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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-03
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
HOW TO BE BRAVE.

Neil lay trembling in his bed.
Strange, but he seemed afraid of ev-
erything. So he had been ever since
that bad fever of his He was asham-
ed, too, especially since the day some
boys had called him "fraid cat So
he tried to lie quiet and not call grand
ma or Aunt Grace. Of course, it was
all bit lonely up here in the coun-
try without mother. Though grandma
and Aunt Grace were almost as nice.
A little hushed bang sounded some.
where near, and Neil pressed his lips
firmly as he clutched the sheet and
sprang up in bed. Swaying shadows
played terrible antics on the walls.
In the distance he heard a long, shrill
cry. Neil knew it was a cat, but oh!
it sounded so like a child The moon
began to peek in the window. Neil
shivered little until he looked at
the big round face. Then with sigh
he lay back on his pillow and dozed
off.
But even his sleep was troubled
and he tossed and turned, moaning to
himself. Suddenly he felt as though
he were being choked, and with a big
effort tried to free himself and open
his eyes. Bending over him was q
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-03

big white object. Was it real polar
bear that was going to choke him
again? He could be quiet no longer.
Help, help!" cried Neil, loud and
frantically.
This seemed to wake him fully up,
so he heard soft reply, far, far away
it seemed.
"Sh-h-h-, darling! It's only grand
mai" Before he had time to think
she had her arms about him and was
patting and holding him close.
"Oh-oh," he sobbed, Il thought you
were polar bear-and-and | know
I'm a 'fraid cat!'"
mo, no. she replied; then added
presently, "but would my Neil boy
like to be afraid of just nothing at
all?'
He nodded, eagerly looking about
in the darkness. There was no fear
with grandma Then she whispered
to him a secret. His eyes opened
wide. She seemed so sure about it.
he began to smile and believe.
I'll remember the three things
| grandma" he said
Promise me, darling, you will try
them, whenever you feel the least BIZ
afraid?" ,.ss.-zz.s
| Again he nodded his head vigorously
even as he grew drowsy and sank
back on his pillow sound asleep.
The next afternoon this fear in the
night seemed very foolish thing. I
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trove. Today diggers are busy dig.
ging and sitting every bit of the
earth, believing that it is on the edge
of an old Roman cemetery, used cen
turtles ago.
Digging into one part of it the men
say they can trace London's history
by strata to thousands of years ago
1t is estimated that London's level in.
creased at the rate of one foot cen
fury. Things appear to have been
thrown into the place, which musv
have been a queer pit, as though il
had been place for refuses. Its rare
treasures are mostly broken bits Of
jewelry, china, glassware, etc. One ex
quisitely carved ornament of pure
gold, evidently part of a golden col
lar, was found, and is estimated tt
have been made between 400 and 50(
B. G.
Some of the most interesting oh
jects are broken pipes, whole series
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STAMP LANGUAGE.
(For Bernard L. and Rita BELIEF
His Question.

His Question.
The stamps upon your letter, Miss,
Quite startle me with wonder!
Do they not mean a friendly (kiss)
The stamps upon your letter, Miss?
If this be true, then all is bliss;
Our wrath is rent asunder.
rhe stamps upon your letter, Miss,
Quite startle me with wonder!
Her Answer.
ever thought you knew the tongue
BY Cupid's art invented
Ill l received the song you sung,
4 never thought you knew the tongue.
Oh, Pm just glad you have not flung
aside the kiss presented!
IGnever thought you knew the tongue
By Cupid's art invented.
L'Envoi.
Through these kind words so nicely
said, -..-.,
The two were brought together.
Six years have passed since they were
Through these kind words so nicely
j" said.
They have no dogs-four chicks in
! stead
To play around the heather
Through kindly words, when timely
said,
The world is kept together.
Jacques P,ieuy
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FORTUNES FROM SMALL saw.
lNGS.

e wish to make money and be-
Yich," declares the Tribune of
lis, Ohio, lis almost universal,
lions fail while awaiting oppor'
because they do not realize that
nifty is within their reach every
" normal fortune began with
Savings which became larger
IS in time. The man who waits
Ia chance to get rich quick never
Aaches his goal. The honest posses.
sion of 800 is a transmutation of
some mans time, economy, and effort
into that much capital. That money
properly invested works for the man
who owns it, and when he has in
creased it to 1000 that sum works for
him. Thus the man has both his
money and himself working to bring
him wealth and in time surely does it.
what is worth having is worth
working and saving for A home, a
business, an income should be the aim
of every forward-looking young man
They all start with small savings-by
somebody. The sooner the young man
begins saving the sooner he will have
what everybody wants, the reward OF
industry and economy"
No young man can start saving il
better way than by the regular pur
chase of Government savings securi
ties. The 81 Treasury Savings Stamps
transmute his stray dollars into a
force which works for and with him in
his efforts toward a competence.
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JUST FRIENDS.

Those who make friends readily
are not always adopts at keeping
them. That friendship may be last
ing, there must be community of in
terest, and similarity, if not identity,
of tastes. These perdurable bonds
are not always discoverable in a
sight-reading. 1t frequently takes
time to make the revelation complete,
and, sometimes, after months or years,
it may be a sudden enlightening Cir
cumstancs tells us more of hidden
weakness than we had learned in all
that period.
The name of friend is not one to
be lightly bestowed, and the accom-
panying respon, Utility is not trifling
but considerable. There never can
be absent from this relation the will.
lngness to make any sort of sacri
flee. One is not a true friend until
one stands ready to renounce for the
sake of the other Friendship, like
charity, seeketh not it's own. The de-
light obliterates the sense of having
surrendered anything that was pre-
cious.
AS long as we keep a friend, we
have an inspiration to preserve, a
hope to be cherished, a wellspring in
drought and the shadow of rock
in a weary land. Every other short
coming is less significant than to be
found wanting in friendship
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Maintaining their individual beliefs,
they had all labored in mutual respect
and effectively for civic betterment.
With voices shrieking on every
hand that racial and religious differ
ences are menacing forces which
must drive people apart, the testimony
of this dead man and his living as
sociates, proving that people of widely
different ancestry and religious belief
not only can but do work harmonious
ly, welding the nation into solidarity
becomes of more than local impor
lance.
A further testimonial of the high
esteem in which some ministers are
held by those of opposite faith was
given last evening at the Congrega
tional church in Little Falls. 1t was
the occasion of Rev. .Gregory's fare
well address and the church was
crowded with people of all stations
and religious beliefs. They gathered
at the church to bid farewell to the
minister who has endeared himselt
to the hearts of local people in his
| untiring efforts for all humanity, re
CARELESS of creed.
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PIONEER MISSION WORK.

The interest already manifested by
Missionary readers in our work here,
prompts me to write this short &C
cont of some recent work among the
non-Catholics Of Tennessee, writes
Rev. ]. P. Harden, G. S. P, in the Mis-
sionary.
After finishing missions at Moberry,
Tennessee, and Long Island, Alabama,
was called away to give city mis-
sions in Mississippi and Florida, and
some children's retreats in Chattanoo
ga and Nashville. AS soon as I was
free again, began work in Sequatchie,
Tennessee. In May, we were able to
secure the Town Hall in which to
hold a weeks mission. Mr.. Will Hill,
the editor of the Sequatchie Valley
News, is a Catholic, and formerly a
student at Boston College. He gave
the mission great publicity in his pa
per, and, together with his sister Lou.
Use, visited the non-Catholic families
living in the community. 1t was my
privilege to stay with the Hill family
during the mission week. Objection
was Immediately raised against using
the town hall, as provision was made
when it was erected that no religious
service should be, held within the
building. This was strong objec
ton, since several Protestant congre
cations were turned down when they
asked for the use of the building. We
simply announced the mission as Sc
ries of Lectures on Religion" and de
fed the critics to object to that. Mass
was said each morning at Mr.. Hills
residence. Father Skinner gave {
mission in Sequatchie about twelve
years ago and the people had learned
from him enough about the Church
to make the local minister little
| afraid of losing his own church mem
bers, and when he heard that we were
going ahead anyway, he warned hi
people to remain away. 1t would have
| been better for him not to have don,
so, for when prayer meeting nigh
came around, the little town hall wa
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WITHOUT A STREAK OF VEL
LOW"

AN interesting incident occurred re-
Gently in the smoking apartment of
Pullman car on a train coming west
from New York, writes R. C. Cleaner
in the Catholic Columbian. Six gentle
men were taking a smoke after din
ner, all strangers to one another.
After some desultory conversation,
one gentleman preached the subject
of England and Ireland and in very
severe language condemned ana
abused the Irish and laid all the
trouble at the door of the Catholic
Church. Another of the party ex-
pressed agreement with such views.
Silence reigned for a brief moment,
then one gentleman arose, barred his
arm and said: "You two men have
spoken diSrespectfully of my race and
Church. DO you see that wound OIL
my arm? 1 got that going over the
top in France. Where were you?
Were either of you in the WARP"
No, they responded, exempt for one
reason or the other.
The remaining three men of the
party rose to their feet and shouted
out: "We were over there, and we
too are Irish Catholics-four of us in
this little company without streak OF
yellow What have you to say, gen
tlemen?"
Suffice to say that a silence thai
was very heavy reigned for some time
until eventually the two went bach
to their seats and the four men, up tt
that time strangers, were left to the
field.
My informant says: Neither O.
those Atwood Americans had brains o.
courtesy enough to apologize, but
feel that in the future they will be
more careful in expressing their big
oted views in public"
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was beautiful summer day. The
sun was shining and soft breeze stir
red all the lovely green things. Neil
braced his shoulders back as he ran
over the meadows.
who's afraid" he boasted. Then
he remembered what grandma told
him, and he thought if he ever should
happen to be afraid again he would
do it. Grandma must know.
Neil sat down in pretty spot on
the hillside. There were great rocks
about him, and he made believe he
lived in cave. He peeped over the
rocks down into the valley below, and
then imagined he was king in his
castle. That was when he was tired
of running and just a wee bit drowsy.
1t was so warm and hundred in
sects were humming lullaby. He'd
lie down just tiny second. The grass
was so soft, the breeze SO gentle and
-and-his eyes dropped.
AS they opened he still heard a
| murmur. At first he thought it was
the insects, but it grew louder and
/ louder into a roar. His heart beat a
little faster, but he was not really
afraid yet He looked around won
deringly. There on the rock near him
sat Aunt Grace. Her hands were
clasped and she seemed to shrink back
while she gazed straight down to-
wards the valley. The noise grew
n 101rl inc RI
| crush in their eardrums.
"Aunt Grace!" he whispered. No
| answer. Neil sat UP, and as he looked
| at her he knew she was afraid of
something, very much afraid. His eyes
followed hers to the valley. There was
| putting and roaring. It looked like a
dragon to Neil. And Aunt Grace was
afraid! Neil was, too, at first, then
suddenly he remembered what grand
ma had told him. A moment before he
jerked back his head with funny lit
tie sound.
Don't be afraid, Aunt Grace!
Nothing can hurt us!" he cried, and
jumping into her lap he folded his
arms about her. She said nothing but
held him tight. Neil grew drawer ev
cry moment, while soon the monster
in the valley was storming away. They
both heaved a sigh of relief.
"What-what was it?" he asked
breathlessly
"a snake, and Oh! Thank God, hi
is gone!" exclaimed his aunt.
| "a snake!" repeated Neil turning
70 her suddenly. He pointed to the
cetreating dragon, "a snake!"
Then Aunt Grace laughed, her gen
| lie, ripping laugh: "Oh, that's steam
,oller, Neil The men are fixing thu
road around the bend"
| The boy looked from her to the biz
black monster. Just as it turned thu
curve he saw man sitting on it.
| "And he's driving it," Neil exclaim
ed, as his face frightened. 'It wa
the first one I ever saw. But Aun
Grace, how big was the snake, so big?
he asked, measuring his arm.
| She cooked her head littl
ashamed: 'N-no, Neil, not quite hal
is big!" She rather expected him t
laugh at her, but he did not.
/ When they returned to the house
Aunt Grace told grandma all about il
) adding, "and Neil was Drawer than l..
Grandma and Neil looked at eac,
other and smiled. Then he said:
'It worked grandma"
What worked, Neil?" asked Aun
Grace.
Il Grandma told me last night if I wa
afraid, I must trust in God, then tos
: my head and laugh, then I wouldn
! be afraid any more, an I did, an
4 worked"
Il cit always Wilt" finished wis
J, grandma.
Il MARY Doyle Ten Eyck, TN The Leader:
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SHADOWS.

Shadows to the West at morn,
Northward fall at noon,
Then to East again in fright,
Flee the rising moon.
Thus the shades of eager youth
Are dreams of conquest and of gold.
But then, the zenith reached, the
shades
Point northward and the heart grow.
cold.
Short-lived is power; and sinking
fame
Sends shades that grasp for youth a
Soin' F E. REM
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REVOLUTION.

His wife had mania for house
cleaning and one of her fits was on.
For week he had borne the horrors
of it without a murmur, then his pa
thence gave way and he blurted out
something harsh.
"And you," sobbed the wife, "you
are the man who used to call me his
queen"
YES" he responded with a wild
glare in his eyes, "but when a man
finds his queen has used his tobacco
jar for pale oak finish and his meer
schaum pipe as hammer, he begins
to grasp the advantages of repub
lican form of government"
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LUNG BATH SOMETHING NEW.

eve are all taking sea baths now"
said a doctor. Lots of people take
mud baths, too Stomach baths are
prescribed frequently for dyspeptics.
But few of us take lung baths as we
should.
''You can swab out your lungs as
one swabs out room. Pure air does
it. You go out where the air is pure,
throw your head well back; inhale
through your nostrils as much of this
pure air as your lungs will hold, and
then expel it swiftly and forcibly. Do
this Is or 20 times-even oftener if
you like. Astonishing how it will
cleanse your lungs! Astonishing how
good it will make you feel!
"Air is a great stimulant, and some
of these lung bathers. overstimulate
themselves so that they get nervous,
can't sleep at night and so on. They
do this by such tricks as breathing
the pure air in through one nostril
only, taking too many lung baths and
that sort of thing. Such over-indul-
gence is, perhaps, pardonable if you
have piece of hard mental work to
| do, but if it is made a habit of, it will
| break down the health like over-in-
| diligence in cocaine or hootch or any
| other stimulant."
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A chance discovery of piece ol
blue enamel, curiously marked, by H
S. Gordon, London mining engineer
has turned vacant plot, where gar
den truck was grown, into a treasure
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ascending through nearly four feet of
soil, illustrating the pipes evolution
from the days of Queen Elizabeth.
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TREASURE TRovE IN LONDON.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-31
JUDGE COBER
GETSDISTRICT
ATTORNEYSHIP
President Harding Made the Nom
nation Saturday Afternoon
At White House

Late Saturday afternoon the news
came from Washington over the wires
of the Associated Press that President
Harding had nominated Judge Will
liam M. Gober of Lakeland to the post
Of district attorney for the district of
Southern Florida. The Department
of Justice had sent the papers over
to the White House earlier in the
week but President Harding was
away on his Southern trip so no ac-
tiCn could be taken until his return.
He was evidently prompt in handling
the nomination which now goes to
the senate for confirmation.
Judge Gober will succeed Hon. Her
bert S. Phillips of Tampa and will
assume office as soon as the commits
sion has been issued, which will be
in a week or ten days. The next term
Of court will be held in Key West be-
ginning week from today. 1t is not
known whether the commission will
he issued in time for Attorney Gober
to appear in his new capacity at this
term. However, he will certainly ap-
pear at the term which opens in
Jacksonville in December
The new district attorney was born
in Commerce, Georgia, in 1875. and
taught school in his early days. Later
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-31
JUDGE WIN. NJ. GOBER

he went to work for the Bell Tele-
phone Company at Asheville and be-
came chief inspector. He came to
Florida in 1905, and held position
with the Dunnellon Phosphate Com
pany at Dunnellon While here, he
took up the study of law, spending his
evenings over Blackstone and other
authorities His efforts were re-
warded, when in 1910, he was admit
ted to the Florida bar. He opened his
office in Ocala in 1911 and rose in
the esteem of his fellow townsmen,
who elected him to the office of NUM-
cipal judge. He was obliged to resign
this office, however, when he was
made Grand Chancellor of the Knights
of Pythias for the State of Florida,
an office which he held with dignity
and honor.
He came to Lakeland in 1918 and
opened his law office here, purchas-
ing a beautiful home on South Sue
cess Avenue, where he and his family
reside.
1t is good news that this new office
will not take Mr. Gober and his fam
lily from Lakeland at the present
time.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-31
Epworth League Has
Merry Halloween Party

The Senior Epworth League of the
First Methodist church gathered at
the church Saturday evening and pro-
ceeded to the hospitable home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. F. PickarM on Lake Hol-
lingsworth Drive, where jolly Hal
lowe'en party was held, with ghost
stories and the games that are dis
tinctively of the Halloween season
Part of the big lawn at "Sheltering
!. Oaks" was encircled with Japanese
planterns and blazing bonfire gave
just the right atmosphere! to the oc-
, casion. In the Pickering shadows
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-31
LAkELAND's WEATHER

Summer days have come again to
this section of Florida, the Sunday
temperature ranging from GA to 81
degrees, and today's from 63 to so up
to the noon hour. But with real win
ter weather in the northwest there is
sure to be change very soon. In fact
the morning forecast promises scat
tered showers this afternoon and to-
night with much cooler tomorrow, the
wind changing from south to north
west. Light showers fell early this
morning and again during the fore
noon, the total rainfall being one
twentieth of an inch. At 2 o'clock
this afternoon the sky had cleared,
being almost cloudless.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-31
QUICK ACTION
SAVES PARTY
FROM DEATH
Orlando Car Collides With Train,
But Motorists Escape Serious
Injury

After grazing death, in the shape
of a Coast Line train, r. ID. Keene, of
Orlando, is but little the worse physi-
cally, though his experience cost him
the handsome Cadillac automobile in
which he was riding when the acct
dent occurred.
Mr. Keene and three friends set out
from Orlando Sunday morning for a
trip to Tampa, and all was going
pleasantly until about 11:30 when
they approached the railroad crossing
four miles east of Lakeland At
this point the car collided with a
southbound train on the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad, No q known
as the Sanford Short" the accident
resulting in only small injuries to the
occupants of the automobile.
Mr.. Keene was driving and has stat
ed that he did not see the train until
within thirty feet of it, In an effort
to avert disaster he swung the car
parallel with the train, but in so do
ing struck the Car just behind the en-
CINE. The occupants were thrown
out, and the car was dragged through
the cattle-guard and is said to be ii
complete wreck.
Mr.. Keene and the ladies in the
party, Miss Charlotte Thomas and
Miss Lucy Gage. were brought to Lake
land on the train, while the fourth
member of the party, w. B. Burden,
was brought to town by passing
motorist.
Mr. Keene, who was the most injur-
ed. was taken to Morrell Memorial
Hospital. A thorough X-ray exami-
nation showed that broken rib was
his only injury aside from severe
bruises on the legs. Miss Gage sus-
tanned deep cut on her lip. Miss
Thomas was uninjured. Mr.. Burden
has a deep scratch on one leg and
painful injury to a thumb. That all
were not killed seems marvellous and
is due no doubt to the fact that Mr..
keene had enough presence of mind
to swing his car and avoid the direct
collision.
The wrecked car was a 1921 sport
model Cadillac.
The members of the party are all
well-known in Orlando, where Mr.
Keene is in the fruit business. They
left for home on the evening train.
A few months ago a negro preacher
and his wife were killed in an acct
dent at the same crossing.
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Deaths
+. ID. LUNCEFORD

F.. D. Lunceford died at his home.
40 North Kentucky Avenue, early
Saturday morning after an illness of
only one hour
Mr. Lunceford was "a years of age
and came to Lakeland four months
ago, during which time he has been
connected with the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co.
He is survived by his devoted wife
who has the sympathy of the com
munity in her bereavement.
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PAINFUL ACCIDENT

d. L. Rimes, of Lake Wales, had
the misfortune to have a nail fly up
and hit him in the left eye, as he was
doing some carpentering work Sat
urday evening. He was brought to
the Morrell Memorial Hospital in
Lakeland, where the nail was re-
moved and the injury dressed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-31
DANCE AT BARLOW TONIGHT

Hartzelrs Novelty Five will provide
the music for the Halloween dance to
be given at the Hotel Oaks in Barlow
this evening. Several Lakeland peo-
pie have arranged to go over to Bar
tow for this event, which promises to
be one of exceptional enjoyment.