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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
WET WASH LAUNDRY
on PLEASANT STREET.

7 guess she lives on Pleasant
street"
Rhoda's eyes opened. She spoke
very quickly, for it was nor very often
that she had chance to correct I'm
Gle Charles.
"oh, no. uncle, She lives on an
other street entirely. think it's Jcf-
ferson.
They may call it Jefferson, but I'm
sure its real name is Pleasant. She
looks TO me like the sort Of girl to
live On Pleasant street"
Rhoda understood: That was only
Uncle Charles way Of saying nat
Emma was sweet and pleasant hcr-
self The corners Of her mouth ,acd
q way Of turning up, Just ready to
break into a smile. Her eyes had
habit Of twinkling Things " ;ch
would make other people cross never
Tuffled Emma's temper.
Pleasant street is fine street to
live en-" said Uncle Charles. Il won
derwhy some other girls know don't
move there.
Rhoda laughed outright, and JDC,r
Charles studied her diIaples an. coz
ingly 1T looks to me- he said, as
If You were about ready 10 move ir'o
Pleasant street yourself g&
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
MONDAY WASHING.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
DR.. James Henderson,

TIL smell av soap an wather on a
Monda gifts me goat,
AS l sit above tn furnace an tn
fumes go down me throat,
An I'm sayin' things l know l hav'
no right t say
But, Maggie an tn chiIdhcr, whist
It's well they are away
I've losht me job, an haven knows
Id sooner be a mile
Away than sittin' here above the
CRATE so loike King, in style;
An FIR Murphy tellin' me jest day
or two ago
ought to cease me toilin' an thry
goin' a thriae slow,
For min av sixty summers shouldn't
work more than they pray
Arrah now l think his Reverence
should be listinin' today,
Fer SIGH queen as Maggie an SIGH
q King, as !
II be chokin' over soap an studs
Father Murphy tell me why?
There's breathin in tn open ditch
yez niyef git mong Kings,
An prayers don't go in airships, an
there are other things
That throuble an disthress us whin
age but rules us out
An we're sittin in a corner, an tn
corner kicks US out
Thry prayin', Father Murphy, whin it
comes your tonne o'day-
Oh wouldn't want t. hear we save yer
prisince, no, not l
Would We liver git t hivin, an It's well
yez wouldn't thry.
Whin Maggie comes up steamin' from
me avid buds, bliss her sowl,
I'll pretind | wasn't sWearin, me
face won't wear a scowl,
But Ill go to Father Murphy mkt
Saturda an say,
May God forgive me, Father, wipe me
Washday sins away
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
A STORY OF LAFAYETTE.

During Lafayette's visit to America
in 1912, he was honored everywhere
Once, when passing through village
where the entire population turned
out, he saw an old soldier in the Con.
tinental uniform. The veteran drew
himself up in the stiff fashion Of the
old-time drill and gave the military
salute. As Lafayette made the return
signal, tears started to his eyes. The
tattered uniform, the ancient flintlock,
the silyer-haired soldier, even older
than himself, recalled the dear past.
DO you know me-" asked the sol
der.
mo, / can not say that I do" was
the frank reply.
DO you remember the frosts and
SHOWS Of Valley Forge?"
I shall never forget Them an
sWered Lafayette.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
THE DIPHTHONG.
The Echo

Answering the question, "Why was
the diphthong devised and why has it
disappeared from general use?" the
New York Sun says:
A diphthong is any two vowels that
come together in the spelling of a
word, Dtphthongs were not deliber-
ately devised any more than English
spelling was deliberately invented.
They have not disappeared from gen
eral use except in a few instances. II
a proper diphthong" the sounds of
both yowels are retained, though
merged in one syllable, as in noise. "
An improper diphthong" is one in
which the sound of only one of the
novels is heard. "Eo' in people"
is an illustration. Such changes as
have been made in diphthongs have
have aimed at keeping the vowel
sounded That is why some prefer
to write "maneWer' in place of ma
noeuvre. Then there is the simpH-
fed spoilers faVorite thru.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
A BROADER OUTLOOK.

Time was when an Irishman was
unwelcome in New England Then
arbiters Of affairs did not study him
or seek for his good points. But the
Irishman had not suffered English
men for centuries with the odds all
against him, to be scared by trans
planted and diluted Englishmen on
soil where one man was as good as
another il he could prove it. He
started in to prove it, and now, if
everday life, literature and the
drama are any index to popular taste
no personality commands higher re-
gard than the representative Irish
man. Sympathy has bred understand
ing.
We have in New England today
many thousands of swarthy, dark
eyed people, who first oeened those
eyes on a land much fairer than ours,
a land of sunshine and music They
are warm-hearted, hot-blooded
people, artistic to the finger-tips.
They have taken our hardest work
and done it under great disadvantages
and discomforts.
The italian is kindly, generous
and frugal: he takes naturally to our
institutions, and incidentally he has
imported not only the exquisite ecu
Gina" OF his native land, but also
something of its sunshine and music.
We have learned to like the Italian,
and hence know him. His opera is
our joy, his architecture appeals to
us in its combined beauty and
strength; his genius and character are
| becoming better nnoWn
The American, immersed in manu-
features, business, inventions and
systems, believed that all other ma
tons We're gazing up at him in inn
potent wonder, and that material sue
cess spelled everything. but after
| some experience with Europeans he
recovered from his delusion. He
found that Europeans had their own
viewpoint of life, and much to say
for it. The spell of ancient cities,
great cathedrals, priceless pictures
the tradition of art and age-old eul
ture swept over him.
Possessing real, though starved
love OF the sublime. and that capa.
city for employment that is the inherit
ance Of young nations, he began to
love that best of Europe, and so to
understand Europeans. He lost some
OF his cocksureness and gained a
| broader alad t3'nar outlook
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
GROCERIES

the milk can i'll one hand, and pulled
his Sled with the other, so there was
no way to warm them. He was
ashamed to ask his mother TO take
the milk
Mrs. Seldom exclaimed when she
opened the door.
Why, what made you come way
up here tonight? And you, too, Mrs
Fairfield? It's too bad. / could have
got along somehow without the milk
Billie promised you" Mrs. Fair
field answered.
And Billie wished that nobody
would look at him.
1T wasn't any matter, mother, she
said he urged when they had start,
ed for home again. Il.
The wind was to their backs now,
and Billies ears We're warm.
The matter was your promise,
Billie, said his mother Would you
break a promise just to get rid of
walking up to Mrs. Seldon's?'
Billie made no answer He was
ashamed again Presently he asked
his mother if she would slide down
the hill Mrs. Fairfield laughed, But
she tucked herself up on the front Of
the sled, while Billie stuck on behind,
and they slid down the long hin to
their own yard. where Billie .skillfully
I steered in His mother praised the
way he managed his sled: but Billie
| was still uncomfortable.
why don't you sag something ito
me, mother2' he said, while they wdfe
warming themselves at the big coal
stove.
His mother smiled at him.
I'll tell you how you viii be pun-
ished, Billie, she said. '.It's too late
now to finish mending these stockings
tonight, so I shall mend them tomor-
row, when | was going to make a cot
tage pudding, and there'll be no pud-
ding for dinner"
! He and his father would say foot
! tage pudding" TO each either for a
long. time afterwards If anything was
in danger Of being neglected or for
gotten. When Billie had grown to be
a man and people said. Just give
me Billie Fairheld's word, that's all
want Billie would smile and say:
Yes, my. mother taught me tora1eep
a promise.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
THE WAY OF A BOY.

This is the, way boy makes haste,
And the way it has ever been:
A squirrel seen is a squirrel chased,
And top is made to spin;
A trees to climb and a brooks to
wade,
And the shade is a place to lie
After the zest of the game that's
played
When the sun is hot and high.
This is the path a boy calls straight;
BY every winding way
Where berFies"are orywiid birds wait
Or squirrels dart at play;
BY banks that bid you sit and cool
Two dusty feet and brown
In the pebbly shadows of the pool
That's on the way from town
This is the errand swiftly done.
AS doing shall ever be:
An ounce of care to the pound CT fun,
And an hour that grows to three;
A fence to climb and a rail to stride,
WIN DtlIleS W llutlt anu SlldIp. .
And a GREATNESS quarter hour beside
A timid woodchuck's lair.
And this is the thing a boy calls care
And the thing it shaIl ever be:
An old straw hat that's lost some,
where
In the shade of some far-off tree;
A shirt that's damp or trousers rent
A bruise or hornets sting,
And tagging footsteps choreward bent
In the soft twilight of spring.
So these are the ways that boys all
know,
And SO many they ever be;
Fancies as tickle as winds that blow
And dreams as wide as the sea;
Heaven above where the blue sky
smiles,
With no day overlong.
And whistle Of merry tunes thai
Whiles
A whole world into song.
Or. Thomas Dunn English
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23

True, such parties mean GER
tain amount of work, but the results
obtained are well worth while. Old
and young meet on common ground,
and every one, from dear old grand
daddy TO the fodder Gust COM
mencing to TALK, has thoroughly
good time.
Let us by all means remember the
birthdays of our dear ones. If they
are separated from us, either by land
or sea, all the more reason why we
should not forget them. A congrat-
ulatory letter, or a gift, simple or
elaborate, as our means permit, will
make them very happy.
The person who deserves it, who
has measured up to it, almost al
ways receives q full measure Of the
worlds applause; but nothing will go
as straight to his or TO her heart as
will the message from home, or the
gift sent from the loving hands Of
ones own flesh and blood
Time is fleeing, and those whom
we can make happy with birthday
party Or a birthday cake this year,
may not be with us a year from now.
BE just bit old-fashioned today,
put yourself out little, and see to it
that our dear one is remembered
upon the anniversary of his or her
birth.
II we can do no better than to send
a picture post card, let us by all
means do it.
The sending of it will, without a
question, bring us a wonderful re-
turn, in the happy gratitude of the
one who receives it.
The Echo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
MoNeoosE As CAT uNDERsTUDY.

Islands in the tropical or semi-trop-
ical seas furnish ideal conditions for
rats, and in many instances they have
Increased until they have become in
tolerable pests, threatening the total
ruin of the inhabitants. On one sugar
cane plantation in Porto Rico $4,000
rats were killed in less than six
months.
In Jamaica an effort was made to
suppress them by introducing the
mongoose, which resulted in the es-
adjustment of a second pest. In the
Hawaiian islands the introduction of
the mongoose caused the rats to take
refuge in the tree-tops, where many
of them have nests and have arboreal
habits, like squirrels. Wherever pres
ent on these islands the mongoose
has rendered it exceedingly difficult
to raise domestic fowls OF any kind
National Geographic Ma00sine
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
THE CHILDREN,S HOUR.
JUST SUPPOSE.

If all the lads and lassies should re,
member for a day
To do their errands and their tasks
as surely as their play,
Should hang their hats and jackets
up, and put away their toys.
Should remember that the garden is
the place to make noise
Why, what a very pleasant world for
mothers this would be-
How very many happy mother faces
we should see.
For children don't remember, as ey-
erybody knows:
But, if the children should--why-
just suppose!
Ii all the children shouId-why-iust
SUPPOSE
Ii all the chiIdren's mothers turned
forgetful in day,
II, instead of taking care Of toys, they
threw them all away,
Forgot to bake the cookies, and forgot
the tales to tell,
Forgot to kiss the aching bumps and
make the bruises we'll
Why, what a very dreary world for
children this would be-,
How very many melancholy little
folks we'd see.
For mothers all remember, as every
body knows;
But, il mothers shouldn why-iust
suppose.
Selected
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
LAVA is SLOW TO COOL.

Peasants on the slopes of Mount
Aetna can still boil water over the
lava that flowed from the volcano
during the eruption of 1910. Lava,
according TO Walter WOODBURY. Hyde
OF the University of Pennsylvania,
writing in the Geographical Review,
often reaches a temperature OF 1900
degrees F.
Even the ancient poets recorded the
tcnacity with which lava retains it's
heat, and BorelG, describing the great
eruption Of 1869, says the lava took
eight years to cool. It is related that
steam was still rising i'll 1880 from lava
elected in 1897. And this is not
astonishing when we remember that
the stream Of molten lava which
reached the sea at Catania on that
occasion was at least 600 yards in
breadth, forty feet deep and contained
1852, 100000 cubic feet. 1t banked
up against the walls of Catania, which
were sixty feet high, until it flowed
over the top and destroyed a large
part of the city The huge promon-
tory that acts like a breakWater to
the harbor is the remains of that
stream of lava that flowed into the
sea.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
BlLLIE's PROMISE.

When Billie took the milk to Mrs.
Seldom one morning, and she asked
him if he would bring another quart
that night he said, "Yes'm," prompt
ly, and then never thought of it again
until he was in bed.
well, can't take it now" said
Billie.
But he could not so to sleep, al
though he turned and tossed and twist
ed until he was tired. At last he went
to the head of the stairs and shout,
ed, Mother"
Mrs. Fairfield had just threaded hel
needle, and stretched a stocking with
a big hole in it over her hand. She
said:
oh, dear!''
But she went to see what Billie
wanted
You'll have to 90 now she said
quietly, when he had told her.
%. mother. I cant go away uI
there alone"
Mrs. Fairfield knew that, for Billie
was never out alone at night His
father had gone to bed down stairs
with the baby; and if they walked
him, the baby would wake, too Soc
Mrs. Fairfield thought a minute Then
she said:
Wen see. I'll have the milk
ready when you come down
When Billie got into the kitchen
his mother stood at the door with hel
hat and shawl on Billie began tc
feel ashamed. He wished he dared tc
90 alone; but he did not, for Il
was a lonesome road He took the
milk, and they traInped over the
Esnow up the long hill without word
srlaa wind blew II their faces. and
i1ilic ears were cod but he hac
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
SOME FACTS ABOUT BIRpo.

Birds are covered With feathers be-
cause they need a covering that while
.it viii keep them warm, viii also be
Light, SO that it VIII not prevent them
from flying
OstricheB have small wings because
their legs are long, and the wings are
not needed for running They are
only used to steady the body while
running.
Birds have sharp beaks because
they have no teeth, and the beak
seizes, holds ana divides their food
Birds that swim under water have
web feet because the spreading out
OF the toes OF the bird brings the
thin membrane between the Toes into
tie shape of d fin, and BY strikiilg
this fin against the water tie bird
moves Itself along.
I F@@stf ~ -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23

Don't speak OF the deaths you have
heard of from the same malady.
Don't suggest that the illness may
be more serious than appears at the
present time.
Don't tell your troubles. The pa
tient has. enough of his own.
Don't, on the other hand, expect
him to enjoy light, frivolous CONVEX
saUion or the recital of pleasures that
he is missing.
Don't talk or laugh loudly, or dia-
course on unpleasant or exciting sub
jects.
Don't stay too long. Go while the
patient would be glad to have you
stay az little longer
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
ST. OLAF AND THE GIANT.

Once upon tiIae many long years
ago, when the holy ST. Olaf was king
#of Norway, he decided TO build a great
church in which many people could
pray and worship the true God and
Lord Of all things.
There was one difficulty in the way,
however. lie didsnot have very much
money even he was king, and @he
did not want to lay more taxes on the
people
He was very anxious to build such
church, and kept planning in his
mind how he could possibly arrange
1mattefs So that he could crafty this
ardent desire
One day, while walking abroad he
was met by a strange looking man,
who asked him, why, Oh King, do
you look SO anxious? Can | assist
you?,'
ST. Olaf thereupon told the stranger
what was in his mind.
ooh, said the stranger, who was il
reality a troll or giant, that IS no
great task. can easily build you a
church in a few months If you viii
only pay me my price"
what IS your price," asked the
King
The Troll laughed. Il do not ask
silver or gold, only when | have fin
ished, give me the sun and moon
But, objected the Saint, Il cannot
give you the sun. or moon"
4 Then Iallghed the Troll, give me
yourself and I'll make YOU as fine and
as great a church as you can possibly
desire
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
IN eooD.cHlLDREN STREET.

There's a dear little home in Good
Children's street,
Where my heart turneth fondly to-
day.
Where tinkle of tongues and patter OF
feet
Make sweetest Of music at play
Where the sunshine Of love illrlnines
each. face
And warns every heart in the old
Y ashf0nad placg. M
sssss fsss..f TN ~ ss.4sf it III S nsT ers Il
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
Total

A quorum of the Senate and House
of Representatives failed to appear on
March 4, 1899, the day set for the first
meeting of the American Congress-
Only Senators were present and the
minority adjourned from day to day
until Monday, April 6, 1889, when a
quorum of the Senate was first on
hand. Thirteen members of the
House were in their seats on March
4, 1889, and quorum was not present
until April /, when that body proceed
ed to the transaction of business.
When both Houses were organized on
April 6, they met in joint convention
in the hall of the Senate and counted
the electoral vote for President and
Vice-President John Adams, the
Vice-President appeared in the Senate
Chamber and assumed the duties Of
the chair on April q, 1889.
The rapid increase of the population
of the country is forcibly illustrated
by the Congressional appointments
in each decade. For instance, the
population in 1900 was 100000 and
the apportionment was 142 members,
or one representative to every $4,000
population. If the representation of
today were on the same basis, there
would be 3,144 members of the House,
instead of 435.
Fifty years later there were 237
members, OF one to $4,000 population.
In 1900 the membership had increased
to 391, although the basis of represen-
tation had also been increased to one
for every $4,000 population. In 1910
there were 435 members, or one to ey-
cry 211,000.
Until few years ago every men,
Der had his individual seat in the hall
of the House, but after the last appor-
tionment the desks had to be removed
and benches used instead, to make
room for the increased membership.
The members of the first 16 Con-
crosses were elected at large, al
though it aimed to recognize the diff
= ferent sections of the States in the
selection of candidates. After the
10th Congress the custom of electing
by congressional districts was adopt
ed and soon became general. But
even at the present time when the
legislature of any State fails to re
apportion, the increased membership
if the State be entitled to any, is
elected at large.
Since the year 1912 there have been
So additional members sent to Con
gress which would make the grand to
tai 1865 Those of foreign birth have
only been counted to 1912.
OF the 1866 members of Congress
only four have served more thar
forty years
At the head of this list stands
Justin Smith Morrill,, of Vermont
whose service in the House and Sen
ate covers a period of 43 years,
months and "a days.
Next comes William Boyd Allison
of Iowa, whose combined services il
the two bodies totals 43 years and
months.
The third on the list is JOSEPH
Gurney Cannon, Of Illinois, who Sc
far has served 40 years 8 months anC
days. If Uncle Joe" can hold oui
a little over years he will be pro
NOTED to the head of the class.
The foHrth is William Pierce Frye
Of Maine, who served in both cham
.bers for 40 years, 5 months and
days.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
WHEN VISITING THE SICK.

Don't tell the patient you heard he
or she was seriously i'll. Even il he
IS, it might have been deemed adyis-
able to keep the fact from him. al
Least until his recovery.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23
OUR FoREleN.8oRN MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.

There have been altogether la
members of the House or Senate of
the United States who were born in
Ireland. A short biographical sketch
of each would probably be of interest
at this time. 1t is to be regretted
that the biographies of the earlier
members are somewhat skinny, but
this is due TO the destruction of the
records of Congress by the British in
the War of 1872
The American historian, Edwin EN-
erson, member of the American
Historical Society, gives Il short ac-
count of the event in his History of
the Nineteenth Century. We quote as
follows:
The British on entering the town
Washington burnt the White House
and the unfinished structure OF the
Congressional Library, with the books
and archives of the government. Ad-
miral Cockburn, the British naval Of
ficer, bursting into the halls of Con-
gress, leaped upon the Speakers
Chair and shouted: Shall this har-
Dor of Yankee democracy be burnt?
All for it say Aye. The Ayes have
it. Light up"
The building went up in flames.
Representation in Congress, 1a79-1912.
Total number of members of
House and Senate from 1st to
CID Congresses. ..... 1900
Total number of members Of
House and Senate of for
eign birth, LIST to gid Con-
crosses 301
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Total number of members Of
House and Senate of for
eign birth, 1st to gid Con-
crosses Observation-Disclosures. 80
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
Diamond Drill Bits Lost,

Diamond drill bits are frequently lost
and seldom, if ever, recovered But
recently, at the Mas mine of the
Cleveland Cliffs Iron company, near
Neguanee, Mich, a diamond drill bit,
containing six black diamonds valued
at $1,000, and 200 fet of drill rods were
recovered by miners working under
ground, says the Engineering and
Mining Journal. The bit, which was
lost in 1901, had reached a depth of
1885 feet, according to measurement
of the rods, but actual vertical dis
lance was less, as the drill hole, orig
inally vertical, had flattened out al
most As degrees. This change in the
course undoubtedly caused a torsion
and sheared off the rods. The spring
core litter, the bit and the rods were
in excellent condition and showed no
signs of rust.