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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30
A Village of Wild tSeasts.

Not long ago paid a visi. ito tiger.
did not owe this tiger cay for l am
very glad to say that he had, never been
to see me; but wanted to Sic him, and
so went to his house.
He did not live alone. He had a room
in large building, where there were
good many other bOarders. Some of
these were leopards, Others panthers
or lions; there was another tiger, and on
the premises might be seen almost every
kind of wild animal, from alligators to
zebras.
particularly desired to see this tiger,
because he was very large royal Ben
gal tiger, and know of no beast so
powerful and handsome as one fthese. But
there was not an animal in the establish
to him as close acquaintance.
1t was near his dinner-time when |
called and l think he would have been
very glad to have me come in and dine
with him, but had two objections to
this In the first place, the beef he al
ways had for dinner was too rare for me,
for it was not cooked at all; and, besides,
there was some things which wanted to
do the next day.
So stood and admired his magnifi-
cent coat of striped fur and his graceful
movements as he sat close to great iron
door which led into the next cage, paving
and biting at his reelection in the smooth
iron as if he had been playful kitten
instead of one of the most savage ami
mails on the face of the earth; and then
l left him, and went on little further to
see lion.
The place where these animals lived,
and still live, is the Philadelphia Zoo
logical Gardens, which mentioned last
year when wrote about "America's
Birthday Party"
These gardens are in Paramount Park,
on the western side of the Schuylkill
river (Which runs through Philadel phia),
and as they cover thirty-three
acres, you can easily see that great
many animals can be accommodated
there. The grounds are very beautiful,
and are shaded by many fine large forest
trees. There is lake where the swans
and the ducks and geese swim about, and
where the cranes stand on one leg and
watch for little fishes and frogs. Here and
there are large houses for the different
kinds of animals or birds, and there are
number of smaller buildings; but a
great many of the inhabitants of the gar
den live out of doors in fine weather. Alto
gether, there are houses and inhabitants
enough to make up good-sized village
Frank Il. Stockton, IN st. Nicholas.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30

A MERIrED SUccEss.-Marburg's Seal o
North Carolina is fast proving itself the lead
ing Smoking Tobacco Of the age.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30

THE population of the globe for the
last two centuries was estimated to be
over one thousand millions.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30

Uss Burnham's Abietim for rheumatism
and neuralgia.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30

USE Burnham's Abietine fer Group, colds,
sore throat and hoarseness.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30

THE present Sultan is man of quite
different and far more active habits than
some of his immediate predecessors. BY
place in the cheerful little room in the
right wing of the palace which he has
made his own-a little gem in its way,
furnished in ebony and green velvet, its
only adornments select library, num-
Der of maps hung on the walls, the busts
of his father and grandmother. In the
morning he sends for the Grand Marshal
of the palace and makes out the pro-
gramme for the day; he then calls for
his First Secretary, with whose assist
ance he carefully examines the public
documents sent to him. Occasionally,
while still in his dressing gown, he re-
ceives ministers on pressing business !;
otherwise he works at his papers till
after reappears in his study dressed in
the Quaker black frock-coat called
stdmbulee. Then commence the official
receptions, generally followed by Sec
and interview with his Grand Marshal,
otter which he either takes u walk in the
palace grounds or a trip on the Bospho-
rus in his yacht. He dimes shortly after
sunset, takes no raki before his dinner,
and no wine with the meal. Once or
twice week he invites some members of
the Cabinet to spend the evening with
him, and talks to them upon public af-
fairs; other evenings are devoted to mu-
sic. He has a special pianist, an Italian,
attached to the palace, and sometimes the
palace troup perform pantomime for
his amusement. About eleven, or earlier,
he retires to his harem, which, expressed
prosaically, means goes to bed. He is
perfectly conscious that his constitution
is not robust, and his physicians say that
he adheres most faithfully to their advice
for the preservation of his health,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30

Coop WORDS ABOUT WoMEN.-"There
are but two fine things in the world"
says Malherbe, "women and roses" Les
sing exclaims: "Woman is the master
piece Of the universe" Bourbon says:
"The pearl is the image of purity, but
woman is purer than the pearl" Thack-
cray writes: "a good woman is the love-
liest flower that blooms under heaven"
Balzac says: "Even the errors of woman
spring from her faith in the good" Col
taire declares: "All the reasonings Of
men are not worth one sentiment of
woman" Lamartine asserts that "women
have more heart imagination than
men," Otway exclsims: "Oh, woman!
lovely woman! Nature made thee to
temper men. We had been brutes with
out YOU"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-30

A PROMISE attended to Is debt settled.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

During the quarter ending December 31st
last, the st. Vincent de Paul Society of New
York, numbering $50 members, relieved 1875
families, making Is 500 visits to them and
giving them $l2 $40.
During the month of January and the s6rst
two weeks of February the operations of the
Society were greatly extended owing to the
rapid increase Of want among the poor and the
selection of the Society, by the Board of Chsri-
ties of New York, as one of the agencies for the
distribution of State charity. Thus, for the
first six weeks of this year 3, ESQ families were
relieved, 24,32s visits were made and 1913 s44
were distributed. The New York Herald, in
highly eulogistic article on the Society, says:
The society is under no expense for Office
rents, salaries or incidental assistance. All
the labor in the collecting and distributing of
money is gratnitously rendered, the members
attached to each conference having complete
control of the district in which the conference
is situated and of the funds collected therein.
society it becomes impossible that imposition
can be practiced, and the reports sent in to the
Particular Council, are therefore, an exact and
reliable record of the lsbors of each conference
and the extent of the relief afforded to the
poor. OF the $3.50 families, comprising about
II, 146 persons, given above as being relieved it
may be said that the majority of them are cen
slant weekly recipients of the sooiety's bounty
and are visited regularly by the visiting mem.
of the society have been much increased, the
families relieved this winter showing an in
crease of fifty per cent over the corresponding
months of last winter.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH Il, 1877
REPUBLICANLsM IN FRANCE.

The Paris correspondent Of one Of our Eng
lish exchanges, under the date of February
10th, writes:
Our present Premier, Jules Simon, is a clever
man, but he finds it no easy matter to come
safe out of the difficulties with which he has
to struggle. The Marshal keeps round himself
b number of privy councillors who are thor
who hope one day toreturn to power. Amongst
these advisers the chief of oourse The Vicomt
d'Harcourt, and they work underground
against all the measures taken by n. Jules
Simon, and strive to dscredit him with the
Marshal. At one time the President refuses to
atfix his signature to q decree; at another he
declines to give his consent to the appointment
OF some new functionary in short d. jules
Simon finds himself compelled to struggle
against sort of occult government, and In the
The publicans, who are not in the secret Of
these hidden struggles, criticise the Premier,
and accuae him of mot keeping his promises
They twit him with his hack wardness in in
Producing reforms, and threaten him with dis
m1ssaI If he does not show mora favor to Re-
publican principles and measures. NJ. Jules
Simon lie of course debarrod from entering into
public explanation of the diAacnlties that i'm
pede bis course in redeeminR the pledges he
has given to his party; this produces irri tation
- dissatisfied with their Prime Minister that
they have formed the determination to get rid
Of him. Meanw the occult government OF
which have spoken goes on creating fresh
grsvating his unpopularity with his own sup
porters. IT he should be driven from office,
how ever, it is quite certain that the Marshal
would NOT accept successor of more decided
Republican tendencies. thorough Conserve
tive Premier would como into power the
Chamber would be dissolved, and the con-
would be once more appealed to in
q general election.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

ITALIAN REPUBLICANrsM On the 9th of
February was celebrated tho anniversary of
the proclamation of the Republic in Rome
under Mazzini, and the new Republican Club
was formally opened by its members. 1t was In
tended to attempt sor"s public monstration of
Mazznian progress, but q moro prudent course
was adopted in Difference to the admonitions Of
the Government. The Republican journals
gave but meagre account of the meeting of
the club, which was held almost privately,
and without inviting those who were not men,
bers to attend. kilograms were received from
Republican clubs in the provinces, Is we'll 30
from Garibaldi, Ssha, and other MaEzlnians. The
present Ministry of Victor Emmanuel contains
three noted Republicans, namely, Baron NlcO-
tero, the hero of Sapri; Signor Melegari, the
co-cOnspirstor with MaEzini against Charles
Albert; and 6ignor Mezzacapo, the present
Minister Of War; who was in 1s49 Assistant
Minister Of War in the Republican Government
of Rome. It would seem that an understanding
snbsists between the Republicans in the Cabi-
net and the Republicans ont of it.. The Minis
terra allow the meetings Of Republicans and the
establishment of Republican newspapers, but
prohibit all meetings which are too numerous
or noisy. Some Republican,, like SA61. keep
slOof from all compromise with the Govern
mens, but others take whatever privileges they
can get, and all seem to expect soon Q change
in Italy which will destroy the Monarchy,
Sbolish the excessive taxation, and again
divide the Peninsula into set Of CoDfederstOd
States, the greater number Of which arc to be
Republics.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18
LETTER FROM PELICAN,

PLAoUKMINE, March l2sh. 1877.
Editor Morning Star:
Bot little of interest has transpired in our
section of late, and hence your correspondent
has had little inducement to soribble. Nearly
everything has had the status qso, except the
planters, and these have pursued "the even
tenor of their way" finely, and their prospects
so far are fue.
Last year our parish of 1berville made crop
of 13.9os hogsheads of sugar; 25. 100 barrels of
malasses, and about IA, 600 barrels rough rice,
which 10 an increase of over fifty per cent over
the crop of 1875. This season, We hope, with
fsir weather, our crop will exceed that of last
year by an equal rate per cent. In palmer
phrase, We hope that our sugar crop will reach
$4,000, IL not 90 600, hogsheads Of sugar. Is 30,
and We pray Almighty GOD to bless our efforts
taat it 90 happen, our people will be out of
debt, with the exception Of those whose lands
lie in the way of the MorgsDzs crevasse. OF
course these must remain mostly idle until
some better body than the Levee Company
takes charge of our levees.
The breaks in our levees in this section,
thanks to the energy of our people and their
good crop last fall, are mostly complete, but
would be poor barrier to q big water, as thoy
are too fresh. The river is, however, very low
for the season, and we hope will not cover its
banks this year.
Tho statue quo holds on, and the query is,
will 1t never end It surely will not as long as
we let it drag on, and the sooner the good peo-
pie of Louisiana rise up and say it must end,
the better it will be. Policy does well some
times, but We have had too much of that sort
of thing already. PELICAN.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18
NUMBER 8.

sUBLIMELr RiDrcULoUs-On the 27kh OF
February, Mr.. Stanley Matthews, now well
known throughout the land 40 Hayes' chief
striker. wrote ne follows to Packard:
As soon as the existing military orders are
withdrawn, the Nichols Government will be-
come the only existipg Government, and will
have to be recognized then 10 such. In the
meantime 1t will de the duty Of the Adminis-
tration to tske care that the results shall mot
imperil the rights and equity of the colofed
people of Louisiana SO far 40 It has lawfnl
power to prevent, and also to take caro- that
staunch Republicans like yourself, againn1
whom nothing disreputable oan DO alleged,
should not &C fer, and should receive con-
alteration and position in some sppreciahla
way"
On the tn Of March Packard replied:
Though the effort cost me my life still thsS
devotion would be better heritage 20 my
children than the plaudits of the White
League Of the State, when gained by euI.
render Of both manhood and duty. am the
Governor, and no armed force or violence can
give my competitor lawful title.1
30 when the crisis comes We hope everyone
will be prepared to see the heroic Packard
march forth from the st. Louis Hotel as the
head Of his legions to lead the Hghs for Right
and Justice.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18
From the N. 7. lrish.American
ST. PATRICK'S DAY-SINN FEM"
Air" Irish Molly O."
By JANIS BURKE (LlMERrt K). !

Air-"Irish Molly O."
Old Irelands Day amid the ranks of ciIcng years. we
Thy welcome face that smiling, makes pulses throb
Our hearts rejoice to hear thy voice with words OF
We si1s praise, day of days. and greet thea
Sir iein, sinn fein. onr own, our own, ourselves
Our Nstions past with clouds o'ercast, our efforts
Our friendly bonds. our foolAh hates o, life the
AND future iiehs oolor. bright, are seen in thee
not how chill the air that comes from polar
Though snow or hal both assail flags shall out
1t at.ers mot how fierce the blast falls the blind
We %slee%o thee era mo orsidhet and bless
What though at home usurpers rule the land where We
What though abroad we're ovorsaushed and visited
By men who, boastipg freedom are but ohurlish men
Yet the less live bless the day We call aim
sein.
They know not who Judge by the coat that thra
They little dream beneath its seam how much there is
Whom Irelands freedom dawns we'll shed the garn snts
And bright and clear wen then appear Patrioks
Day-enn fen.
Thy coming brings no gifts to thy treasures
but few;
Thy only gem for diadem. . Shamrock wet with dew;
But tits triple jewel rare, whose light shall never
wane,
And round its leaves affection clsaves, our emerald
Sim fein.
la Phadruc," all that men revere, and all that
Heaven approves
Our choicest fow'Is. our happy hours. mem'ries
Are vernal dock thee with while Irish hearts
AND froWn who may ws bless for aye the day that is
sim fem.
Sinn fem pronounced "shin fame ~ fs popuarly
used 10 mean our own in which sense it il here
P]oyed Literally, IL means :. oursevee."
A gra mo orvidhe. pronounced gramschree."
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

The British House of Commons has Q very
remarkable member in the person of Mr.
Kavanagh, q country gentleman, of ancient
family and great estate in Ireland. Although
born without legs or arms, herides, drives, and
does ell, and indeed more than all, that most
mon do, and his dexterity is such az to lead to
the conclusions that nature must have given
him at the shoulder joint something which
answers the purpose of hand. In 17e5 there
was living in somersetshire, England, q farmer
scarcely less remarkable. He was born with.
out arms or shoulders, but endowed with suoh
extraordinary strength and dexterity that he
could, by some contrivance, do almost the
came as other men. his teeth were 60
amazingly strong that he could lift ten Peoks
Of beans with thews and with his feet could
throw . sladgs hssanneE farther than Other msn
oals With fhslg agtsp, 10 EserEiofs g han ol1o
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

DESTRUCTION OF FRENCH VGNRYARDs--On
the 1Ath inst the Commission appointed By the
regard to tho phylloxera insect, reported that
twenty. i've departments have been ravs@ed,
and In many districts poverty, privstion, and
of the destruction of she vine culture, ana
traffic on tho railways and canals has dimin-
ished.. The public taxes do not yield enough
done S.rcs Of sns
payne. Loire, and Cher are now threatened. II
since 1867 the ply lloxera has gained ground
to such an extent 1t will complete it's work In
reproduction, and for many years to como one
Of her principal sources Of wealth will be Iost
TO France. II nothing be done the evil 10 sune 20
something, however insufficient, the DANCES
may be averted for . time, and those paees NOS
yet invaded may DO saved. The commission,
the isolation of the infected districts and the
destruction of the infected vines.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

A recent number OF the Petersburg, Vs.
Index. says Daring tho last few weeks good
many gentlemen from the North have been
prospecting for lands in this section. Some
Of them report that If the farmers ct The
North could sell their lands to advantage,
there would be o much larger immigFakion 20
Virginia and the South than there has besR'
heretofore. They believe anyhow that gEeas
many Northern families will move 70 Virginia
shiS year. The settlers among ~ ere sending
favorable accounts Of our own climate, SOilS
and people, to their friends IN the North, and
are thus inducing them to come down among
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

For the on dits concerning church affairs we
have to turn TO the secular journals, as Catho-
lie papers rarely speculate on.such Subjects,
their enunoistions being generally taken as
semi-ofieial. Promising this much we publish
the subjoined extract from an interesting
letter to the New York World, dated Rome,
February goth:
We are on the gus ciue about the new Csrdi-
nails. The Consistory is to be held on the 18th
of March. There will be another on the 19 n
of March for "the opening aud closing of the
mouths" of their Eminences, and in juno it is
whispered that there is to be q third, at which
more Cardinals will be created. At that time
it 10 hoped that the difficulties with Austria
may be settled, and the Austrian prelates de-
cided as to whom can be given the purple.
One of the June appointments will be inter-
esting to American Catholics Report says
that the present rector of the American
College in Rome, DR.. Silas Chatard, of Balti-
more birth, Monei gnor Chatard, as be is called
in Rome, is to be made bishop in p0rti6us
and to be created Cardinal. He will reside
at the Vatican Court, in order to attend to the
interests of American Catholics near the Holy
See. This clergyman is now in America,
whittier he is gone on account of his health.
His nsme hear, has been sent in for the
Bshopric of Richmond, and he is also talked of
as COadjutOF Bishop of Boston. These are the
flying reports which may or may not be true. I
simply take them on bearsay, and send them
such.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

The minuteness of detail bestowed By the
German Government on army matters 10
curiouSly illustrated in Q recent book by Msior
Gen. Won Kampz on the internal Organization
OF . fortified town during war. IL contains
rules for the guidance of the clergy. In their
Arst sermon, they are to take for their text the
18th chapter Of st. PSuls Epistle to the Ro-
mans, and urge upon the Inhabitants an an
qualified submission to the military authoRi-
ties. They are also to regularly Pray for the
success and well-being Of the troops, and 70
frequently impress upon the people that che
soldiers are carrying out the principle Of loving
their neighbora by defending them and By
fighting also for their country.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

eff the public schools ell over the United
States were established on the same basis as
those in Savannah, Ca" says the SoUtAsrM
CrOsS of that city, there would be no cause of
complaint. We here publish some of the
sections Of the rules governing the schools in
this city. 1.-THE Board Of Education is COM
posed of nine members, the Catholics entitled
to three of that number. The Board has the
supervision of the Catholic schools, pays and
appoints teachers. The teachers 90 appointed
to be acceptable to the Catholic Church su-
thority, 90 to their morals and religious be-
lief. The Catholics have tho selection of their
own school boOkS; no teaching of religious
doctrine during school hours" The Catholic
schools open half an hour before the other
schools, and that time is devoted to CathO-
chism and Catholic instruction every day. Tue
above are the main features comprising the
regulations on which our public schools are
conducted. By such important and just
arrangements and regulations, perfect harmony
exists, and the school question now sgitsting
so many States throughout the country, here
is settled, and TO the satisfaction both alike
to the Catholic as well 80 to the Protestant"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

NEDIcIEEs PREPARRD BT THE SEsrKRs or
PRovIDRNcE.-Is Ia with bpaeisl pleasure that
We announce that Mr.. P. r. GOEaEty, book
seller and statiOneF, 151 Camp stEOsts has bssn
appointed sole general agent In the Southern
States for the Syrup Of Spruce Gam snd other
medicines manufactured By the Sisters Of
PrOvidenco, Of Eohtrsai These PSOparasIens
have obtained great oelsbEity thpOughOut the
NoEth and Wess. and are said 70 have WrOusht
somo wOndsIfal ouEsg. Par ds4aEls we rofar
- ~. GoHaEiyss eaEa En- our am pegs, enllipE
a e 80 tAat - VA
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

The Louisville CoSTisr Journal says that the
sum of financial wisdom in regard TO the sap
port Of ohurChes IL contained in the following
from Methodist paper
Take It altogether, there 10 no way Of Falsipg
money for the church without giving IL. And
here 10 the bottom fact in the trouble: We
want the church to have the money, bnt We
want somebody olso 70 pay it.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-03-18

The hard times are especially hard on the
magazine editors, some of whom receive double
the number Of MSS. they were accustomed to
two or three years ago. Soribner's Monthly,
for instance, received in 1871, s4s MSS; In
1872, 1,7l6 in 1873, 1929 in 1874, .o7s in
1875, 2426; and in 1876. the enormous number
Of9,209. Tho increase 10 iu some part due to
the increasing reputation Of the new monthly
but that the other is 9 leading cause lie shown
by the number of PiteOuS letters which accom-
Pany MSS. generally the poorest. People will
not learn that it is their writings and not
themselves that ara considered by tho MSS.
thue sent. Scarcely more than one in thirty is
acceptable, since the body Of . magazine must
bSmsde mp with articles contracted for with
known writer's. Yet there is great Joy in .
magazine sanetam when . hsp-hasoed MSS
gives evidence Of q Promising new writer.