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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21

RRV HERE are times when hush,
a stiffness that is awful in its
81 intensity, falls over a court
.E room. The trial has dragged
out its painful length, the evil
dence is in, the pleas have been made
and the jury has returned verdict
expressed in that one short Anglo
Saxon word, Guilty" The convicted
murderer rises to his feet at the COM
mand of the Judge. He stands up to
receive the measured sentence of the
law. Every eye in the courtroom is
turned upon him and every ear is
strained to catch the words that will
mean life or death to the unfortunate
who stands upright to meet the blow.
If you stood in his place would you
ho3e for those ominous words.
Hanged by the neck until dead" or
would you welcome a sentence of
life Imprisonment" If you knew
that life Imprisonment" meant just
what 1t is supposed to mean and that
there was no hope Of escape, no hope
of pardon, nothing but the long
months reaching into drab monoton-
GUS. loathsome years of loneliness,
would you still choose to cling to the
life that was in you?
The legal world was shocked and
the public was Mortified by the plea
of Albert A. Patrick, convicted MUIR
derer of the millionaire, William
Marsh Rice, who demanded death
rather than life Imprisonment. In a
remarkable document he tried to re.
ject clemency that saved him from
the electric chair, giving him life i'm
petition recited this, as his principal
rHason: Liser Imprisonment is a far
s4vsfsr punishment than death in any
form" This action Of his has no
parallel In the court records of the
United States. 1t was a remarkable
assertion made by remarkable GRIM
inal. 1t caused many jurists to Won
der If, after all, the deprivation of
liberty ought to be allowed to take the
place of the death penalty.
Judge kavanaugh's Opinion.
A Chicago courtroom listened re-
Gently to a strange address made by
Judge Marcus Kavanaugh, Joseph Wei.
come, the prisoner at the bar, had
pleaded guilty" to the charge of muir
der. 1t was crime of peculiarly ag-
gravating circumstances Welcome
had driven his wife from home. He
followed her to the boarding house
of Mrs. Mary Mclean and a quarrel
ensued. Enraged by her avowed in.
tention Of quitting him forever he
drew revolver and shot her down
In attempting to save the life Of the
unfortunate woman Mrs. Mclean was
killed by a bullet from the degen
crates weapon. Moved by the plea
of guilty and his appeal for the mercy
of the court, the jury fixed Welcome 8
Hnishment at life Imprisonment.
Mhen the prisoner rose to receive
the sentence, Judge Kavanaugh said
Welcome, you committed a terri
BILE crime. Your punishment is to be
more terrible still. When your wife
sought to escape you shot her. 1t was
no fault of yours that she lived and
that you, in fact, then killed another
woman who was making useful way
in the world. You could hardly gel
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
Home Thouqht.

at must have been frightful," said
Mrs. Bossim to her husband, who was
in the earthquake. Tell me what
was your first thought when you
awakened in your room at the hotel
and heard the alarm"
MY first thought was Of you." an
swered Mr.. Bossim.
How noble!"
Yes. First thing knew, vase on
the mantel caught me OH the ear;
then a chair whirled in my direction.
and when I jumped to the middle Of
the room four or five books and a
framed picture struck me all at once"
Even after saying that, he affected
to wonder what made her SO angry for
the remainder of the evening.-Mack's
National Monthly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21

law of affinity. all things needed to manufac-
ture the elixir Of life"
Further on he says: 1.-THE beginning and end
Of the matter is to supply the lacking princi-
pie, and in molecular form, exactly nature
furnishes it in vegetables fruits and grain.
To supply defciencies-this is the only law OF
cure"
The natural conclusion Is that IL Phosphate
OF Potash is the needed mineral element in
brain and you use food which does not contain
it, you have brain flag because It's daily loss is
not supplied.
On the contrary, II you eat food known to
be rich in this element, you place before the
life forces that which nature demands for
brain-bulding.
In the trial a sheer was uttered because Mr..
Post announced that he had made years of re-
search in this country and some clinics of
Europe, regarding the effect of the mind on
digestion of food.
But we must be patient with those who
sheer at facts they know nothing about.
Mind does not work well on a brain that is
broken down by lack of nourishment.
A peaceful and evenly poised mind is neces-
sary to good digestion.
Worry, anxiety fear, hate, &C., &c, directly
interfere with or stop the flow OF Ptyalin, the
digestive juice of the mouth and also inter-
fere with the flow OF the digestive juices of
stomach and pancreas.
Therefore. the mental state OF The Individual
has much to do (more than suspected) with
digestion.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
What About Brain Food?
This Question Came Up in the Recent
Trial for Libel.

A weekly" printed some criticisms of the
claims made for foods. 1t evidently did
not fancy our reply printed in various news
papers, and brought suit for libel. At the trial
some interesting facts came out.
Some of the chemical and medical experts
differed widely.
The following facts. however, were quite
clearly established:
Analysis of brain by an unquestionable au-
thorty, Geoghegan, shows of Mineral Salts,
Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos-
plate of Potash), 291 per cent of the total,
533 of all Mineral Salts.
This is over onehalf
Beaunis another authority, shows "Phos-
phoric Acid combined" and Potash 73.44 per
cent from total of 101.07.
Considerable more than onehalf of Phos-
plate of Potash.
Analysis of Grape-Nuts shows: Potassium
and Phosphorus, (Which join and make Phos-
plate of Potash) Is considerable more than
onehalf of all the mineral salts in the food.
Dr. Geo. w. Carey, an authority on the
stituent elements of the body, says: 1.-THE
gray matter of the brain is controlled entirely
by the inorganic cell-salt, Potassium Phosphate
phosphate of Potash). This salt unites with
albumen and by the addition of oxygen creates
nerve fluid or the gray matter of the brain.
Of course, there Is trace of other salts and
other organic matter in nerve fluid, but Potas-
stun Phosphate is the chief factor. and has
the power within itself to attract, by its own
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
How She Learned.

The mother of family of three
small children was discussing their
comparative precocity with a friend.
John was very slow at everything"
she said. referring to her Oldest tom
was little better. and Edith. the
baby. is the smartest of all She picks
up everything quick as can be-"
Master John, who had been listen
ing. now contributed his share of the
conversation.
''Humphl" he exclaimed. II know
why her learns so quick. It's cause
her has us and we didn't have u.s."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
Orc From tho Cashier.

The harmless customer leaned
across the cigar counter and smiled
engagingly at the new cashier. AS he
handed across the amount his dinner
check called for he ventured bit OF
aimless converse. for he was OF that
sort.
Funny said he. how easy it Is to
spend money"
We'll" snapped the cashier as she
led his fare to the register. 'ff money
was intended for you to hold on to the
mint would be turning out coins with
handles on EN-"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21

twelve men in the box who would
not infiict the death penalty upon
you, yet it is the policy of the law to
regard a plea of guilty in some meas
ure Of itself a mitigation.
THE instructive, unreasoning hor-
ror of mankind regards death as the
most severe punishment. This idea
is not correct. You are now to re-
ceive sterner punishment. Your
victim died but once. You will die a
hundred times. You will suffer more
the day you put on your prison
clothes than she did in her death.
After that there will be only the
hopeless, painful years, from day to
day, from month to month, stretch.
ing out forever and in agony. In
four or five years the eternal solitude
and silence will begin to crush in
upon you like an iron weight.
You are so elated now at the
thought of saving your life that you
don't realize all this. / want you and
the others here In this courtroom to
understand 1t. You are not sorry yet
for your crime. You have only a
great self-pity.
There will be few worse men than
you in that big prison. but may say
the law has taken its full and ample
revenge upon you"
Welcome has now entered upon the
monotonous round Of the Living
Death" that Judge Kavanaugh de-
scribed. He is now thing" In
striped clothes, a number that has its
home In the heart of a great mass of
stone and steel and concrete, watched
by riflemen on forbidding walls, the
great state prison at Joliet. 1t is pos
sible that he has already glimpsed
something of the punishment that Is
to be his, so long as breath and rea-
son remain within his body.
Was Judge Kavanaugh right? Is
it true that life Imprisonment is a
more terrible punishment than the
extinction of the criminal? Do men
die hundred deaths where their VIC
tins died but one? His pronounce
ment is new, so far as the bench is
concerned. 1t has been debated, how
CNCl, III bthNi Wy PhiiOoOphOio
and students. Cold reason tells the
human mind that death would be
preferable TO life lived in the mar
row confines Of steel cages and stony
corridors, but every criminal well
comes the alternative of imprison-
ment all his days when actually con-
fronted by the gallows or the electric
chair. Judge Kavanaugh's speech to
the condemned man serves to awaken
interest in that last and greatest of
the powers of the state, the right to
take human life.
In all civilized countries in the
world, with one exception, the death
penalty is exacted of the murderer
and the traitor. Italy is the single
exception, but there is rarely an at.
! tempt to secure the communication of
h murders sentence in that country.
When he is finally sentenced, II is
the end, for there is no hope of par.
don except in the most undoubted
cases of innocence. and thus far the
prison gates of that country have
never swung open to release a muir.
derer In America there is always
hope so long as there Is life.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
Hard on the Mare,

Twice. as the bus slowly wended its
way up the steep Cumberland Gap, the
door at the rear opened and slammed.
At first those inside paid little heed;
but the thind time demanded to know
why they should be disturbed in this
fashion.
Whist" cautioned the driver,
doan't spake so loud; she'll overhear
u.s."
"Who?"
THE mare. Spake low! Shure, Oi'm
desavin tn crayture. Every tonne
she ears tn door close, she thinks
won o. yez is gettin' down ter walk
up tn hill. an that sort o. raises her
sperrits, Success Magazine.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
Economy.

The late former Governor Allen d.
Gambler of Georgia was famous in
the south for his quaint humor.
Governor Gambler" said Gaines
Vile man, "once abandoned cigars for
a pipe at the beginning Of the year.
He stuck to his resolve till the years
end. Then he was heard to say:
"'By actual calculation, l have
saved by smoking pipe instead of
cigars this year sos. But where is
itY"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
Economy In Art.

"Of course" said Mr.. Sirius Barker.
II want my daughter to have somo
sort of an artistic education. l think
I'll have her study singing"
why not art or literature?'
art spoils canvas and paint and
literature wastes reams Of paper.
Singing merely produces a temporary
disturbance of the atmosphere.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
The Country Churchyard."

Those who recall Gray's "Elegy In
a Country Churchyard" will remember
that the pee "eful spot where 1.-The
rude forefathers Of the hamlet sleep"
is identified with st. Giles, Stoke
Poges, Buckinghamshire. In the pro-
sale pages of a recent issue of the
Gazette there appears an order in
council providing that ordinary inter.
ments are henceforth forbidden in the
churchyard.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
MAKE UP YOUR MIND.

II you'll make up your mind to be
Contented with your lot
And with the optmists agree
That troubles soon forgot,
You'll be surprised to find. I guess.
Despite misfortune's darts.
What constant springs of happiness
Lie hid In human hearts:
What sunny CLEANS and golden dreams
The passing years unfold.
How soft and warm the lovellght beams
When you are growing old.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
Thanks to Burnt Cork.

Gosh! But the colored race is a
comm to the front FAST" whispered
innocent Uncle Hiram, at the vaude-
vile show, as the blackface comedian
was bolsterously applauded.
Yes, indeed" smiled the city man;
anyone can see that that fellow is a
self-made negro"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
A Medical Compromlse.

You had two doctors in consulta.
ton last night. didn't your"
YES
What did they say?"
well, one recommended one thing
and the other recommended some
thing else"
"A deadlock, eh?"
mo. they finally told me to mix
'emi"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
More Human Nature.

Grouchly-By denying myself three
ten-cent cigars daily for the past 20
years figure that have saved 2.190.
Moxley.-Is that so?"
Grouchly-Yes. Say, let me have a
chew of your tobacco, will you?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
A RetractIon.

"You shouldn't have called thai n IA
a pig" said the conciliatory man.
That's right" replied the vindicu.
person. There is no sense in imply
ing that he's worth 40 cents a pound
to anybody"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
Blissful Ignorance.

Were you nervous when you pro-
posed to your wife?" asked tie senu-
mental person.
NO. replied Mr.. Meekton; but TX
l could have fores cen the rext ten
years l would have been"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21
Acted Like tho Genuine.

"The landlady says that new board
er is foreign nobleman."
Bogus. I'll bet"
"Oh, don't know. He may be the
real thing. He hasn't paid her a cent
as yet"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21

This trial has demonstrated:
That Brain is made of Phosphate of Potash
rs the principal Mineral Salt added to albu-
men and water.
That Grape-Nuts contains that element az
more than one-half Of all its mineral salts
healthy brain Is important If one would
do things" in this world.
A man who sneers at Mind" sneers at the
best and least understood part of himself.
That part which some folks believe links us to
the Infinite.
Mind asks for healthy brain upon which to
act and Nature has defined a way to make
healthy brain and renew il day by day as 1t
Is used up from work of the previous day.
Natures way to rebuild Is by the use Of food
which supplies the things required.
There's a Reason"
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd,
Battle Creek. Mich.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1911-01-21

q HERE are times when a hush,
a stiffness that is awful in its
intensity, falls over a court
room. The trial has dragged
ont itS nainfu1 length the evil
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-25
An Anarchistic Newspaper.

But Magazines Lima has still the
whip hand of Portuguese government
His paper, III Secu1o" inspires the
dregs of the populace with lust Of
blood and hatred of religion. It has
been publishing series of articles
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FATHER DEVL|N Of AUSTIN
/ MADE M0Ns|GN0R
VICAR GENERAL OF WINONA Do
cEsE HoNoRED BY THE POPE.

lWord has been received from Rome
OF the appointment by His Holiness,
Pipe Plus X, of the Very Rev. e. Fl.
Dlevlin, Vicar General of the Diocese
OF Winona, and pastor of the Church
Of st. Augustine, Austin, as Domestic
Pfelate This honor is conferred on
Father Devlin as a mark of apprecia-
tiDn for his services in the cause of
religion It carries with it the right
To wear the purple robes of Pre-
late of the Church and the title of
Monsignor.
Father Dev1in was born at Kenosha,
Wis, March 9, 1856. During the years
OF early manhood he engaged in diff
ferent lines of work; but he felt all
the time that he was called to the
religious life. Accordingly in 1886 he
began his classical course at the Col
lege of st. Thomas and after gradua-
tion entered the American College,
I'D siEfe. To pursue his theological
studies. He was ordained to the Holy
Priesthood in 1895 for the Diocese of
w 1uUud, lu0H pIGSIutu ONO1 NY CHO
late Bishop Cotter. After his return
to Minnesota he. had charge of the
parish of New Richland for a few
In June, 1896, he was ap-
pointed pastor of st. Augustine's Par
ish, Austin, in succession to Rev. D.
O'Sullivan, whose funeral obsequfes
were the first services held in the new
church which had been almost COM
pleted under his direction at cost
of about $4,000. For the past fifteen
years Father Dev1in has labored sue
cessfully in the parish and during that
time has completed the church, paid
off the debt, and erected parochia1
school at cost of $4,000 The school
was opened in the autumn of 1909. It
has an enrolment of 254 pupils, and
is in charge of the Sisters of ST. Fran
els. On October 4, 1911, Father Dev-
lin was appointed Vicar General of
the Diocese of Winona by Bishop Hef-
from. The honor which has now come
to him is we'll merited, and is looked
upon by his friends as fitting recog-
milton of the work which he has &C.
complished for the spiritual and tenn
poral welfare of the three hundred and
fifty families that comprise his flock.
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CELE-
BRATE COLUMBUS SUNDAY
They Received Holy Communion in &
Body and Attended a Musical
Service in the Church of
St. Louis.

Columbus Sunday" is an institution
peculiar to the Knights of Columbus
in Minnesota. 1t was observed this
year for the first time.
Twenty-one States of the Union
have declared Columbus Day, October
II, a legal holiday to show their civic
regard for the Discoverer of America.
The Knights of Columbus of Mime
sofa at their State Convention last
May decided to set apart one Sunday
in the year, under the name of Go
lumbus Sunday" to enable the mem
bers of the Order in the State to show
their practical Catholicity by attend
ance at Mass and reception of Holy
Communion in body. The third Sum-
day in March was selected for this
purpose because it was in the month
of March that Columbus returned from
his first voyage of discovery and made
known to the people of the Old World
the success of his adventurous mis-
sion. This Sunday comes within the
Paschal season and those who receive
Holy Communion fulfill their Easter
duty.
This year Columbus Sunday" fell
on st. Joseph's Day, March 10; and as
preparation for the worthy reception
of Holy Communion the Knights at
tended the exercises of a three days
retreat preached in the Church of st.
Louis by Rev. J. M. Reardon, State
Chaplain, assisted by Rev w. R. Law
ler, o. P, of Minneapolis, and Rev.
James Donahue, of st. Paul. There
was gratifying attendance at the
evening sermon and Benediction as
we'll as at the early Mass and instruc.
tion.
The Communion Mass was cele.
brated by the State Chaplain at eight
o'clock; and about four hundred mem
bers of the st. Paul Council received
Holy Communion. After Mass they
marched to their club rooms on Cedar
Street, where breakfast was served
At three o'clock in the afternoon
they and their friends assembled again
at st. Louis Church to listen to the
musical program which had been pre-.
pared for a Vesper service by the ST.
Paul Choral Society, composed mostly
of members of the Order, with a chorus
of fifty voices. This program was
made up Of the following selections
Ave Verum, Josquin de Prs; In Monte
Oliveti: Tenebrae Factae Stunt, Hay.
den; Romanza, Beethoven; Caligave
runt: Tristis Est Anima Mea, Hayden;
Stabat Mater, Rheimberger; Panis An.
gelicus, Palestrina; Tantum Ergo
Gregorian; o Praise Ye God, Tschai
Kowsky.
The service was brought to a close
by Solemn Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament.
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Inconsistencies. The attending priest
then administered the Sacrament of
Extreme Unction; and the patient
passed away without struggle.
Fogazzaro was born at Vicenza in
1842. For time he practiced law, but
soon relinquished it to follow the pro-
fession of letters. Among his works
may be mentioned, in addition to II
Santo, Miranda" poem; "Malom-
bra" "Daniele Cortis," "Piccolo Monde
Moderno," literary romances; and the
Mystery of Poet a philosophical ro-
nance. He was an accomplished mu-
sician. Though man of philosophical
and retiring temperament and no lover
of controversy, he, nevertheless, found
himself storm center of criticism in
both the literary and religious worlds.
During his life he remained faithful to
the teaching of the Church in which
he was born. The news of his death
was received with great sorrow
throughout Italy.
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MONs|GNOR MAJER's WILL
Bequest to New Cathedral.

The will of the Right Reverend
Mgr. Dominic A. Majer, late pastor of
the Polish parish of St. Adalbert, dis
poses of an estate valued at $15,673,
principally in government bonds. After
providing for the payment of his debts
and funeral expenses, Mgr. Majer be-
queathes one-half the remainder of his
estate to his brother, Paul Majer, of
Sielnizka, Poland. Three thousand
dollars is given to the Church of st.
Adalbert, and $4,000 to the Archdio-
cese of st. Paul to be added to the
building fund of the New Cathedral.
The Little Sisters of the Poor are CIV
en- his household effects and wearing
apparel; his nephew, Vincent Majer,
of Mimic, N. D.. is to receive his gold
watch and chain and silver and plated
ware; and the balance of the estate
is left to Rev. James Pacholski, of
Winona, Mimi, a lifelong friend of
the deceased.
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THE HIERARCHY.

The publication of the Gerarchia Ca
tto1ica, for the year 1911, which is is
sued by the Vatican press, supplies
us with some very interesting informa-
tion of the Catholic world. Passing
over the minutiae concerning the dio-
ceses of the five continents, the various
Roman Congregations, the names of
the Domestic Prelates of the Pope in
every country and of his vast house
hold. we come to facts that must be
the source of deep consolation to
Catholics today when every second
rate prince1ing thinks it almost fash
ionab1e to raise his hand against the
Church of his fathers. These facts
and figures relate to the onward
march of the Catholic religion within
the past few years.
Since Plus x ascended the Throne
of Peter no less than eighty new
hierarchical titles have been consti-
tuted in the Catholic world, consist
ing of eight archdioceses, thirty-seven
dioceses, three abbacies and prelat-
ures, eighteen vicariates apostolic, and
fourteen prefectures apostolic. To
these must be added the Apostolic
Vicariate Of Eritrea, North Africa, and
the diocese Of Montecarlo in Brazil,
which have been erected since the
compilation of the Gerarchia Cattolica.
The Gerarchia also notes that the
Cardinals only number fifty-one
(rather fifty. as Cardinal Segna died
since the publishers went to press),
though seventy is the normal figure,
viz, one of the creation of Plus TX,
thirty-five of the days of Leo XIII,
and fifteen of Plus X. During the
present pontificate no fewer than
thirty-one Princes of the Church have
died