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IT'fl MARYPXOUS MAOIOL
THE AMERICAN
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
OF JESUITS OR AMERICANS.
me Grand Island Independent says tho Obligation Printed Alongside t&e Jes
uit's OatH Below, is Used liy tno A, P. A. It Is Not-Yon Can Decide
mat Class Yon Would Bather Hnve Gotcw Tills Country.
JESUIT'S 'OATH.
A. P. A. OB LIGATION.
WONDfMi ACCOMrLIIMID Y A
HINDOO MAOICIAN.
f m tfMUr f luaknikw Vlha
flaart Cln Bpmtl .III,
Ion Itn trtrm mrm.
frhanllila !.
Kx-fWfnt Major Ferrll who
pent seventeen years In India toll
th following to the New York Hum
"On might b lit India for yours."
mi lil Farroll," and nevor got night of a
hlffh-aaat eonjurur. I had bean thero
a long time before I law on. It wm
In April, 1 N.V.I, about a year after th
alngw, whon I wim no of a large mili
tary force then statlonod at Lucknow.
A conjurer gave a performance In a
menu anteroom, and Vol Fielding of
the royal Artillery invited a largo
number of oflleors and a few non-coma,
including myself, to bo present Soma
of tha olllonr who wor there lira still
alive, among them (leu. A. Herbert
Kir H. Havcloelc A I Inn, Gen. Thomas
Ughtfoot Gen. llarton, and Dennis
Donohoe, now Hrltlsh Consul in Fun
Francisco, all of whom will vouch for
whnt I ssy.
Tha performer was a toll, hand
some man about Ho" years of age, and
ha had the most lustrous, penetrating
dark eyes that over warn awn In a
human face. Ho entered tha room
accompanied by una attendant, who
carried only a I 111 to flat box about ten
inches long. Th attendant took from
tha box a whito eashmore ihawl and
spreiul It upon tha floor, and tha per
former soalod himself upon It. Ho
directed lila gaze slowly upon nnoh
one of the audtunoa In turn, and then
laid to Col. JMghtfooU 'Will you hand
to Col. Cooper tha sovereign you havo
In your vest pnekotP1
"Col, Ughtfoot ald ha carried a
sovereign a a pocket pioen, hut ha
wondered how tha conjurer knew that
As ho spoke, ha folt in hit pocket and
a look of surprise cama over hi faeo,
Tha sovereign wan not there. Tho
performer smiled and asked Col.
Cooper to fool In hi pocket. Cooper
did no, and to hi own astonishment
found Col. Ughtfoot1 sovereign, which
ha returned to the latter. Holding tha
coin In hid hand, Col. Ughtfoot asked
the performer how he managed It.
'Manage whatP1 asked the man.
" 'How did you manage to gat that
coin from my pocket to Cooper'!"
" l did not, It ha not been out of
your own pocket'
" 'Hut hnro It 1,' ald Col Light
font, opening hie hand. A look of
blank amazement came Into hi face,
for tha coin which ha had Just taken
In 1)1 hand wan not there. Tha con
jurer told him to foot in hid pocket
and tha sovereign win there.
"Jlefora.wa recovered from our sur
prise the performer borrowed a marked
, rupee from Colonel Montgomery and
laid it upon tha ahawL If raised hi
finger and the rupee stood upon it
tdga, and at a sign rolled half way
across tha room and then stood still.
At another sign it rolled back, and
when opposlto tho performer It spun
rapidly like a top for a moment and
then disappeared,
"When naked how ho did it the man
quietly replied that ha had dona abo.
lutely nothing, and that we only
Imagined we iaw the coin apln around.
The marked coin won found in Col.
Montgomery's pocket.
"Then tha basket trick waa donn,
hut not aa Herrmann deajrlbei It, A
baaket four feet In diameter and three
feet high wan taken out of the attend
ant1 little box before our eye. The
cook1 daughter waa called In and
placed under tha baaket, and tho next
wa knew tha conjurer aloud bonlda it
with a apear in hla hand. Nobody
could tell where that apear cama from.
Tha man Jahlmd the apear down
through thohnfcket, the child ahrleked,
and tha blood dowed out upon the
floor. tJoveral olfloori aprang forward
( amtura wirA rj exoitO(J
but the Jllnthio ralnily aa Id i 'Nothing
hna hhpfMiiied,' and tlpw.d tha bnakrt
over with hi bhxldy aMnr.
"Nothing w under the basket. The
child came Into Ihn room through the
door, and when we turned again to
look at tho conjurer he waa Rented up
on the floor, and tho basket, apear and
blood atntna were gonn.
"lie then look a ahoit bamboo at Irk
In hi hand, threw thu ihawl over hi
arm ao a to conceal tha at Irk. nnd lu
atantly ha aeeined to ho aeated croaa
legged In the ntr, about two feot above
tho floor, aupportod by nothing hut tha
cano under hla hand. Mnut. Ihirna,
an artilleryman, i apped quickly for
ward, tel.ed the ahawl, and twltidind
It away. No rod wa them, and the
man wu aeated upon tho floor, al
though no movoment of his body had
been aeen by anybody.
"Then he placed a allk handker
chief upon the floor, and Instantly it
aenmod to ha covered with a awnrm of
Inanota golden and irrideacont bootleg
file of brilliant huo all iqulrmlng
and running about I turned to the
man next ma and laid: 'lan't that
beaut! fill P1
" 'Isn't what heauttfulP I tea noth
ing,' ha rejoined, and whon I turned
my head again to look at the strange
alirht tha handkerchief was clean and
no Innects were there at all.
"Tha roan performed font toon tricks
in all, and every one was as Incompre
hensible as thoae I have deacrlbed.
Whll ha was performing he never
looked at tba coins or other objects,
but kept his eyes upon ours, his gtt.e
ranging from one to another constant
ly. If a man started to leave the room,
tho Hindoo looked at him, and tho
man would sit down, all purpose gona
from his mind.
"When it was all over tho Hindoo
smilingly Informed us that wo had
seen literally nothing, but had Imag
ined tho whole affair, and w went
away thoroughly bewildered. 1 was
ao diied that I even lost my way hack
to th barraoks. Wa talked It over
tho next day, but could make nothing
of It. W even tore up tha floor of
the anteroom to se if tha Hindoo had
prepared for th performance by con
coaling a confederate under tha floor,
but titer was no spaca btwen the
boards and tha ground. Afterward I
mat tha sama man, but. ha declared
that I never had sen him, and that h
naver wa In Luck now la his Ufa. "
l'u high prlo of coal on Moiloaa rail
roads ha rnsnltad In th ndepllu of a
naral type of compound mtgtn on loco
mytlMi, 'Ilia high pifnuura cyMiir la
eofitnlutod to tha low prnaNiira cylinder, and
a saving of tt.l pr cent lit coal I obtained
vUfc oily a IIUIm InfroaMH In weight.
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"FOOLSCAP"
A I'lirma Tliat Ciiina liowa to tl From
(Turn wall' lima.
Everybody knows what "foolscap"
paper la, but everybody does not know
how It camo to bear that narno, In
order to lncreaao his revenues Charles
I. granted certain privileges, amount
ing to monopolies, and among theso
was tho manufacture of paper, tho ox
clualvo right of which was sold to
certain partlon, who grow rich, and
enriched th government at tlio ex
pense of thoao who wero obliged to
use paper.
At that time all Kngllah paper bora
the royal arms In water-marks. Tho
parliament under Cromwell made
sport of this law In every possible
manner, and among other Indignities
to tha memory of Charles it was or
dered that the royal arms bo removed
from tho paper, that the fool's cap and
bells should bo umiu! ns a siibatltuto.
Whon tho Hump parliament waa
tirorogued thano wore also removod;
Hit paper of tho size of tha parlia
mentary Journals, which is usually
about seventeen by fourteen Inches,
still bears the fiamo of "foolscap."
How scddoin w got wlmt wo expect, or ex
pect what we get. .. ., .m .m, -
I, , now in the presence of Al
mighty God, the blessed virgin Mary,
tha blessed Michael tha arohangol, th
blessed St John the Baptist, th holy
apostles St. Peter and St. Taut and the
saints and snored host of heaven, and
to you my ghostly father, I do declare
from my heart, without mental reser
vation that the popo Is Christ's vloar
goneral and is the true and only head
of the universal church throughout the
earth, and by virtue of the keys of bind
Ing and loosing given to his holiness
by Jesus Christ ho hath power to de
pose heretical kings, princes, states,
commonwealths, governments, all be
ing Illegal without bis sacred confirma
tion, and they may safely be destroyed.
Therefore, to the utmoit of niv power,
I will defend this doctrine and his hol
iness' rights and customs against all
usurpers of the heretical or l'rotostant
authority, especially against the now
iirotondcd authority and church In
England and all adherent, in regard
that they be usurped and hcretloal, op-
losing the sacred mother ohuroh of
tome,
1 do renounce and disown any al leg
In noe as due to any heretical king,
prlnoe or state, named Protestant, or
obcdlance to any of their inferior mag
istrates or o fllcer.
I do further declare the dootrlne of
tho ohurcu of England, of the Calvan
1st, JJaguenots and other Protestants,
to be damnable, and those to bo
damned who will not forsake the same.
I do further declare that I will help,
assist and advise all or any of his holi
ness' agents, in any place wherever I
shall be and to do my utmost to extir
pate the heretical Protestant doctrine,
and to destroy all their protended
power, regal or otherwise. I do fur
ther promise and declare, that notwith
standing I am dispensed with to as
sume any religion heretical for the pro
pagation of the mother ohuroh's inter
est to keep secret and private all her
agents oounseis as they entrust me,
and not to divulge, directly or Indirect
ly, by word, writing or olroumstanoe
whatsoever, but to execute all whloh
shall be proposed, given in charge or
discovered unto me, by you my ghostly
father.
All whloh I, , do swear by the
blessed trinity, and blessed sacrament
whloh I arn about to receive, to per
form, on my part to keep invloablyi
and do call on all tho heavenly and
glorious host of heaven to witness my
real intentions to keep my oath. In
testimony whereof, I lake this most
hotv and bleased sacrament of the
euohnrlst, and witness tho same further
with my hand and seal, In the face of
this holy oonvent. .
Now, what do you think of that? Is
that not a nice thing for an Amorlcan(P)
citizen to wear around in this oountryp
Swears to support tho holy church (the
pope) without a mental reservntlon, no
difference in what country he may be.
Swears to hulp destroy all herello (Prot
estant) governments. Swears that he
will not obey Protestant officers or
magistrates. Swear that all govern
ments ara illegal unless ooflrmod by
tho ohuroh. Swears to aid in breaking
down Protestantism. Swears to be
solely and wholly a Homan the obed
ient servant, to willing tool of the man
la Rome.
Grand Island Independanti Thi
following I the obligation taken by
persons joining the A. P. A. as shown
by the working book as explained bj
cipher explanation of blank spaoel
found In said bookt
WOIIKINO BOOK OBUO A1I0W.
Deputy You will repeat after ms
the following obligation, giving yout
name in full. (Persons afllrmlng will
raise the right hand.)
I, , in the presence of Almighty
God, and these witnesses, do solemnly
promise, declare and swear, that I will
support and defend the constitution ol
the United States, and the state when
I reside; I will keep inviolate the se.
orcts of thi organization! I will obey
its constitution and laws; I will use my
boat endeavors to promote oivil and re
ligtous liberty; I will not knowingly
vote for, recommend for, nor appoint
nor assist In electing, or appointing i
Roman Catholic nor any person sym
puthlslng with Homan Catholicism, t
any political position whatever, and Id
all my publlo and polltloal aotlon will
be governed by the principles of thu
ordur I will oppose all attempts to us
the publlo funds for any seotarlan pur
pose whatever and will ever maintain
the great principle of one general an
sectarian free school organisation 1
will never reveal any of the signs,
grips, words, passwords or other mys
t erics of this order, or the names ol
any of It member, or it numerloal
strength, to the uninitiated; I will hold
these principle above my party affilia
tion; X will alway give a brother ol
thi order preference in all matter ol
business and also In my act of eleotlv
franchise, all things being equal. J
will make prompt reports to the chief
reoordlng seoretary of every initiation
mado by me. I will advocate the prln
clplos of thi order. I will use my best
endeavor to initiate all true men, and
in thi way help sproad the order j all
this I voluntarily promise, declare and
swear (or adlrm) without hesitation ol
mental reservation, or any solf evasion
of mind in me, whatever, so halp m
God." (lleoently Incorporated as thi
American League.)"
How many of you who have taken
th A. P. A. obligation would reoognlri
the above a that nsed by the order f
What outsider, after reading the Jesu
it's oath in the preoedlng oolumn, be
lieve even that obligation wrongf I
it not th height of impudence for ras
ouls, for traitor, to try to nail a halt
In the American movement Thai
oatk shows what the Jesuits are hers
for. It shows they wear the livery of
heaven to serv th devil in. While
they fAwn upon short-sighted Protes
tants they hav their minions working
to destroy th government whloh furn
ished them a baven when driven from
nearly every nation upon th earth.
For our part we would not hesitate to
ohoose between the two oath. W
are purely and limply an American,
who believe it the duty of very man
who oome to live in thi ooantrv and
wean alleglanoe to the United State,
to so swear alleglanoe aa not to havi
a mental reservation in favor of tha
pope. We bellav In th above oblige
tie, and aar bttk who ku U.