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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26
WHY He GOT A GOOD JOB.

A country boy had to pay a visit at
the home of his uncle, a prosperous
merchant in a fourishing little city.
The second day after he arrived he
was up early. His uncle was vaguely
aware of the sound of a hammer and
other tools somewhere in the neigh
borhood, but he was too sleepy to
make an investigation. When the FAM
lily came down stairs for breakfast,
Charles made his entry by the back
door, in his shirt sleeves. With a
hasty apology he rushed to his room,
and returned to the dining room.
well, Charles" said the puzzled
uncle, what have you been UP to this
morning?"
There was a hinge loose on one
OF the shutters of the kitchen win
dow, Uncle Jim, and I thought I'd
better fix it up"
The next morning the sound of the
lawn mower reused the family from
their slumbers.
"Hope / didn't wake you folks too
early apologized Charles as he took
his seat at the breakfast table. II
happened to notice the grass needed
cutting, and since was awake at
o'clock / thought | might as well
do ii"
Three days later the green country
boy was offered a position at good
salary by his uncle, and after a brief
consideration he accepted. The offer
came as a surprise to him, and the
uncle had not intended making it.
"I'm not giving Charles a position
because he is my nephew" said the
business man "I'm taking him on
because he has the quality hardest to
find in an employee and most valuable
when it is found. He sees for himself
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26
DE soTo's ROMANCE.

Fernando De Soto, the Spanish ex-
plorer, is associated with much of the
early history of this country. He is
best remembered as having been the
first European to look upon the Mis-
sissippi
At an early age he fell in love with
the daughter of his patron, Dom Pc
dro de Avila. To prevent the mar
rage, De Avila induced De Soto to
accompany him to America, where he
had been recently appointed governor
of Spanish possessions in the west
ern hemisphere. This was in 1919.
In 1927 De Soto served in the ex-
petitions to Nicaragua under Fernan-
dez, and in 1928 he withdrew entirely
from the service of his patron. In
1897 he returned to Spain and married
Isabella, who for more than fifteen
years had waited faithfully for him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26

In an article on Sports in Girls
Camps in st. Nicholas, Anna Worth
ington Coale describes the tests for
rescue work, or life-saving require
ment of the United States Volunteer
Life-Savers. These tests, which are
taken by many of the older girls in
camp, put good deal of zest into the
swimming.
In order to pass the tests you must
know at least three different holds
which a drowning person would be
likely to make while struggling and
how to break them. You must also
be able to dive to the bottom and
bring up supposedly drowned per-
son in proper form-head first-and
tow her ashore, using any one of three
approved methods of carrying, as, for
example, crooking the elbow under
the chin of the victim and swimming
on the side. You must then demon
strate an approved method of resus-
citation, usually the Schaeffer meth
cd, which requires only one person to
apply it. The first thing on reaching
shore is to empty the water from the
lungs which, by the way, is never
more than two or three teaspoonfrls
in amount-and induce breathing by
pressure on the ribs. If you have ever
been called upon to be the victim for
someone's practice you will under
stand why it is still question in some
camps which form of death is to be
preferred, life-saving or mere drown
ing?"
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CITIES OF REFUGE.
-Benzi0er's Magazine.

In the tumultuous days of old, when
"eyery mans hand was against every
other man and every other mans hand
against him." when the principle or
"due process of law was practically
unknown and private vengeance was
the rule of the day, it was absolutely
necessary that there should be some
place to which one could fly for safe
ty. Such were the ''cities of refuge,
of which there were six in Palestine.
He who succeeded in reaching such
an asylum when pursued by his
would-be destroyer was safe until his
right to protection was judicially de-
cided. In all probability there were
cities of refuge in other countries
than Palestine.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26
A DIRTY FACE.

When l rise in the cold morning,
Ere my shoes l start to lace,
Mother calls: NOW, Willie, darling,
Don't forget to wash your facet"
And trudge out to the bath room,
Wondering how it can be
That SO early in the morning
Folks start in to worry me.
When the dinner bell has sounded
And each one is in his place,
Auntie whispers to my mother,
Look at Willie's dirty facet"
Mamma taps me on the shoulders,
Starts me toward the nearest door;
And | know I must wait dinner
Just to wash that face some more.
And as true as supper's ready,
Papa says I'm disgrace,
And he sends me from the table
Out to wash that same old face.
l am washing, washing, washing,
Every. minute of the day!
Funny folks don't never worry
That I'll wash my face away!
But there comes a rest at night time,
When slowly climb the stairs,
And / kneel down at my bedside |
To recite my evening prayers.
For if I've been good since morning
God, who keeps the stars in place,
\ IL
If / have dirty face.
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PLATING

when a thing needs to be done and
goes ahead and does it. He does not
wait to have a need pointed out. He
does not wait for orders. He just does
the thing that ought to be done as
soon as he discovers it"
That quality which helped Charles
to make success may be cultivated
by all young people. One who is
sharp-eyed in discovering need and
then goes ahead without waiting is
always in demand.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26
AS soon as Harry appeared with Lis

AS soon as Harry appeared with lbs
into the house"
well-polished shoes his father said:
Il have little story to tell you
once knew a poor boy whose mother
taught him the proverb which ! re-
peated to you few minutes ago. This
boy went out to service in a gentle
mans family and he took pains to do
everything well, no matter how I'M
important it seemed. His employer
was pleased and took him into his
shop. He did his work we'll there,
and when sent on errands he went
quickly and was soon back in his
place. So he advanced from step to
step until he became clerk, and then
a partner in the business. He is now
a rich man and anxious that his son
Harry should practice the rule which
made him prosper"
why, papa, were you a poor boy
once?" asked Harry.
Eyes, my son, so poor that / had to
go out to service, and black boots and
wait at table and do any service that
was required of me. BY doing little
things well was soon trusted with
more important ones"
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Is less turbid at it's source,
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good
Oh, we'd love each other better
If we only understood.
DlPHTHoNGs.

Diphthongs were not deliberately
devised any more than English spell
ing was deliberately invented. They
have not disappeared from general
use except in few instances. In a
proper diphthong" the sounds of both
vowels are retained, though merged
in one syllable-as in noise" An
improper diphthong" is one in which
the sound of only one of the vowels
is heard. "Eo" in people is an IL
Illustration. Such changes as have
been made in diphthongs have aimed
at keeping the vowel sounded; that
is why some prefer to write ''maneu-
yer" in place of "manoeuvre." Then
there is the simplified spoilers IA
vorite, thru"
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Vim. II. Wolline. MD.
WHEN LAFAYETTE WAS IN JAIL

After our Revolutionary war, while
Lafayette was trying to reach Holland
to escape enemies at home, he was
seized by the Austrian government
and imprisoned as dangerous
character. His wife also was impris-
oned at Paris during the reign of ter
ror, but succeeded in getting to Vien-
ma and pleaded with the emperor for
her husbands release. Lafayette's
friends in this country did what they
could in his behalf, and finally, on the
25th of August, 1897, he was set at
liberty after five years confinement in
dungeon. During this Imprisonment
two American friends of Lafayette
Francis x. Huger of Charleston, S. c.,
and DR.. Eric Bollman made daring
attempt to liberate him, for which
they both were imprisoned.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26
THE sNoWDRoP.

When Eve was banished from Para
disc, so the old story goes, she found
the world outside all covered with
snow, and not a flower to be seen.
Sadly she wept over the cold earth for
the lost beautiful flowers of Paradise
Then an angel appeared to her, and,
catching snowflake in his hand, he
breathed upon it, and it became a
f1ower,-the little flower we call the
snowdrop, the first of all the year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26
HOME.

Home is the one place in all this
world where hearts are sure of each
other; it is the place of confidence;
it is the place where we tear off that
mask of guarded and suspicious cold
ness which the world forces us to
wear in self-defense, and where we
pour out the unreserved communica-
tions of full and confiding hearts; it
is the spot where expressions of ten
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26
FATHERS STORY.

"There!" said Harry, throwing down
the shoe-brush, "that'll do. My shoes
don't look very bright, but no matter.
Who cares ?"
Whatever is worth while. doing at
all is worth while doing well,' said
his father, who had heard the boys
careless speech.
Harry blushed while his father con-
tinued:
MY boy, your shoes look wretched.
Pick up the brush and make them
shine; when you have finished come
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26
WHERE TIN is FOUND.

Tin is found in ores with many 9TH
er metals and minerals and in Jumps
and grains in alluvial gravels. 1t is
found in Siberia, Australia, Guiana
and, in fact, most parts of the world,
but the notable workings, those which
furnish the great part of the supply
which the world consumes, are in Bo-
Iivia and the Straits Settlements. A
large amount of tin is consumed in
the manufacture of tinfoil, tons OF
which are used annually in the tobac-
CO trade.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-01-26

To censure kindly is one thing, and
unkindly is another. In the first case,
we may elicit tear and regret, fol-
lowed by reformation. In the other
we may call forth feelings Of vindlc-
tive retaliation and destroy at q blow
the work Of years.
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sour, gloomy and grabbed face
The boy never thought of that, but
he understood, and did not forget.
And all of us should understand, and
none of us should forget, that our
faces belong to other people.
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derness gush out without any sensa-
ton of awkwardness and without any
dread of ridieule.
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LIFE-sAvING OR DROWNING.

columbus Disp0t0h
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
COlOrS of Animals.

u is probably not n mere matter
OF chance that the tigers coat 10
marked with It's beautiful stripes
OF black aad yellow and that the
lion is OF 4 uniform sandy huG
The former lives in the grassy Jun
giles Of Asia, where the giant blada>
OF grass, as many feet long a. ths-
are inches in this country. ana the
ligh; and shade OF the forest are
admirably matched by TIE skin OF
the proving tiger. Hence is L. an
AbisJ &c approach !ts prey upper
eeivsd. Lions, the big cats OF
Afrlcs- on the other hand. are for
the most part jewellers In the Wild
srnssG and roam the outskirts Of
the d-sert in search OF foods. Their
color In thsEe surroundingsi 10 equally
protective There are countless sx-
amplss OF this protective oolora-
ticn mong animals. Sometimes. ~
In the cases just cited, -: effect u
TO enable them the more easily 20
obtain their food. But Il also acts
In another way by GnordiaE con-
CsaiIasnI to weak ard tintd crsA-
tursS from their earnivorous sns-
mica
The Washington times., 1918-01-10

Thus, I'm Characteristic snow.
crystal. taking the form of a
feathery star. careful inspection
will show that not only are every
two OF the principal rays divided
by an angle of 50 degrees. but that
the smaller rays. starting OF from
the principal ones. are set at the
same angle as are also the still
smaller ones arising from the sec
Ondary rays. And II YOU traced the
details down with a msgnifying
glass you would hnd no departure
from this fundamental law OF con-
slant angles. The details may be
varied almost infinitely; hundreds
o. different forms Of snow crystals
have been drawn from nature. but
the underlying structural system
does not vary. Large suownakes
consist OF numbers Of crystals
which have become united in fall
ing. and these often show great
Irregularities. Sometimes a snow
crystal resembles a fiat heXagon,
which may be marked with SYM
metricsl lines. as II some artist had
been trying to devise q new geo
metricsI ornament But IN all OF
these lines the direction observes
the law OF the sO-degree angle.
Occasionally three OF the sides OF
the hexaEon are cut so short that
the crystal looks like a triangle
with the tips shipped on
Once IN a while thrse-minute icy
bars. or spicules. meet in the form
OF a triangle, with their ends
slightly crossing. shall speak OF
this again In replying TO the sec
ond question. One OF the most
curious crystals consists of a III
tie hsIaEonal bar. In shape like a
The Washington times., 1918-01-10

piece OF microscopic lead pencil.
each end of which bears a beau
tiful little crystal star. or hex
agonal plate. But there are many
bsr-shsped crystals that have no
such attachments, and snow crys-
tails are sometimes said to belong
TO two principal classes. the col
umnar and the tabular. or nat.
These different varieties OF shape
are due to differences of atmos-
pheric condition which ii would
probably be impossible to trace in
detail. But they never at bottom
depart from the hexagonal law.
.. The peculiar expansion of
water: II you cool water down
from ordinary temperatures IL con-
tracts slightly. and continues TO
contract until Il reaches 4 degrees
oentrigrade C3s.3 deg. FRhrsnheit).
at which temperature Il Attains its
maximum density. II the cooling 10
then continued the water suddenly
begins to expand until 1t reaches
the freezing point. 0 deg. Cent or
80 deg. Fahrenheit This peculiar
conduct Of water Is a matter of
great convenience to uA, since it
is the cause of the floating of ice
and prevents rivers and lakes from
being frozen solid to the bottom.
The expansion OF water in frees-
ing Is one of natures most efec-
tive mechanical powers. enabling
her TO break up rocks and 10 pry
OF immense masses from the faces
OF precipices. and in case Of need.
man can employ it as an almost
Irresistible bursting, or SCATTERING
agent.
The fact that very few other sub
stances than water show this pecu-
liarity makes II more difficult. per-
haps, TO invent a theory to account
for II. Evidently. however. the Sc
cret lies in the molecular constitu-
ton OF water, and at least a notion
Of it's nature may be obtained by
considering the way that water
takes a crystalline structure on
passing from the liquid to the solid
state. A delicate snow crystal could
exert no pressure, but underlying
the form OF the snow crystal IL q
force which. ~ opposed. may be-
come enormously effective. the
force that makes tho molecules
SET themselves In n particular OF
der
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
Dracula, or The Vampire

nearing GalaJz. We are Oh nre with
anxiety and eagerness.
Nina HurEer's Journal.
20 Octgber-Mr Morris TOOK me 70
the hotel where our rooms had been
ordered b. telegraph. he being the
one who could best be spared. since
be does not speak any foreign Ian
yuaEe. The forces were distributed
much as they had been at Varna.
except that Lord Godalming went to
the vice consul, as his rank might
serve as an immediate guarantee OF
some sort to the official, we being ia
extreme hurry. Jonathan and the two
doctors went TO the shipping agent TO
learn particulars OF the arrival OF the
Czarina Catherine.
Later.-Lord GodslminE has re-
turned. The consul II away. and the
vice consul sick; so the routine work
has been attended to by clerk. He
was very obliginE. and offered 10 do
anything in his power.
Jonathan HdrksT's Journal
50 October.-At q o'clock Or. Van
He'SinE. DR.. Seward. and | called on
Messrs. Mackenzie X Steinkon, the
agents or the London firm OF Hap
good. They had received a wire from
London, In answer to Lord GodaI-
ming's telegraphed request, asking us
to show them any civility In their
power.
They were more than kind and
courteous. and took US at once on
board the Czsrina Catherine. which
lay at anchor out Ia the river harbor.
There We saw the captain DonelsOn
BY name, who told Us OF his voyage.
The Washington times., 1918-01-10

lie said that IN all his life he had
never had so favorable a run.
Man" he said, but it made Us
aboard. for we expeckit that We
should have To pay for IL wi some
rare piece o. i'll luck, so as to keep UP
the average. It's no canny To run
trae London to the Black sea VI
wind ahint We. as though the Devil
himself were bIawin' on yer sail for
his ain purpose.
An a. the tim' we could no speer
a thing. Gin we were nigh a ship. or
a port. or q heRdland, a fog fell on
US and Travelled WI US. till when after
It had lifted and we looked out, the
dell a thing could we see We ran
by Gibraltar wi'oot being able to sig
nal: an till We came TO the Darda-
nelles and had 20 wait 10 get our per
nit to pass. Nc never we're within
hail o. auEht.
AT hrst ! inclined 10 slack Off 50
and beat about I'll the fog was lifted:
but whites. ! thocht that II the Dell
was minded 10 get US into the Black
Sea quick. he was like 10 do II
whether We would or no. II we had
. quick. voyage IL would be no to our
: diEcredit wi the owners. or no hurt
to our traffic: ar the Old Mon who
had served his attn purpose wad be
decently grateful TO us for no hir-
derin' him"
This RiXtur' ~ simplicity and Gun
ming, OF superstition. and commercial
reasoning. aroused Van Helsing, who
said:
Mine friend. that Devil IL more
/ cleYeT than he Ia thought by some:
( and he know whom he meet his
match"
1 Ito Ne Contained Tomorrow
lCoPyriHhtsdl
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
"A Fifty-Fifty Friend
ship"
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX A.:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty-thrsa. Would ic
be improper for q girl and boy 10
form q friendship on 4 $3.50 basis
that 10, be real ohums, take Ia
shows. etc, and AftsrwGrd split
the bill? Would Il be unwomAn-
Iy2 I an 80 lonely. long for the
oompAnionship Of . real true
friend. know . young man
who Tn SURE likes me very much
a. . friend, but while would
like to be frank and explain this
proposition to him, I'm afraid he
might misundsrstanl aud think
me unwomAnly. OLIVE P.
IT wouldn't be . Bit UNIV onanIy,
hut there are very few men Who
would relish the proposition. OF
course, Aow-G-days there are .
good many mSn who long for fem
izins Friendship and feel they car
not AFFORD properly TO keep up their
contributions toward II. II you
have a pleasant homo. why net Ia
vits the young man into dinner
occasionally. II you are boarding
you might even ask him TO dine at
your boarding house. Tou Oar take
lunches along when you 20 on
little plenics; suggest going to the
movies, instead OF to theatre, or
for walks. instead of money on any
sort of q social good time. think you
can arrange to bring about Q friend
ship where there 70 reciprocity.
without descending TO a msTcsnGry
discussion 81 1OIiars asa SsatA
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Living with a Mother-in-
Law.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty and dearly love q
young man Of tWsnty-thrSe. who
has asked me 10 marry him.
do not know whether to accept
him for this reason: II marry
him we will live with his mother
and young sister. who are de-
pending upon him for support.
l have heard that such mar
riages usually are unfortunate,
and that 10 why I hesitate. The
question IL. What should We do:
O. A q.
TT generally II very difficult for .
nah's mother and wife 20 live
happily together under one roof 4
good many girls have mayed it
because they loved enough 10 saori-
Zoe . BIT for that love and we're
tactfuI and clever and had a real.
underlying respect for age and n
gentle love Of the woman who was
the mother OF their sweetheart II
you can conquer yourself and cater
to smother communicating her
more than half WGy-It will work
Do you love your sweetheart
enough to do this for his sake? L:
not, woe bstids Zsu II you marry
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
By Virginia Terhune Van
de Water.
CHAPTER u.
ospynEht. 1918. star %.

EHE room. = are 's very .I plea A.
engaging them for me-"
man who. with the boy carrying
her suitcase and handbag. had ss-
corted her to an upper floor Of
large hotel in Chicago. Il am sure
I shall be very comfortable"
Darius Blake handed the porter
the tip for which he waited and
dismissed him. Then he turned TO
the slender EhI standing before
him.
Child" he said. you know how
glad my wife and I would have
been II you had been willing to
stay with us this last night before
you go East. Our home Is certainly
less dreary than a hotel"
Cynthia Long smiled gratefully.
You are very dear ana good. Mr..
make. I do no believe that any
other lonely girl ever had her at
fairs attended to by such a kind
and unselnsh lawyer as you are.
You have made everything As easy
As possible for me. And I have let
you do II. But, much a. 1 wanted
10 accept your kind suggestion that
1 20 to your house tonight. was
sure it would be easier for me to
start tomorrow morning from a
hotel rather than from . homs-Iiks
house such as yours"
But" the man objected. you
are very young. and-sxeuss mel
very attractive; and II 10 hardly
the correct thing for - girl like you
to spend q night unehhpsroned in a
great hotel"
Cynthia glanced down AT her
black dress. Ny mourning would
protect me, II 1 needed protection,
and ] do not she reminded him.
please DO not worry, dear Mr..
Blake. I will rest until dinner time:
then I will 70 into the dining
room and take . table near some
very reGpsctabls-lookInE middle
aged people. after which I will re-
turn to my rooms. read for 4 while
and 70 to bed. And early IN the
morning start on my eastward
journey"
Il could perhaps come Tomorrow
to see you ofr'-ths man began.
The girl interrupted him. AT the
dismal hour of ssven-thirty q. m.
Indeed you will not! why should
you? have everything here in my
baE-fny tickets through to New
York. my Pullman car reservation
everything. No. would rather you
let me tell you goodbye now and
then" with an effort at . smile.
the last hard thing will be over"
1T must be - you wish. dear
child" the lawyer Aequiesced. "T
hope you will not be too dreary."
Il will not" she assured him. IT
am hoping that a letter from New
York may come to me this evening.
When last wrote TO my uncle ]
told him whore was to be tonight.
Yet. since all arrangements have
been made and agreed upon be-
tween uE. he may scarcely write
again"
Goodbye, dear" Darius Blake
said. holding out his hands to hear.
She placed both her hands in his
and smiled bravSly.
"Goodbys-and again thank youl