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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
WHERE PAPRiKA COMES FROM.

Years ago agents of the bureau of
plant industry turned their attention
to paprika pepper. We don't know
what headed them toward pepper, and
the report of their work does not tell
us, a writer in Everybody's says. Pa
prika pepper is probably a. mighty
small item in our national food bud
get. Up to that time we imported all
that we used from Hungary and Spain.
Our agents studied the characteristics
of the plant and the soil and climate
and cultivation that it required.
Then they came back to this coun-
try to discover where papika pepper
could be profitably grown here. Down
in Florence County, South Carolina,
they found what appeared to be the re-
CURED soil, climate and labor cond1-
tions. Moreover, the land there was
not giving really profitable account
of itself. After the department had
proved by it's own experiments that
paprika pepper could be successfully
grown in South Carolina, it furnished
seed to group of farmers who agreed
to grow it under their directions. This
was to insure a product of proper
standard. The industry is now fair
ly we'll established, and if ever we
should be at war with Hungary and
Spain at the same time, probably
South Carolina could supply all the
jaded palates of this country with a
standard brand of paprika pepper.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
THE BLuERIRD's HOME.

The earliest bluebirds were already
beginning to peer about for some hole
in fence corner or hollow tree where
they might set up housekeeping and
every one was quite sure winter was
over at last. Then, one day, a sugar
snow began falling, and soon every
thing was dressed in white once more.
Little, shiYering, feathered creatures
went scurrying to the sheltered hooks
in trees and bushes; perhaps they
wished they had waited little before
taking their northern journey.
Raymond Brown walked slowly
down the path to the mail-box, to see
whether the postman had left any let
tiers. The box lid was open, and, as
Raymond lifted it higher, a bright bit
of blue. like the summer sky, went
soaring upward, and was lost to sight
In the big cedar tree.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
w RTH KEEPING.

81 can never keep anything cried
Edith, stamping her foot with vexa-
ton because she could not find her
scissors. Somebody always takes my
things away and loses them. | wish
they could be let alone"
There is one thing" said mamma,
that | think you might keep if you
would try"
4 should like to keep even one
thing" answered Edith.
well, then, my dear, keep your
temper. If you will only do that, you
will find it easier to do other things
If you had used your time in search
ing for the lost scissors, you might
have found them before this. You
have only got into passion; and you
have accused somebody, perhaps I'M
justly, of taking away your scissors
and losing them. Keep your temper
Edith, even if you lose all the little
property YOU have. Getting into pas
sion never brings anything to light ex
cept an unhappy face; and besides
getting yourself into a passion, you
accuse somebody else of doing wrong
Edith began to think. She got over
her i'll humor, searched for her scis
sors, and found them in her own work
bag. Why, mammal! she exclaimed
here they are. might have beer
sewing all this time if had kept my
temper
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
TRAGEDY OF BEING DULL.

In the Woman's Home Companion
Arnold Bennett describes the tragedy
of being dull:
The man lacking imagination is
the utterly matter of fact man. He is
necessarily the man who never has
and cannot have any point of view
except his own. He is the Words
WORKMAN man to whom a primrose by
the rivers brim was strictly yellow
primrose instead of being a. miracle.
He is imprisoned in what to him is
the actual, and he is always the exact
center of the prison, which is of
thickest iron. His tragedy is that he
does not suspect and is incapable of
suspecting that he is in prison at all
and that the prisons walls and floor
and roof entirely prevent him from
really getting at any other human
being whatsoever. He is always in
his own place. This is the deep mean
ing OF dullness, and this is the dull
mans doom.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09

when an egg has been prepared other
wise than by being plunged into boil
ing water and allowed to steam for
ten minutes.
Do you think that this is an exag-
geration? Not bit of it. 1t is far
nearer fact than fiction. The young
American today has taste that would
shame the palates of the diners at a
kings table. Back of that taste IS
nothing but imagination. The poor
mother who is growing gray hair pre-
maturely trying to remember who
likes eggs fried in butter and who has
a prediction for bacon fat, has no
body but herself to blame. And it is
no wonder that she can not keep a
servant!
Go from restaurant to restaurant
and you will find little variety in the
dishes offered. The general menu Of
fers the same cuts of meats prepared
in very few ways with only a few
varieties of vegetables as side dishes.
Butchers in the outlying district will
tell you that it does not pay them to
keep any of the cheaper cuts on hand.
The demand is for roasts and for
chops and outlets that can be quickly
fried. And so the butcher buys only
these choicer parts and naturally pays
for them as do his patrons.
What are we going to do if we
should actually feel the pinch of war?
What suffering will then be in store
for the dear little fabby pets who now
eat nothing but mushy white bread,
and even then cut off the crusts, when
they come down to eating war bread?
OF course this seems improbable with
the general opinion prevalent that our
resources are limitless. But other rich
powers that entered the war have
come to war rations.
1t is possible that some dish may
be distasteful to an individual. But
it is another case when the young
man and miss say they don't like this
and don't care for that" and they de-
test this" and hate that" And if
their mothers are growing wrinkled
wondering what in the world to have
for dinner when markets are stocked
with dainty tasteful and nutritious
foods, then that mother, as has already
been said, has only herself to thank.
Back of the imagined dislike for
certain dishes is nothing but foolish
timidity These dishes have never
been tasted and very vague fear
that they may prove unpalatable to
us is the whole reason for abstinence
from them. This is particularly true
of the child. Today there is no long
er any excuse for spelling the tastes
of a child. Sufficient information is
at hand to guide the mother in what
the little ones are to eat If the rule
that they must partake of what is set
before them is enforced early enough
in life, there will afterwards be no
prematurely gray hairs in mothers
head and an egg will taste as de.
licious to son and daughter whether
it is fried4inslardy. bacon grease or but
ter.
The NeD World.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
THE SILENT SLANDERER.

He speaks no i'll of any man,
Nor tries to siur maidens name.
He cannot stoop, as gossips can,
To cry aloud a brothers shame,
But when an absent friend is slurred,
He dare not rise and say one word.
Who hears friend by SANDER stung
Without one move, one angry stir,
With no defense quick on his tongue
Is but a silent slanderer.
A friend is one who night and day,
Will fight your fight when you're
away.
You are no friend unless you do
Your all to shield a friends fail
name;
He is no sterling friend to you
Who will not swiftly do the same,
For, if he will not check a slur,
He is silent slanderer.
Wal f, Kirk. in Pftsbug Sun
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
INDUCING FOOD FREAKS.

Supper time, Friday evening, comes
around with the problem of what the
menu shall be. Mothers proposal of
fried eggs, after a great many objec-
tions and suggestions, finally wins out
Mother puts on her apron and goes
into the kitchen.
''Oh, ma calls out the eldest, re
member, l like my eggs fried in but
ter only"
eyes, DEAR" replies mother.
"And ma reminds the second old
est, don't fry mine with Bills. |
like mine fried in lard"
Say, ma" is the warning of the
third in the family, please be care
full that you don't get mine mixed
with the others. Remember that
want mine fried in bacon fat"
'All right, dears," says mother, TAX
ing the three varieties of grease from
the ice-box.
Just then Lucille, the second young
est, stops long enough in her game of
Jacks to call: Mamma, don't fry my
eggs hard. I can't eat it if the white
isn't all soft"
Il will, sweetheart" is the mother S
submissive response.
"Oh, ma" this is from the youngest
''fry my eggs over on both sides, will
your
"All right, honey, I will"
And the ages of the five all range
within ten years. seventeen for the
Oldest, seven for the little fellow. The
mother is not nearly as old as she
looks; those wrinkles are the result OF
the constant mental effort required to
remember all the fine points of the
familys appetites. Surprising mother
had suggested boiled eggs for supper
The Oldest would have insisted upor
having his boiled exactly three min
utes: the next order would have beer
for eggs boiled five minutes; the thir6
voice would have insisted that the
eggs be put on the stove in cold water
which must then be allowed to come
to a boil and Immediately taken from
the fame. Lucille will only eat egg:
that have been boiled for over thirt.
minutes; and the little fellow thinks
he is sufficiently epicurean to know
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
oPossUM HAS QUEER TRAITS

The Virginia opoSSumS the only
species occurring in the United States)
have from five to fourteen young,
which at first are naked, formless lit
tie objects, so firmly attached to the
teatS in their mothers pouch that they
cannot be shaken loose. Later, when
they obtain a coating of hair, they are
miniature replicas of the adults, bW
continue to occupy the pouch until the
swarming family becomes too large for
it. The free toes of opoSsums are used
like hands for grasping, and the young
cling firmly to the fur of their mother
while being carried about in her wan
behring's. They are rather sloWmoyinS,
stupid animals, which seek safety by
their retiring nocturnal habits and by
non-resistance, when overtaken by an
enemy. This last trait gives origin to
the familiar term, playing possum.
While hunting at daybreak l once
encountered an unusually large old
male opossum on his way home from
a night in the forest. When we met
he Immediately stopped and stood
with hanging head and tail and half
closed eyes. 1 walked up and, after
watching him for several minutes with
out seeing the slightest movement, put
my foot against his side and gave a
slight push. He promptly fell flat and
lay limp and apparently dead.
The opossum has always been ia
vorite game animal in the Southern
states, and figures largely in the songs
and folklore of the Southern negroes.
In addition, its remarkable peculiari-
ties have excited SO much popular in
terest that it has become one of the
most widely known of American ami
mails.
National Geographic Mdeosfns.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
PLATING

None takes the place of thee,
Dreams of the face of thee
Waken Gods grace in me,
Mother O. mine
Sure, I'm the child of thee,
Mother O. mine,
God has been mild with me,
Mother o. mine;
The birds sweetest melody
Chimes with the knell o. the
Years, while tell O. thee,
Mother O. mine.
God save thee, soul of me,
Mother o. mine,
Blood of the whole of me,
Mother o. mine;
Gods mirrored trinity,
Faith, hope, divinity,
Pulse in the heart of thee,
Mother o. mine.
Love for thee blesses me,
Mother o. mine,
The smile and the tear of thee,
Mother O. mine;
Brings me so near to thee,
Binding thee, dear, to me
Closer each year, machree,
Mother o. mine.
Hail, Mary's purity,
Mother O. mine,
Throne of the deity,
Mother O. mine;
Through whose maternity,
Christ for eternity
Reigns in the heart of thee,
Mother o. mine.
Rep Hemp B. 7ieyneD Trenton. Mo
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09

to represent the firing of cannon to
the annihilation of an imaginary foe;
and perhaps you thought such con-
duct quite childish on the part of
soldier and a gentleman. Such con,
clusion depends entirely upon the
point of view. One may be as little
child and not at all ridiculous or I'M
Mr.. e. H. Sothern in his delightful
book of "reminiscences, "The Melan
choly Tale of Me-" Il happen to have
known little child who had just such
a relative as my Uncle Toby and
this little child thought, and still
thinks, that his uncle-Uncle Hugh
was his name (my mothers brother)
was by far the noblest and sanest
person he ever met, although most
grown up people were quite sure he
was as mad as a halter, cratic as
March hare
These are some of the things that
made them think SO. Uncle Hugh
distrusted all grown-up people. He
did not like them. He adored little
children and was a child again when
he was with them. Although he was
poor man, he kept an old asthmatic
dog for many years in luxury in a
loose box in London. In another
loose box he kept an old horse, a
victim of all the ills horsefesh is heir
to. used to go with him to see
these fortunate animals, but he would
never take grown-up people to visit
them
Uncle Hugh and | were walking
opposite the Knightsbridge barracks
one day when a cavalry regiment
which had seen service in one of
England's little wars came in sight.
They had come home. Some were
wounded and wore bandages. Many
horseman led a riderless horse. and
on each side of the saddle of many
such a riderless horse, with foot in
stirrup had been secured the tall
guardsman's boots of the dead sol
der, while some garments of the alb
sent rider were attached to the
pommel.
That is the way my horse came
home, said Uncle Hugh
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
THE LESSON.

On beautiful evening in spring
a father said to his wife: Let us
go out into the field and rest on the
hill, to enjoy the sight of the setting
sun. 1t will be lovely evening"
When his two children, boy and
a girl, heard this, they said: I'VE
will go before you, and wait for you
on the hill". And with these words
they skipped on before.
Soon after the grave father and the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
SUPERSTlTIoUS DoN'TS.

Don't look at mirror until it
breaks.
Don't walk under falling safe.
Don't throw soup over your left
shoulder.
Don't put on your shirt upside down.
Don't look at the old moon over your
right foot.
Don't get out of bed at the wrong
hour.
Don't turn your umbrella inside out
Don't lose $13 at bridge.
Don't lead funeral procession.
-Life n
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
MILK AND CREAM
Poor little thing, Raymond

Poor LITTLE thing" Raymond
thought, as he turned toward the
house again. Il suppose he thought
he'd found fine place for a nest. |
wonder if I can make one he'll like
just as WE'LL" And he hurried to his
fathers carpenter shop in the back of
the yard, and told his father about the
bluebird in the mail-box.
You can make a home for them
very easily his father told him.
Bring one of those short logs from
the woodshed-one with bark on-and
I'll help you start it,
Mr.. Brown sawed the log in two
lengthwise, then he handed Raymond
a gauge chisel and told him to hollow
out the inside of the log, leaving an
opening at one end. Raymond worked
busily till he had made a long curved
groove down each half of the log.
We'll nail the two halves together
now" Mr.. Brown told him, and then
our bluebird's house is ready. You'd
better put sign over the door, he
added, laughing.
So while his father nailed the halves
of the log together, Raymond found a
paint brush and a can of black paint,
and lettered a nice little sign like
this.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
MOTHER o. MINE.

There's a JOY in the heart Of me.
Mother O. mine,
'Tis the real Irish part of me,
Mother O. mine;
Aglow with sweet dreams Of thee
Childhood's bright memory,
Thou art the life of me,
Mother O. mine.
Love for thee sings in me,
Mother O mine.
Prayers of thee strengthens me,
Mother D. lhine;
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
UNCLE HUGH.

IF you have read 'Tristram
Shandy you will remember Uncle
Toby's defense of the redoubt built
BY Corporal Trim and how the an
scient warrior pulled pipe after pipe
Of tobacco smoke from his stronghold
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09

The Catholic schoolroom is a holy
place. Purity is the motto and the
watchword is love OF our Divine Lord.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09
HOUSE FOR RENT
Inquire Within.

Mr.. Brown nailed the little. log house
among the lower branches of the
cedar tree, and tackled the sign above
it; and then the little lad watched
eagerly to see whether the bluebirds
would choose this coy little place for
their home.
And they did! Oh, they did! They
set UP housekeeping the very next
week, and all summer Raymond
watched them coming and going, and
felt happy because he had helped the
sbluebirds find a home.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-04
FATHER TO HIS SOLDIER SON

Copies of this letter written hfty-tve years ago by an eminent Massachusetts judge E Redwood Hoar to his son. Samuel Hoar who had just started for the CY War are now being sent by the United States government to men newly drafted for the national army and to Von- tees in the hope that it will serve as an inspiration to them in the struggle against Germany:
 "Concord Mass December l5 1862
 "lIv Dear Boy: did not have the opportunity had hoped to talk with you last evening-and therefore, take this opportunity when we sending you your mttenS and the envelopes which you forgot to give you few last words of affectionate counsel from home.
 "One of your first duties as a soldier will be to take all the care you can of your health The hmer that IS the better you will be able to do any service, or undergo any fatigue required of you To preserve your health you must lead as regular and temperate life as IS pos sibe hope you will not try to avoid your full share ot labor danger or exposure, where either IS necessary or called for Take every proper occasion for bathing your whole body-and scupuousy regard your personal clean ness no matter how much trouble it may give yOu Have nothing to do with spurious liquors of any Nnd Take your food as regularly you get it, and neither eat mmoderatev nor go long time without food ii you can avoid it. Especially be careful not to eat to excess after long fasting.
 q hope you will never disgrace yourself by any pro- faneness or obscenty and will avoid all conversation and companions where they are practiced or allowed
 Trv to preserve cheerful and cOntented spirit and encourage it in others Bear hardshps without grumb ling and always try do more rather than ess than your duty You will have occasion to be patient much Oftener than to be brave.
 "The duty of a soldier is unQuestioning obedience hut beyond this hope you will cultivate kind respect fu and considerate temper toward your officers.
 q hope you are going with a love for your country and your cause and with determination to be faithful to every duty you have undertaken My boy you bear the name of one who to the end of his honored e shrunk from duty, however painful nor from danger which duty called him. Be sure that you do discredit to it. Neither by cOwardice, by falsehoOd by mpuity
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-04

vIevity nor by sefshness Remember always your nome and your frends-those who will welcome your return with pride and joy if you shall come back in virtue and honor who will cherish yourmemory if, faithful and true you have given up your fe but to whom your disgrace would cause pang sharper than death Remember your obgatons to duty and to Cod And may these thoughts keep you from temptation and encourage and strengthen you in danger or sickness.
 And now, my dear boy, commend you to God-and to the power of His grace May God bless and keep you Think of your Heavenly Father in health and m SlckneSS in joy and in sorrow Go to Him for strength and gVud arce You are very dear to our hears-and your absence
 leaves great place vacant in our home If it be accord ing to His wi may you come back to us in safety and honor-but whatever is before us may His mercy and love be ever with you and His grace be sufficient for you With deep affection your father "E. R. HOAR. Samuel Hoar, Corporal Fortyeghth Regiment, Massa
 chusetts Volunteers"
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-04

If it is true that they preparing to ship to the states large quantities of poi the Hawaiian national dish it will not be difficult to get members in club for seven po-ess days a week
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-04

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated exclusively entitled to the use for repuoh' or of an news credited otherwise credited m this paper ana also the ncw published herein All rights of republication of special dispatches herein also reserved
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-04
SOME OF OUR SPECIALTIES:

AND A FULL LINE OF
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
NOTABLES BORN THIS DATE.

William J. Bryan, former secretary of state in the Wilson cabinet and now leader of the peace propagandists, born at Salem, H., 57 years ago today.
 Grand Admiral Alfred P. von Tir- pitz former German minister of ma rine and accredited author of the policy of "frightfulness," born 6S years ago today.
 Duke of Westminster, the richest peer in the United Kingdom, now do- ing active military duty, born 3S years ago today.
 George w. McElroy, one of the new rear admirals of the United States ravy, born in Illinois 59 years ago to- day.
 Moorfield Storey, eminent Boston iurist, long identified with various re- form movements, born at RoXbury, Mass, 72 years ago today.
 / Alice French ("Octave ThanetO , well-known author, born at Andover, Mass, 67 years ago today.
 Gen. George P. Harrison, comman- der-in- chief of the United Confederate Veterans, born near Savannah, Ga., 76 years ago today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-19
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
By S. w. STRAUS P,vyident Asnsyieax Sonet jSr TAriH

lesson one can learn. An hour squandered can never be replaced. Abraham Lincoln furnishes Us a splendid example of the value of thrift in this respect. All told, his education did not amount to as much as one year.
 The thrifty man is usually the gen. erous man. He who spends all he earns can help no one.
 Our great business concerns are well aware of the value of thrift. Recently a railroad wreck cost the company $250,000. To offset this the president sent around word that if each employe would save cents worth of material a day, or do 5 cents worth of extra work day, the $250,WO would be made good in year.
 It tooksa Connecticut newsboy six years to o.save $10O out of his meager earnings. He invested this sum in vacant lot at the edge of the city in which he resided. Then the war came and his profits increased SO that he was soon able to pay off his mort gage. A few months ago he received an offer of $20,00O for his property. because it was needed by a munitions plant. Luck, you say? Perhaps; but how about the original $100 he saved penny by nennxa ->.-> -