Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-20
Alefan0rla 0axett&
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20.
BOOKS and Reading.

| hOOAS hneI lecuuiuSs
Rev. William NJ. Taylor, D. d., delivered a
lecture in New York Thursday evening 90 the
subject of Books and Reading" One Of the
chief objects of the Doctors lecture was to show
what books should especially receive our atten
lion. a moments thought, ho said, will bo
sufficient to onnvince any one that he cannot
read every work that is published, and a very
slight acquaintance with the character of mapy
Of the works which arc being constantly auuch-
ed into tho mare magnum Of print will be
enough to make him feel that it is not desra
bic that he should. Evidently, therefore, sa
lection is necessary, and the nature OF that Sc
lection 10 each case will depend on tho prlnc.
pIes on which the reader proceeds. The choice
which he makes will bo regulated By the pur-
pose which he has in view, and somewhat also
by those personal idiosyncras!cs which incline
him to ono subject rather than another, and
which are usually strongest in the direction IN
which his mind is greatest. But, whatever
man 9 learning may be, there arc certain great
ouainted. 1t would be impossible for me to
recken I'D all those members Of the aristocracy
of thought who have by the concurrence OF ali
been elevated to the pecragc Of literature, but
| it would not be creditable 10 any QUO us.
| ing the English tongue and claiming any hig gh
degree of intelligence to leave u1studied the
works of Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth or
| Tennyson among poets, or these OF llume.
Robertson, Gibbon, Macaulay, or Froude or
I Irving or Prescott or Motley among historians,
| or those of Locke, Reid, Hamilton and Mill
among our philosophers, or those Of Butler,
Hill, Chalmers and Edwards among our dvines
By all thoughtful men these and others like
them have been put apart from the common
contributions to English literature, and what
ever else We may miss We should on 90 account
pass over at least one or more OF the names
which in each list have mentioned. VI course
in the systematic prosecution OF bis studies each
| man will be led to that subject for which he Is
most fitted and should in large measure keep
himself thereto. Some will have leaning to
physical science, and these beginning with the
great work of Bacon, which is the seed plot OF
! all our inductive progress, should then slogle
out for themselves the particular branch oil ln'
duiry when they mean to pursue, whether as
tronomy under the guidance OF llcrsche and
bis fellows, or geology under the leadership OF
| Lyell, Murchison, Miller and the rest, or bota'
| Nv under the tutelagc of the masters OF that III
terestng science, or chemistry, or elec!Il-
city, or whatever else. Tho choice of the
department will lead at once to the works that
are important 10 it. Others again may wish to
study history and they will have rich choIca
| 10 the works which have already named Whi'e
others still may read for tho cultivation OF taste
and the education OF the Inauguration, anu lof
this purpose Eo work will serve more aumlrs
bly than the plays OF Shakespeare. The speak
er then went through nearly the whole range
of art science literature and theology, direct
ING his hearers TO the Intellectual lights which
would best servo to illuminate their pathway
and render easy their progress through the
llahyrinthine windinga OF human Knowledge
~ Y Herald.
| VIRGINIA CATHOLIC STATISTICS. his
farewell sermon at the Cathedral in Elchmond,
last Sunday, Bishop Gibbons gave brlei sum-
mary of the present condition OF tho DIOCESE.
lie said when | assumed charge OF the Dio
cese of Richmond in 1872, it contalned hfteen
churches, fifteen chapels and stations. seventeen
priests, and about sytco parish Schools with
90 aggregate attendaGc! OF l,lOo pupils. Al
Tho present moment tho Dlocesa comprises
Twenty. four churches, lw.oly three Gharc!s and
stations twenty lour priests, besides about
twelve ecclesiastical students, who will, l uusl,
soon swell the number Of priests and become.
by their piely and learning, an ornament to The
i Diocese There aro twenty eight parish schools,
with an aggregate Of attendance OF 2.23O pu
nils. Thus We have 10 five years an increase
of nine churches, OF eight chapols and stations,
| of seyep priests and $50 scholars. The prop
erty of the Diocese has increased to the large
amount of $50 00O. and Of this amount SlOo.'
LOCO has been added to tho ecclesiastical prop
erty Of Richmond alone am happy to gay
that all this amount has been paid for except
small sum due on the Sisters property: Tho
building and lot on which tho boys school II
erected cost about $4,000. or the sum 81 ,Oo0
was collected 10 this city, the balanca, $l3, ,0W',
| liuuidated partly from my own tunds anu
partly from funds collected outside tho Diocese.
Hence, you may conclude that my successor ~lli
not have much financial trouble to settle.
BREAD CRUsrs IN PARIS. s.-"What bocomas
Of the old moous?" What bccomea Of tho old
} crusts of bread in paris?" asks tho Figaro, and
| then tells of their Transformation. Tho bou
LANCER ell vieux, freely translated, baker OF
. khe DID," utilizas the dry. damaged and aban
[ doncd bread. lie gathers tho erusts in board
4 ing houses, converts and hotels. ihesG mor
? sells. covered with sand, stained with INK, anu
often picked from heaps Of refuse, are sold ~
! servants 10 the "I'aker Of O!d.' who turns ~!
! them iuto new preparations. Inc mcrchahutss
! ia ia fret carefully sorted out. Tho fragments
~ Which ~ ar, Judged to be still in presentabIs
cond;tion. sro dried in an oven and form oroue'
su not wi: :ch arc used up ia soup at low'clas;
restaurapte. Almost all the ozcnge' shaped
crusts , served is dishes of vegetables have this
: oripin This cruubs and defective erusts are
minded in mortar uutil they become Whit
pastc whioh butchers use to adorn outlets. al
the material that appears absolutely lncapab
D If further service il ther roasted. reduced t
charcoal, ground into powder. and, by the al
| I:.: ~ g co1u Irnns nf essence Of mint, ls con