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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-03-20

mittee. Any candidate for public office
in the state of Colorado must consult
this earnest and capable young per-
son as well as the sterner machine
leaders, for she controls hundreds of
votes.
She says that she regards politics az
a sacred duty, and she uses her infiu-
ence to further reform politics. When
it is taken into consideration that all
kinds of dispositions are to be dealt
with by one young woman whose
worldly experience has been confined
to the schoolroom, the home society,
the results sh & is said to accomplish
are somewhat remarkable.
Mrs. Belford is direct descendant
of Ethan Allen of revolutionary fame,
and comes naturally by her patriotic
enthusiasm.
Whenever political questions were
discussed she entered into them with
zeal. She came naturally to taking
an active interest in the practical work
of politics, while gracefully receiving
her coterie of fashionable friends in
her drawing-rooms.
Aside from being the leader of the
women's political machine" which
is flourishing in Denver, her fashiona-
BILE friends who have not the slight
est leaning that way declare she is
the most wholesome lesson that could
possibly be held up to the notice Of
the enemies of woman suffrage.
She has introduced William j. Bryan
and other speakers as distinguished
to an audience that packed the large
Broadway theater from pit to dome.
This event was a noteworthy one in
the life of the feminine political lead
er. The distinguished apostle of free
silver came upon the platform escort
ed by Mrs. Belford, and paid her an
eloquent tribute from the stage.
Mrs. Belford has always lived in
Denver. She came to the state when
she was five years old with her parents
from Council Bluffs, Ia. With the man
who is now her husband and the son
of Hon. J. b. Belford, she was gradu-
ated with honors from the Denver
high school. Three years afterward
they married.
Hon. j. B. Belford was among the
last of the territorial judges of Colo
rado. For ten years he represented
the state in congress, in which branch
of the national egislature-owing to
his indomitable will and marked per-
severing individuality-he earned the
title of "Red-headed Rooster of the
Rockies" This dignity, with the Jr.
added has recently descended to his
son.
When Mrs. Belford's husband was
nominated for the legislature, the
beautiful young society leader very
naturally bent all her efforts to Sc
cure the election of his ticket. Her
victory in this instance caused strong
minded women throughout the coun-
try to regard her as one of their most
powerful allies.
Mrs. Belford is not yet 80 years old,
and her recent triumphs, and with the
political honors she has lately had con-
ferred upon her, have caused her to be
marked as one of the most celebrated
women in the Centennial state.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-03-20
Detroit River to be BrIdged.

Detroit, March 1s.-Announcement
is made here that work will be be-
gun about April 10 on the prelimi-
nary survey for an international
railroad bridge across the Detroit
river.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
OUR CONVENT FRIENDS.

correspondent writes that she has friend
who IS member Of a religious community and is
doubtful to the present to send her. As Sis
tiers have friends, in the community and the world
TO whom they would like to give a remembrance
ct Christmas, your gift might take the shape of
gifts for others. dozen Of lovely cards and cal
cndars. package OF Christmas pictures, which
yob cam find in stores devoted to the sale of re-
H-ious articles; box of books; any of these and
many other things, if sent week before Christmas,
would afford her much pleasure, since she, as you
know. can buy nothing for herself. In sending a
gift to religious, do confine yourself entirely
10 articles of devotion She is well supplied with
spiritual reading, rosaries and crucifxes. Send her
one Of the good new books. The majority of Sis
terhood- are unable to purchase the works of all
the latest authors, and besides giving her pleasure,
IL will prove an acquisition to the library. An
other acceptable gift is a subscription to a Cath
oic paper or magazine. And at Christmastde
nevSr forget the friend, or cousin, or sister, who
dwcs behind the convent door. She remembers
you i'm her daily prayers. Your needs, your strug
gIes. your sorrows touch her as closely as they
dbl when shes walked your way. The prayer of the
pure Of Heart pierces the clouds, and the success
and happiness that have come to you may be, in
part Gods answer to her unfailing prayers for
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
FOR CATHOLIC M1sTREssEs.

There is a letter for Catholic mistresses in the
following letter written by servant girl and pub
lished in the London Catholic Times:
"There are many reasons why Catholic serv-
ants prefer to work for Protestants.' give you an
instance from my own experience, if you will be
kind enough to insert it in your columns | lived
with Catholics for some time where was the only
servant kept to work for a large family. We were
within easy walking distance of the church and
during the month of May, is usual in most
churches there were professions every Sunday even
ing in honor of Our Lady ! had a right to at
tend Them as | was Child of Mary, and had been
able to do so the previous year. But the lady
wished to attend these herself, and when, one Sun
day | asked permission to do so, she refused, say
ing that we could not both 60 as she could not
have the house left. was sorely disappointed, as
| looked forward with eagerness to the honor of
walking in procession during the month of our
Blessed Lady whom | love so dearly. If my mis-
tress had only given up the pleasure, for once at
least, of going and given me chance, should not
have minded. / felt it very much at the time. L
am now living with Professionals and candidly, |
have found much more happiness with them. They
are kind and considerate, and [ have had more
chance of attending the Sunday services than ever
| had while living with Catholics"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
THEY ARE FOUND IN THE PEws.

When church people want to rally their forces
they first stand up and get counted. The counters
have been at work in New York which some of the
elect Ike 10 dub the modern Babylon. Just at the
time hat the now bankrupt Dowie was harranguing
the metropolis the census takers got busy and made
am enumeration of the church-goers in section
Near The Central park. Here are few items which
Will interest Catholics, who can extract consola-
on out of mathematics The population of the
district is 3S4.328 and in the ninety-one places of
worship on Sunday week there were 95 $3.50 persons
AZ all services. The membership of the seventy-six
Protestant churches is Al, 125 and the attendance
WAS 1921. Membership of the fifteen Roman
Catholic churches is put at 94,160, and the attend
an,c was 6301S. If the ratio of membership to
Population was the same, that would be, the asso-
cation figures, 1871 Protestant stay-at-homes
against 3l.112 Catholic absentees, three and
half times as many. OF the 1921 persons attend
ing the scyenty-siX Protestant churches all day,
I,H56 were there III the morning and 1866 in the
evening. There were 1096S men and 1918 women.
he total morning attendance Roman Catholics
included, was 1852 and evening, 20057; men, 81
ri. and women. 55,54S. When recalls to mind
mat the district the park is largely made up
OF wealthy families where Catholics not thick
as the leaves in Nalombrosa, the showing that our
oo-rogionists made is not at all discreditable Of
course there are Catholics in the Empire City
Whose of religious obligation varies with the
'afometer-fair weather Catholics-but the above
statistics are interesting at any rate. The Protes
'iH sense of religious observance of Sunday may
gauged from the fact that there are three and
"a IAN times as many Protestant stay-at-hames as
~d'nollc on the Sunday when the census was taken
catholic Transcript
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
CONCERNING CONVERSIONS.

The papers are now 50 filled with the stories Of
conversions that these interesting life pictures have
lost to some extent. the element of novelty. The
time was. and not very long ago, when the con-
version Of one who was in ever so small way
known to the public was heralded with large cap
tions, and given prominent place in even the
most prominent dalies; and these stories were read
with eager interest By every one. To become a
Catholic small step for any one who had
public interests at stake. 1t placed high as
target for abuse. 1t subjected one to a great
deal OF hostile criticism and strong the feel
ING Of antagonism to the Church that convert
suffered not little in the estimation of his friends
and in his business prospects.
In many places this is now all changed. The
stream OF converts is getting so large and 1t is
bearing on its bosom so many that the public is
taking il as a matter of course. Now it is only
those who occupy some very high social position,
or very prominent in public Office, or whose
position in the intellectual world is so prominent
hat their intellectual conviction influences large
crowd OF followers, that read Of in the daily
press when they come over to Rome. Along with
these is vast crowd of the ordinary people who
come quietly to nearat-hand priests, are person
ally instructed in their catechisin, and individu-
ally make their submission to the old Mother
Church.-The Missionary.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
THE BISHOP OF BURLINGTON ON SINGING
AT FUNERALS

In circular recently addressed to the clergy
Of his diocese, Bishop Michaud. of Burlington,
gives some pertinent directions TO the clergy and
laity regarding the observance of the regulations
Of he Church in the matter of excluding from the
lnmgicaI service such singing as savors of world
illness, ,cntimentality personal vanity. The bish
op writes:
The question of singing in the vernacuar at
funerals has often been brought to the attention
of the clergy. As far as we know. our clergy de-
sire the church regulations concerning this mat
Ter to be observed strictly and to the letter. But
among the laity there are many filed with vain
notions not calculated to improve on Church rit-
nal. desiring only to have concert or musicale of
rncir over the dead. Frequently, too it is the
work OF an over-zealous singer who wishes for his
or her own glory to acquire little notoriety in en-
tertalning church audience, by throwing in here
and there piece of music more suitable for
concert hall. From continuous pressure brought on
the priest he tires in his opposition and allows the
singing of hymns or songs. in the vernacuar With
all the authority vested in us we forbid such abuses
and direct clergy not 70 allow any such in the
church or in cemetery The Roman Ritual and
Gradual are complete, and need addenda for
funerals. either from us or from the people,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
Church Universal

to write the essays, pamphlets and books which, in
their collected form, made up his 'tSyst,m of Syn
thetic Philosophy" He announced that work as
He proposed to revolutionize human thought; to
solve all the problems of life; to furnish key to
"the riddle of existence" The sum of all his years
Of cogitation and literary effort was the simple
statement that God is ''unknowable." But in his
last book. published little over year ago, and
written III the calm evening of a lengthy life, he
had the honesty to admit that his agnestc phi
losOphy failure; and It is this book which jus
titles the application to him of the word great"
In his Fact and Comments" which is the title of
the work. he said: ut seems a strange and
pugnant conclusion that. with the cessation of
seriousness at DEATH there ceases to be any knowl-
edge of having existed. Of late years the con-
sciousness that, without origin or cause, infinite
space has ever existed and must ever exist, pro-
duces in me feeling from which [ shrink" He
acknowledged in it the immense value of Chris
ton faith to mankind. Ike Christian religion, he
admitted gives a consolation to the oppressed and
sorrowing and sorey afflicted which no, other form
of belief can claim to do" and he declared that
no sceptic or agnostic should ever attempt to
change the creed of one who believes in God and
Christianity. Nothing but evil he wrote, "can
follow change in the creed Of such; and, unless
cruelty thoughtless the agnoste will shun discus
sion of religious subjects with them" This is sure
~ an admission that the agnostic has no truth to
Offer for if he had he would feel it incumbent
upon him to proclaim it to all men, Catholic
philosophers like William Samuel Lilly and Will
frid Ward have clearly demonstrated the illogical
teachings of the author of the synthetic phloso
ply" especially the former, whose keen intellect
detected all its fatal faws.-Pittsburg OBSERVER.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
rrRREws AND CATHOLICS LEAD

If the results of an investigation INTO race SUI
eide made by DR. Walter Laidlaw, secretary OF the
Federation of Churches and Christian Organiza-
tions of New York City, may be accepted as por-
traving existing conditions. the Hebrews and Cath
olics are the most patriotic of American citizens
gauged bv the Roosevelt test. The Federation,
which. is the quarterly organ of the federation,
says: 80
aThat religion may have directly to do with the
auestion of race suicide has been illustrated by the
sociological studies of the federation Material
has been collected on both the east and west sides
eff Manhattan and in various wards of Brooklyn
durinG the last seven years. The average number
of children in the Protestant families is 1.S6; IN
the Roman Catholic, 2.03, and in the Hebrew, 254
children Only 1876 per cent of the Hebrews are
without children, whereas 2S.3 per cent OF the Pro-
testants are without children. 1t should be noticed
that six times as many Hebrew families have nine
children as have the Protestant families and that
for every Protestant family with eight children
there are proportionatey four Hebrew, and twice
as many with seven children. AT the other end of
the table it appears that the proportion of Pro
testant families with but two children is
larger than that of the Hebrew families with one
or two children. Among the Protestant commun-
ions there are several whose average of children is
higher than the Roman Catholic average, notably
the Episcopalian and Presbyterian, but, excepting
the Free Methodists, there is not single Pro
testant communion in which the average is as high
as the Hebrew"
Dr. Laidlaw contends that the same condition
prevails throughout theswhole country. 1t is now
up to the members of other churches to produce
their birth records and prove that DR.. Laidlaws
figures are inaccurate.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
Che awakening Oraneeman.

T. W. Russell, NJ. P, Unionist and Protestant, is
nevertheless patriotic Irshman, who thus defines
his position and hopes in the Irish People of
Oct. 81:
The Land Conference did much to make certain
a settlement of the agrarian question: But / doubt
if this was its greatest achievement. Let anyone
acquainted with the history of the great Unionist
struggle from 1886 to 1885 cast his mind back to
the arguments employed in that famous fight. |
should certainly know, what these arrangements
were. And right through the speeches of the lead
ers, it viii be found, this strainzthat Irish
parliament could not be strusted5to deal with the
land question: Ave believed what we saidtz We knew
some of u.s. at east-the history the Irish land
ouestion-how it had been markedly confscations
and hideous Hwrongdoing how it had decimated the
people and ruined the country We believed that
the descendants of the oppressed could never meet
the representatives of the oppressors-that the
wronged could never be trusted to do Justly by the
conquerors of their country and conscators of their
soil Apart from the "handing over of Uster"-
an argument which was founded upon exactly the
same idea-this the contention that carried con-
yiction to the British mind and sped the verdict
against Mr. Gladstones great scheme. We were all
wrong For before the Christmas bells rang out
last year eight men, truly representing, [ be-
ieye the landlords and tenants of Ireland had met
in the Dublin Mansion House and agreed upon
basis of land settlement which alone enabled the
government to pass the Irish land act of last ses-
sion. Many distinguished men have asked me how
it all came about-how the great reconciliation was
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19

Courage, says st. Teresa is necessary for a
person who is striving at perfection, and when you
feel lonely, and because know that often in the
midst of many there is Observation-Disclosures of
heart, of sympathy-ofer that up to the Sacred
Heart lie knows you and He sees to the very
depth of your heart because He is the Man God.
lie can sympathize, He can console, as no other
cam
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
CHURCH CALENDAR.

Sunday. Dee 2O-St Christian, B.
Monday, Dec. 21-St. Thomas, APP.
Tuesday. Dec 22--St. Zeno, NJ
Wednesday. Dec. 23-St. Servulus. c..
Thursday, Dec. 24-SS- Thrasilla and Emiliana.
Friday, Dec 25-Christmas.
Saturday. Dee. 2G-St. Stephen, First Martyr
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-19
THE PASSING OF A GREAT AGNosr1c

Herbert Spencer, who died in his English home
on tuesday, was remarkable man. For over a
az Iteration he considered to be what Cath
,; writer termed "the chief apostle of agnosti-
ON 1t Is nearly half century since he began
The Washington times., 1903-08-22
o4LEXAMDRLA N{EWS NOTES
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 22--The
city council was called together by the
mayor last night to consider matters re-
fering to street improvements. Those
present were ]. T. Sweeney. president
OF the board OF aldermen. aud Alder
men Curtin, Ballenger. Murphy. Clark
and William H Sweeney. In the com
mon council President Paff presided. and
there were present President Pan and
Messrs. Trimyer. Snowden, Burke. Des-
mond, Normoyle, Baader, Bryan, John
son, Uhler. Spinks and Leadbeater.
Mr.. Leadbeater, from the committee
on streets. called up and amended the
ordinance providing for sewer tax The
ordinance proposes a tax of 81 per
front foot of each lot, with an addition
of $40 to bring the sewer connection TO
the curb line. IL was stated that the
measurement would be made at the
front line OF corner lots, even though the
sewer entrance was made on the side.
Messrs- Snowden. Uhler, and Spinks op-
posed this method. contending that It
was not uniform, and would wcrk injus-
tice. Mr.. Leadbeater IN reply said that
no plan that could be proposed would
be entirely satisfactory, and that this
was the best under all the circumstances
which the committee could do. The or
dinance was agreed to. Yeas, 8; nays.
l.
An ordinance for a sewer. beginning
on Washington Street IT'S feet north OF
Duke Street. and running south 10 tan
yard drain, at Wilkes Street, occasioned
much discussion. but~was unanimously
adopted. Appropriations for sewers on
Wolfe Street, Fairfax Street. between
Wilkes and Gibbon: St. Asaph Street,
from 100 feet south of Wolfe to lanyard
drain, and also on Prince Street. from
Pitt 10 St Asaph. were agreed TO.
The mayors veto Of an appropriation
of $500 for thirty-foot gravel way on
Franklin Street. from Washington TO
Alfred. was sustained by a vote of IL
to 2.
An appropriation OF $3.50 additional for
to Peabody school building was
laid over, as was an application OF NJ
Folsom, OF Round Hill. TO establish q
spoke factory. employing ten hands. on
the lot adjacent to the Old Dominion
Glass Works. provided the city would
give him the lot.
The Washington times., 1903-08-22
GUARD BREAKS RECORD
IN A SWIM TO CONEY

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Edward Fuller,
a life guard connected with Henderson's S
pavilion at Coney Island. swan from the
Battery to Henderson's pavilion yester-
day in the record breaking time of FIVE
hours ffty-five minutes. It is claimed
that the best previous record from the
Battery to COney Island Point was eight
hours. Fuller swan a mile and a half
farther in order to reach Hendersons s
pavilion. and yet beat the record two
hours and five minutes.
Phil Fay. another life-saver. started
TO swim with Fuller, and was beaten
many minutes The men started from
the barge office pier at 7:10 a. m. AS It
was flood tide at that time. they had
hard struggle with the swift running
current of the East River An hour or
so later the tide favored them, and they
were carried rapidly down the Upper
Bay. Their start was witnessed by Bat
terry Dan" Darragh and Honest Bill"
QuigIey. two Battery boatmen.
The Washington times., 1903-08-22
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
FOR YALE FRESHMEN

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Aug. 92.-The
Yale freshmen football schedule has been
arranged this year under the manage
ment OF the varsity eleven. The fresh
men team will not be organized nor a
manager chosen till after the beginning
of the fall term in October. which would
be too late to arrange games The dates
the freshmen eleven Will find they must
play after they arrive at Yale this fall
are as follows: October 10, Williston
Academy. at East Hampton. Mass; Oc-
tober II, Hotchkiss School. at Lakeville,
Conn; October Il. st. Paul School, at
Garden City, L. l.; October q, Belts
Academy. at Stamford. Conn; October
q. Exeter Academy, at Yale Field; Octo-
ber 81. AnGover Academy. at Andover,
Mass; November z, Princeton Freshmen.
at Yale Field; November IA, Harvard
Freshmen, at Cambridge,
The Washington times., 1903-08-22
CHAMPION CRESCEUS
TO BE PACED BY AUTO
Ketchum Purchases "Buzzer" for
His Great Trotter.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Aug 22.--George
Ketchum. of Toledo. owner of the
worlds trotting record horse, Creseeus,
purchased today an automobile which he
intends TO use as a pacemaker for the
horse. The first trial will be made at
Dayton within a few days.
Ketchum declares that the smooth run
ming machine will aid the horse to bet
ter efforts than the uneven gait OF the
running horse usually used.
Horsemen are much interested in the
experiment, but shake their heads in
discussing the result. They declare that
the first trial VIII rot develop more
speed IN the horse. as the Dayton track
is not fast one. and the horse will
hardly take kindly TO the machine.
Ketchum is positive. however. that the
trial will be successful