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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-26
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL
SYSTEM.

A few weeks ago we had an
article on the American School
System. We stated that the atti-
tude of Catholics for the past forty
years, or so, towards the school
question does not seem to have
been wise. They have been fight
ing religion out of the school,
whereas they should have been
fighting for religious schools. IF
the latter had been their conten-
ton, a concerted action might
have resulted. AS it is, we are
further away than ever before
from the real issue. Is it Of more
advantage to keep Bible reading
out Of the schools than it is to
obtain State recognition for our
own schools? We think not.
We have been told that Protes-
tantism is disintegrating, that it
is heretical, that it is a false re-
ligion, and so on. This, Of course,
is readily granted. We have no
quarrel in this present article, or
ir the other one, with Protestan-
tism as such. We are simply
maintaining that religion is neces-
sary to true morality. Newman
has said somewhere that he should
hate to see Anglicanism disappear
until it had been drawn into the
true Church. He also said that
Anglicanism acted as a break
water against positive infdelity
In this he surely did not intend to
recognize Anglicanism as true
form of religion, but simply that
it served as an outer barrier, as
it were, between positive infdelity
and the solid rock of the Church.
In this comparison he would have
us to understand that the barrier
cannot be compared to the rock
in strength, nay, that it is vastly
inferior, but nevertheless it served
some purpose. 1t were heretical
to hold that Professionalism is a
form of true belief. But can it be
asserted truthfully that a denomi-
national school Of one Of the sects
would be less religiously moral
than school where paganism,
pure and simple, was taught
Hardly. Our contention, therefore,
is simply this, that UNCONVENTIONAL
schools while they would not
teach the true religion, would,
nevertheless, be better from a
moral viewpoint than schools
where God is completely ignored.
We are not speaking here of the
appropriateness of countenancing
or of opposing Bible reading In
the schools: that is another ques-
ton entirely. The point is that
SINCE the present state of immor-
atty is due to lack of religious
teaching, the only real remedy is
the Catholic Church. Therefore,
Catholics should endeavor to OBJ
tain State recognition for their
schools. On the other hand, if
such recognition for denomina-
tional teaching could be obtained,
the various sects would be free to-
open schools for their own chill
dren. These schools assuredly
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-26

the law and of making no distinc-
ton in the administration Of JUS
tice. And until the suffragettes
get votes he will obstinately pur-
sue this old-fashioned course and
perversely maintain that he is en-
tirely right
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-26

tors, in an atmosphere impreg-
mated with the spirit of religion,
and under the watchful eye of the
Catholic priest.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-26

Entered as second-class matter, jan
uary IL, 1911, at the post, Office, St.
Paul, Minn under Act of March 3, 1879.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-26

Rev. JAMES M. REARDoN, Editor.
B. p. KoLEsKY, Advertising Manaser
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sadness that, as they afterward said,
they did not know what they were
doing
The Father being thus stretched on
the shore like st. Francis Xavier, as
he had always so ardently desired, and
left alone amid those forests-for his
companions were engaged in unload
ing-he had leisure to repeat all the
acts in which he had employed himself
during the preceding days.
When his dear companions after.
ward came up, all detected, he con.
soled them, and gave them hopes that
God would take care of them after
his death in those new and unknown
countries; he gave them his last in.
structions, thanked them for all the
charity they had shown him during
the voyage, begged their pardon fol-
all the trouble he had given them
directed them also to ask pardon In
his name of all our Fathers and
Brothers in the Ottawa country, and
then disposed them to receive the
OdCA dOCAJ VI CuduCC1 Wn1Cn AC Az
ministered to them for the last time
He then asked for the holy water
and his reIiquary, and, taking OF his
crucifix, which he always wore hang.
ing from his neck, he placed 1t in the
hands of one of his companions, ask
ing him to hold it constantly opposite
him, raised before his eyes.
Feeling that he had but a little while
to live, he made last effort, clasped
his hands and, with his eyes fixed
sweetly on his crucifx, he pronounced
aloud his profession of faith, and
thanked the Divine Majesty for the
immense favor He bestowed upon him
in allowing him to die In the Society
of Jesus, to die in it as missionary
of Jesus Christ, and above all, to die
in it, as he had always asked, in a
wretched cabin, amid the forests,
destitute of all human aid.
His last words were: Mater Del,
memento mel Mother of God, re-
member me- And thus, on the lone,
wild shores Of Lake Michigan, died, at
the age Of thirty-eight, Father James
Marquette, the first explorer of the
Mississippi and the Apostle Of the
Illinois.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
Peace Centenary.

Is it not as plain as pikestaff that
the formal celebration of century of
peace between two nations is bound to
lead to bloodshed? 1t is upon that
foundation of Cubist logic that British
suffragettes and laborites Ind Irish ir-
reconcilables are protesting against
the contemplated ceremonies in con-
nection with the hundredth anniver'
sary of the, signing of the treaty OF
Client. We don't imagine that Gen.
Dyummond and her followers are real
" convinced that an affirmation Of
Anglo American amity will mean wal
with Germany. 1t is simply too good
an opportunity for throwing a few
stones through a window, and if il
happens to be the window of the tenn
pie of peace. that doesn't natter
New York Evening Post.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
ELECTRIC SHOCK NOT FATAL
John Bancroft, Before Coroner's Jury,
Allows ITO Volts to Pass
Through Body.

Wilmington, Del.-To demonstrate
to a coroner's jury that ITO volts Of
electricity are not sufficient to kill Q
man, John Bancroft. wealthy vice
president Of the Joseph Bancroft q
Sons company, permitted that guam
tity of electricity to pass through his
body in full view Of the jury and did
not so much as wink.
The case In progress was that OF
William Stewart, a youth, who was
electrocuted In the Bancroft com
pany's plant week ago.
He was holding an electric light
globe on an extension corn when he
was killed. The same light and cord
were produced and attached to 0
socket and Mr.. Bancroft, after the NJ
ture had been taken apart. formed .
circuit and let the 10 volts pass
through his body. Experts test
fed 1t Is an everyday occurrence tor
electrical workers to receive $50 volts
without III effect. Two physicians
testified that Stewart died from
electric shock, despite the testlmon!
of the experts and Mr.. Bancroft's eini'
bition, and the jury returned Verdic'
| to the effect that Stewards ceatn VIZ
caused by an electrical shock.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
HERRING DIE IN FROZEN DAY
Over Two Trillion Of Them Are Cought
BY a Sudden Freeze-Up In
Alaskan Waters.

Klawack Bay, Alaska.-Probabl the
place here on Prince of Wales island
a short time ago, when at one stroke
it is estimated that 1000, 100000
good sized herring lost their lives.
Capt. Simon Brounn and the Of
ficers of the steamship Northland had
the remarkable experience of navigat-
ing their vessel through miles of the
dead fish.
For three days the bay had been full
of schools of herring so dense that fish
were often thrown out of the water
A day before the Northland arrived
a sudden freeze caught the herring
in the narrow necked harbor before
they could escape.
The freeze came with great sudden
ness, and about six inches of ice FORM
ed on the haraor. Millions of the her
hing could be seen fighting for a last
desperate chance of getting out of the
inclosed water before frozen.
When Captain Brunn arrived with
tbs Northland the tide had receded.
and for 90 to 80 feet on the beach, and
for several hundred feet out into the
water for three miles around the har-
Dor lay the frozen fish. Measurements
were made, and it was found that the
herring lay tightly packer for IN aver
| age of three feet.
The greatest chance in the world
| for obtaining fresh fish without a
bit of work was lost. The cannery
! people took all they could, but the
Northland was not equipped to carry
them. The fear now is that an cpl
demic of disease may break out follow
ing the decay of the dead fish.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
WILL VISIT frances GRAVE
Olga MEM to Sail for Austria on PHI
gramage to Suicide-Sweet-
hearts Tomb.

Chicago.-Stil. grieving, although
three years have ensued since the sui
eide of her fiance, the young Baron
Oskar Rothschild, Miss Olga Mem.
the beautiful daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Rudolph Mem, 1882 Lincoln avenue.
will leave soon for Austria on her an
nual visit to the baron's grave
I'VE hope to sail shortly" said Mrs.
Mem. 1T all depends. however. on
the condition of Olga's health. She
is slowly recovering from the great
shock and hope this trip abroad will
restore her health completely"
I'VE shall visit the Rothschilds in
Austria, in response to invitations we
have received. Later we will travel
on the continent My daughter will
remain abroad until late in the fall,
after which she will visit in the east. y
The romance of the beautiful Chi
cago girl and Baron Rothschild is well
known. She had met the young scion
OF the American branch of the Roth
schild family in Chicago while he was
making a trip around the world. He
fell in love at first sight. Miss Mem
and her mother went to Vienna fol
the formal engagement announcement
While they were there, the late Baron
Albert Rothschild, father of Baron
Oskar, gave notice to his son that he
would not permit the American CIR
to become a member of his family.
Then Baron Oskar went to his room
wrote a note of farewell to Miss Mem
and killed himself.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
BOOMS AFTER FLOOD

of the boards, broken furniture and
the like was taken to the public
dumps and burned. At Mckinley park.
devastated by the flood, there was a
huge bonfire covering two city blocks.
with fire fighting apparatus surround
ing 1t.
1t Is contended by large element
that the work OF cleaning has been
hampered by the opening Of the
saloons, which opened ten days ago.
Four thousand men had been en-
ployed on the cleaning work, many
imported from Chicago and other
cities. Hundreds of them became de-
moralized through drinking and left
the city.
Immediate attention is to be given
the broken levees, in which only the
bad breaks have been stopped. The
government Is giving attention to the
improvement Of the great Miami from
source to mouth. War department
engineers have surveyed the district.
Revised estimates of the financial
loss very almost as widely as they
| did at first A survey sy a company
of bankers and real estate men re-
suited in a total of $12s,O0G 900. In
GLIDING s50,000,000 for depreciation
of real estate. All the estimates prob
ably are too high. The chamber OF
commences estimate of mercantile
losses is $12,000,O00. Not more than
one-third of the churches and schools
escaped the flood. Most of the schools
re-opened as soon as the waters re
ceded. A few of the buildings car
not be used before fall. and pupils
are Doubling up, half time. in nearby
schools.
The Red Cross has distributed ale
to 5000 families, most Of them hav
ing received an average of $25 each
More aid is to be extended in The wa!
of a start in housekeeping, anC In al
about 100000 will be used in Day
ton. More than 5000 families hav,
registered as being In need of help.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
7 FIRST SOUTH POLE PAPER OUT
Editor of the Blizzard Sends Wireless
Greetings Throughout the World.
but Complains Of Circulation.

Melbourne.-The editor OF the Ade-
lie Blizzard sends wireless greetings
to his newspaper contemporaries the
world over.
The Blizzard, which is printed in
Adelieland, the headquarters of DR..
Mawson, the Antarctic explorer, has
Just made It's bow to the public. Here
after 1t will be printed at the head
quarters of the explorer. II will be
printed once a month, and will give
all the news of the Antarctic CONT
nent.
The editor says that the first num-
Der, which was of 26 pages, was a
great success, except for the fact that
the circulation was limited, as every
body except the seals and penguins
had gone into winter quarters.
The members OF the Mawson party.
the editor of the Blizzard says, are al
most showed up In their huts, but are
all healthy and able to attend to the
scientific instruments, which are work
ing in an efficient manner.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
Rah! Rah! Rah!

Harold's father is a college man
and Harold has come to understand,
despite the fact that he Is only six,
that his father regards "a college
man" as far superior to the average
mortal. But Harold's father doesn't
like dogs, and has on numerous occa-
sions frowned upon his small sons
desire to own a pup. One day re-
Gently a neighbor called Harold over
to see him and offered to give him a
dog if his father would let him have
it. go ask your father If you can
have it," said the neighbor. "and tell
him it is a thoroughbred collie pup
"Oh, dad" said Harold when nc
reached his father, "Mr. Blaine wants
to give me one of his dogs, il you will
let me have it, You will let me have
It, won't you. dad? Because. you see
1t is a thoroughbred college pup
Harold got the dog.-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
CHEMIST HAD NO DIFFICULTY
Man Of Drugs Able to Understand
Physicians Writing, at Least to
His Own Advantage.

story makes its appearance m
Paris which will probably interest
those who have tried to decipher doc
tors handwriting. both on bills ana
prescriptions. II concerns gentle
man who had suffered from chronic
govt for some time and finally went
to a doctor who appeared to under
stand the case so well that he eX-
pected a cure. The patient, in the
excess of his gratitude. wrote to the
medico, asking him to dinner In due
course the reply came. but in such
undecipherable handwriting that the
recipient could not make head nor
tail of it. Was the doctor coming, or
was he not?
The hOusekeeper. used to the doubt
full caligraphy of tradesmen's DIS
was called in to assist. but cou'u
make nothing of the letter. She had
bright idea, however. Il must go
shopping today" she said, land | VIII
take the letter TO a chemist, who VIII
be used to doctors writing. the
idea was adopted. and the housekeep'
er took it to the chemist.
Can you make this out, please?
she asked the apothecary.
Certainly, madame" he repleo
and disappeared with the letter.
In five minutes he returned-with
a package in white paper, which he
handed over the counter. That VIII
be five francs. please, with the bottle
he said politely.
The housekeeper, it is said, regard
ed him silently for a moment, anc
then tainted away. She received med
ical attention in the presence OF
large crowd. which suspected motor
bus accident
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
KILLED BY A TIN BUCKET
Apache Basket Weaving Is Becoming
Lost Art, Due to Modern
Changes.

Apache basket weaving Is dying
art. Surrounding to the unequal strug-
gle against the ubiquitous tinpall ana
five-gallon oil can. the quaint and
beautiful Indian basket is rapidly dis
appearing. 1t is woven now only for
sale to tourists and collectors, and as
the demand from these sources al
WAYS exceeds the supply the quality
of the workmanship has suffered. NO
longer does the thrifty ''squaw, with
an eve to the main chance" spend
months over one basket that II may
hold water without leaking. Now 1t
makes little difference in the market
price whether the basket will hold
anything or serve any useful purpose
or whether the decorations have any
significance or not.
Facing bravely against the modern
tendency to commercialAe their hon.
orable calling stand a few ancient
dames-perhaps dozen In all
Apacheland-whose memory goes back
to the days before the corroding civil
ization of the white man Slapped the
vitality and ambitions of the redman.
These old women work away winter
and summer in the mountain villages,
usually beside some stream where the
willows grow. and the baskets pro-
duced by them are fully equal to the
older work.
These baskets command the highest
prices and are eagerly sought after by
agents of curio dealers and wealthy
collectors. When this band of veneer
able weavers pass out the genuine
basket of the ancient days will be but
a memory indeed
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07

for girls. the girls chances are slight
" better than the boys; from the thlr-
tieth to the thirty-tifth year the NOR
tally among women is smaller than
among men, and it continues smaller
until the SEVENTEEN year. Then tor
decade and a half the sexes once more
have the same chance of survival, but
about eighty-five years of age woman
again stands a better chance than
man.
To account for this difference the
statistician points out that woman has
greater residence in shaking of dis
ease than man. 1t is true that the
physical strength of man is greater
than woman's, but woman's power Oh
endurance is more robust.
One reason for this is that woman
possesses a finer perception OF ner
power of endurance than a man. and
when her perception warns her OF IA
tigue she stops. A man does not stop
until his power is exhausted HIS
nervous system is not as finely organ
lied as a woman's. and, as Masso, the
Italian psychologist, has pointed OUT
men and women are entirely depen-
dent on their nerves for caution not
to overexert While it is true that WON
en- more easily contract many dis
eases, particularly nervous and mental
diseases, than men. they overcome
them more easily.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
BALL FOR ELDERLY DANCERS
Paris Has institution That Is Said
to Have Led to Many Mar
riaqes.

Paris.-We have all known the
balls blancs" for young lads and
lasses, the balls roses" for young
couples, balls d'apaches," balls par.
fumes" and all sorts of other freak
balls. but the bal muir" is a novelty
This has been invented by a chart
table hostess for the great parterre
of wallfiowers, for men and women
who have long lowered over the
forty" line. yet still desperately
claim its neighborhood. or for those
who heroically have said good by to
dancing before.
The name Of bal MUIR is not a
very fiattering one and probably this
category Of choreographic fetes will
soon come to be known by the more
poetic title of bal de St Martin"
referring to the legendary summer
afterglow known as the Etc de st.
Martin. The first one was a great
success, and in the two months fol.
lowing 1t led to no fewer than thirty.
seven marriages. In one Of these the
bridegroom was seventy-eight and the
bride sixty-two
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
WOMAN BRAVE NIGHT WATCH

into the house where / was care
taker uptown did strike me, and dis
located my shoulder. 1t pains me
still sometimes, but 1t hasn't made me
afraid.
Women would make good watch
men in almost any building, as far a.
| can see. | should be quite willing to
take charge Of an office building. The
scrubwomen are there nearly all night,
and even when they are not there ID
no danger II you are not afraid.
Women caretakers are very much
needed now In the subway and elevated
women's dressing rooms. Men never
get anything clean. They slop a lit
tie dirty water about and never look
to see If the dirt is gone. Women
stree inspectors and policewomen
would not be bad thing. either"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
PSYCHE KNOT is LIFE SAVER
Woman's Hair Stops Bullet Fired by
Her Husband and She Will
Recover.

Boston.-William Mahoney shot his
wife twice in their home at "a Spring
street, Cambridge, and then ended his
own life.
Returning home at 700 a. m, Ma
honey found the door locked, and
when his spouse did not open It
promptly he broke 1t down. Then he
entered and fired at his wife.
The bullet struck Mrs. Mahoney in
the back Of the head. but was impeded
by her hair, which mad been done up
in a tight knot behind. The shot pen
etrated her scalp, but her Psyche Fuot
is believed to have saved her life.
At the hospital 1t was said she would
probably recover.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
DESERT LURE FATAL
CHICAGO Woman Ventures To,
Far Into Sahara.
Taken Far on Litter-English Mis-
sionaries Minister to Dying Ameri-
can When the French Deny
Her Needful Aid.

Chicago.-A dramatic account of the
death of May Airport, the Chicago
pianiste. in a lonely sun,baked town
on the edge of the Sahara desert, is
told in mails received by her friends
in Chicago. Brief mention was made
of Miss Allport's death in the Chicago
newspapers OF April 90 She had ex-
pired in Sfax, Tunisia, on April is, and
had been buried the following day.
Miss All1ort left Chicago some
years ago to travel in Italy. She spent
a large part of her time at the little
town of Taormina. under the shadow
of Mount Aetna and close to the eX-
Quisite classical remains which draw
many strangers to Sicily. In March OF
the present year Miss Airport went
alone across the Mediterranean from
Palermo to Africa.
From Tunis she went along the
coast to Susa, thence inland to Kara
. wan. Gafsa, and Tozeur CTozer);
thence to Sfax on the gulf of Gabes,
and thence she ventured in company
with a casually met Englishwoman-
too far into the desert-to Gabes at
the lower end of the gulf. called by
the ancients Syrtis Minor.
Here, among the Arabs and italian
sailors and merchants, she was taken
too sick to return unaided, and here
her companion left her. Fortunately
an English doctor-his name is
Thomas G. Churcher-journeying with
his wife through Gabes from Sfax to
the oasis of Medenine, heard Of the
American woman sick at the little
French Hotel des Colonies and came
to her rescue.
Recognizing the serious character Of
her illness. he called in the post sur
geon as a consultant and endeavorec
to secure her admission to the French
army, hospital Failing in his effort
rather than desert a woman in dis
tress, he secured covered automo
bile, fitted 1t with a comfortable mat
tress, and carried her back with hin
to his own home In Sfax-a distance
Of nearly 100 miles.
On reaching the home Of this Eng
lishman-he and his wife are medica
missionaries-she seemed brighter 70
the change and full Of gratitude, bu
the long journey over the deser
proved too much for her. and she die
while her missionary friends praye'
by her bedside.
She was buried in Sfax, in tn
French cemetery. until such time a
the French colonial department vii
issue a permit for the removal of he
body to her own country.
Since 1875 Miss Allport's figure an
influence were we'll known in the CHI
cago musical world. She was one @
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-07
WHY WOMEN PREDOMINANT
Weaker Sex Possess Greater Power
Than Men In Shaking Attacks
Of Disease.

London.-The fact that in almost
all civilized countries women outnum-
Der men has been ascribed to the high
er birth rate OF girl babies; yet stats
tics show that 105 boys are born to
every 100 girls. According to figures
compiled by an European statistician.
the girl has a better chance than the
boy of attaining her maturity.
He finds that from the third to the
fifteenth year the mortality for both
sexes is the same; from the fifteenth
to the nineteenth year, the critical age