The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-09
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


x700, 900 900.
The Paris Figaro 10 about to inaugurate
revelation in French journalism by coming on
~ m eight page paEer.
.Aziss Mary Graham. of Msoville, Georgia, ha
made quilt which contains hve thousand hvt
hundred and fifty pieces.
The question whether o man can swim in OF
Was lately solved at Nice, where q frst-cIas
swimmer fell into On oil vat, and was only
saved from drowning by the aid Of n friend.
n. Lonis Roederer, the great wine dealer
has lost his,seAtr-for Rheims-in the French As
sembly, the illegal act proved against him be.
ing his promise, IL elected, to buy up all the
rhampagne in his district.
Nancy II. Hatch, of Royslston, Ohio, made q
sill while she was undeniably in her right
xnind, bot tore 1t up in fit OF insanity just be.
fore her death. Tee will has been admitted to
probate, however, its contents being proved.
Dn the ground that the woman had no leg al
power to revoke IL when insane.
Emigration on large scale has lately com.
neuced from Lorraine to France. Among the
emiRrsnts are many beads of families who
neglected, st the time Of the German conquest,
70 exercise their right to leave; Their child.
1rged their parents to remove to France.
According to recent calculation made by
Mr.. Yates of Liverpool, the House Of Marlbo-
souRh, the Churohills, has oess from its fouuda.
sterling. Since that date the heirs male of the
Dukes Of Marlborough. lawfully begotten,
have received grant Of G5 900 per aRnun,
and will contin ne 20 do so until there shall
fail TO be . next Of kin.
A London correspondent foots up the annual
eost 70 England Of her Royal family ct 50 96S..
$50, but sdds that If ell the items could be GO
eertained 1t would be found that the total
lords and ladies get salaries ranging from $4,000
10 go. 900 for filling offices to which there are
no duties attached, Is, for instance, the Master
Of the Tennis Court, when no one plays tennis
RtaA khAra IN mn ~ fN NIL in
Evil May Day May 1, 1879 was thus called
On account of the violence of the apprentices
and populacs of London, directed against for
aigncrs, particularly she French. The rioters
others. was hanged and 400 more In their
shirts, and bound with ropes, and with halters
around their neoks, were carried to Westmin.
seer, but upon crying Mercy mercy r. they
ware oil pardoned by the King Henry VIII.
Psdsstrianism has become fashionable in San
2rsnrisco among both men and women. Walk
ing clubs are numerous. The members meet
On sn appointed day in O suburb, and start q
''rooRhing it, is generally more in fancy than
IN fact, for carriages are taken along for the
tised once to ride in. Dio Lewis' party of fifty
tourists has returned demoralzed. They in
eanded to journey and camp In the mountains
tor three months, but the Doctor fell sick as
tAe o1tsets and two weeks Of outdoor life was
Eaough for the rest.
AOhilles, by having had plunRing bath in
ant Bis heel. There 10 a gentleman in Spain
who hes tha advantage of the Greciau hero. in
being bullet.proof all over. The Heraldo
states that 50 man has jast arrived at Madrid
being Publicly shot at by the soldiers Of the
garrison, and IL this be not permitted, he will
shoot himself by means Of o machine which
viii let off several rifles at the same time.
Shis strange fellow 10 said to have invented o
garment of tissue which will resist any
6alletn
1hsaSioolGB Vestnik, one OF the leading papers
OF southern Russia, was started fourteen years
every day in the week, including Sunday. At
other times 1t 10 issued bot once or twice q
week, aud occasionally an entire week passes
without it's appearances. The hour Of publioa-
1onally published at D and in the morning,
Sss generally appears between 2 in the Afrer.
icon and 10 at night. The publisher considers
o1egulsr system ofpublication too monotonous
'eBesides," he says. "we're always short of
9oEnethiug- advertisements. copy, omposi-
3cRs, OF cash, and when We. have all these,
wsEe often short Of readers"
IN Naples recently every one haa been on the
1Dokout for great eru ption, and Prof. p lmier
haR been SO tormented by telegrams asking for
21formation that he has at length issued . bill
81 health for the mountain. The new mouth
whioh opened at the bottom of the crater in
367S hes been active since December, 1875 On
Nay 2. 1873, 1t gave indicAtions of increased
activity. bat what this partial eruption will
SNo1ib III C1uuOb DO tOr0BOIu. a long Time,
However, must elApse before the lava will roll
down the sides OF the cone. az the cavity of the
4Ro4er 10 far from being full Bot shonld the
GCnO be opened lateraily by some extraordi-
nary eruptive force. the lava will pour ont in
deuge. The fire cannot now be seen from
8eples, as it iR at the bottom of the c. ater,
and only lite rehsotion Ia visible on the smoke.
TIE feeding of the animals in q menagerie 10
Asways carefully done, because their lives de.
pend on the adaptability of their food. The
Rhiladelphia IImes says that the daintiest eat.
oEs in the Geological Garden there are two
oSlnpan Sses. They breAkfsss on weak tea,
with plenty Of milk and sugar. and bread
shiekly spread with honey. They lunch at 10
oielOCk on bananas and oranges, dine At on
sbos or tspiooA, served with suger and sherry,
and sap at on rice and milk. The seals are
5sss oOblesome to feed, but more expensive.
aor HVs of shem eat daily eighty pounds of
ESSh fish. Formerly the lions, tigers. and
Skher carnivora were costly, but of late they
ASSe been fed on horse meat, which is very
aheap. The bnffAloes, deer, and elephants live
BOW on the grass in the grounds. The rhino.
SeEes is the greediest of the lot; out it is guam
sly that he Graves, without much regard to
Hpality. He will eat $50 poands of hay every
Gay, and . bushel of potatoes is to him like o |