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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
THE FIRECRACKER.

Several years ago on July 4 a
trolley car was carrying a packed
crowd Of picknickers to a Chicago
lake resort. Suddenly some
distance ahead there doomed in the
middle Of the track huge torpedo
cracker, at least three feet high,
standing upright. This menace
was noticed by a number of the
passengers, and they shivered and
made for the exits. Women
screamed, men struggled to get
free and children were trampled.
The mOtorman made heroic
effort to stop the car before the
terrible explosion would damage
car and people. Just as the car
came to dead stop the explosion
took place: it was caused by a
tiny frecracker placed on top of
the large empty dummy and was
scarcely heard. Shrieks Of laugh
ter mingled with sighs of relief as
the hoax was also exploded.
Two weeks ago a peaceful man
from the Antipodes set sail with
the avowed intention of visiting
his native home in Ireland. He
was a citizen of the British En-
pire. But propagandists had so
worked upon the popular magma
ton in England that this ordinary,
peace-loving prelate was made to
resemble mighty monster, threat
ening death and disaster to the
powerful empire. Warnings were
sent him, forbidding him to land
in his native country. The nearer
he drew towards English soil the
larger the danger appeared.
Finally when near the land four
powerful war vessels were sent
out to intercept this terrible
scourge from the other side Of the
world. Evidently they expected
titanic struggle on the part of
this modern Genghis Khan. When
he was seized and carried off by
force he did not hurl any thunder
bolts, ecclesiastical or otherwise.
He did not take up the cruisers in
his hands and rend them asunder,
throwing the fragments into the
briny deep. He did not even put
a "Catholic curse on them.
Here is what Archbishop Man
nix did: He smiled and re-
marked, "They are putting me to
a little Inconvenience but are MAX
ing themselves very silly.' The
English newspapers echoed the
opinion Of the fearless prelate, and
most probably the sensible Eng
lish people blushed for shame at
the childish clumsiness of the two
little Georges, Lloyd and V. AS
for the rest of the world, well, it
reminds one Of the frecracker.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

possibility of such a contingent.
Stranger things than this have
happened i'll the past six years,
and the end may not be yet.
France had been for using force
long ago to quell the Russian dis
turbance and thus, by freeing
Poland, safeguard the world. Eng
land has been flirting with the
Russian socialists in the interests
Of trade-an old game with Eng
land-and now the danger grows
apace.
If Mr.. Wilson never did another
act he would merit the gratitude
Of the American people for his
reply the other day that America
will not 60 into any European
brawls. We saved them two
years ago, at a dear cost to our
selves; now if they cannot stay
saved, let them repeat the act Of
the Kilkenny cats. America was
returned the victor, received no
thanks or reward, and England
has gobbled the spoils Of war.
Now let her win the war again,
since she has so loudly proclaimed
to the world that she did it before,
with her back to the wall,' or,
as a speaker put it. with her
back to the enemv.' She is so
laden down with the booty of war
that she asks us to help her carry
and defend it: let her disgorge a
little and she may be in better
fighting trim.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
CHANGES OF NUNS
SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME RE.
TURING FROM EUROPE.
(By N. G.. w. c.. News Service.

(By N. C. w. G.. News Service.)
Sister Francis of the Sacred Heart
who was recently elected provincial
of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Ma
muir for the Eastern States, and Sis
ter Ignatius Loyola, superior of the
novitiate in Cincinnati, sailed from
Southampton, England, on July 20, on
their return from the general meet
ing of the Order in Namur, Belgium.
Sister Francis succeeds Sister Mary
Borgia, who died May IS. The head
house of the Order for the Eastern
States is at Waltham, Mass.
Sister Ignace of Trinity College,
Washington, who accompanied Sister
Francis and Sister Ignatius Loyola to
Namur for the conference, will not
come back to the United States, owing
to poor health.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
THE BEAR RAMPANT.

A few years ago the allies were
lamenting the collapse Of Russia.
The great, unwieldy bear had
gone down before the thrusts of
the mighty hunter across the
border. He was stunned but not
dispatched. Recently he awoke
from his forced reverie and the
awakening was terrible. Led on
by strange trainers, he has entered
the three-ring circus Of European
politics, and the three rings
England, France and Ital y-are
kept busy by the antics Of this
outlandish bear.
The leaders of the nations Of
western Europe at first yawned
when they heard Of the Bosheviki
in Russia. The feeling apparently
was that the. sooner Lenine and
Trotzky finished the whole bust
ness in that vast empire the better
for the world. Shrewd thinkers,
in the meantime, had warned the
powers Of the possibilities Of this
BEARS going on a wide rampage.
These men were looked upon
askance, as if they needed repairs
in their mental machinery. Now,
the bear has gone and done it. He
has gathered about him other ele-
ments that serve but to increase
his strength, and the end is not
yet.
For over a year Poland has been
calling vainly for help. She told
the powers that she alone could
repel the Bolsheviki if given suffi-
cient aid. This was promised but
never delivered, except in a ridicu-
lousy small measure. Now these
enemies Of all law and order are
laundering at the gates Of Poland.
They threaten to assimilate the
various forces Of Germany and
sweep through western Europe to
the end Of the British Isles.
Statesmen now are looking for
ward with CONSERVATION to the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
THE MAR|ST FOUNDER
POPE BENEDICT LAUDS WORK OF
FATHER CHAMPAGNAT.
(By n. G.. w. G.. News Service.)

(By n. c. w. G. News Service)
On a recent Sunday, in the Con-
sistorial Hall of the Vatican, in the
presence of the Holy Father, there
was read the Decree of the HerOism
of the virtue of the Ven. Mariettin
Joseph Benoit Champagnat, Marist,
founder of the Institute Of the Little
Brothers of Mary. Mgr. Russell, Bish-
Op OF Charleston, was among those
present. Mgr Verde, secretary of the
Congregation of Rites, read the
Decree and the address of thanks to
His Holiness was delivered by Father
Copere, Procurator General of the Mar
lists, POstulator Of the Cause.
The Holy Father based his reply
as he SO often does, on the Gospel
of the Sunday. The Ven. Champag-
nat was indeed a tree giving forth
good fruits, these are seen in the prog
ress of the work he founded. Refer
ring too, to the other part of the Cos
pei, His Holiness showed how, at the
beginning of the nineteenth century,
there were false prophets in France,
disseminating false and ruinous doe
trine, called Liberty, Equality, Fra
ternity, but based on false cOncep-
ton and Interpretation of those words.
The Sodality founded by the Ven.
Champagnat came prOVidentially to
cOnfOund those false doctrines and TO
mitigate the harm they were doing,
by teaching truth to the growing gen
eratiOns. The result is seen in its
progress, the number of those bene-
fitting by it rising from five thousand
to a hundred thousand.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
AGRICULTURE IN IRELAND
SALESIAN FATHERS START AGRI-
CULTURAL COLLEGE IN IRE
LAND.
By n. G.. w. G.. News Service.)

By N. G. W. G.. News Service)
A new enterprise, resembling the
activities of the Church in former
days, has been undertaken by the Sa-
lesian Fathers in the diocese of Linn
erick. Having acquired substantial
estate in that county, they have es-
tablished an agricultural college at
which young men will be taught prac
teal and scientific farming. This is
the first institution of it's kind in Ire
land. Right Rev. Dr. Mailman, Bishop
of Limerick, opened and blessed the
college.
In the old days the clergy in mon
asteries and abbeys were expert agri-
culturists. The late Archbishop Healy,
one of the ablest archaeOlOgists pro-
duced by the Church, asserts in one
of his works that so perfect and in
tensive were their methods of agri-
culture that the lands Immediately adj
joining the ruins of old mOnasteries
revealed, on modern examination, a
high state of cultivation in the past.
There is every indication that the
Limerick venture will be complete
success.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

The passing Of the horse and
carriage in favor of the automo-
bile is now reported from one Of
the most faithful followers of the
good old traditions, the Vatican,
notes the Echo. Until recently
Cardinals and other ecclesiastics
have been following the time-hon-
Ored practice Of using a carriage
drawn by black horses to be con-
veyed to and from functions at
ST. Peters or on visits to the Pom
tiff in the Vatican palace. Now
several of the Cardinals, includ-
ing Cardinal Gasquet of England,
have motor cars. The new con-
veyances are doubtlessly more
modern and practical, but for
grace and stateliness the old car
riage with it's spirited horses still
remain unsurpassed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

Human nature being such as it
is, all of us are liable to the disad-
vantage Of restricted sympathies,
says writer. This, however, may
be said for the Catholic Church in
this country: Her priesthood is
almost wholly recruited from the
ranks of the common people; their
mission takes them constantly in
to the homes of the poor: the Cos
pei they preach is not the gospel
of Mammon. These conditions
are favorable to the exclusion in
the Catholic Church of anything
like unsympathetic attitudes
towards labor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

In New York City a man was
caught robbing the box in which
pious people drop coins as offer
ings for votive candles, says a
contemporary. He did his job
while appearing to"pray fervently
in front of the altar-alWays be-
side the box. His modus operandi
was to use a piece Of tlattened
wire having some shoemaker's
wax and molasses ON the end of it.,
which he would insert and extract
the bits Of money. He played a
small game, Of course, but a "pay-
ing" one while he managed to
keep it going; but, aside from
profaning the church, is he a more
despicable creature than "busi-
ness" men, such as the profiteers,
who rob all of us with the aid of
lies and hypocrisy? Neither do
We
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

Out in Indiana recently, the low
ing friends of a Campbellite
preacher celebrated his wedding
by kidnapping him, screwing him
into a coffin and carrying him to
a neighboring town, where his
new wife was also brought on a
motor truck. The happy couple
were reunited in Jail and then re-
leased. Could abominable vulgar
,ity 90 further? asks a non-Catho-
lie paper, concluding that it is a
not unnatural consequence Of the
denial of the sacramento charac-
ter Of holy wedlock.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
POPE HELPS CLERGY
BUYS HOUSE FOR PRIESTS OF HIS
OLD PARISH.
(By N. G. w. G.. News Service

(By N. =. w. T.. News SerVlCe.)
For number of years while Pope
Benedict XIV was, as Mgr. Della Chi
esa, working at the Secretariate of
State in Rome, he lived in a house
close to the parish church of SAINT
Eustachio, where he said Mass, had
a confessional and assisted his clergy
in parish work. The clergy house is
now in condition quite unworthy Of
such an important central parish and
His Holiness has now bought for the
use of the priests the house adjoin-
ing the church itself. There is tab
let, put up by the parishioners, on the
house where the Holy Father used to
live and an inscription on his confess
sional.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

The Chicago Evening Post
says editorially: owe cannot see
why Sir Edward Carson should
express any amazement at the
failure Of the British Government
to suppress Sim Fem activities,
since it has never had nerve
enough to suppress him. Nor can
we see by what reason he assumes
the sole privilege of defying the
British Government whenever he
feels inclined. He ought not to
deny the Sim Fein the right of
rebellion he has always insisted
upon for himself
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
AT NOTRE DAME
SCHOLARSHIP EXCHANGE with
SOUTH AMERICA.

(By N. G. w. G. News Service)
Nine South American universities
have entered into agreement for an
interchange of scholarships with Notre
Dame University this fall, according
to advices received from the Rev. John
O'Hara, dean of the department of
commerce, who is now in South Amer
lea investigating educational and eco
nomic conditions Father O'Hara has
been received by leading diplomats
and financiers of the principal South
American republics and has had an
audience with the President of Chile
and his cabinet, at which Latin-Amer-
lean relations were discussed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

'+ De Valera paid this tribute to
Archbishop Mannix: 81 give him
the thanks of the remnant Of the
Irish race-that glorious remnant
that today is fighting more va
liantly than ever the fight of seven
and one-half centuries, that bat
tie which was begun before CO.
-l1mbus=was born, that battle
which will 60 ON as long as sim
gle foreign soldier remains on our
sacred soil. And, speaking not as
one of them, but as their repre-
sentative they are remnant "a
remnant u that the Irish race
throughout~4he world -menand
women of Irish blood, have reason
to be proud OF. a
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

The Columbian, Cincinnati,
tells of a beautiful answer made
by the late Father William Doyle,
s. j., British army chaplain killed
at Ypres, who, when hurrying to
the side Of a wounded Ulster man,
was informed by the man, II
don't belong to your Church. :"
No" replied Father Doyle, "but
you belong to my God"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
SOCIALISTS LOSE
SOCIALIST MOVE AGAINST THE
CHURCH MEETS WITH DE-
FEAT.

(By N. G.. w. G. News Service)
The Socialist minority in the Paris
City Council moved to have the bill
providing credits for the repairing of
the Paris churches adjourned until all
necessary repairs were completed in
the schools. This motion was reject
ed by SO votes against Is.
In the General Council of the Seine,
the Socialists also proposed a motion
calling upon Parliament to vote
against the proposed embassy to the
Vatican The motion was also de-
feated by 4S votes against 20.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

: Annie Laurie, writer in the
San Francisco Examiner, puts it
this way: "Alas, poor Ireland
There WASH t time nor room nor
heart nor disposition in all that
great convention crowd to pay
her sorrows the passing tribute of
a sigh. There WASH t even a croc-
odile tear to be shed for My
Dark Rosaleen.' Nor were the re-
turned soldiers and their troubles
any concern to the convention. -
This is true of both conventions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

"La Trinacria," an Italian
weekly which has been published
in Pittsburgh since 1900, has just
entered the ranks Of Catholic
journalism, to which it is cordial
~ welcomed. 1t fills a long-felt
want in that city and district. 1t
is well edited and is replete with
live news of special interest to
Italian Catholic fellow citizens,
says the Observer. Its director
ate comprises the most prominent
Italian priests in the diocese.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

Fifty years ago the House of Sa-
vOy,was moved to Rome, the King
seized the Quirinal palace, and the
Pope became a prisoner in his
own home. Now the king is ex-
pecting an upheaval and is pre-
pairing to flee. Well, the Popes
have witnessed such things before
in Rome. -.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

The right of children to be we'll
born into the world should be pro
tected by every sort of precau-
tion,-legislative, social and SAM
tary, says an exchange. Society
stamps out the child labor evil. 1t
should also stamp out all pre-na-
tai evils which handicap the child
from it's conception. Thousands
Of children, no doubt, are not
" born" but damned into exist
ence."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
SATURDAY, AUGUST IA, 1920

What a polyglot diocese Jerusa-
lem is may be judged from the
fact that the new patriarch, Mgr.
Barlassina. issued his first two
pastoral letters in four different
Ianguages,-Arabi English, Ital-
ian and French.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
TO STOP FRENCH DUELS

A bill to forbid duels, substituting
in their place court of honor" has
Ter by General Castelnau and Father
Lemire, the priest deputy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14
BROOKLYN M0NS|GNOR

: Rev. Francis x. Ludeke, rector Of
ST. Francis of Assists Church, Brook
Ign, N. Y, has been made Monsignor
by Pope Benedict XIV.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

WHY FERMENTATION RELA-
TONS ARE HALTED-FRENC
BISHOPS THOUGHT CERTAIN
GUARANTEES WE'RE NECES-
SARY-HELD BISHOPS AUTHOR
ITY SHOULD EXTEND OVER ALL
DIOCESAN ASSOCIATIONS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

Rev. James NJ. ReardOn, EdftOr-fn-Chief
Rev. C. F. McGinnis. Phi. D.,
Associate Editor.
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-14

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Arizona republican., 1920-07-19
WRITER LAYS STRESS
 ON ROAD KNOWLEDGE

There are too many abstract engi- neering treatises on good roads and no book of any nature which the average voter can understand. Good roads in the beginning are enveloped in mys- tery because the average voter is not supposed to know anything about roads although he might own 10000 acres along side one. Persons termed mud engineers" by locomotive engi- neers and other high priced laborers apparently are the only concrete spect- mems of intelligence in the road world.
 These are some of the conclusions reached by the book reviewers of the Phoenix chamber of commerce after digesting an abridged edition of The Good Road is the Golden Road" by Leigh H. Irvine.
 The book says: Every editor, legis lator public speaker or other person who advocates the building of modern highways to supplant the hap hazard, unimproved roads which disgrace the larger part of every state in the Union should be able to give logical reasons for the faith that is in him.
 Intelligent readers and auditors, sitting as jurors who are to pass on tax leyies and bond issues, demand facts. Why increase taxes? Why vote bonds? How long will the road last2 What is the best type of construction in our section? What form of bond is the best2 These and scores of like questions cannot be evaded without danger to the good roads cause.
 Talking in the air End writing glittering generalities will not make converts who will work for that form of community development which finds expression in the construction of good roads.
 If bad roads have retarded devel- opment and destroyed schools and made bad times. where are the proofs Who says this and that and where and why did he say it? There should be q definite place for information of this character It is at present scat tered and inaccessible to the general ! reader.
 Tt is shamefully true that many a ! willing writer or speaker or worker cannot lay his hands upon the very facts so eagerly desired. The facts are hidden in many scattered volumes and reports.
 There should be a popular book on l good roads and why we need them. It 1 should treat of construction, cost
 maintenance and similar features and it should emphasize the econo- mic social and educational benefits of modern highwavs. Concrete and con vincing examples showing the value of l good roads should abound in such a | work. It should be a book for the
 average voter rather than treatise
 for engineers"
Arizona republican., 1920-07-19
MESA COMES FROM
 BEHIND ID DEFEAT
 LEMPS. 15 ID 8

MESA. July Baseball. with plenty of hitting on both sides to fea- ture the game, was played here this afternoon. Mesa finally overcoming the lead gained by the Southwest Cot ton company in the first few innings and coming out strong at the end with a , to victory.
 Nevitt on the mound for Mesa. pitched good ball, the first four runs over being charged up to errors on the part of his team mates rather than hits off him. Felix. pitching for the Blimps. went good for the first in- nings, and then Mesa. after flying out numberless times. commenced hitting 'em on the ground where they Wern L. The change started scoring, and from the third inning on Mesa gradually added to it's total of runs In the sev- enth Nevitt and Butler both hit for home runs and q trio of singles in the same inning forced Felix to call for relief He went in to catch. and his battery mate. Salvatore. took the mound. allowing three more runs. The
Arizona republican., 1920-07-19
PARIS GETS SLEEPY EARLY

Continental Edition, London Mail)
 The newly established late trains on the street railways carry a load of yawning men and women. War and war economies have so long prevailed that Parisians have perforce slipped into the habit of going early to bed, and after 11:30 it is plainly an effort to keep awake.
 So the conductor of the last train of a. recent night looked around somewhat ironically on a holding company. He took a grim pleasure in rousing them one after the other with touch on the arm and the words. Tickets, pIease!" " Youth woke up with a start and a smile, but middle age was peevish, and the conductor alone enjoyed the trans | action
Arizona republican., 1920-07-19
SMALLEST NATIONS OF WORLD

Monaco Is the smallest nation on earth, according to statistics lately gathered The entire area of it's ter ritory is eight square miles and the population. IS r23.000 It is situated on the Mediterranean. The prince was ab- solute ruler until 1911. when a repre- sentative government was set up.
 San Marine claims to be the oldest state in Europe. It has 30 square miles of territory and 11.513 inhabitants I4iechtenstein, small principality sit hated on the western border of Switz- crland has a. population of only 1O,716 while Andora, located between France and Spain. has only 5,231 inhabitants It is the smallest independent country as regards population
Arizona republican., 1920-07-19
FIRST DIVISION |S
 FORMING BRANCHES

The attention of former members Of the First Division, U s. A., is being called to the formation throughout the country of branch posts of the First Division Post of the American Legion, The first branch post to be established is at Camp Zachery Taylor, Kentucky, where headquarters of the First DlNi- sion, regular army. is now located. Former members of the division dssir- ing details concerning the organization of these branch posts should communi- cate immediately with Lieut.. S. J. Mo Tague, president of the First Division Jeff Fiegl post of the American Legion. Hotel Biltmore, New York City. This post was named in honor of Lieut.. Jeff Fiegl, first American artillery officer to be killed in the world war, and it has as members most of the 5000 for mer First Division men who live in or near New York