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VERY one Of the higher ami
r. mails Is In some way mechan-
- icaliy adapted to its mode Of
life and surroundings. a horse. or an
antelope being from one point of
visw a living galloping or trottins
machine. Putting such examples
aside. there. are numerous cases Of
moro peculiar adaptations to which
attention may be confined.
For example, the climbing creatures.
II may be noted that a number Of
species, such as Old World monkeys
and squirrels. present special modifi-
cations for a life in the trees, the
essential being that they should have
the power o. rotating the forearm on
tho upper portion Of the limb and
that their toes should be mobile and
furnished with claws or nails.
There Is one group Of African TO,
dents. designated scaly tailed sauir-
rels, the members of which seem to
have felt the necessity OF additional
aid for the purpose Of tree climbing.
They have accordingly developed on
the under surface OF the tail certain
structures which, may BE- compared 10
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from ordinary claws and afford a
striking instance OF adaptation TO an
abnormal mode Of life. The thumb Of
bats is likewise modified into a hook
Ike claw-Also used for suspen6ing
purposes when the creatures hang
head upward. Generally. however. bats
suspend themselves head downward by
the hind claws. grasping power being
retained by the toes, so that the modi-
fcation has not been carried to the
same extent az In sloths. In which the
claws set In a mechanical manner.
Suction Plates on Bats.
Certain bats appear to have found
their hook like thumbs and hind feet
insufficient for suspension and have
made use OF the suction principle for
this purpose. This mode Of suspension
has been developed independently In
two distinct bats. one q native Of Bra
iii and the other OF Madagascar. In
the Brazilian species the suckers take
the form OF stalked discs attached to
the palms OF the thumbs and the soles
OF the feet The suckers Of abe Mala-
gasy species are horseshoe like. BY
means OF the suckers these bats are
able to ascend vertical surfaces. Very
curious II Is TO note the similal ity be-
tween the suckers OF these bats and
those on the arms OF the cuttlefishes.
, The geckoS which, tuR ID the sBalls
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Abodes of Presidents, Members of Roy
atty and Others Known to Fame
Abound in Manhattan.
By JOHN w. HARRINGTON.

chant for playing Tho Happy Farm
err" to permit him at his own ex-
pense to pad the walls OF her practice
room with four inch mattresses. He
entered into q yearly contract also
with another resident of the neighbor-
hood that for a consideration Of IS q
year ''the party Of the second part"
was not to keep a dog.
There Is no tablet upon this build
ing in memory Of its distinguished oc-
cupant, who in 1889 passed from this
life. Several efforts have been made
to have one placed on the outer wall,
but the owner never approved Of this
sentimentality. Four families live in
the house, and the basement, which Is
boarded up. II used as q coal cellar.
Still fewer traces Of its former gran
deur than those which remain in the
home of Ericsson are to be seen at
90 Prince street, where James Monroe,
once Chief Magistrate Of this country.
lived IN most moderate circumstances
in his declining years and where he
died. The building Is now used as a
carpenter shop. and the apertures
which once were windows are devoid
of glass. A wretched tumble down
place It 10 which mocks the splendid
tablet Of bronze secured to Its mould
efing outer walls. This Is the inscrip-
ton thereof:
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Mr.. Monroe made his home in his
declining years with his son-in-law.
Samuel L. Gouverneur. whom he had
appointed Postmaster of New York.
His Virginia home. Oak Hill, had
passed before his death to Col. John
w. Fairfax. who had willed 1t to d
son.
Buchanan's Home.
James Buchanan. another President
Of the United States. lived for many
years at $50 Second avenue. This part
OF the city corresponded at ono time
to upper Fifth avenue, and was filled
with homes Of men and women Of
social prominence and Of intellectual
achievements.
At 142 East Eighteenth street re-
sided Bayard Taylor.
There stands at the southwest corner
Of Irving place and Seventeenth street
a squat little structure. overshadowed
by the high school building opposite.
which bears his name. the city home Of
Washington Irving. For many years
there dwelt there two noted bachelor
maids. Misses Elisabeth Marbury
and Elsie de Wolfe. From time to
time there have been projects for
maintaining the house as a perma-
nent memorial to the author of the
"Knickerbocker History Of New York"
AS yet, however, tho house has not
even been marked so that the passerby
may know It's history.
Gramercy Park, a little to the north
east, is a secluded spot in and about
which have lived many of tho great
men of this earth.
Here is the Players Club. once the
homo Of Edwin Booth, the actor,
whose statue stands in the midst of
the fenced park beyond.
Samuel y. Tilden, statesman and
sage. who by 80 narrow a margin
missed being a President Of the United
States, abode for many years In the
double mansion at II and Is, where
is now domiciled the National Arts
Club. There he kept the many thou
sand volumes of his library which
were removed to the New York Public
Library, OF which they are a part az
the Tilden Foundation. sculptured on
the walls OF this stately dwelling we
may see the busts OF Shakespeare, OF
Milton. Of Goethe and of Dante
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ny. at 20. adjoining. which still re-
mains, and is now used as a
restaurant. Its facade il almost un-
recognizable, however. because Of the
show windows which have been added.
1t is proposed now to build on the
land on which No. 20 stands a copy
Of the house In which the distin-
guished American statesman first saw
the light. The John e Roosevelt res
idence. which closely resembles the
one that stood at 25 IN its architec-
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jects gathered IN foreign lands and
drew deeply from the font of mem
ory. A choleric person he was, SCENT
ing the controversy from afar. just
as the old war horse feels his nostrils
dilate when the battle is nigh. His
cronies used TO group about him and
review the scenes OF the civil war
and fight over again the conflicts
which had thrilled them in their
youth. AS his family was not with
him. he leased the various floors of
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veerinE slightly to the westward, W.
.Ae]N
XSzSll

veerins slightly to the westward. we
reach 2S East Twentieth street. the
birthplace of Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
twenty-sixth President Of the United
States. A two story commercial build
ing, the lower part of which is occu-
pied by q cloth merchant. now stands
in the stead OF the brownstone dwell
ing In which Col .Roosevelt's family
lived. The old homo Of the Roosevelts
In the city was much like that of the
John e Roosevelt branch Of the fam
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turo. would be restored II this project
Is fulfilled.
Washington Square and lower Fifth
avenue have many footprints of many
noted figures in the history of the
country.
The late Daniel e. Sickles, hero of
Gettysburg and a figure In the polit-
ical history Of the State, made his
home for forty years at 20 Fifth ave-
nue.. In his old age he sat among
the relics OF his campaigns and OBJ
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In this house died
JAMES MONROE

JAMES MONROE
Fifth President Of the United Staten
Who proclaimed
The Monroe Doctrine
Upon which depends the
Freedom OF American Republics
And the safety Of the United States
Against Foreign Aggression
Born April IS, 176s. Died July 4,lsSl
Soldier in the Continental Army
Member of the Continental Congress
American Envoy to Great Britain.
France and Spain
Secretary Of War
Twice Governor of virginia
Twice President Of the United States
This tablet erected by the Woman's
Auxiliary Of the American Scenic
and Preservation Society. April
-. 1905.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
*. OF c. MEET OPENS NEW EPOCH

Of standing in every community and
the text books will be the best avail
able. The schools will be made as
self-sustaining as possible by the
charging of small fees to the stu
dents.
The Knights have consulted with
labor leaders in all matters affecting
unionized trades and they have re-
ceived promises of the most cordial
cooperation and constructive advice
To Promote Americanization.
A central bureau is being estab-
lished, and it's headquarters will
be in either New York or New Haven,
the national headquarters of the K
of C. This will be the strategic CEN
ter of the K. of C. warfare on Bolshe-
vism, and at this Office will be re-
ceived the reports of progress that
will determine the modification or ex-
tension of the program at present de-
| termined upon.
James Byrne OF New York, Joseph
Scott of Los Angeles, Gustave Streu-
benmuller of New York, Thomas w.
Churchill and Arthur Somers, former
presidents of the New York City
| Board of Education, Edward D. De-
vine of the Detroit Board of Educa-
| ton, Rev. John J. Wynne, S. j., and
other famous educators are directing
the work under the supervision of a
K. of c. committee consisting of Su.
preme knight James A. Flaherty of
Philadelphia, Supreme Secretary Will
liam J. Mckinley of New York and
Supreme Advocate Joseph C. Pelle.
tier of Boston.
This educational campaign was the
principal achievement of the K. of c.
peace convention. But many other
important matters were disposed of
! The Knights went on record as favor
ing complete independence for the
Irish nation, the resolution to this
effect being passed amid great en-
complimented for their work by
French High Commissioner Marco
Knecht, and Cardinal Gibbons and
Bishops Turner and Shahan congrat
ulated them upon their war record
and prophesied great things of the K
of G.. educational campaign.
The $4,000 appropriated for this
campaign makes over 100000 of theil
own funds which the Knights have
contributed to what is called Ameri
canism.
The Knights also went on RECORD
at their convention as ready to co
operate with all authorities, Federal
state and municipal, in investigating
profiteering with the necessities O
life, and they adopted resolution
calling for rigid suppression of i'm
moral motion pictures. The knights
will run their education work, a pure
| ly civilian enterprise, SO that it viii
harmonic with their camp school ane
employment work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
ANDREW CARNEGIE.

A little money, plenty Of nerve
and steel: thus is the opening
career Of Mr.. Carnegie, the late
magnate and philanthropist, sum,
med up by contemporary. The
nerve was backed up by sound
judgment, keenness and shrewd-
ness in Selling the opportunity as
it came to him or passed by. Lit,
tie minds, like little ours, usually
carp and snarl at what they fail
to understand. Little minds also
prove their littleness beyond a
doubt by their display of envy,
jealousy, and also of treachery
when they get a chance, as ordi,
narily they are towards and fear
the truth.
This is not a eulogy Of the late
millionaire, but a simple tribute
to the genius that could with
magic touch draw forth streams OF
gold from nature, and then turn
the stream back into the channels
of human beneficence. In the his
tory of the race we fail to find a
record that can compare with that
of Mr.. Carnegie. Millions and
hundreds of millions in wealth
came to the genial Scot: with
prodigal hand and unexpected
lavishness he placed the greater
part Of this treasure where he
thought mankind would most
profit thereby. He aimed to pro
mote peace, and to encourage in
tellectual pursuits in the field Of
literature and music. He express
ed a desire to die poor. Whether
this wish was granted we know
that he did die poorer by hun
dreds of millions, while his fellow
man received proportionate bene.
fits.
1t has been said that no man
can lawfully amass such fortune
LII dlSO lids UGH odlu tldG the
earth was fiat, that America could
not fight, that the sun circled
around the earth, etc. The lack OF
anything-talent, knowledge, abil.
ity, wealth, success, beauty-has d
tendency to make the John Lack
lands eloquent in their contempt
of those who possess these assets
All this is but a trait of human
nature in it's depraved state: &
proof positive of little mind, 6
rising in the throat of the acriC
taste of sour grapes.
For many generations the name
Of Andrew Carnegie will stand fol-
the success that comes to the
American who knows how to ap
preciate the advantages of coun
try like this. 1t will be a tails
man against socialism, bolshevlsn
and the plain cussedism tina
marks so many citizens, both IA
tive and foreign born, today.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
IGNORANT DRIBBLE.

Were we given an opportunity
to revise the curriculum Of studies
in the average Protestant semi
nary we would without hesitation
endeavor to impress on the minds
of aspirants to the ministry the
necessity of studying history in
the light of real and not imaginary
facts. The neglect of this policy
in the past has produced a num-
Der Of ministers who take their
history from the legends Of biased
polemics. The result Of such dis
torted reading of history is some
times laughable and other times
tragic, but always astounding.
Rev. Ambrose Bailey, minister
of the First Baptist Church in this
city, is quoted in the Pioneer Press
of July q, as having made a state
ment which would be amusing
were it not so childish. The Rev
erend speaker was outlining the
ambitions Of the modern couple.
He speaks well about the thought
lessness of many young people OF
today. Then he is quoted: emo
hammedanism has failed in the
atrocities of the Turk. Romanism
has failed in the decay Of Euro
pean civilization, and the pure
principles Of Jesus for almost the
first time in history have a
chance"
One could easily write an inter-
esting volume to show how "Ro-
manism" is far from a state of
collapse. When the great war be-
gan in 1914, atheists and infidels,
together with some eighty-year-
old children, prated about the
failure of Christianity. Mixing
their facts, making medley OF
causes and effects, these so-called
thinkers claimed to discern the
utter extinction of Christianity
A century or more ago Voltaire
and his coterie Of free-thinkers
chanted the requiem of the Chris
tian religion. Since that time
| Christians of all denominations
| have laughed at the childish gull
llibility of such agnostics. Hence
today it is pitiful and discourag
| ing to hear a minister Of the Cos
pei talk about the failure of "Ro
manism. = If Romanism, the cen
| ter of unity, has failed, then Goo
i help the four hundred branch can
i dlestick Of Professionalism.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
MANCHESTER MARTYRS SIX AMERICAN CHEvALIERS
SEVERAL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
AND Y. M. c. A. WORKERS ARE
AMONG RECIPIENTS.

Captain Andre Tardieu, head of the
general commission for Franco-Amer-
lean affairs, has presented on behalf
of the French government the Cross
of the Legion of Honor to Edward l..
Hearn, general commissioner for
Europe of the Knights of Columbus;
Secretary E. c.. Carter of the Y. M.
e. A. in France, and Director Davis
of the same organization; John Foster
Tulles, of the American peace COM
mission; Hurting CHM, of the Am
erican treasury department and the
finance controller of the American
army in Europe, and M. Vibbert, sec,
rotary of the American Union in Paris,
In making the presentation Captain
Tardieu recalled the services rend
cred by the recipients of the honor
and said that the decorations had been
awarded by the French government
as tribute of gratitude.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
LAST SURV N G COMRADE
PASSES AWAY AT LIVER
POOL, ENGLAND.

There died in Liverpool, England,
July 10, in his seVenty-eighth year
Thomas Scally, the last survivor OF
the twenty-siX prisoners, charged with
shooting Sergeant Charles Brett in
the attempt to rescue Colonel Kelly
and Captain Deasy from a prison van
at Manchester on September IL, 1851
Mr.. Scally was sentenced to five years
penal servitude, and underwent con-
finement for three years in Portland
prison, after which he was transferred
to Norwood Scrubs, in which he
served for another sixteen months,
and was then released on account OF
i'll health caused by harsh treatment,
having completed four years and four
months of his sentence.
Mr.. Scally was born at Loughgynn,
County Roscommon, in 1912, and set
tied in Manchester in his youth. Fired
with enthusiasm for the liberation OF
his native land, he soon joined the
band of young Irishmen, whose efforts
in their country's behalf eliminated
in the movement of 1867, with which
the names of Allen, Larkin and
O'Brien, the Manchester martyrs,
will forever be identified. He was
out with Allen the night before the
attack and was only in his twenty
fifth year when he was sentenced. He
was on the treadmll with O'DonoVan
Rossa. After his release he returned
to Ireland, where he married, and
then settled in Liverpool where he
lived for the past forty years.
Mr.. Scally was a quiet, kindly gen
tleman of most lovable personality,
whose two great passions were the
love of his creed and the love OF his
| country. He was very deVout Catho-
lie and retained up to the end an In
tense fervor for his native land and
a. kindling indignation against it's mis-
government A few years ago, whilst
on visit to his native town, ne
plucked a sod from the ground OF the
church in which he was baptized, and
one of his last requests to his daugh
ter was to place the sod on his breast
inside his coffin, that he might be
buried with the soil of Ireland cover
ing him-a duty she faithfully fui
filled.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
POPE BLESSES WORKERS
LARGEST SERVICE CLUB IN
UNITED STATES.

The Benedict Service Club, situated
in Philadelphia, is probably the larg
est service club in the United States
1t is conducted by the National Cath
Ollie War Council. Recently His
Grace, the Most Rev. Dennis J. Doug
herty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, re-
ceived the following cablegram from
our Holy Father Benedict XIV, in
whose honor the club was named:
Holy Father cordially imparts to
conductors and workers of the Bene-
dict Club the Apostolic Benediction as
a gauge of divine favors.'
(Signed) GASPARRI.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16

One of the features undertaken
by the Methodist Episcopal
Church, in it's present gigantic
movement to raise over a hundred
million dollars for a worldwide
missionary campaign, is the
strengthening of it's church papers.
The campaign workers are expect
ed to secure subscriptions for
"The Christian Advocate" wher-
ever possible, and we are inform
ed by a Denver Methodist that
splendid results are being obtain
ed there, says the Catholic Regis
ter. Catholics should follow this
example. The printed word is not
a luxury but an absolute necessity
for defending any church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
FIRST IN INDIANA
NEW CHURCH FOR COLORED
CATHOLICS DEDICATED.

The dedication of ST. Rita Church,
Indianapolis, the first Catholic Church
for !colored persons to be established
in Indiana, took place August 3. Rt.
Rev. Bishop Joseph Chartrand,
preached the dedicatory sermon.
Services will be held regularly in
the church every Sunday. Mass will
be celebrated at 7:3O and o'clock in
the morning. The parish has q mem
bership of about seventy families.
Rev. Joseph Bryan is rector.
Arrangements are being made to
open a school in connection with the
church in the fall. The Sisters of
St. Francis of Oldenburg will have
charge of the school.
Much interest is being displayed in
the church by local Catholics. All
the Catholic clergy of the city at
tended the dedication and will give
their attention to the needs of the
church in the future.
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would be shamed into silence, at
least, and the tone of religion, the
influence of the priest, and the
welfare of the people themselves
would be UNNECESSARILY heighten-
ed. AS it is the pastor Of souls
has but little time for study or
other intellectual pursuits which,
in virtue of his education and
training, naturally make appeal to
him. He is a drudge, a revenue
officer, kind of reformatory off
cial, and the shame thereof is on
the heads of our Catholic people.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
A HUMBLE PRIEST
PASTOR REQUESTS THAT HE BE
NOT MoURNED.

Just a short while before his death,
Rev. Joseph M. Gleason, Is years old,
rector of St. Patrick's Church in Wa
terbury, Conn, for tWenty-four years,
who succumbed to pneumonia, wrote
a letter to his curate and one of the
newspapers, requesting that there be
no mourning over his decease.
Il have done my work faithfully
and honestly from the day | was or
dained priest down to the present,
he wrote, asking that no statement
of his death appear in the newspapers,
that there be no sermon or flowers
at his funeral, and that the Church
should not be draped in mourning.
Father Gleason was born in ireland,
where he will be finally buried
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-16
ERNEST HAECKEL.

During the past fifty years the
theory of evolution has boosted Of
many defenders. From the time
Darwin endeavored to engraft his
ideas upon the modern tree of
science, laborers in every country
came forth to watch over the
growth Of this tree. Foremost
among these was Ernest Heinrich
Haecl<el, professor of zoology at
the University Of Jena in Ger
many. Last Saturday Haeckel
died at the age of eighty-five
years.
Possibly no other scientist of
recent years has had so large
following for a time as did the
professor at Jena. Germany con-
sidered him the last word in scien-
tific and dogmatic certainty in the
field Of material research. Like
many another scientist, however,
Haeckel overplayed his role. His
conclusions were found to be at
variance with revealed religion,
and, after struggle, men ; of
science in many lands admitted
that not all of his deductions could
be verified by facts. Indeed, it IS
matter of record that certain
evidence which he adduced to sup
port some Of his theories was
found to have been forged and
plagiarized.
Immersed in the purely ma
terial, Haeckel denied the lmmor-
tality Of the soul and the existence
Of God. Like all other leaders OF
his kind, after having endeavored
to shatter the age-old belief III
God, he asked his followers to give
their adherence to his new religion
which he called Monism. All his
attempts to overthrow revealed
Christianity proved abortlve, and
Haeckel has been gathered into
the great Beyond to meet the other
disillusioned sons Of false science.