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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-12

The Brooklyn judge who fined man
who crossed his legs in a street car is
respectfully invited to pay his respects
also to the end-seat hog.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-12

The airmen who will organize to Save
those who are left can easily accom-
plish this by keeping their feet on the
ground
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-12

A cork extractor patented in England
comprising an awl-like stem with a loose
crossbar. which is passed through . cork
as il is withdrawn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-12

Third party enthusiasm is unabated-
in its headquarters bulletins.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-12

"Marplot" Bryan certainly has sue
ceeded Is ''marring' a few plots" at
Baltimore.
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A Resemblance.

From the Baltimore American.
do you know. when went to Niagara
the Suspension Bridge reminded me of
Bryan"
Because 1t Is suspended over
chasm?''
NO; because it is a peerless one.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-12

A curious controversy has arisen be-
tween the Spanish government and the
authorities OF the Kaiser Friedrich Mu-
scum. at Berlin. with regard TO a pic
ture that was purchased by that museum
two years ago. for the price OF 1000. 900
OF gold peseta (about 5000 600. The mu-
scum officials claim that the picture.
which is known as the Alteration of the
Magi." by the famous Dutch painter Van
Der Goes. was purchased by their agent
at public auction in Madrid, a sale that
had been sanctioned by the Spanish gov
eminent. There was no string 10 the
purchase, or the Germans never would
have touched 1t at all, and the sale was
effected against strong competition from
British and American dellers.
At the time. that picture had been the
property Of a certain order OF Spanish
monks. and II hung in the Monastery Of
Monforte, In the Spanish province Of
Galicia. The monks were very anxious
to sell the treasure in order to effect
some needed repairs in their buildings.
Since the sale. however, an agitation has
sprung up in Spain against the selling Of
art treasures to foreign countries, SINH
lar to that engineered recently in Bri-
tain against American connoisseurs, who
10 not spare their cash when they want
anything in that line. The consequence
was that. when the agent of the Berlin
museum went to the Monforte monastery,
he was refused admission by a gendarme
on the alleged ground that the monks had
no right to sell the famous painting
which, besides already bad been marked
by the state as national property.
No doubt diplomatic and legal action
will be the result. the Germans evident
ly being In the right. FIANEUR.
Copyright 1872 b. Court Gossip Syndicaie
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July IL I'm History.

July u. 1ss2.-Lttle Isaac Newton has
painful adventure with a green apple.
July Il, l5Ss-Sir Walter Raleigh goes
to a picnic and sits on q huckleberry
pie.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-12
At the Convention,

Oh, rates were high at Baltimore.
And rooms were scarce. forsooth,
One hapless wight paid six a night
To sleep in a telephone booth.
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No; because 1t Is PEERLESS one"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-13

midnight hour on the altar of the Wise
Men, at the very spot where Our Lord
was born and where In all probability
He received the homage Of the holy
kings from the East. Greater privi-
leges than this no man can enjoy, and
the memory of it will abide with me
till die.
During the day we visited the Grotto
of the Milk. Tradition has it that our
Blessed Lady and ST. Joseph fed to
this grotto with the Divine Child, when
an angel had informed them of the
cruel designs of Herold. The Blessed
Mother there sucked !. her precious
child, and some drops Of her virginia.
milk fell to the ground, giving the
hchalky stone peculiar efficacy for the
mother nursing her infant.
We delayed a moment where stood
the house Of the faithful shepherds,
passed the cistern Bir-M Miriam, where,
the old legend says, the waters came
up to the edge to allow Our Lady to
drink; onward through the village and
out into the field of Ruth and Boaz,
till we reached the Grotto of the Shep-
herds with it's olive trees and it's
rough stone wall.
The grotto is the crypt of the ancient
church built by st. Helena, where the
angels sang their songs of joy and
brought the glad tidings to the shep-
herds in their night watch:
Fear not; for behold I bring you
tidings of great JOY, that shall be to
all the people; for this day is born to
you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord,
in the city Of David. And this shall
be a sign unto you. You shall find the
infant wrapped in swadling clothes
and laid in manger. And suddenly
there was with the angel multitude
Of the heavenly army, praising God,
and saying: Glory to God in the
highest; on earth peace to men OF
good will"
With the sweet song of the angels
ringing in our ears we turned our
faces again toward Jerusalem
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supplemented later by many changes
in the historical lessons, and doubt
less also by the more perfect text Of
the Psalms Which will be given by the
labors of Abbot President Gasquet and
his Commission on the Vulgate. The
Roman Missal will also be modified.
It is said that to complete the reform
four Pontifical Commissions will con-
tribute, one for the Liturgy, one for
Pathology. one for History, and one for
Scripture.
New Edition of the Psaiter.
Tie purchase, of new Breviaries is
in no way necessary for those bound
to recite the Divine Office. From the
Vatican printing press there has been
issued a new edition of the Psalter,
which will serve very well for every
kind of Breviary. For the present all
that pertains to the feasts of saints
during the year remains intact. The
new Psalter contains the full text of
all the psalms for each day of the
week, so that by it's aid no trouble will
be experienced after few days prac-
tice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-13
CHURCH 225 YEARS OH
St. Francis xavier's In Warwick, Md,
Built in the Time of Lord BaIti-
more, Destroyed by Fire.

On December 81, fire completely de-
stroyed St. Francis Xavier's Church at
Warwick, which is about five miles
from Middletown, Delaware, with
which parish it is connected as a mis-
sion. The total loss is estimated be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Bishop
Monaghan, of the Wilmington Diocese,
in whose jurisdiction the mission is,
said there was about $500 insurance
on the building and contents, but the
remainder will be a total loss. 1t was
one of the oldest houses of worship
in that section of the country, and was
revered by people of all denomina-
tons on that account It was built
during the time of Lord Baltimore.
about two hundred and twenty-five
years ago. and has figured largely In
the history of the Delaware-Maryland
peninsula. The church win be rebuilt
immediately, for there are 125 parish
toner's and large Sunday school, and
Bishop Monaghan is anxious to pro-
vide for these people
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4 NEW CHAPEL CAR
Donated to Church Extension Society
Nov Under construction-Tenth
Chapel Car In Operation In the
United States.

The Catholic Church Extension So,
ciety of the United States announces
that a new Chapel Car to be used
for missionary purposes is under con-
struction by the Barney and Smith
Car Company of Dayton, Ohio. It is
a gift to the Society from a donor
whose name is withheld for the pres
ent. The new Chapel Car will be much
more commodious and complete in
every detail than the one now In use.
1t will be of steel construction through
out, eighty-three feet in length, and
divided into two parts, Chapel for
services and living rooms for the
priest in charge. The Chapel will
be complete in every detail with altar,
confessional, organ, pews and other
requisites for the celebration of the
Holy Sacrifice. 1t will be capable of
accommodating one hundred persons.
It's interior will be finished in ma
hogany and in Gothic style The
car will be equipped with an acetylene
generator and lighting system, and
underneath it will be large boxes for
the supplies of literature for distribu-
ton.
This new Chapel Car will be the
tenth built in the United States.
Seven of these are travelling under
Baptist auspices. The Baptists who
have tested the value of these cars,
have been constantly adding to the
number they own. One car has been
owned and operated by the Episco.
palians, but it was not much of a
success. Strange to say, the Greek
Church in Russia and Siberia relies
greatly on Chapel Cars to. reach its
people in the little places. along the
Trans-Siberian Railway. Pope Plus
TX had a Chapel Car for missionary
work
The first Catholic Chapel Car was
given to the Church Extension So
ciety about five years ago. The work
has been tested in Kansas, South
Dakota, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Oregon and it has been extremely
successful. The reports of the Chap
lains indicate that the car stirs up
the interest of Catholics in small
churchless communities to such an
extent that they go to work and
build a chapel of their own, and lay
the foundation of future parish.
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In general interest in religion VIII De
week the order in which they AL
published
The Catholic Bulletin BIS Newton Bldg St Paul
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Continued from page ~
REFORM OF THE BREVlARY.

of each week, whereas hitherto many
of the psalms were rarely recited dur
ing the whole year. 8. Only feasts
of the First and Second Glass can
be transferred-and to the day imme-
diately following. 4. The Office and
Mass of the Sunday are restored to
their old honor; for the future only
the feasts of our Lord and feasts OF
the First and Second Glass are TO
be celebrated on Sunday when they
fall on that day. 5. The ferias of
Quartertense and Lent are also to be
generally kept as regards the say
ing of the Office, and votive Masses
are not allowed on such days. 6. All
the votive Offices are abolished. z.
The SURFACES that used to be recited
on semi-doubles and ferias are reduced
to a single one. s. The Sunday and
ferial Office is generally greatly short
ened. 9. There is no longer the
obligation of reciting in choir the
Penitential Psalms, and the Offices of
Our Lady and of the dead on certain
ferias, or that of celebrating two con-
ventual Masses. 10. On All Souls
Day only one Office is to be said:
that of the dead. IL The lessons
from the Scripture, of the season, are
to be always said exceptson feasts of
the Firss and Second Glass and on a
few others. After January 1, 1913,
the use of the reformed Breviary
becomes obligatory, and in the mean
time both individuals and chapters are
free to adopt it as soon as they like.
Other Reforms Contemplated.
The Constitution itself admits that
this reform is not complete. It viii be
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presentation in the temple; fourth,
when he offered the Child to God and
heard him proclaimed in the temple
as the Redeemer of Israel; fifth, when
he delivered the Child from the
Vaccinations Of Herod; sixth, when
the Angel babe him return from Egypt
to Nazareth with the Blessed Virgin
and Child; seventh, when he found
the Child Jesus in the temple. 2. It
is customary in many places for them
to do so as means of expressing
their unworthiness in the presence OF
the Saviour.
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Be I HLEHE NJ
Something About the Beautiful Town
Of the Nativity.

The modern Bethlehem is town OF
perhaps 5000 people. The streets are
narrow; the houses of whitish stone,
and for the most part low and fat
rooted. AS we climbed the broken
and abrupt streets, writes a, cor
respondent of the Morning Star of
New Orleans, the Bethlehemites came
out to greet us, and we noticed that
they were Clearly, well and gracefully
clad, with look of thrift and content
ment not often found among people
living in the "nomad land" We
afterwards learned that the greater
number Of them were Christians, and
that the grace of Transformation was
the transformation of grace. Most OF
the townspeople are workers in pearl,
and carve artistically on the pearl
shells SO common in the country. The
manufacture of pearl rosaries is
another means Of livelihood. Beggary
the omnipresent "Backsheesh"-
was absent from the town: thrifty bar
gaining everywhere
We proceed at once to the Church
of the Nativity, toward the center of
the town.. In the first century of
Christianity the spot made sacred by
the birth of our Lord was already
marked by church.
The present church is one of the old
est buildings in Palestine. It was be-
gun by st. Helena in 327, and complet-
ed by her son, Constantine, in 333. In
spite Of the ravages and vicissitudes
of time, in spite OF the assaults Of ma
ture and Of man, the structure remains
substantially the same as II, was built
those centuries ago. A writer thus
describes it: THE building ID cruel
form, consisting OF nave and two
aisles on each side Of it, the aisles
supported by forty ancient Moorish pill
lars, with Corinthian capitals. Four
more pillars are now concealed in a
wall which crosses the lower side OF
the transept, and completely separates
the great nave from the upper part OF
the church. Under the high altar il
the grotto OF the Nativity, into which
two stairWays descend, one on each
side OF the high altar"
With beating hearts we bent our
steps to the grotto. and there, full OF
emotion, knelt at the very spot where
was born Jesus Christ, the Son of
God.
A silver star marks the place with
the inscription: "Hic de Virgine
Marie Jesus Christus natus est =
(Here Of the Virgin Mary was born
Jesus CHRISTI Many passages lead
hither and thither into these different
oratories; these tiny chapels are the
Oratory Of the Manager, the Oratory OF
the Wise Men, the Oratory of st.
Joseph, OF the Holy Innocents, of st.
Eusebius, OF Cremona, OF st. Paula
and her daughter, st. Eustochia, and
OF st. Jerome for here was the cell In
which the great Doctor OF the Church
passed his days and nights In prayer
and study.
The Church or the Nativity has the
privilege Of beginning its masses at
midnight the whole year round; and IL
was my happiness to say Mass at the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-13
D 10 CEsE OF 0 MAHl
STATISTICS FOR 1911 SHOW ITS
FLoURisHiNG CONDITION.
4o2 CONVERTS BAPTIZED.

The following statistics concerning
the Diocese of Omaha for the present
year, says the True Voice, have been
received from the Chancellor's Office:
The number of diocesan priests has
increased from one hundred and forty
three to one hundred and forty-nine,
and the priests of religious Orders
from thirty-five to thirty-nine, making
the total number of priests one hun
.dred and Lightweight. Five new par
ishes have been formed during the
year, making a total of one hundred
and twenty-four The missions with
churches number seventy-fve, making
the total number of churches one hun
dred and ninety-nine, an increase of
seven over last year. The total num-
Der of stations are tWenty-nine, and
number of chapels thirty-one. The
number of students in Creighton Uni
versity is nine hundred and twenty
two, showing an increase of sixty-siX
over last year. The number of clerical
students is twenty-nine. The number
of females being educated in higher
branches is eleven hundred and
eighty-three, showing an increase of
fifty-six over last year. The parochial
schools number eighty-one, with total
number of pupils of nine thousand,
nine hundred and twentyone, showing
an increase of six hundred and six.
The number of orphans in st. James
Orphanage is one hundred and seven,
showing a decrease of twenty-one
since last year. The number of in.
mates in the Industrial and reform
school is two hundred, slight de-
crease from last years record. The
total number of young people under
Catholic care is twelve thousand, five
hundred and sixteen, an increase of
seven hundred and twenty-seven since
the last census. The number OF re-
ligious Orders of men is three, with a
membership Of seventy-eight; and the
religious orders of women number
eighteen, with a membership of five
hundred and fifty-six The number of
marriages for the past year was nine
hundred and six, sixty-seven more
than last year The number of Cath
Ollie families reaches a total of,
eighteen thousand, one hundred and
twenty-seyen, an Increase of one hun
dred and forty The number Of adult
baptisms (converts) for the past year
was four hundred and two; infants,
three thousand, six hundred and
twenty-seyen, making a total of four
thousand and Twenty-Five. The deaths
for the past year were eleven hundred
and five, two hundred mare than the
previous year. The Catholic popula-
ton for this year is given as ninety
two thousand, six hundred and thirty.
five, showing an increase of seven
thousand, three hundred and sixteen
since the census of 1910.
The number of converts baptized in
the Catholic faith by our diocesan
priests in the Diocese of Omaha, from
October Is, 1910, to October Is, 1911,
was 402. During the preceding year
the number of converts was 343. Up
to that time no separate record of
converts received was published; but
we have little doubt that the number
received into the Church in the Do
cese of Omaha during the past ten
years has been at least three
thousand.
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4 Act! the wise are known by their
actions; fame and immortality are
ever their attendants. Mark with
deeds the vanishing traces of swift
rolling time. Let us make happy the
circle round us-be useful as much
MS we may. For that fills up with soft
rapture, that dissolves the dark clouds
Of the day.
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CONTINUED from-page
EVENTS IN IRELAND.
Receptions for French Cardinals.


Cardinal Bourne is going to spend
his Christmas amongst the British
Colony in Malta and at the invitation
OF the Archbishop will sing the High
Mass on Christmas morning in the
Cathedral there. His Grace after
wards returns to Rome where he will
remain till late in January or possibly
till February. 1t is hoped that Lon
don Catholics will not be behind the
French in their reception Of their Car
dinal when he returns to his Cathe-
dral. The French Cardinals all three.
most wonderful receptions. At Cham
berry in the Haute Savoie the whole
town came out to greet Cardinal Dub
illard. At Montpelier every Church
was decorated superbly and every
house was draped with bunting when
the venerable Cardinal de Cabrieres
returned, while in Paris after an en-
thusiastic welcome at Notre Dame
Cardinal Annette had to go out onto q
raised platform in the great portico
to give his blessing to throng OF
Catholic men and women who stretch
ed as far as the eye could reach, and
who acclaimed him with immense en-
thusiasm.
One is here reminded that the anti
clerical becomes sometimes more r.
diculous than vicious, and this 10
dangerous thing for him in a city like
Paris. Not content with defacing and
destroying the fine group of statuary
representing Justice leaning on Re-
ligion at the Palais de Justice, an act
which was interpellated in the Cham
Der, the enemies of religion have in
their hatred of their Maker made
themselves ridiculous by effacing the
word 'Domini'' from the date inscrib-
ed ON the clock of the restaurant OF
the Palais de Justice-it is too cleri-
cal they say. and so the date now
reads Anno-blank!
Catholics Influence In Austria.
Hungary.
The growing power Of the Catholics
In the political affairs of Austria-Hun-
gary is shown by the election results
Of the Reichsrath in 1911. The Chris
tian Socialist Party in Austria COM
prises the Conservatives and the Cen.
tire Party, or Catholics. They are very
strong but do not so far possess ma
jority. Still the power of the elector-
ate behind them is apparent from the
fact that out of seventy-three depu-
ties seventy were elected entirely on
the Christian Socialist vote, while
only three were chosen with the help
of freethinkers against Socialist Dem
ocrats. OF the Ill Independents thir-
ty were elected with the help Of
Christian Socialists, sixty-three by the
freethinkers and eighteen with the
help OF Socialist Democrats. The
breaking down of class preiudices in
Austria is doing much to aid the
Catholic cause, for the mobiles and the
peasants are each good Catholics; 1t
is the mass of people in between these
two who tend to freethinking and talk
80 glibly Of democracy, which is ap-
parently its own god.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09
A HUMAN FISH NET.
Queer Method Employed by Some Of
the Islands of Oceania.

Queer Method Employed by Some Of
the Islands of Oceanic.
\ pecui method of fishing is en-
ployed L.. the natives of certain OF the
islands of Occania.
1t stated intervals about 200 Of them
will assemble on the beach and alto
gether plunge into the water, each
carrying branch of the coca palm.
At given distance from the shore
they will turn toward it and form a
compact circle, each holding his palm
branch perpendicularly in the water.
thus forming kind of seine. The
leader of the party gives signal. and
this living net approaches the shore
gradually i'll perfect order, driving be-
fore it a multitude of fishes. Sur
rounded by this living wall and caught
in the coca palm branches many of the
fishes are cast on the sands, and others
are killed with sticks.-New York Her
aid.
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A Day Of Sunshine.

Q gift of God. . perfect day,
Wherein shall no man work. but play:
Wherein it is enough for me
Not to be doing, but to be,
Through every fiber of my brain.
Through every nerve through every vein,
l feel the electric thrill. the touch
OF life that seems almost too much.
1 hear the wind among the trees
Playing celestial symphonies
| see the branches downward bent.
Like keys of some great instrument.
And over unrolls on high
The splendid scenery Of the sky.
Where through a sapphire sea the sun
Sails like a golden galleOn
Toward yonder cloudland in the west,
Toward yonder islands of the blest.
Whose steep Sierra far uplifts
Its craggy SUBMITS white with drifts.
Blow, winds, and watt through all the
rooms
The snowfialles of the cherry blooms,
Blow. winds. and bend within my reach
The fiery blossoms of the peach.
life and love. o happy throng
OF thoughts. whose only speech is song;
O heart of man. canst thou not be
Blithe as the air is and as free?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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DISPLAY YOUR GOODS TO
THE BEST ADVANTAGE.
Merchant Who Follows This Rule Is
the One Who Cess Cream of
tie Trade.

Ii makes all the difference in the
world how you display what YOU have
10 sell \ tradeSman who is hit Of
an artist in this respect will ou:Strip
his rival of slipShOd ways and no
method. The prospective customer is
certain To he favorably impressed with
the store which is kept shipshape and
whose wares are neatly placed on pub
lie exhibition.
The day has passed when general
store or any other kind of store can
present an appearance of disorder and
still do Il successful business Now
adays the merchant in the smallest
town is realizing that there should be
place for everything and everything
IN its place Put samples Of the arti-
cles you have TO sell ont in plain
SIGHT In other words, exhibit them
openly. To show YOU are proud of
what YOU have To offer. Nobody wants
To buy pig IN the BAG.
Treat your customers with candor.
and do not stoop To petty deception to
acquire Il few additional pennies. 1t
doesn't pay in the long run. Ste =
clear of the receptions practiced by
those mail order houses. which adyer-
tise bargains that exist only in type.