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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
= TOMS LESSON.


Hey, there, Tomi Come and 60
swimming" said a crowd of rough
boys.
"Oh, no" said Tom, mother said 1
mustn't; any way, it's dangerous to
sit on the ground or go in the water
when it is so cold.
You're a big coward and a baby;
your old lady won't know it," cried
the boys.
If Tom hated anything it was to be
called coward and baby. He stood
thinking minute and then ran up to
the boys.
oh, you've changed your mind,
have you?" said they
Yes, but don't let mother know"
IVY ere not telltales, and guess YOU
ought to know that" said they
Tom had fine time and it didn't
hurt a bit"
About Il o'clock the next night Tom
woke up. His head ached he felt
dizzy, his chest hurt OH why did he
dlsobey mother! This was his punish
ment
Next morning he could not go to
school which made him feel terrible
He meant to get the prize for not be-
ing absent, and now?
In the afternoon the doctor came and
pronounced it pneumonia
On, then the days of anxious watch
ing, the pain, the tear-stained face of
ms mother; oh, what a punishment
At last he was better. but very
changed boy.
lie told his mother all about it and
asked forgiveness.
gave.
Il am glad you have learned a les
son, my boy"
/ have learned the lesson of nv
lie. mother" said he, kissing her ten
derby.
A clever little story from Aunt Busy's
clever little niece, Clara. Auat Busy
has only one fault to find with Clara.
and that is that she does not write
more frequently
Your story carries a good moral, lit
lie girl, and Aunt Busy hopes that all
OF the dear nieces and nephews will
enjoy reading it as much as did your
Aunt Busy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
Our Pets Do Not Live Long

How many Of you know how long
the birds and animals live? None of
our common pets, the cats or dogs.
i've very long. 1 once heard of cat
mat lived twenty-nine years, and of a
log that was p when he died. But
this does not often happen.
A horse cannot do much work after
ne is y or IA years old; but | heard
OF one horse that lived sixty-four
years Birds sometimes have long
iiNes. There was once a parrot who
IlNed over one hundred years, and raw
ems often live much longer.
y cockatoo in far-off country was
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16

plicitly, and simply add. that explicit
faith in the primary articles, with i'm
plicit faith in the secondary. is all that
is all l ask. He who believes explicit
ly the primary believes implicitly the
secondary; for the primary imply the
secondary. So on the other hand. he
who explicitly disbelieves the second
airy. implicitly disbelieves the pri-
mary; for the secondary presuPpose or
imply the primary. Ne man believes
implicitly what he explicitly denies
But you hold the nom fundamentals
may be explicitly denied without es-
sential error; therefore. YOU cannot as
sumo that they are implicitly believed"
Go Be ContinuedD
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY.
Dear Niaces and Nenhews:

DtdI NItItS dIIu NtpIItNo.
Aunt Busey wishes that some of her
dear children would send a short story
about Thanksgiving day. What was
the origin of the day; what does it
mean, and some very good reasons
why the day was set apart for the
American people as a day of thanks
giving?
Now here is a splendid subject, and
Aunt Busy viii be delighted, and so
viii all the dear nieces and nephews,
to read a nice little sketch by some
bright girl or boy on this subject. How
pleased Aunt Busy will feel if she re-
ceiVes several stories. Then she will
indeed have a special thanksgiving of
her own. AUNT BUSY.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
HISTORICAL
DEPARTMENT.
ANDREW JACKSON.
"old Hickory" Had No Equal in
American Political History.
0-0-0-0-0-0-@-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-e

Perhaps. there is no equal in the po-
litical history Of America to that of
Andrew Jackson-for the length of his
service to his country and its charac.
ter and variety there is certainly no
equal, says the Irish World Born of
Irish parents in South Carolina in
March, 1867, he was left a half-grown
boy with two brothers and widowed
mother, with nothing in the world ex-
cept a half cleared farm and a small
settlement with no stock.
The war for independence breaking
out he and his brothers were sum-
m5ned 80 service, and his eldest bro
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16

The Intermountain and Colorado
Catholic reaches the Catholic people of
Montana. Colorado. Utah, Idaho, Neva-
da, Wyoming, New Mexica and Ari-
iona. Do you do business in any part
of this large and vast country? If so.
don't you see what you want? Why,
of course you do. So let's have it.
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LETTERS AND ANSWERS.
Diamondville, Wyo

Diamondville, Wyo, Nov. u.
My Dear Aunt Busy: l wrote you
a letter last week and you did not put
it III the paper. l have just finished
reading The Intermountain Catholic,
and thought 1 would write to you. My
brother Arthur is going to write to
you, Aunt Busy. l will have to close.
Love to all. Your loving nephew,
MORGAN ]. KAVANAUGH.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16

Glad to hear from dear nephew Nor
gan. Now are you sure that you
mailed your letter? 1t never reached
Aunt Busy. Why do you not write a
story some time? You are such
bright boy that Aunt Busy is sure
that you can write an interesting
story
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
Diamondville, wy. Nov.


Dear Aunt Busy: l thought l would
write you a letter because l have not
written for such a long time. / guess
you thought l forgot you. l go to
mass every Sunday. Our priests
name is Father Duchene and we have
catechism at half-past three. Now
guess l will have to stop. Much love
TO all. Your loving nephew,
ARTHUR A KANANAUGH
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
Completely Overlooked.

(Chicago Record-Herald.)
Max ORell says the newspapers have
caused all the recent wars. Is it possible
that Max can have completely overlooked
one of such mountainous dimensions as
Hon. BILLY" Mason?
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Official Announcement
Detroit Tribune.)


President Roosevelt has proclaimed
Nov Is as the day on which the presenr
football season Is to end.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
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A glad welcome, Nephew Arthur
Aunt Busy thinks that you have a
splendid name. Yes, Aunt Busy was
afraid that her dear Wyoming boys
were forgetting her. Are you older
than Morgan? Write often now, as
You have made such good start,
Arthur
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
Sacred Heart Academy,
OGDEN, UTAH,

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Superior advantages in music and art.
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16

Salt Lake City, Oct. %.
Dear Auntie: Here is a little story.
hope you Will like it.
CLARA TAFEK.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-11-16
SALT LAKE CITY.
Commercial National Bank,
Capital Paid in, 100000.

General Banking in All its Branches.
DirectOrs-Dr Theodore Meyer John j.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

lessness, even though I had expected it.
Then l began my work in earnest
which has been, even until now, a Sc
rics of experiments in pro iucing variety
in my instruments, yet giving each a
distinct character of it's own
''And are these possibilities so create"
Almost to the degree that we find
in the human voice"
''But by what magic is this variety pos
sible?"
I'm reply 1 cannot hope to tell you more
than this: That every square inch in
the surface of an instrument Is calculated
to respond to certain tones-every curve,
every graduation in the thickness of the
wood, every elevation and depression
and it's exact location is significant.
Again, the inside space must be distrfb-
uted with a nice regard to proportion
throughout the body"
He then proceeded, with the assistance
of several instruments in various stages
Of construction, to take me in a general
way over the whole process. Fifty-eight
separate pieces in a violin! Who would
think it? And aside from the neck there
is not a straight line in it.
The setting or the soundpost, too, is a
matter of the utmost Importance. It's
mission is to produce unity of tone be-
tween the front and back. In low-model-
ed instruments 1t is placed one-eighth Of
an inch below the foot Of the bridge. IN
high-modeled closer
"I did not succeed" he said Gin in
Guiding all I desired in one instrument
till had reached No. IA. This was test
lists Make them as good said Marlno
when / told him of my ambitions, and
be satisfied
How many have you since made?"
Fourteen. My last Is No 2S Some Of
these are going to Europe"
And so the old man goes on toiling
after his mellow A and lovingly lingering
his water-soaked wood
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

constant travel, relatively half Of the Pc
Rod at the head of the commission
worlds transportation. and the re maindar
alone, but still commanding every co-op-
Grafton and attention on the part of gov
crnmcntal authorities and of railway off
Gals. All countries were in turn visited
with the requisite time spent ir each
learn FULLY of the situations from the
transport ation point of view. 1t was not
simply the getting round the globe, but
over and through it. Some of the Journeys
made offered, what to tire ordinary tray.
eler would have been lettering hard
ships.
Possibly the section relating to the En-
glish railways will attract as muc9l at
tentiOn as any in the volume. The facts
set forth, and the deductions drawn
therefrom, are so radically iifeerent from
the usually accepted conclusions that sur
prise will follow the statements made and
the dispos ton ensue to verify Them. This
is. palpably, the purpose of the author,
who, with the English, as with the Ger
man and the Russian, leaves no room
for doubt as to the import of his criti-
cisms. So, as well, relative to the banker
broker predominance in American rail-
way direction. 1t is evident that the SUI
premacy of the banker broker. the trust
company president and other promoters
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
VERY PECULIAR CLUBS.
Strange Social Organizations in the
Old World

At Hoogstraelen, q small Belgian town,
a Bald-headed club to secure admis 81 IN
to which hairless area of q square cen
timeters. or SA square inches. is impera-
tive, has lately been founded, SAYS the
Golden Penny. It's antithesis exists in
the Long-haired club, of Client, whose
members must wear either beard of
80 centimeters Zone FOOT or hair of 20 CEN
timeters Is inches) in length
Les 100 Kilos,'' a Partisan club, for
which no one weighing less than 100 kiIos
DC stone) is eligible. is in striking CON
trast with Les so KiIos," of Marseiles
to which entrance is alone permitted to
such as are over 10 centimeters ~ feet
inchesl in height and under so k3los Is
stone) in weight. For several years the
president of this club was a NJ. b
who. though nearly six feet, weighed less
than seven stone. Two years since how
ever, he took unto himself a wife. under
whose solicitcus care he so rapidly gain
ed flesh that in less than twelve months
he was compelled to resign his member
skip.
Berlin boasts of Big Mouth club In
the club room is kept a wooden bail. az
large as medium-Sized orange which
every candidate for admission is required
to insert in his mouth before his name
can go for ballot. In the same CITY. foo,
there is One-handed club, composed
only Of such as have suffered the loss of
a hama
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
LITERARY NOTES.

The May number Of the Poultry and
belgian Hare Standard, published at
Kansas City, is the widely announced
Amateur Special Edition" of that en-
terprising publication 1t handles it's in
teresrs exhaustively both from a fancy
and commercial point Of view.
Mr.. 2. F. Bensons Forthcoming novel,
''Ihe Luck. Of the Walls is reported u
represent the new departure for the au-
thor, which promises to win as much pop
ularity in another field as he gained by
"Dodo His new novel is to be publish
ed probably in May by j. Appleton & Co.
The growing interest in outdoor life
has developed demand for books deaf
ing with nature In publishing 4 ser1ec
Of nature books in colors, d. Appleton
& Co. invite attention to books which
present authoritative text: carefully ex-
ecuted Illustrations in colors and others
in black and white: convenient size: and
a moderate price. They will be Uniform
with the new edition In co4ors Of F. NJ
chspman's ''Bird-Life," just published
clay's standard History OF the United
States Navy. which Is to be issued shortly
by d. Appleton e Co, VIII present sew
eral additions to the naval history of the
civil war as well as a new volume which
gives an authoritative history of the
SDanish-American war, and other feat
Ures as well. A new chapter on blockade
runners has been added to the second
volume and the account of the Confeder-
ate cruisers has been greatly enlarged.
Anything that comes from the pen Of
Bishop Spalding is sure of a welcome,
from wide circle Of readers. His num-
erous works are marked by a rich vein
Of meditatiye thought, and their loftv
tone, has brought him a large followin.
among those who nourish their minds On
high ideals OF life and education. All
such VIII welcome the Appearances In The
near future OF q volume of "Aphorisrns
and Refectiors," to be published by s.
G. McClurg & Co., Chicago
The extraordinary name Of the boob
just written by DR.. John II GIrdner q
attracting a good deal Of attention, and
q number Of people do not seem to nm
derstand how to pronounce it or what Il
or New Yorkites,' neither Of which e.
Of course. correct. Being a medical mar
DR.. Girdner has coined the new worj
"Newyorkhis." to indicate a disease ths
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

good violins were made along the river.
the water must have much to do with
1t. So L studied the wood
The Alpine pine, which has been
soaked for six monthSA in water imme
d1ately after being cut in the forest,
becomes intensely hard. 1t loses most
cal changes, due, it may be, to some
mineral in the mountain streams. But
It dces pine no good to be soaked after
it has become seasoned. 1t must be
green. See these pine chips and shaw
ings. They are hard as hickory and
practically unbreakable They are from
the Pc river whence get all my wood.
This, then, is portion Of the secret.
1t IS a--strange circumstance that
wood treated in this way is never at
lacked by boyers or other insects. The
out of it.
again, remembered that the logs
had formerly made long and dizzy
descent down the Alps, going at ter
rife rate of speed along the winding
fumes or chutes. The friction would so
neat the log as sometimes to set it on
hre. Immediately it would be plunged
INTO the cold waters of the river. The
sudden change of temperature and the
long water soaking may have completely
rearranged the cellular structure. and
caused electrical changes in the wood of
lhe greatest value in producing tone
who knows? Why may not wood be
tempered the same as steel? Very well
All this Will do to think about
Il find, also TIKI pine thus soaked will
never swell or warp when made into vio-
Inns, thus doing away with that varying
OF the tone noticeable in modern instru-
ments.
II import all my wood from the Pc re-
glon, after it has lain in the water for
upwards of six months.
. SatlShed with this l turned my atten-
Ton TO the mysteries OF the rare, old
Cremonese varnishes. The quality of the
Farnlsh is scarcely secondary to the
proper preparation of the wood 1t is
true that it cannot redeem an otherwise
poor instrument, but poor Yarnish can
rum good one. / secured a sample of
the old Cremonese yarnish from furni-
chemist, with the result that l have
Geen so far successful that able critics
cannot detect the difference between my
Varnish and that of Nicholas Amati
AT last L began to experiment with
construction. First, l tried the effect of
a bass-bar made Of the soaked wood, and
found that it gave a much lighter de-
gree OF power, vitality and brilliancy of
tone. these must be replaced III the old
Instruments he threw in parenthetic-
bear the increased pressure caused by
the dlapasonS now being higher than in
former times. This is done in order 20
adapt the instrument to modern concert
requirements. This readjustment gives
pitch, but not volume of tone In my
violins aspire to include both, and
thus, at the modern degree of pitch, to
improve upon the revered masters.
1T was not until two years ago that I
began the construction of violins. My
soaked, the other of unsoaked wood. to
test my theory further. With nay first
was more than satisfied; l was repa d
for all my research. The second. of the
UnSoaked wood, was such striking con-
trast that it surprised me by it's worth
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on his knees. He was carried to the
naval hospital at Norfolk and it is in
teresting to compare his criticism Of the
conditions existing there with some OF
the reports from the fever stricken
camps of Tampa and Montauk two
years ago. He en1ured the priva tons
and lack Of attention without a muir
muir, but when he beard the surgeon
say take both legs off in the morning"
he concluded it was time to rebel The
assistant surgeon came the next morn
ing and began to tell him how seriously
he was injured and how DANGEROUS
wounds about the knee were. Young
Evans told him he had heard the con-
versation the night before, and that he
preferred to die with his legs OH.
Il told him that 1 was only eighteen
years old, and the thought of living my
life without my legs was more than I
could face that -as the legs belonged
TO me 1 thought I had right to say
what was to become of them. and ask
ed the doctors to do what they could
for me with my legs on. and If 1 died it
was no matter. He heard me very quiet
ly, and 1 thought with sympathy, but
when 1 had finished he said: you
know, Evans, orders have to be obeyed.
Reaching over, 1 pulled the gun from
under my pillow. I told him there were
six loads in 1t, and that if he or any
one else entered my door with anything
that looked like a case of Instruments
1 meant to begin shooting, and that his
might rest perfectly assured that
would kill six before they cut my ngs
off, This brought matters to a crisis at
once, and In a few minutes the surgeon
in charge came in, very angry and full
Of threats, but the result was that they
left my legs on and paid very little at
tention to me anyway for two weeks,
when they found had fever and must
be looked after"
After a brief account of his conva-
lescence, Capt. Bob gives an interesting
review Of his service in the thirty years
following the close of the Rebellion. The
last chapters are devoted to the story
of the war with Spain, and particularly
with the naval battle of Santiago. in
which he played a conspicuous part
The following story ending the book
epttomtzes the life and conduct of the
gallant officer:
'I was attending q reception In the
chamber Of commerce in Cincinnati
where many people had assembled to
greet me. A white-haired old gentleman
stepped in front OF me. and. taking nv
hand, said: Captain. 1 want to know
how 1t feels when you are sure that there
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

nature Of which may be compared with
such words as appendicitis and perfton-
tits, for Its meaning. This word indi-
Gates that the patient afflicted with the
disease has his New York infiamed in tho
same way as his Yermifotm appendix or
perltonedm may become indamed.
The latest announcement recording
progress in the publishing line IS that %
the consolidation Of the Well-knOwn pub
fishing and printing businesses Of Robert
G, Cooke, OF 10 Fifth avenue. New York
city, and Frederick II. Hitchcock CThe
Grafton Press, Of ] Madison avenue. also
of New York city, both Of them well and
fayorably known TO the public. The con
solidated organization has Just been in
corporated, under the laws Of the state
Of New York, as the Grafton Press, with
Robert G. Cooke as president and Fred
erick II. Hitchcock as secretary and
treasurer. The ofices Of the new com
pany are at 20 Fifth avenue. New York
city. Publishing books for authors and
bringing out all kinds Of what are known
as privately printed BOOKS are impCr-
Press.
In the May Booknan there commences
q fine serial story. entitled Warwick Of
the .I Knobs, " by John UTi Lloyd. author
Of "Stringtown on tho Pike" To those
who have read Mr.. LlOyds earlier book
we may say that tho story deals with
practically the same scenes and the same
period. Warwick Of the Knobs" is a
study Of a life such az men like Warwick
met both with WaTwick's faith and stol-
cisnl. Theee men were iron in the man
4ler in which they chung 10 tradition 70
home, TO family pride. and above all. 70
their religion and their Cod. whom they
believed to be relentless but Just. This
description OF Boone (Stringtown) cOun-
ty." says Mr.. Lloyd. 'is such as his
tory might record. but does not" Tho
scenery, the people. the methods OF wor-
ship, the prejudice, the sacrifice the love,
the nobleness OF character might ali
been drawn from actual life.
The literary Era makes feature &C
Illustrating IT'S book reviews By cuts
taken from the books themselves thus
giving its readers a very fair idea OF
what the artists are doing in current
book Illustration This department Of the
me gazine in the May issue appears fuller
and better than ever. and IL connection
with the Books OF the Month" IN which
the Era gives descriptions and prices OF
books as they issue. It affords Inn in
formation to AL who visa to keep them
selves posted. IN tho department called
1.-THE Observer William s. Walsh Il In
tereEting as usual. ana IN his short e..
say no calls attention to the impOrtont
fact that the extraordinary craze for
historical fiction has really stimulated
a demand for actual history Mr.. Keenau
has some specially interesting matter IN
his "Old World Themes" and Charles
Welsh writes entertalnIngly about Mortl-
ner Collins, a most picturesque charao-
ter.