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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-11-21
No Benefit

A well known actor, lying on his
deathbed, according to the physi-
clans, was approached by brother
Thespian, who said; BLANK, old
man, you are long for this world
yet. We are going to get up bene-
fit The dying man of tragedy
lifted himself up by his left elbow
and, shaking his long index finger
of the right hand in the visitors
face, Kissed: Benefit! Benefit!
Benefit! Oh, Shakespeare! Now
indeed do l know that death is at
hand. My time is come. A bene-
fit! Goodby, old boy. See that l
am decently buried But no bene-
ft|-New York Press.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-11-21
Serves a Good Purpoae.

Caller sent you a poem about
three weeks ago. What have you
done with it?
Editor-1'm holding it. Every
little while lately l get to thinking
that we are not getting out as good
paper as we ought to, and then l
take that poem and see how much
worse the sheet might be, and that
makes me cheerful again. Say,
how much'll you take for it?-Chi-
cago News.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-11-21
Cutting.

Got anything you want sharpen
ed, gents ?' inquired the aged ped
der with the razor paste.
Eyes, replied the smart youth at
the desk near the door; "you can
sharpen our wits if you want to,
old man"
Got to have something to work
on, gents" the old man said as he
looked round the room, shook his
head pityingly and walked away.
Kansas City Independent.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-11-21

In certain Oxfordshire village
there was formerly on the Monday
after Whitsun custom of provid-
ing fat live lamb to be competed
tor by the maidens of the parish,
the conditions being. that each lass
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-11-21

o ssanfces
Sreon
hwomdad dtoMeh
nth
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Evening star., 1907-05-26
When Debtors Were Imprisoned

TN nearly every country. until comparatively
recent times debtors have been subject
to imprisonment. After the panic of 1926,
one hundred and one thousand writs for debt
were issued in England. In 1890, seven thou
sand persons were sent to London prisons for
debt and on January I, 1S4o, seventeen hun
dred persons were held for debt in England
and Wales, one Thousand in Ireland, and less
than one hundred in Scotland. From time to
time notifications in the laws governing the
imprisonment of debtors have been made, so
that fewer debtors are imprisoned for this
crime each year.
In 1920 there were three thousand debtors in
prison in Massachusetts, ten thousand in New
York, seven thousand in Pennsylvania, three
thousand in Maryland, and like proportion in
other States Many of these persons were
jailed for debts of one dollar. The law pro-
viding for the imprisonment of men who could
not pay their deDts was shown to be impracti-
cable by statistics taken from Philadelphia,
where in 1928 there were thousand and
eighty-five debtors imprisoned for debts
amounting to twenty-five thousand dollars.
The expense of keeping these persons in con-
fnemert was three hundred and sixty-two thou
sand dollars, which was paid by the city, and the
amount recovered by this method was two
hundred and ninetv-ive dollars.
Imprisonment for debt was abolished by
Congress il the United States in 1893, though
this measure was not fully enforced until 1880
Evening star., 1907-05-26
Where 1t Is Hottest

DERHAPS the hottest region on earth is
L that along the Persian Gulf. Little or
no rain falls there, and the scorching sun. which
beats down from early morning to late in the
At Bahrein the arid shore has no fresh water,
and the people who live there have a novel
means of obtaining drinking water. At the
bottom of the sea near the shore are many
fresh springs. TIE water is got by diving.
The diver winds large goat skin bag round
his left arm, the hand keeping the mouth of the
bag closed. Then he takes in his right hand
heavy stone, to which is fastened long rope
Thus equipped, he plunges in, and, sinking to
the bottom, fills the bag with fresh water. He
then releases his hold on the stone and returns
to the surface. The stone is hauled up by the
rope and after the water has settled again he
dives and fills another bag.
The source of the springs is supposed to be
the hills of Osman, which are several hundred
miles away.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
Divorces in Various Countries

A GREAT variety of divorce laws prevail in
different countries. The ancient Tews
had a discretionary power of divorcng their
wives; and in Hindustan a man and wife NAV
become divorced through an incident which
an American might take as a matter of daily
domestic life.
A curious custom regarding divorce prevails
in Cochin, China, where couple may become
divorced by merely breaking pair of chop
sticks before company which is assembled to
witness the service.
Divorces are scarcely ever known to occur
in Greece; while in Tibet it is almost impossible
to obtain a divorce, and remarriage is posi-
lively forbidden.
Two kinds of divorce are allowed in Cir
cassia. By the first the divorced people are
allowed to remarry at once, and by the second
remarriage is not allowed within year.
1t is said that among certain tribes of Amer
lean Indians divorce may be accomplished by
breaking the pieces of sticks given to the wit
nesses at the marriage ceremony.
An ancient custom among the Moors was
that if wife did not become the mother of a
boy she could be divorced with the consent of
the tribe, and marry again at once.
If the wife of Turkoman asks her husbands S
permission to so out. and he says, CO." with
out adding, Come back again" they con-
sdered divorced.
In Siberia, if man is dissatisfied with the
most trihing acts of his wife, he tears veil
from her face, and that act constitutes a
divorce.
In Siam the first wife may be divorced but
not sold as her successors may be. She has
the right of claiming the first child The
others belong to the husband.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
Justice in Iceland

THE people of Iceland are so honest that
there are neither prisons nor police in the
country. 1t is said that there have been only
two thefts in one thousand years.
One of these was that of a native who was
detected stealing sheep; but he had done
so to supply his family who were suffering for
want of food, he was not punished the shame
attached to his condition being deemed suffi-
cient degradation.
The other was by a German who stole
seventeen sheep, and as he was in comfortable
circumstances he was sentenced to sell all of
his property, restore the value of what he had
stolen, and leave the country or be executed.
He left.
There are courts of justice: but it is not an
inviting field of operations for lawyers.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
The Wealth of Nations

THE United States is the richest nation in
the world, exceeding Great Britain by
almost forty-ive thousand million dollars.
The latest estimate of the wealth of the United
States sets the figure at one hundred thousand
million dollars Grea, Britain is next with fifty
eight thousand two hundred million.
The wealth of France is estimated at forty
two thousand million; that of Germany, forty
thousand million; Russia, thirty-fve thousand
million; Austria Hungary, twenty thousand
million; Italy, thirteen thousand million; Bel
gium, six thousand eight hundred million
Spain, five thousand four hundred million
Netherlands, four thousand five hundred mil
lion; Portugal, two thousand five hundred
mill: N and Switzerland, two thousand four
hundred million.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
Capital Punishment

- many countries, though of late years,
especially in the United States, it has been
made as humane as possible. That creation
of the French Revolution, the guillotine, is
still used by some countries, and the old execu-
toners AK deals out justice in Brunswick.
The most humane method of execution, the
electric chair, is used only in the United States
Spain employs the garrote, or iron collar,
which is tightened until the victim strangles
to death; and in Prussia the heads of prisoners
are struck OK 9ff with the sHord The gulllotlne
destroys her criminals by Shooting, hanging,
and with the executioner's sword. The gall
lows is the official means of administering
death in Great Britain; Austria has adopted
the same means; but Chinese criminals are
killed by the sword.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
China's Priority

DRIORITY in the invention of not only
gunpowder but also of the art of print
ing, is attributed to the Chinese. According
to Du Halde and the Jesuit missionaries, print
ing was practised in China nearly fifty years
before the Christian era.
Books in the Celestial Empire were made
out of slips of bamboo five hundred years
B. c.; in $50 A. D. paper was first made; by
745, books were bound into leaves; and in
900, when Europe was Just emerging from the
so called Dark Ages, printing was in general
use among the Chinese.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
How Paris Got Its Name

i quest of Gaul by Caesar. When this
Roman General on his path of conquest came
to the present site of the French Capitol, he
found swampy island in the river Seine, which
was inhabited by Gallo tribe called PARISH,
who lived in huts made of rushes. Rather
than be captured by the Romans, these people
burned their rude city, which they called
Lutetia, or mud town." and the great Cesar,
quick to appreciate the situation, built tenn
pie to Jupiter and wall round the island. A
town soon sprang up about the temple, and
was named Parish, after the ancient tribe. In
later years this was shortened to Paris.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
Worlds Coil Consumption

THE total consumption of coal in the world
is considerably over fifty thousand tons
an hour. Of this great quantity about twelve
thousand five hundred tons is required to heat
the boilers of stationary, marine and railroad
engines. The production of pig iron consumes
over five thousand tons an hour. The average
hourly consumption of coal in households is
considered to be about ten thousand tons.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
High and Low Cities

DASCO. the capital of Junin in Peru, is
L the highest city in the world. 1t is
built on a table land fourteen thousand two
hundred and seventy-ive feet above the sea
level. The Dutch cities are the lowest, being
several feet below the level of the sea.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
A LEARNED IRISH MONK
OF THE MIDDLE AGES

A remarkable monument of Irish Gull
ture IN medieval times has Just been
published by the Royal Irish academy
the astronomical treatise of the Irish
monk Dicuil. 1t is edited for the first
time from single ninth century man
uscript in a library in the north of
France by Mr.. Mario opposite, who
has given an account of its contents in
The preface which accompanies his
edition. Little, according to the ed
itor, is known about Dicuil He lived
about 1880 A. D.. and composed his
book in France in S14-16 A. D.. when
he was teaching in one of the court
schools of the King of the Franks.
Louis lie Debonnaire. to whom he has
dedicated the work. The treatise is in
teresting to historians Of astronomy
and to students Of medieval Latinity.
but. of course, from it's scientific point
of view it does not teach us ANYTHING.
A geographical work by the. same Di-
Gull is also eXtant, and has been pub
Gshed in France and Germany A new
edition is in preparation by Mr.. Espo-
sito, who also tells US that several 9th
er astronomical works by Irish monks.
written i'm Latin and not yet published.
are eNtant in several continental libra
ries.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
MAJ. FITzPATRlcK's DEATH.

Major Rudolph Fitzpatrick. one of
the leading Irish-American citizens of
New York. died of heart disease on
tho Sth inst.
The New York Sun says of Major
Fitzpatrick: He served in the civil
war and the Fenian uprising and had
also fought in Italy as a member Of
the Papal brigade. He was vice pres
ident of the Parnell branch of the
United Irish League, and secretary of
the Association Of the Veteran pom
titcal Army in this city, of which there
is now eight survivors. He was a CON
slant contributor to newspapers and
periodicals on behalf of ParneII. as well
as Of John z. Redmond and Others oF
the later Irish leaders.
Major Fitzpatrick was born in C,orl,
in 1S47, and came to this country when
a boy. He enlisted in the navy when
he II, and fought on one of the small
er sunboatS along the Atlantic coast
When the war ended he went into the
Fenian movement heart and soul. The
war had developed many Irishmen into
trained soldiers. and he was one of the
invading force that in June Of 1865 set
out from Buffalo under Colonel O'Neiu
and had 2 skirmish with the Queens
Own of the Canadian militia near
Ridgway. Fitzpatrick was O'NeiITs
aide-de-camp After that he became
private secretary of Colonel Roberts
the president of the dominant faction
Of the Fenian party.
The Fenian movement having failed
Fitzpatrick Joined the Papal army I'm
the fighting in Italy in 1866 He was
wounded in the knee i'm one of the
fights and taken prisoner. After he was
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Pope Dismisses His Cooks.

The pope has just dismissed two
! more cooks who were employed in the
! Vatican since the time of Leo XIII. AS
! soon as he was elected. the pope no
! ticed that seven cooks We're employed
in the kitchens of the Vatican palace,
and is quoted as having said: What is
the use of having seven cooks to make
little broth for poor man."
Forthwith. five of the cooks were dis
missed, and Plus X, who is very fond
Of eating the same viands to which he
was accustomed in his youth. obtained
from Venice the cook who served him
when he was patriarch of Venice and
who knew his tastes. The Venetian
chef is in full charge, assisted only by
three persons who attend to minor de-
tails
The desire of the pope to obtain a
Venetian chef is not at all an indica-
ton that he wishes elaborate meals.
The only thing he takes before noon
is cup Of coffee and milk At noon
he INDUCES in the heaviest meal of
the day, which his private secretaries,
With whom he engages always in con-
stant conversation as long as he is at
the table
Plus X, following in part the an
Gent custom which does not allow
pope TO sit at the same table with any
one but a sovereign, has a table of his
own standing on g small platform
about six inches from the floor, and
facing the table at which his secre-
taries are seated. Thus he is able to
conform to ceremonial and to have
company at dinner.
The most enjoyable meal for the
pope is supper, at about in the even
ing, because then the business of the
day is over, and the pope is able to dis
cuss matters with his intimate pre-
lates. His meal is not much to speak
of, consisting only of a little salad
and couple of hard-boiled eggs, not
withstanding the fact that the Vati-
can larder is generally furnished with
everything that is best and most de-
sirable.
To have an idea of the resources of
the Vatican kitchen. it is enough to
remember that nearly every sovereign
of Europe sends every year to the pope
some of the best delicacies to be found
in his realm, the emperor of Austria
having for over thirty years made
habit of furnishing the Vatican with
cigars of the best quality Even nom
Catholic sovereigns, such as the kings
of England and Sweden and the Car
of Russia, never forget to send some
sort of offering in the shape of food or
drink. It is very seldom that the pope
drinks wine
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Queen wiIheImina's Egotism.
Current Literaturel

u
The American impressions of a poor
little Wilhelmina covering beneath the
brutalities of the man she asked to
marry her is extremely curious to those
residents of The Hague who under
stand the sort of disposition for which
the house of Orange is celebrated. For
Wilhelmina is a true daughter of the
house of Orange. The queens mother.
the most obedient of parents, has pro-
claimed this more than once.
She is never forgetful Of her own i'm
mense importance to Holland. When.
five years ago, the queen lay on thai
sickbed from which it seemed certain
she could never rise, her majesty's ply
stefan in ordinary, feeling the patient S
pulse, declared that the crisis was over.
God" murmured the queen in faint
whisper, us very merciful to my peo-
pie" The story may be invented, but
it is said in German dailies to fit her
majestys character like a glove
A nature of this kind is not the ma
terial out of which the most submissive
of spouses can be fashioned. Whether,
as some French dailies say. Wilhelmi-
ma, in virtue of her sovereign rank, had
TO make the proposal Of marriage to
Prince Henry or whether. as some Ger
man dailies tell us, her majesty merely
sent MS hlShneSS WORD tnat she was
going to marry him, he was speedily
involved in the same difficulties of pre-
rogative which tend at times to strain
the queens relations with the RESPONSE
BILE rulers of her kingdom. Wilhelmina
has exalted notions of her royal author
ity. She is said TO interfere in most
personal way with the conduct Of
Dutch foreign relations. She loooks
upon the Dutch colonies as. in some
sort, the private appanages of the house
of Orange. Her prodigious personal
popularity with every class of her sub
jects saves her from some of the con-
sequences of her unconstitutional ten
denrieS
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Waterford.

The death took place on Aug Is of
Rev. William Delaney, c. c., Ferry
bank, after a short illness. Mr.. De-
laney, who spent three years in Ferry
bank, was son Of the late Mr.. John De-
laney Borris-in-O ssory, and brother
in-law of DR.. Hogan, Mountrath. In
1890 the late Father Delaney was dean
of st. Kieran's college, Kilkenney.
from which he was transferred to
Clara and subsequently to Muckalee
He was a most enthusiastic Gaelic
Lacquer, and delivered several very
interesting lectures in the city from
time TO time. Solemn office and requiem
high mass for the repose of his soul
was offered up at the Chapel-of-Ease
Ferrybank, on Aug. IA. at which. the
Rev. DR.. Brownrigg. bishop of Ossory,
presided. On Aug. Is the remains were
conveyed by train to Bailybrophy for
interment al Kyle. Queens county.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
LATEST IRISH NEWS.
Antrim.
From The Pilot.


During the height Of the disorders on
Sunday, Aug. II, in Belfast, Father
Convery of st. Pauls church and Fa-
Their Healy Of st. Peters went fear
lessly among the rioters, endeavorIng
to pacify them. Father Convery is
one of the heroes of the sc riots. in the
quelling Of which he probably did more
than any other man, says the Liverpool
Catholic Times. Following those dark
days many of the women and children
in the disturbed areas were too fright
ened to leave their houses for weeks
afterward, and Father Convery was
unable to persuade them to send the
children to school. Their mothers de-
clared that they had been sent away
for safety. Not believing the state
ment the priest obtained big drum
and began beating it through the
streets. The children. of course. turned
out to see what was the matter, and
having gathered together some hun
dreds Of them. Father Convery took
them all back to their lessons.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Song.

Light of the world, what are violets
but eyes of you!
Perfume-your hair blowing back on
the breeze
All but the fugitive, dainty surprise
of you
Pricking in green on the blossomy
trees!
Give me the sun of your smile to be
fire to me;
Give me the moon when the passion
has gone;
Give me the light, to be dream and
desire to me,
Down the dark alleys that lead to the
dawn!
Helen Hay Whitney in the Cen
fury.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

set free he returned to this country,
where he remained until amnesty was
given to the Fenians. Then he went to
England and engaged in the tailoring
business in Liverpool where he mar
rSd in 1875. He lived there ten years
and returned to this country. For sew
eral years he had been in the real es
tate business.
Major Fitzpatrick got his military I'll
tie from his Fenian activity. He leaves
a widow and seven children. Two are
married. and one is Sister Mary Syl
vester of the Franciscan Order Two
sisters in Ireland also survive him.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14

like pulp dream, SO y speak, but it is
state of civilization long since fore
told by Edward Bellamy, who described
country in which the people arrayed
themselves in new paper garments
every morning and every evening, at
an expense no larger than that involved
in the purchase of their daily newsoa-
per. Everybody enjoyed the ephelne-
real garments, save the proprietors of
the laundry establishments. They were
put entirely out of business. There was
nothing to wash.-I ondon P T. ..
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
WeStmeath.

The death occurred recently at Finea,
of Mr.. Patrick Clarke, who in the
Fenian days was a steadfast upholder
of that movement, and has been for
more than half a century identified
actively with every national movement
in his district. He was intimately ac-
quainted with some well known Irish
men Of Fenian times, as Charles Kick
ham.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Inufl1.

Sister Vincent Kavanagh. who died
on Aug. 10, was in her 7Sd year, and
had been for fifty-one years connected
with the town of Drogheda. She was
descended from an illustrious family
in the County Wexford, and was a sis
ter of the Rev. P. Kavanagh. o. F. NJ
Wexford. who is so we'll known all
over Ireland for his deep patriotism.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Paper Clothing.

A remarkable development of ;he pa
per clothing industry is taking place
in Germany. and many persons express
the belief that before many years have
elapsed the wearing os paper garments
will be pretty general This sounds
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Meath.

Mr. Thomas J. Maher died on Tues
day. the 9Th inst, at his late residence.
ClownstoNn. Tara. Mr.. Maher. who
had not reached his fortieth year, had
been in i'll health for a considerable
period, so that his end was not quite
nneXnecfed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Kilkenny.

The Rev. Patrick Murphy. only son
of Mr.. d. Murphy of Sevenhouses.
Danesfort beloved Kilkenny priest
died at Singleton, Australia, on July
81, universally mourned
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Donegal.

Died on Aug. Il, at her residence,
Brucl1less. Mrs. Name Murrin, sister
to the Rev. Henry McShane. c. c..
Donegal. and the Rev. James Nc
Shane, c. c., Glenties.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Derry.

Mrs. Katherine MCGOWAN, widow Of
Patrick MCGOWAN. died at the resi-
dence Of her brother, Mr.. Arthur Ward.
Abbey street. Derry. on Aug. u.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-14
Tyrone.

John Daily, Bennyfreaghen, some
miles from Omagh. died in Tyrone
county hospital on Aug. Is from COM
pound depressed fracture of the skull.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-11
BATTLES ..lP is FLoATED.
Believed That the Kentucky Has Not
Been Damaged.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. with the as
sistance OF seven powerful tugs the
battleship Kentucky, which stranded
off Lambert's Point Tuesday morning
while endeavoring to avoid a possible
collision with vessels lying at anchor
in the stream waiting to take on coal,
was floated at 1905 Tuesday night
1t was o'clock in the morning
when the Kentucky stranded and the
combined efforts of six Of the most
powerful tugs failed to float the YES
sci.
At high tide Tuesday night the Mer-
rift & Chapman tug Rescue went to
the battleship's assistance and the
Kentucky was pulled into deep water
and headed under her own steam for
the hayward. @u .#@~-
The grounding of the Kentucky will
be investigated by the usual board OF
inquiry. It is not thought the Ken
lucky sustained any damage.