The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-10-13

Three hundred Kegs OF DaC Deer, tnToNu lut
pond at steTbuTR, Prussia, proved that
intoxicated fish is very queer fish indeed.
London publisher spent $l2 500 in advel
tisipp n new magazine before the first mum be
was printed, Of which 100 900 copies were cor
stqueLtly sold.
the Providence High School by compulsory ex
tsmporapeous debates once week on Subject
ofState and national government.
North Beaver township, Pa, has discovered
tree. eli imbing snakes. A dozen of them hsv
been killed, tae longest OF which measured
seven feet. They have fat heads, greenisi
spots on the skin, and emit hirsing sonnt
like that of q gooss
The Boston whiting School has been il
operation several yesrs. A large room 10 pro
vided with seats and benches, aud certain
space is appropriated TO each whittier. In'
pupils are boys, ard the sessi are held il
the evening. The aim is to teach t1e ele ement
Of wood carving.
Even t5e Rom IN Csmpsgns seems at last tt
have found its masters IN the Trappists. They
have acclimatiz ID the Australian eucaly ptus
and overcome the malarial fever; now they have
used nitro q iycerine ID break up layer of ufs
beneath the soil, under which O rich and favor
able earth was found.
The village of Kollmsr, near G!uckstaGt. il
Holtt sin, situatsd in q district reputed for il
healthiuess, has jutt witnessed the diamond
wedding, the seventy fifth marriage ami
versary of two Of it's one thousand four hun.
dings impending, and the last fourteen
years have seen en- such celebrations there.
The city ordinance of San Francisco makes
il O misdemesnor to sleep in q room containing
less than 800 cubic feet of air TO each person.
1t is enforced against Chinese only. Last
month many were arrested for violating it, and
ninety-one were squeez I'd into cells that gave
them twenty three feet of air to each man.
What anotion this must give heather of the
just ce of Christians.
Iabp a
rule are far too Insular 10 thought, habit, and
manner of life. The vast msj oIity of them
can speak no tongue bat their own, and feel
little sy ympatby with the hopes and fesrs which
animate their brethren the continent of
Europe. II is time that they learned more of
their neighbors, their daily life, their amuse-
ments, their Interests. and their politics."
OF cotton cloth the United States ex sorted
last year 126,0000O0 yards, while the amount
in 1874 was but Il 100000. Employers claim
that the earnings Of mill operatives are higher
now than in ls60, in proportion to the cost Of
living and mills are supplying goods at less
cost than in that year. Although supplies cost
more and cotton the same, greater skill and
economy. with improved machinery, produce
these results.
We are accustomed to regard the Mississippi,
"the great father Of foods" rs Benton called
it, as the most majestic river on the globe, but
il Commsuder Selfrid9e, recently returned
from an exploration of the Amazon, tells the
truth, the real father Of waters is to bs found
in the Southern continent. He says: We
found the volume of the Amszon to be seven
million cubic feet q second, and if the Mssis-
sipp were flowing into it it would not raise ts
surface perceptibiy.'
The Seventh French Army Corps, command
ed by the Duke DAumsle, maneuvered lately
IN presence OF number of English, German,
Russian, Austrian and Belgian eff GERS, who
expressed themselves greatly surprised by it's
admirable disciplioe; % 600 men were in the
field. The French army is reported to have
MADE Hmar rkab!e progress since the overthrow
OF the empire Both musketry and artillery
are Of tie latest invention, the soldiers are
more thoroughly drilled, and their numbers
are greatly !ncrecR d.
On the Northern C-ntrAl Railrosd of Penn
sylvana on Tuesday last, Engine No. 40.
driven BY Robert BlrReor, with Conductor
JARVIS IN charge of the trair, DIRE " from C!ark's
Ferry TO Sun.ury, distance of thirty -one
miles, train consistiuR of les empty freight
cars one loaded eigat heeler. two cabooses
Al Hno q. dead engine. 1t was up grade work, but
lhe trip was made at the rate of ten miles an
hout. The train was e 200 feet long. or go
feet more than mile, sod, it is claimed. WAS
the Longest ever drawn by single engine.
nice election scsudal ia talked about in
Canad:. AT the close of the polls in the Min
istsr of J1stice's county, according to the
story, the returning officer prt tended be
sick, put the ballots into q sideboard, which
be locked up, and went to sac the doctor. A
man with lot of ballots had been placed in
tbe cellar ana bOlo cut through the Dor and
the bottom of the sideboard. So soon 6s the
coast was clear he came up selected q eff
cent number of opposition ballots replaced
them with Latamme tickets, aud vanished.
In Q q ood in Texas, man found himself left
on . swiftly dsaolving bank. He called to
his con, who WAS on high ground above, to
throw q rope. The boy did 80, and the old
man, he took one end OF the line in his
hand, said Now listen to me- and do as l
I ell you. II you 6nd you can't hold on when
! commerce 10 climb, let go. It's no use for
both to drown, 30 don't let me pull you down
II you 6nd you can't hold the rope, drop it,
run down on the fat, and grab for me as /
float by" The boy braoed, aud the father was
savad.
The morning after the signature of the Cy-
prus convention ZArify, the Constantinople
banker, sent an ageLt to Larnaca with sealed
which being opened after his ar
rival proved to be an unlimited credit and
authority - purchase everywhere all the sRent
could get hold of, whether house, lands or cat-
tie without loss of time. The agent, with 40
sistaut IS, succeeded in buying property to the
extent of $40 600 at very low rates, owing to
the prevailing misery throughout the country.
To-day tbs property is wo-tA more than
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