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Show CATHOLIC OPINION Dr. Joseph Parker, for the past thirty-three thirty-three years pastor of the City Temple, London, passed away in the "beginning of the week. He was a Congregational-ist Congregational-ist in creed and an orator of great power. pow-er. "He had a good word for Catholics, and objected to the king's swearing them , put idolaters on his accession. He liked-Edward liked-Edward VII, too, but not his faults. When his majesty was in embryo the stern preacher rebuked him for spending too much time and money in games of chance. But the future king forgave him all and doubtless admired the sturdy ecclesiastic ec-clesiastic for his -uncompromising outspokenness. out-spokenness. Catholic Transcript. Here is how Mark Twain alluded to a boyhood contemporary at the dinner given giv-en to him in New York last week: "When I was living in that village of Hannibal. Mo.,' on "the Mississippi, and Hay up in the town of Warsaw, also on the banks of the Mississippi river, it was a 'simple, simple life, cheap but comfortable, and we were good boys, and we did not break, the Sabbath often not more than once a week. So we grew, John Hay and I, and now John Hay is secretary of state and I am a gentleman." There's many a true word spoken in jest and Mark Twain often speaks it. Eoston Pilot. -$ The British house of commons has passed the education bill. The measure was adopted by a vote of 236 to 132 rather a startling majority in view of all the abuse that has been poured out against itj passage. By Jts adoption the Catholic and Anglican schools in Eng- : land receive entire, support from the state. Since many of our lawmakers persist per-sist in copying thing3 English, perhaps I they may soon accord some justice to the 1 struggling church schools in this coun- j try. New World. - " "We hold the country, but not a man in it," say British officers in the Transvaal. Trans-vaal. If American officers in the Philippics Phil-ippics don't say the same they probably do a power of thinking in that direction. Freeman's Journal.' . $ Secretary Root, in his report, strongly recommends the restoration of the army canteen. On moral grounds, this estab-liiment, estab-liiment, he eays substantially, is indispensable indis-pensable to good conduct and effective discipline among the soldiers. Another shriek may be expected from the preachers, preach-ers, reinforced by that ot the dive keen-ers keen-ers who profit by the traffic which the abolishment of the canteen sent to the outer fringe of army reservations. Monitor, Mon-itor, j.-.. ..... j Admirers of Senator Vest and thev ; are legion will be grieved to learn that that liberal-minded statesman is threatened threat-ened with loss of sight. Catholics remember re-member with gratitude his valiant defense de-fense of our Indian schools. Catholic Tribune. In a lecture recently given In Chicago, a '-ell known Jer.uit. Father O Brien Par-dow, Par-dow, declared, that the Catholics of America Amer-ica are paying Into our state treasuries $25,000,000 as school taxes, for which they receive no return, and are educating 1.-OQO.tPO 1.-OQO.tPO children without any expense to the nation. Yet we never get a word of praise for . this noble and generous Work. Instead of gratitudo, we get censure cen-sure and slanderous blame. Why, then, is Archbishop Ireland, who Invented the Faribault plan, going to annex Canada? These Catholics get their share of the school funds and are spared the humiliations humili-ations and accusations which we ar compelled to endure for educating our children in religious schools according to the dictates of our. conscience. The Leader. " |