The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-10-28
Msrnrns Star and Catholic Messenger.
saw oRLEANs, sUHpAY. OCTOBER as 1877.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


respectively on insensibility, pride, duty
The Chinese language is spoken by about
$50 900 900 people. The English language Ia
spoken by from eighty TO eighty five million.
Four steel steamers of light draught have
been ordered from England by the Egyptian
Government, for use on Lake Albert Nyapza,
and for opening the navigation OF Central
African rivers.
It was feared that n severe frost in Florida,
last winter, had 80 injured the orange trees
that they would not bear well this fall. These
fears have proved sroundless; there will be
larger crop than ever before.
Csnaris, tho Premier of Greece aud it's
greatest hero of modern times, died in room
uucarpeted and unpapered, poor that his
grandchildren had to attend inferior schools,
because there they could get free tuitiou.
Since the recent great earthquakes on the
Pacific coast of South America the prov nee of
Catamaroa, in the western part of the Argen-
tine -Republic.-has become gradually sub
merged, and the great lake formed there is
continually enlargipg.
terrible railway accident has occurred on
a Russian Railway in the valley OF the Don.
Several care containing nearly four hundred
Abchasian prisoners on their way to Siberia,
were completely destroyed, and not g.a single
ms usual, chained together.
At the London Conference of Librarians
Mr. Poole, of the Public Library. Chicago,
said books cannot live where men cannot live
No room higher than fourteen or fifteen feet
should be devoted to books. The upper parts
Of the lofty rooms or galleries become too hot
The cases should be no more than eight feet
high.
There was recently quarried without the use
of powder, at the Barre granite quarries for
the use of the Oliver Granite Works, of Rot
land, Vermont block weighing about six
hundred and eighteen tons, being forty feet
This immense stone is said to be perfect in
every respect, and is believed to be the largest
block of granite ever quarried in the State.
Mr.. Medill, of the Chicago Tribune, and Mr.
Storey, of the Chicago Times. having quarreled
about the grammatical construction of q
tence, and thereby bored their readers for more
than . week, the Inter Ocean steps in to settle
the dispute by offering to wage $500 to $50 that
neither of them can write 3 ''stickfull OF mat
ter" without committing at least three crimes
against Lindiey Murray. The offer las not yet
been accepted.
Although money is cheap aud in abundant
supply, hundreds are going down under obli-
cations greater than they can bear. The
theatres are shut up for want of support, one
of tho trunk tramwsys is embargoed, ances-
hSl properties are falling into the hauds of
the Sheriff, 102 steamers and ninety sailing
vessels are lying idle in the Tigre, and gen.
eral feelin 2 is prevalent that the bottom has
not yet been reached.
The philanthropist in New Haven, Conn,
who has for hve years supplied the Pos. Office
in that city with stamps to forward unstamped
letters has been notified by the Post Office De-
partment that hereafter, all letters dropped
into the Office without stamps must be for
warded to the dead letter office. In thess five
years he has sent 16 627 letters, at an expense
of S406. From persons benefited he has re-
ceived $222, besides some thanks aud few
handsome presents.
1t is doubtful whether the reign of gns will
last much longer. At the present time nearly
every shop in Brooklyn is lit, and brilliantly
lit, with kerosene, without any dissgreeable
odor being peroeptible; while few months
ago the authorities in the large city of Exeter
Emo
tracts AS they anticipated the use of electric
lights ard ct Bristol, EuGland. the nuLhuri-
ties have lately resolved tn advertise for ten
ders for lightiU the whole OF part of the city
otherH $50 tGRu by gas, III the event OF no sat
Is.EctoTy arrangement beng con'e TO WIN a
gas con pAny.
The new lance recently adopted in the Aus
TRAN service, after "A long eerI"1 OF experiments
with weapons of the Cossack ana Prussiau
patterns, is nine feet enc inch in lerGih The
point is made of Bessamer STEEL, its length be-
ing slightly over seven inches, and the ontt IL
shod with the same metal Two long bands
of iron attach the lead to the staff, and Il
leather strap, for the arm of the mau carrying
il to pass through, is fixed TO this latter at
about four feet from Its lower extremity. The
total weight Of the weapon Is about four
pounds. Before the eud of the year all the
lancer regiments in the Austrian army are to
be armed with the new weapon.
Al well-to-do bachelor, who had been his
client years ago, left by his will a handsome
little competency of about Gl6 900, says the
LONDON 1rutA, TO tne QlSIlnRulSuou IenCn INV
yer, Maitre Allou. On being Informed of the
fast by the family notary Maitre AIlou asked
for complete list Of the relatives of the de
ceased gentleman. with an account of theiI
private means. When he had got il he made
q selection of the poorest and most deserving
and divided tho btqless between them. Trait
asks how Dany IawveIs in this practice
century nkely to be guilty Of the sAm
ofsnse.
King Alfonso has ordered at Paris cAsket b
way of betrothAl present to his future wife
the Princess Mercedes. 1t is in laPislazal
mounted on four lions claws, sixteen inche
high aud thirty square, oruamented wit
garlapds of golden Toses which are miracles c
delicate workmanship. The hues of the dow
ers are all faithfully presented They key is
golden roae full blown. The interior Of th
casket is lapis-lsInli studded with tiny nail
diamond headed. The casket is intended {
hold the lovers love-letters, bot it goes to th
Princess in the fret place with bot one moi
and necklace of eight rows of pearls.
Ice did not become an article of commerC
until the present century; but already in ii
United States alone thirty millions of dollar
are invested in the business of gathering an
selling it. Large shipments of ice are mao
Aa;a he n,