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Join the A. I'. A at once.
Ortt old friend J. M Iv reader, of
Niokersoti, Inn been elect d sheriff of
Podge I'Oiin'y.
IT is h good road-bed that permit a
train to make ho mile an hour. Tho
Burlington made that timo last week.
Mkmpiiis, To ii it., ha am w patriotic
paper. It inline In The .liiMiicii'i. Tho
first inimlior wan Issued Novomlior !,
ISiCi. Iaw-h nmy it live.
THK average number of Initiations In
tho council ff tho A. IV A. In Kansas
City la-t 'k was live for each coun
cil. The record for tho pant six months
ha been equally good. It moan -an
inert uo of over 5,000 annually.
Tiiikvks In Lincoln county, Okla
homa, entered a district-school house
and stole the stove and chair and the
wlndow-sash from tho window, and
even took up the floor and hauled It
away, leaving desk and hook piled In
K heiii outside.
Wiiknkvku you hear a man who
call himself an American talking ill
of a patriotic taper, you may rest as
sured that ho 1 ono of those whose
paper has been diHcontlnuod because
they would not pay for It aftor having
received It for perhaps two cara.
A I'ltlENii wrlt3 u that thoro 1 hut
a single copy of tho liet. taken in Ox
ford now, where formerly thoro wore
fifteen. Our friend nay tho State
Journal has taken lu place, and urges
that Omaha ought to have a Rood Re
publican p iper which tho people would
take, and which would honestly repre
sent tho 8Lntlment and lutoruts of
Omaha.
To Mi'.KT a monk or a priest in a
morning ed ta be thought very un
lucky. Exohati(0.
The editor of this paper has mot tho
priest who ha charge of tho wafer
god at St. rotor' Church, almost
every morning for a year, and if there
wa any truth In that thought what
would have teen tho result of the last
election it we had not met him?
OUU President should Instruct hi
secretary of stale to notify Spain that
If ono of hor ships dare to overhaul
and so iron a ship flying the Stars and
Stripe, wo will proceed to send every
Spanish ship to tho bottom of the
ocean. This matter should not bo
minced. It will not bo If Clovo'and
takes hold. Inject a little of your In
dividuality Into tho administration,
Mr. Pro-idont. We're with vou.
During tho month of May, ISM,
Kansas City CounBll No. 9, Jr. O. U.
A. M., presented a largo flag to How
ard Memorial Church, of Kansas City,
Mo. A ft iff wa placed on one of tho
gables of the church for the flag, and
any pleasant day you can see a largo
American flag floating from the staff.
Besides this, every public-school build
ing in the city has the emblem of our
country floating from tho building or
from a staff on tho ground.
The eUetion-fraud canes that are
being prosecuted in Kansas City are
taking a rather curious turn, lief ore
the case against O. W. Krueger was
given to the jury last Saturday counsel
for the defense aadea rabid assault
upon the A. P. A. The assault was for
the purpose of influencing any member
of the jury who might be a Roman
Catholic. The Star said Long, ono of
the jurors, was a Catholic and it wa
for his benefit that tho defense de
nounced the A. P. A., and then states
that Long voted to acquit. Men who
permit their religious prejudices to In
fluence them when acting as jurors are
dangerous.
The 7f wonders why Jerome Coul
ter was not arrested three months be
fore he was, and intimates that it was
not done because his arret in this city
at that time would have deprived the
chief of detectives of a chance to visit
New Orleans at the expense of the
city. The Ike must imagine that the
people who re id it are the worst of
fools, or it would not bo so dishonest as
to attempt to make them believe the
present police force was responsible for
Coulter's flight. They will remember
that E. Rosewater's man Martin White
was not only chief detective but also
chief of police at the time it now de
clares Coulter should have been ar
rested. If blame attache to any per
son It attaches to White and hia asso
ciates, not to Chief Cox.
GET IN LINt.
The patriotic order ro prohihly
pt the eviorlmontal point in their
t-t 'tioe: at any ran that i what the
reuil of tin recent elections would
seem t i Indicate.
From I'u ifornia, To. Kentucky,
M.ii iotun.i-1'-, in fact from aUiuo-t
every late In the Union, comes the
report that th A I A. has won.
We are glad to know thia. It tell of
ttie growing power of the order, ai d
foretell t 10 H'.dy ove.-lhrow i f ee
closiiiiticlhiii In our affair of ftat .
Hut, while we rvj i e at much aany
one in the sue (' attained at the polls,
wo cannot refrain from ioiutliig out to
our friend a very great danger which
limy overtake th 'in in It.'' campaign of
I'.Kl Tho dang T lie In over coiili
deuce- in lelng Uhj ure that they can
win There I u!a danger In a Hire
thing. For that reason let u under
laud thai now 1 a good timo to im
press uHn our neighbor lliul eternal
tigllance is tho price of lilierty.
Wo hardly think any one wiil now
attempt to deny that the A. 1. A. ha
a membership gri aler than that of th ;
1 Ionian church, or that it I a thor
oughly united a the memliership of
that church. Th;it I now generally
conceded, but unless we In'gln Ui or
ganize for the next campaign at once,
we may 1h at a dlsadvantago. No storie
should lie left unturned. Kvery effort
should lie put forth to neuure what we
are organized for. Kvery ono know
that wo are associated together for a
purpose; our principles are known to
the leader of all parties, and they are
such that any loyal American can sub
sci'lle to them, and are such that any
political party could endorse without
hesitation.
Thl Is what every moaibor of the A.
P. A. believe, and it bojomos our
duty, a American, to do all in our
power to Induea tho several parties to
declare in favor of a broader Ameri
canism, a higher grade of cltl.'snshlp,
against eotarian appropriation, in
favor of restricting Immigration, a
more uniform plan of naturalization, an
educational qualification for voters, tho
taxation of all property, and equal suf
frage. To accomplish thl it I necessary tt
know tha delegate to tli9 National
Convention. If men seeking to repre
sent you a delegates in your party con
ventions are not In accord with our
principles, you should do ail in your
power to defeat them, lljgin at the
caucus, carry the fight into the pri
maries and from thore into the conven
tion. Lot it be thoroughly understood that
the man or the party that is too cow
ardly to declare for a purer and truer
Americanism cannot have our support,
and that we propose to go solidly
against tho party which shows a desire
to how before tho Il)raan chuivh.
Tho fight from now on should lie
pushed with vigor. Men who are luke
warm or who have misconstrued our
alms and objects should be educated.
Literature should bo freely circulated.
No patriotic papers should be allowed
to lie around tho house after being
read. They should be handed to a
neighbor or sent to a friend. Kvery
mail and every woman should be a com
mittee of one to push this work. There
should be no laggard. There should
be but one watchword and that should
ba "win." Startto-day. Bogln atonee.
DOES SHERMAN'S EOOK SLAN
DER OUR ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD?
Senator Sherman has written a book
in which he lays bare the shortcomings
of such Republican heroes as Grant,
Garlie'd, Conkling, Foster and others.
There was nothlug but very common
clay in any of theto men. Grant was a
pood soldier and a bad everything else.
Garliold was a liar, a coward and a
traitor. Foster wa a man whom a
light vene3ring of cunning stood In
lieu of character. Conkling was the
host of the quartet. He Sherman) is
very considerate to Blaine, the biggest
rogue in tre Republican party. But
James was John's cousin. It I a pity
we cannot now get Grant's opinion
of Sherman. FricM Vhclan's Western
Watchman, October -.'i.
If Senator Sherman has written a
line in his book which detract one
iota from the greatness of Grant, the
American poiple will give his work a
very cool reception. If he has written
anything which reflect upon the char
acter and the ability of James A. Gar
field, or which questions his loyalty,
the noble sons of this grand Republic
will shun it as they would shun a pesti
lence. He might criticize Roscoe Conk
ling, Chas. Foster and James G. Blaine
without arousing the latent fires which
smoulder in the breast of every friend
of this Republic. They were civilians;
Grant and Garfield were military he
roes. And, while the services of the
former in the halls of Congress and in
commercial pursuits may have been as
beneficial to the country as were those
of Grant and Garfield on the field of
battle and as the nation's chief execu
tives, yet there is no disputing the fact
that Conkling, Blaine ana Foster are
not enthroned in the hearts of our
people as firmly as is the hero of Ap
pomattox or a is the martyred Presl
dent.
The reason for thl diatribe by Phe
lan will be found, probably, not so
much in tho book written by Senator
Sherman as in the utterances of each
of these gentlemen attacked. Grant's
soeech at Des Moines will never be
formation hy the pried of Home, who
have worked assiduously fr year to
overthrow our pu"lie-selnoi syt'm.
Tne ncnllmcnU hu epte-wil In hi
ni'sage ti t'ongres regarding the
t.ivntion of all church property found
no reMnive chord in any lioiuan
heart It lino could not. ue him: he
wa not "a tho clay in the pott T'
hnd," and for that reason he wa re-
g;i-eVJ by them, a Phe'an nays, an
"very common clay."
(iailu ld wa hardly Icsi, pronounced
in hi vios on both thore vital ones
lions. It is k.iown that he wa un
ardent siipHirU r of the puMle-ichoo!
system, and that Ii : advocated the tax
ation of church property with tho same
vigor and liircctm that Grant had
done b fore him. For that reason
Home' son and l.er brothers-in-law
may find ample ground for trying to
smirch his fail' name.
But It might a well bo understood
now a later on that the American
people w ill not tolerate any base insin
uations against their dead heroes.
Grant and Garfield were the peers of
any Romans who ever lived.
No 11 iinan conqueror ever yet gave
hi foe their chattels and told them to
go to their home and resume their
usual avecation. Grant did that. Bat
Rome, instead of doinj that, ha ap
plied tho torch, outraged defenseless
women, devastated fields, and dispelled
the darkness of night with the fires of
a thousand funereal pyres.
Phelan may rail against Grant and
Garfield and Blaine and Conkling and
Foster; but when he is through, the
love and veneration which have filled
tho American he,irt for them for more
than a third of a century will well up
and drown the cruol, tho unjust and
the malignant vitutmratlon which char
acters of his Ilk have heaped upon
them.
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.
Tho opinion of Mis Frances Willard
and it took the form of an adopted
resolution of the National Council is
that Ca'holic women and Jewish wo
men should join in the minion and
labor of the Woman's Chrl-tian Tem
K"runco Union. There certainly Is no
objection among Catholics to tho word
''Christian,'' nor among Jewish women
to tho word ''Temperance," and nuroe-t,
Indeed, have little to do with the great
purpoao of the Union, which i to do
the world good by loseninu. and, if it
bo possible, obliterating, the evil of
Intemperance. The Protestant and
Catholic and Jewish mother, wife,
daughter and sister stand together in
their will and wish in regard to the
destruction of the evils of drink. Is
thore, then, any "lawful impediment"
why they should not work together in
a common ' Union" to that end? Miss
Willard, in bringing forward I. or reso
lution, placed It on the very strong
ground that the Catholic and Jewish
women not only might j )in in tho work
of the Union, but that they had done
It: that in the south the representa
tives of these women, Catholic prLt
and Jewish rabbi, had oxpressed the
warmest sympathy with her mission.
Miss Willard 1 right, and the good
cause grows stronger in the world, as
all who wish mankind well rally on a
common lino. Kansas Vitu Star.
Miss Willard knows, the Star knows,
and everybody else knows that the Ro
man Catholic Church could suppress
the liquor traffic in six'y days if it de
sired to, for a large majority engaged
In that business belong to that church,
and they regard her mandates as bind
ing above the laws (if the country in
which they live. When the bishops
instruct their priests to refuse the sac
raments to drunkards and liquor-dealers,
the cause of temperince will take
a great step forward.
KlTHKR Billy Gurley or our old
friend John Williams is in error as to
the religious belief of one Meade, who
was a soldier in the late war. Gurley
says: "It has been urged as a reason
why Catholic citizens should be allowed
the privilege of participating in the
functions of government that we owe
them a boundless debt of gratitude be-
causo a Carroll signed the Declaration
of Indeuendence, a Barry sailed the
seas, a Meade fought at Gettysburg,
anl an Ireland marched to glory wnn
the Minnesota troops." Rev. Mr.
Williams fays Meade was not a Ro
manist. As both these gentlemen
have undertaken to fight the battles of
Rome, we shall allow them to settle
Meade's religious prodilections. Some
body has erred.
Holy Water, Scapulars and Wafer Gods
Lose Their Efllcacy.
Constantinople, November KL
The porte continues its efforts to re
store order in Asia Minor and has dis
patched two generals to command the
Turkish troops at Ezeroum and Bitlis.
The news received from the provinces
is generally bad. At Malatia, about
100 mile3 from Narash, there has been
some Bloodshed, several Christians
having been killed, including four Jes
uit priests, who were under French
protection.
The Second Annual Benefit Ball will
ba given under the auspices of Colum
bia Council No. 15, Jr. O. U. A. M., for
tho National Orphans' Home and the
Door of Hope, Thursday evening, No
vember 28, 13&5, at Arlington Hall,
Tenth and Walnut streets. Tickets,
admitting one gentleman and ladies,
will be sold for fifty cents. Every pa
triotic person in the vicinity should at
tend this ball. We appeal to the Jun
iors personally to assist in this work, as
it is a part of their duty.
wim AJtx sus
( aiiM'd the Koceut l andslide lunardllir
Republican I'art j .
A few day a'U r the re.eiit election
I happen 'd uHn a 1H mocrulic friend,
wnoOal in Republican. Popu'ut, non
partisan. I ndepetilenl and A. P. A.
campaign literature. In discussing
the laid-lide, I a-kej him, among
Other thin;;, wha'. lie thought w as the
causj of the Democrats being de'eatcd
In all parts of the country. And in an
swer ho gave me a litt'e e'ght-pagi
pamthlet, with the request that I take
it liotneuud read it. I took it, and en-
dcavoled to e mply with hi request: j
that 1 read it, but up to 'date I have j
not been able to get Uyond the first
page. The doctor tell me that;
with plenty of out dotr exercise I may j
be :onie strong and well airain, but I!
mutt Ik) careful In the future and not
undertake to toad another ago of that
pamphlet without Ii re-1 getting a life
preserver. The paper is entitled, "Apical for
the homeless and destitute child" (Ko
man Catholic), and it! published with
tho approbation of tho Bishop of Buf
falo, by what is known as the Aes'X'la
tlon of Our Blessed Lady of Victory.
A subeription for the Appeal entitles
the subscriber to a membership In the
association, who then particlf ates in
the many remarkable benefits conferred
UH)ii It members.
As a sample of the miraculous deeds
ierformed by the "Old Lady" and the
hairbreadth escape! credited tj the
wearing of her medal, I will quote a
few of the many testimonials: A widow
ladv writes:
Kind Father: Lit me hasten to tell
you that, after five years' sulTarlng, my
little cripple has been entirely cured
through the kindness of our blessed
Lady of Victory. If you are a cripple,
or know anyone that is, or if j ou have
been through an Irish wake, wedding
or christening and are In need of re
pairs, become a politician at once and
climb "into the band wagon."
A nk'3 young lady says: Many
thank, dear father, for complying
witti my request by offering a novena
for my Intention. On the very first
day of the novena I obtained a position
as sti nographer. If the hard-times
has loft you without any employment,
and tho "returning prosperity" which
you read about In the papers has not
passed your way, don't sit down and
complain and let your family starve to
death; but get your intentions and
novena together and get a job. Therj
may be a great many different kinds of
intention. Ono kind of intention may
be taken straight, another must ba
mixed with a little salt, while still an
other can be stirrel up with the
novena and taken in small dotes. If
the Intention has a bad taste it may be
diluted with R jman rum and the no
vemucan be used externally. You can
get your intentions separated by going
to confession and having them run
through the holy sieve. The next let
ter Is from a gentleman and ought to
be of interest to tax-payers. He says:
I had been insane for some time, and
for tho space of a week my mind was
complctaly deranged so that I was en
tirely unconcious of any act of mind or
body. My friends enrolled me in the
association, when my reason beiarce
almost immediately restored. Please
pray that I may not suffer another at
tack. While G. Baldy Swift is puz
zllng his "sKating-rink" over a plan for
levying assessments whereby the city's
revenue may be increased, the remedy
is right at his door. Instead of having
detention hospitals, insane asylums and
high-salaried officials who put in 1he
greater part of their time taking "a
much-needed rest," just instruct the
"fourco" how to enroll any one whom
they may find "off his base" into this
wonderful (?) association. With the
thousands of dollars which would thus
be saved to the already overburdened
tax-payer and an assessment levied on
the 1100,000,000 worth of property in
Cook county which is exempt from tax
ation under the cloak of religious, edu
cational and charitable institutions,
there would be plenty of "graft ' even
for a "business administration."
If Mr. "Business" Madden, O. "Di
vinity" Witherell and J. "Clean
Walks" Rhode would rub- up their
"medals" a trifle, the streets and alleys
of Chicago would not be in the filthy
condition that they are at present.
Here is a quotation from another let
ter: "Rev. Dear Father: We wish to
thank our blessed Lady of Victory
through her appeal for the Homeless
Child, for obtaining such a favorable
answer to our petition regarding a
law-suit which would have involved my
husband in a land litigation. The no
vena was scarcely commenced before
the difficulty was settled, thanks to the
kind assistance of our Victorious Lady.
The opinions of such over-worked of
ficials as W. "Gctup" Beale and R.
' Opinion" West would not have been
required in such cases as the Calumet
and Blue Island "grab," the lake front
"give-away" or the recent street
"grab" of the Northern Pacific, if the
Old Lady's medal had been novenaed.
The Torrens land bill is a relic of the
cark ages as compared with a sett) e
rr ent of this kind.
My illness commenced while tryiDg
to swallow the following hard-luck
story without waiting to have it sugar-
coated. A friend rJa'es: "A my
mother, brother and ist.-r wi ra re 1
turning from a funeral in a carriage
drawn by two horse, the carriage wa
struck by a W tmotive a i; was crjss- '
Ing the track, and complou-ly wrick J
and cat Into a ditch riear by, from
which they were all cjtraeU-d, unhurt. !
All who saw the wreck de'larej it to
be a miraculous t-- lr.Mii death,
aud it could only be explain' d from the i
fact that, they were all member of Our
Lady t f Victory S ciely and each wore
her medal: a'.l f -It mre tbatour BlcsseJ
Lady cast her proU c'ing mantle about
them, and they feel thut they can
never tire in thanking her for the great ;
kindness she manifested in preserving j
them from being killed. If a medal 1
had been placed up in the corpse there I
would have b-en no neces-ity for a
funeral, a "a medal in time would j
have saved nine," namely, 'the weep-j
ing and wailing," "the wake," "the
s re- head after tho wake," "tho mass
for the scul in purgatory," "the wear
and teir of tin priest," "the wrecked
carriage," "the horees," "the funeral"
and "the corpse." If tho corpse had
left a will in favor of the novena to-
ciety it would account for the neglect
on the part of its friend to plaje a
medal on it. Bat there e;m to be no
excuso why mcial werj not placed
upon the carriage and the horses. A
southern lady sta'e:
"A ycung gentleman had a badly
crushed limb, which the surgeons de
clared would have to be amputated,
but to our great joy, the injured mem
ber hca'ed quickly after having tho
miraculous medal of Our Blessed Lady
Victory placed upon it. Many thanks
are due Our Blessed Lady for her pow
erful a-sistance. While the American
people have been quietly sleeping un
der the gentle touches of the medal
manufacturers, the medal wearers have
appropriated our national, state and
municipal offices, and boodle and cor
ruption have had full sway. Our citj
hall, city council, county buildings and
other places where there Is "public
graft" areoverrun with "medal mugs,"
while tho county jail, bridewell and
the penit?ntiary are c'ose seconds. I
could understand how the medal
racket had beei worked for years in
putting tho faithful into cfliae, but my
friend had to explain the trick that
was worked to laud sorao of the medal
wearers outside the fence at tho recent
election. It seems these medals lose
their power when dipped in alcohol.
Some of the Americans had discovered
this and they concocted a scheme to
uptet things in general. Gorman was
caught napping in Maryland and his
medal was soaked. Bilgewater, of
Omaha, had put up his medal for dues
in the good government club, so he
wasn't in it; and the boys in Kentucky
being short of alcohol drowned P.
Wat's in "apple jack." Now is the
time to subscribe. Terms, cash in ad
vance. Ajax.
A FEW HELPFUL THOUGHTS.
Methinks I see yonder a company of
earnest, heroic friends and lovers of
freedom and justice, whose hungry
souls are at least satisfied, "good meas
ure, pressed down and running over"
for they crossed the river and stepped
upon the shore of Eternity. They have
seen the divine Author of justice, face
to face. They rest from their labors,
yea, and their works do follow them.
Whence come these high conceptions
of liberty in the weak human heart?
Docs not God, in his infinite pity for
man, knowing that selfishness is hu
manity's greatest curse, plant the seed
of liberty in the hearts of his children,
and show them th3 beauty of service?
Amid these redeemed ones, who, I feel
assured, are stlil learning and follow
ing on to know the Lord more per
fectly, is one, goodly to look upon, no
ble in. aspect, Chrietllke in love and
self-forgetfulness. His brave heart was
burdened by the sufferings and cries of
his fellow-beings while he walked this
world of ours, and his quick insight
enabled him to understand that the
most heartless injustice was one of the
chief causes of this terrible condition
of earthly affairs.
The name of Arnold von Winkelrled
should be held In the highest esteem,
not only by his own country of Switzer
land, for whose wrongs his heart bled,
but by all the lovers of truth and free
dom, wherever they may ba, and of
whatsoever nation they may be a citi
zen. No wonder he is looked upon with
so much love and appreciation in that
land where mortals learn to estimate
things at their real value, for those
heavenly inhabitants know that sacri
ficing one's own petty desires and com
forts for the welfare of others is the
service with which our Lord is well
pleased, and now that their spiritual
eyes are wide open, they can see the
great horrors of selfishness!
When the sturdy little Republic of
Switzerland was fighting and pressing
forward, slowly but surely, bravely
contesting each step, her eyes fixed
upon the beautiful image of perfect
freedom, which each loyal son and
daughter carried enshrine! in his or
her beating heart, out from obscurity
stepped the man Arnold von Winkel
rled, counting his own life but dross if
he might in any way benefit the dear
old fatherland of his ancestors.
At a critical moment, during the
great and terrible battle of Sempash,
when the Swis had faiS to Ireak th
serried ranks of the Austrian Knights,
this heroic s ii of the republic, a nativa
of L'cterwalden, carte tj the rescue.
Commending hi lelovel wife and chil
dren to the care of Cod, and also be
speaking kindness toward them from
his brave comrades, he rusl.ej toward
the Austrian, gatherei a number of
their siiears together against hi breast
and fell, pierced through n i through,
having opened a way into the hostile
rank for hi fc.low-countryn.en, at the
price of his own life. Hi bravo deed
need n ) comments, in 'a t it stands
out so uiu:h clearer, clolbei in the
simplest words possible, than hidden
eoxp'.ete'y beneath a blanket of com
ment. That is the spirit we need right
beie in our A. P. A. Who would not
rather aid in the hard plotter work of
forming a firm foundation than enter
with us when no struggle nor exertion
is required! Anything worth having
is worth working hard to obtain.
Things easily won are soon cast aside
and forgotten.
Our A. P. A. brothers we are proud
of them. May they be unfaltering in
the right, like the conscientious Pil
grim Fathers, who, rather than dis
omy the whisper of the Lord in their
hearts, braved the dangers of an un
known continent and exposed their
greatest treasures, the'r loved ones, to
the awful hardships. It tears the heart
of the bravest and strongest to witness
the sufferings of their own dear ones;
no matter how hazardous they may be,
in regard to their own lives, the big
tears and deep sobs of strong men
shake the frame of the one who finds
himself powerless to relieve ;the tor
turjs of those who have won their high
place within his being.
We ourselves are like the Pilgrim
Mothers. Although wo heir but a
faint whisper of tho bravery and pa
tient courage of the mothers, wives
and daughters who stepped 'from tho
deck of tho dear old Mayflower to tho
then desolate shore of the land of our
love. Yet it was no small nor easy
task that fell to their lot! I fear that
but for their patience and helpfulness
tho Pilgrim Fathers wouldj never have
occupied their p-ominent positions on
the pages of history.
Let us who are banded together for
the purpose of serving this same dear
old native land, leara from .these per
severing ancestors the lesson they were
sent to teach us, sacrificing, as they
did, personal ease and pleasure that
tho cause of right may ba advanced.
Yea, let us earnestly and prayerfully
examine ourselves to see Jfor what we
are really working. Is it; merely for
self-glorification, to receive the praise
of men, or are we pushing forward,
doing our best, because we feel the
great importance of this work God has
put into our hands? Do we count the
good of the cause as the highest re
ward we can win, and the freedom and
love which will actuate the deeds of
the future generations of both men and
women as the event that would cause us
tho most thanksgiving -and rejoicing?
Call to mind the lifo of John the Bap
tist and the difficult and, unique taste
he was give l to do. It was enough for
him that God wished him to do this
work, that God would help him to do
it and God's smile of approval is a
great and wonderful reward!
He wished the people to think of
him as merely a "voice,'1 that their atr
tentlon might be wholly fixed on the
message he was seat to'carry. He did
not wish to weaken the' emphasis of
this message by calling any of their
attention to his own individuality. If
we will but hold up our cause, forget
ting self, as did John, what is there
that we cannot accomplish? Let us
march forward, with the standard
"Lib rty for all" and of the greatest
good to "our little red school-house"
always before our eye with the fever
of selfishness eradicated from our in
most being and we Jean not possibly
fail, for nought returns void to our
Almighty God and Father. ZZ3
Li la May Kimball.
(Road before W. A. P. A. Council
No. 17, of San Francisco, Cal..
"The World Do Move."
The little red school-house appears to
be getting fashionable even in Roman
Catholic circles.
In Dedham, the home',of George Fred
Williams, there is a parochial school
painted a brilliant red, and moreover,
this school-house also floats the Stars
and Stripes in regulation style.
Verily the world do movejsince the
American Protective Association has
come into existence.
Ansiinia's Election,
Ansonia, Conn., November 5. In
the city elcstion to-day the Democrats
carried all but two offices. Erwin W.
Webster, Democrat, received 1183 votes
for mayor, and C. H. Pine, Republican.
1054. Captain A. P. Kirkman, Repub
lican, received a majority of five for
town clerk, and his opponent, George
H. Earns, has petitioned for a recount.
For chairman of the board of educat ion,
Fr. T. J. Kelly was elected byjii ma
jority. The Second Summer,
Many mothers believe, is the most
precarious in a child's life; generally it
may be true, but you will find that
mothers and physician familiar with
the value of Gall Borden Eaglo Brand
Condensed Milk do not so regard it.