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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17

T. w. Harrison, who has been sick
since February, suffering with rheu-
matism, and some time ago sicken
with paralysis, was in town satur-
day for the first time since taken i'll.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17

Geo. Black, Of Hatton, Galloway
county, was Sunday visitor IN this
city.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17
CIRCUIT ocuRT
PROCEEDINGS.

In the case of Jessie. Shinn VS.. s.
Shinn, for divorce, the plaintiff, was
granted a writ. Also In the case Of
N. A. Willis vs.. Julia A. Willis, a
divorce was granted.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17

The Wabash put in force a rate of
2 lie per mile over their lines in
Missouri Friday. This is reduction
of a half cent over what travellers
formerly paid and should be satisfac-
tory, at least for the time being.
Governor Hadley states he will CON
tinue the fight to make the roads
sell tickets at two cents per mile, but
it will all depend on decisions rem
dered in the supreme courts of the
States where the two cent rate is in
force and is being fought by the rail-
roads.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17

5lOUHI Nku " VIZ DWUEf
Sold by druggists in
fifty-cent and one-dol-
lar sizes. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also q
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17
CARD FROM
I. p. cRleLER,

To the citizens of Audrain County:
Mexico, No., June 7th, 1901
beg to announce that have moved
back to Mexico, my old home town,
where l will continue the practice
of law.
am glad to get back home, and
want you to call and see me.
| have the offices, books, etc., Of
P. II. Cullen, formerly of Mexico,
and I kindly ask that you favor me
with social call, and assist me in
renewing my acquaintance with the
Citizens of Audrain County.
Yours very respectfully,
City Phone 52G. L. ?. Crigler
County Phone IA d1-14-2t
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17

p Executive Committee Of the
Saloon League of the State of
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17

The Kansas City Star secured l
acre of ground near that city and
has a man employed to see what
he can make off of it in IL months.
The first 20 days it produced garden
truck enough to make 5000. At this
rate an acre of dirt in Missouri
is equal to a gold mine.
e. B. Campbell and family are ar
ranging to move to Auxyasse, Mo-.
where Mr.. Campbell will go into the
grocery business. Eds many friends
wish him much prosperity,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened BY OYeH-WOTk.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re.
sponsible for much sickness and suffering,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17
10, 20 and 80 Years
Ago This Week
80 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

L. Phillip was building an addition
to his store.
Henry woodward clerked for g. D.
Ferris & Son.
Mr.. Sontag sold his restaurant to
the Messrs. McLeeren, of Lincoln,
Ill.
r. r. Arnold, cashier Of the Elk,
change Bank, was at Hot Springs
Ark, for his health. John J. Steele
was acting as cashier In
place of Mr.. Arnold.
G. DeVouhenans conducted a
clothes cleaning establishment in this
city. His office was at the Murry
tailor shop.
The trial Of Stephen ]. Moore, for
the murder of his brother-ln-law, Mr..
Gentry, near Sturgeon, was in pro
gress. The following were the jur-
ors in the case: William Crock
ett, s. NJ. Williams, J. R. Luckie,
u. Carroll, L. Phillip. James Shell,
Ira Tincher. Jas. NJ. Harrison, G.
W. sIgnor. J. M. Bodyden, John e.
lis, Thos. Z. Day,
q. Rines was building a store
room next to the Cromwell House.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1909-06-17
20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

q. Rines was building a store
room next to the Cromwell House.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03
TOY PISTOLS AGAIN.

Under the heading, "Here Is Timely Warn
ing" the Intermountain Republican of Sunday re-
produced the editorial of the Intermountain Catho
lie calling attention to the law making the selling
giving away of toy pistols misdemeanor, and
adds
Every year there is frightful pain because of
the work of the toy pistols in use at Fourth of July
The things would be dangerous enough under the
best circumstances. But the best has no part in
them. They are scandalously cheap in their con-
struction and add all the risk of shiftless bit of
mechanism to the known perils of firearm.
"The selling or giving away of these pistols is
violation of the law, and yet it is common knowl-
edge that they sold and that to very small chill
dren. A vigorous enforcement of the law would
save many an accident, and avert much uneces-
sary pain"
Meetings were held in a number of the ward
houses on Sunday with the purpose in view of tell
ing people of the dangers which accompany the
celebration of the Fourth with fireworks, which
meetings were addressed by physicians of the city.
According to the newspaper reports, one worthy
physician expressed the hope that the legislature
would enact law prohibiting the sale of toy pistols
and calling upon parents to do all in their power
to mold public opinion against their use Public
opinion is pretty well formed already, and the leg
islature long time ago passed the law making the
selling or giving away of toy pistols misdemeanor
1t only remains for the constituted authorities to
see that the law is obeyed and public opinion vim
dicated.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03
A MODERN CITY.

Just what constitutes a modern city it is hard
to say in few words 1t must have paved streets,
water in abundance, skyscrapers, rich territory
surrounding it to make it prosperous. good eli
mate and population of hustlers Salt Lake City
possesses all these and it would be classed among
the most modern of our American cities. But if one
city has all these and takes step ahead of other
cities in some other line that city must be called
little more modern than those which lag behind
in the procession. We are willing to place Salt
Lake City in the front rank of modern cities, first
in great many things, but in the matter of the
regulation of fireworks the Fourth of July Salt
Lake is behind some other modern cities of the
country.
For instance, there is Cleveland, o., which sew
eral years ago passed ordinance which absolutely
prohibits the firing of guns pistols and frecrackers
within the city. Cleveland was led to this by an
explosion in fireworks store there which burned
up lot of property and killed half dozen people
Salt Lake City fortunately has escaped such dire
accident far but the people have not profited by
the sad experience of Cleveland. Cleveland has
taken step in advance of other cities in this
gard which could be followed without incon-
venience and with profit by all; even Salt Lake
could become modern city by the adoption of
such regulation. And the good sense of the
people of city should prevent them from using
the cannon cracker, the blank cartridge, the toy
cannon and the paper cap pistol the last named of
which is prohibited by statute Cut out these really
dangerous things from the celebration and long
step has been made Those other fireworks which
are likely to cause fires must naturally follow.
modern city cannot afford to put up with the bar
barous display which has characterized the celebra
ton of the Fourth for so many years.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03
TOO MUCH FOR ENGLAND.

Admiral Lord Beresford at the closing meeting
of the Imperial Press conference in London on
Saturday expressed the belief that the British
plre had about to the end of its string in the
effort to maintain the two-power standard-that Is
navy equal to the navies of any two other nations
combined-uness the great dominions of the en-
pire rendered great assistance, amounting to main
tanning a fleet for themselves one for Canada, one
for Australia, one for New Zealand and one for
South Africa. The address called forth a strong
rebuke from William I. Stead, who said such ut
terances as that of Admiral Lord Beresford were
attended with grave danger, in that they served to
shake the confidence of the colonies in the ability
of Great Britain to govern the empire
The wide difference of opinion expressed nat
urally leads one to believe that England is really
feeling the strain of preparedness, and that the
pride in the national strength expressed by Mr..
Stead is more buster than he would have us be-
heve. There can be question that the naval pro-
gram of Great Britain has greater menace to the
prosperity of the British empire than it has danger
to any foreign enemy. Curious it may seem, with
all the great expense of maintaining the British
naval standard, Lord Beresford in concluding his
address said he believed the primary object of all
nations at the present time was peace and that if
the British empire properly prepared there
would be no war. In all human institutions there
must be some inconsistency but in this matter of
war preparedness and desire for peace the limit
seems to have been reached
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03
BERT WHALING.

Every baseball fan in the city of Salt Lake
knows Bert Whaling, and everybody else ought to
know of him. He is the man who last Saturday
went to bat in the game at Walkers field and
knocked a home run in the second inning of the
game. Then he did the same thing in the third IN
ming when he came to bat Of course, the bleachers
went wild at the performance. Then when Whaling
came up in the fourth he thought be would see how
far he could knock that ball. just for fun. Unlike
the mighty Casey, Whaling swung on the ball with
such force that the bat broke the force of the hit
was lost and he failed to reach first base. That
he failed to make the base is no fault of his The
management of the team is open to severe censure
for not providing a bat according to the strength
of Bert Whaling.
long time ago there was baseball club in
Podunk, which wanted to secure games with any
club in the neighborhood. A young from the
country wandered into Podunk one Saturday att
ernoon, when he was accosted by member of the
team, who asked the countryman if there was
baseball club out in his district. The countryman
shyy said they used to have one there, but some
body got hold of it and broke it using it as
pry to move dornicks out of the corn field. That's
the kind of ''club" that Bert Whaling ought to
have. But then, perhaps he would knock the ball
so far that it would never be recovered, with the
same disastrous results as followed the breaking of
the "club" in the outskirts of Podunk
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03

Rev Paul James Francis S. A. whose love for OBJ
security and holy retirement suggests the suppression
of his name III association with the advanced Chris
/ tan thought, acknowledged excellence and intel
lectual expression of Catholic faith for which the
Lamp has earned the praise of scholarly Christian
men, Like all other men, who live in the lmmi-
nent presence of God, the superior of the Society
of the Atonement and Editor of the Lamp has un-
alterable faith i'll the efficacy of prayer
He has established near his monastery OF Gar
rison, on the Hudson, community of holy women
who, in union with corporal works of mercy. are
day and night praying that the will of God may be
done on earth as it is in heaven, and that the
churches of the Anglican communion may return
to their old allegiance, and, by doing, make
again, for united Christendom
There are hundreds of our priests in America
there thousands of clean souls inside and out
side religious orders of men and women, who
daily begging of God for the same favor and
the same end. We are satisfied that when the
great inteects and the great hearts of the Angli-
church shall come into the City of God ''bring-
ing their sheafs with them" revival of faith in
the nation will follow.
The chasm separating us is not like the chaos
between Abraham and Dives, bridgeless gulf; it
is rather open path worn for centuries by the
feet of penitents returning to their fathers and
our fathers house, built on the Rock of Peter.
When" to quote from the June number of the
Lamp, 1--WE take into account how the Rock of Peter
for nineteen centuries has stood as immovable as
Gibraltar amid the successive assaults of innumer-
able heresies and is as undismayed today at. Mod
ernism in the fourth century the Roman church
was at Arianism, and when we think further what
bulwark of Apostolic See opposes to divorce sure
ly the words which Pussy wrote to Manning in 1916
have lost nothing of their original force and sig
nificance we cannot but think as the great strug
gle with unbelief comes on, must be on the same
side; and again I only ask more love for Rome.
When the battle with infidelity comes, we must be
on the same side
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03
THE RRETIARY.

"Why do you priests spend so much time in
reading from little black book3 Every priest
has heard this question from his non-Catholic
friends The Catholic has general idea that the
priest is under obligation to recite his Office
every day. but few Catholics have any very clear
notion as to just what the Office is or why it is
said.
When you see priest reading his breviary did
it ever occur to you that you have share in that
prayer that you derive benefit from the recitation
of that Office by him3 He is taking part in the
public prayer of the Church of which you are a
member. Reflect that in this country alone there
are more than $4,000 priests, who daily spend more
than an hour in offering that public prayer to God
for the Church and for all her members, and the
clergy of the United States form very small frac-
ton of those of the universal Church All over
the world in monasteries and cathedrals the
Divine Office is solemnly recited at stated hours:
and every priest in every land lays aside his other
duties at some time each day to raise his heart to
God and to join in offering to Him the public
homage of His Church on earth
The book which priest uses for the recitinV
OF his Office is known a breviary. Why is it so
called? The word "breviary" would seem to indi-
cate something short, (from the Latin word
"brevis," short or brief) and many an overworked
priest busy Sunday may well wonder why that
word is used in connection with the tremendous
long Offices which the wisdom of the Church i'm
poses on him on that day.
The breviary contains the Office which all
priests ana clerlcS IN holy Orders obliged to
recite daily under pain of mortal sin unless thew
are exempted by grave reason. 1t is divided into
four volumes, adapted to the four seasons of the
year, since all the Offices of the year in one volume
would be too unwiedy for use.
These Offices are in Latin. and are made up Of
psalms, several canticles and many beautiful
hymns; extracts from the Scripture brief lives Of
the saints parts of sermons by the great Fathers
of the Church, such as Gregory. Augustine and
Chrysostom, many short prayers versicles. re-
sponses and the frequent repetition of the Lords
Prayer. the Hail Mary and the Apostles Creed
1t is divided into seven parts known as the
Canonical Hours, and in the Middle Ages it was
the general practice of the religious orders to re-
cite each part of its own hour; but the secular
clergy of our day and many of the religious orders
and societies are not bound now to observe this
practice strictly. Each priest is obliged to say the
whole Office of the day within the twenty-four
hours of the day, but at any hour or hours that
may be convenient, saying much at time as
he may be able or willing to recite. Moreover he
has the privilege OF anticipating" or saying a
part of the Office after o'clock of the preceding
day if he sees fit to do so.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03
SUPREME NERVE.

Some time ago the government of Spain pre-
scented to the government of Cuba claim for the
payment of the old Spanish debt, great deal of
which was incurred by attempts to hold the people
of the island republic under subsection to Spanish
rule. At first reports the story was considered a
canard but it subsequently proved to be true 1t
would be nice to have the Spanish debt paid by the
Cubans, or by the United States but it is not likely
such thing will eventuate.
1t appears that there is no authority in the
treaty of Paris, which was the final scene in the
Spanis h-American war; to warrant any such claim
as that put forward by the Spanish govern
ment Indeed the American commissioners at the
conference which resulted in the signing of the
treaty refused from the beginning to accept such
responsibility for the debt. Even if called colo
NAL debt, or if secured by pledge of colo
NAL revenues, the Americans held that, having at
tanned freedom from Spanish rule, the revenues of
the island could not be mortgaged for the indebted
ness of Spain, the most of which was incurred by
the efforts of the Spanish government to maintain
sador to England from the United States, who was
one of the American peace commissioners that ne
goated the treaty of Paris points out that the ac-
ceptance of the Spanish claim would lead to the
most extraordinary results, as under it, any nation
would have the means of subduing the most righte-
Gus revolt and condemn the people of the colonies
to perpetual servitude. The claim has been the sub
ject of much discussion, bat the most righteous
summing up of the subject is that Characterization
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03
WHO TAUGHT THEM?

Three Indian children-Pay- Utes-came to our
city last week by the Rio Grande R. R. They we're
expecting some one to meet them who did not come
and for three hours they waited with Indian res
ignation at the depot Then Patrolman Ben Sieg,
fus took them under his protection and brought
them to police headquarters to be cared for Their
father is a Pay-Ute named lie Jan. The youngest
child is years old and the eldest g.
The matron at the police station took care of
them and Lieutenant Shannon paid for good sup
per for them When the little ones were being
stripped for bed by the matron they asked to be al
lowed to say their evening prayers and to the sur
prise and edificaton of the good lady, fell upon
their knees, made the sign of the cross and in their
own language said the "Our Father" and other
prayers After hearty breakfast, paid for by one
of the men on the force they were put on board
the Park City train and were carried to their home
near the mining town. These Indian children
two girls and boy-brother and sisters-were
Catholics, and by the influence of their youthful
piety strangely affected and impressed those who
witnessed their devotion.
They had been taught from infancy either by
their parents or the mission priest, their duty TO
God; had learned their prayers and were brought
up to kneel down and offer their thanks to God be-
fore going to sleep and to ask of Him on rising next
morning for His protection during the day.
Many years ago went with some friends on
hunting expedition two hundred miles north of
Quebec City, Canada. 1t was in the great Mis-
tassni region, peopled by Montagnais and Metis
We had with us three Indian toters and guide.
Early on a Sunday morning we set out for the
Caribou feeding grounds near the head waters of
the Mistassini river. At about ten o'clock of the
forenoon the guide called halt. the toters nm
strapped their loads and Keronwe, the guide, said
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03
1.-THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN UTAH"

In his latest publication "The Catholic Church
In Utah." Dean Harris has contributed 20 the his
torical and chronological literature of the inter.
mountain states and the southwest an Invaluable
contribution. He has achieved distinct triumph
and if he had done nothing more than to have So
cured and translated into English the "diario" or
Journal of the Franciscan explorers of Utah and
the DISCOVERIES of Utah Lake he would merit the
acknowledgements and appreciation of all students
Of western and southwestern history.
But he has accomplished very much more He
has given us the best and most satisfactory treatise
on the Ute Indians and Pi-eed tribe that we have
anywhere read. His delineation of the mountains
and deserts of the "Great Basin" is masterpiece
of descriptive writing and full of fascinating de-
tails
While burrowing among old Spanish archives
and manuscripts and delving into the literature of
pioneer times the author has dug up much valuable
information, rectified and corrected some errors
and mistakes which had crept into our local his
tories and in doing this, he has placed the present
generation and future historians under deep obi
CATION His two chapters entitled "Heroism of
French and Spanish Missionaries" and "The Fran
ciscans," make fascinating and edifying reading
SO much so indeed that we regret he did not enlarge
upon his subjects. The friends of Bishop Seaman
all Utah and Nevada will be delighted to learn
that the scholarly historian in his sketch of the life
of the venerable prelate has recalled many charm
ing incidents of other days, and has recorded with
generous enthusiasm his admiration for the mis-
sionary abors and privatons which entered into the
apostolic career of the pioneer priest and bishop.
We do not hesitate to assure our readers that The
Catholic Church in Utah" ought, on its merits, to
meet with friendly greeting in every Catholic
home of our intermountain states The book will
repay reading, furnishes wealth of information on
early days, and, is of ITSELF monument to the
industry, the erudition and command of language
of the author.
The Catholic Church in Utah, including an ex-
position of Catholis faith by Bishop Seaman. re-
view of Spanish and missionary explorations. trib-
al divisions, and regional habitats of pre-
European tribes The Journal of the Franciscan
explorers and DISCOVERIES of Utah Lake The trail
ing of the Priests from Santa Fe n NJ, with map
of route, illustrations and demtation of the Great
Bason, by very Reverend Dean Harris, DID, Ii.
D.. Price 1915.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-03

to us in patois French: Gentlemen this is our
hour Tor prayer; you will please excuse US" The
tour Montagnas strobe toward tall hemlock,
knelt down, blessed themselves and, after preimi-
nary prayer, began to say their beads, Keronwe
leading in the recital They remained on their
knees for about twenty minutes, then they returned
and we continued through the woods.
The little Pay-Ute children, if they be not con-
tamlnated by association with degenerate whites
will continue in the friendship of God till their
DEATH Train up child in the way he should go
and In his grown age he will not depart from II"
is an advise applicable to our own generation as
1t was to the generation that lived three thousand
years ago, when the Holy Ghost inspired the pro-
phets.
The Monagnais who roam the Mistassini for
ests are separated from their PayUtes brothers by
impossible distances, yet, the same church which
taught the little Indian Children their prayers and
instructed them in honesty and morality taught our
Montagnais hunters to kneel down Sunday
morning in the Wilderness to adore God and offer
to Him prayers and thanksgiving.
Our non-Catholic readers might do worse than
to make a note of this.