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VOL. VI BOURBONNAIS GROVE. ILL. SATURDAY, June 9th, 1888. No 1.

'ST. · VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. . .

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ADDRESSES, orations and music are in course of prepar.tt ioa for commencement day which from nll appearn:1~9s from within !tnd from witllJnt, pro­mises to be a day of brilliancy and interest unpro­ceden ted in the annals of St. Viateur's . L et u s have l'l. grand reunion and let it be a great feast!

'* * * LA \VYER Augustus A. Canavan '73, of Chicago,

will answer in the name of the old students the address of welcome presented by the actual students of the College.

• * * WE RESPECTFULLY call the attention of our

Tfladers to the following letter of invitation, the pnrpose of which is to assemble the old students of the College on the 26th. and 27th. of June for the consummation of their f>lan to erect a memorial chapel in honor of Rev. Fr. Thomas Roy, C. S. V., the founder and first director of the College .. The letter addresses it~elf to everyone who ever .spent even but a short term at St. Viateur's in as mnch

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DEARSIR:-Upon invitation, a large anden­thusiastic gathering of the old students of om• "Alma :Mater" assembled at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago,· on the 1Gth. of :May. The purpose of the meeting, as stated by the chairman, Rev. H. Boecklemann,, was to make known our deep and abiding sense of gratitnde to the late-lamented Fr. Roy-by a testimo11ial-snch as would forev­er consecrate our affection to his memory and make lasting our appreciation of his character and worth. It was unanimously resolved after long discussion, that the proof of our affection would find permanent and worthy expression in the erection of a memorial Chapel dedicated to his name and commemoration of his virtues. To insure the success of the undertaking, . it was decreed to call a meeting of the old students and well-·wishers of the institution, to be held upon Commencement Day, J nne 26th., at St. Viateur's College.

For the purpose of securing the co-operation of all those interested, the undersigned Committee was appointed ·with instructions to request your presence at the aforesaid meeting.

\Ve know full well that the motive of the gather­ing will have your heartiest sympathy as well as your strongest support. However, should you find it impossible to attend the meeting, please notify the Sec-Pro-Tem., Rev. G. J'YI. Legris, at St. Viateur's College, Bourbonnais, Ill. in order that your appro­val of the good work may be signified and your as­sistance asst'tred.

Rev. J. Lesage, Rev. C. P. Poster, Rev. J. Bollman, :1\fr. A. A. Canavan, :Mr. J. Rafferty.

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PAPER READ BEFORE ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY

Bl H. J, L EGRIS.

Tn E INQUISI TION

Gentlemen: The ~ubj ect with which I've cbosen to enter tain you

this evening is calculated to enterta in y ou a ll as Catho­lic studen'ts and as witnesses of the nvHve lous, ad vance­menL of t,he 19th. centnry. The age of w hi ch I am to speak sta nd :> in strik ing contrasts with the more humane manners and t he more clemell t prn ct ice of our times. Viewecl from onr st:-tnd-point :-m el through t be mfl.g ni­fy ing g lass of our vaunted civi li zation the :-:J panisb I n­quisition seems aln1ost worse than barbari an instit ution. And if we add to this common feeli ng, p roceeding from our more r efined perio<'! , the exflggeratin g testimony of prejudiced historians, we sha ll become not only convin­ced that the inquis ition was not justifi able, but we shall condemn it as· one of the most terrible curses that hav e ever afflicted a civ ilized country. A s Cat-holics we are interested in knowing wha t its r eali ty was, and how far it can be justified , since this Inquisiti on fl ouri shed in a Cat holic country and under Catholic sovereig ns.

·We live in an age in whi ch there still exists a g reat deal o f t he old-t ime ant:1.gonism b et ween the Catholic faith and other beliefs, and every foulness that has been perpetrateJ in the name of religion is still thrown up at Catholics, t o make them blush for a r eligion which could sanction such monstrous cri mes. Catholics then must know how t o an~ wer the unjust imputations of their unscru pulous and lying acc1tsers. TLey must be able to sta te facts as t hey are and t o explain thing:; in a clear way , SQ as to ex culpate their creed and thfdr co-religionists of pas t times in as much as they are ex cusab le at least.

It would be a rash and usele8s task for me to attempt t o justify all the workings of the Spanish I nquisition. That horrible, unwarrantable a nd uncalled for punish­ments were inflicted, cannot b e d enied. But it is al so important in examining a question of anot.her age, to transport ourselves to · the times an<l scene, environ­m ents, character, etc. , of the people; otherwise we shall always judge very unfairly.

Let us remember t hat circumstances alter cases. It is tr ue t hat, considered in themselves, the very

names of the instruments used in the I uquisitiou are enough to make the blood curdle in a man 's veins. But, as said before, when everything is t aken into consider­ation , that i~ the t imes, circnmst:-tn ces a nd p'rincipally t he causes which led about to such practices, w e may b e inclined to think d ifferently .

If we search t!1e history of Spain before the Inqui­~ftion , we shall find that if such m eans had not been

resorted to in 01·<'1 er t o check the im pending f'vil ~, the history of tha t coun tl·y u p to this day mig ht have be~m but one long continued seties of !'lational and sociitl disas ter s. A 0ountry has a lways the right to removethe dangers which t hreaten its existence.

T he lo ve of th eir re lig ion and their coqntry is what led the Spaniards to tlle establishm ent 0f tlile instituti<m called the I nrtuisition. For fully eight centuries had t her e been t roubles of a ll kinds in that country. From the y enr 711, when the Moors in vaded Spain , to the conquest of G renada, in 1402, struggles bet ween these t wo nations had bee11 cont inu ed with b ut littl e inter­miss ion. The Spani ard~; fought to defend their rights from the hand s of those hlood-thirsty invaders , whilst the Moors were only seeking tb e a nnibila.tion of that nat ion\; liberty a nd the desecra lion of her altars .

After the C<>nqnr.st of Granada, the Moors were g rant<.> d the free exercise 01 · their religion, and, it was only a fter their lawless attempts to regain power, by conspiring with I nfid el J ews an<i other hereti cs, tha t they were forcecl either to join the Christian religion or t o leave the country. The same con<iition had been im­posed upon the J ews, who, a t this time, were eve n more odious to l-lpain than the Moors. But those J ews, after they were converted , were v ery often falling back into their old -way s, a nd were any thing hut sincere. Al­though there bad been a gregt d t>al of care taken, it was soon found out th:-tt most of those pretenderl converts were of th e lowest cl ass o£ hypocrites. In the conqu est of Grttnacta, they bad enterta ined sec ret corrPspondence with the Moors. By constant usury anti extortion upon the Spaniards, whom they called their countrymen , they soon became rich and grdned ascendency . And now profiting by the occasion which presen~ed itself, they joined tbemselves to the Moors, and there was about to be a general insur!'ection, when there arose a man, Thomas de Torguemada, who, foreseeing the great dan­ger'! whicll wr. re menacing his cour:try, Spain, thought it no more tha n his duty to go and see his soverE>igns, F erdinand and Isabella, and propose to them tlle advisability of the Inquisition . And it was in consider­ation of all t-hese great things that the final decision ot the g reat enterprise was given, and the edict for the banishment of the unfaithful was published and carried into execution by the Tribunal of the Inquisition.

The Inquisition was est ablished by B'erdinand and I sabella, to assure the faith, union and happiness of their nation. As the King was the founder of this insti­tution, he was the sole ruler of it. The Tribunal which was always composed of pri.ests and workers, did not judge or condemn anyone, unless it had received an express command from the crowned heads.

That the institution was founded on right principles e-tnnot be otherwise than true. For no king or so,vereign

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would act 'eootrary to bis own and his ' country's good. .Aglrio; we who Jive at the present day can only, at best, suppos~ the motives of tho e Catholic sovereigns, and it should be granted that the spaniards knew. more what to do for their country's good at that time thRn we who know a.lmo t. nothing as to its neces ' ity and reality. Tho e who say, however, that on establish­ing the Inquisition and on giving it the power to im­pose those tort~res which are reported, Lhe Spaniards were not joslrifiable, might as well say that the t!l.te of Illinois w~notright in condemning those anarchi, ts who had brought around so many riots and who were the cause of so many troubles and disturbances in the great city of Chicago. By the execution of the movers of those troubles, it was meant to secure peace and bappi - · ness to all those who love true libet·ty. The same it w~:~s with the Spaniards; they established the I uquisitioo in oroer to bar the evils whose shadows they already

saw ad vaocing at a distance. They would have beeu in the wrong, if they had not prepared themselves and given a check to discensions wllich might have oc­casioned the utter ruin of a country wllose history had been, till then, one of the most glorious to the eyes of the world.

It is a great question among Protestant.s and Catho. lies. whether the Inq•1isition was more an ecclesiastical than a political institution. If we consider the profits which were derived from its sentences of confiscation, we shall find that they were handed over to the King , and not to those who composed the Tribunal. Again, if we consider what were the offenses that were the more often ex.amined; we shall finrl that they were not only heresies, but more frequently they were crimes com-mitted against t~e royal authority. .

T he tribunal had been established to Look after and d eliver to the hands of the civil authorities, both those who committed crimes against the Church and those who broke the laws 01 the state. But it could not con­demn anyone to death; the guilty being notified, from 30 to 40 days of grace were given them, during which time they might repent, confess their faults, and submit · themselves to religious penances. ~o, at the moment o£ repentance, the Tribunal of punishment became very mild, and the penances imposed were more of the spiri­tual than the eivil character. But, on the contrary, if after thos~ 30 or even 40 d ays had expired, they bad not repented, then the tribunal handed them over to the King, and he was the one to judge as to the pun­ishment they should suffer. In a word, all that. it could do was to say "guilty" or ''not guilty," and tbe royal authority acted in consequence; it could use its discre­tion and infiict heavy punishments, according to the measure of the guilt.

The establishments ofthe Inquisition came, it is true,

from the Popes giving his consent at the earnest request of FerJinand anc: I-abella. But how cQ_uld he do otller ­wi e in such situations? He had always been revered by those sovereign an,l hact always looked. on them M

some of hi most fit it.hful sujects. And, even tten, after he bad given ·con 'eut, and saw tba.t the J ews were com­pelled to uffcr uct Se\·ere torments, he regretterl his action awl is ued a second 13ull, by whiell he did not annul the first, but. greatly moJified tlle power of the Tri bunal, nne! much restrained the powers of the ln(lui­sitors. But this \las VP,toed by t.he Emperor · t.hen ·reigning, which sho ws how much authority the Pope batl afcer t.he fnqu isition had been bt..'l.rted . All he could do, and did, was to deprecate the severity towards sinne!'s, and those who bad wandered from tile true faith. Besi rl es, he ctid all in his power to mitigate its severest ecclesiastieal penalties, to force any of the Jews to be baptisecl against his will, or to offer any indignity to their persons, or injury to their property. Tile Catholic Church, through the Popes, dict all in ber power to restrain the execution of the Inquisiti<m; and rf it failed, it was on account of the times and temporal rulers.

Ferdinand himst::lf once remarlred that if the Tribunal possesEed jurisdiction, it had derived it from the King. If we a.re to consider what some of the most severe Protestant historians say concerning the Inquisition, it shall be eusy to determine what was their opinions as to the institution.

Leopold Ranke says: "The Inquisition w_as a royal court of judicature, only armed with ecclesiastical wea­pons." Another one says: "The Inquisition did not pun­ish those who bad the misfortune of relapsing into old error, but those who persisted iu their faults. The first r elapses were punisberl only by ecclesiastical penances; and the arms of the authorities were called only again!lt repeated misdeeds. The principle of the Inquisition was to spare the hlood whilst correcting the offences."

M. Guizot says : "lt was :1.L first more political than religious, and dest.inecl to maintain order, ratller than to defend the faith.''

What more may I bring to show you that the Inqui­sion waH more a political than an ecclesiastical insti tu­tion? That it was in spirit and tendency above a ll .and altogether a political institution, and in consequeuce that its wrongs, cruelties, and persecutions belong to the history of Spain, and not to the Church.

The condusion then, and the only conclusion which can safely be arrin.d at in this important question is, 1st. that the Inquisition was justifiable as a means of national preservation; that the great evils that threatened the Spanish state rt!quired a strong aud an effective remedy; 2nd. that its origin is from civil and not from ecclesiastical authority'; 3rd. that the office of clerics

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BY THE KA!'iKAKEE.

TH E RA. VINE.

Come ! let us rest on y on moss-cover' d ledge That does so prominently from tile erlge Of tbe ravine jut out; and let us view The grim ravine's wild beauties, ever new. A tiny stream, its limpid waters pours Along the dark, uneven , rocky floors , Its sweet , low eong it sings from morn till night From sunset till the da wn of morning's light.

Within each crevice in the walls' rough sides, The moss as if in fear of danger hides; Scores of bdght blue-bells in the zephyrs swing Aud seem, a t·hime for vespe r prayer to ring; The vines creep up to keep them company And gently wave one bright, green, leafy sea; While froiD the top, the trees their shades fling rlown And fittingly this work of nature crown.

0 what a ling'ring place for muses gay, Or trir-ky elf or laughing, artfu l fay! What a retreat for some gray-haired, old bard, Or monk who shuns this world so cold and hard! H ere seated on his throne placed in a grotto rude, King of this rock-bound place reigns Solitude. No shrieks, no cries, no noises harsh are heard Naught save the gurgling rill or some wild bird.

L. Falley. THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS.

~ave you a poet's soul or a musician's ear, An eye that can admire all beauty's fairy forms, An ear that can delight in harmonies that ring When N::\ture, glad and free, salutes with hymns of

birds And sweet incense of roses the coming of the morn?

Then nome along with me, near by the Kankakee, A most romantic stream that through the woodland

flows. And there we'll find a nook ~o lik~ the Eden lost

That even the Jl.ed men , to judge .Qf gra~<:! uQ.t auglilt1

By instinct did call it '•Their Happy H!lntiJJg GroundE."

The perfume-scented air inebriates the sense-The sun -ki ssed blossoms hreathe sud.1 fr:,grance ovel'

nll ; The violet spangled green stretches afar its sheeQ And the refreshing sha<ie inntes us to remain / And rest in ecstasy within this f<~. iry land. ,;·

Oft have I sea ted me beneath :1 f\worite oak, When weary of my tasl.s-and in the swe~test rest, Surrendered all my ::~oul unto the gentle spirit Which haunts the very air, the trees, the flower anti all That doth speak to th.e ooul in tl1is poetic nook.

There then betake your8elf, if sadness or fatigue Ever possess your heart-and you will find a balm That gently heals these ill~: Greekrootsalld too m•J>ch

rule. ~it by the lisping wave-bas){ in the warm sunrays List to the piping birds-drink in the healing S('ent.

Louis.

fThis is from the unfinishe<'l poems of tlte author who did not survive the etfort-Will the scribbling confraternity inform us whether it is at all pardonable to write unrhymed stanzas? Ens.]

A VACATION DREAM.

It was nearing the dawn of last Tuesday )Dorning as

I lay at anchor on my downy couch, that 1he following panorama passed before roe in all its visionary grandeur: I imagined that vacation so long and eagerly looked for bad come at last. Again I found myself in Chicago, enjoying its busy sights and balmy ( ?) breezes. (St. Louis Papers please copy). I had already visited the Chicago river, the Htock yards, and Lincoln Park for which Chicago is so justly celebrate<l and it was during one of these pleasant trips that I met with inci<'lents herein recorded.

I was walking down State St. very leisurely, taking in the big crowds and bigger feet when my attention was suddenly attracted by two flying figures on the opposite side oft~e street who were running fop dear life. I looked closely and found one to be G-aribaldi who ''sells de banana," the other no other than our friend McCarthy. I was anxious to know the particulars and made inquiries ofa by-stander, who informed me that "Mac" had bor·rowerl a banana, a familiarity which Vietor Emmanuel did not seem to appreciate, hence the sudden desire of both men to go to Lincoln Park.

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I was about to turn <\Way when I stumbled upQn a ' dispeptid looking fellow in whom I r<>~ognized our famous bugler '·Stubby" Adams. Be bad bought a reg­ular bugle with .which he iotenclf·d to torment us during the coming year. He \Vas going to see a mal;S "he sn.id, wot saicl dat now," I belie\·ed him ancl after a short conversation, ·he became less, so did my tubacco.

I walked down }'){adison st.reet and ilad not gone far when my attention was callt:d to a sign wllich read: "li-ospel Meeting conduct~cl every eve:~iug at 7.30 by Tascott the reformer.;' I Je.amed tllat Tascott having bad all the fun he de~ired with tlle Chicago P olice, llacl finally started a braneh oftlle S'tlvation Army and was doing great work. He had ' converted three policemen and lwas now afcer the Mayor. I m11.de arrangements to attend the catastrophe in the evening. I went over as far as the Tribune Building when I stopped to react the bulletins aud 1 noticed Mr. Medill coming out of the office in comp,my with Mike McDonalct, they were go­ing over to Central Music Hall to assist in the arrange ­ments for a Grand Mass meeting of the Prohibitionists . which was to come off next day.

I concluded to go up on the North Side, and strollecl along North Clark as far as Chicago Avenue without seeing .or hen.ring anything of importance. I turned west on the avenue -and had gone but a r>hur t, distance, when I beard a cry for help coming from au alley. I looked in the direction frum which tbe cry came ~~nrl at some distance up I saw a hnndle of humanity pileJ up against the fence. As I saw no one around I thought I would go to the assistitnee of the poor wretch. · I walked in and wn.s astonished to see the redoubtable Staffcwd. Oh! Billy, said I, you look rather clelapi(latecl; what's the matter? He only replied "Dnt's alright. I guess if you tried to harness up a cashmere goat you'd look broke up too''.

I consoled hiru as best I could and induced him to ge t up and dust himself. I found his clothes badly torn and also that ht! had received a deep wound in the--­imagin;;ttion which would be soon healed. He lookecl a great deal worse than he really was, whicll hy way is his case at all times. Just then one of those famous C11icago policemen came around when everything was over. He tried to make us believe we were rlrunk and we would soon have been if he harl keptc1ose to us. He threat­ened to"run us in" if he found us raising any more noise.

He gave us a lecture on the evi ls of' intemperance and finally let us go. yY e goed.

I saw ·•Staff" safely home and there left him. He said he would take me out riding only c'le horses had de epizootic; but he added I' 11 give you a box of cigars and dat'll make it up.

I had not gone far when I niet our beloved Prefect of ... ...

Discipline, Rev. M.A. Dooling, C. S. V., wl10 was making his annual call on the students and their parents. He invited me to have some ice-cream Lo wlliclfi consen­ted, and we starterl in search of the agonizer. After par­taking of all the good things in Kni,qlttly fashion we bacte each other goocl -bye as the Rev. Father had plen­ty of work and not rr.ucll time.

As I found myself uear the Bridge ngain I concluded to go over on the South side. I started out and found the bridge open of course n.ncl a ll the boats on Lake Michig•tn ready to go through. Aft.er waiting ;t week or l<*s the i.Jridge cloRe<l up and the crown closed in . vVlHm I got to tlle middle the bridge was packed with people .

Suddenly I felt a he:t vy rocking and n sinking n.otion, then a crash and down we went-or rather I went, for I bad fallen out of bed and had struck the floor · cnd­wn.y~. I retnemberect all my ad ventures. I rem em hcred also the gravy I had had for breaktltst the prev ions morning and to this 1 traced all my mit'fOrtuncs . .

BASE BALL; OLD A:ND NEW.

Like everything moclem B:tse ball has undcrgoJjc great changes; changes too so rarlical that the vcLcnt.IIS can barely recognize in it any vestiges of Lhc old uite horse game of the "sweet used to be".

Base B:•ll is not the oldest game by a long cuun t; we can find no trace of its existence during the reign of Potatns Agustus Cresar, or aJty other Bostonian, yet we venture to say with all assurance of the party organ on the other side that it is the most populal', hest play eel and mo:;t scientific field-game in vogue to d:1y., errors and omissions excepted.

Some say, having no other au tlJori ty I blame it on him , that the game sprang from two-old-cat. Perhaps it clicl. w ·ho cares? "A mau is not a horse because he's born in a stable."

Like our beautiful anrl glorious country, base ball bad small b!"ginnings, but tllis only makes its present growth the gramler, ami strikingly shows the er1ergy and superior a!)ility that Americans put forth even iu their games. P oliticians beware! This preceding eruption is personal property. You may call around anc1 get the ~:olcrmo, but the lmY'! is secured by international copy­right.

Now let 11s examine the national games of the prin­cipal nations of the world and having tound the strong and weak points of each let us coolly tmn the rays of our intellectual headlights full upon t!Jem that we may see t!Jem dry up and blow away.

Now there's England, big country with big 1•eopl1:1,

s.o big tbat Englishmen are c.a lleJ Jobnie Bulls, I never thought that hulls were such mighty creatures. WeB Ji}1glau•l plays crioket.~not that cricket that sings h~

e\·ery comer or the one you throw sofa at, but R reg­ular game 11f lmll, wiLh LlJ,\t 11i ee namc-CriekeL Its a go~·d game for ohl sohliL•rs or people will! one l<'g, but f.,r pe(lplt< wbo have :lily t,f the otli er f:wulties left over iL'~:J no use. Why, I believe thitt there il'l 110L a policeman in Chit•1go or n hot..cl-ktlC'pcr in St. Lo1.1b mean euo.1gl1 to plny erickct. . Here's the way y ou do it. Yuu ge t a ~uit-jnst like

a k1se b:tll ':'r, theu you borrow six canes; tllere will always be enough d udes on tlle ground for Lh:tt pur­pose. Now take three canes nnct stick them in tll e gronnd close together, t.bcn Jay two toothpicks on top of tltem, and the first house is built. Now that the cor­ner stone is laid, work continue~ without intcnuption till the barricade is finished. Having finisl.ted the wick ­ets you go over to the nearest fence a.nd borrow a fence board, that is if you h::wen't brought an oat' along, and with a ball you will be ahout ready to begin operation. Now during the game if you knock a toothpick off the canes (and it makes no difference whether it was yours or Judge Greshnm's) you will he- well I don ' t know bow much, but I think tile sentence is light; people who play cricket are never very cruel.

W ell that's cricket as I see it; perhaps I don't see clear, s01r.e people .-ay I could'nt see a barn-but any how, tai nt much.

Now in France, which according to French-men is the gre:tlest country in the world not excepting Ohio, what do they pl:ty? Oh, they play King and president and t.hey get tired of their Grevy just the same as we do. Frc..m the latest ca.melograms I have received from J. G. Blaine the national game of France is pre­sid ent.

Now go to Italy anfl see them play their national game: you'd get tired before the Eecond inning. Th1·y Just play the hand organ, that's All. They used to lJJay the lyre but that weapon is now wielded exclusively by American tourists, especially, by old presidP.ntial timber.

Now what's the u:;e of trampi ng all over Europe looking for games to criticise ? Why ours is the grand­est, the biggest, the greatest game on earth not except­ing croquet.

And oh! bow expressh;e the language in wmcb we give vent to our ent.husiam, particularly when the uu•­pire decides against u.s. The dandy papers supply these expressions by dashes. I had better also. Now when circumstances conspire to hinder you from attending a game of ball, with what feverish anxiety do you not wait for the scores? And when a friend tells you that

1 '-Tilaire" made an elegant base hit followed by a beau-

tiful threehagger by 1\fr. BJ.lllivan, th3t ]3o 1pOU!lded Chicago all over the fielcl, while .Chicago f3'nned .(),Ut

every time; when you Lear all tbis how gl.oriolUI y . .ou feel!

Now this is no every d.ny langm1g~, ju.st as base bail .,. is llOt Hl1 evt.'ry dny game, eonsrqnently <mly tbe Elite can m:1.ke a gooci trans!n.tif>n of the description of a game of ball, now-a cl ays. / ~r

011! beaulifnl gn.me that brings so many )wppy hours (' ~·· to youth, and broken 1iugers to J)layers; that b¥ brought out t~,e umpire and *10,000 beauties, that gives exercise to the student 11no keeps him 1rom being sent to f\·ce study. Great game, worthy t~port of a nation, your destiny is secure! You shall continue to fi11 our fields with athletes and our hospital~! with cripples. May your glorious career run smootlily on till tlle placid brow of this young Republic is funowed with the wrinkles of Time's ruthless hand and tottering under the weight of_ years she shall siuk into the peaceful sleep her long centuries of useful toil have earned.

A-mature.

POWER OF MIND

{The following is extracted frOIJ!, Bishop S}1altiing's ot·ation pronouncect at the laying of the corner stone of the Catholic Uuiversity in Washington.)

To strive to attain truth, under whatever form, is to ~>eek to know God; and yet no ideal can be true for man unless it can be made mini.ster to faith, hope, and love, for by them we live. Let us, then, teach ourselves to see things as they are, without preoccupatior. or misgivings, Jest what is should ever make it impos­sible f0r us to believe and hope in the hetter yet io be Science and morality need religion as much as thought· and action reqnire emotion; and beyond the utmost reach of the human mind lie the boundless worlds of mystery where the soul must believe and adore what. it can but dimly discern. Tbe Copernican tlleory of the heavens startleu believers at first; but we have longsinct> grown accustomed to the new view, which reveals to us a universe infinitely more glorious than aught th~ an­cients ever imagined. We do not rightly seee!tber the things which are Rlways arou11rl us or those \'\··hich for t.he first time are presented to our eyes; an<i when nov­el theories of the visible world, which, in some sense, is part of our very being, profoundly alter our tradi­tional notions, tbe mind is disturbed and over-clouded and the lapse of time alone can make plain the real bear­ing o1 the new learning up<m life, upon religion and so­ciety. There can be no doubt but increase of knowledge involves incidental evils, just as the progress of civiliza­tion multiplies our wants;. put the wise are not, there-

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f(ite, d:ri'ven to seek ~elp from ignorance .and barbar­ism. Whate.ver the loss, all knowledge -is gain. The e·,ils that sl_}ring from, ei1lightenment of mind will find their remedy in greaterenliglttenment. Such, at least, is tbef<l-ith ofa.n age wbosestrikingcharacteristic is confidence in edu­cation. Men have ceased to care for the bliss there may be in i'gnorance, but those who dread knowledge, if ~ueh there still be, are as far a way from the life 0( this ·century as the dead whose bones cru:~ bled to dust a thousand years ago·

How THE BAsis oF EDuCATION HAs CHANGED. 'l'he aim tM best now propose to themselves is to provide,

· not wealth or plf'asure, or better machinery, or more lei­sure, but a higher and ·more effective kind of education, and hence, what.ever.one's preoccu[:mtion, whether social, political, religious, · or industrial, the question of edu­cation forces itselt upon his attention. Pedagogy has grown tobea science,andchctirs arefoundin Universitiesto ex­pound the theory and art of teaching. The learning of form­er times has become the ignorance of our own; and the classical writings have ceased to be the treasure-house of knowledge, and in eonst:quence, their educational value has dimmished. Whoever, three hundred years ago, wish­ed to acquaint himself with philisophic, poet or eloquent expression of the best that was known, was compelled tv seek for it in the Latin and Greek authors; b11t now Greek and Latin are accomplishments chiefly; antl a clast>ical 'iChnlar, if unacq uaintecl with modern science and literature, is hopelessly ignorant. "If any one," said Hegius, the teacher of Erasmus, "wishes to l(;.arn grammar, rethoric; mathematics, history, let him read Greek;" and in his day this was as true as it is fal::;e and absurd in our own. In the Middle AgeR Latin was made the ground-work of the educational system, not on account of any special value it may have been sup­posed to possess as ct mental discipline, but because it was the language of the learned, of all who spoke or wrote on questions of r~-ligion. philosophy, literature . and science; but now, who that is able to think dreams ot burying- his thoughts in a Greek or Roman nrn? The Germans in philosophy, the English in poetry, have surpassed the Greeks; and French prose is not inferior in qualities of style to the ancient classics; and in wealth of thought and knowledge so far excels them as to 'exclude .comparison.

EDUCATION MEANS KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS TRAINING. The life of Gt'eece and Rome, compared with ours,

was narrow and superficial; their ideas of nature were crude and often grotesqu~; they lackej sympathy; the Greek had no sense of sin; the Roman none of the mercy which tempers justice. In their eyes the chile was not holy, woman was not sacred, the slave was not man. Their noti<?n of liberty was political and patrioticmere­fy; the hun;l!lln soul, standing forth alone, and appealing from States and Emperors to the living God, was then

a scandal. Now literature is the outcome of a people'!; life and thought, and the nobler the life the more en­lightened the tqought, and the more vah1able will the

. expression be; and since there is greater knowl edge, wisdoin, frferlom, justice, mercy, goodr:ess, power, in

. L Christendom now than ever exiskc1 in the pagan world, it woul rl certainly be an anomaly if _modern · literature were inferior to tile classical. The ancients, indeed, excel us in the sense of form and symmetry. There is also a freshness in tlleir words, a j oyousness in their life, a certain heroic , tern per in their thinking and acting, which gave them power to engage the emotions; and hE::nce to deny them exceptional value is to take a par­tial view. But even though we grant that the stucly of their literature is, in certain respeets, the best intellect­ual discipline, education, it m11St be admitted, means knowledge as well as training; and though training is something more than refined taste. It is -strength as well and ability to think in many directions and on many subjects. N oth!ng known to men should escape the at­tention of the wise, for the knowleClge of the age de­termines what is demanded of the scholar. And sim;e it is our privilege to live at a time when knowledge is increasing more rapidly even than population and wealth, we must, if we hope to stand in the front rank of those who know, keep pace with the onward· move­ment of mind. To turn away from this outburst of splendor and power to look back to pagan civilization or Christian barbarism, is to love darkness more than light. 'Aristotle is a great mind, but his leai·ning is crude, and his ideas of nature are frequently grotesque. St. Thomas is a powerful intellect, but his point of view, in all that concerns nntural knowledge, has long since vanished from sight. What poverty of lea:rniug does not the early scheme of education reveal, and when in the twelfth century the idea of a university rises in the best mind, how incomplet.e and vague it is! Amid the ruins of castles and cathredals, we grow humble and think ourselves inferior to men who thus could build; but they were not as strong as we, and they led a more ignorant and a blinder life; and so, when we read of the great names of the past, the mists of illusion fill the skies, and our eyes ure dimmed by the glory of .clouds tinged with the splendors of a sun that has set .....

ORDER OF EXERCISES FOR,

-THE 26th.-

1st. Closing l)f student's retreat by Mass and Com­munbn.

2nd. Distribution of premiums for the Minims.

3rd. Civic and Military reception of Most Rev.

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Archbishop Feehan by the Coll('gc::; Battalion and Facu 1-ty.

4th. Dinner. 5Lh. Commencement exerc ises at 2 o'clock. 6th. Depnrtn!'e o£ actu:tl stuclcnts. '(t,h Supper. 8 th Ac~t<tcmy E-~<:etcises at 8 P. l\i ,

-27th,­

l st l\1nss for our Dead at 8 A . .M. 2nd. Oralion-"Our Dead."-3rd . BLlSinPs;; meeting at 9.30 A. l\1. 4th. Banquet at 12 M. 5Lh. Speecbes-••O ur First Director;'' "The Old Stu­

dents;" "The College, Its Past;" " The Collegfl, Its Future."

NOTICE.

Those intending to be present at the reunion at·e re­quested to signify their in ~eutiou to the college author­ties.

Ed10.

The Boy and the Soldier.

A soldier was on his way t.o the barracks, one aftemoon, when he saw a ragged little hoy ab9ut ten yefl.rs old, crying bittPrly. After looking at him for a short time the soldier asked llim why he cried so; the little lad replied that llis father and mother were dead and he came from the country to find something to do but got }OS't. The soldier listened to him, and began thinking how he would like to bring him up a smart man. The little fellow did'nt like his silence, so h~ said, if you (]on't believe me write to my parish priest he will tell you. The soldier wrote to tbe priest and received the answer to send him back, but the soldier replied that he would keep the boy, So in a few days he took the boy to a college and gave him in spE:>cial charge to the

' priest, and told Lim to watch him closely anll teach him all he could and that he would pay him well for it. The priest assured him tha~ he would do his best. The soldier on returning home stopped at a church and went up .to the statue of the Blessed Virgin and prayed a.nrt prayed to he~· asking to care for the boy and give him a kind heart and said that the boy would be hers. In a year after the soldier returned to see his adopted son and the director of the collr:ge seeing him went out to meet him and he told him that llis boy was the worst case in the house and set a very bad example to the others and that he could not keep him any longer.

The .soldier begged the priest to keep him another year and so the boy waa to remain at college. The soldier went home feeling very sad, went to the same church and prayed to the Blessed Virgin and asked her why

she did not take care of the boy as he .requested her to do. He said if she did not take o~we of ilim he would never pray to her again, hut tLatl if she granted his petiti on he would L>e her servant forever, and he then went hi s way. When he returned the direc"tor to.ld him that bis boy was tlte best in the house. The soldiel' retnnled to the church antl th[l,nke(l the Blel>sed Virg in and tolddter that ind eecl he wc,ulcluevercea;,<> to pray her an•i Llw.t b(l)y was hers. The lit tle fell ow became a learned ancl useful' man and the comfort of his kind guardian.

Fred W estney, 4th . Grammar.

BAYONET POINTS. W'bo will Lake the "Three M ." Medal? The theoretical examination in tactics took place on

the 7th. Tlle encampment in spite of the unplensant weat.her

w~s enjoyed by all. The ammunition boxes served as candy pouches for ·

the cadets on Dc~coratior1 Day. Our Drum Corps joined the K. K. K. Drum Corps in

the procession and say they l!flcl a good tin:Je. Through the kindness of Cnpt. Courtright the hoy "'

enj oyed an hour's rest in the Armory of Co. H. The Memorial Services held at Camp Clevel:1nd on

Decoration Day were very inpressi ve. The eulogy by our Rev. chaplain Fr. Ri van.l waf really grand.

The .Judges for the Prize Drill will be Cn.pt. Fonl of the Chicago Z:.>Llaves, Capt. Courtright of Co. H. 4lh. Inf. I. N. G., an(l Rev. Fr. Mahoney.

The only active duty during camp was to repel the attacks made by the strangers armed with eggs. Suffice it is to say tbey were easily routed and dared not re­turn.

The D. K. of S. through the kindness of the Spiritual Director, Rev. Fr. Dooling, enjoyed a plensant trip up the Kankakee river, l::tst week. After dinner base ball , jumping and other sports were indulged in.

BOOKS AND PERIODICALS. We have r eeeived from N. D. U. Hodges, 47 La Fay­

ette place N. Y., a copy of World-English, a neat pam­phlet devoted to the interests of th1s new universal language. 1'he wh(>le system is plainly exposed attd to those interested in the spread of nn international language, this little book will pwve very interesting. Price Twenty-five cents.

We acknowledge the receipt of a copy "Political Econ­omy" by Francis A. Walker. (N.Y. H enry Holt &Co.)

Table Talk for June is.a pleasing and readab le~ n llm ber. There are many good articles and fl. very unique and interesting puzzle rebtive to the Shakespere Donnelly controversy. For the solution of which a beautiful set of Shakes pear's Works is offered. Table Tall-.:, Pub. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

·. 'THROUGHOUT THE PLAY GROUND.

·- Corimiencement Day the 26th! · -Alumnimeeting tile 26th. & 27th! ~ Ob!! is'nt it lovP!J??? ~ Hot weather cann't settle.

' . ·:_ .The Bourbonnais cadets presented a fine appear-

ance in the procession Wednesday. · - ·The Seminarians' plain-chant class is a . succes8; theit~ way Of rendering mass and vespers on Pentecost day 'vas quite a treat. Thanks.

-The good news reach us that Dan Cahill, 'ts7, has obtained a good pos'tion at Armour & Co's Packing Houses ao.; WPigh-llinster of the establishment.

-- Mnjor H. J. Legris is the orator for commence­. ment day and wi'll speak on the "American Cousti~ution

and Ci vilizati·on." - Fir:st . communion of the minim class took place

· last Sunoay the recipients being Masters E. MonH-st, Maurice and Bernie O'Connor, Richard Bradley, Joe Boughen ar.d Paul Populorum. K .. K. K. Democrat.

- The First Communion class with their Prof. C.H Ba.ll ·ar::d Rev. E. L. Rivard enjoyed a pienic in the woods. last Sunday. ·

- Tbe Fete Dieu was the most briliiaut feast ever witnessed in Bourbonnais village fot· many years. There

. were upward of 1500 people from the neighboring · towns. B·uvl with civic an <'I military bodies from K. K.

K. St. Anne and Bourbonnais ma<'le a fine display. - Rev. James . Shannon of Bloomington, Ill., wit­

nessed the boys' parade in Kankakee decoration day and spent the next day with us. ~Rev. G. M. L('gris and R<'v. J. Lesage went to

· Chicago, Thursday, May 31, in the interest of the · alumni meet.ing to be held June 26 and 27.

-Lawyer Aug. ·Canavan has been invited to respond to the address of actual"sturlents to the old on~s.

AN ELOQUENT EVENING.

Tuesd:ty, June the 5th, the elocution contest for the Hagan Med­al took place amid rn uch emphasis and much variety of gestures. ~ever perhaps since the fine art of speaking well, bas been so magnificently encouraged and the en­couragement so duly appreciated, have we been serve(! a more varied and really more excel\c:mt and relishable elocutionary feast. It was by no means a contest of a few weak and timid amateurs with one far superior to to them all, but an equal and hard-fought fight for the first place and the crown. The beauty of the contest and the very especial interest ito-roused in the audience was

·precisely this evenness and ai the same time this excellenQe of the forces competing. One of the notable points in the boys ' ora:tory this year is the amount of dramatic action they've learned to throw into their

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pieces-a:1 element which fairly . raised · their uttel'anceH from the commonly uninteresting, because artless, grouncls of mere declamation to the ligher plain of real drama so instinct with life ancl impre3siveness.

The Judges wu·e very Rev. C. Fournier C. S. v. of Chicagc,, Rev . .J. Daly, and Hon, ex-Senator H. K. Wheeler, of Kankakee.

Before an<'l <luring the entertainment music. was furnished by the orchestra and om obliging an<'l able y-oung violinist, J. W:1gner. The programme was in the following order. King Rtcbard III. .. . .... ......... ... .. .. Wm. Shea. Spartacus to the Gladi:ttors, .. ..... ... . . D. O'Leary. Buys' Sermon, ........................ Ph. Boisvert. The Bell at Greenwood, ................. Fr. Dillon . Marin ion & Douglas, .................... J. Condon. The Blue and tbe Grey, .................. Vv. Tynan .. The Dogto's Curse of Venice, .. .. . . . ... Julius Rivard. I{ . R b f s· ·1 J O'Callahan tng v ert o , ICI y,.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " . Bill Mnson's Ride, ...................... R. Bradley.

,New)"em·'s Eve, .................... Arcacle Besse. The Leap for life,·. . . . . . . . . . . . .... Armand Granger. Sleighing Song, . . .. ..... .. .... : ........ Pat. Moran. Hiawatha, .......................... D. McN::;.mara. Regulus to the Carthaginians, . ...... .. ... P. Granger. No Flowers on Papa's Grave, .......... Joe. Boughen.

- RBv. Fr. Alf. Belanger, C. S. V., formPr ly in our m irlst, but now at the bead oft he Deaf and Dumb In­stitute in New-York City, now attends to the spiritual needs of the same afflicted people of the city of Phila­delphia.. l-Ie goes to that city o1~ce a month ·on Sunday, and the Rev. Bro. Champagne, C. S. V., tends to them on the other Sundays.

- The young boys and girls 0f the parish, about fifty in number, nra now on retreat t o make their Fint Communion on the 16th. inst. in the Maternity Church. Their conduct is edifying and we may believe that they realize to an extent the importance of the great action they are to perform. Happy children, may that day be the llappiest of your life.

- In one of his poetic moods musical Peedie in­scriber'! among others the following lines tC> the "old boy's" reunion:

"To speak of by-gone j oys, what pastime rare! The thought is touching, and a heart is bard That feels not a t its touch. Look round and see The seats on which you tried your graving skill, The very names y c.u carved subsisting still . ... The desks on which you wrote while deep E.m ployed Through changes few have been, yet not destroyed The little ones, coats off, have not for got Playing your games and on tbe same old spot Pitching the ball over the base, or to draw Tlte chalking ring and knudde down at taw."

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- The Knights of the sword accompanied by their Rev. Spiritual Director <~nj oyed a picnic near the River­view Hotd !:1st Thursctay.

- Rev. Z. Bemrd, of St. Anne, Ill., chatte1l with ns last \Ye ek.

- T he l>oys' man.:IJing iu K K. K. wns the attraction. Tll ree cheers fur the li v in g cad ets! Hi p--H:p---

- The Corpns Clt risti Fest iv>t l, one of the greRtes L in the C··~tlwlic cltu reh, w. t~ ctu ly obse t'l' ed at Bo urbon­nn is on Snnrlay l:l st , and it was a great day fur the Vil­l:lge. Enrly in Lhe day people, both Catholic anct Pro­testants, bu t principally Ll.te former, thronged in, and soon the strt<ets W8re fu ll of people. TherA was mass at 8 o'clock, and at 10 :30 o'cl ock the great audi torium and gall o:; ri es of Maternity cburc l1 were packed to their ut­most Cil pacity. The e!Jnrch was most handsomely decO·· r atecl in and around the altar, and diagonally aeross the h·Jcly of the chmch, al> ove the galleries, heanlifully colored streame!·s were stretched, and th e effect was very fine. Then there were four other altars erected and handsomely ctecorated in d ifferent parts of the Village, one at the coll ege, one at the residence of Antoine Ber­geron, the third at the convPnt, and the fourth, the most beautiful of all ,at the r esidence of Father Beaudoin.

Immed iately afler the service at the church, the procession for med, aurl it was a magnificent procession com pose n of from 600 to 1000 persons. There were three bands, St. Rose's French band, from this city, the St:'l.r ban<\ from St. Ann, anrl Bourbonnais band. St. Viateur's Cadets also took part in the procession, and , there were good representations from the tw< • Catholic , Ord ers of Foresters and St. J oseph's society of this city, and Maternity court I. C. 0. F. of Bourbonnais. With beautiful banners, flags, streamers,. musi('' etc., and ac­compan ied by singing, the ringing ofboth church and col­lege bell s, thisirnposing,procession marched from altar to altar, holding a short service at each. K. K. K. Times.

-Invitations are being issued for the marriage< f W. F. G·J1tra, of Indianapolis, Indiana, son of Miss. p. Sanasack, of this city, and Miss Laura Rust, of Bloom_ ington in this state. Th,e happy event will take place June 12. (K. K. K. Times. )

- There is now an Bxtra train from ·chicago to Kan­kakee and back, known as the Riverview express. Leaves Chicago at 5 P. M. an<l K. K. K . at '; A. M.

- We regret very much to state that Rev. James Kehoe of St. Anne's Church, West Covington, Ky., has been for some weeks past seriously ill. We pray for his speedy r ecovery.

- Fr. Shannon, who intends to organize a Zouave corps in Bloomington bas secured the ser,vices of Ser­geant J. Condon as II)ilitary instructor. W e are sure t]:;}at Jas. is competent for the work and hope the Zou­aves will flourish as tlle cadets here.

--Rev. J. Beucler Cl. S. V., oftfu~ ;GrJlldtlMrug .cbss, will deliver the nddr~ss o£ w()]corpe to the former

students and F~tcu lty. - Mr. Ci-aarles Gro~ .s, of .the Commercial cour~e will

g ive the :Farewell Adrlress. -Rev. F'r. Rouquer, late of Indian 'rerritoxy, is now

in charge of the Papineau mission. - Tl1 e picnic is now engaging the atteqtion of the

committee on nrrangements. - Dehgetaes from the several French Canadian vil·

!ages in the neighborhood meet Teusday next in i\:an­kalree tv elect their representatives to the Na!:'hua General eon venti on.

- Patrick Keating of What Cheer, Iowa, and Miss Jo. 0' Grady ofKewanee became one person in the Catholic churr.h last Monday morning as announced by the Star last week. Father F. C. Duffy officiated, whiie J ames Hogan and Miss Julia O'Shea stood guard. Tlle marriage party paceJ into the church and up to the al ­tar to the sound o1 music and of song. A large number of the friends of'both the bride and the groom was pre­sent. After the ceremony, congratulations came thick, admiring friends called at the home of James O'Grady, head quarters of the excitement, and happiness i:eigned supreme. On Tuesday night the young couple departed for their new home in What Cheer, Iowa, followed bJ the kind regards and fondest hopes of many a true friend. Kewanee Star.

- Joe Hunt, the local news prince o£ Kewanee, has · started a dollar paper. It is well-named, for Joe':; genius shines forth in its columns with exceeriing great lustre. We welcome the :Star to our exchange Jist.-

(Tiskilwa Chief.) - Our Rev. Chaplain delivered an earnest and stir­

ring oration at our memorial serv'c l Wednesday, May the 30th. It was patriotic and sentimental and went str:.tight to its aim. The Rev. speaker dwelt on the priceless hoon of American citizenship- Which was preserved for us as the precious and rich heritage of our forefath­ers, by the braves whom we commemorate this clay--a heritage of political rights and liberties, of social and religious advantage such as are enjoyed by the inhabit­ants of no other country under the sun. If we may still r.all ourselves citizens of a great republic it is because we are citizens of a united people-t~.nd we are a united people because our Union was shielded and made se- ­cure by the heroes oi our late great strife. Thence came the conclusion of our deep indebtedness to those who have so dearly pmcbased tl1is boon; purchased it at no less a cost than t_heir lives ;- hence the fi t tingness of our present duty of paying our rlebt of gratitude to their memory. The eloquent address concluded . with a beautiful prayer during which .all knelt, and to whicb all answered Amen.

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pn~ , of ~he most plea!'ing varieties introduced into OJII' collegecareer was the late camp life, with its gay a,nd enlivening scenes-also new-its fulness and com­_plioation of military m{mo:uv1es, its IDllsic, ard l~tst but by :10 means least-its re;tl militi-iry mass upon the field, wjth its significant and impressive music of bugles, music of druiits, mnsiG of choir, baud music and music

.. Qffire arms. Oh! bow it thri.lls with a tingling sense of an awful solemnity that discharge at the elevation!­Unquestioo.ably, for auy one that can feel, that moment is one of the mo3t powerfully poetical situations. The S!lll, (}od's taper, sheds his first rays over the <lew-deck­ed prairies; the young leaves lisp in the morning breeze, the bird orchestra hymns its ~welling tunes, tbe flag uf a great nation iuc"lines, Chrjstin.ns knell and pray- and God com~::s down from Heaven. Is'nt it grand!

EXCHANGES.

Let-a man learn bow to leam an(l his education is complf'te.

A certain schoolmnster used· to tell his scholars tllat they cHme tllere to "sturly how to learn," and that was all they could acqu ire in t!JP. wn-y of knowledge from him. 011ce Let a man " learn bow to learn,'' anrl his education is COJ.Jlp lete . . He will continue to acquire a certn.in kind of knowledge as long as he lives.

The techn ical school is a first-rate place fur a man who de,;ires mechanical 11.nd scieutific knowl e.d ge, but such a scho<~l is by no means the only place wllerein snnh knowlectge may be acq llired. Rtther than ask where anct when knuwlerlge is to be aPquired, better ask w!Jere a man can be and not learn <:~omething new. Go where one will, icteas are always occmTing, and a guod idea can be followe<1 up to a good item of knowledge.

Take for the purpose of illustration a young man who h:1s just obtaiuerl a job in a machine shop. He sees a t.nndred Lhiugs unknown, and not understood, which will com e in contact wit.b him in his every day life. If the young man has any of the mechanic in him, his mind instantly sets itself at work to study out the rea­so us for the things he sees around him.

There lies the parts of a steam engine, with c.vlinder, valves, crauk and eceentric in full view. Here is the shop c.ngine in good running order. This youug man has never seen the inside of a steam engine before, but now his mind asserts itself, and it is not many hours before he has studied out a more or less complete theory ofthe steam engine and its ac.tion.

While this man is investigating the steam engine, B.

hundred other matters present them~elves to be under­stood, Our man bas got to thinking. He is using his brains for the purpose for which they were given him, and the very ~~t !s that of obt;tining knowledge.

A ffi[ln's brains are gi \'en him• to use, anrl if he wi II only let them work, he has nothing further to do in the way of acquiring knowledge.

Some uew thing is seen. The brain strNightway de~ mands an investigation, an1l seeks to kn ow why anrl wherefore, anrl casts about for means for finding out all there is reg[lruing the new subj ect. It might . well be sairl that the brain of a wise man wt~s made of interro­g·ation points and the power of using them, for in ask­ing que-stions, obtaining answers and using them is nbout all " le:nning'' amonnts to.

There is one thing pretty sure. A man needs to be partiCular in what knowl~dge he aoquires. The kind obtained while looking at a gas lit through the bottom of a beer mug is worth just about as much as the knowledge gained while punching billiard balls through six feet of cigar smoke, or in trying to shake a fulllland of sixes for the drinks.

This kind of knowledge can be acquired just a,~ easy as can that of meclvtnical things, lmt •'iL don't pay." A man will not ea~ peanuts, she ll s and all, neither should he take in a ll the knowledge he comes across, irre-spect­ive of its worth. Let a man learn but let him be careful what be tries to le:trn about, or be will sometimes wish tor ignor:mce instearl of knowledge.-BostonBudget.

"Strikes" in the N-W. College Chronicle, for May, bas a great m[lny pleas ing thoughts but the writer fail ­ed to keep to the point. In the beginning we are lcrl to think that " labor strike-s" are the only thing in ques­tion, but a~ we progt·ess, we find ~very strike from a railroad to a ba.seball strike is eonsirlerecl : Among other "strikes" the Revolution is set forth. Certainly tlle R·wolution was a grand strike if you please, but we hardly consider it as illustrating the strikes of the present day, and smely the means taken by the participants woulrl not be good ones to propose tv strikers. We are afraid that "Stri.~ers'' have received no great exposition at the hands of the writer or has any cure for the evil been set forth. The piece contains many fine expressions and shows sympathy and fine feeling on the part of the writer but as a wholo it is far short of what the s·ubject might lead one to expect.

The Fordham Monthly has dedicated its May bsue to Lhe memory of the late John G. R. Hassard, one of the distinguished alu mni of Fordham College. It was a thoughtful and worthy tribute to the illustrious dead whose rare christian virtues and exalted llianhood well d e~erved the many eulogies bestowed upon by the Press secular and religious.

We have received many other exchanges which space does not allow us to mention at length. Aruong them are: Geor.qetown College Journal, College Messenge1·) St. John's University R ecord, Niagara Index, Portfolio, ancl many othe1·s.

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14 ST. VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL.

• CATHOLIC NOTES.

A Cuthulic Ca thedral is being bllilt ut S,dt Vtke Ci. t.y.

Cardinal Gibbon's ''Ftti t.h of o ur Fathers" is now publi shed in E ng lish, F rcnc;h. Germa n am1 Sc~•ndina­

vian. lli sl10 p Irelanci w:ts ch:tpb in of :1 Minn esota r~giment

during the war, ::w ct now is bouornry mPmb er of the Loyal Legion.

T he s ix th E uchari sti c Congress will open i11 Paris on Jnly 6tb. The obj ec t o f the congress is to sprenrl and in­crease th e devotio n to the sacnw, ent uf the nJ trtr.

Tile Ct'Oss-bearer [t t the consecra tio n of tl1e H.t. Rev . J ohann J :tn ssen, Bishop of Belleville, Ills., in S t. P eter' s Catherlral, of that city, was the colored priest of Quin­cey , the Rev. A . Tolton.

The spires of St. Putrick's C:1.tbeclr,tl,New-York City, when completed, will reach 330 feet above the side­walk. Work is now going on witll the two spires, which will be exactly alike in every respect.

Rumors are afloat to tile effect th[l,t the Rev. Dr. Fo­ley , of Baltimore, bas been appointed to the vacant See of Detroit. Tbere is nothing surprising in tlw i~wt for Dr. Fulcy seems to be a .:uan thoroughly fit to grace a mi~re . The Detroit peoplem·e awaiting news from Rome.

Recently tbe Cardinal-Vicar ordained as priests, in his chapel in Home, Rev . John Stafford of the diocese of Tre11ton, N.J., and the Rev. W. Welsh oftbc diocese of Alton, Ills. At t!le same time Mr. Alfred Rooker, son of Myron Rooker ot the Alb'.tny (N. Y.,) Times, was ordained deacon.

The venerable F<tther Havermans, past<•r of St. Ma­ry's, Troy, N.Y. recently passed his eighty-third birtb­day. H e has been a priest for fifty -eight years and for forty- eight of those he has been pastor of St. Mary's. He is said to be the sole stirvi vor of 200 priests who were on mission in this country when he arrived here in 1830.

Bi.5bop K eane is elated over t he latest addition to the Catholic University fund. Immediately after the corner-stone of the Univesrity llad been laid, he was called upon by a prominent Catholic of great wealth who subscribed $100,000 to the fund. The modesty of the gentleman prevents the publication of his name. In addition to the $100,000 contribution, a lady of New York, who is not over twenty-three years old, residing in New York City, sent a subscription af $b0,000.

Pope Leo has issued an encyclieal of 27 pages deaL ing with the slavery question. After referring to the teachings of the Bible he inculcates the abandonment of sla-ve dealing in .Egypt, the Soudan and Zanzibar , and reiterates his condemnation of the practice. He demands protection for missionaries in Africa and eloquently

refers to tb e labors of P eter Cla v'er. In conclu.~ion he d eclares tlw,L none of tile JLlbil,ee G if ts gave hi.m more pleabu re th a.n the abolition of sla very in tlle Empire ,of B~n.zi l ,

T wo ex tracts o f the Diocesan Syuod .of CbicHgo read as full o ws: "Cutllolics mnst be exllorted to ciose taverns or sa loons ou Sund ays, and til e F a ithful should not trcqucnt St.HJ ll places, which are the source of so rpany evils t o om people." - ' •Cbildren should be buried with the fun eral rites prescribed by the Chnrch. Flowers nwy be used a l the fun Gral of childr~n, but the ritu[tl fo rbids the use of flowers in . the chmch at the fllnera.l :;erdces for grown persons." Acting on the first extmet l:l!:i pn es ts ot Chicnl!o recently petitioned the Common Coun cil to issue an onlinauce closing saloons on SundAy s.

Writing abollt the recent Rescript of the Pope to Irelanrl, BiBhop w ·alsh says: "It is a decision on a qu es t- • ion, not f)j'polit ics, bMt of 1norals. As such it will be received by our Catholic people as every decision which has ever bee n pronounced by the Holy See in referem:e either to Faitl1 or Morals has been received by them. If cluubts or contro versies should arise ns to its meaning or ex tent, th ese will speedi ly be solved by the Bi sbt•l s of Ireland, or, if it sl10Uld be necessary. by tbe Holy See itself: But the question of m<•rality beiug ti1ns decided, the opemt.ion of th e recent adion of the Holy See is nt an end. The Iri sh peopl e, w!!etll er at home or abroacl, will, I trust, accept my assurance that neith er n:ttionali~t inovement nor the N ational League is in the smallest degree injuriously a:fl\ :cted by the recent decree. B E'yon<l tllis I do not wish to go.''

Cat.holic pnpers are fil led with accounts ot the great ceremony of tbe laying of the corner-stone ot tbe C>l­tholic University in Washington. The splenc1i<1 oratiun of Bishop Spalding is reproduced on every side and arLs anotller laure l to his m&ny past victories as nn orator and a philosopher. M:i f\S Caldwell becomes dearer to tile hearts of the millions of Catholics who will reap the beneficial etf~ cts of her Christi::tn generosity. She is a yonng woman of uncommon ler · ~ning-, having travelled ex I ensi vely through Europe in view of completing her education.

Miss Caldwell and her sister are together worth $5,000,000. They are tlle orphan daughters of William Sbakspeare Caldwell of Fredericksburg, V 1:1.. The mother was a sister of John C. Breckenbridge, of Kentucky, who was at one time V ice-President ofthe UuitedStates. The immel18e wealth was made by the grand_fatber, an English actor. He was a P rotestant, but their parents were converts to Catholicity. The fatller of Miss Caldwell, having abjured Protestantism, signalized the event by building a hospital for the Sisters of Charity and a home for the infirm whic]1 he gave to the Little Sisteri:i of the Poor.

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Tm: l'oLI.r:GF: nfhnls t'X ' e 'ent f:1c ilities for study, and the acquirement of n thorong-h knowledge oi MODERN l;ANGUAGES, MATHEl\IAT ICS, CLASSICS, MUSlO, SCIENCE, PIII LOSOPH Y, and T.HEOLOG Y . . l\ lpst o:1reful attention is pnirl ·to the business training of young men, and n tlwruugb. practical knowledge of BO<H\:-KEEPJ;'\G r~nc l CO:\.l:\II·: lW fA L LA ·\\'r is imp:trted by ~ ki lled Prof~>~:::~~r~.

The b·~st nuthors ~\lll l lllCJ,t. r~ppmv<·d !:>.)':-lt~ll) o f te ·;o ilillg :l.l'e adopted in all gmde;:; or tbe College. SLuuents may enter nt :111y tilllP. T r rm :tnrl 111iliun IYi/ll~~'gi:J IYilh dale uf entrance.

T erms fur l10:1.rd 1111d Luiti"'' $;z:)D.00 J• t• r :111 11\im.

Catalogues, awl aily de;;~•·e. t idl;mu:ttiu:l will lJe c: :re:ully gi1·en on application to the Dirrctcr.

No. 12 COURT STREET, KANKAKEE, ILL.

Dealer in Foreign and Domestic FANCY GOODS NOTIONS DRY GOODS

C. H. ERZINGERS Is the plnce to get choice I ce-Crenm. Frnits,Nuts, Cnndies, Oysters, Cigr~rs and Tobacco. The l:trgest Ice-Cream and Confectionety Parlors inihe city.

Cor. Court :·st. & East Ave. ,KANKAKEE, ILI-.

CHAS. KNOWLTON'S

NF.W PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO,

Dcnrborn AvenL.e, 1st. Door South of Comt St.

East Side, KANKAKEE, ILL.

PETER W ALZEM, Grower of

PURE \L'rAR '\VINE. Warsaw, Jancook Co., Ill.

J REFERE 'CES. Bt. Rev. iJOs. MELCHOR, B-ishop of Green Bay .at. Rev. M. Eink, Bishop of f.eavworth.

l :~ev. :U .. J. 1\fAR.'ilLE, C. S. V .

St, Vi:1te m's Cvllege, Bourbonnais GroYc, Kankakee Co., ill.

SCHOOl. BOOKS. LEGAL BLANKS.

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KA:\'KAKEE, ILL. TOYS, t' J:: li~UET. BABY CARIUAGES.

R. J. II ANN A, WHOU:SA l.f( AND ltETAIL

GIWCElt J<.\.. N "I:>

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BH.A YTO..:-; & CHIUSTIAN o.r:J' r.r-:ns in J\1 en's, l.Yomrn ' s, 1\!isses' and chii<lren'o lille and lll edilllll Shoe~ : also all sizes au(l grades ul J:oot,. SJh'Cial iud"ceJn ents for

Students Two dovrs north of Post office.

Kankakee, fll.

!(ERR BRO'S, UARDW ARE, STOVES, IRON. STEEL, TI~WARE, NAILS, Etc., Job worl' <knc in any part of the County Cor. Colll\ St." and Schuyler Avenue.

KANKAKEE, ILL.

~(11' ?Jmtl'r.~--: -~~-C!!l·• e:>n.w,rii-DEA LER IN

H ard·1cm·e, Stnvcs and Tinwalf'e, IRON, NAILS n.ml I V AGO-~ STOCK.

NO 13 EA::>T .A. VENUE, K AN h AKEE, ILL.

J obbing Done to Order.

D. Q. SCHEPPERS, M. D. 292 Larrabee St. Chicago, III.

Dr. SCHEPPERS

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

J. W. BUTLER PAPER Co.

Wholesale Paper Dealers. A full line of Cards and Wedding goods

kept constantly on i1aud. Nos. 1!)3 & 185 Monroe Sl;reet,

Ohios.go, Ill. FRED ZIPP.

The oldest Boot & Shoe House In the City, · Customers will always have good Bargains.

No. 17 Courtl::itreet, KanK.akee , Ill.

Impediments of all kinds on Agricultural Implements can be removed at JOSEPH BEAULIEU'S Blacksmith's Shop . .Also Tools of different make or shape, coarse or ftne work, Buggies, Wagons, Ploughs, etc., etc., may be repaired at very low figures at the new Shop on GRAND ST. Bourbonnais Grove, Ill. •

Ho1·se shoeing a specialty .

.J. J. SCHUBERT. PROPU,IE'.fOR OF THE

German, French and American Pharmacy. Cor. East. Ave. & Merchant St. lC AN JIAKEE, Ill.

Keep£ constantly on hand a full line of ORUOS MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS ETC, ETC.

Also-a fine line of Toi let Artides of a ll kinds, Fine Cigars anfl 'fohacco. ~CAJ,L AND SJl:E ~ill:.~

Those in need of choice Confectioneries Ca.nned goods, all kinrls of .l!'ruits , Fish ~nd Oy~tt>rs will uo well l>nd save money IJy callw~ on

T. O'GOR:\lAN. East A venue,

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,JOl-IN G. l{NECHT, - ---···

Merchant Tailor,

READY-MADE Clothing·

Hats and Caps.-Gent's underwear.

NOTRE DAME ACADEMY, DmF.CTED BY Ta~: SrsTERS OF THE

CoNGRICGATION oF NoTRE DAME. This In stitution affords evl' r,Y advaut;~_ge for

Y01mg Ladies desirous of obtamiug a soh it and fini shed education. For particuh~rs apply to

Mother S uperior, Notre Da me Aeademy,

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TOYS Pl CTUREi:i. BABY 0AltRIAGE~.

WALTERS. TODD.

HAl{DW AilE. t:;toves, Iron. Nails and Wagon wood stock.

Tinware and Tin work of all kincts. No 3 Court Street,

KANKAKEE, ILL.

CARD OF THANKS Hsving been in this eity for the

)AlSt t en years, and having received a very libera l share of the patronnge of

NO-,, 2 AND 4 COURT STREET. the people ofthis city·and cou nty I de-

Trunks, Vltlises , Furnishing Goods.

~'ilson Bros' Fine Shirts.

Kanlrakee, Ill. sire to hereby tencler them my ~incerc thn.nks for the same, and having de­termined to retire from business I

DROLET BROTHERS, wish in recognition of their pnst pn.­t.ronage to offer them goods at prices

• thnt will pay them a hanclsome return DEALE R S IN

BOOTS AND SHOES AGENTS FOR on every investment. All are respect

The New H om e Sewing l\1aclline. fully invited to take advantage of my ~LRO UEALEHS lN

ORGAN~ .A.ND WASHING MACHINES.

Kurrasch and Staga, Proprietors of

The Old BeauchamRk Babe).) PRESCRIPTION DR1JC STORE,

Where )Ou can t!ud the Largest a.se.ort­ment of Hair .wd Tooth Brushes Toilet ~rtlcles Perfnn_1ery, Soa._ps, Sponges and aU V3<l'ieties Druggist Sunlln t>s.

All should give them ·a. .ca,ll, No.5. COURT ST. TY.LErHON.& No. lQ,

A. Ehrich EAST COURT STREET

KANKAKEE. Dealer in uhoicest Groceries, .choicest

brands of Flour. Keeps onhaud constantly a large aSS\ rtment of Feed 8.lld Produce.

Please call and see me before going any place else.

H. L Crawford&: Co., WHOLESALE t. RETAIL

GROCERS No. 36 Court Street.

KA NKAKEE, JLL

Ka.nkaker Stone a.nd Lime Company, . INCORPORATED FEB. 23nl. 1867.

Proprietors ol the Celebrated 1\.aukakee flat Lime stones Qua.rrles.

Fresh Woorl burnect Lime alwnys on hnud.

KANKAKEE, ILL.

KIMBER & EV,ANS PHOTOG.6A P.HERS, _

N OUTH SIDE COURT ST. KA NKAKEE.

I'~ 27 COURT ST., KANKAKEE, ILuNois. '

closing out sale as my time in the city is limited. Call at once and examine my stock and get my prices.

.M. Rohrheimer m 2t3

SPECI AL RATES GIVEN TO

CLUBS, SATISFACTION-C.UAR-ANTEED, .

C. P. TOWNSEND. East Ave. 1 door south of Knetcth 's Block.

KA1f K AREE, ILL.

C. WOLI''E. Barber Shop.

Under Umbach 's Harness StoreiKankakee, Ill. ·c.. First Class Work gua~·au ~eec .

t:;tudents especially mv1ted.

HAND-l\'!ADE Pure Wax'Candles per lb. 45 cts Moultled Wax Candles, " " 38 cts· Stearic Wax , " " 20 cts: t:;pecJal Prices to parties buying in large quo,nti­t les.

Catholic Prayer Books 2~ cts. upwards.

CATHOLIC .,UIILY BIBLES, With two large clas.ps aad Fancy Edge $9.99 Sent free to a.JlY p:.Lrt of U. S. on receipt of price.

GRAHAM & SONS, Il\1J)Ortt>rs of Church Goods, Jobbers in School

lloo)ts and C11tholic Booksellers. 113 8. Desplaines St. Cor. Monroe, Cblcago, Ill.

Con·espon(lence sollieit e d.

WILLIAM DARCHE.

Groceries,

Dry Goods,

Yankee Notions.

BOURBONNAIS GROVE, ILL.

BENZIGER BROTHERS,

Publishers, Manufacturers of Church Goods Regalia Just

Published.

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. l

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' and hU other 1ty/4 PJCJY /).e. Jv1ll P.f J.Jll ~~ i _ _ throughbut thHDO'/if'.

t Joseph Gillott & Sana, ~c-w Yo.':'k -~~-~-~~----· _;

The "JOURNAL" is a first class "Compendium Sacrre Liturgicre" medium for "A DVERTisl,NG.'' Spe-:

By Rev. Innocent Wappelborst 0 . S. F. cial attention paid to the printing' of

CanoniGal ProGooure in Diseipliuary and BUSINESS CAR.DS, Criminal Cases adapted by Rev. s. Q. BILL I-IEADS, ETC~ ~Jessiner D. D. m=Terms .reasonabJe.~ -78 M')NRoE ST. CHICAGO ILLINois. The STUDENTS, .&litors-P!I'op.

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