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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-10-22
"TerrOrS' ofLife Imprisonment.
(1he Times Democrat


Sentencing Il convicted murder
or to life Imprisonment last We'd
uesday. Judge Marcus KavanaugI,
of Chicago found OCCASION to lee
ture the prisoner upon the awful
severity Of the punishment pre-
scribed. A life sentence, declared
the Jurist, Is far worse than death.
We quote from his impressive de-
scriptiun Of the tnrturps IN store
/ for The criminal before him
'ln four or five years the eter-
ual solitude aud silence will begin
to crush in upon you like an iron
night. You hear that street car
bell ringing in the street as it
passes now. You will Remember
1t IN after years as the exquisite
music. 1t will mean hurryiuc
crowds that 60 where they ike and
do rs they please; 1t will mean the
greatest of all pleasures freedom.
You can only dream of 1t by day
aud 10y night, aud your dream will
he torture unspeakable."
1t ls to be hoped that the listen
lug murderer, whose crime was
said 10 be one Of peculiar atrocity,
suffered the pictured pangs in ALI
tlclpauou, for there Is reason to
fear, If the penal system of ILL.,
nols bears any resem Ulance to
those of most other States, that he
will never suffer them by actual
tuliiliment OF the judy dire pro-
phecy. The life prisoner not only
refuses 10 pass Ills years in hope
iessness, but he has the most sub
stautIal grounds for his hope"
Investigation of the penal records
Of late years would show, We dare
say, that the average "llfer" Is
perhaps more fortunately placed
than Ills fellow whose term Is de.
tinltely limited, say, TO twenty
years. For where the latter NAV
reduce his sentence somewhat by
good conduct, sentlmentallsts neg
lsct him TO devote their attention
to his baser brother whose una
glnary fortunes were So knowingly
depicted 10y the Chicago judge.
In consequence, the average "lifer"
has ali excellent chance to get his
release first aud p:ecede the TWEEN.
ty.year man through the prison
gates to liberty.
In theory the argument that Il
life term 10 worse than execution
sounds we'll and has color of plau.
sibility. But in practice the life
term 10 not many degrees worse
than the indetsl inmate sentence
which is just now the fad of prl.
sOn reformers. The life prison.
sr's ability to come back" has
been too we'll demonstrated in too
many States. The signing of pc.
titlOns is q national habit, Cover.
nOrs are tender hearts, pardon
boards complaisant and the public
memory short. If Judge Kava-
naugh and the prisoner whom he
lectursd last Wednesday both at
tain the scriptural age. the latter
will, IN all probability, secure his
release III ample time to assure
the Jurlst that life imprisonment
is not by any means 81 terrible as
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1910-10-22
st. Martinyilie, La, Oct. 10, 1910.
Statement OF the Treasurer Of the Bayou
Portage Drainage District.


Portage Drainage District.
Receipts.
Jan. 3. 1910 from Sheriff %lIg5. IS
Jan. 3, 1910 from J. G. bur
and, bal. from loan. ...... sS.45
Jan. 3, 1910 from +. A. de-
lahoussaye, refund fees. 5000
sl674o3
Disbursements.
Jan. D, 1910 Salary Treasurer
ID. &. Liable on account. ...... SA,tO
Jan. >. 1910 Atty fees Martin
" Delaholissaye .......... 10000
Jau. D. 1910 j. {. Bienyenu. Ii
'eTy...... ................. SNb
Jan. D, 1910 A. h. Broussard
Itiuuutu. ........... ~ II
Jan. D, 1910 Bank of ST. Mar
tinville. amount loan. 2tUno
March .. 1910. Clerk of Court.
suit j. Is. Leyert ....... I6J.tN
March q. Printing. Messenger ESQ
March Is. l.. {. GuIdry, roll 1873 1888
March %, Duchamp Hardware
Co., STATIONERY. ......... 100
Sept. D, ST. Martin Banner,
faihting ..'............... 1915
Sept. d. Bal. salary b. {. Liable I2OOO
Bal Oh hand. ................. 1920
sI674Us
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-18

tain action of his in this respect has
az parently exceeded the limits of his
powers fixed by the act. Tho net fur
Their provides:
Il do not think, therefore, that in
this case, the applicants for the con-
firmation have done any more than
they ought to have done before the
referee. They must now make de-
post in accordance with the order o!
the judge, and they must ask date
for a hearing and ! think the rlles
require ten days notice must be
given to creditors before they are
called upon to object"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-18
Free Remedy For
Weak Bowels

There are two forms Of bodily
cleanliness, the external and the in
ternal The one is for your pride in
yourself; the other for your life and
health. Both are important, hut Of
vastly more importance in the long
run is the internal cleanliness.
This is one point that all should watch
about their body--the cleanliness Of the
bowels. Keep them clean ana free from
distinctions. TO 90 this you tnu1t have
one or two movements Of the bowels
each twenty-four hours. If your system
does not do this naturally. II the process
OF eating and drinking then you m1'-t
obtain aid Of some kind. After finding
out that cathartics. salts and such things
relieve you for day but bind you IN
worse than ever the nett day then trv a,
simpler and more natural remedy Ike
DR.. CaldWeiPs Syrup Pepsin.
For the sIseptical tile best Hav 10 be-
FIN Is to send your name and address 10
Dr. Caldwell for q free Sample b3te,8.
Use It as directed ana If It convinces
VIII re!leVe you permanent that it will
tram the stomach and bowel muscles to
again work naturally at certain hourg-
then buy, it Of your druggist at fifty
many others are doing. They began with
a sample bottle then bought fifty cent
pottie, and now fully convinced OF It's
merits they buy the one dollar family
n tilC iiGIilDGTS Oh IftS Family can
use 1t down to the very youngest
A brief use OF this grand laxative tonic
VIII cure constipation In its worst form.
indigestion. liver trouble. sick headache'
sour stomach and such ailments and keep
you in continuous good health at very
small cost. Such is the experience 81
many families like that of Mrs. Oscar
Fleener. Unionville. Ind. J. F. Daniel.
Saron. Tex. ana hundreds Of others that
could be named
DIR. Caldwell personally will be pleased
to give you any medical advice you may
desire for Yourself or family pertaining to
the stomach. liver or bowels absolutely
free of charge Explain your case in a
letter and he will reply to you in detail
For the free sample simply send your
name and address on a postal card or
otherwise. For either request the doctors
address is DR.. w. b. Caldwell, R.515 Cald-
well building, Monticello. Ill.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-18
4 DECISION OF
MUCH INTEREST
AN OPINION RENDERED BY NUDGE
SPEER IN THE BANKRUPTCY
COURT RECENTLY.

The decision Of Judge Emory Speer
in the bankruptcy case OF the Blood
worth Stembridge company, especial
ly relative to the proper procedure In
CONG osition cases before the referee.
is Of unusual interest to the members
of the ar throughout the southern
district OF Georgia. Succinctly, Judge
Speer said;
1T appears that the BloOdworth-
Stenn5ridge company were adjudged
banKupts on February II, 1910. On
February 81, 1910, at tae first meet
ing OF the creditors they were exam
ined in open court, and afterwards
submitted in writing an offer OF com
position of 40 per cent Notice was
thereupon given by Hon. Alexander
Pr ud1t, referee in bankruptcy, that a
second meeting Of creditors would be
held on larch 4, 1910, before him for
he purpose CT considering said offer
of composition. At said meeting a
majority &C the creditors accepted the
offer of composition. The referee th2a
certified to Hon. Emory Speer, Uni
ted States district judge, tha5 The
composition had been accepted by 4
majority of the creditors, the necas
sary amount Of money deposited in
the registry of the court, that the
composition was to the interest," Of all
creditors, and recommended it's CON
firmation by the court.
COLLECTIONS were filed by certain
creditors on the grounds that the Of
fer of composition should have been
filed in the clerks office of the dis
trict court, and addressed to the Judge
and not to the referee; that there
having been no order referring the
matter to the referee he hal no jIris-
diction or authority to take any ac-
ton or make any recommendations
in regard thereto.
Now, wherever in the bankruptcy
act the term Judge is used. 1t
means the judge of the district court
and not the referee in bankruptcy. 1t
follows, therefore, that these requi-
sites essential to compost ~ mad
by the act, must be presented 10 the
judge, and the cost of the proceeding
and the deposit must be designated by
the Judge and subject to the order o.
the Judge.
"The referee, as | understand. has
to q liberal extent taken charge Of
these matters. and has rlie 7r'l the
judge of a great deal of labor. but GER
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-18

Fully nine out of every ten cases Of
rheumatism is simply rheumatism If
the muscles due to old or damp, or
chronic rheumatism, neither of which
require any internal treatment. All
that is needed to afford relief is the
free application of Chamberlain's Lin
iment Give it a trial. You are ecr-
tain to he pleased with the quick re-
lief which it affords. Sold by E. c.
D~Vce.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-18

Ask your grocer for Rob Roy Flour
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
SORROW.

How selfish, how narrow our life
would be if we had never known sor-
row, if life had gone on and on I'M
ruffled and untroubled! Sorrow clears
the vision; it sweeps away the mist IF
carefulness and thought for earth
which has arisen in. our path. and
gives a clear vision of the Father The
deepest sorrow, if accepted and borne
in His name, some way bears us near
er to the world of spirit, to the heaven
of life. There is a Divine alchemy i'll
the fiery touch which purifies and en-
which opens the life to heavenly
vision. Have you not felt the whisper
of His love as you stood alona in q
life had passed through the portals;
felt the wonderful illumination and
word of power in the after-hour when
you stand in the thick darkness and
the voices of earth are hushed?
The great Master hand sends the
thoughts of sorrow, of joy, of strength,
into our life in varying forms as
mighty means under the Spirits pow
er. to mold and bring us into the Di-
vine image, to bring our life to the
great expression of beauty that he has
planned. for, Ito stand by the side of
Jesus Christ and look upon life and
its possibilities is to behold a vision of
marvellous beauty" 1t is this ever
deepening vision of life that IS the
Christian privilege as he walks by the
side of his Master, touches the hand
which is molding his life into The high
est beauty. Though earth Is dark, in
His presence 1t is ALWAYS day
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
A CHINESE wEDDING,

A Chinese marriage is all ceremony
no talk, no levity and much crying.
The solemnity of a funeral prevails
After the exchange of presents the
bride is dressed with much care in a
red gown. brocade or silk if she can
get it: her eyelashes are painted a
deep black. and she wears a heavy
red veil attached to a scarlet head
dress. from which imitation pearls are
pendant over the forehead.
A feast is spread upon a table, to
which the blushing bride is led by five
of her female friends. They are seat
ed at the table, but no one eats. The
utmost silence prevails, when finally
the mother leads off in a cry, the
maids follow, and the bride echoes in
the chorus. Then all the bridesmaids
leave the table, and the disconsolate
mother takes a seat beside the chair
of state where the bride sits.
The bridegroom now enters, with
four of his best men. The men pick
UP the throne on which the bride sits
and, preceded by the bridegroom, form
in procession and walk around the
room or into an adjoining parlor, sig
nifying that he is carrying her away to
his own home. The guests then throw
rice at the happy couple, a custom we
have borrowed from the heather.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
DINING IN CHINA.

A writer says that when the guests
arrive at a Chinese dinner there is due
presentation, with a constant inter-
change of courtesies. This is the
formula usually observed at first
meetings: Your honorable name is
-" MY obscure patrOnymic is
HUI. You have not hOnored me with
YOURS my insignificant appellation
is Ma. Your palace is situated -?"
My wretched hovel is in the Bamboo
Bough Alley" If the other man wears
a moustache. a token of maturity, the
next question is: What may be your
honorable old age?" But if the stran-
ger is clean-shaven, and therefore be-
low forty. another formula is used
Alas" he replies, Il have wasted
thiryt-nine years." When the num-
Der of guests is complete, there en-
sues a tremendous encounter of good
manners. Although the question Of
precedence is all settled beforehand,
each man must simulate an ifnmova-
BILE determination to accept only the
lowest place until he is promoted by
the hosts, Friend, go UP higher"
The table is already laid with an i'm
posing show. There is the regulation
dishes. marshaled in regulation order;
Quaint porcelain stands filled with
slices of oranges, pears or cold goose;
towers of purple ounce jelly, grapes
or shredded chicken breast; sauces of
shrimps sailed in their skins, and the
famous eggs, preserved for years in
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
REMARKABLE BISHOP HOGAN.

One Of the most remarkable pre-
lates in the country is Bishop John j.
Hogan Of Kansas City, to whom Bish-
on Lillis has been appointed coadjutor
bishop. May 10 Bishop Hogan will
be 81 years old. On the tenth of April
Bishop Hogan will have been a priest
for sixty-eight years. He was conse-
Grated Bishop of st. Joseph Septem-
Der 10. 1868. and was transferred to
Kansas City September 10, 1880.
For the last seven years Bishop Ho-
gan has had entire charge of the
work in the Kansas City diocese.
Bishop John J. Glennon, who was his
coadiutOr, was transferred to st.
Louis I'm April, 1903, as coadjutor to
the Archbishop of st. Louis, and in
October the same year was made
Archbishop of St Louis.
Il feel just like an old horse turned
out to pasture said Bishop Hogan
when the appointment Of Bishop Lii
lis as his coadjutor was announced.
1T has been a heavy but willing bur
den for me to bear at my advanced
age to look after the manifold duties
Of a diocese as large as Kansas City.
! will turn over a large part Of my
work TO Bishop Lillis Immediately
upon his receiving the official word of
his appointment and his successor in
the Bishopric of Leavenworth being
chosen. He has a greater field for
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
BIBLE IN SCHOOL ILLEGAL.

The Illinois supreme court on We'd
nesday decided that religious ever
cises consisting of the reading of
the Bible, singing and prayer cannot
be held in Illinois public schools dur
ing the time pupils are required to be
in attendance. The decision was a
case of the Catholic residents of Win
chester who hod protested against
religious exercises held in public
schools Their application for a writ
of mandamus to require the board of
education to discontinue the religious
service had been denied in the lower
court The opinion was handed down
by Justice Dunn. Justices Cartwright
and Hand dissented. A majority opin-
ion recites the history of the separa-
ton of the church and state and
quotes authorities in support of the
decision
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
LIGHT ON SPANS "MODERN
SCHOOLS

(From the London Catholic Times.)
After the Barcelona outbreak last
year and Ferrer's execution, several
of the modern schools which he had
founded were closed by the govern
ment. The press was all but unani-
nous in declaring that the closing of
the schools was due only to "sacer-
dotal" dislike for free education, and
the statement Of the Spanish govern
ment that the schools mad been hot
beds of anaTchism was treated as a
fiction. The new Liberal government
allowed the suppressed schools to be
reopened. During the last few
weeks there has been recrudescence
of the anarchist agitation, and an in
cident that occurred last week in a
small town near Saragossa throws a
strange light on the character of the
Ferrist schools.
One of them had been opened in the
town, and last Saturday local feeling
against it led to an outbreak of dis
order. The people declared the teach
erS were pTopagandists of anaTchism,
and expressed an intention of wreck
ing the buildings and lynching the
staff. The mob was held at bay by
revolver fire from the school, pistols
being apparently a part of its equip
lnenI- presently the CIVIL RudTd, the
armed police of Spain, came to the
rescue and drove off the assailants.
But for the revolver-armed school
staff it was a case of "out of the fry
ing pan into the fire" for the civil
guard, proceeding to an inspection of
the buildings with a view to drawing
up their report, discovered not only a
store of anarchist literature, but also
a quantity of explosives and what are
described as models of Internal ma
chimes"
This is the story sent from Madrid
not by a Catholic journalist, but by
Reuters Agency. The result is the
closing of this modern school, and
the arrest of the enlightened" edu-
Gators who formed its staff. This sug-
gests that. after all, it was something
more than 'sacerdotal prejudices
against scientific education" that led
the Maura cabinet TO close schools of
this type after the Barcelona revolt.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
A WORD no THE BOYS.

You are made to be kind, boys, gen.
erous and magnanimous.
If there is a boy in school who has
a clubfoot, don't let him know you
ever saw it.
If there is ever poor boy with
ragged clothes, don't talk. rags in his
hearing.
If there is a lame boy, assign him
some part in the game that don't re-
quire running.
If there is a dull one, help him to
start his lesson.
If there is a bright one, be not en-
vious of him; for if one boy is proud of
his talents and another is envious of
them, there are two great wrongs and
no more talen than before
If larger and stronger boy has in
jured you and is sorry for it, forgive
him. All the school will show by their
countenances how much better it is
than to have a great fuss.-Horace
Mann
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
"ALPHABET OF HEALTH"

Guides to health are as the sands Of
the seashore for number. Some OF
them fill volumes, others are con-
densed to the space of magazine ar
ticle, and now and then a maxim
holds wisdom enough for a weeks
meditation. One could do worse than
commit to memory the principles of
the following Alphabet Of Health:
Abstain from Intoxicating liquors.
Breathe good air.
Consume no more food than the
body requires.
Drink pure water.
Exercise daily.
Find GOngenial occupation.
Give the body frequent baths.
Have regular habits.
Insure good digestion by proper
mastication.
Justify right living by living right.
Keep your head cool and your feet
warm.
Look for pleasure in moderation.
Make definite hours of sleep.
Never bolt your food
Over-exercise is as bad as under
exercise.
Preserve an even temperament.
Question the benefit of too much
medicine.
Remember, "An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure"
Sacrifice money, not health.
Temperance in all things.
Under no condition allow the teeth
to decay.
Danish sperStition.
Extend the teachings Of this alpha
bet to others.
Yield not to Encouragement
jealousy labor in the cause of
health, and gain everlasting reward.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
pr-NEDICTION OF THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT

need hardly observe to you, my
,.rothers. the Benediction of the
Pressed Sacrament is one of the
--tr,nlest rites OF the Church. The
NESTS enter .and kneel down; one
them unlocks the tabernacle,
+ar-as out the Blessed Sacrament; in
sarts il upright in a mOnstrance of
-racfous metal and sets it in a con-
tnicuous place amove the altar in the
Midst of lights for all to see. The
.aople then begin to sing; mean
while the priests twice offers incense
=. The King of Heaven. before whom
~ i lneeling Then he takes the
r.anstrance in his hands and turning
~ the people blesses them with the
Most Holy in the form of a cross,
LrbiIe the bell is sounded to call at
tauffon to the ceremony. 1t is our
lords solemn Benediction of His
-.aoDIe as when He lifted up His
lands over the children, or when He
Messed His chosen ones, when He
es.anqed from Mount Olivet. AS
.ears might come before a parent
before going to bed at night, so,
,,.a or twice a week the great Cath
cIir family comes before the Eternal
Father after the hustle and toll Of
fine day. and He smiles upon them
and shells upon them the light Of His
countcnance. It is a full accomplish
nent Of what the priest invoked up
IN he Israelites THE Lord bles
thee and keep thee, the Lord show
His face to thee and have mercy OF
rbae the Lord turn His countenanc,
:, thee and give thee peace" Can
fbsre be more touching rite, even
I'm the judgment of those who do not
.,
catholic. is moved on seeing il to
saw. 20 that l did but believe it,
when he sees the priest take up the
Fount Of Mercy and the people bend
low in alteration. It is one of the
most beautiful natural and sooth
fng actions of the Church.-Cardinal
Newman.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
THE INTERMoUNTA1N CATHOLIC JULY g. 1910

ton. Eva" was one of that band of
Young Ireland poets who contributed
to the Nation, and had as her con-
temporaries Thomas Davis. Lady
Wilde (Speranza), and Sir Charles Ga
van Duffy, who was editor. She was
engaged to be married to Kelvin Izod
O'Doherty, and when he was SEN
fenced to penal servitude ne wrote, Of
fering to free her but she would not
be released, and undertook to wait
until his sentence was completed,
when the young pOetess and her lover
were united in very happy marriage.
Kelvin Izod O'Doherty died many
years before his wife, who, in recent
years had fallen almost out of recol-
lection. Indeed, many people were
under the impression that she was
dead, until year or 90 ago, when an
appeal was made in her behalf, and a
public fund subscribed to enable her
to spend the evening of her days in
comfort.
Her poetry was simple and impas-
stoned, and possessed the sterling
merit of sincerity.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
DENvER-s NEW SEMINARY.

St. Thomas Seminary. on the out
'kirts of Denver, the first building Of
which was recently completed at a
,ost of $4,000, is to be ready for
tudents next fall
The seminary is located on a sixty
,cre tracts which commands an excel
lent view of the mountain. lying con-
siderably higher than surrounding
grounds. The Vincentian Fathers.
known as priests of the Congregation
of the Mission of the Catholic Church,
have undertaken the building up of
the seminary and the structure that
has been completed. which will be
used as the administration building,
is the first of several that will be
erected upon the tract. Other build
ings now planned are hall OF the
ology, hall of philosophy and a
chanel
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
JOAN DARE SCENES WILL RIVAL
PASSION PLAY

France is to have something in the
nature of a rival to the Passion Play
of Oberammergau. At Domrclly, on
the spot where Jeanne dare heard the
miraculous voices urging her to go TO
the rescue of her king and country, an
immense open-air theatre is to be con-
structed. in which the drama and traG-
edy of real life are with 'he exception
of leading roles to be played by native
actors. About 500 persons. $50 Of them
on horseback, will take nart in the
representations The first OF these, it
is expected, will be given OF the 18th Of
May, next year Two peri rrmances a
month also will be given in June, July
and August. Special train service will
connect Domremy with every part Of
France and neighbOring countries.