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A 1\fONG THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES, tanght in a co llege, there · is hardl y one that is of more senice to the stud ent, than a thorough knowledge of E locution. \ Vhether his position in afte r life l>e that of the physician, the lawyer, the mercanti le tnan, the church or state, he is certain to he called on to present his views, on some inipc;>rtan t topic. If his early training, as a speaker, h as heen neglected, he soon feels and deplores the time and opportunity which, he has wasted. No matte1; what ~ m an's occupatio11 may be, if he is able to ((Ome forth and propose his ideas in a clear, strong and dignified :. · l m anner, his superior merit is instantly conced ',, ~; I

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Hark to the vi ll age be ll so swee t., Hark to its cu i me turough the v illage street, Hear the echo o'er the prairie, Echoes ringing light a nd a.iry. At its caU thfl faithiu l muster, See til em round the church door eluster. .Like a brood beneath the hen's wingR Its gentlfl chim e the faithful brings. Down it looks upon the people From its station in the steeple; Seems to say "I a m the witness Of your sins and of your fitness."

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In its d uty never lagging, With ll zeal that is unflagging, In defio.nce swings its arm, At no season takes :.d arm. In the summer, spring, or fall , Naught can bush its eager call , Nor can Winter with its cold , .Make it eeas., its tale oft told . To its happy pea l I listen As a child they come to christen, Then it sings wit.h joyous clamor ln a meny ch iltlish manner. With a steady stroke, but louder, For a happy pair-no ne prouderTo the wedding calls tbe peopl e, Tllat old bell up in the steeple. Hark its solem n, solemn to lling Out upon the hushed air rolling. For a funeral 'tis ringing See the corpse to chur<;h they're bringing. For a child brought for bapt.ism , Then for Confirmation's chrism, When.for marriage, for a death, The oid bell rings in a b•·eath. What a p;;alm o f life it tells, In its e'et· repeating kne ll s! What a host. ofrecollections, Cometh with its loud intlections !

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Of late years soeiety has been m uel1 disturbed by the p;pringing up o f 1n any new au<i f:dse :se<;t::<, both religio us a nd philosophical. Among the latter, 1 thiuk there •i:; none whic h is mure d a ngerous than · that sect which uphol di! the iliOf;lCa l theory or Agnosticism . • But before euteriug upon the discussion · of tbis subj ec t let us understand well wl1at we a re to treat ·ut: Agnosticism holds that ma n d oes nut und 0an nut know t hat a personal God ex i,;ts. Let us see how mud1 their doctr i 11e is wortlt. First ol all, wha t u l 1j~ct do you s uppo~e tlH·y have in holding such a t heo ry? It i~ no thiug mure tl t:Lu this. 1£ they could fun1e t.he,llse,ve,; to be li e vi:' tlint God · is ~he " Unknowable," th ey woul d t!.!eu be free from a ll o bliga tions toward::; Hin1. Tll i,; ici their t easo 11 in trying to sustH.iu ~melt a d ue LnHe a'lld if you rdlec:t · for a m(•ment yu u will see huw fatal it wuuid be it' adopted by all meu. But let u:, see lww itl \Jgica l they a re. It · i ~ certain we d o not p o~se;;s a full ku uwledge uf th e iuti11ite, ete rna l lleiug, yet he is by 110 mea u:; uukuown tu us. By the very t\Lct tlm t · we c:t n distingui:;h between th e finite and idiuite, ~he euu dittUit e,l a ud and the aUS<J iute, we b.av_e sutlieient percel_)ti ull uf whal · tbe it1tiutL.e a ud absolute is. We predicate uf Uiu1 uwuy a ttributes, :nwh as eternity, absu lute s impiicity a nd . :;p1ritu:Llity, llllchangea bleness, urnnipoteuce aud nulimiteJ Wl;:,dutu, all of wllich we know tu l~t.: itwu111patible with the tiuile . But here tl)ey object, bec a u~e., tl1ey say th ,i t Lui::; i1i1plies Anthropomurphio;m; fu r it is :L LLr1butiJ1 g to Lh e iutiu ite the properties which we uur.,elve:; pus s es~. aHLl the in finite, if it exist, must be totally diffe·reut from th e fioite. But we rlo no t procee d iu tbis maullel'. We du not conceive God tube :.! nJ:l'll mi~ed tv the h igl1est grade of lwman perfection. !'he d·itl'er~ ucc between God and man is infinite. But, as whatever perfections arc fouud in the effee t must likewise be lo und in the cause, we a re forced to attribute tu Gvd th ose perfeetious wiliel,, though limited in man, may still exist witbuut auy illlperfection whatever; cousequeutly, t o God we attribute being, life, wisdom, will, boliuess a nd justice. BuL th ose perfections, we say, are in God unlimited and infinite, while in man tlley are. limited a nd fiuite. We rlo uu~ give to him a body , b ee ~Luse a body m nst necessarily · be limited, eomposed of ulflny parts subj l:'c t to change. The life we attribute w Gucl i;; a spiritnal life, which does not m anife~t itself in ~t suceession of acls, toT i11 God there can be no change, hut l-Ie possesses this life in one etemal infinite act. By one act, the sarne which coustitutes His iufiui·t e life, God con-templating

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past, present anrl future. He does not reason, for, tbongh the reasoning powers in mau are a great perf~tion, tbe previous iguonmce of tho,'le things to which we attain by re:~ onibg ueee:~oSarily implies imperti:lction. So ytm see we are very far frow ll~rving the reproach ofAntbropomorphism.. Again, wemny kumvG•11I through revelation. To rleny, tbal. God eoulfl re,·etll t.hing:s ~>~> m:1 n is prepo terou>~, becauaae if tnlfu may tlin ctly !RJlCh man, h ow·much more hkely is it that G()(i <..'lm directly teach m!m, God has giveu tbe the puwer t.o ... nu of imparting knowledge to nther men nnJ :o he himself ~lll·ely mnsL posseSll this po0111er in a more Pminent 1legrec. Io fact this is so plai n tbat it isndmitted hy all nntions, becau e there hns nev~r been a rt>ligion which has not. been !used upon a aupposerl intercoua e of Lhe Deity with man. But. here kt us glance at lheia· rlu<~l rine in nnoth~ r light. J..et u. reduct• their· tlteor.v. What have we? Nothing more t.lltl.n Atludsm. hec:w"e the dillrch holds tb.st wbat i& not vr Cllnnnt b•; h:nown ill an~· manner, i~ a& if it did not exil!t.. but. :tccurding to r.l~t.~ Agnostics G oli is . uch. ami thert'for ... i11" if 1{ ... WNP. not. or· in othea· wortls Gvfl tlues not. cx;.ist. Atlteism claims no more t.han t.hi~. Here tlwn we 11re to ,.flow the ab:mr<iity <•f holliing the Athds!ic 1loctrinc. In l.bP. Vt~I',V fit·st. pluce we lo&c nil respt~d for their IIIPory l>ee:luse it embodie~ sce pticism, th1~ mol!t un· r e-1 nu:tble the ruosl in anH ot all hbe prit.ciple;; of philosophy. One of Ute Agnosti c rlog~t1as is t hat we know notltinsr but. phenomena, or·, tllat it is only the Af>J.Je:trnnce.<~ of things we know, bnt of things then·.selves we h:tve 110 knowledgt>. Right her-e is whPre tlwy hegin f.t, he illo-gicnl, for while rlenying the cert.nint,r of kn o w. letlge, i~> prnft•!UII!s tP k·10~ the fllsi ty of ot he a· theoa· ie~. ll.-4 Wf'll liS to iJe l~>Sith· e nf its oWtt truthfulneSS. Sow let. us "e wlmt sort of a heiug: the le~uler of t.lre AJ;Znusti<:!', H erht~rt :::)l'ehe£>1\ describe:< as t lwir God . l\I r. Spetwer in his houk ~:~pc •k-s ol the ••absolute.'' He i•tl'isls "Litat it is tmf. pctsnnnl, nor self-exi!lting, nor inliu ite: still i\ i!! tbt! llltim!1te <'.ause, i~ o•11oiprt>sent, inflt-finite anti in ever~· rf' IJ"Ct. is gre:tter than c"m he 1x.ncein•rl ." From this it i:- E\\'ident tltl\t the Ahsolute Bei11g in l\I r. Spencer's opinion is nothing hut. 11.n absta·act, universal, indetermiuate being; that H.8 such i~ hns neither existencf', intelligence nor will, but that it. nuderli'ls the worlrl and is identifi£>d with it. Agniu he says it is tbt< cause which tmnseenrls our knowledge a.nd conception. So tbis 13 Mr. Herbert •' peneer's goti. But b<•W can be know bim l The great W&t o. f ~ttowledge, accorrliog to himself is es;perienoe. but here is a being wbich is above our oonooptlon, nne .. bieh transcends experience by un. 1 derlyifll it." nd sLill be has cen in knowledge that I il bi!iitg exists. W!Jat an absurdity and One . wb!ch

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is deduced from hi:. very own principles. But let prove to Mt·. Sper.cer and his fellow Agnostics tbnt G ud d&t>s exist, aurl may be known. First of all, if:" man be reasonable and ever reflects, he will search fur eau~<es of things nnd try and discover who nr what it wns tbat created such or such a thing. Here, my dear friend Agnostic, let me ask you who or wh'lt it -yvas that produced such admirnble order in t.he universe 1' Probably you have never bot\tered yourself with such a thought. Well it i better for you not to if yvu wi~h to continut in your unrc~onable belief that there is no God. But I will tell you who it wns a:1d prove to yon that my assertion i~ true. It was God. Cnu I prove it? Most certail:ly. The cause of such nn orrler could not be assigne•i to anything but nn intelligent being, also• this cnuse ought to be a being, outside the world anct independeut ot it. That thic; en use ought. to be an inlciligent being I prove ns follows . The cause of such an or·der ought to be that which is able to reduce such a eli versity, iudeed I may say contrariety of particulnr ends whkh exist in the world into a tot.al unity; but such a cause cannot be hut an intelligent being. l\Iany c" u:>t-s have Ji tferent nntmes and ditfe!·ent opcmtiOU!!, therefore the~· eoul d not concm i11to a total unity un less directed by some more general cnuse which would be the ultimate canse of the world. If this caus~ was not intelligent it cou ld not wisely distinguisbamoug the mnny natures and operations and combine 1hem into Lhe present admirable order; there fore this cause suould he intelligent. I have said t.his cause shoulrl be outside the wodrl and independent. I prove it in t.he following man ner. In the world, beings are coming into existence and perisuing daily, so that the world is p1-rpetually clt:wging, still the s~me ordet' remain,, therefore the cnu~re of this order ought, to be outstdc of and indepen. dent of it. If the cause of this orrler was in the world it ought to he some pat·ticular nature or all the natures taken togetiH~l'. If the first, its power would be proportionate to that Jtllture : nd the order would not be univer!'al. It the second, a.lrearly the ordet· would be tbe cause of itself, which is absurd, I say that it is absurd that. this ordH ;~honld pt•oduce itself. You may say that it might happen hy chance or blind necessity. Not by chance, my friend, for the order could not persevere on account of tbc perpetual resolution of atoms. Not from blind necessity on tlte othet· hand, for, that matter should produr.e an order from hlinrl necessity you suppose to be placed in ~very being, ' lementary, vegatati ve, sensitive and in tellectnal stt·engths anrl with the elementary strengths as a foundation, tbe others then will follow in their order, that is, vf\gatative, sensith•e lllld intellectual. This is absuro, for t.bosc things are already $upposed to <.>Xi!!t before tbe net ion of the beings / upon themselvf'~ or were aoduced from a diversified

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wh ieh a ll lll liY nt lenst o b tain t.he · ro dimen~ Man crluconcogrse of tlJC b e in gs. If t he fi rs t, th e o r<l e r is n ot cat io n. nn r.i ng w!tn t is k nown :lS the "Colo n ia.! E t·a" tlte exp lained from a etiviiy , but i t is 11lready s upp c•,;e<l t o schoo l h ous':l was u u ,tlly a log cabin <l r oppeJ d•>wn on be th er e. If the seco nd , then t h e Ol'd er is fro m c ha nce, an<l tl/e edge of a c len ri ng in t lte pine "'Ood . H e re wel'e t he nce co u ld no t perse vere. Ha.vin g p ro ve 11 th e n t o yo n nssem bl ed in C\lllfnsi.o n, gn wky <'UUIItry bumpk.in~, emtha t. Ute a dm irabl e ord e r of t he wo rld GOtilcl i10t h n1·P. bryo stn.tesnw u n. nd ro~y-ehet> k ec gi l'!s. At the opening b een bmn g ht a b o u t by c ha nce o r bl incl necess ity , a nd h a vin g shown t lta t th is b e ing ought t o b e in telli gent . of school in the mo r ning t he m:tsier r e1td n text i rnm the B illie and t h11S t he ron Li ne of tbe d: 1.v begnn. T his o uts id e of the wo rl rl and i nd e pe ncl e nt, the cau.se must 1earl ing wns nil t he religiott'i instr uction they receiv n ecessar il y b e G od. ed un ti l S und ay , whe 11 ni l we re n:,seml>lt>d tu the meelN o w, :1f cer hnving g iv e n thi s proof, w bi cb. is e ntirely in g .hotue f or :l. long SPnnon. A;,-I hu.ve explained the fro m r eason, I [)t'Oceed tv an oth P. r whi cb. is as eq na lly c oncl ns i ve in sl}l)wi ng tb e s he(·r no nse nse of the Ag nes tic . p ublic ~e i~ IJo l s of our fu rd:tt!ters, I will now de!>cencl to m o re mO.rl e l'll tin1es. J ,l pl:Lce of thtl o rigi 11 :tl ·h·•g-h onses d octrine. I men.n t he proo f ta ken fro m t be •· co m mo n we find th e ir p l:tees u~ ur ped .by mnj estie stone li'IICconsent of ma nkind. " T he fil s t pr inc ip le w hich I will t ur<'l', ·nnd o v e r t hP. doors i11 go lden lette rs is the lrgE>nrl a dvance is, th a t a pract iea l d ogma wh ich t h e who le h uman r a ce belie 1·es, is ce rta inly tru e, if in t he first •· P ub l ic Sehool. ., A flt· r t he · pu p i I lms , ntte ndecl thi~ seh uo l for a c e r tain le:lgLh ' IJ I ti me he grad 11 ·1te · · nfter rt place, t h e c o nse n t is r eally univ e r:>nl a ud eonst ant, an d if, in the seco n1 l p la ce, it we re o f s u c h unt_u re t ha t it fashi o n a 1!d i;; gra ntfH I I H' I 'l ll is~o ll to e11t!:'r the lliglt sehoul to fiui ~ h up. 1 say , g:·:td u:tle afte r a f•6hio11: Y es c o uld no t co me fr vm a ny so urce u f e rr o r . B ut I ho lrl a ft e r n. fit ,h il!ti~ ll ot a.-; i t ~ ho u l d IH~. Tl i!:',V m:ty have th:1t the d ogm11. c•f the ex istence o f G od is constan t a nrl un iversa l and cl ues not co me fro m a ny so tuce o f er ror, enoug h •·boo k le: li'I Jin g'' to mnkn t heir wity in t h ~ woricl b u t, :loS C:tt hol ies are l:t ll glll, thei r world ly w ell'a t·e h; ther efore i t is ee rta.inly trn e. In pro ving t ha t thi s d ogm a is univtrsa l we m ay re fe r t o th e t•:s tim o ny of thc coeva l no t h ing cu mp ·l!'erl to t he wclftre o f t hei r ~onls . S11<, h nn e ·lu cut io n i;: v e ry inc:r.lllplete. T J,c·.r le:we t he publ ic writers. L ook o ve r t he literature of any co un try y on c hoose and fi nd fvr m e tltt-.rtJi n write rs whom yo u may schoo l com !Ji etc ly ignora: 1r (>!'t he ir lt igher -d11 ty towa r d~ Go rl a nd tl•L·ir fl'l low-utell. 'J' Ilu,; th e,); gil o u t i11to the rely upon fo 1· tru t h , g la nce ov e r thei r wo rks nnd y o u wurl d, ne1·e r t.l1il. k ing t h:tt 1l1e r ~ is a d :1v o t t·(-· ekonin<r wi ll find that God is mentio ne d e it her directly or in. • <::> d irectly. Yo u will find that n ever was t here a nn.tit>n so whe 11 a )[ wil l l1e g :lti ll'red i11 Ll1e \'allt',Y ot' Jt.S"ph:tt to ex p in in tht: ir slwrlcolll; ng~. T he beauty of Cathu l ie d egra d ed as not t o a dmit of a god of some sort. As Pl utarch so admira b ly says: If yo u go thro ug h t he sc hot• l l'rl ueati()ll is t.lti:>-b~sid..:s acq n inHg ns !Illici t knowledge in t he ~:uuc pe r i<Jd :1s t hey wou ld at. t. l~~~ worlrl yo u wi ll find c it ies that hav e no wa ll~, literaturt>, puu li c r:;clluu l, t he pupils :dsu rccei 1·c :t tilUI'() Ug:l kllow kings, hom,es, ri e heF, but a city withou t t empl es and godt:, ledge of the Golly pri11eip :es whid t lli'.J l() l'Oildu, ·t no one has e v er seen . A ga in, C icero says, th at ne ,·er was there a nation so s :ow age whi c h had not some belief th em . l lt ro n ~ h li fe. Heligion r tl'lll~ Lhe ,;pil it :tt.<i RS-CIICC o f a ll true erlucclLi•J:•, sny~ :t11 Cl11tnent C:1t.h u:ie di v i ~~t·, in som e kind o f a god. F ro m t he op in io ns e Xi)ressed by and it. is tile wish or our llvly li'.itlll,r, PL>j)C Leo ·x 11 r, these two g reat write rs, a ud fro m t he be li efs ded uced t hat eYery parisb :;lHJU~rl li:tY..: a ;;ehoul 11rilere CatliuliL: fr o m the great books of a nt iqu ity , we see t he o ne great doc t r in e mirrored hn·t h, tha t God exists. children ma.y reL:eiv•: · itJstrHelidn in thl'ir ·religion . A~ · Wi t h these t wo proofs wh ic h I• lta ,-e give n I finis h, I said befurr, n Cathol i.· p:1re11L should value the s u uls of bi3 dlildren far 1110re t han to scud tllem to a Gudless ho1•inp,- I placed a rgu meuts e no uglt before..you to ;;bow that th e on e who defends Ag nosticis m, uph o lds one Of schoo l where Lhi:!y are in L'Oil::;t:lllL duHge t· 0f j(),iug their tait.h and siuking -iuto :t living death through illl ite m ost insane doctrines w hiel t it h:ts been mn.n's misfo rtune to inven t. fidelity. BeLLer a Catbolie ehild sll()uld never know uue word frum au•>Lhcr t h:t!J tu trus~ i Lself in :t plaee wh ere it i~ in danger of lu~ing its soul. Cat.holics at the present day Sel'lll to l i v 0 in u state of lethargy i'u reg>trd PUBLIC SCH OOL EDUCA TIO~ . to e <hlC :ltion. They slwuld be a wakened frunf this 11101•• J os. B. GALu:T. bid druwsiuess flnd lll:tde Lu unrlerstanrt thxt th~y must send their ,,;,iJdreu to .~eho<Jls wh~?re God · aucl Tt>ligion are primary and education auct uook-lore secondary In every country in the civilized world there are ubjeet::;, for Christil'lll teaching tells us there i-s somewhat is callect public-schools. 'ow wh:,t . ure p~blie thing highe r aull grander anrl more important. tbau a-11 sch ools? T hey are places of learning maintained at t.he other thiugs, .than even leaming, 1tud t.hat i Lhe aare of expense of the tate in which they arl:l ituated, by the oul.

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COLLJ;~GE

A.QUL'IAS.

'l'be Church never h:td a greater light, since the days of t.be Apostles, than the ·~Angelie Dootor,''St. Thomas Attuin:• . This illu trious ~int find Doctor was l•orn in the lt:·Han town of Aquino, in the year of our Lord 1227. His birth a11d mAuy circum t:mces of hi! life were ~ re- . ktlrl by a holy old hermit, who visited the family at the Cus1le of Aquino. H "' prophesied that the family would wish to make the youthful Thomas n Benedictine Mouk, in orrler to obtain ~ ession of the hrge • income of tbe monastt·y of Monte O..t..'lSino. But added the ~ionk. "G:-.d will provide otherwise, for he will become a brother of tllc Order of Prenchers." This prophesy proved true; but noLwithstanciing the waming of thl:l Mvnk young Thomas was persuaded to go to Monte Cussiuo, t.hen ruled by his uncle,'tbc Aubot Sinnebald, il being then, one of t he gre;~te~t seats of leam ing in Europe. It. was bopetl that he wonl<i f.in ally cast his tortune there by entering the Order of St Benedict. H·~ was kccordingly brought thither witllctuesolemnity, for in Lho e d nys, the c;.ilu intend ed for G·Jd in the religious :state was tiH·mally offered by his pare nts, who iu tho uame of the chilrl promised stability in his appointed state of life, and, adds one ofl1is biograplv~n•, Atchbiebop Yaughan, .. the recE>ption of a child in those days was almost as solemn as a profession in our own.' ' t. Thomas seemed speci~~lly fitt ed for the Ionastic state. He was naturally of a ru erlitnti n:l ternperment, spending hour together, as a child, in contemplation, 1<0 \hal all wondered at his power of thought nud hi::; lrolint' ~.!.:lis appe;H'<tnce gave Loken of gn·at go\·~rning powe111. L et us ug'iin lHv e the w1•nls of hi .; commE:>nl.:ttor; .. His 1nn.ssive he:ul hclokened strt>ngth. Hi s broact tt111lltllil hrHw, his jtlacid, rn editati,·e E>yes, produced the impr*l sion, not~~~ m11ch of q·tickness aw l vivacity 1 a ot brcnrlth ancl coHHnaurl. Though l1e soldum ~ voke, I when he did !tpenk he set hearts beating fnster, and often, whit t tllU ;; couverl!iug w it!! his comp:1nions. the I monk wonlct approach t.he little gathering lJy ~t.ealtb 1 t.o liswu to the 1m~cious wiodom of that extraot d inary chilli." He pursued his stu1lies with great ardor and it is said that his mind W33 continually occupied with one thought, What is God? And he frequently proposed the satne qnest.ion Lo his mns1.ers. After few y•:ars spent at Mon\e Ca..-<eino we next fiud Aquinas at. the University of Nsples where his quiet and sturlious life left little for tb~ bis\orian. Al:hougb having now completed a thorongh conrse at Monte CAsSino anct Naples, his superiors judged fit to plnce him under the celebrated AlbetLtt8 qn_tls 1fbo was then lecturing at Paris. Under

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tbe guidance of this gre.'\t man who was not only the greatest Theologian and P hilosopher of his day ,.but wns als~ a botanist, chemhst, 1\ geographer, a geologist and a mechanician tht g reat. mind oi T homas was daily, by the wis,)om and piety of t.his great master, receiving impressions that were never to be effaced. H ow well he improvr.d his opportunities we koow from the f.qct t hat the pupil ft~r ex,\elled his master. B ut o great was tile humility of Thomas and ~o eager was he to hide his learning that he deceived all and was called by his fel· lows "the great dumb ox.' How much he may have felt this treatment we know not; but it is certain thnt he bore with great patience until a little accident served to deceive the school MS to Thomas' talents. A v ery abstruse question had b een given the class, a solu tion of which the other members were una::,le to get. Whether in joke Ol' earnest, they handed t be paper to t,he you ng T hon.as and he wrote out a fu ll solu tion of the qu estion. The paper accide ntly fe ll into the hands of Alb ~ t· tus, who was greatly astonished by t he wisdo m of the answer. The next day he call ed Thom as to defend a thesi!;, which he did so well, t hat the master exclaimed: ••We cnll this young man a d umb ox, but so loud will be his bellowit?g in doctrine that it will resound throughout the whole world.'' In the y~ar 124X, Albert us :Magnus was ca lled to Col· ogne, where Thomas accompanied him and was appointeli assistant professor, though only twenty three years old. His great wisdom could not be hidden here, a.nd he soon gained that reputation which has since become worl<i-wide. He w::~s ordained priest a short time after. What need of further enumeration. This great saint anct e minent divine has received the encomium of the greatest men of every age. Pope Alexander IV referred to him as "a man emint>nl for his virtues afid the treMure of science with whi ch Goct enriched him." And our own sai ntly I<'atlJer LE:>o Xli i, speaking of the Angelic Doctor says: " With his spirit at once humble nu<i swift., hi s memory ready n.nct tenacious, his life spo!le"s throughout, a lover of truth for its own snke, richly endowerl with human and divine science, like the sun he hedted the world witll the ardor of his virtues an(! filled it with the splendor of his teaching." He did still more to show his great esteem of the Angelic Doctor, by urging all seminaries to make St. Thomas their standard in Theology anrl his wishes have been almost univer~ally cnrrierl out. \Vhat an example here for the men of our day, who, prou<i of the superficial knowledge tbey possess, woulti trample every opinion under foot, which agrees not with the conceptions of their shallow minds. How rarely is true humility found united with sound wisdom and how Jutile and impotent it thus becomes. What do we arlmire most in the life ol this great ~Rint, his boundless wisdom or hie deep

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humilit.Y? _We hardly know on .wh ich to !'pend our praioes. To ,his great gift of knowledge, cou ld be actdcd many p~rsonal attractions, whicll renrl ered him a charm. ing companion, yet this s e rv·~d not to fia.tter his vanity, for he worshipped not at that a lui r; in God he saw all p erfection and to Him he r encl ered all g lory. Here is the exa mpl e given to Christian youth, to purs ue his stncties with a two . fo\d ecd, viz.: For the g lory ot God anct the gootl of his fellow. men. The Chnrch gives due honor to her saints, ancl ~ h e ranks ~t. Thomas high in the Category. Pope Leo ltas appointed. b im the t:pecia l patron of Oatlw li c Schoo ls. His feast is celebrat.ed on March 7th. ·w hat a. good time for every _Catho li c sturlent to ask a bless ing from Gorl on his stud ies, through the it!tercesfion of St. Thomns, that with solid learning he may un ite trn e humility, nnct be thus enabled to ell> G od ' s work with f1 true Christian spirit. .J. M. J.

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in peace, his exploits in war and his counEeJs .while at .. the lt ead of the infant Republic. All who l~eard Mr. Biss onette !wow with wh&t benuty he rendet,ed -hi s ora- ···· tion, how fully be e nt e.rerl into the spirit. ofthe piece and wlt~tt npp l:tuse his e loquence elicited ... The next number of the progrnn11n e, was a declamation . bs M~-·1cr John Coy le, who, after his appearance last Frtday night, m:ty be trul y reckoned as one of .the, most promis!ng e l<•cutioui st.s in the house. DtmiellVIcNf!mara next renrlered ' 'A l\Iodel Stump Speeelt" and proved, we cnn justly say, the principal attraction d the evening. His figures qf rhetoric and g raceful delivery werl>l ha ppily b le nded with hi s initpitnlJle hum o1·. Ro\.lncl after round of ap plnu:;e g reeted bi s frequeut allu:sion& to .col- . lege personages nnd when at lao.t hi s bpeech cnme ttJ au ettd It ,~ W<ti' v igo rou s ly (oJI<;Orecl. This little . pwgramtn~ bristling with patriotic nddre,::;e.s s, intcrspert~ed with music from piano, violin and orcfwstrl'l, re11dered .the eveni ng very enj"yab le, and fvrgeJ another link of that golden cha i11 of n1emury which will U11ite us 'LO our college d ay~ .

DoNNI<:LLY.

LOCALS. - Marc h ! - Count-(•fi ! Amidst the sol e mn and seldom varyi ng ron tine of a - Fir:;td!OOS<!! college course ever and a non a plea.sent day steals up- Take me t•n ! on us, a d:ty totally devoted to the cel ebrating of some -Ov er the pole ! illu strious event,,either of our Ct>uritry's hist.ory, or of a reljgious character. -- Ash~'Vedt1esda,y ! -- Lent ve ry soon ! February the twenty second, a da.v universally re-Did he g e t tlte gu 11S? vered . and enthusiasti cally celehrated over tl:te entire -- Reau '·Geo rge, tile 1-lu ti te r. " extent of this f:wored land, cam e with its bappy memor- "V\"at w:-.op' auyw:~y, Frnz er'?'' ies last Friday. The day btmgs the American back to -- Has ·a nother sen rch bt•<' u B1ndc ? the time dear to a ll, when Freedom burst tue links of a - How about .th:tt nng, E!lclie? foreign chain an.cl bid Liberty resume her long USLHJ•erl -The se::tt that he s:tt down ot.l, waR11't Lhere! place. Tbe happy worker of tlwse potent events was -Where Sam draws th e lit1e--in g~ometry <;Ins!', the one' whbse birthday was celebrated last Friday. We -The Orchestra retu nts its tbalTkS t.o R.,v. Preiiident . need not say mu ch abou t w·ashington; for almost a century his fame has i~creased while the most happy Marsile and Rev. K L. Rivard, fvr favors r eeeiven .. - A delicacy in the bird line found on our bil l. ofand prosperous land on the earth's surface, hrt,ils him as its founder, and ~ ixty.fi ve millions of people look upon f:-tre every flay , ' •Swa.llow:s." and reverence him as the father of his country. The - Rev. President l\'Inrsi le spent Thnrsda.y in Chicago~ day itself was anything but a desirable OJH' , the weather on H.oy Memoria l Oh:q:.iel business. --Rev. Father Qui tm vfOhebanse will lecture to the being tot.a ll,Y unfit fo; out rloor exercise. The evening entercaii1ment, however, rendered the day one not. easi- sturlents Mon<lny cve.n ing, March 4tb., on "Ireland." . ly forgo~ten, and proves, tbat amidst tlte study of the -- From the appearances of things at. the sitle of the sciences and languages, tender lessons of patrloti~m are honse, the college bas str~wk a (sand-) bank. t# freq uently : i ~stilled. The literary ann musi cal exer- •'O nr Dan" seems to strike the souncling chorcl of . cises wer· e opened. by a selection from the Colleae band. om·risible natt1.i·e hy his selections every ti.me~ . . 0 Frank .Dillon th'e n spoke with a clear a nd distinct voice, -- William Coffey was so delighted over bis promo~ "The Dec.laraiion of Independence." Peter Bissonette, · tion t<> the ~eniors that he wrote about it . for several whose name w'as next on the programme, took upon days afterwards. . . . . himself to eulogize .,Vashiugton, to po'iut'out his deeds -- That MiniQHtga.in : "S(I·Y, if absti1J~.1We · is tbe fa;st, ,. · ' . . ·. .. · . . '. · l

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T. YB.TEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. and the ·one wi.Jo fasts, the faster, are black pillsjastest?'' -The popular vote during ti.Je past fortnight I.Jas

beeo for ''more steam." Verily, winter is on u:> wit.b all fours. - •·Mac" cla.i ms Germanic aucestry, anrl in support thereof eats three "rounds" of cabbage every time it is on the tAble. - A chet:kt>r contest is on the ta,pis. The contestnnts will he D ;onysiu B rady . alias '·Ajeeb, ti.Je chechr .a utom aton," and ·•Ciwrley" Murtaugh. -The J oU RNAL Stnff, anrl the members of Co. H., Mahouy Light Guards, tha nk Rev. tFatht>r l\Iahooy fur his recen t substautinl remerr..brance. - P'rankie Woodwarct dil;clnims any arldictiou to the vi'e and obnoxirn1s vice of cignrP.tte-smoki ng. •· I haven't smoked sin<:e I was a litt.Je boy ." Actual fact! - Definite anangemeuts ba,·e beeu made nnrl the 20. h. Annu nl Commencement will t11ke plnee ou Mo r.clny, Ju·11e 24th., presided o\·er by His Grnce, Archbishop Feehau. - Uev. J. P. D.n·e ~pent. t he lart~r part of lns t week il; Chicago 011 ·•G uy M:wnering" bu~ine~s, making nrrnnge ments fo r S;Jme IJCW music , co~t um es and properti.,s. --Prof. bullivnn's string o rchcstm is HOW fully organize<l with the following merr.be rE>-: \Vm . McHugh , George Carlon, .John D ·Jsta l, Fran k l\Io ra.n, Flavian Duranlf'an, Frau!< Dillon, a n<l StPphen 1\l:ther. -Upo n inquiry we fi nd that tit e be:>t J.>erf.. rmers o n the t.ur·uing-pole in the !'erdor gymna1<i urn nre Mark \Vi~ernan, Chas. K nbcly, \Vm . l\lcCHrthy a ud Gordon Rei fl. -Milton .\hbPy, hy the wny not ,, lineal descemln11t of Lhe nothor of "PIII'Hdise Lost." i~ t it:king t he telPgr·nph iwtt·ume nt.. s..melime~, !tis profes:;ur assures u~, lw dne:<n'l ~n.r mpr·e than ten worrls to one ti<:k. - lh·gnniiPss of tl•e tiwl t.hnt ~>r esi<lent H arrison is to l•e itwuguratcd Ma rc·h 4th. Prof. •Jules Beaupre c onti ntu-ll! to delight a.udier.ces lty Iris ngilit,Y( ?) and grace(?) :rs premier gymnast,, a {a turning. pole. - J ohn O'Cr.l111ghn n r"placPs his hrotlwr J :une!' , more familinrly known :1s '· \Yceds," in our priflting !•ffice. .}(.bn is a hu"ller from a litttle town ju~t north of here <::llle<l Chicago. " W eeds" retires to the vil1:1ge of Danville. - Tlw l)ooling K11ight.s of the Swor<l indulged in au excursion to Chebanse, Ills., last Thursday and bact a mt>st. enjoyable time thanks, to Rev. Fr. Quinn, and M'e.~srs. Gro "• an•i Watson. An exten<led account will appear next issne. - Among the visitor's names whteh graced the vi itors 1 register during. the past fortnight \Vere: M. L' Abbe Ouimet. Pullman, Ill.; Rev. F. X. Chouin:m'l. 0. . V.1 Manteno, Ill. ; Mrs. :MStgnire, Chicago ;

Miss Moran, Chicago; .Mr. Carlon, Indian11polis; M.r. D ickinson, Wisconsin; Mes~rs. Cb.alifonx , Bourge:tult, an<l Moran, Chicago. - Rev. Father Beaudoin C. S. V. made a two weeks stay in Canada retm·ning last week. With him he brought .M11ster Joseph La.mane, brother of Viateur, who .will remain wit!J us. Father Marsile is delightect to have his little nephew wit.h him and the young gentleman is b~comiug a universal favorite. "Parlez-vous Anglais, Joe?" •'I ea.o't II OW, but I'm going to learn." - Se v.e ml studies which from oversight had been omittrd on the Bulletins and others which were lately introduced ha ve been inscribed on the list of the regular branches constituting the course. Among these nre Philosophy of History\ Pvlitical Economy, Physiology, Botany, !Iineralogy, Astronomy, Telegraphy, Stenogn1phy and Military Tactics. - ·There is ~ome tulk among .our townspeople of 'ls king the college authorities to establish a night. sc hool. It appears there would be a good number from the village and the country near around who would g ladly take advantage of such an oppqrtunity of re,·iewing branches which have been forgotten, and of lea ming others which are handy for ordinary business purposes. w·e say , "come in." "The more the merrier." - Mr. Gordon Bennet Reed, has proved himselfsuch an etncient R eed-er that be now belongs to t!-Jc sixtll re:\der. "Anct t-hereby hangs a tnle." Gordon's name -waa. left o ut last time ::~mong tl1e promotions and a long ectitorial appeared in the Baker City, Oregon, Bladder declaiming against the abuse. Now we will jus~ put our clean est b.,.m dkercbief down to save our trousers, and with benderl knee and humble mi en crave Gorrlon'~ pardon. It's the only way we can see to preserve our. ~e ln: ~ from a. career of ignominy and shame. - Last Wednesday evening, upon invita.tivn of the members of St. P atrick's society, the f<tculty and gue~ts :-~sse111 bled in thP, society's hall , to attend a lecture, •'Th e :-;tnge,'' gi veu by Prof. Dore. ThP. lecturer, very inter- . cst ing ly poin teJ o ut the origin of the stage, its growth and progress clown to the present time. The lives of mnny of our leading actors and actressess were beautifully depicted. He severely cr iticised many featm es which p!:rtain to certain parts of the stage; but strongly maintained that, where the st age is properly conducted and righ tly carrierl out, it becomes a g~.;eat moral educator of mankind. We regret that we cannot give the lecture •'in· toto;'' suffice it to say Lhat it was well deliv ered, in language and thought it was elegant, and listened to with the utmost attention. Speeches were lben delivered hy Rev. E. L. Hivard C. 8. V ., Rev. Bro. Cregan, C. S. V., Prof. Solon, Rev. A . D. Granger, Rev. P. A. Sullivan and Prot'. Lynch.

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BATTALION

CO~\IMISSIONS.

QUINQO INil'EfS.

Headquarters S. V. C. Battalion. (P. S. The letters of the Quinquinites will be r~gu March 2nd. 1889 larly pul.JiisheJ a~ rece,i ved. It is urg ent, however, that· Captain William Tynan is hereby appoinLed Ad- . !lS mLwll haste . as possib le. bEl taken iB sending , delin~ jutant, vice, Ricou resigned. quent C'Jmmuniut~tions·.-Puul ·wi lstaeh, Sectetar.y,) Major Louis Granclclmmp, Commanding. 3 140 Denrbom St. Acting Arljutant, . Chicago, Ills. Lir:ut. W. B. McCarthy. .Ft:b. 8th. ' 89.

* ** Heaclqu:ntr:rs S. V. C. B;Jtt::tlion. March 2 nd. 1889. Lieut. Lollis Fulley is hereby appointed Captain of Co. D., vice, Tynan,nssigned to other dutie~. Major Louis ~randchamp, Co mmanding. Acting Adjutant, Lieut. W~ B. McCarthy.

* ** Headqunrters S. V. C . Bn.tt::dion. Mard1 2nrl, 1889. C11ptain Robert Kerr is hereby nssigned to the clnties of Aide-de-camp on the Bv.ttalion Staff. Major Louis Grandchamp, C0m manding. Acting Arljutant, Lieut. W. B. McCarthy. ·llo

* * Headquarters S. V. C. Battalion. March 2nrl. 188!). Sergeant. George Dostal is ' hereby commissioned 1st. Lieuten~nt of Co. D., vice, Falley, p1;omoted. 1\'!Hjor Louis Grandchamp, Commanding. · Acting Acljut:lllt., Lieut. W. B. McCarthy .

HeQ,dquarters S. V. C. Battrdion. March 2nd. 1889. Lieutenant '\Vm. J. Shea is hereby commissioned lst. Lieutenant of Co. C., vice, Lamarre, deceased. Major Louis Grancicbamp, Commanding. Acting Adjutant, Lieut. W. B. McCttrtlly.

Dear Quinquinitee: . After a year's absence, again does it g iv e me plens·ure to respond LO the duty of our Society, .b ut still grea.tel' is my pleasure wbe11 I think of 1892. Since la:st parterl from you a ll, l have met with vari~ ous ditlh:nlties at tinH~i', and on th e ot.her hand, I have been quite prosper0;1s. 1 hav e been in Chica.go sinee I left College, anrl ba ve become so attacLe<l to th e busy City tlutt I expect to make it my h·; mefor some time. I ~rn at present e1uployed in tl1e ChicHgo Post-Otllee, as a. ranit-r; and I cau iJnt say it some times puts me in min<l of !So many of u3 boys wh<' ll 've were at cui lege; a large .crowcl, and e<1ch one has his own r.t'sk . I exp<~ct it will surprise y n u all, but it nevertheless musl bP told, and I (.e ll itt<, you with pleasurf>, that since last. we met I have been j'>in ecl into tlle houris of marriage. However I dvpt expect 1 am the first one of ou!· crowd that to(lli the step. Auiroated with th:tt se lf;>am e spirit, I can but hope we nre all Jll uni•y, and r,s anY.i<)llS to mPet, :·1s we were in 1887. Awaiting wiLh rt brvtht•rly lov e to hear from you all, I am as ever, y, ~ ur~ in Brotherho'ocl, W. J. Convey.

8t.. Yiatcur's Coll<'g<', · Fell. 22nd. 1889.

De[H' (-luinqninite Frienrls : As the l'<~volving yenr b:rs once more brought to us the month in which we are to hear from frieucls not ye~ forgotten , I will hum bly en: deavor to lulfill my cluty by writing you this shc.rt epistle. • jn priJ>cipio I will s:1y that I am yet witlfin these olcl college walls climbing the rough and rugged motmtain of Imowlerlge. C icero a nrl Horaee are feeling the pressure. of my thumbs which · espec.i ally operate on the lexicon pages. Calculus, my favorite,. has the pleasure of noticing its com,plicativns master!)d by a wi!li1~g hand, an,d Greek, that illustrious lang uage , is ashamed

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I mn5t not f:lil tp rpention tha t se\'eral m·e listening to my Pxp bnations. Amo ng these Ge(•mP:iry iii the mo:<.t di tii•!!u isberl . Now, my llf>nr Plrl coiiPge cltnm~, I wonl rl tell you uf rny sorrows anrl ple'l!'nre;:, nf my f.tilnre;; nnrl succe<;ses; but as .ron have t:1~trd the hitlers :1nd sweE>ts of college 1ife yourseh-eg, :1·n•l fl!•·ling t.h:tt I :1m <~cr.npyi ng tim e whic·h yon eon lrl more plC'asingly employ in re:1d in g the more wnrLhy letter:; of othf'r:>; I will t'lo~e. hopi ng that tbose thr~e long ye tro: yet. to pnss lH.. fore our n r:s:t ·mret.ing will quickly ~ J 'et'lhtw.q• , ~o tltat once more we ma~- s-it. t:.ide by ~ide ns-i11 the d ay>< of 'SG-'8 7. I nm, Y<Jur most hnmh ll' S<>f'iPty friPnd, S ltlluel S ·t indon . cill~<Stl..'l

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I llittoi~.

Ft->hrn-u·y 23rrl . ;--(9. De>nr

Q~tillCJI\inites;

Th e t1-me having ng ·lin _ prr~entc<l it~Pif when ottr do,jt,gs of the p ·tst yenr :ne m:Hlc kn•IWil to· P:~ch other, thrnnglt th:tt interesting n.n d zrirlrdy c·ire:~ hteri p·• ;wr. S t. Vialeur's Colleg-f> Juurn:d: I f•·d it m_1· ple '"ant dnty to \\Titc you itnt :;illlihr nwnner as 1 did n year Hg1•, with new,; 11f n very Iii-\<: ,-ltnr:te\t'r. I :1111 _inn pe . f· ·e~ ~t · tte of lwalllt. (:dWn_YS wn~); 11 111 y(·r:v ·clwl'l<y, -(I'm in :t hwy•·r's 'frl cc): nnd 11 prf>mi~ing t'nlure in tlw i<'_z t! -prnl··~;;ion is in t.lre ~tnrl' f11r me: flL le:~stll:opt·~n. li'in :hi .-enlllt11!1l ti<"::ti«ll I Wl're perlllitted to tl'!l •-f <olln·r lllPTJth··r~' :d'f:tirs] C• uld v.-ri:e "· l11H•k f'u'l c,f· it cich•ur~ . Lut. tl.i~ q ·· ::tlr bt·it•g- n >HiliC'n in:-; :rti· '111\'trt ns n·g;-~r<~s -nw ot:I\'. I will· ·lw ·n-nt\· ~t- <:ri:L a11 tl lt:~t · rll_rw-t· ito twP png•:~ "r l~ttPr l'''Jln. · I :w VI'!'_\' 'orry to, .,,. 1haL BrcJIItPr (;r;tng•·r hn~ ~~~· nd\·anl:•ge ovn nt .. , bntit.e:l :tiH•t he hcll'l'<l, m_re1npl(lyer floP not lu:lo11g to .the IP!!-i.,!nt.me H•1pit>g tltnt, wt-: ~hall all m t• t•t nt Olll' Alm·t i\ IatPr in 18\}i; and that _y{•u are all ,-e:·y ht>:d thy, l •rO~fH· r otl", :111d have all a wntchful t•yc npou som~' pret ty maiden fLil' a future cor.np:1uiun, ~- I'_Cf}lfl j I';

Yours Yerv Trttly <',

II. Harbonr.

COaL\H:Hci.\.L COUW:iE.

Fr~nk

lhkt>l', 83;G~o. Bonfield, 81; L. Bro•scau, ~8;

A. Bt·osse•u, ·'14; J.

B(w:up~e.,

79; W[lJ. Bradley, 81;

'ltiubattl Bt...dtey, 84; Oscar Bernard, 90;

Barvc·y

B !·aclen . 85; A. B rouillette, 86.; P. B oi svert, , 2; L. BnbiP, 86;8. Brenna n, 83; Charles B:nw1.rcl, 86; l\lilt.on -{\bbey , 70 ; H a.rr.v Al1lwy, 85; ,J Clone, 74; G<-!orge Cahill, 87; .Ja rn (>s Cnhill, 76; David Culliton, 7'"/; P. Charr ot;, 8-t;-John Coy II?, 89; E1lwnrri Crum ll?y , 77; Albe rt Clair, 87; Wm. Coffp,_r, 70; Frei1 Cm·lon, 89; Arthur Cyrier, '3; Wm. Cnnw:ty, 78 : J Donnelly, 79; Lon is Drolet., 8~; J oh n D <.•St!\1 , 93; Fr an k D illon, 81 ; .John D illon, 76; ·l£1mer Do w·n, 71; \Yarct Down, 70; George Dooley, 70; Phil. D{trche, 10; ·c. Erbbnn. 88; B ertie Elwess, 92; G-Po rge F'ortin, 84; Arthnr Fortin Sr., 83__; J ames Fri:w, 76; George Gra nger, 80; ,Joseph Gallet, 91; H. Guerney, 74 ; X. Giroux, 7-1; G eorge 1-Ioucl e, 7:2; H a rry ,Jon es, '70; O!t:lrles Kni sel~- . 77; An d rew KelT, 77; E1lward Kelly, 83 ; Matthew K opf, 80; P. K ee fe, 84; George Lehm an, BS; B l'nj ·1.min L ero ux, 7~:J. Ln.uzon,-81 :James Lenoux, 85; Frank 1\fo.orl_y, 8-l; J :t mes ;\Ielecrn an, 83; Stephen J\f:1her. n; A llen l\I:th er , 80; Frank )Iomn, 82; Alfreri :\I:trcotte, 81; X orn l i\hgnire, 76; '\Ym . Morea u, 8 1 ; Frnnk P er iolnt, 7'9 ; Sbeld nn P eck, 77; Berr.arct O'Connor, · 8 7; Wm. O'Co nnor, 70; Vintenr Rivm·d . 77; George Ri va rd, 90 ; A. Rivanl, 70 ; Arthur Riv:url, 87; Gordon R• •id, S:.>; Charles l{l)_y , 77·; John Roberts; 78; Justin Rieou, 8(); .1. Rmvbwl, ~0; Wm. R oskopf, :71; F. Ri clt "r•l. 77; ·wm. Shea, 91; D:1niel Shea, 82; ,J. Sheehan, 78; I J. So u lignE'_y, 70; T. Swigm an, 82; A . Tart, 72; Fr!:'rl. Westne,x-, '18; '\V. '\VI)Oil w:l.r<1, 8G; Fr:1llk Woo(lward,90. __,\- 11 :1vemges under 70 are not published.

TO READERS.

The 1\I:tre h nutnber <,f the Catholic. '\Vorld i:-; an L'Xt'C'l•ti onn ll y in tcrestit tg nutnbcr of' that gt<neral!y cxt·e lleut m:~gnzine.. As a proof that a gooct thing i:; _ ahYny~ nppreeiaterl, t-he writer may he allowed to hrie fl_r st:1tc Lh:tt when as usual he accosted one of his • philo,ophie friends to borrow hi :l Catholic ' Vorlll, the !:1\tN nt once c1cel:lrccl that it 'l"l"as so absor bin g , so full of intrrr::;ting- nnd useful i11form::tion, nnrl. that too, upon t.opies of the hour tltnt he could scarcely take his eyes from it~ pnges for the momeut, nnd nft.er eulogising singly :111<1 eloqu ent ly each of t.hc Hrticles, the adm iring n~nrler wound np with the· n•m:1rl! that he thou ght he wn•JI•~ get that nnruber frnme:d. The M arc h Catholic 'Vorlrl is beyond cloubt a fair Epecimen of what n Catbolic ~lag:lZine ought to be. I1'rom n li ~ern ry standpoint it claims high merit both forth~:! ref'i:-:erl tssk ::md well rlivcrstfied sty le dispbyed in i ts pnges, nud for its able crilicnl appreciations of current litemture. The managers of this perioclicnl cannot be to warmly congratulated upon their success , nor to strongly e n_

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courage<.! to make th e best ~al en t in the land tribntat·y to a vnper which is iutenclt~d to supply wilh intdle0 1,U · al instruction anct recrention s uch :t large ~~>nct iutdligent body ns tl:e Catholic r eacling public. On the oLllet· hand Catholic ren d ers sho ul d m:.111ifes1 :~n en lighte ned interest in their lil.er atLll'e a nrl pre~s. It is a fr1ct that the Cath oli c press is becoming every cl11y mo re and more a cred it t o itself a n(l to iti! r ea d ~:~ rs. It is safe to state that so fat· o ne of th e ev i J,; nwst to be deplored among:>t Catholics lias heeu thei r in(l iffe r~:~ n ce toward their literat nre and prl"ss. A hnd ab le interest in tbese, ho wever, ~wems t o have lwen awa k ened o f lflt() 11 nd there i~ r:o reason why it should not mature into the res ults which are naturally expec ted fr o nt C:1 tholic re'l.d ing, that is, l:;t., more ge nCi a l and solid informntion upon subJects of daily nnd ho urly clis emsio :1; 211d .• l'specii1Jly fot· the younger element., th e nequil'ing 0f a kn ow ledgP. of the immense wealth of Catholic liter at ure and the cultivating of a refine tnste in their rea(ling-a taste which wou ld mnke them cl es pise the trasuy sen!>a t.ional noYel of the day whieu proves the ruin of so many, even a mongst ou r own.... ..

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* Aspect of Monopoli e<>," In an article on the "Moral the reader is "t o ld that it is p racti cR Jly impossible l10Wn days to b e in nny way co n11ected wit,h Lhese organ izations without at least hdng g uilty, if not of a sin ngninst just.icP, nt len st of one, and gri evous too, against oharity. It is also helti that since the nuisance has ~e c ome general it is a fit :;ubject for na tioual l~>gi s lation. *••

"The Divorce Quest.ion'' is a timely and s tro ng a.rti· cle on that mnch vexecl subjP.Cit·. At a time whet) the states are moving toward the perfecting of its lnws on this matter Catholic voters should he well enlightened upon their dot.ies in t his regard.

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Our "honor bright'' Colonel Ingersoll is purs ued in another article b.1· o 1ie who catches him at eve·y hist( r. · ical tui·n in flagrante diUcto, garbling, misrepn·senting, o r coining stntements in orcler to doW!! Christiauity, the C hurch , tbe Pope;:, etc.

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Tbere is a bu1ltlance of 01 he r instructi ve a nd Jive matter which cannot fa il to inte res t a ny reader who is ~> usceptible o f lea r:1i!' g an(l is alive to tl1e l1e:mt.y of trrith anclretigion. Read '''\<Va nted -setlsati o nal !'H'eac hing;' ' " The Negt·vts and lnd'ian~."

BOOKS AND PERIODICALS. "Tariff Reform," "B~llot Reform" etc. a re to ha ve ·11. champion i n The People's Cause, a new monthl y whose ai m will be to educate the people on the s hor tco ming.

of politi c ians ou t hese qnestious. The thst iss11e contains plenty o f f11cts lltl<l fi g ure~ , more or less c,)llvinci·ng, ;,ud now Ll:at it begin s thus ·(~!w ly to p·rep~re · the peo!Jie i,1r '92, it nray succeed in co nverting m 1.uy to its beli (•f: Published nt 3'l0 Pe11rl St., New York, $1..00 per yea r. lVe1·ner' s Voice Magazi,le h:a.~ nu1cl e g 1·eat impt'•>''e men t8 in itl'! ma ke up. The rn at.ter in th e Fcbruat·y numhM is very int('l res ting, relatiug principally t•>voice culture and eloc~utionary training on the Del•arte system, of which the 1Wagazine is the ehiPf ~'Xponenl in this c•Htntry. The nwtter, a Jt.houg-11 t reating nn s twh a bstt·act sn hjects, is by no means d evo id of liter:rry merit. 1\l:tny practical que~tion.' are trea ted, p;lrtieulady stutlenng 111·hich is to h e cont.innecl in a future lltllnber. The Magazi1•e i.::; a power in it$ field a nd pn1clil:al tea<'hers wilt HIICI it of great aRsistanci:~ in e naloling. them Lo acquire 11 tnre· kn owle dg-e of th e human ' '"ice and the forCt>S whieh i ie h<•hinrl it., as wP. II a" the tru e seie,ce of developing t.hem . · Erlgar S. W e rn er . 28 Weti L i3 nJ. St., New Yutl<, $t.50 pet· annum. Th ere cnnlcl lw no more welcome vi.-itor to our sanctum th a ntlwA v'e ,~{rn·t:a . FillPrl with c h•)iC'e reac!ing tnfttler from Hhl e pens, it ha.s :dl t.hat can reeominen.<i it· to the Christin.n :1 nd Cat'holic. The Aue M ,ria Lias don e Jon~ yenrl' nf ~cn·ice inn brorHI \v:ty and we hoj1e that time will onlv le ud it l" trcngth to continue in the IIS(•ful splwre which i t now !'O Wt>l} adot·ns. The lncl,an Aduncate .i~ a hright sheet to be i ~s ued qur~rterly in order to pronwte the cause of the poor Inc1ian who hHs been so sadly rwgl>\cterl bJ the White ~lttn. This little pnf.ler 111akes a touching· nppeal to Cntholics a nrl all di~pos.-d t.o u~~ist HJ:!Iering hutuanity , to give whateve r help they enn t(J furthe.r this noble cause. Those who cannot gi\·p material aid, enn :tt lea~t . JWll..Y and Lhis is the thing p:vti~ul:u: ly sought for by the goocl mis!'i o nnries in tht~ lndinu Territory wlwre these Apostles of Chnrit.y are l:~hnring fur the soub of the neg lected Jndtan. 'While jJh.·atiin.g tl1e ludi:lu's cause · ~he pnper will give a ldstory of their progre"s t owat·cls civiliz11.tlon; their O<"cupation~, etc. Subscribers to the Advocate will enjoy mnny ~piritnal arlvn.ntn~ "!' . The pnpet· is pnhli s he•i hv He,·. Fathe1· lgnntius 0. S B. S:~ cr i~ d Heart Mission , Indian 'T enitory . 25 et~. }'er ye:n.

EXCHANGES.

A nd titill they come. This time ,the \Vrjtf,r. '!i.th m 0 r~ imagination than brnins and .\vith a total disrega.rd fo1· truth, a ppe11 rs i n t he Feb : nary 'ntim l>et; 'of theN.- W: CollPge Chronicle, of Naperv.ille Ills. The ~ritf'r attempts to portrny •·True Heroism ," and .in ~}n:t :ae fails completely' because telling wllat. ·; ti;i:ng: ijo't , i~ far from telling what it is. Now tnis article h '· n e.ith·e~

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. . t i: t1th, t~tcfs,.·noi· " l'iterary m erit to recommend it; wherein of Cl1rist, a mosaic of color." Speaking of :une arts the then can. it ciaint a place ii1 n public journa.l? Simp ly learned a utho r says: ''In cu!Li vating a t~ste for books, because it is a bigoterl libel on the Catholic Chll!'eh an d y ou are cultivating true re .; thetics. In cnltivating a taste will t ickle the ears of fanatics. The " Heroic Age," " Tl1e for good pict.ures, you :tre likewi se doing so. In preferGlorious Age of Cl ti V>tlry ," our wise man tells us, was ring M end elssot1 n's ·SJngs vV ith::mt . \Vords,' to the not nn age <if he ro ism. Men were g roping in the d ark' Carlotta Wal tz~~,' you are doing i t too . .}Estheti cs really iJes:; of iguor•tnce and wt•re therefore n o t the kind of means the calm a nd reawnable seek ing afte r things in m a t<:" ria l of wh ich hen ies arc generally mad e. Th ere was nr t, lit emtu,re and music. It does not mean straining no h erois m ::;hown by t he Crusaders, o r by th e indeft t- .afle r effec t-; it d oes not mean attit udiniziJJg and posing ignble miss io ua.rie<> wlto labored so st re nuously for the and wearing stru11g-e clothes just t o ap pear musical. All couven;ion -and civdiz"Lti•n of the P a.g·a ns of t.h e North. tha t is vulgar, f11r affectatio n and preten tion ar e always These me n were no t labor it•g for God or tor ltum:t~it.y. vulgar." Thu~c wl:o exclud e a ll t aste for tbe beautifnl , No, they we re on ly ou t for a mu sement. It rcma.i necl for those Phili ~t itws , dumb a like to th e good and true, the Prote:>taut Church wiLh its s:ti u t ly ( ?) foun<ier, r ecei ve their full shnre of criticism. What the writer Marlin Lntber, to pa 1·e Lll e way fvr cniiJ lt eroi sm. Now pleads for is morl eration, a perfect lo ve of all that is we h:we uur true heroes. They appear with thei r wives gr>od a nd bea u ti rul in natme ancl art; a love fo unded 011 lill <l falllily in th~:~ 111eeti ng ho use, to talk on some a tr ue knowled ge of what coustitutes the beautiful, a political fllbj·ect or to cr it ic ise ~o rn e fantous no ve l. Th en love d eb:trri ng all excess, which eve r ~bows a corr upted th ey are B: tpti ti l~, .Methodists o r wh:t tnot'!. Or t hey · t:~sle. That the writer does his work well, goes without ap pear i u the pu ulic s tree t wi Lh all Lhe noi sy i nstrume11 \,S say ing. His name is the ouly guurantee n ecessary. of a ll:tnd , a nd th"n are :-inlv :tt ion Army heroes, ' •working vVere we surpri:;ed, don't mention it. Reader, you f,H· Gorl a uJ hu111aniLy .'' Ye t a ll tlle::;e wi!l receive a que8tion us couceruing the renso n ot our surprise, we place a 11d get a heariug nud tlw Cat lt o li <.: Chu rch •\ ho nnswe r : the ~l i g ht nH~ ntal pertu bation a bove mentioned, :done h:is re ligio n :wd wltv :tloue In,; Go ll ~ i ~te••Cy in her was oeca~ioued by the manly tread of a small, but doctrines, wi ll not be a lluwd.l a wort! . b Llii s just? Hut sel f-<:onficlent visitor, who JJOt only souglit admission · ~ lty thi s apology. Ca11 the Church suffer fr om _ the . p_ro. tem., hut even asked t o be considered as a :ttt;~cks of a urainless ~c ri b bl er, who co u id n ut ma ke his s teaci y caller and a s pecia l friend. A few remarks from imul< in a mud ho le? Wu t.hink not. ~he :stands ou t n t'1e little one we nt to assu re us tbat be had a special li viug proo:· of the str<>11g vita lity that lies wiL I!i11 he r , claim to om fri e nd sh ip; we took h im in, sat him down whieli ne ither the lt at red of foes, tlw ty ntll ll Y of ki ngs, o n our -best sof:t, and now he is a welcome visitor and IH;r t he powers of he ll ll ·Lve been ab le LO sLla.t t•-n·. ~be lws lte ~!tall have a perm anen t pl:l.ce with m. Now we could a ~r u e tu iss iou to te.tch lll <tn his rluty a nd s he i)erl'orms have sa id th:1t St. jJiary's Echn, of St . .Mary's Scitool, it l~ftt· kss l y. In 0 11r l •dt isw e we were cu mpellerl t o Bloowingto n Ills., asked us to e x chan ge and .we did squ: • ~ h :. Ll11u g ltke t lt is. Yet weeds are hard to kill a nd :>o. Bu t the poor orphan, with a good , kind f ather, felt we tiud tt a t'rl~q u eut necess ity to :s buw these p eop le that. so lJ:tsb l'ul tha t we pitied him , atld so thE:se prelim. ei th er th t>y speak trolll pure m.:tlice :wd are t!Jcretorc i n:1.ries. 1mngi ne a littl e fellow of good parentage saying the worti\ ki11d -uf li a r:;, u t· th :Lt t.hey are so .igllonntt that .this: •·Olll' new clothes don't fit. well yet, and we d o tl1eir alt •~ mpt to wriLe nn arttch~ is nu act bord e ring on not fl'el entire ly at borne in tbem. The old dress we iusauity . Nt>w JolllliiY , to w!Jieh of th ese c. lnsses do you ln.id · a~ ide was fin more com for table, ragged and a bel1•llg? ljet some oue to cl;tssify j' ou, anct Lb en kt towing li ttle con r se, yet so clnd we r oamed the fields of imag-yo ur weak poi11t try to CIJrrect it. ination, uuLrawm elerl as a b ird , Eippi ng t he sweets o f Mr. MaHrice F . E;;:w's article:; in the Notre D ame many a flow er unob:served and plucking here a nd t here Sclw last•c 011 • · £-;theticism ·• are sotu eth i tl g very : n ter- t lt e fruit oi wisdom, un a ware of the cold stare of un . esting and c ertainly most ins tnwti ve. The writer shows E,Vrnpathetic strangers." Now ain't t h at just too lovely well , in hi~ able w:~y, the fulliet~ of the modern res thete, for anyth ing. D en!' little one .ron look splenriid in yon1· who instead of being a. real searcher aft.er beau t.y n.s his new suit and we ftrc sure you will be a good child, a n :~m e wo uld imply, g:ltJre t·s only tlie retnse vf true better youth a nd finally a powerful man, an d now by beauty ar.d sa tisfies his tas te in sick ly posings or as the virtue of the power inve<>t ed in us: of consoling youth , wt:iter so ha ppily puts it: •' fa ll ing into stai ned g lass we extAnd you our father ly blessing and every att.it.u des~" •·Culture," the au thor goes on to :;ay, "igwisli for pros perous lite and a compl ete SHCcess in your nOt·es mor; lity. To talk of mora ls in conn~=:ction with new venture. Ml 1s to place oneself :i.t o nce a mong the rabble. accordvVe further noLe among the visitors to our sanctuary : ing t~ the cultu red . To the culturBd the ~crip'tures are The Owl, College Message, The Delpldc, The RambleT , "b ea n til*tlpoem, but ilOtlling more; and the religion a nd others too numerous to m en tion. . ,~ --,~ . .

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Africa: "At the begiunipg of this centu~·y Africa was plunged in a death-like sleep. To-day it possesses Ji Pope L eo X III., has presented $10,000 to the new St. prefectures apostolic; ill vicariates apostolic; 12 Bishoprics, and 2 Archb ishoprics. In the north of the continent there Patrick's Church, in Rome. The Rev. T. Heslein, pastor of 8t. Michael's Church New are 497,000 Catholics; in the west, 1,026,000; in the south Orleans, has been chosen Bishop for the vacant See at and east 39,000. The islands in the Indian Ocean 'have 296,200 Catholic inhabitants, and those in the Atlantic 796 1 Natchez. The Pope has forwarded to .Monsignor Campbell, of the 000. This brings a total approaching three inUUons, which Scots' College, ·Rome, a. nu mber of His Holiness' Jnllil ee number, admirable in appeamnce, is iu reality heart · gifts, to be presented to tln Catholic Church of Scotland. bre<tking, for the population of the Dark Continent is They include rich chalice:; and handsome copes, chasubles, estimated at 206,UOO,OOU." Leo XIII. does a gre!l.t deal of wo·r k and takes very little and other ecclesiastical vestments to the value of $7,500. Very Rev. Fa ~her General Sorin, the venerable founder sleep. He ri ses at fi ve in summ er and six in winter. His of Notre Dame, celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday a few toilet occupies a half hour, after which be passes an hour weeks ago. The happy recurrence {)f this anniversary, in prayer aucl medit <ttion as a preparation for Mass, which he associated as it is with the jubilee year of the venerable says every day in one of tho private cLapels of t he Vatican. Superior, was an occasion that called forth t he sincere H e ofli ciates at tl1e alta r with exemplary devotion, and prayers of all, that health <md strength may lle given him t here is an exceed ing grace in all his moYeplentB, whether many years to come. in the s:.m etnary, in his garden, in his library, or wheu A F ransiscan mm has .i ust visited the U nited States to h olding a pulllie audience. At 8 o'clock tlte Pope takes hil:l collect from the convents of her Order a band of vol nnteer eafe au lait and a roll. Leo X IIl. is one of the most nnrses for the leper hospital of Wailuku in th o Sandwich abstemious of men, and t he elltire expenses of his table do Islands. \ \Then a few years ago the Franciscan nuns of not avera~\·e more tlnn $ 1.00 a day the whole year round. It Synwuse, N . Y ., were asked to supply nurses for the lepers must be remembered th:tt the P ope always takes his meals of 1'lalokai, the whole convent at once volunteered, and alone. t he matter .had to be decided by drawing lots. Th e P ope's bnclgt>t of h is income and expend itures du ring The memllers of the Apostleship of Prayer now number the ye11.r 1888, is said t >show these figures:-Frorn Peter's upwards of twenty millions. The Apostleship is m aking pence he reeeivecl £800,000; from interest of capita~ invested ver y rapid progress in the ·united States. In the first ten abroad, 20,000; mH.king a total income of 500,000 to which months of last year the Chi~f Director fo r the U nited States must be added about 80,000 reeeived during the jubilee. i33ued n early 9JO diplomas to new local centres in l'\2. The ordinary and extraorclinary .exp11nses of the Vatican dioceses, and in 30 l::ltates and Territories. In N ovembei: dming the year have been as follows: Alms given in Home, 4,000: alms given in Italy, .J,OOO; ordinary subsidies in there were upwards of 2,000 promoters iu the l::lta.tes. The Rt. 11-ev. J ohn Keane, rector of the new Catholic Italy, 3,000 ; ordinary subsid ies to the church in genenll, U niversity, in a letter to Vice-Rector Gaugan, da,ted Rome, G,OOO; sums for the Propaganda, 20,000; sams for missions, January 22nd., announces the endowment of another chair 40,000; administrative expenses, 40,000; maintenance of in the university by Judge O'Connor of San J ose, Cal. apostolic places, . 2U,OOO; expenses of public monumeuts, Bishop K eai1e also states that the endowment of three more 10,000 ; pay of the Cardinals, 80,000 maintenance of scholarships has lleen s:ocured, and that the P ope is preparing semin aries, 00.000; divers expenses. 100.000. The to t~! a brief in furtheran ce of the plans of the university and in expenditure is :JH0,700 which leaves a surplus of not Jess tha.n a quarter of a miLion sterliug. praise of America, her people, and her institutions. The latest news froDJ F .dl('T Da.mi en, " t' :e Apostle of Rev. James Cui·ley, the venerable J esuit, at present residing at Georgecown College, D. C., who celebrated the the Lepers,'' comes in · a letter from his !lssissLant, the g-olden jubilee of his ordination in 1883, is said to be the Rev. M. Conrardy, au r\ meTican pri est who went to oldest priest in America. F ather Curley was born October ~·ral okai some months agv, t <) <1 Ssist the sntrerer. Father 25th. 1796. In· l817 he went to Georgetown to enter the Conrardy addresses his letter to a gentleman in England, Society of .Jesus, a,nd subsequently became a great and declares that F<\ther p ,tm ien cannot li ve much longer; astronomer and a deeply learned physicist. that in all probabili ty he would be dead befor.e the letter From the cablegrams purporting to hail from Italy, oue reached England. A s h or ~ time ago the lepers uncl€-rtook would be led to beli eve that I talian cities are veritable to build a little ehurcll. Th ere was only one mason. and hotbeds of hatred of the H oly See and religion in generaL Father Da.micn, havi ng yet tlle·use of his hands, was the n ut tlle result of an election recently held at Ylilan, where only carpent<-'r. F ~tth e r Damien has, according to his the municipality directly asked all the beads of famili es in associate, seen the population of .Jfalokai renew itself three that city, to vote whether relig·ious teaching shonld 11gme in times, the average duration of a leper's life being about the programme of the pu bli c schools or not, with the s ~ ven years .•-\. t prespnt the inhabitants number 1,150. significant and crushing result that out of :27,f>l.) votes, "Regtllarly, every week," writes Father Conrardy, "a small stea;11er makes its appe<tntnee here arm ver y early in the 2.5,380 pronounced in favor of religious teaching. This result shows and lets us le<trn wit h more surety than ean any moming announces by the loud blowing of its whistle, that amount of editorials, Rom<m correspondence, etc., that , lepers have been landed. Then those who can, hurry to the shore. Often · we find our newcomers soaking wet. .N ow Italy at heart is as soundly Catholic as -ever. again begin the cries an d tears, for one sees here the (Church Progress.) Monsignor Fa.va, Bishop of Gren oble, durin g a discourse n~eetin g again of a hushand and h is wife, or a wife seeing delivered on the occasion of a tridunm in honor of Blessed a hnsband among them. sometimes a child seeing its father Peter Claver. t hus resumed the progress of Catholicity in or mother." CATHOLIC NOTES.

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