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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-05
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Says in Today's Inter
Mountain That it Is
No Longer Wicked
to Laugh. ~ ~ ~
THE MAN WITH THE PEN.

Copyrighted by w. r.. Hearst)
- HE WORLD MOVES about us. a
mighty machine,
And Its intricate wheels within
wheels are unseen.
An empire is builded. republics are born,
A kingdom Is wiped by the finger Of
scorn
From the slate of the nations-a lesson
is taught.
A criminal is punished-a culprit is
caught;
A statesman and lawmaker rises to
power;
And sweeps all before it-and back out
of sight,
AS silent and patient and forceful as
light,
Is the impulse to action, the moulder OF
men,
The guilder of purpose-the man with
the pen.
The man born an emperor rules while he
may,
The millionaire king buys brief right
of way;
But the monarch of thought. tho his
name Is unheard,
Knows that nations unborn by his mind
shall be stirred,
For thought is a dynamic force, and
when hurled
It changes the aspect and face of the !
world.
The right hand of Progress, sweet Char
tty's friend,
The eyes for blind Justice, the sword to
defend,
Uncrowned, vet monarch, no throne
but den d,
God guide him and bless him-the man |
with the pen.
I
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Irish-AmeriCan and Public Trust

National Hibernian: Notwithstand
ing the admitted fact that Irish Catho-
lies in America have invariably proved
faithful to any trust which has been
reposed in them by their fellow citi-
zens, it is nevertheless true that a
deep-seated prejudice exists against
them in this country. This has been
proven many times in the past, and
even exists in the present day.
1t is our duty as Irishmen and Irish
Americans to fight down this prejudice
wherever it shows itself, and to punish
those who persist in it as far as lays in
our power.
AS early as the opening of the past
century, when Thomas Adds Emmett
landed on these shores, he was met
with this prejudice against Irishmen,
though he was a Protestant. A con-
spiracy was formed to prevent his adj
mission to the bar, but he fought it
like an Emmett and defeated his enc
mics. Later on, on the same lines, he
defeated Rufus King for governor of
New York, because he had declared,
| while American minister to England,
that the SO patriots were unfit to be-
come citizens of the United States.
Thomas Adds Emmett proved him
| self so worthy as a lawyer that he was
afterwards made attorney general of
the Empire state, and founded a fam
! lily that in after years and in the pres
ent day became a credit to the nation.
| When William R. Grace was nom
mated for mayor of New York in 1880
| on the Democratic ticket he came
nearly being defeated because he was
an Irishman and a Catholic, although
the city was intensely Democratic at
/ the time. He, too proved himself such
a worthy chief magistrate that he was
again reelected to the office.
We could repeat many instances of
this kind in the past where even the
Democratic party, which owes its very
existence to the Irish race, allowed
their religious bigotry to blind their
nobler feelings, but we still content
ourselves with an allusion to case
now pending, the particulars of which
we cannot yet publish
| In this case it has been stated by
Protestant Democrats that they will
not vote for a candidate for mayor of
| a certain city who is an Irishman and
| him with the conduct of their public
schools. They fear he will give them
such Catholic tinge as will destroy
! their usefulness. This fear is born of
their own weakness-their own deep
seated prejudice. They imagine the
Catholic will do fo1 his own creed
that which they invariably do for
theirs, viz: assert its principles to the
detriment of the creed of others.
But they need have no such fear. A
| true freshman and true Catholic will
always do justice to alI4concerned, and
it has often happened that his own
kind have been neglected in order that
charges of Partially might be made
| impossible.
only the other day Judge James
Fitzgerald of the supreme court of
New York "a born Irishman and a de-
vout Catholic-proved the great liberal
feeling which invariably dominates
true Irishmen and true Catholics
A case was brought before him
where a lady willed $4,000 to Chris
tan Scientist church. For so doing her
relatives made the claim that she was
insane, and sustained it by the evil
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MADONNA PenseroSa.
KATH1,EEN EILEEN BARRY IN ROSARY MAGAZINE

CapelIo, he realized that she was lost
to hin: forever
When the hymn ended the singer
went swiftly down the aisle and en-
tered the vestry She yearned to hear
something of the lover of her youth.
She had never forgotten him. 1t was
true that her ambition was stronger
than her love, yet in the midst of all
her triumphs, follies and capriceS, she
thought of him often and with ten
derness She had not seen or heard
of him since the day they parted, for
their pathways IN life lay far apart,
but now her heart was hungry for It'd
ings of him.
She threw back her head and looked
at the priest She had loosened her
furs, and her snowy throat cleaned
from out the sable background. Her
glowing southern beauty was of the
type that Giorgio Barbareli liked best
to paint, but the Dominican searched
in vain for a trace of the innocence
that had once distinguished her.
What of Rafael? Is it we'll with
him." she asked TREMENDOUSLY.
Father Petroni gazed at her sternly,
accusingly, then answered: 1t is we'll
with him-he is dead.
Dead, When-why-Of what did he
die?" she stammered.
"a broken heart, it is said"
She staggered back, white to the lips,
her hands appraised as though to ward
off a blow.
The priests expression changed into
one of divine compassion, and, as she
turned away, he murmured pityingly:
Peace be with you
She hurried into the church and pros
trated herself before the altar. Old
memories thronged in upon her-mem-
cries of her joyous, innocent childhood,
and of the man whose life she had
wrecked. She was shaken with remOrse
at the though of all her misspent years,
and of the loved dead TO whom she
might have brought so much of happt-
ness. And even her broken, whispered
words of contrition, and the scalding
tears that flowed so freely, gave no re-
| lief to her overcharged heart.
The Metropolitan opera house was in
a tumult. The Sunday night audience
/ that had come to attend the grand
concert, refused to be placated by the
/ managements apologies for the Italian
diva. They clamored for their idol,
and shouts of "Capello! Capello!" rent
| the air
At last she came. The house fairly
rose at her. but she did not acknowl-
edge their greeting. Her face was cold
unsmiling, rigid as a death-mask.
She glided to the footlights, and the
orchestra leader raised his baton. She
stayed him with an imperious gesture
and the next instant the strains of the
"Adeste Fidelis" rang through the
house. AS the silvery notes scared
aloft, men trembled and women sobbed
The unearthly sweetness of her voice
made their hearts vibrate.
When she left the stage, none moved
4 or spoke. The vast audience seemed
spellbound.
In the wings the director accosted
her, and wrathfully demanded why she
had not sung the aria from Faust" ir
accordance with the programme.
She regarded him with the blank
unseeing gaze of the sleepWalker, or OF
one whose faculties had suddenly be-
come paralyzed; then she whispered:
Peace be with you!" 1 sing no moreI
and passed OFT into the night.
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Saint Patrick's cathedral was bril-
liantly illuminated. 1t was crowded to
the doors. Many religious denomina-
lions were represented in that throng;
even the atheistic element was not
lacking. Saint and sinner, believer
and skeptic, had come to listen to the
Dominican missionary whose fame as
a preacher had spread over New
York.
He stood in the pulpit, CARRIED in the
black and white robes of his Order.
The circlet of lights that twinkled
above his head made him look like an
aureoled saint
He preached with all the fervor and
fiery earnestness of his Italian nature.
His sonorous voice was the only sound
that disturbed the stiffness in that
flower scented, incense-laden atmos-
phere There was not even the faint
est rustic amongst the listeners; their
eyes were riveted upon him, their ears
strained to catch his every intonation.
Outside all was hustle and excite
ment A continuous stream of car
riages passed up and down Fifth ave-
nue.. Pedestrians jostled each other on
the sidewalks and ut the crossings.
A brougham drawn by a magnificent
pair of bays, whirled by One of the
horses slipped and fell heavily on the
asphalt A policeman left his post and
hurriedly wrenched open the door of
the vehicle. It's occupant, a beau
tiful woman, sprang out. The night
was cold and despite the fact that a
fur cloak covered her evening gown,
she shivered in the keen air.
The great white cathedral doomed
up before her. Moved by an ire
sistible impulse she mounted the steps
and entered. When she saw the
| preacher, her dark eyes dilated, and
q strange CLEAN crept into them.
Father Silvio Petroni spoke on, I'M
conscious of her intent gaze. His SUI
perb oratory thrilled the poole. He
seemed to them an inspired prophet,
| rather than a mere priest. When he
ceased, they knelt, as though actuated
| by common impulse, to receive his
benedic.ion.
A moment later the choir began the
| ''Adeste Fidelis." The woman who had
| just entered rose and Joined in the
hymn. Her voice rang high above the
| others. l. was clear as bell, sweet
as the lark's greeting to dawn or the
| nightingale's serenade to evening.
| The congregation listened breath
| lessly to that liquid melody.
| At the sound Of it the Dominican
started and came to a standstill with
in the door Of the vestry. He paused
there, motionelss as a statue, his head
! slightly bowed.
A score of years had passed since
last he heard that glorious voice. but
ne recognized it at once. 1t brought
back a flood of memories pertaining
to the days of his youth. He beheld
rs in dream the vine-clad hills of his
Milanese home, and a procession of
youths and maidens walking towards
a wayside shrine. Amongst them was
his brothers betrothed, singing this
| very hymn.
That beloved brother had given his
heart into the girls keeping, and had
believed that nothing could ever come
between them. But great impresariC
tempted her away, and when Rafael
Petroni heard that she had blossomed
into the famous diva known as Livia
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THE NrERMotNTAN AND COLORADO

head, says that McDone was an old
man when he knew him there sixty
years since, but fairly well off, in pos
session of some twenty cattle, thirty
sheep and a horse. Three children of
the second wife emigrated to America:
two daughters married in San Fran
cisco, and themselves have grandchil-
dren. so that McDone was also great
grandfather. Being thus left without
help he became poorer and poorer, till
he died in a little stone cabin on the
edge of the Atlantic. He was fer
vent Catholic, and he and his wife were
wont to recite nightly the rosary in
common in the tongue of the Gael, for
neither knew word of English.
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dence of many distinguished physi
clans whom they produced on the wit
ness stand.
In one of the most learned opinions
ever handed down from the bench of
the supreme court of New York, JUS
tice Fitzgerald sustained the will and
declared that the truth or falsity of a
religious belief is beyond the scope of
a judicial inquiry.
Being a Catholic, Justice Fitzgerald
does not believe in Christian Science,
but he believes, and acts up to it, that
under the constitution of the United
States everyone has a right to worship
God according to the dictates of his
own conscience.
And in rendering such a decision he
evidently proves that an Irishman and
Catholic is without prejudice in all
matters and can be thoroughly intrust-
ed with any Office in the public gift.
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McDone remembered seeing the terri
fed inhabitants fleeing for safety.
Some sixty-four years ago, being then
turned sixty years of age, he took part
in the building of Slynehead light
house. His first wife and five children
were carried off by cholera in one day.
He afterward married girl of Is,
named Anne King, who survives him,
and is now IS years old.
The present archbishop of Tuam, Dr.
MacEyilly. who is 81, recalls that his
predecessor told him of McDone'S his
tory. and the facts of the case are COR
roborated by some of the clergy and
other inhabitants of the district. Mar
tin Flaherty of Poulreve, near Slyne-
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"MY ROSARY BEADS.

A little pair of Rosary Beads,
AS plain as plain can be,
But only God in heaven knows
How dear they are to me.
] have them always with me
At every step ! take,
At evening when ! slumber.
At morning when / wake.
In bright and cloudy weather.
In sunshine or in ram,
In happiness or sorrow.
In pleasure or in pam.
It helps me in my struggles
1t reproves me when IN sin,
It's look of gentle patience
Rebukes the strife WITHIN.
In days of pain and anguish
The greatest help | knew
Was to hold my Rosary Beads
Until / calmer grew.
So when the time approaches
That I viii have to die.
I hone my little Rosary Beads
Will close beside me lie,
That the holy name of Jesus
May be the last | say.
And. kissing my sweet Rosary BEADS
My soul shall pass away
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AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY.

Dear Nieces and Nephews-Aunt
Busy will soon run out of say I'M
less she receives some more letters
from her dear boys and girls. Are you
all studying hard? Aunt Busy would
love to hear from more of her chill
dren about special promotions. This
week one dear little niece has written
about a special promotion, and she
tells what reward she receives from
her devoted papa. Now, Aunt Busy
would like to hear such stories from
more of you. Aunt Busy would like
to receive some Thanksgiving stories
too. Now, why not write some? Aunt
Busy will anxiously wait for some
splendid tales from now until Nov. e.
Your loving AUNT BUSY.
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MRS. RoosEvELT's CHURCH.
Presidents Wife Will Worship in St
Johns P. E, Washington.

New York Commercial Advertiser)
Westinghouse was said at the White
House today that hereafter Mrs. Roose-
welt will occupy "the presidents pew in
st. Johns Episcopal church, Sixteenth
and II streets. This is one of the oldest
and smallest Episcopal churches in
Washington For many years one of the
most desirable pews in it has been re-
served for the use of the family of the
president. During the new Mckinley adj
ministration it has been occupied by Sec
rotary Hitchcock and his family but on
Mrs. Roosevelt expressing desire to at
tend that church, it was at once turned
over to her. The president, as a rule,
will continue to attend the Grace Re
formed church.
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TWO little Guardian Angels.

L wv L1II1S SudIu1dn AuSS1S.
At Sutton, in England, there is
convent of the Passionists, and one of
the resident fathers fills the office of
parish priest.
One night, when everyone was asleep.
some one knocked at the door. The
brother-porter opened his window and
asked:
who is there?"
Our mother is dying" was the reply
and we have come to seek a priest to
administer the sacraments."
He looked down and saw two very
small children, a boy and a girl. The
brother asked their mothers name ana
where she lived: and said he would
Immediately inform Father John. When
the good father went down he found the
two little children at the door, and they
begged him to hasten, as their mother
was in the last extremity.
Go on before me-" said the priest,
and show me the way
Having arrived at the end of the
street where the poor sick woman lived,
the two children disa ppeared. The door
of the little house was open, and the
good religious, on entering, found a
poor woman groaning on the bed.
DO you wish to make your confess
sion?" he asked.
All, yes replied the dying woman.
1T is my only desire"
Thereupon he administered the sacra-
ment
well. said the good priest, you
have but a short time to live; you
must take advantage of it to arrange
your affairs and provide for the future
of your children. What can you do
for them? Who will care for them?"
My children!' exclaimed the invalid,
"but ! have none"
who, then, were the two little ones
who came to me and asked me to bring
you the sacramento"
II sent no one. for l have none to
send. My little boy died last year,
and two months ago l lost my little
girl. When l found myself so forlorn.
having no one TO send for a priest, l
called on my two little children. who
are in heaven, and begged them to OBJ
tain for me the grace of receiving the
last sacraments before my death"
Father John, after assuring himself
that there were no other children in
the house, questioned the mother as
to the ages and appearance of her
own, and told her that they had come
to warn him. The poor woman began
to weep for joy.
Father, those were my little angels
from heaven whom you have seen .
And in truth, the priest did not doubt
it. 1t was not long before the pious
mother joined them in paradise.
1900
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PATRIARCH OF CoNNEMARA.
An Irishman Who Lived a Century
and a Quarter.

We learn from our Irish exchanges
that there died recently on the PENN
sula of Erris-laurin, near Clifden,
County Galway, John McDone, who
had attained the extraordinary age of
125 years. He was known all over the
countryside and the adjacent islands
as the Patriarch of Conemara. Born
in I776, he had a vivid recollection of
the landing of the French, under Cen
eral Humbert, in Kinsala in 179S The
people did not know that the French
had come to obtain Irish support, and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-09
BABY's LOGIC.

She was ironing her dolly's new gown
Maid Marian. 4 years old,
With her brows Duckered down
In a painstaking frown
Under her tresses of gold.
Twas Sunday, and nurse coming lH'
Exclaimed. in a tone of surprise:
Don't YOU know it's a sin
ANY work to begin ..,,,,
on the day the Lord sanctifies?
Then. lifting her face like rose
Now. don't you suppose
The good Lord He knows
This little iron amt hot? .,
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LETTER-wRITINe DIRECTIONS.

Write on one side of paper only.
Do not have letters too long.
Address all letters to Aunt Busy IN
rermouptain Catholic.
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Once a Ragged Boy.

About forty years ago. says the
Ledger Monthly, ragged little boy
ma 0Cd Tommy used to sit on the piers
at Glasgow and watch the boats skim
ming over the waters. He was neg
lecting the messenger service, for
which he was paid so cents a ,yeek;
but he could not help that, for the
yachts SC mated him. One day he
said: when l grow up to be a rich
man I'll have a yacht of my own. the
finest and fastest that was ever built"
S"Gdenly Tommy disappeared, and a
letter po-tmarked New York told the
old folks how he had run away to
America to make his fortune.
Prosperity proved somewhat coy. but
the young emigrant managed to save
enouch to pay his own way home TO
Glasgow. That boy declares today that
his FIRST trip here made him. for it
taught him Yankee shrewdness and
enterprise" His father had managed
to amass a fortune Of $500. and this
whoe amount was invested in a little
provision shop.
This was the humble beginning Of
Sir Thomas Lipton's $50 stores in all
rarts of the world He is the largest
individual land owner in Ceylon, where
he cult ateS tea. coffee and cocoa: in
London. among a hundred other lines,
he Is contractor Tor the British army
and navy; he has warehouses in Co.
lombo and Calcutta: in Chicago his
packing house kills 5000 hogs a day;
he sells tea in New York makes candy
in London runs restaurant that cost
$500. go. where u zoo are fed daily at
a ha'fpenny a head. Despite his $780,
100000 Re MANAGES to be busy and
h"ppv. but one of the hapniest days
Of his lie was during the late queen s
Jubilee when 100000 of the poor of
London sat down as his guests
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LETTERS AND ANSWERS.

Salt Lake city, NOV. 1.
Dear Aunt Busy-Have all the Salt
Lake little folks forgotten you? L
haven't. l had another special promo
zion given me two weeks ago. | have
now s. promotion money, ~tald expect
another dollar when school closes for
the holidays i now have two hand
some Belgian hares.
1 have a lovely play house. all nicely
papered. I have a doll bed, bureau,
tables, trunk, swing, stove, dishes,
piano. chairs, four large dolls, doll
buggy and lots of other playthings,
and of course l have lots of play
mates. My little kitty is dead. but 1
have its mamma. Lovingly yours,
HULDAROSE BROWN.
Dear Little Huldarose: Aunt Busy
was indeed glad to hear from you.
She surely thought that her little dark
eyed niece had forgotten her. Aunt
Busy heartily congratulates you on
your promotion. If you keep on work
ing so hard, papa will go bankrupt
giving you so much money, but he is
very delighted surely, and is only glad
TO spend money on his bright little
daughter. Too bad about the kitty,
but having its mother is a comfort.
Butte City, Nov. 3.
My Dear Aunt Busy: How do you
do? I am very sorry to neglect you
for SO long but ] have been busy. l
am studying very hard: have received
a special promotion lately. 1 will leave
the eighth grade next year if ! pass
all the examinations. We had a spell
ing match last week and our side beat.
] was the captain of our side Were
you ever in a spelling match? ] felt
very sorry to hear that Uncle Busy
was sick. Is he better now? My papa
had rheumatism for several months,
but he is better now. Well, good bye,
Aunt Busy. From your loving niece,
FLORENCE ADAMS.
Delighted to hear from you again,
Florence. Yes. you have neglected
Aunt Busy, but she knows that you
are busy She is glad to know that
you are studying hard and she is
pleased to hear about the promotion.
Yes. Aunt Busy was in many q spell
ing match and she was often captain
OF her side Uncle Busy is very well
now. thank you, and Aunt Busy is
pleased to know that you dear papa
is well.
Denver Colo, Nov. >.
Dear Aunt Busy: am going to write
you few lines to let you know that
ha--- doa- iitt1e baby sister. She
only came last Sunday and we are go
10 nave ner baptized next week.
We are going TO name her Margaret
] have two brothers and | am very
proud of my little sister. Rev. Father
Organ will baptize her. Do you know
Father Organ. Aunt Busy? 1 love
him very dearly. Our baby has blue
eyes You like blue eyed babies, Aunt
Busy. Well l must stop. Goodbye.
From your loving niece.
AGNES O'NEIL.
Dear little niece, Aunt Busy is de-
lighted to hear about the darling baby
I,o- q bAautfF,,I
name. Yes, Aunt Busy knows Rev.
.- >,4.,a.4 and she thinks him a
splendid priest Aunt Busy loves all
babies, little girl, but she does really