egypt is mainly by g
Eeigners. In the Naval Department on 3,
nghsh Post Captain and many of his country b
len. At the Treasury is an ex-Secretary of o
-a British admiralty. In the Pnblic Works | "a