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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
BELINDA's STORY.

Belinda was the smallest cat
That ever you did see.
One day Belinda met rat
Quite twice as big as she.
Now, what are you TO do
When rats as big as you?
Belinda said: I'm not afraid
OF any rat alive.
I'd swallow any rat that's made,
Or two or four, or five"
Now, how could she do that
Such very little cat?
The rat replied: Il never knew
A cat as brave as l,
But as for such cat as you,
Ill make you into pie.
Did you ever see a rat
Dine off a pussy cat?
Belinda said: Superior cats
Think fighting only fun.
Just call Il lot OF other rats;
Ill eat them every one"
Now, don't you think that that
Was a most courageous cat?
Then other rats joined in the fight.
Big, little, short and tall
Gray, brown and brindled, black anc
white
Belinda ate them ALL
Do you wonder how l know?
Belinda told me sol
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
THE CURIOUS MOUSE.

Ticketty, ticketty, tock
x little mouse climbed to the clock.
1t wanted to see
What the hour CHANGED to be
Ticketty, ticketty took!
Now, when it got UP to the top
1t said, Il think / shall stop,
For l very much like
To hear the clock strike
Ticketty, ticketJy took.
The mouse was too frightened to stir
When it heard the clock give a loud
whir,
And then it struck three.
Said the mouse. oh, dear me! .
1t has Weakened the cat
That slept on the nat,
So off in a moment I'll be-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
SIX IMPORTANT POINTS.

Six things a boy ought to know:
l. That a quiet voice, courtesy and
kind acts are as essential to the part
in the world of a gentleman as of a
gentlewoman.
3 That roughness clustering and
even foolhardiness are not manliness.
The most firm and courageous men
nave usually been the most gentle.
8. That muscular strength is not
health.
4. That a brain crammed only with
facts is not necessarily a wise one.
3. That the labor impossible to the
boy of IA will be easy to the man of 20.
6. That the best capital for a boy is
not money, but the love of work, simple
tastes and a heart loyal to his friends
and his God.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
MISS RUTHBRFoRD's WASH.

Mary Ellen, I wish you'd carry Miss
Rutherfords wash home to her"
Mary Ellen. not one jot or title of
whose name was ever abated at home
although the feather factory and her
social circle knew her as Mamie,
paused in her occupation Of tying
wide white bow beneath her chin.
She did NOT turn from the square little
mirror that hung between the two win
dows Of The tenement kitchen, to show
her mother, ironing energetically be-
Elnd her the mutinous line of her lips
at the request
She was tired Of being told to carry
Miss Rutherford's clothes home. She
could scarcely recall the time when
she had not been tired of the COM
mand. Back into the remotest, pima
fored past, every Saturday had seen
her Miss Rutherfords laundry bearer.
Lately she occasionally effected a
transfer of the task to Tim, but he was
generally reserved for longer errands.
Where's Tsm?' she inquired now,
Shortly.
The habit Of obedience was strong,
and even a few months Of wage earn
ing independence at the factory had
not given her the courage to refuse
outright the behest of the old woman
who. with practiced arm, was sending
her iron over a pink shirt waist.
Tins at the ball game" replied
Mrs. McNulty, ob1ivious of Mary Ell
lens protesting attitude. HE won't
he home for supper, an We could get
these things over to Miss Rutherford
an be back in time to go to the store
for me before then"
Mary Ellen looked steadily at some
geraniums growing insolently bright
in tin cans along the window ledge.
They were but painful blur of scar
let to her, for there was an angry mist
before her eyes. She did not speak at
once.
Welt" cried her mother, sharply,
as she turned from the board to put
Chilling iron on the stove and to test
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
Ian MACLAREN AND THE CRU
CIFIX.

Tan Maclaren" is the pen name Of
Rev. DR.. Watson, Presbyterian minis
ter Of Liverpool. In The Potters
Wheel he writes:
when one enters the dimness of a
foreign cathedral he sees nothing clear
~ for awhile, save that there is a light
from the eastern window and ii is
shining over figure raised high above
the choir. AS ones eyes grow accustom-
ed to the gloom, he Identifies the cru
cifiX repeated in every side of the chap
81, and marks that to this Sufferer all
kneel in their trouble and are comfort
ed. From age to age the shadow hangs
heavy on life, and men walk softly in
the holy place; but ever the crucifix
faces them, and they are drawn to His
feet and goodness by the invitation Of
the pierced hands"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
TAKE UP THY CROSS.

Charge not myself with the weight of
year,
Child Of the Master, faithful and dear.
Choose not the cross for the coming week,
For that is more than He bids thee seek.
Bend not thy arms for the morrow's load.
Thou mayest leave that TO thy gracious
God;
Daily only, He said to thee,
Take up thy cross and follow Me-"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17

ture is the sign of great purity and Of
an interior confidence.
1. He that seeketh no outward testi-
mony for himself shOweth plainly that
he hath wholly committed himself to
God.
For not he that commendeth him
self" saith blessed Paul, is approved,
but he whom God commendeth.''
To walk with God within, and to be
bound by no affection from without, is
the state of the man of interior life.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
Salt Lake Citv. March 10. 1000.

Dear Aunt Busy:
I have been thinking Of you all day,
so l thought I would write you a few
lines and tell You that 1 like the boys
and girls page very much. Dear Aunt
Busy, I would like to know you. My
papa is going to take my mamma and
me and my sister to the theatre next
Saturday night to hear the lecture for
the orphans. Good bye, Aunt Busy.
NELLIE HOWARD.
You are very sweet to write such a
nice letter to Aunt Busy. Indeed she
does love to hear from her little boys
and girls. Aunt Busy is glad to- know
you are going to the theatre on the
18th. She is going too, for the little or
phans.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
OREGON SHORT line RAILROAD.

The only line running through cars to
Portland Butte. Missouri river, Chicago
and St Louis. without change
Time card in effect Oct. Is 1899.
Trains will arrive and depart at Sls
Lake City daily as follows:
Arrive.
From Ogden, Chicago, Omaha.
81 Louis, Kansas City and
From Ogden Portland. Spokane. ''''
Butte, Helena and San Fran
'FToTI milford. sanpete, Provo ~
ana Intermediate points 49,. $50 an
from Ogden. Chicago, st. Louis.
Kansas City. Omaha, Denver
ana san Francisco ............:- SEQ pm
and Terminus o Beach tUos. 400 p
mediate points 9FcuF anu .. l.... $50 pm
ogden AID tp intsT 2Tsdi 3e points $40 pra
= rom OSuen. Butte, San Francis
co and intermediate points .--- 1850 Pm.
Depart.
or Ogden, Omaha. Chicago,
0enVer. Kansas City. st. Louis,
Cacne valley and intermediate
For TIntic. Mercur and inter '
and Terminus -. 0 ................ 7:S Am.
ia land and inter1nediate points. 0:45 am.
c9[ ogden. Omaha, Chicago,
and San Francisco ............ 11:45 an
For Provo. Sanpete, Milford
ana intermediate points ........ $50 p.uaE
Ror Ogden, Denver, Kansas City.
cage =. -, ................ $40 pm.
Fer Ogden, Butte, Helena. San
francisco and intermediate
Rointa -. -. ................ s:4s p.n.
Telephone No. 80.
days.
s-Daily except Sunday.
". Second South ST
W. n; BANCROFT. Vice President ana
General Manager.
8, w. ECCLEs. General Traffic Man
y D; 3. hurley. General Passenger q
Ticket Agent.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
DIRECTIONS FOR LETTER WRIT
ING.

Write on one side of paper only.
Do not have letters too long.
Address all letters to Aunt Busy,
Catholic.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
RocK-A-BY, BABY.

Rock-a-by, babyi On the tree top.
When the wind blows, the cradle will
rock;
When the bough bends. the cradle will
Down tumbles baby, cradle and all.
Laugh at the sunbeams that dance in the
Echo the birds with their own baby tune,
Coo in the sunshine and flowers of June.
Rock-a-by, babyi AS softly it swings
Over the cradle the mother love sings;
Brooding of cooling at every dawn,
What will it do when the mother is gone?
Rock-a-by, baby! So cloudless the skies.
Blue as the depths of your own laughing
Sweet is the lullaby over your nest
That tenderly sings little baby to rest.
Rock-a-by, baby! The blue eyes will
Sweetest When mammals eyes over them
Never again will the world seem so fair;
Sleep. little baby! There's no cloud in the
air.
Rock-a-by, baby! The blue eyes win burn
And ache with that your manhood will
Swiftly the years come with sorrow and
With burdens the wee dimpled shoulders
must bear.
Rock-a-by, babyi There's coming a day
Whose sorrows a mothers lips can't kiss
away;
Days when its song win be changed to a
moan,
Cross that baby must wear all alone.
Rock-a-by, BABY The meadows in bloom
May never the frosts pail the beauty in
gloom;
Be thy world ever as bright as today it is
seen,
Rock-a-by, baby! Thy cradle is green.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
Eureka. Utah. March 10 1900

l. III thd, L LdIl, AldTGn ~, lJUU.
Dear Aunt Busy:
As / have seen so many letters from
your nepheWs and nieceS 1 would like
to be one of them also. We are not go
ing to have any celebration this St.
Patricks Day owing to so many cases
of smallpox. My papa keeps a candy
store and is city recorder also. 1 have
made practice during Lent not to eat
any candy and / have not. l love to
read the letters in the Intermountain
Catholic. l don't suppose we will have
any more school this term. I go to St
Joseph's school and am in the third
preparatory class. If You will accept
me as one of your nieces I will make
the next one more interesting, Good bye,
from your loving niece,
RUPHENA MPHEE.
Aunt Busy is very pleased to find an
other little niece in Eureka. She is al
ways happy to find another niece from
that busy town. Aunt Busy is glad to
know you like the Boys and Girls De-
partment. When Aunt Busy was a lit
tie girl-Tnany years ago-She never
had any candy during Lent either. You
are a dear, good little niece. Write soon
again.
Ogden, Utah, March Z, 1900
Dear Aunt Busy:
In last weeks paper I read that you
had received three letters from charm
ing Ogden nephews so I thought it was
time you should hear from some of your
more than charming Ogden nieces.
I enjoy reading the letters from my
intermountain cousins but I must say
I always like to see dear old Ogden
printed there.
We are trying to be just as good as
can be during Lent, dear Aunt Busy,
and we hope to be model angels by
Easter.
You know your little nieces here be
long to the Holy Angels Sodality and
we are often called by that dear name
when we are real good.
Sending you much love from your
Ogden nieces, 1 remain,
MAY O'CONNOR.
Aunt Busy is delighted to hear at
last from an Ogden niece. She is glad
TO know that the Ogden nieces are
charming also. She does love her Og-
den nephews and of course felt sorry
not to hear from the nieces. But from
now on, the Ogden girls will not neglect
Aunt Busy. She is glad to hear about
the Holy Angels Sodality. Keep on try
ing to be angels little Ogden nieces.
Write soon.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17

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depositors absolute security. prompt and
careful attention. and the most liberal
treatment consistent with safe and profit
able banking. Buys and sells foreign
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to collections.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
First National Bank,
BUTTE. MONTANA.

ANDREW ]. DAVIS. President.
J. A. TALBOT. President.
t. B. WEIRICK. Cashier.
GEO. STEVENSON. Assistant Cashier.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17

Try a Blue Point cigar. They are
great favorites. Coop Cigar company,
so West Second South. Sold everywhare
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17

Money invested through McGurrib &
Co., Salt Lake City, yields per cent
per annum, net, to the investor; and
each investor is separately and safely
secured. Write to them.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-17
ARRIVE SALT LAKE q

Ticket office. 100 West Second South.
Postoffice Corner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19
TIRKEN-,S INPAID hill.

There is q prospect of a little unpleas-
antness with Turkey. The Sultan seems
indisposed to pay the United States the
little sum of $4,000 due for the destruction
of certain buildings belonging to
American missionaries The buildings
were at Harpoot and Marash and were
destroyed during the Armenian massacre
in 1896
1t has been a year and a half or more
since the Sultan promised to pay the
amount agreed upon as the value of these
buildings. but every time the bill is pre-
scented to him he virtually says, "can
again" 1t is a difficult matter to collect
bill from him. His treasury appears to
be in a chronic condition of emptiness. 1t
seems that Secretary Hay is getting tired
of being put off, and the announcement
was made in our dispatches yesterday that
he is seriously considering the advisa bill
ity of sending the Turkish minister his
passport. In that event il Is proba BILE
that cruiser would be sent to Contanti-
nople with instructions that would bring
prompt payment of the money.
The President no doubt would be dis
posed TO give the Sultan turtner time IL
the latter had not recently shown pur-
pose to make himself disagreeable. 1t
seems he issued an trade prohibiting the
importation of American meats. The basis
of this order was the alleged unwhoie-
someness OF American pork In view Of
the fact that the amount imported by tho
Turks annually is not more than enough
for one or two families, the inference is
that the action was taken for the pur-
pose of injuring one of the chief products
of this country. 1t is impossible 10 see
any other motive.
Under the circumstances, therefore, the
demand for the payment of the little bill
of $4,000 may become much more impera-
tive than it has been heretofore. Anyway,
the Sultan has had plenty of time to pay
the bill The missionaries want their
money. and they are entitled to have it..
A year and a half is plenty long enough
to wait for such a small sum. If the SUI
tan is out of funds 1t is because he squan-
ders his revenues just about as fast as he
gets them. There is. therefore, no use
waiting any longer. The Sultan is as able
to pay now as he will be at any future
time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19
Wanted Her Half Back.

The woman in the red automobile coat
handed the conductor a half-dollar says
the Chicago News After she had depos-
tied the change in her little green purse
the passengers noticed that she gave a
sudden start. The other women in the
car thought that she showed symptoms of
a fainting spell. The man next to her
thought perhaps she had been carried sew
eral squares out of her way. Presently
she he'd up her finger. The conductor
yanked the rope and the car stopped with
the impetus of a freight elevator. AS she
did not rise the conductor signaled Go
aheadr' aud then came forward.
Madame, did you wish to get off al that
corner?"
No"
"Then, what do you mean by having
me stop the car? This amt a picnic bus
stopping on the road Tor people to get out
and pick flowers
Excuse me, sir, but 1 gave you a half
dollar"
And I gave you the change, madam;
every nickel of it. l can prove it by any
one in this car"
Yes, but l wish my half dollar back.
Here is another one"
What is the matter with the one you
just gave me? Counterfeit?"
mo sir!'
Plugged with plumbers lead?"
"Of course notr'
Then, what is the difference?"
why, 1t is a Columbian half-dollar and
a m saving them until they become va
liable"
Hope you live that long" and the
grumbling conductor fished out the con-
tested piece from his pocket and placed it
in her hand. Then he took the ordinary
half dollar she handed him and counted
her out As cents in nickels She got off at
the next corner When the car reached
the terminus the conductor discovered
that the woman with the Columbian
piece had done him out of As cents II Is
a brand-new game, and the conductor IS
saying harsh things about Columbian
half dollars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19
PERSO

-Tommaso Salvini, the famous italian
tragedian, now Y years old, is acting in
st. Petersburg, his first appearance there
for twenty years. He is said to nave Great
ed great enthusiasm.
'2-The Kaisers train is shorter than the
Cars but it is not less luXuriously ftted
up, and cost $125,0O0. 1t is drawn by two
powerful engines and is 10 yards long.
There is one room that the Car does not
haVe-a treasury, or specially prepared
coupe, containing two safes for valuable
papers and decorations-as the Kaiser
never thinks of setting out on a journey
without taking along al least $15000O worth
of crosses, stars and other decorative
paraphernalia.
Mr. Archibald Forbes entrance upon
the career of war correspondent was de-
cided by chance" says the New York
Evening Post. His first step was to en-
ter a cigar shop at the bottom of Lud-
gate Hill. where he bought a cigar, and
threw the names of the four or five prin-
cipal daily newspapers in London into his
hat before drawing lots to decide which
of them he should first approach. The
name that he drew out was that of the
Daily News Without delay he sought out
Mr.. (now Sir ]. RI Robinson, whom he
then met for the first time, and was
promptly engaged"
Henry Labouchere, NJ. P, responding
to an invitation to attend a recent smok-
ing concert and dance in aid of the
Northampton reservist fund, forwarded
ten guineas and a letter. In the commun-
ication, after remarking that his dancing
days were over, he added the following
reelection: Il have always thought that
It Is somewhat grewsome for women to
set up balls in London to hep the wound
ed and that they would do better to con-
tribute what they can without dancing
over graves. But care Of the families of
reserVists is another matter, although the
state should provide for the families Of all
who are ordered to the front"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19
Humors of Organ BIoxvers.

An Irishman had been obtained at a
pinch TO blow an organ, says Longman's
Magazine. The player was ready and the
signal was given, but no wird came. The
signal was repeated a second time, and
again third time. but still without Ie
suit. The delay was becoming awkward,
the congregation was getting uneasy.
What was to be done? Choristers and or
ganist now united in shouts of 'Tlow!
blowi blown Not the slightest zephyr
stirred within the wind chest. AT lensth
the organist FASTENED TO the blower
sanctum. And what a sight it was that
met his eyes! Clinging with hee and
hands to the long wooden handle of the
bellows there hung the son of Erin, his
eyes starting from their sockets and his
cheeks distended and crimson blowing as
if for dear life into the end of that long
wooden handle. The anecdote of the ex-
sailor blower is not SO funny. but il is in
keeping. The old tar when he went to blow
took off his boots and his coat, and-if it
were warm-nearly everything else; "for"
said he in explanation, ~ can old on bet
ter"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19
Just.fed by the necessity.

Ex-Congressman Timothy ]. Campbell,
OF New York. was at Chamberlain's re-
Gently Gays the Washington Post. When
he was a member of the FIftieth Congress
Mr.. Campbell stole clerk from Congress
man scott Scott wcs a new member,
and was made chairman of a committee,
which gave him a clerkship. He knew
nothing about the clerk Campbell did.
Through some means or another he had
the clerkship transferred to his own CON-
mittee- Six months later Scott learned of
the trick. Meeting Campbell, he said:
That was nice piece of petty lar
ceny."
Tut, tut, Mr.. Scott said Campbell;
my committee needed a clerk worse
than yours" Then. with twiukllng eye.
he continued: You are millionaire and
can afford to hire a half dozen clerks,
while l must go to the government for
clerical assistance"
The ready reply amused Scott The two
men were always the best of friends there
after.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

How deeply the pew imperialistic doc
trine has affected the minds and masses
of modern Anglo-Saxondom in England is
perhaps nowhere better illustrated than
in religious circles. Bible and Prayer
Book, catechism and missionary gospel
editions are now sold bound In khaki, the
cloth and color of the uniform of the
troops who are fighting in South Africa.
The New Testament, with the British flag
stamped on the cover, is being distributed
among the soldiers who are sent 10 ex-
terminate the Beers. And this blasphe-
nous practice Is invading the churches
Methodist preacher writes to the Herald
of Peace: II am an old Wesleyan and
have for years preached the gospel. The
Wesleyan Church here is having bazaar
and-sad 70 my mind-it is to be a Naval
and Military Bazaar all male stallhold-
ers are TO be dressed in military costume
and ladies in some sort of naval dress.
My only son will be dressed as a
soldier, and yet he is a local preacher and
has been brought up to look upon this
sort of thing as being quite contrary to
the teaching of the New Testament 1t
is all very sad, the way our churches en-
courage the fighting spirit-God deliver
them from their mistake" To this the
editor of the paper above mentioned adds
his hearty amen" and goes on to inform
his readers that perhaps the saddest fact
in connection with the new ecclesiastical
fad is the binding of the missionary gos-
pei in khaki There has been a move
ment in this direction, he says, for some
time. We have grown familiar with the
argument that the missionaries of the
cross, as Englishmen, should be protect
ed by the British flag and avenged" by
British arms. For a long time il has
been a proverbial saying that the mis-
sionary comes first, then the trader soon
after, and following upon his very heels,
the soldier. In a little while they are
scarcely distinguishable. The Bible, the
barrel, the bayonet; that is the order of
modern Christian civilization which 1t IS
said to be the God-given mission Of the
British empire to advance