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THE AM ERIC AN 5 WOI LD MRS THEIR BIBLES. A Diller, Jieb., Human Believes ia th. Bible an It I-Nt as Taught. Editor The Americas: I have read your paper carefully, and will bava to say that you are on the right track, just a little 4'one-ided" in your work. I hold thai all women born on American B3il are free-born Americans, without any mental reservation in favor of Pope Paul, or any d - ad or living man, or tn favor of any male mero'Hsr of any church or iate; I hold that the Diblo and common sense teach the equality of the sex; I hold that Proliant churches are but little belter than the Catholic In that respect, as they have perverted the Scripture and made it teach female elaverv, which a true christian knows to be as false as Satan cauld wish. Protestant men have been slapping women in the face so hard for the last eighteen hundred yeirs with old Bachelor Paul that they are bound to rebel, sooner or later. Many of them will burn their Bibles rather than ba lieve that God intended them for ser vants only. If it won't take too much of your 6pice and patience, I should like to give my opinion of equality as taught by the Bible and past experi ence. If we take Webster as a guide in de fining a word, we will find there were quite a number of women preachers mentioned in the Bible. Webster says, "In Scripture, to prophesy is to preach, to exhort." If we read the thirty-first chapter of Isaiah, the fifteenth chapter of Exodus, the eleventh chapter of Jeremiah, the twenty-sixth aod twenty seventh chapters of Ezekiel, and Paul's first letter to the Corinthian church, we will find Webster's definition cor rect. That letter of Paul's and his first letter to Timothy is where men get their authority for the subjugation of women.' But it means nothing of the kind. Paul was not quite that incon sistent, yet he did not follow Christ's example in dealing with those women. If some of the women members of those churches did look through Moses' veil (dejcribed by Paul In the third chapter of Second Corinthians, and could not understand the "liberty" spoken of there, were they any worse than the men? Can't we all see that not one of the men not even Paul and the d Ib clples thoroughly understood Christ? Christ would have dealt entirely dif ferent with those Ignorant women, or at least he always did treat unfortunate women with the greatest kindness and sympathy, causing great indignation and scorn, not only among unbelievers, but with his own chosen twelve. When Jesus 6aid n them, "Why trouble ye the women?" they were not capable of understanding the scathing rebuke in tended for them, but were vexed at Christ. Paul acknowledges of doing wrong. I feel sure he must have been thinking of his cruelty to those wotren when he wrote in the seventh chapter of his letter to the Roman church that, "For the good that I wou'd, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do." If he could have foreseen the 4,evll'' which the above letters were destined to "do," he surely wouli have explained his meaning; yet, It Is plain enough to a person endowed with the spirit of Christ. For did not Prlscilla, a member of one of those same churches, travel with Paul, and help to "expound the ways of God?" Did not Paul speak ot her in the eighteenth chapter of the Acts as "my helper in Christ Jesus?" In the twenty first chapter of the Acts we find one Philip, an evangelist, who had four daughters, all preachers, and all Paul's most intimate friends, too. Paul had numbers of women help lng him in all the churches (ho I'd like to give the whole list). Phceba, a deaconess In the church at Cenchrea, was sent by Paul to the church at Rome with letters and messages. He writes to the Phllllpians to "help those women who labored with me in the gospel." In one of his letters he commands women to keep their heads covered while preaching, or praying. Think of that! How does It sound by the side of, "I suffer not a woman to teach," and, "If they would learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home"? Christ was woman's emancipator. He This Elegant 11 V Tf 1UWM 1W1 Nickel or Gilt Sewing Lamp without glassware will be sent ex press paid to any address , for Chimney ind Shade sold everywhere, or we can supply you. We make 70 other styles of the famous 'New Roch ester now rally iDrovei.) The desideratum for a Summer Lamp; sufficient light with one-quarter the heat of larger sizes. Bridgeport Brass Co. ?0&rts,?NnY. MMOOOOOOOQ 1 n o );( defended her in all her rights. One woman after another came to him with her heavy b-vdon. and all went away blesed, "All wondered at the gracious word which proceeded out ot his mouth." Ho condemned man's laws, accusing them of "devouring widows' houses." When those men brought the woman who was both legally and physically helpless, t3 Christ, to see what he would do with hei, He Uught them a lesson which i needed just aa much now as it was then. "The sinners" heard of Christ, and came to him, and believed and repented. At Jacob's well he met a poor woman, and his did pies marveled that He talked with her; yet, Xo this woman Jesus made the first disclosure of Himself as the Messiah. All women seeoaed to know by instinct that Jesus was their friend. Pilot's wife tent word to her husband: "Have thou nothing to do with that just man." A great company of women followed after him when he was being led to the place of crucifixion, and with tears and lamentations, bewailed him. Jesus said to them: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yojrselves and for your children." Reuecca Ballard. Is There a Boycott In Kenosha! Members of the A. P. A. will re member that some time ago a certain physician who had recently returned to this town and again hung out his shingbj, opened up a boycott on the Independent by refusing to deal at a certain meat market because the pro prietors advertised "in that A. P. A. sheet, the Independent." The meat merchant was startled, and hastened to order his adv. out of this paper. Within a week of that time, however, he hastened to have that advertise ment reinserted. Whj? B3causethls boycott business is double-acting, you know. Some of the friends of this paper who also dealt with our easily frightened meat man, appeared at his shop, called for their bills and proseeded to settle up and quit trading there. And they were not at all backward about stating their reasons for tuch action. If this boycott was really on, they proposed to take a hand themselves. As any one of our Indignant friends bought twice the amount of meat there as did the bigoted doctor, there was no difficulty in setting matters straight. It's a poor rule that won't work both ways. Less than two weeks ago a Main street saloon-man came to us quietly and abked that we stop his paper. Why? Didn't he like the paper? Yes, but two or thrte of his customers had declared they wouldn't spend another cent In his place if he continued to take that of a paper. We stopped it, of course. These are only two instances, though we could men tion a dozen. Now, what does this mean? The doctor first spoken of is a papist. The meat-man and the saloon-man are not. If these men who call themselves Prot estants had the courage of their con victions, what would they have said to this "Iatelligeat" physician ani to these saloon customers, when they sought to rob them, by intimidation and a threatened loss of trade, of their personal right to subscribe for and ad vertise In any paper they might see fit? They would have told them politely but firmly that they were meddling with what was none of their business. Does any man refuse to trade with Messrs. Lentz & FuncK, w'.th Barden & McArdle, with English Bros., or any other of our Romanist merchants be cause, perhaps, they take the Catholic Citizen of Milwaukee, or advertise, if they wish, In that or any other Cath olic paper? No. And wa would con sider a man that would do such a thing a mighty mean sort of a chap. Think this over, friends, and here after stand up for your Individual rights. Dsn't be so weak-kneed as to surrender your birthright of American citizenship for a miserable mess of Romish pottage, which is unreliable, to say the least, for there Isn't a Prot estant business man on Main street, aside from the saloon-keepers, who could exist a month if he had to de pend on his Roman Catholic patronage, The trouble Is, however, one Roman' ist trading In a Protestant store looks bigger to the cringing storekeeper who Is trying to be all things to all men than a dozen of the biggest Protestants In town who trade with him from one year's end to the other. Protestants detest the word "boycott" and abhor the principle (or lack of it), it stands for, but If they should follow it as per sistently in this city as do some people of the other side we know of, it would be a sorry day for the Romanist mer chants of Kenosha. Independent, Ken osha, Wis. Tax Church Property. According to the financial statement of Alderman Madden, the city had, the 1st of January, 1395, a .floating in debtedness of $6,000,000, and a Chicago daily asks the question: What shall be done to straighten out this financial tangle, and give the city a decent work ing capital, so that it will not be for half the year on the verge of impecunl osity? The same organ quotes Mayor Swift as saying that he favors asking the legislature to make the tax-levy 3 per cent, instead of 2 percent., until; enough money naa been aecumulaW-d to pay off the floating Indebtedness). It would take tbre years to do this, pro viding the council (of whose finance committee Madden is chairman) did not iquander it. The poor man has been burdened with more than bis hare of taxes for a long time, and if newspapers worth S3,tH),0e0 would pay taxes on more than 120,100, as asaewed, that would help a little. Ia the Tim Herald ot April 1st, 1:W, appeared a list of church property exempt from taxation, a conservative estimate of the value being 1 100,000,030. Tax the above property at 2 per cent, and you have 2,000,000 per jetr, or in three years t-ti.000.000, and your debt Is wiped out, and a few dollars to spare. Our recently elected Republican asso sors are as quiet on the "taxation of church property" question as the assessors under the Hopkins administration were. Our forefathers fought "taxation with oat representation." Today it Is re versed, and is "representation without taxation." Why should church prop erty be exempt? Perhaps church property is like Mike's goat it is not real estate. Dur ing the Hopkins administration, funds were scarce, and it became necessary to tax everything in sight that the poor man had. One of the assessors happened to be assigned to duty In the district where his friend Mike lived, and on his rounds he canoe to Mike's place. ''It's assissin' I be today, Mike," said he. "Tain be aisy wid mo, Pat," says Mike, "for wid raleesthateassIssminU, and tthnte asslssmlnts it's the divll's own woruk to save enough to pay me city hall assissmlnt." "I'll be aisy, Mike; I'll put yez down for tin dollars a foot, and tin dollars for the goat." "Phwat! me goat's not rale estate! "It is so, and I can prove it to yez," says Pat, reaching for his Instructions "Rade that, will yez? 'Assiss at its proper valuation per front fut, all property aboundln' and abuttln' on both sides of the strate.' Manny's the toime I've sane your goat aboundin' and abuttln' on the strate. Tin dollars for the goat, Mike." Put church property on the real estate list, and have it bear Its just proportion of the taxes. Tax church property and get rid of our floating debt. Tax church property that is abounding and abutting on both sides of the street. Buck Shot. INQUISITION RESURRECTED. Monks Are Accused of Torture Clamor for Tlielr Prosecution. Berlin, June 19. The aachon court sat for several days recently in the trial of an action f Jr libel brought against a journalist named Max Scharre and two others for defaming the characters of the monks of Marlaberg in accusing them of maltreating lunatics confined In their institution. The defendants succeeded in proving that the accused monks were mostly Illiterate worklngm;n, ani that they had resorted to the old methods of con trolling their patients by torture, con fining them in chains, beating them, and even exposing some of the inmates in a semi-nude state to the heat of in tense fires. The entire scanial arose from a case of a Scotch pries', named Forbes, who went to the monks' asylum to be cured of intemperance. Forbes succeeded in getting away from the place, and im mediately disclosed the practises of the monks and their attendants. The case was closed by the acquittal of Scharre and his associates. The National Zeituig of Munich, the Allgemeine Zcitung and other papers are clamoring for the prosecution o! the monks, and public feeling against them Is so strong that the police ar j obliged to protect them from mob violence. ITEMS OF INTE RET. A Mary Anna Hodder, An Irish Roman plodder, Threw pepper in the eyes of J. O'Nell; Because he sold a paper, She cut this funny caper, To show the Roman fathers she had zeal. Just think of it! A Y. M. C. A. in Portugal! Pecci should send Satolll to 'tend to that. . The Roman pagans are boycotting in Boston. They should stop that; it is an Irish trick. If Roman Catholic churches are be ing burned, will not the insurance campanlei withdraw their risks? The Romanists cannot distinguish between patriot gatherings and A. P. A. meetings. Will some one of that church explain why this is? If Roman Catholics burn a few of their churches, and make people think A. P. As. are doing it, they will make money by It they think. The Roman Catholic dallies of Boston are ' booming" the Standard by throw ing them into the river. Every one will buy the Standard to find out the cause of the fight. The editor of the New York Miil and Express is a Roman Catholic, we are Informed. The stock of that paper will, I think, drop pretty low. Patri otism surely will. The poor Romanists who have had such a "big pull" on the New York City treasury are being turned out. The officials of the city face the fact that there Lave been frightful phenomena among the figures of the city funds; but it is too bid the fellows have lut the friendship of the city father. Roman Catholics should be ermltted to boycott Protestants, but Protestant should trade only with those who advertise tn Roman Catholio pap.-rs. "Heads, I take; and tails, you lose," you know. These wise mo a, the pagan Romans, go to a man who ha a position, we are inform d, and tell him bo must leave his position or come Into the Roman Catholic church with hi family. Down with the rascals! Then they say the A. P. A.' are dun'rimiii'iti y iR'caune of religion. To the pagan Romans: Yo j can go to New York and see a mummy that is said to datj from the ninth century; but do not forget to leave a good sum of cash for the "father" who shows It to you. Be sure not to forget the cash. If Tammany Hall Is to be reargan ized with eight pagan Romans, three Protectants and one Jew, it will be a fair Illustration of the manner in which the constituencies In nearly every part of the United States are represented. If the Romans have an organization similar to the Protestatt Y. M. C. A. they should keep it secret. It would be inconsistent to have It otherwise. They say Rome Is gaining strength in the United Slates. So are the pa triotic societies. We hear from St. Louis that It only costs a man $200 to get on the police force If the money is paid to the priest. On the 3rd of April the Weekly Star, of Pasadena, Cal., told of a Roman Catholic church which was burned, and in it were found fire-arms. Lit the editor of the Omaha Advocate make In quiries regarding this, and when be cn prove what he says, let him make the statement In his paper, and see If there will not be a half dozen Roman monk(oy)s who will come to his office and tell him he Is a liar. The Roman Catholio boomurung In Michigan has hit the semi pagans the senate did It and the bishops will grit their teeth, poor fellows. The Romans do not want to mix re ligion with politics and they do not very much. There Is very little reli gion in it that I can see. The Vatican is trying again to get Russia. If she cannot get in the United States as much as she deserves, she hopes to get something from the other countries. China needs a lltt'e sym pathy juBtnow; she might do something with them. In Spain the priest takes great care that hojiurns all the Bibles and New Testaments. They first want them out of the schools here, and then they will want th 3m out of the houses. Let the Bible be kept in the schools, and then the Roman Catholio teachers will not be seen in the shadow of them. It seems to be much easier to convert the Rom a a Catholic Italian than the Roman Catholic Irishman. O.ie of the causes for this may be because the Irish want to boss the whole job, and not give the Italians a show. Now, here Is some work for Satolll. He must sit down on the Irish, or the Italians will sit down on the Roman church. If the brigands of southern Italy are Roman Catholio it should not surprise anyone. If the semi-pagans have only turkey for Friday, and have no fish, the "father" can change it to fish. They can do it just as easily as not. The public school system in the United States is to the Roman te mi pagan church a contemptible serpent, and they are trying to handle It with a pair of tongs, but do not know exactly where would be the best place to get a grip. If the pope will demand too much of the "good" Catholics, there may be some "bad" Catholics, and that would be the beginning of another 20,000,000 lost to Rome. If Cardinal Gibbons calls ex-Roman Ists fallen angels, does he want us to in' fer that the Romans who roost in con' vent chicken-houses are angels? Can it be that the Roman Catholic Rush of Onaha, Nebraska, Is the ex Romanist Evangelist Rush, or is this another man? Pecci and Rampolla have settled their little difference, and Rampolla will not resign his position, but will be resigned to the dictations of Pecci. Why did Rev. Dr. Hershey leave Washington, where he is so much needed, and go to Boston, where they have a daily? Scott, you had better return to the town of Satolll, where all the Romans are so very jolly because the people can't see the folly of having a Vatican there. Judge Gunster, of Scranton, Pa., decides that Bible-reading In the public schools is illegal. May I ask his honor, the judge, if he thinks it is illegal to swear by the Bible? And in states where the law requires a person to swear by the Bible, how will some peo pie know what Is in it if it is illegal to read it in the public schools to them? Must these children sneak away, some time when no one sees them, and read it, so that they will be permitted to wear by the thing Intelligent!) ? U lherj an tiltloe higher than the judge now hold? Ve, the Roman Catholic church has a fair repnM-ntatlon In the America, but where are they? How do thoM nation compare with the nations of the world? Tbl argument alone I enough to cause everyone who cares for the prosperity of the United State to keep hi puckeV-htiok shut when they are bogging to support the great Roman Cut hollo Institution In Washington. Hut some will be caught, notwithstand ing all the arguments. The Protestant are trying to rapture Rome, while the RomanlsU are trying to capture Washington. We might suggest to some man who will start a patriotic dally that Washington want one, with a very large circulation. Til former priest, hlalUTy A verf good battery l now Id I be land of the south; He shows Koine's lulwulty, Aud Hatao's ubiquity, Wheuever bo open his mouth. Pat Conroy, the Roman Catholic who threw lime In the eyes of the Protestant who had been a true friend to him, says "the devil got hold of him." The act was a result of hi education In the Roman Catholic church, and that church bad succeeded so well that when the critical time came he acted accordingly. He says the "devil got hold of him." That is, the spirit of the Roman Catholic church controlled him. Then we would argue that the priest, or the controlling power of the Roman Catholic church, Is the devil. This Is quite an lmHrtant development In the workings of that church. They say of the pope, "another God on earth" "Alter Deus in terra" and the result of the presonce and teaching of this God, or Deus, the devil gets hold of bis fol lowers. Then, should we argue from this that there must be some mistake about the leader of the organization that Instead of a God leading the peo ple, it is the ruler of the lower regions. It Is a good Idea to consider these things, and take into consideration the actions the man whom the pope wishes to honor In the United States, and consider who it Is who is influencing him to do many things which are In opposition to the wish of the poople and against the in stitutions of the United States. There may be a profound association existing between the leadership of this man and Patrick Conroy. A Surprise. On Sunday, May 19th, the chimes of St. James Roman Catholio church, on Wabash avenue, were blessed. A curi ous part of the performance was the making of eleven crosses on each bell seven on the outside and four on the In ldo. While returning from the cere mony, down through the district pre sided over by Inspector Shea, we were suddenly startled by the words, "seben come 'leben!" Thinking to witness another blessing, we stopped, and, judging from the sound, proceeded down a dozen stips, and fouLd ourselves in a brillluntly lighted basement, where about thirty men were congregated both white and colored who seemed to be inter ested in some game being played on a long table covered with a green cloth. Noticing our hesitation, one of the on lookers made room for us, with the re mark, "Want some of dl?" Professing our Ignorance of the game, and stating the reason for our presence, we were informed that this was not a dedication of chimes, but a game of "craps," and that the "seben come 'leben" which we heard was one of the peculiar features of the game. Excusing ourselves for the mistake, we departed, but it was a surprise to us to know that there was any gambling in Inspector Shea's dis trict. A MONTH AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. Teachers and their friends, too, for that matter who want information about the bet, absolutely the host, way to reach Denver at the time of the National Educational Association meet ing next July should writs to J. Francis, Omaha, Neb., for a copy of a little book recently Issued by the Passenger De partment of the Burlington Routt.. It is entitled, "To Denver via the Burlington Route," and contains 32 pages of interesting information about the meeting, the city of Denver, the state of Colorado, tickets, rates, hotels side trips, train service, etc. This book is fres. Send for it. Catholic Teachers liarred Out. Kansas City, Mo., June 5. School teachers professing the Catholic re ligion have been barred out of the public schools of Kansas City, Kas. The board of education of that city last night, after a lengthy meeting, in ap pointing teachers for the fall term, refused to give a place to a Cuholic. The board is, with one exception, com posed of Protestants. NEXT TIME YOU UU WEST take the Burlington Route's "Black Hills, Montana and Puget Sound Ex press." Leaves Omaha daily at 4:35 p. m. Fastest and best train to Hot Springs, Deadwood, the Yellowstone National Park, Helena, Butte, Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma. For rates, time-tables, folders, etc., apply to the local ticket agent, or write to J. Francis, G. P. and T. A. Burling ton Route, Omaha, Neb. 1.10 M HIIMIM.. I Halls Arrangements Krrardlng HU tfmr a Head f Ibe ( birrb. I'NWIN, June 10. The Koine corre spondent of the Stwulird telegraphs that It I announced there that the pa pal nuncio at Paris, Lisbon, Madrid and Vienna will ba created cardinal. The new cause much interest in Vati can circles, because It will disturb the equilibrium of the preponderance of Italian cardinals In the sajred college. The pope, In announcing the fact, said: "We hope thus to create a position more la conformity with papal Inter est In the world and to furnish the) acred ootlege the means to successfully surmount the dillloult and dollcaU) pe riod of our succession." The Chnmu-U'k Rome correspondent ay with reference to the same sub ject: "Mgr. Jacobtnl, the nuncio at Lisbon, I regarded with great Interest In con nection with the succession. More Important, however, 1 the growing possibility of a non-Italian pope. For cogent reason thl could only be aa American, a Swiss or a Belgian. Tha first, In the person of Cardinal Gibbons, is tho least uullkuly. The other candi dates, with the exception of Cardinal Parocchl and Cardinal Vannutulll, are fading away. The proverb will prob ably again bold good that the cardinal who starts as the favorite In the con clave Is generally defeated. The pope is very quiet uhjii the subject or nU successor. " Young Mothers should early learn the necessity of keep ing on hand a supply of Gall Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk for nurs ing babies as well a for general cook ing. It has stood the test for thirty years, and Its value is recognized. No Tiara for (IIi1mii. New Yokk, June 12. The Roman Catholic clergy in thl diocese and vi cinity are not Inclined to place much credence In the do (patches from Rome Indicating that Cardinal Gibbons, Arch bishop of Baltimore, may be named as Pope Leo's successor. A priest who studied and was ordained In Rome, and who has kept In touch with affairs at the Vatican, said today: "That Pope Leo would like to have Cardinal Gibbons succeed him is prob ably true, but even he cannot force the issue. There Is a great deal of signifi cance In the fact that Pope Leo, ac cording to reports from Rome, has se lected a number of now cardinals from outside of Italy, which will roduae the Italian majority materially. Signifi cant, too, Is his elevating Mgr. Jacobin!, a professional man and a pupil of Leo XIII, and the statement that Mgr. Sa tolll Is also tj receive the red h it of the cardinal ate. This Indicates that Leo wants cardinals who will follow his policy when h3 is gone. Further than this the pope cannot go. "it is a difficult matter to prophesy in these matters, but as matters stand there are four men who are the strong est citndida'es for Leo's place They are Cardinal IUmpjlia, practically the poe's prime minister; Cardinal Ledo cbowskl. a Pole; Cardinal Uarochi, and Cardinal Samnetelli. These are the strong men of the Vatican. Cardinal Gibbons, pope or not, will always wield a commanding Influence at Rome " A Patriotic Magaz ne. The Am (ion for June, a patriot io magazine published by tne American Publishing Company, Omaha, Neb , is re pitta with patriotic meat. Its con tents' include seasonable articles from the pens of President Tray nor, of the A. P. A., Congressman Howard, Rv. Dr. Fulton, and Elitor Thompson of The American. LoieeZi Herald. A Chance for Women to Make Money! I saw one of your suhscrllK'rH tell In your columns a few weeks kiio how she made n oricy selling Dish VVHhers. 1 wrote to the Iron City IMnTi Wn.her (Jo.. 14) 8. Highland avenue, station A, I'lttshurx. Pa., and ob tained one of their Illsh WaMiers, and tried It myself first. 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