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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-05

us back we'll start comm to Mass to-
morrow mornin'"
I'll do that gladly" said the priest.
Good . said Whelan, IAN we'll set
tie up with the Lord by goin' to con-
fession to the Franciscans next Satur-
day when we go to town. under
stand that they're tn best for thin
that's been slowin' up-but with We
We'll square things up at once. Here,
Father, is what we ought to have
given for collections, subscriptions
and other things durin' tn past swim
years." and Whelan pressed roll of
bills into the priests hand. After
this" he added, well pay regular"
At this display of good will the old
priest was taken back and for mo-
ment words failed him, Il don't
know what to say" he started,
but Mrs. Whelan interposed.
Say Erin Go Bragh,' Father she
said, for thin words are full of mean
in and do fit any occasion. And now
come on home, Jim,s she added, 1--WE
can't be sleepin, all mornin' if we're
to go to Mass, can WEI"
'Divil Bit" echoed Whelan, TAX
ing the priests hand, for must be in
the first pew
Fred. F. SpitsiO, in The Catholic UniUerse
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-05
IN SOUTHERN MADAGASCAR.

The Rev. Charles Lasne, Lazarist
missionary in Madagascar, says he
has been making an effort to pene-
trate deeper into that vast region.
Leaving Lulear on the Mozambique
Channel, he reached the neighbor-
hood of the Indian Ocean.
In most of the villages he found no
Catholic place of worship, but one
place had possessed a small chapel
for a number of years.
my reception among the Christians
here" he says, was most cordial.
All the faces were radiant with joy,
and l could scarcely hide my emotion
as, mounted on my mule, l rode
through the town surrounded by a
curious throng of pagans and Cath
olics, bent on escorting me to the
chapel.
"Twice day l gathered my flock
together, but the church was far too
small as it contained only about eigh-
ty persons. The spectacle presented
was an imperfect reproduction of the
august assembly that nineteen cen
turtles ago was to be seen in the Cen
acle after our Lords ascension All
met to pray and to be instructed, and
in many was witnessed a transform
alton which, If less striking and com.
plete than that operated on Pente.
cost Sunday, will / hope be none the
less effcacious and lasting"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-05
EASTER LILIES.

Easter lilies are in bloom. Cal
vary Garden is full of them. The long
road of the Cross is carpeted with
them; white purity covers everything.
If you stop and listen your spiritual
sense will hear the Ginning of their
bells as they wave in the soft breezes
of Spring and proclaim joyously the
glad tidings that 'The Lord Has Ris-
en-" Gather them quickly before they
fade. Gather great punches of them
and leave them at His feet. They
are so beautiful they almost take
your breath away. The Lord himself
has said that Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like these, and
has symbolized them as His favorite
flower.
The Lord has risen! Are we ready
to greet Him with our hands full of
the lilies of charity and good deeds
and zeal for the saving of souls? He
sweat tears of blood in Calvary Gar
den. What can we do for Him for all
He has done for us-the Goldman
Who died on the Cross for our re-
demption? Are we following in His
divine footsteps? Have we zeal for
souls? Have we tried to save souls ?
There are millions of unbaptized Ne
groes in the South waiting on our
help. They love the Lord Jesus and
wish to listen to the voice of Him
who is "the Resurrection and the
Life" Material help is wanted for
the Southern Missions among the Col
ored race. Churches, schools and
teachers must be helped. A garden
of neglected souls crying to us for
help Shall we turn a deaf ear?
The Lord has risen! The light is
spreading over the land-the light
of Faith among the Colored race in
America. 1t is your privilege to help
in the great work. By writing the
Rev. John e. Burke, Director General
of Negro Missions, Metropolitan Build
ing, 1 Madison avenue, New York
City, you can learn all particulars.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-05
CHURCH IN PHILIPPINES.
Father Finigan Speaks of Mission
Work There.

Rev. Philip M. Finigan, S. j., of Ma
Mia, for eighteen years a missionary
in the Philippine Islands, while in Bos-
ton recently, described the condition
of the Church in the Philippines and
pointed out some of the needs of the
missions
He declared that while the Church
was flourishing it was necessary that
there should be more priests and more
schools in the islands. There are a
hundred and fifty Catholic churches,
with complete facilities for maintain
ing parishes, in the Philippine Islands
which are lying idle for want of
priests to preside over them. Some
100000 native children, who were
Catholics, were attending public
schools and therefore received no in
struction in their religion.
A work which the Church was
planning to push was the erection of
schools throughout the islands. Many
already exist, but not in sufficient
numbers to supply the needs of the
vast army of children.
Father Finigan said there was
much work to be done in Manila, for
to that city young students from all
parts of the island came. One project
which he is especially interested in
is that of building in Manila dormi-
tories for Catholic students and it
is for this especially that he is to
devote the money received here.
He explained that most of the ma
tives are very poor and unable to
supply the funds to carry on the work.
Under American control conditions
are becoming better, and the poverty
following the years of strife and I'M
rest which preceded American con-
troll is passing.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-05
A CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN JAPAN.

FIR. Nicholas Walter, S. NJ, an Amer
lean born priest well known for his
work in the Bright Star School, Osaka,
japan, gives another very encouraging
report of that institution in these
words:
Il am happy to inform you that our
school is steadily advancing. We
have now six hundred boys, and al
though only thirteen of them are
baptized many are studying the cate
chism; in fact this class has doubled
in size of late, there being now fully
two hundred on the list.
Here in Japan we have to be sat
isied to work slowly, and content
ourselves with comparatively modest
results, as the times do not seem to
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-29
AoRIcULTURAL DEPRESSION

A newspaper published in Ohio
sent out a number of blank forms to
local farmers, asking for occasional
reports on agricultural matters. One
of the forms was recently returned
with the following scrubbed on it in
pencil: "An we've got in this neigh
borhood is three widders, two school
ma'ams, a patch of wheat, the hog
cholera, too much rain, about fifty
acres of taters, and a fool who mar
ried a cross-eyed gal because she
owns eighty sheep and mule, which
the same is me, and no more at pres
entW
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-29
WON!

A number of persons were talking
about telescopes, and each professed
to have looked through the largest
one in the world" One after another
told of the powerful effect of the re-
spective telescopes. At last a quiet
man said, mildly:
81 once looked through telescope.
I don't know as it was the largest in
the world. l hope it wasn't. But it
brought the moon so near that we
could see the man gestulRting in it
wildly and crying out: Don't shoot
don't shootp The old fool thought
it was a big cannon. that we were
pointing at him"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-29
MADNESS WITH METHOD

you must either drink hot water
with your whisky said a doctor to
a married man who came to him for
advice, 'tor you mustn't take it at
all" But how shall l get the hot
water?" asked the patient. my wife
won't let me have it for whisky"
Tell her you want to shave" the
doctor said. The next day the doctor
called, and asked how the patient
was. He's gone raving mad!" his
wife replied. 'He shaves every ten
minutesw
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-29
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, BUT

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. BUT
An Irish priest had labored hard
with one of his flock to induce him
to give up the habit of drinking, but
the man was reluctant.
81 tell you, Michael" said the
priest, whisky is your worst enemy,
and you should keep as far away
from it as you can"
my inimy, is it, father?" respond
ed Michael. "And it was your river
ince's silf that was teIlin' us in the
pulpit only last Sunday to love our
inimiesp
$50 1 was, Michael" rejoined the
priest; but was 1 anywhere telling
you to swallow 'em?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-29
WHAT DID HE MEAN?

A countryman who had been hen
pecked all his life was about to die.
His wife felt it her duty to offer him
such consolation as she might, and
said:
John, you are about to go, but 1
will follow you"
81 suppose so, Mandy" said the old
man, weakly; "but so far as l am
concerned you don't need to be in any
hurry about it."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
The Strappile
Tho Mar, Near FoaI;no Time.

The mare in foal should have good
care and feed at all times, yet during
the last two or three months OF the
period her welfare should be looked
after more carefully. All horse breed
ers like to see a large boned and strong
foal. Some new born foals are small,
weak and apparently worthless. OF
course, small and weak Il al often can
be developed into a large and strong
colt, yet the good foal at birth has the
better advantage. 1t is good thing
for even colt to be well born.
The comparative size and strength
OF a born foal will depend upon
the feed and general care OF the mare
while she is in foal especially during
the latter portion Of the period, when
the unborn foal is developing rapidly.
Feed, given to a mare in foal, goes
for at least two purposes-one for her
bodily maintenance and the other Tor
the developing foal. If she Us worked,
a part Of the feed must be used up Tor
working energy, the amount depending
upon the kind Of work. A mature work
horse in good flesh will hold up and do
regular work on a rather narrow ra-
ton, such as timothy hay and corn. The
mare in foal may keep up on the same
ration. yet she can not be expected to
give birth to large framed and strong
foal without wider ration, more pro-
TEN feeds. a greater variety and
greater quantity.
Many farmers who have several
horses and one or two brood mares,
feed all Of their horses the same ration
in late winter and early spring. usually
corn and timothy hay. They know that
the brood mare should have richer
feeds. but they do not take the trouble
to supply them. As a consequence. the
spring foals are not as large and prom
Using as they should be. At this time,
the mare in foal should have more pro-
tein feeds, clover hay, oils, wheat
bran and a small amount CT oil meal In
addition to some corn and other hay.
Always feed some corn. Hair. flesh,
skin and bones of the developing foal
demand protein substances, as they are
composed Of protein tissues. variety
is necessary for the birth Of good
foal-H. c. A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
ASSISTANCE IS SYMPATHY.

Calamity follows calamity. The de-
struction of life and property at
Omaha is outdone in horror by the
widespread desolation wrought in Ohio
and Indiana by floods. The wires speak
of 1000 dead, of square miles of popu-
lous city and suburb beneath the wa
ter. thousands Of homeless and hungry
persons lacking assistance.
The situation seems to be as des-
perate as thate of San Francisco sue
ceeding the earthquake and the occa-
sion Of outside aid quite as urgent.
AS concerns the need there is little
difference whether homes are destroyed
and human beings crushed in quake
or swept away and drowned by floods.
There is only one certain and effec-
tive road for sympathy to reach the
sufferers. The surest sympathy is as
Sistance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
D;ooinq Fruit Tree Holes.

Ordinarily spring planting of fruit
trees is more or less of failure be
cause the work Is done hurriedly and
Improperly. One Of the essentials IN
making young reset trees live and gro"
thru the first summer Is good SOIL con-
tact for the roots. In many cases
spring planting is done under pressure
of other spring work, and as a con-
sequence the holes for the trees are not
dug deep enough and the soil Is not
covered firmly and deeply enough about
the roots.
In central and southern ATTITUDES
winter is good time to plant the fruit
orchard and to dig holes for the trees.
Every year there are times in January
and February when the ground Is not
frozen deep. and digging is easy. OK
course, in most cases the ground VIII
ne wet and soft, but digging the holes
with spade will not injure the soil.
The soil taken out of the holes Will be
laid in piles about the holes to be
acted upon by freezing and the air,
hence it will at planting time be IN
better physical condition than when
dug out later and Immediately repla led
in the holes AS Il rule ii is not well to
work soil when it is wet, but this 'as
reference to blowing and spading up
beds. Tramping over the ground in
jures it more than merely turning It,
Tile drains are frequently dug and tile
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
Measuring Corn and Hay.

A rule for determining the bushels
of ear corn in crib, is to multiply the
length In feet by the breadth in feet by
the height in feet, and divide by 2h (f
the corn is we'll dried). or 2h az the
corn is wet). For instance, in a crib
8 feet by feet by s feet. there would
be SIP cubic feet, or 227 bushels, II the
corn were we'll dried. or 205 bushels, IL
the corn were a little moist We do
not care to guess on measuring
snapped corn. for the reason that the
proportion OF husks varies so greatly.
Our correspondent might for his own
benefit, weigh several bushels Of his
corn before and after husking. to see
just what the percentage Of husks is.
He might then be able to modify the
foregoing rule so that 1t would apply
to his snapped corn.
The rule for measuring hay is to
multiply the length Of the NOW by the
width, by the height. and divide that
result by 500 cubic feet. il the hay is
rather loose. Of 400 feet II it IS fairly
well packed. For instance. in a NOW
2ox1Ox10 feet, there might be four tons
of rather loose hay or five tons Of we'll
packed hay.-Wallace's Farmer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
why Thunder Sour. MIX.

1t is universally known that milk
turns sour after a thunder storm. This
has been attributed to the large guam
tity of ozone which is liberated by the
electricity in the air. The experiments
Of Professor Trillat in Paris do not
confirm that theory. He has estab-
:ished that atmospheric depressions
cause putrefying gases - normally
quiescent--to rise to the surface OK
certain substances, and In support OF
his theory points out that odors Of all
sorts are more permeating after
storms. These atmospheric depressions
accelerate the decomposition of gases
and tend to liberate them. Hence lac
tic ferment Is produced. Professor
Trillat has made many experiments
with diverse substances under varying
pressure and has observed that when
the barometer is lowest During
storms, etc) the decomposition Of
gases is most rapid.-Harper's Weekly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
Acc!in,ated Seeds.

The time will soon be here when we
must begin to think about sending Tor
seeds for spring planting. Every year
the interest in good seed is becoming
OF more prominence. Farmers are COM
ing to realize the great importance OF
planting only the very best seed OBJ
tainable. Thru the use Of good SEED,
Yields have increased materially ana
more profit has been realized.
Many of the best men of our country
are now working to improve the seed
of practically all of our field crops. AL
ready great advancement has come.
Now we have better oats. better wheat
much better corn seed, better barley
and better field seeds of all kinds. More
irnprovement will be made with time,
as the good work still goes on.
None will question the Importance OF
planting good seed, or that special
growers have better seed than the
average farmer. Seeds for high-yield-
ing crops will be offered for sale this
winter. They will be sold and planted
broadcast thru the country. Many VIII
profit thru their purchases, while some
will fall
One distinct cause, of failure in the
purchasing and using OF better seeo
is that the seed has come from an en-
tircly different climate. and hence is
not we'll adapted to the conditions
where it is taken. 1t has not become
acclimated. >.
In purchasing seed Of any kind. 1t
should be good, but it should come from
a latitude and climate as similar as
possible to your own. The climate mas
much to do with the growth ana ma :
turity OF certain crops. You could no.
EXPECT cotton to thrive in Iowa or
spring wheat TO yield profitable crop
in Arkansas. Each plant does well III
its own climate, but is failure else
where. Corn, for instance. is grown an
over the United States, yet only certain
varieties do we'll in special climates.
Purchase good seed, but secure IL. II
possible. from some place in your iati-
tude and similar climatic conditions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
CANT AFFORD 1T"


Mrs. Marshall. the wife OF the vice
president, has been receiving much
praise for her frank statement that
there are certain things in social life
in Washington that she can not afford
and. therefore, she is going to do with
out them That is good example
for the American people to follow. It
is not always that persons are willing
to use that kind of common sense.
Nowadays, especially socially. We do
things without much reference to the
affording part of it. If Mrs Marshalls
example will be generally followed we
will hear much less about the high
cost of living. and we will have fewer
divorces and less unhappiness Of all
kinds.
Socially, and in family life, we need
the frank Acknowledgement that Mrs.
Marshall has made famous. We ought
to be more concerned about doing the
things that we can afford than about
doing the things that so many now
adays seem necessary in order to keep
up with the silly procession Of society.
or that part OF it which thinks that
success depends on the spending of
money whether it is earned or not
earned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
THE HERO BUSINESS.

Every day work Is a commonplace
thing but there is more heroism dis
played day after DAY in the daily toll
of the world that has ever been
shown on d battle field. There isn't
day passes that men do not elbow
death aside in the days labor. A
structural iron worker swings up past
the completed stories Of the skeleton
of tall building standing on d beam
with only the hand Of the engineer
below between him and eternity. Does
it over and over. Other men balance
on a six inch footing, receive the beam
and plant it in its place every one of
them dependent upon himself and each
ether for life. 1t would be heroic if
the worker had time TO think Of that
phase Of it. He is too busy at the time
TO give the hero business much at
tention. The steel worker is only one
of many. Men without number in q
thousand different occupations shake
hands with the grim destroyer day af-
ter day for wages.
For instance: Down at Muskogee,
Okla, the other night, burglars had
loaded a safe preparatory to blowing
it when they were frightened and
driven away The safe stood there
with nitro glycerine packed into every
crevice and the soap cups of soup"
affixed and fused. While the popula-
ton stood at a safe distance listening
a safe expert drew off the glycerine
from the cups soaking it up with &
rug. carefully removed such of the ex-
plosive from the chinks and crevices
and opened the door. If a drop had
been squeezed between the steel sur
faces the job and the man would have
finished together. After all it was as
been placing 100 pounds Of high ex-
plosive under a battleship to destroy
half thousand men and several mil
ions Of property. But this man did
it for wages and in order that property
could be saved and the business of
the bank and its patrons go on.
There is more than one side to this
hero business. Most of us got our hero
ideas out of the school books where
the war hero is magnified and the hero
of peace fails of his due. Perhaps 1t
would be we'll were the workaday hero
given a little higher standing in the
training of children and the butcher
business somewhat subordinated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
TEACHERS PENSIONS.

So far as the teachers pension bill
is concerned it should come out of
committee and have a chance before
the legislature. This bill may not he
precisely the one best adapted to the
needs Of the teachers and the temper
Of the state. Discussion on the floor
would uncover both its strength and
weakness. A vote upon it would be in
dicative of the general sentiment on
the subject Of teachers pensions.
Generally speaking teachers wages
are altogether too low. Ii is a pro-
fession very intimately connected with
the family. and one upon which the
individual success or failure of the
coming citizen depends very largely.
Also it Is one which from the short
period which the average teacher re-
mains in the work is likely to continue
to be i'll paid. While it is true that
the teachers pension should be in her
pay check it is also true that the char
acter Of the competition in the profess
sion tends to keep the check small. and
thus works injustice to those teachers
who pursue teaching as a life job and
who need and deserve the reward of
a comforta BILE OLD age for their public
services
Bring the bill out and give it what
every public matter OF wide interest
is entitled to-a showdown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27

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cal police department find difficult TO
solve, . hurry call will be sent to the
Scotland Yard operatives in the capital
city, who will take the arst train anu
clear up the case with neatness ana
dispatch. The Gazette Is inclined to
give the new sleuth law fair trial.
II 1t will be of any benefit in assist
ing in the apprehension and convlc-
ton of criminals, it will be money well
spent. There is grave fear, however,
that the attorney generals Office may
take upon itself the task of using this
department to conduct Investigations
in behalf of the Cosson law and thus
divert the mission of the department
from the lines originally intended ny
the law. The sheriffs, chiefs of police
and county attorneys of Iowa may
find it convenient to call in the state
detective bureau occasionally, but I'M
warranted interference with city or
county officers of the law should be
promptly resented.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-27
MORE AR0IiT HALEY

webster City Freeman Tribune
1t is said that Warden Sanders, Of
the prison at Fort Madison, always ex
plains the confinement Of Haley in a
solitary and unhealthy dungeon by say
ing that the orders come from higher
up-Des Moines Tribune.
From what the Freeman Tribune has
been aole to gather from this case it
appears that Haley is kept in the dun
geon because he is q mean cuss who
will not obey the reasonable rules Of
the prison which other prisoners are
expected to obey. Possibly the Des
Moines paper can suggest a way to deal
with such fellows. There must be dis
cipline in these institutions and some
body must have authority to enforce
the rules. Haley can get out OF the
dungeon just as soon as he shows a
disposition to do as other prisoners are
required to do. There has been alto
gether too much sympathy expresse
for this man. He invites the treatment
he is getting and he ought to be kept in
solitary confinement to the end If his
days if that is the only way which the
fair rules Of the prison can be upheld
Let this obstreperous man override
authority, and what kind of a condition
would exist at the penitentiary?