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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
THE EXPOSITION OPENING.

Press dispatches to hand say that in
Difference to the wishes of President
Mckinley the opening of the Paris ex-
position which was to have taken place
next Sunday, has been advanced to
Saturday. That Mr.. Mckinley has
voiced the sentiments of any consid-
cradle portion of the American people
in making this request, may well be
doubted. No doubt he did truly voice
the wishes of the narrow and indolent
sect to which he belongs, but with
whose tenets he is not likely to sym
pathize in any great degree. We are
surprised therefore to find the French
authorities making concessions to such
illiberal and fanatical requests. The
exposition should surely be opened on
Sunday and there is no reason in the
world why it should not.
People who proclaim the Bible as the
sole rule of faith Will certainly find
small justification in support of the de-
mand which President Mckinley has
made of the exposition authorities to
advance the opening to Saturday.
But this is not all, Mr.. Peck, the
American general, has had the lack of
judgement to ask the authorities to
close the American exhibit on all Sun
days during the life of the exposition.
How small a conception Mr.. Peck must
have of the customs and habits of the
civilized world to think for a moment
that all the nations of the earth would
acquiesce in sentiment that has be-
hind it only fanaticisrn.
The Puritan Sunday never has found
among the nations of inter
national Europe. and it is safe to say
never will. This is as it should be. |
Sunday is day of joy or giadness and !
cot of sorrow and darkness.
We are glad that the authorities have
given no heed to the request of Mr.. !
Peck
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
FIRE IN THE VATICAN.

A recent dispatch from Rome says:
The vast collection of sacred documents
and archives in one of the libraries of
the vatican narrowly escaped destruc-
tlon by fire last Sunday night The fire
was discovered in an adjoining apart
ment and threatened to spread to the
DOCK rooms. The Pontifical guards has
NY carried away an immense number
Oh the most valuable documents stored
in the endangered positions, and fire
alarm for st. Peters church sounded.
rms promptly summoned the Vatican
nre corps, who fought the flames for an
hour and finally extinguished them,
with no serious loss. The fire, it was
learned, originated in a chimney in the
night watchman's room.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
A CARD FROM BISHOP sCANLAN.

I 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-
ful work of collecting without such a
document, he OF she, as the case may
be. should be regarded by all as a fraud
and an imposter. L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Nov. 20. 1899
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
THE KING OF 1RE1AND,s cA1RN.

Blow softly down the valley,
Oh, wind, and stir the fern
That waves its green fronds over
Inc king of Ireland'S Cairn.
Here in his last wild foray
He fell, and here he lies
His armor makes no rattle,
The clay is in his eyes.
His spear, that once was lightning
Hurled with unerring hand,
Rusts by his feShless fingers
Beside his Battle-Ground.
His shield. that made a pillow
Beneath his noble head,
Hath mouldered, quite forgotten,
With the half forgotten dead.
Say. doth his ghost remember
Old fights, old revellings,
When the victor chant re-echoed
In Tara of the Kings?
Say. in those Halls of Silence
Hath he sought his shadowy Queen,
Or doth he slep contented
To dream of what has been?
Nay, nay, he still is kingly-
He wanders in glen
Where F1onn goes by a-hunting
With misty Fenian men.
He sees the Hounds of Wonder
Bring down their fleeing prey
He sees the swift blood flowing
AT dawning of the day.
AT night he holds his revels
Just as a King might do
But all the guests are ghostly,
And all the lights burn blue
And he who crowns the feasting.
His pale Queen by his side
Is cold as when they stretched him
That bitter eve he died.
IT'S well he seeks no tidings-
His heart would ache to know
That all is changed in Ireland
And Tara lieth low.
-Ethna Carbery in Harpers Weekly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
RESULT OF THE QUEENS VISIT.

Queen Victoria is still in Ireland and
already some results of her visit may
with safety be predicted. The one most
noticeable fact in connection with it
is that the Irish people are more de-
termined than ever to persevere in their
determination to secure home rule. In
fact. they have assumed that an inn
mediate result of the visit of the Queen
must be large concessions to Ireland.
Now it is apparent that if they are dis
appointed in this, it were better for the
British government that Victoria had
never gone to ireland. Ireland must be
free and indeed there is no sign that
her people have any intention of being
otherwise.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
'NoUGH FOR ME.

Sometimes I think I'll thrash him, good,
He needs it bad, I'm sure,
An sometimes-well, I b'lieve would
Nm then I can't endure
T. tech tn muslin little kid.
For when he smiles, y see,
He looks jes' like his mother did,
An that's enough for me.
I guess hundred times or more
I've taken him inside
TIL bedroom there, an closed tn door
An tried an tried an tried
T. bring myself to strike him, onct,
JeS' Onct-an' then I see
His mothers smile on his wet face,
An that's enough for me-
First thing know I'm sittin' there
Pettin' tn little chap.
An strokin' of his curly hair,
HOldin' him in my lap,
An dreamin' of her-seein her
Jes' as she used to be.
An sOmethiu' makes my eyes [ blur
An me cry silently.
He's got the same brown eyes she had
An the same silky hair.
Looks so like her, tn little lad,
That-well. 1 jes' don dare
To lay finger rough on him,
I'd aImCs' seem as though
was a bein' harsh to her,
An so 1 let him go.
He amt a bad boy-no. he amt.
Jes' mischievous, that's all,
In all his makeup tn amt a faint
O. meanneSs-an' / call
T. mind when things she used to do
Exactly like he does,
I thought was jes' tn cutest an
TIL dearest ever was.
Y know, sometimes he'll come t. me
An say to me: Say, Dad,
Y amt goin' to whip me, now, are yer
1 amt been very bad
An then he'll twist, an sort O. smile,
My eyes get blurred an dim,
TIL amt enough gold in tn world
t. hire me t tech him
Folks say I'm spoilin' him-may be
l am, but I don't dare
To tech him rough-he looks like she
Did, an so l don't care.
He puts his little arms aroun'
My neck, an L can see
Her in his eyes, so big an brown,
An that's enough for me.
James Foley, jr., in Bismarck Tribune
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
SWEETEST THING ON EARTH.

L went to church on Easter morn,
And peace was in my heart:
went to church to pray and sing
And do Christians part.
I heard the organ peal as If
'Twere all a dream; [ heard
The preacher read his sermon, but
L can't recall a word.
didn't sing a single note;
/ knelt, but didn't pray;
The peace had was gone, alas,
Before l came away!
do not know the maiden's nane.
Nor what her thoughts may be;
All that l know is that she sat
Across the aisle from me-
1 went to church on Easter morn
10 raise my voice in praise
All. why will women dress themselves
In such bewildering ways?
Cleveland Leader.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
cHILD's SOUL m A LONG NIGHT.

Out of the depths, Oh Lord, cry to Thee
Until the daybreak and the shadows Aeei
ON, Father, tread this labyrinth with me
Until the daybreak and the shadows flee.
Behold me lifting fettered hands to Thee
Until the daybreak and the shadows flee.
1 pray as Christ prayed in Gethsemane.
Until the daybreak and the shadows flee.
Not my will, Lord, but Thine be done in
me,
Until the daybreak and the shadows flee.
For though Thou slay me, will trust in
Thee
Yea, evermore, through all eternity.
Katherine q. Conway In Ave Maria.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
IRELAND AT PARIS

His Grace, the Archbishop of St
Paul will deliver the address on the
occasion Of the unwilling Of the statue
to Lafayette in Paris on July 4
A better selection could not have
been made. Archbishop Ireland will
do full justice to the occasion as his
countrymen. regardless of creed. will
be proud of the virile and sturdy Amer
lean who viii proclaim true democracy
to the nations of the world from the
French capital
We repeat a better selection could not
have been made from among living
Americans.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
DEWEY.

The case Of Dewey is only another
instance of the wisdom of the shoe
maker sticking to his last. AS a fight
ing sailor the American people have
the highest admiration for the hero of
Manila bay, but as politician they
will hardly take him seriously.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21

Are the Porto Ricans Americans or
foreigners? asks the Chicago Times
Herald. That is question many another
fellow would like to find out. What
ever attitude the Times-Herald may
eventually take regarding Mr.. McKin-
ley's candidacy, its usefulness as an
administration or Republican organ is
Er,n
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21

The Paris exposition, including the
greatest of its kind in the history of
the world, is now open. The Inter
mountain and Colorado Catholic will
furnish its readers with some special
articles regarding it during the sum-
mer
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-21
The Colorado Catholic
1884.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY
THE INTERMoUNTAIN CATHo-
Lie PUBLISHING co.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24

his duty. without sparing himself in the
coming fight.
"Look ere. old chap-we amt going
to call you White Feather no more
said Trumpeter Pipes. as they lay to-
gether behind the shelter of a large bOul-
der against the face of which the Boer
bullets were patteriiis like Il heavy rain.
In full sight of the whole army, their
squadron had crossed the Boer front
amidst a hail of bullets which had
brought twenty men to earth.
white Feathers horse had been shot
under him. and. at the risk of his life,
he had carried the wounded trumpeter
into the shelter of the boulders. He was
unhurt. but trembled in every limb from
fear and great eXertion.
From between two boulders he peeped
out and saw. amid the bodies of men
and horses that Uttered the plain. a
wounded man crawling on his hands
and knees. amid a spatter of bullets that
were kicking puffS of dust from the dry
earth all around him.
1t was his captain.
''White Feather watched him for a
moment: then he saw him stop and lie
down on his side despairingly. He could
crawl no more.
Il will. for her saker' he murmured
between his clenched teeth. and rising
from the shelter of the rock he faced the
hail o. death that battered to the earth
around him.
AS he walked into the open a faint
cheer reached his ears from the British
troops half mile behind MIN. The
Royal artillery backed him with a shrek
inc flight of shrapnel, which whistied fer
n moment overhead, then burst over the
Boer lines a quarter of mile away in
a shower of bullets that for q moment
quelled the storm around him.
He reached the wounded man. lifted
him on his back. and returned step by
step to where Trumpeter Pipes lay hid
den.
The trumpeter gave him a faint
"Bravo." as he staggered and fell with
his burden into the kindly shelter of the
rock.
That was 'White Feathers" reward.
On a distant hill the British command
er shut his fieldglasses with snap.
''Tell the general to keep down the fires
on the right there, and to get those men
to his aide-'and bring me that mans
name. If he is alive, tell him that [ saw
it all. and that I'm going to recommend
him for the Cross.
''Never saw finer show of fire disci-
pine in my life.'' added the commander
to himself, as his aide galloped off.
''White Feathers" eyes glistened as he
received the message and heard the cheer
that swept along the lines as ne was car
ried in.
''Perhaps I shall get that commission
after ALL" he said to himself; then she
will think more Of me.'
Perhaps it was just as we'll that he
died five minutes later. this faithful wor-
shipper of a goddess Of clay.-Penny Pic
tOri1l M1paZip
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
Dying with the Boots On.

When Col. Tom Powers was killed
by being thrown from an Atlantic City
train while crossing the Delaware river
bridge the other day, many persons mar
veled at the fact that the shoes had been
torn from his feet. Strange as it may
seem, this is nothing unusual. Most Of
those who were killed in the wreck at
Hatfield last Sunday were bereft Of shoes
and in one corner Of the improvised
morgue was a large pile of unclaimed
footwear that had been picked up about
the wreck. In commenting on this yes
terday an old railroad engineer said: "a
man who is killed in a railroad accident
seldom dies with his boots on. l don't
know why this should be, but it is a
fact. 1t is particularly true in the case
Of a man who is struck by an engine and
killed. In nine cases out of ten, when
the body is picked up, it will be found to
be minus shoes. Even men wearing
heavy top boots are not exempt from this
strange rule. Why is it? | guess you'll
have to ask somebody who is wiser than
| m."--Philadelphia Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
STRATEGY OF THE ANT.
Little Insect Can Pan Foray ii
Perfect Style.

From Il military standpoint. the meth
Cd employed by ants to provide food for
an ant colony are almost perfect. Their
foraging parties are fauitiess. both in
planning and execution. and are almost
uniformly successful. a resident of this
city who is at present in business IN
South Africa has sent home description
of foray of an army of ants.
The army, which he estimates to have
numbered about $4,000 ants, started
from their home in the mud walls Of {,
hut and marched in the direction of &
small mound Of fresh earth but a few
yards distant. The head OF the cOlmun
halted on reaching the foot Of the mound
and waited for the rest of the force to
arrive at the place of operations. which
evidently was to be the mound of fresh
earth. When the remainder had arrived
and halted so that the entire army was
assembled a number of ants deta ched
themselves from the main body and be-
gan to ascend to the top of the mound
while the others began moving so as to
encircle the base of the mound.
Very soon a number from the detach-
ment which had assembled the mound.
evidently the attacking party, entered
the loose earth and speedily returned,
each bearing Il cricket or Il young grass
hopper, dead, which he deposited upon
the ground and then returned for a fresh
load. Those who remained on the out
SIDE OF the MOUND TOOK UP the crlcketS
and grasshoppers as they were brought
out and bore them down to the base Of
the hill. returning for fresh load. Soon
the contents of the mound seemed to be
exhausted, and then the whole party re-
turned home, each carrying his burden Of
food for the community.
Here. then, was Il regular fOray,
planned and executed with military pre-
cisiOn, the country surveyed, the depot of
provisions known accurately before the
! march was made. and the most pruden-
tial division Of labor and care taken that
none of the victims should escape
Philadelphia Inquirer. .r.-..-.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
About the Prince Of Wales.

Here are some interesting facts about
the Prince Of Wales, which are con-
densed from his biography as written by
his private secretary:
He was born November 9, 1911.
He has one private secretary, two as
sistant secretaries and a staff of clerks
to assist him.
He receives 100 letters day and an
swers many of them.
He has every order Of knighthood in
Europe.
His uniforms are worth $4,000.
He is the chief horse owner, dog own
er and yachtsman in England.
He goes to church every Sunday morn
ing.
He started life with an income of 500,
900 year.
He loves to travel incognito in Paris.
His favOrite Vehicle IN London is a
hanson cab, yet his stables cost $4,000
q year.
He has friends in every nation and
speaks German, French, italian and
Russian.
He is 5 feet inches tall and weighs
$50 pounds.
When he was young he was very ten
der-hearted and cried for days when a
tutor left him.
He is said to be one of the best shots
He sets the fashion in clothes for the
whole world.
He has thirteen university degrees
He has made more speeches than any
other man in the world, but mostly short
ones.
He owns the deepest mine in England.
He was the first Christian to dine with
Sultan.-Golden Days.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
AFTER THE STORMY WEATHER.

It's after the stormy weather-camp's still
and the fighting done;
And we're closer-thank GOu.-together, iii
the Joy o the battles Won,
Under the flag united-friendly as friends
may be
TIe man who marched with Sherman and
tie man who followed Lee.
It's after the stormy weather. See now
where the skies bend blue.
And light the stars of the flag that waves
Splendidly over you.
The battle-thunders have died away-the
folds Of the flag float free.
And fainter -ow are the echoes Of the guns
from over
After the stormy weather. Peace on the
plains ard hills;
No crimson drops on the daisies, no feu on
the rippled rills,
Only one thought for the country: waves
the flag from shore to shore:
Wrongs Tighted. and. lOye-united, we are
brothers foreyermore.
One thought. Let the sea winds wing it
over the echoing deep.
One thought. Let the rivers sing it where
the dreaming valleys sleep.
Thrilled to the stars in music. after the
rough ways trod,
We are al 1t home in the country under the
smile of God.
Frank L. Stanton in Saturday Evening
Post
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
A Word to Young Men.

1t is doubtless within the momOry Of
hundreds OF thousands of young men
in this country that less than ten years
agO-siX or seven years ago, to be more
eXact-the business world suffered a
stagnation and disaster the like of
which had never before been seen
among us.
The panic Of SO was especially hard
upon young men. The elderly, who
had made their successes in life fairly
secure, those whose natural caution en-
abled them to look forward to such a
terrible consummatiOn and to prepare
for it, suffered less. The younger
men, having in some cases the enthu-
siasm Of their youth, having in many
others tie well-mature plans of mid
die age before them, found that their
best-laid plans, their most loyalty SUI
perhuman efforts, We're insufficient to
stem the tide against them. Many
failed. Many who did not fail fought
on, almost losing heart, but bravely
keeping up the struggle, hardly know
ing why. Those who failed are mostly
Oh lueIE leel again. 1uOSe w uO uIu
not, are doing we'll enough again.
All-and we repeat, there are hun
dreds of thousands of them, take it the
country Over-have cause to remember
the beginning, and, let us hope, the
end, of a financial and political policy
or lack of policy, which literally doomed
tens of thousands Of them to bank
ruptcy, tens of thousands of others to
despair, and ceaseless effort to recover
Themselves and yet tens of thousands
more to beggery-not hopeless, for that
is a word unknown to the younger
business generation.
We do not believe that there is a sim
gle self-respecting business man of the
rising generation who is going to per-
NIT, or who is going to help to permit
any such disaster to happen again. 1t
would mean dollars, in many cases
thousands of dollars, out of his peck
ct. 1t would mean in many cases
that he could never recover his finan-
cial standing; for it is not always that
a man can stand more than one Of these
attacks. The younger generation, we
believe, learned it's lesson thoroughly
1t will do better this time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
Farewell to Bryan.

(Air: Johnny Comes Marching Homeo
Well never forget Sixteen to One.' Oh,
no; oh. no!
Well never forgive your "Scuttle and
Run" Oh, no! Oh, no!
We've got no use for your croakins
cry:
.Oh. don't you fear the militari?'
So fare you well; we're all Mckinley
men.
So fare you we'll; we're all Mckinley
men.
Well never desert the dear old flag. Oh,
no. Oh, no!
We don't admire that fraud and brag,
EMILTO!
Wen never believe in prophets sent
TO preach the gospel of discomfort.
So fare you WE'LL we're all prosperity
men.
So fare you we'll; we're all Mckinley
men.
We're raIlying up ten million men. Oh
yes! Oh, yes.
To vote Mckinley in again. Oh, yes!
Oh, yes!
No danger turks behind the flag
But the man who works the silver gag
So fare you we'll; we're none Of us silver
So fare you well; we're all Mckinley
men.
William Edwin Anderson.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
Work a Means, Not an End.

The primary function of education is
the presentation Of our individual life,
and suffice it to say that this conception
greatly increases the real value of labor
Man does not labor solely to earn his
bread, but principally in order that the
divine, the spiritual within him may find
expression, SO that he may become con-
scious of the nature of God and of his
own Godlike identity. Bread. dwelling
house and clothes, though acquired in the
course of labor, are yet unimportant ac-
cessories. When elevated to this stand
ard labor is brought into intimate rela-
ton with religion, each being compile
mentary to the other.-The Forum
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
Pros in Porto Rico,

Many new factories, supplied with
modern machinery, are being erected
in Porto Rico. Tobacco culture has in
creased immensely, and the demand
from the United States is booming the
cigar trade. The coffee plantations
of the planters were too poor to imme-
diately repair the damage, but nature
has helped, and in localities where a
few months ago it was estimated that
the yield would not exceed 10 per cent
vorable conditions give a prospect of
40, so Or 60 per cent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-24
Satterlee and His Hogs.

Ben Satterlee, one of the prosperous
farmers of Seminary township, in Fay
cite County, Illinois, arrived in Van
dalia recently with thirteen wagon
loads of hogs, making a procession of
no mean proportions. This was the sur
plus of Mr. Satterlee's hog raising. At
the scales he found the weight to be
1850 pounds. He sold the hogs to
Fred Morrison of Ramsey at 5 cents
per pound. Mr. Satterlee Melted $675
from the SALE The st. Louis market
reports for the months Of May and
including September, 1896, show the
average price of hogs in the st. Louis
market to have been 1915 per 100
pounds, and the average market price
for hogs in the same market on Aug.
%, 1900, was $5.47. The difference be-
tween the average price sfOr 1896 and
the market price on Aug. "A Of this
year was 1912 per 100 pounds, which,
multiplied by the weight, gives Mr..
Satterlee $367.2O more for his hogs
than he could have got in 1S96-an-
other contrast in the prices Of farm
pTOuuclS DetWeeu 1910 anu ISUU, uem-
onstrating that Mckinley was the lad
vance agent of prosperity" in 1896
When Mr.. Satterlee presented his
check at the bank, he was paid in Mr.
Bryan's 2OO-cent dollars, and the cash
Ter handed him the money in gold. l..
w. Russell, neighbor, was present
and exclaimed: ''By gosli! Ben! Five
cents for hogs, paid in gold, is good
enough for u.s. The facts related ap-
ply just as we'll i'll any Western State
as in Illinois.