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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-12

chin Father, has just been appointed
Bishop of Philippopolis by the Holy
Father. He had been stationed at
Bataltscha. in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian King.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is son
OF the ambitious Princess Clementine
and grandson of Louis Philip. He was
brought up as Catholic and his first
born son was baptised in the religion
of his parents. His mother was the
pious daughter of the Duke of Parma.
Anxious to please his great patron, the
Car of Russia, King Ferdinand had
the heir to the throne rebaptised in
the Orthodox Church, the Gear being
his godfather. This act broke the
mothers heart. One of the most
jealous and popular priests of Sofia is
Swiss Capuchin Father. Greece has
about $4,000 Catholic subjects.
Officially the Catholic Church is
tolerated, but the federation is still
very limited.
1t is to be hoped that Catholics will
not be granted less freedom in the
territories which may be annexed by
the Allies than they have enjoyed I'M
der the rule OF the Turks. France,
which persecutes religion and the re-
lig1ous at home, and Germany, which
trembles lest his safety might be
jeopardised if the Jesuits laid founda-
lions within its borders, vie with one
another in protecting the Christians in
he Turkish Empire. The reasons are
political, but the protection is, never
theless, welcome safeguard for
settlers in Turkey and pilgrims to the
Holy Land.
Much has been written about the
present position and the probable out
look for the Catholic Church in the
Balkans. A great deal will depend on
the amount of influence and pressure
Russia will be able to bring to bear
on the Governments of the various
States. The smaller that pressure is
the greater will be the chances of
reunion with Rome.
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vided that the necessary conditions
are fulfilled. A vow is something more
than mere promise to God or our
Lord, such as is often made under the
impulse of fervor or on the spur of
the moment by devout persons. There
must be a deliberate understanding
on the part of the person making the
vow that the guilt of special sin is
incurred by violating it. Otherwise
it is only resolution or promise No
promise, even approaching a VOW in
it's binding force, should be made
without consulting ones spiritual di-
rector. 3. If you were as familiar
with the little catechism as you ought
to be you would not make such blum
der as you did in answering the simple
question asked by a non-Catholic
Your answer was entirely wrong. The
catechism states that the Church is
the congregation, or society, of all the
faithful who believe the same truths,
possess the same sacraments, and are
governed by their lawful pastors
under one visible head on earth, name
ly, the Pope of Rome. The only thing
that saved you from a charge of ignor-
ance on the part of your non-C Catholic
friend was that he or she was just as
ignorant of what the Church meant
as you were. The Church is not the
material structure, the building of
stone or wood in which people wor-
ship. It is, as already stated, the body
of the faithful who accept the teaching
of Christ in all it's fullness and utilize
the same means of sanctification while
acknowledging the leadership of
him, whom Christ constituted the head
of His Church. You had better get a
little catechism and refresh your mem
DRY in regard to these elementary mat
tiers. Then you will be able to in
struct others and, possibly, bring non
Catholics into the Church.
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larly fortunate. In one of his letters
he wrote I'm former days the lepers
were driven into the woods they car
ried little basket of food and a bell
that warned travellers to keep aloof
Charity has changed all this. Instead
of wandering in the woods, live in
comfortable room, do not need a
basket, for my provisions are renewed
three times a day. A little bell is
at hand, but when / ring it, instead
of anyone running away from me, my
wants are Immediately attended to-
1t is humiliating to be SO kindly
treated and to be able to give in re-
turn only little gratitude"
Like Father Beyzim, Father Dupuy
accepted the solitude and humiliation
of his terrible malady with joyful
equanimity; he was not only resigned,
but content to lay down his life in
SO good cause. Abiding to the honor
bestowed upon him as reward for
his devotion during the campaign, he
signed his last letter "Isidore Dupuy,
knight of leprosy."
The same Government that, for once
recognized the patriotic services of a
Jesuit, has nevertheless done it's best
to ruin the religious foundations of
Madagascar. The narrow, sectarian
policy of certain high oficials-M
Augagneur, for example-has led them
to commit acts of sheer cruelty, of
which the natives, even more than the
French religious, have been the vic
Tins. In 1906 the Franciscan nuns,
who devote their lives to the SICK
were brutally expelled from the hospi-
tai of Ambohidratimo, where they tend
ed eight hundred lepers. Many of
these were Catholics; they were brok-
en-hearted when they discovered that
henceforth they were to be deprived
Of the Sacramento and those who were
able to walk used to escape from the
hospital at night to seek the mission
aries, whose attendance was forbidden.
The Bishop, Mgr. de Sauve, had to
use his authority to prevent them from
thus infringing the rules of the hospi-
tai, where the presence of priest is
tolerated only when the patient is at
his last gasp. In 1906 the Jesuits,
who direct the College of st. Michael,
were forced to send away all their
European pupils. That same year, in
November, nine hundred schools be-
longing to the mission were closed, for
no other reason but the Government
good pleasure, and at the present mo-
ment an attempt is being made by the
authorities to confiscate all the prop
erty belonging to the religious Orders.
Several lawsuits touching the matter
have been commenced. If the Govern
ment officials have their will, the re-
ligious Orders in Madagascar will be
treated as they are in France-robbed,
and perhaps expelled. This sectarian
policy is not only unjust and cruel
it is glaringly impolitic. All the
French statesmen who have not been
blinded by party spirit recognize the
fact that French influence in the is
land is powerfully aided by the exam
pie and popularity of the French mis-
sionaries. A former governor of
Madagascar, M. lie Myre de Vilers
went further. ut u.s. he wrote, IAN
undeniable fact that if we are in pos
session of Madagascar, we owe it to
the missionaries"
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She laughed.

Your is your laugh declared .
If my my fortune Should co"e ="
badly she said in light tone 'hlhk she was aea
ing the foot rail. and ionsed iof hef iea'e'
presence. ,.,., ,
SAID rnendaciousy.
heard her move moment her fingers were
busy about my l put up my hahu anu 'ouo''e
them. She patted my hand away. 1888
please don't be foolish she remarked. Nne"
you your sight and find what an eSceednss p
girl 1 you'll go away like the o1hefs' anu iie>e
want TO again
exclaimed
manager
loathed the Others" with horrible detestation: but
/ said after reflection: .
Tell about yourself know you are calea
Valerie from Doctor Deane. How old are you?'
She tied the knot front of my forehead
oh I'm young enough she answered with laugh
Three twenty. And I'm five foot four and haven
bad figure. But l haven't any GOOD LOOKS at an at
Tell me- said I impatiently. exactly how you do
look / know
Il have sallow complexion Not very good skim
And forehead
IAN excellent thing said ].
But my eyebrows and hair run in straight parallel
lines she retorted 1t is very ugly have
thin black hair
Let feel
Certainly not: And eyes are a sort OF waterS
china much too small. And my nose isn't
altogether, but it's heshy One OF those nonoe
script unarsocratc that always looks as 1t mas
got cold My mouth is arge-I an, looking at mysel.
in the class-and my white. Yes. they are
nice and white. they large and protrrde-you
know the French caricature Engishwomans teeth
Really now consider the question. the image OF
the English mees a French comic paper.
ut is true. have pretty voice-but that IS
all 1t deceives blind people. They think I must be
pretty, too. when they me-bon sofr. Ia COM
pagnie! such thin. miserable face. coming
to the chin in a point like kite. There! Have you
Of now?'
No." said T. "for 1 believe you wifully msrep-
reseating yourself Besides beauty does not depend
upon regular themselves. but the those
features put together"
"oh. mine are arranged in an amiable of way.
l Cross
You must look sweetness ITSELF" said !.
She sighed medtatively:
great misfortune girl to be desperately
plain. consciousness it upon her like
cold when she is out with other girls Now
is COUSIN
(Which cousinc'
My Uncle Henry's daughter. Shall tell you about
hemp,
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early stage what she said mattered little. would
have given rapturous heed to her reading logarhmc
tables asked her silly questions merely to elicit the
witchery of her voice When Melba take
count Of the idiot words? You close intellect
and just let the divine melt your soul. And
when you lying your back, blind and help
less. as L your soul is a very sponge any
thing beautiful that reach It, After while she
gave giimpses of herself. womanly and
drfted from commonplace into deeper things She was
chifons schopenhauer Like most women.
Grated SchopenhaHer She must have devoted much of
her time to yet j ungratefuy complained Of the
long intervals between visits oh. those inter-
minabe idle which thoughts
that had thought rethought
again until the mind became a ragbag! Only
those who have through the valley this shadow
magic OF the unbeheid Valerie Deane.
What is the meaning of ths?' she asked morn
Ing Nurse says you are fcetful and fractions
She insisted soaping the soes of feet and
ticking into torments. which fractions.
i IN dying which makes fretfu-'
Since when have been dyiag:' she asked
From the first moment l heard VOICE saying.
friend and in least know what he is like. Be-
sides, added. your voice is beautiful that your
face must be the same"
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Il in the least Interested in your cousin !
replied.
She laughed. and the entrance Of the put
to the conversation.
Now must make confession grievously dis
appointed. Her detailed description herself a
low. il-featured young woman awoke with shock
from my dreams of radiant goddess. arrested my
infatuation In mid-course My dismay painful.
began to pity her for being unattractve For the
next day or two even her beautiful failed in
seduction. = -
But face began dawn before me- elusive at
first. and then gradually gaining in definition At last
the picture fashed upon mental
vividness. and It has never left to this day
Steadfastness convinced me of it's Sc
real that could see its expression she spoke,
of face repealed me. thought ruefuy OF having
dreamed of kisses from the lips that barely
of the great white teeth Yet after while is higher
qualities exercised peculiar
spirit shone through An intellectual alertness redeemed
he large mouth and a. lay thinking and pcturing
the harmony between face and voice. Thenceforward
Valerie Deane was invested with beauty her own.
loved the dear, plain face
and the touch of her fingers. tender laughing
wolnanliness and all that went with the Of
Valerie Deane
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n uHOW you feeling now
Words could not express the music OF
i these six liquid syIlables that fell through
the Stiffness and the blackness on my ears.

- 4 Words could not express music Of
4 these six liquid syllables that fell through
the Stiffness and the blackness on my ears
Not very bright. I'm afraid nurse said l.
something TO do with streams ana moon
light. and you may have an ldea OF tue "'eo" ipPe "
the laugh heard. ..
I'm not the Can't you tell the difference
/ m Miss Deane-Doctor Deanes daughter.
.Deanco" echoed.
Don't YOU know where you aree'
Everything is still confused. said l.
had an idea that they had carried me somewhere by
train and put me into bed fingered people
had tended my but where was neither khe" nor
Torture and blindness had been quite enough y
occupy my mind.
You are at Doctor Deanes said the voice
.ana Doctor Deane is the brother of Mr. Deane.
the great oculist Granchester who was summoned 10
shepo1- AIarltng when you with accident FER
haps YOU mo you had q gun accident?
i suppose it only that after ALL said l. out II
felt like the disruption of the solar system
you still in great pam: my unseen hostess
asked sympatheticaly.
Not since you have been the mean
added chilled span of silence, l mean-l am just
stating what happens to be fact
on" she said shortly. We'll. uncle found that
YOU couldn't properly treated at friends little
place SIepton Marlng, SO ne brought you to e1iu
chester-and are
"But ! don't understand" said l. why I should be
a guest your house.
You guest she laughed You are here
on the most sordid commercial footing Your friend
Il forget his name
Mr. Mobray settled my uncle. You see. the
large and fathers practice small SO we Keep
nursing for uncles patients w course "e
have trained nurses
one?' j asked.
exactly / do the Housekeeping But can settie
uncomfortable pillows.
felt dexterous cool hands about my head and
neck. moment two eyes ceased to ache.
and wished her In rendering her thanks
expressed wish. She laughed her delicious laugh
you you wouldn't be here. and therefore
you ouldn't me anyhow.
Shall i you?' asked disnEaily.
why of course! Don't know that Henry Deans
is one of the greatest oculists in England?'
discussed my and the miraculous skill OF
Henry Deane. Presently she left promising to
turn. The of seemed to linger.
flme would, in the darkness
That the beginning of it. 1T was love- not at irst
sight but a Pain and anxiety stood like
abashed COLLINS the back of mind. Valerie DeaIe
voice danced front like a triumphant fairy. When she
came and talked sckroom patitudes had sooner lis
tened o o music of the spheres At that
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A Lovers Dilemma
Had II Possessed the dar-

Had 1 possessed the dar-
ing of Young Lochinvar, /
would, on several occasions
have declared my passion.
But by temperament l a.
a dif1ident procrastinator
habitually lose golden no
naents as some people La-
bitually lose umbrellas
Alas. There is no lost prop
erty Office for golden mo-
mcnts.
Still l VOW. althoug h
nothing deflnite was said.
that when. the unantici-
pated end drew near our
intercourse was arrant love
making.
All pain had gone from
my eyes. was up and
dressed and permitted to
grope my way about the
blackness. Tomorrow I was
to have my first glimpse OF
things for three weeks. in
the darkened room. l was
in high spirits. Valerie,
paying her morning visit,
seemed depressed.
But think or it, /
cried In pardonable egotism.
Tomorrow / shall be able
to see you. I've longed for
1t as much as for the sight
OF the blue sky"
There isn't any blue
sky" said Valerie. It's an
inverted tureen that has
held pea SOUP"
Her voice had all the
melancholy notes Of the
wood wind in the unseen
shepherds lament in Iris
tan und Isolde"
Il don't know how to
tell you" she exclaimed
tragically after a pause.
81 shan't be here tomorrow.
It's a bitter disappointment.
l have been telegraphed for.
She sat on the end of thu
Ing, and took my hands.
1T isn't my fault
My spirits fell headlong.
L would just as soon kee
II thought you would sa.
A tear dropped on my han
of her aunt to make Valerie
postpone her demise for a
I murmured, however. a few
THANK you. Mr.. Winter.
of my aunt; but 1 had set m
And she may not die for "
dying for ever so long last "
/ ventured an arm abou
consolingly. The day would
meet. l called her Valerie a
Harold.
I have come to the con
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-11

the Deglet Moor country goes, ! know
at the present time of but one woman
who has any claim whatever to respect
from the Mohammedans, and she is far
from being considered saint. She is
the daughter of Sidi MuSa, the revered
holy man Of TOlga Ian oasis from
which many of the DeSlet Moor off
shoots now in the Coachella valley
have been brought). She owes her
reputation not to her own merits, but
to her fathers position, as far as my
observation goes, although she is an
extraordinary character, among Saba
ran women. She goes about unveiled,
mingles freely with the men, and col
lects contributions for the cause in
the most self confident manner. 1t is
only few days ago that she breeZed
in Il know Of no phrase that better
describes her entry to the caravansary
where | was packing offshoots, eX
changed badinage with the men, most
OF whom she addressed by name, and
finally touched my foreman for
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-11
ORIGIN OF THE NAME
OF DEGLET MOOR DATE

How the Deglet Moor date received
its name. according to the Arabic leg
end, is told by Paul b. Popcnoe of The
West India Gardens. Altadcna. in a
letter written from Biskra, where he
has been purchasing OTShOOtS for in
PRODUCTION to the Coachella valley.
81 have known the general features
of the legend for some years" he
writes. "but yesterday | was fortunate
to come across the full details. 1t is
related that in little oasis called BIed
ell Ahmar. or 'Redlands, just below
! Toug~ourt. where we have been buy
ing Deglet Moor ofrShoots, there lived,
several hundred years ago a very poor
| but worthy woman named Nura-Shc
is usually referred to as LaHa Nura.
| lie first word. which means merely
lady being that usually applied to a
! female saint.
! "Nura was very piouS and punciual
/ i'll her devOtiOnS. She not only said
ler prayers regularly five times 4 day.
but gained additional merit by recitng
! daily the 80 names, or attributes, of
God. This is a faNorite exercise Will
piOus MOslems, and is performed by
means Of chaplet or rosary Of 9!
beads.
"Lalla Nura, however, could not af-
ford to buy a roSary-Shc was cVcl
dependent on the generosity Of passer.
10y for her food. which usually cam,
in the form Of dates. 50 She pickc,
out 80 date seeds. and used them rs a
rosary. lingering them over on" by one
Ia, no ,ti1-tfiAnG
Her station was beside The caravan
road from TOuggourt probably it was
un an irri"aiing ditch ~ wen. When
She died, pa,eers IN found her body
ana buried her on The spot. The 80
date seeds which She had used We're
left lying about: they look root ana
became DcGlcl Nur (Noorl dates, 81
called after the name Of their former
owner.
''Such is the Arab legend, and the
moraiZing relator adds: Thus did
| God reward those who had bestowed
charity on his servant (Lalla Nural
! by giving them better dates than they
! had before possessed
1T is probably true" Mr.. POpenoc
| continues, ''that the DcSIet Moor did
originate in the Oued Rhir near Toug-
court. which is still one Of the great
est ccnters Of its culture. But that il
originated in any such way as thai
legend narrates ] should be very SLOW
| to believe. The supposed derivation
| of the name from that Of woman
is, to my mind, entirely too forced, foi
it comes much more naturally as We
usually translate it, Date OF the Light.
That is an absolutely correct tranSla-
ton, and a very natural one, taking into
consideration the translucent nature o.
the date.
''There is another argument againS
this rivation-female saints are very
rare in Moslem lands. ] do not sa!
that there never was such a perSOl
as Lalla Nura, because | do not know
but | would want some more evi-
dence than this irresponsible, even pic
turesque, legend. The MOhammedar
religion imbueS its followers with Sucf
contempt for all the finer qualltie:
Of woman that it is very seldom in
deed that one bevomeS an object O.
veneration, as do hundreds of mer
every year among the MOslems.
LAS far as my own experience o.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-11
Approved by Governor
(BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS

SACRAMENTO. June ll.-Fifiy-iiN"
new bills were added today to the liz!
approved by Governor Johnson. Tn"
total now signed is 2iS out Of 100"
submitted by The legislature. AMONG
the most important in the latest group
We're: Beban'S, prohibiting spit"
fences; Julliard's. creating stale viii
cultural commission; Re"an'S, for pro
tecting seasonal workmen going to tn"
Alaska fisheries: Slatcr'S, regulating
the organization Of fraternal insurance
associations; ROberts's. prohibiting the
destruction of fo0dstutfS to RESTRAIN
trade; Lyon -McDOnald's, extending The
eight-hour law to minors; Byrnes ;,
regulating the hours Of train opcrat-
ives; Inman's, submitting capital eX-
tensions Of S3,00O,000 bond issue TO
The people, and the bill providing for
ACQUISITION by cities Of water, electric
power. gas and other utilities.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-11

dollar. He explained to me, a little
shamefacedly, that she, her brother.
and the father spent their entire time
in levyinS their contributions on the
more wealthy and passing them on to
the poorer. 1t is coming and going
all day long he declared. They never
have SO in their hands at one time.
l know there is a good deal of truth
in this statement, but l am very skep-
tical as to whether a fair percentage
of the contributions do not stick to
their fingers.
1T is evident, then, that women can
hold unusual positions in this part Of
Algeria, even at the present day. New
erthelesS, am far from believing the
touching story of Lalla Nura and her
date seed rosary"