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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-12-25

ress there more than anywhere else
in the world. In one winter alone the
locust damage in South Africa was es,
timated at $5000,000
To cope with the insects the govern
ment has established a central bureau
for watching them. Flights can be
predicted and measures taken to min
imize them.
In the latter half Of 1912 locust
swarms did $l0,000,o00 damage in our
own island Of Visaya, in the Philip
pines.
While the locust is prolific the cot
ton weeviI beats him. Professor
Ealand estimates that one weevi! lay,
ing her 1879 eggs by June 10 would
probably bring half that number-Say
15-to maturity by June %. There
are at least four generations in sea
son. and the second generation would
number about 2,450; the third $3.50,
and the last and final generation l.
viduals as the progeny Of a single pair
of weevils and their progeny i'll a sea
son. That is 10 say, one weeVil fer
every square foot Of area in 7o-acre
field AS over so per cent are de-
stroyed by natural conditions, it is
doubtful if the actual increase in one
season from a single pair ever ex-
ceeds 100000 Alarming figures in
all conscience, exclaims the entomoio-
gict.
This is only one Of vast number of
insects that man has to fight against.
Next come the disease carriers.
First in deadliness is the mosquito.
which infests man with malaria, yell
low fever and filariasis. Many parts
of the tropics and localities otherwise
most desirable are practically unin-
habitable to civilized man, owing to
the ravages of malaria.
Malaria has been held responsible
for the wiping out of the ancient
Greeks.
Not health alone, but mans very
pockets are affected by this overmas-
tering incubus. The mosquito plague
has been responsible for arresting the
development of the whole state OF
New Jersey.
Malaria is a country rather than a
town disease. 1t was once supposed
to be caused by dwelling in damp
and marshy places. and even now the
belief dies hard in the minds of many
people, but it has been proved beyond
dispute that by the bite Of infected
mosquitoes, and by that means alone.
can this dread disease be transmitted
from man to man.
Various estimates have been made
as to the number of bacteria that may
be carried about the body of single
healthy, active fly. One investigator.
TORY, puts the number at 2S.0OO,0OO
in it's intestine and 100000 on the
outer surface. Esten and Mason, by
careful experiment. found that the
number OF external bacteria varied
from $50 to over 100000; other OBJ
servers have put the number as high
as 100000, ~ fly. The numbers
seem incres G'S That one house fly
can carry is body as many as
500,000.000 g:v4.- lis almost beyond be-
lief. vet the ' aucoated number is not
the result of 1esswork, but of care
full experiments Looking at the mat
ter from the most favorable point of
view. and supposing each fly to carry
only $50 bacteria from place to place.
the superstition. says Professor Ealand.
is not pleasant.
The dreadful infantile paralysis has
been discovered to be carried by the
stable fly.
Then there Is the sleeping sickness.
which is carried by the tsetse fly
Whole districts OF Africa are absolute
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-12-25
COVETED BY AL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head of lair. Isyou-s is sf.eaAed With
gray. or is harsh ard stiE ~, c,a re-
sure il to us former brauty aaA la-
Ter b. using La Creole i-ai: I."sa-
ing. Igice $IOO.-Alv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-12-25

HE foremost scientists OF
I'M the world have been
agreed for the last decade
that the crucial struggle
k4 of humanity will not be
that OF nations warning
for territory which each
envies the other. but will
lin be a colossal battle to
y keep from being driven Oh
harth itself. And in this battle it
~ II mankind against bussl
y It's fecundity. its enormous com
ntNe strength-sometimes eqLiva
2M what would be. if the bug were
h hfye as a horse. l,O0O-horsepower
- 10 It's inextinguishable passion
- ~ concentrated will to live and
! enormous adaptibility the insect
Nm makes the human race ap-
- Incredibly inefficient.
Wtiiation has for the last twenty
= md more been steadily over
M the balance of nature. which
tept the insect kingdom down. and
= scientists throughout the world
recognized Within half that
~ Snat amounts to q worldwide
NATION has been formed to find
make known to all who care
~ ways to cope with the fast
ing swarms which menace hui
Il Is recognized that only by
esesa' long and costly and dan
3 struggle will man be able to re-
g dominance and freedom to de.
\ his world.
NEST warning Of this peril to
~ has been sounded in a most
a0le fashion by Prof. c. A.
n. one Of the foremost entomolo.
= ne world and the late priu-
= ne East Anglican college of
tafe Of England. Professor
begins bis remarkable work.
> calls Insects and Man"
= i'Ilouing statement:
!. Ioftunate for man that the in.
- . : house divided against
zcept for this check the bu.
would be extinct in five or
nesadlsy Of many insects is
huxley estimated that
spaft' 2 single green fly would
aerations produce a mass Of
+ aa.'er equivalent to 500. 600.
ssnaa beings. or as manv ~ ~.
Nv equation Of the Chinese EN-.
r.. e earliest times man has sur.
uea insect damage to his crons
y. .socs and himself. Loc cpS.
n'al'ns those of Egypt have
- aaa nom time to time,
-. 80, !, states suffers damage
~, !. !. e me extent of $4,000 900
III I =, sss . deDredations Of the Hes
|lss..' ss cotton boil weevil causes
- /, - ~ saass.ooo.ooo, and the chinch
ssoo' Add to this the dam.
- ". = gypsy and brown.tail
~. =. &c San Jose scale. to saw
~ ns host Of minor pests
- assumes alarming pro
"a - 'or supremacy between
= e,r. very real one
q, \, :, es.ss'ess struggle can
49, : s' Mn in his fight
! -. = :. and bugs he has ar.
- a'n an Incredible fecun.
: r. - Of destruction.
y q people-unscient,fic
q! - 4. ~ Professor Ealand
- loeus, Is the mos, de-.
-, This is partly be.
INCA plague having
~ A minds. The 10,
- ness damage in South
- asr'csitural pror.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-12-25

A lodge with fewer than four iDt
tials never makes mach headWay
among the colored people
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-12-25
Easiiy Convinced.

Said Shea weIlkno~n physician
says kissing is dangerous and must 20.
Said lie-Weil. Fin ready; let her 80
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-12-25

he foremost scientists Of
the world have been
agreed for the last decade
that the crucial struggle
I Of humanity will not be
! that Of nations warning
for territory which each
envies the other. but will
be a colossal battle to
keep from being driven Oh
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
FORTUNE TO CHARITY

Although he inherited $4,000 from
his father, one of the iron manufac-
turers in New York City, some years
ago, and on the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of his ordination to the priest
hood in 1901 his parishioners made
him personal gift of a rectory valued
at $4,000, the recently filed will of
the late Right Rev. Mgr. Matthew A.
Taylor, rector OF the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament, shows that all his
personal and real estate amounted to
only $1,000. y
Many Catholics were surprised to
learn of the smalIness of the estate.
On the other hand, those who we're
Intimately acquainted with Mgr. Tay-
lor we're surprised to learn that he
left even that amount, in view of the
fact that he devoted all his spare
time and means to charity. The for
tune which he received from his
father he spent to help the poor. He
did not confine his assistance to peo-
pie of his own faith, but he helped
those of almost every faith. The rec
tory he received on his silver ami.
versary he Immediately turned over
TO the church. After his death 1t was
discovered he was paying the rent
and assisting in other ways over fifty
Ipoor families.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
DIOCESE OF SIOUX FALLS

Huron: The new Church of st.
Martin was formally opened for divine
worship on Christmas day with mid
night Mass celebrated by the pastor,
Very Reverend D. F. Desmond, under
whose direction the church was built.
The high altar was ablaze with lights
and banked with flowers and the
sacred edifice was brilliantly lighted
for the occasion. Special music was
prepared by the choir and the sermon
was preached by the pastor himself.
The solemn dedication of the new
church will take place next June at
which Bishop O'Gorman will officiate.
The farewell service in the old
Church of st. Martin we're held on
Sunday, December 81, when Mass was
offered up for the last time within it
by Dean Desmond. The old church
has served the parish for thirty-three
years and had become too small to
accommodate the growing congrega
ton.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
DIOCESE OF WINONA

Rochester: The Right Reverend
Bishop Hebron, of Winona, officiated
at the Solemn Pontifcal Mass in the
Church of st. John, of which Rev. G.
Murphy is pastor, on Christmas day.
Simpson,: On Sunday, December
20, the people of st. Bridget's parish
celebrated the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary OF the ordination of their pastor,
Rev. Stephen J. Condron. The jubilee
banquet was served in the church hall
after the late Mass and Father Con
dron was presented with a silver low.
ing cup and a substantial purse of
money by his parishioners who were
assisted in the celebration by friends
from Stewartville, Rochester, Chat
field and other places.
Father Condron is native of Ohm
stead County, where he was born on
December G6, 1862, his parents being
among the first settlers. He received
his education for the priesthood in St
Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, the
Grand Seminary, Montreal, and St
Thomas College, st. Paul, where he
was ordained by Archbishop Ireland
He was appointed pastor of Avoca
Mimi, where he remained for four
years, thence he was transferred tC
Lake City and two years later was
made pastor of st. Bridget's, where
he has since resided.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
NOTED GAELIC SCHOLAR
HONORED ON RETIREMENT FROM
THE IRISH ACADEMY.

Recently at his residence in Howth,
Ireland, a presentation was made to
J. J. MacSweeney to mark the appre-
citation of wide circle of friends On
his retirement from the Royal Irish
Academy and the secretaryship of the
Society for the Preservation of the
Irish language. The presentation
from the society consisted in part OF
a magnificent set of the Annals OF
the Four Masters The address was
signed by Count Plunkett, president
of the society, and Sean O'Ceallaigh
who succeeds Mr.. MacSWeeney as
secretary of the council.
Mr.. MacSweeney, in reply, said he
especially appreciated the presenta
ton of the Annals of the Four Mas
tiers as they we're compiled in the
MacSweeney country, County Donegal
and edited and translated by his own
kinsman, John O'Donovan, and him
self and his people had in no ordinary
way devoted their lives to the preser
walton of their country's literature.
In this connection a beautiful Sc
ries of OLongain's facsimile tran
scripts of Ireland's most treasured
manuscripts, now in the possession Of
Mr.. MacSweeney's family, we're shown
the visitors.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02

lands they found an easy settlement;
in whose homes for strangers, hos
pitfalls and almshouses they met with a
refuge; to whom they gave their
services, such as they were; and from
whom they received in turn the sup
port which secular lords were unable
or unwilling to give. The Cathedral
Church, being generally a very con-
siderable landowner, had the power of
employing much more labor than the
majority of secular landlords in any
given district" (Saxons in England,
II, 510, 511.) 1t is to be added that
every church and monastery was
provided with similar foundations for
all in need.
With such system of charity no
modern institution can hope to COM
pare. 1t is more scientific than the
most advanced thoughts of modern
philanthropists. 1t offers both aims
and employment. 1t goes successfully
to the very sources of poverty with
out marrying or distressing the poor
by the heartless and often insulting
inquisitorial methods so common in
our day. Statistics are not seldom
made the object of most importance.
A salary depends upon them. Catho.
lie social workers must never forget
the delicacy of Christian charity.
Remarkable as are the gifts and
foundations already enumerated, they
did not exhaust the munificence Of the
Church towards the poor. With all a
mothers tenderness she ever gathered
them to her heart, and gave them for
their service of love countless re-
hgious orders and congregations filled
with her own maternal spirit. She
beheld in them the earthly image OF
Him who had not where to lay His
head, and Who has solemnly taught
Eus that whatsoever we do for the
least of His poor, we do unto Him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
.RELIGION IN EDUCATION
THE NATIONAL EDUCATION AS
ISOLATION OFFERS A PRIZE OF
$1,000 FOR THE BEST ESSAY ON
THIS SUBJECT.

Through the generosity of a resi-
dent of Berkeley, Cal, the National
Education Association is able to offer
prize of one thousand dollars for the
best essay on THE Essential Place of
Religion in Education, with an Out
line of Plan for Introducing Relig-
ious Teaching into the Public
Schools"
The essays must be in the posses
sion of the Secretary of the Associa-
ton by June 1, 1915. The award will
be made at the time of the meeting of
the International Congress of Educa-
ton, held under the auspices of the
National Education Association, in
connection with the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, at Oakland,
CAL, August 1928, 1915. Further par
ticulars may be secured by addressing
the Secretary, Durand w. Springer,
Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
WHITE LIST" PLAYS
1.-THE CONFESSION" AND "a PAIR
OF SKIES" WILL BE STAGED AT
LOCAL THEATRES NEXT WEEK.

"The Confession" James Halleck
Reds masterpiece, which scored such
a phenomenal success in this city a
year ago, will be reproduced at the
Shubert Theatre during the week be-
ginning January 8, by the Wright
Huntington Players. AS the name in.
dicates, it deals with the dignity and
honor of the Catholic priest as a con-
lessor and the inviolability of the seal
of sacramento confession. It is a
deeply religious presentation, true to
life, of dogma of Catholic faith
which is much misunderstood by nom
Catholics, and is well calculated to
remove prejudice and to give a true
insight into the teaching and practice
OF the Church on this important sub
ject.
"A Pair Of Sizes" a farce comedy
by H. H. Frazee, will begin a weeks
engagement at the Metropolitan Thea
tire, st. Paul, on January 8. 1t prom
ises to be an attractive and pleasing
performance in which is inculcated a
valuable lesson drawn from the trou-
bles OF two partners who are by nature
totally unfit for business association.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
DIOCESE OF DULUTH.

Duluth: The newly elected officers
Of Division No. /, Ladies' Auxiliary
of the A. o. H., will be installed on
Tuesday, January IL, by Miss May
Hammill, State Vice President. A
musical and literary program will be
given on that occasion and the Right
Reverend Bishop McGolrick will be
the guest of honor. The following
are the officers-elect: Mrs. Sara A.
Murphy, president; Miss Clara Stark,
vice president; Mrs. NJ. E. Snyder, re-
corder; Miss Mary E. Powers, finan-
cial secretary; Miss Rose McLaugh-
lin, treasurer; Miss Ethel MccKeever,
mistress-at-arms; Mrs. Josie Hubbard,
sentinel; Mrs. Campbell, chairman of
the standing committee.
Virginia: The local Council of the
knights of Columbus are making prep
arations for the initiation of a class
of fifty candidates into the Order in
the early part of February. 1t is also
arranging for a lecture course to be
given during the winter months.
EveIeth: There is movement on
foot for the establishment, of another
church in the city to provide special
facilities for the spiritual well-being OF
the Italian population. Father Domin-
icis who has been engaged in mission
airy work among them is making the
preliminary arrangements for the new
parish of which he may be appointed
resident pastor.
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Citation for Hearing ON Pet4tgnr To-
Admin lat rn &fon

Citation for Hearing ON Petition for
Administration.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
ramsey, SIS. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Michael
Holleran, Decedent.
Inc state of Minnesota to All Whom
It May Concern:
!, The petition of Helen Holleran hav-
ing been f1led in this court, represent
ing that Michael Holleran, then a resi-
dent of the County of Ramsey State
or Minnesota, died intestate on the 25th
day of December, 1914; and prayinps
that letters of administration of said
estate be granted to Helen Holleran.
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons Interested
In said matter be and hereby are cited
and required to appear before this
Court on Monday, the 25th day of Jam
uary, 1915, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
or as soon thereafter as said matter
can be heard, at the Probate Court
of st. Paul, in said County, and show
cause, If any they have, why said petit
ton should not be granted and that
this citation be served by the publica-
ton thereof in The Catholic Bulletin
according to law, and by mailing a
copy of this, citation at least IA days
before said day of hearing, to each Of
the heirs of said decedent whose names
and addresses are known and appear
from the files of this court.
Witness the Judge of said Court, this
26th day of December, A. D. 1914.
E. w. BAzILLE,
Judge of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court)
Attest: r. w. Gosewisch,
Clerk Of Probate.
Attorneys for Petitioner.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
A NEW PUBLICATION
WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE
UNIVERSITY BULLETIN NEXT
YEAR.

The December Bulletin of the
Catholic University of America con-
tains the announcement that, with
the completion of the twentieth vol
ume, it will close it's career as Uni
versity publication of miscellaneous
content, but will be continued under
the same name as a news publication
furnishing all desirable information
about the institution, and in this new
form, will be sent free to all present
subscribers. Beginning with next
April, quarterly publication entitled
the Catholic Historical Review will be
published by the University, and it is
hoped by the University authorities
that subscribers who have hitherto
taken the Bulletin will become sub
sccribers to the new publication.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
{ NJ NJ ET'S STAT {
MODEL OF IRISH PATRIOTS Me
MORTAL Is ACCEPTED.

A model of a statue of Robert
Emmett, the Irish patriot, the first of
it's kind, has been completed and has
been accepted, and will be placed in
the Smithsonian institution in Wash
ington. The statue is of heroic pro-
portions and the figure of Emmett is
draped in the students costume of his
time. The face was copied by the
sculptor from a photograph of a death
mask of Emmett taken after his execu-
ton, this mask now being in the pos
session of the Emmett family in this
country.
Jerome Conner, the sculptor, has
been at work for several months col
lecting material for the statue, and Sc
cured first the death mask from the
Emmett family. He also secured
copies of a miniature made by the
artist Petrie from memory. Incident
ally it was Petrie who took the death
mask of Emmett by the light of Ian
tern in a graveyard after Emmet's
head had been severed from his body.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
DEATH OF COLONEL CRUISE
BENEFAcToR OF ST. HELENA'S
CATHEDRAL PASSES AWAY -
FUNERAL HELD IN EDlFIcE
MADE POSSIBLE BY HIS GENER-
osITY-BIsHoP CARROLL OFF,
GATES.

Funeral services for the late Col
onel Thomas Cruise of Helena, Mont.
were held in st. Helena's Cathedral
which his generosity made possible
on Saturday morning, December &c
The Solemn High Mass of Requiem
was celebrated by the Right Reverend
Bishop Carroll who at its close paid
tribute to the life of the deceased
whose benefactions to the church in
Montana were noteworthy.
Colonel Cruise donated the site Of
the Helena Cathedral which is est
mated to be worth $4,000. Later do
nations brought the total of his gift
considerably over 100000. 1t was {
matter of regret to all, and to none
more than to Bishop Carroll, that Col
onel Cruise did not live to witness the
dedication of the Cathedral toward:
which he had contributed so munifi
Gently.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
GERMAN CATHOLIC GENERALS
LEADERS IN THE GREAT WAR
ARE MEMBERS OF THE
CHURCH.

Quite number of the German Gen.
erals are Catholics, says the European
correspondent of the Catholic Standard
and Times of Philadelphia. Among
them may be mentioned, Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Bavaria, who won the
first great battle of the war against
the French between Metz and the
Vosges; Duke Albrecht of Wurttem-
berg, the victor of Neuchateau; Won
Zwehl, who commands the army be
fore Rheims; Won Kluck, too, ap-
pears to be Catholic, though / have
not been able to obtain exact informa.
ton in this case; at all events, a rela.
tive of his is a priest in the diocese
of MIenster. Count Spec, who de.
feated the English in the battle OF
Santa Maria Cor CoroneI, is a mem
Der of the stanchIy Catholic family
of Specs in the Rhineland.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
DIOCESE OF SUPERIOR.

SUPERIOR: The Rev. P. B. Gordon,
assistant pastor of st. Joseph's
Church, Hayward, Wis, has gone to
Washington, D. c., where he will fol,
low the course of study given at the
Apostolic Mission House under the di.
rection of the Paulist Fathers. Father
Gordon is member of the Chippewa
Indian tribe and began his studies for
the priesthood in the College of ST.
Thomas, st. Paul.
GIenwood City: The Church of St
John, of which Rev. j. Lair is pastor
was destroyed by fire in the early
morning of December %, entailing q
loss of $500. 1t was insured fol
$500. A new brick church will be
erected in the spring.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
FRENCH CARDINAL DEAD
ARCHBISHOP OF cHAM5ERY DIED
A MONTH AGO.

European exchanges chronicle the
death of Cardinal Dubillard, Arch
bishop of Chambery, France, which
occurred on December 2. The late
Cardinal was born in 1916, and was
ordained priest in 1869. For three
years he was professor of dogmatic
theology at the Besancon Seminary
and afterwards became rector of the
institution. In 1899 he was appointed
Bishop of Quimper and later succeed
ed to the Archiepiscopal See of Cham.
berry on the death of Mgr. Pellicot.
He was created Cardinal by the late
Pope Plus X in 1911.
Owing to the war, the report of his
death did not reach this country till
last week. He is the third Cardinal
who died since November "a.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
HISTORIC CHALICE
HEIRLOOM IN SHAHAN FAMILY
COMES INTO POSSESSION OF
BISHOP SHAHAN.

Amongst the gifts received by Bish.
op Shahan, rector of the Catholic Uni
versity of America, on the occasion OF
his conservation was silver chalfce
from priestly relatives in England. II
was first used by Bishop Shahan's
great-granduncle, Reverend Thady Sha
han, in 1910. Father Thady Shahan
used the chalice for fifty years and
then gave it to his nephew, the Rev
Cornelius Shahan, on the day of his
ordination. Right Reverend Corne
Illus Shahan also used it for many
years and used it in celebrating his
first Mass as Bishop.