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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14
SHOPPING NEIeHBoRs.

There are few persons meaner
than those who try to get from a
child facts about the parents and home
of the little one.
Some persons cultivate children for
this express purpose.
They encourage the youngsters to
talk about their home affairs, and
pick from them bits of information
they hope to use in future converse
ton with their neighbors. And yet
these very people would be indignant
if you should call them snoopy"
The little ones feel fiattered by the
attention they are given, and readily
talk about what father and mother
said and what they do.
Often they repeat remarks, which
have been made about the neighbors
and invariably this causes trouble.
To stir up strife and ill feeling is
just what the prying person wants,
and the children make the best tools.
Children are likely to forget, or get
the wrong idea of, what is said, and
give tia different Interpretation from
that which is meant
In this way parents are often cred
tied with statements which they did
not make, and which would be decid-
edly distasteful to those who might
hear about them.
The old saw Children and fools
always tell the truth" cannot always
be relied upon.
Knowing that children carry tales,
parents should be careful not to say
or do, in presence of children, things
which they would keep from the
neighbors, for this is the safest way
of forestalling the attempts of the
curious to get material for gossip.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14
THE LITTLE BUSY BEE.

Sing loud, o bird, in the tree.
o bird, sing loud in the sky!
And, honey-bees, blacken the clover
bed,
There are none of you glad as T."
The rain is over now and l must
begin to work. You know who | am,
do you not? / am working bee.
Do you remember how / went to
sleep last fall? Now the flowers are
here. l have been hard at work
among them for many days. Today |
was buzzing about in the clover, and
all at once big rain-drop struck me.
In a moment other rain-drops came
rushing after it. / did not have time
to get to the hive; SO l crept under
a big leaf. l do not like to get my
wings wet, because they are such thin
little things, you know. Now that the
sun is shining, must go to work. /
am going to make some fine honey
from this white clover.
Do you know what else do besides
making honey? I am sure you do not,
SO shall have to tell you.
Did you ever smell lily, and then
find yellow dust upon your nose after
ward? This yellow dust is called
pollen. Sometimes carry 1t upon my
wings from flower to flower. / always
fly from one flower TO another Of the
same kind. / do not mix the pollen
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14
PARENTS, CAN you ANSWER YEsY

/. Do you make time" to play
with your children, or teach them
to play alone?
2. Do you read and tell stories to
them?
8. Do you know what they study in
school?
4. Do you use the public library so
as to more wisely train your children?
5. Have you good books and maya
zines in your home? -
s. Do you frequently visit your
children's school?
z. Do you welcome their teachers
in your home?
s. Do you heartily encourage
worthy ambitions?
8. Do you develop self-reliance in
your children by trusting them to
do right?
10. Do you give them opportunity
for self-development?
IL. Do you teach your children the
value of money by giving them a
chance to make and spend their own?
IL. Do you teach housekeeping to
your daughter, and do you teach your
son the dignity of honest toll?
Is. Do you tell the story of life to
your children?
H. Do you pray for divine help in
training them?
Is. Do you try to help other par
ents?
Parents should not make decisions
for their boys and girls. Teach them
to decide wisely for themselves. Par
ents are not to say, Il will conquer
that child whatever it may cost me, .
but rather, Il will help him to con-
Quer himself, whatever it may cost
him." Learn to use your will power
as you learn to swim-by using it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14
GOLD DUST.

Do well, and you'll have enemies !;
do better, and you'll confound them
Franklin.
The flowers we love best are not
those with the brightest colors, but
those with the sweetest fragrance.
A spiritual face is the most beauti.
full face that the Divine Artist ever
paints.
A colored philosopher is reported
to have said, Life, my brothers, am
mostly made up of prayin' for rain
and then wishin' it would clar Off
Do not make the mistake of suppos.
ing that occasional quarrels and sub.
sequent reconcfliations, make friend
ship all the sweeter. Constant quarrels
make love poor, battered thing, and
a reconciliation, however sincere, can
not wipe out the tears.
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seat Of God, knowing that the boy
that she had consecrated to His
service with many sacrifice was
standing at the altar to ask mercy
upon her soul?
Ye Catholic mothers who read
these lines, think of what a sublime
privilege it is to give son of yours
to the altar of God. Think of what
a joy it is to the mother to kneel be-
fore the altar and see her son offering
up the Holy Sacrifice? But above all
think of the happiness of her who
knows that when her silent lips can
pray no longer another Christ in the
person of her son shall plead in holy
Mass for the eternal repose of her
soul? All, truly it is a sublime privi-
lege to be the mother of a priest.
Mediate upon it, We Catholic mothers,
and resolve to do all in your power
to foster the germ of vocation in the
souls of your children. Think you
they will be lost to you when they
don the uniform of Jesus Christ?
Think you they will love you less be-
cause they love God more? You
would not think so had you ever wit
messed the funeral of the mother of
a priest. "a halo of sanctity sur
rounds the very name of good
mother" said the Bishop of Peterboro.
This is especially true of the mother
of priest. "a good mother exercises
the ministry of an apostle" said the
Bishop. Truly the mother of priest
exercises this ministry. For not only
does she train her children to walk
in the way of God, but she gives of
her very flesh and blood one who con-
tinues in his person the identical
ministry that was conferred upon the
Apostles by the Master Himself.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14
TO THE RESCUE.

Ralph Norton and his little baby
sister Ruth were sitting on big rock
at the seashore. They had come to
spend the summer here with their
parents.
Ralph had just laid down his story
book. from which he had been read
ing of pirates who had sailed away
on the ocean and had come to de-
serted island and found a hidden
treasure there in an old rotten box.
Lets play pirates, said Ralph,
I'VE can use that old raft over there
for our sailboat and we'll sail away
off on the ocean and find treasure
and come back rich"
His little baby sister answered with
great delight by replying in her baby
talk, and by clapping her hands.
well, let's start now said Ralph,
and wen take Rover with us and
make believe he is our servant"
Ralph took his little sisters garden
set, to dig up the treasure. They
went down to the raft and united it
and had hard work to keep Rover on.
When. they had gone some distance,
Ruth's hat blew off and in a second
Rover jumped after it, but as he
jumped off the raft it went down at
the other end and little Ruth and
Ralph tumbled in the water. Rover
saw this and left the hat to 60 after
them. He got Ralph safely aboard
and then went after Ruth He had
just safely got her on board when he
fell exhausted on the raft. The chill
dren and dog were taken up by fish
ing schooner and arrived home safely
after three-day ride after treas
ure. The much worried parents wept
with joy. A few days afterward
Ralph said, patting Rovers head.
''Yon are the best treasure and the
only one / want Rover wagged his
tail in answer of appreciation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14
YOUR FATHER.

A boy or a man who has never
sacrifices, has given up many of his
own ambitions and toiled that his son
might have an easier road than he
has simply never understood his faith
er. Fathers make mistakes some
times. They forget that the hard road
was also a good road that fitted a boy
for a mans job in the world. But
there is no questioning the deep, abid-
ing love that erred on the side of
wanting his son to have greater
pleasure and happiness than his
father had had. There is danger
that fathers are less demonstrative,
and it is less easy for father to open
his heart to boy than. for mother
But this only makes sacrifices greater!
1t only means that fathers will not
be understood and appreciated so well
as mothers. Men are willing to do
their part though that part be never
fully understood.
We ought to say something about
fathers and daughters, too; for half
the human race is daughters. But
the natural instinct of women oftener
recognizes and appreciates the father
than the sterner Judgment of men. We
are humble enough to think we can
not suggest much to a good daughter.
Finally, there is that great gift of
every real father to his children,
whether he be rich or poor, unknown
or famous-the heritage of an honest
name, the only heritage that a real
man or real woman needs and is
cheated if he does not have.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14
LOVE, HONOR AND OBEY.

The commission of bishops, pastors
and laymen of the Protestant Episco-
pal church appointed to revise the
ritual of the church has determined to
eliminate the word obey from the
marriage ceremony. The commission
will report to the general convention
of the church at st. Louis during the
next month.
A prominent minister in explaining
the proposed elimination of the word
says that social conditions have
changed the relation between husband
and wife. The wife of today is not
the bond woman as in the dark ages.
Today, he says, the wife should be
the comrade of the husband rather
than his slave. The good minister
also declares that if all wives were
economically independent of their hus-
bands many of our matrimonial
troubles would be solved.
He does not tell us how this econ
nomic independence is to be accom-
plished. 1t will be difficult to work
out a proposition by which women
will be independent of their husbands
for their subsistence. The average
man is doing well to spend the most
of his life arriving at point when
he can have a comfortable living. If
the woman is to put herself on the
same level until she has enough to
independently support herself, who is
going to bring the new babies into the
world, nurse and care for them in
their infancy. The good minister
thinks that the wife should be the
comrade of her husband and not sim
ply the spouse of a man, who pays
for the bread the woman eats. He
surely does not find anything degrad-
ing in the idea of a woman eating the
bread which her husband earns. The
man is honored in providing for the
mother of his children, and the mother
knows that in accepting his care she
is no more. lowering her pride and
her womanly dignity than is the in
FAINT who draws nourishment from her
breast.
When the great God of the universe
first came down to earth it was to
pronounce the wedding VOWS Of the
parents of the human race. 1t was
God Who established the relations be-
tween man and wife. 1t was Christ.
Who raised that holy union to the dig
nifty of sacrament. Only those who
look on marriage with the light of
Gods grace can rightly know it's hap.
piness. For them there is no give or
take, for they are ''bone of bone and
flesh of fesh,'' loving each other even
as Christ loves His Church"
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
A LEGEND OF THE PRECIOUS
BLOOD.

When on the cross in deafness love,
The dying Savior bled;
And, spent with direst agony,
He bowed His thorn-crowned head,
His eye, through film of blood and
tears,
A tiny blossom spied,
With half-closed chalice, meek it
stood,
At His own Mothers side.
Like hers, its waxen face was turned,
To Him in plying woe;
AS if by this meek attitude,
It's sympathy to show,
Then swaying with the passing breeze,
1t sighed in helpless grief:
Dear Lord, oh! could my rich per-
fume
But give Thee some relief"
When 10! one drop of Precious Blood
Fell on its petals white:
Its fragrance all was gone, but now
1t glowed in crimson bright,
And to this day, it bushes still,
In every cline the same,
Nor yields one breath of perfume
more
Fuchsia-its well-known name.
-ADe, In st. ANTHONY Messenger.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14
THE BOY WHO THOUGHT ROUND.

Uncle Jack picked up a little maya
zine one day recentlyssan the first
thing he saw was this headline: THE
Boy Who Thought Round There
was picture of a thoughtful little lad
with an orange in his hand, and his
eyes looking far out to sea. He lived
long ago when all the sailors said that
the world was fiat. If you travelled
far enough, they told the child, you
would come to the edge and fall off.
Fall off? Into WHAT" the boy won
dered. How could that be-" The
answers he got did not satisfy him,
so he used to climb up on a post on
the wharf and watch the ships put
out to sea. They seemed to grow
smaller and smaller, and, at last. to
go down under the edge of the water.
Did they fall of? Oh, no, for they
reached distant lands and came hack
again in due. time.
One day the boy had an orange in
e
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14

of different flowers. This pollen often
makes the flower on which | leave it
bear seeds. The flowers help us to
make honey. We think they are very
kind to do that; SO we help them to
bear seeds. Flowers and bees are the
best of friends, you see.
must go now, or my work will
never be done. No one knows how
many plants we little bees have caused
to live. Well, well, this will never
do. am really going this time. am
going back to the clover as fast as my
four little wings will carry me.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-14

Far more real good would be done
for Gods glory and the salvation of
souls. If more time were spent in
prayer. Father A. III. Lac.
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THE PRIESTS MOTHER.
Her Reward Not Confined to This
Life.

The death of a venerable mother
in Ontario, who had given to the altar
two of her sons, one of whom offici-
ated at the solemn ceremonies attend
ing her funeral, calls forth the follow
ing tribute from the editor of THE
Canadian Freeman in the current
issue of that paper:
1t was an occasion that supplied
much food for thought. And the one
thought that was uppermost in our
minds was that if any death could
be robbed of its terrors it must be
such death as this. For, in the
words of the Bishop of Peterboro, it
was not SO much funeral as a tri-
umphal pageant
Death is always awe-inspiring.
Death is always sad. But there are
some deaths that are terrible. The
death that comes at the end of a mis-
spent life. The death that surprises
its victim with empty hands. The
death that ushers the trembling soul
into the presence of the God that it
has persistently ignored through life.
But how could death hold any terrors
for her who from her place with the
elect of God heard across the bound
aries of eternity the child of her womb
chanting the Mass she had so loved
upon earth? The mother that gives a
chasubled soldier to the army of
Jesus Christ reaps a reward hun
dred fold even in this life, but her
ohiefest reward comes after death.
Who would fear to diewho would
fear to stand before the judgment
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-06-15
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Interesting Note from Governor
Gilchrist

Punta Gorda, Fla, June11th, 1916
Editor of The Herald ~ thank
you very much for your kindly
assistance in my campaign for
the u. S. Senate. My own per-
sonal business has been badly
neglected. | will now attend to
lit. In 1896, though nominated
in the primaries for the leglsla-
Iture, | was badly defeated. 1t
was well known that | was then
opposed to the free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver. OF course,
| voted the ticket, as | never
bolt. ! felt pretty sore for a few
days. That defeat was the best
thing which ever happened to me,
politically.
Afterwards, ! was nominated
in the primaries without opposi-
ton and elected without opposi-
ton. Parties who had assisted in
beating me before, told me they
were for me, that ! could have
been elected when ! was defeated
by simply lying, and | would not
do so.
| ran for speaker of the house
on certain occasion. There
were three candidates. | had as
surance OF twenty-three votes
the others had about that nuns
Der. There were then sixty
eight members of the house. |
was necessarily the compromise
candidate. TweDty-three votes at
10 in the morning; by night, they
had gotten away all but two, my
self and one other. Later, was
nominated unanimously in the
caucus and unanimously elected
speaker.
For the next year, this defeat
will certainly cause me to give
my attention to my business af-
fairs. In a short time, | certainly
hope to be able to say that it was
beneficial to me.
My position was satisfactory to
the prohibitionists, to some any
way, and to the local optionists.
Mr.. Wall s, candidacy divided
my vote. Through statements that
he would carry Escambia, Hills
borough and Duval counties and
would carry other counties, word
was sent out to cut me and vote
for him. He carried what pre-
dicted he would carry, cone
county and six newspapers, " the
six newspapers being those out
side of his home county.
Seeing ! had been cut by the
local optionists, some OF my
friends have told me they voted
for Trammell to help beat Bryan
and some have told me they then
voted for Bryan to help beat
Trammell. Trammell and Bryan
had declared they would vote fol
national prohibition, stated thai
| would vote as Florida voted IL
the proposed wet and dry elec
ton. Wall stated he would vote
against national prohibition. The
secretary of the Anti-Saloon Lea
que informed me that sufficien'
number of the legislature OF 1911
had promised to vote to submit
wet and dry election to the PEG
pie.
The reproduction by the Tam
pa dailies of editorials from thu
"six newspapers, with fuss ano
buster, made it appear that thu
popping of caps was the sure
enough 42-centimeters.
However, Mr.. Wall divided m.
vote. He did Garry one count,
and six newspapers. " | wa
gloriously beaten. Whatever sat
isfaction there is in it, ! am salts
fed no one will object to the hop
that this defeat will prove
blessing in disguise" ! don
like DISCUSSES any too much.
Best wishes to you
PERT w GU CHRIST
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Robt. Williams left Monday to
join a party leaving Wauchula
for Cleveland, Ohio, to work for
a manufacturing concern.
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f. NJ Cooper was among the
Punta Gordans visiting Arcadia,
yesterday.
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stella-An elopement is cheaper than
1roddinr. Bella - And marriage is
cboaner than dlvorce-New York Sun.
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No. 666 will cure Malaria or
Bilious Fever. 1t kills the germs,
lady,, tS-20.
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Magnificent about town are the
royal poinceana trees, fourishing
their floral flambeaux.
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Jas. f. Skies visited Fort Ny
ers the first of the week.

We are outftters for all mem
bers of the family. Kinsel's (adv)
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Charlie Jones went to Jackson
vile, Tuesday, to spend few
weeks.
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Doctors recommend a vegeta-
bic diet, Griggs, the grocer, can
supply it. He has also a variety
of fine meat StuffS. (adv.)
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Light weight hats and caps al
kinsels. (adv.)
Fred Sabel was a visitor to Ar.
cadia the first of the week.
New line of ladies hats at Kin,
sells. (adv)
Topper Perkins of Jacksonville
arrived yesterday on brief visit
to relatives.
A full line of staple and fancy
groceries, fresh and reliable, at
a. P. Hatch's If. (adv.)
E. Keen was among the Punta
Gordans attending county court
in Arcadia, this week,
Maxwell House Coffee, at
Grigg's. Only place in town
having this coffee in stock. lady,
Z. Wotitzky and little son, Leo,
were visitors to Arcadia, yestcr-
day.
High grade candies, a fine as
sortment at A. P. Hatch'S Cor
ner Grocery. If. fadv.)
w. L. Bryant, substantial truck
and fruit grower Of Sanibel, was
a visitor in the city, Thursday.
No. 666 will cure Chills and
Fever. 1t is the most speedy rem
edy we know. (adv) tS-2O.
Attorney H. j. Spence was
attending to professional business
at the county capital, Severa
days this week.
Chas. T.. Buckley spent severa
days with his brother, County
Superintendent j. 0. Buckley, IL
| Arcadia, this week.
Fred Quednau left Friday al
ternoon for an extended summer
trip. He will be gone two months
visiting Baltimore, Philadelphia
New York, Buffalo, Detroit ant
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Zokc johnson, Johnnie Wig
gins and Pete Trowell, young
white men, were incarcerated in
Arcadia yesterday, charged with
robbing boats here of various APP
purtenances. Having been brought
before Justice Trabue, they failed
to give the bonds required OF
them and were therefore, taken
to Arcadia, as stated.
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Clothing, shoes and hats latest
Styles-for men at r. G. Blount's
tadv.)
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We have just remodeled our
store. Watch us grow. hinsel's.
(adv.)
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a Conundrum.

Why is a pawnbroker like u drunk;
ard? Because lie takes the pledge. be-
cannot always keep 1t.
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Fred Quednau left Friday al
tcrnoon for an extended summer
trip. He will be gone two months,
visiting Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York, Buffalo, Detroit and
other points of interest.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Il. N. Brown are
enjoying a visit to the latter's
daughter, Mrs. c. E. Lanier, at
Avon Park.
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The county commissioners in
session at Arcadia yesterday ac-
complished the valuation of the
Fort Ogden drainage bonds.
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A full line of staple and fancy
groceries at A. P. Hatch s. (adv.)
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Yesterday was "Flag Day"
and many Punta Gordans observ-
ed it by displaying the national
colors from their homes,
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New line Of ladies hats at Kin
sells. (adv)
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Attending the district confer
ence here are the following spec
ial and valued friends of The
Herald folks: Rev. E. f. Ley, pas.
tor at Fort Meade; Rev. M. IL
Norton, presiding elder; Rev. w
| @ Fletcher, commissioner for
Southern College, Sutherland; r
10. Meek, editor of the Fort
meade Leader; Granville W. Bry.
ant, farmer, Captiva, and Chas. E
Earnest, merchant, Barlow.
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The rainy season is due; let 'er
comel