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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19
THE PROMISES OF OUR LORD TO
BLESSED MARGARET MARY.

1. 81 will give them all the graces
necessary in their state of life.
2. Il will establish peace in their
houses.
3. 81 will comfort them in ali
their Affections.
A. 81 will be their secure refuge
during life, and above all in death.
5. 81 will bestow large blessing
upon all their undertakings.
6. Sinners shall find in My Heart
the source and the infinite ocean OF
mercy.
2. "Tepid souls shall grow fervent
8. 'Fervent. souls shall quickly
mount to high perfection.
8. 81 will bless every place where
picture of My Heart shall be set UP
and honored.
10. II will give the priests the gift
of touching the most hardened hearts
II. 'FThose who shall promote this
devotion shall have their names writ
ten in My Heart, never to be blotted
out.
IL. Il promise thee in the excessive
mercy of My Heart that My all-power
full love will grant to all those who
communicate on the First Friday in
nine consecutive months, the grace OF
final penitence; they shall not die in
My disgrace nor without receiving
the sacraments; Ny Divine Heart
shall be their safe refuge in this last
moment"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19

tiyity, The practice of this work of
mercy may not be as common now as
in days gone by, when the hordes Of
Mahomet's followers We're wont to de-
vastate civilized countries and make
captives of those whom their sword
had spared Yet there are still mil
lions of people in pagan countries
treated as badly as the captives Of old.
Under the benign influence of Chris
tianity liberty would soon dawn for
them; contributing therefore to socie-
ties whose object is the conversion of
nations buried in heathenism and slav-
cry, would at the same time be both
a corporal and spiritual work of
mercy.
5. To harbor the harborless. st.
Paul warns us not to forget hospitality.
The Saviour promises on the judg-
ment day to pass favorable sentence
on those, who, when He was stran-
ger, took Him in. Refusing to be hos
pitable, like the citizens of Bethlehem,
who would not harbor the God made
man, may in some instances be equiv
alent to murder, and in many cases it
betokens the absence of the true Chris
tian spirit. Hospitality is one of the
charming virtues of Christianity; I'm.
fortunately, it is not practiced as it
should be, since too often caste or So
ciety draws the line
6. To visit the sick. The numerous
Orders approved by the Church whose
object is the care of the sick, is sufi-
cient guarantee of it's noble character
81 was sick, says Our Lord, land you
visited Me-" Sickness naturally de-
presses the spirit, and makes us de.
pendent upon the aid of others. The
interest we take in the sickness of the
body will enable us. to work more
efficaciously for the good of the soul
which is then also sorely in need OF
assistance
Z. To bury the dead. Tobias is re
peatedly praised in Holy Scripture fol
having practiced this corporal work Of
mercy The body was the temple Of
the soul, that is made to Gods image
and likeness; for this reason the
Church in the Old as in the New Law
has always treated with veneratior
the earthly remains of the dead, thai
may be eternally glorified in heaven
The ceremonial of the Church at {
| funeral tends to impress this on oul
minds.
The spiritual and corporal works O
mercy are all and each great helps
whereby we may satisfy God for the
temporal punishment due to our sins
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. BASIL THE GREAT.


st. Basil was born in Asia Minor.
Two of his brothers became bishops,
and together with his mother and sis
ter are honoured as Saints. He
studied with great success at Athens,
where he formed with st. Gregory
Nazianzen the most tender friendship.
He then taught oratory; but dreading
the honours of the world, he gave up
all, and became the father of mona
chism in the East The Arian- here
tics, supported by the court, were then
prosecuting the Church; and Basil
was summoned from his retirement
by his bishop, to give aid against
them. His energy and zeal soon miti-
gated the disorders of the Church, and
his solid and eloquent words silenced
the heretics. On the death of Fuse
bus he was chosen bishop of Caesarea.
His commanding character, his firm
ness and energy, his learning and elo-
quence, and not less his humility and
the exceeding austerity of his life,
made him a model for bishops. Yet
I.
He lived amidst jealousies and mis-
understanding and seeming disap-
pointments. But he sowed the seed
which bore goodly fruit in the next
generation, and was Gods instrument
in beating back the Arian and other
heretics in the East, and restoring the
spirit of discipline and fervour in the
Church. He died in 379, and is ven
Grated as a Doctor of the Church
When st. Basil was required to adj
nit the Arians to- Communion, the pre-
| feet, finding that soft words had no
effect, said to him, Are you mad, that
you resist the will before which the
whole world bows? Do you not dread
the wrath of the emperor, nor exile,
nor death?" mo" said Basil calmly
'he who has nothing to lose need not
dread loss of goods; you cannot exile
me, for the whole world is my home
as for death, it would be the greatest
kindness you could .bestow upon me
torments cannot harm me, one blow
would end my fraiI life and my suffer
| ings together" ''Neyer," said the pre-
feet, has any one dared to address
me thus" Perhaps" suggested Basil
you never before measured your
strength with a Christian bishop.
The emperor desisted from his com
mands.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19
WHAT CONFESSION is.

How many are the souls in distress,
anxiety, or loneliness, whose one
need is to find a being to whom they
can pour out their feelings unheard
by the world? says Cardinal Newman.
Tell them out they must; they cannot
tell them out to those whom they see
every hour. They want to tell them
and not to tell them; and they want
to tell them out, yet be as if they be
not told: they wish to tell them to
one who is strong enough to bear
them, yet, not too strong to despise
them; they wish to tell them to one
who can at once advise and can
sympathize with them; they wish to
relieve themselves of a load, to gain
solace, to receive the assurance
that there is one who thinks of them,
and one to whom in thought they
can recur, to whom they can betake
themselves, if necessary, from time
to time, while they are in the world.
How many a Protestants heart would
leap at the news of such benefit,
putting aside ali distinct IDEAS Of a
sacramenta1 ordinance, or of grant
of pardon and the conveyance of
grace! If there is heavenly idea in
| the Catholic Church, looking at it
simply as an idea, surely, next after
the Blessed Sacrament, confession is
such. And such is it ever found in
fact-the very act of kneeling, the
low and contrite voice, the sign of
the cross hanging, so to say, over the
head bowed low, and the words of
peace and blessing. Oh, what a
soothing charm is there, which the
world can neither give nor take
away! Oh, what piercing, heart-sub-
DUNG tranquility, provoking tears of
JOY, is poured almost substantially
and physically upon the soul, the oil
of gladness, as Scripture calls it,
when the penitent at length rises,
his God reconciled to him, his sins
rolled away for ever! This is confes-
sion as it is in fact.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19

1t is of the very utmost Importance
that devotion to the Sacred Heart
should be carefully instilled into the
young. Hence the supreme value of
the Apostleship of Prayer in colleges
and schools. and the necessity in
cumbent on all Superiors and teachers
of schools of fostering this devotion
among their pupils. In the first place
they should, with due prudence and
discretion, urge their young people to
the very frequent reception of the
Blessed Eucharist. In boarding
schools it is generally very easy for
pupils to go to Communion daily.
Nothing. can be more conducive to
their spiritual and even temporal well
fare As to the exercises of the
Apostleship of Prayer, they are adj
mirably suited for the young. Even
the making of the Morning Offering is
of itself alone an easy and most USE
full spiritual exercise for any boy or
girl The First Friday should be care
fully observed in every school, and the
pupils taught to go to Communion on
that day in honor of the Sacred Heart.
Lastly, in Summaries or in the
Novitiates of Religious Orders, it is
not hard to see how important and
how far-reaching is the influence OF
devotion to the Sacred Heart. The
future priest and the religious are
sure to reap from the practice of this
devotion a spirit of zeal and an
earnestness and fervor that will make
them hardworking and successful in
their future ministrations. Personal
holiness is the first essential for the
priest or the religious, and this per
sonal holiness, without which all other
qualities are of little avail, will be the
assured result of an early training in
devotion to the Sacred Heart.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19
A Pagan Sacrifice.

The professor threw down his pen.
The last word was written; the work
was done. The neat pile of closely
written manuscript on the desk be-
fore him represented months of pa
tient toll before which the strongest
day laborer would shrink appalled,.
Days, whose long mental strain knew
no relaxation, when the needs of the
body were almost forgotten; nights,
when the taxed brain, still whirling
under the fierce pressure, could not
be soothed to rest
But now it was aone,-the work that
would rouse the admiration of all his
confreres, that would give him the
suit she had entered religious order
the work that like the mighty tower
of old was reared defiantly against
the power and wisdom and justice OF
the living God.
Not that the professor had any such
satanic intention; indeed he cherished
vague tender memories of a certain
shadowy old cathedral, through whose
luC0uS0u- dlSl6S, SCuOIuS Will dOO1Clun
chants, he had been led by his. sweet
faced Catholic mother in far-off past
But this memory fingered only like
poetic fancy, morning dream. His
mother had died in his early child
hood; his father, careless parent
had married again; and life had be
come a stern, hard, prose. A goddess
home, goddess schools, goddess teach
ers, had done their work. Now al
forty-ffve, the professor was as hon
est a pagan as any who lived before
the Star of Bethlehem beamed on {
darkened world. If down in his deep
strong nature there we're any doubts
clamorings, 1ongings, he silenced then
with the shibboleth of his clan, {.
cannot see-I do not know
The professor was a bachelor
Many years ago a beautiful and noble
woman had crossed his path, to whom
his heart had yielded the homage that
is only given once in a lifetime His
love had been hopeless; already ,hel
pure soul had chosen the .better
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19
THE MONTH OF THE SACRED
HEART.

Lo! June is here; the winter days are
ending,
What time our weary feet the wine
press trod.
Lo! June is here; a gladstone mes.
sage sending
OF joy, love-laden, from the Heart
of God!
Oh there is hope for each sad day and
morrow,
Tho leaden skies hang threaten
ingly above!
And there is balm for ev'ry human
sorrow
In Christ's dear plying, patient
Heart of love!
For this it was He built His home for
ever,
Here in our midst, that He might
bear a part
In each ones sorrow. Only sin can
sever
The ties of love that bind us to His
Heart!
Yea, Thou hast bound us to Thy
strength and meekness,
And yet, dear Lord, how many times
we fall!
Thy Heart alone that knows our
human weakness
Could still forgive and love us, spite
of all!
Oh blessed thought! that each poor
days endeavor
Should bring us nearer to our Home
above,
Where we shall rest, poor weary ones
forever,
In Thy dear plying, patient Heart
of love!
M. Doyle.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19
CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY

The chief corporal works of mercy
are seven: To feed the hungry, to give
drink to the thirsty, to clothe the
naked, to ransom the captive, to har-
Dor the harborless, to visit the sick,
and to bury the dead.
AS there are other spiritual works
not mentioned in the above question,
so also not all corporal works of
mercy are here given by the Cate
chism, but only the chief ones.
l. To feed the hungry. God allows
corporal needs to exist so that their
alienation may be source of merit
to His followers. He suffers in the
needy; the assistance given them is
given to Him. Il was hungry" He
says, and you gave Me to eat" st.
Paul says: IF thy enemy be hungry,
give him to eat" Whether he is
brought to that needy condition by his
own fault, or through circumstances
over which he had no control, he is
an object of charity for us; the act of
reward from the Master, in Whose
name not even a glass of cold water
shall be given in vain. BY providing
for the corporal wants of others, the
practice of mercy will generally effect
also some spiritual good in them.
g.. To give drink to the thirsty.
Thirst is one of the most excruciating
sufferings of the body; the greater
the need, the greater the merit in re-
lieying it, AS, work OF mercy. this,
however, applies to the kind of drink
which the body naturally requires.
Hence it would be no act of charity or
mercy to one who is addicted to in
temperance to help him to crafty his
vice.
8. To clothe the naked. Any one in
need of necessary clothing is an OBJ
ject of this work of mercy This is
one of the works of mercy recon-
mended by Tobias to his son and aft
erward again by Isaiah. Our Lord con-
siders as done to Himself what we do
to others. Il was naked He says,
'and you covered Me-
4. To ransom the captive. A re
| ligious Order in the Church. the Trini-
tarians, sufficiently shows how pleas
ing it must be to God The members
of this Order pledge themselves to
ransom their brethren, We're IL even
necessary to take their place in cap
n
Evening journal., 1915-12-21
STRANGER DIES IN
PHOENIX Ambulance
Stricken in Public House,
Martin Frayne SuccumbS
on Way TO Hospital
HAD COMPLAINED
OF BEING UNWELL

Martin Frayne. aged about 55 years,
Of Fall River, Mass, who had been
working at plastering on the city and
county building here. died in the
Phoenix ambulance while on the way
to the Delaware Hospital about 1890
o'clock this morning. Frayne had been
taken i'll in the bar Of the Irish
American Hall, in French street near
Sixth street, but a few minutes be-
fore.
The death Of the man caused a rip
pie of excitement in police circles, and
Detective Benson, who co-operated
with Deputy Coroner Nichols in seek
ing information about the dead man,
who was a stranger mere. was assign
ed to the case. AS the man had a
badly discolored eye, it was thought at
first that he had been assaulted.
Investigation made by Detective
Benson, however. showed that Frayne
had been complaining for several
weeks and mad not worked for the
past two weeks. On Saturday night
he was taken to his room in the home
Of Mrs. King. No. $40 King street.
AT that time he had no marks on his
face but some time in the night he
fell out OF bed and blackened his right
cheek.
About 10 o'clock this morning. after
a cup of coffee. Frayne left
Evening journal., 1915-12-21
MAY ORDER CHANCE
IN B. { D. signals
Investigators of Fatal Wreck
at FELTON,, State QueS-
tionS to be Settled
NO DATE SET
FOR THE INQUESTS

AS the result Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad wreck at FELTON,, which
cost five lives Friday evening, a
change may be ordered in railroad sig
nal system.
w. d. b. Ainey, chairman Of the
State Public Service Commission;
John Monaghan, another member, anj
John p. Dohoney, investigator OF ac-
cidents, went to the scene Of the wreck
on Sunday. Later, Mr.. Ainey said:
There are three questions raised by
this wreck that we must settle. First,
was this accident contributed to by
reason of any lack of proper rules and
regulations by the railroad company?
Second, we're the signal devices ade-
quate? Third, is there a necessity for
the Issuance OF special orders to the
crews of regular or scheduled trans
apprising them Of the approach Of spe-
cial or unscheduled trains?
"rhe commissions investigation will
not deal with t.. question Of whether
or not there was negligence on the part
of the railroad employees. We are linn
tied to determining if the proper safe
guards were taken against the human
element in railroad operations. We find
that the Baltimore & Ohio signal equip
ment at FELTON, was thoroughly modern
in every respect, but other conditions
were disclosed which might possibly
,recur with as disastrous results on
other roads.
"The location of the signals, with ref
erence to their proximity to the switch
where the wreck occurred, may have
been the real cause of the wreck. 4
few seconds delay on the part of the
crew of the local train in setting the
danger signal may have contributed to
the causes of the wreck"
The Investigators spent most of the
afternoon at FELTON,, making careful
examination Of the position of the
switches, the sidetracks and the signal
system No date has been set for 'he
inquests
The Pennsylvania State Public Ser
vice Commissions report on the
wreck is expected tomorrow.
1t is believed that the findings will
take up chiefly the question OF ade-
quate signalling apparatus on the
railroad at FELTON,.
Evening journal., 1915-12-21
NISTbETOE KISSING
At THE same PRICE
And Vendors Have Plenty
of Traditional Shrub
for the RomeoS
PLENTY OF HOLLY
FOR DECORATIONS.

The girl who uses part Of her Christ
mas money to buy a sprig Of mistletoe
for you know-what-the-reason-is-all-
of-our sisters have done-it may be
thankful this year that this kind Of a
Christmas kiss will be no dearer at
least the mistletoe one.
As 10 the incidentals OF flowers and
chocolates, the ultimate grand total
(which will be duly rendered along
with a thousand and one other bills
on the first Of the month"; depends on
the quality of the chocolates. There Is
no quality TO mistletoe, neither does
quantity count: it is all the same from
the single leaf that the Market street
Romeo picks up from the leavlngs. at
cost OF nothing. to the whole $3.50
bundle that some ihwardly yearning
but outwardly bashful lovers Will drag
along for the Christmas dinner at
the home Of their beloved.
Ever since the mythical Balder.
leading figure in the tales Of the old
Norsemen. was slain by sprig of
mistletoe $50 the story runs), the lit
tie green parasite has demanded
Christmas tribute from its subjects. II
gave in return the excuse for a Christ
mas kiss. an opportunity which was
Immediately seized by the Druids. of
the England with moors and fens,
who. in turn. transmitted Il through a
long line OF lovers. starting with King
Henry VIII and his eight wives and
ending now with Mr.. Market Street
Romeo and his twoscore Juliettas.
The mistletoe is peculiar, according
to authorities who have devoted vol
umes to the subject Down in the
southern States, in the marshes,
where the mistletoe pursues its para
site way along some great oak and
kills Il, live the poor white trash" Or
the Crackers" From the proximity
to the Hss-creating mistletoe it might
be expected, so these nature-delvers
say. that the crackers" should nat.
urally have a kindly feeling for each
other. Nothing of the sort. II is only
when the mistletoe arrives in VIII
mington in big lots that it is really
appreciated.
That is the reason why the girls
should be thankful the price remains
the same. More persons than ever
want oplib " hohb hedi lhe nat
rack in the dark hall or other places
where the unsuspecting visitor is
likely TO fnd IT, The supply has not
increased, but the dealers have kept
the price down to the aforesaid $3.50
a bundle, which is the standard price
for that many kisses, to 25 cents a
sprig. which is the usual quantity
purchased.
Holly, which comes from nearby
Jersey. and laurel will also remain
at approximately the same price
which is either two wreaths for q
cents or one for the same price. de
pending on where it is bought an,
its size.
Evening journal., 1915-12-21

the house and going to the Irish
American Hall, he stumbled into the
bar room. He did not say anything
but sank down in a chair and held his
hands to his stomach The next in
stant Mr.. Joyce, bar clerk noticed
him fall backwards in the chair.
The Phoenix ambulance was called
and the man was hurried to the hos
pital, but when Frayne arrived there
he was dead. The body was removed
to the morgue.
The only papers in the mans cloth
ing was a receipt for a registered let
ter sent from Sanford, Me-, to Fall
River, Mass, by Martin Frayne last
September.
Detective Benson learned that
Frayne had been complaining of pain
in his stomach for some time. Deputy
Coroner Nichols is holding the body
until something is heard from the
mans friends. It is thought that death
was due to natural causes.
Evening journal., 1915-12-21
new REGISTER IN
CHANCERY FILES BOND

Norman p. Crouch was sworn in as
Register in Chancery and Clerk OF the
Orphans Court yesterday afternoon.
The oath was administered by Chancel-
lor Charles M. Curtis
Register Crouch TO-DAY bonded in the
Court OF Chancery. He furnished a
bond for SO 000 In the Orphans Court
he bonded for $4,000 also. Mr.. Crouch
said today he was not ready to an
nounce the appointment of his deputy.
Evening journal., 1915-12-21
Commission PRODS
ABOUT CAR SERVICE
Utilities Board Says Citizens
Should Have Ample and
Adequate Service
CALL CONFERENCE
TO DISCUSS SUCJECT

At a meeting of the Board Of Pub
lie Utility Commissioners last even
ing the resolution adopted by City
Council soEe time ago requesting the
board to request officials of the trac-
tion company to attend a meeting Of
the board and explain the present
service and proposed Improvements
to the system was adopted The Off
cials of the traction company will be
asked TO attend a meeting on Mon
day. December %.
The resolution as adopted by City
Council. and in response TO which
the board at the meeting last night
adopted the resolution to seek the in
formation, was.
Whereas, For some months past
there has been general complaint by
citizens throughout the city of viii
mington because of the irregular. in
adequate and unsatisfactory street
railway service; and
Whereas, Inspired articles have ap-
peared at frequent intervals in the
public press of the city. detailing ex-
tensive improvements which were to
after the lapse Of considerable time
and patient waiting the improved
service has not materialized; and
Whereas. The street railway com
pany holds valuable perpetual fran
chises to operate over the streets OF
the city without any cost to said com
pany for said franchises, and also de-
rive practically all its revenue from
the citizens of Wilmington. and
Whereas, In return for the privi-
iege which said street railway com
pany enjoys by and through the city
ol Wilmington. It Is but right and
proper that the citizens should receive
some consideration from said street
car service that is ample and ade-
quate; and
Whereas. Il is alleged that the
Board Of Public Utility Commission
ers for the city Of Wilmington has
ample power to rectify the conditions
aforesaid, il exercised. now therefore
be it
Resolved by the Council Of viii
mington, That the Board OF Public
Utility Commissioners be and they
hereby are requested to act for and
I'm behalf r. the patrons of the street
railway lines of Wilmington. and
make immediate investigation OF the
cause Of tie unsatisfactory street car
service and to take such action as
they deem necessary TO assure to the
said patrons and citizens of Whining
ton satisfactory and lasting street
railway accommodations, and be Il
further
Resolved. That should the said
Board OF Public Utility Commission
ers fail or neglect to comply with this
resolution within reasonable time
from the date hereof. then the Coun
ell shall institute an investigation IN
accordance Will the power vested in
Il by the provisions OF the charter.
Prior 10 adopting the resolution
the members OF the Board discussed
the trolley situation. It was the
opinion OF nearly all the members
that the cause for delays was due TO
the fact that Market street, the busi-
ness section Of the town, was used
as a terminal for all lines. II was
said that II the trolleys we're oper-