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articles. A liberal patronage is

articles. A liberal patronage is
solicited.
The Eastern Star sewing circle will
meet Friday, Dec. Bird, with Mrs.
Fanny Anthony. All members urged
to come. Election of officers.
Mrs. Campbell and daughter, Miss
Irene Campbell, have returned to
their home in DeLand, after enjoying
a fortnight visit to the formers sis
ter, Mrs. w. w. STRIPPING.
Mrs. George L. Taylor and little
daughter and her mother, Mrs. T. J.
Blalock, leave tonight for Tallahassee
to visit their sister and daughter,
Mrs. T. ]. Nixon, until after Christ
mas.
DR.. J. M. Gross is i'll at the Meth
odist parsonage.
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Among the resolutions introduced
by the Florida Federation of Woman's
Clubs at the meeting in DeLand last
month was the following: The Flor
ida Federation of Woman's Clubs, in
session assembled, realizing the great
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st. Margaret's Guild of Grace
Episcopal church will hold its annual
fancy work and candy sale Thursday,
December 9th, at the old Anderson
pharmacy. The Altar Guild will also
have on sale a number of fancy work
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Our Evening Thought

Do not forget that even as ''to
work is to worship" so to be CHEEKY
is to worship also; and to be happy
is the first step to being pious.-
Robert Louis Stevenson.
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DR.. ]. M. Gross is i'll at the Meth
odist parsonage.
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(5y Rev. Or. seIiskar, ST. Paul
=. Seminary
(Concluded.)

One character is termed dominant
because, even in the presence of the
recessive, the former determines the
development of the somatoplasm
& while the latter remains inactive un
I'll circumstances occur in which the
dominant disappears from the germ
cell and leaves the field free to the
Srecessive. The nature of this inhibi
tory process upon the recessiye on the
part of the dominant cannot as yet be
determined with certainty. The fact
OF dominance has, nevertheless, been
clearly established by Mendel as well
as by later investigators in this field
Of scientific research. From this law
Of dominance it follows that, although
IN organism may act as a morpho-
ogical and physiological whole, it
nay, nevertheless, from the point of
Jew of heredity, consist of a number
If distinct and independent heredit-
BILE unit characters.
The recessives when self-fertilized
emain forever pure; this fact is due
o the conditions under which the
itent becomes actual l. e. the alb
ence of the determiner for the oppo-
ute character; the dominant was
Eliminated and can no longer exert
is inhibitory influence.
Mendel extended his experimental
lon to many other plants; the results
I his researches are given in his let
ers to his former professor Nageli, of
lie University of Vienna. In the ami
nal kingdom he made extensive ex-
heriments with the breeding and cross
ng of bees; unfortunately the records
t these experiments appear to have
cen lost.
Since Mende1's two prief communi-
dtions on the subject of heredity to
he Brunn society for scientific re-
earch, published in 1866 and 1869, re-
y pectively, have been brought to the
Office of the scientific world by De
#ries, Correns and Tschermak, the
rinciples therein advocated have met
\ With wide acceptance. Experiments
1--WE been extended to other plants
to animals, and found generally
ue. The principle of Mendelian her
1ity has proven to be of greatest eco
lmic value IN breeding and Crossing
{ plants, cereals, flowers, fruits, etc.
he doctrine has extended mans pow
over the world of the living to an
Etent little expected a few years ago.
he clear cut and definite manner of
transmission of characters in the ami
nal kingdom has become of the high
st advantage to breeders. The recog-
ition of the truth of his views on
teredity confidently hoped for by Men
vel was delayed, it is true, but the gen
:osity with which it is bestowed re-
ays for the delay at least to some ex-
bnt. No one doubts at the present
nat Mendel's discoveries were epoch
Taking in the history of biological
Eciences and deserve to be classed
nong the most important acquisitions
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FIRST CAPTURE or THE FAMOUS
NARRoWs WAS IMPORTANT TO
THE EARLY CHURCH.

Whether the Allies force the pas
sage of the Dardanelles or not, says
the Editor of the G.. NJ of s. A., the
result will not be in any way com
parable with the issues which hung
upon the naval battle between the son
of Constantine the Great and Aman.
dus, Admiral of the fleet of Licinius,
in the year S23 or 324. Gibbon tells
us that this short campaign led to
the final establishment of the Chris
tian religion in the hitherto Pagan
world and the foundation of Constan-
tinople.
Constantine, who had just been pro-
claimed emperor in England Cat York;
in 306, had decided to champion
the cause of the Christians. He
was "a man of exemplary life in the
midst Of profigate society, with
ideas of toleration beyond his con
temporaries; and within the next
eight years he had become lord of
the West from Britain to the Aegean
Sea.
His only rival was Licinius, who
in 314 held sway over the whole East
along with the Balkan Peninsula and
a part of Hungary, But during the
next ten years it became more and
more evident, that Licinius had made
up his mind to persecute and extir-
pate the Christian religion, whilst
Constantine was ever its protector and
champion. Though Constantine him
self was not Christian yet, he had
keen insight into the great future OF
Christianity
1t must be confessed that his aim
was chiefly the conquest of the world
The. Christians supported him be.
cause he was the better man and
because his rule gave greater guaran.
tees of real freedom. In or about the
year S24 Constantine, at the battle OF
Adrianople, drove the forces oi
Licinius out of the West, and &C
quired the Balkans and everything
north of the Dardanelles, except
Byzantium, which was the name Of
Constantinople before it was christen
ed.
But Licinius did not consider his
cause lost yet. He was still master
of the sea: with feet much larger
than that of Constantine: Asia
Minor was also his, and he held the
key of the East on the shores oi
the West Byzantium. His fleet had
undisputed possession of the Sea oi
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LIFE AND WORK OF GREGORY MENDEL

to true human knowledge. Says Pro-
fessor E. G. Conklin of Princeton Uni
versity: "The principles of heredity
established by Mendel are almost as
important as the atomic theory of Dali
ton is for chemistry -. BY
means of these principles the once
mysterious and apparently capricious
phenomena of prepotency, atavism and
reversion, find satisfactory explana-
ton. Much still remains to
be discovered about inheritance, but
the principles of Mendel have served
as an Ariadne thread to guide science
through this maze of apparent contra
dictions and exceptions in which it
was formerly lost" popular Science
Monthly, Nov, 1914. w. Bateson
and r. C. Punnett, the two principal
expositors of Mendelism, agree in as
signing to Mendels work the highest
position in the history of biological
sciences. The 10Th century may for
many reasons be called the wonder
full century" particularly in regard to
the most astounding progress of ex-
perimental science in all it's varied
branches. The historian of the sci
ence of the 10Th century will be COM
PEELED to place the name of Gregory
Mendel, the cleric, the priest and alb
bot at the head of the long list of
men of brilliant talent and keen in
telligence, who labored untiringly in
the field of biology and especially in
that most obscure of problems, that of
heredity; not the 10Th, but the goth
century is reaping the fruit of the work
of his genius.
Doubt may exist in the minds of
some as to the propriety and appro-
priateness of an essay on the life and
work of biologist at convention of
the Catholic Educational Association.
All misgivings, however, must be set
aside when we learn that Mendelism
is today considered by many as the
greatest social factor in determining
the future welfare of nations. Eu-
genics, Genetics, Biometrics have been
recognized in some quarters as the
chief instruments for the betterment
of mankind. The elimination and
abolition of the ills of humanity is to
be brought about by the scientific Sc
lection of progenitors; education and
environment are assigned only very
secondary place in human progress
Moral, social, mental, physical imper.-
fections will disappear under the
magic influence of selective breeding
according to Mendelian principles of
heredity. The determiner for conduct
and character is to be sought not in
the individual effort, but in the an
cestral strain which each one inherits.
Time does not allow to discuss this
social aspect of Mendelism, permit me
only to indicate the main points con-
cerning the applicability of this doc
trine of heredity to man. Mendel no
where in his writings approaches the
problem of human heredity. Still, the
value of Mendelism for human gener-
alton has been discussed from the very
beginning of the 10th century. 1t has
Continued on page 81
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FRANCE AND The VATICAN
NOTED STATESMAN PAYS SIM
cERE TRIBUTE.

NE Gabriel Hanotadx, the famous
French ex-Minister, has been In Rome
lately and on his return to Paris has
published series of interesting i'm
pressions in the Figaro" In the lat
est of these, on France and the Vati-
can, he writes: Rome is ever, and
under present circumstances more
than ever, the sounding board of the
universe. The magnificent tout en-
semble which is crowned by the dome
of Michelangelo, presents among other
greatnesses this one that the most
modern and intense life has it's place
there among the most splendid rec
ords and most venerable traditions of
the past, and the teachings of the
ages are there made to throw their
light on present events. From there
mankind appears a permanent worker
on the one piece of work; every new
reign adds new arch to the arches
already built, and the series of Sow
ereign Pontiffs is thus but the eternal
succession of bridgebuilders.
At the moment when Benedict XIV put
his hand to the helm, the bark of st.
Peter was in the midst of the storm
How the pilot is, to steer it through
the rocks is the secret of the future
but nobody can deny the high moral
influence which the Pope is called to
exercise on the. Catholic world, on the
multitudes scattered throughout all
the continents, during the events
which are without doubt to decide the
destiny Of mankind. No government
and no people engaged in the present
conflict can have the least doubt about
this. Everybody knows that Vatican
Rome is, at the very least, marvel
GUS center of information
After recalling how various nations
have recently sent representative t.
Rome, Hanotaux continues: France
alone has no mandatory at the Vati
can, and it will be readily admitted
that by reason Of this abstention its
authority and even its interests are
open to attack And still, in spite o.
all, France, though absent, attacked
calumniated, has not lost all influence
over there. This is one of the mos
consoling truths that a Frenchmar
brings home with him from Rome, ant
| it is a point worth insisting on to il
1ustrate the wonderful fidelity of sen
timent which reigns there in our re
gard, even within those confines which
might seem to be obstinateIy closet
against us. In spite of all, Franc,
though absent is there everywhere
How, then, does she defend herself
She defends herself by her acquires
titles, by. her prestige. by her institi
tions still remaining and renewed, b,
her glorious past, by her courageoul
present, by her future which is al
ready felt to be secured and to b,
magnificent
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PROHIBITION IND The MISS
uNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE
COULD NOT BE USED IN THE
HOLY SACRIFICE.

1t. has been asserted, and denied,
that the Prohibition movement would
forbid the use of wine in the Mass.
Without real wine, there could be no
Mass, because, as Rev. DR.. Jas. Cotter
says:
Christ, Who instituted the Sacra-
ment of the Altar, used wine Christ
is God, and God is infinite in knowl-
edge. So what He says or does is the
subject of alteration and not of criti-
cism by poor creatures, measured in
their lives, by little aspan of time,
and in their minds by little dome
of bone.
"Mustum is never mentioned in
Holy Writ. The wine used, and re-
ferred to, is always an. intoxicant
Witness the remarks made by the
Cana wedding guests on its exhila-
rating effects. Why did our Lord use
wine? This is a question outside the
matter He did use it, and we bow
our hearts to His bounty, and our
heads to His divine knowledge
There is no conceivable condition
under which Mass might be celebrated
without the use of wine,'' writes Rev.
J. Harding Fisher, S, j., in America. ?
The reason is not far to seek. With
out wine there can be no transubstan-
tiation of wine into the Blood of
Christ. Without the transubstantia-
ton of wine into the Blood of Christ
there can be no Mass, because the
twofold conservation is essential to
the sacrifice"
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RELIGIOUS EXILEs REACH
SAN ANTONIO
SISTERS BANIsHED
BY THE CARRANZISTAS FROM
MONTEREY, MEXICO.

Nineteen Josephite Sisters, who
have been engaged in hospital work
at Monterey, Mexico, we're recently
banished from their native land by
the Carranzista officials in command,
for no other reason than that they are
religious and hence are not wanted.
They came to this city via Laredo a
little over week ago and received a
cordial welcome from the Ursuline
Sisters on Augusta street, where they
are comfortably domiciled. A number
of large rooms and part of the COM
munity chapel were placed at their
disposal and the Sisters feel quite at
home in their new quarters.
BY a strange coincidence the Car
ranzista official who signed the order
for their expulsion was seriously
wounded the very next day and
brought to the Sisters hospital where
he died, before they left there, on the
following day. The Sisters we're re-
ceiving ten dollars per month from
the authorities, who, we are told, are
demanding $10O per month for their
services.
The Sisters belong to Mexican re
ligious community known as the Jose
fnas" which was established in Mex
leo about fifty years ago, to take the
place of the Sisters of Charity of st
Vincent de Paul who we're expelled
by President Benito Juarez. when he
inaugurated the war against the
Church in that unhappy country.
Besides the nineteen refugees nov
here a number of other Sisters of the
same congregation preceded them int
banishment some time ago and arr
now doing. q great charitable worl
among the sick poor of New Orleans
at the invitation of Archbishop Blenk
The Sisters here are utilizing thei
time in learning English. They hay,
also had a special spiritual retrea
preached to them in Spanish at tn,
conclusion of the spiritual retreat jus
given to the Ursuline Sisters by TIL
Rev. Father Guyol, S. j., of Galveston
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OF THE APOSTLES

waned. Adown the corridors of time
there are faint echoes of the Roman
Law, the Salic Law, the Brehon Laws,
bonds, that held together politics
now no more; but the Pharisaic Law
still lives. The seven hundred delegates,
who at the call of Napoleon assembled
in. the Hotel de Vile, issued their
DEGREES with the same assurance of
respectful hearing as did the San
hedrin, which eighteen centuries
previously met in the Temple. Unlike
the Koran, this law was not propa-
gated by the sword, but rather in
spite of it. Racial antipathy may have
helped considerably. Terse is the
saying of Rabbi Simeon Ben Yohi:
THE best of the Gentiles merits
Continued on page ID
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MINISTERIAL CONVERTS
I ORDAINED

His Eminence Cardinal Pompill,
'ardinal Vicar Of his Holiness, in the
hnrch of st. John Lateran, ordained
4 the priesthood the following ex-
,3ergymen ofIthe Church of England: !:
enry Edward George Rope, graduate
!" Christ Church, oxford, received
to the Church in 1907; Charles B.
hitefoord, graduate of Merton, Ok
rd, received in 1910; John Cyril
LAwes,/ graduate of Kings school,
0aInterbury, and Lincoln Theological
oIlege, missionary in the Bahamas,
90Sl1911, received at Graymoor on
t. Joseph's day, 1911. At the same
me the following converts we're or
lined to the deaconate: Walter
c9ott Hill, curate of st. Matthew S
tlrnley, 1907-'12; Peter Launcelot
Fsars. received in 1906; John Wilson
sser, of Brighton, received in 1908
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CONVENTION
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION or
CATHOLIC ORDER OF FOR
EsTERs.

The twenty-second session of the
International Convention will convene
in the city of Providence, Rhode Is
land, on Tuesday, August 2, 1915, at
8 a. m.
BY vote of the twenty-first session
of the convention held in Louisville
it was decided to hold the 1915 ses-
sion in the city of Toronto. In view,
however, of the impending European
war and the high state Of racial feel
ing existing, the High Court. after
considering the wishes of the Toronto
membership, as well as those of the
United States, directed that change
in place of holding the convention
should be made and selected the city
of Providence, r.. /.
The convention will, as usual be
opened with Solemn Mass on the
morning Of Tuesday, August 3rd. al
10 a. M The sessions Of the conven
tion viii be held at the Elks' hall
and it is expected that the convention
will complete its business, as usual
within three days Of session.
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THE DARDANELLES And CHRISTIANITY

Marmora and the troops of his rival
could not cross that way to Asia,
as long as his great fleet was un-
defeated
But Constantine was bold as well
as successful strategist and he
made up his mind to take the short
est cut to victory. So he commits
stoned his son Crispus to force the
passage of the gDardanelles.
The western fleet was gathered at
Saloniki, as we call it now; and it
consisted of 200 galleys and 1000
transports. The fighting strength of
the other fleet was nearly double
i. e., $50 galleys. If Licinius felt that
he was on the tide of victory, he
would surely have crossed the Aegean
boldly and attacked the enemy's feet
before it had time to get well to
sea. His great advantage in num-
bers would have warranted this. He
chose what he thought to be the
safer course of keeping Constantine's
army and fleet at distance, by oc-
cupying the stream of salt water that
separates Europe from Asia, which
we call the Dardanelles and the Sea
of Marmora.
But Crispus, whom Constantine had
appointed to lead the fleet, had in
herited his fathers genius for STRAIT
egy. With all his galleys and trans
ports he hugged the coast, in order
to avoid the strong current of the
Aegean and when near the opening
Of the Dardanelles he advanced with
eighty picked galleys, leaving the
rest behind. They swept into the
channel as near as possible to Cape
Hellas SO as to have the wind with
them
The scanty details of this fight re-
corded by ancient authors do not
allow us to describe it fully. But we
can gather this much from the
materials at hand, that Amandus the
Admiral who led the fleet of Licinius,
underestimated the value ofs Crispus'
eighty ships, thinking he could easily
overWhelm them with superior num-
bers. But his very numbers were a
disadvantage, as the ships got in one
another's way in the narrow straits.
They fought the whole day with ter
rible losses on both sides; and when
the night fell, Crispus retired with
his surviving vessels to the northern
promontory which we now call Cape
Hellas. Amandus with his battered
ships withdrew to the opposite side
of the mouth of the Dardanelles, which
on our maps is called Kun Kale.
Then it was called the Harbour Of
CONTINUED on page 81
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cATR0uc GENERALs IN ITALY

An Italian priest, until recently Su-
perior of Mission Seminary in north
ern Italy, writes thus about the war to
the American Foreign Mission Sem
mary at Maryknoll, Ossining, N. Y:
I'VE in Europe are able to do moth
ing now but kill each other. If you
were here you would see how terrible
the war is. In our little city all the
colleges and seminaries are converted
into hospitals for the wounded sol
diers, We are expecting some of
these today and all the people are
ready with automobiles or horses to
meet them at the station.
|. Il am assigned as chaplain for the
Austrian prisoners, as am perhaps
the only priest in the city who knows
how to speak German. have not yet
been called to the front, because am
forty-two years old, but it may be that
shall be summoned soon.
1T is consoling to see how all par.
tiles are united now by the war. The
soldiers are friendly and respectful to
the priests. War is purifying. You
know the news perhaps better than
do, as we have very severe censor
ship. oh pray, pray hard, that we
may get out of this conflict soon.
"Salandra is good Catholic, as are
also Cadorna and Porro, heads of the
militia. have met General Cadorna
His father was also very religious. He
was great benefactor of the Sacra
mentine nuns of Turin and used te
make the hour of alteration in theil
church every day.
Il fear this letter will be opened by
the authorities, but / don't think they
will seize it, as it does not contain
| compromising news of war"
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CuMlNG GlTH0LIe EVENTS

Among the notable Catholic conven-
tions and meetings scheduled for the
coming months of this year are:
Indian Congress in South Dakota,
August Z, s and 8.
Third convention of knights of de
fEpee (deaf mutes) at Buffalo, Au.
gust 2 to August z.
National convention of the knights
of Columbus at Seattle, August 81.
The Central Verein convention at
st. Paul, August S-12.
Forty-tifth annual convention of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union OF
America at Pittsburgh, August S-11.
Federation of Catholic Societies an
nual convention at Toledo, August la
18.
International convention of the
Catholic Order of Foresters at Provi
dence, r. l., August 17-21.