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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
FRANcIscANs in CHINA.

The Franciscan Order is in charge
of many of the Chinese provinces that,
at present, are hot-bed of rebellion.
The province of Chensi is divided into
two apostolic vicariates;; both belong
to the Franciscans. The yicariate of
Northern Chensi is also administered
by them, SO are the three vicariates
of Hupeh, and one Of the vicariates of
Human.
The majority of our American mis-
sionaries in China labor under the
banner of St Francis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
The Greatness of the Great.

Elisabeth Woodbridge. in the Atlantic
The greatness of the great though obvi-
Gus in one way, in another way is not OBJ
vlous at all, and when we turn aside from
them We are perhaps moved, not merely
by intellectual priggishness, but also by
Intellectual Incidence. The dainty musica
trifie rests us when the great symphony
tires us. 1t is easier to appreciate the
little things. the pretty sketches, the rare
bits, exquisite but slight, whose beauty
we can in "A sense all around. Easy
and also perfectly defenSible if we do il
only as part of our esthetic experience
But if ii becomes the whole Of il, We are
in danger of falling into sterile round
of easy enjoyment which leaves us where
it found us. We shall never grow spirit
ually keen and muscular in this way 1t
is as IL a man were To spend his leisure
all his life in playing jackStraws when he
might be PLAYING chess. If spend all
our time on the second-best we shall lose
something ont Of our intellectual and
esthetic equipment. something OF viriity.
something of larseness and breadth.
something of the power and the willing
ness to eNpepd energy in the understand
ing and appreciation of the greatest
things. And this ought not to be lightly
given up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Are Whiskers Beautiful?
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
Concerning the protest of certain gen
tlemen of Chicago against his demand
that all men be clean shaven, DR.. Wiley
is quoted as saying: The arguments
presented are not real arguments The
Chicagoans plead for their whiskers on
the ground of beauty-and beauty must
be sacrificed to health.
The case cannot with justice be dis
missed in this summary way: 1t shows
lack of proper consideration of the rela-
tive value of things. In Chicago beauty
may be of higher value than health, )
there is a great deal of the one in the
city and very little of the other. The
real issue is whether whiskers add to
the beauty of manhood, and on that
question the gentlemen of Chicago speak
with as much authority as DR.. Wiley.
Since st. Paul declared hair to be the
glory of a woman. would he not have
argued also that whiskers are the glory
of man? Without his flowing beard
Frederick Barbarossa could not have
SO powerfully impressed the Teutonic
mind as he did, nor have SO potently af-
fected history. Had Bluebeard been
clean shaven he might have become a
henpecked husband. 1t may be that in
condemning the Chicago beard DIR.
Wiley has never seen the Chicago face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
The Pilgrim Fathers.
4 the New York Times.

J. rom the New YORK Times.
Celebration of the thrift and virtue OF
the Massachusetts, bay settlers and their
early descendants is an annual function
in many parts of this country which
were settled by New Englanders, and We
should be sorry to see the custom wane
But nobody who attends the dinners OF
reads the published reports of them can
fail to note the tone of levity which has
crept into the celebration. Perhaps it is
not true that the sturdy founders are less
esteemed in memory than they used to
be- or that their influence is beittled.
but they are as frequently the subject OF
jest as of laudation with the speakers at
New England banquets. They had their
ratings as we'll as their virtues They
We're ignorant, arrow-minded. obstinate,
deficient in humor and superstitous. But
they were also hardy, courageous. God
fearing and upright. Men of some sort
OF mingling of good traits and bad had to
be the first to settle in strange land.
1t was of great ard lasting benefit to
the land. to the colonies which We're in
time planted upon it, and the democracy
they developed that the Puritans and Pill
grlms should have borne so large q pa TT
In the hard work of settlement. Their
descendants carried their courage and
ioftltude to the remote parts of the con-
tlnent. They were mighty good material
Tor the nucleus of a nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Ancient Population of New Mexico.
From HarpeTs :.

FROM harper :
How long were the ruins of the south
west inhabited? and, how dense was the
population in ancient times? Some of the
best Psychologists have strongly insisted
that appearances are deceitful. The hun
dreds. and indeed thousands, of sites of
ancient villages in Colorado. the Texan
Panhandle. Utah, New Mexico and
Arizona as well as in similar parts of
northern Mexico. were not all inhabited
AT one time they tell us. Most repre-
sent more temporary stopping places
where migTa tory bands of a people sup
posed to have been ancestors of the In
dams settled for a few years and then
moved on At the outside limit so say
these archeoogiSts, the entire popula tion
never amounted to more than few score
thousands. whose civilization was of the
lowest and most insignificant type Other
students, fewer in number than the ortho-
dOx SCHOOL. hold that the majority of the
ruins were all occupied at the same time
and Tor century after century. They say
that the population or the arid southwest
must have amounted to many hundred
Enthusiastically more in all prob
ability than the country supports today.
Furthermore, if this were so. although
the type of civilization may have been
most primitive compared with ours, yet
II was by no means so low as that of the
modern Indians. 1t must have been of
the same grade as that of early Babylonia
Egypt. Palestine or Greece before the art
of writing was invented. People who
could dwell peacefully for centuries in
large, permanent communities and could
build great communal houses and long
systems of canals, were by no means I'M
tutOred savages. Civil order and submits
sion to the will of the majority must
have been well developed among them
as among as Such view leads one to
believe that if only We could trace it,
the history of the primitive Americans
would prove quite interesting. and to
US possibly more interesting than that
of the early oriental peoples to whom our
scholars devote much time and /srr
milllonaires so much money. %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
UNIQUE ROLLING STONE.
It's on a Tombstone, and No One
Knows Why It Revolves.
Ere Harpers Wceklr

| i'm weekly.
In cemetery near Marion. Ohio. there
is a monument having stone bali whose
extraordinary movement has attracted the
attention of many men of science
This ball. about thirty-six inches in
diameter. weighs about 1910 pounds and
rests upon a large stone base For some
time the stone ball has been slowly turn
ing upon its base. revolving about a hori-
zontal axis in a direction from north to
south.
At first the bali rested in socket pro-
vioed on the base. The portion of the
bail that fitted I'm the die was not polish
ed. In 1904 ii was observed that the un-
polished spot Of the ball had become wis.,
bic and that the ball had revolved nearly
twenty inches in a northerly direction
from its original resting place
The employe who reported this fact to
the authorities found that they fatty re-
FUSED to credit his statements. He was
right however. as was proved by regu-
lar and systematic inspection that was
instituted with reference to the phenome-
non. Ii was soon ascertained that the
pail mad continuous and regular move
ment. Between July and November Of
one year the ball moved five inches.
All manner of explanations were i'm
mediately offered by all sorts of people
everywhere. Investigation showed that
the ball had in no way been fastened 20
its base. the builders evidently expecting
that its weight would hold it in its place.
Perhaps the best explanation offered OF
the curious behavior of the Lall is this:
First. the ball becomes, in the sunshine.
more heated than does the base and con-
seduently expands more. giving rise to
| slight creeping The ensuing con-
traction. 1t Is thought. is probabl not
sufficient to take up the displacement
occasioned by the heat of the early day.
In the second place. the circumference Of
the sphere probably lengthens on one
side. giving rise to pulling between the
ball and the base wherein il rests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
A Warning.
From the Trenton Journal.

from the trenton journal.
DR.. Elmer Ellsworth Brown, the new
chancellor of New York University, was
talking about his desire for larger
and deeper study of the arts in Ameri-
can colleges.
In youth" said DR.. Brown, the taste
is formed: and it will be a taste for fine
and beautiful things or else it will be
taste for tawdry and false things.
Without great care it will be a taste
of the latter sort. Let us be warned
by the anecdOte Of the little kiantone
boy.
This little boy was taken one summer
day to the circus for the first time.
We'll, dear, how did you like it? his
mother asked on his return.
His eyes widened, and he answered
with earnest and grave enthusiasm:
Mamma if you once went to the cir
Gus you'd never, never consent to go to
church again i'm all your life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
The Futility Of War.
From the London Leader.


Protection. by the way. is the wife OF
the War God. The greatest practical blow
ever given to the cause of collective homi-
eide and collective robbery was the insti-
tuition of free trade. Destroy all tariffs
and war will cease. Man has taken a
long time to recognize the first law of ma
ture in it's commercial aspect: no wonder
he hardly yet realizes it in international
politics.
A nation at war is insane: its great
emotions are the phantasmagorias of a
man running amuck. At best it Is i'm
beetle. and another characteristic of i'm
becility is idleness 1t is insanity that
within a nation murder and theft are the
gravest of crimes: but that between ma
lions they are the farest of virtues But
it is idleness to regard them as the basis
of subsistence and of progress. Tacitus
records the opinion of the ancient Teu-
tonic knights that it was "a DUH and
stupid thing to painfully accumulate by
the sweat of the brow what might be won
by a little blood That idea was the
creed of the medieval barOns. and they
lived up to it. 1t is still, though less
crudely expressed. the real opinion of the
devOtees of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
At His Mercy.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'Elinora Simms, l am asking you fol
the last time 10 marry me-
How many times does this make Ju-
lius?''
Seven times and three baffied attempts
What do you say. eur-r-rl?'
Il can only repeat what l have already
said. Julius"
And thai is
No
'Hal ha,
Why the iau@h?''
Il laugh because revenge is sweet. To-
morrow set forth 10 attain it, i will
strike YOU. proud girl through your IA
ther.
NV father
sure thing. All the world shall know
what he really is
Mercy
81 alone know his guilty secret
His secret What is it,
Hush. girl. for your fathers sake
Will tell YOU what he is \ standpatter,''
oh. ON. Be merciful and | will be
yours
Tableau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25

Quotations given below are for large
| lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS-Nearby fresh Virginia :ssa:34
west Virginia and southwest Virginia
2Ia2S: Tennessee, 27a2S.
BuTIER-Elgin fancy, :3sisa3s: western
nrsts, 3611a37is; seconds, 33isa34h
CHEESE-New York state factory, new,
151saI6.
POULTRY-Chickens. per h.. 12a,3.
hens. per h., IL; ROSTERS. per h.. 8:
turkeys, per h., Halls; ducks, per h.,
12a13.
DRESSED T s1 .. rouLrRr-gens. choice.
ROSTERS, per ID. 9a10: turkeys, per h..
1Sa17: ducks per h., Halls; geese. per 10.
11a13; capons. Id. average, per H., 1Sa2O;
capons. small, per h.. 15a16.
GAME-Rabbits. per doz.. local 10;
doz.. 2ooa2.2 20; No. 2 per doz, i.25ai so;
Gas. wild turkey. each. per h.. 2Oa22
ErABLES-Potatoes, Michigan
state. per sack. 2 3oa2 80: sweet On. c..
per Dbl, 2.5Oas.Oo yams IN c.. per Dbl.
onions, per sack, 2.15a26O: caulifiower,
per bbl., 2.OOa5.OO; eggplant, Florida, per
crate, 3.JOa4.5O; lettuce. per basket. 1O0a
celery. 75al 10; squash, per bbf. 75a1.Oo.
GREEN FRIIITS-Apples. per Dbl.
1.26a4.5o: oranges. California. per box.
325a3.5O Florida oranges. $50 to
800; tangerines; per strap. 4-ooa5 90;
lemons. per box, 4.0Ja5.00; grape
fruit, per box, 4.5Oa5 %; pineapples, 1.OOa
1925: cranberries. 32-quart boxes. 3.5Oa
315; per Dbl, 1O.50a11.5O.
HAY AND sTRAW-IIay. western.
No. /. .23.60a2400: Ne. 2. 22Or a22. so:
mixed hay, 1s.eoass.oo: straw. rye.
bale. 15.OOa17.0O; machine thrash. 13.OOa
400; straw, wheat, per ton, 9.OOa9. 80;
straw. oat per ton. 11Ooa12.O0
LIVE STOCK-Sheep. yer h., 2a3A;
lambs. spring, per lb.. 5a51s; calves.
choice. per h., ~; medium. per h., I.
GRAIN = Wheat. new. per bu.. 9Oa92;
corn, shelled. old, per bu.. 76aS5; new.
6Oa65: ear, per bbl.. old. 3 5Oa4 100; new, per
bbl, 3O0a3.50; oats. western white,
No. 2, per bu., Sass: oats. mixed, per
bu., 51ao5; bran, per ton, $500; mid
ding, per ton. 30.OO
WOOL AND HIDES-Wool. washed,
free of burrs, per h.. 24a25; wool. un-
washed, per h.. 20: hides. dry, per h..
15a16: green hides, h.. II: calfskin, green,
each. 1.25a1.50.
SEEDS-Red clover. per bu.. 12.O0a
1900; alsike clover, per bu.. IL. 5Oa12. %
white clover, per bu., 15OOa2O.O0; GRIM
son clover. 475a5.OO; timothy, per bu..
7.6OasOO; blue grass. per bu. 325a3 70:
falfa per bu.. 6O0a7OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Skin Games.

From the Baltimore American
Sentences of Imprisonment pronounced
upon group of get-rich-quick artists
point again the warning to the foolish
ones, who are led on and are pluclled by
the beguiling advertisements and claims
that upon their face are preposterous.
Here were men who planned an air line
between New York and Chicago by the
simple device of laying down ruler
and drawing line. Excla inning Hanged
be mountains and rivers and other nat
ural distractions these audacious per-
sons created enthusiasm and reaped
enormous funds for their projects. Many
such schemes We're devised by them.
They all went the same way. and the
horde Of innocents who gave up their
cash to the concerns multiplied millions
in their hands, while getting nothing in
return Long before the classic case of
the South Sea Bubble. men were doing
the foolish thing of investing in rain
bows. and they ever will, but 1t is a sat
isfaction that from time to time Uncle
Sam proclaims the sacredness of his
mails by landing the designing rascals in
prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Making of Books. Old and New.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Since thu baked Chaldean tablets, the
slabs of stone on which the Decalog was
craven or the wooden planks of the laws
of Colon. what a far cry it is to the
beautiful books that are made today, II
1T were as difficult now to produce a
book il used to be there would he
less unworthy. literature. Many an au-
thor who laments today the LACK OF
patronage would have stood no chance
at all of getting into print when the
labor of copying a single volume SO
great that only d few works OF out
standing excellence were put into the
hands of the ''lhbrari of Rome for
transcription. or committed to the rever-
ent care of the monks of the scrip
toria' of the middle ages.
The first book printed by the movable
metal types of Gutenberg at Mainz was
the Bible. and the pioneers OF Typography
perpetuated this idea that there were Not
many writings worthy of the time and
trouble it took to give them mere peruna-
nent form and place them in general cir
culation. But today. acting on the theory
that every one has in his own experience
the makings of at least one book, We
find many a prentice hand dabbiing in
literature elegant Accomplishment
or mere pastime. to say nothing of
those who sci iously follow the literary
calling as a matter of plain and practi-
cal business. The rewards of success are
greater than ever, the number of practi-
TONERS is accordingly larger. Few of the
amateurs realize that one must learn how
to write s one would learn how to paint
or TO sing. The mastery of the pen is not
fortuitous or inspired. any more than the
command of the brush comes by happy
accident. The great writer's have pain
fully learned and have arduously toled
to reach the heights.
There was never such an embarrass-
ment of riches among the books as there
is at the present time, for the best of
literature iS given setting common
Surate with its enduring qualities The
sages are no longer clad i'm shabby raj
ment; poets who, in their lifetmes
starved and were neglected. find them
selves arrayed i'm purple and fine linen.
and those who had much ado to keep
soul and body together in this life are
ensbrned in fooled morocco and much
fine gold and decked edges. Truly this
and not the day of Virgil and Maecenas.
is the golden age of authorship,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
His Shining Gift.

From Puck.
Sweetheart" he began pasSionarely,
as she opened the door to him on
Christmas afternoon. Il have come to
offer you my little token of a merry
Christmas. | want you, when you wear
it, to consider it symbol of my
love Let it bind us closely together.
Dearest pray accept this little gift 1
am sure it will fit your finger.
She took the small box with tremb-
ling hands, giving him an altogether
adoring look and nesting closer, her
heart palpitating. At last he had made
good Oh. ten million joys, Then ten
million more.
Eagerly she lifted the cover and her
eyes met the bright shining brlliancy
of a beautiful-silver thimble,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25

AR1Y OSI men nave Just about enough
NfnI religion to make them miser-
able. To such religion is purely
negative proposition. It's a series of
''don'ts" which keeps them guessing. Its
a system which ISLANDERS the real thing.
There's nothing joyous or spontaneous
about it. Haven't you ever noticed the
injunctions in the Bible to rejoice ?
That's the Keynote of Christianity If
your religious life isn't joyful one there
is something wrong with it. Wade out.
Get beyond the breakers. It's safer there,
and smoother, and you'll have a better
time all around. But if you're shutting
the joy out of some other mans life
there's surely something wrong with you.
You may be doing it by rejecting your
own soured disposition. Your shadow may
be casting gloom over every man that
YOU influence. And if you are systemat-
ically crushing hope out of men, what
can be said for your religion?
Perhaps YOU say that YOU make no pre-
tense OF having any religion. Well there
are some mighty good men who make no
professio. of religion. But honestly-don't
you kno'. that YOU have actually adopted
a little creed of your own, and that you
really consider yourself superior to a lot
of other fellows in this old world who
nave passed through al that you are
now experiencing, but who are now band
ed together in church, for the purpose
Of orghnically trying to bring more cheer
and gladness to thousands of bur1ened
hearts? And they're doing it-these church
men. in spite of tremendous handicaps,
sometimes. They make mistakes once in
a while. but did you ever think of 1.-THE
worst of them came from the side that
you're on-the outside?
Come On-get in the game-play mans
part. Line up with the church of your
choice, and get busy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Waited So Long.

From Tit Bits.
Jones made an engagement with a lady
to take her for d drive The appointed
day came, hut at the livery stable all
the horses were out except one old shaky,
exceedingly gaunt beast. Mr.. Jones
hired il. and drove to his friends resi-
dence The lady kept him waiting neariS
an hour. and then. on reviewing tic
shabby outfit. fatty refused 10 accompany
him
Why" she exclaimed. that horse NAV
die of old age any moment.
Madame" Jones replied. when | al
RI ed that horse was a prancins young
colt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Famous Women's Names.

From the New York Press
census j. being taken up in literary
clubs here and abroad Of the Christian
names of women who have attained
fame in art. science. history and govern
ment- The results SO far obtained show
tie for first hOnors among Marys, Eliza.
beths and AIMS The next favorite name
OF INDUSTRIOUS women is Margaret. and
then come Jane Catherine. Frances, Sa-
ran. Harriet. Charlotte. Caroline. Lucy.
Matilda. Emily and susan The Mauds
GwendOlyns, Ediths. Ethels Hazels and
Roses are not famous enough To get i'm
the honorah BILE mention class so far. As
the census has not yet been comnleted
there still may be hope for some of the
latter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Too Hasty.
From Bits

BlIS.
At a lecture a well known authority
on economics mentioned the fact that
in some parts of America the number
of men was considerably larger than
that of women, and he added humor-
ously:
Il can. therefore. recommend the
ladies to emigrate to that part"
young woman seated in one of the
last rows of the auditorium got up
and full of Indignation. left the room
rather noisily, whereupon the lecturer
remarked:
done in such a hurry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
Stung!
From London Opinion

From London Opinion.
The husband arrived home much
later than usual from the office" He
took his boots and stole into the bed
room. but vain precaution. His wife
began to stir Quickly the panic
stricken man went to the cradle of his
first born and began to rock it yigor-
ously.
What are you doing there, Robert?
queried his wife.
I've been sitting here for nearly
two hours trying TO get this baby
asleep" he growled.
Why. Robert, I've got him here in
bed with me" said his spouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
The Deficiency.

From the Yoatl's Companion
If all the unwritten happenings of the
civil war should be put into print the re-
suit would he an exceedingly human and
humorous story.
Said colonel at kit inspection to Pri-
vate Flanagan:
Yes. shirts. socks, all very good. Now
can YOU assure me that all the articles
of your XIX have buttons on them?'
Il cannot sir" said Private Flanagan,
reluctantly.
''How's that. sir?'
Amt no buttons on the socks, sir"