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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

bewitched it burned over large hire, believing
that it consumed away the author OF It's be-
| witchment consumed away too.
In the north of England it is still believed that
! the of person written pipkin, contain
ing live frog stuck full of pins, will inJuriously
affect the bearer of the name And there are a
numerous set of popular traditions which clearly
relate to the same state of thought There is a
feeling so wide that it may be said to include all
England and Scotland that cut hair should always
be burned never thrown away and the reason given
for the practice is that if bird took away locks
of cut hair, the owner would suffer from headache
or lose the rest of his hair. A similar idea pre-
walls about teeth all over England children are
taught to throw extracted teeth into the fire. lest
dog by swallowing them should provoke toothache.
So with the nail that has scratched and the knofe
that has cut you-keep the nail or knife free from
rust and the wound will not tester.
In Lincolnshire and other parts of England the
remedies for wartsAre all superstitions.
In Somersetshire a good ague cure is to shut
up large black spider in box and leave it to per-
ish; that spider and ague may disappear together
In Devonshire some of the hair of child with the
whooping cough is given to dog between two
slices of butered bread that the dog may take the
cough with the hair.
Sir John Lubbock, speaking of the influence of
tradition, says: when we require examples of
crime and superstition, go among those whom
we do not like, forgetting, or rather unwilling to
admit that among ourselves may be found instances
of depravity and examples of witchcraft as deplor
able as those of the Fetch people of equatorial
Africa
Is it not about time for men of common sense
to perceive that paint on the face of the society
woman and paint on the face of the Navajo brave
is-paint, and that to make trip to an Indian res
ervation for paint when he can scrape it from his
wife's cheek is the act of stupid mana
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02
WILL OUR REPUBLIC LAST?

Does history record any change in common
wealth or among people so rapid and so ominous
as that which marks the difference between the col
onlsts OF 1776 and the American people of TODAY:
In less than century and half we have nassed
from state of republican simplicity and youthful
vlgor to stage in national evolution whose
face showings bear striking resemblance to those
OF the decadent days of Rome which Gibbon mas so
eloquently described in his pathetic pages When
ever the skin of American society is now pierced
and the probe of publicity inserted into the polit
zeal and social body what state of rottenness &c
exposedl We need no other evidence than that
given by our daily newspapers to convict us of the
grossest political corruption, commercial dishon
esty, social immortality and physical decadence We
do not particularly draw attention to the SHOCKING
revelations in the Gould divorce trial as laid hare
IN the flown Topics" report to the cold-blooded
Eastman murder at st. Michaels, Md. nor to the
atrocious strangulation of the foolish Sunday
school teacher, Elsie Sigel by Leon Ling for these
sporadic and monstrous manifestations of human
depravlty have occurred in all times and in all conn
tries
IL IS the habtual and almost national disregard
Tor all morality honesty and decency 50 painfullv
prominent which threatens the permanency of our
republic and the stability of society.
Trials OF wealthy or political malefactors have
become burleaque, The financial methods Of b;rb
American finance, as evidenced in the insurance in.
designations and in the examinations of the tr,a+s
ana railroad corporations; the commercial imnor.
atty OF Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelph;n and
e ttaburg as tho world with amazemont saw + ~.
posed; the growth of radical socialism and sn-
'schg IN our oountEy-these are but some Of tho
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02
A HIGH IDEAL.

The American Civic association is one with
high ideal 1t keeps itself constantly before thu
country and asks for cooperation from all who are
interested IN and believe in the value of city beau
tltuI and country beautiful and the conservation
OF what Dame Nature has provided for the use of
the race 1t appeals also to all those who believe in
honesty and efficiency in the municipal service 1t
IS IN fact, organization for the conservation of
effort for the concentration of effort 1t seeks to
amaIgamate the disunited work of all those who are
STRIVING after the objects which all recognize AS of
the greatest Importance not only to the present but
| to future generations
In letter recently addressed to the American
public it sets out its aims which are in part as fol-
lows:
"To make American living conditions clean.
healthful attractive; to promote the opening of
gardens and Fairgrounds for children and recrea-
ton centers for adults; to abate public nuisances
including Objectionable signs, unnecessary poles
and wires, unpleasant and wastefu smoking factory
chimneys; to make the buildings and the surround
ings of the railway stations and factories attractive
to extend the practical influence of schools; to pro-
tect existing trees and to encourage intelligent tree
planting, to preserve the forests and the great
scenic wonders, like Niagara Falls and the White
Mountains, from commercial spoliation"
Certainly the organization has worthy object
for its existence The association is said to have
several thousand active members scattered through
out the country, and about 125 600 affiliated mem
bers represented by improvement leagues and civic
clubs. 1t strives for more beautiful America.
more healthful workshops more sanitary cities.
more sunshine, Fairgrounds, more happiness
IN life. Its objects broad enough to attract
mighty following and its work is so diversified that
Just about everybody will wish the organization we'll
the association can accomplish only small part
OF the work it sets for itself, there certainly will
follow an amazing uplift, vast betterment of gen
era civic conditions, and nearer approach to what
we believe it was Gods intention should be the con-
dltfons under which humanity should work out its
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

on;nous rumbIings which foretel the coming social
eruption. .1oa4
r. o,r national society, where divorce IS almost
&c easv as marriage, where killing IS no murder'
and perverted ingenuity justies Its breach OIL 'ne
moral low BY an appeal to nature, and whose NUM-
ber world decline through suicide were 1t not
for the yearly influx of foreigners-if this be the
highest product of our vaunted Educational! sys
tsn and of our advanced civilization, then indeed
NAV the barbarian and the savage wonder whether
o;v1zation Is any better than their own states.
The notion of Right seems to be insensible to
the majority of the rich and the poor, and Force
affords to both classes the only argument for the
present, and the only guarantee for the future
The rich man trusts to the influence and power oil
his wealth to dominate society, crafty his unholy
ambitions and make of his expectations realities
The poor man retains the prejudices OF his fore
fathers without their faith, and their ignorance
without their virtues he has adopted the doctrine
of selfnterest as the rule of his actions, without
understanding the science which controls It, ana ne
has more admiration for the shrewd dishonesty Of
David Harum than he has for the Sermon on the
Mount.
Society is becoming enervated by liberty which
has degenerated into license and is gangrened by
all the retineEleEts OF corruption Our cr'lnlnaI
docbets everywhere are filed with the of pris-
oners and convicts whose criminalty and grossness
degrade them below the state of wild animals and
the multitudinous examples of youthful depravity
furnished by our police courts are a menace to the
pernanency of society.
If society be satisfied with its present condition,
it is not because it relies upon its strength and its
well-being, but because it knows, intuitivey, its
weakness and its infrmities. Everybody feels the
evil admits it, but does not know where to seek the
cure. The desires, the hopes, the sorrows and the
joys of the time produce nothing that is visible or
permanent; they are like the passions of old men
which terminate in impotence.
We have experimental with secular education,
divorced from religion and morality and we have
secured crime, discomfort huge penitentiaries and
in of tramps. We have tried higher educa-
ton, select colleges, high schools, academies and
universities, and we have produced bank wreckers
bribers corruptonisrs ard professors
If atheism and immortality Atheist, the outlook for
lie republic is gloomy and portentoue, if not pro
phetic of disintegration.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02
PAINT is PAINT EVERYWHERE.

In last weeks 'Everybody's Magazine" Dr. L. T.
thompson, without intending any offense illus
trates view he advances on Neuropathv bv refer
ring to the superstition of the Irish peasants belief
IN witchcraft. DR.. Thompson need not have gone
beyond his fathers birthplace, Protestant England
for multitudinous examples of witchcraft If the
doctor knows anything of the superstitions of the
people of New England states today or of the
beliefs of the whites of the southern states he mead
not have gone far afield for his Illustrations
Alice Fletcher's paper, read at the annual meet
ing of the Rutland County Historical society, June
1884, lifts the curtain on the incantations suner-
sttious charms and strange practices of the peope
OF rural New England. The fact is, rural people
everywhere will be either superstitious fanaticsl
or materlallstic and, of the three, superstition is
the mildest form of self-deception to which the
human mind lends itself
Materlalism is, indeed, one of the latest weak
nesses OF the human mind, while Fetichism. or the
hope to control external phenomena bv vitchcref+
is the earliest
The fetch mode of thought is undoubtedlv
low and absurd, if you will, but it is imneasurab,
better for mankind than gross materislism. Tho
idea of vicarious representative influence that
II you wish to injure anybody you can do so bv an
INJURY to a bit of his clothing or lock of his
har' IS SO far as it goes, spiritual idea presup
posing notions about the interdependence of nature
and as Tar as possible removed from mere material
ls1n' which IN itself represents retrogression
burning IN efhgy, and waxen images stuck with
pins or burned in order to injure the persons thew
represented undoubtedly belonged to vi+cborof+
but the atroclous murders the secret assassnatons
and the burning alive of negroes belong to materi-
aism.
Here are few examples of the superstitions OBJ
tanning IN Protestant countries which the doctor
and men like him will do well to look into before
they exploit Ireland for specimens of witchcraft
In Sweden there still cunning men who can
strike out thief's eye by cutting human drura
on the bark of a tree and driving nails or arrow.
into the representative eye; and the Norwep;ans
70 TINS day shoot in the water at images of their
absent enemies In Suffold, England, as late as
the last century, if an animal was thought to be
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02
THE PRESIDENTS VISIT.

II William Howard Taft is any less strenuous in
his makeup than his predecessor, there was no evil
dence of 1t during his visit to Salt Lake last week
He arrived from the south Friday afternoon and
until his departu' Sunday noon, if there was a
moment of the IL Va which he was not engaged
1t escaped the n-nit-ees who had his entertain
llent in charge.
The most notable aatures of his visit 70 +be
Utah capital were Vie rrview of the troops of the
Fifteenth infantry a Fort Douglas. followed bv
reception by the officers of the post; his breakfast
at the Commercial club Saturday, his receptions
at the Country club and Liberty park, his address
at the tabernacle and his review of the % 600
school children stretched out along Brigham street
1t would hardly be an exaggeration to saw that his
visit here brought him in contact with 100000 ner-
sons, and what that 100000 learned and profted bv
the visit Of the President is equaled only by what
the President learned and protted for himself.
HIS address at the tabernacle on Sunday took
the form of to the people-not a discus
sion OF the abstruse principles of theology. but
PLAIN common-sense talk upon the desirabiIitv of
living IN peace with those about u.s. and the wisdom
OF lmputlng good motives to those whose actions
and words do not accord with what we believe +o
De pest. lie began his sermon by selecting his text
IRON the Proverbs: "a soft answer turnetb awav
wrath; but grievous words stir up anger"
Mr.. Taft reviewed his acquaintance with orien-
tai peoples and the descendants of the Latin races
and made comparison of these with the Anglo
oaxons, showing the Unborn courtesy of the former.
their efforts to make things run smoothly. without
friction, Earring and jolting the nerves of either
side. He said that mans life was made I'D of in
Vulnerable little acts which go to make up his char
acter and that if he yields to negligence in the lit
lie things, ne is cutting down that higher character
.nat he assumes to have The President said that
NE was made up of moments, and when each mem
per OF the human race trying to make another
iappy all the time, the result was contribution 70
the happiness of ALL
he spoke of the futility of holding grudpe
against ones neighbors because of differences ~ |
opinion and illustrated it with anecdotes and nor
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02
WAITING.

l am waiting
I or the Master OF the Vineyard here alone.
L am waiting
though the labor is unfinished and undona.
And my helpers of the harvest are scat+ers5 81
have gone. anu
l am waiting
III TIE darkness, l am very with unrest
l am waiting
Wy Wy tlred spirit with sorrow long oppressed
graves the haven of the peaceful and the blessed
L am waiting
When He hears me shall He whisper tbon art
Mine? 'uou ART
l waiting
Z or that answer of the Christ who Is divine
" no rewards the honest toier of the garden and
the vine e4"0n al"
/ am waiting
10! around me nocturnal anthems fall
l waiting
Dearest Saviour have tried and done NV oil
Let the sweet voice of Thy Mother breathe forth
my heavily call 10 -
I am waiting
1hy groat kingdom for this dear Lord D-or
For the evening when life's shadows melt a1.~
10 awake in lands celestial with the never an5;r,
-ssn Pietro in The Monitor.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA-1AN.

feel 1t my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
nc generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that person bearing the
name ana gar5 OF priest sister, anyone else in
auuhorlzed or permitted TO solicit or collect in this
ooeese for any purpose whatever connected with this
Catho!ic Church without having from me permission
IN writing, bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged In doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document he or
she rs the case be- should be regarded by all as
d Tauu ana an imposter. l. SCANIAN,
Bishop Of Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

Inc InterTnountain Catholic goes into nearly every
lioc nome In this diocese It's circulation Mon
estls, Iaaho, Colorado. Wyoming Nevada and many
olher states is very large. Only reliable firms and
BUSINESS men advertise in the paper. subscribers
VIII ma 1t to their advantage when about to invest
purchase or consult business matters to read over
Sne lst OF our advertisers We not only recommend
Out ask for them the patronage Of all our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

AS evidence of the refinement of Kansas
City, it is pointed out that some 200 girls in the
high school Of that city have never seen live hog.
Which reminds US of very fine lesson in poiteness
which the hog teaches. long time ago. on a visit
to the country while leaning on the pigsty of
farmer friend, watching the hogs at supper, our
farmer friend remarked, "Hogs is awful well
named amt theyl" The inference is apparent.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

An Ithaca professor says the coming man viii
nave but one eye. Evidently expects the sane and
safe Fourth of July to continue in its intensity.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

Mrs Annie Besant is quoted as saying that the
men of the year A D. 23O9 and thenceforth will be
as beautiful as dreams. If that was intended q, 3
compliment, perhaps she never had nightmare.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

The Tigers and the Pirates would rather hang
the pennant in Detroit and Pittsburg than ON the
north pole
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

The war on flies seems to be in need of a com
mander who believes a dead fly is a good fly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

One of the qualifications of an eector in Nor
way is that he be vaccinated Some of us with four
or five scars ought to be able to vote early and
often in Norway.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

The man who takes chance and wins is always
very proud of the fact that he seized his oppor-
tunities.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

The trouble with the writer's of "open letters"
is that they haven't learned that brevity is abso-
lutely necessary in this day if they would have them
read.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

1t appears that sometimes the lambs in Wall
street turn the tables and make feast of the
bears.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

the future will be-" etc, says DR.. Eliot The human
mind" Starr Jordan tells us, us still o0unG
with the shackles of hide-bound creed" ETC. ana
there YOU are. Will they never give US rest'
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

Anyway, when airshps come into common use,
common people may be able to afford an automobile
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-02

Once more the hot tamale offers Its seductive
charms.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-06
New Pictures

dertaken the task Of converting Japan
from n military nation into an empire
of trade, industry and commerce.
Tho whole civilized world con.
tinuCd Loomis, SHOULD sympathizc
with these aspirations upon which the
prime minister's new policy is based
and never should they awake more
hearty appreciation and apprcciatiye
response than In the minds and hearts
Of the people of the United States.
Americans Made Welcome.
THE government and the whole
people of Japan spared no pains to
show. on the occasion of the visit of
the battleship fleet. that their historic
liking for the American people was in
nowise compared by the often embar.
RAISING pressure of new conditions.
They made every American I'm their
country last October feel that their
friendship for us is deep. substan.
/ tial and vital sentiment which has
gathered strength and fire with the
passing years and which has kept
paw WIN bhIhl N'l'hN blNNlI
and progress. No fair minded person
who witnessed the interests of the ia.
panesc people can for a moment doubt
their sincerity.
THE newspaper accounts Of the
splendor, the variety and the good
taste Of the entertainments offered by
the japanese to their American visit.
ors were In nowise exaggerated or
overcolored. There was n note Of ear.
nestness, genuiness and sincerity
which marked all of the efforts of the
Japanese government and people
something difficult to describe. but
something which was there and was
felt.
while We were In Japan and while
the fleet was there a delegation OF GO
businessmen from the commercial or.
CARNATIONS OF the Pacific coast came
as guests Of the Japanese government.
They were clear headed. intelligent
men of affairs. Many Of them came
with doubts regarding the purpose of
the japanese government and with
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-06
Hosiery Sale
BIG REDUCTIONS AT
BLOM'S

preiudices respecting the Japanese
people. They remained several weeks
in the country and were given every
opportunity to study conditions.
Convinced Of Good Faith.
at Is significant that only members
of this delegation which recently visit.
ed Japan sent written protest
against the anti.Japancsc legislation
pending in the California general as.
scmbly. think they all returned with
a fine and just appreciation Of the ex-
cellent qualities of the japanese PEG.
pie and with firm conviction of the
good faith and friendly disposition of
the Japanese government.
THE japanese question is very
acute on the coast. Conditions there
would be Immediately and directly AZ.
fected by a surplus Of oriental labor.
ers. Hut the principle which should
be borne in mind, on the Pacific coast
and elsewhere. is that the two govern
mCnts will probably dispose of this
question in a satisfactory manner II
the people will show patience and not
cmbarrass and Illustrate the efforts OF
the President and the department Of
state by untimcly and Incorporate
action II is still entirely possible by
the usual methods and through the
usual channels to secure just treat.
mcnt for the Japanese and Just con.
sidcration OF the real interests of this
country.
THE conduct Of foreign affairs IN
both countries Is entrusted to the
hands Of men of uncommon wisdom.
experience and ability, and the people
Of the United States and the people OF
Japan can well AFFORD to await their
disposition Of the question at issue"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-06

sireu peace nov only win the ,hlted
otates' put WIN the Whole world ana
lha' u Wpuiu not permit any small di'
ference OF 1iiSuhuerstahdihgs 10 en-
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,''S country ana that IL Would Always
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'hS 10 h'a'htaIh lts pcaceiul reIallohs'
Inc prime minister mas embarked
upon po'cE oi inc Greatest in'por
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