Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1888 — His Rank. [ARTICLE]

His Rank.

The good sense of Pope Leo is deserting him. His latest encyclical is indiscreet, unwise and offensive. He should khow better than to bmii su]ch news abroad, in such times as these. And for Bach vtewsthe times will never be better. He says that it is not proper -“to treat the various religions, as they call them, alike; and to bestow upon them promiscuously equal rights and privileges. The profession of one religion is necessary to that one should be professed which alone is true, and which can be recognised without difficulty. This religion,- therefore, the rulers of the State must preserve and protect. False doctrines should be diligently suppressed by public authority.’’ His Holiness has probably been reading the copy of our Constitution which was sent him by President Cleveland. Evidently the encyclical is intended as an antidote. Immediately on the heels of his pronunciamento on Irish affairs this document is injudicious.

The novel spectacle of a funeral procession of street cars was w itnessed in Washington recently. At the funeral of two employes of tfie street railway, the other employes draped an open summer car, which was made to serve as a hearse, and this was followed by a string of cars, all drapediand occupied by the employes and their friends.

Harper’* Bszar. Compassionate Woman —So you were in the Union army, were you? Well, I always honor' the . brave. What was your capacity? Tramp—l was a prisoner, mum?