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Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
PretensIon and Practice.

The Cubans, says a Havana dis
patch, referring to the peculations
OF American officials in the ISL
and's postal service, seem to be
immensely pleased. They d clare
that the Americans can no longer
boast of their superior honesty
when in Government employ" ="
This elation, says the Baltimore
Sun, on the part Of the Cubans is
entirely natural. Our attitude
toward them has been one OF often
sive superiority. We have, indeed,
steadiastly refused to give them
independence until they could be
trained in the way they should
go--namely, the American way Of
integrity and efficiency in govern
ment. In his last message TO Con-
gress President Mckinley patron
izingly alluded to the Cubans as
wards of this nation, which is sup
posed to be unsel6shlY discharging
the duties Of trustee without the
hope or promise of reward. No
wonder the Cubans are killed with
unholy glee at the difference be-
tween our pretensions and our
practices, as exhibited IN the con-
scienceless robbery Of the Havana
post Office by American officials.
"We may be the knaves you have
pronounced US, they say, "but in
what respect are your rascals any
better than ours7 They steal upon
occasion with as little compunction
as the men OF our own race who
have held official positions in the
island. We do not boast OF our
integrity, but YOU proclaim your
honesty loudest when your hands
are most deeply in the cash
boxes" The citizen of Cuba
apparently, has a right to feel
elated. Alter the American press
and American statesmen have un-
ceasingly impressed upon him the
necessity of good government aHd
held up this country as the ideal,
he is scarcely to be rebuked, on
high moral grounds, Tor exulting
in the evidences of rascality on the
part OF his trustee. He would be
less than human If he reirained
from scorniul mirth at the expense
Of those who have looked down
upon him with contempt and
thanked heaven that they were not
as the Cubans are. And as long
as Mr.. Mckinley continues TO fill
the offices in Cuba with "slick
politicians" there will be scandals
in the island-extravagance, down
right theft and sharp practices.
The "slick politician" does not go
to Cuba simply tor the salary that
is promised him, but to make full
use OF the opportunities which
abound tor getting rich at the ex.
pense OF the Cubans.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07

just as regularly she came to post an
answer. She wrote in a quaint, old
hand, but the boy could make out
every word, and once when he wrote
that her writing was improving. she
felt all the pride which a school girl
could have shown. He improved as
well. BY and by he wrote Detroit
plain and fair, and he took extra pains
to commence his Dear mother with
a grand flourish, and to add something
extra after the words Your son, Dam
These letters were food and drink to
the old lady, and she seemed to actual
ly grow younger. Little Dan had many
friends in the postOffice, and had the
mother been i'll and carrier would
have hunted till midnight to find her
and hand her the looked for letter.
Three or four weeks ago, when she
opened the letter, she wept and smiled
as over the first. Dan wrote he was
coming home for a week and her heart
was full. She said she'd have the cot
tage looking like new for him, and
she'd be at the depot to welcome him.
best of all Everybody felt glad with
her. and the lady clerk was to go up
some evening and have tea with her
and see her little Dan that was getting
ready to come home. That was early
in February and he was to come early
in March. The next Tuesday there waI
a letter, but the handwriting was not
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
LITTLE DAN.

You see the people at the postoffice
soon recognize faces and names, and
after man or woman has appeared at
| the general delivery window several
| times, they are pretty we'll known. 1t
| is a real pleasure to hand out letters to
some, while the clerks care little for the
calls of others to get hold of their
epistleS.
One day, year or two ago, funny
| looking little woman, wearing faded
| garments but having a tidy look, and
a mOtherly face, appeared at the win
dow and asked for letter. There was
one for her, sent from a distant city,
and anybody could have told that an
unlearned hand directed the envelope.
There was a little I'd" in Detroit,
with a big IT. to end the word, and it
i seemed wonderful that the letter ever
reached it's destination.
The old lady felt SO good that tears
started to her eyes, and yet, trying to
smile, she put her head to the window
and said:
and you don't know how much good it
does me-"
The lady delivery clerk rose up to
look after the old woman, and when a
second letter came she was looking and
watching for mother" a whole day
before the letter was passed out.
IL Ircn my Ian again, cried the
old woman, as she noted the super
scription Hes only a bit of boy,
and there was not a show for him in
Detroit, and besides he was running
out of nights and going to the bad. /
sent him away and he's working hard
and trying to be good. God bless my
Dan! I'm lone widow, with only him
to love, and I hope he'll be good
Il hope so, too" added the clerk
and after that the two were friends.
Sometimes the letters were far be-
tween, and when the old woman would
worry over the delay and the big tears
would fall, the clerk at the office would
almost shed tears with her. Mother
would open her letters at the window.
and if Dan was feeling brave-hearted
and getting along WELL both would be
still anxious If he complained and was
discouraged.
Almost every week for a year and a
half the old 1adv racaive45 q lAttA- and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07

little Dams. 1t was a strange business
hand, and the clerk felt a chill go over
her as she turned it over. 1t might be
good news, but she feared not. Moth
err came in at the usual hour, and she
turned pale as she took the envelope
Her fingers trembIed as she opened it.
and she had to wipe the mist off of her
eyes before she could decipher a word.
She had not read over four or five
lines when She uttered a moan and
sank down like one crushed by some
awful weight.
Dan was dead The letter said he
had been taken suddenly ill, and that
nothing could save him. The blow
was too heavy for one with her gray
hair and childless heart. and her little
house is without a tenant.
No more letters commencing Dear
Mother" came for the dead, and the
trembling hands, which used to linger
So fondly over the words. My Dear
Boy Dan are folded over a lifeless
breast, there to rest till the angels
unclasp them.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
Lullaby.

O. Mary Motherl if the day we trod
In converse sweet, the lily fields of God,
From earth afar arose a cry of pain
Should we not met again?
(Sings)
Mothers twain are surely thine,
one of earth and one divine.
O Mary Mother of the day, the air
Was sweet with songs celestial, cams
prayer
From earth a1ar, ana mingled With the
strain
Would we not pray again?
(Sings)
Sleep. sleep, my baby dear,
Mothers twain are surely near,
One to pray and one to hear.
n. Mary Mother, if as yesternight
A bird sought shelter at my easement
A wounded soul should flutter to Thy
breast,
Wouldst Thou refuse it rest?
(Sings)
Sleep, darling, peacefully,
Mary Mother, comforts me,
Christ Her Son, hath died for thee
--Nrthur SherhTrno Hardy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
why Cats wash After Eating.

You may have noticed, little friends,
That cats don't wash their faces
Before they eat, as children do,
In all good Christian places.
Well, years ago, famous cat,
The pangs OF hunger feeling,
Had CHANGED to catch a fine young mouse
Who said as he ceased squealing:
''An genteel folks their faces wash
Before they think of eating
And, wishing TO be thought well bred,
Puss needed his entreating.
But when she raised her paw to wash,
Chance for escape affording,
The sly young mouse said his goodby
Without respect to wording.
A feline council met that day
And passed in solemn meeting
A law forbidding any cat
To wash till after eating.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
A Wise Little Mouse.

A wise little mouse
Came out of his house
Through a small round hole for a door;
His little eyes blinked,
And he winked and winked,
And he winked and he blinked some more
There's milk and there's bread"
He to himself said,
"And honey that's made by the bees;
There's coffee and tea,
But better for me,
There's plenty of crackers and cheese.
IN nibble at both"
And then, nothing loath
To nibble at both he began,
When he cried. Whats that?
NY stars, tbs a cat!'
And away like a flash he ran.
a nd this little mouse
Ran into his house
Through the wee small hole for a door,
Then said to the cat,
Il know here you're at,
And I shan't come out any more"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
Let Us Gather ID the snnbsams.

(Old FaVOrite Series)
Let US gather up the Sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let US keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chaff;
Let US md our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of today,
With a patient hand removing
All the briarS from the way.
Strange, we never prize the music
I'm the sWeet-vOlced bird has flown;
Strange, that we should slight the violets
Till the lovely flowers are gone.
strange, that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one-half so fair
As when winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air
If We knew the baby fingers
Press,d against The window pane,
Would be cold and stiff tomorrow
Never trouble us again;
Would the bright eyes of our darling
Catch the frown upon our brow?
Would the print of rosy fingers
NeX US then as they do now?
All, those little ice cold fingers.
How they point our memories back
To the haSty words and actions
Strewn along our backward track
How those little hands remind us,
AS in snowy grace they lie,
Not TO scatter thorns-but roses
For our reaping bye and bye.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
All the Way,

not only from Denver, burt ALL THE
WAY from Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and
Utah the Union Pacific gives its patrons
the luxury of a buffet smoking and IL
brary car containing barber shop and
choice collection of current literature.
No other line west of Colorado has this
elegant service. which is so greatly ap-
preciated by all experienced travellers.
Buy your tickets to all points east via
Union Pacific, thereby gaining the ad-
vantage of quickest time and best
service. Ticket office, POI Main street.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
Dear Nephews and Nieces:

Dear Nephews and Nieces:
Who can complain that Aunt Busy
is neglected nowadays? Why Aunt
Busy has all that she can do to make
room for the new nephews and nieces,
and hardly has a chance to get a word
In at all
But she is glad and happy to welcome
al the newcomers, and wants them to
write often. Come along, nephews and
meceS old and new, and tell US every
thing you can think of-some curious
thing you have seen, some story
you have heard, your progress in
school, your hopes for the future; in
fact, everything that you know and
feel is interesting.
Aunt Busy has some great news to
tell you this week. The building in
which the IntermOUntain is published
nearly burned down last Sunday after
noon. When Aunt Busy saw the fire,
she just ran as hard as she could to
the office and rescued all the letters
from her nephews and nieces other
wise there would have been no letters
in this week. Now, just imagine poor
old Aunt Busy running! She would
not have lost your letters for any Lind
of a fire. Goodbye, dear nephews and
nieceS; write soon to Aunt Busy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07

Hoffman's Catholic Directory for 1900
will be complete in few days. 1t Will
show the Catholic population of the
country TO be over 100000. An effort
was made this year to obtain statistics
regarding the Church in our new pos
sessions. the Philippines. Cuba and
Puerto Rico, but Archbishop ChapelIe
and Bishop Blenk advised against it,
as it was impossible to obtain accurate
statistics Each year on the issuance Of
the Catholic Directory a dispute breaks
out as to the accuracy of the statistics
of the Catholic population. Inasmuch as
these figures are all obtained from the
Bishops of the diocese, the blame for
errors must lie on them. The greatest
pains are taken to secure accuracy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
THE INTERMoUNTAIN CATHo-

can be found on sale at the following
Salt Lake news stands:
o'Connor's Drug Store, 229 Main
street.
Derge & Co., 164 South Main street.
Barrow Bros, 43 West Second
South.
Hammel's Book Store, 40 West Sec
ond South.
Salt Lake News Co., II West Sec
ond South.
Margett Bros, Main street, oppo-
site 2. C. NJ. I.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
Hints on Conduct.

AS you enter upon life choose your
friends as you would choose guides on the
borders of a wilderness. Friends more
than anything else determine the paths
which most of us follow.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County, SIS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F.
]. Cheney & Co, doing business in the
city of Toledo. county and state afOre-
said. and that firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. d. 1896.
(SeaD A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
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and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
f. ]. CHENEY &; Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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selling pates and Limit.

From Ogden. Nephi, Terminus, Eu-
reka and all intermediate points, April
to s, inclusive. limit April l..
From Harrisville. Cannon and inter
mediate points, April 4 to s. inclusive,
limit April 16,
From all other stations, April to Z.
inclusive, limit April 16, 1900.
D. E. Burnley.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07

Have a good cigar? Why not smoke
the Blue Point? Coop Cigar company,
90 West Second South. Sold everywhere
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07

up there. Don't you think you boys
could induce them to do better. Don't
forget Aunt Busy dear Ogden boys.
Aunt Busy thanks you for your love.
and sends hers in return.
Manitou, Colo, March q, 1900.
Dear Aunt Busy:
1 have read your letters in the Inter
mountain Catholic but have never seen
any from your Manitou nieces or neph-
eWs am years old and go to
school | have a brother is years old
IN the Philippine Islands His name
Is Albert Baratte. 1 have a pet cat
he Is maltese and his name is Dew
ey. l have two sisters they are older
than l am. l have got the mumps and
my sister has also. Well this letter is
long so / viii close
Your loving nephew
LAURENCE BARATTE.
Aunt Busy is glad to welcome a
nephew from Manitou Write ofte..
and tell US some news of that brave
young soldier in the Philippines. Aunt
Busy will send him copy of this pa
per If you send his address soon to
her. Hurrah for Dewey! Hope your
mumps will be better soon.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
Salt Lake City Utah,


Dear Aunt Busy
I intended TO write to You long ago,
nut / forgot to write you before, so l
am writing to you now.
I go to the Wasatch school, my
teachers name is Miss Scholes. 1 think
she is lovely. I am in room four. l am
10 wears old.
go to choir practice every Saturday.
] have a big sister, her name is Gene
We've, and a brother; his name is Har-
ry I have a little baby sister; her
name is Oriella. She lis 8 years old,
and a little brother Charlie; he is s
wears old
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
vrom your loving neice,


Aunt Busy is very pleased to hear
from YOU You write beautiful hand
and you have a beautiful name. Aunt
Busy loves to have you write so nicely
of your teachers. You are good child,
Regina.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
First Rational Bank
MONTANA.

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to collections.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07

"a 1t Lake CITY, \ Tan, A4dLClI ~ 40OV'
Dear aunt Busy:
L am a little girl nine years old. 1
20 10 the Sisters school in Salt Lake
CITY. L belong to the Holy Angels
Sodality. I have wanted to write to
YOU for a long time, you are such
dear aunt Busy. I have brother Z
Years old.
Good-by. Your loving niece
NORA CRAWFORD.
You are as welcome little Nora, as
the May flowers that viii soon be here.
Aunt Busy hopes YOU viii write often
End many more Of the Holy Angels
Sodality. Love from your Aunt Busy.
.
Ogden, utah, Mar. q, 1900.
Dear Aunt Busy:
/ have been chosen by the boys Of st.
Joseph's school to write you a letter,
and thank you in their name for the
charming compliments you gave the
ogden boys you certainly are the
loveliest of Aunts. The boys think
you are grand and wish you would
come and live in ogden. We would
build a house near st. Joseph school
for you and Uncle Busy. ] am sure
you both would enjoy some Of our wild
pranks. You asked what was the
matter with the Ogden nieces.
guess they are jealous but we don't
care and you don't need to care either.
The love Of your ogden Nephews is
lots warmer and more lasting than
that Of the Ogden nieces. / don't be-
heve those nieces have a bit of love for
anybody. Love from all your Ogden
Nephews your loving Nephew,
STEPHEN KEOGH,
p. S.-Cornelius Dean will write you
next week.
Aunt Busy was very touched and
grateful to read the lovely letter con-
tanning such kindly words from her
dear Ogden boys. Her ogden gentle
men. she always calls you. Always
say kind sweet things boys all your
lives, and you win help to make this
world bright and lovely. You write
beautiful letter Stephen. Don't you
know Aunt Busy does feel sighted over
me way her Ogden nieces treat her. |
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07

Ogden, Dtah, March =, ISUU.
Dear Aunt Busy:
1 am 10 years old. l go to the Sacred
Heart Academy, and am in the third
grade NV studies are cathechiem,
geography, spelling, grammar, arith-
metic and dictation. l like cathechlsm
and arithmetic best. I make a visit to
tie blessed sacrament every evening.
/ like to read the children's page in the
Tntermountain Catholic As it is get
ting late. l viii close for the present.
From your loving nephew,
JOHN ?. M'LAUGHLIN.
a new nephew from ogden! And, Of
course. he is a good one or he would
not be an Ogden boy. Don't forget a
prayer for Aunt Busy sometimes. She
hopes more nephews do as you do about
your visit
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-07
Colorado Springs, Colo.
March Is, 1900.

Dear Aunt Busy:
am seven years old and go to school.
1 am in the high first. l like my teacher
very much. have two little sisters.
Ny papa died and my mamma said /
can have a dog when l am big enugh to
build a dog house, and l help my man.
ma to work. Love to Aunt Busy.
CHARLES D. BROWN.
Aunt Busy is delighted to find an
other Colorado nephew. She has some
fine nephews in that beautiful state.
Betvery good to your mamma, Charles.
Now that papa has gone to heaven,
you must be a man and take care of
her.
Cripple Creek. March Is, 1900.
Dear Aunt Busy:
] do not see any letters from Cripple
Creek so 1 will write you one. / run
down to meet the postman the day our
paper is due. 1 read ali the letters
and enjoy them very much. 1 am 10
years old and in the fifth grade.
have a sweet little magpie. who can
say good morning and hellow. As this
is my first letter, Will not write too
much. Goodbye, from your loving
niece,
MARY PEARL COLLINS.
You are welcome, dear little niece
from Cripple Creek. Aunt Busy thanks
you for writing so nicely about the pa
per. Write soon again.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-12-07

Photo Engravers' association and the
Association Of Electrotypers. the Ma
tional Editorial association and many
other editoria. associations are 70 meet
In Buffalo during the exposition next
year VIII augment interest In this
unique exhibit.
The general direction OF the division
has been assigned TO Thomas n.
Moore. who is also superintendent OF
the divisions OF machinery. transporta-
ton and ordnance. Mr.. Moore is a
New York city man OF great experience
as a manufacturer and has had espe-
eial facilities for studying the require
ments Of the division under his charge
His assistant. In charge especially OF
the graphic arts division. Is the well
known Buffalo newspaper man. Rich
mond G. Hill. who has been connected
with the Pan-American enterprise
since It's inception and who is entirely
familiar with the progress and develop
ment OF the various departments or the
graphic arts. MARX BENNITT.