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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE.

A measure has been introduced into
the French chamber of deputies to
give women the right TO elect and to be
elected to the council of the COM
mune and Of the department. The Of
fetal reporter. commenting favorably
on it, pointed out that in the middle
ages women owning real property
took the part in public affairs to
which such property entitled them.
To our daily press this seemed a
discovery so wonderful as to warrant
it's being telegraphed from Paris; to
instructed Catholics it is one Of the
common things of history. The Cath
olic Church has never ignored the adj
ministrative capacity Of women, as
her great orders and congregations di
rected by them show plainly. That it
has never begrudged them social and
political status and influence, the his
tories Of St. Pulcheria. Matilda OF
Tuscany, ST. Hilda, St. Catherine of
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
CURI0sITIEs OF sPECrACLEs.

Spectacles we're invented just six
hundred years ago. The use of glass
70 aid the sight of defective eyes is,
however, much older. Nero looked
however much older. Nero looked
me gladitatorial games, and many
Other historical men Of his day were
dependent upon similar devices for
elgthening their sight.
Illl the latter part of the thir-
eenth century, only the single glass
was IN use. In the fourteenth centu-
" Spectacles were used quite frequent
y oy the very wealthy and high born,
aIlhough they were still so scarce
ulat they were bequeathed in wills
WIN all the elaborate care that
marked the disposition of q feudal
3 suite The first spectacles were made
IN Italy.
somewhat later the manufacture Of
o5gaper glasses sDrang UP in Holland,
~ " spread late in the fourteenth
injury TO Germany. Nuremberg and
a,alhenow acquired fame for their
siSSses between 1890 and 1900.
or many years glasses were used
,,. -S as means Of aiding bad eyes,
s s..'u the fashion of wearing them
81 lang up in Spain. It spread rapid
10 me rest of the continent, and
sg. \, about the transformation Of
,r.. Ola thirteenth century spectacles
ny, ny. ey eglasses, and eventually into the
-"OHoele.-EHchange
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
BETHLEHEM.

The modern Bethlehem is a town of
perhaps 5000 people. The streets are
narrow, the houses of a whitish stone
and for the most part low and flat
rooted. There is noticeable clean
Illness in the east. AS we climbed the
broken and abrupt streets, the Bethle.
hemftes came out to greet us, and we
noticed that they were Clearly, well
and gracefully clad, with a look of
thrift and contentment not often found
among people living in the "nomad
land" We afterwards learned that
the greater number of them were
Christians and that the grace of trans
formation was the transformation of
grace. Most of the townspeople are
workers in pearl and carve artisticallv
on the pearl shells SO common in the
country. The manufacture of pearl
rosaries is another means of liveli-
hood Beggary-the omnipresent
"Backsheesh"-wa absent from the
town: thrifty bargaining everywhere.
We proceeded at once to the Church
of the Nativity, toward the center of
the town. In the first century of
Christianity the spot made sacred by
the birth of our Lord was already
marked by church.
The present church is one of the
Oldest buildings In Palestine. 1t was
begun by st. Helena in S27. and COM
pleted by her son Constantine in 333.
In spite of the ravages and vicissitudes
of time. in spite of the assaults of
nature and of man, the structure re-
mains substantially the same as it was
built those centuries ago. A writer
thus describes it: THE building is
cruciforn, consisting of nave and
two aisles on each side of il. the sisles
supported by Corinthian capitals.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31

-Four more pillars are now concealed
in wall which crosses the lower side
of the transept, and completely sepa-
rates the great nave from the upper
part of the church. Under the nigh
altar is the grotto of the Nativity, into
which two stairways descend, one on
each side of the high altar"
| With beating heart we bent our
steps to the grotto, and there, full OF
emotion, we knelt at the very spot
where was born Jesus Christ, the Son
| of God.
A silver star marks the place with
the inscriptions 'Hic de Virgine Ma
! RE Jesus Christus natus est" Here
of the Virgin Mary was born Jesus
Christ. Many passages lead hither
and thither into these different orato-
ries these tiny chapels are the Orato-
ry of the Manager, the Oratory of the
| Wise Men. the Oratory Of st. Joseph,
of the Holy Innocents. OF St Eusebius,
of Cremona, of st. Paula. and her
daughter, st. Eustochia, and of st. Je-
rome, for here was the cell in which
the great Doctor of the Church passed
his days and nights in prayer and
study
The Church of the Nativity has the
privilege of beginning its masses at
midnight the whole year round; and
it was my happiness to say mass in
the midnight hour on the altar of the
Wise Men.
At the very spot where Our Lord
was born and where in all probability
He received the homage of the holy
kings from the east. Greater privil-
eye than this no man can enjoy, and
the memory of it will abide with me
till 1 die.
During the day we visited the Grot-
to of the Milk. Tradition has it that
our Blessed Lady and st. Joseph fled
to this grotto with the Divine Child.
when an angel had informed them of
the cruel designs of Herod. The
Blessed Mother there sucked her pre-
cious child and some drops of her vir-
ginal milk fell to the ground, giving
the chalky stone peculiar efficacy for
the mother nursing her infant.
We delayed a moment where stood
the house of the faithful shepherds,
passed the cistern r-Miriam, where,
the old legend says, the waters came
up to the edge to allow Our Lady to
drink; onward through the village and
out into the field Of Ruth and Boaz,
till we reached the GrottO of the Shep-
herds with It's olive trees and its
rough stone wall.
The grotto is the crypt of the an
cient church built by St Helena
where the angels sang their songs of
joy brought the glad tidings to the
shepherds in their night watch:
Fear not; for behold l bring you
tidings of great joy, that shall be to
all the people; for this day is born to
you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord,
in the city of. David. And this shall be
a sign unto you. You shall find the
infant wrapped in swaddling clothes
and laid in manger And suddenly
there was with the angel a multitude
of the heavenly army, praising God
and saying: Glory to God on high
est; on earth peace to men of good
will.
With the sweet song of the angels
ringing in our ears we turned our face
again toward Jerusalem-"and on
earth peace to men of good Will"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
A TALKING DOG.

! Berlin.--The scientific sensation Of
the hour in Germany is the talking
dog Don, dark brown setter belong
ing to royal game keeper named
Ebers at Thiershutte, near Hamburg.
Don promises to become as celebrated
an attraction as the horse Clever
Hans. which startled the geological sa-
wants of Europe eight years ago with
his alleged mathematical feats
Karl Hagenback. the world famed
animal dealer, has offered Don's mas
ter $4,000 for the privilege of exhibit
ing the dog in the Hagenbeck outdoor
menagerie at Hamburg. The dogs
vocabulary, it is said, already em-
braces six words.
His alleged Evolutionary powers
came to light early this week as the
result of reports from the United
States that Professor Alexander Graz
ham Bell had succeeded in teaching a
terrier to speak. 1t was declared that
Germany not only possessed q dog
with similar gifts, but a dog which
had been talking for five years, in fact
ever since he was six months old.
The story was at first considered
joke, but Thiershutte all the week has
been the mecca of interested inquir-
ers, who have come away convinced
that Don is genuine canine wonder
His callers included a number of
newspaper men, who went to THEIRS
hutte to interview the dog. The game
keeper, Eberns, affirms that the dog
began talking in 1906 without train
ing of any kind. According to his
owner, the animal sauntered up one
day to the table where the family were
eating, and when his master asked,
you want something don't you?" the
dog stupefied the family by replying
in a deep masculine tone, "Haben, ha-
ben," ("Want, want The tone was
not bark or growl, it is declared,
but distinct speech, and increased in
plainness from day to day as his mas
ter took more interest i'll the dogs
newly discovered talent
Shortly afterward, the story goes,
the dog learned to say Hunger when
asked what he had. Then he was
taught to say "Kuchen'' (cakes) and
finally ia" and "NeiD" And it is
added that he is now able to string
several of these words together in
sensible rotation, and will say Hun
ger, / want cakes" when an appro-
plate question is addressed to him.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
- - 49, S-----------------
HAITrS BAREFOOT ARMY.
Republic Maintains 100000 Men at
Sixty Cents Each a Month.

Mayor \. B. Borden of Fernandina,
Fla, was a recent guest at the Hotel
Plaza en- route to his home after a
visit to aHiti, where he sold that re-
public a gunboat, says the Havana
Post. He expected to be at Port Au
Prince for three days, delivering his
yacht over to the government, collect
his money and depart. Instead he had
to remain there for nearly two weeks
He got his money in piecemeal pay
ments.
But he got his full amount of S2S,-
600, which sum ne exacted before
turning over to the black republic a
trim little ship intended to train Hal
tians in the art of naval practice, and
incidentally to patrol the coast of the
island with a sharp watch fore and
aft
Il found the government of Haiti
nearly broke" declared Mayor Bor-
den, and it was only by keeping right
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
CERTAIN AMERICANS ABROAD.

There are Americans who live
abroad and speak of their native land
in shameful whispers, writes George
AIDE in the Century. Another kind is
an eXplainer. He becomes fretfuI and
involved in the attempt to make it
clear to some Englishman with cold
and fish-like eye that, as a matter Of
fact, the lynchings are scattered over
a large territory, and Tammany has
nothing whatever to do with the United
states Senate, and the millionaire does
not crawl into the presence of his wife
and daughters, and Morgan never can
be king, and citizens of St Louis are
not in danger of being hooked by
moose. After he gets through the Eng
lishman says "Really?' and the pain
full incident is closed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
WHAT THE APOsTLE PArL Said


The other evening the Rev. Mr.
Philacter sat down at the tea table
with very thoughtful air, and at.
tended to the wants of his brood I'm q
very distracted manner, Presently
he looked up at his wife and said:
The Apostle Paul"
Got an awful lump on the head
'saternoon," broke in the pastors eld-
est son, playing baseball Bat flew
out of strikers hands when l was UNI
| pire and cracked me right above the
ear, and dropped me Hurt? Golly!''
And the lad shook his head in dismal.
but expressive pantomime. as he ten
DERBY rubbed a lump that looked like
a billiard ball with hair on il.
The pastor gravely paused for the
interruption, and resumed:
The Apostle Paul
Saw Mrs. Dash down at Green
baum's this afternoon" said the eld-
est daughter, addressing her mother.
'-She had on the same old everlasting
black silk made over with a vest of
tileul green silk, coat tail basque pat
tern, overslzirt made with diagonal
folds in front edged with deep fringe
dark felt hat with black velvet facing,
and pale-blue flowers. She's going to
Chicago"
The good minister waited patiently.
and then in tones which were just a
shade louder than before, he resumed;
The Apostle Paul
Went In a-swimming last night
with Henry and Ben, pop, and stepped
on a clam she'll" exclaimed his
youngest son; 'and cut my foot so I
can't wear my shoe; and, please. can
l stay home tomorrow
The pastor informed his son that
he could stay away from the river,
and again essayed his subject of con-
versatfon. He said:
The Apostle Paul says"
MY teacher is an awful story tel
Ter" shouted the second son; "he saws
that the world is as round as an.
orange. and it turns round all the
time faster than a circus man can
ride. l guess he hasn't got much
sense"
The mother lifted warning finger
towards the boy, and said, 'Sh!" and
the father. resumed:
The Apostle Paul says"
Don't bite off twice as much as
you can chew" broke out the eldest
son. reproving the assault of his little
sister on a piece of cake.
The pastors face showed Just n
trifle of annoyance, as he said in
very firm and decided tone:
The Apostle Paul says"
There's fly in the butter" cried
the youngest hopeful of the family.
and a general laugh followed.
When silence had been restored.
the eldest daughter, with an air of
curiosity said:
We'll, pa, really would like to
know what the Apostle Paul said"
Pass the mustard said the pastor
ahsently.
Then the committee arose. and
senate went into executive session,
and soon after adjourned.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
HoME.HUNGRY HEARTs.

Home-hungry hearts, oh, whereso-el
they wander,
God, look on them in plying ten
derness.
The darkest pages of Sorrows book
they ponder,
And theirs the deepest depths OF
loneliness.
Within their ears, the sound Of wa
ters, dancing
By some old mill.wheel, that of old
they knew;
Before their eyes a glimpse Of aisles
enhancing
The dear old vood-lot where
beechnu,s grew.
H0me-hungry hearts, oh, 'whereso' er
they wander,
May some soft angel voice, in ca
dence sweet.
Whisper of home, home, awaiting
yonder,
The weary hand, the travel-bruised
feet,
With all the vistas loved, and still,
unchanging.
Through stress and tumult, under
alien skies,
TIL from its earth-life wearied, on
ward ranging
The Soul seeks out its chosen Par
adise
-Rv Tolia Mitchell
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
CENEROUs OFFFERJNGs

A gift of $4,000 has been. made to
the Cork University College by a Miss
Honan of that city. Already William
o Brien and his wife had made prom
Use to give their entire fortune of a
quarter million dollars to the same
institution. The transfer, however, is
not to be made until after their death.
The Cork institution is incorporated
as part of the new National Universe
ty at Dublin.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
Use ROLLER SKATES,

That the roller skating craze is on
IN Europe with great enthuiasm is
graphically illustrated by the fact that
IN garden restaurant in Berlin the
walters serve the patrons on roller
skates. The distance between the ia
bles and the source of food and drink
supply is considerable, but shod in
this manner. the walters practically
constitute a quick service brigade
ponuIor Mechanics
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
CORRESPONDENTS.

e London Globe says:
the so ae We're asked to speculate as to
vas 'o.lEereign whose daily mail bag
tho me greatest one would hazard
saw s. sSlsef. But no. Then most will
be - ought to be. On the impeacha-
Va minority OF q Paris contemporary
Or ,bs mat the Pope is the recipient
Tbs greatest number of missives.
mail Of His Holiness consists on
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31
THE LEGEND OF THE CRossR1Ir

~ S'iiy papers.
THE LEGEND OF THE CROSsBILIi.
EVERYONE has heard the legend of
the ROBIN redbreast-how one of these
little BIRDS, flying over Mount CAL
vary, saw Our Lord hanging upon the
cross. His head dropping beneath the
crown of thorns. Fun of yearning
compassion for the sacred sufferer. the
Iobln, forgetting his usual timiditv.
new down, and perching lightly on
the cruel circlet of pain, drew with his
peak from the brow of the Savior a
thorn that had sunk 1eep into the
flesh. As he did so the blood from
the wound splashed the feathers of
ms breast, and ever slice the robin
mas proudly worn the rudy badge of
honor
Not less beautiful than this story of
how the robin won his crimson breast
is that explaining the name and
plood-red color of the beak of the
crossbill, who is said to have tried to
pluck out the nails from the hands of
christ, as related in a poem by the
German julius Mosen, which our own
Longfellow has thus translated:
On the Cross the dying Savior
Hearenward lifts His eyelids calm, |
reefs, but scarcely feels, trembling |
In His pierced and bleeding palm.
And. by all the world forsaken.
sees He how, with jealous care.
AT the ruthless nail of iron
A little bird is striving there,
stained with blood and never firing,
With its beak it doth not cease;
From the Cross 'twould free the |
Savior,
It's Creators Son release;
And the SAVIOR EDRa ks I'm r,niId1aeS.
'Blest be thou of all the good!
Bear as token of this moment
Marks of blood and holy rood"
And that bird is called the Crossbill;
Covered all with blood so clear;
In the groves of pines it singeth
Songs like legends strange to hear.
The crossbill is native of Europe
and Asia as well as North America;
dwelling chiefly i'm evergreen forests.
and, extending as far north as they
do, not dreading the coolest climates
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-31

CONDUCTED BY HELENE vALEAu.

/ the average of $4,000 letters, newspa-
pers, etc. To go through this mass
tnlrty-five secretaries are Kept EN-
ployed.
he President of the United States
receives nearly 1000 letters daily and
ABOUT 1000 journals and books.
The kaiser's mail consists of .0oO
letters and frequently the same num-
per Oh DOCKS and papers. Our king,
We learn, is favored with lOo letters
a day and over 1000 newspapers and
books
The car is not overworked in this
respect for a sovereign, his majesty.s
mail being given at $50 letters, etc.
per day. The kings of Italy and Snain
each.
Queen Wilhelmina is still more ia
Vofed with 100 letters, etc. But Pres
ldent Fallieres is still more fortunate.
Tor We are told that he receives few
letters and hardly any papers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-28
RUSSIA
RESENTS The
INDICTMENT
is ANGERED OVER SEVERE IN
DICTsIENT OF RUSSIAN SOCIE-
TY BY PROFESSOR MoRSELLT,
WILL APPOINT A COMMISSION
TO INVESTIGATE.
[ur1rnp rnsss nnAsEp wns.l

st. Petersburg, April 28.-An-
gered and perhaps frightened by ac-
cumulating assertions from abroad
that Russia is going crazy almost as
a whole, preliminary steps are being
taken in scientific circles here for
the appointment of a commission TO
Investigate and let the world know
that it is mistaken or, if it develops
that there really is something queer
in the Muscoyite character, to de-
eide what had better be done about
it.
The Tarnowska trial at Venice has
had much to do with the feling
Had the case been heard in Russia
few of the details would ever have
reached other countries. In Italy,
however, it was impossible to sup
press them. 1t is fully realized in
st. Petersburg that they have given
outsiders a strange impression of
Russia.
Prof. Morselli, the alienist who
testified concerning Countess Tar
nowska, in particular, gave offense
by his statement to the jury that,
you should remember, gentlemen.
that in Russia there is, in society, an
abnormal atmosphere, a passion for
weird women, a craving for unusual
''The whole of this slav world
which surrounded Maria Tarnowska
seems like a department in a mad
house. Everything is in excess. Ec-
centricities alternate with criminal
thoughts, orgies with superstitions,
improvidence with
plans for insurance. 1t is impossi-
BILE to detach the psychological and
archaeological picture of Maria Tar
from the frame of which Il
is an integral part"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-28
PROVEN ECZEMA CURE.

Many eczema sufferers have failed
so utterly with salves and other dis
coveries" that even the assurance of
the best physician or druggist canno,
induce them to invest anotho" dollar
in any remedy.
1t is to these discouraged sufferers
in particular that we now offer, at
only 25 cents, trial bottle OF the
accepted standard eczema remedy, n
simple wash of oil of wln-ergrcen.
thymol and glycerine. as con ..ound-
ed in D. D. d. Prescription.
Hundreds of cures have convinced
us and we know you can pro'e IN
stantly with the first application that
it takes away the itch at once. j. c..
Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-28
GERMANY
SCHEMING
FOR PERSIA
GERMAN EMPIRE HAS MADE
THREATENING MOVE DIsPUT-
ING RUssIA's GRAB OF PER-
sIA-Is RESENTED BY RUSSIA
tuN1rrD rnnss LnAsnD wrRn.l

st. Petersburg. April 28.-Ger-
many has finally made an overt and
threatening move toward disputing
Russia's grab Of Persia. Correspon-
dence is passing on the subject be-
tween st. Petersburg and Berlin but
it is as yet uncertain how the affair
will terminate. 1t has possibilities
OF serious trouble.
The German action was taken
through the teutonic firm of Hueh-
hermann and Mossig, which has
large commercial interests in Ia
briz and recently sought a conces-
sion from the Persian government
to establish regular navigation on
Lake Urmia. The lake is distinctly
within what Russia has outlined rs
its sphere of influence and it is
certain the partners would never
have thought of disputing it with
the car had they not had official
backing from Berlin.
The Russian officials who are be-
hind the scenes, running the admin
istration at Teheran, gave orders
that the concession was to be re-
fused To their amazement, the
Persians, their spines also evidently
stiffened by Germany, granted it,
1t would be easy for Russia to dis
cipline, the disobedient Persians and
to revoke the concession, but it is
fully realized here that 10 do 50
would be to precipitate Immediate
trouble between the czar and the
kaiser. The matter has accordingly
been taken up directly with head
quarters Berlin 1t is understood
that the German foreign office is ex-
ceedingly stiff in upholding Hueh
hermann and Mossigs rights Rus
sia does not want trouble with Ger
many now but the snub is so open
and Russia is in so much danger OF
losing ali it has gained in Persia
that it Is difficult to see how 1t can
recede..
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-28
Reaching the Ton.

in any calling of life, demands Wig
orous body and keen brain. With
out health there is no success. But
Electric Bitters is the greatest
Health Builder the world has ever
known. 1t compels perfect action
of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels
purifies and enriches the blood, tones
and invigorates the whole system
and enables you to stand cAe wear
and tear of your daily work. "After
months of suffering from Kidney
Thouble," writes w. M. Sherman, Of
Gushing, Me-, three bottles of Elec-
trio Bitters made me feel ike a new
man" soc at ]. c. PerrY's.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-28
Was sIashing Array.

Philadelphia, April 28.-Sam
Langford wants to arrange to meet
Stanley Ketehel for another fight,
following Langford's defeat last
night in a six-round contest before
the National Athletic Club.
It was a slashing affair from the
first round to the last when Ketchel
won the verdict by rushing Sam, and
Furnishing his ribs and stomach
UP to the last round it was any
bodys fight Sam gave as much as
he took, and made a splendid show
ing. In the fourth round he had
Ketchel on the defensive.
The fifth and last round, however,
went against the tar baby"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-28

big fighter went to Santa Clara last
night, where miniature Aetna was
lanced
Il was dressed, so as to prevent in
fectioa. Although suffering some dis
comfort from soreness, Jeff did lit
tie light road work in the course Of
the day to keep his muscles timber.
JEFF skipped rope and planned TO play
ball, but his advisers we're not will
ing to have him risk injury by too
violent exertion, while he is feeling a
"bit under the weather"