cerity as true friends of their
people, and pointing to our episcopal and clerical support, assure their
readers that 'the great Catholic Church' has ever been the friend of the
poor and the oppressed? For all this, thanks to the Catholic spirit in
the _course we have pursued_!"

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A CHINESE INDUSTRY.--_New York Tablet:_ It is not alone the Irish and
Americans who are combatting against England's monopoly of the world's
trade. She has met with an enemy in an unexpected quarter. Ah Sin has
struck at one of her staple commodities, and promises to become an
energetic competitor for one of her most flourishing branches of
business. For many years Birmingham was the great depot for the
manufacture of idols for the heathen nations, and thousands of
Englishmen lived on the profits of this trade. Now, we are told, a
Chinaman at Sacramento, California, has established a factory for
manufacturing idols and devils for use in Chinese processions and
temples. If this be true, thousands of workmen will be thrown out of
employment in Christian England.

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_The Catholic Columbian:_ If no Catholic has ever yet been elected
President of the United States, the widow of one President, Mrs. Polk,
is a convert, and three cabinet officers were Catholics: James Campbell,
Postmaster General from 1853 to 1857; Roger B. Taney, Attorney General
and Secretary of the Treasury, from 1831 to 1834: and James M.
Schofield, Secretary of War, from 1868 to 1869.

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This year, Easter Sunday falls upon St. Mark's Day, April 25th,--which
is its latest possible date. The last time this occurred was in 1736
(old style), and it will not fall again on the same day of April until
1943.

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Mr. Parnell considers William O'Brien's victory in South Tyrone, and T.
M. Healy's conquest of South Londonderry, the two greatest personal
triumphs of the Irish parliamentary campaign.

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_Chicago Citizen:_ It is officially announced by Mr. Alexander Sullivan
that the Hon. Richard J. Oglesby, governor of Illinois, has accepted the
invitation to preside at the monster meeting to be held in the
Exposition Building on the occasion of Mr. Parnell's visit to this city.
The date is set for January 21. By a unanimous vote of the committee of
arrangements it was decided that no