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EDITORIALS.

A RUMOR has it that we are to be regaled by Band recitals t wice a week during the evening recreations. Anything that heightens our enjoymen t of our college life is most welcome. Let us have thP- Ba.nd by all means!

* * * THE ORCHESTRA is to be congratulated for its

late selection and rehearsal of pieces which we think will be more relishable, though perhfl.ps less classique. T he popular taste always deserves more or less con-1

siderati011, and we are · happy to see that our musieal gentlemen hnve. condescended to accord us something we can ·all relish and clap our han!ls at. ·

* * * FOR CLEAR MUSICAL sounds and a sure and fel­

icitous execution we v ery much admire. the young clar­ionetist, Mr. A. Frazer and his harmonious bower flu­tist, Dandurand. Their potes are full of soft mellowness, and are given with a readiness and a precision so fault­less that we hesitate not to pronounce a remarkable fu ture lor these young amateurs. We love to llear their e q_uisite solos.

THD MUCH-AWAITED contest in Elocution has happened. W e cannot say that as a whole it surpasses that of a year ago. However, such as it was, i bis year's display unquestionably evidences able training and good talent to ~how it forth . vVe are as anxious as any to know who is the lucky one. Who ?

* * * APPLICANTS for degrees are daily seen promena­

ding along the shady places counting their closely writ note-books and making a sure thing of it . We laud their deserv ing diligence and hope on the grand day to applaud thei r mer ited success.

* * * TH E DESTINIES of premiums auc1 medals are the

all· absorbing topic of discussion at this hour, Th is, as a sign ofthe times, is a favorable and a gratify ing one.

* * * "SWIMMING is a healthfu l exercise," says herr

Convey in a late elucubration on this subj ect ,· "and it aught to be freely ind ulged in especially by the young ." W e are of an opinion with the sentiment.

* * * IT IS WITH much pleasure we learn aud announce

that the ordinations which have been ex pected for some time are to take p lace c1 uring the first week of J urie or thereabouts. They will be performed by H is Grace Arch bishop Feehan in the cat bed ral of the Holy N arne, Chicago, Ill. We anticipati vely congratulate the happy aspirants who will on that occasi!?n see the accomplish. ment of their arden t wishes, receiving the priesthood. It will be a day of all happiness, of triumph, a glorious day.

* * * HIS GRACE Most Rev. P . • T. Feehan, Archbishop of

Chicago, will preside at our annu al commencement on the 23rd of June. He will also in the evening assist at the closing exercises of Notre Dame Academy. We reckon it high honor and encouragement to be favored with tile distinguished presence of our devoted Arch­bishop and we are therefore, students and Facu lty, deeply and sincerely thankful tv him.

32 ~T. VlATEUl{'D COLL~GE JOURN:AL.

LECTURE IV.

"BooKs AND Trmr R lNf'LUto:NCE -No.vu,s" DeLJvrm.F:D rn: H.EV. F. Hto:rLI.Y OF' G rr.MAN, lLL .. AT ST. VrATEUR's CoLLiw r,, W EONE::iDAY, APinL 27, 188."/. ( Concluded.)

Then 1f:w oonsiderations m<lkc manifest the impor­t~~ n cc t.hat ou r literary fav orites be t.he healthi e::; t, wisest an<l best. ArlJ to th is the prec i1 .usness of time : that life is too short to whi le it away in uf'eles:;, mu ch less, f!angerous employm ent n.nd we become impressed with the urgency of giv ing our f' pare moments to making li tera ry in cursio11 s into fielcl s of bloom and f1ower ratlter t.ha.n venturi ng into t he coloring ancl festening swamps.

Going still farther than tlt is in spe:tking of books, R usldn asks, " \Vi ll you g-Q ftnd goss ip with your hOllSe­IH<Jid or y our staule-boy, when yon may ktlk with kings and qneens, wltile t.hi s etemal court is open to you with its society wide as tl!c world, multitudinous }\S its days, the chosen anJ t lfe m ig ltty of every place and time ? Into that you may enter always, in that you may take fellowship and rank according to your wish;

· from that once entereJ in to it, you can never be out­cast but by yow· own fault.''

Th ese worJs of Ruskin spoken of books in gen~ra l in contradi~ tinction to idleness or willful loss of time and implying the dig nity ancl nobi lity of student life, may also l•e applied to the novel. .Just ~bink of the host of novels, even good ones, that tlle present century alone has brought to light. S ..;ott, Bu lwer, Th:wkeray , Dickens, George Elliot, ll:we each written much with which the student of literature ca11 ill affd rd to be unacq uainteJ. They are leaders and have left the impress of triumphal march. vVe have, besides, the nan t ical novels of Marry at, tbe politica l ones of Disraeli, the military, of Lever the muscular christian of Kingsley, the governess novels of Bronte , school novel of Hughes and Funar, sensation­al of Wilkie Collins and others. In our country, Haw­thorne, Cooper, Bret Harte, Hawe ils, the .James, Helen Hunt, ,Jackson, Cable, have introduced us to paths which Bancroft penetrated not. These are a few, a very few, of those known to the reading public. Each of the many monthly maga;dnes bas its regular story writers, all trying to gtve us the yet unwritten American nove l. Not a few catholics are doing much in t his line; •'Fabiola," "Callista" "Loss and Gain," "The Betrothed" etc, are now literary common place.:l; but as Dr. New­man tells ns, Englisb literature wi ll a lways have been protestant. lVIrs. Sadlier, Ohrist iau Reid, Kathaleen 0' Meara have written that iu wh:ch there is true en­couragement.

I am simply to-night accepting the fact that you are going to clo a certain amount of novel reading, and

that as wise men-eSi-'1-!Cially lt5 men of education­you will cast. your fortunes only with the best company. To do otherwi1'e is a willful, wanton loss of time. To reatl fiction for any other purpose than thought and styte is mentnJ ~uicide. "Not to be wlliled away in aim­less dreams, life and its cboicest faculties were given," The thought value, expressional value and impulsive virtue of a book uught to determine you in the selection of reading matter. As a rule the book which leaves a bad impression, leaves one weak, discouraged, full -Of dou b !, or that draws the mind away from its noble con­victions ofright, is detrimental, positively bad in result. A goorl book should be a power .upon one's life, an ia­spiration to sen<i one forth to be and to do good. Unles-3 we rise from the reading of a novel with higher icleas of courage and nobility and purity and manliness, feeling th8.t a support, true encouragement, has come from an unlooked for quarter, belter were that novel unread, for the mind has been only dulled and render­ed passive. For these reasons is Thackeray perllaps my genentl favorite .

Learn therefore, whatever Jour aim ill life or wberevPr cast in future to be tru ly gooJ readers, "which.,'' as Carly le says ; "is perhaps a more difficult thing than you im agine. Learn to be discr iminaturs in your read­ing; to read faithfully, and witb your best attention, all kinds of things which you have a real interest in,­a real, not, an imaginary,- ancl wllich you find to be really fit for wb[l.t you are engaged in.'' Tite end of literatnre is to do that which Ct•uld not be done without literature. Make it so io your case.

BEN- HUR. -\

There is in the fictitious li terature of to-day and ac­knowledged lack of Christian, or rather Cathol ic pro­ductions. The really legitimate, wholsome, true and good department of fiction has in Eng lish and especial­ly in our American literature been sadly neg lected. In t his class, however scanti ly furnished it may be, we woulcl point out two novels as pre-eminent, not alone becau!'e they are Christian stories, but because t.heir hero and heroine are the very embodiment of the noble, the he­roic, the good, and the pure. These two are Cardinat Wiseman's Fabiola and Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur.

Fabiola has adorned li terature for upwards of thirty years, Ben-1-Iur is little more than five years old. The author of t he former was a constant writer and his col­lected works woulrl fi ll many volumes, Wallace is com­paratively a novice, hav ing written only one other work besides Ben-Hur. T he former although a grand and at the same time a beautiful work is perhaps little

ST. V1ATEUR'ti COLLEGE JOURNAL. 33 . known ontsine Catholic circles, the latter bas won for it.self anrl its author such a favor and widespread repu ­tatLm among all denominations as places it on an equal with any of the best English novels, Catholic or non­Catholic. After comparing these two works I may con­clude t-hat Ben-Hur and Fabiola are in point of merit abont equal, but in popularity the former far exceeds the latter. But, not to wander too far from my subject, I mnst endeavor now to give the snper-abunctant merits of Ben-Hur itself.

The first exclamation tb:\t passes thE lips of the reader as be finishes the last page of Ben-Hnr is that ''It is bc..'l.utiful." Yes, from b~ginuing to end it is a most fasci ­nating :work; attractive not as the ordinary novels by wooings and winning<~, and adventurous hope and mis­haps, bnt made attractive first by the exquisite style of tlle author. I scarcl:'ly dare call his manner ancient; but the quaint diction is so adapted to the characters, times, anct places, that I am sometimes even persuanecl to say l:>O. Jenkins snys of Lytton; "The author of Pompeii dict not absolutely overcome the peculiar ctifficult ies inhe­rent to a subject of antiquity.'' The same cannot be said of Wallace.

The seconrl very striking feature of Ben-Hur is the profusion of rare ctescriptio::~s, scattered throughout the work, which bring vividly ap d distinc tly betore the mind wh~tever tlw author attempts to des~r ihe. He leaves little lo the im::1gin::nion. His picLnres are cer­tainly painted with a richness at once ann a delicacy and color that cannot. fa il to elicit the highest encomi­um from the most severe critic. The three descriptions which impressed me the most were the meeting of the wise men in the desert, the chariot race in the circus at Antioch, ann the crucifixion, and all are certainly ex­cellent., if not far beyond anything in fictitious or his­torical literature. Wrapt as you are in his beautiful style you almost forget what you read anct seem to be present in very person, now, wn.tching the approach of the wisemen on the far eastern desert, now at the auti ­ochian circus, gnzing with breathless anxiety at the glittering ch1-riots ot Ben-Hur and Messela as they double the benn for tlte la~t time and approach the goal of victory, and again by his seemingly magnetic power he bustles yon along 'mid the Jewish rabble to Cal vary height, there beholding in. sacred awe the death of Christ.

What for instance could be more accurate and at the same time more beautiful than the tollowing passage on the death of out· Saviour. Doth it not speak to the soul this? "The face theu plainly seen by Ben-Hur, bruised and black with bloocl and dust as it was, light­eel nevutheless with a sudden glow: the eyes opened wide and fixed on some one visible to them in the far heavens; and there was content and relief, even triumph in the shout the victim gave . . ...... the ligllt in the

eyes went out; slowly the crowned head sank upon the laboring breast. Ben-Hur thought the struggle m-er, but the fainting soul recollected itself, so that he and those around him · caught the other and last words, spoken in a low voice, a~ if to some one listening close by: - "Father into thy bands I commend my spirit.' '-

A tremor shook the tortured body; there was a scream of fierce.,t anguish, and the mission and the earthly life were over at once. The heart witll all its love was bro­ken; for of that, o reader, the man died .''

Another, and not by any mean" tbe lea!'t beauty is that, throughout, the work evinces a thoroughly cllris­tian spirit. Written as it is by a Protestant, and a l\1ethotlist, one would expect at lea8t a p::trtial spirit piercing through in speaking of th ings Catholic, whereas on ihe Cr •ntrary Mr. vVallace speaks most beautifully of the Blessed Virgin and the e<trly Christians, and the hero himself becomes a christian and an able defender of the S:tllie religion. The f0llowing beautiful pas<age bears witness to the 34thors appreciation of Mary:

"She was looking up at the bold top of Geclor. The sun touched her upturned face aJ1cl filled the violet depths of her eyes, and upon her parted lips trembled an aspiration which could not have heen to a mortal. For the moment 1tll the humanity of her beauty seemed re­fined a way : she was as we fancy they are who-sit close by the gate in the transfiguring light of lJeaven."

The plot is intricately woven and .does not for a moment cease to preserve the attent.ion of the reader. I feel myself inadequate to relate th e story in a relisha­ble manner for each incident is so essential that the omission of anyone would mar the whole. It would seem like exibiting a skeleton to give an idea of a gre­cian athlete. To appreciate the work you must read it, and to reacl it is to admire it: for its style, its descrip_ tions, its Christian spirit and its plot are such as will cln.im the admiration of all and any who peruse its deligh tfu I pages.

P. W. '89.

THE SCHOOL QUESTION.

REV. MODERATOR, OFFICERS, AND MEMBERS OF

8T PATRICK'S LITERARY ASSOCL\.TION:

It is not my in tention in this Short paper, to speak of the great injustice Catholic.; suffer fi·om the Public school system as now understood and carried out, nor to pro­pose a new system, but simply to show some of the per­nicious effects which naturally flow from such a system of education as the one now existing.

That this question of schools is one of great impor­tance, it is hardly necessary for me to say. Every one

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p J l' ~:.l t lt :t :; t rugg·ie. Our prCSP. II c :;Gilllul sysL m, wllicd1 we cl:tim i~ nnjn ~;t

n.nd in every w:ty ddic: E' Il t in its me:tn~ to lo~' tle C'<iu cn.­t iOII , is, w e knc)w," JlCI'V:.lnecl CH IC, :uH1 hy uo means wh:1t i ~~ origi 11 n tors iutend ed it to l.JC'. \ Vo see t b:tt it LoP k rise in tho 1\" ew I~ 1ghnd St:ttes wh ic:h wc,rc so t.t.led uy ;t ~ ct u[ Ut'tlVe lll C!I wb ) twlullgotl t.o t.he pro tPStaut soet$ know n as C r ) ll g r egation : ll istt:~ nnrl P1·<:>shyter ians. F ired by a la uJ:t bl e zeal fu r tll u c·course of cclucnt ion, one uf t he lir:>t LhiPgs t ll e3c: people <1 id was to h uild si; !Joolt;. Tl \IJ~e ~c: lwo l s were supportcf1 by tax::<Lion le v ­ied e ither o n the pru peny o r 1 11~<li s Lri ct or per capita on t l1e scholars :1tten<l ing, wl1ich latter met hod was t he mo:; t eon1mon a rrd [dso t. lw m c·st just <IS ~:y it only those we re t:txed who used the sc !J oo l . L ·t tc r o n how­

ever, t:I:S: :t tiot, w:ts 1,bcecl n.lLogeLher on p r(J pc·r ty, nnd t il i:; fo r tlle very guod pu rpose of ex tendi ng lll c be ll O­fiLs d' ec1ucatiou equ:1lly to a ll c la~:.:w s . B tl.t neve r di d i t en ter th e miu r~ :; of t lt0se men lo sepnrate re lig ion fr om ecl tiC:ttion: tlt ey wete o[' Lll e conv iet ion t l1:1t t hese two thi ngs sho nlrl :d ways go lmnd in hnnd, ft nd they car­Yied un t,he i r s<:lwo ls aeeo rcl i ll g ly . T he pastor of 11. p:l ­

r ish v i ~ i ted t il e soll oo l <l.ll c1 gave there rel ig io11 s instruc­tion :ls o ft.en a:; be saw li t . Ot' Ci1tt rse we C>t tholi cs hold Lh:tt t-ll ':\ re ligion 1a \1gbt w as nut the true c• ne, ye t it re­t a ine r\ something of Chr io: t i:w ity and as ;;n C' h wns vas t ­ly superi or to no reli g ion at a ll. A t any rate the syst em was guud in i ts prineip les and we ean not bur, admire it in \tse if.

The t;tate 1·, lms becmn e p r o tH1 of its i'chool system;:-~

sy.sLem whi c ~1· nnd er t he c ircumstances wns indee(1 gr~ n c1 a ud nob le Hs it g~tvc eq11 <el chances to t he ri cl1 a nd poor, fo r rece iv iug a good ed nca t iou , a n(] as all co uld attencl t hese sel rools withc; ut doi ng viol<"nce t•J t heir eon~ e i enep.

B n t when Catholi cs scHiei1 in th ose part.s anrl in tbe co urse of y ear,; , beC>Im e nu mero ns, c irc ums tances we re chftng()c1. Catho\ins were no t free to attenc1 Lll eseschools and :teco r<l i 11 g ly th <'y protes ter1 ~ga i nst he ing t :1 xed for thc i r sn ppor t. T hey cl emlw r1o cl t ll r ir w or.ey to erect schools o f t.heir o wn. To t his clemam1 the Stat e wo n ld not :tccerle but t hinki11 g to sftt.isfy a ll j)ftrtics i t cx.pellecl a ll re lig io n fr oru the sc hools ::tnt1 macl e them pw·ely secnlwr. Th is then is th-e prc.-;ent c<mdit.ion of onr pnb­li c sehuo ls wbi ch we rn nJotn. in is ns h lse and cl n.ngrr ous

:1s it if< unchr isti11 n. ln til e fi rs t place t hi s sys tc• m is l.J nscrl on the very

l':1,lse pr incip le t hat ec1nc:tl i0:1 :1 nd rc· li g ion h:we no ne­crssa.ry CO IIn ect ion ; LlHLt., in o rder to mnJw g(>Od Chri s­t i >lll ~ a nr1 good cit iz.,ns, we need not teach re lig ion in t. he r>eiloo l ~ ; 1.hr1t ehildren ca.n ge t a ll th e r e lig ion t hey ncc·d fi'olll tll ri r p:1rents anrl t he Su ncl ay Schools ; in a ~~~(11'11, Lh:,to u1· pu l> lic sch oo ls m nst be n<:> utrnl. V<' ry fi ne prineipltJe incl orr1. B 11t w lmt t hen is erlucftt lon? Is it not '.he formn.Lion o[' t he be::1r t., t he mo ul di ng of ch 'J'~, ctrr, t he c1irect ing of the wi ll anrl lhe be:1u ti (y ing Md cle­Vfl.ting of the Ron I ns well ns ~he t. mining of th e i nt.f ll ect ? A nd bow can a ll t his he ncq ui red un i,'ss moral anrl reli g ious lessn11 s fn rm :t pa rt ·of t he dnily f•xerc:i ~es nt schoo l ? Re li g ion ind recl is n·•tm nl in this nw ch lh ::tt m a n 0H11!lnt :tltogdher ignore God , hu t not in thi s scnsP. t l1 nt the t r ne knowledg·e of Goc1 nn d o nr d n t·ies to him will oomc: to us without o nr co-OlWnttio n. Mn n is prone to evi l nnc1 tm less his bn d inr.linaLions fl l'O <'0 \ml ernctcd by contin ua l mora l lessons, ho~ soon fi JJ·ge t.s hi s d uti es to­wards Go> cl :u1cl h is ncigbhor. A nd :~ga. in: schools mnst he nyutml. But-hns not ex perienC'c shOWIJ that scl ,ools en.nnot he JI Out.rn. l ? t hflt fro m the moment th ~.v :1re not cb ri sLi:1n, tli()y hrcome dPcicled ly nnL i-chri stinn ? RC' li­gion is ~o 11 nivcrsn l nnd nil pcr v:ttl ing th ;~.t, ont.si<l e o f th e vc rv rttdimr-nts o f :r ny brr~nch of lcn.n1i ng , t he re can he no pure ly ~ r:e ul nr scl> oo! ing. For insti1 1:ce, l1 1Jw ca.n P hilosophy an cl history, t hose two n(l l.>leB t s•· ucl ios of n

thinking mind, he t:n1g-ht nn less iu COn 11ecti·on with God nm1 i:11vs c•f moral ity . Gorl, l'flligion, is t h e g ren t p rinci­ple. t h:1.t enters into nil th ings nnc1 it fo !l o·,ys t ktL from the n~om cnt we try to iguore th ~'t g reat pri nc iple we f:1ll rl eep i n to <"l'l'O r.

Bn t we need not go to so mncb tron hle to prove ti1 ft t th e pu bli c school system is fo under! upon t\l!se p ri nci­p les, p ri nciples a!tugcLher u n chr i ~ tian and pemicious t o

tir e w<:>J f:m:: of t ile 11at ion. vVe nmy alwflys safely juclge a t ree by its fru it, an educati oual insti l ut.ion by t!Je me n it prounccs, an d in the ease und er quest ion there is no r easo n for a ny fe<ll' of being mis taken as t he g reat mass of Our Amer ic11.n people !Jave been educ;Jteci in pnblie schoo ls and are exact ly what tbe pub lic schools have mncle Lbcm.

"\Vhat th en, c]o we noti o,;e in on r A mer ic:tn people ?­Th:lt tho c lcl. love ami revereJl{je f()r relig ion and morali ty is fhst di;;a p pca ring, and t bat iufit1e li ty under its many different form s is tJ.st inc rects ing : t ll:tt relig ion is not, as in former cb.ys, a liv ing principl e which infln es on the c\Jfll'<<ctcr , the heart, th e every ac tion of a man; tha t , on t\i'e contrary, peopl e tr<-ftt it as sunday clothes w hi ch tt;ey take off whenever Lbey have any d irty peace of work to c1 o; that, the swnmun bomtm is tbe mighty Dollar; thnt Money is the measure of hon nor and res­p ectnh il ity ; that if a man posse~ses m01wy , no matter

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how he came by it, he is respected and the law seem3 to mnke an allowance for hiru.-Rationalists and m~teri alists may call this progress, ci vilization, but facts of experience are there to prove the contrary. It was jn t such a civilizatioT', such a progresf', 'that lead Greece and R•)me to their c1ownf.'lll.

I cannot help bringing under yonr notice a little in­cirlent whi ch will speak for itself. Some months ago I was reading in some news-paper that of all the letters of condohnce received by Mr:::. Logan at the s:1<'! occa­sion of her husb;1.nd's death, letters coming from Sen­ators and Representatives, t.he head men of the nation . only two mentioner1 the nam e of the Deity. The paper ac1ded that so:ne few years ngo snclt a thing would have been considered an un pardonable forgetfulne,·s on the part of the wr iter, be·cause no such Jetter coul<1 l:;e com­plete without some consoling allusivns to God, who is the judge beyonc1 the grave. -

It is on such occa ions as this that we can see most plainly the natural expression of men's id eas. Of course we cannot conclude that all these own are infir1els; but we can plainly see wha.t is their id-ea of God, as effected by our e(lucational system. They h:we been taught., from their chi ldhood, t.o consiuer Gor1 somewhat as the unknowable, who can be adored under any form with eqnal merit. They ])ave f"llso been t(l.ugbt tb(l,t the great work of salvation, for which Christians believe life . wns given us, is altogether a private concc>rn between each incEvidnal and bis maker, and th(l,t it is policy, ::tnd a mark of good breell.ing never to m(l,ke allusion to God or relig ion for fear of offencling those who profess llOt to believe in such nonsense. These are some of the results of our neutral system of schools. Not many years ago, to be an infidel was cunsic1ered a crime and no one dared uphold infi<lel doctrines for fen.r of violence. Now we see mfln acquiring great wealth and wide-spreacl ·r:otoriety by preaching infidelity, a~beism and otller such fa tal systems. And we bear, on all sides, the que tion "Whither are we drifting?'' If we may rely upon the old axiom, that like causes proc1 uce liKe effects we need but cast a glnnce on the pages of history anll. we read there our answer in bolcl letters.

But the school question is of late assuming a new aspect. Catholics after sounding the alarm and giving timely waJDing ofthe results that must inevitably fol­low from such a condition of tllings, withdrew from the field m1d built schJols of their own. Now american Protestants have entered the list. They have at last op­ened their eyes to the tact that the free schools, besides

· being unfair to Catholics, are exercising a demoralizing influence on our American youth. They llad, indeed, made a mistake but they have the moral courage of coming forwanl and retracting. Gradually, their best men are coming over to the Catholic idea of education.

And why should they not? Are they not with us ndorers of the same Goff , followei·s of the same Christ? Why not, then, defend, en,ch in his own way, the stand­nrd of the cross against the attacks of infidelity? Why not forgf't our little enmities, as becomes christians, and make common cause ag:tinst the "G-odless Echools?" Thus migllt we yet bring about the christian system o£ e(lncation. and thereby dispell the cloud that a.re fast growing thick and obf'curing the bright sun of our nation's progress.

Whatever course Protestants and nominal christians may take, our mode of action is plain ly traced. Christian edncation we must and shall have. We may have many difficulties to encounter but we will encounter them cheerfully, resting in the justice of our cause and our consciousness ofright.-Already the work is nobly began, and f.:atholic educational institutions are springing up as by mngic. We have now as many as 90 colleges, over 600 academies, and nearly 3,000 parochial schools, which are train ing over ~00,00 0 pupils, at the same time in learning and the fear of the Lord. Let us con­tinue onr great work with the assurance that before long all true Americans, after the 8xamples ot some of their greatest men, will thank the Catholic Church which hn.s preserved in Americn, to the present day, a ;;ystem of schools true to tile theory of education upon whi ch our fathers fonuc1ed the public schools of the nation, and which have been so madly perverted

LOCALS. -Spring (ye) chickens! -Nosegays in profusion! -Ordination very so::m.

A. L. G.

-In the Vi ctorian parlance it 's put thus "Dont you sLame ?"

- The phunny Cleary has a decided relish for barb­wire pie, tis said.

- Base ball is experiencing the ups and clowns of life.

- Is any one possessed of such intuitive tts to possi­bly discover the reason why Don Juan More left the infirmary?

- It is with regret we announce tile death of our classmate, Alphonse Marcotte, who hac1 beeri for some weeks very low with consumption. He died at his home on the 17th. of May, after receiving the sacraments. May his soul rest in peace.

-When a lamb rnns into, or frisks about a barbour, there is dange~ of the latter's being plunged into, is there not Shortie?

- Peeclie has lately taken to meditating as to whether or no he sh~ll take into himself another year of latin .

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;} (j ~T. V lATEU H.' :S CU LLl-t:U l~ JO U R~ A L.

" -The g u e >ts at Mr. D o re's \nb le re m :trk Lhrtt Vic.,

Lileir wniter, does n ot nppenr. ns otlH~ rs of ou r gen ns, ~:< nhj cct to ~h e chan ges of t im8. TJ H".Y f,ny t hnt tbry c~tn

::1 l wny& r e:trli ly rr cognize hi m on hi s oec~1 si onn l visit nt

t J,ei J· c nrl of t he d inin g ha ll. H e a lways hla\·cs t hem r't lrt cat({ li11e w i t h •' I wi ll ret urn! ' '

-Mons. Ro:1c ll docs 1he ' "· Drn(l l\lan's F lont" with WOJlcl r (: ll S g H l CC ll n<l ( nfe . E x hi bi t ions o f Y(t ri() ns sw i m­

JHi ng feats e ve ry T lln :·s(b y afte rn oon nt Ror·ky 13r.ach.

- T: .e secon d competi ti on for p1)zes is no w pnssi ng .

T he next :tJHl t!,i rd,. ... w ill be the las t . " 1\l:J.ke !Jay wltile the sun shin ec." ~

- Th e B ;w <l plnyccl t ll e f u ne ra l mn rc!J r om nrkah ly

wc lll fl st F ri rhy.

- R ev. l\'I . J. M nrsi le C . S . V . we nt to St. A n ne last T hnrscl ny to g ive a m i s~:; i on a t Rev. Z. Bemrrl 's ch nrch.

- So lewn v espers we re chanter] lnst T hurscb y even­ing wi t h Rev. 1\1. A. Dooling C. 8. V. Cc lc•brant, Ruv. Cha, . Pebord e D. D., Deacon, Rev. A. M cGavi e;k, Sub­Doavon, n.n c~ Mes~rs . J. Dore ancl J . B ro u i lla rd c ha nter ,;.

T il e orc!Jest m accompa nied th o s in g ing o f t he psn lm !:i an 1 byrn ns. A b eantifu l Avo lVI:u ia by L:1mbi llottr1 wns

rendered uy Re v. E. L. Ri vn.rd C. S. V. and R ev . E. Th er ie n.

- Stopp tbnt mn sie! 1

- Bil li e Ty nan is mfl stcr or En ch a perp lP:xing com -

h i nation or e nr ves t hnt Cec il's m e n a ll i11 vari ah ly fitn

o u t . J,ate ly t hey triecl t o b ri be the w e ll-k now n n mpi re

E. Mc:Donald . '' \\' bat will b e t heir next d o dg-e?" nsks W illi e.

- L 'En fa nt Moses nfter a fe w day's hy- o:ff i n t he i n­fi rm :wy ngn in illnm ine:; t be seni or cam pus wit h ll is good- hum orerl smile .

- " Got any m ilk ? '-No. -- ' ' Got any pi e ?"-No.

- -"Got a ny tbing to eat?" - Y es I bave some bread b ut I haven ' t any b utter.

-E. Fox, of St. Louis, nrrivccl on tl! e :~ 9th . n it .. , nnrl

enli st ed i n th e J uni or's ranks. - A new pl; .y enti t led ••A J\li(ln ig-ht Escapade" of

2000 Jines, wns lnloly r e n cl crocl with qnite a sensation

hy t h o G rifltn Co. - 8:1.m is tb <J ori g iuato r of rt n ew liternry sty le-the

H oops- tony-a n ! - \Vm . Pre n<l e rgn~t, of Lh o Jnnior Jtnd, was recently

c:dl crl upo n l.Jy a commi ttee of the minim's side to nm­

p iro a g n1n 0 Of b ~tSO U tl l and [ll"Oll011liCO GS j>C<:iaJJy OJJ

til e va lidi ty and li c it ness of cur.vcs n.nrl bnlks ... . II·~ ca me Lo tea- unhur t.

- Gu s's head is nclt i ng from the strain given it dur.

ing thr prcpnrrt l iun fu r the 1 ~1s t competition. Smely, not

e v ery one in t he slurly-hal l ca]j sny as much as he, in t hnt l'CS[)\!Ct.

- Th e roung h oys of thr> eollego wil l mnkc their

fi rst communion on the dny of PentPcost.. They are pre­r· ·tr ing t,brrnselves in recollection fo1' that grent moment,

t he g ren test. of l.bei r life. Hnppy chi ldren, m01y you ever cherish the ron1C'mbr:ll1C\' of the burning nesires which now df'l ight your so\l ls.

-:- " Tim " is one of the rolislwrs ( ?) of b (JOk-kePping. In rloed, h e wo 11 ld hll in ]o,·e with i t, i f some of his •' .::bssieal" friends cli cl not keep rericnting to him t he [Jpanties nf a Virgi l err of a Cicer o.

- 011o of a erowrl :- '''V'.'hen wM.; .Slln kc8penre bom ?'"-Du<lo :- "He wns'nL born at. vJJ; b e wns a sel f ­marle m:tn !''

-There i~ t a lk of a '·clark horse" in the contest for

t he History l\'Ierh l. Bewarrl, ye compntitors!

-Decoration clny is nnxionsly awn iterl. It will 1h' n. p~nse a1!rl a rest fo r Lhe fevere d br ai ns of t hohnrd-work­ing stn<lents.

- Re v. Bro. Senoc:J l C. S. V . . htely rerui'Jii n!S from C hicago, tells us he met onr little frien ds the Evnmi boys both hnsi ly employo(l ns otriee boy~. George, re­rn omhorecl an:ong tl:e .J tmiors ns "Unele," is nt tho

G rand P~1cific Hutel, an<1 Willie at t ile Tril.Jnno oiiice.

BOOK~ ETC.

LETT E !lS Fncnr Till•; IlAWAITAN hLAN!l:-i HY H~-:v. J. A.

Zum C. S. C.

T h is pnmphl et, written in the form of lett.crs, cloPs not pretend to be n.n oxh:m~tive work on this suhjl'Ct

but is rat.lwr, a~ the :1.uthor s tys, "~' ::;)/ll'f'JZir of a pol'­tion of a p l (>as:-~ntly spent v:.tcation and noti,ing more." Y et, l.Jotween the covers, there u1:1y be fonn!l a fun d of l?Jfo rm:·tL ion c-oncerning tl!c elinwte, uatnre, hi:-:;toJ·y, an(l

po lilicnl, ~oeiu l nn cl cclnenl ionol prngn'sf' of the: c r·om­par:ltively unknown islanrl ;; not p·t.::ily within tho re·~c!J

of the gen e ra l r ending public. Fur, b':)3ides t,hat m;uly of

the books written are d itlicult Lo obtain, or :u·e E'J1tir\'ly

ont of pt·int., there nrc no oth(·r sources of information

open to tH th;m n n occ:1sional Jwwsp;qwr n rticle, or

pe rhaps, n eontrihution to some or our nnt'l'lcrons mng­

nzines. Coming bl•f,,re the )mblic at a tilne " ·hen t!Jo qnorn of t.he,;o islands is ,-isiting this counl.ry, the Rov'd prOfCSS01'7

ci letterS Calll10t fai] tO Catch the ]"'0]lll}:ll' Ht­teqtiO!l.

Dowtluw's Jl{aga:ziue for June ecnt:1ins intrre&th·g

n.rLieles on lri3h S:c lw"lls, Foreign Travel, Cardinal

Gibbun\; pion for iho Knigltts of L'll.Jor, a ])!l per hy \V. J. Otnllfl.n of Chicago vindic:1ting a pntriot Shick!£ who was somewh:1t f'everoly criticizeil in the Century. Th<-.

juvenile department eontains a pleasing variety of iu­strnct.ive mH1 nmu!-ling eollections.

The American ,1Ia!Ja::ine for l\1:1}", besides contimwd

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tiT . . . VIAT.JWH'.S GOLLBJGE .H:H.HtNAL. ;') 7

st <lries; cont:d;1s n.n <:>sj1oc i:tll y i ntr resting nr1.iclc : on · · ' V-is.; "The Dr 11m nwr Roy," Allllrrw Kc·tT, Knr.kake<", ''Literary life in H:ls ton." l'ili s skeLch g iv.es th e hi~tor.y_ 111: ; ''Th<" Il'i ~:<h Al i E-n~," Wrn. Dr rring, Cllicngo, Ill.; of th e principle li lernry !>Oc i otie~-Thc t;at.ur rhy Ul u h, · · "Wol;;<"y to ·Cromwel l ," T .. J. Lyons, St. Louis, Mo.; lJii't lophco or t,lw A t1autic Jlfo71fltl?J. t.hc TIIUI'fi !.lay .Evr.. "'flo e l\fnnJfl(' ," Dennis Cnrml l, Cllinng->, Ill.

. ning Clu h, t he Rounfl TH bk, Lbe .T:wern Clu J, , ·t lw .l".t . Tit <~ entnrtn.inmcnt wn,<; most rcli8bn!Jlc in cn~ry rcR-Boto lpll Clnh, th e Olcl Corner · Book Slore, n.n<l (Jt her pr.ct. T he ~< pr e.rhrs w.·rr. VP. ry carefully s(·l eeterl , ro:ll{ing l'CtlOL't'S which \vere til e renrl ezvo u~, for poe~S, n o vcJi sL~1 fl,ll agret'Hli ]C Vnriet.y of th e COmic nnfl the ~erir,u s . ·we p:l in t~r~, sc nl rt flrs, muf:ici,1ns, . actors n.ntl nil in lr rcHtNl n oticed nmong the comp >tit.OJs n, few ·f:nnili~r f:lr:~>s

in nrt or letters. T b e re nrc po rtr .1 iL!; of Frn ncis Pn rlowm who hac! 011tc recl fm n sPr.•1nrl rn ce1 hnt, f.>r nPnrly fl.ll it (f'ronti sf)icce)., of .J:'un es RitSsol L owe ll; Louis .Uhan (.l ler ·wns t he ir fi rst nppeamncc. A' notiec~ble ff'ntnre Wfl.S the

1Uo ui \(ll1 , .T1 'lm Fitk, S:n a Ome Jc"·ctt, ,Jolin Boyle nn mbpr o r minim s who spok<>, anrl itwns 11(> "s in g-9ong'' O'Heill,y,Th om:ls " rr n tworLh Hi gginwn, George 1\tl:l.kc- ·. with t he m e ither. ,'J here is :1rnong these younger ::;tnrl­pence Towel, Wi!linm P enn Howbll , Q; vV. IIo lrnefl , . ents n, cl eeicl ed tall~nt for elocntion wl•ich will with the Thomas B-ti ley A ldri ch, Henry Bel'll:'l'fl Carpentc •· , vroper practice rnnke as rnnny E>xcellcnt. speakere. 'Ve wil.\1 oLiwr illustrations ora q ll a intn. ntl int~ t:es till g ll!lt ure. tlmnk t he young gentlem en for thP.ir splendid entcrtain-"Js it a crii11e t o. own L1;Hl," ·by Joh11 Philip· PL1ill ips, is mont aml hope· t lmt t lJry will fnll y rlevelop the prcf·ious n to ess:1y " ·e ll wori'.!J re:1cli ng. " ._' o me cxp~ri~nee · ns ·a n t:1lent of wui eh they have given unmistakable evidence. Aut hor' ' by .J. T. Trowbridge, ''Ge ,1eral G rnnL's lt nlJ its," a tH.l ·_se\·er::Il ot !Jer· s~ort pnpers o.f rl ive rsifiecl tope :1re

ot heJ' items of Lhe llfayazi11e's rrlif llfll> le menu . \Vc ht1vc :1lso upon onr . table .tlte nm~sun1 ·in ;s h ut

lively li tt.Jc Libra ry.1Vay(( _zine, Blackii'Ood 1lfagazi11 c, fl.nd, .:ts .smnc of our ju vcJJi lo ren.<lcrs nre often l1eard en.ll· tlo em; "the dnnrly ,)'t. J.Vicholas" ant! "L it e fnn :-:y Oas­kr11's Jlaya-::ine." L(t .ReuuP. Ccwarlienne; Le F1 '(w~·rth, tlnrl mnlly (ltlters.

ELOCUTION

There nre in the scholnsti c yenr n.s in a g reat cle ert a eert:~i'n number of ouses in wh(ch.: we pnuse o n our

. journey S<J JY)t im es for 2 \\:bole <~ ny, more frcqnnnt ly fo r an artern(I0!1, a.Jd occasionall y for an eveni ng . Tbi& n~sl'.

is ge ner::t lly &CCO! Il}):l.niecl by :lllJ ll ~emcn Ls o r $Otne kind, li ghter Jitcrn.ry, cl nu nntie, o r s por t iv e.

vVe spent an e vening in one of those g r:t ssy·grcens Tnesdiw t he lOt.h. inst., anrl thi~ time we eombi ne<l hnsi­ne~s with ple:1sure of a lite ,·a•·y c harncter: it w~1.s t).u evening set apart for the c locntionary contest 'for t he l-hg:m elocution m etLl.l. The sp irits of asp iran ts heat hig h about h:d f-pn.st seven when the jLtrlges, l1ev. Ii'r. JLl.l')meyer, o' Ka.nka.kl•e, Rev. C. Pe.bonlc D. D. a nrl·' Rev. ,J. D:tly, of the college, enterctl .th e ball acCOill[)fl.· . nied by 'the· Rev. Facu lty. Tbe bm1d played a lively overtni;e nHer wbicb. the followin g pt'ogra mme w:ts r en­derefl: "Gracie's Passie," Mn.st..er ,Hn.rr.v C ul ver of Vet · F ,1.yette, In('!.; ''The Mus ic Box,'.' Louis Grn.ndcb:ttqp.

A I pen a; Micb:; "0bieft.ai n' s Jlau,ghter," lVL L. Conlan, Chicngo, IlL; ''The Polish Boy," Wm . .. P rendergnst, Chicago, Ill.; . "The S:i. i lor Boy's Dream,"' Frank Moran, C leve la nd , Ohio; " BelsbRssar," }limm Lina.,Je, La Fayette, I nd.; "1'he Charcoal-Man,' ' Ju lius R iv;rd, Bou rbouMds, I ll. ; :'The Soldier's Pard on," .J. J. O'Cal­lagb :m, Cb ic::1go, IlL; "Corns," Eddie Collette, Du P r6,

WIIAT WE SEE 0~ NEWSPAPERS.

In this short css:1y, I ev i<1ently rl o not propllse to e­numerate speeificnlly all Lhe f:te ts, in e itl ents and e­vent~, all the theories, v iews and spcunhtions, that dai­ly and lwurly D11rl their W<tY into the th o ns:-tn rl s"Of uews­pnpcrs. l\Iy intention is merely to JorJk at the news­paper in n. kin<! of g-eneral way:; nrl present to yon a few i­cl e:ls, wlti c: b t he thing;; therein suggest.

To handle Lhe suhjcct more nearly, let ns take up some g reat p opular thily, t:ay the Chicago or L o n­d o'n Ti mcs. Look througll nll its p:1ges. Sean the i nnum­·erable l.Jcalli ngs and tit les that d ut its column!'. The first thought th :1.t strikes us ia tbe wonderful varie ty of sub­j eets treatefl. Here a heantifu l poem, there a scientific view of ea rthq uakes ; one column is ckvoted to mntters of reli gion aiJ d momli ty, anff s ide by side with it, ano-

·. ther publishes to th e world; to young anrl t o o ld, the most fil thy :1nrl scan da.lo ns f:tets that rlisgmce the cbr0n­icles of m:1 n~s do ings·- .,ncouragement to those, alreatly

o-1(1 in crime, Rnd a blight npon tbe son is of the good and

pure. One page is t:1 l.:cn up with great questions of po­!i tinn.'l ceono01y, wi t.b intcrnntionn,l wrangling ~ ud disput­

tng, with bat.tles a nll sieges, treat ies and conventions, in w!Jich the whole worlcl is interesterl, anrl lo! the next i·econis perhaps a cockftght or the stl"l.ying away of some fai1· lady's pooclle clog. Naturally , we exclaim, 'what a variety 1 There is no s uhjcct untoueb.ccl, no de­par t ment of know ledge or information which is not

intrenched upon. The news-writer is everywhere; nnrl n,nything of inte­

rest to the public, whether it be t he falli11g of an empire or the tumlJling of a fat man on a slippery sicl ewnlk, be jots cl own. with the snme avidity and' hurries it on b r: fore him for pnblieation. A r L, seieu cc, philosophy,

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literature, religion, politics, history, every species of thing which comes uncl er the genPral title of informa­tion and which wonld tend, in any way, to utility, pleasure , or even satisfying idle curiosity,-all this is included in the field of the newsman's operations. No wonder then tha1; in om· grat Lonflon or Cbic~go flaily thet e i::; such a variety of sul:lject-matter ·and such in­t ermixture of facts :md views and theories which have no relation whatever to one another, save that of tim e.

Another thought, which to the dullest cannot fail to present itself, and w!Jich touches upon th~:: real excel­lence and usefulness of the newspaper, is t,hat it exhibits to us a picture or image, if we can so express ourselves, of the doings and workings ofthe whole worlcl, a ' ' iew of the life and energy, the change and growth of nations and man and things. These pictures or images, though each day attmctive anrl full of interest, are, like the landscape the traveler views, ever varied, never the same. One is bright with the sunlight of happiness, prosperity and progress, another dark with the hea·vy storm -clou,~s of war and disaster, .and yet another en­veloped with the sickly glare of wide-spread pestilence anci plagues. In one may be seen, standing out in bold relief, a field streaming red with fresh warm human blood, and f~tr beyond a thr(lne toppling to the earth amid the sighs and groans of a ruined nation; in the next, perhaps the sunlight of heaven beams down upon a glad and joyous people, reverently knelt in humble thanksgiving to God for the ble~sings be bas never ceased to shower upon their beloved country. This picture is tinged with sorrow; that one with joy, and here is another full of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, prosperity and disaster.

Let us examine, more particularly, one of these pic­tures. Here is a large and beautif11l one, belonging to our own present time. You can discern in it the outlines of States and Countries; nay, you can even distinguish persons and things. Behold America, the land of free­dom and liberty, rejoicing in the midst of blessings and prosperity, made doub.ly blessed by peacP. and content­ment. All are rnohing forward, hurrying on in the tiusy pftth of progress, yet, in the music and harmony of their march, one discordant note is heard; it is Henry George proclaiming to an intelligent world that man cannot own land and that the Catholic Church, that grand in­stitution, the work of a divine hand, is all a sham. Look to Europe; dark clouds appear on the horizon: rumors of war are whispered about. France and Germany are daily increasing their armies and are hourly inventing new weapons for the destruction of human life. -

Spain has just quieted down from the excitement of a few days ago over the disappearance of the Crown Prince. Ireland. tbe enchained captive. stands waiting

and wn.tching for her deliverance. Gladst(,ne treats the world to a beautiful essay on Tennyson's Lockley Hall Sixty Years After, and realizP-s more from his few pages of pt·aise than the aged Laureate does from his studied poem.

Russia stands at bny, like a lion, watching for an opportunity to pounce upon her coveted victim-Tur­key.

But ah! look here! There, away in the Celestial Empire, see the first streams of human blood. Look well t(l it. The pure innocent blood of a thousand martyred Christians, a thousand martyred Catholics, cries to Heaven for vengeance. And have the days ofPagnn Rome r0turneil, and floes Nero indeed sit once more enthroned? It would seem so. But bold; you 5ee, amid the darkness and silence of night, yon locomotive with its breath of fire dashing wildly an~ swift as the mind along its iron wny. Suddenly a crash is heard and that rushing train, with its hundred men, women and children, are heaped into one great sha.peless mass. Oh God! the sigl1t I cannot describe; my pen shrinks from it. Oi1e in­dividual I have watched with special interest. Held fast

· between two timbers, his limbs broken and distortecl and the scorching flames already slowly consuming him, he is suddenly released and torn from the grasp of death by a feat of bravery and heroism which would have done honor to Achilles. They carry him to a neighboring house, call physicians, but to no purpose; the man is dying. Tarry a moment. He regains his sen­ses; soon be has health and strength. Learn, olt men! the potency of Hood's Sarsaparella. It's the only ' cure for burns, scalds, and wounds.

Telegrams from the North Pole state that the Esqui­maux are yet alive. Things indicate that Austria will join -Germany in case of war between that country and France.

But then, let us not wander off so far. Say we exa­mine something nearer home. The Colle,qe Journal records startling intelligence. As soon as an unwary lad makes a break, they have him on the list. The victim m11.y be se.en stalking about searching for the offf,nder threatening to waylay the fellow who t!Jus painted him

· in the. "Locals.'' .

This then is a brief sketch of some of the pictures which daily publications_ present. We cannot therefore say but that newspapers are certainly good and useful and serve a good end. The only gres.t objection that can be made against them is that they too often bring to light faets which it were better to have left in dark­ness. Scandalous riews does nobody good, but many harm. NevertheleQs they are the only means we have of knowing what is going on about us: and without it the world would be dark in<leed.

J. M«~. 2nd. Rhetoric.

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IN MEMORIAM.

Again has Death sad, but eloquent been in on r midst. B ut a few mouths ago, wllen last visited by its clark

slmJes ~ve had deemed i ts miss ion a good lesson. However, it llas pleased Providence that another be

t:1ken from our ranks, and death's summon fell to our lnrnented com panion Alphonse Marcotte.

Althongh it is in tears that we in our ascend ing pray­ers bid him a fund farewell, yet there cannot but min­g le in our thoughts a feeling of Solemn joy, when ""e r eflect On his happy death and readiness t o rueet b. is­Maker.

The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Mose Mar­cotte, of Bom bonnais; was seventeen years old, of a Jile:1.sing, cheerful dispo:o.itiou, and apparently healthy; but the ger m o f consumpti011 had set in , all(l during a few short mouths be began to racle a way' tiil at last he w~ts at t be point of den.tb.

Tnescl''Y ev ening, at May devotions, Rev. Fr. 1\larsile announced the appr<>auhiug death of our companion.

W edueslky moming early, the villnge ch urcb bell rang out in solemn to11e8 the " curfew uf his so ul."

DeaLh brtd COHle during the !light alJout the hour of ele ven, a ud 'Icparted with its prjze.

T lle funeral which took place Friday morning, the 20th iust., proceedell from tile llvme of t he deeeasec1 to Lhe college, and llere in Lhe front ball , the remains were pll\<..:ecl Lllnt his companions mig ht pay llim some tribute of love and gmteful remembrance ere he would be lead to the silent grave.

A crown of flow ers was placed over the dead, and amidst pra.yers and Lem·s t he coffin was thence borne to the P arish ehurcb followed by the parents, b rothers, s isters, r elatives and fe llow students of tile beloved de­p~u·ted.

Rev. Fr. M~1. inville and Bro. Lauz,J.n chanted the re­quiem hymns. T be church aoJ rdso the front ball of tile college were heavily dr:tped. A fter tlle solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated for the benefit of the depr•rted soul, the funeml proceeded to tile v illage cemetery whe re now rests cold and low the body of Alphonse Marcotte. Rev . Fr. Beaudoin offieiated a t the Mass, and Bro. Lauzon lead tLe cLoir. The pall bearers w ere Messrs. Arthllr Lesn gc, Philip Houde, Jobn Beltou, Thomas Maloney, Chailes Knisely aucl Jus tin Ricon.

In th is fair mouth of May when every where we s<>e beauteous gifts spread about us, and when we listen t o the s weet calm song of na ture in its evening repose, let us think of our clepar tecl friend and comp:tnion.

His cteatb was sad incleed. Young, t alented and verg­ing into manhood, be was a fair flower in the garden of hum an souls; but as 1.he lo veliest rose~ and lilies are

always pin eked first, so in prefe rence to many others, God Cft llecl him bright nnd beautiful, to his Heaveuly lwmc where we hope a utl iu truth sincerely believe be r ests to-d ay.

We hearti ly condole with the bereaved parents, to whom he wns so rlear ·; and with the relatives, by whom he was foncll y chcrishecl; and to all, in th is the sadllest trial with wl tich God afflicts his chosen ones, we extend our hear tfelt sympa thy .

HOLY NAME SCHOOL

ROLL OF IIONOR. COM MERCIAL COURSE.

J. O'Connor. } I:> ,.1· . ... .. . . .... . ....... .. . Gold

. u mogue. Me<'! a!.

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE MEDAL.

M. McDonald, .T. Lynch, K l\1oban, F . \Valsb, E. Kennelly, F. O'Hara, J . Fitzpat rick, M:. l\hrley J. O'Connor, P. Minog ue, J . Carne:y. DI~TINGU ISHED.- Wi lliam Lawler.

EIGHTH GRADE. Silver Medal-F. f-Iealey, .R. Gavin, F. Donahue, J. Sh eridan, A. Na.sh , J . McHugb, E. Sm it h, P. McNalley.

DISTINGUI:-:i HED. D. Th1cDonalcl, H. Yerco uter.

SIXTH GRADE.

SILVER .MEDAL .... . ............ Dennis Carroll.

DISTINGUISHED.- William W alsh, lVIicha.el G leason.

FO URTH GRAUE.

SI LVER MEDA L ... ... . . .. . .. . .... John Reynold.

DISTINGUISHED.- W. Clark, J. Tierney.

THI RD GRADE.

DISTINGUISHED.- W. O'Bri e1~, F. Curran, W . Cole­man, T. O'Beirne, P. Murray, W. Hereley, A. Oarroll , J. Maloney , J . Sheridan, ,J. Coyne.

SECOND GRADE.

Austin McDonough .. ..... . ......... . . Silver Med:tl. DISTINGU ISHE D.-J. Cannon, T. Harper, C. H ay es.

FIRST GRADE,

DISTINGUISHED.-J. Coyne, P. Brophy, T. Doyle.

PRIMA RY DEPARTMENT.

Silver M edal. . .... ... .. ....... ..... .. .. J. Monahan DISTINGU ISHED._:__J. O'Halloran, J. Burke, T. Car­roll, R C urran, .T. T ormey, G . Coy ne, E. K elly.

ROLL OF HONOR. L ATIN COUl{SE

J. McGavick ... .. .. . ... . .. : ........ . Gold l\fcclal.

S. Sa,incl ou . . ... . ....... .. .... . l st. Silver Medal.

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John o·c~tllaghan .... .. .. : ..... 2ncl. " , DISTINGU !RHED-V. L:tmarre, L. Fally, J. Ricou. T .

Normoy le, L. Grandchamp, Wrn. Conv ey, J. Cleary , F. Dmrluranrl, P. Granger, R. Fitzgerald, D. Cahill,

H. Lingle.

COMl\1 1-<:RCIAL COURSE.

M. Conlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ....... Gol d Mella!. J. Benn ett ....... .... . .... .. .... 1st. Si lver Medal. E. Ben nett .. .. .. .......... ..... 2nd. '' DrsnNGU lS!IIm-W. Tynan. J. Duffy, W.Prendergast,

T . Burns, L. Walsh, A. Lesage, J. Rivard, H. Culv er, J . Frie<l rn ~11, T. L \gei:;, G. He:dy, M. For Lin , E. Collet, J. Btllton , F. E uri ch, W. Stnfl'urd, J. Barry, G. G ravelir. e.

GUILFOYLE COMPOSITION MEDAL.

J . Bennett ........... . . . . ... .... ... . Gold Me(lal. DrsTINGUISHED- S. Saindon, T. Normoyle, J. McGav­

ick.

COMW A Y MEDAL.

John O'Callaghan . ...... .. ..... . ..... Gold Medfll.

SENIOR DEPARTMENT.

P. Saffer .... . ...... . .... . .. ...... Condnct Medal. M. Rosel1thal. . ............ ... .. . Politeness .Medal. DrsTINGVISHEo- R. Fitzge-rald , P. Granger, J. Suarth,

L. Grandchamp.

JUNIOR DEPARTl\1ENT.

DrsTINGU !SHED - V. Cyrier, W. Lehman, M. Fortin, E. Fraser.

MINIM'S DEPARTMENT.

DrsTINGUISHED- L. Falley, V. L:cmarre,_ G. Mallory, E. Smith.

SPORTIVE.

Shamrocks to the front! Stafford's nine won ~me game at last. Poor W ill. has

Lard luck witb his men. The C. S. V. League for some reason unknown, deci<l­

ed to discontinue leagu e game. The standing at the close was: two games won and two lost for each of the clnbs.

The minims have some well contested games on their grounds. Lamarre, Tierney and Tynan will undoubted­ly develop into v ery goQ(l players.

The. Shamrocks have appeared twice on the campus and each time gave a good exhibition of ball play ing.

The Kankakee Browns put the same nine in the fi eld this year as last. We are waiting for them.

Since the hot weather has reached us, t he river seems more enjoyable than the fli amond .

As· swimm ing is so mu ch enjoyed by a ll , why not a ll of us t11ke a few ho urs and remove a 1ew of those stones from that part of the ri ver near the cave? The only ob­j ection to swimming there is th e difficulty of walking out to deep water over those sharp rockti.

At a meeting held May 8th . the first nine of the house, which will ben ceforw ::~.rcl be known as the Shamrocks, was fonnerl. Rev. E. L. Rivard C. S. V. was unanimous­ly chosen Presirlent and Manager; Mr. Sullivan, Field Capt.; Mr. Ell. Bennett, Sec.; and Mr. Roach, Treas. Mr. Burns was appointerl U mpire a nd Mr. Rdl Official scor­er. After a littl e minor business the following nine was presented and received; Sullivan C.- MeGavick P.­O'NeillB._,_Roach 2B.- Bennett 3B.-Cusack S. S.­Dore L. F.-Legris C. F.-Cleary R. F.-Walsh ~uh.

The team that is mentioned above, starts out with the best wishes of success from everybody. They may not be as strong a combination as last year, b ut. that remains to be Sf·en. As far as batting is concerned we can safely say they m:e superior ancl with a little prac-1 ice they will do as well in the fi eld. All t llat is necessary is confidence and hard work. Wi th these requisitP-s we trust th:1t the ~hamrocks will add victory upon victory to the chains won in former y ears by the College Nine.

PERSONALS.

Clifford-We had the pleasure of meeting P. Clifford, '83, who came the other day to visit his alma mater . He is now occupied, in the capacity of a la wyer, by the Peusy l vania anii Ohio R. R. He enjoys good hen lth and seems well pleased with his position in life. He was surprised to fincl so many cbanges in the college and so very few of the students of his tim e. Pat. enjoyed him­self however as nicely as of old with the few of his classmates who still remain in St. Via.teur's.

McAuliffe-Owing to informations given us by Clifford we are enabled to give t~le following details concerning Florence McAuliffe, '84. He is engngecl in the same office as Prof. .Jiurphy, working for the C. B. & Q. R. R., Chicago. He presnrves his natural good humor and finds time to enjoy a good laugh onee in a while at anything but his own expense.

Toomey- Through forgetfulness we faile<l to notice sooner the removal of i:l,ther Toomey, '84, from tlie church of All Saints to that of St. Columbkill, Chicago. We wish him continued happiness in the new field o f his labors.

Concannon- James Concannon, '84, is now employed as telegraph operator at Grr,nd Crossing, on the way to Chicago. Success to the Champaigner.

Rivard-Alexius Rivard, '85, of the Grove, is now visiting in Manitoba. This trip to the salubrious climes of the North West will no doubt invigorate him. When at

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nome, "Leblanc" -busies hi'msPlfwith superinten<ling the works of t!Je farm left to him hy his father a few yenrs ago.

1-Valsb-Krisman-Father Marsile spent the Sunday of May 15th. in Dwight, where he bad the pleasure of meeting Nick Walsh, '76, an<l Henry Krisman, '80, both of whom are healthy and successful in their occu- · pations. Nick was accompanied by his wife an<l two ' blooming chil<lren, n.n unmista.lmble evidenee of pros­perity and happiness. It is always a sourcf· of pleasure for us to bear of such good news from the part of for­mer students of our college.

Bradley-We hear that William Brn,dley, '82, is now doing successful work in Peoria in the line of Journal­ism. Father Shannon, '86, met him in that city not long ago sporting a "plug hat'' in grand style. The young man intends giving us a call by commencement, we are told. Welcome!

Morrissey-O'Day-Mr. John Morris:;ey, '84, n.nd William O'Day, '86, are pursuing their respective stu­dies in Niag~ra. We notice thP. latter's name in the Index in connection with some Ba':le B.1ll club.

Brosseau-By the latest news Freel. Bt·oe;seau, '86, has been promoted to the Bauk of Highmore. High­more, Da'<ota. He is well pleased with his new positi(m though it requires a great tleal of labor. He inquires about tbe grariuates of '87, and remembers the arduous

· ta£>k of the gracl uates of '8G. Rassette-We learn from his mother now visiting

here that Levi Rassette, '7 7,. is now organist in the new parish of Father Goulet, in Pullman, Ill.

EXCHANGES.

"Critique" in the North- W estern Chronicle refl ects great credit on the author. The criticism is not less beautiful a.nd tasty than the exquisite poem which is criticized.

The I nvesti,gato'r from the Dixon Normal School saunters into our s::1.nctum replete with local news and advertisements. There is little t<1 interest tllC outsider ; your paper would be greatly improved by more literary matter.

The Student, o£ Cumberland University, is a wel­come visitor iu its terra-cotta dress. The make-up of this paper, in all its dep:utmen ts, is really praiseworthy. It always contaius a numher of interesting articles whinh never f:til to please.

It is with genuine pleasure that we look over the pa­ges ot the Notr-e Dame Scholastic as it comes to hand every Monday morning. The pages of this almost Mag­azine contain rare literary gems in profusion, and the other departments reflect great credit on there respec­tive editors. We would suggest to the 8cholrtst·ic a reg-

ular exchange column, it would add much to your re­lishablen ess.

"Edmund Burke" in t.he current number of the Kala­mazoo Colle,qe Inde:x;, is a well enough written article, what there is of it, but don't you think Mr. Author (without ~uggesting that you should write an enclyclo­pedia) that a great deal more might have been s::tid a~out this em inent writer and speaker? What about his •'Vinclication of Nat.ural Society," "The Letters on the Regicide Peace,'' and have you forgotten the R•>flections on the Revolution in France which elicited from Schlegel tbe well deserved encomium: "He cor­rected his age, wheu it was ut the height of its revolu­tionary frenzy; and without maintaining any system of philosophy, be seems to have seen farther into the true nature of society, and to have more clearly compre­hended the effect of religion in connecting individual security with national welfare, thao any philosopher or any system of ph tlosophy in any su cceeding age.''

Few (1f our exchanges give us more pleasure than the Kunkel's .lYiu.sical R eview. In addition to many morcea.ux, wbic.b onr "musical editor pronounces ex­cellent, this mag"zine is replete with some rare literary selections. The editorials in the .M:ay number were es­pecially relishable, and we would recommend the arti­cle on Orchestral Pi:missimos on Stringed Instruments" to ::tll pupils of those instruments. U nbappily the neglect of shading is frequently apparent in orchestral execu­tions. Color and shade are just as important to the orchestra as to the stage. What would we think of an actor who_ would torture our ears during a whole per­formunce with a "monmful monotone?" Shading is pre­cisely as important in a musical performance: and nothing is more provoking than to at~end a concert when the musicians plunge headlong intc, a composition, play ing the notes and keeping time perhaps, but never seeki ng to discover the spirit of the piece or even to mind the signs.

Though the Catholic Amer,ican News has been from the start an excellent paper, it will hardly be bad gram­mar to say that it is getting more so every day. It is a pushing paper. It is alive, wide,awake, full ot freshness, fresh-newsy, and, in its judgements upon men aud thin gs well-balanced. We like a Catholic paper of this type. It is the favorite of the reading room along with its Eastern companion the Boston Pilot and our nearer friend the St. Lmt'is Catholic Wor-ld.

What the St. Louis Catholic Worlcl doGs not noti ce in its weekly rounds cannot be of much importance. The editor gleans extensively from ~he foreign prer,.s. The matter, however, heterogenou:, as it necessurily is, appears always well digested. We hesitate not to affirm that this is one of our standard catholic publications, excellent both in tone, style,.a-nd matter.

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CAT H OLIC N OTES.

Last T ltursclny we celebrated t he beauti ful fe 1st of t he Ascension of Onr Lord into I-lea ven. Tber1~ are 500 con vents of Mercy in t he wor ld, occu­

pi ed by near ly 10,000 re lig ious. T he Uni ve rsity of Louvain, B elg ium , was founcl ecl

by Pope Martin V four huncl rccl years ago. . B ishop Ireland was met in Ne w York, on hi s arriva l

fro \11 E urope, by a commi t tee of th tl T otal Abstinence U nion of Am erica ..

Al'(.: hb ishop Lemy of New Orleans is about to leave for a trip t o Europe on business as well as for the bene­fi t of ltis impaired hea lth.

After a prot rac ted consiclerntion of tli e c:=~ se the representatives of the Prov ince of Quebec adopted the Bi ll incorporat ing the J esuits. This g ives t he Socinty th e r ight to possAss, t o r eceive, to inheri t. I t is now on the foot ing of othBr reli gions societ ies in Canada.

The papers menti on t he death, in Lond on, of J ames G rant, an author of historical romances, among others : "Highland ers in Spain," "I-l ig hl rtnders in Belgium,' ' "Bothwell ; or , tb e Dflys of Mary Queen of Scots," ·'Lu cy A rdon," and " The Master of Aberfeldie." Mr. Grant abju red Protes tantism in 1875 anfl w as receiv ed in the CuLholic Church by t he Cur d i11<tl archbi shop of W est­miD s1:er.

The Rt. Rev. Bishop Borgess o f Detroit has resig ned Lis see on accoun t of old age. His career of 17 years bus been an arduous one con~id ering the many diffi uul ­ties be encountered in the exercise of his aut l10rit.y. The P relate 1\ ns born in Oldenbu rg, Ger many, 182U , and came to tbi s cou ntry when on ly 13 ye:1rs of ag e. He is a graduate o£ St. Xavi er's Coll0ge, C incin uati.

T l1ere is a ru mor th~tt the Re v. Dr. Cbapel le, pastor of St. Matthew's Ch urch, W ashing ton, will be mad e co­a<lj utor of Archb ishop Leray of New Orl ean8. T he Re v. Gentleman is one of t he T ru tees of t he Catholic U niversity and b.as a r r.pntation of high cul t ure and vari ed learning.

"A congress of English-speaki ng Roman C:Ltbolics will meet in London short ly to dis~ u ss reli g io ns pro­gress, labor and capital, temperance, theft , _and other sn biects. It is expecLed that american Prelates will at­tenet Cardinal Manni ng is the leading spi rit in the movement."

I t is consoli ng and refreshing to meet with such an humhle apology as that made by M ichael Davitt for the " heated words" he had spoken in Ne w York concerni ng Cardinal Simeoni 's relations to the Land Leagne uncl ·Dr. McG!y m. Prior G ly nn , lately arrived in thi s country from Rome, bas £umishecl us the exemplary retracta tion of Dav itt.

ding forth in our Catholic laymen. Ttte rich should never forget on t heir death-beds the needs of 1,lJe poor, of the Ch urch, of E d ucation. The late Mr. Tully, of Boston, has left over $90,000 in such good works as we have just mentioned . Ho w many praye r<> will rise to Heaven fo r his soul 's repose in return for that generos­ity!

The E nglish Cntllol ics in t end to present the Pope with a collection of all the Catholic books published in the English languagP in th e last 50 years, at the occa­sion of bis ,J n bil ee. This is in cleed a J umin ous idea. The pt~ r i od t bu s covered wou ld inclu de the revival of Cath­o li cis m in Great Britain , it would form an interesting I ibrary.

Cardina l Gi bbons spent a few days in F rance v isit ing t lie Catholic Clubs of W orki ngmen as organized by

. Comte Albert de Mun and Mgr. F reppel. Th ere are now 500 of these clubs in opera tion and g iv ing the best sat- , isfac:tion. The bosses and the me n all meet to cliscuss wages and other matters in a most fri end ly manner. They bny food, clothing, meclicin e, etc. , on the princi­ples of co-operative stores. TtH·y are ent irely Christi an.

W e often stop to think if it is not an inj ostic:e tllan t o ca ll Am erica a Protestant count1:y. The population of the U nited States is f1 boul. 58,000,000, that ofCan '1d::~,

5,000 ,000; Hnd Lhat o£ So oth Am eri ca, 45, 500 ~000. The P opulati on of tbe 1 wo Amerieans t hen, in round num-

. bers; is 108,000,000. Now, we can not count any pro­testants in Sou th America. In North America we count 12,000,000 Ca tholics. So after comparing, . we find a majori ty of 6,000,000 Catholics on thi s side- of th~ At­lantic. Can we call Am erica a Protestant country? ....

The Catholic yo ung Men's Nati onal Uni on will bold its annual Convention in New Y ork by the end of this month. T b.e moti ve of this Union is t o· consolidate and streng t hen the Ca tholic y outh's influence in Soc iety, in bus in ess , in a ll undertakings. P apers will be read on the fo llowing subj ects at the coming reunion :

1. Some reasons why the Catbolic socie ties raise tbe standard of American c itizenship.

2. T he founders of our rep ublic; how were they edu­ca tecl .

3. He w should young men oppose intemperance ? 4. Opportuniti e<>-How they are neglected , and how

t hey may be put to prac tical usP, especially in acquir­ing an education.

5. Moclels for Catholic laymen-O'Connell, Gorres, Ozanam, Brownson.

6. Home life in la rge cities. 7. How much time can young men give to literary

culture in the societies of the union? This Programme speaks for itself and we can be cer­

tain of tbe good that such a soci ety undoubtedly oper-A true spir it of Christian Charity seems to be bud- ates arr.ong young men.

ST. VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. 43

, Tm: CoLLEGR affords ex( e'lent f~cilities for study, · and the acquirement of_ a thorough knowledge of MODERN LANGUA-t;.ES, MATHEMATICS, CLASSICS, MUSIC, SCIENCE, · PHILOSOPHY, and THEOLOGY. Most careful attention is paid to the business training of young men, and a thowugh practical knowledge of. BOOK-KEEPING and COl'vi:MERCIAL LA ''r is imparted by skilled Pr<)fessors.

·The b~st authors and most approved system of teaching are adopted in all grades of the College. Students may enter at any time. Term 11.nr1 tuition wi ll begin with date of entrance.

Terms for bonrr1 and tui Lion $:200.00 per annum. Catalogues, and a11y uesired iutorniation will be carefully given on application t.o the Director.

REv . .M:. J. MARSILE, C. ~. V.

St. Vin.teut:'s Cvllege, Bourbonnais Grove, ICankakee Co., Ill.

SCHOOL BOOKS. LEGAL BLANKS.

~~ ~~ lJjlnrham~ STATIONERY~

No. 12 COURT STREET, Books. Ne-ws~ Music~ KANKAKEE, ILL. BASE-BALLS and ;BATS, FISHING TACKLE.

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

C. H. ERZINGERS IS the place to get choice Ice-Cream, Fruits, Nuts, Candies,. Oysters., Cigars and Tobacco. The largest Ice-Cream anrl Confectionery Parlors in the city.

Cor Co.urt St. & East Ave. KANKAKEE, ILL.

CHAS. KNOWLTON'S

NEyY PHQTOGRAPHIC 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. Re'( . . Jo~,:¥~,L.CH_QR, .,J31 ~ \J?P 10f yr~~~ Bay, Bt. :Rev. M: Dink, Dish# of Leavwol'th.

R. J. HANNA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

GROCER AND

COMMISSION MERCHANT 43 Court Street

KANKAKEE, ILL.

BRAYTON & CHRISTIAN DEALERS in Men's, Women's, Misses' ~nd children's fine and medium Shoes: also all s1zes and gTades of Boots. Special inducements for

Students Two doors north of Post office.

Kankakee, fll.

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

Ha;rdwa;re, Stoves and Tinware, IRON, NAILS and WAGON STOCK

NO 13 EAST A VENUE, KANKAKEE, ILL. Jobbing Done to (/rdm·.

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

Dr. SCHEPPERS

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

J. W. BUTLER PAPER Co.

Wholesale Paper Dealers. A full line of Cards and Wedding goods

l~ept constantly on hand. Nos. 183 & 185 Monroe Street,

Chicago, Ill. FRED ZIPP.

The oldest Boot & Shoe House in the. City, Customers will always have good Bargams.

NO. l7 ConrtStreet, Kankal<ee , Ill.

Impediments of all kinds on Agricultural Implements can be r emoved at JOSEPH BEAULIEU'S Blacksmith 's Shop. Also Tools of differ ent make or shape, coarse or fine work, Buggies, Wagons, Ploughs, etc. , etc., may be r epaired at very low figures at the new Shop on GRAND ST. Bourbonnais Grove, 111.

Horse shoeing a speclalty.

44 ~T. VIA'f:EliKS l'OLI.I~UE JOUUNAL.

.T. .J. SCHCBl~ HT. PUOPltiE'!' ltlt OF THE

German, French aJJd American Pharmacy. l'•>r. g a.,t . A v.<'. ,\ ,\l•·n·ll an t ~1- . I( A ~"AKJm , Ill.

I( N• ps l'll l>' falltl y Oil ilillld a [1111 lin e of

DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS ETC, ETC. Also a Ji1w li nt• of Tnih·\t Art i<' !e...; of all kilal s,

Flllt' ( 'i,;~a rs anti T oharco. ~<:A LI.A ~ l!S JO<: )1~:.~

Preston Sanasack. BOUHBO:-iNAIS <.HW\"J~ , ILL.

(h' lll .. J"<tl ~t o re. Dealer in ( ~ t·nccr i t'S,

Dry goocl s, ll a r rlware, C11tle ry , 1;1 ass w:1re. Also kerps Cl' II Sta nt ly 011 ha11cl :t l ar~;e stock of J t ~:ADY-l\IAD E CLOTHI XU,

FAMILY MI~Dl C JNES, A lld w ilo iL•, ale Liqlll' rS.

T hos" ill ne<•d of d h >iee Collfec tiOJ> CJ'ies C.tnm·•l 1-(00<I s , a ll l;i n cls ot .Frllits, Fi sh a nd Oj·srt' r> wi ll<l~> wc li' :IJJtl sa-ve mo11 eyl.>y calli11~ 0n

T. O'GOR~1A.N.

East A VBllllB, Ii:a n li:ah:ee.

JOliN G. ICNECIIT.,

Merchant Tailor,

READY-l\IADE Clothing

NOTn;: DAME ACADFl\IY, D11n:c n :n lh Tu .: StsTEns tlF Tm~

CoNr. t:EI :A TION OF NoTH~: DAM~:. Th b; ln:<tit-lltiun allord ~ ••nry advantage for

YOU1'1! i .;.td l,·s tlt•s irous n r ()(1~ . \.llling a solid an'd llnishi, ,, c<lu calion. Fur part.i e 11lar~ apply to

llloth (' r Supe rior, Not1·e Dam e Aeademy,

l:l u llrllunnai~ Urove K:• ::kak e.,ICo., ln.

I;;(J li()OL 110!1""1\'"':;-, ----- .Ll!:!.iAL HLANK:S.

F R A N K E. B E L LA M Y.

STATIONERY. Boo1•s, News, 1\Iusic,

Wall-Pafl e r, W'n(low Shades. KANKAKEE, ILL.

TOYl::i PICTUHgs. BABY CARRIAGES.

LOU IS GOUDHEAU.

1-IA-l{D'V AilE. Sto ves. !rclll . N ail~ Hlld 'Vagon woo<);s tock.

Tinware aud Tin work of all kinds. No 8 Court Street,

KANKAKEE, ILL.

C. P. TOWNSEND. East Ave. 1 cl oor so11 th of J\ne tcth 's Block.

HANRAI{_EI<;, I .LL •

. A CARD. 4- .. -To all whom it mny concern.

Kurrds~h and Staga, p nprictors of

Tha uhl Re~tt e hf\mp_ & Babel.) E PRESCRIPTION DRUC STOR ,

Wh ere you can fin<l the J..argest assort ment of Ha1r and Tooth Brushes Toilet articlea Perfumery, 8oaps, Sponges and all varieties of Druggist Sundries.

All should give them a call, NO. 5. CoU:Jo.T ST, TELEPHONE. No. 10

A. Ehrich EAST COURT STREET

KANKAKEE. Dealer ir. choicest Groceries, choicest

brands ofF lour. Keeps on hand constantly a large assortment of F eed and Produce

Please call and see me before going any place else.

H. L Crawford & Co., WHOLESALE .t.. <RETAIL

Gl{OCERS No. 36 Court Street.

KANKAKEE, ILL

Ou't:tit,;; :Cor CoLLEGE PAPERS Send for , ~:;timates .

WT'YEPE"' Hats :mel Caps.-Gem 's Hnderwe: tr.

Trllnks , v ;tli ses ; Fllm·is hing "Goods.

Wi lsoit 'BJ1os •' F ilte ~hirt.s.

Having ad o pted the One Price System +.o all my. P atrons, I will,gi ve

' a fnr'ther tlisconnt"of 10 -per lcent to

Foundry, !t Printers' Supplies. Specimen B00k a.n.d Estimates upon

applic~ion. '\11 rite for Seco_nd-hand lis' ot Presses and'·»a.chines. 5-t; & 56 Franklin St., ·chicago, Ills•

N0"'.' 2 A~D''"_l; COURT 'S1'HEET.

'R I1 :u ·k~lkPe , IIJ.i

--~; . . D H 0 I~ ET & ' 13 I~()'f' 111~-u:--• I -Buy 'the. Emery $3 Shoe 1

- AT -

DROLf~T .. B'no'TTIERSj 25 Cilllrh ->t. :'K:illk:tl>ec. 111.

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· ll ariJ~ r ~h o p. , -lJn<J d 0 llil.?>t<:J.t':;.IJ:I itrn es's l:;r.orp, l(ahka kee , Ill!

Fir:;t C l : ~~ 1)c ))'1;.~11ar:till ee cl . • l::itHdeJ·Jts e'>'i>ed:l.fty invited .

--------~-----7--_ _ JIAND-:Vl ADE Pure Wax 'C:tndles per lb. 45-ct s! M:oiilriNI \Vax-Cimdl<·s . .: " 38 c~s l Stearic Wax, " 11 ·zo·cts l;;p~mai Prkes t.o pa-rti es btiying In large quanti t ~ cs.

Catholic Prayei· Books 2r, ets . upwards.

' With two large clas'ps ':tad Fancy Edge $9.99 Sent -rree to any part of u.s. on receipt of price.

-GRAHAM &'·S{)NS, '''Importers of'Ciiurch 'Goods, Jobbers ln Sch<iOI

' 'Books and Catholic' Booksellers. 'il3 s: Des plaine~· st. Cor! Monroe. Chicago, m.

Corre'spondEmce sollicited.

nll . ·elel'g_vnien, Pt·<·•'fdSS01'S ·nttd Stu- Kanka kee >ito11 e an~l L!''"' Compa 11y.

clel'lts · of ~'Hourb01Jnnis Colle-!re. Call ' IN·c o ·Jn' , HATED FE!:. ~;;rd . 1!>67. ~ · Proprietors oJ llf' Celellrat.cd KaHkakee nat

at 'the Plhl:i(~ ·el'phh One· Pt' i'c.:e ·Cloth- Lime stones Qn<> ·ri es.

i ng I-b lt5N 6rth"W. Oor. · o f · Court St.. F esh-."\V0od Jmm;erl -Lime

:md ·E::st Ave: Knnkal\ee,/ Ill. ; -alw.ays- on. h~ nd.

... !\1. Rohrheimer, Prop. : KANKAKEE, ILL. ----~·L- ~-~-~--~~--------~--~1 •

I rl~~t?\\ GILLorrrs : I ,SlfeeJ 9Jlenz.

WlLLlAl\1 DKRCHE.

Groceries,

. Dry GoO'ds,

Yankee,. Not·ions. I

BOURBONNAIS GROV:"E,- ILL. : GOLD MEDAL, PA-RIS, -18'78. ; .-BENZIGER . BRGTH.ERS, I

' Printers ·to the Holy .Apostolic See;

Publishers and Booksellersj

lR8· Cdellrat«l' NumlHra,

303-404-.1 70-604-332, and hill other atylea may lle had of all deakrl

' thrauqlwut tlie world.

Joseph Gillott & Sons, New York.

·Also 1manufacturers and importers of 'The ~·'JOUl ~N A.'L" is n first cla~S

~h,~tdt '~~turw~nt~ #~nul

~t~dnttu~~. No. 206 'South Fonrth:St.

· ST .. LOUIS, MO.

medium ·for-" A HV.SRTIS·Tl·\.G." Spe. cial attention~ paid' to -the- pri·n t-i ng or

i BUSINESS~ CARDS., BILL~·HRADS.,\ETC.

~Te:rmsr,re::t.Sonn•ble.~

·· The STUDENTS, ~ ::&iitm:s~'Prop.