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and men transported to heaven in To the editor or the bun bir: In the
flaming chariots. Not one of these things Sun of the 29th inst. appeared a short
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is more remarkable or more miraculous
than the feat which Schlatter claims to
be able to perform. If Schlatter really
is what he sayi he is and has the power
to do what he 6ayo he can do, and what
a good many people believe he
can do, then we .'nay as well
pitch all the medical books
article announcing the reported en
gagement of Mies Mabel Wright, re
cently divorced from Fernando Yznaga
of New York, to Count Zichy of Hun
gary, which concludes with the follow
ing words: "He (Zichy) is a devout Cath
olic and attence mass at St. Patrick's
cathedrel every morning." As the
marriage of any baptized person who
has been "divorced" from a vaii'
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into the fire, and the physicians of the Catholic church, merely an adnl
may as well close their offices. We terous union, the inconsistency of the
would not have to bother with the
ordinary methods of curing disease.
And not only in this one direction, but
in all others, there would no longer be
such a thing as impossibility. In the
timn of miracles all things were possible
and if we are again in the age of
miracles then again all things are
possible. It is really astonishing how
many people who are reasonably sane
believe in Schlatter. There is in the
human mind an inherent bent towards
the supernatural and miraculous.
above quotation with the report of the
marnace of Count Zichy must, at first
blush and unexplained, greatly scan
dalize Protestants, and cause Catholics
utterly to disbelieve the accuracy of
your statement. Protestants constantly
deny the fact that the Catholic church
cannot and never has recognized di
vorce from the sacrament of marriage,
with the right to remarry during the
lifetime of either party, and they are
very fond of quoting a limited number
of cases where Catholics have re
married as examples of the "ability of
the Church to bow to expediency." They
do this because they are ignorant of the
which made their
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c.0 u 4uUCc,c, uuiese lu.ngs, firet marriaCeB invalid from the begin
ing. They are surprised or incredulous
and when there area few suDDortinr
incidents as in the case of Schlatter,
they are readily convinced that the
chimera is a fact It is not good to
suffer, and I sincerely hope Schlatter is
genuine and that miracles have come
again. There was a time, not very far
back, when a great many people be
lieved the rain makers could touch off
a little powder and make rain. Now,
a great many people believe
Schlatter can, with his magnetic touch,
make the deaf to hear, the blind to
see and the lame whole. A little timo
and I am afraid Schlatter will take his
place with the rain makers. Magnetism
alone will not cure. Man does not per
form miracles. We must still submit
to the slow and not over certain
processes of the practical M. D.f and
be content to get along without the
flaming chariot. I hope I may be mistaken.
according to the extent of individual
prejudice, when told by Catholics that
even if the Pope should grant divorce
from a valid marrriage with the per
mission to remarry, such decree would
be of no account, and that the Pope
himself would become accessory to the
sin of adultery which would follow.
The Church has not the power to undo
"what God has joined together." In
order, therefore, to prevent the mar
riage of Count Zichy, if it take place,
from being added as another ex
ample of the duplicity of the Church
in the minds and memories of Pro
testants, and. in order to avert a g-eat
scandal from those Catholics who may
not know the fac's in the case, I offer
the only possible explanation of how
this marriage may take place and
Count Zichy still remain a Catholic
Ihis explanation is a very simple one.
Miss Mabel Wright married Fei nando
Yznaga after he had been divorced
from his wife, who is still living; this
second marriage of Yznaga was, in the
eyes of the Church, an invalid one. and
the second Mrs. Yznaga is considered.
therefore, by the
subject of divorce and
same authority a
A friend writes to cive a word of an. single woman. If she be married by a
proval of The Courier's remarks on the Catholic priest and were a Catholic, the
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ther agitation of the subject. He says those only who contract a firet mar
in part: riage. It is not difficult to predict that
'I have been unfortunate enough to this marriage will not take place except
have been concern in onnBiHM wth the sanction of the Catholic
Church, for otherwise neither Count
Zichy or his wife would be received at
the Austrian court, and would therefore,
be ostracised by society both in Vienna
and Budapest.
A Roman Catholic Layman
Under date, of Nov. 2 Bishop Bonacum
sent a circular letter to the priests of
this diocese In which he said, among
other things: "As there is no religious
question involved In the state campaign
in Nebraska this year, and as the oest
policy to pursue towards the misguided
men known as the 'American Protec
tive association Is to Ignore them en
tirely. I must regard the appeal of this
in sundering marital tics that other ill- man Brennan (editor of a Catholic news-
jkh:i in ciuua -iij; as noi oniy inop
portune, but also impertinent. "While
litigation. 1 know what the delay is in
the ordinary suit at law. and I knmr
what the facility in making divorces is
in our courts. I have seen the judges
of our district court actually interrupt
pending proceedings to consider an ap
plication for divorce and grant a de
cree. It seems to me the least the
judges could do would be to insist that
divorce cases be made to take their turn
and be heard in regular order, and not
rushed through in utter disregard of
propriety and morality."
What this correspondent says is true.
There is a shameless and indecent haste
Perhaps it was. Somehow it does not
jibe very well with certain later devel
opments. As a matter of fact on Mon
day and for a day or two before a num
ber of priests from outside of Lincoln
were In the city, as one of them said, at
the express command of the bishop for
the definite purpose of using the author
ity and inlluence of the church against
two candidates on the republican ticket.
The conduct of these priests was cer
tainly about as near political agitation
as it could well be. One of the priests
told my Informant that the order to
come to Lincoln issued at about the
same time that the bishop's letter ap
peared. Captain Guilfoyle was a good many
years in Fort Robinson, and altogether
has seen a rather long service in Uncle
Sam's army. During all this time and
up to a few weeks ago the country at
large had never heard of him. What
ever may have been his faults or good
qualities he remained In obscurity so
far as the outside world, the people
outside of the army, was concerned.
He may have been a capital officer; he
may have been a popinjay; he may. In
deed, have been as fierce a warrior as
the Little Corporal himself, or as gen
tle and Ingratiating as the naval hero
Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B.; but the
strong light of publicity, the glare of
national fame, did not seek him out.
He pursued the more or less hum-drum
tenor of his way undisturbed by noto
riety or the distressing attentions of
Dame Rumor, Captain Guilfoyle was no
doubt a man of distinction; but until
he came to Lincoln he was not much
talked about. Now, within a few weeks
this army officer Is known from one end
of the country to the other. The cap
tain and his little story are the sub
ject of editorial comment in the leading
newspapers of the country, and wherev
er two or three men are gathered to
gether the captain Is talked about. I
doubt not all of this has been intensely
disagreeable to Captain Guilfoyle. It
Isn't pleasant to be the subject of amus
ed discussion. How the captain must
have anathematized that button; for
it was a button. Just a little bit of a
button, not a gaudy, decorative, flam
boyant button, but a plain, ordinary,
everyday button, that caused all of
the trouble. It is generally the little
things that cause the biggest rumpuses
in this world. Last week The Courier
endeavored to drop the curtain on the
captain and the wonderful and diverting
tale of a button, but the country object
ed. The tale is being told and retold,
snd nothing can stop it. In this tale of a
button is much material for the phil
osopher, the socialist and the humorist.
You can get almost anything out of it
jou want. In all of the discussion,
however, I think the one basic point
has been overlooked. Many morals
have been pointed out, but the first and
foremost lesson taught by this tale of a
button has not been regarded. The
essence of the lesson taught is sew
on your own buttons. Had the captain
possessed the ability and the inclination
to sew on the detached button himself
instead of asking for outside assistance
and followed that inclination all would
have been well . There would have been
no sensation and there would have been
no occasion for that epigram that will
never be forgotten In Lincoln. "What
the lady said I said, I said." The cap
tain would today be without the notor
iety that attaches to him, and a great
deal of trouble all around, would have
been saved. It Is a good thing to sew on
one's own buttons. Captain Guilfoyle.
especially, should sew on his own but
tons As a military man he should
have the greatest degree of self-reliance.
He ought to be able to get along
without the little attentions that some
other men need. This is really a ser
ious matter. Suppose the captain were
engaged In active service in the field.
and a button came off, or perhaps two.
Now journeyman tailors travel almost
everywhere, but they seldom go on the
battle field. There wouldn't be one
chance in 999 that the captain could
find a tailor, and suppose the button or
buttons were really important, as but
tons often are! Suppose he had to have
the button or buttons fixed or else re
tire ignominlously from the field! Such
a contingency might arise, and the cap
tain is taking dangerous chances. He
alieady knows what it Is to have to
have somebody sew on his buttons for
him, and next time It might be more
serious. Captain Guilfoyle could not
possibly make better use of the long
winter evenings than In learning to
sew on buttons.
"Seventeen years ago. when I was In
Omaha, two dry goods stores were
fighting for supremacy one of them
Morse's and the other Crulkshank's
Ciuikshank was the immediate pre
decessor of Falconer," said John Miller,
of the firm of Miller & Paine a couple
of days ago.
"There were a good many dry goods
stores in Omaha and Lincoln then, but
it is a fact that of all the retail dealers
in this line in these two towns seven
teen years ago there is only one left.
The others have failed, retired or died.
The one exception is Fred Schmidt of
this city."
Mr. Miller's statement is a significant
illustiation of the vicisitudes of the
retail dry goods business. The percent
age of successes in this line of business
Is smaller than in almost any other
department of trade.
The month of October was generally
a disappointment to the retail mer
chants of the city, although two of the
largest dealers report the largest Octo
ber business they have ever had. The
races brought a considerable number of
people into the city; but the cold weath
er and lack of faith kept away thous
ands who would otherwise have at
tended. Business was therefore not so
much benefitted as was expected. But
the races were so satisfactory that a
much larger crowd is assured for all
future meets .and these spring and fall
races ought to bring a good deal of
money and trade into the city.
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assorted and more or lees immoral
matches may be made. Last week, in
sddition to calling attention to some
cases here at home, I cited the Yznaga
incident, where the woman, called by
the newppapere a "society queen," in
foimed her husband that she had tired
of him and loved another, the Count
Zichy. and thereupon act about to ob
tain a divorce for the express purpose of
marrying the count. Apropos somebody
writes a letter to the New York Sun
that is interesting as explaining the
Catholic idea of divorce. It is as follows:
not desiring to Infringe In the least
upon your individual rights of suffrage
it Is my wish (and In this wish I but
re-echo the decrees of the third plenary
councll of Baltimore, No. 83) that you
abstain absolutely from all political agi
tation, being mindful that you are a
debtor to the Greeks and to the Barbar
ians, to the wise and the unwise.' (Ro
mans 1:4)"
The above is in line with the conserv
ative policy so often followed by the
bishop, and It struck many people as a
very reasonable, broad minded declara
tion. It was accepted quite generally
as an honest and sincere declaration.
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