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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
TO Drive orr NfIARJ.

q,.,o tho ~, NJ htiLD Up THE sysrr,,
Gull TONIC. You know what Won isa<s s i:tEl
Showing 1t Is simply QuIninc and Iron icy ~ bottle
S aGsi t 535 IRON t6 6 2a9g dives ont the nass
Dealers Tor ~ years. price 30 cents. s0u D! a.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Next,June #eaal may long for the
balmy days Of January. 80
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Gaseous imbecility" has taken lls
place in the hall of fame beside IN
uoCuous, desuetude."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Higher education,. too. has It's dan
gers. An Illinois girl started for col
lege, but got married on the way
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

We have'yet to discover an egg 'na'
has been improved by the colo S1or'
age treatment.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Possibly the pet, In the, cat sho"
would enjoy more .keenl5 life in the
alley. ("
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

Some people can find a typograpn.
zeal error who never tnd an luea VI
their own. ..
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
Not z Lucrative .Ioh

Friend-So your friend has left ~,
lege. What is he in? WI
Pater-Debt.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

my health was very
bad and / had a
continual backache
which was simply
awful. l could not
stand on MY feet
long enough to cook
q meals vi C t ua Is
my back
nearly killing me,
and I would have
such dragging SEN
S a tiOns ! CoIld
hardly bear it. l
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03

A woman always fears she WONT ):
IN time for the bargain sale Os
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
THAT
AWFUL
BACKACIIIE
Cured by Lydia E.. Pinknam's
Vegetable Compound

Morton's Gap, Kentucky.-'T sui.
fered two wears with female disorders,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-03
A SURE CURE FOR ITCHING PILES

Z
And all forms of skin diseases Is Tet.
! terine. 1t is also a specific for letter,
Ringworm, Eczema, Infant Sore Head
Chaps and Old Itching Sores.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
THE GREAT QUESTION.

Science has unquestionably done
humanity a vast amount of good In.
| vestigations nave revealed laws the
knowledge Of which have made pos
sible the commercial progress of the
world. 1t has equipped home and Of
flee with facilities for comfort and
convenience without which those who
have once enjoyed them coulx scarce
ly get along. Science has done great
and good things and no d<ubt in the
years that are to come greater things
will be accomplished. To science IT.
self no objection can be made, but un.
fortunately, the JOY Of triumph after
triumph in the vast fields of investi.
cation has the unfortunate effect of
crowding out of the minds of many
ct our scientists the consciousness OF
everything but the material with
which they work. They can explain
many things by natural laws and, ar
guing from an imperfect analogy, they
reach the conclusion that all things
will in time be explained and there.
fore the idea of God, of soul, of i'm
mortality, are Anticipated theories TINT
are untenable in an advanced age.
Free will, the psychologist will tell
you, is an absurdity. He will prove
to you ESQ he says) by introspection
and observation that we are children
of environment and heritage. that we
act in accordance with iron laws. And
yet, 1t may be added, the same science
purports' to tell how to educate chill
Gren to get the best results, which
obviously assumes that the teacher at
least has free will. Others, like Ha2-
KEEL, will maintain that man Is a Great.
ure of evolution; that all is matter not
excepting what we call mind. Edison
will say that we are living in dark
ness, that we have no certain knowl-
edge of anything anu in the next
breath he will unhesitatingly make
the sweeping assertion that there is
no God!
The age is tending toward material
ism not because science has disproved
a single dogma of faith but because
to admit the existence of God Is to
admit that science has its limitations.
This the materialist does not want to
do. He Is too proud to admit that
there is supreme Law Giver. He
prefers to think that he, the product
of matter, will in some inexplainable
way, explain the laws of the matter
which is the source of hi, inexplpin-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
WEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

| 10 have fortune so vast as not
10 be able to estimate it within a
range of four or five million dollars
is an extraordinary thing, and yet
there is man in the United States
who has so much wealth that he prob
ably would not estimate it within
much wider limits. John ID. Rookie
Teller, the richest man in the world
(from the point of view of his pos
session of public uttlities) has such a
fortune. Mr.. Rockefeller's wealth is
estimated at not less than 100000, 900.
ri may be closer to twice that amount,
certainly it does not appear to be
less. At any rate It has reached such
proportions that the loss or gain Of 4
score of millions makes little differ
ence to the oil king. 1t cannot make
him happy to know that the influx
of gold has increased in volume, for
il it We're within the power OF wealth
IT, do, John D. could construct an
earthly paradise and furnish his own
illumination. If citadel of gold were
proof against the ravages of age, Mr.
Rockefeller could quickly fortify him.
self behind it's glittering walls. If
wisdom were purchasable commod.
ity the Oil King would be second
Solomon. If gold were exchangeable
for passport to the vast unexplored
fields of science, Mr.. Rockefeller could
cnlighten the world on the laws OF
nature as no scientist can. In a word,
if wealth made men happy Mr.. Rookie.
Teller would be the happiest living
mortal today
But it is safe to say that every wax.
ing hour finds Mr. Rockefeller battling
with more distressing thoughts than
the average laboring man. The lat
ter does not expect much. He looks
forward to earning enough to enable
him to secure ordinary means of com
fort. II he gets a little more than he
had hoped for, he rejoices;;' if little
less, it makes slight difference. He is
used to sef-denial, so much so that it
has lost half its horrors for him. He
returns from his toll and after his fru-
gal meal with his family cremates his
trouble in his clay pipe.
Gold may purchase the instruments
Of comfort but it dispiaces care
never
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tutional rights to indict him. Judge
Steele upheld the contention.

There is a certain class of persons
who are never able to decide for them
selves what course they should follow
They consider the circumstances again
and again. they ponder over the ar
guments pro and con and when they
rave done ali this they are afraid to
make definite decision because they
are confronted by uncertainties which
ever way they choose. If we We're to
wait until we We're absolutely certain
what was the most profitable thing IT,
do in any circumstances We would
never get anywhere. The world is full
Of uncertainties and the best that any
one can do is to give reasonable time
to considering the conditions confront.
ing him and then act-do something
at any rate don't stand idle.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
THE JEsu,7s IN PORTUGAL,

1t is strange indeed to note what
deeds are done in the name of liberty.
In Portugal but few months ago
discontinued element overthrow the
government in the name of liberty and
then, proclaiming liberty and univer
sal equality, they expelled from the
country more than three hundred of
their fellow citizens without the vic
tins being convicted of any crime or
permitted to say one word to dispel
the misrepresentation of their accus-
ers. The order came so suddenly and
was carried out with such unrelenting
savagery that the unfortunate victims
We're not permitted to take with them
their clothing or even the books and
papers which represented years of
careful compiling. Their libraries and
homes, built by dint of toll and econ
omy were likewise taken from them
and they who were spending their
lives for humanity were compelled to
fee to foreign lands. Such is the way
the new Portuguese Republic has
treated the Jesuits of that country
in the name of liberty!
The men who were expelled were
treated like notorious criminals, their
photographs taken and descriptions
written out and the minutest meas
urements of their bodies made and re.
corded for future Identification. The
pictures We're then published in the
papers, numbered as convicts. And
why were the Jesuits of Portugal
treated with such CALLING injustice?
F! If it can be answered at all it must be
because they believe in God and serve
Him. Because they have sacrificed all
the attractions of the world for the
task of educating and enlightening
their brethren both in Portugal and in
far away mission fields.
| A hostile press hailed with delight
this awful injustice to the adherents
of the Catholic Church. Unfounded
accusations were printed accusing the
victims of the new government of hid
ing armament in their cellars, of u.s.
ing fraudulent means to accumulate
wealth, of reactionary influences, OF
secret associations and political anti.
republican activity-all base, unbound
ed charges.
The new republic is beginning it's
career by committing acts of violence
that will remain blot on it's history.
And of scarcely less Importance than
the injustice done to the Jesuit order
is the injustice which has been done
to the Catholic world in c>nsoring the
dispatches and thereby mlsrepresent-
ing to the world the Church in Portu-
gal. The deed is done and the i'm
pressions that have been made will
never be wholly corrected. Such is
the power of hostile press.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
CHARITY
How the Practice Of It AIIeviates Sor-
row and Suffering.

~" QuO 0uuCIulSs
Cardinal Gibbons, speaking on the
subject of Christian charity, points
out how the practice of that virtue is
responsible for the allegation of much
of the misery in the world:
! There is no phase of human mis-
cry and affliction for which our relig-
ion does not find some allegation. She
has founding asylums to receive and
shelter helpless infants that are eth
err abandoned by unnatural mothers
or bereft of their parents before they
knew, a mothers love. These uncon-
scious victims of sin or misery are
rescued from spiritual and temporal
death by consecrated virgins, who be-
come their watchful mothers.
"As the Church provides homes for
those yet On the threshold of life, SO,
too, does she secure retreats for
those on the threshold of death. She
has asylums in which the aged, men
and women, find at one and the same
time refuge in their old age from
the storms of life, and novitiate to
prepare them for eternity. Thus,
from the cradle to the grave, she is
the nursing mother. She rocks her
children in the cradle of infancy, and
she soothes them to rest on the couch
IF death.
II am persuaded that one of the
most admirable organizations of char
ity in our day is the Society of ST..
Vincent de Paul. The gentlemen com.
posing this association personally
visit the poor and sick. They ascer-
tain the nature of their wants, and
assistance is secretly given them,
without exposing them to any need
less humiliation.
when the Apostles found they
could not exercise the sacred minis
try and, at the same time, attend to
the wants of the poor, they ordained
deacons, whose duty it was to relieve
the widows and orphans. The So
ciety of st. Vincent de Paul is fulfill
ing in the twentieth century duties
which devolved on the deacons in the
first century of the church.
s'While was Bishop of Richmond,
Governor Kemper of Virginia was
pleased on one occasion to attend the
commencement of the academy kept
by the Sisters of Charity. At the
close Of the exercises he made a
touching address, in which he mar
rated the following personal incident:
In the battle of Gettysburg there
was a soldier wounded, and, as it was
thought, to death. When restored to
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
MIRACLES AT LoURDEs,

Some time ago it was proposed by
those who We're cured at the shrine
Of Our Lady of Lourdes that as many
Of them as possible would return each
year and hold a reunion to comment
crate their good fortune. The last
reunion was held in December in the
Hotel Condo in Paris and an interest.
ing gathering it must have been from
the accounts that are given of it,
Many of those who participated told
or their miraculous restoration to
health after their maladies had been
pronounced incurable by It's best doc.
tors. Ii the skeptics who scott at
the thought Of anything supernatural
had been present they would have
heard things that they would have
found hard to reconcile with their
scientific lore. But on occasions of
that kind skeptcs generally prefer to
Ee absent.
Numerous cures were related which
took place in the year 1910. A wit
ness who was present at the meeting
tells Of two or three OF the testimol-
ials as follows:
CDR. Wander Elst, however, present
cd three cases, amongst which was
that of Mile. Demary, transported to
Lourdes in a dying condition on the
occasion of the last national pilgrim.
age, and who is now in perfect health.
She was cured suddenly at the piscina.
Mile. Genevieve Hautreux, now in 4
f1ourishing state of health, was dying
Of spinal disease when she was TAX
en- to Lourdes last August.
Suddenly, while the Blessed Sac
rament was being carried in process
sion past her, she rose like a resusci-
tated woman from the coffin-like crib
in which she had been lying. She
was cured! A young man named Jo-
seph Sirot, who was cured at Lourdes
in 1909, was also present. DR.. Bonnet,
who presented him to the audience,
related how he had examined him
carefully before his cure at Lourdes,
and had found his case absolutely
hopeless.
"1n spite OF this, Joseph Sirot was
cured instantly, so completely that, as
he himself related to the audience ut
the Hotel Condo, he served as male
nurse to number of patients on the
return journey by rail from Lourdes,
and also took care of the priest who
had accompanied him to Lourdes and
who fell ill of exhaustion ON the way
back"
We have no occasion to go back to
the dawn of history to prove that mir
acles take place. They are taking
place in our own day and are no long
er to be attributed to inaccuracies of
history or to the superstition of prim-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
Sister an Engineer.

Sister Mary Louise, of the Ursuline
Convent at Tifin, Ohio, is the only
licensed woman engineer in the state,
she having just successfully passed a
creditable examination. She had
been in charge of the engine room at
the convent for the past twenty years.
Recently orders We're issued from the
State department for the employment
of licensed engineer, according to
tn law of Ohio. Rather than relin-
quish the position which she had
filled so many years she decided to
take the examination, for which sew
eral men failed to pass.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21

The Irish societies of Kansas City,
at meeting last Sunday, adopted res
olutions demanding the discharge Of
Commander Sims from the navy for
saying, at London banquet, that the
United States would assist England
in any war the latter might have with
other countries, says the Catholic Reg
lister. The man that would make such
g. statement should not only be dis
honorably discharged from the service
OF the United States, but he should be
transported to England and not al
lowed to return. The commander was,
however, let off with reprimand from
President Taft.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21

To Mrs. Anna Langan, 1O2 10Th
sympathy in her sorrow over the death
of her beloved son, Rev. Joseph NJ.
Langan. During the forty-five years
that Mrs. Langan has spent in this
city she has become known and loved
by many. To have her sons brilliant
no doubt bring grief to her heart that
only loving and devoted mother can
know. In her hour OF bereavement
she may be sure Ihat there are many
who feel keenly for her great loss.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
A GOOD RECORD,

During the past year the Catholic
Church has received an unusually
large number of converts of promi-
renee from various different creeds
The records show that England leads
with many Of the Anglican clergy
among those who espoused the true
Faith. In Brighton alone five clergy
man have been received into the
Church and are now at Rome study
ing for the priesthood. AS result
Of these conversions no less than two
hundred former parishioners lave
followed the example set by their
leaders and entered the Catholic
Church. These men have to bear
harsh and often unjust criticism for
yielding to the promptings of their
conscience. They are held up to rid
icule by rabid partisans who fail TO
analyze the motive behind the act.
The sacrifice they make can be appre-
ciated only by themselves.
One of the most significant CONVEX
sions of the year was that of Prince
Frederic William of Prussia, eldest
son of the late Prince-Regent of Bruins
wick. He has not only accepted the
Catholic faith, but he las disposed
Of his worldly goods ana joined re-
l;gious order in Italy. Germany which
was first to be cut off from the Church
by the Reformation heresies is fast
coming back to the fold. The popu.
lation of Germany now is more tnan
one-third Catholic. There the Cath
oic party occupies point Of vantage
in the Rechstag inasmuch as the
Kaiser needs its support In checking
Socialism.
In the United States Philadelphia
took the lead in the number of con-
versions made in one city. In the
month Of May alone three hundred
converts were confirmed in the Arch
diocese of Philadelphia. At Graymoor
Garrison, New York, Mother Supe.
rior and seven nuns OF an Anglican
community of London, have arrived
to be received into the Church and
join the Society Of the Atonement
In Philadelphia several Presbyterian
minister's have espoused the Catholic
faith within a short time and entered
seminary to prepare for the priest
hood.
Many other conversions of no less
prominence appear on the records for
the year just closed. 1t is a good
omen. Unity, which Is so eagerly
sought for in every branch of science,
surely should be found in the Chris
tian manner of worship. 1t existed
once. 1t will exist again when the
dissensions are healed and the Chris.
tian world recognizes the authority of
the Pope.
Let us hope that as the years pass
by the stream of converts will in.
crease in volume and that the numer.
Gus sects scattered over the world
rise as stepping stones
OF their dead selves to higher things
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21

at their noble work. For instance,
there is a Bishop Mgr. Cazet, who,
despite his "a years, is able to do
active duty. Bishop Cazet celebrated
his silver jubilee of conservation on
Oct. II. During the past year in the
course of his missionary tours he con-
firmed 5,70S persons, and the number
would have been larger if more
priests were on hand to gather the
harvest. I understand he makes
most of his journeys on foot. hope
to see him ere either OF us pass
away"
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able origin.
The great question is how to check
the advances of these mistaken ideas.
No doubt the time will come when
science will recognize its own limita.
lions and then a reaction will take
pace. In the meantime the supreme
duty of every Catholic is to acquaint
himself with the reasons for his be.
lief and become familiar with some
of the arguments for the existence of
God. Having done this he will be
ready to render valuable service IN
behalf of his faith.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21

Judge John H. Steele filed an order
last week quashing the indictment
charging perjury which was returned
by the November grand jury against
James Merrick, former desk sergeant
at, Central police station, this city,
dismissed by Col. Frank T.. Corriston,
while chief of police, 'for the good of
the service" Attorney M. c. Brady,
in defense of Merrick, contended that
silasmuch as the grand jury was in
yestigating the police department the
defendant being member thereof,
It would be prejudicial to his consti-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21

According to the figures given out
by the campaign committees, it cost
but little short of five hundred thou
sand dollars to elect governor of
New York. Such a tremendous en-
penditure is Il poor tribute to our
election methods. Under the present
system only those who can contribute
literally to the campaign fund can
hope to get a place on the ballot. 1t
is high time steps were taken to reg
ulate by statute the maximum amount
CT money a political party will be al
lowed to spend in the election of state
and federal officers. The contention
will be made that the freedom with
which money is spent for promoting
the candidacy of officers results in
educational campaigns. This may be
true to a limited extent, but it is also
true that by the same token corrup-
ton hourishes.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21
Pope Likes Hard Workers.

The Pope, who is a hard worker,
thinks hard work is a blessing. Talk
ing on the subject with an American
prelate, he said:
lizard work never killed a man,
though at times it may give him some
hard knocks. 1t is surprising to find
SO many old men on the missions who
grow younger each year by keeping
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-01-21

Senator Moses Il. Clapp was elected
by the Minnesota state legislature to
succeed himself for United States
senator on Tuesday last. On joint
ballot OF the house and senate Sena-
tor Clapp was given 161 votes, some
of these being cast by Democrats, the
members of the minority party having
previously decided in caucus to allow
Richard II. O'Connor, Democrat, re-
ceived II votes, w. s. Hammond, of
the same party, 6 votes, and Thomas
sentative Hillman of the Ninth dis
trict.
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coffin ready to receive his mortal re.
mains. But he also saw a Sister OF
Charity, who bound up his wounds,
cooled his fevered brow, moistened
his parched lips and nursed him till
he was able to be moved from the
field. And now that soldier stands
before you!"