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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-20

O00u klOOuly I'll 0OPiCOOSA -
taksr, close as he Is, would buy any
thing ter rouse her up. But dang a
talkin'.machine! A talkin'-machine Is
peculiar only in its disposition ter be
cussed."
Old man Burnham in the meanwhile
wal experiencing considerable dim
Guilty with the "c~ontraption." or seem
ingly 20. His wife had paid but scant
attention % he unpacked It, and his
mouth pulled down at the corners IS
he furtively noted her abstraction.
Il guess l can never fix this horn on.
now I've bought tn DANCED thing" he
grumbled.
Let me help you. DEAR" she offered
listlessly. and his frosty gaze burned
warm as he saw the color mount her
cheeks in her def endeav0r to aid him.
why. you've turned this screw way
In" she cried triumphantly, as with
her scissors she remedied his blunder.
"Of course you couldn't fix 1t with the
screw that way" And quickly the
horn was secured in place.
Well enjoy this. I'm . thinkin'."
he observed genially. still studying her
.careworn face from the tail Of his
eye.
Enjoy it? Oh. yes; we'll enjoy it."
Mrs. Burnham repeated vacantly. Ten
years ago yesterday it was. Ten long.
weary years."
why dye always bark back ter
that?" he cried in despair, and his
black-veined hand shook ~ he ar
ranged the records. He knew It was
foolish to expect her to forget. He had
hoped, however, that the talking-ma-
chine would by some mysterious means
operate to arouse her brooding mind,
even II but for a day. He had pur-
posely tempered with the screw to
give her a petty victory, and now she
was cast back amid her bitter cogita-
lions again, and her eyes neither saw
him 0 the toy as she sat by the win
dow and propped her chin in n thin
hand.
It was her favorite seat: for from
that particular window she could
watch the brown sweep of dusty road
until It lodged behind the curve. On
winter nights she had sat there. OBJ
liyious to his presence and with tie
curtains pulled behind her. 80 ste
might pierce the darkness.
A movement at the window caused
him to turn. She had risen and was
shading her eyes in IN effort to scan
the now dusky road. Some ones COM
Ing" she faltered.
He knew the wild hope ever tugginE
ct her soul when = figure turned the
curve. and to ave her further pain he
explained brusquely: only three Of the
boys comm up tor hear the machine"
oh" she sighed, lapsing into her
chair again.
'Yas. only ZONE Of the boys. I
know'd they'd enjoy It." Then plead
ingly: Kinder Of chirk up 1 bit, II ye
can / don't want EN- ter think ye're
sour on me. There! II yeI 60 ter the
door I'll light Z lamp"
The guests consisted of the town
clark and his companions Of : few
hours before. The clerk was stern and
solemn. q II present under protest,
and he viewed the crude gaiety Of the
others with . semblance Of contempt.
A. tor the machine, he refused to join
n me inspection, and. instead, sat
down beside Mrs. Durham and re-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-20

MUSICALE
COPYRIGHT
nA. n. ALEXANDER

Il was the Nrst photograph to come
to Peevy's Mills, and its advent caused
something OF . stir. The town clerk
had Just characterized it as onre-
ligious," and was endeavoring IN
vague desperation to prove that is
only mission was to play dance
music" The selectman and the G. A. X.
veteran, as they filled pipes from his
plug, took no positive stand. but read
ily united with him in asking. why
had Whitaker Burnham bought 1t!
while l don't approve of his buyi1
It," drawled the town clerk. I guess
I've found til reason. He wants ter
chirk up his wife. Ever since their boy
Bob ran away, ten years ago, she's
been gloomy an depressed like. Whit
taker, close as he is, would buy any
thing ter rouse her up. But dang q
talkin' machine! A talkin machine Is
peculiar only in its disposition ter be
cussed."
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-20

-EXSE
and danced madly around the machine,
calling encouragement into the horn,
with the clerk tfumpeting through his
hands to make the singer hear: but
the old man kneeling beside the pros
trate woman needed none OF It.
Hello. Bob! Hello! This Il me!
Don't ~ know met" implored tho
clerk. standing on one leg.
And sweet Alice lies under the
stone." the liquid voice replied.
Bob! Bobbie! l ray, Bob! Come
OUT" hoaEsely begged the veteran,
stamping his stin leg to command At
tention.
Vas. jump ont, Bob" choked the
selectman, moving back . few steps.
stop it," groaned the gray-faced
father from the couch. stop It! II
will kill her."
my boy" murmured the mother.
struggling to her elbow and looking
confusedly about. my boy! Where
- he? hear his voice."
A pale-faced woman chung - ne
porch railing Of the Burnham house
and scanned the road with aching eyes
No word yet from her husband. and
her heart was like Ice within her
breast. He had assured her he would
return within . week. and that period
a time had elapsed without bringing
sign from him. No doubt he had
failed once more, and
Got . message for ~" chuckled a
voice. and she turned to behold the
veteran hopping onto the porch.
from whom" she whispered.
4 tell ye. 1t reminds me Of when
Gen. Sherman took me aside ard said
Give me the messays!" me cried
dercely, snatching the yellow slip from
his hand.
Il know what Il says" grinnsd the
veteran. - her nervous fingers tore at
The papsr. IT was tslsphoned IN from
~ Junction. m III town clerk rsad Il
put loud"
But with : glad eEy Mn. BurnhAm
lett him and stumbled into the house.
her eyes blinded with happy tears, for
- ~ yellcw paper - had read:
Be prepared e Aear Ben Bolt
Iung tonigAt We axElve latar staeo.
-yEEuyTA1IERs
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Has the Boy Right to Choose His
Profession?

Has the boy a right to choose his
own profession, irrespective of paternal
wishes? That is, of course, if it is an
honorable profession? We all like the
idea of children being guided by the
parents just as long as they can be, but
often a boy has a nature and DISPOSE
ton wholly different from either parent
and his inclinations are to follow some
business career wholly different from
their choice. There may be times when
a boy is right in steering little away
from some of the severe trainings and
especially if he fully realizes that the
environments are hindrance to his
advancement more than a help. This
is a broad assertion to make, but it is
said in justice to the boy who cannot
advance or follow a chosen career be-
cause he is kept back. The wisdom of
years is often outweighed by the de-
mands of what is expected of the pres
ent day youth. 1t would be a slow old
world if there were no young folks to
push out and make new discoveries
and assist in the worlds progress. 1t
is the young people, not the old, who
are to the front and something guides
them to broader views and larger at
tainments 1t is a cruel wrong to keep
a boy who has broad ideas and a
knowledge of doing things which will
place him above the common herd, but
too often such young men are kept
back by over xacting parents who are
doing wrong and not good in keeping
the boy or boys from their natural
spheres in life.-EXchange
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
DENIS o'sULLIVAN DEAD.
Americans Greatest Irish Actor and
Vocalist

Denis O'Sullivan, the American-Irish
actor and singer, died on Feb. in the
Grant hospital, Columbus, O., after an
operation for appendicitis.
Denis O'Sullivan, though England and
Ireland had claimed the greater part of
his professional career upon which he
entered in 1895, was widely known in
New York's musical and dramatic cir
cles
Mr.. O'Sullivan's death is a distinct
loss to the stage. Personally few men
had more friends. He had magnetism,
a quiet, dignified manner and a keen
appreciation of the humorous that was
refreshing.
His father was a banker in San Fran
cisco and his mother gifted woman,
who was an artist and a writer of plays
under the nom de plume of Patrick Bid
we'll
The actor was fairly wealthy, having
property interests in San Francisco. AT
the time of the fire, like others, he suf-
fered financially, but it is understood
he died possessed of a comfortable for
tune.
He studied in st. Ignatius college, San
Francisco. His wife, who was with him
when he died, was a daughter of Oscar
Sutro, one of the leading lawyers of
San Francisco.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
A ,Housekeeper,s Traoedv.

One day as L wandered 1 heard a COM
planning,
And saw poor woman the picture
of gloom;
She glared at the mud on her door
step Ctwas raining),
And this was her wall as she welded
the broom:
ooh, life is toll and love is a trouble,
And beauty will fade and riches will
flee:
And pleasures will dwindle and prices
will double,
And nothing is what I could wish i
to be.
There's too much of worriment goes
in a bonnet;
There's too much of ironing goes in
in a shirt;
There's nothing that pays for the time
you waste on it;
There's nothing that lasts but trou-
BILE and dirt.
I'm March it's mud; it's slush in No
vember;
The midsummer breezes are loaded
with dust;
In fall the leaves litter; in muggy Sep
The wall paper rots and the candle
sticks rust
There are worms in the cherries and
slugs in the roses,
And ants in the sugar and mice in the
pies;
The rubbish of spiders no mortal sup
And ravaging reaches and damaging
flies.
with grease and with CRIME from cor
ner to center,
Forever at war and forever alert,
No rest for a day lest the enemy en-
spend my whole life in a struggle
with dirt.
Last night in my dreams I was sta
toned forever
On bare little isle in the-midst of
My one chance for life was a ceaseless
To sweep off the waves as they swept
over me.
"AIas, twas no dream. Again I be-
I yield, i am helpless my fate to
avert"
She rolled down her sleeves, her apron
she folded,
Then laid down and died and was
buried in dirt.
Selected.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15

On Jan. Il. a beloved and patriotic
priest passed TO his eternal reward in
the person of Father Daniel Sweeney
Of Letterkenny. He had been actively
engaged in parochial work until few
days previous to his lamented death:
for it was only on Jan. 10 he was seized
by the illness that terminated his val
liable life. Born at Dungloe, he was
proud and fond Of his native ROSES. A
true priest and highly-cultured Irish
man, his native country and the Nation
al cause had no warmer supporter The
grief of his much respected kindred is
shared in, not only by the people of
Letterkenny and the other parishes
where he had been tsationed, but by a
wide circle of devoted friends, lay and
clerical, outside as well as within his
native Donegal.
on the morning of the Epiphany. the
wife Of Cornell MacGinley, Ologhan,
Glencolumbkille. gave birth to two sons
and a daughter. They were baptised
on the evening of the same day in ST.
ColumbHille's chapel. and are making
good progress in health, as is the moth
eT.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Waterford

Sister Mary Thaddeus Mccarthy, who
died at the Convent of the Sisters OF
Charity, Waterford, on Jan. u. was for
more than forty years a member of the
local Community. and always took a
deep interest in st. Josephs industrial
schools.
A very interesting ceremony took
place in st. Patricks church, Water
ford, on Sunday, Jan. u. when the Rt.
Rev. DR.. Sheehan solemnly blessed the
new organ recently erected there. The
instrument was purchased mainly
through the generosity of Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, whose monetary gift was
supplemented by the parishioners and
the many friends of the good pastor,
Father O'Donnel. The church has re-
Gently undergone a thorough renovation
and the several improvements effected
are solely due to the zeal Of the parish
priest.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Recipes for Friday.

| Baked Fish and Potatoes-Boil any
white fish, free from skin and bone,
| break into flakes and season with salt
and pepper. Make a cream sauce by
boiling a pint of milk with one small
onion, sliced. When the milk has
scalded we'll reduce a tablespoonful
each of flour and butter that have been
blended in a small saucefan. Stir I'M
til thickened, then season with salt and
little cayenne or paprika. Line a
baking dish with a thin layer of
mashed potatoes-a leftover-and put
the fish in. Pour the sauce over the
dish, cover with buttered crumbs and
bake about twenty minutes in a mod
crate oven.
Devilled Oatmeal-Cut cold nodded
oatmeal in slices, dip them in a mix
ture of equal parts of mustard, melted
butter and thick cream. Roll the pieces
in fine dry crumbs, then in beaten egg,
again in crumbs and fry in hot lard.
Cottage Chowder-Make a foundation
of six diced potatoes and an onion,
friend in salt pork. Put a layer of po-
tatoes in the bottom of a saucepan,
then one of pork, next the onion, sea-
soning as you go on, with pepper and
parsley. Pour the fat from the frying
pan over all. Add two cupfuls of boil
ing water, cover closely and cook gent
ly for half an hour after the boil be-
gins. Drain off and return to the fire,
keeping vegetables hot over boiling
water. Add two cups of scalding milk,
stir in a spoonful of butter rolled in
flour, bring to the boil, put the pota-
toes and pork back into the kettle,
cook one minute and serve.
Apple Sauce Cake-Cream one cup
sugar and one-half cup of shortening
Add one saltspoon of salt, one-half
teapsoon cloves, one teaspoon CHINA
mon, a little nutmeg and one cup
raisins. Dissolve teaspoon soda in
warm water and stir it into cup of
sour apple sauce, letting itfoam over
the ingredients in the bowl. Beat all
thoroughly and add IL cups sifted
-four Bake in a loaf tin fifty-five
minutes
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Cork.

In Bantry and vicinity much regret
is felt at the recent death of Sister Jo-
seph Xavier O'Callaghan, who endearei
herself to every one with whom she
came in contact. The Right Rev. Mon
signor Shenkeven presided at the obse-
Ouies, which were attended by great
number of the clergy and laity.
Rev. Peter L. O'Loughlin, son of Mrs.
Patrick Smiddy, of Shanakeiel, Baiiy-
macoda, was ordained priest by his
Grace Archbishop Coppetell Patriarch
of Constantinople, in the Church of st.
Aplilnare, Rome, on Dec, 81 Father
O'Loughlin has been a student of the
American college during the past three
wears
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Dublin.

Patrick Canning. NJ. A. NJ. B.. med
zeal attendant at Maynooth college, died
at the private hospital, Mountjoy
square, Jan. L. at the age of S.
The large attendance of friends and
the general public of Dublin and vicin-
ity who followed the remains of the late
Mrs. O'Hara to Glasnevin, after the
celebration of Requiem Mass at st.
Kevin's church. testified to the esteem
in which this lady was held. Both as
q teacher at the st. Kevin's schools and
as an earnest worker in the Gaelic
league, she earned general admiration.
At the meeting of the South Dublin
Guardians. vote of sympathy with
Mr.. Dennis Doyle, her bereaved father,
was passed
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
LATEST IRISH NEWS.
From The Pilot.
Antrim.

The death took place Jan. 10 of Mr..
Bernard Campbell, a leading Belfast
Jeweler and one of the best known
Catholic residents of that city. He was
connected with various charitable or
CARNATIONS, to which he was liberal
subscriber. He was about so years of
age, and was a native Of Tyrone, but
lived nearly all his life in Belfast,
where he was highly respected.
The Rev. Frederick Brick, father of
the General Assembly of the Irish Pres
byterian church, died at Ahoghill, Bal
lymena, Jan. II. He was 81 years of
age, and had been in the ministry sew
enty-three years.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15

The Rev. Peter O'Flinn. S. J.. who
died recently at Hawthorne. Victoria,
Auntralia, was in his eighty-seventh
year He was born in County Down,
was for some time a prosperous mer-
chant in Castlewellan. and in his forty
eighth year he made his novitiate in
Dublin. He had labored in Australia
for tWenty-eight years, having pre-
viously been stationed in San Francis
CO. Cal
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15

of yourself according to your time, and
then let them be a part of your every
day existence, as any of your other du-
ties. You cannot accomplish even fair
results without perseverance.
Well groomed a woman looks as
we'll in bingham as in velvet; I'M
groomed she looks unref1ned. though
her raiment be richer than that of the
Queen of Sheba.
The toilet table has been instituted
to help woman to become systematic
in her attack ON time and nature.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Health and Beauty.

To brighten your hair and bring out
the glints Of red, use henna tea. 1t is
an herb and quite harmless. Steep an
ounce Of the leaves in a quart of water
for twenty minutes. Shampoo the hair
and dry Apply the henna, both liquid
and leaves. Let this dry thoroughly.
then shampoo the hair again with
warm water and melted soap.
Has the cold snap chapped your
hands? If so, try this: Benzoinated
zinc ointment. one ounce: subnitrate of
bismuth, u dram; camphor, five
grains; rose water ointment, Y ounce.
Rub well into the hands night and
morning.
To make a delightful skin lotion. buy
5 cents worth of ounce seed. on which
pour one pint of boiling water and let
soak over night. Strain in the morning
and add cents worth of glycerine
and the same amount of benzoin. You
viii have the finest preparation for
rough skin yet found
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Derry.

John O'Neil, father of the Rev.
FraHcis O'Neill. Academy, Dungannon
died at his late residence, Lakeside. Bal
linderry, Jan. II.
Rev. J. O'Kane, rector of Lavey. died
recently at the age of &c years. He was
a sound spiritual guide to his people
and an ardent Nationalist.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Kerry.

The death occurred recently, at the
Presentation Convent, Cahirciveen, of
Sister M. Magdalen, at the age of fifty
eight years, thirty-six of which were
spent in the convent. She was a native
Of Sheen and was a sister of the Rev.
T. O'Sullivan. P. P, Baltimore, and the
Rev. J. O'Sullivan.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15

Peace is better than joy. Joy is a
very uneasy guest, and is always on
tiptoe to depart. It tires and wears
us out, and yet keeps us ever fear
ing that the next moment it will be
gone. Peace is not so. 1t comes more
quietly, il stays more contentedly. and
ii never eXhauts our strength nor gives
US one anxious forecasting thought,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15
Tiperrary.

II was officially announced in Thurles
Jan. Il that the Rev. Innocent Ryan,
vice-president Of st. Patrick's college,
Thurles, had been appointed to the pas
toral charge Of Fethard in succession
10 the late Venerable Archdeacon
Jones
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15

Patrick Shea of Ardfert, sterling
Nationalist and brilliant writer died
recently to the grief of the entire coun-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-02-15

Nothing makes an auto look ugIier
than a pretty sleigh and a span of
horses atop snow road,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-07
A MID scHnMn.

It is strange what absurd ideas and dreams somstimes enter the minds of really strong men. Senator Stewart. of Nevada. has been recalling soma of the incidents of the war period and just after. and among other things tells us that right after the cioss of hostiiitiss Senator Zachary Chandler conceived and proposed the fdea of uniting the armies of Lee and Grant and invading Canada. and it is added that at least thirty Senators had agreed to support Chandisr's project, but that the assassination of President Lincoln put an end to it.
 A more absurd project could hardly be imagined. even in that era of incon- gruous ideas. Who in his right mind could imagine the worn heroes of Lees army at once burying all their animos- ities. all their disappointment and we might almost add. all their principles. and re-enlisting under General Grant to make war on foreign country7 For that is what 1t must nave amountel to. The Confederate veterans could not. we imagine, have been forced to enlist. and we can well feel assured that they would not have done so vol- untarIly. Neither can we Imagine Lee orr Grant leading an army of nlibus- ters. The Union. whether regarded as the North and the South or as one Un- ion. was at peace with England. and to have invided Canada without a dec- laration of war against the mother country would have been wholly inds- fensibley and unjnstihaoie. It is true that the United States had cause of complaint against England for several causes connected with the war be- tween the States. but those were mat ters to be settled by diplomacy. not land piracy.
 We are not surprised at Mir. Stew arts saying that if Lincoln had lived he would have promptly auashed the wild scheme of Zack Chandler. It would have been contrary to his ideas of fairness and honesty. and he at least would have seen the fallacy of under taking to unite the armies of Les and Grant. as he would have seen the wrong of such . movement as Chandler advocated. That was g period of ex- citement. of exultation and seif-satis- faction in the North. and some of the pecple--as Chandler--were ready to propose anything, but his project was about the most absurd of any we re- member.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-07
DRfFTWOOD
spring-yep.
DY PHIL M. ARMNTRONG.

spring--yep.
 Like to go in swimmin'? or spade up the sardenq Or get out in the woods and holIer7 Do red-headed widows have fiery dis positions? q don't know--ask me ) Montgomery is growing faster than a 12.year-old boy who has just bursted through his last short pants. The man who is wrapped up in his work will seldom feel the icy wind called failure" blowing his way. when a boy quits walking round the yard on his hands. doing a clog dance Q nthe top of the. piano. and pulling his sician. for that boys health is seri- ously impaired
 Her short solourn in M Jaeksonyille son, is sweet disposition.
 The forlorn spinster does not care so much about whether H man Tin ,sSass take her. A woman pessimist Is such a nice thing to tell us how happy we are not. Cheer up; the world is fun Of work CTS. Men working every scheme to make money and women rkingsevery scheme to spend 1t.
 Never marry a girl for her money if you can get hold of it any other way.
 Some wouId-be singers who have their voices tried ought to have 'em executed ?dthout the formality of trial.
 It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of needle than 1t Is for most men to pass the thread through one. MF' sSs Ss sas Ss Sss efs f5.s tss ties 1t.
 The FeeIHn. When the first bluebird
 Sings in the tree. I feel as happy
 As I kin be-.
 When the Deach-bloorns come
 An the drowsy bee, Goes buzzin' aroun'
 So lazi---ly.
 When the far-on tinkIe
 Of cow-bells ring. Where the Jersies wade
 By the old gum spring. When the trout leap high
 In the creek so cool.
 I say a man is a regular fool-- A regular crazy. onery fool, If he don't fing. off
 His coat and lie
 In the grass an gaze
 At tho big blue sky. In the sun of an
 Alabama day.
 Willing the lazy
 Hours away. 't Oh jes gimme health
 An l don't kere-
 whether school keeps or not
 This time O year.