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PUBLIS,H ED SEllii-lUONTHLY,

EDITORIALS. glad festival are at hand. "We rejoice.

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SUC Hgladairs as are heard on all sides! Flute solos, bugle flouri shes, glee congs, May hymns, band and orchestra rehearsals- -all according vYith the soft breath and fr et>h life of Spring, proclaim the 11irthday festival nf ~he yea1;. The moodiest · and :nost melancholy coll ege Loy even must yield to the influences of the times and let the golden sunshine chase brooding darkness from his pent np soul; let the ::;oothing zephyrs fan off his gloomy thoughts, and the gay carols of the returning birds fill him ·with delight.

** MAY devotions, our tribute to the Queen of Heaven, are resumed in our chapel on :Monday, the eve of flowering May. Let every one in song and prayer paY his respect to Blest Mary: • * THE LAST fortnight *witness the prepration for and materializing of the first_ of the three general com petitions upon .which .depends the award of the gold medals .in June. lt has been a sharp c:Qutest

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shout ~ Say, let ns walk th2.t way! ... The rninims fishing ! ·w ell, if they don 't look just like so many living Brownies ! See there how intent they ar_e disentang1ing that hu ge sucker they are after landi ng! I t takes all th eir little streng th to hold down the stru ggling fish. "Ain' t he a daisy, eh Cecil ~ W e'se three'll have him for snpper !" .... There goes auother victorious cry from a littl e lower down the river-a silvery hurrah that gladly rings over the green hills, echoes through the babbling ravine and floats over the warm healthy air. Another group of minims this, beside themselves at the capture of a "great big tli.rtle." The whole army of them are trying hy val'ious devices to lassoo the cTeeping thing, and oh its snch fun !---Spend the afternoon with th em and its a contjnual peal of langhter and exultation over some new conquest or some awkward disappointment ... . " A beamus," their rallying cry, at last is heard from near the caves, and each with his precious booty, fi sh, nosegays, etc, they issue forth, some from the river banks, others from the ravines ·where they've been clhnbing after the first flowers that ventured out to salute the Spring sun . Now homeward marches the little army, noisy with ceaseless prattle and careless laughter. But all of a sudden a hush is made- they are now opposite the cemetery, have made the sign of the cross and are telling their beads. Olear at every measure comes their pions 1: e~pon se to each AVE. . .. . They are d01ie and now is r esumed, with no intermission, there vociferous fnn. Home is reached and they gather around the tables . . .. with what appetites l How fast they clear the wholesome fare which awaits there keen relish! .. Thus wil1 those little ones pass the sunny years of their boyhood from which when they emerge, they will have an equal stock of learning and ·of blooming health.

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"There certain1y never ..Vas a 'l~erioo of; s~ci ~ty in which me n conversed togetlier in 1; oetry"• s~ys 't'ewks, A mod em Shnkes pear e, it seems, has nppenred. So So s:tys B lair in the identical word s ; "There certaipiy never was a period of 8ocie t.Y 1in which meB coil versed n-bsurbin g has the B-teon and Shakespeare controv ersy together in poetica l numbers." Lt:t us go on. "But from b eco me thilt On tl of our euterpris ing y o ung c oll egians the very beg inning of society men were a ccustomed to has cleverly en oug h thought th e Avon plnn th e readi es t nssem hie together t<w _the purpose of celebrn.Hng .f.en,s,t s, W:ly to rise to fa u>e a nd h:1.s go ne strai g htway to hel p mnking meny over v ictorie8, or to show· thPit: gri.ef himse lf from o ut of th e public sto t·es of l~ n g lbh liternfor some dead hero; all(l clnring these assemi.Jlies i;t : is tlll'e, d esi g necl ly plund erin g th e j ew e l$ from the vener-· abl e hetHls they were the ~e mnny years adorni•Jg. No well known thnt m nsie, song n1Hl -ctnnce wtre nserl, ~ithcr to express th e ir· joy -O r show their ~riet In the first ages doub~ it, will becom e the fashio n . ... I rlo not in this ofGreeee, pri es tpbi l n~ op ll ers and stntesmcn, all delivered litt]P. gn.m e assum e t he Donn e lly rol<', for I h: •ve no their i n s1rudion s in p•H·t.ry, aucl not u11til th e r~ge ofi-lero" c iph er." -In fa.et I f'h ne ed the my:s tmiu11 s ''e ipiter" t ::> convinc e my r ead ers that th e s tole n :1rti cle l1 e lnn!.\·s to d<•ttts had hi story tl ppenrecl in any < t'wrfvrh-t but poetry. Cool, r en~oni11g:t 11 d pl:titJ d i ~ comsehad no power Lo attrr.ct its m ctster. w ·bat I propose say ing in t hese liu cs is no t sav :tge tribes who.::e only occupations were bunting and m eant inn, taunting, mucl1 less a bitter w:ty. t <I• > it war. Therl:' was nothin g that, coulfl draw th e crowd but the m erel y for literary play and prncti ce, because the oc. high po wer of Ill nsic and of song '-Writes Tewks in 1888." cas ion prc>sents itse lf. Let the writ er pr•Jfi t mu c h or lit Bhir wrote it just t l1at way a century ago. Here ,is the tl e from my r emarks at his opti on. It is fa r from being text: "Bnt from tl1e very begin11 ing oJ society there my ma levolent int,mtion or ill-m easur.ed pmpose to were occasions on wllieh t. lley · m e t together £m· feasts, sink the S cholastic in the estimation of the few chance , and public assemblies; and on all sucll occHSllCrifice::: . college reaflcrs who may ca n~ less l y g lance ov er t lt is essions, i t is well known, th ~tl music, song, nn<l fbnce say. Sport is my o nly aim. mn.de the ir pr in cipa l ent<~ rt~t inm ent. In the fir~t . ages of The Notre Dame Schol,.stic is and has bee n for m any years, I am told, the marvel of co ll ege Journa li sm and Greece, priests, philosophers, and stfttemen, a ll cleh verMinos and Thales ·su II ~ " . it is prec:ise ly lor thi s all the more s mprising to see ap- ed their instruc tions in poetry. to the lyer in the laws wllich they composer!; immediape!lr in its pnges an arti cle on the "Origin and Use of Prose a lltl P oetry" attributed to (P~'ep . )D :wid Tewks- tely preceding that of H eroclitus history had appenred bury, but which really was written l.Jy Dr. Hugh Blair in no other form tltan thn t of p ::Jetica l tales. Cool reasotling aud p la in discomse had n0 power to attr act savage almost n century ago. To have allowed such an essay tribes, adctieted on ly t o hunt,in g and wnr. Tltere was to be pnlm erl oil upon the col!ege worlcl as original nothing that cou ld either rouse the spea ker to pour himeither argues the little care or littl e time the Scholustic sell for'tb or to draw the crowd to listen, but. the high editors have to look ov er the copy: o r it bespeaks their powers of passion, of music a11d of Sl•Jlg. Tewks: limited acqua.intanee with the style of the mast ers who 'These means and no others, were used hy chi rfs a nd . have treated these subj eecs. As it will prove amu sing le t us ex::u niue th e copy legistators wheu they songht to instruct or animate (Blair) and the copyist (Tewks.- for short) ancl see in their people. The1·e is likewise , a further 1·eason . wh·~ how far the incl us try of the latter has prevented his poetry should have beeu preferred to prose dming th.e proof frvm ex ~c tly coieciding with l heoriginfiL Tewks: .first ages of society. Bcca use such compositions coulct "It h:ts ofte n heen said, and the co nc urring voice (If all o nly be transmitted to posterity before writing was antiquity . affirms, tl1a.t poetry is older than prose." invented,songsonlycoulcl lastand berP.membered. Tlleear Blair, Lect. XXXVIII on the Origin and Progress of gave assistance to t he memory by the help of poetry ; Poetry says: "It has been often snid, and the concurrino- fll.Lhers repeated the song~and sung them to their cb ilvoice of aU antiquity affirms, th >1.t poetry is older tha~ t'lren; and by this ora l tradition of national ballads were · prose." Tewks. may reap the rich merit of displacing conveyed all the historical anti a ll the iusructions of the the word "often.'' Tewk ~ . moresuccessfully remodels the first ages. In the first ages of society poetry was not second se nte n c l~ of his essay: ''The G reeks have a.sclib - properly distinguished or separated." Blair in the same lecture No. 38 say;;~ "This vehicle ed the origin of poetry to Orpheus, Linn s, " nd l\1us 33 therefore, and no other, could ' be employed by chief:> us. There were perhaps such men as these who were and legislators, when they meant to instruct or animate the first distinguished bards among the Greeks.'' Blai r has it. : ''The Greeks, ever fond of attributi1w to their their tribes, There is, likewise, a farther reason wl1y nation the invention of all sciences and arts, ha ve as. such compositions (meaning poetry) on ly could be cribecl the origin of poety' to Orpheus, Linus and transmitted to posterity; because, before wJ·it;ng waff iuvem;ed, songs on:ly could last, and be remembenld Musa3us. " A C LEAR CA~E OF' LITERARY PILFELHNG.

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to t.he memory, by tile help of the connsel which they g~ve." B ia it· in Lect. 25, p:1ge 297 on "Eioqt~ence Puh)ic Spe11king"ngain h<ts ~~umber~: fatllers repeated and sung them to their childJ'(;n :, and by this oral tradition of national ballails, were it in the identical worJs. Such is 1\lr. Te1Yksbnry's 9onvey~d all the historic d. kn )\~le·ige, and all t.he in- prc1tenrled ess ·ty on the origin (l.n <l use of prose and poetry. Take out of it wlut belongs to Bl:tir a ud you inst~uetions of tlle . 1st. age3. N •>ne of · these kin .is ot t~o~try ltowtYer, were in the first :•ges of society. h:we s~trcely CUJug'1 left to buil rl a simple seatence. .Justin Ricou. v~opcrly distir:guishect or separated, 1\wy are r.ow ilisBlair's Rhetoric. tinct from each other'' B.1t. let us continue Tewks: "lHclef'd, not only were the <l ifferent kinds of poetry mixed together, but all that we now call letters, or compositions ohmy kind, was then blencteil in one mass. , A DAY AT WEST POI~T. \Vhoeyei' wanteci to move or persuade, to inform or tf, ent.e rtain his countrymen, whatever w:ts the subject, :wcompanie<l his sentiment run<l tales with the melocty of BY P. W. song. This wns t.he t:ase in that period of socie t.y ·we left i.he Metropolis aboard the elegant river when the cllaracter and occupttious of the llusbandman steamer New York, at about nine o'clock on our way anu the bllikl,c r, the warrior anrl the statesman, were up the Hndson. The Agust sun seemed to pour down uniteci in yne l)(ll'80n. When the progress of society . wtth especial venge:u'lCe, chasing the more timid into brought on the separation of tile different arts nnct pro- the slln<le on the other side of the Loat, and as myself fessiOT)S of civil life, it led also by do.:lgrees to a separa- and companion scmmbled aboard and on to the upper tion 9t the different literary provinces from e~ch other. deck we found. it took time as well as trou.ble to get a The art of writing was, in the course <•f time inventeo; pleasant se:tt. However we finally got settled and prerecords of past trnt .wctions began t<• be kept; men oc- pared to see the more interesting objects as they might cupie<l with subjects of policy and useful arts, wished prest'nt themselves, just 3.8 we wme about to pass the no_w to be instructed anci iufurm erl, <.o.s well as moverl. great Palbades. I1i turn we left behind u8, Suuny-side They reasoned anrl refl ected upon the nffairs of life and T'nrytown situated on the right bn.nk, both of innnd were interested in what was real, not fabltlous, in terest in eonnection wit\1 Washington Irving, the . f~r (Ktst transflctions. .T!::e historian there tore lairl aside the mer as hii' home, the latter as tlte sceneoflchabod Crane's art of poetry; he wrote in prose, an<l attempted to give adventures. Out· guide book assisted us so01i after in · n f:Jit.hfnl :wcl judicious re'ation of former events. The discerning the famous Beverly House, where Benedict philosopher addt·essed himself chiefly to the nnderstancl- Arnold was breakfasting when news came to him of Andre's arrest and w!Jence he fled to the Vi1lture a.ncllor1 ~TIH'Y r" ther sturlied to per~u[tde by reasoning, and ed in the stream below. We were then in tlle midst of rP ta ined more or less of tbe ancient p3~ionate and tile Highlands. The little mountains towering up on glowing ttyle according as il.; wasconrlucivetotlteirput'- each side, their summits al{Ilost in the clouds .and their P<'i'e. Poetry now beca1ne a separate art, calculated to sides, some thickly wooded and slopeing gracefully pi e tse and confinerl generally to such subjects as redown until they kissed the crystal waters, otllers preI 1<'d to the imflgination and passk•ns. E\·en its earliest cipitous and barren, the quaint profiles some of them C••mpanion, music, was m a great measure divided from present and the rustic villages setting snugly in their it. These separations brought all the literary m·ts into a sides, afford to the eye scenery unequaled · in America. more regular form, and contributed to the exact and "Ever clla,rming,ever J~ewa ccurate ·c ultivation of each." Bbir in Le ct. 38, page 426, ·when will the landscape tire tbe view." line 24 to line 3 on page 42':' contains tile identical \¥ e were just a little more than ~~ltO tile Highlands words, to ,which I refer the readet·. Again Tewks starts when V\' est Point was announneed and sure enough Ul) off: "In critical junctures of the state, when the public the river to our left we discemed ·the national fl11.g in was .alarmed by reason of some pressing dtwger, when tile midst of a green grove, wa,ving to the moming the p,euple w.e re assembled, and proclamations were breeze. made by the cries ot anyoue to rise and deliver his We landed and a ride up a winding ro~d cut in the opinion upon the P.resent situation of affairs, poetry solid rock, a marvellous pieue of engineering, brought would not only have been hissed, but resented and pun- us to the top of the plateau, across which we drove to ished by an as,~em,bly so int~lligent and accustomed t o the llotel. busi~ess. Their greatest valors trembled on such occaOur rooms were in the rear but d eeidely tq~ best sitsions wpen they arose to address the p13ople, as they uated in the house, and our r ecognition of the view knew ~hey- were to be held answerable for the issue from that burst in upon us as we threw open the shutters,

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fo r t he mo ment we only manifested by our silence. It was beautiful , more be:w t iful Linn anything we can con· ce ive. Th e ho te l situ at ed on tlie sid e of th e peninoul:-t form ed by a b end in the riv er at this point, uver looked the b:-ttt ery; a nd as we ga zed out on e ither side as far as we co ul d see there rose th e lofty hi g hla nds in a ll th eir pi ctnrrsq ne g rn.n<l c ur, ~mel dir ec tly townrC! s us rose the st ately rnnj esti c IIu (lso n, it ~ <..: lc:1.r w:ttc rs sp:l.rkJin g in the noon-cl ay sun_ Ou r ntt c nt ion w:ts J'l"eSe iJt.Jy <l ive rted by the Rppearance of Out· I.Joat w·hi ch ·sten:med aro und th e peninsula on its w ay up t lte river, a nd a lmost simulta neously we were Slll'prised to sec on our le ft a train coming direc tly from o ut th e plateau and ::1s qui ckly into a nother tunn el about two hundred yanls further ou. \Ve strayed down to the parad e gro und s a short. 'walk in frout of t he hotel. As we passed d o wn the pa.th, to our right stretched a large "plnne" quite le vel an(] sandy, beyond which were the Otl11./ers' and iu~tructors' residenc e~, the cade ts' barrack~ and otl1et academy buildings; on the left of the walk was the pamde gro unds b etween us and the camp. Tbe cnC! e ts go into camp ab(,ut the last week in June ann remaiu nll summer_ A li ne of superb ~hade trees divides the ''plane" from the parad e grounds, and as there were plenty of seats w e took ad vantage of the grateful shade and rested. My companion complaining of a headnche returned to the hotel, leaving me alone . • I was not seated long when I bethought myself that the brother of one of my college fri e nds was in c&.mp and straightway I went to h eadquarte ~s and was informed lie would be "turned out" in a few moments. He soon presented himself and kindiy con~;ented to show me the points of more especial interest about the Point. The mess-ball of grey -stone, large a nd handsom e. is called after Gen. Grant, a more attractive building is that which contains the library- It was most too warm to see everythiug, so we wended our way to a shady nook on the side of tlle eastern bluff calle!l "Kosi usko's Garden", a most romantic spot from whicli we could snatch delightfu l peeps of river and mountain scenery through the thick clusters of trees. We wound around the bluff and came to "Trophy , Poii1t". Here we had almost the same v iew as from my . windows, but I am rather _partial to the latter. "At Trophy Point'' are a number of cannons, some relics of battles of the Revolutionary, others of the Mexican war. Here also is a portion of the great chain which Washington threw acros<; theHuds<•n to impede the progress of Clinton's fleet. It is a ponderous thing. The links are over a foot long and the iron is abont an inch and a half in diameter. As we were obs.e rving these veteraus of bygone

clay s a company had arri ve<l on tl1e "plane"· fol'it~fantry <hill. These my friend informed me were ; ~plehs'' th<tt is first year cadets. Th~y dl'ill mueh more fr.<:queutly than the others, and whe r~ cver on the groun.fls, withou't guns th ey have to walk wiLh t;heir arms at :fu!\'1 iength, li t.tle fl11gers on the S{'llm of their trou<ers, palms of the, hand s to the front.. Thi:; position t hrow!' the c.h bst f(lr."' watd an <l C(Jmpels the cadet to move erectly. To this also is a ttri!Ju t ed tl.Jci r pe·t'fect figlll'es --strong ·c bes,t s • square sho<rlder1", alld th e swell waist oftb.e -west Poiut er. To my raw uncultivated eye the pleb'll <hill ap pea red quite perfect but I ~up.posc to a tn1ined eye many fau lts we re qnite a.pp:trent- it seemed tbe instructor h:td a rather well trained eye "from tt1e wM.y he pitched into the m. At six o'c lock B-1ttalion . Dress Parad·e was formeC!. At t he bugling of theA•ijLthnt's cd lthe four companies drew thernselve" up in B-tttalion front for the parade, and the ceremony was d ispatehed with a ll the prec•ision and m inu teneo;;s of interes t onl_y to a mi.Jitary connoisseur. · Not then bei11g ,:;o. reeruit of tl1e mu:>ket ancl knapsack it bad little iutere~t fur me otherw ise th:tn tho beauty ot' tlle uniforms and the el e g= ~nt precision of tlle move~ mcnts. For those who Clo not eare for matt,er:l military · the repetition here of the forms would no donut ·be tedious and to whom may . happen to be interested in such affair the whole m:ttter is surnmeC! up when i: s~ty it was the regulation Division DrP.ss Parade. As I have said before t.he uniforms had an especial attraction for me and I. m:cy fl, 5 well supp leme nt here ftn id ea of what a West Po int c:\det wears_ Tb<·~ trousers were of white d uck, and th e coat a full dr ess of bluish g rey, of which the Jiminutiveness of the eoal -.Lai ls w:l:l particularly notieeable. Wltite he!Jn.ets n.nd a wJ)i t e shoulder-strap completed this uniform, one of the nea _est ancl most attractive that taste could diPtate. For re-· lief and morning dress parade ti1e cadets r<'p1ace tlll} grey dress coat for a white duck jacket_ It is rellJHrkable what cleauline ~ s is preserved, the linen of:t <..:ndL·t is ever ·kept as immacu late as a =school girl's. Auotlw r noticeable article of dress is the little w bite turn-down co llar fitting down into the coat, which never fails to cat<..:h the eye. After supper a band concert was given on the "plane" in front of the superintendent's house. These mus·ir:ales occur three times <t week in summer, and as the band diseourses sweet strains, it forms quite a gay sight to see the cadets promenading up and down w!th young ladies. Tatoo was beaten at nine o'clock, and we soon after wen't to our heds to be lulled to sleep by the gentl e music of the Hudson slipping by to the great sea.We woke up in the true military style, viz. at the report of the morning gun. After attending the morning dress parade, at which as I intimated above, the cadets '·

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1.\f<!H'i't•rtial; bt)t the rudely co!rstl'ncted road way and its On W etlnesd a.y A pFilllth. th e stucl e uts e njny ed rr g ran d nml:itTral i:miluties far sur.p~ss in picturesqueness at leas~ <'OIIg(•, the OCCH~ ion l•ei11g the birt!J-rlny of OUr UP.!Ovecl th·E)l a;.,/tH:ic+al a·ttrn<<ti.otls of the Cana(lian mount. The Prefeet of Diseipline, Rev. 1\L A. Doolin g C. S. V . T he vieWS•across tv the other mou11taius were grand beyond 'l:'houghts of the Spiritua l Director waited u pon him in ~0mpal'is.on a~ they woul\d al'lon , open out through the the morning anrl congratul:1.terl him, wi shing him long thi'elt brash. "'¥"hen .abonfl 0 ne hund~red feet frorn the lif'l :J:IHl pr·o sperity. On that 1fay we h:td til e fir"t solemn summ·H we alighte(l a.n-d pi'oceeded t lw rest. of the wny 011 · lHilitary IVJ:ass of the year. The Chapel W<tS d ecorated fo&•t ; We wete soon reminded by the rude decayed .in a gorgeous mn.nner with flnnrs ~nrl bnnting. A t a b out - storie walls, that Ft. Pu tnnm was . ne~i· at lland. So we nine (/clo6k the lWOCt'Ss\on moved tom th e s:1 cristy. It · plo<Mect on till finally otn• e:fforts were rewnrded by wns really a grnnii sight. Th e glittering nniforms of tlJ e ri'l~ehing· the summit., amict:St the rttins of the. old fort. KHights who nssisted ill rull dress , the v a ri e ty of so uI f ell,r I will tire you if I prate too rrJUch of the scentans on the altr:tr boy~, the magnificent vestm en os, lhtely ery bntl cannot forget a few words hen::! lilY fir~t view frorn Paris, aU bl e ndeii togeth e r making a brilli a ncy al from a Jnountain top. How st1prernely l:)eantiful it was 1 most umurpas.~:1ble. Pwf. Bourge.t with his !nll choir I i'mngine Bryant must have sat (•f a suni me.r moruing renderer! the Mn.ss of St. Theresa in B fi tt. At the Offer~ 0n the ke:ights of Juoependence or qne ot its neighboring t.ory iEv:1riste Graniipre sang with telling effec t "Ecce ~istet-s, when his muse im;pired him with these liucs: P ctnis Angelorum." T l1e R'3 v. U anLl e ma n WR.S assisted at <~():ooJ 13hades and dews l),re ron nd my wa.y, the Mnss by Rev. Jno. S. Finn R.S Deacon, ·Mr. J.P. D ore ANd sil'e uce of the early day; as Sub·deacon anrl M1'. P . A. Sulliva n Mastei· of Cer'lVIIiist the dark i• 0cks that watch his bed, em onies. At the enrl of the Mass the Coll ege Band play G'litters the mighty Hu(lson sprenn, ed a. grand march as the procession mo ved towai•ds the Unrippled save by drops that f<dl, SaGristy. Many visitors were present among whom were From shrubs that fringe h'is mountain wall.'' Rev. Jaf;. Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. K err, Mrs. Senator Fit·st of all bear ih mind it was mr>rning and the \\'':heeler, and Mrs. Fln.geole, her mother and sister. In August sun wils alre<'td.Y a couple of honrl:l on its path. A the aft<wnoon the Knights with their Direct or enjoy ed flimsy hl1ze o'ersprend the atmo10phere m11lnng a soft a trip to Kankakee returnijlg in tim e for supper. rt>ceding back ground fot· the laudsc:tpe which lay about . n<H~. At my feet :1nd abont me were the ruins of Fort l'ut!fam,-deft an(l mossgrowD, a silent but eloquent LITREARY YOUNG MEN. witness of the pnst. Below the mou11tain was the a:.:n·dewy gruunds. and in a 10emicircle spreading out on It was always a matter of m1,1ch interest for the OUtench extremity, ran the cry~tal Hudson like a vein of sirle wm:ld tQ learn something of the Hfe of t,hese literaq u:ick~sil ver in the vall~>y. And then the Qther .heightt', ry rednses, our- Catholic young men in the colleges, arid bilent sentiMls, vieing with each (•ther to guard their universities. A,~ we have lately had the opp Qrtu.t~ ity , · & pwteges playing gently at tllP.ir feet. We Si)ent some- lively pleasu.re it W:).S too, of visiting a nd conversing tirriP- ~'peculating or.1 what tl:1is or that part of the fort with the literary circles of ~t. Via teur's College, near migl>It lnrve been n~ed for, in those· active days one hun- Kanka kee, Ills, we take pa.rticular d elight in spreading dred yeat·s ago, when a new object brea.ks upon W>--per before our readerf; a list ot libera,ry fare enjoyed by one chance a cottage in a distant vale, a graceful sail-boat of the associations of that fine inst:itution. Th{\ society reim the stream below, or more beautiful yet one of the ferred to is St. Patrick's Literary and De bating S.ocie ty , many villas. which sh1d the neighborit1g slopes. under the direction of Rev . E. L. Rivard, G. S. V., with a An earl'y diuner awai~ed our descent from the mount- meln bersbip of 28 antl the following offieers : H. .T. LegriR ain al,ld we.resoon on our way up the river having pre!lident; Charles H. :S,all, vice-president; Paul Wils.ta ch been twenty four hours at W est Point. There were rnapy secretary; T. J. ·Normoy le, assistan t s.ect·etary; Joseph things <>f interedt I wuuld not have missed had I staye(l McGavi<;k, treasu,rer ; S. S. Saindon, librariaFt; James longer, the cavalry drills, artillery exercises, and visit!) Condon, assistant librarian; and Justin Rico u, sergeantto the other burldings, but our time was limited and I at-arm.s. had to ·he satisfied. When I come to ex;press my appre'.!;'bey hold their ~;nee tir.gs d m;ing the w inter t e1m ciation of my visit to West P'oiut~ words fail me. To ev~ry Wednesday evening iu their elegant reading teast one's eyes 011 the Hudson;s scenery he1e is notl,1ing room which then becomes the scene o£ all their !J,ar ne8t less than to turn for a brief moment !rom the highro:;td ple:ulings, their splendid elocution., humorons readings, of reality a~1d revel in a fuiry land. essays, etc. Our readers lf'll judge for themselves of the

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high stnn<hrrl of the literary nchievements of these wor- Aecorrlir1g to th e 1\'IcNnmar~ . th.eyry 1qpe . 'i®o~Si.' thy young men by looking O I' CT the li st (Jf su!::jeots have a serew-' lri ver to 't ap M·• pie'ti·~e.s. .. they treat'. We are happy to say .t hat through the cour' - 1\Ir~;~rs. Murray and Gr<wilei1 amp lu·t .Iy fpp:port tb.e .. te&.y of the society's offieiah; we sllall probab ly .Le ena- propriety of usi ng "se" iusteacl of ''eQro': in .tL'efo\);qwi~g bh;d to publish in our c<) lumns some oft.he essays nnd ''l\Icmento e t teet enm peccn.visse." After a warm discus·.. lec.turcs tbat bn ve bee>n g iv e n at the _association w ee t:- sion, to tho sati~hc t ion or n,ll , th e profesi<or ''.Pronun~ia t iug::; during its l a~t ses:,ions. Marr;tyum et Gmnochampum errayi~se.'' Am011g the many su l1j eols cl isc ussc d n ro the f, llow- Following is n· pHthllist o.£ visitor" <} tJrillg , th.e ing : ' ' Pizz,lrO ·in History a11cl Pizz·n'O i11 th e Drama,' 1 l:o~s t fortnight: H. · ~vrls. A. S. Bergeron, J . Moysaot, If, N.. Juseph i\l cGnv icl;; '''i'he Humnn Frame," a physiol·ogi- Perry, A. l\hGnvick, F. Mahoney artrl h is liL~I~ l_>q.Jish cal treati se, L. G randchamp; ' 'The .S pnniarrl:;' Itl e>a in z, m:wes, .Mt~ster ,Jus D ill on, all of Chic:tgo. Mrs. F. Fnl" tb t> ir Co nquest," Paul Wilstnch; l•M ilit;try T<wt ics," ley of LaG1yctte, Incl . l{.e v. ':Fr. S lmnJJ(m of Peoria, Ill. hum orous, Fntnk C leary; •'Some Imper!'<et.ions of our - R~Cv~. Dr. Peborclr, E. H.ivard C. S. V., J. S:. Fiim,, G o Yernment," Thomas N onn oylc; "The Englbb L:tn- D., ant I Prof:;. J. l>urn, P. Sullivan ·ancl J . D e v e tH~,Y spent gun;ge,'·' l\1. Murray; "A lexander IL Steven&,'' biogm- a few clays in Chicago clqring the Easter festivit!l'l~. pbi e:tl ~mel critical, Genrg e Domw lly; ~··J-Ierecl.it<try .....,...- Tiev. M . .]. l\'f<trsil e C. S. V. assisttd Rev. Father tiuccession," Charles H. B.dl. Dd1n.te: "Sou tlterrJ vs Tyuau at Pnllrrnm Ea.s~e r Sundn.y. . , Nortbern State»mcn,· Orators an d Sold.iers ;" debat.e - Hev. Fath er TIH.-ni en pH•sidrd the ~rchestm -''Homer vs. Mdton,"Tilom:v.:; Norrn ·>yle au<l 2. Sain- at the fune t·al of Mr. Legris nnd 11fter i<peucling ,.a t~:W (lon! "VV lmt Americn, Owe~ France.'' V. L:umt!Te . . . days '.l.t Lhe College .ret urnecl to Notre lhme Cbur<,;h. On S t . P <ttrick's Dny the society p;·esertted a choice ChiC<1gO, where he ha~ Ct>I11111Cnted organizing a choir programme of topics strietly in keeping with t.he occa- on a lnrgu sc:de. sion . .He·!·e nre some of the subjects: "Iri6h Huins a,nd - Mtlouey w>uld lilu to re nt hi;; bel Qn tilJ baJI Scenery," J. O'Cu!lahan; "Irish Heroes,'' D. Ricou, a lley for a few clnys-he is ~ick! •' Irish Orators," James Condon; ' ' Irish "\iVit.," Frunk --'Wednesday lnst was a glad day at St. Viateur'~, Cleary; "lrish B ,trds," J oe. McGavick; "Irish Saints,'' the birthd ay of our unt.iring Prefect, Rev. IVI. A. DoolJ. IUcou; " Irish Lnnguage, " M. L ennar tz. . ing C. S. V., at?d also the solemnizing of tlt e bapt ism of Upon the tables of theil' r eading room, whi<h is opened Mr. Louis Fosse. The military mns8, bt~ptisll'l. ceremonevery clay during the scholastic year, are seen the best ies, were beautifu l and im)'ressivr. We congrrttn late the magazines and weekly ne,,;spapers. Amo~1g them ai:e .the Father and the new Christian. Atlant£c Monthly, the Catho lic World, Catholic Review, - Geopouk operations have begun at the Novitiate. · Amer ican News, An'ierican Magazine, St. Nicholas, Every thing begins to stir around. - Prof. J\1. A. Roy's musical concert h~ppenerl ,, t .. Donahoe's Magazi·n,e, Swiss Cross, Science, The Statesman, Kankakee Daily Tin'tes, New Reqonl, St. Louis the appointed date (yestei"day evening) :m J w·.ts in CathrJlic vVa1·lcl ancl 'Church Pro,gress, C:xtholic Home, every way a grand suc0ess. We congratu!atethc th;serWester-n Catholic, Morning Star, Catholic Mirror, ving Prof. anrl his successfu l pllfc•ils. Prof. ~dg-nr Bom·~ get a8siste<1 au(l renc;lered in his usual g-oorl str l,e '"~i Catholic Citizen, and a host of other choice papers. J'etais RoL" (Catholic Home, Chica,q"•) - Rev. E. L. Rivard C. S. V. assisted H.t~V. Fr. Chncy at Woodstock, Ill.. Holy Saturday ancl Easter ::iuuday. - The Rtnd has already made its appe:trence upc n THROUGHOUT ,THE PLAY GROUND. the campus. -Th e former and actual studer1ts of JolietteColl<>ge, - Hunting and balling are in order. Can:-tda, have recently made their Alma ~1ater a. handsome - D ecidedly Cecil can't learn "to love.'' - Patsy's name was once Swie lbarl., present ot $12,000, which added t o a former 10,000 ht'S -Given: a flying dutchman, a roll er conster and enabled the Rev. Directors to finish the ~ College in a n Glevated 1'ailway - What is the ditflrence? splenct icl sty le. - Capt. Maurice O'Connor, of Iuclianap.o lis, cc.m. - Harry P. finds it hard to enjoy coll ege li fe with mun rler of the Legris Light · Guards, it~ cons id ered .one the squealing system. - The ter1ts for oui· Fipring encampm ent will be sent of the ablest •>fficers of the battalion aud, though but as soon as we need them, says Fr. Mahoney. ten yenrs old, runs a good cLapc~ o_f yvinning ~he ~uperb military medal presented byRev: Chas. Peborde D. D. - Prof. Gastin'e says that .J(lhn CLEAR.(y) .finds a ll Examination q~testions very 0 BSC.URE. Rev. J. Sllannon of St. Mary's 0atherlral, Peori:o~, Ill. - .Stafford says Duffy's ' teetl:i are ivy white. visited the college soruetimeago an~ was quite delighl.-

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ed 8ee the tine milit.1.ry rli play the batt.-•lion spread befor':' him. He especially admired the fine movements of the minim company under command ofCapt. O'Connor. Father 'h:mnon being c~lled upon to atldress the rnnl{l<, ,!;aiel: ••Yon do not irnngine whnt n source of genuine ple:ISure it is for me to see in such sp!enclicl ana.y the bn\Ve St.urlent.swhu now fifl the lJI:lces we a. feW years ngo V;: onterl, l~eaHy it mnkes me feel not only a pnssing tlnil of delight to see yon so, but also n. real pri1lc in my Alrh:a Mater, who, T ::;ee, as she grow;; ol(ler, only t·edonble~ her efforts to mnk.: you in every wny fit for the at\e•·bnttlesofrenl'lifc. You c:m g~tin much from militn·ry driH. _Qne thing tint yon c:m leMn tbt will prvlit you hel'caftcr is "to keep .vour place." When you go through the,:e eleg·mt evolution~, should one of • you drop out of hi:~ proper pl:~c e tlte whole comp·•ny or b1.ttal ion wnul;l, ()erh·1ps he th•·own into confusion. S • in the worlrl's gt•eat al·my mu~t you enclen.vor to be in constnnt harm ony with yon r snrronnding,., know bow to keep your place. ThP. i•k\ •>f rlisci.pline which military drill impn.rts to you is sn.lutary n.nd will be of great. service to you . I t.hank yon and congratu late you_"

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little presnge of the iron constitution into which it was Rfterwardl5 to develop. The legal pr<,ft>Si'ion WllS chosen for tlte youn,.; hopetul, but the w;\lls uf the court chambers were too narrow fur that dnr!ng ~pirit. LiviLg in tile ncigl.lborhooct of Seville and Cadiz, "the focus of nnutiC."d enterprize,'' he naturally clri:fted awny in ore of the m:1ny a<iventu rous bands eontinuonsly emigmting to the new world. He b:lde f rewe:l to home ancl kindred ·n 1504, 19 years of ~ ge. The ship which bore b:m little knew the precious freight she C.'l.rriecl in her bosom rts she was to~se•l almost to pieces at the mercy of the sottt.hern winds. F ,,r fh·c years he lead a comp: Lr;:~.tavely quiet life, though lll"oken by au occ:t.Sion:.l militat·y expidition, till in 1511 lie enlisten nmier Ve!a.squez. Eight yenrs later he se vered !lis connection with this man, and af,crwnrds with a scanty fleet he set out fur the est.n.hlishment (If a colony on the co ntinent-that !Je might the uetter reconnoitre the interior. The armament numbered eleven ve:osels, with about six hunrlreJ men all(! thirt.y two horses. With this paltry force, remnrks Prescott; rlid be entE'r upon a conquest, which evun the stoutest heart must have shrunk from attE>mpting with such means, had he but foreseen half its real diffieultiei'. He""Set sail in January, 1519, and, hav ing coasted about with vr~ri u us fort.unes for sometime, the fl ee t nt HERNANDO CORTEZ. last ch·opped anehor off Vera Cruz. Here n colouy was JrFr:mce is th e l:mn of letters, Ita ly the protec tor of arts, established and Cortez caused him~elf oo be proclaimed f;p:du is thP hnme Pf chi vnlry. It rose in the eighth century, commanrler, and subject t.o Castile, iudependently <·f in the t~n·lfth it wns at its ;~;enit h :mn its 1·nys found a Cuba. Vela.oquez tried to interfere but. in vain. Through ht'il!i:1 nt rdl •ct ion on the vnlin"nt hreast.s of tue crusaders. his intcrpretress, Dona l\1nriana, a name con~picuous in In the sixteenth we beholn its rl ecline, and as om own the conqueror' s hi story, he learned he llad lnnded on the historian so beautifully writes: "Spain, romantic Spain, border of nn immense empire which was ruleu over by one Monteznmn., a tyrant most absolute. This man by w:t~ the l:t11rl where the light of chivalry lingereci longest ai.wv.e thchorizon."Justatthis juncture the gates ofanew his excesses had made him self especially odions to his ,.·oriel were thrown open. a world teeming with converts subjects. Alrearly severn! of his tribes had shaken off f •r the Mis3iowwic<>, gold for the avadciou~, and its the yoke and many more were only waiting the upportunity to. This state of affairs was most propitious to tangled tore:;ts nnd nntorderl strenms furnished realiz :J.tion for the dreams of the ndventurous. There was the good scheme which immediately unfolded itself to onP, Hern,mdo Cortf'z, who breathed of tbe spirit of Corh:z. He grasped the situation in an instant and bereligion, of cupidity, and of chival ry; his keen eye pen- gan to conciliate to his cause the disaffected as well as etrn.te(l the future nnd snw for his religion new l!Onverts, tile independent tribes. It wns at tllis time that he performe<l one of the mcst for his sovereign a new nation, for himself honor and wealth. HP. was given a page in hi s country's history, remnrlmhle acts of his life. Havi ng made up his mind and on it he hns written some of the grandest aud no. ns to the course be. would pursue he ordered the destruction of the fleP.t which rode at anchor in the neighblest acbievemf'nts of her sons. In the following, I will endeavor. with a faithful pen, bom·ing harbor ! It was worthy of the man. Here at a briefly to portray the life anrl character of this man single blow his men saw themselves severed from thei r wbose noble and heroic exploits have elicited tile ad- family, friends and country 1 It seemed to the soldiers equally fatal to remain or to push forward, but a word miration of so many. from Cortez fanned aglow the martial flame which lay Heml\ndo Cork'z, according to the more authentic dormant in their bosoms, and the march to the capital historians was born at Meda!Hn, in Estramadura, Spain, began. After surmounting the difficulties with which in 1486. He was of myal blood, though it flowed thin. at his - birth; In childhood his weak fragile form gave his path was beset by the Emperor, the little band arrived

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in sight of Mexico, on the eight of November, 1519. The city was situated iu the centre of Lnke Tezcuco :md was approached by imme,J::;e causeways. IL seemecl rn.tber "a fait'.Y creation than the work of illorLnl hands" as it l:ly on the lake's l.Jlue bosom, its glittering he• usctops bathed in a flood of western light. '.Pbe next momi ug Cortc·z m uste rcd his f<>rccs and with all p0ssible ~·omps entered the c it.y. He visitecl and soon afterwards receiYf:ld a vbit from Montezuma. H e was not long in the cnpital, ho"·evcr, .nn t il news reached him of an atl.ack by the natives on Lhc colonists at Vern Cr uz anrt it was this th:1t impell ell him to 1\ stroke, th e paralell of which is not found in lti ~ tory. A stranger to th e nation a nd in its very heart, in opeu day, without t he USe Of any force wh ateVfT 1 h e Cflr'l'ied the emperor a prisoner t o the Sp·w isb qu ll'ters. \Vitb this priceless hostage nothing seemed impossible. An enemy menaced him now in a new direction. It was no other than a strong b:u)cl S<·' tlt against him charging him with being a r ebe l. Bu~ these were defeated, Narvaez their oaptain taken prisoner, and the troops were conciliated· to . the crmqueror'::; causP. · The Mex·i cans now b~gan to show open resistance to the intru~i o n of the foreigners. and to t•cld to Cortez's bad luck Montezuma died. The new monarch was not a toy in the spaniard's hand, but after a gallant attack sustained with indomitable courage by the Spaniarcls, the latter were obliged to evacuate tlleir quarters and even the city. This was effected on the night of ,Ju ly 1st., ·1520, and with so many and such fearful disaster:; !.hat it was called the "sad nig-ht" noche triste. Six days later they met the Mexican forces sccretecl in the valley of Otumba. TIJe enemy was completely routed. This victory opened a clear path to the conqcuerers. Having refreshed the troops at Tlascala, be commencecl a regulat· siege on the capital. It was a seige to be carried on only by the dauntless, intrepid Spaniard. A naval battle soon decided affairs, and Cortez and his band were masters of the city now no longer a thing of b~auty, but bmied in ashes and scarlet with its own peoples' b lood. Though times and again had Cortez offered peace, yet thf· Gautemoz in refused every proffer, he had beLter l•ury himself in the ruins of his capiial. It was by this coup de ,qtten·e tllat f•~ll the Venire of America, that placerl Cort(>z among the formost of the world's heroes. Having now re<lucecl a powerful empire he crossed the seas to present it to his <>overeign and obtain his reward. Bnthe w<>s treated indifferently by the court and returned dejected to 1\iexico. He afterwards engaged in several mirror expeditions achieving however nothing of note. In 1547 he returned to Spain, again to press his snit, but was taken ill and d ied s~td denly at Seville in the same year. He was married

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twice. His first wif~ left him no iss.ue., bi\i second bore him tour sons. The character of Cortez is very difficult to por trl.).y. To the more sympathetic ql!aliti es 0f kinquess to b-ia ·solrcli6rs. gene rosity, modesty. and piety, he united prn- . dence, sagacity, CO lll'"lge anu intrepidity, tlJe S.Ul'.£11' marks of a great general. Howe ver, it wonlcl, seP rn, that be led rath~·r bY. k il1ldness an<l sympathy tlJnn br fvrce, for it wt~S a common sight., whether in camp or <,n the march,, to see Cortez ~entling with Id e own hands to the wwnnds of the commonest of his sold!ers, quenching their t.hirst and staying their hunger from his own suppli es. He a lways t ook t he utmost precaution, freqneHtly ari.s ing in the middle of the night to see that every man wns a.t his post. . It he was kincl to hi s solr liers he neve~ betraye<l sigJlS of weakness, ancl wanted only tho.se arouncl him . who would make purpose a common one with his. Time r.nd ng:lin it is relatecl that on hearing murmurs of clisconi.ent he woulcl as&emble his li tt le band aud invite the disid'fecteJ to return borne, offering them every faciJ,i ty and 'accommodation fin· the journey. He used to sny: ''I wou l<l feel stronger in the serv ice of a few brave spirits than surrounded by a host of false or fwint llearted." We vvou lcl 11robably not be so prone to nccus~:: him of the many atrocitiPs whid1 some histori::vns lay at hi s feet, if we would put om;;ei ves in many of the try'iug posftions in which C•>rtez fvuud himself. Agai11 the time and circum~tances musL ev.e r be f:tetors in o ur hi-Rtoriu:•.l ~pecu l ations . He was ever sur rouncled by an atmoopbere of chivnlry, the glow of his religious a.rdo1· was unremitting·, and born and nursed in the lap of poverty, ne< d we WOnder that the COU ntl ess tr·e::JSUL'eS of t!Je uew WOI'1ll would ha v~c< attractions for him? Sucb in brief was Co rt.ez. Anci in conclu cliug I think could not do so more fittinglr t.han by the following comparison from Spalding. "We know of no exac;t parallel for hi-; character, but he posse:ssed traiLs jn common with many great generalsofantiquit:Y. He movHl and conquered with t he electric rnpidity of Py ahus, hut he was more successfnl, he subdued a more wn,r.Jike empire than Alexander, bl!lt he did not, like him, sn;bsequently waste his energies iu debauch; be had t.b.e courage, skill, and indomitable energy of Scipio. Afri •.. can us, and like him be d estroye<i a great_ capital; but unlike Scipio b.e caused this capital to rise again fmm its l-I.SIJes more spl.en<lirl than ever. He conq,nered with Ccesar, and with him he wrote his commentaries, alm.ost amid th e sti rring scenes of the battle fie ld its·eu. He had the irou nerve and the fertile inventi0n .of Hn.un.ihal, and the ·same unconquerabl e energy in enc.ounteri·ng difll.., culties; but he was much more.fortunate tha,FJ Hanni,bJ~l."

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of his <laughters and "'ife bt had a special cl(wo ·. ion to the souls in purgatory becau;e he thought t hat these dear souls might be the.e. He thus contin1H'd in thi~ !if~ for a few ye·ns when he w:ts sucldeuly taken ilL As he I:ty on Iiis bed he thought thnt he needed a priest, but ns be hart no one to send ;d'Ler one he was d esp:ti ring of having bis visit. That night as Lhe pari:-h priest w:ts sitting in the . study room of his Lome he he::~rcl a kLo<:k at th e clo< •r ·l:lnd ~nicl :.•Come in'', bnt t10 one came in, anct as tbc ... kuock was repeated twice he got up nnct ·Opened the door. Tlwrl?, stancliug on ti.Je step~, wt•re two girls of nhout eleven or twelve years of ng•'· The priest asl•ed wha.t thl·y wanted and the elder of the, · .two said thnt their lather was siek and wishe<l to see him right. away. The priest took the ndclress nnd st(lrted for tl1e ho use. Arriving there he haJ a unrd time in fincting the room but he -at Ja~t rea.checi it.. R1pping at the door and no ans wer coming hetricd to opeu it. l>nt found it locked. He forced it in vet:y soon and found the man almoot · dead. But when he saw the priest ·his fctce brightened and he aeked who had sent him. The prie:.t answered in saying th ;tt two gll'ls h:td come and told that t!Jeir fatbet· wat:tul to have him. I-Ie lllen gave a de~crir·tion 0f ti.Je gir ls which answerer\ exactly to lbat of the si<:k mnn's daughters. Having hear cl his confesswn and given him Holy Communion the priest saw him ctie llappy and coutented, tl1anking God for the favor He bad conferred on him by sending him a Pries~. Joe Bou ghen., 3ru. grammar. THE SHAMROGUE.

'T is a triple leadet green, on a stem of verdant sheen And it grows beneath out' feet; A CHRISTIAN'S LIFE. Bnt nor -r ose in crimson hue, nor the lily bright with dew E'en as fondly woulct greet. :i\ot. many years ago there Uved in the city of WashFor it speaks to me of yore, bow my fathers bravely in gton a,pOOl' Jab0rer who had to support, by his hard bore wol'k,, bim,s elf and his f~tmily, ·which consisted of two The unlucky stl'ife for Erin's emerald heath; fla11ghters and his wite. He manageci however to send his How both Bal'd and Clli~f relied, on the faith that is two daugp ters to a ~cbool near by and •ecured them a good impliert <:ducati011. It so happened tha their mother was snfl clenIn the tripple blade enclo'3ed in single sheath. ly t,tken ill anrl very soon a:ft,er died. The elder of tbe I have lo ved it, long and well, anrt I 've sought it in two daughters h:ld to be tn ken from school to fill the the dell, motb.er's place. Thp _poor girl was so sQrry for her ·. Where it grows with brightest glow; mother's death that :she was wasting away little by When 1 found it I would sit and together I woulu knit Thoughts that would from faney fl.0w. little until after a year she died. Now the younger of the tw.o had to be taken away from school nJso to fill her 'Twas thus in spring tillie ripe, that I saw in the type Of the valor, faith and wit of Erin's sousister's place, In abont a yeal' sht=~ took sick and died also leaving the poor man by himself. Getting up early in Of the valor which was tried, of the faith that ne'er the morning the man bad to cook his own b1·eakti1st, fix has ctied, his dinner in a ,pail and start out to work. _Arriving at t.he Of the wit . that li ves,-all. these still green in on, place of employm"lllt he would work until night when And I plucked that S hamrogue green, with its stem he would go home and c&k his supper. Siuce the death ot ememld sheen,

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tiT. VlATEUH':S COLLEGE JOURNAL. From the grass where it lay; T'was a treasure I wonlci ke p, just to !'lee whnt thonghts t'would renp; In <tnother future ctay, · It is now before me laid, and, though crushed, it must be said · That its hue is s uc h as when it lirst w:ts secu. Thus it is of types th<: lle::;t, of what f:tirs the Irish Lreast01 the Hope, though cru shed, yet eve r fresh and green. Rev. E. L. Rivard C. S. V., Direetor <•f the Qtdnquen nite association, receiverl the following lett ers ft··om l.Hembeis of the Society, whit:l..t will interest ~til those connected with the same.

87-92 Quinquennitcs: Rev. Dear Fa.thet· : I see that some of our Qninquennites either have forgotten or neglected their duty. We shonld all like to hear from Messrs. Burns, B::tll, Legris, Powt~ rs, and Roach-why have they not had t.beir.lettcrs appear in the Jour<NAL? .... I hope they wiil not ''forget" any longer to com ply with the rules of our society. Other. wise we might interpret their silence as forgetfu I ness of their best friends, among whom I still sign myselfYour F'aithful Quinquennite. F. C. H :u:bour.

** St. Viatenr's College. Bourbonnais, Ill. l\iarch-1883. Dea!· Quinquennites:Through the interesting columns of the JouRNAL I was reminded of my duty to our association and I gladly send in my tardy, yet I hope timely contribution. It is rather late, I fancy, to recount now my vacation rambles in Canada and the Northern States. Suffice it to sny that after fully enjoying two months of rest., I made my way back to St. Viateur's CnliPge where I found the ever gracious welcome of our genial Director and the Professors, and warm hand-sh:.tkes of many n ew and old friends. I wa.s allowed the ln x•1ry of a room-a privilege I appreciate not a little. I am pursuing wit}1 mueh ardor my philosophical Studies intending to complete my course in June by graduation, if it please the gods: When the col,lcge battalion was formed under the able management of Col. J.P. Dore, I wafi raised to the dignity of Major-an honor, I confessed, which was rather conferred than won. By me<lical advice I was obliged _to quit .the band and

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Cbic:tg•>, March 22, 1888. Dear Fatltrr; You <'io not im ngine !tow mueh de- . li g ht it has given me to renJ in th e .JounNAL the letters of ourQuin<juennite brotherhood. When 1 am reminden of ''~h orty,'' one of the Three persons of thnt classic unity, yo•1r Horace class of '87, itm nkes me thiuk that (with~due r<.>spec t, to onr pre<>ent chief) the United ~t·•tes will HOme <iay have a great ruler. I trieci to get "' down to the College Patrick's Day, but, I coulrl not manage to get away. I meet some of the Father& q.lit.e often, e!'lpecially Fr. Hickey of St. Patrick's where I attend church regularly three times a week rluring Lent.. 1 have lately cntererl into the Loan anrl Real-estate hlll'iness with Mr. Fr11in, o ur o!Iice being Room 29-126 Washington St. Do not fail to come in when you ani in the city. Regards to all the Fathers anrl hoys. Your Horace Student, Willinm Convey. P. S. H::tve not some of onr silt>nt members lost their first fervor? Wny are tlwy not heard from? W.C.

ROLL OF. F(ONOR. SENIOR DFPARTMENT. Golrl Medal for good Cond uctanct Politene3!'-equally d eserved by M. Murry, P. Gmnger, L. Grandchamr, C. Ball, D. Darcey, J. \Vats;:>n, 'Pratt, Ed. Cramer, · Me. Gown.-Drawn by J. SuerthDistinguished-T. Normoyle, Kearney, P. 0' Brien , C. Gross, J. Sampson, P. Wi.lstach, G. ponnelly. A ..J. Fraser, F. Dandunu1d, W. Me. Carthy. JUNIOR DEPARTMENT. Gold Metia.l fQr good Conduct and Pe-litcness-equally deserved by V. Lnmarre, L. Legris, L. Falley; T. Fo!ley ...:....Drawn by G. Carlon. · · · Distinguished M. Fortin, V. Cyrier, J. O'Connor, P. Danduranct, Vf. Roach, C, R0y, W. Shea, P. 'S~tv.Gy, L. Souligny. MINIM DEPARTMENT. Gohl Medal for good Conduct and Pdlitness-equally •

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The workings of the government und er the constitution are alren.dy explained,' · · · ·The current numbers of The C1'itic :.n·e espeqLally interesting on account of the joint c~iticism. of Mathew Arnolcl & Sir Lepel Griffin. ' . · . 1•Tlle Annals of a Venc1ean'' in the Catholic World for Jl;hy is a very readable sketch. The T alk abou·t books is not hy Maurice Egan this time. . · The Cosmopolitan ft>r march h:ts findy illustr ated essays on Germnn Opera in New Yo:J)c;,;l,1so talk with 'pictures, oil Bul1 Fighting Tn ~fexico. ; Robert L. Steven~·e, ih Scribner's Magnzine, exr)fa,1;Js what is meant in a broad, a l1fl1TOW sensP., in all SeiJSC, by the phrase ·" A Gentleman." There is a gt)od paper with illnstrations;· (Ill Pope. ·

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Di stitJguisherl-Gallet, Falley, 3 cln.sses. Bnugl ·en, Boisvert, Roslwff, Drolet, M. O'Connor, E. Mor:m, G. Graveline and M. Monm. GUILFOYLE COMPOSITION MEDAL.

EXCHANGES. ''Spencer and his Times" is the titleofafair article in The Po·rtjolio fot· March, but the writei· allowed herself (perhaps himself) to be carri~d away by rank bigotry Medal deserved by G. Rieou . . wh en the Church WflS sp•)ken of. a·Jittle one, ~his . is an • CONWAY MEDAL. antiquatect chestnut refuted a thousand times pefore Gold ~[eda l equally deserved by W. Tynai1 and B. your gigantic ( ?) pen hegan to move. It is useless go O"Connol'. again over ground so often trodden by those who have written in defence of this subject. IL would certainly not be cast on the writer who e,·id ently .never read a ohilCI's BOOKS AND PERIODICALS. catechism on Catholic doctrine or the he, she,. or it lb~ of \.he heroes in ·'YonP ~nnto : A cllilrl of J :1pan,' ' would not launch out such a sport . as tliis, _ in these i11 Atlcmtic Monthly> is getting bad in the 0hapt_e rs of t!mes. the Apdl and May numbers. The story, otherwise fault~ Try 9.nd fin•l out what the Ch urcll requires of ce1· lessly written, is not hea lthy- at this point. In "Books of chi ldren before they can receive an indulgence. Know the month" the Monthly s:~ys of "Narka the Nihilist," that an indulgence in the t:me of Luther meant exactly by Kathleen O'Mea·r a-"A novel which seems to depend wh:.t it does now: brush a few c0bwebs from · your for its subject on the current popularity of Russian clouded intellect and you may be nble to say someTbemes. It has an unpleasant kind of power about it." thing worthy of attention on Catholic su bjecti'. De gustibttS non etc. rVe like Nark?.. A few weeks ago Mary Queen of l::icot-. is a touching article ill the Clnrke's "Rubert Emmet," a drama which seems fully Normal Monitor, in which the beautifui'traits of charto attain the purpose (If the writer, and which ple:1sed anter of the unfortunate Mary are reviewed with skill million~ was hnrshly criticised by the Monthly. There and neatness. is always an al•unda,nce of excellent reading matter in ·The Empry Phamix stalks in majestically after a ~very number of the Atlantic and 'there unght to be. long absencP. It looks healthy and has many commenThe "Sy nouus Diocesans" may be had !Jy addressing dable articles. The reply to criticism by Taine on Milton Rev. Fr. Fitzsimmons, Chan,·ery Officer, iHl Superior St. is an it:teresting paper and we think the writer has taken Chicago, Ill. It deals with the provisions of the Synod the view that_most critics of the pt·esent day would bolct. · held recently at the Holy Name Cathedral. The new and revised e<lition of Andrews' "Manual of The Notre Da.1ne Scholastic is always interesting the Constitution of the United States'' Van Antwerp, and excellent, just what its enterprising editors are conBragg and Co., is a book whichougbt to be put in the stantly striving to make it. The late numhers have been hands of every young Americnn. The usefulness of such a especially interesting on account of the able as well as book can not he easily measureci. The frequent quotati- rleep philosophical nod social essays contributed by Rev. tions made from Brownsvn's excellent tt·eatise, The Fr. Fitte C. S. 0. and Mr. W. J. Onahan L. L. D. These America~ Republic, are su~c.i~nt . guarantee that the I however. stand in striking contrast with the original proper V'lew of our constttutwn 1s taught by.tb-e Manual. 1 work of the boys th~msel ves~ ·

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VL\'f~UR'S

UOLLEGJ£ 'JO!UHNAL. won so maoy of the municipn'l el·ectious· foJ the (latty of the 1-'ope; which iN Spa·in anrl in Austl'ia. has chec~.. mated all the effor.ts of the Rev,o lutiondry party; which in BeLginm .bas cua.nged the who'1e face <Jf 1bf.le n~ti6nai pdicy, has now been fel,t in HuliM1d. The long a.sc.efild.• ency of the Liberal pa1·ty ·is brUlteJ\ at· last 'ft.n.fl. the combineri forc~s of the C<~.th0lics and Oon~ervatives give them a narrow but working m:tjority. The ministry has alreacly re~ignecl and the reluctant IGng will now be ca.! led npon to sencl for the leaders of the Oa.Lbolic opposition. The pa.rt1e$ iu . thb new Chamber wil'l stand t~ns: Liberals, 45; Catholics, 2G; Con"ervative;;, 27.

Bishop Keane is ,·isiting Kentucky iu the interests of the Catholic University. The great Austl'ian pilgrimage of 3,000 souls arrived iu Rome t·eceutly to visit the PopP. Rev. Fatbet· Sl:tttet·y, of &iehmoncl, Virgini:1, is to give a mission of six weeks' cturation to the.colored people of St. Paul, Mi;1nesota. w ·ork ha:~ been commenced on the new church oi Notre Dame, Chicago, nnd will prob 'bly be compleLed tb.is year. Ft·. Bergeron is making gt·eat effort to com· MoJ·ni?~g Star. plete that beautiful struct•1re !LS soon f1.S possible. On Satnrrlay the 21 Inst., Mr.•JohnS. Finn, .fro~n St. On Sunday, May 6, the dedic:,tion of St. John's col- Viateur's Collegr·, and l\1r. l\IcD<~vitt, from C;tp,e GLmrlegiate chut·ch of Creighton College, O.nahn. will takeo oeau, were ordained priP.sts by his Grace Archbishop place, the ceremonies being performed by the Rt. Re v. Feehan in the Cathedral of the Holy Name, Ch.ic:1.g o. James O'Connor, bishop uf the place. This chlll'ch is Father Flnn is nameJ tor Lake View, assi.s tant to .lfr. spoken of in high term~ of pmise and will be a real 01'- 0' Brien of th:1t parish. Father Me Davi tt llas been apnament of the dioct>se, above all of the college which pointed to the Churt·h of the Holy Angels, . southern part ot the city, with Father Tltige. ·r eared it. North Carolinn. has been created a diocese of l.he A noble hearten c~m:tdian Protestant, b.Y name W. Catholic Church with the Rev. Leo Ha.id :ts its first T. R. Pres.ton, ot Toronto, writes to the ~IVfail in the5e bishop. The Rev. geatltma.n is at the head of Bdmout words:"A defence from my llands of !ony of the institucolle()'e and will be consecntted 'Bishop of North Caro- tions of the Roman Oa,tholic Cllurch is unnecessary. The lina ~u the 8th. of July by Cardinal Gibbons, who was great mass of the Protestant public in this country h:we at one time Vicar-Apostolic of that State. learned to respect thrm. Of the Sisters of'Chnrity (1...-hont The most noble work of Castle G!.trrlen is ably con- Dr. Fulton rcft-•'l:i to as nuns )I koow, as the Christian ducted by the succes.:;or of its zealous fvunder, the Rev. people ot Canada know, that wll~re poverty, miset·y, sicl\Father K elley. In a recent letter to the Irish Bi~hops he tlcss aqd Lleath most do congregate, there n e to l•c :lets befot·c them the dift1culties which hinder the prog- funnel those noble women , ministerir.g in kindness nud ress of his aims in trying to benefit the. Irish EmigranLs iovc, without tee or rewarcl, and putting to :;hame tl•e com ing 1,o this country. It is consoling to see that the pbilanthropin efforts of many I-'rotest:tnt oomrnunitie~." Bishops of Irelaud will nut remain deaf to his truthful We like to hear a manly ?rotetitant in the following words of the Ohrit>tian H.egister: '- 'We confess to our and patriotic words. The Vicariate.:.. Apostolic of the Sandwich or Hawai ian Catholic contemporaries the d('ep sense of humiliati on Islands is in a very prosperous condition at present. which Mr Fultt)n's conr:;e awnlrens. \Ve assure them It haf! a population of 17,000 souls, seventeen schools, that llis blatant sensationalism, his arrant bigotry :md a large hospital for lepers, in charge of Franciscan Sis- his coar~e attaeks· i.1 pun the Little Sisters of the ·Poor ters, and ninety-t.hree ehurt·hes and chttpels attended by are as thoroughly distastPful · t.o a very large n um bcr twenty-three pl'iests.-And who will uot think here of of Prutest~tnts as they can be ~o Catholie\s. Indeed tlu~r e the heroic Ft~.ther D.:t.mien and his lepers of M:olokai in- is no disgrace which Mr. Fulton can inflict upon Catholicity which is quite as · bad as that which Protestantcluded in this short notice. Archbishop Ryan preached a most eloquent sermon ism must suffer from his advocacy." at the opening of the Forty Hours' Devotions in SandyRev. J. Gmeioer, Professor in St. Thomas's Seminary mount, Dublin. That '·golclened tongued" orator, the at St . Paul, having been requested to prepare a pride of the ·American church, attracts the attention paper for the Internatinal Scientific Congre!<s at Pari::! and respect of all who hear him in the old world, wheth- sent in a criticism oo the Theory of Evolution as held er at Rome or in Ireland, the land ot his fvref:tthers. by Herbert Spencer and Darwin. Information ha; Indeed Erin's heart must throb with delight when She l>cen received that the Rev. Father's paper has the horiwelcomes such ·a son as the Archbishop of Philadelphia. or of being accepted !Jy the respective committee to be · The Great Catholic reaction still spreads over Eu. rearl at the Congt·ess. Father Gmeiner is the author of }'Ope. That movement which in 'Germany made the Cen- the popular works, "Science and Religion," and The tre so strong as to kill the K .u lturkampf; which in Italy . "Spirits .of Darknes;s.2

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VIAT IWI-n; CULLI:<.:G li: Ji.JUHNAL.

FOUNDED 1869 .

CHARTERED 1874.

Trm l'o r.r.tcr. ;•: :liT m l:i l'X• e·le nt f:< c ili ties fo r stt trl y , nnrl t he nequire me nt o f n. thoroug-h knowledge oi L ,\ :\ { ; iJ ..\. (; E!-\, .i\iA T!lE MAT I CS, C LA~ S ICS, MUSI C, SC IEN CE, PBTLOSOPHY, and T JlEOLO<) Y. :\ l ..;;t t ·:~ re :·:il a t.tent i•Hl i,; p:d d to th e b u, in r:::s t ra ining of y o ung m e n, :.nd a thoro ugh practical know led ge of JH > OK - ~._ E!<: l' l :\(~: :~ : 11 1 C<D i .\ l E HC JAL LA \\' is imp:tr ted by ~killl'd Pt·o fessu rs. T he lJ·~st >: tttltnr ~ :t ttd :n""'· :t ji]H"L >i' t•d .-;_,·,.te:t t o f t e tc h i ttg ar e :v lopted in a ll g r.td es (J f t he College. Students may ent er 11t nn_;· i it ll ('. T •· t:n, ft H• i !tti l i<>ll wi ill>t ·gi n with •b Lc of c ;tt ra nc·e. ' 'ferm ~ li •r l>~on rd :~:, d 1 u il i o t t ~;:Z o : l. t ll) 1•e r· Hlllllllil . M ODER~

Ca t:;lugul:.7 , :.ad

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w ii l k: c.: :rc :'u !!y gi ,·cn o n a ppli c:t.t.ion to lh e ·D irector. l~ t-:v. "! . .J.

!II A RSJLE, C . S. V .

~ t.. Vi :tt!'u r's Co ll ege, Do mb on na is Gro ve, Kfl.nlmkee Co., TIL

i:iOfOO L HOO ii:S.

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No. 12 COURT STREET, KANKAKEE,

ILL.

Dealer in Foreign aud FANCY

GOODS

D omc~ ti c

NOTIOtJS _ DRY

o·ooos

C. H. E RZINGERS Is the place to get choice I ce-Cre:nu. Fruits, Nuts, Ca nd ies, Oyste rs, Ci gnrs nn<l Tobacco. The brge.:~t fee-Cream and Confect ionery Parl ors in t. he city. Cor. Court St. & East A 1·e. I L \.NKA K &g, Ju .. CHAS. KNOWLTO N'S NF.W PHOTOGR.APUIC

8 TUDI0 1

Dc:lrborn A vcn tJ.e, 1st. Door South of Court. St.. E ast S ide, KAN K A K EE, I LL.

PETER W ALZEM, Grower of

PURE \ r~·r AR ·w iNE .

Warsaw, :...iancock Co., Ill. REFEHJ:ol.NCE::!. Bt. Bev• .roa. M.EI.CliOR ; Bishop ot Gr een Bay · a $. lfe'v. M. S lu'k. Billbop Of Lea~wortt!.

LEGA L BLANKS.

c:-N vj l

!11 !: ~~~1!1( <ij.1 "_J J:7i. -~'\) ·rr ''tl'lr c:~ . ~? J.' ~ ~>- J~ ~~ ~ • ~,.r ~-\..rriON E R Y, l 3 ool..-:-o:. N e "\-vs, .1'\-Ln.s ic, ~~ ·

l3ARE- B .·\ 1. 1.~ ;lll d

11 .\TS , FISHlNG T ACK L E .

K A:\ KA lG-<.: 1-<~, lLL. TOY H, Clto!JUET. B.ABY CAHRIAGEi:i.

~atl~t

. DEALEH

L~ -

HMdzon·r e, Sto·ve.~ f!nd T i nware,

lRON,NAILSand W AGO~ STOCK. NO 13 EAST AVENUE, K AN KA KEE, lLL.

Job b-ing D one to Order.

D. Q. SCHEPPERS; M. D.

1\. J. HANNA ,

292 Larra b e e St. Chicago, Ill.

GlWCE it

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

W llO J. EH A t,Jo: A i\]) l t ETAIL

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CO :\! i\IJ :-;:-;JO:N l\1 ERC II ANT

4:3 Uo 1 1r t

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[i:Ai\KAKEE. IL L.

HI{...\. YTO :\ & CH RISTI AN P J( :\ 1 ~1·:n s in ~ f ('ll'~, \Vont en 's, ~1 isse s ' and dlil tl• ·~ n · ., li n• · ;~ nd """li nm H iloc~: a.lso :tll sizes a n<l gra.d es o f Hoot :-;. ~~~~~ · c lal ilalt~ceJu en ts for

Stud e n t s T wo cto~lrs nur ~ h of Post office.

]{aukakee, Ill.

I\.El\R BllO'S,

HARDWARE, ~T OVE~ , I RO N. STEEL, TI.:\WAR.E, N AILS, Etc., J o u work •knc in any par t of the County Cor. Court St. and Schuy ler Avenue. K A:i\ KA KEE, ILL.

Dr. SCHEPPERS

J . W. BUTLER PAPER Co.

Wholesale Paper Dealers. A full line of Cards a nd Wedding goods kept r.onstan tly on imml.

Nos. 183 & 185 Monroe St.r eet,

Chicago, Ill. .I!'R.ED Zll:'P. The oldest Boot & Shoe House In the City, Customers will alw a yg hav~ good Bargains. No. 17 Oonr t i:i treet, Ka nkakee , lll. Impediments of all kinds on Agricultural I].JlpJements can be r emoved at JOSEl'B BEAULIEU'S Blacksmith's Shop. Also Tools of differ ent make or sha pe, coarse or ftne WOt'k, Buggies, Wagons, Ploughs, etc., etc., may .be repaired at very low figures at the new Shop Oil GRAND l:lT. Bourbonnais Gr ove, 111. Ho,'8e shoeing a specialty.

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German. French and American Pharmacy. ('or. East'. Ave. & Merch~nt St. KA Nlt AlUt, E,lll K e~> ps constantly on hand n fullliu c or

DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,. OILS ETC; ET.C. .6.1~o a1lne line of Toilet Art1el es or :;,1\ londs, Fill<l Cigars >tnd Tobacco. AND SF.E M l•: . ~

~CALl, -··

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Tho~e In nP.e<l o! c-hoice Con !ect.l on rr·ie Canned goods, all kinrls or Fruits, Fi~:r "-n!l Oy~ters will do well <tnd s<Wt) money lJy r.allu r~ <>I -

O'GO.R~~IA·N .

East Aveunel

VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL,

NOTRE DAME ACADEMY, Dnn:cn :o BY Tu~~: S{sTims OF Tu ii: C'oNG ltJWA TION or•' NoTHtc DA-m •:. Thig lll Ht.)tntion a fford s ev<' r•y _ft<lv-a nta.g.e for·

YOtm g Lacll es desJI·o us of <llJt.f~lmng <> solrd and tlnish e><l educat-ion. For parti culars l!J)ply to Jltother Superior; No.t re Dame A C'a<l P-my, Bourbonnais GrovP, Knnk ai<Pe _Co .. Ill.

F RA N K

RT'ATIONERY.

Bo nks, News, Music, '"~t!l ~ Pap e r, Wi)Hlow Sha <l<>s . KASKA KEE, 1 LL. TOYS l'ICTUHES.

BABY C'AUltlAGES.

Tiuw:1.re :lncl Tiu work of all kinrls.

~Htnves , 1T'Oil. Na il s a nc..l Wag·ou wood stoclc.

No 3 Uourt S treet, KANKAKEE, ILL.

READY-MADE Clothing

CARD OF TI-IANKS I·l:Jving bee n in this city fOI' the

1 ,a~t t e11 ye~tt·s, nncl hn.vi11g ·Jeceivr.rl n very liber a l sll:we of the p ntro; rn.g-e <.f COURT STREET. the pf•ople of'Lhis city and county I den:·a nltake e, Ill. sire to h ereby tenrler them my fineerc

Wilson Bros' Fine Shirts.

NO'I. 2 AND 4

A. Ehrich

EAST COURT tiTREE'l'

KANKAKEE.

Dealer in c;hoi cest Uroce rie~<. choi-ce•t i.Jran<l s ofl' lour. Keep~ 011 hand constl\ntly .L large :tSS \ nmcnt of Feed aJHl Produce. Please call and see me before going

a.uy place else.

WALTERS. TODD.

Mer~hant Tailor,

Trunks, Val-ises, Furnishing Goods.

mcnt or Hair d.Iltl Tooth Brush!'~ 1.'0 ilet &rtt~lec l'erfnmery, Soaps, Spon ~t\i and all varietiei · of Druggi st Stmtlri~s. A II s houl!l gi -re them a e~ll, ::-iO. 5. COUNT ST. Tfl:l.Rl' H ONR. No, lt.

lHf.A L ir. H 1!\

irA I{"""DWTlfE=:

Rats and Caps.- Gem's und erwear.

PRESCRIPTION OROC .$ TOtn:t Wh ere) 011 can tlnrl t he La rr.;est -!lllt9rt.-

B E L L A l\1 Y.

--------------- - ~JOHN G. l(NECH1\ - - -----,--•·•·

Proprietors of

Tllc Old £ eaucha.mp &Babel.\

LEGAL BLA~KS .

liC J-lOOf, HOOKS.

I~anh.ah:ee. ·-

Kurrasch and Staga,

H. L. Crawford & Co., WHOLESALE._ RETAIL

GROCEltS

No. 36 Court St:.:eet. KANl\:.A.KE~ , !IJTJ

ICtnkakee sr.one anrl Lime Company. I NCORPORATED FEB. 23rd. l&H.

rropri etors o f t.he CelelJrated Kankakee Jl:\t Li111e ston<>s Q,narries .

Frrsh '\Voocl burned Lim~ t-hnnks for the sn.me, :~n<l having clc- always on hal!d. KANKAKEE, ILL_. termined to retire - from busines::; 1 wi sl1 in recogni t ion of their p11st pnD E.-\. I.EitS 1:-f t.rou ilge to offer them goods nt pri ce~ tllnt will pay them a hnnclsome ret11rn BOOTS AND SHO.tS PHOT-O GRAPHERS, ·on e very inv estment. All are respect AG~NTS FOR TheN ew H om e Sewing lUachfne. fu ll y invitt>cl to t:jkendvnnt:rge of my . ~OltTH SIDE COURT ST-. KANKA.KEE. closing out snle as rny time in the cit.y SPEC IAL RATES. GJ.VEN TO is limi ted . Call n.t once and exa min e m)· (m AN$ .. .NO 'VA_S HING 1\IACI:IiNES. CLUBS. 27 CfJURT sr., KANKAKEE. ILLINOis. stOl:k and get my rrices. SATISFACTION CUARANTEED . l\1. Rohrueimer m2t3

DRO.L ET B-ROTHERS

KIMBE'R & EV.A.NS

C. P. TOWNSEND.

East' .Ave. 1 tloor sonth of K1tctcth's Hloc-l<.

WILLIAM DARCHE.

RANU:AREE, ILL.

Groceries, C. WOLFE. HnFher .Shop. . - . . - . _ Und;er U nt):l :~ch 's Hamess Store; Ka nlu1kc~. Ill. l•'lrst Class Work gna-ntn teecl. . ::it ndtJiltH especililly invi ted .

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Dry Goods, Y11nkce Xotions. BOURI30NNA1S GROVE, JLL.

HAND-:\11\DE l'n(e Wax 'Candles per lb . 4.~ ct•

Monldecl wax catic\les,

" " 38 ct.s'

Stear-ic Wax, " " 20 cts: t;pectall'rices to rmrtles lJnying In l:rrge quauti-

tie•.

Catholic J>rayer n ooks 25 ct-s. upwanls.

CATII.OLHJ

~'i\'MILY

BIB-tES,

with t-wo 11\i-ge cli\sp~ aad l<'ancy Edge $9.99 Sent tree to any pa rt or U. S. on rec~A pt of pr ice.

GRAHAM & SONS, , ln\ vortrrs•of Chti)'Cb Goons, ,Jobbers-in Sehoul :Sook,s <\n tl Cat)rqli~; Book,seUers. ll 3 S .. Despl <lin es St. Cor. Monroe, Chicago, rn:

Coi-1:-espoll(leriNi

sohicit~d.

BENZIGER BROTHERS, Publishers, Manufacturers c f Church Goods Regalia Just Published.

GOLD MEDAL; PARts·; --tS'TS. Fru ;OelebrtJkar-Nttin'lld-s, 303-404-170-604-~332, and his other Bly~6l!17Uilf. be Jw.(( f/f all·~a throtig1una t/>.4 iNnid.

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Citnonieal Procedure in Disciplinary and Criminal cases adapted by R.ev. s. Q. Messirier D. D. 178

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BUSINESS CAR·D S, BILL HEADS, ETC.

Terms reasonable.~ The STUDENTS, EditfJra,.Prop. W

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