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Show : t T gatbolic Opinion -. V France is 'fast drawing down- on herself the penalty of infidelity. Revolution is Hot far.; removed. re-moved. What changes it will bring no one is now able to predict, but if is safe to say that the Combes, regime will remain only as the hideous cause cf the disaster. Church Progress, St: Louis. ' . We congratulate the C. M. B. A. in securing the consent of the Right Rev. 'Bishop Colton ,'o ae.c as chief spiritual adviser to their widespread association. asso-ciation. It is singularly appropriate that Buffalo's prelate should have this spiritual supervision, for the association was born and baptised near Buffalo, confirmed in Buffalo, and has always regarded .Buf-; falo as its Tower of David. rUuiou and 'limes, Buffalo. A. .Brooklyn-divine announces fhaf did Rockefeller Rocke-feller offer liim any money for ehar.it nbh purposes he would take it and tell Mr. Rockefeller what he thought of his business methods at the same time. Perhaps so. But it is doubtful if he will ver have the opportunity to carry out his programme. Mr. Rockefeller is not donating has housands . 'o secure se-cure opinions of his' business methods. True Yoiee, Omaha. . - Tardy vindication comes to the memory of that Spanish cardinal whoso last will and tesviimen-r, was so distorted , by the infidel press some mouths ago. The 50,000 pesetas which, as was alleged, had been offered to the first Spanish general invading Cuban and other American ports dwindled down - to the vanishing poir.r in the light of "authentic? information informa-tion given out by the secretary of the late cardinal archbishop of .Valencia.' Of course, the secular dailies that gave publicity to the first dispatches have not heard how nicely the canard has bee in exploded. ex-ploded. Facts are said to travel with lead in jheir heels. Fiction comes by wireless when it doesn't get in by grapevine telegraph. Transcript, Hartford, Hart-ford, Conn. ' The suggestion is made by a wann supporter of the Catholic Federation that this body dissolve :nto its local elements and become as many centers of the Xatioual Catholic Truth society. The latter organization has already accomplished much, good, and promises to be a powerful factor in tin; diffusion diffu-sion of Catholic knowledge Western Watchman, St.-Louis. ' " ' - . A chair of morals and manners appears to be among the crying needs of our .(California) state university.. Last. week Professor Moses felt constrained con-strained to lecture his "young lady" students ; on the vice of '"swiping" things, .especially fruit ' los-soms, los-soms, be-longiug . to other people. This week Pro-fessor Pro-fessor Soule was provoked into saying harsh, things -about-the rowdyism of the ymining push,'' composed com-posed of upper, classmen whoso. "education" is supposed sup-posed to i be nearing. completion. ' Professor Soulo is quoted iu this wise; "The mining push is not. 'running- the university, and the sooner they realise it the better. ..All through the .terra they have made disturbances in 'the' laboratories and have iurer-fered iurer-fered witli the recitations. It is a owdy spirit, un- j becoming upper classmen, aiid , it has jot to be stopped." It ought to be stopped certainly, but who, is going to . stop 'it ( The, youn;r gentlemen . themselves, do not evince, flic slightest : - inclination to surrender the' privilege of "runninsr the university.",:. univer-sity.",:. In t he .absence of q chair oi-morals ami manners it might -not be a -bad idea to el ibe the professors at Berkeley with police functions for ;jie protection of property ami the preservation of lav and order among the beneficiaries of -,1:,: state's bounty in that nursery of culture. Monitor, Saif Francisco. 1 i ' . |