Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-28
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,rr,cIaL PAPER OF LYON COUNTY.
w,,,,am Howitt On the Papacy.

I L Fl. q ~
q Plus TX, sending a few speci-
mems of mosaic and tapestry to the
PHILADELPHIA Exhibition, recently
declssea that he wes va sorry he ceuld
not send more. on account OF his
poverty, having been robbed.
This assertion is taken up, In Ian
euage somewhat vivacious, by Mr..
William Hewitt, the veteran author
of the History Of the Priests OF all
Times and among all Nations"-a
writer l1ow more than eighty years
of asel lhwhoJhas lived for sohie time
at Rome. Mr.. Hewitt maintains
that the Pope is rather wed oil.
"Thes fiction Of his miserable I'M
prisonmsnt," he wsites, twAh his
wing on rotten straw; tie open sale
ofylittle bundles of these fabled
straws in most Catholic countries;
the photograph Of him, peepipg
through. his, prison bars, with !, ,sol5
der With mnsket ahd b1yonet
6xed on each side of him-all these
outrageous lies have drawn an ac-
tuai river of-gold fr % the bosoms
of the silly Popish pelicans. The
priests by such means have drawn
not merely from the stupid rich,
but from the millions of poor girls
servants and work women their
few pence, which should have gone
to the savings bank or to buy them
comforts; and these arts OF prlestly
robbery have been enforced by the
assurances OF eternal damnation if
they did not do all possible to re-
lieve the sufferings Of the Holy
Father, By these means no less
than twenty millions Of francs have
been poured into the Papal chest
dnripg gtheS Year. OF i lubiieej lusti
passed; and all this ,is described as
the voluntary tribute OF the faith
ful
Mr. Howitt then1kays that the al
legged "&ret, h ID prisoner live in "a
palace containing treasures of gold,
of iver,of ppccions gems OF most
beautiful and noble works Of art,
statues, pictures by the finest nias|
ters, crosses sparkling with dlas
monds, rubies, eIneralds, vessels and
ornaments of silver and gold OF the
most exquisite workInanship; that
he is attendedIbg many GdlrdsAin a
costume very much hkee thqsep of the
Windsor Beef>eaters, and BY crowds
Of cardinals, arclfbisli6ps, bishops,
priests, and so forth. Presents to
the5Pope continue flowing in. Lord
Ripon, the latest English aristeerstic
dupe, biou9htreceutiy 100000. "a
Belgian SENATOR Mr.. How.tt con-
tinues, "gave another little present of
$4,000. An old' lady lately left the
Pope half million Of francs.
FRENCH pilgrims brought him silver
statues fyf the Virgin which, ? OIL a
spring being toutned, opened their
mouths and showered down goldi
and one Madonna even gave birth to
silver baby, to the. Pope''s great de-
light. And get he has the unparal-
leledimpudsnce to tell the Ameri@
cans that he cannot send much TO
their exhibition because of his pow
ertyw ,an~a x1-1gs,
A CHINESE IVANDERBILT.--A gem
uine Vanderbilt. has, tnrned up in
China in the person of LIE Hung
Chang. who has. organized the China
Merchant Steam Navigation Com
panyslwhidhp has a fleet of thirty
steamers, built in England and otfi-
cered by Ehgiishmen, the, silors be-
ing Chinese. lie Hung Chang keeps
up his line, not by a direct subsidy
from the Imperial Treasury in the
shape of money, but in the Shape of
a bonus on every pound. of, rice.
brought ftop the South fG the ins
perial granaries, the bonus being
SIX times the amount for which the
American and English steamersD are
WING Ailg tos take rice. In, addition to
thIs, FOR every 100 tons tof cdfgo
which t! lie Hung Cbang's company
carry, twenty tons can pass the Gus
tonl,honse duty free. When it is
considered to what an enormous ex-
tent the rice traffic is carried ON, it
VIII be seen that lie Hung Chang
H"S ,Sfry SyffTy god tAipg GibI7orc a
flladelphia people are beginning
20 pna out now just how many rela-
uVeS fhey possess in various parts If
'he country, and are astounded by the
number. dl.a. 4aloq Is.,t taggu'l atsl
dits > --v7-T ---------71T~r- - tgc .
singular fact, that, whena man
s nf.ite, he is the most loathsome
OF all brutes. o3Ah1h
Ihe goodjsalways beautiful ;4the
beautiful is good .yrDqo
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