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BY ALEPH.
Father Lamhekt A Methodist.
If the JesuiU of the Roman Catholic
church are becoming Mtthodist
preachers what may we expect next?
There is no truth in the statement that
we still often hear, that jou can never
convert a Roman Catholic, Thote who
make these statements do not know
what they are talking about or what is
transpiring. Before the present "un
pleasantness" with the Roman church,
this assertion was heard continuously,
but it is on the wane. When Roman
Catholic Driests become Methodist
preachers, circuit riders and exhorters,
we may ask, "How soon will tbe pope
h a Methodist?" If the Romanist
have a right to ask, "How soon will
Rome rule America?" the Methodist
have a right to ask, "How 6oon will
T.r YTII be a Methodist?" A an
Irish lad remarked, while in the straw
berry bed with others, picking straw
berries, "I saye, Tommy, let us strive
to see who will pick the mostest."
The Unity op The Church. An
other priest, Father Rouge, of New
Orleans, has made a ripple on the
unanimity of the Roman Catholic
church. He condemned the beast in
strong terms. He writes "the power and
money she has will prove her course."
That is riffht. Mr. Rouge. Hit him
again. He has no friends. If a nun
ber of priests like you wero to etart
your own church here In the United
Ktatfis and let the pope attend to the
work on the other side of the water,
there would undoubtedly be a great im
provement in the way things are man'
aged here.
Corrigan'S Duty. He writes, "I
have yet, thank Cod, to learn what fear
ia in the discharge of my duty." borne
people have a peculiar conscience
Some have an indiarubber conscience
The conscience of some must bow to
the man who has the most money and
some to the dictates of Tammany Hall
Some have not fear because their con
science always leads them to go with
the biggest crowd. We wonder what
Corrigan thought his duty was when he
preachod in New. York what Satolll
listened to with commendation. Corn
gan is a great man, possibly greater
than Satolll.
Italian Presbyterians. The Cal
vary Presbyterian church in Harlem
has received eight Italians into mem
bership who were formerly Roman
Catholics. We are glad to see that the
various churches are doing their part
to educate the foreigners who are com
ing to our shores. Were they to do all
they possibly could they would have
their hands full.but it is the best way to
eliminate the foreign customs and edu
cation. If they are taken out of the
hands of those who train them improp
erly then the country will be safe, but
not otherwise. There is not a better
mission field in the United States than
New York City, and may we say, "Let
the good work go on." If there are a
dozen more Parkhursts to come from
the inland towns to 6how them how to
do things let New Yorkers step aside
and make room for them.
Archbishop Corrigan Bows
With what magnificent grace the New
York archbishop bows to the command
of Monsignore Satolli, regarding the
liquor question. It is amusing to read
his answer to the Wine and Spirit
Gazette. But do you understand the
last part of that answer? Can we read
between the lines? The common re
port is circulated to the effect that the
"New York pope" and the "Washing
ton pope" are secret enemies. Then,
from this position, let us look at his
gracious answer. We imagine a hid
den pleasure in that answer because of
the knowledge that that act of Satolli
would cause thousands of Roman Catho
lics who are saloon keepers, saloon
patrons, relatives or friends of them to
detest .the ground that the Washington
pope walked upon. If the policy of
Satolli is to be considered by the car
dinals of Rome, the New York "pope"
would glory in the fact that another
point would be raised as to the proper
management of the holy (?) church
here. t Oh, unity, thou art a jewel!
Priests Stop it. The action of the
Roman Catholic church in Chicago
relative to the strike is somewhat sig
nificant. If the priests use their In
fluence the mobs of the cities can be
held in check. It was in New York
City, during war times, that an arch
bishop was called upon to quell the
riots there, and it was done. In Chi
cago the priests hold in check their
members and the rioters are quieted.
These things prove two things, the
lower element of the Roman Catholic
church membership is a dangerous ele
ment, and the priest has his dogs well
trained and under control. These
things will not always run on this line.
W in Slow and Progress.
A FABLE.
A great many years airo there as a
small town called Dug Lass. The town
received this name in the following
manner: An old Scotchman who had
lost all his money moved to the region
now occupied by this town and com
menced farming. Ho made lot of
money and finally became a very
wealthy man. Ill little niece one aay
said, "Where did you make all your
money, Uncle?" He made the ungram-
matlcal but laconic reply, "Dug las."
Ever since the town ha been known
a Dug Lass. The town had originally
been a part of the old Scotchman's
farm, but he, being of a thrifty turn of
mind, had located a town site and
started to build a town. The town
grew for some years and seemed fairly
on the road to prosperity. Farmers
came to the country and found that
they could make a good deal of money
raising peaches and berries. They
shipped many peaches and the people
in the big cities across the lake were
used to seeing tho name Dug Lass on
their baskets of fruit. The town now
had several stores, a school, and three
churches. All that wa needed now
was a newspaper, aod there must soon
be one. One day a small, weazened up
party came into town and announced
his intention of starting a paper. The
people were delighted, but their de
light was turned to surprise when they
found that the gentleman had no money
to start a paper. He expected them to
subscribe the necessary funds and he
would then start a paper. The people
of Dug Lasa subscribed the money and
the paper was started. It was called
the Jitcord ac it was to be a record of
the events of the week The name of
the proprietor, publisher, and editor,
was Win Blow, and his name was al
most prophetic. Never did a man Win
Slow-er than he did. His politics were
away behind the age and he took no
notice of any new political parties or
principles. He was inclined to Indulge
his personal feelings no matter how un
reasonable they might be. At one
time, to satisfy a spite, he roasted
well-known citizen of Dug Lass who was
one of the most liberal subscribers to
the fund for lartin? the paper. Win
Slow was grateful, you see. He had,
however, through his position a edi
tor, thrust himself forward until he
was looked on as editor, oracle, lawyer,
sport and laughing stock of the town.
He was editor of the local paper even
though there were no real editorial in
it. He was oracle of the town for there
was no question, however puzzling, that
Win Slow was not conceited enough to
believe he could answer. He was law
yer for his father had left him a fine
legal library and he had learned to talk
glibly of the law. He was a sport, for
had he not. at some time, in the far off
long ago, read the rules of base ball,
and was he not the umpire of all local
ball games? He was the laughing
stock of the town for all the sensible
people laughed at his conceit. Win
Slow did not condescend to notice any
attempted reforms and, in fact, rldi
culed some of them. As no notice was
taken by the people he grew careless
and would not recognize a new move
ment. He got along all right for as
yet, the People had not been greatly in
terested in any new movement. Some
day Win Slow would have a collision
with Progress and someone was sure to
get hurt. A new reform came to the
town, as it had to many others, and
many of the people joined the new
movement, amonff them a majority of
Win Slow' subscribers. Win Slow Ig
nored the new movement for a time and
then ridiculed it. Right here was
where Win Slow made his mistake. It
chanced that a newspaper man who
was on the staff of a paper that sup
ported this movement spent his vaca
tion in Dug Lass. Some friends of the
movement asked him to take Win Slow
a copy of the paper and see what use he
had for it. Win Slow said he had no
u-e for it. The newspaper man wrote
an article showing up Win Slow in his
true color and, since then, tho friends
of the movement have had no use for
Win Slow or his paper. As they were
a majority of his subscribers Win Slow
is in rather a bad box.
moral.
Beware, if you, like Win Sbw, have
no use for Progress, less Progress have
no use for you. Daisy G. Mack.
The Tiger's Cubs.
from the argonaut.
In recent reviews and magazines,
Mr. Frederic R. Coudert, a distin
guished Mugwump lawyer of New York,
Mr. John Bach McMaster, a distin
guished professor of history in a Pen
nyslvanla college, and Mr. George Par
sons Lathrop, a distinguished proselyte
to Roman Catholicism, have expressed
themselves a being horror-stricken by
the A. P. A. They have been variously
horror-stricken, but they have all been
horror-stricken. Their accusations
against the A. P. A. seem to be that it
is engaged in fomenting strife in a
peaceful community, and stirring up
bad blood against a peaceable and law-
abiding sect to-wit, the Roman Catho
lics. The A. P. A.'s claim that their
aims are not offensive but defensive, as
their name would imply the American
Protective Association; and that they
are quite justified in protecting Ameri
can Institutions from the Insidious at
tacks of what they believe to be a dan
gerous foo. These fears are pooh
pjohed and whistled down the wind by
Messrs. McMaster, Coudert, Lathrop &
Co. But the recent occurrences in the
city of Quebec would seem to Indicate
that ignorant Roman Catholics are not
the lamb-like creatures that these,
their defenders would imply.
Quebec is situated In the Western
Hemisphere, In rsorth America, near
to the northern frontier of the United
States, whose people aro the most en
lightened and prosperous In the world,
and it Is, thank God, a Protestant coun
try. Quebec i within half a day's
journey from New lork, and less than
that from Boston. Yet this place, near
to our largest and most enlightened
cities, has remained so priest ridden, bo
blinded with Roman Catholic supersti
tion, that today it i archaio survival
a fragment of the dark age a tsemi-
modi;eval town handed down from the
monkish middle age.
In the Roman Catholic city of Quebec,
on the seventh of August, In the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-
four, a mob of about 5,tKH) adherents of
the pope gathered together and at
tacked a Baptist mission house. The
inmate were In fear of their live, but
the mob contented itself with hurling
stones and breaking windows, and then
repaired to an Anglican mission house,
which it sacked and destroyed. Ihe
Salvation Army barrack were next at
tacked, but by this time tho tardy
police had arrived, and the rioters re
tired. It Is needless to add that In the
Roman Catholic city of Quebeo the
Roman Catholic police did not arrest
any of the Roman Catholic rioters.
Thi occurrence In Quebeo is signin-
cant of what would occur in the United
State If the Roman Catholics had the
upper hand. The mass of the Roman
Catholic in thl country are fully as
ignorant as they are In Canada. For
tunately they have not got the upper
hand here, and they never will.
We commend those outrages by Ro
man Catholic mob to the careful con
sideration of Mr. John Bach McMaster,
the distinguished Pennsylvania pro
fessor of history; to Mr. George Par
sons Lathrop, the distinguished prose
lyte to Roman Catholicism; and to Mr.
Frederic R. Coudert, the distinguished
mugwump exponent of the law.
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
Celebrated Their First Anniversary
Over 300 Guests Assembled.
The Daughter of Liberty gave an
excellent entertainment at Wing's
Hall, on Grand avenue, Kansas City,
Saturday evening last, to an audience
of over 300 people. The programme
waa one of special Interest and speaks
well for those having the entertain
ment In charge. The Star Mandolin
club furnished an interesting pro
gramme and deserve special mention.
Cream and cake were served as re
freshments. This was the first anni
versary celebration of tho Daughters of
Liberty of this city, they having been
organized one year ago. The council
now has about one hundred members,
and Is growing rapidly. About twenty-
five new members will be added as a
result of the entertainment. Every
American lady should join this worthy
and charitable order.
Sew York to the Front.
A determined battle was fought by
Romanism to have the parochial schools
supported by the state. They wanted
it endorsed by the constitutional con
vention, but the active efforts of A. P.
A. men to spread the truth and keep
Romanism from the state treasury was
successful and Romanism lost the fight
Our cause is spreading everywhere.
This country will not have a pope we
are satisfied with a president. Let this
be a motto for A. P. A. men:
"King out the old,
Ring In the new;
Ring out the false,
King In the true;
Ring In the many,
King out the few."
Independent Leader.
Moral Character Doesn't Count.
It should be remembered that the
Roman Catholic church does not ex
communicate for moral delinquency,
but only for disobedience or denial of
some article of faith, and a man or
woman confirmed or admitted to com
munion, remains a communicant during
life, unless excommunicated for a de
parture from the faith, and this, of
course, is a rare occurrence. NeiD York
Independent.
Leo XIII, in his encyclical of Janu
ary 10th, 1890, says: "It Is Impetuou
indeed to break tho laws of Jesus
Christ for the purpose of obeying the
magistrate, or to transgress the lawe of
the church under the pretext of obey
ing the civil law;" and "If the laws are
hostile to the duties imposed by relig
ion, or violate in the person of the sov
ereign pontiff the authority of Jesus
Christ, then indeed it is a duty to resist
them and a crime to obey them."
Every Orangeman should carry a
policy in the Loyal Orange Mutual Aid
Association. No medical examination
required; $2.50 is the application fee
For information write M. L. Zook, 1615
Howard street, Omaha, Neb.; S. E
corner Randolph and Clark, Chicago,
111., or 807 Main street, Kansas City,
Mo,
"FoxeiS Book of Martyrs" should be
in everybody's library. You can get a
cloth-bound volumo ol nearly 1,100
quarto pages for $2.50 It i worth
double this price to any student of his
tory. Send your orders to American
Publishing Company.
Newsdealers can obtain The
American from any wholet-alo now
dealer. Your customer will want U.
Put it on your counter.
A Song for tht A. 1. A.
Tune "You kuow jroui-ao't dolt, you km "
litre's a nt-Ht little ton. ai4 not very long.
Mow llu-n and then we'll tog-ln;
There' a foe In our Innd. who bat taken a
Maud,
And trying our country to win.
They may think they will win, with tbelr
dark crime and tin.
But this thev wtll find Is no go;
Forth gixxt A. P. A. 1 wluulng the day.
And they know thoy can do It, you know.
(.'ours:
They know they can do It, jou know.
They know they can do It, you know,
For the good A. P. A. l winning the day.
And they know they can do It, You know.
These poor silly fxls are fighting our schools.
They hud belter not meddle, we say,
Uncle Sam rules the whole, ntid yet has Con
trol And will have for many a duy.
They may talk very loud, but no Ignorant
crowd
Can comiuer our country, you bet.
There would be some blood shed, and a great
number dead.
And a nice little threshing they'd get.
t'lioncs:
And a nice little threshing they'd get, etc
The OriinKemen prate of a terrible hato
For the pope and the whole UomUh clan;
They never will yield or give up the Held,
But flirht for their rights to a man.
Thev would lust like the fun with a bruHh at
the nun,
The convent and all thut's within.
They know everyone of tbe wickedness done.
An J nothing but vice there and sin.
Chohus:
And nnthlnc but vice there and sin, etc.
When they hear our guns crack, they had
better staud back,
And had better not talk quite to bold;
Tbey may think they will win. but they best
not begin.
Or else they'll be left In the cold.
They need not bo fooling with Uncle Barn's
boys,
For they are not fooling, oh, no.
It would only be fun, with powder and gun
And they'd show they could do it, you
know.
CuoitcS:
And they'd show they could do it, you
know, etc.
The old pope may die, and we will not cry,
But better by fur It would be
To blot out right soon this old wicked buffoon
And bury tho rent In the sea.
Put them down If you can, work hard every
- man,
And hasten the glorious day.
When away from them all their power shall
fall.
Then thanks to the brave A. P. A.
Choiich:
Then thanks to the brave A. P. A., etc.
Then work with a will, and your onte.es fill,
And drive out a sect that's no good;
That once ruled the land with tyraulcal
hand,
And would do It again If they could.
Put good men In olllce good men that are
true.
And wipe out the slums that hold swiiy;
There's none better or truer than our own
boys In blue,
And no order can beat A. P. A,
Chorus:
And no order can beat A. P. A., etc.
Annik L. Hon h ins.
To Create Dissension.
It is reported that a conversation
recently occurred in San Francisco be
tween a priest and a young man belong'
Ing to tho Young Men's Institute. Tne
young man spoke of the growing power
of the American Protective Association
and said: "What aro you going to do
about It?" The priest replied that "we
must get some of our Catholics into the
association, and must work up strife
and d i vision among the members. " The
conclusion of the priest was wise. The
devil is wiser than the children of
light. The reason why our progress
on this coast has not been far greater
is because we too often permit the
enemy to gel in and foment contention
and division. If we are to win in the
war against sectarianism and sin, there
must be a greater spirit of unanimity
among our preachers and in our con
gregations on the coast, San Francisco
Harbinger.
rapists and False (laths.
Speaking of the report that there are
wholesale Importations of miners for
Pennsylvania, Dr. Senner, the com
missioner of immigration, said that
there was no doubt but that tho laws
were beiug invaded. With the facilit
ies at his command he could not remedy
tho evil.
Dr. Senner said immigrants were
sworn on a Protestant Bible, for which
many of them have little or no regard,
and a false oath taken on It they regard
as a simple falsehood. N. Y. I'inus.
"Let the public school system go to
where it came from the Devil." Free
man's Journal.
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