St. Viateur's College Journal, 1890-02-01

Sr. ·VIATEUR'S

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LECTIO CERTA P ROD ES T , VAUIA DELECTAT. Seneca:

VOL. VII

BOURBONNAISGROVE. ILL. SATURDAY, Feb. 11890.

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CHICAGO FOR THE' WORLD'S FAIR.

Dr~DICHADO.

"One other chance,'' the student ple1. 1s The Rector shakes his .•1.1, l!TilY bead, "The evil of your own misdt<crls Lie at your l1oor " he stern ly t>aid •·Go forth an<l seek in other climes A purer life henceforth to lead, 'Yash out in pr:tyer your man y crimes, Go forth; I wisb you, buy, God speed.''

The boy went forth; his heart was sore, Iiis rh~~t.iny W <t5 all unmrtde, · The energy of life was o'er, He cared not wllether now he stranged.

Tl e gambling bell, the vile saloon Oped wide their cluors ·he ru8herl wif1i :1; But oh! he t._, und, abs bow soon Tllere is no peace, no jvy in sin.

With bendorl hearl anrl wearied limb H e wa.ndered on 'ne>tth snow and rain, Not joy, but sorrow ca mt: to him And olt he tell but rose again.

• Anrl often in his darkPst woe He pause d, and something seemed to see, And hearrl in accent~ soft and low, "A widowed mother prays for thee" Anrl Gorl w!ll hear that moth Ar' ' , .. , ..

A11d guarcl her boy by night and day, That. he may see e'er 1>he die, And chase ller sorrows far away, Oh. ye who 'sC:ilJe the ill!~ of life, T n.ke pity on tue f::tllen man, Turn not asicle-ai<l in the strife, And help him up\\-ard while you can.

Sunu.

New York bas indeed neatly playerl a g r1od j oke on Chicago. She of conrse never expe.:!tP.d to secure the world '~ fair, but she knew how dangero us it would be to ber interests to let ('h i : g' think ~ he could get it witlJOut an effort. t:ihe provoked Chicngo by b.,r taunts aro userl the ~leeping giant by her riv:dry anrl has com. pelleJ birn to ari~e, shake lnm sd f n.nrl make the liCCPS· sary p···· p •r·o~ · oc s for what will be the greatest world's fair ever held.

In tl.Je first place Cllicngo's eentrnl location is pecu. l i •rly favorable especially to those whose menns n.url i ncl inat ions, won lcl prompt their attenclance to t.he f<ti r.

A pat t fn>m t hnt importfmt consideration of centra lity the ahunci:Jnce of public spirit, coulrl only - to tb o~ e features of abundance so prominent in her natural advantage;;; the abundance of good nn·, pure water, •pnce for all exh ibi ts, bote! nccomruoc1atiu t t~ r'ti l roa.rl facilities as w ell n.s manr of th~o~ mos t desirable si tes for the exposi tion. Thtl tempern1Urc i ~ favorable, ttn,l Chicngo bas by far the most desirable climate in wmmer, nrlvantJJges, with which other cities are not blesser1. The breezes from both Jake nncl prnirie tencl to hl'ing about t his ha ppy result.. To this is rlue in n great rlf>gt·ee, the absence of decease and the gf>nera l he:t l t ful nes" or tl.J~ •·lirnate. Now this uuquestionab le f eL cannot be o v e r e~timatecl, in consi dering : he pla~e of locati on for the exprcterl congn•gation of mil:ions in tbe lwttest tim e uf t.he year. Th ey woulci be asstcrcd in ( :bicngo, fr c ~ciom fro m 8Un stroke and su ch deseases as accorn · pn11y opprestiive beat. lu t he second phc·", th, f~it· shou ld not only be in ternational but distinctively and grandly Americnn .

To be this it must be held where Americat1s <oan he bfs t 'iCCOmmodnted. The comft•rt and convenience of our own people should recdve the fi.n.t consideration, aud should r.ot lw surrenrlerect for t he supposed advantage of plensing of a few thousand foreigners Our bre tbren !rom ove r the ocean would ]mow less of this country hy merely seeing New York, than they ·would by vbiting the fair in the interior of the country, where they w •uicl !!' 1 an idea of the vast magnitude of our h rritor.}' , our inland resourcM, nnd besid es they wou.ld

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com e into instructive contact wit.h our people. BtlL th e .,,. L startl ing- as well a.s t he mos t instructive of the tile exhib ition wo uld be C hicag ·• · ' Ciliengu's clailns are cham pi oned by th e lake, by the t h Prno rm·Ler, by I.J er ce ntral locu ti on, by hei ~ IJ' ce of hotel neeomrnodatio ns, by bP.r ra il reads, uy her collosal Au<l itl;rium . by he r vast inland resomces, by her ra1Ji •lly O'rQ>v [ w,. art i ~stitute s . by her extE:liSive 0 "' • Jil ,ra t' ies, aud by that citize u's pr id e wh ich shows itsel f in monmne nts s uch as those to Lincoln , Gra nt a.nd Doughs, ~Lnrl t he one lately erected to L:< l':lalle. Tbe su rprising growth and prosperity of C hi cago is the p rid e and glory of the west . .\ · th erefore l ~ t ll .' :<ll agree in th is t hat ()bit-ago is tlte city o l' ·•I I <·itic•" f. ' th e lu eation of the fair a..td f:wo r suc lt l oca t~on with a ll en thusiasm.

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND ClUTICAL SKET .) d 0 .:.

ROBERT BROWNING. l'~[an progesses with t_h e advance of time. History shows in each age, a m arked degree of improvement over the preceding one, and knowledge, with the passage of years, becomes more widly diffused. Everywhere improving, everywhere perfecting, the arts ancl scien ce, und· ·r man 's zealous care have become more perfect and man himself improves in all his works, in all his action s until today, the progress and discoveries o£ centuries have pl aced him in an exalted position : t h e possessor o£ countless resources, a being o£ intelligence ctnd power. Extraordinary times an d circumstances repeat themsel VI'S and especial] y in the present cen t ury . The spirits of the warrior and ~.he statesm an o£ the artist of the critic, have been transmitted thr ough succeeding ages, and r obed in the success and experience of the past; and strengthen ed by our nineteenth century perfection, live today in the breasts of our general '3 pclitician s, artists and r ev iewers. The arts· are now more perfect, and have become things subject to m an . Painting sc ulpture and archit ure are again prominent a nd promise to eq u.a,l, if n ot snrpass t he glorious triumphs o£ form er t imes. Mu~>ic is now more widely cultiv at ed, and the benefits o£ such culture are everywh ere seen . And Poetry, the flower of peace, nourished among th e smiles and tears of nations, sh eds its fragran t p_er£umes on all sides and though the production o£ todny, m ay lack the inten se p assion of a Homer or a Virg il, or the imagination of a Milton or a Dante, yet. it h as a tour of delicacy and refinement which renrler s it quite as desireable as the less moral produ ction s o£ former ages.

Dry ben and Pope and m any othe1; cultivators o£ the g ift di vine, h ave been su cceeded by many talented ingeneious writers, nnd the people of our time }nYe recognized as their 1vorthy followers, Tennyson, Longfellow, H1l.wtho'!':Je, Bryant, l: ancro.tt, and last, hut not least , t.h at greates ~ of r sychological · poets, . / Ro bert Brown in g .

The 11e tel o:l wl1at is c ·11w1 t1 e psychol ogica-l s ~.h o ol of poetry , B1U'\\ ing first attracted · attention · in183El, and is again brought pr ominent before us, by the n ews of his death, t h e knowledge that we m ay no longer look for another production £rom his able and gifted p en. Mr. B ro wr, in ¢ was born in ( am berwcll, a suberb of London in 1812. From his early youth h e di~playecl a love of poetry, and while yet young, vowed , in his own wo rds, "to be a poet or nothing. " Hi;; father made sever al attemps at the poetic in writ ing · which early puzzled the boy's brain, and R ~b< rt, himself, at the age of t wel ve, was the author of countless verses, remarkable on ly for their flow of so unding words. He was educated at the London U niversity, and '~ hile at college, made Keats and Shelley his models. His. first poem •· Pauline" pu bli::;h ed in his twenty-first year , was snccessfu l, in so mu ch, that it gained f rien ds f or h im among popular and learned men. After a period of -study, Browning, in 1832, went t o Italy, where he lningled with uJl classes, obtaining a thorough , knowledge o£ Italian life, and storing his mind with th e history o£ by gone years.

This bea utif ul and inspiriug lan d w as Browning ide;J[ h :ne, so cCrntienial was it to his poetic n ature. After a. '·:idenr£? of l hree years, an d at the age of twen tyfour years, Browning publish ed his first drama, Para,celsu ;, It cLcl not gain many admirers, but was ful l o£ promise, and prophesied the birth o£ a gen nine poet. The play r esembl et; 1~\tust, with a hero of the same character, who endeavors to partake of all pleasures, and at the sam e time to possess all lmowldge.

It is a specim en of Br0\Yl1 ing's wr:t,ing, being . at times, s b·ong r:ncl passionate, while iu ot.h er p assages surprising by weak Like '·Pn,uline" it gain ed friends am on g m en of in t ellig ence, among whom was th e talented ador Ma.cr ('ady, \Yho asked a pla.y from Browning 's pen. In: answer to thi;; request., the tragedy ••Strafford" was written . Despite many unfaYorable circum stances, t he work achei vecl popular success, and afterward appeared in a. small volume, whic.h was ·widely read. "Sordell o,'' his n ext publi cation , proved the greatest puzzl e ever given the poetry-loving world. It displayed that love of psychological theory. which a.tterward ch aracterized his later works .

It is obscure, and its s ~.ructure, is ung r acef ul. It may live a.s a.cont.rast t o his fin er "·orks.

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The next six years Browning was most lavish in ' his prpductions. From 1841-46 he displayed the greatness of his mind and the diversity of his genius and proved a riva l to Byron in ex t.r avagance. The order of his works during this period was as f ollows: Pippa Pas€es King Victor and Ki~g Chm'les, Drau r. - , tic Lyrics. The Return of the Druses , A. Blot on tl e Scutcheon, Colombe's Birthday, Dramatic Lyricsand Rom:mces :mel a Soul's Tran-ecly. Thr:"e works areS' perior to the tragedies of Byron and Bulwer, and were written to revive or to perpetuate this f'or m of Drama. There are passages in Pippa Pa!>ses, and ill a Blot on the Scutcheon , seldom equaled aud never excelled by any English poet.

In this same year, 1846, Mr. Browning married Miss. Elizabeth Barrret, a writer whose fame, at that time, was greater than his own . . The union was in every way a happy one, and the congenial taste of th ese too great WTiters blended harmoniously. Mr. Browning found in his wife a kindred soul whom , with poetic talent e:1ual to his own, aided him in his social and professional career. Underthe efavorable circumstances the highest wedded felicity was the result.

The first work after his marriage was "Xmas Eve," au. l "Easterday." Both are written in the same, sluggish styles o£ Dorsello and being somewhat of a relit(ous nai ure. their theology it not of the high est order.

The Ly-·ic M• n and vVomen next r ppeared and was made up of small poems writteu after marriage.

Iu 1861, after fifteeu :years of unalloyed happiness Mrs. Bro,vning died iu F lorence. For several years after the death of his wife, Browning wrote but litUe. In 1862, was published L ramatic P e1:sonal, a collection of small poems writtf'n years before. I n 1869, the first really finished publication after the death of Mrs. Browning was 'The Ring and the Book,' Unbounded wealth of language, and descript.ion appears in t his, his longest and, by many, considered his bes~ poem. In no work is his genius displayed to hf'tter advan tage.

The daily pape:s at home and abroad, quoted freely from this poem. In a word, it is an intellectual mar- : vel. To comment on all Bro,Yning's works would be a thing impossible. Let it suffice, therefore, to but mention them, and also to say that at this time, Browning, by the production "In a Balcony, had reached ' his zenith, a.ucl was now on the decline. This most I emotional of his poems, is Wl·itten exquisitely and full of intense passion, triumphant alike o'er life and death.

The principal of his late publications are 'Bal'anstion's Arhentnre'-1871. 'A Translation of the Age-

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mernnon of Aeschylus 1877, Fifine at the Faix- 18G2, Red Cotton Night Cap Country,- '73, Sun Album, '75, The bvo Poets of Croisic,-78, Dramatic Idyls 79-80, J oseria-83. Ferish tales F ancies, '84, P arleying with Certain Peop:e of Importance appeared in 1887. But there is no need of speaking further. Yon all, throi1gh his ''orb, know 2\'Ir. Browning, who among us, has not beat tim e to the music of ·'How the Brough, who, when yotm g has not 'listened with childish glee, to the Pied Pipe of Hamlin, whose cheek has not flu:-hed with excited, and whose h,eart has not beat highly at the dangers and triumph of Herve Riel.

These are are poetic gems, which the most enthusiastic admirers would not recognize as productions of his pen , so unlike are these to his general style but which nevertheless will live forever in our literature.

As a summary Robert Browning is undoubtedly the greatest genius and dramatic poet of his time, and whatever may have been his faults , he was certainly not an atheist. Though at times he is obscure, and ungraceful , yet this may be · the result of a want of expression for his lofty sentiments; and because he was ahead of the spirit of his age, intrenched himself in the stronghold of philosophy, whith~rtheaver­ age of reader wa,s not prepared to follow.

As a man, Mr. Browning was most sociable. No poet, who ha s ever enjoyed his fame has been more accessible. He was quite brusque in manner , and his loud but well modulated voice has often filled the fashionable drawing room and chained the attent ion of the most accomplished scholars. In Browning, the world has lost a genius and a most amiable gent.leman. His death , which occured on the 12t:J. of last December, was a surprise, and a erne! blow to his many friends and admirers.

H :3 bier w~~ s surrounded by the greatest and most popular men of his nation. His last resting place is in W estmillSter Abbey among the storied great of his exaltrcl profest:ion. To his hme, and to his genius, his conte mporn ry Landors has most appropriately said:"Shakpcare is not our· poet, but the worlds,-Therefore on him uo speech :And brief for thee Browning: No man hath walkeel our roads with steps so active, so inquiring eye. or tongue so Yaried in discourse."

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* * to Mr.Dan. 1\1. Shea. wbo returus thanks presented the prii.ting offi ce with a beautiful set of wood type.

We ftre also inrlebted tu .Mr. J os. D . Lnphnte for a full font of wood type ancl a German silver composing ~tick. The .Jol'RNAL ret n rn~ many t h a nk ~.

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ONE AIM of every conscientious student in college must be to make himself acquainted with the beauties and defects o£ the st andard authors; and to increa-se his knowledge o£ polite litcratnre, so that when h e is in the society of educated people he will be able to understa.nd th eil' conversation, to give himself the pleas·ure o£ discussing the merits an d demerits o£ an author, and of bein g able to pass a just .criticism on a work. Now if a st udent pays no atten tion to what he reads, but dives into every book that interests him for the time, h e will in the end h ave a vitia.ted taste and will not be able to judge a good book. N' othing is more f atal th~m t h e practice o£ desultary readin g . Th e student t hen becomes possessed o£ a morbid appetite for light literature and o£ a chronic dislike for his studies. But H he reads carefully, he soon learns to se~eet his matter and acquires a ta ·te for elevating and wholesome literature only. h i> kind of reading acts as a mental tonic- intrin-· sify ing the enjoyment of the pleasures of the immagination and in cit in g th e young mind to the researches and serious study necessary for the proper ap preciation of the works of genius and indespensable for the disch arge of the g rand duties that await the student in future fields of activity. Let the thoughtful student then , n ot lose sight of this important aim, the acquirin g o£ a correct literary taste ; let him t hrow aside the trashy n ovel, the thousand sh apes of worthless literature, and let him pore over the clas-sics of h is lan g uage.

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EDITORIALS. PERSEVERANCE is the secret o£ success. The concentration o£ effort, though a power in its€'1£, is of no advantage, unless continually applied to the work to be accomplish ed. The power and determination o£ the will, to do and to overcome, is so necessary in every st ation of life, th at without this r esolution, men will £ail in the accomplishment of their objects in life.

Determination in any pursuit, is the characteristic, o£ a man. T o be vanquish ed by every difficulty, to shrink £rom every obst.ae:le is the act.ion o£ the coward and laggard. The strong m anLy courage o£ self control th e iletermined to s urmount all obstacles and to compel s-·u ccess, are qu alities ever aliv e iu the breas t of the earnest man , t he man who sees life in its true li ght who recog nizes t he f act that he exists and acts f o1' a purpose, to th e attainment o£ which he shall if necessary, sacrifice pleasure, and comfort. Failure, is t-h e portion of t he wea ker and less energetic worker; triumph is ever th e reward of t he persevering. The great oharacter;; o£ history were not born great.

Th~ greatest men the world has produced h ave known fa;ilure, hut h ave not been overwhelmed by losses ; h ave not bean balked by difficulties. They have gained fame -' through their own efforts. Ever ready to sacrifice pleasure to duty, they have toiled long and resolutely, and by their continued effbrts, compelled success.

Their motto was: •'Tr.v, try again." Let it be ours also.

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Si ncf' tlw 1a te co1 r .>n : ~s ,, t B : dtitn o r ~ , tlle l:' Llbj eet " f litera tur e and Lh e pre:;s j, ,.~ lll:C ll frequent ly moo L" d , a nd ntte n tio n called tu tilL' !- rnnllnumber o l'ollr C:~t h o. li e wr i:ers ll e re in A111eric:t in proportiun to our num b er~ :r nd irdlr 1e t1ec. I t is l'l-' !'t.:linl y somewhat s nprisillgtktt o f th e n1:tn y \ ' <lUll;.!' Ja ,!ie~ ;uHl ger. tlen1~ n wh o lJ ttve gmclu ale d with IH111 o 1 f'wll'l unr ncarl e mi es nnd co lleges s0 few ~re a.uimal ed w it h the rl c~ ir e of -foll owin g writi ~~ "~ " prn frssin11. c•r l, ,·e 11 aL tPmpt , :,fter they hnv e entered 011 s .. ru e ut lr e r !-'111'>-lliL, -to e xercbe the li tf'ra ry acco mp!i shn 1ellt.ti t hey l1u\'l.J >pent so many years in acqniring. Amongs t. t be Ame1 h •:t ns wb o~e stnrs have rb e n abo,·e th e horizon in Llte worlrl of letters are counted Brya11t anCI Longfe llow, Coo pe r and Haw · thorne, Lowe ll an d Whipple, Bancroft and Parkman and a wh ole host o£ others all belonging to some Protestant d e nomination , rc(;e i v ing much of th eir ~pirit from their own religion, ami reflecting on it in turn much of t he ir g lo ry a rHl intlu eJI C<·' ; whilst in thisgn la xy

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NOTRE FOI ET

VOL. Ill.

BOURBONNAIS, ILL. Samedi, 1 FEV., 1890.

1VIA CHAPELLE.

C'est une modeste chapelle Adossee a quatre piliers.

On le vent passe, oi:t l'eau ruisselle, l~it qui remonte aux Tompliers.

Le portail merite unehalte: C'est un beau cintre surbaisse i3urmoute d'une croix de Matte U d'un blason fleurdeli!-!e.

5es co[ounettes a volutes :3'11la: tcent. grac1eu"eruen t Le long d~ pierres pre3q ue brutes Dont est constrnit lt! mon ument:.

Mais, a part cela, tout le reste Est Yulgaire, nn, deln,bre. .:ht grand chagrin, j e V<>Us l'il.tteste, Des paroissiens ct du cnrr.

Jam a is le.'l riches de Ia terre N 'ont fait ici le moindre do u: C'est la t.rist.e.""e et. la mi~en? .

Ln solitude et l'aban.ion .

La vofite. sorte de soupente.

Est faite de bois vennoulu; A travers on voit la charpente Et meme nn peu le ciel :\ nu .

Seule, une longue ne£ existe, "ans sculpture et san chapitaux: C'est froid, c'est humide, c'est triste.

Plein de silence et plein d'echos.

Les fen~tre n'ont plus d'assise.

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NOTRE LANGU E .

pPrdn )Pnr<: Rpplomh<~ :

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La lumiere entre dans l'Eglise Par denx vitraux veu£s de leurs plombs. 'rrente banes et soixante chaises Y Sl)Ut offer ts a tout venant; Les tenons sortent d,es mortaises.

Et le restP est a l'avenant.

Le tout est d'aspect lamentable, D'un effet tragique, eruouvant, Plus encore que l'huinble etable Ou naquit le divin Enfant.

Sur l'autel un grand Ch rist se penche.

Si beau, si resigne, si doux, Qu 'on eroit sentir so us sa chair blanche Son camr encor bath·e pour nons.

A voir cette tete meurtrie, re flanc perce, ces bras en croix, Emu, ma1gre soi, l'on s'ecrie; ·'Mon Dieu! je vous aime et je crois !"

Par£ois le rouge au £ront me monte, Lorsgue j'entre dans le saint lieu; ,J'ai comme une sorte de honte D'etre mieux loge que mon Dieu.

Ah! que n'ai-je de la fortune!

J e voudrais si bien restaurer Ma pauvre Eglise que pas nne Ne lui serait a cc.mparer.

J e la rendrais une merveille, Digne des tplus nobles cites.

Une chapelle sans pareille Qu'on viendrait voir de tous c6tes.

Helas! durant rna vie entiere.

J'ai vecu si peu prevoyant.

Qu'apres vingt ans de ministere .Te n'fli pi!~ nn deniP-r vaillant.

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Et qu'il budm que le beau r@ ve Dont mon ero ur aim~· a se bercer, lei-bas trisbement s'acheve Sans jttmais se realiser!

L. Briault.

COHRES PO NDANCE. Ch icago, 8 J an. 1800.

Monsieur l 'E diteur : En parcoui·an t aujo~rd'hui le jouQ1:1.l cln CJlle i) St. V.i ,LteLl l" j 'y vo io avec plaisir, la tvrm Ltion d' nne 8:.Jciet5 Sc.ientifiqne. N aLlS n 'avons que des pti,roles cl'encourctgcr.nen t po ur le maintien et la prosperite cb cette n ouvelle Sc>!; iete et e'est de tout cm~1r que n :nn a1ra.l3J:l3 n o3 JU )iil eares felicitat ions a ceux qui en ont pris !'initiative. 0utre l 'avctllt"t ~,, e tr:wailler a enrichir leur maison cl'un musee 'd'histoirt> nat urelle et d'un cabinet de physiqu e ces jeunes gens apprem ten r, sur ce plan rest reint, a accomplir les devoirs de la vie sociale. Le noble sentiment qui les pousse a s' unir clans l'interet de leur Alma Iviater, leur in dique celni qui devra les animer plus tard dans l'inter@t de l'Eglise et de la patrie. J c mets ici l'Eglise en premiere ligne parce qu'ils ne devron t jamais oublierque c'est gri1ce a l'Eglise s'ils son t en mesure cl 'acguerir des connaissances hi storiques et seien tifiqu es et le premier sentimen t qui devra snrgjr clans leur cce ur, est eel ui de la reconnaissances erivers cet te divine gardienne de l'Hiswire de::; sciences et des arts.

C'est l'Eglise qui a perfec tionne !'Esprit humain dans la connaissance fl u vmi, en respecbnt plus que t out aut re le but et les lois de l'H ist oire. Elle a ete encore pour lessciences un m·che de sal nt en sau vant clu n anfrage leur methode et leur principe; de plus elle a propage leur enseignemen t et conconru au x plus precienses clec ouveTte~ . ApphqLlez-vous done plus b rd a f aire beneficier l'Eglise de la sornme que vous anrez ~tcq uise so us sa bien :·a:san te eg[de. En t.ermin ant mille souhaits de prosperi:te au nouveau cercle.

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INFLUE NCE SOCI ALE DES COlWILES. ( S nite et fi n.)

Le Christianisme n 'a pas se ulement rcc;u de son cliYh · fonclate ur la mission de tnw ailler au triomphe de la v:ert n sur la terre. J .-C., en envoyant ses apotres ala conquete du moncle, les a charge d 'instruire les hommes, d'etabli.r a la pl ace de l'erreur Ie regne de la vei.·ite. L'ancienne societe n'avait rien f ait pour popula .iser l'enseignement, e1le ne voy:1it qu e le ctlte m 1-

teriel de la vie sans s'occuper de satisfaire aux besoins de !'intelligence: aussi le peuple eta,it-il plonge dans une ignorance qui retarduit incleflnim ent la solut ion du grand problcme de la civilisation . A l'Eglise ap~ par ten ait l 'hon neur de £<Lire cesser cet etat de choses si degmdant pour ceux qui en etaient victimes. Quand elle ~u t ass ure le pain du corps a ses en rants pan vres ou inflnnes, qu 'elle leur cut procure la secnrite et la liberte, elle voulut leur distrihuer la nourritm e de l'ame,l'instruction !Voici ce q~'ordonne le six-i.eme decret du concile de Pt1ris : "Que pour l'honnenr et !'utilite de l 'Eglise les eveques mettent t ous leurs soins a ouvrir des ecoles, se souvenant de ce que dit le prophete Daniel : "Ce ux qui enseignent 'anx ::m tres brilleront comme des etoiles pendant toute l'eterni te."

Qu' on remarque que c.ette protestation en favour d'un enseignement pnbl icremonte au neuvieme siecle, c ' est~3:~dire· a Ulle epoque OU )e voile (le !'ignorance menac;ait d'envelopper le moude intellect uel. Le mfme concile demande a l' Empcreu r ·qu'il soit etabli de3 univ ersites on ecoles publiqncs •l ans trois villes an moins de l'em pire. A nssi apres avoir exhol·te d'abord les eveq ues a ou vrir p~trtout de petites ecoles, ils deman de ensuite au ponvoii" tempore! t on concour:ii pour )a creation de CeS et ab)issements d'instruction s upe rieure cl'ou devaient raycmner sur la soeiete tonte>s les 1umieres.

Plus tard Philippe Aug uste ct St. Louis r eleverent l'ancienne eco le palatine de Charlemagne et fonderent l' nniversite de Pn.ris de concert uvec les Papes et les ev&ques. Pendant que e:ette celebre universite et les mltres universites de b Fnmce s'uccnpaient de b haute education , l' Eglise cont.i.n ur- jusque dans le scizicme sicele de promouvoir les plus chers inter&ts de l 'instruction primaire. Les conciles suecess&; de Ca-mbray, de Ho uen, de Bordeau decre t.,, :~t qn'nn con cile ne pent ri cn faire de plus saint que de propager la bonne edu cation parmi lajeuuesse qui est !'espe rance et l'u,.. venir de la nation. La vul garisation de l'enseignement primaire don t se g1orii1 e n otre siecle ne date clone pas sculem eut d'au jomd'hu i. L'Eglif;e a par ses nombreux coneiles, sur ce point comme sur tant cl'autres, donne l'exemple aux ' gouvernements seeuliers.

Comme nn' phare eleve, elle a eclaire les bas-fonds de la science au.ssi hi en que les plus hautes cimes. Oui! ne l'ou blions jamais lorsq ne la barbarie repandait partout sa. so mbre nuit, c'est. elle qui conserva dans les cl oitre~ les chefs-d'muvre de la Groce et de Rome; et · dans ces t emps n ~fast es si le_ flam lE au c'cs let hEs ne s'et eignit pa'> completement, si le ill de la tradition ne s'est pas entierement rompu, le monde le doit aux frequentes assises de la cathol icite. . • Par le peu que nous avons dit des Conciles, il de-

meme-etabli qu'ils ont cxeree sur la civilisation des differents peuples moclernes une influence dont il est aise de saisir les pricipaux camcte:res. Ils ont d'a1ord commence par p oursuivre la reforme de l 'orclre montl en £aisant regner ht vertn en sonverai11e dar.s nn n1onde anparavant csclave de tous les vices.

Ils ont ensnile tr::waille au per fectionnemen'G de l'ordre social, en appelant t oube3 }es c1::t338S a jouir defl droits religieux et civils qui avaient ete jnsq n'alot·a l 'aprmage des cl asse3 elevees. Ils ont enfin a ide [:. ]a transforruation de l'ordre intellectuel en r endant b science accessible a toutes les intelligences.

On le voit, leur hist oire est une ch aine infinie de bienfaits; m ais qne de g lorieu:s: chatnons out ete forcem ent hisses de cote ! On a passe so us silenee le bean r ole que les Cnnciles remplirent dans la querclie des inYestitures et l"her oi"que eJan des croisades; 1a par't qn'ils prirent a 1'abolition dn servage, a 1\~tablis­ sement dn droit d'asile et de Ia jurisdiction ecclesiastiqne Em m <•tierc ci\'ile et crimine1lc et combien d'auhcs ' Les regles des con ciles on t ete nne semence qui ;::, produit une gnmd :::rlre clon t les r~menux muHipl es ont convert toute Ia terre: a son ombre ont fleuri 1a chastete, 1[1, justice, b llberte, 1es sciences ! Eh bien! cc sont des services m1ssi incontesbbles , aussi eclatants C}Ue les acl versa.ires de l'Eglise meconnaisscut tcc.s ks jours! Oes eruels, ces ingrats dechirent.twec nne ]oi.:: barbare ce sein qui les ::t enf~mte a b vie sociale!

1\,Iais comm e l'astre gc)ant, l 'Eglise immortelle poursnivra jusqu'a la fin des siecles sa co urse bienfaisantc i:1D~1cbnt ega1ement ses en£an t8 et ses ennemis de lumierc ct de vie !

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Ec cc qui est propre ~~ IJ Ous f:ti t· c p Lti ~ ir , e'est que l' e. cl:t.t ..l e scs l aurier~ ne lui ont. pns fait. o ubli er s:~ n::ttio n:di te et ~a foi . J '~1i lu av<oc plni sir 11ne lcltre par die ecriteen fr nnc;nis :111 Cun2cle NotTe Dnnle d ;~ n s htquel l!'l elle envoy nit pl11 sieurs billet s rl 'o pera ct. signifhit so n i nte n t i••n d'Dssisler :l l n me:-se~'\. l' eg li ~e cnnnclie nnc·. Au ssi Je jo u r de Noe l se tro11vait- olle avec les sie11s pour ce .· lebee t <:ette j uye n ~e fete et co ntribu a:t genereusement

:l ].t. cC> lit'eie dtt jo ur. Bd Pxcrnple cl n nu e a ses compa_ t ri OLc:s cl o1tL q nelqucs uns rl e oe cot0 clcs li gn•~ S o nb licnt h~ lll' r.. i, Jc· UI' l:tli gttl', h >lH Jll' ils nequ iercnt Ia f()~·t.nne.

Allt:t!li, r.I trin J~1nma L· l j t' un ~::s.oe, nnqnit :\ C l1nrnbly t,r os d e ~f,:tlr\-:tl c 11 1R51. Bi le n :c:;ut son 6clncRtir, n t·ltrz !e:- D:ltllc ·s cln Sacr (: Cce nr, nu Sn.ul t B.eeo ll et. Elle I:CHlit. S'l. II !(~IC, (, tnnt j f' llll C CIICOI'C t-t prit SC3 prr,rn ieres i l'((lll l~do"Jll ;i qne tl e ~on p r~ r e, hnbil c lllli Sic iell. E 11 'J8G4 l'ilt- r (:., i .l;: :l Alkuty, N . Y. oCt sa voix fut re marq uee ;\ \1 <·.1iltc·d r:: l1•. <: 11 ' >1·g·:u1i>n. 11 11 ~:onet' rl; do ttt ~es reee~le3

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E ilc• (•j iiii::'H e u l 8'18 Ernt'Sl Gye, le clirec teu r clu Con\'l' lll C•tn l{'ll ct a t.on j ou r~ gar cU un e r6 pu tation irre1" ncli:tl>il'. E li <~ c.:h,wtc so u vent p our Ia g e iue d'A IIg lel.vl'l' tJ et est s ' u ve :Jt ac lm ise cbns s on intimi!·s. Ses com i•:ll;·iD l !·~ ont r.1ioO t> t1' (Lre (i J re tl'el(c : a.ussi lo rsqu 'e lle vi , i t:t. lc: C:lll <l' b r('c:; ut-elle part.out les plus tLtttenses I I Vat.ii)!IS

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CUETLLETTES. -

Benu tempt ! l\l:t.is q1wb cbemins !

- •·Geo rge est r css uscite.

-La Grip po nous quitte.

- L'E r:tble n deux representants, cette annee; 1\:Il\'I. B enti r r ct. 1\-lL it. . - Le P. Duga <t et lcs FF. Roy et DanJurand uous ont vi si I e~ pe nrln,n<. les fetes.

- L es n ·vresentations qui deva ient avoir lieu pen. d n.nt Ia vacance ont et(, remises, ll rai son des manva is ch emin s.

U:: CEIWLE FRAJSCAi::l.

Les ForestiersC:1tholiqncs ont en nne gnmrle nsse y lJJ6e a l'<Jpera de K :~nk:1kee . Le Dr. L:tbcrg •~ " .~te t1ll d!'s o m L(· nr~. ~ ons ··~j : ·.'· r on' a vo ir lc p luisir cle pll bli(:r s :w dJSC:t>ul'5 prn(dJ:Iilll'lll<'llL.

-- Ll' H ~ v. T. Oni met ac bev l' lliiP joli e eg I ise ('Jl hriq llC :1 1't .lln1a n.

- Lt· Ue1'. J. Lc81ge, cure de Br i·_r' on l':tr k, P~t. eu­ t ::· d: us sa uuuvelle 6glise, lejunr de ~vel.

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Ah! Georges, pas cl'insulte au genie de no::; gnmds maltres, s'il te plait. Iln'y a pas un seul de ces plus petits d'etails qui n'ait son n tilite et qui ne contribue a l'hannonie et au charme de la m nsique qui no ns ravit et nons transporte da.n s des spheres sans limites, dans un monde tout celeste." Bravo! Gustave, dit Georges, je te reconnais bien la. Ton amour, j'allais dire ta passion pour l a musique se montre clan s toute son energie.

1J e suis loin de t'en f aire un crime, car, bien que D ieu ne m'ait pas donne, comme a toi, l es m~ m es aptit udes pour cet art vraiment divin, apros un beau di;;cours. la mus ique est ce que j'aime le plus au :monde. Puis s:tisissant le moment propice, Georges ajoute: puisque tu reconnais l 'ut ilite de cette infinite de details dont les compositeurs ont enrichi la. musique, et que tu tiendrais pour une insulte a leur ::tdres8 3 de taxer tout cela de bagatelles et de niaiseries, pourquoi don e fais-tu si peu de cas de ces mille petits details, de ces nuanees sans n ombr e dont les savants ont enrichi notre langue iucomrarable? :!liais ee sont pn3cisement ces nuances, cette fl exibilite qui sa pretent a tout, qui font son caractere distinctif, en montrent la b:nut-3 et le g~ nie et sont la cause qn 'e lle est aujourcl'hui, non-seulement ad miree, mnis en cor<' pmlee d:tm tomles p ays du monde. Que pansentis-tud\m profeElo€ Ul' cte mmique c;ui Ee CCD1Entcn:it cru1~· ei ­ gner a ses eleves le nom des notes, lenr valeur, le nom d'nne cle, d\me mesure, et. s:w tera.it tout le rec;te a p :c ds joints?

Je dirais, n3pliq ne Gustave aussitot, que ce n 'est qu'un croqm:~notes et que ses eleves ne seront jamais que de3 cro c1u e-1u tes comme lui. Fort bien , clit · Georges. Or, cela etant, crois-tu bien fonclee t.a critique aigre douce de tout a l'heure, co nhe les fautes marquees pour un accent, une cedille, nne apostrophe, etc?

Mais as-tu oublie qu'un accent grave, par example p 'ace sur la conjonction ou, en fatt un adverbe de lie't1. ? et en change completement b signification? q<le la m~m e fau te exist.e dans le sens eont.r aire qu 8 nrl

grav e est omis surou adverbe? Il en est absolument de mGme pour a preposition et a verbe. Si l 'on omet les deux points sur les mots Moise, Isaie, Sa ul , Isra~l , Joel, .Jai:r, ces noms sont de£gures. Si !'on oublie la cedille sons le c des m ots rayon, tron <;on. ran c;on , ga.r r;o n , le~ on, ce3 ll1l)ts n'ont plus de sens.

Le mot mft; on s:.1m cedille ne designe plus nn onvrier, mais nne ville de France appelee l\Hcon. Dans ·cette phrase : j'ai visite les c6tes de F'rance et d'AnO'leterre, l::t cedilla placee par megarde sons le c du ~lOt c6te3, de vient injurieuse pour ces deux n at ions. Sane; accen t ci' conf!exe, les mots jeiine, mftr, sO.r, ont une toute autre significaliou . En effe.t, jeUne signifie abstiuenr~e; jeune signifie jeunesse; m'Ur signifie maturite; mur, mnraillt:: ; 1:1Cir, veul·. dire eertitu<le. snrete. acid_e, aigre : su r ~ ignifie aln surface, Ex: ecrire ~n r lr~ papter .

Enfin, si ron r.lit. a quelqu' un: leve-!oi mel.ti!l Pt v-a. prendre le fr ais, cela te fera, du bien. Cette expression est loin d' ~tre p olie. C'est to ut simplement l11i dire: leve-toi chien ! E 't supp: innnt l'aGt:ent circonfle xe fh · mot milth1, an. lien d'tm animal, le m~me mot n'indique plus que ia pmmiere p:wtie du jo ur.

Done l' omi, ~ i0ll et 1'•3ll1pl. ci a bux dPs signe.> orth 1 ~rr phiqnl•s f' rmt des faut.e:-J auso;i conf:lider:{ble.~.., qu e.

I n'importe q uel ln.rbarisme on solecism ~.

Georges aper ce vn.nt R obert lni dit: approche Robert, tu n 'es pns de trop ici. Tu arrives memc fort ~~ propos. :fifes mnis, rep ond Robert, je suis parfaitcment au courant de vo bre coaveraation. el; je vous felic.itc de VOUS OCCL1p C.1' de V03 etud e:> U.U lieu de bttl ivernes et de bil vesecs ou de qnelqne ch o"e de pire, comme on ]p f ait m alh eUi'eUS0111Cll t Cj l1elCJU P foiS pellCl:tnt Jea l'CC'l'C1 'accent

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.J e suis tout a fait de Ltv is de George;:. q u 'il rant p;·eferer Uil 111 rtltre serieux et soig neux jnsque dans l er< plus p.'Gib cl~t.ail s, parce que lcs jonn es o-ens qu 'il fo r mera devienchont a leu r tonr des homm~3 d'ordre cup <1bl cs et 1d;iles ala Societr . Tnnclis que lr ma~trc qui man q ne cl' orcl re c1 '6nergie et dr fc rm etr~ : c u i ,, f' ,," ' 1 l . ' .. co n ,enre r, a p .011 }1/'t!.> r e a p:1rt, de ~es ('I eves. n'en fera que des homm ·~s sttperfi ciel s. sinon clc3s lln llites qui f~ront triste fig~u·: dans le monclc. N'ebnt pro.:.:· pres ,a aucnn empl01, a cause de leur incapa.cite, on ne ponrra jamais leur confier rien d'impo r tant..

Combie.n ~e j e~mes gens. aujonrd'h ui, insou cian ts ·de let~r avemr, ~tud:en~ en amil,teu~:s, com me on dit vul gmrement, c es~-a-cln·e po~u· la ~orme, sans se donner bea:ucoup de peme. Ausst, apres Mre restes plus ou moms de temps sur les banes d\me maison cl 'in«truction, ?\.1 ils disent a voir sui vi des cours de c~ci ~ et de cela, _1ls en sortent ,_le p~us souv~nt avec un sim 'Jle vermfl des chos~s qu 1ls d1s~~1t <Won· apprises. Ils ne sont forts sur n en parce qu ·11 n'ontrieu approfond i.

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UO LLEGK JOURNAL.

Qf AmeriGan writers, the number of Catholics is so

s mnU nt> abl}O~t to be counted on our fingers, including the one or two who have attained to any thing gt eater Lhan a loea l reputation, or wllo reflectioll our religion a:ny app recia ble glory or esteem.

The remedy for this is, to a gt·~at extent., in the fmnds of our stud ents and graduates themselves, ol tho ;e ladies anct gentlemen who IH1Ve cultivated their nat uml endowm euts by a careful training and are now O;:tpaule of usi ng them to their honor :1nd profit. A more favor11b:e opportun ily thll u they havtl ever bad before i:! now olfered to them. It may be tha t in th<> pas t they hav~ not recei vcd the aid or encourageme nt from our Cat holic editors aud publishers which was. expec ted ; but we must remember tha t the latter were often so enguged in tue strugg lti to keep afloat themselves when receiving no nclequate SUJ ·port fiom their unsy mpatbizing- eo- t·~ l igim~i s ts, th at they were not able to aict those who wi;,h t o j o in them . Now, however, Catholics are begi nning to rl'a<l thetr o wn lit erature nnd encourage t,heir own writns; anti uncl er the impulse given at the late co11gre:'S, th ey wi ll con tin :.~e to do so in the future ev(• n with grenter zenl aud · energy. If this be the case. an<l !'nch it cert~in l y i ~, it is likely thnt our young writers sh:1l! have their chance: their labo r& will be in (Jt..onnd; their works wi ll be nppreciated; anct they may confirlently expect to receive tbe encou rnge ment they nlf!J t<quire . C:ttholic rrlitors, seei11 g the nt>cessity of training up as~istmJts anrl s uccessors, will not fail to hdp tllt>m to ~h!Jt. prominen ce in the literary worl d 11h ich they tun y merit.

Again, it may be th:• t in the pa,; t our you ng writers t hcmse lve~ have been clcficient i:-. the requisite qu alifcaHons, <'Sj)('Cial ly in thn t energy : nti laudable ambitio n without which there i~ posit ively no s uccess. It <'<'e:ns to us that nl!lny nf' t.1in'1 who are capable of diftinguish ing th• ·t' s ' vr~ in the paths of literature haY e not an nJequn.te i<le:1. of the nobility of the writer,' pro l'es:!i(m, or of tLe imtuense goo~l that can be accomplisheo in it. Tlwy do not know the benefi ts which tl e Catholic 'literateu t·, who is animated with the principles of his ho ly f;tith, can bestow on his fellow men in gen. ern I, and hi~ fellow Catholics in particular. Tiley do not know the powerful ann salutary Influence which he can e,x:ert in co•mterncti ng the trash that is daily and hourissuing from the press, ann in rai:;ing our curreut literature's tone and standar1l; or of the still more pnsiti ve influence in favor of Holy Mother Church, by defe nding her rights in making known her doctrin es. Why is it t L!a:t so mnfly nre gmping in the darkness of enor, ;tnd burdened witht.heir I< ati ofprejudice and misunderstandings? They are misled by the calumnies of the JOurnals aa d periu•:i )·tis of the day, and stand in need or the light an d assis tanc e which onr young '''l'iters cn 11 1

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easily il f!'Or«;l. These· are not a ll the motives which mig llt ·be adrluced, but they suffice to s'10w how noble is the Pnd the Catholic writer may propose to him· self.

This end, moreo ver, if ever k ept in v iew, will sng. gest a n importan t requisite for success-one whose dificiency bas been probably the cause of many a writer's shattered hopes nu d pitiable failures in the past. We mean the com mon sc n ~e, the lofty tone, and the honest s tmightforwnrct manner, or in a ' word, that earnest.ness which will a} ways win for nn auth or attention and respeet. Commo11 seuse in writing, as in eveything eltie, is the best preservative, a nd rule, and indi cation o f s nc· cess; yet it is ·the common fault of young aspirants to intellectual reuown to <l.im far to high, and, as it were to walk or ~tout on literary sti lts. This is a fault that is of't>n Requ ired e veu when undergoing the process of a c.>llegiate form ation; but nothin g r e1~ ders a composition so insipid or distastefu l, or so greatly di€qunlifies a writer for success.

As the Catholic R eview has recently 'said : " There is plenty of room for t !tosc who can write plainly and pmctically on the common things of this life, which rn ost of us hear aLoat but have not the time to see."

G. in Catholic Home.

b<; IENTIFIC NOTES. Acoording to the " Western Electrician," a New Jersey inve ntor thinks he has hit upon a me;,hed of esta. bllshing peace permanently upon the earth by means of electricity. H e does not propose to remodel human nature, but ex pects to make warfare so deadly that it will he sheer madness for one nation to 11ttack another According to his plan, warfare would result in the substantiA.} extermination of all who ventured to engag(' in it. The inventOJ: describes his ideas thus :. " In a word, my scheme is to produce artifieial lightning.

Thus for tile ex perim ents have been confined within n~ fi'OW limits, but with the of a small dynamo attached to my invention a slight shock can be produced, effective . enough t<) kill the flies in a t.went.y by t wenty room. I claim with the ust of powerful <lynamos, Ull der wy plan, a fl ash of lightning can he directed against an army a mile or more away and without injury t9 to the par ty operating the gun, scattering death and consternation among the troops. wi th powerful dy namos thousands of soldiers can be killed at a flash, and a number of flashes are enough to destroy an arm y.

It can be used at any timo except on rainy or damp d ays. If the effect of gi vi ng this discovery would be, as I hope ~o pn t ~. n 13nrl t0 war I should feel repaid , bu t I

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dread to thinkof deut.r ic it.y being usect in -;var und er LOC ALS. this pla n . Th e conseqneroecs wo ul rl be e normous. It means noth ing less tl.J a n the ex t e rmin n~ i•1n to tl ou op- 1890 .

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Investigations ofscient1s ts anti engineer,; corroborate · -La Gr ippe. · the sta teme nt t·ecently m a rle concerning tbe ~inking of - G us. got a box . the northern coast of Fnwce. Thu s belwc.::n Marseilles - Get the Douto r.

- E1·e nf P os t;e ri•y . and Lille a rlis tnnce o1 fiv e hundred fo rty miles-the sink ing am ounts t o ten inches a nnually. If this move-W ho will be til e ti rst.? ment con tinu es, thH nortbem part ( f F ; ance may in :t -How -abo ut the Pnnch Jim ? few cen turies b ecome submerged. It may here be men- Skati ng do ! Did Hu g h get cold ? tion erl ' r a t. • ff' the coast of St. Mnlo, in fine weather, -Ov e r two huntired boys e nroll ed . foss ilized trunks oftrees mav besee n a t thebottomofthe - n . 'Ar'' y o1 • si•·k ? T a ke three black pills." sea, innicating that. these part s we•e o nce ab.we water, Patient, "No Drwtor, I" m a vict,rrn,of the McGinty joke." ::\Ir. Franceeco Tosso a Venetian manufacturerofmir- H:o>Ty .T•>~l e s nud Alfonse nre ~; ith us ngain the rors ex hibited in the Champs de Mars, a statue that at- former has taken r eso~ utions to finish his m~als in the tracted much att~ntion fr om •be visitors. It represented r efectory.

Goothe's Marguerite standing b efore a mirror. Tbis lat- Soloist " What is the C horu s !''' ter gave by reflection the im age of Faust. The a rtifice -Quarte t -" Don't ]mow, let 's go off." Extent. was well concealed by th e sc n~pt o r , In reality it was - Tbree new Pickwit:ks. Thi s has refe ren ce to the Lot a duu ble ~t'ltue, but the figure of Faust was skillfully Junior d ep!!TtmenL obtained by means of the folds of Marguerite's robe.

- J:1y makes quite :1 Colone l,. he is good in auy Marguerite holds her arms in front of her, and these position. This is not a p fl id not ice. same arms form those of Faust, who holds them crossed - After ~eveml nn~uccessful attempts t o o btain behind his back. Fanst's face is carved in Marguerite's guns, we are plettsed to inform the cadet s that the gnr>s., back hoir, and the man's figur1:: is obtained, as before h:we 11t last been promise<l and w ill be, here in tim e fur s tated, by means of the folds of the woman'srobe. ·This tbe next drill. statue was of wood and nearly life size.

- '~re are pl ensed to see all tiJC prof,; ssors o n du ty La Nature a nd using thei r best e ffLJrt.s to pre pare their classes fu r t-he next term.

AGAssiz AssoCIATIOl'f· NoTES .

- Tlw re seeu1s to b e a g loollJ cast of lh e se niors H J<~l Th e Agassiz Association cordial !y invites the fac ul- t.he Pi<:ki nebrf hnve bee n go in g abou t Wi t h :i look <• f ty, a url the officers of' th e St.. Tho mal!, St. Patrick, ~t. sach1ess up on \.h ei r fnce~ . It is o wing to li te fJCt tlJ:tL C har les, and St. John Baptist soc ie ties to a ~s ist at th e th eir es teemecl prefect Bro. Cn>gfl n ltn s b ee n ill , 11' P exerc ises of their g rand meeting to held February bope to see Bro. Cregan l!Ol)ll e heeri ng th e boys lHJ d r emo v ing ti1ese lin e~ of suJT(,w from lh e ir hro w~.

9\.b. 1890.

Rev. Fr. Le ~ e lli e r·. who i ~ lw ew n to d! the fri e ud~ <•f T he following nrc !lmong th e ln tes t donations rethe college for hi 5 ma ny roct~ o f ki ~: cln es11, h:1~ agnin ce ived. prover1 that i.he ne w ye: or is to b e hnt :o rrpetitio n of the Rev. M. A. Dooling C. S. V . the g e nerous benefactor of the sc ien tific dt>p artment presented a $5.'00 bill with past one. H<: se n t Fr. l\Jnrs il e a ~p l e u did Missn lan d ·b ook stnnd. The b ook is r idoly ~ bo tJt Hi , in fine lea ther and best w ishes.

J a mes J. Conrlon of Bloomington is the <lonor of o rnnme nte(l with s ilv e t· ch sps. The s ta nd too, is a ren] many curious and ra re specime n ~, wme of which are work of a rt a nn when ~e~ n n pon t he a ltar th e precio us a large pi ece of turf e igh t by ten inches ; a ped estal stones far out shin e an y w e lt n ve p~ t see n. Fr. Letellier surmounted by a cross carver! from b og woor! ; lava has always b ee u a frieurl and b e nefactor of the instituJrom 't he celebraterl volca no Vesuvius; a cross artistic- tion and, knowing bim HS we J o, it would be useless to ally stnctden with p~eci o us sto ne ~; ~e veral fossils , try to fl atter him we simply sn y , Thanks.

-Any perso n desiring info r •oJ>oti on in regnrds to the quartz anti ·gn.lena. reso urces, (liabilities) und etc. o f th e LOJ•< · StRr S tate Mr. Fred Weslney ha nded ove r many beautiful she lls, th e ra rer ·ones being the following : Pearly ear can obtain same by cnlling u pon 1:-\olon Shingle E sq .. s hell, Volute, Winged shell, P a lndina, Auger shell, P a rlor 1. Poop Prom e narl e. ~ H a mmerton a n e millent Jivin g writer, in~ late Cowry, Chiton sqaar:r. os us, a star fi sh, rm cl a beautifully work upon F re nch ann English Soc iflty, SH)'S: '' A m on nted li mb of sea 1rre ct .

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pain will ever be reali4ed on .the shores of this life.

Only in the other life shall our "When'' be answered and our temporal miseries give way to eternal r est.

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How many playful ehildren rollicking youth and I On the nwrnii:J.g o£ Dec. 6th. '89 We h ad the pleasure men h ave an anxious "When" to propose for solution ? of opening the new chapel. TlJe occasion was the first · When says the restless boy shall it stop raining Friday of the month, which day is dedicated to the so that I may go out to play; or later in life when Sacred Hear t of Jesus. Solemn High Mass was sung sb.all I be through with my books and cease to live by Rev. M. J. Marsile C. S. V., assisted by E. 1 . uBder the continual gaze of an exacting teacher? Ri vard C. S. V. as deacon; Rev. F. Kirsh as Sub-D eaWhen, says the ambitious youth, shall I begin life con; and Mr. J obn Kelly as Master of Ceremonies. for myself aJid enjoy the independence tl ,at manhood Father Mar~ile who ~aw realized the plans which he brin gs? When, says the man of toil , way I hope for , h as had so long in view, was h appy to say the least; better clays aucl the prospect of an ear·ier life? and expressed his thankfulness to the old Students v"Vhen , says t he miser, shall my he art Lr satis :led in the bene£n.ctors and all the kind friends, who h ave so the coi1ten1p lation o£ its lu cre? ·when , says the poor generously aided in erecting this gl'eat monument to wretc.h languishing in a felons cell, shall I gain my the gl<jry of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the memfreedom ancl begin life anew? \Vhen ,says the con- ory of the saintly F ather Roy. All the students tlumptive, whom death has played with £or months, approached Holy Commun ion, after which Mass prowhen shnJl' I enter on my b::;t clay and bid my last ceedell. Pro£. Bourget, was n ot deficient in his mu sifn.rewel r' to fri end~ and cou ntry ? When , says the Op- cal selections. which added no little solemnity to the i 1rn.' ist, shall men ceasr. to deride thi s lovely wor:cl occ,asion . made £or ma.n 's enjoyment;'when pen.ce ancl content'!'he sun sh one brightly, its ray catching up the ment follow those who make life sweet by good gorgeous co lors ofthe beautitul windows, spread them lives; or says the P esi3imist >vhen shall men cease to be over the chapel with delightf ul effect. When we conwicked and when may we hope to see one good ·or sicler that in t hese windows is £ouncl every color known dis'i11 tere:>ted man ? Or S<tys the Miu is ;:;r o£ God when to the artist, we may h ave some idea o£ the beauties shall I have seen the last members of my fl ock in t.bey present. It was eight o'clock be!ore the impressive peac~ with God and his own soul? When, says the ceremonies terminated. At the end of mass the Blessed IVIatetialist shall men cc~ ase to be priest-ridden ancl bask S:•crament was exposed in thanksgiving for the in the true light of science? \ Vhen, says the man successhtl acco mplishment o£ this glorious even t. eonsisten t with himself and alive to the proofs o£ a Benedtetion of the Blessed Saerement was given at Higher being, so evident to all whoare not wilfully 8 p. n1. Father Rivard and Prof Anderegg, our disblind, when. says such a one, shall men cease to rave tinguished vocalists, rendered a beautiful duet, £olabout an omnipotent science and acknowledge the lowecl hv a select quartett.

God to whom they owe everything ? And oh! when , The event o£ the clay however was the Conge says the pure soul shall the h appy day of etemity given in the afternoon. Only a student can realize d twn upon me and the joy of the Lol'cl be mine ? the pleasures of a free clay, and Friday afternoon was · ·when, says the world ly one, shall I be content with all that could be desired, in fact more than could be what I have, or when shall these fleeting pleasures expected on the 6th of Dec. Altogether the day was a give me true delight ? memomble one. A great event was commemorated and Thus the world goes. Nothing here is satisfactory every on e was impressed in a way that will not soon or brings the pleasures we so earnestly wish for. Rich be fo rgotten. men lack healt.h without which life is pain ; poor men The Chapel is not yet completed. All the decoration sigh £or riches, and contentment is a stranger to all . is still'to be done, which when completed, will be one Whe1~, then may we expect to realize the boundl ess o£ the fin est, if not the very best Chapel in America. desires of our souls; when satiate ourselves in real joy;;; Let us hope that the generosity shown thus £ar, may that will never end, or when cease to suffer or behold not be lessened and that the day is n ear when our other's pain? Not here. No Fountain o£ P erpetual \ ch apel will be finished, and that it will be no lel:S Youth to keep us young: no pn.n :=tce::t to relieve a.ll hea.nt.ifol th un t.he ide::1l t.lw founders have in View. ......_

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EXCHANGES. ry m a tter of tbe JoURNAL if it wa~ not J.egillle.? \~e are . vVe h Hve rcceivrd S< •mc g ood Christmas number~<; sorry to see om· fri e nd h ~L \' C such a sore head. N1)'W !!00•1 OS to th l:11 l'llp)lC!ll'fWCf•, tltat we know you r W·e nk neEs we won 't tease you tmy The p ,-rl<l r Cl.romcle 8f1J>< Christmns number and . that mo re. Bye by e. ..i,s <:rl:>out. nll t.lie ~p··eia l H•>lid •tyl.less abo ut it. However The Y oung Cnllegian, :1 ~ picy li t tl e Monthl y co~•H)S iLi ~ 11. g-no cl issue :IIJd r~acb ble. t o us r<'gul nr ly from N<•w Orl en n~, La. The J :1tw a ry The Otcl li ns 1111 <·XCAII E> IIt Chl'istmas i~sue one that nutnb er contnin s a good skett:ll of Ar c hhi sliop Carroll dt·I C~ en·d it ~' '' ~'ri <',,to '··tLle Owl. Fo..t.bnll receives the hc~ ides poe ms :tnd nt lt<•r illt;~·rPsting m atter. m:osr nttet ttiJ:ifl, fur scil'lll~ the •Owl' of O t tawa nre gJ'P nt k ieh: l'l't< ·; foqtlhtll ki!'l_;:e rs <•f course. Some of t l1e LITERA.R Y N OTES. illmtnJ-t iOJIS :tre tn <•l'C prBCticnl than he;;utitlll, but nre '•Hoffma·1's Catholi c Directory" for 18)0 is the fif th ar nual CX re, si\•e t,f t\te prO IVP.SS Of tile men Of' 0 ~ t:-tWU as foot. edition of that publication. T :·ds ed t ~ : m i ~ rom piled with the great amount of information which may be received from ha lll-rs. The i ~sue o t the Owl for Nuv .- Dec. '89 was a it and t.he .extremely low price ::tt wh :c h it is sold. m .- tgn itl\: ien t is:- u o <le~igPerl to cumtllcmora~e tile Inau.

The ".Magazine of Poetry" wbir.h has...ttained such a wide gtlr · ti••n of Ot awa Utdversity. success among the literary people of the country is an excelSt.Juhn's University Jlecm·d has its Chri~tmas issue. "A lent periodical which contains sketehes .contributed by emi· Cli r i,t 111: s L :·J I' t Itt> uuly Christmas nrticle, is a some- nent writers in prose and verse. The biographies which ap· what l ~> J•g-hty po <> m. pear very often are accompanied by portraits of tb.e poets The F. wcllwm Monthly comes out gs usual with the or authors t::iscussed. The Magazine also gathers gems of p .; try from ilS <I 11 ttn .pvJ3rieS for rep ublication under the m ost C<>lllj) le te as we d as witll th e handsomest Huliday h eading "Single P oe m >.'' Besides the:-;e in each number is a numb er.

1ist of tl.l utterance of m a1 y poets on same subject of gene· Tl1e"(' are t lw pri liCipa l ChriHm~s uu 111 hers we recei vecl . ral intnest. The publication ::-Hrely deserves t'Je g1•eat suc'J hr N W . Cluo •i•· 'e t l,inks it •·a downright ~hame" to ceJ it has won in the past and we Lope that t his, as well as all other works of the kind, may stili continue to spread ml'i< lhe la.te Celltl,llt1i:tl <Jf \.Yashi11gton'ti In:lllgurntic•n around that p ure literature whicb is so uncommon ln this n~ tlr ~t l ' r• .- id• 'lll of tlt P U1tited Stat.<-lS. It snys alFO, '•It country. is a kn ow n f:tct th a t the last. nnmect ins titnt.ion(Ca.t.hvlic In the "Duel', between Mr. Gla dstone and .Mr. Blaine in Chmch) is not u , ly a n t:1gonistic to the principlt-s of our t!w January number of "The N0rth American Review," on blo,,d.Ju u;<IH lil ·e rty, but wo uld, if able, ctestroy this the subject of Fre<:> Tr adf~ vs. Protection, Mr. Gladstone's boon from heaven H lld 8ubs litute in its pl nce an inqui. argument on :Free Trade is a m odel of l ucidity and logical arrangemeHt . .Mr. Blaine's tactics in his r eply suggest those sition worse thau Ft·ar.ce ever witnessed ." We woul•l of the small boy who, finding an a dversary too strQngly )ike t.o kiiOW wh~·n France uad an iuquisition? If you entren '·h ·u f<.J ' •• Lt:· ck, puts his hands in his p:~cl>: t; ts , w .H.;. ref<·ri.o thcFrem:hRe,·ulu t io ll ,knowlhat it was Atheists tle8 ·tn 1 t':•u esa jig v, .Lit tl.l hope of briuging him out. rt whv perpetrated a ll the horrors of th:Lt awl'td l'e ' ·" and will be of interest to 3ee wlle th er .vir. Gladstone will indtJ.lge tllnt nil t '·.eir ffurts were directed agains t Catholi0s. To by mal,ing a sortie: ·,aJ if .•e cb ~ to witness what comes defenrl s nch butche rs is to put yourself on the side of of i ~. · i' a~ L1n · ."

"The Souverir Volttm ) of the, Cr.th ·li e congress," by l\ir. murde rers. To spe:tk ot the French inquisition is to w. H . Hughes is ahan·lsome WOlk containing full report o'f show your ign<irn11ce S<Jmeth!ng which thE~. ex. mao or the proceeding of the l~ i rst a merican Catholic Congre JS au d W • >~Jinn of the Ch,·onic In~ i•\ <Lb iAJIIl.lllce, l a~tly to com men . the centennial of the establishment of t he· C:?.tholic Church on the Cutl,olte Cllllrdt ns the Chronicle does is cr:.z:i· in the United ~tates. The speeches aud addresses delivered ne s~ well worthy of that ~b ee t. and tl;e papers r ead at tile congress, the s ormon preached at . \Ve l<>arn will! regret thnt St. Mary's Echo ha~ not the dedication the Washington University, t.he resp onses and addresses at tl1e banquet, the ora tions at the university, receiveci the JoURNAL r<>gulnl'ly. We ~ee to it tllat you and the Baltimore f estivit ies a re all reported in full. The are not rleprived of tha.t boon fur the future. volume is magnificent.ly illustrated by many portraits of the · T i- ArJelphian i~ very ill•1gic:Ll to say the leas t. lL Archbishops a r.d B L L<;l ~ <Jf tte United :::.ta tes, there is says of.U$ : .. There is no literary m:ttter" .. ,. further on one also of Pope Leo XIII. Besides the solid matter which it continues. ·•The 1 ri ntu lws blurred the must of this the worlr contains it deserves special credit for its elegance pnper so that it is positively unrenrlable." \Ve wondet· how and neatness. This book should be in the libra ry of every t he rwve!i,.t ot the Adeiphian <:oulrl judgP( ?) t.lw litern.· Catholic in the United States.

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