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VOLUME VI. NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1873. NUMBER 39.
Merning Star and Catholic Messenger.
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" We walk, as it were, in the crypts of life:
at times, from the great Cathedral above us,
we can hear the organ and the chanting of the
choir; and when some friend goes up before
us, we see the light stream through the open
door."
Aye, in a twilight dim we seem to bide,
In this sojourn of earth, so sad and brief ;
By shadowy fancies oftimes terrified.
Or knowledge warped with pride and unbelief.
Yet sometimes, through this twilight's murky veil
There comes a ray as if a meteor shone,
And then the dazzled soul heeds not the wall
Of mortals sorrowing for a good man gone.
From Faith's glad eyes the tears are wiped away,
Bat joy remains with its triumphant thrill,
And in exultant tones we proudly say
To heedless unbelief, " List, and be still I
"LVst to the voice from Heaven, though fainter now
SIts accents fall upon the attentive ear,
Than when, amidst the Egean's surging flow,
'Twas heard in Patmos by the lonely seer."
E'en so the Spirit saith: "the dead are blest,
Thrice blest, who die in Mary's Blessed Son ;
For from their earthly labors do they rest,
Andlo, their works do follow where they're gone."
The weary march is o'er, the conflict done;
Upon his arms the warrior resteth now:
The lifelong battle has been fought and won,
And victory's crown doth gleam upon his brow.
Who 'neath kinge' banners gooth forth to war,
Tho' armed with power and might, is oft undone;
But he is ever more than conqueror
Who flghteat 'neath the Church's Gonfalon.
CL.AA IAESHALL.
Shreveport, October, 1673.
[From the Catholic Offering. by Bishop Walsh.]
ALL 80ULS.
COMMEMORATION OF ALL TIIE FAITHFUL
DEPARTED.
The Church of Christ perpetuially com
bats on earth-continually suffers in pur
gatory-eternally triumphs in heaven. The
three portions of this glorious edifice,
though dissimilar in their present condition,
are knit together in the bonds of holy love,
and united in the communion of saints.
Having solemnized on yesterday with ex
traordinary pomp and unbounded joy the
glories and triumphs of those who have
been rescued from the power of darkness,
and translated unto the light and kingdom
of God, the spouse of Christ on this day
feels her maternal heart throb with anxiety
for those " who have gone before us with
the sign of faith, and who sleep in the
sleep of peace." Hence the members of
the Church militant are called to assist
those of the Church suffering, in order that
by their snffrages and prayers the latter
may ascend to the Church triumphant,
where in the new Jerusalem they will not
fail to remember those on earth by whose
charity they have been relieved.
The suffering souls for whom the Church
exhorts us to pray, are those who have
lived in the world like ourselves, who have
struggled with the devil, the world, and the
flesh; who have " fought the good fight.
finished their course, preserved the faith,"
and died in the grace and love of God. But
they have not entirely satisfied the divine
justie for their sins, or they are stained
with lesser faults which, although they do
not merit everlasting punishment, still ren
der them unworthy of that glorious king
dom into which " nothing defiled can ever
enter." Whilst the time of this purgation
lasts, they are separated " from the God of
their heart," after whom they continually
sigh. God loves them and they love Him
in return. But His Justice must be satis
fled, and their souls entirely cleansed from
sin and all its consequences. " The night
in which no man can work," has come.
apon them. They can no longer merit,
but suffer; and they suffer with patience
and hope.
We can assist those who are unable to
help themselves. Charity towards tle
souls in purgatory contributes greatly to
the glory of God. He will listen with de
light to the supplieations that are offered
Him for their eternal rest, and appeased by
their sffrage will translate them into the
m of Abraham. " Thus saith the Lord t
an aooeptable time I have heard thee,
d I have preserved thee, that thou might
say to them that are bound: Come forth;
d to them that are in darkness : Be en
m: to
the aseesitance of his prayers may be every
day necessary t What Christian heart can
resist the piteous appeal that continually
ascends from that dreary "prison from
which no one is released until he has paid
it may be one day his own lot to endure
that terrible purgation of which the Apoe
tle speaks: "The fire shall try every
man's work, of what sort it is. If any
man's work barn, he shall suffer loss; but
he himself shall be saved, yet so as by
fire." Shall Christians neglect that sacred
duty of praying for the dead, which was
always observed by the Jews of old, and
which is faithfully practiced by their de
scendants to the present day 1 "The most
valiant Judas Machabeus, making a gath
ering, sent twelve thousand drachms of
silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be off
ered for the sins of the dead, thinking well
and religiously concerning the resurrection.
It is therefore a holy and wholesome
thought to pray for the dead, that they
may be loosed from their sins."
DEATH OF PIOUS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
"O Deatb, tby judgmcnt is god."'
Ecleeiasticw, xi. 3.
It is the pions costum of the Church,
consecrated by the practice of ages, to
make solemn annual and other commem
orations, for the relief of her children de'
parted in Christ, and it is ode which must
be peculiarly endearing to every religious
and affectionate heart. When the objects
of our love and friendship are outside the
reach of worldly ministration or comfort, we
can, with the eye of faith, pursue them be
yond the grave, afford them extraordinary
relief by our sacrifices and prayers, and in
some measure preserve our connection
unbroken in the spiritual bond of the
Communion of Saints, until that happy
day when we expect to be perfectly reuni
ted with them in glory ! Thus it is, that
in the Catholic Church, according to .the
advice of the Apostle, we do not become
"like the rest who have no hope ;" it is
thus we "console each other in these
words" of faith and comfort. Let others,
then, strew the ashes of their dead with
flowers-let them embalm them in per
fume, raise empty monuments of marble,
and record their virtues in characters of
flattering panegyric-we shall manifest
our love for those who have gone before
us, in a far different, and much more ef
fectual manner. We will water their
graves with those pious tears of compunc
tion which we pour forth for their relief.
We will perfume and hallow their sacred
ashes by our fervent supplications. We
will incense their honored remains in our
holy sacrifices. We will testify our grati
tude and respect for their love and bright
example, by an implicit submission to the
adorable decrees of Heaven. We will
embalm their memories in our hearts, and
the bloom of their virtues shall live greet,
in our recollections.
i-
HERR GERLACH ON PIUS IX.-In a speech
delivered in the German Parliament by
Herr Garlach, President of the Court of
Appeals, he said, speaking of our Holy
Father, Pius IX :
Let us consider the present Pope and the
Emperors in their respective powers. On
the one side, we see Prussia victorious,
and the German Empire, into which these
laws (those against the Church,) have put
confusion; we see in Prussia both the
Catholic and Evangelical Churches reduced
to a state of slavery, and on the other side,
ecclesiastical liberty reigning in the re
masling States of Germany.
Gentlemen, you have already taken into
consideration the disorders that will spring
from the conditionof affairs. Prussia
with all her millions, and the aid and
friendship of two Emperors, one of whom
is a Catholic, is in open opposition to Pins
IX. If you wish to form an idea of the
Pope's weakness, look at me: I am an old
man, and Pinus IX. is three years older
than I am. Once upon a time Plus gave
himself over to the Liberals, who soon
drove him from Rome, and turned the
Holy City, to use the Pope's own words,
"into a den of beasts." He has now been
officially despoiled of his temporal power ;
he has neither army nor money, and he
lives upon alms.
Well, for all this, the old man reigns
over 200,000,000 of men, and has a greater
pwr than any of his predecessors ever
posessed. The unity which is shown by
the Catholic Chureh Is wonderful, and he
finds obedience, even in this Empire, from
thousands and hundred of thousands from
Mets to the frontiers of Reasai, and from
lake Cekstme" tto shores 6f the Bsa
t. I the smldla of his sy, Plus eon
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TNLlZBRAPHIC SUmKARY.
FOREIGN.
ROME.-It is generally asserted and believed
that the Pope has written a second letter to the
Emgeror of-Germany-concernin-gthe persecu
tion of the church in that Empire. Baron
Penedo, charged with the settlement of the
complications existing between Church and
State in Brazil, arrived on the 24th, and at
once repaired to the Vatican. The law reor
ganizing the army has been promulgated. On
a peace footing it is to nnmbert114,100 men.
IRELAND.-Preparations are being made for
a grand demonstration in Dublin on the 23rd
of November, in favor of amnesty for the Fe
nian prisoners. Immense excursion parties
from varioas sections of Ireland, and even from
the United States, are expected. It is believed
there will be fully a million people in the
city. The music will be furnished by five
hundred bands.
FBANCE.-Paris, Oct. 30.-The Count de
Ckambord has written a letter to M. de Ches
nelong, one of the delegations from the Right,
which recently waited on him. The Count
says misapprehensions have arisen tending to
obscure the policy which is as clear as day. He
owes the whole truth to the country. The
claims yesterday foreshadow what would be
expected to-morrow. He cannot inaugurate a
strong reign by an act of weakness. He ener
getically refuses to relinquish the white flag.
He indignantly repels insinuations that he
mistrusts the valor of the soldiers; on the con
trary, he seeks to confide to them all he holds
dear. He ignores none of the country's glory,
and continues: " We have a great work to ac
complish, which I am ready to undertake any
moment. This is why I wish to remain entirely
as I am. Were I enfeebled to-day I would be
powerless to-morrow. The issue at stake is
the reconstruction of society and the energetic
endurance of law, order and prosperity. Es.
pecially should we not fear to employ force in
the service of order and justice. Conditions
and guarantees are- spoken of. Were any re
quired by the Count of Paris who came to me
spontaneously at the dictates of patriotism i I
preserved in tact our traditions and liberties
and have the right to reckon on equal confl
dence." The letter concludes as follows: "My
personality is nothing-principle is every
thing. France will see an end to her troubles
when she understands this. I am the neces
sary pilot, alone capable of guiding her into
port, because I have the mission of authority.
Frauce cannot perish, because Christ still
loves her." At a meeting of the Royalists this
letter was read by the express command of the
Count. The telegraphic reports represent all
to have agreed that the letter was fatal to the
hopes of a monarchical restoration. A meeting
of the Deputies of the Left Centre was held
this evening. A resolution was adopted de
claring that the time had arrived for giving
up the provisional state and organizing a con
servative republic.
GERMANY.-Bismarck has resumed the Pres
idency of the Prussian Ministry. The restora
tion carries with it the effective control of the
whole Cabinet. In the preliminary elections
for the Landtag the Progressionists have been
successful in Berlin. The Liberals have car
ried Magdeburg, Wiesbaden, Konigsburg,
Erfurt,,Cassel, Kiel, Elberfieldt and Steteo, by
decisive majorities; they also achieved partial
successes in Cologne and Folds. The Clericals
have carried Munster. Posen elects 142 Germans
and 50 Poles.
SPAn..-Nothing of importance has trans
pired during the week, excepting the revolterof
the men on two of the lusurgents' iron-clads,
which was suppresed by the shooting of several
of the ringleaders. Not a s)llable from the
Carliats.
AslA.-Advices from all parts of Bengal,
India, show a failing of the crops and that
famine is inevitable. A dispatch from Central
Asia brings intelligence of frightful scenes in
Khiva upon the evacuation of the capital,
Khante, by the Russian troops under General
Kanuman. The Youmels revolted and plone
dered the town, after which they destroyed it.
In addition to these excesses, the Usfeck
slaughtered 1600 persons who had been con
sidered emancipated from slavery. The Khan
sent to General Kaufman for assistance to en
able him to restore order, but it is not known
what answer was made to the application.
CNITED STATES.
THE PANIC AND rrs Esnrcts.-Slowly but
surely the financial panic is subsiding and
busine-s is resuming its wonted movement.
The effects of the crisis, however, will long be
felt by the laboring classes especially in the
manufacturing districts where .thousands of
men have been thrown out of employment.
Large numbers of people are already seeking
charity in Brooklyn and in Connecticut 20,000
employees are idle. A letter from Caboes, N.
Y., says that thousands of factory hands will
be driven to the verge of starvation. The sus
pension on the 29th alnt., of the Spragues', im
mense manufacturers in Rhode Island, has
had a very bad effect in financial circles. They
are perfectly solvent, however, their assets
amountlng to $14,000,000 against only $7,000,
000 liabilities.
TaAL or 8Torxe.-The third trial of Stokes
for the killing of Fisk, has resulted in a ver
dict of manslaughter in the third degree, the
penalty of whloh is four years imprisonment
at hard labor. Jdge Davis said: "In render
ian thisL vrdlct, okees, the Jasry have a
hassed and more thaw ehaste ad all
em. X0 r- thisMath Sala
trifling as compared with the great crime you
have committed." Stokes wasaurrounded and
embraced by many of his relatives and friends
and hurried to the Toombs. The press
throughout the country are highly indignant
at the verdict.
YELLOW FavEn.-The heavy frosts last
week have dispelled all apprehensions con
cerning the further spread of fever and the
physicians at Memphis, Shreveport, Marshall,
and other points at which it was epidemic
have issued letters to absentees advising them
that it is perfectly safe to return home.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Robert Sexbury, aged 110, died at Water
town, N. Y., on the 25th. He was a hunter in
Northern New York. At the age of eighty he
lost a leg. Several of Sexbury's children, be
tween eighty and ninety years of age, were at
his funeral.
A Washington special says: " Attorney
General Williams recived a letter from Mont
gomery, Ala. saying, ' that in consequence of
the heavy rains and the destruction of the cot
ton crops by the army worm, great destitution
exists in-several counties, especially in Sumter
and Marengo. In some places there is actual
starvation, and unless help is rendered during
the winter months many persons must perish
for want of food.'"
Secretary Richardson says if the forthcoming
debt statement does not show over $5,000,00o
increase he will not be disappointed.
The New York city authorities have appro
priated $50,000 for the Memphis sufferers.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Cali
fornia and Texas Railroad Construction Com
pany, presided over by Col. Tom Scott, at
Philadelphia on the 29th nit., have adopted
unanimously a resolution providing for the
sale of the company's bonds, first mortgage,
etc., to the company's own shareholders, at low
rates, to secure 'he proper completion of the
Texas and Pasiflo Road.
Theodore Tilton has been expelled from Ply
mouth Church for refusing to testify in the
Beecher scandal case.
A Mysterious Work of Art.
There is now exhibiting in Paris one of the
most startling works of genias and art that we
have ever witnessed. It is a diorama of the
siege of Paris, and all Paris is running wild to
view it. There issome species of optical illu
sion in connection with it that no one seems
able to understand. Although apainting, itso
closely resembles nature that, on suddenly
entering the hall, the spectator is bewildered,
and invariably complains of dizziness as his
eye scans the intervening scenes and the dis
tant horizon presented to view. Of course, as
we could not understand, we cannot describe,
and we scarcely expect the reader to believe
that it was diffloult to realize that we were
not really standing on a lofty eminence be
tween the lines of the contending armies, and
viewing the progress of the siege. The build
ing in which the diorama is exhibited iscircn
lar, and about three hnudred feet in diameter,
with a glass dome. On entering It the visitor
passes along a rather ldark passage to what
seems the Centre of the building, and then
proceeds up a circular series of stone steps,
about forty in number, and finds herself on a
ciicular platform on the top of a veritable hill
of earth; strewn with cannon ball and shell, the
object of the artist being to place him in the
Fort of Issy, surrounded on every side by the
incidents of the siege, with the city of Paris
and its monuments, doumes and steeples in the
distance. IBy close examination it could be
discovered that the nearer earthworks of the
picture, atind even some of the cannon, for a dis
tance of fifty or sixty feet from the platform,
is veritable earth, and undoubted cannon and
real willow gabions and sand bags, but the
exact spot where the substantials ended, and
the canvass begun was not so easily detected.
The reader must take our word for it that, as
we stood on the platform, representing an ele
vated position in one of the bastions of Fort
lesy, it appeared to the mortal vision of all of
us just as if we were there in reality in the
midst of the siege. We would scarcely believe
we were inside of a building, as nature was so
closely imitated that it seemed as if the vision
embraced every tree and hillock up to Fort
ress Moot Valerian, eight or ten miles distant.
The horizon was perfect all around the circle,
and there was nothing visible to indicate that
we were not out in the open air, except circu
lar canvass, suspended as if from the clouds,
high up over our heads, and nothing visible
anywheres to indicate that we were in reality
inside of a building viewing a painting.
The whole seems to be a piece of legerdemain
in art that has never been attempted before.
When we came out of the building we invol
untarily turned around and measured its size
with our eyes, in a vain attempt to unravel its
mystery.
A LiasLtos EPITAP.--The London Guardiea
states that an extraordinary case is coming be
fore the Wells Consistory Court. The notice
has already been drawn by one of the proctors
of Wells. Proceedings have been taken against
a widow by her brother-in-law for the follow
ing epitaph, just ereeted at Dulverton, over
her late husband:
Sm bailcr
OUR IIsH LbRT.I R.
DUsLn, October 16, 1873.
Editor Morning Star:
A very fall meeting of the Irish Catholic
Bishops has been held this week in this city.
Twenty-four of their lordships were in attend
ance. Their deliberations extended overTues
day and Wednesday. It is generally under
stood that it was business connected with
Maynooth College which ohiely brought then,
together. The fact that the President and
Burser of Maynooth were in attendance gives
an air of probability to this rumor. I have
reason to know that they also discussed the
general question of University education and
the state and prospects of the Catholic univer
sity, and that they had before them a proposi
tion not to look any longer for an endowment
for that Institution but for a charter simply.
I cannot say what decision on the matter the
Bishops have come to, but no doubt we shall
all soon know. But there is more to tell. I
have been informed that although the question
of Home Rule was not formerlybrought before
them at their meetings, they still discussed it
informally and that the result Is that about
twenty of their lordships will pronounce in
favor of the Irish national demand at an early
date. All the Southern Bishops but two-one
of whom is, of course, Dr. Moriarty, of K erry
will so pronounce in a body; nearly all the
Linster Bishops will do likewise; and the
Northern Bishops, who are Home Rulers, will
do so individually. If this happens, Catholic
reland may be certainly said to be in arms for
the recovery of -the national rights of the
country.
On yesterday an importad Home Rule meet
ing was held in Roseommon. It was chiefly for
the purpose of hearing the views of the two
county members-The O'Conos Don and the
Hon. bharles French-on the great question of
the day. The latter gentleman who was
elected only a few weeks sines, and spoke so
equivooally in his first address to the ilectors
and on that account has since been p~ ounced
a mere Whig by certain anti-Home Rule or
gans, quite frankly and plainly declared his
adherence to the Home Rule, said he had
signed the national requisition, would attend
the national conference, and would abide by
whatever decisions that body would come to.
Nothing could be more satisfactory. The
speech of The O'Cooor Don was quite the re
verse. This gentleman has sat for thirteen
years for Roscommon, and has been a very
good member. Like his younger brother who
tits for Sligo county, he is a good Catholic and
bas steadily voted for all good measures, and
has nearly always voted against bad ones.
But he has also been more or less a party man
-has stuck pretty closely by the side ot Glad
stone; and this fact inspired some persons
with a suspicion that when he would come to
speak on Home Rule he would attempt toldally
with the question, or to attack the national
movement covertly. He has done this very
hing. He professed himself an advocate of
Ireland's right to self-governuoent; but he
uontended the Federal plan would not work,
without suggesting any other plan as his own;
e " had no faith in Parliamentary action" or
in Parliamentary faction" as a means for ob
_alaing Home Rule-that is, he, for one, would
not follow the policy of obstructing legislation
in the English Parliament until Home Rule be
obtained, which is the policy now generally
acknowledged to be the only useful one; and,
although he would attend the national confer
,uce, he would not sign the requisition calling
it and he would not promise to abide by any
of its decisions. But Ie him take care. He
won't be let into the conference without hav
ing signed the requisition, and he may, for all
the excellence of his past career, find that his
disingenuous attack on the national movement
will caubse hir to change his tack sr walk out
of the seat for Roscommon.
The agitation for amnesty was carried on on
Sunday last in Dray, county Wicklow, and in
'ork. The meeting in Dray was, compara
ively speaking, a fallure, only a couple of
thousand persons having attended and none of
these being men of much mark or influence.
rhat at Cork, on the contrary, was, as might
have been expected, an immense success. As
many as 5r0000 persons are said by the Cork
herald to have attended it, though the Cork
Eramiser sets the number at only about ten
thousand. The trades turned out in magnlf
cent style, marching in procession through the
streets; and, In fact, what I have written in
this correspondence about the Clonterf meet
nog of last month, might be repeated, nstatis
rstandia, of this at Cork. Mr. Ronasne, M.
P., was the chief speaker, and, as is his wont,
a very good speech he made. The meeting
was not to support the amnesty cause alone.
Home Rule antd the labor movement were also
advocated at it. The introduction of the far
mer was, strange to say, objected to by a few
extreme nationalists, though the resolution in
favor of it was proposed by Mr. Ronayne, M.
P., an advanced Natiunalist, and seconded by
a gentleman who was sentenced to be hanged
for high treason in 167. The opposition to it,
however, broke down very soon; the over
whelming majority of the meeting having in
sisted on passing the resolution. Towards the
close of the proceedings, Thomas Mooney, of
London (lately of San Franciseo, Dublin and
other plces) attempted to speak, but he was
hooted off the platform. The reason of this i
partly that on the previoaus Sunday he spoke
in.tlgsated eomoiasm at a lborert's meeting
in abehero; and partly no doubt b*esses
he hae.oo been known as as iag bat a
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Sale Confederation of England, end neverthea
less s talked of in England as a genuine rep
resentative of Irish national opinion. I son
eider his expullfon from the plattbrm in Cork
a most happy and signfloant event. It shows
that a people can be ven fiery in the assertIea
of their national rights without feeling the
slightest sympathy with the Irreligious and
communistic propaganda.
Yesterday and to-day the secularist faction
"occupied the boards" in St. Patrick's Hall,
Dublin Castle. Yesterday there was the an
nual meeting of the Convocation of the Queen's
University, and to-day there was the annual
meeting of the University itself for the con
ferring of degrees and the distribution of
prizes. Convocation was tamer and duller
than nsual. Only one thing occurred to disturb
its harmony, and that did not disturb it long.
It was asserted in the annual report of the
managing committee that evry religios sect
has now free access to every Btate-eupported
university In Ireland. Mr. F. II. O'Donnell,
the goentleman who has so often and so ably
advocated the Catholic cause in convocation,
pointedly declared that the Catholics of Ire
land had sot access to any such institutions,
unless they did violence to their consclenee;
and no man dared contradict him. Yet thi
report was adopted. At the meeting of the
University to-day, Sir D. Corrigan (the Catho
lic (t) M. P. for Dublin city) presided, In his
capacity of Vice-Chancellor of this Godless
and Church-condemned institution. Neither
the Chancellar (the Marquis of Kildare) nor
the Lord Lieutenant, nor say of the other
" swells " who usually attend on such oceasion,
was present; and, indeed, the general audi
ence was both less numerous and less brilliant
than usual. I fancied, as I looked on, that the
number of candidates for degrees was also
smaller then usual. The whole thing appear
ed to be "getting smaller by degrees and
beautifully less." The reason that the Lord
Lieutenant did not attend was probably that
he did not know but that he might get a bad
z~aeption fromn the graduates in consqauence
oedthe action taken upon the Education Ques
tion last session by the Government of which
he is a member. You remember no party was
pleased with the unfortunate Government Bill.
Anpther reason for his absence may be Im
agrued. If he were present, he would be com
pelled to say something on the educational pol
icy of the Government or on the education
question; sad that is exactly what no member
of the Government denires to do at present.
J. J. C.
LCommuamelted.l
Death of the Rev. . J. . thmsa C. . C.
In the lamented death of the Rev. J. W.
Ruthman, C. S. C., Superior, the St. Vincent's
Home has lost a sincere, zealous and devoted
friend.
The writer has only known him since he took
charge of the Home in March last, but in that
short time he has learned to respect, love and
venerate him for his many Christian qualities
and the untiring zeal he showed for advancing
the welfare of the charge confided to him by his
superiors. As one of the Brothers remarked ;
his whole heart and soul were centered in the
welfare of the destitute little boys placed un
der his charge, and his mind, up to his last
moments, was occupied in devising plans for
the enlargement and improvement of the In
stitution. One incident will sufle to show
his zeal for the poor and his great faith in
Providence.
The present house being so over-erowded
that the boys have often to sleep three in a
bed, be became so excited over the matter that
he got an architect to make a plan and give an
estimate for an additional building, 100 feet
long and three stories high, to include chapel'
hall for the Society, school room anddormitory
for the boys-the cost to be $12,000; and as
long as he could walk or talk he was constantly
trying to accomplish this, his darling objest
iHe wanted the enlargement begun at once
and when some of the members hinted at the
want of funds, even to support the boys, sad
that it would be impossible to begin at al
events until after the fair in January, he sol
emnly declared that not to begin immediately,
even without foends, was such a want of coad
dence in Almighty God and His servant, St.
Vincent, that we could not be true Vinceutiase
and entertain such doubts; and the lsat time
we heard him speak on the subject be said that
as soon as be got better he was going to see
two of his German friends who had money,
and who would lend him one thousand dollars
each, without interest, and then the work
must begin.
Father Rnthman was a German, and was
thirty-seven years of age. Pious, humble,
meek, his Ilfe was a contineal serifice to the
good of his seighbor, and, we ean safely say.
with the Pesident of the Sooelty of St. Visesat
de Pal. that the Homes is losig a noble friend
s esath iee was a irm advoste and pesteMr