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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-24
BELL RINGERS Of MEXICO
Number 2,000-Work Done by Hand
An Honorable Profession-Rinq
Time of Church Services.

1t takes great army of men to keep
the church bells going in Mexico. 1t
is estimated that in Mexico City alone
there are more than 1000 bell ringers
regularly employed. On days of relig-
ious celebrations the numbers is aug
mented, as the ringing of the bells
must be kept up almost constantly
through the day and night on such
occasions.
The most striking feature of Next
can life to the casual visitor to Mexico
is the noise of the church bells Every
little hamlet and many of the ranches
in the country have one or more Cath
Ole churches, and each edifice is
equipped with one or more bell tow
ers. The great Cathedral which stands
near the national palace in Mexico
City has sixteen of these towers.
In some towns the constant ringing
of the church bells is prohibited by the
local authorities, though their sound
ing is permitted once or twice every
hour. Some churches toll the quarter
hours and others toll every five min
utes. Most of the churches in Mexico
City toll the quarter, half and full
hours.
The profession of bell ringing is
looked upon by the lower classes as
bell ringers themselves are usually
proud of their vocation. In many cases
this position in church is handed
down from father to son through gen.
Grafton after generation. The towers
of the large Cathedral are spacious
and frequently are fitted with rooms
which are occupied by the bell ring
ers and their families.
How can you sleep with all this
noise about your" was asked recently
the wife of a bell ringer in one of the
Cathedral towers.
ut is not the noise of the bells that
l mind,' she replied. II hear their
ringing without knowing it; but it is
the changing of the street car gongs in
the street below that disturbs my
slumbers.'
All the church bell ringing in Mexico
| 40 uOAO Ny Aohus anu cI0 oOA4C Va kA4O
bells are of ponderous size and great
weight, to operate them requires the
exercise of powerful muscles and much
bodily strength.
The bell ringers are divided into day
and night shifts. They are required
| to toll the hours with precision. 1t is
not necessary to carry a watch in
Mexico unless one is travelling in the
country, out of sound of the church
bells. At any hour, day or night, a
person can learn the time by listening
to the tolling of the bells.
Many of the bells which hang in the
church towers of Mexico were brought
from Spain in the early days of Span
ish rule. Some of them contain large
amounts of precious metals, which give
to them tone of richness and clear
sounding.
The bell ringers take great pride in
their bells and much care and atten-
ton is given to keeping them well
FURNISHED and the parts oiled and al
ways in state of good repair.
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or who have the care of souls are
obliged to say Mass on Sundays and
holydays of obligation to enable their
people to fulfil the obligation of hear
ing Mass. On other days these priests
are free to say Mass or not just as
they wish. When, however, priest
accepts stipend for Mass he binds
himself in conscience to say Mass for
the intention of the giver and at the
time and place designated if there be
any agreement in this respect. If
there was nothing specified in regard
to the time or place for saying the
Mass he must satisfy the obligation he
assumed by offering up the Mass for
the intention of the giver within a
reasonable length of time. II priest
is not bound for these reasons to cele-
brate Mass he is under no obligation
to do so except to satisfy his own
private devotion. He may, likewise,
omit the celebration of Mass through
reverence for the Holy Sacrifice 1t
may be added, however, that the faith
full expect the priest to say Mass every
morning unless he is prevented by
some just cause, and if he fails to do
so it may be the cause of scandal
which he is obliged to avoid. Most
priests consider the privilege of the
priesthood so great that they take adj
vantage of every opportunity afforded
them of celebrating Mass. They know
the value of the Holy Sacrifice and
are aware that there is no better way
of increasing their private devotion.
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THE FINAL STANDING.
District No.

Includes all of the States of North and
South Dakota, the DiOceses of ST.
Cloud, Duluth and CrOOkstOn i'm Min
nesOta, and the Diocese of Superior
i'm Wisconsin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-24

DISTRICT NO. 2.
Includes the Archdiocese of st. Paul
and the Diocese of Winona.
Miss Bertha Baberich, St. Peter,
MRS; Mary Bagget. Kilkenny. '.''00
Miss Anna Barrett ss7 Western A''1O
Ave. NJ st. Paul, Mimi. ...... LILO
Miss Tressa Blesner, Northf1eld,
Miss Margaret Clark, 1o7 Itch
field Street, st. Paul, MIMI. 1000
MISS esnt Mary MiI Degonda, LIE sueur ooe
MINI. ................ 1000
Miss Mary Flavin, 3O3 Nelson
Avenue, st. Paul, MINI. IL, 200
Avenue, St. Paul, MINI: -. .26s, go
Miss Frances Kelly, s7s Front,
St. Paul, MINI. ................ 1000
Miss Marie Kiffe, Mankato, MINI. IS, $50
Miss Kate Lommel, Pennington,
.Mlnn. 5000
Miss +Gsenneyieye sL5eary Sss North St, o,o
Miss Margaret Mcdonald, Mime
ota, MINI. .156,72O
Miss Anna McLeer, South Willard
Street, saltwater, Mimi. -. 1900
MINI. .................... 5000
Cook Street, St. Paul, MINI. =. $3.50
| Hastings, Mimi. ............. $3.50
Mrs. Ellen Russell, Fairfax, MINI. 3,430
Miss Maud Smith, shakopee, o
MINI. ' - =. e. 445, $50
Mrs. w. Slovenian, Blue Earth.
! MINI. .................. l.0Uu
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Miss Rose Nj. Bellies, Garrison. N.
MINI. 100. ........... 1000
MINI. ............... 1000
Earth, MINI. ............ 1900
Mrs. J. J. Gaffney, Morris, MINI. 1900
Miss Bessie Geelan, Enderlin, N.
n. D. Az, $50
Miss Fanny Jodovin, East st.
Cloud. MINI. Observation-Disclosures. $500
MINI. ............... 1900
Sister Leonida, o. S. B., Pierz, ,o
Wis. 1872 1900 20, $50
Miss S. .Diederichs, Eureka, S. D.. 1000
Springs, S. b. ............... 1000
Miss Mary Guhin, Aberdeen, S. D.. $500
Miss Pauline Heinemann, Lock
Box A, Lennox, S. D.. .180,830
Miss Loretto Kildee, DeSmet, S.
D. .................... 1.010
Miss May Nolan, Dickinson, N. D. 1900
Miss Gertrude Ryan, Ala Mime
sofa Avenue. Sioux Falls. S. D. 2.010
S. D. . 60 '.. 1900
Miss Louise Wrinkles, Parker, S:
u. 100, D ~
Miss L. Weizel. Wadena, Mimi. 1900
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religion will
in
Address:
BLDG St
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THE WINNERS.

MISS ANNA sPaF Mnn and MISS PAULINE HENI
MANN ID, TX
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the prizes
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Second Prze-Miss Louise Winks Parker 1eaeO
No. No. o Votes
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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Ate Nails and Pins.

Cases of the presence Of foreign
bodies in the stomach are not at all
rare, but 1t is seldom that such a case
as that recorded by DR.. A. II. Wander
Wit and DR.. II. Z. Mills is reported,
says the London Lancet. A mulatto
woman. aged thirty three years, was
admitted into an asylum for acute
mania ending In dementia, and she
died seven years later, but she had
never had any signs of disease Of the
digestive system. She was often seen
to pick up nails and pins, but was
never seen to swallow any. At the
necropsy the stomach stretched down
to the left lilac fossa in the form of a
long pouch, In which lay a mass Of
foreign bodies. weighing FIVE pounds.
and consisting of more than 1,4O0
nails, screws. thimbles and other OBJ
jects. Some other foreign bodies had
made their way through the wall of
the stomach and had caused the for
nation of adhesions.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
London as a Frenchman Sees Il.

The little French boy has every op
portunity Of getting an engaging idea
of London. In a recent volume OF
French and general geography, which
has run into several editions. the com
piler gives an English reading from
the works Of NJ. Enault. whoever be
may be. And the little French boy is
told concerning the London Of this cen
fury that there are in the best parts
Of our unhappy city whole streets
formed Of dens dug out Of the soil
which itself was only a mass of rub
bish" And again, "A little further on
bands of half starved men without fire
or shelter take refuge in gypsy vans,
which vans are buried up to the axle
trees in mud" People also sleep in
wheelless cabs. for which they pay Q
rent of 1919 cents a week. We Lon
doners should not have known any
thing about this if NJ. Enault had not
told us.-London Chronicle.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
A Forgotten Monument.

A Washington monument that oa,
never erected occupied the attention
of the citizens of New York in 1917.
1t was to tower far above any other
structure that it might be seen many
miles out at sea. Several thousand
dollars were actually raiseu ana the
cornerstone was laid with ceremony in
Hamilton square, which covered the
blocks now contained between Third
and Fifth avenues, Sixty-sixth and
Sixty-ninth streets. This was before
Central park had been outlined. Ham
ilton square was a portion of the old
common lands Of the city. 1t is not
known what became Of the Washing
ton monument cornerstone. The mon
ument association gradually ceased to
exist. The Sl,OO0,000 monument was
forgotten, and when the ground once
known as Hamilton square was cut up
and the streets run through no record
remains as to what was done with the
cornerstone and its leaden box filed
with memorials of the city in 1S47-
Exchange.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02

further sum than the unpaid balance due
on his policy or benefit certificate under
his contract, nor shall any mere infOrmality
in organization have the effect of rendering
this charter null or exposing member of
this association to any liability beyond the
unpaid balance due by him.
Thus done and passed at my office, in the
City of New Orleans, on the day, month
and year above written, in the presence of
Edwin J. PrinZ and W. e. Williams, both
OF this city, competent witnesses, who have
hereunto signed their names with the said
appearers, who are all of the age Of ma jor-
ity and residents Of this City and State,
and with me, the said notary, after due
reading OF the whole.
Original subscribed) Names Of subscrib-
ers omitted
EDWIN ]. PRINZ
W. e. WILLIAMS.
EDWARD RIGHTOR,
Notary Public.
!, the undersigned. recorder of mortgages.
in and for the parish of Orleans, state of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act of Incorporation. Of the
PROGRESSIVE HEALTH X ACCIDENT
COMPANY. was this day duly recorded in
my office, in Book 1919, Folio Z.
EMILE LEONARD,
by. r..
New Orleans. April 9th, 1912.
n true copy.
EDWARD RIGHTOR,
Notary Public
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
1umhlers and Hot Water,

Incredible as it may seem. a thin
tumbler stands hot water better than
a thick one. Glass is poor conductor
Of heat, and when very hot water is
poured into thick tumbler the inner
layers of the glass are soon heated to a
much higher temperature than the
outer ones. The higher temperature
causes the inner layers to expand
greatly and to burst the outer layers.
In the case of thin tumbler the whole
thickness of the glass is raised to prac-
tically the same temperature almost at
once. Consequently, as all parts ex-
pand equally and at the same time, no
excessive strain is produced and the
glass does not break.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Burning of the Vanities.

Savonarola once marked his strong
condemnation of luxury by collecting
large number of articles which he re-
garded as yanities during the carnival
to be burnt in the Piazza della Signo-
ria, Florence. on Shrove Tuesday, 1897.
In this burning of the vanities" were
included fancy costumes, carnival
masks, false hair and rouge pots, cards
and dice boxes, books and pictures, to
gether with casts and valuable sculp-
lures Of questionable character. Built
up into a pyramid Of seven stages
signifying the seven deadly sins-the
pile was burnt by lighting fagots plac-
ed in the center. while children stand
ing round SAM hymns before the as
sembled crowds.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
TIL e HER AID

by publication one insertion ten days previ-
Gus 10 the meeting in one of the daily news
papers published IND the English language in
the city Of New Orleans.
Thus done and passed at my Office in the
city of New Orleans on the day, month and
year, above written, lin the presence of Theo-
dOre A. Beck and Anthony TrOyani, both of
this city, competent witnesses, who have
hereuntO signed their names with the said
appearers and me, ndtary, after due reading
(Original signedl l Jos. VI. Elliot, VI. D..
president Geo de ISeyna, secretary. 4. 4.
Beck Apt Troyani ~
ROBEkT LEGIER. Not. Pub.
|, the undersigned recorder of mortgage
in and for tn eparish of Orleans. state of
louisiana, do hereby bertify that the above
and foregoing act of incorporation of the
Claiborne Avenue Company was amended.
was this day duly refOrded in my office in
book 1919, folio as.
New orleans, April 2Jth. 1912.
CSigncdD EXILE LEoNAED. by. Il.
A true copy from the original act.
tSealI RORERT LEGIER,
may . IL % 80 jun Not Pgb.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
CHAPTER
OF CLAIBORNE AVENUE COMPANY.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF Or
LEANS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
Be it known. that on this twenty-fifth day
of the month of April, In the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve,
before me, Robert Legier, a notary public,
duly commissioned and qualified, in and for
this city and the parish of Orleans, therein
residing, and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned,
personally came and appeared: DIR. Joseph
II. Elliot, president, and Mr.. George DE
Reyna, secretary of the CLAIBORNE AVE
NUE. COMPANY a duly incorporated insti-
tuition of this state. created by act of incor-
poratiOn passed before the undersigned no.
tary on February 2Sth, 1907, recorded in
the mortgage offide, book ST., folio All, and
amended by act passed before the under
signed notary on February 18th, 1908, re-
corded in mortgage office, book SS1, folio
900.
Which said appearers declared that at a
meeting of the stockholders of the said
company held on the 10th day of February,
1912, after due notice by publication for
full thirty days I'M the Daily States, q daily
newspaper published In the city and at
which meeting stockholders holding and own
ing 1871 shares of the capital stock were
present, the charter of the company was
amended so that Article First thereof be
changed and amended that the name of the
corporation be the JAMES BONNOT COM
PANY, and that Article Fifth was changed
and amended so that notice for amendments
changes or notifications be one insuration
ten days previous tol the date of the meeting
In one of the daily newspapers published In
the English language and further authoriz-
ing appearers to proIiulgate the said amend
ments and signing the necessary act before
a notary public for s4id purpose
Appearers now declared that they do, by
these presents, actingI as aforesaid and I'M
der and by virtue of the said resolution de-
clare that the charter lof the Claiborne Ave
nue. Company was amended by changing and
amending Article First, so that the name
of the company shall bA James Bonnet Com
pany and that Article Five was amended and
changed so that the notice for the meeting
of stockholders for proposed amendments.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
CARLYLE and INDIGESTION.

Carlyle suffered from what he called
biliousness during the greater part of
his life, but Sir Richard Quain, one of
his physicians, has left 1t on record
that this was largely due to overin-
diligence in gingerbread. Apparently
Carlyle considered indigestion an es-
sential part in the makeup of reform
er, for in his critical examination of
alleged portraits Of John Knox he re-
jects one expressly on the ground that
the individual represented was too OBJ
viously "eupeptic."
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Oriental Government.

The oriental nations knew hardly
any other government than that Of rul-
ers who pretended to be delegated or
inspired by the gods and who as such
dictated to their subjects what they
should believe and how they were to
act. Government of this kind natural.
ly ended in the ruin of every people
who failed to rise above it.-Robert
Flint, PHILOSOPHY of History"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Such Is Life.

"It's hard struggle to conduct ones
business without plenty Of capital,
observed the man with the ingrowing
chin.
You're right" agreed the man with
the mango nose. eff a fellow hasn't
got plenty of backing he has to do a
lot Of sidestepping."-St. Louis Repub
liz
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Ae Wanted to Get In.

Butler-There's a man below to see
you, sir. Mayberry-What did you
tell him? Butler-I told him you told
me, If it was a lady, to say you were
in, and If 1t was a man to say you
were out Mayberry-What did he
say then? Butler-He said to tell you
he was a lady.-Harvard Lampoon.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02

tNll El' ~ AlES of AMERICA STATE
OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF ORLEANS,
CITY OR NEW ORLEANS.
BE 1T KNOWN, that on the nineteenth
tl9thl day of the month of April, in the
year OF Our Lord one thousand nine, hun
dred and twelve, and of the Independence
of the United States Of America. the one
hundred and thirty-siXth, before me, AR
THUR Ii. LEOPOLD, notary public duly
commissioned and qualified, in and for the
Parish of Orleans, and therein residing, and
and in the presence of the witnesses here
matter named and undersigned. personally
came and appeared. Leigh Carroll and T..
Howard McCaleb. in their respective capaci-
ties as president and secretary respectively
OF the AlgierS Railway X Lighting Company,
corporation instituted according TO the
laws of the State by an Act before Theodore
q: Spitfaden, notary public, on the 9th day
of the month Of June, 1909 duly recorded
in the Mortgage Office of this parish in book
Sl3 FOliO-- and the said appaarers
declared, that at special meeting OF the
stockholders of said company, held on the
18th day Of March, 1912, after due mott
hcation sent each stakeholder as required by
the charter, and there being the legal repre-
Sentation at said meeting required BY said
charter, the following amendments TO the
charter were legally made. to-wit:
That Article V. Of said charter be and
the same was amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Why a Cats Eyes Glow In the Dark

why q lars eyes SioW IN IHe OdrN'
The eyes Of a cat shine in the dark
not because they produce light. for
they do not, but because they reflect
all the light that may reach them. If
the cat be In a totally dark room you
cannot see its eyes. 1t is only when
there Is at least a glimmer of light
that these glow. The animal must be
looking almost directly at you. What
ever light there be must come from
about behind or above you. The cats
eye is a powerful lens with reflector
behind It, This gathers the rays and
concentrates them In a horizontal
beam. 1t is possible that these shin
ing eyes exercise sort Of hypnotic
fascination for mice and rats. 1t may
also be that the ray they cast, slender
and faint though 1t be, serves to light
up their prey sufficiently for their
keen eyes to see it.-New York World.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
SIans Of the TImea.

u see the young lady noxt door has
q beau" "She assures me that 1t is
purely a platonic affection" 'In that
case yon had better look over some
thing cheap In clocks. or something
OF that kind"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Truth Mixed With ALLOW.

Truth comes to US from the past, an
gold is washed from the mountains Of
Sierra Nevada. In minute but precious
particles. and intermixed with infinite
alloy, the debris of centuries.-Bovee
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Be Ready for OpportunIty,

There is scope for chance every.
where; let your hook be always hang.
ing ready. In the eddies where you
least expect It, there will be fish,
Ovid.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
LOGICAL.

The Tramp-My pal says as 'ow
you've just give i'm sixpence fer 'avin'
one leg. The Old Lady-Yes, l did
The Tramp-Well. then, gr me shil-
hn', cos I've got two.-London Sketch
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
ARTICLE V.


ARTICLE V.
This act of Incorporation may be changed.
altered or modified, or this corporation dis
solved, with the assent of three-fourths of
the stock present or represented at any gen.
eral meeting of the stockholders convened
Tor that purpose aften ten days prior notice
OF such meeting shall have been given by
publication in one of the daily newspapers
published In the city OF New Orleans by
three publications during said period, and
like notice by mail to each stakeholder. and
such changes as may be made in reference
10 the capital stock shall be made In ac-
cordance with the then existing laws on the
subject.
ARTICLE VI.
Whenever this corpora ton is dissolved
either by limitation of its charter or from
any cause, its affairs shall be liquidated by
three go commissioners to be appointed
from among the stockholders at a meeting
or the stockholders convened for that pur-
pose after ten days prior notice shall have
been given by the secretary 10 each stock.
holder. Said commissioners shall remain in
office until the affairs of said corporation
shall have been fully liquidatel In case of
the death OF either commissof Der, the sur
vivors shall continue TO act.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder Of this corporation shall
ever be held liable or responsible for the
contracts or faults thereof in any further
sum than the unpaid balance due to the
corporation on the shares owned by him,
nor shall any mere informality in organiza.
ton have the effect of rendering this charter
null. nor of exposing a stakeholder to any
liability beyond the amount of his stock.
The subscribers hereto have each written
opposite their names the number Of shares
subscribed for so that this act may also
serve as the original subscription list.
Thus done and passed in my nOtarial Of
flee In the city of New Orleans Louisiana
IN the presence Of G. W Schweitzer and f.
L. SZabary, competent witnesses OF lawful
age, and residing in this city. who hereunto
subscribe their names, together with said
parties and me, notary, on the day and date
set forth in the caption hereof
CSigned) q. L. Davidson by O. ID. Weed
20 shares; o. ID. Weed. 20 shares F. r.
Davidson. 20 shares. Geo. W. Schweitzer,
Il. L. Szabary. ALEXIS BRIAN,
Notary Public.
I, the undersigned deputy recorder Of
mortgages in and for the parish of Orleans.
state OF Louisiana, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing act of incorporation
OF the ''Barataria Land Company was this
day duly recorded in my office in book 1865.
folio =
New Orleans, La, April %, 1912.
(Signed) EMILE LEONARD
Deputy Recorder Of MOrtgdOes
| hereby certify the above and foregoing
to be a true and correct copy of the original
act of Incorporation of the charter of The
Barataria Land Company, which was pa ss
ed before me on April 90, 1912, and OF the
original certificate of the deputy recorder of
mortgages thereto annexed which Is an
nexed to said original said original act and
certificate being on file in NV current no.
tarial register.
(SeaD Not0rn pnSi;.
apr % may &c % 30 1917 "'''
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
Writer'S Mean Remark.

1t is a mistake to suppose that won.
en- are always talking about their
dresses. Sometimes they are talking
about their hats.-Exchange.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-05-02
1ha Limit

Stern-Say. is Browns credit good |;
Kern-Goodf Why. he couldn't even
borrow trouble Cincinnati Enquirer