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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

garding others. Right here is where
the priest is taken in on the little joker.
The intention of these circulars TO
priests is first to induce them 10 IN
vest. This done, other circulars are
sent out to persons whose names are
obtained from directories, informing
them that their parish priest is one OF
their customers. In this way the Marin
which the priest does unconsciousiy, Is
visited upon members of his hock leu
into the trap.
The Review of St. Louis is paying
some attention to sharpers in other
lines, whose particular prey seem 10
be priests. The warning follows
We are requested by Nebraska
clergyman to publish the following as
a warming to all Catholic priests:
An agent representing a New YORK
life Insurance concern is endeavorlng
to insure a 'atholic clergymen OF the
western STATE, making use of all ana
any deceptive representations anu
promises, showing all kinds of recon-
mendations in order to induce them 10
insure. His object is to get all Catho-
lie clergymen, sick or healthy the med
ical examination is mere sham. Inc
president of the company has been IN
formed of these matters, but to no
avail. 1t seems the scheme is TO get
through the clergy the Catholic laity
and the public in general. Several
priests after learning of these trans
actions. have refused to accept any pol
icy and notified the president of the
company that they would demand that
their partial payment already made, be
refunded
We see from the San Francisco Mon
itor (No. 16) that another mining con-
Germ, one claiming to possess rich gold
mines in Arizona, has come TO grief
The chief manipulation of the affairs OF
the exploded corporation was described
in advertisements freely published in
Catholic newspapers as distinguished
Catholic and a member of numerous
religious and other societies. 1t APP
pears that mainly on the strength of
this representation, hundreds of poor
Catholics invested their cash in shares
of stock which were to return them
fabulous profits, when the mining prop
critics which he controlled were 'devel-
opend." The bubble suddenly burst,
however. and a receiver has been APP
pointed to gather up the pieces, if there
are any. When the sheriff took posses
sion of the companys offices, according
to newspaper accounts, there were
found on the desk of the young Cath
olic society member, whose religious
affiliations had been assiduously pa
raded in connection with his mining
enterprises, threatening letters from
depositors who had invested in the
mining stock and who reproached him
for using religious connections and his
membership in temperance and other
societies to further his ends" And
his innocent victims had ample grounds
for such reproaches. AS the Monitor
justly observes, there is no obvious
connection between religious faith and
corporate stock speculation. When the
two are welded in advertisements
which promise enormous profits on
small investments, as they were in this
case, persons with even a moderate
gift of ordinary horse sense ought to
know enough not to part with their
good money"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

Theoretically. this may be all ri,t.
practical business proposition. 81 is
pose the eXasDerated strikers darD sup
the public authorities to keep hgD%aIuoed
ana allo" the operatives to attend no ts ,l
ooaurate operators according to their me
sweet will? 1t is a poor rule THAI o"n
Work both ways.-Monitor. "OA
.
The delegates to the national convent
OF the Ancient Order of Hihorri..7, 'tt''Nn
decreed that all division meetfrr.7 nave
AFTER snail open with prayer i'm GO
IhuS nearly 10000 persons will rag,r-I-,,
near spoken the language of their fsttF
erS- inns brings nearer to realization H.
IOnu hopes Of those interested i'm ~
language movement that every lrisbtl1
at home and abroad shall becorr.. ~ gu
miliar with his own language. Id
.
a prominent business man. whom,
know to be a staunch and faithful Cstle
olic. asks the Review to print tbs ' g,l
lowing: 'ol
Is it not time for the Catholic pree. e.,
protest emphatically against tine inrrs,e ~
ing speculation, on the part of rns155,s
OF the reverend clergy. i'm mining and
other stocks? / consider this ono of ~
saddeSt and most discOuragina signs ls
the times. Only last week there wae IN
this city priest from a western f5o-
cese. who tried to sell out a mining rom
pany of which he is the 9residcnf M.
remained here Il week and two Sur55r-
in order to cash his holdings Time ar
again 1 have received from clergvmes IN
various parts of the country requests ~
help them out of financial pinches into
which they had gotten by investing uorer
through brokers or fake concerns aFy.r-
Using in the newspapers. / must cJnsa,s
to a degree of malignant joy whenever
l hear of one of these greedy servants of
d Master who despised and cursed Mann
mon. having been thoroughly fleeceE II
appears the only possible way To cure
them.-The Review. St Louis.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

or the saints who are canonized. In
the third nocturn are recited three
psalms and a portion of one OF the
four gosples with a homily on same
by some doctor of the church. The
Little Hours are named Prime Terce
Sext and None, which consist of GER
tain psalms and prayer at the end of
each. Vespers and Complin are said
after the noon-hour and complete his
daily duty.
The obligation of saying the office.
from which no priest can dispense
himself, binds under pain of mortal
sin.
Last Wednesday the Office reeited
eommemorated the TRANSPORTATION Of
Christ. On that day, too, the tragic
death of Pope Sixtus II, which oc-
Cured in Rome on the 9Th of August,
25S, was celebrated. He reigned during
the persecution of Valerian, and was
by order Of the ruling powers arrested,
brought in chains into the temple OF
Mars and asked to offer sacrifice to the
pagan deities. This he refused to do,
and for his refusal he was condemned
to death.
On his way from the temple to the
place of execution the pope was met
by the Levite, who waited daily upon
him. The deacon, whose name was
Lawrence, seeing the Holy Father in
chains and knowing nothing of the
sudden and summary judgment dealt
out said, whittier goest thou, father,
without thy son? whittier do you hast
en-, holy priest without your minis
ter?" The Holy Fai her answered.: Il
do not abandon you, my child. Great
CT contests await you for the faith OF
Christ. After three days you shall fol-
low me. After encouraging st. Law
renee to persevere, the holy pontiff
said to him: I'm the meantime, if
there is anything valuable in the treas
ury of the church, distribute it to the
poor"
Here was the parting advice of the
head of the church, which was strictly
in accordance with the evangelical
counsels. Had the children of the
church, who purpose to model their
lives on that advice, been faithful to
that divine counsel. it would have
averted many unpleasant criticisms
and saved the church from many APP
parent prosecutions. st. Lawrence,
who was the treasurer of the church,
was arrested that same day, and his
greedy prosecutors promised him lib
erty if he would disclose its hidden
treasures. He promised to do SO, and
on the following day when the Roman
soldiers arrived, he had gathered
around the poor, manned and blind of
Rome. To these he had already given
the entire treasures of the church, and
pointing to them, he said, Behold, the
church's treasures"
His pagan prosecutors, indignant,
condemned him to the most cruel of all
deaths, namely, to be burned on a
slow fire. 1t occurred within three
days of the martyrdom of Pope Six
tus II. The event will be celebrated
on Sunday.
st. Lawrence is the patron saint of
the Ordinary of Salt Lake, and on
that day the Catholics extend greet
ings and good wishes to their worthy
and beloved bishop.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
THAT MAcKAY DISPATCH.

Judge Goodwin in Goodwin's Weekly:
Notwithstanding the sorrow, there
ought to have been a little comfort in
the message that Clarence Mackay re-
ceived by wireless telegraphy on he
steamer in mid-ocean, that his father
had died. At least it ought to be a
comfort to him when time shall have
mellowed the grief over his bereave-
ment, for it was notice that the in
finite sea is not broad or deep enough
to turn back or neutralize the sweep
of immortal minds, and was a symbol
that the waves of death even are not
sufficient to quench the fires Of an i'm
mortal soul; that the father so much
loved still lives, though the tabernacle
which held his soul so long finally
crumbled and fell away from around it,
1t was symbol that a flame lighted
from immortal fires cannot be
quenched; that while in natures sub
lime economy transitions come; that
while a human life has like the sea-
sons, a joyous spring, a summer with
its flowers and fruits, an autumn with
its harvests, and then the winter when
all becomes cold and still, when there
is no more babble of brook or song Of
bird, and when what was so responsive
and warm is stark and frozen and
wrapped in a white winding sheet; still
experience has made good the lOngings
of hope and the convictions Of faith
and we know that after the hush and
the rest another spring will soon greet
us, spring filled with blooms and in
which the lark will again mount TO hail
the sun, and the call of the dove TO her
mate Will I'LL the air with song.
That experience is a symbol that
while wOrnout body may need rest,
there is in it a soul that had it's light
kindled by a spark from the fountain
where everlasting light has its source
and that light cannot be quenched. 1t
is shining somewhere, for death is but
transition, and we have a right to be-
lteve that as progress is the rule, where
that light is shining now, there is
clearer atmosphere, and to souls sub
limated there are handclasps sweeter
than are ever known here, there is soft
er music than was ever played here,
and the love-light in the eyes that We
in sorrow closed here takes on a new
enchantment.
The possibilities of all this comes
with the strength of conviction upon
us as We read of that message find
ing it's way above the trackless ocean
and through the painless air to tell
sorrOwing son that his father was no
more; it is a symbol that he who holds
the mountains and billOw-tossed ocean
in the hollow of his hand is keeping
watch and that all is well.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
CATHOLIC OPINION

Taft's little game of bluff didn't work
on the Vatican. and when it was called
Secretary Root FASTENED to explain that
1T was not the government that was in
other case of Go way back."-CathoIic
Progress, Seattle.
A cable dispatch. describing the en-
forcement of the anti-religious laws in
France tells that when the Sisters were
leaving the schools at MorsvilIais, near
Belfort, they were accompanied to the
railway station by a majority of the in
habitants. and the uniformed customs Of
ficialS were stoned
1t would have been better if the ma
1ortties in France had fought the church
prosecutors at the ballot boxes at the
late acknowledgements Journal
%
There are those who even at this dav
insist that the Catholic church is the ex-
ponent of ignorance and the enemy of
education. The conclusion is drawn from
the fact that Catholics are not in SYM
pathy with the system of public instruc-
tion. How true the charge is shown nv
the fact that Catholics eXDend almost
S100, 100000 annually to support = svsten,
that is in keeping with their conscience
Church Progress.
The cause of labor will materially, al
vance in the sympathy of others. il NOR.
bodies will follow the example ~ The
North Carolina State Federation of "a
Dor. which has just issued notice thar
no swearing will be allowed at future
conventions Profanity. drink and an
archy are three objectionable assoctates
for any cause.-Pittsburg Observer,
o
One of the anthracite coal barons,, a.,
preached by Catholic priest in behalf IF
the striking miners refused to have am,
dealings with an intermediary IL 49, 1as
gested that outsiders should keen tbeI-
hands entirely off. and let the oners st tot
attend tn the operatives in their oTp VIZ,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
GARD FROM BTsHoP sCANLAN

I feel it my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from fraud and
imposition by notifying them from time
and garb of q priest or sister or anyone
else Is authorized or permitted to solicit
or collect in this diocese for any purpose
Church without having from me permts-
sion in writing bearing my seal and
signature Should any one be found en-
gagged in doing this unlawful work OF
collecting without such a document, he
or she. al the case may be. should be re-
gsrded by all as fraud and an imposter.
L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

day set, creates little interest. It will
be merely an official affair. Leaving
out the courtiers in petticoats and silk
stockings, it win not approach the eclat
which surrounded the first inaugura-
ton Of Grover Cleveland. when Tam
many turned out with silk hats. Prince
Albert suits. and made the pavement
of Pennsylvania avenue ring with hick-
Dry slaves.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
IN A MINOR KEY.
NoBoDY,s BUsINEs

You may say what you please re-
marked the man with the crumpled pan
anna hat, but it is fact that these coll
lection agencies do have ways of worm
ing the money out of a slow paying
debtor. l know they can. for one of them
succeeded once in making me fork over
the amount of an unjust debt / had made
up my mind l would never pay. That
impressed me so strongly that + put
hopelessly outlawed debt in the hands Of
that same collection agency and got the
money, less the commission, inside of
three days"
But what pressure did the concern
bring to bear on YOU" asked the man
with the baggy trousers, Ito make Won
pay debt you didn't owe?''
II decline to tell you" stiffly reioined
the other.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
Why St. Lawrence Was Martyred

IT HE DAILY life of a Catholic priest
inludes the reading of the divine
office, which consists of Mathis
Lauds, the little hours, vespress and
compiler. Mathis consist of three
nocturns. The first nocturn is made
up from the Psalms and lessons from
chapters of the Old Testament; some
times the lessons are from epistles of
the New Testament. The second noe
turn IS also made UP of the Psalms
but the lessons give some event in the
life Of the Savior, his blessed mother
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

If few Spion Kop battles had taken
place in Ireland the little isle might now
be enjoying the same degree of home
rule Britain gave the burghers. But,
alas, it is not to be. Ireland is only a
days journey from her oppressor, and
there is no Napier Tandy now to take.
her by the hand
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
TEE PoPE,s ADMoN1TToN.

A Catholic newspaper in a parish is a
perpetual mission. Let all who truly and
society defended by human intellect and
literature should flourish, strive by their
llberaltty to guard and protect the
Catholic press, and let every one in pro-
his money and influence, for to those
who devote themselves to the Catholic
press we ought by all means to bring
helps of this kind without which their
industry will either have no results or
uncertain and miserable ones.
POPE LEO XIII.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

Surrounded by a posse of five in a
wheat field and bleeding to death from
wounds, Tracy, the outlaw, put a re-
volver to his head and ended his event
full career on Wednesday afternoon.
Many of the sheriffs of two states were
in the man hunt, which promised a re-
ward Of $4,000, but they came up too
late for the prize. The reward win be
divided between the five mentioned.
only one of whom is a deputy sher-
if. So this is the last we shall hear
of Tracy; likewise Sheriff Cudihee.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor Intermountain Catholic:
My Dear Sir:-Replying to your favor
asking my approval Of The Intermountain
Catholic since its establishment in tnls
diocese, 1 viii state that I consider the
founding of a Catholic paper IN salt Lake
not the least OF the many blessings be-
slowed by Providence on the Church mere
during the past two years. It's birth oe-
CURED at an opportune time. Its zeal, IL
propagating Catholic truth. has had,
s:nce it's Inception, my hearty. though
silent approval l believe with Our Holy
Father that "a good Catholic journal Is
perpetual mission in a parish; and tna5
1t will serve as a question box, at az
times, for anxious inqui-ers. In my Visi-
tations / shall hope to find the inter-
mountain Catholic in the homes of every
Catholic family. Its mission is to es-
pouse truth justice and morality, and an
devoted priests will find IN ii an able CO.
operator in their missionary work. It ls
my wish that adj my priests and the lalty
entrusted to my charge should encourage
your noble effort and that of the gen
eTous founder of The Intermountalp
/. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
SAT- Lake City, Oct. 2, 1906.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

Rev. W. F. Morrissey left Wednesday
morning on trip through Colorado
and Wyoming. Father Morrissey VIII
have an opportunity to visit the many
readers of the Intermountain Catholic
in those states, and we are confident
his presence and manners will add
many new subscribers to our list in
that territory.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

Half a dozen rich Spaniards in the
city Of Mexico have formed trust to
raise the price of bread, whereat there
is much indignation. Mexican women
could knock out this trust if they baked
their own biscuit and flapjacks, but in
that country there are a great many
more women than baking ovens.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

The latest freak in evangelical reli-
gion has been introduced by Della
ware preacher. Last Sunday he wills
tied the text Of his sermon in imitation
of the meadow lark, interpreting the
four notes as Thou, God, see'st me-"
found in Genesis. What part of the
Bible win he fit, the jay bird or the
katydid?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

A cartoon in the Dublin Freeman
represents an Irish tenant handing a
paper to a trembling landlord on which
these words are inscribed: Sell out or
get out" This may be very inspiring.
and no doubt it is. All the same.
evictions are taking place in different
parts Of the island and not blow
struck in reprisaL Sell out or get out"
does not seem to alarm De Freyne Of
Castlerea.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

If Miss Helen Dumke of Chicago
wins damage suit of $4,000 against a
druggist, it shows that nerve goes
along with sallow complexion. The
apotheeary gave her something which
actually took away her voice, and for
three days she couldn't talk. It's bad
enough TO have a sallow complexion.
but when a woman is forced to hold
her tongue by reason of taking horrid
medicine, $4,000 is a mere bagatelle.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

On the Chinese labor question the
Beers are taking time by the forelock.
While here the cry is 1.-The Chinese
must go" in South Africa it is the
Chinese must not come The British
government respects the decision.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

Amid all the fruitless turmoil and
miscarriage of the world, if there be
one thing steadfast and of available
omen, one thing to make optimism dis
trust its own obscure distrust. it is the
instinct to admire what is better and
more beautiful than themselves.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

Life is. as it We're, on trust. All that
is in you. all that you are. is only
loaned to you; make use of it accord
ing to the will of him who lends 1t;
but never regard it for moment as
your own.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

London has been so grievously disap-
pointed, particularly its feminine por-
uon' over the postponement of the
kings coronation, that the announce
ment it viii surely come off on the last
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

The civil war in the black republic Of
Hayti has ceased and hostilities will
not be renewed until the close Of the
watermelon season.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
Government Ownership.


Among the farmers it was the UNIVERSAL
opinion that the government should own
the railroads.
Bet we'd git twict as much fer ne
cows we hev killed if guy ment owned e1a
railrnadz-' argued tina faEnaanE-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

Action may not always bring hap
piness, but there is no happiness with
out action.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09

Jack. what are you going to be in the
next world?'
"A sailor, yer reverence-same as am
now
But are. we not told there shall be no
more sea %
''Mebby so, yer reverence; but thereu
be q lake -
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
WILLING To CoNFORNI.

The rear seat III the open street car was
comfortably filled already when the
cheerful looking young man with The
blond hair squeezed himself down be-
tween two portly consumers of nicotine.
ct seems to me-" observed one Of
them, presently, that when there are
plenty of other seats in the car it's an
imposition for a man who isn't smok-
ing to crowd in among the smokers"
1T isn't my fault that I'm not smok-
ing" replied the blond young man with
his most engaging smile. IF you have
another cigar in your pocket I'll be glad
to join you
1t was a superb exhibition of gall, but
he got the cigar.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
SPOILED A DEED OF HEROIsM

Uncle said little Johnny. tell me
how you charged with your war horse up
the San Juan hill at the head of your
troops
Well said the battle SCARED veteran.
Il mounted the fiery animal. drew my
sword from it's scabbard, rose in my stir
rups, cried Forward" and sank the spurs
deep in the quivering flanks of my gal
liant steed."
'Yest" exclaimed the boy, breathlessly.
Go on, uncle. Tell me the rest of it,
There isn't any more to tell. Johnny"
said his uncle, with pensive sigh. The
horse baked
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
Consolidated Oct. 2, 1899.

SATURDAY, - Aug. 9, 1902.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-09
FORETHOUGHT.

Right here said the surveyor. Twill
be a good place for your sawmill. The
middle OF it,
Not much said the pioneer. wen
have it all on one side or the other When
a man gets sawed in two I don't want no
two corOner's inquests over hin"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-22
WITHDRAWAL OF DR.. WEBB

The withdrawal of DR.. w. Sew
ard Webb for the contest tor the re-
publican nomination for governor OF
Vermont was announced officially
Monday evening by the St. Adams
Messenger. The statement is that
Webb will not be candidate, "not-
withstanding the encouragement
that his canvass has received in every
section of the state, and notwith-
standing the hearty assurances of in
fuential republicans that his pros
poets for success are Frightening
every day. Dr.. v ebb has become
convinced that, however much with
out warrant, the idea is fixed in the
popular mind that the contest be-
tween Gen. Mccullough and him
self is "a contest between two Yer
monters, whose New York associa-
tons are so important and promi-
nent as to more or less conspicuously
connect them with affairs in the
Empire state, and tend to confirm
the popular impression that they are
more Interested in the Empire state
than they are in Vermont.