THE! AMERICAN. 3 MtXKO, 1a Vh t.i t Kmi t. Pt i.i m vi, pt , Aim Mh, 1 bp M-l t ni ten ret jui I' i i , h,mi , lKst thi t.U Wikj a M U 1 1 m fm f lb t oiitS Mii.i i. N,mb Aun t i n Dinl fullng Ilk t ist dixl f(H hi iU'ti.t iniin'tnlrj the but i-vtn milted in hl iwtili j ; d. ii, It duty bi tite afew ford a'mul M. nl,nv knn IrgthM n fiiiRil'tiij wi m. n ( duty Mvlunn nuUni Hi mi',d like 1 Mm In Dm 'in nl nf lM-n, now a jui). The Mt'kli'Nn guvernnienl tlii hel t V Improve It is null I tun of h snii, bill rather lo rMits , t do not believe that tin re loin the whole world t'r'neil a people Um Meilcan soldier nml tli" Mi'vK'iin workln'man. At any moment volunteer are ordered to go out to tins street tu Wxo men of humble means, they out their hat In hai of cap and aro taken to distant states ami their wives nnil children are left alone In tho most fearful tUntl tu lion ami poverty to bo beggar and lo do whatever they can. These people tiro Ignorant and very jmmic and arc thorefoi'0 duprl vt-d of tho solace of cor respondence, besides being unable to plead for justice. Tho Mexican soldiers arc treated harshly, kept in filthy place and do graded to tho condition of pigs and cattle. When they are brought out doors to tako fresh air they aro driven in bordM llko sheep, and if any one seeks for his blessed liberty, ho is im mediately shot. In some towns It In a doleful sight to soo tho herds of filthy, half starving soldiers marching to tho river to batho and to do their washing; poor mon! deprived of their liberty! slaves of tyranny! what will become of their children? their wives? Truly increasing ignorance and calamity is in tho country. In tho states of Guanajuato, Quere taro, and probably all over tho repub lic, tho owners of farms and haciendas, only pay to their people or rather to their slaves, 12 to 25 cents a day. On this plttanco they must live, out of this they buy sugar which Is worth from 9 to 15 cents a pound; corn, beans, pro visions, dry goods and all that is neces sary to keep man or boast alive, is a great deal dearer than In this country. Tho owners of cotton factories only pay their men from 12 to 75 cents for a days work of fifteen hours and forty minutes; tho day is divided as follows: from 4:110 a. rn. to 0:00 o'clock a. m., from 9:10 a. m. to 2:00 p, rn., and from 2:10 p. rn. to 9:.'W p. m. Tho average time that tho nun rices In tho morning in Mexico Is (l:00o'clock, yet some- men, when they have a chance, aro able to Improve God's works, such as happened in Mollnode Lorla in 18707778 on the property of tho now deceased millionaire, Don Kuseblo (ionolez, whero the sun used to rise when tho wonderful clock marked 4;W a. m, Ono doc s not need to think much to find out that this scheme was mado to save trouble to light tho lumps in tho morning as well as to muko a day's work of over fifteen hour. Men who work in tho fields and whero tho daylight Is required have to work as long as It can bo seen, and harder than tho American laborer. I have seen men unloading transportation wagons who pack on their backs over 400 pounds each arid their wages for a days work of twelve hours and over, Is only 81 1 cents. Tho wheel-barrow and other Imple ments wero riot known of In Mexico bo fore tho railways wero built, Mexico was dependent upon Hpaln exactly !M0 yearn, counting since tho capture of bravo Cunhuternoo in August of 1521, till August of 121 that Gen. Yturbldo overthrew tho Spanish government, In that long period tho Roman Catholic church with h r au thority and her many frauds did with tho country Just as she pleased and got about two-thirds of tho whole property. In 1H21 Mexico was free'd from Kpaln but not of tho Catholic church, who kept continualy fighting the new gov enimont. In 1850 president Coinonfort was compelled to eomflscnto tho prop erty of his troublesome antagonist who was trying to overthrow his govern ment to reinstall herself in power us sho used to ho. After tho fall of Coin onfort a new president or rather di rector kept on confiscating arid selling very cheap to the people tho property of the;Cathollo church, giving at the same tlmo a secret law that tho prop erty confiscated should be always con sidered as national property. The Mexican people did not know anything about such an uncivil law until 18IKI. In tho meantime speculators have been buying and selling said property, mak ing fortunes, and the notary publics havo lieon Issuing legal documents for tho dirty business. The actual gov ernment has already shown willing nets to confiscate over again, and If It does, it will tako thousands of homes from the unfortunates who have had to work hard to provide for a rainy-day, and from tho ones who in their youth built homes to havo shelter and com fort In tbelr old ago. To illustrate how lmfamous is that government in confiscating that which It lawfully sold, I quote ono of tho mi h t h ot I ) U i,H I "m- ix l M 1 i Ut .i Ui It. f.'tii f, !.. . t , i f, i.if jftttrtl i.fetf tl'i li?;l t i,r 'VJ. '! g t MMh n tiM'i' vut tf, lal.ffH'fcH ivt tl.p itj,'J I a .,.iiMi lit i ' tut ill I -') i"l ?i I1 n ?.! Uti t's'l t- t rsi' v. bl in 1" r fvMt It tUj il tbM M ?t V ' Ittil ititntiimt ill!' SWh lli l'ltn' Iterbtmlt 1 d 'nto, sit ! Ktihl fivtn cti'iitto a l)im St rn in ttliti h tin' witml-'tfiilijf lniU'titi d Uj mitu niidfut tiiito at tint l!nn hn t-r hiltaml ill' d lhft a WitHl- en tl.e Ih'hx, Tin' ii r of lit" fs tut v In to lr hninil huil lillit tnleg fittts il 1. 1 nl mil Hiv. lie litnimiity ttinit lltd bt r lt v tttMtpltal and burial t tpt n lasting her In tli" iiiiml fearful tbtltutlt'ii and pmert?, Ilr tdiler miii bnd gitt.it and fn keil In r and the, utiih her K-vi-n jnungt r ohlUlls n, .TliilT vntrs nf gt' liifbilvf. liiNlt ad of repining ftti d steadily and huiieftly Hnveiiil joat's ol hard work and ttarvntloii. t say nui vatlon, be cause In the courxtt of this e years they ate nothing but corn and wild weeds in small tlii iltuiv, but slut succeeded in paying all dehtr, and owns the long wished fur houw. If a government or an individual eonlWates anything ob tained after such privations, It Is noth ing but theft, worthy to bo swept from the face of tho earth. The coin fiscal Ion of property from the Catholic church was quite another alTalr, as 1 have said before, sho was continually conspiring against the new government, did not acquire her treas ure with honest work, and when she had a fabulous amount did not educate the people, but kept them In the most shameful Ignorance. To prove that sho did not acquire her wealth with honest work, I men tion the Holy"?" Institution, tho In quisition which was a powerful Im plement for rapid accummulatlon of wealth and for millions ot convections. To prove that sho kept tho people In Ignorance, I mention the prohibition of tho Scriptures, which deprived tho people of tho beauty of its light; and tho millions of Mexicans who do not know how to read and write even in this day. Tho Mexican people aro hard-wording, brave, true arid faithful to their country and church, but their govern ment does not treat them half as well as Americans aro treated, and their church does not reject their vices and makes them do hard penance, this can bo seen In the religious fairs, tho most notable being that of the 12th of De cember of each year, where gambling, drunkenness and many kinds of Im morality are practiced publicly and In a largo scale, in front of churches, and those evils are not rejected, In small towns tho penitents can be seen also. So great Is their faith that they walk on their bare knees all day long as they go to tho shrines of tlnlr favorite saints. They also perform some other kinds of penances that I will not de Ksrlbo at this time, but which requires genuine faith to do them. I am glad to say that since the Invading Protest ant missions have gone to Mexico fighting Intemperance, their main foe, things havo buen mysteriously changing- The American railway companies havo done a good deal of good to tho Mexicans. They Introduced the ten hour day's work, and tho rate In wages for so much an hour, but they employ foreigners In the lst places with bet ter pay, and tho Inferior places are for tho Mexicans, with less pay compara tively. Tho Mexican people will thrive when their government gives them a chance to "ralsrt less hell and more corn." Then with more education and more freedom they will bo as good or bettor than foreigners and able to demand equality before tho law and before men. , ' May these lines accomplish some good for Mexico, my beloved country, J), M. Y, L. mi; dead. A Disgraceful Occurrence In Micnamluali, I'ii, llmiian Catholics Interfere With a Funeral. Monday, March 20th, witnessed at Shenandoah, Pa., ono of tho most dis graceful sights ever seen In America. A howling mob of 2,000 or 3,l0 men and women, followed and Insulted the mourners at the funeral of Mr. Matthew J, Andrlnkatls, a highly respectable and educated Lithuanian, becauso ho had recently renounced tho Iloman Catholic faith. . On January 28th a band of Roman Cathollo Lithuanians, numbering over loo, signed and publlshud a protest against the Pojio, for his apparent ap proval of tho recent massacres In Lith uania. Since tho publishing of that protest they havo been subjected to Indignities from the Homnn Catholics. These Indignities reached their height on Monday, tho 20th of March. Tho Saturday previous, Mr. Andrlnkatls, while at a homo of a friend and co Protestant, Dr. John Sxlupas, accident ly shot himself while examining a re volver. Tho bullet entered tho throat and passed down into tho lung. It proved fatal a few hours later. Sabbath afternoon, while Dr. Szlupas and Rev. Dempskl wore away from tho house on business connected with the ftitril, a tuittiWr t4 I "t '.! tv.l tint i.t at-d tbet 4 I' , r I ti 4 !, - t g tnSifct l b s f - lfct M$ it Itip ti - 4 M'tr It 1 MtmM tV. y wi-t.M ' '! f the i-tU '..;.' nf O.i tn tl It, r, 'tiitttr I-.'!,. tt It Wbrn fi-t'tt'i1 -! nil, and it! Ibf ff h tl t tht diss . .1 Is fun lit Vr at lb" lifiif tit u It nith lb lrvat4 env. lit a ,4ttt- ), U'gf ttUU ' l t'f ll'ttl t aibi'Ut . under Hit Ittrtm " ' Hnni t I'sn It art ttt' feint, feed lt nili iWir y lulu lb bm fegaltitl Uif Mie ff the Inttidn Tiny lbi-n lib. tt ert ate d ttut imti.si by figbtieg, b'tl lb nitMi1ter ts fuisl Itt Itfeve snvtliieg t' littntth ttitlit. Dr, tilti's 't.aled Ittlhe ehli f of si!ict' fer pl etis I Inn, It waa slow In 1slng ghrn, slid when IHilUs tiinn did i'H r, he Muted lo do anything tintll tli owner of thn pivf city, Prt'tettaiil Amrrlcsn, who had appt-art'd, demanded that lh lenant's wlnhts 1st rcisignhed, and l hat he go in and, not by forts', bul by gentlemanly reiinest, clear the house. Most of the Catholic then withdrew, The oflloer was requested, lo tsmaln near for ahilt,t; ho did so for alsmt an hour, then disapiH'ais'd for tho night. From thut time, (about H o'clock) until after 11 o'clis'k, It rcqulrtnl tho constant ffuardinir f two American Protestants to protect tho persecuted Lithuanians. On Monday things reached tbelr height. Tho coroner's Inquest was held In the morning and rendered a verdict of "Death caused by the acci dental discharge of a revolver while handllnir it." Four o'clock tho same day was tho hour set for tho funeral. Tho friends of tho deceased were noti fied and a Protestant minister was asked to assist In tho services. It was hoped everything would bo quiet, as the friends felt tho loss keenly. Hut quiet was not to bo their lot. Long be fore tho hour set for tho funeral, the Catholics began to congregate in the street before tho house and to hoot and jeer at those going to tho funeral. A number of American Protestants at tended the services at the house, and some weat to the gravo to show their sympathy for tho bereaved. No sooner did the pallbearers with the coflin issue from the house to form the funeral procession to tho grave, than the crowd, numbering by thlstlme between 2.000 and 3,000 Polish and other Catholics, set up a fearful howl. They followed the funeral procession for six blocks, until they reached tho road which leads from the town up tho mountain to the cemetery. All that distance they cursed and jeered at tho mourners, beat tin pans and kicked dirt at them. But the mourners walked on In silence, bearing the Mnsults with ereat fortitude, clad they were free from a church which chains its people In such Ignorance, superstition and bigotry. The town officials, who aro Human Catholics, bad been appealed to for protection, and bad mado the ex cuse they could do nothing, but would do what they could. With duo justice to them bo it said, they appeared, but did little but laugh at the crowd. Tho town paper, evening Herald, the next day closed its account of the dis graceful affair by saying: The borough pays an official 25 a month to trlvt dotrs a burial, and a queer state of affairs must exist if tho borough authorities do not feel bound to see that tho liody of a human being can be carried to its last resting place In peace," Is It possible that America, the home of the brave and tho free, Is to come under tho same slave lyoko as Lith uania? 1 our constitution, which em onaslzes iiersonal liberty of belief and offers even her weakest citizens protec tion, a dead letter? Those insulted wero American citizens, and deserving tho title. The government sends battle ships to protect Its citizens In foreign lands and demand redress when they are insulted. Rut those who havo como here for liberty'! sake, and who are citizens must suffer insult because, forsooth, a town is ruled by tho Pope of Rome. Will too battles of freedom have to bo rofought? It looks so unless Protestant Americans awaken speedily to a true sense of their position I'iltt burgh A merfcnn. The Latter Falls fo Jtefnfo the .Strong Arguments of (lie Former. DULUTH, Minn., April 10. Thurs day last, Professor Sims and Ignatius Donnelly held ono of their debates at tho Lyceum theater, There was a good and orderly house to listen to tho two speakers. Mr, Sims oonod tho argu ment and spoke for twenty minutes. He acknowledged being a member of the American Protective Association, and was proud ot it. He found nothing in It un-Chrlstlan, un-Amorlcan or un constitutional. He made six charges against the Roman Catholic church, viz: First That tho church Is un-American in her teachings Second That she Is an enemy of Protestantism, and believes that no other church can divldo with her tho power of salvation. Third That sho claims a subjection over her members which will not allow them to become good Americans. Fourth That the Pope has entered into American politics and is influonc- ti k- t! tt'te ! h emit? t tit t It ! ft h lit ' t t tirt t t t Ut '! IVIH Th1 be it Id i i.i ii j tf i,!i eatti't ef b i tox t tf lis v0s t.l t(iS't A tt lb iit-'ie t ist't tirS'felM nt r Hfc iett It Uitll lit them, fetid Mith I list I t-r fete i d pit i tti IttsWn Ibid .-, ttllll i stliell. nt ill use ait) ti bi tan lit belt g tb'.t 'tit t tin n I ivt i l )i wttMfei ehi gi by i4ii.ttii rlulm el ItfinUli jstjs t td tier high eft'i Ul. lie gattf dtf fell! tvf, rs'tH . lit wlslih fet ) tli'ubter e Mild rt-fi-r. U'.t fesfelfeiid ferguMietila werv ram'l and w! ttsi-lti'd nd p- pUtltll ,1 Mr, Dttiittelty ltk up fifty minute In Mmiisliig the Miidieiice. lie made a llal failure lo ts-fule any eharfv inade by Mm, cms pi, js'ib, hating fe ditubl as ai Phil Sheridan' religious Isllef. He Injured Ibe feeling of several lilxh listener by Informing them that Ireland was first settled by Scandi navians, hence they were full of that blood. Mr. Donnelly advocated the adoption, of a resolution which I Indirect line with his argument If It may lie so termed a follows: Whereas, The Irish Cathollo, In consequence of the Scandinavian Miaul In his veins, has a greater capacity for gottlng otllco than any other man; and Whereas, Tho American memliers of tho A. P. A. cannot comiR-te with him on equal terms; therefore bo it liemlral, That no Irish Catholic shall ever lie permitted to run foroMco with out a half ton of bricks attached to hfi, coat tall. Asldo from tho sarcasm and wlt!y remarks Ignatius gavo ono of tho best populist campaign speeches yet deliv ered In Duluth. If ho Is their Moses it would bo wlso to stop tho debate and call It a llzlo or lose many followers. ZiCNlTlt. "If Christ Came lo Chicago." Editor Stead's new book with tho above title tells some old truths In a new way. After going on at length to describe the bad condition of tho city, ho turns his attention to tho city gov ernment. He says that Chicago Is governed upon a system of corruption. King Hoodie is monarch of all he sur veys. It being expected ,as a funda mental principle that an alderman will steal, tho longer headed citizens have limited his power in that direct ion by making 2 per cent of tho valuation tho limit of tho city's taxing powers, Continuing, ho snys: "It would have been better to have paid each alder man 10,0()0 a year, if by that mot hod the city could have secured honest servants, than to have turned a pack of hungry aldermen loose on tho city estate with a miserable allowance of 150 a year, but with practically un restricted liberty to fill their pockets by bartering away the property of tho city," Referring to various bosses, the writer says that in the present council one alderman, who may usually bo found In the neighborhood of Powers k O'Hrlen's saloon, can control forty others, Tho precise number of boodlors In the city council Is a question on which there is much discussion, A lawyer of a railroad company, speaking on tho subject tho other day, said: "There are sixty-eight aldermen In the city council and sixty-six of them can be bought. This I know, for I have bought them myself." Out nar tho cud of tho book we find tho meat In tho eoooitnut. Mr, Stead admits that the city government Is In the hands of the Roman Cat holies, and that especially the council Is run by them, and snys: "The majority of them belong to Rlshop Fechan's (lock, yet ho might as well 1st Jllshopof Tim buctoo as Jllshopof Chicago. No one would dream that tho Cathollo church In Chicago should sully tho purity of Its garments by arraying itself on the side of tho corrupt republicans or still more corrupt democrats. Hut not less hostile to the whole history and traditions of tho church Is tho lethargy and callous Indifference with which the archbishop and his advisers have seen this city plunged Into tho mire of cor ruption without one word from tho archbishop to warn the fait hful as to the sin which they are bringing on the city and the danger which would fol low to their own souls and to thoso of their children after them." Ono thing which Mr. Stead evidently failed to notice In this connection Is that Archbishop Feehan Is now In fact tho ruler of Chicago, That by bis will tho elections aro conducted, and that to him Is duo all tho corruption which at tho present tlmo makes Chi cago a byword among tho cities of tho country. Chicago American. Iliuiilhh Object Inns to a Protestant. The Immigration authorities of New York are keeping a sharp lookout to prevent tho landing of an F.ngllhhmau who Is under contract to act as secre tary for a Young Men's Christian asso ciation. If ho wero under contract to gather all other emmlgrants Into the Tammany fold as voters ho would be welcomed as a man entering alsivo Im migration laws. Intcr-Occan, March 17th. True: And wisely said. Tho Y. M. C. A. is a ProteBttint organization. No wonder tho immigration ofllcers keep a shark lookout for their scalps. Hut it is the law that no foreigner shall be i is tti t,l h r P:l t t Atiitii. tiliittt ttltt e tai.t jiit it tfi.l ll U fe ft sl Uw d 'n 4 W e. ft ., , lt Hi Mur, ttnl. 1,1 ti. b tM.t II.U nuttlf r littb tittU f Plain itssi at'Kt at t ul ii ii' t,i rtih, fit' ei ttttn Ibe ' 'failH " It, tie tt. -it t, t.,; f,r ltliti Ye. Atnl bit t 'ititl, btitnt It. , fend I. it v d. I'U g"l aid tted a'l el thU lair UH la pihfttetsst, boa feint itlSur tsititi v feiiis-t live! Th" in Ulor ! hd It il!l ftttirt'ttfit. Why tltouSd tiel Ft it tu i "i'ii Im ttvfetcd at any utter s r Mitt Muter tlmlUr etis'iiiulitiHs I Ibe ehtlivh t.t Heine omen brsvt lily UiaUbit V. M. t ,t Atsncdlng I.i Mr. ML'k of Paiia tl U a bll bole. If It he unlawful for llm V, M. V. A, lit tiiptey ws'irtaiy from oer Ibe Allantle, II t-bnuld feUt ls iskettlte un lawful fur Mr. Ptsvl lo Wind a para mount to our hore een though hit ! a RiinmiiUl, I'l our laUir tsw 1st en foiss'd regardless of color, eiss'd, clique or flat Ion. IfSntollll heist In viola tion lo the alien lulsir Iiims, send him hotne; send hi in homo at once; give the vlco-oiehlp to at line American. Wo have no urn here for monselguor, princes, or fotslgn delegates exis'pt on s't!lal occasions, Francisco Kalolli should go home. That Order. A Louisiana Hlshop of tho Cathollo church has Issued a decree that no priest shall keep a woman In his house other than his mother or his sister. From ono Mtlnt of view this seems like a woll advised measure. Of course all good Catholics know that because of tho "perpetual miracle" of a priest's life, and tho unspeakable character with which he is endowed by tho Holy Ghost," no priest can sin carnally, but then his living In a house with a woman enables sinful men to talk, and that is something not to be desired. There was a tlmo when a priest was required to keep a woman in the house, upon the theory that ho needed watch ing, and that no watch was so efllclont as that of a woman who maintained in timate relations with him. Women aro born monopolists, particularly whon It conies to monopolizing, a man, They are sleepless watcher of their rights In a case of thut kind. If our John Watterson will but look around a little he will soo that a good many priest hereabouts have plump, comely, soft voiced women for house keepers who do not boar the relation of molhea or sister to thorn. Wo nienllon IF THE TONE OF . . . THE AMERICAN. Harmonizes with Your Views, Send Your Name with 50 Cents for Three Months, $1.00 for Six Months, or $2.00 for One Year, AndlHave It Sent to, Your Address. THE AMERICAN IS THE GREATEST PATRIOTIC PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY. ITS EDITORIALS ARE Pointed, Pungent and Pithy; ITS STORIES ARE Realistic, Rich in Detail, Yet Refined; BUY IT OF YOUR NEWSBOY. ASK FOR IT, lltll tif tl tft lifts- fcS t r'"lt'J til .,.!. .1 A V A ttHSt aUnil li.t trt t tM I ;r"iH!.tfeew j Ih l o ai-antta St Hip ' j,., I JtMlllNl ttnltltlwt ltt IViiiltg l.it l.ts-tl ii., iltvsj lit, h t i i i It'll, a Ji m:i . t. .t, it tins) dt Xtshotn, is.t fe . tt-r i, !' Itih n t, i, i,. 1 , t ,, , ,, (n ltd h be id Mj I. r lttb t. if it id if,.l tlii- ti k i f Jmir ItN lIt . .) tt f, ls lili h l st hpilly t gtm by jun, ii, ki',1 U tln bets ilea, aitd i that bt il and tlitritd tbt itt. You bate In the pa,s of four or five ) ars, that ia, leteel I tin year H.U fern) the tear m her in I trite IhU, kllbsl l.'s, Ittl heis'Uft, a )tnir rntiiilt ditats, knowledge. Neither tbt tin y deny it. And for tuy nan part, a I terliy lv Iteve, Ibat you have killed more, of Hu m, so I mould to iml thai yon liAd killed them felll-wblch yon musl either do, or drive them all out of lro land." llrother Foley, H. J., an Kngllsh Jetnlt, who died Inst year, writing In 12, declared that Ibe author of the above famous letter "was a omit fi;it In nieriif theology at Llslsm"!! (Foley's "Ri'coisls of F.ngllsh Pnivlnco H. J.," Vol. V1L, p. 177). Truly, Jesuit "light" Is darkness, however, "moral" or "great" it may be! Itomanisni In (iicIkt. "Four years In the penitentiary was tho senteneo Indicted upon a man who stole curtains from a Roman Cathollo church in Quebec. Yet in tho sanio provlnco tho dynamltards who con spired to blow up Nelson's monument wero discharged with a nominal fine. Justlco is sometimes severo and some times lenient In Quebec; but It depends largely upon whoso ox Is gored." "In Quebec tho judges havo some curious questions to doeldo. Recently a suit turned upon the point as to whether a marriage Imtweon a Roman Catholic and a Protestant Is legal, and now tlje courts aro asked to say that tho bishops havo the power to grant divorces, It would simplify mat ters greatly If It were authoiltatlvely determined whether or not this is a Hrltlsh country, rnd If we aro living in the nineteenth century. Ibrnnlo Mail. NlcWBDKAtiKKH can obtain Tu Amkujcan from any wholesalo nes dealer. Your customers will want Ik Put it on your counter.