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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
STORIES OF 1875.

General John Thomas, an Intimate
friend of Washington, was the COM
mander of the provincial troops when
they occupied South Boston. He was
regarded as one of the best officers
of the little army. His military career,
however, was short, for in IT'S he
died of smallpox.
The post which Thomas was ordered
to occupy was at the top of a Rox-
bury hill, the approach to which was
plainly visible from Boston. The gen
erals troops consisted of only seven
hundred men, but when the army took
up it's position he marched the line
round and round the hill, multiplying
many times the apparent size of the
regiment.
In some respects the scornful appel
lation of "rabble" given by the British
to Thomas division was appropriate
to the provincial troops stationed on
the hilltop. The social equality and
familiarity which existed at home be-
tween the officers and privates con-
tinued in camp.
BILL said captain to a private,
"go and bring a pail of water for your
mess"
81 shan't," responded Bill. ''It's
your turn now. | got the last one
The appearance of the troops was
against them also, from a military
point of view The soldier Of '76 was
a grimy figure, his head wrapped in
an old bandana handkerchief, pipe be-
tween teeth, leather breeches, yarn
stockings and hobnailed shoes, but it
was company of these uncouth sol
diers who fortified Dorchester Heights
in a single night, to the wonder and
admiration of the British army.
When Arnold's expedition against
Quebec, sailed for the Kennebec, in
ITS, it included no finer troops and
none more picturesque than the Vir-
ginia JshaFpshooters of Daniel Morgan,
who was afterward famous as the
friend of Washington and the victor
Of Cowpens. A pretty tradition Of the!
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WHY HE LOST FRIENDS.

The New Success Magazine, whose
editor evidently knows what he's
talking about, says the reason a GER
tain man lost his friends was be-
cause
He was not loyal to them.
He was suspicious Of everybody.
He measured them by their ability
TO advance him.
He did not know the value of
thoughtfulness in little things.
He seemed to forget that he who
used his friends loses them.
He was always saying mean things
& about them in their absence.
He was cold and reserved in his
manner, cranky, gloomy, pessimistic
He was always jealous of those who
were more prosperous than himself.
He never thought it worth while to
spend time in keeping up his friend
ships.
He never learned that implicit gen
erous trust is the very foundation
stone of friendship. 900
He never threw the doors of his
heart wide open to people, or took
them into his confidence. ss4
i He regarded friendship as a luxury
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O'CONNELL'S VOICE.

Few orators have been so fortunate
as Daniel O'Connell in their physical
appeal to the senses, writes Claude
Bowers in his Book, THE Irish Or
}tors." Gratan, Curran, Emmett. Shiel
and Meagher were small men, not the
least impressive to the eye. O'Con-
nell was man Of royal aspect. His
IOice was seductiyely musical-the
most musical, according to Disraeli
ever heard in the House of Commons.
It was soft, of great compass,
capable of expressing every imagin-
able emotion. His eyes, light in color
and full, flashed or beamed or burned,
according to the sentiment expressed.
His contemporaries all mention the ex-
possibility of his mouth. His gestures
ere free and bold, not in the least
suggestive of elocution and yet in
finitely graceful and apt.
There was nothing in his manner
indicative of preparation. His man,
ner was easy and without effort
Wendell Phillips, who heard him, says
in his lecture: 1--WE used to say OF
Webster, This is a great effort OF
Everett, 1t is a beautiful effort, but
you never used the word effort in
speaking of O'Connell. 1t provoked
you that he would not make an effort.
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DIGGING ONES GRAVE.

An old man of Rising Sun, Ne
oraska, dug his own grave. When he
had finished digging and was remov-
ing the supports he fell into the grave
and was killed. Now his body rests
in death in the grave he spent many
days digging.
1T is rarely that a man digs his
own grave" wrote the newspaper cor
respondent who sent out the story.
With that we beg to differ. Most
men-yes, and many women, too-dig
their own graves.
Oh, no; they don't use spades, SHOW
els and picks. They don't do their
grave-digging in earth. and they don't
fall into it after the digging is done
and thus kill themselves.
But they dig their own graves just
thessame, millions of human beings.
TAey dig their graves with intern
perate habits, atoYer-worry, passion,
lack Of sleep, excess of food, drink or
work. They dig their graves when
they try to oexist without sufficient
fresh air. They dig their graves
when they disobey any of natures
laws.
They-in digging their own graves
bring i'll health, unhappiness, often
poverty and insanity to themselves,
and pain and sorrow to those who love
them best.
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march of the VirginianS from the
camp at Cambridge to the rendezvous
at Newburyport belongs to an old
farmhouse set back a little from the
main road on shady lane of it's own.
In its kitchen that September day a
boy of nine was engaged in washing
dishes, half crying with vexation over
his task and the possibility of the sol
diers passing without his seeing them
His mother had been called suddenly
away, and had left him in charge, with
an injunction not to leave the house
till her return.
With the dishpan before him, blue
tire fastened around him and one foot
frequently on the rocker of the cradle
drawn up beside him, he dutifully but
despairingly clattered china and sang
to his baby sister
A shadow in the doorway made him
look up, and he beheld there two lean,
brown, towering figures-one that of
the tallest and handsomest man he
had ever seen, several inches over
OLA IOOC CICCllS w LII UuShohIl1 huhCALSo
shirts, and with caps bearing the mot
to, Liberty or Death"
They were Daniel Morgan and one
of his lieutenants. They entered and
boy, hastily whisking off his apron, in
yited them to sit down and cookies
instead-an offer which they readily
accepted.
But the baby, as her brothers foot
left the rocker, reused herself and
began to cry SO Justify that he hest
tated whether to try to quiet her first
or to go at once to the pantry. The
mighty Virginian. captain did not hes
itate at all; he stopped with a laugh,
scooped the small lady out of her
cradle and lifted her to such breath
less height that she stopped her COM
plants in sheer amazement and pres
emily began to squeal with delight.
Moreover, when the food was brought
and her brother tried to take her from
her new friend, she protested SO tenn
pestuously and chung SO tightly to the
fringes of his shirt that he laughed
again and would not let her go, but
ate and drank one-handed, with the
baby still on his left arm. In conse-
quence he was somewhat awkward,
and let fall plate, which was broken
in halves.
After the departure of the men this
breakage worried the boy, who feared
that he might be punished for hay,ng
served his imposing guests, as he had
done, from the precious best china,
which no one but the mistress of the
house might touch without permission.
On his mothers return, therefore,
it was with much trepidatfon that he
told his story, but that strict although
patriotic housekeeper forgaVe and APP
proved him. She had the broken plate
mended, and for many years. it re-.
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Continued from page %
FRIENDS.

Finney nodded and grunted and
bowed and talked while all the time
his mild-matter-of-fact blue eyes
quietly regarded the eager face of
Linden The minutes licked away
and still the talk flowed on. At last
the other men began to drop in, re-
turning from lunch.
Ed got down from the desk, on
which he had been sitting, preparatory
to going back to his work. And as he
was winding up a parting remark on
the high cost of living his eye fell
upon the book on Finney's lap, and he
startled slightly.
Are you reading that?" he in
quired.
"Yes," answered the other. Car
dinal NeWman's Dream of Geron-
tius.'"
Are you a Catholic?" asked Ed.
NO" replied Finney, smiling. "One
can read mans work without neces-
sarily believing in his religion
Yes, l know" answered Linden,
still, | thought that possibly you
might be one, even though l haven't
ever seen you at any of our
churches"
The remotest suggestion of CLEAN
shot through Finney's eye.
Are you a Catholic?" he asked.
Yes was the answer
Finney was silent a moment, and
then, quickly reaching for a pencil,
scrubbed line on a sheet of paper
and handed it to Linden.
"That is my address," he said
quietly. Wont you come to see me
sometimes? I'd like to talk to you
about a number of things
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OLD WAYS OF TELLING TIME.
Literary Digest

In remote ages the Japanese and
Chinese used a knotted wick to
record time, two feet in length. The
wick burned slowly and each knot
recorded an hour. Philippi II of Spain
is said to have used an oil lamp for
the same purpose. The oil was con-
tanned in glass receptacle, on which
was a scale marking the hours from
four in the afternoon to eight the next
morning, and the height of the liquid
upon the scale would show the time. A
twelve-inch candle, of which three
inches would burn away in an hour,
is supposed to have been used by King
Alfred.
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GOOD OF COMPANY MANNERS.

There isn't any trouble in the home
when there is company in the house.
Everything runs smoothly, as a rule,
AYERS the Columbus Dispatch. The
children are better behaved, regard
less OF what mother says about 1t;
father is more patient. There is nc
uuarreIing among the children-When
there is company. Everything is clean
er, and more orderly, and voices are
lowered, and correct language is used.
Which is to say, wouldn't it be d
blessed good thing to have company
manners in the home all the time:
To have the breakfast pass Off as
quietly; to have as little harsh Ian
guage: to do away with the usual
family criticisms-Wouldn't it be
glorious if we used company man
ners" whether there is company pres
ent or not?
1t would be an awful strain for
while, to be sure. The whole famll,
is under a strain when there's com
pany in the house. But the genera
effect would justify the strain. There
would come time when it Wouldn1
be any strain at all; it would become
a habit, Table manners would be i'm
proved, conversation would be more
rational, criticism would be less BIT
ter. dispositions would mature witt
the sweetness of ripened fruit tina
has grown in the sunlight.
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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
AFRAID OF THE DARK

1T is too bad you have sprained
your knee, Bobby. said Mrs. Brown,
as she seated herself in the little liv-
ing room after doing the supper dish
es. Il wanted you to run over to
Aunt Sarah's and get skirt pattern
for me so that could cut out my work
tonight and be ready to begin on it
early in the morning"
Bobby was sorry, too, and he said
so, though he added braVely, 81 could
go anyway mother could hop along
and it won't hurt very much, besides
1t isn't far, you know"
No, it isn't very far answered his
mother quite positively, but you are
not going to run any risks with that
sprafned knee Then She added
thoughtfully, 4 would go myself only
I'm expecting your father to call me
up over the telephone just any min
ute, and / don't want to leave the
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DRAWINGS BY MENTALLY
DEFECTIVE.

The drawings of some patients suf-
fering from moderate form of in
sanity-''a mild psychosis show a
curious resemblance to the works of
the "primitives" or early "old mas
ters," who worked before the art of
draughtsmanship had reached it's mod
ern stage of perfection. Both classes
of work show the same partial dis.
regard of perspective, the same I'M
natural but often touching attitudes
of the persons, the same air of mys-
terry, romance and solemn sincerity.
In such cases the insane person
must be in a childlike mental condi-
ton, while possessing some artistic
training and genuine artistic talent.
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MA MUCkLE.
written for The Catholic Bulletin BY
DR.. James Henderson,

TIL Warld is wee, tn warld is wee,
Ye Gamma max it mair tae me,
For gin l see the shining sun,
An gin the noontide hour is run
/ ken ain half tn day isso'er,
Ain half ma little warld must pour
It's golden sands tween me an mine
Ain half ma day has marked its
tame.
An if tn warld were a tae me,
The little PART ye ken, I see,
I'd no be vera pleased, not 1
Could we not look beyond tn sky
And dream and sl1irl an while ava
An ken we had a Laird fri Draw
Wha'd lift us up some fine, glad dee
r. see it a as guild aines see.
ha' ma muckle crowd tae cheer,
Ma weary way while ploddin' here,
But, walkin DER an yond l ken
I'll soon be wi them a again
Wha's game when days war; cau'd an
bright,
Wha left us lonely in tn night.
The warld is wee. The warld is wee!
But heaven will surely bigger be.
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Ed almost gasped in surprise.

"Of course will" he said, strange
joy pulsing through him, and then
added, slightly hesitating: How
about tonight, if you haven't anything
to do?"
Suits me first rate quickly
responded the other
Ed returned to his labors, happy.
The object of his little journey to the
neighboring desk in the corner had
been accomplished-he had made a
friend, he was to have companion
and one, too, he thought, whom Fa-
Their Vendome would consider ''the
right kind"
That evening, in a little room
tackled on to the second story OF an
antiquated boarding house in an, emf
nently respectable, but sadly dilapi-
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far from conversation as before; how
often among English people, through
shyness or otherwise, it simply falls
from hamilton. We can at least teach
that a first essential is to have some
thing to say, and that the best prep
aration of mind is thought and read
ing and observation, to be interested
in many things, and to give enough
personal application to few things
to have something worth saying
about them.
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WET WASH LAUNDRY
dated, corner of the city, J. l.. Finney
received his guest.

When Ed raped on the bedroom
door Finney was sitting in a Morris
chair, with his feet under the radia-
tor, trying to turn on the heat with
one hand; while in the other he held
copy of Keats "Endymion,' which all
the while he diligently read
Come in he cried, in answer to
the summons, without losing line of
the poem.
Linden entered and closed the door
behind him.
Well, am here on time he said,
smiling.
The reader still read, and Linden
took advantage of the embarrassed
pause that ensued to take in the sur
roundings-the faded velvet carpet,
the dingy chairs, the immaculate
counterpart, the smoking set, the
rainbow outlay of neckties hanging
from the walnut bureau, the 1918
calendar and the solitary picture.
When Finney got to the bottom of
the page he slammed the book with
one hand and leaping to his feet,
greeted the newcomer.
Just trying to turn on the radia-
tor he explained. "Out of commits
sion." II
Ito be continued
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to be enjoyed, instead of an oppor-
tunity for service.
He was always wounding their feel
ings, making sarcastic or funny re-
marks at their expense.
He did not realize that friendship
will not thrive on sentiment alone;
that there must be service to rlourish
it.
He was always ready to receive as
sistance from them, but always too
busy or too stingy to assist them in
their time of need.
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ton, while possessing some artistic
training and genuine artistic talent.
THE FIGHTING RACE.
Read out the names!" and Burke sat
back,
And Kelly dropped his head,
While Shea-they call him Scholar
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his
teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers-a
Then knocking the ashes from out his
pipe,
Said Burke in an off-hand way:
Were all in that dead mans list, by
GRIPPE! ....
Kelly and Burke and Shea"
well, here's to the Maine, and I'm
sorry for SPAIN,
Said Kelly and Burke and Shea.
Wherever there's Kelly there's trou-
ble," said Burke,
wherever fighting's the game,
Or a spice of danger in grown mans
work"
Said Kelly, you'll find my NAME
and do we fall Short" said Burke,
getting mad,
when it's touch and go for life''
Said Shea: Its thirty odd years, be-
dad, .
Since l charged to drum and fife
Up Marye's Heights, and my old can
Stopped a rebel ball on it's way. p.
There were blossoms of blood on our
sprigs of green
Kelly and Burke and Shea
And the dead didn't brag" well,
here's to the flag!"
Said Kelly and Burke and Shea.
Il wish twas in Ireland, for there's
the place."
Said Burke, that we'd die by right,
In the cradle Of our soldier race,
After one good stand-up fight.
My father fell on Vinegar Hill,
And fighting was not his trade;
But his rusty pixies in the cabin still,
With .Hessian blood on the blade"
Aye, aye" said Kelly, "the pixies were
great
When=the word was clear the way'
We were thick on the roll in ninety
eight
Kelly and Burke and Shea"
We'll, here's to the pike and the
sword and flag"
Said Kelly and Burke and Shea.
And Shea, the scholar, with rising
joy,
Said: 1--WE were at Families,
We left our bones at Fontenoy,
And up in the Pyrenees,
Before Dunkirk, on Landens plain,
Cremona, Lille and Client,
We're all over Austria, France and
Spain,
Wherever. they pitched tent.
We've died for England from Waterloo
To Egypt and Dargai;
And still there's enough for corps or
crew,
Kelly and Burke and Shea"
well, here's to good, honest fighting
blood"
Said Kelly and Burke and Shea.
"Oh, the fighting races don't die out,
If they seldom die in bed,
For love is the first in their hearts,
no doubt
Said Burke; then Kelly said:
When Michael, the great Archangel,
stands,
The angel with the sword,
And the battle-dead from a hundred
lands
Will stretch three deep that day,
From Jehosophat to the Golden
Gates
Kelly and Burke and Shea
We'll, here's thank God for the race
and the sod"
Said Kelly and Burke and Shea.
Joseph T. C. Clarke
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manned in the family and was known
to succeeding generations as General
Morgan's plate"
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Buy More Bonds
SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING.

Several people have asked me
about taking course in Short
h nd and Typewriting. Some
who are working, want
this course, and for their bene-
fit, | will! take students in the
evening after their work for the
dag is finished; that IS, any time
after five o'clock in the after
noon. | will give the entire
course in shorthand ADD type
writing for $40 cash, or for $40
a month. The regular cost OF
this course in the business COL
lege is sos.
Apply to Miss Anise Browning,
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FUNERAL OF 0RVILLE CARVER

The body of Orville Carver,
who lost his life when the y .
S. S. Mount Vernon was torpe-
doed last month, arrived in Pop
larvllle on Saturday night, and
was carried TO the home of his
father. Mr.. r. O. Carver.
A message was received from
Rear Admiral Wilson that the
young patriot had been given a
funeral with military honors at
BreSt, France. The casket was
shrouded with a United States
flag which was used on that oc-
casion.
The funeral was held here on
Monday afternoon, at four o clock
Rev, J. P. Culpepper conducting
the services. The address he
delivered at the grave side was
appropriate and impressive,
The great concourse of people
gathered was tribute to the
young hero and an expression of
apathy for the bereaved fam
lily.
The procession from the bone
to the GENE terry consisted of rep
resentatives of the Army and
Navy; the Red Gross Chapter in
full costume; the Boy Scouts in
mem bers of the East
ern Star bearing the flowers and
the faculty and the pupils of
both the Grammar School and
the A. H. s.
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NOTICE TO NEWSPAPERS.

Public notice is hereby given that
the Board of Supervisors of Pearl
River county, Mississippi, will, on
the 7th day of October, the same be-
ING The first Monday in said month,
1913, receive sealed bids from the
newspapers Of said county for the
contract to publish the proceedings
OF the board Of supervisors for the
ensuing twelve months; also for pub
fishing all notices of the said board
daring said period which are re-
Suired 10 be published; also all
notices Of the county superintendent
of education and of the county health
officer. Bids for publishing the pro-
cced,n8s should be made separate
from the other notices, and all bids
to be filed by II O'Clock NJ, on said
first Monday.
The Board reserves the right to re-
jeCt any and all bids.
Given under my hand and seal of
said board of supervisors, this the
nth day of September, 1918.
I'll. K. Rouse, Clerk.
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Storage Batteries properly
charged at regular intervals, last
indefinitely and give good ser
vice. Improperly charged and
run down batteries suIphate
rapidly, and finally ruin, if neg
lected too long.
| have installed com plete
charging plant, Gas Engine,
Dynamo. Automatic Regular,
etc and can give you the same
careful service you would re-
ceive IN any CITY. Cleaning
plates and rebuilding solutions,
when necessary. MY fourteen
years electrscal experience are
at your service. Batteries left
for charging one day. will be
charged and ready for delivery
the second day after, as | am
doing this work in the afternoon
and nights, while not in govern
ment employ.
Charging rat s:-$2 so for
three cell batteries. Other sizes
in proportion. An additional
charge will be made for rebuild
ing acid solutions, etc. Batter
les may be left anywhere con-
venient, and will be called for
when notified.
T. F. CRAWLEY.
Phone l46. PoplarviIle. Mss.
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ss NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ,

Buy Fourth liberty Bonds. ,
Mrs. Fred w. Smith was visi-
ting friends at Plcayune this
week.
Lend your money while our
boys fight. Buy Fourth Llber-
tv Bonds"
Mr.. Il. C. Williams. Sr., of
Bogalusa, La, spent Sunday and
Monday with his Poplarville
friends.
r DR.. Fred Smith was in Jack
son this week attending a meet
ing of the State Board of Phar-
macy of which he is valued
mem Der.
Mrs. julius Parker, of Colora-
do Springs. Colorado, is visiting
her home folks. Mrs. Parker is
affectionatelv remem bered as
Miss Eva Moody.
Mr.. Charley Rouse, son of Mr..
G. l. Rouse, of Spring Hill
neigh borhood, who is in the Avi-
alton Department of the U. S,
NAVY, was at home on furlough
recently.
Mrs. S. E. Cowan left last
week for Pascagoula to which
place DR.. Cowan had preceded
her, having accepted position
IN a drug store. The people of
Poplarville regret exceedingly
losing this most estimabe fami-
" from their midst.
Our good friend Philip Sau-
cier dropped in Tuesday and re-
newed his subscription TO the
Free Press. Mr.. SauCier has
been honored with a place on the
County Agricultural Advisory
Committee, place he is thor.
oughly capable of filing.
Prof. G.. W. Sansing, Of Hills
dale, and Mrs. l., Taylor Scale,
of the Industrial neigh borhood,
went up to Newton last week 10
attend the funeral of their faith
err, Mr.. G.. p. G. Sansing. We
extend our sincere coincidence to
these friends in their bereave-
ment.
Mr.. L. B. Priester, Superin-
tendent of construction OF the
new court house went to Nerd
ian last Sunday to attend the flu
neral of Mr.. C. H. Dabbs, who
died on Saturday. Mr.. Dabbs
was senior mber OF the firm
of Dabbs & Wc:more who have
the contract for erection of the
court house.