davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-18

Three-Quarter
floating rear axle
Thinker and Hyatt
bearings
53x4Q. ID. Tires
Deep upholstery
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
ANOTHER DEFAMER
BROUGHT TO TIME.

We have received a copy Of a
retraction and apology signed by
another of the tribe Of Ananias
who make it business to foment
religious strife and hatred by
slandering Catholics. This par
ticular specimen Of the genus
bigot is well-known in his locality
"a small town less than one hun
dred miles from the Twin Cities
as a foul-mouthed propagation of
Menace vaporings against the
Catholic Church and her institu-
lions. The respectable people of
the town-both Catholic and non
Catholic-have had to exercise
great forbearance in dealing with
him, as the temptation to admins
ter well-merited chastisement was
very great. Emboldened by the
immunity from punishment which
he enjoyed for some months, he
latel y cast discretion to the winds
and went so far as to make a
charge rejecting on the moral
character of the resident priest of
the town who took advantage of
this to teach his defamer a lesson
which he is not likely to forget
very soon.
Rather than stand trial on a
charge of criminal libel, which the
priest took steps to bring against
him, this cowardly assassin of
character, whined for mercy and
signed retraction in which he de-
clares that the statements made by
him were not intended to reflect on
the morality or reputation of the
priest. This retraction was pub
lished in the local paper, and
since then this defamer of the
priesthood has been as mute as an
oyster.
This is the proper way to deal
with this class Of malicious bigots.
Sooner or later they leave them
selves open to an action for
criminal libel, and those against
whom they bring charges should
not hesitate to take advantage of
such an opportunity to show
to the public the true charac-
ter Of those who make it a bust
ness to manufacture and spread
foul calumnies against the chill
dren Of the Church, and misrepre-
sent her teachings and practices in
order to fan the fame of anti Cath
Ollie prejudice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07

damages brought by them in an
attempt to extort blackmail. The
case was tried in open court be-
fore a non-Catholic judge and a
jury composed Of eleven Protes-
tants and one Catholic. At the
conclusion of the trial the jury
brought in verdict in favor of
the defendant awarding him
damages in the sum Of $58.92
against the plaintiff. The non
Catholic judge complimented the
jury on it's righteous decision
which was a complete vindication
of the priest.
All this the Menace knows very
well. It's editor has a transcript
Of the evidence which shows that
the action was a civil, and not a
criminal one. The priest whose
character this vile sheet attempts
to blacken was never arrested
much less tried, for any crime
whatsoever, as the records of the
District Court of the county in
which he lived show. It was
simply a case Of malicious perse,
cution inspired by a paper which
has as little regard for the truth
as the Menace itself.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
CATHOLIC PRESS
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS
FROM THE GERMAN EMPIRE.

Some interesting statistics have re-
Gently been published regarding the
Catholic press of the Empire. There
are 1,241 Catholic newspapers now ap-
pearing in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. The oldest German
Catholic paper in the world and one of
the Oldest Catholic journals of any ma
ton is the Augsburger Postzeitung,
which was founded in 1856 In the
Catholic parts of Swabia there are
two old Catholic papers, one, the Reid
linger Zeitung founded in 1714, and
the other, the Hildesheimer Zeitung,
founded in 1850. Kempten and Passo
In Bavaria also have journals founded
before the French Revolution.
The actual number of subscribers to
the Catholic journals of the Empire is
2,25O,OOO out of some 20,5OO,0OO Catho-
lies. OF course, the readers are more
numerous than the subscribers, ow-
ing to clubs, libraries, etc., which take
the papers and circulate them. But,
ii, with a proportion of ten per cent
of our Catholic population, we can
have f1ourishing press, what would
not be the power of our Catholic
newspapers, if every Catholic family
took at least one paper a week.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
NEW CATHEDRAL CHAPELS

The work Of securing subscrip-
tions for the completion of the
new Cathedral chapels dedicated
to the Blessed Virgin Mary, ST..
Joseph, and St. Patrick, is being
carried on vigorously by those in
charge, and many large donations
for the furnishings of these
shrines have already been re-
ceived.
Judging by the enthusiasm
which characterizes the leaders
and the generous response made
to their appeals, there is no doubt
that sufficient funds will be forth
coming when needed to make
these chapels not unworthy of
their setting in richness Of mate
rial finish and artistic design, and
fitting expressions of the living
faith which deems no sacrifice too
great which has for object the en-
shrining of the Godhead in an
appropriate earthly tabernacle.
AS our readers are aware, the
Catholic women of the Archdio-
cese have undertaken to complete
the Chapel Of the Blessed Virgin
the Sisters of St. Joseph. their pu-
pills and friends, are furnishing
the Chapel of their patron, st. Jo-
seph; and the Catholics Of Irish
descent have already. signifed
their intention to make the chapel
Of st. Patrick worthy memorial
of the sturdy faith which is their
heritage.
Arrangements are being made
to entrust the furnishing of the
Chapel of st. Boniface to the Ger
man Catholics of the Archdiocese,
while the French Catholics will be
asked to show their generosity by
completing the Chapel of St.
Remy. In addition to these, there
are three other national chapels
dedicated respectively to st. Au-
gustine, st. Ansgarius and SIS.
Cyril and Methodius, as well as
the chapels Of st. Peter and of ST..
Paul.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
ELIOT'S NEW RELIGION.

Some years ago DIR. Charles W.
Eliot, ex-President Of Harvard
University elaborated what he
called the Religion of the Future"
in which he made a clean sweep
of all the cherished doctrines of
Christianity. Since then DR.. Eliot
has been preaching his religion
to all who would listen to him.
The Unitarian Association Of Bos-
ton has lately published an ar
ticle from his pen in which he
sets forth his religious views and
puts himself forward as the great
high priest and prophet of the new
cult. He adds nothing to what the
world already knew about this
fantastic creation of senility, in
which he does away with God, the
hereafter, the Immortality of the
soul, and all the revered truths
contained in the deposit Of revela-
ton. He cuts away entirely from
the old moorings Of faith and gives
to humanity a new revelation of
which the dominant note is re-
ligious anarchy and rampant un-
belief.
1t must not be forgotten that
this is the man who was President
of Harvard University for several
decades of years, whose leadership
helped to mould it's intellectual
development, to establish its tradi-
lions and create its supposedly
cultured atmosphere. One can
readily understand the direction
in which the University tended I'M
der his regime. How long will il
take Harvard to recover from the
influence Of this irreligious leader
to regain its lost prestige and be.
gin to occupy the place it should
hold among educational institu.
tions where reverence for God and
holy things, respect for the rights
of conscience and a recognition OF
the supreme value of religion In
the life of the individual find their
proper place in the curriculum OF
studies? It is charitable to sup
pose that those who were inter.
ested in the future of the Univer.
sity recognized the signs Of ap.
preaching senility and took pre-.
cautions to guard the institution
against Eliot's iconoclastic tend.
encies in religion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07

We refer to this matter for the
purpose of warning Catholic
parents against sending their boys
to Harvard or any other univer-
sity where the claims of a man.
made religion receive any consid-
Grafton. They are not fit places
for Catholic student. Bet
ter for him to go into the world
without the Wanted culture which
Harvard is supposed to confer
upon it's graduates than suffer the
shipwreck Of his faith at the
threshold Of young manhood.
There are many institutions under
Catholic auspices where Catholic
youths can receive an education
which will qualify them for the
battle Of life just as we'll as the
ordinary course at Harvard or
other universities Of it's class and
where, in addition to intellectual
training, they will receive relig-
ious education that will place upon
them the stamp of true nobility of
character and of Christian culture,
the absence of which cannot be
compensated for by any amount
of intellectual smartness.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
JUGGLING WITH FACTS.

For the benefit of few of our
readers who may have seen a copy
of the Menace containing a base
accusation against a priest of this
Diocese, we deem it well to state
that there is not the slightest
foundation for the reflections on
his moral character to which it
gives publicity. The whole article
Is a wilful misrepresentation of
fact, studied attempt to blacken
the reputation of a good priest
who has suffered much at the
hands of coterie of malcontents
who tried to make life miserable
for him in his parish. To protect
himself against their malevolent
attacks he was forced to become
the defendant in civil action for
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
FOR SISTERS
STATE OFFICIAL LAUDS GOOD
SHEPHERD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
IN GREEN BAY-A NON-CATHO-
LIC'S TESTIMONY.

Below we are printing, says the
Live Issue, letter which we chal-
lenge The Menace to reproduce. The
letter was written by John P. Lewis,
a member of the Wisconsin State
Board of Control, to the Good Shep-
herds Home in Green Bay. In view
of the campaign of SANDER carried on
by The Menace and similar publfca-
lions, the following letter deserves
widest publication:
Mother Frances De Sales,
Good Shepherd School for Girls.
Dear Madam:-Inspector c. A.
Shower reports that he visited your
school for girls and he states that he
found conditions as follows:
"'The large modern building is sur
rounded by high stone wall 1t is
one of the finest institutions I have
visited. There are about $50 pupils.
These pupils are well taken care Of
and are taught music, housekeeping
and are given an eighth grade educa-
ton. inspected this place very thor
oughly and carefully, but could find
nothing to find fault with, or deserving
of condemnation.
''It is with pleasure that the board
of control received such report from
Inspector Shower, who is we'll equipped
by experience and training to Judge
of the merits of the work done and
the management of such an institution
and we believe that Won and the other
officials connected with the school are
entitled to the pleasure and inspira.
ton you may receive from his words
OF commentator. Too often those
engaged in work of reforming the err.
ing are not judged by the many indi.
viduals they have helped reform, but
are criticized, if not condemned, for
not succeeding with the attempt to
change some life for the better, when
that life was beyond hope of reforma.
ton long before the attempt could be
made.
The report of our inspector leads
us to wish you many years of con.
t1nued success, usefulness and happi
ness in your work.
Believing that the world is much
better for the work you are doing, and
hoping that those benefited by your
efforts may duly appreciate what you
do for them, am,
very cordially yours,
''The State Board of Control,
by John P. Lewis"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07

ment made by st. John in the first
chapter of his Gospel: "In the
beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word
was God and the Word
was made flesh and dwelt among
u.s.; and this quotation from ST.
Paul's Epistle to the Romans
(IX-5): g.. OF whom is Christ
according to the flesh, who is over
all things, God blessed for ever.
These texts do not bear out Aked s
statement about the silence of the
inspired writer's concerning the
divinity of Christ.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
FOES TO ALCOHOL.

Narcisse Ouimet, the young French
Canadian, who stands champion
among the golfers of the world, is
water-drinker. And so is every other
sportsman of mark Every club for
golf or polo, lacrosse, cricket or foot
ball, is linked to teetotalism whether
it knows it or not. No bar-room thus
far has ever thriven close to a gym
nasium, where the boys are well aware
that beer and spirits never yet be-
friended hard muscles and steady
nerves. Aviators today as sportsmen
lead the van in skill and daring. To
man they leave strong drinks alone.
Inventors in fields less hazardous
than those of flight have been busy as
days of swift motor cars, fast pas
senger elevators, of trains often
speeded at more than a mile a minute.
Our factories are crowded with quick
and complex machines which demand,
every moment, the utmost clearness of
eye and certainly of touch. For Sc
curity to life and limb, for celebrity
and quality in output, no dalliance
with the beer mug is admissible. And
here word from Germany deserves
attention. In Berlin the General Elec-
trio Company five years ago estab-
lished a canteen for it's thousands of
hands. OF course, beer was provided,
in addition, tea, coffee, settler and
lemonade were furnished, all of cap
ital quality, at only two-and-a-half
cents per pint. Mark the reward
which attended purveying soft drinks
with nicely and care. At first their
sale was but one-third as much as
that of beer. Today non-alcoholic
drinks enjoy demand more than
twice as large as that of beer. Yet
more: the Company's record shows a
steady diminution in accidents"
standing plainly to the credit of it's
water-wagons. 1t has long been
demonstrated that in all cases of
bodily injury, treatment is simplifed
when the patient is a water-drinker,
while his recovery is fastened and
assured.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
THE SALOON MUST GO.

The country is tired of the liquor
traffic, says 1.-THE Coal Dealer" The
Church is fighting it. Temperance or
CARNATIONS are united for its over
throw and congress has recently dealt
it some heavy blows. About one-half
of its population now live in dry terri
tory and two-thirds of the area of the
United States is free from the legal
lied saloon.
If business men will admit it and
give the matter unbiased investigation,
1t will be found that liquor enters into
the present day economic problem
more than any other phase of life.
There is no doubt but that the manu-
facturer and mine owner would get
better results from labor employed
free from booze, and it is a dead GER
tainty that the merchant and retailer
at large would find his collections
easier and better if the vast amount
expended for liquor was directed into
the channels of trade and the purchase
of necessities.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
A MENACE BLUFF.

No severer indictment of the
unprincipled tactics Of the Men
ace can be made than that con-
tanned in letter from that publ
cation to the attorney who under
took to defend G. H. Stage and G.
Megonigel Of Philadelphia, who
pleaded guilty last week to libel
ling the Knights Of Columbus by
printing and distributing the So
called "oath" Of the Order. The
defendants declared that they re-
ceived the oath from the Menace.
Their attorney wrote to that pub
LEGATION about the matter and re-
ceived reply from which the fol
lowing extract is taken: {"
We wish to state that we are not
in possession of the ritual and Sc
cret work of the Knights of Co.
lumbus, but we believe we are in
fair way to get it, and a state
ment in a recent issue which led
you to believe that we had it in
our possession, while somewhat of
a bluff on our part, was based on
the fact that we know where it
can be had.
$500. The alleged oath which
your clients in Philadelphia were
arrested for distributing was cir
culated in practically every State
during the late campaign, and the
demand upon us for this docu-
ment was somewhat great, and we
had received copies of them from
so many sources we simply print
ed and handled them as we would
any other job of printing, to sup
ply the demand, and while we
have no apologies to make for do
ing so, we did not have any evi.
dence that the oath is one which
is taken by members of the
Knights of Columbus.
1--WE feel that it would be folly
for you to undertake to base your
defence on the authenticity OF
this document. -
This may be taken as fair
sample of the manner in which
the Menace manufactures facts to
suit it's purpose. If it had pub
lished this explanation when il
printed the alleged oath of the
Knights of. Columbus, no one
would have been deceived, for nc
one would be silly enough to be.
lieve a self-confessed liar. How
long will it be before the Menace
dupes see the light?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07

Carroll, the one-time editor and cen
sus special agent The other organi-
zation, the Home Missions Council,
has not acted, but may do so soon
1t is understood, says "The Sum-" that
former District Commissioner McFar-
land represented Protestant Churches
in Washington for several years, but
did so in connection with his work.
When it was decided to station a man
there regularly, the Rev. DR.. Howard
B. Crosse, of Boston, a Baptist minis
ter and editor, was asked to take the
place, but declined.
Speaking of the need of a church
representative in Washington, the
Rev. DIR. Charles L. Thompson, presi-
dent of the Home Missions Council,
said:
There constantly arise occasions
when Protestant societies, having
work throughout the country, want to
confer with Government authorities.
1t does not follow that they wish to
influence the Government in their
favor or in any wrong way. The same
tnlng happens with Catholic organlza-
tions.
mo, it is not true, as stated in
some quarters, that we purpose to sta
ton a Protestant at Washington to
watch Catholic activity. We are tend
ing to our own activities, and they
are such as seek to make the nation
and it's people better spiritually and
in all other ways. There can be no
objection to Protestant or Catholic
using all possible facilities to improve
things"
The Federal Council does work for
all Protestant bodies along social and
moral lines. The Episcopalians do
not belong to the Council. Their
House of Bishops, in session in New
York in October, refused to join
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
HOW ALCOHOL RUINS MEMORIES.

DR.. Smith of Heidelberg has re-
which show how alcohol thoroughly
disturbs the memory. A number of
persons were given three or four
glasses of beer a day and required to
memorize certain sentences, and
write them down on paper. Half a
dozen experiments were made with
each person. No sentence was longer
than four lines. The person was given
the sentence and told to go and write
it out; in Is or 20 minutes another
sentence was given and the process
repeated.
For 20 days these experiments
were carried on. The same amount
of beer was given daily. After the
sixth day the errors and losses in
memory increased and on the TWEEN
tieth day the losses amounted to 20
per cent; that is, in 100 experiments
over 70 of them were errors and mis-
takes. The faults of memory steadily
increased. The first days experiments
showed small amount of errors.
Then there was steady increase.
This experiment confirms Prof
kraepelin's test of remembering num-
bers and words. He found that with
out alcohol 100 figures could be re-
membered after 40 repetitions, an
average of 21a numbers to each repe-
tition. With alcohol the same person
could only remember 60 figures after
90 repetitions, an average of one num-
Der for each repetition This showed
diminution of normal memory to
the extent of over 40 per cent
In everyday life, where accuracy of
memory is called for, it is a common
fact that alcohol drinkers are the most
unreliable. Events which the person
had intense interest in seemed to make
little or no impression on the brain
when under the influence of spirits,
and only with difficulty could be re-
called. Even when remembered they
were distorted and inaccurate.
These experiments bring out the
astonishing fact that the memory, of
all the brain functions, suffers most
pronouncedly from the use of alcohol.
Copyright, 1914, by the Star Company.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
BEER BREWING IN OLDEN
TIMES.

Lecturing at Newington, Edinburgh.
recently, Councillor Hutchinson, dealt
with Ancient Licensing Regulations
and Their Effects" Among other
things, says Law Notes." the coun-
cillor observed that it was we'll estab-
lished by The Book of the Dead that
brewing was carried on in Egypt five
thousand years ago, and, what was
also of great interest in view of recent
legislation, and of bills in project to
reduce the number of licensed houses,
if not suppress them altogether, more
than four thousand years ago demands
arose in Egypt for reduction of the
number of places for the sale of beer,
sort of temperance Egypt bill,
like the Scottish Temperance Bill
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07
PRO TESTANT ACTIVITY
TWO ORGANIZATIONS WILL HAVE
AN AGENT AT WASHINGTON TO
LOOK AFTER THEIR INTER-
ESTS.

Two big Protestant organizations
are behind a plan to station in Wash.
ington a representative of Protestant
Churches, according to "The Sun,
New York. Though not at all alarm
ing, this news is interesting, especial
ly in view of criticism of the Catholic
Church on this score, with particular
reference to the Bureau of Catholic
Indian Missions
The man chosen for the place by
one of the organizations, the Federal
Council OF Churches, fl DIR. II. K
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07

In reply to question asked by
members of the Advisory Board
of the Minimum Wage Commits
sion, the Attorney General of this
State upheld the constitutionality
of the Minimum Wage Law. In
another opinion he stated that
any minimum wage fixed for any
line of industry would have to
apply to the entire State and that
it could not be enforced only in
one city or in one section.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07

In the calendar Of the Church,
next Sunday is known as Septua-
gesima Sunday. It's name is a
reminder of the early ages of
Christianity when the Lenten
period began earlier than it does
at present. The two weeks and
more which now intervene be-
tween this Sunday and Ash
Wednesday are to be regarded as
sort of preparation for, or intro
duction to, the penance and morti-
fcation of Lent. During this
period the hearts of the faithful
are gradually prepared for the
seven weeks Of self-denial and
prayer which precede Easter Sun
day. While the austerities OF
Lent do not bind the faithful be.
fore Ash Wednesday, there is nc
reason why they should not begin
to take stock of their spiritual con.
dition and gradually attune them.
selves to the stricter discipline
which the Church imposes fo1
their spiritual benefit during the
Lenten season.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-07

The Sisters Of st. Joseph who
with the help of their pupils and
friends, have undertaken the task
of completing the Chapel of st. 10
seph in the new Cathedral have
received several substantial dona,
tons from Catholics in Montana
Wisconsin and North Dakota, who
read their appeal in The Catholic
Bulletin. This is one of many evi,
denceS which we have that The
Catholic Bulletin is one Of the best
advertising mediums in the North
west.