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The Washington times., 1907-07-28

C. Il RAIDER, division Of appointments.
will leave for Indiana this week for
a two weeks vacation. He will join ais
wife, who Is Visiting her home at War
rem, and together they will go 10 his
home In Newcastle, Ind.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

A recent wedding of interest to the
employees of the Office was that Of Elmer
=. Richards, of the sixth division. who
was married to Miss Minnie f. McEl
roy, OF this city, the ceremony being
performed at 43 S street northwest bv
the Rev. DR.. Greene, of Calvary Ran
tist Church. The wedding was a guiet
home affair, only intimate friends and
relatives being present
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

W. A. Mutchler. rural carrier division,
will leave next week for a two weeks
vacation with his mother and brother at
his old home, In EastOn. Pa
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Fifteen compositors were transferred
from the Job to the first division on
Thursday
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Henry c. SheareT. OF the fourth Ill
vision. is taking fifteen days leave for
a good solid rest at home.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

temporary appointments, have been
given probationary appointments as
electrotype finishers In the foundry di-
vision
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

RJlof r. Stratton. examining di-
vision, a member Of the band of the
National Guard Of the District. is at
tending the annual encampment at Har-
pers Ferry.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Edward b. Daw, Of the pamphlet bind
ing division, is spending fifteen days OF
his annual leave at Colonial Beach.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Thomas J. Burke. stenOgrapher in the
division Of purchases, returned Wednes-
day after spending fifteen days pleas
antly with relatives and friends at his
home, in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Or. James r. Armstrong, Of the proof
division, has returned from a trip to
the Southwest, having spent the time
renewing acquaintances among the pro
fession in the Panhandle OF Texas and
IN Oklahoma
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

James A Taylor and Edward F.
Murto Of the foundry division. are
spending their vacation at Albany, n. Y.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Miss Mary A. Cramer and Miss Sara
V. Weckerly, who have been serving a
detail to the inspection and purchasing
division, have returned TO their former
posts in the gold room of the bindery.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Tho force of the custodian is rapidly
catching up in its work of sending out
the new manual of examinations and
the commissions twenty-third report.
Each day a supply is brought and the
copies are addressed and mailed In
short order.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

William L. Taylor. Of the first division.
Is spending his vacation at Bethany
Bea Oh.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Edward A. White and Harry c Null
Igan. OF the foundry division. have re-
turned from hfteen-day vacations,
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Edward .. Campbell. OF the pain
shop. used up several days OF his annua
leave last week
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Mrs. Mary 3. Lyston, OF the bindery.
was called to her home In Baltimore
last week on account of the death Of
her mother
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

John J. MiIIar. of the proof division.
has returned from his annual vacation.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28
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week for a two weeks vacation He
has visited indianapolis and Chicago
and at the latest reports was enjoying
himself at Bay City Mich.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

William F. Reed. Of the proof division.
is taking fifteen days Of his annual
vacation, which he viii spend at nearby
pleasure resorts.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

DIR. Dickinson, appointment division,
has about recovered from the injuries
, received IN the recent accident on the
Falls Church road, and is able 10 work
fnIl time
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Rome c. shelse, appointment division.
Is one OF the many enthusiastic rooters
Of the department who are booming the
home baseball team. but he seems some
what doubtful about the advisability Of
substituting Shipke for Hin
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

James ". Hughes. chief OF the ma
chine division, was called 70 Newark
n J. last week 20 attend the funeral
OF HIS brother.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

L II Patterson. Of the proof division,
left Thursday for a visit OF twenty days
to his brother. on the Susquehanna, in
Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1907-07-28

Jesse NJ Clark, Of the fourth divi-
sion. Is spending thirty days at Ocean
View and Norfolk. Va, and the James
town Exposition.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06
THE MARVIN CASE.

Since the day Charley Ross was stolen away
from his parents in Philadelphia thirty years ago,
G4 case Of kidnapping has attracted so much atten-
ton wrung the heart of the nation like the case
OF re Marvin boy of Dover, Del, who disappeared
month ago. Every resource Of the bereft father
lc exhausted III Intellectual search and the federal
authorities were appealed to and lent their efforts
find trace of the boy, but all to purpose,
Hope of finding him has been almost given up, as
the idnapers finding they could not receive a ran
som for his safe return without the almost GER
tainty Of capture. probably have added the crime
Of murder to their record.
OF all the crimes which men commit for gain
can compare in atrociousness to that of steal
ing children. The child thief cannot be human in
his character nor can he have the loving instincts
Of any of the lower animals which protect their
young from harm. He must be devil incamate.
The pain and sorrow caused by his crime is more
keen than that following visitation from the grim
reaper, and it is all so contrary to human instincts
that the dcgeneracy into which the perpetrator has
fallen is beyond human ken. The chances of tinan-
cial gain are uncertain, and the possibility Of
escape if ransom is received filled with hazard
that the wonder is anybody would attempt the
crime.
Commensurate punishment for kidnapping can
not be dealt out by human courts. In some states
it is capital ofense, and if any crime merits such
a penalty, surely this one does. The All-Wise God
has provided a place where such sins may be pun
ished and the Christening goes forever and ever.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06
A FOUL BIRD.

"The cathedrals and cities generally abound with
beggars, they fairly swarm everywhere Even the
altarboys and choir-boys during the services would
put their hands through the ratings and ask for
money. Dirt filth, poverty, and low standard of
morals is found in all Roman Catholic countries
1t is the gospel of Jesus Christ which has made
America what it is. Thank God, Spain no longer
has any political control on either North or South
America"
An extract from letter of one Rev. Greenfield
travelling in Spain. published in the Eko Independ
ent, Elko, New.
The Manx men originated the saying cts
foul bird that soils its own nest" and the honest
people of the HEIR DIES Isles have proverb, IFS
durty burd and foul burd that soils another burd,
nestle The Rev. Greenfield is in the nest of the
Spanish bird, the Spanish bird is feeding him and
protecting him from the hawks and cormorants
known to us as thieves and sharpers-and is extend
ing to this American bird the hospitality of IL
own nest The Greenfield bird has left much filth
in the Spanish nest Clean American birds wbon
they visit their Spanish neighbors are ashamed Of
the Greenfield birds and protest, as best thew can
against the dirty habits of the Greenfield flock and
appeal TO the Spanish birds not to accept the Green
felGs as types of American birds. The clean Amor
lean birds contend that the Greenfelds belong 70
low family, that the parent birds are foul in their
habits and that when the chicks grow up they arc
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06
TREES.
success.

The near approach of the spring season suggests
the desrablity of trees in the scheme of identifying
our city. While many streets have had their border
of threes destroyed by the establishment of new
grades for sidewalks and street improvements it IS
pleasing to note that sufficient ground is left be-
tween the roadway and sidewalks upon which new
trees can be started with almost certainty of their
growth. On streets where sidewalks and paving
completely cover the ground thus preventing the
absorption Of moisture. trees will not grow. but
with four five feet not thus sealed as our broad
residence streets will have when improvements are
completed there is no reason why our thoroughfares
outside the business district should not be lined with
trees as they were before the era of improvement
set in
Nothing has tended more to give our city rep
utation as the city beautiful than the long lines of
poplars bordering thoroughfares and the
streams of clear water which furnished the means
of sustaining life in those trees. Methods no doubt
can be devised whereby the same conditions may
be restored, and the paving will but add to the
beauty.
Aside from the beautifying effect which trees
have they make life more agreeable and the city
more comfortable as place of residence and tour
lists no doubt appreciate the trees and probably ling
err in our midst because of them. If this be fact.
it is evident that our trees are profitable from a
purely pecuniary view 1t is certain, however, that
trees left standing several feet above the level e
tablished by new grades will not live long The
methods of irrigation used to supply the trees with
necessary moisture are not conducive to the growth
of deep roots, and trees thus left above the street
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06

level have had most of their feeders destroyed New
trees should be started to replace these and aten
ton should be paid to the necessity of watering
them during the dry season. Plans for improving
streets should take this feature specially into ac
count 1t is quite as important as a good roadway
and would add to the value of property fronting On
such streets, say nothing of the comfort derived
from the shade.
Americans are not practical as the Germans
in the matter of trees In the province of Hanover
the public highways are lined with fruit trees. and
have been for nearly 100 years as the result of the
public spirited work of some nobleman 1t is est
mated that a 20000-acre orchard would not contain
the trees along these highways. The government
maintains large nurseries to supply young trees to
replace those destroyed by the clements or which
have died of age. The German idea is profitable
too, the net income from the sale of fruit running
some years as high as $4,000 With all our boasted
wisdom and prosperity, the old world affords at
least one lesson of practical usefulness. Plant
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06
''Salted with fire, they seem to show
How spirits lost in endless woe
May undecaying live"
HABI T..

Few men realize the influence exerted on them
slyes by habit whether it be of speech or any of
those unnatural DESIRES such as smoking or drink
ing, which constitute so large part of the lives
of civilized mankind. Few there are if any who
can boast of coming into the world with well or
dered intellects and with select and choice bundle
of habits neatly tucked away i'll the domains Of
their anatomy. We start out with no intention of
accommodating any mannerisms or bad habits. but
by the time realize that we live only once on this
earth and learn the relative value of good and bad
habits in their effect upon our physical mental and
moral well-being, we find ourselves loaded down and
circumscribed by lot of stupid and illogical bab-
ITS which irrtate lis when take time to think
of them or have them frequently brought to our
attention.
Life is largely made up of habits though lust
where is the point of divergence from natural and
spiritual law to satisfying the cravings of unnatu-
raj appetites it is difficult to point out We cat and
sleep, but the amount of each required to restore
the energies dsspated by work varies so largely in
individuals that those whose food is perfectly as
simulated tell us we eat too much, and those whose
nervous energy is restored by little sleep tell us we
lie abed too late in the morning. Eating may be
habit as to quantity consumed, and the man whose
intellect taught him to reduce his daily supply of
provender one ounce each week until he had reached
the minimum which would sustain his body affords
an example wherein there are too morals-one IF
economy and frugality, and another of self control
And that other freak who regularly retired at 10
o'clock and each week set his alarm clock one min
ute earlier in year had reduced his sleeping time
nearly hour, and in four years cut it nearly in
half with apparent deterioration of his physical
and mental capacities furnishes another example
with two morals-one of regularity of habits and
another of self control. But people generally would
object to having their food weighed out to them
on an apothecarys scales, and the alarm clock is
looked upon as an abomnation.
However, the methods of these reforners fur
nish rational means of Kidding ourselves of those
irrational habits which irritate the mind and
which have grown into lives by continual rene
tition The frequency with which New Years
pledges are shattered is but an evidence that the
habits affecting the body cannot be seized, drawn
and auartered without protest from the nervous
system. Instances are not wanting where strong
men with strong wills, after years of smoking sud
denly abjured the weed and almost as suddenly ab
iured life itself The sensible way to break away
is to methodcally measure out the quantity re-
ouired for days indulgence, and then reduce it
gradually. The nervous system and all the organs
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06
A SPARTAN IN WASHINGTON.

Among al the names of congressman who have
served their country in the legislative halls al
Washington, viii go laundering down the halls
of time with more honor attached than that of Hon
w T. Tyndall of the Fourteenth district of Mis-
souri,, whose successor took his seat last month
We do not know that Mr.. Tyndal ever took an ac-
tive aggressive part in the congressional pro-
ceedings, but we venture he was as diligent in his
attention to the public welfare and to the wishes of
his constituents he was in his practice Of econ
omy and thrift
In view of the recent act of congress increasing
the pay of congressman that they might live with
all the dignity commensurate with their official po-
sition, the record of Mr.. Tyndall is all the more
worthy of praise He was not beneficiary of the
$500 salary, but had to content himself with the
parsimonious sum of $5,OOO-and perquistes-of
which. in two years he had placed to his credit Sill
600, with which as foundation he intends to start
a bank in his native town of Sparta, No. The evil
dences of his financial ability too plain to war
rant any other opinion than that his bank will be
success.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06

Of the body affected by the habit will perform their
natural functions without suffering blow from
the mind which would free itself Of the burdens o
a bad habit.
Habits Of speech-vulgarity. profanity obscor
itv or any minor defeieney-need to be dealt wifi.
more severely These require radical rcme5.
There is no danger Of stopping the wheel Of Iu.
if III. brakes are suddenly turned ON them and .ao
reon re a hard jolt to put them out Of commis-...
No leasure can be derived from the habit Of pr
fanity: it Is all so useless and sensecsS, SO uro
without excuse Of amy kind And the CONNIE.
Of God is SO plain and so forcibIy stated that v.
need say nothing more on the subject.
But if you want to quit any habit affecting b.
bodily functions. now is the time TO begin the pre-.
p,roticn for next New Years resolutions.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06

Graft, bribery and corruption in San Francisco
furnish story appalling than the late confa-
grafton City officials public service corporation
oiiic Is and professional politicians have been III
dicted by the grand jury for fraud in the matter o.
franchises The situation after the fire one
wherein the great principle of common honesty
could have been advantageousy applied, to the
everlasting benefit of the people of the city, but
instead of that, what story it is which comes from
the coast
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06

The legitimate business of railroads is transpor-
taton of freight and passengers, and railroad men
are essential to the successful operation of the
roads Practical railroad men are those that grow
ur with the business, and they not to be found
am, stock iobbers and inanciers. When railroad
men lose control or are hampered by demands of
irez;ed capitalists, it is but natural that the eff
cheney of the roads should suffer. The railroads
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06

not allowed to associate with birds of clean ana
bright plumage. The Greenfield birds, moreover
cannot sing; they croak and when they try to copy
the notes of clean birds their croakng is offensive
arl with the annoying croaking, which rises some
times to a shrek when they meet a Roman Cathollc
bird there goes an unpleasant smell, and at times
a stencil This offensive odor. it is said, comes
from their breath when they attempt to sing. The
broken notes which issue from their liberated
threats are called lies. or calumnies and these
dirty birds always trying to sing, the air
around them IS filled with these lies. The clean
American birds disown the Greenfelds and say they
are covered with a vermin, known as 'popophobla
and with running sores called "bigotres The
Greenfelds have another dirty habit: They rechew
each others fcted vomit, call it their food and
rcvomit the foul mess iii the neghborhood of clean
b. DIS nests This filthy habit is known among clean
birds "playarites." BY mysterious law of dis
wDuton, wherever there is a colony of clean birds
there will always be found a Greenfield. Specimens
are found in every country and croal III every Ian
guage Not long ago one of them flew over to this
country from France. The Greenfcds are called
"OiscauX ycrts' in France. Returning to France III
tie early autumn. the migratory season, this French
Greenfield, that had received kind treatment in this
country croaked a dismal refrain on the terrible
condition of morals III America. He cToa5ed OF
$4,000 murders committed in three years; of 10000
beggars called tramps, hoboes and yeggmen many
of whom murderers. thieves and highway ron
bers. He said that bird called Allan Pinkerton
told him about these public beggars. This French
Greenfield croaked about the frightful infdelities
in the married state here; of 10000 separations Of
husbands and wives annually; of how the Judges
corrupt, of how the electors are debauched and
members of congress and the national senate buy
their seats; Of 100 negroes burned alive last year.
of the crowded condition of the asylums, jails and
penitentiaries and of the profanity blasphemy and
lmmoralites of the people This French Green
field then thanked God-the unctious scoundrel-
that he belonged to a Catholic country where the
church of Rome preached freedom and salvation to
the people The clean French birds told him he was
contemplate scondrel, an ungrateful wretch who
lad accepted American hospitality and came home
to Willy and cauminate his entertainers. They
made life for him in France so unpleasant that
,arly last month he returned to this country where
le croaked, there thousands of "oseaus verts"
II Greentelds. He is now learning to croak i'm the
5reenfeds' broken notes These Greenfelds are
and to be endowed with immortal
ty. Like Millions Fallen Angels" they never die.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06
CARD FROM BISHOP SEAMAN.

7 feel IL my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that person bearing the
anG gar5 of priest sister, anyone else, is
authorized permitted 10 solicit collect in this
diocese any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from permission
I'm writing bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work o collecting without such document, he or
she as the case may be should be regarded by all
a fraud and an imposter /, SEAMAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06

are loaded down with an incubus as debilitating
the partisan management of public business which
a'ilcts cities-and our states-not to say our
nation. Whether the railroads can throw off the
burden and emerge triumphantly is as problemati-
cal as is the ability of the people to escape the
unbus nesslike mismanagement of their affairs by
po1itic;ans
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-04-06
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