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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-31
The Little Wells.
Dplavad l

Delayed.)
Sunday school was we'll attended
Sunday at Wells.
Quite few from this vicinity at
tended the ice cream social at Maple
Grove Saturday night.
Oscar Parsons was a Leon business
caller Saturday.
Maude Hembrey spent one night
with her grandma Hembrey.
Those who spent Sunday at Fred
Hembrey's were Drew Kelley and
family, Ray Bridger, Walter Kier,
VERNE Wells, Fred Crees, Jas. Par
sons, Jim and Ora Bennett, Frances
Ward and sisters, Pearl Weldon,
Ethel Bridger and Prudie Hembrey.
Sunday school at Wells Sunday at
10 O'Clock. Every one is invited to
attend.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-31

Leon Chautauqual, Aug. 18th,
to Goth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15
THE LEGEND OF THE SORROW.
ING SOUL.

A certain woman, the old story runs,
died and entered purgatory. After
some time had passed she became so
anxious to behold those whom she
had left upon earth that she begged
to be allowed to return to her home
for brief interval, declaring that she
would gladly remain and additional
year in purgatory in recompense for
the favor.
The Angel of the Kings Prison
granted her request, and she went to
her home. But her family and rela-
tives and friends were making merry
there, having already forgotten her.
Weeds covered her grave in the vii
lage cemetery, and the path leading
to it was also neglected. No one passed
that way. Seeing all this, the woman
returned to the sad place of oblivion
and said to the angel: 81 am ready
now to serve my allotted time, with
the year added to it.
Your punishment is at an end" re-
piled the angel. you have suffered so
much in seeing your friends merry
and forgetful, that all penalties are
now as completely Cancelled as if you
were in this place of pain a hundred
years."
And so the poor soul was released
and received into heaven.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15
A SECRET OF EFFICIENCY.

Probably most of us waste more
time in our activities than in our idle
ness. 1t is not the doing nothing, but
the doing what we need not do, that
is the great destroyer of our highest
efficiency. We go through six or
eight motions to accomplish what
could have been done as we'll in five.
We take several hundred words to say
what could have been put into fifty
So our time slips away unnoticed, in
trickling, wasted minutes, and at the
end of day in which we have been
ION the jump" all day long we won
der why more has not been accom-
plished. Not idleness, but unneces-
sary activity, has been our foe. The
person of extraordinary accomplish
ment may not seem to work nearly so
hard as we, nor to be nearly so busy;
yet he gets great deal more done.
He simply cuts out the unnecessary
words, actions, even thoughts. He not
only accomplishes a great deal more,
but he has more leisure and margin in
his life. Doing more by doing less"
is a secret of efficiency. If we are
keenly conscious that we ought to &C
complish more than we do, let us con-
slider whether we should not first
learn to do less.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15
WHAT A CATHOLIC DOCTOR DID.

We are always glad to find Cath
Ollie doctor attending the sick when
the priest is summoned. Many of our
sick calls come by the suggestion of
the DOCTOR He alone is able to recog-
niZe the seriousness of the disease.
Recently Catholic doctor attending a
poor man at a late hour of the night
and realizing the immediate danger of
death, looked around the room for
some religious pictures, thinking to
find out in this way if the sick man
was a Catholic.
A print of Well-knOWn actress and
few cigarette pictures were the only
objects of art on the wall. The man
was unconscious and could not answer
An attendant, a woman, was asked by
the doctor if the patient were Cath
Ole. She hesitated, and after denial,
admitted that he had been But he
had not been to church for years.
This was enough. The doctor, with
zeal that was certainly admirable,
said: "You must send for priest at
once" This the woman refused to do,
and then to her surprise, he said: IF
you do not get the priest here at once
will leave the case"
She consented, the priest came, and
as If in reward for the good work of
the doctor the patient became con-
scious, made good confession, re
ceived Holy Communion and Extreme
TTnption and died the following daV
with, as we hope, the grace of a happy
death.
Happy the patient who had such a
conscientious doctor. Happy the gen
tleman who so honors his profession
as to be concerned, not only about the
body, but also the soul of his patient.
Catholic Transcript.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK,
ST. BENEDICT OF ANIAN.

Benedict was the son of Aigulf, Gov
ernor of Languedoc, and was born
about $50. In his early youth he serv-
ed as cupbearer to King Pepin and his
son Charlemagne, enjoying under them
great honours and possessions. Grace
entered his soul at the age of twenty,
and he resolved to seek the kingdom
OF God with his whole heart. With
out rellnquishing his place at court,
he lived there most mortified life
for three years; then a narrow escape
from drowning made him vow to quit
the world, and he entered the cloister
OF st. Seine. In reward for his heroic
austerities in the monastic state God
bestowed upon him the gift of tears,
and endowed him with an infused
knowledge of spiritual things. AS pro-
curator, he was most careful of the
wants of the brethren, and most hos
pitable to the poor and to guests. De-
clining to accept the abbacy, he built
himself little hermitage on the brook
Anian, and lived some years in great
solitude and poverty. But the fame
OF his sanctity drawing many souls
around him, he was obliged to build
a large abbey, and within a short
time governed 800 monks. He became
the great restorer of monastic disci-
pline throughout France and Germany;
and in provincial Council held in
813 under Charlemagne, at which he
was present, it was decreed that all
monks of the West should adopt the
rule of st. Benedict. He died Feb
ruary II, 821.
Three causes, says Mabillon, led to
the relaxation of monastic discipline
in the West-the undue severity or
indulgence of Superiors, the attach
ment to goods, and the consequent
lawsuits and strifes To these evils
Benedict applied the wisest remedies.
First, he drew up with immense Ia
bour, code of the rules of st. Bene-
dict, his great namesake,' which he
collated with those of the chief mon
astic founders, showing the uniform
ity of the exercises in each, and en-
forced by his 'PenitentiaI their exact
OO0CA FoASO, oOCOuu1J1 no u1uuL0ly
regulated all matters regarding food,
clothing, anu eve-y detail of life;
and thirdly, by prescribing the same
for all he excluded jealousies and in
sured perfect charity. If we would
maintain our fervour we must daily
form resolutions, detailed, practical,
and penitential, against our self-love.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15
o HEART OF MINE.

o, Heart of Mine, why brood upon the
bitter
When there's so much of sweet in
human kind?
To see the sweet we're surely always
filter
The silver bars behind the clouds
to find.
o, Heart of Mine, so many hearts are
breaking,
So many souls are cast in sorrows
mould,
That why should you, the common
cross forsaking,
Seek summer days as beggar seeks
for gold?
O, Heart of Mine, why add to sor-
rows total?
Why multiply the human weight of
woe?
If Law is Love, then Loves the Souls
betrothal-
The symbol whence His fellowship
we know.
o. Heart of Mine, if, travelstained
and weary,
Thy brothers fall along the way of
Life,
A kindly smile upon their pathway
dreary,
One little word may nerve them for
the strife.
O. Hearts of Men, be makers all OF
Gladness;
Be like the Heart OF Jesus meek
and mild;
Do good to all, and then the world s
sadness
Will fade before the Smile of Marys
Child.
Rep D. A. C0seD in Catholic Record.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15
IN PERIL

Father Langtry arose from his chair,
slipped from his fingers to the floor
He walked to the window and raised
the shade. A fierce gust of wind
rushed around the house and a
shower of sleet ratified against the
window. The arc light on the corner
swayed to and fro in the wind, and
the ghostly shadows of the bare
branches tossed and danced derisively.
The young priest hastily drew the
curtain, as if to shut out the sight,
and turned toward his elder com
panion.
1T is wild night, Father, and
whenever l think of going out it sets
my blood running coldly through my
veins"
Father Dome, who was sitting in an
armchair beside the table, laid aside
his book and looked at his young as
sistant.
rs Ralph Porter seriously ILL.,"
No, his condition is not alarming. -
''Ah, but you promised Mrs. Porter
that you would use your persuasive
powers upon her SON"
yes, and l have been asking my
self since, cui bono? Is it worth
while? You know him, don't you,
Father"
Father Dome smiled and replied:
Yes, know him well; the gay, the
deboniar, the cynical Ralph Porter.
His university education is his great
est bane. He was brought up on the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15
SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT.

EPISTLE: For this is the will
of God, your sanctification; that
you should abstain from fornica-
ton, that every one of you
should know how to possess his
vessel in sanctification and hon.
our; not in the passion of lust,
like the GentiIes that know not
God: and that no man over
reach, nor circumvent his BROTH
err in business; because the Lord
is the aVenger of all these
things, as we have told you be-
fore, and have testified.
GOSPEL: At that time, Jesus
took Peter, and James, and John
his brother and bringeth them
up unto a high mountain apart:
and he was TRANSPORTED before
them. And his face did shine as
the sun, and his garments be-
came white as snow.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15

IL
no reverence can be too great for the
Divine Redeemer. Can it be compati-
BILE with reverence, we ask ourselves,
that men and women should hurry in
from the streets, with hearts and
minds full of business or wordliness,
just as they are from their shops,
Offices, factories, and mines, and dare
to receive into their mouths their
Lord, Creator, and Judge? If daily
reception involves irreverence-tha
is, an absence of certain observances
which men commonly associate with
reverence-which, at the utmost, is
only negative irreverence-then ire
verence is not only pardonable but
laudable, if frequent communion can
not be practised without it. Let there
be freedom from mortal sin. But
beyond this state, which Catholics
call the state of grace, it is not need
full to have even for daily Communion
any further publication of the soul or
refinement of love. If you find that
frequent Communion does not make
you better, consult your confessor;
but remember that improvement does
not consist in having no more tempta-
tons, but in honestly striving against
them; and remember also that one
may even continue to fall in lesser
things, and yet by repentance and the
sacramento grace, grow nearer and
nearer to God; and that even repeated
mortal sins, if they are followed by
sincere sorrow, confession and resolu-
ton, are compatible with gradual adj
vance in essential perfection.
The other point is one on which we
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15

have insisted in former Pastorals. II
is, that the grace of a Sacrament, in
worthy recipient, acts independently
of our feelings, and even of our spir.
itual disposition as known to our
selves. Hence, not only may Catho-
lie make an excellent Communion with
out feeling piety or devotion, but even
if his piety is slack, his preparation
hurried and careless, and his love very
lukewarm, the reception Of Our Lords
Sacred Body may strengthen and bene-
fit his soul
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
AND RIO GRANDE
EXPENDITURES FOR
YEAR 5000. .000. 90

The budget Of the Dcnvcr and
Rio Grantic railroad for 1918. ~
completed by Y. l.. brown. shows
that the company will have cxpcnd-
ed 5000. ooO. 90 for improvements
and equipment by the end os the
fiscal ycnr.
Tho biggest item Of expense Is for
equipment. amounting To about 81
500. 900. 90. Rails. tracks and road
bed come next. the amount being
100000. Permanent bridges Will
have cost 100000. For new cn-
gine house at Grand Junction aud
coal chutcs At Mintnrn. Malta and
Salida there will be paid out $780,
900. Shop tools will cost $4,000"
and machine litchers $4,000 more.
For fencing ana other miscclla-
neous items the expense will he
about 100000. The labor situation
Ia good. und receipts for the fiscal
year will be greatest In the history
oil the property and the surplus will
exceed $I.7OO.OOO.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
liZlSl3i3s3:{![5;S LEI; S

Tho highest inland building on the
American continent 10 tho new Cham.
tcr OF Commerce building nj Cincin.
natl. u page vicw Of which appears
In the July Jopclar Mechanics maya
zine. The towar portion Of this
building consists Of 3S stories. four
Of which are below the street level.
The total height from xub-hasc0cnt
floor tn top Of tower In h3S feet.
while tho height above tho street
level ix 4S5 feet. The tower II sur.
mounted by IL lantern ~ feet high.
the top OF which Ia therefore sos
feet above street level. The building
contains b.l75.OOO cubic feet of space
and :i6.0O0 square feet Of rentable
area. The cost Of the building alone
is :.6O0.0O while the tota, inssst-
mcnt. Including the lot. II over Sa.-
OOO. 900. The Chamber Of Commerce
will occupy the second and third
floors.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
SENArE REFUSES TO ACT
UNANIMOUSLY ON GOVT.
RAILWAYS FOR ALASKA.

Washington. June Ex-senator
Chamberlain sought unanimous con-
stnt by the senate today to pass tile
nil for construction Of u government
railroad In Alaska. hut failed because
S-nator Ovcrman objected. saving
aor. time for study al the subject
should be allowed.
Senator Chamberlain told the Bcn-
~. Pr"sid.nt Wilson. Will. not COM
mitt.i TO any hill. favored govern
mcnt construction.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
FUNERAL OF JACOB MERCER

The funeral OF the late Jacob A.
Mercer. who died Friday morning.
took place yesterday afternoon nj
::3o from the family residence. II.
Grant avenue. Rev. r. ". Brctnail.
Of the First ~. T.. church. officintci
and the funeral apthsms were rem
dcrcd by Mrs. Edn, Barron. accom-
panied by Miss Ruth Clark. The
funeral WAS under the auspices OF tn.
knights Of Pyihias aud was attend
ed by the members Of Trinidad Coun-
ell Royal Arcanum and the Rcdmcn.
in,crmcnt was In the X. y. cemetery.
The pail bearers were W. q. Plcstcd.
Il. $. Gregory. Austin Lunncy. Tom
East, r.. e. Bailey aud J.. Rcilcr.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23

purpose: believing In . thing. We In
vest time. tslentx. money. tD Soms
thinEs come by seeking that canno.
come by prayer. Faith and works
are Sismess twins. God docs nOthlnx
for . man which man can do for him
self. II there is gold In the moun-
tsins. ! must dig IL. and II there 1t
y fish In the stream. ! must catch II.
"IIi. KNOCKING. This is chat
isnEc ot the closed door. and implies.
IN That there u y way through a..
(:b That there, n SOMEONE % the
other side To open the door. and t3)
To knock Is to apply for admittance.
There IL good deal Of satisfaction 10
BE- had from this. Ever been "up
against II 81 Money gone. friends fan
away. aad the future looking like u
stoae wall: Then 10 the time to
..ssvcr give up" Life Is IA fight: IL
wili he 10 all the way: hut the hard
est battle ever fought L. Just this
side 0f the grave.
III We would have thu bluainss
Of the kingdom. We must comply with
the conditions. u you would enjo,
the light. don't cover the eyes: II
you would hear sweet sounds. don't
stop your ears: u you would enjoy
sweet tastes. partske: II YOU would
know. study: and IL you would 90
Joy the benefits OF the gospel. obey
H."
Three persons were received Into
the church durinx the day.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23

There IL = host Of pills. powders.
II birts and Nhat-hot for rhouma tisss.
but they all lack the nrst esscntial to
being . natural medicine To esgta
with. rheumatism 10 simp1y . hamS
given to designate u variety of pstns.
and eau only b~ reached by trrt.
eating the entire blood supply with .
Naturally assimiIativs sniidoie. True.
the pains may BE- ens~d with mar.
eotics or the acids may be neutrslised
for the time b-InE. Hut such methods
merely t~mpotiss aud do not even lead
to = cure. There 10 but one standard
rh-ums tism remedy. and II sold In all
drug stoFes under tho name Of T. Il 4
II contains only pure vegetable
elements and 10 absolutely free Of mer.
coSy. iodide OF potash or arsenic. and
Aas proved u wonder for every form
Of rAsumstism.
Tho F~cov~ri-s Of all types Of rhcu.
matism by the use Of .. 4 q. 10 . dns
tributs In the natural efficacy of this
remarkable msdiciae. for u 10 assimi.
lated Just ss naturally. Just as sp~cin-
cAlly. and Just as we'll ordained as the
most acceptable. moet pals table and
most readily diEcsted food. 10 not
fall to get bottle Of T. \ 4 to-day.
You will be astonish~d At the results.
" your Rheumatism 10 of such . nature
that you would like to consult . great
specialist conhdentiaily. write to The
Medical Dept. The Swift Specific Co,
l31 Swift Hdg. Atlanta. 0s.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
At the First II. Z. Church.

The subject Of the sermon ai the
Firxt Methodist Episcopal church last
sunday snorniuG Was Perfect
.'rhouGh skiifcring.'' from the tcxt
"For Il became him for whom are NIL
things and BY whom In all things In
bringing many sons Into glory. a
make the captain OF their salvation
perfect through snfisrin.." Rev.
Brctnai, said In part:
THE word many 10 used not be-
cause God would not bring all Into
glory. but because man VIII not. All
things work together for good tt
them that love God. Bishop Mullen
says: 1t II the constitution Of nil
things that work together. The for
nation Of the earth. etc. and the
lily Of the field. tho forccs Of the uni
verse. and tn. laws thereof all con-
spirc To this end. Suffering plays
a part. Strata is formed by tearing
down the mountain. How many
plants have given up their lives Ia
make possible the beauty md fraE-
rance Of the lily of tho valley. The
march Of human events Is the rccor':
Of the race toward perfection,
though tho path has not bcen a
straight one. This path IL stained
with the hlood Of broken feet and It's
way ix lined with tho blanchius 4
homes Of those who have suffered for
the truth.
God gave man dominion, but NJ
s~c him the slave Of Satan. ovc epow-
cred by appetite. betrayed by i'm
pulse. We see not yet all things I'M
der him but We sec Jesus. Made.
man like. u little lower than the an
gels. III hc In made perfect for His
,;rca, work Of rcstorin Iman to h'a
rightful dignity and dominion. Then
shall man he higher than the angel
for unto the angel hath no; lie pu
In subsection the world TO come.
Christ's perfection was that gained
through human experience for 'Ho
was tempted In all points like as Nc
ar yet without sin And In this H'
gained a new power to wrcsi mar
from the hard Of Satan.
III Christ was made perfect. hum
aniy speaking. through suffering
how much more must the truth amply
to man. Suffering docs not purify
from sin but It will uproot faul,
throw down pride or wean from the
world. Three lines Of temptation Il
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
ASK STATE AID IN
2 FIGHTING GRASSHOPPERS

Guthrie. Okla. June :3.-Grass-
hoppers are doin. such damage In
Hsntrsl Oklahoma that ~ delegation
from Lincoln went To Oklahoma Ci.y
today TO petition the state board Of
agriculture To aid them In. stopping
Fork valley.
In the vicinity of Warwick and
Wclison the cotton crop has been de-
stroi'cd and the Grssshoppcrx are at
a-k;Nx-ti1~ corn snrt-aifaifa. Dam
ase is reported from other localities.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
MURDER TRIAL OPENS

Council Bluffs. Iowa. June .3.-
reporters left here today for Glen
wood. Mills county. Iowa. where the
trial Of Francesca Guidice for the
alleged murder Of Howard Jones In
thiE city about three weeks ago. Is
being held commencing today. Tho
case was taken to Glenwood on u
change of venue.
= Jones throat was cut late at night
aud In the rioting that followed an
attempt of friends OF Jones to secure
Guidicc from the sheriff. several
Greek establishments were destroy
ed by mob.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
HELD FOR SHOOTING.

Montrosc. Colo. June :J.--Daniel
English WAS arrested last nixht on
= charge of shooting to death Anth-
ony English and shooting tho lat
,.r's wife twice In the hip. The mon
are Italians and arc related.
According to authorities tho
shooting resulted from quarrel
over . loan.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23

SERMONS
At The christian Church.


THE Challenge Of Christ"
Last niGhi the minister preached
ON the language of Jesus. AZ reported
In Matt. 7:7. which Ii NJ follows
Ask aud II shall he given you: seek
an yc shall find: knock aud II shall
b. opened" These words OF Jesus
pertaining to His kingdom. are .
challenge to everyone said the
speaker. aud proceeded. In part. ~
follows:
"The unknown aud uncxpiorcd
fields Of knowledge. In every line oi
cndcavor. are greater than the
known. Newton acknowledged him.
self as but child playing along the
great shotciiae Of the sea OF knowl-
edge. Said Pastor Robinson. God
has yet more light to break forth
from His sacred word and then
irxed them to bc as willinK to re-.
ceive II from others as they had been
from him. All believe this. No man
has monopoly OF the truth.
These words Of Jesus are usually
applied to prayer. only: but such an
application 10 Inadequate. Jesus y
q great religious scientist. and thls
text. especially. should be considered
from that standpoint. Following this
clue. let us note:
~. ASK. This Is the condition
for the receiving Of nli knowledge.
The chIid's constant du~stionins IL
ius,ra,cs this: and how else IL the
child To know: II this process Of
asking were followed throughout
life, doubtless wc would all become
wise: In fact this II what We ouxh,
TO he: and even eternity we shall
continue to grow ind develop. ~
Now III. Bible encourages us to ask.
to search. study and to seek. The
pupil In tho school ~ Christ II Eiv-
en- every ENCOURAGEMENT and inccn-
tive 10 grow and study. And every
new truth acquired opens up viSias
Of other new truth. even N one In
vcntion pavc~ the way for other In
vcpt,onx, one book may call forth
another hook, and one mountain
sealed may opcn up vistas of othc'
peaks and ranges just beyond.
III. SEEK. This Is Christ's chai-
,curc To the seeker. and with tho as
,uraucc that "yc shall find" The
world soon grows tired Of the ask
crs: begging In not desirable: but the
world honors her seekers. whether
h. he Columbus. Nanscn. Fremont. o'
Mnrconi. IN Seeking is the inw os
growth. Sec that vine In tho cellar:
note how every tcndriI reaches out
strives for. and seeks after the light.
ms II comes Into the dark room
through n crack. or window? Every
effort ut adding new cells to tho lit
tie tcndril is n new seeking: even A.
every effort Is adding new cells ana
contributing new gray matter to the
brain. Jesus is "a scientist. This ts
the law OF plant life. animal life. the
liz. Of the natural man. and the HE
Of the spiritual man. ':) Seeking Is
n condition or progress. profession
ally. and otherwise. Note how Bmr-
bank has made progress In the study
Of plant life: or. some other as
breeder Of fine animals. All al
yanccmcnt In life Is the result oil
seeking, striving for. and reaching
ont after more knowledge. and better
methods OF using IL. t3 Seeking re-
ycnIs "a ccrtn{n degree of honesty nj
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
STRIKE IS SETTLED.

Washington. ID. T.. June :i.-As-
sistsnt Secretary OF Labor Post to
day telcgraphci Secretary Wilson
that he had adjusted amtcsbly the
strike Of the International Brother
hood of BlHoksmiths nt Erie. Pa.
which had been In progress for tive
months.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-23
wHIsKBRO0N II WINS
BROOKLYN HANDICAP,

belmont Park. l.. T., JunC IL
Whiskbroom ! won the brooklyn
handicap here this afternoon. q. ~.
Miller wss second aud sam Jackson
third. Time was .:oJ 80.