The Irish standard., 1903-08-01
MAN|FESTOLETS
REV. MARTIN MAHoNY

rabbi. the worlds OF est corpus Juris.
is the work of the dominican Father
Scheil, the ARCHAEOLOGICAL expert of the
French exploring expedition in Baby
lonh. Whereby hangs Il tale: the
Catholic frar in the course of his
quiet and unnoticed delvings for the
Illustration and confirmation of reveal
ed Truth makes Il find and the next
thing Il great Protestant professor is
exploiting it for hctrrodoX notoricty.
Those who have had the privilege
of attending Roman Catholic mis-
sions' conducted 10y the Paulist Faith
ers. when the topic was the Crucitixion.
will hardly be able to forget the effect
produced by Il realistic description of
the death of Jesus" says the Boston
Baptist organ, "Thc Waterman" "Onc
sometimes is tempted to ask whether
Protestant churches have not gone too
far in dwelling upon differences from
the Gospel narratives instead of pre-
sentinlg the facts themselves so that
they will make their normal and legi-
innate impression upon the minds of
luen."
Five men come in together. Each
asks all of the others: What are YOU
going to have?"
The bartender spreads out his hands
on the edge of The bar. attentive and
prepared to work quickly
Every man insists on "buying" some
thing to drink in his turn. Each takes
what the other insists OH giving them
Each thinks that he is hospitahlc
But the bartender knows that those
men belong to the great American AS
ISOLATION for the Manufacture of
Drlmkards through treating"
Each of these men might. perhaps.
take his glass of beer. or even some
thing worse. With relative safety. But
as stupidity as stampcded animals
pushing each other over Il precipicc.
each insists OH buying poison in his
turn. And every one spends his
money to make every other one. if
possible, a hard drinking and a wasted
MANN. Y. Journal.
Several of our much advertised pat
ent medicines contain larger percent
age of alcohol than commercial wills
key. Here are some of them with their
percentage CT alcohol as given in the
Colorado StatcNIcdica Socictys TRANS
actions for 1902:-Grcen's Ncrvur:,. II,
Hoods Sarsaparilla. is, Browns Iron
Rittcrs, 10. KaufnE,ll's Sulphur Bittcrs.
20, Paine's Celery Compound, 81, Bur-
dock Blood Bitters, %. Ayers Sars;l-
parilla. 2G. Warmers Safe Tonic Bit
tiers. 80, parker's Tonic, II. Hostcttcr's
Stomach Bitters, n. Taken Il tea
spoonful or more three times Il day
they give some temporary insenSibli-
ty TO pain or weakness and give also.
inevitably a taste. and Il want. for
their most active ingredient. alcohol
ard so make trunkardS or Gipsum;ln-
iacs Their injury actual and pro-
srective to the system is recognized 10y
the life insurance company whose med
zeal examiner must ask the applicant ::
What patent medicine have YOU used
in the past 5 yc;,rs?'
Often there is nothing at all between
gambling and downright theft. If YOU
by am inside tip, or any other means.
are absolutely sure YOU are going to
win, you have no moral right to the
other mans bet. you would act dsllon-
cstly in taking and keeping it. you
would commit q sin, to be pardOncd
only ON condition of your making res
titution of the ill-gottcn gain. 1t is
different where each party takes equal
chances. But even then. how mean
how horrible. morally viewed. is the
mental attitude of the better and the
gambler! He wants to get without
any equivalent the property of the 9th
or. Other ways of gettin" money. all
ways Of really making money. make no
one else poorer. nay enrich several. but
betting. like theft and robbery. only
gets a man money by drawing it out
of the pocket of some one else. some
one perhaps sorcly needing it. and ter
ribly distressed by it's loss. Betting,
and all gambling. gladdcns the winner
at the cost Of the others loss and grief
How can people be so cooIly and sys-
tcnlatically cruel. selfish and mean!
A few years ago inlidrls thought
glcrfully that the discoveries of Prof
Hilprecht, of the Pennsylvania Uni
verSity in the ruins of the ancient RH-
bylonian city of Nippur were going to
disprovc and discrcdit the Bible. But
the Professor himself is under no such
impression. Not only is there not Il
trace of it in his just published "EX-
plOlstions in Bible Lands" but in a
recent lecture in LcipSic he declared
he had never seen so strong Il demon
stration of the full and mistaken truth
Of the Bible prophecies as in those