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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11
VALE THE SCALPER.

In the wild wave of reform which has seized
the people of the nation in regard to railroad mat
ters, and in the enactment of 'hostile legislation
which has marked the proceedings of many state
legislatures during the past few years, there has
seemed to be an almost universal disposition TO
'take fall out of the railroads whether they de-
served it not. To temper this legislation and
to furnish balm for the sore wounds of the trans
portation companies, the supreme court of the
United States last week declared unanimously
that the business of "scalpng" railroad tickets is
unlawful While the decision was reached on one
special case, fought through all the inferior courts
and taken appeal to the highest Judicial tribu-
nal of the land, the application of the ruling is
general in its effect, and affects the business of
buying and selling non-transferrabe reduced rate
railroad tickets throughout the territory of the
United States
To the point of view of the average man or wo-
man, there has never seemed anything startlingly
immoral In accepting transportation on some ones
else ticket. They argued that the railroad COM
pany agreed to transport the purchaser of the tick
ct, and it really wouldn't cost the company any
to carry some one else than the original pur-
chaser if the original purchased for any reason
ulu LOb Cart " use Tue TICKET 1l1S theory has
been very widespread, and many men and women.
indeed, we believe very large percentage have at
one time or another ridden on "scalper's" tickets
and felt no qualms after the conductor accepted
the transportation. Notwithstanding the popular
belief that railroad ticket is railroad ticket the
railroads have for years combated the theory with
varying success and failure sometimes even paving
damages Tor refusal to accept "scalper's" tickets
The companies had tremendous odds against them
IN the long-drawn-out battle, and now that thew
have finally won out, the finer sense of justice in
herent in the American people will be awakened ]
and congratulations viii be showered upon the
railroads The average or woman has pref
ty keen perception of exact justice in such mat
tiers, and will feel relieved that the "scalpersv of
fee with its train of 'barkers will no longer hold
out the temptation to 'skin the railroad"
Probably the only protest that will go up will
be that which followed the granting of the per-
manent injunction in Utah that "the great and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

for nineteen hundred years. The existence of the
chair of Peter for nineteen centuries ought alone
to convince the intellect of honesty that it is no
human institution Digitus Del est hic CThe
hand of God is here.)
So wonderful thing calculated to arrest at
tention everywhere ought to particularly impress
itself on the Anglo Saxon mind to which repose is
punishment. During this period of long duration
the Church of God enjoyed not days peace;
she was the target for syllogsm in the last century,
she is the butt for epigram in this In every
fury. in Europe and on the fields of foreign mis-
sions the victims for the scaold the stake and the
fire were torn from her side. And vet" writes
James Anthony Froude in his Revival of Roman
ism" Sin spite of all this, perhaps by means of it,
as a kite rises against the wind the Roman Cath
olic church has once more shot up into visible ana
practical consequence"
God speed you gentlemen, in your most meri
torious work. AS you know, better perhaps than
me- heresy is dissoving into materialism, much
Of it has decomposed in our own day. God and
His imperishabe church are calling all sincere, all
upright and honest men to the war which is now
on between Christianity in its integrity, and I'M
belief in Its solidarity. Give us back the Anglican
church, with its manhood, its learning and its man
ly clergymen, and we'll conquer the world for
Christ.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

company by making complaints against those who
did not observe it, To them it might be matter
of life or death.
Between this practical prohibition and that ac-
eomplished through legislation, would naturai-
ly choose the railroads methods The advantages
of the system lie in the justice of the ruling and
the efficacy with which it may be enforced. Real
prohibition by statute is difficult to maintain be
cause there is the suggestion of injustice to the
man who wants to drink, However, the thing to
be accomplished by statutory prohibition is to
raise the next generation without the menace of
the saloon on every side. The object is to raise
up young boys into manhood without the appetite
for drink engendered by the evcr-present and al
ways inviting saloon.
While believing statutory prohibition is to be
come more general in the United States, and this
on its merits as an economic and social necessity
it is evidently fastened by such rule the North
western has adopted and an army of $4,000 rail
readers added to the list of total absainers can
/ OF act otherwise than strong appeal to right
thinking mel. and women to remove the cause for
such Il. r,lle If total abstinence is a good thing
for railroad men, it is good thing for every other
class of workers. 1t is a good thing for the en-
poying railroad company, it is good thing for
other employers. And if it is good thing for all
these, it must be good thing for about every
body
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11
BOOK NOTICES.

The Secret of the Green Vase a recent pub
lication is a neatly bound volume of 248 pages
The author Frances Cooke, is to be congratulated
in making her series of stories interesting from be-
ginning to end and adding to Catholic literature
work that will be appreciated by all who read it
The publishers, Benziger Bros, New York and Chi
cago, haze the book for sale Price $1.25.
THE education of Our Girls" by Thomas Ed
ward Shields, Phi D., having the imprimatue of
Archbishop Farley of New York, deals with PROB
lem in which all parents are equally interested 1t
contains some valuable hints on what should
stitute the course of studies in gu schools and
academies. 1t is published by Benziger Bros, and
may be obtained at any of their houses for ST.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11
CREDULITY AND INCREDULITY.

Towering high over all failings of human ma
ture even over that of superstition is incredibly
1t boasts its devotees by the millions. 1t is as
powerful as its antithesis credulity. In the bus
mess world it makes great havoc At its gaunt
beck financial institutions and their governors
| find untimely graves In the political realm it I'M
makes hampers great statesmen. 1t knows no
! barrier that it must respect. The smile of der-
sive incredulousness crosses the countenance of
the great emperor, the eminent eccesastic OF the
humble peasant Sometimes it is justifable more
times it is not Men are too prone to doubt as
they too quick to believe. In the latter case,
it is self-interest and the seeming opportunity of
monetary ACKNOWLEDGEMENT that make for gullibil-
ity. But it is in the religious world that stub
born, unreasonable bigoted propensity of ncre-
duhty finds its greatest number In the ages of
the crusades, large number of people existed no
doubt who were too quick in believing many Incl
dents apparently above the natural order as having
supernatural sources, but that is no defense for
the millions of people of this age who will be-
heve supernatural interposition in human
events Such incredulity is both detestabe and
accursed.' The multitudes of this world are moth
ing than sheep in their beliefs and disbe-
liefs They are ever ready to follow the mislead-
ing voices of false shepherds who are really
wolves, rapaciously eager to devour the goods and
innocence of humanity
Feed my sheep, says God to Peter. for there
will come in among them ravening wolves" says
St Paul. 1t is one of the greatest mysteries of
life this willingness of men to follow what is false
and ridiculous 1t is failing common to all ages
and nations. Is it love and overweaning ambition
that make certain individuals at periodical times
set themselves upon pedestas of greatness and as
sert they are from heaven2 Christ tells us that
there will be many false Christs at the end of the
world. What causes human being to pose as the
God-Man of Bethlehem. But if we are puzzled at
these things. are far more puzzled to under
stand how so many be deceived Over cred
ulous in this one important point and stubbornly
incredulous in cases where good reason does not
warrant disbelief. Men ever rush to extremes and
the extreme that now prevails is incredulity. What
is the invisible power that forces us to be cred
ulous where we should disbelieve and incredulous
where should believe.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11
QUARANTINE AGAINST Wits KY.

In an endeavor to find out if an express c,..
pany may virtually annul the viii of the peopIa =,
a sovereign state, Senator TiIlman last month !,
PRODUCED a resolution In the United States ss,,,
asking that the senate committee on interstate ,o,
merce be instructed TO consider and report b7 I'm
what legislation is necessary or desirable to en.I
the states, in the exercise of their police powers
control the commerce of liquors and alcoholic h,
erages within their borders. The avowed purn..
of the resolution Is to aid the cause Of temperrs
by permitting rigid enforcement by the stars a.
their own prohibitive legislation and to prevent m
encouragement by the United States government
illicit dealing in liquors and alcoholic beverage
through the operation of the interstate comme,s
law.
The supreme court of the United States bs,
held that shipments of liquor into a prohibition
state cannot be interfered with because they are a
interstate character The contention of Senao,
Tillman is that whisky shipped in by express not
only renders the prohibitive and local option law,
null and void, but it also prevents the enforce
ment by the people of the state of their own o.
pressed will and desire. He wants the eonmitte
interstate commerce to find out if it is not pra
ticable to give relief
States prevent the introduction within theit
boundaries of contaminated plants, trees animals
and persons. This, too, may be an interference with
interstate commerce, bat in enforcing quarantine
regulations states have not to our knowledge been
interfered with by national regulation of commerce
In quarantine matters, too, cities, towns counties
or townships may raise the bar against property Or
persons coming from infected districts, As a sus
gestion to the committee, to the South Carolina
senator and to the temperance workers, the tra.
fc in prohibited alcoholic drinks might be PLACED
under quarantine regulations. the introduction Of
liquor being menace 10 the life and health of the
people
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

| is sufficient stability to the currency to warrant
| confidence We could get along clearing house
certificates forever if our confidence remained un-
shaken in the power of ultimate redemption.
We often hear condemnation expressed of the
paternalism of certain operations of the govern
ment on the score that they are menace to that
individualism which it is claimed has made
country and our age great But indivdualism is
as ehimerica though hardly so charmed a word
as are colectiyism or equality. Families will work
for the family prosperity almost earnestly as
individuals will endeavor to advance their ma
terial welfare, Partnerships, communities, COM
panies, corporations all tend to monopoEsm Mon
opolism is but the enlargement of individualism and
the family. 1t is not likely that the paternalism
which is so freely condemned by branch OF
thinkers or the socialism which is equally frowned
upon by eminent political economists will material
ly affect the striving for that ultimate goal which
is the earthly ambition OF about 90 per cent OF
the human family When affairs get too comp
Gated when so idle and hungry, when the
small tradesmen and artisans and laborcrs are
forced to the side by the resistless progress Of
wealth in one mans hands, or in corpora
TONS control or even in the hands of one nation
of the world, then all the chimerical sms of the
times will be seen to have been but an expression
half understood of the words of the Saviour, that
we should love one another.
If the secretary of the treasury may tide over
the financial crisis, so may the government inau-
gurate public works for the benefit of men out of
work. Municipalities and states might undertake
the relief, 1t is ALL probably makeshift tending
only to delay what history shows to be inevitable
When the real wealth is exhausted, or is withheld
from common use, the day of reckoning is at
hand. However. the opportunities for individual
Improvement are so large, and the actual require
ments for ordinarily comfortable existence so few
as compared with the many luxuries which come !
with industry and frugality, that the day when
readiustment by revolution seems far away. indeed
But the present depression, with its thousands of |
unemployed asking for bread and receiving stone |
cannot be passed over lightly. If ever there was
a time when public works should be inaugurated II |
is when the day of depression is upon industry
Public improvements by government aid seems to
be solution for part of our present inactivity.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

powerful railroad corporations have at las.
den the sacred rights of the "scalpers" undo.
And in the protest there Is a note of sadne..
men have devoted their lives to the busino.. 0
"scalping' railroad tickets; they have s,nl
routes and rates and time tables and courJ :.
iably furnish more accurate information ;,
could be obtained in the ordinary ticket ofioo
that, too, accompanied with politencs. that
satisfying, And the "scalpers' felt and d.
feel that the courts have taken from them A..
legitimate means of making a living.
The "scaper' has been a picturesque fc-,.
the annals of American transportation His
ing must awaken memories Of the good old d..
when "skinning the railroad" was regarded ..
altogether legitimate and commendabIe act I'll
his business was the cause of endless li-ig...
which in self-dcfense the railroads had to carr
and this at an ever-inereasing expense. seems
have been overlooked by about everybody br, j.
companies and the attorneys who got the r..
While the railroads arc to be congratulated
their success, commiseration is the due ~ q.
"scalpers" and attorneys. The great publ. !. ~.
vitality affected. To all parties concerned i ..
tended Our prayer for success.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Interrnountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic this diocese. Its circulation In Mon
ten2. Idaho, Colorado. Wyoming. Nevada and many
other states is very large only reliable firms and
business advertise 81 naper. All subscribers
wifi frd IL to their adva when about to invest,
purchase consult business matters, to read
ire list OF advertisers. We not only recommend.
bGt ask for them tho patronage Of all our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11
CARD FROM BISHOP sCANLAN.

feel It my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that no person bearing the
name gar5 OF priest sister, anyone else, Is
authorized permitted 10 solicit collect in this
diocese Tor any purpose whatever connected with ths
Catholic Church without having from permission
I'm writing. bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document, he
she as the case may be- should be regarded by all
fraud and mposteT. l. SEAMAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

dispute has arisen down in Oklahoma as 70
the pronunciation of the name of the state some
holding that the vowel 80" in the first syllable IS
pronounced as in OK others that it has the sound
as in oak Inasmuch as this is one of the few great
questions not debated and settled by the constitr
tional convention of the new state it might be veil
to reassemble that body aud have the question
threshed out once for all,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

Lawyers got oil but $4,000 of a New York say
ings bank which recently failed with s1OOOOOO as
sets. That is another good reason why banks
should not fail
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

Some of those presidential booms seem to be
ON the wane, but whether dropped by the core
spondents or by The candidates thenlselves--we,
that is the question.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

woman is only woman, but Christmas
cigar is lemon.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

The gold output of the United States for 1901
is said to show heavy decline, which, no doubt
accounts of the usual financial stringency which
affects some of us.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

Every once in while the dragnet is got out
and spread for suspicious characters. It might be
good thing to keep that seine spread at all times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

good resolution on New Years day ought to
last as long the children's Christmas toys, any,
way
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

In their efforts not to overlook any little things
some people put a great deal of time in on self
inspection.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

When you put your foot in it, just go out anil
kick yourself thoroughly,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

This is the season when the fellow with lons
list of directions on how TO keep from catching
cold is as numerous as the man with sure cure
for it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

However, If you don't remember not to say It.
knowing what not to say is valueless knowledge.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11

The year 1908 is leap year. but the divorce
courts are still busy
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-11
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers removing from place to another
and desiring papers changed should always give for
rer well as present address,
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tEntered in the Postofice at Salt Lake Second
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-28
A New Amphibian.

Several examples of a geological para
dox-a fish which would be speedily
drowned if placed in deep water-have
just been added to the collection at Re-
gents Park. This is the African walk
ing fish, which spends the greater part
Of its existence upon the mud banks
of tropical rivers. It's method of prog
ression has been described by natural
lists as the chop, skip and jump" va
riety, and when journeying inland, as it
does over long distances, it climbs by
means OF the breast fins over the roots
and even into the boughs of trees.
These curious creatures, which belong
to an important group known as lung
fishes, form a connecting link with the
higher forms of life, the air bladder be-
ing converted into what is practically
a lung. When the rivers dry up in the
hot season they bury themselves in the
mud, breathing in the air like frog or
newt. In Australia there are several
varieties of lung fishes, one Of the larg-
est, which is much esteemed as an ar
ticle of food, sometimes attaining a
length Of six feet.-Daily Graphic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-28
CURE AT CITY MISSION.

Awful Case of Scabies-BOdy = Mass
OF Sores from Scratching-Her
Tortures Yield to Cuticura.
"a young woman came to our city
mission in a most ANVIL condition phys
icaIly. Our doctor examined her and
told us that she had scabies (the itch) +,
incipient paresis, rheumatism, etc.,
brought on from exposure. Her poor
body was a mass Of sores from scratch
ing and she was not able to retain solid
food. We worked hard over her for
seven weeks, but we could see little
improvement. One day l bought cake
of Cuticura Soap and bottle of Cuti-
cura Resolvent, and we bathed our pa
tient we'll and gave her a full dose OF
the Resolvent. She slept better that
night and the next day got a box Of
Cuticura Ointment In five weeks this
young woman was able to look for a
position, and she is now strong and
well. Laura Jane Bates, So Fifth Ave.,
New York, n. Y, Mar II, 1907"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-28
GinSY Trades.

Nothing indentifies Gypsy with GER
tainty except his language. The true
Gypsy speaks Romany, and nobody but
Gypsy ever speaks 1t. But there are
other matters Of great moment. de-
clares A. T. Sinclair In the Journal
of the Gypsy Lore Society; for instance,
their occupations.
In the Orient sieve-making for coun-
try farmers is entirely In the hands of
the Gipsies, and they make wooden
spoons, bowls, and such like utensils.
All the common people in Syria, Egypt
and parts of Persia are tattooed. The
Gipsies are the experts, and do most of
1t, even among the Bedouins.
The Gipsies are the showmen of the
East, where there are no circuses, the
aters nor concert halls. The Gipsies fill
their place. If people wish to buy wild
animals or snakes in Egypt, they go to
the Gipsies, who either have or catch
them.
Arab Gipsies from Syria and Egypt
are frequently seen all over Europe.
They are easily recognized by their
shows, music and tattoo marks. They
are found all over the United States
and Canada, even in Winnipeg. DR..
William T. Hornaday, director of the
Geological Park, New York, writes that
he has seen these Arab Gipsies, with
their light yellow Syrian bear, which
has a name of stiff hairs between the
shoulders, and sometimes white ring
round the neck, in many parts Of the
United States,-one camp he struck as
far west as Salt Lake City,-and he
has always recognized them as Gipsies.
Most Of them speak a little German,
italian and French. This indicates that
they have spent some time in those
countries on their way here. Their
wanderings are worldwide, but every
where it is the same race, and the lam
guage is the same.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-28
Recognized the Line.

Two girls were talking over the
phone one afternoon, the subject of
the conversation being a lawn party
to take place the following day. Both
were discussing what they should wear,
and after five minutes had come to no
decision.
Right in the midst Of this import
ant" conversation a masculine voice
interrupted, asking humbly what num-
Der he had. A stern reply that the
wire was busy did not successfully
squelch the inquirer, for he asked again
for the number. One Of the girls now
became indignant and with supreme
scorn asked, what line do you think
you are on, anyhow"
"Well," said the man, "I'm not sure,
but judging from what I've heard
should say 1 was on a clothes line"