The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-07-21
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The lO8th volume 81 New Yofk's City
Directory has Just been published. Care
has been taken not to fill the directory
with names belonging to the migratory
or transient class Of people Neverthe:
less the volume contains 387,411 names,
which would show, on basis Of five to
one--a fair ratio that the city contains
1887, o55 inhabitants.
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The immediate effect of the Declare
ton was to win to the national cause the
support Of that class whom jefferson al
ways had in mind the mass of the pop
fulatiun. He knew that the wealthy mi
nority would follow public sentiment.
The peals of the old statehouse bell.
known since that day as the Liberty bell,
awoke America from it's lethargy. The
Declaration united the people Of the
states. 1t was read to the soldiers at
Cambridge; it was read from the pulpits
of the country; twas published in news
papers and in broad sheets; it was re-
published in England and in France.
New York year later made it the bill of
rights of it's first constitution. Other
states referred to it in theirs. It's fame
has grown with the growth of our;coun-
try, and it has set the measure Of repub-
ican institutions.
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The question was recently asked by
some inquiring Professionals visiting Rome,
"Why does the Pope not wear a cross
like the bishop's?'' A learned prelate and
theologian gives the following explana-
ton of this fact: The pontifcate of St.
Peter was long one. 1t lasted twenty
five years. During this time he sent
great number of missionaries to evangel-
ize the northern countries, among others
st. Materne, who was sent to Germany.
Forty days after his arrival Materne died
and one Ct his brethren came to Rome to
acquaint st. Peter with the fact and beg
him to send some one else to fill the
post Of the dead missionary. The Prince
of the Apostles, however, merely said,
s'Take my crozler, touch the dead man
with it and say that I command you to
tell him to rise and 60 forth to preach. ("
At the order of one whose very shadow
cured the infirm the miracle was accom-
plished, and St. Materne, quitting his
tomb full of life and vigor, continued his
mission and became Bishop of Treves.
It is in memory of this circumstance that
the successors Of st. Peter do not carry
a pastoral crozier or wear cross except
when they happen to visit the diocese of
Treves. These statements are handed
down to us by Pope Innocent III. and
st. Thomas Aquinas.
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J. Wesley Smith, we'll. known Metho-
dist of Detroit, Mich, recently addressed
letter to a friend in that city giving his
reasons for not joining the A. P. A. In
closing he said: need not waste time in
assuring you that the result Of our inves-
tigation, which satisfied rs that the "a.
P. A" movement is simply and solely an
Orange English conspiracy to seize po-
litical power in this country, through the
organization of ignorant prejudice and
inherited bigotry, also satisfied us that
the order in question is safe thing to
avoid. You may be sure that am con-
vinced there is nothing in it that de-
cent citizen could touch without de6le-
ment; that it 10 only calculated to de-
stroy personal liberty, and to apply re-
igious tests which the constitution de-
nounces. Its principles, il carried into
effect, would lead to religious war be-
tween neighbors. It's purpose, if success
full, would brand our fellow citizens who
choose to worship God after the Roman
rite es outcasts, and, in short, sincerely
believe that the "A. p. A. is an organi-
zatlon that every consideration Of good
order and good government demands the
swift and certain destruction of. I think
every patriotic American of whatever de-
scent or creed should be forward in do
ing anything and everything to such an
end. I need not add that [ am not likely
to join the organization of slandererss
perjurers and traitors in question, not
withstanding, as you too truly state, it
has managed to delude and absorb not
few ministers of our Observation-Disclosures
shame to it and to them.
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The United States Government ex-
ponds every year for the maintenance of
the diplomatic and consular service about
100000. There are five countries of
first rank in the estimate of the State
Department, but these are not the five
great powers of Europe. Four of them
only SO rank, England, France, Germany
and Russia. American ministers in the,
East-or Ambassadors, as they are more
properly called in London, Paris, Berlin,
and Rome-receive $17,500 year. The