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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09
APPLY SAME PRINCIPLE TO CATH
OLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS
MARY.

National suffrage leaders are pre-
pairing memorial in honor of Mrs. K.
J.. Burns, mother of the young Ten
nessee legislator whose switch won
the suffrage fight. They say that she,
by stroke of her pen, set the women
of her nation free and they feel that
fitting honors should be paid her.
1T is true that Mrs. Burns plea to
her son caused him to decide to favor
suffrage and thereby make ratification
by the thirty-sixth state possible
The above words are from an edi-
torial in the Toledo Blade of August
81, notes Our Sunday Visitor. They
tell of a movement on the part OF
suffrage leaders to honor the woman
who besought her son to cast the vote
which would place Tennessee and
with Tennessee the whole nation, on
the side of Woman Suffrage.
1t is on this same principle that
Catholics pay honor to the Mother OF
Jesus. God Himself made Mary's con-
sent necessary for the execution OF
His Divine Will to redeem the human
race by the Incarnation of His Divine
Son. This is clearly described in the
first chapter of st. Luke. 1t is solely
on account of Mary's Son that we
honor Mary, and therefore the honor
rebounds to the Son.
When Catholics pray to Mary they
do not so as to one who of her own
power, can grant their petitions. They
merely appeal to her to use her great
influence with her Son to obtain what
they, on account of their unworthiness
might not hope to receive in answer
to their feeble prayers. On the prin
ciple enunciated by Christ Himself
that where two or three are gathered
together in My Name, am in the
midst of them" the Catholic asso
ciates Mary as a second person in hi
prayer, and must not the close rein
ton OF Mother to Son which MARY
bears toward Christ make the prayer
most powerful? II Mrs, Burns de
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09
SPEND FIFTEEN MINUTES EVERY
DAY IN MEDITATION.

We clip the following bit of sage adj
vice from the Pueblo Star-Journal of
recent date. 1t is recommendation
from man of the world to men and
women of the world and it is well wor-
thy of their attentive consideration in
more ways than one Read it; it will
do you good.
Let us withdraw from the world
and it's sorrows and fears, it's hopes
and joys Let us go into the closet
and shut the door The morning is
really the most desirable time for this,
since it Gains and .fortifes us for fac
ing the day. In the silence we see
things as they are. We see ourselves
as others see us.
these moments alone in deep medi-
tation or deep quiet are sacred. They
are worth more than all the other
hours of the day. At first, this effort
to withdraw may seem a task, but if
continued, no one can fail to feel the
deep peace that seeps through the
SOUL 1t brings courage to face life
with brave heart and smiling face.
We fret and fume and are slaves of
things of which we should take no
heed. They have seemed all-impor-
tant: in the silence we learn that they
are of no Importance at ALL
"The wise men and seers of the
ages have known the value of silence.
Their lives have been calm and serene
because they knew what it was to
withdraw for while from the noise
and confusion of the world. Men and
women of today-often business men
are learning the value of a daily
period of silence where they can be
absolutely alone.
Take Is minutes or half an hour
every day for yourself. By hook or
crook tear yourself away from the
crowd. Perhaps you think you
haven't time If so-take time
The masters of the spiritual life and
the founders of religious orders, with.
out exception, insist on the morning
meditation for their followers, says
a Pueblo priest. st. Ignatius Loyola
the most practical spiritualist of all
the ages, demands one hour day to
be devoted to it. No one who neglects
it can expect to persevere in relig.
ious community for any length of time
1t is the very soul and life-center OF
the religious life. Nor is it's use linn
tied to those who are vowed to per
lection. Holy souls the world over
have practiced it and are practicing il
today. 1t is indeed the science of al
the saints in all time With good
| whit is easily acquired Cardinal
| Manning speaks of it as "the patient
thought of wisdom musing on divine
| things" Try it. Take the advice Of
the man of the, world in the Star
Journal and devote fifteen minutes
mornings for while to the following
| subjects-"Whence am Il? Why am
here? Whittier am going?" The an
swers to these questions are the fun
| damental principles of all that is true
| in philosophy and moral science. An
swer them satisfactorily and prac
tically and then you will have SOLVED
the riddle of life. A world of "nev
thought" will open before you and 70,
will begin to see things, yourself in
cluded. ST. Teresa said: Promise m,
fifteen minutes of meditation ever,
day and /, in the name of Jesus Christ
| promise you the kingdom of heaven
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hour!
Twas an ecstasy of light and color,
Of sparkling dewdrops and flashing
flowers,
Bird notes flung to the morning
From lofty tree-tops and leafy
bowers.
A level plain of rare mosaic,
4 A subtle blending unknown to art,
A tangle of hazel, hush of woodland,
A blending of rapture and peace in
my heart.
Brown crossroads and fragrant
meadows,
Grazing cattle, a tinkling bell,
A startled rabbit hiding in clover,
A barefoot boy at a farmhouse we'll.
Breaths of perfume from dewy wild
flowers
Clustering close to the cleaning
rail;
Swaying in glee as the throbbing
engine
Flung them in passing misty veil
Shy and sweet as the morning
fragrance,
Sun-kissed and blushing left them
there,
Borne on to cultured city gardens,
Wanting wild rose to wear in my
hair.
Fences! houses. smoke and hustle
A whistle. changing bells, and then
A jostIing crowd. q noisy station,
Into the busy world again.
l4arp A !. Bfshopstn Htsifqtion Record.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09
UNIQUE, STORY or A.coNvERsIoN

w I -
Gods ways are strange. frequently
when we are not conscious of it, we
are, like st. Francis Of Assist, preach-
ing sermons.
One of the most striking instances
of this kind that has come to our no
tice recently is that of non-C Catholic
woman, who at the invitation of a
Catholic friend, visited the commence
ment exercises of the De Paul Insti-
tute for Deaf Mutes, Pittsburg, says
the Observer. The commencement
was not Of the usual and, but was
intensely practical, showing in detail
the methods employed by the Sisters
OF Charity ina bringing back voice 10
the silent lips Of the deaf mute chill.
dren. and making them So articulate
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09

After you have once started to
make friends your troubles are not
ended. You must make them feel
that you wish them to remain friends
and that you are willing to do your
part in making the friendship worth
while. Return all calls promptly and
graciously. After that, if you find
that anyone is not congenial, you need
not continue the friendship. But
never commit the rudeness of failing
to return a first call. Return hospi-
tally also. If you are invited to teas,
luneheons and dinners, do something
in return. Be as interesting and hos
pitable as you can be when your
friends visit you. Try to show them
that you appreciate their kindness and
thoughfHlness to you.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09
GETTING ACQUAINTED-A Diff
CULT PROBLEM FOR THE
YOUNG BRIDE.


The problem CT getting acquainted
is a big and troublesome one to the
newcomer in any community. The.
young bride who has three or four,
or even two, friends in the community
where she settles has a rOse-streWn
path before her. She is feted and
introduced and generally treated as
if the world had been made for her.
So, if you have a friend or so in the
new community wherein you settle,
your problem is not difficult one.
Bide your time, and your friends will
gladly extend their social circle to in
clude you Desirable newcomers are
always welcome.
The young woman who must go
into big city as total stranger will
often find herself happier if she
boards for few months than if she
she goes to wellrecommended
boarding house she is likely to meet
desirable persons; she can look about
!, and choose the neighborhoOd where
she, wishes to live; she can find her
~
bearings, in fact, before she really
settles down.
One of the hardest things for a
newcomer who wishes to make
friends is to discriminate between de-
sirable and undesirable persons. The
old resident has little difficulty in this
regard But the newcomer, to whom
every one is a stranger, finds it a hard
thing to pick and chase. For this rea-
son the one friend is a godsend. She
or he can start the newcomer on the
right road to meeting congenial and
Interesting persons.
The letter of Introduction is also
helpful in starting the newcomer out
on the right track. If you think the
matter over and make inquiries you
will almost certainly find some one of
your friends who has an acquaintance
in the new town to which you are
going. And almost every one is glad
TO receive and act on q letter Of in
PRODUCTION,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09
THE DAILY BURDENS.

Il don't see how I'm ever going to
get through with what | have to do
today" The woman who made that
little speech looked like hundreds of
others whom you have heard make
similar speeches, fairly crushed by
| the weight of her duties, nervous, and
| upset. And it is question whether
she succeeded in doing the tasks that
| belonged to the day. If she did, she
| paid high price in nerve force, you
| may be sure.
If you have a hard days work to
| do, be sure you do not add an extra
burden by telling yourself how next
to impossible it is to accomplish it,
A very small task seems appalling if
it is faced in that attitude. Tell your
| self how hard your days work is going
to be, and you will feel tired before
you begin.
The people who accomplish sur
prising amount in this world are those
who expect great deal of themselves.
They bring to the days work, what
ever it is, cheerful and confident
spirit. They start every day with the
| expection of being equal to its de-
mands, whatever they are.
/ Do not allow yourself to say that
! you do not know whether you can do
/ your days work or not. Do not permit
i yourself to think doubling thoughts.
/ Whatever the hour asks of you, you
] can answer it in accomplishment.
Never be discouraged. Be diligent,
| patient and charitable. If you ac-
quire these virtues tasks that seem
almost unbelievable will be accom-
plished with comparative ease.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09
WIPED FROM EARTH-ONLY DUST
REMAINS OF PROUD CITY OF
BABYLON.

The city of Babylon of today is rep
resented by nothing more than mounds
of debris, in which psychologists dig
for burnt-clay books and other treas
ures. There is no stone whatever in
that region. where the land is a mere
alluvial deposit, and all the great
structures of Babylon, erected by the
labor of myriads of slaves taken in
war, were of sun-dried brick faced
with burned brick.
Babylon, a long time aga was cap
tured by the army of Cyrus. The town
was wet and the population used to
stage some high old times. 1t was
proyisioned for 20 years, and was by
far the most formidably fortified city
of antiquity, being surrounded. by a
wall SIS miles long, $50 feet high and
81 feet thick Half a dozen four-horse
chariots could be driven abreast along
the top of the wall for the entire cir
cult of the metropolis, whose inhabit-
ants numbered 100000.
On a certain memorable night the
whole city went on a spree. The
guards deserted their posts and in the
great palace of King Belshazzar a
drunken orgy reigned.
The banks of the Euphrates where
it ran directly through the city were
defended by walls corresponding in
height and thickness to that which
encircled Babylon They were pierced
at suitable intervals (where streets
ran parallel across the town. for ferry
gates, which were massive affairs Of
bronze. The river bottom, within the
city limits, was paved with brick. Fol-
| if desired, as had happened wher
huge quays were built. the Euphrates
could be turned out of its course; its
waters being diverted into an artificial
reservoir 100 miles in circumference
outside the walls. This engineering
expedient, in fact, had made it prac
ticable to pave the bottom.
On the night OF the most famous
jambouree in history, Cyrus, being
helped by, spies within the walls
turned the Euphrates out of its course
and marched his army over the dry
river bed into the city, entering
Through one or more river gates which
had been left open, The royal palace
III vast structure on the west bank. wa.
captured; Belshazzar. sword in hand
Twas slain, and the city belonged t
ICyrqs.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09
THE OUR FATHER.

This is par excellence mission
prayer. Any one who repeats it with
attention will see how it's several petit
tions apply with peculiar force to the
missions.
Our Father" the Father of all
men, the Father of the Chinese, the
Negroes, and SO on, as we'll as ours.
Note the force of the word ''our."
Our Father" knows all His children,
loves them with Fathers love and
wishes that they may come to Him.
who art in Heaven" in heaven, the
place of eternal happiness for each
and every human SOUL
'Hallowed be Thy Name" May the
most holy name of Gods only begotten
Son be known, .honored and invoked
by every people on earth to the con-
fusion of blasphemous heathenism.
THY Kingdom Come the kingdom
of Grace. May Gods holy Church
come to include all men, and that
this may be soon, bless the work of
her missionaries, and help them to
overcome all difficulties.
''Thy will be done on Earth as it
is in Heaven" 1t is Thy will that
all men be made holy, but how can
they be, save through the missionary
efforts of Thy Church and her chill
dren. Awaken, therefore, o Lord
among them who have long enjoyed
the blessings of Thy religion greater
zeal for the missions that thus they
may all the more completely fulfil Thy
command, go. forth and teach all
nations"
"Give us this day our daily bread.
| Grant, o Lord, also to the heather
the bread of Thy teachings. or Their
souls will die of hunger. For not or
| earthly bread alone can men live;
| they need also the words that pro
coed from Thy mouth. Permit them
| to partake of Thy mystical bread, OF
their souls will grow faint on the
| way.
Forgive us our trespasses as we
| forgive those who trespass against
| u.s." Forgive the heather their sins
| o Lord, for they know not what they
do. Original sin has blinded theil
spiritual sight. Wash them in the
precious blood of Thy Divine Son
| He shed it for them as we'll as for us
who pray to Thee.
| Lead us not into temptation" See
Lord, how Satan goes about in the
heather lands, his kingdoms, like {
roaring lion seeking to destroy souls
Take from him his power and might
But deliver US from evil Strike
from the heather the heavy chains o
unbelief and idolatry under whose bur
den he has for so many years groaned
| give him the liberty that is born o
| the true faith and worship.
Thus has the Christian worlt
prayed for nineteen centuries at tn,
command of Jesus. But does it &C
it's prayer out? There is evidenc,
that God has in mind something yer,
much worth our while taking to hear
in the parallelism between His frs
commandments and the first petition
of His prayer. He has entrusted Hi
honor to us. TO be faithful to thi
trust is our first and hottest duty
Should He summon us today and sasl
us. as He did the House of Israel o
old, how we have honored Him, .Wha
could we say to HIM"
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"DO NOT NEED RELIGION"

We often meet men who should be
practical Catholics, but they neglect
their religious duties. Some of them
even boast that they do not need the
Church, that they do not need re-
ligion, that they have outgrown it.
Proud and foolish cyclists! Christ
died to give them religion, to make it
possible for them to be His friends
but, like the Jews of old, they either
ignore Him or ridicule and prosecute
His holy religion by their sneering
egotism, writes Father Hengell.
Christ once said, Many sins shall
be forgiven men, but he that shall
sin against the Holy Ghost, shall not
be forgiven either in this life or in
the life to come" Not in this life be-
cause they refuse to repent, they re-
main obstinate in their pride and sin.
Such final decision against God
against His Church, against the re.
ligion of Christ, is the sin against
the Holy Ghost, which cannot be for.
given unless and until it is fully re
voked. Begun in this life it is likely
to remain until death, after which, OF
course, there is not another. Mans
probation ends at death.
+ Sodom and Gomorrha have bet
ter chance for Heaven than the hard
wicked, proud persons who despise
His religion by saying that they dc
not need it, that they can get along
without it. Keeping out of Jail, en-
joying worldly honors and pleasures
will never save the Catholic who in
sists that he doesn't need religion OIL
! the Church
The young man and the young
woman. who sin grievously, who fall
into disgrace and lose the respect Oh
their fellow men and yet repent, be
fore God have an infinitely better
chance to get to Heaven than the
proud men and women once Christians
or Catholics who proudly boast thai
they can get along without religion
that they do not need it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09

He did not destroy it, but, ceasing
to be center of dominion, it shrank
A large part of the population mi
grated, deserving Babylon, whose huge
walls and gigantic buildings (includ-
ing the tower of Babel and the famous
hanging gardens, built by Nebuchads
nezzar for the enjoyment of his wife
(Amyhis) soon fell to pieces.
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AAsxloI!oN91e-
lDOCTRINAE. SSs@eskfe9 EITURGIcAl. \


serves honor because by her impor-
tuning she succeeded in having her
son cast his vote in favor of suffrage,
Mary must certainly deserve the high
est honor that could be paid to a
creature, because she not only gave
her consent. to, but became the instru-
ment in Gods hands for the realiza-
ton of the Incarnation. When prop
erly understood, this Catholic practice
is based on the soundest principle of
logic and propriety, as are all other
practices of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09

At last it comes, the rain,
Cooling the dry and sultry air
The great drops splash the window
pane,
And the cattle in the pasture there
Stand contentedly and gaze;
Save the sound of the rain all is
still,
For plant and creature have waited
for days,
The down-pour that drenches plain
and hill. l
Ger the earth there falls aapeace-
The trees now sing a grateful hymn,
A faint breeze rises as, the rain-drops
cease
And music echoes from each rain
drenched limb.
Nina.
The gods give nothing really good
and beautiful Without labor--z
phon. ,--a
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FIFTEEN MILES BY RAIL.

A rush of air, sense of swiftness,
A flush of joy and pride in power,
Houses fading, trees appearing,
The broad green country for half an
hour!
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Ansuneasy conscience IS "a vexatiou.
companion pGRid Smith,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-10-07
BILL HART DEPICTS
THE WILD WEST BUT

When Bill Hart or Tom Mix or Har-
ry Carey have romped through four
and a half reels, rustling cattle, hold
ing up trains and robbing stage
coaches. you may see the redeemed bad
man ride into the sunset across the
Mexican border while kind hearted
sheriff waves "a friendly farewell
from the distance. They get away with
it i'm the films. But
In the days when cowpuncher earned
$50 month instead of being paid
81 900 IA week and when he manicured
his nails by scraping the sand out OF
the bake oven. it was different. IL a
careless stranger slaughtered somebody
else's beef, the owner and his friends
usually escorted said stranger beneath
a stout cottonwood tree and moved the
these steps more in SORROW than in
anger. for hanging the rustler did moi
reSurrect the dead steer.
Neither ruStlers nor human nature
has changed much since those days
Now the ruStlers run off with your dol
lars instead of your cows, They work
with oil stock prospectuSes, promise
of fifty per cent dividends and assur-
ances of enormous price advances in
5. cad of by blotting brands and stam-
pedes. Sooner or later most of them
run foul of the law and are captured
or chased across the border. But If they
have taken your money, putting them
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-10-07
LOSES MONEY AND FRIEND

\ yell of derision went up from II
group of travelling men seated on the
veranda of Il Texas hotel recently
" hen one of their number in pulling Il
handful eff papers from his pocket
dropped u beautiful green and gold oil
stock certificate on the floor
Another wise guy stung, chorled
one as he read the name of Il defunct
company why don't you tear it up:
It's not worth "A cent
Its too expensive TO tear up am
swered the victim. You think that
1OO-share certificate only cost me 800
hut il cost me "A customer and friend
as Well \ good customer of mine was
interested in this company. | wanted
70 please him and | let him persuade
me against my better judgment to buy
100 shares. The company found no oil
and this is the death certificate of our
friendship.
He hates to see me | hate to 60
into his store. | am out a friend and
IA customer and 500 with no chance Of
salvage My yomgster at home had
better sense than / showed. | gave him
Si00 on his birthday and he pat ii in
War Savings Stamps. He's got his
hundred working for him and my hun
dred is working against me. / keep this
certificate in my pocket in case ! should
he tempted to forget my resolution of
never again Oh stock speculation
---O---
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in the big stone house at Atlanta or
LeavenwOrth won't bring your dollars
back.
III you let your dollars run loose the
rustlers are mighty likely to get at
least some of them The one safe plan
is to put them from you. So long as you
keep your dollars corraled in Liberty
Bonds and Government Savings Secnri-
ties they are safe. Charles Ponzi il in
jail, but tthc investors to whom he
promised 80 per cent profit in three
months have received neither money
nor profit. Putting Ponzi in jail did
not get their money back, but putting
ther money into Liberty Bonds would
have kept them from losing it,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1920-10-07
ELECTION PROCLAMATION

Notice is hereby given that undcl
the provisions of the laws of Arkansa
there will he Il general election held in
Nevada county. Arkansas, ON Novem
her .. 1920. same being the first Tues
day in November and the time pre-
sclihed by law for the holding of such
general election in Arkansas. Said
election being for the purpose of elect
ing officers 10 fill the following federal
state. county and township offices, to
wit:
l.. S Offices:
one United States Senator.
one Congressman.
State officers
one Governor.
enc chef Justice
one Associate Justice.
one Attorney General.
one Secretary of State.
one Auditor of State.
one State Treasurer.
one Supt. Public Instruction.
one Commissioner of Mines, etc.
one Prosecuting Attorney.
one Representative.
County Officers:
one Circuit Clerk.
one Sheriff
one County Clerk.
One County Judge.
one County Treasurer.
one Tax Assessor.
One Surveyor.
one Coroner.
one Public Weigher.
Township officers:
Two justices of peace in each town
ship.
one constable in each township.
said election to be held subject 70
the lawful voting precincts in the var
ious townships in Nevada county, Ar
kansas.
Given under my hand this October
9th, 1920.
l.. c. STEELE.
Sheriff Nevada County, Arkansas