The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-04-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The population of Maine has deer ased 16. OF
since the census of 1870. The falling off
largely due to emigration to the West.
The difficulty in life is the same as the d if
Guilty in gramme,-to know when to make tn
exceptions to the rules.
During toe siege of Paris 1853 carrier nj geon
were sent out in balloons, of which but 2
returned. But that email number brought t
the beieaguered city 1l5 900 public aud privat
dispatches being an average Of 575 per biz.
"a result achieved by the aid of microphoto
graphy.
safety envelop to prevent tsmperng ha
been devised. On the hsp the words "Attemp
20 open are printed with double set O
onomcals, the fret impression containing mt
gals and the second green vitcol. If the far
printing will appear.
An English gentleman travelling In one
OF the petty States OF Germany during tie
days OF the Electors. at u time when nobody
was considered any body unless decorated or
utied' passed triumphantlv about the country
ny the happy thought Of iuscribipy on his
card Elector of Middlesex."
London medical authority says that what
oreaks DOWN 80 many men is work done in a
hurry, because the time which should have
oeen appropriated to 1t has been misapplied,
ana that method is the great need of the
1ay. Reconstruction Is in fact not merely the
thiet OF time but of health and even life.
The difference between the cost of produc.
tlon OF cotton fabrics, North and South il from
Two to four cents Oh the pound of raw mi terisl
in favor of the South In consequence. the
manufactures of Georgia all prospered last
year and declared dividends, while n large
number Mt the North and East lost m ouey
II. Emile Guitard submitted lately to the
Souncil OF the Agricultural Exhibition, at
FGrls, an invention which, by means CT the
e1hAust steam from the locomo, i've. will be |
able to distribute through train Of cars n |
comfortable degree of heat The plan ia likely |
to be adopted in England as well as France.
The Emperor King of Prussia has ordered
MS acceptance Of the Imperial dignity at
Versailles to be immortali1ed in q huge frssoo
IN the old kasersaal at Gosar, annexed with
Hanover IN 1866 but, miratile dictu, this Ger.
man subject is not to be executed by German
ArtiHts for only "Prussian artists have been
asked to oompete-a trife which shows how
Imperial Prussia understands German dn
ties.
Balloon observations are made daily from
She FONT neuf in Paris by an optioan named
Secretan, who each noon sends up regularly
small balloons made of India ru bier flied with
pure hydrogen. Tor tho purpDse of HsCer tanning
the alfecton OF the various streams of air and
the height of the clouds. The results are daily |
Published in the Petit Monieu The mean | ,
velocity OF elevation is about IL feet per SEQ.
ond. Hence, To obtain the altitude of the !
cIonds it's sutticieuE to observe the balloon
with an opera glass, ard. counting the number
OF seconds which elapse until IL has disap-
pesred IN the opacity of the clouds, mutipiy {
{ he sum by - ltIs found that the altitude of
clouds varies from 300 to = 500 feet, and the '
prospects of fair weather are inc reased in pro-
portion to the elevation of she clouds These q
OK periments have been in ptogress since az
OF February.
Herr Knapp, of Essen has issued n mcmo y
randum TO his workmen, dilating on the pre. | r
sent stagnStion of business, and the short
hours necesSItated by The restriction of the "
market Herr krupp EXPORTS his men to snb. q
nit with patience to the passing slackuess aud z
reduced wages and points to the condnot of b
inc laboriog classes in England, under like g
as an example not TO be fol :,
q. Ell had ifa inl, Of
rlal activity and prosperity. "EuEland hR. -
crown great aud powerful by her industry, "
men her workingmen have formed trades -
lnlops, and strnck work for the purposs of G.
niorclng higher wages The consequences has IL
'een that the work of England has TO a great il
xtent been carried abroad. German Industry b
las i sen benefited by this mistake Of the
.n&lisA workl"smer. That oughJ to be a 3,
warming 10 a.. We're We TO follow their bad ;!
xampie oar Industry would, like theirs, be "
to other Countries"
The Chief village of the island of isabel in ~
40 South Pacific beyond the equator, is built -
a the summit of u rocky mountain risinx
lmost perpcudicularly TO the height OF 500 .
bet. Ascending by q native path from the in.
erior, the traveller will find the extreme h
nmmlt a mass of enormous rocks stand u
ng up IKE q castle. among which grow Rigan a
10 trees, In the branches of which the dwell &
18s are oullt. Inc stems of these trees rise IN
erIectly straight and smooth, without q
rahch, TO height varying from so to 100
'et' some OF the houses are 120 feet above
hey are approached by q ladder of creepers, oe
nd accom- odate from ten to fifteen natives 81
Ach, besides an ample store of stones which 70
70 thrown with slinRs in case of attack. At Sc
he foot of each tree 10 another hut, the every ev
~ house, as it were, where the daytime ia | r
'ent when no danger 10 apprehended. The ad
Atives are canntbAls of the most rayonogs =
nd. " "
A young man who lives on q farm near Il,
,chara, Australia, lately went to sleep on =" -,
fa after q hard daJ's work, and had been y
ing there some time when he got mp and 90
mt outside. His companions observed that he
walked with a staggering gait, but little So
tice was taken of the matter, as they ex. af
cted him to rejoin them immediately. The
for such he was passed through
rec or four gates, untying and relying the
Jennings, which are made of rope, and made Cl
way TO the woolshed. There he hung his an
It upon . nail, took down pair of shears he in
! been using in the day time, and proceeded co,
sharpen, them. he next caught a sheep, and lon
jest finished shesring 1t, when he was clio
kened by the sudden arrival of his frieuds "a
D had come with lantern to search for CIV
!. The shock of awakening caused him to mig
nbl0 like leaf, hut he soon regained his In
animitys The sheep was shoEn rs we'll as hea
ho work had been performed In broad day eas