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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-18

The manly part is to do with might
and main what you cap do Emerson.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-02-18
Prefers Wedding to Finishing School.

New Hampton, Ia, Feb. ia
marriage certificate instead of a high
school diploma is the decoration for
her home, chosen by one member of
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03
THE F|sHERMAN'S RING

When the Pope is dressed in pom
tifical costume after his election he
receives on his finger a new Fisher
mans ring, which he Immediately
removes and hands to one of the
masters of ceremonies to have en-
graved upon it the name which he
has assumed. The Popes have three
special rings for their use. The first is
generally rather plain gold one with
an intaglio or a cameo ornament;
this is called the papal ring. The sec
ond one, called the pontifical ring,
because used only when the Pope
pontificates or officiates at grand GER
emonies, is an exceedingly precious
one. The Fisherman's ring, which is
so called because 1t has a figure of
st. Peter in bark throwing
his net into the sea (Mathew
iv, 1S, 19), is plain gold
ring with an oval face, bearing
the name of the reigning Pope en-
graved around and above the figure
of the apostle. On the inside are cut
the names of the engraver and of the
majordomo. The ring weighs an
ounce and a half. 1t is the official
seal of the Popes. but, although the
first among the rings, it is only the
second in the class of seals, since it
serves as the privy seal or papal sig
net for apostolic briefs and matters
of lesser consequence. whereas the
great seal of the Holy See is used to
stamp the heads of SIS. Peter and
Paul in lead, and sometimes, but
rarely, in gold, on papal bulls.
The ring was at first private and
not an official one, as we learn from
letter written at Perugia on March
Z. 1865, by Clement Nv to his ne
phew. Peter lie Gros, in which he
says that he writes to him and to
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03
THE WELSH CHURCH,

The Welsh disestablishment bill,
which passed the House of Commons
with the Home Rule Bill, was sus-
pended from operation until the close
of the war, suffering the same expert
ence as the Home Rule Bill. The
Welsh people have stood nobly by the
Irish nation in their fight for Home
Rule. 1t is worthy of note that,
when the Welsh disestablishment bill
was proposed and a debate took
place, members of the English
Church took occasion to deliver some
caustic opinions regarding the dis
tribution of church funds to secular
uses, because of the condition of the
Church in Wales. The English
churchmen should be reminded that
that is nothing new in the history
of the British Isles. Let them re-
call that the great churches in the
British Isles were erected and sup
ported by the early Catholics of Eng
land, who have since been denied
their rights and deprived of their in
heritance. Well may the English
churchmen say that England has
suffered a just punishment for the
crimes against religion which have
been perpertrated not only in Wales
but throughout the British domin-
ions.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

A lesson may we'll be learned from
an instance that occurred in Aus
tria few days since, when thousands
of sacks of wheat were seized by the
government because the owners
were speculating and refused to sell
them at a price fixed by law. No
investigation thus far has revealed
an excuse, in America, to increase in
price. In fact, they should be de-
creased, owing to the fact that there
is no expectation of many of the COM
modities that are accumulating at
home. 1t seems that no line of prod
ucts has a scale of prices regulated
by honest business, in which capi-
tai is invested. Thus q man may
charge exhorbitant prices and it is
looked upon as being perfectly
moral transaction. Prices for food
and clothing, in many instances, have
raised without any justification
whatever and in direct contravention
of the law of supply and demand.
Business morality as a moral factor
should not be separated from NOR
ality that is preached but not prac-
ticed.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

The Irish and Irish Americans
may we'll continue to ask themselves
when is Home Rule Bill not a
Home Rule Bill? Though signed by
the King, the Home Rule Bill is sus-
pended from operation until the war
is over. The government is recruit
ing in Ireland to keep the war go
ing. Rather inconsistent mode of
procedure. 1t looks as though it
were England's intention to place
every ablebodied Irishman in the
front of the battle and, at the end of
a prolonged war, grant an emascu-
lated Home Rule Bill to a few old
men and women, with Ulster left out
of the operation of the bill. Ireland
is in no way called upon to give heed
to England's war cry. The Premier
asks Ireland to forget the outrages
and for Ireland's sons to accept the
Kings shilling" England's politi-
cal sins are more tolerant than the
penance she is asking Irelad to as
sist her in making for centuries Of
wrong.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

The Guardians of Liberty and
those of their ilk are making stren-
uous efforts, in the State of Wiscon-
sin. to discredit the Catholics who
are candidates for office. Circulars
have been sent out indorsing the
various candidates, who are in accord
with the anti-Catholics and upon
whom they can depend. The attempt
Is directed against the civil liberties
of Catholics and against the Cath
olics who have the desire and ability
to represent their commonwealth at
the seat of government. OF course.
it is to be presumed that many who
engage in such enterprises are poor
sort of Christians and worse citizens.
The minister who breaches to empty
pulpits on Sunday Is in a bad way
for spiritual activity when he at
tempts to avenge himself for his lack
of prosperity on the church of those
whose religious prosperity because
of religious truths excites his jealou-
sy and his envy.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

his other relatives, not sub bulla,
sed sub piscatoris sigillo, quo Romani
Pontifices, in suis secrets utuntur." I"
From this it would appear that such
ring was already in well-known
use, but it cannot be determined at
what period it was introduced, or
precisely when it became official, al
though it is certain that it was given
this character in the fifteenth CEN
tury; but another hundred years
passed before it became customary to
mention it's use in every document on
which the seal was impressed by the
now familiar expression, "Given un-
der the Fisherman's ring" which is
first met with in the matter of cur
ial formula in a brief given by Mich
olas V in April, 1448; Datum Ro-
mae. apud Sanctum Petrum, sub an
nulo. Piscatoris, die XIV, Aprilis
MCCCCXLvIII, pontificatus nostri
H."
Briefs are no more sealed with the
original ring, which is always in the
keeping of the Pope's grand cham
berlain, who, as we have said, deliv-
ers it to the Cardinal-Camerlengo on
the Pope's decease, to be broken in
the first general congregation pre-
liminary to the conclave, according
to a custom dating from the death
of Leo x. A facsimile is preserved
in the Secretaria de- Brew, which
serves in it's stead; but since June,
1912. red sealing wax, because too
brittle and effaceable, is no longer
used, but in its place thick red ink
or pigment is employed.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

To much emphasis cannot be
placed upon the fact that the Cath
olic Church has never resorted to
literature in the shape of such vile
sheets as the menace. in answering
for its actions and spreading its pro-
paganda. Catholic institutions car
rying out Catholic principles of
loyalty and patriotism and an edu-
Gated, devoted priesthood and self
sacrificing sisterhoods intoxicating
Catholic ideas of morality and re-
ligion are sum total Of the argu-
ments and answers. No others are
needed.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

The Catholic Press Association.
which met at Detroit, has demon
strated the strength Of the Catholic
press and the demand that is evident
among the Catholic reading public
for Catholic newspapers. The excel
lent papers read were filled with
practical advice for the guidance OF
Catholic publishers. Detroit took
care of her visitors in her usual hap
py manner. The editors and pub
fishers of the Michigan Catholic did
themselves proud in the manner in
which they looked after the comfort
and convenience of the visitors, while
the paper, itself, was an inspiration
to Catholic literary men throughout
the country.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

few, If any, Catholics have bothered
themselves about the lecturer. Many
of those who interfered with the
meeting have been young boys not
of the Catholic faith. In few in
stances they were men who were con-
verts and who married Catholic
women, and who can blame them?
The only sensible course to pursue
is to let them entirely alone and, as
one clergyman expressed it, the lee
turer would die from a disease con-
tracted from himself.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

In their attempt to out-Herod
Herod, the Guardians of Liberty have
found their activities boomerang.
Governor Glynn, the Catholic Cover
nor of New York, has been renomi-
mated by his party. Hogan is the
democratic candidate for the Uni
ted States senate from Ohio. while
Roger Sullivan is the candidate for
the United States Senate for Illinois
and Phalen the candidate for the
United States senate from California.
An unhappy state of affairs for the
Guardians, to be sure. but what else
can they expect when they offend
public decency.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

1t is hoped that the change Of re-
gime and the Mexican difficulties
will have some influence in abating
the cruelty now practiced against the
Church in Mexico. The recent con-
ference of the Catholic socities have
sent an appeal to President Wilson
to do something to promote the spirit
of peace in Mexico. The schools, con-
vents and religious institutions have
been forbidden to open by the Mexi-
can government. Lookig at the mat
ter from any angle there can be no
peace, no matter what the policy,
while one murder is recognized in
place of another in a continuous
scramble for the Mexican presidency.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03
CONTINUOUS PRAYERS IN THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Israel Zangwill in his italian
Fantasies" says:
"There are two torrents that
amaze me-the one Niagara, and the
other the outpouring of reverent
prayer falling perpetually in the
Catholic church. What with the
masses and the exposition of the
Host, there is no day or moment OF
the day in which the praises of God
are not being sung somewhere-in
noble churches, in dim crypts and the
underground chapels, in cells and in
oratories. Niagara is different to
spectators, and so the ever-falling
stream Of prayer. AS steadfastly
and unremittingly as God sustains
the universe, so steadfastly and un-
remittingly is He acknowledged, the
human antiphony answering the di-
vine strope."
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03
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The Irish Standard has received

The Irish Standard has received a
number of letters commenting upon
the presence in Minneapolis of an
anti-Catholic campaign, under the
auspices of the Guardians of Liberty.
The series of lectures has been in
progress for some weeks. and from
all reports are an offence against
common decency, aside from their
anti-Catholic prejudices. No notice
has been taken of the lecturer and
the lectures for the reason that, if
excitement were not brought about
and notice taken of the itinerant
peddler of filth, who is in charge of
the lectures, they would soon cease.
1t is through opposition and adver-
tising that such scoundrels flourish.
The chief of police Of Minneapolis or
dered the discontinuance of the lee
lures, in the absence of the mayor.
They were, for time, suspended,
however, we learn that the lecturer
is at work again. The Catholic clergy
of Minneapolis are unanimous in
their desire that Catholics take no
notice of what is being said or done.
1t is reasonable to suppose that most
of the discord that has been noted in
connection with the lectures was pre-
arranged, as we'll as to suppose that
a great many of the threats made
against the lecturer were bought and
paid for. thus keeping up the adver-
tising feature of the enterprise. Very
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03
WHY THE CHURCH CONDEMs
SECRET SOCIETIES.

1. Because all of them in great
er or less degree aim at substituting
themselves in place of the Church.
They teach distorted faith, replac-
ing divine revelation with mere ma
turalism and humanitarianism. They
conduct religious services with ritu-
ais of their own making. They offer
convenient morality founded on
human motives, and not founded, as
it should be, on the relations between
man and God.
2. Because these societies de-
mand of their members an oath of
unconditional obedience and secrecy.
Now this is against sound morality;
for the State and the Church, as a
guardian of the public good, have a
right and duty to know the aims and
conduct of lesser associations, and to
supervise them to the end that they
do no harm to the State or to pri-
vate citizens.
3. The Church, with 1000 years
Of experience, has seen the rise of
these societies and knows full we'll
the practical effects of their work.
She knows that they weaken the
faith Of men and finally induce them
to prefer the easy ways of the lodge
to the stricter duties of Christian
life.
4. Because men of easy morals
are too often made high priests, wor-
shipful masters and grand command
ers of these societies to the detriment
of virtuous companionship on the
part of the members.
S. Because as the Protestant
churches know, to their sorrow, the
lodges empty churches. and, while
offering men some mutual temporal
advantages, deprive them Of those
divine sacramental helps and graces
which Jesus Christ instituted to as
sist men in keeping the command
ments and gaining eternal happiness.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

The European conflict seems to
have laid claim to the sum total of
all humanity we possess, so far as
the government is concerned. The
Secretary of War has ruled that moth
ing could be done for the safety of
those in Mexico who were not Ameri-
can citizens, meaning thereby that
{ the priests and nuns in Mexico must
be abandoned to their fate, allowing
the government bandits to endanger
their lives. The Secretary Of War
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03
CATHOLICS ON BOTH SIDES.

Let Catholic Americans bear in
mind that there are Catholics on both
sides of the struggle. If the brave
Belgians are Catholics, let us not
forget in our admiration for them
that the Bavarians and other bodies
of German troops are Catholic al
most to a man. And the Austrians-
are they not Catholic also? 1t is ex-
tremely silly to allow ourselves to
be carried away into ecstacies Of ad-
miration or seized with paroxysms
of anger over the relative merits of
this or that side. The thing to do is
to pray for peace.-Sacred Heart Re-
view.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03
NEW ARCHBISHOP OF BOLOGNA

NEW ARCHBISHOP OF BOLOGNA.
The successor of Pope Benedict XIV
in the see of Bologna will be Mgr.
Giorgio Gusmini, Bishop of Folingo
in the province of Perugia.
The new Archbishop is a native of
Vertova in the Diocese of Bergamo
and he was born on the 9th of De-
cember, 1855. He was appointed to
the Bishopric of Folingo, Aug. 26,
1910.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

The divorce mill of Minneapolis
established a record for itself one
day this week when granting as
many divorces as there were mar
riages licenses issued. AS an item
of news the figures may prove inter-
esting. AS an item of morality and
religion it is sad commentary upon
the lives of Americans and the re-
spect for the sanctity Of the marriage
VOW.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03

declares that those who are in Vera
Cruz are safe, while. at the same
time, it is proposed to turn Vera Cruz
over to murderous adventurer.
Whatever may be said about the neu-
trality of our war sentiment there is
much to be said against the neutral
ity of our charity.
The Irish standard., 1914-10-03
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The editor of the Silverton, Ore
gon, Journal has elected to spend
one hundred days in Jail instead Of
paying fine of 5000 as a result of
being convicted of criminal libel
against the Benedictine Sisters in
Mount Angel, Oregon. No doubt this
blackguard will come out of jail sup
posing himself a religious martyr
and take the stump with Boles ct al.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
SOCIETY IN
 GREATER BIRMINGHAM
WVlam

Mrs. Harry Sawyer was an informal hostess of Friday evening entertaining a number of friends at her home in Wy lam. The house was prettily decorated and a delightful evening was spent with games and light refreshments.
 The guests were: Miss Iowa Bellew, Miss May Bellew. Miss Fairy Nae Askew, Miss Louise Askew, Miss Annie White, Mrs. Roy Gholston, Mrs. John Freeman and Mrs. Ben Reid.
 The Mothers Self Culture club of Wy lam held an interesting meeting Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. c. Mason. Autumn foliage frightened the rooms. where the members gathered for their usual programme. At the close of the afternoon dainty refreshments were passed.
 The club personnel follows: Mrs. c. R. Walker, Mrs. Marvin Walker. Mrs. A. B. Davenport, Mrs. J. B. Cross, Mrs. Sam Sevier. Mrs. D. P. Page, Mrs. J. c. Lacey, Mrs. H. A. Reviere, Mrs. w. H. Avery and Mrs. G. W. Canterberry.
 Mrs. Jer Barr is spending sometime in Columbus, o.
 pr. w. H. Avery has returned from a weeks stay in Tennessee.
 MT. and Mrs. M. L. Turner of Johnf are guests of friends in Wylam.
 Mss Dorothy Johns of Piper has rs,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Wedding Plans

Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Byrd invites you to be present at the marriage of her daughter, Evelyn to MT. Warren Red wood Christian on the evening of We'd nesday, November Il. at 6 o'clock, St. Stephens Episcopal church, Eutaw.
 The above card has been received by Q number of Birmingham friends, and plans for the wedding are complete. The bridesmaids are to be Miss Alexina Wheeler, Miss Mary Vim, Miss Mary Wilson of Eutaw, and Miss Augusta Harwood of Tuscaloosa. Miss Julia Byrd, sister of the bride, will be maid of honor, and the maids of honor will be Mrs. Q. J.. Brown of Mobile, Mrs. l.. F. Holt of De- mopolis, Mrs. John Mckinley and Mrs. J. B. Byrd of Eutaw, and Mrs. l. F. Ben nett of Clarksdale, Miss, sister of the bride, who will be first matron of honor. The groomsmen will be Mir. J. B. Byrd, MT. l.. F. Inge and MT. William Flaw kins of Eutaw, MT. Russell Ladd and Mr. Frank Bacchus of Mobile, MT. Winfred Partridge of Tuscaloosa, pr. George O'Connell and pr. Henry Boxer of Bif- mingham. MT. A. w. Christian of Mobile, will be best man, and MT. A. H. Byrd will give his sister to be married
 ? The flower girls will include Misses Alexina Trousdale of Eutaw, Jeshia Byrd McDavid of Birmingham, May Ester Borden and Sara Eva Knight of Greens boro. Master George Moore will be ring bearer, and the ribbons are to be carried by Miss Carolyn Scears of Eutaw and Miss Margaret Brown of Mobile. Mrs. Thomas Knight of Greensboro and Miss Martha Anderson of Eutaw, will present a musical programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
NEWS OF BIRMINGHAM SOCIETY
tcont,nued from Page rA,rty)

important countries. especially those now engaged in war.
 The history. of the suffrage movement. in England and the militant movement with the question of the influence of militancy on the suffrage cause at large will be studied at one of the meetings and at the one which follows, laws re- garding women and what suffrage has accomplished, will be discussed. At the fifth class meeting. child labor in the cotton mills and in home industries will be the topic, and at the eixth the liv- ing wage for working, and a single stand ard of morality will be considered.
 Altruism in government will be the sub ject of the seventh meeting and the final one-the eighth will have as it's topic: Women in the Home and In Industry
 Mrs. Bonnell is graduate of the Emerson School of Oratory, and a DOT ton of each lesson will be devoted by her to voice training. Among those who have already secured tickets are: Mrs. w. L. Murdoch, Mrs. Angus Taylor, Mrs. w. N. Wood, Mrs. Oscar Hundley, Mrs. Soon Jacobs, Mrs. Richard Johnston, Miss Myrtle Miles, Miss Amelia Worthington. Miss Helen Benners, Mrs. Charlie F. Caldwell, Mrs. Walton Beasley, Mrs. Henry DeBardeleben. Mrs. c. H. Unger- man. Miss Martha Dabney, Mrs. Wallace smith, Mrs. V ". Long. Mrs. John Mayer, Mrs. J. II. Kiernan, Mrs. Charles Bowman, Mrs. C.. D, Brooks, Mrs. Kirby, Miss Ella ConIey, Mrs W l.. Lloyd, Mrs. Nixon Norris. Mrs j. r. Nartyn. Mrs D. A. Echols, Mrs. Conrad Ohme Mrs. Neil Wallace. Mrs. H. IL Shell, Mrs. c. M. Blanchard, Mrs. Jack Bowron
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
PLANS FOR THE
 TYLER-THOMAS WEDDING

The approaching marriage of Mir. w. k. Tyler of this city and Miss Elizabeth Thomas of Eutaw, Is an event of interest throughout the state. owing to the promi- hence of both Miss Thomas and MT. Ty- Ter. It will occur Wednesday afternoon, October 2S, at the Presbyterian church of Eutaw at 6:30 o'clock, with Dr. J. w. Walden, pastor of the church. as the of fciant.
 Miss Thomas will be attended by Miss Eleanor Ward of Greensboro as maid of honor. and by her sister. Mrs. G. A. Greenwood, as matron MT. Bedford Forrest Tyler of this city, brother of the groom, will be his best man, and the ushers will include MT. J. Chapline Hodges of Birmingham, MT French Crook of Eutaw, and MT. James S. Cole man of Eutaw, and MT. w. H. Jeffries of Birmingham, cousins of the bride. The Rev. J. M. Broadly of Birmingham will assist pr. Walden in conducting the mar riage ceremony.
 .Among the out-of-town guests at the