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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
SISTERS OF THE BATTLEFIELD
HOW THEIR SELLS AcRIFI
CHANGED THE ATTITUDE or A
PROTESTANT GENERAL TO-
WARDS THE CHURCH.

when I was young man, before
the great struggle between the North
and South" said General Gibbons
many years ago, Il must say that
was somewhat prejudiced against the
Catholic Church. I used to picture to
myself heaven. l imagined that it was
IA grand place, grand beyond descrip-
ton, because it was the dwelling-place
of the King of Kings, the Lord of
Lords, as well as of all good Protes-
tants. OF course, didn't see any re-
served seats for Catholics. They, in
my opinion, had no business there.
well, the cry, TO arms!' came. I
had the honor of commanding regi-
ment. the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteers.
After days engagement with the en-
envy, in which my regiment took an
active part, and after our forces had
been badly beaten, looked out from
headquarters, which we're located on
an eminence, upon the scene of con-
flict, and through my field-glass could
see black-robed figures going around
the wounded and dying soldiers. I inn
mediately ordered my aide-de-camp to
go down and see who those black
robed figures were and report as soon
as possible to me. He soon returned,
almost GREATNESS, and exclaimed, oh,
general, it was most heartrending
sight! The figures are those of Sis
tiers of Charity, who are going around
ministering to the wounded and dying
soldiers. The self-sacrifice of these
noble bands of women would bring
tears to a heart of stone. / was
amazed, and concluded to make per-
sonal Investigation. / went down to
the scene of the great conflict, accom-
panied by some of my staff officers. /
didn't have to go far before coming
across a black-robed figure that was
cold in death. The heroine Of hero
ines died at her post. She was not
regularly mustered into the service,
she received no pecuniary compensa-
ton; what reward may be hers?
"This noble woman was called to
her eternal reward. Her companions
were still engaged in succoring the
wounded and dying. When say this
with my own eyes on that eventful
day, returned thanks on my Bonded
knees to the omnipotent God for open
| ing my eyes to the sublime grandeur
of the Roman Catholic Church. Those
grand women did not ask the suffering
soldier to what Church he belonged,
| or whether he belonged to any;
neither did they stop to inquire the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
JESUIT PROVINCE
HONDURAS, BRITISH GUIANA AND
JAMAICA ARE ATTACHED TO
AMERICAN PROVINCES.

The General of the Jesuit Order has
seen fit to detach Honduras, British
Guiana and Jamaica from the Prov
ince of England and place them per-
manently under the jurisdiction of the
American provinces, to-wit: Honduras
has been attached to the Province of
Missouri; British Guiana to the Prov
ince of New Orleans, and Jamaica to
the Province of New York.
The Rev. T. Slevin, S.. j., of st.
Joseph's Church, Mobile, Ala; Rev. w.
w. Wilkinson, S. j., Treasurer OF
Spring Hill College, Mobile, and Rev.
John Buckley, S. j., of st. Johns Col
lege, Shreveport, La, will proceed to
Demarara, British Guiana, to enter the
field of missionary and educational
work there, replacing the Jesuits who
have been called to act as army chap
lains with the English at the front.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
CATHOLIC INDIANS
BISHOP LEHMAN SPEAKS OF
THEIR RECENT CONGRESS AND
GIVES SOME INTERESTING FIG
URES.

Bishop Lenihan of Great Falls,
Mont, attended the Catholic Indian
congress for the three States of Mon
tana and North and South Dakota. He
celebrated Pontifical Mass and admin
istered confirmation to a large class
of Indians. He also addressed the
congress on the subject of Christian
Temperance" and administered the
total abstinence pledge to the Indians
present.
The Bishop said among other things
that cit may be surprising to many,
but still it is true, that notwithstand-
ing the numerous tribal conflicts and
the different Indian wars, there are in
the United States today more Indians
than there were at the time of Co
lumbus. According to the United
States census of 1860, there were 1884,
200 Indians; in 1880, on account of the
wars, there was only an increase of
5000 redmen; in 1900 they numbered
272,073, and at present they number
100000, of which number over one
third are Catholics. In Montana there
are 10000 Catholic Indians, which is
over one-half the total number of
aborigines in the entire State.'
Speaking of the Diocese of Great
Falls, he said: I'm the year 1915
there were fourteen Catholic Indian
churches, some of which were built by
the Indians. These Indian missions
were attended regularly by ten priests
of three religious orders. There were
six boarding schools with 1856 Indian
pupils. These schools were conducted
| by SO Sisters of the Ursuline Order.
There were during that year 1856 bap.
tisms, of which number As were adults
Most of those Catholic Indians have
been taught different trades, how to
till the soil, how to raise cattle and
1 that manual labor is not ignoble.
MANY natives of the different tribes
occupy the primitive tepees, as they
consider tent life, like many palefaces
to be more healthy than the modern
houses that are occupied by some OF
the more industrious Indians.
| Most Rev. Alexander Christie, d
D., Archbishop of Portland, Ore.
known as the apostle of the redman'
of the Pacific Coast, presided at sew
eral sessions of the congress. His
Grace showed his deep interest in the
welfare of the Indians by travelling
1900 miles in this heated season OF
the year to attend the congress.
His Holiness Pope Benedict XIV
sent his apostolic blessing to all VINO
attended the Indian congress at Pop
lar"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
The Divine Comforter.
written for The Catholic Bulletin BY
Rosetta keIIy.)

Bugle call with drums low beat,
Martial tread of hurried feet, TX
Mid roar of gun I
Are distant sounds, @sss
Since set. of sun ~
Faint, fainter STILL
They seem to him. 7,
The stricken soldier of the strife,
Death to many, to some, life
He thirsts and calls for human aid,
Why have his comrades fed?
And he is left amongst the dead
Were they afraid?
The shrek of bird on deafened ears,
Disturbeth not his hopes or fears,
While star-lit skies
But mock his dying eyes.
Poor soldier of the strife,
Death to many, to some, life
Beyond the cry of bird, the light of
star,
Leaneth the Face of Jesus,
From battlements afar,
The radiance of that Face
Transcendeth time and space.
He feels the Masters arms about him
prest,.
Hears His Voice, the tenderest,
Thou couldst not come to Me
came to thee"
His parched lips will thirst no more,
The cup of Living Water which He
brought,
Has made all else seem naught
But human as before.
With head on Jesus breast
How sweet to die, to rest
His kiss upon thy brow
Victorious now,
Happy soldier of the strife
Thou hast won Eternal Life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
THE BLACK VIRGIN
STORY OF LA VERGE MORE OF
PUY, FRANCE-HER SHRINE A
PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE.

A writer in The Crisis tells of her
visit to the shrine of The Black Vir-
gin, in Puy, France:
"Of the many wonderful things to
be seen at Puy it was the ancient
Cathedral which excited our liveliest
interest. Tradition says that La Ca
thedral du Puy dates back to the first
episodes of the history of st. George
VINO was one of the seventy-two dis
clples of Jesus Christ, and was sent
! by st. Peter into France.
we were anxious to go into the
cathedral, for it was here we should
lind the unusual object for which we
were looking. Slowly and with a sort
OF awe, we approached the choir, and
tnere-yes. there upon the Maitre-
Autel (main altar was the wonderful
statue OF the Black Virgin!
The origin of the original of the
present statue is lost in the mists of
antiquity; but it appears to be a
pretty well-established fact that it was
brought from the Holy Land by St.
Louis in 1854. 1t was of ebony, and
represented a black Virgin, sitting
upon stool, holding a black Infant
Jesus on her knees. The bandages
tightly bound according to the fashion.
OF the ancient Egyptian mummies, en-
veloped the body of the child and of
the mother, leaving only their faces
visible.
On the 10Th of January, 1894, dur
ing the Revolution, the Verge Noire.
OBJECT of the generation of SO MANY
centuries, was despoiled of her rich
garments, dragged ignominiously
through the streets and burned amid
the Rowling of the mob, with all that
was found precious in the archives of
the Cathedral. Thus disappeared this
precious image, the treasure and the
safeguard of Vilay, at whose feet had
bowed the posterity of Popes and
Kings of innumerable generations
says the record.
"On June 9Th, 1856, the nreeant
Verge Noire. a faithful copy of the
ancient one, was solemnly crowned
rms was the signal for even greater
honors than had been previously
SHOWN her, and thereafter on inpnmer-
able occasions she was carried in fri
umph through the streets, and bun-
areas OF thousands of pilgrims came
! to pray at her shrine"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
DIOCESE OF BISMARCK

Bismarck: The plans have been
prepared for new parochial school
for the parish of st. Joseph, of which
Rev. Clement Dimpfl, o. S. B., is pas
tor, and bids will soon be asked for
it's construction. 1t will be erected on
the site of the present school and will
be a three-story brick building with
basement thoroughly modern and fire.
proof throughout. 1t will contain ten
class rooms, an auditorium, and apart.
mentS for the Sisters.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
1000 YEARS OLD
PREHISTORIC COMMUNITY HoIlsr
DISCOVERED IN NEW MEXICO

The discovery of hitherto unknovn
community house, estimated to be 900
years old, at Otowi, the prehistoric set
tlement thirty miles west of Santa ne
mas been announced by Mrs. L. L. VII.
SON. OF Philadelphia, in charge Of an
archaeological expedition of the phiis.
delphia Commercial Museum. Potter,
OF an unknown design and a huge sac
rlhcial altar are among the rsllca
found In the newly unearthed ruins.
Thls makes a total of nine are.t
ruined communal dwellings found Al
otoWi, which is in the area covered
by the Bandelier National Monument
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

Fort Totten: Rev. Sylvester Else
nam, o. S. B., of st. Meinrad's Abbey,
Indiana, has taken up his duties as as
sistant to Very Rev. Jerome Hunt,
o. S. B.
Confirmation: Right Reverend Bish-
OPP O'Reilly will administer the Sacra-
ment of Confirmation in st. Cecilia s
Church, Harvey, and st. Boniface
Church, Odessa, on Sunday, August Ii.
On Monday, August IA, the Bishop
will bless st. Joseph's Church of Bal
four, and confirm classes at Anamoose
and Balfour.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
DIOCESE OF DULUTH

Duluth: The Rev. H. A. Floyd,
former pastor of the Cathedral, has
been placed in charge of new parish
in the vicinity of Morgan's Park. The
Rev. Philip H. Kiley, assistant at the
Cathedral, has been promoted to the
pastorate of the parish of the Sacred
Heart, Carlton, succeeding the Rev.
Patrick Ryan who has become mem
Der of the Cathedral staff
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
DIOCESE OF LEAD

Sturgis: Work on the addition to
st. Martins Academy is progressing
rapidly. The new story is under roof
and will soon be ready for the interior
finishing. The addition contains
seventeen rooms. Considerable re-
pairs have been made to the school
rooms and accommodations for twenty
five more pupils have been added. The
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

Lake Minnetonka; benches have also
been placed in the park for the accom-
mediation of visitors. 1t has been de-
cided to enlarge the home so as to
accommodate $50 guests; there is now
room for seventy-five.
Church of ST. Bridget: A wedding
of deaf mutes in the sign language will
take place in the Church of st. Bird
git, Minneapolis, Wednesday morning,
August 16, at half past six o'clock.
Father Donahoe, who uses the sign
language Familiarity, will oficiate. The
praiseworthy anxiety of the young
couple to have all the rites and cere-
monies of the Church carried out, is
evidenced by the distance they come
to have the services of a priest who
uses the sign language. The bride,
Mary Bailey is from Austin, Mime
sofa, and the groom, Walter Pashusta,
is from Des Moines, Iowa.
New UIm: The annual picnic OF
st. Patrick's Council, Knights of Co,
lumbus, will be held at Hunters Rest
on Sunday, August Is. 1t will be for
the members of the Council, their
families and visiting knights from the
neighboring towns.
The members of st. Anne Court,
Womens Catholic Order of Foresters,
and their friends, enjoyed a picnic at
Hermann's Park on Sunday afternoon,
August 6. A basket dinner was served
and an interesting program of amuse-
ments carried out during the after
noon.
ST. John, SibIey County: The peo'
pie of st. Johns parish, Sibley County,
which is attended as mission by
Rev. Philip Hickey of Assumption,
will give their annual harvest picnic
on Tuesday, August Is. Meals will be
served by the women of the parish and
various forms of amusements provided
for the entertainment of the members
of the congregation and their guests
FaribauIt: The second annual re
treat for the members of Trinity
League and their friends was held at
Bethlehem Academy on Thursday and
Friday of this week. The sermons
were preached by Father Reardon OF
st. Paul.
Barry: Miss Emily Barron, sister
of Rev. P. l. Barron, pastor of the
Church of ST. Barnabas, died at ST
Josephs Hospital, st. Paul, on Sunday
morning, July 80, and was buried the
following Tuesday morning from the
Church of the Assumption. The Mass
was celebrated by Father Barron ano
the service was attended by a number
of priests and Sisters, as we'll as
large circle of friends. The remains
were inferred in Calvary cemetery
For the past twelve years Miss Barron
had suffered from infiamatory rheuma
tism which gradually rendered hel
helpless and made necessary her re
moval to st. Joseph's Hospital in June
1915. She bore her suffering will
great patience and resignation ant
was always cheerful under her ever
increasing affliction. She was a ma
tive of London, England, where SHE
was born sixty-three years ago, anC
where she lived until 1904, when she
followed her brother, Father Barron
to this country and lived with him il
Olivia and Barry, with the exception
of winter spent in San Francisco
She was a descendant Of the Barron'
of Waterford, family which gav'
many distinguished priests to thu
Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
PRIEST KILLED
ACCIDENT FATAL
TO PRIEST AND BOY.

Rev. William Moran, pastor Of st.
Francis Xavier's Church, Sikeston, Mo-,
and George Mcclure, fourteen years
old, st. Louis, Mo-, were killed when
an automobile in which they were rid
ing overturned near New Athens, ILL.,,
on August
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

rooms in the girls building have also
been rearranged SO that there are now
accommodations for forty-five girls,
each one having an apartment entirely
to herself.
Thirty-two diocesan priests made
the annual retreat under the direction
of Bishop Lawler
The trustees of st. Martins Church
donated to the Rev. John Vogel, Eagle
Butte, in the Cheyenne Reservation,
the old Stations of the Cross which
were used in ST. Martins Chapel prior
to the spring of 1915.
DeadWood: The annual graduating
exercises of st. Joseph's Training
School for Nurses will take place on
Thursday evening, August II. The
institution is in charge of the Sisters
of ST. Benedict.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

WANTED-A few more Catholic
settlers for the colony. Best of soil.
water and climate. Write to Levine
and Prestidge, Homeseekers' Guides,
Mack, Itasca County, Mimi.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
$4,000 CATHOLIC CHILDREN

are reading The Child Apostle, a chill.
drens monthly magazine filed with
stories and pictures for youngsters
from six to sixteen. You ought to have
II for your children. Send fifty cents
to
THE CHILD APOSTLE,
$50 Mccormick RIdq.,
Chicago, III.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

Beyond our power of expression
rests the eternal silence of Thought
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
DIOCESE OF ST. CLOUD

Diocesan Correspondent Rev. A. 8.
Preusser, the Cathedral, st. Cloud
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

HousEkEEPER WANTED: A
priest wants respectable woman with
good references for housekeeper. Ad-
dress 3D." Catholic Bulletin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

WANTED: Position as housekeep-
er for priest, address IN. A. f."
care The Catholic Bulletin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
DIOCESE OF FARGO

Diocesan Correspondent Rev. v.
Ryan, sos Broadway, Fargo. N. d.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

Lake Minnetonka; benches have also
been placed in the park for the accom-
mediation of visitors. 1t has been de-
cided to enlarge the home so as to
accommodate $50 guests; there is now
room for seventy-five.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12

De La Sale Institute: The Alumni
of De La Sale Institute, Minneapolis,
which is in charge of the Christian
Brothers, will hold carnival on Wed
nesday evening, August Is, on the
school grounds for the graduating
class of 1916. The committee in
charge of arrangements has planned
many novelties for the affair and
booths of various kinds will provide
refreshments. Music will be furnished
by the De La Sale orchestra.
Seton Guild: New tennis courts
and a new dock have been completed
at the summer home of the Seton
Guild at Seton Cliff, Phelps Island
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-31
FASHION GIRLS"
IN LOCAL GARB
Bowman and Claster Creating
Public Sentiment in Favor of
Shop at Home" Policy

Packed houses greeted the first eX-
hibition and those that followed yes
terday at the Majestic Theater, where
the Fashion Girls are posing as living
models for the display of gowns, lin
gerle, hats, shoes, gloves and what
not of Bowman & Co. The girls will
play the week out in Harrisburg show
ing exclusively the Spring styles of the
local department store. The $4,000
worth of jewels which Catherine
crawford herself donned for the finale
OF the act created an interested buzz
OF conversation and surprise each time
they and she together made an ap-
pearance.
Not for long time has Harrisburg
been so interested in a display of local
nnery as is shown in the acceptance of
the Bowman challenge to the Fashion
Girls and the attempt, admittedly sue
cesSful, to prove that when it comes
to matter of styles little old Harris
burg isn't taking any back seat. The
twelve models themselves had the time
of their young lives previous to the
iirst exhibition. when they spent hours
IN the big store going over everything
from stockings to bathing suits and
selecting the gowns and other para
phernalia unnameable by mere man
which they would wear in the three
day exhibit. ATilady and milady's
daughters and sisters and aunts, all
were there, and if an intense gaze had
power to burn there would have been
mighty confiagration on the Ma
Jestic stage during each performance.
The display of everything that femi-
nine beauty requires convinced many
unfortunate husbands included
that shop at home" is not such a bad
policy after all. particularly when one
can get here in Harrisburg just ex-
actly what one thought it required a
trip to Philadelphia or New York to
possess
For several minutes before the cur
tain is rung down on the Fashion
Girls act Miss Crawford, clothed in a
shimmering black creation and
crowned and bedecked with cleaning
jewels, displays a cloudburst of dazzling
gems which would adorn with grace
the person of a queen. Sunbursts,
brooches, bracelets, rings galore,
$4,000 of them, literally burdened the
attractive person of the commander
in-chief of the Fashion Girls. Henry
c. Claster is the exhibitor. When the
act is not in progress at the theater
a miniature show is put on in front of
his store in Market street. Needless
to say. the detectives maintain a strict
neutrality as far as the jewels are
concerned, but it has been observed
that the wrinkles of worry are deepen
ing on their brows. The show will be
given to-day and tomorrow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-31
AMERICAS ANOMALOUS
POSITION IN THE WAR

(Wilbur C. Abbott of Yale University
in the April Yale ReviewD
But what of the United States &?
What has 1t learned and what is it to
do as a result of what we have seen
and endured, and we hoped, and
feared. while our kinsmen beyond the
sea were engaged in this work of de-
struction? We have been in, if not
OF. the war; when it is done we, like
the combatants, and in perhaps no less
degree, must face the problems it has
raised. We have grown richer, and
1t seems to many, in consequence,
more powerful; we have contributed
to every phase of the conflict but one:
we have been appealed to by every side
not merely for material but for moral
support And what is the result :?
The answer is peculiarly difficult and
unsatisfactory. We have grown in
wealth without a corresponding in
crease in responsibility, and our pros
perlty has been accompanied by no
discipline which makes for the
strengthening of national character.
We have lacked the tremendous ex-
perience which comes from the expen-
dtture of the last ounce of physical
energy, and a faith strained to the
breaking point; and, with all the ma
terial losses which accompany any
such struggle such as Europe now en-
dures, 1t remains an open question
whether in comparison, let us say
with France, we have gained or lost in
the ultimate resolution of events For
or all the nations of equal rank in the
world, we have not been able to form
ulate with any definiteness a collective
opinion into national ideal or policy.
and take measures to put it into eff
feet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-31
SENIORS SHY
AT OSCILLATION
Forty-three Princeton Men De-
clare They Have Never
Kissed a Girl
Special to the Telegraph

Princeton, n. j., March 31.-Con-
1essionS wrung from the Princeton
seniors by the time-honored custom of
finding out all the secrets and pub
fishing them to their classmates were
given out here by l.. G.. Payson, the
class secretary. The most startling
of all facts laid bare by members of
the class was that the record break
ing total of 43 had never kissed a girl.
The reason given by most of the un-
successful suitors was inability, but
some consider it unhygienic. Forty of
the class think it is morally wrong to
kiss a girl.
OF the 230 men in the class, 10 are
supporting themselves entirely, and
80 are earning at least part of their
way through college. The average age
of the class is 21.7 years, but one man
is only Is. There are 1875 seniors who
smoke, 1874 who dance, Sc who con-
slider dancing morally wrong, and 1919
who play cards.
For the last 20 years, without ex-
ception, Yale has been termed the
favorite college next to Princeton and
the seniors this year did not depart
from the opinion of former Prince
tonians. Vassar leads among the wo-
mems colleges. The favorite character
in history is Abraham Lincoln, with
Bryan near the end of the list. Booth
Harrington is the best fiction writer.
with Penrod Schofield the most liked
character in fiction. Falstaff leads
for the favorite character in litera-
ture, however, and Shakespeare is the
most popular playwright. Shaw is sec
ond in this respect. Crossing the