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ever kind word or look lay give relief
wherever torbearance may be manifested, OF
forgiveness shown, or sympathy expressed, 81
good of any kind be done, there we may show
forth the spirit of the Saviour, and SO do that
which is well pleasing to him.-7oyior,
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THE TIDES.
NOVEL THEORY CONCERNING THEM-PRo.
FEssoR NEWCOMERS IDEA.

In his admirable work on Popular Az
troaomy, Professor Simon Newcomb gave
somewhat novel answer TO the question
why there are two tides q day. Represent
ing in diagram Z as the centre of the
earth, NJ the moon, G the centre of gravity
of the two bodies "a point within the earth
about three fourths OF the earth's radius
from the centre towards the moon), c the
point Of the earth's surface directly under
the moonr and d the corresponding point
on the other eide of the earth, the professor
explained tast tidal wave would be
caused at by the attraction of tho Innou
and the small centrifugal force around G.
and that at D wbere tho centrifugal force
was greater H. IN the moons attraction, the
waters woald be thrown out and form
anc!her tidal wave, the whole action thus
making two tides TO each apparent daily
revolution Of the earth. This explanation
vas Questioned by Mr.. Arnold in a lecture
pnbtlshed in the Boston Science Observer
for Oetooer last. MT. Arnold claimed that
this motion of tie earth around the common
centre Of gravity OF the oarth aud mo II
while true, Is one of transition simply, and
not 4 motion of rotation, aB would b. in
ferred from Professor Newcomb's explains
ton; that the centrifugal force is not
greatest at the point d and least at c, and
that, therefore, II caunot produce the tide
on the side opposite - the moon. Profee-
sor NewcornO very handsomely acknow-
ledges his error. Il sea,'' he says. in the
November number Of the Science Observer,
"that Mr.. Arnolds structures are well taken
and that the modification he proposes is,
in principle at least, entirely sound. The
correct and rigorous translation of the ex-
pressions for this force from the language
of the calculus into that of the ernacular
does not seem possible, but supposed 1
was near enough hight to give correct
general idea of the reason why there are
two tides day. 1 now see that the task
i'll more dIfficalt one than ] supposed,
and one which requires good de&l of
close attention from the reader" T. the
question whether the common explanation
OF tho tides given in the textbooks should
be abandoned, Mr.. Arnold replies ''Not
necessarily" They look at the subject
from point of view different from that
taken by Professor Newcomb aud others,
but reach the same result by valid chain
of reasoning.
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POWER or 4 SWEET VoICE

There is no power of love 40 hard to get
and keep as kind voice. A kind hand is
deaf aud dumb. 1t may be rough in flesh
aud blood, yet do the work of q soft heart,
and do it with a soft touch. Bat there il
no one thi! & that love so much needs as
sweet v,ic-, 20 tell what it means and feels;
and it ID i.aId to get and keep it in the
right tone. One must start in youth and
be on the watch night aud day, at work
aud play, to get and keep a voice that shall
speak at all times the thoughts of kind
heart. But this is the time when IS sbarp
voice is most apt to be got. You often hear
boys and girls say words at play with
quick, sharp tone, as if it were the snap OF
you will hear a voice that sounds as if it
were made up of a snarl, q whine and a
bark. Such voice often speaks worse
than the heart feels. It shows more i'll
will in the tone than in the words. 1t is
often in mirth that one gets voice or a
tone that is sharp, and sticks to him
through life, and stirs up ill-Will and grief,
and falls like drop of gall on the sweet
Joys at home. Such as these get sharp
nome voice for use, and keep their best
voice for those they meet elsewhere, just
as they would save their best cakes and
pies for guests, and all their sour food for
their own board. would say to all boys
and girls: "Use your guest voice at home.
Watch it day by day az pearl of great
price, for it will be worth moro to yOu in
daye to come than the best pearl hid in the
sea. A kind voice is ajoy like lark's
song to o hearth and home. 1t is to the
heart what light is to the eye. It is light
that sings as we'll as shines. Train it to
sweet tones now, and it will keep in tune
through life"
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Apropos of the battle of New Orleans, it
is not perhaps generally known that there
are three survivors of that fsmous day
living in kontucky-notablo men all. OneI Is
Elder Thomas P. Dudley, man of eighty
seven, who hes been in the pul pit. for near
ly sixty years and ie in full possession Of
all his faculties, and bids fair to continue
active in his Masters work for some years
to come. He was present at the massacre
of the River Raisin and was at New Or-
leans with jackson. SO was General VIII
liam Orlando Butier, of CarrolltOn, who
will be eighty eight in April. He was
wounded at the River Raisin massacre,
bat aprvived to be psroled and to march
by way of Niagara and New York to Pitts
burg, thence going home on tiat-boat to
regain his strength and fight at Pensacola
and New Orleans with /" Old Hickory"
on the field, lwhere, according to jackson,
she displayed heroic chivalry and calm
ness of Judgment" He afterwards sat in
Congress, and, going to the war in Mexico,
was voted a sword for his gallantry at
Monterey. He succeeded Scott in COM
dental candidate with Casa on the Demo
cratic ticket in l94s. Another survivor
of New Orleans ia General Butler's
elder brother, Major Thomas L. Butler,
who will be ninety 10 April. He was one
of Jackeon's aides and had the command
of the city during the battles below New
Orleans. The Major has just recovered
from an attack of illness. With these two
brothers lives third, Richard, who is
eighty seven. They were all sons of Per-
cival Butler, the first Adjutant General of
Kentucky. A sister, Mrs James Pryor, of
CoviDgton, iS still living, we belieye, at the
louisville, died two years ago, aged
seventy three. They come of the famous
Irish fghtipg stock eulogized by Washing,
ton when be toasted "The Buffers aud
their five SONS and of whom Lafayette
wrote, "When wanted a thing well done
L ordered Batter to do it," Another of
the race, Richard, was q major general,
aud died with ST. Clair, who refused to
take his advice on tho eve of the fatal 4ah
of November, 1901. 81 have some good
wine General let us eat, drink, and be
merry" said Butler, who knew more of
Indian warfare than his chief, "for to-
morrow we die" The daughter Of this
dashing soldier, Mrs. MeasoD, of Union
town, Pa, died only last month at the age
of ninety-six.
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harmony accompanying it--that is to cay
the pitch. NJ. Taylor showed by projec-
tion taat The acoustic figures thus obtained
become more and more complicated as the
tone emitted rises, or when, the height
remaining constant, different voweis are
pronounced. The colors thrown on the
screen differed during the experiment in
proportion as the finn became thinner by
evaporation, but the acoustic figures did
not vary. The results obtained are ex-
tremely curious and of varied appearance,
according as apertures of different forms
are used. M. Taylor projected the phe-
Domena produced by openings triangular,
square and round, by means of the Drum
mond light. The considerable heat which
accompanies that procees of lighting
causes, after certain time, the evapora-
tion of the film of glyceriue and termina ates
the experiment.. But its duration may be
Augmented by passing the lumiaous rays
through glass flask filled with water,
which deprives them of the greater portion
of the qualities absorbabie by the lq uid
gIycerine.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-19
IN INDIANA CURIOSITY.
A MAPLE TREE GROWING FROM A COURT
HOUSE TOWER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE
FEET FROM THE GROUND.
Chicago Times.

The tower of the Court House st Green's
burg, Indiana, ia 140 feet IN height One
hundred and five feet from the ground is
the water sheet of the tower, and above
that it is covered with dressed stone, made
to fit closely, 10 slabs 2 by feet, inciining
an angle of about 80 degrees from upright.
In the summer of 1870 citizen of the
place was examining the tower With glass
when he observed, springing from the
third crevice about the water sheet on the
east side of the tower, ITO feet from the
ground, a little twig. But little was
thought of it, and it was scarcely discern
ible with the naked eye. The next spring
miniature tree in its strange aud exposed
position had survived the wiutry blasts
1t had survived, and when sun and spriDg
showers came oD, put out it's caves plen-
tifully and grew laxuriantly all the Season
BY this time it was easily seen with the
eye, bat as it could net be approached in
any ordinary maoner nearer than from the
roofs of buildings on the opposite side of
the street, it's species could not be ascer-
tanned. The third spring it put forth
again with renewed lite, vigOr and eize
Instead of dwindliDg and dropping from
the effects of the winters cold or the
summers heat aud drought the mosphere
of Justice from below seemed to cRuse it TO
flourish extraordinarily. This season it
was decided to be silver maple, sprung,
no doubt, from a seed carried by bird or
whirI- Wind, and lodged in that exalted
place. By this time the tree had become
famous. Accounts of it had appeared in
the papers but the story was not gene
rally believed.
But, nevertheless, the tree lived and
grew. 1t was there, and no mistake. And
so it has continued until this day. It is
now more than twelve feet high, aud is
thought to be three inches in diameter.
The top is quite bushy, and, in the sum
mer season, the leaves are numerous and
luxuriant. 1t can be seen for many miles
around, and the stranger approaching frat
sees the tower, and then this phenomenon.
The rapid growth Of the tree is forcing
the stones apart. This can readily be seen
with a glass. Ere long the ambitious
maple will have to be brought lower or
damage to the building follow. The Sheriff
has already had several applications from
expert climbers to take it down, but the |
people will not permit their tree to be re-
moved yet. An artist representing New |
York illustrated paper called TO sketch the |
curiosity, bat the leaves were of, and he |
postponed it until q more favorable time.
Persons approaching the place from Gin 1
cinnati get good view of it by looking !
from the north windows as they draw near !
G Greensburg. OF course it appears 20 much
greater advantage when in full leaf, and |
St such u time it is indeed strange curi |
osity.
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REMARKABLE SIcK-LIsr.-A rather sinyu.
lar instance OF family s1lllction has recently
occurred. Mrs. Woodbury., Of Paris. Me. was
last week stricken with paralysis aud still lies
in q precarious condition. AT the So ne time
her sons "ife's mother died and the dAug hter
WAS Attending the faneral, when irtelhgen
vas received that the husband, who resides in
Cambridge. had baen kicked by horaa aud
dangerously pjar.d. A sister OF Airs. Wood.
brrys went up To attend on her, and the d ay
after ber arrival Sha received q paraiyti sho ok
and ~as brought home. A daughter, ho was
also with her mot aer, was taken with oonvul.
stone.
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into an inland sea. M. de Lesseps Gays
that the Arab chieftains south of the Anres
keep MP the tradition of there having ex-
iated In former times a sea in that neigh
borhood, from Eve TO ak hundred leagues
in circumference. He also has been enabled
to disprove the idea that the formation of
new lake would do away with the oases,
for be has discovered that these are ali
from fifteen TO forty metres above the level
OF the Sea. whereas tho dosert iteelfis be.
low that level! Traces of Roman civiliza-
tion have been found in the desert, and
among them the remains of an Amphithsa-
tre like that in Rome.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-19
COLLEGE
COLLEGE ~ rr.
MMAC ULATE CON CEPTION
Corner OF Common aud BAVonBe streetL
NEW ORLEANS.

This Literary Institution Incorporated by STATE
Louisiana ard empowered to ooufor deGrees, is con
Quoted Fathers OF tbs Society of Jesus Tho bud
nRs are VOL adapted for educational purposes. A
courtyard entirely or from the reaorved
recrciton that from tho arrival OF the pups a. Tse
A. NJ till their departure at they ooRstan
secluded and superintendent.
The Course OF Instr is three fold Preparatory
Commercial and Classical.
The Preparatory Coarse Is for beginnerS.
The Commercial Course Is for thOse Btudonts who DC
not wish to learn Latin and Gresk
The Classical Courss 10 for those who desire to have
complete education.
French is taught in the three oourses.
stadents not admitted uniess they know 70
road and write.
The moral and religious training OF the Studens tss
lead nR object of the irstructorB.
Every report 10 cent to parents, stating
duct progress, rank In clAHB and attendance.
The academioal year begins ihe First Monday
of October and closes towards the ld Of July.
TERMS
Entrance Fee. W
Tuition, payable IN advance, and n United States
currency every two months. I2 &C
nvas7sIv REV. oAUTRKLET PraaidoBA
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EDUCATIONAL.
THE LOCQUEr-LERoY INSTITUTE.
FOR YOUNG LADIES'.

he soven scSolastio OF this we'll known Inst.
into and Il second OF tho Kindergarten i'll ruopsn
Jaruary lat, 1919 under tho cont-ol of the Mssss
Mo,se and Mrs II G. RaouI, daughters OF tho lato
Judge Z. Warren Noise, and successors of Mime
Loco Leroy. whose good will and right duct
the school they have purchased. No chau 60 will be
made in tho management of the school Special
attent will DO given TO tho tuition Of the christian
Decs'ine and 20 preparing children for their Fret
Communion. 4 Priest des EnatSd by the Most Rev
Archbishop will give the necessary mat ruction.
Those iadies sohoit continuance Of the patronage
heretofore 40 literally extended TO the Institution,
Promising Et'ics devotion every interest Of their
pupils. Z. W. NOISE, Principal.
Referi lug to the abavs, Madame 10 oCQUET-LEROY
Runouacos her r ends and former patio tho
confidence ehe has her being in every ay
suited To the hi iEh trust thsy have As sumed. She
bespeaks for them continuance 'f the patronage so
l,berally accorded her aud sttI be lively
conuect,d with the Institution. For pai tcg
lars apply to the Principal. j13 % ly
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-19
Statistics of Suicide and Crime in tho United stato.
for 1873.

Daring the year 1873 there were ia the
United States 30 executions, 73 penitenti-
ary sentences of murdeTers, 80 lynchings
Q duels, 6 of which were followed by the
death of one of the contestants, and 800
suicides. Ofthe latter % occurred IN April,
and 9S, the greatest number in any one
month, in August. The least number (43)
occurred in January, and the next, (49) in
December. The average number per
month, 6I. 1t would appear that heat is
provocative of dependency and suicide
as the number of suicides occurring in
April, an unusually warm month last year.
June, Jnly, August and September, alec
unsoasnnably warm, was considerably
more than the average of the whole year.
Inc iOut prominent causes OF suicide were
disappointed love, domestic infelicity,
business troubles and whiskey. Anon <
the peculiar causes were the following !:
Oae man hung himself because somebody
was going to start IN opposition livery
stable; another because sOmo one cut hls
horses bride at q party ; another because
his pocketbook had been stolen; another
because he was defeated in running for
Congress-. One man shot himself because
1t was too hot to live another because it
was too cold, aud third because it wasn't
worth while to live, no matter what the
weather was. A woman shot herself be-
cause her husband did not como home
when she expected him, another because
her husband was lsnched, third because
her parents would not let her marry the
man she loved. The means of suicide
were as varied as the causes. All the gen
orally kno Tn poisons, the usual number of
bed cords and pistols were brought into
reqnisition, and water waited many to the
world beyond. Scissors were used in one
csee, penknives in several, and the raz or
preserved its time -dishonored reputation.
The number of murderers who committed
suicide was proportioually very large. Ill
health was also q frequent cause with
membe of both sexes.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-19
FAULTS OF QUE SCHOOLS.
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE sUPERINTEND
ENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MAKES SOME
sENsIBLE SUGGESTIONS.
From His Annual Report.

From His Annual Report
For myself, have long been convinced
that the matter of Instruction in our ele-
mentary schools is not as profitable as it
might be made. A considerable portion Of
the ordinary textbook 5 10 geography might
be omitted without loss. Tens of thous-
ands OF children are given Lessons in
arithmetic every day that they cannot
possibly understand. and an immense
amount of time ia thrown away in the at.
tempt to teach the principles of abstract
grammar in primary schools. In general,
the base of the knowledge Unmarried in our
schools is broad enough little children
are cram med with abstractions, definitions,
formulas and calculations that they cannot
be made to comprehend, and the whole
work of teaching is thus rendered dul
mechanical and too often fruitless. And
not only have we included in our courses
OF study much that might we'll be omitted,
but we have omitted much that ought to
be included. Little children are keen oh.
servers. They fairly revel in tae world
of nature, but our schools, for tho m oct
part, deny them lessons on objects, ami.
msls, plants, minerals. men, aud conflne
them to the dry, formal lessons of the tex1
books public school ought to be
powerful agency in the work of preparing
its pupils to succeed in life, and Yet the
practical application of the branches
taught 10 frequently overlooked, aud draw
Ing, the handma!d Of SO many industries,
receives little attention.. The theory of
our institutions ia that all citizens may be
made to understand the science aud art of
government, ard, therefore, it is wise to
lntrust them with the right of SO ffrase.
But what are wo doing in our schools to
instruct the young in the history and ira.
dltions of our country, its Constitution aud
Jaws, the rights aud duties of citizens I?
Then, back of all, AID more important
than ali, is the study of man himself, what
he is physically, intellectually, morally,
what he is 10 his relations to his family,
sseighbors,> country, mankind, mature, God.
Would IL not be well to have sono leasons
on subject like this in exchahge for the
details OF the geography OF distant coun-
tres that will soon 6a turgottea or Tor Ger.
tain half u deTstocd Distractions in ,rrsn,.
mar and arithmetic
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-19
THE PHONELDOSCOPE.
AN INSTRUMENT WHICH sUBMITS MUSICAL
SOUNDS TO OCULAR DEGENERATION.
Galignanl's Messenger, December 4.

An instrument with the Aforementioned
name was presented to the Societe Fran
caise de Physique at its last sitting by the
Inventor, NJ. Taylor. Its object is to show
optically, the delicate peculiarities of
soporous vibratory movement. thin
film of liquid ycerine is formed on small
oneniug made in piece of blackened brass,
and it Reflects the light of lamp in pro-
ducing either on the retinA direct or by
nroiection on a screen the we'll known
iridescent effects of thin transparent plates
As long as the film is metionless the simple
colors Of iridescence are alone visible. Bot
if. by means of a bent tube, the vibrations
of q sustained sound are conducted be-
naatb that finn, by the voice or otherwise,
the aim begins to vlbrate aud the co!ors
are distributed geometricslly, producing
on the surface fixed bands and moving
rings, the disposition of which varies with
the depth of the tone aud the nature OF the