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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
FATHER?

The Catholic father who does not
practice his religion faithfully is
drawback to home.
AS a rule, he does not know his re-
ligion very well and does not care to
read book or paper that will instruct
him in it, They are too dull. He likes
the daily newspapers with their re-
ports of crime and sport. He is not a
great reader, anyhow, nor has he much
of an education to make him desire to
have a choice little library of his own.
He goes to Mass pretty regularly on
Sunday, he abstains from meat on
Friday and he manages to receive Holy
Communion once a year. But he is
not fond of sermons, he does not be-
long to any pious society like the
Conference of st. Vincent de Paul and
he just can not fast, even on ember
days, or the eve of great feasts, and
of course he must not be expected to
deny himself in Advent or Lent.
He pays his pew rent, it may be, six
months or SO after it is due, but he
does not wish to be present when spe-
cial collections are taken up, and he is
not noted for generosity in his aims.
Although he is a pretty ignorant
Church. If it would only listen to
him! He thinks he could tell the Pope
what to do and is sure that he could
manage the parish better than his pas
tor does.
In self-denial he is weak, but in self
indulgence he'is strong.
His talk and his conduct are, taken
| as whole, bad example for his chill
dren. If his sons and daughters are
Influenced by him, they will become a
discredit to the Church, just as he is.
In his stupidity and in his conceit
he thinks that he is all right, but he
| is spiritually destitute. His soul is
poor. In grace and virtue and merit
he is in rags. If he could only see
himself as the angels see him, he
would be ashamed and alarmed. He
would hasten to change his ways. He
would seek the riches of goodness, and
try to make amends for the oppor-
tunities that he has wasted and the
time that he has lost.-Pittsburg OBJ
server.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
OUR DUE.

What we deserve is the last thing
that some of us really want In those
moments when we are trife at odds
with our blessings, we insist that we
want only what is our due. But we
rarely mean it. A young business
man who had been trouble to his
superiors came to the manager with
a grievance. All I want is Justice
he exclaimed. mo, indeed" answered
the manager, 'you don't want justice;
what you want is mercy. If you had
justice you would be discharged right
now" How many of us would have
remained in the work to which we
have given ourselves, if we had re
ceived our dues. It is mercy, no bal
anced justice, for which we ought to
be grateful, as we remember how little
we deserve, and how much we have
received.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
NEED PITY.

Heaven pity the boys and girls who
have an affected, posing mother, and
angels guard the man who has an
.unco guild morbid1y nice, effetely ex-
quisite wife. The world needs plain
sensible people, who are too much in
terested in the actual work they are
doing to give much thought to the i'm
preston they are making. If you can
bear in mind the fact that nothing is
so cheap nor so sure an evidence of
understanding as the effort to make
an impression, perhaps 1t will help
you to drop the silly airs your brother
makes fun of, and your mother grieves
over, and which you may be sure your
friends laugh about behind your back.
And a word to parents: Give your
girls some reason for being. Set them
to work so that they will not have
so much time to think about them.
selves, and make plans for costuming,
and cutting shallow capers which are
often the only interest pitiful inter
est-of an empty heart"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
HEART AND FACE.

A good heart makes good face
perhaps not beautiful or classic, but
refined, sincere and noble. The face
will shine with God behind it. There
are some good faces that at times
seem to have glow upon them There
are faces that are quiet and uninter-
esting in repose, that light up amaz-
ingly with the animation of talking.
There are some who can never get
a good photograph. because the cam
era cannot catch the subtle spark of
the eye in which the whole Individual
ity lies. There are some whom you
would not at first call handsome, whose
faces grow on you with constant ac-
quaintance until they become beauti-
full to you. For you see the soul shin
ing through, you see the splendor Of a
noble character clarifying every fea-
ture. True beauty in the soul will
come out in the sweetness, the bright
ness, the quiet glory of the face
From MY Prayerbook," by Father
Lasance.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
SOME REASONS FOR CHURCH GO.
ING.

Here are three reasons for going to
church, given by a business man in
reply to the editor of a monthly maya
zine: l. Because of what the Church
stands for, With all of it's human i'm
projections, the Church stands for the
best elements in life and the highest
cause of it's offerings. Nearly all the
institutions and agencies for the up
lift of humanity are the products, di-
rectly or Indirectly, of the Christian
religion. Most of the people who give
their time, talents and money to the
support of these beneficent institu-
tions are members of or results Of the
Church want to have part in this
general uplift. 8. Because Of it's enc
mics. II a man be judged by his enc
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
where PEACE REIGNS.

Compare the picture of a pious fam
lily with one that is not SO. In one
there is subordination, peace and
union. In the other independence,
vexation, discord. Piety constitutes
the happiness of one, and indepen-
dence the unhappiness of the other.
1t is not possible that family
where, morning and night, the prayers
are said with exactitude and rev.
erence, should not live an exemplary
and Christian life in every other re-
spect. God watches over it with a
particular care, and consequently it
must he happy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
WHAT IS A LADY?

A little while ago, an English paper
offered a prize for the best definition
of lady. This is the answer that
took the prize:
ITO be lady means, rightly, to be a
gentlewoman who shows by her every
word and action a sweet and gentle
dignity, with a gracious charm of man
ners; woman whose heart is pure
and true, who is tender toward all suf-
fering. who sympathizes with those in
trouble and is ever ready to give that
which costs her some effort and self
denial. A lady thinks no work dero-
gatory, and no one is deemed too low
to receive courtesy and kindness. She
is pure and good in every detail of
life, true friend, and a 'ministering
angel in sorrow and in sickness"
Could anyone give better answer?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
THOUGHTS IN SORROW.

THOUGHTS in SORROW.
In every soul there is a secret cham
Der,
In every life there is an untold tale,
In every heart there is covered pic
ture,
That human hands can never dare
In every heart there is a line deep
craven,
~ Whose meaning is to dearest friends
unknown.
In every character there is strong
hold,
The key of which lies in Gods hands
alone.
In every soul there is chord of feel
ing
Too subtle to be seen or understood,
Which vibrates with a certain sad dis
cordance,
Swept carelessly by needless hand
or. rude.
In every heart there is an undercur-
rent
Whose depth is fathomless by love
or hate;
In every soul there is a sanctuary,
Which neither friend nor foe can
violate.
So there lies hid in every human
bosom
An unknown world of evil and of
good,
And all of us at times, each in our
measure,
Misunderstood, and are misunder-
stood,
For since the golden days of sin1ess
Eden,
No one has full read another's soul;
He only searches all things to their
center
Whose calm, clear eye surveys and
guides the world.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
CLEANINCS BY The WAYSIDE.
MAKE THE BEST or
SELECT READING FOR THE FAMILY.

Perhaps we do not have everything
exactly to our minds. Perhaps we do
not have as much money as we should
like to use, as good social position
as we might enjoy, as much respect
and honor as would tickle our vanity,
as much ease, as pleasant environ
ment, as good taste as we should like
to be certain we possessed. This may
be the trouble. This, one or all of
them, may be the fly in the ointment
which spoils the whole. Suppose
when we go into executive session and
discover the reason for our discon-
tent with the general run of affairs, we
decided to better things as far as we
are able and to make the best of those
circumstances which persist in exist
ing. Suppose for an instant that we
are devoid of personal loneliness. OF
course, that is not true. We are as
good looking as anybody, of course.
But, suppose at the last analysis, we
discover that our coloring and features
and expression, our hair, our figure,
our overweight our superfiuous hairs,
our discrepancy in the matter of So
cial usages, or lack of grace, our fail
ure in small talk and in serious con-
versation, in writing, either in social
correspondence Or in club papers, our
| figure, physically and financially, are
] all below par; what are we going to
do about it? What can we do? We
can pull out the hair or bleach them
so they will not show in the dark or
a dim light with the onlooker good
ways off; we can starve and exercise
until we break ourselves down and SO
gain sylph-like figure; we can cult
vate an expression which will prove
starter; we can buy coloring for
hair and skin; we can go to private
dancing classes, and have clever
women come at dollar an hour and
/ fill us up with small talk and talk
which is not small; we can hire club
papers written-there is good open
ing for clever writer's in this field
we can take lessons in physical cul
ture and learn to stand up and sc
hide all drawbacks to our figure; we
can take bridge lessons, and if there
by we don't learn the manners and
usages which are practiced among the
ignorant we shall prove ourselves dull
/ indeed; we can maintain a discreet
silence as to our pocketbook and by
dressing somewhat shabbily-if we
cannot afford to eclipse all rivals IL
elegant attire-we shall shut The
mouths of critics and come out ahead
Make the best of existing circum
stances and keep still about it. II
that way shall we become all that we
desire. 1t is easy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
DOCTRINAL, DEVOTIONAL, LITURGICAL

mics, why not the Church? The foes
of the home, marriage and righteous
ness are the foes of the Church. All
the forces which seek the destruction
of mankind vilify the Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER
EPIPHANY.

EPlSTLE: There are diversi-
ties of operations, but the same
God, who Worketh all in all, and
the manifestations of the Spirit
is given to every man unto
profit.
GOSPEL: This beginning of
miracles did Jesus in Cana of
GaIiIee; and manifested His
glory, and His disciples believed
in Him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

AAQHlnueA rom T
You burn the sore by means Of soma
strong drug and cause-a callous to form
over It and heal it up and you have
sealed this blood in your body and It
goes TO your lungs and exhausts them,
settles in some part of them and con-
SUMPTION is result. Now If nerves were
freed to the sore part and kidneys In
first place, it would throw the stagnant
blood out and you would soon be well
again. Tor the sore would not be needed
If VOu have exhausted nerves to liver
by heavy eating Of meats and stImulants
then the food cannot pass into the lntes-
tines because there is not bile enough
there to digest It and soften the bowels
and they are too dry and viii not re-
ceiTe the food. Then If You exhaust the
nerves By a stimulant or physic they viii
congest at the spine where they come
off to liver and cause staignant blood to
accumulate Now IF you keep mp this IT.
ritation by means of stimulants Gall
stones viii result. If YOU use calOmel,
cancer viii result NeW free the nerve
at spine and the blood VIII dissolve the
gan stones and you are well again. IF
ordinary physics are used the stagmant
blood VIII 60 out in system and satIIrate
the blood and Overtax lungs and con
sumption result. Often in catsTrh the
blood attempts 10 cleanse itself and
some nose wash is used which heals up
she catarrh and seals this stagnant blood
in body and 1t goes 70 lungs and causes
consumption. Often the stomach nerves
are Overworked by stimulants OF drugs
OF mineral waters and this congests them
at spine, allows stagnant blood to ac-
.cInulste in walls and this stagnant
blood goes to lungs, OFertaxes them and
consumption results. Otter the appendix
Is OverwOrBed by taking too much food
and whipping 1t up by physics and it
can no longer furnish fluid to lubmeate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18
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the valve 20 large intestines it becomes
sore, also the walls of intestines Now If
appendix Is cut eff the dierinz and fiuid
foods used at the time make them seem
better for awhile, providing they don't
die in the operation. Then this stagnant
blood cannot escape through. the sore APP
pendix and goes TO lungs and -eoRsump-
ton Is result. PrOlapsed condition in
women caused from taking drugs choke
up their organs so they cannot drain and
this stagnant blood goes to lungs and
causes consumption. If nerves are freed
to them they are held up in place the
same as when a girl and the walls have
ueestablished circulation and there is 10
more stagnant blood to 60 to lungs and
yOu are well again. That IS why we
offer $1,000 to any one who can nave
consumption or cancer without first hav-
ing a place eongested at the spine which
deadens the nerve, causes it to allow
stagnant blood to accumulate in the
part OF the body it goes to and causes
q disease OF that part. If You attempt
to drive this stagnant blood out by
means of drugs OF stimulaHts You only
help it for The time and the nerve Is ex-
hausted the more, longest at spine more
and more and the blood becomes so stag
nant It rOts and causes consumption IS
it must finally go to lungs to he oxidized.
So all diseases are caused by these CON
gestiOns at the spine, caused by injury
or over excitement of them by Overeat-
ing, using stimulants or drugs or the
poison from some ether diseased person
as in contagious diseases. And the only
way to cure them Is to Teestablish the
circulation by freeing the nerve at spine
and that is why we have cured every
known disease by removing these places
in the spine, and why these good people
of FL Paso certify TO it. Think OF eight
thousand cures with loss of only eight.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18
RENE BACHEs BUDGET
PUT OLD MISSISSIPPI TO WORK
WONDERFUL PROJECT FOR HARVESTING THE
FATHER OF WATERS
Huge Dam Already in Process Of Construction = To
Furnish Large Part Of the Mississippi Valley
With Electric Power Concrete Plant on a
Titantc Scale-Wires viii Garry
the Electricity 40 Miles
to ST. Louis

0LD Mississip' is to be haTnessed
at last The greatest river in
- the world has been idle long
enough. and win soon be set to work
for the production OF electric power on
an immense scale.
With this idea in view, thedam is be-
ing thrown clear across the mighty
stream between Keokuk, Ia, and Ham
flton Ill 1t viii be the longest bank
to bank river dam in the world, with
the exception Of the irrigation strlc-
ture across the Nile at Assouan- me
water which 1t impounds VIII eventual
" form vast lake, about 80 miles
long and from three to five miles wide
thereby changing the topography OF
the region to very striking extent
Great Electric Plant.
TIE hydro electric plant at the dam
site will be one OF the greatest ever
built its capacity being more than
100000 delivered horse power A large
part of the electricity produced VIII
be transmitted to the city of St. Louis,
where public service corporations nave
already contracted for no less than
$4,000 horse power. The transmission
line will run from Keokuk. along the
east bank of the river about l4O miles,
to point lust outside Of St Louis
and will consist OF steel towers, carry
ing two circuits
II is. however. easy enough to realize
what vast Industrial and other changes
will be made over q large part OF the
Mississippi valley by the production or
relatively cheap electricity on SUCH
scale If one leg of pair OF COM
passes be placed at the point on map
where the city of keokuk stands, and
the other leg be so adjusted as to mark
a circle with a radius Of 100 miles,
it will be seen that within this area
are scores Of towns. great and small,
which can find plenty Of use for the
alI-compelling "juice'-not only for
manufacturing, but also for lighting
and trolleys. The distance to which
electricity can be transmitted econom-
ically is being rapidly heightened. and
already in the city of Syracuse, n. y,
the street railroads are run from
Niagara Falls, nearly 200 miles away
Scientific Plans.
The Smithsonian institution at Wash
ingtOn takes an interest in this pro-
ject, from a scientific standpoint, and
in its forthcoming annual report VIII
publish very interesting article on
the subject Therein is expressed
belief that the huge plant at KeOkuk
will prove to be of immense industrial
Importance. Established in a region
heretofore unsupplied with hydrogen
Grated electric power, it viii be able
to furnish such power at a relatively
low price. An incidental result expect
ed is that manufacturers needing large
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

amounts OF electric power viii be at
tracted to that locality in years to
come
The site Of the dam and hydro-elec-
trio plant, as a glance at the map viii
show, is at a point where the three
states Of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois
touch-l40 miles from Des MOines, 40
miles from St. Louis and 220 miles
from Chicago. Here are found the Des
MOines rapids, which have always been
an obstacle to the navigation Of the
Mississippi. They extend from Keokuk
TO MontrOse-a distance of about II
miles But the river at keOkuk cannot
properly be called turbulent It's wa
tiers are not hurled over hidden bowl
aers and irregular masses Of rock with
the speed OF a Niagara On the con
trstry, the stream presents rather the
smooth appearance OF water running
down an inclined surface.
Half a Nile Wide.
At Keokuk the Mississippi is half
a mile wide at ordinary low water and
about mile wide at flood. It's aver
age depth is only five or six feet, and
Its bottom is a bed Of very solid blue
limestone, clean and free from cracks
and assures An observer with q short
metal sounding rod can hear the clear
rinS OF the rock bottom all the way
across Established on such fOunda-
tiOns, a well constructed concrete dam
and power house should last as long
as the old Roman concrete work made
OF natural cement, much or which has
been standing 1000 years and is still
in good condition.
Resting on this solid river bottom
the dam is being built out from the
bluff on either side Of the river seven
eighths of a mile apart. Including
abuments, it is 1868 feet long 1t is
entirely OF massive concrete without
reinforcement. and being locked into
the rock bed of the stream by potholes
and other excavations, 1T Is practically
a mOnolith- The height of the dam
above the river bed is 50 feet and its
base is AZ feet wide. The upstream
face is vertical the downstream face
is curved, its upper portion in a para
bola over which the water viii spill.
Remarkable Methods.
Without going into engineering de-
tails, 1t may be interesting to tell OF
the remarkable method by which the
building Of the gigantic dam is being
accomplished. A timber crib cofferdam
400 feet long is built around a section
Of the dam and is made watertight BY
means Of clay puddle. Then the water
is pumped out of it, and in the space
thus pumped dry is eXcavated a trench
in the solid rock on which the dam
is founded. The piers and arches
forming the bridge and the bottom part
Of the dam between these piers are
then built.
After this the cofferdam is removed;
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

her up to die with a large ovarian ab
seess, which they said would kill hel
with blood poisoning.
The abscess. left a cavity as large a.
your double fist.
The worst they said they had ever
seen.
DR.. Collins freed the nerves to the
kidney and the temperature went right
down. Then he freed the nerves to the
ovaries so they could drain themselves
and get blood around them and it has
healed up that great abscess until my
wife says she wishes every woman could
know what Osteopathy can do for them
when suffering with various female
troubles.
1T has saved my life and think it
is the greatest blessing ever discovered. -
There are q Others with female trou-
bles taking now out Of 112 patients and
they are all doing well.
There is every kind of trouble you
can think Of being treated here, blood
poisoning, liver troubles. appendicitis,
fits, eye troubles of every kind, lung
troubles, throat troubles, rheumatism,
and all kinds of asthma, paralysis Of
every kind all kinds of diseases of little
babies, spasms and indigestion.
The people they, have cured are all
over town and they say they only lose
one patient out of a thousand while
the other doctors lose about 200 patients
out Of a thousand.
Everybody who talks of them seems
smiling and happy and getting better
and speak a good word for them.
They have been here seven years and
they have surely done good work.
Just think of the blind people they
have cured that nobody else could, and
it shows that they can cure ANYTHING
else by getting the blood to circulate.
Mr.. Elmer Montgomery,
Mrs Sarah Montgomery.
We are now on Epson avenue but
our home is in Clifton, Arizona. There
are many people taking treatment from
ARIZONA, also New Mexico, Old Mexico
and Southern Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

This is where we
freed the nerve and
cured the hopeless
blind lady, Mrs.
Smiley.
81 am the lady in
the picture whose
eyes were restored
to sight by Dr. Ira
w. Collins.
I was totally blind
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

and now 1 can see to do my work and
thread my own needles without glasses.
1 don't see why everybody who has
any kind Of sickness don't go there and
get well, for they are curing every kind
Of disease, pneumonia and typhoid
fever.
Everything you can think of, Just as
they did my eyes when nobody else
could"
Mrs. J. E. Smiley.
We live at 519 S Stanton.
Twelve hundred cases of Female Trou-
bles were cured here in FL Paso by Os-
teopathy; every kind you can think of.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

This is where we
loosened the nerve
IN ovarian abscess
and cured a bad
case Of blood pOis-
oning.. Read what
Mr.. and Mrs. Mont
gomery say about
It:
Yes, I brought my
wife to Ell Paso, and
placed her under Dr.
Ira W. Collins at
the Still Osteopathie
Infirmary.
When the other
doctors had given
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

tives and others formerly afflicted with
throat troubles, and they are now per
feetly well and had been for years.
LUNG FEVER.
Several people who had been cured Of
lung fever by DR.. Collins's treatment
made the statement to me that after
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18
JRALGIA AND HEADACHES.

! took the statements Of those WhO
had suffered with neuralgia in its worst
form for years, and all kinds Of head
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

case. so that he can now eat anything.
We have had large number of these
eases; all cured when treatment was
taken long enough