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NUMBKR 11
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
All things lo not turn out
just as our Roman friends predict. (For
instance, a friend writes us from Elm
wood, Mich., under date of March 8
1891, that .the hall the A. P. A. the
Foresters and G. A. R. met In was
burned down some time aero. Since
that the members of the A. P. A's and
the G. A. R. have bought another hall.
When the building burned the priest
said "that will use up the A. P. A's in
this town, but we have had three new
members since. -We meet at different
farm houses, whereever it is conve
nient. Some time ago the G. A. R.
hud a masauarade ball Bnd six of the
catholic girls attended. The next Sun
day the priest told his congregation
that he "wished every me of them (the
crirlsV would have a baby". There is a
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great deal of dissatisfaction among his
members these hard times, because he
wants them to give him just as much
money as if the times were good. A
few Sunday's ago he had a row with a
German because he had not paid for his
and made him stand up. The Ger
man swears about It and says he will
take a chair from home. The priest's
morals are on a plan with some of
those that 1 read of in The American
last year, if all reports are true. I am
told that one of his members went home
at night and found him too close to his
wife and the husband pounded the
priest so that he was confined to the
house several days. The girl, it is said
formerly worked for the priest. The
reports came from different sources and
I guess they are all true."
True Americanism is finding
lodgment in every section of our coun
try. A letter from Seattle, Wash.,
tells of its progress there in the follow
ing language: I hope you will forgive
my tardy acknowledgment of your kind
ness 'n acceding to my request 1o send
a free copy of your paper to our public
library. I thank you very much, and
hope that the four patriotic papers we
now have in our library may be the
means of opening the eyes of many of
those who read them. Wo are just
now rejoicing over the prospect of
opening our Protestant hcspital ty May
1st. It has been uphill work, but we
have rented a building, and will begin
on a small scale, hoping that Proles-
tants will 9tand by us and help us to
make a home for our sick. We re
ceived' $1.00 from a man "away down
east." He said he saw an appeal for
aid in1 the Ami ricon Citizen of Boston,
and so ,s"nt what he was able to do.
wish every friend, everywhere, would
send uj as much or more. I wish some
one who has money laid away, more
than enough, would send us liberally,to
help us in our endeavor to start our en
terprise on a comfortable basis, and so
be the means of doing more good work
than can be computed. We have two
W. A. P.' A. .councils in Seattle, and
one in a suburb near by. They are try
ing to do what they can for our schools,
which work they can do even to voting.
The hospital work, too, they are try
ing to aid. The patriotic m. eJngs
held every Sunday afternoon are en
thusiastic, filling the hall to overflow
ing, and we think it will be a day or
two before Pope Leo will take posses
sion of Seattle.
their path in the shape of the Primrose AH failing to cxptsll Divine Grace from
League." I not that rather a mi!d her heart, the final scene was arranged
position for a pope to occupy with re- The whole community was assemble;
gard to an institution of whose princl- in a hall, windows closed, taper lighted
pies he disapproves? We are accus- and a large crucifix and a bowl of eau
tomed to a pe commanding his faith
ful to withdraw from a society which
he thinks detrimental to their interests
or to his own in particular, but we con
fess when we find he is only "coun
selling them" against snares which
may beset their path, we think it is no
difficult matter for his Intelligent ad
nerents to see that whilst for appear
ance sake he must give a pronounce-
benite placed on a central table. Sb
was commanded to stand alone in the
middle, when Father Joachim suddenly
dashed a quantity of water In her face.
and with loud snortlngs and shoutings
commanded the demon to come out of
her. This farce failing, he proceeded
to the final act of pri. stly jugglery. lie
caused everyone to kiss in adoration
the crucifix; and then, pretending to
ment in accordance with the dictation offer it to Clarice, let it full at her feet,
of his cardinals ho leaves It with his With loud outcries and denunciations
flock to exercise their own discretion in tho hypocrite then charged her with
the matter. by we ourselves would awful impiety and blasphemy; pro-
counsel men against the snares which nounced her anathema and maranatha
beset their path in connection with as excommunicated, and an object of
any political oiganlzation, but that is eternal damnation; ordering her to be
quite different from attempting to 'It kept In close confinement till the bishop
suado any one from exercising his right as visitor should determine her punish
and privilege in joining with any pout- ment. She was confined in a cell In
leal association he may choose. From the private part of the convent for
the Inrident to which 1 have referred several days, without seeing anyon.
we can deduct two very hopeful con- her food put in through a door, and
elusions: one is that the poe receives every night obliged to descend to the
with a grain of salt the representations convent cemetery, wrapped in a white
which hi) colleagues maki to him of sheet, kneeling during the cold nights
political societies In Great Britain, and under the central marble cross. The
the other under the pressure of those bishop's coadjutor. Father Juliano, ar-
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about nlmself De feels himself com- rived hefm-ft him. Rnd. hinr an In-
polled to interfere in a question which
he would prefer to let alone, he recog
nizes the fact that whilst the faithful
have no objection' to listening to his
qulsitor, of courso ordered severer
measures still The abbess again sura
moned her to retract She refused, and
was dragged away by the nuns, Ur
counsel they wouia sternly repudiate 8Uie and Annunciata, through a secret
his "command" to dissociate with any door in the wainscoat, down winding
political organization with which they stairs to deep underground dungeons,
have chosen to identify themselves. she was locked into a good sized vault,
hown partly out of the rock, and hero
Our friend Joseph Giliow
sends us the following article: It is not
often that we observe evidence of good
sense in a pope; and when we do we re
gard it as a matter so interesting that
we cannot refrain from calling atten
tion to it. It appears that the B'shop
of Rome does not approve of an institu
tion which ia very popu'ar in Great
Britain, and . which is known by the
name of Primrose League, and ho Is
very anxious to warn his adherents to
dissociate themselves with it. For the
sake of charity we shall presume that
the pope does not know what are the
aims of the society which he viu'd
place under his ban. It may bo no
harm here to remark that the Primrose
League endeavors to restrain lawless
ness, to discourage socialism, and to
promote loyalty and concord among
all classes of Queen Victoria's subjects
in Great Britain. These are principles
to which even a pope cannot, and dare
not take exception. And we are glad
to say that.despite the evil teachings
of many of the pope's clergy in Great
Brita i many Roman Catholics are
members of the Primrose League, be
ing better aware than their clerical
teachers are of what are the duties
both political and social of men who
profess and call themselves Christians.
But from the modified attitude which
the pope is reported to have taken up
toward the league, we are strongly of
the opinion that he suspects the faith
lessness and untruthfulness of his coun
sellors and ithat he approves rather
than disapproves the principles of the
Primrose League. He "counsels his
flock against the Bnare which besets
A CORRESPONDENT Avritincr to found to her surprise another convent
the rrotestant Observer, says: "The fol- victim. sno was an old nun named
lowing specimen of nun life shows the Agnace, who for thirty years had In
same system produces similar results, habited this living tomb, because she
whether carried out at the centre of had discovered somo particles of Gospel
popery, or in the more distant and pre- light. Clarice fully Instructed this
sumably enlightened kingdom of Sar- poor woman, who some weeks after do-
dinia. It also well reveals something parted in the full triumph of faith, worn
of the secret inner proceedings of pop- to death by priestly cruelty In a popish
lsh nunneries, and being truthful in nunnery dungeon. The bishop having
every detail may well serve as yet an- arrived, examined her in the subter-
other proof of and warning against the ranean chapel, and all the vituperative
superstition, idolatry, and heartless threatenlngs and torrents of abuse hav
cruelty to be found in those falsely- Ing failed, she was remanded back to
called abodes of peace.. It also shows her dungeon. Agnace having died, she
the great value of early scriptural was (though an excommunicated here-
training, and illustrates in a yery re- tic) buried with popish ceremonies in
markable mtnner God's providential the convent cemetery, and it was given
care of His trusting confessors. Emily out that Clarice had died and was there
was the daughterof a Sardinian Romish burled, thus concealing the truth re
lady of rank and an English Protestant garding both these harmless victims
gentleman. On her dather's death, The revolution spread to Tli-Ih, and
when she was fifteen, her mother placed reached this convent. The priest and
her in the Augustine nunnery of Notre the Jesuit entered her dungeon and
Dame de Misericorde, in a town not far dragged Ciarice by secret passages and
from Turin, taking the name of Clarice, underground ways to a small 8' eluded
About two years after her profession, a chapel, beyond the convent grounds,
Madame Barthelmis entered the nun- where acarrlage was waiting to convey
nery asa;yei,s!Wijirie. (Jiarice attended her the nrst stage towards the Ilcjuhi-
ber, and found a small Bible among tion at Rome. B .fore leaving the build
her books, which, not being valued, was ing. however, they were overpowered
given to her on the departure of Ma- by friends of Clarice, wlo was convey, d
dameiBarthelmisasasouverir. Clarice, to Switzerland, became a Protestant
when a mere child, had been partly openly, and afterwards retiring to Eng
Instructed 'rom Scriptura by a chris- laud, married, and lived for many years
tian nurse, and now refd it with avidity a devoted christian life in Devonshire
and incessantly. This ltd toher seeing Such is a mere glimpse into the interior
the utter falsity of impish principles workings of popish nunneries. For full
and practices. As soon as she put her and deeply interesting accounts of all
knowledge in practice by refusing to the circumstances see the Xun (London
use 'holy water,' confess to the convent Seeley, 1S3.1)
confessor, pray to images, etc., her per
secution began, and continued increas- Chase Roys writing from
ing In severity, till her provident'al Washington, D, C, says: "The follow-
deliverance. Father Joachim, the con- inir is the translation of nn Rrt.iH from
fe.ssor, poured upon her torrents of pas- A. Lambert, which appeared in the
sion, threatenlngs, and denunciations Citoiien Franco Americain published at
for refusing to conft 83 to him. Madame Springfield, Mas?., March 9th 181).'
L,ascaris, the abbess, tried every argu Lambert was a very learned French
rneut io bnawe ner constancy, mreaten priest, and his conversation Is a great
ing penances and fasts as the least evils acquisition to Protestantism! We trans-
she would endure. She remained firm, late as follows: Triers was nnw a law.
und contrived to secrete her small but jer, whose name was Henry Lasserre
nrrt.iwM.u TVklrt v.,,... U 1 1.. . i i ... ...
.i,.uuo uiuH-, nuv uctuuic ner uuij une nne uay ne was smitten with a
guide ard si hc Sho was interdicted great and holy love for the word of God
from all intercourse with her fellow and, being himself enthused, he wished
nuns, acd condemned to solitude and to make known to his fellow country
long fastings, with cndls repetitions men the beauties and the doctrines of
of prayers in the chapel. S!ie found the Gospel so pure and so simple. He
escape impracticable, every outlet hav- set to work. His book appeared and
ing iron bare, and being also closely met with collossal success. New edi
n.-Li.u. lt-iuriuB iu jmu m me uons succeeded eaen other as by en-
chapal prayers, Sitter Ursulo (one of chantment. The pope received a copy
the leading nuns) denounced her as an of the work, and his secretary "for
'accursed mo. a blasphemous heretic, Latin letters," took up his pen and sent
an imp of hell.' Such is convent lan- the author a letter of congratulation.
guage! For weeks she was dieted with The vicar of the pope. Cardinal Paroc
bread and water, and obliged to pass chi, did the same. The bishops followed
many hours alone In the superieure's so fine an example. Fonteneau, arch
private chapel, to repent on her knees bishop of Albi; Bourret, bishop of lio-
tnousandsor Ave Marias. 1 hese 'ten- dez; Isoart, of Ann. cy; Fava. of Greno-
der mercies of the wicked' failing to ble, and Blanger of Limoge to cite only
mane an moiatoroi this young lady,the a few of the names wrote to Lasserre.
superior told her, obedience would ob- They said: "His book was admirable,
tain immediate relief, but the contrary providential, just in the nick of time
would produce very terrible results. In short, Lasserre was praised, caressed
She was now denounced as a demoniac, and blessed with tnitrhtand main. Tir
ana ner inais were areadiui. She was said: "it sheds benedictions h,m,i
forced to attend all the tedious numer- ant'y." The good souls of Protestants
ous service?, but only standing in the rejoiced. The pope, they said, had
choir doorway, holding a heavy un- been converted! The Romanists could
lighted taper; and exposed to universal read the Bible! Alas! these good
scorn, and at one service nature gave souls were very soon undeceived. A
way and she fell Insensible on the decree of the index dated Dec. 19, 17S7,
marble pavement, only to be derided condemned T.naaerre TIU
seribed! They must not ho rend, ke
or printed. The .i retracted: He
had blessed the work la ITSd; n 1787 ho
condemned It! What do you wish v In
fallibility has its misfortunes. Unfor
tunately for tho poo those misfortunes
come like tiles they are not predict
by Thomas Moult of Naples, by the al-
umnach of Mathiew I,anosborg. They
are playing at tho Vatican, something
that will end In destruction to mcry
Lasserre was condemned, but, "howcun
pure gold bo turned into vile led'" will
be aked by the poet. La-iserro hd
oeen auuacious. ne pad added some
notes to the text, and, In order to do
this, he hud consulted certain Protes
tant authors. This does not mean that
Rome, does not like to embellish the
word of God, with varied textsof her
own invention. Lasncrro in some of his
notes hud strayed from Roman inspira
tion. The fabulist would have said,
this was the first grievance. At these
words the people raised a ery aguinst
the lawyer. Alas! the pixr beast I
beg pardon Lauxcrre was not at tho
end of his troubles. Ho had written a
preface to his book, but a prefuce! An
address, what! Among other things ho
therein stated, which is true that tho
Go-pels are soarcely read by tho Ro
manist. He also made light of all trif
ling devotion, which airs itself in the
Conducting Angels, tho Manuals of
the Children of Mary, tho Treasures of
Christian, etc. Nothing but death
could expiate this crime; and ho was
made to see it. Tho Index ran over
him; you know tho rest. Ah! but Rome
does not like anyono to touch her an'
cient relics. It is in vain that Christ
said: "Search the Scriptures." Rome
knows better than all that! And from
her point of view, she is right. "The
word of God," wrote Theophylactus,
father of the primitive church, "is tho
candle by which we discover the rob
ber." But, ah! we must not speak of a
roe in the house of a man who has
been hanged. A brave man, named
Quesnel. a priest he was, and a rellg
lous of the oratory had believed, in
good conscience, that it Is useful and
salutary for all without exception, to
now the Scriptures. "The obscurity."
lid he, "is no reason that ought to
inder us from reading them." In
speaking thus he only imitated S.
Augustine: "Sunday must be sanctl-
d," says hp, "by reading pious works,
and especially the Scriptures." "To
prevent christians from reading the
Bible, is to forbid the childn n of light
to usj the l!ght." Thus thought and
taught Quesnel. He was making an
innovation. Rome quickly gave him
his fitting portion. He was condemned.
The pupa who, gave him hid quietus,
was called Clement XI, and the bull of
this vicar of Christ (!!!) is dated Sept.
172.'i. But vou will sav. whv those
, . j i j
condemnations? Why? Recall nov
what Rome thinks and teaches on read
ing the Bible, and you will have the
answer. It is related that one day cer
tain English Romanists, principally new
converts, united and founded what I
shall call a Catholic Bible society.
These good people were able to win
over the services of t'ie Romish bishop,
i'oynter. Poynter wrote the preface of
their first edition ot tho new Testament.
Everything seemed to progress accord
ing to their wish. But let us await the
issue. Ia 181i, Pope Pius VII did
thorough justice to this pious enter
priseaccording to popish justice. It
would have been an impolitic move to
write to the English. Tnat might have
retarded Catholic emancipation in Eng
land. So he wrote to the bishops of
Poland; and the bull that he directed
to them June 19, lSKi, put an end to
everything of that kind. 'We have,'
said he, 'been truly shocked at seeing
this work, which raps the foundation of
religion.' Milner,who was also a Rom
ish bishop in England, spoke in his Sup
plementary Memoirs of the English
Catholics supplementary to the his
tory of the Romanism of this society in
England he calls it something unheard
of. 'The name itself, which was iriven
it,' says he, 'is antagonistic to the rule
of faith receivsd among- us:' and he has
the audacity to affirm that, 'crimes
multiplied in direct ratio with the pro
gress, which the Bible tojleties make!'
There is more: In March, 1813, he
wrote a pastoral letter to his clergy, in
which he denounces vigorously the en
terprise, and concludes: 'I hope, my
well-beloved brother , that you will not
encourage the distribution of the Bible.'
And he invites his priests to give their
hearers the Catechism, the Catholic
Christian Instructed, etc., instead.
Rome doos not wish her people to read
the Bible without the notes there added
by her. And she is right, (from her
point of view) for,as has been well said,
'the free circulation of the Holy Scrip
tures is the death blow of the papacy.' "
HOME II tllS HIM.
( athiilic llilit.tni Su.l.lli. I'uIiII. hI Motlwn
ou ItlMiuu. WV Julilli e.
itr.Ki.iN, mareu .11.--1110 only dls-
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v,..u...km.,o . vuo n.MimrcK juiuioe would not listen to him when h
comes from the Catholic editors, who honored In tho sanetuarv
celve thU fallen angel with x'n arm
and lead him about the country liko
some strange animal, and exhibit him
to the public gaze. They affect to be
lieve this man in his fall when thev
was
win to have gone buck twenty years to
llvo over again tho bitter days of the
Kulturhampt. Their newspapers try
to minimize the character of the feU h
by insinuating that the celebration I
merely an agrarian hullabaloo held for
political purHes. Several clerical
newnpuK'rs assert that tho big land
owners have usi-d preBuro to obtain
subscriptions 'or birthday presents.
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1 ne niumoers 01 t ne aileslan Kami
ers leuL'iio are said to constrain th
woi kingmen and tradesmen with whom
they deal. Tne administrators ol the
public domain, the official directors and
Inspectors in short, the chiefs of the
bureaucratic world generally.
His eminence closed with an apixtal
to his hearers to treat tbecalumniators
of tho church with moderation.
A. I. A. HOOKS MOI.KN.
I.islge K.Hini Itrolen 0n-ii am! the Prop
erly Carried Aaj.
Dkcatuk, III., April -'.When coun
cil 0.1, A. 1. A., gathered last night it
was discovered that tho door of the
lodge room had hoen forced open and
the books, records and correspondence
with the state council curried awuy,
Pi oiierty of other Unices meclinir In the
same renin was not dlsturlxid. This act
ure on tho part of the enemies of the order
charged by the clericals with conduct- Is accepted us tho beginning of a bitter
ing house to house collections and local war.
blacklisting tho men who refuse to pay.
A similar system Is understood to he
useu ny employers throughout largo
industrial districts. These levies on
salaries and wages, say the clericals,
are known ns "Otto's dimes." Tim
Bismarck agitation has lxeomo so ex
tensive, according to tho ultra montane
dltors, that heavy drafts must bo made
Speaks For Itself.
Chicago, 111., April 2, 18l.1..-EdItor
Thk Amkkican: I have In my employ
a Scotch-Canadian girl whose parents
reside In a small town In Cunada, near
Toronto. The young woman was tell
ing me one day that her father would
enjoy reading your paper, so I su!-
rtcrihed fur It fur 1nt futhot f luinna
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" Hint-oM " Johnston. iomo time Biro. On March
men come tne usual suggestions Kth Mp JohnHton.- barn wfW bllpnM,
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-."'kui mis sorns naruiy wrr, I.Rrl,..l l.hn flr h m,.H
l .!. .1 1 .1.,. '
,D ..U.HI uue o. .upppinedto reccdve notice that if they
national hero worship but It is likely dl( not llnra(,,dlutoly ur()p your
iouus.
That tho whole Bismarck demonstra
tion Is sjKintaneous is beyond the
shadow of a doubt. Since tho surren
der of Sedan tho country has not been
This morning the young woman re
ceived a letter from her sister telling
her to "Stop the pajier, for heaven's
sake, as they were obliged to sit up
nights and watch the house." An tho
in such a delirum of joy. The Empress U)Vn , gcttlud mH8tl b IrUh Ctttho.
7UU"' uow ln ,Kmn- visuing ner lies, and In fact run by them, It U quite
7UW "ua 1 "uvvm -"-cimuruuurg- e(wy tQ ge(J who dlj th(J coward!y dK.d
i,OB e.,i a .ung auvograpa .oiier j ara a congtant reader of your grand
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IU 1J1BIUUILH, 1 1IU IN CUICUlttlOU
to heal the wounds lelt by tho feud be.
tween the empress and chancellor dur
ing Emperor Frederick's short reign.
paper, and rejoice that you are doing
such a glorious work.
A True Amkrican.
WHY MRS. M'KKATT W AS SILOT.
Kieh (old Mine Found in China.
Yokohama, March 1.1, via San Fran
cisco, Cul., April 2. The discovery by
David M. Hewitt Heelares That Fulher tbe jHl,ttnese l" announced of a rich
waller Advised Her Not to Soeak. Kola mlm' 0Q tno Llao long Peninsula,
Kingston. N. Y.. March 27,-DavId nuar lalien w"- J nw P'oe
M. Dcwitt of this city, author of the 'ol t n,i,theit rrt Arthur. Cor-
book recentlv mibliHhed at. Haiti more wn PrlUHl8 occupied a lemplo whlcn
entitled "The Judicial Murder of Mary s',,(1 ov' r a Hhuft kudio t the gold
h. Surratt, spcakirgof the report form
Chicago of the destructior of the proofs
of tbe Innocence of Mrs. Surratt by the
burning of the house of John W. Cluin
pitt, her form, r counsel, and tho state
ment of Mr. Clampitt as to Father
mine. The priests had irrown rich
working this mine, as their pr. d ces-
sors hud clone for three centuries.
Their secret was safe, as they worked
011 tho superstitious nutlv. w by declar
ing that the shaft was the home of a
Walter's story, said that It would )m, a"-e dragon that could be apjHa.ed by
To the Roman Catholic pope; If you
want a man who will give you no flat-
"Gospcls" , tery, send for tho Savannah man. ex-
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uiiiR-mi 10 uesiroy me proois ot .Mrs.
Surratt s Inn. cenco as . m bodied in his
book, which, however is a demonstra
tion rather of the want oi proof of her
guilt. Ingathering the fac's for his
book; he hud occasion to viit Washing
ton In the spring of W.i, and while
there called on Father Walter. "He
related to me," added Mr. Dewit', "the
same collcquy Mr. Campitt now fives
between himself and the poor woman,
but the colloquy took place in the cell
of the comdemned woman just beTrtre
she was taken to the seuffold, and not
on the scaffold itself. She wished to
state to the soldiers who had come to
conduct her to her death that she was 1 n
nocent and in their presence and heal
ing asked her priest to bo allowed to
do so, when he replied: 'No my child:
the world and all that is in it has now
receded forever. It would do no good
and it might disturb the serenity ol
your last moments.' But Father Walter
in his interv;ew with mo went no far
ther. He intimated nothing to the ef
fect of any such condftion being at
tached to his presence with the con
demned woman as Mr. Clampitt now
says he stated to him."
liberal presents of mouey and jewels.
So Lhe timid peo de were accustomed at
great festivals to throw their money In
to the shaft. When the Japanese army
came, tone c f tho engineers routed out
the priests and investigated the shaft.
They found a largs quantity of rich ore
which will pay well for working and
they fuiind many indications in tho vic-
nity of valuable gold-bearing quartz.
Had Mattery in Mind.
Brooklyn, N. Y., March .11. Car
dinal Gibbons preached at the cathe
dral today to a large congregation, from
the text, "Which of you shall convict
me?" His eminence evidently had in
Americans 011 Top.
Blooming-ton, 111., April I. The
election of three members of the school
board today was in many respects the
most exciting contest in the city's his
tory in many years. The vote cast
agyn gated 4,144, nearly 400 more than
at the memoiiable election three years
ago, when women voted the first time.
It was a clearly defined issue between
tho A uerican Protective Association
and those opposed to that association
obtaining c. n rol of the schools. The
A P. A. and succi s-ful candidates were
Calvin R.iyb'ir.i and B S. Potter and
Mrs. Frank Y. Ilituiltin, their raajor-
ti. s ranging from 300 to 400. The
woman voted this ticket in tho propor
tion of 3 to 1 Th j proposition to issue
$40,000 bonds for a new high school
building carried. The result gives tho
A. P. A. control of so hi nil board by one
majority.
iew Honors For Father Steplinn.
Washington, D. C, April 2. The
rOIe bus r.inferr.il o U v Jimoa A
mind ex Priest Siattery and the recent s, han cf WashingUm, the rank of
riots in the south. He slid in nart: .,:.,.
.rr.L -u , ymoic 1 uaLuuei iaiu 10 ine pope, who,
The Catholic church is jealous of the tQe title of MonsiKnore gtephan. The
nonor anu moral rectitude of her clergy. anEOUDCement was mad(J by Moa,ignore
It is her constant aim that they should Satolli al a diDDer iven b him Uh1
walk in innocence and blanelessness of in hon0P of the feast d of st- Frands
ife. W henever any of her clergy is de Pauli aftor whom th(J del
known to have contracted any degrad- named. The office of private chamber
ing habits incompatible with his sacred lain to the ,9 of ffiuch ,m
i5 uuurawu iroiu me active u T,lml
and dragged away to her prison cell. I were anathematized, prohibited, pro-1 Priest Siattery
pursuits of the ministry until he has
given marks of reformation. We find
it very hard to please our enemies. If
we were to retain a degenerate clergy
In the exercise of the public ministry,
they would point the finger of scorn at
us and sav: 'See how low is the moral
standard of the Catholic clergy.' If we
dismiss one of them, they will forthwith
pick bim up from the gutter and re-
as the chamberlains are the
immediate attendants of the pope and
receive all visitors seeking an audience.
The title of monsignore carries with it
the wearing of the purple as an out
ward mark of dignity.
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