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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
What Not to Read.

MANY think what they call knowl-
| lV edge of life a desirable thing
and proceed to get it by reading
realistic novels. The folly of this is ap-
parent on moments consideration. If
man desires to study law, medicine,
surgery, astronomy, engineering or any
other science or art, does he delye into
fiction to inform himself?
knowledge of sin, of crime, or I'M
natural cravings, ETC., may be neces-
sary for the priest, the lawyer or the
doctor; but such studies do not benefit
not intend to make any practical
uhe of them. Still, If any one feels
impelled by curiosity or thirst for
knowledge to delve into such unsavory
details, there is proper and scientific
way to acquire the information. Let
him approach the subject from scien-
tific standpoint Standard works and
textbooks touching such matters are
found in every legal, medical and theo-
logical library. Let him read the cold
facts apart from the glamor of fiction
and he will soon be sick of his re-
searches if he has not the true scien-
tific spirit. There is no excuse for read
ing salacious fiction for such purpose
any more than for acquiring a knowl-
edge of chemistry. What is more. the
information acquired will be as super
fetal and inaccurate in the one case as
in the other.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
Wanted, a Helping Hand.

IN THE CITIES and towns of the
west we are met with a social con-
dition which does not obtain to the
same extent in the more settled and
thoroughly organized communities of
the east or of the Old World. Large
numbers of young men and even boys.
full of energy and ambition, take Hor-
ace Greeley's advice and cut them
selves off from the influences of home
life and the pleasant and safe COM
Partnerships of friends and relatives
to push their fortunes. They are the
flower of the young manhood of this
land, and they are the ones who have
made and are making the west the
most virile and progressive part of the
world
70 these young men temptation comes
in the most dangerous and insidious
forms the evil one can devise. Most
of them have no social connections of
a desirable sort in the places where
they settle, and are forced to make
acquaintance in haphazard fash
ion. Man is a gregarious animal and
the instinct to go where one is welcome
is too strong to be successfully rea-
soned away. Most youths, brought up
amid safe and pure surroundings.
would still prefer such, but have they
the opportunities to enjoy them when
they come as strangers into the larger
towns and cities of the west?
There must be something lacking in
our boosted western hospitality when
so many youthful strangers are per-
mitted to go down to destruction with
no helping hand stretched out to save.
Solomon devoted much of his wisdom
to warning young men against the dan
gers of evil companions Young man.
if sinners entice thee, consent thou
not" he said, and then proceeded to
warn him against almost every form
of vice and sin of which man has ever
conceived. The Book of Proverbs is
very complete in that respect, ard
when a man has read it he knows all
that can be said upon the subject. This
book also shows how little the world
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Geoghegan, where. peace and happiness
always reigned, was made desolate on
Wednesday. The loss of the homestead
was insignificant, but the death of the
little boy, who was sunshine in the
home, under such painful circumstances
was heartrending. The parents joy
and gladness centered on little joseph.
who was the unfortunate victim of the
lire that destroyed the residence. Mr..
Geoghegan's home was an ideal Chris
tan one. Seldom, after his days work,
was he absent from his family. His
happiness consisted in amusing and
playing with his children. whom he
dearly loves. Their smiling faces les
sened the burden of his daily labors.
and left no dark clouds in the future
horizon. The death of the little boy
has been the first adverse stroke TO
mar the happiness of their married life.
If regrets and the sympathy of friends
could lessen the pain of the parents
aching hearts they would be reconciled
Friends, and strangers who read the
account Of the sad disaster. have ex-
pressed their sad feelings of regret.
Human sympathy is powerless to reach
the heart. Where it fails, the joy and
consolation, which spring from faith
and hope, bring peace and happiness in
the midst of pain and sorrow. In this
their darkest hour, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
ghegan receive the reward of their
strong faith. Little Joseph, whom they
loved only for short time, is only
temporarily separated from them. They
shall see him again and love him for
eternity. How consoling the thought
and how rich the reward melted out to
the truly Christian parents. The In
termountain Catholics feelings of con-
dolence are extended to the afflicted
parents. The cross is a heavy one, but
with the confidence that faith gives
that the little innocent soul has reached
its destiny and already enjoys infinite
happiness, the burden becomes light.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18

has changed in the 5000 years since
it was written.
But how is it with the young man
whom none invites but those he should
eSoid? Solomon tells him what to do,
the church tells him what to do; but
nature, through that gregarious in
stinct, seems to league herself with the
devil to accomplish his undoing. The
emissaries of Satan never hesitate to
invite him. The gambler, the liquor
dealer, the pool room keeper, welcome
, him effusively. Perhaps he meets in
| business way men who could help him,
and who have sufficient natural social
instinct to wish to entertain him. Con-
vention steps in, and such a one
contents himself with taking the young
man to a saloon and offering him a
drink or a cigar. He easily picks up
plenty of male acquaintance more or
less desirable, but that is too often the
limit of the social circle to which he
can readily gain access.
But the young man has been accus-
toned to and has enjoyed in his for
mer home the pleasant companionship
of those of his own age, but of the
opposite sex. He prefers the good to
the bad, but his male friends do not
help him much. Instinct, the law of
nature, which keeps alive the race of
men, finally proves stronger than the
warnings of Solomon and the COM
mands of the church of God The
chance acquaintance of the street or
10 no ic Ia 0f
strange woman drop as a honeycomb
and her mouth is smoother than OIL
said Soloman. And she has not
changed with the flight of the ages
The young man does not choose, be-
cause he has no choice Good appear
ance. refined manners, education, piety
even. open no other doors to him unless
he brings letters of Introduction and |
otherwise complies with the artificial
rules of society gone mad over mat
tiers of form.
Years pass by. The young man has I
been successful in business, has plenty !
of money, has influence in political cir
cles. Then society wishes to take him
up. Most are willing to swallow any
talks. But some of the best hesitate to
invite this prosperous man to their
homes. He is fast, they say. He has
formed undesirable connections He
was not fast" when he arrived. A
little encouragement, a little relief
from his former loneliness, would have
saved him. But he has become cor
rupt, and through him the corruption
Of the gutter rises and poisons the
whole social system of which he at last
becomes a part.
Whose fault is it? Assuredly his in
part; but have those who, without a
thought or care, let him drift, no re-
Sponsibility? Selfishness and lack of
rue hospitality have much to answer
'or
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
PoPHAM AND PLYMOUTH.
Settlement at Former Didn't Stick
and at the Latter It Did.
(New york Tribune1

! New York Tribune)
Did you ever hear of Popham?'
asked the college professor of his
! friend, the advertising man. The ad-
| Vertising man shook his head.
| Did you ever hear of Plymouth.
them" queried the professor again.
The advertising man looked as if
said:
why, of course. I went to school
long enough to know where the first
settlers of New England struck land y
That's all right; that's all right"
said the professor, as if to soothe the
feelings of the advertising man. 'Rut
Popham is an older landmark in New
England than Plymouth In fact, it
was the first English settlement north
of the James river
But where is Popham?'' broke in
the advertising man.
"Popham,' said the professor, 'is at
the mouth of the Kennebec river, on
the coast of Maine. l spent nv last
summer vacation up (sic) there, and
IL is picturesque place. In the win
ter time the population dwindles down
TO about twenty persons, but it is quite
a place when it's three hotels and IFS
half-hundred cottages fill with guests.
NOW, the reason that you hear of
Plymouth and you don't hear of Pom
ham is that the people who landed at
plymouth stuck, and the Popham set
tiers didn't. The first symboIizes per
severance; the second, discoura cement
Everything about Popham, except the
summer boarding business, has been a
failure.
plymouth, as you know, was found
ed in 1920. Well Popham beats that
date by thirteen years. 1t was in Au-
gust, 1907, that two boats. the Gift
OF God and the Mary and John. com
manded respectively by Captain George
Popham and Sir Humphrey GiIbeTt
reached the mouth of the Kennebec
and landed their colonists thirteer
miles from the present shipbuilding
town. of Bath.
The winter which followed was so
cold 1t almost froze the newcomers fast
IN the snowdrifts. In the language of
one Oh the settlers the frost was so
Vehement that no boat could stir on
any business. The coionists finally
saw summer again; but none of tban,
dared to stay through another win
ter SO after settlement of four
teen months they all went back to |
England.
Then the old fort called Fort Pom
nam is another illustration of the spirit |
OF encouragement which seems IN |
brood over Popham. On
In 1851 lie government began the
erection o. granite fertilization but
after the work had gone on for a time
Il was abandoned and now its oar
rlson consists of only one man.
The Maine Historical society was
luickened by the talk of a fort bv the
name OF Fort Popham in 1862. It was
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
M0ros' Hopeless Pi.s.

M ANILA' April 1o.-ceaSs. n'
M tng's force can, plain Pm,
island Of 2Ifndars 1's9 soco.,
killing 100 Moros and ,5'. ~o,,. W v.
others. Three Americans 1naiag as..
ed. Pershing's force Gus Were Won.
shaw's battalion of the Tors consisted y" y
infantry Kilpatrick's troo,7 ny -sev.ss
teenth cavalry and Chap, op Of the n.
Pershing was surveyt1 ,'1l' 5a,t.r
shore lands when the Rae., 'ae e.s
posed his advance ana I'toIoda9s y,
tight. Pershings Fore Orc g.. provoked Y.
d ebole the stronghold fry. ldsd an
o,e. ana rushing his troor y .Saear,
charged gallantly. UPS forr,,3
deep moat and enterfn, 7, erossn,
Americans engaged the N Il.e fort H.
nets against krisses. '133ros, bag
the defenders We're killed Uundrei n.
datto of Panandungar ~. Including ii.
,'.o'inI Only three Amer i,.a,ly rs,,
tort it was destroyed pure Of IA,
Inc Bacolod leaders and +s
lty OF the people of thai .u ~ me majo-
neen hostile to the oI-StFict bah
GsTouraged attacks On Ame a,f,l.s and a.
They rejected the ten9a ay,''a1 an camp,
ship. '"erS Of friags
pd IL IS expected that the defa..
6acolodians will result in ali 'f t5 Of ID.
acknowledging American s.. so, ,.le Eor,s
Pe5r,snlng's column is going ~ 6 reiglq.
which is also hostile u Parahgs
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
BOOK REVIEWS.

The April number of the Catholic
World Magazine is of unusual inter
est. THE Suns Plan in the Universe,
| by Rev. S. NJ. Searle, in addition to Its
purely scientific side answers many OF
the common questions concerning the
apparent conflicts between science and
religion. There is no conflict when the
scientist and the theologian each con-
fines himself to his proper sphere.
Rev. John A. Ryan, S. 7. D., dis
cusses the labor problem. What is a
just wage? is the most troublesome
question of the day. The writer says
in part:
THE right to a living wage, like all
other moral rights, is based on mans
rational nature. To this standard all
human conduct, if it is to be moral and
reasonable must conform. The lower
human activities must be subordinated
to the higher; the animal faculties must
be so exercised as to promote the prop
er activity and development of the
moral, intellectual and spiritual facul-
ties.
THE primary principle governing the
use and distribution of these goods IS
that each man must treat not only his
own, but his neighbours personality as
a thing sacred and worthy of being
cherished in itself and for it's own
sake. This is the great principle of the
dignity of personality, which received
its first adequate expression centuries
ago in the moral teaching of the Cath
Ole church, and Gods material gifts,
therefore, ought, as a matter of justice,
to be so distributed as to provide every
adult male with this reasonable mini
mum. In the case of the laborer this
roeans family living wage. Society
has distributed the functions of indus
try and limited the laborer's opportu-
mites in such way that his right to
a decent livelihood must be realized
through his wages.
The employers obligation to paw a
living wage rests ultimately on the
human dignity of the laborer, hui
man being is something more than an
animal; he is person, and as such has
certain moral claims which his fellows
are bound to respect. To deny or to
ignore this vital fact of the sacredness
OF personality is to destroy the basis
ana possibility of moral rights. IF per-
Sonailty be not sacred and inviolable |
not only oppression of the laborer. bur |
theft, adultery and murder are legiti-
mate; for the rights violated by the
iast three acts rest on precisely the |
same basis as the right to live decent
~. Whatever difference exists between |
any two of these rights is one of degree !
not of kind. This abstract right of the
la6orer to a decent livelihood for him |
self and family becomes in the actual |
conditions of present society the riebt |
10 agfamily living wage. The practical.
average possibilities of the situation |
leave him no other means To realize
the right in question consequently If
lhe existing Industrial organization is
reasonable and legitimate. his claim to
q lying wage is reasonable and legiti-
mate. Turning to the objections urged
against our argument, we find that. as
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor lntermountain Catholic:
My Dear Sir-Replying to your favor
asking my approval of The Intermountain
Catholic since its establishment in this
diocese, ] will state that 1 consider the
founding. of Catholic paper in Salt Lake
not the least of the many blessings be-
slowed by Providence on the Church here
curing the past Two years. Its birth oc-
CURED at an oppo-tune time. Its zeal in
prcpagating Catholic truth has had,
since its inception, my hearty though
silent approval. l believe with Our Holy
Father that "a good Catholic journal is
perpetual mission in a parish and that
u VIII serve as a question box, at all
times, for anxious Inquirers. In my Wis
llatons / shall hope to find The Inter
mountain Catholic in the homes of every
Catholic family. Its mission is to es-
pouse truth, justice and morality, and all
devoted priests will fine in it an able CO.
operator in their missionary work. II is
nay wish that all my priests and the laity
entrusted TO my charge should encourage
your noble effort and that of the gem
erous founder of The IntermoUntain
Catholic. Yours sincerely.
L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Salt Lake City, Oct. 2. 1900.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
TRICK ON THE MINISTER.
Why His Congregation Occupied the
Front Pews.

One of the ministers of the city-who
| for obvious reasons doesn't care to have
/ his name mentioned in the matter-teIs
a story of a trick that one of his chums
put up on him during the early days Of
his ecclesiastical career. The chum was
on sociable terms with the officers o.
the church he attended and secured me
appointment of his friend as supply on
one of the Sundays during the sumner
vacation.
Now, JIM" the chum said, after TIP
young minister had thanked him, there
is one thing I would like to have you
remember when you preach at our
church. Nearly all of our people are
away, but, strange to say, the majority
OF those that are still in town are deal
They haven't been able to hear the sup
plies we have had so far. So please
do use every bit of voice you have ~
make those people hear what you nave
to say"
Accordingly, the minister. rememos-
ing his chum's instructions. let loose the
full strength of his voice when ne COZ
Quoted the services of the church u
question on the following Sunday. an
the minister-let it be remarked ner',
while not of especially robust build. aH
been endowed by nature with vocal OF
gans Of a particularly powerful VI"
riety.
The minister said, in telling nc
story, that he noticed. with both SUI.
prise and pleasure, that the grea'I5,
part of the congregation was seals.
near the front, instead of off in the rra-
seats, as in most summer congress
tons. He didn't use all of his strshg.lt.
he says. in the opening prayers w,
waited for the sermon, when he WEI.
at It for all he was worth Al a.. u
sign of restlessness or uneaslness ~
redoubled his efforts. So,
When the service was over one 81 - -
officials went to the clergyman
chum went to the town, by the WaI X.
and, after expressing his interest IN -.
sermon. said he had been greatiy 90.
prised to find the preacher the go
SCISSOR of such a powerful voice. Io .-s
friend" he said, told us that you W. W.
a good preacher. but that your 'U Tas
was extremely weak, and that II Ear
difficult to hear you unless one Sd.
up toward the front. So we rs.
everybody as near the pulpit SS
sible." ,u
put understand" the minlstssi. .1sn.
that, through some mysterious :, gi' your
sation of Providence, nearly all
people were deaf. g. was
explanations followed, and i he
well for the chum just then Una.
was spending Sunday out OF to"A
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18

just claims. The kind word has been
spoken and has been received in the
proper spirit. Mr.. Devlin does not talk
of absolute independence for ireland.
His party only asks for some such
measure of liberty as Canada, for in
stance, enjoys. The Irish are willing to
accept a practicable settlement without
clamoring for the impossible. Eng
land cannot exist without Ireland, and
as long as the union jack waves over
foot of ground that foot will be on
Irish soil.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
GOV. PEABODY FNIo7,,.

,. Denver, April 15.-D.strfrr 4NED
l III. mas issued an nuncri5v Judge Nh.
Governor. Peabodys anpoipt.al.Lf Restraint,
Ders OF the fire and police his NY, as men,
yer from attempting to t., lard Of Den.
OF their offices or INTERIM H possess5,
manner with the old board Z Z N arr
charge OF its duties until tba ~ ~. The de-
o the, appointments is dererm5Da ,5fsss.ity ..
oIJ Gaor II IS claimed on behalf rI oy Dc
c con- RfafG mat by the Rush honoaI q,
appointment to these nra.,l-ne power I,
away from the goverrGr ~ was tass,
present commissioner wfIi Ina. mat Ia
otflce until a new charter Fs o- :,
is adopted and an election iy ", me cir
under. The case will he fat ag,o Tier.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18

a general standard of distribution, pro-
ductivity is impracticable, and in any
case is less consonant with our moral
ideals than the standard OF effort ana
self-sacrifice. Some of the COMMON in
terpretations of inability to pay a liv-
ing wage must be rejected because
they subordinate the essential needs of
the laborer to the nom essential needs
of the employer In other words, they
violate the moral law by treating the
laborer as a mere means to the en-
ployer's welfare. The most important
of these interpretations, namely, the
one arising out of the claim to take
interest is, moreover, notably weak in
the grounds upon which it is based.
Finally, the phrase "a family living
wage means in terms of money not less
than " per day, or about $500 per year.
(See the April, 1902, issue of this mag
azine for statistics in support of this
estimated In their recent testimony
before the anthracite coal commission,
Mr.. John Mitchell and DR.. Peter Rob-
erts placed the minimum cost of main-
tanning miner and his family at $500,
and $5I5 per year, respectively"
Ihe balance of its contents will well
repay perusal.
TIE Catholic Truth society of San
francisco has published a timely book
let-"A Life of Our Lord" 1t was
prepared for the London Truth soci-
ETY. by Lady Amabel Kerr, whose name
Is guarantee that the work has been
Wen done The chief events in the life
OF Christ are related in simple and
charming style. The language of the
Gospels is used profusely. The book
let VIII be found useful for both young
ana old as it is one of the best short
hves that we possess.
me society has also published "Why
l Am Catholic by Rev. Charles A.
Ramm. Father Ramm is a convert to
the church who became dissatisfied
win the Episcopal creed. He gives
IN these pages the reasons why he en-
braced Catholic doctrine. mainly be-
cause of the lack of authoritative
reaching in any sect His argument is
wen KNIT and his paper will be found
usetul for many minds.
Ihese pamphlets and many others may
De mad from the Catholic Truth So
clety at the rate of So per 100 cop
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
Nov. 20. 1899.
THE PoPF,s ADMoNITIoN.

A Catholic newspaper in a parish is a
perpetual mission. Let ali who truly and
frGm their souls desire that religion and
society defended by human intellect and
literature should flourish, strive by their
hberality to guard and protect the
Catholic press, and let every one in pro-
portion to his income support them with
his money and Influence, for to those
who devote themselves to the Catholic
press we ought by all means to bring
helps of this kind TSthout which their
industry will either have no results or
uncertain and miserable ones.
POPE LEO XIII.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

1 feel it my duty TO protect Catholics
and the public, generally from fraud and
to time that no person bearing the name
and Barb of a priest or sister. or anyone
Else Is authorized o. permitted to solicit
or collect in this diocese for any purpose
Whatever connected with the Catholic
church without having from me permits
sion in writing, bearing my seal ana
signature. Should anyone be found en-
gagged in doing this unlawful work OF
collecting without such a document. he
or she, as the case may be- should be re-
garded by all as a fraud and an imposter.
L. SCANLAN,
Nov, 90 1899
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
TRY NEW INVENTION
Claimed That 1t Will obviats n.
Danger of Collisions.

Sherman HobSon, a railroad man Of
Denver has invented an appliance
which it is believed viii help to reduce
the danger of collisions. He calls tbs
apparatus a mirageoscope. The new
appliance is an arrangement of mir.
rors which enables the engineer and
fireman to see the track for six miles
both front and rear.
1t is claimed that it makes no dif.
ference whether the track is straigh.
or making a curve. The instrument
works on the principle of a mirage and
gives a perfect view of objects for the
distance named. The invention has
been tried with success on the Denver
& Rio Grande and the Colorado Md.
land, and tests are also to be made on
the Colorado Southern and the Missouri
Pacific.