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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
PROHIBITION AND THE NEGRO.

Prohibition is the greatest blessing
to my race since the emancipation
proclamation of Abraham Lincoln"
Booker r. Washington declared in an
address before the Englewood, ILL.,,
Law and Order League, in which he
dealt with the race problem from a
new angle.
'Nine-tenths of the lynchings," DR..
Washington declared, "are caused
first by idleness, and then by cheap
whisky, which clogs the brains of bad
white men and colored men. Take
away whisky and you will decrease
the lynchings by 80 per cent"
GAS practical proposition, eco
nomically, socially, industrially, NOR
ally and religiously, prohibition in the
south is blessing to my race. Since
Atlanta has been prohibition territory
colored people have bought twice the
amount of property they did before.
Similar results are apparent every
where.
cts opponents will tell you that
prohibition is a failure in the south
and elsewhere and that more whisky
is sold Well, then, why not keep the
barrooms closed. With my race 1t Is
the open saloon, with the physical at
traction of whisky, that leads to de-
moralization."
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become a source Of sin, as for in
stance, masquerade balls, are new
err allowed. -

According to press reports more
than five hundred saloonkeepers of
Chicago did not renew their
licenses on May l, the beginning of
the second quarter. The reason
assigned for this is that men Of
all classes are drinking less than
heretofore and, as consequence,
the daily receipts Of the business
do not justify a continuance. De-
spite this falling off, however, in
the number Of saloons there are
still enough thirst parlors in the
Windy City to satisfy the needs of
those who love the amber fluid be-
meath the foam as well as it's
stronger brother. Nevertheless, it
is a good sign of the times and we
hope that what is said to be true
of Chicago can soon be predicated
Of all American cities. It is a con-
summation devoutly to be wished.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
THE BOOK BARROW.

A unique method Of distributing
Catholic literature has been in
augurated in Chaplain, England.
The members Of the Catholic
Reading Guild Of that city are
utilizing a wheelbarrow in the
carrying on of their crusade for
the dissemination Of a truer knowl-
edge Of Catholic teaching. The
wheelbarrow is so constructed as
to serve the purpose Of a bookrack
which can be wheeled about from
place to place under the direction
of the Barrow Brigade. The wheel
barrow is we'll stocked with all
kinds of Catholic literature and
every effort is made by those in
charge to bring it's contents to the
notice Of the general public. This
preambulating bookrack has been
in use only a short time, but it has
already justified the experiment.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
DRINK AND INSANITY.

The Commissioners in Lunacy for
England and Wales estimate that
there are about three insane persons
who come from an apparently sane
stock for every one whose family his
tory contains record of insanity.
This does not mean, says the Saturday
Evening Post, that in only one case
out of four is insanity inherited. The
question of hereditary transmission, as
the commissioners show, is much too
complicated to be settled by these
first-hand figures. In many instances
where no positive insanity can be
found in the family, marked "insta-
bility of the nervous system" can be
discovered-and the commonest cause
of this ancestral instability of the
nervous system is alcohol. A hard
drinker, in short, though himself
escaping lunacy, may transmit ten
dency to insanity. Aside from the
question of heredity, two other fac
TORS" says the commission, stand out
prominently in the history of insane
persons. These are the taxic agent
alcohol and mental stress" The stress
that is prolonged-as worry, anxiety,
sorrow-results in insanity much more
frequently than does a sudden shock.
And of all known agencies for pro-
ducing worry, anxiety and sorrow,
none probably is quite as effective as
alcohol
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
PRIESTLY HEROISM.

According to the Sacred Heart
Review, the German priest who,
with Father Byles Of England,
went down into the deep when the
Titanic foundered, was Father
Peruschutz. Whether or not a
third priest, Father Sullivan, who
is said to have embarked on the
Titanic, was really aboard has not
been definitely ascertained.
The reports given to the world
by some of the survivors from
among the steerage passengers
leave no doubt as to the heroic
conduct Of the devoted priests who
sacrificed their lives in the per-
Torrance of their spiritual duties.
Their determination to risk death
in order to be Of service to the
passengers causes no surprise to
those who are aware that a priest
places his duty towards his fellow
men before every other considera-
ton. Every thought Of self is
pushed to the background when
there is question Of exercising the
sacred functions of the priesthood
on behalf Of those in danger of
death.
According to the accounts given
by survivors "Father Byles and
another priest stayed with the peo-
pie after the last boat had gone
and a big crowd, a hundred may
be, knelt before him. They were
Catholics, Protestants and Jewish
people who were kneeling there
Father Byles told them to prepare
to meet God and he said the ros,
ary. The others answered him
Father Byles and the other priest
were still standing there praying
when the water came over the
deck"
The heroism of these priests has
not been heralded abroad in the
public press, but we know that
the conduct of the brave laymen
who unselfshly yielded their
places that the women and chill,
dren might be saved was not half
as inspiring and salutary as that OF
these humble priests who, in the
face of imminent death, Gained
the distracted passengers and
raised their voices in supplication
and their hands in absolution as
the waves washed over the sinking
vessel. Who can estimate the
number of souls they may have
been instrumental in saving fo1
the kingdom of God?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
THE CATHOLIC FOREIGN MIS-
SION SEMINARY OF
AMERICA.

At their recent meeting in
Washington on April Is, the Most
Reverend Archbishops Of the
United States emphasized their de-
sire for the speedy completion of
the ly-established Foreign
Mission Seminary which is to be
erected at Hawthorne, N. Y. His
Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, Presi-
dent of the Board Of Archbishops,
issued letter to the members of
the Episcopate, the Reverend
Clergy and the Catholic laity Of
the United States, in which, on be-
half of the Archbishops, he COM
mends the Foreign Mission Sem
mary and it's Reverend Directors,
Fathers Walsh and Price, who are
preparing to receive their first
students the coming fall. This
Seminary, says the Cardinal,
which will be known as the Catho-
lie Foreign Mission Seminary
OF America, is designed to meet
the need of the Church universal
the preparation Of Catholic
American priests to labor among
the heathens who, it is well to re
call, number yet more than two
thirds of the human race. The
new work is a national one.
= The time is undoubtedly
ripe for this movement and the
opportunity should be seized with
out delay. Political changes in
heather countries, especially in the
Far East; interference with the
sources of supply in France; the
emergence of our country from a
missionary status; and the adj
mitted prosperity of the American
Church as whole these are all
strong reasons compelling not only
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our attention, but our practical in
terest.
Nor will the Church at home
suffer in consequence of this move
ment. We need more priests here
but the arm of God is not short
ened" and we believe that the
sacrifice of self-exiled American
youth will arouse extra vocations
for our own country. We believe
that this Seminary will be a dis
tinct help to our clergy and laity,
keeping before us all the sublime
ideal of the apostolate. In an age
when material comforts are fast
running towards luxury it is we'll
to strike this note of whole
hearted immolation for Christ and
souls.
Other countries, not so well off
as we, are already far ahead of us
in this work for the heather. Hol-
land, small as she is, counts with
in her borders some twenty for
eign mission houses; Belgium has
long been well supplied; Germany
is forming an ever-increasing, and
even now considerable, army of
missioners; and the Catholics of
England, though few, are already
provided with national Seminary
for foreign missions. France,
crippled as she is, is struggling to
keep up her generous supply.
We urge, then, and with insist
ence, that a whole-hearted cooper
alton be given to the priests who
are zealously striving to set on
foot what is bound to be, with
Gods grace, a most important
spiritual enterprise-one that can
not fail to. bring upon the Church
in. this country many needed
graces from Him who came to save
all.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
AMERICAN LEAGUE OF CATH.
OLIC WOMEN.

An effort is being made, under
the direction Of Archbishop Mess
mer, Of Milwaukee, to organize a
National League Of Catholic
Women to work side by side with
the American Federation of Cath
Ollie Societies, though along some
what different lines. The idea was
first considered by the Advisory
Board of the Louisiana State Fed
GRAFTON which, at it's meeting last
August, adopted resolution in
structing it's delegates to the Ma
tional Convention at Columbus,
Ohio, ''to recommend to the ma
tional body the ACCESSIBILITY of
seriously considering this all-im-
portant subject At it's conven-
ton in Chicago last September,
the German Catholic Central So,
ciety took steps towards the form
alton of a National Federation of
Catholic Women which would be
an auxiliary to it. But the honor
of forming the first Catholic
Woman s Federation in the United
States goes to the parish Of ST.
Tammany, Slidell, La, whose WON
ems societies, through their dele,
gates, formed federation last
February.
Encouraged by these prelimi-
nary meetings, Archbishop Mess.
mer wrote letter to the "Morn.
ing STAR" Of New Orleans, in
which he expressed the hope that
an organization of Catholic women
might be formed which, under pro,
per conditions, should be able to
muster at least one hundred thou.
sand members by next summer.
He argues that religion and NOR
atty are the two great foundations
Of all true welfare and happiness
and that it is the great privilege
and exalted calling of the Chris
tan mother to SOW the first seeds
Of these fundamental principles
and virtues in the heart of her
children. It is the almost equally
important privilege and calling OF
Christian women, married or un-
married, to transplant and expand
the work Of the Christian home
into the Christian society, and thus
to foster and strengthen the public
or social interests of religion and
morality, by all of which the tenn
poral well-being of man will be Sc
cured, no less than his spiritual
welfare. This is the era of won.
ans work. In that work, as in all
else, union means strength.
He calls attention to the fact
that similar associations have been
formed in Germany, France, Eng
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
THE MORTAL SINS OF DRINK.

The following decisions as to mortal
sins in connection with liquor were
laid down by Bishop O'Reilly, Of Liv-
erpool, about thirty years ago:
L. Whosoever drinks deliberately
to such an extent as to lose his reason
commits mortal sin.
2. Whosoever knows by past ex-
perience that when drunk he is &C.
customed to blaspheme, or utter other
improper language, or injure others
about him, besides the sin of drunken
ness, is guilty of those other crimes
committed during the state of intoxi-
cation.
3. Whosoever does not adopt the
proper means for the correction of
this vicious habit of drunkenness re-
mains in a continual state of sin.
4. Whosoever entices or urges an
other to excess in drinking, who he
foresees will be intoxicated, commits
mortal sin.
.. Any seller of liquor who contin-
ues to supply to any individual that he
knows will become intoxicated there
with commits a mortal sin, because he
deliberately co-operates with the griev-
Gus sin of another.
6. Whoever is guilty of excess in
drinking, though not to intoxication,
in such way as to cause distress in
his family by squandering that which
is needed for their support commits a
mortal sin against charity and JUS
tice. In like manner, whosoever thus
renders himself unable to pay his law
full debts, though he may not drink to
intoxication, commits a mortal sin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
WORLDS DEBT TO MONKS
Protestant Pays Tribute to Their
Learning and Devotion.

Rev. DR.. N. M. Waters, Congrega-
tional minister, Brooklyn, in recent
discourse on st. Bernard, paid this
tribute to the Monks of the past:
"Out of the Monasteries came the
printing press; out Of the Monster
les came the universities; out of the
Monasteries came the libraries; out
of the Monasteries came the Prayer
Book, the Litany, the TIE Deum. 1t
was in the Monasteries the founda-
ton of English literature was laid;
it was in the Monasteries that the
first New Testament was written; 1t
was in a Monastery that the Bible
was first translated into English.
"The Monk, under God, was the
great architect of civilization.
"These Monks were scholars. These
Monks had the time and the learning
and the devotion in an age when there
were no books to seek out for all the
sources OF the Bible, and to copy and
illumine old letters and old manu-
scripts.
Take all the manuscripts from
which our modern Bible is derived,
which have had such strange story
of preservation; not one OF them
would exist today had 1t not been for
the fidelity and the scholarship OF
the Monks OF the Middle Ages. They
kept learning alive, they wrote the only
books i'm that time, some Of which are
alive still. Many Of our hymns came
from those distant ages. Our Jeru-
salem the Golden came from the pen
OF the Abbot OF Cluny. It was St.
Bernard OF Clairvaux who wrote %
Sacred Head Now Wounded
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

One Of the regulations Of the
Diocesan Synod recently held in
Kansas City provides that: 'tThe
Bishops permission in writing is
required for the holding Of fairs,
bazaars and the like, but these
gatherings must not be held on
Sundays, holydays Of obligation
or on their vigils, or during the
seasons of Advent and Lent.
Dancing and intoxicating drinks
are strictly forbidden on these oc-
casions, and under no circum-
stances or pretext is a church Or a
religious institution to accept
money that has been made in con-
nection with a dance at any time.
All entertainments that may easily
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
NATIONAL SOBRIETY ADVAN.
TAGEOUS.

In recent address, the crown
prince of Sweden made the following
strong statement:
"The temperance movement is one
of the greatest of our time; a move
ment by which the people will gain
self-reliance and self-control. The
final aim is nothing else than the most
complete possible liberation of our
people from the destructive effects of
the use of alcohol. That nation which
is first to free itself from the injurious
effects of alcohol will thereby attain
a marked advantage over other ma
tons in the amicable yet intensive
struggle for existence"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

In the list Of English-speaking
seminaries throughout the world,
published in the thirteenth volume
of the Catholic Encyclopedia,
there is no mention of the Semin-
airy of st. Paul, which ranks
among the foremost in this coun-
try. No doubt, it's omission is an
oversight, for mention is made of
the Seminary in the body of the
article, but the mistake should be
rectified in the supplementary vol
ume Of corrections and additions
which the publishers intend to is
sue.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04
REASONS FOR TEMPERANCE.

Four excellent reasons are given for
temperance. First It In the duty we
owe to God. Drunkenness il fruit
full source OF evil In the world. Con-
vinced OF this It become our duty to
practice temperance and encourage
others to do the same. Second, it il
duty we owe the church. Third, It
Is duty we owe to our country, and,
fourth, It is duty we owe ourselves.
Four good reasons, and meditation on
your part will show you their force.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

The Right Reverend Bishop Cor
bett, of Crookston, has issued an
appendix to the Diocesan Statutes
published some time ago in which
he lays down additional regula-
tons for the government Of his
Diocese in temporal and spiritual
matters. These regulations refer
to the incorporation of church
property, episcopal visitations,
administration Of Confirmation,
parochial schools, Holy Week, col
lection at church doors, and other
matters of interest to priests and
people.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

The Right Reverend P. A. Nc
Govern, D. D., Bishop of Chey-
enne, appointed as his Vicar Gen.
eral the Right Reverend Mgr
Hugh Cummiskey, Of Laramie
Wyo. Mgr. Cummiskey has spent
more than thirty years in pastoral
work in the State Of Wyoming. He
has been Vicar General under four
Bishops, and Administrator Of the
Diocese four times.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

The Right Reverend Joseph H.
Conroy, D. D., Auxiliary Bishop of
Ogdenburg, was consecrated THU
lar Bishop of Arindela in st.
Mary's Cathedral, Ogdensburg, on
May l. The consecrating prelate
was His Eminence Cardinal Far
ley, Of New York, assisted by
Bishop Gabriels, of Ogdensburg,
and Bishop Cotton, of Buffalo.
Bishop Hickey, Of Rochester,
preached the conservation sermon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

The western Catholic" pub
lished at Vancouver, B. c., by the
Rev. Austin Bonner, has evolved
into an eight-page, six-column
newspaper-quite an improvement
over the old form. and an evidence
of prosperity on which we con-
graduate our Canadian contem-
pOrary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

There is no form of devotion in
honor Of the Blessed Virgin more
prolific of grace than the daily rec
itation Of the beads. Let us
crown our Lady with the rosary
of our prayers during this month
set apart for her special honor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

The Mother of God is our mother
also: hence, the month Of Mary is
a time of abundant grace for the
soul that has recourse to her inter
cession.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

Entered as second-class matter. Jan
uary IL, 1911, at the post office, st.
Paul, Mimi, under Act of March 3. 1879.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

REV. JAMES M. REARDoN, Editor. :
ST.. O'CoNNoR, Business MANAGER.
B. P. KoLEsxY, Advertising Manager
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-10
LOCAL NOTICES.

Notices will be inserted in this
column in reading matter type at the
rate of ten cents a line for the first
insertion and five cents a line for sub
sequent insertions of the same copy.l
Some new shades and varieties of
blotters just received at The Gale
donian Office.
1 have now on hand the Coffee
sold at the Fairbanks Grocery store.
known as the FairbI nks Blend of
Coffee, 35 cents per pound. A. H.
Gleason.
Ernest E. Drown, Prospect
street, hackman, successor to John
Drew. Both phones.
Furs remodelIed-Let us remodel
and repair your furs before it gets
too cold. Belknap Millinery.
Better than home cake. Berwick
Oak Grove pound cake, at Gleason's
store.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-10
NEW FIRE DISTRICT.
The st. Johnsbury East Fire Dis
trict Has Been Organized.

The people of East St. Johnsbury
proposed to have organized fire pro-
lection and petitioned the selectmen
to grant them a nre district. They
have granted the petition which
asked that it be known as ''the st.
Johnsbury East Fire District" but
it is designated by the selectmen as
Fire District No. 2.
The first meeting of the dis
trict was held in the vestry of the
Congregational church on the eve
ming of Jan. and the following Of
ficers elected:
Clerk, L. M. Locke; prudential
committee, Charles Wark, Charles
Owen and Rev. E. E. Grant; treasur-
er, Roy BIodgett; chief engineer,
Eugene Shastany The rate of tax
alton was left to be decided at a
future meeting.
The district is in the southeast
corner of the town and includes the
village of East ST. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-01-10
BIG GRANITE CONTRACT
Woodbury. Granite Company to
Furnish Granite for Post Office.
VII Lower Tariff.
Washington. Jan. 8.


Dear Caledonian friends:=
After weeks of cutting and cover
ing and backing and filing the gov
erment has finally given the contract
for supplying the stone for the new
city postoffice here, the granite part
of it, to the Woodbury. Granite COM
pany, of which George H. Bickford
of Hardwick is general manager.
This is probably the largest govern
ment contract for granite ever
awarded. The government pays
$55O,000 for the stone, which is
certainly some cash for Caledonia
county and will make business hum
in and around that neck of woods
for many moons to come. The bid
of this company was $95, 900 higher
than the lowest, but when the de-
partment considered the quality of
material as compared with other
stone offered there is nothing to it
but Hardwick. Congratulations to
Mr.. Bickford, to Hardwick and to
the government for securing the best
in the market.
Tariff Sentiment.
AS an illustration of the present
N~AANASJ Va GtA AN~NANAp VI bu6 re-
publican party to get together on
real progressive lines and in the up
to-date interests of all the people
| mention the following. A day or
two ago, meeting republican mem
Der of the ways and means commit
tee of the house in the corridor,
Representative Plumley spoke un-
to him in substantially these words:
I'm my opinion, what the republi-
can minority of your committee
should do in the matter of a bill re-
adjusting the tariff on wool is
to prepare a substitute bill for
that to be recommended by the ma
jority in which you should scale
down all the wooden duties as far as
possible and yet maintain the essen
tial principle of protection and 20 as
far as possible on the downward
path of reduction, only stopping
when any further reduction would
sacrifice the protective prin-
ciple. The people as a whole
and the republican party GER
tainly wish to preserve pro-
lection as republican principle, but
they demand essentially lower du-
ties and lower duties they are going
to have. Therefore, let the repub-
lican minority speak for them in Of
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