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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
ONCE UPON A TIME

There was farmer who had a
large field of corn; he ploughed and
planted the corn, and narrowed it and
Weeded it with great care, and on this
field he depended for the support of
his family. But after he had worked
so hard he saw the corn begin to
droop and wither for want of rain;
he thought he would lose his crop. He
felt very sad, and went every day to
look at his crop and see if there was
any sign or rain.
One day as he stood looking at the
sky-and almost in despair-two little
raindrops up in the clouds, over his
head, saw him, and one said to the
other: Look at the poor farmer!
feel very sorry for him; he has taken
such pains with his field of corn, and
now it is all drying up for want of
rain; | wish | could do something to
relieve him.
Yes said the other, 'but you are
only little raindrop; what can you
do? You can't even wet one hillock."
WELL said the first, ito be sure I
can't do much, but I can cheer the
farmer little, at any rate, and am
resolved to do my best. I'll try. I'll
go to the field to show my good will,
if | can do no more, so here | CO."
And down went the raindrop and came
pat on the farmers nose, and fell on
a stock OF corn.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
THE FLAG OF DENMARK.

In the year 1919 King Waldemar of
Denmark, when leading his troops to
battle against the Livonians, saw, or
thought he saw, a bright light in the
form of a cross in the sky. He held
this appearance to be a promise of
divine aid and pressed forward to
victory From this time he had the
cross placed on the flag of his country
and called it the Dannebrog-that is,
the strength of Denmark. Aside from
legend, there is no doubt that this
flag with the cross was adopted by
Denmark in the thirteenth century
and that at about the same date an
order, known as the order of Dame
brog, was instituted, to which only
soldiers and sailors who were distin-
guished for courage were allowed to
belong. The flag of Denmark, plain
red banner bearing on it white cross,
is the oldest flag now in existence.
For 300 years both Norway and Swe-
den were united with Denmark I'M
der this flag.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
HOW THE ANClENTS BATHED.

Ancient Rome is said to have CON
Sumed no less than 340,000,00O GAL
Ions OF water a day, and one of the
most noticeable features of the mod
ern town is the prodigal effervescence
OF its water, gushing from fountains
OF every conceivable size and design.
The TreVi is the most magnificent in
the city, its waters (called Acqua Yer
CINE, virgin water, because of its
purity the finest. The old Roman
baths required a lot Of water. The
splendid Thermae, built by the
degenerate Emperor Caracalla, had
accommodations for 1000 bathers.
Besides the baths proper, the estab-
lishment included within its area of
about a quarter Of mile square a
gymnasium, athletic field, library and
even a race track. It's ruins tower
above the plain today like some noun
tain blasted by nature.
National GPo0YaDhic jf10a-inP
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
FoRD's FIGHT FOR SUCCESS.

At the age of ID, in 1867, a Michi-
gan farmers son built a steam engine
out of bits of old iron, mounted it on
a wagon and went snorting about the
meadow lot on the first horseless car
riage. He was queer boy, with a
passion for machinery. At IL he had
played hooky from church to take a
chums watch apart.
This boy was Henry Ford, the story
of whose success built upon discour-
agement and failure is told in Henry
Ford's Own Story, by Rose Wilder
Lane, San Francisco newspaper
woman
At 16 he ran away to Detroit and
picked up a job in a machine shop
at $3.50 a week. To afford a clean
boarding house he also worked for a
matchmaker every night. He found
time to study technical works and
magazines. At the end of nine months
his pay in the machine shop was in
creased to SO. He bought a watch for
So. He took it apart. Then he mar
yelled at its high cost. In a well-run
shop watch could be made to sell at
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
ON PREPAREDNESS.

Stenographers ought TO know some
thing besides stenography. They
ought to be able TO take care of a
house and TO know how to cook All
their science or knowledge need not
come out of the tips of their fingers
In this striking way Archbishop
Glennon emphasized his point that
working people should know some
thing else besides their special trades
or lines of work
Speaking of what a WOrkingman
does with his money, Archbishop
Glennon assailed the tendency ito
spend money as fast as one makes ii"
You say, How are people to save
money today when they cannot earn
enough TO spend? Well, ! don't know
about that | think, in fact, l know
from experience and observation, that
there is scarcely any salary today
from which something cannot be
saved. 1t all depends on the way
YOU live Nor does it require excess
siye self-denial.
Not so long ago some commission
erS inquired INTO the wages girls IN
stores were getting. They asked
these girls how much they spent for
board and lodging, and how much they
spent for amuSements. In other
words, these young people were sup
posed 10 spend a part of their capt.
tai for amusements, as if they didn't
have the intelligence to create their
own amUsements. In Olden days
young people amused themselves and
thrived on it, but nowadays the sup
position is they cant do so.
The tendency to reach up to the
point where every cent that is made
is to be spent is hostile to the we'll
being of society,"
The Archbishop advised his hearers
TO start a savings account and get
some insurance as leading to thrift,
and protection in declining years.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21

Among the ancient objects exhibited
in the British museum is doll more
than 5000 years old, When some ar
chaeologists were exploring an an
cient Egyptian royal tomb they came
upon a sarcophagus containing the
mummy Of a little princess seven
years old. She was dressed and in
TERED in a manner beftting her rank,
and in her arms was found a little
wooden doll.
The inscription gave the name, rank
and age of the little girl and the date
Of her death, but it said nothing
about the quaint little wooden Egyp-
tan doll. This, however, told its own
story. 1t was so tightly clasped in
the arms of the mummy that it was
evident that the child had died with
her beloved doll in her arms.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
THE CHTLDREN'S HOUR.
LANGUAGE OF FOOTPRINTS.

Among the Indians, the study of
human footprints was carried to a
fine point. Many of us would be able
to say at glance, Here goes So-and-
So with perfect accuracy Even the
children would recognize instantly
the footprint of a stranger from an
other tribe. 1t was claimed by some
that character may be read from the
footprints, just as some white people
undertake to read it from the hand
writing, on the ground that certain
characteristic attitudes and motions
of the body, rejecting mental pecul.
iarities, affect the gait and conse-
quently the pedal autograph At any
rate, our people were close readers
OF character, and | do not hesitate
to say that faithful study of the Ian
guage OF footprints in all it's details
will be certain to develop your in
sight as we'll as your powers of OBJ
serVation.'
Charles A. Eastman. (ohfDestab in ST. Nicholas.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21

Dear metz said the farmer, putting
his fingers to his nose, whats that?
A raindrop! Where did it come from?
| believe we shall have a shower"
The first raindrop had no sooner
started for the field than the second
said: We'll, if you go, | believe |
will CO. too, so down went the Sec
ond raindrop on another stock.
A great many other raindrops hav-
ing come together to hear what their
companions were talking about, one
of them said: III you're going on
such good errand, III go, too" and
down he went. And t. said another;
'And /" "And l." And l." and so on
till the whole shower of them came
and the corn was all watered, and it
grew and ripened, all because the first
little raindrop determined to do what
it could.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
John Martin S Book.
TO DEBORAH.

Deborah, dear, when you are old,
Tired, and gray, with pallid brow,
Where will you put the blue and gold
And radiant rose that tint you now?
You are so fair, so gay, so sweet!
How can | bear to watch you grow.
Knowing that soon those twinkling
feet
Must go the ways all children go,
Deborah, put the blue and gold
And rosy beauty that is you
Into your heart, that it may hold
Beauty to last your whole life
through
Then, though the world be tossed and
torn
Grayer than ashes, and as sad;
Though fate may make your way for
lorn,
Deborah, dear, you shall be glad.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
MILK AND CREAM

80 centS-a jitney watch. He could
do it himself. He studied the matter
and got some of his friends at the
shop interested. They sat up nights
working on the problem. He planned
machinery, and dies-a whole factory.
They began to tackle the problem of
raising capital. Then came letter
from home telling of his fathers i'll
ness and summoning him back to run
the farm. At the end of three years
he married, built a house and settled
down to farming on his own account.
One day he went to Detroit and saw
one of the first automobiles, clumsy
steam machine, with a great boiler
sticking up in the back. He couldn't
get the thing out if his head. The
clumsiness Of it! The weight! The
waste! He wanted to build a more
efficient one. sAt the end of three
months he hit upon the idea of dis
carding steam and trying gasoline
He got night job with the Edison
company at $45 per month. In his
idle time, after his twelve hours on
duty, he was planning the batteries
and spark plugs of his gasoline en-
CINE. Here he toiled on his engine
night after night. An old piece of
pipe found in the Edison scrap heap
furnished material for his cylinder
Homemade castings produced the
other parts.
Ford wanted to build a cheap car
within the price range of the COM
mon man. He worked for eight years,
testing, experimenting, perfecting ma
chimes and discarding them At the
end he had a practical two cylinder
engine that worked with smoothness
and power.
He rented an old shack, hired two
mechanics, and started to build low
priced cars. Friends raised $4,000
capital He increased his force to 40
men. At first his men went home
when the evening whistle blew, and
he worked alone far into the night.
After a time, inspired with his en-
thusiasm, they came back to work
evenings. On Saturday before Christ
mas there was no money to pay the
men. He explained to them the whole
financial situation and they kept at
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
FINDING THE ALTITUDE.

Altimeters or Paragraphs are used
by ayiators to measure the heights
to which they ascend. Both of these
instruments are constructed on
exactly the same principle as the
aneroid barometer. They depend
upon air pressure At sea level, where
the air is much compressed by its
own weight, the pressure is about
fifteen pounds to the square inch, but
at greater heights it becomes less.
The barometer is governed by the
pressure and so indicates the height
above sea level.
There are many forms Of barOme-
tiers. The simplest is a bent tube of
glass, shaped like very long letter
J and partly filled with mercury. The
upper part is closed, and the space
above the column of mercury is a
vacuum. The lower or hook end Of
the tube is open and subject to the
pressure of the atmosphere. AS the
pressure becomes less on rising above
the surface, the mercury in the long
part of the tube falls. The extent of
the fall indicates the height
Airplanes use one of these instrll-
ments mentioned, which are prac-
tically self registering barometers,
and when the airplane comes down
the instrument shows how high it
has been carried
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21

According to Charles R. Eastman,
writing in the Museum Journal, our
modern dogs have varied ancestry,
some being descended from Asiatic
and some from African species. The
spitz in all it's varieties is a domesti-
Gated jackal. The mastiff and st. Ber-
nard and their kind are descended
through the molossus of the Romans
from huge, wolfike creature that
was already domesticated by the
Assyro-B abylonians 1000 years before
our era.
The Russian borZoi and the Sicilian
hound had their origin in the Cretan
hound, which is still common in Crete,
and it and it's cousin, the Ibaza hound
of the Balearic Islands, came from the
ancient Ethiopian hound, which was
domesticated wolf. The collie or
shepherd dog seems to come down
direct from a small wild dog of the
paleolithic period
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
BOYS AND GIRLS.

me difference is apparent early:
A boy has as much fun in stoning a
cat as a girl has in hunting for vio-
lets. A boys curiosity is directed to
the 1ceboX; girl would like to see
what is in the top bureau drawer.
A girl can give the impression when
away from home that her parents are
wealthy; a boy cannot.
Every boy is old enough to be well
come to sit in the neighbor girls par
Tor many years before his sister
thinks he is old enough to sit in the
parlor at home.
A girl is never so young that she
Will reveal to guests at party that
the spoons are borrowed; a boy child
never grows so old that he fails to.
Give the boy dollar and he will
eat it; give his sister one and she will
wear it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21

was on that occasion that the Bank
Of England had it's closest call in its
long history. The citizens were an
Xlous to take their money with them,
and the Bank of England was be-
sleged by an army of depositors. The
bank escaped bankruptcy only by the
eXpedient Of placing dummies" in the
line to impede genuine depositors and
by paying bona fide depositors in
small coins, thus consuming much
time.
The first BLACK Friday of latter
day financial history was in 1866 and
was due to the failure of one of Lon
don's largest banking houses. Three
years later Wall Street had a ''Black
Friday, due to an attempt to engi
neer a corner in gold The worst OF
all BLACK Fridays" was that of 1873,
when on Friday, September IS, it
seemed that the whole financial struc.
ture of the new world had crumbled
into ruins
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
BLACK FRIDAYS.

Several of the great financial panics
of the past have commenced on a Fri
day, and this has given rise to one OF
the pet superstitions of the stock eX
changes and bourses of the world
that the sixth day of the week is
fraught with ill omen for those en-.
gagged in financial operations.
The original BLACK Friday" oc
Cured December 6, 1745, in London
On that date tidings reached the
metropolis that the pretender, Bonnie
Prince Charlie, had reached Derby
with his forces. Londoners imme-
diately made preparations to fly from
the city, and a panic prevailed. 1t
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
FROM THE FIELD.

A missioner has sent us these trans
lations of Chinese proverbs:
A wise man forgets old grudges.
What cannot be told had better not
be done.
The error of one moment becomes
the sorrow of whole life.
What is told in the ear is often
heard a hundred miles away.
A vacant mind is open to all sug-
gestions, as the hollow mountain re-
turns all sounds.
\ wise man adapts himself to cir
cumstances, as water shapes itself to
the vessel which contains it.
A gem cannot be polished without
friction, nor man perfected without
trials.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
FRANKLlN'S FAMOUS TOAST.

This is Benjamin FrankIin's famous
which followed the signing OF the
treaty of peace. The banquet was
given by a French nobleman, and
among the guests were several loyal
Britishers. about a dozen Frenchmen,
and the four American peace commits
sioners. At the close of the feast one
of the Britishers rose and holding a
glass aloft and looking intently at
Franklin, he said:
Il wish to propose toast to Eng
land-the sun-and the grandest ma
ton on the globe
Naturally, the Britishers present
loudly applauded the toast proposed
whereupon a young Frenchman sprang
to his feet and exclaimed:
ITO France. Beautiful France,"
And then, bowling gracefully to the
Englishman who had proposed the
first toast, he added:
ITO France-the moon-my toast is
offered"
This caused the Frenchman, Ameri
cans and Englishmen to rise and join
in honoring France. After the glasses
had been drained, all the guests with
the exception of Franklin resumed
their seats. This caused all eyes to
be turned upon him, and in voice
broken with emotion, he said:
Gentlemen, we are told in the Good
Book of Joshua, who commanded the
sun and the moon to stand still in
the heavens, and they obeyed him.
drink, sirs, to George Washington"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
OUR FIRST SAVINGS BANK.

On December 2, 1916, was inau-
gurated the savings banking system
in the United States. On that day
the Philadelphia Saving Fund society,
a voluntary association that was char
tered by the state in 1919, began to
receive deposits. Eleven days later,
on December Is, 1916, the Provident
Institution for Savings in the town
of Boston received it's charter from
Massachusetts and opened it's doors
for business. In March, 1918, the
Savings Bank of Baltimore began
operations, and on July 8, 1919, a
fourth institution, the Bank for Saw
ings, in the City of New York, well
coined its first depositors.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21

A brother and sister may have hair
OF the same shade, but the boys is
called red and the girls auburn
When brothers fight it is over the
larger share of pie; when sisters
quarrel one has worn something be-
longing to the other without asking
permission.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
THE FAMILY.

The family is like a book
The children are the leaves,
The parents are. the cover, that
Protective beauty gives.
At first the pages Of the book
Are blank and purely fair;
But time soon Writeth memories
And painteth pictures there.
Love is the little golden clasp
That bindeth up the trust;
Oh, break it not! lest all the leave!
Shall scatter and be lost.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
PLATING

work. Tremendous lawsuits over pat
ent rights threatened to swamp the
enterprise. He fought them and went
on working. Everybody knows the re-
suit
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
ANCESTRY OF MODERN DOGS.

philadelphia Press
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-21
A MUM MY'S DOLL.

National Geographic Ma0aeine
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-26
Says Drink Water
If You Wish TO Grow
Fat and Plump
THIN Men AND WOMEN
DO You Want to Get Fat an

DO You Want to Get Fat and BE Strong?
The trouble with most thin folks who
wish to gam weight is that they insist
on drugging their stomach or Stufiing it
with greasy foods, rubbing on useless
flesh creams or following some fool
ish physical culture stunt. while the
real cause of thinneSS goes untouched.
You cannot get fat until your digestive
tract properly assimilateS the food you
eat Drink a glass of cold water four
or five times a day and take the follow
ing preparation known to reliable drug
gists almost everywhere, which seeming
ly embodies the missing elements need
convert food into rich, fat-aden blood.
This preparation is called tOnoline, and
much remarkable testimony is given as
to it's successful use in flesh building.
TOnoline which comes in the form of Il
small non-injuriOuS tablet, taken at
meals and mixed with the digesting
food, tends to prepare fat, flesh and
muscle building elements so that the
blood can readily accept and carry them
to the starved portion of the body. You
can readily picture the Transformation
that additional and previously lacking;
flesh making material should bring To
your cheeks, filling out hOllowS about
pearinG, and your taking on from Is to
80 pounds of solid healthy flesh. TOno-
line is harmless, inexpensive, efficient.
Your druggists have it and are author
lied to refund your money if weight in
crease is not obtained as per the guar
antee found in each large package.
Caution:--tonOline is recommended
lent results in cases of nervous indi-
gestion, ETC., have been reported, care
should be taken about using 1t unless
gain Of weight Is desired.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-26
Italian Flies 700 Miles to London.

LONDON. Sept. 25-Captain Lauriat
one of the most daring Italian aviators
who twice has been decorated with
military medals, for valor. accompan.
led by an observer, made the first
Italy-toEngland flight today, repeat
ing the feat in 1910 Of the late George
Chavez in crossing the alps. Captain
Lauriat covered 700 English miles in
1872 minutes. His machine, which is
is a new type, started from Turin
this morning Captain Lauriat flew
at a height OF 10000 feet. He en-
countered high winds, fog banks, rain.
storms and clouds on the route which
lap over Culoz, in southeastern France
thence over the French battle lines
in northern France to Cape Griz-Nez
and thence across the English chan
mel. He brought mail to the Italian
ambassador.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-26

would have taken whatever luck came
along and gone blithely Oh her way.
what is the matter?" Elias voice
broke through the gale Of mcrrimcnt
about him.
"Why - why nothing" he STAN.
mered.
"Why don't you look happy?" asked
Ella. Don't you see what has hap
pened?'
Dick looked at the bit of waxed pa.
per in one OF her hands and the
sparkling sapphire ring on her right
band,
II drew the ring" she exclaimed.
"You drew the ring" he repeated
stupidity.
"And Frank Miller drew the coin
Frank will be rich."
"And the thimble?" he asked, not be-
cause he cared, but because he was
trying to readjust his thoughts. Ella
had cheated, and he had thought he
loved her.
Now he felt only contempt for her
and pity.
1.-The thimble," she was saying care
lessly. ooh, Beth Page drew the thin
BILE! Isn't it odd that she should draw
the symbol of spinsterhood just when
she is going to marry Frank Miller1
At least that IS what every one says"