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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24
UNHAPPY MARRIAGES.

Professor William G. Sumner Of the
department Of social science at Yale
University has created a considerable
stir by the announcement that it was
his belief that 90 per cent of the mar
l-iages Of the present day turn out I'M
happily, and that marriages nowadays
are not entered into because of love,
but more as a matter of course.
That Professor Sumner was nearly
right is, unfortunately, too true. Mar
Iiage is too frequently looked upon as
business arrangement, at least by
enc party to the contract. The essen
tial requisite TO give perpetuity to mar
ital happiness. viz: Love and respect,
being lacking, it follows as a matter Of
course that unhappiness and conse-
uuent separation are inevitable
Very little consideration is given TO
the sacramental idea of marriage, for
the parties to the contract are too deep
~ engrossed in the material side Of
the affair Indeed, it is rarely found
that conditions for an ideal marriage
exist il is this that gives courage and
perseverance TO those who favor the
free and unlimited granting of divorce
on the mere desire Of either party to
the contract.
Professor Sumner, although he point
ed out the cause Of so many unhappy
marriages, did not touch on the conse-
quences TO the family and the state.
for his position in Yale University is
such az to warrant the conclusion that
he is fully cogpizant of such conse-
quences. That marriages which lack
the motive Of love and are entered into
for gain to one party or the other must.
sooner or later, prove degrading is OBJ
yious. And, if the unit of society is
impaired, society itself must suffer.
The arguments in favor of marriages
devoid of love and affection, while they
stin the prompting of conscience
against them, and give more or less
complaceney TO the one who marries
for purely material gain or social adj
Vancement, soon lose their potency.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24
EXAMPLE FOR CATHOLIC MIL.
LIoNAIRES.

The Intermountain Catholic has fire.
quently pointed out opportunities
wherein wealthy Catholics, Catholic
millionaires for example, could do un-
limited good with moiety of the means
! at their command.
1t is not that they have lacked ex-
ample on the part of the non-Catholic
wealthy; nor yet because of oppOrtuni-
ty that our Catholic millionaires have
not been active in contributing. but
rather because of lack of incentive.
Scarcely a week passes but some
wealthy non-Catholic places himself on
record for the advancement of educa-
ton. The latest case that has come to
our notice is DR.. D. K. Pearsons, as
will be seen in the following dispatch:
Chicago Feb 15-The Tribune says
that DR.. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago.
who in the last ten years has given to
colleges and charitable institutions gifts
amounting to 81, 100000 is about to deed
away the remainder of his fortune, ST.
500 900 in all, in similar requests. For
the maintenance of himself and his wife
for the remainder of their lives DR..
Pearsons will 6tipulate only that an an
nuity of 2 per cent be paid by those
who receive his gifts hereafter. On the
$l500.000 which it is his intention to
beStoW this will mean a yearly income
for the doctor and his wife of 100000,
which will cease when both he and his
wife are dead.
Plans for the disposal Of the remand
er of his fortune to colleges and other
institutions have long been matured by
DR.. Pearsons. but it will be some time.
he thinks, before the last of his great
property, ali accumulated in Chicago or
close by. will have passed to other
hands. Who the beneficiaries will be
and how much they Will receive are still
unsettled.
= have schemed for years to be my
own executor DR.. Pearsons said. and
to see with my own eyes whatever good
my gifts are doing. OF what use would
it be to allow some one else to distrib-
ute my fortune for me after my death?
1t would mean less money for the in
situations / hope to benefit for the eX-
ecutors would have to receive a share.
Now / shall be my own executor and
in addition I shall have the pleasure of
seeing and knowing that my gifts are
rightly placed. All ] shall ask is an an
nuity. The property will pass from my
hands,
DR.. Pearsons will be so years old in a
few weeks.
When we consider the difficulties that
beset the Catholic University Of Amer
lea in its efforts to obtain necessary
and contrast these efforts !
with the comparative ease which sur
non-Catholic institutions in the |
same endeavors, it is surely disheart-
ening. When will the Catholic con-
science be aroused to greater things |
than the payment Of pew rent and pal
try contributions to Easter and Christ |
mas collections?
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ARE CATHOLICS IGNoRANTp

'Why is it that Catholics are so ig-
norant? The people in Catholic coun-
tries cannot read or write, while the
people in Protestant countries are well
educated?
"Oh. the reason is simple enough. The
| Church of Rome is the masterpiece of
human wisdom. She knows how to
I keep the people in her fold. Ignorance,
| she teaches, is the mother of devotion.
Therefore, to make her followers de-
vout, she keeps them. ignorant. In
Protestant countries, on the other hand,
the people must read the Bible for
themselves and think for themselves.
That is why Catholics are ignorant and
| Prctestantei arc educated. If you don t
believe that is SO, compare Catholic and
Protestant countries and see the re-
suits. Put Mexico and the United States
side by side, and look at the difference
between England and Portugal"
This is a common argument made
against the Catholic Church, that she
keeps the people in ignorance. Let US
see what truth there is in it.
In the beginning it may be we'll to
notice that those who argue in this
fashion mean by the word education
popular education or the ability to read
and write. OF course education means
more than this. and many a man who is
able to read and write may be very ig-
norant. But, putting this aside. let
us see how Catholic and Protestant
countries compare in the matter of pop
ular education.
FALSE TABLES OF STATISTICS.
There are many false tables of sta
tistics hawked about which pretend to
give the percentage Of iIliteracy in var
ious countries. These tables are ut
terly unreliable. We will take the rec
ord of school attendance given in the
Dictionary of Statistics by Michael G..
Mulhal, fellow of the Royal Statistical
society. He is acknowledged to be the
chief authority on statistics in the
world.
Before looking at this record we must
bear two things in mind. First, coun-
tries differ very much in natural
wealth, in race, in opportunity. 1T is
not fair to compare a rich country with
poor country, nor a big nation with a
little nation. 1t is not fair to compare
Will iluSolls IlOI lIle OHfl6Q
States with Mexico. Compare England
with France, compare Belgium with
Holland, and we shall have a better
opportunity of reaching the truth.
In the second place, it is well to re-
member that in many countries the
people are not all of one religion. Thus,
Germany is not wholly a Protestant
country. North Germany, with 20, &c.,
600, is Protestant. South Germany,
with 16,789,000 people, is Catholic. In
such countries it will be necessary to
separate the Catholic and Protestant
provinces, and then see how they COM
pare as regards school attendance.
COUNTRIES COMPARED.
We will, therefore, divide the coun--
tries into three groups, Protestant
countries, Catholic countries and mixed
countries From each we will take four
groups Of countries. The following
table gives the statistics. The figures
under the head attendance" show the
average attendance of school children
per 100000 populations:
Protestant Attendance
Austrdiid - -. .............. 140
Norway, Sweden and Denmark :. 40
united states ...... ........ $50
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24

TflIE RAIRAL SYLLABUS
With a Refutation Of the Errors Which It Condemns
Translated from the italian of LFalcoui.
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Errors Regarding the Church ant
Her Rights.-The Church is not a true
and perfect society, nor does she pos
sess any proper or permanent rights
of her own, conferred upon her by her
Divine Founder; but it appertains to
the civil power to define the rights OF
the Church and the limits within which
! they may be exercised.
! Refutation.-Immediat before the
| ascension of Our Lord into heaven, He
addressed these words to His Apostles
''All power is given to Me in heaven
and on earth; going, therefore, teach
We all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them
to observe all things whatsoever
have commanded you. He that beltev-
eth and is baptized shall be saved; but
he that belieVeth not shall be con-
demned." He babe His Apostles to be
of good cheer and fear nothing, as He
would be always with them: Behold,
l am with you all days even unto the
contamination of the world" Christ
Himself established the form of His
Church, constituting Peter her chief
pastor, and entrusting to him her guid-
ance and government. Thou art
Peter and upon this rock 1 will build
my Church. 1 will give to thee the
keys of the kingdom of heaven; what
soever thou shalt bind upon earth shall
be bound also in heaven; and whatso-
ever thou shalt loose on earth shall be
loosed also in heaven. Feed my lambs,
feed my sheep, confirm thy brethren"
1t is evident from what precedes that
Christ founded a perfect, that is,
self-sufficing society, composed of min
listers, who are charged with the duty
of putting its divinely constituted au-
thority into execution, and of subjects,
who are united to its Supreme Ruler
by means of the inferior grades of the
hierarchy. Its laws and institutions,
determined and sanctioned by its Di-
vine Founder, are directed to the at
tainment of the end for which it was
instituted that is, the eternal saliva
ton of men. In establishing this So
ciety, Christ did not represent Himself
as having been authorized either by
the synagogue or by the emperor; on
the contrary, He declared explicitly
to His Apostles that He had received
His commission from His Father, who
had given Him all power in heaven
and on earth; and He ordained that
this new society should be independent
of all authority save His own. Henc
He made ample provision for its pro-
lection and preservation and furnished
it with the means necessary to the
of its end.
The Church is, therefore, a true and
perfect society, entirely free and in
dependent, and invested by her Divine
Founder with clear and well defined
which she will not cease
to assert and maintain until the end
of time
In the very first moments of her exist
ence the Church began to exercise her
in complete independence
and in utter disregard of the then ex-
listing powers; in the Council of Jeru-
salem she made disciplinary enact
ments regarding the manner of per-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24

when the stern realities of married life
begin to be realized.
A woman who has neither love nor af.
lection for the man she is to marry
! consoles herself with the thought thai
what she calls respect will take the
place of the essentials which are lack
ing. Never was greater mistake made
Respect never has and never will sat
isfy a true woman's heart, which longs
not only to be loved, but to love as
we'll
This is a consideration, however.
which has but little weight, when the
exigency of the situation makes a wo-
man feel that any change is welcome.
A man who would never be looked up
on with favor, indeed, not even given
a thought by an ordinary woman-one
Of those who go to make up 90 per
cent of the unhappy marriages referred
to by Professor Sumner-will find him
self the object of concern, if his bank
account is large, and for him almost
amy marriage is possible. This same
man, if he were not the possessor of
wealth, could never hope to receive
more than the attention of a coachman
from the woman whom his wealth
makes possible to call wife.
AS long as women consider marriage
as a means to an end, so long will the
condition which Professor Sumner de-
plores continue to exist.
Professor Sumner, however. appears
wrong to us when he concludes that
the fault is with the young men who
marry before they have found an ideal
The fact is the man is always sure he
has found his ideal. OF course, we ex-
cept to this statement the titled vul-
lures who, in exchange for American
gold, are willing to give the empty Ii
ties, degenerated by years of proflig-
acy. 1t is after marriage that the young
man finds his ideal is not what he ex-
pected, for the simple reason that the
love which he thought she bore him
he finds is only respect" which fails
to satisfy him. Herein is the cause of
unhappy marriages!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24

ed him to go to their relief, and in
company with his brother Aaron he set
! forth upon his mission at the age of
! so years. Through the agency of his
! brother he worked many miracles, and
at last succeeded in bringing his people
! forth from the land .of bondage into
the wilderness around Mount Horeb,
and there for forty years more led
! them up and down, feeding them with
! mama and training them to be soldiers
and warriors. But they never ceased
TO yearn for the fieshpot9 of Egypt,
and the leeks and the onions and to
abuse and vilify their daring leader,
and at last, ais we may see by reading
between the lines, they deposeI him
and elected another in his stead. Then
the old hero, laboring under the weight
of 120 years, and with broken heart,
takes his staff in his hand, and wanders
away from the camp, no one taking
heed or ministering to his wants. Alone,
unattended, hungry and thirsty, the
grand old mantle prototype of King
Lear-wanders on UP among the noun
tains, and in one of the lonely ravines
lies down and dieS No one to close his
eyes, no one to wet his parched lips,
no one to scoop out a hole for his re-
mains.
He had children, but their names are
never mentioned in the history of his
race. And this was his reward for all
his toll and labor.
Then there was Socrates, another
self-denying champion of the poor. He
wore the same old cloak summer and
winter, went barefoot in frost and
snow, fought in the foremost ranks
when his country went to war, and if
defeated, always was the last man in
the rear. He taught the people hon
esty, virtue and truth, and tried to
make them live in brotherly love and
respect one another; but the proud
derided him, the poets scoffed at him,
and the rich rogues whom he tried to
reform had him arrested and accused
of disturbing the peace and neglecting
the gods. His trial came on, but the
proud spirit of Socrates, conscious of
its innocence, scorned to make any
defense, saying that if the people he
had served so long, desired his death,
they could condemn him, and they did
condemn him. The very mob that used
to follow his footsteps through the
streets of Athens, making the air ring
with their plaudits, were among the
first to cast in the death ballot. and
Socrates had to drink the poison cup.
Turn now to the Savior of mankind
He was poor lived among the poorest.
was burden to no one, preached peace
and good will to men, threw His lot
among the masses and reproved the
hypocrisy and cupidity of the rich.
His preachings and miracles were
known from Nazareth to Bethany The
people regarded Him as prophet, and
almost revered him as a God. On the
Sunday before He suffered, they
mounted Him on an ass and accom-
panied Him in grand procession to
Jerusalem. Those before spread their
garments and palm branches in His
way, and those behind shouted: "Ho-
sannah to the Son of David" At that
time if Jesus had moved finger the
multitude would have torn the priests
and Pharisees to pieces. But before
the end of three days. the ringleaders |
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24
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 a 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 a
document, he or she, as the case may
be, should be regarded by all as fraud
and an imposter. l. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Nov. 20. 1899.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-24

By Latin America is meant Mexico
and the countries to the south of it
which were colonized by the Spaniards
and Portuguese. When we compare
those countries we must bear in mind
the fundamental fact that the manner
in which those countries were eolonfzed
is entirely different from the manner
employed by the English in colondzing
the United States.
In this country the newcomers found
large population of natives. They
treated those natives asa if they were
wild animals. They stole their land,
sold them into slavery. shot them down
on sight. THE only good Indian is a
dead Indian" was their motto. The re-
suit is that the Indians have been near
~ swept off the face of the earth. The
survivors are cooped up in reservations
as wild beasts are confined in cages
In the countries south of the United
States the newcomers found tribes of
the same stock as those that inhabited
the territory now occupied by the Unit
ed States. The first adventures treat
ed the Indians just as the first of the
English did. They made slaves of
them, hunted them like wild beasts
shot them down. But this reign of ter
ror did not last long. The Catholic
Church interfered. The first priest ever
ORDAINED IN America, Las CdSaS, de-
voted his life to the protection of the
Indians He carried their case to the
King Of Spain and the Pope of Rome
The Pope issued a document. in which
he said that the Indians were free men
and should be protected in their life,
liberty and property. 1t is not to be
supposed that the laws made in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
document were always and everywhere
faithfully carried out. No laws are.
Even in our own country salutary en-
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-10
Notice of Republican Convention.

The Faulkner County Republi- can Convention which met i'll Con way, March I2th, 1900, having ad- journed subject to the call of its Chairman and Secretary, the dele gates to said Convention of March I2, are hereby notified to reconvene in Conway on Monday, July B, at p. m. for the purpose of trans acting such business as may proper ly come before them i'll Convention. All delegates are earnestly request ed to be present as business O great importance to the party vii be transacted.
 BENTON TURNER, Chairman.
 w. C. MCGINLEY, Sec.
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Holland Items.

Everyone here sympathizes with you in your recent loss.
 Sim Land returned Sunday af ter an absence of nearly six years in Texas.
 Mrs. James Fleming has been quite ill for the past week.
 No new school house yet, but there will be soon. The directors are simply waiting until they can get time from their crops to give the matter careful attention,
 Look out for a couple of we'd dings soon.
 Mrs. I. l.. Lowell, of Arkadel- phia, is visiting relatives here.
 The blacksmiths are getting ready for their summer vacation. l uc Old IClldDlC tHlCSlSl SdIiS i'll on time this week, as he always does.
 Len Heron was kicked by a mule. Newt Fields is having new wagon of his own make painted by F.. J. Garrett.
 Ezra Hinkle started subscrip- ton school Monday, with from twenty-five to thirty scholars. l Quite number of our singers visited Needs creek Sunday, to expand their vocal organs.
 Holland can boast of having two new bicycles. Messrs. Tetter anc Tate have them.
 Our settlement seems to be satis fled with Bryan and Stevenson.
 Jim Fleming visited Little Rock last week.
 July s.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-10

We Ladies' Wash Goods ton Remember O Furnishings its complete in respect How t' We will give nice suit o clothes soc good pants 7c wooden Casmee pants for only 2 25c forget your children, fit Thanking patrons past and kind patronage Il future, remain yours truly,
The Conway log cabin., 1900-07-10
STOP! STOP! STOP!

At the NEW BARGAIN STORE when you in for shelves with the preest and best spring goods We taste and purchase from As nothing will quote few extremely low prices:
 Standard Brands of Spring and Summer
 Calicoes, yard .4 to
 Best Grade Cotton Checks, per yard-44 I2 to SC
 Yard wide Brown Domestic, per yard
 Beached Domestic, per yard SC
 Lawns, yard -.-r--~
 I,adie Waist
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Ballard School House.

We are having some fair weather now and farmers will soon lay by crops.
 Uncle" Jimmie Ballard who has been sick for some time is able to be up.
 ]. H. Jones and Jim Ford wen1 to Fl Paso last Saturday.
 R. NJ. Blassingame and Tiltol Loptis carried sheep to Little Rock last week.
 BORN.-To Mir. and Mrs. K Ford on the 4 inst, boy.
 Miss Annie Mooresof this plac' is teaching school near Warsaw Pulaski county.
 Miss Cora Bryant has returned to her home ill the Indian Terri tory.
 ONE OF THE Boys.
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seventeen IdlIS w OmeH ; CX- lords, for SOC, 75c, and $I. Wo.th twice as much.
 Forty Six Pairs Mems Shoes, i'll lace and congress, worth from SI. so to g. a pair. At this sale from $I to SI. So.
 A lot of Twenty One Pairs Boys and Youths Shoes, lace and con gress, at $I pair. There is not pair in this lot that is not worth from $I. 50 to S2 a pair.
 A lot of Fifty-Two Pairs Misses and Children s Shoes, all good val ues; worth SI to $2 pair. Your choice of the lot at soc and $I. 7 DriceS. YOu can we'll af-