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VOL. IV BOURBONNAIS GROVE. ILL. MONDAY, May. 31 1886. No 5'

~T. VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL

PUBLISHED SElUI-ltiONTIILY, BY THE ~TUDE~"T8.

EDITORS. J. CUSA.CK, Editor in clliet

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EDITORIALS.

l''AREWELL SWEET 1\IA Y! yon speed into the great past wit.h nil our dee(!:;. We d:v;h into the t'nturc witb uttr- bright hopes. \Ve will not however, le:tVi\ yuur frngrnnt bowers without culling a houquct i>f liv­ing forget-me-not.Q. May the e.·hocs of your dc~u joyous lays ever remind us of this •JUr youthful gladness. Mny the ~weet f>~rfumc you so nbund:tntly shed in tHtr hcM·ts

so embalm our departure lh:~t we 11!:1)' lung luJ•g:prc­serve the wholE>Some dispositions in which we new live and le:-t.rn nn(l have joy.

* * • uo::;y JC~F;, we s.'\lutc thee: June with us is ·event._

ful. Such thi::~ y('nr will be the progrnmmc ol festivities: first the Ascension, the FirSt l<'riday, the Fe~t of the S.'lcred Heart, the Competitions, the Ordinations, the Picnie, the Ha.se-ball, Corpus Christi, First Communion, the Retreat ami IMtly the cnowning-CommencenH•nt Dnyll\Ia.y is passed, hurrah fur Juncl

• • • t THE TWgNTY Sf•:Co~n of .June shall he um· lm;

n.nd ou r first this year, unle s ~omc unforeseen obstruc­tion provent the sun from illumining our pro pected jOJ. ~o. every body be ready-we await you to our feast. lt is to he hoped that as large a number as possible will tn.ke advanblge of the 22nd. to mnkc it the uccwion of a happy reunion of "old chums."

• * * THE JOURNAL, it i~ encouraging to say, is rc-

C\~i ving very tltvorab!e notice from the confraternity of :1matcnr .Journalists. \YB are th:mkful to auy of our ex­change~ who judge us fuirly, as thankful for coasidcr­nte a1l vice as for encouraging praise .

• .. * DECORATION DAY, the memomble <lay of the

veterans, 3. uolher mile-stone of our college wayfaring, is just passed. Rev. Fr. Marsile in some well chosen re­mark~ at the ch:qwl reminded us our duty to theherocs wlw won f(lr us the blessings we are now so proud of. It should not be, he said,a day merely of thoughtless rejoic­ing butone, such as it was in_itsbeautifnlorigin,ofpmy­erful remembering. As bereaved mothers and childreu nnd spouses ~trewerl tht-1 graves of their dc:1r 1lead with tears and pmyers nu<l flowers, so we, wo should grate­fully commemorate the glorious deeds and soldierly tleuth of our nation':~ braves and cheer the veterans whtJ arc still in om mi!l.st to recount the history of the wnr.

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CHOICE CATHOLIC bnoks hy tlw le:~ding eatho­lic writers of the rlny haYe be en ~ent for and will be added to the college libmry. We can hut very strong. ly nrge the stnrlents to read s:mc and instructive liter­:\tur':l wbieh is as essential a nutriment for a be!llthy state of tl:o mimi us is wholesome food for the borly.

• • • TII[i; LATE COi'JTEST for the Hsgan elocution

merlal evidences the success of the instructors and the proficiency of the learners. It was a treat throughtmt nnd wo say "bravo" to every one .

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GO ST. VlATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL.

A PETJ.'J....,ION.

Confidillg in you, my deilr Mo1l1er,

I kneel nt your altar to-night

To beg of you aiu and assistance

:in choosing my pnthw11y arigllt.

For you can obtain of your J esus

The grace which I now ask of Him

Implore Him, oh Mother most tender

To brighten the way now so dim.

Since shadows around me ha ve fallen

Tile path I deemed clear seems so dark

To whom shall I turn, oh, my Mother,

If you will,refnse me- but hark !

Methinks! I hear soft as a zephyr

The words "None have asked thee in vain

For succor, for help, consolation

In trifles or heart's deepest pa:n. "

Remember then, let it not, .Mother,

Be said that there died at your feet

The child who now craves your assistance

Through life that my work be complete.

Oh! help me, and send through the darkness

~T One glimmer, though faint, of thy light

'Twill shed on my soul peace, contentment,

And change into clay this dark night.

G. l\'I.

READING EVERYTHING.

Many things have been, anrl are daily being, said about the fright­ful effects of bad reading in our country. The ho:1est and the good often raise their voice to condemn the impiety and crime that stalk about in our land, and among the first causes of such a pitifu l condition of things they mention bad, uncrupulous and indiscrimi­nate read ing. This they hold to be the primary cause of our impending ruin. We are awJre that this subject has been ably and frequently treated before; but we C:'tn not refr.ain from giving salutary advices to young

minds who are ready to· follow the right path in every­thing if it be tnt pointed oqt to them.

N a.ture has given to man an intellect to know, a heart to love, and a will to guide and direct both in­tellect and heart in their respective functions of know­ing and lovi11g. Now each of these fMulties h~L:; its pro· per object for the knowing or loving of which it has has been created. As tbe Creator is goodness itself he . could not have created a.nything bad, nor could he have given as the object of these noble powers, · any­thing evil. So we conclude and say with reason apd .~ · truth, the object of the intellect is the good and the f

true, the object of the hea.rt is tlle beautiful, whieh arises out of the union of the good ann the true.

vVe know from experienc" how distinct are these fa­culties of out soul, as well as their actiom, which ,we notice every day. Our mind cravee for knowledge; it would like to know everything, and it shows itself in bold rel ief in youtll's wondrous curiosity. Our bearL we know, loves all that pleases it and calls all that it loves beautiful, pretty, nice. And if we notice our will it manifests itself even more plainly than the other fac ul­ties in the very words we utter sooften: Iwili ,Iwi ll l!o t! 1 ·

Just as we are perfectible beings, so onr [Len ities are perfectible, and we may improve onr intelleet, our heart, and our will by exercising each iu its proper sphere. Our will we exercise in our daily actions; llllt as it is a blind f<Wnlty, depending entirely upon tile iu ­tellectforitsinformation,itison ly t bron;,;-b our inLel ieet that w e can reach it, and hence the more properly develop­ed the intellect is, the more proper ly shall the will perforrn its J'unctionF, for the more clearly shall it then perceive in everything the good it has to follow. Our intellect we per­fect by the acquisition oflrne knowleclge, our heart we de­v elop by the study of all that is beautifu l in uatureandart·

Now the great means which we posses for acquiring knowledge and develqping our heart is that of reading. The learning of centuries is collected and . kept as a sacred deposit in the millions of volumes . that now· swarm the earth .. '.I,' he vast librarie:o and the crowded stores of the book-sellers all over tire world are so many .branches of the tree of knowledge from which every one is invited to pluck and to eat that he may become learned and wise.

Unfortunately for ns, we live in an age when hones­ty is almost an unknown virtue. We finn in book-sellers as a rule a clQ-ss of men intent on making money at wllatever cost. They scruple not to abuse of the sacred­ness which tllat fruit of knowledge possesses in the eyes of all men. In order to fill their coffers , they dnre sell ns the true fr nit of knowledge abominable falsification which, instead of imparting learning and wisdom io the buyer, will inevitably blight those noble facult ies the germ of which was implanted into every heart. '

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The b .cok-:seUer goes further. Knowing the passions ·by whi('jh.fallen nat'ure is apt to be swayed anrl enticed,

· he buys with his gold the talent and often the genius · of the land that it may empl<•y all its powers to write sensational works that will bring a large sale. Then he distributes this poisonous fruit bwad-cast throughout the world in the shape or books finely bound and at­traqtiV'ely decol·ated, with inviting and promsing titlPs. Sometimes,evenmerchantsant! business men in general, in their anxiety to advertise, disperse hellish inde­cencies and publications which wind up with an iuvita­tion to visit their firm or open trade with them.

Such being the sacl condition of things; the bad a.ud t.be false being so maliciously mixed with the good ttnd Lhe true, and the fals11 being so often circulated under tLe guise of the true, it. is with reason that we are war­ned to be careful in selecting our reading mat.ter. Our care in this respect should iudeed be great, for ouce the poison shall have been inttoducerl into our minJ, it will be h:ml to eounleract or destroy i ts pernidous efi<·ots, bar<ler hy f:tr than the ta.sk of counteracting poison introclttced into ,our very blood. U:1lwppily we arc generally 'very careless ubou t the matter and we reacl almost anyth ing, provided it be print. An·l this brings us to speak of the arch-evil of our Jny, which i:; the crnze for rc~~ding everything.

•·'l'o·dn.y," :1.5 was wtlll sai<l Ly D upau l,>up, "we read cve1·ythin~ anfl o.t every age." \Ve rea1l a." circnmstallecs and l : llv~y will favor. vVe have no method , no order iu our reaJings; we never take a note, we never reflect or think over wlra.t we hn_ve read, ancl the consequence is that we lose om time nnd spoil our mental faculties. Shall we perfect our mind by piling into it, topfly-tur­vy, who!<.>- volumes at a time? Shall we noni"ish onr in­telleet by stuffing it with every dirty st0ry picked up from the ucwflpnpers? Sllall we strengtbc.n that brain of onrs by bnnlening it with n disorderly amount of words and thoughts, good or bact, sorclid or chaste, ~ collected from ever scrap of print that falls under onr eyes? Ah! surely not. We sho nld be more reasonab le. \Ve shouhl better unrlcrstand om good, see our danger.

·what wonl<l we think of a perfon who, under the plea of improving his health, would eat inrliscrimmat<­Jy of everything presenterl to him and in such a quanti ­ty as t6 render himself incapable of moving Ji·om the spot? W e would consider this man unwi'Seand wewo:.:hl be right. We would say: this man will inevitably <lam­age his health and cause his ruin. Ilis digestive organs will be overburdened and entirely impeded in their work, and no good whatever will result to him from what be eats; on the contrary, his· organs will becume incapable of any work whatever and he will be lead to the gtave. Such woulu be onr verdict in regan! to the n1sh nnd foolish conduct of this individual.

And, I ask, what do we do for our intellect when we cram our min<l with all sort of notions and thoughts pickecl up on the higb-w!ly, in the street, or in the gut­ter? Are ~e wise when we benrl over lJ ioo<l .curdling tales ins pi rerl by, or depicting, all that is lowest and_ vi­lest in huroftn nntnre, reading and rlevouring thes@ t ill our eyes become dazzled :tnd our head reels in a fit of madness? Are we wi::.e when we inhale the impure airof the sensational novel, when we t:l.rry in tbe corrnpting atmosphere of the crimes and shn.mes which a.re record-. eel or related in trashy liiernturc such as is known unJer the name of the Dime Novel or the Detective Story? Ah! surely it is a pity to think that men will drag so low the noblest gifts of nature, their intellt~ct and their heart. That intellect which has been created to know all that is gootl ancl true, Uw.i hear t to love all th:tt is chaste ami beautiful.

Let us be practical. Would we for one moment bave for bosom friends such persons as are depicted to our excited and mislead imagiuation in ·most of the novels of to-day? Would we like to live with high-way robbers, with thieves and murderers such as are glorified in the cheap trash exposed on all book-stanus ?Wou ld we like to have for sisters or mothers, Jor hroihers or fathers> the sensual, voluptuous and good-for-nothing-but-to-

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disturb-every-one pel'sons that compose the heroes of ru ostly all novels non Ca.tholic? Surely not! .... Yet we g iYe them access to om very heart in our every day renclings. Should we not rather be able to s:~y with Eugenie de Guerin: "1 hate to meet with what I do not chose to seE>, and this makHs me close many a hook''?

From these few promiscuous remnrks let us couclutle by saying, that thqse who intend to becom e good, hon­est citizens, lovers of order and virtue, should have nothing to clo ·with tlle bad examples of vice and cor• ruption glorified in novels, in trashy literature, and in all b!td works in general. The llcal thy, strong and vigo~·­ous man is the one who is temperate, who selects his fbod an\1 stipulu.tcs the amount and the di versi ty to be used, who 111flrks out his hours of work and his hours of rest, and who never at any price departs !rom tl,lflt rule of life. The healthy , strong an<l vigorous mind will be the one who shall select scrupulously and conscientious­ly its reading matter, who will m::trk ont and observe its hours of stu ely ancl its hours of recreation, who will be tPmpcrate, nC YCI' over-charging its bruins, who will he orderly ~tnd methodical, without which nothing but confusion and chaos would ensue.

An<l we say with confidence, the one who shnll have oLsened all t.llCse wise measures will not tlclay to profit by them. H is intellect, his heart, and his will, shall all gradually develop into perfection uuiil he shall have the pleasure, the happiness of one day finding himself a good and solid man, with sterling qualities of heart and

~T. V lATEU Lt':::l CULLJ.1;UE JO U l~NAL.

mind , the admiration of all who have the pleasure of knowing and loving him. ''And us the hares of tlie mountains in winter become white from seeing and ea:t_ ing noth ing but the immaculate snow,'' so this man's lleart and mind will be pure n.nd chaste from see­ing and taking as their .food nothing but wlw.t is good and true in knowledge, chaste n.nd beautiful in nature and art.

A. lJ. G.

ST. VIATEUR'S, BOURBONNAIS. ..... In 1865 the building for the above institution was

commenced, the only available means being a loan of $6,000 furnished Qy Mr. Joseph Legris without note or mortgage. The building is now quite n. stately edifice, and the prosperity of the college is attested by many patrons, residents of different states. It has an ab!e corpse of professors, Father Marsile · at the head. The land upon which the institution stands consists of fifty acres adjoining the town of Bourbonnais, and is skirted by n. lovely natural forest, by which runs the Kankakee river. Around the ·building stately trees di~pute with lawn and walks in elegance and variety. Artful eyes, overslw.dowed with love for educational facilities, selec­ted this s~t of lovelines> to ];mild men, gren.t and good. Kankakee does not h<tlf rPalize the jewel she has in her · little sister Bourbonnais. The fruit from Father Mars!le antl .his co-laborers in the wo'rk is ripening. vVe should all look upon such an institution with pride and do what we can to build it up and make it more useful. Last Wednesday evening, through the courtesy ofFather 1\'Iarsile, we found oursdves in the :firie college parlor gazing out upon the campus where the smiling moon was peeping. through limb and leaf, as if to say, "I'll share a part of this beauty too." In a distant room the band struck up sweet strains of music, and at this in:>tant Father ~Iarsile entered 9milingly ann says, "Come, the Hagan gvld medal is to be contested for to-night, and there a.rc twelve contestants from our young grammar cl::ts>:es. Yon three are to be the judges." We soon enter­eel the hall filled with students w.ith happy faces. We were given seats near the platform, and after the very excellent musical in trod nction the contest commenced. 'Ve shallgi ve only such parts of the program mens seemed the more striking. Our aotention had SC'1rcely been taken from the music hefore William O'Day, of Chicago, made his entrance upon the plntform, evidently worked up into a rage of apparr:mt passion. "He was not mad," 'but his selection required such exhibition of feeling, and he performed his part well. He was followed hy Thomas Normoyle, of Rock Island, Ill., in "Grattan's reply to Curran." This young man made a fine appearance, well proportioned, strong, vig?rous, with excellent voice. If !Je will cultivate modulation, gracefulness, an easier

style and better aiticnlatiou, he will ~nakeafinespeak,er. Louis Grandchamp, a lumberman fro_m ,Alpina, Mich., the oldest of the class, certainly <lHi hhJ:lse,lf credit. ' His

· was a comic piece, a law-suit of' the Piclpvick ord,er;and the fun rolling from his lips wn.s overwhelmed in ap­plause. The next was .Jmnes Bar-ry, of Chicag,.o, who was followed by Walter Quinoy, of B.,.mrhonunis, reciting the ''Sword of BtttJker Hill." Mr. Willi.am Quinbn, of Chicago, in ''Cataline's Defin.nce," was well .d t?livered, anrl thea Mr. Samuel Sa,in<lon, of Hopeston, ill ''S0crat~s Snook," played the romic well. We. liked his indepen­dent nonchalant style. William Mohr, of Shoals, Ind., has good articula.tion and a natural easy manner. Frank .Moran, of Indi:mapolis, Ind., a small boy, not over nine or ten years old, spoke well, and so with the next, Denis Ricou, of Shreveport, La., a very graceful natural spea­ker, and good articulation, n. small boy of great promise. Walter Evrard, another little fellow from Chicngo, impressecl us very much, and his delivery was fair; for one so young it was excellent. J ames Bigham. of In<lia­napolis, was very goo<1 in "l~oger and L" It is a diffi­culL pi_ece, bnt was well executed. We must not say too much or we will give it away ( ?) but we tru~t we cnn keep the secret up to the time when Father Hagan comr8

down and delivers the prize in person. Mr. J. Gelino and son were in n.tt.ondance from Kankakee, to whom we retnrn tllfmks for n monlight rirl e. Kanlcnlcee Ch,;Pf

BASE BALL.

On Thursday last our "Champions'' made a visit to Wilmington to test the strength of the Blues. To say that we recei vecl a rousing recept!Qn, expresses is too feebly. All that's necessary to constitute a good tirHe was prepared and the boys enjoyed themselvt~s as n<>-vei be­fore. After partaking of an excellent meal at the hotel we adjourned to the clnh room where · we donned our uniforms and prepared for the contest. V\' e were some­what pleased to learn that o ur friend lVIR. Me Vey was not to pitch as his puzzling curves badly fooled us on our own grounds. The boys found no clifficH!ty in finding Moran, each one tnking his turn at a sn.fe hit. For the home team Quigley played an unexceptionally fine game at second ; the bftSe r.unning of Walsh and Bennett were notieeable features. A one hand catch made by Kra use in the sixth inning elicited much applause. Shields played his usual good game on first stopping some poor thrown balls in good style.

As for ourselves we did well, most of the work was confined to the battery, and they deserve credit for their fine play in g. We hop•l to cro~s bats once more this year with the Wilrpingtons if possible. The score :

Wilmington 2 0 0 b 0 0 1 2 0-,5 B0nrbonnnis 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 0-9

Quinlan, Umpire J. U. Kelly, T. G. Carroll, Scorers.

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En clfet , il est vrai que cbns le cours orrlina ire d es clwscs, !'action de D_ien est s ilencieuse et cachee et ne

se muntre qn '<1. ce ux qtl i la cherchent avec sin cer ite . l\1ais pari'ois D ieu se re vele au·x yenx de tout le monde rl'une m ani ere particuli ere soit par d es actes de justice Oll rle miserieorde. "'I'ant6t, (lit Bo8suet., il arrete les pnssions, tant o't ' illeur l!tcbe 'Ia b ri r1e et par Lt. i1 rem ne t out le genre ltnmain. Vent-i! fairc d es . conquerants il envoie l'epouvante ·(levan t eux; il inspire <l cux et a leurs svldats nne hardi e;;se inviuc.:ilJl e. Veu t-il fa ire des legistateurs '? Illeur ccmmuhiqne un espnt d e sagt: ss0 e t de Jn'Bvoy ance; illeur fait prevenir lcs maux qu i me11a· c.:0nt les _ <~tats et saper les fonrleme nts de !a tranquilite pulJli <[U C. C'est lu i qui prfpar e les effets clans leurs causes lcs plus 6 l o i gn0e~ et qui frapp e les grands coups cbnt Je c..'ontrecoup porte si loin. "

JYiais <hns qn el pays e t ,1, q L1el temps cette interven­ti on divine s'est-t-elle manifest ee au~8i clairemen t que dans I ~ France, au 15ierne siecle ? Faire quelque chose de rien . Re£airc une nation en ruin e par l;:t main cl'une

fhiule bergere depasse les forces b umaiues. La Fra.nce est epuisee par de nornbreux cl esn.stres. Pour remplir une conditio n d ' un truite, Char les. VI perd Ia muitie de ses Etats. La France est a deux doigts de sa perte. E st-ce qn'elle va s uccomber? Non! Dieu ne le v eut pas ; il la sauvem et a fin que son intervention so it evidentc, il se sert d' nne iennc v ierge pour accomplir ses d esseia's mist=· rcordi eux .

J eann e tl' Arc remplit sa m tsswn avec une · ficlelite invi o l::t~1 lc; cUe manie !'e pee avec une aJmirable habilete , et ellc con(i nit des armees avec la plus grande sngesse ; m}tis chose remm:qnab le , en <levenaut une si vallrahte g uerriere, elle n e change pas ,·~e caructere e lle est tou­jours l'humhle pucellr. de Dumremy: elle pleure pour nn rten, pClltt' une Iegere bLessure, }JOur tin' mot: qui i;iifer1se sa mod estie: elle est ~iwpl~meot un 111citrurnent clans los main() de Di eu pour proV·g er les Francs.

Les Anglrtis, honteu:s: c1e se voi r vaincrc par Jcn.nne, s' ec.:rient: "0omme~t vou lez-vous que nons reculions <l evant un o femme? Ils essaient ,'\. la !Jraver, mais leurs effort sont vain~, car vra iment ce n'est pas devant U'l1e fetnrne quils r ecn lent, c'est devant un po uvoir surnaturel. En quntre jours e ll e deg~ge Orleans; par trois coups d 0cisifs, elle anive ~'\. Rheims Ott el le fhit sacrcr le roi Charles VH.

'A pres de tels proc1i ges, pourra.it-on refuser de croire f'\.1::1.

ce1este mission d e Je::tnne d'Arc. Elle affirme elle-rneme qu'elle est "hi servante de Dieu, unc panvre fi lle." S ur le J,Ctelt er, e lle repete ces- braves paroles; '•Vraiment si vous me deviez d etruire ks meml;>res on me fa ire pnr­tir l'ilme du corps. Je nc di ra.is pas a utre chose.'' Et <hms son angoissP supreme: "Non, je 110 me suis pas trompee; ITI% revelu.tions eta.ient de Dieu. Ri en do lle n' est plus dou loureux que l'attitncle cle l' bi stor i<:n sc.:eptiqu e m1 prl:sen c:e de cette granrleur surnnturel!e.

C'est Ia piLie, d tseil t les nDs qui a fai t ,Jetwnc d'Aru. Comment se peut-il que Ja vitie ait al l um(~ de teb d6-von ements dn.ns Lm cowr si tim itle, dans title fi ll c <lont l'enfunce s·est eco uliic aupres de ses troupeaux '? Com­LlJ ent peut-il se fhire que Ia pi tie a it anne son bras d'ull e foi·ce si r e<lou table que tont s uccombe et se brise <L son approche? Eb bien! disons-le avec nos arlversaires c.:'cst Ia [Jitie qui a fil.it ,Ten nne rl'Arc, maig Ia pitiG ·<fe'n bau t

qui a vouln sauver Ia France. H a llucinee! rlisellt !e.• antres. Cette nssert1on tom l,c

cl'elle-m eme. Unc h:tllucinee, cette ent:mt si saine d 'es_ !Jr it et cle corps, qui tienL la. victoire dans ses mains et restaure un peuple ! S' il 'e n ava it ete ainsi, comment au ra it-elle pu reeonnnitre Charles VII, qu'elle n 'nvait jam.ais vu, parm i une fou le d'h.ommes ;\ ln.qnelle il s'Nnit

mele !L <lcssein? Cn.m::neut amait-elle }JU prMire avec une si exar;tc predision les victoire~ d ' Orleans, lc saere

de Rheims, le nomhre de ses blessures. Oui! r econnaissons le han Lement, tl •nt est prodigie ux

thns la v ie de J u mne d'Arc et elle n'a pu accomplir sa tache que parTassistance cl'en hant. Victorieuse iusqn' ::l. ce que sa mission soit flnie, elle meurt comme une sninte sur le brtcb.cr all'umee p ar la rage et le fanatisme de seg enrl flm is. Anx lauriers immortels qui · cour onnr.nt son

front virg inal, i1 ne ma.nquc plns que lc niml.le des

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CUEILLETTES.

- Vacance! - 22 Juin ! - Adieu ! ou mieux au revoir ! - ~ioise va au Cantlida. - Si l'exe ur~ion au Canada a lieu, elle promet d 'etre

pa tronisee. - P. Houde est sous les ordres de Tilaire - Le Rev. P. Poulin est arr ive a Manteno a.pres un

sejour de plusieurs mois au Dakota. T ons ses amis s!~

rejouissent de son retour. - Le Rev. 1\1. Letelli Hcloitfaire•esndieux, le lOJuin,

A ses paroissiens d'Alpena qui, si la rnmeur ne nons trompe pas, lui presenter out un agn:)able souvenir.

- Eel. est att.endu pour tOUI'Der Les crepes au grand pi'l'.le-nique.

- Celeste (1ecl:lmera " L'6pave" de F. Coppee, a La seance de la fin c1e l'annee.

- Le, jeunes ,oleves rlu sanctu:~.ire cloivent etrenner leurs jolies sou tan \lS !Jlanches, le jour de l' Ascens ion. 1\Icrci nux ho nncs personnes qni ont bien voulu les fnire !

- Lr Rev. P. Iludun, le devone asf:istant c1e Notre D:~.rne, vient d'etre admis dans le di l,cese de Grancl R:1 pids c.t sera scion toute proba!Jilite !JicntOt nommt­<:nn~ de M:ulis ~ ee.

- Lc Rev. P. Beregcron LJ:l.t it un Hw.gnifiq ue pres­by tt:·r.e en bri.q ucs de Mil W<tukce: ce no n vel edifice fer a honneur a Ia paroisse de Notre Dome.

- Le Rev. P. Choninanl dunnera nne medaille d'or ;\ h classe ee llelles-Le ttres Fra.n9aises.

Les d ifl eren ts portraits P' is au College par In ma.ison Doumet de New- York :;out n.tlmira!Jles de ressemblancc. lls evm~n·e1ment <.:eux !lc Ia Fn.culte, tlu Cours chssiqlle ct commeruial, cte Ia societe de ~t. Patrice, de Ia f~tn!'are ct <le I'Orchestre.

- Le Rev. P. Legris a.donue le sermon de !a clc)t ur l' du mois de Marie, ;\ K an kakee.

PIERRE MENARD.

Le C:>nmlieo epro nve un sentiment de lt~gitin1e fiert(: lorsqn'il se mppelle que scs peres ont ete le premiers explOTateu rs de la plus grande partie de ce va.stc pays que nous nons appelons aujourcl'hui Ia Republique deH Eta.ts-Unis.

La fin du dernier siecle et le commencement du nCitre vircnt des milliers de Canadiens quitter b pr<>vince de

Quehec pour alter parcounr en tons sens les belles vallees de !'Ohio, (l\~ Missouri, et du Mississipi. A cctte phalange de braves pionniers, qui planterent les premiers j a lons de La civ ili zation en Amerique, appartient le sujet dh ces quelques notes h iographiques, Pierre Men:trd , premier Lieutenant Gouvemeur de l' Etat del' Illinois.

Pierre Menard naquit a Que!Jec, en 176 7, d'une res­pectabl e famille, origiHaire de Ia Normandie. A yant recu nne n, sez bonne instruction, il parti t pour aller tenter fortune au " P ays des Illinois" qui comprennit alurs l 'Indiana, le Mi~scuri et !'Illinois. Jl arrivn. a Vincennes, en 1787, age de vingt ans seulement. Deux ans plus tard il cut le boJtbeur de . rencuntrer W ashington dans la Prnnsy lvanie, ou il etait alle avec le colonel Vigo, ltalien, qui venait maintenant consulter Washington sur le question des Snuvngcs.

L 'annee suivante, Menard vin t il Kaskaslda ou il com­menca lt faire Ia tra.i te avec les Indiens, ce qui rlemeura Ia grande ocr.upation de sa vie. Il montra beaucoup d'aptitude et d'nd1·csse pour le commerce et devin t tres-populaire parmi les Sauvages, ce qui lui valut d' etre nomme agent des Indiens par le gouvernement Americain auquel il rendit (1e gramls services en con­eluant plu~iers traites importents.

En 1809, le Territo ire de !'Illinois fut forme et tli vise en six comtes, et Menard fut elu au Conseil Leg islatif par le comte de Ranclolpl! . Le Conseil ~e renuit et 1\Ierwrcl fu t nomme a l'unanimi te president de l'assem­!Jlee, position qu'il retint jusqu':1 l' epoque de Ia forma­tion de !'Illinois en Etat, en 1818.

De president clu Conseil Legislatif tlu Territoire de !' Illinois , notre b ra,·e Canad ien devint, par l' electiond u peu ple entier, L ieutenant Gouvemnur (le l'Etat ct il ga.rda ce poste elcve jusqu\i. l'aunee 1822. Comme Lieutenant Gouverneur il presidait 1" Sen at (l e !'Illinois et, au ternoignnge d'un l!i ~torie n Amer icain, il inspirn, plus <l'une des sages lols qui out ~;outribu 6 au hi e11-0t re eta l'avaneement cl e l'Etat.

Eu 182;2, YI . ."William Kennedy f11t cboisi li eutenant Gun verneur. Depn is cette ,late jnsqu \1, sa mort, le colonel l\:I enan.l refusa toutcs Jes charges politiqtws rrui lui furent offertes et s' occu~m des llffaires de sa thmille, au milieu rle lnrruelle il s'ete igni t en 18'.lc4, npres avoir recu tons les secours de la religion c::. t!Jolique qu'i l nvait toujours fitl elemcnt praLiqu6e. Lc seul postc <tn'il voulut accepter fut celui de commissairc des Sau­vages qui lui donna. !'occasion (le coudure plusieurs traites importants, ninsi que no us l'a vons dej ;l ment ionne.

C'est en reconnaissance <les serviecs signales rru'ils renuit ii son pltys q u'on (lonnn, en 183\J, son nom <l lll l

' des comtes les plus florissants de !' Illinois, situe sur les bords <le La. rivi crc Sangnm on. C'c1>t pour donner conrs an ml:me sentiment de grntitnll c r1u' il est maiutcnnnt

LE CERCLE FRANCAIS.

question d'eriger un monument pu'llic i\ sa memoire au centre mGme de Ia metropolc commerciale de cet etat qu'il a taut aide 1\ former et r\ faire marcher clans la voie du progres. Mainteuant q ue !'Illinois est grand et prospere, i.lne Lloit pas oublier la dette qui! a contrac. , tee <l son egard. C'est done un acte de justi ce de Ia part d u peuple de l'Illinois que de concourir ill' erection de ce monument qui serv ira a perpetuer le souven ir de leur premier Lieutenant Gouverneur.

Pour nous, Canadiens, c'est un sujet oie g loire que de pouvoir compter parllii nous des hommes -tels que Pierre Menard et ses nombreux compag nons de decou­vertes. Ce sera un sujet de gloire pour nous qi.1e de renconter dans nos gran des villes americaines des monu­ments cleves a l'honneur de nos peres qui fonderent ces cites au milieu des plus grands perils et souvent au risque de leur vie. Deja la reconnaissance publique a el'ige un monument au pt re Marquette, sur les bords du lac Michigan, a Ia pointe St. Ignace. A l'hem·e qu'il est, les j ournaux americains an noncent la prochaine inaug u­ration de Ja statue de P. Menard. Ce monument en bronze collte $25,000 et r-Bpresente Pierre Menard faisant Ia traite avec un Indien qui est assis sur un marceau de fourrures, entoure de ses chiens et de ses armes. L' In­dien presente une peau a t'habile negociant qui Ia con. sidere avec attention. Nous devons remarquer que ce monument superbe est le don de M. C. P . Chouteau, de St. Louis, a l'Etat de !' Illinois . Le perc cl u genereux donateur etait jad is associe avec Menard pour faire Ia traite des fourrures clans l'Ouest et c'est ·a !'instigation cle !'honorable E. B. Washburne que son fils daigna faire ce digne present a la ville de Chicago.

Des preparatifs se fo nt pour rendre !' inauguration dn monument aussi solennelle que les circonstances le demandent et tous les pionniers de I' Illinois se £erontsans doute un devoir d'Gtre presents pour temoigner Lle leur respect, envers un homme qui Je merite a tant de titres.

LE ROLE PIWVI DENTIEL DE LA FRANCE.

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Dans lcs ceuv re divines rien n'cst laisse au hasard tout est coorclonne avec nne sagesse infinie, tou t tend a l' accomplissement d ' un p lan forme par Dieu de toute eternite. Les nations comme les individ us concourent a sa realisation. Dans l'antiquite, un Cyrus est suscite p~ur delivrer le peuple d'Israel et un Alexandre pour le proteger, comme un Sennacherib et un Nabuchodo. nosor pour le chatier. Plus tard, le P euple-Roi etablit

par toute la terre !'unite de <;lomi.nation. pour faciliter la diffusion de l'Evangils. Parmi les penples modernes, Dieu en choisira tout p~trticnli erement -ponr ,travaill er <l.

!'execution de ses immuables desseins. Aujourd'hui en consultant l' hi stoi re, nous avons

cherche a connaitre queUe part avait ete assignee :l la France. Nous n'avons pu entrer dans nne infinite de de­tails; mais, dans cette course rapide, nous nons somm es

· arretes nux faits dominan1.s, et, com me des sommets des montagnes l'on d' ecou vre toute Ia plaine, de ees hauteurs, nons avons embrasser l'encha'inement des causes qui ont eleve ou abaisse Ia France dans !'admiration des pen­pies : et touj ours la protection qu 'elle a accordee a l'Eglise eta Ia verite pous .Pst apparue com me !'element f'ssentiel de sa vitalite et de sa grandeur. Elle est la protectrice­nee de notre mere, ln. sa inte Eglise, telle est sa mission,' tell€' est sa fin.

Quand ell e y est fh.lele, son nom brille d 'un eclat incomparable : c'est a!ors, comm e sons Clovis, Charlrs Martel, Charlemagne, Philippe Auguste, Saint Louis, Louis XIV, qu'elle exerce une influence universelle en devouant son bras et son intelligence an service ct e ln. cause de Di eu. Maisq uand elle s'ecartedecette voie,soit qu 'elle ne songe qu'a ses inten~ts materi els, so it m f> me quelle aille jusqu'a se tourner contre la religion, Dieu Ia rappelle a son r6le en lui infiigeant d 'effroyables cMtiments : c'est ainsi qu'elles'estattire les humiliat.i on ~

de Crecy et de Poitiers, les sanglan tes rivalitE-s fh·~

Bourguignons et des Armagnacs, les g uerres de religion et surtout ces revolutions qu i Ia uouleversent, cl epuis pres d'un siecle.

0 Fran ce, Dieu t' a.vait faite belle et grande; sur ta tete il nvait pose une couronne eteincclante de fo i et d'amonr; 1\ tes fian cs, il a vait attache une epee superbe de vaillance; il t' ~wait pa.ree avec plus de sp lendeur qu'une reinc, parce que tu etais la fill e a.inee de son epo n~e sur la. t erre, mn.i s tu ns t.rahi ta mere, tu t 'es fiancee :1 Ia Revolution, eet irreconciliaule eunemi des soc1etes ; tu as verse :l pleines coupes l' incredn lite a tes enfants et a toutes les n::itions de !'Eu rope ; tu as pro­digue tes applaudissemenes aux contempteurs de la Di­vinite. Qui d is-je? Tu as pousse l'infamie jusqu'a leur elever des statues! Aussi l'henre de la r etribution a sonne terrible, implacable. Toi, qui po.rtais la tete si haute, tu as ete broyee sons les talons d 'un vainqueur impitoyable; il s'est moque de tes larm es, il ta ra.vi et tes tresors et tes enfants. Ah ! Pau vre F ra.nee, puisses­tu enfin comprendre les dures lc<;ons de l'epreuve et redevenir pour jamais Ia fi lle docile ct e l'Eglise. C'est alm·s seulement que tu verras la fin de tes malheurs, que tu reprendras ton ancien ascendant parmi les nations, et que l'on pourra dire encore de toi,comme en ces jours · rl 'immortelle renommee: Gesta Dei per Fra.ncC>.d

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.&ankakee,. Ill., May 23-A gallle of bull for the cham­pionship of Kankakee County was playerl between the Kankakee Browns and the St. Viateur's College nine. Eleven innings were played; no runs scored; game call­ed on account of rain. Chicago Tribune.

OBITUARY.

Tile sud intelligence of the death of I{ev. John B. 1\lcKnne has j u~t reuche<l us. The imformation is as un­expeted as it is sorrowfu l. But a few short years ago he barle his home and college frienrls good bye, to enter upon the exhaustive and lalnrious duties of a mission­ary prie~t in a newly opened field in God's vineyard. E.orlowed by nature with the strength and proportions ofan athlfte, and b lessed, beyond the usual fortune of men; with every evidence ofmental cultureanrlintellcc­tual attainment, which two point out and bespeak the man of talent and e lucation, he gave abundant promise of many years of useful labor, and every assurance of suc­cessful issue in the work to be accomplished. But his Zt'a l outstripped his strength. TJ,e fearful nn.ture of the task before him left him no rest, and the responsibilities it impuse!l granted him no ease nor respite until at last his IJoclily strengt.h broke Jown under so severe a strain, nncl left !tim an e:1sy prey to the si (jkness whidt brought him Lo !.tis grave.

Father :Md{une was ~ent trom t he Cathedral at Lea­venworth to, prolnbly, as hard a miss ion as the, state coutainetl. The constant laborious duties conscientious­lY [Jet'formed, together with tlle privations endured while ministering to the spiritual wants of a people scn.ttererl over a vast range of country thinly settled, told at last upon a constitution powerful even as his was. The frequent and dreary ricles of fifty and sixty miles over wilcl and lonesome :;tretehes of prairie solitu­J e i'n atten,lance npon the siek, exposed to the fearful iuclemeneies of Autumn rains anrl winter severities stretd1ctl him upon a bed of sickue,;s and snlfering whieh for sixteen weeks ile never left s:we when they earrieJ him to die amicl the scenes of his first lauors and among a people who so fonrlly lo ved him. Nevet· in the. history of Leavenworth was reverence and love so universally and publicly·show·n, never was worthier veneration manifested towards the memory of tile deaJ than was eviclenced by the genuine sorrow of the wilole city at Father McKune's funeral. Irrespective of class or creed, they thronged to bear testimony to the hold ile gaineJ upon their nffectio.t and gratitude. They re­,membered how, only a few years buck, he came umoug them, in a ll the strength of a vigorous manhoood and with all the holiest qualifications of a priest of God. They recollected his happy and genial disposition, his winning tr:1:its of character, his arbanity and genf!eness exhibited under all circumstances even the most trying. Tiley looked m·ounLl and saw the proof of his love for

children and his anxiety for their improvement in christian education clemoi1strated by the erection o£ a magnificent school -house built and paid for tllrough his efforts. Thoy beheld the evidence of !.tis ardent charity­of that sympathy always extended to the wretched and the out-cast-iu the sacrifices wilich he underwent in erecting the orphau asy lum and starting to a success­ful completion the hospital in which he died. No won­der then they assemhlecl to pay him a tribute of thank­ful remembrance. No wond er that they draped t he city in mourning-that they felt the loss of him who was not only a friend but also a benefactor. Nor are the good people of Leavenworth tile only mourners. All wilo knew him lament ilis loss. And we especially mourn him who were hlesserl with a closer triendship, 'I'Those acquaintanceship commenced under tile ilappy influen­ces of college life; who daily witnessed the unfolding of those virtues which afterwards blossomed so beautifully in the garden of God.

May his soul rest in peace and may the labors and sufferings endured in the cause o£ God bring him that eternal happiness, that immediate posession of God, which here upon earth was his arden t c1esire.

PHASES OF THE SPRING POET.

Don't be alarmed, dear reader, we are not bitten by the rabiJ monster-spring poetry; we are not going to pester you with that worst of all evils, a spring poem, snell as indeed is apt to make you spring from your chair an!l walk off in u'tter Llisgust. No ! we are not go· ing to indulge in the sport. We only mean to trace up a tew of the hard passes of that most miserable of mor­tals, the Spri11g Poet. Poor tellow! We cannot be en­tirely without some pity for him.

If it be true that poets are born (and not made) it is especially true of spring poets. Thei?· clisl:'ase is a chro­nic one, a real deject of nature-incurable leprosy. They say you can tell a boy wllo will develop into a spring poet: he is generally of a sullen disposition, di~ ­

tant, ill-feu looking and often even in early youtil in­elinecl to contemplate the moon for hours. I don't believe i t for if the egg were thus known from which will spring the poet he would certainly . be kilkd in the shell.

But years pass ou anJ the promising(?) boy grows up wiLh impunity. Hi:> in-born dispositio11s soon de­clare themselves. The inspiration draws him on. His muse rl wells in the clark forest~, flowering vales, etc. etc. It is there he retires to spin the web that i~ to en­snare so many innocent victims. Now 'tis consummat­ed, he has signed his nom cle plume)· ilc leaves his re­treat. See him plodr:ing along through the country vil­lage, on the busy streets of the large city. His step is light , his heart leaps with joy. His manuscript is care­fully rolled and Lied up that none of its precious jew-

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On be goes ~n his m iss ion of good, t1,las! how soon the very few immorta ls whom Fate·'has selected from tmDed to evi l. At length t he d ream of his life is reali z- t he coun tless millions who have !ive'd ancl died and cd-he renchcs t he editor 's otlice! The cloor is opened been forgot(en, the same door through wh ieb he is so soon to beat :a \lonlJlc-quiek exit. The "devi ls" within iuterpret at once the object oJ his vi s itation. E re the fruit of many days' . toil is LtnfoiLlcd , "rats" '•ellestnut," :~n<l o,uch like expressions are thrown at him from ·a ll sides. The an­gry and hnrdheartecl editor brushes back his hair and moves himself in a "Saint Anthony's Llance"-sort-of-a_ way. Forgetting nil kinder feelings !J e cnJ isfor the shot­gun and clog, ancl, in the twinkling of an eye , the poet, man uscript nnd all are most unmercifully ejected. TherE: be li es, poor fellow, thrown out on the colu cold world an<l still cold er p:wements-minus tile greater part of a pair of pants and medit:tti og as to how he wi ll get t.o Paris for it;Uculation. P:lStf•m secmes another lXt- . ti en t, but the world has Jost a poet. Oh! ungratefu l wo rld. Is this the way in which you encourage genins? 1'crhap8, nnrler more favorable cirenmstanccs the name of t!Jis same individual whom yo n l1<tve treated so colclly, might h~t.:e been "dclecl to the g reRt roll of Eng li sh poets.

Oh ! poets of spring, yum lot is, ind eed, an unllRppy one. You sing of " lhe little bircll e tb in th e t rce-toppeth" : " l be bnll-froget!t in the pondeth"; and "the fl owers that l>loum in the spring trn-la - b'·'; and of :ill that is beantifnl in n Rtnre~ An<'l for all this, what is your re­ward? . .. . All consu lt if we wou ld know, the premature old man an d the raving maniac. Tiley wi ll speak to us of the crnel d isappointm ents recti vecl at the lw.J1C1s of "Cran­ky" editors, shot-guns, bull-dogs, ancl the waste-basket. ·would thn t tbese Ia tter coulcl spenk! What strange stories would they not tell! Agtti n, yon who woulLl know tli.e S<1d cle. r fhte of this son of the muses betake yourRelf to some countl'y chu rch-yard. There read t he " hie ja­cets"-- a.nd drop a tea r over hin:i who might have been n. bene l'actor to his race. vVe have often thought that the lot of tltc book-agent was f roug ht with many sore disappoiutmen t.s ; lJut his supcraLnnclance of ehlek . soon mn.kes him ri se :cbove them, ancl forget his reeep­tions of clish-wntcr unrl a hurl down three fli ghts of back-stairs. Not so with the poet! His warm nature, strong passions, and tender feelings prevent hi m from forgetting cruel and ha rsh treatment..

Down-cast Rncl broken-hearted, the m ighty pen, so l owerfnl an agent in the conquest of right over might, is cast into '•innocuons desnetncle", and he ' eventually ' meets an early grave or becomes a conductor ou a street-crtr. One reason why we feel for the spring poet so much is th is: the poor fe llow seri ously believes in his heart of hearts that Shakespertre nimself never wrotf:

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RES!Bl LITY.

A WO!tD WITH F'OUlt i S H AV!N'G EAC II A BLACK SPOT

ANd ONI' y WITH NO DOT. ll•' YOU WANT ibility TAKE OF

THE FIRST. CANCI>:L FIRST A.NP LA ST YOU'RE LE~"l' Wl'l'H A

S ibil. DaoP si AND YOU JIAVR YOUR btl.

To those fool ish mortals who nrc not so <1eci<'ledly phlegm:tt ie as tllt'n college bntter i11 summer i 11 t0 iee eream, 11ur so fiery n~ to ~ca re a travelling agent when a Joke is perpetrate<1- bnt to t hose who are eomfort.n­b ly siLnatcrl just betwixt and between thes~ , sen ~el ess

extremes this ess:cy is respectfully derlie:tte<l. Come my good nrttmed fa t rna.n ancl yo u too j. >V i:Ll

sldnny-lc!t's ·sit on the front stoop an<l w:tLeh p:~ ~:; i ug

humanity. Remember this is a moveable st.oop :tJ>d we

arc not st<Ltion:wy eithe r. ln s pirit, you know, we tra­v el so fast nnrl so .. . r:tpidly.

As I'm th e ohlest I'll t:tke the ll JO L'. T o h. ugh, hone.' ·­ly, no joking, i:l t he most universal pr.cul iaril.y · t hat has stuck 't·J f<t ll en m·tt); Cujusvis est ?'ldere j ust as well as humanum est eNare. W l1:1t'::; the nntter with yonr j :tw, you fLcet ious ins in a:1.oing sk in-fli nt? Dvn' t understand latin? f WilS S<lying then, t lmt every nnn, woman, and chil c1 is rigged with a full se t of muscles, c:1.ll erl risibles with which hE', she or it may so contr:tct his, her or its fnce ancl so man:1.ge the vo­cal arrangements of the la riu x rrs to rffcct the phy­sieo-morn.l act ion terrnecl-n laugh. Now the.~e an ­atomic attachments are universal, i.e. everybody (lw­manum comp0situm of oonrse ) has them. I ha ve a real school-master's detect of fa lling into my Ill tin ! 1'Vell thnt la,;t: humnnnm compositum, means the huma,!1 mix­t ure whieh excludes ipso facto . .. there it is again! every other anim::d m:tke up. That is perhaps a little deep; I see you are rolling up your pants intending ~o wade through it. Yonr heroism must be rewarded ; wliat do yon say fa tty ?

"That's j nst what I say; buy the boy a bananR for here com e~ Italy. Now tnlk about yo nr smi li ng an<l your laughing_ Rpparatu~ in every borlY: Dicl yon c ver see t he faintest semblance of a smile on the f(JOt-a ncl-a­half long face of any of these fruit v enders. They seem ever the impersonat ion of misery'\; most cryzng want The only one of them I ever sn,w sport an occasional

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e-n. wat a grayllaiNtl old omoge seller who jost be­t_. mdiDg bis will and sigoing &he dismembetnhmt. of hit ~kat as you y, had caught. iu to the bll8l or a grin. 1 am aure mott or U.eir cust.omen buy of them more &.btougb compaesioo &h.'UJ r()A} need. If t.bey appeared cbeerlw every one would flU8 lln& by aa other b.'lPJ)Y mort.als. See this fellow bow sLvved and raged be looks. Here Jimmie.. get. you a few ba­

oaaas.'' . I eay, I01,Jk at. tit:.' crow•t of cbihlre:t, Arscnc, jump­

ing for Joy and aU lit ap wiUJ gladness th.'\t. beruns from every fealon!. They aru just.ouHrom)!c.bool-a just cause to rejoice! But moreover t~_,morrow is free day aml they ant no doubt, busily ecbeeming (l:ll'lics to spend the Ume all in fnu. Well, well, just l("ok at. t.lt:.t. liU.le ouel bow be gtmitrulat.t>a and tAlks wnlking hackwnnf, aod laughs at Ole secret tbougM ofstrawbc:rries and lhc green grass in the pnrk.. He has the wbole group a.likc Illumined with Llle same childish gloo. On they pn5S ... lJow s•oet. to e.1tch their merry laugh tinkling like sil­ver chimes ~h·l f.heir gay prnt.tle uf: Yes: tomorrow: l•:e-crenml Fin~L swim l ~tc. There is O(Jthing more ••lmrmingly innoceuL then chiltllwods easy joy. It springs ahnust. 1-ponLaneou"ly from the young wlw IL.'>

y~tt ~lVU lilA tast.ctl U.c bittf!r or Lhe SWt~Ct.'l of I ife. There nrc chihlren of pt:cutiarly happy dispwitiuns whos•• filir O(.ll'D fnces are a perpot.ulll sunshine ... Sc.e this I ide tel­low, lei\ hchin.t, no\. or the picnic ue!

••Uc rlitl'ut. ltnuw hill lesson" snys ,Jimmie, •'au•l 1lc m.:~st.er kel'l. l1im nflcr de rest l4 gi vc him a poin:cr or two. ()( COUI"SC h,. t:TiC•I l.u ID!\kC bcl!cvc he W:t.'l \cry sorry nml woulcl not miss a It'S.~ '" ngain. Sec now he

· rtll~. He'll soon have c.Lught. np wit 1k rest: H·~·11 go t.o •l•• pil~nic: I've hccn •lcre hcl·re·•.

''S:ly1 Put.e'', put.s in Ar,.,cnc "W:I.S th:LI. a l'hp r•f tlmn­

tlct? J}in't you llC!\r it?"' I h1,.'\fd l'IOIDC~bing roar, whPther it's ~buwler. or noise

(rom the rolling mill~ or ~he {mginc bnu~ I t'nll't I.e! I .. Tberolt expiO<les &g;linl Wh.\t inft•rnal nnisc can it he?

••D· ,o't you sec iL's 1lal nigger," t>:IJS ,Jimmie, "he j11~t tnrue,l tic coruer; you cnn sec hi~ !'hinin;.; t .. ot from ).Qro. Ain't be ft--elin nufnl jnll.v dough? II•• is ju:;t nft.•r

•innin a h1~t. or he b> stnrtin 1.10 a watcr-uwl .. n tour •it.h dat. grlnnln feiiO\Y wiflJ,im."

uWell \hat's n jn .. '\t. muse fvr ~plitting thl' flir in t.l1i!l style tt.n!\ arous-ing JleOtlle't< fo.~IU'!I," ~'l)'l'l our f<tt. m:m who had gut up Lo mnk•• 11nro t.her•• were no siJ{Illl of st.urtnv wt'.-'\t.lror. "Well, hy jovtJI" he continttC(I, "if ri­aibiliLy argues hu manit.y, Lbc abnonnally clen~lv(K..><l rilfible bwm.p in Ute nl'gto surely plneM him (if not.biug cbe rltle!l) within Ule cat-egory of t.bi ngs human."

The negro baa a cbA.nlct.eri!ltic farilit.y fur lnngt.w. Jlnt his is " langh of tbe co.nfl"('St kind, \ht>tt~rh n hrorty one. lt. wuuhln't. fit. in the ,turlifit>tl !!OC'ict.v of to-1lny

where it.' a crime t.o laugh louder thon the convent.ion­sl key. Tbat.'s tbe work of civiliution: lrun not an ad­vocate of t.he horse-laugh, buL I bate Uuu scuseleas, T('S..

trained grimsce~\he woultM>e-l~lite laugh; the oh-trepuruus., noisy l:augb of tbe after-school room • h:ll}

endure as long as buys wenr pn.nl.c.. As fur the f:nming smile Of &yc~•p)ISIICJ', it is entirely Ol\t Of dutc ... lll"N

big B. give me n light., aud lei.' walk. Come .Jim­We'll be b:lck soon .

CATUOLIU NOT~'

The l:1tc Thos. Horan, of Pbiln•ldphin, )l{''{tll·:tthc•l $.to,;,no out of an cstnt.c of $70,000 to CnU10lic cll..'lritic".

On Sundny, May 2, Archbillhop Corrigan of N. Y., eonfinocd 119 men anti women in llhwkwcll Isl:md pri. snn.

Tbc lnt.c Dr. • "chiogcr of Pl1ih•lclphin, b~qtwnllwd several thous:lmls of dollnrs to Ynrious Catholic in:<tit.u­

tions. The lonrth gcnoral ~~SWmhly of the sociE!t.y of::'t. Yin­

t:cnt de Paul will meet nt W:lshington, D. C., on ,lu•m 8, 9, aml 10.

~fonsign0r F'arlcy of New York is mcnt.io.mctl ns Uw cnnrli.tat.e that will be st.'lccted as Bishop of Syraen s<>, ~. Y.

It is ollki;\lly nnnoHnced that t.h\! arcbhi111wps ot Renne!'. Hh('im11, ~nil,. B:lltimon• atlll Qnf>h('C :lrC !n he crcatNI rortlin:lls on June 10.

The hish(•P .. r Soul.h,~nrk . EnglntHl, sai•l m:"--s n few dnys :tgo in the Fitz!an chapel at Arumld. f,,r the li111t time sinre it wns cl~rl t.o Catholi" wor!<hip :1on Y<'i111l ngo.

T h•• Flathcn<l lndianf!, who nr~ nlmoslcntir<'ly Cntho. he:<. han) f•>rwnl'fl,.tln 1)('tition tn Pope IA'f• X III.. ask­ill)! the cnnnni1.ntion nF th•• Tmqnoi~ Virgin Cnthcrinc Teg:1kwit.'l.

Ri~hnp Trdnncl, of ~t.. Patti. l\tinn .• nttemlcd lh•· Pro. ,.illf'inl Councillwld in ~lilwnnkce, \\.i!!., Ul•' ln."t wt•ck in Mny anti it is 1111pposcd thnt he will now soon sail for Europe. U.nmor h~ it. thnt St. Paul is to he mmlc nn nrl'l1icpiscopnl Sc,~.

11tn Gcn<>rnl of lhl' .Tcsuils h·1~ puhli!<IW•I the st.'ltis. Lie" ,r the order showing th;1t, it now connt.s t,:,oo mi~­sionnric", nnd that it Cl\11 bonl't of hnving hnd 2·l8snint.s, J.liOO mnrtyrs, l:l pt1J>l'::<., GO cntdinnls, 4,000archbishop11 anti J.i:~hop<~, :uul ti,OOO authors.

Tho Fro•nrh Ac.~lcmy bas awarllllll ~h·' :\lonly~on

prize fhr JHt•rit to Sistt'r Ht.. 0Ruthicr, n rcligi{)nS who ~~~ ))11$-<teil over thirty years of her life in ministering to 1he wants of the fliCk anilllying in the h0!1pitnl:-. Jler•lc­vot.><hwss ba.' 1K'4!n !I<J"'"'i>tll Chlll'pio'ltt•ns •lurin}.! ''lli•lcmieo.

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The Louisville Courier-Jonrnai says that Father Rynn, read ing in secular journals of tlle apostasy or im the Southern poet priest, wl10 has just Lliecl, was o. mn- of iudividunls. The Paschal <J<>mmunion this year at sicin.n as well a.s a poet. lie woulrl frequently go to the Notre D:\me, Paris, is spoken of~ an udmirable spec­house of one of llis p:uishioners, and, telling the ser- ta.cle. It -lasted two bou1·s, rluring which four priest:; vant not to call any one, woul<l take his seat at the pi- were engaged in giving Holy Communion. The vro-:wo. He would play an<l impwvise for hours, :w<l upon founcl recollection of the vn.st congregation was deeply comipg baclr to the things of this worlJ would be sur- impressive. Nor is good example of strict observance prised to find tlwt I.Je had spent four or five hours in of religious duti es wanting among t.hose who rule. On perfect ignorance of his surroundings. the morning of Maunday Thursday tbeKing, the queen

The mcmori:l.l d1urch to Fn.thcr Tom Burke at T ttl- and !.heir unmarrieu daughter; publicly mnde their Pas­bgll, Irehnd, is being rapidly pnsheu forward to com- clml Communion in their parish churcb at Lueken. pletiou. Alre:1dy about fif"cy thousand dollars have been - (Ave Maria.) expended on it, and fifteen thousancl more will be We subjoin an example of a tru ly religions family. required to put on the finishing touch. The latter part l~cv . .John Redman, S. J., of st. Beunu's College, who of the present moath n baz:tr will be held in the l\1an- was ordaiue<l priest at Holt Hill convent, Brikenhend, sion Ibuse, Dublin, to mise funds. Tlle ma.yor of Dub- Englancl, celebrn.t.ed his first Mass at the church the re-lin will give his patronage. · on ~unday, April ll th. IIis elder brother, J. Redman,

A meeting of the board of rlirectors of the Catholic D. D., of the immac ulate Conception, Liverpool, being U ni vcrsity was held in Baltimore lately. It was attoncl- deacon, and his younger brother, Rev. Charles Ignn­cd by Archbishops Gibbons, of Baltimore; Willlams, of tius Redman, S. J. Hnb-d(}acon. lli'l two sisters- Sister Busto11; Corrigan, of New York, :mel Ryan, of Phila- Clare and Sister Monicn., or the Sbters of Charity of Lklphi:L; Bishops Keane, of Richmond; Sp:tlding, of Pe. St. Vincent de Paul-and his fhtber and mother were oria, and Marty of D:tkotn.; Mgr Farley, of New York; n.lso present; n.nd while thy witne;;sed the first Mass <lf

Ftttbcrs Foley, of Baltimore, and ChapG!le, or Wttshing- their second son, they commemorated the golden jnl)i­ton; ancl Messrs. Eugene Kelly, l\1ichacl J enkins, E. N. Ice of tbeir marriage, which touk place at Ft Mich:tt•!"s Fcrreu and Thomas E. ·waggaman. The selection of a reo_ church, Haworth, Yorkshire, on April, llt!J., I 83G. tor was left to the four archbishops t!ioir choiC<l to be This !hmily was rece ived into the Catholic Church i ,1

announced at the next meeting. Ten plans for the build- 18u4, anrl the three sons have ehosen the priesthoot'l, ing were sulllnilted , and three were selected from which while the two duughterl:i have chosen tlw life uf the Si...~­tlie fiu:-tl selection is to be ronde. ters of charity. The Holy I:<\Ltller seaL hi s Apustulic

F:dth nnd fervor arc not on the wane in Europe, blessing to thr, whole fam ily assem bicd tog·eLlH:r on t.hnt though many hn.vc formet'! the contrary opinion from oc•:asion (Connecticut Catholic.)

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CliAS. RIETZ BROS. LUl\IBER CO.,

l\I:wuf:\Ct.nrers and Dealers

I11 LUMBER, LATII, ~II!;\"GLES

PO::iTS, WINDOWS, DOORS,

BLI~DS AKD SAI:f.

Opp. Ill Centrn.l It R. Depot.

!.. E. FIIHMA:\' . . J. FOHMA X. B. I,, COON. Office of

FOJDIAN & COON. l'r:wtkal houst> P>~luh·rs. aucl lkal r rs 111 W:1ll

Pa.per and \Vindow Sluull•s , Painte r:~ ' ::itock and Tool". Paper Hanging and Decorating. Otw tloor ~out.h or Post Otl\co, KAli K .\ t( rm, rr.L.

J. K. EAGLE. LUMBER.

A ln.rgo and com plcte assortment of Lumber, Lnth, Shingles, Posts, Sash, Doors, Blinds ltml Mouldings nlways on hand.

Filling largo orrlers for Dimention LumlJcr' a Specialty .

Yards, on East Avenne, K:tnkakee, Til., 2ud. Yard North Conrt Street, and at l\1omence, between C. & L. I. an<l River. Address, .J. K. EAGLE, KANKAKEE, ILL.

DRAZY & SON. General Hhtr:ksmith,

Repairs of Machines, ' Vagom;, Plows, and Horse shoeing.

All work cl•mc ou short Notice and guaranteed.

Ncar the River. Kankakee, Ill.

HEADQlL-\RTEBS FOR

LUMBER AND COAL. I Fi;-:st Yard Nurth of Court Street, l 1 OpjiOSite Johnson's Grain Hu1tse. f

Ha.rd toal Dirott from Breaker itt WHOLESALE AND RET AIL.

Hartl Wood Wagon Stoek a Speeialty.

S.M. DAVIS. KANKAKEE, ILL.

GREG. VIGEANT,

ARCHITECT. I-to oms 5 and 11,

4a LA SULE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.

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M<?P~.~~:~; E~~?UAG!ES, ,. MAili'Hlf¥~'f1£j~f' "::'Y£~SSJ,CS ~?SIC, SCIE~CE, ~~-~' M~J?ICINE, PHf_J.qs.or:q·r , ;a!1d THEOJLOcnd .MfosJ . c~J"e"fu(_ ~t~ep~~·~~1J p~u·~ to the· ·hus1ness tra!DHl~ qf j;Qn9g men, flnfl a :t)!~ tiow ,}~ )i>f!tf t)cal knowl.E\dg'e'Kdf"B0~~~'I0~£P!I,N~"'a.~~ CQJ¥1:11\fJ&}\QT~:Ji: ):Vf'f 1 i~ · i mparted by skilled .Pr.t)fepS9.q~··:.: ,... - ·' · ,; ... ·· _;:-:::, L'i -

, The b•!st nnthors i nd most approved sj'sfie-'m. ~of .te::t<~hing are acl opte'd'\ n 'all "g'ti.ades of the College. Students may enter at fl;ny ti.me. '1'erm dnd tnition will b~gin ~ith date of entra1ice: -•: ·; ·!: •--; ~ ;

· Ternis foi"1Joard - ~dd t\.1i!t~on :t2:oo . .oo·l;er ai;n.h/n. ,,. . · ·: _l. , . 1 . , , ,

Catalog. ~lc~; _a_l)\\ :~!:lj~1~J?i~·ed_ iptppri~tiQH )"('~]:be c~refully give~ one ap1~Iication to''the Dlnictof: ' ~-. · . .__ } · ; ;:·,~;;:? . R'Ev. M~ .~. ~~RSILE, C. f::i. V. ..

' '• , ! ;:: ' ·~t. Yiateur's College, Bourbonnais Grove, Kankakee Co., Ill. ~ •. 1 -~ ,.. A - i ' I .;:t. ' ! ! . . ,....,~ . •' . ~~- ·~

.• ·~ ~ ~ (j_t.t1~ii~ • . , . S,CH~ BO~~~- ; lfrn , ~t:AL PLANKS: . ·r· ' ~,~ • ~~ij~f . · , . -~~ ·~-. :~Utu~l~UQ DEALER I N

: -• . ' .·. · 8T.A.!FIONERY~ . . H a?·d-ware, Stoves arid T imoMe, ~b. 1'2 COUR'P STREET, . '·· Book§ • . N:evvs~ J).tusic!' IRON, NAILS and WAGON STOCK.

KANKAKEE., I .. , ·: ELL ... llASFrBli: In"~ · :flld BATS, FISH,Ij'!G T Abict.:E." ' ·- N<)·13. EAS'DA;YENU~, KANJH\.KEE, I LL.

Dealer in Foreign awl I)om~s·tip K4-N, X{{\.,l\:Ef~• )Lt.' ... , . .. _. _ _ Jobbing Done i.o O?'de?·. FA:NCY GOODS' NOTIONS DRY GOODS TOYS, !)Roc~UET. ~A1nY CARRIAGE~:

1 •• : D .. , Q. S,QHEPPERS, M. D.

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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ' - Di·: 'SOI-IEPP'ERS ·.· :! J tGI1<0{9Eii , · ... ,.

AND · . r • • (V:il~ ,b<i ~? ~ou/"b?nnais on the 1st COM lVIISSIOW MER'C HAX'f . '- ofleacli Menth. -' •.! ( ~ i

1 .C. II. ERZINGERf::i

43· Oo·n 1'·t ~treet "" KANKAKEE, ILL.

Wholesale J?l:)..p¢,r) ;:>·ealers. · BiiA.YTO~ & CII.~~~'fTAN ~ ~ui; ii ;;~ o/c.~rd;~ :;n'8-~\tedd i ng goods

DRALRl tS in l\1en·~. W ont<'n's, l\1i s~es~ <);lltl ,J<:ept ~onstantly on hand. cllild reit 'S fi n e a n"cl ru ccUum shoes: a1soall sizes Nos. 17'3' & 1'7'5 Adams Street, ami grades of Boo!s. specia l. In.ducem ent.s for ChiCagO' Ill .

Sdtdeuts . , , . . . . . . ' Two dovrS,t;J9rGh of Post offi ce. ] 'RED ZlPP.

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. , N~;W .. PIIOTOQltA ~HIC STUDIO,

. . ~ ... I)~~lt·p~n;n A.ve~ n ei''-'-~ : . . 1st. Door South of Conrt. St.

~~a.st Side, · · ,.

J. W.J3UTLER PAPER Co.

I~ankc(lcee, I ll. Th'e oldest . .Boot & Shoe IIouse in the City, Customers will always have good Bar gl•ins.

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PETER w A·LZE.M( ~(El;ll-t ~:OJ{V,E"-'SI,R' ON FAB.¥~RS, . Grower of IIARDW ARE, S.L · < -~ , • Buy your ·Coal o.£ ,:tnd sell your

PUR~ AL'.rAU. WINE. ST~:EL, T,~WARB, NAILS, Etc., ; - .. I;f~y to · job w~·rk doi1~ in any part of the County A.' . '!F' .~ · ME-Y E R S. Wavsaw., ;Hartc<;;Hi~ Co., Ill.

· REFERENCEs: ' C<;)l". :Court St. an(l Schuyler A venue. Ofll-ce an& Yards at Bourbonnais Crossing of R.\. tr.Jv. Jos . ME"Le iiOR, Bishop or Gr een Bay J{ANirATTEF ILL · ' I. 1· & .I.. .R: ;t:

!. _ '- P•· . · , · • .Telepho!le N:o, 131, KAN)I.A,:J{EE, ILL,

ltt; ·Rev. 'M. Ei ni);Bish?p o~ be<}vworth. _

KANKAKEE, ILL.

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J. J. SCHUBERT. Nonu~ DAME ACADEMY, Kurrasch and Staga, . PROPRIE'rOR OF '£HE :, DrRKCTED BY Tin SisTERS OF Tm: l?.t:Qprietors of

G a FrPfiGhandAmpricanPharmao:~,.. CoNGREGATioN oF NoTRE DAME. , TiH, OlttlleanchamJ'.& Bal>~l.) . Brill fi, u . u ' . 'l,' This InBtltntion affo11ds ev.,ry allvant»ge for PRESCRI~TI9N.ORUC STORE; Cor. F.ast. Ave. & li:P.rcllant St. KAN15J''K.lt~• Ill. YOiulg L:ulies·~ d.,sirou• of .pbt.~twing a solid and Where you can find• the Largest assort-

Keeps constantly on band a full !In~ of finished educatioh. For partlcuht.rs apply to ment of Hair and Tooth Brushes Toilet nrtlcles DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS E:TC, ETC. . ll'iotheJ; Superior, Perfumery, Soa,Ps, Hpong"s ll>nd aJ.~ ;varieti es of

Alao a nue line or Toilet Articles of all kinds, Not're_IJa.me Arademy, Drnggist i:lnn<Jrt~s .. , . . v 1 _u , · .. Fine Cigars an<l Tobacco. , .. All sh'o ulil gtv~_ ll~ !J. •call,

=- Boufbomtais Grove, No. ~ - CoURT RT. TF.LEL'HONJt.. No. 10 fr'CALL AND SRR MJ~ . ......,..., . ]( >bpk_akce Co., '[]\, " · --p-~::.=e.:....S_t_PJ_ll_S_a_n_a_S_a_~::: .. k:--. -- 1i\J!IOOL'l3UOJ{I:l. L.ll)UAL l:ll,.ANK:>.

v ·FRANK E, B. E t L-A MY. BOUR ON AlS GlWVE, ILL. -. General Store. Dealer In Groceries, DEAJ,J>at IN

Dry goods, Hardware, Cutlery, Glassware. STA 1~IONER.Y. Also keeps censtantly on lland a large . ~boks, N cws, Music, stock of HEADY-MADE CLOTJUNG, Wall-Pa.per, Window Sl1ades .. FAMILY MEDICINES, KANKAKEE, ILL.

ARd wholesale Uquors. TOYR PICTUitES, J~A llY 0ARlHAGES.

TllOse In nt'\ed. of choice Confectioneries LOUIS, GOl,Jl)HE_AU. Canned goods, all kinds of Fruits, Fisll and Oy•t~ra will do well and save money by callinj! on H A l) D w A. 'R E

T. O'GORMAN. ; ··" .. . Stoves, Iron. Naiis anci Wagon " :oorl stoclc. East AVBllUB, Tinware :md Tin work or nil kinds.

No 3 Conrt .Street, I-i:ankah:ee. KANKAKEE, ILI!.

JOI-IN G. KNECHT,

Merchant Tailor,

READY-MADE Clothing

IIr.ts ancl Caps.-Gent's underwear.

Trunks, Valises, Furnishing Goods.

Wilson Bros' Fine Shirts.

NO"'. 2 AND 4 COURT STREET.

Kankake e, III.

L . DROLET & BHOTHEH.

Buy the Emery $3 Shoe -AT-

DROLET BROTIIERS :;15 Court St., Kanka~ee, Ill.

C. WOLFE. Barber Sllop. ·

Under Umbach's Harness Store. K ankake~ , Ill. J'lrst Class Work guaranteed.

Students especially invitecl .

HAND-MAI>E Pme Wax'Camlles per lb. 45 ct.s Moulde<l Wax Candl~s. " " 38 ct.s Stearic Wax, " " 20 cts Speclall' rices to partles-b.uying in large IJ•mnti: tie~~.

Catholic Prayer Books 25 cts. upwards.

CATHOLIC FAMILY BIBLES, With two large clasps aad Fancy Edge $V.g9S~ut ree to any part of U. S. on receipt of price.

GRAHAM & SONS, Importers of Churcll Goods, Jol>l>ers In School

Booka and Ca.thollc Booksellers. IllS. Desplalnes lit. Cor. llonroe. Chicago, Ill.

<Mrrea.pourlence sollicited.

C. P. TOWNSEND .. l~ast Ave. 1 cloor south of Knctct.h's Bloc]>.

RANRAIU<:E, I .LL.

A CARD. ....... To all whom it may concern.

Having adopted the One l)rice

System to all my Patrons, 1 will give

a further discount of 10 Per cent to

all Clergymen, Pr(lfessors mlfl Stu­

dents of Bombonnais College. Call at the Philndelphia One Price Cloth­

ing H nll Nortll W. Cor. of Conrt St.

and E :tst Ave. Kankakee, Ill. 1\1. Robrheimcr, Prop.

WILLIAM DARCHE.

Groceries,

Dry Goods, .

, Yankee Notions.

BOURBONNAIS GROVE, ILL.

BENZIGER BROTHERS,

Printers to the Holy Apostolic See,

Publishers and Booksell~s/

Als.o manuf:teturers and importers of

~luud~ ~nnam~~t~ Jt~d

~t~tmtMt~. No. 206 South Fourth St.

ST. LOUIS, MO.

A. Ehrich EAST COURT STREET .

KANKAKEE. { De,aler in choicest Groceries, choicest

:brands of Flour. Keeps on hand consta ntly 'a lltrge nssortm ent of F eed and ·Produce.

Please call and see me before going any place else.

H. L. CrawfotQ. .& Co., WHOLESALE&. RETAIL .

GROCERS No. -36 Court Street.

](ANKAKEE, ILL.

Outfits for CoLu:b~e 'PArims. . Send i·or estimates.

WTER, WE!>ER & co.,

Foundry, & Printe rs ' Supplies . Specimen Book and Estimates upon

\P..plice(;i(•l Write for Second-hand list of 1: reesea and Machines. , 5.0:. & 56 Franklin St., Chicago, Ill~>•

K>1.nkakee i:ltone and Li.u1 e Compally. INCOltl'OHATl'D FEB. 23,rcl. 1867.

Proprietors of t;lH· Celel>ratecl Kankakee llnt Lin1e stones Qmirri<'~.·

Fresh w :oorh bt1n1ed Lime

alwnys on h:mcl. KANKAKEE, ILL

JOSEPH GILLOTT'S Jtttl~tn~.

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. ITt3 Celebrated. Nu~~7J-bers,

303-404-1 70-~04-332, and !!is other styles may ii~ llad of all dealers

thrwgh.out tll.e world.

Joseph Gillott & Sons. New York.

The •·JOURNAL'' is ,n first c lass'f' mediu~ for "A[>VER'l'IS.fNG." Spe­

cial nttent.ion p nid_ to the printing of

BUSINESS CARD.S~ , BILL READS, ETC. \ ~Terms reasonable.~ . \

The STUDENTS, Editors-Prop.