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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-24
BUDDHIST SCRIPTURE OF TH|BET
Only Complete Copy in the Wester'
World Presented to the Vatican
Library.

The Vatican library has acquired a
new and precious addition to its treas
ures, for Mr.. George Pauling, through
Mgr. Prior, Judge of the Rota, has
presented to the Holy Father the only
complete copy in the whole western
world of the Buddhist Scriptures of
Thibet. It is bulky present, weigh
ing half ton and comprising over a
hundred volumes, and it has an inter
esting history. In 1871 the whole Thi-
betan Canon was printed at Narthang,
near Tashi-Ihunpo, the capital OF
Western Thibet. Other editions were
afterwards printed in other languages,
but his Thibetan has held pre-emin-
ence for the purity of it's text and for
it's rareness, for until recently only
the great monasteries of Thibet have
possessed complete copy, and this
is regarded as most sacred treasure.
But as the last visit of the Dalai Lama
to Pekin, the Pontiff of Thibetan
Buddhism had two complete copies
struck off from the old blocks as a
present for the empress Of China. For
some cause not sufficiently explained
only one copy passed into the posses,
sion of the empress. The other was
obtained by Lord French, from whom
it passed to Mr.. Percy Browne, and
eventually to Mr.. George Pauling, who
recently forwarded it to Mgr. Prior,
to be offered to the Holy Father as a
gift for the Vatican library.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-24

University, of Washington, one of the
best known authorities on Coptic lit
erature. Professor Hyvernat has done
sufficient preliminary work on the col
lection to estimate it's value as con-
tribut1on to the worlds knowledge OF
this branch of ancient literature and
sacred art. He says that it is "the
most complete and, from the point of
view of ancient Christian art, the most
valuable yet known" Mr.. Morgan in
tends to put the collection in such
shape as will allow the scientific world
to profit by the great addition to the
knowledge of Coptic literature brought
about by this most recent find.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-24
POLISH PRIESTS CONVENTION
important Subject Discussed at Ma
tionaI Gathering in Detroit.

Great interest attached to the
national convention of Polish priests
held in Detroit recently. Nearly
eight hundred were in attendance 1t
was the first gathering of its kind
ever held and is of especial import
ance to the Polish Catholics in this
country. Right Rev. Bishop Paul P.
Rhode, of Chicago, opened the con-
yention with the celebration OF sol
emn Pontifcal High Mass at st.
Casimir's Church, Detroit
Bishop Foley of Detroit, his
auxiliary, Bishop Kelly, of Ann Arbor,
Bishop Richter of Grand Rapids, Bish-
op Els of Marquette, Mich, and Bishop
Schrembs of Toledo, we're prelates
attending.
The convention was called by Bish-
ep Rhode and the officers of the
Polish Priests Association. During
the sessions a number of excellent
papers were read and discussed.
Among questions that came up for con-
sideration were how to coun-
teract the evils of the Socialistic and
infidel Polish papers in the United
States and how to strengthen the
Catholic Polish dailies in this country.
What should be done for the Polish
emigrants when they land; the found
ing of national union of Catholic
young men among the Poles, who shall
fearlessly engage in the work that
may be allotted to them by the conven-
tion; and the founding of a Polish
Catholic University.
In the United States the number of
Catholic Poles was estimated in the
convention at about three million. To
minister to the spiritual needs of these
people there are approximately only
eight hundred priests. Catholic dali.
les in the Polish language are pub.
lished in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee
and Buffalo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-24
VALUABLE COPT|C LIBRARY
FIFTY VOLUMES OF ANCIENT
MANUSCRIPT OWNED RY
MR.. MORGAN.
A Priceless Collection - Found in
Ancient Egyptian Monastery-Edit-
ed by Professor Hyvernat of the
Catholic University.

At the December meeting of the
Archaeological Institute of America,
held at Pittsburg, it was announced,
says the Catholic University Bulletin,
that the most complete and valuable
collection of Coptic manuscripts yet
unearthed in Egypt, had come into the
possession of ]. P. Morgan, of New
York. 1t consists of fifty volumes,
some of which contain as many as nine
or ten treatises by the monks of the an
cient Church of Alexandria. Nine or
ten of them are still in their original
binding; and many are adorned with
'full-page pictures representing the
Blessed Virgin, Angels and Saints.
They date from the ninth and tenth
centuries and are the earliest ex-
amples of Coptic art yet discovered.
The collection is rich in biblical
manuscripts. 1t contains six COM
plete books of the Old Testament: and
of the New Testament, three complete
gospels those Of Matthew, Mark and
John-a portion of the gospel of st.
Luke, the fourteen epistles of st. Paul,
two of st. Peter, and three of st. John.
It also contains several works that
throw new light upon the liturgical
observances of the early Church of
Alexandria, in addition to some
apocryphal literature.
This great mass of manuscript was
discovered about twenty months ago
by wandering Arabs in a stone vat
among the ruins of what had been the
Convent of the Archangel Michael, in
the Fayum district of Egypt. They
were sold to different people by the
Arabs and after much labor and ex
pense they were all brought together
| by M. Chassinat, head of the French
Institute of Archaeology, of Cairo, and
Professor Hyvernat, of the Catholic
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-24
PAPAL HONORS
Father Heer, Pastor of st. Marys
Church, Dubuque, made Prothono-
tary ApostoIic-Sketch of His Ca
reer.

Rev. George w. Heer, pastor of st.
Mary's Church, Dubuque, has been ele-
waited to the dignity of Prothonotary
Apostolic by His Holiness, Pope Plus
X. The title of Prothonotary Apostolic
makes Father Heer member of the
highest college of prelates in the Ro-
man Curia, and gives him the right to
wear the mitre, the pectoral cross, and
the ring, besides the privilege of cele-
brating Pontifical High Mass.
Father Heer graduated from the
Salesianum, st. Francis Seminary of
Milwaukee. His first charge as an
assistant was at st. Peters Church,
Keokuk. He became a pastor of the
Catholic Church at Keokuk shortly af-
forwards, and served year and a
half at this place. Following this he
was stationed for five years at Cen
tralia, nine years at Worthington, and
sixteen years at Dyersville. While pas
tor of Worthington he was directly in
strumental in the erection of the beau
tiful Catholic Church at that place. AT
Dyersville he founded the st. Francis
high school for boys, under the charge
of the Brothers of Mercy
Following the death of the lamented
Rev. Father Johannes, Father Heer
was appointed pastor of st. Mary's
Church in 1905. Since that time he has
founded the st. Mary's high school for
boys under the direction of the Order
of the Brothers of Mary, and last yeal
started the $4,000 improvements on
the big edifice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-24
Christ the Divine Teacher.

God, In His Wisdom and bounty, did
not leave mankind to the guidance OF
private judgment I'm the most import
ant of all matters, the salvation of inn
mortal souls, but promised the pres
ence and authority Oh Divine teach
er, who shall remain ON earth until the
end or the world. This Divine Teacher is
CONTINUED ON page ID
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-24
CATHOLIC vERElN HOME BURNED

A fire recently destroyed the house
of the Catholic Verein in Bingen on
the Rhine, together with it's valuable
library.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-02
A MARTYR TO GOD AND SCIENCE.

In the columns of a scientific review
occurs a tribute to the Catholic mis-
sionary. Mr.. Fothergill, a non-Cath-
Ollie, states that he found the priests
devoting all their attention to the ma
tives and raising fine people who
seemed to be incapable of any kind
of instruction. Mention is made of
young missionary down in the Congo
who for the sake of science watched
his symptoms and set down all the
changes in his condition as they &C.
Cured. His Bishop supplements the
report with the details which have
their own peculiar interest.
"One of our Fathers says Bishop
Augouard, was stricken with the
sleeping sickness. This malady, as
you know, is incurable. 1t is certain
death, which comes slowly and lasts
approximately six months. This
Father came to me, made known his
condition and asked that he be sent
back to France to die, saying: I am
sorry that | have been stricken so
soon and will be of no service here.
My death, however, may be of service
to science, and | therefore ask that |
be sent to the Pasteur Institute, where
the disease may be watched and the
doctors may discover a remedy for the
disease of which I am dying. This
may help others. | will give an author
ization under my own name permitting
them full scope for their experiments.
With some hesitation | thought it my
duty as a priest and missionary to
accept the offer of such an heroic act
and sent the young Father to the Pas
teur Institute, where he is venerated
as martyr For four months he sub
mitted to many painful experiments
without a sign even of Impotence.
do not know that you are acquainted
with certain minor operations which
are performed to find out the condi-
ton of the organs. 1t is a painful
ordeal producing atrocious suffering.
Many of them were performed, at the
request of the Father One day,
weakened out from these experiments,
he went to the Luxembourg Garden to
read his breviary. The book dropped
from his hands and he fell dead in one
of the paths of the garden and thus
ended his apostolate. You would like
the name of the priest? Certainly as
long as he is dead. He was Father
Beauchene."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-02
ASIA MINOR.

The Rev. Father S. Andee, S. j., of
Adana, writes us the following inter-
esting items:
"On account of the Italo-Turkish
war, the Turks of our district have
either been furnished with arms by
the government or have been allowed
to purchase them. Naturally, there
is at present quite an excitement
among our Turks, and all foreigners
have become suspects. The mob
would willingly take a revenge on
Italians, were they not out of reach,
or on foreigners living in their midst,
were they not protected by their re-
spective consulates. The native Chris
tians only are an easy prey. Their
spells would be quite welcome to the
fanatic mob, to help them to replenish
their empty Golfers. 1t is not ques-
ton of patriotism, but of lust for
booty.
Our Lord has manifestIy extended
His protection on our work. We have
325 pupils in our college. The Sisters
of st. Joseph of Lyons have 625 girls
is their day school and 200 in their
academy. We give meals to lit
orphans"
The Rev. Father wishes our readers
to pray for his mission, that God may
protect it during these days full oil
threatening dangers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-02
$4,000, 10000 FOR MISSION WORK IN
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH..

The Presbyterian Board of Home
Missions received last year $1,192,-
$500. The Board of Foreign Mis-
sions received. $1,71S,526.0O. The
general missionary work of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States
was therefore subsidized to the enor-
nous extent of $2,911, $500. or very
near three million dollars. The people
who give to the missions are old-fash-
toned Protestants, staunch in their
faith and loyal to the interests Of
their church. Three millions of dol
lars in one year, that is over thirty
per cent. greater than the annual gift
of ten years ago, and yet it is often
said that Professionalism is disintegrat-
ing and we sit down with folded hands
to await the time when "some one
will carry the corpse off the field" 1t
is a pretty lively corpse that can sit
up long enough to put its hands down
deep into his pockets and pull out
S3,000,000.00 for extending the infiu-
ence of the Church at home and
abroad.
These totals are about ten times the
amounts that are given for pure mis-
sionary purposes among Catholics.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-02

into the next world to beg his pardon
and be with him, il could have gone.
Pride seems pretty small thing when
death comes When / went to see
him and he lay there SO strong, SO
quiet, accomplishing, just as he al
ways had been, then knew what I'd
done, what I'd lost. And the real loss
wasn't when he died, mind you, but
remembering that ! had hurt him,
parted from him, been headstrong
So then I did what I'd ought to have
done before it was too late, laid my
head down on that kind shoulder and
told him how wrong I'd been, and
begged him to forgive me. He never
moved, nor noticed, and nothing could
have showed me he was dead like
that, for that was not like Jim. That's
why live alone, my dears, and why
l weave and weave, with no one to
do for me! And that's why I see life
in my weaving and the color blindness
of lots of folks, and the snarled warp
they tangle for themselves, just as
did-just as / did, and wouldn't pick
out the snarl till too late. when God
had cut my thread"
The second Jim, Lucy's lover,
sprang up as the story ended, Lucy"
he cried stretching out his arms
But Lucy had anticipated him.
Tears We're streaming down her face
as she ran toward him. ooh, Jim,
dear old Jim, forgive me! I've been
horrid little wretch, but I'm sorry,
Jim; I was sorry all the time!"
Jim kissed her tenderly. I'm not
going to have any one call you names,
little Lu, not even you!" he said
The weaver had gone back into the
corner and seated herself at her loom.
A gentle smile rested on her sad lips
and satisfaction lighted up her age
beaten face as she tied a fresh ball
of brown warp to the end of her weav-
ing and set the treadle in motion.
Lucy ran over to her and stopped
her work with hand on each bent
shoulder as she kissed her.
How did you happen to tell us this
story? Did you guess?" she cried.
Il wanted to tell it, said the weav-
err. Il watched you coming up the hill
and | saw you had got your warp
tangled. l didn't want to see your
weaving spoiled-you're both so young
and look such nice children"
you've untangled u.s." cried Lucy
delightedly. You're wonderful
weaver!"
Jim shook both the gnarled hands
that he had taken from the loom into
his own. I'm mighty grateful to
you. I wonder if another Jim mayn't
be allowed to prove his gratitude?" he
said.
The old woman looked up and
smiled at him. You're a dear boy"
she said simply. Maybe you came
this way to be woven into my pattern
I'd like to have you take an interest
in me; need it. We never know
what materials God is bringing us to
weave. I'm sort of glad I'm a weaver;
it seems to show me a lot, and weav-
ing, warp and wool, may mean most
anything"
I-MaTon Ames Ta0gart in Catholic Home Annual
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-02
LACK OF RELIGIOUS FACILITIES.

The amount of money expended
every year by the different Protestant
Home Missionary Societies is enough
to fill Catholics with wonder. Last
year it was estimated by one in touch
with these societies that the amount
reached the enormous sum of forty
million dollars. But it will be greater
source of wonder to know that while
many of these millions are spent an
nually for the purpose of building
chapeIs and organizing Sunday Schools
in out-of-the-way places, nevertheless,
there are ten thousand towns in the
states west of the Missouri River,
wherein there is not only no Christian
church or chapel Of any kind whatever,
but not even any sort of religious
station.
Some years ago the Church Exten-
sion Society claimed that for the en-
tire United States only one out of
every ten small centers of population
possessed a Catholic Church. The
statement was questioned; but it ap-
pears from the statistics furnished by
Protestants that the statement was
rather conservative. 1t is astonishing
to know that there are ten thousand
towns in the West alone without a
chapel of any kind.
The investigators on behalf of the
Protestant Missionary Societies have
gone to a great deal of trouble and
will finish their work about July list,
1912, and publish the survey. Every
little center of population in the en-
tire West is to be shown, with what
ever Christian effort there is, either
Catholic or Protestant.
The policy of the Catholic Church
Extension Society in urging the build
ing of little chapels seems certainly to
have been wise one. One might well
wonder, previous to the publication of
the Protestant statistics, if We could
find places where chapels could be
built at the rate of three a week, as
Church Extension is doing now 1t
looks as if we might build them at the
rate of three a day. Still we find
many centers where there are CathO-
lie families in danger of falling away
from their Faith
The writer of this article was in the
Church Extension Office last week.
Two ladies called, fresh from Mon
tana, and the visits were very close to
each other. They were asking for
different chapels for Catholic families
-settlers-in the same county and
even in the same parish. Both of them
said that many of the settlers had al
ready ceased calling themselves Cath
olics and their children were going to
the Protestant Sunday Schools, estab-
lished in the school houses.
When a Jealous Catholic knows that
$4,000 spent through the Society will,
in almost every case, insure one of
these little settlements being saved to
the Faith, he cannot but feel that the
Memorial Chapel idea of the founders
of Extension is full of possibilities for
great good.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-02

Yet Catholics are accounted to be
generous givers to church expenses.
Their giving, however, is parochial.
1t is only recently that they have be-
gun to learn the need and at the same
time the value of missionary giving.
When this lesson has been we'll
learned by heart and assimilated into
practical life then will missionary
work of the Catholic Church prosper
The Missionary.
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The weaver nodded. Jim; my dear,
true, patient, good Jim," she said un-
steadily. THE man / was going to
marry. l felt widowed when we
parted, but l wouldn't send for him
and do what l wanted to do, just cry
on his shoulder and tell him knew l
was in the wrong! He'd have come if
I'd sent; he'd sure have come! There
wasn't mean, small thing in all Jim's
six foot of manhood; he wasn't one
to hold a grudge, Jim wasn't. He'd
made up and been glad to, any minute.
But / never sent. l used to grieve
and cry, but I wouldn't give in. And
then one day he died. There was a
sudden thaw and another man, poor,
good-for-nothing, hardly ever sober,
started out across the pond on the ice,
and 1t broke. Jim saw is and went out
after him. He got the man UP and the
chill had sobered him so he held on
to the ice and scrambled out, but Jim
was hit on the head by sharp piece
of ice, and-well, Jim didn't get out.
He died to save that poor imitation of
a man; big, noble jim! Well, no one
knows why God weaves as He does.
But they said the poor creature re
pented and lived decently after that,
and Jim never had done anything
really bad to repent of, SO maybe that
was why he died to give the other a
chance. When went to see him
was ready enough to go to see him
then! I'd have followed him gladly
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-07
STOMACH MISERY
JUST vAN|SHES
No Indigestion, Gas or Sour
ness after Taking "Pape's
Diapepsin."

IL what you just ate is souring On
stomach or lies like q lump of
lead. refusing to digest. OF you belch
gas n eructate u undigested
food. Or have a feeling Of dizziness.
heartburn. fullness. nausea. bad taste
in mouth and stomach headache
this is indigestion.
costs only fifty cents and will thor
oughly cure your out-of-order stom-
ach. and leave sufficient about the
house In case some one else In the
family may suffer from stomach trou-
bic or indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on these
ifty-cent cases. then you will under.
stand why dyspeptic trouble Of all
relieve sour. out-of-order stomachs
or indigestion In five minutes. Dia-
pepsin is harmless and tastes like
candy. though each dose contains
power sufficient to digest and prepare
for assimilation into the blood ali the
food o eat: besides, 1t makes you
go to the table with a healthy appe-
ute; but. what will please o most
Is that you will feel that your stom.
ach and intestines are clean and
fresh. and you will not need to resort
to laxatives or liver pills for bilious.
ness Or constipation
n city will have many Diapepsin
cranks. as some people will call them
blu o will be cranky about tht.
splendid stomach preparation. too. II
you ever try a little for indigestion
or gastritis or any other stomach
misery.
Get some now. this minute. and for.
ever rid yourself Of stomach trouble
n indigestion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-07
BUSINESS
BEING DONE
Wasp Mine at Deadwood, S.
D., is Rich-Will
Treat Ores.

Deadwood. S. D.. Sept. 1.-THE
Wasp mine No. 2 has added anothe,
dividend Of $4,000 to its record,
which brings the total dividend pay
ment for this property to over $751;.
900. with n total production during
l65.6S0.25. or over three quarters oi
a million tons of ore. This is consid.
cred an unusually fine ercord when
1t is taken into O that the Wasp
is the lowest grade economically run
mine in the country. the average value
CT the ore the fifteen years being but
$3.50. About lOO men are employed
at the property.
The Mogul Mining company is TAX
ing out about fifty tons a day and is
not likely to increase this amount
much until it gets a mill of Its own,
the Puma plant having burned last
spring. The company has been ship
ping its ore to the Lundberg. Dorr
& Wilson mill at Terry and getting
good results.
The Black Hills Mining and Milling
company. controlled by Paul Rev.
mani. Ed Manion and associates,
which is working the old Hanschka
ground in the johnson gulch district,
west of here. is running through
about ninety ton a day in the old
Deadwood standard mill. which was
remodeled and is making a good
showing.
Placer Project a Success.
With ground enough for twenty
wears of dredging operation. the Cas-
tie Creek Hydraulic Placer Mining
company is making another success
with its work on Castle creek. south
of here.
Repairs and additions to the mill OF
the Victoria Mining company. operat-
I 81 M ,SAy OVAL N@~ @~~ SpytI1
increase its capacity to nearly 300
tons daily. The treatment plant is
capable Of running 200 tons a day
and some test runs just made proved
highly satisfactory and the mine il
being developed for regular ship
ments.
Officers of the Minnesota Mines
company. which has been idle for two
years pending litigation. have just
paid its Indebtedness of over $4,000
and are in a position to undertake
development work. The property has
several good vertical quartz veins
which nav been partly developed,
and has ore in sight which will keep
the mill running some time.
Sulphide Ore Will be Treated.
The new rooster which the Golden
Reward Mining company is installing
at the Astoria shaft in the Bald noun
tain district. will be ready for opera
tion before winter. 1t has a capacity
Of seventy-fve tons daily and was Sc
cured to give a preliminary treatment
to the big body of sulphide ore that
was found in the fiat formation over
a year ago and which has yet been
"nwoTled. as it requires more thar
I'e regular process. Should this
rooster prove the success expected,
another unit will be added to it and
the capacity Of the Deadwood cyanide
Mill increased to handle the greater
output.
President Nels Nelson of the Ana.
conda Mining company has returned
from Minnesota and is prepared to
carry out his plans of development on
the Elk Creek ground. A treatment
plant of 200 or more tons will be
Erected.