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THE ELOCUTION contest is at hand-"All are ·silent and hold their breath," · as old Virgil says, in great rlesire to hear the young debutants. So innate in the Americ~n is the £anr,y for a speech ·of some sort that we are anxious to hear hold forth · the very ones with whom we are and converse daily. Sure enough we are ready "to take 1i.1 the t urn out" big or little. • >
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WHO ARE TO BE . JUDGES of our Elocutionary excellence is a vital question amongst the aspirants to D ~c l amat_ory fame.
EDITORIALS. MAY HATH. COME-It is welcome!
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OLD FRIENDS ofMr. Thomas Lyncb;who:retur~"HOW WE ARE · TO establish our claim to that ed !:1St -year to Ireland, will- be pleased .t{l read hi:, coi·:. higher standard of Education given in catholic ·schools" t·espondence from the old land. - was the subject of an interesting lecture recently given *•• by Rev. M. J. Marsile C. S. V., to the students in tb~ . THE SUN more brightly shineth, the breeze more college cllapel. He insisted· upon the acquiring of habits blithely doth blow, invitingly the grass spreadeth of polite deference to superiors, · of an affability which ·ber velvety carpet.-everything in nature now hath its well render as agreeable in our society, of a respectful picoie. Picnic, magic word! Are we not awake to tlie and respectable manllood which will elicit the confi~ fact that June will inevitably come and that we rrrust dence and esteem of men, and deserve the blessings of feast its passing with the festive strawberries and ice heaven. He made p~ain the distinction between education cream, the boating, swimming and other pic-nic day and instruction, and engaged us to · yield ourselves in sports? "If ye are men, etc." all docility to the mould wbich·i 'ashions truly christian citizens-Catholic instruction-which is also to fashion • ONE OF THE THREE general competitions is past ' us.
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and with some interesting results. In many classes so. many reach high averages, that there will be a whole array of "flrsts.;, It seems that secondary places are not in deinand. If we may judge of the result of this scholastic term from examinations evidencing such animation and general solid information, we may safely and pronounce it indeed a. brilliant succP.Ss, and for this
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REMARKS ON "EUGENE. ARAM." (Continued.)
Passing now from the mere plot of the. story, which differs but little in detail5 anrl ::trran~cmcn t from those of other auLbors, it is for the rearicr to discover what is the aim of the writer, what truth does he wish his readers to draw ft·om his work in payment of their time. :Fot· certain it is that Lytton, ~uperior by his rank to all s<•rdid motives, like other writers also who are prominent in literature anrl had reputations at stake, worked not only for the amuscmeut and pleasure of the public, but also for its instruction. This must be evident to any ()ne who will call to mind for a moment some of the works which in time pas&ed fell into his hands. Dickens, in writing the history of Oliver Twist or Barnaby Rudge did not intend simply 11.nd wholly to narrate the carrier of his lowly heroes: bnt also !lnd pri.JCipally to arouse public opinion on the evils of the poor-hou.ce syst"'m, to show how pernicious they were both to the individual anci society. Fenimore Cooper also in his "Pathfinder" striVf•S through several volumes to impress upon the reader that man can be a good neighbor, a staunch friend, an upright man and a devout and true worshippPr of his duty by following the dictates of a natural religion, freed from the restraints and forms of sect. Lytton also bas thoughts whi.ch he wishes to impress on the minds of his readers: and in the work now under consideration, thougi1 he nowhere expressly states his object, yet as the plot thickens and some crude glymp. se of Ara.m is obtained, we c::,n plainly read between the linee the sad havoc which the indulgence of a single passion wrongl.r directed can m~ke even iu the best of natures and most hopeful of lives. Yet the passions, in themselves, in their nature, are by no means a hindrance to success or well-doing: on the contrary they are powerful helps in whatever the will desires and und ertakes. What is stronger than love or what more noble or enobling? A motller's love, who can fathom it? For her ohildren, she is ready to t;acrifice all things; health, com fort and even life 1 tself. She watches over their chit? hood hours, is unremitting in her solicitude that their days and years many be a time of unalloyed pleasure and happiness and when tl'iev have attained matur~ age, her old days are made happy, if they but return that love. Their hopes are her hopes) th.eir tears are her fears. She rejoices in their succ.e~s, and sorrows at their disappointment: and not even ingratitude is able to lessen her interest in tlleir welfare or to estrange her afflictions. Agai n what is more praised and honored than love
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of country? All histery has recorded the deeds of nations defending their independence when threatened, or striving for it, when lo~t: Monuments havt been erected to those who fought and died for their fatherland, and the name ~mel action of freedom's heroes have inspired the poets with themes, the patriots with noble desirPs. And what' has been said of a mother's love and the love of c<•untry hold::~ goorl also in relation to the passion for poetry, music, knowl edge , honors or renown. They are not bad, consirlerecl in themselves; but they may become evil in certain circumstances, or when they are not under the guidance of reason and principJe. Ambition i~ noble when it is h1 ~ld within certain bounds, when the ends are noble and the means employed · are honorable. But Jet reason and principle lose their holci of the reins and it . becomes a maddened and unruly steed, dangerous alike to the driv er, whom it mny plunge headlong over the first precipice, and to the community, whose peace and seeurity it may invade and destroy. The whole world is the stage upon which grasping or jealous ambition has played its part. Philip of Macedon !earl on by love of power (which is a conse'-}uence of ambition) hy his emissaries and free use of golci corrupts the natural rlefenders of the liberty of t.he Grecian states, destroys their union and puts an end to their glory. His son Alexander, carried away by tbe love of unbonnded dominion, deluges the whole <:astern continent with the blood of peoples who owecl him no servitude. The ambition of the envions council of Carthnge destroyed the man who was fighting their country's battle on the territories of the Roman!', and by so domg laid the foundation for the ruin of their cit~·· This it has done f01 countries; but if we would .see what miseries it brings upon those who give themselves up to its pernicious influence, we have but to take up the history of Rome both in tile time of its glory antl its decadence. Nor is its power for eyil confined to those who would sway the destinie::; of empires, but it also encircle!~ in its grasp those whose lot is cast in. the walks of private lifen.nd of this Eugene Aram is an example. Naturally of a gentle dispositi011, his life seemed destined to be passed unruffled in placid waters, and free from the storms and t empests which so frequ ently are the lot of one man. Of a bright intellect he was enamored of knowledge and loved to seek some sequestered spot and pore over the books which the limited means of his f':l.ther placed within his reach; and as he grew in years this desire and thirst after knowledge became the stronger~ Thus far he had loved knowledge solely for itself, but now be became haunted with the ambition to enlighten and instruct his race, but poverty, whose dark shadow has so often concealed deserving talent and prevented
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LECTURE IV.
"BOOKS AND. THEm INFLUENCE--;- NOVELS" DELIVERED ' BY R Ev .
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As students all of us whatever enters into our daily . 'student lives, whatever nourishes our minds, whatever tends to satisfy them,. whatever claims our attentivn, whatever enters illto mental growth a:nd life .must of necessity I .t ake it, be of interest to .us. When once we have· entered the precincts of study, we are no longer free ' to return therefrom unles"' our lives retrograde. Is ·there any of us knowingly -marcl;ling downward? . To .cultivated mind.s and growing jn~ellects, in every sweet scent of morning air or refreshing whisper of even zephyr or crystalline d~w drop or _loving twinkle 0f starry heaven, there is health and growth and vigor, .contentment, satisfaction, absorption. Every new commotion of nature·or new phaze of civilization or social betterment, is of profound int~rest to them, for in their case only does mind really rule ma.t ter. Cultivation of mind therefore, makes us all discoverers of n.ew world~, brings home to us new spices and ·prod ticts: the tariff is duty, . the .. only . reformation of 1 tariff wanted, tolerable, in.· fact, is deeper and more .earnest study; more thorough cqnviction . and realization ~f its I)ecess.ity and our own capabilities. And while guarding against presumption or ostentation, ,it is well not to discourage ourselves, . Great genuises, after all, are like angels' visits. · Consol:J;tion and encourage- . !ment th en, for you and I. Only the few .there are whose names are the heritage of centuries. Moreover, we are living at a time.of life when superior mediocrity , so to speak, is imperative. We may not all hope to leave "foot-prints on Lhe sands . of time," yet .we aught to make the most of life, to absorb . whatever of good there is in it. It was designed by an all-wise Provi~ence that, our surrounding should,. grow upon us, become part of our very existence, speaking always enco~rage ment either by adding to our lives or bidding us beware of the lurl{ing dangers about. l'his has a manifold application. In other words, then, we must live intellectual lives. Remember, ho.wever, that it is .not ambition precisely that makes the intellectu:J;l man; rather it is, as Gilbert Hamerton tells us, "a . sort of virtue which dElights .in vigorous and beautiful thinking just as mor-
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all virtue delights in vigorous anct beautiful conduct. Intellectual living is not. so much an accomplishment as a state or conJition of the mincl in whieh it seeks . earnestly for the hig hest and purest truth. Out· respective sphere~ should accordingly pay tnbute to mental growth nnd make us live broader, wideuitw, more endnring lives. Given mental faculties, we are cl~nl.Jly fortunate in the opportunities had for de.veloping them. TiJCse make it possible for us without being dreamers to dwell in worlds little thought of by the untutored or ouly h:df educated. "The co mmercial man," says Cnrd. Newman in sketches of U ui versi ties, "admires not the graceful, fan-like gets of sil vet· tqon the rocks, which sl~wly ri~e aloft like water spirits from the deep, then shiver and break and spread and shroud themselves, and disappear in a soft mist of' foam; nor of the gentle, incessant heaving and panting of the whole liquid plain ;·nor of the long waves, keeping steady time like a line of soldiery, n.s they resound upon the hollow shore,-he would not deign to notice that restless living element at all excepbto bless the stars that. he was not upon it." But 0, "Ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves Think not of any severing of our loves" "I love the brooks which clown their channels fret, more than when I tripped lightly as they. The innocent brightness of a new-born day . Is lovely yet." By making much, most ofthe opportunities which our various vocations render possible, we ourselves are bettered, thought act vanc:ld, the wol'ld enlightened . •There jS something inclividual about each mind; they call it in technical language I l>elieve, bins. It behovE:s the humblest of us, then, to find out that individuality and adcl to the <Yeneral fu :1d our bit of the origin:.tl. In' leading broader lives we go where others may not go. Man's highest faculLies are at work and in their highest sphere. His intellect is then hal>itually lifted from the grovelling thoughts of earth to higher, holier and more ennobling ones. We are all journaying through intellectual as well as moral Alpine rlifficulties and mountain vastnesses and desert wilds; but on our banners floating ever aloft in God's pure ai1· is enscriberl "Excelsior.'' There is no halting, no descent, if true to the title of students. Labor is the touchstone of success. It has been well said too that "man should touch life at many points and wherever he touches it he should make it the lever of advance." Add to this Emerson's patriotic utternnce, th9.t America is the home of man, that here is the promise of a newer and more excellent social state than history has yet t-ecorded and what a theatre ours for all that is good and great and noble and pure and holy in whatever occupation. If our count~ry is such, if its p09Sibilities. are so great ~ven
what a sphere for young men. What an oppertunit.y for men of true ambition and growing lives. What vast resources for improvement; lead they sometimes, I am unaware, by their v ery amplitude, to prodigality. What a world of thon<Yht lies before us, students by 0 occupation aml vocation-mtn of books and thought and observation. ''Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these with tenclrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pa!!time'l and our happiness will grow." Mere ability to read, now-a-days, makes it possible to enter the world of thought and fancy anci imagin.aLion. "lt 1\dmits us," says Lowell, ''to the company of saint and sage, to the wis~s1; and wittiest at their wis~:;s~ and wittiest moments. It enables us to ~ee with the keenest eye!:', hear with the finest ears and listen to the sweetest voices of all times. More thnn that it annihilates time and space for us; it endows us with the shoes of swiftness and the cap of da1·kness so that we walk invisible like fern-seed and wituess unharmed the plague at Athens or Florence or London, accompany Cresar on his marches, look in on Cataline in council with his ;fellow conspirators." You obsmve, young Gentlemen, that I am simply asking you out for a walk, as it were, to survey with me the soil on which yon dwell or are to dwell wit.h fuller realization in the future. You have often walkecl it over yourselves, but many things went unnoticed. Youthful ardor and enthusiasm throws a veil over much that is afterwards made clear and fuller. Time bas no indulgence. A thoughtful return to scenes the most tamiliar finds that whkh less pensive visits would have dreamed not ot: Every morni'ng is God's new morning, bringing us new light and new sources of pleasure. 'And though each apparently much like the preceeding, yet many things there are in it. which to us had thus fltr remained undiscovered. In every my of ri!3ing sun with its myriad j)opulation ot· swelling bud OJ' opening flower or silvery moon-beam that has stolen entrance on my counterpane-welcome little intruder-there is something new, something of manifested goodness which to me was thus far wearisome unknown, undiscovered. Taking courage, then, in the thought that there is much that appears not even in the most ordinary, the most familiar, I feel that I may yet bespeak your attention not to tell you things very new; much less lead you into woodlands where only I they who have caught the divine spark dwe1l and malm every flower that hlooms or swelling bud or airy whispt:r or flitting butterfly creatures of their world. "Ima<Yination bodies forth The f~rms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing f!t.. Jocal habitation and a name."
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C'est le. pJ.intenps, lt' doa:t printemps! Tout va Oemir, !.Ont va renal~rt'. Qui san, sous leurs linceuls fiottan~. Les mort.., rum~ souriront ~ut-être?. A eho.que bt'llnche, les oourgeons Rn feumes vont bit'ntôt oolore: Pleuvet. ur ros tendres buntons, 0 lralcbes lannes de l'aurore! Dans le brins d'herbe verdoyants 8'entr'ou~Te l'œil des marguerites, Et les papnÏ'ons frémi. an~ Volent à leurs ftcurs·ravorltes. L'oiSt'au revient bâtir ses nids Avec la mon e et le ms qu'il tre. e· A sa voix, les bois t'lljeunis Tressaillent soudain d'allt'gressc.
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DE VICTOR HUGO· (continuée) «Booz endormi" est un~ iflylle qui semble ~tre écrite la tente des p&triarcbes. Une métaphore. emprun~ à la vie pa&tornle termine cette ravissante pièce et mérite d' "tre ci t.ée : 8011
Tout reposait dans Ur t .dans J érimarleth; Les astres émaillaient le ciel profond et sombre, Le croi ant fin et clair parmi ce fleurs dan:J l'ombre Brillait ~l. l'Occitlent, ct Ruth e demandait, Immobile, ouvrant l'œil à moitié sons e voiles, Quel dieu, quel moi 'onneur de l éternel ~té Avait., en s'ep allant, négligemment jeté Cette faucille d'or dan le champ des étoiles. "Ln Rose et l'Infante" donne une idée du gofit si prononcé de V. Hugo pour l'antith~e. Une enfant dans toute la grâce de l'innocence e.st mi e en regard de son père, Philippe II l âme de l'lnqnisition et du formidable Armada: quel contraste! quels effets d'ombre et de lumi ère pour le gigantesque panorama de La U,qende des sil:cles! L'Infante est au i fraiche que la ro~e qu'elle tient à sa main et Philippe plus sombre que la nuit. P eu importe la vérité historique, le poëte chm·che avant tout l'effet, et il l'obtient :l. sa manière. L'esprit se trouve transporté dans un monde fant..'\Stiq n~. Ce qu'elle a devant elle; un cygne aux ailes blanches, Le bercement des flots sous la chanson des branciles, Et le profond jardin rayonnant et lleuri. Tout ce bel ange a l'air dans la neige pétri. La rose épanouie et toute grande ouverte, Sortant du frais bouton cvmme d'une urne ouvcrto, Charge ln petitesse <;xqui ede sa main: Quand l'enfant, :tllongcant ses lèvres de carmin, Fronce, en la respirant, sa riante narine, La magnifique fteur, t'oyale ct purpurine, Cache plus qu'à llemi cc vi sage charmant, Si bien que l'œil hésite, et qu'on ne sait comment Distinguer de la fleur ce bel enfant qui joue, Et si l'on voit la rose ou si l'on voit la joue.
(,Juels sont les pins désE>.~p~rés Quand la terre <lE' joie E'~t ivre, Les eleœ pleins de rayons dorés Qlli ne se pnmnent à m~lvre?
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Penflant que l'entant rit, cette fleur à la main, Dans le v~te palais catholique romain Dont chaque ogh·e semble au soleil une mitre, Quelqu'un de formidable est dCl'rière la vitre; On voit dans bas un ombre, au fond d'une vapeur, De fenêtre en fenêtre errer, et l'on a peur; .... C'est un être effrayant qui semble ne rien voir: I1 rôde d'une chambre à l'autre, pâle et noir; TI colle aux: vitraux blanes son front lugubre, et son. ge; .. - .
LE CERCLE FRANCAI_S. l:io.n pa~ fun èbre est lent comme un glas de beffroi; Et C'est la :Mvrt à moins qne ce ne soit le Roi . . .. Et ainsi de suite, à la hrn sse. "Philippe était le Mal tenant le gl ::dve. C't•tait Satan régnant au nom de Jésus-Clirist." Il fuyait les festins, ''n'avait pour jeu que les trahisons ct pour fète les au~o-da-fé." "Le Ret c ur il e l'< IPllr H"ur'' e1't marqué à l'empreinte du maître. C'est 1111 mvrcP.an plein de grandeur et débordant de lyrisme. Napol éon est l'Achille de notre Homère et comme Je vainqueur de Troie a immortalisé celui qui l'a chanté, Hugo espère vivre rlaus la postérité en attac,bant son nom ,). celui qni n. été le prodige cle notre siècle. Voilà qni explique "L'Ode à la c-olonne, L'expiation' ' et m:ünLs autre.; p .lëtncs a. la gloire du héros d 'AusLertitz..
"Une nuit dans une tempête, Rapporté par un vent des cieux, Avec des éclairs sur la tête, ,JE: surgirai, vivant, joyeux! Mes vieux compagnons d'aventure Dc,rmiront dans la brume obscure, Et tout à coup à l'orient Ils verront luit·e, ô délivrance! Mon ~l rayonnant pour la France, Pour l'Angleterre flamboyant t" Sire vous reviendrez d:ins votre capitale, Sans tocsin, sans combat, sans lutte et sans fureur, Trainé par h11it chevaux sous l'arche triomphale, En hab iL d'em~reur! Par cette même porte où Dieu vous accompagne, Sire vous reviendrez sur un sublime char Glorieux, couronné, saint comme Charlemagne, Et grancl comme César. Pn.ris sur ses cent tours allumera des phares, Paris fera parler toutes ses grandes voix, Les cloches,les tambours, les clain•ns, les fanfarc1', Chanteront à la fois. En vous voyant passer, ô chef du grand empire! Le peuple et lts soldats tomberont à genoux. Mais vous ne pourrez pas vous pencher pour leur dire Je suis content de vous! üar, ô géant! couché dans une ombre profonde, Penclant qu'autour cie vous, comme autour d'un ami ' S'évPilleront Paris, et la France, et le monde, V ons serez endormi! Tandis que votre nom, devant qui tout s'effilee, Montera vers les cieux, puissant, illustre et beau, Vous sentirez ronger dans l'ombre votre face P:u le ver du tombeau!
"Les chansons des rues et des bois" (1865) est un recueil faible et des pins mal inbpirés de l'auteur. Mais "L'année terrible" (1872) malgré beaucoup d'alliage contient des éclnirs de génie. Séclan, précipice où vint s'engloutir la fortune de la France, allume le courroux dans l'âme fière du poëte. Azincourt, Poitiers, Crécy, Rosbach, ~frafulgar lui font presque l'effet de victoires. Sédan, c'est la défaite ! De quel d édain il écrase l' emperem vaincu! Il lrépigne de joie snr le corps de son ennemi: Alors la Gaule, alors la France, alors la gloire, Alors Brennus, l'audace, et Clovis, la -victoire, Alors le vieux titan celtique aux cheveux longs, Alors le groupe altier des batailles, Châlons, Demain et Fontenoy, toutes ces immortelles, Mê!ant l'éclair du front au flamboiement des ailes, Jemmagne, Hobinlinden, Lodi, Wagram, Eylau, Les bommes du dernier carré de Waterl oo, Et touti ces chefs de guerre, Héristal, Chn.rlemagne, Charles Martel, Turenne, effroie de l'Allemagne, Condé, Villars, fameux par un si fier succès, Cel Achiele, Kléber, ce Scipion, Dessaix, Napoléon, plus grand que César et Pompée, Par la main d'un bandit rendirent leur épée. "L'nrt d'être grand père'' ( 1877) donne la note Iii. plus vraie et la plus touchante de V. Hugo. Comme il est le chantre des corr.bats formidables, des inrligtmtions foudroyantPs, il e:;t aussi le poëte des enfants. Leur vue seule ramène le sourire sur ses lèvres d'où jaillissaient auparavant les accents du mépris. Cette tête, où gronde la tempête, ressemble alors à un de ces pic-s alpestres, sillonrrés par la foudre, qui, au retour du printemp~, s'enveloppent de rayons de soleil et de fleurs. La grâce le dispute à la douceur. La mË.re, qui apprend à l'enfant à bégayer, ne saurait murmurer de~ mots plus tendres, ni peindre ceux dont les yeux ont réfléchi son âm~ p1u dès images plus fraîches ~t célestes. Lui, d'ordinaire si fantastique, peint ici ces portraits sur nature. On connaît son amour pour ses petits-enfants, Georges et Jeanne. Sans doute bien des fois, il a épié lenr sommeil, soutenu leurs premiers pas, caressé les boucles soyeuses de lem·s cheveux, ouvert leurs jeunes intelligences aux mystères de la vie. S'il n'en eût pas été :tinsi, il n'aurait jamais pu écrire "Prière pour tous, La sieste'' et tant d'r.utres pièCl'S dont chaque strophe est aussi pure que les grains d'un chapelet de perles. Lisez le morceau suivant et dites si le poëte n'était pas consommé dans l'art d'être grand-père. Jeanne était au pain sec dans le cabinet noir, Pour un crime quelconque, et, œanquant au devoir. J'allai voir la proscrite en pleine forfaiture, Et lui glisMi dans l'ombre un pot de confiture, Contraire aux lois. Tous ceux sur qui 1 dans ma cité,
LE CERCLE FRAN l" AIS. Repose le salut de la société, Et le ruiscllement d'érnéraudes des fleuves S'indignèrent et Je:~.nne a dit d'une voix douce: · L''honneur, le droit, l'autel où l'on prie â genoux -Je ne toucherai plus mou nez avec mon pouce; Cette Larraine et cet Alsace, c'est à nous. Je lie me ferai plus griffer par le minet. Nous nous sommes laissé prendre ces grands pays. Mais on ~'est récrié:-Cette enfant vous connaît; N ons, France! .. ....... ·......................... : . Elle sait à quel point vous êtes faible et lâche, Et dans une énumération sans fin, il s'en prend au reître, Rlle vous voit toujours rire quand on se fâche. au bonze, ·au prêtre, au sy llabus; et pourquoi pas aux Pas de gouvernement possible. A chaque instant pétroleux et aux pétt'Oleuses ?Q11elle déplorable sénilité 1 L'ordre est troublé par vous; le pou voir se détend; L'Histoire ue di t-elle pas q ne la France a été fait~ par les Plus de règle. L'enfant n'a plus rien qui l' arrête. évêques comme une ruelle par les abeilles? Vous démolissez tout.-Et j'ai baissé la tête, Victor Hugo, de même que Teunyssonaujourd'lmi, Et j'ai dit:-je n'ni rien à répondre à cela, s'est survécu. Il a assisté à E-a propre immortallité, inJ'ai tort. Oui, c'est avec ces indulgences-là conscient de sa mort intellectuellè. Homme phénoménal Qu'on!!: toujours conduit les peuples à leur perte. dans ses triomphes comme en ses adversité~, quand vint Qu'on me mette au pain sec.-Vous le méritez, certe, enfin l'heure dernière pour son corps, il eut des funérailOn vous y mettra.-Jeanne alors, dans son coin noir, les égales à celles de l'empereur qu'il a immortalisé. M'a dit tout bas, levant ses yeux si beaux à voir, Ses dépouilles mortelles furent transportées au PanPleins de l'autorité des douces créatures; théon; et pour leur faire place, Dieu . dut sortir de son -Eh bien, moi, je t'irai porter des confitures. temple. J'avais vu cette église dédiée au culte divin Du Pape (1876) il n'y a qu'nu tableau, mais très avec se~ autels et ses lumières allumées nuit et jour. Je touchant. C'est l'hiver. Un pauvre se meurt de froid et la revis après qu'elle fut devenue le monument de V. n'a pas un morceau de pain à offrir à ses enfants. Il nie Hugo. Quelle vide et quel air de tombeau 1 La Divinité Dieu. Le Pape entre: donne du pain aux enfants et les seule peut remplir l'immensit.. \ de ce t emple et l'animer. bénit. Après avoir versé sa bourse dans les mains du Sur les dégrés et là où s'élevaient les autels, gisaient moribond et promis des vêtements·et du travail, il a- pêle-mêle des monceaux de couronnes de papier vert et doré:· apothéose de théa tre! Le corps du poëte -repose joute: dans la crypte en face du tombeau de J. J. Rousseau. Il Et maintenant parlons de Dien. y avait là aussi force gmrlandes et couronnes de papier. -Le pauvre: j'y crois. N'eut-il pas mieux valu pour lui, comme dit A. Dumas, dormir près de ses enfants ainsi que Lam::trtine près de "Religion et Religions" (1880) s'élève coutre la sa fille? ll a été dans sa mort comme dans sa vie un sanctification du dimn.nc!.e. C'est triste de voir ce vieilmélange de sublimité et de grotesque. *** lard se donner tant de mal pour faire de l'esprit. Il feint de croire que Dieu se reposa le 1:-eptième jour parce qu'il é tait fatigué et qu'épuisé il se laissa choir dans son fauteuil Voltaire. Mais non 1c'est parce que sou œuvre créatrice était accomplie, et le sabbat fut un jour marqué pour honorer ce ~epos divin.
L'Âne (1880) pei rit seulement un flambeau: Tu vas t'user t.rop vite à brûler nuit et jour 1 Tu nous verses la paix, la clémence et l'amour, La j ùstice, le droit, la vérité sacrée; Mais ta substance meurt pendant que bon feu crée, Ne te consume pas! Ami, songe au tombeau!Calme, il répond :-je fais mon devoir de flambeau. 'Des quatre vents de l'esprit" (1881) il n'y a qu'un court extrait: Ainsi .nous n'avons plus Strasbourg, nous n'avons plus Metl'.:, la chaste raison des vieux Francs chevelus 1 Et tout cela pourtant, c'est la France éternelle! C'est à nous ce Haut-Rhin où la Gaule appamît! . J'en atteste t'été, le printemps, la forêt, Les astres toujours purs, les rœes toujours neuves
CUEILLETES. -Mai. - Mois des fleurs. - Mois de Marie, notre Mère: - On apporte des bois bien des bouquets pour parer son autel. - Les élèves ont pris les premiers bains à la rivière, ieudi dernier. Quels joyeux ébats! - C. Harbour a fait sa visite de printemps. Eugène est à l'Académie de Notre-Dame. - A. Marcotte été administré. Puisse l'air du printellips le ramener à la santé ! . - Mettez donc vos lunettes MM. les typographes: appuie et s'épttise ne sc prennent pas l'un pour l'autre, ni cel,ui et nuit. Hureusement que vous aviez laissé de côté toutes signatùres. __;_Le Rev. P. Chouinard met actuellement sous pres~e un abrégé de la Doctrine chétienne très bien adoptée aux enfants qui se préparent à la première communion.
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LE CERCLE FRANCAIS. -Une lettre, en d ate du 11 Avril, llOO S n.pprend qu e R é v. A. l\lar tel se repose tra nqnill e ment clans nn chfttean cle De lg iq ne, à 1Ienri-C h:1 pell e, où il est lemporairnuent ch <1pe lain. _ R é v. J. Cregn n, C. S. V . cloit. nou s nniver ·:le France, :;:l tll elli pruelwin. Il se repose cl c ln trave rsée clwz s~s pare nts ;) Ü LLa w;l, P. O. _ R(; v . F. A. B. LnJo rût sera o rd onn é prê tre pOlll' le dio cèse de N:ttclH'Z, à B e rlin , P . 0 ., le 21 c1n p~·éscnt mois. l\1erei d e l'in vi tati ou ct c hn.lture uscs félicitation s.
ClllUSTOPllE COLOMB, F.'l' SA VOCA T!ON PH OYI!J .l èNTlELT.E.
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Le Ve ndredi 3 aout 149~, s'éloig nait dtt petit port de Palos eu An <h lo ns ie, un iuconnn, l'hôte acciden tel tle l' Espagne q•1i s'en a llait, disait-il , d éco unir nn nouveau monde :1 trav e rs <l es mers in explorées. Nousavons nomm é Chri stoph e Co loml.J. Il naqnit proba.l>lemenr à Gènes v ers H 36. Son père , Domillique Colomb, exerçait la mocl este profession de cardeur d e laine, sa mè re Suzanne Fan1.an:1rosa avec nn e légère d ot a v ait apporté pour appoint à la famille un riche 1résor cl'innocence et lle pi été, don t llérita Christophe. Rien de plu s élémentaire que l'instruction reçue par l' enfant chns 1:t ]J'Hlvre chaumi ère de ses parents. l l tlut S[lllS doute à la l.Jienfai$allCt". de qnelque généreu x bienfaiteur de pou voir passer q n~lq nes mois ù l'Uni versité de Pavi e. Embarqu é ;\ qLntorz e ans, des seiences de l'U niversité, il n'emporta it que les notions les p lus élémentaires; mais il Cil savait assez pour lire clans le livre -de l'lmm e n~ité . ~'ayant plus d ans les mains les œuvres des homme<:, il co ntemplait les œuvres de Di e u. La relig·ion matemelle restait, lvin du foyu, sa divine institutrice, dilat:·t nt chaque j o ur ses l10rizons intellectuels, à. mesure que se déroulai ent les hori:um s visibles. Son regard plÜ.l!lgea.it av<~ c d'in é narrables c1é lice8, dans les profondeurs des Cieux et clans c(~ ll es de l'abîme. La rude vie ·du marin ~!<lait puissamm ent à cette mi ss ion &acrée. Son étud e était un e constante pri è re. Parmi les grossiers instin cts de ses comp:1gnons, il clemeurait doux et chaste, lab?ri eux et vai llant: on eut dit un jeune novice dans un fervent novici a t. Il r et.pect:ùt son état comme une vocation sainte. Svn. enrôlement était une religieuse profession, son amour un c ulte. Colomb avait épouRé la mer illimitée comm e jamais Doge Vénitien n'épousa la m er Adriatique. Dans vingt ans de navi gation il avait acquis et exercé avec succès tous les grades, combattu dans l'arcllipel contre les flottes Musulm anes, sue le li.ttoral Africain contre les puissances Barbaresques, sur les côtes de l'Italie, pour la maison d' Alljon contre celle cl' Aragon.
En 1476 à la suite cl'un combcü vi ctorieux et d 'un terrible naufrage, Colomb était j e.t é sur une plag ê solitairedu Portugal. Il dut<~. sa piété d'entrer dans une noble :famille, d ' obtenir la ma in d e Filipp~\. cl e Perestrello. Ce marin.ge unique ment formé par l':cttrait (l es vertus, ne le menait pas à la ri c hesse. L a vente et la c m po.;i ti on d e Cartes Géographiques lui fou;·uit d es moyens d'ex ist e nce pour 1u i et sn j e un e fem me ; mais sim ultanément il poursuivait un autre trn.vail qu e les hommes ne soupçounait pas. Ce lui- la s'éhborn.it dans l::t t ête de Colomb c~urant ses bbori e uses vei ll es. · Ces me1·s in explorées, imm enses, mysté l'ie nses, sem ées de f:mtôm es et de t en e urs, qui s'é ~e ndaient à l'o uest cle l'En1·o;)e et rle l'Afriqu e, l'obsédaient · clrpn is quelques temps eomme un e redoutnl>le vi s ion à lflquelle il voulait _a rracher son secret. D n'est pns possibl e, se elisait-il, qu'elles soiCIÙ sans limites. Elle n e peuvent pns _ê_tre non plu s absolum ent cl ésertes. E :t pouss.1.nt droit elevant soi, snns reg-ard er aux cli stnnce~, ni anx dangers. on ren contrerait infailliblem ent d'autr es t('.rres, un mon<le inconnu, peupl é <l 'êtres humains qni ne possèdent [1f1S la lumiè re de l'Evangile, ou bien, e t d'une m"nière non moins infitillible on finirait par arriv e r aux côtes oriental.•s de l'As ie et là règnent les mêmes t é nèb res. Le Gl ,~be est incompl et, incomplète est la Réde::n ptio n. Voilà Cbr istoph e C;lomb. C' est le gé nie in spi ré p'Lr 1:1. foi, la foi enflammée par l'Amour. I l a vu ce que Dien avail-. ln.isst'l ig norer ;\ tnnt rle génbrati o ns, il a enl enclu so n appe l, il l'a com pri s. D és ormai~ il se rcgn.rdera cvmme l'ngent prédestiné ct ont le ci e l veut. se servir pour accomplir un e grande œ u vre. Nul clo ute clans son espr it, nulle hésitation clans sa conduite. Du mê me conp ses sentiments montent au niveau cle sa mission. Aucun obstacle ne s ~wra le rebuter. Rrpoussé tour à t onr par Jea n II de Portug·tl, lHr les chefs elu gouvernement cl e Gènes sa p:ttrie, lXLL" Henri VII d'Angleterre, ce n 'est qu'après seize ans de demandes infructu euses, rl'i nterminables ajoumements que la grande Isabelle de Castille et son auguste é poux F<:mlinancl d'Aragon be cléciclèrent à négoc ier avec le marin Génois pour lui foumir lés moyens de réalise r son sublime projet. On s' é tonne et on se scandalise de ses ambitieuses exigences, Colomb n'en rahat rien, il lui faut d-e,; richesses, d éclare-t-il sans détour, des ri-, chcsses imm enses; car, à b suite de >es découvertes, <il veu t racheter on reconquérir lf\ tombeau de Jésus-Christ. Cette parole r este pour nous le dernier mot du génie et de la sainteté. Il découvrira un nouveau monrle; mais loin d'en l'\~ tirer ces richesses que sa sublim e piété amb itionnait, il n'0n recueillera que pÛsécutions, outrages et ingmtitucl•>.s. C'est l'éternell e loi; toute œ n vre d ' initiation et de salut ne s'opère qu'à la condition que le sauve ur soit aussi victim<~.
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I. will ~:t.Sk you now then, to .c ome with me tG a brief 'o.ut .practicaLeonsideration .of that part of modern literature which ha8 for object. the study and delineation~ of charact>€r and action-motivec; namely, the novel. ·. Wbile o:ther books, in many respects, play a more prominent part.in our educ\l.tion, fun}·ish .us with more thinking matter-and thitJk-ing is the tesult of educationyet I doubt .that the ·nov<:>l, I use the wbrd in its broad sense, play-s the le.a st important. It is essentially the book of liesnre hours. You know what that implies. To speak lightly of this subject, then, or rate its influence small is to manifest ignorance of its standing: The amount qf .miscellaneous fiction in circulation to-day is something appalling. We are said by Englishmento be a nation of newspaper readers. Supplementarily it might be added also of cheap literature. One publisher alo~e inN. Y. city finds it a paying investment to 'fUn out a fresi:J. .volu:me of fiction every day in the year,' sunday's ex.cepted. Whatever, therefore, may be. our likes or our dislikes_ about tqe matter, we must at least acknowledge the amount cof}sumed, and, as a result, the influence of the novel. from its very.·natLue as a fwtor in .· cducating the rea<1ing public. Men given ·to ·the severer studies. are apt to Uilclerate its position, its power for good or tor evil; t he.y apparently forget that we are living in a world of passion and .imagination; that the will is not mifrequently swayed thvo·ugh the imagination. · I, for one, believe the novel •holds: a deserved place among our books ; since it .i.s, a :study of the .jndividual: the motives that rul~ of the ,v arious conditions of life, of tlie manifold bearing of the thought, the words, the deeds of men upon .society ;'its reaction on the individual. It ·is \lnwritten history; gives coloring to the daily life and tb.ougb.t about us; flesh and blood to the uopes a~d fea~;s .and ambi~ions and hates and loves that sway the mult.i tudes. It pictures for contemplation the secret history of mankind, is fact lifted out of cold realism .into fancy. It enlarges .our world of fact and acquaint.ance. As long, then, as men think there will be a philosophy. to study: and as long as men talm a well earned holiday, sq long .will the novel find place as "the world's sweet inn from care and wearisome turmoil." Assuming, therefot·e, the fact that you are lovers of fiction as a department of literature a!fd vie~ing the amount in circulation: all with same intent, nam ely, of furnishing tbe required mental food; understanding, too the circumstanc~s and pressure under which the vast deal is brought td maturity-that alone being proof of its literary inferiority,-besides so much more of it deveHoped in a prejudiced if not wanton at~osphere you will agree with me in the necessity of cultivating a taste for only that which is good, and in which then
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is encouragement. The urgency of taking to our aid helps, trusted friends, guides-mental health inspectors is at once apparent. 8ince it is most "imperative for us, young and with our lives yet to be lived, that only that which is healthy or by nature life giving be absorbed. As quality of air and food and surroundings. tell on bodily health so necessarily does literary food on ' thought, do our literary friends and helps mould and warp the mind. You've at times in your reading remarked the more than magic influence of a general over his army about to do or die; the very inspiration that lies in his words; the vast nf:tm ber, that are swayed by his appeal. Now then the novelist does more: his power of appeal is centered on you; he who perhaps has gained fame in many quarters has now your attention; llis very name brings with it the weight, the authority, the reverence which accompany renown, of course, genius. You are submissive. We are naturally hero-worshippers. The novelist takes you into his confidence; 'm::t~es a t.ete-a-tete friend of you. Spirit communes with spirit and our conduct is ever struggling, to follow our sympathies: Again companionship of any kind is the best test of your bent of mind, of your likes and dislikes, of the source whence come your ideas.
(To be conti1iued.) [We are sorry to be ·o bliged to interrupt this interesting lecture, the remainder of which shall be published in our next.]
LOCALS. - I "didn't spit there." -"Cromwell, 0 Cromwell, I charge thee fling away hamliition." -Joe McGavick says he can tell the picture of W ashingt.on in any history. · MQre power to patriotic Joe. - The band is preparing Monastery Bells, a nocturne for Commencement Day. · - After a r ecent investigation Doc Granger and his pupil J. Geer discovered that ~hen a gopher leaves its hole it gives pri1na facie evidence of softening of the brain. - The boys of the junior department, with Stafford en tete of course, have finished their diamond which now shows to advantage the good taste of the workers. - Mr. Finn, who lately went home on account of sickness has now returned, and will stay with us till Comm encem en t. - Young Master E. Downey, of Chicago, ent.ered the minim:,' rank this week. - More news from the south, Charlie I
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-Mr. Thomas Rush, legislative reporter from Springfield, a friend of Joseph Kelly's of '86 spent a. few hours with us Friday morning. - Professor Harry Frank, originn.tor and teacher of the "Advanced or Musical System of Elocution anrl Voice Buillling," is visiting this institution with the intention of organizing a class amongst the students. His course consists of 30 le:;sons comprising breathing exercises, enunciation, voice culture, and gesticulation. He gave a Ehort expose of his sy stem before the students and Rev. Faculty yesterd ay (Frirla.y) and also rendered two selections which were thu.nderingly applauded. The prospwts arc for a large class just now. - The altar decorations by Mr. J. ~uerth are decidedly tasty. The illaminu.tion of Thursday evening, especially, sarpassed former ones by its suggestive figures, its weil ranged and fragrant rtowers, its countless lights making the hu'll ble little shrine one scintillation ol brilliancy . We very much admire this edifying labor of love which, we trust, is agreeable to the Quee)l of May. - A game of base-ball which promiscrl to be sharply contested was commenced last Thursday on the seniors' diamond between the Proftlssors and the stunents. But the game was suspen•led on account of rain, with a score of 3 to 4 in favor of the Profs. -Rev. J. Dum, late of the Via Vent.uosa, is now stationed at Houston, Texas, whence be writes entertainingly. He bas a "vast field'' in which to exercise his r,eal. His mission embraces some 200 mile~. - Rev.J.McGrady isondnty atthecathedralofTexa!!and is highly plea~ed with his situation. He is entbusia~ . tic in his praise of the present prosperity and future promise of Texas. Th e scenery is delightful and the temperature not as extremely hot as he had expected t o find it.
CORRESPONDENCE FROl\1 IRELAND. Dear Journal : Since I left Chicago, the great metropolis (If the 'Vest, I ha ve seen many interesting things. You may like to hear something of the qu estions that stir the . world on this si<l e of the water. There is scarcely a newspaper throughout going to press, a book sold or a sta lesm <tn speaking without re1erence to one es pecially absorbing topic; it is t.he Irish question. Let us commence with it at the \Vbite House which is called the H ouse of Commons, and as it is in this House the contest waxes hottest and the battl e wages mo.;t loudly, I shall give you a brief account of the members and parties of this House. Six hundred and seventy .fiv ~ chose,n r(l~resentati ve.s constitute th e mcm-
be1·s of the House. Of these 105 are from Ireland. ·The remaining 570 represent Scotland, Wales and ·England. They are divided into two greht parties! the. Tories and the Whigs. 'the Iutter, ol late years have been · called Liberals. E~tcb division is again divided ·into separate indepeudant parties each with its own leader and its own object; these partie" make their cause heard by the principal leaders by threatening to withdt·aw their support in the time of need. Thus the Liberals are supported by the Nationalists, the Irish members, the Tories arc sustained by the Conservatives the Liberal Unionists and othet·s. Either the Libei·als or the Torie~ must always holrl the reins of Govet•nment. There. is no fixed limit to their time in office but depend altogether on their capacity to carry on the govern]ll~n·t of the country. If the party in office cannot contr(ll a majority of , votes when the House t akes a division on1a11y question proposed to become a law or. to abolish c1ause _of exist- ' ing code, they are turned out of office. Sometimes it ' is amusing to see the ~mallest party contwlling tFic whole House. This especially is the •case . when the two -. divisiom of the House are numerically balanced, then t.he smallest party D(lt included in either. division cuntrolls the whole house; and this was why the. Irish members : before they allied themselves with the libeTals, "over- ; threw so many Governments in the House qfCo-!llmons, , till finally the Liberals embmced their cause, as both com~ined are now in minurity to . the differeut Tory parties, and in little prospect of increu.s ing their number except by·nppealing to the conntry. Thus the Irish . question is stationary in Parliament waiting fvr. a gen- , era! election. ., In 1he meantime the Irish people at home are . fight- . ing bard. The whole country iE ag.itaterl. In m:<n)' parts . of the ·country the farmers are adopting the phin of. Campaign against the Lan<llorrls. In many cases t:ie i;nmediate consequence~ of this is great distress to the farmers, but in nil cases the finalt•esult brings them victory. In large estates where this plan is in force the · land . has been cleared ot all its prod nee ;· there is no man at work, nor could you see a four footed beast in a whole ' day's journey, but the land for miles around laying waste. The countr.v is admirably well united. The Church and State are joined for the 11ationa.l weal. Every body knows how our parliamentary mem bersare united. There has not been found near so much of that spirit of disunion formerly so fatal to the efforts of Irish patriots. There is scarcely found even one man dissenting on e iota from the whole body. There is just the same determination and union among the bishop~, the priests are equally united and are the confidently chosen leaders of the people and fin ally the people themselves both mechanics, far met'S and labourers
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·are in perfect h_armony and only vie with one an- per on the "Cedar Bird, ·and the "Note Book" which oth!)W as to who can do and dare the most for the cause. give many pithy and instructive paragraphs relative to Tl;ms tl;le four great powers of a . na~ion, the legislative the feathered tribe. To all who have any interest in the .repre!)entatlves, the bishops, priests, and people, are as protection of those little creatures,, whom the poet calls united in J reland as one man, hurling their weapons of the voice of nature, we would recommend the Audubon. defence-against the enemy of their country. And a!- You have unturled your banner in a good cause, friend, . though the Tory Government of the day are imperfect- and we wish you every supc~ss in your crusade for ly uni~ed in Parliament yet their Executive in Ireland harmless little birds. are well united, which forms one of the greatest barriers We welcome to our already crowded -table a new conto the Irish people on their ~arch to lit)erty. frere, The Cit1:zen. The Citizen comes to us a neat weekThe Irish are a peoplf· incredibly obedient. In this ly, advocating in the strongest terms "Law and Order;" country authority is obeyed even without commanding, "seeking to promo.te good government through good a1;1d he who is iU:vested with her garments is respected citizenship and social' order through an enlightened ~nrl esteemed by all. 'l'his obedience, it seee~s to me, public opmion, wholesome legislation, and the enforceis the source whence issues forth much or the gentleness mentofthe law." We will not on first acquaintance critof m~nners, the w armness of friendship, that gre.a t icize you to harshly for we recognize in your's a praisehappiness even in the midst of poverty, that abundant worthy end,- and a purpose to be encouraged yet, from charity; and from this spirit of submission . proceeds a hasty glanc.e at the article on "The Moral Force in also that great faith for which the Irish people are al- Socialism'' we are inclined to think that the wr~ten, ways f'O remarkable'. May they then continue the contest Kate Garett Wells, has made some rather broad asserthey have begun until they win thei1~ · Parliame!1t and tions with regard th the Paesants war in Germany. : the power to select a Government worthy of their We would dearly like stand .by our own grand State obedience! university, the big place in Champaign, and alwa:ys Thomas Lynch. claim forjt and ourselves an honorable place in the literary world, but we cannot agree with certain statements made by the late prize orator in No 15 o£ the EXCHANGES. Illini. Of course the young composer was artful enough The Supplement contains a well written and highly to select and put into readable form such matters as he interesting artiele on George W. Cable, from which tlie re0koned would make his essay smart like ; but this he rearler can derive a goorlly idea of the character and did irrespective of all historic, or logic~l truth ..The middle works of the great Southern Novelist. The "Literary age darkness, the reformation boom, and the inquisition Notes" and "Educational Miscellany are especially horrors are all such venerable calumnies that we almost insti~ctively bow to them as to gray-haired aeqaintanspicy and readable:" ces, with a strong temptation, however, of letting slip Considering that the Peddie Institute Chronicle is a a colloquial expressiou, signifying and at the same time quarterly and devoted to the interest of literature we condemning all such long fossilized ancientness. To think that it might spare more than six, of its twenty colums, to literary matter. However what there is of it avoid repeating ourselves we shall now simplydirect the is good; it is short and sweet. Especially the essay "How young gentleman to sowe few words of adviee we gave Do We Listen?'' We heartily agree with the author in tlle Blackburnian upon a like topic in onr last issue. We do not wish to be understood as having underthe following: " Stu<'lents generally have but little time for reading, taken to reform the religious view of college men. Oh. but they often have opportunities for bearing important no! But we simply take the liberty of occasionally subjects discussed, and by listen ing attentively can t elling you how far you wander from historic truth when treading the by-ways of begotry and ignorance. sometimes gain much knowledge thereby. Often during our recitations it is very easy to allow Of the other departments o£ the Illini we always relish the mind to wander away to other subjects, and by so the editorials most, for, though they often treat of todoing fail to hear much that is said which might be of pics o£ local interest only yet they are always .so neatly written so sensible and suggestive that we always read great importance to us." Another welcome exchange is the Audubon Ma,c;azine, them with pleasure. The scentific and engineering dea monthly, publisht'd in' -the interest of the Audubon partments receive much deserved attention. We would Society for the protection of birds. The number at hand like to find the literary pages as sa tifactory, as unexis most attractive in dress and contents. Among the ceptional. We like the Illini very much, but we praise ma,ny choice articles is a continued biography of the truth, historic, logical or religion, very, very highly: famous naturalist Audubon ; a short but interesting pa- wherefore we spoke thns.
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CATHOLI<J NOTES. We have entered upon the beautiful month of Mary, the month of fl o wers and of prayer. The Pope is rejoiced by the many preparations g ping on the world over to celebrate his Jubilee. ; France has lost a Catholic novelist in tlu01 death 9f Paul Feval. Of late years the distinguished author w~s leading a retired life of prayer in a convent. Tlie conversion of Mdlle. Roussel, a . Parisian actres,s, to the religious life, is quite a novel incident. Such happy changes have taken phc~ before. ' The Italian Government has deciderl to admit tree of duty all the gifts intended for Leo Xlii at the occasion of his jubilee. This is truly a wise step on the part of that government. i Wisconsin will erect a statue in the house of Representatives in Washington in honor of the great Apostle I and discoverer, Father Marquette. Such a deed does honor to the State which perf0rms it. Bishop Maes, of Covington, Ky., 'has determined to build a cathedral at a cost of $100,000. A rich and generous mem'ber of the congregation has offered to subscribe $25,000 for the good work. Owing to some difficulties in tlie East, soiQe people are iuclii1ed to bel'ieve that the ·c lergy of New York is rather unruly. The strong protestation of fidelity and obedience signed by that same clergy a iew days ago is sufficient to destroy such an opinion. A great and marked revival of piety and faith was I noticeable in the Lent exercises of this year in the 60 parishes of Paris. The attendanee at Notre Da:ne, I hear pere :Mons:1.bre, was much larger than last year t t the same time of the Lent. , Fathei· McGlynn seems to have lost' all sense ot re~ ponsibility in the downwnrd course he is now treadin~. Good Catholics, instead of being scandalized at his co~ duct, will offer a kind prayer for an erring mind wbid.1 would be able of so much good if recalled in the right path of duty. · We have to record the sad event of the prolonged sickness of Rev. l<'r. Waldron, of St. John's Churci1, Chicago. He is confined to his bed ever since East~r Sunday and great fears are entertained as to his •·ccovery. The only hope of his faithfL1l and beloved parishioners lies in· the strength of earnest prnyer. Sickness has laid low the unh:1.ppy Father Hyacinthe once the ornament of the church of France, now a de-' graded lleretic. May Heaven pity the poor priest and recallllim to a sense of his duty by giving him the strength su.fficient to break the bonds of heresy · and reretnrn to the faith of his childhood. The Pope has addressed a Brief to Bishop Ireland : praising and blessing the work to which that Prelate so 1
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S t udents T wo (l O{.WS north of Post oflice. Kankakee, Ill.
ICERl{ BRO'S,
J . W. BUTLER PAPER Co.
Wholesale Pr;,per Dealers.
A fnlllin e of Cards and Wedding good3 and J'ept const;wtly on lmml.
in I\'tcn'~, \No1n en's, I\1 isses' c!iildren ·s fi ll<! and JJ!C<li nm t\ll ocs : <Llsoall s izes a ncl g n 1<lcs o [ Boo\ s. Spec i;Ll iuducements for
DK-\ LEHS
NF.W PHOTOGTIAPIIIC
Ha;rdware, StiYDes and Tinware,
KA NKAKEE, ILL.
K A:<;Ii:AI\f1,E, lLL.
CIIAS. KNOW LTO~'S
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DEALER IN
Booh::s . Ne-ws~ Music~ IRON,NAILSand WAGON STOCIC:
GOODS TOY S, <JROt.lUET'
C. I-1. ERZlNG E llS Js t he plnce to get eho iee Tee-Crenm, Fr ni ts, Nut::<, Cr.Jl(li e:;, Oy~tc rs , Cig:crs and T ob:1eco. The ht.rge;;t Jee-Crenm, an<'l Confedionery P:-1 ~·l o rs in tlre city. Cor. Court SL. & E:1st Ave.
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fTARDW ARE, :-sTOVE~, IRON. ST E !•: L , '1' l i'\ \\"ARE, N A 1 LS, Etc., .J 0 1, \Yo rk 1l onc i n any \'llrt' f the County · Cu r. Court, St. awl Sc:lw y ler A venue. KANKAKE E , I LL.
Nos. 183 & 185 Monroe Street,
Chicago, Ill. FRED ZIPP. The oldest Boot & Shoe Honse in the Clty, c usto mers will alw<tys h:wc; goorl .Bargai ns.
No.l7 Conrt. :itreet, I(<Lnl, al< cc, Ill.
FAR..~ERS 1 Buy your
Coal of and sell your Hay t o
A. F. I\1EYERS.
Oflice a nd Ya rd s at 1\ourhon :m is ('ros~i n f: of I. I. & J. g, . 1\;lc phonc No. 131, \(A:N1l.Al\E1':, ILL
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ST. VIATEUR' 6 COLLEGE JOURNAL.
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.f. .J. SCHUBERT. PROPRIETOR OF THE
German, French and American Pharmacy. Cor. EftSt. Ave. MerclHtnt St.
Kurrasch and Staga,
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY\ BY T.1n~ SrsTI!:RS OF Tim
DmlWTJm
Proprietors of
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Th e Old Beaucb am12 & Babel.) PRESCR I PTION DRUC STORE, Thi s In st it nt ion Ml'orcl s cvnry _advrmta_gc for & KA N I(AKF.F., Ill. Young Ladi es des irons -o·[ obtam mg < t sol id aucl Wh er e l ou can find th e Largest a ssort. Keeps constrmtly on hancl a fulllm e of fini shed educatio n. For partiCulars a pply to ment of H a ir and Tooth Brushe$ Toilet articles' DRUGS MEDICINES, ?AINTS, OILS ETC, ETC. P erftlmery, Soaps, Spongr.s a ml all variet ies of Mother Superior, Dru gg ist l:inn,lr ies. Also a fin e line of Toil et Arti cles of a ll kmds , · Notre D<~m e Acad emy, Fi ne Cigars and Tobacco. All should give them a calt, , Bo urbonn:tis Grover ~CA f,L A N D SEE M.J~ . ~ No. 5. COURT ST. Tl~LEPliO'N.ln. ~Nq. 10. Kanl<al<ee;Co., 11. SCHOOL HOOK~. L.EGAL BLANl\.S.
Preston Sanasack.
BOU1~BONNAlS ~J:W V~, ILL. General Store. Dealer 111 Grocenes, Dry goo•ls, H ardw<tr e, Cutlery, Gl:tssware. Also l' eeps c )nstantly on hand a large stocl' of Rt<:A DY-1\'IADE CLOTHIN G,
FAMILY MEDICINES,
CoNGRRGATION OF NoTnE DAME.
F RA N K
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EAST COURT STREET
STATIONERY.
KANKAKEE.
East Avenue, I-i:anh:ah:ee.
JOI-IN G.
ICNECIIT~
Dealer 'in choicest Groceries, choicest brands of 'F l onr. Keeps on hand con stantly a laro-e asS l·rtm ent of Feed and P rod uce. P l<fase call and see me before going BABY CAR.RIAGES . any place else .
Books, News, Music, Wr.tll-Paper, Window Shad es . KANKAKEE, ILL.
AHd wholes<tle Liquors. TOYS PICTURES. - -T-h-os- e- it-1 -n-ee- cl of choice Confection el'i cs · LOUIS Cftnn ed goods, all l; lnds ot Fruits, l<1 sh ttnd Oyswrs will \lo well aucl save money by C<tllm !( on
T. O'GORMAN.
A. Ehrich
B E L L A M Y.
DIM LJDR I N
GOUDREAU.
H. l. Crawford & Co.; WHOLESALE & RETAIL
GROCERS
Stoves, Iron. N:tils and Wago n wood stool<·
Tinware and Tin work of all kincls. No 3 Court Street, KA N KAKEE, I LL.
C. P. TOWNSEND.
No. 36 Court S'treet. 1CANICAKE.E, ILL
Out1it:.-: :tor
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Merchant Tailor,
CouEGu: PAPERs.
Send for ' 'itimates.
East Ave. 1 door sout!1 of JCn etcth's Bloc!<.
WAii\JNIC:R, WEBER & CO.,
A CARD.
READY-MADE Clothing
To all whom it mn.y concern. H aving adopted the One Price Foundry, dt Printers' Supplie s. Hats and Caps.-GenL's und erwear. Specimen Book and E stimates upon applica<ti<Xl. '\Trite for Second-hand list of System to all my Patrons, I will give Presses Trunl,s, Valises, Furnishing Goods. a nd M •whines. a furth er discount of 10 Per cent to 5~ & 56 Frankl·in St., Ch icago, Ills. Wilson Bros' Fine Shirts. all Clergymen,. Pr<• fesso rs and StuKm1k ak ec ~to n e and Lim e Company. · NOS. 2 AND 4 COURT STREET. I NCORPOl'!. ATED FEB. 23rcl. 18G7. dents of Bombonnais Co llege. Call Proprietors ot t-he Celebmted Kanl;:akee flat R an k akee , Ill. at the Philadelphia One Price Cloth- Lime stones Quarri es. ing H all North W. Cor. of Court St. L. DROLET & BROTHER. Fresh Wood burned Lime and E ast Ave. Kankakee, IlL always on havct. Buy the Emery $3 Shoe M. Rohrheimer, Prop. KANKAKEE, ILL~ -AT -
DROLET BROTI-IERS. 25 Court St., Kankal,ce, Ill. C. WOLFE. Barber S)lop. Und er Um bach 's Harness Store~ K:tnkakce, Ill. First Class Work guaran tcect. Students especially in vited.
WILLIAM DARCHE. Groceries, Dry Goods, Yankee Notions.
Printers to the Holy Apostolic See, Publishers ancl Booksellers/
CATIIOLIC FUIILY BIBLES,
Also manufncturers and imporl,ers of
GRAHAM & SONS,
BENZIGER BROTHERS,
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BOURBO NNAIS GROVE, I LL.
HAND-MADE .P nre Wax'Canclles per lb. 45 cts. " " 38 ets· Monlded W<>x Candles, Stearic Wax, " " 20 cts Spec1al Prices t.o parties buying in lar ge quanti ties. Catholi c Prayer Books 25 cts. npwards.
With two large clasps aad Fancy Edge $9.99 Sent free to any part of U. S. on r ece ip t of price.
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Import;>rs of Church Goods, J obbers in School Books ftncl Catholi c Bool<sell er s. 113 S. Des pl aines St. Cor. Moltroe. Ch icago, Ill.
No. 206 South Fourth St.
Correspon(l euce sollicited.
ST. LOUIS, l\10.
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GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. His Celebrated Numbers,
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Joseph Gillott & Sons,
New Y o rk.
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BUSINESS CARDS~ BILL IlEADS~ ETC. ~Terms reasonab le. ~
The STUDENTS, E<litm·s-P1·op.
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