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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10

has divided the possession of the
saints between Himself and us: He
has taken their souls to Himself and
has left their bodies for u.s."
Even among the Jews, relics were
regarded with reverence. In the fight
from Egypt, Moses took the bones of
Joseph with him. The Christians of
the early ages Of the Church buried
the bodies of the martyrs with great
respect, and even collected drops of
their blood and the instruments of
torture, to place in their churches and
upon their affairs. Since that time if
has always been an ordinance of the
Church that affairs should be erected
over the sepulchres of the saints or
that relics of the saints should he in
serted in the marble slab upon which
the Holy Sacrifice is offered. She de-
sires that relics should be kept in YES
sells of gold or silver and great care
should be taken as to the authenticity
of relics and their appreciation by the
proper Bishop.
Finally, relics are a source whence
great benefit, spiritual and temporal,
come to us from God. st. John Da-
mascus says, las water gushed from
the rock in the wilderness at Gods
command, so, by His will, blessings
flow from the relics of the saints
Where the remains of saints and mar
tyrs are Inferred, the snares of the
devil lose their potency and obstinate
maladies are healed st. Augustine
relates numerous cures effected by the
relics Of ST. Stephen in Africa, among
them the raising of two children from
the dead Even in their lifetime, the
bodies of the saints were instrumental
in working miracles. By the shadow
of st. Peter and by the handkerchiefs
and girdles worn by st. Paul, the sick
were delivered from their infirmities.
The history of the Church is full of
such instances; this caused a Father
of the Church to say that the sepul-
chres of the servants of the Crucified
were more glorified than the palaces
of kings.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
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token that my pardon was sealed upon
the Cross.
l make it at the benediction, be-
cause from those dear Hands, out
stretched upon the Cross, all bless
ings came
make it at the words Life Ever
lasting" in the Creed, because desire
to profess my belief that by the
Cross Life Everlasting was won, and
that it is only by bearing the Cross
that l enter into Life Everlasting.
l cannot think it is wrong or I'M
necessary, since as far back as the
days of Tertullian l find it was the
universal practice of all Christians.
Tertullian was born about one hun
dred and twenty years after the cruel
fiXion of our Lord. His words about
the sign of the Cross are these:
AT every moving from place to
place; at every coming in and going
out; in dressing; when we light the
lamps; when we sit at table; in going
to rest; in all the ordinary actions of
daily life, we trace upon ourselves the
sign of the Cross"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
Notice of Judgment Sale.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
K RamSey-SS.
Farmers e Merchants State Bank of
Wabasha, Minnesota. a corporation,
plaintiff, vs. Bankers Home Mortgage
Company. a corporation, L. d. Moore
and Ed. Mattison. Defendants.
Notice is Hereby Given, That by vir-
tue of an Execution to me delivered,
and now in my hands, issued out of the
District Court in the City of Minneapo-
lis. County of Hennepin and State of
Minnesota, upon a Judgment rendered
in said Court on the goth day of July.
A. D., 1916, in favor of the said Farmers
e. Merchants State Bank of Wabasha,
Minnesota, a corporation and against
the said Bankers Home Mortgage Com
pany, a corporation, L.. d. Moore and
Ed. Mattison. | have levied upon the
following described real property of the
said Defendants towit:
Lot Ten GOD. Block One ID. Paul
Martins First Addition to the City of
st. Paul. according to the recorded plat
thereof on file in the Office of the Reg
lister of Deeds in and for Ramsey Coun-
ty, Minnesota.
And that / shall, on Monday, the 10Th
day of March, A. ID. 1917, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon of said day. in the sher-
of Ramsey. City of st. Paul. and State
of Minnesota, proceed to sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash.
aforesaid Bankers Home Mortgage
Company. "a corporation. l.. D. Moore
and Ed. Mattison, in and to the above
described real property to satisfy said
Judgment and costs, amounting to One
Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-sev
and 7-100 fs1,637.07) Dollars. together
with all accruing costs and interest on
the same from the 29th day of July, A.
Dated at st. Paul. Minnesota. Janu-5
AIRY 2eth, AZ n ls gl,i,,r IL .e.r,n,sr
shagiff of RAMSEY County. minnesota.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
OUTLINING DIVORCE.
Eleanor C.. DOnneND.

One of the currents of the time is
the divorce evil. Catholics know and
understand the position the Church
takes on this problem The world
looks up with admiration to the
Church for her unfaltering protection
OF the marriage vow. But Catholics
fail in practice to support the doc
trlnes they profess when they even,
through sympathy, condone the sin
OF another. The Catholic woman es-
peclaliy, should make it clear that di-
Vorcees who remarry are strangers, are
people who act and think differently
from the way be believe they should.
In ostracizing such violators of the
moral standard, woman need not
be rude. 1t is not necessary to sacri-
ice her natural courtesy and refine
ment for there are ways of being
quiet yet firm, but it is her duty to
subordinate the cause of the individ-
ual to the cause of truth and public
morality. 1t is real charity that tells
her not to help-even with her neu-
trality-the widespread evil that in a
few years has brought society to the
verge of ruin.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
ALONE WITH MY CONSCIENCE.

| sat alone with my conscience
In a place where time had ceased,
And we talked of my former living
In the land where the years increas-
ed.
And l felt l should have to answer
The question it put to me,
And to face the question and answer
Throughout an eternity.
The ghosts of forgotten actions
Came floating before my sight,
And things that thought were dead
things
Were alive with terrible might,
And the vision of all my past life
Was an awful thing to face
Alone with my conscience sitting
In that solemnly silent place
OF sorrow that was to be mine,
In land that was then the future
But now was the present time,
And | thought of my former thinking
Of the Judgment Day to be,
But sitting alone with my conscience
Seemed judgment enough to me.
And l wondered if there was a future
To this land beyond the grave,
But no one gave me an answer
And no one came to save,
Then l felt that the future was pres
ent,
And the past would never go by,
For it was but the thought of my past
life
Grown into eternity.
Then | woke from my timely dream
ing,
And the vision passed away,
And | knew that the far-away warn
ing
Was warning of yesterday
And | pray that / may not forget it
In this land before the grave,
That may not cry in the future
And no one come to save.
And so I have learnt lesson
Which l ought to have known be-
fore,
And which, though learnt in dream
ing,
hope to forget no more.
So sit alone with my conscience
/ In the land where the years increase
And j try TO remember the future
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
ARE YOU TEMPTED?

One who fights long and valiantly
against any vice whatsoever shall
gather spells of all virtues; perfection
in it's broadcast meaning is not sell
dom won in the struggle for the
single virtue of chastity, says Father
Walter Elliott, Paulist. Sometimes
one is a kind of saint because he
wins in lifelong fight against a
tendency to drunkenness; or wolfish
disposition to quarrel. The true un-
derstanding of our temptations is that
of the relation of the battle to the
crown. Satan, is a serpent in cum
ming and "a warning lion" in feroIity
0. Peter, V. 81. And we are cautioned
how to meet him. BE We cunning as
serpents, and simple as doves" Matt
X. 16). To be cunning in Our Lords
meaning is to be watchful and timor-
Gus of corrupting influences; and to
be simple is to keep Him in view
always.
Deter the demon by comparing him
with God. Defeat your own concupis-
cence and wrathfulness and arrogancy,
by looking upon the meekness of
Christ. ''All my bones shall say:
Lord, who is like unto Thee?" FPS.
xXxiv 10). Be not distressed that
temptations are strong and are newt
able, for we are placed in this life
that we may be proved faithful and
true by their means. That is the only
reason why God wills we should be
tempted.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
WHY AN ANGLICAN MAKES THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS.

In. THE Living Church. an Episco-
palian magazine, the Reverend Will
liam Woodbridge tells why he makes
the sign of the Cross
You ask me why | make the Sign
of the Cross?
/ answer, that the first official act
of the Church when, after my baptism
| had entered her fold, was to make
upon my forehead the sign of the
cross; and, as | am continually re-
minded to look back upon my baptism,
its privileges and responsibilities,
cannot but think that the Church
means me to go on with the practice
she there taught me.
So, make the sign of the Cross
when am tempted, to remind myself
of Him Who, by the power of the
Cross, oyercame the tempter.
/ make it when begin my prayers
as a recognition that all prayer gains
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

The one place on earth wherein
Christ lives.
The one place on earth where all
men and women are equal.
The one place on earth admittance
to which is never denied anyone, sim
ner or saint.
The one place on earth wherein
man, no matter how sinful, can find
the way to God.
The one place on earth where the
fallen and abandoned are heard with
pity and consideration.
The one place on earth wherein the
humblest in life can reach the great
est height namely, communion with
God Almighty here below and repose
in His bosom hereafter.
No wonder men are transformed by
the Catholic faith!
T1fn nj mi oE
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. RoMUALD, ABBOT.

In 976 Sergius, a nobleman of
Ravenna, quarrelled with a relation
about an estate, and slew him in a
duel. His son Romuald, Mortified at
his fathers crime, entered the Bene-
dictine monastery at Classe, to do a
forty days penance for him. This
penance ended in his own vocation to
religion. After three years at Classe,
Romuald went to live as hermit
near Venice, where he was joined by
Peter Urseolus, Duke of Venice, and
together they led a most austere life
in the midst of assaults from the
evil spirits. st. Romuald founded
many monasteries, the chief of which
was that at Camaldoli, wild desert
place, where he built a church, which
he surrounded with a number of
separate cells for the solitaries who
lived under his rule. His disciples
were hence called Camaldolese. He
is said to have seen here vision of
mystic ladder, and his white-clothed
mons. ascending by it to heaven.
Among his first disciples were IS.
Adalbert and Boniface, apostles of
Russia, and S. John and Benedict
Of Poland, martyrs for the Faith. He
was an intimate friend of the EN-
peror st. Henry, and was reverenced
and consulted by many great men of
his time. He once passed seven
years in solitude and complete silence.
He died, as he had foretold twenty
years before, alone, in his monastery
of Val Castro, on the 10Th of June,
1927.
In his youth st. Romuald was much
troubled by temptations of the flesh.
To escape them he had recourse to
hunting, and in the woods first con-
ceived his love for solitude. His
fathers sin, as we have seen, first
prompted him to undertake forty
days penance in. the monastery,
which he forthwith made his home.
Some bad example of his fellow
monks induced him to leave them,
and adopt the solitary mode of life.
The penance of Urseolus, who had
obtained his power WrOngfully,
brought him his first disciple; the
temptations of the devil compelled
him to severe life; and finally the
prosecutions of others were the occa-
sion of his settlement at Camaldoli,
and the foundation of his Order.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
RESPECT TOWARD THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT.

Monsignor Mermillod tells us that
cause of converting Protestant by
simply making a genuf1ection before
the Blessed Sacrament. 1t was his
custom to go every evening and pay a
visit to the church, trim the lamp, see
that the door was securely fastened,
etc. He returned to the foot of the
altar, made a devout genuf1ection, and
in leaving kissed the ground as a
mark of perfect alteration. One even
ing, believing himself quite alone, he
was in the act of rising after conclud-
ing his devotions, when he heard a
noise, the confessional door opened
and a lady came out. What are you
doing there at this hour MADAME" |
asked Il am a Protestant she re-
piled, 'as you know; have attended
the Lenten services and listened to
the instruction, which you gave on the
Real Presence. was convinced by
your arguments; one doubt alone re-
acknowledgements me for expressing it.:
Does he believe, | asked myself, in
what he says?' To convince myself
came here to see if in secret you
would behave towards the Holy Eu-
charist as one who believed; | was
resolved if | saw your conduct accord
ed with your teaching, to become con-
verified. | came and | believe"
The Evangelist.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10

That patient heart must bear that
tnothered God.
My Queen of Sorrows, would that |
might bring
A heart all holy for my offering;
Sweet frankincense of prayer and
golden love.
With myrrh of contrite tears; SO
might | prove
love thee for thy sweet life freely
given,
The tabernacle of the Bread of
Heaven.
A million hearts their worthier trib-
ute pay
This Christmas-tide; for me | only
pray
A little place upon the stable floor,
Where | may kneel and worship and
adore;
A little fold of that time, heavenly
dress,
To fall about my human sordidness.
Mabel C. De V0T0
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10

order for Creditors to Present Claims,
Etc.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey. IS. Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of William
c. Doble, Deceased
Letters testamentary on the estate
of William c. Doble, deceased, late of
the County of Ramsey, and State of
Minnesota, being granted to Margaret
1t Is Ordered, That six months be
and the same is hereby allowed from
and after the date of this Order, in
which all persons having claims or de-
mandS against the said deceased. are
required to file the same in the Pro-
bate Court of said County, for eXami
nation and allowance, or be forever
barred.
1t Is Further Ordered, That the sec
ond Monday in September, 1917, at 10
o'clock a. m, at a General Term of
said Probate Court, to be held at the
Court House, in the City of st. Paul.
in said County, be and the same hereby
is appointed as the time and place when
and where the said Probate Court will
examine and adjust said claims and de-
mands.
And 1t Is Further Ordered. That no
tice of such hearing be given to all
creditors and persons interested in said
estate, by forthwith publishing this
Order once in each week for three sue
cessive weeks in The Catholic Bulletin,
a legal newspaper printed and pub
lished in said County.
Dated a st. Paul this 4th day of jan
uary, 1917
BY the Court:
E. w. BAZILT.E.
Judge of Probate
(Seal of Probate Court.)
OBrien, Young & Stone.
Attorneys.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
O JESU, VIVENS IN MARIA.

o Jesus, liv ing in Thy Mother blest,
Within Thy servants, come, and live
this hour,
Live in the spirit of Thy holiness,
And in the fullness of Thy wondrous
pow'rl
Live, in thu wise perfection of Thy
ways,
And in Thy virtues truth, whate'er
betide,
In the communion of Thy mysteries,
Within Thy servants (as in Nary
bide.
Reign in us over all our hostile foes
These adverse powers. crush and
chain again;
Lord! by Thy Holy Spirit Sin depose,
And for Thy Fathers glory, rule.-
Amen!
Eleanor c. DonneND.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10

Many persuade themselves that they
have no true sorrow for their sins if
they do not practice many and great
corporal austerities. Let us learn,
nevertheless, that he does a good pen
ance who studies to please God alone,
Francis de Sales
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
MADONNA.

How beautiful thou art, a thrice
crowned queen,
BY right of purity and love and pain,
Dear Maiden Motheri None may know
{ but. thou
How heavily the anreole ON thy brow
Pressed on the lender temples. nor
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10

How drea Hful so'ever it be-,
That to sit alone with my conscience
Will be Judgment enough for me,
-SDectutOy
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-15

out Of money orders by which the men
can send their pay home to their fam
lies. In some Of the big camps the
Y. NJ. c. A. is providing banking facil-
tiles for the men as well.
Do Your Bit With a Tenner.
This month (November) the Y. NJ.
c. A. must raise s35, 0O0, 900 to carry
on its work among our soldiers and
their allies until next July. Of this
s35,0o0,O00 about s24,O0O,O0O will be
spent on the work with our own troops
or about SO for every man in Uncle
Sans uniform. II everybody who has
received letters from soldiers and sail
ors were TO contribute SO the task
would be easy. Are your boys health
and happiness and clean soul worth
$40 to you?
Your town mayor, your pastor, your
school superintendent will know who
is the treasurer Of the campaign COM
mittee in your county OF town. Other
wise send check or money order to
Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer, 12.,
East Twenty-eighth street, New York
atty.
Only sacrifcial giving by millions OF
gtvers will make possible the contin-
uance Of this vast work for american
soldiers and for Il, Of CIR allies
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-15

I, The Freshman class and their ad-
visor. Mrs. L. C. Highly accompanied
by Mr. Highly, motored to Weisei
Friday night where they attended q
picture show.
Friday evening the Wood River
! Neb. crowd gathered at the H. j.
Puchert home for a farewell. Mr.
and Mrs. Puchert left Saturday for
Salt Lake, Utah. After spending a
short time there they will go to
Los Angeles, Calf. to spend the win.
ter The friends and neighbors as
well as the Wood River crowd will
be glad to give MIR. and Mrs. Puchert
la welcome home, as they will be
missed from their circle.
Allen Newell Of Letha was a yisi-
tor at the E. A. Stegner home Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Hansel and
Bobby were Payette visitors Sunday.
Harold Lackey entertained IL of
his boy friends Thursday evening in
honor of his 18th birthday. The
boys had what they call a dandy
time and will be glad to accept an
invitation to help celebrate Harold's
next birthday.
Miss Mildred Flock entertained in
honor of her birthday Sunday, Miss
es Helen Linck, Catherine Madsen,
Gladys and Rachel Christensen.
Baptisimal services We're observed
at the Baptist church last Wednesday
evening. Thirteen were baptised and
sixteen in all received into the
church membership.
The E. B. Sargent family, Mrs.
H. R. Curtis and children of Kan
sas, Misses Rene, Lola and Mag
gle Eldredge and Amos Gardner and
Lyle Brown were entertained at din
ner at the o. Binsaman home near
Ontario, Sunday in honor of Messrs.
Bingaman and Sargent's birthdays.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. E. Shamberger en-
tertained at family dinner Sunday
in honor of Mrs. Shamberger's siste-
and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. J. T
Waegoner of Odessa, No, who are
here enroute to California.
The High School enrolment reach
ID so Monday.
Mr.. Sam Russell of Linden, Wash,
arrived at the home of his uncle, !
]. W. Russell, Wednesday morning.
The men Of this community met at
Lirvcrth' Hall Tuesday evening to
plans for the Y. NJ. C.
A. drive this week.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-15
HAS HIS GARDEN IN BARREL
Los Angeles Man, With Small Back
yard, conceives Idea for Unique
Strawberry Patch.

A Los Angeles man whose backyard
was too small for growing strawber-
ries. conceived a clever idea, which Is
described in Popular Mechanics.
He made a strawberry patch out of
barrel. Holes about II inches apart
were bored In rows in its sides. Sew
eral tin cans with perforated bottoms
were piled one on the other IN the CEN
ter of the barrel and enough dirt was
thrown about them to fill the recepta-
Gle up to the first row Of holes.
After the dirt had settled sufficient
~ strawberry vines were planted In
the holes and allowed to hang outside.
This process was repeated until the
barrel was full and vines had been set
In all the holes and on the top.
As the soil was added, cans were
piled up through the center TO provide
an irrigation passageway. a hole was
bored In the side near the bottom 10
allow water to drain OF.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-15
Y. M. c. a. DRIVE
Continued from page 2.

forego coveted possessions or even ne
cessities. The work mus. go on, be-
cause there is no one thing that con-
tributes 30 much to the spirit and eff
I fciency Of the troops. The Y. N. G.
( A. Is working night and day TO help
/ the government win this war. And
every penny that is given to aid the
work is q direct assistance TO the
health, happiness and strength OF your
boy and mine.
Snapshots Of kaleidoscope Work
In all the big cities In France where
our men pass through IN large num-
bers, the Y. NJ. c. A Is operating
hostsls, where they can get beds and
meals at q minimum cost. In London
the American Y. N. G. A mas erected
q large building for our soldiers and
clubhouse for American officers.
There are Y. NJ. c. A. dugouts right
behind the front line trenches, where
the soldiers can get hot drinks, crack
srs and other comforts at all hours.
Orsr 1000 men who had been reject.
ed en- account of physical disability
have been able to get into the British
army by reason of the physical work
Of the British Y. NJ. c. A.
A feet of motor cars leaves the big
Y. NJ. c. A. headquarters in London at
midnight every night to pick up SOL
diers who are wandering about the
streets without any wholesome lodging
In which to spend the night. These
cars are operated by EnglLshwomen
Of position and refinement, who report
that they never meet any discourtesy
at the hands Of the soldiers. The i'm
portance of this service can be esti-
mated by the fact that at least $4,000
soldiers are on leave in London every
week. Over half Of these sleep in Y.
NJ. C. A. beds every night
Entertainment o. Vast Scale.
The Y. NJ. c. A has erected a big
auditorium, seating 1000, In each Of
the big draft camps, ard huge chautau-
qua tents, seating $500 in the other
encampmepts. The association Is run
ming q "a week entertainment circuit
among the camps and Is paying Is
companies OF entertainers, who are
travelling to 80 camps performing be-
fore the men.
In each of the draft camps the Y.
". C. A has ten secretaries engaged
in educational work. The association
Is seeing to It that every man who
cannot speak English is Taught to do
SO. In many of the camps the asso- (
citation has q singing director, who is
teaching the men to sing The popular
and martial airs that do SO much to
keep up their spirits.
OF "a Y. NJ. c. A. men at Camp
Dix only three are being paid full sal .
aries. In all the camps the majority
OF the Y. M. c. A. men have left lucra-
tive positions to do this work simply I
because its appeal is irresistible to
any red blooded man. Harry Lauder,
the famous Scotch singer and come
dian, now on his farewell concert tour
in the United States, is giving all his
spare time TO the service of the asso-
citation and is singing to the soldiers
at all the camps he can reach.
In one Of the draft camps the Y. M.
c. A. is supervising athletics on 100
playing fields. providing full athletic
equipment. The winners Of the inter-
games will play the cham
pions Of the other camps.
One Of the greatest services render
ed by the association is the making
Z