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Ifliiiiad ita,nsete ssfl'I.et- WITTY -I..;sl'-
man from Minneapolis" But the
level-headed citizens OF st. james,
regardless OF church relations,
refused to rent a hall to the
lecturer, SO "That Witty Irish
man" just kept on going to the
next town.
Anna Lowry received a WinOna
jolt at Albion, New York, some
time ago. Anna, who claims to
have entered nine converts at
various times, was billed for a
lecture at Albion. The non-Cath-
olics of the place, headed by their
ministers, protested against allow
ing the Catholic Church to be
slandered and outraged by a
shameless female. All halls were
closed to her, and Anna kept on
going.
P. S.-As we go to press we
learn from Seattle that Anna sued
a priest for damages for SANDER.
The Superior Court Of Washing
ton gave a decision against her.
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Cathnlic who is part owner of dis
tillery i'm Maryland. | nave not been
able to learn the name of a single
brewer I'm st. Louis who il Catholic.
Anti-C Catholic lecturers and writer's
claim that Busch is Catholic, but he
is not. The brewers of st. Louis are
not Catholic.
The brewers of the country with a
few exceptions are non-Catholics.
The distillers of the country with a
few exceptions are non-Catholics.
Unfortunately there are number OF
saloonkeepers who are Catholics, but
as rule they are merely agents of
the brewers and get very little out or
the liquor traffic.
In st. Louis met a. fine Irish Cath
Ollie. He told me that he worked hard,
saved eight hundred dollars and was
then tricked by brewery agent to
sign contract and go into the saloon
business. With his devoted wife he
worked seventeen hours day i'll the
saloon, but found himself running i'll
debt to the brewery. He begged for
mercy, but the brewer held him to the
contract signed. The man put in all
of the $500 he had saved up. When
his Indebtedness to the brewer reach
ed $500 the brewer had the sheriff
close him up. The brewer had anoth-
err sucker to start in the saloon bust
ness to make more money for him.
The Catholics of the country should
defend themselves against the charge
that they monopolize the liquor bust.
ness. Rum and Romanism" is the
great shibboleth of the anti Catholic
lecturer. Let us give the people the
facts and save ourselves from the dis
grace that the lies of the anti Catholic
lecturers and writer's bring upon us.
JOHN F. CUNEEN,
A Catholic Layman, of Chicago, Ill
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DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
The BALANCES OF GOD.

He stood at bay. Before and all around
A pitiless assize, and GREATNESS,
frowned,
"'Thou shalt not kill both heaven
and earth decree.
Thus must thou die. The good God
pardon thee"
So spake the judge. Amen" the
chaplain said,
And to his cell the murderer was led.
Hangd like dog. In prison pre-
cincts slain,
Who dared repeat the cursed crime
of Cain.
He was soldier. At his country's
word
He left his tools and buckled on the
sword,
Nor ever knew the taste of drink till
then,
Nor kept the company Of evil men.
But fierce temptation came; at length
he fell,
Mad drunk, he slew a comrade he
loved well,
Had not the poison his worst passions
stirred,
Destroyed his manhood, and his rea'
son blurred?
Hang'd like dog! What tho his
counsel tried
Behind forlorn argument to hide,
BY pleading that the man was drunk,
or he
Would ne'er have taken life so will
fully?
The murderer upon the gallows died,
And the world talked Of Justice salts
fed"
Justice to punish felons by the score
And license men to manufacture more?
But sure as God shall judge the quick
and dead,
Not all the blood rests on this MUIR
derer's head;
Drink, crimes accomplice, lauded to
the sky,
Inspired the deed that doom'd his
dupe to die.
"A. Gladstone Barker, In the Pioneer ABRIDGED
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A NEW EXCUSE FOR DRINKING.

In Springfield, Mass, the other dav.
man arrested for drunkenness added
new one to the many reasons. or
rather excuses, given by men as to
why they drink. We all know about
the man who drinks to drown his
grief, and the other man who drinks
to celebrate his joy; of the man who
drinks to keep cool in summer and
the one who does the same thing to
Keep warm in winter; of the man
who takes drink i'm the morning to
start the day right, and the man who
drinks at night to compose his nerves
and induce sleep-and so on. But this
fellow in Springfield invented a new
one. He said he was compelled tn
take whiskey to cure him of lameness,
Most people who drink discover that
their rotations interfere with their
powers of l0comotion, but this Spring
field man declared that unless he
drank, his powers of locomotion did
not function we'll at all. He had been
struck by an automobile some little
time before, he said, and was SO in.
Jured in the left leg that unless he
took whiskey he could not walk with
out limp.
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DEATHS BEST SERVANT.

"The following story teaches us an
important lesson says contributor
to the 'Homiletic Monthly:
Death once called all his servants
about him and promised large re-
ward to the one who had killed the
most human beings. They all as
sembled- diseases of every kind
pestilence, cholera, famine and war.
Each boosted of having slain many
victims, but Death declared that his
best servant was still absent. At last
one came in, clad in rags, with a red
nose and bloated face, having a wine
bottle in his hand and flask of whis-
ky in his pocket. On seeing him, Death
recognized him as Alcohol and gave
him the promised reward, saying:
"You are my cleverest servant, you
have brought me more victims than all
the others put together"
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HYPHENITIS.

In a recent lecture i'll New York
Professor Steiner Of Grinnel Col
lege, Iowa, spoke on "The Allan
tic Ocean Hyphen. Professor
Steiner claims that he found this
in the first cabins Of vessels, and
not in the steerage. This remark
shows III q refreshing way the
real nature of hyphenitis. Verify
there is less danger from Ameri-
can citizens of foreign extraction
than there is from American
citizens who, voluntarily become
ex-patriate. Many an American
capitalist will sweat countless
dollars from the foreign-born
laborers in his mills, his mines,
or his factories. These same
dollars, bearing the impress made
upon them by the labor Of for
eign-born Americans, will be
transferred to Europe to there
pay for the education Of his sons
and daughters in foreign institu-
tiOns that will tend to warp the
Americanism Of those same young
people.
The ominous sign of decadence
i'll American standards and ideals
is seen in the feverish longing
for foreign titles. When an
American capitalist allows his
daughter to seek foreign title
frequently his money acquires for
her not only a coronet with a
titled Wearer but also a family
tree of exotic growth and Of dubi-
Gus odor. In this case we would
ask which is the more hyphe-
mated, the foreign-born American
citizen who cherishes the memory
of his mother country, or the
American-borl heiress or capital
list who becomes an alien through
choice. Possibly this transfer of
American millions earned by the
sweat Of foreign labor may prove
a compensation in the economic
balance: foreign labor produces
the money: foreign countries get
lit back;
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A few days ago a vigorous note
OF warning was sent to the Turks
to cease their massacres of
ArmenianS. America has become
the laughing-stock of the civilized
world through the ludicrous eff
forts OF our note-paper Admins
tration. Well do we recall some
years ago, when Miss Stone was
lost, the long arm Of the navy
was used instead Of note. When
T. r. held forth in Washington
the world-famous message was
flashed to the Barbary State and
backed up with cruisers: Perdi-
carts alive or Raisuli dead! Need
less to say the message was
effective. In the meantime our
fellow-citizens are being dropped
one by one just across our
southern border, and our own
soldiers are being sniped" on
our own side of the Rio Grande.
The Turkish massacres are but
Kindergarten play compared to
the horrors and unspeakable
atrocities committed on our own
citizens scarcely more than a
stone s throw from our own Dor
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TROUBLES OF LECTURERS.

Last week we mentioned the
trials of several well-known anti
Catholic lecturers. Tribulation
and disappointment still follow
these worthless. The Reverend
Otis L. Sturgeon, who was men,
toned as suing the Knights of
Luther for $4,000, now promises
to expose the intrigues of the
board members of the K. of L. He
charges that this same board sent
out letters to get money for politi-
cal candidates, reserving twenty
per cent of the gross for itself.
The Western World remarks
Eff Sturgeon does as he says he
will and tells the inside history
of the knights of Luther, the
atmosphere here will have to be
fumigated.
Glen Spurgeon, said to be the
brother of the Reverend Otis, was
bound over to the Grand Jury in
bonds of $500 at Boone, Iowa, the
other day. He is charged with
non-support of his children, One
witness testified that Spurgeon
piously remarked that he would
Rot in jail before he would give
anything to support those kids
The malodorous f. d. Jordan
announced that he would speak
in st. James, Mimi, recently.
His fame had preceded him. He
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GOLDEN DAYS FOR TEE.
TOTALERS,

These must be golden days for the
apostles of teetotalism, no. matter to
what sect or religious persuasion they
may belong. They have hitherto had
to regard themselves as a peculiar
people, fighting, like "Athanasius con-
ira mundum,' all the forces of COM
mercial interest and custom and hu.
man nature arrayed against them:
striving to convey to an Indifferent
world something of their own ell
thusiasm against what it was of the
very essence of their preaching to re-
gard as the common enemy Of the
human race; meeting with full
response only from those few who
did not feel the fascination of that
enemy and did not lie under it's spell,
with half-response from others who
realized the necessity of moderation
either for themselves or others; but
who did not carry their principles so
far as total taboo; enlisting, recruits
In numbers whose allegiance was al
ways weak and tottering, and who
merely abstained under pledge for "a
time, with an ever-impending tendency
to break out as soon as temptation
arose again before them. Now within
the few months wonderful change of
front has taken place over nearly the
whole field of the temperance worker.
Governments and whole nations, by
one movement which spread like an in
lection, have taken the matter up. 1t
is no question of such weak and tenn
porizing expedients as heavy taxation,
or Limitation of licenses, or early clos
ing or local option. 1t means a decla-
ration OF war to the knife on alcohol
at least in its more potent forms. -
Catholic Examiner Bonb0p.
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CATHOLICS Do NOT MONOPOuzE
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
FEW CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED
STATES ARE BREWERS AND
DlSTILLERS.

Catholics have been lied about so
often as monopolizers of the liquor
business that not only non-Catholics
but even Catholics believe the lie.
"The American Catholic Who's
Who" contains the names of $500
leading Catholics of the United States.
Only five brewers are listed. No dis.
tiller of liquor is listed.
1t may be said by some that this
book is Catholic and did not list Cath
olics who are brewers and distillers.
Well, let us go to the enemies of
Catholics and get information.
The National Protestant of Sioux
City, Iowa, is a radical anti-Catholic
paper. 1t charged the Catholics with
monopolization of the liquor business.
/ wrote to the editor requesting the
names of Catholics who are brewers
and distillers. The lady editor repli.
cd: 1.-THE two breweries in this city
(Sioux City, have been under corpor-
alton management, many Of the stock
holders being some of our most prom
inent citizens of the Protestant faith -
Martin r. Bunge, an anti-Catholic
lecturer of Milwaukee, Wis, wrote:
CAS- far as know, none of the brew
ers here are Catholic except perhaps
Toretto, but I am not even certain
about him.
C. A. Bullheimer, of Indiana, lee.
lures upon subject, Rum and Roman
ISM" | requested of him the names
of all brewers and distillers that he
knew of who were Catholics. He re.
piled as follows:
"Your letter of inquiry at hand; am
sorry to say I cannot answer your
question. | would like to know my
SELF You might find out at the Men.
ace Co., Aurora, Mo"
Walter Rogers, of Quincy, ILL.,, anti
Catholic lecturer, wrote: 'There are
two breweries in this city, VIZ: Dick
& Bros. Brew. Co., and Ruff Brew.
Co. The Dick Bros. are divided-Pro.
testant and Catholic. The Ruff Brew.
Co. is a Protestant company" The no
torious L. ]. King, of Toledo, wrote
as follows:
please let me know what is your
object to get those names, and how
you happen to write to me. Are you
spie (sic), or what are YOU
King styles himself Ex-Romanist.
He is an anti Catholic lecturer and
publisher of an anti-Catholic paper.
In reply said ''that if he had been
the least bit interested in the prohi-
bition movement for the past twenty
years, he would know who | am"
P. A. Sequ1n, ex-priest, wrote that
he did not know the names of any.
From thirty-five anti-C Catholic lee
tufers got the information that there
are five Catholics in the United States
who are brewers and distillers.
There are .fifty-tWo Chicago brewer
les listed in the Chicago city directory.
have been able to learn the names
of only four who are Catholics. The
brewers of Chicago are not Catholic.
learned the name Of one Chicago
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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

That Mexico is following close
ly i'll the footsteps of other Latin
countries with regard to separa-
ton Of Church and State appears
from an official decree of the
governor Of the State of Tlaxcala
Following is a brief resume:
II The political authority OF
every place shall order all inven-
tory to be taken of all the belong,
lngs of the Church. Under the
supervision Of the authorities
there shall be drawn up deed in
which it must be stated that the
priest receives such articles in
trust and is responsible for them
y In the towns the principal
Church only shall be used fol
worship, The priests appointed
for each Church shall not exceed
two i'll number, and must be OF
Mexican nationality.
3 Priests shall not be per.
mitted to wear a special dress OF
garb in the public streets.
- The priest shall be hello
responsible for each and every in
fraction of the laws Of reform
that may be committed inside and
outside the Church.
81 All commerce with social.
ed relics is strictly forbidden il
the Church.
81 By no means shall it be
permitted to celebrate. religious
festivals ON days recognized by
the civil laws as lawful workdays
~ Ecclesiastical marriage is
forbidden without proof of pre-
vious civil marriage.
There are many provisions
about private schools. Thus, the
pupils must by no means be. dis
tracted from their studies by the
teaching of religious practices
This decree does away atone blow
with all freedom of worship and
religious education: an open vic.
lation of the pledge made by Car.
rama before obtaining recogni.
ton from this government.
Is comment necessary?
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We call the attention Of our
readers to the pastoral letter pub:
lished elsewhere in this issue,
which Right Reverend Bishop
COrbctt of Crookston has written
to his people. We trust that
every reader will peruse and care
fully ponder over every para
graph of this magnificent exposi-
ton Of the dignified place which
the Catholic Church occupies in
the world today.
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There is a rumor recently that
has been given prominence by the
English press. 1t is to the effect
that the Vatican has been re-
quested by the British Govern
ment for an assurance that in the
future all Bishops and Arch
bishops to be appointed to Sees
within the British Empire must
be Britishers by birth. We
know not what truth there is in
the rumor, but it would seem OH
the face Of it preposterous if we
consider the vast number Of mis-
sionaries of other nationalities
who are doing heroic work in
many of the outlying portions of
the British Empire.
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INTENTION FOR MARCH.

As the general intention for the
month of March Pope Benedict
Nv has recommended soldiers to
the Apostleship of Prayer. The
appropriateness of this recon-
mendation cannot but impress
us with the necessity of carrying
out the precept, pray for one
another. Ii it2be true, as no one
doubts, that we ever live in tile
midst of death, it is frightfully,
horribly true that the men engag-
ed in the present European up.
heaval are continually in the pres.
ence of death.
The peculiar conditions of
modern warfare tend to submerge
the personality of the individual
soldier. The terrific engines OF
destruction are intended to wipe
out whole companies of men at
one sweep. Hence the individual
plays a most insignificant role;
and yet that individual possesses
"a soul for which Christ suffered
and died. Wherefore, although
war conditions submerge individ-
ual entity, Christianity still con
tinues to look upon a soul as the
most priceless of treasures.
. For this reason if we are. gener.
GUS or even lavish in affordine
material assistance to the sufferers
of Europe, let us enter into the
true spirit of Christianity and
pray particularly in the spirit OF
our Holy Father for the soldiers
beyond the seas.
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IMPORTANT!

A limited number of copies of the
entire set of 40 pictures have been
printed on GLAZED WHITE PAPER
for the use of those who have enrolled
in the contest, or who may enroll be-
fore the edition is exhausted. The
expense of these copies is such that
they cannot be distributed generally.
If you wish a copy be sure to send
in your enrolment NOW, If the
demand is greater than the supply,
you will have to depend on the regu-
lar edition OF the pictures even if
you ask for the special page. Be on
the safe side and enroll TO-DAY.
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While we cannot hope to
emulate the long rolls of destruc-
ton which practically every coun-
try of Europe can boast, we can
nevertheless, i'll a very modest
way, show some of the fruits of
peace. During the past year
there were sixty-nine lynchings
III the United States; of this num-
Der tifty-fve were negroes and
fourteen whites. Georgia, the
home of tomwatsonism, receives
first prize i'll this contest of cul-
ture. Georgia decorated her
landscape with the bodies of
eighteen unfortunates sent into
eternity via the Lynch route.
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Anent the various groups of
persons disgruntled with Amer
ica's part in the present world
cataclysm the Catholic Advocate
remarks; Zone good thing about
America is, that anyone who is
ashamed of this country or dis
gusted with American patriot
ism, can pick up and leave any
time. The door is always open. "
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A Swiss scholar has been show
ing with tables and diagrams the
increase i'll the natural deaths
that take place among the civil
population of warning nations.
During the Franco russian War,
he says, 41,O0O German soldiers
were killed or died of wounds,
while i'll Prussia 100000 persons
died from causes directly con
nected with the war. During the
same period the rate Of mortality
in France was even higher. If the
ratio be carried out i'll the present
war the population Of Europe as
whole will be tremendously di.
minished.
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We should have special care at all
times that We say nothing derogatory
to the reputation of another, unless IL
Is absolutely necessary. If we cannot
say something good, let up keep
silence.
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a @.' Het'egttir e..:s ;ss..saas;;;;n"
could scarcely devise more up
rOariOus comedy to evoke the ca
chinnati0ns of q medieval despot.
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SATURDAY, MARCH q, 1916.

This year Easter will fall on
April %. This is exceptionally
late, as the latest day ON which
Easter may fall is April %.
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The more noise you make about
doing good, the los5 real good you do,
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Rev. James NJ. Reardon, Editor.
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Attitude of Soldiers.

The activities of the priests is not
confined to their sacred duties. They
organize singsongs and carry pockets
crammed with cigarettes and choco-
lates, but curiously the soldiers them
selves seem to resent these secular
attentions.
A priest just back from the front
told The Sun correspondent; "the men
don't seem to care for priests tending
to their social wants. They say leave
that to others, nurses and the like.
They insist on the priestly character
being maintained. | can best express
It in the words I overheard q wounded
soldier speak to his comrade In the
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CABLE FROM PAGE

Washington, May 22.-Ambassador Page at London today cabled the state de- partment that he had been officially ad- vised by the British government that Jeremiah c. Lynch. the naturalized American citizen convicted of complicity in the Dublin rebellion, had originally been sentenced to death. but that the sentence had been commuted to 10 years Imprisonment.
 Confirna ton of the l0-year sentence given Lynch was also sent by American Consul Adams at Dublin.
 Amba ssador Page said he was off cially informed by the j6me office that the death sentence first been inn posed upon Lynch. <here is nothing in the message to ind >ate whether the rep resentaticns ordered by President Wilson in Lynch's behalf had resulted in the communication of sentence.
 Ambassador Page also reported that John J. Kilgallon of Long Island City, N. Y, whose father asked the state de- partment to intervene in his behalf, is in- termed in camp at Stafford, Eng. MT. Page said he hoped soon to secure Kill gallons release