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The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-04-08
Give Comfort to stout psrsons.

good wholesome cathartic that has
a stimulating effect on the stomach,
liver and bowels is Foley's Cathartic
Tablets. Thoroughly cleansing in ac-
ton, they keep you regular with no
gripping and no unpleasant after effects
They remove that gassy, distended
feeling SO uncomfortable to stout per-
sons. Price Drug Co.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-04-08
ANNOUNCEMENTS

For Circuit Judge
Pike, Lincoln and Copiah Counties
D. M. MILLER
of Hazlehurst
J. B. HOLDEN
of McComb
For Chancellor
Copiah, Kinds, Lincoln, Madison
and Yazoo Counties
o. B. TAYLOR
of Jackson
NOWLAND M. REID
of Canton
The Leader is authorized to an.
nounce the following candidates fol
the offices named, subject to the action
of the voters at the coming municipal
primary:
For Mayor
r. S. BUTLER
LAWRENCE w. POWERS
CHAS. f. HEUCK
For Marshal
r. L. DAVIS
L. r. JAMES
The Semi-weekly leader., 1914-04-08

G. E. Grafton Drug Co.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-01
THE FIRST SHOT IN IRELAND.

On Sunday, July &c, the Dublin
National Volunteers sent a de-
tachment to Howth, nine miles
from the city, to receive a con-
signment of rifles which had been
landed there. Police and soldiers
appeared on the scene, too late,
however, to prevent the carrying
out of the Volunteers programme.
A small number of the latter, how
ever, were attacked by the mill
tary and defended themselves SO
well that the Britishers ran away.
When they got to safe distance
they turned and fired into crowd
who had assembled to see the
quarrel. Three men and one
woman were killed, more than
sixty were wounded and Of the
latter seven will probably die.
Mr.. John Redmond insisted upon
an explanation of this action on
the part of the authorities who
have been unable and unwilling
to interfere with the gun-rumning
exploits of the Orangemen. Mr..
Birrell, the Englishman who rules
Ireland with the title of Chief
Secretary, said that the action was
taken by Sir David Harrell, Dep
uty Commissioner of Police, on his
own responsibility and that he had
been compelled to resign. The
Commissioners, Sir John Ross of
Bladensburg, has identified him
self with his subordinate and re
signed also. The matter will not
rest here. The government off
Gals in Ireland are usually bitter
~ anti-Irish. The heads Of the So
called police, who are really a
military garrison, are always
particularly venomous. They may
have thought that Mr.. Redmond S
anxiety not to embarrass the
Liberal Government till Home
Rule was an accomplished fact.
would leave them free TO indulge
their old murderous bitterness.
The contrast between the treat
lment of Belfast and Dublin even
lby Liberal Government natur-
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PRosELYT1zINC IN MEXICO.

The Missionary Review Of the
World, a Protestant foreign mis-
sion publication, in recent edi-
torial declared, cit is the general
opinion of missionaries that the
triumph Of the Constitutionalists
would be greatly to the advantage
of Mexico and of Protestant Chris
tianity."
Those who have followed the
trend of events in Mexico have
grave doubts that the triumph of
men like Carranza and Villa will
rebound to the advantage Of
Mexico. Nor is it likely to bring
about any true conversion Of the
Mexicans to Professionalism. The
MeXicans are Catholics at the
core, though many of them may
be no credit to the Church. and
the milk-and-Water teaching Of
any of the Protestant sects will
make very little appeal to them.
We are told that the Protestant
denominations intend to unite in
great religious and educational
campaign in Mexico. For this
purpose they will establish a CO
educational university and at
least one high school for each Of
the sexes in every mission. No
doubt they will have the approval
of the present administration in
their campaign; but their success
will not be any greater than that
which followed similar efforts on
their part in the Philippine
Islands. They are willing to
spend money in so-called educa-
tional attempts and in social work.
but there will be very little of real
religion in it. Professionalism has
nothing to offer to any man who
makes use of his brains.
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INTERESTING DISCOVERY
RUINS OF THE OLDEST PARISH
CHURCH IN ROME UNcov-
Erred BY WoRKMEN.

Two years ago, when work was be-
gun for the rebuilding of the house
adjoining the Church of St Marcello al
Corso, a discovery was made of subter-
ranean ruins which were pronounced
to be those of the baptistry Of the
"Titulus Marcelli, . possibly the oldest
parish church in Rome. A few weeks
ago, during the course of the work,
other remains of buildings were dis
covered, and one chamber is said to
be tile narthex, between the baptis-
try and the parish church, another be-
ing believed to be a part of the house
of the wellknown Christian matron,
Lucina, whose name occurs so fre-
quently in the records Of the early
times of Christianity as having taken
to places Of safety the bodies Of the
MARTYRS in time Of persecution. Saints
Marcellus, Sylvester, Melchiades and
the priest John having been rescued
by her in the persecution of Diocle-
tian, and the HTitulus Marcelli' rising
on the site Of her house after the
Peace came.
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In letter to the Catholic
Standard and Times of Philadel-
phia, writer conveys the infor-
nation that the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company pro
vides everything necessary for
the celebration of Mass on ship
board, and that since the Company
began to carry Sisters to look
after the welfare of the women
and children, especially in the
steerage, Mass was celebrated
every morning during the voyage
on board the "Barbarossa" which
sailed from New York on July 2.
On July II, Mass was celebrated
on deck to give the passengers of
every class an opportunity to
attend.
The North-German Lloyd
Steamship Company as well as La
Compagnie TransatIantique, gives
a good example in this regard to
the Cunard Line, the White Star
Line, and other steamship com
panies which make no provision
for the celebration Of Mass on
board. Catholic travellers should
patronize the. lines which afford
them an opportunity to hear Mass
during their ocean voyage.
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CATHOLIC CULTURE
IN SOU \ AM Err CA
Mr.. ROOSEVELT DESCRIBES HIS
VISIT TO A SCHOOL IN BUENO5
AIRES - VISIT TO RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITIES.

Theodore Roosevelt's article in a
recent issue of the Outlook, describ-
ing his experiences during his recent
| travels in South America, make inter
esting reading, especially to Catholics,
corroborating as they do the testimony
of travellers of our own faith as to the
widespread culture and conspicuously
clean morals of the people there. Writ
ing of visit to one of the schools in
Buenos Aires he says:
Immediately back of the school
children proper were a couple of hun
| bred Boy Scouts, as alert and vigor-
GUS and self-respecting as SO many
Boy Scouts of our own nation. There
were two groups of prettily dressed
little girls, each of which performed
| calisthenic exercises. The band played
national airs, and the children sang
these airs with great spirit. In fact,
am inclined to think they sang a
little better than most of our children
| would have sung. One of the songs,
| the Salute the Argentine Flag was
particularly good. Then, to my aston
| ishment and pleasure, they sang the
American national hymn, and uncom-
monty we'll, too. q afterwards heard
the children all over the Republic sing
the 'Star-Spangled Banner and often,
moreover, they made addresses to me
| in English) They were then formed
| into a procession, boys and girls NOV
| ing off with orderly discipline to take
their places in line and the teachers,
men and women, showing the interest
and devotion with which we are so
| familiar and which we so greatly re-
spect in our own country"
If a gentleman from any of the capt.
tails of those Southern republics were
to visit any of the schools in our large
cities could he hear addresses made
to him" in his own language? asks the
| Pittsburg Observer. He could not.
Especially interesting is what follows:
"Then Father Zahm took me to see,
first, the Sisters of Mercy, and then
| the house of an order of monks, the
Passionists. The Sisters of Mercy
were, in a sense, old friends of mine,
| for | knew well many branches of
their order in the United States, and
after / was shot ! had been taken
care of by them in Mercy Hospital at
Chicago Among the Passionists, also,
met plenty of men with whom
found myself at once in touch; one
brother was a fellow New Yorker,
another hastily introduced himself as
being of Pennsylvania Dutch descent,
yet another was an American of Irish
descent, yet another was the cousin
of close friend and ally of mine at
home. Finally, the head of the order,
Father Fidelis, was an American, a
Bostonian, graduate of Harvard in
the same class with Oliver Wendell
Holmes, the younger Like Holmes,
he had fought in the Civil War, join
| ing the Second Massachusetts; and
with his tall, erect figure and fighting
| face, it seemed to me could still hear
the cIank of the cavalry saber as he
walked"
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1T TAKES TWO.

A lad of seventeen had been sent
to saloon to take the measure for
a new counter 1t was very cold, and
he arrived with his teeth chattering,
for his coat was thin. The saloon
keeper mixed hot drink and pushed
it over the counter to him. Its costs
nothing" he said; drink it down, and
you'll soon stop shivering, my boy
"He meant it kindly, too, and didn't
think any HARM" said the apprentice,
as he told the story. That's what
made it harder to push it back and
say | didn't want it." "It must have
been a big temptation" said a friend
WELL replied the lad frankly, I'D
rather have had it than some other
kinds You see it takes two to make
a temptation. There's no saloon-keep-
er and no cold weather can make me
drink when | don't want too. The
temptation I'm afraid of is the one
I'm ready for before it comes, by
laundering after it. 1t takes two every
time to make a successful tempta-
ton" "He tempted me- explains only
one side of the temptation. The other
side-the personal side-we must
answer for, and no excuse will save
us.
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DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
ALCOHOL BARRED FROM NAVY.

Some doubt is cast by recent des-
patches from Washington as to
whether the order banishing alcohol
ic drink from the Navy will go into
effect in such sweeping fashion as
was at first intended, says the Sacred
Heart Review 1t is now said that
the President is not in favor of the
order which reads: "The use or in
PRODUCTION for drinking purposes, Of
alcoholic liquors on board any naval
vessels, or within any naval yard or
station, is strictly prohibited, and
commanding officers will be held d.
rectly responsible for the enforce
ment of this order" The significance
and extent of the change which has
taken place in popular views regard
ing alcohol, as indicated by this
sweeping order of the secretary, can
be appreciated only when one recalls
the stories of naval experiences OF
past generations, when rum, brandy
and WhiSkey formed a part of the
regular official rations, when liquor
of some kind was served, as rou-
| tine procedure, to officers and men
before going into action, and when
one of the chief characteristics OF
sailors, whether officers or seamen,
was their ability to dispose of an
amazing quantity of intoxicants. The
development of scientific methods and
the use of instruments of precision
| in warfare have made alcohol abso-
lutely detrimental to the modern naval
man. Sea-fghts in the past were won
| by brute hardihood and physical en-
durance which could perhaps be
stimulated, temporarily at least. by
| large doses of alcohol. The modern
war-ship is floating laboratory of
delicate and accurate machines. The
gun pointer who directs a fourteen
| inch rife on the modern man-of-war
needs not only personal courage, but
also absolute steadinesS of nerve,
clearness of vision and fine muscular
coordination. All these things mod
ern physiology has shown to be i'm
paired by even small amounts of al
cohol The engineer who superintends
the machinery at the heart of the
modern battleship, the man at the
wheel who directs it's course and the
captain or the executive officer on
the bridge, as we'll as the most hum
BILE member of the crew, need at all
times to be in a condition of maxi
mum physical and mental efficiency.
Intoxication in the naval officer to-day
might easily be as disastrous as cow
ardice and treason. The Journal Of
the American Medical Association
thinks that Surgeon-GeneralB raisted's
recommendations and Secretary Dan
iers order are simply in line with our
growing knowledge. The nation needs
on it's battleships today the most ca
pable, Clear-headed, Cool-brained and
steady-handed men, and these men are
not found among the habitual or occa-
sionaI users of alcohol in any form. En-
tireIy aside from moral or sentiment
al reasons, and considered simply as
scientific regulation in the interest
Of efficiency, this order will recon-
mend itself to the vast majority of
the American people.
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RAILROAD PROHIBITION OF
LIQUOR.

The passenger department of the
Reading Railway Company has prohi-
bited organizations taking trips, from
dispensing liquor on trains. Notices
have been sent to all district passen-
ger offices, which read
1T has been decided by the man
agement that no more contracts may
be made with organization parties
which involve the furnishing of a car
or cars or any facilities for the sell
ing or distributing of intoxicating liz
uors, no matter whether the equip
ment of the train is vestibuled or not,
and this is to instruct you to that
effect, and also to say that if any
contracts have been made involving
such facility they must be Cancelled"
1t was learned later that the order
will have particular effect on pri-
vate excursions leaving Philadelphia.
No exceptions will be made, no mat
ter what the character of the organi-
cation may be. The privilege had
been in operation for many years.
It was stated that the question had
been under consideration for long
time.
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heart Of the unbeliever il there is
no creed or denomination. +" The
absurdity of such a statement is
apparent on the face of it. How
can there be religious instruction
without a content of definite truth
to be accepted by the individual
and acted upon? How can an un-
believer be changed into a be-
lever unless he is offered certain
truths which he must believe? Re
ligious instruction is Of value only
in SO far as it is founded upon a
definite body Of dogmatic prin-
ciples. II each one is free to
accept or to reject the teaching Of
the American Sunday School
Union what can be expected in
the way of moral righteousness
from those who look to it for
guidance? And il the American
Sunday-School Union has nothing
definite to teach in the way of re
ligion, by what right does it pre-
sumo to place itself before the
youth Of this land as a leader in
Israel? What is the use Of putting
"a Bible in every home" if the
occupants of that home are free
to accept as much or as little of
the biblical story as they will2 An
organization that has no creed is a
traVesty on religion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-01
THE PORTIUNCULA INDUI..
GENCE.

The word "Protiuncula" means
little portion (of land). 1t was
applied at first to a little chapel
about three-quarters of a mile
from Assist, which was given to
st. Francis by the Benedictines
about the year 1911. There is a
town and parish Of the name there
now. There st. Francis recog-
nized his vocation on February "a,
1908; there he lived as rule from
1911 till his death on October 3,
1926. There he received the Por-
tiuncula Indulgence, which is so
named because formerly it could
be gained only in this church.
Formerly to gain this Indul-
gence one had to make the visits
to the churches Of the Franciscan
Order. By concessions of 1910 and
1911, however, Bishops have the
privilege of appointing any
churches whatsoever in their do
ceses for the gaining of the Indul-
gence. The Indulgence can be
gained as often as one visits the
church and fulfils the other con-
ditions; it is also applicable to the
souls in Purgatory. In praying
for the Pope's intention, five Our
Fathers, five Hail Marys and five
Glorias would suffice in point of
length.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-01

At the dedication of the new
Emanuel Lutheran school in St
Paul last Sunday Professor
Adolph Alderman, President OF
Luther College, New Ulm, Mimi,
declared, that 1.-THE big essential
IN education today is moral train
ing; admitting the efficiency OF
the public schools, the fact re
mains that only in church schools
can the proper religious instruc-
ton necessary to develop the
moral standard be given. -
The Lutherans have shown com
mendable zeal in erecting paro.
chial schools and other educa-
tional institutions under church
auspices. In this they have fol
lowed the example set by the
Catholic Church whose attitude II
regard to the necessity of religion
in education is gradually meeting
with the approval of all who
recognize the dangerous tendency
of modern education from which
the very name of God is banished
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-01

delicacy of her task, has found in
the pages of ST. Thomas the very
words she needed. And now the
result is that he who is not
familiar with st. Thomas will not
understand the very words which
the Church uses to express the true
sense of the dogmas revealed by
God.
The new decree is a boon to
professors and students, a blessing
to the Catholic world at large
and even to outsiders it must be
both useful and interesting. We
may look for a development on a
large scale Of the spirit of rever-
ence and of humility in the pres
ence Of all the mysteries Of the
Infinite God and His wonderful
world; of respect at the same time
for the God given faculty Of rea-
son; of the taste for plain living
and high thinking, which is
worthy of a rational being with
an immortal soul, akin to the
angels; and of skill and conscien-
tious caution in the use Of words,
which may cut off all occasion
for wearisome misunderstanding
among men of good will. These
are only a beginning Of the list of
advantages we may expect to flow
from the newly stimulated zeal
for st. Thomas in the Catholic
schools.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-01

Last week man charged with
murder killed himself in his cell
In an Eastern prison Before do
ing so he wrote a note to his
mother and his wife in which the
following sentence occurs: eff
there is a God Almighty and
another world, | pray that / may
meet you there" His act was the
logical consequence of his infdel-
ity. Further comment is unneces-
sary.
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prison. When his friends managed to

prison. When his friends managed to
put up $4,000, he was set free.
The venerable, aged Archbishop of
Durango, j. Mendoza, was asked for
half a million dollars. Upon his
declaration that he was unable to pay
it, he was put in prison, until his
friends presented three or four thou
sand dollars to release him.
Many priests have been ill-treated
and beaten-several put to death 1t
has been eported-though not con-
firmed, that the Bishop of Chiapas
was crucified by the Zapatists. The
whole State of Tamaulipas is deprived
of priests.
One of our Mexican students re-
ceived news from home that his
brother-in-law had been killed in the
following manner. The rebels asked
him for $4,000 under threat of death.
He brought them the sum demanded.
A few days later, they asked him for
$4,000 more He went and got the
money and handed it in. Then they
shot him dead
Some time later, the same young
man received a letter from his father,
who had fed to San Antonio with his
family. The afflicted father related
to his son how the rebels had stolen
all his cattle, horses and mules and
burned his crops. He escaped in a
hurry, pauper, to save his life and
those of his children.
1t would take volumes to relate all
the atrocities perpetrated by the saw.
age hordes of the bandit Villa. And
yet, this ubiquitous army is upheld by
certain class of Americans.
(Rev) LEO GARIADOR, o. S. B.
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"The Live Issue a New York
weekly, devoted to combating the
spread of Socialism, announces
that it has not suspended publica-
ton nor does it intend to do so
Certain liquidations forced the
Social Reform Press which issued
it into bankruptcy proceedings
This action was caused not by
financial trouble but by pressure
from without A reorganization
has taken place, the, National
Safety Publishing Company, with
practically the same officers, hav-
ing taken over the business. "The
Live Issue" will continue to be
published from the office of this
company in New York.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-01

Fourteen Anglican Bishops rep.
resenting churches in Great Brit
ain and the colonies, met on July
q, at Lambeth Palace in London
to discuss the charge of heresy
brought some months ago by the
Bishop of Zanzibar in Africa
against the missionary Bishops OF
Uganda and Mombasa. who ad-
ministered Communion to non
conformists at meeting held in
Kikuyu. This is a famous case
and considerable interest is being
manifested in the outcome Of it
The controversy is largely one OF
church discipline though it in
wolves the more serious question
of High. and Low church differ
ences among Anglicans.
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ally exasperates the Irish Party
and the democratic section of the
English Liberal Party. That fact
makes it probable that Harrel and
Ross got their orders from the
Tories in England, just as the
army officers who refused to en-
force the law in Ulster got them.
Redmond may be trusted not to
lose his head and play the game
as the Tories want him to play it.
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lnculcated by the gospel of
Christ And | furthermore prom
Use to withdraw my custom from
those dealers who, for the sake Of
filthy lucre, continue to sell those
papers and periodicals which the
voice of Catholic Ireland con
dennis as menace to the purity
and peril to the faith of her
people. "
A similar pledge taken by
American Catholics and lived up
to, would do incalculable good in
this country where the public
press is sadly in need Of being
fumigated.
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The movement against evil
reading in Ireland has crystallized
IN a pledge which is being admin
istered in many parishes to the
laity. The form Of this pledge is
as follows 81 promise, as a mem
Der of this parish, not to read, dis
tribute or IN any way give
counteuance and support to pa-
pers, books, magazines, or any
form of literature that is objec-
tionable because of its hostility
to nay faith, or to the lofty purity
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HIS WORST ENEMY.

Liquor is passing out Of the life of
the railroad worker, declared labor
leader recently. Trades unionisn is
an education to the workers" he de-
cIared, and with education comes
the knowledge that whisky is the
worst enemy of the railroad man.
The man who has taken a couple
of drinks is no more fit to take up
serious work around a railroad yard
than man who is out Of his mind"
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It is gratifying to know that
the City Council has refused to
add to the number Of licensed sa-
looms in st. Paul. 413 saloons
should be sufficient to meet the
needs of those who indulge in in
toxicating beverages. We hope
the councilmen will not recede
from the stand which they have
taken on this question and which
commends itself to all who have
at heart the interest of the com
munity.