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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
Social Ozone.

Cheerfulness can become a habit and
a habit sometimes helps US over rough
places. "A cheerful heart seeth cheer
full things" A lady and gentleman were
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
Candid.
Saturday Evening POST

(Saturday Evening POst)
An alien wanted to be naturalized and
was required to fill out a blank The
first three lines of the blank had the
following questions: "Name?" Born ?"
and Business 2"
He answered.:
Name Michael Levinsky."
''Born-Yes'
Observation-Disclosures
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
INDIAN ARROW HEADS.

A noted scientist says that when he
was boy he had passion for I'M
earthing Indian relics, which were
buried everywhere in his neighbour
hood. "One evening 1 unearGhed a
beautiful harpoon of bone. 1 had a
tooth brush, and chopped the handle
off and ground It down with a piece
of sandstone, but l could not grind
such clean-cut barbs us those of the
relic. / then took my flint scales and
chips and set to work with them The
flint cut the bone away, but left the
work rough Then accidentally
made a discovery. For no sooner had
1 begun to rub the bone transversely
on the flint than the bone cut the flint
away! Not jaggedly, as my hammer
stone would have Clipped it. but in
long, continuously narrow surface fur
rows wherever the edge was caught
in the bone at a certain angle. l
never finished that harpoOn. L turned
it about and used it as an arrow cut
ter by tying it to a little rod of wood
with my shOesrring. | had found out
how the Indians made arrow heads
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
NOT TO BE DECEIVED.

john she said, after she had fin
ished packing her trunk, Twill you re-
member to water the flowers in the
porch boxes every day."
Yes. dear, I'll see that they are
properly moisteEed regularly"
And the rubber plant in the dining
room. You know it will have to be
sprayed about three times a week"
III remember tt
I'm afraid you'll forget the canary
and let the poor thing starve.''
Don't worry about the bird, dear;
I'll take good care of him."
But 7 feel sure that you'll forget
about keeping the curtains drawn so
that things won't all be faded out
when I get back
Don't give yourself a moments un-
easiness about the curtains. I'll keep
the house as dark as a tunnel"
John, I'm not going. You have
some reason for being anxious to get
rid of w estern World
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
BOYS WHO JUMP TRAINS.

In nearly every city ard village
many boys make practice of jump
ing on and off moving passenger and
freight trains. Boys seem to find eX-
element in being able to Flip" fast
moving train, but the changes they
run of being ground beneath the
wheels. of having arms and legs cut
off, crippled and houibly. manned for
life. ought to teach them that such
supposed pleasure is not pleasure but
merely pretended effort at bravery.
There is a state law in regard to train
jumping that the radlTlad companies
are trying to enforce, and we give an
extract of it. Sect on 4397.-Any
person under the age of II years, who
shall get upon, attempt TO get up.
cling to, jump or step from any rail-
road car or train Whit the same is in
motion, shall be puniH he'd by a fine of
not more than twenty dollars nor less
than two dollars, provided that this
section shall not appl! to the employees
of any railway or e. 5press company
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
THE UPLIFT 7NOYENTENT.

When he left the house Saturday
morning Burton yam ked at the door as
if he would pull it off its hinges
When he couldn't open it he started to
grumble until his wife came to his as
sistance.
"What'n blue Hlazes is the matter
with this dooF?F' lie grumbled, giving
it another powerful yank without be-
ing able to open 1T.
'"The trouble WI tn you. John, deal"
the wife ventured, sis that you are al
ways down on everything down in
the mouth. DOWN on the world. Let
me try it
With a gentle tug upward on the
knob she easily opened the door
John was abo5 to sputter out sar-
castle remark hen the force of his
life's logic sank in his thick skull
81 get it," he exclaimed. Il get the
lesson"
That afternCEln when his wife visit
ed his office sh e saw over his desk
little motto WI h the words, Me For
the Upuift u oungstown Telegram.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
A CATHOLIC COLONY.

gentleman whose business carries
him from ocean to ocean nearly every
year, and into almost every corner of
this country, in casual conversation
recently remarked that the happiest
looking people he had seen in long
time were found in a settlement of
Catholic farmers, owners of the soil,
not a mortgage upon foot of their
land, contented and happy, a fine
church and school, and above all rest
ed the peace of good Catholic lives.
Already the parish not more than a
quarter of a century old had given
two young men to the priesthood and
some eight or ten daughters to a re-
ligious life. He said it was a glimpse
of heaven to spend a Sunday in their
midst, but as so-called modern civili-
zation advanced anG touched these
people with it's ruthless hand he
feared that another quarter of a CEN
fury might make a radical change.
the fever of change was pos
sessing some of the youth who looked
with wistful eyes to the CITY and it's
host of material attractions.-R. C.
Cleaner in Catholic Columbian.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
NOT UNUAtrAU

The New York Times lately invited
the children of Bergen county. n. J..
to write historical compositions. sug-
gested by the celebration Of the coun-
tvs 250th anniversary, and numerous
medals and other prizes were offered
for the best contributions. On October
Is the Times said:
''To the surprise of the examiners
of the Bergen essay contest they found
yesterday a degree of almost uniform
merit in the compositions from the
parochial schools of Jersey City. In
contests of this order private schools
unfortunately often make a very poor
showing indeed as compared with the
general average of public school work
But here, almost every outside institu-
ton ompeting-notably st. Patrick's
school, st. Pauls school, ST AIichaePs
school, Catholic Institute, st. Joseph's
school. st. Bridgets school and Has
brouck Institute-have sent in sets of
essays all so well written that the
judges have found difficulty in select
ing prize winners"
1t is gratifying to find so fair no.
tice of parOchial school work in one
of our dailies, but whilst we accept the
of the Times with pleas
IRE, we question the statement made
that private schools make a very
poor showing as compared with the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
THOMAS REFORMATION.

Tom. Tom, the piper's son.
Thought to steal another one.
But when, with bacon 40 cents.
He thought upon the consequence.
And what he probably would get
In case he landed in the net.
The lawyers he would have to hire
To save him from the butchers ire,
The money Cudahy would spend
To push it to the bitter end.
The merciless concern of Swift
TO see he was not set adrift,
The sum that Armour, if he fed.
Would offer for him live or dead
And how the unfOrgiving lust
For vengeance would move the trust
To make example Of him lest
Some other piper's son protest
Against pork chops at thirty fiat
And picked pigs feet selling at
SIX-bits a dozen, souse bit.
And sausage even close to it
When Tom considered it. in brief.
And also how much more a thief
He would be this time than before.
He wisely passed the Butchers door.
Rejoiced that self had stood the test.
And went on hoping for the best.
Belle Plaine Herald.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
WIT AND BRmLIANCY RUINED.

Two young society beaux of George
town during the past season acquired
most enYiable reputation for bril-
liancy and wit. Their impromptu re-
Joinders flashed forth with such spon-
tanelty that they were looked upon bv
ali their social eotorie as young men
destined to shine as stars of the first
magnitude in the galaxy of literary
wits
why don't you two write for the
n1agazines?'' was the constant ouerv
Of their friends.
But they haven't that reputation
any more-and all on account of an
innocent remark of little 7-vear-old
sister Mabel. And this is how If han
pened. A party of a score of young
people were sitting on the veranda of
Bob's house one evening during the
recent rainy spell, entertained to the
limit by the flashes that darted extern
pore from the brains of the two vounr
geniuses. A thunder storm was blow
ing up, and the big black clouds Of
the vanguard were sweeping eastward
across the sky. During a pause in the
conversation Harry cast a glance into
the heavens.
L wonder where those clouds are
going, he asked languidly.
Going to thunder." instantly re-
piled Bob. and then the party roared.
ON, brother Bob, you and Mr.. Har-
ny got that wrong" put in little Mabel
after the laughter had subsidized. 81
heard YOU all say this afternoon that
You were to ask where the clouds
were going and Mr.. Harry was to saw
they were going to thunder!"
And then the party roared again
but for different reason.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
THE oTR ER SIDE NlElM.

Are you sure you have the posi-
tion you wanC?" questioned the stu
dent who was instructing his young
cousin in the u: Sc of his camera. THAT
gives a pretty fair view of the build
ing. but one Fl ON the other side may
be better YO u don't want to waste
your material on view just because
it happens to be the first one you
strike. Learning to estimate quickly
the worth of v Jews from different an
giles is a part % the business"
1t is part of LIES business also.
but it is an art that too few take the
trouble TO acqui re, and judgment. tenn
per and condUG are sadly distributed
in consequence. The first view of any
relation or happening is naturally our
own-our side of it. how it affects
us, our rights or wrongs in the mat
ter. The ability to take a quick other
side view of it, to think how it must
appear from our neighbours angle of
vision, how it would probably strike
us if we stood W here he stands would
save unnumbeFel quarrels and acts of
injustice.
More people break the Golden Rule
from failure to think of themselves in
anothers place and estimate the situa-
ton from his sta ndDoint, than from
any other cause. The arrangements
and jealousies that so often divide
households are due far less to inten-
tional wrong or sekfishness than to in
ability to see the other side - Our
Young People.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
WONDERS OF A WATCH.

We hear much from time to time of
the wonders of this or that complicat-
ed or intricate machinery, but there
are few pieces of machinery more
marvellous than that of the common
watch
A watch, it may be stated as a gem
eral proposition, is the smallest, most
delicate instrument of the same num-
Der of parts that has ever been de-
vised About 175 different pieces of
material enter into its construction,
and upwards of 2.400 separate opera
tions are comprised in its manufac-
ture
Certain of these facts connected
with it's performance are we'll nigh
incredible when considered as whole.
A blacksmith strikes several hundred
blows on his anvil in a day and, as
matter of course, is glad when Sunday
comes, but the roller jewel of a watch
makes every day-and day after day
-432 goo impacts against the fork. or
157,6S0, 600 blows during the course of
a year, without stop or rest-some B.
$500. 900 blows during the space of
twenty years, the period for which is
watch is usually guaranteed TO keep
good time.
But the wonder or IL uoeS not cease
here 1t has been calculated that the
power that moves the watch is equiv
alent to only four times the force used
in a flea's jump. The watch power is
therefore what might be termed the
equivalent of four flea-power. One
horse power would suffice to operate
70,000,000 watches.
Furthermore, the balance wheel of
watch is moved by this four flea
power in 43,1O0 inches with each vi
bration, or 355S ga miles continues
ly in one year.
Not much oil is required to lubri- |
cate the little machine on its $500
mile run. 1t takes only Onetenth of
a drop to oil the entire machinery for
q years service.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
w Sims IN GERMANY

.,.rresuondents of the Spectator
,.ro bern giving their impressions of
r.r,nsrv. and all. or nearly all. agree
VA. there are neither loafers nor
.,"r7s IN the towns. one of the CORE
.,ordents says he found that all. both
By towns and villages, had something
~ Id and seemed as far as he could
s.lra prosperous and wei fed, having
.,orcb money to spend on concerts
md other simple pleasures. He no
toad that many We're not well endowed
,rttb this worlds goods, but it struck
Him that every one appeared to have
efficient and to be content state
msnt which is true not only of Ba-
,srfa the land of contentment. but
.fs, of the towns in northern Ger
many. The cause Of this contented
feeling the correspondent discovers in
tbe military training which the Ger
man people undergo. The men. he
4u have been drilled and taught to
march and walk upright, instead OF
lwfng with their hands i'm their peck
cts An easy explanation certainly.
IF IL were correct. all our ex-soldiers
would be content but as a matter of
fact their minds are not less accessible
20 discomfort than those of other citi-
gems The truth is that too much free
play has been enjoyed by individual
capitalists in this country. that at
consequence the contest between the
conditions Of classes is great. and that
in the German lands there is a better
distribution Of property. - London
Catholic Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
A SIGN OF 4 CROWD.

A very fat. putting, elderly woman
stepped uD to the box office of the
Chestnut street theatre and. placing a
coin on the ticket window, SAID:
Give me ticket to the gallery
You are at the wrong window.
madam" said the ticket seller THE
gallery ticket office is to your left as
you go out Of the door"
The old woman walked down the
steps and. advancing a few feet
glanced around inquiringly and then
let her gaze wander TO the iron fire
escape which was suspended above the
sidewalk.
Going back to the main box office.
she said:
Say. my boy, can't get in there;
It's crowded"
Crowded ?"
Sure. it must be-" she said. They
have the steps pulled up."-Philadel-
phia Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
THE sUFFRAGETTE

Mas a suffragette, an say,
She is busy every day.
Not in sewing buttons on
Trousers owned by me an John:
Not In patching trouser seats.
Canning fruit or picking beets:
She's not darnin' socks an things
That is work for underlings.
Mas out there in our back yard.
Practicin' and workin' hard.
THROWN bricks most every day.
Irwin hard TO learn the way
Men throw things an hit the mark.
Then some evening after dark.
Ma says she will do her share
Helpin' them to mob the mayor.
Mas a suffragette, and she
Is as busy as can be,
Studyin' an readin', too:
Not the way to make stew.
Not the latest recipes.
She's cut out such things as these;
She's not learnin' how to make
Something new in layer cake,
Or TO. keep husband home
When at night he wants to roam.
Mas just learnin' things to quote
Provin' she should have a vote.
Ma expects to get job
Leading on female mob.
Detroit Free Press.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
ALONELY ISLAND

Maiana, one of the Gilbert Islands,
Oceanica, has 10000 inha bitants, in
Guiding 500 Catholics
Like the rest of the archipelago, the
island is only slightly above the level
of the sea. 1t is therefore, not sur
prising that the Gilberts were not dis
covered until about a hundred years
ago. Even today ships bound hither
sometimes pass the islands without
perceiving them. Without a compass
and chart, a captain would almost run
aground on the shore before being
aware that he was in sight of land. AT
high tide, and in fair weather, Maiana
is distinguished from a short distance
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
TO THE POINT

who are driving these unfortunate
men and women from their homes %,
asks a correspondent of the Pail Mall
Gazette, referring to the members of
religious orders expelled from France
and Portugal
Not their Christian fellow-country-
men," he replies. but the interna-
tional clique of militant atheists and
Socialists. who are attempting to ac-
quire the dictatorship over all the
governments of the world The re-
lfgious orders by their excellent
schools and by their devoted work i'm
hospitals. orphanages, etc. are one Of
the greatest obstacles TO the dechris-
tionizing of the people, and are there
fore, the first to be attacked
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
CULTIVATE HARMONY.

They who are animated by charity
support patiently and in silence. in
sentiments and humility and sweet
ness as if they had neither eyes nor
ears the difficult, odd and most in
constant humors OF others. although
'aey may find it very difficult at times
to do so
no matter how regular and perfect
we may be, we have always need of
compassion and indulgence for others.
70 be borne with, we must bear with
otners: to be loved, we must love: to
De helped we must help; to be joyful
ourselves, we must make others so.
surrounded as we are by so many
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
PEOPLE Will TALK.

You may set through the world. but
twill be very slow
If you listen to all that is said as you
go:
You'll De worried and fretted and kept
in a stew
For meddleson1e ton CUES must have
something to do
And people will talk
II quiet and modest, you'll have it pre-
That your humble position is only as
sumed.
You're a wolf in Sleeps cloehing or
else you're a fool:
But don't get excited keep perfectly
cool
For people will talk.
And then if you show the least bold
ness of heart
Or slight inclination to take your
own part
They will call you an upstart, con-
ceited and vail,
But keep straight ahead-don't stop
to explain
For people will talk.
If threadbare your dress and old-fash-
Someone viii surely take notice OF
that.
And hint rather strong that you can't
pay your way
But don't get excited, whatever they
say
For people will talk.
If Your dress is in fashion. don't think
TO escape.
For they criticise then in a different
shape
You're ahead Of your means, or your
tailor's unpaid:
But mind your own business, there's
nalIght to be made
For people will talk.
Now the best way to do is to do as
You please.
For your mind, if you have one. will
then be at ease.
OF course, YOU will meet with all sorts
of abuse
But don't think to stop them-it's not
any use
For people will talk.
Orr YCunp- PeoDJa
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
pENaTURED POEM.

one night with my high
tbirst to loaf in the booze ba-
aF.ssu as I sampled the old red dope
l'.' nod on the handsome bar My
] '''" NOS full of the good long green.
r'.Ss lament was smooth and new,
a2a -,,,r.ad as slick as 4 cabbage rose
ana ,.issed by the nice wet dew. Be
ttal G,e bottles a mirror stood. as
nina ~" ,.orr parlor floor, and I looked
large liked in the shining glass, and
ana AIRED ,g5 and looked some more.
egiu' own reflection did not appear,
Al ora where il should have been. 1
buy IN" M form of cringing bum, all
slN ie5 and soaked with gin. His
criln. pms red and his eyes were dim.
1'' was his swollen face. and I
lls.,t it queer such seedy bum
ihp Nh come to so smooth a place. I
S'o .I around for a better look at
", ofiey Of despair. and nearly fell
..Is little heap. for the effigy wasn't
H. u - The barkeeper laughed. IT'S
~ Magic Glass. he said with a care
Wv AVN. "It shows a man how he's
ri IN look years hence when his roll
oorer '-Walt Mason.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
Uofndn' $ U)orId
CONDUCTED BY HELENE vALEAU.

different minds, characters and inter
esIs, how can we live in peace for =
single DAY If we are not condescend-
ms accommodating, yielding. self-de-
ny ing, ready to renOunce even a good
project, and to take no notice of those
AauiLs ana shortcomings which are he
yohd our power OR duty to correct
Charity patiently listens TO a bora
answers a useless question. renders
service even when the need is only I'M
aglnary without ever betrayine tho
least signs of annoyance. 1t never.
asks for exceptions or privileges "a
rear or exciting jealousy. It does not
ILuillplE nor prolong conversations
mhlch ia any way annoy others. II
nghts antipathy and natural ayersions
so that they may never annear snd
seeks even the company of those who
might be the object of them.
1t does not assume the office of "a
prehending or warning through a mo-
i've of bitter zeal 1t seeks to find in
oneself the fault it notices in others
ana perhaps greater ones and tries
TO correct them. IF thou canst NOT
make myself such one as thou
wou1dst, how canst thou expect 10
have another according to thy lil,inoo
we would willingly have othere ner-
Lect' and yet we mend not our own
defects We would have others strict
~ correct, but are not fond of being
correct ourselves
The large liberty of other dis
pleases US, and yet we do not wish To
De denied anything we ask for. We
are wiling that others be bound I'D
by laws. and we suffer not ourselves
TO be restrained by any means. Thus
IL Is evident how seldow we weight
our neighbor in the same balance with
ourselves" limitation" i. 16.)
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10

by clump of cocoanut palms that
seem to rise directly out of the ocean.
A semi-circular coral reef forms one
side of the island and half incloses a
lagoon that cannot be entered by
large ships. but forms an excellent
harbor for small craft. on the other
sides the land is protected by wall
of coral formation.
The vessels of heavy tonnage that
stop at Maiana have to lie at anchor
so far out to sea that only the tops
of their masts are visible from the
strand
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
WITH AN EYE TO THE FUTURE

1T would probably take many gen.
erations OF adversely TO train Ameri-
cans into the far-seeing thriftiness of
my people," once observed an Aneri-
can OF Scotch birth. ~ remember
case OF a Scotchwoman who had been
promised a new bonnet by lady. Be-
fore she undertook the purchase the
lady called and asked the good wo-
man.
" Would You rather have felt or
straw bonnet. Mrs. Carmichael
Weel, responded Mrs. Carmichael
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
THEY HAVE CURED T,EPRosy

DIR. j. r. Wayson declared before
the Hawaiian Territorial Medical So
ciety on November II. that he had
cured leprosy. and he exhibited a
young Hawaiian who had leprosy but
who was now free from it. This pa
tient had been sent to the Molokai
settlement, but was recently dis
charged as cured after examination by
the territorial board of health
At this meeting other recent cures
of leprosy were cited. DR.. c. B. Wood
declared that DR.. Day had cured a bad
case of leprosy. Several cures were
effected by use of nastin and chauI-
moogra oil treatments, while the X
ray has also played an important
part
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-10
THE OLDEST CoINERs KNOWN.

DO You know coins were i'm use as
early as 500 years B. C.? 1t is a fact
that a pure silver coin bearing a per-
feet Aramean inscription of Panam-
mu Bar Rerub, king of Schamol. who
teigned at that time, was recently
round by German collector during
ms explorations in northern Syria.
Op to this time the Lydians were
regarded as the inventors of money
out this new find showed that the Ara
means. who lived two centuries be-
tore, were the oldest coiners