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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
TEST OF STRENGTH.

Montana can justly boast of the most powerful
and mighty specimens of the Celtic race. Thomas
Talon, who held the worlds championship as d
rock driller, was buried this week. He won his lau-
rels in Denver some years ago where stalwart
miners from all the west were pittcd against him.
His record so far as known, has not been beaten.
To r. D. Kehoe is accorded the championship of
the world as a shoveler. He, too, is a Montana
man and works for the Billings Water Power com
pany. His strength and durability are exceled only
by the steam shovels. His record of one eight-hour
shift is a ditch 200 feet long, two feet deep and
dirt dug and flung from its moorings by the two
brawny hands of a lineal descendent of Finn Me
Coul. To realize the achievement of this Irish
giant it must be borne in mind that the dirt piled
together would make a heap nine feet in every
direction. To get this immense pile together it
required two seconds for each shovel which meant
thirty shovels minute, 800 in an hour an equva-
lent of IA, 400 in one shift of eight hours. If we
figure each shovel at an average of ten pounds Mr..
Kehoe would have lifted seventy-two tons of earth
in eight hours. This record shows not only hercu-
lean strength, but grit and human endurance that
are almost inconceivabIe Mr.. Kehoe received for
his days work $40 He came to America from Ire
land twenty-four years ago. Suppose he kept up
that record for twenty-four years he would have
dug out of the bowels of the earth GIL 100 tons of
dirt for which be would be entitled to SS7 500 and
all justly earned by the sweat of an honest man.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
BROTHERLY LOVE.

A delightful little story of Christian unity and
brotherly love comes from down in York state in
the Troy conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Some time ago the Reverend Mr.. Cooke,
while pastor of real nice Methodist church in
Vermont town within the Troy conference guided
no doubt by deep of his Christian duty filed
charges against Chancellor Day, the Christian de-
fender of the undesirable citizen class of great
wealth. The temerity of the Reverend Mr.. Cooke
received its mered rebuke at the hands of the con-
ference recently held in New York, for when the
annual assignment of pastorates was announced the
Reverend Mr.. Cooke found himself appointed to
second-rate charge in small village of Herkimer
county.
Now the men who made the appointments may
be perfectly innocent of any discrimination in the
case of the Reverend Mr.. Cooke, but that gentle
man processes to believe there is an intimate con-
nection between his action in attempting to dis
cipline the distinguished chancellor of Syracuse
and his assignment to the charge in Herkimer coun
ty, and at last reports he threatens to refuse to
abide by the action of the conference. He consid-
ers the designation of the conference a punishment
for presuming criticise so high in the coun-
ellis of Methodism as the chancellor.
All of which indicates large degree of the
Christian spirit the guiding principle of the
Troy conference of the Methodist church.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
IN THE MASTERS CAUSE.

On Sunday evening. May II. a gathering of I'M
usual Importance in behalf of international peace
will be held at the Congregational church in Salt
Lake, at which number of prominent speakers
will be heard. The program includes a message
from Governor Cutler, who is absent in Washing
ton; addresses by Rt. Rev. Bishop Lawrence Scan
Ian, Bishop F. S. Spalding and Judge W. H. King
Other pastors of the city will be ON the platform
and splendid musical program will be given
The movement for peace on earth began with
the Christian era, but not until toward the close of
the last century did men begin to realize how far
from the teachings of the Man of Peace all hu-
mainly had departed. Nations preached harmony
but practiced the arts of war: they talked of
millennium earth and periodically produced hell
of with its death harvest. its destruction of
property, its defiance of everything Christian. For
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, for what they called honor, for
the sake of gratifying some petty revenge, they
shed their brothers blood and called their cause
sacred. Some of these wars were, naturally for
the right; all of them could have been averted if
the right had prevailed of its own weight But be-
cause men have been wicked because lust of empire
or lust of money has been stronger than love of
their fellow men they have fought over and over
Although it seems long way off the time an
proaches when will be an impossibilitv AL
ready it has reached the stage where the enormous
loss of life, the certainty of tremendous sacrifice
of treasure, the difficulty of financing wars makes
them slow of generation and quick of settlement
The last great war, the one between Russia and ia
PAN furnishing such final object les
son in the penalties for precpitatng conflict as
deter any repetition of it for long years to come
if ever.
Back of the sentiment which has grown so ran
idly against war; has been the organization ORIG
mated in this country by Andrew Carnegie and 9th
ers, with branches in practically every state and
subordinate bodies in all the larger communities
1t has done and is doing incalcuable good in the
cultivation of belief in arbitration as the rationa1
mode of settling international troubles homo of
the time when Christs doctrines will be pract;ood
as well preached by nations when the incalcr1-
able sums now spent on armies and navies and mil
itary preparations will be devoted to mankind M
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
WHAT is PRAYER?

learned lawyer of this city who always pro
claimed himself a2nostic, once said to the writer
| whilst | know nothing about God | wish to tell
you that | read every day part of the Bible
AstoniShod al the admission the writer said ''You
come with me into the church, which was near by,
and say little prayer" He answered, PRAYER;
what is that!" And what is prayer? We read that
during the Trojan war Achilles. the bravest of all
the Greeks, alter he slew Hector and tied his re-
mains to his war-car. dragging it several times
around Troy, approached by an old man, who
after paying great homage to the victor said GIVE
the remains of the last victim of your victory
The old man was Prime. Hectors father. who. kiss
ing the conqueror's hand, exclaimed: Glow greas
must be my woe when | kiss the hand which has
killed my SOM" That was prayer, and the appeal
so touched Achilles heart that he wept as he de-
Gvered the remains of his enemy to the aged AMI
disconsolate father How powerful and efficacious
an appeal that softened heart that was full of re-
venge and like the wild beast gloried in Decorating
the remains of its hapless victim.
More things are wrought by Prayer than this
world dreams Of"
1t stops the fury and rage of the powerful
against the weak; it Gains the hearts of revengefu
spirits and sheathes the swords of the victors
against the vanquished foe God has placed in the
heart of humanity tender spot, which enables the
weak to withstand the strong, that diverts the
storms of passion from their revengeful course by
yielding to the voice of prayer 1t is the supplica-
ton of the humble to deter the proud from LAYING
waste the beauties of nature and, like Moses, with
upfted hand God protects the universe through its
suppiant appeal. If the crouching beast under his
masters lash could only utter a suppliant prayer
for mercy that prayer would move the master to
compassion. In the Christian sense, where God
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
THE VICE PRESIDENT SPEAK S.

St Stainisaus Polish Roman Catholic paroch-
ial school was dedicated in Chicago last Sunday
1t is announced that there will be a corps of more
than hundred teachers and $500 pupils in the new
school, and it is said to be the largest institution
Of Its kind in America. At the dedication there
were the usual ceremonies which accompany such
events, with banquet in the evening at which Vice
President Charles w. Fairbanks was the principal
speaker. In his address, Mr. Fairbanks advocated
the expenditure of money on schools and churches,
rather than unnecessary army and navy
establishment, to maintain national tranquility
and domestic peace.
From the tone of Mr.. Fairbanks address, part
Of which is reproduced in another column. it is
evident that he has studied history and the Catholic
church with profit to himself as well as to the ma
ton and the church. Fair words are those from
Protestant lips with a recognition that the great
Catholic church" is the bottom stone in the fomda-
ton which holds up the fine supersructure of our
civilization. The Catholic church needs only to be
studied and observed to be admired Intimate as
ISOLATION with it invariably engenders that keen
love which makes the establishment of such great
school the St. Stainisaus possible For the vice
presidents words extend congratulations: for
the new school opened under such favorable aus
pieces we extend earnest wishes for success.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
THE BOND ISSUE.

! The city administration is contemplating the
submission of proposition to the taxpayers for the
issuance of additional bonds of 100000, which, if
voted upon favorably, will place Salt Lakes bonded
Indebtedness to the limit provided by statute Lay
ing aside the merits of the proposition there are
/ two strong objections to making improvements by
the issuance of bonds. The first is that lavshness
of expenditure is promoted by putting off the ult-
mate payment of improvements for ten or twenty
years. And the present condition of the finances
of the city is not such as to warrant any lavish
expenditure. With numerous charges of misman-
agement of civic affairs and the open though siren
uously denied charges of graft and INCOMPETENCE
it would be well to have thorough campaign of
publicity of all the transactions before any more
funds provided for expenditure.
The second reason against making improve
ments by bonding is that for every $1,000 of i'm
provements made, in twenty years. at simple per
cent interest the taxpayers are called upon for
$500 to redeem the bond The proposed bond issue
of 100000 in twenty years, with simple interest
at per cent will require $1OS0COO to be raised for
interest and principal. The question to be decided
by the taxpayers Is whether the proposed improve
ments are of sufficient Importance to warrant the
expenditure 1t has become a well-settled principle
of sound finance that only work of the greatest
urgency or of greatest permanency such as will per-
nit the coming generations to share in its benefits,
should be done by bond issues. Waterworks may be
considered in this class but paving streets or re-
pairing streets already paved is legitimate ex-
pense'whch should be met from the current funds
If the administration would give out several
good reasons why the people of Salt Lake should
vote to saddle themselves with debt of more than
million dollars for improvements which in them
selves will not exceed in value more than half
million, would produce reasons sufficient to jus
tify the assumption of any further bonded debt or
would even attempt to show the regularity of pre-
vious expenditures, the taxpayers might take more
kindly to the proposition.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16

ted to enjoy the revenues originally attached to
pagan temples, they compelled to restore
not only the capital but also whatever revenue had
| been received"
'No Christian eligible to any commission IN
the army or to any Office of the state" So far Glib
bon. The heathens. jubilant of their triumph, be-
gan an indiscriminate, if not a systematic attack
of scurrility insult and abuse of Christians in ev-
cry part of the Empire A ferocous mob fell upon
the aged Bishop Marcus of Arethusa, dragged him
through the streets and subjected him to every sort
of indignity. "They inhumanly scourged him"
writes Gibbon, "they tore his beard; and his naked
body, anonted with honey, suspended in a net
and exposed to the sngs of insects and the rays of
Syrian SUM-" Similar cruelties. perpetrated on
Christians were now witnessed in Rome and in all
Italy, and were appauded by Julian and his cour-
tiers. One of the most remarkable DEGREES of
Julian, in his war on Christianity, regarded educa-
tion for in this, in many other instances, the
Apostate is the model for the enemies of the
church in times. Henceforth who as
pired to the rank of teacher to be admitted to
office till his submitted to Julian, and
he had offered incense to the gods. By imperial de-
all chairs of literature and philosophy in the
schools were interdicted to Christians.
In brief, short of the sword itself every means
that human ingenuity could devise and unlimited
power supply. was brought into action for the de-
struction of the Church. How Jared it with Julian
and Paganism! Julian with fifty armed galleys,
HOO transport ships and army of 100000 men,
including the Roman veterans, entered on war of
conquest against the king of Persia As in the case
of Napoleon Bonaparte, who imprisoned the Pope,
the elements conspired against him, and he, with
his army persisted Pierced by javelin. he made
an effort to pull it out. and fell from his horse. Re
covering his senses he took a handful of the blood
that flowed from the wound and, fnging it to-
wards heaven, cried aloud with his last words: 20,
Christ, 0 Gaean thou hast conquered" Does NJ.
Combes expect to succeed where the Roman EN-
peror failed
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
DEATH OF BISHOP HORTSMAN.

Ri. Rev. Ignatius F. Hortsman. bishop of Cleve-
land, died at Canton, O., last Wednesday. Bishop
Hortsman was born in Philadelphia, December l6,
1910 After his ordination in 1869 he was appoint
ed professor in ST. Charles seminary. In 1871 lie
was made pastor of st. AIary's church. where he
manned till 1885 when he was appointed chancellor
of the archdiocese of Philadelphia In 1892 he
succeeded Ri. Rev. Richard Gilmour as bishop of
Cleveland As bishop of Cleveland he won the re-
spect and esteem of all classes. A learned man
and eloquent pulpit orator, Bishop Hortsman was
frequently called upon to make public addresses.
He was the guest of Bishop Seaman some years ago
when he visited Salt Lake. Between both a very in
innate friendship sprang up. Last January he
wrote a warm letter of congratulation to Bishop
Seaman after reading his address published in this
paper. Since his elevation to the cpiscopacy
merous churches and charitable institutions have
been built The diocese of Cleveland will miss his
guiding hand; his people, clergy and laity, always
edited By his sanity life, will mourn his loss.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16

assistance in making their children appear ridicu
lous before the world 1t is said that life is what
each of makes it, which may be
true after we have the job turned
to us, but the influences of the home
are the one most potent factor in child's educa-
ton, and children are very largely what their home
influences make them. If children have before them
at all times heather aectation in dress and bodily
ornamentation, their initiative faculties naturally
reproduce it. Children the clothes and iewelry
their parents provide for them. The innocents need
the pity while the parents need the censure if the
ehiIdren's wearing apparel is overdone.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
SENSIBLE DRESS.

One OF the city piano teachers recently had a
girl of twelve or fourteen years come to her with
half dozen rings upon her fingers About the time
the pupil began her performance. the teacher re-
qucsted her to the relics of barbarism from
her hands, which she did under protest While we
agree with the teacher that the rings interfered
with the physical dexterity of the hands. but more
with the mental attitude of the pupil diverting at
tention from the study of the music to an admira
ton Of her baubles we doubt if the pupil perceived
the least lmpropriety in her jewelry display or APP
precated the hard-headed sense of her teacher The
child was really more to be pitied than eensured In
requiring the removal of her rings. the music
teacher simply placed censor upon the innocent
young girls duty Of wearing what her parents nro
vided for her. She was not responsible for wearing
her pretty rings The guilty ones are those higher
up-her father and mother perhaps In reading
the riot act to the little girl the music teacher had
the wrong fellow. The parents who provided the
eXtravagant display the ones to whom her cans
tic should have been addressed. Young maids. if
permitted to, will ape the ways of their elders. if
encouraged III extravaganza in dress the innocent
young creatures make themselves ridiculous in the
eyes Of the public. If parents provide diamond
rings soubrete hats, ostentatious shoes and dresses
the children may not be expected to recognize anv
mpropmety IN wearing them, and should not be
made to take all the consequences Of the vulgaritv.
1t doesn't seem quite fair to them TO make them
bear even the reproofs of their music teachers. II
would OF course, be very presumptuous on the part
OF the music teacher to attempt to act as censor of
dress for his pupils. The pupils would resent such
interference with their rights And parents would
be quick to find another music teacher-one not 50
oticious or so cranky. But somebody ought to pre-
sent the matter Of sensible dress to offending par
2nts. 1t would require dipomatist to do this
without offense. Our readers no doubt know MANY
10 whom hint should be given on this matter but
Of course none Of our readers are in need Of any
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16

The words of the classic poet, The mountains
are in labor, and there is born a ridicuIou.
mouse" might we'll apply to the last scene in the
sensational farce at the Congregational church a,-
Sunday. 1t does not add to the dignity of the
church or.the prudence of the pastor to extend an
invitation to public officials to prove their mafe
ance in Office and then make miserable failure Of
the alleged charges. 1t brings Christianity into
disrepute when its supposed ministers turn Gods
house into political arena to give vent to bis
pique. After the war let us hope that on nett
Sunday peace will be established.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
C0MBES AND JULIAN, THE APOSTATE.

In the April % number of the Literary Digest
! there is extract from the "Neue Freie Presse =
Berlin, taken from letter written by NJ. Combes.
ex-premier of France. In this letter to the Berlin
Daily NJ. Combes when reviewing the present
status of the church in France writes: The church
is practically dead and will never come TO life
again" Elsewhere he is reported to have said
1--WE have driven Jesus Christ out of France we will
now drive him into the Mediterranean"
Well, let us see how a greater man than NJ.
Combes and a with the resources of an En-
pire at his command succeeded lip attempting to
accomplish what NJ. Combes claims to have effected
with the assistance of the Radical and utra-Soca
list press of his country. How greater man. whose
mentality had much in common with that of NJ.
Combes, Jared in his prolonged fight with Jesus
Christ, or "The Gailean,' as the greater than NJ.
Combes epithzed our Divine Lord
When in the year 365, Julian the Apostate enter
ing on his twenty-fifth year, was elevated to the
purple, on the death of his uncle Constantinus,
Rome and Italy were as Catholic as were
France when NJ Combes assumed the premiership
of his country. Julian was baptized Christian
and among his fellow students in the halls of Ath
ems, were st. Gregory, of Nazianzum, and ST. Basil
the Great who attest that he was youth restless
in his pride and of unbridled lust The deistic au-
thor of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
says that Julian possessed of great intellect
of surprising energy, and that during the six years
of his rule in Gaul before he became supreme mas
ter of the Roman Empire, he displayed marvellous
activity. which won the applause alike of the army
and the citizens.
However, he no sooner mounted the imnnria1
throne than he laid aside the mask of Christianity.
which he had until now worn, and proclaimed to
the world his resolve to extirpate the religion of
Christ and to revive, with all possible splendor.
the worship of the gods. He began his war on
Christ whom he to drive fro mthe Roman EN-
pire, by disabilities and countless petty hardships
to harass and destroy the Christian church. He
hesitated. like NJ. Combes, to unsheath the sword
of persecution for he feared lest the herosm of the
martyrs would as of old, win additional honors for
the church and excite the sympathy and admiration
of the masses. He began by cancelling:
"All the municipal and public grants hitherto
made for the support of the clergy and the church
He withdrew the immunity enjoyed by the
clergy from military service"
The churches, with the lands and properties
attached to them, were restored to pagan worship"
"Wherever property had been transferred to the
church, and the Christian church had been permit
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
Sports and athletics i'm schools

Sports and athletics in schools and ,.r
should be encouraged, but games which tend ~. .s.'
duce the number of students who talk. DALI.
else in the gymnasiums or in the fields o..,
all too important part in American c,.I.oa. 'a
It were better to have a whole class d. r.sr-l way
tive boys and girls, all mediocre athlete. H.
champion runner or jumper or eleven orar.-. '.
bruisers as football squad with r-.- ~.
class hollow-chested wcakling~ The r.....
value of athletics seems to be cnti-.r aror-..L
in some schools.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
THE INTERMoUNTAN AND COLORADO CATHOLIC: MAY 16 1905

alone is great. nothing could be mertorlouS
than the prayers which ascend like sweet incense
before his throne. 1t reminds the Prodigal and
Lost Sheep of their duties to God, compels him.
without interfering with his liberty, to yield mans
request ASK and it shall be given to you" in the
unfaling promise of his Son. Jesus Christ.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
CORRESP0NDENCE SoTJCI
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA,1.AN.

I feel it my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
from time time that person bearing the
and garb Of priest sister anyone else, is
authorized permitted TO solicit collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever with
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 or
she the may be, should be regarded by all as
q fraud and imposter L. SEAMAN,
Bishop Of Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16

The Hoosier Schoolmaster" has long been an
Indians classic, and now the novelists have been
furnished with new and homemade brand in
the Laporte mystery for the large and brilliant class
o writer's of the state. The public may expect
large crop of tales of adventure, love- lust, dark
cellars. dungeons and murder founded on the
tragedies in the northern part Of the state
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16

Officials Of the United States geological .r,-.-
say the annual waste Of coal in this corr.,.
amounts to 2O0OooO0O tons. owing to fmpro,o.
mining methods. In the meantime the prde..
housewife tries to make each buckctful I'll, ororul
to compensate for the waste of the nagns-cs.