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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

The Do Thugs and Sunshine clubs
meet together tonight In the parlors
OF the Methodist church. Boys under
16 years Of age. whether members Of
these clubs or not. are invited.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

A match glme OF bowls, between
the crack teams OF Santa Fe and Las
Vegas will hi played on the new
Dilts' bowling alleys next Friday even
ms. The put,lic Is invited free.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

The Matt ore reduction mill will
be In operation this week although
several pieces OF machinery are to be
added as sooa as they a be pro-
cured from tli,s east.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

The Y. M. c. A. meeting yesterday
afternoon was very interesting,
though moi largely attended. J.. q.
McNary spoke on "The Law OF Com
pensaiion," expressing practical
truths.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05
ROUGH DRY

We 10 family washing lex
cepting starchcd shirts, collars.
cuffs and shirt waists) for FIVE
cents 4 pound and iron all sheets
and pillow eases. towels, table
cloths, napkins aud counter
:
panSs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

Contractor Rupp is busy today pre-.
pairing The ground in Hin site park for
the foundations Of the Carnegie u.
brary. The work viii now be rushed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

The ladies league Of me presbyter.
ian church viii meet tomorrow after.
noon at the residence Of Mrs. J. Q.
Wood. 1894 Eleventh street.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

The new store block Of N. Romero
and L. Barber Is fast rising and the
front win soon be ready for the plate
glass.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

Kindergarten beads all the rage.
Can be found in large quantities at
Rosenthal Bros Read their adyer-
tisement.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

Miss Emma Cote has taken, again.
her former position with Henry Levy
4 Bro, the Sixth street dry goods
firm.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

The board OF directors Of the Y. NJ,
G, Al will meet In the office o. Thos.
r. DAILY In the Crockett building 10
morrow evening al o'clock.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

All the machinery for the Bonanza
Mining company mill has arrived and
IL being hauled 10 the mines
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

Electric lights have been Installed
In the quarters OF Troop A.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

Mrs. Frank Flomnerfelt is on the
sick list.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05
The regular monthly meeting Of the
y. n. c. A. directors will be hela to
morrow night

Former Night Clerk MERCER Of the
Montezuma hotel has enc to Los An
geles for the winter
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-05

Troop A drill tonight.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15

of our goods won't make them better.
Unless they possessed unusual merit
we would hesitate to claim it tor
them.
These musical Instruments lave
been selected with the greatest care.
They are from factories famous for
the quality Of their productions.
Thoroughly tested before being put
on sale. Even the very cheapest are
beautiful and well finished.
These figures prove the smallness of
our prices:
Guitars $500 up; mandolins SO. 90
up; accordions $3.50 up; violins $500
up. New best strings, violin rosin,
double bass rosin, etc, etc. at the
very lowest prices.
We have also over 1000 copies OF the
best sheet music at loo, a copy. Also
all the latest novelties at from 20 to
80 per cent discount.
G. & b. That cher,
l3 South Main and 8 Center SITS.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15
Local lettings.

II. Bullen Jr., transacted business
at Salt Lake Thursday.
President Joseph Morrell went to
Salt Lake Thursday morning, return
ing In the evening.
Miss Carrie Jensen spent the first of
the week at Salt Lake city In at
tendance at the funeral Of relative.
Mrs. Jones, of Salt Lake, is visiting
Mrs. j. p. Smith for few days. Mrs.
Jones is daughter of Editor Penrose,
of the News.
The "Wessler Best" base ball team
will play on the B. Y. campus next
Monday afternoon with the Logan
nine. A good game is anticipated.
The many friends of Mrs. Keller
will be pleased to learn that she is
slowly improving at the st. Mark S
Hospital and before long will be home
again.
Arrange ments have been made with
the Smthiield champions for game
of ball here today at $3.50 or o'clock.
The Logan bunch VIII attempt to
wrest the laurel wreath from the ball
tossers of our neighboring town.
Elder John II. Anderson will deliv
era lecture at the Fourth ward meet
ing house next Sunday evening. Sub
ject: Life of Christ and His trial be-
fore the Sanhcdrin, and Crucifixion."
All have a cordial invitation.
A. l.. Skanchy has sold six car loads
shingles, two car loads Of lath and
numerous cars Of lumber, flooring,
doors and sash. We have at present
IA residences under construction. Call
on Skancky and he will give you some
good figures II you wish to build a nice
home. 84stf
Parties who can afford IL, should
lay in small supply of coal for winter,
as it can be purchased now easier
than when cold weather sets in. 1t
will be remembered that last winter
much time was wasted In coming and
going after coal, and many times only
a sack of the black diamonds could be
had.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15

IS REWARD for the return Of a sor-
rell mare branded NC. N. Sommer. II
Bishop William b. p reston has been
in Logan during the past week.
Geo. II. Odcll, general manager of
the Con. w. & NJ. Co., was up from
Salt Lake City Wednesday.
J. w. Crawford, manager of the U.
o. made quick trip to Ogden and
Salt Lake this week.
You can buy Your smoked hams and
all kinds OF bacon at wholesale price
at the Chicago Meat Market. Salts
faction guaranteed. S. b. Sorensen
proprietor.
Already students are coming into
Logan to arrange for the coming
school year and 1t will not be long be-
fore the town is merry and alive again
with college life.
Just what restaurant man can be
SOlhS w uO Wltll pJV WI vi tIlC
finest chinaware is problem. and it
leads to the suspicion that "there's a
niger in the woodpile."
WE CARRY THE LARGEST
LINE OF SOFT SOLE SHOES FOR
BABYS. CALL AND SEE FOR
YOURSELF PRICES FROM 15C
TO 75c A PAIR. CITY SHOE
STORE.
II. G.. Hayball has recently placed in
his dry goods department a duplex
steam spOnger and shrinker. 1t is Mr.
Hayball's intention to not only use
the shrnker on the goods but on the
prices as well-this in order that his
customers pocket books will not shrink
so rapidly.
The Rochdale Mercantile Company,
recently organized, evidently means
business. A notice Is placed on the
front of the new store room recently
built by Mr.. Fred Gessel, that the
company will open up with line Of
groceries within a few days. The COM
pany has called upon the stockholders
for their final payment on stock sub
scribed.
Mr.. Frank Townsend came to Logan
Wednesday and gave the information
that a. store at Fielding had burned to
the ground the night before. The
store was owned by gentleman
named Wood, who with others was in
the store until late Tuesday night.
They locked up and went away and
knew nothing OF their loss until they
saw the ruins Of the building Wednes-
day morning.
NOW is THE TIME TO SHINE
YOUR SHOES. GET SOME "BLACK
KING" SHOE POLISH, AND A
GILBERT PEERLESS POLISH
Err" AND YOUR SHOES WILL
ALWAYS LOOK NICE AND
WEAR BETTER. CITY SHOE
STORE.
l.. G. McAllister is circulating petit
tion asking the Governor to pardon
Jacob Ellie, who was sent to the pen
on April I, on conviction of grand lar
ceny. IL Is claimed that Ellie is a
pretty good sort of fellow, devoid of
any criminal nature and that his mis-
step this time Is hardly deserving of a
year in the pen. His friends feel that
justice does not demand a longer in
generation. The petition is being
literally signed.
Mrs. Stephen Hailstonc nearly lost
her little twO-year-old boy last Wednes-
day through poisoning. Mrs. Hail.
stone had placed fly paper in a plate
Of swectened water, and the little
child dipped a piece of apple into the
plate, and ate 1t with almost fatal
results. The child was promptly
attended to by a physician who
administered the antidOtes neces-
sary In such cases, and the boy is con-
sidered out OF danger.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-31
THE ABUSE or "CONfIDENCe."

No word in our language is so much abused
as the word Confidence" If it we're something
tangible, it would receive better treatment. Com
pare it to glass lumber, for instance. It is not
mended as easily as it is broken. Upon reflection,
confidence is very much like a glass tumbler.
For the past month confidence" has played
the very mischief in the financial world The glass
tumber has been filled with water, which repre-
scented financial Stock When stock is not real
stock it is called "watered" stock. The watered
stock broke the lumber 1t spilled Confidence
It looks very much as if we were at the end of
our ezra of prosperity That ahead of us is an
era of hard times.
To show how Confidence" has been assassi
mated, take up the developments during the inquiry
into the United States Shipbuilding company.
They present the most remarkable expose of trust
manufacturing methods with which the public has
been favored. The capital of all the concerns in
Guided in the shipbuilding trust was about $780,
100000. Of that sum about $14O00,000 was water
which already had been injected into the capital
zation of the Bethlehem Steel company Deduct
ing that sum, the legitimate capital, as it would
have appeared under the old methods OF doing
business was $15,000000. But when the trust was
constructed and set afoat on the troubles seas OF
Wall street its capital stock and bonds were raised
to $79,S51 600, and confding public was invited
to step forward and buy that basis.
The basis of promotion of such companies is
confidence. The public must have confidence in
business activity and in the character of the pro-
moters. Men who will float concern with more
than five times an honest capitalization taking
advantage of the public confidence, just as the
bunco man takes advantage of the confidence. of
the green lad he picks up at the depot entrance.
There is no difference in their guilt except that
the degree in the case of the fnancer is greater
than that of the ordinary bunco Such are
the men who murder confidence"
On the heels of the crash of this bogus trust
comes news of the suspension of national banks
and the run savings banks. The people APP
pear to have lost confidence in Confidence"
run on a savings bank is bad sign of the times
One of the staunchest banks in st. Louis had this
experience the other day 1t followed the suspen-
sion of Pittsburg bank. 1t is muttering of
the panic of 1898, when silver destroyed.
Elsewhere we note that the farmers of the coun-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-31
BEGIN TO SEE LIGHT.

Any criticism of the public school system pro-
ceeding from Catholics in the past has been con-
strued as an attack on that cherished institution.
Our protestations for justice in the distribution
of school moneys have uniformly met opposition
and dersion Our claim that education without
religion is fraught with danger to good citizen
ship has been hotly rebuked by the. ministers of
evangelical denominations. The public schools
were upheld as the bulwark of liberty and parochial
schools denounced as perverters of popular form
of government For years and years Catholics
have braved the storm of opposition alone, never
despairng the time when public opinion would
undergo change, but scarcely hoping that allies
would be found among the most learned of Pro-
testant clergymen and the most eminent of nom
Catholic educators. The blow which strikes hard
est always comes from within. Therefore is it that
the discussion of the public school question, which
forms a prominent feature in the columns of the
leading daily papers of the east, is doing to
clarity opinion and bring non-Cathoics to our
way of thinking than all could do ourselves
through propaganda. Rev. DR.. Geer has, uninten-
tionally perhaps aroused widespread interest over
his recent letter to the New York Sum- Indeed the
discussion over religious education in the public
schools is the chief topic in the peoples forum of
that great newspaper transcending questions of
local and political interest
The most powerful, because the most popular,
difficulty to religion in the public schools is the
belief that it would bring about that dreaded union
of Church and State which the Constitution for
bids-and just one man in hundred thoroughly
understands Rev John Talbot Smith, priest of
New York, in a letter to the peoples forum of
the Sun disposes of this American hobgoblin and
places Catholics in their proper relation to the
country and citizenship. "Of the writers and
speakers who wax fluent and wrathy the sub
ect of this union" he says Il doubt if ten of them
could describe what the union means and upon
what their fears are based. Of the Americans who
know what it means. none would want 1t; least OF
all they who have suffered most from its modern
forms-the Catholcs-to whom this union as IL
lustrated by the governments of Italy, AUSTRIA
France, Spain, Portugal, Brazil and some South
American republics, stands for the basest tyranny
or the most insidious form of persecution 1t Is
an absolute certainty that established church
can be foisted on Americans; it is equally certain
that Americans could not be driven into accepting
the European union of Church and State. Where
then is the force of the objection! But, while
one wants union of Church and State every Chris
tan citizen wants harmony of Church and State"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-31

This is what inspires the soul to appeal for
pious invocations from the faithful. Pray for
me, my friends, for the hand of the Lord is upon
me-"
Thy kingdom come" has its fullest significance
in prayers for the release of souls in purgatory
\ member of the League of the Sacred Heart
once made remark in the writer hearing which
described the joys of heaven in anew light. He
did not attempt to portray the beatlfc vision OF
God; nobody could. Neither did he mention the Vir-
gin, nor the seraphim and cherubim. He spoke of
the meeting of those holy souls for whom we once
prayed, now saints before the throne of God. 1t
is a simple, yet sublime thought. Think of the
saints and martyrs whose names are repeated III
our litanies, and whose company we hope to share.
And all this is reached through the triumph of
Death and the solitude of the Grave. All this hap
piness is ours if we so live to die in the Lord
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-31
PRAYERS RATHER THAN TEARS.

While this fine weather yet fingers, let us 90
out to the city of the dead and mediate awhile.
We note that in some places of our country. where
chapels are erected in cemeteries, the solemn Gus
tom of European Catholics will be observed on All
Souls day Masses will be offered up and litanies
recited. We can imagine an altar in the slv and
a benediction from the sunlight as we kneel upon
the sod which covers our loved ones here The holy
mass may follow in spirit.
Every one master a grief but he that
has it." wrote Shakespeare. Even he that has
grief, at last yields to the persuasive words which
seem to come up from the tombs about him. They
bid him bury it alongside their moldering bones,
away from the tongue of SANDER and the tempta-
tions of tickle world. What's gone and what's
past help, should be past grief So say these spirit
voices dry the tears of the young to strengthen
the resignation of the old. What world of
philosophy to be wrought in a graveyard and all,
at last, crysallized into the PROMISE BLESSED are
they who die in the Lord!"
So it is that one should envy the condition of
those departed, rather than deplore the circum-
stances which banished them from our sight for
ever No, not forever; for ours is the hone of
that Immortality which belongs to those who die
in the Lord To some, the loved one suffering pain
is purgatory is cause for greatest grief. and of
fers the chief incentive to prayer for speedy re-
lease. 1t is human instinct, and will cease only
when affection ceases to be quality of the hui
man heart. Let us consider such suffering in .
light other than that of physical pain, for as to
the kind and degree of torment we have no clear
revelation Of what significance is pain compared
to the yearning desire to be with God? 1t may be
years of expiation before the soul is admitted to
celestial bliss. This thought consumes all others
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-31

The La Tribuna di Roma is evidently edited
by person who has had some training with the
yellow journals of the United States. Perhaps be
is a real Yankee. In that paper of recent date ap-
pears letter sent to the Pope signed by person
named Giuseppe Darco who is patriarch or
king of the Island of Galita, off the coast of Al
RIGA in the Mediterranean. Darco, it appears, fed
from the Papal States in 1850, when at the age Of
20, and a member of the Giovanne Italia, he
killed political associate Embarking in a small
boat, winds and waves drove him to this uninhab-
tied island Like Robinson Crusoe, he explored it,
1t was the only sensible thing to do He found
something richer than the he and she goats which
laid the foundation for Crusoe's wealth. He
found a cavern as did Edmond Dantes of Monte
Cristo" fame and in the cavern he unearthed
treasure-gold and silver galore, buried there by
the traditional pirates of Barbary. He loaded his
inside and outside pockets with coins. embarked
again the rolling billow, and landed at Agiers,
where accounting he did go. Returning to the
island with an Italian wife, he raised family, the
number of which would arouse envy in the breast
of the proudest Mormon elder. At the age of .,
"Signor" Darco has ffty-seven children, grand
children and grandchildren He was unds-
puted sovereign of this treasure island until
day a Frenchman sailed in, claimed possession in
the name of the republic of France, and demanded
that Darco pay taxes and submit to other disagree
able things offensive to king of an island This
explains the letter to the Pope, to whom Darco
claims allegiance, and prays the Pope to drive
the French from the island. And the Pope, in the
goodness of his heart and for the welfare of
Holy Church, seizes the telephone and breaks the
news to the editors of La Tribuna di Roma. And
10 and behold it comes over the cable as the best
Scoop since the eonclave was written up.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-31

Patrick Mahaney worked as a farm hand in
Connecticut for thirty-two years In all that time
he had but three employers and took only six days
off. His expenditures amounted, in 80 years to
Sian average of less than u cents month
The other day he left for Ireland with So 200 this
sum representing his savings. Now he will live
comfortably, he says and never strike a lick of
work again He IS an exception to the character
we love to find in Irishmen. The misery habits
he formed, to carry out his object Of one day liv-
ing comfortably, will plague him in the attempt
to carry it out. He will not live comfortably Some
body will wait for him to die and get his money
1t will neither be wife nor children, which he
ought to have if he the right kind of Patrick
Mahaney.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-31

related by the sympathetic old reporter. The mvs-
terry is solved. at was thought by those who wit
messed it." ne writes. that Mr.. Mclaughlin had
taken a drop too much at the fair.' Taken a drop
too much. No newly coined slang to express
inebriety, which the fresh American reporter would
use almost every day. Taken drop too much f,
just as good language today it was IN O'Cou-
nells time. ''Mr. McLaughlin's injuries were not
so severe as they might have BEEN concludes the
reporter. There you have it, Who among Amcri-
can pencil pushers wind up a story of an az,
cident so philosophically this one:
Anon come to paragraph long as youc
finger about boy who had two OF these useful
digit5 squeezed. so it was feared amputation would
be the result of the unforeseen occurrence" The
boy retains all of his fingers There is another
paragraph to which the old reporter pays attcn-
ton. but to which he omits either comment mr.
that bit of advice he is licensed to give in order
to make the item solid and lengthy. 1t is a motor
accident near Clonme or, rather alarming"
motor accident. Lady ArranmOse and Miss Nor
ley were driving from Bessborough near Water
ford to Limerick, and when negotiating a turn
on the Cahir road the car skidded the slippery
ground, knocked against ditch and turned over"
Negotiating a turn" is all right for turning
corner. At the end of the reporters story. if IS
learned that the damage was almost entirely su,-
tanned by the engine of the motor. The good old
soul, however, does not put it in that language. lie
is as careful to avoid offending the quality" a:
he would be of offending the parish priests niece
Therefore there is no suggestion from him that
jaunting car is much safer than automobile. The
jaunting car where first [ saw Sweet Peggy" The
jaunting car where love is promoted, and matche,
settled, and rough riding is fun galore. It must
be such rollicking conveyance that inspired
Mickey Free to sing:
And the English, bad luck to them hate us,
Because we've fun than them all.
But, never mind Our hat is dotted to the old
Irish reporter.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-31
THE OLD IRISH REPORTER.

The days doings printed in the Irish news
papers are oftentimes amusing as they are in
teresting. 1t is the attempt to make much of lit
tie which captivates those who appreciate humor,
"unbeknown" to those who nfict it. Ireland is al
most crimeess. No rush to plunge a minute into
a second tempts accident or calamity. Hence
everything of local character is treated at great
length; nothing is omitted
With scrupulous fidelity the reporter prefxes or
axes titles to every half SIR or Esq The reporter
is probably an old man who has been in the service
of the newspaper for Quarter of century. His
language and style of composition have undergone
no change from the day he wrote his first Copy
up to the present. If it be young fellow who han
dies the local matter the 'boy' is content to fol
low the style set by his senior. We sincerely hope
the old man and the boy will stick to their style.
Any change from it would make us feel lonesome.
1t would sound as if the Irish were undergoing
change and borrowing words" from the Sassen-
ach that no longer were they the simple, devoted,
pious people we love to think they
Take, for example, accident which the old
reporter describes. The person injured was COM
ing from a fair when "the calamity overlook him.
He fell out of his cart. The donkey was not to
blame; no dislocation of gearing belonging to
the cart upset the occupant. What, then,, caused
the accident to the Irshman? A little further on
an explanation of the unfortunate occurrence" is