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Spirit Manifestations.

Father William O'Brien Pardow, S.
j., spoke on Spiritualfsra last ws.iz
in the series of talks he is giving to
the Daughters Of the Faith at :.ae
Catholic Club, New York.
Father Pardow admitted that he be-
lieved that, fortunately or unfortu.1e'
ately, many individuals had received
communications from spirits .'he
Investigations of the Society for Psy-
chical Research both in this country
and in Great Britain, left no -oo1n
for doubt on the matter. But while
he did not attempt to cast any doubt
upon the authenticity Of many of the
st-called spirit manifestations. Faith.
err Pardow did not seem to think
that a study of them; would be at I'll
advantageous to the average .ayma1.
He was especially emphatic in declar-
ing that none of them had any relig-
ious significance.
God does not he said, "send &C.
gions of His angels down to earth to
give a refined vaudeville show.
Neither is there any reason to TO-
lieve that the various rappings, whis-
perings, materializations and n1ysteri-
Gus writings that have been SHOWN 20
be not the result Of deliberate fraud
on the part of professional mediums
should be attributed to the spirits Gf
the dead. In my opinion. they tie
to be traced directly to the ma china
tons of the evil one, who employs hts
hosts of fallen angels for the con
fusion of humanity"
The speaker enjoined ali good Cath
olics to stop worrying and specializing
about these things, which he scented
/ to think We're ininical to the cause
of religion. Since the Church had net
set upon the doctrines or manifesto
tions of spiritism the seal Of her
official approval, 1t was jisloyal
for Catholics to imagine that they
could have any value except from
the point Of mere amusement or Of
scientific research. Even with one Of
these ends in view, he added, it wan
probably unwise to attempt 10 estab-
llsh communication with the powc. s
Of darkness.
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sAs GRAND TRIBUTE.


l,lFrom Thomas Burlington 4MacauIay to
s lssss ,s.ss the Catholic Church.
In his; review of Ranke,s history of
+ Ahe ~Fopes, Thomas Darlington Macaul-
{ ay. the English historian, pays the
following eloquent tribute to the: Cath
bile Church:
/ There is not, and there never was
Ion this earth, work of human policy
20 we'll deserving of examination as
5Ethe Roman Catholic Church. The his.
tory Of that Church Joins together the
EEMo great ages of human civilization
No. other institution is left standing
EYhieh carried the mind back to the
4 times when the smoke of sacrifice rose
from the Pantheon, and when cam.
lAlopards and tigers bounded In, the
n Glavian amphitheatre.
1.-THE proudest royal houses are but
4 Ut yesterday when compared with the
lime Of the Supreme Pontiffs. The
fflinef we trace back in an unbroken
8 series from the Pope who crowned
Il Napoleon, in the nineteenth century,
sto the Pope who crowned Pepin in the
eighth; and far beyond the time of
sPepin the august dynasty extends, till
sIitSis lost in the twilight of fable. The
4 republic of Venice came next in an.
3tiquity. But the republic of Venice
was modern when compared with the
Papacy; and the republic is gone, s~d
Il the Fapacy remains. The Papacy ,
mains not in decay, not mere antii,I
1SSbut full of life and youthful vigor.
The Catholic Church is still send.
Ing forth to the farther ends of the
world missionaries as jealous as those
rho landed in Kent with Augustin;
and still confronting hostile kings
with the same spirit with which she
confronted Attila. The number of her
I'll children is greater than in any former
age. Her acquisitions in the New
World have more than compensated
Sss llier for what she has lost in the Old.
u aeraspiritua ascendency extends over
Ssthe vast countries which lie between
B ie plains of Missouri and Cape Horn;
Otlntries which, a century hence, may
4 not improbably contain a population
large as that which now inhabits
Europe.
The members Of her community
Ife certainly not fewer than one hun.
IIred and fifty millions; and it will be
iincnlt to snow that all the other
81 hIistian sects united amount to
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A STRANGE STORY.
Apparition Of tho Departed Soul of !
Priest. t- ...

80. Priest. t...+.. go.
The following narrative of Rev. A.
Body, O. P, is translated from the
"..Revista Caolica," and is given for
what it is worth without note or ,nln
ment:
The Rev. Matthew Lecompte, Q. P.
D.. famous preacher whose voice had
been heard in many French cathedral.
died at Jerusalem in 1887. He was a
man of initiative and energy and he
had consecrated the last days of his
life to the foundation of a convent Of
his order ON the site which tradition
points out. to be the spot where the
first martyr shed his blood. This con-
vent of st. Stephen has become cele-
brated since as the home of the Biblic-
al students of the Dominican Order.
When his final sickness overlook
him Father Lecompte was brought to
the French hospital in Jerusalem.
There he was nursed by a Sister who
il; still alive. When Father Lecompte
found that death was approaching, he
became terrified at the thought. of the
account he should have to. render to
God. The Sister tried to console him
by recalling the great apostolic works
he had DONE the value of his religious
vows, the conversions of which he rad
been the instrument
MY child, it is not enough to do
good works, it is necessary to perform
them with such purity of intention
that-Oh! Sister, pray for me utter
my DEATH" The Sister promised, Lut
a, the priests mind was still engrossed
with the same thoughts, she added:
Yes, Father, I shalt pray much Cor
you and to make sure of it. in case you
are in need of them, let me know, and
shall offer even more prayers
Sister" said the Father, smiling, 'it
is not SO easy to come back from the
other world"
"Them ask God to permit it. But
however it may be, shall omit moth
ing that may be able to do. to get you
to heaven
Father Lecompte died few days af-
ter this conversation and he was inter-
red with great pomp in an ancient ave
which had been discovered during the
excavations beneath the convent of ST
Stephen. ~
/. During several weeks the Sister
prayed for the deceased. but. distracted
by her occupations. after some time
she forgot her promise
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Drogheda.

Drogheda is decadent town. When
1 was there as hoy there was every
indication of prosperity about it. One
heard the clatter of scores of hammers
riveting the plates on a ships side,
close by the Boyne; the streets were
busy thoroughfares where comfortably
dressed country people came to sell
their farm produce and take home pro-
visions from the shops, says IT,. ~
Fitzgerald in the Catholic Press Sgd
ney, Australia. The quay was a lively
scene, as droXes of cattle were put OH
hoard the steamers for English ports
Today the healthy signs of commercial
life are no longer in evidence, but have
been replaced. by stagnation and one
may add semi desolation. You may
walk, drive or cycle down the Drog-
heda quay today and not meet with
the slightest obstruction from traffic
You might as well be on the lonely
quay of Clonmel or New Ross. Steam
ers still come and go, but their cargoes
are light, and their passenger lists
slender.
practically deserted, and would be for
gotten III history but for the battle of
the Boyne, and the magnificent scenic
vistas which beautify it's upper
reaches. AS l have mentioned the IA
nous battle may add that it is worth
q tourists while to take the riverside
walk of two or three miles from
Drogheda out to the bridge near the
obelisk, which has been raised to CON-
nlenlorate the memory of one of Will
liam's generals. The bridge commands
q view of the canal and the river which
run parallel to each other at this point
and are in summer overshadowed by
trees and bushes, which are mirrored
so perfectly in the pellucid waters that
one Is sometimes in doubt as to where
the meadows end, and the streams be-
gin. Round about and above you are
the hills where the rival armies
camped,. deep glades open up like lea:y
tunnels and emerge in grassy patches,
where daisies and primroses delight at
eventime the cireling fairy hosts.
You ask the driver to walk his horse
amid these scenes, where natures han'l
has been SO lavish, and where once
upon time the cannon roared, an!
sabres flashed between the orange AMI
the green. 1t has been said when
Irishmen, lead 1rishmen in battle vic.
tory crowns the day; but when foreign
ers lead them the day is lost" The
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The Cars Irish Cantain.

A correspondent writes that the
royal yacht on which the Gear met
King Edward was the. STANDARD. The
message proceeds as follows: con the
stern of the STANDARD is a great, gold
err Imperial double eagle, surrounding
a red shield with a white center. She
Is a floating palace, speckless and
spotless. Her commander is Captain
O'Hagan." This adds new maine to
the Irish expatriated families that are
associated with the history of Russia
since the. Irish exodus to the Continent
during the Elizabethan, Cromwellian,
and Williamite wars. Many Irishnlen
have, from time to time, become very
prominent in the Russian service, like
the famous Marshal Lacy. The name
OHagan, strange to say, was from
time immemorial associated with roy
atty in Irish history. O'Hagan, on his
Rath of Tullahogue, always invested
The O'Nejll with the badges of suver
eighty, the sword and the peeled wand.
as the author of the Monks of Kill
crea" describes the ceremony:
"They give him a sword, and he swears
to protect them,
A slender white wand, and he vows 10
direct them, ..
And then, in Gods sunshine, O'NElLL
they all hail him,
Thro' life unto death ne'er to finch
from or fail him.
Davis also described the same care-
mony in his TRUE Irish King:
Come, look on the pomp when they
make an o'Neill";
The muster Of dynasts-O'Hagan
O'Shei,
O'Cahan, O'Hanlon, O'Breslin. and dii,
From gentle Ard -Uladh to rude Done
gall,
st. Patricks coarba, with bishops
thirteen,
And ollaves and brehons, and min
strels are seen
Round ,Tullahogue Rath, like the bees
in the spring,
All swartning to honor A True Ilsh
King.
The chronicler read him the laws of
the clan,
And pledged him to bide by their BLISS
ing and ban;
His skian and his sword are unbuciSled
That they only were meant for a for
eigner foe;
A white willow wand has been put in
his hand
A type of pure, upright, and gAnele
command
While hierarchs are blessing, the Slip
per they fling,
And O'Hagan proclains him A True
Irish King!
1t is interesting to recall the fact
that when the first O'Hagan who rose
to distinction under British rule as tine
first Catholic Lord Chancellor OF Ire
land since the time of James II, was
made a peer he took his title from the
old historic Rath, and became Barcn
.O'Hagan of Tullahogue. Captain
.O'Hagan, commander Of the Emperor
OF Russia's Royal Yacht, seems far
removed from that.
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Nuns ,r Public Schools,

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin
last week in affirming the decision OF
the lower courts in the case of Jacob
Dorner and others against school
district No. 5, of Brown county, decid-
ed that school district has the right
tn rent a Catholic school building for
public school purposes and employ
Catholic nuns to conduct the school
but the methods of conducting the
school must be non-religious and &C
cording to ordinary methods followed
ty the state. The plaintiffs asked
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this Infamous, libelous and outrageous

article.
Inasmuch as the attack on the Cath
Ollie Church itself is concerned it is
unnecessary to answer any of the six
preceding allegations put forth by one
who only shows thereby his total ig-
norance in the beliefs and teachings
of our Church, until such time as he
shall be able to prove each and every
one of them.
L will say here that he neel not
overwork his narrow mind in attempt
ing to prove his first assertion. That
much readily grant him and further
more heartily agree with him there.
What do object to and what every
Catholic man in this city and Oh this
coast, who has a mother or sister, a
wife or daughter, should object to, is
this mans very broad and un-Chris-
tian assertions that the standard of
morals of all Catholics is very low and
the inference that so long as we Cath
olics confess to priest we may in
dulge in all sort of Righteousness.
Such remarks are no longer attacks
on our Church alone but they reach
even the very sanctity of our own
homes; they bear upon the fair names
of our mothers; they are intended to
injure the reputation of our wives, and
they would blacken the immaculate
purity of our sisters and daughters.
Are we men to suffer such calumn-
les to remain unchallenged, and not
demand from this man public retrac-
ton of what he has written? 1t is
true he did not attack us in our local
paper, but in that he has but proven
that he is a foe much to be feared, for
an open enemy is by far less danger
Gus than the Uriah Heep who is all
humbleness and meekness and who is
but looking for an opportunity to I'M
dermine righteousness and calumniate
the high standard of morality by
which he is surrounded.
feel satisfied the unprejudiced and
broadminded members of his own con-
gregation cannot uphold him in his
assertions, for number among them
some very dear friends to entertain
even for a moment the idea that they
could countenance such vile and mali
cious libels.
P. H.. PRIEUR.
Nor was this all. Mr.. Prieur, accom-
panied by several other gentlemen,
called upon Mr.. Roper and caused him
to sign the following public apology,
which was duly sworn to before a
notary public and published:
To the People Of Biloxi:
II the undersigned, W. A. Roper, do
hereby apologize to the Catholics in
this community for the contents of
my communication to the Baptist Rec
ord of Nov. IL, 1908, and do retract
everything therein which reflects on
the Catholic Church, the character
and morality of the priests and con-
gregation and on the community at
large. 800 I.. a.... .a
t"Signed this 9th day of November,
1908. e.. w. A. ROPER.
witnesses: P. H. Prieur, A. L,
Krebs, M. l.. Michael"
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died in 1929. Among the minor poets
of this period are John Lydgate.
Thomas deceive. Stephen Halves, and
few obscure imitators of Chaucer.
Thus in brief outline we have the
history of the early Renaissance period
of English literature. These begin
nings, though humble, prepared the
way for lofty flights of literary genius,
flights that were attained by Shake
speare, Milton, and other poets of that
time.
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1TIPPERARY's NOTE
r Warning to, Anglo-lrish Regents of
Catholic University.

ss;ss Catholic University.
sssThe Very Rev. Canon Ryan, PIP, ".
Gs presiding at public meeting in
Tipperary, said they We're there to
EeeSthat the Irishnlen entrusted with
the control of the new Universities
would insist that the work done in
chose institutions was work Cor the
nation, not for an Anglo-Ireland, but
Ter an Irish ireland. There was, he
said, great need to watch the Irish
hands that were now shaping the out
lines of their University system. Many
of the distinguished scholars who form
the Senate had not. owing to adverse
circumstances. themselves had the
chance of being taught the language
OF their country, and it was natural
for, them not. to regard Irish as an
essential in an educational curriculum
1--WE are here" continued the Very
; Rev. Canon, TO tell these Senators as
strongly and as plainly as we cam that
=: National University which does not
give the foremost place to the lam
sguage of the nation Is not worthy o.
Its name, will do harm instead of good
and will never enlist the enthusiasm of
the Irish people, but will rather pro-
yoke their hostility. In giving them
this warning we have behind us the
ranks OF the: young students OF Irish
close on a quarter of a million; per-
lhaps twice that number if we look
beyond the seas, who will not stand
lthe insult of an Irish University
through the gates of which their Irisf.
studies do not afford pass. and with
I'm the walls of which their Irish
E1!terature does not bring them honors"
!lfapplause).
WAS. he asked, the first function of
their new University to be the damp
kang, OF fhe great enthusiasm which
had spread over Ireland during the last
|4n years. which they knew as thu Ian
Expsse movement? How could they
kstsnd before the world if, with such
powertul movement on behalf Of
Ee1bsir language. they allowed an Irish
BEsnsts to give the first check to the
1nsvsensnt. and that at the very gates
w their own University, by refusing to
snaaase the Na*ional language a neces-
;sary part Of the University passport?
Esytain gentlemen, said Canon Ry-
fAp, were trying to throw cold water
sDn the Irish Language workers. Let
! me- he said, tell them here from
.dsrperary that throwing cold water on
to a red hot surface is dangerous ex-
pertinent, and much more likely to be
disastrous to them than to us. We
mean to have our National language
In pride Of place in our National Uni
yersity-senate or no Senate Nuud
applause).
Mr.. w. F. Dalton In vigorous
speech proposed, and Mr.. Hassell sec
Aonded resolution
s Demanding that Ireland's Language
and History be made an essential for
nnatriculation in the new University
and that proper provision be made for
the. teaching of Irish in all the Col
leges of the University. ..
This was. adopted with acclamation.
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hundred and twenty millions. Nor do
we see any sign which indicates that
the term of her long dominion is ap.
preaching.
"She saw the commencement of all
the governments and of all the &C.
clesiastical establishments that now
exist in the world; and we feel no as
surance that she is not destined to
see the end of them all. She was
great and respected before the Saxon
had set foot on Britain-before vhe
Frank had passed the Rhine-when
Grecian eloquence still flourished at
Antioch-when idols were still wor-
shipped in the temple of Mecca. And
she may still exist in undim.iish. d
vigor when some traveller from New
Zealand shall, in the midst Of a vast
solitude, make his stand on a broken
arch of London Bridge to sketch the
ruins of st. Paul's.
"Is 1t not strange that in the year
1899 even sagacious observers should
have thought that at length the hour
of the Church of Rome had come? An
infidel power ascendant-the Pope dy
ing in captivity-the most illustrious
prelates of France living in foreign
country on Protestant alms-the no.
blest edihces which the munificence of
former ages had consecrated to the
worship of God turned into temples
of victory, or into banqueting-ho
for political societies, or into Theo-
philanthropic chapels-such signs
might we'll be supposed to indicate the
approaching end of that long domin-
alton.
"But the end was not yet. Again
doomed to death, the milk-white hind
was fated not to die. Even before the
funeral rites of Plus the Sixth a great
reaction had commenced, which. after
the lapse of more than forty years, ap-
pears to be still in progress. Anarchy
had its day. A. new order Of things
lOSS Jul vi COilIuoiOIi 0-liCW Wy A1oeiCo,
new laws, new titles; and amidst them
emerged the ancient religion. The Ar
abs had a fable that the great pyramid
vas built by the antediluvian kings,
and alone of all the works of men,
bore the weight of the food.
"Such was the fall of the Papacy. It
had been buried under the great in.
undation, but its deep foundations had
remained mistaken; and when the wa
tiers abated, it appeared alone amidst
the ruins of a world which has passed
away. The republic of Holland was
gone. and the empire of Germany, and
the Great Council of Venice, and the
old Helvetian League, and the House
of Bourbon, and the Parliaments and
arfstocracy of France. j.
Europe was full of young creations
"a French empire, a kingdom of
Italy, Confederation Of the Rhine.
Nor had the late events affected only
the territorial limits and political in
stitutions. The distribution Of prop
erty, the composition and spirit of So
ciety, had, through great part Of Cath
o]tc Europe undergone complete
change: But the Interchangeable Church
was still there"
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One day while she was working in
her room she heard, of a sudden, a
noise that frightened her, and she
smelt the odor of sulphur and smoke.
Then voice, which was that of the
dead. religious, said in nournful
tones: ~:
."Ah! Sister. pray for me, for I am
suffering intensely"
Fifteen days afterwards the same
phenomena repeated themselves, but
less wildly. The voice told her that
her PRAYERS, Comrunions, beads and
penances mad helped his soul.
MANY thanks. Sister; your charity
has been of service to me, your pray
ers have been like copious dew that
fell upon the flames and diminished
their fierceness.
Go to the convent have founded
and beg the superior, for me, that he
celebrate a novena. of Masses so that
my .expiation may. be completed"
AtAO oiStSh WlluOuS
delay the message she had received.
Father Paul Menier listened to the
strange details without expressing any
opinion, but he felt himself inclined to
believe against his will that the Sister
had been the victim of an hallucina-
ton. When she had gone he reflected
upon her tone of conviction, her we'll
known reputation for common sense
her virtue, which would not permit
him to suspect her Of deception, and he
wound up his reflections by saying to
himself, We'll, shall celebrate the
nine Masses; Father Lecompte will
have the beneit of them. even if this
apparition was illusory."
The next day, without saying u
word to any one, he began the novena
Of Masses.
The night of the day upon which tho
novena of Masses was completed, when
the Fathers Of the convent were re-
firing to rest, one of the Brothers, q
very able and practical man, and the
last to be suspected of being the victim.
CT an illusion, heard a knock at the
door.
Come in," he called out.
To, his establishment he saw Father
Matthew Lecompte enter; he was radi-
ant with joy. With smiling counte-
nance he approached toward the Broth.
Ell, and asked him for news of the con-
vent. This he did in the most natural
manner and just as if he were living
being.
Cali goes well, Father, but what
loss you have been to us!"
Courage! am going to heaven,
there shall be more useful than upon
the earth.''
In saying these words, he grasped
the Brothers hand with so much at
lection that he felt for many days q
sensation In his hand. Afterwards the
Father went to the door, went out. and
closed it after him. The Brother ran
in fear to the superior's room and mar.
rated what had happened.
Father Body concludes his narrative
by stating that he interviewed, in 1900.
both Of the witnesses Of this ap oar.-
ton, and he considers them above sus-
picion:
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that the school board be enjoined from
renting the building for school purposes
and that all money heretofore paid
to the parish for the rent of the build
ing be refunded. The lower court
simply enjoined the board from allow
ing religious instruction and the higher
court affirmed that judgment.
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OF the Boyne is the one who lost the
cause, and not the brave men who fol-
loved his fortunes, but whom he aban-
doned when the tide of battle threat
ened to turn.
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HUBBY think only sensible women
ought to marry.
Wifey-Well, you'd be bachelor II
that were the rule. 81