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EDITORIAL.

ALL OUR FRIENDS are invite<i to celebrate St. Viateur's .!)3y with us. Come for the soiree Oct. 20th.

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TH.ANKS TO the activity ofthe students as well as to the encouragement and incitement of the Professors, the several societies, literary, mn~icn.l , dramatic, atllletic or otherwise, are not only. organized, but already and regularly a.t their n~spective business. LifP., activity, progress, these are the laws of organized 'bocties fl.nd we

- want to see our societies not merely vegetate, but wax strong and achieve grea.t things in the ir h n m ble spheres. ·well ordered developement is everywhere interesting :wd beneficial, and nowhere more w than in the mine~

a nd heart, to say nothing of the ad vantages of a healthy phxsique. The purpose of our societies is to further evolve the physical and intellectual poss ibilities of our being", by taxing us individually more than our ordinary classes require.

* * * ONE PECULIARITY oft.he boys this year is that they

are not only willing, hut they !Lre anxious to be members, and aetive members too, of the societies, to share their udvantnges ItS well as their ex tra labor, ::mel vice versa.

It is always a mark of intelligent appreciation in a riew candidate when, of hi& own accord and without being drummed, he presents himself for admission into a society which can but benefit him.

"' * * THE CULTIVATION of histrionic art is, among

others, an excellent means of self improvement. And even if it he not practiced with a view to the stage profession, its actual benefits are manifold. It developes in a young man not only the external gr~ces of a correct and diseng11ged address, but also a facile and distinct pronunciation as well as a better sense and a more intelligent relish of the drnma itself.

THE DRAMA as one of the liberal arts, may be con­sidered a safe gauge of a people's rosthetic sense, that is, its sense of the beautiful, the ludicrous, the sublime, the passionate, am! in a word, the most expressive in langunge, be it prose or poetry. People may be looked upon as more or less cultured according a.s they have de vel oped a delica.te a.nd correct taste in things dram­atic and hg,ve become appreciative of the best plays on­ly. But !::efore one becomes susceptible of the refined eujoyment derived from the drama, bfv must previously ha ve acquired a certain knowledge of human nature, of the dark workings of human passions; he must be fairly famili ar with general hi5tory and he must moreover he sensible of the finer g races of sty le. The acquisition of all these requisites necessarily evolves the individu al :lnd refines him.

* * * TO US STU DENTS, seekers , after intellectual goods

the remarkable address of Rev. Father Agnew to the Chicago Library Association , comes with very particular interest. It leHves us with a higher irlea of our own pursuits, the acquirement of science, the unfolcting, in a word, of all the nobler faculties of man-attainments which are often underrated in this our age of "steel rails and railway steals."-"Let your existence,'' says the Rev. speaker," be a sou lfu l, mindful protest against the. materiali :~ect, sonll @Ss progress ot th~ ttge."

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SLAVERY-ITS-WAYS AND BY· WAYS.

Of all the ills thn,t humanity has fa llen heir to tllere se~ms non~ so utterly degrading to mao\; digni ty, so revolting to our sense of justice and fraternity, as the curse of servitude, S lavery. It is not unknown to us, ·u 11 fortu nat•!ly; we too. though Americ:tns, ba ve allowed this monster to JanJ on vu r shores nnd disgrace the :tn­nflls of our otherwise glorious history. The late war, ltowever, as yon all !mow, bas blotted it forever from

our midst. . . TI.J.e Slcwe1·y question is one of absorbtng mterest to

the student, of history and cannot fail to intercl't any one who claims to be well inform ed. To trace up, there­fore, the origin of t~is execrable institution, its pro­digious arowth and ramifyings amongst all nations

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even the most cultureCI, its effects upon soetety, 1ts aboli tion lJy the Catholic Church, cannot prove other­wise than most entertaining as well as instruct ive.

In the first place, admitting the authority of the­great St. Augustine on the origin of slavt:>ry we learn that it had not its cause in nature, as it was enoneous­ly supposed by many grave philosophers of ancient times and was held by many eminent modem thinkers, but that it bad its cause in sin, in malediction; that it was a scourge sent down by the Almighty just as war, pestilence, famine, and other misfortunes of the kind. This is wht~t the snge of Hippo says:- "Thus we do not fi11•l the worcl Slave in the Script ures before the clay when the just man, Noah, imposed it as a punishment to his guilty son; whence it follows that this word came from sin anrl not from nature."

In the second place if we look into the history of the Ancients we shall find that slavery reigneCI everywhere. Inf:wts were abandoned, the sick and the old neglected, in a worCI, barbarity and cruelty were carried to tho high­est degree, as they were sustainecl by the force of arms. In the census of Athens at one t.ime there were counted 20,000 citizens and 40,000 slaves. Pl>tto tells us that it was necessary that slaves should not be of the same country a11d that they shoul l1 differ as much a:, possible in manners and ways, because there were so ma.ny, that great c1·ils might he a.ppr~hendoct. At Rome, there number wa3 such that when at one time it was propos­ed that they should wear a distinctive dress, the prop­osition was rejected at once, through fear that if the slaves knew their number they might rebel and th ns endanger the safety of the republic. There were many masters who counted there lu ckless beasts of bm·den by hundreds; they considered it a high honor to have the greatest number. It is s::~.id that a certain woman had so m:tny, that on one accas ion she gave four hundred to her sou as a present.

Slav es were considered as brutes, and these they were condemned to replace. Masters bad the right of life o:r death over them; and this is the reason why there was so much blooclshecl, :o.o many of these poor, ignorant people were massacred like vile animals. It seemed even a pleasure for some of those cruel and undeserv­ing .masters to submit tbeir slaves to the most inhuman tortures. Just for their's and there friend's amusement very often rich masters obliged them at Rome, to fight the wild beasts of the Amphitheatre and to tnke pn.rt in suoh lJn.rbarous sports as often ns their masters desired to be amused. The thought is revolting: on one occasion four hundred of them were put to death, merely because one or some (,f them ha<l murdered their master and could not be discovered. I will not try to enumerate any more of those bloody horrors which took place in those times,. because it would be an endless and a sorry task; but I will say this, that their inhumanities are more attributa~le to lthe system of vio l,mce, outrage and con­tempt wbicb then obtained, than to the viciousness of the slave~ themselves. The same ' happened in our own Negro colonies. History but r epeats itself. Let us now, if you will, consider t.he abolition of slavery by the Catholic Clntrcb. It was no slight tas~, we shall see, in such a state of things, to n proot slavery, to re­organize families and society, and to give new life and courage to individuals. No one, lwwever, will doubt that the Church had the greatPst share in the aboliti on of slavery. Mr. Guizot him self, though a Protestant, ac­knowledges the telling influence of the Catholic Chur(·h against slavery. "No one doubts that she (that is tiHl Catholic Church ) struggled ebstin ately 3gninst the vices of the social state; for example, ngainst slavery." 'Ve see that it was so deeply rooted in the laws, ideat~ and interests, public and private, that it would not have been a wise thing to undert~ke its over. throw in one single blow. If mad attempts had been •nade in the beginning, chaos alone would have resnlterl, and it is more tbnn probable that if. successfu l attempts had been made towards their immediate li beration, the slaves themselves would have preferred to remain in the hands of thei r masters for a little time longer and receive t.heir food and raime.nt rather than go and jump at once into the wide and spacy bark of "Liberty" and for the present moment not have enough to sustain there lives. Because the first thing that, in this material world, men must and consequently will look for is the where­with to live. But liberty, though an inestim~1ble prerog­ative, .is however by itself O:Jiy a meagre substitute for brearlrmd butter. Even the most enthusiastic sans-culotte could not subsist on mere liber-te. Mor.eover in the case of these supposed newly enfranchised slaves, liberty might and no clonbt wonld prov~ dangerous where it at once surrendered into the ltands of such b\wgry

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an,cl untutored milli vns. W bon we exnmine the way~ 1

by>vhicll the Church brg:m the aboliLiou of Sl:wer.r, we shall see t lmt it was not. by sheclcl ing torren ts of bl ou aod mr<ki•1g of be[tu tifu l Europe a battle:fiekl; no 1

surely notl T here uou l cl not be a wuy bE'tter dwsen nn(l more su i tn.b le t o tlJe e ircumstaneee, t llnn the path of

reform s l1e opened at a v ery e :tdy d aJ.e. In this un-

< ~lertaki llg we can do no Jess th~tn admire her plan and system. It C'llllllOt be other wise, but . that her wise conduct in trenting this institution was di rected by ,God. Iastea.d of u~ ing tllC foree of arm~, so often resort­'ed to jas the panncea, the cure-a ll , of soc ial il ls, s!J_e

\used wha t is generally term ed thejorce of iclP.as . This • -'~!JP- applied for t he first time in desLroyirg "the errors

(,which opposed the me re impro ve me nts of the concl i L. ionf.

; in whie!J the slaves v ~·gPtnte rl. For o ne need not be ~;surpri sed a t fi •1~i i ng the most erroneous id eas regmT1-

~1ing "liberty, hum 11 ni ty an ti equ:dity,'' in full bloom at ·: the begining of tbe cbristi:1.n era. T o coml.Jztt the id e:ls

' then prevailing , by the force of' cJwist-ian ideas was wha t the cbu rc li first pro posed aurl executed.

Christianity then rises above p~1gn ni sm n.nrl cl ecl11rcs t ha t a ll me n arc equhi aml that they h:1 vc hut one s u­per ior, whn is God. In m:my of hi s pa~sngcs St. Pau l has s l10 wn rtlHi pwved that there c:.. n be no cl ifference

· ~ uetwren t he slave and t!J e freeman . \Ve see t!J a t Chris­

ft ianity was tlle first to sp read thro ughout the world ~th <>se great principles of eqna lity , and fratemity among

f thosewhohnrl,foralongtime, been .clragging a t th e ir !I ¥1ee t the he::~vy cbrti ll S oJ';;Iavrry ;joy and conte ntme n t fi ll­

eel t11e hearts of a !!, except the unworthy rna~ t.e rs. Truly , there was joy in the he:trts of those slaves when the bells (,f Chris taiu freed om echoer1 in the ir ears, t.bese

sweet sounrl ing words, "All me n are equal before t!Je t ribun al of Uod. " B ut. why thi~ rejoicing? What was t !Je <.::1 11 Se of that joy ? It ~Yas l>ccause the wr etched s laves had been so mnelt o u tr~.ged , ::wcl that JJOw, God's

1 \ (>\VB vmclc promi:oet1 t~1 em l!J:1t they could be happy ·too, just as their fe llow -men.

As ::;oon a,; Christinnit.y prevailed, th e sbves m ight i begin to say : "It is L,·ue tha t we a re u nfortunate; birth,

poverty, Ol' reverses of war have eonclernned ns to rui ~ ­

fvrtune; bu t at least we are acknowledged as me n and brethre11; bel wet:n u:; nnd ou r ma,.,t er there is a rec i p­

~ roci ty of ri g h ts and obi igations.'' Wlterens before C llris­t anity it lwd been all one-sided.

About these ti mf'S we find the Great Justin en­

\\ couragiug both shwes an<l mnsters, s:1ying to t he forn.­t er: "Y oa slla ll recei ve of t he L ord the reward of in ­l"' heritance; se rve ye the Lord C hri st," and to the latter : , "Masters do to yo ur serva n ts L!mt w hiull is jnst aml equal, knowing that you also have a Master in hea ven."

r T he church took it for !Jer first obj ect to repel a ll t he '' cruel treatments of s la v e~. Not lo n!r n.fccr the beO'innin O' ~ "-' 0 ~

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o£ Lhe fv urth r.e utury, \·rc see tb :1t th e wom[ln wllo

would l.Jeat her sl:t.vc so 11lL1 Cll :lS to cause her death wiLhin three cl~.ys was snhj f• d to many ye:n·s punish­

ment. At t l:e eoancil of Odr.~ns in 5±9. it wns decbrerl tll:1t if a sl:we who wns fonnrl g uilty cd' sonw erimr, sho nlrl t:!ke refuge in t he clwreh, he sl10\ll rl nd n :t.nrn t o h is master wit ho nt l1~w i ng bee !l promiscrl to be ld't uu lw_r rnetl . It i ll•~ m::ster, a fter h:tving t:lk i ~i1 the oa t h

of not injnring hi s sla\'1' , f hoult1 b re:1 k it, he wns at

once sepnratecl f 1·om th e commnnivn or tlte s:1CI'tclnen_is .

Somi a.Her h<J\vevc r we fin :1 Llu.t tb ~ sL!.Yes eomm,~n c ing tn enjoy more freed o m went beyond their li mi ts, H.n r1 th at the e ln;rch hnd t o p: 1t :1n enc1 to thi~ also. She h:td t o

make t he cond itions of the slaves :t little m ore se vere. Th<l.t they s ho uld be tl'<·)n.te cl r ightly w ns :dl the ehmclt wa.uLe(1 , ns she knew th~t she hn<l Lo procce<1 slowly Lo come t o the d es ired end.

Tbe prie.;ts and l.J isho ps were the first L0 giye tl:e

examph~ in not over-punisbing tile ~crvn uts o1 the ch urch. All these things were iu order to re place pnlili c for private Yenge:wce ancl by t ltis me:1ns to come not

on ly i:o the ameliorating of shvery, but. lo ils ~.b c, li tiou .

\Vh1m Chri stian i ty br1.cl spreacl eYery \\'h ere ami t:mglit its clog mas of eq wd i t.y , s lavery hcr;:1me n.n incons istency. H ence it must be abolished. T ltc hws of euurse were not in r~wor of its i mm~d iate dis3.ppe:ll' ilDCe, "but Chri ;; . tianity took hold of t !Je ideas nnd m~nners anl1 mould­eel. t!Jem into a. new an(1 different form; the fi rs t law::;

were soon super~act ecl by new oues more s:1 lu t.ary. The. eh urch did a ll she could to sustain t he l iberty of the l iberated. It is true, however, that those who btv1 jus t Lren fr cet1 clicl not know ;,o w to act t.hu p~ rt of freecl­mcn rwd that they so metim es eommittecl inr'liscret ions;

but this proceec:ecl from ignorance, and the church on this nccount clid not negleet to perfect wl!at she hntl undrrt:l ken. The wn.y in ·whi ch th e sl:tvcs Wl:!re freE-.cl, was this: they were bronght ill tlte churciJ es :m<1 t here made promises to he fnitlt fnl; nnd if ever a!'le n v:otnls

t!Jey b roke t hese holy promises they were remind ed of t!Je m u.ncl tbeJtby eQsily l.Jrougllt back to repentance .

The proteut.ion of the cilurch for tl1c s bvP~ w:1 s ~liCit

tl1at when they b:Jcl been once commcncled to lwr, neither they nor the ir ehild reu conlu be clepriverl of it. T he c lmreh ::llvvays protected tl1e wen k. Thus we ~ec by t!Jese proceed i11gs t he great zea l which slw n.l wn.ys hn c1 for the abol ition of slavery a nd the wise methot1 by which she und ertook to achiev e i t. Slle co no. idcrs it also

ns o ne of Lter grl'aLE'st works. C!Jateau tJrian~ notes that~~ certain olr1 priest, i 11 FrancC',

gnve !J imself up in servitn cle to a 1~ army, in ord('r to restore a busbam1 to his wife am1 a f;l.ther to l1is three chil<.1reu. W e find thn.t when tile R1rbari::ms came clown from tb<J North and mn.dl' so m:~ny d i ,-;n ~tron s d escent8 npon tbe l{ornnns the priests S{)lrl a ll th e ir prnpnrty to

-t..'ll.. v .u;u . .r., u 1~; D liU LLl_!;li .1£ J 0 lJRN AL,.

procure the liberty of the slaves. vVlwnevcr tlle C!lSbV­

ecl were in q nest ion their ·ze:~l and chnrity knew no

bounds. We learn also by a council held in the ye:trs 451 or 45G,

that some of t he ~ lergy wislled to procme t he liberty ot captives by including them t o run awn.y. But tl:Je t;ounci l checked this ancl saill tlint those who wished to ranwrn slaves should do so with theit own mouey.

Thus we sec that slavery was in the beginning; born of erime1 as the Scriptures ten.ub ; or arose from misfor­tune, poverty or defeat in war. 'IVe sre how it was uHi­versally pnwtieed by all anuient nations; hCiw clark and comfortless were the li ves of s lav es in Lllese tim es and how their first g leam of em<lncipation came from Cal"

vary Heights, . I have brieiiy shown you what has been the policy

of the church towards this iltstitution, and what the protection s l1e a t a ll times accorded tue poor slaves. By her diffusion of humane ideas people learned tore­spect the rights of their equals aucl it was throug h this powerful lever, or force of ideas, tbs.t she was enabled to remove one of the ehief obstaclei:> to man's happiness and to blot forever from the fac e of the earth what hnc1 been a sore stain on civili~ation.

H. Legris '88.

A TRIP FROU NEW YORlt TO QUEENSTOWN.

Queenstown, lreland, Sep. 1, 1887.

Dear Mr. Editor; As our ship moVed from the harbor ; the pnssengers in little g rottps oft1vos and three,, s tood around on deck waving their handkerchief at their friends on shore. This demonstration of Jr,rewell wus1

howevCJ', of s!Jort (htration; for in a few moments the clocks, shore and ftiends were fhst receding from view. "Out ofsigbt ontof m in d" is certainl y true of passengers on board n ship; for scatc()Jy have they said the 1:-i st

farewell >vben the af'ter scenes and sigi1ts of the outer harbor Cftptivates the eye anrl mind. So it w·as with us.

What d o you call this place ? vVhnt is that? 'IVb ere is the stattie of liberty? and the l ike q uestions tltat are being heard on all sides. The greatest ellthus iasm Heems to preyail. Still the eye becomes wearied ancl the miml L1ttig ned. Tllen the shoi·e ancl Lbe lets I; speck of hnd 0:1 every side \li.snppenrs entirely from om view1 we arc a lone city on the deep. Tbe green waves roll beneath our feet and tbe blue sky is calm over our heads. Night sett,les <10wn u po n the deep atHl at ten o'clock t lt e order is gi vcn f'or nll to tetire, and the great sen rocks tis to sleep. The following morning there is a sad news; the det:k is so strewn wit.h sic-k th:1.t one would imagine, wllen walking up and down, thn.t he was p:-~ssing througll the corridor of some lnrge

hospital in which the sick and the dying lie pl'Omis• cuously around. But the same evening told the diffe t'­ence, for those who were sick in the mornilltJ; wt-re qnite well in the evening, t hey were blit the tossed -victims of the sea, t l1e sickness of which is more easily fe lt tbn.n expressed. It is however intense; but generally of shod\ duration. It comes and goes quiclret' than any other siclmcss and catises ltiure ftnnoyance in a day than . an• 0ther sidmess could produce in a week.

But sea-siekness alone exceptcdl tbel'e seems to be a,

charm i11 every tbing at sea and one is delighted to see here and there some of t!Je inhabitants of the deep, Porcuses were the .first to salu te us; they spbslied the water on every sirle nrotmti the ship contencling V\·ith one anothet' fot tlte o:!Tal which il> thrown from the steamer. 'l'hey are many thc tisnnds in mi m her and are of con~ sic'lerable size rueasming in length abotit nine feet and proportionally stout. Tbey follow a ship to r several hotlrs but they nre entirely lwrin !Pss. "A whale, a;

whale!'; sot1nds thtough the deck , and the nwrting t o• wards the ptc>w indicates that the whnle is before us i still nothing is petceptible save at tlte fat di:~tance tl.!e sprouts of water whi tJ b now anrl then at tegulat in ter> vnls are sent t1p into the ait. :!3ut a few hours more and tbc largect monster o.f the sens is only a few yar ds di stnut; he I'n.ises hi s imlnense hen.rl and half hi s hngc body over the Water. He ptesents a fi· igbtf'u l spectacle to behold t'or the first time; n spet.ncle the sensation of' which will not sooti he forgotten. We were not fbrtun_ ate enongll to come near to any other1 bnt have see1! sevetal nt a di stance. One time we approached a n umbe t' not less than twelv e1 who were sporting With one n..1P other nnrl per' f<Jrm ing a ll kinrla of capers in the water.

Every thing at sea see111s very atti·Hcti ve fo r bere (~very thing ls novel. One is never tite\1 of looki ng en

the broad e:.'tp:wse of ocenn that stretcl1 es o ut :.;11 every' siJe. There is mu ch delight in watc l.ting the evet rest­es~ motions or the sea a nJ to behokl tltese huge waves

rise up nnd toll ovet' each other. These things alone; exclusive of the 111a11y aintl sei:nents on board, were sufficient to make o ur voyage pleasant, for pleasant in" deed i i11ust s:ty it wr,s. E1·e ry one was surpt·ised to­wards the enrl of tlle trip at bo~v qu ietly t he t i ine had passed aw.ay.

It w~s abo li t tYvo o;clock on t he afternoon of the eighth tlay's Sttil thAt the cry "hmrl; Janel !'' was heard all over the deck. All eyes were to the EHst looking at wl.tnt seemed to be a dark gr:•y clou<l far away on the verge of the horizon; it seemed to rise highm• the nearer we appro_.ched H, but n.fter th ree or fonr hours was en.sily perceived tbe reality to be a mountain. w·hen night cante ttpon us we 'vere still many miles from shore. Ht>re and there the light-houses changed the gloomy night to hrightness, lon g nnd lonelJ', nt least,

ST. VIATI!.:UR'S COLLEGE ,JUUHXAL.

n>ttst sa.y t.lh.tt nig Llt wns, n~ n o one co ul'd close tm eye in skcep so gr e:ilit wn:s t,Lte anxiety of all Lo 1'Cttcll land.

The morning's Ji g bt brought reli ef. lL lJroug l1t before our eyew the <;Cenerit-s o£ t he G reen I sle, . a wi ld ml(l tugged coast ca'ppP:d at a little dis tan ee from the wate r wi·th smn:ll green fiekls which are b~we and t l1ere tloLLcll wi.th wood~. V iewing these things with th e mornin g pviljgbt ODe is per[1\exed to know w!lelher the SeCIJCI'} is one or na lurc or a floating mir:1gc, OL' ot art, DJl' 1towhcre ·else o utsid e thi s Isln.ncl cn11 tbere be J'o un d s uch nntnr;.;l ~C (' J 't c ri< s . 1\ s l'hr• nH>rnmg hcc(Jmcs llri .~lltf: t· t lte d11ttht e~hiJ is e le: tt· r:r l ; th"t S(~_e t, c t:y is I JH./'t Ol · ;n·t : JL. is t rH l.' 1 i L i::; real! .... lkf'ure t lw !:i ll II

rose th at ~:>~tr~lC rrwm i ng 1ve were landed on tb(J shore at.

QueCt iStOWr\. T . L.

WHAT S HALL I H.EAD?

\Vhot sha ll it. be.? ngn.in I question my self 3S my ey e wanders from tbe li ttle "Following" in the upper lPft h:1.n.cl c.Of!Jf)l' of my ca~ e clown acro~s thP t hree sh elv es to the l:ig ''Unabridgell" in the lower right. And as my "Ye tn.kes t hi s j0UC11ey I would fttin drink in the con ten Ls of e v (~ry bouk it p·1sses. I almos t !eel tbe sam e feel­ing~, t llink the same thoug hts that a "Certa in Prof!'ssor" once confessed him self' to fee l and think when thus i11tent npon the sel(~<.:tion ot readi ng matter. Sh:ctll it b e olcl Quaker vV!t iLtier's "lbrefoo t Boy," t it at touching ' ·Ode to Young Americ.:n ," or, ns the g reen b t<.:!c presents it­self, ~hall it be a runnel m elodious descr iption from Pres­c<-,tt's Mexic.:o? Sball it be a pnssage from the Sketch Book, pere:hanr;e to cnl\ back the droll mystery sur­rounrliug I c:tbac1 Crnne, or o ld Rip's long nap in the Catski ll ? Slmll it be a simple hut mnsicn l stan z it from om own Longfvllow, sugge::;t ive ofHiawatiJn or fa ir Ev:lnge­li~e, or shn\1-slt:tl l it l.Je a few pan, g r·aphs from t!Je a­fores:tid "Certnin Profc&sor'~" volum e of lectures ? I am, I must confess, r eally in love with hi s delicate sen­timents, his simple lang unge, his delightf11l abrmdon. When I pick up his blue octavo I feel as though I were shakin g hands with a dear friend and as I throw one foot into the oppo~ i te cunir nncl cl esee nc! fl, fe w incbes farther down into my own, I indeed imagine myself tete-ct-M,te with an old chum. I think the r eason I ~'m so attached to the "Prof." and his lectures is because in them b.e t ells me so many things, express<·:s so mnny sentiments, descrihes so many emotions which 1 bnv e thought and felt so ofte n tllat i t is not he who is speak­ing but I reading my own mind ns in a mirror. His fre­q.nent parcllthesis, inserte d clauses, ftD<l continuous use of explanatory phrases, have altogcthM the f~tmiliority

of friend ly nudges, !tnd sig r~ lfic.:anL wiuks. Thc::>e also all rewind me of the e.utt clieLion o r o ld Dr. H olmes in his deli <: io li S pa lutuiJI e elm is at th e "l3 t·eal' r~r s L- ta lJi e." I <Jfteu wish tlmt tb e Breakfast t"hle were a reality; th nt I were a bo~Ll'<:lcr. 1 b eliev e I s!Jollld li 'J<~.; l() s iL lJcLwt::en tl1c "O I(l go tJLlPrll ::tn " an c1 " B enj :uu in .1:'"., wiLh Dr. Ttoltnes acro~s . The lan cllN,tly v\ro ttld tt oL make much (Jl1 nt y bn~aklit s t, I f<~ar, Ji.1l' l slwuld IJc; Si> eu Lircly t aken 11 p wiLI.J Lue a u t0e rat ';; pl e<.~s: ru L wiL Lic i;; t>t s :,r ,cl c:riti c:tl dis­

CLI,!>~ irJU S th :1t my coffee would ::;uo tJ IJ ecome pale a ur1 rn y l Jc:~l;;tcak coirl .

I ':~rd (m t,Jw di v n ' i(Jtt , ki 11 d re:~der. i'•H· 1 am " (Jt· .. n~ L

([Uit< · <lt>tl(' ll'itl t J,i s Pt ·u r·c·::<s <~t ·,- hill· 1 lmve a lit tle dir:­t?,t'!n bere I wn,nt yon Lo r ead, as m uch a, it pertains in a

certain d egree to our s 11 bj eet: "Some n~ader m a.y ask yon ' '\Vlmt.an: yo 11 r fltv o ritc ·

b ooks ?' R ead er , T fl.ll 8W Cr. 'what are yours?' I fyon wcl'e F<entenced to life-long impri sonment. nnd were hy some rel e nting to ucb npon t!10 spirit of you t· j urlge , a llo wed to se lec:t say ball a doze n books to arn u ~e yoH fo r l ife-wha,t v olum es would yon seleet? T llftt is a good w~y to seler-.t fa vorites, reme ntber, not, ns yon ·va ­luecl the pri vil ege, f tvurites of a. clay, but favori tes t l.wt would k eep tlt eir pbec t lm.,ug h the t ed ious homs o f. a prisoner' s life. M ake o ut the list for yo m self. D o not im agine I am g oin g to subm it m in e to your shrewd a n­alysis. Bless me ! 1'\' h'lt a fou ndation s uc.b a list wou ld make for a tb eory of character. I co nfess to :Shakes­peare and Cer van tes; after t.bese til e na mes that wo ul d make up the half dozen mig ht. pu!:<sibly surprise you ; for there are as strange whim .;; unrl vag:uies con nected with book tastes as wi th an y other tastes in t he worl cl. ''

Tb e e>1siest way to diviue a man 's chara.cter,as re­markcrl above, is to regard what LJUoks he is most nt­tachet1 to, we a ll, both small and g reat, b:.ve o m liwor­i ces. It ma.y b e all tue works of a partieular n uthor, or of a particular class of an ~hors, again it may be only one book. The m·an of one l>ook is m u<.: h to be dreatl ecl , n.ndlti story nn c1 biogra phy furui~ h us innum er :tble exam­ples thereo f. D emvstllcnes w~t'i suelt a Jerveut admit·er of T hu cidicles and l!is his tory had such n EtscilJatiun for t ht\ great Greek hi stori an th:rt lw re copied the work eio·h t times. In llis lea.sure mom ents V:1.nto drank in t he

0

sparkling wine con cealed in tile ce lbrs of Y irgil ' s versf:, and it wns only by his i ul'essn tJ t. cl<·votion t o the Lntin poet that be di scoverel1 its I,id llen treasu res. G ray offered incense a t S pen cer':> ::;hrinc, anc1 Colr ri rlgc poe t ical Deity was Collins. T he whole scc·.rct oi' the man of one book li es in t he fa r.t that be knows t.lt a t one bPok 'icell

7 and John son says - "Beware of .tl1e man w!,o

knows anything well. H e is a d tw gerons n.ntag onist." r. W .'SIJ

ST. VlATEUH '~ COLLfiXi-E JOURNAL.

L OCA LS.

- Dco G ra ti as. - S t. V ia te ur' ::; Dny. - Mus ic, plny s and s por ts. - "l' lense g i"e us a di me, fi fle <·n, o r t weu ty-fiv e

Ct\PLs," is J;ow heard 01 1 a ll s id es . - O lso n is now bothered by hi s ma ny fri enrls fo r a

' ' l> ill ia rd smil e." - TlH• llo} s n.re now l>t :s il y engngecl in r eh earsing

the p lay, practic i n~Jieces fo r t he b<tnrl a nd o rchest ra, fl.JJ( l <·ve ry Lhing in g ene ra l L> espe11ks ti J ~. t t he eeleb ra.­

tion of t his S t. Vi a t,e ur' s will ta r <cxccerl a ny previous

une i n t he line of ente t·ta.iu m ent. - The re is a [Jbn on foot to lMve a g ran(! m nsical

soiree o n Tha nksg iving e ve ni11 g , in w hic: lt a ll t be prom­

ine nt musi c ia ns among t he ·SLncl e> nts and ex-stud ents

will partiui pate . - H.cv. F ather D ooling went to Chi cag o last Tues<lay

t o m ee t Pres id en t ClcvP-land. But as F a t her Doolin r.r b

al way s eomlJin e" bu ::; in ess with pl eas ure an<l as he is

contin u a lly w o rk ing l!oth for the benefi t of t he Cvll ege, aml · o f the boy s, Lc r etnrned aceompain ed lay Mr. Tobin who has entered the N oviti a t e and Mi chael

Con lan a nd \Vi lli am D elaney who are a mong ihe M in­

im ~.

He r e ports himse lf greatly pleased with our great D emocmtic Pres id ent, who m he had tile hono r of m eet­

ing. - T he orches tra is now bus ily engaged in p racticing

n ew a irs for St. V ia t eu r's D ay. The o rchestra t hi s year still re t ai ns i ts ol<l repnta tion . It is trne i t has los t some

v ery good music ians, b u t then they are overbahn ced b y ne w b lood. Fro m the rchear!'lals we hav e heard , vve p red ict a su <; ccssful y e~ r for t he o r~.; ll estra a nd cor:g rat­

u late a ll t!J e members upon the g ood beginni ng t hey ba ve mad e. Mr. E.tlgard B onrget w ill w ield t he baton fo r t he

coming y enr. - Last M on (lay , ,Joseph B iehm of L nb yet:t e, I nd , fo r­

m erly a member or t he S onio r d c:> p ~tr t m e nt, Cll tered t11 e Novil in. t e where he wjll affi li ate h im self with t l.1 e coJwre-o

gntion of S t. Viatc nl'. Y oung fri end, we wish y o u s uccess in purHti ng your pa th of li fe.

- Do not forget t o r e memlJ L' r t hat T hm s<lav eve­n iug Oct. 20 t lt is y our o nly cha11 ce to see "P i~arr (J ," the bmous fiv e-act t r:1ger'l y t o be rondered by t he Th es­pi a ns in t he <lrnmn.t. ic ba ll of t he college.

- T he r eli shers of F rench f'nn wi ll m iss a rare trent

b .Y neg lecting to hear ' 'L e So lll'cl. " - The Cercle Mo lie re is to b e cong ratu la ted u pon

its very jud icious se lecti on of a n Eng lish L o rd. - R ev. Fath<' r Dooling sang h ig h mass for the F orty

H o ur; ', DeYot ion a t ~h e l':wi.sh ~h urch last Su nday. - I he a ll ahsr)l'bmg to p1 c o t ~ he cl ny is, " \Vho fir ed

the fi re e rnekers ?"

- R e v. C. Pebord e sang hig h mass at M anteno las t S un day in t!Je a l1<>ence of Fathe r Cho uina rd, the regular pastor.

-On Oct . ~ Oi b, th c eve of St · Vi a.tcnr's D.1y , t he

Thesp ia ns w ill present the ce lebra ted tlve net dra ma,

Pi z <lJTO, anange<l by Pro f. J . A. Lyons. Already the com pany is fas t nea ring perfec: tion and by the <.l ay a p.

poin tccl wi ll be a b le to p resen t a s i;ectac le won dro us to b~hol cl . All Lhe fri e nd s of t he Coll ege are cordiall y in­vi ted to a lte nd t he enterta inments.

-On St. Viateur's e ve Oe t. 20, the Thespia ns oftlw.t

college will phce t he fi ve act tr:tgedy "Pizarro" on the l>Oard s. This is a rather heavy piece for amateurs, but

t hey promi~e an excellent enterta inment. K . ](. K . Democm t.

-The Orc heE' t.ra returns m nny th anks to R ev. Fa. t it er R ivard f~n· his g ener o us tren t on Sunday e ven ing

ln st. S ue!-: encouragement is a lways nppreciated by the ha rd- wor k i11 g mu sicians .

- Over 200 inv it ati ons we re 1'ent out h s t w eek to Jrie ncls a nd beuef:lCto rs of the Co llege to a.ttend the e n­

tertai nm ent a nd ''gala chy ,'' O.;t. 20th. and 2 1. We hope to see m a ny fri ends gathered a t the annual banqu et. -Direc tor S n1liv a.n of the Bonrbonna is Bnts::> Ba nr1,

went o v er to St. Geo1·ge with t he gentleme n lai' t ::-unda _y anCl fill ed the church wi t h their m e lodio us s tmi ns at

Hig h Mass. - F <tther Legri s whu hns b ee n in Chic:tgo for the p:-ts t

week seeking rest, return ed last Fri rlay. His fri e nrls here had a g ran d su ,·prise in w:1it ing for him-his room was

entirely re fu m is hell, a nd a ne w ca rpe L, en rta.in ~ , and pa in t nncl v arni sh in profu sion, a ll make hi s a p:ll' tments t he c o~ i est nne! most des ira bl e in t he hou se.

W ORDS OF WIS DO !U.

w ·c I'C[l l'Or1u ce t he fe w fo i] o.wing JinHS fr Om a n flrt iele

o f Ca rd inal G ib bo ns in t he North A me1·ican R evieu·, entit led : "Some Da ngers of A merica n Civ ilizatio n." Th e words of t he (l isti ng-ni sbccl Prelate bear directly o n Edu­cation, a t o pic most in teres ting to a ll o f u s, stucl ents of St . Viat~ur's College.

"\'Ve wan t our chi ldren to receive nn ed ucntion wh icll

wil l m ake them uot on ly le::nneu, b ut p ious men. W e want t hem to b e no t o n ly polis he Cl me m bers o f soc iety , bu t :1.ls<' consciencious C hristinns. \Ve desire for them a t raining t h:tt " ·· 1] form t he ir henrt , as well as expand t hei r mind . W f\ ·is h them to be n ot o11 Jy men of t he worl<l , bu t , above all , men of G od .

" A k no wledge of hist ory is m ost nse fn l and importa n t ful' t lH~ stnd e11t. He shonl d be a <;quai utcd with t he lives

I

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ST. VIA Tli:UfrS COLLEGE JOURKAL.

of those illustrious heroes thn.t founded empires- of those men nf genius thn.t enl igh Lenflcl the world by tlleir

wisdom and learning, nucl embelished it by tlleir works of a1·t.

"'But is it not more important to learn something of the Ring of Kings, who crea t.e rl all these kingrlomR, ancl

by whom kings reign? I s 'I t not more important to stndy that nncreated Wisclom bC'fore ~· hom a ll earthly wisciom is folly , n.ncl to admi~e the works of the Divine Artist

who piti11 ts the lily and who gilds the c loutls? "The rel igious and secular eciucation of cur ehildren

cannot 'be divorced from each other without inflicting a fatal wou11cl upoll the soul. The usual <.:onsequence of

su<.:h a separation is to paral ize the moral f:wulties all(l so fom ent a spirit of in•lifference in matters of faith. Eel uea.tion is to the sou l what food is to the ~octy. Tb~

milk with whi<.:h the infimt is nourished fit it.s mother's

brea:;t, feeds not only its head, but permeat.es at the same Lime the bea.rt and' ol her bodily 0rga us. 1>1 li k e manner the intelle<.:tun.l and moral gr01Yt h of our child­re n must go hancl in hn.nd; otherwise t heir cclucali on is

shrtli< w nne! fragmentary, un<l often pru\'CS a c urse in­stead o f a ulessing."

RIFLE SHOTS.

Upon the re::. igna tio :t of M trtin M:nrr:ty as First Sergeant of the 1\hr~ile Light Gmmb, P 1·ivn,te Thomas Normoyle wRs promo ted to that position.

The swords for the offic ers arrived la:;t Saturday. They are til e regu ln.tion swords used by the officers of the U nited State~ Army and n,re very pretty.

Lnst Sun<hy t.he M:trsile Light Guards marched to tbe wood s where t hey were put thro ug h the m n, uua l

and a few m:1r<.:hing movements. During the afteru oon the boys bn.d a tas te of camp life. Gnns stacked, sen ti­n els appointed and. every thing, in f:lCt re l::l.tive to eamp duty was prrform e cl. •'Rnnn ing the g uard" was then in order to<•, but these wid e-a wake wort hi es mari e such act s impor,sible. The boys returned a t s ix o'elock anci gave a short fa.ncy dr ill o n Sanasuck Sq uare a nd aft er ward s on

the College c:1.mpus. N ew g uns ~rrived last Tuesciay for Cornp:1.nies B.

a nd C . Not hing could be ni cer. Tbe uright sbining b arrels and po lbhed stocks look the height of beauty .

Company B. will hereaf~,~r b e kno wn as the Betnard Light Guards, name <.l a fter Rev. J. B. Bernnnl, the generous frie nd who has done so mu ch f.J r the int e rest

of the compa ny. Company C. like Co!llpany B. was m•.mcci afte r its

benef:w tor, Re v. G. L eg ris, a nd ·s no w kno wn as the

Legri · Lig h t. G na rds.

The military uniforms arri ved las t Monc1.ty. Iu np­pe:lmnee th ey gr~atly rPse uJbie th e sni ts the comp:.llly hurl t wo years :1go. T he ofl'ker:;' un ifor ms nre Lea.vi ly

trimme<l with gold and n.re mo:iels of ~h e ia ilor',; :trt .. R e v. F :tther Rivard has ueen e!Joscn :t.'i the e!w1)a in

anci Dr. Bel'geron a · timgcon o f t he Cu.det ~ .

The offi cers of Co m pnuy B. are .hm es .S:1 mson C:•p­t ain, Viate ur Lam arre lst . Li eu len:tnl., :u:d Dc1; is R i<.;U ll

2nd . L iC' utennnt. The LPg:r is Light Gnn.rcl s nrc eo m­,mn.nderl by the followiP!! young g~' n t l~ me n, 'Hir:nu

Lit'1gle C:tptain , E.lw:trd .:\Ic l\la llon l st. Lieutenan t , Fmneis i\lomn, 2nd. Licu tcn:mt.

A drnm corps will svon be formed to hc:1d the Cadets on a ll the ir parades.

'Faithful H:tJT.Y" is what h e is 110W e:11lcd , on ac­count of hi:; adm irable sentinel work.

CELEBRATIONS.

Septembe r 28i.h. , the fcn st of St. l\lieha el ArclwngP I,

w as t he lXttronn.l fe:1$t of our Re v. Prefect of rl iseiplin e, M. A .. Dooling. The stnclents celehr:tted it in a truly wo r thy

mn.nne r. On the e ve, a ll the b :>,ys bein~· a.ssemble,l in t he hn.ll an adJre~s was rea ct , where in the Re v. Fctth~r w:1s

tencier erl the tll ~tn lo u f thE- c >liege h0y s (or his ca.rn es t yet ki nd ly efforts in guid ing their eourh.J c{;. Af_ter this l1e was mn.de the recipi ent of se veral prc:;P.r:b, among others, a beautiful stole, as a token (l{' tlJ(~ 1 ·e s i;tccre nppreciati o n

of hi s soliciturle for t hem. The H e v. Fn.Lhc r tlln.nked them in retnrn, assuring tb em t hnt his gre:1tcs t plen.snrc in life is tl1n.t of witness iug the adva nce in moral per­

fection, as well ns in that of the mind. Uc was surprisetl heyourl express ion, wit.h t he gr:1.n<l rece plion they had

te nde rerl him, n. nrl wou ld fee l only the more cncour:J g ­ed to continue in the lnho r be w:1s now eng:J gc rl iu-thc t.raini ng of the ir conclnct. 'Vi llingly, i mleed, would he procure t hem a bolirl ay , and hoped they wo n!rl s pend i t pleasan tly. After hi s ren·a ·k s we harl mn rt ia ln-.ns ic ii·urn the college bnncl, :mel tben hiecl oursclv E's t o res t. Tb c next day w as spent ple:l.~ n. n tly by nil , in th e vn,ri o us a t h­le ti c sports of t,h.::. sea:::nn. An rl so t he firsL mile p ost of our present ·e ho las t ic year has b ee1 1 p1sse(l ; for take heed , that stu rl en ts me:l.sure their j o ul'll ey by the fens ts

anrl g rand bo licl>lj'S t int occ ur by the w:1y. Thursd ay, th e 6 ib. inst., wns be the fifth nnnivet'sary

of the founding of the Nov iti a te of th e congrr gation of St. Via te ur, in tl• e State~ . To the V ery R e v. Cy rill e F'oumi er is du e t he honor o f thi s nobl e work. TI. e congregation has for obj ect the t eaching of you t h bo tlt morally, r e li gio usly and intellectwdly. Th fl it· muLto, " Suffer li t tl e ch ild re n to <.:om c un to m e," ta ken from the wonl ~ of Go<l himself, is o~te whi eh lJHtrs wit h iL a

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gran d significam:e. At prc::;ent the Amerknn Ol>c:dience d oes not number m~ny members, t here being thir ty-two Priests and Brotbet·::; in all; but there is every prospect t hey will increase rapidly in th e near future. The Obedi­ence Colltemplates tl1 e Jountling of a Novitiate near Chieago, and active t;t eps have a lready been taken in that directio n. At present they have c harge of the ca t.hedral school !'or boys, iu Ch icago, a nd Lhe insti tu ­t~o n here, which is pln.ct~d nntler the tutel:lge of St. V ia.teur, their p~1tro n . 1\Ia.y they in crease antl multi­ply a ntl su w t iJC seed o l' sou utl eh l'i s tia n tlu<:L rin u ilt t l1 u lic:~rl:; of yuntl t, i~ til\~ CcrVC'ItL wish •ll' Lli t•.il' pt~pil s .

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LThe memory of a g<>Ocl :tnd an able man, our cli sLin­guished professor and estimu.lole friend Daniel O'Corl­uell French, was pleasantly r ecalled to us lJy a bte u11mber of til e Ca.tholic lfome wllich containeJ tbe fo l­lo wing beautifu l lines from the professor's gracclnl pen.]

Tb~.t glimpse of green through the prison bars Looks bright to my weary eye,

And that sun-li t cloud is "a thing of j oy,'' As it S'lils in the Summer sky.

What e'en though that l ittle patch or green, Is bounded by prison walls,

Though 'tis but a vagrant g lea.m of sun On this house of woe that falls.

Yet the breeze of Summer that fans my check, Blows fresh and so wondrous free,

And here to my lonely cell it brings A message of joy to me.

" I come from the monntains cn.ppec1 with snow," Thus whispers the summ er breeze,

"1 have crossec1 the plains ::mel I have been Far out on the mighty seas.''

·'I've welcomed been on the harvest field , And I ' ve fhnn ed the sick man's brocv,

And sweet as the breath of Nature's God I've come to your prison now."

"I bring sweet perfume of land and sea, And thoughts of your earlier yem's,

When yon were nnseared by ·deadly sin , And your eyes were unused to tears .''

"Is there not strength in the ocean breeze, That blowcth so pure and free? ·

Is there not life in the monntain stream, That fl.owe th c1own to the sea.."

•'Then 0! <lash awa.y the m:tdd'ning c up, . 'Tis d eath to the heart and bmin,

Thr oug h Nature's god to God look up, And yo u dud! be a ntan again !

''You , w ill strive , you say; ol:t words of joy; Now haste I o'er lan'l <tnct sea,

And tltat message to tl1y di s tant fri ends, I will bear along with me."

S uch wns t he so ng that the breeze's s ur1 g As in throng lt t iJc lJ:crs t.lr.cy sto le,

J·' ,·onl ( :\l• .l i~ c;: lJJJ<: , :w<l I pray u[ lli•n , Thnt li P l1l e:<s it in wy ,;o ul.

BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.

Tbe OeLobcr issue of lJonrr hoe' & Ma,r;azine m ig· l1t be very appropriately sLylcd tlw :•Jnbi lee Jssnc,'' opening n ~ it rl ocs, with a fronti s-p iece of Pope Leo XIII, and being replete with articles rev iewing his li fe a nd hi s diplomati c achievments. Not even t he Mu se of Lbe great P ope i;; forgo tten ; and we are surprisecl at the versatili ty uf a mi1tJ g ivi.ng itself to th e lighter and exq uisite pleas­ures of poetry, amill Lhe perplex ity of C;wcs <ip cl burclcus wbich Llcvo lved on it for fu lly fifty y ears. Certain ly uo

gr eater ancl more interesting Lh eme co uld a t present torm t!J e s ubj ect lll<Lttcr of' a magaz ine, thnn Lh e life anrl work of; our g reat Pastor. The cliplomats ot rnor•'· pre­tentious ambition, lose their lu tre in tir e presence of t l!is great arlr itmtor of nations. ltHl y by cas ting his r ig hLs into th e common grab-b~g, bas lost one of the brightest nam es t0 the pn ges of ber history. That she

w:ty yE•t r epent, and prove herself worthy of t he forg ive­ness of her greatest mi:Jd, her truest heart, we prfty :lnd !..tope, e<;;hoing the scut iment ofCarclinal. Mann ing : "M<ty thi s uu ~pi(;iuus Jubilee for fifty yenrs of Pricstl10ocl <lmw the lwa!·ts of all nations and, ab\>Ve a ll nations, the hea rt of Italy to L eu X III, happily reigning with imperishable sway over the universal church of God."

Gaskell's JJ!Ia.9azine is a very inLere~:ting, anrl a t tlw same time, instructive periodical. Its every issue g iv es an aclec1 uate idea of the great progress the art of Pen- . mansbip is making among us . .Mon·ovcr interspereed as it is with short humorons articles, it reli eves the mon ­oLony of reg nLLr curves and sbfl.clecl lines thus combining bHppily enough amusements with instruction .

An article in the Catholi c W orld for Oct. attracts the special attention of those who have be<>n sturly ing the question of the rig ht of proptJrty and its origin.

The arLicle is thorough and convincing. The author ex­poses two extreme theories, that of Henry Gevrge, which br:tnds all privateownership in landas ini quitous,sinful robbery, piracy, and the root of all the distress of the poor; the other, w!J ieh hy rank ing the rights of ownership

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an1ong tl1e bigb natural right of o1an, thereby gu:n"!ln· teeing to bim vaet domnins, in tue l:-nmc wny, tbnt he i · guaranteed lbe cu Lorly of hi. chiltlren, s~eks to inlreuch the J:mdlord class of Ireland s~:>curcly in the citadel of naturnl right sgniust the pre.ccnt cum hi ned eit •rts of rcligion nnrl !'.tatc.smanl!hip to drive them out. Between these two extremes the true LliCory is lobe fountl, there is a right ot owomship in the cemmunity or stste, and the sbte i eorupetent to confer anrl d ues confer a r(:ai uwnor~hip on individu:ll!l. Tbis theory is s11;;tained hr sever.\! sections of tl11 ~ Comstitutinn of the Swte of ~ew Yvrk. To :1. ert that this right of ownership is al·qnire<l by merr ''occup:ll•{~y" or ''appropriation" or .,in<lu.stri­ou:~ activity" is to MSnme that the la1.<l i..; positively :111<i

rlistributi vdy free toe n•ry one. jn:;t as the light of day is. Hi11tory is evidenc1;! that nature originally gave the soil to mankind juiotl_y-not severally. Sue impo ed on them no di~·i:,.ion; but men themsel vcs found that the welfnre, not. t.bc necessity1 of civiliacJ lift), that econ­omy in the use of nature's gift11, n.ml thr pe~tce ancl prus­perity of tim mnjority required divi:;ion of property, ·~wrt they <liYidcd it. This deci;:;ion loundt•rl ou the t•re. ~·~pt.ive naluml bw, is what is c.nllcd th.·. lr.r' grnt~·!ull: It is the common exprcssinn of the cnlti \·n.ted reason 11f

t·iviliY.t-tl natious. Though unwritten as a furm o f statute, yet is it erubodicc:i in the fund:\!D!:'nt.al institutions of l·very na:ion nfgny sil\c or importau<'<'. ll. i;:; in C<•DS<' · •tm•m·t· of this law of nations that the ~~ate ha~ the tigbt of eminent r\umain; ns aiso, th:1.t bn<l hal'ill_! no title, from n .:-cte·e t. of heir;., l'-<Chcn!s to th<' p('(•pie.

The article islncid an•l convincing throu~'wut: :1n1l is has€H1 on the argttmt>nt of St. T hu1:t:IS1 :n1d in at"<'urrl with the Em·yclk·,\1 uf I.eo X Ill, su·ch rxpo~itio11;; of 'qHI'St inn!' of the hnur, ltl'f' badly necrl e<l. From thr pen (,f C:.ml.. Gibbons a. m:~sterly article appears in the j,;.

ue of the .. YortJ1 Allr''l'i('<nl ll'•'rie1t for 0f'toher, in which be l:tys b:~rl-! !lOme of the rll'ff'cts in (lllr politic:1l ·nnd 11ocinl in titut,ions. Thc!!e:ue: Murmonism an .l Di. ·'vOr<'r ;:m i m pcrfl'ct sy~t('m of pd u-cation' tlw rlos~-cra Lion of the Chri!lti 'm s:thh:tth) a ft .. llrlnlnnt h:d lot; :wr! the too rlilntury character of 011r actministmt.!on of justiee Tbe.se nre nil pr~· ven lQ exi.~t-, and are gran<! ddect.•. l{emediPS :ue not pn:>~rihed for nil , IDr :-orne s-eem too­.,-leep-S(':lood to admit of cure. 'V·~ c:m not but rejoicP thnt ::ouch an artiele, written in a >-pirit Q[ love for our

institution~ owl brc.a tbing t:>h::uity thl"(tllghout. will rench tlw ~t.ronger ruiudso{ our rtmding public, through t.I.Je mei\ittmoftbe _v,)rth AnwriNw 1.'-.Ticw.

The p,.,,('fiml OtaiiWtrtl' one of the Supp!rJo,·nf f,',l­

wrtfitmnl Sf'r•ie.s, 4~ a work with which all tcuehcr:o of Grammar sboul,l be well plea~ed. By a sptcm of ' JUC:s­\tons nod E'Xetchk, it pre.a('ot .... nn easy method to the pupil, of reducing to prneLice ru l•·s and prindples. whit•h in orrlinnr_y t••xt-hook« N'e. f(Jr tlic most p:n:,

too complicated for the youthful mind. Tt)U LlftPn in­deed, i it that the toil of a Grummnr cou1. · ~· i8 ~p nt iu Vllin, bcc.m ·e of the laek of a proper nmount. of excrcis~ and practic~ll es:empllfkttirm. We hope with the }<;dit.m· that the iufiuencc of the tcacllcr usiug a work of this kind, may ~erve to bring it also into tile hands of pupils· for their'::. hould he the benefit..

POIA ... OF liONOR. --·--· .. ~----

SE~ lOH DI<:l'.A HT:M E .. "T.

Tboma~ \Vhalcn ..... ......... .. . ... . .. nold h·c1nl. For conduct and polit.e1tess. Eqllall~ deservect by George ::>o1nnclly . Sulm Srmth,

1\lnrtin Mnrray, E•l. H:1rtwell, \'"illiam Cle:1ry, Thom:1~ Maloney, Frank Moore, Hemy Ol~on, I L L<•gris, Chn~. lhiL Pnul \Vilstacb, James Dor cy, George Biehm, ,Tames Clc:try.

D1 TI:-<Gt.:ISHEn-Ht>nry lh•nnelly, Dan l\ l cNnm:Hll, Angust Frnzer, "'illiam Power::, Lewis nranclekllnp, Anselm O'Ca.llahan, Ch:u·lcs Canol!.

JU~IOR OEP.ART:\IE~T.

Lonis Fuss<.' ..................... . , . <~oltl l\lc•la!. l<'f)r cv!Hluct and polit.cnP~s.

Eqnnlly tlc~erve•t by F. Dillon,S. J\I::ll.J0r, ""m. Co1fcy, Lewis Fus::.o:•, Edward J\e!IPy. Lewis F:tll<·y. DI~TJNtit"ISllED-V. Cyrier, \Ym. RP:H: b, Geo. l'II<·CanP, L L<·gris, F. Howard, J\L Fortin, T. fl'Kef'li-, \\'m. ;\lc­l'~trtll)\ A. Kerr, ... J. Cox, J. S:.lllll''-i.Jll, \\-w. :-:-h~·a.

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G ,!fl Mecl:"\1 for Conduct :tlHI ~)olit{)ness <>qnally clc­

serv~d t~y Patrick 1\lor[ln. BPrtic Alw(,S, .:\I!lnricc O'Conn nr. Louis Jlrolet, Hul•ert Kt>lT, Phi lippe· Fn··­chettl-l, \Villi:1m l.ki:lnry.-Drn"11 hy B·• rtit• , \lwes.

Oislingni~hecl.-Jnme'3 "\Ic:l\bh:w, Hc ~rwml O 'Connor, Hirnm Lingle, Armand Grnngcr, Mieharl i\Iora11, Ar­tlmr Cyri<'r, A !fred Bro•Jillet, Leo .N:1pierre, Frederick

Richard, ,Jo:<eph L:1plauti'~

EXCHANGK~.

The first issue of thf' Collcf]t' Jlr·.'l.''"f/1' is ht1mful of choice articles, and CPrt:1i.nly giws tok<'ll of h<'lding it~

own among our cs:ehang-f'~. The :nticle on Thr J[()ral in., f rf. :•wl that ''ll )'u/,fi,. OJ,inillfl arc wortli_y of

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of especia l pr:tis e. VVe allm it·c the m<ts te rl y mann e r in wh ich thy excb :~ n ge e(li to r n ,futcs cert~1iu :-tl lcgations

iu the UniveYsity M'in·o;·, as t<1 tlle d . trlme~s nnd s lu g­

gi s hness ol tbo •uedi:tev:tl pe ri od. T l10 Jl1essages :md

Pei'sonats a re many, an d, no rlvubt, va::;tiy interesting to those acl(uainte11 with l oco~. ! poi11tS in :t!ld around t.lle

College. \Ve wi sh t.he .Ll{essc~ge s u ecc~' S fo r Lhe ens uin g

y e"·r, a nd wil l :< lwn.ys g ree t it h e ~L rtily.

Tile A ce Jfu ;· i1t nlw: t.ys lenrl s a s pee ia l ch<Lrm to our tnbic sc: LLtcred ov er witl! the prof~tne li terature of tile d ay. Jn thi s excell C' n~ m agn zinc we et ;joy nvt only the

snl:Jtlc plC<LSnre th:t t attaches to the perusal of nolde tho ug ht well ~· xpressccl , but we inltnl e that still more

subtle oJor wl! ich relig io n ponrs on t on the flo wers of

n a t 'l l'<l l thoug ht. \Ve WJ ulcl lilw l,o see tb e Ave 1l£aria by th e firesit1e of every Cu.tllo lic ho usehold in the la rtd.

The Catholic fiom e, a bright and ne wsy journa l, pnblisllcc1 in Chicago , is full)' alive to what is necessrry to mal\e a Hreekly interest ing to its reftd ers. The pub­

l i sh er~ maun.g•· to secme t.be pitb of the week's ne ws in · a condensed slnpe. l3es iclos t ltis tile p:<per con tains a

nurn ber of articles on questions of the (by, or on thos1: of Lli sto ry . In thi s wise they prorluce a journal of six­

t een pngcs vf whieh all, but a p 1ge or two, consis ts of solid r ead ing matter, togetll e r with notes o n loc:.tl hap ­

peuin gs. TLte Illu.stmted Cutholic American s till c0ntinu es to

furnish tltc Catholie youth with t he ligilter literature they enj oy. We cannot express tlle g reat f1es ire we ltftve of witnessing the success of the worthy ed itor , who h3-S

tri ed to offset the e vil iJ,fi 11ences of some of the illus­trated \Veeklies that issne from an infil1 el a nd immo ra l

press. Ti\ r, Fordham .Monthly takes ita place again on our

t a ble an rl a ni ce clean place it deserves. Its o utward appearance is such as to <tttmct spec ial atteution, bu t .

its real wort lt is found betw een t lle co vers. Ou e arLicle I iu t he current number cl e~ervcs especial m enti on. It

a ims at prov ing by extracts from H wnlet that Shakes­peare was a catholic. The write_r is, inr1 eec1, correct n.ncl convincing in h is deducti ons, bnt it is a lm ost too pre­v .ions tQ as:sert that the g reat B~.rc1 was C1ttltoli c to ibe core. Th fl,t is a 110int to be cleared , only wh0n hi s li fe :1.ncl i ts t.r eful i 11 g~ ar r. hid b·tr c. ' Ve ba ve admired the poem '-Yosemite"

1 and fult while rending i1,, a lit tle of

the awe and pleas ure ex peri e nced in the s ight of Lhe wonctrou s cn.nyon <tnr1 vall ey.

The Scholastic for the first week of October, con tains

scver:tl. strong arti cles. That on Nero and P eter by Hev. S. Fitte, is a choice piece of history , wi~h comments by tbe Rev. writer. It is amnsing to read his eulogy('?) on t he famous "Bel-Esprit." The little piece of French

poetry, La premiere impression, co:1ta ins a bouquet of choice thought~:> delicately exprcssec1.

SPORTIVE.

It b mm(,re<l tha t Cnptn.iu Stnfforcl is now anxion'l

lo arrange a seri es of games with t he l\Iinims.

Thuroda y Oet. Gtb. the ' 'Staff'vnl Seuiors" s uffered t he fou rth coosccnti ve d efea t at t he han\;s of the

M cCarthy Juniors. Those wh o wit11esse(l the g ame attr ibute the de feat of the Seniors to the immense

a moun t of ' 'ki cking ' ' wllich took phcc among their men a,n<l, al;o, to thr, lack of prncti.ce in pl::tying together.

'l'l1e fea tures ofthe game were Con(lon' s home run hit a nd t!Je general play of t he Juniors. Tbe score was 33 Lo

l G. Frank Cleary rn ac1e his first appcamn ee \.his y e~r

among the Sh;l rn rocks in the game wi t h the 'fwel vc llii le

G rove nine. Frank losl none of his playing qmtlities

d 11ring vncation a nc1 is still till' sa llle first clflss ''seconcl baseman" as of old.

Ch:trlrs Carroll, hotter known as "Bud" is one of the

finest left fielders the college nine Llas ever possessed, being a sure catch and au dfective batter.

Tbe "profs,'' who wished to pruve, that wh:.tt appe«r­etl in our last issue, in rcg:trd to the ir not being al.Jl e to play the boys, was ialse, adj o 11 n 1 eel to the cam pus, cros­sed bats with the crack senior niue. Aftrr a11 nniutere:;t.­

ing gnme of nine innings the score stoor1 19 to 15 in f:1vor of t.h e Seniors. But t(l clu tl1e "Profs" jus tice we

must say t ltrtt tbey were not in g<>Od trim as S(;ve ral of their men were sick ancl .,.,.e s iuce rc ly tbink they coulc\

come out victorio us ifthe b e >.)'~ wvnld but cu11sent to

p ln.y the m ng: tin. The " O'Oo11 uor I-Ioot; ien,'' cle l'e:t tecl the I\ic~amftm~tars

by a sco re of2 3 to 16. The game abouncled with mnny brilli:~. nt. ph.ys :mel was one (If tbc most intPrest ing· which

has occurred .uu the minim's g ronnds thi s SC'nwn. '' Mike M.Lluney K elly'' is tlJinkiug se riously of sueing

Lllc .f{w ;l,a l~ee Times for rlamftgcs to his rep. lll their is' 11 e of Fricb.v, Oct. 7th., they pubiislted an artiele in whi c h tlH~Y fl< 'erted tha t our $ 10,000 l llil.n so lrl the game

uetween tbe .Juniors and tbe Seniors for a piece of pie. n c is now on the black li s t .

Mr. S ullivan received ft lPtter from Mr. Art.hur Des­j ardins, in wlti cb he stated that bc a nrl uis nin e were nn­able to be here on Oc t. 2nc1. on aecount oftbe inclement

WRather. For tl! e l:•.st fe w d:1ys tb e di ;tm ond bas been deserte<l

either for hand ball or fo ot ball. The boys found it too

cold to catch the ''cnrves" or stop the ''hot liners" which were liable to come i n the ir way.

D:Lniel Mc N:1marR, Captain or the "Mudlarks" chnl­lellges any nine in the college to play a game of base ba ll on a ny grounds, at any given t,irne and for any amount of r~1 on ey . Communicaticms sbou lcl h e add ress­eel to "Ca1,tain ol MN1ln,rks" second R ow, \Vest side,

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ST. VlATEO U'S CULLEti-E JUUHNAL.

To prc)\-e how uni vei·saJ, the base ball craze is all we have to do· ts to ·mehtionthat Justin Ricou is now play- . ing center field tor the "Staffonl Seniors."

PERSONALS.

Rev. Fathers M. <J. 1\iarsil e, C. S. V., E. Rivard, C. S. . V., G. I~egri~, A. M. and C. Peborde, D. D., 'all from

the Cotlege, assisted at the banquet given by Arch­l>ishop Feehan to fiis Eminenc,e Cardin.al Glb15ons at the occasion of his short visit in Chicago.

Rev. Father M. A. Dooling, C. S. V., our prefect of discipline, paid a short visit to Chicago in the first week in October and brought in our midst Michael Conlan; and William Delaney, students, and Mr. Tobin, who en tered the Novitiate of the Community. . '-

Rev. Alexander McGavick, '87, h.as beei1 'named assistant at All Saint's Church, Chicago. He i~ enjoying :good health a,nd -proposes to visit us in the near future.

Rev. Charles Mngan, '87, retains his position as as­sistant pastor of O'Neil, Nebraska. The Journal is anxious· to bear from him.

·We have received with pleasurethe news that Rev. James Barry, '87, has b<:;en recalled from Cheyenne and is now assistant at Ly;:ms, Nebraska.

News from D0kota tell us that Rev. E. Therien , '87, . , f<Jr two years our .able prGfessor of music, is now pro

tempore pa.s tor of Jefferson, D:1kota, in the absence of the pastor who is trav E.'lling for his health.

We are sorry· to say that Rev. 1>. T oomey, '82, of St . . Columhldll's Cburcb, Chicago, is of late feeling ill. He paid us a short visit a couple of weeks ago, we hope he will soon tecover and be able to devote himself anew

to his work. Re,v. Thomas Kearney, '82, has recently been ap­

pointed nssistant at St. Stepben' i' Church, Chicago. . ·we announce with pleasure that Philip Lesage, '86, · . is now following the courses of the Chic:-tgo Medical

Colleg;e. He left the Grove a couple of weeks ago and feels well satisfied with liis new occupation .

Mr. J ames Cusack, '87, is stu(lying Theolog-y in St. Mary's, B:tltimore, with the Sulpician Fathers. He speaks enthusiastically of theeity and seminar,y, remarking that St.. Viate\l r's is well represented. there by Messrs. Mc­Gavick, McCann , Jennings, Murtaugh; Kneiry, and Tierney. He also says : "G la tl to hear that St. Viatenr's is prospering and that Keritncky is so fully rtpresented."

The probabilities are that Alec. Granger, '87 will also hie hims~lf to Chicago to follow the courses of Law. He visited the Metropolis this week with the intention of exploring the grounds and of preparir1g himself for the new work. .

We are glad to he:tr that Rrlmund Higgins, '86, of

Champaign, Ill., has determined to contin ue his work as T elegraph operatoi· in ChiCago.

W e learn with pleastu e of the admiss ion to the bar of William Condon, '7 9, of Bloomington, I lL The · y omJg lawyer will practice in his native city, we '\Vish him success and a brilliant career. H is brother, J ohn Cm)don, '7,6, is engaged in business in Chicago; whilst James Condou .is now in our midst pursuing his stu­dies.

\Ve hope that Perry :Parker's health will improve suf­fi ciently to enable him to come and resume his studies next year. He is staying in his family meanwhile.

OBitUARY.

It_ is with sorrow that we anncmnce to his many friends, who may not h:tve heard the sad new!', that Rev. F ather ·william Hogan, '87, has already gone to his eternal rest. The students of ' 87, remember that he was not feeling \'\-ell during the last scholastic term and that he was forced to leave for borne after receiving Deacons hip at Easter. Sooh a hacking cough declared it­self, consumption set in his lungs and death soon st>tred him in the face. He had :the strength however to come for the June ordination in . Chicago, where be received Holy Orders and returned home a priest. He was yet ex­pecting to getbett<Jr, but his hopes were soon dispell ed . He offered the Holy Sacrifice three times and t!:;.en fell into a greater weakness t-ban ever, which carried hi m off toward s the last days of July. Great was his j oy to . die a priest for all eternity. May his soul rest in peace. -It is our sad duty to re0ord another death which

will not fail to surprise many of the old students o£ St. Viateur's. Rev. P. A. Madden, D, D., for three yea.rs professor of Theolog-y and Pltilosophx,, 82- 85 , at St. Viateur's, departed from this lif13 on Moi1day, Oct. 3rd. , at St. Meinrad's, Indiana, wither he had retired for his old age. No details or his dea th have reached us at the present writing. Those who have studied under the Doc­tor remember him as being a great mind, quite a lin­qnist, and a savant. He had taught for many years and it used to be his pr ide to 10ay that a dozen of his stud­rnts were bishops and scores of them priests and law­yers spread broadcast over the country. He had made his classical studies i~ Montreal, under th·e Sulpician Fathers, and bad. taken the Doctor's . cap in Rome under Gregory XVI. His life was a varied one, full of experience, and a SCllll'Ce of blessings to many who still remember him as :1. most ardent defender· of his faith and nationality. May his soul rest in peace a.nd may he shine as a star in the firmam ent of heaven, the reward promised to those who teach the truth to others and dispell the darkness from intellects. Requiescqt in

,-, .. ,,.' pa-ee .

88 ~T. VlA'l'.EUH'~ CULL.MG-E JOURNAL.

( ;ATHOLIC NOTES.

Tuis is the month of the Holy Angels nncl of the Ros:try.

On St ]\'[ichael's, &lpt. 29, ten thonsft.nd sisters of Mercy, spread over thu world, ce leurnted the Centenary of the birth of their ::;a intly and heroic foundress, Mothe~ Cnthnrine McAuley.

The mirn culous statue pf St. Anne at Beiiup1·8, below Quebec, wns solemnly crownerl l>y Cardina l Tascherenu,

·on the 14th. of SetJtember, nt the request of the Pope t'tmid a concour:se of about 10,000 lnithful.

Arra.ngemrnts hnvc ueen made for cnlling over to this cou ntry the lri,:,h Christian Brothflrs, well known for +,heir abi lity anrl zeal. Their first mission will be in th~ parish of St. John's, Worcester, 1\lass., in the dio· cese of Springfield .

The problem of filling St. Peter's, at Rome, with an a.Jeq uate mnsical instrument without mani ng the beauty of the nave seems to have been solved in the case of l\1. Cav ille Coli, ofFrnnce, 'Yho designs for the Pope's .Jnbilee, an organ which will rank in music as the Bnrth(1lrli Statue in sculpture.

The Catholics of Scotland have been begging the Holy See to consider the claims of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, to be ranked among the Blessefl. •·That she was a martyr is nlmost bey11nd question, for it is in record that ~he purposely inquired of her persecutors whether, it she rcnouueetl her religion, her life would be spared, and Oil lJeing to!<{ that it would, she broke out into thanksgiving for the assurance tha.t sbe would be permitted to die for the fai~h."

''The Bishops of the Milwaukee Province of the Catholic Chnrch, whicb inclu rles Dakota, met at La­crosse a nd provided for the E-cclesiastical divisi0n of Dakota, and se lf'cte<l t)nee names to be sent to the Pope from which to chose the Bishop of .North Dakota. These names l.lre not marle public. Fargo proposC\"1 to offer $5,000 and valuable lands fill' the location of the episcopal see, with the cullt>geate institutions, etc. (Kansas Catholic.) ·

The Pope will crown his Jubilee by deelaring to be among the saint~ the three following members of the Society of Jesns: the Blessect Peter Chver. the Blessed ,John Brrchm:tns, and the Hlesse<l RuJriguez. Also the se \' en nohh' Florentine~ who, o u the H:!ast of the Assump­t ion of the Blcsse<l Virgin, in the year 1233, founct .. ~ct the Qrder of Servites of 1\hry. This beautiful ceremony will take place on the 6th. ,_.f .Janunry, 1888, the feast of the Epiphany.

·As Gorl, in the time !>fthe old Law, chose Aaron and )lj;; sons of the tribe of Levi to be his prie-;ts, so in the N .ew Law He seems to fix his eye::; on certain families for religion~ vocations. Treland knows how the Cranes

.tor three centuries past furnished priests to the altar generation atter generation. At the present da.y six brothers in that family offer the Holy Sacrifice, · while many sisters are nuns. In this country we have four Hickeys, four F iizgeralds, aml four Louths, brothers and priests • .

The Pope recommends all Catholic familit:s to unite in the beautiful pH•yer <1f the Ru:JJy dmirg this month, asking of 1he :Blessed Virgin to interce<~e for the peace, freedom and inder:endenee of tbe Holy See. Let us remnu ber that the Ho~ary was the most powerful arm used in crushirig out the terribl~ heresy of the Al­begenses in France and that it defeated the Mohammed­ans in the ever memorable battle (If Lepanto, where

., Christianity itself was in danger of perishing. The numerous pilgrimages, natiOlJal, provincial, and

. local, to the shrine of Lourdes, whiGh mark the great festivals of the year in France, give a most convincing ~-.

proof,of the fact that the nation is still Catholic rlespite the devices of the iniquitous faction which through the ' reprehensible political indolence of the majority of the people, has been enabled to usurp the functions and pla.ces of power. The spectacle so trcqnently present­ed ofmultitudGs kneeling before the statu!) ofOur Lady in the Grotto, thronging the church which crowns the heiaht and conareaatina thickly around the miracu-

b ' ' 0 · 0 0

Jous spring, is one which, though unnoticed by om· . cal..J legraphers, recalls the pilgrimages (lf the ages ot faith, and often suggests even to tbose alien in race an<.l religion, who chance to be present, the reflection that the country of St. Louis is still capable of crusades sucl.1 as the royal S·tiut c m.lucte·l to the Holy Laud, and that France in her present condition is an example of the momentary triumph of irreligion , soon to be dis­pelled by the advancing triumph of the Church, whose eldest daughter she has been so fitly named." (Ave l\1aria)

Cardinal Gibbons, on his way to Portland, Oregon, where he has gone to con1er the Palli urn on Archbishop Gross, f0rmerly of Savanah, was royally feastefl in Chicago by the Archbishop nnd over two hundred priests of the diocese. St. Paul rose as a mnn, the city was illumina.te~l and a grand banqnet was given at the Ryan Hotel in which protestants vied with Catholics in h~noring the distinguished prelate. Thb . splendid · tri­umph augurs well for the country.

The whole city of St .. Lonis w~ts on the alert Sunday, October 2tb., it being the day appointed for the mam­moth procession to be made in honor of Pope Leo's Ju. bilee. All the Catholics turned out in their best, the whole city was struck with admiration at the sight of their manifestations of love and respect fol' the great Pope who now fills the Ch~ir of Peter. The Catholics of St. Lon:s di<l themselves honor.

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ST. VIATEUJ-n; COLLEGE JOURNAL.

FOUNDED 1869 .. CHARTERED 1874.

Tmc CoLLt<:Gg nfforcls ex• e·!cnt f~ cilities for stmly, nnrl the n.cqnircment of a tborongh knowledge of l\IODEl~:-i LANGUAGES, MAT£-IEMATICS, CLASSICS, MUSIC, SCIENCE, PHILOI:iOPHY, and TUI~OLOGY . i\Iost enreful nttcntion is pfl io to the bnsin ess training of y oung men, anrl a thorough practical kuowil-\dge of BOOK-KEI-DPING nnd CO lY.l i\IElWTAL LA vY is imp:trtcd by skil k rl PrMrssors.

Tile h· ~st nutl w rs nnd lliOSt appron~d sy ;; tcm or te:•c ltillg are ad o pted in a ll g mdc:; of the College. Student.'l mn.y entf·r nt nny tin1e. T• ·rm n,ncl t ui tion will l1eg in witll date of entrance.

Terms ii1 r hoard :IIJ(l tuition ~:WO.OO per annum. Catalogue:;, :u:J any de:; ired iu!vrmatiun will IJC c.1 re:ully g i;·en on :l.ppli e:tl.i on to t.lJ e Dircetor.

P.t·; v. l\1 . . J. MAW::iiLE, C. ~ - V.

St. Vi:1.teur 's College, Bourbonnais Grove, Kankakee Co., Til.

SCHOOL BOOKS. LEGAL BLANKS.

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No. 12 COURT STREET,

(~L. ~0 ~tu:ba~n<> STATIONERY~

Bool-i:s. N evvs~ Music~ KANKAKEE, ILL. BASE-BAI>J,S and BATS, FISHING TA C]{ LE.

Dealer in Foreign and Domestic KANKAKEE, ILL. FANCY GOODS NOTIONS DRY GOODS TOYS, CROQUET. BABY CARRIAGES.

C. H. ERZINGERS Is the place to get ohoice Ice-Cr~am , Fruits, Nuts, Candies, Oysters, C1gars and Tobacco. The largest l ee-Cream :mrl Confectionery Parlors in the city.

Cor. Court St. & East Ave. l L \.N I< AKEE, I LL.

C.HAS. KNOWLTON'S

N RW PI:IOT OGR APHIC ST UDIO,

Dearborn Avenu e, 1st. Door South of Court St.

East Side, K ANKAKEE, ILL.

PETER W ALZEM, Grower of

PURE ALTAR WINE. Warsaw, :a;ancock Co., Ill.

REF ERENCES. Rt. Rev. Jos. MELCHOR, Bishop of Green Ba y Itt. Hev. M. Elnk , Bi shop of T,~avworth .

R. J. I-IANNA, WHOL ESALE AND RETAIL

GROCER A ND

COMMISSION MERCHANT 43 Cou rt Street

KANK AKEE , ILL.

BRAYTON & CHRISTIAN DJM J,~~R.s in Men 's, ·women's, Misses' ancl clliltlren's fine aJJ<I medium Shoes: also all sizes and grades of Boots. Special inducements for

Students T wo doors north of Post office.

]{ankakee, nz.

KERI{ BRO'S, HARD W ARE, STOVES, I RON. STEEL, TINWARE, NAILS, E t c., Job work done in any part of the County Cor. Court St. and Schuyler A venue.

KANKA KEF, IL L.

J. ~~lbr~t DEALER IN -

H a?'dwcvre, Stoves cmcl Tinware, JRON, NAILS and W AGON STOCK.

NO 13 EAST A VENUE, KANKAKEE, ILL. J obb,ing Done to On ler.

D. Q. SCHEPPERS, M. D.

292 J..~arrabee St. Chicago, Ill.

Dr. SCHEPPERS

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

J. W. BUTLER PAPER Co.

Wholesale Paper Dealers. A full lin e or Cards and Wedding goods

kept eonsttwtly on !mud. Nos. 183 & 185 Monroe Street,

Chicago, Ill. FRED ZIPP.

The oldest Boot & Slloa Honse in the. City, customers will a! ways have good Barga.ms.

No. 17 conr t Street , Kanlcakee, Il l.

I mpedi ments of all kinds on Agr icultural I mplements can be r emoved at J OSErH l3EAULIEU'S Blacksmi th 's Shop. Also Tools of diJierent make or shape, coa1·se or fine worl<, Buggies, Wagons, l'louglls, etc., etc., may be r epa.ired at very low fi gures at the new Shop on GRAND ST. Bourbonnais Grove, Ill.

Horse shoeing <I specittlty .

100 ~T. V IATEU l{'i:::l CULLJ£GE JUUI~NAL.

.J. .J. SCUC BI1RL' . P l{O PlUl~'I'O it OF 'l'l;:H<;

German, French and Americ~n ~lm:1~1 acy . Cur. lc>ISl. Aw.:;.; ~ l v re ll :c 11 t St.. hA N I,A I,I•, I•,, 111.

)Ct•Pps consta.n tl y <~lll\:1 11fl a full line of

DRUGS, MEDIC INES, PAINTS, OILS ETC, ETC. Al-·o ·> 1\n v li11 e "r Toik l Arl.ides o t ;~ll klll<ls,

·~ ' Fltlv ( ' ig a rs a11d T o ha ('l..' o . ::.._...f:"'-1 ~.\L I , AND~ I•: I •: j\ 1 \ t~ •. kJ

f\li)~O ia lh'('d o f <:hoke Con[<·'c tlonc l'ies ('a,1111 ed gtwds, al l ldotls or F r uH:-: . Fis ~ 1 and Oyst,• r s wtllLh> well ; ~ud save I.I IOIIC Y l• Y eall 111 g <HI

T. O'GQRMAN. East A venue,

Ii:.anln"'l.h:ee.

• fOI-IN G. 1\_NECIIT,

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Merchan t T ailor,

IU~ADY-MADE Cloth ing

J-hltS ,~ncl C>l.ps.-Gem's Hndc ewe><r. 1

Trunlts, Vali ses, Furni s h ing Goods .

Wilson Bros ' F ine Shirts.

NOS. 2 AND 4 COURT STREET.

Kanlu1kee, Ill.

L. DROLET & BR01TIER.

Bu y the Emery $3 Shoe -AT-

DnOLET BROTfiERS. 25 Cour t St., lC;w iGikee, Ill.

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Barbe r Sho p. . Under U mlmeh's Jch~rness Store, lC wkal<ee, Il L

F ir st (Jia.s' Work gna.nmteecl. t;t. ude nt ~ cspeci;llly in vi ted.

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HAi\' ll<I1ADE 1.'11rt> \\';v<'C:nllll es pe r Ill. ~fi ct s JVJoulded \Vax.l' andlt-s, " ":38et$. Stearic \Vax, " " 20 cts. t;pecn:Ll P r ic·es to parties lntying in largt-~ q uao t l ~

.('a tholi c T'rayer Rool;s 25 ds. upwa 1·tls:

\•Vi t.h two l a r ge c.I a.sps <:tact Fa.rwy E dge $D.DD t-Jellt f ree Lu cwy par t of U. ::>. on receipt uf pr ice.

GRAHAM & SONS, mport~ rs of Church Goo<ls, J obbers iu School

Bnnl<s ;md C:n.t hol ic Bookseller s . ' l13 B. Des plaines St. Cor . Mour·oc. Ch iw go, Jl l.

Correspol t fl~Hee f'lollieited.

NOT HE DAME ACADEMY, D1R IcCTJm BY TliE S rsTI!:RS O~' Tr-11':

Co'<.HUW ATION OF NoT J{J" D AM!£. T his l ii ~ Lituliou MIOI'ds evnry a d v<Liltagc for

\'o1111g L>lliiPti c l os ir·uu~ of ob t,dniug a sol id and li ni ,; !t"d edu c;~ti on. For pa.rticula.rs >~ppl y to

Mot11er Sll tJer iur , Notre D<'me Arad t> my,

Bourbonn;<i s Uroveh JC;-~n lml(ee'Co. , I.

SC H OOL BOI) I(::l. L L•;GA l. IJLA.NKS.

F R A N K E. B E L L A lU Y. l) I-r.,\ LER TN

STATIONERY. .Bonks, News, .Nlnsic,

'\V;,tll-Papcr, '\Vjndow Slla<l4.•s . KANKA KEE, ILL.

TOH; l 'l CT UHES. BAHY GAH.R I AG E S.

LOUIH GOUDREAU.

I1Al{DW ARE . ~ ·te4tW#512:!Wm1!!W1!9

~..; t,oves, Tro11. Nails and \IV ; ~gon wo(Jd stnc l(· Tinware anrl Tiu work ur all kincls.

No 8 Co n r t Street., KAi'<KAKEE, ILL.

C. P. TOWNSEN D. East AVL' . l rl oor so 11th of Kn etctll '~ Hl ock .

RANU:AR.EE, ILJ..,,

A CARD. ---To all whom it ma.y concern . Having adopted the On e Price

System to all my Pntrons, I wil l gi ve a further disconnt oJ 10 Per cent to all Clergymen, P rPfessors nucl .Stu­dents of Bonrbonnn is College. Cnll n.t tbe Philarlelphia One Price Cloth­ing Hall Nort h W. Cor. of Co urt St. aurl Enst Ave. Kankakee, IlL

.1\II. Rohrbeimer , Prop.

WILLIAM DARCHE.

Groeeri es,

Dry Goods,

Yankee ~oL i ons .

BOURBONNAIS GROn<:, IL L.

BENZIGER BROTHERS,

Pri nters to the Holy A postolic See,

P1.tblishe1·s and B oolcselle1·s ,·

Kurrasch and Staga, Proprietors of

The Ole\ Hr>Lncllamp & Ha,IJe].) PRESCRIPTION DRUC STORE,

WJ1ere l uu c>~.n Jinll Llle Largest a tisort_ m en~ of H>dr ,tncl Tooth Brushes T o ilet art-icles l'erfnrn er y, Soa.ps, :,>1wug'"s and all vari eti es of Dr uggist Hi-!utlri ~s .

All >llould g- ive th em a ca.Jl, No. 5. CounT ST. TF.LEJ:HONE. NO. 1.0

A. Ehrich EAST COURT STREET

KAN KAKEE. Dealer i 11 d1oicest Groeerie~, ehoicest

braulls of Flo ur . Kceps onhancl constantly a large a SS \ r tment of F eed and Prod uce

P lease c<1l l and sec me befo re g oi ng auy plaee else,

H. L. Crawford & Co., WH OLESALE & RETAIL

GROCERS No. 36 Cou rt St reet.

1{ANKAKEE, ILL

Kmtk<~l<ee otn ne an(J Lime C01l11l<lll y. INCORPOil.ATED FEB. 23nl. 18G7.

T'rop1·ietor s ol t lte Cele llraLcd Kankakee !h<t Li mo ston es <,.l na.ni es .

Fr esh vVoocl burn ed Lime always on haud.

KANKAKEE, ILL.

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303--404- I 70-604-332, ) l and his other styles may be h.arl qf all dealers ! ~ throughout the 'WO'rld.

~ Joseph Gillott & Sons, New Ycn·k.

The '• JOURNA L" is a first class

med ium for "A DVERTISING." Spe

A lso manufitctnrers and imporl.ers of cia] attention pnid to the pr inting of

r®iuuJVd~ ~nntm~~d;e; tVIn1!1

~~~~m~ut~. No. 206 South F o urth St.

ST. LOUIS, MO.

BUSINESS CARDS~

BILL HEADS, ETC.

~Terms reasonnb le.~

T he STUDENTS, Ed?.tot s-Pr-op.