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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-30
THE FRIENDS AFTER DEATH.

A father once related to his chill
dren the following parable: The
viceroy of a certain island was once
summoned by his lord the king to
render an account of his government
Those of his friends on whom he had
placed the greatest reliance suffered
him to depart, and did not move from
their place, and did not move from
their place; others in whom he had
not a little confided, went with him
only as far as the ship; but some in
whom he had scarcely trusted at all,
accompanied him through the whole
of the distant journey, even to the
kings throne, spoke in his favor, and
obtained for him the grace of the
king.
The children did not understand
who these friends could be. Their
father, therefore. said: Man also has
three kinds of friends on earth;
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-30
DON'T BE A CHAMELEON.

What ever you do, don't live the
life of a chameleon. Perhaps you
have never seen a chameleon, so we
will tell you what they are. A chame-
leon is an insect-eating species of
lizard, distinguished for it's sudden
and great changes of color. 1t has a
naked body, prehensile tail, and
four feet suited for grasping branches.
1t has long, thin tongue which it
works with the speed of lightning,
and by which it catches flies upon
which to subsist.
If the chameleon takes it's stand on
the green limb of a tree, it's body will
turn the same color as the limb and
its presence cannot be easily distin-
guished. If it awaits for it's prey,
which consists of flies and insects on
a pile of dead brown leaves, the body
will assume the color of the leaves.
So wherever the chameleon goes it
possesses the power of adapting the
color of its skin to it's surroundings.
The Creator invested it with this
power for protection and in order
that it might be able to secure food
to sustain life.
When we think of this wonderful
power of the chameleon to adapt it.
self to it's surroundings, we cannot but
think that it is the only living thing
which can use such power and use
it rightly. Every one of us know peo-
pie who are as changeable in their
views as the chameleon. They agree
with every one on every subject, and
agree with a number Of people with
entirely different views on the same
subject. In this way they weaken
their minds and cannot trust them.
selves with important business affairs.
People living chameleon lives have
caused more trouble in the world than
anything else, for it is life of deceit.
Be what the Creator intended you to
be. Don't be chameleon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-30

which, however, for the most part, he
does not learn to know rightly till
the time when he Is called from this
world to give account of his actions
and omissions. The first class of
these friends, wealth and possessions,
remain behind. The second, his rela-
tions, accompany him only to the
grave. The third, his good works,
follow him into eternity, even to the
throne of God, where it will be rem
dered to each according to his works,
and where even the cup of cold water
which is given to one who thirsts, will
not be unrewarded."
How thoughtlessly, then, does the
man act who does not concern himself
in the least degree about these true
friends!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-30
THE VERY LITTLE BOY.

Ben and Herbert objected to mis-
going. They could not bother with a
little boy this time, they said; they
were going to work hard and pick up
lots of lead, because Mr.. Johnson had
fine new lot of jackknives in his
showcase. Guy Phillips, however,
said to let him go. Guy was older
than either of the other boys and they
usually did as he suggested.
For it doesn't make any difference
il Bobby is only seven years DID," he
declared Hes no tagtail, and you
all know it,
Therefore it happened that Bobby,
radiantly happy, was allowed to
trudge along with the big boys. He
had two empty salt sacks in his
pocket.
The boys went through the pasture
and up the hill, and then across the
swamp and up another little hill, COM
ing at last to three big targets stand
ing in a row. The military company
of the town had had rifle practice
there the day before, and the ground
around the targets was covered with
old bullets. Mr.. Johnson, who had
the hardware store, bought the bull
lets as old lead. More than one boy
had pair of skates that he had
earned in this way. Just now they
were all ambitious to have new jack
knives. This morning they were so
busy talking about the kind they were
going to get that they did not work
very fast. 1t was hot, too, so every
little while they would sit down in
the shade of the targets to rest, and
count UP their bullets to encourage
themselves. ALI but Bobby; he work
ed steadily, his small round face
growing redder and redder.
What are you working so hard for,
Bobby" one of the boys called. "Your
mother wouldn't let you have jack
knife, anyway"
Bobby grinned, Don't want a jack
knife" -...
They asked him what he did want,
but he only laughed and kept on
working.
" 4VA4 IAOS ACo4u Lie HULL WulStl0
blow they picked up their sacks and
started for the hardware store. About
half way in, one of the boys noticed
that Bobby was painting very hard,
trying to keep up with the others.
What's the matter, Bobby" he
asked turning back. why, boys" he
exclaimed suddenly, look at Bobby's
1no6 Hos
of u.s."
Mr.. Johnson was surprised, too,
when he found that Bobby had
brought in more lead than the other
boys
well, young man, what will you
have?" he asked kindly, noticing that
the other boys were busy looking at
knives. They turned when they heard
Mr.. Johnson ask this question, for
they too had been wondering.
Bobby's little face beamed. would
/ have enough to buy that?" he in
quired, pointing to shining big tin
pail. Mr.. Johnson looked at the price
mark
"Just enough" he answered. ssBut
what would such a little boy as you
do with such a big pail?" he asked.
Take it home to my mother"
Bobby answered happily.
! 1t was all Bobby could do to carry
the pail, but his face shone with joy.
The boys at the showcase suddenly
lost interest in jackknives.
I'm going to get my mother tin
dipper," Ben said finally.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-30
KEEP BUSY.

Are you lonely? Are you down
hearted? Are you blue? If you
have no real grief, but only fair
share of human trouble, don't give
way to your feelings, don't coddle
your loneliness. But, instead, get
busy. Do something. Lose thought
Of self in some work-some work
that will interest and occupy your
mind. The woman who can shut the
door upon undone household tasks
an uncleared luncheon table, say
hasn't correctly diagnosed her own
disease. Her trouble is an unoccupied
midland hands to match. Idleness
is the parent of loneliness, as it is of
various kinds of mischief women get
into. In this day and age there are
so many channels into which they
may direct wholesome activities,
that there is really no excuse for the
social parasite.
1t is generally the uneducated wom-
an who complains of loneliness. Not
that she hasn't been in school-per-
haps graduated even-but that, as in
the case of imperfect vaccination, the
educational virus hasn't worked"
She hasn't got out of it what it was
expected she would get-what she
ought to have received-an impetus
toward the development of her mental
resources.
With a good book in the house one
should never feel it necessary to take
to the street or ones neighbors to
find refuge from herself. Not that
books are to exclude friends, or take
the place of human companionship,
but there is certainly solace in them
for those unoccupied hours in which
the sense of loneliness visits.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-30
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, MARCH 80, 1912.

I'm going to get mine nutmeg
CRATER declared Herbert, and Guy
added, Il guess mother would like
one of those dust pans, Mr.. Johnson.
We can't let little bit of a boy like
Bobby beat us in everything"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-08
TITANIC DISASTER
WRECKED SURVIVORS

New York, Dec. MANY Titanic
disaster survivors are agreed, accord
ing to one of them. that their har-
rowing experiences in that calamity
VIII have the effect of shortening
their lives. W. K. Daniels, bond
salesman, who was one of the last
men /, leap srom the deck of the
sinking steamer, with the late Colonel
Archibald Oracle. and who arrived on
the Cedric today, had an engagement
TO dine with Colonel Oracle. of whose
death he was ignorant until informed
by a newspaper man.
Mr.. Daniels nearly collapsed when
told that Colonel Gracies funeral had
just been held.
ut is hard for me to explain just
how terrible that news is to me
over and beyond the respect and af-
fection | had for Colonel Gracie," he
said "All of us who came through
that experience have felt that our
lives We're shortened. There is a great
fear and apprehension in our minds
which will follow us for the rest Of
our lives"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-08
ENGLAND EXCITE D
BY NAVAL POLICY
Of CANADA
Manchester Guardian Fears
Proposition Would Give Do
minion Too Much Influence
in British Affairs.

usy Morning journal Specinl Leased Wire.
London, Dec. I.-Canada's naval
contribution has far overshadowed the
eastern war, as the topic of the week
in England. The politicians and news
papers. with very few dissentna
voices. welcome the dominion's gift
for its own sake and as a memorabl
step toward consolidating the empire
Uncertainty exists as to whether the
government proposes to receive Can
ada's ships as an addition to tire mini
mum fleet considered necessary to
maintain naval supremacy, or as a
part of that fleet.
The only feature of the policy caus-
ing uneasiness is the innovation of
giving the colonies a place on the
committee of imperial defense. The
Manchester Guardian says
From the English viewpoint we
view with distrust the admission of
a Canadian representative to the com
mttee of defense and especially when
he is armed with a power, If his adj
vice is not taken, of Withdrawing
nearly one-half of a squadron from
the Imperial navy.
we are certain that this power
would not be exercised frivolously or
at a time of national danger, but the
fact that ii exists would give the Can
adian member Of the convention more
than ordinary influence
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-08
TOLSTO| REGARDED
HIMSELF AS ONE
|NSP| IRE D
Last Testament Of Great Rus
sian Novelist Shows Belief
That Divinity Spoke Through
His Writings.
(By Mornlns JonrunI special Lca.ed wlrc.,

Nny h"r"ing Jnnrnhi special Leased Wlrr.)
faliS. Dee. I.-Oac Of the most
striking sentences in the diary of the
late Count Leo Tolstoi. (which IL
printed this evening In the journal
des Dchats, as his hitherto unpubllsh-
ed testament, ana was replaced by a
brief formal will dated July -, 1910,
10y which he left All his literary prop
erty To his daughter, Alexandra). 4.
reads:
III the people of the world wish to
read my writings. let them dwell on
those passages, whore | know the di-
vine power has spoken through me.
and let them profit from them,
throughout their lives"
The diary is printed on the autho-
rity OF Count Serpius Tolstoi. II was
written by his father under date OF
March ~ 1925. Count Leo 'rolsto
asked that all refrain from saying
good of him after his death, After re-.
ferring to himself as the Interpreter
Of divine power. he said:
u have had moments when | felt
myself to be the medium for the cx
preston Of the divine WILL | have
sometimes been SO impure and so sub
iect TO personal passions that the
light of this truth has been obscured
hy my own obscurity. hut. despite all,
have served at times as the inter-
mcdlnry for His truth and those have
been the happicst moments OF my
life. May God will that, passing
through me. those truths have not
been sullied and may mankind find
in them its pasture. II is only In that
that my writings have importance.
The diary begins saying that If he
does not make another this shall be
his testament. Tolstoi then requests
to be buried where he dies--'if In u
city in the least expensive coffin and
in the least expensive cemetery, as
the poor are buried"
He continued; Let there be no
flowers. no wreaths, no discourse and
If possible. let the funeral take place
without priests and without liturgy,
but if that is dlsagreeahle to those
who bury me, then let me be in
tered with the itursy, only as sim
ply and chenply as possible
After asking that no announcement
of his death appear In the newspa-
pers and that no obituary be printed
Tolstoi writes ut length concerning
the disposition OF his works.
Referring to his unpublished writ
ings, he prescribes that only those be
printed which will be useful to ran
kind.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-08
Next Friday Begins the Most
important Diplomatic Con-
terenceS Europe Has Known
for Many Years,
BULGARIA AND TURKEY
REACH UNDERSTANDING
Ottoman Empire is Expected
to Lose Two-ThirdS of Its
European Population to VIC
torlouS Allies.
by Morning sovrc' s.sclHi Leased Wire,

u3y Morning J",trpri sn~cini Leased WIre)
London, Dec. Tho prospects for
a satisfactory ana reasonably rapid
settlement of the Balkan war and OF
the greater European Interests hang
ing upon IT, seem brighter tonight
than at any time since the allied arr
mics took the field against Turkey
Tho enNovs from the Balkan king
doms, Grecce-~if Greece decides to
participate--and the ottoman empire
viii hold the first meeting Of the
peace conference next Friday. At
the same time the ambassadors Of
the great powers az London, charg-
ed with the task OF protecting the
Interests of their countries. will meet
as sort Of court OF appeals TO
watch, advise and admonish the peace
delegates.
10 reach this condition. even by
complicated arrangement has strain
ed all the resources OF European al
plomacy, There have been times In
the last month when even the consent
OF all the governments to friendly
gathering appeared beyond the range
of possibility.
This win be by far the most Inn
portant assembly OF diplomats since
the Berlin conferences Of the Russo
Turkish war, one question charged
WIFI iiit lioS1ltfititH Va tlNttNttIs ~
Servla's nnquenchNhle determination
for an AdrIatic port and Anstria's de-
termination that she shall not have
1t.
Sorvian official newspapers make It
plain, however that the little king
dom has made up It's mind 70 ta'se In
structions froila the powers 80 eAr as
public opinion Ia Servia viii let il.
A second interesting struggle will
a.
to hold as much Of the conquered
territory rs oriental diplomacy. and
the help OF friendly powers, cnn save
for her. The best bargain the sultan
can make probably VIII reduce his
subjects In Europe from more than G-
600. 600 TO less than 2,ooo, 900 and the
Turk seems reconciled to this
A third important factor VIII be
the Greek attempt to gain Saloniki
That the peace negotiations proper
will lac less complicated than had
been feared, Is promised by the two
facts that Turkey and Bulgaria np-
pear 60 have reached an understand
ing already, and that the dlssensIon
among the allies portended by the
failure Of Greece 10 sign the armlstice
Is mostly a myth, a prcarrnnged plan
having been agreed to by the allies
that Greece should stand out SO that
her navy could continue the block
ade and acquire the islands, which are
Greece's natural share OF the spoils.
The Greek premier, NJ. Nenlsolos.
who shares with King Ferdinand, OF
bulgaria, the honors Of cementing tho
Balkan league, has started for Lon
don.
The Egyptian prince. Ahmed
l'ouad who is a candidate for the AL
banan throne, is coming to make a
campaign in his own be-
half. The premiers OF three OF the
Balkan kingdoms are also expected.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-08
W|DNEY ADMITS He
WAS SHOT BY
WOMAN
Los Angeles Real Estate Deal
er Declares He Never At
tempted Suicide and Has Not
Contemplated Divorce.
my Morning Journal special Leased wirel

(Dy Morning Journal Special ieSsed Wirel
san Francisco, Dec. Two state
ments in which he declares positively
that he did not shoot himself were
issued today from his room in the
hospital liy Robert j. Widncy the
Los Angeles realty broker who was
shot and seriously wounded In the
apartments of MIS-. Vivian Lyons. in
a downtown hotel, last Wednesday.
Mrs. Lyons is said to have made the
statement Immediately after the
shooting that she fired the shot for
the reason that Widney called her
"Bcss." his wfes name. Widney's
friends claim he had gone 10 the
womans room to recover certain let
ters he had written to MIS-, Lyons.
The first statement written by
Widney is as follows:
referring to the recent affair At
the Hotel Sorrento, wish to say that
all of the stories recently printed in
newspapers to the effect that | was
to leave my wife are unqua lifiedlv
false: also all the rot about leaving
my present wife when this trouble Is
over Also. in justice to my wife, |
wish TO state that it would be impos-
sible for me to attempt to kill myself
over another Wonan--and | did not
(Signed) "R. j. WIDNEY.'
The second one is more detailed
1t reads:
owing to the numerous misstatc-
ments which have been printed at the
instance of Mrs. w. G. Lyons, ii seems
to me that this is the right time that
the truth be told
First, my affection is altogether
for my wife and not Mrs. Lyons.
Second, over 95 per cent of the
stories recently printed as coming
from her are foolish and false.
Third so long as matters have
been forced so far by Mrs. Lyons her
self, | regret that 1t has been neces-
sary on account of family and busi-
ness interests, to tell the truth / did
not shoot myself. Mrs Lyons state
ments at first to Mr.. Joslyn were cor
rect.
(Signed) "R. j. WIDNEY."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-08
HAS TWO WIVES YET
IS NOT A B|GAMIST

Kansas city. Dee. ITO possess two
wives and vet not be bigainist: to
be the father of child born in we'd
lock and yet not its father in The eyes
of the law, is the position OF w. a.
Erake, who was freed in the criminal
court here today, OF a charge of big
amy. In 1909 Brake and Miss Ger
trude Myers. his first cousin. went
through the marriage ceremony in
Kansas. 4 child was born. Later
Brake deserted his wife and married
Miss Ethel Ayres of st. Louis. Last
month his first wife discovered his
second marriage and Brake was ar
rested.
In addition to a charge of bigamy,
Brake was forced To answer 10 that
of wife and child ahandonmc mt.
Judge Ralph ). Latshaw dismissed
all the complaints today. The judge
pointed out that the Kansas law for
hadc the marriage of first cousins,
Therefore, in the eyes of the law
Brake had neither wife nor child
when he married Miss Ayres, and had
committed no crime.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-08
Government Attempts to Show
That Conspiracy Was Pro-
NOTED to Destroy Work by
Non-Union Contractors,
$4,000 FUND FOR
WORK IN LOS ANGELES
Witnesses Explain Correspond
enCe Between Officials as
Meaning Other Than DireC-
tions for Explosions.

(By Morning Journal Special Lensed Wire
Indianapolis, Dec. Funds contri-
huted by the International Associa
ton cf Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers to sustain its strike against
"open shop" iron and steel contractors,
which was begun in 1905 and which
still continues, We're investigated in
the cross examination of witnesses by
the government of the dynamite con-
spiracy' trial today. The government
charges that money was contributed
to promote violence, out Of which
grew the Mcnamara dynamite plot.
Patrick r. Farrell. Of New York,
former member of the union executive
board testified that $4,000 was con-
tributed to the New York district
council of iron workers, on account
of the strike there, but he denied it
was used for improper purposes Ask
ed about a letter to John j. McNa-
mara, in which referring to organiza-
ers. he said, lit takes good hard cash
to push them along" Farrell replied
he meant only that the men required
pay for the work.
On February 3, 1908, draw bridge
in construction for the city of New
YORK at Pelham, fell into the bay, be-
cause some of the supporting guys had
been removed. The next day Farrell
newspaper clipping about what the
high winds did last night The wit
ness said he understood the wind had
blown down the structure. Two dep
relations and one explosion occurred
on structural work in and around New
York, il tn fol- wing April, bu Far
rell asserted he knew nothing as to
the cause.
.As an official of the international
for buying nitroglycerin or dynamite,
or did you know Mcnamara was en-
gagged in dynamiting?" asked Senator
John w. Kern for the defense on re-
direct examination.
Il never heard of it until McNa-
mara was arrested" answered the Wit
ness.
Andrew. j. Gallagher, mernber of
the board of supervisors of San Fran
cisco, who was secretary Of a commit
tee appointed in connection with the
building traders council Of san Fran
CISCO to unionze trades in Los An
geles. testified that he received $4,000
from the iron workers through Olaf
A. Tveitmoe, a defendant, and alto
gether from other sources he received
$4,000. After the Los Angeles
Times building was blown up, Gallag-
her said, he sent Eugene A. Clancy,
dUClntT utltiudlt W Cttotti IL NipNS ~
solicit for the fund
was any part of that strike fund
used to defend the McNamaras, at
Los Angeles?" asked District Attorney
Miller.
about $1,000 was loaned to the de-
Tense fund, but later ii was returned,
said Gallagher
Other witnesses had testified that
when Clancy came east, after the Los
angeles explosion, he met James b.
Mcnamara in Chicago, when the lat
ter was in hiding and a fugitive on
charges of murder and that TVeitmoe
met John J. Mcnamara al labor con
venticn in st. Louis and asked that
other explosions be caused in Los An
geles as result Of which 0rtie T..
McManigal caused an explosion, in an
iron works in Los Angeles, in Dccem-
ber, 1910.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-08
M'C0MBS TO SELECT
INAUGURAL CHAIRMAN

Washington, Dec. William F.
McCombs. Of New York. democratic
national chairman, is expected to set
tie upon the organization of the local
Inauguration committee before he
leaves Washington Mr.. McCombs
reached the capital late today and
found nearly 4 score Of democratic
leaders on hand, ready to consult
with him about party affairs and In
augural plans. The democratic chair
man will take up the Inauguration
question tomorrow or Monday with
District of Columbia committeeman
and will probably determine upon the
chairman of the general committee
that has charge Of all affairs con-
nected with the parade. bah and gem
eral festivities of Inauguration day.