The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
CATHOLTC OPINION.


The return of Bishop Matz from Rome
gave the clergy of the diocese of Denver
an opportunity to manifest their loyalty
and affection for their ecclesiastical su-
perior. They took advantage of the oc-
casion and gave Bishop Matz right roy
al welcome home The addresses were
sincerely complimentary and we'll de-
served, for there is not in the American
hierarchy bishop more devoted, Jealous
and kindly disposed toward those under
his authority than the Denver prelate. 1t
was proposed to present the bishop with a
purse, but he vetoed that part of the
programme, saying that the times were
hard and such a testimony of their re-
spect and good will was not at all neces-
sary. which proves him TO be a rara avis
in terris.-F'reeman's Journal
An English arithmetician demonstrates
that the BoeN army has literally cost the
British people its weight in gold. As
fighting units the Boer soldiers have
proved that they are worth more than
their weight in gold.-Monitor.
.
The authorities of the Northwestern
university are very much exercised over
the recent outburst of Professor Pearson,
who processes English literature in that
institution. Professor Pearson has given
his views upon the Bible. He holds that
the miracles narrated in the Bible are
Testament as we'll as to the Old The
trustees of the university are sCandalized
and there is talk of forcing the professor
to withdraw or resign. But why should
the trustees be scandalized? Is not the
professor simply exercising that right of
private judgment which they so strongly
insist on? If his private Judgment leads
him to conclude that the miracles are
myths. is it not private Judgment still
How can they consistently undertake TO
coerce him in the matter. while they deny
that there exists on earth any authority
competent to tell him or them whether
the miracles are myths or narratives of
events that occurred as narrated?-New
World.
Dawson, the mining capital, is becom-
ing sadly civilized, if we may trust the
testimony of lady lately returned from
that city, who says that "A man might
as well go to Dawson without his pick
and shovel as without q dress suit
Alas for the brave days of old, when an
other lady of a mining metropolis sang
of the dance at THE Fork and
''Of the candles that shed their soft lustre
And tallow on head dress and shawl;
OF the steps that we took to one fiddle:
OF the dress of my queer Wis a Wis;
And how l once went down the middle
With the man that shot Sandy McGee."
Let us hope that every man in Dawson
| coat, or, if he does, that he has a pistol
pocket in his trousers. We cannot lose
all the poetry of frontier life.-PilOt.
In some quarters captious critics keep
| making attacks upon the Catholic Uni
versity regarding the change in the pro-
fessorship of Gaelic. 1t is strange that
none of these attacks come from any per-
| son, or persons, in authority in the
| Ancient Order of Hibernians which order
and it's members surely have the greatest
| interest in the matter. as it was their
money. and theirs alone, that established
| the chair. Strange to say, these attacks
| come from sources that are generally con-
sidered as hostile to the A. o. H., and
| from men who have refused to lend their
| influence and prestige to the charging OF
| the order. If the national officers of the
| A. o. H speak officially in condemnation
of the university authorities, then there
will be time enough for those carping
critics to give utterance to their views
| The Nation.
Secretary Root in his report strongly
urges the government TO purchase the
! lands of the friars and resell to the ma
| tives. If this were a Catholic country, il
| is probable the lands would be seized
benefit of the government. That is what
they did in Italy. Spain. France and Mex
| ico.-Western Waterman.
| While Marconi, the inventor of wire
| less telegraphy. is the son of an Italian
and was born in Italy in 1875. he is the
son of an English mother.-Michigar
| Christian Advocate.
! We beg to inform our e. c. that the
mother of the modern wizard was ar
| Irish woman and Catholic but follow
| ing their oid-time custom, the Anglo
| Saxons would like to lay claim to the dis.
/ tinguished son.-Michigan Catholic
! The birthday anniversary of Robert
| Lee, the great general of the South
which occurred on last Saturday. was
honored as seldom before in this city am
section. Lee was a splendid type of man
well worthy of all the honor which the
people of the South. and now of the en-.
/ tire country, attach to his name.-Baiti-
| more Mirror.