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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-03
NAPoLEoNs PREDICTION ON RUSSIA.

Now that the Turco Russian war is over
and all eyes are turned to Constantinople, the
bons of contention of Europe, it may be of
in interest to quote an opinion given by Napoleon
at st. Helena, in 1917, to his surgeon, Barry
O'Meara:
'In the course of few years. added he,
"Russia will have ConstaBtinoPle, the greatest
part of Turkey, ard all Greece. This hold
to ba as certain as if 1T had already taken
place. Almost all the oajoling aud hattering
which Alexander practiced towards me WAS to
gain my consent to effect this object, would
not consent, foreseeipg that the equilibrium of
Europe would be destroyed.
"In the natural course Of things. in few
years, Turkey must fallIto Russia. The great
est part of her population are Greeks, who,
would ipjure, and VITO could oppose it. are
England, France, Prussia and Austria. Now,
ss TO Austria, it would be yery easy for Russia
to engage her assistance by giving her ssrvis
triSn dominions, reaching near to Constanti.
nople. The only hypothesis that France aud
England may ever be allied with sincerity will
be in order to prevent this. Bot even this
alliance will not avail France, England and
Prussia united cannot prevent it. Russia and
Austria can at any time effect 1T. Once MIS-
commerce of the Mediterranean, becomes a
great naval power, and Heaven knows what
may happen. She qnsrrels With you, marches
off to India an army of 10000 good soldiers,
Wnlcn TO Russia lb mourning, Auu IOU,OOo ca
naille, Cossacks and Others and England loses
India.
above all other powers Russia is most to
be feared, especially by you. Her soldiers are
braver than the Austrians, and she has the
means of raising as many as she plesses. In
bravery the French and English seldiors are
the only ones TO be compared to them. All
this foresaw. Isee into futurfty further than
Others, and L wanted to establish barrier
against those barbarians by TO establishing
the Kingdom CT Poland, and putting Ponia-
to Sski at the head Ct It'll King; but your i'm.
beetles Of Ministers would not consent. A hum
drei years hence I shall be praised, and Eu-
rope. especially England, will lament that
did not succeed"
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-03
HOW OUR AMERICAN BOYS ARE TRAINED
IN NORTHERN UNIVERSITIES

About fortnight ago, Carter and Atterbury,
two members of the sophomore class at th"
celebrated Princeton, N. J. University, went to
the room of a freshman named Lane and hazed
him most numerically. He was stripped and
spanked, his hair was cot, and he was subjected
to indignities which his classmates felt called
upon to resent in the most summary manner.
The Freshman class, that of 81, is unusually
large, containing upward of ITO members, mauy
Of whom are specially noted for strength.
The most active members of the class
held . meeting, and deputed eight of
their number, together with two juniors,
Tn vTeak vengeance upon the offending
sOphomores. The majority OF the freshmen
and both the juniors belonged the Alpha
Sigma Chi secret society, an Organization that
the faculty supposed had been broken up, bat
which appears to h0vs maintained q lively and
foutisting existence. The men selected we're
among the most powerful o. their ctass, and
numbered several who were distinguished in
the uthtetiu exsrriBsH of tho college, Two vera
from New York, 9 third from Illinois, 8 fourth
from HiSsouri, q fifth from Maryland, and
sixth from the Detrict of Columbia.
They hid themselves in Atterbury's loom
while he was out and when he and Carter re-
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-03
FASTER T4AN 4 MILE 4 MINUTE
Jamestown Democrat.

Every one acquainted with the Dnnkirk,
Warren and Pittsburg Railroad knows how
rapid is the decent from Laona into Fredonia.
Last Saturday night, about II O'Clock, an
accident happened at that place. The night
was intensely cold, aud when tho regular
freight train pulled out of Csssadags ali the
brakemen but one were in the caboose warm
ing up, preparatory to standing guard over the
long train of twenty-uine oars whom the heavy
grade should be reached. Just after leaving
the station the train broke in two, the last FIVE
cars beug left behind, the others, with only
one brakeman, going on, unaware of the acci-
dent. The top of the hill was reached and the
descent begun. The engineer, finding himself
impelled along at q terrible rate, reversed his
engine, though he says he expected to see the
cylin der heads blown out and his locomotive
wreck-aud wbistled for brakes. The cars
were covered with ice and snow, and she soli-
tary brakeman took bis life in his hand when,
in the darkness. and with the train laundering
along at tho rate ef about mile minute
down q grade that increased the speed every
second, be sprAug from one oar to another and
set every brake -tAe-#bels- -tWenty=thren
care. The run from the top of the hill to Ere.
donia was made in an incredibly short space OF
time and to the bravery of the brakeman, The
quick discovery Of tho impending danger by
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-03

There was much fun in the church over the
blunder. The Trustees said it WAS an indica-
tion of Providence that the liberal donor of
the window should carry out Ger advertise
ment to tho letter, and pay ''the rest" of the
debt. She did not sue it in exactly that light,
but CON promised on the gift of large part of
it. Her window cost her a great deal more
than she meant it should. and she 10 not at
present putting up any more memorial stained
glass.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-03

COME UNTO ME-
AND WILL GIVE THEE
RkSr
Instead of this, the careless artist had made
il read
COME UNTO ME- :
AND ! Will GIVE
THE RESI- :
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-03
rae MORNKa STAR AMI CATHOLIC MESSEkHER sUrDAY MARCH

the eugio oser, and the good work of the loco.
motive and every brake, is due the fact that
the train was kept from pluuge into the Dun
kirk depot aud total sunihitation.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-03

The ostentatious Practias of erecting opstly
memorial windows IN churches recently re-
ceived u Wholesome rebuke III Minneapolis. A
rich lady wanted to erect window In honor
of q departed relation. The congregation,
deeply burdened with debt, let her have her
own way, in the hope that, as che took enough
Interest in the oburch TO pot in the windo~ n I,
che nj ght be led to do something more subHtA0-
tial me window was iu due time s9nt by the
Chicago concern which had elaborately con-
and yellow it was the wonder of all the Min.
nespo.is small boys and the admiration of the
grown people. But after it had been placed in
position, an alarming biunder was discovered.
rbe lady had meant that one of it's Inscriptions
ahnnid read:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17

THE conference at Washington
among republican Congressman, as to
how the coming political canvass shall
be shaped, shows deep and settled
conviction that the party cannot be
run upon the line marked out by the
administration. In other words the
party cannot and will not attempt to
defend the administration. Beyond
all peradventure the battle must be
fought upon republican principles as
the rank and file understand them,
and not such principlesas the admins
tration eXemplifies in its deeds. The
great query to settleishow to avoid ,un-
observation-disclosures "a clashing with
the administration. The republican
members of Congress who are willing
to endorse the President do not
reach more than about half dozen.
On the other hand a very large num-
ber do not want to make war upon
him. 1t would seem then, as we have
said, the question is how to have a
vigorous enunciation of principles
and sharp, pointed campaign with
out crossing the Presidents path.
We rather incline to think the re-
publicans of Iowa will be ready to
solve this problem on the 18th ofnext
June and that they will do so con-
siderately and calmly and yet very
decisiyely and fearlessly. They will
plainly declare republican principles
as they understand them, in stalwart,
forcible language, without throwing
down the glove as the gage of battle
with any man within the republican
ranks, leaving the contest, if such
there shall be within the ranks, to be
inaugurated by such as may choose
to quarrel with the principles set forth
in the platform.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17
Hotel Rates.

It is high time that reduction
were made in the prices charged by
first-class hotels for board and lodg-
ing. While the cost of nearly sill the
great staples has fallen from 40 to 90
per cent. from what it was ten years
ago, the hotels keep up the high pri-
ces of the war period without furn-
ishing any additional accommoda-
tions to represent the shrinkage in
the expense of maintenance. Why
should these high prices be maintain
ed? The value of real estate and
buildings has fallen at least 30 per
cent. In all our large cities within the
past decade, and in many places rents
have suffered . like decline. Help of
all kind costs much less than in 1868,
and fuel has suffered great shrinkage
in value. Insurance rates have par
tfcipated in the general tumble, and
even the hotel clerk is . much cheap
er article than formerly. Furniture,
including bedding and carpets, does
not cost half what it did when the
present schedule of prices was adOp-
ted. In the matter Of food stutis the
decline is equally noticeable. By ref
ereuce to the american Almanac for
1868, We find convincing proof of the
shrinkage that has taken place in
breadstuffs, meats, etc, in the last ten
years. In 1868 the average price Of
mess beef in New York was $32 per
barrel; last year it was $40. Ten
years ago butter cost As cents per
pound; last year the price was q
cents. Flour then was 1856 per bar
rel; in 1877 il averaged $3.50. Hams
then cost IL cents per pound; last
year the price was 1Ok cents. Tbs
price Of lard in that decade fell ~
cents per pound rnackerel fell s2.5(
lper barrel molassss 50 cents per gal
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17
OTTUMWA, IOWA, APRIL II, 1878.

Ion; mess pork $3.50 per barrel; rice
$2.S7 per cwt.; sugar IL cents Der
pound. Coffee alone Of all the sta.
Piles is dearer now than in 1868. In
the face of these facts, what excuse il
there for the high prices charged by
our hotelsp What 10 they give to q
transient guest in exchange for bis
$3.50 to IS per day? They made
handsome profits at these prices dur
ing the war and the flush times that
followed its close. What exorbitant
returns must they not now receive
when their outlay has been diminish
ed at least 80 per cent?
We can not and do not expect re-
turn to the low prices of 1860, be-
cause revolution has taken place in
the business of hotel keeping. The
educated taste of the travelling public
demands that our leading hostelries
shall be fitted up in 3 style Of palatial
'magnificence. The furniture and be-
longings must be of the latest fashion
to please the fastidious patrons the
bill of fare must embrace all the deli
oacies as we'll as the substantials Of
the season, and costly elevators have
taken the place of the fashioned
stairway. These elegances are CON-
paratively modern, and they all help
to swell the bill of costs. But they
do not warrant our large tavern keep
ers in maintaining the prices charged
when everything else has fallen so
Per cent. in cost. Private boarding
has been reduced from 25 to so per
cent. within the last two years, and
the example has been followed in
most restaurants. Why should not
the hotels be compelled to do like
wise !-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17
Three Little Girls Have an Ad.
venture with Wolves.

Three little girls from 6 toS years
of age, up at Manville, Wis, on the
Wisconsin Central Raiiroad, wan
dered into the woods last week and
got lost. Night came on and the little
ones fiually at about midnight ran
upon haystack ia a clearing. They
pulled cut some of the hay and made
4 hole big enough to crawl into, when
to their horror several large wolves
came bowling about them and snap
ping their hungry jaws in an,icipa-
tlon OF the human feast before them.
The children cried and screamed in
their terror, as the wolves came near
er and nearer. Finally the oldest Of
the children, while on her knees pray
ing for herself and little sisters, hap
pened to remember reading that fire
would frighten away wild animals,
and remembered also that she had q
few matches in her pocket. In mo-
ment she pushed the children out
from the stack and struck match
and set fire to the dry hay. The effect
was magical. In an instant the flames
shot upward, and the wolves ran of
in rage of disappointment, and soon
after, as the little ONES were warming
the chilled blood in their little veins,
their parents and friends came up to
their rescue, attracted thither by the
light from the burning haystack.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17
For District judge.

wayne county Republican,,
The nomination of Capt. T. M. Fee,
Of Centerville, for District Judge OF
this District, by acclamation, is now
generally conceded. So strong is he,
and SO popular wherever his acquain-
tance has extended, that no other
name has been suggested by the re-
publicans as candidate for the DO
sition.
It is understood that Captain Fee
declined to make any contest for the
nomination and only consented to be
. candidate when assured from all
quarters that his nominhtion was so
generally desired that no opposition
whatever would be made. So fiatter-
ing an honor was never more WORTH
ly bestowed. During his term of Of
flee rs District Attorney, Mr.. Fee has
made many friends throughout the
district who will rejoice in his success.
In . position which from its nature
invites opposition and brings the
prosecutor in antagonistic relations
with those accused of crime and their
friends, Mr.. Fee has borne himself SO
courteOusly as to make few enemies
and provoke no personal enmities. In
the prosecution of crime he has
shown himself faithful, energetic and
thorough in his wor tempering his
zeal as AN attorney with cautious re-
gard for the innocent and due atten-
tion to the interests of the country.
Mr.. Fee is well known in these
seven counties as courteous gentle
man, an honest man, and an able law
yer.
Considering his record as a faithful
soldier, successful and experienced
lawyer Of good judicial mind and ex-
cellent legal training, and .s staunch
Republican, the people of Wayne
county will take pleasure in rolling
up for the Captain at the polls in
October, round four hundred ma
jority against any, or all candidates
that may enter the field against him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17
The Confederate Mouse.

Irish citizens and Union-loving
democrats will no doubt appreciate
thecompliment paid them by the DEM
Ocratic members of the House of Rep
resentatives at Washington, who yes
terday elected the Georgia rebel Cen
eral Field for Doorkeeper of the
House, preferring him over General
James Shields, the patriot Irish
American, who, all through the Mex
lean war and all through the war of
the rebellion, fought under the stars
and stripes. The vote stood 123 for
the Southern rebel to 1Ol for the Irish
defender of the Union. Every demo-
cratic member Of the House but one
voted for the rebel, and all the repub-
lican members voted for the loyal
Irishman, Notwithstanding the fact
that he is democrat. Not only our
Irish-American friends, but all other
Americans who have sense enough to
between acts will under
stand what all this means, notwith-
standing the demagogical farce enact
ed by the democratic House imme-
diately afterwards in going through
the motions of voting to General
the pay of a retired Major
General-a gratuity which he did not
ask for or want-When every one so
voting is aware that the pretended do
nation, even if it could become a law,
would be illegal and of no effect.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17
Cant. +. N. Eae.


We publish elsewhere a notice from
the Wayne County Republican an.
announcing Capt. Fee as republican
candidate for District Judge in this
district in very flattering terms. We
have for some months past heard
some talk in regard to who should be
our nominee for this position, and SO
far as we have been able to learn he
has been the only gentleman named.
1t would seem that with universal
accord he has been selected as the
man for the place.
1. The Captain entered the seth Iowa
volunteers, as private of Company
g, and soon became captain of his
company, serving throughout the
war with marked credit and honor.
For several years preceding the rebel
lion he had resided in this city, read
ing law here and was here admitted
to practice. He had been but a short
time in the practice at Centerville
when he entered the service.
At the close of the war he settled
down in earnest to the practice, and
possessing sound body and excellent
mind, together with indomitable en-
ergy, the Captain rapidly rose in his
profession. I'm 1874 he was elected
district attorney for this district, and
1t is readily conceded by everybody
who knows anything about it, that
he has made one of the very ablest
prosecutors the district ever had.
Should he be nominated for Judge he
will be elected over any man the OPP
position can name, and if it can be a
safe rule to judge of his success upon
the bench by the energy and skill he
has displayed as prosecutor he will
succeed admirably.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17

GEN. J. B. WEAVER appears in
the Davis County Republican of the
18th inst, by letter, complaining of
the State Register as the author of the
story that the democracy was endeav-
oring to cuddle with him and make
him their nominee for Congress in this
district. The General denies that the
democracy have made any advances
to him. Well, this is matter of very
little moment; it is very certain, how
ever, that there has been great deal
of talk pro and con about uniting the
greenbackers and democrats on a con-
gressional candidate and the General
is the individual to whom the green
hackers looked as their Moses.
The Republican, in remarking upon
this letter of Weaver's, takes occasion
to speak out plainly of the General
and does it very handsomely as fol-
lows:
For years we have had warm per-
sonal friendship for Gen. Weaver.
We have worked harder for him and
had more sincere desire for his sue
cess than for any other man. He was
then republican. He is now as bit
ter an opponent as the republican par
ty has. We are still a republican.
That will cause us to be found in op-
posite ranks. While wishing him
success personally, we would regard
his success politically as one Of the
greatest evils which could befall this
country. We conceive the principles
he advocates to be utterly subversive
of all the best interests of the country
AS leading to the overthrow of all
safeguards of society, and as sure to
result in the bankruptcy of the labor
ing and commercial classes. Believ-
ing this we can do no other than OPP
pose him politically. We expect to
treat him as fairly as possible, certain
ly as fairly as his personal organ treats
us. AS private citizen we like him
-as the representative of a political
idea, we don't.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17

The fierceness with which the
claim epidemic is raging in the pres
ent Congress is again illustrated by q
report just made by the Committee
ON Claims in the Senate upon bill
introduced for the relief of Mrs. Mar
garet A. Spencer, of Maryland, the
widow of an cx-member of Congress
from that State wao died in 1858.
Mrs. Spencer, the claimant, is the
daughter of Thomas Dunn, who, she
says, was killed by the Indians at the
massacre of Fort Mimms, ON the Ala
bama River, in August, 1913, at which
massacre the Indians, incited to war
by the United States troops, destroy
$4,000 worth of cattle, horses, pro-
visions, and other property. She has
been twice married, and it never oc-
Cured to her to claim damages for
the destruction Of her fathers prop
erty until last February, sixty-five
years after the alleged destruction
took place. The committee reported
against the payment of the claim, as
the only evidence to sustain il was
like that by which the tomb Of Adam
was identified by Mark Twain. She
proves that her father was Thomas
Dunn, and that there was an Indian
massacre at Fort Mimms ON the date
alleged. At that time she was
years old.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17
There is Music in the Air.

There is music in the air for the
western democratic congressman who
voted against Gen. Shields. They
will hear it humming in their ears
around the polls next November, and
the chances are that most of them
will wish Doorkeeper Field had been in
Tophet or back i'm Turkey before they
were tempted to elect him. A sam
pie of the airs that will be popular in
the coming campaign was produced
at the democratic convention i'm Peo-
ria county, this State, yesterday. 1t
recited the election of the eX-Turk,
ex-confederate, Field, by the votes OF
northern democratic dough-faces, and
declared that "it is the duty of all the
friends and admirers of the gallant
Shields to bear in mind the course
pursued by those so-called democrats,
that in time they may get the reward
due to all trucking politicians" Ev-
cry county convention held in the
State between this and November
should endorse and repeat the declar-
alton of the Peoria democrats, and
take special care that the reward men,
toned shall be bestowed in full at the
the next election.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17


The wedding gift Of Hannah de
Rothschild to her husband, Lord
Rosebery, was . check for . million
dollars. t
Two Chinamen, members Of the
Methodiat Episcopal Church in San
Francisco, have been licensed - local
preachers.
A North Carolina girl pierced her
ears in order to get pair Of ear
rings, and got instead . four-and-a-
half-pound tumor.
Alexander Hill, OF Lyons, has been
arrested for violating the United
States laws by making and selling
unstsmped matches.
A girl employed in paper.mill in
Salisbury, Mass, while sorting rags,
got hold Of An old hustle, and, feeling
something hard, ripped 1t open and
found "a In gold coin.
A Mississippi Judge WAS just say
ing that no one but . coward would
carry pistol, when his own fell from
his pocket, was discharged, and the
bullet hit lawyer in the leg.--De-
trOit Free Press.
A few days ago . Norwich man
bought chest Of tea III Providence,
and, on opening, found stone inside
weighing nearly eleven pounds. He
remarked that the weighs Of Provi-
dence are very mysterious.
Clock work has been SUCCESSFULLY ap-
piled 20 . motor to. sewing machines
by . mechanic Of Vienna. II can be
wound up in few minutes, and will
run for several hours, ~ speed being
meanwhile fully usdsr the control Of
J the operator. a.tI S3,v
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-17

THE history of how the balance of
tralle has been with us for series Of
yealw we give below, and the change
1oR the better in these later years is
the brightest spot in our recent histo-
~ upon which to base our hopes of
prosperity.
For nearly twenty years it was
against US, and the result was that we
were compelled to send our bonds, of
various kinds, and other forms Of in
debtedness abroad to pay for the ex-
cess Of imports over exports. This
excess Of imports in 1853 was $39, &c.,
600; In 1854 1t was $l57 ,559, 900; in 1869
It wAe 1l8l 1896, 900; in 1872 1t was $780,
AIT 900; in 1878 1t was el19,656, 900.
In the twenty years period ffDm 1855
p lN6 inclusaye, 1t was against us all
the time, with the exception of 1858
TO 1882. Bat In 1876 there came q
change; cur exports exceeded our Inn
p0E0 that year hy go ,928, 600; and In
le77 BY el62, ,162,U00