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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-11-20
FATHER CONRADYS LEPER Is
LAND AT SHEkLUNG.

(By n. G. w. G.. News Service.)
Sheklung is the name of a railway
station on the line from Hongkong
to Canton, and about mile away is an
island which harbors some 1,4OO lep-
ers, the largest colony of it's kind in
China, if not in the world
Father Conrady, whom many will
recall, had lived with Father Damien
at Molokai and had become engrossed,
like him, with one idea, the spiritual
and material welfare of lepers. He
came to the United States, studied
medicine, gathered aims, and went to
China where his work for the outcasts
of society soon won him the protec,
ton of the Chinese government which
allowed him, also, five cents a day for
the support of each victim.
Shortly before his death, Father
Conrady found an heroic assistant in
young French priest-Father Des.
wazieres, who still conducts this
Christ-like work.
The leprous women are on one
island, the men on another. Father
Deswazieres is assisted by a native
Chinese priest, and by four Sisters OF
the Immaculate Conception from
Montreal.
The women who are able work al
silk looms, Or in the ordinary, house
keeping occupations.
The men are quartered in divisions
each division managing it's own house
and each working-patient receiving
for his labor in the fields or elsewhere
a small remuneration from which he is
free to purchase tobacco and specia
articles of wear.
Very Reverend James A. Walsh, Su
perior of the American Foreign Mis-
sion Seminary at Maryknoll, spent &
few days at the asylum on his Fa1
| Eastern trip in the interest of foreign
| missions and writes in "Observations
in the Orient:
Many, as we passed about, were
| washing their own sores; some were
ministering to others; and in the dis
pensary there was line of men ant
| boys each waiting patiently his turn
| for an application and dressing, give1
under the direction of Sister and he
assistant. The scene was striking
but, again, not depressing. God TEN
pers the wind to the shorn lamb ant
these poor creatures are not withou
their consultations Here they are fed
clothed, and nursed, with no response
bilities to bear. 1t is true that thes,
lepers are virtually prisoners, but faitl
with Gods grace makes them free an,
I really believe that there is little I'm
| happiness among them. Practical,
all ask for baptism and die in tn
Faith. AS we rowed by long stretcl
of land when I was leaving the littl
chaplain told me that there are fiv
hundred bodies there. 1T is good t.
feel he added, that their souls wer
| made ready for Cod"
Father Deswazieres is now in thi
country and is making Maryknoll hi
headquarters. He hopes, while here
to get the Chinese of America to CT
operate with him in getting funds t
care for their unfortunate fellow cour
trymen at Sheklung.
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of orders and conversation that her
mothers mind was diverted from the
question, until, followed by knowing
grin from Mr.. Tighe,, they had disap-
peared into the house. And then
where did you leave Manie?"
came the query again. Susie threw
her hat and coat on the dining room
lounge and sank down beside them.
'Such excitement, Ma! You will
never believe it." And she looked up
at her mother with a mixture of fear:
fulness and fun. Mamie is married"
Married? Manie?" And Mrs Tighe
stared at her daughter incredulously
mot to-why, didn't l seem Sam
Gleason-?"
Susie burst out laughing.
ooh, Ma, I'm sorry about your beau
tifuI match! But Mamie said he never
looked at her, and she wouldn't have
had him, anyhow. She married Joe
lyman. Don't you remember Joe? He
left the hill about two years ago, after
he and Mamie had had spat. We met
him on the street the very day we got
to Columbus; and after that-well, it
was all l could do to get Mamie to
help me pick out a few things. Then
Joe had to go East on a business trip
He has a fine position; and the pastor
Father Flood, advised them to get mar
ried right away. You never saw such
flying around" Susie eXhaled an au
dible sigh of happy exhaustion. Dom
look so solemn. Ma she added, coax
ingly Its all right, Mamie married
the man she wanted"
Over Mrs. Tighe's face a variety Of
emotions had been fitting as she tried
to adjust herself to this new ant
startling change of conditions.
well, I'm sure | hope so,' she was
saying obviously. when her husband
| entered from the kitchen, followed by
| Sam Gleason, who came in. he said
to shake hands with his little frient
Susie
And SO NAMES married." he re
marked with no undue appearance O
regret; while Mrs. Tighe and SUSIE
exchanged furtive glances.
| "Well, Joe's a fine fellow, and In
glad they madesit up at last"
! Then he turned to the girl, will
quizzical light in his grave eyes.
"They say one marriage make
many, Susie, so l guess you started
this; for little Mrs. Palardy is COINS
off tomorrow to marry the chef, al
they call him, at the new hotel il
/ Newark We worked together on
| time He went on calmly explaining
how he came to be such friend o
Mrs. Palardy's; while behind him MI
| Tighe, lighting his pipe, gave Pre-
digious big wink at his wife.
The Tighes had a hearty laugh afte
Sam Gleason, all unconscious of tn
counter currents about him, had take
his departure; Mrs. Tighe joining ]
/, iatier ruefully at first.
/ so, after all, Ma" Susie said mis-
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A VALUABLE PAINTING
"ADORATION OF THE LAMB" RE-
STORED TO BELGIUM BY
TERMS OF TREATY.
(By Y. G.. w. G.. News Service.)

(By n. C.. W. G. News Service.)
Belgium is rejoicing at the restora-
ton to the Cathedral of st. Bavons,
in Client, of the wings of the great
altarpiece, 1.-THE Alteration of the
Lamb the GROWING work of Hubert
and Jan Van Eyck, WHICH Germany
has been compelled to yield as part
of the stipulation of the Treaty of
Versailles. AS result the artistic
world will again see the scattered
panels of the Alteration, unique mon
ument in the history of art, united
once more, for, to the twelve wings
coded by the Kaiser Frederick Muse
UNI will be added those which have
been preserved in the Brussels Gal
lery, giving the world once more a
reconstruction of the masterpiece
which inaugurated new era in paint
ing and which has been one of the
enigmas of art
The Alteration of the Lamb" has
been called by many moral encyclo-
pedia of the Middle Ages. It's scope
approaches that of Dante's Divina
Commedia in literature. 1t treats of
all things in heaven and on earth and
there was a predella to it, depicting
hell, which disappeared in the six
teenth century. 1t portrays God and
man in all their historical and mys-
tical relations.
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lumbus, ostensibly to buy the all-im-
portant wedding apparel. Mrs. Pal
ardy was installed in two rooms at
Mrs. Fogarty's, and every one on the
hill seemed to accept her presence as
a matter of course.
"Ah, it's not like old times!" Mrs
Tighe grdmbled to herself. 1--WE had
no foreigners in those days.
"She pays me fine" said Mrs. Fog
arty to Mrs. Tighe one morning when
they met at Johnny Rowan's little
grocery.
and well she may" thought Mrs.
Tighe, bitterly; looking to lay her
hands upon Sam Gleason's> pocket
book" But she closed her lips tightly
on these words, only allowing herself
to remark with some reserve that she
was glad Mrs. Fogarty was satisfied.
And why wouldn't I.be?" that lady
retorted with a characteristic asper-
ity, sensing her neighbours disapproval.
"It's the little woman has lots of
friends, and plenty of work, too; and
Sam Gleason dropping in to see if
there is anything he can do for her.
Mrs. Tighe's heart burned within
her. and she went out of the store for
getting half her purchases.
81 told Susie two weeks was lone
time" she muttered, And that fool
ish gump of Sam Gleason! All, a
French woman, mind you!"
But time finally put period to the
Columbus visit Twill be home on the
afternoon train Tuesday, was the
word from Susie, who had writer
glowing accounts of the wonderful
things in the capital. You won't
know Mamie, mark my world" hac
been the burden of the young girls
| communications, with certain myster
| ious illusions to NAMES good times
that made Mrs Tighe vaguely uneasy
She'll be after spelling Mamie, that:
| what she will, for Sam Gleason's
| wife," But all misgivings disappeared
on the evening that Mr.. Tighe pre-
| pared to drive down just before supper
! to meet the evening train.
I'D best take the spring wagon HI
said to his wife. What with thei
trunks and things
ooh, take the buggy" she coaxed
knowing Susie's aversion to riding il
the first mentioned vehicle. "And lie
Jodie Bates bring up the trunks. It.
only a small while we'll be having tn
| child" And the mother sighed.
TITS Jim Heavey that'll be gettin,
the spoiled LADY," her husband grum
bled; but he took the buggy neverthe
less, and an hour later drove up tn
hill with only one passenger besid
! him on the seat.
where's Manie?' was Mrs. Tighe'
natural question, as her daughte
sprang from the buggy and rushed in
to her arms.
my, but I'm glad to be home!" ST.
| sic exclaimed. Here, give me tina
package, Pa! Take this one, Ma! Oh
I'm so anxious for you to see m
! things, MAJ
And she kept up such running fir
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-11-20
TRIBUTE TO PRIESTHOOD.

In the New York Tribune, liberal
non-sectarian weekly of radical tend
encies, writer makes the point that
the individual who sounds the per-
sonal note in what he has to COM
municate to mankind, is an egotist
who rarely shapes the thoughts and
opinions of his fellowmen. 1T is in
becoming with all ones force the
agent merely, the spokesman, of in
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chievously, "you needn't have worried
about the French woman or Sam GIea-
son either"
Cali the same" maintained her
mother, as she started slowly towards
the kitchen to make the tea, she
would have been a fine match for
Mamie
-Helen Mo,iaritp, In The Are Maria.
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them were Irish, for this was the pick
and shovel era for the Irish in Amer
lea; and most of them were steady,
upright men, looking to build up
home in the Land of Promise
Of this type was John Garrigan;
couple of his companions would
leave the long wooden shanties where
the men were housed and fed, and
walk up the sloping hill that bounded
the little village on the east. CARR
gan was even then casting about him
for place to settle, and was saving
up his money against" the time when
Miss Mary Moran would come out
from Ireland; and he struck bargain
with one of the small farmers, a
Quaker from Pennsylvania, who was
anxious to return to his own people.
In due time Mary Moran came, and
with her younger sister and cousin.
What more natural than that a couple
of sturdy Irishmen in the same gang
should find favor in the eyes of Marys
companions, and that three couples in
stead of one should settle down on the
hill?
The settlement grew and it's deni-
zens prospered modestly. The first
humble houses of two or three rooms
were succeeded by more ambitious
dwellings,; holdings were extended,
and peace and plenty blessed the
oh
! across the country to the district
school; but later they had school
of their own, which became quite
famous in it's day. They made their
| First Communion and were confirmed
in the little mission chapel down in
| Centerville. And woe betide the
youngster who did not know his cate
chism lesson! For Father Burke, who
| came out from Newark to instruct the
children, was very martinez for per-
| lection. The result was a generation
| of extremely we'll trained and devout
Catholics. In time resident pastor
| came to Centerville; and one of his
consultations was the hill people" Gas
| they had come to be called), and some
| of their descendants who had settled
| in the little town and become substan
tial citizens.
The hill settlement, however, never
became big one. There were never
more than fifteen or sixteen families
in all; and, curiously enough, it re
NAMED purely Irish. New people
came from time to time, but there
were always enough descendants OF
the first settlers to keep up the tradi
lions of the hardy pioneers men and
women whose chief heritage to Their
/ children had been their faith, and unity
/ spirit was very keen. and prospective
! settlers were scanned with wary
eye, with the result no undesirables
were ever allowed on the hill-tha1
i is to say, if the residents knew it
Sometimes-in the best regulated famf
lies-the hill was simply big, ungain
II ~ family-an imposter might find his
i way in; but that is another story.
4 Still, calling to mind that one painful
and historic incident, Mrs. Tighe coult
not but reflect darkly on the coming
I of the little French woman, who ar
rived bag and baggage one bright
spring day, shortly after Susie an,
Mamie O'Brien had departed for Co
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-11-20
NEWS ITEMS FROM THE CATHO.
Lie BOARD FOR MISSION WORK
AMONG THE CoLoRED PEOPLE,
MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK.
Parish of One Catholic.

Bishop Allen of Mobile, Ala, ap-
pointed pastor of the Negro congre.
cation in Apalachicola, Fla. The par
ish consisted of one Catholic Negro
man. This parish, six months old, has
100 children in the school, all non
Catholics, but attending Mass and
learning the Catechism. The good
Sisters will produce results.
Nuns Before Emancipation.
Before the Negro was emancipated
there were in the Catholic Church, two
communities of colored nuns. In 1912,
the Sisters of the Holy Family were
founded in New Orleans. In 1929,
thirty-six years before the shackles of
legal servitude were stricken from the
Negro, the Catholic Church boasted
of Negro girls who took and preserved
the VOWS of poverty, chastity, and ODE
dience.
100 Sisters.
The Catholic Board for Mission
Work among the Colored People sup
ports the schools of the poorer parishes
of the south. They pay the salaries
of $50 Sisters, which means a payroll
of $4,000 monthly.
New Parish.
A new parish for the Catholic col
ored people was recently opened at
Opelousas, La. There are at least
$500 colored Catholics in this parish.
Negro Pounds Oldest American Uni
versity.
The University of Panama, the old
est university on the American CONT
nent, now attended by 10000 students,
was founded by Bishop Victoria, a Ne
gro. Before Harvard was founded,
this noted Catholic institution was in
existence.
Washington, D. c.
Two new parishes for Colored Cath
olics will soon be opened in Washing
ton, d. G.
indianapolis, Ind.
Walter Harris, of st. Rita's parish,
indianapolis, Ind, of which Rev. Jo-
seph M. Bryan is pastor, recently left
for Epiphany College, Baltimore, Md.
He is the first colored boy from In
dianapolis to study for the priesthood.
GreenvilIe, Miss.
The new seminary building at
Greenville, Miss, has been completed.
It is frame building Father Christ.
man writes; "Of course, it is a very
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tellectual life," says the Freeman,
that the individual is able to raise
the status of intellectual life. 1t is
owing to his principle that the self
effacing Catholic priest has always sc
much more real influence than the
self-assertive Protestant minister" AS
rejecting the purely naturalistic and
presumably non-Catholic writer, this
compliment to the Catholic priesthood
is rather outspoken.
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humble home; yet would it could be
veritable Nazareth so that the new
seminarians may learn the value of
holy poverty and humility without
which their missionary endeavors
could not succeed"
Alexandria, La.
ST. James parish, Alexandria, La,
opend it's school term with 200 pupils
and they are still applying.s
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There are in this world blessed souls
whose sorrow springs up into joy for
others; whose earthly hopes laid in the
grave with many tears form the seed
whence spring healing flowers and
balm for the desolate and the afflicted.
H B. StOtce.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-01-07
ROTARIANS WILL
HELP KIDD|ES
Ocala Club to Assist the Children's
Home Society of
Florida

The Ocala Rotary Club is going to
lend helping hand to the helpless
kiddies of the state. and wants every
bOdy to help. The expenses for the
conduct of the Children's Home So
ciety of Florida during 1920 will
amount to $4,000. All of this has to
be raised through popular subscrip-
tion. The Rotary Club will begin re-
ceiving contributions next Wednesday,
January 14th.
Over 100 little, homeless, orphans
and needy children, from one year old
up to 16 years of age, received the
care and attention of the Children's
Home Society last year. These little
children were saved from hopeless
ness, ignorance, poverty and vice, and
are being taught to lead lives of use
fulness and happiness. The work Of
the Children's Home Society is state
wide, undenominational. and is sup
ported entirely and only by voluntary
contributions of money. food and
clothing.
When Mr.. Marcus Fagg. of Jack
vile, state superintendent of the Chill
dren's Home Society. and who is
known as Daddy" Fagg to the kid
dies of the home, addressed the Ocala
Rotary Club just before the holidays,
he told stories of some of the children
that had been taken and given homes.
Any one who could have heard Mr..
Fagg's account of the work of the
Children's Home Society could not re-
sist the plea that is now being made
for funds to maintain the home in
Jacksonville during the coming year.
Everybody is tired of "drives" and
Campaigns" but no one is going to
object to lending a helping hand to
little ones whose lives began, perhaps,
in an ash can in some back alley.
The Rotarians are going to have
"Baby Contest" Friday night. at 8
o'clock, at the new Masonic hall on
Oklawaha avenue. doc" Henry viii
be the Judge of the infants. "Doc" il
thinking seriously of sending out an
S. o. S. call. He knows how it 10
with these baby affairs. The life of
judge is-well. you know how it is.
"poc" says his entire evening is al
ready spoiled. The narrowing pros
pect has taken his appetite away. And
there is going to be an oyster sup
per, with songs and music and-eve-
rything.
The "Baby Contest" is being held
upon the occasion of an "All Rotary"
meeting. 1t is the Rotarians' first
session since the holidays.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-01-07
ONLY AN AMERICAN
She Deserves No Help Nor Sympathy
from Her Watchful Wait
ing Country
(Associated Press)

Washington, Jan. Ga dramatic
story of eight months hardship and
degradation as a prisoner in a MeXi-
can bandit camp was told yesterday
by Mrs. Cora Lee Sturgis, a Virginian,
before the Senate committee investi-
gat the Mexican situation. With tears
in her eyes she told. how her mother,
worn by long suffering and humilia-
tion, died of starvation after their
plantation was looted by bandits: how
she was forced to go into the hills to
cut wood, and of the long tramp from
one bandit camp to another with a
secret message sewed in her shoe.
Mrs. Sturgis said that Americans
were perfectly safe under Diaz and
had no trouble under Madero or Huer-
ia, but the first trouble came in 1915
when she said that Carranza troops
drove away their help. causing them
to lose their crops. She charged that
the Carranza forces and the rebels
frequently worked together and that
beth factions disseminated the report
that Carranza said that he gave Am
bassador Fletcher a million dollars to
uphold the CarranZa government.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-01-07
FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship, Jan. 5.-The holidays
are past and gone and never in the
history of Fellowship have the people
had a more bountiful supply of the
good things of the farm.
The farmers are about through
butchering hogs and planting oats is
the next thing on the program.
Messrs. E. B. Weathers and S. J.
McCully have disposed of another lot
Of fat hogs to Mr.. B. S. Withers of
Morriston.
We are sorrg to report that Mrs. S.
A. Mel is quite sick, but hope she will
soon be all right.
We are glad to report that Mrs. G.
W. Mills is improving after an illness
of ten days.
Mr.. Claud A. McCully left Saturday
for Manatee to take up his school
duties.
Miss Sarah Ferguson and sister,
Caledonia, left yesterday for New
Smyrna to resume their school duties.
Mr.. Gary Beck left also for New
Smyrna to teach mathematics in the
high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Walston of
Wauchula, spent Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs. W. B. Rawls. Mrs. Rawls
accompanied them home and will be
their guests for the next three or four
weeks.
Mr.. H. J. McCully has accepted the
position of census enumerator in the
Biitchton and Emathla districts and
L. 1o-
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Sandifer of Ok
lawaha were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. ]. McCully yesterday.
Mr.. Van Hood Rawls has accepted a
position in Ocala and began work to-
day.
DIR. H. C. Nichols of Ocala was a
business caller last Wednesday morn
ing.
| Miss Louise Crumpton has given up
her position in Ocala and is home with
her mother
/ The faramer's union at Fellowship
is certainly growing. We are taking
in new members at every meeting.
| Master Richard Erwin returned to
! Arcadia last Saturday. after spend
ing the holidays with his parents.
Messrs. Seabron and John Ferguson
left yesterday to take up their work,
the former going to Baltimore, Md,
where he is studying pharmacy, and
the latter to Dunedin, where he abs
a responsible position with the Skin
ner Manufacturing Co.
There is not single young white
man left on the farms in this neigh
borhood except Messrs. Dennis Prime
Vasco Seckinger and Beecher Beck.
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CAME BACK A CAPTAIN

The appearance on our streets this
morning of a stalwart young man in
army uniform, and with the insignia
of a captain on his shoulders. drew
attention, which was added to when
it was learned that the young officer
was Marion boy-Francis G. Bishop,
OF Ocala and Reddick.
Captain Bishop was we'll known to
many of our people when he was a
boy, a plumber in Yonge's shop. Nine
years ago he entered the army and
has had a strenuous and honorable
career, winning the silver bars on his
shoulders by sheer merit. He served
three years in the Filippines, and six
teen months in Siberia, where he went
with the 31st Infantry. He returned
to America in October. and is now
with the 35th Infantry, stationed at
Tacoma. This is his first visit home
in five years, and he says old Marion
looks good to him. He is being warm
ly greeted by his friends, to who he
can tell much of interest about affairs
on the other side of the world.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-01-07
ADMIRAL JELLICOE
is VISITING AMERICA
CAssociated Press)

Washington, Jan. 6.-Viscount Jell-
leo, first sea lord of the British ad-
miralty, arrived here yesterday from
New York, and began round of Of
cial visits today as the guest of the
nation. Immediately after breakfast
he called on Secretary Daniels at the
navy department and later met news
paper correspondents to whom he ex-
pressed grateful appreciation of the
cordial reception given him in the
United States. Lord Jellicoe was ask
ed what he regarded as the outstand-
ing result, from naval viewpoint, of
the battle of Jutland.
The admiral hesitated a moment
and then replied: "Scapa Flow"
From the navy department, Wis
count Jellicoe was taken to the great
naval gun factory at the navy yard
here where he saw some of the larg-
est naval rifles in the world in the
making. He was accompanied by
Rear Admiral Niblack. who has been
designated as his aide, and other high
naval officials.