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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05
ROOSEVELT IS PRACTICAL.

Whatever opinion one may have formed of Theo-
dore Roosevelt when he occupied the office Of Pres
ident of the United States, whether his attempts
to regulate everything that the sun of heaven
shines upon be considered fanciful or whether the
reforms he advocated be declared chimercal by our
political economists, that he is a practical man,
of sound sense and good Judgment, we submit
New evidence of this was brought out last week by
a dispatch from New York concerning his son.
Theodore, jr.
Theodore, jr, fell in love some time ago, and
got to writing poetry, of which came into the
possession of Theodore, ST., whose discriminating
sense and discernment Immediately told him it was
of the quality for which 81 tt column would not be
paid by the most inexperienced editor, and for
which any ordinary magazine would have charged
81 word to print. The sentiments were stale the
feet were fiat, and the whole business unproftable
So the influence of the President were exerted
upon a carpet factory in Tompsonville, N. Y and
the young man got job at which he works ten and
half hours day for $18 week If that doesn't
take the poetry out of him in a very short time,
nothing will If he withstands the test we may look
for the name of Roosevelt, Theodore, jr in the list
of primal poets of America ere many years roll
round That Roosevelt ST., is practical man his
most pronounced political opponents will now have
to admit.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

again called upon the Taos to surrender, and no
doubt, much to his surprise, the Indians struck
truce and yielded up the city Faithful to his VOW,
the Spaniard built the Chapel of Our Lady of the
Rosary. Two hundred and eighteen years have
come and passed away since the evening of the
Nations have in naesd 1905. ETAOIN ., =.
Nations have risen and gone down; revolutions
have swept aside established governments;
great Republic has risen over the ruins of Mexican
towns and expanded from ocean to ocean, and rules
the Spanish lands of de Vargas; of all her vast
trans Atlantic possessions not single foot is
Spanish, but true to the vow of the Spaniard, the
Catholics of Santa Fe year after year. walk in pro-
cesslon to the sanctuary of the Virgin Mother
built on the right bank of the little stream that
flows past the city. The place where rest the
mains of the Spanish hidalgo, the Conquistador de
Vargas is behind the high altar in the Cathedral
of ST. Francis and every visitor to Santa Fe is sure
to inspect the historic spot before leaving the city.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05
DEMAND ON PEARY.

The sad ending of DR.. Cooks discovery of the
north pole he being now somewhere In South Amer
ica has not prevented demand being made upon
Commander Peary that his proofs be submitted to
the University of Copenhagen, which found that
DR.. Cooks records failed to prove his case The
suggestion is also made that commission com
posed of Rear Admiral Melville, Rear Admiral
Schley and General Greedy be permitted to examine
the Peary records These gentlemen, each of whom
is an expert in Arctic and navigation matters
would make good commission to examine the rec
ords and their report would if it substantated the
claims of Peary and the findings of the original ex
aminers, be considered as final settlement of any
doubts to Peary's claims However, if these gen
tlemen should find unfavorably for Peary, there
would result just such controversy as that attend
ing the Cook discovery"
The world has generally accepted the Peary
claims, and has generally rejected the Cook claims
The acceptance of the Peary claims, however,
should not prevent further examination of the rec
ords by dsinterested persons if only to remove the
implied doubts to their accuracy If Peary really
reached the pole, further examination of his rec
ords and of his party would only strengthen his
standing as the original discoverer But if he did
not it would be the height of folly to prevent that
examination, for which there seems to be growing
demand. If further examination and the widest
publicity is not given the records, suspicion will
naturally arise in the minds of many and the com
mander would be widely discredited as a result of
his secrecy.
If Peary is really to retain the honor of being
the dscoVerer of the POLE he must submit his mem
oranda to the world Let every competent authority
have its say. The result cannot be otherwise than
complete vindication of his clai1ns-or another
and greater hoax than Dr. Cooks
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

which were turned against him; got confused, got
angry, began to be abusive and finally started for
home, leaving the stage in quiet possession of his
self -possessed and smiling adversary.
People wondered who the stranger was, but
when he was leaving on the train the next morning
a commercial traveller shouted from the hotel bus
"Heno, Father Doyle. how are youl" The same Fa-
Their Doyle is one of the greatest controversasts in
the United States and the poor preacher, when he
met him, went up against tough proposition"
And the moral of all this is that whenever we
talk big against any man, class of men, even
though it be against the Pope of Rome and his
doctrines, it is well to have some knowledge of the
subject on which we talk The most effective
weapon against our adversary is plain truth when
we possess information; when we do not, prudent
silence
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05
THE VOW OF DON DE VARGAS.

-Four years ago we were in the city Of Santa
Fe, New Mexico, and we're present when the an
nual religious procession passed out of the Cathe-
dral of st. Francis and moved down de Vargas
street to the chapel of the Holy Rosary This was
Sunday, June II, three days after the great
feast of Corpus Christi The procession was i'm
posing and picturesque; the priest accompanied by
his supplied attendants, carried statue of the
Blessed Virgin, and the air was filled with music
and with melody of pious chanting
For two hundred and eighteen years this pro-
cession has annually passed through the street of
de Vargas, and for two hundred and eighteen years
the same identical statue of Our Lady of Victory
has been carried by priests whose bodies have long
ago returned to dust. What does it all mean? 1t
means the fulfllment of VOW made on the night
of September 49, 1892, by Spanish hidalgo or no.
bleman. Here is the story:
According to Father Veez de Escalante-he
who discovered Utah Lake-Don Diego de Vargas
Zapate de Lujan Pone de Leon was sent from Mex
leo City, by the Viceroy Condo de Galvas to recon
quer New Mexico after it had been wrested from
the Spaniards in the revolt of $780, He was accom-
panied by fifty soldiers and the promise of being
able to strengthen his command when he would ar
Grande. Picking up what auxiliars he could find
in and around Ell Paso, he began his march to
Santa Fe accompanied by three franciscan priests
Francisco Corvera, Miguel Muniz and Cristoval
Alonzo Barroso. De Vargas moved out of FL Paso
on the morning of August 81, 1892, and by forced
marches arrived at Santa Fe September u. When
leaving Mexico City the Spaniard brought with
him small statue of the Blessed Virgin, before
which he and his men knet each evening implor-
ing Marys protection and help for their expedition
Informed by his scouts that the Indians-the
Tanos-had fortified the principal buildings of the
town of Santa Fe, De Vargas summoned them to
surrender. The Indians answered with shower of
arrows, and challenged him to come on
The Spaniards attempted to rush the town but
were driven back. De Vargas calling off his men,
crossed the river, passing down the road afterwards
known as "El Canine de Vargas" now called de
Vargas street The Spaniard camped on the ground.
now the site of the Chapel of Our Lady of the
Rosary, where he built shrine over his statue of
the Blessed Virgin. Before this statue he knelt.
surrounded by his men, and after reciting the Lit
any of the Blessed Virgin, he rose to his feet and
solemnly vowed that if he should succeed in storm
ing Santa Fe, the statue would be carried every
year from the city to the place it was now en-
shrined, where he would build church in honor of
| the Virgin Mother of God
The following morning, September 10, De Vargas
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05
CORRESPONDENCE soLICTTT
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA-1AN.

feel It my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that person bearing the
and garo OF priest sister, anyone else, Is
authorized permitted TO solicit collect In this
diocese for purpose whatever connected with tbs
Catholic Church without having from permission
in writing, bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged In doing this unlawfu
work collecting without such a document, he or
she, the may be, should be regarded by all as
a fraud and an imposter. L SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

The mayor of Indianapolis has announced that
saloonkeepers who dsobey the closing laws will be
sentenced to go to church on Sunday mayor
with such original habit of thought will do well
if he inicts the punishment provided in the statute
and not use his office a to diseredit himself
in the eyes of the thousands of protesting Chris
tians of Indianapolis It might have been better
for him if he had remained an auctioneer.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

and presided over by their druids or priests. In
both of these feasts part of the rites was the
cutting of the mistletoe. The oak tree which IN
early times was much more common than now, was
an object of worship with the Celts and in oak
groves their religious rites celebrated The
oak was sacred to the sun and the fires of the druid
festival were started by the fire produced by rub
bling two oak sticks together, just as our Indians
obtained it before the coming of the white man.
Even to this day in some of the hooks and corners
of England and Wales where annual tires are
lighted, such as on Halloween, the fire to start the
pile is procured by rubbing lakewood. Our primI-
tive ancestors then thought fire to be inherent to
the oak as miraculous entity and a result they
believed there was some mystical connection be-
tween the oak. the sun-god and fire. Therefore,
when they beheld this strange parasite the miste-
toe, growing apparently out of the oak, they
deemed it to be in mysterious manner part
of the essence and life of the tree. It regarded
as something sacred and under the special protec-
ton of the sun-god The feast of the Cutting
of the Mistletoe," was celebrated at night by the
light of the fires taken from oak sticks These fes
rivals degenerated into a saturnalia of shameful
impurities which went down and disappeared soon
after the lands became Christian.
The kissing privilege under the mistletoe is a
relic of these early times and is al THAT remains to
remind us of the Hcentious liberties of the druid
festival. Here is the poem asked for by our cor
respondent
THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.
By Thomas Haynes BayIy, 1797-1839.)
The mistletoe hung in the castle hall,
The holly branch shone on the old oak wall;
And the baron's retainers were blithe and gay,
And keeping their Christmas holiday.
Then the baron beheld, with fathers PRIDE
His beautiful daughter, young LovelPs bride;
While she, with her bright eyes, seemed to be
The star of the goodly company.
"Pm weary of dancing now," she cried;
"Here tarry moment-In hide-Pll hidel
And, Lowell be sure thou'rt first to trace
The clue to my secret hiding place"
Away she ran-and her friends began
Each tower to search, and each nook to scan;
And young Lowell cried "Ohl where dost thou hide
I'm lonely without thee, my own dear BRIDE"
They sought her that night and they sought her
next day;
And they sought her in vain, when week passed
away
In the highest-the lowest-the loneliest spot
Young Lowell sought wildy-but found her not
And years flew by, and their grief at last
Was told as a sorrowful tale of the past;
And when Lowell appeared the children cried
"Seel the old man weeps for his fairy BRIDE"
At length an oak chest, that had long lain hid,
Was found in the castle; they raised the lid;
And skeleton form lay moldering there
In the bridal wreath of lady fair!
Oh, sad was her fate In sportive jest
She hid from her lord in the old oak chest;
It closed with a spring !-and dreadful doom,
The bride lay clasped in her living tomb
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05
TO DIR SnRSCRIRERS.

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home this diocese Its circulation In Mon
tana, Idaho Colorado Wyoming Nevada and many
other states is very large Only reliable firms ana
business men advertise IN the paper All subscribers
Will find II to their advantage when about to invest
purchase consult business matters to read
the list Of our advertisers We not only recommend
but ask for them the patronage OF all readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05
TRUSTS VS.. UNIONS.

Much has been said during the last year or So
since the famous case of the Buck Stove company
against Gompers Mitchell and Morrison, and more
especially since the decision as handed down plac-
ing fine of $4,000 against the union of hatters,
as to the effect of the Sherman antitrust law upon
labor unions. A brief statement of the case of the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

Prices of eighteen staple articles in Detroit,
Mich, and Windsor, Canada, are compared by the
Detroit Journal and difference of 80 per cent is
shown, the lower prices being across the line, of
course. Inasmuch as the tariff does not increase
prices, we are anxiously awaiting an explanation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

gentleman down in Boston got out a book
telling some of the unwritten history of revolu-
tionary days. And now the people who have taken
pride in their ancestry bad off as some of the
rest of US who never had any.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

Now that the place for the Johnson-J effries fight
has been decided upon it might as well be told that
the contest furnished lot of copy for the news
papers and gave the fight much free publicity.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

The appearance of the first robin may be har-
binger of spring, but we have lost faith in all
weather indicators except the oldest inhabitant
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05

Gentlemen, talk is cheap" shouted the political
haranguer, whereat his hearers were much i'm
pressed that at least one thing had not been affected
by the soaring scale of prices.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-05
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

subscribers removing from place to another
and desiring papers changed should always give for
rner as well as present address.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-03
Ornaments Of the Peerage.

Lord Lyveden is an ardent peerage
reformer and tells an anecdote In this,
connection for whose authenticity he
pledges himself. This narrates how a
famous statesman Of the nineteenth
century was called upon to visit his
son in prison. He bitterly reproached
him, remarking, "Here am l, having
worked my way up from middle
class home to great position, and
when die you will be the greatest
BLACKBOARD in the peerage." The son
listened quietly and then replied, with
terrible irony, "Yes-when you die"
Another Of Lord Lyveden's peerage
stories is equally piquant. The son Of
a peer applied to friend in the north
of England for housekeeper and was
recommended certain Mrs. Brown.
The peer wrote to the woman accord
fngly to the effect that, having learned
particulars of her character, he was
willing to engage her as his house
keeper and making an appointment for
her to call and see him on a certain
date. The good woman replied:
My Lord-From what have learned of
your character 7 decline to enter your
house. am your lordships obedienx
servant. NNES BROWN.
Westminster Gazette.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-03
Splendid Rebekah Meeting.

Star of the West" Rebekah
Lodge, No. 1873, held an important
meeting last night, when three can
didates were initiated into the order,
there was a supper served, and a
general social good time.
The lodge hall was crowded with
members of the order, and the
newly-installed officers were in their
positions to oficiate for the evening.
The degree team of the Star of
the West" lodge has long been noted
as the most proficient in this section
of the state. and last nights floor
work was admirably performed.
At the conclusion of the business
session, splendid supper was served
in the dining hall.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-03
SpOOner and Baudette.

Od1ls OAs
Mr.. J. r. Dundas, who has been visit
ing relatives at Argyle for the past two
weeks, returned on Thursday. . !:
j. Southall, travelling passenger and
freight agent for the Northwestern was
here on Wednesday on business matters.
Mrs. H. C. Habstritt is reported very ill
with typhoid fever. A consultation OF
two doctors was held yesterday, and her
condition is critical.
Mrs. T. J. Williams returned this even
ing on the "Muskegg'' from Stephen where
she has been visiting for the last two
weeks with relatives and friends.
A. E. Noble left for Duluth this morn
ing on business pertaining to the depart
ment he represents in the Shevlin-
Matthew Lumber company.
At the regular meeting of the Masonic
lodge, banquet was rendered in honor
of Worshipful Master Albert Berg, who
was chosen Grand Marshal at the session
of the grand lodge of Master Masons at
St. Paul. Retiring Worshipful Master c.
R. Middleton was presented with a
Masonic ring, in appreciation of his
services.
The Birthday Club met at the home of
Mrs. James A. Matthew, Saturday, to cele-
brate her birthday. The afternoon was
delightfully."- spent in various amusements.
A fish contest was enjoyed by all. Covers
were laid for twelve. Those present were:
Messrs. A. E. Noble, o. H. Diercks, c. H.
Dodds, Albert Berg. B. P. Eagan, Mr..
Maloney, George E. Ericsson and Miss
Ericsson of Spooner; Mesdames Plunkett,
Gorham, McGregor and Mrs. Gannin'
Mrs. Gannin was elected honorary men,
Der of the Birthday Club.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-03
An Old Time ouack,

In the right hands it is poor root
that will not work both ways. An old
quack doctor, according to the Wash
ington correspondent Of the Boston
Herald, was once called to see boy
who had chills and fever. .:
He proceeded to scratch the bark of
a root and put some in one glass Of
water and some in another glass Of
water.
"Give the medicine in this glass for
the chills," he then said to the lads
mother, ''but give this in the other
glass when the fever comes on"
"But, doctor,' the mother protested,
1T is exactly the same In both glass
es." --.-:
"Oh, not at ALL" declared the quack.
"But saw you scrape the bark of
the same root and put it in each
glass;" ." .l...
eyes," admitted the quack smoothly,
"but you didn't see how did it, my
dear lady. This for the chil1s scrape
up on the root, and that makes it high
cockalorum. This for the fever J.
scrape down on the root, and that
makes it low cockahighrum."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-03
A Ghost Story.

Floors castle, home Of the Duke of
Roxburghe, was the scene of curious
psychical mystery over century ago.
Sir Walter Scott relates the incident
John, third duke Of Roxburghe, who
died in 1904, the celebrated book col
lector, when arranging his library en-
ployed neither secretary nor libra
rian, but footman called Archie, who
knew every book as shepherd does
each sheep Of his flock. There was
bell hung in the dukes room at Floors
which was used on no occasion except
to call Archie to his study. The duke
died in st. James square at time
when Archie was himself sinking un-
der a mortal complaint. On the day
Of the funeral the library bell sudden
~ rang violently. The dying Archie
sat up in bed and faltered, Eyes, my
lord duke. yes, I will wait on your
grace instantly" And with these
words on his lips he fell back in bed
and died.-St. James Gazette.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-03
Cunningham.
Jan. 81.


Miss Anna WEIGH Sundayed with the
Cunningham's. =. ..-A ct.
Mrs. Attix and daughters came over
from Orth Monday on special business.
Charles Parmeter is taking electric
treatment for the cure of sciatic rheuma-
tism.
Many wolves infest the forests here
abouts-the deer furnishing most of their
food.
A. A. Anderson and L. E. .. Cunning
ham are the latest victims of the prevail
ing malady-influenza
Peter Kosney will send two of his chill
dren to Wisconsin, where they can attend
school without having to walk so far as
they do now.
The little daughters of both Claude and
Victor Lish have been absent one entire
week from school, owing to the severe
colds that seem to have been affecting
everybody. -....
Charles johnson and daughter attended
religious services at McGlauthlin's lum-
Der camp Saturday night. MIR. johnson
plays the guitar, and his daughter has
developed fine musical voice, the COM
bination being very pleasant.
Stewart g. Grims, merchants at Orth,
are purchasing all the available timber in
this section of country. Arthur Tibbets,
Nick johnson and Mons Johnson, have
recently disposed of theirs, and lumber
camp with twenty-five men has lately
been installed by Stewart & Grims.
My hens do not have access to stable.
For this reason, secure an armful of the
long, dried grass, and with an old pair of
shears cut it into lengths of about six
inches tit won't take long), put it into a
clean pail, pour over it little boiling
water, cover and let steam over night, a
shorter or longer time as you choose, and
feed to the hens dry; then watch them
devoW it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-03
A Comprehensive Word.

The word s'vermin'' seems to have
become exceedingly comprehensive In
scope now that the society which is
devoted to the destruction Of such
creatures has included not only rats,
mice, cockroaches and such small deer
among them, but even cats, dogs, spar
rows and canaries, on the ground that
all these transmit disease to man. By
derivation Uatin 'vermis'O vermin
ought to mean only worms and the
like, In which literal sense Tennyson
writes Of the ''vermin in nut" But
the term has constantly been loosely
applied to all sorts Of objectionable
animals, from crocodiles to foxes.
Purchas told Of the people Of Java
how they 'feed on cats, rats and other
vermins,' and Izaak Walton denounc-
ed "those base vermin, the offers"
He used the word exactly in the tenn
per In which naughy little boy is
berated as young varmint. Lon
don Chronicle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-02-03
Missionary Program.

The following is the missionary
program for the First Baptist church
for February d: s,'>'. % "
Paper, Some of the Obstacles in
the Way of Evaugelizing the
Heathen," by Martha Huntosh.
Paper, plantation Life" by
George Smith.
Paper, "Slave-trade and Condition
of the Negro When Brought Here"
by Jean Mckee.
Reading by Sibyl Benner. -
Solo, Mrs. Henry Miller.
An offering will be taken for
missions and, refreshments will be
served.