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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08
Piece Of Valuable Garnet.

"There is a small piece of carpet in
the Mint in San Francisco that good
many people would doubtless like to
get possession Of" remarked r. H..
Smith Of the California city.
"It is in the adjusting room, where
surplus gold is trimmed from the coins
after they have been stamped. OF
course these little trimmings often drop
on the floor and are imbedded in the
carpet, which is soon to be burned in
order that the precious filings may be
recovered. Sometimes after piece of
carpet like this has been burned $4,000
worth of gold dust is taken from the
ashes. The sweepings from the floor
each day are carefully treasured."-
Baltimore American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08
FISH GET DRUNK
ON WHISKY IN CREEK.
Fifty Thousand Barrels Of Fire.
water From DistIIIsry EmptleeE
Into Stream.


Scores of colonies living in the re-
gion of the town Of Midway, KY
have taken to water, and are obtain
ing their "sousas" with fishing poles. I.
When Greenbauer's distillery,
which, for some reason or other, was
situated near the creek, was de-
troyed by fire, $4,000 barrels Of fire.
water were emptied into Elkhorn
Creek, and the next day every fish
that inhabited the creek below Mid
way had hangover"
The whisky fioated down stream at.
the rate of two miles an hour. Fish
ermen along the banks noticed that
the water suddenly was assuming the
color of their own bait. They were
astonished to see staid old members
Of the finny family that had behaved
themselves decorously for years sud-
denly flop out on the bank and at
tempt to climb a tree. Turtles cana
staggering up the slopes, pursued By
crawfishes bent On a fight. Every.
thing below the water line seemed to
have been drinking like fish.
1t was glorious day for the fishes.
but sad one for the fishermen. The
former were too drunk to see the
bait. Crowds lined the creek all the
morning watching the antics Of the
fish.-New York World.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08
Don Juan and rhree weeks.

A Kenosha, Wis, man named
Schleyer, who had shot his wife and
a man he found with her, was ac-
quilted because the lawyer for the
defence read several cantos from
Byrons poem, Don JUAN" which, ii
you haven't read it, you may as well
save until you need it to get out OF
shooting scrape; it is on the
Three Weeks" order, but the poem
extends over years instead Of weeks.
--Atchison Globe.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08
St. Marks campaniIe.

The rebuilding of the famous Cam
panile of Venice has made rapid prog.
, ress during the last twelve months
and has now attained a height of 15O
feet. By the end Of 1909 the main
portion of the tower will be finished
and the marble loggia, which will sur
mount the column, will be begun. This
time ample precautions have been tax
en- to insure the strength and stability
of the new Campanile. The old pile
work was found to be in an excellent
state of preservation A gilded statue
of the Virgin in terra Gotta, which was
a special object of generation, and
which was reduced to fragments in the
falling of the tower, has been cleyerly
put together again by experts, and will
occupy relatively it's former position
1t is stated that when the tower is com
pleted it will be impossible to detect
any difference between it and the old
one. The very bells will ring with
precisely the same pitch and tonality
as by a fortunate coincidence the mae
stro Perosi, short time before the
collapse, had noted their information
They will be recast in such way as
to reproduce the peculiar sonorous
depth of tone which they formerly pos
sessed. The Inauguration of the new
Campanile will be the occasion Of
elaborate fetes and carnivals.-Londor
Globe.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08
TIE PASSING OF THE POORHOUSE
How the Old age Pension Works in Germany.

business because thereby it can keep
down the Nations sick list, how great
is the accumulated wrong that ether
workmen suffer and have suffered.
being housed haphazard and so ofteiA
in deadly environments? II the Ole
Age Pension had wrought no other
good but merely to force attention to-
this vast, vital and fundamental hous-
Ing problem, the world should call It.
blessed.
Germany, / need hardly say, did
not arrive at these humane improve
ments without fighting for them. At
best the whole thing was regarded
by the philosophers and wise men HSr
piece Of subnmated folly. They
knew perfectly we'll that any such
scheme would be ruinous to the ma
tional character and an insupportables
drain upon the national revenues
They not only knew it, but they could
prove it, and they did, with the most
obliging kindness. There is also al
certain order of mind everywhere
that regards every innovation as Of
the devil and detestable, being, it
seems, quite able to see clearly that
the way everything has been done I'M
the past is the best way ever con-
ceived by man, and If anyone says
there is a better way he is a scoundreK
and muckraker and let him die the
death.
All such minds in Germany per-.
ceived that the thing was impossible.
and said so. Moreover, there is that
other school OF thought that seems
to believe the miseries Of mankind to-
be it's blessings, and that the way to-
improve the race is to have the great
err part Of 1t live in slums, crowded
tenements, darkness, went and insult
ficiency. These foresaw that If the
Government undertook to support
men in their old age there would be-
no Incentive, and of course the world
could not keep house without In
centive. How could It? Unless a..
man were reasonably sure that his
declining years would be passed amid
the horrors of the Poorhouse, her
would never do bit OF work. Moth
ing but the Fiend and the wholesome
fear of the, Scourge ever made any
body work. That was perfectly clear
and consequently Productive Industry
would come to an end, and what
would the country do then, poor
thing?
But the Government was not great
ly impressed by these arguments, be-
ing, as matter Of fact, not impelIed
to the pension idea by any process OF
reasoning but driven thereto by the
rising tide Of German Socialism.
which the Government, having mind
upon its army, desired to stem. Any
way, the thing was DONE I hasten
to reassure the timorous by declaring
that so far as repeated and conscien-
tious investigation can discover, it.
has not ruined the country nor de-
pleted the revenues, nor impaired the
national character. Productive In
dustry has not been paralyzed and
there has been ample store of IN
centive. Undeniably in the last twen-
ty years the condition Of the German
workingman has very greatly inn
proved; he has more comfort, more
health, more joys. And this has been
one of the greatest causes of his bet,
tered situation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08

cessful man If he lives-and he loves
ou.''
"a mere fancy. Do you want me to
marry him. Johng" little break in
her voice,
'If-you think you can love him. and
be happy"-with difficulty.
Il cannot, and-and you are cruel to
Ito force me"
Kitty"
But Kitty had her face hidden In her
hands, and was sobbing audibly. Her
tears upset all his composure. He
started to his feet; he said a. good
many things he had never intended to
say.
kitty, oh, darling, darling, don't
cry! You know I would rather keen
You with me than to give you to any
man"
No, you hate me-you shun me
you want to get rid of me. Haven't 7
seen it all along, ever since I came
home? But Pll-I'll not be married
against my will. I'll go away, and"
Kitty, will you hush?"
But, Kitty only wept the more. quite
reckless as to consequences; and John
took her in his arms, trembling with
emotion.
Kitty, / love you as no other man
can ever possibly love you. You live
in my heart of hearts. You are all
that is most precious and beautiful
to mel" he cried, passionately.
Then, why not let me stay with
you?" said Kitty, boldly raising her
face, all flushed and tear-stained, some
great drops still hanging like Jewels
to her lashes. Never did face look
more beautiful, though, to the eyes Of
lover.
Because 1t cannot be possible you
wish to stay" said John.
John, John, how can you be so
blind? Do not know that you are
worth host Of young gallants like
Harry? Have not always looked up
on you as hero? Oh, know how
nobly you have sacrificed yourself;
and now you would give me away, and
make me wretched, and
Nay, love-you are mine, my hearts
darling, my wife!"
His tones were strong, deep, trium-
plant; he drew her closer, kissed her
eyes, her lips, feeling richly compen-
stated for all that he had ever lost
1T is a strange choice you make,
Kitty, with your youth, your beauty"
he said at last.
1T is my hearts choice" she cried;
"and | feel honored that you can love
me-that I'm to be your wife"
Harry went back to his law books
much cast down and bewildered at the
termination of his love affair, but he
was very soon consoled by the bright,
tender glances of pair of brown
eyes, and Kitty was forgotten as
sweetheart, though loved as a sister
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08
TAs HERITAGE.

Down the centuries a-ne arrow
Grandmothers, grandfathers, belle and beau,
Puritan, vagabond, gypsy, peer,
Barefooted earle cavalier;
Bone OF the mountains. blood Of the sea,
Reaching down through the years to
Bravely and surely kept his sword
Unsheathed for the king in NaSeby fight,
Steadfasty-purely, one kept his word,
A Puritan word in battle FOR right; sses
Puritan courage and cavalier pride
The have sfted their dust away;
Dead are the causes for which they died, t
But it's their love give thee, dear to-day
Edna s. Valentine, in Success Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08

The Great White Gear gets SAL
airy of $4,000 day, the Sultan Of
Turkey $4,000, the Emperor of
Austria $4,000, the Kaiser 1890,
the King of Italy about $1,000, the
King of England s627O, Leopold of.
Belgium $17O0 and President Roose-.
welt $137. Napoleon's salary was
about $4,000 day. The President
Of France gets about $617 day..
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-08


Class 5. ......... $3.50 year
Even in country where living is
as cheap, easy and comfortable as 1t
is in Germany, $3.50 a year as a
pension is no great sum; but it is an
income, a man can live on 1t in Ger
many, and every reform must have a
beginning, often Of a timid and feeble
character.
There is also another matter to be
considered. The Government collects
and cares for the fund from which
these pensions are paid, composed OF
the contributions of workmen and
employers. 1t is thus in possession
Of an enormous sum of money. Much
Of this money it invests for profits IN
order to provide the pensions, but
part of it is put into improvements
for the benefit of the workmen for the
sole purpose of improving their
health and thus keeping down the
pension payments. Is not that most
curious and suggestive fact? AS
matter Of mere business the Govern
ment uses part (and q very consid-
cradle part) of the fund at it's dis
posal to build sanitary homes for
workingmen, hospitals for working
men, and to fight tuberculosis among
workingmen. And largely from this
cause have come those excellent, airy,
well-lighted dwellings in which so
many German workingmen are COM
fortably housed in the cities. And IL
this Government has now found that
to provide healthful dwellings is good
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
A Brilliant Affair.

The ball given last week by the
knights of Columbus was one of the
brilliant affairs of the season. The
beautiful new hall displayed the colors
of the order everywhere in festoons and
pennants. The grand march was led
by Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Fairall, and
nearly three hundred couples partici-
pated in the revelry. The arrangements
committee was composed of DR.. Dele
hanty, Messrs. J. j. McFeeley, P. r.
Riordan, John T. Dorsey and Herbert
Fairall, while the floor committee was
made up of the following: Joseph F.
Riordan, chairman; ]. ]. Fitzgerald,
William P. Horan, Joseph Celia, Oscar
Malo, Albert H. Seep, L. M. Purcell,
Frank Tettemer, George Pope, William
Finnerty, Leo Hartford, Thomas F.
Savage, j. ]. Morrissey, George Fox, E.
H. Clowminger, George Kerwin, Will
liam A. Fox and DR.. ]. I. Laughlin.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
cINDY,s LOGIC.

Cindy was an old black southern
nanny" with all the lovable traits
and Inconsistencies of her kind. For
many years she was cook in the War
ren family and gave faithful and sat-
isfactory service.
One summer the entire family were
away for two months, and Mr.. War
rem gave Cindy real vacation by
paying her full wages for that time
and giving her the keys to the we'll
stocked storeroom.
A few days after the return of the
family Cindy came bristling into Mrs.
Warren's sitting room.
Il wants mo- wages" she announced.
Why, Cindy," exclaimed the sur
prised mistress, 'you are getting bet
ter pay than any cook 1 know of in a
family the size of ours You have a
nice, comfortable room and good treat
ment. Think how kind it was of Mr..
Warren to give you long vacation
with your full wages"
Oats it." grumbled Cindy. "Mr.
Warren paid me dat money fur doin'
nuthin'. An now all you folks is come
back fur me to cook fur an wait on
An I gifts more money or / leaves" -
Lippincott'S.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25

Pasadena, Cal.-E. c.. Tnbwn. alias
A. o. Osborne, formerly a preacher of
the Christian church at Bloomfield. Ind
was arrested here on a warrant issued
by Sheriff John Bransetter of Bloom
field, charging him with having enbez-
zled funds of the church of which he
was pastor and with having abandoned
his wife. He has been in Pasadena for
a month. He is now in the Los An
geles county Jail awaiting the arrival OF
an officer from Indiana.
Tilburn was pastor of a church I'm
Linton, Ind, and tonight in an inter
view ne said that he is accused of tax
ing $500 of the funds of the church. but
that he is innocent of the charge. He
says that ne left Linton on September
13; that three months before that time
he had secured divorce from the wom
an who formerly was his wife. and that
two days after he left Linton he mar
ried Miss Mary Smith in Chicago She
was a member of the choir of his church
in Linton. After the marriage they
came TO California.
The woman is here with him and saws
she will stay with him.
Tilburn says that he will fight extra
ditiOn to Indiana. He has been engaged
for q month by a sightseeing automo-
bile company in Pasadena. He says
that he is the author Of several books
written under the pen name of n. T.
Oliver.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
Officers Elected.

The recently elected officers of the
Sacred Heart Aid society will be induct-
ed into office at a regular meeting to be
held Thursday afternoon, January 6, al
the residence of Mrs. Joseph A. Osmer,
357 Broadway. The officers are: Mrs
NJ. J. Mccarthy, president; Mrs. Joseph
A. Osner, first vice president; Mrs. Jo-
seph Walsh, second vice president; Mrs,
Joseph c. Hagus, secretary; Miss Julia
Mclaughlin, treasurer; Mrs. j. E.
O'Brien, Mrs. c. ]. Reilly and Mrs.
Grant McKibben, chaplains.
* *
The Sisters of Loretto contemplate
tht erection of an addition to their
academy at Loretto Heights ealy next
year. Plans are now being prepared for
a new wing, which will contain a chap
el and an auditorium. The chapel will
have a seating capacity of five hundred,
and the estimated cost of the addition
is $4,000.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
Holy Name Society.

The senior branch of the Holy Name
society of the cathedral parish held its
regular meeting in the school house on
Logan avenue Thursday evening, De-
cember %, to arrange for a reception OF
new members on the feast of the Holy
Name, January 16. For three days pre-
vious to the feast there will be a spirit
ual retreat for the men and boys of the
parish. 1t has not yet been decided who
will preach the retreat, but the spirit
ual director Of the society is i'm corre-
spondence with a well known pulpit or
ator in the east. Failing to secure him,
one Of the local clergy will have charge
of the exercises. The senior division of
the Holy Name society will receive holy
communion in body at the o'clock
mass in Logan avenue chapel ON Christ
mas day, and the junior branch at the
z o'clock mass on same day.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
Catholic Knigt is of America.

Branch 366 of Catholic knights Of
America held its annual election Mon
day evening, December 20, with the
following result: Rt. Rev. Bishop
Natz. spiritual director; John j. Ha-
gus, president; Cornelius Dandrow, vice
president; John Griebling, recording
secretary; Joseph c. Hagus, financial
secretary; p. J. Sullivan, treasurer; J.
G. Egan, sergeant-at-arms; Joseph
Devlin, sentinel; James Trunk, trustee;
E. p. McGovern, outside guard. John
Griebling was named as delegate to the
state convention of the order which
viii be held at Colorado Springs on
Wednesday, January 19, 1910. j. E.
Egan was chosen alternate.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25

oeon dealers. but they are still capable
of affecting a girls view of life, and
what is most desirable in it.
So when American girls and mar
riageable men meet in a drawing
.oom, they have nothing in common:
The young woman feels the need OF
European civilization.
They the eXpatriated even before
they make their first voyage 10 hu-
cope" said Frau Won Ende.
She saws that if New York wishes to
remain genuinely American it must
return to the simplicity it enjoyed be-
fort its millionaires began to buy
pesudo-antique furniture and faxed
paintings.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
Training School for Nurses.

The Columbus Hospital Trainina
School, under the supervision Of the
Sisters Of Charity, is established to
give a thorough course in two and a
half wears for trained nurses.
REQUIREMENTS: Twenty to thir-
ty-five years; good moral character:
sound in body and mind.
ADVANTAGES: Course Of instruc-
tion by hospital staff and superinten-
dent; two. courses Of didactic lectures.
practical experience at bedside OF pa-
tients; a handsome nurses apartment
Address Sister Superintendent OF
Nurses, Columbus Hospital. treat
Falls. Mont
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
knights of Columbus Banquet.

The knights OF Columbus closed their
week Of festIvity Sunday evening. De
cember 19, by a banquet, at which
places were laid for 700. Grand Knight
John McGauran was toastmaster, and
the interesting speakers OF the occasion
were Rev. Thomas II. Malone, Rev.
William O'Ryan, DR.. Edward Delehan-
ty, Messrs. Daniel Carey. Edward Keat-
ing, John I. Mullins, ]. J. McFeeley.
John II. Reddin and Edward J. Kelly
Of Lynn, Mass, who was initiated with
the class of 125 that went in Friday
evening
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
In Memoriam.

The members of st. Elfzabeth's parish
are considering the placing of a tablet
to the memory of Rev. Father Leo, who
was assassinated while distributing holy
communion in st. Elizabeths church
February 20, 1908. The tablet viii mark
the exact spot where the priest fell, and
will be suitably inscribed. 1t is de-
sired by the congregation to have it in
place before the second anniversary of
the priests death.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
St. vincent,s Aid Society.

A special meeting of St Vincent's
Aid society was held Monday evening,
December 20, at the home of Mrs. Law
renee NJ. Purcell, 1881 Pennsylvania
avenue. Plans for the annual ball were
perfected. The ball will be given at
knights of Columbus hall Monday
evening, January 8, and promises to be
a great success. The object is to aid
the Sisters of Charity in caring for the
boys at st. Vincent's orphanage.
John Z. Hesse, chairman of the pic
mic committee Of st. Vincent's, has is
sued the official report of the picnic
given at Elitch's Gardens July 81, 1879,
which gives the net receipts at 81
1906.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25

Logan avenue chapel at o'clock, and
also at IL o'clock. AT both masses the
music will be of an especially high or
der, and will be under the direction of
the regular organist of the choir leader,
Professor Michel. Masses between 3
and II at the chapel will be read at
6:15, z, s, 8 and 10 o'clock. The ladies
of the Altar and Rosary society have
asked for contributions for the decora-
ton of the affairs
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
CANDLES FOR CHRISTMAS.

Christmas candle makers are busy
for many months in the year 1t would
be impossible to estimate how many
hundreds of thousands of dozens OF
pretty little colored wax candles are
required for Christmas trees all over
Europe and America. There are also
candles for church decoration at
Christmastide. Whereas the Christmas
tree tapers are, some Of them, so tiny
as to require seventy-two to make
pound, the great altar shafts of pure
beeswax will sometimes stand six feet
and weigh forty pounds apiece-Tit-
bits.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25

the vestments and candIesticks uer-
saved, but the loss is almost total Sew.
eral firemen barely saved their live,
when the roof fell. Strangely. tF[
Twentieth Century club. a large frame
building adjoining the theatre ON +bs
south, was only scOrched. The loss tr
the theatre is about $4,000, iucludira
fixtures, stage settings and wardrobes
with $1,000 insurance. The loss to the
cathedral totals about $4,000, with oDr,.
$4,000 insurance. The origin Of tie fire
is as vet unknown.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
Schools.

The Sacred Heart college closed for
the Christmas vacation on Wednesday,
December %. Many of the out-of-town
pupils left for home. but a number will
spend the holidays at the college or
with friends in the city.
x x X
The primary grades of the parochial
schools nearly all had Christmas enter
tainments on Wednesday, songs and
pieces appropriate to the occasion being
given by the little ones, while Christ
mas trees f1ourished in some class rooms
and others enjoyed visit from Santa
Clans