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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
SUBJECT FOR AN ARTIST.

A pen picture of beautiful Catholic
faith and devotion was given by IN
w. b." in a recent issue of The Mont,
tor, San Francisco. 1t was after Holy
Mass in the Church of the Sacred
Heart, he says, that noticed WON,
an bending down over a child in the
aisle. watched to see what it meant
as they drew nearer to my pew. A
woman was teaching her little son to
make the Stations of the Cross.
Both were kneeling, and the mother
was explaining all about the Station
His cherubic face was upturned and
his beautiful eyes riveted upon the
picture of the saddest story that ever
was told. In his little hands he hele
a book, and when the explanations
were over, the mother knelt q little
back of the child, while he read the
prayers in his book. When he fin
ished reading both arose and went
on to the next Station.
What subject for an artist! The
beautiful child face, with it's wrapt
expression, the clear innocent eyes
full of intensest interest, as he lis
tened to his mother as she narrated
the story, pictorially illustrated upor
the wall of the church. And the idea
mother with her heart full of Qua
love, the love of her Redeemer anG
the love of her little child for His
sake!
"A more edifying and Impressive
sight could hardly be imagined. One
felt impelled to offer up a prayer tina
one day those little hands might b.
consecrated to the service of thu
Most High, and that on the day o
his ordination they might be raised
in blessing over the head of that de
voted mother.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
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my misspent life began to parade be-
fore my mind. thought of confess
sion, and something urged me to wait
till after the service and make my
peace with God. ] was afraid might
do something rash, so picked up my
hat and left =
Shame on YOU" said the mission
airy. That was the grace.of God cali
ing you to repent Snce.p sfWell, I didn't
know protested the stranger, "and
| wasn't going to make a fool of my
sell" and what did you do after
leaving the church," asked the mis-
sionary. Il walked the streets for
hours and then played cards till mid
night in the hope of Kidding myself of
that strange feeling. went to bed at
midnight, but / didn't Sleep Yes
terday was Sunday. Did you go to
church," No, Isdidn't. L had made
up my mind to fight the thing out, so
l did the same as the night before. ]
walked around all day and played
cards till midnight. / was so tired
that thought / had to sleep, but the
more closed my eyes the more sleep
seemed to keep from me. About half
an hour ago heard some one call me
by name. l sat up in bed and asked:
'Well% A sweet, sad woman's voice
answered.: You have taken part in my
rosary Saturday night. have offered
you the grace of sincere conversion.
IL you don't go to confession before
the missionaries leave you will die in
your sins
Father, those words sounded terri
bic and made me tremble from head
to foot. I-realized only then that Mary
had been so good as to obtain this
special grace for me. / gave up the
| fight there and then, got on my knees
to thank God for His mercy, dressed
as quickly as possible, and came to
church, l am so glad l found you
iheres and hope you will not refuse
to hear my confession 81 will hear
,you," replied the missionary, "even
i5if / miss my breakfast to catch my
train" Before begin" said the man,
II want to take the pledge for life. i
also promise to- cut loose from my
former associates. / realize what a
| fool i have been, and l promise with
| the help of Gods grace to prove my
self worthy of our Lady's favor"
Rep. p GefermGnn
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
THE PAPAL RINGS.


The Pope has three special rings.
The first is generally rather a plain
gold one, with an intaglio or cameo
ornament This is called the papal
ring. The second, called the ponti-
fical ring, because used only when
the Pope certificates or offfciates at
grand ceremonies, is an exceedingly
precious one
The one worn on these occasions
by Pope Plus TX was made during the
reign of Plus VII, whose name is cut
on the inside. 1t is of the purest
gold, of remarkably fine workman,
ship, set with very obIong diamond
It has contrivance on the inside by
which it can be made larger or small
er to fit the wearer's finger.
The fisherman's ring, so called be
cause it has a figure of Saint Peter
in a bark throwing his net into the
sea, is a plain gold ring with an Oval
face, bearing the name of the reign
ing Pope engraved around and above
the figure of the Apostle. 1t was
first private and not an official ring
though it has been used in the latter
way since the fifteenth century, ant
is now the official seal Of the Pope
and first among the rings.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
THE WORK or OUR BISHOPS.

1t is to the Catholic bishop. con-
scious of his duty and authority, his
mission and his. guidance, that we
owe in every age the identity of. our
faith in Jesus Christ with that of the
Apostles, says Bishop Shahan. This
faith is not based on persuasive
words of human wisdom = nor on the
nebulous and feeble workings of lrea-
son, nor on the mere reading of the
Gospel, but on the testimony OF the
Catholic Church made known through
her bishops as successors of the ApOs-
ties, and bearing certain witness in
their name and with their authority.
The history Of the Catholic Church
is one unbroken profession of the 'Di-
yinity of Jesus Christ on the part OF
her bishops. In the primitive
churches, while the apostolic. mem.
cries were still fresh, they consigned
their testimony to the baptismal
creed; they proclaimed it in the holy
Mass: they died for it at the stake;
they preached it to the Jews, pagans
and barbarians; they recast in its ia
vor the fine arts once idolatrous and
hostile; they breathed it into glorious
hymns and noble music; they made
the Roman state its defender and its
missionary, and then for long cen
turtles they saved it by their learning
and their devotion from a thousand
attacks of Greek, Syrian and Aral
adversaries SELL
If st. Thomas Aquinas was able Is
raise by his genius the glorious strnc
ture of our Catholic theology, It wa
because for ia thousand years thu
bishops Of the Catholic Church hal
been laying deeply the foundations b
| Catholic faith, in the apostolic spirit
and with perfect loyalty to their apos
:ft0lic authority
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"YoU HAVE TAKEN PART IN NY
ROSARY"

We had just closed the mission in
Sparta, said the missionary My next
destination was Baraboo. The church
was a mile from the depot, and the
train was scheduled to leave at seven
O'Clock. Not wishing to omit holy
Mass arose at half past four. After
making my thanksgiving | began to
pack my grip, and remembered that I
had left prayerbook and a rosary in
the confessional | returned to the
church to bring them, and had arriy-
ed at the confessional when middle
aged man entered. He looked sad and
worried. Feeling compassion for him
approached and said: Good morn:
inge Is there anything / can do for
you?"
Yes, he eagerly replied. please
hear my confession. / got to go!"
There was a disturbed look in his eye
that made me doubt his sanity. Seek
ing to calm him / said kindly: you
don't have to go if you don't want to
receive the sacramento But know
that shall be damned if don't make
my confession now he replied with
great earnestness. Still puzzled, the
missionary sought clue to the man +
conduct by asking: THE mission last
ed all week. why didn't you come be
fore?'' Il didn't want to- replied the
man. Were you to the mission al
alI?" continued the missionary. q
happened along Saturday night and
came in out of curiosity You were
saying the rosary. Though it was thir
ty-six years since said a T'rayer, !
remembered the rosary, for my moth
en- taught 1t to me as a child I join
ed in it for awhile. hut soon a strange
feeling came over me. ALI the sins b
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
APOSTLES OF PEACE.

Rev. Doctor Kelly in Rome" gives
the following as a partial record Of
the work as peacemakers of the Sow
ereign Pontiffs:
Pope Saint Leo l. (44O-461) saved
Italy from Attila, King of the Huns:
Saint Gregory i. (590-604) secured
peace for the Romans from Agilulphus,
King of the Lombards, and peace be-
tween the Oriental Emperors and the
same monarch; Saint Gregory II. clio
734) again saved Rome from another
Lombard, King Luitprand; Victor II.
(1055-1057) restored harmony be-
tween the Emperor Henry ILL.,. Bald
win of Flanders, and Godfrey of Lor-
raine.
Innocent III. (1198-1216) made. peace
between King John of England and
Philip Augustus of France; Honorius
III. 5(1216-1227) between Louis VIII.
of France and Henry II. of England;
Innocent w. 1243-1254) between the
King and People of Portugal; Mich
olas (1227-12SOl between. the Emperor
Rudolph and Charles of Anjou; John
XXI. (1S16-1334) between Edward
| II. of England and Robert of Scot
land; Benedict XII. (1334-1342) be-
tween Edward III. of England and
Philip de Valois of France; Gregory
XII. .(137O-137S) between the kings of
Portugal and CASTLE.
Nicholas v. l1447-1453) frequently
mediated between Germany, Hungary
and Italy; Innocent VIII. (1481-1495)
mediated in Muscovy, Austria and
England; Alexander VI (1492-1502)
peacefully settled the great dispute
between Spain and Portugal over
the division of the New World;
Urban VIII. (1623-1644) settled vari-
Gus disputes between heads of reign
ing houses in Italy; Gregory XIII.
| (1572-15S5) mediated between the
Car of Muscovy and the King of
Poland
In our own time Leo XIII. was
chosen as arbitrator between. Spain
and Germany in the dispute over the
Carolines, and both he and Plus x.
performed the same service for diff,
lferent Republics of South America
And Benedict XIV. also-is he not
Vicar of the Prince Of Peace? And
may he not go down in history as
Benedict the Peacemaker?'' 49,
1
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
SYMBOLS OF THE APOSTLES.

Symbols of the Apostles have their
origin in some circumstance of the life
or death of the bearer. Among those
emblematic of the Apostles and Evan
gelists, the following are most fire.
quently used:
st. Peter-Cross keys, one of gold
and one of silver, symbolizing his
primacy est. Matt, 1920; also the
cock. because of his denial of our
Lord (St,f Luke. ~. .f.
/. st. Andrew-A transverse or X
shaped cross, called by his name.
st. James the Great-Pilgrim's staff
and water bottle; also the shell, en-
blematic of pilgrimage and baptism.
st. John-A chalice with serpent is.
suing from it; the eagle is his symbol
as an Evangelist
st. Thomas-The square or carpen-
ters rule; also a lance, because. of
the manner OF, his death. 49,.
st. James the Less-A fuller's club
the instrument of his death.
st. Phillip column; he died sus
pended from one; sometimes he also
bears staff with a small cross sur
mounting it.,
st. Bartholomew large knife, the
instrument of his martyrdom.
st. Matthew short sword; also {
money bag, the sign of a tax collector
AS Evangelist, his sign is the figure o
"a man.
/ st. Simon Zelotes-A saw, the in
strument of his martyrdom.
/ st. Jude iCThaddeus)-A knottet
club; also a halberd.,
| ST. Matthias-A. lance sometime
a battle axe. -
4 Judas purse. ~ s
/ st. Marks sign is the figure of
lion.
/ st. Luke's sign is that of an OK.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
THE FALSE DEcRETALS AND THE
DISRUPTION OF THE FRANK
ISH EMPIRE.

The ninth century was period of
turbulence and disorder for Western.
Europe. 1t was an age of decline and
reaction after the somewhat prema-
ture blossoming of civilization under
Charles the Great The Kingdom of
France in particular suffered severely
at the hands of marauding Northmen
from without, as we'll as from division
and civil strife at home. During this
century the Empire of Charleniagne
went to pieces. A common religious
faith, and common government
proved after all insufficient to unite
so many peoples differing in race, tenn
permanent, customs and language. AS
soon as the welding personality of
Charles was removed by death these
differences asserted themselves.
In S14 Charles was succeeded by his
son Louis, surnamed the Pious, who
lacked the sterner qualities so essen
tial to effectual government in the try
ing circumstances of his age. 1t has
been said that he was better fitted to
be a monk than King, and indeed on
several occasions he expressed his
willingness and his desire to give uI
his crown and enter the cloister. The
bane of monarchy then and for lone
after was the constant tendency of 9
dying monarch to divide his realm
! among his sons. Several times during
the reign of Louis plans we're made
for the division of Frankland on his
frequently anticipated death More
than once his sons rose against him
greedy for power and impatient OF The
day when the course of nature or the
hand of Providence should put then
into possession Of their fathers scep
! ire.
When at length the weak Emperor
| passed away in $40 the various diyi
4 sions of his realm that had been pro
4 jected in his lifetime only served t,
give opportunity to his auarrelsom'
children for ,protracted civil wars
among themselves. At length eVei
j they grew weary of the turmoil, AMI
the realms of Charles the Great Wer'
il split up, never again (save for a brie
{ three years at the end of the mint
century,. to be reunited. Louis
youngest and fayorite son, Charleg til,
1 Bald, receiEed what is now eaIIe'
France. whilst another. Isoliis, obtain
lied the bulk of presentulay g Germany
4 between the realms Of Charles an
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INSURANCE
CONTINUED from page 2.l
A BIT OF SILK.

much surprised at his friends unex-
pected outburst and scarcely knew
what to say.
Up to this, as you know, religion
has been the least of my troubles"
went on Wilson, "but have had my
eyes opened with a jerk, and / just.
tell you what: am going to investi-
gate your religion a little bit for my
self. Will you take me under your
wing and help me out?"
want me to DON a white choker.
and frock coat, do your asked Hunt
er, the light, chatting words hiding a
deeper feeling than the sick mans
words had stirred. Seriously though,
Jack, you had better make the ac-
quaintance of one of the priests of the
cathedral. Do you know any of
Them
Never spoke TO one In my life. I
haven't even a bowling acquaintance
with them. But ] noticed one on the
street, a tall, fair man, rather stout
That's Father Harding. He comes
mere .oCCdSlUudlly ". N1o1l tuC p1liC1to'
He's Just your man.
Bring him in here tomorrow.
them
One afternoon a month later Sister
Gerald was walking down the. long
| corridor Of the hospital. She had just
/ paid a visit to patient whose condi-
| ton was at that moment engrossing
her thoughts. A sudden exclamation,
coupled with her name, caused her to
look up. Two young men were stand
ing at the foot of the stairway. One
advanced with out-stretched hand, his
/ face lighting up with pleasure
.Sister Gerald" he exclaimed, is it
/ possible? How do you do?' Then,
j noticing the Sisters hesitating man
j ner, he said Surely you have not for
4 gotten Will Hunter"
4 And If Il have. suppose my sin is
i objectionable, answered the Sister
i with a smile. .-But as it happens,
Il have not. 1t was your name that es
n capped my memory for the moment.
II am really delighted to see you
4 .Sister, this Is Mr.. Wilson,. {.
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LESSONS FROM THE CROSS.

& A love founded on gratitude, a
wholesome fear lest misuse or disfe.
gard the movers that God has bestoW-
ed upon me, an alIembracing zeal for
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PLATING

And then turning to his friend,
"Jack, my old teacher of whom you
have often heard me speak"
81 wonder, now" interjected the nun,
F'if that speaking was a rehearsal of
the many times | had to use moral
suasion on certain boy"
Both young men laughed.
Sister, Mr.. Wilson is going to make
his First Communion next, Sunday, and
whose convert do you suppose he is?
Yours
"Mine!" exclaimed the Sister, amaz-
ed.
Will Hunter opened his watch. DO
you remember that badge?"
81 do. But what has that to do with
Mr.. Wilson's cornerstone"
Hunter went over the story of the
summer afternoon and it's eventful
ending.
Don't you see, Sister, that little bit
of silk has been the beginning and end
of it. Jack Wilson's watch is going
to carry it from next Sunday morn
ing"
81 shall prize it dearly" ventured
the convert.
''That means that / shall have to
paint another to replace it." added the
busy nun, as she disappeared smiling
| down the long corridor.
L ( = n y ..s ] +. z ~ @
The Canadian Messenger otthe Sacred Hear
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08
ST. JOSEPH. 7

In every shadow of our pilgrimage
Saint Joseph is a shield and buckler,
says Monsignor Preston. Temptations
fee before his footsteps; the ills of
life, touched by his hands, are turned
into blessings: and grateful songs as
cend even in the might where the
music of his intercession is heard.
Then when the King of Terrors is
nigh and the darkness of the grave
appears to the fainting soul he is the
Angel of Peace!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-08

the. spiritual well-being of my neigh
borsS whoever he may be, are the les
sons may learn from the Cross, says.
Rev. Henry ]. Swift, S. ] If ponder
over them as a dutiful disciple, il |
master them, if i introduce them into
my life, God will be served, my neigh
Dor will be brought nearer to God and
the salvation of my own soul will be
made sure Can /, dare i, ask weight
Ter motives to induce me to 3matrieu.
late in the School of the Cross?
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-14
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Is IN The Hands Of Governor Stanley
Receives Certiiication of Reso-
luton for Nation Wide
Prohibition.

Frankfort, KY, January 12-The Of
fetal certification of the resolution of
Congress submitting to the State
Legislatures the prohibition amend
ment to the Federal constitution is in
the hands of Governor Stanley, it was
announced yesterday morning, ready
for transmission to the General AS
sembly, Attorney General Charles
H. Morris said the Governor. when he
received the certifcation from Secre-
tary of State Lansing, placed il in his
hands for advice as to the proper ac-
tion in the matter
Mr., Morris advised the Governor tc
wait until the General Assembly
should be organized and then trans
nit the certihcation with a brief mes
sage.
Resolutions were introduced in both
Houses Tuesday for the purpose OF
ratifying the amendment
Mr.. Morris says this action was pre-
mature as the General Assembly has
as yet received no official notice.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-14
APPEALS MADE
By State and Federal Health Author.
tiles That Health Campaign Con-
time In Mason County.

DR.. =. 10. Blackerby, of Bowling
Green, State Registrar OF Vital Sta
tistics, In an address to the Mason
County Commissioners Saturday on
the health situation In Mason county,
praised the work done here during
the past year through the co-opera-
ton OF the state and federal health
departments and stated that the state
of Kentucky was willing to repeat its
donation OF last year II the county
would also donate and render as
much assistance as possible.
DR., Lumsden, chief Of the United
States Public Health Service, was ex-
pected to be here but sent a telegram
from st. Louis stating that he was
snowbound and would be unable tc
arrive. He stated however that the
Public Health Service would gladly
subscribe to the work here IL the
county would subscribe.
Both the state and federal health
departments are anxious that the
health work in this county be con,
tinued and are asking the County
Commissioners to set aside enough
money out of undesignated funds tc
carry on the work.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-14
GAS SHORTAGE :
a'a NARROWLY AvERTED
Columbia Gas Company Wanted 10
Reduce Pressure Here BY One
Thlrd-Temporary Injunction
--.-----~- D.eee.rains Them.

In a long distance telephone mes
sage to the Maysville Gas Company
Saturday night about 0 o'clock an Of
fetal of--the Columbia Gas Company
stated that on account OF the great
suffering in Cincinnati on account of
shortage of gas II would be neces-
sary to curtail the gas supply here
33h per cent.
The officials OF the Maysville Gas
Company realized that II this was
done the people Of Maysville would
suffer exceedingly and that as the
supply here was so little there would
be no benefit to the people of Cincin-
natl.
After thinking over the matter for
some time, the officials of the Mays
vile Gas Company had their attor-
neys draw up a temporary Injunction
which was served on the employees
of the Columbia Gas Company at their
station in the. county where the gas
is measured as it flows from the main
pipe into the Maysvile Gas Com
pany's storage tank.
In order to secure the injunction il
was necessary to arouse the officers
of the Circuit Court Saturday night
about 10 o'clock 1t was served at
once and as a consequence the people
Of Maysville are now receiving nor
NAL supply of gas.
A special hearing of the case will
be held before Circuit Judge c. D.
Newell next Saturday. In the mean
time the people of this city need no,
fear Of anv "as SHORTAGE and II is
hoped that by the tine the case is
decided the weather will be warm
enough that there need be no worry
about the gas at all.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-14
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET.
ING TONIGHT

The second of series OF Monday
night meetings will be held tonight at
the Chamber of Commerce under the
auspices of the Rural Auxiliary Divi-
sion. An address will be made by a
prominent speaker and others will
give short talks. A large attendance
is desired as the subject of a Rural
Auxiliary is considered a very impor-
tant topic, inasmuch as the farmers
realize the necessity of organized eff
fort and the members of the Cham
ber of Commerce appreciate the good
that can be done with the city and
county working as an unit for the bet.
terment of all conditions in Mason
county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-14
MAYSyILLE POLICE ASKED TON
yESTIGATE DEATH or NEGRO

Chief of Police Cope 81 cincin-
natl, sent a communication to the To-
cal police department asking them to
investigate the death OF Henry Glib
bons, colored in this city several
weeks ago. In his message Chief
Copeland stated that he had under ar
rest a negro by the name of Charles
Williams, who says he cut Gibbons
during a fight in that city in Novem-
ber Gibbons was said to be Mays
vile negro and it was reported in
Cincinnati that he died recently at his
home here as result of the ssnr'G
he received in the fight. Chief
lice Ort has been making an in
cation but so far has been un$
to learn anything concerning Z
mans death here.