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Show Rehearsals for the St. Patrick's Dny j concert will be on Saturday afternoon j at o'clock sharp for the little ones. i j ;it 4 o'c lock for tic5 votinc girls, and :ir j .". FOR THE ROYS. The St. Cecelia Chorus will practice em Sunday morn- i ing at 9:30 o'clock. j It really beeins to look a:i if the Irish home rulers misht have a fine ally in the London Tablet. Iu its Issue just 1 before us, the famous Dr. Johnson i 5 set forth as a lover of the Irish. Dr. j Johnson said, among other utterances j on Irish affairs: "What. sir. would you j ! prevent any people from freeing them- j selves if by any honest means they can j do it?" Adds the Tablet: "It is by such sentiments as these that Dr. Johnson keeps his p'aee abreast shall it stilt he said at times In advance? of the men and women of today." There is a. singular resemblance between Dr. Johnson's John-son's just quoted expression and that of Pope Leo XIII on Irish home rule: "They surely have a right to c laim th" lawful redress of their wronjrs. For no one can maintain rhat Irishmen cannot do what it is lawful for all other peo- . j pie t' do." If the London Tablet should I I come out vigorously for home rule ir j would be only reverting to the broad policy of its great founder. Frederic i Lucas, the friend of Daniel O'Connell. Catholic. Journal. It is never best lo travel in a rut. It I is wearisome; it is nerve destroying. II 1 Wise neonle chooser the smoother road. or if that read must be traveled thvy f J try to fill up the ruts with stones and gravel. There is such a tiling as get- ting out of the rut: and tho world would be better and happier if more of U'liJit- il There in as much difference he-twem t I 1 genuine patience, aud sullen enduranc; f f j as betsveen the smi'e of love and tl:- m j malicious smashing of the teeth. -vr -,. Many a man's success leaves a bitter 1 I h-fto in his mouth. 3 |