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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
TWO GRIM ES.

The shooting of Senator Carnack on the streets
of Nashville and the attempted murder of ProsecA.
tor Francis j. Heney at San Francisco recently are
two crimes added to the already too long list of
such things which have darkened the history of an
enlightened people But dark as was the crime ID
the southern city, that at San Francisco is much
worse 1t is worse in its intention, because the
victim officer of the law-too active for the
well-being of those who have violated the law in
the city by the Golden Gate and made story of
graft that has startled the entire country. 1t
worse, too, because it was done in the courtroom
where the victim was working on the prosecution
of the grafters. The subsequent suicide of the
would-be murderer relieves the state of great
burden, and leaves the officers charged with the
forcement of the law in better position to prose-
cute the rogues who have robbed the people of San
Francisco. Of course the suspicion that was raised
as to how the suicide secured the revolver after he
had been searched and imprisoned has been quoted,
and tn man is dead.
These two crimes, coming so closely together,
indicate the growing lack of respect for the lives
of others and the growing tendency to take the
law and the enforcement of the law into the hands
of individuals. This tendency also marks deca-
dence among the people of righteousness and viz
tue and is downward into the depths. 1t is ten
dency which should be combated by every moral
force within the nation; should be fought by the
church and newspapers. Although the chief object
of the newspaper is to chronicle, yet the newspa-
per holds . vital place among American institu
tons which serve to mold public opinion. And
public opinion should be nodded against just such
crimes as these two. There was never a truer say
ing than that what reap, and this is as
true of nations as individuals. In such crimes as
these at Nashville and San Francisco the people
are travelling very dangerous road. For we can
not go on in this murderous fashion without reap
ing harvest of anarchy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

tanned that extensive rains could be produced if
fires were continued the earth for a sufficient
length of time to cause an upward current of hot
air. Mr.. Espy tried to get the congress to appro-
pirate sufficient money to prove his theories but
was unsuccessful. However, in 1913. he carried
out his work in the Washington observatory in
theoretical way under the authority of the war de-
partment, but his theory sufficiently test
ed to warrant either its condemnation of its ap-
proval. theoretically he demonstrated the correct
ness of his theory to the satisfaction of not only
himself but others who were equally high in scen-
tifc attainments.
While all these experiments were based on what
seemed to be the natural phenomena which accom-
pany transforms, none of them were ever tested to
such degree to satisfy the curiosity of their
promulgators. The explosive theories were based
the fact that thunder is an accompaniment of
summer rains though the thunder is more than
likely mere accompaniment of rain rather than
for it. The theories of the fire advocates and
the scmese of Gathman of suddenly chilling the at
mosphere are based on more sound hypothesis, but
it is hardly likely that than partial success
would accompany the widest experimentation in
these lines.
1t is eminently more satisfactory to take the
water that is already on the earth and distribute
it OF the land by irrigation, is being done at the
present time in the western states than attempting
extract rainfall from an atmosphere that con-
aims only meager amount of humidity. For this
reason the government has entered more largely in
irrigation enterprises than it ever did in expert
ments at artificial rain making. TIL success which
has followed the extensive irrigation projects in the
west should furnish lesson to the farmers of the
cast and appropriations to store the winter SHOWS
in the middle west where agriculture is less secure
than in the so-called arid regions of the mountain
under irrigation, the water to be used during
the in irrigation might well receive the at
tention of the congress. Already there are canals
running through parts of the middle western states
built for transportation facilities which could be
turned into irrigation canals at a comparatively
small expense and reservoirs are already built
which could be enlarged and made to hold twice
their present quantity of stored water and irriga
tion thus become as valuable to those regions as
it already is to the desert country.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
READING.

Reading maketh full man" if the reading is
well selected and we'll digested. We know a man
who says he is an 'omnivorous" reader. And he
has read great many of the classics and most of
the "six best sellers" for the past fifteen years
Besides all this he reads the newspapers, keeps up
on what is doing in tn sporting world and knows
who is the champion heavy weight pug of the world
He says he reads to entertain himself, and he is
eminently successful in that. But he has never
studied anything. He was left comfortably fixed
by inheritance, and so doesn't have to do much else
than entertain himself. So he reads, as he says
"omnivorously."
Abraham Lincoln was also great reader. But
the books at his command were very meager, and
he read and reread the same books until he had
mastered their ontents He read the Bible, the
Life of Washington, Aesops Fables, Pilgrims
Progress, Robinson Crusoe, and probably a few
other books which he could borrow in his neigh
borhood He read and reread these books until he
knew their contents. The limitations of the neigh
borhood the scarcity of books, made him a stu
dent or at least helped to develop the latent studi
Gus habits within him. So that when he secured
a copy of Blackstone his reading of the Commenta-
ries was done in studious manner and he knew
the contents OF IndI HOSU ITedCSe on Une
law 1t is said of him that he became good prac-
teal surveyor in six weeks after he had secured his
first textbook on surveying.
Compare the two men. One reads specifically
even if his early books weer limited. The one en-
tertains himself the other improved himself Lin
coin became full man. Our friend is becoming
a weakling with every book he devours.
With the vast production of the printing press
there is much turned out for the consumption of
the reading public. Much of it is good; most of it
is entertaining; some of it is funny. Many people
there are who read it and promptly forget every
thing they have read. That reading is wasted and
the more of it that is done the more the memory
and intellect is enfeebld Better never to have
read the six best sellers than to have not digested
their contents In early life the habit of reading
Understandings intelligently, might SAYS
formed. Generally speaking, the child who reads
one book over and over, if that book has any real
meat in it, will learn to memorze facts and state
ments, perhaps not in the language of the book,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
C0NTENT TIM EMIT.

Contentment is a condition of mind which in
dictates certain amount of satisfaction; moderate
happiness; freedom of strife, quarrelsomeness
and contention Ordinarily, everybody is pretty
well contented if they are Industrious temperate
and are getting reward for their industry and
temperatures commensurate to their needs. Peo-
pies needs are pretty generally alike. Everybody
needs food clothing, warmth and shelter Given
these, or the means to supply them, everybody
ought to be pretty generally contented The price
of food is pretty high just now; eggs are selling
at about nickel apiece. Clothing can hardly be
classed one Of the cheap things of the market
And the matter of warmth, which is generally sup
piled by coal, is really very expensive matter
Furthermore, the price of rent can be relied upon
to take quarter of mans salary. Men have to
live, and they like live as well as they can Their
houses are usually not any too good for the price
they pay, at that.
These four things-food, clothing, warmth and
sheter-are the basis of contentment with worldly
things. Not many men who have them are bad
citizens. Supplied with them, man has time to
give to those studies which broaden his intelec
tuaty and promote the general welfare. Without
them he becomes malcontent an agitator There
are many causes which contribute to the lack of
these things which they lacking, mainly due to
the individual himself through incompetence or
dissipation These lack what others possess through
industry and frugality, but that does not change
the status of their contenment. To be really con-
tented must have these things in this busy
world With them it is natural that the individ-
ual should seek spiritual comforts OF course the
condition should be reversed. and spiritual comfort
should be sought first but that is not the way of
the world Much any may regret it. it still
remains fact that creature comforts are held above
spiritual comforts. 1t is the duty of the church
to do what it can to provide both. And it is the
duty of church members to supply the church with
the means TO do so. What are you doing in this
matter, brother church member?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
FORCING RAIN.

During the summer season when rain is needed
and it viii not rain it is natural that the people
should attempt to force rain if such a thing were
possible. There have been various schemes of pro-
ducing rain brought forward, but none we believe
ever met with any more than Indifferent success.
However, the United States government appropriate
ed $500 Dat different times to further experiments
in this line More may have been appropriated
Along in the SOS congress appropriated $1,000
to try out the theory of General Daniel Ruggles,
whose idea was that sending up high explosives in
balloons and sending them off would result in copi-
Gus downpours. The experiments were tried near
the city Of Washington and in Texas, and were so
successful or seemed to be- that the next congress
appropriated $4,000 to further the investigation
What success followed may be judged when it is
known that the experiments were abandoned after
about $4,000 Of the appropriation was expended,
and the remaining money returned to the treas
ury.
Since the explosion method of producing rain,
a man named Gathman in Chicago was granted
patent on a method Of making rain by suddenly
chilling the atmosphere by rapid evaporation
through the release of liquefed carbonic acid gas
We do not know that this scheme was ever tried;
if it was, the experiments were of private char
actcr
A theory which had the Endorsement Of scien-
lists not only in America but in Europe was pro-
nulgated by Professor James P Espy, who main
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY.

A great deal of publicity has been given during
the past month or two to contemplated marriage
between one of Americas fair daughters and rep
resentative of a certain royal family OF Europe.
There can be no doubt that this publicity was more
or less embarrassing to the principals in the con
templated marriage and even less doubt of the en-
barrassment felt by the parents and friends of the
young woman in the case. As loyal Americans we
must all believe that the young lady was too good
to be wasted ON foreign titled parsonage but, on
the other hand it is also quite probable the friends
and relatives of the gentleman honestly felt that he
should not waste his title upon a mere American
In view of the difficulties which have arisen in
this contemplated marriage it is interesting to note
that some enterprising gentleman has begun the
compilation of a book of American old families,
giving the names of the survivors of the early arts
tocracy With such book foreign noblemen can
look up the standing of their prospective brides.
and can know if they worthy of the great honor
they would thrust upon them by taking them as
wives.
The book on American aristocracy is said to be
of English origin, or at least that the promoters
of the book are Englishmen. In its valuable pages
will be given the names of all the members of the
'old families" who will put up at least $50 as
subscription to the work. In addition to the names
of the present survivors, there will be accom-
panging stree" the length of which doubt will
be gagged accurately by the size of the subscrip-
ton to the publication The book will be valuable
commentary on the social life of America and will
no doubt be welcomed by great many whose pride
of family connections is about all there is about
them worth being proud of, If they afford
Or N IL
published, by all means, let them have it done. 1t
will rebound to the benefit of the promoters and
the printers-two very worthy benefciaries indeed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
CARD FROM BISHOP SCA-1AN.

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
name 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 permission
in writing, bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work collecting without such a document, he
she, the may be, should be regarded by all
q fraud and imposter. L. SCANLAN,
Bishop Of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The InterTnountan Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home in this diocese. circulation
tsna7 Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large. Only reliable firms and
business advertise in the paper All subscribers
viii find it to their advantage when about invest,
purchase consult business matters to read over
the list of advertisers. We only recommend,
but ask for them the patronage Of all our readers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

The census bureau shows that the expense of
running big cities is increasing is per cent faster
than the population, which serves to show the
reason for the growth of the commission system
of government
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

Nearly six hundred attempts Rave been made TO
reach the north pole by explorers OF deren'
tries since 1900 of which Americans are eIe''i'o
with eghty-four Peary has made more attempts
than any other individual.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

The influences of western civilization are said
to be very noticeable in Peking, China. They have
electric lights. beer gardens and railways there, to
say nothing of the reformation of the spelling of
the name of the city.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

Esperanto is said to be making great strides
They ought to try it on some of the Chinese.
japanese, Russian and few other geographical
names, just to see how it will work
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

One advantage the balloon has over the auto
mobile is that you are sure of getting back to
earth if you go up in balloon, but you some
times have to walk back if you go out in an auto.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

1t is perfectly proper to speak of rafting
good fellow but the adjective should never be APP
piled to your friends automobile.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

Aud while you are building airy. fairy castles
in the air, it is we'll to remember that our sky
scrapers are act on very solid stone foundations
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

However, the number of votes cast for the Pro
hibition candidate for president must not be taken
as representing the sentiment of the people in re-
gard to the saloon question.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

There is something wrong with anybody who
is eternally looking for great pleasure and CON
stanty overlooking the little joys of life.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

That mosquito netting which you tacNea over
the back window last spring Will make a very "u-
mirable automobile veil about now.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

The government dredge working in the Savan-
nah river caught real live octopus, which died
soon after its capture. Naturally one would sup
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

While most everybody would be ticbed nearly
to death to get increase in salary, they would
all try to survive the shock.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

South Dnkotas divorce laws have been changed
somewhat but not enough to work very gre".
hardship on those who don't care for the law ol
God in the matter.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

Soon December will be with US, and then New
Years. and the end Of leap year. 1t hardly seems
necessary to add anything to the statement II tne
GIRLS are wise in their day and generation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

It wouldn't be SO bad to kill time in an auto
mobile if the innocent pedestrian would just keep
out of the road.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

Strong men grow strong through self control,
ord weakness grows with each uncontrolled out
burst
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

The ice man ought to be given rest HOW O"'
if he knows his business ne Will Keep Du9S Pi0p"l
ine, for next summers harvest.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

In revising the tariff schedules, we trust the
rate of import duty ON Pittsburg Stogies will not
be changed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

nose that some other octopuses would De given .
ohanoe to be captured by a dredge
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

Some men great deal like mince pie; they
don't agree with everybody
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

Last winters overcoat viii be much worn TINS
rear Some of them will be almost frayed, III TACT
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

If some one will invent ''freleSs cook to go
with the freless cooker then will the household
lows of the wife be complete
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

Lots of times man boasts of self-control when
he is only supremely Indifferent.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

subscribers removing from place to another
and desiring papers changed should always give for
fner as well present address
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
REMTTTANCES.

henittances should be made by postofice or ex
press money orders, drafts registered letters
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28
CORRESPONDENTS soLTCTTED.

Inc Reverend Clergy are requested to send to THE
lNTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC news contributions
OF Interest TO their respective parishes.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-03-21
SAT7pDAv. MARCH q. 1918
The PRIMARY PLAN.

Just now when Z number OF fo-Ce-
Democrats are cut of from partioi
0st-g n ire Nav primary We hes-
+ sac bv ner who ought . know
better that NJ. Walker Ware was
rot ire regular nominee aid there
'7-e they were rot bound 20 suppo-
hin.
Such Z statement IS made through
The 6ers-st ignorance OF the primary
pan and the general principles OF
primaries.
The party lzw saws that n case
OF 10 contest there shall Be 10 pr
mary electio, out the Democratic
executive committee shall meet and
declare the nominee. That was
what vas done II NJ. Wares. NJ.
Eanii-s' zn6 NJ. Henley case last
sunne-. peithe- had opposition tor
ne nomination. TIE committees met
I Il accordance with party law. &C.
cared then ire nominees and pub
Eshed III broadcast a. over this CITY
and county. This newspaper pub
iished ire signed statement OF The
/ connirees FOR a. least TWO nonths
before election cay. L was printed
or hand bills and generally d;sui5-
ute6.
Yet a little co,erie q around u
XII stand Cd and tel you 70 YOU
teeth IS Z fact that Ware was 10
the nominee. i IS done 70 Iusut7
their action II boiling hin. and nov
they are rea1ing the reward that z
evitzbly follows such acton.
. We trust that when ever vote
tells you thai there we-e 70 Demo
cratic nominees las. tsl 70
VIII renenber that there were ar
2 that YOU are probably talking 70 OF
: that bolted the ticket.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-03-21

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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-03-21
Tom and Tabby Hit by Cruel Cat Law

srctes q, the Po1tUEste- must
ear rzrt anc X Is Distinctly PROVIDE
81 TIE elI ma Ire payment CO t2l
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-03-21
God to Be Restored to Nations Coins

re responsibility for tie oulEsior
as placed a; The soo- GO PrsEice--
Roosevelt. tor cav tire r-h a. exec
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1>si grs 70 coiaI his - possibility
Re president rsa5uv assuzec- b-t
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-eIEious Hnt patriotic societies toos
q Re zzste-. Re decided 20 iss0e q
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'o- re actio7
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