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"THE AMERICAN -4 THE AMERICAN i tiritJl m t I o wtiuM Ms.- I AMERICAN rUEUSHIKG COMPANY R,H.m MMJ.H SJ-.1 MV. ft tottm rtMa tt . , IM imoi I I f i IlitlMll' MH-fcO l I" !'( It"' I" " I1 ,v " " ' Vttf '! b lit t to.nl MOr ku M fH too.,1 t, ! tfta bt , rvi nit Krn tl b t f t rtprvM f kf 1 FataM mi AVt I'l HI lHIU tltwriM H.Ul m all i iwu 0N C. THOMPSON, . W ' Kn UnMte Mwvi Omaiia, fkipav. ji nk m, mi, irlpl AHlt'AN I 1H HtH'Mt ir A I.I I'tMIHIH' OM't 1 Omt ll boH ,1 VII A SO K. From the date of this luo until fur ther notice the bualne oftloo of tho American Putdlshing Co. will lo open until 8:30 each evening in tliu week excepting Sunday. Wo shall Imj jU'HM'(l to havo any and all of our friend call and see us, particularly those living in Council UlufT ami South Omaha. Thin change 1 mado for the aocommislatlon of our friend who work until (I p. in,, rihI who would have to loose ft day, or lw deprived of visit ing us. Kindly keep thin now order of thing in your mind, timl como hik! wo UK. AMKItlCAN I't'llUSIUNU CO. Til K ItiaUTMOVK Wo notice tho British-American C't'ft ten hus served notice ujon it sub scribers that those who aro In arrears need not bo surprised If the paper going to their address is discontinued. Wo did tho xiiino thing tho first of May and when alniut three hundred men, owing utt from throo to four dollars each, fullod to respond wo promptly cut their names from our subscription llwt. I)y dolnif thin wo miHtaliHxl a Iohn of alHitit KKH), but wo would rather Ioho that amount than carry thorn for two yoar longer and Iomo twice an nnmh. No doubt wo oruHod tho iuiiiioh of many honoHt mon who woro to( poor to pay, and who would havo 1nii wolcomo to tho papor had they taken tho palntt to advlno um of tholr condition, but while we have woundod tholr fueling, wo havo, at tho amo tlmo, ciuight a raft of dnadboatawho wcro caj)plnif tho life blood InfiiHod into tho Amkhjcan I'uii Mhiiino COMi'ANV by a umifnlfloont lUt of paid up BuhHurlliora! During tho lut two wcckM wo havo notified many gentlemen living out Dido of Omaha who are Indebted to tho AMKItlCAN 1'UHLIHHINU COMPANY for BtibHcrlptlon to Tub Amkiucan, that unions they Hottlo prior to a cer tain dato their iiamet will Ims droiH!d from our ubMi!rlitl(H llt, If you havo received tueh a notice you know what it meariH. Wo do not know who aro good and who aro dlnhmont among our tulwerlUirM, ho havo made a rulo that tiny man who owed iih a certain amount must tiUier pay up, call and make ar rangoment or bo dropped from our Until. Wo hcHltatod to put thin rulo Into oration lent wo wound the fooling of certain Kentdtlvo jntople, but having mado up our mind to enforce that rulo we Hhull udhero to it regard ley of whom tho rulo will affect. There U but ono way to uoeeHnfully conduct a ncwpapcr like TliK Amk.KI can, and that 1 to exact tho prleo of HubMirlpllon In udvanco, and to that end wo are now moving, ft U junta cany for gul)crllxr to pay three, lx or twelve month In advance, a to take tho paper ono or twoycar before liqui dating. Our reader know It ha never been our policy to put up a poor mouth, or bog our ubcrl)or to come In and pay up, We think tho bout way to treat subscriber i to glvo them the worth of their money, notify them of tho ex plrallon of their tibcrlptbn, and then if they do not renew, drop their name from tho lint, I'atrlotlu piiM-r should form an al liance and notify each other of the peo ple who make a practice of Iteatlng their paper bill. Wo know tbero aro tome men who do thbt, and havo thorn marked on our book for future refer ence, UKIOTIIY. We have Jut received a marked copy of tho Lowell, M;w., Dally AW, in which U a bigoted report of a patriotic meeting held In Huntington hall In that city. The audience wan addreed by Itev. Hugh Montgomery and Ilev. Claude Itabotoau, who demonHtrated how lmponniblo it wag for loyal IComan Catholic to bo loyal citizen of the United State. Itov. Montgomery said, in the course of hi remark: "My claim IsthatnoRomanlut, native or foreign born, should become a citizen of these United Utate until ho has for ever renounced hi allegiance to tin pope. A man may belong to any branch of Protestant faith and be a true Amer ican, but no man can boa papit and bo loyal to tho iriNtltutlon of the country. Tne pope la theonly man in the Homiim church who is allowed to do any think ing, and he thinks for the whole. t !) iv W- 'H Ini.l i- I'nt tl.t . tn.,, ttat,'h , (-'i1t. l t ( ( ? 1 f -y-m li. 4ntti Vhltiblh t- !. ' v.ititHot nt t'tili'tt b i . n; i'-n lttnuRni'i' I i I, ti mint k tt i" l U tti i Ht.v i fc.t'isitm'.nl it-ij i!4i i iiH tIH h.' U ilmii i vt i . tliU ti1(M " j Hti .r ni.t tlu ttf i u r ! tb Y t 1 1 iith ael i ! 'itSjoti) ' 1 l.e A l ii xnj'Se d hi'l t'l linnnt woivtilji tb ISiv limn t HiHt ii'ibt d l' Jwitlt ht If ttM'jr iiitim bi i:vr to t Ih.mII. it tij UmpeiKltirb f llli aft Oppof- tmiHy 1 -let ri'ijlhlng Hat r Ut t H.'iiie and n dnwni-v'r)tlitne l knt by Pntu-nturiilKiu. l not I'ri'i tnn money giHl a ltcmUlt gold? tllvo (hi in to iiliib rxtaitd (bat you wsnt Ulrtrt atuioiit, that ymi want the new. When they glv jou what you want ami what you y for glvo tbem your hoMi-ty miptrt, but If they trueklo lo I tome let Homo tipNirt tlioin Stand up for your t t(ibu and muko Homo 1m atlttned with fair trentMietit, " 11 '. t I'ltO I10MI li ltl.l(l). ar t r. r. r. Jeanne D'Arc, or as slut I mow com monly known, Joan of Are, who was burned at tho stake In Itoman, FraniH), May lUt, 14.11, bio Junt Un-n pivated a saint by tho poo, or U uno tho proer romlsh U'rm, has been "beatified." Whoso turn next? We havo holy Saint Patrick and now holy Saint Joan. Will tho Humanists claim May 110 now as a national holiday)1 Hotter late than never. It just took the Homan Catholics fi(!2 years to discover that poor Joan ought to bo a saint. Again another lnstanoo furnlHhlng evidence of the moral rottenness of tho Homan Catholic priesthood. A young girl, Jennio Kelley, of the city of New York, ha commenced an act Ion against tho Hev. John Loughran, priest of tho church of tho visitation in Brooklyn, claiming $10,000 damages for seduction. Judging from tho evidence so far pro duced, the priest should bo arrested on tho charge of rape. 'Tis tho sumo old story. Tho priest in question was tho victim' "father confessor." 'Tis tho sumo old romlsh falnohood "a priest cannot lie" and vet In spite of all thcHO horrible disclosures Homan Cath olic parents continue to permit their daughter to go to tho confessional and risk the chanco of being corrupted both In body and soul at tho will of a li centious priesthood. Tho church of tkeChudov monastery In Bt. Petersburg was recently robbed of a vast amount of plate, money and gems, amounting In value to about ,1,000,000 roubles. Tho police who in vestigated tho case discovered Unit the monk belonging to the monastery woro the guilty put ties who had perpetrated tho roblsiry atid found tho stolen goods secreted in their cells. To add to tho scandal arising from the rohtory and arrest of the monks, the police, in making the search among tho cells, learned beyond dispute that a number of women had Iston living secretly with tho monk for a long time. Lot the proper authorities search the convents In America. It might lie that evidence could V)o procured to prove that In thcMO convents tho priests had been living with the nuns, What 1 true In ono case might bo equally true In tho other. A few more such dUclosure as this and people will begin to realize tho book written by Maria Monk, The Nun of Kenmare.Mr. Slattery and other aro founded on fact and not on fiction. A branch of the A. P. A' ha been organized in Lowell, Mass., and a local paper in dlcuHlng the matter printed the following: "Tho gathering boars out tho Indication that there 1 a per sistent movement In progress on antl Catholic lines which Is to be an agitat ing factor In the next Mate and munici pal election." And why not? Too long has Homo controlled both state and municipal election In this coun try. It I now tlmo for American to take their share In tho controlling business, Tho little American pope, Francisco Satolll, 1 prancing around and blow ing alsiut tho morality of our public schools. Looking over tho record of priestly scoundrellsm that is dally being brought to light, Satolll ought to have enough work on hand to Im prove the tono of sacerdotal morals, without Interfering with our school that were established long before hi advent Into this country, and which will be still here long after his exit from this samo country. There 1 an old saying that Batolli could well take a lesson from, I. o., "Those who live In glatts hoiiKos should not throw stones." . Homan Catholicism never interferes In politic. Of course not, but how about tho following: "A warrant Is out for tho arrest of Father Peiffer, a priest at Duelm, Minn. Father PelfTer took an active part in politics but was unablo to influence a member of his flock, ono Joseph Kampa. Last Sunday wbilo the contribution plate was being passed Kampa left the church, which so enraged the priest that he followed him and gave him a i ...! nb a !-. 4 " M !. 0.t .i tliit ti j.tr tW nil) tf tt Itvnnij II Hn a f - it).-, Ms , !b olln f .in dp a isii.n tt titm ih In-.. I i o!y- lt -g to tlit tti1it t th' iftbiHiif nifii in a butbiing IMM by PtM t'lt bf JSttH of of. tii. Tlit t bttol 1MI-I !(! I. .1 lt Hit itSHin by ttiatitmnk!y ft,)ipting fi rtw-.tlutUn to lilrw tb buibting for tin tMiiltig gtailuntlng riNi'. The pibt ts pvlib-ntly nn the r path lw l"uw tb Mpb iif NtHtH'n iile wt'in U ln awake to the Irue ebsi-ai-tr of i'pi'y aotl do not Intend to b I it eon teol in i-dih-at tonal nmtti i. .. If "the son of bl mother' hnl txvu pii'wnl at the Fariinm St iii't I beat re Thntxlay and Friday evening f lat wek, would be still have maintained that be bad the entire A. P. A. on the run? Perhap bis meaning may have IxH'ti mlHunderstood. Could it havo boon that when making this statement he meant that he and bis Koolety were the hare and the A. P. A.' tho hound? The latter solution serins the mot correct. ItOOK NOI K IS. "Nudls Verbis," by J. F. Halllnger, I tho lutcst volume given to tho world of free thought. No doubt it will find many patient readers among christians as well as among tho followers of Hobt. O. Ingersoll" It seems to bo the pur pose of tho author of "Nudls Verbis" to show that the "Bible Is not a proper work to 1x3 read, asadlvtno or Baored book, by any person," if we can take tho opening sentence of the preface to his work. How well he can maintain that ground is matter of conjecture until tho volume has been perusod, which we shall do as soon as wo can spare the time which should be devoted to so important a Bubjoct. Tho book contains 5(10 pages and sells for $2.00. "Tho Monk of Gotbsomano Abbey" is tho title of a readable volume recent ly placed upon the market by the ''He formed Catholic Book and Tract Con corn," of Brooklyn, N. Y. Tho author of tho book is Hev. E. II. Walsh, ox trapplst monk, and editor of the Primi tive Cutliolic. Ono has only to read the first few chapters in order to dis cover tho literary worth of the book, and after he hus read tho beginning he will not stop until the end of the last chapter Is reached. The typography of the book Is the very best, tho paper is a virgin white, the binding is sub stantial and tho price is exceedingly low for a book of 870 page. Price $1.25. For sale at this office. Wo havo read with no smalPnmount of Interest a volume published by J. II. O'Brien, of Philadelphia.. It Is en titled "fiarmlo Vujnlntndta ' or "The Tramp Priest," and was written by tho vlcar-general of the Fort Wayne, Ind., diocese. Were a Protestant to write one-half ns severely regarding the bUhops, tho schools and tho holy orders every Homan Culhollo prelate would brand tho wrltor as u bigot. What must they havo said about tho author of "The Tramp Priest," who was a high church dignitary? The book Is printed from new typo, on good paper and bound In a substantial man ner, containing 300 pages. Price $1.00 in cloth. Sold at this ofllce. Tho publlsherof "HuinesClorlcales," A. Flllatreault, 312 Craig street, Mon treal, has our thanks for a copy of the English edition of that work. It I a remarkable Ixsjk, being tho actual ex periences of well-known Homan Catho lics of Canada, as ascertained and pub lished by a number of leading young French journalists, whoso loyalty to their religion and tholr country out weighed their regard for and fear of ty ran leal, debased and unreasonable member of the priesthood. In tho preface Joseph Doutre says, "Hellglon Is as necessary to man as the air that ho breathes, or the beating of his heart; Who, then, would bo mad enough to deny to a fellow man tho right to worship God in his own way, since each one hus God In his heart Wo belong to that re ligion which has said, Peace to men of goodwill; Wo aro of that religion of peace which does not invoko the civil law to oppress, but to protect all men against oppression. What! Iki causo for fifteen years we have sub mitted to all kinds of aggression with out repulsing the attuck because for fifteen years, having confidence In tho teachings of that religion of peace, and in the institutions of our country, we have scorned tho extravagance of trader In religion, they thought that wo had been reduced to the conditions of tho helots, or of lamb that hold out their necks to bo sacrificed to intolerance-! A mistake! We were only sleep ing In the calmness of conscious strength. "Itomanlsm Unmasked," a series of letter by "Marcus" to Mgr. E. C. Fabre, Homan Catholic archnlshop of Mon treal, printed in 1887, by Wm. Drysdalo & Co., St. James St., Montreal, bound In paper is before us. The book con tains 240 pages, well filled with eighteen very interesting letters. Col. Edwin A. Sherman will please accept our thanks for a copy of his latest work in which he sets forth, U i '.. i n.t ! t-irU O tM S- ( if lj 1 Iwitilx i t I j i iii II, nit y f Millet !l i-i.l:t,ii : Hi- tir'-bte tt (!, of It nut, , utt. !,!.; (In- tt t.. H t4 tin In ftt tit 1bl bi.tiol, it tum ,ft, ItMiibrr M, b b U n). (Utiil in l i tm " lit tt I Him i.(- I In , No , II.. I it.il ,,f U,-t , n-nt A H I ! i nii)t ), 1 l.r tuNilnr li.- toi lbt jiti-tim- il .i.l a tNnt" of ilioiti lotin brnlhi f ln ;-. tb honor to thr eraft - I 1IU I I'll It til. H.imsnUm Snttrl by lltia 1. (' W Mer nf W rle) 4. I:, tkanli. Ib'V. T. C Wi-tmtfr, panlor tf tb Wtidey M. P.. church, Onmlm, Nob., ullt rtil the following Mcathitig arraign ment of the KouiKti Catholic church, June II. lt.1: Text Matthew, XV, Mf, "This pie drawolb nigh unto me with their mouth and bonoreth mo with their Hps, hut their heart ts far from me. Hut In vain do they worship me, teach ing for iloctrlnt" the commandments of men." I have read this passage of scripture to eall attention to tho fact that it so clearly and forcibly describes Homan Catholics drawing nigh to God with their mouth and honoring him with their lips while their heart is far from him. And worshiping him In a vain way, teaching for doctrines tho com mandments of men rather than the word of Cod.- I presume tho most of us have wit nessed the somewhat strange phenom enon in nature sometime during our lives of tho gathering of two clouds from different points of tho compass. Surely and ' positively they approach each other by some unknown luw, gathering in terrific force as they ap prouch until finally they meet over a given point and the result Is a terrible delugo, carrying with It life and prop erty. Just as certain as we have wit nessed such a scene as that, just so cer tain we witness a similar scene today In tho moral world. There aro two great bluck clouds gathering over this nation today and unless they are scat tered by Protestant and true American resistance, it will result In a delugo of blood. I refer to Hum and Bourinisin. Strange to say, these two powers aro Very intimately allied; and strange to say, their chief characteristics are very similar their greed for money and their greed for power. And they havo resorted In tho pastandare resort ing today to every means legitimate and Illegitimate and more espoelally Ille gitimate for the accomplishment of their desires, tho obtaining of money and tho obtaining of power. If I wcro asked tonight to spell "ras cality" I would spell It very differently from tho upolllng which is given In the books. It Is such a big word. It means so much that I have como to be lieve that in these duys we cannot spell It in the ordinary way. It refer to meanness, deception, trickery and dishonesty. It cover almost every form of wrong doing. And slnco Hum and Homunlsm aro associated with and aro responsible for so vast an amount of meanness, if I wcro asked to spoil ''Husettllty" I would spell it H-U-m H-o-m-a-n-i-s-m and pronounce It Has callty. You say that Is rough. So It is, but wo are dealing with rough cus tomers. This does not apply to tho rank and 11 lo of tho Homan Catholic church. 1 believe a good many Catho lics havo gone lo heaven, and I havo no doubt others will go to heaven, but if they havo reached heaven it is not be cause of Homun Catholicism, bub in spite of it. But it does apply to tho leaders of this grout organization. What should bo the attitude of tho Christian church towards Homunlsm and Hum? I think the attitude of tho church and of tho ministry toward Homunlsm ought to be tho sumo as their attitude towards Hum, And why? Because, a I said a moment ago, of tiieir greed for money and for power, Not that I object to people ob taining money, if they do it legiti mately, and If It 1 their intention to use it in a legitimate way for tho good of mankind and glory of God, Not that I object to men obtaining power if they will use that power in a way that will be for tho uplifting of those who aro under their direction and author ity. What do Homan Catholics want with money and power here? If wo aro to reach our conclusions from the manner in which they havo mado uko of those in tho past, thoy want them to breakdown civil and religious liberty. They want to get those things under their control. If that bo true, thon what should be tho attitude of tho Chrlstlun church? First, reslstunco to their doctrines. Second, show them up In tho light of history. Third, preach to them tho gospel of tho Son of God, and if possible get them con verted. I have Ijoen surprised and astonished when I have seen tho indifference that is shown to tho encroachment of Homo by our government. It is strange that there should bo so much indifference. This indlffereneo was very clearly and forcibly illustrated by a picture which I saw in a paper lately. It represents Uncle Sara sitting back in his great arm chair resting very easily Indeed he is sound asleep while the room is filled with Homan Catholics. Some o'f b -Mtf en i .. mowvS mA twt At . .4 I r le sm, lo- Ui I U tho ittt till t I. In ttii tU it-.t ly mg I.) b f .h Oiithin' i attotb' r .: t )!.. CaUsoU" H.t ti-W It it tntn-h tilitta ptl, , titit tip bt he i1iy w b-lv !W and trt am CiaIii' ftt'd bo ba n,n M band tbtvtt,b it bin t libtoi bt fct t It down. While tliU l on anolhor lot hatf fob t-tt the lb tf the trvSMiry epolt Shd art earn ing oft tg ,4 pti, tul r Ati.l fuel Kam In the mblt of all 0l rt.bUfy and tioilltry ! In hi arm i hair wmnd l p, That I a perbvl II lustration of I bit atUiinlK itf thin gov ertniiftit toward Unman Catholie rn crtmvh rue M. Herv arw some Hiico I took In con (notion with that Illustration. There bn bHn appropriated from the treas ury of the United State during the last eight year tho enormous sum of M,7u7,HM for tho education of tho In dians. Of this sum tho auhjcoU of the os of Homo rooolvod 2,.1rl,4ltl; those of tho UnlUil State and Jesus Christ a little more than one-half of that amount, and yet tho government stoms to Ihj sleeping on and aylrig no atten tion whatever to this robls-ry of our treasury. Tbero U a name that will forever grace the pages of American history that I honor tonight and I presume that every true American citizen hon ors it tho namo of James G. Blaine. I honor him for his scholarship, his el oquence, his statesmanship, I honor him for tho fact that, though raised a Homau Catholic, ho was converted, re nounced Catholicism and became a be liever in Protestantism and united with the Presbyterian church. I honor him for that, but I will say to you tonight that I do not honor him for another thing, and that is for his saying, "I can never speak a word against my mother's religion." Sho was a thor ough Roman Catholic. Sho believed in tho doctrines of tho church and sue' ceedod In raising the majority of her children up In that belief. This is certain, too, If tho religion of tho mother of James G. Blaine was good enough for his mother, it was ccrtuinly good enough for James G. Blaine. If that was true, ho was untruo when ho renounced Homunlsm and professed to believe In Protestanlsrn, and it seems to mo that ho was untrue to his govern' mcnt and to the United States of Amer ica that he did not stand in his place with hi greut brain and heart und speak against the religion of his mother. If James G. Blalno had stood up and done his whole duty to this government, I believe we would have a different condition of things today along Homan Catholic lines to what ex ists, It is a strungo thing to mo that Pro testant ministers and churches every' where aro so Indifferent to this en' croachmentof tho great enemy of our American institutions, We hear mln isters say, "They aro good citizens," and they say again, "There is nothing so bud about thorn after all." Well, that is truo and yet It is untrue, and the-individual who can stand up und say "there is nothing bud about Homan Catholoctsrn" Is Ignorant of tho doc trines of tho Homan Catholic church and they are Ignorant of tho history that has boon written concerning this church. Romanism 1 struggling hard for tho supremacy In this country. I presume somo of you remember what I related a few months ago about the Arabian and tho camel, A cumel cumo to the Arab's tent and put his noso into tho tent far enough to seo. The Arab was lying there very quietly and mado no resistance. Ho took a step and his head and shoulder were In tho tent and meeting with no resist ance he walked in and took possession. The Arab looked up and said, "This tent is too small for both of us," and tho camel answered, "Thon you had bettor get out," Tho beast of Homo put Its nose into this nation and It met with no special resistance; and then it walked in bodily and 1 about to take possession, and when somo truo Ameri can citizen says "Thero is no room hero for both of us" Homo lifts up bor bunds dripping with blood and strik ing at our free Institutions and public schools, exclaims, "Then you Protest ant had better get out," and to avo trouble and confusion and tho stirring up of religious strife, somo weak kneed Protestants suy "keep still. Don't take It Into your pulpits. Don't say anything about it in tho puKsrs. Keep quiet, it will come out all right after a while," Not I. By tho help of God I shall do all 1 cun to uncover Homunlsm In her political schemes and moral corruption and I am going to ask two questions from this day on of every candidate for office, "Do you believe in tho rum power and aro you associated with It or In sympathy with It in any shape or form? Aro you a Romanist? Do you believe in tho Roman Catholic church? Do you be lieve In any of its doctrines and aro you associated with It or In symputhy with it In any way?" and If they an swer In tho afllrmativo they shall not receive my ballot. (Voice in tho audi ence says Amen.) But you say to mo, have not Roman Catholics the light of ofllce? I say to you no, and I will prove it to you. Cardinal Manning, in Donohoe's mugo- 'Hi' ( t.tttl.U ), MM 'hlin tto In '' J Of Utl HiUr(tn, if tl.o t it it ttii. li i ti.ahr a law he ttt. b l-wpal faith . It.tfl I. I !. f r ait, it,. Mt (Waltl " Mofit t anltrifcl Vat'iur.f ftvbt t ititi.r mrtit to b. n. tvtt for tho if Honisn I ai. ,! lo ihHiow n4 l by tb Uov r. X s hoopi of Ih.i n Mjr ! tbt .t,t.ti, whb h ay on pae ?: 'The i h II ! art" binding on th ootit'l.'n,t imly o long athi iv ttttibxnmble to tint Hj;ht of t bo t'ai hollo ehurvh," Vlear g nor al Prin. In a rttio preached in Now York January , tsi, made thl announcement: "Kvery word ak from hi hltfh ebair l the Voice of the Holy Ghost, and must huoheyod." hhame. "To every Catholic heart come no thought but ol-donco. It is aald that politic I not within tho province of the church, and that the chimb has only jurisdic tion In matters of faith. You say, 'I will receive my faith from the Pontiff, but I will not rtMvlve my politic froJm him.' This assertion is disloyal and untruthful. You must not think as you choose; you must think as Catho lics. Tho man who say, 'I will tako my ollllcs from Peter,' is not a truo Catholic, The church teaches that tho Supremo Pontiff must Iks ols-yed, be cause ho is tho vicar of tho Lord; Christ speak through him." If that bo truo no Homun Catholic can have ray support for oflleu. (To Iks Continued.) Flags for onr School Houses. Tho E. V. Summer post, No. 12, of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Sidney, Nebraska, appointed the under signed as a committee to prepare an address to tho people of Cheyenne county, on raising flags over our school houses. Our flag is an objqct lesson In tho history of the United States. Every child should study the history of our country and every child should havo tho privilege of beholding in fact our flag. Nothing will in fluence a child more than to see a flag float over tho school house in Its youth, and seeing the flag will teach patriotism. Tho flag touches history; tho thirteen burs represent the thir teen original colonies and states that formed tho union; tho forty-four stars represent tho number of states now in tho union. Tho colors ot our flug are also instructive, tho red represents the patriots blood shed for tho Independ ence and preservation of our country; tho white the purity of the patriots, men and women, who laid tho founda tion of our country; tho blue repre sents tho heavens above and the waters around our country. We believe tho people of Cheyenne county are loyal and patriotic It Is our duty to instill these principles of loyalty and patriotism into tho hearts of our children, that when this genera tion has passed away, tho next will guard tho liberties of our nutlon as did this in 18015. To cultivate thl sentiment of patriotism in tho hearts of our children U our sucred duty as citizens and as parents, and wo know of no means by which this can bo more effectually accomplished than by having tho stars and stripes flout over every school house In Cheyenne county on ap propriate occasions. Wo therefore appeal to tho patriotic sentiments of our fellow citizens, men and women, and more particularly to tho school board of every district In Cheyenno county, that at tho next annual meeting of our school districts to bo held on Monday, Juno 2(1 th, 1893, this matter bo laid beforo tho annual mooting, that each school district pur chase a flag as an article of school furniture, to bo paid for out ol tho school funds of tho district, and that somo appropriate day bo selected for raising the flag. And may God bios our public schools tho hope and bulwark of tho United States. Your fellow citizens, Cjiaklkh AndkhhoN, CYKU9 SlKMIIXKIl, JOBKPII W NFX80N, SlDNKY, Neb-, Juno 15, 1803. I.. . a Sum Clark says: "Mr. J. II. McCon ologue, of Mason City, la., who was tho last democratic candidate for secretary of state of Iowa, has an article in tho Duvenport Dnnomit about the A. P. A. And this article is llko nearly every other artlelo by a Catholic wo havo seen on tho subject; its every allusion to the A. P. A. becomes a sort of frenzy, bitter, malignant, Intolerant, and mani fests just tho qualities which members of tho A. P. A. claim aroadheren In Cuthollcs and tho Cuthollo church and which they claim Justify their organi zation and which in tho opinion of multitudes of Americans do Justify it. Thero would have been no A. P. A. If Catholics had not themselves culled it Into existence. Thero will bo no A. P. A. If Catholics themselves do not keep ltallvo and yet a good many of them seern disposed to do It. This Is so ap parent to us and every dispusslonate observer ot tho situation that it sur prises us that Catholics do not sco it," The action of tho Supremo Grand Orango convention recently hold In Minneapolis In making some imjiortant chances In their ritualistic work was a. step in the right direction and places the order in tho front rank or the Amorlcan patriotic orders.
