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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13
The Three Best Things.
WORK.

Let me but do my work from day to day,
In field or forest, at the desk or loom,
In roaring market-place, or tranquil
room;
Let me but find it in my heart to say,
Wien vagrant wishes beckon me astray-
This is my work; my blessing not my
doom;
Of all who live l am the one by whom
This work can best be done, in the right
way
Then shall 1 see it not too great, nor
small,
20 suit my spirit and to prove my
powers;
Then shall 1 cheerful greet the laboring
hours.
And cheerful turn, when the long shad-
ows fall
At eventide, to play and love and rest.
Because l know for me my work is best.
LIFE.
Let me but live my life from year to
year,
With forward face and unreluctant
soul,
Not Fastening to, nor turning from,
the goal;
Not mourning, for the things that dis
appear
In the dim past, nor holding back in
fear
From what the future wells; but with
whole
And happy heart, that pays its toll
To Youth and Age, and travels on with
cheer:
So let the way wind up the hill or down.
Through rough or smooth, the journey
will be joy;
Still seeking what I sought when but
a boy,
New friendship, high adventure, and a
crown,
1 shall grow old, but never lose life's zest,
Because the roads last turn will be the
best.
LOVE.
Let me but love my love without disguise.
Nor wear mask of fashion old or new.
Nor wait to speak till | can hear clue,
Nor play a part to shine in others eyes,
Nor bow my knees to what my heart
denies;
But what am, to that let me be true,
And let me worship where my love is
due,
And so through love and worship let me
rise:
For love is but the hearts immortal
thirst
To be completely tknown and all for
given,
Even as sinful souls that come to
heaven;
So take me, love, and understand my
worst,
And pardon it, for love, because con-
fessed,
And let me find in thee, my love, my best.
Henry Van Dyke.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-13

ates Mr.. jerks says:
LET there be professional jury bench
made up of men learned on these branches
of legal lore and civil and criminal codes
that teach the correct determination OF
issues of fact. Let the lay jury be abol
ished and all issues of fact be made triable
before a bench that shall determine these
issues, and these Alone
He thinks the change would mean nc
more than the specialization and division
of labor" and that there would be nc
more corrupt jurors under this system
than there are now corrupt judges.
The argument is plausible but contains
the germs of more evil in one year than
have developed in the present jury sys
tenn in an hundred years. Though most
of the Judge are honest, it has been deem
ed wise to rotate them so that no judge
can be even in the remotest degree in
fiuenced by local surroundings or environ.
ment If this is deemed necessary in the
ease VI the lew OllIcSIS, WOuiu IL
not be far more important in the case OF
the more numerous jurors? Is rotating
a large number of jurors feasible?
If Mr.. jerks plan should be adopted
who would select the jurors? Would il
not open field for packing juries for
procuring professional jurors who would
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
uneIe Jack and
Bis nepbeW. By By. S5sstss H.

| can, very nearly a Protestant. and at
the time of the revocation of the edict
Of Nantes was at war with the holy
see. and on the eve, as it seemed of
following the example of Henry VIII
of England and converting the Church
of France into a snug little national
church, with himself as sovereign pom
tiff. This is a case which 1 might cite
against you. but not one which you
may cite against me; for you have
expressed your sympathy with CALI
cans, and have acknowledged that you
can tolevrate Gallicanism. 1t is only
ultramontanism, you tell me, that you
oppose"
DO you mean to say that Louis XIV
did not dragoch the poor Huguenots
in obedience to Romeo"
Certainly I do. His revocation of
the edict of Nantes and his persecu-
ton of Protestants occurred precisely
during the period of his quarrel with
the holy see, and while he acted in
defiance of Rome. and would have
scorned to obey any of her orders. Mr..
Weiss, a Protestant writer of great
ability, who has just given US an adj
mirable history of the French Protest
ant refugees. contends that religion had
little or nothing to do with the revoca-
persecution of Professionals, and that
the king acted from political and So
cial motives. The Protestants formed,
as it were, distinct people, in the
bosom of French society, a sort of for
eign colony, planted on French soil,
and he was unwilling to tolerate them,
as your friends the Know Nothings
are unwilling to tolerate Catholic for
eigners here. He wished to have the
whole population of France form one
homogeneous society, and attempted to
suppress the Huguenots for their social
rather than their religious difference.
This is no doubt a just view Of the
case, and proves that GaIlicans and
Professionals approach even more near
Iy in their practice than in their doc
trines. If Louis had been a good
papist he would have consulted the
holy father, who would have told him
to keep the faith he had sworn and to
labor for the conversion Of the Hugue-
nots by peaceful missionaries, not by
armed soldiers; that even a lawful end
may be gained only by lawful means"
After all, that persecution by Louis
XIV only proves that Gallicians can
not escape the infection of Rome, and
can in reality no more be trusted than
papists.''
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
As Cross as a Bear.

You're as cross as a bear" said Bess
to Billy. e5
Uncle Jim whistled. Bears aren't
cross to members of their own fam
ily." he said. Now, 1 knew a bear
once''-
| Bess and Billy both ran to him and
climbed up on his lap
DID you really ever know bear?''
cried Billy, with wide open eyes.
well, not intimately" said Uncle
Jim, but l used to go hunting them
when | was up in Canada, and one
day was out with hunting party.
and we saw right straight in front of
us-What do you SUPPOSE"
"A real bear!" gasped the children
in concert.
Yes; a real mother bear and her
little son. The dogs started after them.
and the mother bear began to run, but
the little son couldn't run as. fast as
she did and the dogs were gaining on
him, so what do you suppose the moth
er bear did? Leave her little son be-
hind? No, sir-ee-ee. She picked the
baby bear upon her stout nose and
tossed him way ahead; then she ran
fast and caught up to him and gave
him another boost that sent him flying
through The air She kept this ND for
mile ana half Then she was too
tired to go any further, and the dogs
surrounded her. Then she sat up on
her launches, took her baby in her
hind paws and fought the dogs off with
her fore paws. And how she did roar?"
BesS Shuddered
You could hear her miles away. She
never forgot her baby: kept guarding
him all the time. When the mother
was shot, the baby cub jumped on her
dead body and tried to fight off the
dogs with his little baby paws. That's
the way the bears stand by each other
Sometimes L think they love each
other better than brothers and sisters.
Hey, Bess, what are you crying about I?
l guess I won't tell you any more bear
stories if that is the way it MAKES you
feel"
Billy" sobbed Bess, you're as good
as good as a bear.'
Then they all laughed together and
forgot what they had been cross about
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
The Runaway Toys.

Tho Hobby Horse was so tired chat day
With never "a bit TO cat,
That Doe whispered the Don: Il shall
run away,
with the lurly-headed Doll on mis- back;
and hard at his hoes went the Jumping
And he little boyle never knew.
Though the little steam engine blew and
blew!
Then he humming top went round and
round.
And crashed through the window pane,
And the scared tin monkey made a bound
For the little red railroad train.
The painted duck went "quack! quacH!
Bat tn railroad train just whis.led bcak!
Till the elephant saw what the racket
And packed his trunk and-away he went.
The little toy sheep in the corner there
Was hleating long and loud;
But the parrot said "hush"' and pulled
And he salioped off with the crowd.
And the tin horn blew and the toy drum
But away they vent down the frightened
Till tbev all caught up to the railroad
And they never went back to their
homes agatnl
Thu blue policeman and all the boys
Went raCiu- aWay-away:
For big reward for the runaway toys
Was cried in the streets that day.
But they kept right on round the world
so wide.
While the little boy stood on the steps
ana cried.
Where did they go to, and what did they
Bored mole in China and then dropped
through II. L. Stanton.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
Her AGED Doll.

Four-year-old Ruth was seated on
the floor attending to the cares of a
large family of dolls, one member of
which was in a rather sad condition.
How 1old is that dollie, Ruth? ''
asked lady who was visiting mamma
She is so years DID, answered Ruth,
gravely.
Why, Ruthie!'' exclaimed Sister
Margaret. Il don't think she can be as
old as that
Margaret" and the large, brown
eyes were raised in surprise. II Ger
tainly fink l ought to know the ages
of my own children"
And Ruth was right. Dear old
Grandmother Barnes had played with
the same doll when she was a little
golden haired girl like Ruth And the
little thing had been kept fifty years.
Exchange. -,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
Take Care of Your Words

Do YOU know, little maid, when you open
your mouth,
That away to the East to the West
North and South,
On the wings. of the wind just like bees
Or like birds,
Fly the tone of your voice and the sound
of words?
Do YOU know. little maid, that your
mouth is the door,
All the words you will say, all YOU have
. said before
Are imprisoned within? Some are sweet,
pleasant words,
the birds.
There are others so cross that they no
one can please,
And when they get out, viii sting like the
Watch them close. little maid when cross
words stir about.
Shut the door right up tight. and don't
let them get out.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
CONVERSATION XII

What you have heretofore said, my
! dear uncle, may quiet the apprehen-
/ sions of a Catholic, but you must con-
| csde that it offers no adequate security
| to US Protestants. The Catholic ma
i jority may take care of themselves
! conceded; but what protection will
there be for the Protestant minority
under dominant Romanism?''
! AT the very worst, as coed a pro-
teeticn as the Catholic minority has in
q Protestant state under non-C atho-
lie majority, or dominant Protestant
ism
! Il think not. for Protestants recog-
ri2e the right 81 conscience and assert
( religious liberty. Catholics do not
'Teu ere joking, Dick. That Prot
1 estants profess religious liberty may
be true. cut I have yet to learn that
they ever practice it. Individual Prot
cstants have written ably in defense
of religious liberty. and our own coun-
try has Incorporated it into her insti-
tut!oIs and laws: but no Protestant
state, no Protestant community. has
! ever yet been known to practice re-
ligious liberty in regard to Catholics
You and your friends understand re-
ligious liberty simply as the liberty to
deny Catho lefty and TO Cypress Cath
Ole conscience. What are you trying
to do in this country at this moment?
Do you not in the name of religious
liberty seek to deprive US of our civil
rights on account of our faith? Do you
not proclaim it from Maine to Florida.
from the Atlantic to the Pacific that
the profession of the Catholic religion
IS Incompatible with loyalty to the re-
public; that no Catholic can be an
American citizen: that every Catholic
should be disfranchised. killed or driv-
en- from the country? Have YOU not
secret organization all over the Union
called Know Nothings,' Know Some
things, United Americans Guard CT
Liberty or something else. whose
avowed objext is the determination of
Catholics, er the suppression of the
Catholic religion in this country. and
who either have or are struggling to
have the entire government, national.
state and municipal, at their command.
To be welded expressly against Cath
olics? Are you not doing all in YOUR
power to exasperate Catholics. to get
up riots in every quarter where they
are numerous, for the express purpose
of obtaining a pretext for shooting
them down? You know perfectly well
that it is so, and you know that your
PROFESSIONS of religious liberty are
a mere mask fer carrying on the mean
est and most cruel persecution against
Catholics that history records. Here
is sort of protection the Catholic mi
nority receives from an American
Protestant majority. 1t must go hard
if Protestant minority cannot find
as desirable protection under a Cath
olic majority in a Catholic state
Did the Hugueonots find any bet
ter protection in Catholic France un-
der Louis XIV?''
Perhaps not. for Louis XIV was one
of your friends-thorouEh-going CALI
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03

heard your prayer, and given you much
more than you asked for"
What is it, mother?" cried Esther
sitting up, all eagerness. in bed.
Listen, dear; when you get to be as
old as l am, you will understand. Now,
you must believe. Miss Harnett came
today
Yes. and the vioIets were lovely.
But
4 am not speaking of violets. In
coming today, Miss Hartnett brought
you a very beautiful gift So beauti-
full, my dear. and yet unless you are
good and pure and unselfish. you will
surely lose it. 1t is a gift which should
encourage you to a loyelier life-be-
cause no life that is not altogether
lovely deserves such gift"
What gift was it, mother? Tell
me-"
MY dear, today the dear Christ
Child sent you as his best gift true
friend"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
Aunt BUSY Has Her SAY.

Dear NieceS and Nephews: Aunt
Busy wishes TO tell you why so many
letters have not yet been published.
She has to answer each letter in turn
and this is why so many dear children
must wait for answers to their letters.
You see Aunt Busy is like the old
woman who lived in a shoe, etc. but
bless all the dear youngsters. she is
glad and happy to have SO many cor
respondents. So keep writing, dears,
even if you must wait patiently for
Aunt Busy's reply. A glad and happy
New Year TO each and every one Of
Aunt Busy's very dear girls and boys.
AUNT Busy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
Lives of Birds and Animals

Hoy many of you know how long the
birds and animals live? None of our COM
mon pets the cats or dogs. live very long.
once heard of Il cat that lived twenty
nine years, and of a dog that was twenty
two when he died, but this does not
often happen. A horse cannot do much
work after he is twelve or fourteen years
old, but | heard of one horse shat livcd
sixty-four years. Birds sometimes have
long lives. There was once a parrot
who lived over 100 years. and ravens often
live much longer. A cockatoo in far
off country was cheerful old pet when
he was eighty-five years old He would
have lived to be older if he had not grown
SO cross that he would fight and hurt
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
A Git From the Christ-child.


"-@Acls J. Finn, in the Irish
Catholic)
=. -s.aer Moore. if she had only known
r.. "s pfacticing heroic virtue. She
r. d tille saleswoman. a mere girl of
~. candy was what she sold.
5s.-.s 10 The sweet" rich women and
ir-. cad girls, rosy checked, smil-
s were her customers. But their
nor. We're not for her They hardly
tbs.- me pale, slight child who took
W.. gIder5 so intelligently and
nas'I It.o their packages with such
ri.,.. sS and dispatch. They found her
s-.sL-1l, affable: but this thew tool,
Chez. -0ea. Was she not paid to be
vs. -u' and affaky? She certainly
80 receiving for her service the mu-
l8r. ,'l sum Of $3.50 a week. Two dol
sb, ma fifty cents! For this salary
,ros,. vas obliged to be on her feet from
nas5 morn TN dewy eve: Obliged to be
opt gAeerfuL punctual, day in. day
hers,ICl =" Jhls salary she was supporting
r. ana an aged mother.
The 80 me youngest in the service of
Al nc iluy store, she was more or less
IN ~ DECK and cali of every employe
gu;,-s pace. Sometimes she was re-
al ~ ~ De in as many as three places
win came time, and not being gifted
ga,i IN mat virtue of muItiloca finn eba
Tho - eat annoyance to her elders.
but th.,sie not ill-natured, these elders.
them r, lacked consideration. Some of
maintsfare put out because Esther
her cheerfulness; had she
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
LETTERS AND ANSWERS.
De Lamar. NeN..

De Lamar, New. Dec. 10.
Dear Aunt Busy: / have long wanted
TO write you but have never cone
to school and my writing is poor.
] am s years old and have two Sis
ters and three brothers. Nv oldest
brother attends All Hallows in Salt
Lake but is coming home for Christ
mas
Christmas win soon be here and we
have no priest I wonder in Santa
Claus would send one if I should write
him?
With love from nay brothers and sis
ters. I am your loving niece.
GENEVIEVE M'NAMEE.
A very glad, glad welcome. dear lit
Tie Genevieve Aunt Busy is always
wishing that She had a few more nieces
and ne0news in Nevada Aunt Busy
wishes YOU had a priest for Christ
mas dear but don't you think that
The little Infant win accept your heart
Just as wen. as long as you have such
AN earnest intenton2
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
The University OfNOtre Dame
NOTRE DAME, INDIANA.

NOTRE DAME, INDIANA.
Full courses in Classics. Letters. Eco
nomics and History, Journalism. Art, Sci
ence, Pharmacy, Law. Civil, Mechanical
and Electrical Engineering, Architecture.
Courses.
Rooms Free to all students who have
completed the studies required for aduis-
sion into the Junior or Senior Year of any
of the Collegiate Courses.
Rooms to Rent, moderate charges to
students over seventeen preparing for Col
legiate Courses.
"A limited number Of Candidates for the
Ecclesiastical state win be received at
special rates.
St. Edwards Hall, FOR boys under 10
years, is unique in the completeness of it's
equipment.
The 59th year will open September Q,
1902. Catalogues Free Address,
REV. A MORRISSEY, c. S. c..
President
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
Little WilIie,s Wish

When Winter comes, the people say,
oh, shut the door, and when,
As sometimes happens. forget,
They call me back again.
1t takes all Summer time to learn;
And then things change about.
And leave it OPEN is the cry
When | go in or out.
/ try 10 be a pleasant bow,
And do just as | ought;
When things become so hard to learn,
l wish they might stay taught,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03

This weeks dialogue concludes chap
ter X and takes up chapter XI, in
which Uncle Jack proves to his nephew
that, were the state today under a
Catholic instead OF a Protestant gov
eminent, far more religious liberation
would be granted to Protestants than is
at the present time granted to Cath
olics.
In our next issue will be found the
conclusion of chapter XI. which closes
the argument
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
Ravlins Wvo.

Rawlins. Wye. Dec g.
Dear Aunt Easy: I thought l would
write You a letter and tell you that
my Uncle Ed and Grandma get the
ln'ermountain Catholic My Uncle Ed
Went to Salt Lake Christmas to spend
il with my brother, who goes to school
q AH Hailows college. Ny brother
johnnie is an altar boy
lour loving niece.
MARGUERITE WALLACE.
Aunt Busy thinks it quite time that
sum. dear niece from Rawlins should
N'.. 10 her. And why do not the
.aers Of the dear nfeces ever write?
.. brothers, who attend All Hallows
here in Salt Lake! Please try
INDUCE your brother TO write to
'a Busy Marguerite-that is
pretty name. Aunt Busy wants
.I you her troubles about the
~. iiaaoWs nephews. There are doz-
5 "- them. the finest lads any one
saw but they never write to Aunt
III all Not even to describe
' beloved football Please use some
.-.ooe with your dear brother. viii
.... Marguerite? And write soon again
Yourself dear.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-01-03
rrER-wR1T1NG DIRECTIONS.

Write on one side OF paper onIy.
DO not have letters too Ions.
Address all letters to Aunt Eusy,' In
rern59l.taIu Catholic.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-12-18
GRAND RAPIDS WATER SCANDAL.
Former City Clerk Makes Statement ant
Gives Bail for Court.

Grand Rapids, Mich. (SpcciaD.-
Isaac f. Lamorcaux, former city clerk,
the only one Of the last batch OF re-
spondents for whom warrants were is
sued in connection with the water deal
who had not appeared in court, went
before Judge Haggerty, waived exam
nation and was bound over TO the
Superior Court in $1,000 bail. Lamo-
reaux went to the office of Prosecutor
Ward before going to court and was
time time Iam icf him for a considerable
''' rs have made iuiP s.rreporter:
Mr.. Ward about my connection wItH
the water deal and it will all come out
in due time" -,
Iohn Kremer, former keeper OF the
supply store in the city poor depart
ment, who was charged by Salisbury
with having received money with which
to buy off certain Of the jurors IN the
former Salisbury trial, admitted today
that he received money from Salisbury.
He said:
II do not deny that ! received money
upon several occasions from Salisbury.
I got it for campaign purposes and for
other work I did for him. SO far as
attempting to bride jurors is concern
I'd. however, | say his statements arc
false. He may have given me money
ior that purpose, but never approach
ID any man upon the subject"