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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-23

No one is by nature good, or great,
or wise; but whoever attains such
height reaches it by hard toll and long
struggles with temptations and hind
RANGES of many Misunderstanding.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23

Then with sudden reproach she cried.
"Oh, Carol, I told you it was wicked
to joke about religion"
This unexpected reproach on the
part Of her twin brought Carol back
to earth. Christian Science isn't re-
ligion,' she declared "Its not even
good sense, as fairs can make out.
I didn't read a word Of it, did your
II just thought It would be such q
good joke on Prudence-wkith faith
er out Of town. ..
The good joke was anything but fun
ny now. ..s
"They can't make US be Scientists
if we don't want to-" protested Lark.
They can't. Why, wouldn't be any
thing but Methodist for anything on
earth. I'd die first
"You can't die if you're Scientist
anyhow, you .oughtn't to. Mile
Mains told me" >
Its a punishment on us for even
looking at the book-good Methodists
like we are I'll burn it. That's what
I'll do
You'll have to pay for it at the
library if you do" cautioned frugal
Carol.
well. We'll just go and tell Pru-
dence it was a joke-Prudenc is al
ways reasonable. She won't"
She'll punish us, and-it1l be such
a joke on us, Larkie. Even Connie'll
laugh
They squirmed together wretchedly
at that.
We'll tell them we have decided it
Is fals-.
They said we'd probably do that
for their sakes."
Ito be continued.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23
BY C. A. VOIGHT
How About Your Diet2

Milk and cream, whole wheat
bread, potatoes, butter. olive oil,
plenty Of water, starchy things, beef,
chicken, juicy meats, ice-cream, hot
chocolate.
II you are fat, tho list varies .
tribe:
Skinned milk. very little Of that.
very rare beef, chicken broth, no
water with meals, not much water at
all, no butter, no sugar. Pickles are
good, grapefruit, oranges, black
coffee. strong tea. dry toast, lettuce.
spinach also, but no candy, no cake,
no pastry, no ice-cream.
If you are apemic, rare roast beef
and steak, beets, salads Of all kinds,
with plenty Of olive oil, rich milk,
plenty Of water, green vegetables.
cranberries, chicken. roast lamb,
bacon, eggs, potatoes, very little
sweets. .-..-s
II you are nervous, cut tea and
coffee absolutely from the list. use
hot milk or hot chocolate, eat plenty
of salads. drink lots Of water. Fol-
low the food list for thin people. and
take q nap each day If possible.
II you are inclined to constipa-
ton, eat juicy foods, fruits of all
kinds except bananas; drink two
quarts of water q day, eat lots of hgs.
If you are inclined the other way,
barley broth will help you . lot.
Questions and A1sWeEs
Everv month laros psnspls comes Or
NV nose, red, aD%th q yeIlOso1sh dsschor0s.
one doctor says IT, cdtdrrh, another said
Il ,cas hereditary, az my mother hdd the
some oh1iction. What ddptcs con JoS
glue me about itf-koroie.
pimpie appearf fhe trouble IS with your
blood you need Z blood purifier and tonic
Probably the fact that tho blood vessels
are near the surface Of tho skin on the
nose brings this pimple to that spot. It
you are not Anemlc, don't eat much meat
or sweet foods for time. But get .
blood puziner-thst's al the trouble needs
=
wAot woy can ~soks nv onkles sA1.
i Wearing loso Shoes thts sw,nmser HAS made
them much thicker.-LA1No~ 7.
Rep1y-High shoes will automatically
reduce them. You can have the buttons
on your Arst high pair tishtensd after
wearing them few weeks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23
UNCLE wIGG1LY AND THE DOG.

UNCLE W1gg1ly's rneumdtlsm was
quite bad after he got wet In the foun
tain, as told you in the other story
and when he thanked the mamma cat
bird and her kitten birds for saving
him, he found that he could hardly
walk, much less carry his heavy valise
"Oh, we'll help you," said Mrs. Cat
Bird. Here Filter and Flutter, you
carry the satchel for Uncle Wiggily
and we'll take him to our house."
But, mamma" said Flutter, who
was getting to be quite big bird boy,
Uncle Wiggily can't climb up tree
to our nest" s~..
mo, but we can make him a nice
warm bed on the ground said the
mamma bird. $50 you and Filter car
ry the satchel. Put a long blade OF
grass through the handle and then
each of you take hold of one end OF
the grass in your bills and fly away
with it. Skinner, you and Dartie go
on ahead, and get something ready to
eat, and I'll show Uncle Wiggily the
way"
So Filter and Flutter, the two boy
birds, flew away with the satchel and
Skinner and Dartie, the girl birds,
flew on ahead to set the table and put
on the teakettle on the stove to boil.
and Mrs. Cat Bird flew slowly on over
Uncle Wiggily, to show him the way.
WE'LL pretty soon, not so very long,
they came to where the birds lived.
And those good children had already
started to make nest on the ground
tor the old gentleman rabbit. They
had it almost finished and by the time
supper was ready 1t was all done.
Then came the meal, and those birds
couldn't do enough for Uncle Wig
gily, because they liked him so.
When 1t got dark, they covered him
all up, with soft leaves in the nest on
the ground and there he slept until
morning. His rheumatism wasn't
quite SO bad when, after breakfast, he
had sat out in the warm sun, for a
while, and after bit be said:
well, I think I'll travel along now,
and see II can find my fortune today.
Perhaps I may and If do I'll come
back and bring you more peanuts"
"Oh. that'll be fine and dandy"
cried FILTER and Flutter and Skinner
and Dartie. So they said goodby to
Luo Olu 5cHIlSIudu TdUOIt, dAO OACC
more he started of.
my. I'm certainly getting to be a
great traveller he thought as he walk
ed along through the woods and over
the fields. But I don't ever seem to
get to any place. Something always
happens to me. hope everything goes
along nicely today"
But you just wait and see what takes
place. I'm afraid something is going
to happen very shortly, but it's not my
fault and all I can do Is to tell you
exactly all about It, Wait! There, it's
beginning to happen now
All Of sudden, as Uncle Wiggily
was travelling along, he came to a
place In the woods where whole lot
Of Gypsies had their wagons and tents.
And on one tent, in which was an old
brown and wrinkled Gypsy lady, there
was sign which read:
FORTUNES TOLD HERE. -
"Ha! If they tell fortunes in that
tent, perhaps the Gypsy lady can tell
me where to find NINE" thought Uncle
Wiggily. 'Tll go up and ask her"
Well, he was just going to the tent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23
GUARDSMEN NEED
NOT RETURN HOME

San Antonio, Tex. Sept 21.-The re-
New York infantry to remain on bord.
er duty after they had been ordered
home resulted today in an announce
ment by Gen, Funston that guardsmen
who wished to stay could transfer to
other regiments, releasing men who
wanted to return to their homes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23

ham, Oct. 8; Stockport, Oct. 4; Bona,
parte, Oct. 5; Mount Sterling, Oct 6;
Keosauqua, Oct. Z.
A county show for all classes of
horses and the two best colts from
each show will be held on Oct. 10. Pro.
lessor Hart will Judge the week OF
shows, Professor O'Donnell will Judge
the county show.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23

YOUR LOOKS DEPEND upon your food.
Right food will give you right nour-
tshment, which, If combined with
enough exercise to keep the organs
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23
COLT SHOWS
PLANNED FOR MONTH

/ Bonaparte, Sept. 81 "A series OF
colt shows is to be held in this county
first week of October with dates as fol.
lows: Douds-Leando. Oct h; Birming
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23

in condition, and plenty Of bathing,
will raise the standard of health.
Poor food will cause acids and any
number of attendant ills. The latest
discovery Of doctors is that hay fever
comes from chronic Indigestion!
II YOU are thin, here are the foods
YOU should eat Of mostly:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-23
PrudenceSaysSo
Blu Ethel HuesfO,1,

Author of Prudence 0fthe Parsonage
The BobbsMerrill Co.. Publishers, Indianapolis
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-01


made mistakes, and l have learned s
I have fought for my ideals as
upon my sleeve; and l have had it
uplifting others, and haven't succeede
reforming or in uplifting myself. I
on the great fight with the enthusiast
and to fall crushed and bleeding ne
against the system, and have been
knocked down. But am still stand
ing, and still fighting though have
learned something of the trick Of
fighting the devil with fire, and of
backing up to get fresh start.
Some of my Illusions have been dis
PEELED. Doubtless some are still with
me. But l think that have learned
as I went along more and more of
plain, ordinary human nature as
have tried to get closer to it.
As have learned to know much of
my own weakness, l think I have
come to understand better the weak
ness Of all human natUre-and its
strength and glory in its weakness.
I have passed the point where
lLlllh L CG5ll 4Ccb44y w A44AO4 " 4CAO4 Ii
anybody, or to Uplift anybody-aI-.
though I still hope that can help to
make it easier for any Of us who
want to reform and upIift ourselves.
I have reached the point where
am more anxious to make men think
than I am anxious to make them
think what think they ought to
think. For I have come to believe
that when we begin to think Wen
work out all right in the end even if
we think wrong at the beginning.
think one of the greatest things
I have learned is to be tolerant. l no
longer boil over when attacked, even
though it may be unfairly and un-
Justly. For I realize now that some |
Who have criticized me have been |
aonest. about it, and sincere, with |
che Hght they had. And it is possible !
= course. that some of them were
right in the past and that some Of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-01

yer 10 uSnC again. nave DeeO nm
confidence that I am always &eht
and the man who doesn't agreeRith
me is always wrong. n
In the present series I win st!aiout
with the plan of the Sullivan 1Glno-
cratic faction to organize Tai nAny
political machine in Chicag 10 Ind
Cook county, modelled after thu, eat-
tern of the First Ward Democratic
club.
viii discuss Kenna and CoughHn,
and whether or not they are faithful
representatives of their constituency
in the First ward. I win probably
just az freely discuss other wen
known public men, as well as, many
human phases of city politics and
government. 1 will discuss reform
ers, uplifters, bosses, preachers, bust
ness, State street, bankers, judges,
politicians, and men and women Of
the upper and underworlds.
And all of it will have a bearing on
the future government of Chicago. l
Will write in the hope of making what
I write.both interesting and helpful,
although am quite sure some of my
opinions will appear to the orthodox
as decidedly UnOrthodoX. Perhaps
the chief reason for writing. however,
is that just happen to feel like it.
The first installment will be pub
ished in The Day Book tomorrow.
1890
FIND U. S. FORT PLANS IN ROOMS
OF GERMAN SUSPECTS
New York, March 1,--Suddenly
breaking into quarters of Richard
Won Ahrend and Rudolph Won Kracht,
said to be German naval Heutenants,
~ IN postal conspiracy
charge, postofice inspectors here
confscated batch of American fortif1
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
CHILDREN DODGE
 GERMANIC SHELLS
Youngsters in Rheims Attend Lessons While Bombs Are Bursting
 Overhead.

Correspondence of the AssO. Press.)
 Rheims, France, Sept. 15.-With a daily average of 1900 pupils attend ing school, above and below ground, in Rheims during the last eighteen months under intermittent bOmbard- ment, not a single injury or accident has happened to any of the scholars Classes have to be interrupted for days at a time, but the fact never lessens the zeal of the teachers or the diligence of the pupils, though the enemy is not more than 2,00O yards off.
 To large extent the classes are held in the cellars and Wine-caves of the town, in some instances in caves two stories below the surface of the street. There the air is more humid and there is less light than in the or dinary schoolroom above ground, but otherwise there is little difference in the conditions or the routine.
 When a bonn bardment begins some of the children show signs of fear; not always for themselves but for father or mother whom they think must be in danger. When the bonn bardment has completely ceased the children are dismissed and sent home. The streets are then safe excepting the exterior boulevards where the children are warned not to go.
 Some of the school scenes are trag- ic, others comic notwithstanding trag- ical surroundings. A class will be at work when suddenly a servant opens the door and calls out that they are bombarding close by" A second or two later the noise of shell bursting on a nearby house makes the smaller children tremble and cry At once the classes are led down into the cellars, some of them carried by soldiers who have come in off the street to avoid shell splnters
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06

cruit and buy beer and live upon it.
 T think it is something like thirty or thirty-fve years ago since the founders of the Y. M. c. A. com- menced their benefcient work and the change that has come over tho personnel of the Army during that time has been something very little short of miraculous. Those who have served all those years in the Army can realize it better than any, body else.
 "A few years before the war com menced this improvement began to manifest itself in most eXtraOrdin- ary manner, and especially with re- gard to the diminutiOn of crime I remember that we used to have strings of defaulters outside the or derly rooms waiting to be punished for drunkenness. You hardly ever see drunken soldier now, and in many other directions the work of these institutions upon the spiritual and moral development of the soldier Is very marked and has been clearly proved
 'When l was commander chief in France for some eighteen months I realized what these institutions have uOne TOT soldiers. It was on the
 fields of battle that the men showed what different men they were. This
 war has demanded more in the way of nerve and courage from our men than any war that has ever happened
 ln the history of the world The most constant courage has had to be
 exercised every moment of the day and night. No bit of ground is secure
 from the long range high explosive
 shells. But through it all our men
 haVo shown magnificent courage. One cannot but remember that the old soldiers of the past were splendid but they certainly never surpassed the splendid courage that has been shown in this war. One cannot he1n think ing that perhaps it is to be traced to the work of these institutions"
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
If Too Fat Get
 More Fresh Air
Be Moderate in Your Diet and Re- duce Your Weight. Take
 Oil of KOrein.

Lack of fresh air it is said weak ems the oxygen carrying power of the blood, the liver becomes sluggish, fat accumulates and the action of many of the vital organs are hind- cred thereby. The heart actions be- comes weak. work is an effort and the beauty of the figure is destroyed.
 Fat put on by indoor life is un- healthy and if nature is not assisted in throwing it off a serious case of obesity may result.
 When you feel that you are getting too stout, take the matter in hand at once. Don't wait until your figure has become a joke and your health ruined through carrying around 8. burden of unsightly and unhealthy fat.
 Spend as much time as you possi- bly, can in the open air; breathe deep- ly, and get from Clark & Brainerd Co.,, or any druggist a box of oil of Korein capsules; take one after each meal and one before retiring at night.
 Weigh yourself every few days and keep up the Urea tment until you are down to normal. Oil of korein is ab- solutely harmless, is pleasant to take helps the digestion and even a few days treatment has been reported to show a noticeable reduction in weight.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
ONLY POWERFUL
 MEDICINE WILL END RHEU MATHS M

It matters not whether you have had agonizing pains from rheumatism for 20 years or distressing twitchingSe for 20 weeks, Rheuma is strong enough and mighty and powerful enough to drive rheumatic poisons from your body and abolish all misery or money back.
 Clark and Brainerd Co.,, and all druggists sell Rheuma on a no-cure- no-pay basis for not more than soc a bottle, and after you take a half teaspoonful once a day for two days you should know that at last you haves obtained a remedy that will conquer rheumatism.
 For over five years throughout America Rheuma has been prescribed by broad minded physicians and has released thousands from agony, pain and despair
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06

lated repeatedly, but these were set at rest by a letter the premier has sent to a friend who wrote urging him to con- tinue in office. Tn this letter he says:
 Your kind view that may retain ing or my resigning office is virtually connected with the affairs of state serves only to make me realize how incompetent I am. Tuans career has so far been an exceedingly strenuous one and full of unpleasant turns As the result of many hard ships suffered, it was once his inten- tion to live a retired life He would follow in the footsteps of the ancients and spend the rest of his days in the deep forests. It happened, however, the country was thrown into endless difficulties, and Yuan was compelled by the people, for internal and ex- ternal reasons, to abandon his seclu- sion.
 He has asked himself this ques- tion: What shall I say to excuse myself if I suffer the country to be plunged into perdition after having had a hand in the making of the re- public from the very beginning? This view led him completely to change his mind and to throw himself into the whirlpool, He swears that he will not retire until the causes of trouble in the country have all disap- peared. He boasts not that he, an old and stupid man, can be of much use to the country; but he believes fully in the words of the Buddha: Who will enter hell, if I do not?' In patriotism he fatters himself that he is not much in the rear of others. And fortunately the wise people of our day are capable of understanding him.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
I. ATKIN GIVES UP
 HIS BELOVED GROG
Drunkenness Is Fast Disappearing
 From British Army

Correspondents of the Asso. Press.)
 London, Sept. 18.-There isn't any thing like as much drunkenness in the British army as there used to be. Lord French attributes much of this improvement to the great work done by the Young Mems Christian Associa- ton and kindred bodies. They have established innumerable substitutes for the canteen which Thomas Atkins has found much more attractive and much less expensive. They provide wholesome refreshment and harm less recreation for him. And re- ligion, too-if he wants it.
 It was the opening of a new Y M c. A. hut by Lord French that af- forded him the opportunity to tell how much the army had benefited by such work.
 1T remember" he said, "when l first joined the army--how long ago I don't like to remember-the only refuge of the soldier was the can- teen. In those days we had old SOL diers who used practically to live on beer. It used to be quite a common dier to sell his food to the young re-
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
GERMANS ARE USING
 CARRIER PIGEONS
Behind Somme Front Are Succession of Bird Stations Where Waiting
 Messengers Are Held.

Behind the Somme Front, Sept % Scattered along the German lines in France, but several miles to the rear. are a succession of "carrier pigeon stations,' which form an effective link in the German scheme of defense and in times of extreme stress can become well nigh invaluable. Espe- cially is this the case when all other m means of communication from the front trenches with the rear are de- stroyed.
 Tn the trenches are kept cages of trained pigeons. The birds are kept constantly in practice so that in times of emergency they will go without fail to some station to give word of disaster that might have been te1e- rhoned had not the telephone connec- ton been shot away or otherwise de- stroyed.
 The messages are written on tiny pieces of paper enclosed in thimble- like aluminium containers which are attached to a leg of the bird, and the fliers are released. If longer mes sages must be sent, or maps have to be transmitted, these are enclosed is 9 larger container which is attached to a sort of harness that can be put over the birds head and fitted tight to it's body.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
FLUSH KIDNEYS
 WITH SALTS IF
 BACK IS ACHING
Voted authority says we eat too much meat, which clogs
 Kidneys.
Take glass of Salts when Kidneys hurt or Bladder bothers
 yOu

No man or woman who eats meat
 fegularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says we'll known authority. Meat forms
 hric acid which excites the kidneys, |hey become overworked from the |train, get sluggish and fail to filter he waste and poisons from the blood, |hen we get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
 |ism, headaches, liver trouble, ner- Tousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and Urinary disorders come from sluggish Kidneys.
 The moment you feel dull ache in he kidneys or your back hurts or if
 he urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sed1ment, irregular of passage or at tended by a sensation of sca1ding, ltop eating meat and get about four Runces of lad Salts from any phar- knacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass Eff water before breakfast and in a
 lew days your kidneys will act fine
 This famous salts is made from the
 scid of grapes and lemon juice, com-
 bind with 1ithia, and has been used
 Tor generations to flush and stimulate
 She kidneys, also to neutralize the kc1ds in urine so it no longer causes Eritation, thus ending bladder weak
 Jess.
 Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot snJure; makes a delightful efferves- Fent lith1a-Water drink which everyone Ehould take now and then to keep he kidneys clean and active and the
 blood pure, thereby avoiding serious
 Kidney complications.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06

merly William Waldorf AstOr of New Y Ork;) holds a commission in the First Life guards of the British army and has been wounded in the war. Captain Astor is thirty years old. He was mar ried on August 28 this year to the widowed Lady Marine. Her husband, the second son of the Marquis of LansdOWne, was killed early in the war. She is a daughter of the late Lord Minto, who was viceroy of India and governor general of Canada. Cap tain Astor received recently from his father a gift of New York property amounting to $7,0O0,00O.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
THOUSANDS OF
 SICK W0M EN
Helped Every Year by Common Sense Suggestions Given Free by The Lydia E. Pinkham
 Medicine Go.

For forty years women suffering from all kinds of female ills have been writ ing the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Go. of Lynn, Mass, for advice.
 Thus they receive common sense sug- gestions drawn from a vast volume of experience, and thousands of sick wo- men have been saved from untold suffer- ing, as letters like the following clearly show :-
 Newark, Ohio.-t'Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made me a
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06

my life, as my health was very bad when wrote you, but now can do my own work and have not had sick day since I began taking your remedies. l keep the Compound and Liver Pills on hand all the time. Mrs. GEO. THoMP- SON, "A Sherwood Court, Newark, Ohio.
 Why don't you write for free advice? Address Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Go. (confdentiaN. Lynn, Mass.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-06
Is Your Toilet Soap
 Injuring Your Skin :?

iurious @ alIai. % e Resinol 'aa soap t contains S m absolutely no free alkali, and to it is added the resinol medication. This gives it soothing, healing properties which clear the complexion, comfort tender skins and keep the hair healthy.