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OLD CHRIS already is tuning his chimes-to play over the grand Overture of Christendom.

* * * THE LAST NOTE is read-the weary lids of out· mental enlighteners, our well thumbed text-l}ooks, in­stinctiveiy close tbemsel ves for a fortnight's deep re­pose.

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WE GO, but we return !-RemembE<r 'tis on the fourth (4th.) dll!y of the New Year, that is the first Tnesday of January 1887. Let us all return in good time.

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WHEN AT THE FIRESIDE, hefore the glowing coals of om owr:i home's cheerfulness, if perchance you find ti.me; read "Recalcitrancy" on t.he other side of · this page. It is long but I warrant, it will hardly weary you. It will amuse you, that's sure-it has attic salt too that you'll relish-in fine it will instruct you. Read one page,. and ~ou wiH perhaps want to read it through. For­sooth you may fi.ndy0Ul'selfin (the) print. Look out! ... Or if you wantito laugh outright, you who know Jackie

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Moore of the first Grammar class, aod ,St. Viateur's of '86, read his "St Viateur's of '96."

* * * DURiNG OUR COMING pilgrimage to the shrines of domestic joy, and festive rejoicings we must not forget to visit the poor, lowly little Stable of Bethlehem, the central figure ot the Nowell landscape.

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* * * MERRIMENT and felicity to all is the last word and the sincerest wis)l of'ST. VI.A.TEUR's CoLLEGE JouRNAL to all its readers and supporters, and to the College world.

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* * * THE CAROL'S rehersal sounds jubilantly all arou~d;

· the antiquated "Lord of Misrule,'' first cousin to Santa Glaus, prepares to wield his wand of merriment unres­trained. All will court his favors and his smiles. Do not, however; too confiding·ly swear allegiance to him. The merry Lord sometimes makes the scoffing tyrant.

* * * THE CHRISTMAS TREE, of course we'll gather round, that famous, proud, glitteringly luminous little fir tree with its a::;undant crop of goodie goodies, and the bright, happy faces and merry hearts all around. Oh how di:fferent .that dainty little tree from the unlucky tree of lmowledge-ihe walnut desk-with its faded:old spelling-books, algebras, geographies, and its time-worn isms and alogies-wormy apples all!. .. How you talk, my green goose quill! Enough! Let's go to the little fir tree!

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RECALCITRANCY.

The Mnssulm:m performing his devotions at the tom'b of his pt'ophet, or fighting his battles of conquest and plunder, cries ont with enthusiasm-"Great is Mahom­et;" but with greate r truth may it be said "Great is recalcitrancy." GreaL indeed is it in its power, and great a lso is it in its extension; mighty is its influence for · good, prodigious is its power for evil.

But what then is recalcitrancy, what is its nature? I5erived f~·om two latin ·words, "re'' (b~ck) and "Calcere" (to strike with the heels) · it means literally "to kick back." In its legitimate acceptation, it is used to signi­fy all lawful opposi tion to what is false or unjust: but in a perverted sense, it is the same as obstinacy, and is therefore something irration al. Its meaning being now · understood, we proceed with our theme. '

Recalcitrancy is as universal as nature's laws and holds in its dominion as many ~uhjccts. It holds sway in inanimate nature, nor does animate nature fail to pay it tribute; it rears its head in tile temples of reli­gion, and fears not to invade the CllUrts of king5; it en­ters into the regions of philosophy, and treads fearless­ly aloug all the roads of science; it shows its face on the pages of history, and its shadow penetrates even the privacy of Lhe home circle. It breathes in the actions of the multitude, and gives most certail1 signs of life in every individual member of society. It pervades all the ranks of the poli tical world from the foremost of its leaders to the stu ffer of the ward caucus; flnd is fl>Cknow­ledged as a fri end both by the monopolist, who grinds down his employers, and by the laborer, who isoppress­e:l. Though it oftE-n oLt:Lins peace for its followers, yet it is ever restless in peace; though it often befriends the lovers of liberty, yet it as freq11ently assists in riveting tbe chains of the oppressed.

Great therefore and mighty is Reealcitrancy! Deprived of it the worl¢1 would be an inert, a lifeless

mass, whose cohesion could not exist for a single mo­ment. For is it not tliis force that enables matter to resist com-penetration o£ its atoms by other atoms? Does not rock by its aid resist the action of water falling on it from the cataract, perhaps for ages. What is it but the angr:v growl of combatants we hear, when the warring elements above us clash like lmights of old, in their headlong career? Powder and flint, water a:nd fire, fl ame and fire-damp, carbon-gass. aBd oxigen, does not their meeting proclaim its presence by their rebound from each other and their angry voices.

The same characteristic is discovered in animate na­ture. From t)le electric fish with its sparks, to the festive mule with its lively, active heels, nature bas given them means of defence against their enemies, or in other words has bestowed on them the power to kick.

Bnt though nature ,gives timely warning against the aggress iveness of many of its progeny, yet against that of others it affords 110 protection. Against tb~ blind a.nd furious rush o~ the bull, we are forewarFJed by his mad bellowing; but against the stealthy stern chase (to use a sea phrase) of the ram or the :swift and unerring heels of the mule, nature gives no warning cry. Yet if naJ"l:re had any regard £or the proprieties of polite iife, sqrely, she woqld ·h::t.v·e providE'd· smne means of defense to· ,tJ1e unwary._

Coasicle·r what must be the sensation of the lol'"er, hastening to the trysting place, his thoughts all a-glow at anticipated pleasures, to have his blissful reveries broken in upon, anct to feel himself sud<ienly mO~ing towards the moon or encounter that sudnen concussion fn>m behi::d, which destroys the equipoise of his mind, the equilibrium of his person, and the immaculate stain­lsseness and integrity of his apparel. Certainly, nature should have foreseen and provided for such conLtn­gencies, especially in our days when so little thought is given to what is interior, and su much depends on the exterior appeannce.

Volumes might be written on the recalcitrant quali­ties of the mule, apparen.Uy so demure and peaceful. Goldsmith in his Animal Kingdom soberly affirms " that he (the mule) has but four leg.s; but be is contradicted by uni versa! experience: unless · perhaps the species coming under his observation difters from that of this and other lands.

lf be has but four, how is it that he can bit a man all over at one and the same time, as those affirm who have ever cOlll<l in contact with his heel~? How is it, unless his legs are legion, that the inner <;in:le ot by-standers, is hurled back upon the other~, when be has let fly with his heels. As diffiCL;lt also is it to explttin how at one and the same kick he can break the legs oi the driver in tbfl caniage and knoc·k the hat .off the oc­cupant ofthe near seat; or how, when placed in the barn, be can simultaneously knock boards off opposite sides of the barn. ·

These are mysteries which, though coming under our daily obse:rvation, yet will perhaps never be solved. Yet the attempt has been made again :;~.nd again, but always with the same empty result: the fool-hardy in­quirer bas either been rendered for ever speechless or paid for his temerity with his life.

The mule on aceount of his excellence in the art of recalcitranqy justly we~rs the crown in the brute crea­tion, .but in the rational kingdoms he not only has his compeer but even his superior from whom he co~ld gain many useful hints in this art.

Considering-man's proficiency in this science (for to such he has .reduced it since it has method, rules ' and conclQsions) one is greatly inclined to give .consent ~o

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lwfcm OC a lower &peeiea. How eJs.e can this propeosi~y mud bole; a.od having carefully wiped hi fingers on his to J'eealcihate be explained? We lmow it is not the face and taken oft" the remaining particles of dirt by growpt ora few years; but. that like o&ber qualities and runn.iog his digits through bi.s hair, he hurries borne to inclinations it h:l& been t.ransmit.ted from generatioo to his moUler bawling to the full power of his unlimited genemtion. Bot. however t.hia may be, DWI is The Recai. longs; or perhaps, runs t.o her ith extended arms and citrant.. smiling ~ as il deserving of praise, and dainties,

Tbe lriatory of every individual, and the recorda of instead of blame and t.he slipper. allllaLiCJ~~aaad tribes of all time prove it. WbaL are their . And as the child so is tbe y(lntb. Scarcely ha$ he W&fa bot ~nibtationa of &his spirit I lf one nation e:s:cbaog-ed his sborL clot.hflS for t.he costume of mqre rutl. up too closely or impolitely against. t.be sbonklers pretentious years and become, in some degl'e(', familia· of aaolher, they faiJ to Ogbting, to see which can first .rized with the doings of tbe world aronnd him, that hi ~ock off t.be ot.he,'s cap; if one baa fairer pastures than imaginnt.ion is filled with projects which are to render the other, there is a st.tuggle tor its possession.; if one bas his name famons. They are only projec:,-ts as yet: but dUc!overed more pleosnDt dwellings. it is not long before when the first diminutive down c:\Sts a rlou htful shadow otber claimente appear upon the scene; if one nation is over his upper lip, the spirit of recalcitrancy breaks ottt IDOI"8 proeperoU5 or powerful !.hen his Jellowa, ~bese with renewed vigor (as if t.o compen ate for past uni&e and endeai"Or t.o drive him from the field. If one inertion) aod now be longs to put his designs into ill weak or iot.ernnlly divided, if it interferes by its execution. Perbl\ps his imagination hM been fired by poeiUon wi.tb projecl.sand nmbition of•notber, ifit is "Munch.'\u en" stories (Mnochnusen wnsone of nature's of the M.me rncP. or an opposil.e one, if it is independent most gifted liars) of the two..cent novel, which are C.'\St

in spirit and will not enter into the views of its neigh· about so Ia vi hJy over the land. bor,-fur any of these reasons or for all them combined He pictures himself perhaps, tar out on the western it ia the legitim.at.e prey, according t.o tbe world's ethics, plains, separated from his comp.'lnions, sunounded by of tlmt nation whose power, greed, cunning or ambition Indis!U!<, whose rliscordantand blood-curdling yells would is~' greater. Such i:~ the world's history. · take t.be kinks out of an ordinary man's hair. But he is ~~~~~ Rf!d ~£~I~~~. r~.rsiaqs .anf{ G.ree~ GreeksAD.d not an ordinary man; at least so he imagines. Althollgh

Romans fill up Lb0 records of ancient recalcitrancy. alone, and one against a thousanrl, yet what wrecks he Then Rome aorl \.he barbarians, tben these among them- of their &uperior numbers, the greater the number, the Mlve~~., l.heo Spain again t l<'mnce, France against En- great.er, he .argues, is the victory. Therefore, "armed to gl:mrl, England Mrl the G~.>rman n!il.iooalities against the teew," as lhe novel generally says, he stands un­Fmnce, nil marsbal their forcea onder recalcitrancy's dism11yed. One antlr another the savages fall before his banner in modern agu .• oeb is tbe history of nations: det~dly aim until at last he remains alone upon the Hke 'he unclean spirit of Lbe Gospel, they are never at field. Of course it was an imaginary victory against

' rest. imaginary foes, but it is the !!park that fires his will t.o But wbn\ is true of nations is also true of individuals. put. in execution a long dortnant projt>ct.

The llrat ery or the int:'lnt on his ennooe int.o the He determines to seek fame and the Indians. He world i& DO& a one of joy and satisfaction but a wail of knows the "governor·• would only smile if he were to grietaud diaappoinUIIent. While the mother strives t.o broach the subject, and would relegate him to the coal­eootbe him and altings him in her arms to some old cellar to cool his ardor by feasting on disappointed ounery 'tuDe whose aotbor was neYer known, be kicks hopes and pump-water, so he determinea, wise youth, ancl cries bia disapprob,~tiob of all that he see3 and not to lAke him into his eonncils. Accordingly, when ~He yells wit.b delight. a~ evt1ry new toy, but soon the family bas retired for the night, all unconscious of gtOn --.ry of these, be seream.s with rage because he the ambitious designs of t.he young hero, he slips noise­bM DOl oUJers. U lold, whea be begins to be able to l~sly down the back stairwBy, his heart throbbing &ocldh act'08olt the &loor, to belfare or Ute &ealding hot pitifnlly, and emE~rges upon the cold anrl deserted street. water or the Are, t.hroogh very obstinacy., be will torn Soon he is beyond the subhurhs of tbe city, and the \be water -on himael£ or put his miachievona finger on )(Jnely rount.ry road lies before him. Bnt as he wttlks 1M bundng '<Jye lid. Then, ye gods! what a yell! No along bearing only the patter of his feet and the rust. 'W'OIId4!t \be hair of the f4ther turns grey before ite timt', ling of tbe ltmves as the winds ctistorb their ~. the or &b6l80Uier'a bobnie Corm droops while ytft young. silence and lonelines! become oppressive, and be begins

1f,AicbtWJen· w &Oil hi$ Dewly ironed clothes to think that aftet all perhaps Indian fighting was n<J' or ........ ~,&a twr. ottrlerl . wilb ao mscll labor and exaotly bn. forre. ~~ ~4~·iooulhbeo\ •ou ldro4o. abo• • , ill onward bowever be travels, but ~dualfy lai:s iDclepeadeca by \ambling into tbe llret convenient his foo~teps grow weary 1\nd slacken as hunger begin

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to assert its sway over a frame even so powe;'ful::;s his; and as the tboughts of' hi s·-co·cy bed and daily' coini)a­nions con:re befo11e his-. mind. A tew steps fudher hP. advances c1 ul'ing !Jis ili rlecision and then-he turns his . face towards home and the cheering 1wospect of rawhide for breakfas t. This Jast t!Jought gives speed to his wear­.iec;llirnbs. At last home is iu sight and so is his father . . llere the curtain must drop for a few moments as wh; ·t happened then is private and-belril1d the scenes ....

LighHl iet and other intlnences coo1 the arcler of ' our W,5>Uld-be !Jei'O j for a t ime lle forget-S or foregoes his ' dreallls: of ambi.tio,,,J, is once mO<e admitted to family circle,_cQn\le3ecnds to come clown from his lofty thoughts, ;tnd to take ,part in the sports ofchilclhoocl. But lessons .of experience m·e gradually forgotlen. 1'he spirit o:f :J:eCalcitrnncy again as;,e•Ls her sway and leads him into dark and devious _ways. A council of w ar follows: uncles, aunts, and cousins are SLll11ll10I1etl and that ques­tion, which so often comei' before Lh e family- board with so much anxiety and heart-ach.es, t hat qnestion "what shall we do with onr boy'·' is bt·o.ught forwavd and d-is­cussed. Aft(;r long ami son owfn l de!il:>emt io .1 a vote is_ taken and it is delerm ined to send him to coHege.

To college accorc!i-iJgly he goes ; but; .;,e,·e bis evil g,enius foliows him; ancl, a~·ce r cr0a:cing the utmost <'Us­order l•y his ir regularities uud insuborclination , afcer -be­ipg again and again counci led, aclmon isllec1, and th reat­e~wcl, he -grad u~\es st1<1deul,r as so many· h:we clone. The wM)d now lies before h im a ucl he is told to· ch&ose the oecnp :;~.tion he wishes to .follow; He . ma:kes choice of the avocatiop which ·rs to be the object of ilis l_ife, but-his f~miliar demon i:'l eve~ at lli st>ide,·making him dissatis:fi­ed with whatever lle nmleri.akes. At Ins~ manhoocrs es­t ate. is rea.c:ted and now ile ·Jauncbes his b:u-k on the stormy sea ofpoli tics, "l'eCJ!c'icl·;ttion '' as his motto 11ail- · ed to the masthe:.td, b:.tWes for a time, with. his accus­tomed obstinacy , against its power, but at last dashes bro!}dside up.on. its rocl>s, and plunges headlong beneath its waves nevCJ; to t·i ~e . ag;vin.

Is this all that c:tn be said on this snbject. No; vol­umes might be writ-cen on it so val'ied are its species and so universally is it diffused. I t makes itself felt i.1 all the conditiono of life, en ters into all Olll' pleasures and sorrows and take lts seat at onr very (;f!.ble. If fortune frowns on us W l3 recalcitrate; if il; sm ile~, we recalci tra te bec.ause it did not shower c1o,vn i:;s golden raiu in the quantit.y anrl at t he time we wished. If we are in good health or bad; if f.riends sun:0un d us, or if loneliness weighs upon -us; OJ' if ~:1e sun sbi \-Jcs, OL' i f clouds obscure its .lighL; if the rain poms, or the fot!ntains of the skies are dried. up, if b::1rvests m'e .plentiful or if they are scanty; jJ the roads are d ust.v ·or if they are mu r!rly; if weJsucceed _in our undertakings or if ohs(·.acles imi)ecle our progress; in any case and in every case there i·s always . room- for a "kick".

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and the wipked against the just restraints . of Jaw; wise kick itgainst the ptefiumption of fools, the practical mrtn agaiiJ.st the wild scheili-es nfth~ visiop~lT; the lover of trut.b 'ngainst the ~r1vocttte o;E error:• . · ·. ' · · '

J,utllet kicks ag::dnst t,hf· authority o'f t!w Po;pe .il;nd, the Pope kicks him out of the church ; th'e· al'isfocra~j, _of England kicks Charles X from t.he th.rone·aJJcl tbe~ kkk themrseLves for having insta lled the tyrant ·c roin tvell in hi s phice VT-he people of France snat-ch the 'd,iahem fmm the bead of Louis XVI and lust aU the Rei~n ~{Ter­ro-r: Bl'iem Borrboilll'e 'kicks the Danes into tb<ol sea'; the Colonies of AnieriC!1 kir.h: ag:tiast t h.e stamp :.\ct of the mother-COLmtry Eng'lnnfl', kick np a war,' kick the· tea ­

.int-o the &ea, kick the. Engl ish out of the ·cou nt ry, ' and scarcely a cen·.-;my later fall to k idd ng amOilg 'them~ selves.

Btlt why continue the ennm~~ation: uiore than '. stiffi, cient ·ha>! been said to make goocl the propo~ition with' which' this artic'le bega11: 'il:!in ely, g-reat is l'ec:1lcit1'apcy' anrl Man is t he llecalcit;·:1nt " p:H' ex cellence." For be ldcks in his infancy and chilf1hooc1, deve lopes thisproiJensity iu youth :mel perfects it in mature age. 'He begliis with a kick, mnkes· his way' through li i'e ·by kic!d;1g, and g ives a h st jubilee ki ck when ' ' he kicks the bucl;;:e ;;" nncl steps into the grave.

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Consiriering the great power for goofl or fur ev il which lies in the press in oLir age of enlightenment; con­sidering the awful truth that most of t.his· extraordinary power has bc<:>n seized by -t he n nbelieving clement of society; considering the teailJie 1J rosti tn'don into which has fall en this noble al't of jonrnn li sm-to spread false doctrines, ignoble p1·i nciples, clestrl'l ctive of nH fai tl-huid morality: consi<ledng' rt~l uhese and many more cr,ying evils springing np on all ,;-ides, tbe nn.tnt'al result' of such a solTOw~ul conf: il ion· o f things , many sigh for some much needed remedy to t h8\l terrible abuse of this the noblest invent ion of man\ genius. Many sigh for the day when pri'nti ng shn.ll kwe 1)eei1 rescnetl from the debasing pnrpoRes for whioll [t is now so Cif'ten iuS'ed, to be . elevated by the preponrleorath)g influences '1ot believers, the god-like men of om -race. The{1 ind~ei:t would the press f'n lfH its: lofty mis~ion, then would it lead the multit:.u·des to belief 11ncl righteousness, tl1en would Lt echo and re-eGho t he praises and the beauties of fa·ith,. then wonld it truly be tl'le grandest, t.be n0b!est of all blessings to ma'n.

The task of bl'iugiog about sueh a desirable state Of things aiJd of wresting the 'press f rom the ·hands of an­scrupulous men is 1ndeed an arduous one, yet not ··en-, tirely impossible. There ·is 'a: power · among-us which·'is ··

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. \l;qt whol).y.\of thi.s earth, a powet which is the spring suited to the mind of the little ones for whom it is ·. e£ · the noblest zeal and a·e~6tectn.ess .. that the w;orld ever ,dies tined. This portion of the paper, when · res~rted to gaz,e~ upon' that power· is th:e Church. In form~r -times,,. , should .not be too light1y1 dispatched for it is iEQportant ll-t tlie simple bidding of that Pow~r tber~ arose such as· deali·ng with young, inriocent, flexible intdlects gloriOtlS contests as those of the (';rusades1 when the ' which may be influenced tor life. worl,&l behel\I J 1i4e· grand spectacle o! wliole na·tions . Politics is not and' should never (in the sense in which !-ising in ·a body to obey, at the cost o~ plea,stmes :omd of Po htuJs ts gen~raly understood) be suffered to become Hf5l. i~,.self, t~1e rnag.ie voice <;>f ·a f'eeble old man, who had the main object of a Catholic paper. We admir~ the nothiHg to give in re1nirn but the assur~uce of a future 011e who gives a cool, weU-weighed jutlgment on the

. re~a,rd in h.!)a.v~-:n.. · . . ~.itllatton of the moment, showing thereby that he is ~n otir cJ;,ay. tha.t PmV'er still exists; . it is~ the sel~ same . indE>pendent of blindi ;1g party-spirit. Then his advice

, 0q!;J tQat call.ed for.6h the Crusades:. But i i-istead of call- has the · weight of sterling common sense and honesty. ing tneiJ to figh~ wiuh the sword, it c~l1s thern to_fight . ,Apd .indeed ' this is not to say· that Catholic Journalists .wi~h a still mig\hci·er arm, i1t calls them to wield ; eacl1 in' .a.re to stay on tside the field of gn:)a.L di scussions, al0of his rCS!YCCli ve sphere, the· all-powerf~li .weapon of the (io·om the great questions which interest our coun~ry

: pen,./ l'he Turk of to-day is it•rel igious in its thick array. ~ornd our country's good. We are aware of the ad vice Our altars, our homes we must defend. given, not long ago by Leo XIII to the Catholics

·.As there are yet countless generon souls in the ,worJd of the world on this im portant subject. B ut surely who can be moved more by the i)l'omise of priceless r~- .there is P oli t ics and Politics, and it is for us Catholics wards in .heaven thtin by tht paltry pleasures and ri9.bes ' to understand a:ncl put in pracLice the right and of this e<tlith, we can trust in the future a.nd be confident honorable way o( meddling with that all-absorbing thnt the soldiers ot tbe new cmise ·wlll ·be mai1y .anO. topic of our Century. Noble;;se oblige; we have to act in <>fa st('ollg heart. We. may be cbnfident that ~ grand copsequebce. . · re~;pon se wi.JI be given to \he call and that th~ m'any We have also to note here the broadness of views sacrifice~ that sta.nd in the way of Ca11wlic jo~J,"nalists displayerl by the ErQdQc_tion of news from all parts Of will re.ndet their enth'l!lSiaifu 'the greater since tbey the ea'i-th,.which seems SO fitting for us and SO well in believe, as all genero_tls souls do, ' Lhat no~4ing great can accord with the beautiftll name of Catholic. If it has be ~tCC)mp l ishe.i but throngh ·sacrifice. . been said of the American that his thoughts ~re as

Fresh imrietus is imleeil already given a~d it iswith i .grand audliberal as the prairies o£·hi's country are vast legitim~te pride that· <Ye can point out to .the r.p ~J.1J. C.ath- ·and immense, in the spicitual sense, can not the same -oU.1.· >.a.p.~.rS ·fHl!b-1i·sh·ed··tiWotfgnoufoi.1;-extEmsi ve country. apply to the Catholic whose mind is free from the .We h:.tVE; (>f late reeeived' and examined a certain r:um- S li<~cckles of. sectarian prejudice,· al'id. who ·Jooks Upo'n uer of these sheets and have been cheered by the true all men as being his real brothers, in whose welfare he Ch1:lstian spirit t.llat ~ilitUates them. They are s~ far . t akes the deepest interest. This wourd appear from the us· we know, interesting and instructive at the same , unive1·sality of scope manifested in our Newspape1;s. tirne. Their time is mitnly and firm, but never bold.· In fine, to ..sum up these promiscuous remai·ks,

Thei t .defeuce of Catholic _doctrine when attacked by Catholics may well be proud of the splendid beginnings the few fanatics .who still refuse. to see the light of · truth . of Catholic Journalism. Catholic N ewspa.pers are well l:1-Hi1l'eason, is indeed able, sound and irl'esistible. Their · edited and moral be&ides, so that they can be recieved <Jolumns are riot clefi led with the recital of. sensational in our home without scruple and without danger to humiliations nor ~lo Criminal Court R ep01·ts find place the young. In fact the day is perhaps not far when in their \vell-fillect pages:. The abili-ty and soundness of honest and sincere Protestants will also st1bscribe for judgement, disp)ayed in reviews of the week, week's tb:em in order to have reliable instruction and to avoid budg;et, topiC§ of the l:)our, -eto.,. are above all to be ad~ the CQrrupting filth of the dailies now freely circula­mii-ed a tid . pr; ise'd . . The ci L~>t.); of the writer is not .only ting. . to give ra.cts but, a" he is supposed· to be more learne,tl We subjoin the names of some of these Newspapers as a rule than his re~ders, to dr.aw tb.e right coiichJsions whi<;:h will bear us .out in what we have just said their from tliese facts a.nd show their bearing upon society ·or · member speak eloquently:-upon any , <pl~~ion_ to, which they refe1'. This being. 'l;h~ Catholic Review, the Freeman's Journal, the Il­don(rwith the ai~ qftrue ph,i.Iosophy it can not bu:t beii~ Uu~st~ated Catholic American, the Tablet, the American efit thos:e 'Wh'o ha~e the good luck of receiving such ·catholic News, the Catholic .He'rald, etc, in New-York kind and geP,erops help through the pages of their City ~lone.-The St. Louis Catholic World, the Western esteeme<l..papets, · Watchman, in St. Louis City.- The Pilot and the Re-

.Some have a children's column or departemeut public in Boston.-The Catholic Mirror in Baltimore,-

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The Mornir..g Star in New Orleans.~ The O'entr<~-1 Catholic Advocata in Louisville. - The :K'ansa:; CathoUe in Lt>avenworth. The Catholic Citi.Zea in Milwaakee.- The C:ttholic Telegraph and the Ameri­can 'Catholic: T:ribuue in Cincinp.ati.- The CathoLic U ni~erse in Cleveland.-T\le C<t-tl;JOlic Columbian. aad the Little Crusader in Columbus. - The Catholic · Se11tinel in Portland, Oregon. --.- 'l'he Catholic Stan- · dard (tnd the Ve3per Bells in PhiiladelphiB.- T!re Cat­holic in Pittsburg. - The Catholic Visitor in Provi­dence.- The Adam in Nashville.- The Texas Mol!litor · in G~lveston.-The Catholic Visitor in Richmond.-

The Canadian Freem:1.n in Kingston.- The Catholic Record in London, Ont.- T·he True Witness in Montreal.- The Northwestern Chronicle in St. Fanl.- . The Michigan Catholic in :Detroit.- The Messenger in Davenport.-'l'hc New Record in lndiana.- Tbe Ave Maria in Notre Da!'ne.- The ConJlecticut Catholic in Ha;tiord.- The Colorado Catholic in ·' Denver.- Tbe Monitor and the Pacific Catholic in San Francisco,­The Brooklyn Examiner in Brooklyn.- The Catholic Telegraph in Alhany.- The Ca.tbolic Union a.nd Times in Buffalo.- The Catholic Weekly in Troy.- And in our own State the Emerald, the Pilot, the Western Cath­olic, t.he Catholic Home, in Chicago.- T::.e Churoh Progress in Marshall.- The \Vest\lrn Catholic Press in Quincy.

LOCALS.

- 0 Merry Christmas! -Merry Cbristrpa~ 0! -Joseph Duffy, of Kansas City, Mo., is one oft he late

arrivals among the seniors. - Why is it that J. S. don't write any more philoso­

phical compositions? -"United we stand, divided we fall,"- Tim, Jim

and John. -"Well don't get red-headed about it, Shakespeare." -Smiles are getting high-prie~d; it now t.akes two

pieces of pie to buy one. - The orchestrlJ. attended mass at the church last

Sunday. - We wonder if Louis got "conge'' for his class­

mate in his honor. - For Rent during the Christmas holidays: I will

rent out, to some quiet person, one pair of shoes, one pair of socks, Terms reasonable. Address P. K., East side, Study Hall.

- Dr. Louis Grandchamp says "lt is undeniable fact as it has been attested by some of the greatest physi­cians of tb,e day, that chewing tobacco in bed is very unhealthy." ...

-Rev. A. Dooling C. S. V. very generqusly treated

all the. CLioa.go boys; :l'lst Sunday. The Indiana' boys .- ·"'·»;' .

come. next . _:_ Eugene Graham was called h.or:ite to assist his father

in the store during tqe holida.Y&,. -We wonder what it W:lliS that made Wiison sick

last Sunday .. - The plate glass traRSOJlls lat.e.Jy plac-ed o..Yer· the

doors of the class.-J"Qoms, greatly improv.e the appe:a't~tnoo ofthe corri'dor. ··

- August Muehlenfordt has resumed his old position as seCC>nd violinist in the orchestra.

- Mos.:. Roy is now .tl:Je ha)!)py p0ssessor of an e!llgant silver watch, a prefl':lnt from hjs Professor, E. 'J'heri'en.

-Rev. ·Charles Mugan was callel home to 1!-ttel)d the bedside of his mother, who is· seriously m.

-The me1nbers of the orchestra and of the Gercle Moliere express their sincere thankt'•1lness to Mr. 1\f. A. Roy for his ahle and ever ready services to tbem. Morse '• goes to Chicago where be c0ntemplates devoting him. .self more exclusively to music. While we r~gret bis departing we wish him all success in the field of his choice.

- M:onday morning, t,he 20.tb. in8t. Louis Duret tool> his leave of us for good. He carries with him the good feeling of all his fellows and Professors who all wish him well.

- The Staff gladly accuse reception of a box Of fine " Havanas'' from Dr. Bergeron of the ''neat little office. " Many thanks, Doctor.

- Rev. P. Hickey, of St, Patrieks Church, Chicago, paid us an agreeable visit yesterday the 21st. in.st.

AT OUR TABLE.

"Our" datchel is alrearly made up, and cur gloves on the corner of the table-we are going. Many of you have, long since, wished us a happy new yeat etc. and have already ceased "pouring in." We respectfully and, sincerely thank you for these genial feelings which we would here a~sure you, are with us quite reciprocal. May your sleigh-bells ring gaily and swift over the sleeky snow, your music flow in happy measures and your hearts to them keep time ever and ever more! .... ~ We bave of course read you all-all that have comeso far, for we can never resist the temptation of instantly dt-.vouring you as soon as you appear; so now, crammed with intellectual -college fodder we can comfortably tannerize for a fortnight . .•. come in.

Little Boy-Mr. Chamberlain is waiting for you, Johp. Hurry up if you want to ride! ·

Life is made up of partings. We must away. A warm shake to yoU' all, college brethen, · and a hearty good­

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REsUME OF SOCIETY DOING~.

Daring tbe past term-Oct. ,.-,.-Mr. Cutsinger's name was proposed for

memben>hip. The Reading'room was discussed and a);;o periodicals and magizines. A Committee was appointed to. see Director on that matter. Librarian asked that regular hours 'be appointed for the m('mbers to go to the library. From eleven to twelve on all recreation days was decided upon. As it was the first regular meeting there were no exercises. Adjournment.

. ~.<?!:.l.r_rl.::- _Gutsinger~ was ·voted· in ·1tn 'Uriani-mous1y electf.d to membership. Tile moderator and the commitee had seen the Director and reported that nothing definite was arranged. Names of several papers were given to choose from. There not being much money in the Treasury, it was proposed that we solicit contributions. The exercises, a debate bet{veen Messrs. De>eney negative anrl Normoyle affirmative were now in ord('r. Messrs. Wilstach, Harbour, and Leach were appointed judges, and Mr. Ball critic. The deb:1te : "Resolved that the negro was more cruelly treated than the Indian," then took place and the society adjournerl .

Nov. 7 . ... Special meeting. R('ading matter recon­sidered. Motio3 made and seconded that the monthly fees be collected in advance. Carried. Adjournment.

Nov. 16 .... 'Mr. Ricou was proposed for membership Judges gave the debate of Nov. 3rd to Mr. Deveny. Criticism read nnd npproved. Considerable discussion as to whether the criticism should go into thll minutes, notliing deciclerl on account of Jack of time. Mr. Nor­m~yle was appointed critic. The exercises followed: Comic Rearling, Mr. Duret, and an explanation of the "Philosopl.Jer's Stone" by Mr. :Saindon. Ajournment.

Nov. 17 .... Au addition to the by-laws with regard to the critic and his criticism w<~s laid upon the table. Mr. Ricou was voted in un;tniu10usly. -&pert ·of treasurer- stAted " thn.t t he funds of the Society now amounted to $8.85. The exercises of the evening now took place consisting of a discussion of the five pro­fessions Doctor. Lawyer, Priest, Farmer and Merchant, and tthey were defended by the f<•llowing gentlemen respect;vely : Messets. Ball, Wilstach, Golden, Legris, and Convey. Messers. Granger, Norllloyle aud Leach

, were appointed judges and Mr. Deveney critic. After the various speeches the society adjourned. Dec. 1st, .... Amendment to by-laws voted upon, The deb~Lte of last meeting was rejected. The debate of the last meeting was awarded decided in favor of Mr. ,Golden. Mr. Deveney 1s criticism read and accepted. Ofthe evening's exercises, Mr. Convey was appointed critic. They were as 1ollows. Essay on Abraham Lincoln Jos. McGavick, Discas~ion on Poetry, Mr. Leach. Mr.

Harbour failing to read his essay pays mulct. Mr. Presi­dent read a paper on "The Church & Civilization.'' Adjournment. Dec. 15. A vote of thanks was tended Rev. Fllther Legris for a year's subscription for the St. Nicholas. There was an animated discussion on what was to be.

Dec. 19th.-Special meeting was called to elect a treasure~ as Mr. Knox will not return after the holidays. Messrs, BalJ and Saindon were proposed. The former wns elected by a. neat majority. A vote of th!lllks \tas then tendered Mr. Knox for his late services. Adjourn­ed sine die .

ROLL OF HONOR.

LATIN COURSE.

Gold Medal awarded to ......... : . ... J. McGavick.

SILVER MEDAL.

Equally deserved by T. Normoyle and V. Lamarre. DISTINGUISHED-J. Suarth, L. Falley, P. Wilstach,

W. Convey, J. Golden, Jno. O'Callaghan, P. Granger. J. Ricou, R. Fitzgerald, S. Saindon, G. Roy. J. Rivard, A. Leach, P. Kelley, F. Dandurand, D. Cahill, C. Har­bour, D. Ricon, L. Grandchamp, A. Besse.

COMMERCIAL COURSE.

Gold Medal awarded to ................. A. Lesage. 1st. Silver Medal equally deserved by J . Moore, and

Burns. 2nd. Silver Medal equally deserved by J. Belton, D.

·welsh, W. Tynan. DISTINGUISHED-J. Bennett, E. Bennett, A. Letour­

neau, T. Ehricll, V. Cyrier, J. P alissard, T. Whalen, C. Ball, J. Bigham, J. Barry, M. Conlan, E. Harbour, D. Calvin, A. Granger, G. Brosseau, F. Baker, W. Pender­gast, C. Leggett, J. O'Connor, J. Ruger, W. Butz, H. Baker, R. Adams, J. Belle.

GUILFOYLE COMPOSITION MEDAL.

Equally deserved by P. Wilstach, C. Ball, J. Cleary, J. McGavick, T. Normoyle.

SENIOR DEPARTMENT.

Depurtment.

Muehlenforrlt, Suerth, S'lffer, Whalen, Fitzgerald, Graham, P. Granger. Distinguished-Brosseau, Cleary, Legris, Burns, and Lamb.

POLITENESS.

Graham, P. Grattger, A. Granger, H. Lesage, Legris, Muehlenfordt. Suerth, Saffer, Whalen. Distinguish­ed-Ball, Brosseau, E. Grandpre, Cleary, Grandoha.mp Knox, F. LeSllge, Moore, Cahill and IWach. ·

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APPLICATION

· Graham, P. Granger, M11 ell eJJfordt, S uerth, 'Vhalen, FitzGer-ald. Disting uis!Jed- Cleary, Saffer, Cahill, and Jltll1DS. ' '

DILIGENCE AND PTJNCTUALI'l Y

. Graham, A. Granger, :P. Gninger, Suerth, WI1alen, j<'itzGer~tkl, Bnrns anct H. Lesa.ge. Disti~guished- J. ~ennet,t, jCl~nry , E )).rich, Grn,nrl'chsmp, Legris, Cnhil!; L. pur'(t~ ::1110. Roach.

NEATNESS AND ORDER.

Cahill, Durett, Brosseau, BennethJ:~ta.bam., .. A~ .. G-ran­·ger, --Mu~llerffoi·dt~ ·p~ - ·c;l:~~g~ r and Suerth. Distin­guished-W~~ta~h ; CoQv ej' ,' RoaciJJ , i:Sdri1s, E. Bennett Cleary, Legris and !!!gore~

JUNIO~ .. DE PARTMENT.

. Deportment.

W. Lehman, E. J{aj q> tte, T. Malooey. Distinguishect-J. McGavick, A. Marcotte.

POLITENESS.

W. Lehro~n, E. Raj ot ~e, w. Roach. Distinguished­A. ManiQtt~ , C. Kpisely, ·J. Kelley.

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Lehm!ln, E. R~1jotte. Distinguished-T. Maloney.

DILIGENCE AND ' PU NCTUALITY.

W. J,ehlr!an, E .. Raj.ol te, T. Maloney. Disting uished-C. Harbour. ,

NEATNESS AND ORDER.

C., Had:l6ur, C. Knisely, J. Kelley, W . .Lehman, E. Rajotte. Disting uishcd-T . .:\Ialoney, J. Ricou, W. Roach. ·

MINil\I'S :OEP ARTMENT.

De.portment.

L. Fal~ey ,, V. }:.amarre, Distinguished-A.' Besse, V. Cyrier, M. Fort in·. ·

PO LlTENESS. ' L. Falley, V. Lam arre. Di.stinguisbecl-G. Roy, A.

Bes.se, V. Oyriei·, B. Frner, E. Harbour, Fontanelle, L. Legris.

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V. Lamarre, L. Faile?. Disting~ished-G. Roy , A. Besse, V. Cyrier, L. Legris.

DILIGEN(j.E AND PUNCTUALITY. ·

L. Falley , V. L:lmarre, G. Roy , A. Letourneau, M. Fortin. DistinRuished-J .. Friedm:an, E. Harbour.

NE A:-T,NESS AND ORDER,

L. Fatl~y; Y. L amarre, J . Tierney, G. Roy . Distin-. " - 'l .

gui:shed-;-'E. Ha~·bo ur, Fontanelle, M. Fortin, Kehoe, J. O'Connor. ..,.

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Some say, that ever 'g aiust th,a.t s~l/.SOll .comes 'Wherein our Saviour's binth i~ cel~brated, This bird of dawnipg siog~tb a!J night long-: . .Aiid then, they say , ,no spirit dMes stir a:::road;

. The nights are whol Posom~: thep no planets strike, No f•tiry talks, no witr;b bath _power to charm, · So hallowetl and so gra:cious ·is the time !·

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SPORTIVE.

Among the hest players at checkers the names Of McGa vick, Lesage, Ricou, Moore and Rugt r stand pre-emiaent.

l'~e best ,skaters in the senior department are Roacb, Duret, Leggett a.ncl Moore .

Calvin and Knisely still retain t!Je lead in gym nastic p.e;rformances.

The'' Dude" can now "get over the,role." Shak~speare is{ollqwing !Jim closely and will soon become a gymnast.

The devotees of " borrow·• ackt1owledge Ro.ach and . Deering as leaders.

Fitzgerald " knocks them all out' ' but 011 the pole. Mr. Sullivan is the champion athlete of the "corridor." Practice your gymnasti c ex ercises boys, there may

be a medal for the bes t perfoniler ut the end of the· y ear.

F.recl ,Lesl\ge is fn ~ t getting the rings under his con ~ trol oand. will soon be in ibe lead with his difficult fea t~.

-The biJliard players averag e as follows : · W. Cursi 11 -

ger 25, E. Bennett ~2, C. Leggett 17, J. Bigham 17, T. .Elil'ich 17, J. Moore 15, C. Ffarbour 15, J. Bennett 1)), D. W elsh 10, T. Lyons 10, J. Spielberger 10, II'. O'Neil 10.

A VISIT TO .ALMA MATER. - 1950 A. D.

'It was a beautiful May moming, while the sun was still in tbe East and tbe atmosphere cool anrl refreshing; ·. that· I stepped into my aerial boat, lit my cigar, and orcler~d Nero my helmsman to steer directly for .the ·• city of Bourhonnais. Soon the bum of v oices and Ute tread of busy feet began g radually to die away until a.t last all was sil ent as in t he dead of night: save the wizzing sound of the boat as she fl ew tbrougb tbe air, serving as an annoyance to me _in tlie perusal of my ., morning paper-The Aurora Astonjsher.

At last · being· m9lested bey ond the limits oi 'my pati ence,: t ai;ose and walking ,to the bow of t he . b oat, ~ directied :N'cr6'; wh6 w_as sta"tiooed 1 here to somewhat

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· ~nr6<reriite'' tne·-speed,Tliri't~f - miglit mo;.~ - fuiiy -t~i:~ ~d­-. vantage of the greatly exhibrating breeze which i::o me is ·always so· consbli1~g; exiJecblly when mn,ny feet above · the restless world with nanght to trouble you save the -beautiifU>l, heart-cap'ti vatb1g scene·J:.Y' of . the ~ Llrrou·n~·ing . countt•y, 'troqJ. whis:hyou ca;mot withdraw yol1ratteDt;~on. I sto0d fen· so.H!e t.hne wrap't in th~ cont~mplat1ou o£ t:his .deHgh:t'ii!f! se-en.e, and th:e gt·e"ti; . variety o.f o.bjects which it represented, htlt recollecting myselfsomewhat ·I reti-red froril: th<rs scene ~f poelic vi sion and O!!Ce more -resll(lned my ohi, seat took up my clgar and newspaper. While looking caJeles.s ly over the "Sp:trks tl·om · the wires" and puffing 'vigor-Ously at: my One Ce[\t 'tobaCCO carte, my eyes sndde•iily came in contact wi th a p:w­agraph which caused a cold perspiration t o staiicl Oil my brow: l r·epeatedly read the pamgraph before I could belie've my ey,es. I i'ead thns :-Ja;nes Hconbig a Wf;a.lthy merclic,nt con'IJm/ttecl sul'ctde at ludia•napolis by bom·cliil fJ at the E-h h~tel for live weeks toitltotrt ch<-71'[/ f ,/g. He cl!f cl yesterd<tyevening in g1·eat agony. James I-Iambig -.T:unes Hamliig, I murm;u·ed to mysel f ; it is he. PoM H::. tll; I never thought Lhat of-. I went no fat·Lher .in my l'ever ie for the cle(;r tones of Nero fell so abn!pLly Oil my ear, that J stood ui~rig·\,t in the bo::.<; and begau staring vacantly around, and indeed seve.-:d m i 111 tes elapsed befo·re T could well unclei·stand wl!:tt bnsim'BS I had in fron't. of 'ivhat se.en:ied to be a monntaiG ch :o iu of hricb' .

At last l'eC~I-ering· rnyself somewh :•.t, the words Alma :Mater flashed throt;gh my n:ti ncl, and I was_ agt•in trans­fixed st.ari ng inten t ly on tl1 e m c,cll t1·::.nsformed hon1e of my childlroqd, while w:trm uncalled-for pe:u·ls began trickling clown . my cheek and falling one a ile;· a.noUJet· on the upturned i'nce of Nero who was looking up at me with great astonishment. He a-gain ventured to a1~ouse

me by '!::lurting out in flu II , soothing tones- "Is you r:.ick mnssit John?"" No! No! Nero'' !replied. At this I alig'btecl on the platform and found ~hat we had landed at the sixth story. T aking Lhe elevat<n;, we quickly dest,ended 'to the g·munc1.

You cau imagine the feelings which arose within · me as I obtained my first binl's- eye view of the place beneath whose roof I hP.d ~>pent the days o£ my. youth,, unmol,esten by naught save the light burden of happiness, while lmo\vledge waS steadily stowing herself unpimieived wi\thin me until at last I became wise be­

fore 1 hnew it. Up011 a closer examination, the clia.nges which thid ins­

titution had m1flel'gone were still more awe-inspiring. Insliead of a building some fonT stories in height aud co­veting a surface of some two hundred square feet, was a sta-tely mansion of ten stories and spreading ovel' a_t least seven acres of ground.

As I was windiug my way through the beautiful grove which eticireled the coHE'.ge, many fond recollec-

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same trees, which Hk:e rnyseJ.f b:we begun to show the lack of tha,t youth£-al vigo:r wi tq wl! ich they. were . once so tho1:oug:bly Siltur,1'ued.

With such remi11iscence.s chtg,sing each other thro:ugh my U:.h1dand.scarcely kaowtngwhe1·e I was go.ing:lli0!i1n d­ecl n sud<;] en bend in th-e wallt 'and :found myse,lf facec-i;.l) face with an, amiable 'lookiBg personage whom I.in'l<liedi:i­tely recognized to be Mr. Rrod, my grammar professor in days long p assed. "

Arter an exchaug'B of congra tuln tions .we started in t(1e di_rection of the Collrge and o-bt:liHed entr:1nce - by a deep arch way, · r_eac.hitJg . to a great 1Je~g: 1 <· , and circnlat· within. I now fonnd myself in a long c urrldo~ with numeroqs door open ings on e-i ·<; ~e r 6ide . T ho$e doors ex~

phi11ed my .]Jenefactor were tlJe Plltl':l.aCe t.o the r.oomS of. the seu.ior students. Th<~ o1c1 method o:f liviJ.1g _all together beiDg· complet :: J_y f(H" 3:~kcn Hnd now efwh eli vision having it.s own llp;tr t ment.

In on ler to re:H·h t be jun iM and mini m c~ivi~ iOTl which was Lwo. ti~OI' i es :-.bove, w 0 y; ere obl ignl Lo b !;:e

the elevatot· <liJd on aniving on th ~·t lloo;· I iotnd every ilting -a.'i u e:'l t- and comp:1.ct ~~s b(• low m1cl in <be s:tme mann0r nran-gel~ except i: JJ steacl ot prE>p :' ring their lessons i,n their rooms there was a genentl sti.' .. rly hall where f?::tch i·eview.ed his iesson and ~!.'G an .appoin ted hour procet,ded to the next story to r eci te it.

It is 1ee1 lly '"OI·t h stopping to relate the actions or­those little cllipmnnks wheilever a vi si tor happerts pa.st · t he door. Firs~ one discovers you, and t-h~t before you have bee11 there long, and imm ecli:1tel_v gives th~ oignal to his compn.uions by a little snicker. Tbe next instant not only two but every eye iu the room is fixed Ul)On

yon , then a general snicker ensu ed, another peep from behind a book and each h~ s alrenr1y 1'o:cmecl ::m opinion, a.nd is qui te willing to bet"the cigars'' and who the " old crab" was l\1 :1t appeared at the door, and, "wonder if he'll get us a conge."

H aving completed our survey of the little chip­munks' Clen we again boarded the elevator, which was con tinually in motion, passed by the next floor, which was divided into several class rooms, and on leaving

- the ' elevator found ' ifi}iself in 1:he' center of the most .

beautiful ar t galleD' !\ ry.y ~if~S _eyer :Peheld. The entire eastern c·ncl of the room was occupied by a

gorgeo,usJy colored hncl scaped paint ing which pre­seJ11;ed the beautifully si tuated city of Bourbonnais on Lake \fiateur, while _the two comers were. occuplect by

. the marble busts of t.he Reverends lVI. J. :M:arsile and G. J. Legris. who occupied the respective po:'sitions of Director and P refect of Studies duriiJg my course.

On eitbe~ side hung numerous portraits, some of which I recogni~ed ~t -a. glanee to be old associates

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' while others tlict n'ot sti·ll~e me so ·vividly and ~t.illotbers )\i<;qavic~-,- .J!l{we~; 1\[cO;av:ic;k;, :e?, is , ~oWl PJ~>rs.aing //' who ·were " 'entii·e sttailg~rs to m~. 0~ tl;e sid.e . o,f'tlle i .hi.s eourse of Theo19gy llll· 13!\lt'iO,'J.O~'e aqd :~·ecei V;e<il ~j,Ji6r/

· cle'rical'person~ges 'I recog nized Archbishop 1\IcGa vick-. : Orsl~r~ ~.t , the C4ristlll;as Or.d illrot.1.Q!lS. J~llil .. es._is ~d~rotuer 1:3ishof:i ll\ina and his Eminehcc J ames Sliannon of the , · to 1\l:r . .a.lec. , l\1cGavick, Subdea.con, m:)d · ~o Jose-ph, see of Monmouth. Upon closer examination r'be~e}d a 'bo'tb ., nor.i.n Ot!r .midst. . . .. , , .. ,,, ..... '·' :o<;P,,

P!l.ioting of a p riest witih long gray bear(l nnd sin'lling : , I{elly~ , ,Jo$e1jh ~{elly, '86, is:,.nQ.w: !J..t .• his. fi.rst ·ty.e!J,rl's count.eba,noe ,aud i•nHnediat\'lly I ·· :reoo'gi1i'zefl in 'h:i'm. 1the ,Philos.o,pJ1y in ,~t. ,Sul,piee S~mimary, l\~<i>iil tr.e"\1,1, He.J;hi'Ii~s pers011 . of ,my old i)r.ofessor of.Litemttne, Fr. Rivard. : it is n1ighty strict to .go witboqt ::t, :Clwistnlt~,&. 1 v~eation. Passing dn to. the P.i<Ctures ot · U't~· lflymen, the first t'h'at ' . Ti~rP.~.Y-:- \Vith ~qual pleasure rlo we· a)mo;p1lce>1io his strm~t my e~·e was a:n ·E"Jogaiit lite-si·ze pnintitig of Gov. ma,ny -.fri~t)ds t.hat p ;:,trlck i'i~mey, '83,: is also in._ J3alti-William Powers of Illinois; withou·t 'fi'att'ery' he was the 'mor~ m(Lking his first yeat:;s philosop.hy . . ' ' _;I finest.Iooking statesman I e.ver saw. Contih·uirig 1Iiy walk M~alhall---:-. Will::ttn Mnlhall ~77, . is , Cashie,r jn a; . b~rok

J noticed paintings ·of the Hon. James 'Roa.ch ancl a'lso 'of RockVal~ey .. He is well satisfied with ~is positiQn the Gerrnan ,Am>eriean· twet Will. Saffer; ' _ whi'ch is,indeecl a lum:ati,ve, Otije. . , .,. - , 'l· · .•.

We. now pur~ued oui' course· around the sides sur- , M~ehan-:- Ne"Ys reach us, that J.ames Meehan, / 861 •• is ve.ying the nu•met·ous pietures ancT re'lat'in'g some fOtid einployec;l.in a Wholesnle Groce-ry S~ore. in Elgin, ,Ills .. re!lliniscen ces of old friends, as· they · ::-.p()eared before . Lancaste~--; Miles . 'J;,n{lC:\~ tei·, '8.6, acts as elerk .in us, 1mt.iLat last we came to a beautt'f'lll ' statue wliiel1 by , the Post 01']1ee of Pm:is, Ill. ts_ preposse~si ·ng a:pr)Mrance and sublime carriage·· I 1 Carr -:- By .tb,e latest, nev:~;s, .. Ro'Qer,t Da.n:,, ~84,,,,:il!

reeognized to be that of Rev: Fr·.· DOoling who filled · devoti;1g !timself. to impatting know,ledge to the y.opng. the 'position of•Pretect of I>is<:iJ:>line during "86.'' : sters9f Meriden,; Illinois. H<l i:S vve~l ,satisfi,e(l, w\th ,,hj~

· As the flay was faS't fading nway and not ·wishing''td · position atpres~nt .and<;on!tm:nplates studying Ln-w inthe. tra.Y'!"l by ·11ight; .I was obliged to bicl fniew'ell ·to ' the i near future. He will probably visit us by St. Patrick's sc.enes ofmy 'ch'ilclhood and as I took the hand of that Day. Weleome! ve.neraple old man ; who had clolle so m'uch to make tny Fny -Charles Fay, '84, is now acting as BilL Clerk.

· visit a . ~b.y of h ~l:ppi.ness, I could not suppress the tears in tbe Northw(lstern Depot of spring Valley, a l:>oom~Jil.g . of .gratitude which fl'owed free•ly clow\1 my cheeks. As ' I ·young town, about 20 miles from Ottawa,. only two was departiJ~g he · pr·esei'ltecl me with a C'Opy of the .years olcl, but prom:Jsing a great deal for the future. ' College Jow·nal which is now published daily · at five Libert-.Father J. Libert., ' 82, is. now .'3-ssistant p!lstqr o1elopk.· in Iyesdale, Illinois. We ~nflerstand that he ba~ tiDet

.Biddi-ng my friend a last goOd-by I took the elevator with a field of la.bor · proportionate to his well-known to, tb.e a:edal bGat stat'ion on tJ:ie sixth. story where 1

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zeal and. eamest.ness. , . found -!Ne~·o sittiit·g E5n the ·'bo-w of the boa·t, . impati'ently ' _We ,r~d(ii ve the :followipg shw·t but pithy pQte fro111 OtiH' awaiting my arrivil:.J ; •and after t.9:ki.ilg a longing look at ' old f1:ieqd Napoleon Fortin who fqr tb,ese la~t four years old St. Vintenr's1 I stepped into inv boat and was · soon has been suecesfnlly. ,engaged in the wholesale grocei'y, sailh1g swif.Lly tllrough the air which seemed to be con: business in the fa1; west. We thank hjm for t-1\e ha11dsome · tinually bumming__:_ epistle !l:l,ld ho]!e [le will, ftS he promises brothers George . we. tread the !}and·· that loves us h.nd Max, visit us sure this. Clwist1UaS. .

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Her stars and stl'ipes float o'er us . 'fhe fr reuds we'v.e ·tried' ·are far and wide And nineteen fifty still bef0re us.

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Re~. Fathei· :- , : He~·!Jwith l beg to 4and yO\l'N. ,Y .. , drl\ft., fo~ i 1o:p_o to . cove1~ tl'\e bill fpr :svbseriptioF). to, ~hj:l, J.o.li.r;~ . nal; ~a)· $5.00, and the balance I would be ple,!!-~ed, t<h ~ have plaeed . for the , gen~ral g<:>Od &t cthe papen .

ICe,arney . .,- .4,fter a three ancl. a half year's cou rs'e . . l fl.m pleased .to rec~.i ~e .the < Journal. {rQlJD ,th;p~ : " Theology ' in Baltill'lot,e; Tbom:is Kearney, ''83, Was to :ti~e -p.nd , qujte 0ftC!1 not~ce SOI!l.C little,, TeferCJilQC;:'>tQ:, r ord,ained pries.t in Ghieago on the 17th. Ia'st·.; by Areh- an . old sc4pol acqnaiutaon9e an(!, shq~.lq ~tny o~ .~hew. J?tlll-, -bish.op Feehan. Om~ 'best ·wis!Jei·do· the young apostle~ · be :anlqpg y,oq.: I v\Quld be very pleased to be kindly re-

S.oumis:.,....W,e thank; Father S-ol:Jmi&; of Beardsley,· · • membered to tbem. Minnesota; who has lately foi·watded · a -"Mte" to t'he .. With kina regards,:· ' ;<· ·,, '•'"'·"·,. J6.DRNAL. J\1;a-y, Jtliris o:enerotlSi kind"heart~~Fatlier meet e~ Your§ Very respeetfiully; ~ · ·. '-· with-all .p.o.ssible snricess in hi~ a!'dudus miss,ion ainong Napoleon Fortin. the -savages Of the West.

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THE STORY OF THE MAGI.

It i& a: lovely morning in the month of _December and with your consent, indulgent reader, we will transport o.nr~e,lves upon the"wings ·or laney to Jerusalem, at; 'the · time thl!>t the:- long expected and anxiously awajted Messia:h was to make his advent upon the earth.

The sun bas Just arisen in the East and all nature' bas awalumed from her s.tlent repose. of the night to join in welcoming the bright herald of the day. The birds sing their sweetest songs, and EWen the flowers, which \\- ere to he found in profusion in the parks and· private yards,

/ gayly lifb their heads heavenward t o do homage to their Creator. Soon the stre.ets are filled with a mass of s truggling humanity hurrying hither and thither: some in search of pleasure, others to acquire riches, while others seek for the means necessary for su hsistenee.

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Jci·u~alem Clid not present the same appearance that she does to-llay . She was then in a flourishing condi­ti<.m; commerce from all parts of the earth passed through her wttes ; all nations ha<l representatives among her iulw,ui t.."lnts. CaFavans richly laden with earth's most p recious treasures are to be seen on all her principal thoroughfares. One of these is particularly noticeable on acconnt of the splendor and brilliancy of the trap­pings of the camels and the ri chly dressed retinue by which it was accompanied. :From its appearance., one could phtinly see that it belonged to no ordinary trader, and that t he occupants of the train could be no other t han r oy&l personages. This opinion gained credence w.hen the cat a van W!\s seen to direct its co •H"se t owards Herod's palace. Arrived at t.hc royal residence, three men of venerable mien and toreign aspect ascend the steps ot the magnificent palace. When at length admit­ted into t he presence of Herod, tbey request of him to conduct them to Israel's Infant King. He, astonished at their strange re.quest, replied that Israel bad no other King than himself, and asked them to eKplain who they l _were an~ whenhce they harl recieved their knowledge concermng sue R. personage.

The princes rep ly that they are men versecl in astron­omy and starry lore, and are rulers in far distant lands; that one evening while scanning the heavens about the hour of midnight they observed a bright and luminous star, while from heavenly realms were seen wafted these words: "trust yourself to the guidance of this star and yon will be conducted to the presence of Him whose mission on earth will be to redeem and regenerate man _ kind." .And obedient to this summons they had left home

and kindred and had proceeded thus far on their jour_ ney Herod feigning to take great interest in the success of their mission, while inwardly thirsting for revenge against this new usurper , dismissed them with the re. quest that they shouid report to him as soon as they discovered the object of their search. Promising to com­ply with his wishes, they take their departure and":W¢nd. their way towards rock-girt Bethlehem.

They had proceeded only a few miles when they ob­served that the star, wbic.f:dor so long bad been their uner­ring g uide and constant companion, ceased moving in the heavens. In vain do they look around tor a _princely castle; nothing meets their gaze but a bleak and lone mountain. Ascending its slope for a short distance, they find instead of a royal dwelling a cave, hollowed out in the side of the mountain, which was used by the shepherds in housing their flocks. Beside themselves with astonishment to think that He for whom heaven is not fair enough sho:::ld be sheltered in such a place, they enter. What a spectacle presents itself to them! There reposed the infant Jesus in a manger, with a halo of glory encircling his brow, having no other companions than the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph, and a few dumb beasts. No courtier train, clad in robes of gold and purple, pressed round His couch to give Him wel­come. There was heaven's fairest gem enshrined in this hovel. What a reproach to us undiscerning mortals who place all our happiness in the possession of riches and the gracification of our passions! Who can contemplatE> that scene without emotion?

There on bended knees are the three Kings acknowledg­ing the Divinity of that Infant, while angels hover near singing anthems of joy. There they are, the wisest and most powerful men of their age, bowed down in silent adoration before this apparently weak and help­less Babe. Tears swell unbidden to their eyes to think that the Redeemer could possess no other habitation than !}- mere stable, forgetting that His mission on earth was not to inculcate a love for riches . and per­ishab le things, but to teach mankind poverty, charit.y, hum ility, and obedience. Having finished lheir acts of adoration and love, they prPsent to the Infant Jesus

,..earth's fairest treasures-'-gold, frankincel?se, and myrrh - as a token of their love and veneration. Then bid­ding a fond adieu to their Redeemer and God, they depart with joyous hearts feeling amply repaid by tbe scene just witnessed for any inconvenience they bad suffererl on their journey. Warned by an angel they do not report to Herod what they had seen but take a different route homeward so as to avoid Jerusalem. As they proceed, they announce to the people along their way the glad tidings that a Savior was horn into the

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CATHOUC NOTES.

Let every one h~::arken to the voice of the angels on Christm as Eve: "Glory to God on bigh and peace on earth, to men o{ good will!"

The widow of ex-Minister Hun-t has j oined the Cath­olic Church. Her conversion caused quite a sensation at the capital.

Tbere are about 15,000 Catholics in the diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, over which bishop Curtis was lately consecrated to presi<le.

Of ]ate P rotestants have tried to organize religious communities. "\Ve hear t-hat a certain Rev. Mr. Rose , founder of thG "Brothers of th e Common Life," has joined the Church. along with Mr. Poock,_ one of his novices.

They t?.lk about the ballet as "poetry 6f motion." There i;; more poetry in the jumr;s of a bull-calf than in the contortions of a shameless half-nakeLl woman tecto­turning on her big toe.- lVatchman.

At the suggestion of Bishop Ireland and other distin­guished ecclesiastics and laymE:n intere~ted in the work of Temperance, a meeting was held in Chicago to determine upon some means to raise a fund for the support of a cou ple or more of zealous temperanpe preachers in our part of Lhe country.

The Cathol ic Germans of New York City, who, fifty years ago, 11[\.d b:1!'ely one church; can now boast- of twelve beautifu l eel ilices of worship with about 15,000 parishioners e~ ch on an average. Tlley are a tl:)rifting people; quiet and religic•us as n rule. They preserve their customs to a greot degree and thus cause them­selves to be respected.

Father Kenelin Vaughan, one of the five pries t-broth­ers of B ishop v~wglnn, o£ S:tl£ord. England, is about to found a new order whose object will be to promote throughout the world a public permanent manifesta­tation of penance as ameJlcl s for the , t errible apostasies of nations and persons, with a view of sa tis:fy ing Divine iustice and of averting the arm of God'::; auger. This praisew orthy thought is approved by the Bishops and by the Pope.

Conversiqns to t.be Catholic faith are still very n umer­ous in England among the higher classes of Society especially . Of Lhe 40 peers of that conn try, 24 are con­verts; and of baronets, 22 are a lso con verts. There are 18 Catholic Lords holrling courtesy titl es, 12 of whom are converts. One of the latter, Lord Charles Thyne, although nearly 70 years of age, has lately been ordained by Cardinal l\f ann in g.

Cardinal Ln vigerie hns sub mitted to the French Government the plan of rebuilding the city of Carthage

which would be the centre and :>tarting-point of the _ Catholic missions ib Afri.ca. Man,y_ .nations being i:qter::-·--· ested in the protection of the missionaries and of -the European colonies there established, they might all bear tbei~ shm·e of the expenses required to effect that · noble w orl;c.

Having c.ompleted her no-yitiate, Melle. Chesnelong, daug})ter 0f the eminent Catholic eenat.or, the eloquent Champion of the Church in France, will shortly enter. the order of the Daughters of Charity. l\1. Che_snelong's son is a priest, ::mel is attached to the service of the churgh of St. Augustine, Paris.

On, 'Wednesday lll'Oruing Dec. 1, a,t St. Bonaventure's Semi,nary, Alleghany, N. Y., Mr. Michael Dwyer, a student in his first year of Theology:, passed from this life . .Apparently in tbe perfect enjoyment of health, he was suddeNly striken down by the bursting ofa blood vessel in tbe bmin. The Rev. President, had barely time to anoint him when he passed to his reward.

The plan of the Catholic University has been exposed at Rome and it is generally understood that the begin­ning of this grand monument will be at first simply the Chair of Theology, to which the other Chaks wiil gradually be added in course of time. ~Ir. E. Baldwin, the architect, is suppo~er1 to have been entrusted with the construction of thi s vast undertaldng.

Rumors apparently well grounded, say that the Rev. Father Fanning, of Ohio, Illinois, is to be the .first Bishop of Lincoln, N ebraska. Father Fanning was a cl:tssmate of bishop S p~lding, of Peoria, and of Arch­bishop Riordan of San Francisco, at Lou vain. He js a scholar and well qualified fo r the position. (Mil waukee Catholic Citizen.)

Archbishop Kenrick lately administererl Confirmation to over 90 persons a11d then preached on the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost. The VenHable Prelate is now in his 81st. year, and celebral;ed the 45th. anni ver~ary of his consecration as bish <·P on the 30th. ult. Truly is his life that of a dev.oted and zealous apostle.

Onthe 23rd.of November last, threeyoung ladies were rceived and professed at the colon.d Convent of the Holy Famil y, New Orleans. The Churcq shows her sDirit of true and real fraternity on such circumstances a~ these. All men are equal before their Creat<:n· and in the sight of the Holy Catholic Church. When will her enemies recognize this and act in consequence?

To the readers of the Catholic Notes of our JouRNa L - the Editor of this departm ent wishes in a special man­

ner a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. T-he year now terminating has been fruitful for the Catholic world in news of no small importance. If we have not ::tlways present-ed these news in the most perfect manuer desirable, we hope to be able to do better with the coming new year.

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FOU:~DED 1869. CHARTEREt:D ·1674. ·

THE CoLLEGE affords excellent · facHities for .study, and t]le acqui,rement of a thorough knewiedge of MODIDE,N LANGUAGES, MATH:BMATICS, CLASSICS, MUSIC, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, and THEOLOGY. M.ost careful attention is paid to the business training of young men, and a thorough practica1

knowledge of BOOK-KEEPING and COMMERCIAL LAW is imp~~:rted by skilled Professors. · The Ms:e ·authors and most approved system of teaching are adopted in an grades of the CoJlege. Students

may enter at any time. ',['erm and tuition will begin with date of entrance. Terms for board and tuition $200.00 per annum. Catalogues, ahd any desired information will be carefully given on application to the Director.

REv. M. J. MARSILE, C. S. V.

St. Viateur's College, Bourbonnais Grove, Kankakee Co., ill.

SCHOOL BOOKS, LEGAL BLANKS.

!£1.$ .~~ ~utham~ STATIONERY,

No. 12 COURT STREET, Books. Ne-w-s, Musi.c, .KANKAKEE, ILL. BASE--BALLS and ;BATS, FISIJING TACKLE.

Dealer in Foreign and Domestic KANKAKEE, ILL. FANCY GOODS NOTIO.tjS DRY GOODS TOYS,CROQUET. BABY CARRIAGES.

C. H. ERZINGERS Is the place to get choi0e Ice-Cream, Fruits, Nuts, Candies, Oyste;-s, Cigars and Tobacco. The largest Ice-Cream anrl Confectiom~ry Pal'lors in the city.

Cor. Court St. & East Ave. KANKAKEE, ILL.

CHAS. KNOWLTON'S

NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, Dearborn Avenue,

1st. Door South of Court St. East Side,

KANKAKEE, ILL.

PETER W ALZEM, Grower of

PURE ALTAR WINE. Warsaw, Hancock Co., Ill.

REFERENCES. Rt. Rev. Jos. :111ELCHOR, Bishop of Green Bay xt. Rev. M:. Eink, Bishop or Leavworth.

R. J. HANNA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

GROCER AND

COMMISSION MERCHANT 43 Court. Street

KANKAKEE, ILL.

BRAYTON & CHRISTIAN PEALERS in Men's, Women's, Misses' and children's fine and medium Shoes: also all sizes and grades of Boots. Special inducements for

Students Two doors north of Post office-·

Kankakee, Ill.

KERRBRO'S, HARDWARE, STOVES, IRON. STEEL, TINWARE, NAILS, Etc., Job work done in any part of the County Cor. Court St. and Schuyler Avenue.

KANKAKEE, ILL.

DEALER IN

HMdwiJII"e, Stoves and TinwiJII"e, IRON,NAILSand WAGON STOCK

No 13 EAST A VENUE, KANKAKEE, ILL. Jobbing Done to ·(}r:der. -·

D. Q. SCHEPPERS, M. D. 292 Larrabee St. Chicago, Ill.

Dr. SCHEPPERS

Will be in Bourbonnais on the 1st. of each Month. -

J. W. BUTLER PAPER Co.

Wholesale Paper Dealer~. A full line of Cards and Wed~ing goods

kept constantly on hand. · ·· Nos. 173 & 175 Adams Street,

Chicago, Ill. FRED ZIPP.

The oldest Boot & Shoe House hi the City, Customers will always have good Bargains.

No. 17 ConrtStreet, ~ankakee, Ill

FARMERS . , Buy your Coal of and sell your

Hay to

A. F. MEYERS. omce and Yards at Bourbonnais Crossing o!

I. I. & I. R . R. Telephol'le NQ. 131, KANKAKEE, ILL.

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J. J. SCHUBERT. NOTRE DAME ACADEMY, PROPRIETOR OF 'l'HE DIRECTED BY THE SIS·TERS OF THE

German, French and American Pharm-a'oy. T12~~~:~~i~!~~~r~!- ~~~;R!v~n~~· fo r Cor. East. Ave. & Merchant St. KANKAKEE,-Hl. ·Youi1g ·hadies desirpus of obtam~ug a solid and

Keeps constantly on hand a !ullllne of :, .. ·.-, :'fi>nislied'ed•11catloJJ,. F<n: particn,lars ap'ply to DRUBS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,_ OILS ETC,,El.C.i .; .--~- . ':,·•: .... Mother' Superior, . .

Also afme line ,or Toilet A\tiCles of ~llP£<;\S, l' . · Notre Dame Academy, l !)ne()Igars an.d TOb(l-CO(J._ ,. ·:. ·(; · ,··· . . Bo,n:Mnnais Grove .

W"G:ALLANUS.EE ME .. ~ • ~·,_:·~>.·' /.Y '· • .· Kankaikee'Co., Ill.

P S. k. · :.:· "'_·· Lsb¥io"':LB'oo1ts · · LEGAL BLANKs. reston anasac ~ : >~ · -:::": . " ·, _ · ·.·. · . · BOURBONNAIS GlWV~· ILJIJ~ , ~ R-A :N' K E. BELL AMY.

General Store. Pealer in Groceri(lS, ~·;• .:.··· ·. •. . P:E.,~~ER IN _. .. .

Dry goods, Hardware, Cutlery, Glassware: · '"1 ~ ' ··• • 8TA'fi 0 NERY. Also keeps censtantly on hand a large ' Books, N e"vs, Music, ,. stock of READY-M~DE CLOTHING:; •. 'W;a]I-Pai:ie~," Wi~tdQ,'VV,_ Sh!:\d~s. FAMILY MED~~\~E-~, ( : t,;, :; ! . :f{,ANI,¥~~~EJ,JJ!-L.; .

ABd wllolesale· ;Llqtio:[~: .. ..- ·' - ' TO!Ji1 ·PICTURES. ~ABY CARRIAGES.

'!'hose in need of clJOice Confectionm·ies LOUIS GOUDREAU. Cann,ed goods,. all kinds ot Fruits, Fisll ancl .·H· A _ R D. , . , ·.:ur_ ··A· .. ;R.·· ·, E. . • Oysters wllli do wellani:Isaviimo!ieyb,Y"callitrg'on· ..f;l. . ~ f f. .

: T; '0'GOitMA:N! . • . ,• '! I • >

. . · 'East! V.BUUB, . ' ~anl~a~eel.

JOl-IN G. KNECHT,

Merchant Tailor, ' ; ;}.~ . ' ~ . . . . . ·~· . . ~ . . '

READY-MADE Ol.q_t:P,j.ng_

Hats _:~net Caps.-Geut 's underwear.

Tnu{ks, Vall'ses, Furnishing Goods.

. ·Sto¥es, Iron. 'NMls and Wago1i wood stock. Tinware. 1and Tiljl._ wo:rk of 11H •ltintls.

· · No 3. Court St1;eet, . ~ANKA1{EE, ILL: .

C. P.· TOWNSEND. East Ave.tdoor south ofKnetcth's Block.

KANKAKEE, ILL . . JA QARD. ·-·· To.all whom -it ma-y concern.

lf~ving- ado.pted the One Price System to all my Patrons, I will give a f!J·rther cli!;cOunt of LO Per cent to

Wilson Bros' Fine Sllirts. · ·. . . ·ali Clergymen, P.rofessors and Stu-

N0~·;'2 .4,Nl;> 4 COU~T {3'J'REET. jden~S' of )3ourbonnais 'dohege. Cah

Ka'nkairee, Ill. at the Pliiladelp}lia One, Price Cloth­__ L_.'_D_R_O_L_E_T.:,._-&_B_R...:.O_T_HE_ .. - _-R_._,__ ing B:all Nm1th W. Cor. of Court St.

.:. , · · · · · · .and Eas-t Ave. Kankakee, IlL B~y th~ Em.~:r:y- . $3 ~}loe 1\;L: Rolirheimer, Prop.

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DROLET-BROTHERS. 25 Court St., l~ank,alree, Ill.·

... . C. WOLFE. j Barber Shop. ·· • · . : ·. • · Under Umba<~h's Hal:ness Store, Kimkakee,Dl.

First Clr~ss Worlr gua.ranteea. _. S,Wdent,s espe\}ially jnvitetC -

HA:ND-MAD;Ji: P.ure )Va,x '.Gandles per lb. 45 cts M<YtiMed.'waX' candl~s, · · " " 38 cts: Stearic Wax , · . ., " 20·cts· ' l:ipecia;! Pri_c~a to parties buying :ln. large- quanti' ties .. c." · •• · .. • ·

· - ··-eath<Yl)'<~,Prayer ;soo!<s 25 cfs~ upi\•ari'ls. ; •.

WILLIAM DARCHE.

Groceries,

' Dry Goods,

Yankee Notions.

·-·' BOURBONNAiS G:ROVE, lLL.

BENZIGER BROTHERS,

Printers to the Holy Apostolic See,

Publishers and Booksellrt'I'S/

Kurrasch and Staga,_.-, -Propl'ietors of

Tbe Old BeauchamP. & Babel.) PRESCRIPTION DRUC STORE,

Where you can fiqd the · Largest assort. mem of Hair and Tooth Brusl.1es T0ilet articles Perfumery, Soa.vs, Sponge,s and' all vari eties of Druggist Sundnes.

AH should give, them a call, No.5. CouRT ST. . .XELft'l;'HONE .. NO.IO

A. Ehrich EAST COURT STREET

KANKAKEE. t!IDenler in choicest Grocerie3, choicest b)' a-nils of Flour. Keeps on hand constantly ill ln:rge assortment of Feed and Produce. .. Pleiise call and see me before going

any place else.

H. L. Crawford &' Co., W·HOtESALE 8t. RETAil ..

GROCERS·! No, 36 Cou.rt. Street.

.1\ANKAK;E;E, ILL.

Outfi-ts for CoLI.EGffi PAYERS. Send for estimates . . w:ryEBER &CO.,

Foundry, & Printers' Supplies. _Sp"<cimen Book and. Estimates upon

.•ppllcB>tlGel. W I'I te for S eooud-hand list of Presses and Machines. 5" & 56 Franklin St., Chic~go, Ills.

Kankakee Stone ahd Lime Compally. INCORPORATED FEB.' 23rd,, ·isd.

Proprietors of t1H .. Celebrat,ed Kanliltkee ftat · Lime stones <iuarries.

Fresh Woo'd burned Lim e always on hand.

KANKAKEE, ILL.

JOSEPH GILLOTT'S Jtttl !tn,;.

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 18'78. ma Ce.lebratad Numb!fT'S,

303-404"'-l 170--'-604....:.332, and his other·stylM may be had o:t all dealers

tlmwqlwut the world.

Joseph Gillott & Sons. New York.

_GATUOLIC FA!III'LY:BIBLE~, . ' Also manufacturers and importers of -· The ;,JOUiiir"AY/-; is a .. first class

With t\vo'large clasps' aacl Fancy Edge $9.g9Sent <11?!l .. u11i·~t. !d11!'li~W1lr*"' :~~.4-~. t\'1\. tr..f medium for" ADVERTISING." Spe-ree to .~y- pa:rt or u..,S. '\m~ec~iil:t ofprice. · ~u~~~~~¥-~Jl. ~HJUH~~~Jl..- 411-~~tJYl

· ··· .. -- · · ·· · ·- · · cial attention paid to the printing of

. GRf\.HAM & SONS; ~~~htttub;. BUSINESS CARDS, Importers efChurch Good~, ,Jobbers in Scliool BILL IIEADS, ETC.

Books and 'CatholicBookseller~ . . · : No: .206 South Fourth St. i13 S. Despl&ines st. qor. Monroe, Chi<iago, Ih: ~Terms reasonable.~ ..

~ O.Ot,r.espolulenee ~Hi<dt'ed. 1 · . ST. LOUIS, MO. The STUDENTS, Editors-Prop.