The National tribune., 1909-04-08

hamlet any many of the ranches have
one or more Catholic churches, each
being equipped. with one or more bell
towers, and as some of these toll every
five minutes and most of them the quar-
ter, half and full hours, it is easy to
understand that the stranger gets the
impression that they are always ring
ing. A great army is employed in the
ringing of these bells, which is a regu-
lar profession in Mexico. In the City
of Mexico alone there are more than
1000 so employed 1t is a vocation
looked upon by the lower classes as
most honorable, and is even regarded
by them with good deal of reverence
as being associated, even in this humble
way, with the clergy. The bell-ringer
himself is very proud of his position.
which in many cases has been handed
down from father to son for many gen.
erationS. The bells, some of which are
very large and of great weight, are all
rung by hand, and altho from time to
time an effort has been made to employ
electricity fer this purpose, the senti-
ment of the Church has been so much
against it that the idea had to be aban-
doned. The bell-ringers- take great
pride in thei" bells, keeping them well
FURNISHED and oiled and in perfect or
der. Some of them have tone WON
derfully rich and clear, which is ex-
planned by the fact that these We're
brought from Spain, and contain large
quantities of precious metals. AS they
ring out on the still air of the night the
effect is most impressive. Way up
above the noise of the busy streets, in
rooms prepared for them in the spa
cious towers of the large cathedrals,
the bell-ringers and their families live
their simple lives, with the deep, rich,
silver-throated bells their only compan-
ions.
The first white child born in Chicago
after it was made city died the other
day in Bloomington, Ill. She was Mrs.
Margaret Liscom. and she was born in
March, 1886. Vastly different from the
comfortable if not luxurious appoint
mentS which surround the great mass
of 10th century infants We're the condi-
tions which greeted her baby eyes when
they opened upon this life. Her first
bath was taken in a tub made from a
hollow stump. and she was rocked to
sleep in cradle made by digging out a
log. But she was just as happy, bless
her little red face, and slept just as
soundly. Her birth was a matter of
great curiosity and interest TO the In
dians in the neighborhood, and several
earsome-looking, bead-decorated, stol
id squaws stood around in gay blankets
on the interesting occasion of her birth.
Afterwards they came frequently to
look at the white baby, who for some
time enjoyed the distinction of being
the only one of the locality, and grew
very fond of her, one of them bringing
a tiny pair of moccasins, made of soft
skin and prettily beaded, for the small
feet.
What could be more terrible than the
story of this Mrs. Murray, who died the |
other day in cheap lodging house in
a questionable part of Philadelphia?
Mrs. Murray was woman of refine |
ment and education, and was we'll |
known in the Quaker City, where her
marked talent for amateur theatricals
and her frequent appearance in plays
given for sweet charity made her very
longed to a good family, and was a de-
vout Roman Catholic. 1t is said that
the death of her husband, which oc-
cured in Rome two years ago, and the |
trying circumstances attending it, broke |
down Mrs. Murray's health, and 1t is |
now feared unsettled her reason. Mrs |
Murray's husband, man of large |
wealth, died very suddenly in Rome of
and it seems it is the law |
Of the land that all such persons must |
be buried within "a hours. In spite of
the distracted wife's heartrending ap-
peal to her Catholic friends, this could
not be prevented, and Mrs. Murray was
obliged to yield. She, however, fingered |
around the cemetery after the funeral, |
given to the cemetery employees, man
aged to have the body of her husband
to a ship preparing to sail
for this country. The Rome authorities
never knew this, and her husband was
buried in his. native land. This shows
Mrs. Murray to have been woman of
strong character, courage and resource
IL
tory all the more incomprehensible. AZ
ter returning to this country, altho a
rich, agreeable woman, and one well
coined everywhere in society, she would
disappear from her home at intervals
and remain away for days. 1t is now
known that at these times she wan
dered from resort to resort in the Ten
derloin district of the Quaker City, Sc
lecting for her companions the lowest
characters. She seemed to have had in
her veritable DIR. Jekyl, which, in
spite OF herself, her natural refinement
and her traditions, would gain the COM
plete ascendancy over her at times. Her
last absence from home had lasted near
ly two weeks, when death mercifully
removed her from the temptations she
seemed unable to resist.
John Armstrong Chanler, or Chalon-
er, the hero of the Merry Mills" trag-
Guy, toIldpSeu tOfupIeteIE WDeH the SX-
citement of the affair was over. The
former husband of Amelie Rives, and
the subject of so much sensational jour-
nalism, is an intensely excitable ner-
vous man, and the strain of the Incl
dent, the scene between the brutal Eng
lishman and his wife, and the subse-
quent shooting by himself. was too
much, and led to a total breakdown
He has been ordered by his doctor to
leave his home for awhile, and has gone
to visit an old friend near Weldon, n. |
c., where he will remain until he en-
tirely RECEIVERS his nerve.
And now those women suffering from
indigestion in any of its manifold forms
or from its attendant evil, nervousness.
are strongly advised to join DR.. A. Sid
ney Higginss Summer Nature Camp,
near Ridgefield, Conn, where no clothes
are worn except in bad or cool weather.
and where the inmates live upon fresh
milk and cereals. The camp is in a
park OF 1,5OO acres, heavily wooded and
four miles from a railroad. The doctor
lives in house some distance from the
camp, which is furnished with tents in
which the patients live, tho many of
them prefer to sleep in hammocks or
on the ground. They take walks, play
tennis, quoits, etc, swim, and even, IL
they feel very energetic, saw and pile
wood. 1t is hardly necessary to state
that when :ney visit the doctor or leave
the camp for any purpose they cease
being Ewes, and don the garments of
civilization. The nature camp has been
running three years, and the doctor
claims to have made many cures He