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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-04-28
Can You Doubt Sw orn
Testimony of Honest
Citizens?

Some time ago | began the use of
your Swamp-Root with the most re-
markable results. For years | was al.
most wreck and was a great suffer
err. | was so bad at times | would
faint away and had sinking spells.
Finally new doctor was called in
and he said that ! had kidney trouble
and gave me medicine, of which
took several bottles. | obtained some
relief from this but / was getting
weaker all the time; | could not sleep
and suffered so much pain that my
husband and children had to lift me
in and out of bed. After this time
two friends sent me word TO try
Swamp-Root, which did and ain
glad to state that the first dose gave
me great relief. After taking the
third dose | was helped into bed ana
slept half of the night.
| took several bottles of swamp
Root and / feel that owe my lite to
this wonderful remedy. The two fam
lily doctors said that | could not live
three months. / would have to be
helped in and out of bed ten to twenty
times every night. After taking DR.
Kilmers Swamp-Root for two days |
was entirely free from getting up and
could sleep soundly
Mrs. ID. L. Hileman,
Tunnelton, w Va
Personally appeared before me, this
18th of September, 1909, Mrs. ID. e.
Hileman, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and IN fact.
Joseph A. Miller,
Notary Public.
Letter to
DR.. Kilmer e Co.,
Binghamton. N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root VIII Do For
You.
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co,
Binghamton, NJ Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information. telling about the kidney
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Bennington Evening
Banner. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28

than mere stone over his head! 1t
is a solace for the redman in his
pointed wigwam, saver of souls, a
standing prayer and intercessor for
the donor, source of refreshment for
the poor souls in purgatory. And
such little chapel costs only $500 to
$1,000. What a large amount of good
we could do out. here with the twenty
five dollars and the fifty dollars which
here and there are thrown away on
this and that, or are practically lost
in one or another large undertaking
How often do the little red boys and
girls come running and cry: Father,
give me medal, a rosary, scapular,
prayer-book, ETC." They must think
am made of money to go and scatter
such things around. Or how many
come and beg for clothing in the cold
winter, and this makes me remember
that many of the things thrown away
in our large cities would indeed make
them comfortable. Here comes the
Black Gown, he is going to give us
something nice, am sure" is what
the little pappooses cry when they see
me coming, butt am afraid their ex-
pectations are often shattered.
Dear Reader, help fulfil the small
expectations and help In the CONVEX
sion of this great and noble tribe and
you will share in whatever merit we
have and in the many PRAYERS that
these poor people will offer up for you.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28

worthy, unselfish and morally efficient
citizens they must learn how to take
God into account. The teaching of
religion has been removed from the
public schools. The average home
does not provide for it, Hence upon
the Sunday school falls practically the
entire responsibility for the religious
training of the young. The Protestant
Church is now losing over fifty per
cent of her young people, because it
has not yet developed an adequate
system of religious education"
Nearer and nearer are our separated
brethren approaching the Catholic
idea of religious education. From time
to time during the past year we have
noted protests made by Baptists, Luz
therar1 and Episcopalian clergymen
against the lack of religion in educa-
ton. Jewish rabbis in many parts Of
the country are earnestly striving to
establish schools of religious instruc-
ton. At Gary, Indiana, such schools
have been founded by several Prot
estant churches, and by arrangement
with the Superintendent of Instruc-
ton, the time-scheduIe Of the public
school has been changed to allow the
children, who wish, to attend them.
The Ave Maria" reprints from the
Protestant Sunday School Times"
the following words of the Rev. VIII
liam Mackenzie, D. ID:
IN the matter of education. the
secularist school holds the field. 1t is
the task of the Church to set beside
1t the school of religion. This requires
nothing less than a vast army Of
trained teachers who have been pre-
pared by special study of the Bible
and of Christian truth and the rela-
lions of the Christian spirit to modern
civilization to become the convinced
and inspiring teachers of the children
of America. They must have intellec-
tual force equal to that of the public
school teachers, but they must have
in addition the definite religious aim,
the conscious evangelical spirit"
It is true that this movement aims
to add religious to secular instruction,
rather than to put religion in the
schools. In time, however; non-Cath,
Iolic educators viii recognize that this
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28
KNIGHTS OF De L'EPEE
CATHOLIC DEAF MUTE coNvEN-
TON OUTLINES PLANS FOR FU-
TURE WoRk-oFFIcERs ELECT
ED.

The Knights of de FEpee, national
organization of the Catholic deaf, had
a wellattended convention in Buffalo,
N. Y, recently. The convention was
opened with solemn High Mass.
The business sessions were we'll at
tended and many plans were outlined.
Among others were resolutions that
the bishops be asked to encourage the
establishment of schools for Catholic
deaf mute children in their dioceses,
and that collections be taken up for
the above purpose on Ephpheta Sum
day every year. The next convention
will be held in Loyola College, Balti-
more, Md, in 1916.
The officers elected are: James F.
Donnelly, Of New York City, supreme
knight; Thomas w. Grogan, of New
York City, deputy supreme knight;
Edward Toomey, of Chicago, supreme
secretary; John w. Harrington, of
Scranton, Pa, supreme financial Sec
rotary; Elmer E. Scott, of Philadel-
phia, supreme treasurer; Divide Fec
teau, of Boston, supreme director; p
w. Krastel, of Baltimore, Nd, supreme
warden; Rev. P. S. Gilmore, of Buffalo,
supreme chaplain.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28
HOME FOR GIRLS
ORDER WILL HAVE
CHARGE OF NEW OMAHA
INSTITUTION.

Creighton Home for Girls in Omaha,
Neb, is to be opened early in Sep
tember The Daughters of the Heart
of Mary, a religious community, have
accepted the offer of the trustees to
manage the institution. The building
and chapel are about completed, the
east wing and chapel costing so far
about $4,000.
Misses Larkin and Mellen of the
Daughters visited the city some weeks
ago and looked over the building.
Women of this religious community
wear the usual secular street dress.
Their work in this country is care of
such homes. They are addressed as
Miss" as the prefix to the family
name. The headquarters from which
Misses Larkin and Mellen come from
is Chicago.
John D. Creighton is president and
chairman of the board of trustees of
the home, which has been built by
the board, carrying out the gift of his
uncle, Count Creighton. w. ]. Coad
is vice president, and J. M. Daughtery
secretary and treasurer.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28
DEATH OF CONVERT PRIEST
REV. SAMUEL p. MACPHERSON OF
NEW YORK PASSES AWAY
WHILE ON A TRAIN.

The Rev. Samuel p MACPHERSON,
rector of Regina Coeli Church, of Hyde
Park, N. Y, died August 16, on train
which he had boarded at Savannah to
return to New York. He had been in
i'll health for some time.
Father Macpherson, who was fifty
seven years old, was native of Scot
land, and came to this country when
a youth. He was a professor at the
Protestant Episcopal Seminary, Nash
,otah, Wisconsin, which he left to en-
ter the Catholic Church in 1903. In
1905 he was ordained to the priest
hood, and until three years ago he
was an assistant at Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, New York, when he
was appointed pastor of Regina CoeIi
Church, Hyde Park. Father MacPher-
son was typical Scotchman. He was
deeply interested in camps for boys
and managed one at Lake Oscawana,
N Y, for several years. His funeral
took place from Our Lady of Lourdes'
Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28
ENGLISH CATHOLIC KING
ETHELRERT OF ENGLAND WAS
CONVERTED BY SAINT
AUGUSTINE.

The first Christian king of England
was Ethelbert, who was baptized
June 2, 597. Ethelbert was converted
to the new faith by st. Augustine, the
Apostle of England, who was ap-
pointed by st. Gregory the Great as
chief of the missionaries whom he
dispatched to England. Augustine
and his companions had heard much
of the barbarism and ferocity of the
pagan English, and 1t was in fear and
trembling that they set foot on Eng
lish soil at Ebbsfeet, between Sand
WITCH and Ramsgate. They were
agreeably disappointed for they we're
given cordial reception by the mon
arch and his subjects. Ethelbert, the
Saxon king of Kent, and his thames
met st. Augustine under great oak
at Minister, and there the missionary
explained to the monarch the prin-
ciples OF the religion Of Jesus. The
king was soon convinced and was hap.
tized. Many of his people soon fol-
lowed his example, and on the ensu-
ing Christmas day not less than
10000 converts we're baptized in the
waters OF the SWale, at the mouth of
the Midway.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28
CARAMEL UNsEAW0RTHY
SANTA MARIA WILL NOT MAKE
VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO
SAN FRANCISCO.

The, caravel Santa Maria, built on
the model of the famous vessel in
which Christopher Columbus crossed
the Atlantic in 1892, is so unseaworthy
that she will not be able to make the
voyage from New York to San Fran
cisco for the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton, according to experts.
The caravel left Chicago in 1918 in
company with her sister ship. the Nina
and Pinta, but we're caught in the ice
on the way and the two latter we're
compelled to return to Chicago. The
Santa Maria reached New York and
was laid up for repairs with the inten-
ton of towing her to Colon, through
the Panama canal and thence to San
Francisco. 1t is estimated that it
would cost $4,000 to make her sea
worthy again.
The three caravels were presented
to the United States by the Spanish
government after the close OF the
worlds fair at Chicago.
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system makes religion burden to
the. children, inasmuch as it requires
more class after the regular school
hours. After all, religion is not
something to be added on like patch
to a garment, or an appendix to
book. Religions all or nothing" as
Browning says, stuff of the very
stuff, life of life" But better a little
religious instruction on Sundays or
after class, than no religious instruc-
ton at all.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28
Visiting the Sick.

S j
When sick they are most anxious to
be prayed over and they are not a bit
bashful about sending forty or fifty
miles for priest to pray over them
or their babies, even if they are not
so very i'll. 1t is the continual COM
plant of the sick that the holy man
does not come often enough and pray
over them. remember the good con-
sequences that this spiritually helping
the sick has. One day I visited an old
Indian woman dying of smallpox. /
found her lying in an old wigwam
down on the banks of the picturesque
White River. All alone she had
camped amongst the trees close to the
water. awaiting her end which was
not far away. / entered the wigwam
and saw the poor old woman wholly
covered with smallpox. In the dis
lance some of her relatives had
camped to wait on her or to lay her a
little food within reach. asked her
If She wished to receive the last sacra-
ments. She was glad to see me and
50 administered them to her. Soon
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28
IN EDUCATION
NoN-cATHoLIc WRITER'S AND
CONTRIBUTORS REALIZE NEED
or RELIGIOUS TRAINING IN
SCHOOL.

Boston University, a Methodist in
stitution, proposes to open depart
ment for the training of religious
teachers. The need of this depart
ment is thus stated by the university:
The future welfare of our country
depends upon the religious education
OF the coming generation. IL our boys
and girls are to grow up into trust
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Needs Of the Missions.

Many a place needs real church
instead of the log cabin imitation. In
the twenty-five different stations, al
tars, pews. statues, bells and innumer-
able other things are lacking. Oft
when see thousands and hundreds of
thousands spent on gorgeous churches
IN the cities, / wonder how far little
slice Of that would go out here. When
subjected to the missionary's treat
ment, greenback grows very elastic,
large enough in fact to stretch over
the mouth of hell for some poor soul.
Surely the cause for which priest
can give his life is worth at least the
few coppers Of ordinary citizens.
For a departed Christian how much
nicer a memorial is beautiful little
chapel out among these lonely out
casts, how much more good viii It DO
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dress him both in speech and writing
as Father Smith.
ere can | oct a Holy Bible !?

Where can get a Holy Bible?
Why not take advantage of the spe-
cial offer made by The Catholic Bull
letin which gives a Bible as premium
to all who send in $500 for new or
renewal subscription? See advertise
ment in this ISSUE
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"A thing Ii not valuable TO some men
unless they pay q big price for It.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
vALjABLE RUBBISH.
Fortunes Hads New In What Was
Once Licked Upon a. Refuse.

Fortunes 1ads Now In What Was
ones Looked Upon a. Refuse.
A gold nine in a refuse heap may
soupd strange. but it is fact. for
many things once considered mere
waste are NOW a source Of more wealth
than an ordinary gold mine would
yield.
In the earlier days Of gas lighting the
coal tar was regarded as a horrible
nuisance and surrepdtiously got rid Of.
Then the great discovery was made
that all the hues Of the rainbow dwelt
IN this dirty looking stuff which men
despised and threw away. Today the
byproducts Of coal tar ore counted by
the scores.
IN Lancashire alone cotton waste,
once considered rubbish, has an annual
value Of f15.000.OOO! It consists Of
fag ends and sweepings and pickings
and combings. Thousands Of women
are employed to divide this stun into
good, middling and bad, and It is sold
at various prices for different purposes
'-papermaking. mating, surgical wad-
ding and. most Of all. the making Of
shoddy.
Soap boilers used to have great din.
Guilty In getting rid of thick, evil
smelling liquid. which was the chief
byproduct Of their industry. They ran
1t into streams and sewers. Presently
some one began collecting It and rein.
ing It The result was pure glycerin.-
London Answers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
midas GREAT POET.
Plain Living and High Thinking Rule
His Existence,

Plain Living and High Thinking Rule
His Existsnes.
In "Rabandranath Tagore," BY Basan.
IA Koomar Roy. Is this picture Of the
simple life Of the great poet and seer
or India, who won the Nobel prize for
literature:
Tagore himself lives alone In a
mousse. he gets up with the morning
bell. sometimes before. and takes his
morning bath, goes on the roof and
loses himself in meditation for hours
at time. In this house he quite Of
ten cooks his own meals in an eco
nomic cooker He does not eat much.
Boiled rice. boiled potatoes, cauliflower
or beans, enough Of butter are all that
he cares to eat He is not fond of milk
or sweets. He takes long walks for
exercise and is fond Of gardening.
"Plain living and high thinking is
the keynote Of his life at Bolpur. He
breaches to the boys and to the teach
ers twice week in the temple. His
love for the children is Of an idealistic
nature. At times one Of them win
steal into his room and watch him
smile and move his head to and fro as
he writes or thinks over Il poem. One
such boy startled him by exclaiming,
That's how the madmen do
"'Yes. my cliild. poets are worse
than madmen. When did you come
into the room?'"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
<s 49, --s----'ss' ">.-->.->--- =.
TESTING an Explosiva.

One Of the most dangerous of explo-
stves Is ioslide Of nitrogen, black pow
der which the slightest touch will
often cause to explode when dry with
great violence. In experiments to de-
termine the cause of its 9aA;eme ex-
piosiveness some damp iodf be,pltro-
gen was rubbed on the ST Of q
bass viol. 1t IS known that WI rines
OF such an instrument wlroUtbrate
when those Of similar ..4strument
having an equal tension are played
upon. In this case, after the explosive
had become thoroughly dry upon the
strings, another bass viol was brought
near and the strings sounded. At a
certain note the iodide of nitrogen on
the prepared instrument exploded. It
was found that the explosion occurred
only when rate of vibration of sixty
second was communicated to the
prepared strings. Vibration of the q
string caused an explosion, while that
OF the f string had no effect
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
saths In Finland.

One of the greatest trials visitor in
Finland has to endure is Finnish
bath. The method Of procedure is
unique. Divested of outer clothing
and attired in light and airy cotton
garment, you are slung in sort of
hammock composed of cord above a
large receptacle like the boilers in pub
lie Iaundries. This is almost filled
with cold water. into which at the
right moment is flung a large redhot
brick or piece Of iron. which, of course,
causes an overwhelming rush Of steam
to ascend and almost choke you Then
when that process has gone on sufl-
GENTLY long you are shaken out of your
hammock. immersed in cold water. and
after very drastic treatment you re-
sumo your raiment. sadder and wiser
than before your novel experience
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
COINS FOR OTHER LANDS.
South American Money 10 Made In
Our Mints at Cost Price.

South American Money 10 Made In
Our Mints At Cost Price.
"Made In the United States" might
IN all truth be stamped on the coins Of
nearly q dozen of the countries Of Lat.
In America in which a shopper would
try In vain to buy merchandise bear
Ing that slogan. for, though the Unit.
ed States does not ship great amounts
Of goods to the countries between the
Rio Grande river and Cape Horn, it
does supply them with a large part Of
their money, says the Washington
Star, and this. in spite Of the Spanish
phrases and foreign emblems, that it
bears, is the product of Uncle Sans
own mints.
Since the authorization to coin money
for foreign countries was given to the
mints by congress in January, 1874,
more than 100,OOO,0OO pieces Of gold.
silver and baser metals have been
minted for countries in North, South
and Central America and the West In
dies and for Hawaii before its annexa.
ton.
All foreign minting by the United
States is done at a price that just COW
ers the cost. There are two reasons
for the government engaging in the
business. 1t puts this country in DO
sition to do neighborly acts, and 1t al
lows US to keep our coming equipment
and force Of operatives busy during
periods when 1t would otherwise be
necessary to suspend operations. The
decreasing need for minis with our
vast accumulations Of coins, the growth
Of banking and the use Of paper mon
ey Is shown by the fact that Of the
seven mints that have been in exist
ence in the history Of the country only
three are now equipped for turning out
coins. the others having been either
abandoned or turned into assay oflces.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN
ESCAPES OPERATION
Mrs. Sinclair Finds Wonderful
Remedy In Time to Avoid
knife

Mrs. Sadie Sinclair of 4f8 F..
Lake st. Minneapolis, suffered
from stomach arrangements for
more than six years. She became
respondent and hopeless. She
feared she would have to undergo
an operation. Her complexion
suffered along with her genraal
health.
Then Ihe discovered Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy and took a
course of treatment. The first
dose brought results. She wrote :
''Only one dose and slept like
a log And | felt relieved right
away. If should need any more
medicine you may be sure | will
send for it. It is wonder one
can be rid Of such conditions
without pain. And my complex
ion is clearing: they all speak
of it was so yellow and brown
before"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives
permanent results for stomach
liver and intestinal ailments. Eat
as much and whatever you like.
No more distress after eating pres
sure of gas around the heart. Get
one bottle of your druggist now
aud try it on an absolute guar
antee-if not satisfactory money
will be returned.-Henry Miller &
Co., Druggists.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
The siams.s ropknot.

A Siamese child. whether boy or
girl. wears its hair in a little topknot
until 1t has attained the age Of eleven
OF twelve years. On reaching this age
the topknot cutting ceremony takes
place. The child is dressed in its best
and amid much rejoicing of relatives
ana friends the topknot is cut, one
lock at a time. The head is then COM
pietely shaved by the priests. All
guests invited to the ceremony bring
presents. usually money, which is
carefully invested for the child by its
parents or guardians. A young prince
or princess will sometimes receive as
much AZ $4,000 in presents at his or
ner topknot cutting ceremony. while
a poor child may get $40 or $15.-Wide
World Magazine.