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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
RELIABLE REMEDY
RESTORES KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder rem
edy.
1t is a physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. DR.. Kilmer used it for years in his
private practice. It helps the kidneys.
liver and bladder do the work nature in
tended they should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test Of years.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it will help you. No other remedy can
successfully take its place.
Be SURF to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents TO Dr..
Kilmer & Co., B~inghamton, N. Y, for Q
sample bottle, When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

A simple way to eteh glass is to
warm 1t carefully II heated too rapid.
ly 1t will crack. Rub parafin or bees
wax over the warm surface Of the
glass and then with a blunt instru-
ment print the desired wording. To
some fiuofspar calcium f1ouride)
placed In a metal dish, add enough
concentrated sulphuric acid to mois-
ten the powder. Place the glass with
the marked side down, over the metal
dish containing the above chemicals
and leave 1t over night. In the morn
ing, scrape the parafin of and the de-
sired words will be etched on the
glass.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
UGH! CNOMEL MAKES YOU SCKl
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
Just 0nceI Try "DOdsOns Liver Tone" When Bilious, COnsti-
pated, Headachy-Dont Lose a Days Work.

back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than a dose of nasty calomel and that
1t won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn
ing, because you will wake up feel.
ing fine, your liver will be working.
your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give 1t to your chill.
dren. Millions of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dan.
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calomel
is almost stopped entirely here.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Ordering Meals by Telephone.

a cafe In plainGeld, n. j., has In
stalled n unique system for the con.
y%enlcncc of It's diners. Whether tina
plan will eventually be welcomed by
the dining public has still to be proved,
but 1t has the merits of Ingenuity and
novelty. Each table in this enterpris-
ing cafe is connected directly with tho
kitchen and the head chef by means OF
Il telephone. The fastidious diner. In
stead of trusting the fine points of his
order to Il mere waiter, tells them d.
rectly into the ear of the chef. Thus
he can have his steak cooked to the
exact turn he likes and get exactly
the proper number of drops OF season.
Ing In the sauces.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

and awards. The net profits from the
work itself have been found to be the
best possible incentive. The members
have their attention directed to prob
lens of farm and home management,
crop rotation, soil building, etc, and
in practically every state in which the
work is being carried on a large num-
Der of club members are now working
out three and four-year rotations OF
crops. The profits which they derive
from club work they are spending on
getting an education, or for purchase
of purebred stock and labor-Saving
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
The True OptImIst,

Charles f. Murphy, the Tammany
leader, praising optimism, said:
when I am looking for CHEEKY, brac-
ing optimism, I often think of the
street musician playing Christians
Awake OF q cornet In the midst Of a
driving snowstorm on Christmas day.
"The snow fell, the wind blew, and
the musician standing in a deep drift,
footed away when a lady passed.
"The IA looked down at his shabby
attire and said to himself proudly and
optimistically:
"How lucky it's only my shoes
that's full Of holes. They don't show
at all in this deep snow.'"-Washing-
ton Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Weak, Falnty Heart. and HysterIcs
can be rectiied by taking "Renovine" a
heart and nerve tonic. Price soc and 81. Adv
Somewhat Different.

The circus was In town, and on n
prominent corner Bunko Pete was try
Ing to initiate an old farmer into the
mysteries of the three-ShcIl game.
Here, you" exclaimed a policeman
wlO happened along just then; don't
you know It's against the law to OPP
crate n game Of chance on the public
thoroughbred"
Oats all right. partner" replied
Bunko Pete. "Our friend here amt
got no chance"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
The Veaetarian.

A senior pupil teacher, who was noted
for his dilatory habits and ~slovenly ap-
pcarance, was n day instructing his
class In the art of economy.
Boys he said, extending his not
over-clean fingers In the direction Of
the class-"boys, in addition to being
a total abstainer and nonsmoker,
am a vegetarian. Now, Johnny Brown,
tell mo, what is Il vegeturian?'
"If you please, sir" answered John
ny Brown, glancing toward the extend
ed fingers, ut must be D man who
don't use soap New York Tele-
graph.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and full Of am
bition. But take no nasty, danger
GUS calomel, because it makes you
sick and you may lose q days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver.
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel crashes into soul bile like
dynamite, breaking 1t up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced Just
take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. = Your druggist or dealer
sells you a 50 cent bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
KEEP ALL FARM TOOLS SHARP
Tends 10 Conserve Horee Feed and
strength-Saves Time, Temper
and Human Vitality.

By keeping the farm tools sharp
you save horse feed and horse
strength. It does better work. more
of it in n day and pays u better
profit. 1t saves time, temper and hui.
mar vitality. A good emory stone will
pay for itself in Ii season-get you
one ami keep the tools sharp.-Clem-
son College Bulletin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

II consulted a fortune teller the 9TH
er day." said the poor but proud young
man, "and she told me | was in love
with a beautiful heiress, but she would
w marry me. 1t looks like l vas
up against it,"
sob, not necessarily" rejoined the
fair maid on the other end of the
sofa. mo fortune teller has ever
been authorized to speak for me-"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Prize Winner Raised by Oklahoma
Boy.

machinery. Many are even buying
land and thus acquiring an invaluable
of dignity and independence.
In the canning work, 93S public dem
onstrations were held during the year,
with a total attendance Of 11S.307.
These demonstrations were held pri-
marily for the club members, but pa
rents were always invited and, rs n
matter Of fact, more than half Of those
present were grown men and ONE
One Of the great advantages Of this
club work, indeed, Is the fact that it
serves to stimulate the parents as well
as the children.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
CHICKENS RELISH A VARIETY
No Economy In Feeding Fowls on Ono
Kind Of Grain-Do Well on
Range With Corn.

There is no economy in feeding fowls
entirely on one kind Of grain, though
If they are on free range the best one
gain for the purpose is corn.
If the range is a good one, they will
sometimes do reasonably well on What
they can pick up in addition to ihs
corn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
RED, ROUGH, SORE HANDS
May Be Soothed and Healed by Uss
Of Cuticura. Trial Free.

Nothing so soothing and healing for
red, rough and irritated hands as Cuti-
r Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
Soak hands on retiring in hot Cuticura
s%oapsuds. Dry. and gently anoint hands
with Cuticura Ointment. A one-night
treatment works wonders.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. l..
Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Too Weak.

"What did the manager 60 and fine
Red Casey for?"
For talking back to the umpire"
"Gee Whillikens! Why, all Red
done was to call him a thief and q
liar, and tell him to 60 and get his
eyes examined. That amt nuthin' to
fine a man for |"
1T amt, hey? Well, the manager
said a guy that can't pull no better
stuff than that had better keep his
mouth INTERCHANGEABLE Journal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Costly.

Il hope you'll make a good job Of
this portrait" remarked the multimil-
llonalre. Remember, it's costing me
in the n~eighborhood of ten thousand
dollars"
Il beg pardon said the artist. MY
price is only Il thousand dollars"
"YeS, yes, know that. But think Of
all the valuable time l have to spend
posing for YOU
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Don't Poison Baby.

E>oRTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must havs
n PAREGORlC or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produce
shep. and 9 FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP
FROM WHICH THERE Is NO WAXING. Many are the children who
have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregorlc, lauda-
mum and morphine each of which il u narcotic product of opium. Druggists
are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all or
to anybody without labelling them poison" The definition Of narcotic"
is: "a medicine uhich relieves PAIN and produces sleep, but Uhch in poison
Gus doses produces Stupor, coma, conruSions cnd DEATH The taste and
smell of medicines containing opium ire disguised, and sold under the names
of Drops " Cordials" Soothing Syrup' etc. You should not permit any
medicine to be given to your children without you o your physician know
of what it is composed. CASToRIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS, II it bears the signature --
of Chas. II Fletcher. ~ LLIHAA
Genuine CastOria always bears the signature of cAG(IT/ HG<%H
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
A Subtle System.

"What we want to get" said the
editor of the household publication, as
n good series of articles on how to
manage Il husband
'For whut?"
an order to buy all the fashionable
things we're going to advertise a wom-
I'll will have to have the husband thor
oughly trained"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
The Backward Lover.

I'm a-thinking l shall list, and go
and help fight the enemy, Widow
Kelly" said young Regain, who was q
bashful sutton for the Widows hand.
Faith, then, it's a poor soger you'll
make"
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, nothing. Only a man who
keeps on calling on a wildly for years
without pluck enough to speak his
mind hasn't the maxim of a soger in
him."-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
The ~Suburbanltc.

whats the matter with your fin
ger, Babbe, that you've got 1t ban.
daged all the way up?"
They're not ~bandages. They're
strings to remind me of my wife's com
missions to bring home tonight"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Ceramics.

Blink-He thinks ceramics IS q fool
lSh hobby.
Blank-Iet I've seen him deep in his
cups many and many a time.-Town
Topics.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
COVETED by AL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head Of hair. II yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stir, you can re-
store 1t to its former beauty and lus-
ter by using La Creole Hair Dress
ing. Price S1.0O.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
1T IS IMPERATIVE

that you keep a bottle of Mississippi
Diarrhoea Cordial in your medicine
chest. In constant use for fifty years.
Price Use and 50c.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
No Ohlection.

Wife-"Do you object to my having
two hundred dollars a month spending
money" misunderstanding not, If
you find it anywhere."-Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

WHY HAVE CHILLS AND FEVER?
Plantation" Chill Tonic Is guaran-
teed and will do the work in q week.
Your money cheerfully refunded by
dealers If 1t fails after giving 1t Q
proper trial. Price 50c.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Real F~orebodinqs.

"Do YOU think 1t viii storm soon?"
81 don't think anything about it.
| know 1t will MS soon rs | get home"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

Nothing is calculated to jar a pretty
girl like the masculine attentions be-
slowed upon another girl who is
homely.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Repretful Memories.

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned steer that grew the cheaper
cuts?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

When 1t comes to stepping into q
fortune any mar is willing to put his
foot In II. Z
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

Civilization teaches mar 10 hide his
naturally british nature.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

One can become n reconnaissance by
continually critiCizing the weather.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteies
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen
eral Tonic because it Contains the well
known tonic properties OF QUININE and
IRON. II acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. 50 cents
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

Or. B. F. Jackson Celebrated Phyaiclan,
handed down to posterity his famous
prescription for female troubles. Now
sold under the name OF "Femenina.'
Price soc and 81. 00.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18
What Her Smile May Mean.

When a girl smiles at you she either
thinks you are funny or Is looking for
q favor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

Half the world doesnr stop to con
slider that 1t Is none c1 lis business
how the other half lives.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

People rarely rush into print ain
justice" to q friend unless he needs
defense.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-18

It's awfully hard for the average
man to look in a mirror and believe
he was once q cute baby.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-11-04
PUBLIC PROCLAIM ALTON.

Public notice is hereby given by the
Board of Supervisors OF Election of
the Parish of St. Mary, in accordance
with law, that on Tuesday, Novem Der
7th, 1916, between the hours of 6
o clock \. NJ, and O'Clock p. NJ, an
election will be held at the various
polling precincts throughout the Par
lsh Of ST. Mary.
For Presidential Electors; one men,
Der o. the House of Representatives OF
the United States of America, from
the Third tonrres ,iOnll District of
Louisiana: Judge and District Attor-
torney, in and for the BIRD Judicial
District, St. Mary Parish. La; two
members Of the General Assembly OF
the State OF Louisiana from the Parish
of st Mary; three members of the
Board of School Directors in and for
the Parish of st Mary, one each res
pectively from Ward ,, Ward 3 and
Ward s: and to vote for or against
the various Is Constitutional Amend
ments submitted by the General AS
sembly of 1916, to be passed upon by
the voters of the State of Louisiana.
Given officially this 2nd day of Oc-
tober, 1916, at Franklin, La
+. A. BOUDREAUX,
w. II VETTER,
WILBUR II. KRAMER,
Board of Supervisors Of Election, St.
Mary Parish, Louisiana.
Franklin. La. October End, 1916
Received and filed October 2nd, 1916,
WILBUR II. KRAMER, Clerk.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-11-04

List of Commission and
Clerks of Election to serve at the
polls of the various election pre-
cincts throughout the Parish of
St Mary, La, TUESDAY, Novem.
Der 7th, 1916:
FIRST WARD.
FIRST Precinct, Charenton Poll
Emile Hebert. Albert Pecot, Alex
Pecot, Commissioners; E. N. Cookies,
Clerk
Second Precinct, SOrrel Poll ll-Moise
Breaux. Louis d. Verret, Paul Men,
doza. Commissioners; E. "A. Boud.
reaux, Clerk.
SECOND WARD.
First Precinct, Glencoe Poll-Ed.
ward Pichof, William Cropper, "A. A.
bonvlllaln, commissioners; j. G..
Brown, Clerk
Second Precinct, Louisa Poll-L. 8.
Alleman. Fred j. Maher, Fred Carlin.
commissioners; I. J. Lasseigne,
Clerk
THIRD WARD.
First Precinct Franklin Poll "A 3,
Chadwick, Clafale BarriIleaux, Clar-
ence Gordy, Commissio ioners; John A.
O'Niesl, Clerk
Second Precinct. Baldwin Poll-A.
J. LeBpurgeois, VIM Penn. A. !.
Smnonneaux, Commiss ioners; John
{. Kramer, Clerk
FOURTH WARD.
First Precinct, Centrevile Poll
Numa Hanagriff, A. w. Etienne. Ar
thur Dugas, Commissioners; w. A.
Chauvin, Clerk.
FIFTH WARD.
First Precinct, Patterson Poll.
+. Lassus, Albert Adams, V. Il. Rem
Lrop, Commissioners; "A. z. Gaut-
reaux, Clerk.
sixth WARD.
First Precinct, Morgan CITY Poll
f 1 ampbell, ]. F. Moncrlef. Ern-
est Ditch, Commissioners; Ben E.
Folse, lerk.
Second Precinct Ramos Poll-Rob.
ert Bgler, Albert .Aucoin. John B.
Graham, Commissioners; Wade Cole-
man, Clerk.
SEVENTH WARD.
First Precinct, Julien Poll-Geo.
Provost. Paul Bodin, Pierre Hebert,
commissioners: Henri Julien, Clerk.
EIGHTH WARD.
First Precinct, Berwick Polio. r.
Drury. Willie Rpder, G. Berg
Commissioners; Louis Labe, Clerk.
F. A. BOUDREAUx,
w. II. VETTER,
WILBUR X KRAMER.
Board Of Supervisors of E election, st.
Mary Parish. Lou ,iana.
Franklin, La, Oct. 2 1916.
Received and fled Oct 2, 1916.
WILBUR II. KRAMER, Clerk.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-11-04

Model S3-B Ooyerland. Eve
Passenger Touring Car VIII pui
you out of hnie. Investigate its
points Of merit on sample door
at Bells.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-11-04
Salesman Wanted

Industrious man to give part
time to sale Of lubricating oil and
grease. apocialties aud pain,
Commission basi- until ability il
esta blished Permanent position
and wide field when qu Allied. if
desired.
RIVERSIDE REFINING COMPANY,
Cleveland. Ohio.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-11-04

Neil McNeil's 5 and 10 c-nt
store has novelties of all kinds,
Give us q call.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-11-04
Commissioners and Clerks of
Election.

List of Commis toner's and
Clerks of Election to serve at the
polls OF the various election pre-.
cincts throughout the Parish of
St Mary, La. Tuesday, Novem.
Der 7th, 1916:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08

Church Organ Donated un.
named donor has given fine organ
valued at more than two thousand dol
lars to st. Jerome's Catholic Church
in Brooklyn, of which Rev Thomas f.
Lynch is rector.
Gift to Cathedral Mary Pagan, a
child and daughter of the late r. I'll.
Pagan, aged four years, in accordance
with the wish of her father, gave the
Cathedral of Superior, Wis, on her
birthday, one thousand dollars.
100000 for Catholic Schools The
Catholic School Commission of Mon
treal will, at the next session of the
Legislature seek authority to borrow
one million dollars for the purpose OF
providing additional new schools.
Jesuit Missionary Dead.-On Mon.
day, December 20, there died at De
troit University the well-known Jesuit
missionary, Rev Henry Moeller, S. J..
aged So years.
Lectures for Teaching sisters.-On
December 9 the Archbishop of st
Louis in an address opened a course
of twenty lectures at st. Louis Uni
versity for the teaching Sisters. At
tending this opening were $50 Sisters
Nuns Care for Wounded Soldiers
Wounded Canadian soldiers invaded
home from the war zone in Europe vii
be placed under the care of the Grey
Nuns in their big hospital in Montreal
Part of the hospital at Dorchester an(
ST. Matthew Streets in that city ha:
been set aside for the soldiers exclu
sively.
Bishop on Historical Board.-Tht
Bishop of Richmond, w. Va, Righ
Reverend D. ]. O'Connell, has beef
made a member Of the advisory boart
of the Association for the Preserya
ton of Virginia Antiquities.
| Deaf and Dumb Institute.-A 81
Johns Deaf and Dumb Institute wa
incorporated in Milwaukee recently
with Archbishop Messmer, Mgl
Rainer and other clergy as officers.
| Gift for Pipe organ.-Mr. Carnegi
has notified Father Ogle, of s.
MichaePs Church, Findlay, Ohio, tina
he would give him $1,750 for a pip
organ.
| Milwaukee Vincentians.-Las veal
the st. Vincent de Paul Society of Mi
waukee distributed $10,34O.63 anon
the needy poor.
| Catholic Social center.A numbe
of Catholic women established in 100
the now noted Brownson House,
Catholic social settlement in Lo
fAngeles.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08

brought about by His Holiness among
the warning nations, Benedict XIV re-
ceives letters thanking him for being
back in their own homes from prison
in foreign land
The Sacred College. The number
of Cardinals is now sixty, ten short
of "plenum. There are tWenty-nine
Italians by birth and thirty-one for
eigners' in the Sacred College.
Founding Of Jerusalem Jerusalem,
the Holy City, was founded in the
time of Melchisedech, about the year
1000 Before Christ. In the time of
Alexander the Great it had about 120,-
600 souls; now it has less than 10000.
Irish Saints Centenary a gen
eral meeting of the famous literary
society of Rome, the Arcadia, of which
the Pope and several crowned heads
of Europe are members, the thirteenth
centenary of st. Columbanus, the great
Irish missionary, was worthily COM
memorated. The reading of sketch
of his life by the Very Rev. Placido
LuganO, Consultor of the Sacred
Congregation of Religious, and editor
of the "Rivista Storica Benedettina, +"
was enthusiastically applauded by the
body of savants, clerical and lay, form
| ing the society.
Foreign Mission Work.-Catholic mis-
| sionaries in pagan and infdel lands
are maintaining 5000 catechists and
| $4,000 schools. They are instructing
| 100000 catechumens and educating
100000 pupils. All these works, and
the missionaries themselves, are sup
ported and maintained by Catholics
who are grateful for the gift of faith
and the fruits of Christian civiliza
| ton. Little can be obtained from con
Verts in pagan countries, who are al
most as poor in earthly possessions as
they formerly were in spiritual gifts
Priest Granted Iron Cross.-Rev
Joseph A. LANCER, Catholic chaplain
of one of the Wurtemberger regi
ments on the western front, has beer
decorated with the Iron Cross of the
first class by special orders of the
German Emperor The heroic prizes
recently was under murderous fire
with his regiment for eighteen hours
and he saved over twenty wounded
soldiers who had fallen before thu
front by dragging them behind the
lines.
/ New Zealand Bishop.-The Holy Fa
Their has appointed Mgr. Matthew 10
seph Brodie, Vicar General of Auck
land, Bishop of Christchurch, New
Zealand
Priest is Kings Envoy.-Envoy o
the King Of Belgium and special repre-
sentative of Cardinal Mercier, Fathe
Ceslaus Rutten, a Dominican priest
acknowledged the leader of more thar
100000 Christian workingmen, came tt