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Show CATHOLIC OPINION. Last Thursday was another great day for Ireland particularly John when "the consecrated Blizzard of the Northwest" was enshrined amid unparalleled un-paralleled enthusiasm among the Immortals Im-mortals of Yale. Who'd athought, 200 years ago, that an Archbishop of the Catholic church would ever be adopted by the sons of Ell? Verily, the scales of prejudice are falling from the: vision of thoughtful minds, even as they fell from the eyes of the vengeance-breathing Saul. Union and Times. . '"': ' lc IF-Sr-' Apprehension rs felt by American officials of-ficials in. the Philippines, it is alleged, owing to the rapid spread of secret societies among the natives. The societies so-cieties are now known to be centers of revolutionary propagandism. It will be remembered that the components of these dangerous organizations -were formerly hailed as the real friends o. the new regime in the islands. The leaders of these secret confraternitie: are the same fellows whose calumnies against the church and priesthood wer so eagerly swallowed by the hostile pulpit and press, and disseminated o this. side of the Pacific as gospel truth. Time exposes all frauds, some more speedily than others. Monitor. We offer as a suggestion to the next session of Congress that the military and naval academies be abolished an that the ,cadets be transferred to the law schools. Officers of both section; of our fighting equipment must win their victories in court, surrounded or represented by lawyers,-and it would be time and money saved to give our heroes a better' chance to catch ur with fame, and not have all the honors go to legal advisers. Universe. ' . Noting an appeal to Americans frorr the English colonel in charge, for food clothing and money for the Boer soldiers sol-diers confined in the prison pens o rheurmMa,.OUr esteemeJ contemporary, the Pilot, riEhtlv rema. .7-1' rnftei1 ,f We"y,er Provoked the Her of fhtate8,to fmke ar for the relief re-lief of the unfortunate Cubans at our nnr'L aJloih'?r despotism brings BioS. herf8et of victims almost within Mght of our shores and impudently bids us look on with indifference or relieve re-lieve the sufferings at our own expense." ex-pense." It Is the first time in history continues the Pilot, that a tyrant ha-gone ha-gone so far out of his way "to flaunt the sufferings of his victims in ?he 5arV!n,n People." Thus ever ust. b ,nkly admitted, how-eer how-eer the indignant free people" in question have exercised masterly self-control self-control in stifling the voice of their outraged feelings.-Monitor. The governmentshould either stOD coddling the southern negro or co,? nize them in the north. For a quarter of a century it has been treating th southern blacks as if they werf the of Uncle lect!r- th Benjamins Yf t w m 8 family: and the w"'ter as If they were step-children. This has begotten intense facial hostility! and the poor negroes are eventuallj the sufferers, it was all right fo, Slde Roosevelt to entertain a ?va. J 6Sro' Washington; but it ronr. JJ1" if by doin s he en-fnUc en-fnUc & d the 80Uthcrn blacks Insolence |