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.....:"ANECDOTES'' from Rev. Dr. Pebotde's lecture appear in this 1s8ur. Part. II is reserved for .a coming · ·number.

* • * THE F AUCTl'Y of seores leaves our sporting editot-

compat!l!ti vely idle, He siglis for the days ~hep the baH, bat, and mask will emerge fr.om their dusty corners an4 stalk f'orth 'it1 tlie bright May StJn and shake off their dust. Seoringgymnastic turns, billiard shots, musieal notes, etc., does not fill his blank bo0k haltso well as the .spring "'Fouls," c•Outs,'' '~Three strikes,'' etc., which he awaits, as we do aU, with much longing. ..

.. * WE REARl'IL Y TH:A.NK out last leeturer, Mr.

Ballinger, for the entertaining and ple(tsureable evening he furnished us Saturday the 12th inst. We carefully Mted dow,n many of the goo<i things he said and with the assistance of his own outline <vhich he kindly sent l}S, we here endeavor to present what we think is a fair expressi~n of his speech. It necessarily loses mueh of that spirit :1on!i vivacity which the speaker breathed into ll~is . u;tte.r!Jonee~· .Many qf his pleasing and fittim~ anee- · dotes also we have bee'n l!nahle to adju$t and have giv­•en only the more substantial parts of the whoie.

IN /filE INTEREST~ <;~f Elocntion as a fine att and for the encouragement of its seekers we clip from the Catholic Home the foilowing interesting bit of comment on our old friend Jim Quinh\n now pliltsuing his studies in St. Ignatius College, Ghieago, Ills. He delivered the "Leap for Lite," in what the Chicago Hlfrald calls ''a very masterly manner." The occasion was the Semi• Annual Scientific Exhibition in St. Ignatitts Hall. The Home thus says: "Between the different parts o£ the lectures on electricity, recitations were delivered by Messrs. Ma\lrice J. Donoghue aud James M. Quinlan. The former acquitted hi~self in a very creditable man­ner, but the latter possesses the powerful and rate gift of oratory. It is said 'the pen is mightier than the sword,' but oratory is mightier than either. It has had a greater effect upon the world's destiny than all the battles that have ever been fought; its power bas been felt even there, for the tide of battle has be.en .turned, and defeat. ehanged to vie tory, by the stirring voiee of a bra:ve commander; We take oecasion to say this be­c:;mse it has become fashionable in certain sections to under-rate the importanee of this great gift. Mr. Quinlan must remember that tho.ugh oratory is a gift, it must be diligently cultivated; the greatest mistake he could make would be to rely too mueh upon his natural tal­ent. It requires constant and thorough practiee for years to master the art. The prima donna does not cease to practiee when her voeal powers are admired and ap­plau<led by the publie; if Mr. Quinlan will follow her example, he ean wield a power whieh God gives to cotnpara:tively few men."

"' * * OLD DR. BLAIR, ofrhetorieal fame, on the subject of

oratory now so rnueh tal'ked of and so often and forci­bly recn.lled by our weekly entertainment, thus chimes in at the end of his opening ehapter on the acquire­ment of taste for the fine arts in general·: "Good hopes may be entertail)ed of those whose minds have tltis libe­ral and elegant turn. it is favorable to rnany virtues. Whereas to be entirely devoid of a relish for eloquenee, poetry, or any of the fine arts is justly construed to be an unpromising symptom of youth; and raises suspieions of their being prone to low gratifications or destined to drudge in the more vulgl!-r and illiberal pursuits oflife . .

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MID }liGHT FANCIES.

Ob, sad is the sound of the wintry blast

As it moans through the leafless trees

And the plaintive voices of a happy past

I hear in each gust of the breeze.

The leaves lie withered and dead on the ground

That in summer waved green and high-

For the hopes of my youth I look arotind

Were these summer hop~os made to die ?

Was the blast of winter to cast thE'm clown?

Did they fall in the angry strife?

Did they weary of waiting the starry crown

That shines still, o'er the tree of life?

Gone are the flowers that smiled as I passed

In bright spring through the wt•odland ways­

Have friends, dear in boyhood, left me at last ,

In the storm of these wintry days?

The sunshine and j oy from the land is gone,

Gone suns:..ine and joy from my heart­

And here, amidst strangel's, I live alonP.

Live to dream of a soulless past.

Be I heartless as stonE' there still are worse

And unhappier far than I,

Then the doom I have sought, I will notcurse

There's a sun in the cloudiest sky.

Lo? the storm is passed? on m,y window-pane

Trickling down do the cloud tears full

But though dark is my life not a drop of rain

On my desert path gleams at all.

No matter! no m<tttcr! the dawn must come

Mnst come; be it gloomy or bright­

Though little the hope in IllY heart thercs' some

That I'll gaze on its glorious light. H .

WALT WHITMAN.

Recent attempts at gl'tting WaJt Whi tman a pension bring fresh to mind one whom by some mysterious, un­accountable classification, Iluwealway relegated t.oacor­ner;?e<.mliarly his own in my mental reckoniug. What mys­terious cause'!, whims perhaps, determines us to assign such and such places to inrlivicluals, mnyhap, for no

o.ther reason' than: that circuinstances or good fortQ.De have not made them some of our favorites.

FrQm•t'l:ie time ~that ;books ,Qf, Jiteratvre. beOilm(! part of my existence, or a welcome- frequent visitor -; to my little sanctum, I've put Walt with whom •my SUPeriO?' C1'itical entinence never allOWS me much more than a bowing acquait!tntrM;T h:rre·-put him on a shelf which invaTiably leaves tr$Ces of n~lect ,on my . coat­sleeve whenever I venture there. Yet, strange to say, his has been ·a form to frequently ha:uut me, and· insist on more accountable, and lit tle les§.fopnal recognition. I am, thus, forced to ask my.&elfwill Walt- as his friends love to call him, and I ha~arli .the familiarity - live among those, who have planted an inrlellible character upon our gl'owing litet·ature? And while oooupied. with these thoughts, the curren·t Lippincott brings me a child of nature, sympathet ic observer, in John Burmughs. row for a fe w ple~snnt moments with 1•Me1•e Egotism:" nat­urally attractive title, for with me, it is &.lways. "1.'' T he \vind~ may howl, and rain drops patter on my win­dow-pane; no cheering rays of sun , or absorbing moon­bemus, or birds sing-ing their sweet songs out in the moming air; my curtains are crawn : it is winter's. night, the intellect's festive Eeason-impregnable storm-king living in higher altitudes.

I'm not in cheam!:1 nd precisely, but where only sym­pathetic minds may come. I always did l<~ve a llit of the biographical, even when intersper:;ed with "me1e egotism;'' anrl for this p<>rhaps the more. How interesting and frequently how ennobling to note the loves an(l hopes and nmbitions of those who have run,de au impress on the life around us.

So you ~ee my friend appeat·:; a timely visitor-ttnd let me, in confiJence, assure you-a welcorne one. He confesses atlmimtion for Dr .. Johnson, ' Vldpple, Emerson, .Florence, ·yvhitman, Ru skin, Arnold, Wordsworth, Col­eriuge, Tennyson. T o them is attributed much of bis mentnl growth anti power and right to speak. An obe­dient sen·ant of sceptered sovet·eigns!

"To vVhitman," he says," I owen certain liberalizing in­fluence, as well as a lesson in patriotism which I coul<l have got in the same measure from uo other source. ' Vhitmau opens the doors and opens them wide. He pon rs a fi oorl of human sympathy wbich sets !.he whole world afloat. He is ~ great humanizing: power. There is no other personality in literature tha1; gives me such a sense of breath and magnitude in the purely human an:l personal qualities. His poems are dominated by a sense ofaliving,brenthing man as no other poemsare."

My chair feels unst.abl~; I already confe.ss a few pangs at my heartless, presumptions, uncritic.like neg­lect. He adds, "Some writers confirm one and brace him where he stands; others give him a lift; forward. I am not aware that more than two writerd have been

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·.p.·, :•11 of'ltlre :latter . senic.e to me,~EmersoD: and, Whitman. letters, whose genius •and d~ep penetration none but ... , : Su:oh<ll •spidt·as ·Brywnt: is confii~ma_tory. J:mp,y ~ay the the most obtuse would deny, has another and deserved

·sarim1 of Whittier, and -Longfellow:. · -I ome to these . men claim to unpnpularity: His too-free speech and too-real. ' solir~e and encourngetn.ent,· l:Jut:no new ter.ritory." istic pictures offend delicacy which is never "impo­

<High pv~ise thts.indeed from one -'whose :studies· in tenced:'' Radical measures usua!Iy effect good only '· ,,, "llatu:re giv:e .hitibanth0rity:to;speruk from that point at · through compromise. His pseudo.naturalism, which he

~ · - ~eas:tt. (A~d ':L adm-it,J•e .has almo$t: ~mticed me f\rom my has advocated with much talent an<l specious though selil\ •assumed eQ:Jinenl;!e and sent m·e· even . now, a} ways l.rppractical argument, has happily, then, met with de­

'". ·antl- ·e v..erY,where: ehampibn•iJtg·the cause .of "the sage of served failure, and will so continue, as "the Merchant­-> ·:, €a;nnJeH.l' But .y:et Lk:~ow not Whe~her· 'tis his self-saeri- poet'.' tells us, ·'so long as savages have instincts of

.. \ ·:·t ficintrspirit-nrlfl iwork 'mid tqe . sick carrd }ily!ng during " modesty-so long as we dream of and draw the forms our •Givil war--that ·draws me-most,- 01: th0se · :V.(iln~rabl~ · and faces, not the internal substance and mechanism

· · gray locks that once marked · the xpan ' e-verywhere the ·' of those we hold most dear,- so long as the ivy trails st'utlent·of life......-£ts -anxieties, cares; hqpes, fear.s, fiiJl.bi- . ove~ the ruin, the southern jessamine covers the blasted

' -.tiQns-,freighted ·-- on "BroekLyn· Ferry," thbse old gJ:ay pine and the moss hides the festering swamp."

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·r I0~ks tb:at1 stand out e-..·en now-strong, -venerahle, defiant For qffensive and indelicate naturalism, therefore, a~fter lthe ·storm Qf .bitterest . opposition.·--There has been lovers of the pure and beautiful in literature as in na­no middle way · in ·Whitman's r·egard,. _!ittle qualified ture and art, the cold meditative critic notwithstanding, aamiration ;--fondest fr:iends-·or !pOst determined enemies. wUl do their might to render oblivious the writings of

The first surprise in· store for the· una<:l'vised h1cursion- Whitman whose power for good and strong appeal for istr ·into·,W:alt's.dotnains: ofpoeticlife and prophecy is .his high ideal have been offset by that which blunts, dis­

>un:rhymed and irregu,lar vet·se. Hi!! hitense democr~tism, appoints, wounds, destroys . . ·a nd. abicHng senge in a Iiig'her!' purer and broader self­

nule ·of·whicJ;i, .o.ur repu)Jlic is but the pudding promise, · , hav.e>causethhim. t0 throw· ~tf e-von ·in ·letters, all ine- , · chanicalt;estraint; He· avel'S .that the barriers between ,:prose -and verse 'Sl'roU:Id 'he · thrqWn · dow:n in ordet that . tlie' American bard may .sing' and:- m.ove :-with a freedom

·--be-c:!oni·ing·--his·-instinct ·of liberty and the .great cause of ' · ptog't·ess · ~hich; is his watchword. This .our unique literary

I se:er <has i!ll v iew-a new, freer lt(l•d oetter. era in literat\}re, B:e.speaks the introductory piece; and in the enthusi~m

·o~ his reputed ,mis~ion, . professes c<;mtemp.~ for the con­.. servatism of other courtiers of ·.the Muse. His boldness

~,~n<i!t self~relian,cq, howev·er, '\\bile not bringing him a . world: @f 'indtJrsement have brought him warm and faith-

. fuT a_dtiiir••rs : these e.xp~aiQ- hi& unpopularity by depth ·antf: by parading him s·omewhat "in advance of )lis ' titne:" ' · · · · .

!'Leaves of-Grass;" ·which required 30 ·years to reach tlteir present ·corrip1ete ·form ,are . the embodiment of tl}ose thoughts a-nd ideas; I take :it upon which his. sin­

,·gu1ar' fame is to rest. "EV:angeline" means. Longfellow; "In memoriam," ••-Idylls of the king" suggest Tennyson: ~ ·.r.~aves .of G.rass," Whitman.··

·Yet·the for-m poetic which .the ,subject of our little paper assumes: is neither new · nQr .or.igiual. . Stedma~ tells

'·, us;, ' ~it is -an old 'fashi0n alwn,ys sel~cted. for ·dithyrambic ·, dracular · .outpourings,....,. tnat Qf the fie brew lyrists,

·anl:l- prophets,. and their ,inspired english translation,

LECTURE. III.

ON

"ORATORY AND HOW ACQUIRED,"

BY MR. R. A. BALLINGER

. EDITOR OF THE KANKAKEE CHIEF .•

Rev. Gentiemen, and Students.

"Fink"

The rehearsal of a scene between King John and Prince Arthur shows how wide awake you are to the art of elocution, how there gleams amongst you a spark of that fire destined to enkindle masses. Your rendition

• of this moving scene with its thrilling musical accom-paniment was in all so theatrical th'lt for a moment I could scarcely realise I was not in the theatre. Yon may indeed well congratulate yourselves on the talent that is among you and the results you have already ac­quired from its cultivation.

• • .,· 4 ~,of.;;tthe ·G3.elic . m~iustrels,-~f various O.ri.en~l and Shemi-

• ~~· i. ti'0 peopl~~£ m;~.n.y barbarous a.nd' dq;rk-skinned tri-

It may be presumption on my part to attempt to en­lighten or to entertain you on a snbject with which you prove yourselves so conversant. Let me however ex­plain in the first place, that I do not intend treating you to a display of oratory but simply telling you what I consider oratory is and by what means it may be most practically obtained. The development of these points will naturally bring us to considerations of what orato­ry has been and is; what it has done and is actually do­ing; and how it was acquired and may be aequi:red. Again in all this do hot expect a display of oratory. · ' ·· This truly uni.qur. charact-er in the American world of

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PART I. <N@.w for the essentials ~Df eratory. ·J:. ,cohsid~r.·- as one , OJ.t;A-TORY. •. . : · .. ; ·> of-the first requisites, a elear.· he':id,; ,go.o~hr.eusPNing pow-

I take it for granted that' all ofybu sturlents. ~re nb~· · . et,' a habit -<:>f<logical-t!wught .. A.li<th\.s •IDRf,~ iMquired. pasturi_ng yoursdves to be great, orators .either !ld the : To familiarize ourselves~ .withi tbe ··· m.Gst ·.cogent,, logica ·

. _ b~r; 'in the pulpit~ . or on the busting: . You. are not' yet, ' · forll)s,in. which to-·eouch oric ·idens- requir.e.S ; study. We .. , .- :it is true, ' ripened .out into grown m,anhood and tile ear- n~ed-not expect;sqme great. oe-easion, ' a public (la}ami-

;nestJleSs 6f manhood's years, yet ev~ry o;le:of yo~ must . ty t ()f'.th:e ·tescui•ng .: Of SOme;grea:t 's.'lv;iiJ•g pnncipl~S· tO hnv:e an ~im , a pui·po~e in view. Ifyou h:lve not, much . call on us -a·nd•that, on the spur of ·th~(moment, :we will, ofyour time will beburdensom~ to you, and your i~- · mushrool'_l~like, develop forth :into · full-rigged · orators. bor a~ fruitless as it will be tasteless. we should ·all · There . is ·. n·o such a· thing ·as genuine extem.poraneou$ more or less be like the little s~hool boy whom An: old · ·speaking .. It ·is withiil the nrutural ~ndew•in_eq;ts ·of no one .gentleman once met and thus questi0ned: "Wliere are · ·' to ,get up unprepared all(l utter ·ariythwg ne4v; : ·originaJ, yougo~ng, m.v little man?" "Goiil" tp sch.ooi." "And startling. Even for the .bornoratortneditation,tb.ought, why ar'e yon g·()ttlg to school?" "To get }arni'n.'' "A~d · · -reflect ion, selection, are riecessnry·; and when. they ap~ why 'learn ing.?' ' "To get an offi ce!' ;' tr ~e <)'6' n~t all . ' pear they' are a•t OllC'i! caU'ght· up by a· fire. g'.ener.ated by have an o.ffice in view we must have some other .iric'en- . the frict{o'n of thought and their: own enthiiisiasmi passes ti v~ that can elicit great efforts. ·throl:lg'n speeCli·intO· thei-r ·listeners. All this' is the. result

Casting a glance over the world to-da{ :we: ~it ness' · Ol years of study and &lee'}> less ,fiigbts. · .. ·· . . a very peculiarfeature. We see no great o'rator~-:setting: . The next ·stepprag stone is.a pvopercommand of lap­the. world on :fire by their words. Why no revblutiori;:· . · gu·lge, -'li 'knowledge ·of'tbe worrls a nd the va:rions rhe.­aries? Why no champions o£ 1Lberty to-day as f6~merly i ; torfcnlfotms int6 whiGh th~>y. may . be arrlmg.ed : now ·'YllY no great reformer of society or uf ' religion? : Be~ · in plain, u-norr.amented, ea:sy -style,-theri in tlowery ·and. cause there is no great principle at issue, no gt·eat ~ues~:- ·-well_,rourirled ·periods, ete., : etc~ This ·steck .of .terms to tion disturbs the qniet life i,nto. which peoples hav~ s~t- '"express every emotion· aga,in requi;res even •midnight tied and are busy ing themselves tilling this rare :fruit ·. ·toil; Bnt it is :Only after-,ha:ving so enricbed·y<mr·diction ot peace "the ·almighty ·dollar!" Moreover, peoples wfll .. · that y 6u can· please ot·sway. not always go to hear 'questions de.bated in public when . A knowledge 'of.the passions; .emotioris, : .andi~pulses they can more comfortably read the whole matter ivtit~ which · rille meri is· what I would consider a third ~ requi­t en up in the morning paper. But the printer's ink will . :site. Here we h1we an a·d'mimble m·ode'l and .m~ster in never leave on the mind· or -a reader that impression : · tll~ thousanti-souled Shakespeare. (Applause). H e; dived which a sterling orator will make on his audHnice~ . · deep indeed into the inmost· depths· o.f the h.timan. heart However settled the ~ecure tranquiiity of peace · ~nd · and saw its secretest workings and in Ja: .laRgunge ever commercial pursuits nothing assures us:·the lo'ngconfin- · . inimitable gave themlorth .to the. w.orld .. , Strange how­uance of such elig ible ti1Des. We . don't know when a ever it is to say that Sharke,;,peare,, thougb a , great dra­revolution will break out iri . the political, social, or reli- · matist, never' was a great oratot. {applause) Alhthe re-' g.ious world. It may be to-morrow our services ~VIII .be . sources of elocutionary have been applie,d t;o ._give ex­required to crush the t0o bold attempt~ o£ · anarchi~m; pression to thost grand prodections, Hamlet, M~cbeth; or some like enemy of our sonia! peace. Wh!i.t ensures but much of these wonderful masterpieces wiH remajn our civil prosperity? When may not war break out and unfathomable to the keenest searchers of this sup~ib gen­call on us to defend our dearly bought liberties against il1s, the immortal Shaktlspeare. (Applause) Perhaps there other powers? We must then, at :tll events, pe ready t9 · is one among you whamyou'vedubbedShakespea-re .. (pro-

. put each of us a willing and an availing shoulder to the lon,qed applause) Well, I never was any good at g'!.a-.ssing wheel of social and national elevation. · conundrums but I see I?ve guessed one_;(applause and

Let us now draw a qisiinction between elocution and laughter) . ; .Acquaintance with the passions, impulse!', oratory. Elocution consists in delivering another's com- and tastes is gained by passing in social ·ways, of the position with the proper movements of body, inflections people. It is one of the very distinctive .·marks of a true of voice etc. This does -not make the orator, who is · orator tci see· a·t one glance what kind. of'<lu audi~nce he neither a reciter, nor a declaimer. What tner1 is otatory? is de::tling with, and ad·just -himself to their ca.pabilities It is such a pqb\ic utterance of our thoughts and. emo- of understanding, their frame ofmin<l, and the bent of tions as will arouse in others sentiments and sympathies their· affections. The soul with 'its passion;s has ·been apt­intensely felt and in harmony therewith. It is the art . ly compared to a stringed-instrument. If these strings of swaying men! it implies . forcibleness, conviction, ·are skilfully touched taey echo back the truest and grace, impassioned utte~:ance, in a word aU the niceties . readiest sounds; bnt the player must know whtcb notes of elocution. to strike.

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A fourth ~teppiug stone is elocution, or a grncefu ~arr iage, easy and natural gestures, control of voice for pitch anti force, time, the maintainance of a posit ion of dignity, and e.xpre:>sio.n .Of countenance. ·-This is certainly ·:. gr:anrl accmnplisbment and bas much to do in the making of•an orator; but, as Irematken, it is not oratory itself. ,.,The boy stoorl on the burning deck" ... ''At ·midnight in his guarded tent, The Turk lay dreaming ot the h-our/' that's elocution not oratory. Elocution wiLh-Qu.t ;poV~-er of thoughts is a gQod deal like a pair oftrow­ser;; with-out legs to pnt in. ·

What does there yet remain to assist man in controlL ~ng his fellowm en ? Have w-e not yet enumerated all that .is e1;sential?

.'fhere yet remains one, tb,tt is the possession of a high character which from it1; pnrity antl integrity com­mands respect, a chn.racter of nobi lity, a truth in action, in perscm. lshf!uld perhaps have placed this important mark first. !tis first all a~·ouncl, not only for the particu­lar purpose of oratary, but is fnndn.mental in all our society relations. T!Je truest and on ly morality is that w!Jich C!Jrstianity teaches, and th ere ·is no true mmality without Chri~tianity. ( Ap1 lattse) Thucydides said of Pericl es that his probity made him strong with the A thenian people. The s:1rne thing holds good of Dernos­thene~<, but not of Cicero. Murillo cOuld not have p:tin ted a Madonna lmct be not been so eminently C:hris­t.ian .... :Summing up then, we see t!J 31t oratory, though not S(J tlon ri shing to"d:ty ns in former nges, yet, on ac­c,mut of tbe very insC:t bility. of our time, deserves to be lllade the subject of our class stndy. There is a wide itifference bt'tween oratory a;nd elocution. What consti­tutes the orator: a . Chri stian, moral character, logical power, flu ency of lang uage, :1.nrl knowledge of human nature. Let us now proceed to tbe

PART IT. H OW lT IS ACQUIR~;D.

Let me here p!·ef<tce something which mil.y perhaps surpri se you as you are accustomed to the old classic formula that poets, and orators ns well, are born not mad~. I would here remark that my opinion is that orators are made not born; that any body who takes the trouble has it within his power to become an orator. Tllis, Gentlemen, is a stimnlative doctrine, calculated to inspire hope to that vast majori ty who would invariably reckon tllep:Jsel ves as not "born orators." There is need here of perseverance, and repeated efforts. It is ve1'y advisable, not to say indispensable, to have previously become familiar with the manners of thinking and rea­soning, metaphysical subtleties of ancient songs, and gen­eral models ii:l the domains of letters. If we had net Homer, Virgil, · Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, what wou1d we do? What did Shakespeare·? Only cast these old models into his own mould. You must then f!fu.d your

minds on these gran<;! olcl. ide~s and ag;tin study logic, history, and theology. You must acquire the power of deli very and know to suit your expression to the

-ear ·of yout at1dience. You must for several years go over t.he s~tme lesson, like the young man who once ap­plied to a celebrated musician tor a lesson and was g'iven a ruflimentar.Y exercise with this instruction. "Prn.ctice this obe year and 1·bme back"-He did , When !i.e had recited , the master said: "Practice another year." Again he c~tm e thinking he had mastered the lesson perfe6tly. But no; the teacher made him go over it a third and four th, and even the fifth and a sixth year, ·and then told him. "Go now, you are the best musician in Europe !" Yon also must go repe;ttedly over the same things till they become such a part of you that when wanted they will flow forth spontaneously.

Your small irregulariti-es will be so much the more no­ticea;ble as you are a lesser genius: Very palpable for instance was the mistake of the ard~nt young speal,:er who was making an excited :first appearance: Cresar crossed the ''Rubicor1 and struck a t errible blow .... Ge.•ture! ... .. (Applause) I once had a pu,pil who was perfect in all the movements of the arms and head, but he could not move his legs at all anfl therefore presented the most lud,icrous appearance to an ordinary observer. It is with us as with the works of art. Minor defects in a small building are much more readily noticeable than the same in 11. grand cathedral.~To ovei·come even these minor defects often requires very strenuous and contin­ually repeated efforts. But we have t.he consolation ot this thought: that nothing worth having can be obtained without being worked for. ·we'll often have Alpine paths of difficulties to climb before arriv ing at perfection in public speaking.

It is now almost a common belief that "universal gen­iusr.s" are rare. A man can do only a few things well. Philip chided Alexander for singing so well, because, he saicl' he could not be such an excelleu t singer and at the same time a warrior .... Anthistenes also bluntly told the flute player that he played indeed admirably, but was good for nothing else.

Now Gentlemen we hav e gone over the whole ground somewbat rapidly I know, not however without having made y ou understand something of tile importance, of the beauty and grandeur of the subject. There yet re­mains one thing to be done, and that is the pointing out of a model, both of an orator and of the ways of becom­ing one. Would any one suggest an example? For my part I see none, in the whole range of history, better fit­ed to be set up as this twofold model than the grand old Demosthenes. Whether or not he was born an orator I shall not decide; certain it is that he had almost insur­mountable difficuties to overcome and did so only by dint of practice and study. You are no doubt acquaint-

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e(l with his laugh:1Lle th·st appearance, his stuttering, the ccuglling and hissing of the people; yuu've read how he covered his head witll his cloak and ran out; how on his way home he met a friend who gnve him good advices ; how he accordingly retired by the seaside aud dwelt in a cave with half of his bead shaved-you can see him before his glass conecting his appearance, de. ol:li:niug to the roaring tid(<, or while ascending a steep hill. You know the story of the pebbles, the midnight oil. You know how later on he came forth from his cavern and was ti.Je terror of :tn Alexander. He never appeared unprepared. He possessedadmirably the "rt of suiting language and thongi.Jt to his aurlience. In his long life­time of study he had learned all that pertains to the art an(l made himself a great org,tor.

The s:trlte holds good of p:tiilters. Murillo must needs have stuclied anatomy, must have known and loved Christi:1nity to form the ideas in his mind and put them on the canvass ... A good deal of genius of course is born with the man, but we don't knew bow much there is in us before we give (>Urseh-es a trial anJ Lest our capabi lities, our susceptibilities of higher develop­ment.

It may not be improper here to indiettte a fault-a national one, which ns Americans we all hare. \Ve are all as speakers more or le:;'i nffiictetl with !l.tfettalion. Women and men, when before an audience, like to fee} their indi viclunlity and hence appear in au affected and bolstered style. This defect needs the looking glass Of n pretty severe critic's eye. Amongst our good modern orators are Moreau, Beranger, 'ouvoi , Napoleon, P atrick Henry, Clny, Evarts, and Daniel Webster. And at an earlier period of the modern era we have the Christ. i:ln Evangelists tm<l the early Christinn Fati.Jm·s who con­verted the world to ti.Je new Gospel. They did not do it with pamphlets, nor· with the sword. It was by their e>loqnenee.

To my mimi gentlemen, let me say in condusion, no m-t snrpasses th:tt of reaching men's h .. art.s and swaying their minds, the art of goad lug men to great nctious, nn<l yon cannot earve out fur yourselves a grantier and n nobler work thnn omtory. Hoping to have tho occas­ion and plo:t.Sure of meeting you all personally I bid yoJ a very good evening.

LOCAL -Lent! - Oyster8! -Gentle ~priug !

- Cheezez-vous. Pat! - Sbn.l<espeare snys he is'nt u conundrum. - l\lt". Sulliv ttn •iid a llH:\t i•JO in sewing the cloth

of the .Junit>rs' billi.rml tab!<>, h1st week.

~ Professor Therien b~tt~ &,J1'3nged • On the ~·· opening cboru to •'The Little ~n" for the full orchestra and cboir.

- Rev. Father Moysant of the Immacu~ Conce~ tion Church, Chicago, pnid his AlJN. Mater a v~it on the 17th inst.

-Among the latest arriv;\ls are Thos. Murray of Fowler, lr,d. and m1lStars L. Grover Na.pierre Bnd lunry Dodge of Chicago Ills.

- Two new turning pole!! were rooieved lii.St week for the Juniors and Minim , they were promptly set up~ and turning is no\V in order.

- Joe wa:1t.s a re11t. All right Joe yon shall have it,. - Rev. E Rivard C. -·. V. attendt>d the Olift.on and

Cht-banse Mission in the absence of Rev. Ch!lS. Gonant who has satled for France.

- A m >St eajoy:\ble pro~ramrne wa!l rendered ltlst Tuesday evening in honor of Washington's Birthday. Selectio:~ were played by the blnd an•l orchestra in a very creditable m·mner. Ma~ter Pendergast made hiS debut as a declai10er. We c-~o btll praise and encourage him, fot· be proved himself a gt•aceful and forcible peak­er in his admirable recitation of the "Eulogy on Wash­ington." Mr. Alex. hlcGavick's oration 011 the Fat.ber of our conn try was highly entertaining. It would have been lu.rd, even for one who b·vj ki,· e.l the Bl>lr­ney, to have excelled Lim. Mr. Dore's ••All Star Dt-a· mntic Co." then took the boards anti in a••side-splitting, mirlh-provuking, nud other wise funny manner per­funned tlleir f.u·ce •· Double play." Masters Parktr, Ev­rard, Ricvu, and Rm·y btwe certainly made a bit (if not the bit) of the sensvn. Af~er a few well cbosen re­marks lrom FnLher director, a selection from the b:1nd ck•sed the entertainment.

- Dan now weurs the medal (leather) for possessing Cleupatra's chief gift.

- Ou Washington 's BirU1d:ly the lnnd indulged in a httle serenading. Tl1ey callml on b'llthers Marsile anti Bcau~loiu, the Couvcut, Dr. Bergeron nod the Noviti­ate.

- Night Warblings entitled '' e's my girl" were rendot·ed most feelingly by Two Cent t.ne other nigbt in the dormitory.

- It ,;eems that ince Tim's pard11 loft be tried to merge his grief in lore. He overchatged himself bowever and be claims the surplus is breaking out iu tbe ttbape of two "wisdom teeth."

- 0Jeriug's night mare Liz broke ber rooord last Monday. For all partioulru-.:~ inquire of Jim R.

-The Juniors' billiard club now numbers twenty. two members.

- Frather Dooling C. S. V was in Cbie&go laat t. urdny. Fathers .Marsile C. V. and Peborde ofDciAted there on sunday.

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- The Seminarians ~pent a very pleasam afternoon !:.1st Thursday in skating. From the sudden turn the weather has taken we fear there will be no more skati·ag this winter.

- St. Rttrick's Literary .Association held a most entertaining meeting on the 16th. inst. Mr. James Roach de_claimed "T:,e Soldier's Request," Mr. Legris read an eS$ey on "Slavery" Mr. Ricou a biographical sketch of ''Diogines" and Mr. vVilstach an assey on "The Causes and effects of the crusade~." Rev. Modera­tor Rivard act-ed as critic.

- The ghosts of the victims of Doctor Me's malprac­tice haunted his regions of sleep and peace last Monday night . .After t-esting his lungs with a fearful yell . fa inting away twice and inspecting his room, by the light of Dude Powers' nose, he was induced to take morphine and was soon once more wrapped in the arms of Mor­pheus.

- The evening of S:tturilay, Feb. 12th inst. was full o£ life and 'interest. We are certainly thankful to those who participated in the sc• cn~ditable rend ition of an en­joyable programme reading as follows: Overture by the Band; Scene from Prince Arthur by T. Normoyle and D. Ri cou; Chants Canadiens by French Quartette; The Jectun~ on "Oratory and How Acqui red'' by 1\-lr. Ballin­ger; selection by the Orchestra: closing remarks by Rev· M. J. l\farsile C. S. V. ; and a finale by the Band. ·

- H-trvey Lrgris lnst week handefl in his resignation to the Brtnfl ftnd Or.::hes~rtt. It is a great loss to each or­gn niz·tt ion, but Dn.n Ctthill is making strenuous endeav­ors to master the Rtritone for the Orchestra and Hugh O'Niel pipes the same instrument for the Band as if he wHe macle tor it. T . Normoyle will practice the tuba, but in the meantim e F :tther Mainville will play it. A l­bert Letourneau has been admitted as snare drummer for the Bancl .

.. -CLEVELAND'S LETTER TO A CATHOLIC.

Tne Catholic Club of Philadelphia lately invited the President to attend its annual banq net at which Cardi­nal Gibbons was to preside. Being unable to accecle to the invitat ion Cleveland answered by the following let_ ter, which shows him to be a true frienrl of religion and a firm believer in its absolute necessity to insure the good of society:-

"The tbouthfulness which prompted this invitation is gratefullg appreciated, and I regret that my public duties here will prevent its acceptance. I should b<o glad to join the contemplated expression of respect to be tendnred to the distinguished head of the Catholic Ctiurch in the United States, whose personal acquaint-

. ·ance I very much enjoy, and who is so worthily entitlecl to the esteem of all his fellow citizens.

"I thank _you for the admirable letter which acccm­panied my invitation, in which you announce as one of the doctrines of yonr club 'that a good and exem­plary Catholic must, ex necessitate rei, be a good and exemplnry ciitzen,' and that ' the teachings of both human and divine law thus merging in tbe one word, duty, form the only union of Church and State that a civil and religious government can recognize.'

••I know you will permit me, as a Protestant, to sup­plement this noble sentiment by an expression of my

· conviction that the same influence and result follow a sincere and eonsistent devotion to the teachings of every religious creed which is baseci upon divine sanc­tion. A wholesome religious faith thus inures to the perpetuity, safety and prosperity of our Republic, by exacting the due observance of civil law, the pre­servation of public order and a proper regard for the rights of all ; and thus are its adherents better fitted for good citizenship and co11firmed in a sure and steadfast pntriotism.

"It seems to me, too, that ihe c0nception of duty to the State, which is derived from religious precept, in­volves a sense of personal responsibility which is of the greatest value in the operation of the Government by the people. It will be a fortunl{te day for our country when every citizen feels that he has an ever-present duty to perform to the State which he cannot escape from or neglect without being false to his religious, as well as to hi~ civil all egiance. Wishing for. your club the utmost success in its efforts to bring about this re _ suit, I am yours sincerely, GRoVEl{ CLEVEL.u<D."

IN MEMORIAM.

Cold and low t(J-d.ty in the silent tomb sleep3 the re­mains of our late highly esteemed and dearly beloved companion, Mr. Thomtts O'Donnell. His death, which occurred so recently in our midst, was to us a severe and terrible shock. Seldom indeed h~.ve we been· called upon to chronicle a sadder event. L arge and strong, he seemed gifted with a sound constitution, and destined for a long life. A few weeks of heavy sickness, however, told fearfully on him and, although nlready past the cri­tical point and apparently on the way to recovery, his condition was still regarded as serious. Last Friday night, the 25th. inst., a .sudden change announced that the worst could be expected and that death might come at any moment. A few hours before dawn in the morn­iog of the 26th- an unusual noise throughout the house, the low whisper anil the quiet hurried tread of foot­steps, told plain ly that the end was really approaching. So indeed it was; the priest had already beard his con­fession, anointed him and given him all the spiritual consolation that a minister of the church and a prie51i

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of God can give. He was well prepared, and was ready , ior dcatb. Soon it came; :< nd under .its dark shadow and beneath it s cold grasp, his breathing cea8ed, his young heart stoppec1 its beating; his spirit bad fi ~ d. Close by his side, his cl ear Mother and brother, in tears and with feelings .t hat we shall not here attempt to clesQribe, watchecl hi s last f1tint struggles, watched , tenderly and lovingly the last spark of life in their darling boy pass slowly aw ay. In t he room many priests, seminarians

' a nd students wer e also 'gathered, who prayed fervently for tl1eir .. dying friend. H1s death, whil-h took place a little before six o'clock, was qui~t mtd tranquil. Many Masses were i'mmediateiy read for him, and prayers of~ fered up in the Chapel for the re8t of his sou l.

When the morning dawne~. and the sad news was whi spered aro.und, deep ~o rrow pervaded th~ whole community, and many a student walked away fi·om the little crowd that had gathered t ogether and secretly wept his fill. At noon the remains were brongh~ to Kan­kakee antl thence titlren to his parent's home in Ottawa, where they will be interred on Monday the 28th. Re.v. F a ther D ooling accomr)anietl them home, and followe.d t)lem to their las t re sting place. Twenty of the older students also went as fa;· as ·Kankakee. It w as· the least

RQ'LL OF :ij:ONOR. NEATNESS ANP O~H>ER.

D, Cahill, J. Roach, J. Bennett, H;, Lesage:, J. Geer, W. Powers, E. Graham and J. Golden . ·

DEPORTMENT ~

SENIOR DEPA~TMENT.

T. Burns 100, R. FitzGerald,. J, .1\il,ther, . P. Gmnger, P. Saffer, .J. Suerth, J. Whalen, T. Whalen and Alex. Granger. · ·

Distinguisbed-J. Cleary, A. Fortin, T. J. O'Donnell ·and T. Mn1;ray. '·" ·

POLIT.ENESS. D. Cahill, J. Roach, W. Powers.

APPLICATION.

R. FitzgeraJcl, T. J. ODonnell, J_.. Grandchamp.

DILIGENCE AND PUNCTUALITY. D. Carroll, T. J . O'Donnell,. P. Wilstacb.

MlNilVl'S DEP ARTTh:tENT. Diligence and Punc.tuality.

L. Falley, V. Lammare, Jas. Tierney, Lingle and Culver. ·

they could do to show the love and respect which they ~;,. , · A.NEA.l',NEss AND .on:DEn. eutertainedfo1: their dead companion. That nlg bt, while . Falley, McDonald, Leg r :s. Jos. O'Conrwr. V. v~.. dear friends and relatives w ept bitter tears over his _marre, 'Lingle, Letourneau and Boiver t. pale confint:ld r em<lins at home, a. cloud of deep :sorrow · · ' Depurtment. hung: over.the commt;;Jity here, and IJrayers were fre-~ L. F alley, V. Lamarrt>, H .' Lingle, Letourneau, Fon-qi:tently offered up both privately and in common. .. . taneJ-Je.

To-day the bleakwinds howl about his grave, and the ~nows of winter are, perhaps, covering it from view. His place is vacant at home, a clear brother is gone, a fond child laid fn the siletit tomb. H ere, too, hl~ place stands unoccupied , and a highly esteemed and~ ~ueh respected co1Jipanion is missed. 'Mr. O'Donnell , d~1ring his short stay among us, had, truly, made many fr iends ; he had won the love and good will of hisfellow-5t'udents . as well the esteem and confidence of his superio1:s. Al­ways' mild and gentle, he seemed pleased with every ­body, and l:iad faults to fi r.. cl about nothing. · He was smart, talented, and industrious; a·nd had appareptly a bright future before him. 'During the greater part of his sickness, his llear mother !l.nd brother were at his bed­side, and were. unremitting in their attention to him. Sorroivful, indeed, as his death was to us, it must have been doubly so to them. In their great affliction we extend to them our heart -felt sympathies, and would say that, thoi.1gh their darling boy is gone, we trust and sincerely be1ieve, it is his gain. They have lost acllild,ubrother; and we a dear friend and companion, but heaven we believe ll~s gained another souL This at ' leas t is our sincel:e hope, aucl to that end we will not cease to pray.

'' J.l/fay' his sotth·est m peace.)}

POLITEI\ESJ.

A. Besse, Jas~ T ierney , Fa !ley , \V. Ti erney, 'Lingle Jos. O'Connor, Culver, V. Lamarre, Sweeney, McDon­ald.

APPLICA:TION,

Falley, J o8. O'Connor, V. Lamarre . .

.JUNIOR DKPARTMEN'l' .

D eportment. V. Cyrier, W. Lehman, and M. Fortin.

P oliteness.

W. Prendergast, T. Maloney, Vf. Stafford, C. Kuise · ly and Au: Lesage.

Application.

V. Cyrier and W. Lehman.

Diligence and Punctuality·.

W. Lehman, M. F ortin and C. Knisely.

Neatness aJld Orde!'.

W. Pren iergast, T. Maloney and C. Kni sely.

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v · SEN:lOR DEP .t\lt'IM-E:NT. · .4m_and., suffering from the fatal sickQess he died of the . --~: ... • .• 'Cahill, 86; Con~ey; 88; J. Bennett, 90; E. ;Bennett, · next day, rQgt.ed with his. 20,0()0 men the 60,000 Ru'l­; , . · ; . 87; . Er.a~er, ~~ ;. Fi~~G~ral!l\ 8Q; : MeGa vick, 94; :Nor- · s.tans of. Menshikoff, before the E.nglish of Lord Raglan '" ~ n19}!le, S~;. SalndQn,_.90; Wilatf.\~h., 89; GraudQhatnp,84; •· who. had refused -to march before eating their break. ··· · . ·B.urus,•iS.,; Lf<OD!jl.,91; . MI:l'~ltl~npfordt, 88; Suerth, 81; tas~, were ~hrollgh with their meal.

'Welsh,. 9Q; Palli~Ssard; 86·; }'. Gra;uger, .85; F; Lesage, ;But what is less known of the Zollaves tha~ their ·. ~9;J<;bri~h, . 88; Wh.!\len, 90; E. Grl!;ndpp~, 82; Baine, 75:; · bQldness is their generous and truly Gallic humor which Harbour, 78; Dand.u~nd, 79;·Baker,. 78; Deeriog1 75; · not seldom becomes guite tricky. Two anecdotes will

~: ,.. ··:e. :-lt.elly, 8-,2;.·11..; O'Nei:l; 75. · illustrate that double aspect of their character. JUNIOR DEPARTMENT. . During tt;le rebellion of the Kali>iles, a village built as

··· · .· · .. . . · · · . · . generli.lly are all the .villages of the Kabily en ·the top of ·J: n~toti~ ~o;,~lton, 85; Fa!f~y, 92; .Lamarre; 87 ; a -steep hill, :had ·to ·be .stormed in order to dislodge a

' •. : .J~~-- O'Con~_or, -~8;, iebma~. s~k; Bonfield, 80; Ii,Baker, large party of rebels fortified in its hou'ses who, protect­.. , . .' '75. ;~nisely, 16; M.. Fortin, B.~; A.)Iarcotte, 79 ;-1,'. Rous~ ed by 11tone walls, were firing with impunity at our sol­

. ~e:a.h, 77 i (;_. ~mird, 8~; 'w. ~taft'Qrtl, 76; W. Prepder.: . diets destitute of artillery. A -company of Zouaves was · ·-gast, 8;8; ·r. ){alo,q~y, .79; ~J .. Kelly, 84;: E. Adams, SO~ . commanq(ld f6r the attack. A(ter a tremenduo1;1~ cheer . w; Calv.i.!'h 8~;;1': D9w~ing, ~6; B, Fraze~, 75.; Q. Grave- "vive·la France'' they started, bayonet in ~apd, .to as­

l(n_,. $0 i A, :Les~~ge, 8~; L. Gpsse, 79~; W.. Roach~ 7'i.; .A: .cend the hill. About twenty of th~m were. soon . killed .Besse .•. 83 ;·'f. Con; way, 76; $. Rivard" 7~; Scott, 7p. · and wounded by the balls of the enemy amongs~ whom .. . · . . , ' '· · . . MIN;IM D~P ~\ltT~fENJ\ .. ·. ,: ! . . ~ -. their captain. Excited by this misfortune a11d by the

J. O'Callaghan, 91 ; D. Ricou, 85; R. Adams, 8~! ;J. . • st~bbolm resistance of the rebels, they did their work ~ · · .,-.:· ':Be"Irti; ':79;'.cyrhi'r~ 84; Con fan; 85 ;'W: Evrard, 86; ~ried- so well that not one of the 150 Kabiles w~ lett )lnhurt.

m:m, 82i ·F. 1\Ior,ari, 82; C.' Quinlan, 77; J. Tierne)t, .~it; .· When they broke into the . iast hou&e they . found a :W,, 'J:'.ierney,. 7-9; -Tynan, _99.; Lingle, 84; - Fopt,anel~ 82; : Kabile standing in. front of.a large stone jar, h6lding a Girvux, 8<7!;-.~ee.~y, 1&~ -~.$5; BinsfeldJ 7_7; pistol in<>ne hand and a yatayan (sort·ofcarving-knife) U .. -Qtilver.,, 89; b .. Gr~ngef; 75;A.Granger,84;Ke~-:>g~, in the otber . .It wM evider.t from his miep that this re •

. 86; G. Rivard, 88; McDonald, 85; qiroox, '/.5. : . , beltntended to · defend this Jar by all the.means .in his •. , 7 Ab&ent: J .. .Moore, ,F. :Baker, A. K;el'r, D. CQ_n,~ay,_ .. power. Soon however hew~ compelled to give it up

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The Fre~~h Zo~a,ve is ql~ite another produc.tion of .AJ.' . geria. He i$ ~ot~ceable for his . pi<;turesque uniform, his .. turbtm, .h.ls ~hortj:;1cket, his full-s.kirt~d - breecbes fastlened

u'~ei~ the knee with yellow leggings, . and also foi: his oovel<lisposition of. mind wbicb he seems to derive £rom the hot~ bracing and. gay .climate ofthecountry. :Who didc not h~re 'of tli~ Zouaves! . legendary· boldness? '\Yl:!en in the. beginnipg of the .Crimean war, at the battle ~fAl­tn~ astafi-otTicer informed 1.\l:enshikoff, the Russian Gen-. l . .

eral, th~.t those Z )Uav:es who, a few minutes before~ had be.en passing apparently unconcerned, as for a parade, under fire of his cannons; bad ,escaladed a . ravine so

. '. st{!e_p that he had nQt judged it p.ecessary to be defend· .. . ed,be ex-claimed in a passion: You lie, devils(J,lone could

-p~s that,ra'Qme! But it was toolate; the Zouaves driv- , lng. b~ck everything in their bold adv.ance wete~lready in sight and he had fn!ltthe necessary time to fly leaving every thing in their hands, even his own . privlj.te can­te~n,.abundantly supplied with dainties and rare wine~ .QD which 1they joyfully feas~d. By that b~ld maneuver,

·· ~ible !fitq Zouayes only, the heroic Mar~ha,l de St. ·

the · Zouav~ who had wounded him, in turn., with his bayonet. !!'ailing baek the Kabile grasped in 4espair the lid of the famou!! jar. T!Ie Zouave, suspecting that

. thE) vessel migl)t contain ammunition, opened it, when, to his amazement, the pretty face -of a little giri about s.even or eight years old emerged ·from it screaming

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. ~eck of her dying father. The Zouave mov:ed by that . · toU<~hing scene, called <;me bf his comr~tdes to whom he entrusted the little girl and, notwithstanding l~is own wound, took the Kabile on his shoulders and ran to the tent-hospital where I was giving my assistance to the dying wounded. Arriving he cried to me: :\lake a Chris­tian of this . infidel. Informed by the physician that his wound was fatal, I called for an interpreter, but the

·man, too anxious a;bout his daughter, would not hear of anything else. The Zouave covered with blood went out for a short ~bile .and coming back with the little girl in his arms told the iuter!>reter -to tell her father that he could die in pe:~,ce, that the colonel bad permitted him to adopt the child, that he would share with her his daily allowance, and that in case of his death his com. rades would replace him in his work of charity. · The father looked at him gratefully, and on the exhortation of the Zouave be con.«ented t() die a christian; a~r giv-

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iug llim thc'ahsolutely necessary instr:uction,•l .f>aptised The n~iMlay tibe soktiJrs uf'tfie whole Zo~~ve regi­hlm and hln Jietl a few mil1iltes afhet'i . ""· • merit .went as usual)! to,dtlnk :at' •tlie -foi.uithln -'immedia-

'The 'ti:ttlf» girl entrusted by the G6lotrel to the canle.neer : tely i-n fr.'Ont of said' Fteneh gehtlelii~nr·s hori's~, ~nd most became'· tne· a<iopted child of all -the regiment. A -tew ·. wonderful -to benotd alf carne n&ek "witl:r evident signs month.,; after she was plMecl, at'the expense of tlie regi-. o.f intoxicat<ion~ Hari'lltbe< spH;ng"be_en · ;p0is!9pe€1\ Every tiien(inthe conveflt oftae Good Shepherd In Algiert>ancl thidg .was Stlqni·sed·; 'lihe· watei.\ ·was 'an:alyze'll! afro found

· · :··in I818 ·(11 ye:1rs later) a letter.froin her -inf0rmeq me; :perfectly pJi)'e. ·The-.' st.tme .. ·tmaeftofifitable · ph~m~menon

' iii ·6legant Frenoh, that she !had . t~tken her. vows under happened again the_ next day. · .·. · · tlle· name of Sister 1.\Iary -of the .Zouaves> Her brave We on the fomth day mo:ved thence a:nrl :never again god-fatlJier, •th-e Zouave who eausen· her ·to oecorhe a did our r.~gt~e~t:.<C.0~<; ·!'ICJ',QS.& sueh exhilarating waters. Christ-ian, became hii~self a ·q'ral)pist·lay- brother at the . . Ej()me t\tree inohths afterwl\t'? :> the ~re11c,h gentleman

. . • . • . • ..~ . ~ - ,;. ' l t . ·' mon~stery_ of Our Lady of Staoueli. was met on tlle streets of ~lid an by visiting parties

After presenting)'OU' the Zouave·il). 'his· rpost cllival2 and n10st ioo~ ·bum6redly · e~_pla:i~ed 'the marvelous rous aspe<': t of character, I must now .show·him to . you v!ttue ofpis' fo)ln'fairi by.~t:.tting tltat hi.{ fohi- 'casks of as a merry, jovial f~llow, evet' 'tendy. to crnck a jo~e or French wt~e had been sucked though ' bamboo canes, play ·a 'trick everrtin: th~ midst of dacnget:s and sorr0wful · (l'ritend~d' lor pip,e' ·stem~) 'a buri.tlle 'of'wliich ifie _iwldiers ci-rcumstances. Orlce, goitig from Otan to Algiers on . -a: -bad :foimd ·!n hi/cellar :U.rtd'idli·oitly .connect.t{d from tht> steamer carrying• two or·three companies of. Zouaves, we: · 'barre1s throilgh ·to tlle iou'bta:i.n:. The j~'ke was: such a

' met w1tll a terrible· storm during the night which· seri/ good one\hatrniiita~:y . iHsciplihe orlly 1augh'ed at it ·buhly endangered the ·safety of the vessel. Several men and all heads were ~!tfe; - .: .. · '· had been swept off 'the deck:· :by tremeirrlous waves. · The stea:mer dtiven by the gale towards the Bal:eai:ic · "" '­isles was forced to ·seek refuge in Port-J,\:lahor. 'i'here' in· · preseilce of the crew and of ttle passengers gathere~ on · Prenderga~t-Wc had· th'e 'pleasrit·e;, :Of- ··weicofuing in

. the dec-k, the Captail t went·througll the moving fo~mal- (•Ur midst>io ·. "' (" n:me§-:~0~~ ~gast, -'83, who '1ty 'df'toil·calUng to: ascertain the munber and the rutthe· ·still lives in Streatci t~, on a furr. cifhis own. !I'e ·has not of the V'ictitns of the tern pest. The caH of several mimes, yet' joirn!d,_the Btnedids. · ·: . . three times· repeat~d., tem:1.ined unansweredj am9ngst ·· · 1McCal)e..,..,_EHsha ann George' McCabe,. .'80, and '81 who in the natnes of a sergea.ttt and efa hugle~play~r. In respectively, are enjoyi1Jg·life at their~i?PJe.in £rimlieln, the si lence whicll -followecl the three calls 0f this ; l~t. JJliP9Ls~ - _ . _ __ . ~ ...... --~ ~__., ::..__ . _. narrie, ;a z~mwe',-:'who, appareiltly 'very-tired by the emo-- Bon'neville,Xt appcares Lh:l.t Jos. Boneville, '84, has

. tfon and labor 'Of the last~n,]gbt;· was ' ly;ing bn the Q.eck, come Ot1t victvriou ~Jy a1

ftcr the long struggle he had · poil1ting ·to -a bugle ·f~t.stci.ted to . the mast ex;claifued.: with the seh re stc1tnes8Ituat cau'sed him to leave us. He · · That ·poor teHow ·has· forgotten to ·-~-ake his bugle ~o'n~ is still in Chippewa Falls.{ Wiscon~in, ;

with himself;··no'•d€>ubt wlle'tl · helll reach his -garris<!m in Flynn-Qharles ·Flynn, ··ss, is working with hit Father ;. the other worl:d ' tli.e sergeabt will.'lock :him up in• 'the · 'in the offic~ of til e Danville News, Danville; Ill. There · (h.trtr'd' Ro·oiil-. Tl1at s'nme man Wh0 hatl bebn noticetl · is some talk ·of ,his coming back to. v'isit us soon. ' during ·the storm for liis · c d urag~, his seH-denial,: his , McKone-We 'werr happy to hear from 'Owen McKone readin·ess to e:xpose himself even to the danger •of deatll ·. ;'76, who 'is·now confluctor on the W. St: L. & P. R. R. to sav-e · others, conld not restrain· hi·mself even in ~ilcll '' between Fort ·,Vayne, . Indiana; and Danville, 111. He distressing circumstances from indulging in a good joke. · · writes: "It is a gteat pleasure for ·, me to ·req~ive your

. Tim' JOLLY ZOUAVE. ·' p:i.per: It reminds me of 'dl-l.yS gone by 'while 'at ~t.

Another anecdote and I am tioBe. 'Twili be a short one. Viateur's.-Regards to all the Lafayette boys." When we passed by Bogart, a small town on the north Ctillen.:...... While mentioning our other- fri .ends from skirt of tlle desert, w e were giver. a fewtlays l'est duritig · Brimfield, we must not furget Jos. 'Cutlen, '80, of jovial which ·the Zouaves l:iad t<ime to play many good tricks. memory. He is yet at his home ' fu the above named Among· others,· this ::;ne. Some four or five of them who place. were one day coming up from one· of the highways 'Lecours-We have now and then tne occasion of

· into town were requ ested by a respectable -French inha~ meeting Joseph antl Edward Lecours, '83, ·who are yet bitant'to belp him lower into his c'ellat fonr cask~ of · llving in Kankitkee City with the'ir father, engnged in wi~e just received from France. They lent themselves the Dry ·Goods business. . readily t'0 thi~ task and received as a recm'npense ·a : Murtaugh-By the lat'est news from those quarter~, r elishable supper t•eally a la mode de Paris, and a ta te W111iam Murtaugbl :'81 ', ·was pursuing his ' Theological ·of the jt1ice from' tlYe' ol-d -soil:·'-' · · . ·· • · • studies in ·Montreal·,. with the •Sulpician Fathers. ·,

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· ;": ::Sftlrm.tr<i! ;, .. Qegtg:e)~ernard" '8l ,:is l:l,a;wing at holi!e in . •, B~l~O~·il,. Gan.acl,a,; a,s joyful an~ spor-tive a time as ever. . , H(l J!!Jl. :v.-~~: forge~s_,. his. sollege -¢1ays a1Jd qw enjoy a go~d .

laugh Once i ll( It w;hilf;l When thiqkimg' pver then:i. . J\.n.i;er,y-;":"Oiiir-.genil\1 flien~, -Ecj, Kniery, :8.5, is pur•

$U~1Jg !;*··C\}}~rs~. qf, Phi!Qs.opby ill; St. M3>ty's, ~ultim,.0~e. · ... H..e,, :swmt )ast. yeat will.i!. tbe SuJpipian Fathers of : .. MontJ;ellJ, . : . ·. f.~'FY7Ep. , Percy, '82,.hol-cls .steadfastly to his posi­' ·· : ~i0P. · i.n,t-4e ,-FarVI:'e11 & Co, Wholesale Cloth~ng house,

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EXCHANQES. •.

Tire Ham1Zton College Monthly in its new"year issue --is ·btimful of ehorce productions, and its exutJerance at this ·trime· of: 'the year reminds· us of the "Blue Grass" region, ar.d its ·richness. The remarks on Ireland quite. surpdsed llS .. C. D. enters into the spirit of the subject; an:d her, prop•hesy .that <i A lU'OTa wiH pour forth her res-

. : p·Jendent r::ty s upon ben.ighted Ireland,'' will, no doubt •be.s@on fulifi.Hed, Among the other pieces that which please(: us most for its. artistic:•l tre~ttment was "Life's

·R-iver-/ ·' in which we hav:P. a pure· imagination at work, }lnd often OH:JD.::tble:o{ .keeping.; p~eecwrth its quick, broken ft:n~ires. O()rne again'.in Sl!!Oll trim and we'll read you with pl-e:-~~lWe.

The ':Illini" contains · a rem arkably fine sketch of .Tustrn i\l<;Cartby., .M.P., the Irish orator. It does the lecturer eri•ti r~' justice. The arti<.:le on <\Testing Machines" tbouglt .le11g tliy . is qnite interesting and instructive. At present the Illini pt·esents a very neat and p!easing ap.pearance. Make. y our m:-ttter correspond, and you will aJwnys be anxiously looked for;

0ne .. ofou:r e.O~imable and es';eemecl cojtemporariestook exce.ption some time ago to cerbiin expressions used in 'the .exc:hange column 0fthe JouRNAL, among others "pro­·nouNcedly" "gi ·ve the least apprec-iation," "abominable slangy" ( ev:,i:de-n tly· for ''aborn i t,t:;tbly sla-ngy," and others which were brafJded by the wisencre o£ the exchange corner as unenglish and nnft·ench.! We have given up in

· utter de"·Peration, :;md as far beyond our power of re::tching his. snseeptibilities of understanding, the en­lightenment of this fun-provoking message carrier. To · thos.e who may have read his dyspeptic musings we . wou}d expla·in that we think it pe1'fectly safe to use, as

· current and th-erefore English,- words appearing month after mon-th andrweek aft~l' week in such publications as .tne No;:th American.Review, Lippincott's Ma_gazine, the Catholic World, etc., etc. Read and you'll see eve1·y day .such e:xpr~ssions as ''admittedly," pronouncedly," "thus­Jy,,'' ·'''markedly," "asstuedly," and a ·hundred others ·

.. co~ned after the same stamp: Most of these expressions u:<ed by l~ter writErs. are not found eve!}. in Webster's

Una~ridged, ~hat we know; still they are generally re­·Ceive<l: as i11 l;la1·mony with -the genius of our language and its admirab'le, exhaustless adaptabiltty to word­building, a chat"acteristic which it has from its Teutonic origin. "Give appreciation" is English and means, we think, to make an estimate of merits or demerits; it is a'Q expression often used, and indeed almost indispens­able, in literary criticism. The fact of not being able to soar above a litt.le t.y pographical error does not argue mue.h wing power. The FreiJ.ch would call it petitesse d)espritj the pctto·is fot this is narrowness qf mind.

Our old friend the, Georgetown College Journal, is as bright and newsy as ever. It is in every respect a com­mendable -college paper. Its contributions are always choiee and fr esh.

The Little Crusade1·, published at Columbus. 0., is a regular visitor in our midst. I ts object is to furnish interesting and instructive literature for the little folks.

_Even . a cursory glance at its varied contents will not fail to convince any one that it accomplishes its laud­able object. May it .. continue and prosp~r in its good 1\'0rk . .

The late issue of the Emory Phmnix was replete with some very choice articles. The essay on Olwer Goldsmith was rea(l with pleasare. The one on True G-reatness was also deserving of a careful perusal. At the present day too many.young men have a wrong idea of what are the constituent~ of true greatness. Led away by false ideals, they bring to nanght an otherwise prosperous future. The editorial department is ably conducted and f()rms one of themostprominentfeatures of the Pluxni;J;.

The Swa1·thmore Phmnix, i~ its l3;st issue, served for its readers quite a choice and relisbaqle intellectual menu which could no.t . tail to tempt t~e. most exacting pal­ate. Tlle Phmnix _occuptes 11-. prominent position in the college paper world. It i;; always a welcome visitor to

. our sanctum. The February number of theRamble1· is fully up to

the standard. It contains not a few well written produc­tions. "Scribor" makes a strong plea for the ''Study of German'' urging tbat its intricacies are not so difficult to ma;;ter as our imagination paints them. We believe that the German language, owing to the number of our fellow citizens whose mother tongue it is and the yearly influx of immigrants from the father land, as also the tenacity with which tl:iey always adhere to their lan­guage, will eventually become a prominent factor in our country. Hence its acquisition cannot but prove advan­tageous. By the way, "Sct:ibor" don't you think that you ego it too much in your assertions. In the space of not more than twenty lines, we counted eleven I'1l. Beware or some uncharitable exchange editor may dub you ''the great I am.:' J ·

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CATHOLIC NOTES. Africa has a Catllolic po]Julntion of 1,646,000 souls. The troubles over the McGlynn case are happily dy­

ing out of the papers. ~even Cardinals will be created at the approaching

Consistory to be held on March 7th. Cardinals Gibbous and Taschereau were heartily wel­

comed on their arrival in Rome. The formeF resides at the American College.

The State Board of charities has recommended an ap. propriation of $30,000 to the Mercy Hospital in the city of Pittsburg.

Tile population of Rome is 355,000 inhabitants, which shows a ll increase of 140,000 citizens since 1870.

Detroit is sairl to have 66,000 Catholics, about one half her entire population. Twenty-two years ago there were bu t 6 Catholic churches in ti.Je city; now there are 19.

Father Bernnrcl 0' Rielly, D. D., who bas already fur­nished a numl:>er of work~ tu our Catholic literature, now presents us with auother l•ook recommended and praised by many papers and entitled: "Novissima; or, Where Do Our Departed Go?"

It ~eems true that a remedy has at last been discov­ered to cure leprosr. Father Damien, of the Lepers of Molokai, says that he himself has felt the benefit of the treatment and that many of his afflicted :flock are now on the way to health again.

The Congregation of t-he Propaganda has recently authorized Mgr. Livinhac, in the missions o£ his Emi­nence Cardinal Levigerie, to collect the acts of the Negro martyrs, of whom Wf spoke in these pages uollong ago, in order that t hey may be sent as soon as possible to the congregation of Hites.

It has often been said, and prolJably in all truth, that it is hard to be a good Irishman and not be a Catholic. Some were thinking that Justin McCarty was an exception to that rule. Happily it appears from a speecl1 he dd ivered at Ann Harbor, that he follows tbe · general rule and is also Catholic.

A most encouraging change has come over the spirit of the Chinese Emperor iu regard to the Christians. In a proclam:.ttion he says : "the sole olJject of establishing chapels is to exhort men to do right. Those who embra­ce Chri stianity tlo not cease to be Chinese, and both sides, therefore, should continue to live in pence and not let mutual jealousies be the cause of the strife be­tween them."

The Rev . Etlward HanTJa. of the diocese o£ Rochester, alumnu.~ of tho Nortl1 American College, who carried off one of the two large gold medals conferred by the Sacrctl Congregation of Propaganda in reward of the brilliant <lefence of the theological thesis argued in the deb:tto held in the Urban College, July 1~th, 1886, has

received the high honor of being appointed to fill the chair of Dogmatic Theology in the College of P10p~ aganda when the erudite Thomist, PFOfessor &ttldlli, is unable to loc~ure, (Catholic American.)

Dr. John Gilmary Shea is acknowledged to-day as being the ablest writer on the Church History of ou•r Country. He has now ready the fil'St ofthe five volumes of his History of the Catholic Church in the United States, which will be sent to any one for the price of $5.00. It is a subscription work and only si:~ty copies are open to the public.

The report of the Society of the Catholic Knights of America for the year 1886 show:; an increase in member­ship of 3,200 irirlividuals, raising the total number of Knights to 16,500. This order is the only one ofthe kind in the States and cannot tQo highly be praised for the good it is doing by keeping men from going to secret sor.i£:ties.

Nothing is more beautiful th:.n the growth of the mustard seed of faith in our dear State of Illinois. The first mission founded by Father Marquette at Kas.kaskia in 1675, was placed under the patronage of the :Slessed Virgin and has now developed to the proportions we no­tice below. "In the State of Illinois we have an active priesthood of 512 who serve 566 churches and superin­tend 51,000 children in parochial schools, chiefly con­ducted by members of the various religious orders, and a Catholic population of about 614,000 souls.'1

From Sadlier's Directory for this year it is as.certain­ed thn.t there are at present in the Episcopate of the U­nited States 12 At·chbishops and 61 Bishops. The priests number 7,658 ; ecc lesinsticnl student~ studying for the priesthood, 1,630.1'he number of churches already el(ect­ed is 6,310; chapels and st.ations 3,281. There are in op­eration under the supervision of the Church, 36 Theo­logical Seminaries, 88 Oollcges, 593 Academies, 2,697 Parochial Scbouls and 485 Charitable Institutions. The P arochi al Schools arn atteniled by 537,725 American children who nre eilucated free of any taxation UIJOn the general public, thns saving at least ten million dollars annually to the tax payers of America. (The Monitor.)

Mr. Thomas Hallah;an, a business man of New York was cured o£ a spinal disease reg-... rded by the best doctors as incurable, by the use of Water coming fr(>m the miraculous fountAin of Lourdes. In the trans­port of his feeling of gratitude towards our BlCHse<l Lady be left immediately for France to visit her Holy Shrine in Lourdes itself. This miraculous · cure is one out o£ very many wrought by the pion£> use of this precious water.

At the recent examination for licentiate in pharmacy hy the Wisconsin State Board of P harmacy, Sister Mathil­da, of Lhc Franciscan Commuuity, La Crosse, attained an average of95 per cent.- (Catholic Universe)

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ST. VJATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. 239

·FOUN:OED CHARTERED 1874.

'FHE ' CotL'EGE .affords excellent facilities for study, and the acquirement of a thorough knowledge of MODE~N~ ' LANGUAGES, MATliEMATIGS, CLASSICS, MUSIC, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, and THE0;Lqcit. : M!i>~V <:Jareful atti:mtion is paid to the business training of young men, and a thorough practica knowledge Qf BOOK-KEEPING . and COMMERCIAL LAW is imparted by skilled Professors.

,. The bl'!.st 'autho.rs arid tnost approved system of teaching are adopted in all grades of the College. Students ·ma,y enter at any time. Term a:nd tuition will begin with date of entrance.

Terms· t'or board and tuition $200.00 per annum .

!J ._.C!l-taJogu.!)s, and any <;lesired information will be carefully given on application to the Director.

REv. M. J. MARSILE, C. S. V. . . · ~ ,. r

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St. Viateur's College, Bourbonnais Grove, K3:_nkakee Co., Ill. -

SCHOOL BOOKS. LEGAL BLANKS.

!@. ~~- (~htthaut. No. 12 COURT STREET, 8 TATIONERY_,

DEALER IN Ewrdware., Stove.s 1J111,d Tinwa!f'e,

IRON, NAILS and WAGON STOCK NO 13 EAST A VENUE, KANKAKEE, ILL.

' -I ILL Books. Ne-ws_, Music_, l(ANKAKEE, . BASE-BALLS and !BAT.S, FISHING TACKLE.

· ·· Dealer hi Foreign and Domestic KANKAKEE, ILL. ~ ~

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.FANCY · GOODS N!)TIO,.S DRY OOODS TOYS; cROQUET. BABY CARRI4-.GES.

· €. lJ. ERZINGERS Is the plac.e to get choice Ice-Cream, Fruits, Nuts, Candies, Oysters, Cigars and'T'O'baceo. The largest Ice-Cream ·a.Il£l Confectionery Parlors in t,he ci,ty

Cor. Court St. & East Ave. KANIUKE·E, ILL.

Cl:tA:S. KN'OWLTON'S

· NEW PHO';J:OGRAPHIC' ST·UDIO,

Dearhor.nAvenue, .. 1st. Door Solith of Court St;

East Side, KANKAKEE,. ILL.

R. J. HANNA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

GROCER AND

COMMISSION MERCHANT 43 Court Street

KANKAKEE, ILL.

BRAYTON & CHRISTIAN DF.ALERS in Men's, Women's, Misses' and children's fine and medium Shoes: also all sizes and grades of Boots. Special inducements for · Students

Two doors north of Post office. Kankakee, fll.

PETER W ALZEM, KERR BRO'S, Grower of HARDWARE, STOVES, IRON.

PU~E ALTAR WINE. SJ'EEL, TINWARE, NAILS, Etc., WarsawHEiancock Co., 1~1. Job work done in any part of the County

· REFERENCES. Cor. Court St. and Schuyler A venue. Rt. Rev. Jos. MELCHOR, 'Bishop of Green Bay KANKAKEE, ILL . ~t IWv. M_ El~k, Ws~op iJ! Lea.v:wortp.

J obbing Done. to Order.

D. Q. SCHEPPERS, M. D.

292 Larrabee St. Chicago, Ill.

Dr. SCHEPPERS

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

J. W. BUTLER PAPER Cp.

Wholesale Paper Dealers. A fulll!ne of Cards and Wedding goode

kept constantly on hand. Nos. 173 & 175 Adams Street,

Chicago, Ill. FRED ZIPP.

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

No. 17 ConrtStreet, Kankakee, Ill

FARMERS, . Buy your Coal of and sell your

Hay to

A. F. MEYERS. Office and Yards at Bourbonnais Crossing •t

I. ~. & I. R . R. Telephone No. 131, KANKAKBE, ILL .

J. J. SCHUBERT. P R OPRIETOlt OF '£HE

German, French and American Pharmaoy. Cor. East . Ave. & Mei'Clmnt St. KAN I<A lO>:B~tll.

Keeps constantly on llaud a full line of ·• DR UGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS ET!l, ETC;

Also a fine line of Toilet Articles of ail lcinds, F ine Cig<trS >1lld Tobacco. ,.

il2ir'CAI•L AND SEE ~u;;.~

Preston · Sanasack~ . . BOUltBONNAIS GitOV E, .. JLL.

General Sto re. Dealer in Groceries, Dry goods, .Hardware, CuJ.Lery, Glassware.

Also Jtceps constantly on !J anel a large stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING,

FAMILY MEDlCLNES, · -Aad whole~ale }•h:tuors.

Those \n need of cllofc.c Confectionc1·ies Canned goods, all l<in cls of Fruits, Fish and O_%ters will clo wel) al)d savellJOn~y by cq,jliul( ou

T . . O'GORMAN. East A venue,

Kanb:ali:ee.

~JOI-IN G. KNECHT,

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Merchant T a ile r,

READY-MADE Clothing ·

Hats and Caps.-Gem 's underwear.

Trunks, Valj ses, Furi1ishing Goods.

Wilson Bros' Fine Shirts.

NO'-;. 2 AND 4 COURT STREET·

Kankakee, lll.

L. DROLET & BROTHER.

Buy the Emery $3 Shoe . -AT-

DROLET BROTHERS. 25 Court St., Jt ttnlmkee, Ill.

C. WOLFE. Barber Shop.

Under Umbach's Harness Store,Kanka)<ee, Ill. First Clf~ss Worl< guara.n teed.

Students especia.lly invited.

HAND-MADE Pm e Wax'Canclles per lb. 45 cts. Moulded Wax C<tudles, " " 38 cts· Stea.ric Wax, " " 20 cts· l:;peciall'riccs to parties buying in large quanti tla~.

Catholic .Prayer Bool:s 25 cts, upwards.

CATHOLIC 11\UHLY BIBLES, With two htrge clasps. aad Fan.cy Edge $9.99 s~nt ree to any part of U. S. on receipt oiprice.

GRAHAM &. SONS, Importers of ChUt'ch Goods, Jobbers ln Schoo'

Bool<s· and Catholic Booksellers. 11 3 8. Desplainea St. Cor . .Monroe, Chicago, Ill. ·

09rres)X)nrlence solHcitcd.

~OTRB DAME ACADEMY, DIRECTED BY Trt.l!' SrsTERfl. O.F Trn~

CoNGltEGATION OF NoTRE DAME. Tllis Ins t.itutton affords every advantage for

Yotmg Ladles desirous of obt,,,miJ1g a:solid and Jlnished education. 1<'01' I)>Lrticul!trs !~pply to

Mother Superior, N0t:r e Dame Academy, ,

B'duriloFJ1lcat<s Grove . Ka-nkake.e.!Co., tn.

Ku1tasch and Staga, Proprietors of

Tll" Uld Beauchan\J!. & Babel.) PRESCRIPTION D~UC ST9RE,

Wherc }oucanfind the Largest asso'r!;. ' mem of Ra1 r and Tooth Brushes Tollet articles Perfumer y, >'iOaJls, Spongl'J! and all va_rietles ol Druggist Su ndnes.

A .1 should ~lv~ th,em a e.all, No. i;. dtru:~>.·r ST. TELE'!'<I0NE. No. to

scHooL nooKs. LEGAL BJ,A'N.Ks. A. Ehn'ch I<' R A N K E. B E L LA M Y.

DEAJ.Elt m EA ~r couRT STREET STATIONERY'. KANKAKEE. B N ,..,.. · Dealer ii choicest Grocerie~, choicest

O O](S , . ews, l.v'..o.Q.SI C., d fF K h d t tl :w.~ll~Pap,er, Wind\)W Slutd·e'S . brau so 1our. eepson an cons an y

· KA NlL.~.KEE, ThL. · al~ge asst-rtm ent of Fee.d and Produce. . :·Ph?ase ca 11 and see me before going

TOYS PICTURES. J:lABY CARRIAGES. . uuy place else. LOUIS GOUDRE AU. -----.:.....,.~. ------~

li A J{ p W A R E •. , : I~. 1 "S~~!'[!~;~A~· Co., Stoves, I ron. NaBs and Wagon wood stock.

Tinware and Tin wor~ of all ki_nds. ·No 3 Court Street ,

KANKAKEE, ILT.i.

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

KANKAKEE, ILL.

A CARD. , T o all :whom it may concern.

Raving- adQpted -the -Qne . Price System to all my Patrons, I will g[ ve a further discoun t of 10 Per cent to all · Clergymen, Pn•fessors and Stu­dents of B01ubonnais College. CaH at the P hiladelphh One Price Cloth­ing Hall North W. Cor. of Court St . and East Ave. Kankakee, Ill.

.M . Rohrheimer, Prop.

WILLIAM DA RC.HE.

Groe<eries,

Dry Goods,

Ynnk~e Notions.

BOURBONNAIS GRE>VE·, ILL.

BENZIGER BROTHERS,

Printers to the Holy Apostolic See,

Publishers and Booksell@'l;s;

Also manufacturers and impor'"ers ( f

~hMJrd~ l®~11ntmt~d~ ~nul

~t~hUJCtd~·. No. 206 South Fourth St.

·ST. LOUlS, MO.

·o l{:o·cERs N (ii. :36 'coutt Street~

J{ANKAKEE, TLL

Outfit,;• f()r Col-LEGE PAPERS • . Sepd foi ·• <~timates.

wf~ft, wp E'·' Foundry, ~t Printer~' Supplies.

_Hpeoi:IUeP B.ool!: ang E.stimates upon ~pphcil¢ioh . '\ IT rite for Second-hand list ot Presses and :M o.eliines. 54 & 56 Frank·lin St., Chicago, Ills.

. Kal)kal;ee 'ltohe an<l Li'llle Company. I NCORl\ RATED FEB. 23rd . 1!!67.

Proprietors ol nr Celebrated Kankakee fiat Lime stones Qu• ··ries.

F esh Wood 'b-urned Lime always on h~ act.

. KANKAKEE, ILL.

~\J~'t?'n a ILL orr'S ~fee! ~enz.

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. Hts Celebrated Numbers,

303~404:__170-:604-332, and his othel· style.• may be had of all IJealers

· lkrouyhou,t the 'l{lorld.

' Jos~ph Gillott & Sons, l'li •'w YArk.

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The "'JOU'l.':N:AL " · is a first c1ass medium for ".iH>VERTISING." Spe~ cia! attention p,ai<l to tbe printing of

BUSINESS:_ CARDS, BILL HEADS~ ·ETC. ~Terms :reasonable.~

The STUDENTs,· Editor-s-Prop.