The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-09-26

superior of the Jesuit Mission in the
West Indies.
Native Nuns in lndia.-The Arch
bishop of Madras, India, has founded
a religious community of native nuns,
drawn entirely from the pariahs.
They practice great self-denial and
are devoted to teaching.
Chinese "Vireins of Purgatory."-
1.-The Virgins of Purgatory' is a Chin
| for the conversion of women and chill
dren in parts of China where no
European Sisters can penetrate. They
take annual VOWS.
"Press Sunday" in Hungary.-One
of the Hungarian Bishops, Mgr. de
Zich, has ordered his priests to preach
special sermon every year on behalf
of the Catholic press. Press Sunday"
will, in future, be honored throughout
| his diocese.
/
Holland, with it's population of less
than 100000 Catholics, can give
points to many bigger Catholic coun-
tries on the matter of the Catholic
Press, for the Catholics of Holland
support not less than twenty Catholic
journals, the majority of which are
dailies.
Education in Spain.-There is an
| elementary school to every 500 in
| habitants in Spain. There are $4,000
i schools supported by the Government
and Commune; private schools num-
Der 5000 Female students attending
the Universities exceed those of other
countries. SPANS Universities num-
Der 10, which is double the number of
England with twice SPANS popula-
ton.
Rome to Be Seaport.-The long
talked of project to convert Rome into
a seaport, by connecting it with Ostia
by means of ship canal, has now
been definitely formulated by the emf
nent Italian engineer, Dario CarbOne.
His plan calls for canal of sufficient
proportions to admit ocean steamers
within easy reach of Rome, and the
widening and deepening of the Tiber
1t is proposed also to use the water
power for the making of electricity
This would admit of the operation OF
a fine electric road from Rome to the
seashore.
"The Stars of Heaven" Re-lighted
The Figaro says that Prime Min.
lister NJ Viviani, 1.-The extinguisher OF
the lights of heaven" has now under
stood that ''it was necessary (because
of the war; to relight all the stars
in the sky over the battlefield on
which so many of our little soldiers
are grooming and dying for their coun
try" In France, all the seminarists
and priests between the ages of q
army.
/, Ages of the Popes.-Since 1877
seventeen of the occupants of the Holy
See lived eighty years. Plus X. came
short of this by less than year
Gregory XVI, who died in 1916, al
!, the age of eighty, was the youngest
, of these octogenarians. Gregory XII.
Calixtus H., and Benedict XIII. com
pleted their eighty-first year; Alexan
der Will, and Plus VI, were eighty
4 two; Gregory KILL, Innocent X, Bene
dict XIV, and Plus VII, were over
I eighty-three; Paul II. was eighty-four
and Plus TX, Clement X, and Clement
XII, were. eighty-five The three
nonagenarians were Clement XII, who
was ninety-two, and Paul w. and Lee
XII, who were each ninety-three
The oldest of all the Popes was Gre
CORY TX. (1227-124D who was almost
centenarian. Of this remarkable
man, who was not elected Pope until
he was eighty-six, it is related that
few in the maturity of their powers
have surpassed him in the vigor OF
the vigilance of his rule.
French and German Birthrate.-Says
the Springfield Republican: The
| French births in 1870 were 100000
in number. In 1905 the number
/ had fallen to $4,000. Had
France been left to fight alone, the
/ result of the war would have been
: determined long since by the more
: productive German mothers. There
J is something in the foregoing reflec
/ ton that Americans may well ponder
Catholic Heads Fraser cIan.-Lord
! Lovat has assumed command of the
Highland Mounted Brigade, which
, comprises Scotsmen of the Clan Fra
| ser, of which Lord Lovat is chief. He
first came into public prominence In
: connection with the Lovat Scouts
} which did such excellent work in the
South African campaign.
Grand Chartreuse ExiIes Return
: The Times Seville correspondent
learns that 5000 French monks exiled
| to Spain have voluntarily enlisted
Among them is almost the entire
: community of the Grand Chartreuse
which has been established in Tara
) COMA since the expulsion.
! Amiens CathedraI.-The magnifi
cent Cathedral of Amiens, the largest