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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-24
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.

Down the street came wagon loaded with meat
ard drawn by well rounded we'll fed little mare
Her steps became slower and slower, and finally
in the middle of the track she stopped
Git ap" said the driver. Cit ap Jenny"
But Jenny only turned appealingly toward the
man the seat
Poor Jenny, poor little horse!" said the big.
dirty rs she all tired out?"
At the sound of his voice the little horse sighed
a sigh of tired appreciation.
Never mind" he went on soothingly, as he
scrambled down off the seat and took her by the
bride. we'll go right out to the side here and
take rest" and he led her away from the crowd
and stood pattng her we'll curried sides while she
rubbed her nose against his face.
The other drivers moved on, then turned and
looked. Some of them smiled; Others replaced the
whips which had been taken from their sockets to
hurry their own horses after the delay-New York
Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-24
Why Mother Is Proud.

Look in his face, look in his eyes,
RoguisI~and blue, and terribly wise
Roguish and blue but quickest to see
When mother comes in is tired as can be;
Quickest to find her the incest old chair,
Quickest to get to the top of the sair;
Quickest to see that a kiss on her cheek
Would help her far than to CHATTER, to speak.
Look in his face and guess, if you can,
Why mother IS proud of her little man.
The mother is proud will tell you this:
You can see it yourself in her tender kiss.
But why! Well, of all her dears,
There is scarcely one who ever hears
The moment she speaks, and jumps to see
What her want or her wish may be.
Scarcely one They all forget
Or are not in the notion to go quite yet;
But this she knows. if her boy is near,
There is somebody certain to want to hear.
Mother is proud, and she holds him fast
And kisses him first and kisses him last.
And he holds her hand and looks in her face
And hunts for her spool, which is out of place.
And proves that he loves her whenever he can
That's why she is proud of her little man.
The Independent.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-24

doctors said that the dear mother had to go away
to Denver, the beautiful city of Colorado, so Aunt
Busy lost her dear little niece and St Mary's Ca
thedral lost a sweet child singer Loretto always
sang Dear Angel Ever at My Side," and the last
time she sang this pretty hymn, she almost cried
because she did not want to leave the Junior choir
Salt Lake either. But the dear mother viii soon
be well, so Loretto and all her friends including
Aunt Busy, will be happy, and some day the dear
mother and the sweet little singer viii return The
picture here of Aunt Busy's dear niece is taken
when she made her first Holy Communion last
June. Lovingly, AUNT BUSY.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-24
AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY

Dear Nleces and Nephews: Aunt Busy has
dear little niece whose name is Loretto BoebIar
his little girl IS sweet singer and for the past
two years has been faithful member of the Jurior
choir OF St Marys cathedral, of this city. This
little girls dear mother has been very i'll and the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-24
AN AMENDMENT.

What a stately creature that tall blonde is! She
always makes think Of her as the ox-eyed Juno"
"Per-oxile YOU Baltimore American
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02

You it to yourself anticipate future needs N0Wthe greater
part the very things will
Require during the few montmany of them staples which
will be just useful year this.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

the white ants. The largest hut is the
dining room ard near It is the kitchen
built so far away that no smell can offend.
Every guest has his own Individual hut as
a bedroom. The bedroom huts are also
made Of red clay with grass roofs. All have
holes in the walls for windows and mosquito
nets take the place of glass. The dining
room is about twenty feet square and the
walters are half-naked negroes who trot
about in their bare feet.
This hotel is almost in the jungle. The
places between the huts are clear, but the
grass behind is as high as your head, and
1t would be easily possible for a leopard OF
lion to crawl up and sneak out a baby.
Indeed, the mothers watch their children
carefully, and the little ones never play out
Of doors after dark.
And are there white childrep way up
here In the heart OF Africa? Yes, there are
fifty or more white men connected with
the mines, and some have their families
here with them. Altogether there are a
half dozen white women and numerous chill
dren. AS l walked through the hotel
grounds 1 saw a baby carriage at the door
OF one Of the huts and a rosy-cheeked little
boy Of 3 years tagged at my heels. The
town has it's foot ball and cricket grounds,
and there is a tennis court in which the
women are among the players. Broken Hill
has its afternoon teas and now and then
public dinners.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
s-iIeneinE the d

An anecdote Is told Of Chief Justice John
Returning one afternoon from his
farm near Richmond. Va, to his home In
that city, the hub OF his wheel caught on
a small sapling growing by the roadside.
After striving unnecessarily for some mo-
ments to extricate the wheel he heard the
sound OF an axe in the woods and saw a
negro man approaching, Hailing him, he
said: If you will get that axe and cut
down this tree I'll give you a dollar"
II en- git yer by 'thout no axe, ef dat's
all yer want" Yes, that's all" said the
Judge. The man simply backed the horse
until the wheel was clear OF the sapling
and then brought the vehicle safely around
II. o don't charge a dnllar for that. do
your asked the astOtdHhed chief justice.
mo, massa; but it's wuf a dollar to larn
SOM folks sense" The darby got his
dollar without further questioning.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Clemens Talk on Twain.

Samuel L. Clemens Hon. Lit d. oxford.
told the members OF the Lotus club. assem-
bled TO pay him honor at a dinner in the
clubhouse, a little inside history about the
character of Mark Twain, author. He ad-
mitted that Mark Twain, author. had treas
ured up for all these years all Of the deli
cate compliments that had been said about
him by literary men and others.
II well remember the time. bach in '66,
said Mr.. Clemens, when Mark Twain was
scheduled to address a gathering of miners
in the village Of Red Dog, Cal. They were
all gentlemen present, except a few ladies,
and Mark Twain knew all of tho latter,
One OF the miners was induced to introduce
the lecturer OF the evening. He finally
consented and this Is what he said;
81 don't know very much about this
man here except two things. one is that
he has never been in jail, and the other
is that I don't know why he hasn't"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Business I'm Mid-Africa.

There are perhaps a Dozen business estab-
lishments. Some of them are in sheds Of
galvanized iron, but the others are made Of
white ant clay, having roofs of grass
thatch. Every shop sells a variety of goods.
The shelves are full of canned stuff from
Europe and the United States. There are
hams, tongue and canned beef from Chi
cago, Kansas City and Omaha, canned
fruits from California and salmon from
Oregon and Alaska. The most Of the hard
ware and tinware comes from Europe, and
this is so also of the jams and the jellies.
The storekeepers are Englishmen and the
native blacks act as clerks. Everything is
sold at high prices. Bread costs 25 cents
a loaf; a tin cup sells for a shilling and
butter is 70 cents a pound. A common case
knife which would bring a dime in New
York costs 90 cents at Broken Hill, and all
other things are in like proportion.
1 find mary American goods used here
and there over Africa. 1 have written about
our cottons in Abyssinia and Uganda. They
are far superior to any other, and It is their
excellence only that makes them sell in
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Matter Of nusInen..

A story. told by the late Ira D., sankey
on himself, and published In The Boston
Herald In 1894. has been revived since the
evangelist's death. One day in Geneva he
entered a music box shop and asked to
see some music boxes. The salesman
graoiously showed him a number. but none
was what he wanted.
Have you none that play sacred muslc7'
he asked.
why answered the salesman. we have
come that play a kin OF halfway sacred
music"
"WhatT" inquired Mr.. sankey.
oh, these Moody and sankey hymns: I
a imagine what the people see in them.
but WI sell thousands Of the boxes that
play them. We have enormous orders for
these boxes" continued the salesman.
from every part OF Europe" and then
he added, apologetically. it's a matter
OF business, yau know, with us
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
steyenson,. LittIe Joke.

Ex-Vic President Adlai Stevenson has
been nominated for governor Of Illinois on
the democratic ticket.
A dozen years ago at Burlington We met
Mr.. Stevenson and he was ar old man then.
II was at the Iowa semi-centennial that we
saw him. ana, while he was aged. he had
a pretty wit. II will be emembered that
at the celebration the grandstand. on
which the notables were seated, collapsed.
A number OF the distinguished guests were
Injured. Among those who were in the
accident were Secretary OK State Mcfarland
and Vice President Stevenson. Stevenson
sat in the front row and Mcfarland in the
second. When the crash came Adlai the
tall, fell into the arms OF Iowa's secretary,
Al the hotel that night the accident was
the main subject Of conversation.
We'll" said Mcfarland. this morning
I would have called a man a liar II he had
said / would be supporting a democratic
vice president before night"
yes" responded Stevenson. - quick as
a flash. and on a - poor .DAakfOTm ct
thaL"-Denison. qa1 Review.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Gossip About Noted People

admiral, is there any truth that after
the battle of Santiago you called out from
the bridge OF the Iowa to a captain OF an
other battleship, Those spaniards can
fight a thing except water?"
Admiral Evans laughed and replied: II
will tell you what I really said and what
the incident really was" he said. zone
drizzly day during the blockade we stood
In toward the harbor and shelled the short
batteries. 1t wasn't as exciting as it might
have been. for, whether we hit anything OF
not. l know the Spaniards did not quite
come near US. After the Smelling was over
a press boat lay alongside my ship and a
newspaper man asked IL we had been hit
l shouted back: They didn't touch us
The spaniards didn't hit anything except
water, and they couldn't have hit that II
there wasn't so much of it,"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

OF a hunting trip Mr.. Harrington lost one
Of his dogs.
Have you a newspaper in town." he
asked of the landlord.
Right across the way, there, back OF
the shoemaker's," the landlord told him;
The Daily News. best little paper OF its
size in the state"
The editor, the printer and the printers
devil were all busy doing justice to Mr..
Harrington with an 'in-our-midst' para
graph when the novelist arrived.
i've just lost n dog" Harrington ex-
planned after he had introduced himself,
and I'd like 10 have you insert this ad
for me: Fifty dollars reward for the re-
turn OF a pointer dog answering to the
name Of Rex. Disappeared from the yard
of the Mansion house Monday night"
why, we were Just going to press, sir, >
the editor said. but wen be only too glad
to hold the edition for your ad.'
Mr.. Harrington returned to the hotel.
After q few minutes he decided, however,
that it might be well to add mo questions
asked TO his advertisement, and returned
10 the Daily News office.
The place was deserted, save for the
skinny, little. freckled-faced devil, who sat
perehed on a high stool, gazing wistfully
out of the window.
Where is everybodyY' Harrington asked
Gavin to hunt tn dawg." replied the boy,
without removing his gaze from the dis
tant fields.-Everybody's Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

Rudyard Kipling told this story about
Simla:
"Simla is up in the mountains-the hills,
as they say in midland the women go
there in the hot weather to escape tho
heat OF the low country
Well, one lovely, cool morning at Simla
l was presented TO a grass widow They
call those women grass widows whose
husbands are detained by work In the
hot cities of the plains.
She was awfully pretty and charming
and as we talked together in the pleasant
GOODNESS / said:
81 suppose you can't help thinking OF
your poor husband, gTiling down bslowr
The woman gave me a strange look.
widow"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
pIdn,t Mind the Tumble.

After falling three stories, Stanley zwi-
nakis, 21 years old. Of Chicago sat calmly
smoking a cigar. apparently none the worse
for his experience. People who saw him
tumble out Of a window hurriedly notified
the Thirty-fifth street police. When the
ambulance arrived the police found W
nakis had suffered only a few scratches.
mo. I am not hurt a little Bit" SAID
Zwlnakis. you would think I was half
killed, the way you fool about me-"
When the police entreated him to 50 to
the hospital Zwinakis fled up the stairs to
his room on the third floor and locked the
door. Fifteen minutes later the police
forced the door and found zwinakis lying
in bed about to go to sleep.
Il wish that you fellows would get out
of here" he cried. angrily. II was out for
a good time last night. and / came home
at 9 o'clock. l was looking out OF the front
window and became sleepy. l fell asleep
in the window and / guess I leaned too
hard on the screen and we both fell out.
II didn't hurt. Now 1 wish you fellows
would let me sleep"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

gave a pitcher to him and asked him to go
to the cellar and fill it from the oask Of
vinegar. He graciously consented, but at
the head OF the cellar stairs he slipped and
fell headlong, landing on the hard floor be-
low with much groaning and travail Of
spirit. The good wife FASTENED to the cell
lar door and called down in an anxious
voice:
What is the matter, David?"
"Oh, dear!" (groans) 'I've fallen down
those pesky stairs"
my, goodness! Did you break that
%pitcher?"
There was a pause.
mo-" replied David, but 1 will" And
he did.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
PhmndeIphia,s Pure. EngIiah.

"One Fourth of July" said a Phila-
delphian, Il heard the late General Charles
A. Whittier tell a Philadelphia story.
'IIe said hat a Philadelphia capitalist
went to Chicago and was very much dis
gusted with the Chicago accent.
"'You speak, he said to a Chicagoan, "a
wretched patois. don't you? But we Phila-
~delphIans. I've been assured, speak a very
pure English, indeed; in fact, a pure OK
ford English. How do you account for the
di~fferenceT
"'Well,' said the Chicagoan. the only
way 1 can account for IT is that you
Philadelphians entertained the British
army a good long time in you town, while
we Chicagoans never had any such-er-
honor philadelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

A young enthusiastic revivalist had been
exhorting a congregation in a small west
ern town for over two hours without
p%erceptible effect. He was somewhat dis
~couraged until a rough old miner inter-
rupted him with:
Say, brother, Ia like to ask a ques-
ton"
The young revivalist beamed. THANK
you. my man, for your interest" he re-
piled. Il shall be more than glad to set
you right on any question. Your desire
for enlightenment is a good sign, which
I am very, very glad 10 see. Now, what
is II you want to know?"
kin smoker" asked the miner.-Life
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Gleanings from the Story Teller's Pack

the kaiser had broken all records. His deer
were laid before him in a long line. The
photographers began to get their cameras
ready. The kaiser had shot, the head
keeper said. slxty-four deer.
1.-THE kaiser made no public contradiction,
but as he took his pose behind his deer for
the photographers, Count Zeppelin heard
him murmur to the head keeper with a
strange smile:
~'sixty-four deer, Ell? That's very odd.
Indeed, it's almost inexplicable. / only
fired, you know, thirty cartridges New
York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Quaint Features of Life

best in the encounter that followed. but
she had the battered teapot in court as
evidence.
Metzler was a witness for Mrs. Miller
against his wife and admitted reluctantly,
perhaps because he feared a REPETITION Of
the dose, that, although he was much the
larger of the two, the punishment his wife
administered TO him was a most thorough
one. He nodded approval when Mrs. Miller
concluded her story on the stand by say
ing:
And, judge. she's little, but she's awful
loud
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Absent-Minded PILOT.

Colonel Charles Coey. president OF the
American Federation OF Aero Clubs, is
credited with this story OF an -aeronautical
pilot
HE is really too absent-minded to pilot
a balloon. He used, you know, to be a
railroad conductor, but he had 10 give up
the work; he was too absent-minded for
IL, too.
ION his train one day, as he PASSED
through the cars taking up the tickets. a
joking passenger, instead of proffering his
pasteboard, solemnly proffered his fore
finger.
Never noticing anything out OF the
way. the conductor punched a little chunk
out Of the side of the finger and passed
on."-Washington star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
station Fartbest North.


But suppose we take a look at Broken
Hill, the present terminus of the Cape to
Cairo railroad. II is the South African
station farthest north and is in the very
heart Of the black continent. 1t lies $50
miles above the Zambesi river, and more
than 100 miles from the Kafue river, which
is one of the Zambesi's mighty branches.
The land here is high and healthy. 1t is
a great plain, lying farther above the sea
than the average altitude of the Allie
gheny mountains. The plain is covered with
grass which reaches far above ones head.
and is spotted with patches of forest and
clumps of brush. The woods are not
dense nor are the trees large, but they are
the haunts OF many wild animals. The
country seems rich, and 1t will some day
be taken up by farmers and stock raisers.
Broken Hill itself is a mining town sup
ported by the several hills Of zinc and lead,
which l shall describe later on. 1t consists
of two settlements, one of which Is devoted
to the white officers and overseers Who
manage the mines and to the native work
men, who live in a kraal nearby, and the
other Of the hotel and stores and the homes
of those who have business outside the
mines. There are no saloons in either set
Element, and the selling Of liquor is con-
trary to law.
I wish 1 could show you the hotel at
Broken Hill. 1t is a collection Of matched
huts made of red clay from the homes OF
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Highly Practical.

Your business college for young women
seems to be all right"
ut is all right"
d you give the girls a good, practical
business training2"
I'm reply TO that question I can only
say that 60 per cent OF our graduates
marry their employers the first year.
Louisville Courier-Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
A Young HouseIseeper's Lesson.

A young married woman walked into a
grocery store the other day, angry to the
roots OF her hair. Throwing a piece Of
yellow substance on the counter she
shrieked forth TO the grocer's clerk, who
had taken refuge behind the counter:
Here, you swindieT, Is the soap that does
the washing alone; the soap that makes
washday a thing Of joy; when the house
wife may sit in her easy chair and receive
callers; the soap that makes a lather fine
enough for a man to shave with, but which
takes out every stain-no matter Of what
nature-from the linen. Here is the soap
81 beg your pardon. ma'am,' began the
clerk.
Never mind, sir; don't interrupt me"
broke in the irate bride.
But, ma'am," insisted the clerk. picking
up the piece Of yellow stuff the woman
had thrown upon the counter, this isn't
soap. this is cheese"
"Cheese!" exclaimed the astonished wo-
man. Cheese?
Yes, ma'am, your husband bought three
pounds Of soap yesterday and thee pounds
of cheese. This Is the cheese, ma'am.'
"Well. that accounts for the other thing.
also" said the young housekeeper, becom-
ing milder in temper. That's why l
couldn't get a suds today and why-the
welsh rarebit tasted so queerly last night. F"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

the firms request not to drink WITHIN eight
blocks. There was no mention Of not drink
ing. All the employees signed the paper
saying that they would not drink within
eight blocks OF the establishment. and thus
the saloon keeper who had expected to reap
a harvest from the thousands OF men en-
ployed in the place saw that it was useless
to establish near by and they didn't.
There is no rushing the can In that mail
order house at noon.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
willing 10 ObIIEe.

The story is told Of a Methodist min
lister. who. while in charge OF the Free
port, l. l.. church. was called upon one
day in his own home to meet a situation
quite out OF the routine OF pastoral affairs
lit was the last straw that broke the back
Of his stalwart courage. The pastors wife
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

The death Of Ira d. sankey recalls the
story stold by him TO a New York Tribune
reporter many years ago to illustrate the
fact that some people are beyond the power
OF the evangelist and remain unmoved in
the presence OF the greatest demonstration
"a newspaper man told me" sankey said.
that he had sneaked In at the great
women's meeting which we held In Madl-
son Square garden. from which we en-
deavored 10 exclude all men. He got into
the top gallery. and from there looked
down. and was enthusiastic In his descrip-
ton OF the 1000 women singing and wav-
ing their handkerchiefs IN unison. asked
him what impressed him most at the meet
ing. and the reporter said. Seeing 1000
bonnets. and no two alike"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
ZION from PiIIa.

1 have had excellent tea, which l brewed
with hot water from the locomotive. At
meal times the black boy who is in charge
OF the car brought me a kettle and / made
my tea with tea pills. I wonder II you
ever heard of the little tabloids Of COM
pressed tea, invented by Burroughs, well
come & Co. of London. They are as big
around as the end of your little finger
and one will make a full cup, They are
composed Of real tea, compressed by an
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
A Mere Detail.

"The common practice of lawyers in ad-
dressing a jury to single out one member
who seems TO them the most intelligent,
and therefore the one most likely to be in
fluenced by their appeals" observes a
Chicago attorney, does not always work
out a~dvantageously.
IAN the testimony in a case recently
tried In Ohio had been taken, the lawyers
for both sides had summed up, and the
judge had charged the jury, when up rose
the intelligent juror against whom both
counsel had Numbered their imprisoned
appeals. He wanted the court to give him
some information.
Il have Sen bothered a good deal by two
words the lawyers use here all the time
said the intelligent juror.
What are they?" asked the court. ex-
pectins, no doubt, to be called upon to ex-
pound res inter altos acta or a %fortioTi. or
some other abstruse term.
Plaintiff and defendant said the
juror. I don't know just what they
mean "-HaTper's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
ROozery

BIG mail order house in Chicago
which had recently established
a new plant sent around a paper
to all its employees stating that
the firm desired the men to say
whaIhar thew would nccede to