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praying to the Saints, and particularly
to the Blessed Virgin. This unity Of
teaching is the strongest possible evil
dence of the faith Of Christians in that
and the preceding centuries; for il is
absurd to suppose that all these Faith
ers Of the East and the West could
have united in fois9ing an unknown
doctrine on the people Of their times.
or that the people would have received
from them a doctrine hitherto unknown
AMI Unheard of. If al other proof were
wanting, the striking fact that this
doctrine was universally taught and
believed in the fourth century is suf-
ficient to prove that it was always be-
ieved. But the strongest positive evil
denee yet remains. IL consists in ex-
pressions found in the ancient litur-
gies.
All the Holy Fathers. during the first
ages os the Churca, who make In. n
ton Of the liturgies before they were
committed to writing, agree that the
substance C them was derived from
the Apostles. and communicated by
them TO the churches where trey
preached and established the religion
of Christ. It is proved by The testi-
mony OF the Greek and Latin Fathers,
and admitted by several modern crit
les. that these liturgies, as to their sub
stance, originated with the Apostles.
The first Of these liturgles or modes Of
worship and prayer is that of Jerusa-
lem. In this there is found a prayer
to the Virgin Mary and to the Saints.
The same is found in the liturgies Of
Alexandria, Constantinople, Rome, the
Coptic liturgy and that of the Nestor-
ians. In fact, all the ancient Hturgies
contain invocatiOns to the Blessed Vir-
gin and to the ether Saints. The fact
that all these Hturgies scattered over
the then known world, contained de-
votiCEs to the Mother of God, proves
that the doctrine and practice had a
common origin with the Apostles.
There is TO other way to account for
this unanimity among peoples far re-
moved from each other and differing
in language. institutions and interests.
From all these considerations it is evil
cent that devotion to the Blessed Vir-
gin is as ancient as Christianity it
sels
May she who opened to us the gates
of better paradise than that which
our FIRST mother Eve was the occasion
of closing against us, pray for US and
for ell those who sit in darkness and
the shadow of death.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23

conference at The Hague, and peace
was made secondary to commercial
gain.
If Leo XIII had been given an OPP
portunity to be represented at this
conference. tits not too much to expect
that his wise counsels would have re-
suited in forming among the members
of that assemblage a real spirit of
peace.
In the Consistory held on the 18th
inst the Holy Father in his Allocu-
ton, referred to the fact that the Vati-
can was not invited to send repre-
sentative to the Peace Congress at The
Hague. an omission which, he said. had
been censured by all impartial judges.
Continuing, the Holy Father said;
1.-The Gar invited the representatives
Of the most powerful nations, with a
view to establishing peace. Yet there
was none more worthy of an invita-
ton than the Pope. who had ever de-
sired to attain justice, to make peace
and to prevent confiict-an office which
by the Divine viii was within the at
tributes of the Papacy. The Holy See
had desired a place in that conference,
continued the Pontiff-
One voice had obstinately opposed
itself to this desire and had gained the
point 1t was the voice of those who.
with the conquest of Rome, had de-
prived the Pope of his powers.
What hostility" asked the Pontiff,
have we to fear from them when,
even in the face of Europe, they do not
hesitate to violate the sanctity of the
rights and duties which naturally flow
from Apostolic powers! Nevertheless,
whatever the future may bring, We
should certainly never. by Gods help,
be found on the side of those who are
afraid"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23

merry of Santa Apollonia and found
there under the date. Aug. Is. 1920, four
months after Raphaels death. the
name of "Margarita Siena," as having
been received into the convent as a
nun. Therefore this Margarita Luti or
Luzzi must necessarily be La Forha-
rina."
This demonstration was hardly
needed by the art critics whose faith
in the existence of the Fornarina was
mistaken having dfscredited the Ufizi
portrait, they looked around among
Raphael's other paintings for her fea-
lures For a time they inclined to the
Yelled Woman in the Pitt gallery.
but finally settled on the Sistine Ma
donna as representing the painters be-
loved. The evidence for the identified
ton is of the slightest, and, surely the
simple peasant girl, whose innocence
and loneliness alone the painter has
transmitted to us, might have been left
unsmirched. Such as it is, however.
the identification is shaken by another
art critic. A lynX-eyed young German
lconocIast has cast doubts on the<au-
thenticity of the Dresden gallery q
treasure and declares boldly that the
picture is not the Madonna di San
Sisto,' and that in all likelihood RAJ
phael never painted it. His attack is
backed by such a display of erudition
to Italy to find out if there may not be
some foundation of truth in it.
While critics wrangle over unessen-
tials, however, the Sistine Virgin. the
lovelieSt creation of Raphaefs genius.
will grace our homes, the most over
towering figure known to the tablets
of art.
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plete in parts, but the missing links
will be supplied by that faith which
science often demands no less than le-
gend.
Raphael has the unusual distinction
of having had an excellent reputation
among his contemporaries He was a
hsrd worker, and his private life was so
uneyentful as to excite no comment.
This was hardly artistic, so, fifty years
after his death, Vasari supplied him
with a nameless mistress, a bakers
daughter, La Fornarina," whom the
painter saw and loved in her fathers
garden near the Church of Santa Ce-
celia in the Trastevere quarter Of Rome.
In another fifty years this story had
grown into the we'll known tale of the
painters passionate love bringing about
his early death, and the beautiful, SEN
suous face of La Fornarina' in the
JIffizi gallery at Florence made it cred
ible Sentimental persons looked on
her portrait and then on RaphaePs own
and had no doubts.
Then came the critics. They proved
that it was not Raphael but Sebastian
del Piombo, who had painted the por-
trait, and that it represented, not La
Fornarina," but an entirely different
woman; beauty of Bologna. Their
skepticism, however, stopped short of
rejecting the whole story. They cling
to that in all it's details, and one of
them, Signor Valeri, of Rome, has just
confirmed it by discovering La For
narina's name. His method is inter-
esting.
First, he found in somebody's manu-
script life of Goethe that La Forna-
Ilna's" Christian name was Margarita;
next, in census of Rome made in
1913, two years before RaphaeIs death,
kept in the Vatican library, he discov-
cred that a baker named. Francesca
from Siena kept a bakery near the
Church of Santa Cecilia; finally, he
searched in the registers Of the nun
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
SHADOWS OF THE CLOSING YEAR

The year 1899 is fast drawing to a
close-a close which is markell by
shadows and desolation in different
parts of the world.
We are accustomed to boast Of our
wonderful Nineteenth century progress.
In self-complacent mood we look back
over the history of ages and pride cur
selves upon the fact that we live in
an age Of progressive enlightenment.
tE4 like Of which the word has never
seen. We frown at the mention IF the
Middle Ages. Indeed, there is not A
past century that we d. lot looi. upcn
with disdaln. And yet If We stop for
moment and honestly look back over
the history of the past we will have
difficulty in finding a period of time
marked with more wanton cruelty and
hloodshed than that which marks the
closing days of the Nineteenth century.
1t seems but yesterday that the world
looked upon the deliberations of the
Peace Congress as marking an era of
advancement and good will. Yet scarce
~ had that Congress adjourned when
what is in some respects the most pow
erful nation in the history of the world
takes up arms against an independent
and weak nation for no other purpose
than to exploit the riches of the weak
er nation in behalf Of itself.
Queen Victoria's reign is fast COM
ing to a close. Her sun is slowly SET
ting. Dark and ominous clouds are
hoveHg over her Empire. What a
mocllery it must be to her at this
Christmas time to sing, GLORY to God
in the Highest, and Peace on Earth
TO Men of Good WILL What a mock
cry it must seem to her to say peace
where there is no peace, and proclaim
good will where there is only persecu-
ton and desolation. Greed has taken
the place of good will, and war has
taken the place Of peace. Victoria
reigns over a race acruated by sordid
motives. whose sole object is to DESTROY
the weak for the benefit of the strong.
All this is a sad commentary on the
boasted progress and enlightenment OF
the Nineteenth Century.
But what could be expected from the
Peace Congress. whose deliberations
were denied the august counsel and
wisdom of the spiritual father of
Christendom? Politics dominated the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
THE SISTINE MADONNA AND LA
FORNARINO.

The art critics, who for want of some
thing better to do, are spending their
time debating over the Sistine Madon-
ma, may read with profit the follow
ing from the New York Sun:
People who are not content to accept
the old-fashioned traditions concerning
pictures and artists, will be pleased
with some recent discoveries about Ra-
phael made by the art critics. These
ingenious persons have practically ex-
hausted LEONARDO da Vinci, who for
many years was their .favorite quarry.
having proved to their own satisfac-
ton that nearly every picture ascribed
to him was painted by some one else.
They have now turned upon Raphael
and IN the merciless but scientific dis
section of his works and his. life not
only the authenticity but the fame of
his Sistine Madonna has been placed
in question. The chain of circumstan-
tial evidence, it is true, seems incom-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
CHURCH "1ooTINe" AGAIN.

The InteCmountain Catholic has been
anxious to reach correct conclusions
concerning the footing" of Churches
in the Philippines. That there has been
any footing for which the United
States government or the officers of the
United Statea army could be held ae-
countable, we do not believe On the
other hand, we are now perfectly sat
isfied that there has been very much
more destruction of Church property
than we are led to believe by Father
McKinnon. Such being the case, con-
demnation of these Scts of vandalism
should not be reserved, but should be
applied to those who are responsible.
The Intermountain Catholic has
taken the position, however, that there
are matters of greater import with
which the Catholic press and people of
the United States may be concerned
than the footing OF Churches, which,
in some degree at least, was to be eX-
pected when the character Of an army
of invasion is taken into account.
The property of the Church in the
Philippine Islands must be looked, and
while the Catholic press is wasting its
energy on secondary matters, a clique
in the United States is leaving no effort
untried to deprive the Church of its
rightful possessions in our newly ac-
uuired territory
We are showing much concern over
acts of vandalism committed by ire
sponsible soldiers. but we are showing
precious little concern about the spir-
itual welfare of thousands of Catholic
soldiers in the Philippines who are
without Catholic ChapIains.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23

born resistance in the TransvaaI and
Orange Free State, and every inch Of
ground will cost them dear You cor
rectly suggest that we most likely
would resort to guerilla tactics. few
months would be sufficient to show to
England the impossibility o. the task
she has undertaken. Her losses viii
be tremendous"
Those who have followed the history
of the war up to The present time will
be struck with the accuracy with which
General Joubert outlines in October
last, the results of the war up to the
present time. That England will event
ually win in this struggle does not APP
pear quite 50 certain as II did some
time a 90
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
A CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

1 feel it my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from fraud
and imposition by notifying them from
time to time that no person bearing the
name and garb of priest or sister or
any one else is authorized or permitted
to solicit or collect in this diocese for
any purpose whatever connected with
the Catholic church without having
from me permission in writing bearing
my seal and signature. Should any one
be found engaged in doing this unlaw-
full work of collecting without such
document, he orsshe, as the case may
be, should be regarded by all as fraud
and an inposter. L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Nov. 20. 1899.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23

The statement made by some who
talk without thinking that by his mar
rags to a Catholic Admiral Dewey has
spoflt his chance ever to be president.
is utter nonsense. 1t would help him
more than it would hurt him. But he
does not want the honor, simply be
cause he does not think himself prop
erly trained for it; and ne may be
right.-The Independent.
Our contemporary talks nonsense.
and knows it full we'll. The fact that
Admiral Dewey has married a Catholic
has taken him forever out of the range
of possible candidates for the presi-
dency. Quite naturally the Independ-
ent does not want to admit that it's CO.
religionists are so .fanatically bigoted
as to deprive a man of political prefer
ment because of his religion, but it is
a fact, and none knows. it better than
the Independent.
Religious liberty is. of course, guar
anteed to all the citizens of the United
States by the Constitution, but it can
not be denied that if a citizens relig-
ion happens to be Roman Catholic, the
spirit of, the Constitution finds appli-
cation only SO far as latent bigotry and
fanaticism will allow.
Admiral Dewey, we have no doubt in
the world, was as we'll aware of this
fact as anyone else when he married
a Catholic wife. On this one point at
least the Independent belongs to a re-
ligion of the barbarouS ace
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23

Leave nothing untried by which our
holy religion and its salutary teacil-
ings may more increase in the United
States, and unhappy wanderers may
return to the safe path. Letter from
Pope Plus TX to the Prelates Of the
United States in 1856.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
ENGLISH FEELING ABOUT THE
WAR.

The idea current in this country that
the masses of people in England view
the war with complacency is ground
less. The repeated reverses which the
British arms have encountered has had
the natural effect of making the people
resentful towards those whom they
consider responsible for the war
Mr.. A. Y. Langdon- Blake, a distin-
guished Englishman, now visiting in
this country, thus sums up what may
be considered the real feeling Of the
English masses concerning the war:
THE feeling of intense resentment
is growing in England against the pow
ers that be and those who are respon-
sible for the present war, and for the
position in which England finds herself
today. To date we have practically
won not victory, and each day brings
the news of some fresh reverse TO our
arms When the storm breaks it will
go hard with those responsible for
bringing the war on, but nevertheless
to nv mind there is something mere
than mere personal responsibility to
blame. That we have been outgener-
aled and apparently outfought and out
classed by an untried lot Of fighters
would seem to argue that England is
paying the penalty for the long ytars
in which she has fought out of the way
and barbarous or semi barbarous reo-
pie, unfamiliar with modern warfare
and tactics, and unused to and rot US
ing modern weapons. Such fighting as
that is'likely to beget a contempt for
your enemy, and a tendency to hold
him cheaply, and, to my mind. this
seems to be exactly what has happened
in South Africa.
But it seems to me that thare are
one or two unexplained things about
the present fight, concerning which l
have longingly looked for light, and
they are, first, how ON earth did the
English authorities so Woefully under
estimate the numerical strength of the
forces which the Beers could put in
the field? If the extra numbers of men
which the Beers manifestly possess
over and above the military authori-
ties estimates must come from the
Beers of the Cape Colony, as has been
frequently stated, how could they
leave that country in such numbers
without the cognizance of the arthori-
ties there and the consequent warning
OF the war office at home? And sec
ondly how could the Beers have i'm
ported artillery and other weapons of
warfare in such enormous quantities
as they evidently possess, without Eng
land knowing anything about it and
preparing for the very contingency
for which the Beers were preparing,
and which has now come into exist
ence? These are questions which are
agitating England just now
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
His Eyesight Good.

Large I-ady-Could you see me across
the street. officer?
New Policeman-Sure, ma'ama it's ten
times the distance l could see ye.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23

A good life and invincible ignorance
do not without baptism supply the de-
feet of actual visible connection with
the true. Church. Baptism is the new
birth by which we become members of
the family of which Christ is the head.
One can no more be a member of the
Church of Christ without baptism
than one can be member of the human
family without being born of woman.
Good intentions and invincible ignor-
ance presuppose baptism.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

II % not want to see him again until-us.

II do not want to see him again until-un.
ill have talked with you"
"You are q good girl--that IL just a
WELL" he rejoined, lightly. "COme-eat
somcthing-brace yourself for the coming
ordeal. What will Lord Wynmore say II
he sees you looking SO. woe.begonew
melville must not expect to see me quite
happy" she faltcrcd, blushing.
Neville? Oh, ali, he will not be Lord
Wynmore to any Of us any more, sup.
pose, but Neville Wynmore! Fortunate
Mabel! The whole county will envy you
Here, I must insist on your eating this
morsel Of fish, and on your trying to be
more cheerful. No doubt your change OF
prospects Is a little overwhelming; but
believe me, you have no cause to shrink
from the sunny path stretching out before
you"
At that moment Uncle John, followed
by Caroline and Dick, came In.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17

she murmured; and there was a quiet de.
termination In her voice which alarmed
him.
mabel, my darling. you frighten met
he said. "NO family secret shall separate
u.s."
II was not well-chosen moment for
two lovers to whisper condolences, for sud-
denly light played across their seques-
tered path, the whole grounds were illu-
minated with colored rays, and gay
group at a little distance disccrned the
pair.
Lard Wynmore had only time to wills.
per. II shall be with you early tomorrow,
darling" when they drew near.
There was no opportunity for more ten
der speeches; Lord Wynmore's attention
was claimed by half dozen people.
Lady Ellington begged us to find YOU, "
said one.
1.-THE duchess IL going" remarked an
other.
With great reluctance the young fellow
obeycd the call. He fastened to consign
Nab to her unclc's care. saying, as he did
so:
LET me find you for moment pres
emily, Mr.. Charlford. will put the Ouch.
ess into her carriage and return immedi-
ately."
Mr.. Charlford uttered n very gracious
reply. Exultation filed his heart as he
leaned back In the carriage which was
conveying him and his niece and nephew
from the Manor. The great catch Of the
season, Viscount Wynmore, had been tax.
en- In the net of mere schoolgirl, who had
not even aimed mt conquest, who had not
yet been introduced into society.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17
Private Ball CiRhts,

Private bull fights are occasionally
given by the very rich people In Ma
drid, and guests are invited to them a
they would be to o dinner.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-06-17
Moons Mountatns.

It has been ascertained that one Of
the mountains In the moon 10 $1,000
feet high. while several are upward Of
$1,000 feet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-26
MINIs AND MININO MN.

ia sheets has returned from his trip
to Europe.
Clptu!n DE la Mar sailed for Amerl-
ca M saturday.
Ray kcnncr returned 10 his post az
bingham this morning.
The Taylor Brunton sampler had six
cars uf ore from Tintlc today.
Michigan capitalists have secured
control of the Ophlr mine al state
line.
The Potro OF bingham has begun req
ular shipments. Now for regular diVl-
dcnda.
T. Il. Jones. local manager Of the
smcltcr Combine. returned from Dem
Yer Saturday.
ore il showing in the Phonograph
group at bingham which runs % per
cent lead and 30 ounces silver
O,l q. Peyton has returned from Ne
braska. where he went TO look into the
illueHs uT "a son. The boy 10 now con-
vRl,Fclng
An. "a Richter left for Antelope ISL
and this morning, accompanying n
pafty OF local capitalists who are de-
lirous Of lnvostlng In that section
The Hullon- Beck Tunnel company's
sale 81 delinquent stock occurs tomur-
row. n n said there VIII BE- practical
~ none 10 tfNt MhtH AHN NtF' SO So
ton arrives,
Eastern parties have been given an
option on the Erie mine AZ bingham,
the purchase price agreed upon being
$4,000. The property W owned by A.
". IInpbould and Andrew Campbell
bingham bulletin: George Barr Of
ogden has sold his Fannie Bcmia
| claim. confederation $500, and we UNI
| dsrstand development work VIII soon
| begin on II. The Fannie Is an old ana
| very promising claim near head OF
| main canyon.
Tile reported nre ON the BuckHhn
! Mountains ~ causing some anxiety
| nmong miniug and cattle men, who look
| upon IA conilngratlon iu that section us
| IA grpnt calamity. The HuCkakinH arr
| said 10 anord the finest lot OF timber
iu the State.
Speaking Of the proposed sale OF tho
New Mammoth y. q. NOgnun stated
| 10 "a reporter that 80 far aH the MAJ
! iority holders were concerned, the deal
| would go through. while those Of the
| minority would be- permitted 10 retain
! their holdings were they not willing "a
rollnqulsh at the figure agreed upon.
Park Rocord II ~ rumorcd that sew
| cral sales are being negotiated for a
! number ~ our young mines There N
no doubt but that Park city and vicln-
ity presents greater opportunities Tor
| investments than any other portion Of
our state We have got n larger num-
her VI groups Of lrHt-rlnss mining
properties. and Investors Will make nc
mistake In giving them close exam
| nation.