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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1894)
THE AMERICAN B t! i.i lif .! $' J t 4 n ft i' UH.n i ' 1 p jti i t r ti tuiHf tni 'tVi-it til liir IS - li tivvi- 4 1 1 W 4 Wt lit lMh lt.T 1trMn f4 1 Ifclhe, V n V. Im V m . I I . A v i at. ll.ii t V I it, ! . ( w Unt ir !.: 't-a t.- u ,, :? ink" h , ). V( . vhi it ' I it !' M.nHi ' I 't ik (' i M I 1'!' !i .1 ,. ,4 IihM !' ..i .! tt 1 '", (, tt i mi - I t . r M 1 , fct t l, U iti tin- . t,, rthiml In'lti'i'l tin ''iiii ; 1 1 iNMtl 1 1 J fi't Hiil. III t'l U liihil.nn l 'n't Lit" hut nee ! !l (''lvniil ! i iriti' tr. ml In fU I'll ni mill t mt.ie n Iwek tf m w nt n i!iiin', niul tie ir l Ittipi- (,'tmti il with tli lis; tit'nl fin Urmi (tutu tin' milium nl li.i. in I It'HIU'llt llt n J'KIB'I lw lll.lt Ai.ll! In' fur nil tin' 1mm li'i'n in fln 1'uilt t StH'i'n lit hold n nallntml .utivi'titliiii, they Would lint lie like I' xry'o HI III. , Iv fil by CiititrlUutioiis, fur nature in tltr Ism' ban provided abundantly. One would think In Ux4 t thoe large orchards that tin supply would exceed tho iK'tutiitil but such Iihh nnl been the enm to the prectit time, for hII tif lant year's crop Iihi lone since Ix-Cll shipped away. Tim culture of prune seem to 1m done hero In crV.v Hon, and the orchards look like one solid pardon, iiihI ono can ride for miles and not sou tfrnsn or weed rnoiiifli to make a hens Host. Tho lund thero in worth front ono hundred to two hun dred und fifty tor aero. I would con sider buying land there for raining prune would not bo a Ilrst class in vestment for in my hunitilo opinion in lew Hum two yearn tho biiMlnowH will bo ovordonc. A I wan out for Information an well an plouHiiro I dono Homo lnvuNllation on my own part. Tho town In mainly Koman thcro bulny throo Cailiollc collogoH thcrii, and ono afternoon whllo taklnp In tho town I miyiito my partnor, who liy tho way, was a K'titlonian from Omaha on aViHlthcrc, lot w tro through thin colloid and boo what's 1j It; wo woro mot at tho door which wau lookod by a truoMon of roland, tho Janitor who unlockod it and lot u in and inqiilrod our biwInoH I told him wo woro thoro Irotn tho uaHt and would llkotolook throiitfli the huildlntf, wo woro thon turnod over to another mm of Krln yotinjforln yoarn butoldor In education; thoro worotliroo lad Ion with uh making tlvo plltfrlmH to lnvHtlg'ato tho pronilHoHl tho lli'Mt Hi I n : ho did wan to to a cloHct and got a buncti of at leant twenty kcyn, but whllo waiting in tho rocopllon room I whh InMpectlinf the plcttiroH on tho walU, tho largont and moHt coiiKplcuouH wait tho l'opo Loo on ono nldo of a largo mirror on tho other wiim Cardinal (llbbonN and In ovory room there whh a picture of a Catholic Saint or tho Mother of Jhhum uh nIio In believed by Catholic to be, Well, we ntarted on our trip through tho building with our guide ho whh droNHod in tho pupal regulation, bin four cornered cap, long gown reaching to tho ground to conceal a pair of No, 10 mIiohn, for I eould not help hut notice tho feet being ho out of proportion to Mm body, a cord around tho wulnt from which hung the itohh and Huapulu tlumo with hi twenty key compound IiIm makeup, every door wo earno to had to bo unlocked and relocked after wo all punned through, I ntarted to auk qucH tlonit, tho fli'Ht wuh, U It non-HoctttrlunY Vch, ho itald, It wan uh far an teaching religion wan concerned, then I ankod, don't yon iiuvo religion roi'vIchh? Oh ye, wo havo prayer before wo commence the htndloH in tho morning and again after nchool clime In tho evening. Where do you havo It? In tho new chapel that wuh tho only brick building on tho plitco, Are all tho cholar obliged logo to prayerV uh, everybody, teacher, cook, Janitor, and all are required to attend. I anked how it wa that all tho door had to lie kept locked? Oh, tho Iwiy would do troy and tnko thing that did not be long to them. Well, I ald, could you not teach them that It wa wrong to do mich thing. No, wo could not teach them to roHKK!t private property, I ftnkod how old the boy were and he Muld from twelvo to twenty two. JuhI think of a young man of eighteen or twenty-two year of ago that ha no more lienor than to teul from hi fellow Hchool mate, what are we to ex pect of them when they are turned Iooho from college to prey on tho public, I It any wonder that our ponltoritlarlo are filled with that kind of people when they aro.tanght In their college that it In no crime to take anything that Ih not under lock and key, I will now draw tho comparlHon between phyMlcal and mental, moral and Immoral, or be tween I'rotontant and Human train ing. I wr through four Protectant college, tho Htitto Unlverlty, Miller Hemlnary, Heed' College and Han ford' UnlvorHlty, wa encoded througd all of them and I never aw a door that wa locked and there aro Hcholan In th one four olioolof all Uge, from eight to oventy-flvo, Idothlnto havo you draw your own eoneliiHlon between the .teaching of a 1'roteHtant and Koman college. Hut to proceed with our guide, aftergolng through tho lecture room, chemical lahatory and two or throo other, wo earno to tho play ground; thero wai a fenco in ' i t . . 1 1 i i r ! S. t . Miir U i i HI i' .' i j i I 'u H 1 ff I I o li A h i'n !-t f le li ( t "i ! v,-. Hi t. i V j .,. Hi- ii, t! ni' M -"1h tin'. fm I iifl'u' tl!.. i',ni I i tii ;t'i tin in pl.it -n I H i t ii ti I nut t un jut ti ih. tv i tin t. !; ''.ii t tt f 1 1- 111 - - iti' I'll t'l.- t'l M n.'t ii't i lb- Ivmt.iitf I lit !'I!im in'ii i" i li t in'itt tn tin I.. 'U.il'- ! l!.. I a d Mull i w tll' Hi il I In 111 'MM' I'f 1 HI t'l : . X I I t I mil' I a ! t H nl 1 ill I'll ini J it ' n in Wn-b ii t' mi, mm I t lu iv t i linii Until on H iii it (iSnlfi I in. I n kiit. ilii t iir i tniirtlT i lnii' ttnMf null i I nil limit in- 1'M'MitiHi i'ltiri'lv Oh, lio, nit nf tin1 fn'.tui" Ib. i iMiiiii' tbe I'tinir. Si NiHI i t1 w- ttii' linle tb liji 1 bI. ii. i;ii. In i In- ic i t n pi ii'-t, iii i very ihhiu tiii'i i' iv I In Uimund nr mm li. In tliln iihuii on the nil MR tho hih'V pli'luie, Mini lint fmir fi'ct from It wwn th." plettiiv of tieiu'ral ,lnekiMH. An I liKikid at the twople turtn, I oin)iicd, If Jnckmiu wa utand- iliy where I h ad, what would he do? thought If the triiiiHforiiiatltiit wan to tke placii there would lie at leant one picture Ichh on that wiiM. I eon nldeicd It an Inmilt to Oeneral .he kwui. From there we went to the church orehaH'l; It had a heating rapacity of iiImhiI .'loo, and wan furnihhed in the iimiiiiI nt,ylo ace irdlng Ui Human regula tion; altar with croHH, Virgin Mary and bran eandleiilickH, and the walls were covered with picture of nalntn, Our guide walked to the front of tho altar erOHHcd hiiUHelfand wontditwn on one knee, and uh I wa the nonroHl to htm ho looked at me and nald It whh cut ternary to make ohi.d lenee to the Virgin Mary when pawning lioforo tt, I wild that may be all right, but 1 wa not rained that way, and you ought to have neeii tho look ho gave mo, If I ever get Into purgatory it will be u long time before I get out. There were II vo vlnltors in tho crowd, and only una showed any renpect to Mary. Thero aro long, broad porche extending around tho building, and on uiont of them would bo seen ono of tho father in hi uniform, and with a ninall book In hi hand. I did not ank what they were reading, hut I know by tho gl.o of tho hook it wa not tho Conntttutlon of tho United State nor tho Declaration of independence. I anked tho guldolf tho college paid taxe to tho county, Atflrnt ho nald no, and then mild ye, It did. I am inclined to think they do pay taxe, but how much I don't know I anked him If they had printed rule governing tho ncbool or Mcholar. Ho nald ye. I then anked if ho would give me ono, Ho went Into another room returning a few minute after ay Ing that they were all gone, Hut you can guenn how much I believed that, for courteny ended when I refuned to kneel before tho Virgin Mary. In oneof tho lecture room wanalaiok which ho nald wa .'1(10 year old and wa brought from Homo foreign country by oneof the old J exult friar. Ilewtld that It wa all latin, I don't know who told him, for I don't bellevo ho could tell latin from German. It wa written on parchment, or some kind of nkln) I don't know what, porhap heretic nkln. He nald ho thought tho world of that book, but I don't know why ho nhould, for I don't think ho could read a word thero wa In it. HI had a dozen boy and I had to wend thorn to a college of that kind to get an education, I would prefer letting them take their chance among tho Ntreet ai iilm, blacklnghoe and telling pupern, for oecunlonally they would come in contact with honcnt pooplo who would teach them hononty and putrlot Iniu and that tho world did riot have to bo under look and key to keep It from being Rtolon by a lot of Homan hire ling, Thl t no over-drawn picture of a Homar. Cathollocollcgo, but lJut a I aw It, and I mado It my bunlne to ec) all I could whllo there, and I came to tho conclusion if that lnanumple they are first clan fraud; and a man or hoy In throwing away hi time and money, union ho want to bo a llrnt clan Milltielan, for a politician need hut little honor and an Indlanruhher connelenco, and the two last ingredient aro dlhed out in a college of thl kind In large done. Three day after I wa in that town thero wa an election, and tho whole town went republican but three candi date. A lady typewriter told a friend of mine that tho A, 1'. A.' did It, that nhe understood that thero were IfiOO of them in the town, and that tho three democrat that were elected wero A. 1. A'n. (Well I goes so) but I can't help It. COMMITTKK OV ON K. (ieneral (Jrani en tlitt Public NcIiimiIn, What (Ieneral Grant said In hi cele brated Do Molncnspeeeh tin frequently boon made a matter of controverny, Many would like to nee tho speech In full, a It wan no reported at tho time. It I the following: "Comrade: It always afford mo much grutllloatjon to niret my old com rade In arm ef ten to fourteen year and to live over again, In memory, the trial and hardnhlp of thono tiny, hardnhlpn imponed for tho ptvncrvatlon and Kirpetuatlonofourfree Institution. We believed thon, and bellove now, If f ''-rrN "nM f f f J 11 A 11. T t S ' A . V . . V J I 1 J M 1 f 1 1 II I .IBS M W 1 I ' i :- J V ) L. - A V j i 1 v VN hi vv 4 ft.. G v f S i W V 111' I 0 TOPE LKO CASTING A FAT1IKUIA' KYH OVER HIS CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY" that we had a government worth light Ing for, and, if need be, dying for How many of our comrade of tlmm day paid tho latter price for our pro nerval Unlcn! Let their heroism and sacrifice bo ever green In our meinorv Let not tho result of their saorlllooH bo destroyed. Tho Union and the free Institution for which they full shoulu bo held more dear for their nacrlllee We will not deny to any of thono who fouuhtairainnt u any iirlvllciro under tho government which wo claim for ournolve. On tho contrary, wo wel come all such who coiiio forward In good fulth to help build up tho wunto place and to perpetuate our Institution against all enemies, a brother In full Interest with u in a common heritage. Hut wo ore not prepared to aiiollirlzo for tho part we took In tho war, It In to be hoped uch trial will never again befall our country. In thin sentiment no chin of people can more heartily Join than the soldier who nulimlUcd to the dangers, trial and hardship of the camp and battlefield, 011 whichever ldo ho may havo fought. No clan of people are more Interented In iruardlntf itgalnnt a recurrence of thono dnyn. Let u then begin by guarding against every enemy threatening the perpetu ity of our free republican institution, t do not bring into thl assemblage polities, hut It I a fair subject for wild lor in their deliberations to con sider what may be necessary to secure tho prl.o for which they battled, In a republic like our, where tho clll,011 In the sovereign and the olllclal tho ser vant, where no power I excreted ex cept by the will of tho people, It I Important that tho sovereign tho peoplo should pennon Intelligence, "Tho free chool I the nromoti r fif that Intelligence which I to preserve 11 a free nation. If wo are to have an other contest In the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dlxnn's, but between putr otlsm and In telligence on one side, and superstition, ambition and Ignorance on tho other. Now, in thl centennial year of our existence, I bellevo It a good time to begin tho work of strengthening the foundation of tho house commenced bv our patriotic father one hundred year ago at Concord and licxlngtxin, Let ui all labor and add all neodfu! guarantee for the more perfect security of free thought, free speech and freo ih'oks: pure morals, unfettered religion enti menu, and of eiiual rluht and privil ege to all men, Irrespective of nation ality, color or religion. Kiieourtitfo free school and resolve that not ono dollar of money shall bo appropriated to the mtpportof any nectarine nchool, Henolve that neither tho state nor nation, nor Isith combined, shall support Institu tion of learning other than those suf ficient to afford every child growing up tho opportunity of a good, common school education, unmixed wth sectar ian, pagan or atheistical tenets. Iiave tho matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the private school, supported entirely by prlvatn contribution, Keep the church and tho slate forever separate. With those safeguard I bellevo tho buttle which created 'The Army of the 'J ennenneo' will not have been fought In vain." What tho country need at thl hour of It peril in an Independence of voter men who will stand by American In stitution. The A. 1. A. 1 just such on organization. Heads of l:nmi lies Who arc now nttcmptinp; to Solve that annual problem Where Xi we upend the Mimmer ? Should kfive at least a hearing To the claims of Hot Spring, South Dnkota. As m:t forth in a Well-written and beautifully Illustrated folder issued by the IJtirllnijtoi. Koute. Ilealini; waters, pure air, sunny skies Ami siipcib HiiiTouiidhip;s are not the Only tilings this ( hai'iin'np; spot offers, More material attractions are Provided: Magnificent hotels, Splondidly-cuipprd bath houses, Plcasure-tfiviiitf plunge baths, And drives- Varied, beautiful ami beyond number. The journey to Hot Springs, if your Ticket reads via the liurlinjjton Route, is a pleasant one, A vcstibuled train of sleeping and I'ree chair cars leaves daily for the Illack Hills, It is a comfortable Train and offers a service that Leaves nothing to be desired, Knte ire very low. The heated period is fast approaching, You need a vacation, And there Is no better place than Hot Springs to spend it at, Why not go there? Ask the local Ticket Agent I'or a copy of the folder. It's free, J. I HANCIS, f.cn'l l'Vr and 1 M. Agt. Hurling tun Moutc, Omnlit, Ni h, ,1 .-')) If. p. mi m hook ia:ii:v. We have received a copy of "Plain Talk About the llomanlsm of Today," by Ilev, Hugh Montgomery, published by the American Oitlzen Co,, lloston, Muss, It I undoubtedly a most valu able addition to tho patriotic literature of the present day, it bisik that should be read by all classes, The author has masHd In a most concise and condensed form, historical facts, Impartial argu ment and earnest appeal that cannot fall to command the attention and re spect of every thoughtful and Intelli gent person who may have the gmid fortune to read thl little Isiok. "The Mother of Harlot or on Ex pose of Humanism" by KvangelUt M. I), lliiumcr, of Concord, M Inn,, Is a little volume calculated to cause some people to think more serloimly alsmt the danger that beset the freedom of thl country and It public schools, With that aim in view It In presented to the public by tho author, "The Attitude of Iloman Catholicism Toward Our Government and Protest ant Institution" I the rather lengthy title of an excellent little briM'hum written by Hev, WlnfleJd C, Jlelt, of Mine Hall, Ohio, Thl little "tract," a the author call It, should be widely distributed by all patriotic order and I ml I vil The old maid nun and tho old bach elor prlentn, who havo no children of their own and who aro opssnd to our public school system, ought riot lobe allowed to lunch In our schisils, nor should they, or any one under their con trol, be allowed to actus member of chiMil boards, "Put American only on guard,"-JV Mi.llaxil. H. K. BURKET, FUNERAL DIRECTOR EMtlfLMSft, OHIO ri'iiiiivi'il friini 1 1:1 North Kith stmiit U X618 Chicago Street. 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