The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-09

network OF railways that today amount
to 100000 miles. and cement together
in the bonds of unity our enormous
stretch OF territory and our teemlng
populations.
The laying of the Atlantic cable is
due to the enterprising foresight and
genius of Bishop Mullock, 0. S. f., Of
st. Johns, Newfoundland, who in the
first half of the nineteenth century
publicly urged the feasibility of unit
ing the Old World and the New by
cable.
The father of American shorthand
was a Catholic. He was George
Washington's private secretary. Thorn
as Lloyd was his name. He was the
first official reporter of congress, and
he published the very first number
of the Congressional Record. He
learned shorthand from the Jesuits,
in Flanders, and Archbishop Carroll
was one of his professors.
The capitol of the United States,
one of the greatest buildings in the
world, and unquestionably the most
majestic structure on the American
continent, stands on the site of the
farm of Daniel Carroll, eldest son OF
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. Pre-
vious to it's sale it was called Germ Abb
hey Manor, thus named in memory of
the ancient Benedictine Monastery of
Germ, Dorsetshire, England.
New York became the metropolis of
the new world largely through her
waterways, and one of the most inn
portant of these was the Erie canal,
which stretched from Buffalo to the
Hudson river. The idea came from
christopher COLES, of Dublin, an engi-
neer in the Continental army. Chris
TOPPER COLES is the father of the Gro
ton Aqueduct system, which supplies
the city of New York with water
The great northwest, the pride of
our country, the Wanted granary OF
the world, with it's illimitable reaches
of fair ripening grain, is due to a Cath
Ollie priest Had not Father Gibault
enlisted the Catholic Indians on the
side of the American colonists dur
ing the Revolution, the northern
boundaries of this country might have
been the Ohio river, instead of the
Great Lakes.
Holland, the inventor of the sub
marine, which is revolutionizing naval
warfare, was Catholic. The Holland
submarine was the original successful
undersea boat, and the great model
upon which all other types have been
developed.
The invention of the aeroplane was
due to Catholic, named James Mont
gomery, and his aviator, David Mo-
loney. They both made the first long
recorded flight in history in Califor-
MIA, remaining in the air for a distance
of eight miles They were the first
to unlock the secret of the ages, and
it was the first time in history that
the air had been conquered. Even
though their flight resulted in their
| tragic and untimely death, yet this
| fact does not rob them of the lustre
of being pioneers and martyrs to sci
ence, and Fastening the perfection OF
the great instrument that is revolu.
tionizing modern warfare.
| Catholics left on the shores of Amer
lea not only the indelible impress OF
| their. virtue and civilization, but when
that civilization was attacked, and
tyranny stalked over the land, Cath
olics were the first to spring to the
frontiers, and to demonstrate with
| their life's blood their devotion tc
| their adopted land Catholic blood
has been mingled with the soil OIL
every battlefield in our country's
| history. Catholic blood has bathet
the decks of every ship that fought
for our country's liberty. Catholic
blood has purpled and consecrateC
the waves of every ocean that washes
| our shores. We will search il
4 vain for any traitors and final de
serters among the Catholics of Rev
dictionary or other days. There
we're no Benedict ArnoIds among oul
| early ancestors in the Faith in thi:
| glorious land. And not only did thu
Catholic colonists freely pledge Their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honor in defense of their liberties
but they turned their eyes beyont
the rolling seas to their Catholi,
brethren in far-of France, in Poland
/ in Spain, and IN Ireland, for tina
financial and personal assistance
without which no victory would havi
1 been possible.