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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
A LIE STICKS.

The editor OF the Western Waterman tells a
good joke ut his own expense. He and the late
Bishop Merrill of the Methodist church, also a
journalist fought their battles in their respective
papers. The bishop when occasion offered, never
failed 10 show his hostility to the Catholic church
Where truth would suit better than lie he would
choose the hitter On al Catholic subjects his
mind wa5 deranged. On one occasion the Bishop
wrote long article attempting to prove that the
editor of the Watchman's ambition was the de-
sTuction Of Professionalism. The editor tells how
he met thar serious charge
Next week we pleaded guilty to the terrible inn
parchment, and in sheer mischief tried our hand
at an auti-climax. We wrote the following SEN
tence: Eve would throttle Professionalism: we
would draw and quarter It; we would hang it up for
crows meat: We would FIJI ii with molten lead and
sink it in a hundred fsthoms of He'll fire: but we
would not put an ungentle finger Oh a single hair
of Professionals head" Brother Robert printed
the part Of the sentence before the semcolon
Other Protestant papers copied from Brother Rob
erts paper also leaving out the anti-climax. The
Baptists were holding general meeting in New
York. and the secretary of the meeting wrote u.s.
enclosing the truncated sentence and asking if we
were correctly quoted. We wrote out the full SEN
tence and referred him to the paper. He an
swered that the first half of the statement could
stand by itself and he actually printed the SEN
tence with the ant-climax left out. and SO it has
appeared in Protestant books and papers thous-
and times since This week a Baptist preacher
down in Cape Breton Canada, quoted the SEN
tence against the rector of Sydney, and copy Of
H.,
head off that lie. 1t will run long after these feet
have ceased 10 walk Now, the question presents
itself, these hypocrites? viii the pre-
tence that il is lawful to SANDER Catholics and the
Catholic Church avail them on the last dayi
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
BASE ISLANDER REFUTED.
Continued from PAGE I.

What the readers Of the Times viii call it [ shall
not attempt to guess.
AS to your statement that persons who had
investigated the circumstances know that Father
Damien need not have contracted leprosy1 I sim
cerely hope that your own sense of justice will in
duce you to Withdraw It. Imagine yourself in the
place OF Father Damien; the only clean person in
the settlement with everything to be done homes
and hospitals to be erected, a sanitary system to
be established. streets to be laid out and order
brought out Of chaos himself acting as priest. ar
chltect, carpenter, mason, doctor undertaken and
grave digger. cook and nurse, governor and Judge
Compelled as he was to hear confessions in close
proximity to men afflicted with the most loath-
some disease. surely there is nothing surprising in
the fact that he absorbed the bacil of the disease
and finally became leper. Even this year with
all the sanitary improvements that have been made
III the settlement with resident doctor and de-
voted sisters to see that all precautions against
the disease are taken Brother Serapion van Hoof
mas contracted 1t. VIII any one dare find fault
with HIM and say he need not have contracted itE
Ill any one suppose that he was anxious TO he
come leper and eourted the disease ON purpose2
truce, then to those uncalled-for accusations and
yilllheatlons. truce to this uncharitable and nm
generous discussion. Father Damien has been vim
dicated by his own enemies, and surely his friends
can be generous and forget once and for all tbat
Dr.. Hyde ever existed. Very respectfully
JEAN B. SEBATE.
12G West Twenty ninth street. New YorI, Nov
+ 1905. we
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.

The Ave Maria commenting on the Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation says:
President Rooseyelt's THANKSGIVING proclams-
ton deserves attentive reading by every man and
woman in the United States; and, for reasons which
need NOT be explained we hope 1t VIII receive due
notice in oh other countries. Our personal graft
tude to Almighty God on Thanksgiving Day shall
comnrebead this proclanation and the blessing Of
president who on all fitting occasions pays public
homage to the Ruler Of the Universe. and does moi
hesitate to address the nation in this wise:
I'VE live in easier and more plentiful times
than our forefathers, the men who with rugged
strength faced the rugged days; and yet the dam
gers to national life are quite as great now as at
any previous time in our history.
1T is eminently fitting that once year our
people hould set apart day for praise and thanks
giving to the Gver OF Good; and, at the
time that they express their thanldulness for the
abundant mercies received should manfuly
knowledge their shortcomings and pledge themselves
solelnniy and in good faith to strive to overcome
them.
During the past year we have been blessed with
bountiful crops. Our business prosperity has been
great No other people has ever stood as high
level of material well-being as that on which
now stand. We arc not threatened by foes from
without The foes from whom should pray to
be delivered are our passions, -appetites and
folies and against these there is always need that
we should war.
therefore I now set apart Thursday, the 50th
day Of this November, as day of thanksgiving
for the past and of prayer for the future and on
that day ask that throughout the land the people
gather in their homes and places Of worship. and in
rendering thanks unto the Most High for the mani
fold blessings Of the past year, corsecrate them
selves to life of cleanliness, honor and wisdom,
so that this nation may do its allotted work on the
earth in manner worthy of those who founded it
and of those who preserved it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
FROM STAGE TO CL0ISTER.

From the applause of the admiring public to
the solemn stiffness of the monastery from life
of light and laughter to a daily round of devotion
al duties, from the glamour of the stage to the
most real of religious existences is the step Just
taken By an Italian actor, Otero Neisonetti. Nei-
soneti has taken the vows of chastity silence and
obedience at the Trappist monastery, Gethsenlane
Ky. His reason for wandering so far from his
home land in order to seclude himself from the
world is not made clear.
Perhaps he felt that the farther he went from
his old associations the better it would be for his
spiritual welfare, though he viii be no farther
from the world and its temptations at Gethsemane
than he would have been in one of the few other
Trappist monasteries The story of the transfer
nation Of Neisonetti is interesting. He had APP
peared in Roman and Florentine theatres many
times and always with the greatest success. His
work was praised by the critics and admired by the
public.
One day Neisonetti, who was always. despite his
profession. of an intensely religious nature, con-
ceived the idea that he would like to play the part
of Jesus in the Passion Play at Oberammergau.
So he went there and for seven years prepared
himself for the part. In 1900 he played it and his
rendition was Gfehke, so true to all the tradi-
tons that have been handed down about the Sa-
viour through the centuries that the spectators
were moved deeply.
Neisonettis religious fervor grew upon him
until at last it became the ruling passioifof his
life. So he is in the monastery at Gethsemane
now, vowed to eternal silence, devoted to life of
service in the great cause of religion Never again
will he hear the plaudits of the multitude, never
again may he look upon the things of the world,
worldly, with any thought of participating in and
becoming part of them.
The step he has taken is not such long one,
and who say he is not happier now. Before
his life was not real life; it is real now. Be
fore, he was not what he seemed; now he is conse-
Grated to the living out of life that will give
him peace, the blessed peace of which few mortals
have amy comprehension.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25

The enterprising gentlemen CO OF Ogden who
we're imprisoned for wife and child beating will
remember Judge Murphy for some time to come
According to the testimony in the wife-beating
case, the gentle husband had cultivated the atten-
tive habit Of knocking his wife to the floor with his
6st. Judge Murphy in passing sentence, said: II
can't accept fine in any of these cases. 4 man
that hasn't any more manhood than to beat up and
abuse his wife and family is not deserving Of any
compassion. think 1t will improve your manners,
Mr. Mastery, to make big rocks into little ones.
The judgment Of the court is that you be confined
in the city Jail for period Of ninety-nire days"
Would that all such brutes as these lately dis
covered species could be sentenced by Judge Muir
ply or our own Judge Dieh!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
THE METROPOLITAN AND COLORADO CATHOLIC NOV a5 zoos

most enlightened, consistent and Logical Of all
Protestant sects. Their rules de not forbid Cath
ollcs from taking part in the mter-church confer
enee But Catholics do not protest, and in no
sense could be eligible to protestant church cor
ference Yet with rare inconsistency. Rev. Dr.
Roberts, permanent chairman, said that Catholics
were not excluded by the terms of the proposition
OF federation. It is not probable that any repre-
sentative Of the Catholic church will present his
credentials delegate and if one should do So it
Is equally probable that there would be motions and
resolutions and strong protests against his atmis-
sion, stronger and more virulent than those pre-
sented against the admission of the venerable Ed
ward Everett Hale.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
Especial Correspondence
er-1Gountain Catholic:

Editor Inter Mountain Cathohc:
The laying Of the corner stone for the new
cathedral Of Seattle now under course of erection,
was an event of great Importance in the history
of that new diocese ri. Rev. Edward O'Dea sue
ceeded Bishop Junger in the diocese of NesqualIy
in 1896, and soon changed his sea to Seattle. The
work the new cathedral was soon begun. On
Sunday, Nor. u, the corner stone was laid by the
1T. Rev Bishop assisted by Bishop Carroll OF
Helena, Mont, and Bishop DontenweIl OF New
Westminster. B. c., together with twenty-five Of
the local clergy.
At the conclusion OF the benediction services
Bishop Carroll preached from temporary pulpit
erected Ill the building. His sermon which was an
eloquent tribute to the zeal and energy of the new
Bishop, was listened to with great interest. He
unstinting III his praise Of Catholic devotion
and loyalty of the people of the great northwest,
who generously contributed to their chief pastor
the means which enabled him to commence such
beautiful and ornate structure. The growth of
and the encouragement given to religion he desig-
mated as true sign of patriotism and loyalty to
God and the state. His text: "Give to Caesar
What Belongs to Caesar. and to God What Be
longs to God" applied in practical and OPP
perfume way for the occasion, by pointing the ne
cessty of good citizenship and the peTpetuation Of
religion. To secure the latter he pointed out the
great necessity of a thorough religious training
which was the true handmade of science.
Bishop CAROLS visit win be long remembered
by the people of Seattle. During his brief visit
he won the good esteem of all classes of citizens.
whilst his words of praise for the state It's peoDle
and especially Seattle, have endeared him to all.
OLD SALT LAKER
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
& Ct UNSATISFACTORY EDUCATION.

From far of Porto Rico, so recently annexed
and yet, seemingly, so distant-come to us wills
pers of discomfort. There is need of alarm.
There are no pronunciamentos on the bill boards,
no revolution in the air. Nevertheless dissatisfac
ton exists not with the government such, but
with some of the methods of our paternal admins
tration. One of the grounds of complaint is the
conduct Of the public schools. We hope these re-
marks Will not be misconstrued We will not at
tack the institution. We wish merely to criticize
some of its alleged msdirected methods.
Shortly after acquisition of Porto Rico,
ready-lnade educational system was imposed upon
the island It had worked well here, it would
do likewise there so hundreds of teachers, trained
for an English speaking country shipped over
and set to work teaching the young idea how to
shoot. To the amazenent of our otherwise capable
pedagogues the young idea, it is said did not learn
and what's more. will not learn if the present
course is pursued The pupils are willing, and
anxious to be educated. The parents are favorably
disposed What is the trouble? An anglo-Saxon
"bullr
Education is given through the instrumental
ity of language Oursis English. The Porto RE
ans are Spaniards, naturally they speak the Span
.ish Language and nothing else. We have made the
mistake of using sysasssss Il Of speech Eng
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

feel it my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lac generally from fraud and imposition By notifying
them from time TO time that person bearing the
name and garb of priest sister or anyone else,
authorized permitted to solicit collect III this
diocese Tor any purpose whatever connected with the
catholic Church without having from permission
in writing. bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document. he or
she as the case may be. should be regarded by all rs
fraud and an imposter. l.. SCANLAN.
Bishop of Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25

hSh words have no meaning for the mind that
knows them not. We have put the cart before the
horse. Let US use The Spanish as means Of giving
an American education to our little brown broth
ers, Make thorough knowledge OF Spanish one
OF the prime requisites Of our teachers in our new
possessions Let them use that language as the
instrument Of teaching English. Let them speak
to their pupils so as to be understood by them and
the difficulty will disappear as per enchantluent,
and new citizens will become American though
bi-linausts.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25

itine the business strictly to life insurance. Many
states have laws regulating the charges to be made
b. railroads, and the laws work satisfactorily ia
those states Railroaoing is much more difficult
matter TO adjust than life insurance because the
cost cannot be so accurately figured IF every state
in the Union should pass such law, the business
of life insurance would Immediately get into its
proper channel, tue same as fire insurance, bank
ING roroading and all the other lines Of business.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25

In The San Francisco Leader We read that:
king Edward VII is said TO have formed sudden
liking for the game Of croquet. The dispatches say
that in England this IS the game most affected by
old maids and curates-Anglican curates, of course
In this country eroquet Is the gentle sport of the
aged and the weak-Iuinded Well, we suppose his
majesty IS getting old nnbecile 1t was certainly
with old maids or curates chat he trained in the
days Of his youth
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25

The Inter Church conference, soon to assemble
i'll New York, presumably to devise the best means
of saving souls, excludes all Unitarians because
they are not Christians. The Unitarians naturally
resent the insult and say that if Christ whom
they adopt as their model, applied to the confer
ence for admission, he, too would be refused adj
mission, Tho protest against the Unitarians is not
protestant doctrine. borause the Tnarians arc the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountaln Catholic goes into nearly
every Catholic home in this diocese. It's circulation
in Montana, Idaho Colorado Wyoming, Nevada and
many other states is very large Only reliable firms
and business men advertise in the paper. All sub
scrbers win find it to their advantage when about to
invest, purchase consult business matters, to
read over the list Of our advertisers. We not only
recommend but ask for them the patronage of all
readers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
November

Gray autumn, girded for the journey. stands
And looks Ger woods waiting for winters snow.
Sere are the fields and reaped the harvest lands:
Chill is the path her tired feet must go.
Her FIRE of smoldering leaves is almost done
It's wavering smoke dies, punGent. on the alp
Yet still she sniles-"4y heart has known the srr,
And the bright leaves upon these branches hare y,
Priscilla Leonard in The Outlook
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25

late dispatch says that; "The death of Baron
Alphonsc De Rothschild has entailed the recon
struction Of the French branch Of the famous bank
ing house. An official statement has just been
made to the "details of this Encouragement"
What pity that the Rothschilds can not be
reconstructed!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25

(Entered in the Posto6ice at Salt Lake as Second
= class Matter.l
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-11-25
Consolidated October 2. 1899.

GF1HNGTNG ADDRESSES.
Subscribers removing from place to another
ana desiring papers changed should always give for
ner as well as present address
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13
Bargains Galore
FURNISHINGS FOR WOMEN

75c Ladies' Fancy Lace and Silk
75c Summer Hats and Caps .. ......
loo Sleeveless Vests ............ . ....... ......
15C Summer Lawns per yard......... .............
25c Summer Wash Goods, per yard
121ac Gnghants, absolutely fast coors ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
SC and 64c Calicos for this sale, per yard ...
Very fine, heavy House Lining 20 Observation-Disclosures.
35c and 40c Fringed Damask Towels this sale ..
zoe and 25c 32nch Madras Cloth per yard, 1880 and~
(EVery yard bargan)
Shorend Lace Curtains, each 35c, or per pair
l5c Chdrens Cotton Stockings black blue pink white for
this SALE 10c Three pairs
$500 White and Coored Bedspreads, special
The Republican journal., 1905-03-23
DEATH OF A MAINE EDITOR,

John NJ. S. Hunter, proprietor of the Far
mington Chronicle and the representative
in that vicinity of the Associated Press,
died last Saturday of heart disease. Mr..
Hunter was formerly telegraph editor of
the Portland Press. He had been the sole
proprietor of the Chronicle since 1889. He
married December IA, 1874, Eldora Nichols,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Nichols of
North Searsport, who with one daughter,
Miss Mabel, survives him. Mr.. Hunter had
been an active member of the Maine Press
Association, serving two years as President,
and for many years past had been dele
gate to the meetings OF the National Edi-
torial Association. He was a prominent
member of the Masonic fraternity, and a
member of the board of trustees of the
Military and Naval Asylum at Bath. His
death will be sincerely mourned by the
members of the Maine Press Association,
all of whom had long held him in high
esteem, land their sympathy will be extended
in fullest measure to the bereaved wife and
daughter.
The Republican journal., 1905-03-23

The University of Maine has been invited
by the University of Pennsylvania to send
relay team and other athletics to the
Eleventh Annual Intercollegiate ami Inter-
Scholastic Relay Race meeting April 29th.
The different colleges have been divided
into groups Of six and Maine has been put
IN the third group with Dartmouth, Will
liams, Tech, Wesleyan and Vermont.
Alumni Field was busy place last Satur-
day: From three to five feet Of snow cover
ed the entire field and it was necessary, if
any outdoor practice was to be had on field
or track, that the mass of snow be removed
and the ground given chance to dry of.
The matter was mentioned at the college
meeting on Friday, and Saturday morning
saw between 100 and 100 men, armed with
shovels,at work at the drifts in good earnest
-Four two-horse teams were in evidence and
the boys were combining business with
pleasure in such happy way that the scene
was doub!y interesting to the spectators.
Good wOOk was done in diminishing the
enormous quantity of snow and ice although
what remains is no small quantity.
The Republican journal., 1905-03-23
Alderman Dunning and Councilmen David
son and Pattee were appointed a commit

Alderman Dunning and Councilmen David
son and Pattee were appointed a commit
ee on advertising.
Voted that all bills against the CITY must
be approved by the proper committees he
fore being presented to the auditor and
that bills must be in the hands of the com
mittee on or before Friday preceding the
city government meeting.
The report of the chief engineer, referred
from the last city government, was taken
up and referred to the committee on fire
department..
The city solicitors report, referred from
the da last city council, was accepted and Or
The mayor and president of the council
announced the following joint standing
committees:
Finance. accounts and claims, Alderman
Dunning, Councilmen Pattee and Pooler.
Public schools, Alderman Wentworth.
C9qncilmen Vaughan and Davidson.
Highways and bridges, Alderman Stan
tia!, Councilmen Merriam and Frost.
Fire. department., Alderman Hubbard,
COuncllmen Shuman and StrOut
Sidewalks, Alderman Stantial, Council
men Keen and Wight.
Cemeteries, Alderman Innes, Councilmen
Strout and Vaughan.
lnnes, Councilmen Merriam and PoOler.
Enrolled ordinances, Alderman Went
worth, COuncilmen Davidson and Wight.
~ Lights, Alderman Dunning, Councilmen
Keen and Frost.
Sewers, Alderman Hubbard, Councilmen
Pattee and Shuman.
State pensions, Aldermen Hubbard, Dun
ming and Stantial
The municipal officers fixed the salary of
truant officer at $50 per year.
The two boards adjourned to Monday,
April Sd, at Up. N.
The Republican journal., 1905-03-23
CITY GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED,

The members-elect of the city council
met in the common council room March
Goth, and were called to order at 10 o'clock
by the city clerk, A. p Mansfield. Mayor
L. T. Shales, all the aldermen and council
men, with the exception of councilman Rev.
j. w. Vaughan, were present. They were
sworn by VIM. P. Thompson, ESQ.,, justice
of the peace. Prayer was offered by Rev.
Eugene S. Phlbrook. Mayor Shales read
his address, as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY COUNCIL: We
have been chosen by the citizens of Belfast
to manage the municipal affairs of the city
for the ensuing year and are now assembled
for the purpose of organization. While
miss the presence of many of the council of
last year l welcome the new members to
our board. From my acquaintance with
you l do not hesitate to predict that you
will give the city wise and economical ad-
minstratiOn. Doubtless some questions
may come before you during the year on
solution of all problems your highest aim
will be for the interest of our city:
FINANCES OF The CITY.
For detailed statement of the financial
condition of the city l would refer YOU to
the report of our city treasurer The state
ment of our assets and liabilities are as fol-
lows:
LIABILITIES MARCH 6, 1905.
per cent bonds due in 1925 op-
llOn 1903 Observation-Disclosures. ,OOO.OO
per cent bonds due in 191S...... 477,OOO.OO
Outstanding orders. rs............... 94.62
Roll of accounts allowed this day
and teachers pay roll 3S23.O7
4 S75 II