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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01
THE CATHOLIC HIERARCHY
Numbers 1856 Throughout the World
development of the Church in
Nine Years-The Roman Pontiffs-
The Sacred College.

The Annuario Pontifcio for 1913, the
official publication of the Holy See
containing a complete list of all the
members of the Hierarchy through
out Christendom, has restored to it's
place of honor the list of Popes as
given in the mosaics of the Basilica of
st. Paul outside the Walls, instead of
the list compiled partly from the
"Liber Pontificalis" and it's sources,
and in it Plus x figures as the
259th of the Popes. From the same
list we learn that 101 of the Pontiffs
were Romans, 107 were natives of
other parts of Italy, and only fifty-one
belonged to other countries. From
the chapter on the Cardinals we
gather that the Sacred College con-
sists at present of sixty-two members
Zone of them still reserved in petto)
that the oldest of them is Cardinal Di
Pietro, who is eighty-five, and the
his forty-eighth year; the only sur
vivor from the time of Plus TX is
Cardinal Oreglia, who was raised to
the purple forty years ago; that q of
the Cardinals were created by Leo
XIII, and "a by Plus x; that SO Car
dinals died during the present Ponti-
ficate. This year Cardinal Rampolla
figures for the first time as a septua-
genarian-though in reality he does
not become one until next August 18th.
Of the other Cardinals whom one reads
most about, Cardinals Ferrata and
Vico are sixty-six; Ferrari, Archbishop
of Milan, sixty-three; Gasparri, sixty
one, and De Lai, sixty.
Summarizing the hierarchy of the
Catholic world, we find that there are
altogether 1,756 Cardinals, Patriarchs,
Archbishops, Bishops and Ordinaries
of sedes nulius dioeceseos. The de-
velopment of the Church during the
nine years of the present Pontificate
are represented by these striking fig
ures: 10 archbishoprices erected out
of bishoprics, 80 new dioceses, 4 new
abbeys and prelatures nullius, 10 vicar
iates-apostolic created from previously
existing procedures, other new
vicariates-apostolic, and 10 new prefec-
tures-apostolic-and the print is hard
ly in the Annuario when another new
Vicariate Apostolic, that of Kiva, in
Central Africa, is to be added to the
list. One of the chief places in the
Pontifcal Court is still untitled, for no
Colonna figures as successor to Prince
Don Marcantonio Colonna as Prince
Assistant to the Pontifical Throne, and
an Orsini now stands alone, perhaps
for the first time for many centuries,
as holder of this most noble hereditary
office. Looking over the lists of Pre-
lates, one is surprised to find that
from the whole English-speaking world
there are only 80 Protonotaries Apos-
tolic, but, on the other hand, there are
over 200 Domestic PreIates and about
forty ChamberIains. The English
speaking Chamberlains of Cape and
Sword, most of whom come to Rome at
intervals for service at the Vatican,
number fifty-six.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01

We have received letter from
an American priest in Budapest
from which we take the following
excerpt: ''I was greatly i'm
pressed by the external evidences
of religion in Vienna. Being there
during the Christmas season I had
a good opportunity to note the
faith and piety of the people. The
churches were filled morning,
noon and night and the men were
much in evidence. Here, they tell
me, things are not nearly so hope
full. The poor and the working
people are being weaned away
by the Socialists. Hungary is do
ing nothing for social reform. The
House Of Magnates blocks every
attempt in that line and there is
much discomfort The younger
clergy are beginning to bestir
themselves somewhat.
''I have just returned from the
parish church where I said Mass
at eight A. M. y I am go
ing back after ten o'clock to see
how people attend Mass in a par
ish church which is responsible for
over $4,000 souls"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01

recommendable works by the same
author. Anyone wishing a book
marked "R' or "R r" must so desig-
nate when taking it, while his sigma
ture in addition, relieves the manage
ment from further responsibilities.
The signature of minors is not re-
ceivedr AS further precaution all
books marked 'R r" are only given
to mature and accomplished persons.
All this would seem to border on
what we would flippantly call red
tape" Yet the success of the ven-
ture, it's phenomenal growth, and the
high praises sounded by such an es-
teemed authority as Cardinal MERCER,
would indicate beyond all doubt that
it is very practical.
The Catalogue.
. The catalogue of the organization
is very complete and deserves some
description. In one alphabet are in
cluded the authors names and the
various large and small categories of
knowledge represented. A short bio
graphical sketch of each writer is also
given. A number before the title
serves for classification purposes and
at the same time designates the ap-
proximate size of the book (e. g. books
not over 20 en-. rs in.l have num-
Der between l and 1000, or between
10000 and 100000. The various other
classifcations are with few exceptions
practically the same as used in all
modern libraries.
The intra- province book traffic as
conducted by this organization is
worthy of note. So far the work has
been done in the principal cities OF
Brussels and Louvain, and in twenty
two smaller places scattered through
out the country. BY a very ingenious
scheme they are able to greatly in
crease their circle of usefulness
Small chests with locks are provided
for the sending away of books, and
any one desiring reading material
bears the carrying-charges, usually
quite small. This class of readers is
generally grouped into those having
the same desires and in this manner
saving in time and details is accom-
plished Bound newspaper volumes
are handled in the same way. Read
ing rooms are maintained at various
places and for very small fee use
can be made of them A separate de.
partment is maintained by the organi
zation, for procuring new read
ers, which sends out a monthly list Of
the new acquisitions. A department
| for the maintenance of communication
and exchange with surrounding coun
tries is also operated in Brussels anC
Louvain, thereby increasing their owl
usefulness and having the immediate
advantage of foreign publications
From this is not to be inferred thai
only the works of surrounding coun
tries can be found in their files, fol
their foreign language department i!
quite extensive.
The work has been complete sue
cess, exceeding even the expectation
of the most enthusiastic. After fou
years the organization has now abou
two hundred thousand volumes. Il
1907 the volumes loaned numbereC
eight thousand three hundred, and il
| 1911 the total reached twenty-seve1
thousand three hundred.
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LENT.

The Lenten season will be usher
ed in next week, and on and after
Ash Wednesday the regulations of
the Church in regard to fast and
abstinence become binding upon
all the faithful. At the present
time the Lenten fast and abstin-
ence is far less rigorous than that
prescribed in olden days. In fact,
so many exemptions are allowed
in favor of those who find it a
great hardship to do penance in
this way that the number who
fast and abstain vigorously is COM
paratively small. The Church is
very indulgent mother in this
regard-too indulgent almost, one
is tempted to say, in view of the
prevailing tendency to pamper the
flesh and place little check upon
unrestrained appetites.
Too many escape the Lenten
fast on the plea of belonging to
the working class. Fewer people
are injured by moderate fasting
than by over-eating. If one has
doubts about the binding force of
the Lenten regulations in his par
ticular case he must not presume
to dispense himself, but should
have recourse to his confessor who
alone is authorized to grant an
exemption when there is sufficient
cause and to substitute some other
kind Of penitential work for the
fast and abstinence enjoined by
the Church. Those who have good
reasons for seeking an exemption
from the Lenten fast need not
hesitate to lay the matter before
their confessors.
Even though one be dispensed
from the Lenten fast and abstin.
ence, one is not thereby dispensed
from the obligation of cultivating
the penitential spirit of which
fasting is an external manifesto.
ton There are so many ways OF
notifying oneself that an enum.
Grafton Of them is unnecessary
Each one can decide for himself
to what deep-rooted indulgence
the axe Of modification should be
laid. The besetting sin, of what
ever nature it may be, should be
selected as the object Of attack
Let us close our ears to it's per
sistent appeals for qualification
and starve it into submission by
refusing it the indulgence upon
which it feeds and wakes strong
If we succeed in eradicating ever
one bad habit during Lent we shall
have no reason to upbraid our.
selves for failure to live up to the
spirit of the Church s teaching
during this holy season. The sack
cloth of self-denial and the ashes
Of modification must be substi
tuted for the 'stolen waters
which are sweet and the "bread
eaten in secret which is pleasant
if we would escape the death OF
the soul which indulgence in for
hidden pleasures entails.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01

The Catholic Encyclopedia is
completed. Now is the, time for
Catholics who can afford it to
show their appreciation of this
scholarly work Of reference by
purchasing a set. Those who can
not do this should see that the
public library of their town or
city has a copy of this splendid
work in it's reference room. Make
it a point to ask for the Catholic
Encyclopedia, and if your public
library is so far behind the times
as not to have secured copy of
it for it's patrons, insist that those
in charge do so Immediately.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01

Ex-senator Beveridge of In
diana, is an advocate of free text
books for schools, but he differs
from many other advocates of this
measure by refusing to eliminate
from consideration the parochial
schools. He believes that, if free
textbooks are to be provided for
school children, those who attend
parochial schools are entitled to
them as well as public school chill
dren. He would enact 'such
legislation as will provide for free
textbooks for all the school chill
dren of the State-for the paro-
chial school children as well as
for the public school children. "
81 would make no distinction" he
says, in this matter of free text
books. It would be unjust to sup
ply them to one and not to the
other. All school children should
be treated alike, as all are now
paying tribute to the school book
trust
We commend this statement of
Ex-senator Beveridge to the con-
sideration of those narrow-minded
politicians who would do an inius-
tice to the parochial schools in
order to spoon-feed the public
school children.
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ton.

(a) The meaning of a mys-
terry. Mysteries in nature-a for
tori in the supernatural. A
supernatural religion without
mysteries is a contradiction in
terms.
(b) Although not understand
ing the inner MENUS of mysteries,
we learn through them truths
that God wishes us to know,
which we should know to have a
sufficient mental grasp of Gods
supernatural plan Of salvation.
(c) The obligation to believe
revealed mysteries mysteries be-
ing the teaching of God-mys-
teries being no contradiction to
human reason, merely truths
above the power of human com
prehension.
(d) The chief mysteries of the
Christian revelation-to be enum-
Grated, and briefly elucidated.
II. Pre- Christian Revelations.
(a) The primitive revelation
to our first parents and the early
patriarchs. The Mosaic revela-
ton, through Moses and the
prophets Of Israel.
(b) The limited reach of those
revelations Gods design being
to unfold Himself gradually, as it
were, step by step.
(c) The fullness of divine rev.
elation was to come through the
Son of God. Heb. /.
(d) Preparation of mankind
for the revelation through
Christ-The Messiah, foretold by
Israel's prophets-the pagan
world looking forward to a mes
senger from Heaven-the avowals
of pagan philosophy as to the
need of a divine teacher.
(e) The Christian revelation,
the great gift of the Eternal to
the children of men.
Ill. Inc Lille OF Christ.
(a) ASsummary of the life of
Christ from His birth in Bethle-
hem to His Ascension from Mount
Olivet.
(b) The indubitable histor-
lefty of the Christ of the New
Testament. This, proven primar-
lily by the books of the New Tesla
ment. Authenticity and historic
reliability of those books.
(c) The historicity Of Christ
put beyond all cavil by the solemn
monument of the Christian relig-
ion, built upon faith in Him, and
through ages proving in its work
ings its own divine authority and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01

How many topers who take ga
little wine for the stomach s sake"
will give it up during Lent for
the souls sake? Most of those
who, as they say, "can take it
or leave it alone,' fail to prove
the truth Of their statement by
leaving it alone.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01

The Holy Father recommends
abstinence from Intoxicating drink
as salutary substitute for fasting
during Lent. Some people you
know ignore this provision of the
Lenten regulations. Do others
think that you are unaware of it's
existence?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01

Remember, man, that thou art
dust, and unto dust thou shalt
return" When we bow the head
to be signed with ashes let us
remember that a contrite and
humble heart is the best asset in
the spiritual life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-01
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY /, 1918.

Next Wednesday is Ash We'd
nesday. Have you made up your
mind to observe mot only the let
ter, but the spirit, of the Lenten
regulations?
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REV. JAMES M. REARDON, Editor.
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mons in all the churches Of the
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-02-11
Friedman Cure to be Tried in
America.

Hurrying homeward from abroad
with tuberculosis serum in his posses
sion which, he says. is the first Uf The
widely discussed Friedman culture to
be brought to this country, DR.. Aus
tin B. Held, a physician of Pittsburg.
arrived on the steamship Potsdam
from Europe and al. once took train
for his home where his wife, con-
sumptive. awaits the arrival of what
DR.. Held hopes willsbe cure for her.
DR.. Held has enough baccilli only for
one patient. he declared. The patient
will be his wife.
DR.. Held was met at quarantine by
DR.. Milton H. Foster. of the Ellis
Island health service, and questioned
in behalf of the United States govern
ment about the Friedman cure. DR..
Held told DR.. Foster he had been con-
vinced of the efficiency of the cure
andshad obtained from DR.. Friedman
just enough serum to treat patient
suffering from tuberculosis of the
bone.
DR.. Friedrich Franz Friedman, the
German scientist, who discovered the
serum last month, was offered ST. 600.
600 bysCharles +. Finlay. a banker;
if he would cure 95 out of 100 patients
to be placed under his care. The
bankers interest in the serum result
ed from the fact that a relative by
marriage suffers with tuberculosis.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-02-11
Chorus Girls First THOUGHT.

Kenneth McGaffey of New York, at
a meeting Of the Chicago chapter of
the Friars recently, told a short story
descriptive of the many calls upon the
theatrical profession for benefits OF
this or that sort. Scene is hall bed.
room off Broadway" said Mr.. McGaf
fey. 1.-TWO chorus girls are just wa
king up. One reaches out and gets
the morning paper, sees the headlines
and gasps: My, Maize, just see this!
she says. The paper says John d
Rockefeller and Andy Carnegie are
both dying. What do you think OF
that? o, Gee, two more benefits re-
marks Maize, as she turns over for
another forty winks.'"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-02-11
Old Trade Route to Europe.

The great desert of Cobb, that is
partly in China, partly in Manchuria,
partly in Mongolia and partly in ST.
IBERIA, is traversed by the oldest trans
portation lines in existence. 1t has a
caravan route over which tea and silk
laden camels have travelled toward Eu-
rope for three thousand years and yet
cadamiZed the road until the time
when the Russian railroad paralyzed it
by the competition of steam no one
of the merchants who travelled over it
turned either TO the right or to the
left to tell Europe and the Occident of
the wonders or the terrors of that IN
known land.-Argonaut.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-02-11
Notes for the Gardener.

The finest way to store cabbage for
winter is to cut off the head. trim off
the outer leaves and wrap each head
in newspapers store in the cellar. and
they will come out crisp and brittle.
When setting out tomato or cabbage
plants, if piece of paper is wrapped
around each plant, not too closely. and
allowed to extend above the ground
two or three inches they will escape
cutworms. In planting tomatoes, dig
hole. and put in two quarts of ma
nure. tramping it firmly to avoid dry
ing out. Set the roots of the plant
directly on the manure, pack the dirt
in, and press firmly around the roots
This treatment will give Iipe tomatoes
two weeks earlier than the usual way.
Some squashes can be grown by CIV
ing them mulch of manure six or
eight inches deep, extending two OR
three feet on lI.sides of the hill. This
is the way to grow fine rhubarb also.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-02-11

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dread disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that
is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foun-
dalton of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
= Address f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, Is cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-02-11
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY CLYDE TAVENNER
Congressman-Elect

Washington, Feb. 10.-Few persons
realize the far reaching Importance Of
the fact that the United States will
soon have an income tax on its stat
utes.
First of all it means that millionaires
will, for the first time since this ma
tion has stood, bear fair proportion
of the burden of taxation.
1t is estimated that one hundr ed mil
lion dollars will be raised annually by
taxing incomes. This will mean that
that amount of taxation is to be taken
off the things that the people must
havesin order to live and placed on
wealth.
Under the system of protection as
played in this country, nearly every
penny of the money necessary to run
| the government, maintain the army
and navy. construct public buildings,
ETC., is raised by taxing the things the
people eat, wear and ..use. The only
thing that protection does not tax is
wealth. man with fortune of ten
million dollars has not been required
to pay single penny of tax to the
government This seems almost un-
belIevable but it is true. The man
working on the section for one dollar
and fifty cents per day, with family
of five children, IS at the present time
actually contributing more to run the
national government than the million
aire bachelor, too proud to marry and
raise a family.
The United States of America is
practically the only one of the great
nations where such condition exists.
Nearly every first class nation on
earth levies, either an income tax or
| an inheritance tax. We have neither.
Why have we never been able to
place an income tax on the statute
| books is the question that naturally
arises. Here is the anwser: High
protectionlsts have prevented. the pass
age of an income tax law because they
know that the more money the govern
ment collected from taxing incomes
the less excuse there would be for a
tariff tax. To take protection away
f! from the tariff trusts is to interfere
with their monopolies. And how could
the tariff trusts gouge consumers with
out having monopoles of American
markets.
THE COTTON TARIFF ROBBERY.
The American people are paying an
nualIy about $50, 600, 900 more for their
cotton goods than they ought to pay.
because of the inquitous Payne-Aid-
rich tariff law. The 63rd Congress is
preparing to intefere with this rob-
berry. There will be big downward
revision on all kinds of cotton goods.
The cotton schedule of the Payne-Ald-
| rich law carries an average duty OF
about So per cent. This means that
every article of cotton cloth and every
piece of cotton yarn that comes
/ through the custom house has SO per
cent added to its foreign price. And
on cotton goods that does not come
through the custom house, but is man
ufactured in this country, the 55 pei
cent is added just the same by the
nome manufacturer.
When the tariff on cotton goods is
reduced .one-third or one-half OF the
present rates. this article SO much
used by women and children. may be
had at the price more nearly repre-
senting the actual value of the goods
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Poles Not to De Removed.

In an opinion handed down Friday
Judge Walter Evans in the Federal
Court at Louisville refused to dissolve
the injunction granted to the Western
UnionTelegraph ompany. four months
ago,,to prevent the removal of the
telegraph, company's poles and wires
from the right of way of the railroad
company. Condemnation proceedings
to secure a right of way will be heard
by jury in the Federal Court March
IL, at which time a valua ton of the
right of way now occupied by the tele.
graph company willsbe fixed.