The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-10-18

cident in speaking OF the bitterness with
which the Catholic Church attacks secret
societies. says: 'The Roman Catholic
Church seems to be preparing for an on
slaught on Masonry and kindred secret
orders. which will exceed i'll bitterness
even its past assaults. 1t looks as if
there would be war along the whole line.
The new General Of the Jesuits, follow
ing the example OF the late Papal Encyc-
lical. dcvotos the whole of his first epistle
to the members of his order to violent
attack upon those secret associations as
enemies of the Church, of the State, of
religion and even Of good morals. Self
preservation, according to him, demands
that the Church should wage war CD
them to the bitter end. Well, let the
fight 90 on. We shall take deep in
terest in its progress and shall stand up
for fair play on both sides. If we are
not much mistaken, the Papacy will get
worsted in this controversy, but that is
its usual experience in these days"
l.. Lum Smith, the proprietor of the
Agents Herald in Philadelphia, has got
into the pot, and Ben Butler is about to
sue him for libel Mr.. Smith recently
invented, and is selling in immense
quantities, an amusing and instructive
game, which he has mirthfully termed
"Political Euchre." Each State and
Territory is represented by card bear
on its face the States electoral votes.
The Republican States are printed in
black, the Democratic States in red.
The winning side must secure 20l of the
40l electoral votes. Blaine and Logan
are played as right and left bowers when
a Republican State for 'trumps," and
Cleveland and Hendricks are similarly
played as right and left bowers when a
Democratic State is turned for ''trumps.
Gen. Butler is very appropriately played
as the Little Joker" and at times makes
it screamingly embarrassing for the
Blaine ind Cleveland opponents. MIR.
Smith can easily establish the fact that
Gen. Butler is joker in politics, and can
call as witness both Blaine and Cleveland
A CUEIoCs BooK.-Perhaps the most
singular curiosity in the book world is a
volume that belongs to the family of the
Prince dc Ligne, and is now in France.
1t is entitled "The Passion of Christ, !"
and is neither written nor printed.
Every letter of the text is cut out of a
leaf and, being interleaved with the blue
paper, it is as easily read as the best
print. The labor and patience bestowed
on its completion must have been excess
sive, especially when the precision and
minuteness of the letters are considered.
The general execution in every respect
is indeed admirable, and the volume is Of
the most delicate and costly kind. Ru.
dolph III OF Germany offered for it, in
1910. / 900 ducats, which was probably
equal to 10000 at this day. The most
remarkable circumstance connected with
this literary treasure is that it bears the
royal arms of England. but when it was
in that country and by whom owned has
never been observation-disclosures World.
WHALE HIAsHERs. Officer Waddeil
of the British steamship Sculptor, which
arrived recently at Baltimore from Rio,
| reports that several attacks upon whales
by whale thrashers were seen on the voy.
age. One day three whales were killed
| in less than half an hour by these fish.
The whale-thrasher Mr.. Waddell de-
scribes as fish with trunk about five
feet long, very round, and a tail twelve
feet long. The tail is fat, with SHARP
edges. The thrashers follow the whals
with tail lifted high out of water, at tht
same time swaying it from side to side
until, with swift motion, it is brough
down upon the whale with terrific force
cutting into him like the stroke of ;
knife. Sometimes three thrashers wer
seen alongside one whale.