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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

| is impracticable. AZ the depth of 1000 feet
| the temperature wond, according TO TINS, be
not less than l22 degrees, and at 10 600 feet 1T
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The folio ing extract from Mayor Hammock q
graceful valedictory shows the marTeious
gro " tn of the city of Atlanta within the last
thirty eight years: In 1882. an hnmDle IoS
house alone marked the sight OF Atlanta.
In 1865, few scattering houses, in IA wilderness
of rains, told the sad story of tue ruthless de-
struCfion of our beautiful city. Blt to-dhy
30, 600 energetic, enterprising people,T'pr"7ohI-
lug and controlling over twenty miiIlohe "i
ca ptal, throDg and hurry along her thorough
fares, transRcting a business agGreEatlhR not
far from 500 900 600 annually Tie bnLilrrs'
owners and supporters OF chnTh eu'uces'
school buildings, hotels and bus,Uess Lonscs
not surpassed for beauty, extent or capacity by
thoEC OF any other community Il IKE 70. Inc
progress OF Atianta-stendy and untaiteiing-
has been marvellous. In All the sunny S"uth
IT. is without parallel; ard InEpIes ~ c"nvic-
tion which Em persuaded you all feel, that to
advance is Atlapta's inevitable, manifest
desiiny.'
Notwithstanding the rspjd development
which beet root culture has acquired during
the last four years, the consumption Of sugar
has more than kept pace. and the deficit just
sgnalized in the crops of SO cannot be easily
supported. The present demand for he com
modify on the part of Europe, the United 81 ates
and the British colonies, is estimated at more
than three million tons; aud it is interesting
to observe what proportions of this aggregate
are assigned to dfferent countries The animal
of sugar, for instance, IN Great
Britain, att aims the astonishing figure of fifty
six pounds head. Next comes the American
citizen, who exacts not less than forty eight
pounds, and then the prosperous Belgian, who
takes twenty. France, Germany, Denmark
and Holland severally require on an average
sixteen pounds for each Inhabtant. On the
other hand it is worth noting that the heavily
taxed Russian moujik and the impoverished
Spaniard can afford but six pounds apiece, the
Greek but four pounds, and his Turkish neigh
Dor only two. There would seem to be a Ger
tain amount of plausibility in the assertion of
some economists that the well being of given
people may be accurately measured by its use
of this commodity.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

Can Catholic aid a Protestant chari "a
BILE enterprise This is the substance of
the question t" which a correspondent ask 8
an auswer. We answer: All Charity is
Catholic, and where the so called charity is
pure charity. a Catholic may assert it. If
the project is anti Catholic, then no Catho-
lie can aid ii. Thus for example, a Catho-
lie may not aid an evangelical tract society,
help to support an anti Catholic preacher
or contribute to the power for evil, welded
ry avowcd proselytizers, soupers tract dis
tllNutors, anti-CaJh0lIc Lecturers and the
like. They cannot give direct aid TO the
erection of temples for idols or any false
worships. They cannot manufacture such
idols for money. In n word, it is lawful aud
commendahle for n Catholic to aid any real
charity, but never lawful for him to do anv.
thing impious or anti Catholic -CdfLoHc
COl6In bidR
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

Inc attention of the clergy is called to the
advertisement in another column of DR.. ST. Cyr Four.
caeo druggist, 2i5 Canal street, corner Rampant an
houenG that no is ready to suPpy them with incense
Tor teGlous services. This incense prepared
ding to the special form adopted by the Very Rev
Abbe Deon OF the Diocete of Sens
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

Visitors to the city should not fail to call at
the elegant dry goods emporium of the Levy Brothers
go Magazine 1t will certainly pay them WELL
If they have any purchases to make 10 make them at
this popular store the prices there charged OF
the most superior quality All goods shipped free Of
charge.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

The Nolnischc Zeit"ng publishes some in
trresting statistics ofthe recent elections to
the G. G,rman Parliament. Including the -
districts of Aisace Lorraine, the German
Empire ia divided into three hundred and
ninety seven electoral districts, each CO..
tanning on an average. lU3 300 inhabitants
and II mean of 2I, 40 voters, or go per
cent. on the population. The qualified
voters of the empire numbered 8 523 447
persons, out of a total population, foreign
ers included according to census of 1874, =,
of Al ,056 792. In the light of these figures 1t
will be apparent tnat the aggregate vote of
8 427 900 cast in November, 1876, at the
Presidential election in this country, bears
no extravagant proportion To our estima ated
population of43, ,Sl7 400 The votes actually
cast at the recent elections in Germany, the
Zietung tells US, were divided among the
different political parties low existing in
the empire as follows:
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

Messrs' Wheeler & Plerson, IL and Is Camp
street. have just received frOsh stock OF black drss
suite OF the best quality and style, white gloves and
oe' etc. all of which they are offering at very low
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

Shades and mating, in rev and elegant
patterns at the lowest possible prices, at Levy Bro
thsrs', $50 Magazine street.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

clothing at Wheeler rieuons IL aud l. Camp street,
before making yoar purchases
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

One thing only is clear from this enumera-
ton that tie public opinion of Germany is
In state of extreme fermentation and
that any relaxation of the strict grasp now
Kept by the military government on the
administration of the empire will be pretty
certainly followed by temrestuous t!mes.
The Social Democrats in particular, though
not amVug the strongest In numbers OF the
existing party organizations, are well
known 10 ne more united AID more peTsls.
tcmt in tA,.r political views ana lot; ntj"us
than any Other siugie German party "t the
pIc-rnJ moment, and 1t Ia nUl surprising e
that shrewd pnd fa;siGhtrd IL statesman
Hs Pnucr e Ismarck should look up0n them
IA the t" black point " on the national hori
ZOn.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11
ADVERTISING RATES OF THE "sTAR;

Transient Advertisements 81 SO per square each Il
Cuts inserted st special rates
Wants and Personal Information Advertiser Ontg,
10 cents Per line each insertion.
Editorial HotIoen. 90 oenta \ line.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-11

"Tde effect of patents to noutralize the
labor of human beings nuet have been
tremendous in the past ten years. The
worst of it was that ail the ingenuity came
into cnmnatiti"~ ~iLh labor inst after the
waF, When we were overstocked with peo-
pie In the towns, collected there in response
to war market. Can You guess how
many patents there are altogether recorded
IN the American Patent Officer"
lgueesed several thousand,
Ah J" he said, few conceive the num-
ber! There had been issued up to the
middle OF 1873 as many patents as there
are people IN large city. The total num-
ber was 158 ,35Om
Mr. Whitehouse then said that such
prodlglous fecundity of invention had been
most ardently exerted while we were
roi!ing up our burden of debt and taxation.
Ihe State Department issued the
patents" be said, "for forty six years, or
down to 1886. Ia that period only 10 600
IN all were granted. Above 10000 more
were ISSUED NJ to 1854. When the war
broke out, in 1861, the Patent Office alone
had only granted 81 ,O05 patents. We are
now issuing at the rate of IL, 600 year
Daring the war only about $4,000 were
granted in ALL But since 1868 we have
thrown upon the world and labor the
enormous number of 81 G92 patents, and |
90 not counS the year 1876"
lie then explained that every patent
two. 0U' ''
why, sir, in the shoe trade, whore am
we do almost everything by
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
A New

The nervous disease which broke out
among the car-horses of Brooklyn on
Friday last continues to prevail, and
very little hope is entertained of saving
the lives of the afflicted animals. The
number now sick at the Gates Avenue
stable is forty. Fifteen horses have
died since Friday last at these stables,
and even if some of the present sick
ones should o they will probably
be worthless. The animals die in about
"a hours after the first symptoms mani
fest themselves. 1t is said by the vet
Urinary surgeons who are attending the
sick animals that the disease resembles
the cerebro-spinal meningitis, from
which human beings suffer. The dis
cas- is thought to be caused by Tn un-
healthy atmosphere. The Gates Az.
enue stables are old and inferior in
many respects to the other car-stables
in the city, which accounts, it is said,
for the large number of sick horses.
There have been four cases in the Reed
Avenue stables, but no deaths. The
drivers say the disease is generally prev
alent t this season of the year.
The reported mortality among horses
in Canada, caused by a new and terri
BILE epizootic, coupled with the preva.
lence of cerebro-spinal meningitis in
the stables of the Brooklyn railroad
companies, has created alarm among
the owners of horses in this city. As
yet, however, neither of these scourges
has made its appearance here. A few
animals belonging to the Fourth Ave.
nue. Railroad Company were attacked
with a disease resembling the menin'
gifts, but they have now recovered, and
there is no indication that it is likely tG
prevail to any extent.-New York Her
aid.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
Plants Do Not Poison the Air.

Mr.. Long, the well known florist OF
Buffalo, in his Home Florist says: There
is a notion prevalent that the presence
of growing plants in the sleeping or
living room is detrimental to a healthy
atmosphere by their giving out poison
Gus carbonic acid gas in the night time.
The Investigations of chemists demon
strate that growing plants do exhale
an almost imperceptible quantity OF car,
bonic acid gas, which, in very small
proportions, is necessary in the air we
breathe. They also show that the guam
tity exhaled at night is but the one-slA-
teenth part of what the same plants ab-
sorb from the atmosphere during the
day and convert into, nearly its own
weight of oxy gen, thus changing a
poisonous gas that derives It's origin
from various sources into one OF the
principal ele ments of pure air. LII car
bonic acid gas is emitted from plants
ia dangerous quantities, it certainly
would exist largely in the night atmos-
phere of a close greenhouse heated to
q tropical temperature and crowded
from floor to rafter with rank vegeta
ton. Yet, in my experience, | have
never known the slightest ILL effects to
be realized from night work in green
houses. neither in cases that have fire.
ouently occurred of workmen making
the warm greenhouses their sleeping
quarters for a night and even for an en-
tire winter, which. to my satisfaction
affords practical proof that the Motor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

An old darby of 62, tired of longer
leading a life of single blessedness, hob
bled up to the marriage license clerks
desk the other day, and said: sis dis
whar yer gifts der lisums fer ter marry?"
"This is the place" SHOW much is
dey ~apiece?" "Seventy-fve cents"
"Lord, honey, l isn't got dat much
money" "Then l can't let you have
a license" "Say, boss, times is hard,
an dis cas- is pressin'. Couldn't yer
trust me for a couple of weeks till de
whitewash season commenceP" emo,
sir; we don't do a credit business at
this desk" "Jist for a day or twop',
"Nary day." was the heartless r%ejoin-
der, and the poor old darky hobbled
away. Yesterday he again knocked at
the outposts of Hymen's temple with
the necessary IS cents tied up in the
corner of q red bandana handkerchief.
"Dese is monses hard times, boss, an
eff my kredit wasn't pooty goodI'd nev
er been able to hev borrored all dis
heah money ter wonst." The license
was made out in due form and handed
to him, and then the clerk said: If
that's all the money you have got how
are you going to support your wifeP"
Well, de fact am dat de lady am got
a room all furnished nice, an we'll just
mosey along till dis lection trubble is
ober, an den der'u be a powahful site
of whitewashing to be done dis spring.
Yes, indeed, honey, times is gwine to
be red hot arter awhile. "-Cincsmndti
EnQuirer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
The New Petroleum Fever.

The excitement of the early days of
the petroleum discovery in Pennsyl-
vania is exceeded now through the re-
cent finding of oil about Bradford, Nc
Kean County, in spite of the stubbornly
held opinion of geologists and experts
that Oil did not exist so far north. The
first believer that oil could be found in
the valley was Job Moses, who had
made a fortune in patent medicines at
Rochester, N. Y. He bought large
tracts of land about Limestone, IA years
ago, and bored diligently, but he found
only indications. He spent all his mon
ey in his venture and when it was gone
triedt to induce spectators to invest, and
was SO enthusiastic that people called
him crazy. The oil was found two years
ago, and since then not less than $10,-
900, 600 have been invested within q
circuit of 20 miles. Land that two
years ago would have been dear at any
price now sells at $1,000 an acre.
Within a distance of four miles three
fl%ourishing towns have sprung into ex-
istence, and the town of Bradford, for
merly consisting of a lumberman's tav-
ern and a few scattered farm-houses,
now has $3.50 inhabitants, and the
furore has extended north into New
York State. The oil belt is about two
miles wide, and has now nearly 400 pro-
ductive wells. One popularity is that
the oil is found at O. great depth,
the average being LOO feet and
some wells are 1,40O feet deep, and
the daily product is about 1000 barrels.
There are three pipelines connecting
the wells with the Erie road, IS miles
away, and one is to be built 60 miles
long. A branch of the Erie road that
runs through the district and whose
business, a few months ago, was but
$500 a month, now does $35, 900 a
month. Much of the land is bought
outright, but in most cases it is leased
and the ownsr paid a bonus and royal
ty, one-fourth being now claimed. Cap
ital is now pouring into the valley, and
owners are all dreaming of wealth, the
very door-yards being invaded by the
derrick and drill. "Crazy" Job Moses
is making $500 a day on royalties, but
the most noticeable case of sudden
wealth is Mike Mccarthy, a drunken
Irish switch-tender of the Erie Rail-
road. His father left him 60 acres of
land that Mike couldn't pay the taxes
on and would have sold at any price.
But he had a shrewd wife who wouldn't
let it 90, and Mike is now selling at
1000 an acre and is making $500 q
week on royalties. Mike still years his
greasy s~witchman's clothes, but he is
having ga high old time," throwing
his money around loose among the
boys, and is the modified Johnny Steele
of this new dispensation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

is a fallacy; and the fact that perhaps
no healthier class of men car be found
than greenhouse operators, who work
constantly in an atmosphere where
plants are growing, would prove, in
stead, that living plants exert a benefi-
cia1 influence upon the air we breathe.
Those who have heretofore dreaded
to keep plants in their houses on &C
count of their supposed i'll effects may
rest at ease, and even furnish their
sleeping-rooms with flowers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

Kerosene lamps If kept full will
never explode as there is no room in
the lamp when it is full for the explo-
sive gas.
The quicker bread rises the whittier
it will be, and it is far nicer to mold it
on a large towel or an old table-cloth
folded, with q little flour sifted over it,
than on a molding-board.
Parents should be very careful and
not let the rays of the sun shine directly
upon the faces of sleeping children.
Strong light is very injurious to the
eyes, especially if they are inclined to
weakness.
Two teaspoonfuls of finely powder
ed charcoal, drank in a half tumbler of
water, will often give relief to the sick
headache when caused, as in most cases
it is, by a superabundance of acid on
the stomach.
Lemon juice and glycerine, equal
parts, are recommended to remove tan
and freckles. For cleansing, softening
and whitening the skin of the hands
and face, nothing can be better. APP
ply at night and wash off in the morn
ing.
The smoke from the wick of an
extinguished candle is very deleterious,
and breathing it in quantities would
soon cause death. When putting out
q candle-light before going to bed, al
ways do it so that there shall be no
burning wick left TO poison the air of
the room.
If onions are sliced and kept in a
sick room they will absorb all the at
mospheric poison. They should be
changed every hour. In the room of a
small-p patient they blister and de-
compose very rapidly, but will prevent
the spread of the disease. Their ap-
plication has also proved effectual in
the case of snake bites.
Flour kept in barrels for a long
time often acquires a peculiar odor,
supposed to be derived from the barrel.
This actually indicates ar incipient de-
composition prejudicial to bread-mak-
ing, owing to the gluten having be-
come partially soluble. 1t is therefore
much preferable to keep -four in sacks,
unless for short periods.
Many persons in preparing pota-
toes for cooking pare off a thick slice
from the surface instead of digging out
the eyes. The skinning process is all
wrong, as the strength of the vegeta-
BILE lies near the surface-the starch
growing less abundant as the center is
approximated. The best way is to
scour them well, and either bake or
boil them with their skins on.
The use of borax in Europe for
washing is we'll known, the addition OF
a large handful of borax, instead of
soda, to 10 gallons of water being suf-
ficient to ave half the quantity of soap
ordinarily required. For light fabrics
and cambrics a moderate quantity is to
be used; but for articles which require
to be made stiff d strengthened solu
ton is necessary. Being a neutral salt,
it does not affect the texture of linen in
the slightest degree; and as it softens
The hardest water, it is much used in
washing generally.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

Patents Obtain d at Half of Usual Fees
bv Col. L. BINGHAM & Co Attol neys and Paten
Law Advocates, Washington, d. c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

Moody to the Bostonians: "Talk
about America and England being
Christian nations; there is not a
Christian nation that would make room
for Christ if he should come. Not a
city on the face of the earth would in
vite Him to come if it was put to a
popular vote. There is no room for
Him. The world doesn't want Him.
Not only that, but how many churches
there are that would not have Him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

"A New York boy of Z is charged by
his mother with beating her almost
every day, and making her house and
her life miserable.-Dttroit Free Press.
And any mother who dosen't love her
7-year-old boy enough to get up on her
muscle and tassel out her slippers,
and the broom-handle, and the fire.
shovel, and the coal-scuttle, and the
rest of the house, if need be, owe that
boys anatomy, deserves a miserable
life. Seven years old and beyond the
control of his mother! A boy-or a
man., either, for that-can never get
beyond the rim of. a woman's power, if
that woman be really a woman. Isn't
that soP-Chic0Qo Journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
IS to $40 rec lres. s sffN 81 z e CO. saP Porsi. mGrtn as =
Mime. DGmQreSt's Reliable Patterns

OF all the Latest and best Spring and Summer Styles.
Send stamp for catalogues, What to Wear with full
Information, rs cts. Portfolio of Fashions. with
large Illustrations, 10 cts: Quarterly Journal Of
s cts. yearly, 10 cts, post-free. II East
l4th St. II. Y. or any of the agencies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

FRENCH CREAM.-1 quart of boiled
milk mix cupful sugar with the yelks
Of 4 eggs: stir into the milk with l
ia tablespoonful corn-starch; flavor to
taste; beat the whites to a stiff froth
with pulverized sugar, and brown
slightly in the oven.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

A LOWELL (Mass.) newspaper an
nounced that twins had been born to
the wife of John Dixon. Mrs. Dixon,
who lived in Lynn, read this news, and
was certain that no such thing hap
pened to her. She went to Lowell,
and found the mother of the twins in a
second wife Of Mr.. Dixon. The biga-
mist was arrested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

1T is announced that Queen Victoria
will pay a visit to Germany, probably
about Easter. Her Majesty particular
ly wishes to visit Baden and Gotha.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

AT Montgomery, Orange County,
N. Y, George VanArdsdall and Michael
Murphy died from drinking whisky
which they had favored with aconite,
installing it for Jamaica ginger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
s.Rrown,s Bronchial Troches.n

Coughs and colds are often overlooked.
A continuance for any length of time causes
irritation Of the Lungs or some chronic
Throat Disease. "Bropn's Bronchial Troehes"
are an efectual Couch REMEDY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

PtnsIOh anu IHtFthse. AIsO Fay Bounty, anu LII
WAR Claims (f justly ~eniitled), You are SURE TO
get If you adore S with stamp VIM. e. Preston,
A my and Navy Clam Agent, Cleveland, ohio.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

BURNETT's COCAINE kills dandruff, al
lays irritation and promotes growth of hair.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-20

Vessel LGltnched.-This morning at
11.3O o'clock the large bark built by
the jackson & Sharp Company, which
was fully described in yesterdays
GAZETTE, was successfully launched.
The vessel was gaily decorated with
flags of different nations, and y large
number of persons were on board of
her. The christening was done by
Mr.. James Piersou, who named her
the Jdlnes A. Wright. The launch
which was success In every particular
was witnessed by a large number of
gentlemen, and as she glided off the
ways cheer rent the air and she was
also saluted by number of tug boats
that were in the vicinity.
The Gilmore Concert.-At the Grand
Opera House, on next Thursday evening
Gilmore's famous band will give a grand
instrumental concert. The organization
comprises fifty eminent artists, under the
direction of Mr.. P. S. Gilmore, and the
concert will be the grandest musica
treat ever given in this city. The sale OF
reserved seats is now going on at q. F
Thomas & Co.'S book store The price oil
admission is rs and 80 cents with no ex
ira charge for reserved seats.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-20
.AN .aSToNzSHED TERRIER.

From the Virginia City Chronicle, gu5H.
Mr.. Piper is excavating the ground
for his theatre by blasting. The
blasts have been so carefully manag-
ed that SO far no accident has occur
red, barring a slight surprise yes
terday morning to a dog. 1t was
about 10 o'clock, the giant powder
had been put IN place, and every
thing was in readiness. The fuse
was already lighted, and was sput-
tering nicely, when a little dog
rushed up and barked at the sparks
until they disappeared under the
ground. Then he stood over the
spot and wagged his stumpy tail IN n
triumph. When the blast went OH
the dog was lifted about forty feet in
the ar. His legs were spread out
toward the four quarters of the com
pass, stiffened with fear, and the
howl that he let loose when he set
tied back on the ground was heard
distinctly for blocks around. He
was covered with dirt, enveloped
with smoke, and utterly bewildered'
Recovering, he tucked his tail be-
tween his legs and dashed, yelping,
down Union street His owner ad
vertises for him in another column