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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-09-14
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. PETER

Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit.
In Majorca he fell in with the holy lay.
brother, Alphonsus Rodriguez, who,
having already learned by revelation
the sanity career of Peter, become his
spiritual guide, foretold to him the
labors he would undergo in the Indies,
and the throne he would gain in
Heaven. Ordained priest in New
Granada, Peter was sent to Cartagena,
the great slave mart of the West In
dies; and there he consecrated him
self by vow to the salvation of those
ignorant and miserable creatures. Fol
more than forty years he labored in
this work. He called himself 'the
slave of the slaves" He was their
apostle, father, physician, and friend.
He fed them, nursed them with the
utmost tenderness in their Ioathsome
diseases, often applying his own lips
to their hideous sores. His cloak,
which was the constant covering of
the naked, though soiled, with their
filthy ulcers, sent forth a miraculous
perfume. His rest after his great
labors was in nights of penance and
prayer. However spent he might be,
when news arrived of a fresh slave
ship, St. Peter Immediately revived,
his eyes frightened, and he was at
once on board amongst his dear slaves,
bringing them comfort for body and
soul. A false charge of reiterating
baptism for a while stopped his work.
He submitted without a murmur till
the calumny was refuted, and then
God so blessed his toll that 10000
negroes were baptized before he went
to his reward in 1854. When Easter
came, st. Peter left the town to search
the mountains for the negroes who
might be scattered among them. The
tropical storms drenched him to the
skin, but he never turned nor stopped.
When he found a settlement he would
never leave it till the last negro was
brought to the Sacrament of Penance.
He once suddenly left the house where
he was staying, and plunged without
guide or road into impracticable noun
tain recesses. None knew whittier or
why he went; but when ne returned
pale and worn, it was discovered that
he had gone to administer the last
Sacramento to three old negroes who
had been abandoned by all the world,
and had crawled into a ruined hut to
die.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-09-14
RIA 6 FL E I.

The soft, deep gloom with which
the Egyptian hand-maiden had a habit
of enfolding her apartment, was
grateful to Rachel, although it seldom
failed to bring a reprimand from any
member of her uncle's household who
might come in. 1t was like thrusting
back a blessing of God, this denial of
the light, and anything savoring even
family of i~rreverence was ~intolerable
in that strict mans house. Not seek
ing to draw his attention too closely
upon herself, since she was not con-
formable by nature and vas yet de-
pendent upon him for this pleasant
homelife, which not ever her ample
fortune could have secured elsewhere,
the girl instructed her servant to
keep a watchful eye and flood the
rooms with sunshine when an intru-
sion was threatened.
There was no fear of such today,
with preparation for the great feast
of the Pasch going on. She could rest
there in security until evening, and
perhaps win at last out of the long
conflict with thought, the solution of
the wrenching problem of her. life.
Silence, too, was on the room, yet
the girl, lying upon the richly or
namented couch, could not think, and
neither could she sleep. Then the
sun. which had been hidden all day,
suddenly thrust back the clouds, and,
as it's glory spread yer the streets
and roofs of Jerusalem, a shaft found
a space between the heavy curtains
of the western window and lay like
a long, slender sword upon the dark
ness; and Rachel watched it, until the
clouds, reinforced, again imprisoned
the sun.
Then she rose and moving to the
window, parted the curtains and
looked down upon the varied scenes of
the street.
81 must see that woman she said,
at length, to herself.
Within the home her uncle, though
so carefully guarded, the happenings
of the world came to one pair of ears,
for the Egyptian servant had a wide
acquaintance in the city and she
found her mistress a patient listener
to the gossip of the day. Rachel knew
herself to be not wholly dis~interested,
albeit a servant was her informant;
for she sought v e an answer to one
question, and she knew not from
what source that answer might come.
But none not ven the Egyptian,
who appeared to possess the power
of diyination, dreamed that all the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-09-14
GOING TO CONFESSION.
Hints That Help Both Penitent and
C~onfessor.

Never mind your husbands sins.
Tell your own and grieve over. them,
too.
The neighbor waiting outside does
mt want to hear your sins. He will,
however, if you insist on shouting.
In the trolley, the man gives away
to the lady; at the confessional, let
the men go first. They are in a
greater hurry, and have less patience
than the women.
Tell your sins honestly and truth
fully. 1t is easy to deceive the priest,
but not easy to deceive God. Was your
last confession perfectly plain?
Try and forget the personality of
the confessor. He is really not there
at all. 1t is Christ who is listening to
your self-accusation. Be honest, hum
BILE and sincere. If not, better not
come.
Confession is like a trial in court.
You are the prisoner. Christ the
Judge, the penance your sentence. No
witnesses are needed. You are the
accuser yourself.
Keep the same confessor as a rule.
Knowing you, he is better able to
understand your needs. Ask his advice
and follow it. A friend car advise
better than a stranger.
If you don't intend to reform your
bad habits, keep away from comics,
sion. No confession is better than a
bad one.
There is more joy in Heaven over
one sinner who does penance than SO
who need not penance. The same
rule applies to the confessional.
The community at large will never
know how much it owes to the good
work done in the Catholic Comics
sional.-Brooklyn Tablet.
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THE SIN OF ~DETRACTION.
Those Who Steal Neighbours Good
Name Must Make Restitution.

Restoring the Injured Reputation
is the title of a brief practical SER
mon by the Rev. P. Hehel, S. j., in
the Homiletic Monthly. Quoting the
words of St. Vincent, "as the thief
is obliged to make restitution, so is
the person, who from malice robs his
neighbor of honor and good name, to
make restitution, even if what he has
said be true, otherwise he a not be
saved" Father Hehel emphasizes the
strict ruling of the Church in it's
discipline of the calumniator, the per-
son who conceals the truth, or imputes
a false charge, the gossip who foments
ill-will by reporting the sayings or
doings of his fellow-men to others;
the false witness-all who injure the
good name of another to deprive him
of his neighbours esteem by calumniat-
ing him. It is not enough to retract
the calumny, all damage caused by the
offender must be made good by him.
Stolen property may be restored in
a private way, but the man who has
robbed a neighbor of his good name
must make restitution in person, pro-
claiming himself a liar.
"You must retract your words be-
fore those who heard you, and con-
fess that you wronged this or that
person, that your accusations were
based upon a false idea II cruel sus-
picion or hearsay, and that you I'M
justly attacked your neighbor's good
name. Now if you do this and retract
your word what does in mean? 1t
means as much as to say, I have
lied This is hard, and just for this
reason, this sin of the tongue is al
most incurable, and only amended
with difficulty"
No excuse is valid. II only spoke
the truth" can not be accepted as a
reason for injuring another. Il didn't
mean any HARM" but harm has been
done, and you are responsible. but
the person is dead"-how contempti-
BILE to defame the dead who can not
defend themselves! ST had no bad
intent" You certainly had not a good
intention when you disclosed the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-09-14
OUR CATHOLIC LlTANIEs.

We sometimes feel that our Catho-
lie youth do not appreciate how beau
tiful a form of prayer our approved
litanies are. Too many of them new
er think of opening a prayerbook ex-
cept on Sunday. The few minutes of
oral prayer offered up by the average
Catholic generally includes the Our
Father, the Hail Mary, the Greed and
the Confiteor. Morning and night
prayers, as they are given in u
manuals of pity, are seldom recited.
Mental prayer is not rel so much as
thought of; and yet many Catholics
complain that they cannot pray, aye,
than that, they do not know how
to pray.
The Litany of the Holy Name of
Jesus is a veritable mine of spiritual
ity. Our Lord himself is addressed
by a great variety of beautiful titles,
and it is impossible to repeat this
prayer without being moved to senti-
ments of contrition, and without be-
ing inspired with a deeper love and
confidence in the Savior and Redeem
er of the world. The same is largely
true of the Litany of the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary. The Mother of God is ap-
pealed to under a great variety of
titles. The heights above and the
depths beneath-in fact, the whole
realm of nature has been searched
for terms in which to pay tribute to
Mary's charity and zeal for souls.
Every term is a hymn of praise.
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SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER
PENTECOST.

EPlSTLE: For this cause
bow my knees to the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom
all paternity In heaven and
earth Is named, that he would
grant you, according to the
riches of his glory, to be
strengthened by his spirit with
might unto the inward man.
GOSPEL: And behold, there
was a certain man before him
that had the dropsy: and Jesus
answering, spoke to the lawyers
and Ph~arisees, saying, 10 1t law
full to heal on the Sabbath-day?
But they held their peace: but
he taking him, healed him, and
sent him away.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
GOOD SHOWING.

MOlson Is looming up as quite an
important shipping point. and it's con-
tributiOn to the income Of the Great
Northern in the way of freight footed
up to considerable sum last year.
1t will be an item of interest to our
readers to give the full figures of pro-
duce shipments from that station dur
ing 1911. The shipments were as fol-
lows: Oats 66 car loads, weight 1881
tons; wheat IA car loads, weight 35OA
tons; hay "a car loads, weight 298
tons: barley Is car loads, weight 499
tons; cord wood, lumber. ties ETC.. Al
car loads, weight 1875 tons. Total 1863
car loads. weight 4650At tons.
Commodities not shipped in car load
lots, but chiefly by express company:
Dressed meat IS tons; feed tons;
hides tons; eggs, butter. etc. 18 tons; ;
potatoes and other vegetables y tons;
live poultry in coops and crates. Az
tons. Total SO tons. horses and cattle
40 car loads, numbering 1434 head.
Cream in cans 1905 gallons.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

The mayer has appointed Frank
Wilsontc chief engineer of the Oroville
fire department. As a mattr Of fact
there Is no fire department to be chief
engineer of. but the appointment has
been made with the expectation that
Mr.. Wilson will get In and organize q
department. At present the town is
without a recognized fire company, and
general ignorance prevails as to the
manner OF handling the apparatus on
hand for flre fighting. The town ia
well supplied with means for fighting
fire. and with companies organized.
drilled and instructed the means at
hand would be very effective in ex-
tinguishing fires and preventing their
spread. There Is a fine water pres
suer. two hose carts with ample hose,
a chemical engine and light hook and
ladder truck. For town this size the
equipment Is unusually extensive and
1t is IN excellent condition. Under
prevailing conditions in case of fire
the apparatus would have to be
handled by disorganized mob. with
no head no authority. no knowledge
Of how to 60 to work or handle the
means Of protection available. The
town has been fortunate in escaping
fires in the past so there has been no
exhibition OF how not to do 1t, as there
would be In the present unorganized
condition In case Of fire occurring.
We cannot always expect to escape
visitation OF the destructive element.
and It ssss;.sh time soma arrangements
were being made to be prepared in the
case Of an emergency. Mr.. Wilson
will endeavor to awaken an interest In
the matter of q fire department He
will make an effort to organize COM
panies for each piece OF apparatus
that is in service, and he should have
the cooperation and encouragement of
every citizen OF the town. In case Of
a fire valuable property can be saved
by promptncss and systematic work
Prcmptness and system are impossible
without organization, and knowledge
of the duties each man Is expected to
perform. This Is q matter that has
already been neglected too long. and
should at once enlist the younger men
who will have to perform the chief
part of the work as Ia always the case
in all fire departments.
February will GO down on record as
the mildest February within the recol-
lection OF the Oldest inhabitant
8. T. Stanton made a business trip
to Nelson Monday.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
CONTENTS INTACT.

When this paper went to press last
Thursday Postmaster Mills was left
in rather dazed condition with a
looted mail on his mind, safe so
battered out Of shape that there was
no way to get inside but to break in
by main strength and a cold chisel,
or some other method Of penetrating
iron and steel, and all the stamps be-
hind that demoralized recepticle. After
taking general survey of that por-
ton of the mail the midnight maraud-
ers ripped and tore to pieces 1t was
discovered that the loss amounted to
only a few dollars. When that mess
was cleaned up the safe opening prob
lem was taken into consideration. Be-
sides knocking off the knob hole was
drilled through the top of the safe.
1t was supposed that the robbers had
been frightened away. That was not
the cause of suspension of operations.
1t appears that when the hole was
drilled through the safe the bit fell
out of the brace on the inside 80 that
the operators were without a proper
tool to continue boring into the safe.
After much labor the rivits of the
door were cut of and the door pried
open. Then it was that the lost bit
was found. The contents of the safe
were intact and undamaged. When 1t
only person who seems to be out is
Frank Samson. The safe was his
property. In the condition it is now
even the assessor would pass it up as
valueless. Take 1t all around and for
the stir It created and the amount lost
the postoffice robbery was the tamest
lOOtinR ON record, ~ n = ~
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
LOOKING BACKWARD.

Monday evening in the Peerless no,
tel the editor of the Gazette enjoyed
a meeting that carried him back in
memory quarter of a century, and
was in measure rather singular in
its relation to the early days of Sro-
kane Fails. He came in touch with
two gentlemen, J. W. Douglas and H.
l.. Arnold, pleasant, bright, intelligent
men, whom he first knew when they
were running around in knee trousers.
1t was enough to cause one to realize
and ponder upon the fight of time.
In the days Of first acquaintance we
were hardly as old as these gentlemen
are today. and here we are in the seer
and yellow leaf, they in the very hey
day of full manhood meeting in this
small out of the way place. They look
ing forward to and living in the future:
we almost at the end of the race, living
in the past. What may be considered
singular in the meeting was the rela-
tiOns OF the fathers of these men and
the writer in the building up OF Spo-
kane Falls before that place had be-
come much of city MIR. Arnold's
father built one of the first houses on
the north side of the Spokane river.
1t was situated on the east side of the
road. just at the north end of the old
bridge at the east end of the big is
land. as distinguished from the lesser
islands, which, with the bridges at the
old Echo. -four mill, was the only
means of crossing the river at that
time, unless one wanted to take the
chances with boat. The father of
Mr.. Douglas built the first residence
In the extreme west part o. the pres
ent city, on the north side of the river.
At that time people looked upon the
Douglas home as away ont in the
country. The tide OF improvement has
swept down to and beyond the Doug
las residence. although IL stood alone
and isolated for several years The
editor himself built the first modern
home. that is modern at that time, In
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
OUT FOR BUSINESS.

The firm of Fairbanks-Morse& & Co.
was well represented in Oroville dur
ing the week. The company has every
reason to send strong force into this
country, as it has already disposed
of many pumps to resident land own
ers, and is in line to sell many more
Those who were here were c. M. Han
sen, local manager, with headquarters
at Spokane. II. c. Humphrey, who is
well known from his frequent visits
to the town and his numerous sales.
Mr.. Humphrey is not liable to visit
OrOville often in the future, as the
business of this upper country has
grown to such proportions that it has
been divided up. In the future Mr..
Humphrey will have charge of the ter
ritory south of Brewster. II. J. Tenn
by, who was of the gang, has been
assigned to the country north of Brew
ster, and will no doubt be here fire.
quently. The fourth member of the
party was H. l.. Arnold, whose ser
vices as an expert have been required
frequently setting up pumps and get
ting them in working order This is
a good field for pump house, and they
are letting no chance to land business
eScaDe
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
MORE LAND PLATING.

This week Engineer Geo. J. Gardi-
ner was engaged in subdividing the
Ellis Forde land just across the Ok
anogan river, east Of town. and plat
ting 1t to small tracts. Messrs. Ellis
and Forde were the lucky bidders last
year on 80 acres OF an Indian allOt-
ment, where all the land is eminently
choice for the growing of fruit. With
a gentle slope toward the lake it could
not lay better for easy irrigation. What
the surrounding land will accomplish
in the way of production under water
was fully demonstrated last year, when
gardens yielded far beyond the expec-
tations Of the owners. and young trees
made greater and more vigorous
growth than in any part Of the state
The experience of last year proved
conclusively that the land, wherever
1t can be touched with water, is worth
far more than is asked for it, and when
in bearing orchard will be the most
valuable real estate possession in the
county. Messrs. Ellis and FOrde are
working q new system in laying out
this ground by cutting It up into such
small tracts that men of even very
moderate means will be able to make
an investment where a comparatively
small sum will double and treble in
value in a very short time. A part of
the land Is laid out in acre and quar-
ter tracts. two and a half and five
acres. A man can buy one or more
just as he chooses. An acre and quar-
ter gives room for home and ground
enough to raise some large fruit, and
a good deal Of small fruit, or an abun-
dance Of garden truck. A two and q
half. or five acre tract can be made to
support family in time. with even q
surplus on the larger tract. 1t is the
intention of the owners to put in q
pump on Osoyoos lake with which to
supply water for irrigation purposes.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
|OMMENDABLE IMPROVEMENT.

layOr Reese informs a reporter that
town will set out poplar trees
hg the streets leading from the
6ge across the Okanogan at the
Rmery to the Similkameen bridge.
kncilman Bragg has contributed
hlpa trees to set out across the fal
m the Similkameen bridge to the
lower bridge across the OkanOgan
pr. The setting out Of shade trees
tan improvement that the Gazette
D always advocated and urged upon
eowners. II lot owners had followed
Example of A. J. Wickersham when
Fput out trees in front of his home
the west part of town, some idea
J be formed from the growth those
ks have made of how much more
tactive the town would be
by. Shade trees will grow rapidly
Ethis fiat if some care is given them
en first set out This is shown in
lated spots about town where land
ners put out trees several years
Individuals should join with the
IN this spring in the shade tree
yement. and within a few years OrO g.
e will be in the midst of a heauti-
" shaded grove.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
REACHES WATERvILLE.

Rev. Course. accompanied by Mrs.
Course and her sister. Miss Virginia
Hart, arrived in Watsrvills yesterday
morning after being on the road be-
tween here and Oroville since Monday,
February IL. They came part way
with wagon and part with sled and
were hung up" on the road nearly
every day until they got into Douglas
county. 1t was a hard trip especially
for the ladies and both time and money
might have been saved by coming via
Spokane and Wenatchee on the rail-
road. However, Mr.. Courses brother
had gone from Lakeside to bring them
thrOugh-and he did. Rev. Course
comes to Waterville to take charge Of
the pastorate of the Presbyterian
church and comes highly recommend
ed.-Waterville Empire.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
WORTH LOOKING INTO.

A buyer has been at Nelson this
week picking up all the surplus pOta-
to crop that the holders are willing to
dispose Of at the figures that he offers,
20 cents for red and Is cents per hun
dred pounds for white potatoes. Men
tioning the spud encourages us to say
a little more on the subject. The po-
tato is a vegetable that grows to per-
lection in this county. and yields mar
velously where any care and cultiva-
ton is given to the growing crop. OF
course II a local market was to be
depended upon alone there would be
no sale for even a small portion of
the potatoes that could be raised in
this neighborhood. Nor would it pay
to ship in small quantities owing to
the high freight rates. But the rail-
road will make special rates for car
load lots at figures that would leave a
comfortable margin to the shipper. A
gentleman informs us that one line Of
railroad running out OF Spokane
shipped 100 cars of potatoes grown in
eastern Washington to Texas this fall
and winter. Now il q market at q
distance could be depended upon for
all the potatoes that could be raised
around Oroville it would prove to be
an important and profitable source of
income to the land owners hereabouts.
1t is q matter worth looking into es-
pecially just at this time when plant
ing season is drawing near.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-01
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Minutes of the meeting of the Town
Council of Oroville Washington, Feb
ruary 26, 1912
Present Mayor Reese, Councilmen
-Reale, rWickersham and Bragg
Minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved.
Letter from the Secretary of State
in the matter Of interest on the bonds
held by the State was then read and
laid on the table
The Mayor then appointed the fol-
lowing standing committees:
Finance: Crandal, Bragg, Weis-
gerber.
Fire and Light: Weisgerber, Beale,
Wickersham.
Health: Beale, Bragg Crandal
Water: Wickersham, Crandal Bragg.
Building and Sidewalk: Bragg,
Crandal, Weisgerber.
Street and Alleys: Beale, Wicker
sham, Bragg.
Ordinance and Printing: Wicker
sham, Beale. Weisgerber.
Mayor then instructed the town at
torney to take up the matter of COM
pelling w. J, Hoskyn Police Judge to
appear before the council and explain
his reports.
The resignation of w. H. Crandal
was then read and on motion was
placed on file.
A resolution was then presented and
OsoyoOs Ave. south and Chelan street
north and on motion was adopted.
On motion the council adjourned.
E. r. HOOSE
Clerk