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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-22
LOOK FOR THE LAUGHS,

The more fun and laughter, the
get out of the common happenings of
everyday life, the more likely we are
to keep happy ourselves, and to pass
on a measure of brightness to other
people, There are funny things hap
pening about us all the time, funny
things being said, funny stories being
told. Perhaps they are mixed in with
much that is dull and tiresome, but
what of that? Sift them out, find the
real fun, make the most of every laugh
that it holds.
So much of our pleasure must come
to us in small ways that we miss a
great deal of enjoyment if we go about
looking only for the big, unusual
pleasures and shut our eyes to the
smaller ones that are to be found all
along the road. The story that is
loaded down with tiresome detail has
usually a kernel of fun that holds a
laugh if we are willing to look for it.
The music of the strolling band may
seem to us a poor substitute for that
of the splendid orchestra we long to
hear, but if our ears are open to
melody rather than to discord we shall
catch lovely strains now and then. If
we are looking for enjoyment, for
music, for beauty of color and form,
if we are making the most of every
chance for kindly, wholesome laugh
ter, we are sure to get more happiness
out of our common, everyday ex-
perience than those who have eyes
and ears and thoughts only for the
big pleasures. And the happiness and
content that we have won so simply
will unconsciously help to brighten
other lives that we touch from day to
day
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city of silence" was told by pros
pector named Willoughby. He was
miner in California and went to Alas
ka, where he settled in the vicinity of
Muir glacier. In fact, it was Willough-
by who piloted Professor Muir when
he assembled the immense ice field
which now bears the scientists name.
Willoughby always told the story of
this city which appeared in the sky
with much earnestness, and he car
ried a photograph which he said he
took after several visits to the spot
whence the vision could be seen.
When Willoughby first went to Alas
ka natives told him that at certain
times of the year when the days were
longest and the atmospheric condi-
tions right they saw suspended in the
heavens a town with streets, houses
and many different kinds of buildings.
So impressed was he that he engaged
the Indians to take him to the place
where the city could be seen, and in
their canoes travelled to the spot
After several attempts Willoughby
at length saw this silent city," as the
natives called it. He said that the at
mosphere was so clear that noun
tains many miles away seemed near
and that as he gazed the outlines of
city gradually assumed shape, and
building after building came to view.
He distinctly saw tall Office buildings,
churches and spires, houses and every
indication that the city was inhabited;
but, though he saw it several times,
he could never detect human being.
A halo of light seemed to cover all.
AS he gazed the vision faded and grad
ually receded. So convinced was he
that he was looking at the mirage of
an actual city that he made records to
show that he had been on the exact
spot whence the picture in the sky
could be seen.
Willoughby's photograph was crude,
but enough could be discerned to lead
persons to assert that it was a view
Of Bristol, England, many thousand
miles away. Willoughby told his story
in 1888 or Whereabouts. Since then
several persons have said that they
saw the mirage. In every instance the
mirage was surrounded by a halo OF
light which poured soft glow on
roof and walls.
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BE PATIENT.

Patience and forbearance draw us
nearer to God, Who tells us to possess
our souls in patience" Patience is a
necessary requirement for a godly
life. Without patience virtue is not
solid. Without patience you can be
master neither of others nor of your
self. Most of us are too hasty. We
want immediate results. We dislike
to wait But patience hath a perfect
work" Behold the husbandman wait
eth for the precious fruit of the
EARTH" says St. James, patiently
bearing till he receive the early and
the latter rain EST. James $50
Life and character are not measured
by rapid success. The process of
nature is slow. All Gods best and
noblest works are slow and gradual.
St. Mark says: "First the blade, then
the ear, afterwards the full corn in the
ear" (St. Mark 4:28.) Character
must be built up, slowly nodded,
fostered and developed. Gradually
you must live down bad habits; grad
ually you must ripen in vigor of pur-
pose. "Out of weakness made strong
is Gods motto. We must learn to
labor and to wait. 1t is annoying to
wait. There is so much to be done;
why wait? God may not want you for
the work Be patient-wait! Strength
unbridled is not strong. We may
never see the results of our endeavors.
eff it be
My lot to toll, but not to see
The fruits which to my toll belong,
1 know One whose all-seeing eye
My humblest task shall glorify."
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Compiled specially for The Catholic Bulletin
ITO know that which
before us lies in daily
life is the prime wis
dom" Milton.
Potato Balls.

1 pint mashed potatoes
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 beaten egg
rs teaspoon celery salt
Is teaspoon pepper
teaspoon finely chopped parsley
Season the potatoes with salt, pep
per, celery salt and butter, add beat
en- egg and parsley, if desired. Shape
roughly into balls, brush over with
beaten egg, and bake on buttered
pan until brown. Do not have them
too moist.
Asparagus.
Cut off lower parts of stalk as far
down as they will snap, unite punches,
wash, remove scales and retie.
Cook in boiling sailed water fifteen
minutes, or until soft, leaving tips
out of water first ten minutes. Drain
remove string and spread with soft
butter, allowing one and ,one-half
tablespoons butter to each bunch of
asparagus. Asparagus is often brok-
en- in inch pieces for boiling, cooking
tips a shorter time than stalks.
String Beans.
Remove strings and snap or cut in
one-inch pieces; wash and cook in
boiling water from one to three hours,
adding salt last half hour of cooking.
Drain, season with butter and salt.
Beets.
Wash and cook whole until tender;
leave two or three inches at the top
on until they are cooked. Put in
cold water, pare, slice, reheat and add
seasoning. They may be served cold
in vinegar.
Baked Winter Squash.
Cut in pieces two inches square
remove seeds and stringy portion
place in dripping pan, sprinkle with
salt and pepper, and allow for each
square one-half teaspoon molasses
and one-half teaspoonful melted but
ter. Bake fifty minutes, or until soft
in moderate oven, keeping covered
the first half hour of cooking. Serve
in the shell.
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JIMMIE SHANE.

I had attended Mass at the little
country church for three weeks, and
more than once l was struck by the
conduct of the little acolyte. He was
recollected, a perfect model of devo-
ton and quiet as statue on the altar,
but once in the sacristy and rid Of his
cassock and surplice he was as rest
less and bright as the sunbeams, and
1 may add equally as elusive. Several
times I tried to meet him, but always
without success.
1t was Sunday morning the third
week after l had come to Surrey and
as usual 1 went to Mass, but when
Father Kelly came to the altar with
out his little acolyte I felt as though
something was wrong Mass began
and still no acolyte, so finally I zen
tured up to the altar and served, a
rather old altar boy, but still l man
aged to acquit myself quite well. Mass
over l went to the sacristy with
Father Kelly and after he had thanked
me very cordially, my first question
was about the disappearance of his
server:
"Oh, Jimmie Shane you mean; .
said Father Kelly, "sure, 1 think l
know what's the matter with him and
I shall tell you If you wait few
moments till have made my thanks
giving"
The young priest went into the
church and spent the interim admir-.
ing the well kept flower garden in
front of the tiny cottage that Father
Kelly called the ''Rectorate." There
the Father joined me and invited me
in to share his frugal meal and when
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-22

water until soft, drain off the water,
uncover and shake gently over fire
until dry Serve in a hot uncovered
dish.
Baked Potatoes.
Select smooth, medium sized pota-
toes. Wash, using a vegetable brush,
and place in a dripping pan. Bake in
hot oven 40 minutes or until soft, re-
move from oven and serve at once.
When cooked, break the skin, to let
the steam escape, and serve in hot
dish, covered only by folded nap
kin.
II any are left from the meal, pare
them at once, that they may not be-
come soggy.
Potatoes on the Half She'll.
l potato
Y teaspoon butter
l tablespoon milk
Salt and pepper
Bake the potato, cut in halves
lengthwise and scoop out inside.
Mash, add butter, milk, salt and pep
per; beat lightly. Refill one-half the
skin and bake until brown.
Potatoes may be sprinkled with
grated cheese, before putting into the
oven. Whites of two eggs well beat
en-, to every six potatoes may be add
ed if desired.
Mashed Potatoes.
4 potatoes
/ tablespoon butter
y teaspoon salt
Is teaspoon pepper
tablespoons hot milk
Rice the potatoes, add the season
ings; beat with fork until very
light, and pile lightly in a hot uncov-
cred dish.
Riced Potatoes.
Force hot boiled potatoes through
a potatoe ricer, or coarse strainer.
Serve lightly piled in hot vegetable
dish.
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explained that had, already eaten
he insisted that should at least drop
in and listen to his story of Jimmie
while he got his breakfast
eyes," he began when we were
seated; 81 think can tell you what
has happened to Jimmie. His mother
is as good a Catholic as l have in the
parish, but his father is the most bit
terly prejudiced man it has ever been
my misfortune to meet. It was O
sorry day that Mary Johnson married
Jim Shane, and many is the heart
ache he has caused her. But Jimmie
and Katie have proved some consola-
ton to poor Mary Shane for they are
as good and docile children as you
can find anywhere. Things turned out
however so as to somewhat ease mat
tiers, for Jim Shane works in Spring
field and only comes home once a
month for a day or so, but when he
does come there is no chance for
either the mother or children to come
to church until he is gone. / guess he
is home now and it would be the death
of the children if they attempted to
come to Mass"
I was Mortified at this story of
prejudice and cruelty
Can nothing be done?" l asked.
mo, Mr. Peters," replied Father
Kelly; 'it's best to leave things as
they are and God will remedy them
in His own good time. We can only
pray and wait"
That very day business called me
from Surrey and it was Wednesday
before returned. Thursday morning
saw me at Mass, but something had
gone wrong for sure l felt, for a
strange lad was acting as acolyte.
Odd, l thought, Jimmies father hard
ly remained this long.
That same afternoon Father Kelly
dropped in and asked me to take a
little walk and when we had started
he explained that he wished to go to
see Jimmie.
"Mr Peters, he said; 'the very day
after l talked to you, last Sunday it
was, an accident happened to Jimmie.
He had accompanied his father to the
depot and was walking at his side
up and down the platform, wait
ing for the train, when he stepped
on a rusty nail and drove it in nearly
an inch deep. The father carried him
to the doctors office, but the doctor
was out and they fixed Jimmie as
best they could. That evening
blood poisoning set in and Jim Shane,
almost crazed with grief, sent for two
specialists. They came and operated
and although Jimmie will not lose his
leg, the flesh and muscle are so much
gone that he will be cripple"
YES" continued Father Kelly; 81
hesitated to go to the house when
heard that Jim Shane was still home
but duty called and l went Never
has man changed quickly than
Jim Shane and only in few days, and
l hope that another lost sheep will be
reclaimed by the Good Shepherd. II
seems that in his delirium Jimmie
thought himself before the Blessed
Sacrament and he prayed aloud offer
ing himself, even his life, that his
father might be converted. The father
heard his child's prayer and God an
swered the child's prayer for Jimmie
will be a sickly cripple while his
father, please God, will become 9
Catholic
Bernard BroUn in Father Dunne's
NeDSbODS Journal.
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LESSON XII.
RECIPES
Boiled Potatoes.

Select potatoes of uniform size.
Wash, pare, and drop at once into
cold water; cook in boiling sailed
water until soft, drain off the water,
uncover and shake gently over fire
until dry. Serve in hot uncovered
dish.
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VICTORY FOR UNIoNIsM.

Employers of labor in Cleveland,
Ohio, have evidently seen new light,
says the editor of the Minnesota Union
Advocate, and have taken long step
in it's direction. They have reor-
ganized their old Employers asso-
citation under a new name, which is
the Industrial association. They have
also adopted a new constitution with
the old declaration against union labor
and the union shop entirely eliminated.
The new constitution declares "that
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
THE LOSING BAG.

Little Harry Careless
Was always losing things
Shoes, and hats, states and books,
Pencils, marbles, strings;
Till at last his mother
Took a faded flag,
A great enormous one it was,
And made it into a bag.
"Now, my Careless Harry"
Said she with kiss,
When you feel like losing things,
Drop them into this!"
"That l will" cried Harry,
Happy as king.
And since he got the losing bag
He never lost thing.
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CAT-ASTRoPHES.

A schoolboy, asked to write an
essay on cats, made the following
amusing and original statement:
'Cats that's made for little boys
and girls to maui and tease is called
Maltese cats. Some cats are known
by their queer purrs; these are called
Purrsian cats. Cats with very bad
tempers is called Angorie cats. Cats
with very deep feelings is called
Feline CATS
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ALAsKA's "sILENT CITY,"
Wonderful Mirage That Is Said to
Have Been Photographed.

One of the best stories regarding
mirage is that told in Alaska concern
ing the appearance of a city in the
sky. This silent city" is said to have
actually been photographed, and,
though there are skeptics, enough peo-
pie claim to have seen it to make the
story interesting.
According to a writer in the New
York Sun, the first account Of this
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-29
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CHINESE TROOPS MUTINy;;
REVOLT IS PUT DOWN

Peking, Dec. 29.--Tali Fu, in the
far southwestern province of Yunnan,
was the sccnr of = iauic for fort
night, following the revolt Of three
regiments of the Chinese army under
the leadership Of General Iany Hu
PIN The mutineers on December s,
shot down the officers, razed the ar
mury, killed a professor and several
students of Chinese cOllc6c. a num -
ber of citizens and proclaimed the
Independence of the province in the
name nf Or. Sun Vat Sen, former pro-
visional president of China. No for
cignerS were moleStcI.
LOYAL troops arrived, stormed and
rccapt,Ircd the place, routing the reD'
els. and burning to death General Vans
IIu Pin. who was hiding in the house
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-29

J. p. Uselding, church decorator
from Chicago. is visiting at the nome
Of his cousin, Peter Manse of Rockland
street,
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Will ASK PROBE
OF MOYER CASE
Attorney Hilton of W.T.. of M. Will
Seek Grand Jury Inquiry

An immediate grand jury inquiry
into the alleged deportation of Charles
IL. Meyer president of the Western
Federation Of Miners, will nc sought
by the union. Q. n. Hilton, of Denver
chief Of counsel for the organization,
arrived nere yesterday and at once
went INTO consultation with local
leaders.
"The special grand jury which Judg,
OBren of the circuit called some
weeks ago is, understand, to recon-
vcnc Tuesday" said Mr.. Hilton last
night. II shall ask George Nichols,
the special prosecutor in charge OF the
strike Investigations, to present our
evidence to the grand jurymen. and |
have every confidence that Mr.. Mich
ellis viii gladly do everything in his
power to bring To trial the perpctra-
tors of the assault on Mr.. Mover. |
have as vet had no communication
with Mr. Nichols, but | shall get In
touch with him as soon as he returns
to the copper country
SAYS Moyer Will Return
Mr.. Hilton said he came here at the
request of Mr.. Meyer, having left Chit
cago Immediately after visiting the
| latter there.
Il am quite sure that Mr Meyer
will return To the copper country as
soon as he RECEIVERS from his hurls'
! added trc attorney.
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THOUSANDS PAY TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY OF VICTIMS
OF ITALIAN HALL DISASTER
DEMENTED MAGICIAN
KILLS Wife AND BABE
Robert Maloney Commits Double
Murder In Cincinnati

Cincinnati, g, Dec. 29.-Robcrt Ma
loncN a magician, shot and killed a
woman, and her Ncar-old baby in Il
prominent hotel and attempted to cs-
cape to kentucky today. Maloncy ana
the woman registered as man and
wife at 1890 this morning, and follow
ing arguments in the lobby. went to
their roum Shortly after the woman
and baby retired, Maloncy fred fou.
shots three taking effect IN the wo-
mans head and body and one in the
taby's forehead.
Dressed in his mdcrclothing MalO-
bcy ran screaming )ut OF the room
llouriShiug revolver and driving pc
dcStrilns to cover. The hotel clerk
and Il bridge tender received blows on
The face i'm attempting to intercept the
SLAYER who finally was captured in
the center Of the suspension bridge 10y
a policeman
Al the station Maloncy denied h"
was ever married Locked in a cell
ne began to scream. shout and talk
incohercntly.
Maloucy. later admitted he vas the
husband of the woman and fatho,
of the child. and that Willard was his
stage name He is the son of Willard
the wizard" who has retired from
| the stage.
At the station, Maloney cried ie'
pcatedly he had to kill his wife be-
cause ne saw the demon Of darkness
in her eyes ana in those of the baby.
q hated to do it, Int it had to h'
done. I could see TN" dcvtl walking II
tho eyes of BOTH" hr told the coroner
Malorey said ne had been marrle'
three times He has been out oi Wor'
FOR some time and arrived here a weei
ago with his wife and child. The cor
oncr is or the opinion his mind is un
balanced
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Saws Moyer Will Return
PROBE ACCIDENT CAUSES.
U. S. Naval Board to Investigate Mis-
baps on Warships.

Washington. Dec. 2g.-With the
broken shaft of the battleship Ner-
mont. as an object lesson, the naval
board of inspection and survey is go
ing to the Norfolk navy yard, IN
few days. TO begin an exhaustive IN
uuiry into the causes for the breaking
of the great main shafting of naval
vessels.
one of the two great propeller shafts
of the Vermont snapped while tho
Lattleship was i'm mid-occan two weeks
ago. returning from the Mediterranean
to Hampton Roads. The vessel was
kcpt under way with the remaining
propeller
A few years ago there was an epl-
demic of brcakdowns of this character.
II has remained mystery just why
a shaft should break. That the steel
gets tired" is the opinion OF most en-
gineers, but what the naval board in
tends to find out, if possible. is some
means of detecting this deterioration
before the metal actually reaches the
breaking point.
The inspection board, headed by
CAPTAIN Henry Il. Wilson, will make a
rniscroscopical examination oi tn'
metal I'm the broken shaft of the Yer
mont. Later this will be subject tc
some special studies by the engineer
ing classes at Annapolis.
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GREAT FIRE RACES IN
MONTREAL; LOSS S5OO,OOO

Montreal. Dec 29.--I'irc broke out IN
a block of stores and houses on st.
Hubert and Ontario streets this after
noon. ON account of q water famine
due to frozen mains. the department
was unable to checi 1t.
At $50 o'clock the flames had de-
stroyed twenty buildings and the hre-
men were preparing to use dynamite.
The fire was checked after 1t had
done damage or half million ihc
city was saved by a mile of nose
s,retch.d 10 the st. Lawrence river.
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which were coucedied by peaked caps
drawn far forward.
Fifty Singers Chant Hymns
FIFTY singers chantod hymns IN the
wake of the children carriers MoS'
of these men we're Ensush ih'leiS ""o
had learned in Cornwall TO chant
] Christmas carols in the streets anu
Years acu brought this ola custom u
ihr copper country Yesterday now
,,r.. ,hc,. sang songs ui death insteau
lot the praises Of life new poru.
|vlc.us Lover OF My Soul Rock ol
Ages" and Nearer My God To Thee
came from throats thick with cihotioh
hut the harmonics were fun and rich
A. the singers turned into PiI'e
street which leads to the cemetery
road thc open ranks of marthers
wheeled uto line. lshpcming ana Nc
,,,,n,a men clmc first, followed by q
u,..,.. hand aud the members of tho
copper eountr! locus ~, -. Tho
mead of the procession had reacl'eu tue
rcmcter, gates,
All but hllr Il dozen Of the puria'S
,,oro I'm common graves dug by mem
lcrs of the union. The ground be-
longs to the ieo'' 80 .,'it, no cstob-
: Iusncd over the graves.
The cemetery is in tvs" sections o'''
,fs ronsecratcd to the dead OF Roman
Ir,bolic faith, the other to thoSe VI
protestant denominations. In the % Tor
r,c,. three trenches had been eNcaNa''
, nd and in these twenty-five bodice
r we're laid. ON the Protestant s'd' .
M,n T,' nnriaI place two large graves re-
: - III ,,,cn,,-eight bodies.
only brief addresses were 'dtlllere'
, in the cemetery. Eugene A. MeNal's
- local attorney. cuIosizcd the dead !, Il
l,nr,isb and George strczich OF 81
y mis- Frank Aaltoncn of Negauhc
- and other federation leaders deliVere'
: ,%,,r,sses .,5J in Austrian, Finnish AM
rr,,tian.
Mr.. McNally made only pass'us ,'', ,V' .''',
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-29

Mrs. Thomas Brimacombe OF Duluth
and Mrs. Ivan Hart oil Hough'oh a'e
local visitors today.
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acApMEN SYLVIA" is 20.

Bucharest Dec. 29.-Qucen ELIZA
beth OF Roumania, who Is famous ior
her writings under the name OF Gar
men Sylvia" celebrated her seventeen
birthday anniversary today The queen
was born princess of Neuwied. Her
marriage TO King Charles of Rouman-
Ia took place in 1859.
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HONOR oLADsvoNe's MEMORY

I,ondop. Dec. 29.--Thc anniversary ot
the birth of William +. Gladstone the
Great Commoner who was born
Dec. %. 1909, was commemorated To-
day in London and I'm other parts OF
the country. During the day num-
ber Of handsome floral offerings were
deposited about the base of the Clad
stone monument which stands In front
OF the 81. Clement Danes church. III
the strand.
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1000 FEDERAlS AT
OJINhGh AWAIT ON
ATTACK BY REBELS.

!, Preside, TeN,s, bee. -s,---whh
:. four thousand soldiers, COM
). mandcd by nine generals and
:. supplied with provisions taken
:. over from the American side,
:. the federal army at Ojinaga,
:. opposite here. is prepared TO
:. resist forty-two hundred rebels
:. advancing from Chihuahua un-
= der General Ortega. The ad-
:. vance guard Of rebels is still
:. more than eighteen miles from
:. Ojinaga. The prospects are the
:. whole rebel army will not get
:. on the firing line.