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ST.· VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL.

PUBJ,ISHED SEMl-MON'l'HLY, HY TB E STUDENTS.

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in anotlwr part of thi:; l:OStJe. Dt iring each si.1ceecdi·ug . year, ther0 i:; 110 day, wltich is lll ore clear to, or utqre ea.me:st ly ttwa. iteJ by the Atueriean people, th<Lil the OJH: \\·e ha1·e mention.ed. On thi s clay. at lea:;t. the pat riotie lllind of each am! evt:ry on e i:; awakened and eaused to reflect on, and t'el·en: the "Jlam e R-ml llt entory of "The "Fathe1· o l' his Country." On 1-hi:; ocea::;ion he ful ly <·on sidet·s the value of t lt R.t " pri eeless boon." H e call s to mind the a: nount paid for it, the sul>sequent strnggles that were made to maintain it, and finally, rejoiees at the conrHge, heroism a11d foresight of ·washington ; and the unflinching devotion of his co- workers. in their love of true freedom.

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WE LEARN FROM THE PROFESSOR of the

Much interest ,s manifested m this branch, and worthy results are · soon to be witnessed in the ~cientific entertainments, with which we will soon be favored .

* * * THE CLASSES of mn sie and :fine arts, are

hu·gely attended, and .the daily progress very satisfactory. It is encouraging for the profess01·, and most profitable for the students, when such energy and spirit prevail. In truth . it is the first and most pi·o·mising step toward. success. ..

* * * . "NOT TO OVERSEE WORKMEN, is to leave

them with your p~trse open." Though there are exeeptions to this rule, yet in countless · instances its force is fully verified. This negligence has often been the fi rst intimation of a business-man's pending failure. \Vherever the proprietor does not take a mo:> t minnte"interest in hi s affairs; or where he does not have a competent persot~ . delegated for this purpose, his help soon begin to become ree. reaut and lax in tl1eir dnty; trade slowly, but steadi ly wanes: and ere long, a striking change for th e \vorse, is perceptil>le, which is frequently follo11·ed by a sudden aud irretrievable lot>s.

* * * A 1\fONG THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES, tanght in a co llege, there · is hardly one that is of more senice to the student, than a thorough knowledge of E locution. \Vhether his position in afte r life l>e that of the physician, the lawyer, the mercanti le tnan, the church or state, he is certain to he called on to present his views, on some inipc;>rtan t topic. If his early training, as a speaker, has heen neglected, he soon feels and deplores the time and opportunity which, he has wasted. No matte1; what ~ man's occupatio11 may be, if he is able to ((Ome forth and propose

scientific departmeut, that a la1·ge and diligent n nm l>er of the students are in the advanced class·

his ideas in a clear, strong and dignified :. · l manner, his superior merit is instantly conced ',, ~; ! I

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THI£ VILLAGE .- CHURCH-BE LL.

Hark to the vi llage be ll so swee t., Hark to its cu i me turough the v illage street, Hear the echo o'er the prairie, Echoes ringing light a nd a.iry.

At its caU thfl faithiu l muster, See til em round the church door eluster. ­.Like a brood beneath the hen's wingR Its gentlfl chime the faithful brings.

Down it looks upon the people From its station in the steeple; Seems to say "I a m the witness Of your sins and of your fitness."

In its d uty never lagging, With ll zeal that is unflagging, In defio.nce swings its arm, At no season takes :.d arm.

In the summer, spring, or fall , Naught can bush its eager call , Nor can Winter with its cold , .Make it eeas., its tale oft told .

To its happy pea l I listen As a child they come to christen, Then it sings wit.h joyous clamor ln a meny ch iltlish manner.

With a steady stroke, but louder, For a happy pair-none prouder­To the wedding calls tbe people, Tllat old bell up in the steeple.

Hark its solemn, solemn to lling Out upon the hushed air rolling. For a funeral 'tis ringing See the corpse to chur<;h they're bringing.

For a child brought for bapt.ism , Then for Confirmation's chrism, When.for marriage, for a death, The oid bell rings in a b•·eath.

What a p;;alm of life it tells, In its e'et· repeating kne ll s! What a host. ofrecollections, Cometh with its loud intlections !

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ABSURDITY OF AGNOSTIC•JSM,

CHA~. H. BALL.

Of late years soeiety has been m uel1 disturbed by the p;pringing up o f 1n any new au<i f:dse :se<;t::<, both religio us and philosophical. Among the latter, 1 thiuk there •i:; none which is mure d a ngerous than · that sect which up­hol di! the iliOf;lCa l theory or Agnosticism . •

But before euteriug upon the discussion ·of tbis sub­jec t let us understand well wl1at we a re to treat ·ut: Agnosticism holds that man d oes nut und 0an nut know t hat a personal God ex i,;ts. Let us see how mud1 their doctr i 11e is wortlt.

First ol all, wha t u l1j~ct do you s uppo~e tlH·y have in holding such a t heory? It i~ no thiug mure tl t:Lu this. 1£ they could fun1e t.he,llse,ve,; to be li e vi:' tlint God · is ~he

" Unknowable," th ey woul d t!.!eu be free from a ll obliga tions toward::; Hin1. Tll i,; ici their t easo 11 in trying to sustH.iu ~melt a d ue LnHe a'lld if you rdlec:t · for a m(•ment yu u will see huw fatal it wuuid be it' adopted by all meu. But let u:, see lww itl \Jgica l they a re. It · i ~ cer­tain we do not po~se;;s a full ku uwledge uf the iuti11ite, ete rna l lleiug, yet he is by 110 mea u:; uukuown tu us. By the very t\Lct tlmt · we c:tn distingui:;h between th e finite and idiuite, ~he euudittUite,l aud and the aUS<J iute, we b.av_e sutlieient percel_)ti ull uf whal · tbe it1tiutL.e a ud absolute is. We predicate uf Uiu1 uwuy a ttributes, :nwh as eternity, absu lute s impiicity a nd . :;p1ritu:Llity, llll­

changeableness, urnnipoteuce aud nulimiteJ Wl;:,dutu, all of wllich we know tu l~t.: itwu111patible with the tiuile . But here tl)ey object, becau~e., tl1ey say th ,i t Lui::; i1i1plies Anthropomurphio;m; fur it is :L LLr1butiJ1 g to Lh e iutiu ite the properties which we uur.,elve:; pusses~. aHLl the in­finite, if it exist, must be totally diffe·reut from the fioite. But we rlo no t proceed iu tbis maullel'. We du not conceive God tube :.! nJ:l'll mi~ed tv the h igl1est grade of lwman perfection. !'he d·itl'er~ucc between God and man is infinite. But, as whatever perfections arc fouud in the effee t must likewise be lo und in the cause, we a re forced to attribute tu Gvd those perfeetious wiliel,, though limited in man, may still exist witbuut auy illl­perfection whatever; cousequeutly, to God we attribute being, life, wisdom, will, boliuess and justice. BuL those perfections, we say, are in God unlimited and infinite, while in man tlley are limited a nd fiuite. We rlo uu~

. ,.. give to him a body , bee~Luse a body m nst necessarily · be limited, eomposed of ulflny parts subj l:'c t to change. The life we attribute w Gucl i;; a spiritnal life, which does not manife~t itself in ~t suceession of acls, toT i11 God there can be no change, hut l-Ie possesses this life in one etemal infinite act. By one act, the sarne which coustitutes His iufiui·te life, God con-templating

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Him~lf, l'roow et"erythi .. rg possible past, present anrl future. He does not reason, for, tbongh the reasoning powers in mau are a great perf~tion, tbe previous iguonmce of tho,'le things to which we attain by re:~ on­ibg ueee:~oSarily implies imperti:lction. So ytm see we are very far frow ll~rving the reproach ofAntbropo­morphism ..

Again, wemny kumvG•11I through revelation. To rleny, tbal. God eoulfl re,·etll t.hing:s ~>~> m:1 n is prepo terou>~, becauaae if tnlfu may tlin ctly !RJlCh man, how· much more hkely is it that G()(i <..'lm directly teach m!m, God has giveu tbe the puwer t.o ... nu of imparting knowledge to nther men nnJ :o he himself ~lll·ely mnsL posseSll this po0111er in a more Pminent 1legrec. Io fact this is so plain tbat it isndmitted hy all nntions, becau e there hns nev~r been a rt>ligion which has not. been !used upon a aupposerl intercoua e of Lhe Deity with man.

But. here kt us glance at lheia· rlu<~l rine in nnoth~ r light. J..et u. reduct• their· tlteor.v. What have we? Nothing more t.lltl.n Atludsm. hec:w"e the dillrch holds tb.st wbat i& not vr Cllnnnt b•; h:nown ill an~· manner, i~ a& if it did not exil!t .. but. :tccurding to r.l~t.~ Agnostics G oli is . uch. ami thert'for ... i11" if 1{ ... WNP. not. or· in othea· wortls Gvfl tlues not. cx;.ist. Atlteism claims no more t.han t.hi~. Here tlwn we 11re to ,.flow the ab:mr<iity <•f holliing the Athds!ic 1loctrinc.

In l.bP. Vt~I',V fit·st. pluce we lo&c nil respt~d for their IIIPory l>ee:luse it embodie~ scepticism, th1~ mol!t un· r e-1 nu:tble the ruosl in anH ot all hbe prit.ciple;; of philosophy. One of Ute Agnostic rlog~t1as is t hat we know notltinsr but. phenomena, or·, tllat it is only the Af>J.Je:trnnce.<~ of things we know, bnt of things then·.selves we h:tve 110 knowledgt>. Right her-e is whPre tlwy hegin f.t, he illo-gicnl, for while rlenying the cert.nint,r of kno w. letlge, i~> prnft•!UII!s tP k·10~ the fllsi ty of ot he a· theoa· ie~.

ll.-4 Wf'll liS to iJe l~>Sith·e nf its oWtt truthfulneSS. Sow let. us "e wlmt sort of a heiug: the le~uler of t.lre

AJ;Znusti<:!', Herht~rt :::)l'ehe£>1\ describe:< as t lwir God . l\I r. Spetwer in his houk ~:~pc •k-s ol the ••absolute.'' He i•tl'isls "Litat it is tmf. pctsnnnl, nor self-exi!lting, nor inliu ite: still i\ i!! tbt! llltim!1te <'.ause, i~ o•11oiprt>sent, inflt-finite anti in ever~· rf' IJ"Ct. is gre:tter than c"m he 1x.ncein•rl ." From this it i:- E\\'ident tltl\t the Ahsolute Bei11g in l\I r. Spencer's opinion is nothing hut. 11.n absta·act, universal, indetermiuate being; that H.8 such i~ hns neither existencf', intelligence nor will, but that it. nuderli'ls the worlrl and is identifi£>d with it. Agniu he says it is tbt< cause which tmnseenrls our knowledge a.nd conception. So tbis 13 Mr. Herbert • ' peneer's goti. But b<•W can be know bim l The great W&t o. f ~ttowledge, accorrliog to himself I is es;perienoe. but here is a being wbich is above our oonooptlon, nne .. bieh transcends experience by un. 1 derlyifll it." nd sLill be has cen in knowledge that I

il bi!iitg exists. W!Jat an absurdity and One . wb!ch I

is deduced from hi:. very own principles. But let ud prove to Mt·. Sper.cer and his fellow

Agnostics tbnt G ud d&t>s exist, aurl may be known. First of all, if:" man be reasonable and ever reflects, he will search fur eau~<es of things nnd try and discover who nr what it wns tbat created such or such a thing. Here, my dear friend Agnostic, let me ask you who or wh'lt it

-yvas that produced such admirnble order in t.he universe 1' Probably you have never bot\tered yourself with such a thought. Well it i better for you not to if yvu wi~h

to continut in your unrc~onable belief that there is no God. But I will tell you who it wns a:1d prove to yon that my assertion i~ true. It was God. Cnu I prove it? Most certail:ly. The cause of such nn orrler could not be assigne•i to anything but nn intelligent being, also• this cnuse ought to be a being, outside the world anct independeut ot it. That thic; en use ought. to be an in­lciligent being I prove ns follows. The cause of such an or·der ought to be that which is able to reduce such a eli versity, iudeed I may say contrariety of particulnr ends whkh exist in the world into a tot.al unity; but such a cause cannot be hut an intelligent being. l\Iany c"u:>t-s have Ji tferent nntmes and ditfe!·ent opcmtiOU!!, therefore the~· eould not concm i11to a total unity un -less directed by some more general cnuse which would be the ultimate canse of the world. If this caus~ was not intelligent it cou ld not wisely distinguisbamoug the mnny natures and operations and combine 1 hem into Lhe present admirable order; there fore this cause suould he intelligent. I have said t.his cause shoulrl be outside the wodrl and independent. I prove it in t.he following man ner. In the world, beings are coming into existence and perisuing daily, so that the world is p1-rpetually clt:wging, still the s~me ordet' remain,, therefore the cnu~re of this order ought, to be outstdc of and indepen. dent of it. If the cause of this orrler was in the world it ought to he some pat·ticular nature or all the natures taken togetiH~l'. If the first, its power would be propor­tionate to that Jtllture : nd the order would not be un­iver!'al. It the second, a.lrearly the ordet· would be tbe cause of itself, which is absurd, I say that it is absurd that. this ordH ;~honld pt•oduce itself. You may say that it might happen hy chance or blind necessity. Not by chance, my friend, for the order could not persevere on account of tbc perpetual resolution of atoms. Not from blind necessity on tlte othet· hand, for, that matter should produr.e an order from hlinrl necessity you sup-pose to be placed in ~very being, ' lementary, vegata-ti ve, sensitive and in tellectnal stt·engths anrl with the elementary strengths as a foundation, tbe others then will follow in their order, that is, vf\gatative, sensith•e

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lllld intellectual. This is absuro, for t.bosc things are already $upposed to <.>Xi!!t before tbe net ion of the beings /­upon themselvf'~ or were aoduced from a diversified

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concogrse of tlJC beings. If t he fi rs t , th e o r<l e r is not explained from aetiviiy , but i t is 11lready suppc•,;e <l t o be there. If the seco nd , then t he Ol'd er is from chance, an<l t hence cou ld no t perse vere. Ha.ving p ro ve11 th en t o yo n

tha t. Ute adm irable ord er of the wo rld GOtilcl i10t h n1·P.

b een bmn g ht a bou t by cha nce o r bl incl necess ity , a nd ha ving shown t lta t th is b eing ought t o be in telligent .

o uts id e of the worl rl and i nd e pe ncle nt, the cau.se must n ecessar il y be God.

N ow, :1fcer hnving g iven thi s proof, w bicb. is e ntirely fro m r eason, I [)t'Oceed tv an oth P. r whicb. is as eq na lly concl ns i ve in sl}l)wi ng tbe she(·r nonsense of the Agnes tic

d octrine. I men.n t he proo f ta ken fro m tbe •· com mon consent of ma nkind." T he fil s t pr inc ip le w hich I will

a dvance is, tha t a pract iea l d ogma which t he who le h uman r ace belie 1·es, is ce rta inly tru e, if in t he first

place, the consen t is r eally unive r:>nl a ud eonstant, and if, in the seco n1 l p lace, it we re o f such unt_u re t ha t it

co uld not co me fr vm a ny so urce u f e rror . B ut I holrl th:1 t the d ogm11. c•f the ex istence o f G od is constan t a nrl

un iversal and cl ues not co me fro m a ny so tuce o f er ror, therefore i t is eerta.inly trne. In proving t ha t thi s dogma

is univtrsal we may re fe r t o the t•:s tim o ny of thc coeval writers. L ook o ver t he literature of any coun try y on

choose and fi nd fvr m e tltt-.r tJi n write rs whom yo u may

rely upon fo1· tru t h , g la nce over thei r works nnd y o u wi ll find that God is mentio ned e it her directly or in. d irectly. You will find that never was t here a nn.tit>n so

d egra d ed as not t o admit of a god of some sort. As

Plutarch so admirab ly says: If yo u go thro ug h t he worlrl you wi ll find c it ies that have no wa ll~, literaturt>, kings, hom,es, ri eheF, but a city withou t t emples and godt:,

no one has e ver seen. A ga in, C icero says, that ne ,·er was there a nation so s :owage whi ch had not some belief

in some kind o f a god. F ro m t he op in io ns eXi)ressed by these two g reat write rs, a ud fro m t he beli efs ded uced

from the great books of a nt iqu ity , we see t he one great doct r ine mirrored hn·th, tha t God exists.

Wi th these t wo proofs wh ich I• lta ,-e given I finis h, ho1•inp,- I placed a rgu meuts eno uglt before..you to ;;bow

that th e one who defends Agnosticism, upholds one Of l ite m ost insane doctrines w hiel t it h:ts been mn.n's misfo rtune to inven t.

PUBLIC SCH OOL EDUCA TIO~ .

J os. B. GALu:T.

In every country in the civilized world there are

what is callect public-schools. 'ow wh:,t . ure p~blie­schools? T hey are places of learning maintained at t.he expense of the tate in which they arl:l ituated, by

wh ieh a ll lll liY nt lenst o b tain t.he · ro dimen~ Man crlu­cat io n. nn r.i ng w!tn t is k nown :lS the "Colon ia.! E t·a" tlte school hous ':l was u u ,tlly a log cabin <l roppeJ d•>wn on tl/e edge of a c len ri ng in t lte pine "'Ood . H e re wel'e nssem bled in C\lllfnsi.on, gn wky <'UUIItry bumpk.in~, em­bryo stn.tesnwu n. nd ro~y-ehet> k ec gi l'!s. At the opening of school in the mo r ning t he m:tsier r e1td n text i rnm

the B illie and t h11S t he ron Li ne of tbe d:1.v begnn. T his 1earl ing wns nil t he religiott 'i instr uction they receiv ­ed un ti l S und ay , whe 11 ni l we re n:,seml>lt>d tu the meel­ing .hotue for :l. long SPnnon. A;,-I hu.ve explained the

. p ublic ~e i ~ IJo l s of our fu rd:tt!ters, I will now de!>cencl to

m ore mO.rl e l'll tin1es. J ,l pl:Lce of thtl o r igi 11 :tl ·h·•g-h onses we find th e ir p l:tees u~ urped .by mnj estie stone li'IIC­

t ur<'l', ·nnd o ver t hP. doors i11 go lden lette rs is the lrgE>nrl •· P ubl ic Sehool. ., A flt· r t he · pu p i I lms , nttendecl thi~

seh uo l for a cer tain le:lgLh ' IJ I ti me he grad 11 ·1te · · nfter rt

fashi o n a 1!d i;; grantfH I I H' I 'l ll is~o ll to e11t!:'r the lliglt

sehoul to fiui ~ h up. 1 say , g:·:td u:tle afte r a f•6hio11: Yes a ft e r n. fit ,h il!ti~ ll ot a.-; i t ~ ho u l d IH~. Tl i!:',V m:ty have

enoug h •·book le: li'I Jing'' to mnkn t heir wity in t h ~ woricl b u t, :loS C:tt hol ies are l:t ll glll, thei r world ly w ell'a t·e h;

not h ing cump·l!'erl to t he wclftre of t hei r ~onls. S11<, h nn

e ·lu cut ion i;: v e ry inc:r.lllplete. T J,c·.r le:we t he publ ic

school com !Ji etc ly ignora:1r (>!'t heir lt igher -d11 ty towa rd~

Gorl a nd tl•L·ir fl'l low-utell. 'J' Ilu,; th e,); gil o u t i11to the

wurld, ne1·e r t.l1il. k ing t h:tt 1l1e r ~ is a d:1v o t t·(-·ekonin<r • <::>

whe 11 a )[ wil l l1e g :lti ll' red i11 Ll1e \'allt',Y ot' Jt.S"ph:tt to ex p in in tht: ir slwrlcolll; ng~. T he beauty of Cathu l ie sc hot• l l'rl ueati()ll is t.lti:>-b~sid..:s acq n inHg ns !Illici t

knowledge in t he ~:uuc pe r i<Jd :1s t hey wou ld at. t. l~~~

puu li c r:;clluu l, t he pupils :dsu rccei 1·c :t tilUI'() Ug:l kllow­ledge of the Golly pri11eip :es whid t lli' .J l() l'Oildu, ·t them . l lt ro n~h li fe. Heligion r tl'lll~ Lhe ,;pil it :tt.<i RS-CIICC

o f a ll true erlucclLi•J:•, sny~ :t11 Cl11tnent C:1t.hu:ie di v i ~~t·,

and it. is tile wish or our llvly li'.it lll,r, PL>j)C Leo ·x 11 r, t hat eYery parisb :;lHJU~rl li:tY..: a ;;ehoul 11rilere CatliuliL:

children ma.y reL:eiv•: · itJstrHelidn in thl'ir ·religion . A~ ·

I said befurr, n Cathol i.· p:1re11L should value the s uuls

of bi3 dlildren far 1110re t han to scud tllem to a Gudless schoo l where Lhi:!y are in L'Oil::;t:lllL duHge t· 0f j(),iug their tait.h and siuking -iuto :t living death through ill­fidelity. BeLLer a Catbolie ehild sll()uld never know uue

word frum au•>Lhcr t h:t!J tu trus~ i Lself in :t plaee wh ere it i~ in danger of lu~ing its soul. Cat.holics at the pre­sent day Sel'lll to l i v0 in u state of lethargy i'u reg>trd to e<hlC:ltion. They slwuld be a wakened frunf this 11101••

bid druwsiuess flnd lll:tde Lu unrlerstanrt thxt th~y must send their ,,;,iJdreu to .~eho<Jls wh~?re God · aucl Tt>ligion

are primary and education auct uook-lore secondary ubjeet::;, for Christil'lll teaching tells us there i-s some­

thing highe r aull grander anrl more important. tbau a-11

other thiugs, .than even leaming, 1tud t.hat i Lhe aare of the oul.

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T. THOMA A.QUL'IAS.

'l'be Church never h:td a greater light, since the days of t.be Apostles, than the ·~Angelie Dootor,''St. Thomas Attuin:• .

This illu trious ~int find Doctor was l•orn in the lt:·Han town of Aquino, in the year of our Lord 1227. His birth a11d mAuy circum t:mces of hi! life were ~re-.

ktlrl by a holy old hermit, who visited the family at the Cus1le of Aquino. H "' prophesied that the family would wish to make the youthful Thomas n Benedic­tine Mouk, in orrler to obtain ~ ession of the hrge

• income of tbe monastt·y of Monte O..t..'lSino. But added the ~ionk. "G:-.d will provide otherwise, for he will be­come a brother of tllc Order of Prenchers." This proph­esy proved true; but noLwithstanciing the waming of thl:l Mvnk young Thomas was persuaded to go to Monte Cussiuo, t.hen ruled by his uncle, 'tbc Aubot Sinnebald, il being then, one of t he gre;~te~t seats of leam ing in Europe. It. was bopetl that he wonl<i f.in ally cast his tortune there by entering the Order of St Benedict. H·~

was kccordingly brought thither witllctuesolemnity, for in Lho e dnys, the c; .ilu intended for G·Jd in the relig­ious :state was tiH·mally offered by his parents, who iu tho uame of the chilrl promised stability in his appoint­ed state of life, and, adds one ofl1is biograplv~n•, Atchbi­ebop Yaughan, .. the recE>ption of a child in those days was almost as solemn as a profession in our own.' '

t. Thomas seemed speci~~lly fitt ed for the Ionastic state. He was naturally of a ru erlitnti n:l ternperment, spending hour together, as a child, in contemplation, 1<0 \hal all wondered at his power of thought nud hi::; lrolint' ~.!.:lis appe;H'<tnce gave Loken of gn·at go\·~rning powe111. Let us ug'iin lHve the w1•nls of hi .; commE:>n­l.:ttor; .. His 1nn.ssive he:ul hclokened strt>ngth. His broact tt111lltllil hrHw, his jtlacid, rneditati,·e E>yes, produced the impr*l sion, not~~~ m11ch of q·tickness awl vivacity 1

a ot brcnrlth ancl coHHnaurl. Though l1e soldum ~ voke, I when he did !tpenk he set hearts beating fnster, and of- I ten, whit t tllU ;; couverl!iug wit!! his comp:1nions. the I monk wonlct approach t.he little gathering lJy ~t.ealtb 1

t.o liswu to the 1m~cious wiodom of that extraot d inary chilli."

He pursued his stu1lies with great ardor and it is said that his mind W33 continually occupied with one thought, What is God? And he frequently proposed the satne qnest.ion Lo his mns1.ers. After few y•:ars spent at Mon\e Ca..-<eino we next fiud Aquinas at. the University of Nsples where his quiet and sturlious life left little for tb~ bis\orian. Al:hougb having now completed a thorongh conrse at Monte CAsSino anct Naples, his su­periors judged fit to plnce him under the celebrated Al­betLtt8 qn_tls 1fbo was then lecturing at Paris. Under

tbe guidance of this gre.'\t man who was not only the greatest Theologian and Philosopher of his day ,.but wns als~ a botanist, chemhst, 1\ geographer, a geologist and a mechanician tht g reat. mind oi Thomas was daily, by the wis,)om and piety of t.his great master, receiving impressions that were never to be effaced. H ow well he improvr.d his opportunities we koow from the f.qct that the pupil ft~r ex,\elled his master. But o great was t ile humility of Thomas and ~o eager was he to hide his learning that he deceived all and was called by his fel· lows "the great dumb ox.' How much he may have felt this treatment we know not; but it is certain thnt he bore with great patience until a little accident served to deceive the school MS to Thomas' talents. A very ab­struse question had been given the class, a solu tion of which the other members were una::, le to get. Whether in joke Ol' earnest, they handed tbe paper to t,he young T hon.as and he wrote out a fu ll solu tion of the ques­tion. The paper accidently fe ll into the hands of Alb~ t·­

tus, who was greatly astonished by t he wisdom of the answer. The next day he call ed Thomas to defend a thesi!;, which he did so well, t hat the master exclaim­ed: ••We cnll this young man a d umb ox, but so loud will be his bellowit?g in doctrine that it will resound throughout the whole world.''

In the y~ar 124X, Albert us :Magnus was ca lled to Col· ogne, where Thomas accompanied him and was appoint­eli assistant professor, though only twenty three years old. His great wisdom could not be hidden here, a.nd he soon gained that reputation which has since become worl<i-wide. He w::~s ordained priest a short time after.

What need of further enumeration. This great saint anct eminent divine has received the encomium of the greatest men of every age. Pope Alexander IV referred to him as "a man emint>nl for his virtues afid the treMure of science with which Goct enriched him." And our own saintly I<'atlJer LE:>o Xli i , speaking of the Angelic Doctor says: " With his spirit at once humble nu<i swift., his memory ready n.nct tenacious, his life spo!le"s throughout, a lover of truth for its own snke, richly endowerl with human and divine science, like the sun he hedted the world witll the ardor of his virtues an(! filled it with the splendor of his teaching." He did still more to show his great esteem of the Angelic Doctor, by urging all seminaries to make St. Thomas their standard in Theology anrl his wishes have been almost univer~ally cnrrierl out. \Vhat an example here for the men of our day, who, prou<i of the superficial knowledge tbey possess, woulti trample every opinion under foot, which agrees not with the conceptions of their shallow minds. How rarely is true humility found united with sound wisdom and how Jutile and impotent it thus becomes. What do we arlmire most in the life ol this great ~Rint, his boundless wisdom or hie deep

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humilit.Y? _We hardly know on .wh ich to !'pend our praioes. To ,his great gift of knowledge, could be actdcd many p~rsonal attractions, whicll renrl ered him a charm. ing companion, yet this s erv·~d not to fia.tter his vanity, for he worshipped not at that a luir; in God he saw all perfection and to Him he r enclered all g lory. Here is the example given to Christian youth, to purs ue his stncties with a two.fo\d ecd, viz.: For the g lory ot God anct the gootl of his fellow. men.

The Chnrch gives due honor to her saints, ancl ~ h e ranks ~t. Thomas high in the Category. Pope Leo ltas appointed. b im the t:pecia l patron of Oatlw lic Schools. His feast is celebrat.ed on March 7th. ·what a. good time for every _ Catholi c sturlent to ask a bless ing from Gorl on his stud ies, through the it!tercesfion of St. Thomns, that with solid learning he may un ite trne humility, nnct be thus enabled to ell> G od 's work with f1 true Christian spirit.

.J. M. J.

FEBRUARY 22nel. '8U.

Gr,;o . E. DoNNI<:LLY.

Amidst the solemn and seldom varyi ng ron tine of a college course ever and a non a plea.sent day steals up­on us, a d:ty totally devoted to the cel ebrating of some illustrious event,,either of our Ct>uritry's hist.ory, or of a reljgious character.

February the twenty second, a da.v universally re­vered. and enthusiastically celehrated over tl:te entire extent of this f:wored land, came with its bappy memor­ies last Friday. The day btmgs the American back to the time dear to a ll, when Freedom burst tue links of a foreign chain an.cl bid Liberty resume her long USLHJ•erl place. Tbe happy worker of tlwse potent events was the one' whbse birthday was celebrated last Friday. We need not say much abou t w·ashington; for almost a century his fame has i~creased while the most happy and prosperous land on the earth's surface, hrt,ils him as its founder, and ~ixty.five millions of people look upon and reverence him as the father of his country. The day itself was anything but a desirable OJH' , the weather being tot.a ll,Y unfit fo; out rloor exercise. The evening entercaii1ment, however, rendered the day one not. easi­ly forgo~ten, and proves, tbat amidst tlte study of the sciences and languages, tender lessons of patrloti~m are frequently : i ~stilled . The literary ann musical exer­cises wer·e opened by a selection from the Colleae band.

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Frank .Dillon th'en spoke with a clear and distinct voice, "The Dec.laraiion of Independence." Peter Bissonette, whose name w'as next on the programme, took upon himself to eulogize .,Vashiugton, to po'iut'out his deeds

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in peace, his exploits in war and his counEeJs .while at .. the lt ead of the infant Republic. All who l~eard Mr. Bissonette !wow with wh&t benuty he rendet,ed -hi s ora- ···· tion, how fully be e nt e.rerl into the spirit. ofthe piece and wlt~tt npp l:tuse his e loquence elicited ... The next

number of the progrnn11n e, was a declamation . bs M~-·-

1cr John Coy le, who, after his appearance last Frtday night, m:ty be truly reckoned as one of .the, most promis!ng e l<•cutioui st.s in the house. DtmiellVIcNf!mara next renrlered ' 'A l\Iodel Stump Speeelt" and proved, we cnn justly say, the principal attraction d the even­ing. His figures qf rhetoric and g raceful delivery werl>l ha ppily b le nded with hi s initpitnlJle humo1·. Ro\.lncl after round of ap plnu:;e g reeted bis frequeut allu:sion& to .col- . lege personages nnd when at lao.t hi s bpeech cnme ttJ au ettd It ,~ W<ti' v igo rou s ly (oJI<;Orecl. This little . pwgramtn~ bristling with patriotic nddre,::;e.ss, intcrspert~ed with music from piano, violin and orcfwstrl'l, re11dered .the eveni ng very enj"yab le, and fvrgeJ another link of that golden cha i11 of n1emury which will U11ite us 'LO our college d ay~ .

LOCALS.

- Marc h ! - Count-(•fi ! - Fir:;td!OOS<!! - Take me t•n ! -Over the pole ! -- Ash~'Vedt1esda,y ! -- Lent very soon ! -Did he ge t tlte gu 11S? -- Reau '·Geo rge, tile 1-lu ti te r. " - "V\"at w:-.op' auyw:~y, Frnzer'?'' -- Has ·another sen rch bt•<' u B1ndc ? -How about .th:tt nng, E!lclie? -The se::tt that he s:tt down ot.l, waR11't Lhere! -Where Sam draws th e lit1e--in g~ometry <;Ins!', -The Orchestra retu nts its tbalTkS t.o R.,v. Preiiident .

Marsile and Rev. K L. Rivard, fvr favors reeeiven .. -A delicacy in the bird line found on our bil l. of­

f:-tre every flay , ' •Swa.llow:s." - Rev. President l\'Inrsi le spent Thnrsda.y in Chicago~

on H.oy Memoria l Oh:q:.iel business. --Rev. Father Qui tm vfOhebanse will lecture to the

sturlents Mon<lny cve.ning, March 4tb., on "Ireland." . -- From the appearances of things at. the sitle of the

honse, the college bas str~wk a (sand-) bank. t#

- •'O nr Dan" seems to strike the souncling chorcl of . om·risible natt1.i·e hy his selections every ti.me~

-- William Coffey was so delighted over bis promo~ · tion t<> the ~eniors that he wrote about it . for several

days afterwards. . . . . -- That MiniQHtga.in : "S(I·Y, if absti1J~.1We · is tbe fa;st,

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and the ·one wi.Jo fasts, the faster, are black pillsjastest?'' -The popular vote during ti.Je past fortnight I.Jas

beeo for ''more steam." Verily, winter is on u:> wit.b all fours.

- •·Mac" cla.ims Germanic aucestry, anrl in support thereof eats three "rounds" of cabbage every time it is on the tAble.

- A chet:kt>r contest is on the ta,pis. The contestnnts will he D ;onysiu Brady . alias '·Ajeeb, ti.Je chechr .automaton," and ·•Ciwrley" Murtaugh.

-The J oU RNAL Stnff, anrl the members of Co. H., Mahouy Light Guards, thank Rev. tFatht>r l\Iahooy fur his recen t substautinl remerr..brance.

- P'rankie Woodwarct dil;clnims any arldictiou to the

vi'e and obnoxirn1s vice of cignrP.tte-smoki ng. •· I haven't smoked sin<:e I was a litt.Je boy ." Actual fact!

- Definite anangemeuts ba,·e beeu made nnrl the 20. h. Annunl Commencement will t11ke plnee ou Mor.­clny, Ju·11e 24th., presided o\·er by His Grnce, Archbishop Feehau.

- Uev. J. P. D.n·e ~pent. the lart~r part of lns t week il; Chicago 011 ·•G uy M:wnering" bu~ine~s, making nrrnnge ments fo r S;Jme IJCW music , co~tum es and properti.,s.

--Prof. bullivnn's string o rchcstm is HOW fully organize<l with the following merr.be rE>-: \Vm . McHugh , George Carlon, .John D·Jsta l, Frank l\Io ra.n, Flavian Duranlf'an, Frau!< Dillon, an<l StPphen 1\l:ther.

-Upon inquiry we fi nd that tit e be:>t J.>erf .. rmers o n the t.ur·uing-pole in the !'erdor gymna1<i urn nre Mark \Vi~ernan, Chas. K nbcly, \Vm . l\lcCHrthy a ud Gordon Rei fl.

-Milton .\hbPy, hy the wny not ,, lineal descemln11t of Lhe nothor of "PIII'Hdise Lost." i~ t it:king t he telP­gr·nph iwtt·ument.. s .. melime~, !tis profes:;ur assures u~, lw dne:<n'l ~n.r mpr·e than ten worrls to one ti<:k.

- lh·gnniiPss of tl•e tiwl t.hnt ~>resi<lent H arrison is to l•e itwuguratcd Marc·h 4th. Prof . • Jules Beaupre contintu-ll! to delight a.udier.ces lty Iris ngilit,Y( ?) and

grace(?) :rs premier gymnast,, a {a turning. pole. -John O'Cr.l111ghn n r"placPs his hrotlwr J :une!' , more

familinrly known :1s '· \Yceds," in our priflting !•ffice. .}(.bn is a hu"ller from a litttle town ju~t north of here <::llle<l Chicago. " Weeds" retires to the vil1:1ge of Danville.

- Tlw l)ooling K11ight.s of the Swor<l indulged in au excursion to Chebanse, Ills., last Thursday and bact a mt>st. enjoyable time thanks, to Rev. Fr. Quinn, and M'e.~srs. Gro "• an•i Watson. An exten<led account will appear next issne.

- Among the visitor's names whteh graced the vi itors 1 register during. the past fortnight \Vere: M. L' Abbe Ouimet. Pullman, Ill.; Rev. F. X. Choui­n:m'l . 0. . V.1 Manteno, Ill. ; Mrs. :MStgnire, Chicago ;

Miss Moran, Chicago; .Mr. Carlon, Indian11polis; M.r. D ickinson, Wisconsin; Mes~rs. Cb.alifonx , Bourge:tult, an<l Moran, Chicago.

- Rev. Father Beaudoin C. S. V. made a two weeks stay in Canada retm·ning last week. With him he brought .M11ster Joseph La.mane, brother of Viateur, who .will remain wit!J us. Father Marsile is delightect to have his little nephew wit.h him and the young gentleman is b~comiug a universal favorite. "Parlez-vous Anglais, Joe?" •' I ea.o't II OW, but I'm going to learn."

- Se v.eml studies which from oversight had been omittrd on the Bulletins and others which were lately introduced have been inscribed on the list of the regular branches constituting the course. Among these nre Philosophy of History\ Pvlitical Economy, Physiology, Botany, !Iineralogy, Astronomy, Telegraphy, Stenog­n1phy and Military Tactics.

- ·There is ~ome tulk among .our townspeople of 'lsking the college authorities to establish a night. school. It appears there would be a good number from the village and the country near around who would g ladly take advantage of such an oppqrtunity of re­,·iewing branches which have been forgotten, and of leaming others which are handy for ordinary business purposes. w· e say , "come in." "The more the merrier."

- Mr. Gordon Bennet Reed, has proved himselfsuch an etncient R eed-er that be now belongs to t!-Jc sixtll re:\der. "Anct t-hereby hangs a tnle." Gordon's name -waa. left out last time ::~mong tl1e promotions and a long ectitorial appeared in the Baker City, Oregon, Bladder declaiming against the abuse. Now we will jus~ put our cleanest b. ,.mdkercbief down to save our trousers, and with benderl knee and humble mien crave Gorrlon'~

pardon. It's the only way we can see to preserve our. ~e ln: ~ from a. career of ignominy and shame.

- Last Wednesday evening, upon invita.tivn of the members of St. Patrick's society, the f<tculty and gue~ts :-~sse111 bled in thP, society's hall , to attend a lecture, •'The :-;tnge,'' gi veu by Prof. Dore. ThP. lecturer, very inter- . cst ing ly poin teJ o ut the origin of the stage, its growth and progress clown to the present time. The lives of mnny of our leading actors and actressess were beauti­fully depicted. He severely cr iticised many featm es which p!:rtain to certain parts of the stage; but strongly maintained that, where the st age is properly conducted and righ tly carrierl out, it becomes a g~.;eat moral edu­cator of mankind. We regret that we cannot give the lecture •'in· toto;'' suffice it to say Lhat it was well deliv ­ered, in language and thought it was elegant, and listened to with the utmost attention. Speeches were lben delivered hy Rev. E. L. Hivard C. 8. V., Rev. Bro. Cregan, C. S. V., Prof. Solon, Rev. A. D. Granger, Rev. P. A. Sullivan and Prot'. Lynch.

K . K. K. Tim~s.

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BATTALION CO~\IMISSIONS.

Headquarters S. V. C. Battalion. March 2nd. 1889

Captain William Tynan is hereby appoinLed Ad­jutant, vice, Ricou resigned.

Acting Arljutant, .

Major Louis Granclclmmp, Commanding.

Lir:ut. W. B. McCarthy.

* * * Heaclqu:ntr:rs S. V. C. B;Jtt::tlion.

March 2nd. 1889. Lieut. Lollis Fulley is hereby appointed Captain of

Co. D., vice, Tynan,nssigned to other dutie~.

Acting Adjutant,

Major Louis ~randchamp, Commanding.

Lieut. W~ B. McCarthy.

* * * Headqunrters S. V. C. Bn.tt::dion.

Mard1 2nrl, 1889. C11ptain Robert Kerr is hereby nssigned to the clnties

of Aide-de-camp on the Bv.ttalion Staff.

Acting Arljutant,

Major Louis Grandchamp, C0m manding.

Lieut. W. B. McCarthy.

·llo

* * Headquarters S. V. C. Battalion.

March 2nrl . 188!). Sergeant. George Dostal is ' hereby commissioned

1st. Lieuten~nt of Co. D., vice, Falley, p1;omoted. 1\'!Hjor Louis Grandchamp,

Commanding. · Acting Acljut:lllt.,

Lieut. W. B. McCarthy .

HeQ,dquarters S. V. C. Battrdion.

March 2nd. 1889. Lieutenant '\Vm. J. Shea is hereby commissioned

lst. Lieutenant of Co. C., vice, Lamarre, deceased.

Acting Adjutant,

Major Louis Grancicbamp, Commanding.

Lieut. W. B. McCttrtlly.

QUINQO INil'EfS.

(P. S. The letters of the Quinquinites will be r~gu­

larly pul.JiisheJ a~ rece,ived. It is urgent, however, that· . !lS mLwll haste . as possib le. bEl taken iB sending ,delin~

quent C'Jmmuniut~tions·.-Puul ·wi lstaeh, Sectetar.y,)

3 140 Denrbom St. Chicago, Ills.

.Ft:b. 8th. '89.

Dear Quinquinitee:

. After a year's absence, again does it g ive me plens·ure to respond LO the duty of our Society, .but still grea.tel' is my pleasure wbe11 I think of 1892.

Since la:st parterl from you a ll, l have met with vari~ ous ditlh:nlties at tinH~i', and on th e ot.her hand, I have been quite prosper0;1s. 1 hav e been in Chica.go sinee I left College, anrl ba ve become so attacLe<l to the busy City tlutt I expect to make it my h·;mefor some time. I ~rn at present e1uployed in tl1e ChicHgo Post-Otllee, as

a. ranit-r; and I cau iJnt say it some times puts me in min<l of !So many of u3 boys wh<' ll 've were at cui lege; a large .crowcl, and e<1ch one has his own r.t'sk .

I exp<~ct it will surprise y n u all, but it nevertheless musl bP told, and I (.e ll itt<, you with pleasurf>, that since last. we met I have been j'>inecl into tlle houris of marriage. However I dvpt expect 1 am the first one of ou!· crowd that to(lli the step.

Auiroated with th:tt se lf;>am e spirit, I can but hope we nre all Jll uni•y, and r,s anY.i<)llS to mPet, :·1s we were in 1887. Awaiting wiLh rt brvtht•rly love to hear from you all, I am as ever,

y, ~ ur~ in Brotherho'ocl,

De[H' (-luinqninite Frienrls :

W. J. Convey.

8t.. Yiatcur's Coll<'g<', · Fell. 22nd. 1889.

As the l'<~volving yenr b:rs once more brought to us the month in which we are to hear from frieucls not ye~ forgotten , I will humbly en: deavor to lulfill my cluty by writing you this shc.rt

epistle. • jn priJ>cipio I will s:1y that I am yet witlfin these olcl

college walls climbing the rough and rugged motmtain of Imowlerlge. C icero anrl Horaee are feeling the pres­sure. of my thumbs which · espec.ially operate on the lexicon pages. Calculus, my favorite,. has the pleasure of noticing its com,plicativns master!)d by a wi!li1~g

hand, an,d Greek, that illustrious language , is ashamed

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to h:\Ve lor one of its scholars, one so unworthy of its

_lofty train . Mm~eove-r I mn5t not f:lil tp rpention tha t se\'eral

'· cill~<Stl..'l m·e listening to my Pxpbnations. Among these

Ge(•mP:iry iii the mo:<.t di tii•!!u isberl . Now, my llf>nr Plrl coiiPge cltnm~, I wonl rl tell you uf

rny sorrows anrl ple'l!'nre;:, nf my f.tilnre;; nnrl succe<;ses;

but as .ron have t:1~trd the hitlers :1nd sweE>ts of college 1ife yourseh-eg, :1·n•l fl!•·ling t.h:tt I :1m <~cr.npyi ng tim e

whic·h yon eon lrl more plC'asingly employ in re:1d in g the more wnrLhy letter:; of othf'r:>; I will t'lo~e. hopi ng that tbose thr~e long ye tro: yet. to pnss lH .. fore our n r:s:t

·mret.ing will quickly ~ J 'et'lhtw.q• , ~o tltat once more we

ma~- s-it. t:.ide by ~ide ns-i11 the d ay>< of 'SG-'87. I nm,

Y<Jur most hnmh ll' S<>f'iPty friPnd,

De>nr Q~tillCJI\inites;

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S ltlluel S ·t indon .

('lti<-ago I llittoi~.

Ft->hrn-u·y 23rrl . ;--(9.

The t1-me having ng ·lin _ prr~entc<l it~Pif when ottr do­,jt,gs of the p ·tst yenr :ne m:Hlc kn•IWil to· P:~ch other, thrnnglt th:tt interesting n.n d zrirlrdy c·ire:~ hteri p·• ;wr.

S t. Vialeur's Colleg-f> Juurn:d: I f•·d it m_1· ple '"ant dnty to \\Titc you itnt :;illlihr nwnner as 1 did n year Hg1•, with new,; 11f n very Iii-\<: ,-ltnr:te\t'r.

I :1111 _ inn pe . f· ·e~ ~t · tte of lwalllt. (:dWn_YS wn~); 11 111

y(·r:v ·clwl'l<y, -(I'm in :t hwy•·r's 'frl cc): nnd 11 prf>mi~ing

t'nlure in tlw i<'_z t! -prnl··~;;ion is in t.lre ~tnrl' f11r me: flL le:~stll:opt·~n. li'in :hi .-enlllt11!1l ti<"::ti«ll I Wl're perlllitted

to tl'!l •-f <olln·r lllPTJth··r~' :d'f:tirs] C• uld v.-ri:e "· l11H•k f'u'l c,f· it cich•ur~ . Lut. tl.i~ q ·· ::tlr bt·it•g- n >HiliC'n in:-; :rti·

'111\'trt ns n·g;-~r<~s -nw ot:I\'. I will· ·lw ·n-nt\· ~t- <:ri:L a11 tl

lt:~t · rll_rw-t· ito twP png•:~ "r l~ttPr l'''Jln. · I :w VI'!'_\' 'orry to, .,,. 1haL BrcJIItPr (;r;tng•·r hn~ ~~~·

nd\·anl:•ge ovn nt .. , bntit.e:l :tiH•t he hcll'l'<l, m_re1npl(lyer floP not lu:lo11g to .the IP!!-i.,!nt.me

H•1pit>g tltnt, wt-: ~hall all mt• t•t nt Olll' Alm·t i\ IatPr in 18\}i; and that _y{•u are all ,-e:·y ht>:d thy, l •rO~fH· rotl", :111d have all a wntchful t•yc npou som~' pret ty maiden fLil' a

future cor.np:1uiun, ~- I'_Cf}lfl j I';

Yours Yerv Trttly

< ', II. Harbonr.

COaL\H:Hci.\.L COUW:iE.

Fr~nk lhkt>l', 83;G~o. Bonfield, 81; L. Bro•scau, ~8; A. Bt·osse•u, ·'14; J . B(w:up~e., 79; W[lJ. Bradley, 81;

'ltiubattl Bt ... dtey, 84; Oscar Bernard, 90; Barvc·y

B!·aclen . 85; A. B rouillette, 86.; P. Boi svert, , 2; L. BnbiP, 86;8. Brennan, 83; Charles B:nw1.rcl, 86; l\lilt.on -{\bbey , 70 ; H a.rr.v Al1lwy, 85; ,J Clone, 74; G<-!orge Cahill, 87; .Ja rn (>s Cnhill, 76; David Culliton, 7'"/; P. Charrot;, 8-t;-John Coy II?, 89; E1lwnrri Crumll?y , 77; Albert Clair, 87; Wm. Coffp,_r, 70; Frei1 Cm·lon, 89; Arthur Cyrier, '3; Wm. Cnnw:ty, 78 : J Donnelly, 79; Lon is Drolet., 8~; J ohn D <.•St!\1 , 93; Frank Dillon, 81 ; .John D illon, 76; ·l£1mer Do w·n, 71; \Yarct Down, 70; George Dooley, 70; Phil. D{trche, 10; ·c. Erbbnn. 88; B ertie Elwess, 92;

G-Po rge F'ortin, 84; Arthnr Fortin Sr., 83__; J ames Fri:w, 76; George Gra nger, 80; ,Joseph Gallet, 91; H. Guerney, 74 ; X. Giroux, 7-1; G eorge 1-Ioucle, 7:2; H arry ,Jones, '70; O!t:lrles Knisel~- . 77; An d rew KelT, 77; E1lward Kelly, 83 ; Matthew K opf, 80; P. K ee fe, 84; George Lehman,

BS; B l'nj ·1.min Leroux, 7~:J. Ln.uzon,-81 :James Lenoux, 85; Frank 1\fo.orl_y, 8-l; J :tmes ;\Ielecrn an, 83; Stephen J\f:1her. n; Allen l\I:ther , 80; Frank )Iomn, 82; Alfreri :\I:trcotte, 81; X ornl i\hgnire, 76; '\Ym . Moreau, 8 1 ; Frnnk P er iolnt, 7'9 ; Sbeldnn P eck, 77; Berr.arct O'Connor,

· 87; Wm. O'Connor, 70; Vintenr Rivm·d . 77; George Rivard, 90 ; A. Rivanl, 70 ; Arthur Riv:url, 87; Gordon R• •id, S:.>; Charles l{l)_y , 77·; John Roberts; 78; Justin Rieou, 8(); .1. Rmvbwl, ~0; Wm. Roskopf, :71; F. Ri clt ­

"r•l. 77; ·wm. Shea, 91; D:1niel Shea, 82; ,J. Sheehan, 78; I

J. SoulignE'_y, 70; T. Swigman, 82; A . Tart, 72; Fr!:'rl. Westne,x-, '18; '\V. '\VI)Oil w:l.r<1, 8G; Fr:1llk Woo(lward,90.

__,-\ 11 :1vemges under 70 are not published.

TO READERS.

The 1\I:tre h nutnber <,f the Catholic. '\Vorld i:-; an L'Xt'C'l•ti onn lly in tcrest it tg nutnbcr of' that gt<neral!y cxt·e lleut m:~gnzine.. As a proof that a gooct thing i:; _ ahYny~ nppreeiaterl, t-he writer may he allowed to hrie f l_r st:1tc Lh:tt when as usual he accosted one of his • philo,ophie friends to borrow hi :l Catholic ' Vorlll, the !:1\tN nt once c1cel:lrccl that it 'l"l"as so absorbing , so full of intrrr::;ting- nnd useful i11form::tion, nnrl. that too, upon t.opies of the hour tltnt he could scarcely take his eyes from it~ pnges for the momeut, nnd nft.er eulogising singly :111<1 eloqu ent ly each of t.hc Hrticles, the adm iring n~nrler wound np with the· n•m:1rl! that he thought he wn•JI•~ get that nnruber frnme:d. The M arch Catholic 'Vorlrl is beyond cloubt a fair Epecimen of what n Catb­olic ~lag:lZine ought to be. I1'rom n li ~ernry standpoint it claims high merit both forth~:! ref'i:-:erl tssk ::md well rli­vcrstfied sty le dispbyed in i ts pnges, nud for its able crilicnl appreciations of current litemture.

The managers of this perioclicnl cannot be to warmly

congratulated upon their success , nor to strongly e n_

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courage<.! to make the best ~al en t in the land tribntat·y to a vnper which is iutenclt~d to supply wilh intdle01,U ·

al instruction anct recrention such :t large ~~> nct iutdli­gent body ns tl:e Catholic r eacling public. On the oLllet· hand Catholic ren d ers shoul d m:.111ifes1 :~n en lighte ned interest in their lil.eratLll'e anrl pre~s. It is a fr1ct that the Catholic press is becoming every cl11y mo re and more a cred it to itself a n(l to it i! read ~:~ rs. It is safe to state that so fat· one of the ev i J,; nwst to be deplored among:>t Catholics lias heeu thei r in(l iffe r ~:~ n ce toward their

literatnre and prl"ss. A hnd ab le interest in tbese, ho w­ever, ~wems to have lwen awa kened of lflt() 11 nd there i~ r:o reason why it should not mature into the results which are naturally expec ted front C:1 tholic re'l.d ing, that is, l:;t ., more genCi a l and solid informntion upon subJects of daily nnd hourly clisemsio :1; 211d .• l'specii1Jly fot· the younger element., the nequil'ing 0f a knowledgP. of the immense wealth of Catholic literature and the cultivating of a refine tnste in their rea(ling-a taste which would mnke them cl espise the trasuy sen!>a t.ional noYel of the day whieu proves the ruin of so many, even a mongst our own .... . .

* • * In an article on the "Moral Aspect of Monopoli e<>,"

the reader is "t o ld that it is practi cR Jly impossible l10W­

n days to b e in nny way con11ected wit,h Lhese organ iza­tions without at least hdng g uilty, if not of a sin ngninst just.icP, nt lenst of one, and grievous too, against oharity. It is also helti that since the nuisance has ~e­

come general it is a fit :;ubject for na tioual l~>gi s lation.

* • • "The Divorce Quest.ion'' is a timely and strong a.rti·

cle on that mnch vexecl subjP.Cit·. At a time whet) the states are moving toward the perfecting of its lnws on this matter Catholic voters should he well enlightened upon their dot.ies in t his regard.

• • • Our "honor bright'' Colonel Ingersoll is pursued in

another article b.1· o1ie who catches him at eve·y hist( r. · ical tui·n in flagrante diUcto, garbling, misrepn·senting, o r coining stntements in orcler to doW!! Christiauity, the Church , tbe Pope;:, etc.

* * .. Tbere is a bu1ltlance of 01 he r instructive a nd Jive

matter which cannot fa il to inte res t a ny reader who is ~> usceptible o f lea r:1i!' g an(l is alive to tl1e l1e:mt.y of trrith anclretigion. Read '''\<Va nted-setlsational !'H'eac h­ing;' ' " The Negt·vts and lnd'ian~."

BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.

"Tariff Reform," "B~llot Reform" etc. a re to ha ve · 11.

champion in The People's Cause, a new monthly whose aim will be to educate the people on the shor tcoming.

of politic ians ou these qnestious. The thst iss11e contains plenty of f11cts lltl<l figure~ , more or less c,)llvinci·ng, ;,ud now Ll:at it begins thus · (~!w ly to p·rep~re · the peo!Jie i,1r '92, it nray succeed in converting m 1.uy to its beli (• f: Published nt 3'l0 Pe11rl St., New York, $1..00 per year.

lVe1·ner' s Voice Magazi,le h:a.~ nu1cl e g 1·eat impt'•>''emen t8 in itl'! make up. The rn at.ter in the Fcbruat·y numhM is very int('l res ting, relatiug principally t•> voice culture and eloc~utionary training on the Del•arte system, of which the 1Wagazine is the ehiPf ~'Xponenl in this c•Htntry. The nwtter, a Jt.houg-11 t reating nn s twh a bstt·act sn hjects, is by no means d evoid of liter:rry merit. 1\l:tny practical que~tion.' are trea ted, p;lrtieulady stutlenng 111·hich is to he cont.innecl in a future lltllnber. The Magazi1•e i.::; a power in it$ field a nd pn1clil:al tea<'hers wilt HIICI it of great aRsistanci:~ in e naloling. them Lo acquire 11 tnre· knowledg-e of the human ' '"ice and the forCt>S whieh i ie h<•hinrl it., as wP. II a" the true seie,ce of developing t.hem .

· Erlgar S. W e rn er . 28 Weti L i3nJ. St., New Yutl<, $t.50 pet· annum.

There cnnlcl lw no more welcome vi.-itor to our sanctum tha ntlwAv'e ,~{rn·t:a . FillPrl with c h•)iC'e reac!ing tnfttler from Hhl e pens, it ha.s :dl t.hat can reeominen.<i it· to the Christin.n :1 nd Cat'holic. The Aue M ,ria Lias done Jon~ yenrl' nf ~cn·ice inn brorHI \v:ty and we hoj1e that time will onlv le ud it l" trcngth to continue in the IIS(•ful splwre which i t now !'O Wt>l} adot·ns.

The lncl,an Aduncate .i~ a hright sheet to be i ~s ued

qur~rterly in order to pronwte the cause of the poor Inc1ian who hHs been so sadly rwgl>\cterl bJ the White ~lttn. This little pnf.ler 111akes a touching· nppeal to

Cntholics a nrl all di~pos.-d t.o u~~ist HJ:!Iering hutuanity , to give whateve r help they enn t(J furthe.r this noble cause. Those who cannot gi\·p material aid, enn :tt lea~t

. JWll..Y and Lhis is the thing p:vti~ul:u: ly sought for by the goocl mis!'i onnries in tht~ lndinu Territory wlwre these Apostles of Chnrit.y are l:~hnring fur the soub of the neglected Jndtan. 'While jJh.·atiin.g tl1e ludi:lu's cause · ~he pnper will give a ldstory of their progre"s towat·cls civiliz11.tlon; their O<"cupation~, etc. Subscribers to the Advocate will enjoy mnny ~piritnal arlvn.ntn~"!' .

The pnpet· is pnhlishe•i hv He,·. Fathe1· lgnntius 0. S B. S:~ cri~ d Heart Mission , Indian 'T enitory. 25 et~. }'er ye:n.

EXCHANGES. .. And titill they come. This time ,the \Vrjtf,r. '!i.th m0r~

imagination than brnins and .\vith a total disrega.rd fo1· truth, a ppe11 rs in t he Feb : nary 'ntim l>et; 'of theN.- W: CollPge Chronicle, of Naperv.ille Ills. The ~ritf'r

attempts to portrny •·True Heroism ," and .in ~}n:t :ae fails completely' because telling wllat. ·; ti;i:ng: is ijo't, i~ far from telling what it is. Now tnis article h '· n e.ith·e~

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. - . -t i: t1th, t~tcfs,.·noi· " l'iterary merit to recommend it; wherein then can. it ciaint a place ii1 n public journa.l? Simply because it is a bigoterl libel on the Catholic Chll!'eh an d will t ickle the ears of fanatics. The " Heroic Age," " Tl1e Glorious Age of Cl ti V>tlry ," our wise man tells us, was not nn age <if he ro ism. Men were g roping in the d ark­iJes:; of iguor•tnce and wt•re therefore no t the kind of m at <:" ria l of wh ich hen ies arc generally made. There was no herois m ::;hown by t he Crusaders, o r by th e indeft t­ignble miss io ua.rie<> wlto labored so st renuously for the couven;ion-and civdiz"L ti•n of the P a.g·a ns of t.h e North. These me n were no t labor it•g for God or tor ltum:t~it.y. No, they we re on ly ou t for a musement. It rcma.i necl for the Prote:>taut Church wiLh its s:ti u t ly ( ?) foun<ier, Marlin Lntber, to pa1·e Lll e way fvr cniiJ lt eroi sm. Now we h:we uur true heroes. They appear with thei r wives lill<l falllily in th~:~ 111eeti ng ho use, to talk on some political fllbj·ect or to cr it ic ise ~o rn e fantous no ve l. Then they are B:tpti ti l~, .Methodists o r wh:t tnot '!. Or t hey appear i u the pu ulic s tree t wi Lh all Lhe noisy i nstrume11 \,S

of a ll:tnd , and th"n are :-inlv :tt ion Army heroes, ' •working f,H· Gorl a uJ hu111aniLy .'' Ye t a ll tlle::;e wi!l receive a place a 11d get a heariug nud tlw Cat lt o li <.: Chu rch •\ ho :done h:is re ligion :wd wltv :tloue In,; Go ll ~ i ~te••Cy in her doctrines, wi ll not be a lluwd.l a wort! . b Llii s just? Hut

· ~ lty thi s apology. Ca11 the Church suffer from _ the :ttt;~cks of a urainless ~cri b bl er, who cou id nut ma ke his imul< in a mud ho le? Wu t.hink not. ~he :stands ou t n li viug proo:· of the str<>11g vita lity that lies wiL I!i11 he r , whieli ne ither the ltatred of foes, tlw ty ntll llY of ki ngs, IH;r t he powers of he ll ll ·Lve been ab le LO sLla. t t•-n·. ~be lws a ~r u e tu iss iou to te.tch lll <tn his rluty a nd s he i)erl'orms it l~ft t· kss l y. In 0 11r l •dt isw e we were cumpellerl to squ: • ~h :. Ll11u g ltke t lt is. Yet weeds are hard to kill a nd we tiud tt a t'rl~q u eut necess ity to :s buw these p eople that. ei ther th t>y speak trolll pure m.:tlice :wd are t!Jcretorc the worti\ ki11d -uf li a r:;, u t· th :Lt t.hey are so .igllonntt that tl1eir alt•~ mpt to wriLe nn arttch~ is nu act bord e ring on iusauity . Nt>w JolllliiY, to w!Jieh of these c. lnsses do you bel1•llg? ljet some oue to cl;tssify j' ou, anct Lb en kt towing

-your weak poi11t try to CIJrrect it. Mr. MaHrice F . E;;:w's article:; in the Notre D ame

Sclw last•c 011 • · £-;theticism ·• are sotueth i tl g very : n ter­esting and certainly most instnwti ve. The writer shows well , in hi~ able w:~y, the fulliet~ of the modern res thete, who instead of being a. real searcher aft.er beau t.y n.s his n:~m e would imply, g:ltJre t·s only t lie retnse vf true beauty ar.d sa tisfies his tas te in sick ly posings or as the wt:iter so happily puts it: •' fa ll ing into stai ned g lass att.it.u des~" •·Culture," the au thor goes on to :;ay, "ig­nOt·es mor; lity. To talk of mora ls in conn~=:ction with Ml 1s to place oneself :i.t once a mong the rabble. accord­ing t~ the cultured . To the culturBd the ~crip'tures are "b ea n til*tlpoem, but ilOtlling more; and the religion

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of Cl1rist, a mosaic of color." Speaking of :une arts the learned a utho r says: ''In cu!Li vating a t~ste for books, y ou are cultivating true re .; thetics. In cnltivating a taste for good pict.ures, you :tre likewise doing so. In prefer­ring M end elssot1 n's ·SJngs vVith::mt . \Vords,' to the 'Carlotta Waltz~~,' you are doing i t too . .}Estheti cs really means the calm and reawnable seeking afte r things in nr t, lit emtu,re and music. It does not mean straining

.afler effec t-; it d oes not mean attitudiniziJJg and posing and wearing stru11g-e clothes just to appear musical. All tha t is vulgar, f11r affectation and pretention are always vulgar." Thu~c wl:o exclude a ll t aste for tbe beautifnl , those Phili ~titws, dumb a like to the good and true, r eceive their full shnre of criticism. What the writer pleads for is morleration, a perfect love of all that is gr>od and bea u ti rul in natme ancl art; a love founded 011

a tr ue knowledge of what coustitutes the beautiful, a love d eb:trri ng all excess, which eve r ~bows a corr upted

· t:~sle. That the writer does his work well, goes without say ing. His name is the ouly guurantee necessary.

vVere we surpri:;ed, don't mention it. Reader, you que8tion us couceruing the renson ot our surprise, we nnswer : the ~l i ght nH~ ntal pertubation above mentioned, was oeca~ioued by the manly tread of a small, but

sel f-<:onficlent visitor, who JJOt only souglit admission . p_ro. tem., hut even asked to be considered as a s teaci y caller and a s pecia l friend. A few remarks from t'1e little one went to assu re us tbat be had a special claim to om fri e ndship; we took him in, sat him down on our -best sof:t, and now he is a welcome visitor and

lte ~!tall have a permanent pl:l.ce with m. Now we could have sa id th:1t St. jJiary's Echn, of St . .Mary's Scitool, Bloowingto n Ills., asked us to exchange and .we did :>o. Bu t the poor orphan, with a good , kind f ather, felt so lJ:tsb l'ul tha t we pitied him , atld so thE:se prelim. i n:1.ries. 1 mngi ne a littl e fellow of good parentage saying .this: •·Olll' new clothes don't fit. well yet, and we d o not fl'el entire ly at borne in tbem. The old dress we ln.id · a~ ide was fin more com for table, ragged and a li ttle con rse, yet so clnd we roamed the fields of imag­ination, uuLrawmelerl as a b ird , Eipping the sweets of many a flower unob:served and plucking here and t here t lt e fruit oi wisdom, un a ware of the cold stare of un . E,Vrnpathetic strangers." Now ain't t hat just too lovely for anyth ing. Den!' l ittle one .ron look splenriid in yon1· new suit and we ftrc sure you will be a good child, a better youth and finally a powerful man, and now by virtue of the power inve<>ted in us: of consoling youth , we extAnd you our father ly blessing and every wisli for prosperous lite and a complete SHCcess in your new venture.

vVe further noLe among the visitors to our sanctuary : The Owl, College Message, The Delpldc, The RambleT , and others too numerous to men tion.

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CATHOLIC NOTES.

Pope L eo XIII., has presented $10,000 to the new St. Patrick's Church, in Rome.

The Rev. T. Heslein, pastor of 8t. Michael's Church New Orleans, has been chosen Bishop for the vacant See at Natchez.

The Pope has forwarded to .Monsignor Campbell, of the Scots' College, ·Rome, a. number of His Holiness' Jnllil ee gifts, to be presented to tln Catholic Church of Scotland. They include r ich chalice:; and handsome copes, chasubles, and other ecclesiastical vestments to the value of $7,500.

Very Rev. Fa~her General Sorin, the venerable founder of Notre Dame, celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday a few weeks ago. The happy recurrence {)f this anniversary, associated as it is with the jubilee year of the venerable Superior, was an occasion that called forth the sincere prayers of all, that health <md strength may lle given him many years to come.

A F ransiscan mm has .i ust visited the United States to collect from the convents of her Order a band of vol nnteer nnrses for the leper hospital of Wailuku in tho Sandwich Islands. \ \Then a few years ago the Franciscan nuns of Synwuse, N . Y ., were asked to supply nurses for the lepers of 1'lalokai, the whole convent at once volunteered, and the matter .had to be decided by drawing lots.

The memllers of the Apostleship of Prayer now number upwards of twenty millions. The Apostleship is making very rapid progress in the ·united States. In the first ten months of last year the Chi~f Director for the U nited States i33ued nearly 9JO diplomas to new local centres in l'\2. dioceses, and in 30 l::ltates and Territories. In N ovembei: there were upwards of 2,000 promoters iu the l::lta.tes.

The Rt. 11-ev. J ohn Keane, rector of the new Catholic University, in a letter to Vice-Rector Gaugan, da,ted Rome, January 22nd., announces the endowment of another chair in the university by Judge O'Connor of San J ose, Cal. Bishop Keai1e also states that the endowment of three more scholarships has lleen s:ocured, and that the P ope is preparing a brief in furtherance of the plans of the university and in praise of America, her people, and her institutions.

Rev. James Cui·ley, the venerable J esuit, at present residing at Georgecown College, D. C., who celebrated the g-olden jubilee of his ordination in 1883, is said to be the oldest priest in America. F ather Curley was born October 25th. 1796. In· l817 he went to Georgetown to enter the Society of .Jesus, a,nd subsequently became a great astronomer and a deeply learned physicist.

From the cablegrams purporting to hail from Italy, oue would be led to believe that I talian cities are veritable hotbeds of hatred of the H oly See and religion in generaL n ut tlle result of an election recently held at Ylilan, where the municipality directly asked all the beads of families in that city, to vote whether relig·ious teaching shonld 11gme in the programme of the public schools or not, with the significant and crushing result that out of :27,f>l.) votes, 2.5 ,380 pronounced in favor of religious teaching. This resul t shows and lets us le<trn with more surety than ean any amount of editorials, Rom<m correspondence, etc., that , Italy at heart is as soundly Catholic as -ever.

(Church Progress.) Monsignor Fa.va, Bishop of Grenoble, during a discourse

delivered on the occasion of a tridunm in honor of Blessed Peter Claver. thus resumed the progress of Catholicity in

Africa: "At the begiunipg of this centu~·y Africa was plunged in a death-like sleep. To-day it possesses Ji prefectures apostolic; ill vicariates apostolic; 12 Bishoprics, and 2 Archb ishoprics. In the north of the continent there are 497,000 Catholics; in the west, 1,026,000; in the south and east 39,000. The islands in the Indian Ocean 'have 296,200 Catholic inhabitants, and those in the Atlantic 7961

000. This brings a total approaching three inUUons, which number, admirable in appeamnce, is iu reality heart · bre<tking, for the population of the Dark Continent is estimated at 206,UOO,OOU."

Leo XIII. does a gre!l.t deal of wo·rk and takes very little sleep. He ri ses at fi ve in summer and six in winter. His toilet occupies a half hour, after which be passes an hour in prayer aucl medi t <ttion as a preparation for Mass, which he says every day in one of tho private cLapels of the Vatican. H e ofliciates at tl1e altar with exemplary devotion, and there is an exceed ing grace in all his moYeplentB, whether in the s:.metnary, in his garden, in his library, or wheu holding a pulllie audience. At 8 o'clock tlte Pope takes hil:l eafe au lait and a roll. Leo XIIl. is one of the most abstemious of men, and the elltire expenses of his table do not avera~\·e more tlnn $ 1.00 a day the whole year round. It must be remembered th:tt the P ope always takes his meals alone.

The P ope's bnclgt>t of h is income and expend itures during the ye11.r 1888, is said t >show these figures:-Frorn Peter's pence he reeeivecl £800,000; from interest of capita~ invested abroad, 20,000; mH.king a total income of 500,000 to which must be added about 80,000 reeeived during the jubilee. The ordinary and extraorclinary .exp11nses of the Vatican dming the year have been as follows: Alms given in Home, 4,000: alms given in Italy, .J,OOO; ordinary subsidies in Italy, 3,000; ordinary subsid ies to the church in genenll, G,OOO; sums for the Propaganda, 20,000; sams for missions, 40,000; administrative expenses, 40,000; maintenance of apostolic places, . 2U,OOO; expenses of public monumeuts, 10,000 ; pay of the Cardinals, 80,000 maintenance of seminaries, 00.000; divers expenses. 100.000. The tot~!

expenditure is :JH0,700 which leaves a surplus of not Jess tha.n a quarter of a miLion sterliug.

The latest news froDJ F .dl('T Da.mien, " t' :e Apostle of the Lepers,'' comes in · a letter from his !lssissLant, the Rev. M. Conrardy, au r\ meTican priest who went to ~·ralokai some months agv, t <) <1 Ssist the sntrerer. Father Conrardy addresses his letter to a gentleman in England, and declares that F<\ther p ,tm ien cannot li ve much longer; that in all probabili ty he would be dead befor.e the letter reached England. A shor ~ time ago the lepers uncl€-rtook to build a little ehurcll. There was only one mason. and Father Da.micn, having yet tlle·use of his hands, was the only carpent<-'r. F~tther Damien has, according to his associate, seen the population of .Jfalokai renew itself three times, the average duration of a leper's life being about s ~ven years .• -\. t prespnt the inhabitants number 1,150. "Regtllarly, every week," writes Father Conrardy, "a small stea;11er makes its appe<tntnee here arm very early in the moming announces by the loud blowing of its whistle, that lepers have been landed. Then those who can, hurry to the shore. Often · we find our newcomers soaking wet. .Now again begin the cries and tears, for one sees here the n~eeting again of a hushand and h is wife, or a wife seeing a hnsband among them. sometimes a child seeing its father or mother."

·r. VIATEUR'' COLLEGE JOURNAL.

FOUNDED 1869. CHARTERDD 1374.

Tu& CoLLEGE afford exeellent f~cilitie:; for study, and the acquirement of a thorough knowledge of t.tODJ<:RN L NGUAGJ..;s, MATI-IE:UAT!C. ·, CLAS-"ICS, MUSIC', SCIE~CE, PHILO 'OPIIY, and THEOLOGY. Most careful attention is paid to the business training of young men, :J.ll(l a thorough practical knowledge of BOOK-KEEPING m1d COMMt.:B.CIAL LA \Y is imparted by skilled Professo rs.

1'he IJ.~t author and most npprovcd system of teaching arc adopt~d in all grades of the College. tudents l:nny enter nt any time. Tenn and tuition will begin with date of entrance.

Tenn fur board nnd tuition $i00.00 per annum.

Cntnlogttes, and any deSired inturm:1tion will be carefully ginn on :-~pplicntion to the Director.

H EV. :"II. .T. 1\[A H~ILE. c. S. Y.

~l. Yiateur's Collegr, ·Bouruonnais Grove, K:-mkakee Co., Ill.

~4 • ®.t it () . ~ .

• ·u. 12 COURT STREET, KANKAIU:E. ILL.

I ::lf"IIOOT. BOO I\ H. . LEGAL BLANKS.

~1) ~$ ~-n~1t1lnJo ~T A TION 1:.-:1~. "'\.- ..

1:3ook~. Ne"\Y~., ~Iu~ic., De."\ler in Foreign aJHl Domestic B,,sv.-.HALU! and RATl'. Fr~>nr~n TACKLE.

KANKAJ{EE. ILL. fANCY 00008 IIOTIO S DRT BOODS. TOY~ . t:RUIJl'ET. llAll'i CARHL\G ES.

C. II. ERZI:'\<lEH.'l-i Is t.he pla<·e to gt!l ehoi1-c 1<-c-Crrmn. i''rnits. :-iut.s, ( 'mHlie,o:. Oy:;h•r;., Cignrs nnrl Tohn<'Cu. The lnrge:<t IC'e-Crenm ann Confe~tionery Pnrlors in the city .

Cm'. Com·t ,_· t. & f.)1st Ave. }{ANKAK tY, ]u_

CIJA~. 1 .. :-\0WLTO~·s

Nt:W l'UOTOHRAPIIIC STt:UIO.

IJ'enroom A venue, 1 t. Door South of Court St..

K'lSt. "'irle. KANKAKEE. ILL.

1{. J. l-I_ANN A, WHOl.~:SALE A:"P HETAIL

(;HOCEH .-\.. ~ J)

l :0:\1 :"IIISSrO~ :\l ERCIJ A :'\T, LLa Con1·t :-it I'(·•·t,

I\ A :'\K .\ 1\EK ILL.

BRA YTO~ ,v UllU...,TlA:'\ IJJO;.H .RilS in ilfen·~. " "o m ••n '5 , )l i ~ S<'S ' i\IHI

,· hlhlrf'n ·~ lin t• au <I m £·dlum Shtws: al ~·• a ll s izt•> and j;TMics oC IlnHt•. ~~wrial inriU<: t>ments !ror

StUdt'Ut,<. Two do,)rs north <•f Pnst ol11ce.

11-ankakee, ill.

PE1~ER W ALZE~1, THOS 1\.El{R, Grower of IIARDW ARI';, ~TOVE"\, IROX.

llE LT I L. 1-.;. :;'TEt<:L. TL'\L\RE, XAILS, Etc., Watsaw, Hancock Co., lll. ,Job Work done in any p tlrf of the Uounty .

BEFtm&NCBS. C . ~ • • $• l "'- HeY. JM.. MKWito& R~bop of ureea Bar. , 01. "oo.., . ... ant Sch''.Y ler A v~nue. .Itt. icev • • . FlAk, Bboop ot ta,.enwotlb. KANKAKEE, ILL.

J. ~nbf!t DEALER IN

Hn.1'd1rare, Store., and T imoare, lHO~, ~A1L.."!:mrl WAGO~ STOCK.

No 13 EAST A \'ENUE, KA~KAKEE, ILL.

Johfo i nrl Dolle to Ordl'l'. ----- - ------D. Q. SCHEPPERS, M. D.

2 9 2 Larrab<'<' St. Chicago, Ill.

Dr. SC'IIEPPERS

Will he in B<•urhonnais on the 1st t~f each Month. ---- --·------------------

,J. W. BUTLim, PAPEH Co.

Wholesale Paper Dealers. A fulllliw of Cards nnll Wedding goods

k('pt • on'll<~ nt ly •m ha utl. ~os. ltlil & ltl.i .Monroe ~trcet,

Chicago, Ill. FRED ZIPP.

The ol<le~t f\N>t & Sholl Hon~e In th(' City, Cnstomns ~ill alway~ haw good Bargain~,

N<>. 1i t 'ourt StrC'e t , Kaltkak<'e, Ill.

FOR CLEAN CLOSE SHAVES AND

Hal• cuts a Ia Pompadour, and In all t.hP. lat­est ta3h!ons call at the TONSOHTAL P,\RLOR,.

OF AMEDEE GRANDPRE

- In Bell Tower­ALL WORK Ot" ARA~TEED.

I

ST. VIAT1:£UR'~ COL LE<i-E J OURNAL.

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.r .. J. SCHUBEH.T. NOTRE DA1\'IE ACA DEMY, PRESGlUJ "l'IONS F l LTJ I;;J) 1}AY O;R NJGHT Pn.tent I\·{ prJ ieines on H aneL P R O PlU.WI'Olt OF THl~ DmECTtw BY TIH: Srwr tms OF Tu~o:

Ger'lllall FI'n 'Jr.1J"l1l 'l11 ll1Brl·G~ll Pn' Ul'lil8Gu Co.:-<G ln:GATION oF NoT t!E D.ua:. ' wl ~ · Clll . l. ·1 " ' •1 J · ' T his In~tit11Uo11 a.lforlls <' V<-' l'i' :tdvnnt:l!£<' fo r

Cor. Ea st. A ve. & r, 'f~·J ' t'l J :mL St. lCA:-IT<.Al\ !1: :·:, Ill . I \.'nnng !.adi l'" d t•~iron~ of olJ!'.>Ji ni ng; a snl irl and

WA LLPAPER AT COST!

OTTO F., KURRASCH. l(P0ps c nn~tH.nt<v oull ;wd ;t t·ull lnw of linish(•d udllllat.ioJL For r•n,J'tk nl:m;- a pplY to DRUGS, MtDICINES, ?AINTS, OILS ETC, HC. i\Iotli er Snperi o•·. .

.Also <tliu o !ill l' o l' Toil <•t Art i<:l< IS of :illl<imls, :"\ut1:o D:JltlU A<·aflPIH)', FillP. C i g-ar~ and To l>:! c~ n. Hn urlHilllla.i:-; <;rnvP,

5, Court. St. U:aulmJree Ill , Toil et A r t i<'lr.s , Combs, Hrn~lH;s, Soitps,

Pc r funH'S, J>aints, Oils, G1as~, !..amps. _ _ _ .o,.~_tY'~<..:,\ t. i; AN l ) :=; p;p, l\1K .... ,~~;1 __ -- ·-- K a nl\ a.k ee Uo., Jll.

A. H. PII<E.

KA:-flCAli:E lc, ILLINOIS.

J OI-IN G. KNECI-l'T, Merchant Tailor,

HEADY-J\IA DE Cloi hi.ng· Hats and Cap~.-Gcm. ' s Ulltl en vea r.

Trunks , V alises, Fnmisliing (loocls .

Wilson llros' F ine ~hi r ! s.

NO'l. 2 AND -t COURT ST REET.

Ii:a nkakee, Ill .

~lUSIC FREE! ~eu<.l 15 <:euts

For m.aili ng, $s'CLLlt'l:, rece ive

Worth ot l\1uslC. Comprising J:rn 111 5 t.o s pi0c.cs . · t lte latest of o ur

lllllJlica.tions, fo r tlw (Hlrpo;;e of i ntrodnction. ~.:;i;,..Atldress : Ji:unkel .GI'lls. , Cl2 Olive otrec t ,

t>T . LOU JS, MO.

J. I<-. EAGLE. LUJv..CEER..

A large auL! co ut !J ieLe a:;so rtme n t or Lumber, L:rLII, :::iliingles, Posts, Sash, Doors, B~in cl s an d Monlcl ings always on ha nd .

F illing large onlers fo r D iment io n Lu mber a Sj;e<:t:lity.

Y a rds, on East Avenue, Kank:1 kee, lll., ·2nc1. Yal'd Nortli Cou r t Street, and a t Momence, uctween C. & L. l. and R iver. A cl clress, J . K. EAGLK KANKAKEE, I LL_

HAND-~tADE P ur e \V<tx 'CaudlPs per li.J . .t;, et;; J' 'fouldetl ' V:tx Calllllvs , ·, . " ;)x et.s 8t.ea.r ic Wax, " " 20 ~cs: ::;peC'Htl Prices to pa.rties Unying in largt: quallti t ieR.

Catholic rra.yer Books ~5 d s. •q>wa rds.

Ci\'rUOLIC ~'AfiHLY UWLES, Wit h two htrge c!<tsps <t<tll Fancy Ed~e :';<U.DDoel!t free to any part of U. 8. on rece ipt of price.

GRAHAM & SONS, Importrrs of Church Goods, Jobbws in 8e houl

noolcs and C<ttlwlic Bookselle rs . 113 S. Desphtines St. Cor. 1\Ionroe. Chicago, Ill.

Correspoudeuce sollici ted.

SCHOOL ROOI\t;. LJWAL Jl L A~l\H.

FHANK HELL A 1\1 Y.

STATIONERY. 'Books, News, lUmdc,

\V :.tll-Pa p ·er, ' Viu<low Shad e s . KA .\' KAKEE. I'LL.

TOYS !' JUTU1tES. BABY l :A HIU A<:ES.

WALTER S. TODD.

irAJfD ·Wltll~E~ SLow•s, 1ron. N:tils a.u cl Wagon woocl st<ll' k .

T in ware nne! T in wo rk of nil Jd nds. No:~ Com·t Street,

KANKAKEE, fL L.

C. WOJ.l<' K llariJ« J' Hh <>p .

LJn,ler V111lmch's Hanws~ otore, Kankakee Tl! Fir~t C t as~ Wo J·l' gna.l'<tn teed. ,. '

t;tud ents e~pcc iall y in vitee!. ·

A. Ehrich EAST COU K l' 1::l 'l' REET

KANKAKEE. I >t~ : il e r in .;]Joiees t Oroee ric~. dwicest

IJ r : ll lll ~ or Ji l our, Keeps o1t h aucl co ns tantly a large : 1 .~8 • r r.nJC~ 1 1t of Feed and P roLlnce.

l ' l c:a~e ua]J a n d c-ee 11 1e before go ing auy pla(;e else.

STU DEc;" T S nncl TEACI-IEW:L · A ttention!

T!w 1'a11ta;.:;raph, tH'IIHliJen tal P encil TABLETH V,V l LL PLEASE YOU ; ask fo l' tb em at your SlaLI<>IH, ry t; Lure kept at t he CO LLEGE BOOK STOltE.

'fh0 P a.ntag rap ll Est .. W. H. DAHCH:=J J . T. IWNEV . J\fauagc r .

'General G 1·ocer . ~-:r.r>OMlNGTON , ru .. A large and well selected Stock of Best

Goods constantly on hand come o·et our prices on the best articles. "' 1\a.JJ kal«'e t; J;oue a.nd Lime Co1np:.ny.

\Ve carry th e best quali ty of goods se- l \ 'COJn·ouAT t·:D FEB. ~3rcl. I ~o 7. lected especially for this market and l'rnpri dors o: the CcleiJrat.ed Kanl\akee ti<H <til kincl.s of smokers' articles the wn.y to ' L i 1ne stun~~ Quarril's. m ake t1mes easy. ]i' . 1 \ ·V -1 ' . , ·1 L '

Dealwiththereli ableFitmof JPS 1 . ooc ou t neL lin e Vv. H. Darche, nliY:l,)' S o n lt :JJ •cL

Grand Street, Bourbonnais Grove, IlL KAN'KAKE!S, I LL.

BENZIGER BROTHERS,

Publishers, Man ufactu rers of

Church Goods Regalia J ust

Published.

•' Colll pend ium Sncrre Litmgicre"

By l{c :v . J un ucent \V;1 ppelhors t 0 . :::i. F.

l!auonio;tl Pruecdun in Disci JIIinary ;wd Criminal Caslls ada.pted by llev. S. Q. ~lcssiuer D. D. 1/H i\hN IWI·: ST. CHICAGO 1 LJ .INO IS.

I<- IMBER & EVA.NS PHO'l' OGRA PHERS,

NORTHS fDKCOURT8~ KAN K AKEE.

SPECI AL ltATES GIVEN TO

CLUBS. SATISFACTION GUARAN T EE D

~ . .. , .......... ,.,. ..... ...... ~ ... . - ~ ........... - .... -::- .... , . , ......... ,

l\)~t?\\ GiLLorrs i

rS>f~cf ~ertz. l GOLD MEDAL, P AR!S, 18'78.

His Celel:rr ated N umbers,

3 03-404-170 - 6 0 4-3 3 2 ¥ and his othm• styles may be had oj ctll deale1'C

tlwouglwnt the u·orld.

Jo>3ph Gillott & 8a;1s, r;cw 'liw.· lc

The '• J OURNAL'' is a first c lass

mediu m fo r ·•A DVERTJ SING." Spe­cia l atteut ion paid to the prin t ii1g o{

BUSINESS CARDS~ BILL IIEADS~ ETC. ~Terms reasonable.~

The STUDENT S, Editors-P1'op.