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Saint Mary's beacon., 1915-02-11

The regulations for Lent prepared
By the chancellor OF the Archdiocese
of Baltimore, under instructions from
Cardinal Gibbons, are as follors:
Ash Wednesday, the nrst day Of
Lent. falls on the I7th day Of Febru-
arr.
l. All the faithful xho have COM
plesed their twenty-srst year, unless
exempt by dispensation or some other
legitimate cause. are bound 20 observe
the fast Of Lent
=. They are To make one meal only
day, except on sunday
3 A small refreshnent, coHamonly
called COLLATION.. Is permitted in the
evening.
T. The following persons are ex-
empt from the obligation Of fasting:
Persons under fEenty-one years Of
age. the sick. nursing women. those
whO are Obliged 10 do hard labor, and
those who. through weakness, cannot
fast without great prejudice 10 their
health.
). The faithful are reminded that.
besides the obligation Of fasting inn
posed by the Church, this holy season
Of Lent should be in an especial man
ner, time Of earnest prayer. of sor-
row for sins, OF seclusion from the
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erous almsgiying.
By virtue Of an Indult TO the United
States the following special dispense
tions are granted
L. The use of flesh meat Is permitted
AZ all meals on Sunday and once
day on Mondays. Tuesdays. Thurs
days ard Saturdays, with the excep-
ton OF the second and last Saturdays
of Lent But iesh meat and fish are
not TO be used as the same meal dur
ing Lent; even on Sundays.
>. The use of butter. cheese. milk
and eggs i permitted every day in
Lent
). Is is allowed In the morning 10
takes warEl liquid. as tea. coffee,
or thin chocolate, made with water,
and with this liquid a mouthful OF
bread
4. Those for whom the hour OF noon
may be an inconvenieni time for din
ner may invert the order aud take
their COLLATION. in the morning and
their dinner in the evening.
B. The use OF hogs lard or drippings,
instead of butter. i authorized in
preparing permitted food.
B. Persons exempt from the obliga-
tiOn of fasting are free To take meat
more than once on days when its use
i granted by dispensatfon.
III
By virtue of an Indult granted to US
by the Holy See March Is. lsa5. and
renewed until March Is. 1915, we per-
NIT to all workingInen and their fami-
lies the use of flesh meat once , day
on all fast days and abstinence days
throughout the year, with the exeep-
tion of Fridays, Ash Wednesday, the
Wednesday and Saturday OF Holy
Week and the eve of Christmas.
Those who are exempt from the OBJ
legation of fasting are free to take
meat more than once on the days men,
toned Those who avail themselves
of this Indult are not allowed to use
aesh meat and fish at the same meal.
and they areearnestly exhorted 70 per
form some other act of modification,
such as abstinence from intoxicating
liquors.
The Paschal time extends from the
| first Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sun
day, during which time all Catholics
who have attained the proper age are
bound 10 receive WoFfhily the Holy
Communion The holy season of Lent
lS very proper time for children to
make their first confession. which they
ought to do generally at about the
age of seven wears Parents Sho1fI
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-15
Swiss Plan Means Equal Rights
And No S Special Privileges

nations that want peace and order in the
world.
This. I maintain, is the overwhelming
reason why America should have q pow
eriul navy and a strong army and the
thorough equipment essential to the eff
cient use of this power.
W. need preparedness. not to flght bat
.ies' put to prevent battles being fought.
L deny emphatically that prepared
ness leads to war. I assert with deep
conviction that thorough preparedness on
the part of America will be the best guar
antee mat the world can nave that there
VIII be no more wars.
III it is possible for this country to be
threatened by war-and who can say that
II Is not possible-can such a calamity be
better averted by weakness or by
strength?"
Great Standing Army Not Wanted.
That strength must not be sought in a
great standing army. All our traditions.
all our convictions. all the judgment of
great Americans of the present and the
past, speak a solemn protest against the
building up of a vast standing army and
placing on it the nations hope Of peace
and defense.
We ought to put our trust in a citizen
army of defense and make Of that reserve
force a defense that will impress power
1ully every AMBITIOUS, aggraId1Zing COun-
try in the world.
The national safety, the perpetuation of
peace, our sense of fairness and our prin-
ciple of equality of all before the law
speak weightily for the Swiss plan. We
can not afford to stake SO much on the
bare hope that volunteers will always be
found. If we are to be prepared we must
make our preparations in time OF peace.
Modern warfare, as every M must see,
calls for long preparation on q definite
and continuous policy. That policy can
not be built and maintained on the
certainties of volunteer response.
There is no reason why everything
should be expected from the volunteer and
nothing demanded from the strikers.
There Is no reason why one able-bodied
American should expect another able-hod-
led American to do his fighting for him.
There is no reason why one selfish house,
hold should be allowed to keep its sons
out of training, n out of fighting II war
should come, while the brave sons of 9TH
er Drawer, and more patriotic families
send their sons to the nag.
II we mean 1t, when we declare about
equal rights for all and special privileges
to none,' we should make our national
defense democratic in fact as well as in
campaign oratory, with patriotic service
from all who are physically At to give It.
That will make for justice. for peace
for a stronger nation physically and a
manhood more efficient from discipline
and a patriotic duty done.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-15
Family Wanted Franklin
To Become a Minister

chief. To the upright stick he affixed
an iron point. The string was made
of hemp with the exception OF the
lower end, which was Of silk. Where
the hempen string terminated. Frank
lin placed a key.
The First Proof.
Taking their places under a shed.
father and son raised the kite. A
thundercloud passed over it, but no
signs of electricity appeared. Frank
lin had given up hope and was about
to pull down his kite, when he OBJ
served the loose fbers Of his string
move toward an upright position.
Franklin pressed his knuckle against
the key and received a strong shock.
When the string became thoroughly
wet electricity became abundant, and
repeated sparks were drawn from the
key. A vial was charged and all the
other experiments made which are
usually performed with electricity.
The demonstration Of the lightning
theory was made in France a month
before Franklin made his successful
experiments in Phils delphia, although
Franklin had not heard Of 1t.
Thousands Of houses are nov pro-
tected from lightning through Frank
Inns ideas. Lightning rods offer pro-
lection when they have good metallic
connection to the earth at a depth
where h ground is permanently
moist.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-15
From the Spokesman Review

From the Spokesman-Review.
Inc declaration of the Union league cluo
OF New York for universal military serv-
ice for all able bodied men is an effective
answer to the assertion occasionally heard
that II the United States should find itself
IN a defensive war the burden OF fighting
would be thrown on the working men.
Under the unfair volunteer plan there
may be some semblance of truth in that
complaint. Under compulsory universal
service, as with the Swiss system. that
injustice would disappear.
The Union league club has a large MEM
bership of wealthy and we'll to do men.
When they declare tor compulsory train
ing of all the young men of the nation
they manifest a democratic and pat-iotic
readiness to bear their share of the bur-
den of national defense. 1t means that
such of them as were of military age
would be enrolled in the great citizen
army of the republic. If war should come
their sons. their nephews. their friends.
would have to go to the front.
Swiss Plan Just and Beneficial.
The Swiss plans carries three invaluable
features:
L. 1t is essentially just. The rich. the
we'll to do and the poor are all called on
alike to render their share of patriotic
service. There is one common bed for all
rot two beds, as under the volunteer
plan: a bed of sacrifice for the high-spir-
tied volunteers and a bed of defended ease
Tor the shirkers in the land.
q II develops the physical qualities of
the Individual and the nation, and through
discipline. the moral qualities as we'll. The
youth is made a better, more reliant, more
efficient man.
3. 1t would give the United States a
defensive force SO large and ample that
the risk OF wal would practically vanish.
with a strong navy as our first line of de-
tense. a small regular army as the second
line. and several million young and
hardy Americans for the third line,
trained to use a rifle, to maneuver in the
field. to a care of themselves in camp
and on the march, 1t is beyond reasonable
oeIef that We could ever be assailed; and
II any foreign power should be so reck-
less as to try to land an invading force
Upon these shores the outcome. would new
er be doubted for a moment. Our people
would go calmly about their allotted in
dustrial and business asks. We should
scarcely feel the shock Of war at all.
Preparedness Should Be Ample.
me lessons of Europe's great war point
impressively to our need Of preparedness
that Will be ample to protect. Even such
noted former peace advocates as Nathan
Stratus have been driven reluctantly to
that belief.
Now the power to do this thine-the
owe to prevent war;. declares Mr..
Straus. "can be achieved only by the most
thorough preparedness on the part of the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-15
ELECTRICAL FACTS.
20 per cent Of the people use
electricity in some form every

20 per cent Of the people use
electricity in some form every
day.
10 per cent Of the population
derive their living, directly OF
indirectly, from the ELECTRICAL
industry.
S7.ss.s s2. 157 invested in cleo
trtcal industry, including tele-
phone and telegraph.
$2.0SS. 513.122 invested in pri-
vately owned central station
electric light and power plans.
$2.O0O.OO0 q day estimated
business Of electrical industry.
$3.50, 100000 expended annual
~ Tor new electrical equipment
and service.
$S0.000,0 900 expended each wear
to sell electric service. Of which
$zO.OOO.O00 10 spent to explain
and develop new uses Of cleo
s. 81, ooo.o 900 gross income 81
electricity industry for 1914.
80 year spent by every per-
SON in United States for dec.
trtcal materials and service.
1910 per cent more electric
light e. +. w. can now be oh.
tanned Tor 10 cents than for =
IKE sum 20 years ago.
The huge electrical, industry
ln all tts branches VIII celebrate
Electrical Prosperity Week. No.
vember 4o-Decosnbor {. ~ an
optimistic attempt 70 brine hack
fhronekosSf ~ n,s.SS @
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-15
Draws Fire From Clouds With
Kite String Instead.

One of the distinguished figures in ear
~ American history is Benjamin frank
I'm. or all the great men whose lives
are linked with the development of cleo
trfcity, except perhaps Edison, Frank
lin is best know to the average school
boy. 1t was Franklin who obtained
sparks from a wet kite during a thun-
der storm-an experiment that inspired
the invention of the lightning rod. As
Q writer, philosopher and scientist,
FRANKLIN occupies a unique place in
American history. His career and
statesman are not less impressive.
Born In Boston in 1906. Franklin was
the 18th Of a family of II. He died i'll
1890. As a boy he worked in his ia
Tiers tallow chandlery, later becoming
an apprentice to his brother, James,
ton n who established one of the
earliest newspapers in the United
States.
Blasts Family Hopes.
Franklfn's family intended him for
h ministry, but their hopes were soon
dashed by his low for his printing
trade. which he mastered very early
IL life. Owing to a disagreement with
his brother, Franklin ran away to sea.
Reaching New York, he could Obain no
work. 30 he journeyed to Philadelphia,
where he arrived penniless In 1923.
Franklin was a good worker and o o
obtained employment at his trade from
Samuel Keimer. Six years later he
gained control over the Pennsylvania
Gazette, which Keimer started. In 1890
he married Miss Deborah Read, the
daughter OF the man with whom he had
lodged when he first arrived in Phila-
delphia.
The dignified and clever manner in
which Franklin conducted the publica-
ton soon gained for him many friends
a g position OF prominence in the
colonies.
While on. 9 visit to Boston in 174s
Franklin saw DR.. Spence, q scientist
recently arrived from Scotland. per-
form q number Of electrical expert
ments. He became deeply interested in
electricity and experimental with sev-
Q tubes under the direction of Peter
q that electricity was not created by
friction and that lightning was an elec-
trtcal phenomenon.
Franklin's Ihseries.
In g letter to Collinson in 1749
Franklin outlined his theories. He said:
the clouds that contain lightning are
electrical OF not, I would propose an
experiment to be tried where It may
DO done conveniently. On the top OF
some high tower Or steeple place q
! q sentry box. big enough to con-
From b middle OF the stand let
m; iron rod rise and pass, bending.
out Of tho door and then upi1ght
30 or - feet. pointing very sharp It
the end. e the electrical stand be kept
clean and dry . man standing ON It
when such clouds are passing low
might b electrified ana afford sparks,
he rod dIa:wtng the hre @ him from
{. So. l,sa. ns,.slin i .asas .
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-15

The Mohammsdan's Prayer.
Translated from L'Asdno, Rome.
arms In the name of your God or I shan't
be able to massacre all these Christian
dogs!
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-15
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
CONTINUED

dence and se.f-effciency, IL it Is not to be
drawn into the tangle of European affairs.
Without such independence the whole
question Of our political unity and self
determination 10 very seriously ciouded
and complicated indeed.
Moreover, we can develop no true or eff
fective American policy without ships of
our own-not ships Of war, but ships OF
peace, carrying goods and carrying much
more: creating friendships and rendering
Indispensable services to all interests on
this side of the water. They must move
constantly back and forth etwee the
Americas. They are the only shuttles
that can weave the delicate fabric of
sympathy. comprehension, confidence, and
mutual dependence in which we wish to
clothe our policy OF America for Ameri-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11
THE CRISIS AND ITS DEMANDS

useless worseit is
than half the
every great this country
public
and stennot kto them realize this The
bloodsuckng
big battle discussed
would a
consider the struggle Old Worlda
civilization human being
proposition hold
isn't enough fight with
New Orleans minute nermssions
sporting would
Mem came out n Southern yesterday
Yet edge
whether fight
and 1
val destruction and the bill shall
tell to
prophetic vision portray
the American public in all its moods
stand?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11
BABIES RICH AND BABIES POOR

of
of
behalf Col
is
support
In family that public day
petition
three
houses
o
Everything depends upon of baby a
big expenditures whose benefits he
supporting do suggest
be
yongster ves are a year
in
short of food at times his fellow whose
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11

"The Gosernsnent II the United
States, however DIES not understand
that the Iul9efial German Govern
ment is seeking Ii this case to re-
lieve itself Of liability. but only in
tends to set forth the circumstances
which led tire commander Of the sub
marine to allow himself to be hurried
into the course which he took.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11

away may be made to operate as in
any degree an abbreviatiOn of the
rights either of American shipmasters
or of American citizens bound on law
tul errands, as passengers on mer.
chant ships of billigerent nationality
1t does not understand the Imperial
German Government to question those
rights. 1t understands it, also, to ac-
cept as established beyond question
the principle that the lives of non
cOmbatants cannot lawfully or right
fully be put in jeopardy by the cap
ture or destruction of an unresisting
merchantmen, and to recognize the
obligation to take sufficient precau-
ton to ascertain whether a suspected
merchantmen is in fact of belligerent
nationality, or is in fact carrying con-
traband of war under a neutral flag.
The Government of the United States
therefore deems it reasonable to ex-
pect that the Imperial German Gov
eminent will adopt the measures nee
essary to put these principles into
practice in respect Of the safeguard
ing of American lives and American
ships and asks for assurances that
this will be done. "a
Robert Lansing,
Secretary Of States ad interim. -
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

Default having been made in the
payment of Indebtedness Of DR.. /. II.
{. Cook to Mrs. Bessie Moody, secured
by deed in trust dated January 26th.
1913, to me as Trustee and recorded In
Mortgage Record 10, at pages 1872 and
l23,and Mortgage Record l44, at pages
46l and 462. and /, having been re-
Quested to foreclose said deed in trust
will on
Monday, the 2sth day of June,
A. D., 1915,
within the hours prescribed by law at
the front door of the Court House of
Forrest County, Mississippi, offer for
sale and sell to the highest and best
bidder for cash the following de-
scribed property, tOwit:
Lots one o. and two (2), of block
two CD, according to Hardy & Scott
survey Of the City of Hattiesburg. and
lots one %, two (2) and three CD,
block eight go of the ID. ID. McInnis
first survey of the City of Hatties-
burg, and lots seven ca, eight 90,
nine co and ten 1O) of block two CD.
of w. A. Johnson survey of said City
of Hattiesburg, all of said lots as per
map now on file with the Chancery
Clerk of Forrest County State of
Mississippi.
Title to the above described proper
ty is believed to be good but convey
with only such warranty of title as /
am authorized to convey under the
terms of said deeds in trust
Witness my signature on this the
18th day of June, A. D., 1915.
S. L. Heidelberg, Trustee
Posted on this the 4th day of June,
A. d., 1915. jun4-11-18-25
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11

When the critical arrives Turk win have to
the death
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11
FEMININE FIGHTERS

According Harvard specialist
ing Woman he says as fit for soldering
This the conclusion of spent years with
witness
saw them defeat the foe that had beaten
Neither
well known historical
developed her strength
dnce might
who brayd
land we'll the millions
work for
After native strength is admitted
fcncy in manly ability
availability
economic rather Dahomey portrayed the
comic soldering spread
of motherhood upgowing experience is wiser
than
itself 0 death
me overhead charges"
about SIX times the amount needed
Is what comes of having to maintain
-"@-
Don't will prove
success What under1age going
about paying
pleadng
What they need down starving Mexico
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11

ceives that it has incurred in this
Isr24c seErenee, and to the indis-
putable principle upon which that re-
sponsibility rests. The Government
of the United States is contending for
something much greater than mere
rights of property or privileges of
commerce. 1t is contending for moth
ing less high and sacred than the
rights of humanity, which every gov
eminent honors itself in respecting
and which no government is justified
in resigning on behalf of those under
its care and authority. Only her ac-
tual resistance to capture or refusal
to stop when ordered to do so for
the purpose of visit could have af-
forded the commander of the subma-
rine any justification for so much as
putting the lives of those on board
the ship in jeopardy. This principle
the Government of the United States
understands the explicit instructions
issued on August 3, 1914, by the I'M
perial German Admiralty to its COM
manders at sea to have recognized
and embodied, as do the naval codes
of all other nations, and upon it every
traveller and seaman had right to
depend. 1t is upon this principle of
humanity as well as upon the law
founded upon this principle that the
United States must stand
"The Government of the United
States is happy to observe that Your
Excellency's note closes with the init
nation that the Imperial German Gov
eminent is willing, now as before, to
accept the good offices of the United
States in an attempt to come to an
understanding with the Government
Of Great Britain by which the charac-
ter and conditions of the war upon
the sea may be changed. The Gov
eminent of the United States would
consider it a privilege thus to serve
it's friends and the world 1t stands
ready at any time to convey to either
government any intimation or sugges-
ton the other may be willing to have,
it convey and cordially invites the
Imperial German Government to
make use of its services in this way
at its convenience. The whole world
is concerned in anything that may
bring about even a partial accomoda-
tion of interests or in any way miti-
gate the terrOrs of the present dis
tressing conflict.
Expects Justice For Wrongs.
I'm the meantime, whatever ar
may happily be made be
tween the parties to the war and
whatever may in the opinion of the
Imperial German Government have
been the provocation of the circum.
stantial justification for the past acts
of it's commanders at sea, the Gov
eminent of the United States con-
fdently looks to see the justice and
of the Government of Ger
many indicated in all cases where
Americans have been wrCnged or
their rights as neutrals invaded
"The Government of the United
States cannot admit that the procla-
nation of a war zone from which neu-
trail ships have been warned 70 keep
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-11
w N T s
FOR SALE-Miscellaneous

FOR SALE OR RENT - Handsome
bungalow on Hardy street. modern
conveniences. Cash or credit to re-
sponsible pay. r. M. Ferguson.
18-tf-c
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ChiIdrens Dresses

Prices TO suit all pocket
books.
Neat Dresses at 25c, 35c TO
Zoe now 21c, 25c to 45c
Dresses that were 75c, LOO
and l.25 now 60c, S5c, 95U
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'"'y HIo u0's""u' w NAy-H " =
way The styles superb a--
and the materials the highest petest and serveeabe
eve, rpoved IN the manufacture OF dresses Sizes and styles
for women misses and children.
Crepe de Chem Linens worth 81 %. '''''
Ladies' Dresses worth $500 at. o.. .. o.. S47o
Ladies' Dresses worth 500 at. .. $500
Ladies' Dresses worth $3.50 at. on. &C.. &c. $40
Ladies' Dresses worth $3.50 at. ..,.. SIS"
Ladies' Dresses worth $225 at. e.. .... '.Siso
Ladies' Dresses worth $l75 at. .... Si'S'
Ladies' Dresses worth $l25 at. o.. soc
Misses Dresses worth $3.50 at. O.. e.. $3.50
N;.s.s Dro.sos worth sos at............... .$175
u;..o. nro.... worth sl5oa.............. .S125
Misses Dresses worth Sl2j at. .. e.. ''.'oOc
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A GREAT VARIETY OF
Ddintiest UndermusIins

AT Record Low White Sale Prices
The Sale Of White provides only the Summer styles in
undemusns of fine quality and exquisite workmanship he
assortment is remarkably large and prices small
CORSET COVERS SKIRTS
were 35c soc Zoe and % were 6Oc Soc 800 225
now 25c 39c, 60 S5c I5c, 85c, 175 l. SO
were 75c $l75 and 1925 were 800 lbs $50
60 % and So S5c los 10 125