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Show j If t lio indiscriminate use of cheap and comiuon- i place biilingsgatp denoted wisdom and valor, what J "great gnus" would not some of our Socialist eo- teinporarios be in very south! 1 It now scorns altogether probable that there will j be no bloodshed in consequence of Norway's deela-( deela-( ration of independence. As the Irish Standard re marks, England might well take a lesson in justice and humanity from Sweden. The month of July is lovingly designated by Holy Church for special devotion to the "Precious "Blood." As the Blood of Jesus is the price of our redemption from the' unspeakable thralldom of sin and its dread consequences, how fondly should not we respond to this loving counsel! f : Lamentable and pittiful is the life of every adult Catholic who does not, find and devote some time during the year to the reading of spiritual books. Can there be aught, more enobling and joy--ivspiring than the works of Father Falx-r, so replete with divine di-vine love and spiritual sunshine ? . iiast ever seen a mongrel fiste following, at a prudent distance, the heels of a noble St. Bernard, whilst vociferously barking out its contempt and defiance; Such a scene recurs to one's mental vision whilst perusing a review of Bishop Stang's "Socialism and Christianity,' by a little "2x4." Tt is reported that Mr. Bonaparte, the new Secretary Sec-retary of the Navy, has declared that he will not recommend for public office any Maryland Republican Repub-lican who is ;-,n advocate of the proposed negro-disfrai.ohiscmoirt negro-disfrai.ohiscmoirt measure. He thus proclaims himself l-.yal to true Christian and humanitarian principles. The .Negro must not be persecuted iu t fee America. We are paim-d to learn that the hopeful view entertained concerning, the nature of the injuries su.-tained .by Doctor Cronin, of the Catholic Union and Times, were not warranted by his actual eon- I ;i1ion. The worthy Doctor's state is now reported I 1,1 bo quia- critical. The prayers of a host of de- I voted friends will be offered up for Doctor Cronin's I welfare. I Russia and Japan seem disposed to accede to the vislics of President Roosevelt, and will probably hold their peace conference in Washington between ihe first and tenth of August, h is to be hoped that an armistice between the boligeronts will be , declared pending this conference, and that there ! will be no additional slaughter of men iu this de- ,. plorable contest. The Typographical Union is threatened with a lock-out in various parts of the country by their employers in job offices unless their consent to an "abrogation of existing contracts and agree to work nine, fnstcad of right, hours per day. This is an warranted demand, and it is to be hoped that, in the interest of humanity, it will be successfully resisted. re-sisted. No encroachment upon the eight-hour system sys-tem should bo tolerated in any line of work in which it has proven practicable. How many of our readers, we wonder, arc familiar fa-miliar with the franscendantly beautiful heart-utterances of the Kiintly Father Faher? Ah. if people peo-ple but knew! Here is a fountain of nectar, inexhaustible inex-haustible and heart and soul-satisfying, for all devout de-vout readers. In this month, "dedicated to the "Precious Blood," would his book bearing that, title. ij prove peculiarly appropriate and profitable. Could I wo. Preva 51 "l10n our readers to appreciatively read the works of Father Faber, we should feel tran- piil!y assured that this alone had rendered our life ; , worth while. The Church, assuredly, does not anywhere thrive because of such of her adherents who have achieved a brilliant success in any worldly pursuit. Xowhere is she more prosperous, in the true sense of the term as applied to her, than in down-trodden Ireland. God grant her a full measure of prosperity prosperi-ty in saving souls! President Roosevelt, by special invitation, attended at-tended the commencement exercises at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., on tbej 21st of this month. The influence of our popular President, in removing, or lessening, the insane religious prejudices preju-dices that have so long been a potently baneful hindrance hin-drance to the legitimate exercise of the holy and beneficent influence of the Catholic Church upon American society will not be the least of the many blessings that this great and good man is confer ring upon the nation. -t- Our city fathers are to be commended for their action in deciding upon the almost immediate improvement im-provement of the facinatingly beautiful Canyon Drive. Beautiful euviroment is ever an inspiration to a higher spirituality and higher ideals. It reflects re-flects the infinite Beautiful, which is God. That the sordidness of human nature, rendered doubly sordid in our age by the all-pervading spirit of soul-blighting commercialism. Nevertheless is "A thing of beauty a joy forever." ' : : 4- ' What u pathetic spectacle is that which was presented in the Federal Court at Porltnd, Ore., during the past week! Schator Mitchell, venerable in years and occupying one of the most exalted positions po-sitions in this great republic, on trial as'a criminal, crim-inal, relying upon an essentially technical defense to save him from the disgrace of a felon's sentence. Could there be a sadder commentary on the euise of Mammonism that seems, to be resting upon all classes of American society in our much-vaunted age of progress and enlightenment? ; - From Aberdeen, Ore., comes the announcement that the Trades Council, representing practically all the unions of the city, has decided not to take part in the parade on the Fourth of July, if the militia should participate; giving as their reason for this action the fact that the militia, sworn to obey orders, and called out at the behest of the cm-ploying cm-ploying class whenever there i trouble between this class and the employes, always respond by making war upon the latter. This is an ominous precedent. What has become of our proudly boasted patriotism patriot-ism ? An employe's strike in the Federal service is reported. John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama Canal, has resigned his position, and with it a salary of $30,000 per annum. The heroic devotion devo-tion to a principle involved in this- action (Mr. Wallace declaring that he was hampered in the proper discharge of his duties by undue interference interfer-ence on the part of other members of the Commission) Commis-sion) is slightly discounted by the statement that the 'striker" is a man of independent means, and that he will accept a $G0,(00 office with' a New.. York corporation. Are there others who would like to "follow suit"? 4 Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, who first called the attention of the public, in an efficacious manner, man-ner, to the fact that they were being mercilessly fleeced by the managers of the life insurance companies com-panies known as the "Three Giants," now asks that all holders of policies in the Equitable, the Mutual Life and the New' York Life communicate with him, giving detailed information concerning their contracts con-tracts such as amount, date, premium paid and dividend received and promises, in return to effect ef-fect a saving of GO per cent of present cost on the identical contracts, if we do not misunderstand him without one cent of compensation. With all due respect to Mr. Lawson's wonderful mentality and executive ability, we are convinced that he over-estimates his capacity in this 'instance. It should however, be quite possible to accomplish a saving of proximately one-half that percentage, and we certainly know of no one more competent to tackle the proposition than is Lawson. In any event, the experiment is worth making;, and we should not hesitate to advise these unfortunate policy-holders to aid and abet him in every reasonable reason-able way. : f ' That we have, among the members of the jour-nolistic jour-nolistic craft here in Salt Lake, talent of no mean order, is evidenced by the following excerpt from an article which appeared in last Wednesday's Herald, descriptive of the "Canyon Drive," the immediate im-mediate improvement of which has just been decided de-cided upon by the properly constituted authorities: ties: "From this point the boulevard follows the east side of the canyon, rising almost imperceptibly, winding in and out with the irregularities of the side of the canyon and giving an endless variety of scenery. Where the drive leaves the canyon and turns east at Eleventh street a scene is spread out at the feet of the beholder that has few equals in America. 'Inspiration Point' this spot has been named by. Engineer A. F. Dorcmus. The name is appropriate. If there is poetry in a man's soul it must burst forth when scenes such as this break upon the vision. Some cities have lake . drives, others have mountain drives, still others have drives through beautiful streets and parks lined with trees. Here all these and much more are combined. Off to the right is the lake in a blaze of molten glory; ajittle farther around the circle are the modest mod-est Oquirrh hills buried in a dreamy haze, the natural na-tural background for a valley of entrancing bcautv. Swinging still farther; to, the left are the Wasatch mountains, with all their moods, with colors that arc the despair of the artists, with fresh green verdure ver-dure at their base and glittering snow for a crown. "Between these outposts of lake and mountains the valley and city lie like a checker board of God's own making. The largest buildings' are as children's chil-dren's Mocks; the tallest poplars are but-waving pigmy plumes. The ;wonderful possibilities of val-l?y, val-l?y, Pity, mountain and lake are driven in upon the consciousncssnsealing the lip and causing the eve to glisten." |
