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"Six months I


was belfast with
nervous prostra-
ton. I had sink
ing spells, a cold,
clammy feeling
could not stand
t he slightest
noise. At times
I would almost
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weak. My hus-
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CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY.
MASONIC NOTES.

Tdings From the Grand East.
The annual official visit Of the
Grand Master Of the M. w, United
Grand Lodge of Iowa and jurisdiction
is as follows:
Wednesday. Feb. l8-North Star,
No. 2, Des Moines.
Thursday, Feb. 19-Doric, No. 80,
Des Moines.
Monday, Feb. 23-Maple Grove, No.
16, Oskaloosa.
Wednesday, Feb. 25-Dubuque, No.
20, Dubuque. III
Thursday, Feb. 26-McNeil, No. 81,
Clinton. . '-'
} Friday, Feb. 27-Hiram, No. 10,
Davenport.
These dates are subject to changes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-27
The Best Cough Medicine.

II have used Chamber1ain's Cough
Remedy ever since have been keep
ing house," says L. c. Hames, OF
Marblry, Ala. Il consider it one OF
tie best remedies I ever used. MY
children have all taken it and it works
like a charm. For colds and whoop-
ing cough it is excellent" For sale
by all dealers. .--.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-27
Don't You Believe It..

Some say that chronic constipation
cannot be cured. Don't you believe it.
Chamberlain's Tablets have cured
others-why not you? Give them a
trial. They cost only a quarter. For
sale by all dealers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-27
A Nervous Woman Finds
Relief From Suffering.

Women who suffer from extreme
nervousness, often endure much
suffering before finding any relief.
Mrs. Joseph Snyder, of Tifin, o.,
had such an experience, regarding
which she says: ...... .-'s.,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-27
Ci,amberlain's Cough Remedy.

This remedy has no superior for
coughs and colds. It is pleasant to
take. IT contains no opium or other
narcotic. It always cures. For sale
BY all dealers. N.
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HEALTH HINTS.
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If there is one class Of people
above another who should be inter
ested in the conservation Of health it
is Negroes. The trend Of the times is
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-27

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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21


fort. To crafty her Independent
spirit, Mrs. Moore had Mrs. Patch
down at her house in the country for
the autumn and spring house clean
ing.
Last but not least, Maggie Patch
who, through her novena, was the
proximate cause of all this happiness
lis being carefully educated as a
teacher at the convent; the nuns see
ing much promise in the child, and
foretelling that she will yet wear the
white habit of St. Dominic. An old
Sister declares that she has the nuns
forehead" and it is to be supposed
that she knows whereof she speaks.
"And to think" Mrs. Moore some
times remarks to her husband, that
none of all these good things might
have happened if yielded to a strong
wish that morning to stay in bed and
rest. It must have been my Angel
Guardian that forced me to rise
against my will Yes, know what
you are going to say, John, that some
one else would have been chosen by
Our Lord instead of me. But think
of the blessed privilege should have
lost"
Mrs. Francis Chadwick in The Are Maria
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21
RABBI PRAISES THE CHURCH.

The Jewish attitude toward Cathol-
lefty was the theme of Rabbi Cron-
backs sermon on January 10, at Tenn
pie Bethel, South Bend, Ind. His ex-
PLANTATION Of the Catholic religion is
remarkable for it's sincerity. He said
in part:
"The Catholic Church is one of the
most successful in the world. 1t is
one of the few churches that has no
trouble in getting high attendance,
and it is the oldest church in Christen-
dom. While the Jews, like the Prot
estants, do not approve using images,
much can be said in defense of Cath
olics, who use them. The image helps
to fix the thoughts. 1t is hard to
think of the invisible, while it is easy
to think of the visible. The Catholic
Church in it's use of images and cere-
monies has for centuries been follow
ing out certain educational ideas en-
dorsed by modern students of psychol-
ogy.
THE Catholic Church has many doc
trines to which we cannot subscribe
and which we do not understand. Yet
If l were a Catholic, 1 would have no
trouble in accepting these doctrines.
Just as the symbol of self-sacrifice is
the cross, and the Virgin symbol of
motherhood, so can the saints and
purgatory and transubstantiation and
the Popes infallibility and the rest
be taken as the symbol of the mys-
teries that surround us on every hand. "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21
THE MOTHERHOOD OF MARY.

1t is always joyful hour, time of
hearty congratulations and bright
hopes when a new life is born into
the bosom of parental love; but it
was an hour of unspeakable joy to
the Virgin Mother when her Divine
Child was born, writes the Rev. G. H.
Zimmerman in the Pittsburgh Chris
tian Advocate. In anticipation of the
event she had rejoiced with Elizabeth,
and sung her sublime Magnificent:
my soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Saviour.
For He hath looked upon the low
estate of his handmaiden:
For behold, from henceforth all gener-
atoms shall call me blessed"
Now, with her Babe lying in the
manger, she was silent; while the
happy shepherds, when they saw It, -
made known the angels message and
song about this Child to the people
Of Bethlehem, MARY kept all these
things, bordering them in her heart. p"
Her joy was too deep and divine for
human utterance. AS we think of the
lowly place, where beside the cattle
the Lord of Life was born, and see
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, FEBRUARY q, 1914

Their end is both religious ana
political, which is not astonishing, for
religion is mixed up in almost every
action of the Blacks. Nearly all their
customs are explained or made lawful
by their beliefs. The safeguarding Of
the political life of the tribe against
the invader or a neighbours rivalry,
the preservation of traditions or the
endeavor to band together against
some threatening evil would seem, in
many cases, sufficient explanation
of their origin and development. The
OPPOSITION made by their members to
the work of evangelization is positive
proof of this.
while Freemasons hide the name
of their members with jealous care,
our Blacks do not preserve any such
secrecy. In fact, the final rite, with
it's accompanying noisy feasts, is in
itiation into whatever secret society
may be established in the village. At
his first step the novice has only to
promise secrecy, not on what has been
revealed to him, for nothing at all
has been revealed to him, but on
what he may learn later on. He is,
however, instructed in the passwords
and signs which will make him known
to other members wherever he may
travel, and which will insure their
help in case of need. These pass.
words are extremely vague, and are
answered by phrases quite as mean.
ingless. If the words prove satisfac
tory, a sign is demanded, consisting
of various movements of the hands
certain positions of the feet and char
acters traced in the sand. We must
add that men alone may become mem
bers of these associations"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21
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themselves readily to the laws of the
Church.
1t seems that for this neglected
race, as we'll as for millions of pagans
in the foreign missions, the reason of
our failure is found in the words Of
st. Paul to the Romans, concerning
those who did not believe in Our
Divine Lord: "How shall they believe
Him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear without a
preacher" The workers are few, too,
few indeed. It's true, it's pity; tits
pity it's true.
1t is the Word of God that converts
and changes the human heart, the
Word of God as carried by men "sent"
with a divine commission. What we
are especially in need of for that i'm
mense task of bringing to the fold the
millions of colored people waiting at
our very door, is not so much schools
nor churches as apostolic men, and an
army Of them. Indeed, much is
achieved by our missionaries among
them; their very success is an earn
est of what could be done should the
work be followed on a more extensive
plan. But the workers are few" In
the meantime the race increases,
Professionalism roots itself deeper and
deeper in their hearts and minds, and
our opportunities decrease.
=
Shall we forever countenance this
sad predicament? Shall we disinter-
est ourselves in the spiritual welfare
of that race? 1t would be a stigma
on the unblemished name of the
Church in this land of ours. We have
a responsibility toward the negro race,
and it would be crime to shirk it.
Let us hope and pray that the future
may hold in stock an abundant harvest
of souls in the colored South, and that
generous spirit of emulation among
religious orders and societies will
launch them, every day more numer.
Gus, in crusade for the conversion OF
these millions of souls awaiting the
tidings of Truth.
"And (Jesus), seeing the multitude
he had compassion on them: because
they were distressed, and lying like
sheep that have no shepherd.
"Then he said to His disciples: The
harvest indeed is great, but the labor
ers are few"
Pray We, therefore, the Lord of the
harvest, that he send forth laborers
into his harvest Matt. TX, So, SO
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21
THE CHURCH'S WISDOM IN EDU-
CATION.

Deploring the conditions which, he
said, have followed the decadence of
religious influence in our educational
institutions, the Rev. Frank w. Padel-
ford at the Baptist Conference, re-
Gently at fremont Temple, declared
that the educational life of America
is confronting crisis.
He spoke on Religion and Educa-
tion," and said that when the State
began the task of education there was
no disagreement about the separation
of religion and education, although the
early schools had strong religious
motive and impaired an earnest moral
training.
"But these conditions" he said, care
changed until it has come to pass now
in some of our cities that a teacher
in the public schools may not mention
the name of Jesus, or may not even
allude to the Christmas story. What
is true of the common schools is true
also of our institutions of higher learn
ing.
1--WE are gathering the results from
the kind of education we have estab
lished. We are developing a race
trained in intellect, but unframed il
it's moral nature.
1--WE are frequently shocked by the
revelations of ignorance of the Scrip
lures on the part of high school grad
yates, as indicated by their answers
to test questions. The development o.
immortality among high school stu
dents is sad story indeed. We are
facing a crisis in the educational life
of America
The speaker commended the Roman
Catholic Church for having insisted
on having it's parish schools. He pait
high tribute to the Catholic Church
for the manner in which it instills it:
religion into the minds of the chill
dren, while pursuing their other stud
les. -Boston A o,,oniser Cyon, 20 1914,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.

The fiftieth anniversary of the negro
emancipation has called forth many in
teresting articles in the press. The
negro race has undoubtedly advanced
in every way since the Civil War. In
1863 there were 100000 negroes in
the United States; today they number
over 100000. Their total wealth
has increased from $20,O00,000 to
$700,000,000. You find among them
architects, electricians, photographers,
druggists, pharmacists, dentists, physi-
clans or surgeons, editors, real estate
dealers, hospital managers, and whole.
sale merchants. Many own mines
cotton mills, dry goods stores, insur.
ance companies, publishing houses,
theaters, etc.
There are over 100000 negro chill
dren in the public schools of the South
and over 100000 enrolled in normal
schools and colleges. They have over
400 normal and industrial colleges.
If we look at the religious advance
of the race, it is sad to acknowledge
that the Church has made compare
lively little Roadway among them.
While Professionalism boasts of millions
of followers among the negroes, who
give a larger percentage of their earn
ings to religious work than any other
people, and who contribute over $50,
900 year for Protestant foreign mis-
sions and over 100000 to Protestant
home missions, the Church is doing
missionary work amidst hardships and
opposition.
Yet the negro race is very respon
sive to our endeavors. Our mission
aries in the South are sanguine in
their expectations of great results tc
reward their efforts. They love the
race, for it has some beautiful char
acteristics. Many Catholic pastors
after long residence among them de
clare that they would rather work fol
negroes than for white congregation
Colored Catholics are as rule pious
reverential, self-sacrificing, charitable
and generous.
Why is it that the movement toward
Catholicism is so slow among thu
negroes?
True, most of them are imbued will
prejudices, so prevalent in the Soutl
against Catholicism, and artfully KEEP
alive by the enemies of the Church
true, the teachings of public school:
and colleges do not lead them to the
Faith; true their emotional nature be
ing satisfied, with = the services o.
their various denominations, they d.
not question the claims of Protestant
ism of being the true Church. Even ad
hitting these points, we must not for
get, on the other hand, that many oil
them have joined the Church.
Our impressive ceremonies appeal tt
them, our concrete Faith, founded or
authority and respect, finds in them
willing disciples, and they submit
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the Blessed Mother bending in silent
rapture over cher first-born Son." our
hearts are moved by the pathos of the
scene, and filled with gratitude for
the life of meek sacrifice begun in
that humble birth-that though He
was rich, yet for our sakes He became
poor, that we through His poverty
might become rich" Happy Mary!-
highly favored above all women! New
er before was motherhood so sacred
and beautiful as it has since become.
Women had been the slaves of men.
All the sacraments of life had been
desecrated; but the Child of Mary
has elevated womanhood and made the
name Mother" the hottest and sweet
est word in human language.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21

Not for us does the glorious army
of saints and martyrs, the bright
choir of virgins and purified souls
sleep in the cold grave or lie torpid
in some underlined region, waiting the
return of a warm spring morning to
wake anew into life and activity.
They are now living, a sweet, joyous
life, in comparison with which what
we call our life il but death.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21
SECRET SOCIETIES IN AFRICA.

Secret societies exist practically all
through Africa. It is futile to trace
their origin to Freemasonry, for they
date centuries back, and the newer
ones model themselves upon those al
ready in existence. This explanation
of such organizations among the
Blacks from the pen of Father Joseph
Brun, an African missionary, will be
Of interest:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21


she said in answer to Mrs. Moore's in
quiries. "You see, my husband
doesn't always be workin'. He's not
too strong, and, to tell the truth,
others lead him astray now and again
though a better or kinder man
you'd not often see. But, 0 ma'am,
it's Gods blessin' will be on you for
the grand shoes the children brought
home on their feet! I did not know
who it was comm trampin' up the
stairs; and they both calm out to
me at once, each wantin' to be the
first, for it's seldom indeed they'd
have any good news to tell me, the
creatures!"
Now you mustn't waste time
thanking me, Mrs. Patch" said the
kind lady, more touched than she
cared to show by the little woman's
gratitude. 81 want to hear how you
manage to live at all. see you work
at this kind of thing" (pointing to a
mans flannel shirt in the workbasket
near by, Nov, how much do they
give you for these?
well, not very much" answered
Mrs. Patch, with pathetic little
smile. "But anything's better than
nothing, and I'm thankful to God to get
the work. There's many one worse
off than am. You see, learned the
SEWN at the nuns school over bey-
ant, when I was slip of girl, and
it's stood me in good stead all along"
Mrs. Patch said the benevolent
Mrs. Moore, 81 shall not be satisfied
until I find you better paid work. ]
think that by speaking to my friends
can get you enough work to keep
Arizona republican., 1914-05-31
Knights of Pythias

We had a very enjoyable and en- tnusiastic meeting Friday night, there being about a hundred members present. A general discussion about the present and future of
 Phoenix Lodge No. ;. as well as the order in general, was indulged in and
 every one was loud in their praise of the success of the present ad ministratiOn.
 It being the last meeting night in 1 May, nominations for officers for the 7nsuing term were made These various nominations will be held open for one week, and on next Fri day night our first meeting night in June, the election will be held Try and attend next Friday and assist in
 the election.
 Owing to the fact that we must : hold our election on the first meet : l ing night in June We have to i postpone our open house until the i second meeting night in June, which l is the 12th. Everyone should bear l this in mind and tell the brothers { who were not present, so there will 1 be no disappointments next Friday
 night
 The sick committee reports Bro
 Harry Taffc as improving. which is
Arizona republican., 1914-05-31

 with appropriate services, music and

with appropriate services, music and good speakers.
 The Daughters of Rebekahs No. l are requested to participate with the Phoenix lodge in order to make the services one of the highest success. Remember the service is open to all non -mmebers as well.
 Kindly pass the good word along and don't forget the date. Sunday, June Ith, 10 a. m.. odd Fellows hall. First avenue and Washington street. All odd Fellows sojourning in the city are invited to participate in this annual service.
 The second nomination of officers at the last meeting is as follows; For noble grand, Perry l.. Kidd; for vice grand, R. F. Donovan, C. R. Benetzke. J. x. Oliver, II. w. Clark, (. <. Williams; for secretary, N. A. Morford: for treasurer, F. B. Nincll and C. S Williams. The above can didates are all eligible if elected at the next meeting.
 i w. B. Goodman received the mys- tic rites of the third degree and IS now d full-fedged Odd Fellow which entities him to a cordial wei i come throughout the land. One new application was received and referred to a committee. l It gave the lodge much pleasure in { having Bro. w. H. Napier with us again
 Bro G. H. Bower paid the lodge . pleasant Visit. Call again Bro w. F. Wood of Dawn Lodge No 345. Dawn. Mo. visited this lodge i for the first time. He has been 1T
 the valley about year. Bro, Woods
 has been instrumental in bringing !his brothers application into this Hodge That's right Let's have
 more of those young men and youl friends.
 Bro. J. J. F.lwell, past grand, is re ported on the sick list
 Deputy Grand Master Ira Stal- iraker has moved into his new homo on North Eleventh street, near Var Buren.
 We should have a large turn-ou at the next session, this being semi !annual election of officers
Arizona republican., 1914-05-31
Lodge Lore
Continued from Page One.)

order is developed. The sick are visited, the hungry and fed, the naked are clothed, the hearted cheered. the dead are buried, the widow is comforted, and the orphans cared for.
 The entire machinery of the order is employed in this department, for upon this alone was the system of government constructed. and so wisely reared. that il becomes at once capable of assuming other and greater responsibilities, until we now find il convenient to divide it's ac- tiVities as outlined above, which has gwen the membership-at large q clearer conception of the purposes of the order, and thereby enabled to render more intelligent and efficient service. Some being especially fond of the work in one department. and some in another. each finds his ideal and is free to follow his bent or pleasure. and the work proceeds as q whole
 The following statement of expen ditures for various forms of relief during the past year will give some idea of the scope of our activities For sick benefits. Sl,l6S.690; funeral benefits. $356.OOO: widows and or phans. $37,500: for sufferers by flood and cyclone. $20,000.