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could maintain a fashionable establishment
in any of our cities; and life and property
would be comparatively safe


HOW 10 ray
An accurate census OF the Catholic popu-
} lation Of tho United States Is yet to DO taken.
! Tho estimates for tho several dioceses in
| SADLIERs Catholic Directory" for 1873
foot up 1904 $780, but this Is only an approx
imation. and an unsatisfactory one at that,
| since eleven dloceses, including the largely
! Catholic cities OF Brooklyn, Baltimore ST.
! Louis Pittsburgh, and Buffalo, are wholly
left out Of the reckoning. Tho returns from
these, II obtainablc, would probably swell tho
total to 100000. In this total, however, are
| included the nominal Catholics as we'll as tho
| practical Catholics, the young as we'll as
the old. Assuming that nine In every ten
are children or adults who have ceased to
care for religion, we still have left 100000
adult Catholics, the majority OF them heads
OF families, who are sincerely attached to
the Church, jealous OF her good name, aud
presumably ready 10 make sacrifices for her
welfare.
Suppose tho total Indictment OF Arch
bishop PURCELL is found to be $6,000,000,
and the probabilities are that this estimate
is at least n million too high, ten dollars
from each OF these GOO.00O grown-up Catho-
lies will wipe IL out, and with it wipe out tho
rcproach that the incxcusabo and almost
! inconceivablc carelcssncss Of Father Ed
WARD PURCELL has brought upon the aged
Archbishop and upon the Catholic name.
"But the greater number Of these 100000
Catholics are poor men who haven't ten dol
lars to spare" That Is true But who
doubts that there are at least 10000 Of them
who can well afford to spare hundred dol
lars apiece for such purpose? That ex-
tinguishos ono million OF the debt at once.
Who doubts that there are 100000 Catholics
who would not seriously miss ten dollars
That wipes out three millions moro; and
the offerings Of the devout poor, always
moro generous in proportion to their means
than the rich, would easily cover the rest.
1t seems hard, it is hard. that the pockets
OF Industrious, frugal men and women in
New York and Boston and San Francisco
should smart for the self-conildent folly of
priest in Cincinnati.
But two things are plain. The Catholics
Of Ohio cannot pay OF this great debt unas-
sisted; and tho Catholics OF the United
States can much better afford TO raise tho
money, at whatever cost OF pinching self
denial, than to let the poor workingmen and
workngwomen who trusted their earnings
to q Catholic Archbishop go unpaid.
Night after night the fire bells ring In
Columbus. and the sky reddens with tho glare
Of burning stables. Eight Of these were laid in
ashes In the small hours OF Saturday morning.
and search brought 10 light evidences Of unsuc-
cessiul attempts to fire others. Why any one
should want to burn the town is mys-
terry yet to be solved; but the fact
is only too plain to the good people
of tho Ohio capital that they have gang OF in
81 %, .lna u.tth nj thaf ia h4ra
are pursuing their work in an unpleasanty
persistent and methodical fashion. Naturally
the timider citizens what with the loss Of sleep
and the dread that IL may be their turn next
are getting into a condition Of mind and nerves
that BODIES i'll to the first nrebug caught.
The rudcness and lnsolencc OF the en-
ployccs OF the New York Elevated Railroad
Company have already become proverbial; and
recently the company felt itself constrained by
public opinion to put up n notice requesting
passengers 10 report any ncvitv on the part
OF its servants. OF how little avail this notice is
practically. and how easily a rudo brakeman
can cyade It's operation. arc shown 10y an Incl
dent which occurred on Wednesday last. and
to which our attention has been called. A
brakeman on the last car OF the down train
which left Thrty-fourth street about AS In the
afternoon rudely placed his hands on each side
the platform OF the car and showed him in The
car was not particularly crowded there
being but a few persons standing in IT. the
gates on tho platform were closed. and as tho
gentleman was walking In through the door, and
was already upon the threshold there was
not the slightest occasion for this unnecessary
violence. A few moments later the same brake
man came to the middle OF the car. where tho
gentleman was standing, and. in an offensive
tone, ordered him to move further back. This
was a little too much and the brakeman was
at once asked for his number. His badge was
not to be seen. and he refused to give his num-
Der, telling the gentleman to find tout Brake
man No. 1876. on the same train and car. was
then asked to give his companions number.
He refused TO do so. The insolent fellow first
referred to. when informed that he would be
reported for his rudoness. replied. " Go ahead
and report you will have your pains for your
trouble" This little occurrence shows how
easy 1t Is for a brakeman to take of his badge
and conceal his number. especially when he is
abetted by his fellow employees. No railroad
company can afford to treat the public In this
way. II men are thus insulted. can II be safe
for women and children to travel on the road
Sorey puzzled are the Governor and Coun-
ell OF Massachusetts to decide what TO do in the
case OF WILLIAM HENRY DEvLIS. murderer
sentenced TO be hanged on Friday. The difi-
Guilty is that the Sheriff Of Middesex County
who was to have hanged him. is dead and that
the senior Deputy Sheriff. whom the law desig-
mates TO act in such cases. in the event OF a va
cancy, has the heart disease. and declines &c
undertake SO agitating n duty The Governor
and Council have asked tho Supreme Judicial
Court to construo the law II the Justices say
that no one but this particular Deputy can law
/ fully put DEvLIN to death the hanging will
, have 10 be postponed.
Let the time past suffice us" says the
Christian HteUignce'. ITO have wrought The
willof the Gcntiles in tho matter Of indiscrlm
nate pulpit advertising" 1t declares with mhcl
earnostness that these advertseme nts interfere
with the devoutness of worship
Let pastors and consisories pledge themselves tina
hencrt0rth all crcuses, nienAEeries, and negro min
sTels naEe lantern and penny puppct shows VII az
other show Of whatever name and eharacta. which hHv
mr. their OBJ ct rather than the public goOd
shall be pereml torily refused their endorsement"
1 But perhaps the trouble is that when the
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