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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
LETTER FROM. AN AFRICAN BOY

The following letter was written last
year by a pupil of the college of the
Rev. Jesuit Fathers in Tananariva to
his mother and grandmother in: Am.
batolampy. The child is only "A years
of age: ".
( "My dear Mothers are YOU?
AS for me, am well, and have very
much to do. Don't. trouble yourselves
about me; but l have something i'm
portant to tell you. ...,-.........
You, dear grandmother. who are
christened, do you go to Holy Mass
every Sunday? And you, Rally, my
dear mother, won't you, at last, be bap-
tizeda | do beg OF you to prepare as
quickly as possible for Holy Baptism
and be converted, and this for two rea-
sons: If you were to die now, we
should be separated forever, which
would be a great. grief for my heart.
The star with the tail, called the COM
ct, makes many people afraid; there
are many who say it will bring about
the destruction of the world on May
49,. | don't believe it, nor are you to
do so, but let US all prepare for death,
whether it be true or not. s...
Lastly, I entreat you, dear grand
mother, as we'll as your baptized cous-
ms, to go to confession, And once
more, you, dear Mother. Rally, must
really repent of your sins and ask to
be baptized without delay, for no one
can know what the will of the Lord
is. on May 10; for that matter, people
can die every day.
There are still three months be-
fore the holidays shall see you
again; what happiness! l fearn a
great deal. After the holidays 1 shall
be promoted to the fifth class. Good
by, my two beloved mothers, shall
see you again in Heaven or on earth,
just as God wills. shall pray much
for you.
Your son,
Benedict Ramona
This letter arrived at Ambatolampy
May Is, on Sunday at noon. It
touched the poor mother so much
that she went Immediately to
the Missionaries to assist at
instruction in preparation for baptism.
A few days after, the Father was sent
for in great haste. The woman was
dying. She was baptized; until her
last breath she kept repeating acts of
contrition ss...e,> -, 80. -
The message she sent her son was !:
"Tell my little Benedict am. sorry
to be obliged to go without seeing him
once more, but we are sure of finding
each other in Heaven: His dear letter
reached me Just in time. It is to him
/ owe the salvation of my soul.Y -
What a worthy charity to help the
Missionaries, that they may educate
and train African children so as to OBJ
tain such consoling results. ..,-.
The Negro Child.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
A GOOD HARVEST IN INDIA.

Times are not getting better yet
| suffer with my poor little ones, whom
! should like to multiply hundred
times, for the sake of Christ and their
own help, for they are awfully poor
writes Mother Arnoldine.
We are praying very much to St
Joseph to give us the most required
help to spread the Faith by different
means. First of all the children and
schools. Secondly the dispensary does
q lot of good to win the mother and
baptize the little ones When st. JOS
eph enables us to build small dispen
sary,, then we can do much more good
to the people, At present we keep il
IN corner Of our, veranda but it is
far too small and most announcement
One day, however, it will be better
by the help of some noble benefacto1
inspired by st. Joseph to: whom the
dispensary will be dedicated because
He is. the Sacred Patron of those who
are in danger of death.
Last week, when we were in one OF
the villages to instruct the. people, the
cholera broke out very severely
Though the village is only small one
many died within a few days. We
hurried home to fetch medicine for the
poor people whom we loved so much
1t was not a very easy work, for the
village is situated in the midst of rice
fields and moreover we had rain every
day, so the walking over the narrow
paths between the. fields was most diff
ficult Several times we fell down or
the slippery path. This brought to oul
minds the falling of cur dear Lore
whom suffering for the salvation of oul
souls. This thought indeed encouraged
us and forgetting our fatigue we has
tened back the same day: the distance
was about miles. s.4,
. 1t was very pathetic to see these
afflicted people trembling from fear
helping enc another to bury the deae
and look altar tho e,,sff~..~--, rr>-2
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
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LES@1SsSs.SS1A MISSION FIELDSA

ton will begin; everywhere both 'ener.
gy. and money will try to wipe out the
havoc wrought by the prolonged con.
fiict
In the missions the program will be
along exactly the same lines and the
apostles now at their posts, together
with those who may be shortly re-
turned, ask for 1919 the hearty CO
operation that has been extended in
the past. Reconstruction" is the
watchWord in the mission field as else
where Let us help the workers in the
Lords vineyard to make a good show.
ing during the next twelve months.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
SPIRITUAL LONELINESS.

@netimes amid the struggling
ms OF the twentieth century there
.oH.cS over the soul of the bravest
~ stan sense of spiritual loneli-
na~s. The. forces that are opposed
?" righteousness seem so strong and
~e wited. The forces of goodness are
% 2Darated and divided. Then there
2'27s something of relief in standing
-a@"r the mighty dome of st. Peters
@=.j looking about on those twenty
-nton cOnfessionals where the chill
"-an If men of every tongue come
"d fo"sake their sins. Then there
.ns.S a feeling of strength and unity
at one looks up and reads the mot
80 which runs in gigantic letters
round the foot of that dome: Thou
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01

they appreciated our coming to them
is simply beyond words. -. e.
We stayed with them almost week
and had the consolation to help many
by medicine to bodily recovery, but
still more, washed by the waters of
baptism, into eternal happiness. With:
in one week we baptized Sc children
when dying. Some adults too, got the
grace of true Faith and died in excel
lent dispositions. -<..........
We have gained the heartsof these
people by our help in their Mistress
All are going to become Catholics, be.
cause they say, "No one would come
to us any more but the Sisters never
ceased to help us, with great danger
to- their own lives. On our part we
are only too happy to spend our lives
for the poorestspf the poor and do not
want anything, but the most necessary
help is always very welcome. We got
some poor orphans, now, from this vii
lage whose parents have died. If the
good American ladies only could see
one Of these children, am quite sure
adoption of a poor girl would follow
Poor. heartbroken children, nothing to
live on, nobody to console them; can
l leave them alone? No, of course
not. Our Lord will help US; they will
have to share their food with the other
orphans, and they will be happy
amongst them under Sisters care
In my last letter l told you that
can support an orphan Cor $40 per year
How dear to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
must be the benefactor who brings
up one of His poorest children We
are ready to give our lives, will you
please give some help to them? !
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
RECONSTRUCTION.

"The land that was desolate and i'm
passable shall be glad and the wilder
ness shall rejoice and shall flourish
like a lily; and a path and a way shall
be there and it shall be called holy
y."--Isaias, 3d., .sef. s.-..
The thought uppermost in the minds
og all is. the gladsome one that peace
% last has come togthe4world and that
ordinary events may again resume
their sway Laborers in all fields will
rsturn to their wonted tasks IN sec:
IONS devastated by war. reeonatrnejj
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY.

There can be no doubt that at
he dose OF the third Christian cen
~ Roman and Catholic were so
io'olE allied that they were practi-
~ identical.
Thee can be no doubt that the
oman Catholic Church of our day is
heir OF unbroken descent to the
1..,--a Catholic Church of the second
..,vEN. and that it is justified in US
- H. zane Catholic as the name
. huTCh. as we'll as the name
.'."4tn',"
Dr. Briggs.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
ARCTIC MISSIONS.

When Father Turquetil, our Oblate
riend, who spent several months in
ne United States last year, left Mon
real to return to his Eskimo mission
ear Chesterfield Inlet, he had COM
1anion with him in the person of Fa-
her, Pioget, His former. .cc-worker,
ather LEBLANC, met with an untimely
cath, and for several months Father
urquetil was alone in the great Arc
&c wilderness in which he has planted
he cross. We rejoice to state that
he outlook for. the conversion of the
Eskimo is brighter than ever before
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
DEFlES FADS.

There is but one Church in the
United States which has stood right
up and detied all this drift, and all
these neW-fangled notions. 1t is the
Roman Catholic Church, and it has
the biggest churches, and the largest
congregations, and flourishes in the
toughest neighborhoods. 1t is the
mightiest social influence in all our
cities, and we know it." - "...
Rep F, Hopkins.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
NOTES..

Right Rev. Camille, Carrara, O.. NJ.
Cap, Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea, an
African colony, belonging to Italy, has
compiled a large catechism in the ma
tive language of the Tigrigua. The
book, a copy, of which has, been sent
to the National Office of the S. P. F.,
is a large volume, we'll bound, and it's
pages, covered with strange charac-
tiers and symbols, represent a vast
amount of labor on the part of the
accomplished author. 2
The Central Office. of the ,Propaga-
ton of the Faith received some inter
esting visitors recently in the persons
of five nuns, members of the Third
Order of Mary Immaculate These
nuns had Just come to New York from
France, and were on ,their way to the
distant islands of Oceanica.l Three OF
them are destined for the leper hospi-
tails and the others are to take up reg
{ular. missionary work The brave
women, who must journey thousands
of miles to reach the poor pagans to
whom they are to- devote their lives,
were accompanied by Father De la
Chapelle, Provincial of the Marists in
Washington.
Bishop Forbes, White Father, for
merly of Quebec and now coadjutor to
Mgr. Streicher, Vicar Apostolic OF
Uganda, says of his new position: Z
Il was consecrated here at Rubaga
--Rubaga, the mother-mission, the
mission Of hecatombs and martyrs
q will also have my resid ence here,
because of the proximity of the capital
and the frequent communications with
the governn ent which are necessary;
and becoIaiag even more so now.
Mgr. Streicher, the Vicar Apostolic;
has his residence at Villa-Maria, but
seventy-five- miles is soon covered on
bicycle when one is sill young and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01

It was a good old woman. who had
known all the, hard knocks Of the
world who said, Honey, don't worry,
don't fret, never give up until you get
such a hard knock it makes a hole in
your shadow" III
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
+ The church of Rubaga, which goes
up slowly, will later be my cathedral
church,

SAAuASl VI ItuOooeh, Wh1SA SoOCO
up slowly, will later be my cathedral
church" =
i Bishop Rayssac, P F. NJ, writing
from Swallow, says of the condition of
the country:
The political situation is strained to
the utmost. No doubt the newspapers
have let the outer world know that the
North has resolved to subdue the
South, and war is already on in Hou-
Man.. 1t is also reported that fleet
is already at Annoy, ready to attack
But it is impossible to say what all
this means. In China We fight and
then argue and then fight again, and
who knows what the end, will be?"
Bishop T. X. Vogt's Vicariate of
Bagamoyo, East Africa, is suffering
from famine caused by drought. He
also lacks priests for four of his mis-
sion posts. Thus several thousand
Christians lack a shepherd to care for
them.
The latest statistics of the White
Fathers show that the Congregation
now counts twelve bishops, twelve
provinces, 4S4 missionaries, 255 White
Sisters, 1858 .catechists, 2,217 schools
and 272 charitable institutions. Most
of these figures are higher than previ
Gus years despite war conditions. The
priests who were not called away have
worked twice as hard, with gratifying
results.
triFollowing the great trend toward the
Church noticea Bile in many parts Of the
world it is interesting to note that the
British Empire is now adding about
ten thousand converts year to the
Faith. It's entire Catholic population
is estimated at about thirteen and g
half millions. Most of the converts
come from the High Church Anglicans
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-01
In presence of:
Philip. j. Riordan,
Berenice Depue.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Hennepin. SIS. - E.
1919, before me, Notary Public WITH
in and for said County and State, PERI
sonally appeared r, p. Baker of st:
A. E.. Johnson both of Minneapolis.
Minnesota, all to me known to be the
persons described in and who signed
ton and they each acknowledged that
they executed the same as their free
act and deed and for the uses and pur-
poses therein expressed.
= Witness my, hand and notarial seal
the day and year last above written.
PHILIP J. RIORDAN,
Notary Public, Hennepin Co, MINI.
My commission expires Nov. Is, 1924.
(Notaria1 Seal)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-19

| plans for investing the accruine
funds to attract new industries and
to increase the population.
Municipal participation in adver-
Using, and publicity is now quite gen
eral throughout the west, but | do
not know of only one city that levies
tax for the purpose-Amarillo,
Texas.
Boulder county, Colorado, has SUE
cessfully tried this plan, and the en-
tire property interests of that county
are behind it. On a total population
of 10000, an annual tax upon all
property is levied. The levy is one
tenth of mill upon the assessed
valuation, an amount so small that
no one feels it, and yet large enough
to bring in sizeable fund for ad-
vertising purposes.
The idea appeals to me because it
eliminates spasmodic effort and
guarantees continuity of campaign
the only method in any kind of adj
vertising that brings results.
The second plan of employing an
advertising expert is essential if the
first plan is adopted, because it would
be cruel to dissipate public funds by
haphazard attempts at Advertising.
Play Fair-Tell Truth.
To be sure, the Chamber of Com
merce is the city's logical selling or
ganization, but the advertising coun-
selor is the chambers manpower.
Bonuses to industries and drunken
flying squadrons, commonly called
Booster Clubs" are now passed.
Cities are now taking their cue from
big notwithstanding are adj
vertising-and they are using all the
methods of successful advertising,
chief among which are the public
press and direct by mail service.
But some cities which have adopted
this modern method have had rough
shedding because they have disregard
ed such fundamentals as olive pros
pects," reliable text" and "dignified
copy"
1t is hardly worth while for Pine
Bluff to bid for manufacturers of
steel or rubber products, but you can
bid for textile and fibre factories. It
is unsafe for any city to advertise
itself as the most beautiful and
most healthful city in the world, but
Pine Bluff can advertise itself as the
city of contentment and "get away
with it," It is poor taste for great
municipality to use red paint and
CONTINUED on page three.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-19
Cotton Shortage
and What It Is
To the Farmers
(By JIM G.. FERGUSON

Om1nlSslOnef Oh Agriculture
Little Rock, Oct 18.-Two factors
are operating to bring about string
| ency in the worlds supply of cotton
and authorities already are claiming
to see the approach of a famine in
this, one of the worlds greatest
staples. One of the causes, of whicn
every cotton farmer is we'll aware,
is the damage to the present crop
from depredations of the boil weevil,
the leaf worm and the DOLL worm. The
government estimate of 1886, 900
bales indicates loss of more than
half million bales of cotton since
September 2 and many are predict
ing that the 1919 crop will be under
100000 bales.
This shortage comes at time
when the world demand is g-.ases'
than it ever was before. 1t would
probably require twice as much cot
ton as the south is going to pro-
duce to meet the needs of the SPIN.
ners. There is but one condition
that can result and chat a scramble to
buy and rise of prices. The soecu-
lators know this and they will buy
before the advance, hoard their pur-
chases in the congresses and city
warehouses and sell it at big profit.
If this situation is true the man
who can hold cotton is going to make
money if the farmer sells now, The
Spectator will make profit that
really belongs to the producer, for
the mills, especially those Of Europe,
are in position to buy cotton only as
they need it. They are not finan-
cially prepared to carry large sup
plies or to prevent the middlemen
from coming in between them and
the producer and putting on fictitious
values, which the consumer must
eventually pay.
1t is the duty of the farmers Of
Arkansas, and that of the bankers
and supply merchants, who know
what it has cost Arkansas growers to
produce the present short crop, to re-
frain from selling on a low market.
Sales should be reduced. Cotton
should be put in warehouses and me-
gotiable receipts used as collateral
upon which to borrow money to
ease debts and meet pressing reeds.
Bankers should be liberal at this time
in their extension of credits to farm
ers who want to hold their cotton,
and merchants should in every way
discourage selling at price below
that which cotton is worth. Only by
doing this can the Arkansas grower
protect himself in the face Of most
unusual market situation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-19

| posed league of nations. These are
but few of our problems, but they
will be solved and in the solution will
lie the development OF opportunities
for the young men of this country
whose character was moulded for the
ordeal in the fiery furnace Of revolu-
ton. A great phase of that revolu-
ton We must not overlook, namely
that men and women today find them
selves in new relationship to their
environment land that environment
has been enlarged not only for the
foreign trader and international bank
er, but for the great masses who are
also now thinking in world terms.
If then, the world is going on, we
must turn ourselves with new en-
ergy and new zeal to the education
of our citizens and the development
of our country. l pass over for the
lack of time, the matter of education,
leaving that subject to those who are
devoting their lives to it. If we are
to further develop our country, we
must make it attract new life and
new blood. But selling a nation is
too big subject, and l am going to
limit myself to discussion of selling
city.
Making Pine Bluff Greater.
Now, let US take for example, the
good city of Fine Bluff. 1t is built
four square. 1t has it's spiritual side,
evidenced by it's churches, schools and
elemosynary institutions. 1t has it's
ethical side, evidenced by parks,
Fairgrounds and amusements, as
we'll as it's thoroughfares and it's
homes. 1t has it's industrial side,
which depends upon production and it
has its commercial side which has
to do with distribution. Now, the
development of city's spiritual and
ethical sides, depends upon increasing
taxable wealth, and the increase of
taxable wealth depends upon the
development of it's industrial and COM
mercial side-so that the whole
scheme Of city development is indis-
solubly linked together, and it is only
necessary therefore, for me to discuss
the development Of the industrial and
commercial side.
How can this best be done?
recommend two startling innova-
tons, both of which l am sure will
be universally unpopular.
First: The levy of tax for ad-
vertising purposes, and secondly, the
of municipal advertis-
ing expert to whom shall be en-
trusted the making and execution of
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-19
CarranZa FOrbids
Electi0neering to
Protect Himself

New York, Oct. 1S.-Professing
that he is not a candidate himself,
President Carranza has prohibited
electioneering for his successor in
certain parts of Mexico, and is
charged with activity interfering in
state elections, according to Ell Uni
versal and Excelsior, two of the
leading newspapers Of Mexico City.
Excelsior recounts that President
Carranza has instructed General
Manuel M. Dieguez, chief of military
operations in the north in agreement
with the civil authorities, to prohibit
all political manifestations in the
State of Chihuahua where the pre-
constitutional regime exists.
These instructions will also be ap-
piled to otter sections in Northern
Mexico which have not been COM
pletely pacified, according to Excel
sior. Until absolute peace exists no
electioneering in favor of either of
the candidates in the coming presi-
Dental elections will be permitted.
More than one hundred political
groups have been formed in Chihua-
hua and Durango for electioneering
purposes and have protested against
President Carranza's order asserting
that it is useless and against public
policy. Unless the order is modified
it will be necessary for all of them
to discontinue their political propa-
ganda.
General Dieguez instructions are
to proceed theoretically against any
of the presidents of the politica!
organizations who refuse to obey the
order.
A reign of terror exists in the
state of San Luis Potosi, according
to new dispatch in Ell Universal,
as the elimination Of the disorders
attending elections in that state.
Two gubernatorial candidates and
two separate legislative bodies claim
the election; the contest between Ra-
fael Nieto, the peoples candidate
for governor and Severino Martinez.
supported by Carrancista element
and federal troops. According to the
latest news received by Ell Universal
Nieto has been compelled to seek
safety in flight and troops Sent in
pursuit of him are searching all trains
out OF San Luis and places where it |
is supposed he may be in hiding.
The police have stopped the publica-
ton OF newspapers which supported |
Nieto and which are anti Carrancis-
Ia.
! All the members of the state legis-
lature who supported the election If |
Nieto were locked up in the peniten-
tiary in which Madero was confined |
before the revolution which made |
him president of Mexico. On their |
way to prison they were cheered by
the people who lined the streets. |
They were released on an order from
the superior court and held a meeting
declaring the election of Martinez
null and void. They were again !
arrested by a detail of federal SOL
diers and again released by order of |
the court.
Martinez, who commands the fed
aral troops, is in control with the Me
to supporters in hiding.