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Show f .. f , I I ghurcb Universal ' A CHURCH CALENDAR. !. T. St. Mary Cloophas. 1,133 673 f'T perseverance. j 10. YV. St. MoelHildi-l.102,046 for I the young. 11. Th. St; I .co the Great. 1 034 SC4 1"!' first communions. ' 1 V ?fbas 21.609 for parents. .,. S., ijt.Jiermcnesild. 1.030,720 for ; families. ' 1 . ' 14. S. 2d after Easter. E. 1 Peter ii. ---: O . St. John x, 11-161,101,368 for reconciliations. THE GENER AlTlNTENTIO N. j Recommended . by His Holiness j C Pius X. j THE WORKING CLASSES. j i generally speaking the average .-.lliolie .working-man is not discontent-' I with his lot. He is ambitious to per- i torn. Ins work properly, to provide for Ins humble home, and to live in peace and friendship with his neighbors. He1 is not. as is sometimes supposed, en- I . mous of the luxuries of the rich, and! has no difficulty in perceiving manv ad- vantages, both for himself and family. I in a life of labor. Even those who are ! not Catholics are not naturally dis- j P"sed to rebellion and disorder. The i nisturhancos which occur anion- them I aie the result of seditious harangues I by professional agitators who foment discontent for personal or political purposes. pur-poses. They promise conditions which .ire never realized and plan methods ! betterment upon which no two apree. ' They aim at the destruction of all ex-istins ex-istins institutions, and trust to the future fu-ture to huild up others to take their places. They pretend to believe that in the new adjustment of society hard labor and lowly occupations will dis- iiiMci, ana tnat the natural benevolence benevo-lence of man will sec to it that an equal division and continual readjustment of wealth will take place. Religion is largely, if not altogether, eliminated in the ne wscheme for the reorganization iS "!" society. It should be our endeavor j show those who are swelling- the f ranks of the discontented that it is folly to leap into the dark; to imagine that : ,!"' cessation of hard and disagreeable '; work could ever be possible; to accept schemes which are only the outcome of J heated imaginations; which have no as- I surance of stability; which are multi- I plied indefinitely and often destructive of each other; which tear down what we have without giving us anything to I take its place, and. above all, which ignores ig-nores or attacks religion in this work of reconstruction. Whatever abuses there may be, they can be best correct- -d by those who are actuated by a genuine love of humanity; by those who believe in God and who know that Jesus Christ has made men his brothers urn! died for their salvation. The practice prac-tice of religion will enable men to realize real-ize this hope which is placed in them ;;nd which is for them a Special and glorious distinction. Admirable Missionaries. Missionaries of the Catholic Church are hld to admiration in a recent article by A. le Hoy in the new in- ci national review . Antnropos OI Austria. The writer contends that whih- the preaching of the gospel is the primary ujin of the missionary lathers, careful study of the language, customs .dispositions of savage races is mi indispensable requisite to their MKvess. and this has resulted in valuable val-uable contributions to the world's store of knowledge. "In the Country f the Rajas" is the title of o work just published in Paris, written by the Prefect Apostolic. P. Fortunat, who h;ts labored for the past twenty years in India. It is now admitted that the vain, self-destructive war of the Hot-t Hot-t "lit ot s against the German forcas in Southwest Afri'-a was brought to an nd through the efforts of Father Maliiio-vskl.-member of the Oblates of Si. FraHi -r-de Sales. For several w-eks he wandered, amid the greatest privations and dangers, through the wildenvss of the Kharees mountains i:i search .if lh two Hottentot cap-lains cap-lains whom he convinced of the use-j Icssnss of ihc war. and who finally! a.-c pte(i honorable termn of peace andj ti 'i "vited their arms in the room cf th.- g i fath'-r. I The Tragedy of a Soul. Mouldering away tm tin- wall of the t old monastery in Milan. Italy, hangs 1 the famous "Last Supper" of Leon- j a. do -Ji Yinei. Like every master piece, the painting required many. years of patient labor, and as a result! J f thit labor it is perfect in its nat-i m.ili'css of expression and sublime in j iis stoiy of love. In addition to these! qualities it has an incident in its his- Tory That contributes not a little toward niaking it the great teacher! ! that it is. ; Tt is said that Ihe artist, in painting th..: fates of his anostles. studied the 1 cuntena nces of good men whom he knew. Wh'Mi. however, he was ready to paint Cue fac" of Jesus in the pic-j ture he could find none that would; satisfy his conception: the lace lhat would serve as a model for the face of Christ must be dignified in its simplicity sim-plicity and lr.ajeiic ir its sweetness. ; After several years of careful neareh ! the painter happened to meet one . I'ietro Bandinelli. a choir boy of ex- quisite voice, belonging to the cathe dral P.cing struck by 1 be beautiful 'caruros and Tender jnanner thai he-1 spoke an angelic soul, ih-- artist in-j diieed the buy to be the study for the . .ainting of tilt- face of Jes:.i. j All was done most carcfu1;- and reverently, but the picture was as yet ' incomplete, for the face of Judas was i absent. Again the paint r. with the zeal of a true lover of his art. set, .bout in search of a countenance that o iuiu serve for the face of the traitor. Some years passed before r is search was rew arded and the picture finally j completed. As the artist was about ! 1o dismiss the miserable ami degraded! ur-tch who had been his awful choice, j ihe man looked up at him and said:) "You have nainted me before." Hor-i rin.-d and dumb with aniazemeiu, t ho j painter learned that the man was Pietro Randinelli. During thoe in-j f rvening years Pietro h.ad been at I Home siud'ving 'music, had met villi evil companions, ha.l given hims'-U up j 1o drinking ami gambling, had fr-llen ini.i shameful dissipation and crime. The face that lntw was the model fer ; llv face of Judas had one" boeii the model for the face of Christ. Here is the story of a smtnl lilt and nla- b"' "H0'1 nas 1"" 11 r,?" petted The soul that has 1 st by sin ' The innocence and heautv that God uives it hns in this story the reflection j;c owiV evlslenoo. -Eivrv soul that is wiihortl sin is Chr'stlike: but the .o;,l that4s disfigured with sm is as i.ideous as the r-oul of Juda ; w as. Tnt as the expression on a count c-rn.nc c-rn.nc often h-triys a hidden life of ) sinful indulgence, so the soul, always ,n the KJU -r Cod.. blackeneJ ana nidoou's:' but if free from Mil it -s de-pghtful de-pghtful an.l 1-ewai- h il.e one real cnemv in life .-in. that destroys soul and body.-Th-; Monitor. t : . . . I ; i ? ti ! A Southern Gentleman. At the dinner station where we stopped stop-ped one day on a certain Tennessee railroad, almost the first sight which greeted the eye of those who got off was a rough burial box on the platform, plat-form, and seated near it was an old black woman with a handkerchief to her eyes. When kindly asked the cause of her sorrow, she pointed to the box and replied: "De old man's in dar." "Your husband?" "Yes; died two days ago back yere in de kentry." "And what are you doing with the body here?" "1 wants to bury it up at Charles-town, Charles-town, but T hain't got money 'nuff to take it on de railroad." "What nonsense!" exclaimed a man, as he came forward. "What's the difference where a nigger is buried? They want her to bury it here, but she! won't. She's determined to take it to Charlestown." "For what reason?" asked the passenger pas-senger who had put all the previous questions. "Ease. sah. all de fo' chill'en is bur-ifd bur-ifd up dar, an' his mudder an' sister, an' de poo' ole man will be lonesome down yere." "What bosh"' growled the kicker. "Look here:" whispered the other, as he went over to him. "I'd rather be a nigger with her soul than to be a white man with yours. She's right. Let the family dead sleep together." He entered the express office, paid for the shipment of the body, bought the widow a ticket to Charlestown. and then dropped a ten-dollar gold piece in her hand and said: "Give him a decent funeral, mammy, and this will put up a headboard to mark the grave." "May de Lan d bless ou for '." Hut he hurriea in to snatch a. bite to eat. When he was gone I made inquiries inqui-ries as to his identity, and found a man who replied: "Why. that's Colonel of Ala bama. He owned over 300 slaves when the war broke out." Indiananolis Sunday Sun-day Sentinel. A Havana Holy Week. Down on he Plaza .an immense crowd was gathered. It was nearly dark, but in the clear twilight we could see, hung aloft, the absurd figure or effigy of Judas. There was no attempt to follow the costume of Iscariot's own time. His effigy was attired in a verv ragged postilion costume, with a pair of very long cavalry boots. A straw-hat straw-hat and gay necktie finished the attire. at-tire. Imagine one of the aspostles in cavalry boots and spurs, with a straw-hat! straw-hat! Slowly the uncouth figure was lifted to the top of the scaffold, while the crowd jeered and cursed the traitor. "Burn him! Fire him." shouted the crowd. Torches were brought out, but none of them could reach the figure. At last a soldier on horseback rode under the scaffold. He carried a long pole with a lighted candle at the end. "Bravo! Bravo, caballcro!" sang out the excited rmti H Th c die touched poor Judas, and then such an explosion! The whole effigy was a mass of flames. The gunpowder and the firecrackers were exploding in all directions. Pieces of burning cotton fell over the crowd who yelled, cheered and sang until the effigv burned out. The next morning:. Holy? Thursday, we were out early to see the grand procession pro-cession of the Blessed Sacrament, as it wound its way around the city. Those who have only seen this solemn service serv-ice in non-Catholic countries can form no real idea of its grandeur in a Catholic Cath-olic city. Every official, every religious and social organization, joined in the ranks of devout followers of the hidden God. The streets were thronged. Windows and galleries, and the flat roofs of the houses, which are promenade gardens in Havana, were filled. Children gayly dressed, ladies with their graceful black mantillas over their heads, looked from the verandas down into the crowded streets. We caught the r.oft strains of the military mil-itary band, subdued to solemn music. Gleaming tapers sprang up. Every man and boy lifted his hat and sank upon one knee. The ladies drew their veils closer and devoutly knelt. I was awed by the solemn silence, the great hush broken only by the beautiful notes of the band. How I wish I could bring to your mini the beauty of that pageant as it glows in my memory today, to-day, the vision that delighted my childish eyes and heart! Soldiers, civilians, religious orders, all in handsome regalia, marched past in rank upon rank. Near the venerable archbishop, who carried the Blessed Sacrament, were hundreds of white-clad white-clad children strewing flowers of great beauty and frgrance. . We knelt until the procession passed far out of sight. I The scent of tropical flowers, the spice I of incense, the echo of exquisite music, the vision of worshipping faces, lingered lin-gered far after, even as, in my mind, I that Holy Week in Havana lingers, sweet, solemn, bright and fragrant. Catholic "World. j Man of Evil Omen. It is not generally known, or perhaps ) it is conveniently forgotten, for it is often as useful to forget as to remember, remem-ber, that M. Clemenceau. the present president of the council, was implicated in some of the worst scenes of the Commune. In making his protest in the chapel of the Grand Seminalre at the recent expulsion of the students. Mgr. Dela-maire Dela-maire said: "M. le sous Prefet. this is ' the second time in my life as priest and French citizen that I have seen a sim-I sim-I ilar and lamentable spectacle present-i present-i ed before my eyes. The first time was in Paris, thirty-five years ago. when your chief. M. Clenienceau. then mayor of Mommaire. stood by with gaiety of heart while the mob assassinated two French generals within a few steps of him. and neither raised his voice nor a finger to assist the victims. Today this man of evil omen no longer permits our ! soldiers to have their throats cut be-; be-; neath his eyes, but he does worse he gives our unfortunate officers commands com-mands which dishonor them." After the Commune, when order was restored, M. Clemenceau was present at one of the trials to give evidence. On that occasion the presiding judge said to him significantly: "M. Clemenceau, Clemen-ceau, your place by right should not be in the witness box." It is this "man of evil omen" who now holds the reins of power in France and who declares That the Basilica of Montmatro, the church of the national vow. built to expiate the crimes committed com-mitted during the Commune, at which he assisted, shall be the first church closed under the new regime. |