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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02
THE AMERICAN WAY
THE MANNER IN WHICH WE ARE
WINNING WAR-OuR GOVERN
MENT'S WAY OF DOING THINGS
HAS A RECORD OF ULTIMATE
SUCCESS.

When we learned that the United
States Government had undertaken
the great work of building the Pana-
ma Canal, not one of us doubted that
it would be done And yet, the great
French engineer, de Lesseps, had
labored over the problem for years,
and had met with nothing but failure.
Why did de Lesseps fail?
He started wrong
How did we start to build the can
al?
By killing mosquitoes!
Funny way to begin building a
great inter oceanic waterway, wasn't
it? The story of Lazear, the heroic
physician who gave his life in Havana
to demonstrate that mosquitoes carry
the deadly yellow fever germ, is an
other story.
Men died like flies down there, and
the first thing our government did was
to make the Canal Zone healthful;
then we got an engineer big enough to
complete the job.
How did the United States start
to win this war?
By taking over six Red Cross base
hospital units, complete in every de
tail, before a single soldier was land
ed. oh yes, and by enlisting the
services of the Y. M. c. A. and the
K. of c. to help keep the boys moral
| ly and physically fit.
If it takes six months or so to make
a soldier, it certainly is worth while
to keep him fit soldier. Even ma
| chine, to do good work, needs to be
kept in perfect condition and repair.
Not only that, we expect most Of
our soldier boys to come back to us
one of these days, and we don't wan
them to reproach us for neglectins
| their wants when they were Drawing
| perils on sea and land, and from The
air, in fighting our battles.
/. Now that it's over, we can see how
necessary sanitation was to the build
ing of the Panama Canal. History vii
prove the wisdom of enlisting the Rec
Cross, Y. NJ C. A., K. G. and similar
movements in this huge war enter
prise.
But remember, there is one big diff
ference between building the cana
1 and winning the war.
/ The canal was the government
worry" The war is ours. Bigi S,
was the job of Gorgas and Goethals
this one is hundreds of times bigger
It is so big every last one Of us, in
Guiding even the little children, mus
help.
| Well win? Yes, of course, but wei
have to work-all of us-as never be
fore in our lives.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02
Delying in Sacred Grounds
SECRETS UNDER THE HOLY CITY
--JERUSALEM OFFERS RICH
PROSPECTS FOR THE SPADE OF
THE ARcHAEOLOGIST

Jerusalem the Golden it is indeed
to the archaeologists of the world, of
whatever nationality or religious be-
lief, and they are praying that it may
be possible for them to sink spade i'll
sod and have the chance of unearth-
ing some of the greatest mysteries in
biblical lore, says Albert r. Carter in
the Philadelphia Ledger.
Even German savants, no doubt
cherish secret satisfaction over the
knowledge that the city of David has
PASSED out of the control of THE Turk
and in the announcement of the Brit
ish government that never again will
it be returned to him. They hope
when the war is over, to be permitted
to take their picks to Jerusalem and
endeayor to solve some great mystic
ries, to reveal, perhaps, some proofs OF
combinations of the Bible story thai
will make immortal the names of the
explorers who contribute the evidence
That the evidence is there they
have no doubt. The soil about the an
cient city is the most precious mining
claim in the world. Corinth and Del
PM are nothing to it.
City Upon City.
Jerusalem has never been scientific
ally explored The city on the surface
is open to everybody with Baedekel
and walking stick to probe, but the
modern city is built upon an older city
and perhaps underneath is the cit.
that David dreamed of and Solomon
built For long time it has been thu
desire of students Of biblical lore ant
those who love ruins for their owl
sake, to dig down beneath modern
Jerusalem and find what might be un
der. All such explorations have beef
forbidden by the Turks. Never has ;
spadeful been turned except by thu
suburbanite. In certain quarters TO
a man to- begin an exhumation woult
be equivalent to signify that he wa
tired of life.
| However, as a nation of archaeolC
gists the Turks have an inferior raj
ll1Sss ~ 1NO suOtUI# Dl1tloA OAp4Ol CAO w "A
be jealous of the opportunity for in
yestigating the city. Will the Mos
lens consent? In one sense they hav,
no choice. The British are in cor
troll, but it happens that King Georg
is the emperor of most Of the Mos
lens of the world, and undoubtedl
the British government would not pei
nit any explorations that would q
fend the religious principles Of tn
tens of millions of Indian Moslems
What is hoped for by scientists is tina
the British empire, now being withou
a rival as the great protector Of Mo-
lens, it may be possible to persnad
their priests to consent to explor;
tions that are in tue interest of MAJ
kind. In that event 1t is general
prophesied that Jerusalem may VEL
greater fruits than Nineyeh and Bah.
Hon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02
Parish Buildings Burn

Two hundred thousand dollars
worth of property was destroyed
when fire recently Quilted the Catholic
church, parish school and convent at
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02
Work Of Eskimos

Father Suchesi, S. J., of Alaska, has
sent the Indian Bureau a fine collec-
ton of miniature canoes, pouches,
dresses and other handiwork of Alas.
kan EskimoS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02

/ have made a compact with my
tongue never to speak and with n.y.
self never to act as long as my heart
is disturbed st. Liguori.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02

Perhaps you remember the prayer
of the child who asked God to make
all the bad people good, and then
added in her artless way, and make
all the good people nice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02
ARCHDIOCESE Of ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL.

Cathedral: The subject of the ser
mon next Sunday evening will be,
THE Duty of Parents Towards Their
Children"
College of ST. GATHERINGS: Rev. Fa-
Their Eugene, Of the Passionists, will
conduct two retreats for the students.
The first retreat, which started Sat
urday, January 26, and closed last
Wednesday, with the 8 A. M. Mass
and Communion, was for the college
students. The second retreat, which
opened Wednesday, January 80, at 4
P. NJ. and will close Sunday at A.
M, is for the Derham Hall students.
The second semester will start
Monday, February 4. Miss H. j.
Fisher, former teacher of home eco
nomics at the State University, will
teach home nursing. Miss Edwards
will have an advanced course in diet
airy cooking. The remaining courses
will be the same as on the former
bulletin.
Guild of Catholic Women: The
regular meeting of the Guild of Cath
Ollie Women will be held Monday,
February 4, at 2:30, in the Wilder
Building. The meeting promises TO
be very interesting. The speaker will
be Rev. w. E. Etzel, of st. Thomas
College, who will take for his subject
France and the War; Father Etzel
lived many years in France, both as
student and teacher, and he is one
of the foremost astronomers in this
country Mrs. Daniel Coonan, of Min
neapolis, organizer, of Catholic Red
Cross Units in Minnesota, will give
short talk.
Church of the Assumption: The
young ladies of the parish will give
social Monday evening, February 4,
at the school hall, Exchange and st.
Peter streets.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02

League assembly rooms. Mrs. M
Breslauer, chairman of st. Mary's
Hall department, is in charge of the
arrangements.
The League Cafeteria will be open
on Mondays, as usual, to take care of
the patrons who eat their midday
meal down town on that day. Nat
urally, there is falling off in num-
bers on Mondays and the League So
licits the patronage of the business
men as well as women. Mrs. w. B.
Hatch is chairman of the cafeteria
department
Church of the Holy Cross: A sacred
concert for the benefit of the new
church of All Saints, of which Rev. F.
Matz is pastor, was given in the pa
rochial school hall last Sunday even
ing. The big hall was filled with a
large and enthusiastic audience. Rev
erend Francis Missia, of st. Paul Sem
mary, directed the program, the first
part of which was sacred, and the sec
ond part of a more secular character.
Every number was well chosen and
brought forth hearty applause. After
the singing of the Polish national an
them by the audience, the program
closed with the Star Spangled Banner.
Eight soldiers left Sunday night to
train with the Polish army in France
This makes twenty-eight of the young
men of the parish who have volun-
teered for patriotic duty. The young
soldiers were presented with gar
ments and supplies made by the Red
Cross workers of the parish.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES.
Kilkenny: On Sunday afternoon,
January 20, the children of st. Can
ices School explained the War Saving
Stamps to the people. The band rem
dered some patriotic music and the
children sang songs.
Montgomery: One of the notable
social functions of the season was
CIlS OOS1ol SoINCD LIC cIuOPAS
of the L. A. A o. H., at st. Raphaels
School hall, on Thursday evening of
last week. The proceeds of the event,
which amounted to $65.S5, were
turned over to the local branch, of
the American Red Cross Society. Six
elegant prizes were awarded.
Twenty-one members of Montgom-
cry Council No. 1873, Knights of Co
lumbus, are now in the service of
their country. The K. G. service flag,
which now floats to the breeze in front
of the club rooms bearing one star
for each member in Uncle Sans serv-
ice, is pleasing spectacle to gaze
upon. More will be added with the
continuance of the war.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02
OUTSIDE THE CITIES.

Kilkenny: On Sunday afternoon,
January 20, the children of st. Can
ices School explained the War Saving
Stamps to the people. The band rem
dered some patriotic music and the
children sang songs.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-02

Cathedral: The subject of the SER
mon next Sunday evening will be,
THE Duty of Parents Towards Their
Children"
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
WOOD IN A TOWNS.

Two months ago the Commercial
Appeal urged the people in the small
towns to prepare for using wood for
fuel during the winter. Coal was
still in sight and they paid no atten-
ton to the call.
Ninety-nine out of a hundred in
the small towns and country, 80 years
ago, used wood for fuel.
Coal has displaced wood, not be-
cause it is better fuel, but because it
does not require the young and the
old to exercise at the wood-pile.
There is enough wasted wood with
in two miles of any town in Northern
Mississippi, Western Tennessee and
Eastern Arkansas to furnish the peo-
PIE fuel all winter.
Let the people of these towns in
stead of holding mass meetings and
demanding relief from the coal agent,
form a club and get a few wagons
and have a bookkeeping. In one
days time they could chop enough
wood to last g month-Commercial
Appeal.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
LacustraI settlements.

The lacustral settlements were
places Of refuge for a pastoral and ag-
ricultural people, and the light and
dryness that characterized the dwell
ings show a step in advance toward
more. permanent abodes. In this period
science places the beginning of civili-
cation. BY these lacustrine men spin
ming and weaving were invented. Ag-
riculture was born among them; ami
mails were domesticated-the OK, the
COW, the sheep, the goat, the dog. The
Uses of metal were discovered, and
the age of iron was ushered in. Habi-
tations similar to these still exist in
the East Indies, and among the Arda-
zonian tribes of Maracaibo. They ex-
listed also in Lake Prasias, in Thrace,
during the time of HerodotIs, the
Greek historian.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
CATS WILL GUARD CHICKENS
While Watching for Rats, They Fright
en- Away Hawks-Are Broken From
Killing Little Ones.

Did you know that cats are a valu-
able asset to the pOultryman? You
might believe that they were anything
but invaluable because of their innate
love for fresh meats. But sweeter than
baby chicks to the palate of the cat are
the smooth-coated, ~long-tailed crea-
lures of the rat family. And rats prey
upon chickens, asserts the Poultryman.
During the ours of a year there is
more loss in the poultry world from
the ravages of rats than from cats or
hawks, or even disease. A cat in the
chicken yard, if trained to properly
value the life of the chickens, will ter
rcrize and destroy the rats and will
ward off the enemy hawks and so prove
himself or herself of great worth.
Cats have proved their worth as
chicken yard sentinels, and there have
been many and various methods m
ployed by their owners to break them
from killing the chickens. One we'll
known method is that of tying a dead
chicken about Il cats neck and making
him tug around the heavy dead body
for from one to two days. In the mean
time the cat viii supposedly grow to
have a great dread and horror OF a
dead chicken.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18

years ago, in a decision written
by Justice Hughes while he
was on the bench, held that a
statute Of New York state fix
ing a two cent rate was invalid
because Of the fact that it was
the rights of the roads to COM
pute their earnings on passen-
ger receiuts and freights separ-
ately, which right the law
sought to deny. The report
from Washington does not give
the facts in the case, but it IS
evident that the roads failed
to make a showing sufficient to
have the statute set aside. The
Illinois roads will have to re-
fund $17,OOO,O 900 overcharge
on passenger fares made dur
ing 1917.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
Coolest in Years.

The weather of the past two
weeks has been the coolest that
this country has ever known as
far as the oldest inhabitant is
informed on the subject of the
weather. One cold wave after
another, followed by still an
other, has kept us guessing as
to where we should turn to save
ourselves and families from
freezing. Five below zero was
registered at the Government
Fish Hatchery, our official
weather keeper, and only a
few degrees above zero would
the weather man permit his
thermometer to rise during the
entire week. From every point
of the compass came the same
report and in the north and the
northwest the thermometer
dropped out Of the bottom.
Snow and sleet followed each
other until traffic in many
places was completely blocked
and all trains were run on de-
layed schedules.
At Memphis the thermometer
registerer 9 below while the
Mississippi river was frozen
over, the first time in forty
three years. The supply-of coal
everywhere is short and in ma
ny places much suffering has
resulted. The local supply has
been short, but everybody has
been able so far to get as much
as a half ton at a time. One of
our coal yards is entirely out,
two cars were received by one
during the week and immedi-
ately disposed of while the 9TH
er has only a limited supply on
hand. With the weather mod
Grating the prospect is that we
will manage to get through the
remainder Of the winter some
how.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18

Reports from Berlin are to
the effect that the German
Chancellor will shortly resign.
Three chancellors within three
months does not look good for
peace within the German lines.
internal troubles usually are
followed by the resignation of
those in high places and it is
growing more evident every
day that the people of the Ger
man empire are tired of the
war and will accept peace on
most any terms if the militarists
can ouly be brought to see the
real condition of things.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
Spiders Ride on Flies.

There is an aspect of spider and f1y
relations which fabulists and natural
lists alike have overlooked. A corre-
spondent who has brought the micro
scope to bear on many housefiies, finds
that the parasite upon that hateful IN
sect is often an immature spider, says
the London Chronicle. TooSweak vet
to spin its web, it makes the fly its
winged palfrey. and courses from place
to place at the will of its captive: Ell
Their until Pegasus .perishes naturally,
b, n~res4plrnably, until the rider Is able
to make "a meal of his charger. This,
Il confirmed, seems to carry US q step
farfR4rzmR the gMfddv of parasitism and
SouiddeifHf1iisdAs fFaa p<
IL II AtA AAM ~ 2<<EE E-EEA 2At ~ 1&r
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
DANIEL Bo0NE's LONG SWING
Pursued by Indians, He Cut Grapevine
Near Ground and Sailed Far
Enough to Break Track. 81

DO you remember reading in one
Of the school histories about how the
doughty Daniel Boone, when pursued
by Indians on his way to1the unknown
wilderness of Kentucky, cut a grape
vine near the ground SO that it formed
a swing upon which he Travelled
through the air far enough to break
his track? II you read it, you prob
ably thought 1t a bit fishy, writes
Niksah. Unless you live somewhere
In the Allegheny mountains you would
not believe that wild g%rapevines are
long enough or strong enough or hold
onto the trees tight enough to make
much of a swung.
As a matter of fact, there is no rea-
sol to doubt that Daniel made the
swing and got away from the Indians.
For in the mountains of western Mary
land and eastern West Virginia, across
which Daniel took his hazardous way,
the boys are still making such swings
just for fun. And royal fun it is. The
writer was driving through the noun
tains near the upper Potomac when he
saw some enormous grapevines droop-
ing 60 or 70 feet from the tops of the
trees. They had been cut close to
the ground, and the hillside above
them was all plowed up by the feet of
youngsters.
The temptation to try the Daniel
Boone stunt was as irresistible. It was
quickly proved that by taking a rum
ming start down the hill n could
swing q most amazing and breath-tak-
ing distance right out over the creek.
Swings made with ropes We're tame by
comparison. But there was no tenpta-
ton to emulate Daniel by letting loose
at the end of the swing. 1t took
pioneering nerve to do that.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
w. L. Bowling,
Pastor-Evangelist
Presbytery of East Mississippi.
TWO CIVIL WAR CONGRESSMAN

Surviving for many years in retire
ment their long service in Congress,
Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor of Ohio
and Private John Allen of Mississippi
died on the same day. They were a
notable pair, typical of their time,
their parties and sections.
Gen. Grosvenor was fiercely par
tisan in his Republicanism. To the
last hour of his service in the House
Of Representatives, a full generation
after Appomattox, he was as implaca-
BILE to political opponents as in his
youth he had been to enemies in the
field. No doubt there was some af-
f~ectation in all this but it was the
fashion of his day and by following
it he turned lingering ~prejudices to
personal profit in office-getting.
John Allen gained his title at a time
when most southern congressman
were known as brigadiers, and to de-
feat one of them he found it desira-
Ulc W CIlpIldSlZC JIlC IdCG CIld Tx flAu
been only a private. A member of the
House for 16 years and a faithful
House for 10 years and a faithful
representative of an inveterate De-
mocracy, not as yet wholly recon-
structed perhaps, he was always Pri-
vate John Allen of the Confederacy,
as his Ohio associate was always an
Infatuated Union soldier.
In one respect the Mississippian
had a decided advantage over Gen.
Grosvenor. He possessed in large
measure the saving grace of humor.
When he dwelt upon past issues, his
anecdotes, usually relating to the war
period, made men laugh. Gen.
Grosvenor, appealing only to their
anger and resentment, made them
hate-New York World.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

State of Mississippi,
To j. B. Caffey and all unknown per-
sons, firms, or corporations claim
ing to have any lein of any kind on
any of the property involved in this
cause, or any claim of title or own
ership there, defendants.
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the coun-
ty of Lee, in said state, on the 3rd
Monday of April, A. D., 1918, to de-
fend the suit in said Court of w. c..
Bynum, ct al, asking for sale of GER
tain property owned jointly by W. C.
Bynum and C. A. Caffey,. deceased,
wherein you are a defendant.
This 18th day of January, A. D.,
1913.
John M. Witt, Clerk.
C. P. Long, Solicitor Compt. Al.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
RxpIaininl the Universe.

I suppose that we have all had mo.
ments of sudden Illumination when it
occurred to US that we had explained
the universe, and it was SO easy for
us that we wondered why we had not
done it before, says s.. NJ. Crothers in
the Atlantic. Some thought drifted
into our mind and filed us with vague
forebodings of omniscience. 1t was
not an ordinary thought that explained
only a fragment of existence. 1t ex-
planned everything. 1t proved one
thing and it proved the opposite just
as well. 1t explained why things are
as they are, and if it should turn out
that they are not that way at all, Nt
would prove that fact also. In the
light of our great thought chaos
seemed rational. Such thoughts usual
ly occur about four o'clock in the
morning. Having explained the uni
verse, we relapse into satisfied slum-
Der. When, a few hours later, we rise,
we wonder what the explanation was
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
Two Cent Rate in Illinois.

The Supreme Court of the
United States has upheld the IL
linois statute fixing a two cent
rate on passenger fares in that
state. The law was fought by
all the roads of the state in a.
suit instituted by the Illinois
Central road, which resulted In
= dismissal Of the proceedings.
The Supreme Court three
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
THE CHURCH AND THE WAR
The Heart Of the Nation Must Beat
Full and Strong If the War Is Won.

This appeal is voiced by one, but
felt by thousands. Keep the churches
of all the, denominations at full pulse
beat if the war is to be won.
Prussianism throttled Germany's
churches, corrupted her philosophy,
diluted, weakened, poisoned her
Christianity, and then set the world
on fire with the flames of war.
The German Church slackened,
weakened, lost it's power. 1t neglect
ed it's altar fires, it's pristine glory
dimmed, it's forces were harnessed
for material service to the nation
that is now plunging itself into de-
struction.
Had the German Church main
tanned it's full power and purity in
ardent, spiritual constant devotions,
with the fires of it's affairs ever burn
ing, it might have stayed the hand
that plunged the world in war.
Woodrow Wilson insists that the
schools, colleges, universities be kept
constantly open and in full service,
that their tremendous force and ten
sion for national action and coserva-
ton be not slackened.
Woodrow Wilson desires that the
churches be in full force and action.
He is a Christian statesman and phi
losopher.
A really distressing shortage of
coal, absolute physical necessity, may
close the churches for the briefest
period of time. So it may close the
banks, stop the trains, close the
schools, But these institutions will
quickly bridge over and resume ac-
ton, for business and the nations
sake.
The churches must be in full and
constant action for spiritual service
or the nation. will soon lose it's spirit
and forget it's slogan for righteous
ness and justice in war.
IL tNo CIurcHeS are 10 TeITeHcH III
expenses let it be in social lines, in
Easter and other season decorations,
and picnic expenditures, in art *
travagances and! expensive choir
services.
Let mid-week prayer services and
Sunday evening worship and messages
be intensified and enlivened rather
than abated Or omitted.
Let the churches commander fac
tory blocks, yard pickets, goods box
es, old boards from waste buildings,
any thing the government would use
on emergency, to keep fires and full
service. Patriotism and wan needs
demand it. The Christian religion
and the life of the churches and of
souls urgently require it. Do<aooa let
the houses of worship be closed at all.
The Heart of the Nation Must
Beat Full and Strong if the War is
Won.
w. L. Bowling,
Pastor-Evangelist