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R?ipTros ii0-" i54 THE INDIAN ADVOCATE It is wonderful how little it takes to satiate the selfjrespect of some people. He whose backbone is made of butter always thinks he was born to brace up the world. People who endeavor to attract that attention by dress which they cannot obtain by their intrinsic worth, resemble the soap balloons blown by children: the thinnest bubles are invested with the brightest colors. Switzerland, by the largest poll ever recorded on an ap peal to the country, has rejected by an immense majority a proposed system of undenominational teaching in its schools. This means no godles schools for that country. Time will verify the wisdom of its action in this connection. Pastor Wagner, an Alsatian Protestant minister, has writ ten about the Church and State in France. 'Tis queer all that these non-Catholic clergymen seem to know about the Church. Pastor Wagner is the author of the "Simple Life."' Reading his article on the Church we are inclined to think that he is also the Author of the"Simple Lie." Sacred Heart Review. The Franciscan Fathers of the Province of Cincinnati have charge of the Indian Missions, Arizona. They have juris diction over a territory of 300 by 150 miles, and occupied by 20,000 heathen Navajos, 2,000 heathen Moquis, 1,600 Zunis, 2,000 Gueres Indians and 500 Jamez Indians, who, though Catholics, need much attention in teaching, educating their children, and extricating the older ones from their supersti tious practices. Twelve Fathers are in charge of this large territory and these many thousand souls. They have begun to build schools Chureh Progress. In order to command the respect of others it is necessary firs to be self-respecting. The moral is as deep as the pre- f . ?f .. j rM 4 -1 l-.o. tf ,i jii . ' M4 8Ei A r 43