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until 8:00 ritch cv-nlin( In tho wit k
cxcojitlnji Sunday. Wt? tihittl Im
plonni'd to have any and all of our
frlt'iid call and wo iim, particularly
tbomt living In Ctiunoll HlulTitand South
Omaha. Thin chiuign 1h mmlu for thu
accommiKlutlon of our frlomU who
work until II p. in., uud who would liavo
to looHO a duy, or Ih deprived of vImII
lng im, Kindly keep thin now orderof
thing in your mind, and cumo nd mo
us. American ruiiusiiiNu Co.
We undoratand tho A. 1. A.'i are
considered a timely organ latlon in
New .Tctwy. Wo nhould utty, let the
jfootl work go on.
TJM polleonmn'i plonlo to Fromont
WednoHday wan a grund buihvnh, Tho
Union l'liolllo carried out two train
loads. Everybody hud a ploioutnt lime
and are ready for next year.
Doks a policeman havo tho right to
kick a prlitonor, and throw him Into a
cell und apply to lilm thu vllent of
niinioo Hlmjiiy boeiiUKU lie U under nr
rcntX' Omaha has a police mirgeiint
tut told Orinnby who Is tteoiwed with
dolt
t that.
ink .never misscN an opportunity to
rub It Into tho ltgmuns, The lant Ihkuu
wtoi no exception to the rule. It's first
ptitjfo cartoon pictured Leo XUl sitting
In ii--ity chair tho thumb of the left
lmifl resting under tho chin, while the
flt'ff Ongcr on tho mniu hand laid
thoughtfully along sldo the nose which
waul slightly wrinkled from tho smllo
-
of ploasure that overspread his fuee Hs
ho I glanced downward and suw
moifkey, labeled McGlynn, fondly kiss
ing! his too. IJoneath tho cut is thu
ln(lptlon "Do Monk' Coma Jlitck
Agifin," The next thing wo know
Koilo will renew the Isiycott against
1'um: Long may It live to l'uvk-er tho
facA of the Just and tho unjust.
H KY had an election up at Florence
thlt week, and tho result was a sur
pilso to tho antl-A. P. A's. It Is said
tn h of tho credit' for tho American
vldjory, is duo to Mrs. K. II. Walker,
Mff. Chapman, Mrs. Hlmiison and
Messrs. Ed. Nelson and Klrnor Taylor
who worked so successfully that tho
total voto for their ticket was eight
more than what they had ixwct(d.
This is certainly gratifying news to
tho rest of Douglas county, as it indi
cates that the Americans are getting
In Una for this fall's campaign. With
Florence on the north, South Omaha on
tho south and Waterloo, Valley, Klk
City and Dennington to tho westward
backing, solidly, nothing but honest,
fearless and competent Protestants for
tho various positions of trust, which
are to bo flllod this fall. Omaha would
bo dlrellcltln hor duty If she did not
enulato tho example set by her little
sister city Florence. All together,
boys! Steady,
QUA Mi WELL.
This issue of TllK Amkkican will
find Its way Into tho hands of thousands
of PrpHstant Americans in Pennsyl
vania and Now Jersey. Wo bespeak
for It a careful, thoughtful jsirusal,
well-knowing that the truth therein
revealed will cause many patriots to
awaken to tho true danger which now
threatens our free Institutions. As
you read it remember you should guard
well the school houses, Jealously uphold
' your liberties, unfalteringly maintain
the liberty of speech and tho press and
hand down to your posterity tho liber
ties and institutions bequeathed you
by the patriots of '70. Vou cannot do
this more easily or more successfully
than by allying yourself with a pa
triotic order, foremost among which is
tho A. P. A. It has been a'"power for
good" In tho western and middle states,
and can be utilized in your community.
Wo think that you need just such an
order, if the reports recently tele
graphed all oyer tho country stating
that an attempt was being made to
divide the public school fund with the
parochial schools In New Jersey, con
tained the least bit of truth. Our ad
vice to you is: Organize! Organize! !
Organize! ! !
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attt tsuuhl l',v Uintisn t'sthttlics, tho
ar tlitfcU-d by Itmtiaii t'slhullc prln-
elpnls, ho lit turn art hlnnl or tnitt-
hnittiil wlili by In hi nl of rdiii'stliiii
isni. i In the urn I it by Hmiiait Citlli
olle niul sleepy ProltttnU, who do
not kiin that the Knitian church Is
and ha Iitii tho greatest ctteiny of the
pulille schisil system In this country,
Ol course, Protestants who have not
limit nl closely at the nttitiitlo main
tttlneil by the church of ltome toward
our public Institutions of learning, do
nut ivttlUo the grvitt Jeopardy In which
tho Institutions are jdacotl wlu ii the
mauitgcmeiit, tho direction, Is pluccd
In thu hands of men and women who
have solemnly vowed to encompints
their overthrow. Hut, onco call their
attention to tho damnable conspiracy
and they Immediately prevent Itoman
Isls lining placed In charge of those
sacred InMltiitloiiH.
It Is to thiil class of Protestants, thoso
who can seu no harm In placing a Ro
man Catholic teacher in a public
school, that these few lines are particu
larly addressed.
And, while wo might convey tho
truth to you in our own words, they
might bo doubted by persons less versed
in this controversy, and for that reason
wo shall ask Roman Catholic popes,
prelates and press to take the stand
and testify,
The llrst witness wo shall Introduce
to sustain our chargu that "the great
est mistnkii American citizens can niaku
Is to allow tho 1 toman Catholic church
to obtain control ot the public schools,"
will be Plus IX., pope, Ho said;
"Tho Roman Catholic church has a
riijht to intrrjen with the discipline, of tho
public schools, and In tho choice of the.
tmchcrn of these schools, Tho public
schools oncn to all children for tho
education of tho young should bo under
lite control of (lie church', should not bo
subject to tho civil power nor made to
coniorm to the opinions of tho age
Catholics Citiinot approve of a system of
educating youth which is unconnected
with the Utlholio iiutu ami power
of
tho churce."-lSyllahus ltH,
4,'i, 47, JM.J
articles
That la Catholic doctrine today, Tho
church never changes temper idem.
Why should tho Roman Catholic church
any more than tho lluptlst, the Con
gregatlonallst, the Methodist, or Pres
byterian church exercise a censorship
over tho public schools? Will you
allow her to do so? Remember the
public schools are tho bulwarks of your
lllsirtles. They should bo protected.
This protection can only como from
Protestants. As witness to this asser
tion read the following declarations by
Roman Catholic prelates:
Tho nubile schools are inlldel and
Codlcssaud must, therefore, be avoided,
Tirbbo, bishop of Covington, Ky
1872.
The public schools are infidel in
origin, injurious to morals, and
nleious. Ht. I'nlals, bishop of
cennes, Ind., 1H72.
per
Vln.
The public school system should 1st
Itsikod ujsm by every christian Catholic
alone being included in that tenn not
only as lnsulllclent, but as poult inly
dtnitjerout. -Francis Janssens, litshop
of Natchez., Miss., October 5, 1MH1
They tend to loosen moral laws and
do away with all restraint upon the
passions, -OTarrell, bishop of Trenton,
N. J., 1S8X
To theso quotations might bo added
scores of others quoted by Thomas J
Jenkins lu his txsik entitled "Christian
Schools." printed by John Murphy k
Co.. of naltlinore. In 1HM. This book
Is endorsed by Cardinal Gibbons, Car'
dlmil Newman, lilshop John J, Regan,
of Kunsas City, lilshop JansHons, of
Natchez, lilshop Grace, of St, Paul,
Minn., Vicar-General Preston, of New
York, and others, It contains, accord
lng to Rev. Jenkins' preface, "The
conclllar or single rulings of no less
than three hundred and eighty (,'H0) of
the high and and highest church dig
nitaries. There aro brought forward
tweuty-ono plenary and provincial
councils; six or seven dloceslan synods;
two Roman pontiffs; two sucred con
gregatlons of some twenty cardinals
and pontlflclal ofllclals; seven single
cardinals, who with thirty-throe arch
bishops, make forty primates and met
ropolitans; finally eighty single bishops
and archbishops, deceased or living, In
tho United States,"
With such an array of Roman Catho
lic authorities agal nst the publ 1c schools
who will doubt their haired of the
svstem? Tuey have branded them as
"Godless," as "vicious," as a "social
plague," as "radically Iniquitous," as
"degrading," as "Immoral," as "posl
tlvely dangerous," and llltcled them
with other like characterizations so
often that we shall not attempt to call
them all to mind. ,
If they believed this of tho public
school, then they would be dlrellclt In
their duties as pastors and parents If
they did not attempt to overthrow a
system so false and injurious. Possibly
they have made an effort to eradicate
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be liniili nld In snv -civt et'tipltac
fur thu UhiIIi- , til. i el Ii of suddenly
titt't th tuts lag a public h t,-! )t-tit,
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bt'ltig hittne to I ho Mtnscli tun of I'aUto.
lit Ihst tl 11 111 III IH'TY 1MtiMTIM-R
IH "Mil l. I Al l. Mt.KK SHI t. AH
M HihU rt, aittl bullillng schisds of their
unit, tinill pt.blle iipliilntt ItMdf under
IllllIK SllHl IHIltllilH tint soui-tit ol Its
own ilns uliill, and we ls rolleved of
unjust tunes,"
So that was the plan. Desert the
public schisds -build parts-hlal schools
and Incite Ignorant parents to place
their children under the control of re
ligious Reitlois, Row has It worked?
The church had In l"(i, according to
Sadller's Calblle directory, 8ft sem
inaries, 1 02 colleges, ti.'li't academies,
!llii parochial schools In tho United
States, These sclxsils, according to
the same authority, were attended by
il.t,2:W children. That meant (l.'KI'W
children were being taught tho prin
ciples ol ltomaulsm instead of Ameri
canism. It meant they were bclnir
taught that they were Roman Catholics
first and American citizens afterward.
Such teaching Is Inimical to the free
Institutions of this country and the day
Is not far distant when Americans will
say, no man shall Do entitled to cast a
ballot who owes primary allegiance to
the pojie of Rome; and this prlnclplo
cannot bo Inculcated In tho minds of
children who are deprived of a publlo
school education. Free schools mean
free men; parochial schools mean
priestly domination. As an American
citizen, which do you prefer?
Rut you may say, the Roman church
bus ceased her warfare on tho public
sclKKtls. Has she? Let us see. Mtrr.
Sntolll in his address to the arch
bishops, says:
"Thu Catholic church In general, and
enieeiiuiy mo nniy see, iar troin con
demning or troatinir With lnd nVrerieti
tho publlo schools, desires, rather, that
by tho joint action of civil and eccles
iastical authorities there should be
public schools in every state, aceoord
lng as the circumstances of tho people
require, tor ine cultivation 01 the use
nil arts and natural sciences; but tho
Catholic church shrinks from thoso
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leuMires oi puoiio scnoois which are
opposed to the truth of Christianity and
to morality: and since In t.Hn in
of society Jtsolf theso objoctloniibl0,,ntri,t
iciuuros aro removame, thererore, not
only tho bishops, but tho citizens at
largo, should labor to remove there in
virtue of their own right, and in the
cause of morality."
What dw this mean? In plain
English, that Mgr. Sntolll, with the
sanction of tho popo, calls on tho
Roman Catholic citizens, whero thy
aro In majority, to obtain control of tho
school boards, put In their own touch
ers, teach tho catechism, and Romanize
the publlo schools.
Another paragraph, not quoted fully
by tho dally papers, wits in part as fol
lows: "Wo further deslro you to strive
earnestly that tho varirnu local author
Uic,, (Irmly convinced that nothing is
morocontfuctlvo to the welfare of the
commonwealth than religion, should
by wise legislation provide that the
system of education which is main
tHlned at tho public expense, and to
which, therefore, Catholics also con
tribute their share, bo In no way pre
judicial to their conscience or religion,"
Row would this apply to tho "con
science or religion" of tho Mormon,
Chinaman, etc?
"For we aro persuaded that even
your fellow-citizens who differ from us
in belief, with their characteristic In
telligence and prudence, will readily
set aside all suspicions and all views
unfavorable to tho Catholic church,
and willingly acknowledge her merit
as tho one that dispelled tho darkness
of paganism by the light of the gositel,
and created a new society distinguished
by tho lustre of christian virtues and
by tho cultivation of all that rellnes,"
Wo have hero In a sentence tho kind
of history that Rome desires taught
everywhere that which would exalt
tho papal church to Ihj tho glory of the
world. And this tho "churuchriMc
hUclliijcnce" at Protestants In tho United
States Is expected to accept In tho face
of the awful facts of European history
under twelve centuries of papal domi
nation, and while Catholic countries
aro flooding us with an Immigration
that tho church, though rolling In
wealth, has not taught even to read or
write, Tho Monslgnor then adds:
"Wo do not think that any one here,
after Iwiklng Into theso things clearly,
will let Catholic parents be forced to
erect and support schools which they
cannot use for tho instruction of their
children."
In other words, tho local authorities
aro to "(to convinced that nothing is
more conduct! vo to tho welfare of the
commonwealth than Roman Catholic)
religion," and then Protestants aro ex
pected to concede whatever Is neces
sary to render the publlo schools of
America acceptable to tho ecclesiastics
of Rome.
That docs not Indicate that tho Ro
man church has ceased her warfaro on
tho public schools. It simply means
that she will endeavor to elect the
members of tho school boards, hire
Roman Catholic principals and touch
ers and remove the objectionable featureg
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FitiTttit AMr.mrAN.-Dear Sir: 1
ls-g leave, through your widely read
columns and oy your courtesy, to In
troduco to many who may not yet know
It, and tocmphasle to all the lniHu t
anc of "The National Ijcaguo for the
Protectlttn of American Institutions,"
whoso object Is to secure constitutional
and legislative safo-guards for the pro
tection of tho common school system
and other American Institutions and
to promote public Instruction in har
mony with such Institutions, and to
pruvont all sectarian or denominational
appropriations of publlo funds. To
attain said object they propone to secure
an amendment to our United States
constitution, which reads as follows:
PltOI'OSKD VQIM OF TllK XVI. AMKND
MKNT TO TllK UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION.
"No state shall puss any law respect
ing an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting tho free exercise thereof,
or uso its property or credit, or any
money raised by taxation, or authorize
either to bo used, for the purpose of
founding, maintaining or aiding, by
appropriation, payment for services,
expenses, or otherwise, any church,
religious denomination or religious
society, or any Institution, society, or
undertaking, which Is wholly or In part
under sectarian or ecclesiastical con
trol." Tho securing of such an amondinent
as this would, to my mind, remove at
one stroke all the most serious danger
that now threatens our well-belovod
school system. I do not wish to tako
up much of your valuable space in
peaking more fully of tho work of this
league, but simply to say that its objects
ire thoso or some of thoso for which
every patriotic order exists in this
and its success means the
success of all.
: I am in a position to say to our loyal
and patriotic orders of the west that
tho general secretary of tho league,
Dr. J, M, King, of New York, Is in tho
field as lecturer to more fully present
the league's object and work on various
lines hitherto, and ho Is willing to
favor Omaha with a visit and lecture
in November next, provided tho friends
In this city furnished a hall and pro
bably hotel expenses bore, which
would not 1st heavy, and certainly
would 1st but an Insignificant exchange
for a masterly presentation of tho sub
ject and an expose of tho tactic of
Rome In this particular field. It seems
to me that a number of hpMlntrnonts
might lai made In advance by our
friends in tho west, and thus have a
wave of publlo school enthusiasm spread
once again all over this central west,
Me thinks that Joseph Cook was right
when ho stated In a lecture here that
this central west would, In the not re
mote future, set the pace or tho fashion
for all the rest In matters of public
tollcy and patriotism, Friends In Dos
Moines, Mlnnea.olls, Denver, Omaha,
and elsewhere, can do no better thing
than to secure a date from Dr, King.
The lecture will bo absolutely free, so
far as he is concerned, and tho only
cost tho hall, and perhaps hotel bill
for a day.
Dr, King was Intimately acquainted
with General Morgan's Indian school
work, and is an authority on that and
all kindred subjects, Let us up and
secure him by all means, Ills work
and that of tho league which he repre
sents has tho endorsement and co
operation of thousands of tho best and
most prominent citizens of tho republic,
If this should meet with tho approval
of our friends, will they kindly bring It
up in council and secure by appropria
tion or otherwise tho cost, and extend
the Invitation to Dr. King. No delay
should bo made, as his time is being
rapidly filled. Doing a local corres
pondent of tho league, I shall bo
pleased to forward any applications, or
If tho councils prefer to communicate
direct his address Is, Dr. J. M. King,
"Tho Metropolitan," Madison Square,
Now York City, Yours fraternally,
Watchkk.
We wish to call tho attention of our
eastern Iowa subscribers to the fact
that our friend C, II. Judd, 71' First
avenuo, Clinton, Iowa, Is our agent.
He will bo pleased to havo you all call
and see him, also tako all your friends
with you.
You should all ramember that C. F.
Shaw, 618 8, 16th St., hits al
ways on hand, Vegetable, In seslon;
also a full lino of Staple Grocerias.
Do not forget us when down town.
till Ml I't I
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III the litt. ISii.i ff KntoHl S.el tb' !
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tun eiill lht iHitlUe 'htlU bs l II I
ti tilttil nmt bt t r remain a mj
tit) to AttietliStt llteialvili . Tb'
account of U Vllt of Miff, SniflU I"
Omaha and the iMr-rptvintlow if the
propoMils ina.lt by tltst fttilnwiy of a
fntvlgt! potentate In hi address at the
HUM ting of archbishop III New Yol k
IsKtfail, a It appears In the . of
June 2, I an Insult to the IttU'lligence
and loyalty of every American citizen,
and Is so radically at variation with
fact as to Ih susceptible of tin other In
terpretation than that of a bid on the
part of the for Catholic patronage,
at tho risk of disloyalty to tho prin
ciples of tho foundation of our free
Institutions. The article starts out
with beatlllco sentences on tho appar
ent unanimity of opinion of tho hjh
and his representatives in this country
on the school question, and the olllcial
translation of tho pope's encyclical
letter to archbishops and blhcps In
tho United States.
Now let us see how far or what ox
tent the promulgation of tho pojRi's
encyclical letter revokes "the ban
against tho publlo school "
One of tho first things tho letter says
is that "the Catholic church shrinks
from those features of tho public
schools which aro opposed to tho truths
of Christianity and to morality." All
Protestants well know that when tho
popo speaks of Christianity, ho means
Roman Catholicism, as all other chris
tians arc heretics, and as for Catholic
"morality" God forbid that tho public
schools of Atnorlca should ever drop
"thoso features" from which tho Cath
olic church shrinks.
Tho next sentence ho declares that
"these cbjcctlonablo features aro re
movable, therefore, not only the bishops
but tho citizens at large Cnthollos
should labor to remove them In virtue
of their own right and In the causo of
morality."
Now let us sou what means aro to bo
employed In tho process of removing
"these objcctlonal features." The
epistle of the pope says:
"The adoption of one of three plans
is recommended, tho choice to Isj made
according to local circumstances in the
different states and various personal
relations.
"Tho llrst consists in an agreement
between tho bishop and tho members
of tho school board whereby th.jy, in a
spirit of fairness and gooif will, allow
the Catholic children to bo assembled
during freo time and taught the cate
chism; It would also bo of tho greatest
advantage If this plan were not confined
to the primary schools, but were ex
tended likewise to tho high schools
and colleges in tho form of a frco
lec'turo."
Notice the gall!
See tho effort to Install Catholic
teachers and priests In tho play grounds
of the public schools, which they are
to accomplish by an agreement between
the bishop and tho members' of the
school board, whereby they "In a spirit
of fairness and good will" all the Cath
olic children to bo taught tho Catholic
catechism, to tako off tho curso of their
attendance at tho public schools, and if
possible to reach tho cars of Protestant
pupils "in tho interests of morality,"
Seo also how solicitous tho holy
father is for tho moral and spiritual
welfare of American youths when ho
says, "It would also bo of tho greatest
advantage If this plan were not confined
to tho primary schools, but were ex
tended likewise to the high schools and
colleges In tho form of a free lecture."
Imagine, If you please, an American
school board, "In a spirit of fairness
and good will," entering Into such an
arrangement with a Catholic priest or
bishop, In other words, contemplate
tho spectacle of a body of men chosen
to guard the educational Interests of a
community, and to administer them
according to the laws governing tho
American free schools, contracting with
tho representative of a foreign poten
tate who Is an avowed, deadly enemy of
tho free public school system of tho
United States of America, by which
such enemy may enter tho grounds,
later on tho buildings, and eventually
take the citadel, destroy Us defenders,
and man it with Roman subjects,
"Tho second: To have a catechism
clans outside tho public school building,
and also clasps of higher christian
doctrine, where, at fixed times, tho
Catholic children would assemble with
diligence and pleasure, Induced thereto
by the authority of their parents, the
persuasion of their pastors, and the
hope of praise and rewards."
Any person who is In thu least ac
quainted with tho soft, Insinuating
diplomatic language of a Roman church
dignitary can read the above second
proposition, and then between tho lines
can discern a whole chapter on Catho
lic plans for getting control of tho
publlo schools, "The authority of their
parents and tho lairsuaslon of their
pastors," moans a good deal more than
tho words seem to convey, coming, as
they do, from a Catholic, Heaven for
bid that Protestant children may ever
know by experience tho force of the
words "authority" of parents and "per
suasion" of piaster, as Intended In the
above sentence,
Tho third plan does not seem at first
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Hit it.iinlty ith happy n ult, 1st
not let hint tilth a Utile, prudence show
It hue fur the ehildim that attend
the public m-hitol than for lhi that
stt. lid the pun hint school. On th
cunt rar, stronger liiat k of loving so
licitude ate to Im shown tin in. The
Humlny school and tho hour for cate
hlm should be devoted to thrill 111
special manner. And to cultivate this
held let the pa-tor call to his aid other
priest, even suitable inetnlsTS of the
laity, In ordi r Hint what Is supremely
necessary may be wanting In no child.
There It Is In a nut shell.
The very i ssem-o of priestcraft lies
In tho Instruction of children. No
wonder they aro asking for admission
to tho play grounds of tho publlo
schools. No wonder the third plan, as
given above, Instructs the priests to
establish classes of Children In their
resH'etlvo parishes, "such as have been
established In Rome."
But it is not likely that tho school
lvoards of this country will assist tho
pope in entering tho wedge by admitt
ing his emissaries to tho play grounds,
whero they may "show stronger marks
of loving solicitude" for the poor be
nighted children who are permitted to
attend tho free schools.
Leaving tho serious sldo of tho ques
tion out entirely, and it seems straDgely
at variance with tho American char
acter that a little yellow skinned
Italian, with powers delegated to him
by a foreign ecclesiastical potentate
who sets himself up as a God and yet is
more ambitious to wield temporal
power than to save souls, which ho so
benignly terms his mission, should bo
permitted to dictate, or even suggest,
changes In tho conduct of our schools
for tho special benefit of tho Catholic
church, tho deadly enemy of the
schools. Stranger still Is tho spirit
shown by lnlluenclal American papers,
in making note of every movement and
utterance of tho foreign foe while in
tho Amei lean camp, and even distort
ing the words and sentences of the
arch-enemy to make him appear a
friend instead of an enemy. Ail such
papers should look to Rome and Roman
sympathizers for thch support, and not
to loyal American cltlzons, E. B. J.
TO OJtCfANJZm. ' "
Fiml Pick out seven , or more of
yotir friends who are earnest, conscien
tious, loyal Protestant Americans, who
favor tho principles published else
where by the state president of the A.
P. A, In Nebraska.
&wnd Have them sign a blank ap
plication for a charter which you can
draft In about tho following form: J.
S, Hatfield, Columbus, Neb., state
president of tho A. P. A, in Nebraska:
We tho undersigned citizens of name
your town and of tho United States,
believing In the principles set forth
over your signature, would respectfully
petl'lon you to grant us a warrant or
dispensation for the organization of a
council of the A. P, A In this town.
Third State tho night you will be
ready for tho organizer.
Fourth The Initiation fee Is usually
placed at 2 and the dues at flOc er
year,
FiftltChre should bo taken In the
selection of charter members, as men
aro quite often taken In as charter
members who had better have been
kept outside altogether,
Ilcnelll.
There will bo a Special Ho ne fit Per
formance in Hoyd's new theatre, Wed
nesday evening, July Tt, 18(i;i, for tho
benefit of the widow of tho late Capt,
Cox, who was killed while In tho dis
charge of his duties as fireman about
three weeks ago, Tho program will
consist of an address by Rev. Tlndall of
tho M. K. church, recitations by Dr.
Merrlam and Mrs. Matthewson, solos
by Mr. Jules Lombard, Mrs.Mlllar and
Mr, Flndlay, and a banjo selection by
Prof. J, II. Smith. The admission
price has born placed at 25 cents. As
tho money Is to bo turned over to Mrs.
Cox every scat In tho ojiera house
should 1st occupied by a citizen, Mr,
Moyd has donated the opera house and
tho ladles and gentlemen participating
In the entertainment glvo their time
and talents. Greet them with tt full
house,
i
Wo have just received a beautiful as
sortment of Windsor Ties which wo
will exchange for from ,'lc to 1,00. Also
a lot of socks that we offer at 12 jc per
pair, tho best you ever bought for tho
money, Wo aro clearing out a lot of
shirts at 2,r.c, 30c and f)0c. blir value.
and still havo very choice styles at 75c,
1.00 and 1.2T,
One good value In underwear Is shown
In the quantity sold col tut like hot
cakes como and get some at
liALIJWIN S,
1315-17 N. 24th St.
EDLINQ BROS.,
308 North 16th Street.
Hatters and Gents Furnishers. Men's
ShlK'S. trloves. ete. A "ilnllur-V urnrt.h
for a dollar."
J.
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