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Show fATHOLIC OPINION. The Federation of Catholic Societies has nlreadv ."OO.HK) members, nlthougli it h;i.- been in existence only a few months, fnis means and shows business of the right kinrt. At its meeting last wek m C lum-hus lum-hus O the national executive committee decided on a per capita tax of cents on all members. This, while a trif.ing sum for each, will make a fund sutfic lei.t to enabl.. the excutive to undertake bijf work, and needles to say. there is work enough to be done. Freeman's Journal. There has ben much difficulty in persuading per-suading at least one of the box holders f the Metropolitan opera house. New York, to give up his box for one nirfhr for the accommodation of the brother or . the emperor of Germany on the occasion ! of his forthcoming visit. Would there be I such difficulty- if the visitor were tnc : brother or son of the kinir of England, j We hope that everywhere he goes i throughout the United States the German prince will get such an enthusiastic welcome wel-come as will be an eye-opener to the element ele-ment represented by the opera box holder referred to. Freeman's Journal. The Methodists are very much wrought up over the heretical utterances of Professor Pro-fessor Pearson. They contend, and very i trulv. that a belief in miracles is a postulate pos-tulate of Christian faith: but they arc more to blame for the prevailing unbelief unbe-lief than is Professor Pearson. Far more dangerous than the teacher who denies miracles is the preacher who defends them by spurious reasoning. The "attestation "at-testation of the nicer consciousness"' is no testimonv that any scientific mind can accept. The Baptist who was asked if he believed in the regenerating efficiency of baptism and who answered that he did not know, but that "it certainly had helped his rheumatism." had the same testimony for the second birth that those preacher's have for miracles. Miracles and prophecies must be proved scientifically. They are pysical demonstrations vouchsafed vouch-safed us as a groundwork of supernatural faith and they must be firm and unshakable unshak-able as the faith that is grounded on them. Western Watchman. The following "want" advertisement appears ap-pears in the current issue of Printers' Ink: "Cuts for anti-Catholic book, sensational. sensa-tional. Send proofs. 'A. P. II.,' care Printers' Ink." "A. P. II." looks like a misprint of "A. P. A." Be that as it may. some veracious historian seems to have "In brew" a brynd new. entirely original "penny dreadful" on the "Horrors of Rome," Illustrated Il-lustrated with pictures "taken on the spot." Catholic Citizen. The Catholics of France seem absolute- ! ly apathetic in face of the tremendous is- sues to be decided by the coming elec- I tions. The old Bourbon clergy are silent in the face of this momentous indiffer- ence. They and all others who sigh for the ancient regime will learn before long ..that thy were foolish in not following i the advice of Leo XIII and lo;-all:- ac-: ac-: eepting the republic. Thv persuaded I themselves and tried to persuade others i , that the people of France were st'.U j ! royalist at heart. The siren son;' hurt" them no more.' France will be Ci'.tolic and republican. Western Watchman. Protestant Episcopal Bishop Coleman of Delaware, recently asserted, in a public pub-lic address, that excessive drinking among women was on the increase in the United States. Asked for his authority- tor tne statement, tne Disnop repuea xoai ! it was founded on his own personal observation ob-servation and from credible testimony if I others. This opinion .for after all it Is I nothing more, does not correspond with that of some others who have given public pub-lic expression to views oh this subject resting on a similar foundation. We prefer pre-fer to believe, and certainly hope that Bishop Coleman is mistaken. Monitor. There is talk of selling the Philippines to Germany. It would be one way out o' rational dishonor, even though t would put the United States in the position posi-tion of the young woman who said, when she "experienced religion." "I felt that my jewelry was imperilling my salvation, salva-tion, so I gave It to my sister." Pilot. Whatever anybody may think of the rival claims of Schley and Sampson, everybody should be glad if it be true that Captain Clark of the Oregon is to be made a vice-admiral, the second highest rank in the service. No one denies that he and Admiral Cervera bore themselves them-selves right gallantly in the fight off Santiago harbor; but it is not for this country to honor Cervera save as it has already done, with the homage due to a noble adversary in misfortune. Pilot. |