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CoLLEGE JouRNAL.
LECTIO CERTA PRODEST, VARIA DELECTAT. Seneca.
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BOURBONNAISGROVE. ILL. FRIDAY. Dec. 9 1883. OUR COUNTRY.
"Sweet clime of my kindred , blest land of my birth! The fairest, the dearest, the brightest on earth ! Where'er I may roam-howe'er blest I may be, My spirit instinctively turns unto thee!" As musing I walked by the bank of a winding river, I suddenly paused, and, looking about, saw the bright sun in his noonday splendor shedding hi~ golden rays on the beautiful world around. The lofty mountains, covered with rich green vel vet; the vast prairies, dotted with hnman h'tbitntion~, and mighty forests, whose trees, spreading their lofty branches abroad, covered with variegated foliage, presented a scene far more beautiful th:<n th e grandest palaces of kings. The waters before me !'moothly rolled along"Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, 路w ave succeed ing wave, tlley go A various journey to the deep, Like hnmau life to endless sleep." Arl miring 1he beP n ty of the scenery and lik61Glg it to the destiny of our cunntry, I earnestly thanked God that I bad been born und er the genial American sky- in the lfmd of freedom where we can breath the pure air of liberty untainted with tyranic:tl oppression and feudal dissensions. Jf there is a country on the globe where we may liv e with eilse and contentment; where the heart of man nan adore his ere::~ tor with true freedom of conscience; where the private rights of citizens are respected; where the peasant enjoys the same ad vantages as the millionaire, it is here. Here we reap the full reward of our industry, our property and our rights, without any distinction of clas8, are held most sacred. Authority is everwhere upheld , anr1 is always considered supreme. Intelligence and wealth are 11 id Jly diffused, and are each day making marked an1l rapid progress. Institutions, for the ed ucati on and advancement ofthe poor and wayward are established in almost every city in the country. U niver.-;ities and Colleges, for more advanced training are quite numerous. ln the 楼Vest, the sturdy miner delves in the bosom of the earth, seeking its bidden treasures; the farmer peacefully follows his plough throngh the field while the herdsman guards his flock on the wide rolling prairies. In the East, is heard the constant clang of the hammer, the noisy clatter and click of the loom, com-
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merce is greatly facilitated by a net work of rail-roads, and by navigable lakes and rivers. We might go on enumerating the many advll.ntages and improvements, but they are so numerous and we are so well versed in them, and they are so widespread and well known as to make every true born American love and revere the land that gave him birth. Let us for a moment view some of the countries of Europe, and compare their political and social status with ours. In sunny Italy , where, in times gone by, the Popes ruled with the righteous scepter of St. Peter, where religion and politics went h:md-in-hand, anarchy is day by day rapidly increasing under the sway of the adherents of Victor Emanuel and Humbert. The people of Ireland cry for mercy and justice only to be answered by oppression and misrule; in vain do they appeal to England for thier most sacred rights; poverty stares them in the face, but still she continues to crush tlwm with her most unjust and inhuman laws. The Russian Empire may boast of all its wealth, its po-rrer and its vast domain, but not of its love and strict observance of the laws. The Czar, whose voice should silence all others, and whose person should everywhere be respected , is in constant fear lest his powerful enemies the nihilisits, may deprive him of his life. His palace is constantly surrounded by bands of soldiers, and he never dares to appear in public without a numerous body-guard; his office as supreme magistrate, which should be to him a source of happiness, is, on the contrary a source of much uneasiness. The "vine-cladbills of France," once the abode of science and religion, are now the dwelling places of anarchy and dissension: many places of religion and learning where formerly the true God was worshiped with all the ardor of pious souls, are dedicated to immorality ann impurity. France, during the reign of Louis XIV was one of the best governed countries on the earth. Literatu re, religion and politics went hand-in-hand. " In a word" says Fredet "the reign of Louis XIV was, in every respect a reign of taste and genius; one, during which the capital of France seemed to have become another Rome or Athens, so as to render that age, if not superior, at least equal to the most brilliant ages of antiquity." But after the death of Louis his manly exertions were destroyed; Voltaire and his false philosophy ap
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p e~r cd, am1, in consequence, vi rtu e a nd nll true se nse of justice diss·1 pp:nrcd : contempt for the laws b ec~m e the prevnilingop lnionand this em'thly pctricli:>e Wlls, like Italy, converted into what we now see it: a blot upon the name of' govcmments. S:> li lte1v3 ie witb other count ries of t l1e old wo l'lcl , thei r c ivil and t·c!ig ious liberties have vanisi\ecl like mist ; t heir splendor and g lory exist only in the history of the past. But not so with our counky, we have still that sublime r espect fo r tlle laws; we have preser ved unsullied by treason or rebellion, the constitution as it was bequeathed us by our for efatt1ers. Otlr cons titution promotes a spirit of fi·aternity an n equality, without which no society can long exist. From t he shores of Maine to the Pacific coast the greatest brotherly love every where prevails . We see no abatement in our power or prosperity, no r shall we, while we thus remain faithfu l to the instincts of fr eenom, love of or der, and respect for authority . Kingdoms mny be destroyed, nations may be obliterated , dynasties m ay fall, sovereigns may be sent into exile, but we, trn e to our country , and true to our God , will float ad own the stream of time, guarded well from rocks and shoals by thoBe honest sons of .Jnstice who stand by and direct our helm of State.
CRITICISM. The lack of sound v11lne in current literarv criticism , both i~ this country and E urope, is notori~us. It is so much the work of cliques and schools, or so mu ch the office of men who have a chronic habit of fin ding faul t, or so coarse in its p ersonalities, or so incompetent in its jncl gement s through haste an d insufficient examination, that it is rarely instrnctiv10, eit her to the authors r eviewed or to th e pul)lic. Tbe average column of book notices in a d aily paper is quite valueless, by necessity. The r eviewer seems to forget that all t he influ ence of the Journal for which he works stands b e!-.ind hi s hastily l·vrit ten words, and t hat sensitive men aml women are to be warmed or witherecl by them. Ju st a little more conscience, or a more candid consultation of such ns he m ny have, would teach him that he ha s no mon1.l r ight to g ive publicly an opinion of a lJook of which he knows nothing. I n so small a matter as notidng a book befvre a competent examinQtion of it, the chanches are that he will mislead the publi c and clo injustice to those who nearly al ways have some claim to t be good opinion of t he reacl ing world. P nblisllers ex pect impossilJilities of the daily press, and are largely r esponsible for whrLt is known as the "book notice;" but the daily press ought to d eclare its independence, ancl ~~ bsolntely r efu se to n otice any book which has not been thoroughly reacl. The best and richest of the cit y press has already done this ; b11t the country press keeps up its column of book-
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not ic·cs every week, written by editors who never have time t o look bey o nd t he prefhce. In E ngland, criticism is probably more t he woti>: of p:u-tisrL nsltip thrm it i,; here. The in terests of pa rties in Cllllrch a nd St::tte, a nd of cliques and schools of literary a rt, seem to detennioe e verything. lt nppears to be p erfectly nnclerst oocl tbat _Leverything written by the mcmbera ot a certrLin cl iqne will be condemnecl, and if possible kill ed, by the combined effortsoCanotber cliqu e, and 'VICe versa. Cri ticism is simply a mocle of fighting. .!VIe. Bhnk, belong ing to a certain literary c liqu e, wri tes · a volum e o f verses amlprints it. H e se nds adva nce copies t o his fri end s, who write their laudations of it, and comm uni c'Lte the m to symp1thetic journals and mH gazines. So, wheo it is published, t he critiq ues appertr almost sim ultaneously, and t he public is captured by the st rat>1gem . The condemnations come too late t o kill the book, and the clever intriguers have their laugh over the res ul t. It i~ not harsh to say that all criticism born of this spirit is not only intrinsically valu eless, but witho nt conscience. The supreme wish to do right and t.o mete out simple justice to authors hip is wanting . The praise is as valu eless as tile Llam e. The olcl and fier ce pet sc:J nali t ies of E ng lish cri tic ism; wh ich so aroused the ire of Byron, and 01·ushed the spiri t of so me of hi s less pugnaciou s contemporar ies, have, h a measure, p::tssecl away ; but really nothing bettt>r i: 1 the grand result has taken their place. Me n stnncl t g cthec i'o~ttual protection , fully aware tha.t they lu\Ve nothing to expect of justice and £1t ir dealing by any other means. I.Ye do not know why it is that the ord inary courtesies of life are denied to authors more th::tn t o painters or sculp tors or ar chi tec ts, ex pect, perh aps, tlmt painters a ncl scu I ptors am\ architects, me not j L1cl gcd by tbeir own co-laborers in art. We presume that the,e, and that singers n11d acto rs would fare bacl ly, if all the criticisms upon them were writ ten by t heir professior.,ll bretht·en; a nrl t his fact suggests the a nimus of those who criticise cunent litemtnre. It seem s impossible to get a Cf\nclid anrl conscientious judg ment of a literary man until after be is d ead, anci out of the way of all envy ings and jealousies and competitions. It seems impossible, also, unti l this event occ urs, to se1xtrnte a man from his wo rks, anrl to j ndge them as t hey stand. There i ~ no goorl reaso n, however for the personr,l flings dealt o ut to authors, whose only sin has been a conscientious wish to d eserve well of t he public, except what is to be found in t he meanest qnalities of human nature. The lack of personal, gentlemanly courtesy in current criticism is a rlisgrace to the critical colnmns of our newspapers anrl magazines. The mujority of those who write are sensitive to a hig h d egree, and coul cl not possibly be notable writers
1:.? 3 w ·re liP} o h(·r i5». Tlwy (lr• he J, hey ·. n. aud th.<t whid.1 they rio i' he record of hi> bi~b~~t l'il·iliz·ni 10 :•n•l cuiLurP of lwir l'I>Ontry and r ·ri•"-L They puh i'h r ·mbling t•1 thiob: h:1t rrhnt h '.1' pnbfi,h j , j"><>uw·o·ln! 11 unci pil'kt·l t pie< ., lih pre~·. Thc·r 1~-t tl•••ll!!:h antll e-t \\ork lUI' n•• only tr a < l rri hi>H n·-rw · : bu they tinct tbe111.- •h·,., m· li~m~d. ehe: pcnnd. muli j,.u-ly d1arn t rized.
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- Prot: D--c0mmeneed to sin!! "Only as t:n· a the !! tlt." .l1•hn ,!r:lbhc<l bi, bat:1nd fee hi,· u tcred , . 'lhe,'\mu~··. - )lc.\.ulilfe infenrb deel:liming "Rum', :.\I:llliac.'· ~t. Patrick·, Day. '1\-e knuw )lc. h15 the n:Jturnl abilitie, and "ill "lllTer•l. - B0.\ · ~ ..-~ :11l km1w ynu ean't -hoot anything nnd ~irwe tht•re i• danger nf your going on a "loot" we think y<)U h,ld !Ptter •lfly hnmr. -The Powerful .. ,lu<lc." can get 10 in C'hrbtian Doctrine aml 1;, in l'. ~- Jli,tory. - Wlwn will tlw H(•l>hin' ne-t ngain? -Can ynu phy L·anJ,?. ·o hut I e:m hnil<l a tny hon-e wtth "bloc~ ... lrin~i glnria mundi"- hnw nn• yunr corn ? - Cr:''' i- grn~" h·1.r is hay. we'rt' here to-morrow n n<l t lwrc tn-da :·. - \\-ho g:1Ye a receipt in fnll fur a not ~ . \~k Park. - lh1c yon 'een P. C. Conway·~ feal •kin hat? JT. will exbihit nt retplt'-t. - Why rlid'nt onr agent- to ~pringficld ccnre ,c:ome "Hmlntinn" '~~" lfrnry :'If-- . \.re ·'on going rolh..r -kating thi l'Yening? no n0t thi, <·nning S:•t-l' Ye Ike. :?:?nd. - Dn<•, the proprit• or of the "z,.ological garden'' gel o- m:1n.Y t•orn re .. eipt', quack <l<•ctor·, nrls awl circular :1'- he 11° 1 to! -Hilly C ·ron j, now :m uncle. - \\' illit• Heaume woul<l lil.;t• to know if :1 mnn (':1!1 walk :1 ''Jitare rn<l. -E. 1 l')fnlle_, " ys hr nl'Yet' knew a "hePl •poke . - qninn h n• J,c , <•me the cnpi al not fi•rger, of the B ".1-;.\;c j•ing d ''· - .. If h ·re lw one Rmfln!! ynu who rl:lrc f:1c mo on h hl J<.l: -nnd lr• him -tep lrn·w· nl" e:x cl:time<l Donllh ~ · nfrt'r kno kina< ::1rlnnrl out in br ''' •traigh he~t-. -Prof. D. E. :'lfct;rnlh ~J-..' n l'h:•nk gi\·ing with Fr. F , , r in (hie. £"(•. 11 rt!Je,, to-~~ turk•·.' · nnrl <'ranl ·rry :m ('(. IIZh n·-nrHl the Prnt: h:Jrl ng•wl{l tim.
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- T he members or the Book-keeping class according to the practical busin ess ~ys t e m manifest g reat interest in the study. - Brennan is impatient for the fray and confrdent of victory. Quinn is growing weak and thinks he will let his part. - Rev. J. Ballman paid us a visit last week and as usual brought a plentifu l supply of cigars for his many friend~ .
-The Thespian association is practicing " vV:<iting for t he vercliet"-a drama in t hree Rcts which will be reudere<l togeth er with 'l f.·Ll·ec "fni ti nting a Granger,'' abont Dec. 20th. - Kni cry i~ perh u p~ OJI C o r the JJJ(•St necom mocbtin g students in the hom;e. He says in order to see th e debate come off he will rent qui llll the upper story oJ hi s hat for the occasion . - Ed.O'onnors s:tys he spent nearly t hree months in Ireland , saw ohe "Giant's C11.useway, kissed the Blarny stone, caught salmon in the Liffe:Y, met the McGullicuddies of the Reeks and saw turf burn , but never drank any Irish " pot-been." - Rev. J. J. Clancy called upon us Thanksgiving and left five dollars for the '·JouRNAL." Fr. Clancy is our own and we lee! proud to eee him so prosperous and generous. - Prof. Toomey and Frank Quinn spent a few days in Springfield last week where t hey went to secme arm s for the military company. W here they met many of Frank's fri ends who left nothing undone to make their stay in the City a pleasant one. - Prof. T. W . Cosgrove started for St. Meinrad's Seminary Indiana where he will enter on a r etreat preparatory to ordination. We are sorry to loose so genial a friend, yet we cong rat ulate him on his entrance into the holy ministry. - T he most agreeable affair which has taken place in our midst for some time was t he celebration of P rof. Murphy's twenty -seventh birthday by the professors of the house. A congratultory address was read : by Mr. Conway after which t hey repaired to Bro. Bernard's quarters where general greetings were exchanged etc. In the evening an oyster sul)per was given by our friend Quinlan of Chicago, which of course we attended, and must say the oysters were immense. -Messrs T. D. and E. \ Valsh, F lanagan, Gubbins, Devoy and Hoff spent Thanksgiving with their parents in the "Garden city ." - M. J. Marsile and Prof. Murphy spent SundRy with Fr. l\'IcGair of Gilman. - P. J . Hickey of 'S l & '82 who bas been pursuing a the•Jlogical course at the Seminttl'y of Our Lady of Angels has retmned to be numbered among our seminarians.
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- ·we und erstand that T. Gibbons , P. C. Clifford , C. l\1. Golden and J. E. IJvgan intend v isiting us soon. Don't f<til to come boys and we will receive yo u as of yore. - T he other chy we received a letter from ou:- esteemed Ii'iend Rev. H . Bccckelman of Fort vVaynE:- indiana. He sent hi s congmtula tions and a donation of thirteen dollars to the " Joun NAL" for which we tend er him our than k~. It is only a few years since Father Bccckelman left us and hns already become quite popu!Rr in the rli9cese efFort Wuyn e. - \ Ve all know of'Dean Sw1jt but ve ry few henrd of "De8n Slo w.'' - "Grand" Fox has at l::Lst found hi s vocation as he has become an expert in tw i sti~1g the stick and throwing pennies. T he singing on the occas ion wr.s most artisti c. -Why dicl' nt you serenade the academy St. Cecilia's Day, boy s ? - T hanksgi ving was celebrated here in much t he same manner · we suppose as at all colleges. The weBther being pl easant, the campu s presented quite a liv e~ y appearn nce U11til the bell summ oned all to the refectory where a substantinl meal WM S served cons isting of all the good th ings whicl1 our large hearted Bro. Bernard cp uld secure. A ll did j nstice to the dinner Rn cl felt satisfied that they eat enough t urkey for one month. -Am ong the new features lately int rod uced by way of amuseiirent is t he "d ude brigade" the fvllowing are the officers : vV. Powers ................ . . .. Drill ma ster. P. Wilstac!:. ........ . ... ....... 1st. Cnptain. E . Bernier ............. ... .. .. :.-Incl . J . Le Brun .. . .... . . .. . ... . ... 1st. Lieut. W. O'Conn or .. ... ........... . 2ncl. " Geo. G nbbins . .......... ... . . . 1st. Selll·gent. T. D. Walsh . . . .. . ......... . 2nd . Further returns hav e not been received up to the present writing. - G us Mosset is passionately fond of hunting and he thinks he wo uld soon become as famo us with th e r ifle as his illu striou s coun try-man Daniel Boone only he is afraid to shoot a g un . - Latest College visitors-Judge W ei! , Bent city , \/(Tis., Rev. Martel, St. Anne; Revs.. Clancy, Bollman, Langlais C. S. V. Mrs. Makay, Loyd, K eegan, Gallespie Healy. Ald erman \ <Valsh, McGuerren \ V. Roach, McDermott. Gallesp ie. - A full account of our pleas ure trip t o Gilm an at the kind invitation of Rev . P. A. McGair shR!l apppear in our n ext issue. The Rev. gentleman just held a v ery successful Fnir which realized the handsome sum of
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Votre beauté sitôt tl 'trie M'accable rl 'une âpre douleur ; Je pleure, en mou âme attendrie, Votre irr aparable malheur 1
A l'aurore, quelle ro ( e Te couvre, ô li , ma blanche fleur ! Quelle tiède pluie amassée Dans ton calice dan ton cœur !
Et je ne puis plus voir l'enfance, En sa printanière fraîcheur, Sans que je frémi se d'avance Sur la perte de son bonheur.
Comme tes corolles d'opale Exhalent un ua ve encens ! Et comm e ur chaque pétale Etincellent des diamants !
0 blonds chérubins, têtes d'ange, Refleta de la divinité, Bient<>t la plus impure fange Souillera tant de pureté 1
n nnge dnns sa pure ivres~e .t-il lai, é tomber des cieux, Ainsi qu 'une tendre caresse, Ses do ux pleurs sur tes plis soyeux l
Vous traînerez vos blanches ailes, Impuissants :\ prendre l'essor, Vers les régions éternelles, Où pour vous brille un trône d'or.
Que tl\ fraîcheur est ra v issante! Oh : crains un soleil t rop ardent. V1te, ô tle .tr tou t étincelante, Referme ta coupe d 'argent.
A lors sur vos lèvres de rose, Plus de sourires gracieux, Et SLlf vos fronts, déjà se pose Le vice aux traits luxurieux ...
Mais >Oil:\ q ue la flamm e ardente A bu Je céleste élixir , Et la fle tH, pl le, lang ui sante, Se penche d éj~\ pour mourir . ...
Hélas 1 que de beau tés souillées 1 Que de riants espoirs déçus 1 Que de fra1ch~s fleurs effeuillées, Belles à parer les élue!
Qu j'en ai vu de ces fleurs blanches, Pleines de gdce et de candeur, 'épanouissant sur leurs branches, Comme un sourire de bonheur 1
Seigneur, si Totre main moissonne Les germes et les frulta naissants, Si le crime prend la couronne Qui pare le t\'ont des enfants,
Ames, chefs-d'œuvre d'innocence, Chaste floraison de l'autel, Pnrs regards don ln tra nspar ence Reflétai l'image du ciel !
Où reposer sur cette terre, Qu'attristent déj à tant d'horreurs, La désolation amE': re De nos regards et de nos cœurs?
Mais, hé lM ! trop vite ex po ées Aux feu_ du pla isir éducteur, Ces fleurs, san célest r é a, nt bient<>t morte de lancr ueur ...
Dieu 1 Sur cette triste vallée, Gnrdez donc aux lis éclatants Et leur blancheur immaculée Et tous leurs parfums enivrants.
0 fleurs virginal , fanées Au soir de >otre premier iour Ame candides profa nées Quand vous souriiez :\ l'amour 1
Oh 1 gardez surtout :\ l'enfance, L'éclair I'lly onnant d e ses y eux, Les charm es de son innocence, on sourire qui vient del cieux 1 Juillet 1 3.
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LUTIŒ R E T LE PROGRI<;S L ITTERAIRE. On v ient d e célCh rer dans t ons les pay s prot estants le q uatri ème ccnteoairc de la naissa nce d e Luther. La presse retentit Cll cor e d es lou11.nges qu'on n d écer nées au p <'r e el u protestan t isme. A son t itr e de r éfor mat eur, on a j oint cel ui de snuvcnr des lettr es. C'est :'t lui , el it-on, qu e d oit ètrc attrilm é le progrès liLt<ér aire d es n ations moder nes. J~a procbmation d u li br e examen aumit ét é, selon .ses a(lmirn t eurs, l cfi.~t lv x du seizièm e siècle, aur nit mis fi n ,, l' esclav nge cbns lequ el le Catholicism e ava it t enu jnsqu'n lor s l'intelligen ce huma ine. Quoi de plus fiwx et de plu s abs urd e! Est-cc qu e l'Eglise n 'avait r ien effect u é p our l'av ance. ment des lettr es avant cc t emps lù.? Après avo ir sau v é les chc1s-c1'œn vrc de Bern e et d e la Gr èce d u naufrage de b b nrbnr ie, n 'ost-ce lX's elle q ui fonda les un iv ersit l:s d e P ar is, d 'Ox l()l'(l, cle Salamanque, de Bolog ne qu i fme nt com me nnt>m t cl c ceutres cl'oü la lumière rayonna ~ tu t on te l'Emope. N 'a-t -elle pas encouragé les arts et los science8, lorsqu' elle (,levnit les incomp:mtbles cfLth6drales elu M oyen A ge et qu 'olle clirig enit ln :voile de l'immortel Chri stophe Colomb vers les r iv es d'un monde nouveau ? E t qu i, plus qu'elle, accueillit av ec empressement les savants, chc1ss és d e Consta nti nople par les fils cl •.1 Proph ète ? N'est- ce pas ~i Rom e, cet asile on v ert à t outes les infort unes comme èl ton tes les gloires, que se r éfugièrent ces illustres héritiers de la G r èce ? Quand le P rotestan tisme n aquit, t out ce qu 'il y a ·d'inspiré, d ' ori g inal et d e sur ém in ent en fait de lettres avait v u le j our. St. Anselm e avait écrit des m éditat ions que Descartes n 'avait pu surpasser; St. Bernard avait enflam m é l'E urope au x accents de sa m ille éloquence , St . Thomas avait r ésu m é les choses div ines et humaines dnns sa Somme immor telle ; Je Dante a vait enrichi la poësie d e ses conception s sub li mes. Quel pns ces gran d s g énies n' avaien t-ils pas fa it fn.ire à l' esprit humain 1 J usqu'alor s l' étu de avait ét é un e œuvr e cte p atience. D es moines p assaient leur vie ;\ tran scrire les o uv r ages de l'antiquit é. JYiais voiLl qu'un jour G utem be rg cl ot e les lettres de sa grnncle in ve11t ion et to us les tr ésors q ue l'E gli.se avflit accumulés depuis cl es sièüles d evienn ent alor s le p artnge d e tons. U ne n ouv elle èr e v a naître, c' est l';Î ge célèbre cle la Renaissance. JYiais où ce g ran d r <lveil se mani fes t era-t-il surtout? Ce sera clans la cathoJi_ qu e Ita li e, sm· la t erre d es Pa pes! L a m unificence d es So uverains Pontifes a ét é comm e u n soleil dont les r ay ons viv ifiant s ont Elit 6clore les g _;nies cl es M ichel-Ange, des Raphnll , cl cs Ariost e, d es Cajetan et d es L ascaris. L éon X , m arclt nJtt sur )es traces ,:e sos prédécesseurs, se p lace ,-t la t êt e cle 80 11 siècle, tl omine los iDtelli gcn ces, lègu e ,\ la v ill e ét ern elle des chefs-d'œ uv re q ui fer ont l' adm iration des âges fut urs. E n a-t-il H CJ ninsi . cl e L11thor ? Non. Lrc cro isad e
q u' il prt cha contre ies indulgences s'attaquait à l'art m ême. Ces aum ) nes qn e l'Eg lise demandait étai ent dest inées à élever un t empl e qui d ev ait être, par la b eall t '; et la g ra nde ur d e ses proportions, le monument d e ln fo i et cl e la civ ilisation catholiqu e. L e moine apostat a paru comme A t tila suiv i de ses hordes barbar es. R ien n'a r (sist é èt sa mar che d évastatrice. Il aboli t t o ute la pompe d u cu lte qui est la poésie de ln r elig ion. A bas les chefs-d 'œu vr e de la peinture, de la SC Lll pt ure et de la mu siqu e ! Il n e laisse a u monde qu'un t emp le v id e et un li v r e qu e ses disciples fonl ent auj ourd'hui ü U X pieds au nom m f m e de la raison . La nudité . d es t em ples pr otestants est l'imag e fid èle dn _v id e que la cl octrine d e L uth er a produit clans le t emple de l'int elli gence humain e. A que l pri x cet acte d e vandalism e intellectu el n'a-t-il pas ét é cxE'cnté ! Les monast ües et les couv ents, si fn vornbl es nux han tes m éditations de la pensée, fur ent renversés, L e m s ri chesses littéra ires et historiqu es furent r éduites en cendres et j etées au x quatre vents elu ciel. L a patrie cl e L nt her f-ut chang(e en un immense champ cle c:trnage et il lni fi1llnt des sicclcs pour r eparer ses pertes en tou s genres. Quell e d ifférPJl CC entre l 'A l k m ~ gne et la France Cel le-ci, r estée fid èle à l'Eglise dont elle est la fille ainée, est r econnu e a u rli x -septi(n; e siè cle la r ein e d e la rivilisation. Les a11tres nations re<;oivent d'ell e leurs inopir~ ti ons et les tê t es co uronné es, dCdaign nnt lenr propre itliome, s'exprimer on t clans la !llngue harmonieu se d e Racine. l<' Grand sC cie, Je si( cle des Bossuet, des P11Scnl, d es Descmt':!s "est. sorti d es entn tilles elu Catholicisme et fut ét ranger et antipathique an Protestantisme m ême j usqu'à la proscri ption ." L'Histoi r e prou ve incontestablem ent q ue le Prot estant ism e a nu i au mouve ment d e la llenaissanoe au lieu de l'aid er, tandis qu e Je Catholicisme a toujours favorisé l ~s lettres et compté comm e siens les cinq siècles littéraL res cl es t emps m odern es : celui d e L éon X, à R ome; d e L <turent le Magnifiq ue à Florence; de Charles V , en Espagne; d e Fra11ço is l et cl e Loui s XIV en F rance . La Prnvicl enc0, elit B11lm t,s, a voulu, ce semble, confondre à l'ava nce les calomuiateurs. Le ProtestBntîsm e s'est présenté en un temps. oü, sons la protection d;un g ra nd pape, se d éploynit le plus vif mouvement d~n s les sciences: claus les arts et dans les lettres. L a post érité qui ju gera nos diRpntes pronon cera une sent ence b ien sév èr e contre ces prétendus philosophes, dont J' effort constant est cl e prou ver que le Catholicisme embarrasse la ma rch e d e l' esprit humain et que le prog rès scientifiq ue fut clû au cri cl e liberté ponssé dans l'Allemagn e. Oui, p our les homm es judicieu x des siècles fut urs, il suffi ra de elire que Lu th er a comm encé à propager ses er reurs dans le siècle d e L éon X. Phil. Lesage. Rhétoriq'lle.
LE CERCLE FRANCAIS.
LA SAINTE CECILE. Aujourd'hui, partout o ù la croix projette son ombre, le monde musical s'éveille sous le charme d' une m ême émotion, se rencontre dans les joies d'une unanime pensâe ·au .Pied des autels d e son auguste P atronne, Ste. Cécile, pour lui faire hommage de ses inspirat ions, de SES chants et de ses accords. On dit que cette illustre vierge, qui eut la gloire de verser son sang pour la défense de la foi, aimait à égayer les jours sombres de son terrestre pèlerinage des charmes célestes de la musique, qu'elle se plaisait, en chantant les louanges du TrèsHaut, àaccompagnersavoixdescloux accords clu lu th ou de la harp e. C'est p ourquoi l'Eglise, amie et protectrice des beaux -arts, l'a donnée aux musiciens pou r reine et mod t le, Il est beau, il est consolant pour nous, fils cle l'Eglise catholique, clans ce si tJcle d'universelles accusations contre notre Mère, cle la voir ù ce sujet comme daDs tant d'antres d t bats, sortir victorieuse cles attaques de &es ennemis, de la contempler, assise s nr Je trône que lui ont élcv5 les bc:w x-art , tennnt cbns ses mains les palmes de l'd oq neuce et de h po ~ s i e, so n aug nste fr ont couronn j par l'ange de l'harm onie' Oui , c'est pour la be;1,uté, la pompe de son cul te que les cath8clmles gothique~ unt ~ l nnc J jusque dans les n11 es lems toms majestu euses, que le marbre et la toile se sont soucl::tinement anim ~s, que l'orgue, ce roi des instruments, a exh:-dé des sons p lu s cloux que le chant de r oiseau sous la feuill.: e, plus m5lodieux q ue le bruit cristallin rl es C::J SC:î.cl cs sonores, plus puissants que l es"S~b lim es r o ulements clc la fou dre clans les airs: ... C'est sur la terre autrefois si c hr ~ ti e nn e de l' ftalie, ù l'omb re de la Paprwt.J que la musiq ue mocl ellle est née, qu'elle a grancli et a ensui te r empli le mond e cl e ses ~c h os harmonieux. C'est Ll. qu e Guid o d'Arezzo, cl ~ s le dix ième sidcle, inventa la gmnme , ce clavie1· imm ortel, qui donna un si rapide dan <1 la scien ce mu sicale. C'est lù que Palestrina, :i. l'époque cle la Renniss·mce, mit an jours des chefs-d' œuvre qn i sont a u nombre des trésors de la basilique de St. Pierre à Home. C' est hl. que Mozart et Haydn vinrent se perfecti onner dans cet arL qui dev ait rendre leurs noms :\ j nmais illu stres, :\jamais mémorables. Et pouvait-il en êtt·e autrement ? Notre divine Religion s'harmonise trop bien a vec les besoins et les aspirations vraies de notre nature pour qu'elle ne se plaise à enchanter nos oreilles de ses mélodies sacrées, comme elle sait aussi toucher nos cœurs des sec rètes inspirations de b gr:lce et éclairer nos âmes des lumières d 'en haut. D'ailleurs not re Foi elle-m Gme n· est q u'harmonie : harmonie entre les trois personnes de l'adorable Trinité, harmonie dans l'union de la nat ure divine avec la nature humaine: harm onie dans l'œuvre de la création où tout est disposé avec poids et mesure :
harmonie des fleuves et des mers, harmon ie des forets et des b ~ rd es ail.Cs, harmoni e de la terre et des soleils de l'armée céleste, concert ineffable, éternel, qni remplit le8 im m'-lnsités de l'univers et s' élève cle monde en monde jusqu'au trône de Dieu ! On peut donc dire avec vérité qu'il y a des doctrines pl us musicales les unes que les autres, et ici, comme on le voit, la victo ire appartient à la Foi catholique. Le Protestantisme, ayant rejeté le sacrifice prédit pa.r les Phophètes, a rompu l'accord entre la loi ancienn e et la loi non velle, dépouillé ses temples d'imposantes solemnit!s, tari pour ses artistes la soarce des plus nobles inspirati ons. La grande musiq ue protestante, c'est la guerre religieuse allumée pour des siècles au sein de l'Europe, la div ision de la chrétienté aut refois unie comme une fam ill e sous le sceptre des Papes, la ruine des sanct uaires sacrés de la vertu et de la science. Le Clltholicisme, au contraire, pendant qu'il r établissait partout l'ordre social renversé par le Paganisme, faisait naître la s ublime é pop ~e des cro isades, créait l'unité des nations m odern es, allumait à son divin flamb eau le feu elu g .~ ni e dans la penscl de ses m-tistes et faisait vibrer leurs âm es comm e des ly res célestes; ce sont les splend eurs de notre culte qui ont inspiré ~~ Allegri son t.ouchnnt 1lfiserere, <i Mozart ses messes toujours nouvelles, :L Rossini son Stabat si sublU:ne de douleur. De même que la musique de chaque croyance est marq uée d' un cachet spécbl, de même ehaque nation a une musique qui lui est tout-à-fait propre. Il semble que dnns ces chants et ces hymnes, on sente fr émir l'âme de tout un peuple. On croit entendre tour à tour les grnnrles voix du passé, les reû·ains brûlants du pntriotisme, les fiers accents de la liberté, les acclamati ons cent fois répétées de la victoire. On r econnaît LI toutes les famill es de la race humaine; elles s·y peig nent si b ien a vec le urs sentiments et leurs goC\ts, leurs a mours et leurs haines, leurs l uttes et leurs souffrances ; leurs triomphes et leur; revers. La musique de l'Jt11 li e est mélodieuse comme les v agues qn i v iennent caresser ses rivages, celle de la France gaie comme son soleil radieux, celle de l'Allemagne, mélancolique comme son ciel cou vert de nuages, celle de l'Irlande, gémissante comm e la voix d' une nation captive, comme les accents plaintifti de sa harpe enchaînée. L'l musiqu e est encore à naître clans ce pays. Le peuple a b ien ses airs n:l.tionnaux, mais aucun morceau d'éclat, a ucun chef-cl' ccuvre n' a encore été prod uit. Le peuple américain a déjà fait d'immenses progrès clans l' ordre de la civilisation, mais les beaux -arts n'ont pas pu recevoir toute l'attention et 1'.-lcOtuagem en t qu'ils méritent. Il est ù. espérer qu e bientôt la musiq ue, la pein t ure et la sculp t ure s' uniront pour que rien ne manque plus :\ la gloire d' un peuple dont le rapide dév eloppement sera un d es spectacles les plus étonnants de r histoire. M . J. M .
LE CERCLE FRANCAIS.
CUEILLETTES. -Noël ! - Bazar ! - Une chan ce? - Des malchances ! - L es tables sont déjà retenn es. - Com6ré vendra des p eanuts. - Prairie tirera des h oroscope~. - Leùrun v endra de la petite bière :1 un sou le verre. - On se voit bien à la cuisine, excepté Desplaines qui regarde de tmvers. -Excellentes! les "fameuses" de Mr. Soulig ny, répète encore le Prof: Mllrphy. -Attendez qn e Cam ... soit "instruit," Edouard, et la partie sera chaude alors. - Moïse n e parle plus que de Baker-City où il compte aller, l'année prochaine, en qualité de professeur de musique. -Hervé peut échanger une croix pour une montre d'or , quand ille voudra; mais la difficulté pour lui c'est d 'obtenir une croix. - Dick, lors de sa dernière visite au burertu du Jo uRNAL, a fait un pâté sans pareil au chef de l'imprimerie; tout a utre présent serait mieux reçu. - On a tout lieu de croire que A. Sénessac sera nommé à l'unanimité capitaine de la nouvell e compagnie militaire: il a déjà le tou du commandement et tout l'air martial de son frère. -Le chœur sous la direction du Fr. Rivard fait des progrès sensibles. Il a découvert de charmants solistes. Qui n'a pas remarqué les voix fraîch es des jeunes Messieurs Con·ea, Page, O'Connor et Frazer? - Mangeons ses bonbons, elit l'autre jour, Phil. à qui on venait d'en envoyer avec force gracieusetés- Quant à répondre aux compliments, je ne me fie pas à moi; j'enverrai G1wgnon: ils se comprendront bien. - La Ste. Catherine s'est passée sans la tire traclitionelle. Encore un e coutume de nos pères qui tombe dans l'oubli. C'est la faute des Philosophes qui ont échangé la Vierge d' Alexandrie pour l'Ange de l'Ecole. - Personne n'a encore goûté le gibi er que nC>n s prom ettent depuis si longtemps Réaume, O'Connor et Fournier ; leur préfet soutient qu'ils se servent de poudre de perlinpinpin pour tirer snr les canards. -L'Abbé Ouimet v1ent de faire un voy:1ge cle cinq semaines au Canada. Il a prêch ·, à St. J érôme, sa paNisse natale. Le N01·d parl e en termes élogieux du sermon qu e le jeune prédicateur a prononcé en cette circonstance. - La Ste. Cécile a été dignement célébrée. La fan-
fare a sérénaclé le Supérieur, le Président et le Vice Président. Le P. Beaudoin, qui avait chez lui plusieurs Visiteurs, a su gracieusement faire payer plus d'une traite aux jeunes musiciens. -Le club dramatique français promet de nous donner cet hiver, le joli drame de T«rare. Cette tragédie est moitié opéra. La partie musicale est l'œuvre du regretté Rév. G. Paul, C. S. V., et sera complét ée pour l'occasion par le Directeur de l'Orchestre qui, cette fois comme toujours, nous fera entendre de la belle musique. - Forvilly a eu encore une attaque ... peu s'en est fallLl, cette fois, qu'il se rendît <t l'Asile, où il se serait, sans doute, trouvé en pays de connaissance .. . Eohn, qui est, comme on le sait, plus pesant, n'a pas été plus loin qu\ll'intéressant établissement qui avoisine la cour des élèves. Quand il s'aperçut qu'on recherchait LI surtout le poids, il crut prudent pour sa personne de reprendre le chemin du collége. Bien lui en prit, car on elit que Zéphir appareillait déjà son couteau . . . . -Nous sommes heureux d'apprendre que le suppléi:nent. du JouRNAL a été bien acueilli par les élèves tant anciens que nouveaux. Plusieurs, à ce sujet, ntus ont adressé de vives félicitations. Entre autres, les R R. Bœckelman, Bollman, ,J. Laporte, F. N. PeiTy et Clermont. Ce dernier nous a écrit, en nous envoyant un billet de cinq dollars, que L e Cercle Français a fait assau t à sa pauvre (?)bourse et l' a emporté d' embl.Je ... Conciliez cela maintenant avec l'opinion de ceux qui sonti ennent (l\.l'on ne fait de l'argent qu'avec l'Anglais! - Mr. J . W. Wilstach, avocat rlistingné dc Lafayette, écrivait dernièrement à son frère Paul, pour l'inviter à étudier le Franqais. Nous extrayons ce qui suit de son intéressante missive. " La langue 11-ançaise est la clef des Arts, de l'Histoire et des Sciences. Elle possède la plus belle littérature qui· soit s.u monde, parce qu'elle s'est enrichie des trésors littéraires des autres nations. Lisez le Français et vous pouvez dire que vous connaissez tous les chefs-d'œuvres de l'esprit humain. C'est la plus douce, la plus flexible, la plus éloquente de toutes les langues." Comment ne pas aimer notre langue quand un étranger l'apprécie ~e la sorte? -On apprendra avec plaisir que les cinq Clercs de St. Viateur qui nous ont fait visite, lors cle leur passage à Chicago, se sont heureusement rendus à Baker-City. Tons sont enchantés de leur nouveau poste, et ne s'ennuient nullement. La ville est au milieu d'une grande vallée, tout entourée de montagnes dont plusieurs sont couvertes Cie neige. "Nous faisons, depuis notre arrivée," nous elit le Rév. P ère Manseau, "les offices comme au Canada, avec encens à la messe et aux vêpres, Je chant dirigé par les frères. A l'office du soir, l' église se remplit de juifs et de protestants qui viennent entendre le non veau chœur et voir les nouvelles cérémonies. Courage et succés aux missionnaires de l'Orégon.
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ST. VlATEU l{'S COLLEGE JO UHNA L. CATHOL IC KO TES. F ive dig nitaries in t he United States bear t he t itle of lYionsigor, namely: MoJ)signor Doane of Kewar k, N. J · P reston anc\ Quinn of New York, Benoit of Fort Wayne Incl. and Mgr. Batz of Milwaukee. T he C. T. A. U. of America has issued in circular form the admirable address of t he R.ev. J as. M. Hagan, Presden t of t he Chicago U nion , on F at her Mathew. · The Right Rev. Bishop R iehter ordained M essrs Crumley and I rwin to t he priesthood , on the 1st. u lt. ,. in the cathedral at Grand Rapids, Mich. Father o ·connor of Sandwich Ont. preached. Two new Catholic churches ar e soon to be errected in Denver, Col. Sir Stafforrl Nor thcastle and Chief J usti ce Co ler idge have each a brother ia th e Catholic pr iesthood in E ngland. Galvestan, T exas is to have a Catholic paper. ~t. Michael's church, Mi lwaukee W>\S dedicated on the 2o of Nov. by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Ba tz. T he order of catholi c K nights of Am erica has already over 320 branches anc! 13 ,000 Iuembers a ll ov er t he U nited Stntcs. They pay $~, 000 at the death of a member. The catholi c popn lation of t he Western continent is estimnterl ns fo llows: British America 2,500,000; U nited States 8,500,000; Mexico 10,000,000; West Indies nnd Central Americn. 5,000,000; Sou th America 29,000, 7 000. T he Rev. C. Collard Adams, a Protes tan t well known in I o wa, wns ~ccen tl y received into the Catholic Church. The Rev. Dr. Edw:l]'(l F . McSweeny , rector of St. Mary 's churcll, P o ughkeepsie, N.Y., has been appo inted to a Professor's chair at Mount St. Mary's Theological Seminary Emmits lmrg, Mel. LITrmARY NoTES.
"Times of Charles XII. ," the t hird volume of " The Surgeon's Stories'' will be published in a few ch ys by Jansen J\'IcClurg & Co., Chicago. "The History of the Church of Gotl" -Part I., Bible History , by Rev . .J. L. SpA.lcling, brother to th e learned Bishop of P eoria, is already aclrn itted to be one of the finest and most completed text-books of sacred history that has yet appeared. This book req uires only to be seen before it is in troduce(! into all our Catholic gchools. The Protestant church of Ger many is rud ely distn rbed by a vigorous attack from Janasse u, a Catholic professor of Frankford-on-the-Ma in, who aims to ghow that the Reformation was the greatest calamity that ever befell Germany and Europe; that Luther is the spiritual father ofrevolution and Rom e the protecress of order in church and state; that before the Reformation the condition of
the civili zed world in religion , morals, science, and art, had reached an unexemplifiecl height, and that t he steps of t he new movement were rnru·kecl by decay and corr uption everywhere. I n a few moments after publication, 14,000 copies ofthe book were sold. Lord Lytton's autobiography is, it is sai(l, int rodu ced by a few words fi·om his son , t he pr esent Lord L ytton, known to literature as Owen Meredith . T he exact elate of his father's birt h is not g iven in the autobiography because it was not k nown by him. "If some impertinents are anxio us to know in what year of onr Lord t hat event took place let t hem fi nd out for themselves," he says in the autobiography; and when questioned about it he wou ld laughi ngly reply, " It is am·etan mystery ." NOTRE DAME ACADEMY. · ~
lWLL OF HONOR. COND UCT ETC. SE N IOH DEPAHTME NT .
1\lisses K. Clear y, i\f. Duggan , N. Eagle, J\f. Kiugdon . M. L. Paie ment, J . Lenoue. D. W vard, ilL Gra nger , JUNIOH D E P AHTME NT . i\I iss~s
A. H en derson, J. Periolat, J. Cyrier, J . i\ionast, L. Ma rcotte, D. Legri s. ilL Legris , i\f. M<trcotte, A. Pr airie, A. Sa.nasack, L. Gravelline, A. Dancl umncl , L. Laroch e, A. Laroch e. APPLICATION. SENIOR DEPAHTMENT.
Misses K Cleary, V. Gr a.vellin e, ilL Kingclon, N. E8gle. M. Duggan , ilL Gr :>nger , J. Lenoue. ilf. L. Pai ement, D. l~ i vard , M. Hoy. APPLICATION.
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i\Ii sses A. H enderson , .J. Periolat, J . Cyrier, J . i\ion ast. A. Sa nas a.clt' L. Graveline, L. Laroche. FREKCH. i\1. J, . l'a.i cmcnt, Y. Graveli ne, E. Sweetland . i\1. Duggan , D. Rivard ,
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T he IIo l i~d ay s are anx iously looked for at the A cademy. T hanksg iving day passed off most pleasantly. T here were present se veral visitors from abroad to add eclat by their presence to the festivities of the occasion, among whom were Misses .M. Healy, R. Keegan and A. Blackstone of '82. ln the evening an entertainment was giv en by the members of St. Catherine's Literary Association wh i ch was a grand success and reflected uo small cr edit upon those who participated. An essay read by Miss. K. Cleary entitled the "First Thanksgiving was especially appropriator! and manifested no small amount of literary taste. T wo beautiful Tableaux were presented, one represent ing the " Thanksgiving" of Colonial times and the other that of our own day. Recitations of more than ordinary ability Kere given by l\fisse:; Hoy, Dugg,ln and Eagle. The festivities of the day closed with the rendition of several choice, instrumental and vocal selections by l\1isses V. G raveline E . Sweetland M. Barron and K . Morgan.
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The son, however, has boon tho curi(>U S impertin ent to solve tiH' crctn11 my~lcry f(Jt· he lws cliscoverct1 hy r ef~ c rencc to tho register or t hr pnri sh ch urch of St. l\Iary lcuonc, 1\Iilllllcscx, t hnt ELlwurcl L ytton Bulwc r was burn <111 th e ;l;)th. ofi\In y HlU;\ but he wns no t baptizcdllntil th e L)th. of l\l nreh, l HOI'.
J>EW::>OXALS. Jn t rying to fi11<l out ''whore nre t he friends of my youth go ne" we lou m wit h pl e:1s urc thn t H ev. X. N. Uossel in 'H:2 who b ~1s been stationed nt A&hlnncl, Ky. since l1i s ordination, wns lately promoted to t be pastornte of Veronn. l\hy it ue ever thus. The many Ji'iends of Dan. H ealy '82 will be pleased to learn that he is now fi rst book-keeper iur a leading busi ness firm in Bute City Montana. Those des iro us o f ndcl rossing Hov. E . G. G riflin '8:1 will now find him located at Belvid ere, Ill. to which plnce he hns been recen t ly nppo intecl. Father G rimn h ns ever boon a stn unoh supporter o f our little pnper and through its columns we ex t end to hi m our best wishes for hi s success. Among the many ymmg men wb o a re r egar cied with pride by their Alma i\1a ter , few, perhnps, t he re arc m or e wortl1 y of sn ob esteem than is ourtim e-hun o red fi'ioncl, T. F. Gibl.Jons Com'! '83, who is now travelli ng t hrough tho U. S. in the employ of J. E. Caven & Co., Chi cago. \'{e und erstand fr om r eliaule authority t hat T om is still an admirer of the bells. Theo. Gr n11dpre '83 is omployetl lJy t he I. C. R. R Co. as operator at Tucker Ill. where, in a q uie t sor t of w ay, he is of considerab le a iLl to tho College. By a letter lately r eceived we are informed th nt R ev. J . O'Ronko, whose pleasant co mpany we enj oyecl a fe w m on ths of th is year , \Yas r ecently o rclainccl by Ht. H e v. Bp. Spalding of P eori a, allCl is now i;;tn tionocl at C llam paign, Ill. l\I[ly his onreer in the mini ~Lry be ever happy. After a careful a ncl th orough search for our old friend Goo. Bernard '80 at last \TO find him directing a largo farm in Bel<.uil, Canaclt~. Thi s is the l a~t place we would expect to find George ; bu t no donut he uncl erstallClH the JJ Oces.-;ity of pnre air nucl oxe rcbo for one of h is ph ys ical cond iti o n. L:-~st week we r eceiv ed the s:ul news of t he death of P ro f. N. Saindon '7 5 who, for t he past few yens, h:J s boon the fai t hful Prin cipnl of the public sc hools in St. J\1nry's lll. I le was at one tim e direct ing the Commeroinl co urse or o nr college a\Hl whil e t.hm; empl oyed we lonrno<l ~mel admired the hc~1 n t ifnl cha racteri st ic-s of his nat ure. H e wns s ick onl y eig h t anys an(] when death e:nne it Junml him rea<ly an<l sntisfie<l to le:1Ye thi~ world of wot> . .i\[ny he r est in pence.
"\lll ()J ,g th e m nn y exchanges t lvtt we haYo h nrl th e p le[ls nro to pu t o n ou r list re ce ntly are several well kn o wn c:ttiJO!i c .Tournnls snch as the •'Virestcrn catb o li c" ofChic tgo. t 110 ' C t '10lic C 1r01i ck" uf' Bay C ity, :\Ii ch An exte JJcl cd n otir;e ·Jilll l IJo giv en them in onr nex t issue. Th o Colll'gc I nd ex o f K ~ l nm'l:Wo, s i:l c fr o m it s sentim ents of ~cctnria ni s m so fi·equent ly d isplay erl u ~ nnl Jy co ntains a f:<i r nm ount or Co-ecl urlati o nnlnhility. Tho article e ntitl ed "Ch nmcteristics of th o Irish" in the last iss u e ib so gTossly id >~ unl, so fnlse i o its stntemell ts t hnt we m ust rega rd it as th e ou tpou rin gs of a brain , filled with Satani c <·lmningn e~s wh en r eferrin g to Catholicism, a nd sat urated wi th constitutiona l English hatre d townrcl s th e Irish race. 1\'e can n ot unclOI·stnn cl how an enli g htened st nif of a Coll ege pap er wou l<l t<•lornte s uch an art icle to nppoar in pr int. " 'o look npon it as a speci men or th:1t tall ow-candle brilliancy t hat emanates ii·mn th e Temple of Ign0 t ance thnt d eooratc•s o ne o f the hills of this Mi ch iga n town. P oor hum nnitnr ianRo fLh e " Ind ex" weep not fnthe Jri , b nor th eir reli gion, but for yo u rselves and yo nr chilclron . The following exchanges have been r eceived since om lnst iss ne. T he Sunbellm , Th o '0"otro Dam e Schobstic, Ifllmi lton Coll!'ge J\l on thly , Th e Record , H orae Scholnst i cn~, So nth Ch icago Tribun e, Tho Chnddock il nd Vnl pn raiso IIer altl.
ROLL OF HOXOR. CLAssrcAr. Co u HSE. J osep h Kelley... J>llil ip Lesage.. P atrk k Til•rnry..
. .... Gold i\Ieda l. .lsU;il vel'. . ....... . 2nd. , . 3rd. ''
]~ra n ds Quilln. n istinguisltcd - .lohn !\f eag-he t·, .Joh n C:oldrt 1, l'atn <:k By t·nrs, Hobert Carr, F rt:tHl:is Conroy, \Yilliam Conw•y. Charlrs Bakrr.
Co)DlEllC I AL CouHs~:. UPorge Hoy. . ...... Gol<i ~I etl al. Thoma s H u)!hes ................. l sr.;.;i lvN· " A ngust..ns 1-~l-aze r ... . .. 2nd . " I\ ri chael Kcwh.. . . ... 3n l. " Disting nislwd-)Iidwel Xane:hton. Etlwanl <i all e t, .fame" U.nach , Amt'dce (:ram pre . Philip lfnotle, A rthur H onde, ,Josrpb
Dup u i ~.
F'raneis
Moseley, Alfred ::ianasack. Francis Xolan, .John H off. Uuilfoyl M edal for Englio:;h ('ompo:-;ilion merit ed hy Patrick Tit"rney, Arn!Jro..;e Gnut ger ancl .J auws Cnsaek; tlra.\\11 by r a rrick Ti t.'rnPy. (i')()D CO:\DLJC l'. Freel. J)amltu·;uHI . . . Gold )[ ~ tl al. ;P O LITE :-\E;>S.
ALl•:x.
Gran~cr..
.<:ol<i
.\f~dal.
DhtingUJshed in D t•portuient - 1-L Aut•rhaeh, E. Benller, 0. ller!.!Pron. r. Baker . A. lkSSt\ P . Bynws K Bn.Hiy. .J. B onvi ll e ~f. B:n1H"'~.E. Bnl\nl. E. Caron L. Chau\·in \\'. C'onn~y H. C'a!T, G. ('orn. ·H, .T. C'nH~tt·k. P. Conror .J. Danahof"' .J. D en'ney. l kvan. P. Fahey. A. Frazer E. F<Y\. C. F'ay, F'o rtill. <:. (; th 1)i'1-\ .\.. ({r,n {.'r , AJ,•x . (irangflr E. (~ a ll et. .T. C:olden, .J. Jl alligan T. llu)!ltes ..J. ll ollor·an, E. li.ni t· r·y .r. K!'lly. 1'. L~sage s. Lod\\\Ood .1 Lebnm. ~L L·tn('as ter..1. L·lrkin . .r. )-fordsse), F'. )fc_\uliffr,.J .."\f{•;_tglwr, ll . ~ lathl eu, \Y. :.\'aglr. ~'. );1;1ttl '. F. }.'lt;!IJ, E~ O'('on twr L. O' Hara, L. Pa~w, F. On inn, P. Stillivan \\'. Soulign~, P . T<•rr) . I... \\'illt•y P. W •l•tadL
ST.
A. BABST, A~D
MANUFACTURER
DEALEH.
V I ATEU l~'S
COLLEGE .JOUHNAL.
SCH OO L BOOKS.
LEGAL rl LANlio.
1ffil ~0 2]1Mrll;r~mnL <)
CST_.<\._TIONERY
In all kinds of Household Furniture Books~ News~ OF T HE MOST
FA~H IO N ABLE
RI ND S.
W AREROOW:l ON EAST AVENuE.
Music~
B ASE-BALLS and B ATS, FISHIKG T ACKLE.
KANKAKEE, ILL. TOYS, CROQUET.
BABY CARRIAGES
R. J. HANNA, IRO N, NAILS
Al\"D
WAGON STOCK
No. 13 EAST AVE?<UE, KANKAKEE, I LL.
AND CO i'.I:MI SS I O N M E R C HA N T 43 Court Street~
N . B ERGERON,
L ivery ancl Fercl
Stable.
BRA YTO N & CHRISTIAN DJ-: AJ.. ERS in M en 's, \ V'om e n 's, JVfisses' a nd Ch ildre n's 1i ne and m ed ium Sl1oes; also all sizes and gr ades of Boots. Speci<tl inducement' for
Students.
TE R.iYIS MOST R EASON ABLE Sl'ATIO~
ST. Opposite KANKAKEE H OU::iE.
T wo d oors north of P ost Offi ce.
K Ctnkakee, Ill.
CHAS.
K ankakee, Ill.
K KO WLTO ~'S
P IT 0 T 0 G IL\ P II l C
K~ERR
ST 0 D I 0 ,
GROUXD FL OOH . 56 EAS T COUI{T ST.
CHICAGO.
KANKA REE, I LL.
J obbing D one to m·der.
Carriage anrl Buggy :Manufacturer.
No. 87
Opposite "TIMES BUILDING"
G RO CE R
Timcc~re,
N. BARSALOUX. Fifth A v e nue
\I"HOLESALE & R E'l' AlL
DEALER IX
H cr:rdtcare, Stoves and
127
H ARDWARE,
BRO'S, STOVES,
I R ON
We have lately bought an immense lot of
Chamber Sets t he whole st ock of a
M a nufacture, 4 0 cts . on th e Dollar. We can sell you the most beautiful set in the city for
1\ANKAKEE, ILL. STEEL, TINWARE, NAILS,&c., rlo c H ctonrh r rl Photos a Rj>ecialty. Old PicturPs r ·op ~'rt ~~~HI l ~nlarg-ecl a.nd I• llll s h ed tn India Ink a nd Water Colors. Pbotos ofCllildren am! GrOUJJS Job work done in any; part of the County. by n ew rapid process CORNER COUHT ST. & SCH UYLEH A VE NUE.
a S peci alty.
NOEL
KA NKAKE E, I LL.
BROSSEAU ~
FIRE AN D LIFE I NSURANCE,
C . J.
which never was sold below
Linden~
$ 60 .00.
, DEAL E R I N
'\Va tc~, Clo c k s , Jewelry , SoLID SrLVER and PLATED \ YARE,
If yo u wish t o make a present to a RE.\L ESTATE, LOANS ,\n<l Colle< tious MLS I CAL Il\STR U~IEKTS,SPECTACLES 1 &C. friend , com Q and see us, we will give NOTAHY PUBLIC . COU HT ST .. S ECOXD STORY N O, 4 6 COURT ST REET~ y ou the best opportunity you may Xos. 1l <tndl3 n:.a nkakee, ILL. ]{.tLVK A K EE, IL L . Hepai ring of Watches, (;locks,and Jewelry ever be offer ed ; we hav e a few hundreds left, and they go rapidly . Neatly E xecuted.
D. Q. Scheppers, M. D.
292 L a rr a b ee S t . Chi c a g o , Il l.
Dr. SCIIEPPERS will be in Bourbonnais on the 1st. of each month.
CHAS. RIETZ BROS. LU .M:BE R CO. MANOFACTURER.S
If y ou ar e in the city , come and
see our large stock of
& DEALERS
I n Lumber, Lath. Shingles, Posts, WINDO WS, DOORS AND BLIN DS. K AN K A K E E, I L L .
Opp. Il l. Cen t ra l R. R. Depo t
J. R. MALOCHE. General Blackstmth.
Parlor Sets~ Mag:n.iftce nt Mirrors 20 x 72~
Fre n c h Glass $ 2 7 . 0 0.
l1ador ~ ttren:uz,
Horse shoeing a spec ialty. \\' oocl work o f all kind. Satisfaction g1wr~· •teerl. Cor. Court St. & 3nl. A ,-e.
in great varieties; . CA SES~ D es ks~
BOOK OfTi ce
]{ankakee Ill.
CHA I HS, CARPETS, LOUNGES,
KANKAKEE, ILL. PHYSICIAN
A l\ D
SURGEON.
A ll calls by Telephone promptly a ttended to.
S ofas
No. 12 COURT STREET, KANKAKEE,
ILL
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic FANCY
GOODS,
N-OTIO NS
DRY
OOODS'
&&& &
ST. VIATEUR'S COLLEGE .JOURNAL.
128
.T. .T. S C lT U B R H T.
PR.OPR l ETOlt 0 F TilE
Germani French and American Pharmacy. Cor. East Ave . & :Merchant "t. TCANKAKE ~: ,
l)o-lru ;t_;}n11tn
JI mhtntnJ .
Thi s l ns tilutiou affords ever y advantage to Youn g Ladi es <l es irons o r o!Jtainin g a solid ancl
I ll. finishe d education. For particula rs apply to Kc r p ~ co n, tantl y on hand a fu ll li ne of Mother Supe ri or, DRUBS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS ETG, ETG. Notre Dame Academy, Also a fin e lin e of T oi let Arti cles of all Bourbonoai ; Grove, kind s. F in e Cigars and T obacco. K ANRA T,EE Co., ILJ.. @"" CA LL AN I) SE >~ ME. ~:! SCHOOL BOOKS.
Preston Sanasack.
~fll!Mthamp
DfRE CTED BY T ll 8 tiiSTE HS OF TITE CoNGHEGATION OF NoTRE D A ME.
& ~nbd,
KA NKAKEE . ILL. !'
Druggi s t s a nd D e al e r s ALL Kll\D S OF FANCY AND TOILET
ART I CLES,
Choicest Brands of Cigars, etc. ~ All should give them a call. ..Jkl
A. Ehrich
LEGAL BLANKS.
EAST COU HT STREET
FRANK E. BELL AMY.
KA NKAKEE. BOURBONNAIS GLWVE, ILL. \ D EALER IN Dealer in choicest Groce ri es, cho ioest Ge neral Stor·c. Dealer in Groceries, brands of Fl our. K ee p8 on hand constantly Dry good s, H ardware. Cutlery . GlaBswarc. S 'l.-'AT .ION E R Y. a large assortme nt of F eed and Prod uce. Books, Ne w s , 1\'l u s i c, Al so keeps consta ntl y on hand n large Please call and see me before g oing 'Va ll-Pap e r, Window S h a de s. stock of READY-)LADE CLOTlll NG, any pl ace e l se. KA'YKAKEE, ILL.
FAMILY l\JEDl CINES, And w holesa le
TOYS, PICTURES.
Liquors.
BABY CARRIAGES'
J, QUI S GOUDHEAU , Jr.
tQt,oulmUJ\hd ~tofd
I-IARDW ARE .
Oppo s ite I. C . D e po t.
Stoves, Iron, Nails a nd ·wagon wood stock, TINWARE AND TIN OF ALL KIND . No . 3 Co urt Street, I~ankn li:ee,
J . W. BUTTLER PAPER.
F IHST
CLA SS
c.
G. U BELLAH,
GllOCERS. Kankakee, Ill.
PROPHI ETOR.
Ill. Co.
Foundry, & Printers' Supplies . Specimen B oo k and Estimates upon
?,.~~i.:':-;ti,:-~d M~~hi~~~: Second-hand list of
Street,
5" & 56 Franklin St., Chicago, IIIEO. CoLLEGE PAP t·:r:s. Send for estima tes.
GI-IICAGO, ILL.
Outfits for
T hose in nceil of choice Confectionerie~, Canned goods, all kinds of Fruits, F ish and Oysters will do we ll and save money by calling- on
('. \YOLJ<'.
Barber Shop Under Umhadl's H arness Store Ji:ankakee, Ill Fi rs t cla~~ work guaranl('("tl t:;tudents e&peeially lnl'ited.
T. O'GOR:\IAN.
East Avenue,
P . L. MON AST, l\1. D . PhysIcian a nd l:\ urge on. Bourbonnais Grove, Ill. -!)~A ll calls promptly atfended.-->.Q
I~anh:akee.
JO II~
G. KKECIIT, ~1-n'\'llnnl 7H1Lo1',
L ll . BEHGRllON, . 1. D. Assist ant l:\urgeon. .)J erry H os pital '81 n esident Physician, Ale x ian H ospit al Chlrago '82
R esiden ce.
H.E AY- ::\ l ADE C lothing· lJ at~anil
Cap.<. -Cenl'k unrl Pnl·c·al'.
2 A?\ D J, COnn' STHEET. l ( nnkak c P, Ll l.
L. D R 0 L E 'l' t'<: B H 0 T II E H . DJ.:ALEHR
I~
B ourbo nn ais Grove Til.
The •·JO H:'\AL" a bi-weekly paper devoted too t>CIENCE, LITRHATU HE aud AJ\T, publish ed by the Stud ent s or Sl. \'L\TEUR 'S COL LEG ll:, BOUlHIONNA l fi GROYF.. ILL.
Tru nk~, Ya li 't'R, l<'urni>'hing Good'. ll'il ~<>n Bn"' Fin P Shirt,,
NOS.
a. RETAIL
No. 36 C ourt Str eet.
FREE 'BUSI:l TO A:\D FHOM DEPOTI:i.
A fullllne of C ards and Weddin g goods l<ept co ns t an tl y on hand
184• & 1 8 6 Monroe
WHOLESALE
ACCOMMODATIO N .
Wholesale Paper Dealers. Nos.
H. L. Crawford & Co.,
T o all whom it mny co nce rn .
The "JOCRNAL" is a first dass medium for " ADVERT ! ' lN G." A special attention pnict to the printing of
S INE~ S II a Ying adopte'1 the One Pri ce A L arge Stoc k o l'\ \r omen',, ~ri ~ses' Sy ste m to all my P:1t ro n ~, ] " ·i ll gi ve Chilctrcn's f en's, Hoys' :mrl )' onth8'. Terms the most rensonable. Baro-nin ~ in C roc ker)·. and (; ln~sw:1re. :1 further D i8(;0 unt of 10 P er ce nt to "' 25 Court SlrC'C't. .X ext to l<' i r't The " JO URNA L " sh nll be mailed all Clergymen, l'rof e;:~ors aucl :-;tm1cuts National Ha1rk. KA KAKEE, fLUX< I ;, of Bourbonnais College. Cnll at the to any ndctrcss at th e rnte of
Boots and Shoes.
.:JnnlC '~-']
l. 1 ,--..__,llO'\YI-'.
C andles, Ci g a r s,
Nuts and F rui t.
I CE-C B.EAJ.H nnd HOD.\. 3rd . Doo r north of P . 0. KAxr;,u;u:, ILL.
l'hillncl el phi n
BU
K nnka kee lll.
$ 1.50 $0.75
M . Hohrh eimer, Prop.
THE
On e
Tl nll -:-\ o. 8 C'uurt St.
Pri ce
Clothing
CAHDS, BILL HEADS.
PERA ,.NU M
IX .MONTHS ST U D.~;;NTS , Edltort- P r~ut ort