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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
FORM OF POVERTY.

We are quite apt to limit the term
a lack of dollars and cents and the
necessities of daily life; but it's mean
ing covers far more than that. 1t is
possible for a millionaire to suffer
poverty in some form or other. Pow
erty is usually the result of an unWise
or too lavish expenditure of that
which we afterward discover came to
us from a limited source; sometimes
it is money, but very often it is
health, brain power, time, friendship
everything desirable and needful in
life, if abused or used too freely will
inevitably result in poverty of that
wherein was waste.
Perhaps there is no earthly posses
sion of which we are more thought
less or lavish in expenditure than in
that of time; and there is nothing in
which we feel the sting of poverty
erty of time. Just as the strength
we so often expend needlessly upon
Indifferent things inevitably results in
lack of sufficient power when some
really worthwhile issue is at stake,
so does the time frittered away with
no accomplishment of either true
pleasure, profit or rest, surely result
in a lack of time when something of
real Importance is at stake. We sell
dom count and value the minutes and
hours as we do our dimes and dollars;
if we did we should be richer by far
than the boarding of dollars can ever
make us-rich in health and vitality,
because we should have time always
to do what is needful for us to do,
without the nervous strain of hurry
and anxiety; rich in peace of mind,
the result of good works, because we
should have time for the many little
acts of love and kindness which we
so often must forego for lack of time.
Very few of us have all the time
we want no matter how much money
we may have, yet we do not seem
to realize that every hour we lack is
but the result of an hour previously
wasted.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
AN ANCIENT TALE OF IMOLA.

1t was the year of Our Lord 1888
The snow lay on the ground, the sky
was grey and stormy. The pilgrim
stood before a Wayside shrine, a
statue of the Mother and Child. There
it stood in the open, sheltered by a
little pear tree. He knelt to say a
prayer and then placed lighted can
die before the Virgin Mother. The
light flickered, went out, and he half
doubtedly asked why the wind did
not respect an offering to the Mother
of God. The statue smiled and sud
denly he was aware that two fair An
gels upheld the candle and had re-
lighted it. A voice that came with
sweetness to his ears now babe him
go to the Governor of Imola and tell
what he had seen, and that the Ma
donna was neglected, bare to the
wind and rain.
The pilgrim exclaimed: Indeed
thou are blessed" And the Madonna
continued: t'f they do not believe
you have a sign. In your cloak you
will find a rose
Through the snow he made his way
to the Governor, delivered his mes
sage, but who believed? No one. He
remembered his sign, opened his
cloak, and to their astonished eyes
was revealed a white rose in full bios
som. Then they believed, and the
Lord and the Lady of Imola Were no
titled, and soon a church. a tower, GOV
cred the waysfde shrine. 1t stands to
day. the Church of the Madonna Of
Piratello, and the people of Imola &C
in pilgrimage to honor there the "Mys
tical Rose
-d1otoJo M
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convince Cardinal Manning and others
that he had a vocation to the priest
hood, he took to writing for the stage
and for the press and he finished his
career as the editor of Punch, the
great national organ for dispensing
the humor of the English people. And
that was no mean achievement, for
Punch had at one time been a violent
ly Protestant and anti-Catholic peri
odical. Those who knew Sir Francis
Burnand understood the secret of his
success. From the moment he became
a Catholic until the day of his death,
he was a loyal member who was not
ashamed of the Gospel. His grasp
of his religion must have been COM
plete, for he read Newman's famous
book, Doctrine of Development" at
a sitting, and his piety was in keeping
with his intellectually. He went to
Mass daily and to confession and Holy
Communion weekly for twenty-siX
years. And with that sort of record
it is reasonable to hope that his tri-
umph here was q forerunner of his
triumph hereafter, for he surely COM
piled with the terms to which the
apostle insinuates a crown is attached,
he fought the good fight and kept the
faith
r in The Guardian
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04

This was the best | could do, as the
dying girl would not hear of becoming
Catholic.
Well, fingered bit after | had
got through the prayers, and was re-
gretfully going away, when the dying
girl called me in and in quavering
tones, said: Dear, kind sir, will
you be SO good as to read that passage
OF the Epistle of ST. James over again
to me?' How glad l was to do so,
and how slowly and as impressively
as knew how, did I not recite those
beautiful words: rs any man sick
among you, let him call in the
priests of the Church and let them
pray over him, amounting him with
oil,' etc.
Again | reluctantly started to go
away, but she reached out her wasted
hand and caught my coat "a last, a
dying request; anoint me with oil &C
cording to that word of Cod" | had
to pause a moment to choke down a
sob that rose from my heart. l an
sWered, My poor child, nothing
would give me greater joy; but the
difficulty is that the Apostle st. James
is speaking of a Christian Catholic
man, and the Sister who nurses you
tells me you are not even baptized in
any form of religion"
How strange a smile lit I'D her pal
lid face, a smile so bright and yet so
exceedingly sad. She said, Dear,
kind sir, if the Bible says anoint the
dying with oil, then l do not wish
to die without it, | quickly beckoned
to the Sister and chair was
brought me. Never will I forget the
simple ferVor of that poor girl receiv-
ing my instructions in Catholic belief
answering my doctrina1 questions and
then receiving the sacrament of holy
baptism, then the holy viaticum, and
finally her immense and radiant joy
as she received the last amounting
Presently she breathed out her guile
less and spotless spirit into the bosom
of God.
The MSSfOnOyD
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
THROUGH EXTREME JUNCTION..

It happened that a Sister of st. Jo-
seph came to me and told me she was
interested in a poor Protestant girl
who was in the Catholic hospitals
pest house, down with smallpox, and
given UP for death by the doctors.
She had sent for minister, being a
Protestant in her belief, but had not
been able to get one to visit her in the
pest house and read the Bible over
her. OF course, / went, and my good
angel guided me to read the fifth
chapter of st. James Epistle for the
poor girl, adding Of course the recital
Of acts Of contrition in different forms,
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A SAINT FOR THE WEEK
3. GIOVANNI coLoMBlNl.

Giovanni Colombinf was a rich
cloth-merchant of Siena, shrewd,
successful, worldly man, fond of gain,
and absorbed from his boyhood in
commercial affairs. One day he took
up a book which he had just thrown
down in anger, and found it to be the
life of st. Mary of Egypt. The story
of her conversion pierced his soul,
and he embraced life of poverty. He
took pains to mortify himself precise
ly where he had received honor. In
the palace where he had lived when
chief magistrate of Siena he became
the lowest kitchen servant for a period
corresponding to his term of office,
begging his food meanwhile in the
streets. Touched by his humility and
feryent charity, many sinners were
converted, and many left the world
and joined him. 1t was a time of
strife, pil1age, and bloodshed; but Clio
vanni and his little band of followers
went about the towns and villages of
Tuscany preaching Christ crucifed,
reconciling enemies, winning hearts
to God, and kindling in them the fame
of Divine love. Pope Urban V. on his
return from Avignon, constituted these
poor little ones of Jesus into a relig-
ious Order, now extinct, called the
"Gesuati;" not, however, before they
had been accused of heresy, formally
examined and acquitted, their Divine
Master prompting their answers.
Soon after, Giovanni fell sick, and on
the 31st of July, a. D. 1867, he passed
to eternal peace.
B. Giovanni was by nature weak
and chilly, and used to live delicately
and dress warmly; but after his con-
version he went barefoot and bare
headed, his chest exposed. A friend
therefore said to him, 'Art thou not
cold, Giovanni" But the Saint took
his friends hand, and placed it in
his bosom saying, "Thinkest thou l
am cold?" May" said the other:
thou are so hot that can scarcely
bear my hand there
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MARY IN THE GOSPELS.

Though very few circumstances and
Incidents of Mary's life, says Father
Livins, are found in the gospel mar
rative, and few details are there re-
corded of the examples she gave and
the virtues she practiced, still from
the little that is said we may discover
many traits of her character and the
inner beauties of her soul; her humil-
ity, spirit of poverty, modesty, purity
of heart, holy reserve and prudence;
her spirit of recollection, her habits
of retirement, meditation and prayer;
her love and esteem for Gods word;
her charity to her neighbor, forgetful-
ness of self and thought of others;
her promptitude in following every in
SEPARATION or grace and Indication of
Gods WILL her strong faith, mistaken
confidence and ardent charity; her de-
sire for the glory of God alone; her
wisdom and illumination of soul on
divine things; her sublime spirit of
alteration, thanksgiving and praise;
her perfect obedience to the law of
God in minutest details, her abandon
ment to the providence and holy will
of God; her tender love for her Di-
vine Son and zeal for all His interests,
and especially the work of redemp-
ton; her heroic patience, courage and
fortitude; her meekncss and forgive
ness of insults and wrongs; her desire
to suffer with her Divine Son; her
union with His brethren, the apos-
ties, and first Christians.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
CONJUGAL MAxlMS.

A husband is generally the archi-
tect of his own misfortunes.
Love does not stand still. It moves
forward or backward.
Modesty is feminine attribute
which should be preserved or cult
waited, but never destroyed.
Prodigality of personal charms
leads love to bankruptcy.
He who can manage one woman
can govern a nation. The converse is
not always true.
Women are more faithful and less
constant than men.
Jealousy in a man is an inconsistent
passion; he is loved or he is not
loved--in either case jealousy is use
less.
The man who forces idleness upon
his wife, exposes her. to every tempta
ton that can assai1 a woman.
When a woman, hitherto industri
Gus, becomes idle. the chances arr
thousands to one that she is falling
in love-
Every husband of genius should b.
a strenuous advocate of indissolubil
ity-it takes away all hope Of doing
BETTER"
A woman deceives to conceal what
she feels man to pretend what he
does not feel.
The idea of ownership and mastery
involves despair for the wife and dis
honor for the husband.
Money forms no element in conju
gal happiness; its. possession canno
purchase, nor its loss forfeit affection
The only recipe for permanent hap
piness in wedlock: Christianity.
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chatting away as they watched the life
of the city flow past. How he would
have liked to go in and join them!
doing so, but each time something held
him back. There was no bitterness
in his own heart, but would these
Yankees welcome into their midst one
of Stonewall Jackson's men, a real
rebel? 1t became a part of his daily
walk to pass the G. A. r. post, and
each time he would look longingly up
at the windows at the old men as
sembled within; and each time he
would pass, lacking the courage to
enter.
The veterans of the Post got to
know him by sight, and they often
speculated on his identity with that
curious speculation peculiar to small
cities and characteristic of old men
as well as of old women. Some of
them insisted that he was soldier.
There was something of the veteran
about him, and the more curious
among them did not rest till they dis
covered that he was real Johnny
Reb. This discovery caused some ex-
element in the post, and many a dis
cussion they had about him. They
would have liked to invite him to come
in, but they in turn hesitated. A real
southerner, real Secesh-he would
not come in if he were asked in all
0hoI IN, would
risk the chance of being refused.
Decoration Day had always hit the
poor Rebel especially hard. In his
own south land he had always gone
out with the Greenboro Confederates
| to decorate the graves of the Confed
crate veterans, and it was with envi
Gus eyes on each Decoration Day that
he watched the veterans of Salem in
their blue uniforms going out to put
| flowers on the graves of their dead
1t was a lonely day for him, and he
| felt the bitterness of it keenly. He
| could not participate even in this
ceremony. But Sally comforted hin
and insisted that he should decorate
the graves, too.
| To the graveyard he went, and fount
an old and neglected grave which
| looked as if no one had visited it fol
/ years. The day before Decoration
Day he came here armed with hi
! garden tools, and cut away the weeds
/ and underground, trimmed the scant.
grass and smoothed the ancient grave
1 walk. As he worked he was as happ.
as he had been in many a day. Bacl
! to the house he went after his labo
i of love was over to pour into the sym
i pathetic ears of Sally and her hus
i band the little fiction which had COM
into his mind as he was working. HI
| told them that he had found the grav'
| of a Confederate soldier who had die,
i a prisoner in Yankee land and tina
he proposed to decorate it annually
i The Yankee husband saw through tn
fiction, as he knew there were no Con
4 federates buried in the Salem grave
/ yard, but. he waxed enthusiastic owe
the idea.
j aGreatD' he said. How fine tina
i you discovered it. Too bad that tn
i grave was neglected for so man,
Fliyears.' And Sally FASTENED to fin
a the old gray uniform and make sur
i that it was all in order, and to ses
nn new gold braid SO that the nl
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Old Simon was immensely pleased
at the success of his story, and with
trembling hands put on his old gray
uniform bright and early on the morn
ing of Decoration Day Sally and her
husband had provided a splendid
wreath and a messenger to carry it,
besides bouquet of cut flowers for
the old man to carry. He took his
flowers, and with head erect and proud
step, the last defender of the Lost
Cause in Yankee land went down the
main street of Salem in the direction
of the church yard.
He had expected a cold hostility on
the part. of the Yankees when they
saw the gray of the south worn for
the first time on their streets; but to
his surprise he found everyone max
ing way for him, and young hands
eager to assist him. A cordial greet
ing was passed him from people whom
he never knew, and his way to the
graveyard was a little triumph. Most
of those he met did not indeed know
| the significance of the gray. They
just saw the touching picture of an
old soldier in faded uniform carry
/ flowers to the graves of his departed
comrades.
The veterans of the C. A. r., how
ever, knew well the significance of the
gray uniform, and some of the old
| fellows were inclined to resent the
wearing Of the rebel uniform in the
heart of the north. The majority, how
ever, openly rejoiced at the sight of
| Johnny Reb again, as if a prodigal
son long missing had suddenly reap
peared. They had seen him in the
graveyard and had been too surprised
to do anything more than stare at the
old rebel, who with head erect and
cheeks flushed with excitement, had
knelt to deposit the flowers and the
/ wreath on the grave.
4 1t was day of real adventure and
life for old Simon. He thoroughly en-
j joyed every minute of it from the
donning of the rebel gray in the morn
ing to the recounting of his story at
might to his two sympathetic listeners,
| Sally and her husband. But he was
to pay for the pleasure. The idea OF
4 the fraud he had perpetrated grew
and grew upon him as time went on.
j All summer long he visited the grave,
i and trimmed the grass and kept fresh
4 flowers about the weather-worn grave
stone; but deep in his heart there was
a growing fear. He trembled lest it
should be discovered that all his devo-
i ton was a fraud and pretense, and
that, after all, there was no soldier
4 buried in the grave. Surprising he
i were ever exposed! What would Sally
i and her husband think? What if the
boys in blue or the townspeople ever
I heard that he had been practicing a
i deliberate fraud in decorating the
grave Of someone who had never
served the country?
i While old Simon trembled at the
possibility of such revelation as this.
his devotion was the theme of con-
i slant speculation at the G. A. r. post
n The idea of any Confederate dead be-
u ing buried in Salem was secuted by
Il all, but If it was not Confederate.
II who was 1t? After a great deal Of
Y talk and argument, one Of the men
s. said:
4
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
THE TRUE CHARM OF WOMAN.

Woman has played twofold role in
history. She has tempted to evil or
prompted to good, She can lift up
man with her to heights of purity,
nobility and worthy achievement, or
she can drag him down into the
depths to which she herself has fallen.
She is Eve or Mary for the world in
which she moves.
First and most obvious, as an index
of the influence that she can hope to
exercise, is the dress she wears.
Does she clothe her person in q man
ner befitting her dignity, as the sane
tuary Of the Holy Ghost. the abode
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
A DISTINCT TRIUMPH.

The Catholic man who achieves
something in the face of great odds
not only succeeds but scores a distinct
triumph. That is what Sir Francis
Burnand, who recently died, did. The
descendant of Hugenots, he became a
Catholic, and incurred the displeas-
ure Of his father to the extent that he
was no longer allowed to remain at
hnYa1n
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Cheerfulness is absolutely essential
to the minds healthy action or the
performance of its proper duties. 1t
is an excellent working quality, i'm
parting strength and elasticity to the
character. 1t not only lightens labor,
but the brightness it hestows on the
disposition is rejected on all around.
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CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS MARIAN
TIES OF THE HOLY CROSS
Lake Charles, La.
$2500oO0; paid cancelled to date
outstanding,
convent property Charles Louisiana
by at $4S,0O000 Notes executed by Motherhouse
New. Orleans.
Maturites available: August 1st 1924 and 1925.
SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL
Nashville, Tenn.
Total issue 5000 oo paid and cancelled to date
ptal in Nashville Tennessee conducted the
Darhters of Charity of ST. Vincent de Paul. valued by
$t65, 10000. -
Maturtes available: May 1st 1924.
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Many men owe the grand eur 81 their
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-03
ROM EARLY DRAFT is GENERAL BEIIEF-AMUSEMENT GOSSIP
LODGE RAISES FLAG

Annville, Pa, May 3. - Quittapa-
hilla Lodge, No. 1886, of Odd Fellows,
held a patriotic meeting and had a
fiagraising with proper ceremonies.
The exercises opened by the singing
of America" after which the Rev.
Yeagel of the Zion United Evangeli-
cal Church, offered prayer, followed
by an address by the Rev. E. e. Ben
der, and cornet solo by Frank u.
eBaver. DR.. Harry Zimmerman re-
cited Our Country" and the Rev.
Bender pronounced the benediction.
After these exercises the Odd Eel
lows held regular session at which
four members received their fourth
degree.
HAGERSTOWN WEDDINGS
Hagerstown, Md, May 8. - Miss
Charlotte NJ. Barrick, of GuldenS,
Pa, and George A. Heffelflnger, of
Carlisle, Pa, were married here on
Tuesday at the parsonage of st.
Paul's Methodist Church by the Rev.
+. r. Bayley.
Marriage licenses have been issued
here to the following couples from
Pennsylvania
Charles w. Crowl, of Hanover, and
| Ida M. Rohn, of Abbottstown.
William Newcomer, of Columbia,
and Elizabeth II. Starr, of Rohrers-
town.
George w. Miller and Kathryn
Dunlap, both of Harrisburg.
Paul e. Motter and Mabel V. Mil
Ter, both of Newville.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-03
Old Time Fashion Show
Held by Mission Circle

The Home and Foreign Mission
Circle will hold an "old-time fash
ioned show" in the social room of
the Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Saturday afternoon, May 5, at $50
o'clock. An offering to be used for
missions will be taken. There will
be music and tea. Those who VIII
contribute to the musical entertain
ment are as follows: Vocal, Mrs. Roy
G. Cox, Mrs. II. l.. Hertzler, Miss
Heicher, Miss Garman, Mrs. j. A.
Hayes and Miss Ruth Hoover; vio-
lin, William Myers; cello, Miss Mar
garet Kennedy; Mrs. Ellenberger
will give q reading.
The chair4nen of committees are:
Entertainment, Mrs. NJ. V. Hazen;
music, Miss Catherine Heikes; re-
freshments, Mrs. r. E. Holmes; dec
grafton, Mrs. Ramsey Black.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-03

They are off in the New York State
League. Only four teams got under
way yesterday, but indications are
that all the teams will be active this
afternoon. Games at Elmira' and
Binghamton indicate that there will
be interesting sport this summer.
Two big events next Tuesday: Visit
of the foreign commissioners to Har-
risburg and the opening of the New
York state League season. This
means half-holiday. Patriotism first
and then will come baseball. Manager
Cockill will make his arrangements to
suit everybody.
Tommy Yingling, a Pennsy ball
player from Altoona, is in the Cham
bersburg Hospital with a broken leg.
He was injured yesterday in an at
tempt to slide to second. The popu-
lar player will be out of the game
probably all season.
Burke. Harrison and BolinslSy were
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-03
Yesterdays S Scores
National League

At Philadelphia
Boston, 80 o 0 0 o o o O-T 2
Phlla.. .....O 90 0 o 2 0 0x-2 Z 0
Batteries = Barnes and Gowdy;
oeschger and Killifer-Umpires-By-
ron and Quigley.
At New York
Brookln 00010100 900 90 o. IL 3
N. Y, 00O00O1 00OO00-2 ia
Batteries - Cheney and Miller;
Schupp and McCarty. Umpires, O'Day
and Bransfield. Called on account of
darkness.
At Pittsburgh
st. Louis. ~ 90 0 0 2,O1 O--4 5 0
Pittsburgh, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 . 3
Batteries-Ames and Snyder; Grimes
and Fischer Umpires-Klemm and
Emslie.
At Chicago
Cincinnati. 0 0 o 900 ii 0
Chicago, 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 3
Batteries-Tovey and Hugh; Vaughn
and Wilson. Umpires-Orth and Rig
Ter.
American League
At Boston,
Philadelphia Boston game postpon-
ed; cold weather.
At Washington
New York, 0 0 0 0 o 0 o. 0 /
Washingt'n 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 90 A 0
Batteries-Fisher and Nunemaker;
Johnson and Ainsmith. Umpires-
owen and Dineen.
At Cleveland
Chicago, IL 20 0 8 4 0 0 0--S 10 2
Cleveland, % o o. 0 o 2 0 0-3 7 2
Batteries-Williams and Coombs;
Schalk and ONeill. Umpires-Hilde-
brand and O'Laughlin.
At St. Louis
Detroit, ....1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 % 0 Q
st. Louis. 30 0 0 0 o 0 0 90 6 A
Batteries - Dauss and Stanage
Weiiman and SEVERED. Umpires-Nal-
| lin and Evans.