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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

1T is not often that the Catholic
Church Extension Society gets appeals
where the supplicant states that get
ting it is q matter of life and death.
1t is pretty strong language, and the
priests on the mission who bear all
sorts of hardships complain very little.
Oftentimes things that they need and
need so badly that it is a matter OF
life and death are merely asked for
conditionally and when the ONCE OF
the society received the letter from
Father Key in the Philippines stating
that he must have house and school,
that it was a matter of life and death,
they did not even try to picture the
great misery of this missionary.
81 am very grateful to yon for your
two gifts in the way of Mass inten-
tions,' writes Father Key, Il am glad
to think that some Catholics in the
States still remember my poor mission
and have compassion upon my great
poyerty. / wish l could bring home to
them the fact that am still without a
house or school. / sent you an appeal
some time ago and have patiently
waited my turn. Don't call me impa-
tient and thoughtless, please, because
I fully realize that many calls for nelp
come to you constantly from all sides,
hut a house and school is a matter OF
life and death to me and my mission.
The Hardships of the Mission Have
Done Their Work.
Seven years exposure to the tropi-
cal heats and rains have done their
work, and unless help comes soon in
the shape of funds to build house
and school, my good Bishop Doherty
will be mourning the loss of one of his
missionaries.
God bless you for what you have
already done for me and may He in
spire you to put my plea before the
public"
The words of this missionary would
almost cause a heartbreak in anyone
who has a heart to feel the woes OF
others. There are many Catholics
who could give him goodly amount
to help him in this great work. They
would never miss it. God will not be
outdone in generosity. And again il
every Catholic reading this appeal
would give according to their means
what a godsend it would mean for the
missionary.
Any donations sent in to the Offices
of the Catholic Church Extension So
ciety, 1888 Mccormick Building, Chi
cago, will be gladly forwarded to him
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
THE SHEPHERD And HIS FLOCK

At the risk Of becoming monotonous
we have to repeat our stories Of dis
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
MISSIONARY NUN FROM CHINA.

Sister Mary of Lourdes, of the Sis
tiers of the Immaculate Conception,
was a recent visitor to the National
Office of the Propagation of the Faith.
She has journeyed from Canton to
America in the hope of interesting
Catholics in her work.
A few words regarding these nuns
may not be out of place. They, were
founded in Montreal and are strictly
missionary order. Five years ago the
first little band left Canada for China,
and since then they and their COM
panions have converted q large mum.
Der of pagans and accomplished vast
amount of good among the suffering
Chinese. They care for the aged and
the blind, they have charge of the
leper asylum on ST. Mary's Island,
Shaking, and they rescue abandoned
babies, saving both the soul and the
body when possible.
1t is in behalf of these wretched
little creatures that Sister Mary of
Lourdes asks our charity. Their con-
dition, when found in the highways
and byways, is beyond belief. Often
the tiny forms are half eaten by rats;
some are partly consumed by a species
Of worm; others are mass of ulcers
every horror that can be imagined is
present in the poor, suffering bodies.
The nuns take these children, baptize
them, and not infrequently restore
them to health. s ~- 'sss
All this costs money. Though many
children are saved, others cannot be
accommodated. Even the bit of rice
forming the daily food costs much in
the aggregate. But the work is a
humane one aside from its spiritual
value, and to be able to save a soul
by the expenditure Of a small sum of
money Is an opportunity not to be
neglected Those who come to the
Sisters aid win be sharing in noble
work OF redemption.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
THE GHOST OF A SONG

| A -
1t was cold, grey Christmas Eve,
and the afternoon light was fast fad
ing in the cottage up at Windyburn.
In the parlour of the cottage woman
was sitting at the window, making
the most of the remaining moments
Of day. Her hurfying fingers seemed
scarcely quick enough to cope with the
demands Of busy brain, and traces of
impatfehce showed themselves in her
half-bent, eager attitude and In the
burrows on her broad, low brow.
SO short day, and SO much to be
done!' The ejaculation was com
mon one with her; it was meant as
a spur rather than as lament, but
to-day d note of WEAKNESS struggled
with the energy in the words. Yet
the knitting fingers might not relax,
the big steel needles could only click
on and on ~
The falling light was kind to the
woman up at Windyburn. 1t set he1
in an underlined picturesqueness II
revealed her as almost young. In real.
ity she had passed her fifty-third
birthday, and those who chose to
study her face could find in it little
more than the possibility of "a one.
| time beauty. Those tlstreless ewes
might once have held glorious fire,
once have cajoled, charmed, COMPEL.
Led: those hollow cheeks and. that thin.
tlipped mouth were, no doubt, in. days
now long sped, full and rosily fair:
and that hair, dull and powdered with
grey, once, surely, had no need OF
catching radiance from the sun.
Once. Yes, she might confess that
there was such a time, if she cared.
She did not feel old, nor did she
mean to let herself grow old. People
were foolish who allowed themselves
to go down before the onslaught of the
years. If they wanted to live, to gel
the most out Of their Gays, they would
not be so easily beaten. She meant
to live a long time yet, for her best
was in the future, and she had re
solved on that futures being quite
different from either the past or the
present "a
AS the room darkened and she was
forced to lay aside her work, she re
feeted with satisfaction on the ease
with which she could maintain herself
week by week on a very small sum
of money. So little sufieed for her
needs; there was no hardship in Iiv.
ing frugally when one had day oil
plenty in view. The time was COMING
when, with light goodbye to the
cramped little cottage at Windyburn
the low-rented, absurd little habits
ton so remote from all that some
women would consider made life
worth living, she would take her way
down the steep old hill never to re.
turn. It was good to work, to sew,
knit, embroider, design yes, from the
peep of dawn till midnight lit was
good to deny oneself every tiny lux
ury, to exist on the zainimllm of the
plainest fare even to go sometimes
hungry, when there leoned in front,
in those gracious years coming ever
nearer and nearer, the glorious hour
of emancipation Each shilling saved
now1was making that hour more real,
and the reality more to be desired.
Outside, the wind laughed and
Mhlstled. The woman at Wlndgburn
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
LUTHER AND THE REFORMATION.

Professor Henry c. Vedder, who
holds the chair of Church History in
the Baptist Theological Seminary of
Grocer, Pa, recently wrote a book in
which he fails to show the usual
idolatrous admiration of Martin Luther
exhibited by so many non-Catholics
THE Reformation was not great
ethical force" Professor Vedder says;
instead of this ethical revolution Lu.
Their offered novelties in doctrine, a
theological reform, not an ethical
Speaking Of the Reformation, he says:
''The immediate results of the move.
ment are disappointing; it did almost
nothing for social reorganization, for
civil and religious liberty, for the en-.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
CHRISTIAN CHARITY.

The Protestant Bishop of Newark,
N. j., in his diocesan paper says: THE
Roman Catholic Church has come to
great strength in our country through
the loyalty and devotion, especially
of one race. 1t is a time for us to be
right-minded, to appreciate those from
whom we differ and give them a good
example of charity and kindness
never to retaliate, never to be unjust
We are committed to the endeavor to
live together in peace, respecting one
another, helpful to one another, trying
to set right what is wrong in our ma
tional, State and community life
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
SUCCESS IN NORTH BURMA.

One of the most successful missions
in India is that of North Burma, in
charge of the Paris Foreign Mission
Society. Bishop FolQuier has this to
say of its latest report:
4Tf we cast but a glance over the
last twenty years, there is clear evi.
dence of the missions progress. And
FIRST the number of our stations has
quadrupIed, and that of our Catholic
population more than doubled. In 1893,
we reckoned 4,476 Catholics; in 1913,
according to the census taken BY the
missionaries, their number has gone
up to 1882, and this figure is certainly
inferior to the reality, because of the
many places, nay districts, which have
not been visited and where q goodly
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
HYMN ON THE NATIVITY.
BY John Milton.

Rut see the Virgin blest
Hath laid her Baho to rest.
Time is our tedious song should here
have ending; .........
Heavens youngest teemed star
Hath fixed her polished car,
Her sleeping Lord with handmade
lamp attending;
And all about the courtly stable
bright harnessed angels sit in order
serviceable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-11
Y-SSes-,-. &:,!!1' 4! Fortified Tires
 No-Rim.Cut Tires-"On- Air" Cured
 With All.W eather Tree is or Smooth
3PriceReductions

Our last big reduction--on February lst-made the third in two years, totaling AS per cent. Thus, as our output in- creases, you get more and more for your money. Be fair with yourself l-try these .ir s. Any dealer will supply you.
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part when he maintains that he has a right to consider himself the rep resentative of the entire humanity.
 The German loves anything that is foreign and loves to appropriate it and make it his own The strength of this German love it must be admitted constitutes a danger to all nations who do not possess this quality.
 The Germans did wonderful thing when they swallowed and de- stroyed forever the most dangerous enemy humanity has ever known. Like savages who swallow the lions heart to become lions, themselves, the Germans swallowed Napoleon
 Germany's thinkers, poets and statesmen have cut NapoleOn's heart into pieces and have made the whole German nation into an amplified and spiritualized Napoleon. The process is described in work which is unique of it's kind. I mean Clause witz Book on War, which is nothing but codified Napoleon transformed into theories and re-cast.
 Clausewitz from the military. and Nietsche from the philosophical point of view have extracted from Napoleon a sublime substance which they have injected into the German people. Then wh9t happens a world coal i litiOn is formed such as was not seen even against Napoleon himself. and once more the coalition is headed by England. :. Napoleon's destiny and tragedy is
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once more repeated-war against Russia and England. This gigantic task is now resting on Germans shoulders, with the difference that France has joined the infamous alli- ance. Napoleon represented Europe against England and Asia, today It IS Germany. Napoleon desiroA to be the liberator looked for by the Orient, today it is Germany.
 The Germans have eaten Napole- on's heart and his fate is now resting on them, but where the Titan failed, the Germans will succeed.
 Professor Sieper of Munich has sent to the "Berliner Tagesblatt" a letter which he recently received
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When in 1S4S the price of beer was increased a revolution broke out on the following day. Soldiers were forced to use the butts of their guns and bayonets in dispersing the crowds If the brewers think the moment is propiticus to enrich them selves at the expense of the people they are mistakn, for though Our boys are fighting a long way off the people will know not only by news paper articles but by acts how to make the brewers revoke their de- cision.
 In the "Berliner Tageblatt' I read the following article on the German character by the Viennese writer Robert Scheu. which is evidently meant to be friendly: .-
 "The German spirit has rormruable jaws and stomach like steel furn- ace. The German cuts all facts into small particles by his tireless ab- straction which often appears quite aimless. It is only after having thus divided the strange product into minute particles that he swallows il with skin and hair and then be- gins the digestion which extracts from it the last drop of juice and e'e
 ments of nourishment which he ab sorbs into his own organism.
 The German considers it his dut! | to understand everything and in thi l respect he has no equal anywhere II i the world. This is why it mean neither boast or presumption on hi
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with the results thus far achieved" " said MT. Frazier. q feel that ,Arkan- sas appreciates the fact that the A. o. U. w. is doing her share and more in advertising the state. For instance. the next meeting of the suprem> lodge, with representatives from all over the United States, will be held in Little Rock next year. This was unanimously decided upon al the rec- ent supreme council held at Wheel ing. w. Va, wlHre MT. Cross and were delegates. And in addition tc our already large work, Kentucky Tennessee and Louisiana were added to the Arkansas jurisdiction. Tais gives us very large field of labor but the Arkansas jurisdiction is capable of handling the work
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from an American lady living in the Bavarian capital. She informs the professor that there is no use in try ing to conceal the fact that outside German American circles American opinion is very strongly against Germany.
 There is only one way of convert ing Americans, she says, and that IS by scattering broadcast throughout the United States book. not too lengthy, but full of common sense, and describing Germany as truly Democratic country, which might have a chance of undoing the evil caused by the writing of Bernhardi and ClauseWitZ.
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crew of the "Tennessee,' in recog- milton of their work in bringing the Palestine refugees to Alexandria, Of very fine piece of allegorical silver plate. mounted on black granite.
 Captain Decker received the token on behalf of himself and hls brotner- officers and men of the "Tennessee, but added that he accepted it chle1ly in the name of America, in whose name and under whose control thls oreat humanitarian work had been carried out.
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GERMAN kA)SERIN,
 PITIED BY PEOPLE Model Wife and Mother, She Grieves Greatly and Is
 Most Pathetic Figure.
WRITERS HURT
 GERMANY
Books of Bernhardi and CIanSewitz Have Created in United States En- tireiy Wrong Impression of Ger.
 many, Which Is Democratic.
(By stephen Burnettl

Berlin April lO.--ln all Germany there is no more pathetic figure nor one towards whom the whole German people feels so much sympathy as the Kaiserin, who always has been a model of what German wife and mother should be.
 Always worrying about her own sons. all of whom are or have been with the armies at the front, one of them now a hopeless cripple and another an invalid, the Kaiserin has never ceased to feel with and work for the thousands of German mothers who are ill a similar plight. She has aged greatly, her hair has become snowy white and her kindly face shows deep traces of her sufferings, but she is tire}ess as ever in her work for others.
 The German court has ceased to exist. The great palace stands empty there are no receptions, no , o'clock teas and the number of servants has been cut down to a minimum. The Kaiserin has moved to small royal pavilion in Old Berlin, because the sight of the deserted apartments at the palace made her depressed. She wanted to turn the whole build- ing into a hospital for the thousands of wounded arriving after the set back in Russia, but the Kaiser would net give his consent.
 At present the Kaiserin's whole entourage consists of two maids Of honor and two gentlemen in waiting. Occasionally. and as often as not unexpectedly, the Kaiser puts in an appearance to see if good regulations are being compiled with.
 The imperial couples meals are ot the simplest. The kaiser now rare- 1 ly eats anything but the war bread and the kaiVerin desires nothing bet | ter than to follow his example, but she is an invalid and as the doctors have very plainly told her that war bread would be fatal to her she has consented to special diet consisting of slice of white bread toasted, boiled egg and tea for breakfast soup, meat and fruit for lunch, and 1 the same for dinner.
 Everybody who has visited Munich knows the important part the dark mellow beer plays in everyday life
 there, and it is therefore not surpris
 ine to see that the Munich press il
 furious at the rise in price of beer.
 Tn the "Muenchener Neueste Mach
 richten" ! read tho following:
 "The brewers show as much cour age in increasine the price of beer a
 cur valiant soldiers in fighting tn
 Indians, Churkas and other savage
 whom civilized people oppose to ou
 culture.'
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WARM WELCOME FOR
 AMERICAN "JACKIES'
People of Alexandria, Egypt, Presen Officers and Men of Tennessee With Plate.

Cairo, April 1O.-Much interest was aroused by the arrival at the port of Alexandria of the United States cruiser Tennessee" which recently landed 1200 refugees from Palestine. The occasion was made one of a special ceremony which was attend
 ed by many leading men from Cairo and Alexandria. including the min- iser of the interior and other lead
 ing Egyptian officials.
 As soon as the refugees were land
 ed, presentation was made to Captain
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Jno. R. Frazer, Grand Master United Workmen, and H. L. Cross, Grand Recorder, have recently re- turned from Wheeling, w. Va, where they attended the supreme lodge of the A. o. U. w. as delegates. Both were honored by being placed on the Ritual Committee, and MT. Frazer was further hnnored by being elect ed to the high office of supreme guide.
 MT. Frazer tells of the extension plans which are being carried Quit in the Arkansas jurisdiction of the A. o. U. w.
 "We are nearing the climax of our campaign and l am much gratifiet!
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Farmers and others who live at a distance from a drug store should keep in the house bottle of BAL I.ARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. It may he needed at any time for cuts wounds, sores, sprains Or rheuma, ism It is a powerful healing and nenetrating remedy. Price 25c, 5o( and $1.OO per bottle. Sold by w. U DeWoody & Go.
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ortiifiied a G
 2 2 1:Ir,|L'ees ' Y
Have Pushed Millions of Rocks from the
 'isre Road

They have saved waste and trouble to hundreds of thou sands ofmoiorlsts. The result is thatIast year. despite some hum dred rivals, men bought about one Goodyear for every car in use.
Evening star., 1915-05-28

ernment as closely as possible after
yours. but at the same time we are
striving to retain all that seemed best
in our old civilization. We are grateful
for the inspiration and encouragement
you have been to us. We want to live
up to ideals as noble and inspiring as
your own. We have made a very
radical move in changing our form of
government. and we are forced to pay a
very heavy price. Other nations have
not been as whole e-heartedly helpful as
yours Demands have been made upon
us that are hard to meet. but to up
hold the principles of the government
we have adopted we are paving the
price. We recognize you as the elder
sister, and we as the younger sister
will ever strive to grow up according
to your good example,
Evening star., 1915-05-28
WILL OPEN OFFICES HERE.
Association of American Railway
Accounting Officers Headquarters.

Headquarters of the Association Of
American Railway Accounting Oficers
VIII be opened in the Woodward build
ing here June /. The decision was
reached at recent meeting Of the
executive committee of the association.
This organization has for its purpose
the consideration of railway account
ing methods.
me ofhcers Of the association are:
President, Richard A. White. general
auditor, New York Central Railroad
Company; first vice president, L. A.
Robinson, comptroller, Chicago and
Northwestern railroad second vice
president, J. A. Taylor. controller,
Central railroad of New Jersey: secEe.
tary. L. R. Woodson of this city.
Evening star., 1915-05-28
CHINESE VISITORS
At MOUNT VERNON
Members Of Commercial Com
mission Inspect Home of the
First President.
DINNER IN THEIR HONOR
ON PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT
Reception Given for Them by
Minister Kai Flu Shah Last Night.
Leave This Evening.

Todays program arranged by those in
! charge of the entertainment of the COM
merical commission of the republic of
China during its visit to Washington,
took the form of a trip to Mount Yer
non on the Mayfiower. The trip, which
started from the navy yard. lasted till
the early part of the afternoon. lunch
/ con being served on the boat Many
! business men and government officials
went on the trip.
/ Subsequent to their return to Wash
inston the members of the commission
| are to call upon the officers of the va
| rious organiza tions which have enter
tanned them during their visit here.
| A dinner will be given in honor of the
delegation by the Southern Commercial
Congress at the University Club this
evening at o'clock. Besides the entire
/ commission the Chinese minister. sew
eral cabinet members and prominent
members of the Southern Commercial
! Congress are among the invited guests
| Chinese Minister Gives Reception.
/ The distinguished visitors last night at
tended i reception given in their honor
by the Chinese minister. Kai Flu Shah
| A notable company, which included mem
bers of the cabinet. diplomats and others
was present.
1 The guests represented both official and
/ resident Washington circles.
! Among the guests were the Secretary
/ of State and Mrs. Bryan. the japanese
| ambassador and Viscountess Chlnda'
the Secretary of the Navy and MRS.
Daniels. the Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Lane. the Secretary OF LABOR
| and Mrs Wilson, the assistant secre-
| tary of agriculture and Mrs. Nrooman;
| Rear Admiral and Mrs. Peary. Mr.. and
| Mrs Charles McChord. Miss Margaret
| McChord Miss Ruth Hitchcock, Mrs
| Robert l.. Taylor, Mrs S. B. William
son, the Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Wallace Rad
cliffe, the Rev and Mrs. J. HenninE
| Nelms, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Smith. Mr.. and
Mrs Robert Lansing, Mrs. John ".
BagIey. Mrs. Hengstler. Mr.. Herbert
Hengstler. Mr.. Charles Smith. DR..
Charles D. Walcott, MIR. Walter Pen
field. the Swiss minister and Nine. R1t-
ter, the charge daffaires of Greece, MIR.
and Mrs Yanes, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
w. Folk, Miss Scidmore. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lincoln Valentine, Mrs. Bennett. Mr..
Claud Bennett. Mr.. and Mrs. Hodgkins,
Miss Meta Evans. Miss Nell Rose Bag
gett. Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Hood and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph ssrasberger-
Leave Washington Tonight.
The commissioners leave Washing
ton at midnight tonight in their special
train, Baltimore being the next city
to be visited in the course Of their tour
Of investigating the financial. CONNER
cial and industrial methods of the
United States, with a view to betterlnS
those in their own country.