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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
SAVED THROUGH HIS ROSARY.

4 Daniel Hogan was leaving town on
a long trip. He was some distance
from home when he remembered he
had forgotten his rosary. His mother
had told him never to go on jour
ney without his beads, SO he asked bis
brother, who was accompanying him,
to return for them.
He entered the station as the train
was steaming in and took seat in a
compartment next to. the engine. AS
the train was starting, Daniel saw his
brother at the end of the platform,
and in order to secure his rosary he
jumped out and ran to meet him, and
then ran back in time to board the
last carriage of the train. Finding
that he was alone, he lay down to
sleep and had been asleep for about an
hour when a violent shock threw him
to the floor. Terrified, he regained
his feet and jumped from the carriage.
A shocking sight met bis gaze. His
train had collided with a freight, and
apparently no one except himself had
escaped unhurt. The front carriage in
which he had been at first was heap
of wreckage, and he trembled as he
thought how very near he had been to
terrible death. He thanked God fer
vently for his miraculous escape,
which he owed to his devotion to the
Rosary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
RUSHING OUT OF CHURCH.

How many of us have often reflect
ed with sentiments similar to those
which follow, on the haste with which
many Catholics leave the church at or
before the end of the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass!
"It certainly is a strange thing that
SO many Catholics who are sufficient
ly true to their religion to hear Mass
every Sunday, find it necessary to
rush out of church Immediately after
the last Gospel and before the brief
prayers following the last gospel are
said-these briee prayers being offered
by force Of a Papal Decree for Holy
Church and all the faithful. Prayers
with such noble and universal inten-
tons, and in which it takes not more
than two minutes to join, would GER
tainly seem valuable and beautiful
enough to make any Catholic feel that
it is not only duty but a privilege
and joy to hear them and to respond
to them. And yet, not few worship
pers at every Low Mass on every
Sunday will hasten to rise and run
out before these prayers are offered.
Why? What excuse is there for their
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
LEGEND OF ST. BERENIcE.


Thus sang the heavenly harper
Upon his harp of gold,
The song of child martyr,
In the far days of old
On the white hills of Heaven
The Child Jesus played
With other little Children
And on the heavenly glade
He saw the throngs of martyrs,
And not child in all
That glorious procession.
Said He, II would a small
Earth-child should merit this grace
For love of Me to die"
StraightWay there flew two angels
Down through the sunset sky
To find among poor mortals
A brave and humble child
Whose heart was staunch within her,
And pure and indebted.
(Thus sang the heavenly harper.)
Lo! as their search they made
In an Italian valley
The child Berenice played
Among the ferns and flowers
Of her dear native WOOD.
A fair and lovely maiden
Was she, most pure and good.
Scarce had eleven summers
Bloomed for her youthfulness
Yet unto her was given
Rare virtue to possess.
And all her life was fragrant
With sweet humility.
The angels thought within them
This maid must surely be
The chosen child of Heaven,
For valor ever finds
Itself worthy dwelling
In pure and humble minds.
Then spoke they to the. maiden,
1T is the Christ-child's will
That thou shouldst dwell forever
Upon the Holy Hill
Of Heaven. But, thou must love Him
More than thy kith and kin
Or life itself, if thou wouldst
This wondrous blessing win"
For one beWildered instant
The child in wonderment
Gazed at the glorious couriers
That the Lord Christ had sent
To her. Dear heavenly spirits,
1t were most sweet to live
Here in my native valley,
But sweeter far to give
All that have to Heaven
To Jesus and Mary.
O pray the grace be given
That I may faithful be-"
Still on the hills of Heaven
The child Jesus plays,
And Lo. the faithful Berenice
Is with Him there always.
BY M S.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17

reation in a public hall or bowely
where all sorts of characters may
enter and join in the dance, provided
they pay the admission price. The
conventions of Christian society coli.
denim such familiarity and these con-
ventions are the first line trenches
that protect the SOUL When these
defenses are yielded, our fears for
the souls welfare are justified. And
when Catholic young people look for
ward with eagerness to the Saturday
night and the Sunday dance, can they
have any due regard for the Lords
Day? 1t is hard to believe that they
can and experience shows that very
often they have none Here is an evil
that parents, pastors and teachers
must combat in season and out OF
season if we are to safeguard the
faith and morals of the rising genera
ton.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17

the hospitals through the All
lions will be collected and distributed the donors notify
Mrs. Edwin Gould at Kenwood 1924
THEY ARE OUR BOYS,
Mrs Acton ROAM chairman the Flower Committee Thomas
Hospital the continuation
boys They may not claim blood relationship but they Aeri
cans who proved their citizenship they have paid the price
by war as proof of this citizenship All incapable of
themselves
other than the which
mits them to- buy the
of their mothers
cannot be stretched
wonderful feeling
the soul is to the individual the wounded
veterans IN the hospital Their influence something intangible
hard to define but the they seevdnt
who visits them Flower
These boys greet Flower holiday the
morning early they shave brush their clothes and
every END TO honor the flowers with all they would
human guests and the flowers
not at their expected time the disappointment shown
breaking.
Extra flowers or subscriptions be sent to Mrs Edwin Could
2644 Humboldt president
society and in direct charge distributing these flowers Funds sent
will the
Joy than any other one thing which be done.
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SMOKE.
Elcora Cigars
MADE IN DULUTH

Brace up, my. poor fellow, bear it
like a man." said the Captain, laying
a kindly hand upon his shoulder.
"I1l try, sir; I'll do my best" he
answered in a broken voice.
Years of Wandering.
The welcome shores of the new
world that soon after broke upon the
longing eyes of the exiIes, brought no
joy to him. After landing in New York
he separated from his fellow travellers,
and then began the drifting existence
which for four decades was the only
one he had known. There were few
parts of the Western Hemisphere
which he had not traversed at some
period of his wanderings. OF late,
however, the weight of years had be-
gun to press upon him more and more
heavily, and he longed for rest. He
had hardly dared to indulge the hope
for it, when. by what he devoutly re-
garded as special providence, he had
been led to this out-of-the-way spot to
find niche ali ready for him to fill.
While he was thus absorbed in retro
spection, the wind had risen and was
now dashing the spray high up against
the lighthouse, and driving the incom-
ing tide over the rocks with hoarse,
sullen roar. With sense of comfort
altogether new to him, Roger Byrne
drew his warm coat more closely about
him as he descended to his cheerful
room, where a driftwood fire was
smoldering on the wide fireplace, and
was soon wrapped in peaceful slumber
lulled by the dull murmur of the storm
that reached him through the thick
walls.
When the long winter nights came
on he. would sit before the open hearth
and smoke pipe after pipe of strong
tobacco, and as the flickering flames
leaped upward and made weird shad-
ows on the wall, his spirit rose on the
fragrant smoke wreaths and drifted
far, far away over mountains, seas
Continued on page g.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
GOOD HABITS.

A good habit is a good inheritance,
and one which no reverse in stocks
and shares can affect A child which
is started in life with the good habits
of virtues of obedience, respect for
authority, truth, .self-control, self-re-
lance, modesty and simplicity, unself-
ishness, cheerfulness, devotion to
duty, charity and piety, is million
aire.
Loving parents, with the co-opera-
ton of the little ones, can implant
these virtues in their souls 1t will
not be an easy task, for children's
wills are weak as controlling power,
their human nature is very strong,
but practice makes perfect" and the
parents who train their children
Alright are at the same time perfect
ing themselves. A good habit which
is at first weak as a cobweb finishes
by becoming as strong as cable.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
THE DANCE EVIL.

From various reliable sources we
learn that the public dance evil is
growing apace in many of our com.
munities, says The Witness. In places
it has become a moral pest. The I'M
regulated public dance is a good thing
for Catholics to avoid at all times and
in all circumstances. It's influence
can hardly ever be other than demon
alizing for those who indulge in it.
Any young man or woman with ordi-
nary Christian sense must feel the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
HOW CHRISTMAS CAME
TO ROGER BYRNE.

The lighthouse at Point Selkirk was
without keeper. Larson, the last in
Icumbent, blonde, taciturn Swede,
who had performed his duties for three
years with the regularity of an autom
atom, had suddenly disappeared one
wild October night. His disappear
ance was enveloped in mystery, but as
the stanch Government rowboat was
also missing at the same time, the
jewellers in the small lumber and fish
ing village settled down to the convic-
ton that he had gone out fishing
alone, as he often did, and had been
swept out to sea in the fierce gale that
rose when the sun went down, flashing
the waves into flying foam and rock
ing the giant trees in the forest. Dead?
Drowned? Sure! What open boat
could ride out such a storm as that?
Of how they were mistaken in their
conclusions, of how the willy Swede,
under cover of the darkness and the
storm, had decamped with the boat,
and had succeeded in making his way
to the recently discovered gold-dig-
gings in Alaska, they were to learn
at subsequent day.
AS the lighthouse was one of the
most important on dangerous coast,
shedding it's guiding beams upon the
watery pathway of the huge liners
from the Orient as we'll as that of the
coastwise fleet from Alaska and San
Francisco, the most urgent concern
was to find a successor to him who
had vanished so mysteriously
Williams, the harbor-master, puffy
little man with scantyA breath, was
compelled to serve as temporary
makeshift till the right man could be.
found. He had not long to wait. Into
the dingy little Office on the water
front few days later stepped a man
who said in quiet voice, Il hear
you're wanting a man for the light
house, SIR
The harbormaster looked up from
the schedule of incoming and out
going vessels on which he was at work,
and saw, standing just within the
door, a tall man with iron-gray hair
and spare frame, but with erect and
vigorous carriage. A pair of mild blue
eyes looked forth from weather
beaten face on which Time had
craven his impress in many deep
furrow Williams was pleased with
him at first sight
who are your" he inquired.
My name is Roger Byrne, sir"
Where are you FROM"
Il am an freshman, sir"
An Irishman! Humph! You don't
look it, and you don't speak like one.n
I'm a long time in this country,
and I've Travelled deal, sir" replied
Byrne.
What have you been doing up to
this tifne?"
"A little of everything; I'm handy
at most things, sir
"oh, see, sort of Jaek-of-all-
trades. You handle boat?"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17

II can, SIR"
''Have you good lungs and plenty OF
breath? Can you climb a hundred
steps without fit of apoplexy?" asked
Williams with a vivid recollection of
his own recent experiences.
1--WE no difficulty at all in that line,
sir" replied Byrne.
Good! Just one question more; do
you drink?"
mot a drop, sir"
"That settles it. You are light
house keeper at Point Selkirk. Can
you 60 over at once?''
II can"
very well, Til send man over
with you to show you about the place
and instruct you in your duties.
There's little to do, but that little
must be done well. You've said moth
ing about the wages. You will get fifty
dollars a month and your keep"
Zone word MORE" said Williams.
For any neglect of duty you will
be discharged at once, do you under
stand?"
Eyes, yes" answered Byrne, II un-
derstand, sir"
That night, after lighting the great
lantern, Byrne seated himself on the
balcony of his turret and gazed out
seaward. 1t was a calm, moonless,
almost starless night, and as he lis
tened to the rythmical wash of the
breakers upon the rocks far below
him, he thought with keen satisfac-
ton of his good fortune in finding
this snug place, which seemed to him
haven of rest from his wanderings.
His naive remark to Williams: eI've
travelled deal, sir" conveyed but a.
faint idea of the nomadic life he had
lived for upwards of forty years,
driven onward like wild-blown leaf
by the unrest in his bosom, which had
never once been stilled in all that time.
The varied scenes of his wanderings
passed in long procession before his
minds eye, as he contrasted them
with the sheltered and peaceful life
upon which he was now entering.
Again he saw himself in his remote
young MANHOOD, fleeing with his girl
wife and their delicate babe from the
gaunt spectre of famine in their own
land. There had been a sharp
wrenehing asunder of tender home
ties and associations; then the fetid
air and wretched accommodations of
the over-crowded emigrant ship;
while yet many a league from shore,
the dread ship fever had made its ap-
pearance. Among it's earliest victims
were the wife and child of Roger
Byrne. A shotted canvas sack formed
shroud and burial casket for both, and
with scant ceremony they were con-
signed to their last resting place be-
meath the waves of the stormy Allan
tic. A splash, a momentary, ripple OH
the surface as the gruesome object
cleaved the, blue waters; then they
closed over it. sparkling and dancing
as Ii in mockefy of the broken hearted
man on the deck, who was watching
in wordless grief the fast receding
spot which had swallowed up all he
held dearest on earth,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
NoVENAS.

The month of December is signal
lied by the two grand feasts Of obliga-
ton, that of the Immaculate Concep-
tion of Our Lady and that of the Ma
tivity of our Lord. Both have indul-
genced novenas preceding them. In
order to increase devotion to the "au-
gust mystery of the Incarnation and
Birth of the divine Word made man"
Plus TX granted an indulgence for a
novena made in any month, preceding
the twenty-fifth day thereof. But
what sanction have novenas? asks
Mgr. Henry.
Although justly priced and widely
practiced by the faithful as excellent
methods of prayer and praise, novenas
have not been incorporated formally
in the liturgy of the Church, as have
the vigils preceding, and the octaves
following, feast. But the Church rec
Ognizes their great value by granting
indulgences to many of them; for in
stance, to noyenas for Pentecost, the
great feasts of the Blessed Virgin, to
those in honor of the Sacred Heart,
The Raccolta, which can be had in
Catholic bookstores, contains author
ICED translations of the indulgenced
novenas.
Not all novenas are preparatory to
festival. Some are simply noyenas
of prayer for obtaining special gifts
and graces. Others express mourn
ing, such as the "Pope's Novena" of
Masses after the death of the Su-
preme Pastor. The novena of mourn
ing was not uncommon in the Middle
Ages, and consisted of nine days
prayer with Mass on the ninth day,
or a series of nine Masses. The Gus
tom still obtains. The liturgy recog
nizes special appropriateness in Re-
QUEEN Mass on the ninth day, as well
as on the third, seventh and thirtieth,
and in the Anniversary Mass of Re-
QUEEN.
The first novena, as we may style
the persevering prayer Of the little
band in the Upper Room after Christ's
ascension into heaven, was command
ed by our Lord Himself: "And send
the promise of my Father upon you;
but stay in the city, till you be en-
dued with power from on high" duke,
24:29). The Acts of the Apostles re-
cord the perseverance in prayer for
nine days (Acts, I'D, and the Won
drous fruits thereof in the descent of
the Holy Ghost. The Vicar of Christ,
in 1897, decreed for all parish church
es a novena in preparation for Pente-
cost, doubtless in commemoration of
the long prayer in the Upper Room
(Acts 1:13).
Again, it was almost in. our own
day that the Divine Redeemer reveal
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
GRAIN FUTURES. MINNEAPoLrs.

Wheat--December, high, liz: low.
1.1SA May. high, 1.1sh low, 1.IsK.
Oafs--May, high. 325s low. 32A.
Rye-December, high, 75h; low. rs.
May, high, SIN; low. S0A
Isarley-December high. az. 1oVv,
441k. May, high, As; low, As.
Fiax-December. high, i.S4B: iIow,
l.S41s. May, high. 1.S7; low. i.Se,
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JDOCTRINAL. S$EesRz IITURGlCAL.
:

ed to Blessed Margaret Mary the
grand fruits to be obtained through
the devotion of the nine first Fri
days in honor of the Sacred Heart.
No further recommendation of no.
venas is needed. But If we seek for
mystic symbolism in the number
nine. we may find a suggestion for it
in the nine choirs of Angels singing
their praises forever before the Great
White Throne, or in the appointing of
nine psalms to be sung and nine les
sons to be read at Mathis in the d.
vine Office, or in the nine-fold repeti-
ton of "Eleison" ('Have mercy on
us') in the prayers at the beginning
of Holy Mass.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17

hurry? None in the world, and rarely
does one find sufficient respect paid
the celebrant of the Mass by the con-
gregation to stand quietly and permit
him to leave the sanctuary before the
noisy rush to the exits begins"
1t is not SO much want of Faith
as want of thought that is respon-
sible for this unseemly conduct in the
House of God. Think it over, and
mend your practice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17
STOCK QUOTATIONS., SOUTH ST.
PAUL, DECEMBER 13.
killing steers.--

killing Steers
Plain killing steers, s400@475; good
native steers. AIS @.5.25; fair range
steers, 4.50@5,25; short fed steers,
6.00M6.50: long fed steers, 7.00@7.50;
good to choice fed yearlings, S.50@9.5O.
Cows and Heifers--
Gamers and cutters, 1.75M2.50; bulk
butcher cows, 4.50 @ 500; choice heifers,
5.00@5.75.
Suckers and Feeders
Fair to good year1ings, 4O0@475:
good to choice yearlings, 1000 500;
fair feeders. 900-1 100 lbs, 4.006475;
good feeders, 900-1,100 lbs, 5.0005.50
Dairy Cows
Common cows 25.oo@4o.OO; bulk of
good cows. 5000 10000; extra good
cows, 60.00@75.00.
Hog Quotations
Heavy packing sows, 6.0O@6.25;
Workers, 8. 80 D6.S5; Gull pigs, 5000 500:
good stock pigs, 7.25@760; boars (ali
sold subject). 100000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-17

Weekly distribution the Disabled
under care in Hospital located in Minneapolis
the Minnesota
soldiers gave
of
hundred Of these boys sbury Hospital
around
At Thomas Hospital where the ubercua cared there
closely
any ther
thing hospital life (.
clipped
difficult society
FLOWER FUND STARTED
show special program
Minneapolis and the Mound School Board With the
society has supplied both Asbuy and Thomas Hospitals
the task continuing their work throughout
{ without funds
Flower weddings
celebrations would cheer given
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THIS space donated By Minneapolis Firms.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-20
Kiwanis Fosters A
Cordele Trade Week

CORDELE, May lo-Local trade
week for the business men of Cor
dele is now being planned through
committee which will be appointed
today by Chairman J. M. Diffee OF
the public affairs committee of the
Kiwanis Club. The matter was pre-
sented to the club by Local Decor
ator w. G. Pemberton, who had
found tremendous surprise in the
amount of business done at Dawson
and other towns where trade week
has proven a great occasion.
1t is expected that June 2, 8, and
4 will be chosen for trade week in
Cordele. The men who are to have
charge are to explain the movement
to the local merchants within the
next two or three days and further
definite announcements are to be
made.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-20
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP M0STRlLS
Tells How To Get Quick Relief
from Head Colds. It's Splendid

81
In one minute your clogged nostrils
will open, the air passages OF your
head will clear and you can breathe.
freely. No more hawking. snuffling,
blowing, headache, dryness. No
struggling for breath at night; your
cold or catarrh will be gone.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. APP
Div a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils It
penetrates through every air passage
of the head, soothes- the inflamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up'
with cold or nasty catarrh- Relief
comes SO quickly. Adv.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-20
Vans Shipped From
Georgia To England

The results of an interesting test
shipment of specially prepared kiln
dried sweet potatoes from Montezu-
ma, Ga., to London, England, have
been announced by the headquarters
of the Georgia Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton, and it is clearly shown. that
potatoes prepared for export through
the kiln-dried process, will reach
their destination in, first class condi-
ton.
On March 2, over thirty bushels
of sweet potatoes, cured by the kiln
dried process, were started for Lon
don. They arrived there on April /,
and were immediately offered for
sale. Within the day, they were al
sold, at a price of ten cents pei
pound. Advices from London are to
the effect that the potatoes reached
there in good condition and COM
manded a ready market.
The potatoes were cured in q
house in Montezuma, of the type ap-
proved by the United States Burear
OF Markets. The test was car,
ried out under the state college O.
agriculture and the United State:
Bureau of Markets.
President R. A. Kelley, of thu
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
said in discussing the results of thu
test that it showed conclusively tina
the Georgia sweet potato raiser
could make neat profit on. thei
products by shipping them to Eu
ropean points for sale. He sal,
that the Farm Bureau intended t,
push this movement as one Of it
chief activities during the comin|
year.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-20
Church News
FIRST METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Corner of Lee and Magnolia SITS.
The Sunday School will meet
promptly at 1000 a. m. Let every
member be on time.
Epworth League at 700 p. m.
subject, "Thy Kingdom Come in My
Country" Matt. 6:7-15.
At eight o'clock the pastor assist
ed by the Choir win preach Song
Sermon, entitled THE Two Closed
Doors"
The congregation will join in the
Union Services at the First Baptis,
church at 1880 a. m.
Prayer service Wednesday even
ing at 800.
You are all cordially invited to
attend all of these services. Let
US be faithful in the public worship
of our God.
JAMES H. ELDER, Pastor.