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IL does not cure the trouble and makes
the skin bleed Apply BALLARDS
SNOW EMINENT. Rub IL In gen
tly ON the affected parts. IL relieves
itching instantly and few applica-
tions removes the cause thus perform
ing a permanent cure. Price pic. soc
and SI.0O per bottle. Sold by-Hick-
man Drug Co. Adv.
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Be ause q It's tonic and laxative effect. LAXA-
IlFE BRO1fO QU1NISEi - better than ordinary
guinirc aud does not cause nervousness nor
ringing IN head Remember the full me and
look tor the signature Of 4. W. GROVE SOC.
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DON'T MISS 1T!

Grant Opportunity Offered 70 Help
Win the War - S snins the Pledge
IN Response 70 Wishes Of Our Leader
Ia Great Struggle for Democracy.
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Nolan Pool. Robert Bolin ROney,
Richard Smith. Clarence Newton. Har-
vey Collins. Jodie L.angford. Roger
Caldwell. Roy Jurney. Henry Cham
bers. Aubrey III. Townsend. Carl v.
Townsend, Edward G. Rice.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-06-27

resenfing the following young men
who have entered some branch of the
military service:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10
DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING
SYSTEM INVENTED BY
A MONK.

Critics of the Middle Ages are as
numerous as the vast army of those
who have but a smattering of learn
ing, without having acquired an intel
ligent knowledge of History, Litera-
ture or Science. Such critics deserve
no serious consideration, since, as Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler has it, they
only Invite attention to the limita-
lions of their knowledge and sympa-
thy" In his treatise on PHILOSOPHY"
DR.. Butler points out the wonderful
accomplishments of those ages in Sci
ence, Education, the Drama, Jurispru-
dence, Art and Architecture, and
social and political development, and
rightly contends that no age may be
termed dark" which reflects so much
light in so many fields of accomplish
ment. i
Those who thoughtlessly or inten-
tionally disparage the accomplish
ments of that remarkable period of
history have frequently been shown
the error of their ways. Yet the
truth cannot be told or corroborated
too often, nor can there be any harm
in recalling, from time to time, the
debt we owe in many things to the
men who lived and toiled in those
days. 1t is an interesting fact that
one of the most valuable systems of
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10
DEVELOPED BY TRIALS.

The perfect Christian is developed
in the crucible Of trial, says Bishop
Busch He may have schOOled himself
in the mysteries OF religion and
trained himself in the practice of
virtue, but it is only when he has
stood face to face with a duty and
would not yield to compromise, when
he has come to a place where he must
give up all else for the sake of a
principle, that he for the first time,
realizes what it really means to be
a Christian.
And if under such conditions he
holds to his ideal with perfect single
ness of purpose and becomes deaf and
blind to all other considerations ex,
cept the one Christian duty, he be-
comes TRANSPORTED by an inward
vision, where the things of the spirit
are the reality and all else is a shad-
OW and a thin dissolving mist.
To the world around he may also
seem TRANSPORTED and raised above
the ordinary mortal, but to himself he
seems the selfsame as before. The
change that has been wrought is this:
that what before seemed beyond him
now appears as the ordinary and com
monplace.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10

to stimulate our sluggish hearts to &C
ton when we consider the great
things that the saints have done for
God-They did not go to Him with
empty hands. St. Francis Xavier we
are told, baptized one hundred thou
sand with his own hands, and the
prayers of St. Teresa converted more
souls than that. A st. Patrick
brought the Faith to Ireland. In his
shadow churches and monasteries and
schools grew up. A st. Boniface
brought that same Faith to Germany
and a ST. Augustine brought it to
England.
by their works you shall know
them" is certainly true, but few Of
us would care to be known by oul
works.
Of course, we cannot all accomplish
great wonders such as these, but there
are few people who could not do some
good for others. They could deny
themselves some harmful luxury anC
send the money they saved to poor
missionaries who daily are withou
necessities. If every opportunity is {
responsibility, as Cardinal Newman
assures us it is, many Of US vii
have many discarded responsibilities
to atone for the next world.
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the very words of Christ: Il have yet
many things to say to you, but you
cannot bear them now But when He,
the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will
teach you all truth THE kingdom
of heaven is as a grain of mustard
seed, which, when it is sown in the
earth, is less than all the seeds; and
when it is sown, it groweth up, and
becometh greater than all herbs, and
shooteth out great branches, so that
the birds of the air may dwell under
the shadow thereof" The seed and
the tree-so different in appearance
yet always the same So simple the
seed, so complex the tree, yet COM
plete in their unity. The seed so new,
the tree SO old, yet never break in
continuity.
month later / was received into
the Catholic Church, and ever saMee
then | have known what it is TO shane
the certain conviction of taaa aTt.fs
Catholic school boy, who was MT
ashamed to bear witness ca mis- faith
to a grown-up stranger IN a london
street. We are not Strangers BOW
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10

modern business control, double-entry
bookkeeping, is the fruit of the
thought and labors of a poor friar of
the Fifteenth Century. Thus it is evil
dent that even in it's own particular
sphere, in the science of business"
3014-Will & Roth eaj eaj FOUR
the modern world has been obliged
to sit at the feet of a religious of that
age which is so frequently condemned
as having been impractical and back
ward in those things which count for
so much in our day-Industry, Com
merce and Finance.
Two remarkable facts are brought
out in this connection by the Man
chester (Eng) Guardian of some
weeks ago. The one refers to the orr
gin of the system mentioned, the
other is the surprising circumstance
that very important Department of
| the British Government until recently
had not yet adopted this system for
the purpose of keeping its accounts.
| The Guardian writes:
THE statement by Sir w. l.. Evans
that the Ministry of Munitions has
| only just adopted 'double-entry book
| keeping is surprising, as the system
| is by no means modern and is now
| generally adopted by large business
concerns. 1t is supposed to have had
| it's origin among the mercantile com
munities of Italy in the fifteenth cen.
| fury, and has become known as the
| italian method One of the earliest
| opponents was a MinOrite monk
| (friar) named Luca da BurgO (oI
! Pacioli) who published a treatise on
the subject in Venice in 1894. The
method was arranged on so scientific
& basis that few alterations have been
! found necessary in the subsequent
evolution Of commercial transactions.
Both facts brought out by the Guar
! dian are significant. The achieve
ments of the friar da BurgO gains in
significance, however, when we con
slider that the highest claims of the
! Middle Ages to recognition by pos
terity are not based on any eXtraOr
! binary accomplishments in the field
of industry, commerce and finance
but rather on the lofty idealism OF
those ages which pervaded the
thought of the people, determined
| their practices and found expression
| in their institutions. Hence such g
signal example of superior achieve
| ment in the basic requirements OF
| business is all the more worthy OIL
serious appreciation. 1t illustrates
not only the ability and painstaking
labor of the individual religious, but
also the practical business sense OF
a people and an age so frequently
decried as having been estranged by
religious influences from a practical
| philosophy of life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10
MOTHER.

There is nothing more beautiful or
Christ-like in the character of the
young than a tender regard for the
old They, whose steps are slowly
descending Iife's sunless slope, have
only one consolation as the years
speed by them-that is, they look for
kindness and consideration from those
upon whose lives the beauties of LIES
morning are just breaking. Age is a
season of physical infrmity, mental
retrospection, shattered dreams and
earthly disappointment. No more, for
the old, is there a glamor in the stars,
a freshness in the spring, or a tri-
umph in the years. The thousand mel
odies that you and | hear sound far,
far off to them The thousand beau
ties that you and | see, they see
through eyes long since dimmed with
tears shed over the graves of old
loves. Treat them gently, young men
and women, for by their sorrow and
their sacrifice, you have not only eX-
istence, but much of the happiness
you too often forget. Of all the love
affairs in this world, none can sur
pass the love of a young man for his
mother. Any young man may fall in
love with some fresh faced girl and
the young man who may be gallant
to the girl, may forget the tired and
weary wife. But the young man who
loves his mother in her old age is the
truest type of knighthood and he will
love his wife as dearly in the autumn
as he does in the springtime. Never
mind if she is old and feeble and her
dress or bonnet not up-to-date, she
is your mother, and she looks to you
as does your father-to keep them
in their old age, to aid their tottering
steps, to be gentle, kind and patient
with them
Be kind to the old and Gods bless
ing will follow you down through the
years. You girls and young women,
let me speak to you of your mother
Every day should be mothers day
so every day should be a day OF
remembrance. Perhaps you noticed
the eare-worn look on her face lately
Of course it was not brought there by
any act of yours-but it's your duty
! to chase it away Get up tomorrow
morning, get the fire started and the
breakfast on the way and when moth
! er comes down and expresses her sur
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with me all day long. Immediately it
sent thrill of encouragement into
my wavering mind, and | never hest
tated again. The strong, simple GER
tainty of that small school boy that
he and his brother were Catholics
made me long to solve the doubts of
my aching soul and to gain, if possible,
the faith of little child.
So | hurried my steps, went through
the turnstile of the museum, passed
into the library, sat down in a quiet
corner and wrote upon the slip of
paper. Development OF Christian Doc.
trine, by Cardinal Newman"
Often before l had felt that mystic
rious attraction to Rome which we
used to call Roman fever" And
many times | had thrown it off with
the thought that, after all, the Chris
tianity of Rome, with it's exact defini-
ton of doctrine, it's elaborate cere-
monial, and its amazing organization,
was different thing from the Chris
tianity of the early ages; and notably,
the assertion of st. Peters authority
and that of his immediate successors
did not in any way compare with the
claims of the Pope today. Newman,
had been told, had actually invented
a new doctrine in order to bridge over
this gulf and to justify his succession
the doctrine of the Development of
Doctrine"-an had embodied it in
his book.
The book lay before me on the table
and / was reading it. 1t took me sew
eral days, but | plodded along, en-
couraged at every chapter blythe voice
of the child; and when | had finished,
my doubts were finished. After all,
this new doctrine was as old as the
| hills. All the creeds of Christendom
by their history, structure and con
tents proclaimed 1.-THE apostles, the
Nicene, the Athanasian, bore witness
to it quite as certainly as the Creed OF
Pope Plus ": Il VS. enshrined IN
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10
Ex-ANGLICAN MINISTER TELLS
HOW HE WAS CONVERTED.

| was an Anglican clergyman-a
member of an Anglican religious or
der which prided itself on its Cath
olicity,' writes Rev. E. R. Grimes in
London, England, Universe. Being in
temporary charge of the London house
| could go in and out without asking
leave. There was weight on my
mind. l was in grave doubt whether,
after all, was a Catholic. | had read
most of Newman's books, but there
was one which l was afraid of read
ing, lest it might unsettle me, so |
had resolutely let it alone. Now, how
ever, all OF a sudden, the opportunity
seemed to stare me in the face. Why
could | not walk over to the library
of the British Museum and read that
book? l could, and l would SO | set
out that early summer morning, clad
in cassock and girdle and long priest
ly cloak. 1t seemed like dangerous
adventure, so accustomed were we to
judge adversely any internal voice
which called us on towards Rome. But,
sitting the sense of danger as far as
| could, assembled the narrow street,
turned the corner and came up against
the stream of workers, setting out for
the business of the day. | nearly ran
into one of them. 1t was little child
of nine with a satchel on his back,
and he was leading his younger broth
er to school | had stopped him unin-
= L L 1<~41
ed up and surveyed me with wonder
ing eyes. Are you Catholic?" he
said. I'VE are Catholics. That was
ALL It was one of those utterances
which come spontaneously from the
lips of child, but it touched the spot
as nothing else could have done. II
was so sudden that could say moth
ing; could only smile and pass on
But the voice Of that little child was
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10
ALTAR WINE.
written for The Catholic Bulletin
by Nina.)

Oh, happy grapes to give their lives,
For the sins of men to atone,
Oh, happy grapes to live for this
And live for this alone.
Oh, dare not crush their life blood,
To please the passion of men;
For it is curse, not blessing
The very moment when
You drink of its glowing beauty,
You are bound in a demons chains;
All | was born in such bondage
With its poison in my veins.
But when a miracle of love
Is worked by a will Divine:
All! blessed are the grapes that give
Their lives for Altar wine.
For now a miracle is wrought
And the wine is Precious Blood,
The same as flowed from Calvary!
Where the Virgin Mother stood.
Now the priest uplifts the chalice,
With the Blood of Jesus shed,
And offers to the Father in Heaven
Those precious drops of red.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10
WHAT SHALL WE HAVE AT THE
END.

Life is very SHIRT and eternity
is long. We know}it. We are sure
of but one thing lin life, and that
thing is death; and after death, iudg.
ment Yet the grsat majority of peo-
pie waste time az through life. They
accomplish little for God and souls,
and still less for themselves. I ought
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10
STORY OF CONVERT DR.. THOMAS
Adds EMMETT.

DR.. James J. Walsh describes the
conversion of three notable American
physicians, DR.. Thomas Dwight, late
of Harvard University; DR.. Thomas
Adds Emmett of New York, and DR..
Horatio Storer of Newport, R. |. OF
DIR. Emmett he says:
His conversion Is interesting be.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
Olathe No l

We had quite a little snowSun
day night-mak S it very bad Tor
the little folks to go to school.
Mrs. Gates received a letter
from her son Eucus, who has
been in Tulsa, Okla, some tine,
announcing his marriage to Miss
Annabel Marlor OF that city. The
marriage took place Xmas eve;
we all join in congratulatingtlic then
DR. Mack Davis return'd TO
Kansas City Sunday night.
Hude Freeman was Macomb
Sunday.
Mr.. Shipley has moved to tho
CA. NEVIS farm.
Mrs. Maggie Gates and child
rem are visiting q few days this
week with Mrs. Gates,
AN. Acker was a Macomb Wis
itor Monday.
Rev. Pleasant DAVIS OF Sey.
mour breaches at Shiloh on the
iir.t Sunday
|. Miss Grain, vho bad been vis
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
Picked Up Here and There

Singing at Mt. Pleasant Every
Saturday night. Sunday school
every Sunday morning.
We wish everybody a Happy
New Year.
Mrs Ella Dennis, who has been
real sick with the lagrippe.is re
ported some letter,
Nose and Al N-wton are re-
purt.d real sick with ulea>Iis.
Mrs. J Il. Brewer, who has
been in a St.. Joseph no .pita', II
rep led s"m" better. ;
Miss Stella Ga-kill has gone Il
Phelps City tp help care for he'
sister, Mr.. Brewer, whom they
!expect to move home scOn.
Mrs. Lizzie Hancock, who has
been visiting home 70 KS. ha 3 y
turned 10 Springfield.
JERRY.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
Falkland Valley

The new year las begun with
very nice weath. T. which will be
pleasing if it will only continue.
Hope all tie Mirror readers
erj ,yed a me ~ Xmas and a
happy rew " az.
Elmer R%ushing's baby is re
ported better.
VIM Easley', hive moved tG
the W. A. Glenn farm near Mid
way.
Mr.. BrazeiI and Ion Hose made
a bu >ine>s trip to Hartr,lle Tues
day.
Miss Opal Simmons is STAYING
at Elmer Kashins's this week.
Mr.. Center is improving with
his broken ribs.
John kennedy is now hau ing
corn flom north OF Hartvislr.
Gus Rushing called on Cl q
and John Ike ~ Sunday. 8
There was quite 4 crowd in
Midway new years day.
RoOk pa rtirs are becoming
numerous in this vicinity.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
Mirror Advertising Pays

Whit some Springfield bust
ness firms who advertised in the
Christmes issue of the Mirror
say:
Morton Lines, Lires Mus c
company. saws: "19l7 exceeded
last years business. In fact, it
was the best in tiv.. years. The
holiday trad Was the best we
ever ! ad.'
ka'l Schweider,O of the Scbw,e
de- T, unk factory says thu past
year saw a r. cord incre Use in lis
business. Holiday buyers pre-
ferred high grade, serviceab e
goods, he says.
Martin BlOtlers Piano com
ran An amazing business.
Freight congestion caused a de
tiri ncy of investments and cur
Ia Id sales somewhat. Tut a,
that tile Total for the year tx
cecded the anticipation of the
firm as We | as | st years figures
Ma, tin 3 others hive put bust
ness into Mcdaniel avenue anG
are mating that new thorough
far /. one OF The. busiest in TIL
city"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
Norwood Department
Sam Reynolds AID wife II
osa6N HpN1O UUI

y
turned to tn, IL farm n"r'h OF
town af'er spending TIP past
wear on a homestead in Col RADIO.
Fr'd N-w1oh Of the US Navy
has been visiting his parents. j..
p. Newton. He rxp"c's to re
turn to his post soon.
T.. p. Campbell's son fl III
Camp Funston 50 mt a few days
visiting his parents last week.
Elias V.ncil of Camp. Funston
arrived Sunday for a few days
visit with relatives.
W. V. Frink il in Hot Springs
taking Il conrseof~bati's.
Mr.. And, rsop. east of t 'wn
returned. from Kansas { ity Sun
day.
H Nj. Smith hes re ur,.ed from
Iowa.
I've. Boullin's Of Har'v''''
3, ent the holidaNssw'th his par
ents, II Is. BouMin and wife.
+ mer Raney was in Mountain
Grove Saturday. y
Warner Di .kerson Of Macon
w.s here Tuesday.
j. Mhisap of Dry Gree k va
in town Tuesday.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
Tersely Told Town Tales

The county fuel committee is
compo.ed of VS.: Gambler. H.W.
Jensen aud J A. Chase, ali OF
Mountain Grove.
b. r r ockman was here tina
week from Croker having re
Gently returned from Tn" 18th
mus of Panama g
Der, Brooks, Carl Asher, Cha~.
Frey and Bernard J',h' son "'
Seymour and H. b Johnson'>
were guests at r. A. A 'rn S
during til. week.
Jack =. yne of Mountain Grove
who las been d,.ing the painting
on the new Mays residence, has
the painting contract for tn
new Bank If Mansfield building,
q. Large Trial Bottle of Ssno'for
35c. Snn0l is a family remedy.
SsnoI il sold on an absolute guar.
aatee. Remember if it say. San0i
il is all right 81. and 81 90 at
the drug store.-adv.
The Parent Teacher AssocLi.
ton me. t. at the sche y house at
2:3O u. ID Friday, Jan. i; you are
cordially invited. This is also
Tn. time for the payment of an
nual dues.
AS the teacher so is the pu
MI was fully demonstra'et
through Tie accuracy and sci
composure Of Francis Black, les'
than TN years old, Miss s Grace
Cra,a and Alice Mooney in play
ing al a, compartments for 'hel'
teacher. Miss Bertha Mill r, il
,,,e New Year entertainment
which VAS very ll-aslnR anu
financial success Com.
A. M, Curtis and wife Of Hart
vi, q we're here Monday on bust
n So. Mr.. Cur is being the plain
,if in a snit in Justice CIV. Ash
,.,h.s c.,urt ageinet jacob Mat
nYy for unlawful deta'ner' seek
inx to obtain possession of land l
a partof what is known as tn tn
Bryan. Syndicate Go land occu
pied by tn. defendant. Mr.ou'
Ills won the case. He was repre-
sen,ed by N. J Craig wh',e Are.
salisbury appeated for ne de
feudLnt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
Stomach Troubles

RI you have trouble with your
stomach you should try Cham
berl,in's Tablets. So many have
been restored to health by the
use OF these tablets and their
cost is so little, % cents, that u
ID worth while to give them a
trial.-adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
To Back Boy. in Trenches

The pie surp-r at Macomb
Friday night Was well attended.
A short program was given, aft
or which the pies; washpan soap
and tow, |, and the box of CHICO
lates were disposed Of. The a.
mount rec ivel was$3O.5i which
%ll be semitic the Y. M. CA.
and Red Cross committee.
The wa>hpau, soap and towel
we're given TO Alva'Freeman, and
the box of chocolates to Opal
Short for being tn p'ettiest
girl pres mt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
And They Were Wed

r. G. Alcorn of Mansfield and
Miss Pearl Wright Of Seymour
were married Dec. 81 at Marsh
field and are now at home here.
The groom better known as Dick
i, the son of II. A. Alcorn and
wife and is connected with the
r. A.. Alcorn Hardware 90. he
is a young man Of integrity and
Industrious habits. The bride
is . charming and popular young
lady. We join their many friends
in ra~tulations and best wish
as,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-03
thu evening XmaS

4 -peat thu evening Xmas
Trye,tcrIy playing gameS, ,atir,'
from TUESDAY until Saturday.
Miss Zell, LDtsinser visited
her grandparents, J.W. Edwards
and wife, Xmas day.
Misses Alice Tombleson and
Ment,e Avery called at j. W.
BrentIinger's.
j. A.. R'ley's enjoyed Xmas
a: hen Ot:o's.
A.. J. Wilder an wife spen,
Sunday al j. A. R'ley's.
Miss Myrtle Williams Called
on Miss Leota BrentIinger new
years day.
Paul Williams left for Kansas
City Friday night and is visiting
his brother there and his sister
lin Parsons, Kas his daughter,
Rose, Accom- panied him as far as
Springfield and stayed until Sat-
&rddy.
Harley Stout's visited his
brother Ely and family iastSun
day w-.k X, and during the day
their little son Norman climbed
to the roof OF q shed and fell tit
Injured his head and neck, mol
seriously but real painful. HI Is
ALMOST fully recovered now. \
W J. w. Edwards and wife spen'
Monday night at SamL ''singer''
land on N~w Years day Harle!
r Stout's dined with them.
4, Dr.. John Floyd's Of Mans6el!
visited his mother New Year.
:. Paul Williams celebrated will
fla Xmas Tee this year and had
merry time.
John Henry Baker, who ma
been suffering with boils,is quit
well again.
=. Good old 1917 ia gone forever
and it's record whatever it ma
be can never be mended. Let U
otry to d, more good and De NOR
-. willing to do our bit" than eve
.befor.. think most tvarybod
/. had a happy Xmas and are graft
full TO the ones who remembers
Them. Wishing all much JOY
the coming New Year.
SUKEY.