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POWER OF THE PRESS.

"Your Church does not realize the
power of the press" wrote William T.
Stead some years ago to Canon Will
liam Barry, d. D., the distinguished
Catholic publicist of England. AS ed.
itor of the Pail Mall Gazette, Stead
we'll knew the power of the press and
he was, surprised to see how little it
was used by the English Catholics.
1--WE Catholics in America seem to be
open to like charge says an ex-
change. with a powerful, well-ed-
tied, widely circulated press we could
accomplish anything. But such a
press needs popular support; for
without support the Catholic press
will languish and decay. 1t is for the
Catholic people, then, to generously
support the newspapers that are fight
ing their battles and guarding their
interests. eesas
&'I look around on the daily and
weekly newspapers, on Socialist,
Free-thinking, subversive literature
with which our bookstalls are crowd
3D." says DR.. Barry, 6and scarcely
ever do light upon a Catholic PAM
phlet among all these portents of
evil" DIR. Barry is describing condi-
tons in England; but is not the same
thing true of America? And where
lies the remedy? Clearly with our
Catholic people. We have enterpris-
ing publishers who have risked and
in many instances lost their all in the
newspaper field. We have editorial
and literary talent aplenty; but with
out popular support these can do but
little. Let not the reproach attached
to the Catholics of England attach
longer to the Catholics of America:
"Your Church does not realize the
power of the press" E:
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little sanity mother of mine. prav
tor me-pray for your little girl
pray that | may go back-that may
again feel His hand, outstretched
,aressingly."
For hours she knelt there, alone
/ the silent house, and prayed and
Vept in an agony of remorse and
basement. At last she had spent
herself in weeping, but she still re-
named kneeling, absorbed in prayer.
A sweet peace had stolen over her,
and it seemed that her mothers
spirit was nearer her than it had
oeen since her death
Comforted and chastened in spirit.
she finally arose, and going out, left
he door ajar, and passed downstairs.
She called number on the phone,
ind when central had made the con-
aection, she spoke bravely: Jack,
this is Mary. About that weekend
at the Carruthers, and the dance
I've been thinking it over, and
won't be able to go. want to 60
20 Confession Thursday evening, and
Friday is the First Friday; you don't
know what that is, of course, but
It is day on which l feel that /
ought to go to church. I'm sorry, but
you will have to. get someone to take
my place."
Jack Hammerstein protested, half
angrily, but she was firm.
A few weeks later, Caroline LUIS
combe was talking to another girl of
Mary's "old crowd
isn't Mary Mahoney the oldest
girl?" she was saying. Eve never
see her any more Why under the
sun did she ever let Jack Hammer
stein slip through her fingers? He
was crazy about her, and he's fairly
wallowing In money. She surely did
f1iyver her opportunities!
"Flivver her opportunities" an
swered the other girl, musingly. She
was thinking of Mary's face as she
had seen it that morning, flushed
and eager and happy; she had been
going to the library for her mother,
and had met Mary, coming from
early Mass, with a laughing group
of young people around her. Big
Pat Dederich was walking by her
side, and his little sister, Mauree1i,
was clinging to her other hand;
there was something in the words
he had been saying to her that had
brought bright blush to her cheeks
and set a happy light dancing in her
eyes.
"Fliyver her opportunities" the
girl repeated. Maybe. And, then
again." she finished graphically, she
may be merely. making the most of
them. '-Mayp Mabel Warren in The Lamp
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WHY DO NOT CATHOLIC PRIESTS
sa ~. MARRY?

1t were more pertinent to ask:
Why Do Protestant ministers marry ?
says the Visitor.
Christ, the great exemplar of the
clergy, whose ambassadors they are,
was not married; st. John the Baptist,
the Immediate forerunner of Christ
eulogized by Jesus as 1.-The greatest
man born of woman" was not mar.
ried.
st. John the Apostle, the disciple
whom Jesus loved" is known as "the
virgin apostle" The only apostle who
was married, as far as can be learned
was st. Peter, and if he had wife at
the time he was called to the ministr,
by Christ, he left her, because he de
clared: I'VE have left all things and
followed Thee"
st. Paul distinctly tells us that he
was not married (Gor VII, 81, and he
gives an excellent reason why The
clergy should not be- He saws ssHe
that is without wife is soiicitous fol
the things that belong to the Lord
how he may please God. But he thai
is with a wife is solicitous for the
things of the world, how he may please
his wife, and he is divided" (Cor. VII
1888.
rs Now if any person should be solicit
Gus for the things of the Lord. the
minister of Christ should be. He has
taken the Lord as "the portion of his
inheritance" and should know nc
other love. Again st. Paul tells u
tHeb.'5:D Every high priest taker
from among men lis ordained for mer
in the things that appertain to Cod
Heris ordained for men; his time, his
talents, his life, belong to the people
committed to his care;s he must be q
father to all his parishioners, and nc
family ties may stand in the way Of
efficient service.
In this day. when immortality is sc
prevalent there. should be at least one
body of men who, by their very pro
fession. and conservation, can prove to
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SACRIFICE in ORDINATION.

Mine be the lonely way for evermore
That winds still onward meath
darkening sky.
Life's pleasant places far behind me
lie;
The sunshine and the flowers and
white shore
Where youths sand castles, early
toppled Ger
BY times remorseless tide, fade
dreamily
In the great deep of memory. Good
bye
Sweet days-Welcome the way that
looms before.
And manhood, wherefore contest thou
thus to me
Claiming the sacrifice of all held
dear?
Why must sweet voices ever silent be
And faces that l loved, without a
tear
Be turned away? 'Tis but the old
decree
The seed must die to yield the
ripened ear.
Irish TadeDendent
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Wealth and Depth of Meaning.
WHEN PRIEST TAKES A vAcA
TON PEOPLE APPRECIATE
HIM.

The average parish priest does not
know how popular he is until he
dies, goes to Europe for six months
vacation, or gets promoted to another
parish, says eleanor, in The Catholic
Register.
In the first instance theologians
may dispute the point as to whether
or not the departed priest knows any
thing of the tears and lamentations
that were caused by his demise. Ac-
cording to the more probable opinion,
departed souls, who are either in pur-
gatory or in heaven, only learn as
much as God chooses to reveal to them
of what is transpiring on earth; and It
is not at all likely that God would
vouchsafe to them information which
would concern them so little in their
present condition.
In the other two cases tangible
marks of appreciation are often ten
dered to the departing clergyman by
the people whom he has served. One
reads in the papers frequently that
Father Jones was presented with an
address and purse of gold on the &C.
casion of his setting out on visit to
his native land, or that Father Smith
was honored in like manner on his
departure to another parish.
This is but right and proper, and
the affection and generosity manifest.
ed on these occasions is an evidence
of the sterling faith of our Catholic
people and of their loyalty to their
priests. i. ~. RS
1t has often occurred to me, how
ever, that perhaps the priest would
not have died so soon or would not
have needed a prolonged vacation,
or would not have sought another
parish, il the cloudburst of good
wishes which accompanied his depar-
ture had been distributed throughout
his ministry in a gentle rain of kind
words and thoughtful deeds.
Z priest in parish5is very much
like a mother in a family. He has all
the worries of the parish on his
shoulders. His people come to him
with all their troubles, but seldom
with their joys. In their thoughtless-
ness they sometimes inflict pain or
needless fatigue upon him. If he in
| sists upon the necessary restrictions
in order to safeguard their faith and
virtue, some will complain that he is
too severe. If he insists that they
support the Church, just as the adult
members of the family should support
the home, they criticize.
| AT heart they appreciate the sacri-
fees that he is making for them and
the benefits that are thereby accruing
1 to them; but just as thoughhess chill
dren sadden the heart and shorten the
days of their mother by their selfish
ness, SO do even the good people of a
parish increase the necessary burden
of their pastor by their forgetfulness
that he is a man with very finely at
tuned susceptibilities, very lonely
man, whose only family, is his parish.
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the world that the practice of con-
tinency is possible.
We are reading today that thou
sands of men are DESERVING the minis
try, and that comparatively few are
preparing for the same because it does
not offer sufficient competence. The
Catholic priest, without family to
support, can face the high cost of liv,
ing much better. Never did the Catho-
lie Church permit her priests to mar
ry, though the first centuries she ad
mitted worthy men to the priesthood
who had already been married. The
Greek Orthodox Church does not per
NIT it's clergy to marry after ordina
ton, and it elevates to the bishoprit
only celibate or unmarried clergymen
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STOCK QUOTATIONS AT SOUTH ST.
PAUL. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30.
Cows and Heifers-

Cows and Heifers--
Gamer and cutter cows, sf50@275:
grassy cows and heifers, 3.00M5.0O;
choice grass heifers 500 500; dry fed
cows and heifers, 500 @700.
Stockers and Feeders
Fair to good yearlings. $50 a $50:
extra good yearlings, 4.75m5.25: plain
stockers, 700-S00 lbs, 4.00@4.50; good
stockers. 7OO-80O lbs, 4.75M5.50: fair
feeders, COOL. 900 lbs, 5.00@6.0O; good
Dairy Cows -
Bulk of dairy cows. 45O0G SIS. 90;
common to good 40.00@75.00.
Hog QuotntiOns--
Heavy packers, 7.00@725; heavy
mixed. 7.25@7.50: good mixed hogs.
1900 s 90; light hogs. S.25@S.75: York
ers, S.75@9.O0; Gull pigs, .O0@S.00.
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lying there-and on the table hel.
favorite books, wellthumbed an0
worn; the New Testament, the Imi
tation of Christ, the Lives of thf
Saints, her favorite prayer book
Fabiola and a few other works oil
fiction; and some books of poems
Everything in the room spoke o
her. The sunlight, sitting through
the rose-colored curtains, fell across
the back Of the wicker chair, bright
chintz cover; Mary remembered how
it had been wont to linger on hel
mothers siivering head in the days
so long past, when she, little girl
coming home from school, had com,
running up the stairs tc her goo(
mothers sanctum to sink in tn,
stool at her feet, and gazing up into
the sweet face, narrate all the hap
penings of the day to her ready
listener.
One volume lay open on the table;
bending nearer, she saw it was her
mothers favorite, Francis Thomp
son. The words caught her eye:
'Lo, naught contents thee, who
content'st not Me-"
She sighed-how like to her own
state of mind! so, naught contents
thee" How long it had been since
she had known content. Feverisl
unrest filled her young life.
10, naught contents thee, who
contentst not Me.
shook the pillaring hours
And pulled my life upon me; grimed
with smears, o. w.
| stand amid the dust of the
mounded years
My mangled youth lies dead beneath
the heap"
She laid her hot head upon the
book, and tears welled from her
burning eyelids All, indeed, was
not this what she had done? "Whc
content'st not Me"-she had SO reso
lutely tried to shut God out of he1
life-and He was her mothers God
her mother had lived by Him and
for Him-her books were mute testi
mony of her life's devotion. Mary
brushed her tears away, and read
on and on:
Designer infinite! All, must Thou
char the good ere Thou canst linn
with it?"
L.I .o+ hny ,r.uN ynxvc
He had taken her mother from her
Was it perhaps for the test? Hel
mother world have said so, we'll she
knew; her faith had been ingrained
and unwavering.
"All which I took from Thee, I die
but take,
Not for thy harms,
But just that thou might'st seek il
in NV arms;
All which thy child's mistake
Fancies as. lost, | have stored fol
thee at home" "
: She was sobbing now, great heart
rending sobs that shook her frai
form. Down on her knees she slid
her head on her mothers chair.
Mother dear, is it indeed so?'
she sobbed 'Oh, am / not an un
grateful child? How foolish havt
been-how needlessly bitter! Were
you indeed taken not for my harm
but just that might seek you II
His. arms? And have turned m!
| back on Him-and you. have hat
my trial by fire, and I have beer
found wanting. oh, my heart !:
sore and weary. My pleasure seek
| ing has brought me naugnt-no Oh
OF happiness. Oh, mother dearest
- - ~
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bosom, I'm thinking replied kindly
Bridget O'Donnell For all she goes
with such grand folks, and seems. to
be having such gay times, I've seen
the sadness in her eyes,"
The woman who had not yet
spoken raised a toil-worn, ungloved
hand, and brushed back wisp of
greying hair that had strayed from
under her rusty bonnet :
I'm afraid it's the faith she's
losing she said softly. "She used
to be day after day at the Com
munion rail, and now she's there
not at all. High Mass on Sunday
is all she ever comes to. Agatha
Dederich was telling me she has
dropped out of the Sodality and she
has even given up her work as
of our prayers, I'm thinking. It's
that crowd that she goes with-they
travel over fast for a young girl
like her, with no anchor to hold
her Margaret Maloney, God rest
her soul, was good mother =
''That she was!" returned Mrs.
O'Donnell, heartily, and the other
woman murmured assent. @
Meanwhile the object of their con-
versation had arrived at home. AS
she turned the brass knob, she
heard the shrill peal of the tele-
phone bell. She made an involun-
tary grimace at the sound of the
4ka po, VIC nc chm
took down the receiver-and yet it
was very pleasant voice, ceep and
| resonant.
Hello, Mary" it said.
hello, jack" she replied coolly,
without reluctance. What is it?''
That's fine, enthusiastic 'recep-
ton to give a fellow who has spent
the entire morning trying to tele-
phone you," was the hooking re-
| joinder. "What on earth do you do
on Sunday morning-camp in that
meeting house of yours? | called to
ask you if you will go to the Car
| ruthers' dance with me Thursday
evening. We are all going to motor
down and stay for the weekend
| they are making party Of it. I'm
| going out of town on, business trip
this evening, and l wanted to ask
| you before somebody else got ahead
of me. Won't you go?" his tone was
| entreating.
She hesitated moment and then
answered in the Affirmative. Friday
was the First Friday and she had
thought of going to the tSacraments,
but a. weekend party at the wealthy
| Carruthers was not to be desplsed,
and good looking, prosperous JACK
Hammerstein was her most per
| sistent sutton. 1t was true that he
was a divorced man, but every one
knew that the fault had lain with
his silly, empty headed wife, and
| Mary had told herself over and over
| again that the intimacy between
Jack and herself was friendship
nothing more. The old adaSe about
..He who approaches too near q
precipice," she persistently put from
her. She replaced the receiver, and
slowly assembled the stairs. Every
time she accepted an invitation from
Jack HammersteiE she suffered from
depression afterward. The house. was
so still and lonely-Aunt Myra, who
was her housekeeper, had gone to
her sons house for Sunday dinner
and Mary, yielding to an unaccount.
able desire to be alone, had refused
/ an invitation to dine with Caroline
Luscombe. She did not feel in the
mood to. listen to Caroline's chatter
today.
The papers on her desk were scat
tered about, and she started to put
thems in order; q little calendar had
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GRAIN FUTURES. MINNEAPOLIS.

WHEAT
September, high, 125A low. 122T.
December, 1859 low, 122%.
Oats--
September. high, 29&; low, 2SA.
Rye
September, high, SO; low, 91k. De-
cember, high, 95; low. 1914.
BARLEY
September. high, 55A; low. 54&. De-
cember. high. 57A: low. 56A.
FLAX
September, high. 2.O1; low 197h.
october. high. 2.03; low. zoo.
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Sermons on Catholic Worship.

of the paschal victim, the risen Christ.
The Pentecost Sequence, "Veni Sancte
Spiritus," invokes the grace of the
Holy Ghost. The "Lauda Sion," sung
at Corpus Christi, is fervent invita-
ton to sing the praises Of the Blessed
Sacrament. The "Stabat Mater" feel
ingly sympathizes with Mary standing
at the foot of the cross. The die.
Irae'' of Requiem Masses portrays the
terrols of judgment day.
Wealth and Depth of Meaning.
AS you see, my dear brethren, there
is wealth and depth of meaning tt
these various parts of the Mass
When assisting at the Holy Sacrifice
follow the priest step by step, strive tt
fathom the meaning of the various he's
SONS and prayers that your WORSHIP
may be more Intelligent and devo
tional.
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fallen over; and as she picked it up,
the date caught her eye; May Is
May %! She gave a start-May
%, her mothers birthday! Her
mother-her gay, CHEEKY little in
valid mother, who had been her
chum and her pal and her confidant.
She thought of the same date two
years ago when they had such
jolly time. She had baked cake
with fortyseven candles, and there
had been half a dozen women of
the Altar Society there, and as many
Sodality girls, her friends, and they
had feasted, chatted, and laughed,
and her mothers pale cheeks had
glowed pink, and her eyes sparkled
And that had been her last birthday.
+" Mary shuddered as she remem-
bered the utter blaekness of the
days that came afterward-the cruel
sickness-the frail little body, with
ing and twisted with pain, and the
lips that gasped in agony. How
well she remembered every detail
of that illness: How she had knelt
by her mothers bed and prayed
oh, how she had prayed that she
might be spared! A few more years
she had asked for her, and they
had been denied. Her mothers suf-
ferings had passed, and with them
the frail, brave spirit-and Mary had
grown harsh and bitter in mind
and heart. n
"It ifs not right her rebellious
young self had protested. God
might have let her live. She was
all had, and He took her prayed
and He would not hear me!'
She would not pray again, she
said, and yet some strange potent
power drew her, Sunday after Sun
day, to High Mass at st. Aloysius'
At first, 1t was torture for her to
go, but time calloIsed her. She was
not unaware of the things that were
being said about her, but she did not
care. In her frame of mind nothing
mattered.
AS time passed, she flung herself
into whirlwind of gaiety. She had
friends, and her new ones were
the ,worldiest of the worldly. None
Of them were Catholics, and few of
them attended church of any kind.
She was pretty and gifted and popu-
lar, and there seemed no limit to
| the good times" she shared, and
no end to young men who crowded
around her seeking for her favor.
The height of her popularity had
| been reached when she met John
Hammerstein, and he had eagerly
| added himself to the train of her
admirers. Any girl in the crowd
would have given her right hand
for his attentions, Caroline Las-
combe said, and he had eyes for
no one but her. She had music and
gaiety--dances and parties-fattery
and adulation-and it was all as
husks-dust and ashes in her mouth.
| Always there was dull pain in her
heart, and an unsatisfied longing In
her breast t
Her mothers birthday! She laid
down the calendar and, taking key
from her desk, softly crossed the
hall to the door of her mothers sit
ting room. Since her death. the
room had not been disturbed. 1t
was fancy of Mary's to keep 1T as
1t was, a shrine to her mothers
memory Opening the door, she
crossed the room and drew up the
shade. Then she turned and looked
about her. Everywhere there were
signs of the dear familiar presence
the wicker chair with its chintz
covered cushions, where she had al
| ways sat--the footstool beside it
| the bit OF half-finished darning In
thee basket-her gold-bowed glasses
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The appended is the 18th of series
of sermons on "Catholic Worship"
This sermon was prepared by the
Rev. A. r. coopman, pastor of st.
Paui's church, Anaconda, Mont. 1t
treats of the Epistle, Gradual, Tract
and Sequence of the Mass.
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On some days the notes of praise
indicated by the Alleluia or the sub
dued sorrow expressed in the Tract are
prolonged and intensified in what is
called the Sequence, or Following. y
At first the Sequence consisted of notes
without words, but in the course OF
time words were adapted to the mel
ody At present we have five Sc
Corpus Christi, the Seven Dolors OF
the BLESSED Virgin, and that of Req
uiein Masses. The Sequence of Easter,
''Victimae Paschali." sings the praises
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The Corner Store.
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the Dixie Highway Hotel
Company will be held in the court
house Friday afternoon, Oct. z, at
four o'clock. AS business of impor-
lance will come up for considera-
ton, a full attendance of the stock
holders is urged.
j. C. Sheppard,
President.
j. L. Minis,
eSoora+arv
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The Home Grounds.

This is the season of the year we
begin for more attractive grounds
ON the farm. Shrubs, trees and flow
ers add much to the charm of living
in the open country and more far
raers should take an interest in home
Identification.
Shrubs may be transplanted in the
fall or winter with the least danger
of loss and with the greatest assur-
ance of saving them. AS a rule the
first summer is trying on shrubs if
the drouth is severe. Shrubs planted
in the fall or early winter will have
their roots well established in the
soil and be less liable to suffer from
the drouth the following summer.
Trees may be set any time from
late fall until spring but the best
time is soon after the leaves fall in
early autumn. Then trees are dor
mant and may stand digging up and
transplanting.
The ground should be in good con-
dition and be prepared some time be-
fore the tree is to be transplanted.
The ground should be prepared
early in fall for the flower beds; the
ground should be dug up early, then
manure applied and the whole cover
ed with a mulch. Under the influence
Of the rains and freezes the ground
will then be in good condition for
the flower beds the following spring.
Farm and Ranch.