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:rican, 4 rnur Mstrtt ittH 0 iltt TIS . N rf tt . t- . a as 4 ifon IW l'.t tfr milkvl ... HMntl M , a tit OMAHA, NKUHASKA, KUU'AY, MAY . Iv., Volt MR II. THE AME A NtW SOCHTV. h A. P. A. A deal f feeling t W-lnji m pmletvd. MtltetiUrty along the llm of the I'nion Pacific' railway, hv tho organisation of the . A.,f Aner ItMin Protective w'inilm In lt aim anil puri. the A. I. A. In practlcallv identical with Knownothinglsm, which iaif.ll with such virulence In this country during tho decide preceding the war. It In only natural that the organisation of a aiplciy with the ol Joots and alms of tho A. I. A, should create a groat deal of bitterness. In order that somo definite idea of 1 ho organization may ho secured, ami that no one may tie Indud-d to join it under the, Impression that it in a purely Amer ican organization, when, ax a mutter of fact, It Is essentially non-American in its fundamental princiulcs of bigotry and intolerance, wo give herewith the obligation taken by each candidate for membership. "I hereby declare that I am a firm believer in a dloty. I am not a member of the Ltoman Catholic church, nor havo I any aympathy with Roman Catholicism; that in my opinion no Homan Catholic, Hhould bo allowed any part or parcel in the control, or occupy any position In our public schools:' .in tho contrary, I realize that the Inwtitu tions of our country arc in danger from tho machinations of tho Church of Romo. I boliovo that onlv bv tho re moval of Roman Catholics from offices of public trust can justice, right and true American sentiment bo fully sub served, and that by the concerted and continued efforts of tho lovers of Amer ican liberty can only such results be consummated and continued. "I pledge myself to defend the irov- ernmont of tho United States and of the state in which I reside against invasion disorder, treason, robullion, cither ecclesiastical, local or foreign foe. and against the usurpation of temporal or spiritual power, whereby men become slaves to party and the Homan Catholic church. "I am willing to bind myself by vow sacred and inviolable. "I am a Protestant and have been for years. "Occupation "Recommended by This is tho list of questions which each applicant must fill out Havo you made application to join mis oruor ooioror Do you wish to unite with us? What is your name? Ago? Height foot, Inches? Color of hair? Complexion? Color 01 ipyonf ..... Place of residoneo? Occupation? Aro you a voter? If not, will you bo como one? What induces you to make this up- jr icanon.- J Do you believe in a deltv? To what church organization do you ..... Do you belong to any secret society? If so, what society? Aro you willing to bind yourself by a vow, sucrcu anu invioiamor Aro you in favor of maintaining tho principles of one general unsoctarian Iroo school organization? In your opinion is the Roman Catho lic church tho truu church? Do you favor Roman Catholics hold lng tho civil, political and military olllcos in this country, men who owo aiiogianco to tho popo of Home? Do you boliovo in the Roman Catho lic coniossionr Aro you a Protestant? How long have you boon one? Wore vour nuruntM PiviteHt,n.nt,n'i Aro you willing to aid your follow man to tho exclusion of tho Roman Catholic church? And are you willing, in order to do so, to renounce and denounce tho popo now sitting at Rome? Aro you willing to pledge yourselves ,io ueionu uio govornmontor tho United States and of the state of this govern mont in which you rosldo, against in vasion, disorder, treason, rebellion, either by local or foreign foo, ecclesias tical power, ana against tho usurpation of temporal or spiritual power, whereby men become slavos to party and tho jioman enurenr Dated this day of 1891. L. H.J Proposed by After tho election, tho member takos this oath: I horoby denounce Roman Catholic ism. I horoby denounce tho popo now sitting in Homo or elsewhere. I de nounce all his priests and emissaries an over tho world and tho diabolical intrigues of tho Roman Catholic church. I will not knowingly vote for nor appoint, nor assist in electing or appointing a Roman Catholic, nor any person sympathizing with ltoman Catholicism, to any political position whatever, and in all my public and political actions will bo governed by nie principles or mis order. m, ...... mere snouiu do no place in any decent American community for any society which is based upon bigotry and fanaticism, and which (lies In tho faco of the federal constitution which guar antees religious freedom and expressly declares against tost oaths. The above appeared in tho Cheyenne Daily Leader a an editorial, tho 28th day of April, 18112. To those men who havo assumod tho obligation In tho A. P. A., tho fore going excerpt will afford no end of amusement. To thorn it will demon state that tho fool-killer has not been Jn tho vicinity of Cheyenne for some tlmo, or that tho truckler who con tributed that article to tho Leader is a vara arts which has just drifted into tho community, by direction of tho holy(?) Roman church(?). ,. ' In the first place, the order docs not )resnnble the old lenownothing movement. Either tho writer In the Leader is Ignorant of the laws of that organiza- tlon, r he l Ignorant f th ftil.- and tvgwlatfc'ns of He A. I. A. No man aS)ualnt-d with Wth w-t-anathsn would maintain that they tvmsnhhil other In ewn we cnttal jmit. hvftiiM tht y hi net. Wo know what w arv talking about. ur father a know rtothlnif -who aw the rrror of hi way mill nmrrli0 an Ktttflioh wo man. We are an A. V, A. Tht know nothings W-Heved In slopping Imml-irration-the A. P. A, hcliovt In restricting it, Tho know-nothing would not supmrt foreigner for oftlov If an Atnerlcan-horn clttiten was con testing for tho place. The A. P. As. will iiipNrt any man for oftioo who docs not owe primary allegiance to the jhih at Rome. We caro not whether a man was lorn in Ireland, in German, in France, in tho Scandinavian countries, or In America, so long as ho Is a Protestant. It is not tho birthplace that determines a citizen's fealty to his country; it is his acts, his life and his professions. No man can bo a loyal American citi zen and a loyal Homan Catholic at one and tho same time. Theso are two things which will not assimilate. It is impossible for night to transform itself into day and retain tho character of night. It is equally impossible for a Roman Catholic to swear allegiance to tho United States when ho has a mental reservation of prior or first al legiance to tho church tho popo. Any man who is acquainted with tho oaths of the bishopB, the cardinals and the priests, who havo taken orders in tho Roman Catholic church, knows that those oaths are diametrically op posed to tho oath of allegiance required of every alien who seeks to become a citizen of tho United States. Any man who is a Roman Catholic, and recog nizes tho dogmas of that alien political organization, knows that ho does not have any ideas which run counter to that of tho bishop as promulgated by tho priest. ThlB statement cannot bo controverted. Wo defy any Roman Catholic to prove other than what wo have stated. Wo do not havo to go back to tho dark ages in order to prove this wo know of instances that have happened within six months that will lot tho wind out of any attempted vin dication of tho Roman machine which may bo attempted. Tho writer of tho article a ridiculous fabrication is acquainted with theso same Instances to which wo refer, or ho Is a consumato Ignoramus. Those Romans who furnish A. P. A. obligations, in job lots, to their gullible readers, never stop to reason out that tho A mei'lcan association does not havo a separate obligation for every town In which a branch Is organized; yet, from a perusal of some of the effusions which havoominated from the diseased brains of unscrupulous and designing children of tho Roman church, ono would natur ally suppose that each local assembly Is supplied with a special obligation. To prove what we say, wo ask you to compare tho above obligation with tho (ho printed below, which we take from the St. Joseph (Mo.) Daily Gazette, of Saturday, March 2, 1892: In tho AnxiHcan Protective association tlioaiidldat I Btrlpptid absolutely undo In an ante-room and a Ioiik, narrow tlnlUid States II UK thrown about Ids loins. Itn Is then l)llti(l-f(j(lc(l tind with two exports, dirrylin drawn swords, Is escorted around tlio lodge room, wiilUttlmoflluors atirttiimnhcrg sIiik tho national anthems and patriotic soiiks. The candidate Is thon made to kneel beforo tho altar on both nakud knoes on tlio hard floor of wood and with tho loft hand pressing a 111 hie to his lips and tho right arm extended directly upward Its full Ionian tho Index lln-fc-or poliitlim toward heaven, an open cotlln containing a human skeleton, whose eyeballs aro glowing lumps, on either side three armored knights In front, resting the points of three glistening swords on his naked left breast opposite his heart, two armored knights on either side, beyond the coflln, holding t ho keen edges of two swords to his naked throat and napo of neck. Tho hood wink Is then suddenly removed amid tho waving of flags ail over tlio lodge-room, and nie snout on 'Uoa suvo our country from Its over Increasing and plotting ltoman foes! The candidal Is then made to tnko this fearful Initiation oath: 'In the name of God, In the name of this glorious country and lu Prolcitant founders, I tho name of t lie Sacred Order of the Amer ican Protective association, I, (tho candidates name,) In tho presence of the rled, true and loyal brothers here assembled. doof my own free will, most solemnly promise and swear, without any mental reservation or equivocation whatsoever, that I siiull keep forever sacred and Inviolate all th secret iereiiionles and workings of this sacred order under no less a penalty tlianthlsand my sub sequent obligat ions may provide. I do furthermore solemnly and sacredly promise and swear that under every circum stance I will protect a brother member of this sacred order, and his family against all his enemies, especially those swearing or owning allegiance to the popo of Home, with iy every means, and that I will willingly sacrifice my life In such protect ion If need be. I do furthermore solemnly and sacredly promlso and swear never to cast a vote for any person for prlvato or public office or trust who direct ly or indirectly acknowledges Ileglunco to tho popo of Home or tho Homan at hollo church, and I furthermore promise and swear that I will use all my power and nlluence to prevent others from costing their bullets for any other person dlrectlv or ndlrectly connected with the ltoman Catho lic church, all of which persons, so ucknow- t I el H i liimiMi!ii Mll fw (Boms II.Hi i--. lit ( I.I I, IH 1,14 I t,i fMtt-Miim ti ,.il unit ,-r-ti imtftilw Snit iM tti 1 Will StMiiltilel tlln rown ll a lsl kltll H lllinl uSil.s- Hiwtn with rvr suit all rnnt rMiv tlo-llf e Imllrvetly, ewlti IWtiw Hi ltiM rmholie hii h. mid ilea I will un i, J- ulttHWl li'ver li -lw if fiienit knet iiiHit ti.i- l.i.l. i IKi-le( I ln furl hot mure eli-initlv S'ld Mh-twtly itMiulr iul Kim that I will nlnnlnlely nit. Intn, tors Hip nKitin tun) lie wltlilniny pnwvr. fn nil lmthe tvr,ileti lih ter nl all x-rin i wtiti il'nvlljr or In.llrtvi It nfktiiin liitk!ln l1iIMii-v In (lie liiimsii Cnlhul.n i liuii li. siul Ihsl I will ileinyHt nnwt fiiiti-svum lo preveiil my frleiiit suit Sitionltilfttieoa from mlnuillii In sny luil ness sy, lisi v,-r, sny sml all iiermuin tll nvily or Indirectly nek mm (edging sUcglntu-o to the ih. of Hi,ini or lilsemliwwrles, I do furt ln-riiion solemnly sml nsoilljf promlM slid Rwenr Hint until my iti alu I shall do mt; titinoM to bring within the fold of our sacred order every iroe I'mlestnut American who seeks the Welfare of this glorloiiM country and whom I may Is-llevecan Ik-safely Intrusted to make uiu'cnnlng war fare on beruim-lentlng Human embolic foes to sserlllee his properly and life, If need lie In circumventing ami (letnylng the same. I do furthermore solemnly and sacredly promise and swear to olx-y all t he pnwnt and future rules, luws, Instructions and orders of whatever nat ure of the American Protec tive association coming from Its regularly const! tilled ofllecrs and authorities under no less a penalty than having my heart twice pierced through and through, my head sever ed from my body front and buck, my body and soul cast InUibell, there to dwell In an etern ity of agony, If 1 should at any lime hereafter violate this, my solemn and sucred obllgul Ion, so help me God.' " Prior to tho publication of tho above lurid obligation in tho columns of a truckling Protestant dally, the Iowa Catholic Mciwnytr, of Davenport, la., March 12, 181)2, had published the fol lowing as tho real, authentic and only true oath of tho A. P. A: 'I , In t he presence of Almighty God, and these witnesses, do solemnly promise and swear that I will keep Inviolate the secrets of this organi zations I will not knowingly vote for, recommend for, nor appoint, nor assist In electing, or appointment, a Homan Catho lic nor any person sympathizing with Homan Catholicism, to any political position what ever, I will never reveal any of the signs, grips, words, pass words 'or other mysteries of t his order, or tho names of any of Its members, or Its numerical strength, to tho uninitiated; I will hold these prlmdples shove my party sfflllufloiis! I will always glvo a brot her of this order preference In all mutters of business, and also In my act of elective franchise, all things being equal, Ho help me God," Hut those do not cover tho ground. Wo huvo seen twice as many more, all differing as widely its tho above.' Ilut throe will sullleo to convince any man reasonable or unreasonable who is not a member, that tho parties who try to foist upon tliem such ridiculous and widely differing A. P. A. oaths, that they aro manufactured for the occasion, without a shadow of truth or tho Homb- laneo of reason to back up their charges. Rome and her votaries need not worry, her days of political power are numbered. She has lost much of her prestige she will lose all of her false glory! God, in his infinite wisdom, has allowed her to attain tho zenith of her power In tho first sphere of her ambition, and before tho transition to her next has fairly begun, Ho strips her of tho mask of religion, and, behold she stands forth apolitical monstrosity 1 Caring nothing for tho souls of her children caring only for political w)wor, and personal aggrandisement of tho tools of the fraud that sits on the Tiber! Yet foolish Protestants, or Jpsults who sail under tho guise and cloak of Protestantism, prostitute tho press to thwart tho aims, purposes and objects of the loyal men who have banded themselves together for tho perpetua tion of our form of government and its frco Institutions, ky'ntfi Iurgery, any questionable method, is resorted to by Jesuitical Romanists, to further Romanism and tear down Protestantism. Protestant ism has always been on tho defensive; it ever will bo. Itonmnlsm has alwnvs boon tho aggressor it will never lie in any other position. Homo rules through superstition and fear. Protestantism by love and reason. Tho latter believes in and practices toleration; tho former is tolerant to tho highest degree. TIiIb is proven by tho fact that you never hear a Protestant objecting to tho or ganization of a new branch of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, which is composed entirely of Roman Catholics, and in which no man is admitted who has not been to confession at least once during tho your preceding his applying for membership. You always hear the Romans "squeal" when they learn that tho Protestants havo organized an American order. If tho Romans are so tolerant, why do they resort to all manner of moans to keep men from joining a Protestant order? Why do they boycott? W'.iy do they discharge their employes? Why do they, as foremen, make it so unpleasant for Protestants that they arc forced to re sign, or throw up their situations? Why do they assault members of Amer ican orders? If such acts aro acts nf . hkl.n aUim, have alw ays h4 w tvo,; c.in.l-l, , (f, f, ,v- ',s thmight '"i ll ois Were the oM.rlni, f Mftttry nil intolerance, W still l-IUe tin to lo be sm b. m! ww UU ldlec the ProtesUuu tivt a much t U'ht l OMxkdste ami It s,! Utgvthcr, m hsve tho Rmnanlst. Mm-H iMItot iU as that w hit h precede theno few Comment w ill never charge this opinion. We be- licvo In hul one country, one flag, and one Iich4 of our government- the pivsl dent. Any man who believes In more Is a traitor, and there aro a gisl many In this country! .... , JOANNA. A Well Written Bit of Authentic Mia. tory. Joanna was Isirn In M7'., and illo.l in I VV. She was tho damliter of 1-VrdU mjnd of Aragnn and Isabella of Castile, and spent her youth in tho court of Spain. When nineteen years old she was married to tho Austrian archduke, Philip tho Handsome, who as Duke of Burgundy hod Isien for nearly twenty years tho sovereign of tho Netherlands. In I'Vhruary, lf,(XH), slio gave birth to a son, who became the famous Charles tho Fifth, whose empire covered half of Europe and all of America. In my early historic reading I learned to know her as the "Mad Princess," who had to bo restrained and incarcer ated for fifty years, and to this day she Is almost universally so regarded. When anything becomes stereotyped in history as a fact, it Is generally ac quiesced in that when an error is dis covered it is almost impossible to cor rect It. Robertson and tlio older writers took tlio madness of Joanna to be a fact, because her parents and son said so, and lutor writers follow them without any further inquiry. Appleton's Cyclo pedia makos no mention of Joanna, ex cept simply that that was tho name of Charles' mother, and Chambers' Cyclo podlu says that Charles, at tho death of his grandfather, took possession of tho throne of Spain, "his mother, Joanna, being of disordered intellect and lneapublo of reigning." t'Iut a.ow years ago sundry lottors and documents of hor day were found in tho fortross of Situations, near Valla- dolld, whoro tho archives of Castilo havo long Ixlon deposited, which threw much light upon hor, character and life, and show that slio was the victim of ono of tho foulest and most unnatural conspiracies that Romanism ev plunned, for her father and mother and son were tho active conspirators. In stead of being crazy, she was only sano, but so strong of mind that half a cen tury of oppression and wrong and suf fering was not ab!o to produce Insanity. blio was Intellectually bright, and Inherited most of tho good qualities of hor parents, and none of tho bad ones, and she Imparted to hor distinguished son tho characteristics which made his greatness. Her father was so devoted to tho church that ho Is known in history as Ferdinand tho Catholic, and her mother was almost equally zealous. Tho church had now become so corrupt and tho clorgy so Immoral, that many persons, from a more sense of tho fitness of things, refused or ' neglected tho ob servance of some of the rites and cere monies of tho church, and wore conse quently sharply dealt with as heretics. To moot this stato of affairs, Ferdinand and Isabella hod tho Inquisition firmly established In Spain, and fed its moloch jaws with thousands of their best sub jects. They expatriated hundreds of thousands of tho Jews, who took with them most of the learning and much of tho wealth of tho nation, and they also expelled tho Moors, who took with them much of the industry and enter prise and culture of tho country, and all this because these were heretics. Thoy had such horror of heresy that they made Spain poor and robbed her of her learning and high civilization, that they might make tho church supremo, and despotic and cruel. Joanna was born and nurtured while theso things wore going on. In tho dally conversation of her mother and her mother's household, she heard of tho whip, and tho rack, and tho auto- da-fe, as tho church used them for tho honor of tho mild and loving Jesus, and unfortunately for her she had some natural conscience and an innate sense of right and wrong, and became indig nant at such cruelties and wrongs, and refused to observe the loadings rites of tho church. This was hor madnm, and tho real and only cause of all her sub sequent indignities and sorrows. We have the testimony of ono of her jailers, in a letter to her son, Charles V., that her mother used tho torture to comiiel her to comply with all tho church's requisitions, and with very limited success. - This- greatly grieved her royal mother, who thought that as a heretic and rebel against tho church she was endangring her soul. It also involved K ti In her mind a tfravn qo. 4 ui, Jeii WM the undUputml ) tv ,4 the crowns f alt Sjialn, with t newly dlncwiini! Aroerk, anil f N'spbw and Mi Uy, atul It hoam an Inh tinting in-tinn ol t"OeleUth-l policy, whether It Wmihl l l-X Hlleiit hi allow so ttttii-h civil iwer to Into tl hands of a heretic Her mother had very d.H-ldiil opinion tin the subject, ami very delUcrately formed her plan for carrying It out. At the meeting of the (Vtes In l.V2 ami l.'sl.l she sul- in lu.nl tho draft of a law chancing the siieeenslnn, so that at hep death the government of Cast He should pais to Ferdinand, provided Joanna was ab sent, or unwilling, or tmuWr hi person ally administer tho government. Tin true reason for this change was not given, for tho church was so iuisipular that a strong party would most pinb- ably esHiuse her cause, so tho unnatural mother privately circulated tho Insinu ation that Joanna was rot of sound mind. Tho clorgy readily took up tho hint and published abroad that she was crazy, of course, she must lie crazy, for no ono would endanger her soul from heresy without being crazy. Her unsoundness of mind was decreed by tho church, and In those days of Ignor- linoo and no newspaper press, tho popular mind was easily influenced and iiuulo to acquiesce. Henceforth Joanna was tho "Mad Princess." At tho ago of nineteen she was mar ried to Philip of Hergundy, and taken at oncototho Netherlands, where ho had reigned as sovereign for more than luteen years. In February, loOO, she gave birth to her oldest son, who be came Charles V., and the most power ful prince of Europe. Her husband had notdlscoverod any symptom of Insanity. and allowed her to worship Ood In hor own way. During tho six or seven years' resldenco In tho Netherlands Bho most probably met with somo now ideas on the subject of religion, which strengthened hor repugnance towards tho church, for In tho community wore scattered somo Vaudois and Lollards and Poor Men of Lyons, thowo rofoj'm ers beforo tho reformation, ; who pro duced In that country tho great multi tude of Protestants which Philip, her grandson, so mercilessly persecuted. She permitted no Spanish priest to belong to hor household, but waited upon tho ministrations of some French ecclesiastics of liberal views, and at tended mass and confession Just when it pleased her, and that was by no moans frequently, and In later years sho refused to do so altogether. 11..- lt... .11 .1 1 . , nor moMior uiou in joot, anu under tho plea of insanity, hor father usurped tlio throne of Castile. To this sho made no objection, for sho had no ambition to rule, but her husband did and wrote to a confidant, "Ferdinand has put into circulation a false report or the madness of his daughter, and other absurdities of a liko kind, solely with a view to furnish himself with a pretext for seizing hor crown." In 150(1 Philip and his wlfo went to Spain to look after his rights. Tho father and husband had an Interview, and Ferdi nand very readily agreed that, because of Joanna's "malady," Philip should tako tho throne. So Philip had his wlfo Immediately Imprisoned upon tho ground of her Insanity, and Ferdinand started for Naples, of which ho was also tho king. But In a fow days Philip sickened and died, and unquestionably from poison. This put Ferdinand in full jHissesslon, and ho allowed his daughter to remain whoro her husband had placed her. Tho young widow had many suitors who seemed to bo satisfied with her sanity, and among theso tho powerful Henry VII. of England, who hod con siderable knowledgo of the family, as Catharine, Joanna's youngest sister, had married his oldest son, and now a widow was about being married to his second son. But Ferdinand hastened to have It known abroad that, "to his great vexation," his daughter could not marry again. And ho removed her to Tordesillas, and there confined her in a lonely house, without any liberty or comforts, and utterly excluded from tho world, and allowed communication with none except two female keejH'rs. In loll Charles came to the throne, and for somo reason a commission of physicians was sent in 1520 to examine tho mental condition of his mother, and Popo Adrian, then a cardinal, and ono of her jailers, made tho following re port to tho emperor, of their Inquiry: "Almost all tho officers and servants of tho queen assort that sho has been op pressed and forcibly detained in this castle for fourteen years, under pre tense of madness, while in fact she has always been as sound in mind and as rational as at the time of her marriage." And yet that unnatural son permitted her to remain in that condition for thirty-five years more, until sho died. Doubtless hor mind heoaroe more, or less morbid under such treatment, but she would have been more thun human had it not ' ,: ...i v . H. r hi!llliy t. the ciuirvh ttwres! wlih ysr atul 111 treatment, s that to It her 'fiiaiit tuir torturw rwSJ fonv her to go t ttiaas ir tusk tvHf tennlnn, or olwrto any of the rhutvh e n-mmi. n, am! In the n.l m fused -. I rem uncMitn, On 1h moniinjj of bet th-ath the .vli hinted thinilug!!), do Hutu, a pious man a the rhutvh ciwihl allow, visited her and reported, "lllcwaod lie the lsrl, her highness told me things which havo etmwiled me, NevertheleHA, she Is hot dlMMH lo lh sacramcut of the Kueharlst.M Her granddaughter said, "Hho com mit til her soul totiml, ami gave thanks to Him that at length h delivered her from all her sorrows. Her last words worn, "Jesus Christ crucified, ho with mo." Thus died the "Mod Princess," on the 12t Inlay of April, 1555, at tho ago of seventy-six, and after a closo confinement of forly-olght y iard. n Jan. li. S"outli r, IK U. MRS. LEAVITT MOBBED. The World's W. C. T. U. Missionary Attacked in Pcrnambuco. Pkknamhuco, BitAZiti, April fl. Special Corrospondeiico. I had a now and painful oxporloiioo hero night bo- iro lust. A well-dressed Catholic crowd, mostly students, took possession of the building In which tho second of a course of lectures was to bo given, and v prevented tho lecture by disorderly rushing about, shouting, hooting, etc. Tho fact that tho bishop was In tho building and In the room, at least part ,iof tho tlmo, and took no steps to qitoU ! tho riot, shows that ho was not averso i to what was going on, If, ho hod not nromoted It. When it became apparent that tho lecture could not bj given, I loft tho building with Mr. NInd, an American gentleman, my Interpreter. Tho crowd had rushed down stairs in lulvanco, Ullntl nu Him, untir.itw, t,itl!t,, r.. ..... mantle. No sooner was I outside tho gates than my clothlnirwas nulled at. stones and clods were thrown. Ono stone made quite a largo bruise; another did no harm, as It was spont when It hit mo. A big clod burst as It Lit my mn most of it .lodging lr?is'1 in tit htf i clothing. ' - ' " ' A group of six or eight policemen was standing near enough to soo all that wont on, but they did not Interfere. Somo of tho stones wont over us end hit tho pavement In front of us. Two Brazilian gentlemen, Protestants, Join ed us when tho stones began to fly. Wo found afterward that all of us wore hit. After tho crowd censed to follow m, tlio policemen started toward them. Tho crowd hud probably boon drilled to do just what they dlil. Tho probable cause of tho affair is tho recent removal of Images from tho hall of justice, in Rio do Janeiro, by tho Moiisirait. mis has grown Into "Jhurches desecrated, Images torn down by tho vllo Protestants" by the tlmo It reiumed this place. My Interpreter Is a Protestant, A member of tho Junta and tho presi dent of tho Lycoo do Artes had glvon mo permission to glvo the lectures in tho hall of tho latter society, upon the assurance that they would not bo re ligious in their character. I kept care fully to this plan In tho first lecture, and should have In tho others hod I been allowed to give them. Indeed, I treated tho subject just as I have In tho presence of thousands of Buddhists, Brahmins, Moslems and Parsoos, with out raising a ripple. Tho American and British consuls will Inquire of tho Junta what is tho meaning of tho affair. Tho British consul very wisely remarks: "Foreign ers must stand by each other. This is an affair that touches all foreignoi-s." I exK;ct to bo at homo by tho 25th of May. I havo had more than fairly good success in forming Unions, though I havo not formed them in all places visited. Jart Clement Leavitt. in Ne.m York Voice, April 18, WS. Seamstresses. Ve ladles of fashion who throng the stores through, Alike In the sunshine and wet. Look sharply, and see, In the shopping you do. ir hiood s on the bargains you get. You read now and then of an elegant lino Of garments so cheap and so nice. And greatly you marvel that clothing so flno i an ever oe sold at the price. you hasten to buy them, but what do you buy? i ne iiio,ki mat Is wrought lu the stuff. riio lives of your sisters who suffer and die, I lint you may have bargains enough, If ralmc ntyou llnd that Is tit for your wear, in texture ami llnlsh a gem. Look closely, hsik sharply, and what sec you there? Starvation from collar to hem, The bargains you get, doyou know what thov CONt? Though plainly the price marks be set, The II ves of the starving, t he souls of the lost, yes, those met lie bargains you get. -N.y.Sun. " Everyone should call upon W. S. Beaton, 2808 Leavenworth 6treet, for all kinds of tin or galvanise! ironwork. Tet -V-v WW. r,, ! .:- i vesbiKni-iuu. y i I r A
