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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05
COMING HOME.

The American battleship feet sailed from Ma
Mia last Tuesday morning on the last half of the
journey around the world. 1t will be year on the
18th of the present month since the fleet sailed from
Hampton Roads. At the time of starting, there
many misgivings to the ability of the great
fleet to complete the cruise without serious mshap.
Indeed, the fear expressed that the feet would
have difficulty before it rounded the Horn. But
the trip around the South American continent was
successfully carried out, and the men and officers
were given everto-be-remembered receptions at Los
Angeles and San Francisco before they started
across the Pacific.
Though rough weather was encountered, the
feet is reported to be in good shape for the journey
home. Thus the navy has proved its ability to go
where it pleases and thus have the croakers been
silenced.
Not only that but the reception of the fleet in
the British ports of Australia indicated clearly the
warm feeling existing between the Anglo-Saxon
people of the island continent and their cousins of
the American continent. And there can be small
doubt that the moral effect of the presence of the
feet served to influence the japanese government
in its decision to come to an agreement with the
United States government concerning the situation
PAN if it shall be duly ratified by the senate, thus
giving the powers of the world assurance of the
disinterestedness of the American government and
throwing aside the more or less definite rumors as
to Japans intention to subdue the Chinese empire,
is of the triumphs of American diplomacy.
Just what influence the presence of the feet had
the conclusion of the treaty it is of course i'm
possible to say, but that the greatest politico
economic problem of the far east has been solved,
the fleet is coming home.
We trust that the same success which has
marked the first half of the journey may be the
portion of the feet in its trip across the Indian
ocean, the Rcd sea, the Suez and Mediterranean
and thence the more travelled Atlantic The
welcome home will no doubt be participated in by
TIE people along the Atlantic seaboard, and that
that welcome will be warm none can doubt.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05
MONUMENT TO SHERIDAN.

a statue 20 General Philip H. Sheridan was I'M
yelled at WaSl ington last week with appropriate
ceremonies, with the president and other nen prom
inent in the military and naval organizations Of
the country, taking part besides large attendance
of private citizens and members of the Grand Army
of the Republic 1t is fitting that the nations illus
trious men should be commemorated in the nations
capital, and it IS emnently fitting THAI General
Sheridan should have statue erected to his mem
o-y there. jiis name will stand forever among the
great military leaders and cavalry geninses of the
United States and of the world His services TO the
republic will always be remembered by a grateful
people, ard those services will teach for many gen
eratons their lesson of duty to country and to flag
General Sheridan is probably best remembered
for his services in the campaign in the Shenandoah
valley, and the campaign which led up to the fall
of Richmond and the end of the war As com
mander of the consolidated army of the Upper Po-
tomac, General Sheridan had command of 10000
troops, and, to meet the brilliant military opera
lions of the confederate army, Sheridan was given
the duty to destroy the valley of the Shenandoah.
which he did with fearful attention to detail The
work was so well done that there was nothing left
between the Blue Ridge and Alleghanies upon
which an army of invasion could find sustenance
Nevertheless with the hope that the federal armies
under Grant would be compelled to abandon the
siege of Petersburg the confederates under com
mand of Early, once more went into the Shenan-
doah with the intention of threatening Washing
ton. Sheridan had posted his army in strong DO
sition and gone to Washington when the confeder-
ate army of Early attacked the federal troops and
routed them. Sheridan had returned from Wash
ington, and had got as far as Winchester twenty
miles away" when he heard the sounds of the bat
tie. Riding at full speed for distance of twelve
miles, the general met his fleeing forces, rallied
them, turned upon the astonished confederate and
turned defeat and rout into one of the most bril-
liant victories of the war.
Sheridan's campaign south of Richmond in the
spring of 1865 was one of the most important fac
tors in bringing about the surrender of the con-
federate general, Lee. Grant, on April Z 1865
sent a note to General Lee In which he urged the
surrender of the confederate army but Lee replied
that though he desired peace, the time for the sur
render of the Army of Northern Virginia had not
yet arrived. Two days afterward, however with
the retreat of Longstreet cut off by the redoubt-
able Sherman General Lee met General Grant at
Appomatox courthouse, and there arranged the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

terms OF surrender. For his services to the nation,
General Sheridan has been the subject of many tri
butes and IN the history of the confederacy south
ern writer's have paid him tributes which, coming
from the enemy" serve to show how well he did
his work Sheridan was one of the main factors in
bringing the war of the rebellion to a close.
And after the civil war. General Sheridan per-
formed great service to the west by breaking
power of the Indians who fought the invasion of
the white men. 1t was due to his energetic cam
paigning that the life of the pioneers of the west
was made endurabe and the Indians placed in po-
slt1on to offer no resistance.
1t is fitting therefore, that monument should
be erected to the memory of this He wass a
typical American, of Irish parentage, and Cath
Ollie all through His life and his services to his
country are an effectual rebuke to those narrow
minded bigots who would have us believe that mem
bers of the Catholic church any different from
others in patriotic feeling and love of country
President Roosevelt in his address at the unwilling
of the Sheridan monument among other things
said:
There is another point in General Sheridans
career which it is good for us to remember Where
as Grant Sherman and Thomas were of the old ma
tive American stock, the parents of Sheridan like
the parents of Farragut, born on the other
side of the water. Any of the five was just as
much type of the real American, of what is best
In America. the other four. We should keep
steadily before minds the fact that American
ism is question of principle, of purpose. of ideal
ism. OF characters that it is not matter of birth
place. creed, or line of descent"
While, therefore, the monument to General
int nde6 only trim 10 tha
memory of dashing cavalry leader and great mill
tary commander it is also tribute to the sterling
qualities of the man. The war is over, but the
memory of the great men of that trying period, not
only the men who wore the blue, but the who
the gray, is the heritage of an united people,
and among them all, none is more striking in its
lesson to the present and coming generations than
is that of General Philip II. Sheridan.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05
THE POOL OF FILTH.

Francis j, Heney, the energetic prosecuting at
torney of the San Francisco bribery grafters gave
out an interview in San Francisco last week in
which he said:
"In this great human battle against vice and
corruption let one believe that the true source
is to be found in the individual dynamiters, jury
bribers, kdnapers and assassins and that their ex
termination ultimate victory. Such beings
are but the bubbles rising from the pool of filth
that has been years in making The seed has been
sown and must reap the harvest, but, In gather
ing the tares, let us be satisfied with nothing but
the root"
From which are to infer that Mr.. Heney has
only commenced his work of cleaning up the Col
den Gate city. He has been going after the club
bles which rise upon the pool of filth but there is
promise in his words that there are others yet to
be brought into the limelght of public execration-
others farther up, or deeper down in the pool of
filth.
The designation of our civilization or civic vir-
tue spool of filth" is expressive even if it is
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

of eggs would not countenance such thing, for il
Is against the law.
1t must be the hen is to blame According to
reliable authority, 1671,75S cases of eggs were in
storage among the associated warehouses" of the
country on Oct. l, 1908, and these eggs were val
ued at $12,533,1S5. And of course the hens of the
country have entered into horrible conspiracy to
fleece the householder by having their product
raised out of the plebean class and brought up to
cents apiece, where only the prosperous can enjoy
"ham and" for breakfast The hen deserves to be
taught lesson If she won't work, she should be
made to furnish Christmas dinner to suffering
public.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05
P0E'S CENTENARY.
the work.

Next year. 1909, will be the centenary of the
birth of one of the most peculiar geniuses in the
history of American observation-disclosures Allen Poe.
who was born Jan 10, 1909. Among all the writer's
which America has produced, none has been the
subject of more caustic comment and at the same
time more appreciative words than this same Poe.
A hundred years after his birth, it is planned to
celebrate the centenary of that event by the cree
ton and unwilling of a monument in the place Of
his BIRTH Richmond, Va, and hundred years after
his BIRTH the old spirit of opposition to the man
crops out. and things said about the character
Of the man which, acknowledged in part by his most
earnest admirers, make him appear as altogether
unfit to be honored by the American people.
Poe undoubtedly an incorporate as his al
ways limited means would permit The Richmond
Newsletter says that the greatest objection to
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05
MY COUNTRY, IT'S OF THEE.

It has been matter of regret among American
musicians and among the American people gen
orally that the music to the hymn generally recog-
nized the national hymn, should be sung to a
tune borrowed from England The borrowing of
the song from the British hymn. God Save the
King" savors of lack of originality inconsistent
with the true American spirit. 1t is therefore in
ieresting to know that an attempt has been made
to give the words tune which at will De
typically American and worthy of the sentiment in
volved. To the original stanzas, also, there have
been added two more which are intended and do
adj 10 the broader scope of the song, taking in
that portion Of the country which not known,
or which was not even the territory of the country
when the original words were written.
The music is the production of Professor
Theodore Henkels, the head of modern languages
at UrsiDus college. Coegeville Pa. and is said to
he entirely worthy of the great song But as to
this it viii take the popular judgment and as the
new music has not yet reached this portion of the
country. we unable to express an opinion as to
lis merit. OF the words of the two stanzas, how
ever it can be said that they are full of the Amer
can spirit and describe the conditions in the west
ern part of the country quite as adequately as the
Limitations of the meter permit. The words
written by DR. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton uni
versity. They are full of the spirit of the west,
the canyons wild, the rocky mountains steep and
the prairies' boundless sweep and take the reader
to the golden gate of the west. DR.. Van. Dykes
words are as follows:
] love thy inland seas
Thy capes and giant trees,
Thy rolling plain;
Thy canyons wild and deep,
Thy rocky mountains steep.
Thy prairies' boundless sweep,
Thy glorious main.
Thy domes thy silyery strands
Thy golden gate that stands
Afront the west;
Thy sweet and crystal air.
Thy sunlight everywhere,
o. land beyond compare
] love thee best
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA-IAN.

feel It my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that person bearing the
and garb OF priest sister anyone else, Is
authorized permitted 10 solicit collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from me permission
in 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 may should be regarded by all
a fraud and imposter. L. sCANLAN,
Bishop Of Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The InterTuountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home in this diocese It's circulation in Mon
tana Idaho. Colorado Wyoming Nevada and many
other states is very large. Only reliable firms and
business advertise In the paper All subscribers
will find 1t to their advantage when about to invest
purchase consult business matters to read over
the list OF advertisers. We only recommend,
but ask for them the patronase - all readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

:. NOT 60 much his profigacy' Whlen
erroofl,- exaggerated, but his lngratlIuue -
81. o,,d bonefactors 1t is SAID that He DOi
- ,,or,o, from his friends with no inten'iOH
- r,,.iro, them back; that he sold manuscriP'9
tbo+ had already been sold and published anu
III o+hor +bings which greatly reflect upon ms
ohorootor a. q man. But if the products Oh MS
NON ara to furnish cause for celebration oI NO
2,4a,arr then the celebration should be in honor
,f those works and not in honor of the man. zoe
works undoubtedly rank high IN American Il, ii''i"
+,ro No less an authority than Edmund Clarence
Stedman has pronounced Poe the most orlein'I
force in our literature, though 1t must De
that Hawthorne has equal claim to tnat ui9'i'O
ton.
No doubt as the centenary celeOratIoh "P
proaches we shall be burdened with rehearSals Oh
al the unhappy incidents of his most unhappy me-
and in the rehearsal we shall miss many Oh Tue
things which have placed his name high IN the ms
tory of American letters. His life was dismal ana
in his poetry there is always strain OF some un-
known terror which was about to betan his OUT
ward life could not have been wild as the inner
self felt. Poes was not ideal life There were
few things cherished as ideals which he did not set
at naught. Like Byron he rests behind cloud as
black as night Yet while all may execrate the
moral deficiencies of the man, his work stands out
in American literature with luminosity equaled
by that of none other. He was a master OF the
short story lyric genius and gifted critic In
sane probably, yet gifted with God-given power
which has left to the present generatlon-and no
doubt to many generations yet unborn-perfect ex-
amples of prose stories and verse which every Gull
tivated mind has enjoyed.
Probably the best-known story by Poe Is 1.-The
Gold Bug" which as a story is not only interesting,
but shows we'll the keen analytical mind of the au-
thor And the original Sherlock Holmes appears
in the story of "The Puroined Letter" as the char
acter of c.. Auguste Dupont. Other characters well
known in fiction have their prototype in characters
created by Poe while he was engaged in his work.
"The Balloon Hoax" which was originally printed
III the New York Sun a matter of fact under
scare head created sensation for several hours
before the fact became known that it a piece
of witticism In view of what seems to be the near
approach of the solution of aerial navigation the
description of Poe's imaginary balloon and the
periments which had been made are especially inter
esting at this time.
Poes works. divorced from Poe the man, viii
stand long almost perfect examples of their kind
His imagination riot. and it is said his stories
were written in very brief periods of time. With
that their literary quality is still the envy of aspir
ing writer's and he has more imitators than any
other of letters America has produced
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

This is not very good weather for hunting nush-
rooms, but it may have the effect of increasing the
supply of toadstoos next spring
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Salt Lake IS becoming more and more like Bos-
ton all the time. Witness the snowstorm we had
here last week.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Anyway there compensating advantages
about big snowstorm. There is no danger of be-
ing down by an automobile
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

If women were regular patrons of barber shop
they would resent the insinuation that they are
great takers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

The trouble Wi tn some solutions of the problems
of the day is that there is too often precipita-
ton
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Along about this time it savors of boastfulness
to say have plenty of coal in the bin. but it's
mighty comfortable boast.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Some men owe great deal to luck and others
owe great deal to the grocer.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

There is enough anthracite coal ito last until
2O55, says an expert, but people who burn anthra
cite are not worrying much beyond the first Of
June, 1909
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Most theories are all right in theory and in prac-
tice but it takes knowledge in the game of life.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Sometimes great men would not be great if they
didn't tell the common people about their great
ness.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Still, the hwnmOwer is receiving much appre-
cated rest, even if the snow shovel is in popular
demand.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

When fellow east cold mince pie and goes to
bed, the dreams he dreams are almost as pleasant
as the contemplation of the dwindling coal pile on
a cold morning.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

There is one disagreeable thing about always
being on time: the other fellow is never there.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Better to be nobody with all the comforts of
home than be somebody with no intention of pay
ing what you owe.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

The cynic says: "Be sure you are wrong before
you go to law about tn
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

Education is making men and women out of
boys and girls. If it doesn't do that it is not edu-
cation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

The dog not only has his day, but he has his
nights as well.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05
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Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-09
From Wednesdays Daily.

Miss F. G. Shepard, who has been s Tombstone resident for nearly five years, has resigned her position with Attorney Ben Goodrich and yesterday left fo- Los Angeles, which city she will make her future home.
 Major George Clark ia in from Hua- chuca today, and as usual testifies to the charm of the landscape in that locality along with the unfailing pros pe'ity of the territory tributary to .he majestic Huachucas.
 The noon train was three hours late today. Entirely excusable under the circumstances.
 Speeding along at the rate of forty miles an hour on a straight track, the Golden State Limited, the fastest train on the Southern Pacific, was wrecked at Hado, early yesterday morning. Hado is station just a short distance west of W illcox.
 Eighteen people on the train were injured but, fortunately, only one is seriously hurt. lie Is J c Ayers, a prominent citizen of Kansas City.
 The wreck was caused by broken rail. The two rear sleepers and the observation car were overturned, and they skidded along on the ground on their side for at least three car lengths.
 One of the passengers on the wreck ed train. and ike only one who left the train at Benson was II E Paull, form erly auditor for the c. X A. company and now of Duluth, who was on his way to Bisbee.
 With other passengers, Mir. Paul was rescued through one of the win dows of the sleeper. He was badly shaken up and bruised about the legs bgt little the worse for his experience
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-09
Frank w Goodbody

The PROTECTOR Is authorized to publish the announcement of Frank W. Good body fer the office of Probate Judge of Cochise county, subject to the endorsement of the regular Dem ocratic county convention. Judge Good body is the present incumbent O! the office for which he seeks re.elec- tion, and at the last general election had the honor of receiving the highest number ot votes of any candidate for any office on the county ticket before the people CD that occasion This magnificent enforcement, has been fully viudicated and while there may be other worthy aspirsnts in the field Judge Frsnki Goodbody goes .be- fore that convention with powerfully strong recommendations, snd in the event of his nomination, his election will be a mere matter of form.
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-08-09
From Mondays Daily.

| BORN-tn Fairbank, Friday night [, to Mir. and Hrs. Freq Bennett, girl. Mrs. PeDnett is with her mother Mrs. James Lamb of this city, and the mother and bany are reported as doing nicely
 The K of r meet tonight. Matters of importance, beaide work in the second degree, will come before the meeting.
 The board ofsupervIsurs is in session this afternoon, Chairman Riggs and Supervisors Bowen and McCsoe being on hand. Among other matters the question of considering deportation or quarantine of the Mrs Wardwell leper case will be heard.
 Assistant District Attorney Ross i- over from Douglas on official busi- ness.
 We ase pleased tc aunCrnce that J, x. Gaines who, it was feared for while wss threatened with apendicit:s ia entirely out of danger and was not in line with that insIduous and aristo- cratic disease alter all.
 Have you registered yet? Now is the time.
 A. E. Davis left yesterday for Detroit, Mich !, and Memphis, Tenn, on business and will return to Tomb stone m about two weeks.
 Jim Mars, Charley Bschelder, Sam Watts and W. K. King went to Lead 1 vile to day to take in the rejuvenat- ing scenery and buy 8 few mines on the side.
 The condition of J. D. Herman and l Edward Anderson, who are suffering | from edems of the lungs in being | overcome from the gases from blast, in :he lower levels of the T. c, NJ. | Co. Saturday, are reported much im- proved, and Dr. Sloan states his pa. tients, who had a narrow escape from | death, will shortly be out ags'n,