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January 20
ST. SEBASTIAN, MARTYR.

st. Sebastian was an officer in the Roman
army, esteemed even by the heather as a
good soldier, and honored by the Church
ever since as a champion of Jesus Christ.
st. Ambrose and St. Charles Borromeo were
specially devout to him and it was while
st. Sebastian that st. Philip Neri received
the miraculous gifts of the Holy Ghost.
Born at Narbonne. Sebastian came to Rome
about the Jesr 294, and entered the lists
with the powers of evil. He found the
twin brothers, Marcus and Marceiiinus, in
prison for the faith, and when they were
near yielding to the entreaties Of their rel
atives, encouraged them to despise flesh
and blood and to die for Christ. God con
frmed bis words by miracle: light shone
around him while he spoke; he cured the
sick by his prayers; and in this divine
strength he led multitudes to the faith, and
among them the Prefect of Rome, with his
son Tiburtius. He saw his disciples die
before him, and one of them came back
from heaven to tell him his own end was
near. He was led before Dicoletian, and
at the Emperor's command pierced with
arrows and left for dead. Bot God raised
him up again, and of his own accord he
went before the Emperor, and conjured him
to etsy the persecution of the Church.
Again sentenced, he was at last beaten to
death by clubs, aud crowned his labors by
the merit of double martyrdom.
1t was in a contest of feryour and charity
that st. Sebastian found the occasion of
The Project of Rome, after
his conversion, retired to his estates in
and took a great mber of his
fellow converts with him to this place of
safety. 1t was questfsn whether Polycarp
the priest or 81. Sebastian should accom-
pany the neopbytes. Each was eager to
stay and face the danger at Rome, aud at
last the Pope decided that the Roman
Church could not spare the services of Sc
bastian. He continued to labor at the post
of danger till he was betrayed by a false
disciple, pierced by the arrows of the Moor
ish aTcheTs, and finally beaten to death in
the circus.
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-JAnpAry-I6.-
ST. FELIX OF NoLA.

priest of Nola, his native town, Felix
was already grsy-haired when thrawu into
prison in persecution, which eeems to
have been that of Decius in the middle of
the third century. He was loaded with
irons, his feet fixed in the stocks, and the
t noor spread with broken gisss. to make
sleep impossible. One night bright light
ailed bis cell, aud glorious angel ioosed
hio chains, opened the prison door, and
babe him go to the assistance Of Maxiwus
his Bishop, who had fed to the desert.
Felix found the Bishop at the point of
death. He revived his failing strength, and
carried him back to Nola. Soon the per-
secutors were again on the track of Felix /;
but on one occasion God held their eyes,
no that they did not know him on another,
spider spun its web across q hiding place
which the Saint had just entered on q
third, food was supplied to him by y mira
Gle. On the death Of Maximus, Felix was
chosen in his place. Every thing fitted him
for the Office : the esteem of Maxinus, the
veneration of the faithful, his prudence,
and the miracles by which God had pre-
served him to His Church. In his humility
he declined the office, rs he declined his
Inheritance, fearing the danger Of riches.
He died simple priest, in q little garden,
which he cultivated with his own haads
for himself and for the poor.
God allowed St. Felix to remain in The
obacurity which he chose as the safest way
to heaven. But after his death the Saint
was crowned with the glory and honor he
had refused on earth. He was scarceIy
dead, when the faithful rushed to touch
and kiss his body. Five basiiicas arose
near his tomb. Sc. Augustine attested an
apparition of the Saint. Pope Damascus
records that he was delivered from death
by his merits. St. Paulinus has written
bis life and attributes every grace be had
received to the intercession of st. Felix.
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January 10.
ST. wULsTAN, BISHOP.

Wulatan, the last Apglo-Saxon Saint,
gave an example of singular perfection in
various states of life. Son of a noble
thsne, his yonth was passed in innocence.
Once, when flushed with victory In sport,
being inclined to succumb to q temptation
he had before successfully resisted, he fed
into q thicket to spend the night in prayer,
and a heavenly dew extinguished the fires
of sin. When his parents by mutual con-
sent entered religion, Wnlstan became a
priest, and afterwnr a monk, at Worces-
ter, where he spent twenty Ave years in
extraordinary fervor. Named Bishop of
Worcester by st. Edward, he constantly
visited bis hoek, always reciting psalms as
he jonrneyed. ministeripg himself to the
wants of all. Three days in every week
he tasted no food, end never failed, by
night or day, to say Office in church at the
appointed hours, even while travelling,
although for this he often walked far in
snow and rain. He saw his beloved coun-
try laid low under the Norman invasion,
which he called the scourge of God. He
feared not the proud conquerers. but con-
tinued his holy life, and gained their re-
epect at last. He refused to adopt the
eplendid drees of the Norman prelates, and
wOuld himself cut off the locks of the
courtiere. His zeal in favor of the Cypress.
trade, of which Bristol was the mart. He
died, in his e7th year, ia 1905.
Summoned by the Mormon Archbishop
to resign his See, as being too simple to
govern it, Wulstan spent the time given
him in prayer. When he was hidden de-
fend himself, he declared he had received
his pastoral staff from St. Edward by au-
,hority of the Apostolic See, and to him
alone would he resign it. Approaching his
tomb, he placed his staff npon it, saying:
"Take this, my master, and deliver it te
whom thou wilt" To the wonder of all,
the staff remained imbedded in the stoDe /;
no force would dislodge it. Imploring
pardon of Wulstan, Archbishop Lanfrapc
reinstated him in his See, and babe him
ask his holy master, st. Edward, to restore
him the staff. Wulstan did so, aud the
staff yielded to his hand at once; and all
united in praising God, who is wonderful
in His Saints.
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friends If by any possibility you can re-
tain them. We are the weakest of spend
tbrifts if we let one drop off through mat
tention, or let ono push away another, or
if we hold Gloof from one through petty
jealousy or needless slight or roughness.
Would you throw away diamond because
it pTieksd you one good friend ~ is not to
If there is GOODNESS or uukindDess between
ns let us come face to face and have it out.
Quick, before the love grows cold Life
is too short to quarrel in, or to carry black
thoughts of friends. 1t Is easy to lose a
friend, but o new one will not come for
calling, nor make up for the old one.
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A gentleman who is rather given to
story telling relates the following: "When
L was young man 1 spent several years at
the South, residing for while at Port
Hudson, on the Mississippi river. A great
deal of litigation was going on there about
that time, end it was not an easy matter
to obtain a jury. One day was summoned
to act in that capacity, and repaired to
the court to get excused. On my name
being called I informed hishonor, the Judge,
that 1 was not u freeholder, and. therefore,
could not eerve. where do you reside y
the judge inquired. Il am stopping for the
present at Port Hudson 'You board at
the hotel, presumed Il take my meals
there, but have room in another part OF
tho town, where LODGE DO yon keep
bachelors baIlT yes, sir.' How long
have you been living in that nanoerT
About six months Il think you are quail
fed gravely replied the jadge, for have
never known q man to keep bachelors hall
the length of time you name who had not
dirt enough in his room to make him
The court does not excuse
you.'"
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SPEAK SOFTLY.

Speak seftigr gently -sxeri-----------
There 10 10 visor part;
For fais oh words pierce like steel
Tho yeHrnipg, loving heart.
AS geIns T, feet in brightness
Every fttttipg beam,
Lot words reflect in kindness
Loves sunny, love-lit CLEAN.
Speak scftly, gently everi
Tkey o 10 no peter Plan
For angry words can neyer
4. Etfeos what kind ones can.
For. oh O sett word spoken
Nav move the stubborn soul,
That still would prove defiant
Should words In thunder roll.
Speak soltly, gently ever
Woros bFtAI hing nADght nave love!
Ana soou our b ighted Eden
Will bloom NJ realms aeeyei
For faith ana fond Affection
In true jovs-knot entwIned,
With drmer cords than temper'd steel
Zach Lappy heart cAn bind.
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TEARLEss LUEATICs.-Oue of the most
curious facts connected with madness ia
the utter absence of tears amid the insane.
Whatever the form OF madness, tears are
conspicuous by their absence, as much in
the depression Of melancholia, or the ex-
element of mania, az in the utter apathy
of dementis. If a patient in a lupatic asy-
lum be discovered in tears, it will be found
that it is either patient beginning to re-.
cover or an emotional outbreak la an cpl
leptic who is scarcely truly insane, while
actually insane patients appear to have lost
the power of weeping: it is only returning
reason which can once more unloose the
fountains of their tears. Even when a lu-
natic lie telling one in fervid language how
she has been deprived of her children, or
the ontrages that have been perpetrated on
herself, her eye is never even moist. The
ready gush of tears which accompanies the
plant of the sane woman contracts with the
ry-eyed appeal of the lunatic. 1t would,
indeed, seem that tears give relief to feel
iDgs which when pent up lead to madness.
1t is one of the privilege of reason to be
able to weep. Amid all the misery of the
insane they can find no relief in tears.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-01-13

Sergeant Fazakerly, being on q visit in
the country in the course of q long vacation,
was one day riding out with rich squire,
who happened at that time to be about
engaging in a law suit, and thought it a
good opportB~ny to pump an opinion out
of the counsellor gratis. Ho gave his
opinion in snch way that The gentleman
WAS encouraged to go on with the suit
which, however, he lost, after spending
considerable Gums. Initiated by his disap.
pointment, he waited upon the sergeant at
his chambers, and exclaimed, "Z)unds!
sir, here have lnst three thousand pounds
by your ADVICE SPY my advice, ;" Gays
Fazakery, show eau that bet l don't
remember giving you my advice, but let
me look over my book" "Book," says the
other, "there is no occasion to look sc your
books f; it YVES when We were ridiug" to
get6er at snci a place." "Oh." ans wered
the sergeant, al remember something of it;
bat that was only NY travelling opinion,
and my opinion is never to BE- relied on
except it ia registered in my fee book"
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Mrs. Jane Bell, formerly MiGs MoCaulay has opened
suit of elegant for the accommodation Of her
many friends and customers, at 1871 Canal street,
between st. Charles and Carondelet streets. Long
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highest order commend her lady feiends ~ the
proper person to whom they should give their orders
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January IT.
January II.
ST. ANTONY; PATRIARCH OF MONKS,

ST. ANTONY PATRIARCH OF MONKS.
st. Antony was born in the year 25I, in
Upper Egypt. Hearing at Mass the words
IF thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou
hast and give to the poor" he gave away
All his vast possessions. He then begged
IN aged hermit to teach him the spiritual
ife. He also visited various eolitaries,
ppying In himseif the principle virtue of
ach. To serve God more perfectly, Antony
altered the desert, and immured himself iu
ruin, building up the door, 30 that
MOne could enter. Here the devils aa-
asulted him most fnriously, appearing as
various monsters, and even wounding him
8eevereIy: but his courage never failed, aud
he overcame them all by confidence in God
Rnd the eign of the Cross. His only food
Tas bread and water, which he never tasted
efore Gunset, and sometimes only once in
10Th aud sheepskin, and he often knelt in
rayer from sunset to sunrise. Many souls
ocked to him for advice, and after twenty
years of solitude he consented to guide
ehem in holiness, thus founding the fret
enonastery. His numerous miracles at
reeted such multitudes that he fed again
so solitude, where he lived by manual
DOE. he expired peacefully at very
vanced age. st. Athsuasius, his biogra-
er' says that the mere knowledge of how
antony lived Is a good guide to virtue.
0ne night while Antony was in his coli
lac, many devils ecourRed him go terribly
aaS he lay as if dead. A friend found him
us, and believing him dead carried him
ZONE. But when Antony came to himself,
re persuaded his friend to carry him, in
gpiee of his wounds, back to his solitnde.
s1eEe' PROSTATE from weakness, he defed
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che devils saying, Ell fear you not Won
cannot sepatate me from the love Of Christi
After more vain assaults, the devils fed,
and Christ appeared to Antony in Glory.
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January l6.
ST. IsIDoRE, HERMIT.

ST. ISIDORE, HERMIT.
Sc. Ieidore shared with the two Saints.
Maearius and Pamb DO, the glory If being
exiied for the true faith. He was one OF
the disciples of ST. Antony, and he had the
spiritual charge of the solItaries of the des-
ert of Nitria, and afterw ards of those of
Scete, in the fourth century. From his
youth he was most careful never to leave
his cell without good reason, in order to
preserve his heart in union with God. He
said he initiated in this the wild beasts,
who found their safety in their dens. He was
constantly occupied in recitiDg psalms day
and night. This did not prevent his man
nal labor, but ke sanctitied his work by
'joining prayer with it. He continued to
work most of the night, even when very
aged and when urged to take some re-
pose, he SAID: cater what Jesus Chriet
has done in coming into the world, if Isi-
dOre were to be burnt and his ashes scat
tered to the winds he wonld not have re-
paid the debt of gratitude he owes to 80
good a Master" He took 30 great pains to
stiae the very first movements of anger,
that one day, feeling an angry thought rise
In his heart whilst he was selling the bas-
kets he had made, he lett them in the mar
ket-piace and went away. He thus attained
such perfect sweetness that the most obsti-
feared even by the very devils, who fed
ont of those who were possessed when they
touched the threshold of Eis door.
st. lsidore had once occasion to visit
Theophilue, Bishop of Alexandria. On his
.Eeturn the sOlitaries asked for come news
of the town but he told them hs had seen
no one bat the patriarch himself. "Wby,
tather," they said, '.has that great city been
destroyed 7" "No," he answered, shut
thought l ought to keep guard over my
eyes; so saw absolutely no one but the
prelate."
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IMMATURE LIVES OF THE SAINTS.
ST. PAUL, THE FIRST HERMIT.
January Is.

ST. PAUL THE FIRST HERMIT.
st Paul was born in Upper Egypt, about
the year $50, and became an orphan at
the age of fifteen, being very rich and
highly educated. Fearing lest the tortures
of o terrible persecution might endapge
his perseverance,, he retired into q remote
village. Bot his pagan brother-in- law de-
nounced him, and, abandoning all he had,
Paul fed into the desert. His first design
was to return to the world when the perse-
lcution was over, but tasting great delights
lin prayer and penance, he remained the
rest Of his life in solitude. After many
Iwanderings be found Ia the depths of the
desert email space enclosed by rocks,
where solitary palm tree grew, with
spring of water at lite foot. Here he spent
NINETY years in penBnce, prayer, and con-
Temptation. God revealed his existence to
st. Antony, who sought him for three
days. Seeing thirsty she-wolf run through
|An opening in the rocks, Antony followed
her to look for water, and found Paul.
They knew each other at once, and praised
God together, Having passed the night in
prayer, at the dawn of day Paul told Antony
in the cloak given TO Antony by st. Atha-
nasius. Antony bastened to fetch it, and
on his way back, saw Paul rise to heaven
in glory. He found hia dead body kneelipg
as If In prayer, and two lions came and dug
his grave. Paul died in his one hundred
and thirteenth year.
st. Paul, rather than remain where his
faith was in danger. entered the barren
desert, trusting that God would supply his
wsnts. And his confidence was 70 warded,
for in the spot to which Providence led him
he found the fruit of the palm tree for food,
,its leaves for clothing, and the water of the
espriDg for drink. When ST. Antony visited
|him, q raven brought him q loaf, and st.
Paul said "See how good God lie! For
sixty years this bird has brought noe half
loaf every day now thou art come, Christ
has doubled the provision for His servants"
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Russians on the Rhodope mountains
has called forth q communication from
Grand Duke Nicholas to the Porte. re-
curing the Turkish government to sup
press it, and that the instruction uu-
doubtedly has had much to do with the
failure Of negotiations for the simulta-
neous withdrawal of Russian AID Eng
lish forces from the vicinity of Constsn-
tineple. The porte has sent peremp-
tory orders for the evacuation of
Batoum in difference to the Russian
Commander in Chief. but it will be
difficult, if not impossible. to induce
the Turks to fight against other Turks.
at Russian dictation. This demand,
coupled with request for the admis-
sion into Constantinople of large
number of Russian soldiers for the pur-
pose of religious service next Sunday is
regarded as fereshadowing the Russian
occupation OF that city unless negotl-
atoms shall have reached q more salts
factory stage than can now be hoped
for.
1 have it on good authority that the
English government has said its last
word. and that its policy now is to con-
tinue to strengthen its forces and pre-
pare for war.
New YORK, April 26.-The Heralds
London cable correspondent says: II
have it on the best diplomatic authority
that Bismarck recently said to his ply
stefan that Andrassy, in the course of a
conversation in regard to the Eastern
crisis, said that short Of miracle war
is Inevitable"
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EUROPE.

BELGRADE, April 26.-It is stated IN
well-informed circles that the Govern
ment, in accordance with the agreement
with Russia. is preparing a proclama-
ton to the Seryians to prepare tor fresh
war.
A Berlin dispatch states that Prince
Charles of Roumania refused the de-
mand of Russia for the dismissal of his
Cabinet.
LONDON, April 26.-The newspapers
this morning take q discouraging view
of the course of political negotiations.
They claim to see in Austria's attitude
a desire to wait in silence and see what
she may profit on the calamities and
weakness of the combattants.
The Daily Ne'cs says it is time to
give up all illusions respecting Aus
tria's effective interference in the pres
ent strife. Her move is plainly appar-
ent, having long ago made military
preparations on the borders of Bosnia
and Herzegovina in anticipation of war
between England and Russia, aid will
watch its developments and get what
it can. and congratulate itself on hav-
ing done so much without fighting. 1t
will be glad if we help IT'S designs, but
will owe us no thanks. In confirmation
of the foregoing utterance, a correspon-
don't says that notwithstanding various
aenials, it is maintained that the Aus.
trian negotiations at st. Petersburg are
proceeding favorably. and that the
chief objections of Austria against the
treaty of San Stefano have met with
due consideration.
BERLIN. April 20. = number OF
German Bankers induced to meet here
to consider the practicability of floating
another Russian loan unanimously re.
fuse to engage in the work.
LIVERPOOL, April 20. - Breadstuffs
are firm. lis 4d@1ls Sd for average
California wheat; lis 9d@lls 12d 70,
California club.
LONDON, April 26-The Russian
General Hiemann IS dead.
LONDON. April 26 - When a ship
goes on voyage of any length ship
pers are refusing to consign goods or
ships flying the British flag on account
of the critical state of relation.
between England and Russia This has
caused the Liverpool Sailing Ship.
Mutual Indemnity Association to enter
into preliminary arrangements for the
establishment of an association to PRO
vide funds for the payment of loses
incurred by its members through cap.
ture or destruction of the vessel by acti
of war.
A telegram from Blackburn says the
breach between the cotton masters AND
operatives is widening. The county
police were to-day called to Hardwood
to protect q manufacturer confined il
his house by an immense crowd from
which violence was feared.