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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
CATHOLIC AVIAToRs.
Comte de Lambert, BIeriot and Far
mum Are Practical Catholics.

1t may be of interest to note that the
two aviators who have made the most
sensational flights up to date-vz, the
Comte de Lambert and NJ Bl9.iOt-
are both Catholics and that more than
in name, says the Irish Catholic The
former has had the daring to be the
first to cross a great city-viz., Paris
where to make a descent if anything
went wrong was impossible-and to
soar SO high as TO reach an altitude OF
100 metres above the Eiffel tower
which is itself over 1000 feet high
There he turned gracefully in the air
and made the return journey to the
point whence he started. The count is
known to be as prudent as he is dar-
ing.
AS for NJ B1eriot, the first to cross
the sea in a flying machine from one
country to another, he is a graduate of
the Catholic College of Our Lady of
Graces, Cambray, France.
NJ. Henry Farman, who was awarded
the first prize of $4,000 for his flight
at Blackpool, England, is a son of the
Paris correspondent of the Irish Cath
Ole, and neturalized Frenchman. In
1906, when Gabriel Voisin, after long
experiment, had brought his double
deck aeroplane to a satisfactory stage.
Farman was almost the first man to
take up the task of navigating it in the
air. In 1907 he startled the world by
short flight, the first accomplished in
France since the two brief fights of
Santos Dumont in the previous year.
Farman quickly progressed, and
made record after record. But eventual
ly he reached a stage beyond wht3h he
could not get. Wilbur Wright went TO
France in 1908, and soon captured all
the records.
Farman tested engine after engine,
but still was unable to regain the
leadership. Then he took a bold step.
He broke away from Voisin, and set up
on his own account as an aeroplane
manufacturer.
Roger Somer bought a Farman ma
chine in July, 1909 and after few les
sons was able to fly. In month Somer
had beaten the worlds record. and he
placed the Farman machine in front
even of the Wright
At the Rheims meeting Farman him
self made a decided hit. He Travelled a
distance of over 112 miles, and remained
in the air for thre hours four minutes
and fifty-six seconds, easily beating
the previous worlds record
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
God Ever With the Church.

Cardinal Newman once said: THE
church is ever militant; sometimes she
gains, sometimes she loses; and more
often she is at once gaining and los
ing in different parts of her territory
Let Lord Macauley, the Protestant his
torian, explain how this comes about:
IF 1 were a Roman Catholic 1 could
easily account for this phenomenon.
If l were a Roman Catholic 1 should
content myself with saying that the
mighty hand and outstretched arm had
been put forth acc0r1ng to promise, in
defense of the Interchangeable church
that He who in the old time turned
blessings into the curses of Balaam
and smote the host of Senacherib had
signally COMPOUNDED the arts and pow
ers of heretical statesmen" The Di-
vine promise was given that the gates
of hell should not prevail, and they
never will.-Catholic Sun.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
A Noble Dou,

Near the Hosplce Of st. Bernard,
Switzerland, is IL monument to Barry,
one of the dogs, which always interests
tourists. This animal died some years
ago, and a writer in the Wide World
Magazine tells his story:
During the ten years he was at the
hospice he saved the lives of forty
persons who had lost their way in
The snow. On one occasion he found
a child, 10 years old, lying. in the snow
under the influence of the fatal slum-
Der which precedes death. The dog
warmed the child with his breath and
then reused it from sleep by licking it.
This much accomplished, Barry, by ly-
ing down on it's side, gave the child an
obvious invitation to get upon its back
and ride. The child did so, and was
thus carried to the monastery. Barry
was killed by some unknown person,
probably in mistake
The inscription on the monument is:
Barry, the heroic. Saved the lives of
forty persons, and was killed by the
forty-first'
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
STONED BECAUSE HE SMILED.
The Bishop Forgave His AssaiIants
and They Were Not Punished.

The story of the papal interdictt is
sued again the town of Adria because
they stoned Bishop Boggiani, was re-
corded two months ago. The sentences
pronounced against the rioters by the
Italian court of justice, have Just been
made public. AS the bishop refused
to prosecute on the score that he had
forgiven his assailants, the court was
inclined to clemency and the prisoners,
some twelve in number, were other
released or let off with very nominal
punishment.
The trial, which revealed a rather
pathetic ignorance on. the part o. the
culprits as to the reasons for their
wrongdoing, was not without its hu-
morous side. 1t recalled in one partic-
ular an incident which took place in
Rome a year ago. In a moment of
popular excitement a window of the
Austro-Hungarian embassy was brok-
en- and the stone throwers were arrest
ed. When asked why they broke the
window, they said that a woman of the
embassy. had stood there and provoked
them by an ironical smile. 1t was
true that a woman had stood there,
but she happened to be there as lis
itor; she was a Roman aad bore ore
of the oldest names in Rome and her
smile was one of general kindness.
The rioters of Adria, when asked
why they stoned their bishop, one and
all gave the same answer, because he
smiled at them. The last one to be
examined was asked whether it was
a benevolent smile. Yes he admit
ted, that is true. But think that
for once he ought to have changed his
EXPRESSION -
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
CHINESE PAPER.

The Chinese peasant knows nothing
of the scientific methods of paper MAX
ing pursued in western lands. He
manufactures it in the traditional Chi
nese manner.
To him the spring, stream or well
of clear water is indispensable in the
practice of his art. If this good wa
ter is not found in a locality that he
regards as otherwise favorable, it Is
useless for him to think of establish
ing a paper mill there.
The grinding and kneading OF the
basic material is hard work, and is
performed by mules or 'oxen which
draw the heavy, massive millstones
Later the pulp is stirred and beat
en- vigorously with a wooden mall
let by two men. The beaters accom-
pany their toll with rhythmic song
or recitation. as above explained.
which is supposed to tighten their
toll. During the next day, the beat
ers put the paper to dry Their
wages are two dollars a month. The
laborers who wash the pulp earn two
dollars and a half a month.
The higher wage is paid them be-
cause especial care and attention
must be given to this part of the
work. The value of a Chinese dollar
is equal to only fifty cents in United
States money.
The laborers are. however, boarded
free at the factory. The expense of
their support is about two dollars and
a half month for each employee.
The chief paper maker receives from
four to six dollars month. 1t is he
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
Queens Many Accomplishments.

Greece, which is looming just now
largely in world politics, on account of
the Cretan question, can boast of a
queen who is one of the most accom-
plished linguists among European roy
allies. Queen Olga, who was Russian
princess, being a daughter of the Grand
Duke Constantine, is, like most of her
compatriots, excellent at languages, and
speaks not only French, English and
Italian, but also the tongues of her
adopted country, Greek and Albanian.
The queen also enjoys a unique prerog-
ative among the rest of her sex, for she
is probably the only woman who has
ever had the dignity of admiral con-
ferred upon her-an honor bestowed on
her by the late car of Russia. Like the
present czarina, her Greek majesty has
a passion for flowers, and always has
her rooms profusely decorated with
them; and she is likewise keen philan-
thropist
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
AN ANeLIcAN's OBSERVATIONS.

Not all Professionals will agree that
the Catholic intellectual slavery is
such a fearsome thing after all. The
Sacred Heart Review" quotes
writer in the Protestant Episcopal
Living Church." who thus records
his observations European.
''Wayside shrines had offerings of
field flowers before them, to testify
that into the Gull lives of these hard
worked, heavy-taced peasants shines
the sunlight of the great hope which
alone marks life worth while, because
by it a door is opened unto heaven.
All, | had rather be Jahann Bauer, OH
his knees before the picture OF God
inCarnate, worshipping Him with low
ing faith, and asking the prayers OF
HIS Blessed Mother and all other
saints, here on this forest road of the
Ardennes. than President Eliot, doc
tored hundred times frostily self
complacent, and preaching new re-
ligion of surgery and science, with
neither comfort nor inspiration.
And when, in the morning, l heard
the sound of many voices and looked
out to see the whole village marching
in procession to the parish church say
ing the rosary as they went, with the
gentle old pastor bringing up the rear
(the custom every IueSddy), L WOH-
dered whether perhaps, Arcadia were
close by. perhaps you know the tale
of the Denver woman, coming to Bos-
ton for the first time, who heard, as
she drew near it's sacred precincts, Il
strange, rustling noise coming in at
the Pullman window. She asked the
porter what it was, only to hear, It's
the Boston folks tdrning over the
leaves of their Browning, ma'am.
Well, 1 love Browning; put that Tues
day morning in Appenzell, or again
yesterday by the Waldensee when
whole trainload from Einsiedln passed
me reciting the Pater Noster, the Ave
Maria and the Credo. wondered
whether perhaps Switzerland could not
teach Massachusetts even YETI"
And having visited an old cathedral
ne found displayed a number of old
editions of the Bible translated and
published long before Luther was
born. upon which he concludes as
follows:
when I pointed this out to the
sweet old woman who showed me
about, she was in an ecstacy of de
light Luther did not discover the
Bible to the Germans, despite the Pro
testant delusion to that effect"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
The sacredness of Common Life.

Under the above caption a writer in
the current Ave Maria" gives a rarely
beautiful meditation on the grandeur
and loftiness of the ordinary life as it
may be led by the most Iowly of Catho-
lie souls. 1t is the other side of life not
too often touched on, the possibility of
lofty perfection in the pursuit of the
common place avocations of daily life.
Infinite treatises have been written on
the sanctity and beauty of the life of
the religious or the priest; and whilst
there is no inference that piety and love
of God, and single-mindedness in his
service, are confined to them, there has
not been much written or spoken of that
life ''in the world" as the phrase is, to
show that it, too, has its own sacred
ness, its own peace, and its own sane
tity.
There can be no gainsaying it, that
the common life is Gods way for the
majority of his children, and thus he
means that this life may be pleasing,
and may serve equally well and be
equally dear to him.
The author makes out very convinc-
ing case. We hape that the article will
be printed and spread broadcast. 1t
will do a world of good.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
THE GENERAL INTENTION FOR
DECEMBER.
recommended by His Holiness Plus x
The Spiritual Welfare of Soldiers.

throughout all the varied life of the
church there is no class of her chill
dren who more need spiritual help than
soldiers; but who thinks of the souls
of those who fight their countrys bat
ties and guard their country's honor?
Yet the spiritual dangers of military
life are very great. All types of men
throng the camp. Under the shadow
of the flag the believer and the I'M
believer, the depraved and the virtuous
the adventurer and the patriot all find
employment, intermingle, and are infiu-
enced by hteir varied environment And
this influence is usually evil. The licen-
tfousness of camps is proverbial. The
result is that the soldier must combat
not only mis- own evil inclinationS but
he opinions, the example, the ridicule of
his fellows. And if ii is difficult for the
civilian to tread alone the narrow path
of duty. how almost impossible will 1t
become where the priest is an unknown
or an unwelcome guest?
Therefore we pray that God will in
crease and multiply all that aims at
the moral uplifting and spiritual safe
guarding of our soldiers. This will in
clude retreats to those about to enlist:
the increase of military chaplains,
so that Mass and religious instruction
may be in easy reach of all: the forma-
fion of soldiers clubs for mutual en-
encourag cement in godly living: the es-
adjustment of soldiers libraries: the
generous multiplication of aims for mil
itarv hospitals and kindred works: the
organization of Red Cross societies, and
all other helps in time of war. Little
IS being done for the cause of the SOL
der: let US not be blind to his great
needs
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
A Close View of Cardinal Gibbons.

Cardinal Gibbons-the only cardinal
in Americas the subject of an inter
esting sketch by II. L. Mencken in the
December American Magazine. Mr..
Mencken says:
Baltimore is one of the few Ameri-
can cities still old-faShioned enough to
have a fashionable promenade. 1t runs
over the steep hills of ancient Charles
street from the big shops at Lexington
street, past old st. PauPs, the Walters
art gallery and the Washington monu-
ment to the northern region of apart
ment houses and clubs. There the smart
folks of the town show themselves ev-
cry afternoon-pretty little debutantes
with talcum on their noses, stout old
ladies with dogs, dashing young bucks
with rolling eyes, and men of money
from South street on their way to the
MARYLAND club. And there, too, be-
tween 4 and 5, rain or shine, winter or
summer. you will see a spare, TALL old
gentleman in a straightforward silk
hat with a touch of scarlet under its
brim-to-wit, James, Cardinal Gibbons,
tbe ranking churchman of the United
states. and peer, by the law of the Holy
Roman Empire, of princes OF the blood.
"To cardinal Gibbons that daily walk
is the most welcome, if not the most I'M
nortant. act of life. 1t is not lelsurely
s+ro1I hut a vigorous, swinging walk.
n takes him some days far out Charles
street 10 Mt. Royal avenue, with Its
string of monuments, and even to Druid
hin park. The appalling grades OIL
charles street-it hasn't foot of level
ground in two miles-do not worry MIN
he takes them at long, easy strloe'
brushing through the crowd OF shop-
I7ers oilers and handles, and holdlng ms
loo steadily until his four or five miles
it,a,,e been accomplished. Now ana then
,-o,, will see a visiting bishop at his SIDE,
nanting breathlessly up the hllis' pu.
I r,,,, often he is alone. Publicans ana
sinners pass him the time Oh uay po
,ina1,7en salute: a friend drops INTO
rta,, for block or two. The greater
+I,a crowd the better he seems TO IKE II.
'ii ohio cardinal was rs last july put
+bo-e is still many a hard days WORK
in him. o.5i,a1,s house
80 shortly after noon. There IS
GOOD cook downstairs, ana tie ~
e,,est enjoys the meal as wen as ..o
ser1,,sanv hut the head OF the louee
,.9.-rla1f is no epicure. The dehcacles VI
linI9E- Pa1+irnore boasts-the terraplil'
w, y me- --.;,5 duck. the soft crabs and so on
iiie w eal6on1 on his plate. simple
-.oas+s content him, with baked apple o4
90 &c dessert. In the matter ~
5yi,,l,ables. his choice is butterllilih
drinks it daily, and he agrees win :
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
A German Legend.

1t was Christmas Eve. The night
was very dark, and the snow was fall
ing fast, as Hermann, charcoal burner,
drew his cloak tighter around him, and
the wind whistled fiercely through the
trees of the Black Forest. He had been
to carry a load to a castle near by, and
was now fastening home to his little
hut Although he worked very hard,
he was poor gaining barely enough
for the wants of his wife and his four
little children He was thinking of
them when he heard q faint wailing.
Guided by the sounds, he CROPPED about
and found a little child, scantily
clothed, shivering and sobbing by itself
on the snow.
"Why. little one, have they left thee
here all alone to face this cruel blast,
The child answered nothing, but
looked piteously up in the charcoal
dealers face.
well. L cannot leave thee here. Thou
wouldst be dead before the morning"
So saying, Hermann raised it in his
arms, wrapping it in his cloak and
warming its cold hands in its bosom.
When he arrived at his hut he put
down the child and raped at the door,
which was Immediately thrown open,
and the children rushed to meet him.
Here, wife, is a guest to our Christ
mas Eve supper" said he leading in
the little one, who held timidly to his
little finger with its tiny hand.
"And welcome he is" said the wife.
Now let him come in and warm him
self by the fire"
The children all passed around to
welcome and gaze at the newcomer.
They showed him their pretty fir tree.
decorated with bright-colored lamps,
in honor of Christmas Eve, which the
good mother had endeayOred TO make
feast for the children.
Then they sat down to supper, each
child contributing of its portion for
the guest, looking with admiration at
it's clear, blue eyes and golden hair,
which shone so as to shed a brighter
light in the little room, and as they
gazed it grew into a sort of halo round
his head, and his eyes beamed with
heavenly lustre. Soon he seemed to
grow larger and larger. and then the
beautiful vision vanished. spreading
out his hands as in benediction over
them.
Hermann and his wife fell on their
knees, eXclaiming in awestruck voices:
THE Holy ChTist-Child," And then
embraced their wondering children in
joy and thankfulness that they had en-
tertained the Heavenly Guest.
The next morning, as Hermann pass
ed by the placed where he had found
the fair child, he saw cluster
of lovely white flowers. with dark
green leaves. looking as though the
snow itself had blossomed. Hermann
plucled some and reverently carried
them home to his wife and children.
who treasured the fair blossoms and
tended them carefully in remembrance
of that wonderful Christmas Eve, call
ing them Chrysanthemums; and every
year, as the time came round, they put
aside a portion of their feast. and gave
it to some poor child, according to the
words of Christ: 'Inasmuch as We
have done it to one of the least of
these, my brethren, We have done it
INTO mo
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
CARLYLE on the Priesthood.

Thomas Carlyle, though not a Catho-
lie, and far from being partial to Cath
olicism, says in Sartor Resartus
Higher task than that of the priest
hood was allotted to no man. Again
in his Heroes and Hero Worship, Car
lyle expresses his conception as fol
lows: The priest presides over the
worship of the people; is the uniter of
them with the unseen Holy. He is the
spiritual captain of his people: he
guides them heavenward by wise guild
ance through this earth and its work
The ideal of him is that he be what we
call a voice from the unseen heaven,
interpreting even as the prophet did,
and in a more familiar manner, unfold
ing the same to men. He is the prophet
shorn of his more awful splendor, burn
ing with mild radiance, as the enlight-
ener- of daily life. This, 1 say, is the
ideal priest. SO in old times, so III
these. and in all times"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
FROM THE PooRHoUsE.

The Weekly Freeman OF Dublin, not
ing the burial from poorhouse in
rralee, with full military honors, of
veteran of the British army, says: He
was described as a Crimean veteran,
having served with the Connaught
hangers in the Crimea and the Indian
uprising. Mindful of his heroism, the
military authorities ordered out the
regiment, with mourning bands, arms
reversed, and the band at their head
playing solemn music, to escort the re-
mains from the workhouse to the
grave. They are trying by poster, cir
cular, and parade to promote recruit
ing in Kerry at present. Full military
honors' for the man who twice helped
to secure England's hold on India
should help the business. 1t holds out
to young Kerry recruits the promise OF
q fine funeral-frOm the pOOrhouse.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
Paints Kaicer and Pope.

Adolph Muller Trey of New York.
who has been abroad painting por-
trait Of Emperor William of Germany
and Francisco Paoi Finocchiaro, VINO
has completed a similar task for Pope
Plus X. have just returned to this coun-
try.
Finocchiaro. who several years ago
painted a picture Of Pope Leo XIII, de-
clared that the difference between the
two popes was remarkable. While Pope
Leo seemed to be austere and perhaps
autocratic at times, he said that Pope
Plus was a plain and simple man. Mr..
Fnocchiaro's painting is intended Tor
the vatican galleries.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25
THE DANGER OF ANARCHY.

Though the sensational press has de-
clared itself in favor of the anarchists
in their recent demonstrations following
the death of Ferrer. there have been
not few secular journals who have
pointed out the danger Of sociallstlc
anarchy in unmistakable terms The
following editorial, entitled THE Red
Propaganda" from the Mexican Her
aid, is worthy of serious thought:
The sympathy shown for the famous
Barcelona dgitatOr, Prof Ferrer, by the
totling masses of many cities in Eu-
rope, and even by men in municipal
control is a disquietinE sign of the
times. 1t marks Enthusiastically the po-
tenCy of the anarChistic and levelling
propaganda which goes on increasingly
all over the continent. An undermining
process. which will have disastrous ef-
fects on the glittering structure of
modern civilization. is known to be I'M
der way; the Reds are interchangeable.
and how they must rejoice in the many
manifestations of hostility to cOnsti-
tuted authority provoked by the exc
CutiOn Of Ferrer one may easily i'm
agine.
1T is likely that the causes at work.
and here merely limited at. will bring
about a bloody conflict between gov
ernments and people. = re-enactment on
a vast scale of the recent revolt in Cat
alonia: it will not be merely the Span
ish king who will be menaced with as
sassinatiOn, but every monarch in Eu-
rope. The avowed purpose of the red
brotherhood, international and fanati-
cal, is to pull down every government
on earth, ana to destroy the hated mid
die class by means of universal confis
cation of property.
The church is fiercely hated be
cause of the support it gives to law
and order, and any one at all familiar
with the rabid popular papers in Latin
countries knows how intense is the feel
ing against prelates, the priests and the
religious orders generally. These are
all lampooned and cariCatured OBJ
scenely and without mercy. Thus the
lower classes have been taught to de-
spise and hate the church. that great
bulwark of constituted authority.
When the great Outburst comes it
will be the ministers of religion. the
refuses and the kindly nuns who will
be attacked as they were in BARGE
Iona. and this will go along with d
class war against the comfortable bour-
geoise, the well-to-do middle class.
Forces of barbarism and destruction
are preparing to be arrayed against
modern society"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-25

quires special attention, the director of
the Osservatore Romano is telephOned
Tor and given orders to publish an Of
fetal note on the point.
OF the foreig.. journals that reach the
Vatican. the minoranti of the Cardinal
Secretary of State make clipp.--gs and
translate them from the different
tongues into Latin or Italian. 1t is
interesting to note that these clippings
are carefully preserved, the collection
on hand going back from the present
day to the first years of the reign of
Pins X