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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
A COSMOPOLITAN CENTER.

One of the cosmopolitan centers
in New York City is located at
First Avenue and Fourteenth
Street. Within ten blocks are
Redemptorist, Polish Catholic,
Hungarian Catholic, German
Catholic, Irish Catholic, Italian
Catholic, Greek Rite Catholic
churches, Jewish and Reformed
Jewish synagogues, Baptist, Pres
byterian, Episcopalian and other
Protestant churches, ten hospitals,
four medical colleges, several
converts and other striking
evidences of the number of races,
religions, interests and activities
of cosmopolis. One can buy at
a stand newspapers in eleven Ian
guages. Some of the newspapers
in foreign tongues print some
articles in the foreign tongue and
also in English for educational
purposes, while others print ar
ticles in the foreign tongue and
also in the dialect Of it that hap
pens to be spoken by numerous
colonists here.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
PROSELYTIZING IN THE
PHILIPPINES.

The presence in this country of
two Jesuit priests from Manila
has again called the attention of
our Catholic people to the efforts
being made by the Y. M. G. A. and
other Protestant denominations to
rob the F'ilipinos Of their heritage
of Catholicity. These attempts at
proselytizing are being carried on
largely among the Filipino stu
dents, boys and girls, who come
from their homes in different parts
Of the Islands to attend the high
schools which have been opened
in the provincial capitals. There
are thirty-six Provinces in the
Philippines and in the capital of
each there is high school around
which the activity of the Prot
estant sects is conferred. For the
accommodation Of these students
American Protestant denomina-
tions have built residences or dor
mltor1es where board and lodging
are offered at a very low price.
Many of the students are poor and
they gladly avail themselves of
these facilities and are almost sure
to lose their faith. They are
obliged to attend the Protestant
services and prayers and in some
cases are forced to attend the
Bible class for an hour every day.
AS a result, many of those who, at
the beginning of the year, were
good Catholics return to their
homes at its close not only Prot
estants but active proselytizers
within their own families.
In Vigan there are two of these
Protestant dormitories, one under
the direction Of the Methodist
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
ALCOHOL A SOURCE OF IN
SANITY.

Alcohol has been found a direct, un-
questionable cause of mental disease
in from 10 to 40 per cent of all cases
of insanity, says an exchange, this
percentage varying with the race and
the spread of the habit. II less than
the average-that is about 20 Der
cent, the correct figure in Illinois-is
considered, it is evident that out of
about 5000 insane now under public
supervision and care, 1900 have suf-
fered their mental collapse through
alcohol alone.
Far worse in the opinion of a physi-
clan is the influence of alcohol upon
the offspring. I am able to quote Dr.
Demme in presenting absolutely pos
tive comparative data gathered by
him. Demme, in order to obtain light
upon this question, formed two groups
of parents of ten families each, which
he carefully followed for twelve years.
In the first group were parents who
drank alcoholic beverages; in the
other there was no consumption of
liquors. The group of drunkards had
total of 81 children. Of these only
10-that is 171a per cent-were fully
normal.
In the other group there came 81
children. Of these only five died
within the II years. Four of the
children suffered later from diseases
of the nervous system, and two had
evidences of mal-development. The
remainder-that is, so children, con-
shutting 81.9 per cent-remained
entirely healthy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

1t has been announced that four
Franciscans, Fathers Furlong,
Ryan, Byrne, and Sambrook, have
been designated, at the request of
the authorities in Rome, to go to
Peru and begin the needed mis-
sion work among the Indians of
the rubber-gathering district of
Putumayo. The names of the
missionaries, says "America,
suggests that, in nationality at
least, the tradition established by
the Irish Jesuit, Father Thomas
Field, the first English-speaking
missionary in this vast territory
has been preserved. Father Field
began his work among the natives
in South America in 1877 and was
one Of the two founders Of the
Productions" Of Paraguay.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
THE ONLY REMEDY.

A sheriff used to tell me, writes Rev.
M. A. Landing in the Pittsburg OBJ
server, that he had more total abb
stainers than had, "and I do not give
them the pledge. I simply lock them
up in the Jail. They cannot get drink
while there, and will not give them
any. No, it does not hurt them to have
it shut off,"
And it would not hurt them to have
it shut off in the hospital, though it
might lessen the revenue of the insti-
tuition. Who ever heard of drunk
ard being reformed in a hospital.
They do not go nor remain there if
taken, for that purpose, but to get over
the immediate effects of excessive
indulgence. "Now when you get home,
take three drinks day for the first
week, two for the second, one for the
third" Sapient, indeed! Or was it
simply casting an anchor to wind
ward? If he had been able or willing
to do this, he could have done it at
home without going, or being taken,
to the hospital, and saved money and
time by it. Take your poor fellow
who is drinking too much to an insti-
tuition which processes to destroy the
acquired appetite for drink, not to one
where intoxicants will be given him.
Habit, as Thomas a Kempis has it, is
overcome by habit. There is no bet
ter cure for it. The habit of drink
must be overcome by the habit of alb
stinence, enforced abstinence II neces-
| sary; there is no other remedy. The
man who Is taken to the hospital to
be Strengthened up," and discharged
with the admonition to take three,
two and one drink a day for three
weeks, is most likely to get full" the
first chance he has. The man who has
been addicted to drink and wants to
be man again, must let drink alone
entirely, never touch it under any
circumstances not for any reason. I
have seen entirely too much in three
score years to be able to believe any,
thing else, no matter by whom af-
frmed. The person who advises
moderate drinking to anyone, at least
in America, must be some way in
terested in the liquor traffic, or very
ignorant or regardless of conditions
here. To advise it or anything but
total abstinence to one who has been
addicted to drink argues pernicious
ignorance of human nature vitiated by
alcohol. No one can unbiasedly study
the liquor problem thoroughly in it's
various phases without having the
conclusion forced upon them, however
unwillingly, that for anyone the use of
drink is dangerous, and that for the
one who has used it to excess to at
tempt to use it moderately, instead of
giving it up entirely, is worse than
folly, and to advise it is to lead the
poor fellow to ruin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
A MOST ABSURD CON-
TENTION.

Not long ago we reproduced,
with approval, an editorial on
Catholic Education from the pen
Of Father Phelan Of the "Western
Waterman. - This week we allude
to another article from the same
source with the conclusions and
differences of which we cannot
agree.
Under the title Of 'Names and
Nicknames' there appeared in
last week s issue Of the "Western
Waterman an editorial in which
the writer tries to excuse a presi-
Dental candidate for the use of
such names as "Papist'' and
"Romanist" to designate Catho-
lies. The reasons alleged in de-
fence of this breach of ordinary
propriety are twofold. In the
first place, the writer maintains
that custom has robbed these
words Of any Objectionable signi-
fication they may have had in
days gone by; and secondly, he
asserts, that they were first used
by Protestants as nick-names to
designate the followers of the
Catholic Church at a time when
such terms ''were absolutely
needed for proper definition. -
They were, he AYERS, "distinctive
names,' "convenient and express
sive." He admits that "the rea-
son for both designations has long
ago Disappeared" and contends
that, although they are in use
today, they do not always imply
contempt ON the part of those who
use them.
Tt is unfortunately true that,
even in this age of boosted en-
lightenment, when the fires of
bigotry are supposed to have
burned low, not a few people who
lay claim to more than ordinary
culture and intelligence use the
words ''Papist" and ssRomanist'
to designate their Catholic fellow
citizens. They cannot rid them
selves entirely Of the traditional
bigotry which propagated these
"nicknames;' nor can they plead
ignorance of the origin and his
tory Of these relics of a bigoted
past, any more than they can claim
to be unaware of the fact that no
reputable Protestant author or
speaker ever makes use of them.
Whatever the custom may have
been in the past In regard to the
use of these words it is now con-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

The true Christian sees in the
process Of the seasons an evidence
of that ceaseless change which is
natures changeless law" and a
constant reminder Of the fact that
he, too, is moving onward towards
the grave. 1t is only the fool who
says in his heart that it is not
necessary to be always prepared
for the final summons, and for the
dreaded judgment which deter
mines our eternal destiny.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
ALCOHOL AND THE MEDICINE
CASE.

Among other questions discussed by
the distinguished DR.. Sims Woodhead
at public meeting in England few
weeks ago and reported in the British
Temperance Advocate, was that of the
medical use of alcohol. DR.. Woodhead
stated that he did not know of any
condition in the treatment OF disease
that could be treated by alcohol that
might not be equally well treated by
some other drug. Doctors know
exactly the action of other drugs in
certain cases; in regard to alcohol
they do not Other drugs are gradually
being used where originally alcohol
was used, for example, in pneumonia,
tuberculosis, typhoid fever. Methods
of determining the temperature, etc..
were not available in the old days.
Medical men take the blood pressure,
and watch it most carefully. In 80
per cent of cases when alcohol was
given it was found that instead of
getting better condition the heart
and blood vessels attained condition
more dangerous to the patient
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

A man will lie, cheat, steal,
swear and get drunk and think,
says the Ohio State Journal, that
it is his own affair; that it is no
one else's business. But it is.
Every one of these things is an
attack on other men and women.
In the very nature Of things it is
so. It is a drop of poison in the
sup that all must drink. Men who
are mean are the enemies of every
body else. They think it is liberty
they enjoy, but it is the blacklist
tyranny they practice. It Injuries
society and everybody in it. Moral
degradation is the worst blow So
ciety can receive. A true man
who loves freedom and equal
rights ought to be above it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

During the recent convention of
the Federation of Catholic Socie-
ties at Louisville the initial step
was taken in the work of organic
ing national league Of Catholic
women. The Most Reverend
Archbishop Messmer of Milwau-
kee is back Of the project, and it
is expected that a permanent Or
ganization will be launched at
next years meeting of the Fed
Grafton which takes place in Mil
waukee.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

Stepping stones to success: To do
the right thing at the right time in
the right way; to do something better
than it has ever been done before; to
eliminate errors; to know both sides
of question; to be courteous; to be
an example; to work for love, of the
work; to anticipate requirements; to
develop resources; to recognize no
impediment; to master Circumstance
es; to act from reason rather than
rule; to be satisfied with nothing
short of the best.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
THE PROTESTANT BIBLE
Many Versions Made i'm England
Tyndale's, CoverdaIe's, King James
Faulty in Translation and Inaccu-
rate in archaeological Text Per-
Verted.

In an address on English Protest
ant Versions of the Bible" the Very
Rev. Joseph c. SASHA, S. J., President
of St. Ignatius' College, San Francisco,
declared that ''the history of transla-
tons of the Bible made in Great
Britain under Protestant auspices fur
nishes a record both inglorious and
discreditable. Such a result is not
surprising; for as soon as they severed
their union with the Bark of Peter,
the organ of divinely revealed truth,
the self-styled reformers initiated their
novel doctrine of every man being his
own teacher in religion, by turning the
Bible, their only rule of faith, into
the vulgar tongue from adulterated
sources, and by tampering with au-
thentic copies SO as to make them
subservient to their erroneous teach
ings.
Hence the several versions, par
ticularly those of earlier date (1471
1611) are far from being commend
able either for scholarship or for in
tegrity or Veracity. Mr.. Blunt, a
Protestant, in "A Key to the Know1-
edge and Use of the Holy Bible thus
speaks of those translators: They
had too easy a confidence in their own
abilities for the great work, and their
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

The most bitter Of all the bitter
Presbyterian papers, the New
York Observer, has suspended
publication. It was once edited,
says the Catholic Columbian, by
DR.. S. Irenaeus Prime. It formerly
had large circulation. But its
subscribers fell off, it's advertisers
withdrew their support, it got
into financial difficulties and
finally collapsed. It was intensely
anti-Catholic. 1t did it's worst to
destroy the Church in America
The Church, however, still lives
but the Observer is dead and gone.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1912.

Beginning with the first of Sep
TENDER the prayer 'Pro quacum-
que necessitate," said at Mass
during the summer months, when
ever the rubrics permit, is no
longer obligatory on the priests of
the Province of st. Paul.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

Gifts are given us by God to do with
them what we can. We are not to
hide and waste them, but use them
and make them increase and grow.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

Entered as second-class matter, jan
uary IL, 1911, at the post office, St.
Paul. Mimi. under Act Of March 8. 1879.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31

Rev. JAMES M. REARDoN, Editor.
B. P. KoLEsKY, Advertising MANAGER
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
CITY COUNCIL IN 4
REGULAR SESSION
Resolutions Of Necessity for Curb
and Gutter Receive Due
Consideration.

The meeting of the city council
at the city hall last evening was
quiet affair. Nothing of Importance
was up for consideration but the
curb and gutter resolutions of neces-
sity. The resolutions were read and
no objections were presented by the
residents of the district. The streets
concerned are Boone, Water, Walnut,
Elm and Bank.
Ordinance No. 314 was passed,
fixing the curb line of Bank street as
10 feet from the center Of the street
from River to Seneca streets, the
other four streets and the remainder
Of Bank street being fixed at l 4 feet
from the center of the street.
Nothing more will be done with
the curb and gutter resolutions as to
letting the contract, until it is pos
sible for the council to have the paw
ing resolutions in readiness. Both
can be completed at the same time.
The report of the trustees of the
Kendall Young Library was present
ed to the council
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
NO POLES TO BE LEFT
ON SECOND STREET
Will be Removed by City Employees
This Spring-Will be Big
Improvement

When weather conditions and the
installing of the equipment for the
new city plant will permit the COM
pletion of the work, not an electric
light pole will be left on Second
street. This will make one of the
biggest improvements in appearance,
at least, that has been made in Web
ster City for some time.
All the poles on the main street
are. electric light poles but the two
at The Wilson corner. They are the
property of the Martin Telephone
Company and will be the only two
left on the street. ALI connections
to the new city plant are made from
the rear of the business houses on
the main street, as are the wires
connecting the electroliers. Howev-
er, this work will not be started un-
til later, as the employees at the city
plant have all they can possibly do
until that time. tr
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
DUNCOMBE WRECK TO
BE INVESTIGATED
Damage Amounting to About 81, 900
Resulted-Depot Platform
Damaged.

Fort Dodge, Feb. 27.-Damage
amounting to. about $1,000 was the
result of a collision of two Illinois
Central freight trains at Duncombe
Saturday. Early reports received at
the division offices here Saturday
placed the damage at $50. c
Considerable damage wss done to
the engine Of one freight train be-
cause the other train was a double
header. Much damage was done to
the station platform at Duncombe.
The division Office this afternoon
said that an investigation Of the
cause of the wreck probably WILDE
held tomorrow when Superintendent
l.. A. Downs returns from a bust
ness trip. Nothing could be learned
definitely concerning the reported
discharge Of a train dispatcher be-
cause of the wreck. This is probably
untrue as an investigation has not
yet been held. ~
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
In Sunny Tennessee"

. W. A. Conklin, one of the old
time Webster City boys who always
remembers his native town, who is
now located at Tullahama, Tonnes
see. sends the FTeeman-Tribune
newspaper clipping concerning the
$4,000 cow and its valet, Alonzo
Halfway of this city. Mr.. Conklin
says that he sends the clipping "be-
cause the college is located in Web
ster City" Our readers are famil-
lar with the story. Recurring to the
climate, Mr.. Conklin says:
Long cold winter down here. The
days are still chilly, and are follow
ed by frosty, freezing nights. This
Tennessee climate is all one could
desire during the summer and fall,
but the winters are Just about as
long, and more disagreeab1e than
they are in Illinois, or Iowa, or Colo
RADIO. Stock has to be fed here from
October first until April first, six
months"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
Mrs. Smith for Recorder.

Elsewhere in today's paper ap-
pears the announcement Of Mrs. VIII
F.. Smith as a candidate for county
recorder before the republican prim-
aries next June. Mrs. Smith is ma
tive of Hamilton county, having
been born in Fremont township, be-
ing a daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. ~ H. HELEN, we'll known pion-
eer settlers of Hamilton county. She
removed with her parents to this
city some thirty years ago and has
resided In the county all her life ex-
cept when attending school in the
east. She is the wife of Capt. Will
F. Smith, one Of the best known
men in the county and at one time
county auditor. Mrs. Smith posses
ses good ability and is we'll quail
ed to fill the position she seeks. She
is woman of industry and Is lead
er in many worthy movements for
the improvement and betterment OF
social and civic conditions. That she
will prove a formidable candidate
and competent and obliging offic-
er, II elected, is generally conceded.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
Women Cannot Vote,

Although women can vote at a
school election on the proposition to
bond the district they cannot vote
for the selection of school officers.
There is unusual interest in the
forthcoming school election, over the
selection OF a school treasurer, and
the question of the right OF women
to vote has been brought up. Indi-
cations are at present that there will
be no opposition to the election of
DR.. McCauliff and J. w. Lee as MEM
bers OF the board to succeed them
selves, as they have given general
satisfaction.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
A Nominal Fine.

Before the adjournment Of court
Thursday afternoon, Judge, Lee i'm
posed a fine of $25 apiece and costs
upon the boys who took the automo-
bile from the John R. Kamrar gar
age last summer and spent an even
ing in joy riding. In pronouncing
the penalty the judge gave the
young men some wholesome advice,
which, If followed, will be OF meal
culable benefit to them. The fine is
only nominal and the young men
are indeed fortunate that they got
off so easily. In view of the good
department of the lads since the Of.
Tense under consideration, the Free
man-Tribune believes the final re.
suit will be generally satisfactory.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
A Pleasant Outing.

. Phoenix. Arizona, Gazette: A
party OF ten headed by Dad and Mrs.
Brought went to Roosevelt Wednee-
day and returned Thursday. Those
in the party were Dad and Mrs. ],
r. Brought, Mrs. Ed Martin, Misses
Edith Stevens, Kate Glenn, and
Messrs. Fred Martin, Fred Roberts,
Adam Glenn, Frank Glenn and Earn
est Glenn. Dad Brought drove his
car and Fred Martin who is the clev-
er pianist at the Savoy drove his car.
The party spent the night at the
Roosevelt hotel and visited the pre-
historic ruins OF the Cliff jewellers
Thursday morning, stopped at Fish
Creek for dinner and returned home
Thursday afternoon. Everyone ex-
pressed himself as having the time
OF his life.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
New General Secretary.

Sunday school workers will be in
terested to know that a new gener-
al secretary for state work has been
chosen in the person OF DR.. John G.
Speicher Of Waterloo. DR.. Speicher
is a man Of fine education, gradu-
ate of the medical department of the
Iowa State University, later a theo-
logical graduate Of Chicago Univer-
sity. He has travelled widely in this
country and Europe and has had
large experience in the organization
of religious work. His character is
above reproach and a successful cam
paign in the work in this state is
predicted for him. ig ajF@E=a
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
Coupon Contest Closed.

The interesting guessing contest
held recently by The Toxic closed
yesterday. The prizes were awarded
as follows: First prize, a half min
ute coffee pot, Art Busby second, a
fancy salad dish, Nelson Morris;
third, two pounds of coffee, Oscar
Hensel; fourth, one pound Of tea
each, Rexford Britson, Mrs. T. c.
O'Connor, and Mrs. Tom Waddell
and Mrs. A. J. Clark of Eagle Grove.
The total value of the coupons in
the window was $12.S7 and Mr..
Busbys estimate $1,000.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-27
A Painful Wound.

While in the act of catching on q
bob this noon, little James White,
son of Mrs. J. A. White, was the vic
tim of rather severe accident. With
a crowd of other little fellows he
jumped upon sled and landed with
his foot on a pitchfork The fork
went through his shoe and into the
skin, causing a painful wound. He
was taken to his home by Prof. Par
ish and the cut was Immediately TAX
en- care of, 50 no serious results are
anticipated. However, 1t shows that
more precaution should be used In
keeping children from catching to
hobs.