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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-06
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lNfa1SSalAMLSSION FIELDSsA

During the past year there. were
1902 baptisms of adults-fewer than
former years, bat the reason is not far
to seek. We have 244 large Christian
centers where the neophytes can as.
semble to receive the sacraments. of
these, 144 have regular helfurches OF
chapels, in the other centefs the priest
establishes himself in the house of
some Christian.
In this immense country the limits
of parish are not clearly, defEed,. but
most of them far exceed in size of the
largest diocese in Europe. 'sThe Chris
tians being mixed with the pagans
should receive many visits from the
missionaries in order to- keep them
from relapsing into their former super
stitions, but nothing is more difficult
in Manchuria than travelling. it is
true there is a railway from Molikde1i'
to Pekin, with numerous stations. II But
in the, remote missions tiBtriktsi the
apostle finds neither roads, nor
bridges, nor means of transportation.
In winter the ground lis frozen -four
or five feet deep, and the rivers cow
cred with ice almost as thick. When
he1spring sun begins to- thaWgAthe ice
and soften the. SOIL the poor mission
airy has hard task set before him
If he would keep in touch with his scat.
tereth flock
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-06
CATHOLIC IRELAND.

The following is a description of
Catholic Ireland from a book called
The Lady Next Door," by Harold
Begbie, an English Protestant. Ut
is Mr.. Begbie himself who speaks) !: 2
In Ireland l came face to face with
this problem. In the South, where
Catholic influence is supreme, the peo-
pie are almost enchanting in their
sweetness of disposition, entirely adj
mirable in the beauty and contentment
of their domestic life, wonderful be-
yond all other nations in the whole
someness and the sanctity of their
chastity. Instead of lazy, thriftless,
discontinued, and squalid people-as
/ had imagined them to be-the Irish
of the South won my sympathy and
compelled my admiration by qualities
the very opposite. 1t seemed to me
that these Woodworking, simple-living,
famlly-loving, and most warm-hearted
people had done what we in England
have largely failed to do-to-wit,
solved the problem of life. The charm
which every traveller feels in the South
of Ireland is the character of the Irish
people; and my Investigations forced
me to the judgment that this character
is the culture of Irish Catholicism. My
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MISSION CHURCH WILL BE
CLOSED UNLESS FUNDS ARE =
! ..s',. RECEIVED SOON. .

In little farming district ina small
Western ldiooese;l composed. of from
fifty to'isixty, SOULS the crops have
been very poor for several years. Due
to- this fact; the people have been I'm
able ito pay for the. lumber, etc., used
in the erection of their, little 9chapel,
and the. numbers company has now
Threatened to bring suit against. the
trustees of the church if4.the amount
is not Forthcoming in alshOTt time:
Es4Ehe Bishop of fhe1diocHse saEsa eff
the; Extension Society, would give a
dOnation',itOwards paying debt of
over $500 and interest, it would save
suit against the above named trus-
,tees.'' .,,ste... ses
If you send us your donation for
this worthy cause now; you may be the
first one to help alleviate the worry of
the good Bishop and also the priest iii
charge, not to say anything about the
trustees. viii not you, whom A mighty
God has seen fit to bless with so much
of this Wofld's goods, help these poor,
unfortunate people save their little
ehaDef2 You may do so by sending
your donation TO THE Catholic Church
Extension Society, Mccormick Build
ing, Chicago, and We Willn promptly
forward whatever amount you send sus
tothg Blshop.e vtis3eii MIR aasaas
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MONEY AND THE FOREIGN /
-. -" :
MISSIONS.

It is reported that the Protestants
are to spend; ten million dollars in an
effort to change the faith of the Cath
olfcs of South America. This is a vast
SUM OF money devoted to cause who'll
ly'' reprehensible. Catholics in the
United States cannot fail1to be shock
dat the determination shown by the
to win over the Latin,
races foccapying the southern portion
Jof this great continent, yet before they
voice their indignation they should in.
:duiger ina little reflection. As con-
temporary says; 49, 81. ~
~ 4WeI can we'll ask ourselves what we
are doing for our Catholic missions.
We have them spread all over the
world. Today especially those mis-
sions are depending almost entirely
upon u.s. l1And while we know that the
success OF missions is not in proper
ttion to the number of dollars given, we
also know that 1T is impossible to car
ry on the work without funds. Think
what our sacrificing lnissioners could
do with ten millions of dollars!a
ut is not enough for us totprotest
against the activities of nom Catholic
missionaries, notienough for us to mar
vel at the extent of the contributions
to them. We should initiate the zeal
of these contributors. We may not be
able to make a large donation, but if
every Catholic gave what he could af-
ford the efficiency of our Catholic mis-
sions would be increased almost be-
yond belief" .s.. RI, =
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Citation for Hearing Will.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Ramsey. SIS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of Proving the Alleged
Last Will and Testament of Emily NJ.
II. Rowe, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom 1t
May Concern:
Whereas, Arthur Brickwood Hutch
Iings,. OF: the City Of st. Paul and State
bate Court of the County of Ramsey,
an instrument in writing purpOrting to
be the Last Will and Testament of
County, minnesota, decedent, and filed
herewith, his petition to said Probate
Court, praying that the said instrument
may be proved and admitted to probate
and that Letters teStamentarY he
granted thereon to Edith NJ. B. II.
Rowe and Arthur B. Hutchings.
1t Is ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter be cited and required to
appear before this Court on Monday.
the goth day of May. 1916, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ. or as soon thereafter as said mat
Rooms, in the Court House in the City
of ST. Paul. in said County. and show
cause, If any they have, why said petit
ton should not be granted and said
Will admitted to probate and that this
citation be served by the publication
thereof in The Catholic Bulletin, ac-
cording to law, and by mailing a cupy
of this citation at least IA DAYS before
said day of hearing, to each of the
heirs, deVisees, legatees of said dece-
dent whose names and addresses are
known and appear from the files of this
court.
Witness the Judge of said Court this
1st day of May, A. D. 1916.
E. w. BAZILLE.
Judge of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court)
Attest: f. w. GoSewisch,
Clerk of Probate
OBrien, Young &c Stone, Attys.
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WHAT AN Aims ACCOMPLISHED
IN YEN-CHOW. 800

| Yen-chow is one of the poorest mis-,
sionss in the Vicariate of West Che
Kiang.4 Recently an .alms.was sent
there which1could not have come at a
I'betteIf time. Father Bfaets, G. M, says
Tbhat1 feawas able to7recall a catechist
he had sent away because he could not
pay theR mans salary This means
fthati a. Ehristian) center will. now have
some one to take charge of. those all
readyi aptized and to instruct, the
meQphytesIi'fs@ obs G4 fr 2"fT.@ A..
- ThDughipoer, the. country about Yen,
7chow has not been affected by the rev.
olutiOnthat took placefn Yun+nan, and
the missionaries can give themselves
entirely to apostolic work. Nothing is
so disastrous to religious effort las the
inprisings that so frequently disturb
the Chinese republic. -,eWhile "a ,reyoIut.
tion is on, the priests must content
themselves with prayer rather than
good works. as
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-06
MINISTER'S TRIBUTE TO SOUTH
AMERICA.

In recent communication to the
editor af the Living Church, an Angli-
can minister resident for many years
in South America voices an indignant
protest against the Infamous calumnies
against South America propagated by
evangelists from the. United States.
The most silly method" he says, ito
obtain the support of men and money
from Great Briaain and the United
States is to proclaim that Latin Ameri-
ca is without religion, without faith
and relapsing into a condition of pag-
anism."
In substantiation of his vigorous pro-
test, the fair-minded Episcopal minis
ter draws a picture Of religious con-
ditions as he sees them and has seen
them for many years, which sharply
contrasts with the doleful description
of the Panama Congress. The people
of Latin America" he says, 'are hap
by, 'affable and full of aspirations;
their cities are clean and well gov
erned; wealth is rapidly increasing,
schools, universities and modern en-
gineering industries are constantly eX-
banding. Their churches are attrae-
tive and full of activity. There are
1900 priests and students. | have
heard splendid sermons, have been in
spired with the magnificent influenee
of the Church upon the people, and
have prayed to God to provided move
ment as effective in Boston, Washing
ton or Milwaukee; in fact, have ney.
er really known what the Church
meant until l took up my final resi-
dence here. Here people neither de-
sire nor would understand any of the
forms of speculative Professionalism
with which l am acquainted"
In according to this candid minis
terial witness that Boston, Washing
ton and Milwaukee, have much to learn
on the score of religion from the be-
nighted cities of South America, it is
easily foreseen that the Panama Prot
estant Missionary Congress for the
evangelization of the Latin countries,
like similar enterprises of the kind
held in the past, is doomed to failure,
and its resolutions find their vent in
the ambient atmosphere. "Vox ct
praetera nihil,"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-06
he found sickness and death reignml

he found Sickness and death reigning
supreme. The smissionaryswrites:
Il found eleven bodies stretched out
on the cabin mats. rigid in death, with
the temperature 40 degrees below zero.
| approached, the remains to recite a
prayer; and found, to my astonish-
ment., that in, the right hand of each
corpse was clasped a little package
q piece of, birch-bar folded in tive.
On. 1.-The outside, was written Only
our Father (the PRIEST, may read the
enclosed lines. 1t was confession,
Ny poor people, feeling death approach
and unable to confess their sins to
Gods. minister, had written him on
slips Of bark-the .papHrus Of these
northern ATTITUDES. !. At the bottom OF
each sheet was some htrequest as,
Pray, Father, say a Mass for. the re-
pose Of my soul. ! leaye to you, in
gratitude for this service. a beaver
~ - 4.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-06
eReEF 6ggDaof SCHOOL.

The applications for help for schools
are indeed numerous in the files of
Extension Society. A school is of great
valiie Without Catholic schools there
will be little, need of'future Catholic
churches. ttTheE would be half empty.
There''is' nosFbetter way, Of buying
heavenly: bonds" than investing
money ina Catholic school. There is
little town I'M Texas, whence the priest
writes in to the Extension Society
for $500 towards the, erectiont. of a
school,. to save. the Faith of the Mexi-
can Catholic children numbering two
hundred, ~ The. name. selected risc the
Sacred Heart of Jesus II,
Z. Donations may be sent to the offices
of the Catholic Church Extension So
cietg, Mccormick Building, Chicago.
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problem lay, therefore, in squaring the
admiration felt for these gracious
people with my detestation,. of the
Church which has guarded the. Irish
character from the dawn of its history.
l was compelled to admit that had
greatly misiudged the Catholic Church,
Ny conscience would notlet me fence
with this conviction. ~ met many
Catholics all over ireland, andainsonly
one or two cases did / feel any Sense
of uneasiness. or discomfort in. their
company Over and over again was
humbled and abashed by finding ghow
UNNECESSARILY mean was my expert
ence of the spiritual life, in conpari-
son with the lives of these humble
and ignorant Catholics, who love God
with the clinging trustfulness of little
children" Il -
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They're down the sIfafz@depiIB-- s
millions of femk EaFedr the maniac, );
turning his burning eyes on her.
No, no! It's Corrigan and Matley.
You know them. OF course you do.
Why, they board at McGlyn's with
you, Mister Sipple,' soothed Kitty Con
nor in trembling. tones. Please haul
them blown to pieces. Please, please
do it for me-.
4 tell you they're only devils down
there. That shaft leads straight to
hell. They're .waitin' for me to hist
'em. Then they'll all come up-an'
the devil, too.5 Look, look! See 'em
trying to crawl out!' His gaze was
fixed on the mouth of the. shaft in
fascination. Back! back!' he roared,
drawing a revolver from his greasy
blouse and firing rapidly. 'Ha! ha!
That scared emf i, a. 80
He placed the f1rearm, with its one
remaining charge, com an overturned
box, and began muttering rapidly to
himself: The girl thought quickly as
she covered, and desperate plan
flashed to her mind. It's execution
must be instantly attempted, she rea
lized. Nothing else on earth could
avail. If it failed, her own life might
pay the forfeit.
Look she cried, advancing step
as though falling in with his humor
over there-see, SECT
If the strategy failed
Even the cunning of the madmar
was momentarily matched. He turned
following her direction. A gasp, 9
rush, and she lodged low, his muir
derous blow ruffling her soft brown
hair, for he struck at he swung about
with blood-curdling howl, catching
her intent. His hairy, 1eil-stained fin
gers were at her slim, white throat
as her own closed frenziedly, over The
weapon lying there. ,Blindly she. fired
Sipple whirled, staggered drunkenly
sagged at the knees, and then! quietly
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-06
ANOTHER CRY FROM STRICKEN
MEXICO.

In addition to the other horrors
brought on by the Revolution, the PEG.
pie Of Juarez are suffering for the
lack of clothes. The terrible times in
Mexico are hardly believable. Hun
ger and thirst, plague and famine are
sweeping over the stricken country
1t seems as though no means of tor.
turing it have not been used. The of
fees of the Catholic Church Extension
Society have learned that the poverty.
stricken people of Juarez are actually
in need of clothes.
Clothing the naked is one or the cor
poral works of mercy-and it can be
performed for these poor, suffering
people. Any good, clean clothes that
You will part with may be sent to the
offices of the Society and they will be
forwarded so as to reach these suf-
feFers. Nas
When all the rest of the world is
weeping because the hand of God
seems to be upon it. Americans can at
least do little to help their stricken
brethren, and surely American .Catho.
lies ought to do more than other Amer.
leans toward the alienation of the
sorrows of these poor people, their
brethren.
Clothes and donations, too, for the
sending of the clothes may be forward
ed to the Offices of the Catholic Church
Extension Society, Mccormick Build.
ing, Chicago.
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FAITHFUL CHRISTIANS MAKE
THEIR DYING CONFESSIONS
ON PIECES OF BARK. =

Father Bonnald, O.fM. T., Of the Ike,
watin Vicariate. relates a touching il
cident of his missionary career. A
epidemic that had been raging in til
glacial regions wherein his lot is eas
had. prevented him for some week
from visiting one of the yiilagesI ei
trusted to his spiritual care. Whe
he was finally enabled to- haEuessl b
DOGS to his sledge and lisit the Kiltadg
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pitched forward with a queer little

pitched forward with queer little
cough and lay still. m r
Kitty Conner drew back the lever,
breath coming fast and dry sobs moan
ing in her throat, quiyering with fear
of danger past and the greater fear
that even now she might be too late.
The steam Kissed noisily in the cylin-
ders, the drum revolved with splendid
haste, and the bucket mounted rapidly
steadily, through the darkness.
With a great, deep roar the blast
let go, the earth trembling with the
.(Continued on page ID
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Citation Eek. of Guardians Account.

Citation Eek. of Guardians Account
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey, IS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Guardianship Of
Meta Leasing Tozer Mitchell, Incom-
Fl. uetent. 81 nj -r.-..
The State of Minnesota to AL Whom
= 1t 'Mdy Concern! '1i-.-'s- .=s".' I'D
On reading and filing the. petition of
the guardian of the person. -af said
ward, praying that the Court fix a time
ands place for eXamining adjusting and
allowing his account, as such guardian.
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 29th day of May, 1916, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon or as soou
thereafter as said matter can be heard.
at the. Probate Court Room. in the
Court House in the City of st. Paul in
said County. and show cause if any
they have, why said petition should not
be granted and that this citation be
served by the publication thereof in
The Catholic Bulletin, according to law.
Witness the Judge of said Court this
29th day of April, A. d. 1916.
Z. w. BAZILLE.
Judge of Probate.
(Seal of Probate Court.)
Attest: +. w. .Gosewisch,
Clerk of Probate.
OBrien, Young q Stone, Attys
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DIFFICULT MANcHuRIA.

Manchuria is forbidding land, hav-
Ing many of the characteristics of it's
neighbor, Siberia. Mgr. Choulet is
Vicar Apostolic of South Manchuria,
and he has this to say about his dis.
stricta
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-11
INTERNATIONAL LiTRADE

N NE RESULT the upon United States be NJ misconceptions instance the frivolous belief that nation do a the international business much than an equal exchange of commodities.
 ceased produce goods normally year and ha She has nothing to trade for goods this try gold promises pay and titles property mostly in the securities which citizens United States Already gold in until it threatens the stability gold value Already there million. Already the securities being .Inobilzed that they may traded for goods
 The bndest adherent of the favorable balance of trade that under these conditions would buy of us we
 te long international trade be substantially beteen country and another And the trade must pnsist in interchange of commodities in quantities which year year generation to generation will aEantial1y balance each other
 The so-caled favorable balance of trade usually debt and desirable than any other debt.
 Before the America sending goods Great Britain than sending The received by Britain represented the favorable this actually by debtor nation to meet the demands of creditor nation.
 represented short mortgage the productivity country and not desirable that there mortgage and no debt 10
 position is reversed. The United States trading the Aecrnnaons of the British people These the unless Great Britain again BpPodnce commodities to send here.
 she does business she must trad3 ROods send additional goods to meet her debts here
 During period will necessarily Great Britain will goods than same affAe very wise statesmen will nnfayorable balance trade this Britain when the former the creditor nd latter the debtor nation.
 will be happy because she is sending than she will take from here She will be unhappy
 takes rejoice because his country s using production to pay debt instead of terms for neY nse yalues
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-11
LORD CURZON OF
 KEDLESTON2LOHG AN
 ENEMY OF KITCHENER

Lord Curzon of KedIeston, who en- tered the British, government as Lord of the Privy Seal when the cabinet was reorganizzed last May, was born at Kedleston fifty-seven years ago to- day He received his Irish baronia1 title in 1898, three years after his marriage to Miss Mary Victoria Letter, a beautiful and charming Chicago girl. In 1899 he was appointed viceroy and s-oyernor-generaI of India, and with his American wife held brilliant court in the, ,Asfatic empire until 1905. Lord Curzon was busted from the vice-roy- atty because of his quarrel with K1tch- ener, who was then commander of the military forces in India Matters reached such point between them called in order to keep the peace, and it was Lord Curzon who was forced to retire. Lord Cnrzon also had falling out with his old friend, Arthur Balfour, who supported Kitchener in the Indian controversy. At the outbreak of the war Lord Cur zon became one of the most vehement and persistent of the critics of Kitch- ener, and led the ssanvil chorus m the House of Lords until he entered the cabinet which included both Kitchener and Balfour. It was alleg- ed in some of the English papers that Curzon's appointment to a cabinet sinecure was designed to silence his attacks on the hero of Khartum. AS a cabinet member Lord Cl1rzon has been most prominent as an advocate of conscription.
 Early in the war. Lord Curzon pre-, dicted that the struggle would be a long one, and in October. 1914, he expressed the opinion that more than one Christmas will pass berore the soldiers return home" At that time he gave some advice to the country men which included the following ePigrams.
 ffDon't begin te divide. up the Ger man empire before you have got hold of it.''
 Don't waste breath in attempting to ascertain what is to happen to the Kaiser in this world or the next"
 fDon't listen to anyone who cries fhalt' before we have carried out the full purpose for which we are fight iagu
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-11
WILL PARLIAMENT DISSOLVE? :

A vernnlent commands large majority it does The bill for conscpon created dissatisfaction especially the ranks of organized labor But the bill
 reading by such majority to warrant conclusion that it will not threaten the control
 But if the should lose control it election The alternative would be dictatorship Britain has not had Cromwes time would accept with bad stomach
 During the Napoleonc which kept Great Britain busy foO elections held and chosen which may may show the future if the should endure several years longer.
 to the contention of Thomas Gibson Bo1es
 Miner thaf parliament should dissolve because of fixing the date of it's expiration for January 80 it hardly worth considering.
 Every parliament is law to itself and not bound against it's will by the statutes earlier paraents That necessity The contrary par lament of 1916 perhaps impossible rule by par liameEt the Sixteenth century. #s~4a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-11
END OF CABARETs IN BRIDGEPORT
SszaAe

fCT% HE REGENT refusal A fusal to license saloon which provd- ed must be taken to that the county commissioners determined to be rid of the drinking clubs w not be fair to make fish of and flesh organizations There should be clean
 Wine song combination powerful for the of mankind The temptation per- nitted Moreover the competition between and inc ordinary saloon is unfair.
 But the drinking club gross injustice both pub to the licensed saloon keeper The latter for the right to sell liquor The liquor club field small sells freely and sells during when the saloon remained wrong county do well to begin the termination of system. .a.