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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25
POPULARITY AND ETERNITY.

With the eternal unrest material conditions
under which we live, the great truths of life have
not received that serious consideration which their
Importance deserves We have almost reached the
climax. The ideas of human life and duty have
transcribed the religious teachings of the church,
but there must be reversion to the simple ideal
ism for which the church stands if our civiliza-
ton is to continue and human institutions grow to
perfection. There has been too much getting into
line of public thought by the Protestant bodies in
an endeavOr to make their churches popular and
the scholars and critics have been free with pro-
pounding theological fancies which seem to
appeal to the enlightened public opinion. The as
pirations of the people have been led into material
lines by the PRONUNCIATION of new theories and the
problems of life are solved a basis which makes
luxury of more consequence than eternal life.
Professionalism dilly- dallies and reconstructs its
theology to meet the demands of popularity. Let
Protestants return to the teachings of the Savior
Let the higher criticism longer modify the bib
cal facts and change the essential truths to suit
the demands of public opinion. The delusion that
Gods purpose changes with the progress of the
world is fit only for museum for religious mis-
conceptions Gods purpose never changes and so
Gods church never needs to adjust itself to the
waves of religious unrest which sweep at intervals
over the civilized globe.
In good times and hard times. during the feast
and the famine. Catholicism has stood impregnable
upon the Rock of Peter, unswayed by popular clam
or beautiful in it's simplicity Offering all the solace
and comfort which humanity demands, guiding the
intelligence of its adherents into proper channels
and pointing the way to happiness in this world and
eternal life in the next. Professionalism ever shift
ing to meet changing conditions loses strength and
vitality, even if it should gain in membership. The
eternal laws of God are not changed by the will
caprice of the people, and the duty of the church
is plainly to teach Gods will
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

suit in the Hhigh church party going over en-
masse to the Catholic church.
In the disestablishment and disendownmen5 OF
the Church of England one is forcibly reminded OF
ST. Johns vision where he saw under the altar the
souls of them that were slain for the word OF God
and for the testimony which they held" and heard
them "cry out with loud voice, saying: How long
o Lord, dost thou not judge and revenge our blood;
and it was said to them that they should rest yet
for little time" With the disestablishment aud
disendowment of the Church of England, the blood
of Sir Thomas More. the Bishop of Nottingham
and the martyrs of Tyburne under Henry VIII.
and Elizabeth will surely be avenged.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

The odors arising from our Investigations have
reached across the Atlantic and have given the peo-
pie of England a taste for reform, with the peer
age first to be probed Some one has discovered
that or per cent of the whole baronetage is bo-
gus, adulterated short weight or something wrong,
and it is believed of the other "a or 90 per cent
is impure or embalmed. This thing should be sfted
to the bottom, for when spring crop of wealth
and beauty and youth buds forth at the summer re-
sorts we want no bogus barons to carry off our
prizes American title hunters should assist in
hunting out the spurious from the genuine, and
there seems an opportunity for a title-guaranty
company in Britain.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25
MEN.

Theories which seem to offer respite from the
inequalities which beset mankind, show the breadth
of intellect with which man has been endowed by
the Almighty, but in reality offer nothing which
can supplant governments founded on Christian
principles. 1t is not our purpose to point out the
development of governments as they exist today
but to consider briefly some of the movements
which result from the eternal striving for better
things in their relation to the main facts of life
and how they affect man in all his relations with his
| fellow man.
Having arrived at the time III his career when
he is confronted with the necessity of making his
own living, an ordinarily intelligent will seek
job on which he will work faithfully for period
when he will begin thinking of the future and what
it holds for him. Then will ambition goad him on,
and all his thought is turned to questions of wages
and standards of living, and he will grasp the COM
plicated facts and find the solution in the labor
union For term of years he will place implicit
confidence in the labor union to supply all the
things for which he holds the highest regard He
sees the oppression inflicted the poor and igno
rant and those who hold themselves free of the
labor organization, yet looks with amazement upon
the injudcious acts of fellow members against en-
ployers. He is disposed to be fair but finds fair
ness a myth thing which does not exist, for there
is almost ceaseless strife between oppostes
By this time he becomes student of economies
and he is drawn into socialism, which offers pan
acea for all ills by the absorption of the individual
by the government. Equality is the watchword, but
as he studies and sees the inequalities of the men
around him. he concludes equality is chimera.
Perhaps he meets few good fellows who preach
i
and whose dream of living without the restraint
{. -" ..,,Gacts favorable notice. In his wall
behring's he meets some bomb anarchists, who would
not hesitate at anything to accomplish their pur-
pose, and he tries to reconcile the philosophy with
the facts and fails By this time the working MAJ,
seeker for some solution for the economic problems
of today is ready to take up any subject, and i'm
migration becomes paramount. "Keep out every
body and save the land for u.s." becomes the crv.
1t does seem hard those who would make Amer
lea their home, but what cares he2 Immigrants
would take the work from him. The single tax tho
DRY appeals to his reasoning, and Looking Back
ward" becomes textbook from which he draws
largely for his discomfort.
In this frame of mind he sees with anger the
few whom God has endowed, or chance has favored
with wealth. making life miserable for the mnlti
tude, or he looks with horror on the strikes and
their attendant violence; on labor wars and all the
natural outgrowths of our unnatural civilization.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

The Corey-Gilman marriage was legal. Every
thing connected with it and the divorce preceding
it was legal. There was no legal reason why Rev.
John Lewis Clark should not have married the cou-
pie, therefore there was no legal reason why he
should not accept a fee-$1 or $1,00O-for per-
forming the ceremony. The president of the steel
corporation knows the law, and he was careful to
stay within it. But Mr.. Clark is sorry he disgraced
his ministerial Office, and he has returned his fee
perhaps it was tainted money-flthy lucre. But
it was all legal, and marriage is not divinely APP
pointed under the law it is just legal. Gods law
and common decency and morality ought not dis
courage any one connected with the affair. The
real censure should be on the people who make laws
which permit such disgraceful occurrences
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

Rev Dr. John Watson, who under the pen name
of Ian Maclaren furnished the world with num-
Der of religious stories of Scotland, while on lee
turing tour of America died at Mt Pleasant, Ia.
after brief illness. DIR. Watson was a Free Kirk
minister, having served parishes in Logieamond,
in Perthshire, where he found the characters and
scenes for his books, and later in Glasgow and
Liverpool His stories among the first to dem
onstrate that religion and religious surroundings
could be made the background for fiction and he
has written himself into place in the hearts
of his readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

The news from ireland is that Irish bill has
been rejected by the international convention,
which convened in Dublin this week. 1t was not a
question that "half loaf is better than no bread
but of fair and just treatment. Viewing the
provisions of the bill at this distance. and the
unanimous action of the American delegates in
voting for its rejection, there is question of its
inadequacy to meet the hopes and aspirations of
the Irish race at home and abroad. Home rule, a
native parliament and the right to manage their
domestic affairs should emblazon the banner of
every Irish society.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

ing one to it, or strive remove from the bow half
the hair or the resin which start the vibrations in
the violin, as to attempt to limit the church by the
removal of this that feature which seems hold
the church forever out of the pale of progress The
Catholic church represents the perfection which
Jesus Christ alone had the power to give and which
was bestowed upon none other
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

Mr. Oswald Crawford renews, today, his inter
esting and delightfully."- descriptive correspondence
with The Intemountain Catholic For those of
our readers who have read his weekly letters from
Arizona it is idle for us to advert to his contribu-
tions from Mexico Those who have not followed
him through Arizona have missed the best series
Of international and descriptive articles on that
wonderful territory that have ever been written
We advise them to begin now and accompany this
distinguished traveller in his explorations in the
historic land of the Aztecs and the Toltecs.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25
CARD FROM BISHOP SEAMAN.

feel 1t my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time TO time that person bearing the
name and garb of a priest sister, anyone else, Is
authorized permitted 10 solicit or collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from permission
writing, bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work collecting without such document he or
she as the case may be- should be regarded by all
3 fraud and imposter- L. SCANLANr
Bishop of Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

Illinois has been added to the list of states
which have enacted local option laws. The new
law provides for vote to be taken on the LIQUOR
question by townships, cities, villages and towns
and by precincts in counties not under township
organization. A feature of the law is that which
forever inhbts the granting of saloon licenses by
a governing body if the people in the district
have once voted in the negative on that question
1t is not prohibition in fact though virtually pro-
hibition will result Illinois has simply fallen in
line with the growing temperance movement which
is quietly assuming proportions that in few years
viii control the balance of power. and become
factor in the public business affairs as it is today in
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25
TO DIR. SUBSCRIBERS.

Tie InteYmountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home this diocese Its circulation in Mon
tsna- Idaho. Colorado. Wyoming Nevada and many
other states is very large Only reliable firms and
business advertise in the paper, All subscribers
will find it to their advantage when about to invest,
purchase or business matters to read
the list of our advertisers. We only recommend
but ask for them the patronage Of all our readerB
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

Kuroki. the distinguished Japanese general, IS
coming to Salt Lake next month"; but his mission is
one of peace. He is just finding out how big Amer
lea is, and will report to the Mikado the feas
Utility of attacking Uncle Sam. May he be i'm
pressed
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

The most pathetic appeal for divorce of which
we have ever heard comes from New York, where
a woman asks for separation because her husband
bought her only six hats in four years Could per-
idy be more fathlessl
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

War on the mosquito is not opposed by the peace
advocates and the annual determination of the lit
tie pest has begun in New Jersey, Utah's crop has
gust begun its work, and offers good field for the
scientific exterminators.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

Minnesota health authorities say some smoking
tobaccos 40 per cent brown paper soaked in to-
bacco water Just of what the other 60 per cent is
made, they have not yet discovered, but it is be-
lieved to contain some tobacco.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

An enlargement of the California penitentiary
seems to be an imperative need to accommodate the
San Francisco grafters. And when they are all in
jail Frisco has another celebration coming
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

On account Of the notoriety attracted to him
by his recent marriage, Mr.. Corey is slated for 70
tircment as president of the steel trust. which
doesn't show any special desire the trusts PAT;
for publicity In It's affairs.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

the affairs of corporations and individuals. The
friends of prohibition are not altogether satisfied
but the friends of licensed saloons even less So
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

The difficulty of securing jurors in number of
famous cases recently has brought forth sugges-
ton that the wages of jurors be raised. But that
might crowd the profession, which heretofore has
been considered more or less exclusive.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

The exposition is Jamestown's, but the bank
cearings are Norfolk's. jamestown is but mem
ory with few picturesque ruins attached
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

Blatherskites and demagogues, so called, at Ieas
command more respect than do grafters after the
grafters are exposed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

The jamestown exposition is also the three hun
dredth anniversary of the appearance in America
of the progenitor of the great Smith family
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

1t does not follow however that because good
orchard results from judicious grating, city and
orchard are similar in this respect.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

In few short weeks DIR. Hyatt's prediction of
warmer" will not be considered joke.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25

Our island possessions at least furnish idea
destinations for excursions of statesmen a. thu
governments expense
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-05-25
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-31

PRACTICAL HELP FOX DEAFNEbs'
Get a common pasteboard mailing.
tube such "a pictures or music are mailed
in and hold It to the ear closely The
result is wonderful; very deaf person
can hear distinctly everything that is
said by any one sitting on the other side
of the room. At first thought, one Is in
clined to ridicule 30 simple method. I
tried it on grandmother, who Is very
deaf. She could hear we'll and, what
was more remarkable, could also hear
with her very deaf ear, with which she
has not heard sound for seven year,
Hsrper's Bazaar.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-31

subway tickets and a tiny gold glove
| buttoner. II she paid the driver 81 for
| her round trip ride she would have 10
cents and two subway tickets with
which to purchase her ticket back to
town. Then Il brilliant idea came to
her. She would buy her ticket with a
check. She gave the driver the two
dollar bill with the dime for tip.
When the All train from town pull
ed into the station square shoulder
ed, forceful looking chap dived into the
depot and made for the ticket window.
Coming into the gloomy room, he did
not see very clearly the tall figure
which stood In his way.
The station agent was saying: Il
would be very glad to oblige you II
you could find any one to identify you,
but it IL against our rules. Good after
noon, Mr.. Morgan. Want to use the
telephone"
The tall figure swung around.
"Oh, Carleton, am so glad
Then sudden silence on the part Of
the two young people and wonder on
the part Of the station agent. The
young man was the first to recover.
MAY usurp my brothers place
and be of service to your" he asked,
rather distantly.
Dorothy flushed, then paled. but final
~ her face set resolutely.
Eyes; l. have made a mistake regard
ing the date Of the tournament, and,
worse still, brought only little cash,
and this gentleman will not accept a
check, and want to get home"
Her glance fell, and Jimmy Morgan
had chance to bite his lip before he
spoke, without trace Of amusement
In his tones.
you've just missed train to town,
and there will not be another for an
hour. was just about to telephone
for my brothers car. Please let me
take you back to town that way. See.
the sun Is coming out"
Dorothy gripped her empty purse
and murmured, 81 think had bet
ter
Go by automobile, thought you'd
agree with me-" interrupted Jimmy
smoothly, and while Dorothy drew a
quick, amazed breath he picked up
the telephone transmitter.
The car was deep In the gloom OF
the Long Island ferryboat when Dor
othy, trying to break an eloquent ST.
lence, murmured: 81 don't see how ]
ever made a mistake about the date.
Carleton must have meant for me to
60 with them to Southampton. Moth
er never does catch messages over the
phone"
Heaven bless her for that aud my
sudden within for quiet night at
Cartoons. Otherwise there is no tell
ing, but 1t is all right now, dear"
ooh, Jimmy, please-those horrid
deck hands. Waltz
mot long. dear"
"No. only till we-are inside our
own parlor." replied Dorothy in her
old, mischievous. teasing way. with
the result that Jimmy felt that he
really could not wait. and what the
passing deck hand saw sent him on
his way grinning.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-31
lidn,t Plaasa the Critic.

When Verdi was putting the last
touches to I'll Trovatore" he was Wis
tied In his study by privileged friend
The friend was one OF the ablest living
musicians and critics He was permit
ted to look at the score and run over
the anvil chorus" on the pianoforte
what do you think of that" asked
the master. ''Trashw said the con
noisseur. Verdi rubbed his hands and
chuckled, "Now, look at this and this,
he said. Rubbish" said the other
rolling Il cigarette. The composer rose
and embraced him with burst Of Joy
"What do you mean?" asked the critic
"My dear friend" cried Verdi. ~ have
been making a popular opera. In it
resolved to please everybody except
the purists, the great judges. the elias
sicists, like you. Had | pleased you
should have pleased no one else. Wha
you say assures me Of success. Ii
three months III TrovatOre' will bt
sung and roared and whistled and bar
rel organed all over Italy."-Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-31
A Queer New ENGLAND BetrothaI.

Hawthorne found romance on the
shores of old New England. and there
Is good deal of 1t unminded in the
modern life of the Yankees. The fol
lowing story Of love and marriage
strange as it may seem, Is true:
Years ago summer boarder ut
cottage on u point Of land which form
ed the protecting arm Of the harbOr Of
fishing town in Massachusetts was
shown girl baby only few months
old. He looked at the babe and ad
mired, then said to the mother:
Twill you give me that babe for my
wife,"
The mother had known the young
man for several summers. She liked
him and therefore answered promptly
YES"
"Will you promise never to tell hel
that you have selected me as her hus
band?"
Eyes"
The conditions Of the singular be
trothal were observed. The girl baby
grew up. and summer after summer
the young man courted her. When she
was eighteen lie married her. and MOI
till then did she know that she hat
been betrothed to her husband while lr
her cradle Can old romance be more
romantic than this story Of New
England fishing town?-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-31
Personality of Authors.

Henry James, as all the world knows
believes that an authors personality
should be left in the background. To a
magazine editor who lunched with him
one day at the Athen@um during the
London season, Mr.. James said on this
head:
personals about authors always irri
tate me. If they are true, they are
tedious. If they are interesting, they
are, ten to one, false. They always
sound to me like this"
And here Mr.. James, with good.
humored smile, ratified off the following
burlesque personals:
"Shelley always ate baked potato
before sitting down to write. He was
often heard to assert that some of bis
finest ideas came to him while putting
on the butter.
"Fielding wrote Tom Jones' in a single
night, after debauch with Johnson
and sold it the next morning to procure
himself meal.
"Kirke White was much admired fol-
his red hair, which he allowed to hang
down his back in two plaits. He would
never suffer any allusion to be made to
it; but when writing used it as blotting
paper.
"Cuvier always wrote with pail OF
ice water on his desk, in which he alter
nately dipped his head and feet to
| freshen his ideas"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-31
Practical Wives.

The wives Of men Of sentiment often
possess vein Of strong common sense
and u matter of fact nature which may
ut times serve to bring their poetica
husbands down from their flights OF
fancy rather rudely.
Jean Paul represents Siebenkas as
reading one of his beautiful fancies tc
his wife, who listened with eyes cast
down, apparently absorbed In his
Words AS lie finished and waited fol
her appreciation to express itself she
said quickly:
Don't put on those stockings tomor
row. dear. must mend that hole In
the left one"
One day, when Sir Walter and Lady
Scott were roaming about their estate
they saw some playful lambs in O
meadow.
"Ah," said Sir Walter. otis no won
der that poets from the earliest ages
have made the lamb the emblem OF
peace and innocencew
"They are indeed delightful animals, "
said Lady Scott, particularly with
mint sauce