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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
LEAP YEAR.

When the men will not propose
marriage to the women, the women
must wait until leap year. and then
they may do the proposing. This is a
custom more talked about than prac-
tised, but it was legalized in Scotland
in the year 1928, if we may believe
what we hear An act of the Scottish
parliament, translated into modern
English. is as follows:
Ordered that during the reign of
her most blessed majesty. Margaret,
every maiden. of both high and low
estate, shall have liberty to bespeak
the man she likes. If he refuses to
take her to be his wife, he shall be
mulcted in the sum of one hundred
pounds or less, as his estate may be,
except and always If he can make 1t
appear that he is betrothed to another
woman; then he shall be free.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
TRAVELLING IN INDIA.

The Madras Watchman gives a
short account of pastora! tour made
by Bishop Aelen around our Madras
mission: Travelling was most difficult
and the distances to be covered were
very great; several hundred miles be-
ing traversed in a bullock wagon, be-
meath the scorching rays of an I'M
merciful sun. But these inconven-
fences were more than compensated
for by the consultations which the bish-
op experienced during his round. Ev-
eTywhere he met with an enthusiastic
and disinterested welcome. all the
converts, both old and new, contribut-
ing from their own slender re-
sources, and despite their disadvan-
tages as non-caste people, to make his
visit a happV one"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
RELIC OF FATHER DEsMET.

While excavating under an old barn
at Lander, Wyo., Rev. Father Mooney
unearthed a Catholic prayer book in
splendid state of preservation, bearing
on the cover the letters met" which
were later deciphered as the last three
letters of the name of Father DeSmet,
the Jesuit priest who visited Wyoming
and who mingled with the Indians far
in advance of the coming OF any other
white man. The relic also establishes
the fact that father DeSmet's visit to
Yellowstone National park. This dis
covery is regarded as of great value,
for the historians of the country have
been at loggerheads> over the question
as to who was the first white man to
come to Wyoming The book will be
treated to a preparation for the pur-
pose of preserving it, and will then be
sent to the Smithsonian Institute.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
VACATION HAPPINEs.

Do not avoid and forget God all
through your holiday. Keep that
friendship in repair. Make appoint
ments with Him, and He will keep
them all with you. In the garden
by the riverside, in the wood, on the
hilltop, enter into matters at some
length and depth with our Lord.
If there is any misunderstanding or
any controversy between you and Him.
refuse to return home till it is all set
right Resolve to do that Set out on
your holiday with that in your heart
and you will have as good times dur
ing your vacation as the disciples ever
had with our Savior up in the high
lands of Israel.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09

transportation companies, and that
keeps the whole liquor business In a
flourishing condition.
Go ask the drunkards how they
started, One man will tell you he was
employed by a firm which required
him to be a good fellow with the GUS
toners of the concern. He met the
customers when they came to the
city, took them to the hotel, showed
them a good time, and sold them the
goods. Another man will tell you he
got in with a social set, the members
of which expressed their good-fellow-
ship by drinking and he drank with
them. Still another man entered poll
tics. Soon the appetite was formed
and he is now a wreck. These are
only samples. In all your investiga-
tions you will not find one who began
to drink because he wanted to be a
drunkard The social glass marks the
beginning
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
IMPORTANCE OF DEEP BREATH
ING.

Nervousness can be cured by form
ing the habit of breathing deep and
long, and one medical authority pre-
scribes it in his schedules for nervous
women. All singers are invariably
high-chested and free from colds or
chronic coughing spells. 1t is because
they have learned to breathe from the
waist instead of the top of the lungs,
as the majority of people do. To
breathe deeply is to stimulate the
heart and circulation 1t means a full,
high chest and broad shoulders 1t
means practically immunity from the
dangers incurred by exposure. 1t
means a good carriage and well-poised
head. And best of all, it means per-
feet physical health.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
GREAT SCIENTIST.

Modern men of science who profess
athism and agnOsticism cannot away
with this stout champion of theism. so
they must ascribe to the hardest and
clearest thinker amongst them what
they call a Theological bias" But
his testimony goes far to destroy the
antagonism which such men would set
up between science and religion. Again
and again in his public utterances
Gord Kelvin) declared his belief in a
Creative Power and in an oVerruling
Providence. He even asserted that his
purely scientific studies had brought
him a direct demonstration Of a deli
mite creation, but they are not Demon
STATIONS which everyone would &C
cept once, on hearing of Darwin s
disbelief in divine revelation and evil
dence of design, he vehemently de-
nounced such views as utterly I'M
scientific, and maintained that our
power of discussing and specializing
about atheism and materialism was
enough to diSpToYe them. 1t is worth
recording that he regarded the ques-
ton of life, however, certainly its OPP
erationS were in accordance with
chemical and dynamical laws, as es-
sentially outside the range of physics.
1.-The influence of animal or vegetable
life he declared ''is infinitely beyond
the range of any scientific inquiry
hitherto entered on" Or again: THE
real phenomena of life infinitely tran
scend human science" On the ques-
ton of freewill, for instance, he de-
clared that so far as physics was con-
cerned 1t was miracle. For this
statement he was violently attacked
by the materialists.
In a memorable speech made at
University college, London, in 1903,
he uttered the following words: DO
not be afraid of being free-thinkers.
If you think strongly enough you will
be forced by science to the belief in
God which is the foundation of all
religion. You will find science not
antagonistic, but helpful to religion"
Much might be added which would
help still further to make clear the
emphatically orthodox position as
sumed by Lord Kelvin on a topic of
such vital interest to the race and the
individual, but the foregoing testimony
must suffice. To the last he remained
steadfast to these convictions. Just
before his death he said he did not
think that any other man had spent
as much time as himself in the perusal
of Professor Rutherford's Radio-ac-
'tivity, and yet none of the wonderful
revelations of the potentialities of
IIldllGI COuIdllleu III IHdI DOOh LIldu6
him swerve in the slightest from his
profession of faith in a God-made
God-ruled universe.
Here, then, is man such as the
rationalists postulate, one who reject
ed the guidance of an infa11ibIe
Church, and depended on his reason
alone, one who, nevertheless, found
that that reason applied to natural
phenomena led him to reject as well
the foolish theory of a self-caused or
endless universe, and to accept as an
intellectual necessity the existence of
a Creator Great as Lord Kelvin's
services are to scientific and social
progress, it may be questioned wheth-
er his support of Christianity will not
in the long run be of greater benefit
to the race.-Pittsburg Observer.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
A RECORD DERBY.
Lord Rosebery's Horse Fourth.

The race for the Derby stakes of
$4,000 was won by the favorite, Lem
berg. owned by Mr.. Fairie, and ridden
by Bernard Dillon. Lord Villiers'
Greenback, ridden by F. Templeman,
was second, and the Irish horse.
Charles O'Malley, owned by A. P. Cum
life, and ridden by the Irish jockey,
s. Donoghue, was third. Lord Rose
bery's horse, Neil Gow-although q
great deal was thought of him and he
was second favorite in the betting
was fourth at the finish. There were
fifteen runners, and the winner COW
cred the distance, one mile and half,
in minutes 35 1-5 seconds, which
constitutes a record for the course.
This is the first time Mr.. Fairie owned
a Derby winner and the first time
Dillon rode one.
Bernard Dillon, who rode Lemberg
to victory, is an Irish lad, born at
Tralee four and twenty years ago.
Like his brother Joe. he was sent over
here and apprenticed to Fallon at
Netherhavon. He has won most of the
big races, including the Lincoln, Liv-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
THE WRONG ONE.

Not long ago, at certain Ulster
railway station. a respectable citizen
was seeing his daughter off. Securing
her seat, he passed out of the car
riage and went round to the window
to say a. parting word. While he was
passing out, the daughter left her
place to speak to a friend, and at .he
same time a grim old maid took the
seat and moved up to the window.
Unaware of the important change, the
respectable citizen hurriedly put his
head up to the window and said: lone
more sweet kiss, pet" In an instant
the point of cotton umbrella was
thrust from the window, followed by
the wrathful Injunction: Scat, you
gray-headed old wretch
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09

erpooI Cup, Jubilee (twice), One
Thousand Guineas (twice), Jockey
Club Stakes (twice), Eclipse Stakes
Grand Prix de Paris Cesarewitch and
Cambridgeshire
Perhaps the most delighted man on
Epson Downs was the Rev. Father
John Caulfield of Poplar, who acts as
a regular guardian to the brothers Dill
Ion, and it will be remembered that
the reverend gentleman performed the
wedding ceremony for Joe " Dillon
something over a year ago. Father
Caulfeld quietly celebrated the coca
sion at the residence of billions par
ents at Epson, and he declares thatit
was the little mascot he gave Bernard
prior to the race that secured such a
glorious victory.-Chicag Citizen.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
PAINTING VALUED AT $50. 900.

Professor Klitscher of Geneva, the
Swiss art expert, says the well known
painting of Madonna in the Alpine
church at Acletta, Canton of Grisons,
was painted by Murillo. The state
ment was called forth by the church
authorities appealing to his judg-
ment as to the value of the picture,
with which tourists and artists have
long been familiar A foreign mu-
scum recently offered to buy it for
$4,000. Professor Klitscher values 1t
at nearer $4,000
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
HERAIDRY,

According to the highest authorities,
heraldry finds its starting point in the
totemism of prehistoric man. In the
barbaric custom of painting or cary
ing the totem on oars, the bows and
sides of canoes, weapons, pillars in
front Of houses. etc, and in tatooing
it on the various parts of the body.
as we have the real origin of the in
sigma that are SO precious to the up
per-tension of today. 1t was in the
ignorant superstition of the savage
that he sprang from a crane or bear
or some other animal that the various
coats of arms" of the big families"
of the present time found their incep-
tion.-New York American.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09

shroud, and then sewed up in mat
of braided straw laid upon a litter
made of boughs cut from trees This
bier is borne to the church if the dead
man or woman was Christian.
The lamentations of the relatives re-
sound among the cliffs, and the news
is rapidly communicated to all the peo-
pie of the neighborhOod, who at once
set out to condole with the mourners-
AS soon as they catch sight of the
funeral procession, they begin to weep
and cry aloud. When they Join it, the
men range themselves on one side Of
the bier, the women on the other, and
all the newcomers add their voices to
the weird lament chanted by the
friends of the deceased.
At intervals, the women fall upon
their knees, and taking up handouts
of dust from the path, throw it upon
their heads.
When the religious ceremony is over,
the corpse is buried in the churchyard-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
A woMAN's ALPHABET.

1 will be:
Amiable always.
Beautiful as possible.
Charitable to everybody.
Dutiful to myself.
Earnest in the right things.
Friendly in disposition.
Generous to all in need.
Hopeful in spite of everything.
Intelligent but not pedantic.
Joyful as a bird.
Kind even in thought.
Long suffering with the stupid.
Merry for the sake of others.
Necessary to few.
Optimistic. though the skies fall.
Prudent in my pleasures.
Quixotic, rather than hard.
Ready to own up.
Self-respecting in the right limit
True to my best.
Unselfish short of martyrdom.
Valiant for the absent.
Willing to believe the best.
Exemplary in conduct
Young and fresh in heart.
Jealous to make the best in life.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
THE ESSENCES OF WISDOM.

The essence of wisdom is contained
in the advice Never let anyone pity
you," and Don't complain"
1t. does not sound sympathetic, but,
after all, it is fact that being pitied
makes one feel very often worse, or at
all events, makes one imagine oneself
worse than one really is. And as for
complaining-wel nobody thanks
one for burdening them with ones
load of trouble, do they? And the
load is pretty sure to seem small in
their eyes, however important it may
appear to our own.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
So, 900 PROMISED TO FREE HOME
FOR CANCER VICTIMS.

The hopes of the Sisters of st. Dom
mic, Mother Alphonsa Lathrop SUI
perior, who nurse destitute cancer
patients, that they will be able to en-
large St Roses Free Home, 426 Cher
ry street Con the east side of New
York;, have been met with marvellous
suddenness by a promise from gen.
erous family of $4,000 towards the
full sum required, to be given on the
day when the sisters can report that
they have raised an equal sum.
The news of the joyful promise of
$4,000 was sent to Mother AlphOnsa
by Right Rev. Mgr. James H. Mclean
of st. Peters church, Barclay street,
who has always shown true COM
passion for the cancer patients for
whom the sisters are working.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
WHY WE SHAKE HANDS.

Why do people snake each others
hand in sign of friendly greeting? The
custom has come to us from the dim
past, and originated in the fact that
if you extend your sword hand to your
enemy you cannot very well attack
him with that weapon. 1t was from
this custom that the later one arose;
and just as a man extended his hand
to show that he was not going to kill
his enemy, he began to put forth the
same hand to show that his feelings
were cordial, Originally. then. shak-
ing hands meant the absence of hos
tility; now it means the presence of
friendliness.-The Ave Maria.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
KING DAUDI OF UGANDA.

King Daudi, the native ruler of
Uganda, is only 10 years old When
he appears in public, all the baganda
fall upon their knees; when he trav-
els, 1000 native soldiers form his es-
cort. His lubic, or royal palace, is at
Mengo, the capital of his monarchy.
Here he formally received Mr.. Roose-
welt when the ex-president of the
United States wass in Africa With
the young king were the three re-
gents, and the most important Bagan-
da chiefs of the province.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
Traininu School for Nurses.

The Columbus Hospital Training
School, under the supervision Of the
Sisters Of Charity, is established to
give a thorough course in two and 3
half wears for trained nurses.
REQUIREMENTS: Twenty to thir-
ty-five years; good moral character
zo,Ind In body and mind.
ADVANTAGES: Course Of instruc-
ton by hospital staff and superinten-
dent: two courses Of didactic lectures;
practical experience at bedside OF "a
tients; a handsome nurses apartment.
Address Sister Superintendent OF
Nurses, Columbus Hospital, TREAT
Falls, Mont.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
OTHER PEOPLES HABITS.

Nothing SO much needs reforming
as other peoples habits" is the way
Mark Twain puts the old truth. In
spite of all that occulists have done to
correct erring vision, we still see too
large when we look at other peoples
habits; and too small when we view
the same Objectionable things in out
own lives The eyeglass man who in
vents a lens to correct this trouble
has fame and fortune ahead of him.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
TO KILL THE SMELL OF PAINT.

The smell of paint, which has an
injurious effect on so many people,
and is doubly dangerous where sleep
ing rooms are concerned, can often
be removed by placing pals of water
in the corners with either couple of
lemons or onions sliced, handful of
hay. or a large piece of ammonia or
camphor, A sheet soaked in a strong
solution of coal tar disinfectant hung
in front of the bedroom door will pre-
vent the smell from entering the
room from outside
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
1.-THE SOCIAL GLASS"

The great starter in the downward
course of the drunkard is conviviality.
1t is the spirit of conviYiality that lies
at the basis of the whole treating
system, that places the wine on the
table of the home, that fills the glass
at the banquet, that drinks the health
of the distinguished guest. that chris
tens the ship about to be launched,
that prints the wine lists of hotels and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
ARCHBISHOP BLENK THREAT
ENED

New Orleans, LATHE bitterness
caused by the fight for the repeal of
the Locke law, which prohibits race
track betting. has reached such a
height that Archbishop Blenk, who
has been outspOllen in his opposition
to a renewal of race-track gambling.
has received several letters denOunc-
ing him and the Church, and threat
ening his life if he does not let up on
his race-traCk denunciations.
The archbishop has replied with an
even stronger declaration than before
that he will continue to denounce
gambling as long as he lives
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
GRACEIESS.

A young lady who taught class of
small boys in the Sunday school de-
sired to impress on them the meaning
of returning thanks before a meal.
Turning to one OF the class, whose IA
Their was q deacon in the church. she
asked him:
William. what is the first thing
your father says when he sits down to
the table,
He says, Go slow with the butter,
kids; it's forty cents a pound" replied
the youngster.-Everyb Maya
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
THE ALTERNATE.

Doctor-Now, McTavish, it's like
this: You've either to stop the whisky
of lose your eyesight-and you must
choose
McTavish-Ay, weel. doctor, I'm an
auld man moo, an I was thinkin' I've
seen about everything worth seein'."-
The Taller.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
CHANGE OF MINISTER IN GER.
MANY,

Herr Dernburg, recently secretary
of state for colonial affairs, has Of
fered his resignation and his request
was at once accepted. Dernburg will
be remembered as one of the chief
pillars of the bloc of Chancellor Blu
low, which went to pieces a year ago
when it proved unable to give the en-
pire the necessary finance reform
legislation. This last triumph" was
the defeat of the bill providing for
the equitable division of the tax bur-
den of the colonies among the cor
porations and private concerns chief
ly benefited by colonial development.
It was Pyrrhic victory, since the
principle of the proposed change will
no doubt sooner or later by put into
execution.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
ARCHBISHOP MEssMER.

Archbishop Messmer will sail from
New York for Europe for the benefit
of his health, on July IL.
He will go to his former home in
Switzerland for a visit of some length.
The time of his return has not been
fixed. He will be accompanied on his
voyage by his nephew, Rev. Father 2.
Mnser- of Nebraska
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09

lime, and served, sliced, in beds of
brown jelly. Hot wine of various
brands is offered throughout in small
cups. When all are seated and ready
for the fray the host raises his cup
and says. Let us drink The
guests reply: Thanks! Thanks!" Then
they fall to with chop sticks, picking
now from one dish, now from another,
in piquant contrast of sweet, sour and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
Church Universal

useful ness and / look upoon his pro-
motion with the utmost feelings of de-
light
Il expect to see Bishop Lillis left
as coadJutor in my Bishopric and to
succeed me when 1 die but, of course,
he may be moved by the Pope as
Archbishop GIennon was"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
Baseball Fever.

"The junior partner wants to see
you right away" announced the
bookkeeper 81 guess it's the bounce
for yours
Nix" responded the office boy.
HE only wants to find out what new
players have been signed. WASH
inpton Herald
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
ARYssINIAN Funeral.

An Abyssinian funeral is as singular
as the wedding ceremonies. When a
newborn infant dies it is, almost i'm
mediately, buried under the floor OF
the cabin. After the demise of an
adult. the body is washed in water
sweetened with honey, wrapped in a
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
WESTMINSTER IS DEBT FREE.

Archbishop Bourne of Westminster
has Issued letter declaring the new
Westminster cathedral free from all
debt, owing to the united generosity
of English Catholics. The solemn con-
secration of the edifice took place on
June %
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09
EVA" OF THE NATION DEAD.

A Brisbane (Australia) telegram an
nounces the death of Mrs. O'Doherty
who was known as Eva" of the Ma
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-01-25

as those Of others. The captain has a
crouch against Honolulu, but this is
possibly not 50 great as the one which
many HonoluIans have against him.
He states frankly that he does not
like Honolulu and would have nothing
to do with the place except that his
vessels is scheduled to make port here.
Captain DempwoIf probably Will not
come ashore when the Cleveland ar
rives here again next month, and prob
ably NAV not be invited to.
When the Cleveland arrived off port
Sunday morning. several launches nov
cred about the big liner laden with
committees. The mavor. the promotion
committee with a beVv Of girls to place
Ieis upon the travellers. big baskets of
leis and flowers. two Hawaiian quintet
clubs. a committee of Christian En-
dealorers. a delegation OF E.Iks. and
many others went out to meet the yes
sci. and. according to invitation BY
wireless. expected to 90 aboard, as
committees always do with other yes
seIs thev meet outside.
When DR.. Sinclair had finished his
count Of the Cleveland 5 passengers,
and the peorIe in the launches expected
the yellow flag to be lowered, the
steamer started for the harbor. Pilot
Sanders called the captain 5 attention
to the people in the launches, saying
that they wished to board the vessel,