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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
MARTINIQUE VISITED
BY DISASTROUS. STORM

= Washington, Aug. 1.-THE state \
department today received a ca \
= blegraln from Consul Jewell at =
= Fort de France, Martinique. 4
= dated yesterday, confirming the y
. press report of the disastrous =
= storm on that island. The dis 4
= patch says: y
"A terrific cyclone visited the y
= entire island at midnight SatIr- y
= day; great damage to crops and y
= fruits; many houses in Fort de y
? France unrnofed; trees two feet y
= thick uprnoted; one killed; con- =
= sulate intact. At Trinite seven =
= killed; many houses destroyed. =
. Smaller towns damaged. New viii y
= lagos Of Tivoli, Fond La Haye. y
= Foprneols and Reculee destroyed. y
= rendering 5000 survivors of last y
y years disaster hoNaeless. Reports y
, from interior Of the island indeh- y
= nise. Great Encouragement" y
=
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15

! II ONE, Aug. 11.-Just d week has
| n elapsed since the election of Plus
Y and he has been already over
come by The unaccustomed strain o.
the pontifical duties. This morning he
| tainted while at mass His collapse Is
! considered to be due to heart weakness
aggravated by fatigue. 1t constitutes
! the first victory Of mis- encourage which
| has insisted that he should take the
charge from his previous life less siren
| uously. Even though he disappointed
some people, they argue that he should
| not concede audiences to all comers and
to render himself less accessible. Dr..
Lapponi recommended the pope to take
d complete rest. He ordered all audi
ences postponed.
stand the necessity of sparing himself
and said to DIR. Lapponi:
II am stronger than Pope Leo. Why
should not ] do what he did?''
1t was explained to him that Leo
when elected began by taking a fort
nights perfect rest and thereafter
gradually trained himself to his new
duties. Moreover, Leos peculiar con-
stitution did not need exercise in the
fresh air when on ordinary healthy
man does.
Al noon Pope Plus was reported to
be almost restored to his normal con-
dition but was keeping to his room as
he feels occasionally a slight palpi-
tation of the heart.
The pope ardently wished to receive
today the Aupstrian ambassador, who
WAS to present his credentials, but he
was pursuaded to renounce his inten-
ton, not only in this case put with re-
gard to all the audiences which were
fixed for tomorrow.
Has Aged Visibly.
Although the pope was much better
this afternoon. DR.. Lapponi, who Wis
tied him again, thought it more pru-
dent for his holiness not to leave his
apartment and not to go into the gar
den of the vatican. as he desired. The
doctor further insisted on a suSpen-
sion of audiences.
The pontiff seems more docile to the
doctors wishes than his. predecessor,
although he insisted on transacting
some current business. such as the
of Alberto Sill, the son of
the dean of the grooms. as his personal
valet, the place occupied by Pho Centra
under Pope Leo XIII.
DR.. Davenozia, speaking about the
pope, said:
IF they wish our Plus not to sue
cumb the vatican authorities must
change their system. They must not
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
Sultan Humhles Himself.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 1.-THE Russian
ambassador at Constantinople telegraphs
Prince Ahmed Effendi, called at the en-
bassy to express the deep distress and re-
gret caused Yin the mind of the sultan
by the murder Of the Russian consul at
Monastir and requested the ambassador
to notify the car of this second express
sion of the sultan's sorroW.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
Whw Laundy Bills Are Bic.

George Lawler tells this story to show
how few people know the value of money.
His laundry work Is done BY a negroes.
and he noticed that the woman's lit IL,
girls were always ating candy when they
brought the wash home.
ou must spend a good deal of money
tor candy, he remarked one Saturday to
the elder girl -
Indeed [ doeS- was the astonishing
reply Why me an NAH sistah has done,
spent miiiyns an millyuns of dollahs fur
candy!''
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
Dropped Dynamite and Ran

Philliopolis, Bulgaria. Aug. S.-A dy-
Mantle explosion occurred today which
wrecked a. number OF buildings in the
most thickly, populated section of the
city. Up to the present. sections of the
remains of three persons have been
discovered in the ruins
1t is said that the explosion was the
result of the police surprising band
of Macedonian revolutionists. who in
their confusion dropped the bombs.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15

Monitza. were of quite minor impor-
tance. The bridge at Ekisson was only
an eleven-foot culveTt and was imme-
diately repaired, while the damage to
the railway store house at Bonita was
confined to the watchman's hut and a
number of telegraph poles. The war
minister has ordered a searching in
quiry into the conduct of the COM
mandant of Kilkitch. who. it is alleged,
connived at the escape of the band of
fifty insurgents which recently sur
rounded the village of Powstalar near
Kilkitch
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
On Insurgent Programme.

Salonica, Aug. s. - Many of the
alarming outrages which are alleged to
have occurred recently. such as the
blowing up of a bank at Adrianople
and a massacre at Kiikitch, about
twenty-five miles north of Salonica,
turn out to have been merely a part
of an insurgent programme, the carry
ing out Of which was fixed for Aug. 2.
Their excursion was sDrematurely an
-nounced. Similarly the dynamite af-
fairs at Ekisson, near Monastir and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
Fame and Time.

4 new story is going the rounds about
Mark Twain and a young poet
How long does ii take to get fame
from a poem2 asked the poet
The sage thought and in a few minutes
said:
well. It takes about four hours to
write one. and nineteen years, eleven
months. thirty days. twenty-four hours
and fffty-five minutes to get it publishedi
Then it's a toss-np whether it's famous or
infamous"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
QUEER :BRIToN.

Towne-Talking about putting the
cart before the horse" that fellow Per.
klns talks in the most peculiar way for
Browne-Why. does he put the cart be-
fore ii.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
AFTER THE FALL.
Chansas City JournaI.D

VNdFISdH NIIN JOuTndI)
Yes. said Mrs. Adam. as she fitted a.
patch to little AbeIs trousers. ''in many
respects Eden was a delightful spot to
live. But do you know. there wasn't a
dressmaker in the place? Actually. 7
hadn't decent gown to my back. But
II didn't matter much there was nothing
to go to but the zoo.''
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
New Consul Appointed.

Constautnople, Aug. 11.-Dr Mandel-
STAN, acting Russian consul at Uskub,
will replace the murdered consul, NJ.
Rostkoyoslli. at Mouastir.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
AMBITION OF GEN. MILES

General Miles is man who likes au-
thority. He likes a high sounding title;
he likes to be commander. During his
term of service as COMMUNICATIVE chief
of the army he was always made to
feel thai he was not in fact command,
er, but under the control of the secre.
tary of war. This proved a bitter dis
appointment to him. for ii placed him
before the country in an embarrassing
light. Miles was never allowed to for
get that he was commander in name
only.
But behind Miles aspirations to be-
come COMMUNICATIVE chief of the Grand
Army lie his presidential aspirations.
For years he has had his eye on this
Office, but has never gone so far as to
place his name before a national con-
vention. If he can secure the election
as commandment chief of the Grand
Army, ne will be in position. when
the next Democratic national conven-
ton meets. to so before the party with
the assertion that he has the unquali-
fed endorsement of the soldier vote as
starter. Miles knows that the DEM
ocratic nomination is anybody's until
the convention decides, and if he can
bring forward an impressive array of
reasons why he is a stronger man than
any other there is a chance of his Sc
curing the next nomination. All this
he bore in mind when he disclosed his
ambition to lead the Grand Army dur
ing the ensuing year.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15

Cumberland Md. Aug. e.-Genera
Nelson A. Miles. en- route from Wash
ington to San Francisco. was given ar
ovation upon his arrival here today
The Union Veteran legion and mem
bers of the Grand Army were at the
station in large numbers and cheered
the veteran to the echo, while the South
Cumberland band played national airs
There was cheering and waving of
handkerchiefs by many thousands OF
persons, including many women.
General Thomas r. Scott of Balti-
more made a short speech, referring
to General Miles as the greatest liv-
ing soldier" and invited the assembled
multitude to form line and shake the
hand of the retiring general General
Miles was perceptibly moved by the
spontaneous ovation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15
PATRIARCHIAL RELIGION
AND MODERN SCIENCE

Continued from Page one.)
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-15

Several versions are given OF the dis
aster, but the main ones are as follows:
The train which caused the accident
came from Porte Daupine' at the en-
trance TO the Bois de Boulogne, in the
western part of Paris. After circling
the northern quarter of The city where
numbers of workmen We're picked up,
the train reached the neighborhood Of
the cemetery of Pere La chaisc. where
the electrical motor failed TO act prop
erly- 4he train then waited at the sta
tloh OF Les Caurnnnes until the arrival
u second train which pushed the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13
Drinking Tonst.

The bit Of toasted bread That WAS
deemed such an important ingredient
In many m old time drink was consid-
cred Il morsel of honor and fell to the
one whose turn came last TO sip from
the common cup.
In Cromwell's time, so we read, n ia
vorite toast of the cavaliers WIS TO
put Il crunb of bread In the glass and
before they drank TO say, "God send
this crum- well down."
The very name toast calls up host
of anecdotes that have been the very
essence of many cornwall scene.
The well known one of the accom-.
plished Judge Story at n dinner in hon
or of Everetts appointment as ambas
sndor To the court of ~. Innk&Ss to 40
peciully graceful.
GENIUS sure To be welcomed where
Everett goes.
The next response TO this was:
"Law. equity and Jurisprudence NJ
efforts can raise them above one St0
ry."
Alphonse Karr. one of the dalntiest
OF writer's, once gave u toast ut din
ner of physicians by proposing 1.-THE
health to the sick
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13
surprisinK the Doctor

Scottish shrewdness Is occasionally
overmatched by Irish wit. The hand
full of people who inhabit n certain
little island in the Atlantic. off the
coast of Donegal, enjoy so much health
and so little wealth that there Is no
doctor OH the spot. In rare cases of
emergency physician il brought In n
boat from the nearest village on the
mainland.
On one occasion some islanders who
were obliged to summon the doctor
found that he had gone to Dublin ON
business. As the case was urgent, they
invoked the services of another prac-
titioner. This gentleman was a Scots
man, with the proverblal cannlness of
his race, and he declined to undertake
the voyage unless he received his fee
n golden sovereign, in advance.
There was no help for 1t, and the
money was paid. The physician wenl
to the island and attended to the case
But when he inquired for boat to
take him away he found that not n
boatman on the island would ferry
him back again for any less considera-
ton than e., paid In advance.
The doctor had to part with the mon
ey and to admit that he had been beat
en- at his own game.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13
ANCIENT MEDICINES.
Some of the Repuisiye Remedies
Used by Our Ancestors

Some of the Repuislye Remedies
Used by Our Ancestors.
Some of the remedies used by our
ancestors ought to have been sufficient
to scare away any disease without
their application. Here are few of
them: "A halter wherewith any one
has been hanged If tied about the head
will cure headache. Moss growing up
on a human skull IL dried and pow
dered and taken us snuff Is no less efli-
cacious." DIR. Samuel Turner, who
wrote on diseases of the skin, notices
prevalent charm among old women for
the shingles, the blood of black cat
taken from It's tail and smeared on the
part affected. The chips of gallows
tied on n string and worn around the
neck are said to have cured ague.
Spiders ms may readily be supposed,
------ A. so.ss spos0 az ------s- s.~-s nur-
| ton, the writer of the Anatomy Of
Melancholy" was at first dubious as to
the efficacy of the spider as a remedy,
though he states that he had seen II
used by his mother, "whom he knew TO
have excellent skill In chirurgery, sore
| eyes and aches, till at length" says he,
rambling amongst authors, as l often
do, found this very medicine In Dios-
corldes, approved by Matthlolas and
repeated by Aldrovandus. l began then
TO have better opinion Of it."
For stopping hemorrhages all sorts of
things were used. John Bell says that
for this purpose they tied live toads
behind the ears or under the armpits
or to the soles of the feet or held them
In the hand TIL they grew warm. Mi
chael Mercatus says that this effect of
toads Is n truth, which any person Will
Ing to take the trouble may satisfy
himself OF by Il very simple expert
ment, for If you hang the toad around
n cocks neck for day or SO you may
then cut off his head and the neck will
not bleed single drop" The malade
imaginaire of those days pursued his
hobby under difficulties.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13
Higher EducatiOn.

Those who plead the cause of Latin
and Greek in our higher education
should remember that colleges We're
first founded In the early middle ages
TO teach the classics to prospective
priests, for use In reading rituals,
Greek In the east and Latin In the west,
at time when these languages We're
obsolescent in speech and yet contain
ed all the literature, philosophy, poetry
and such science as the world of Eu-
rope knew, and the modern tongues,
just coming into use In Europe. north
and south, had In them neither litera-
ture nor other elements of learning.
Colleges SO begun became the fashion.
Every college man was Il classical man,
and naturally then. as now, man
would feel that his own college culture
was the right one 1t soon became n
common saying that the only educa-
and Latin. But now modern languages
are very rich In every form of litera-
ture and learning, everything from the
classics has been often emptied into
them by better masters than the aver
age student can fairly hope to be, los
Ing some and also gaining some In the
translation from languages which few
scholars even ever learn TO read and
to enjoy, while II wealth of scientific
knowledge of the boundless world,
which to know Is the real learning, has
sprung up In many modern tongues
Worcester Gazette.
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Got In III. Whole Name

A Genoa paper tells this delightful
story at Americas expense: When the
Duke of Veragua, the descendant OF
Christopher Columbus, visited Chicago,
he inquired ut telegraph Office the
charge for telegram to the city Of
Columbus of ten words. "Fifteen
cents" answered the official, mot IN
Guiding the signature. which is wired
free" Whereupon the duke wired
Mayor, Columbus Shall visit your
city next Monday or Tuesday" And
he signed 1t: 'Cristobal Colon de Tole-
do Larreategul de la Cerda Ramirez
de Baquedancy Gante Alnfrante y
Adelantado Mayor de las Judas, Mar
ques de Jamaica, Duque de yeragua y
de la Vega, Grande de Espana, Senator
lel Refine, Caballero de la insigne or
den del Toison d'OrO, Gran Cruz de Ia
Conception de Vlllaviclosa. Gentil
Hombre de Camarra del Rey de Es
3ana."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13
.DiORenesiheW Ise.v

With all his faults, the old philoso-
pher of Athens was often called Diog
enes the Wise. Whether his wisdom
was really 80 great as to deserve that
title may be doubted, but his worst
faults seem to have been good quail
ties carried to excess. In opposing too
much luxury he cut himself Off from
the comforts OF life; In his eagerness
to make life simple he lost sight of Its
gentillties; he was saving at the ex-
pense of neatness, truthful at the cost
Of courtesy and plain spoken even to
rudeness. One would say that he was
coarse grained by nature, but he show
ed signs of tenderness and even refine
ment. which proved that the grain was
not entirely coarse and which makes us
wonder at an age that could produce
two men 50 wise and yet 30 different as
Diogenes, the rude, walking philoso-
pher" of his time, and Plato, the pol
ished and aristocratle gentleman.-St.
Nicholas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

1t Is the fault and the cause of the
failure OF so many bright. capable
young men that, being put into GER
tain workday rut. they make no effort
to climb or even crawl out Of it. They
do not seek the work that Is not rou-
tine and go beyond the terms of the
bond in search of additional labor I'm
order to attract the approving notice
OF their employers; they do not go to
their posts before or remain ut them
after the fixed hour; they are content
TO do enough, and no more than enough,
to earn their hire. The life OF the av-
erage clerk is generally genteel, easy,
cleanly. He need not soil his hands
or his clothes, and his ambition Is sat
isfled with these pleasant, conda TONS
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

In the south Of Europe the rosemary
has long had magic properties aseribed
to 1t. The Spanish ladies' used to wear
1t MS an antldote against the evil eye,
and the Portuguese called 1t tho elfin
plant and dedicated It TO the fairies.
The idea of the antidote may have
been due TO confusion of the name
with that of the Virgin; but, as mat
ter of fact, the rosmarlnus Is frequent
ly mentioned by old Latin writer's, In
Guiding Horace and Ovid. The name
came from the fondness Of the plant
for the seashorc, where it often gets
sprinkled with the "ros," or dew Of the
ea-that Is to say, sea spray. Another
cause of confusion perhaps was that
the leaves Of the plant somewhat re-
semble those of the juniper, which In
medieval times was held sacred to the
Virgin Mary.-All the Year Round.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13

To the American people the White
House represents the personality of the
president of the United States. TO the
politician the magic words may stand
for the goal Of an ambition too often
associated with the deepest and most
poignant disappointment, While to the
historian the name may typify deci-
slons that have marked epochs In the
affairs of nations, In the mind of the
people, however, the official character
of the building has always been subor-
dlnate TO its dome Ole uses. Popularity
speaking. the White House Is the place
not where the president works, but
where he cntertains. Charles Moore In
Century
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-05-13
a OsnfadH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
Illehe Children.

And there was a certain man who,
being merchant with II trade TO look
after, was n member of the church, In
fact an elder therein.
One day he invited his pastor home
to dinner, and while they sat In the
parlor waiting for the call to table he
began to tell of brother elders mis-
conduct and grlevous sin.
II only tell You this because you are
the pnstor, and think you ought to
know II. never mention II to any one
else"
And he repeated this several times
during the recital As II was about
completed In came his little daughter
Catching the subject Of the CONVERSE
ton, she broke In with this exclama-
ton:
MY goodness pa! You're surely not
telling that old story AGAIN. Kansas
City Independent.
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THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Used to Answer the Question, Can
Water Flow Up HiIIf

Water Flow Up HiIIf
Since the earth is an oblate spheroid
instead of a perfect sphere, 1t comes to
pass that its center is farther from the
equator than from either pole. The
difference is about thirteen miles. The
Mississippi flows southwark for so
great n distance that Its surface at its
mouth is about four miles farther from
the earth's center than at its source.
Does 1t then flow up hill?
This Is question which the coast
and geodetic survey In Washington Is
frequently asked to answer. The reply
is that up" means against gravitation
and down" with gravitation; hence
the Mississippi does not flow up hill.
although obviously 1t moves away from
the center of the globe. Plumb lines
rarely point directly toward the center
OF the earth. The variation from that
direction has given rise to an interest
Ing branch of the governments work.
The visible Irregularities of the sur
face of the arth-mountains, valleys
and water basins affect the form OF
attraction which Is known as grayita-
ton. A cubic mile of land Is two and Il
half times as dense as n similar volume
of water. The plumb line tends to lean
toward the earth masses and away
from the water basins. These infiu-
ences, which may be computed with
scientific accuracy, do not. however,
explain all Of the reflections. Varying
degrees of density some miles below
the surface of the earth must be as
sumed TO exist.
thrilling AS these reflections are, new
er exceeding nine inches In a plumb
line mile long, they are of considera-
BILE scientific Importance. They modify
the calculations Of naylgators and ex-
plorers rs to positions on the earth's
surface derived from the stars. They
thus become essential I'm high grade
mapmaklng. They also help TO make
the records Of measurements of the
earth contribute to the story of the his
tory of the earth. In the eye of science
there are no trines.--Youth's Compan-
ION