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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
RHY0LITE, NEW.

Mrs. Wall, who has been visiting her
daffehter Mrs. J. B. Cries, returned to
her home in Los Angeles Tuesday.
]. Poujade of Carson City passed
through Rhyolite Thursday on his way
to Phoebe, to arrange for doing the as
sessment work on some mining prop
erty he owns there.
Pete Busch and David r. Reed, who
accompanied Mr.. Busch on his return
from Denver the first of the week, left
Wednesday by auto for Willow Creek
to look at some mining property in
which the former is interested.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
THROUGH the Cross to the Light.

Cast aside thy weak complaining,
Idle tears for pleasures waning;
Thou art not the first whom sadness
Hurried to the brink of madness.
Every heart must bear its burden
Great the labor, great the guerdon.
Lift thy cross, o. wounded spirit!
Pray thy God FOR strength to bear il
Through the deserts dread tempta-
ton,
Through the Gardens desolation;
Follow Him who died forsaken,
That a world to life might waken.
Though thy place may be but lowly,
And thy feet must travel slowly;
Though thy heart may often sicken
When the cares and dangers thicken
Not one tear will fall unguarded,
Not a prayer be unrewarded.
The Ave Maria.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
softening and Bleaching the Hands

The hands repay a little care better
than the face does great deal. ana yet
its is the cry among women mat tney
cannot keep the hands soft and white:
AS 2. rule. it is the too frequent use OF
strong soaps. filled with alhah needed
70 cilt the grease and dirt from various
utensils used about homework, tnaC
makes the skin of the hands rough ana
Wrinkled. - Large veins are not very
easy to help; they accompany rIieuiiid elc
and equity conditions OF the Dloou' Ile
veins enlarge when the hanus are heIu
down and so on, But even this Will not
he of great deal of Importance If the
skin is soft white and without pleiillSH.
treatment of the hands should con-
sis+ more of constant care than OF the
sudden application of strong cheIIllci ~
IN bleach them white in a single apph-
cation: these always renoer the shlli 80
,nncb more sensitive, ana besldes, al
,,-a1-e burn. more or less: so the last
condition is worse than the nrst.
C;lvcerin properly diluted is really one
IF +he very best of the many lotlohs III
rec+ed for the hands: II Is very soften
ing. but unfortunately many try 20 use
If foo strong. Rose water Is one Vi t ne
hest diluting agents 10 coLiplile VII IL
glvcerin and the latter SMUT aiso t te
as eIe &c as II comes from the drug
cruue - ,yill burn the skin almost like
store, - md leaves a shriveled and dry
80 feeling parched; this Is why SO
sPoe' okioct 10 IFS use. But diluted
Iils 1iS-,,. there is nothing quite so good
p IoH 55i+ior of two parts OF rose water
ne e--e,-1y,le. measure two tablespoon
toI of eiycerin into bottle; to TINS
fu ds f 90 tablespoonful of rose water
a and one of alcohol and you sd nave snd lG in
ton ton that keeps the HANDS SOIL anu III
time will whiten them, Gov Tho bends.
MA Hard water is very bad Tor tfe hs'iioS
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
Church Calendar.

NJ st. Placidus and Comp.-3O,241
lo T. st. Bruno.-29, 96l for directors.
". St Mark.-43,3l4 for promo
tiers. -. D,;zoo+ 11e ok for the
departed. ,a Cor,n ss2 for
per- 5o St. Francis Borgia.-1Oo,5 29 for
u, 18th after Pentecost.-Mater-
~ r. Y. NE. 1 Cor, !, 4-9; 6.
,lotr tx, l-S.-6S,915 for first commu-
,,ions
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
BOISE, IDA.

Jess B. Hawley has returned from
Blackfoot, where he was called on legal
business.
Miss Emma Hawley is visiting
friends in Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
GREAT FALLS, MONT.

Mrs. Dan ONeil of Havre was a
Great Falls guest this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. TObin are in town
from their ranch near Monarch.
Miss Elizabeth Vaughn left Wednes
day to spend a month on ranch hear
Coutts.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
PoCATELL0, IDA.

The Misses Julia and Josie Carey are
home from ogden, where they visited
with their uncle, John McDermott, and
from Salt Lake, where Miss Julia went
to have her eyes treated.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03

deficient. has been recently graduated
at the head of the art class IN cooper
institute. She is Miss Ruby Abrams,
and four prizes have been AWARDED 10
har since she bagan her course.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-03
Success of Deaf Girl.

A deaf and dumb girl, who has
learned to talk under the improved
methods for the education Of those so
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Treasurer Of the Congress.

in Spain during the eighteenth century by
the great Cassal of Ovieda who called
it NAL de la Rosa or Rose disease.
on account of the redneSs of the skin. one
it form of leprosy. 1t then appeared
in France and later in Italy. where it
received its present name, ''pellagra," a
word meaning rough skin
1t is also called NAL del Sole" or sun
disease. NAL della Miseria" or poverty
disease. and Ma didimo" maize disease
All these names are descriptive of the
malady.
Pellagra generally appears first in the
summer and attacks the exposed parts
of the body. The hands and face are
covered with a red eruption, accompanied
by swelling and buring, making further
exposure to the suns rays unbearable.
Later there is hardening and Stiffening
of the skin. which becomes almost
leathery. In the meantime the victim
grows weaker and weaker. The digestive
system is disturbed. There are pro-
nounced dyspeptic symptoms with depres-
sion of spirits and intellectual torpor or
unnatural irritation and excitement
Suicidal tendencies often land the victim
in an insane asylum. where most OF the
cases in this country have been found
1t has been particularly remarked that
while the cases in America are not so
numerous as in Italy. they are more
acute and more generally fatal. This
may be due in some measure to mistaken
diagnosis the disease being often accom-
panied by malaria. hook-worm and
tuberculosis. Many cases remain I'M
noticed among the poor who. as Lom-
broSo says. have so many causes for de-
preston of spirits, one of the almost in
variable early symptoms of pellagra.
The first attack lasts from four to six
months, but the disease is very likely
to recur the following summer. There
may be, however. intervals Of several
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Southern Waterways.

are more easily the victims of the dis
ease because they are born weak and
inherit the poverty of their parents.
Pellagra, however, IS not contagious. 1t
is caused by conditions rather than as
Sociations. 1t is essentially a disease Of
poverty and when one authority was
asked how to do away with pellagra he
replied, DO away with poverty Some
writers say it IS simply starvation, as
they estimate that in order to have d
sufficient diet from corn alone u man
would be obliged to digest between two
and three pounds daily. whereas hardly
ever more than one pound Is consumed.
1t is not always the u.s. of this most
valuable and highly nutritious cers al
which causes disease, but often its abuse;
for while the corn may be good in Itself.
such is the poverty in some of the rural
districts of foreign countries that it is
not allowed to ripen. but is cut down and
stored in a moist condition. \ gre nish
fungus or mold of most poisonous ma
ture is thus developed.
In some places in Lombardy the labor
ers receive SO many bushels of corn in
stead of wages. andAthe grain is distrib-
uted and consumed III large quantities, so
as not to have to be stored 1t has even
been observed that where the corn loaVes
are smaller the disease is less widespread,
the smaller loaves being less likely to de-
velop mold.
Probably the reason why pellagra does
not prevail to such an extent in this coun-
try as in Europe is because the condition
of the soil is better adapted to corn rails
ing and because of Il better hygienic
knowledge even among the poor rural
classes of the south. The endemiS degen-
Grafton or peculiar decadence of the peo-
pie in many rural communities is Il, mat
ter of great economic interest There is
often to be found fine stock which has
been allowed to run down. This is espe-
cially noticeable among the Anglo-SaXons,
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who have become tall and scrawnv Ike
geraniums gone wild for lack of attention
and proper care. The climate cannot be
blamed. 1t certainly has nothing to do
with pellagra, except SO far as the south
Is corn growing climate. a fact itself
a wonderful advantage Indeed most Of
the causes of this palady remova BILE.
and Lombroso says when the cause of
a disease is well known, why not remove
it, This great criminologist. whose
works are known throughout the world
made personal investiga ton as to the
causes of pellagra, and recommended AS
result strict supervision of all corn dis
tributed to farm hands. He confesses his
inability. however, to answer the question
so often put to him: us II not better for
man to eat spoiled bread than no bread
at all?" He says in one of his works on
the subject: 81 am neither rich nor pow
erful. but l put my voice and my pen to
this noble work. and If It should fail [
need not blame myself for culpable neg
ligence."
OF course it is out of the question ia
think of giving up corn, the most valu.
able and highly nutritious OF all th4
cereals. grain richer in bumnoid.
than any other and, commercially speak
Ing, exceeded the value of wheat by. ovet
500 900, 600 according to the last census
The only thing to do Is to see that thu
grain Is of good quality and allowed Ia
mature before being gathered. and Their
to properly store IT. 1t is said that in
the corn on the stem few days before
gathering, so to expose II TO the drr-
ing effects of the sun and air. They
seem to recognize that moisture Is this
undoubted cause of the mold. This wal
very evident in 1866 when. owing to thu
continued rain In that part of Italy there
was such a harvest Of spoiled corn that
even the dogs that were fed on 1t died
The necessity for a variety Of diet
should be urged. Peas. potatoes. bean.
and other vegetables should be used with
the corn. Wine and salt are considered
almost as antidotes to the disease by tn.
peasantry Of Italy. 1t is certain wher
taxes are high on either of these there
is an Increase in the disease The sam,
thing occurs when there is failure al
the vines caused either by insects oI
drought 1t must not be forgotten however
tina; whisky distilled from diseased maizs
contains the poison which causes pellagrs
just as much as the corn itself 1t {.
not likely pellagra will reach such pro.
portions in America as Ii has attained
III Europe. he climate OF America, n.
has been shown, is more favorable IA
the healthy growth of corn and the socIs!
conditions are better than among tn.
peasantry of southern Europe
There is not the same pressing want il
rural districts here. Most fortunate OF
all. pellagra has been recognized in it.
initial invasion Of America. 1t can bt
battled with from the start and subduee
before assuming alarming proportions.
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scientific warfare against diseases such
as yellow fever and malaria produced by
mosquitoes and against hook-worn dis
ease, the result of soil pollution, will be
reviewed.
Til. subject of this disease in it,; rela-
ton 10 low health conditions among the
working classes in certain parts of the
south is one OF great economic impor-
lance. This malady the lazy disease"
an entirely preventable condition, has
b en- the subject in recent years of care
fu scientific investigation not only in the
southern states but in Porto Rico and
the Philippines; and 1t is believed that
the extinction of the hook-worm disease
would result in great lessening of sick
ness among the agricultural and indus
trial classes. In this connection the mat
ter of pe'lasra. a disease having direct
relation with the corn crop. Is of i'm
menSe Importance and the subject of
number of articles recently appearing in
the medical journals.
The many advantages OF the climate of
the south viii be brought out at this con-
gress and the poss: bility OF correcting
unfavorable health conditions through
modern advances in sanitary science will
receive consideration. as It is rec gnlzed
that most of the diseases from which the
south suffers are entirely prevent able.
The infiu nee of the Panama canal on
the prosp Fctive importance of the vast
area represented IN the southern CONNER
clal congress from the viewpoint or aSrl-
culturt. mining and industries will receive
its fullest recognition during the sittlngs
of the congress.
The natural richness of the area In coal.
iron. marble gram and general mineral
wealth VIII be accen tuatad. Stress will
be laid upon the undeveloped resources
dependent upon the great water courses
and spacious ports of the south; the
available richness through scientific con-
servation of forest lands and the indus
trial possibilities of local enterpriSeS I'm
connection with the cotton. tobacco sugar
and other southern agricultural products.
The necessity for educational develop
meui not only in urban but in rural ais-
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terest to the south and can hardly be
overlooked
PclIagra. though new to America. IS a
disease that has wrought incalculable so
clal damage i'll southern Europe, causing
10 per cent or the mortality Of Italy. In
some districts of that country as high as
10 per cent of farm laborerS suffer from
it. Its manifestations are of such an APP
palling nature that il has received the
appellation Lombardian leproSy and was
at first thought to be of q form o. true
leprosy. The disease pellagra is how
ever, not contagious and it's resemblance
to true leproSy is only fanciful.
The cases reported in the United States
have been found principally in poorhouses
and insane asyiums Alabama. North
Carolina and South Carolina have record
cd outbreaks. The disease. it has been
determined, depends on mold that at
lacks Indian corn, and it Is the impor-
tance of this cereal in America which has
brought the otherwise obscure disease into
prominence.
1t is conjectured that pellagra may have
long existed unrecogniZed in the south,
though it has not become prominent until
lately, owing to the fact that America
has a more suitable climate for maize
culture and that the grain is therefore
less prone to the mold growth which
causes the disease in man.
Strange to say. this malady is one OF
the bad gifts of the new world to the old,
for its course followed the introduction
OF corn or Indian maize from America to
southern Europe. where it was welcomed
as warmly as potatoes into Ireland.
There is hardly any doubt that corn
originated in America. 1t seems highly
improbable that such a beautiful plant
could escape the notice of painters sculp-
tors and writers of ancient times when
it attracted so forciby the attention OF
Columbus when he saw it first cultivated
by the Indians in Central America
There is doubt whatever that the
disease pellagra is caused by the of
corn steady diet. 1t is principally
live on poenta, q coarse cornmeal boiled
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as a factor upon which the progress of
a vast area of country is dependent.
The mineral wealth Of the south, not
only In coal and iron. but in the more
precious stones and metals, will be
brought out and the methods Of develop
ment of these great natural resources
fully discussed.
The complete fertility Of the country
and all natural materials necessary for
building will also receive consideration
including the complete development of the
marble and granite quarries, days. in re-
lation TO brick manufacture, and the
earthly deposits adapted to the prepara-
ton Of cement.
The Appa lachian question in It's COM
mercial and other aspects is considered by
the promoters of the southern commercial
congress to be one of the most important
matters that will receive the cOnsiderat ton
OF that body.
The congress will not be a delegated
body. All southern men have an equal
right on the floor. The following is an
outline program:
Southern Health Conditions. Climate and
Temperature" Surgeon General Walter
Wyman: 1.-The Influence of the Panama
Canal on the Industrial Development of
the Nation" Gen. Luke Wright, Secretary
Trade" NJ J. Sanders. New Orleans;
"Watercourses of the SOUTH John A.
Fox. Arkansas; Southern Railroads and
Their Needs" John F. Wallace. New
York: Water Powers" Frank S. Wash
burn, Nashville. Tenn: The Commercial
Meaning of the Appalachian Range" Gift
ford Pinchot, chief forester; Coal Re-
sources" Prof L. c. Glenn. Nashville.
Tenn: Iron Resources" E. c. Eckel.
Washington. D. c.: General Mineral
Wealth." C. w. Hayes, chief geologist.
Washington, D. c.; Cotton Monopoly and
Cotton Manufacture" Ellison A. Smythe,
Pelzer, S. c.; Building Materials
Cement, marble. clays. granted" Will
liam ]. Oliver, Knoxville. Tenn; Timber
Resources OF the South" John l.. kaul.
Birmingham, Ala; The Agricultural
Revolution Clarence II. Poe. Raleigh,
n c.; and present and Prospective Edu-
cational Progress" Dr.. +. \. Alderman,
University of Virginia.
During the congress many topics of
vital interest to the south will be dis
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showing how the south stands today in
the eyes of the world and what it means
TO do in the future. Secretary Oscar S.
Straus of the Department of CONNER ce
and Labor will preside. There Is pecu
liar fitness in this announcement, as Mr..
Straus is Georgian by birth and has al
ways had the best interests of the south
at heart. He will be supported on the
platform by the senators of the southern
states and by many ambassadors and
ministers. Many other prominent men
will figure in the congress. either present.
ing addresses. taking part in discussions
or assisting in the management of the
functions.
Luke L. Wright Secretary of War.
vino comes from Memphis. will speak on
the Panama canal at the direct request of
President Roosevelt and wi represent the
administration in the program
surgeon General Walter Wyman of the
United States public health and marine
hospital service will treat Of the southern
health conditions. climate and tempera-
ture, subjects international in Importance
because In foreign countries there is
much misrepresentation regarding tho
Il
eign emigrants.
Clifford Pinchot. chief forester OF the
United States, will have for his subject
1.-The Commercial Meaning of the Appala-
chan Range" Mr.. III. F.nney. chairman
OF the oCal committee of arrangements of
the congress, is also secretary OF the APP
palachian National Forest Association.
The smaller ballroom of the New Will
lard will be devoted To the forest service
exhibit and will be filled up with maps,
diagrams and transparent es.
The participating states are Virginia.
West Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia. + or da, Alabama Mis-
Missouri Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.
The extent of territory covered by these
states in It's vaStnesS includes the extern
Slve network of southern lroads con-
Meeting a multitude of great industrial
centers. Within its limits are the great
est mountain ranges east OF the Rockies,
one OF the m ght est waterways Of the
world, many naViSable rivers of the great
est commercial Importance and numerous
streams available for Industrial water
power and coast line thousands of m es
long. afford ng access to numerous ports
through whiC h the products of the fields.
mines and quar~ies of the south are dis
trihuted not only to the northern states
but to the entire world.
Reforms In agricultural methods, in
Guiding the important subjects of the ro-
tation OF crops, the application OF most
modern machinery, + utilization methods
and kindred subjects will receive atten-
ton Scientific methods of combating
the ma ural nemies 9: crops vii. be dem
onstrated and the alth OF agricultural
communities by soroperly organized and
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THE ONLY WAY.

CLYDE FITCH. entertain NJ supper
~ party in his beautifully decorated New
York house. criticised VII. telling scorn
drama that he had recently seen.
The leading incident was so impossi.
ble," said he, that / was reminded of
one of those nonsense dialogues. You
know how they run?
"A young man, for instance, says to Q
friend:
50 For all her GOODNESS and austerity ]
have kissed Ethel Prymm.'
=" Really" doubts the other.
Yes really
But how on earth did you iniamO
that icy heart?
Il didn't inflame her icy heart. That
would have been impossible. / simply
disguised myself as the Blarney stone"
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in water The Turks who parboil their
corn on the cob and then roast it Slight
ly also suffer from the disease. and the
colored people of the south who so largely
depend on their hoe-cake and cornmeal
for nourishment. 1t is estimated that
in 1909 the corn crop reached over
1000 900, 600 bushels, while the wheat crop
little over 60O,OG000O. The loss of the corn
crop for one year in the south would mean
untold misery and starvation.
The disease. pellagra was first observed
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HE Southern Com
mercial Congress
will open its first
session in the New
Willard auditorium
tomorrow morning.
1t will remain in
session for two
days. a notable
and representative
body of men Will
he in attendance
for the purpose OF
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years of freedom from the disease owing
to betterment of conditions, but if the
case is neglected the intervals between
attacks become briefer and briefer and
finally the malady becomes permanent.
The children of people with pellagra
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cussed. Though it is not slated for Of
fetal discussion. it is expected that the
new disease, pellagra. will be discussed at
great length unotticially. 1t is of vital in