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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
Another Formidable Barrier.

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 When a democrat passes an examination for any place in the civil service he is met with another formidable barrier: the postmaster or other official under whom
 he is to work has the right to three cer- tifcations of three names each for every man appointed It Is presumed that un- der almost any conditions he can find one republican to every nine names on the list of eligibles. Ills republican packers and workers demand that he appoint republican and he usually does 1t. So.
 where is the great chance for southern democrats under the civil service? Should democrats come forward in great num-
 bers and stand the civil service ex-
 aminations it would be impossible to Ieep them all out, but they would be given the lowest salaries and held there. At
 the first opportunity they would be re- moved
 Take the Birmingham postoffice for an example, the clerks have been under the classified civil service for twenty years. When Postmaster Copeland went out al- most every clerk was democrat. Today every man in the office is a republican.
 What has become of the democrats? Did
 the honorable civil service commission
 protest against their removal? No. The
 commission is appointed by republican president and any member can be re- moved at the pleasure of the rresident.
 They are not likely to lose their jobs by
 being stubborn about civil service rules.
 Not having been connected with the
 government services for several years I am not prepared to state that all the
 abuses are yet maintained, but I am sure that some are and that no attempt has
 been made to correct the evils of the
 past. To my knowledge eight postoffce
 inspectors were appointed from Congress- man Hepburn's district in Iowa in two years. This number exceeds by six all the
 bona1de citizens appointed from the southern states and the two appointed
 were republicans. Not less than eighty postoffice inspectors are operating in the southern states at the present time. Of this number no less than sixty have been appointed since the incoming of the re- publicans and not one appointment has gone to democrat Very few have gone to southern republicans. Not less than seventy out of the eighty inspectors oper- ating in the south being dtizens of north ern states.
 It may be that Civil Service Reformer Roosevelt has Issued orders to the com mission that southern men must be given ! a showing. hope he has, but past his- tory shows the futility of a southern man hoping to get place iD the civil service So far as the commission is concerned. there Is nothing to hope for, 1t will obey 1 its master. either way. J. R. ROBSON. Cullman, September 13 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

total of nine successive months. These men served nine months and the auditor refused to pay them longer. Determined to retain them President Mckinley issued an order one day taking the postoffice in- spectors from under the civil service reg u1ations. The next day he extended the protection of the civil service to the post office inspectors and his thirty-six Ohio officers were full-fedged civil service em- ployes. This outrage on the law has never, to my knowledge. been published before. The civil service commission made no protest Many of these men are now employed in the southern states.
 About two years after the incoming of the republican administration, a republi- can congress passed law covering all employees In the government service into the classified civil service. This placed several thousand northern republicans under the civil service The commission made no protest. Many. in fact about all the people who saddled on the public were men incompetent and unfit for the duties they were to perform. Had they been competent to pass civil service examina- tions this outrage upon decency would have been useless.
 In Postoffices.
 The civil service laws say that when third class postoffice becomes second DN covered into the classified civil service. This law was made to protect and retain experienced, honest clerks when the off, fee changed class The provision has been used to grind out civil service grad uates" by the thousand. The politicians and officials watch the offices and when it Is seen that a third class postoffice In Alabama, Georgia or Florida Is about to become second class, Congressmen in the rtl ct a nfff6ad that some of the constituents can be taken care of. A Congressman in Ohio in Indiana, In Illinois, sends half dozen men to the postoffice in the southerS state where they accept positions as clerks at the nominal salary of one dol- lar per year. Within a month they are transferred to positions paying handsome salaries I personally know of many post office inspectors and other officials who have been smuggled into the service in this manner. If the outrage upon the law and decency stopped here 1t would not be so bad. but this is not the worst. The civil service laws say that the places under the civil service shall be appor- tioned according to the population of the several states: to even up on this score tho carpetbaggers sent from the north and graduated in the third class post offices in the south, are placed upon rec ord in the Blue Book as being citizens of the southern states where they grad uate." By this means a showing Is made that a fair distribution of offices is en- forced. The civil service commission Is not on record as protesting against this |~outrage.
 Many republicans in the northern states who seek employment in the civil service are met with the statement that the quota of that state has been exhausted and that no further appointments can be made from the state. The northerner immediately sets out for Alabama or another southern state and files his ap- plication as a citizen of the state to which he has removed. His republican friends in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

PORTLAND, Ore, and return $67-50 Account of the Lewis & Clark Exposi- tion, tickets will be sold to Portland via any regular direct route. retu-s'ng via San Francisco or San Francisco and Los Angeles and regular Gire st routes therefrom or vice versa. lim- tied to ninety days with stopover priv iliges at certain points within final limit of ticket. CHICAGO, ILL, AND RETURN, s2O 25. Tickets will be on sale October 23 and 24, account of the National Baptist Con vention, with final limit November 5, 1905. If desired, passengers may go via Evansville and Terre Haute and return via Saint Louis. SUMMER TOURIST RATES to all sum- mer resorts are very attractive. Tickets will be sold daily until Sep- tember S0th, with final limit October 31st 1905.
 For further information. call on or write.
 P. SID JONES, D. P. A.
 R. G. PIERCE, T. P. A.
 .. R. FEELEY. c. P. A Both phones s2S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

The "Pesrless" has no peer, try one of those 15c or 25c lunches today. Nothing like then in town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14
LOUIS SAkS. CLOTHIER TO THE WHOLE FAMILY.

the northern state have promised to help him before he leaves home and he lands the job. The eyes of the civil service commission are closed to little deals or this sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-14

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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
Making Eyes Pretty.

But my face chaps wickedly-"
Then use a cream that is called al
mond cream of milk. Take a lump of
white wax as big as half an egg and
melt it in two ounces of the oil of al
monds. and to this add tablespoon of
white vaseline. This will make a
creamy mixture that can be used in
quantity upon the face. 1t can never
niure il. The cream will be soft and
delicate. Scent il with a drop of rose.
Generally speaking. cold cream Is
said to cause the hair to grow on the
face, and possibly it may tend toward
that result The face can be treated
from time to time for sUperfluous hair
This is not a difficult thing to remove
at amy time. and no woman need be
afflicted with it.
While ] am here l want to consult
you i'm regard to my eyebrows. They
are thin and ugly. You see, the hair
grows i'm spots"
They can be remedied by painting
them every night with a mixture of
red vaseline and olive oil, equal parts
Melt together and apply TO the eye
brows with a camels hair brush"
But my eyes are red and watery
and often they witch and feel uncom-
Portable. Is there any way to cure this
disa agreeable feeling?"
DO not use your eyes by artificial
light for a while. Stop reading i'm the
evening. Ii you are woman of sense,
You never sew "a night. Twice a day.
again before going to bed, battle the
eyes in 3 per cent solution Of boracic
acid. Buy it ready for use from the
druggist OF purchase the boraX powder
and make it yourself. OF course you
must tell Your druggist how you are
gong TO use it.
Removing Pimples.
My complexion, 1 notice. while it is
uniformly good. is inclined TO pimple.
] frequently ha title patches of Dim-
thsmo"
Yes. they enc ,asly cured. Battle
YOUR face three rs 2 week in a car
n"iated bath. TAI a basin of water
containing about tNo quarts and add TO
.He water about ten drops OF carbolic.
I'D buying the 6arbolic tell your drug
Eisl how YOU are going TO use 1t ana
arh MIN If ten drops in half gallon
!" water win be too much 1t acts as
~ antlseptic and. if it agrees with your
Shn. is most excellent
And for other imperfections of the
skm2"
Try face steaming. Do it at home
Yourself by applying hot cloths to ne
race until the skin is very warm. DO
H"l scorch or burn the skin. Now,
epIead the face with sweet, thick cream
u You can get it. and let il dry on
sour milk is good, and butterrnilk. with
Is acid qualities. is still better. After
na1 an hour WASH off with soap and
waller Use many waters, so as 10 re-
move all the soap. The trouble lis that
soar Is almost always left in the skin.
eHu nothing could be more injurious
10 the cuticle"
but my neck is yellow. How shall l
MAKE AK 1t as white as my facet?
- Try peroxide of hydrogen. 1t can
a. applied pure if the skin will stano
a. 6ut II is better to use a mixture OF
'slioiln ana peroxide, which u.s. less apt
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
JAMES BURKE ROCHE.
.lChicago Tribune.l

Although warrant is out for the ar
rest of James Burke Roche, member of
parliament. and he may be imprisoned
the moment he sets his foot on British
territory, yet his offense is not regard
ed as affecting his honor. If convicted
and compelled to spend some time be-
hind prison walls, it is improbable that
he would be dropped from any of his
clubs on that account. In fact, his dar-
ing feat in running the torpedo boat
Caroline from the Thames TO the Rus
sian port of Libau, under the nose of
the British police. revcnue and naval
authorities, has aroused so much of the
spirit of adventure latent in the breast
of the members of the English speak
ing race that he is the hero of the hour.
despite the fact that his deed may pos
sibly prove almost as costly business
to the British nation as the Alabama
affair. For the English nation, accord
ing to presidents, can be held legally
and financially responsible for all the
damage that may be done in the future
to the japanese by this particular tor
pedo boat destroyer.
OF course. Burke Roche would never
have been able to carry off the Caroline
had it not been for negligence of the
most inconceivable character on the
part of the British authorities, the or
ders to stop the Caroline only reaching
Yarrows shipyards on the Thames
three-quarters of an hour after its de-
rarture, and before it was even out of
the river. 1t may be remembered that
the same thing occurred in the case of
the Alabama, which left the Mersey in
the morning, the orders to stop it and
to hold at all costs reaching Liverpool
about in the afternoon.
Burke Roche's feat serves to recall
the fact that numerous men of birth,
position and wealth in England were
wont actively to engage in blockade
iAlntai1H jia.thR riS-il-teat IN this .anuhtry
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
THE NrERMoUNTAIN AND COLORADO CATHOLIC: JAN J. 1905

for the sake of the adventure and ex-
element Indeed. some. distinguished
officers of the royal navy risked their
commissions by engaging in the sport
under assumed names. But the English
government was more indulgent about
such matters then than now. and vio-
lations of the neutrality laws, such as
that perpetrated by the future Lord
Fermoy. and son-in-law of Frank Work
of New York have been severely pun
ished by the English courts since Great
Britain's experience i'll connection with
the Alabama case.
James Burke Roche is so we'll known
on this side of the Atlantic. where he
spends so much of his time that it is
unnecessary to make more than pass
ing reference to his wonderfully adven-
turous career. which has included par
ticipation in revolutions in South
America and explorations in the wiIds
of Alaska and in the great Canadian
northwest While prospecting in that
northern corner of this hemisphere he
was reported as missing. body was
found which was believed to be his. 1t
was brought back to civilization in
TERED with due rites, and an laborate
tombstone set up giving his name and
qualities" as well as his virtues. and
with the date of his birth and death.
BY and by Burke Roche happened
along. and, greatly entertained, snap
shotted his tombstone and carries about
photograph thereof with him.
His name of Burke comes to him from
the famous statesman and patriot Ed
mund Burke, who is generally believed
to have been the father of the first Lord
Fermoy's mother. indeed, it was to
this that Sir Charles Gayan Duffy re-
ferred when he described the first Lord
Fermoy as "inheriting the blood and
creed of Edmund Burke and graced
with physical gifts and vigor and
comeliness which delight the popular
eye This first Lord Fermoy was a.
warm friend and political associate of
Daniel O'Connell in the repeal move
ment, and was the father of James
Burke Roche, and was also of his sis
ter, the Hon Caroline Burke Roche.
whose engagement to Count Frederick
Hochberg has just been announced
Count Fritz HOchberg is a younger
brother of Count Conrad OF the same
family who was over here last spring
and i'll the summer. His eldest brother
lis Prince Henry of Pless. who married
Miss Mary CORVALLIS West. one of the
beauties of the court of St james and
of Berlin. The Hon. Caroline Burke
Roche is older than her future hus-
band. But she is exceedingly popular
and a notable figure in English and
society and is frequently
invited by the kings wish to become
member of the country house parties
organized in his honor. Count Fritz
Hochberg, who must not be confound-
ed with his cousins of the same name,
makes his home during the greater part
IFaddE TIN OML
of the year at Florence.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
Search for Lost Wedding Ring.


What article about the household is
more persistentiy hunted for when lost
then any other?
The wedding ring.
The woman who has lost the golden
circlet that has been placed on her
finger by her lover will turn everything
about house upside down in an EFFORT
to recover the treasure. She will lock
for 1t long litter she would give up any
thing else.
A Chicago woman to whom was Civ
en- a beautiful diamond ring by the
man whom she afterward married
missed it, She felt sure it had been
misplaced she hunted the house over
time and gain. She emptied every
thing she thought might contain the
article, but without avail. She had
moved once u twice and every tune
she tore up things in the old house
and replaced them in the new she kept
on hunting for the lost ring. One day
While she was busting the brtc-a-brac
something inside d vase ratified. she
turned it upside down and out fell the
lost ring Today she does not know
how or when she could have put 1t
there. but now It Is more treasured thal
ever.
A Dixon CID woman recovered her
wedding ring months after it had been
lost and all but given up. The loss OF
il made her so i'll she WASH the same
woman. her neighbors say. She had
looked in every nook and corner of the
house without avail. One day her hus-
band went into the pantry to'get a cup.
There was plenty Of them on the lower
shelf. but something led him to reach
up and. get one from the top shelf. The
wedding>ring was in it. The wife be-
lieves she lost it there while she was
wiping the disnes. 1t was loose on her
finger and it dropped off without her
II.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
CATHOLICS IN RUSSIA,

A correspondent of Civilita Cattolica
of Rome has the following to say of the
tlourishing condition of the Catholic
church in Russia:
Il was recently told by an Orthodox
Russian priest in the course of a con-
versation that the upper classes of
Russian society are showing a great
many tendencies, toward the profession
of Catholicism. This is accounted for
by the fact that families of the nobil-
ity live in Italy and France a greater
part of the time and naturally are af-
fected by the religious convictions of
the people with whom they are i'm con-
tact. Further although the intellectu-
al condition Of the higher clergy of the
Russian church is perfectly satisfac-
tory, at the same time the lower mem
bers of the clergy are too ignorant and
have too many moral failings to eXer-
else a beneficial influence on the Gull
tured classes. Russian orthodoxy does
not respond to the demands of their
II lnds. With reference to the spiritual
organization, the Orthodox religion
clearly reveals tits inferiority when
compared with Catholicism which, not
withstanding the severity of the Rus
sian laws, preserves inviolate it's pres
tige and even in st. Petersburg reveals
its admirable force of organization and
its supernatural vitality.
I'm the Great Russian centers the
condition of the Roman Catholics is
such as to lead one to believe that the
Russian government is one of the most
tolerant in matters of religion. In the
schools, Orthodox and Lutheran, the
Catholic children are instructed by a
Catholic priest, and this freedom is
carried even to the highest circles.
The Catholic churches are frequent
throughout the country. and sermons
are delivered in Polish. German,
French or Italian, according to the To-
however, have any bells, as this is
right which is accorded by the law
only to the Professionals. Polish must
not be taught in the schools, process
sions are prohibited, and for funerals
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
oeoD BLESS US EVERY ONE. ;,

"God bless us, every one. " prayed Tiny
Tim.
Crippled and dwarfed of body yet so
tall
OF soul we tiptoe earth to look at him.
High towering over all
He loved the loveless world. nor
dreamed. indeed.
That it al best could give to him the
while
But plying glances when his only
Was but CHEEKY smile.
And thus he prayed, God bless us ev-
cry one!"
EnfoIding all the creeds within the
span
OF his child heart; and SO, despising
none.
Was nearer saint than man.
like to fancy God in Paradise.
Lifting a finger Ger rhythmic swing
Of Ginning harp and song, with eager
eyes
Turned eastward, listening
The anthem stilled, the angels leaning
there
Above the golden walls-the morning
sun
OF Christmas burning flower-like with
the prayer
God bless us everyone
james Whitcomb Riley.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07

cality. The Catholic church cannot.
celebrated with state it is necessary to
obtain the authorization of the police.
These restrictions. however, do not
embarrasa the work of Catholicism in
its effect on the mind, and the piety
and generosity of the faithful-above
all, of the Poles-are admirable. There
is not a day on which some hundreds
CT persons do not receive the holy mys-
terry. and the Church of Santa Caterina.
especially on Saturday, is filled with
soldiers and officials. The archdiocese
of Mohiley, in the limits of which are
included st. Petersburg and Moscow.
is one of the largest dioceses + the
Roman Catholic church in Russia and
numbers 99S67O faithful, 35S priests
and 22S churches spread through the
districts of Mohilev, Vitebsk and
MinSk.'
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
WHAT MOST CATHOLICS READ.

1t is often asked: Why don't Cath
-olics read?" They do read, it must be
said in answer. Drop into the house
of any Catholic near you, and you VIII
probably find at least one daily paper
and several story papers. 1t is d cal
jimmy to assert that Catholics do not
read. Il is true that they do not read
Catholic literature, but, then, they
have no taste for it. There is not
enough spice" and ''red-hot'' sensation
in Catholic books and paners. They
get sufficient religion from a hastily
heard mass on. Sunday to 60 them the
rest of the week. They even avoid high
mass because Of the sermon. Scraps of
half-remembered Catechism suffice
them. Secular education takes 10 aC-
count of religion. Hundreds of young
Catholics learn, in the public schools.
to forget their religion oil week days.
They take it up for half an hour on
Sunday. Then, perhaps, they read in
their prayer books. That is all the
Catholic reading they do.
All that is human must retrograde if
it do not Recommendations.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07

All that is human must retrograde if
it do not advance.-GibbUn.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-07
catholics Should Marry young.

In q pastoral letter recently published
Bisi1on Cotton of Buffalo says:
We would lastly call attention of
the faithful to the matter of matTimo-
NAL alliances. While the religious state
is so admirable and praiseworthy. it
is. we know, only for the favored few
whom God calls to His aid from the
noble and generous youth of both
sexes. to help cultivate the vineyard,
and of which He says: The vineyard
is ready and the iaborers are few" and
while we would ask that the good
young men and young women of the
diocese TO look into their hearts and
soc If they do not discern an aptitude
for living and laboring for God alone,
and if. hearing His voice calling them
and inviting them to come and give
themselves up TO his service, they glad
w do so. we realize ct the same time
that il is Gods will that most men and
women are meant by Him to remain
in the world and TO enter the marriage
state and perpetuate the human fam
ilv for God saws to man: Increase
and multiply In this regard we ask
ou-- Young men and women to take Sc
rjouslv 10 heart the command of Holy
Church that they are to seek partners
of their own faith. Mixed marriages
are to be avoided. as man and wife
should remember that the hrSt OBJECT
of their union is to save their immor-
tai souls and the souls of their Off
sorirg and this can hardly be had I'M
less they start out in their married life
with the same true faith and with the
blessing of God impaired to them
through the priest III u truly Chris
tian marriage. We would. moreover
noint out the implied obligation of ear
~ marriages incumbent on our Cath
oIic neople. for in the prayers of the
n1ntial mass it implores for the newly
welded couple that they may live to
eae their children and their childrens
children to the third and fourth gene
ration: and hoN can this rome tq pass