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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
CHURCH in RUMANIA
SMALL NUMBER OF CATHOLICS
IN THAT COUNTRY.

Almost the whole of the 100000
inhabitants (91 per cent? of Rumania
belong to the Greek Schism. The
Catholics only form 21a per cent. of
the population, that is, about 145 900
souls, who are equally divided be-
tween the two large provinces of the
kingdom, Wallachia and Moldavia.
The 10000 Catholics of Wallachia be.
long to the archdiocese of Bucharest.
1t is only since 1S47 that the admin
istratOrs apostolic of Wallachia have
been authorized to reside in the
capital. On April 81, 1883, Pope Leo
XIII appointed the first archbishop of
the Latin Rite of this city, and in
1887 constituted the Chapter.
The Catholics of Moldavia TO the
number of $4,000 are subject to the
bishop of Jassy, which diocese, found
ed in 1884, has as it's present incum-
bent an Italian Minor Conventual,
Bishop Camilli. Rumania has no con-
cordat with the Holy See. 1t will
perhaps consider it after the war,
especially if it succeeds in conquer
ing Pennsylvania, where the Catho-
lies are numerous.
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THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, APRIL 7, 1917

pretty generally scattered, having col
onized in New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia. The SWedes
settled along the Delaware River. The
French were Huguenots, driven from
home by Louis the Fourteenth; the
Irish were descendants OF CromWelfs
army, and came from the North of
Ireland"
In the spring of 1915 spent some
ten weeks in research work in the
Congressional Library at Washing
ton, u. Z. In looking up the early
Irish settlements of Virginia and
pennsylvania, | found ample corrobo-
ration OF this statement credited to
Prescott F. Hall. For instance, you
come across letter after letter sent
by the colonists to their friends in
Europe containing such statement as
this: There are a few Papists
amongst u.s. showing that a Catholic
colonlst was an exception.
In truth, it was not till the Irish
famine in the forties of the last CEN
tury that the great wave of Irish
Catholic immigration poured into the
United States. Coeval with this was
the great influx of Irish Catholic i'm
migrants into Canada, too.
1t should be remembered also that,
with the exception of the Irish Cath
Ollie immigration from Ireland, which
was at its fiood-tide about the middle
OF the last century, and ebbed but
little for the succeeding twenty-five
years, the general character OF the
immigration into the United States
from 1900 to 1850 was Protestant. OF
course, there was a German Catholic
immigration, but this was limited to
certain Catholic sections of Germany,
such as Bavaria and some Of the prov
inces on the Rhine.
1t has only been during the past
thirty or forty years that Catholic
Italy and Catholic Poland have pour
ed their emigrants upon American
| shores. II you estimate then, the
Catholic and Protestant countries in
| Europe from which the tide OF emigra-
| ton has steadily flowed to our Amer
| lean shores, it will be found that, UNI
| til recent years, the character OF the
emigration has been overwhelmingly
Protestant. How, then, could you
look for Catholic population of forty
million, or indeed of thirty million?
The statistics show that in the year
| 1900 there were in all the United
States 10,213,S71 of foreign birth, and
| of these, 4,761,199 were Catholics.
These foreign-born Catholics represent
the flood-tide of Catholic immigration
| from Europe during the past fifty
years. But the fifty preceding years,
if looked into, will show an over
Whelmingly Protestant immigration.
| No doubt there have been losses to
the Catholic faith in the United
States, but these losses are inevitable,
for, as Dr. Jameson, head of the his
tory department of the Rockefeller
Foundation, Washington, d. c., said to
| the writer of this paper, lin the early
colonial days the few scattered Cath
olics were f1ocks without a shepherd,
and, consequently, losses to the faith
were inevitable. One thing is certain,
that reckless statements lacking the
support of facts and figures, can prove
nothing in discussion of this subject
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
Citation Elk. of Final Account.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
RamSey-sS. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Mar
garet Gleason, .Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to All Whom It
May Concern:
On reading and filing the petition of
the representative of said estate, pray
ing that the Court fix time and place
for examining, adjusting and allowing
his Final Account, and for the assign
ment of the residue of said estate to
the persons thereto entitled:
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter be cited and required to
appear before this Court, on Monday,
the S0th day of April, 1917, at 10
o'clock a. M, or as soon thereafter as
said matter can be heard at the Pro
in the City of st. Paul, in said County,
and show cause, If any they have, why
said petition should not be granted and
that this citation be served by publica-
tion thereof in The Catholic Bulletin
according to law, and by mailing a
copy of this citation at least Ia DAYS
before said day of hearing, to each of
the heirs, devisees and legatees of said
decedent whose names and addresses
appear from the files of this Court
Witness the Judge of said Court this
3rd day Of April, a. ID. 1917
(Seal of Probate Court)
r.. w. BAZILIE
Judge of Probate
Attest: F. w. Gosewisch.
Clerk of Probate.
Douglas, Kennedy q Kennedy,
Attorneys, Saint Paul.
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and had achieved their end, and pur-
chased glory for Him and grace and
salvation for us, why should those
sufferings be perpetually portrayed
before the eyes of men to harrow and
to sadden them? Accordingly our So
called Reformers, retaining the Cross,
removed the figure of Him Who hung
upon it. pleading that they had there
in the warrant of primitive usage.
But it is one thing to refrain out
of reverence or prudence, as in earli-
est times the Church did, to carve
or paint the dying Christ, and quite
another to deface and smash that en-
blem after it had been enthroned in
the sanctuary for ages. In the earli-
est stage of her existence the Church
had to proclaim and defend the divin-
ity of the Son of Man: later on she
had to insist upon the human side OF
the Son of God. Hence what once
might have been a stumbling-block
to the millions of pagans and unbe-
levers was a stumbling-block no
longer when she had gathered those
millions into her fold; and we are
right in divining that the great dogma
of the Incarnation in all it's aspects
can have had but little hold on the
minds of the iconoclasts of the Six
teenth century. What has become of
that fundamental dogma now in those
lands which accepted their novel
teaching and took up their shorn and
frigid ritual?. Is Christ loved any the
more by men, now that for ever three
centuries He has ceased to stretch
forth His arms to them from the
Cross? Has this Wanted return to a
more spiritual worship deepened in
them the sense of their own sinful
ness and that adherence of sin which
the very sight of the Crucifed is cal
culated to inspire?
1t was the scandal of the Cross
which once converted the world; and
if the world is to be converted again,
if men are to rise once more from
their Indifference and unbelief and
paganism, and are to renOunce that
passionate worship of self which is
the source VI ali llelI udlle, IL viii
only be in the day when they eXclaim
with the Centurion, Truly this was
the Son of God, when they shall look
upon Him Whom they have pierced,
and shall mourn for Him as one
mourneth for an only son; when they
shall say to Him, What are these
wounds in the midst of thy hands? ?
and He shall say, With these was
wounded in the house of them that
| loved me-"
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May Abolish Restrictions
VATICAN HEARS BERLIN WILL
PERMIT RETURN OF THE
JESUlTS TO CHURCHES.

News has reached the Vatican, says
Rome despatch to the New York
Sun, that the German Government is
about to decide to abolish the pro-
hibition on Jesuits residing, teaching
or serving in the churches of the Ger
man Empire. The decision is signifi-
cant
The Rev. John J. Wynne, S. J.,
editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia
and connected with the College of ST.
Francis Xavier interpreted the ac-
ton of the German Government as
one of gratitude to the Jesuits serving
as chaplains or in the ambulance
corps Of the German army and as an
attempt to gain favor with the Vati-
can.
The German Government is play
ing a game of chess" said the Rev.
Father Wynne, because it recognizes
that the Pope is very likely to be the
mediator in the war. Since the be-
ginning of the conflict the German
Government has done everything pos
sible to improve it's relations with
the Vatican. 1t will be remembered
in this connection that when Ger
many put forth her peace proposals
Chancellor Won Bethmann-H OllWeg
sent a very special plea to the Pope
to use his influence for peace.
'The Jesuits were expelled from
Germany in 1871, after the Franco
Prussian war, and at the beginning of
the so-called Kultur movement. In
about 1906 the members of the order
received permission to enter the
Empire for research work, but were
forbidden to do any missionary or
collegiate work. A colony of Jesuits
succeeded in establishing at Munich
a school for the study of the origin of
Christianity, but the system of
espionage was so strict that they
were compelled to leave the Empire.
Most of them went to Austria and
Holland, and of late years there has
been a growing disposition on the
part of the German Government to
permit them to return. At the out
break of the war many of the Ger.
man Jesuits returned and enlisted in
the army and are now serving either
as chaplains or in the ambulance
corps. 1t is to the credit of Germany
that she made no attempt to impress
them into the ranks
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
THE UBIQUITOUS CELT
MANY IRISH NAMES ARE STILL
FOUND IN SPAIN.

The London correspondent Of the
ing account of the Irish element in
Spain on the authority of Spanish
friend:
You are perhaps too much inclined
to think that America is the only for
eign country where Irish emigrants
land But there is an Irish element in
Spain, though less numerous, also i'm
portant. 1t is probable that the spe-
cial conditions Of this old country, it's
Catholic faith its monarchical spirit
and noble traditions, particularly at
| tracted the more distinguished Irish
while the middle and poorer classes
preferred to sail to more democratic
and English-speaking lands.
This would explain why most of the
Irish-Spaniards belong to the army.
The Spanish army list abounds with
names like O'Shea, O'Connor, Mac
Kenna, O'Neill, Shaw, O'Donnell, Mac
donald. Arthur O'Neill, Earl of Ty.
rome, became a Spanish field-marshal
and in the Carlist wars won the title
of Marques del Norte. His son.
though an officer in the Spanish in.
fantry, was better known as poet
Another poet of Irish descent died re.
Gently in Madrid, Fernandez Shaw
And the name of General ODonnell
is as famous in Spain as that OF
| Wellington in England. General
O'Donnell was in command of the
Spanish troops which invaded Moroc
co in the last years of Queen Isabella $
reign, and his triumphant march was
only checked by the diplomatic oppo
sition of England.
Most of these Irish-Span1ards emf
grated during the first half of the
nineteenth century. They were rapid
ly absorbed by Spain-a country
which quickly stamps her character
on neWcomers-and hardly any oil
their present representative speak
English or have any knowledge Of
English and Irish life. But they carry
everywhere their family tales of 6
dark past and their names as wit
nesses of their family romance, anC
their influence is no doubt over
Whelming on the general opinion
which Spain, ignorant of the progress
of later years, still entertains on the
oppressed sister island"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
ENGLISH WAR SHRINES
BISHOP BURTON EXPLAINS THEIR
USEFULNESS.

The Right Rev. DIR. Burton, Bishop
of Clifton, England, in the course of
Lenten Pastoral Letter, says:
"The public erection of the Crucifix
in some parts of our land, in what are
termed war shrines, intended to keep
alive the memory of our fallen heroes,
should be to us a most encouraging
sign of the trend of religious thought;
for such memorials not only suggest
prayer for the dead, but are distinct
invitation to show reverence to the
Passion of Christ. Devotion to His
Passion would seem to have been, at
least until recent times, the monopoly
of the Catholic Church Men, even
the religiously minded, appeared to
shrink from the contemplation of a
spectacle whose first effect wa to dis
gust and repel. Acute suffering is
always hard to witness, and as
Christ's sufferings were but transitory,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
"Who Shall Roll Us Back
The Stone

Oh! Wondrous Resurrection Morn,
The calm white light of this days
dawn
Was first to greet Thee, Risen Lord.
Thou didst our blessed hopes fulfill,
Our human eyes are heavy still
With tears of yesterday.
We pass Thee, Master, on the way;
See not Thy wounded arm, press back
the thorns.
Roll back the stone,
To guard us from all harm,
Till the angels voice
Spake loud and clear:
He is risen; He is not here
Glorious Jesus! Risen Lord,
May we in Thy sweet peace abide
Safe, sheltered in Thy riven Side:
Love Thee Lord-live-yea die-fo1
Thee,
Our Blessed Hope of Immortality.
Rosetta KeiD.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
DATE OF EASTER

1t is well known that Easter Sun
day seldom if ever falls upon the
same day of the month two years in
succession. Indeed, it does not al
ways appear in the same month, for,
while it often comes in March, this
year it comes in April. This varia-
ton is traceable to the phases of the
moon. Easter Sunday is always the
first Sunday after the first full moon
of Spring. AS Spring begins on
March q, this means that Easter
Sunday never comes earlier than
March % or later than April %.
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curiosity often fall under the infiu-
ence Of the evil spirits.
Why are some priests called
"Doctors?"
Priests who attend universities and
pass special examinations at the end
of their course of philosophy or
theology, receive the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy or of Sacred Theology
and have a right to the title Doctor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
CATHOLIC PARENTS

seldom think Of supplying their chill
dren with good, little monthly maya
zine. For fifty cents year you can
send them The Child Apostle, a chill.
dren's magazine filled with pictures
and stories. Why don't you do it now
Address: THE CHILD APOSTLE,
$50 Mccormick Bldg,
Chicago, ILL.,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07

You would have loved to help Christ
carry His Cross, as Simon the eyre
MAN did. You can do the same work
by aiding His missions.
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into our inner life and make our own
for ever, by understanding and admir-
alton and sympathy and love. This is
the only kind of possession that is
worth anything.
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BANGOR, PA.

What is property, after all? The
law says there are two kinds, real and
personal. But it. seems to us that the
only real property is that which is
truly personal. that which we take
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-07
is IL a sin for Catholic to attend
spiritualistic meetings?

Yes. 1t might be possible under
some very rare and peculiar circum-
stances for the Catholic to attend
such meeting without sin; but those
who do attend such meetings do so
either with the deliberate intention
Of communing with evil spirits, or
with q willingness to expose them
selves to the danger of committing
that sin. Those who allow themselves
"a be led into such dangers through
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-03-01
DOGS TAIL A SAFETY VALVE
Scientific Explanation of Reason for
Wagging With Which We Are All
Of Us Familiar.

A dog whips his tail to and fro to ex-
press feelings he cannot put into
words.
It is his own code and varies &C
cording to the message he wishes to
flash on his rearward semaphore He
has a short twitching motion that ex-
presses anxiety and interest, violent
flashing that makes known his enthusi-
asm and affection, steady whipping
from side to side that spells hunger,
and a motionless droop that signals de-
feat and Encouragement. Canine ex-
perts have always been able to read
these wigwaggings, but it took science
to explain why the dog used them.
When dog is pleased and delighted
he must have some outlet for his feel
ings. Just as a bashful boy twirls his
cap or twists about in his chair, or
person tickled by some humorous sally
rolls on the floor and holds his sides,
the dog wags his tail. The human
beings in the situations described
above are striving to relieve the strain
on their nerves. Embarrassment must
be relieved through some outward con-
vulsion Of the muscles.
The dog becomes filled with joy and
his tail, like safety valve, takes the
pressure off his nervous system.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-03-01
FINALLY STRIKES A CHORD
There's Often Some Sort of compen-
sation for Struggles of ANA
teur Orchestra.

Sometimes, Of Witching night,
when we all are keyed for the music
and outside circumstances behave in
normal fashion, there comes an expert
ence worth all the years of scratchy
scales that went before, says a writer
in the Atlantic Monthly. We are in
the midst Of the Larghetto, in the "Sec-
ond Symphony" perhaps. | am not
conducting, neither is Endicott. Per-
haps Beethoven prefers to conduct the
Larghetto himself. And then, sudden
ly, as one sometimes on a journey be-
comes wildly aware of a breeze and
blue distance, and firm hills beneath
his feet, really hear the chord that
we are playing. It is no longer meas
ured flow of mingled sound, but dis
tinct, exquisite, richly personal to me.
There is the queer little rush of the
accent that comes from the first violin
when Margaret is really stirred; the
cello's full response, vibrant but soft
with hidden masses of covered tone. /
can feel my own little second fiddle
quivering beneath my bow. There is
some curious connecting Of the spirit
in the playing Of chord. Again and
again we find it. Probably these mo-
ments are what we live for, varied
though our programs always are.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-03-01
Masurian Lakes.

The Masurian lake region lies in
MaSurenland, q gently rolling region
Of East Prussia marked by hundreds
Of lakes of various sizes connected by
channels and a canal system more
than 100 miles long. Roughly, the
area of the district is covered by the
circles of Sensburg, Oletzka, Osterode,
A!lenstein, Roessel, Ortelsburg, Lyck
(capitaD, LoetZen and Neidenburg.
The lakes are Of different shapes,
some being rounded and others basins,
with numerous radiating branches;
others are long, narrow channels wild
ening into pools at intervals like beads
on a string. The largest, Mauer and
Spirding, cover 40 square miles. The
lakes form very effective barrier for
Germany against Russia, as was evil
denced several times during the early
part Of the war, when the Russian
armies were trapped there or forced
to retreat. This bore out the wise op-
position Of Won Hindenburg and 9TH
ers against draining the lakes, prof.
ect considered by the German govern
ment several years ago.-Philadelph
Evening Ledger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-03-01
Raise Fine Rhubarb In Winter

Dodgeville Sun Republic: Wallace
Lindsey attended the horticultural
institute held in Dodgeville. January
4th and 9Th, and got an idea that has
just borne notable fruit. 1t was sug-
geSted by one of the speakers that
rhubarb of good quality may be grown
here in winter, and that it is unusually
welcome on the table in the season
when vegetables are scarce.
Mr. Lindsey Immediately dug up a
rhubarb root from his garden. planted
it in a BARREL according to instructions,
tamped furnace ashes around it in bar
rel, and placed it in the furnace room to
grow. Last Saturday he made his first
harvest from it. The stalks are two feet
long, of good thickness and bright, rich
red. Their flavor is just as fine as
their appearance, and Mr. Lindsey has
reason TO feel repaid for his time spent
in making the experiment.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-03-01
after FIVE YEARS.
Mineral Point Testimony Remains
UnShaken.

ISSltInOny nSIndIHS
Unshaken.
Time is the best test of truth.
Here is Mineral Point story that has
stood the test of time. 1t is a story
with point which will come straight
home to many of US.
P. Whalen, State and Front SITS,
Mineral Point, says Il suffered from
kidney trouble and rheumatic pains for
eight or ten years. | had dull, drag
ging sort Of pain in the small of my
back. The kidney secretions were I'M
natural and sometimes | had too fire.
quent desire to pass them. I had to
get up often during the night. Doan's
Kidney Pills, procured at Ivey's Drug
Store, gave me great relief"
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER Mr.
Whalen said: Il would not be where
[ couldn't get Doan's Kidney Pills for
love or money. They always benefit
me-"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Whalen
has twice publicly recommended. Eos
ter Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-03-01
Armenia.

Armenia was the seat of an indie
pendent kingdom at different times
long before the Christian era, though
frequently at war; sometimes under
foreign rule and with an unstable gov
eminent. 1t was one of the first coun-
tries into which Christianity was in
troduced. There is no record of It's
frequent and repeated changes of gov
eminent and rulers. For many years
past it has been under Turkish rule.