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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
JEALOUS MISSIONARIES.

DIR. Dimmick, speaking at Wesley
chapel, Philadelphia, said:
"The Church of Rome has given us
splendid examples of Jealous mission
airy spirits. Among the successors OF
st. Paul as world missionaries such
names as Xavier of India, Raymond
Lull and Lavigerie of Africa; the Je-
suits of Canada and the United States,
and Father Damien must be placed
with those like Jordan, Taylor and
Thoburn.
she has always been able to get
the poorer classes into her fold IN
large numbers. She is solving the
vexed questions: How to Reach the
Masses and How to Save the City,
In every city of our land she main
tains large churches. She seems to
have little trouble with the downtown
portions of the great cities.
1.-THE devotion of her people to the
Church is an example to our Protes-
tant people. Every Catholic Church
has services at or 6 o'clock Sunday
mornings and great congregations at
tend, while there is no Protestant
Church in the world that is trying
to keep up a service at that hour, for
the very good reason that it could not
be done.
I'VE do not claim that these early
hours are the best for church services,
but we simply claim that the Catholic
working people get off to church at
that early hour while many Protes-
tants cannot get out in the morning at
all, on the plea that they work hard
all week and need Sunday morning
for rest.
"Protestants are mainly drawn to
the service by the attractions of the
preaching and the music, while Catho-
lies go purely from sense of duty
and for the purpose of worship.
"The devotion of the people of the
Roman Church is shown by the large
contribution they uniformly make to
the Church and it's benevolent works.
They are poorer than the people of
almost any other church, yet they build
finer churches and at the same time
carry on more lines of charity, such as
hospitals, orphanages, schools, ETC.,
than those Of any other church.
Her Orders of Sisters are doing a
great work for the poor and suffering
humanity.
In this she has set an example
that is being followed by other
churches"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
"YoU ARE NOT A WOMAN, BUT
A GOD"

IF that is true, why do you not
baptize Njeri wa Kaman, who was
carried to the woods two days ago to
die there?"
This news surprised me, and inquir-
ing more particularly, ended the in
struction at once, and fastened to the
sick person. I soon found her; she
was speechless, but gazed at me with
pleading eyes. l saw that she under
stood everything l tried to tell her.
Her mother, bowed with age and look
ing the picture of misery, was beside
her I tried my best to win the old
voman's confidence. After few mo-
ments she exclaimed: eve to we
monde :. = g. !. ne we Ngai," which
means: "you are not woman,
but god" smiled, it was not the
time to explain to her for the dying
woman must first be attended to. |
cannot describe to you the devotion
with which she received baptism. She
pressed my hands, drew me to her
heart, and said: 'The Lord has led
YOU to me, may He be praised; may
you be blessed, my good Sister, and
may they be blessed who call you
Mother, may your own mother who
taught you virtue, taught you to help
Ehe miserable, and console the afflict-
ed. also be blessed!" Then, turning
10 her aged mother, she added: BE
quick, give my baby to Sister! Ny
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
RELIGION SHOULD OFFER THE
PEOPLE Definite
CONVICTIONS.

1T is a mistake to make light of
creed, whether it be religious creed
or a creed that relates itself to mat
tiers of common, everyday life; for
creed is to a man in action what the
Vertebral column is to his body. 1t
is not necessary that he be continual
" throwing it in other peoples faces
any more than it is essential that he
keep his backbone and the vertebrae
attached to it on exhibition; but he
must have it. Nor is it requisite that
he make himself a nuisance by quar-
reling with creedS that differ from his
own.
"NebuIous minded people make the
claim that an unsettled state OF con-
viCtion is a symptom Of intellectual
breadth. On the contrary, it denotes a
condition of vacuity, which has no di-
mensions, neither breadth, length nor
thickness, and as such prevents one
from being a producer.
Were we to apply the principle
we are urging to matters of religion
we should have to acknowledge that
the Roman Catholic Church shows
much sounder sense than do very
many of our Professionals. The
former not only stands sponsor for
certain forms of doctrine, but insists
upon their inculcation. 1t gives its
children something definite to believe
and the belief accomplished in them
by faithful tuition fits the child to
grow up with a Catholic conscious
ness.
with a large number of Protes-
serious effort is made to establish in
the mind of the child definite relig-
1ous convictions, the consequence of
what is that it grows up without any,
becomes a religious invertebrate, just
at it would become a mathematical
invertebrate if it was not taught
arithmetic, and because invertebrate
absolutely without religious force in
the world.
That is merely an illustration of
the principle for which | am contend
ing-that whether in religious or in
any other department of practical in
terest, haziness of mind, a state of
don't know is void of productive
energy.
Men who are unsettled can never
help to settle anything"
Rev. DR.. Charles H Parkhurst
(Presby0, in the Los Angeles Herald,
Oct. Il, 1916.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
PILOT GRAPHING CHINESE
MONKS.

Sister Mary of Wenchow was re-
Gently admitted to the Island Pagoda
the monastery of some Buddhist
monks, and besides this privilege,
made use of her camera. She says of
her experience:
Il have had such a rush of work
that l have not had time to write the
account of the Island Pagoda until
now. We went over, and the monks
gave us grand tea and reception.
We had the greatest difficulty in get
ting them photographed; finally four
tout Of fifty consented; dressed in
their robes of ceremony they look
very we'll.
Then they presented us with thirty
books on the doctrine of Buddha, I
accepted two and returned the others.
Am sending them to America as curl
osltles, with five gods of the earth,
that happened to come in my way.
FINALLY the monks put on their long
brown coats for prayers, and led us
INTO the presence of the GODDESS
'Keu-Yng.' Had it not been for the
huge idol frowning down on us, we
might, have been in a monastery
chapel Each monk had his prie-dieu
and reverently bent to the ground.
then one began the invocations.
THE Fathers say, we ought to have
scruples in having fastened prayers
to idols for our benefit! But it was
all for a good cause, was it not?"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07

bones may be devoured by hyenas,
but my dear child will find a second
mother in this kind and loving soul"
With these words she made an effort
to draw the little creature from under
bundle of sheep skins, lift it and
hand it to me. Exhausted, her arms
dropped, and she sank backwards
upon the ground, motionIess; flood
of tears seemed to bring relief to her
heart. Gradually she grew calmer.
The grandmother put the child in my
arms and pressed it to my heart.
grasped the right hand of the dying
woman, encouraged her with the
promise of heavenly joys, finished the
instructions for baptism, as we'll as I
was able, recited acts of Faith, Hope
and Charity and Contrition, and then?
Nearby there was pumpkin shell
filled with water, placed there for the
purpose of moistening the lips of the
dying woman; l took some of the
water and baptized her "Josepha, -
after which l baptized the child, CIV
ing him the name of Marius.
when in the last great agony she
| tossed about and cried out, | placed
the cross in her hands, telling her to
| nave courage, to suffer little more
for Him Who had suffered so much
for her, and that she would be re-
Warded for eternity; this Gained her
as If by magic, and not another sound
of complaint did she utter Until the
very last she kissed the crucifix with
loving devotion. Just before she drew
! her last breath, she laid her head upon
my hand and heaved a long sigh. She
died as I was whispering aspirations
into her ear. The old mother weeping
bitterly, embraced me and laid her
head upon my shoulder, as | knelt by
her daughters remains. Tears came
to my eyes. For a pail, | spread one
of the poor womans dresses over her,
covering this with green leaves from
the forest. Then | took the old moth
er and the dying child away with me.
Sister Scholastica of the Kenya Mis-
| sions in the Negro Child
| Address cancelled stamps of rare
denominations write for directions),
tinfoil old jewelry and other dona-
lions to American Headquarters of the
Sodality of st. Peter Claver for the
African Missions, Fullerton Bldg, 7th
and Pine Streets CT ,011iS Mo
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07

Father Superior recently wrote to
Mgr. Lemaftre: Every year we lost,
on an average, four out of five chill
dren born in our Christian homes.
This year, thanks to the devotedness
and enlightened care of the good Sis
tiers, not one of these little ones has
persisted. God be praised for this
beautiful and unhoped-for SUGGEST"
They also extend this care to some
old women who have taken refuge in
the hospital of the mission.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07

When 0 Fana received the cable
gram announcing the near return of
her loved one, she was beside herself
with joy. She gave vent to her feel
ings in the most approved Oriental
fashion, and laughed, and then cried
for very happiness. She fastened to
her little Cherry Blossom, and nearly
smothered the babe with kisses, at
the same time whispering a thousand
different things in the most discon-
miracle, the color returned to her
cheek, and the blood coursed through
her veins with new vigor and energy,
while she rushed about informing all
with whom she came in contact that
finally her Henry was on his way
back, and that he had not proved
faithless. Henry was for her as the
sun above, and as he arose upon the
far off horizon she basked in his rays,
and esteemed herself the happiest of
mortals.
That very day the fortunate o Fana
repaired to the little unpretentious
Catholic Church, and there PROSTATE
to the ground she adored the Lord
Jesus before the statue of the Sacred
Heart; she placed garland of fresh
flowers around the neck of the statue,
and after another act of alteration
to the Lord in the Tabernacle, she
left the church in heart, at least, a
Christian The God of her Lord
would now be her Lord. For was it
| not to Him that she owed the return
of her husband? Was it not He Who
had first proclaimed the indissolubil-
| ity of marriage? Had not He conse
Grated by His divine sacraments, the
purity of human love? Had not He
taken under His protection the
| mother and the maiden, ennobline
the second and defending the first
from the egotism of man? And even
| if the hearts of all men should cease
to love Him, should not Woman's
heart burn with love for Him for
ever?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07

Dear reader, the best part OF this
story is that it is not mere fiction,
but the recital of facts that actually
happened.
The End.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07

there was met by o Fana, his son,
and the ever-faithful Mayer. He
clasped his wife to his breast, and
embracing her tenderly, by that act
tacitly asked pardon for the faithless-
ness he was about to commit The
infant in o Fana's arms lisped his
name, and he felt happy. He gave
Mayer a hearty handclasp, and when
they were alone his gratitude knew
no bounds for all the faithful super
intendent had done to console Fana,
and to prevent him from committing
a dastardly act.
Believe me- he said, "evil some
times produces beneficent results.
Up to the present | always thought
myself immovable in all my resolu-
tions; the recent affair at Cologne
has taught me a different lesson. l
was firmly convinced that mutual
love was sufficient to weld the bonds
of matrimony irrevocably together;
now, alas, my own bitter experience
has clearly demonstrated to me that
only the law and the blessing OF God
can effect this. On leaving Japan |
was half pagan: on my return | am
a Christian. During the long and
tedious hours of my voyage | had
time and leisure to reflect on the
necessity of religion in order to in
sure mans happiness here and in the
life to come, and | am resolved to
live up to it. All this | owe. after
God, to you and to your love for me
and for o Fana, as we'll as to your
stout-hearted courage. My friend,
eternal gratitude to YOU!
A few days afterward a touching
ceremony was witnessed IN the
quiet little mission church at Toxic.
o Fana and the child received the
sacrament of baptism, and immedi-
ately afterward the joyous and now
light-hearted girl was united In the
bonds of matrimony to Henry Wen
des, according to the rites OF the
Catholic Church.
On their way home o Fana, in an
outburst of joy, exclaimed: Now
can never lose my beloved! Sister
Marie told me that the angel
Raphael watches over faithful Chris
tian spouses to ward off the demon
of division and separation. Is 1t not
true, Henry, that you will be mine
forever?'
Truly, dearest. In the temple OF
Shimibara love united us for time:
this morning the sacrament OF God
has made us one for all eternity
Dear reader, the best part OF this
story is that it is not mere fiction,
but the recital of facts that actually
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
THE WHITE SISTERS EXTENDING
THEIR WORK.

In 1913, eight Sisters of Our Lady
of Africa established themselves in
Mossi, where they prepared, by study
of the language, for an apostolate
which cannot fail to be fruitful, in the
midst of feminine population which
the missionaries could reach only in
directly.
In the meantime, and in the inter-
val of the study of two languages,
they gave some domestic instruction
to the women Of the little village of
liberty" st. Eugene, established in
1901 near the mission. Their work
has not been q failure, since the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07

Canon did not lose his opportunity.
My dear lady, he began, you pre-
tend to- be a good, Catholic, Christian
matron. But just listen to what | am
about to say. Now you upbraid me
for what | have done, but when you
are more calm you will thank me
from your heart for having thus pre-
vented a great crime In the second
place, you are most Jealous, know,
In promoting the work Of conversion
OF the japanese. But solemnly as
sure you that a scandal like that
which your son was about to consum-
mate would have destroyed ten years
of preaching and the work of twenty
missionaries in the uplifting OF those
poor pagans. The Orientals are log
ical, my dear friend. What would
they have said if, knowing Henry's
marriage to one of their own nation,
and ignorant of our laws, they saw
him abandon her? They would have
said that the Christians, and especial
ly the Catholics, are beasts, not men.
They would have reasoned that re-
ligion which permits a man to thus
wantonly abandon a poor girl, simply
because she is of a different race and
creed, is an abominable religion, a
creed to be feared and Stunned. 1t
is true that they permit divorce. but
they know full we'll that the Catholic
Church does not permit it, admit
that their reasoning is defective, but
you must remember that they are not
Christians. And then-and then
well, l will tell you the rest some
other time. In the meantime, reflect
carefully on what | have said, and
may the Lord enlighten you
With this the Canon retired, and
wended his way homeward, while
Mrs. Wendes and Charlotte, in a long
sorrowful embrace, wept most discon
solately.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
DIFFERENCE IN SONS.

A business man was approached one
day by saloonkeeper who asked il
he had position in which he could
place his (the saIoonkeeper'S) son.
The two men had been lifelong
friends. The business man heSitated
moment and the saloon man quickly
followed up his request with this state
ment:
II know he was a little bit wild
and reckless for a time, and it is my
fault, because of the business I am in,
think l have him Strengthened out
now, and want to place him outside
of and away from the saloon and put
it up to him to make good in respec-
table line of business"
The business man promised to give
the young man chance at the first
opportunity, His friend thanked him,
and then went back to his saloon, put
on his white apron and was ready for
the sons of other fathers as they
might drop into his place, to sell them
lis beer and his whisky and give them
their start or help them on their way
down the grade to the state Of inc0m-
petentS and undesirables.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
49,
|CenlperanCe
{, N(otex q
Conducted by the National Woman'A
Christian Temperance Union.)
LIKE PROHIBITION.

The Gothenburg Independent, a
weekly paper published in Nebraska,
wrote to the editor of the Denver Bull
letin Official organ Of union labor in
COlorado) asking about the effect Of
prohibition as it affects the working
people of that state. The following
reply was received:
1.-THE law in nine months has work.
ed q wonderful revolution for good !;
and at least rs per cent Of the union
voters who were against the amend
ment would support it now. The wage
earnerS have ceased to spend their
money for booze, and are buying bread
and clothing for their families. /
would say on the whole the condition
of Colorado working people is at least
30 per cent better as a result of state
wide prohibition, and the city of Den
yer is great deal more prosperous.
All the stOrerO0mS vacated by saloons
are now occupied by legitimate enter
priSeS, and the citizens only wonder
why they tolerated the booze joints as
long as they did. The increase in saw
ings deposits has been remarkable,
and merchants report collections from
40 to 60 per cent better.
'Take the Bulletin as Il concrete IL
lustration. 1t was prophesied by OUR
wet friends that labor paper couldn't
exist in dry town. We lost about
fifty dollars a month in liquor adver-
Using, and some $50 bartenders and
brewery worker subscribers. Today,
we are doing four times the advertis-
ing business, and have five times as
many subscribers as when Denver had
$50 saloons and five breweries in OPP
GRAFTON. Besides, the subscribers and
pay their bills much more
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
BOYS PROHIBITION SPEECH.

The saloon question was the subject
of debate before Pennsylvania club
of boys. One young fellow was on the
side opposed to the saloon. He was
the youngest and smallest boy on either
team and was not accustomed to de-
bate. When he arose to speak, he had
bad case of stage fright and forgot
what he had prepared. The boys IA
Their was a drunkard and the little fel.
low won the debate by simply saying:
eff airy Of you do not believe the
saloon is an evil, just look at our
home. No one can deny what it has
done for u.s."
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Beautify Your Hair! Make 1t
Soft, Fluffy and Luxuriant-Try
the Moist Cloth.

Try as you will, after an application
of Danderiae, you cannot find single
trace of dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch, but what will.
please you most, win be after few
weeks use, when you see new hair,
fine and downy at first-yes-but real
ly new hair-growing all over the.
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair. No differ
ence how dull, faded, brittle and.
scraggy, just moisten cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw 1t
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. The effect is i'm
mediate and amazing your hair will
be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an
appearance Of ABUNDANCE; an incom-
parable luster, softness and luxuri-
ance, the beauty and simmer Of true
hair health.
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any--that it has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment that's.
all. ADV.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
'CAsCARETS' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a 10-cent box now.


No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation, indiges-
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv.
business, sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which Is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi.
ness and clear head for months.
No more days of gloom and distress
If you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little in
sides need cleansing, too. Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17

Mark Alexander of Roanoke, Va, an
American, who was within short
stride of death during a battle at the
Dardanelles. He was fighting in a
trench with six other men, and was
just ready to hurl trench-bomb
which he had fixed so as to he ready
for explosion when bullet from the
Turks hit his hand, causing the bomb
to explode. He lost both his hands
and his left eye, and his clothes were
stripped from his body by the explo-
sion. He had the presence of mind to
bend over and stop the conclusion of
the shell, thus preventing his COM
rades from being mortally wounded.
He is thirty years old and left for Eng
land In 1915. He was in hospital II
months recovering from his wounds.
Alexander has been decorated with n
medal of honor by King George and
also been recommended for the Vic
torian cross.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS.

'1t's great!" said the longsho-eman
Of Seattle, speaking of prohibition. II
know a lot of longshoremen that used
to spend every cent they could get hold
Of in the saloons and that now have
5000 or $500 in the bank" Mr.. James
A. Duncan, secretary of the Central La
Dor council in that city, bears out this
testimony. at is indeed encouraging, !"
he says, "to see men Of such crafts as
the longshoremen, who were content
but short time ago to walk around
during their leisure in overalls, now
dressed liz such manner as would dc
credit to bankers
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
NOT ENOUGH PRISONERS!

Two of the questions which are vex-
ing the minds of residents of Birming-
ham, Ala, are what to do with the
handsome new 100000 prison which
after II months of prohibition is prac-
tically empty, and how to keep the city
streets clean when the number Of
prisoners has fallen off so materially
that there are not nearly enough men
to do this work. The larger number
lof arrests now are for speeding and
illegal sale of alcohol. The arrests for
speeding are not due to joy riding, but
to the increased number OF automo-
biles, another evidence of the city's
prosperity under prohibition.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
Offended.

Il can't understand why Miss Lang
syne is angry with me. She told me
yesterday that it was her twenty-fifth
birthday, and when ! wished her many
happy returns of the day she said /
was horrid old thing, and she hasn't
spoken to me since"
Il don't blame her. You see, yes
terday was about the fifteenth re-
turn Of her twenty-fifth birthday.
and she's getting bit sensitive about
IT,