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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

of the. place, and Brownie who had suddenly
been famed dangerously exposing his shay
handsome feet, and Effie's sympathy was so vio-
lently aroused that, trying to call the dog away
from the danger, she thoughtessly ran great risk
herself. That very hackman whom Frank Dave1-
port had often classed "a clumsy blunderbuss pro-
ceeded to prove it. He dropped a trunk he was
carrying, and down it came with crushing weight
upon weak board in the flooring of the station.
The trunk would not yield, and the weak board was
forced to do A big, ragged hole was left there
which the station agent proposed to mend as soon
the trains would let him.
Big Jim's keen eyes saw it as No. So in its
usual roaring style, swept into the station, thun-
dering away. Il am here
1t annoyed him to see anything mot Just right
along the track. and he growled out an oath He
had been in growing mood ever since Yesterday
leavetaking of his "leetle GAL He had been very
much dissatisfied with himself
He had reasoned with himself; why shouldn't
| pray! Ny wife used to talk to me. 1t would
have TO be prayer for mercy"
That makes good first round in sinner.
supplicaton. Big Jim might have seen Because he
had all this time been unwilling to breathe sylla-
bic of petition. he the more dissatisfied with
himself, When he that ragged. deep wound
IN the floor. that oath in part showed dissatisfac-
ton with the uttering it. His soul was in a
turmoil. and that exclamation was a kind of era
ter whereby the volcano found a vent. But what
else did he see. shaggy brown dog or some
thing that child chasing off the track. and
this child Effe, and she stumbled into that
horrid hole not than fifty feet ahead of the
cowcatcher of roaring, laundering No 60 Oh
how he flew about that cab straning at every level
and then letting such frightfuly piercing
shreks under the sooty roof of the old station
Down brakes" Oh, it seemed as if he would go
mad
He covered his face with his hands one moment.
and the next sprang out of the cab and actually
grasped the great iron dragon and tried to hold
it back.
The dragon, though. crashed over something
white in that hole. and then it seemed to Big jim
as if the world had come to end.
Something awful seemed to rise up and strike
him. The engine, the train, the whole railroad
seemed to be colliding with him, and he staggered
as if he had been shot. Then came an awful hush
The train had stopped. Everybody in the station,
everything, the very world seemed to come to this
same bewildering pause, wondering what had hap
pened in that ragged hole under the train. The
next moment, sweet and clear. rang out child's
voice Fife crawled out of the hole and towards
her fathers arms
Here | am, papa. | Just lay down.
He seized her. He fell upon his knees He
looked up. He sobbed: 20 my God, forgive poor
sinner | thank We. | thank ye!"
Il tell YOU" said Frank Davenport there
wasn't eye but what was damp all through that
station | it ALL
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IMPRESSIONS OLD AND NEW
Continued from page u

deserved thy fate thou did, and none
met it with such towards heart The HUI
man heart may beat with some spark of pity for
every criminal there i'll that Chamber of Horrors,
but for you the guilloine and its knife were but
mild punishment | shall never forget the Cham
Der of Horrors and ! will remember as | made my
way out how quickly | went glancing back two
or three times lest some of these criminals might be
on my track with the pistol or the knife You may
laugh at me- dear reader, when | assure you that
not for all the wealth of the Nanderbts and
Rothschilds would | spend one night in the cham
ber and | would rather face the lannon's mouth
than wander alone through that guesome place
even in the daylight. There is something you know
natural about haunted houses and moonlit grave
yards at the witching hour, but these stony-eyed
mockeres of humanity. All. well. Hurriedly |
escaped from the chamber up again to the exhi-
btion room and pass my policeman at the head
of the stairs. | gave one look at him in passing
1t seemed to me that he smiled and waved his hand
and whispered: Don't be frightened my good fell
low while I'm here none of them shall come out
after you there is nice bar at the corner of the
street where they sell good lemonade Come soon
again and we might have Jack the Ripper. Ia Ia :
drew deep breath of relief as | stood on the
pavement once more on that beautiful August aft
ernoon ! mounted bus and, seating myself beside
the driver | found myself in my native atmosphere
again but the scared look must be still upon my
face for the driver whispered: "Say, Governor.
there's three detectives on this bus
NAPIER TANDY.
London, May /, o.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
FIRST AND LAST COMMUNION.

Yes | remember well the time. the place.
Of First COMMUNICATIVE of rarest grace
Sweetest of childhood's happy days. For then
As when He walked amongst the sons of men.
Christ in His arms raised up His little child
With soothing gesture, fatherly and mild,
And pressed him to His bosom. With the same
Unutterable tenderness He came
Into hearts full often since that day.
How many more such visits shall He pay
Before He comes to summon us away.
How many such between us and the shore
Of that dark ocean He will watt up DER
As our Viaticum? All none can tell
Save only One who keeps the secret well,
To Him | leave the manner time and place
OF that dread change. so He but give the grace
OF Last Communion. When and how and where
| know not. not; but for tlGs l care
Dying may my Last Communion make
In peace with Him who died too. for my sake
And may that loving Lord my parting spirit take
Rev Matthew RUSSELL S. J.
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ENGINEER jim.

Every boy likes to read "a rafting railroad
story" Here is good one of unidentified source
The hero Of this "tale of the rail" was Engineer
jim Stevens on the Air Line Railroad 1.-THE down
express" He very proud of his locomotive
No. 60. He would sometimes boast how quickly
he could stop it. He would stand in his cab as
royal king his throne Before him
the steel levers with their shining handles. He
knew just which one to work He knew just how
to make the shrill locomotive whistle shrek out
Down brakesw He would make his quick, strong
hands fly there, send the sharp echoes flying shut
off the steam and bring to prompt halt the pom
derous crushing mass of iron the iron track.
He did it-oh. once he could not do it, But
must not anticipate
He got his name Big JIM" from Frank
Davenport, the Jolly hackman. Frank knew every
body. people that he had never seen before.
He had, though, met this big, burly, muscu-
lar engineer who ruled like a king in his grimy
cab.
"Hullo,'' shouted Frank when the down
press" came in one day. IF there isn't Big Jim
the new engineer. He will make that train walk
Walk! Say run. shoot fly! How Big Jim did
beat the record made by all previous trains. And
his "leetle gal"what about her
That was Effie Stevens. Her mother having
died, Effie lived with aunt, the engineer ssis
ter. One day the second after he appeared as the
kind of the down express" there came to the sta
ton a child with lunch basket. The blue of the
sea was in her eyes. The sunshine was in her hair
was in her voice She came to the station and
waited patiently till locomotive No. 60 roared into
the building saying in a voice of thunder: 81
here and then she took her place not far from
No co The engineer saw her. eaped from the cab
seized her in his arms. lifted her. kissed her and
then went back good-sized lunch i'll his pocket
From the cab he kissed grimy hand to her, and
she kissed hers in return. Hers as white as
a snowflake
Big ,Jim's leetle GAL know" declared Frank
Davenport Nobody disputed what Frank said he
knew II wouldn't have changed his opinion if
anv one had disagreed. The hackman had over
heard conversation between the engineer and his
1eetle gal
4 prayed for you on the road papa this morn
ing" She said, playing with his hair and twisting
a Stout iron-gray lock about her finger
Big Jim said: That's right
"Tt-it's awful risky, papa. Do you-prayE
asked Effie.
Big Jim set her down. Guess the cab of old
so and me can get along.
Then he went TO his cab, and for some reason
bo did not kiss his hand to her that day. The
snorflaLes though. fluttered in the air He only
cold GOOD bv. She noticed it, and when she turned
away her blue eyes were dashed with sudden rain
Il tell We" declared Frank, TO a brother hack
MOI, Chat teched me way down in the boots
The next dav at the hour for the arrival OF the
,vrress Fffie was at the station watching for il.
She was not in the habit of crossing tracks. but
She had an extensive acquaintance among the dogs
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THE HOMELESS KITTEN.

Lefty and Barbara had gust been on visit
which was the event of their lives thus far. They
had spent whole week in a summer boarding
house in quiet place by the sea. Aunt Bah kept
the house Ii was crowded. but Aunt Bah said
there was one little room small to let, where she
could stow them away. and she was hungry for a
sight of the dears. That rather mixed eH-
rression but it is exactly what she said,
So they went. and now that they we're home
ppain if seemed as if two tongues could not work
cast enough telling mother about it. The sea shells
md the ba;Aers. and the boarders-but after all
The most interesting incident appeared to be the
story of the homeless kitten.
Aunt Bah told us just how tar we could go
bv ourselves" Lefty began, land we never went one
bit farther e..I ~
mont Tell how we found the kitten Barbara
Jumped up and down"
I'VE heard il meow and we looked back 1t
nos tho dearest little kitten following US.
go very little" Barbara put in.
We thought maybe it belonged to one OF the
,,zes and we shut il inside back gate, but pretty
soon we heard it again. D..
How II did cryt" 1t was hard work Tor par
taro ~ listen while Lefty told the story but then
1T. was older. Il took it up this time she
Faid "and It did purr so happy.
we thought we'd try to find nome Tor IT,
to+, 7cnt on with the tale "and we called at tour
houses to ask if they didn't want sitten, put no
body would have the dear little fhing 7one -
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-06
DROP THE PoLITIcsl

s. Cedar Rapids Republican. The
present legislature is developing a
great deal of politics. 1t is laying the
foundations for political agitations
that will engage the attention of Iowa
for years to come. Is it not possible
that we have too much concern in
politics and too little in business in
the development Of the state indus
trially? Iowa is prolific in agitations,
through which men seek office and
factions seek power, but 1t is deficient
in industrial enterprise.
The worst thing about this all is
that in Iowa we will devote another
decade to broiling politics. The ener-
gies and the enterprise of the people
will not go into industrial lines, but
into political agitations. Men Of capital
will cease to invest in manufacturing
to await the outcome and to await
peace, is 1t not patent fact that Iowa
ought to be given few years Of rest
from politics? We have in this state
the greatest natural advantages, but
instead Of devoting our energies to the
development Of these resources we are
continually in a political or moral tur
MOL and all for nothing. The political
agitations have simply to do with g
few men who want offices and moral
agitations amount often to very little
real progress.
| A plague on all the agitators and g
blessing on all who desire to labor In
this great industrial vineyard which
we have called Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-06

early this week and left for Rosebud
reservation, where Messrs Smith. and
Vance were fortunate in drawing two
claims in the government allotment
there.
Miss Alma Culberson of Chillioothe.
is calling on friends here this week.
Mrs. T. J. Williams of Des Moines I'd
visiting at the home Of her father We
C. Ross this week.
Mrs. A. H. Latiner and child lefl
Monday morning for Guthrie Centet
to spend week or so at the home Of
her sister Mrs. L. B. Keller near Ere.
mont this week.
Mrs. Perry Shrevers, who has been
spending the winter at the home OF
her grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. abb
Stuber, has returned to her home al
Hermiston, Ore.
Miss Esther Grange Of Putnam. H.,
Is here making an extended visit with
her cousin, Mrs. Dave Mahaffey.
w. H. Brunson, who has conducted a
store here for several months had
bought. the produce store of Henry
Biihler, and will continue the business
as before.
A party of Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Stepll.
enson's friends gathered with them
Tuesday evening and passed the even.
ing pleasantly and refreshments wera
served About twenty were present
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-06

A report from Chicago states that
after hiding in barrel and pelting
Peter Patterson, carpenter, with
small stones, Hubert McHugh of 1901
Halsted street laughingly cried april
fool just as Patterson hurled large
brick, which struck him on the head
Patterson, who lives at 709 Seventeen
street is under arrest at the Engla-
wood police station, charged with as,
sault and McHugh is under the care
of physician.
Without wishing Mr.. McHugh any
bad luck, the hope might be ventured
that his stay in the hospital will OF
sufficient length to give him time to
reflect on the foolishness of these Ap,
ril fool gags AS for Mr.. Patterson, he
should be released at once and given
an honorary degree in the Society OF
Fool Killers.
A few vigorous applications of a
good, springy barrel stave would be
about the proper thing for that Des
Moines girl who had her mother ar.
rested when she objected to the
daughters spooning in the parlor with
her best fellow after II p. m.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-06

in other words, is dangerous thing,
and screens on windows and outside
doors are excellent investment from
several points of view.
Ottumwa housekeepers should take
up this matter. The premises should
be cleaned up this spring with view
to removing the fly's breeding places,
and provision should be made for a
liberal use Of screens. The extermin-
alton of the fly, even to limited ex-
tent, will add much to the public com
fort and the public health.
Although everybody did not seem
to agree on the subject of cleaning
UP Ottumwa" when the matter was
presented in political sense, still
there should be no trouble in securing
unanimous agreement to plan for q
good housewifely cleaning up of the
back yards and alleys as an adjunct
to the spring housekeeping. Ottumwa
did well last spring on it's "clean up
days, but 1t should do better this
year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-06
M A C R|NERYIS
ENR0UTE HERE
WOODEN SHOE BRUSH WORKS
WILL BE IN OPERATION IN
FEW DAYS.

With the receipt of bill Of lading
from Pella this morning and notice
that the machinery of the new brush
factory for this city was loaded
aboard the cars there and all ready
for shipment, Secretary G. D. Doud of
the Ottumwa Commercial association
has received tangible assurance that
the actual operation of the new Wood
en- Shoe Brush Works is now but a
matter of few days.
The factory building in the west
end is ready for occupancy and John
G. Vissar, the president Of the new
company, will arrive in Ottumwa on
Monday to superintend the installa-
ton of the machinery. The factory has
an established trade and character OF
products and has been running in Pei
la for years. The removal to Ottumwa
has been made because of the better
shipping facilities at hand and the big
commercial field this city offers as a
center.
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FOSTERS WEATHER
B U L L E T IN
(Copyrighted 1909 by w.
FoSter.)

Washington, D. c., April s-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent April 8 to Z, warm
wave to 6, cool wave S to 8. Tenn.
peratures of this disturbance were
expected to average about normal In
the great central valleys and colder
than usual in the Atlantic and Pacific
coast states. Force OF disturbance
was expected to be somewhat greater
than usual.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about 8, cross Pacific slope by
close of 8, great central valleys 10 tC
12, eastern states 49, Warm wave
will cross Pacific slope about 8, great
central valleys 10. eastern states ~
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about II. great central valleys 13
eastern states 10.
This disturbance will bring flare
back or some other outrageous
weather event. The walls of weather
wrath will be emptied on suffering
humanity April 10 to 20. During
that period temperature will go to ex
tremes with northern killing frosts
dangerous storms will occur, heav!
downpours of rain; thunder storms
with probability of tornadoes. The
worst of these bad weather feature;
will take effect in the great centra
valleys while the Atlantic states wi.
get the easiest part of these unwel
come weather events. A tropica
storm is expected off our souther,
states during those eleven days.
Indications are that first half Q
April will average colder than usua
in eastern and Pacific states ant
warmer than usual in the sections
that lie contiguous to Meridians 81
| to 95.
If | were living in an earthquake
country, | would give out warning o
seismic disturbances during the fiv
days of which April IS will be TIL
central day
These great weather disturbance
4 are dangerous to Comparatively
small part of the country but as w
cannot definitely locate dangerou
storms, l advise that all arrange thel
affairs SO as to avoid the annoyance
of weather bureau "flarebacks" fror
April 10 to 20 inclusive.
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kEosAUQUA.

Keosauqua -Tobe Beer of this
place and Miss Evelyn Van Zant OF
Pennington were married Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Metho.
dist parsonage by the Rev. Thorna
They left on the evening train fol-
Pennington.
Miss Stella Sloan arrived home
Tuesday from two months visit In
Chicago.
Miss Winnie Corwin and brother
Paul spent Thursday in Bentonsport
with friends.
Mrs. j. Schreckengost left Thurs
day for Freeport, H., for an extended
visit with her son, Frank and family.
Mrs. c. Russell and son Gordon ara
in Ottumwa, the guest of relatives.
Miss Hattie Sloan of Kansas City
arrived Monday for a short visit with
relatives.
John Hendricks of Eldon was bus
mess visitor in Keosauqua Tuesday.
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AM oPIIMIsTs' DAY.

The Kansas City journal is lnclliieu
to approve suggestion to aoohsn
All Fools day and to establish IN 1ts
stead National Optimists' day IL
holds that the present time is pecul-
iarly fit and appropriate as the
psychological moment for such an uh-
dertaking, as assuredly there were
never so many fools at large and
sorelv in need of the services OF the
nroyerbial fool killer. Obviously, SAYS
the Journal, there is no longer any
special significance in April FOOL
day in view Of the fact that the can
didates for the cap and bells nave
appropriated every day in the year
for their antics. The journal goes on
TO say:
Another and still more cogent argu-
ment in favor Of the Optimists' clubs
reform arises from the fact that the
country has been too long anllc.el
with croakers and pessimlsts IN Tue
shape of the arrant demagogues Wno
have been roaming up and down the
land for the last several years preaCn-
Ing their groundless doctrines OF as
content and distrust. These self-styl-
ed reformers, really blatant takers, as
Uncle Joe Cannon bluntly declares, or
else addle-brained alarmists, have had
their day, like. the fools, and II WIN
he many a day before the American
neople recover from the mischief they
have done with their muckraklng
SANDERS and baseless denunc1atlops
of the men whose far-seeing Initiative
and masterful activities in the finah.
cial and industrial world have raised
this country to it's present proud pre-,
eminence as the egreatest empire OF
human liberty, opportunity ana
achievement that the world ever saw
That some evil exist, that there are
wrongs to be righted, is as self-ev1
dent as that fallible mortaIs can new
er hope to form a perfect state OF SO,
ciety. But it is also self-evident tnat
the evils and wfongs are as trivial rs
tlyspecks compared to the marvellous
edifces Of industrial wellbeing, con
tentment and happiness which the
empire builders have erected, and In
which all Industrious and worthy cit'
zens may share, in this country. 1t Is
high time for the optimists to have
their day. There is plenty OF room
for all, and happiness for all VINO
fight life's battle bravely and cheerful
ly, in America today
The Journal is prone, at times, &c
assume too conservative an attitude
but there is no doubt grounds for Its
statement that it is time for the Opt
rnists to have their day. The Ameri
can people are just little too ready
to ioin in every reform debauch, and
, like other debauches these usually
leave headache on the morning
after.
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The managers of the New York de-
partment stores have issued a rule
that hereafter the girls behind their
counters must depend on their own
hair instead of decking themselves i'll
five story pompadours. They have
issued an edict which runs:
Ladies, hereafter you must appear
in your own hair. Rat pompadours
and puff spinnakers are no longer
ladylike or CONNIE il faut, nor are they
'de-rigger' or ally mode. Hereafter
you will consider these suggestions as
rules, any breach Of which will re
punished by fine"
The ball fans will hope that this
reform will extend to some of those
on the other side of the store counter
before the grand stand is thrown
open. 1t rather looks now as If this
summers monstrosities in hair dress
ing have it on last summers merry
widow, somewhat, as scenery spoilers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-06
CLEVELAND ON ROOSEVELT.

George F. Parker in McClure's
Magazine When / saw Mr.. CleYe-
land for the first time after the Access
sion Of Mr.. Roosevelt to the presiden-
cy, he spoke with great freedom of his
association with him. From this and
other conversations with Mr.. Cleve-
land extract the following declara-
ton:
Roosevelt is the most perfectly
equipped and the most effective poll.
tician thus far seen in the presidency
Jackson, Jefferson and Van Buren,
were not for a moment, comparable
with him in this respect. When | was
governor he was still a very young
man and only a member of the as
sembly; but it was clear to me, even
thus early, that he was looking to a
public career; that he was studying
political conditions with care that l
had never known any man to show,
and that he was firmly convinced that
he would some day reach prominence.
/ must, however, confess that I never
supposed that the presidency would
come within the scope Of his aspira-
lions SO early in life
LII oCloUSl, l5Vl, III Tie course Oh
conversation, I told this anecdote to
Richard Olney in Boston, and he ex-
claimed
ooh, can beat that! 1 know Of an
occasion when Mr.. Cleveland ex.
pressed this opinion long before his
talk with you
When l asked for particulars, Olney
said:
''In 1893, when the question OF
choosing president of the civil serv.
ice commission was presented to the
cabinet every member of which was
in favor of the promotion of Mr.. Roos
evelt, then a member Of that body =
President Cleveland was strongly op-
posed to this action, and said: I want
to tell you gentlemen now that you
are making a mistake. l have known
this young man Roosevelt since 1888
snd tell you that without exception
he is the most ambitious man and
the most consummate politician have
ever seen. However, as you all favor
this nomination, / will not oppose it;
only want you to bear my words in
mind. The time will come when you
will see that / am right"