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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
S SOME INTERESTING REvELA-
TloNs AS TO HER SPIRITUAL
SIDE - ADMIRED SUPERIo r
QUALITIES OF CATHOLIC NUNS
-HELPED IN HER VOCATION AS
NURSE BY CARDINAL MANNING.

The following will certainly be in
teresting as showing the bent of a
soul which gropes for truth and peace,
but has not faith, observes an ex-
change 1t manifests convictions
which flood in upon the mind, but
which seem not to affect the will. 1t
is a cry of the heart, aroused or called
forth by examination into the lives of
those who are filled with faith, and
demonstrates the need of earnest and
self-sacrifcing prayer for faith.
The Dublin Review has printed
some letters from Florence Nightin-
gale to Cardinal Manning; and these
letters show how near she was to
becoming Catholic, and how help
full Cardinal Manning was in shap-
ing her vocation to be nurse. 1t
seems wonderful that the grace was
not hers-considering the sentiments
of her soul. But it has always been
astonishing how many there are who
apparently see the truth and who yet
will not or do not embrace it. The
words of st. Paul, in Hebrews Nv, q;
set forth the situation: "For unto us
also it hath been declared, in like
manner unto them: but the word of
hearing did not profit them, not be
ing mixed with faith Of those things
they heard The possession of
faith comes to one almost unaccount-
ably 1t seems to be the result OF
earnest prayer; or perhaps, Of singu-
lar purity of life.
We quote one letter written by
her in June, 1852: ''You think the
defect is in the will; all Catholics
do. You think it would be sacrifice
to me to join the Catholic Church, a
temptation to remain where / am. If
you knew what a home the Catholic
Church would be to me! All that |
want I should find in her. All my
difficulties would be removed. l have
laboriously to pick up here and there
crumbs by which to live. She would
give me daily bread The daughters
of st. Vincent would open their arms
to me, they have already done SO;
and what should / find there? My
work already laid out for me, instead
of seeking it to and fro and finding
none, my home, sympathy human and
divine. I dislike and / despise the
Church of England. She received me
into her bosom. But what has she
ever done for me? She never gave
me work to do for her, or training to
do it if I found it for myself. | say,
if you knew. But you do know now,
with all it's faults, what a home the
Catholic Church is. And yet what is
she to you compared with what she
would be to me? No one can tell,
no man can tell, what she is to
women, their training, their discipline,
their hopes, their home; to women be-
cause they are left wholly uneducated
by the Church of England, almost
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
CATHOLICS In JAPAN
RECOGNITION GIVEN TO cATHo-
Lie UNIVERSITY - WORK OF
EDUCATION PROGRESSING FAv-
ORABLY.

Professor Kobayashi, the professor
of financial science in the Catholic
University of Japan, was recently Sc
lected by the Imperial Government
for its commercial agent in China.
The university is receiving no slight
degree of recognition and apprecia-
ton, and will greatly contribute to
the prestige of the Catholic Church
| in Japan. It has also met the needs
OF. the present hour by a lecture upon
Luther delivered in its exhibition hall
| by Professor Mizuno of the university.
He is convert from Lutheranism
who had studied for the Lutheran
ministry for several years in the
United States. So the brethren of
| St. Francis Xavier are today resum-
ing in the educational field the work
which the Saint began so gloriously
centuries ago.
The close connection between the
Catholic past and the Catholic present
| is nowhere more strikingly brought
| home to us than in Japan. This
| holds true in particular of the So
ciety of Jesus in that country, OBJ
serves America 1t is interesting
therefore to note that the letter from
the Catholic University of Japan
! which brings the above items also calls
| attention to the recent discovery Of a
Christian tomb, 300 years old, which
was found in one of the temple Gem
eteries of Kyoto. ION the stone is
carved cross and the name of the
Christian called Mark who is stated
to have died on the feast of St
Onorio during the Shogunate OF
Hideyoshi, the Taiko Sauna who ap-
pears as the tyrant prosecutor in the
martyrologies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
Irish Mission to China
PROGRESS is BEING MADE-lRE-
LAND CONTRIBUTES MEN AND
MoNEY-HoPE is BRIGHT FOR
SUCCESS.

With pleasure the progress of the
Irish Mission to China is being view
ed from the City of the Popes, accord
ing to letter in the Catholic Re-
view The Devil and the world have
failed in their efforts to destroy or
even to defer the movement, or again,
even to hamper it in any way. Not,
indeed, that both partners. have not
made an attempt!
The two things most admired about
this movement are (a) it's originators
l.have depended on their own country
first of all ) to make it success.
They have collected in Ireland $4,000
pounds sterling, and when this sum
becomes fifty thousand they will ask
America and Australia to contribute
as much more. This is certainly man
~. They did not send the hat around
before getting their own country to do
/ all that could reasonably be expected
of her. OBJ The Irish Mission to
China is founded on self-sacrifices.
Father Blowick vacated the. most
priced position in the eyes Of priests
| in Ireland, viz: a chair in Maynooth
College, to give his life-work to China.
And score of other priests have re-
signed comfortable, If laborious,
posts to $50 on the Chinese mission
The donation of house and $50
acres Of the Golden Vale by DR.. Ryan,
late President of Thurles College. and
the fact that twenty students have
volunteered for the mission, already
show that when the world has gone
Ito join its partner in this partners
abode the Mission to China will be
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
MASONRY AND THE WAR
INDICATIONS POINT TO THE
SEVERING OF THE TIES THAT
MADE THE BROTHERHOOD AN
TERNATIoNAL OR G ANIZ A.
TON.

Whatever may be the nature of the
tie that binds the Masonic brother
hood together, that tie has definitely
snapped under the strain of the
present European conflict" states the
Rev. Herbert Thurston, S. j., in the
Month. 1t is certain that the solidar-
ity of Freemasonry as an information
al organization has completely broken
down, asserts Father Thurston.
Patriotism weighs more than any
artificial bond of fellowship, however
much cemented by oaths or COM
munity of aims. The fact may be
commended to the notice of those who
attribute to Freemasonry an almost
infinite power of mischief. The
Church is no doubt fully justified in
looking upon the Craft, as it has de-
veloped among the Latin races of the
Continent, as a relentless and most
formidable foe, but there are limits
beyond which it cannot go.
Father Thurston quotes from docu-
ments to show how the war has af-
fected the brotherhood feeling. Thus,
Colonel Cassal, an English Mason,
charged German Masonic papers with
seurrilous attacks upon leading Eng
fish Masons, and the president of a
directing board stated that from the
day war broke out the English body
had ceased all communication with
their German brothers, observes the
Sacred Heart Review.
1--WE declined absolutely" he said,
ito be drawn into controversy or cor
respondence of any kind, direct or in
direct, with the Grand Lodge of an
enemy country"
The question of exclusion from Eng
lish lodges of all Masons born in an
enemy country caused a heated de-
bate among the English directors, but
the resolution to exclude the enemy
brothers was carried by an over
whelming majority Even a proyiso
exempting German members of an
English lodge who had sons fighting
with the Allies was rejected.
Later still more drastic regulations
were enforced, providing for per-
manent exclusion from English lodges
of Freemasons of enemy birth, except
where an unanimous vote for their
retention was pronounced.
Another significant indication of
British Masonic feeling is the ,omis-
sion from the Masonic Year Book" of
any reference whatever to the Ger
man lodges, which hitherto were
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He then looks at the sixty men whose
ribbons with stars and palms mark
their conduct. In their number he
notices stretcher-beare wearing two
stars, two palms and the Cross Of st.
George. This stretcher-bearer was
the Rev. Jerome Falconnet.
In the midst of solemn silence
General Petain tells the colonel of the
Forty-second Regiment that he has a
Cross of the Legion of Honor and a
military medal for two privates of
his regiment. Which ones have you
to show me?"
1.-The stretcher-bearer, Falconnet,
already twice proposed for the Legion
of Honor, and the adjutant, X" replies
the colonel Begin the regular sa-
Lutte" orders the general, and the band
begins to play.
Then, all showing their emotion, the
colonel reads out the following quota
tons of Father Falconnet, the fourth
as vet not published:
.'Falconnet, Jerome Peter, Chaplain;
stretcher- bearer in the Forty-second
Regiment >(infantry), First Battalion;
a type of the apostle and of the hero,
simple and modest. During the com
bats from April 16 to 10, his battalion
being alternately successful and then
| forced back, he passed his nights hunt.
| ing for the wounded between the lines
! He was under the fire of German
| patrol, only few yards from guns
but nevertheless he succeeded in
bringing back to our lines great mum
! Der of killed, several of whom he was
able to identify. Three times already
has he been named for the Order OF
the Day"
After this reading and having pro
nounced the prescribed formula: In
virtue of the power vested in me
| Stretcher-be bearer Falconnet, l knight
you in the Legion of Honor" the com
mander-in-chief pinned the Cross OF
Honor on the breast Of the new knight
! He then shakes his hand with warmth
and, patting him. Familiarity on the
shoulder, he looks at him closely and
asks: What is your trade in civil
life?" II am a priest" General Pc
tain then embraces the priest ELUSIVE
ly and says: Il compliment you heart
lily; this is very fine. You do honor
to your CLOTH
At these words there was an out
burst of joy in the whole Forty-second
Regiment. eve are as happy as if il
| were ourselves" the officers remark
to the priest-private. At home, in his
diocese, reigns the same joy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
listed, with their officers, in this off.

listed, with their officers, in this off,
cial record.
The German MasOns are equally
uncompromising towards enemy broth
ers, and particularly towards Italian
lodges, which, says Father Thurston,
they hold largely responsible for the
entry of Italy into the war. The rift
between the Masons of Germany and,
their brethren in the Allied countries
is not likely to be bridged over for
many year to come-if ever. 1t
will be hard for them to forget that
their English brothers in time Of war
regarded them as "a renegade faction
and should never be admitted into our
lodges again or acknowledged as be-
longing to the brotherhood"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
The Flag and Patriotism
A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THE
IDEALS TYPIFIED IN THE
STARS AND STRIPES.

At a meeting of Liberty Loan work
ers in Buffalo, N. Y, Rev Dr. Walsh,
chancellor of the diocese, gave this
brief elucidation Of what the flag
means:
We are American citizens, and in
our American citizenship we have the
highest, noblest and richest citizen
dignity ever bestowed upon man in
the history of the world
The soul, the vital principle of our
citizenship and of our nation, is pa.
triotism-love of country. The in
fallible and single test of patriotism
is service, which in time of peace con-
sists of uncompromising obedience to
our nations laws and in time of war
consists in sacrifice, heroic, if neces-
sary, of time, talent treasure and
blood
The venerated symbol of our ma
tionhood and citizenship is our match
less flag, with its stripes of red and
white and stars in field of blue. This
living, breathing, feeling sign incor-
porates our duties, rights, privileges
and ideals and speaks and tells them
to you and to me and to the world.
This flag is the United States of
America and it represents you and me,
it represents each citizen and it repre-
sents what each and every citizen
should do and be. If we love good,
and good only is lovable, we must
love the Stars and Stripes, our flag,
the best flag, the flag of liberty and
human rights, with deeper, stronger,
nobler and more intense love than the
love of any citizen of any other land
for his national emblem. The meas
ure of love is service, and in time of
war service is sacrifice, and we must,
therefore, make sacrifice beyond the
sacrifice of the citizens of any other
land that our flag may triumph over
it's enemies
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
wholly uncared for, while men are not.
For what training is there compared
to that of the Catholic num-"
Nuns Are Superior.

Nuns Are Superior.
Then she makes it clear what she
means: 81 could see that yesterday
at the house of st. Joseph at Kensing-
ton. Those ladies, who are not Sis
tiers, have not the chastened temper,
the Christian grace, the accomplished
loneliness and energy, of the regular
nun. / have seen something OF diff
ferent kinds of nun, am no longer
young, and do not speak from en-
thusiasm, but from experience, There
is nothing like the training Tin these
days. which the Sacred Heart or the
Order of st. Vincent gives to women.
And do you think ] do not love her,
my mother, though she will not ac-
knowledge me as her child. / have
never had any other love. o Lord,
my heart is not ready 1t longs to
find it's home. All will for me is on
the other side from what you think.
Conviction alone hangs back. The
wound is too deep for the Church of
England to heal. I belong as little to
the Church of England as to that OF
Rome, or rather my heart belongs as
much to the Catholic Church as to
that Of England-oh! how much
more! The only difference is that the
former insists peremptorily upon my
believing what cannot believe, while
the latter is too careless and indiffer-
ent to know whether | believe it or
not. She proclaims out of the Prayer
Book what we are to believe, but she
does not care whether we do (and we
don't), while the Catholic Church ex-
amines into the fact. If it were not
for that, l might have a home where
now have none"
About that time she hoped to be al
lowed to work in st. Vincent's Hos
pital in Dublin with the Sisters Of
Mercy. Writing to Manning in the
same year she says:-'I really don't
know what / am going to do; but, il
do not see you again, st. Vincent's
Hospital, st. Stephens Green, is the
place, and the Reverend Mothers
name is Cor was) Mccarthy. Eight
years ago l tried to do this and failed
If you think it right to tell your Arch
bishop, do: had rather not. They
make such an enormous fuss with
their poor little verts, they have the
exact Cor inexact cipher Of their for
tunes in that work of immense imper-
thence, the Catholic Register, and
when that nice little boy, Lord Field
ing, 'verted,' thought the Kingdom of
France would have clapped her hands,
81 like Jesu, dulcis memoria.
With us God is dead. He has been
dead nearly 1000 years. He wrote
the Bible about 1900 years ago, and
since then He has not been heard of
You had better come to Sheffield
There are five Redemptorist Fathers
here preaching a Mission. But there
is not nun or convent of any
sort here, with an immense population
utterly neglected. And you may 60
into the great cutlery places and find
not one Anglican among all the men,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

The Fund of Our Lady's Young
Priests is intended to help those
who, except for the fund, would have
no hope of ever being priests at all.
Those who administer the fund, how
ever, are prepared to help all the
Bishops or provincials in bearing the
burden of the expenses of their sub
jects during their stay at Galley.
The Abbot of Galley will remain in
the United States for some months.
and will lecture in various cities.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

NJ. Order of Friars Minor, franciscan
Fathers; o. M. Cap, Capuchin Faith
ers; o. p, Order of Preachers, Domini-
can Fathers; o. S. A, Augustinian
Fathers; O. S. B., Order of st. Bene-
dict; S. j., Society of Jesus, Jesuit
Fathers; S. S., Sulpician Fathers; S.
v. D., Society of the Divine Word;
o. T., Theatine Fathers; o. M. l., OBJ
lates of Mary Immaculate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
HOW SOLDIERS ARE PAID
RATES OF PAY IN ARMY-A NOT
ABLE INCREASE APPARENT.
SINCE AMERICA ENTERED WAR.

Grades and pay go together, writes
Col Wilcox in Harper's Magazine. A
second lieutenant receives yearly
$1,700; a first, $4,000. Captains.
majors, Northumberland and col
onels draw, respectively, $1,000, $4,000,
$4,000 and $4,000.
This is the initial or base pay; it
is increased 10 per cent for every five
years Of service, up to 40 per cent;
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

The diminutive chains of habit are
seldom heavy enough to be felt until
they are too strong to be broken.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

SITUATION WANTED - AS farm
manager. Would consider other work.
Can invest $4,000. Single. Age AZ.
William H. Fahey, Jr., Hector, Mimi.
R. f. d. M. 1. \ s.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

two most benign spirits that watch
over human life.-J0hn Wilson.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

HOUSEKEEPER WANTED - A
priest of the Diocese of Great Falls,
Mont, desires to engage middle
aged woman as housekeeper; one who
would be willing to take entire charge
of his house. For one seeking a good
home with church privileges, here is
an excellent opening. Only small
salary could be paid. Apply to Rev.
Pastor Catholic Rectory, Columbus,
Mont.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

We do not know how cheap the
seeds of happiness are, or we should
scatter them oftener-LOlUeU.
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WANTED-The management of
who can give very good references.
Address r. B. r., care The Catholic
Bulletin, st. Paul, MINI.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
Editorial
The Sun Is Higher in
the HeapenS

And what glorious golden sun
rises there are clear mornings.
One has to be up with the birds
to see it, but it is well worth
the early rising.
One almost feels that it is the
dawn of a new day.
Yes, it is. 1t is the dawn of a
new season. Spring is just over
the hill, and will arrive with one
of those magnificent golden land
scapes some morning-soon.
So far as our store is con-
cerned, Spring has already ar
rived. The store is laden with
beautiful new Spring merchan-
disc. As you walk from depart
ment to department you will see
charming new creations peeping
at you from most every nook and
corner. 1t is a wonderful treat
to see these new things while
the season is still a mere infant.
And the STORE OF GREATER
SERVICE is the place to see
them.
.zX
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
Inaugural. Needs in
PILLOW CASES
AND SHEETS

Special prices on full line Of
Cara Sheets, which are known
for their fine quality and excep-
tional wear. They are made of
the finest Sea Island cotton. and
are recommended BY all large IN
stitutions. Get a good supply at
these prices.
Cara Sheets, single or CT.
cot size, 54xoo. OOC
Cara Sheets, single or ~
cot size, 54xoo. Extra long. SOC
Cara Sheets, single ~
bed size, 63xoo. :..... 6OC
Cara Sheets, single-bed zE
size, o3xoo. Extra long. TOT
Cara Sheets, M-bed Q0c
size, 72xoo. o.......... QUO
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Rag Rugs, Csc

That is for size 24x36. We
have all sizes up to oxI2 feet.
Fast color and thoroughly
washable. Prices range 75c,
85c, $I.25, $I.7S SAYS up to
$o.o5.
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just 90 in the lot. Sunfast re-
versible art Mugs. in brown,
green and bluS Walls of Troy
and kindred effects. Woven or
stenciled. Sizes 3ox5+
Fourth Floor-Lansburgh & Z
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11

A most popular style, as it
takes sup so little room when
folded Made of good steel,
with a fine spring.
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Telephone Main 6S53

MdR Orders Promptly and Efficiently
Filled.
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Angle steel, folding-head-and-
foot style; bronze finish; hard
wood castors.
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Angle Nonsliding Cots. Two
in one. Link-spring bottom.
Gold-leaf finish.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-11
Rattania Spring Rugs Just

The patterns variety of bright artistic patterns
wonderful of coors These absolutely
washed nonai and
inches feet the prices
SIz5 SIz4s Fourth Floor-Lansburgh Bro
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All Wool Imperial Serge, q

About 1000 yards of alLwool black ane
navy blue Imperial Serge; standard dye; beau
tiful finish and noncrushable. Splendid fo
suits, skirts and dresses. Remember. when thi
is sold we cannot obtain any more at any prica
-act quickly.
Main Fioor-Lansburgh Bro.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-01
Absence of Registration
Buttons to Reveal SIaCkers

Men who register for military serv-
ice June 5 in Omaha will be given a
button bearing that information. They
will wear this button, which will in
dicate to all on the streets that they
have registered, just as the Red Cross
button indicates that one has sub
scribed. The committee on patriotic
demonstration for registration day is
having these buttons made up.
Next Sunday afternoon from 3 to S
o'clock the Trinity Cathedral chimes
will chime patriotic airs for two
hours. This will be the day following
the patriotic meetings which are
planned by the above committee for
Saturday night of this week at the
Auditorium and at the South Side city
hall.
The Omaha Musicians union has
agreed to furnish the committee all
the music necessary for the patriotic
meetings Saturday night. Bands will
be furnished for this purpose. One
will play on the court house lawn at
2 o'clock prior to the meetings. One
will play in the Auditorium during
the meeting. Another will play at the
South Side meeting. Other bands
will be held in reserve for possible
use in the Brandeis and Boyd theaters
at overflow meetings, should such
meetings take place.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-01
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET.


Now York, May 5i.--Flour--UnsettIed; !;
spring patents, fi2.30Di 2.5b; winter patents.
si2.65Ii2e0: winter straIghts, Sl3.15Gf3,40;
winter strsights, si3l59l3.40; Kansas
straights, SlS.16@1S40.
Cornmeal-Easy: fine white and yellow,
f3.eo. coarse. s32s; kiln dried, $50. nom
inaL
Wheat Spot, nominal
Corn-spot weak; No. yellow. i.6Sh,
c. 1. Z. New York.
osts-spot. easier: standard, 67h@sshc
Hops-Quiet; state, common to choice,
1915, 30@35c; 1916, 6G7c. Pacific coast,
1916, o9lic: 1915, 7xGsc.
Hides-Quiet; Bogota, S4ahc; Central
America, 42hc.
Leather-Firm; hemlock frsts. SIC; Sec
onds, 56c.
Provisions--Pork, firm; mess. s4I.5o; fam
lily, 1900: short clear. sI2.00 94t0o. Lard,
strong: middle west s2l.75@2is5.
Tallow-Qulet: city special. loose, 1siic.
Wool--Firm; domestic fleece, xxx Ohio
and Pennsylvania, 5i955e.
Rice-steady; fancy head. SIX @ac; blue
rose. Sxc.
Butter--weak; receipts. 1S,saS~-- tubs;
extras ts2 seore). 4s1s o 4sc; firsts. 4ii4 o.
t2c; seconds, S9ia Q4lc.
Eggs--Irregplar; receipts, 3b,l17 cases:
fresh gathered, extras, 3sh 9s9c; fresh
gathered flrsts, storage packed, $40 93sc;
fresh gathered, firsts, 3sG37ho; seconds and
lower grades. 3eh @3bhc.
Cheese--Ungettled: receipts, 1918 boxes,
including 6,tl9 In transit for export; state,
fresh. specials, 231h @2ic; same. average run.
23@23hc.
Poultry--Live. firm. chickens, broilers, II
a @43c; fowls, 2Sc; turkeys, 10000. Dressed,
quiet; chickens. 23a30c; fowls, i9is @ CSC;
turkeys 1S032c,