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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
Monks Feed Starving Macedonians.

The correspondent of the London Daily Tele-
graph on the Macedonian frontier has sent his pa
per long description of the refugees arriving at
Ria monastery after fasting for days and sleeping
in the open air with the thermometer at 81 degrees,
and their gratitude to the monks who shared with
them their black bread and salt and exhausted all
their resources to help the hungry fugitives. The
correspondent adds:
But this help, despite the sacrifices it imposed
on the monks, was but drop of water in an ocean
of fire.
Scores of people must have persisted miserably
but for the timely assistance of benefcent Ameri
can lady, Madame Bakhmetieff formerly Miss
BeaD of Washington, D. c., wife of the Russian
diplomatic agent at Sofia, Bulgaria.
''Without losing a moment, this philanthropic
lady dispatched $4,000 and sister of charity to
lieve the needs of the innocent outcasts. Ny COM
panion, Charles Crane of Chicago, likewise gave a
liberal contribution for the same purpose. When
leaving the monastery couple o. days
later over 900 refugees lined the avenue III front
of the doors and insisted on shaking hands with
u.s."
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
Aunt Busy Has Her Say.

Dear Nieces Aunt Busy can only address the
nieces this week because she wants to ask them
question. 1t is q funny question and the nieces
will surely laugh unless they are too surprised She
wants to know how many of her nieces wear aprons
Now, is this not funny question: Aunt Busy has
for many years watched the little folks going to
school and has noticed that so few wear the pretty
pinafores that the little girls of old wore. Aunt
Busy remembers with much pleasure the dainty
aprons she used to wear with rows of tucks, lace
and embroidery. She also remembers having those
aprons tied over her face when she naughty.
Then she used to wish that she never wore them.
As She grew older, when quite young lady, the
white aprons were changed for black ones. Such
pretty aprons they were, too! The girls used to
make them and each We'd with the other in making
them tasteful and pretty. But nowadays Aunt
Busy rarely sees the pretty things. She remembers
once last spring, meeting two sweet mites going to
school. each wearing a dainty lace-trimmed apron
and on their dear sunny heads were the very pref
test of little white sunbonnets. To the
ment of the wee maids. old Aunt Busy stopped and
gave each warm hug. OF course the dear little
people did not know, never will know, the
thoughts that were in funny old Aunt Busys brain.
The wee girls brought memories of the long ago to
Aunt Busy the long ago time when dainty pima
fores covered plain school dresses and the children
were not the dressed-up little fashion plates of the
present day. Aunt Busy may be old-fashioned. but
she would love to live over again the "pinafore"
days of her life. So will you all when are are as
fat, gray and wrinkled as your loving old
AUNT BUSY
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
A Memory of Lincoln.

Captain w. I. Burgess of Kansas gives a boy
hood memory of Lincoln that shows the great man
in a particularly gracious and lovable light. One
afternoon when on asvisit to his brother, the Rev.
John Burgess in Ohio, the then small boy was
much interested in huge machine exhibition at
the state fair in progress at the time He had wan
dered off by himself and vainly trying to de-
cipher the uses of the great piece of mechanism
and had half decided to seek counsel of the only
man in sight.
81 stepped up close to him." writes Captain
Burgess. His head was bowed down upon his
hands, seemingly in meditation. [ hesitated to dis
turb him and was about to withdraw when lie arose
and said
Well my boy, you trying to investigate
this machinep
Il told him that was and asked him if he
could explain it to me, and he proceeded to do so,
very clearly and infinitely. He went all over it and
all around it. and finally he said:
q How many yoke of oxen my boy, do you think
it takes to drag this machine"
II made guess of eight yoke.
well" said he, they haul it with eight yoke,
but when heavy ditching is to be done they gen
orally use twelve
Il think we must have spent an hour at the ma
chine, then the man said I guess we had better go
over to the buildings and what is going on and
he laid his hand on my shoulder and talked to me
all the way.
"When we neared the building several gentle
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

The Canadian commissioners not only
declined to sign the award, but said
they would publicly withdraw from the
commission. They, as well as the can
adam connected with the case, are very
bitter. kilograms from Premier Laur-
Ter and other prominent persons in
Canada show that this sentiment IS
shared generally throughout the Do
minion.
Messrs Jet and Aylesworth. in a
statement of their reasons for refusing
to sign the award, say they consider
the finding of the tribunal regarding
the islands at the entrance of Portland
canal and the mountain lines is not a
judicial one.
Canadians Angry.
The Canadians feel very sore over the
outcome. They almost openly accuse
Lord Alyerstone of craftsmanship. When
the latter presented them to King Ed
ward at Buckingham palace yesterday,
the king endeavored vainly to induce
Messrs Jett and Aylesworth to say
they were satisfied or that they ac-
cepted the situation, but the two Can
adams declined to in any way express
acuuiescence with this view. They sim
ply shook hands formally and bowed.
One of the Canadian commissioners
afterwards said to a representative or
the Associated Press:
This award affects more the rela-
tons between the Dominion and the
mother country than people here seem
to realize and almost marks the part
ing of the ways; at least so far as
leaving any such question for Eng
land to decide for us
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

into which a funeral procession was
just passing, he paused to hear some
one remark: What a misfortune! He
was the only son Of wealthy parents,
and but is years old. He fell from
his horse and was killed instantly"
Then the verse on the page of the
limitation of Christ" he had torn from
the book the day before suddenly oc-
CURED to the wayward son: How
foolish of you to promise yourself
long life, when you are not even sure
Of the morrow" Deeply agitated at
thought of what the words implied, he
followed the funeral into the church;
The ceremonies and hymns awakened
the suppressed voice of his conscience
and compelled him to reflect on the
sinful state Of his soul In the course
of few days he cast himself at the
feet of a priest to implore his aid in
making his peace with God. Thus the
piety of the mother was rewarded and
in this instance the conversion of her
son due to page of the Imitation of
Christ. Translated for the Pilot from
the Breslauer Sounta gsblatt by Mary
SchuerkamD.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
POWER OF A GOOD BOOK.

a young man of good parentage had
graduated from high school. He was
TO become a lawyer, and therefore en-
tered college. His pious mother trem-
lied at thought of the many dangers
which threatened his faith and morals,
and considered what she could do to
preserve his virtue. She herself could
not accompany him to the great me-
tropolis, but as a talisman she gave
him a small book, the Imitation Of
Christ" entreating him never to part
with it.
The student. having promised to
fulfill his mothers wish, accordingly
took his precious book in hand every
evening. 1t reminded him Of her love
for him, and OF her anxiety for the
preservation of his innocence. But
soon the young man was surrounded
by evil friends. They captivated him
by description of their feasts and pleas
ures. He allowed himself to be in
fUenced so that they soon had COM
plete control over him. Religious du-
ties became irksome, and after awhile
were entirely neglected. The talisman
given him by his mother now became
q burden. He even begTudged it the
small amount of space It occupied, for
Its presence recalled TO the mind Of
The prodigal son the years of virtue
ana innocence spent under the parent
al roof. Whenever ne INDUCED in for
hidden pleasures the little book became
his accuser. To remove it from his
sight he cast it into the farthest corner
of the room. From there it wandered
into an old chest, where all useless
articles were kept But the humble
instrument of Gods mercy had vet to
fulfill its mission. One dav our stu
Cent was looking for paper with which
10 cleanse his razor by a singular
coincidence he came across the 'Imi-
tation Of Christ" 1T makes no diff |
ference he said, and tore a leaf from
the book. After a few days it was
again used for the same purpose. until, |
from week to week, the poor little book |
lost many of its gilded pages. But !
each time a sentence of the torn leaf
caught the young mans eye and dis
lurbed the forced peace of his con-
science.
Walking by a church one morning,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

men stepped forward to greet him. and went on nv
myself in search of my brother; soon came mon
him, and he said he had been looking for me. He
wanted me to see Abraham Lincoln We went into
of the buildings and my brother went M to
the very man with whom had been talking.
Mr.: Lincoln, said he, may l present my
brother'
Lincoln turned around and seeing me smile.
said: Why, this boy and are old friends We've
been talking together for hour At the same
time he put his arms around me and lifted me
from the ground.
This was the great Lincoln, and had he never
States, still should never have forgotten him. He
was so kind so interested in my boyish queries and
so willing to give me instruction. and withal so
noble in expression and bearing that my heart went
out to him in love and admiration"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
CATHOLIC BOOKS IN PUBLIC IL
RRAPTES

Lamenting the lack of endeavor on
the part of Catholics to insist on their
rights as taxpayers, the Voice, of
Omaha, applying its argument to public
libraries. says:
1T is true that the supply of Catho
lie works to be found in many public
libraries is deplorably scanty. Who is
to blame? The writer has had con-
siderable opportunity to become ac-
quainted with the temper of libra
rians in widely different parts OF the
willing to do what is right in this
matter They clearly see that Catho-
lie authors are entitled to a place on
their shelves. They regard it as a
preposterous charge for anyone to
hint that a book is excluded from the
library because it is Catholic or such
as Catholic citizens desire to read.
And they profess to be quite ready to
purchase any books of this character
for which there is any demand on the
part of their readers.
Thanks for so much. 1t is right and
proper. We are sorry however, that
in a great number of cases the practice
lags far behind the professions. Still,
ii is wrong to chafe and fret at the
conduct of others when the remedy is
If our own hands. Catholic citizens
whose taxes contribute to the main
tenance of a public library should find
out first what Catholic books are in
the public library; secondly, what
Catholic books ought to be in it and
are not. They ought then to make IN
their minds to read these books, put in
their application for them at the Ii
brary till there is felt to be sufficient
public demand to justify or compel the
purchase of such books. Till some
thing like this is done systematically
and perseveringly Catholics have them
selves to blame for the conspicuous
absence of Catholic books from the
shelves of our public libraries"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

Patton but dear Aunt Busy, she passed away last
April (23) Mamma and papa are in Butte now.
my brother and sister. Your loving little niece,
ETHEL FRANCES PATTON.
P. 81 send big kiss for for yourself.
Dear little niece, Aunt Busy deeply regrets to
hear of the death of your sweet young sister. She
certainly was a bright intelligent child, the very
type of child that the dear, wise Father takes home
to Himself.
Her death is deplorabe affection, but the love
y child has found happiness that is known
on earth.
Let this thought console you, little Ethel Al
ways remember that your sister has joined the
lovely band of holy in the argel-land, the land
where partings and griefs are unknown.
Aunt Busy will never forget the dear little
niece, who has gone in the beautiful innocence of
childhood to the Beautiful Forever
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

Salt Lake CITY. Oct. 10, 1903.
Dear Aunt Busy:-It is long time since [
wrote to you. 1 have been very sick with typhoid
fever and once the doctor said [ would surely die.
[ am very glad I got well because L would not like
to die. Would you, Aunt Busy? Mamma says
there will be no school for me this year |
sorry to remain out. will write to you all winter
because there will be lots of time. Your loving
niece, ELIZABETH LYNCH.
Aunt Busy congratuates the dear niece her
recovery to health. She agrees with your good
mother about your not going to school. Better re-
gain all your strength because health is more inn
portant than education, Elizabeth. No, Aunt Busy
has no great desire to die. but there are worse
things than death, little niece. If try to be
good in this world we will not be afraid to die but
God sent us here and we must live until He calls
us home Aunt Busy hopes you will entirely
cover your health soon. Write to her often.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
Peters Peck of Troubles.

se7,bis world oft fills me with surprise
said Peter Pippin, looking wise.
..There are so many things that L
-ould DO much better if I'd try.
For instance wouldn't it be rare
If no one had to comb his hair.
Because our hair lay SO tight
The part would be there, Gay and night?
And oh. think of the daily treat,
If we had shoes upon our feet
That we would never need to shine
Because they glisten all the time.
Another thing that I'd have done
Had I been asked to help 20 run
This world would have been you may bet
To make the rain dry and not wet
Just think how fine it would be then
To go out in the storm and when
The rain comes down its hardest, why,
Soaked through and through, we'd still be dry:
There are lot of things that thus
] would have done without much fuss.
FOR instance, lukewarm snow would be
A joy in Billiards, you see.
And then to add to this worlds bliss
Another thing Ia do is this;
OF different lengths I'd make each day,
So people who feel glad and gay
Could have long day they choose;
While Others who full Of blues
Could pick day so short that they
Would have next week before today.
Indeed" said Peter Pippin, L
Could change this world and not half try.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
Exchange of Compliments.
(Philadelphia Ledger

A village sexton in a Pennsylvania town
in addition to being a grave-digger acted
as a stone-cutter, carpenter and furniture
mover. The local doctor, having decided
TO locate in another county, employed the
sexton to assist in removing his house
hold goods. All went well until it came
Ia settlement. when the doctor deducted
an old account due by the sexton. He
charge made for removing his furniture.
using these words: IF this was steady 1t
would pay much better than grave-dig-
ging.
In few days back came this reply
Indeed. / would be glad of a steady Jep,
erave-digging is very slack since you
left the county,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
ST. PATRICK,s BLESSING.


A short time before st. Patrick died
he is said to have assembled a high
mountain and blessed the whole island.
The blessing put into poetry is about
as follows republished in New York
F'reeman's Journal:
Be Erin blessed at evening hours,
When sunset gilds her fragrant bowers,
when whirlwinds howl, my blessings
be,
Ny generous Erin, still with thee;
To thee be every blessing given
From a favoring skies by bounteous
heaven:
Be blessings on thy bashful maids,
Be blessings on thy battle blades,
Blest be the fisher tribes that roam
Thy backing surge and whitening
foam;
Oh! blessed be thy stormy night,
And blessings on thy mornings bright,
Be blessings on thy castle towers,
Be blessings on thy village bowers;
My blessing on thy waving corn,
And every babe in Erin born;
Blest be thy thunder angry roar,
And every wave that laps thy shore,
And blessed be the smiles serene
OF sunshine on thy forests green;
Where. meadows spread, where hillocks
rise.
Where lordly mountains kiss the skies,
On every hamlet, vale and hill,
My blessing be with Erin still.
OH blessed be the rain and dew,
And every breeze that visits you,
And blessed be thy warriors tall,
Thy chieftain's doom, thy abbot's hall;
My blessings on thy matrons fair,
Thy mineral treasures rich and rare;
The flocks that bleat, the herds that
low.
The streams that MARBLE as they flow,
On every cottage, hall and hill,
My blessing ge with Erin still.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

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Letters and Answers.

Dewey, Mont. Oct. 10, 1903.
Dear Aunt Busy:-I guess you have almost for
gotten me; it has been such long time since [
wrote to You.
see where you would like to hear from Mary
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

Human nature is not so much de-
PRAYED as to hinder us from respecting
goodness in others, though we our
selves want It,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

Look not mournfully into the past.
it comes not back again. Wisely i'm
prove the present-it is thine.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

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save itself.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

Easy lies the head that thinks it
knows it ALL aga4ess
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24

The streams that MARBLE as they flow
On every cottage, hall and hill,
My blessing ge with Erin still.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-26
4 PEACEABLE ADJUSTMENT
Strikers Accept The Two Points of
Adjustment Submitted.
AS THE BASIC PRINCIPLES.

Chicago, Nov. a3.-But two points
were preventing peaceable adjust
ment of the Chicago City railway strike
and the indications are that these will
be finally overcome, and settlement
will DE reached. virtual cessation
of hostilities has been declared by both
sides while the present peace ncgotia-
tions are in progress and as the inter-
ested parties appear To be making
every effort to bring the struggle to an
end, there seems likelihood that all
differences will be modified to such a
degree that arbitration will follow.
After the conference between Col
Bliss and Mr.. barrow it was learned
that the company had made two prop
csitions to the union, Col. Bliss SUBJ
hitting them to Mr.. Darrow. The
propositions were first, that the COM
pany shall have the right to discipline
and discharge its employees as it shall
choose, but this shall not be construed
to mean that any discrimination is
made against the union men or non
union men. Second, that the company
shall formulate the methods by which
the grievances of its employees shall be
adjusted in the future.
The understanding is that the COM
pany laid down these two proposals as
the basic principles which must be
granted by the union before further
negotiations could be entered upon.
Mr.. barrow submitted the company's
proposition to the union, after which
he said that the strikers had accepted
the proposal of the company with inn
material notifications
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-26

In every country OF the civilized world
Sisters of Charity are known. Not only
do they minister to the spiritual and intel
lectual needs of the charges committed to
their care, but they also minister to their
bodily needs.
With so many children to take care of
and to protect from climate and disease,
these wise and prudent Sisters have found
Parma never failing safeguard.
DR.. Hartman receives many letters from
Catholic Sisters from all over the United
States. A recommend recently received
from a Catholic institution in Detroit,
Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir:-"The young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from Laryngf-
It's, and loss of voice. The result of
che treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
further use of the medicine we hope
10 be able TO say she Is entirely cured. I"
Sisters of Charity.
The young girl was under the care Of
the Sisters of Charity and used ''eruna for
catarrh of the throat with good results as
the above letter testih55.
Send to the Peruna Medicine Co.. Co
lumbus, Ohio, for free book written by
Tr Hartman
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-11-26
A Remarkable Woman.

Kokomo, Ind, Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Anna
NJ. Willis Of this place, charming old
lady of "a years. has given for publ
cation very interesting letter.
Mrs. Willis is widely known and
highly respected and the recommends
zion she gives is we'll worth the con-
sideration of anyone who may be in
terested. Mrs. Willis address is r. r.
No. G, Kokomo. Her letter reads as
follows:
Il have been troubled with Kidney
trouble for 20 years. 1t was so bad
that it affected my heart and my back.
1t hurt so that l could not get up
when down, and began to think that
| would be past doing anything. 1
was recommended to get Dodd's Kid
uey Pills and purchased some at the
drug store of Mr.. G. E. Neck. After
using several boxes l was completely
restored. l feel 90 years younger,
and l am able to do all the usual work
N the house and garden which a per
son who lives on the farm has to do,
although am IA years of age"