The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-01-07
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The old Uniyersity OF Prague. in Bohemia,
@ne 10 Instructors, With 50 assistants and ], :
G85 Seodsots-
me Emperor and Enpres. of Brazil have
arrived at Jerusalem in good health from their
soWr through Palestine
Capt BoytOn bas successfully accom- plished
hae greatest voyage in bis Gfe-AaviDg dress by
Dao7o to Fssrara, 80 eiiss in % houT., aisS
Ont . break
The Japanese are making progress in jour
uaaism. Daring be year ending with the o0th
1aaGsziDes were started, forty-fiTe Of tie whole
uumber being established at Yeddo.
Recruiting in England is crossing Stacker
and Stacker every year, and the standard for the
tnfantry service has been lowered half an ireh
10 fest ~ inches, and to 50 inches chest
UeAsaFe; aga. from eighteen to thirty.
A Paris fashion paper Describes q hall-dress
made entirely of foweEs- The garment is
nsariy to cover The Other. From beness Se ,S S
edge falls some dnooping doUers. like foehiAs,
and covering the upper par1, generally made Of
Of ali kinds.
DIR. Dubert. 8 French physician. in . paper
re2d before 9 scientific congress, attributes the
WDoEtAity of young children, in q great measure,
shilaren improperly, and to remedy shis be
e99o1mends that abort appeodix containing
eaemsntary Precepts On feeding and rearing
f@1ARts should be printed 1t the end of prayer
The precise DonskAry ynlpe of human life in
vnEiOuS psrts Of she world would be an later
@skspg snh5sct fog careful Investigation, In
sgn gs Lads :. Of the
SKIP Of calico there will purchase vell-de-
yeaoPed speeimea OF honsnify. In China. any
esitzss wko. having deposited the money in the
AnaGs Of his poor relatives, will cheerfolly
undergo the operation Of dessPitatior-
Paul de salvi. the Austrian ofieer, who last
ss.@e horse from Pessb to Macy. has just Won
nn0ther by riding from Horzslow 10 Lemberg
<Gasieia) in thirty ave hours The wager was
siz hoar:. The distance 60 vas aSo1t rs KID
nsetreE, little over le0 miles; the road is
bad and the country hiiy, and the ride was
mans. Is . small Hungarian half breed.
A sleight-ofhand performers trick in Allan
- consisted in making silver coins mysterious
~ disappear from his bands. After the show
aud . newspaper correspondent: Dat man
: GoOpd round dar wid dat munDy tell he
'roueed up nay 'sp'shoons, he did, Suspicious
make . halfdoiiar pear and diD'pear in tha, |
stiie." "Of course" "Dat's war neks me had |
. isPishun dat dat white man wuz one time de |
nnsheer ob freedmens bank" |
( In the week ending Nov. 25 the number of |
pSupers in London Was 81. Go. Of whom 81, AIS |
we're in warehouses;, and ~ PCS received out
door relief Compared With the corresponding |
We6&9 IN lS8o. a.. 3Oo IS, these DRnreS snow
. decrease of 2776. ll1O2 and 90 932 respect
lively. The marked decrease of late years is |
largely due to the vigorous action of certain |
charitable societies, which have routed out the |
idle, desoiste paupsre, prosecuted frauds, and |
put the deserving in the woy OF employ |
ISent and relief from established societies.
Josquin Miller, talking with friend the |
other day about his habits of competition. |
aaid that he wanted to describe in detail in q |
poem he IL writing of the front of a Fifth |
&vesue mansion. You know have no books |
of reference" he said, $50 went to an arch- |
tect and told him my trouble, and he went
over q plan with me, and told me the name of |
every Intel aud cornice, and oh, got 80 many
Beautiful words. When l want TO write of a
ship l go to the docks and talk with the sailors
They have whole lexiCoos OF beautiful words
not In the b loks."
The q question h as been raised by the German
universities whether iG Is la~thl to employ
Latin in diplomas, Communications to other
colleges. etc, now that German has been de-
SIared to be the official language throughout
she German empire. The German Minister Of
tSahjic Instruction aud Religion has decided
chat IN matters purely concerning the inner
conduct OF the universities, Latin may be used
O. heretofore; and prize theses, certificates of
degrees, and announcements of promotions in
the faculties, will continue to be in the Ian
Ruage of ancient Rome
The least preteutious aud seemingly the least
ambitious contestant in the premium eXamiua-
Cion in Rome this year was the ecIpient Of the
special gold medal, which has been taken by
only one other student since the scholastic
days of Cardinal Cullen. In order 20 get this
prize q student mUst hold the first place in each
Of five classes. Each class numbers several
hundred, all of whom have passed severe
initiatory examinations. young man from
the mountains of Kerry, who up to his tenth
year bad only spoken his Ternscular Irish, was
the recipient of this most nfIeq uent honor.
The German Government has lately publish.
cd the results of an investigation by various
States Of the empire. with regard to the em-
-ploymenJ of women in manufactures. From
she returns it appears that 226.000 women
above sixteen years of age are so engaged.
About one-fourth married, and more than
One-hslf are employed in textile industry, "a :
600 in the manufacture of cigars, and the rest
in various branches. The duration of work is
= from ten to twelve hours q day, and never ex-
ceeds thirteen hours. In wages the usual ps Y
Is from 81 % 10 s. per week. although many
skilIed workwomon receive as mGc1 as SIX
dollars.
a study of tSe report of the warden OF the
il t..h H..