The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-12
gatboIic Opinion.

Wanted-A definition of the phrase
strenuous life" Here is Bavarian
nobleman, Prince Ferdinand Ludwig,
described as strenuous on the ground
! that he is "a physician, a musician
and a nephew of the regent of Bava-
ria" He practices medicine, it is eX-
! planned. and plays the saxe-horne in a
theatre. 1t may be a trying condition
to be nephew to a regent, but We
would be astonished if President
Roosevelt would find anything to fulfill
his idea of strenuousness in any of the
things enumerated. There is no re-
lation, so far as we can see. between
hunting mountain boars and practicing
medicine; and as for playing the sake
horn in a theatre. it requires much
longer wind to deliver speeches on d
l.. eco mile trip.-Standard and Times.
The Sultan of Sulp thinks religious
apparel exerts a good influence on all
who come in contact with the wearers.
What a pity the great state of New
York cant trade superintendent Skin
ner for the sultan of Sulu.-Catholic
Sun.
The Independent noticing the fact
that 60O.O coo persons visited the shrine
OF the new Russian saint on the day of
his canonization by the holy synod and
emperor. that many had come without
provisions for a long stay and conse-
ouently suffered for something to eat;
and that among the miracles reported
as having occurred on that day the
saint had not thought of supplying the
hungry with food. soliloquizes that 1t
is very strange that the saints always
use their supernatural powers to sup
L.
ply their devotees with things OF niue
or no practical value. Strange. 1T
was the devil who first made that OBJ
servation. In urging the propriety of
a miracle on Our Lord he suggested
this commercial consideration: Com
mand that these stones be made
bread. western Watchman.
If the president of the French re-
public were to address the members OF
Catholic society as the president of
the American republic did recently he
would be forced to resign his office, so
bitter is the popular hatred there of all
that is Christian. The reason is that !
in this country we have a real republic, |
while in France there is masonic |
tyranny which hypocritically calls it !
self epublic.-Pittsburg Observer.
In dealing with nOn-CatnOllcS no |
good comes from the self-conceit thai
we are the whole of Gods universe |
worth anything in ourselves or in |
Gods plans. Until a wider charity |
takes hold of us and moves US to in
clude everything emanating from God !
as dear to God and to those who love |
him. will we become the leaven for |
that true life that makes Catholic |
Christians out of men.-Catholic Uni
verse.
Derry Orangemen have now taken to
cursing the King as well as the Pope. /
At the ceremonial known as relief Of
Derry" recently they passed resolutions
King Edward as a Popish
This is hard. after all the
hard swearing against Popery at the
coronation.
The respect which some Protestant
ministers have for the sacrament of
marriage has been shown at Bingham
ton, New York. during the week. In
the members of his church
at a social the iir-Reverend Thomas
Hayes of Chicago unwittingly married
his own wife to a stranger. While per-
formed as joke the ceremony is found