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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
What the Fourth's Casualties Teach.

The recent report of the Journal of
the American Medical association on
our annual Fourth of July fatalities
tells its own story, and the reading is
not pleasant. While some cities which
either prohibit fireworks entirely or
have ordinances restricting in certain
particulars their use, are able to show
the enjoyment of a safer and saner
Fourth, other cities must have mani
tested less restraint than usual, for the
increase in deaths this year over last
is twelve per cent for tetanus alone,
and while the total deaths and injuries
from all Fourth of July causes is slight
~ less than last year, they are still
above the average for seven years past
Especially in this state the record is not
one to incite any civic pride. For the
seven years during which statistics
have been collected the casualties for
this year are the greatest of all. From
1904, when they were 204, they have
steadily increased to ass this wear. Can
the state afford this annual sacrifice?
1t is usually wise to take time by
the forelock." It is good time before
the Fourth of July is upon Us 20 make
better plans for the restriction Of its
casualties, and the start cannot be made
TOO soon. Efforts made a few weeks be-
fore the Fourth of July to provide a
safe celebration are likely 70 be hasty
and plans ill-considered and Ineffective.
New Jersey ought not to be found an
other year in the black list of the states
in the record of the American Medical
association, or Newark fifth in the list
of cities. The people of this stale are
as capable as the people of any other
in restricting the Fourth of JULY casual
ties. 1t is not difficult to place the re-
sponsibility for the annual carnage. II
rests with the citizens themselves. If
a city has restrictive ordinance and
the police are Indifferent about enforce
ing 1T, a good public push will do much
to arouse their interest. If a city needs
a prohtbitory measure, or restrictive or
strong public sentiment can
get it In 1907 Newark recorded a total
Of $50 casualties, and in 1908 dropped to
81, but this year rose to a total Of Isl.
Restrictive measures are found TO be
uncertain. They require greater vigil
ance one the part of the police. 1t be-
comes difficult to discriminate in re-
gard to noises made by some explosives
which may be permitted and others
which may be prohibited. A prohlbitory
has none of these difficulties.
for every explosive becoces a violation
IF law But restrictions are better than
the utmost license TO let loose on the
glorious Fourth. The commissioner CT
police in a large New England city is
said to have declared himself openly In
with the tumult CT the
Fourth, When the smoke of battle
cleared away in that city on the fifth
II last July, and the dead and wounded
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
A Splendid Work,

In Chicago a splendid work is being
done among a class of women who have
been generally neglected by their sex.
because of the difficulty of reaching
them, as well as owing to the tradi-
tional feeling of aloofness from contact
with depravity which is natural to and
has been universal among good women.
That it requires great strength Of char
acter and, from the Catholic viewpoint,
special grace of God. to become accus-
toned to vice and retain high ideals.
none will doubt; to condemn the sin
while plying and trying to help the
sinner requires unusual fortitude.
About one year ogo. a society was
formed called the Prisoners Friend So
ciety, under the leadership of Miss Mary
Mosset. for the purpose Of aiding young
women to start anew after a false stem
had been made; and still in the incipi-
ent stage is a home for such friendIess
girls, under Catholic auspices. although
packed by two prominent non-seetarian
woman's clubs. Miss Mosset and MIsx
Ryan Will live in the home and the poor
eirl VINO comes out of prison and feels
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
Two Little Friends.

In his book, THE School of the
Woods" William j. Long says that he
found one day in the forest a lovely
neck by fallen tree. He put his hand
into the hollow to find out what was
there and touched the dappled side of
two little fawns, lying very still where
their mother had hidden them when she
went away.
They were timid at first, lying close,
without motion of any kind. Even after
the hemlock curtain had been brushed
aside and my eyes saw and my hand
touched them. they kept their heads
fiat to the ground and pretended they
were only parts of the brown forest
floor, and that the spots on their bright
coats were f1ecks of sunshine.
But the hand that touched the little
wild things brought no sense of danger
with it. 1t searched out the spots be-
hind their velvet ears where they love
to be rubbed; it wandered down their
backs with a wavy caress; it curled it's
palm up softly under their moist muz-
zles and brought their tongues out in
stantly at that faint suggestion of salt
When [ rose at last, after petting
them to their hearts content, they stag
gered to their feet and came up out of
their house. Their mother had told
them to stay, but here, evidently was
another big. kind animal who they
might safely trust. They followed me.
Suddenly twig snapped sharply;
there was q rustic in the underbrush,
and doe sprang out AT sight of me
she stopped short, her ears pointing for
ward like two accusing fingers, an aw-
full fear in her soft eyes. AS I waited
quietly, trying to make my eyes say all
sorts of friendly things, the harsh,
throaty 'K-a-a-a-h! K-a-a-a-h!' the
danger cry of a deer, burst like a trum-
pet blast through the woods. and she
fled back to cover.
The little ones leaped aside.A filled
with a nameless dread. But in a mo-
ment they were back again, nesting
close to me. I pushed them gently I'M
der the hemlock curtain and then
lodged out Of sight. I watched from a
covert and saw the doe come out, call
them forth and run her keen nose over
them from head to tail, to be sure they
were unframed.
Suddenly as the smell of man came
to her from the tainted underbrush, she
felt the necessity of teaching them their
neglected lesson before a second danger
should befall. Her hoarse 'K-a-a-a-h!'
crashed through the woods again. Her
tail straight up, she leaped away, and
the lawns bravely wabbled after.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
ST. Patrick's Pnrgatnrv

We left the green plains of Mid
lister early on a July morning on our
way to Derg, the holy Tough of Ireland
IT was at noon that we reached Pet
tigo on the fringe of the Donegal noun
tains. Our train was filled with pill
grims bound like ourselves to the yigor
OF three-day fast. for the old Celtic
observance knows no dispensation. Fast
and prayer must be carried out to the
letter Pilgrims faint or succeed.
A convoy Of cars We're waiting for us
mid the fragments of a fair Half an
hours drive brought US through lonely
mountains to lonely lake A grove
Of twisted, stunted pines covered the
lower slopes of the mountains: elsewhere
IL was grim barren sight. We en-
barked on large rowing boats and made
our way slowly towards a forIorn little
rock about a mile out With its hum
bic crown Of cottages and chapeIs. low
and whitewashed, it bore a striking re-
semblance to Noah's Ark, which might
wei have been lying about since the
ume OF the flood. for the landscape can
have changed but little since then.
crowd of silent pilgrims were
watching our arrival from the rocks
They had the most of their penance
made and were TO leave on the morrow.
me Prior, Father Keown, and his two
clergy came down to meet us and ex-
planned what was required of us. Be
SIDES keeping our fast, we were expected
to make three stations" each day and
TO keep night in prison"
Mystified by what this might mean.
we followed with barred heads and feet
behind older pilgrims. and after an
hours hard prayer learnt how Tough
Derg station" is made. First we kissed
the broken shaft of st. PatrIcks cross
and then set out, saying so many de-
cades of the rosary round and round
st. Patrick's chapel. On our way we
kissed St Bridget's cross, which IS cut
In stone let into the chapel, and with
arms stretched towards the bleak wat
ers renounced the world, the flesh
and the devil three times Then came
the hardest part. We had 10 20 round |
the stone beds OF SIS. Catherine, Bren- |
dan, Dabheve, Bridget and Patrick, re-
clting prayers within and without, and |
again reciting them at the entrance and
at the crucifix over each. As the pill |
GriIns move OF kneel round these gaupt |
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
The sanctity of an Oath.

There is not as much regard as for
merly for the sanctity of an oath. we
think it is generally recognized that
many who take oaths in courts Uf
justice do not consider themselves
much more obliged to tell the truth
than at other times.
Perjury, when prevalent, strikes at
the very roots of society and at the
power Of the law to protect individuals
and society. When people have little
or no religion they do not appear to
appreciate what it means to call upon
God to witness the truth of what they
say. To lie under oath is not only
mendacity, but it is a species of bias
phemy
Officials whose duty it is to admin
lister oaths become so slip-shod ami
callous in receiving oaths that they i'm
press the witness that the matter is
mere legal or empty formality. They
slur the words look carelessly about
and many even wear their hats while
administering an oath Those who adj
minister oaths should recognize the
sanctity of an oath and seek to i'm
those who take oaths with the sacred
ness of the matter
President Taft has refused pardon to
a man convicted of subornation of per-
jury. A perjury is mortal sin in the
domain of morals, and is a peniten-
tlary offense in the domain of the civil
law. Yet we have heard of young men
In offices who, after taking affidavits
have said: Bring in that notary again
that [ may perjure myself some more"
They may not have meant all that this
language implies, but the words indi-
cate a great lack of reverence and lit
tie regard for the sanctity of an oath
Since religious teaching is excluded
from the education of the young, how
are they to receive a proper knowledge
of the source of sanctity?
To omit religious teachings from the
education of the young is a great
wrong to the child created for heaven,
and is a species of treason to the gov
eminent. Washington said truly that
morals are needed for the stability Of
government and that we should not
hold the notion that morals can be in
culcated without religious teaching
The Catholic Universe
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
A Rule of Life.

CDR. G. F. Butler, in Chicago Journal)
Most Of your fears, your doubts, your
wavering opinions are absurd and pow
erless for harm and can and should be
calmly dismissed. When you realize the
possibilities of your soul you will require
poise, self-possession, calm decision, and
perfect peace. We should strive to
maintain this inward repose, to regain
it when we lose it, in a word, to con-
stantly cultivate calmness and self-pos-
session. Remember that power is with
in; there is a wellspring of guidance and
inspiration in your own soul which will
enable you to meet unmoved any ex-
perience, in quiet trust and perfect faith.
You can if you try rise superior to
moods, troubles, and illnesses if you will
remember that every event has an adj
equate cause, that action and reaction
are equal, that experience depends on
our attitude toward it, and that with a
change of mind, a new directing of the
will, the forces of our being are brought
round to correspond; this knowledge
will give US poise and make US masters
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
Clare.

Amid every manifestation of sorrow,
the interment took place of the Rev.
Laurence J. Browne, p. P, Doonbeg,
whose death at the advanced age of 80
wears took place recently. The deceased
was one Of the Oldest and best known
clergymen in Clare. He was an ardent
and devoted followerer of the principles
of Father Mathew. Most Rev. DR.. Fog
arty, d. D, bishop of the diocese of
KfIlaloe. and Most Rev. DR.. O'Dwyer
D. D., bishop of Limerick, presided at
the funeral service. The bishop of
KflIaloe pronounced the absolution. The
remains were inferred in the vault in
front of the high altar. Rev. Thomas
Vaughan, P. P, Ogonnelloe, has been
transferred to the parish of Doonberg
in succession to the late Father Browne,
and Rev D. O'Meara, Midtown Malbay,
has been made p. P. of Ogonnelloe.
Father O'Meara's well deserved promo
ton has given much pleasure to his
many friends in Clare.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
Kilkenny.

Already active preparations are being
made for the celebration of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the conservation of
the Most Rev. DR.. Brownrigg as bishop
of the diocese of Ossory. The celebra-
tions will take place in Kilkenny on
Dec. a.
The Most Rev. DR.. Browning was
consecrated bishop of Ossory on Dec.
IA, 1884, having previously been superior
of the house of missions, EnniscOrthy.
one of his earliest episcopal cares was
the completion of the cathedral Of st.
Marys, which cost a sum of 100000,
and he also devoted himself to carry
ing uotextensive improvements in ST
Kieran's college. During his episcopate
he has promoted the establishment of
numerous conventual institutions
throughout the diocese.
Right Rev. Patrick McKenna, D. D.,
was consecrated bishop of Clogher. Ire
land, on Oct. 10, in succession to the
late DR.. Owens.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
The Poor suffrauette.

Tonight l saw a suffragette ac-
quaintance just back from the seaside
campaign" writes the London CORE
spondent of the Bristol Daily Mer-
curry. "She had Mad a successful time
apparently, especially in Scotland But
she informed me that at one meeting
al GrantOwn, in the Highlands-an ar
gument was advanced to which she
was unable to find an answer. Speeches
had been made to a large crowd. Cues
tons had been replied to amid APP
plause. Imbesile young men making
remarks about minding babies and
mending socks had been silenced. Then.
just as there was a temporary lull be-
fore the putting of the resolution. n
great bucolic Scotch voice from the
back Of the crowd rasped slowly in
with the inquiry, obviously the result
of prolonged rumination, "Wha made
a mess of ADAM -
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
latest Irish news
Armagh.

The lord lieutenant has appointed Mr..
George Comerford Green, X c., to be
county court judge of and for the coun-
ties of Armagh and Louth, in the place
of Judge Kisbey, resigned Mr.. Green
is the son of the late Mr.. James Sulll-
van Green of Airhill. County Cork. He
has enjoyed an extensive practice IN
many important cases, including the
O'Hanlon and LOgue case, In which the
validity of bequest for masses was IL
naIly determined. He has been for sew
eral years counsel for the local govern
1nent board and the commissioners of
charitable doations and requests, and
repeatedly appeared for the Dublin
county council before parliamentary
committees and in the Irish courts. He
is a brother of Mr.. Max Green, private
secretary to the lord lieutenant, and a
Catholic.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23
An Ancient Celtic Hymn.

The following ancient Celtic hymn
exceedingly graceful and poetical in
its sentiment, most quoted by the
Most Rev. John Clancy, bishop of the
diocese of Elphin, in Ireland, in his
address at the recent international
Eucharist congress of Cologne:
We offer Thee
Every flower that ever grew,
Every bird that ever flew,
Every wind that ever blew,
Good God!
Every thunder rolling,
Every church bell tolling,
Every leaf and sody
Laudamus TIE.
We offer Thee
Every wave that ever moved
Every heart that ever loved
Thee, Thy Fathers well-beloved,
Dear Lord
Every river dashing.
Every lightning flashing
Like an angels sword,
Benedicimus TIE.
We offer Thee
Every cloud that ever swept
Ger the skies, and broke and wept
In vain, and with the fowerets slept.
Our King!
Every pure heart praying,
Every angel staying
Before Thy throne to sing:
Adoramus TIE.
We offer Thee
Every flake Of virgin snow.
Every spring the earth below,
Every human joy and woe,
Our Love-
. Lord! and all Thy glorious
Self Ger death victorious,
Throned in Heaven above!
Glorificamus TIE.
Take all Of them, Q dearest Lord
II the Eucharist, loved, adored,
Multiply them, one by one;
Multiply them into millions;
into gracious millions
Into gorgeous millions
into golden millions
or Glorias. glorious Son.
And then. o dear Lord! listen
Where the Tabernacles glisten.
To those praises. Hottest One!
Deus Eucharistice. Amen
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23

were counted, five had been killed and
161 injured, some losing eyes, ears, fin
gers and hands. OF the dead two were
shot down and three became human
torches" Is a city, a state, or the ma
ton, glorified the more by this kind of
celebration
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-23

that for her the world has no pity, or
any other unfortunate who wishes to
earn an honest livelihood and efface an
evil past, will find protection and safety
within his home.-Annie E. Bradley in
The Woman Beautiful
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-15
ASHAMED TO OWN A MILLION

Joseph y. Shenstone, of TD-hltu.
Canada, a man Of large wealth, cleo
trified the Baptist lay.l n in attend
auce on the Southern Baptis; Con
vention in Louisville ~ deciarins
that he intended to devote his for
tune TO the cause os missions, and
shocked some of his h 'cr3 'vnen he
quietly remarked, t woulG be
ashamed to be worth q million"
Commenting on the statement, the
Richmond Journal says
If the millisnaires Of America
were to adopt Mr.. Shnrstonc's exam
pie, the world would be evanSelized
into the uttermost corners thereof
in the lifetime of tn. majority OF
the Journals readers.
Suppose Mr.. Roc%ef,i> should
give $499, 100000 . the cause a1d
retain only $1,OOO,ODO Of his hai'
billion for himself. Truu adj The
surplus above milliols r0jjass. d
by tens, hundreds and thousands o:
o,her millionaires or muit'-million-
aires.
The ships and nayies of he world
would be helpless 10 handle the gi-
ant missionary endeav0r tina. would
be put in motion.
From Greenland's icy mountain
to midas coral strand" the heather
would be bombaried by armies sent
TO save,
And why need man hold on to
more than million?. He would
have every necessity, comfort and
wholesome luxury. He could thor
oughly educate his children and give
them a start in life-a start far
more desirable than the bequeath-
ing Of huge fortune TO his descend
arts.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-15
SELF-RELIANCE

The self-reliance of the average
Confederate soldier was one Of the
marvels Of the closing years of the
Nineteenth Century. An item of
news which appeared In the daily
newspapers a few days ago related
tn story of a Confederate soldier
OF Montgomery county, Va, who, at
the age of ninety-nine, walked to
Christiansburg, the county seat, a
distance Of ten miles, to maze appli
cation for pension. The Baltimore
Sun made the following editorial
comment on the incident:
The spirit of self-reliance and
self-respect was finely illustrated by
hat eX-Confeierate veteran in Vir-
sinia who refused to ask for a pen
SION from his state government un-
III he was physically incapacitated
Tor work. At the age of ninety-nine
years and Eve months he concluded
mat he was entitled to request
from the state. SO he walked ten
miles TO make his application in per-
son before a pension commissioner.
lie was decidedly apologize when
ne filed his claim, but explained af-
lei while that he felt as never be-
fore the iufrmities of age.
When the Civil war ended this
veteran was ffty-fve years old-a
period Of life in which 1t takes
stout heart and brave spirit to
begin anew the battle for bread. the
'ruggle for a living. But for forty
four years he has buckled down to
steady labor. supporting himself and
enjoying the satisfaction which
spring from the consciousness Of
city we'll done Now, when few
more months VIII bring him to the
century mark. he feels that he may
ept, without loss Of self-respect.
p helping hand from the state. which
he served faithfully in war. The
pension which he will receive. $40
year viii make ct less difficult for
Dim TO solve the problem Of food
ana heller in the last years Of his
...a. It cannot i'm any light be re-
2a ded as bounty IT IS a decora-
ton Of honor tardily bestowed, be.
cause as long as this veteran coul
work be- would not be a burden ON
h.. state.
The courage Of the soldier on
field Of battle and unhlnching
devotion 10 duty rightly command
ha admIrauon of all who appre,i..s
oism and snlf-sacrifce. But there
nothing 10 this Confederate ys.-
'.In.s war record more credltable
aan the inyinGbe self-resJect and
domitaD.e spirit Of independence
hIch made him refuse, until be IS
almost q centenarian, the assis,aDce
which Virginia would gladly Ea,e
HFaa him years before he apglici
for st.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-15
Nav N0ije|k&WeStsI7
OCTOBER 10, 1908.

Leave $50 a. IN. for Roanoke,
Norfolk and all points on the Shen-
adoah division. Pullman Sleepsr
Roanoke to New York, via Hagers-
town, Pullman Par.or Car Roanoke
% Norfolk.
$3.50 a. m. for Roanoke, Rich
Iond, Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper.
Dining Car to Roanoke. Parlor Car
Roanoke to Norfolk.
2:55 p. IN. for Roanoke. Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and
The Shenandoah Valley. Philadelphia
md New York. Sleeper to Phi adci-
Jhia. Cafe Car Gary and Roanoke.
1925 p. IN. for Roanoke, Lynch
ourg, Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper to Norfolk.
Leave Bluefield 500 D. m. for Ken
IVA, Columbus and all points West
md Northwest. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus and Cincinnati. Cafe cars.
Sis a. m. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus. Cafe Dining Car.
Leave 1928 a. m. and 2.25 p. m.
laily for Tazewell, Norton and all
stations on Clinch Vallye Division
Arrive from Norton and points on
he Clinch Valley division at 2:40 p.
n. and 1880 p. m.
Leave 6:10 a. m. for Welch and
Intermediate stations.
Leave 1914 a. m. for William
on and informed iate stations.
Leave 2:40 p. m. for Welch and
intermediate stations.
Call on agent Norfolk and West
'rn Railway for tickets, maps AMI
additional information.
w. b. BEVILL, G.. p. A.
Roanoke, Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-15
BIG POPLAR IN LOGAN

On the farm OF ]. r. Henderson.
formerly county clerk, and at a point
only a few miles from Logan is a.
poplar tree lately felled, which
measured "a feet in circumference
at point five feet from the ground.
The diameter Is over 10 feet NEARLY
IL feet and 1t is as straight as an
arrow for fully so TO a crotch where
it divides and makes two perfect
branches as large as the usual COM
mercial tree.-Logan Democrat.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-15
CASH MEAT STORE

Brisentines Meat Mltlict which
was closed for six We 3ns, mas been
and is su Jlicd with
choice fresh meats Of all kinds.
Tenderloin and sirloin steaks, FIAT
as a miser's purse and tender as a
first love" These meats
are far too fine to be sold on credit
only cash Will separate them from
the refrigerator.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-15
REAL ADVANTAGE

John Bright used 10 tell how
barber who was cutting his hair once
said TO him: You ave a large cad
sir; IT is a good thing to ave large
cad, for large cad means a large
brain, and a large brain Is the most
useful thing man can ave, as It
nourishes the root of the air.
Sacred Heat Review.