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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
STORY OF A KATY DIN

no stole my hat?" the tree toad cried
why Katy did, a voice replied.
one ala. She didn't" one contradicts
well anyhow she's in a ixv'
= ne insects gathered great and small.
Inc cricket chirped against the wall.
10 slit the matter, how or why
set the police" buzzed the fly.
WHAT'S wanted? I'm already here
Biuebottle's voice buzzed very near
10 catch thief" spoke up a gnat.
Shes gone and hooked tree toad's hat"
She did! She didn't a chorus sounds
AND great excitement now abounds.
The bumblebee buzzed loud and louder.
Grasshoppers sized like burning powder.
The timid reaches hurried by.
Quite frightened at the hue and cry
The honeybees came flying in.
Adding their hum unto the din.
Mosquitoes flew now here now there
Trying to find the cuIprits lair.
She's only gone exclaimed the spider.
To get some of her friends to hide herr
The wasp was waiting on the wing,
Ready to use his sharpest sting.
L always thought her rather queer"
Whispered the moth in beetles ear.
oh, yes, no doubt she's theived before"
Now so increased the great uproar
That Granddad Toad at last awoke
He gave a wise, judicial croak
Then hoped upon a stone and said
why tree toad's got it on his head"
Judge Toad was counted very wise
Because he learned to use his eyes.
So came this maxim in toadland,
Look where you leap ! understand.
Helen Raymond Wells.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
HOW OLD PINK WAS SAVED.

The La Harye (kan.) Review tells pleasant
story of little boy and little girl who thought
that the president of the United States could do
just anything. 1t was shortly after Chester a.
Arthur had come to the presidency The parents
of the little children very poor. They had
been compelled to sell their stock from the Claim
until only one COW, cold Pink" remained to them
But there was mortgage on "Old Pink" and in
course of time the mortgage took her, and the
family had nothing with which to keep starvation
at bay. The father went away from home seeking
work, and the mother and two children barely kept
the wolf from the door. Then it was that happy
thought came TO Jimmy and Jess, the boy and girl
Procuring a scrap of paper and pencil they la
boriously indicted the following letter to President
Arthur:
mr. president we want you to have our COW
old pink sent back home, Jimmy and Jess"
They were not quite clear as to their rights in
the premises or i'll the manner in which their epis
tie would be received at the postofice department.
So thy tptoed into the little postofce and dropped
their letter without envelope or address into the
mail box and then ran for home as fast as they
could go. Of course, the letter did not travel the
long road to Washington and President Arthur
never knew of the confidence feposed in his power
by two children on the plains of Kansas. But the
postmaster brought results quite as efectually as
the president. He showed the letter to people as
they came to the postofice, and presently the few
men of the town got together and went down to see
the man who had taken Old Pink on the mortgage
The Kansas Review says that a shotgun is alleged
to have taken quite prominent part in the nego-
tiations whichz followed. Be that as it may Old
Pink was returned without money and without
price, and two little tads went to sleep that night
rejoicing at the far reach of the mighty man at
Washington.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
LINCoLN,s WORDS.

1t Is not very well known that in the hall of one
of the great colleges of England there hangs a
frame enclosing few sentences of which Abra
ham Lincoln is the author. They considered
the best English that was ever written. You or I
might read them and call them very simple in
deed. And they simple that any child who
reads at all can read and understand them. That
is thing that makes them great. 1t was his
being simple and plain that made Abraham Lin
coin himself great.
Now here is little paragraph by Lincoln, which
he made rule of his conduct. Suppose you try
to'write it and see how much you can improve
find better word for the place. Notice how sim
pie this is, all but two words of single syllable:
Il am not bound to win but l am bound to be
true. l am not bound to succeed, but I am bound
to live up to the light l have. l must stand with
anybody that stands right, stand with him while he
is right, and part with him when he goes wrong"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
YOUNG MEN SHOULD REMEMBER

That it takes more than muscle to make man.
That bigness is not greatness.
That it requires pluck to be patient
That selfshness is the most unmanly thing in
the world.
That consideration for mother and sister does
to mark the gentleman than the kind of neck
tie he wears.
That picty is not priggishness.
That the only whole is the holy man.
That to follow the crowd is confession of
weakness.
That street corners are poor college.
That one real friend is worth score of mere
acquaintance.
That to be afraid to be ones nobIcst self is
greatest cowaTdice.
That it is never too soon to begin the business
of making man of ones self.
That what is put into the brain today will be
taken out ten years hence
That the only manlness worth possessing is
shown in the life of the Son of Man.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
Question Box Hn$Wer$
By Rev. Bertrand L. Conway, Paulist.
u.s. catholieg belisxe that the werld vas ereated

Must Catholics believe that the world created
in six days?
Not at ALL The Catholic church has decided
nothing dogmatically about the Mosaic cosmo-
gony, 50 that Catholics are allowed the greatest
liberty in interpreting the meaning of the SIX days
The purpose of the writer of Genesis is to dc
clare the great fact of the creation Of the world
and to lead the Jews to honor the Sabbath day
(Exod. Xxi, 49,. The chief theories regarding the
six days are:
lst The aegorical theory of ST. Augustine
("De Gen. ad Lit" ", v>26) and st. Thomas ('De
Pot" g. ?, a. A. that the whole act of creation oc-
cupied but an instant OF time.
ID. The literal theory Of days of twenty four
hours each, which is now generally rejected (Veith
Bo8izo).
3D. The periodic theory that the DAYS
infinitely long cpocls, which allow for all the data
required by geology and paleohtology (iettihgcr,
Holzammer Piancani).
4th. The revelation theory that the days are
so many visions vouclsafcd Moses by God with no
reference to time whatsoever (Von Hummcrlauer).
9TH. The idealistic theory, which regards the
whole account of the creation of the world
hymn III which various portions of creation are
conmemorated on the days of the week. Bishop
Clifford, PIP. 2S0-343, G. P. Putnam & Sons 1870;
G. Mooy. Geology and Revelations" Bishop Cliff
ford Dublin Review April, 1883; Mgr. Megnan,
lie Monde ct THomme primitif;" Arduin, lie Re
ligion en- face de la Science" VIGOROUS, Man
uel Biblique, e vol. i)
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
JUST A BOYS DOG.
AUNT BUSY,

No stree. that dog won't bite
Not a bit o danger!
What's his breed? Shore 1 don't know
Jest a boys dog" stranger.
No st. Bernard-yet last year,
Time the snow was deepest,
Dragged a little shaver home
Where the hill was steepest.
Amt bulldog, but you bet
Twouldn't do to scott him.
Fastened on tramp one time
Couldn't pry him off him.
Not pointer-jest the same,
When it all is over,
Amt a better crtter round
Startin' up the plover.
Sell him? Say. there amt his price,
Not in all the nation!
Jest a boys dog; that's his breed
Finest ifN creation.
McLandburgh Wilson.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24

Moodus, Conn, where she hired small farm and
mortgaged her stock, tools an dfurniturc to start
with. The boy helped ON the farm. As result
OF hard work and some privation they accumulated
enough money to pay the mortgage on her six
cows and farming tools, leaving another the
horses and the furniture.
Three weeks ago the woman died After the
funeral Frank told that had been APP
pointed to settle his mothers affairs. few days
ago he received $3.50 and told to take his dog
and make his own way i'll the world.
town official of East Haddam offered him the
choice of going to the county home or being bound
apprentice to a man who although called doctor"
did no doctoring. The boy declined both offers,
Tor good reasons, he SAYS, and started from one
farm to another looking for work. The only con-
dltlon he set on being taken 10 work that his
dog must be allowed to live with him. The dog
was old, and mongrel at that but the lad said
that the animal was all he had in the world to love
and he was going TO stand by the dog that had
been his playmate for wears.
lie drifted to Willimantic, and here the police
gathered him in. When they fed the boy and dog
the boy did not begin to eat until he had selected
the best piece of meat on the plate and given it
to the dog. He slept with his dog beside him in
the hospital room of the police station.
Dog and boy were up early the next morning
and went to the railroad station where the farmers
congregate to ship their milk to Boston. He asked
Tor chance to work. but none of them needed
boy. tie was sent to farmer the outskirts of
the city, but this man also didn't need him. The
lad and dog returned the police station and spent
another night there
But the story of his search for work had spread
about the city, and had got to Jared II, Stearns,
a well-to-do farmer of Mansfield. Stearns came
to Wlllimantic the next morning and had a talk
with the boy. He was attracted by the lads intel
iigence and grit, and engaged him. beginning by
fitting him out with new clothes. The lad objected
to taking the clothes till he was told that he would
have opportunity to earn them
The farmer has reported since that the lad is
hustler and is always at work He is happy, his
employer is satisfied, and the black dog is the
happiest of all
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24

Must Catholics believe that the human race dates
from the year 1904 B. c.? Does not modern science
give the lie direct the Biblical chronology with
gard to the antiquity o. man?
By no means Catholics are perfectly free TO
form their own opinion upon this question which
has never been defined by the church.
The Able Mogno writes ("Splendeurs de Ia
Fol-" ii, p. 612): "The exact date of the creation
of man, of his first appearance upon the earth
mains entirely uncertain unknown, but there
would be some rashness in carrying it back beyond
5000 years"
Another distinguished scholar, Able Hamard
Gle Science ct PApologetique Chretienne" p. 80,
says: "1hat it is necessary to adopt the chronology
of the Septuagint as affording us notably more
time, convinced; but we fai Ito see any rea-
for carrying this chronology beyond the 5000 or
10000 years which it affords us as a maximum"
Father Zahm after a careful discussion of the
question in four articles of the American Catholic
Quarterly. (1S93 PIP. 225-24S, 562-588, 1874;
1894, PIP. 260-2T2) thus sums up: 4lhe evidence we
have examined regarding the age of our race proves
one thing, and proves it most conclusi7ely and
that is that the question we have been discussing
is far from being definitely answered by Scripture
or science and according to present indications
it seems improbable that shall ever have a GER
tain answer regarding this much controverted
topic. The testimony OF astronomy does not, as
such, make either for on against the Biblical chro
nology, because astronomy a science was not
cultivated until thousands of years after the
advent of man the earth. The testimony of his
tory, and especially the history which takes us
back farthest-the history of Egypt Assyria, Chal-
dea and Babyonia-- admirably eorroborates the
testimony of the Bible concerning the antiquity of
man. The sciences Of linguistcs ethnology and
physiology have discovered nothing that is incom-
patlble with the acceptance of the chronology of
Scripture as understood by our most competent
apologists The statements of geology and prehis-
toric archaeology are SO vague and conflicting and
extravagant that nothing definite can be gathered
from them beyond the apparently indisputable fact
that the age of species is greater than the adj
vocates of the Hebrew and Samaritan texts of the
Bible have been wont to admit. 1t may however
be asserted positively that no certain geologic or
archaeologic evidence so far adduced is irreconc-
able with archaeology that we are warranted in
deducing from the known facts and geological rec
ords of the Book of Books" american Catholic
Quarterly. vol xix, PIP. 260, 27o; Sir J. w. Daw-
son, Modern Science in Bible Lands;n Vigouroux.
sManuel Biblique," vol. i; les Livres Saints"
vol. 111)
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24

A young Philadelphia Catholic artist, John j.
Boyle, only IS years old, has been elected mem
Der of the National Society of Fine Arts of Paris
through his painting, "The Return of the Fisher
Folk" exhibited in the Paris salon. Until he was
u years old, Boyle worked breaker boy in the
anthracite regions He contracted spinal trouble,
and, having a talent for drawing, was assisted by
citizens of Scranton to attend the Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated Sew
eral OF his pictures awarded prizes thus en-
abling him to go to Paris to study.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
Butte. Mont, Sept. II.

Dear Aunt Busy have not written to you for
a very long time. Have you quite forgotten me I!
Nv brother says he will not write to you because
he lust hates old ladies' l hope you will not feel
offended. Auntie Busy, because | tell you what he
says l viii write to you, ANYHOW foq 1r LOVING
niece NELLIE M 1AiihN'
Aunt Busy never forgets her dear children;
,,a,-er She feels very hurt and sorry when they
neglect her. Aunt Busy would like to hear from
the dear brother who dislikes old ladies. Aunt
Busy is so sorry to hear that he lust hates them
Dear. dearl But really, Nellie, Aunt Busy must
confess that when she young girl she knew
few detestable old ladies, too she hardly blames
1our brother. Please tell him that poor old Aunt
Busv has always been ambitious to be a NICE
agreeable old lady.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
Our Boys and Girls.
Edited by Aunt Busy.

This department is conducted solely in the ;nter-
ests OF our girl and boy readers
ianas 20 uss IS glad to hear any time from the
neces and nephews who read this page and 70 Dive
'AelI - an tne advice and help in her power.
write on one side of the paper only
DO not have letters too long.
original stories and verses viii ,e ,5, .,
and carefully edited. eN'' -ee'Ne ca
be returned i40e "eeeDted VIII
Catholic, Salt Lake Citv '' iii'eiiioultain
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24

Faith precedes repentance. Hope, not despair,
is the mother of godly sorrow. The goodness of
God is before the badness of man. The Divine for
giyeness antedates the human sim tits not until
we see the light shining above us that we begin to
oathe our dark estate and receive strength to rise
out of the gloom and climb upwards.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
TEE BOY WHO STUCK TO HIS DOG

With $l20 in his pocket and a black dog as his
companion, 14-year-old boy was found wandering
about the streets of Willimantic, Conn. few days
ago, seeking a home and liSIng Though his sup
III, "a earthly goods was limited, the lad had grit,
and lr has found the home. His name is Frank
Dillman. and this was the story he told: 81
He was born III New York City and when 3
wears old his father died. His mother moved to
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
LErTERs AND ANSWERS.

Salt Lake City, Sept. Is, 1904.
Dear Aunt Busy am in the sixth grade this
year, and l promised TO let yos Know II got pre-
noted, Have YOU ever wished and hoped to be
promoted and then been disappointed l was very
III last wear and did not pass my examinations and
I tell YOU 1 felt badly. Your loving niece,
ALICE STEVENSON.
Aunt Busy is glad, indeed, to hear Of your pro
motion. Alice. Yes Aunt Busy has been often
disappointed, but time and experience have taught
her that life is filed with troubles, worries and
dsappointments But trials only bring out the
best part of our natures little GIRL SO DC brave
and fgb+ vour troubles Remember what one of
Americas favorite poets wrote; Our richest
treasures grow around the cross, and in the night
time angels sing to men,"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24
Denver. Colo, Sept. -.

DVnNeT, NOIO 55EI' To
Dear Auntie--I am only writing line to send
,ou NV dear love and great big kiss Your low
ing niece, CORA A0Nho M lOnA
Aunt Busy deeply appreciates the dear love"
and the great, big kiss" from the dear, thought
ful grille She sends her dear love back, and hopes
inc wee girls mother viii long enjoy the love and
kisses of the sweet little daughter who remembers
funny. fat. old Auntic Busy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-09-24

Who was Gains wife? (Cien. IL, 10 II Adam, Eve,
and Abel the only people in the world where
did Cain get his wife?
Cain most probably married his own sister, or
his niece Cain and Abel had many brothers and
sisters. as we learn from Gen. v A., "And the days
of Adam after he begot Seth eight hundred
years. And he begot sons and daughters" This
query which is met with universally on the nom
Catholic missions, arises from one of two difficult
ties first the morality of apparently incest
uous marriage; or, second, the denial of the unity
of the race.
With regard to the first, st. Augustine answers
this very question nearly fifteen centuries ago:
CAS- therefore, the human race, subsequently, to the
first marriage of the man who was made of dust,
and his wife who was made out of his side required
the union of male and female, in order that 1T
might multiply; and as there were no human beings
except those who had beeen born of these two, men
took their sisters for wives; an act which was as
certainly dictated by necessity in these ancient
days as afterward it condemned by the prohl-
billions of religion ("rhe City of God" book XIV,
CHI. xvi.)
The moral principles involved are plain to any
student of Catholic ethics. Some actions are so
intrinsically evil and opposed to the natural law
that power, not even God, can permit them for
any reason whatsoever-v. G., basphemy, lying,
etc. Other actions against nature evil because
of the evil consequences that result, unless God
by special providence intervene to prevent In this
class must be put the marriage of brother and sis
ter. Nature itself vetoes such marriages as ut
tcry su5versive of all domestic and social morali
ty. This felt evenrby the pagan Roman, al
though the Egyptians and the Athenians permitted
such marriages No human power-no church
could grant dispensation in such case, but God
the Lord and Creator of all things, could permit
such marriages in the beginning to propagate the
human race, there being no other way to do so
save by miraculous Intervention.
The second difficulty likewise dates from the
preA damites of the seventeenth century, who held
that Adam was the father of the Jewish people,
but not of the pagans., This theory is in direct
contradiction to the Scriptures Gen. H. D. 20 iii,
20; Wis., X, ; Acts xvii 26; Rom. v 12) which ex-
pressly declares the race descended from Adam and
Eve, especially as set forth in the dogmas of orig
inal sin. For a complete discussion of the sub
iect, an answer to the objections brought forward
by unbelievers, read Vigouroux, manuel BibIique"
H. 301; lies Livres Saints" vol ii, CHI. 5; Guibert
Origin of Species" ch. V.
In the King James version it is said that Cain
went into the land of Nod and there knew his wife;
but this is spurious Scripture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-17

ing belief IN a moderate reaction. but
also a doubt as to its ultimate stability.
The dull spot market, with moderate
sales at material decline, cannot be
viewed except with dissatisfaction and
the belief must prevail there as well as
here that the past curtailment Of spin
ners has accomplished the desired result
and the available supply Of cotton is
adequate for requirements.
A moderate amount Of profit takings
bv shorts was no doubt the cause of
better market here and such fresh selling
as Wis INDUCED in was not Of sufficient
volume to depress prices. More authen-
tic reports of new bales from Texas are
being received. forecasting large August
movement which with a continuance OF
present conditions would exceed all pre-
vious records.
Thp idealsm of the weather map needs
no further comment and In fact. senti-
ment already bearsh. has had nothing
but the most favorable news Under the
circumstances, conservatism must be
very deeply implanted In the minds Of
onarat tors, or values would have been too
heavily depressed. Bears realizing the
many possible Ills of a growing crop, are
periodically satisfied and serve to support
the market While the market Is al
| most stationary, II cannot be said Pc
Rod of truce has arrived as all are ar
fayeu OH pHt SiNO ee%
developments.
Wheat-Tbere was a weak start but
prices frmed up on pessimistie Russian
crop reports. but advances did not holo,
buying orders being scarce, the claim OF
large export business yesterday being de-
MED while primary receipts were in ex-
cess of last year. There is an absence OF
cash demand with samples hard to sell,
while the fine crop prospects and improv-
ed weather discouraged holders and long
wheat was thrown over, with new Septem-
Der break under so. The close was weak
and a reaction is due but we doubt If adj
vances can be sustained and would ia
vor sales on all rallies.
Corn-There was fairly good buying of
the futures, but the weakness In wheat
was against prices although undertone
was firm and we would not be surprised.
to see corn go up.
Oats.-Receipts were light, cash oats
were 4 to Il higher but there was gen
orally buying of September with but little
doing In July
Price current reports crops progressing
favorably but local sentiment is inclined
to be bulish.
Provisions.-Hogs were way under es-
Inmates and higher starting advances in
the futures with Cudhay's buying lard
and ribs.
There was heavy COMMON house selling
of ribs thought to be for Armour, but
certainly the market presents strong APP
pearance and liable to be worked higher
| Stocks-The stock market was support
| ed today. Movements were irregular and
unsettled. In the afternoon prices hard
ened. A recovery is looked for tomorrow.
We believe the standard issues should
be bought for turn on soft spots.
| good hank statement should be dis
| counted Total sales, 25s,10O.