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EDITORIALS.

O·WING to n.n unfore~een and unusual pressvre Of matter ann Lbe "right of wa_y" courteously accorded our l:<'renc h Supplemei1 t, our space, we perceive at this late bour, is so entirely tak·en up as to allow neither ex­changes nor Cat.h ~Jic notes; and the book notices anct rou~ical notes ann other interes t,ing bits (not to mention a premature spring poem) mu~t al l alas! be relegated to the waste basket. We beg oue readers' indu lgence for the disappointment we may occasion them trusting they may find themselves more than repaid by the solidity and interest of the sketches which fill this issue.

* * * "QUINQUENNITES'' is .a new wod coined lately

for the baptising of a new organization whose main pur­pose is the assero bling " here and in five years'' of the members leagued together for that a im. The idea is of the students' own suggestion, racy of the nampus, and apparently uppermost in the minds of t.he collegians at this hour. It is to be hoped that old Father Time will dl"al gently with what would at first sight appear the airy fabrics of boyish fervor, a splendid ethereal palac-e floating on high hopes and brilliantly illumined with a thousand pleasant fancies. The laudable object of the

' 'Quinquennites" is Of sufficient interest, however, to in-s me their success even against the all destroying tide of years: It is the sincere wish of the .JOURNAL that time may on ly the more harden the Ctlment of that staunch friendship which prompted the rearing o1 this society. In some fature and less crowded issue we mean to gi­ve a lengthier account of this interesting "Fellowship;" to give minutes of its several meetings, showing its roll of members, its officers, principal regulations, etc.

* * .. VERY ENCOURAGING is the following paragraph

from our esteeme<l exchange the Catholic American: "There is great ability, high literary finish, and much promise disp layed in our Catholic college journals. They do honor to the institutions which they represent.'' We h<.pe it is not conceit on our part to thank our visitor for his kind words to llien of the college craft.

* * * THE GOOD WILL displayed by the participants in

the dl·ama n(•W preparing fOI' St. Patrick's chy is some­thing really worthy of commendation. With readiness such [•S this it is even comforting to st!'aiu · our utrno~t netve in our attempts to surmount the difficulties surg­ing iu wild, rapid success ion and threatening to envel-0pe, enpsize, sink, engulf our level-headed little crew. If St. Patrick's entertainment prove success, as we may still hope it will, well may we then congratulate ourselves and thank our friends who so bighlytaxthem­sel ves to help bring about the clesir.cd "brilliant soiree.''

* * * AN INTERESTING manuscript exhibiting the Holy

Name School "Roll of Honor'' is the last to enter 0ur Sanctum; and, while we glaclly accu:;e its recel)tion and sincerely applaud each bearer of au honor-telling ciph­her, we are sorry to find ourselves obliged to lay tlJ.e list aside £or another fortnight as it is u tterly impos:;ible to make any room for the honorary mention of our deserv­ing young Chicago friends. Our own usu:tl class averages and conduct notes are left out iu this issue. We trust that this first llesapppointment wi ll not prove too crus­hing for the boys' high and just hopes of seeing them~

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•• S'r .. VIATEUR'S COLLKGE JOUll,NAL.

TO :;AINT JOSEPH.

Dear Saint .Joseph! Foster-Futher Of our !:3aviour! list while we

Kneeling ttt thy feet, petition That thou keep us ever free

From temta.tions ·that beset us In \his weary world of 8in

And we know if thou wilt aid us \Ve will surely H~aven win.

Never was it known that client Who invoked thee at the hour

When he needed thy assistance Was denied it, and thy power

Is so great we. ever marveled At the deeds that thou hast done

Since all the favors thon dost ask Gt·anted are by tby dear Sou.

As He bent into sweet submiss ion To thy will when here-helow

So he heeds thee now in Heaven Graces at thy instnnce flow

On these souls I crave protection At tby hands wheu o'er them fall

Griefs d3l'k clouds and Care's dar!;. shadows When Sin o'er them ca~ts her pall-

'Vhen tbou se11dest down those graces Causing grief and car'es to flee

Thou, by loosing sin ·s strung sllackles From its honclage sets souls free

So I ask that thou wilt keep us From sin's taint that we may grow

Pure and holy e'en as thou wert In thy life when hero below.

If through life you grant protection To thy children- at its end -

Through thy love for us assist us Be thou near us-he Olll' friend­

Since thou al't the special patron Of good deaths list to our prayer

Guide us safe through Deat-h's dark valley To our Ht.tiVCidy Home so fair.

G.M.

. NINE YEARS' EXPERTENC~ AS A MlLIT .AS.Y . CHAPLAIN.

PART IJ. FRANCO-GEt~M.\.N wAR.

BBFORE AND Al' TER Se-DAN.

The scene here opens in 1870, a most unaus.piciou& year in the annals of French history: the territory is invaded _oy 800,000 Gr.rman soldiers; Marshal McMah­on with 30,000 men is attacked by 9_0,000 Ru sians com­manded by Prince Frederic Charles 9-nd after an 8 hour fight, routed. D uring this engagement McMahon disa­ulecl over 2 5,000 of the enemies, hut also, ~acrificed his own gallant brigade of cuirassiers whose heroic charge on a body of 25,000 men backed by a formidable artilllery has become legendary. Mc~vfabon is howe~er enabled to retreat to Chalons unmolested.

Three weeks later, llaving recruited his forces to the number of 120,000 men, he wal' once att.•teked by Gen. Moltke's formidable army while attempting to form a union with Gen. B:1zaine near Sedan . .l\1cMnhon was

ctisabled in the beg inning of the fight by the explosion of a shell, the army thus left without its general, ancl surrounJe<l hy 300,000 Germans shelling shot froi11 the most effect,i ve artill ery ever secu on a t>at.tle-field, wns obligerl to capi tulate, and 80,000 men, thr flower ofFran­CE<'s br:west y oung m:mhood, were tal;;en prisoners 10

Germ am'.

Shortly after the Se.!bn.rl isaster a revolu tion in Pal'is bad plac<>d the governm ent of France iu th e hands of a

few lawyers who, owing to tlteir revolntion" ry and unchristian principles were far from in!lpiri:lg the nation with that confidence so necess~rr at such a crisis. How­ever the characteri~Lic patrioiism ofall true Frenchmen si lenced all eli ·corclant voices ; all politicn I preferences were laid aside. ·witlt an admirable and enthusin.~tic u­nanimity all cl::sses of soeioty answered the call; riel, and poor, nobl es an!l peasants, young ttn<i olu asketi for crosses anrl rusheu to t!JE, seYeral camps opeuerl to re­ceive them. Five weeks a fter tbe cnll an army oflOO.OOO men ranging from tl:e youngster of 1& to the old wlli le­haire l man of GO or 'iO, had g:'-there<l below Orleans and were cammanoed by d' Aurelle de Palladin, a general then 75 year;; old who was organizing the army of"La Loire.'' It was there that I j oined the division of which I had been appointed chaplain and which was almost exclusively composed of Britons. The Zouaves of Cbar­rette, dismissed by Pins IX after Victor Emmanuel 's cowardly invasion of Rome, had volunteered their ser­vices to the cause of F rance and were a part of (lUI.

di dsion, but they llad their pnrticular rhapln in. Now our army consisting, ns you see, mostly of new

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wa.s~9,liged .to ~ke ~he field without being -sufficit>ntly nons. backed by a "di·vision of 10,000 men . ready 0 equipped a,pd properly drilled. I shall not attempt. to -~ pour shot into our llan1r. ·Chaney sent orders to Sonriis ·· describ~ the s9metiJ;nes laugh?-ble. asp~ct of th~t impro_ · ··to storm ·the bat.tery which was· an obstacle to his plan, vised army: to tell you of .itsJl!ll"dsbii>,S. ~qasioned by Sonnis·h!ld then ou·hand only a brigade of young sol­bad o~ganizationt theinsu.(ficieQcy of its s.tores1.the .i.n- . diers no.t having· y·et experienced the fire, arirl a ~attal- · clemency of an unusa.ai - ~~iy .winter, of its long and iOn of 300 pontifit:al ·Zouaves commandtld by Charette tiresorxJ.e marches . tprough . almost impassable roads. himself and intended for a reservP-. He tried i.iJ vain to Nor shall ~ .more th,an n;te~tjon .tb~e mq.d_dy bivouacs fire that brigade of' green men; who· panic stric"en in with~':_lt st.i~~ , toJie o~, and tl)ose lmappetiz;ing suppers .. consequence of a deadly' 'shower of shells fast thi~ning .. war~ed only by .the .ra.v:s of the November or Decem;.. their ranks:, did not !hove~ 'l.'h~ir . time was to be ·lost; ber moon. BtJt when ·I tell vou tha.t for 45 days, we had · galloping toCharette ·he ex.claiimid "General, let us sho~ no oth~r couch than mqd ;r snow, oft.en no other allow,. ·.these cowarrls how :trul.f Catholic . French soldiers can ance than rice biscqits a.nd water, and on s.uch .fare . conquer :or diel .Storm that battery!·:, ;"And Charre~te . daily marche5 _of 8, 10, 12 and once 21 hoqrs with. con~ galloped with tlre Chaplain-to)he ·frontand l"Ommanded; tinuaf skirmishiqg, y:ou . may judge for yourselves what ''Attention! Present Arms! Kneel for ·absolution 1 Act of were the sufferings of the Loire army during its retre~t contriti-on!" And these 300 men, most of who~ were 'go­from Orleans toLe Mans in November ~nd, December . ing to certain death;·· prostrated arms in hand united of 18to: Anci'yo.u -~ould hardly believe. it nevertheless their hearts with their v()ices in reciting the act of con­'tis true ar:-d ·. noteworthy-that gay sprightly element . trition while the Chaplain e.x:fendmg his bands over of thePr(mch character, ey,en in tl1e midst of these try- · their heads, pronounced the sacramental formula . ing circumstances, always rhfes to the top, and nothing The manly voiDe of Charette then Command loudly . is more enjoyable ihao the company of the soldiers "For God and France·! Double quick pace!" An immen­ga·ouperl around the .eve?ing camp-fires t!-nd good hum-· sesl1out: "For God and France!" answered the command. orecily joking about everything and not seldom their .Then with tile chivalrous-de ~onni~ at their head this own m~gr~ bill ot fare. handful of brave; -·m'nny of whom were children yet in ·

BATTLE OF PATAY. .their teens and others -old men, mostofthein all bhr~ng This campaign was gloriously opened toward, the end : . the most arsstocratic names of· France, presented their

of October by the ;.out ~f the . Gen~~ans at Coulmiers gallant breast as a target to the g·unnets of Frederic 11enr Orlean~, au<l .tbe reoccupation of tbnt to.wn which Charles .and, unconcerned, without firing a shot, a_dvan­tor a ti>rtuight lind been in the han<ls of the enemy. But . ced towards the thundering battery and appareluly n()t 1 he ct is rnisinl hy Gampetta of the .glorious conqueror of noticing the gaps :that lively death i.nade -in their ranks. ·. Coulmicrs on account of his refusing to aCC(\pt the stra- What a terrible but at the same time what an imposing tegic schemes devised by lawy_ers' heads in a lawyer's : sight. . . . · ' office, imposed on the army a ,temporary immobility. Follow them a few hundred feet from t.heir starting After three <bys ofnegotiat.ion Ollanzy accepted the sue- point and you ,see the· brave de Sonnis · fall, shouting cession of rl' Aurelle_ de Pala.diue as generaliss~mo, on. "Vive Ia France!" A well aimed' bullet has cut off one condition however that be should be ind~pend~nt in his of his legs. Almost ~imultaneously the bursting of a command as well as .iu his movements. General de Sonnis Shell kills Charette's horse and inflicts a severe wound a.s brave~ soldier as he was a good Catholic, took .the . on !Jis knee. Young marquis de Bouillez, the brearer of place of Chan.r.y at -·the hea.d _of army corps to which our the banner on which an image of the Sacr(\d Heart ·is eni- ' division wa.s attached. And ~e ·again started on our broidered1 fa.lls mortally wounded, shouting to his 'com­march townrd Paris thEm besieged by king Wil.liam of rades: "Sav.e our Standard!'' De Vcrtham:on who has lett

·Prussia. , behind a .beloved young wife and two children and But Prince Frederic Charles left free ,by th.e humil- princely resideuce~:S, advances. seize a hvldof it next, and ·

iating and 'treacherous capitulation . of Bazaine1 wa.s has- also falls mortally wounded. N·ow 'tis a young Parisian, tening by forced marches tooppose our progress toward oi plebebn --extraction, Louis Denneux. by name, 15 Paris; he met us near Patay. Chanzy, however, who in- years old, a. new Zouave recruit but 'already a hero- . tended 1.<> cbo6se his own. battle ground and did not in- _he catches the flag and w-ill soon ·have the honor of tend to expose _his men to be beaten down by an im- hoisting it on the conquered ·-beights of Patay and after­mensa superiority in numoer, refused to give battle, · wards of carrying it back to his chief, safe but glori­a.nd resolved to retreat towards Le Mans where another ously blackened. by powder and sanctified in the blood army was in process of formation. P t:ince Frederic of its heroic defenders.·' '· Charles shrewrfly suspecting his scheme ranged on the · · In .fact vr:e can now perceive amongst -the Pruss ian heights ofPatay a ft>imidP:ble battery ofliis Krup can- ranks u~mi:.takable sigU8 of panic and confusion, vainly

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do t,he.o.tticet·s. .tt:y...to. .6heer-·~~ei~.ldiers::-:'fhe:-:g-.en-::-:-::..'i1ifi1J"Sooll"nanate; ~N<•, ·itid~~dTt ~ot a;;;p'~if ~{;;y erals th~msel ves a,re~ ~rst. ,~ ,., JIWP~r &t the . e.-:flra~r~ :oooqutr¥J liS oong aa· sh~ prmfuceJ 's~eh' !jnot'n&'s 'and .$u_ch din~,t.Y. fa<;t of tbeir.de.t:~t st4J_b,h(,~J,y;. ~>t.;u;ing, .t;bem•••in ;(spns ! ~JA•lld _; I " feel~ 11erfectly' justified'· when, · despi,tk her the face .. A.handtul G>[JlltlJ+Qo\dly+~t.~cjcJJ}g >~ndllf'Drc~< •kumiliatingJdisasters arrd her ' fl&lts, I am p~oU:d (>fber! frrg out 'of ,its .~!most .• iJ??Pr~g.~Ql4h(pq.5i~~l);;r f.\ !w.ftole ·' 'l'BE FQR'lY' " D .Ul;! ~tTREAT: . . .

divisioo,ptote.cted by,.a ,,$'qug, -~FY-J ~t~,o.t .• ~nly.ri~ '' l'lha.ve·.booll'·tre5passing too l~ng ~pon your khi~ .. at- . posslb)e: ~J~e .9rde,•:a ~r.~, gl )'i~~- ~li\HrJ-l?IIOJJ;l-PtlY. •· Qbe~e<L! · uten tionr ;Yet, ·' ean :I · stop · ·"!'i tbbn t spe~kiiig of tne last but th~ ,guqn,e.r& aJ;ld, c~vd P,cto,r~r~ uqt ).gi-ven·1t.iimel ~ • -~•str q~mls-of the· army· M Obanzy ; of that glorious ~Prea.t hitch tb~ir, bqrse~ . 'to tb~ .• ca~~ Wf~~~; tb~.shbnts , Nn (orty:~days b.efQre -an enemy more than doilble qur "Vi v~ . 1~ Ft;ance': ann<m'l\c.es .. f..h~ f..>De~s. .of,-. tb~ . ,u~~ .-·muQ ber-s: l)n=d •baekedl by an admirable artillery ~rovid_ed daun~t~~ iO\.l ll;V.e~ G.oQ]j,~ to,·.~lle }l91~saie,n, , 0:t th~ : bat- · . ~,wit!) Krup'Sl-guns; the best then exist~ng _ in the world; tery ;,_with ~:heir pay,Qq~~s ~P,ey, ,&.@J:9aAPe~t;h .,.-rol.d! ~e.Rr~~ -"~ltile'"'em~ •Wa.S IIU'med with old cannons' for a lc;m~ "time amongs~ gunn~l'!! an.d .!M:u,·seM tb~~ 'fQG ca.nnQ.t ,!i~JMU'e · ;;·hou~ed as <l'ubbish tn 'some corners of our arse,nals. How­kille<t.A~ar tbeit; gjlns and.,so,~.n ~e,.qarmer .. o£ tber&ored- .. ,e:v.tn;, Jor. the --sake ·of · brevity, I · pass o~er the· 'daily H~ar~ .unit~d to the njlt~Qnal , r!i<l~wh~t~.-~nd-..blue-- was,' -'- iskinn.isbing, the· long ·cold nigbt.s not 'seldo.m . passed boiste,d on, the c9~,q_n~•:e~ ·ba.J:.tery. ,,, •.wi'thout fire ·for the purpose .of preventing our ~emies

The objep.t. of Cbaor;y .was ,at,taiq.OO .. Capt!Un ,de '! F.er.i ·,fi:o~- seeing <the places of our bivouac~. · ron, tpe. Of1ly 1 uni,~iQI'e<:\ .. o,ffic~liA( ·Jibe . hailltaUoD;.seei.ng ' 09e eveningthat this precaution had· been dispensed that the Prussianst . ~~a-l.iflipg .the.,.~~lL ·J-1;\Unber, •Of tb~ · •"With, the- soldiers; tinld by a· long march, were gathered stor.~iP.g party wer~ ·rr~p~J;ipg . a - ~QU!lter;.atlta.ck, .. com~ · .. ar.nmd-the: fkes,-joliing as generally cto' French soldiers mands 'the retr-E:at •. T,h~ to~ty~fi:ye Z;~u:w.el!, .;theu4i>Uly te>~ " arid watching anx:iou'sly the progress Of the cooking of mains of t,be;Wu,ol~. l:la.~talipn, .pr<>tld,ly . ~unf~lliling c~their : .a succulent< pottage composed of potatoes and bi10on colors1 t}~g\11 , a,t ~ . slow, pace, -thell1 . ~tl'~atnwbich-theyl · ·b<tllil!g in the pot. During thoae day.; a pottage was a accomplis.hed t}nmo}es.te<_l .l;>y ,th~ .. ,Ep.UJ;$~ans~,who . ·could . ra.re da.inty. I was close to one of these groups lis tening not he}p/ pa,yipg that tdbute of.:.. aQ,tmrll'tioJlJ to; the. bold ••00-<theit' &toi•ies when sudrlenly the well-know wbizzing and patJ·i~tic q~urage . of.th;tt paofl,f.~ ,ofrbt';t;Ves. .i ··ofa shell in the air and an almost universal beu:arel

, ~EROJC f!ENI:lJ!l,Ji;NTs OR 14 -Ml}TJJER. , .eaus~d every oue around to fall flat on the ground. Soon Shall.~ .now;,sp,eAk of .t~at ,·.fJ\V<I\ .,nig)llr. ·pASSed . .on·the · .howeve11 a joyful peel of laughter announced that the

battle-.~~14 .o~;Pat~y amopgst •• ~ q_ea~.~nd' Jihe<W.ound~ dau:ger-was over. ·The shell lighting in the m;dclle of ed lyi~g 119atter~d on .. the.;sn~w . .W,J;lw .nll<IDbel' .!OL· !!~Wer4 ' ,;the-pot had scattered round about the savoriug di h. al hundr~ds.? ~):ut.H I . no~ 1e!L;y:Q~ tbe,'!,J,lO.ble, s~ntimentso : Immedi-ately · the order came to extinguish the fires. of thos~ yq11•'g ~roe~ ;GJwel't \ll)l:y ,~ffe<l)ing • .theit blood. ~Tbat ~vening the hungry stomachs of the soldiers of and th~idiyes :for. the:: -~l.v~tiOJHlf <\heir. country ?:One : that qompany' had to be satisfied with the fine flnvor of oftheni handed me a letter prepared in advance, in pre. ·.· their dispersed · pottage antl one of those biscuits, 15 vision o~ his being .~illcd . in . 'w\liph . rhe announced big or 16 ye:rrs old, · a l'peci men of which I )J~t<i had the own dt::~th. to. -his wotqer~ .• ~nifpsLillg · me:wijh- the care. good f('rtune to be gratified wit h one day for my allow­of send\tjg -it, be ,. r~qqet?t.ed ,i tj)at,fl ls-heuJd · add a few an~e. Thrrt famous biscuit bore on its surface a certif;ioa.te words tO. it voqc!ling fPLl 1bis..d;V.ing:. ~b.Elrdeaih nof .. a tr-ue "ofits ; origin which showed 'that it bad been mnde in French , ~::a~riatian, &qlQler,.tb,a~ \1\i~ ;~other.J migbt..be .enll · : Toulon in 'the ye..'\r 1853-we were then in 1_8;'0! Had I couraged, to .sen _, b.i~ ,yQunger~PIIQti!&J: •,k>-·, take J hia pla.ee ' ·not· be.en- pressed by hunger, I would hve preserved -it in the aTlf1Y· fll . .ff\Gt:,.~n -A!Q'S'i 1l$r . ~ha·t !Wuly h<~roie · to-rejoice one 6f those monomaniM collectionists. by mother, whQ .Jlligbt . h\1-~ l,l ,l;le~n! ~Q.!Jli.H"ed ilto ;the. mother . · presenting' him with it. It would no1; have been t-he. Jess of the M~.qhal.lees. ,of , ~~ •. ,,~v,aa ,~Q · \lt~~WP"Pl'esenoting ; interesting of his antiquities. to Char~i!W~ I,I., ,P)Iight. bpy, Pf!l4 y~llrfS"t;~f,Jlge_, entreating BATTLE OF ~MaNS

the bra¥e, geu.e;t;a,Lio ~n:ljst ~hc!'t C.Pild. .in, ~be ranksJOf:.his · ''N0w do not expect from me a description of the bat­glorious ,ZputWf!S. ~tJ , ha.J e ~~dy .•. Mcnificed to Goct · tle of :U•·l\tans: I will only say that Chanzy 'Qeing re-en­my two ,:eldest son& ~or}~~enf!lll at..i~ll: IOf Frll>nce::: if-God ·'·forced pythe ' t)O,OOO Britons gn.thererl . nt ,tbe ~~p of is please<,i t~ . flPC~ptdo.lsor.:t~e.-riSlr~Uiee oUbi&younges-t= ' Cenlie ,was waiting for the enem1 on the table-land of and onlJf ., re1nt\iPiHg ql)ild, ,.l .- AJDUthflrl>Y ' U.. <dtfe1·it td · ·Amour near Le Mans, where 'Prin~e frereriok Cbarles Him." A_od.-ller l!)st, ~'!l';)lps ~o~~~HI!)U ,Wtftll~ •tQ this--.effect . . · "'"t!OOn · nt~-a:cked bim:·The battle lasted three days. For two "Remell_lp.ep .the _ .ijf~~ ~nd. tth~ ·dellit.h GliyourtlOlt'h~ll -broth. flays the Frencl:t held their posi~ions 11nd slept on the e~ An!i nve ~fll!k!> IMe! tbtlt•won~)ly;,; BeDc.O~.ao .heroid ·' battle-field. On tbe 3rd d,ay till2 o'clock ill the afternoon mother was killed at the battle of Le Mans;. ! ·had ltht>· ' the triumph of Charizy seemed . certain. Everywhere

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NOTRE FOI ET NOTRE LANGUE.

VO~L. IL BOURBONNAIS, ILL. Samedi, 12 Mars. 1887. No 4.

NOCES D'ARGENT.

A u R Ev. P. F. X . C.

0 le b~l anniversa ire! A pareil jour, 0 bo:~heur!

Tu devins l'oint du ~eigneur ,

L'ange de son snnctuaire!

t~u'il revienne ce grand jour En ta mémoire ravie Et btêo des fois que ta vie En fète le doux r etour!

Ce n'est qu ' une lueur bla•wlle <.l\11 dans ton ciel brill e encor, Mais qurmd soudain 1 'astre penche C'est un crépuscule d 'or ...

Pui~sPnt tons ccnx r;ui t'entourent Voir ce glo rieux déclin ~:t qu'à ce soir Ils acconrcnt Comme au plus riaut matin!

E~TRIHIE~ SUR LES OIWI<ES RELIGIEUX. ( ~UITB)

MM. On vous a dit les bie•tfaits que lPs orrlres religieux

ont opérés en filVenr de l'hum:ttité; on n surtout appuyé su r l' in:fiueuce qui ils ont exercé sur le corps et l'esprit, sor l'agriculture et les lettres; mais les moines ~ont allés au deh\; ils ont atteint jusqu 'au plus intime de l'être; il ~ ont pénétré ju~que rhns le s~netu·tire du cœur; ils sont nrrivés jusqu'à l'âme! Et ils y sont parvenus en offrant à

]a terre lP. spectacle des plus admirables v~rLus, mais sur­tout de la charité. 0 charité 1 rico ne résiste à ton sou.flle puissant, tu indines les <·œurs et les volontés comme l'ouragan ab:• isse les cimes les plus orgueilleuses!

La charité, la charité seule, pouvait triompuer de la barbare fierté de ces nations qui av11.ient renversé laso­ciété ancienne. La pitié leur était inconnue ; ils allaient du Nord au Sud couvrant tout de ruin.es et de sang pour subvenir à leur imprévoyante oisiveté, pour satisfaire leur insatiable cruauté. Mais quand ils virent ces phalan­ges inuombrnbles de rrligieux dont plusieurs avaient commandé leurs armés, dont le front avait ceint la

couronne, upporter les humiliations les plus étonnante~, embrasser lts sacrifices de tous geures, accomplir les œ uvres surhumaines de la cllarité, ces üroncllest ces intlom pta,bles barbares se sentirent subjugués, vaincus!

En effet comment, s'i l leu r rrstait encore quélque chose d'humain, auraient pu résister aux exemples cle d évuuem~nt qne leur donnaient ces Religieux, qu i par­tout où ils paraissaient élevaient des asiles à tous les maux, à toutes les douleurs? L1. France seule a compté ju~qu'à vingt mille hopitaux ! C'est grâce à l'action de leu r inépui;:able charité que l'orphelin a trouvé des anges pour l' ai mer com m~. nnrait fa.it sa mère, que Je vieillard a rendu son dernier soupir dans des mains nmies' que le p:lllvre a reçu Je pain rle cbaque jour. qne le ma lad e a senti un adoucissement à ses so utfnm­ces, que le captif sur la terre étrangèJe n vu briser ses chaînes. On peut dire qu'il n'est pas 1me misère qui n'ait été secourue, pas ul!e pl:tie qui n'ait ~té p:tn~ée, pas un e brme qui n'ait été essuyée! Et dans cette lutte,d:llls cet élanrnaguanimed~:: l 'amour,

l'homme et la femme ont rÏ\'alisé d' abnégation et sont allés juHpt'à la folie, cette folie qui sauva le mon­de sur le bois sanglant de la croix et qui devait <lans la suite le doter de l'incornpal':tble civilbation chréli ~n­

nc. On a vu clis ·ie, sous l'empire d e cette folie , dès rdi­gieuses-de faibles femmes !-voler sur lesdtam ps de La­taill e~ au milieu elu feu et de la mitraille pour prodi ­<TUCr les derniers soins aux guerriers moura nts! .. On a b '

vu des relige ux, un St. R1ymond se donner en ûtage pour briser les chaînes de quelques esclaves et qni ne cesse de leur faire entendre des paroles de consolation que lorsqu'il a les lèvres percées par le fen, la bouche close pnr un énorme fer! On a vu un St. Pi<'rre rendre !cl liberté à des C.'tptifs aux dépens de la sienne et qui, incapable de payer ln rançon promise, reste t~ lrangl é pendant six jours et s'il r.e meurt pas, c'est que le ciel veut montrer, dans sa personue brisée par ce t atfr·cux supplice, le trophée de la chr.rité, un monument du martyre et de l'héroïsme 1

Nonseulement les ordre<; monastiqlles triomphèrent de la barbarie réussirent tl. spiritualiser ces masses de peuples passionnés et charnels. Leur influ ence se fit en core sentir cle plusieurs autres mnnières snr les mœurs et contTibua le plus puissamment à affermir la civilisa ti on europ?.cune encore à so:a aurore. Avec la soeiété

LE CERCLE FRANf'A.IS.

rOm3Jine étaien t di sparus tous vest iges du pouvoir pu­b lic, il n'<>n rest11it que l'ombre. P~:~ndant cette cri se effroyable, alors que menn.çn,it de sombrer les principes les plus élémentaires d u d roit et de l'autori té, que la lé­g islation c:i vil e était ù pein e for mulée, les ord res reli­gietlx prom ulgaient des ·règlements pleins de sagesse, des con~titu tions réunissant le> éléments les plus par­faits de ln. monarchie et de la république, consti t ut ions ndm ir:-tbles qui serv irent cl e .:.wdèles aux institut ions pol i tiques des peu pies modernes et furent le berceau de leur civi lisation.

C'est au se in de ces grant:I es familles reli gieuses qne furent aus~ i mises en pratique les di vines leçonti <le l'E vangile, les seules vraies notions d'ég:dité et de frater: n i1 é l .Là, le ser f n'était pns plu!' que le maître, tous les t itres étaient conrond us, toutes les distinct ious mondaines s'évanouissaient rla.ns les embrassements cle la charité fraternelle! Cette élévation de tous a ux pl11s hantes charges monastiqnes et aux pins sublim es dignités sacerdotales porta un co up OJ ortel à la servi tude, ce tte hon te des civi lisations ant iq ues!

Après avoir contr ibué autant que tous autres, sinon plus, à é lever l'édi fice grand iose de la société chrétienne, ils ont su la défendre à toute heure et au péril de leurs j ours quand des mains perverses ont osé l'attaqner.

Ils l' ont dt!fend ue par la création des orclres mili taires, contre les enva bissement:s de l'Islamisme qui mena­çaient d'agenouiller l'Europe rl evait le Oro i ~sant!

Il s l'ont cléfevdue par l'éloquenoe d'un St. Dominique dont la pnrole entlamm6e annéanli t l'hérésie naissante des Albigeois, aussi terri ble et mortelle que le mohomé­ti ~me même !

IIH l'ont. défendue par le zèle dévorant d' un St. Ignace dont les enfants , invincibles b>Ltallions de l' Eglise, ont combattu l'erre ur sous t ou tes les form e:> et ont porté l'étendard v ictorieux du Christ jusqu'aux extrémités ùn mond e !

Et ils la défend ent encore auj ourd'hui sans j amais se lasser con!re le monstre de l'incrédulité qui dresse S<\ tête menaçante aux regards des natinns effrayées et prêtes à apostnsier ceLte foi qui les a rendus supé­ri em·es aux sociétés p:tyennos et asiatiques! @et te foi qui les fera grandes et fortes .anx heures du péril et sau­ra les préserver cle la barbarie, cle la corru pUon et de la mor t !

CONCLUSIO N.

MM. Il n'es t pas nécessaire d 'appnyer plus longtemps snr

une qu esti on dont Je mérite vous est connu. Ce que nons avons elit est ]JI us que suffisant pour prouver que les or­dres religieux existent pour l'a van tage des sociétés, qu' ils n'ont p:-~s forfa- it ;\ leurs devoirs et qu' ils ont une infi nité cte titres à la gr.2titude et à la vénération des peuples. ,

Sont- ils les ennemis do la civilisation ceux qui lu t t è-

rent si vail lamment cp nin~ la bavh~,~i.e ,et l'individualisme et firent tant pour baser l' ord re pnhlîc sur les infaillibles principes de la vérité et de la •justi ce ?

Sont-il> les ennemis d u t ravail ceux qui défl'i chèrent 1'-En rope, la fécond èrent ct e leurs sueurs et qui en six cents ans centuplèren t sa v1tl eur Rgric< le? •

Sont-ils les .ennemis .de la libe.rté, ceux qui se plièrent les premiers sous la règle de l'égaJit.é universelLe et ne se1cl onnen t d'autres t itres, nient -ils été prince& ou rois, qu e celui si cl oux de frères?

Sont-ils les ennem is des pauvres et ct es souffrants ceux qui <mt fondé pour les recueillir dès mi ll iers d'hopit atlx , vrais p:-t.lais de la chari té où se trouvent dn pain pour les affamés et un baume adoucissant à tou tes les douleurs?

~ont- il s les ennemis <~ e la science ceux qui sauvèrent les lettres des armées dévas ta tri ces des B:trbares et nous transmirent, com me un glorieux héritage, ]t,s immortels chefs-d'œuvre de Rome et de la Grèce?

Sont-ils les ennemis de leurs patries ceux qui , le cruci­fix à la main , en traînaient lesjsoldats de l'Espagne aux bar­ricades pour repousser ce uonq uérant devant qui s'étaient ouv e· tes toutes lesportes rl es Capitales Européennes ?

Sont-ils les enn emis · de leur patrie ceux qui, Rprès avoi r accom pngné les armées de l'Al lemngne sur tous les champs de batailles, ont été déCorés cle h croix des braves ct q ue la P russe aujourd'hui, ô honte! ô iugrat i­tucl e! bnn nit d u sol natal eu rnme tr:1îtres t\ leur pays et à

leur roi? Non ! Non ! Mill e fois non!! ! Les ennemis, les v mis ennemis de la patri e, <le la li­

berté, de la science et de la civilisat ion, ce sont ces exécrables impogteurs qni frnppent de co11 fiscntion de touLes sortes ces hommes :1uxq uels l'ant iqu ité recon­naissnnte eût é levé des autels !

Voyez ce qu ' ils ont fait pou r l'Angleterre, la Prusse et l'Italie. ces persécuteurs acbam és des oro res Religieux . Le Protestantism<>, par b suppression des monastères et des hopitaux, a donné n rri s~an ce au paupérisme, à ce ca ncer h ideux qui s'at tache au cœur de la ri c!Je Angle­terre et :r tarit pom· ses info r t unés enfants les sources de la vi e. l3 ismark par l'expu lsion des J ésuites, que lt=: grand Frécl eric en des jours orageux avaient recueillis, prive la studieuse Allemagne de maîtres illustres qui fhisaient son orgueil. Lecarhonari sme, en s'emparant des propriétés monast iques, loin de combler Je dMécit. des fi nance!' du Royaume-Uni ne fait que creuser le gouffre où menace ct e s'englou tir la grandeur et le rêve de l 'uni té i tali enn <>.

Ab ! sachez Je, les ennemis de:; ordres religieux , quel­qu'i ls soient, ce son t les ennemis de notre impérissable rel igion. Ils ~e fon t persécuteurs parce qu'ils voient dans ces fils dévoués de la foi, com me l'a reconnu lui-même l' illustre Pie IX, le bras droit de la papauté, la colonne a vancée de l'armeé chrétienne.

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;i\ja:ts: qu0.tqo'ill? fa~s.en:t, lc;>.s oi'<ilre& rélLgi~tlx ne sau­. i'i~i~(f~t p&Hl\ .ils solit trop uéGess~ires à l'état actuel èle lu . s®~:ié'llé. l)ans ces tem !>S oD. l'human.ité sem~le être jetée ë@m'ni!e 1\!l:le proie à t'égoïsm.e,.- oiil::î fo-ule }tveU;g,le n'a­do.re, <'l.îl'è les sens, otii le torrent de larévofution emporte tes inst.ittrtions des siè<Ùes, i.l.f,mt. des hommes qui sa· cliènt rei10neeraux rlches~es,. etauxhounéursd.e la terre, f.m.i'j!f<:iJê:t là ofuâi.t e~. les. plaisit•s, ohéirà l'autor-ité légitimE: bhHiiille à Dieü rùême, et c'est ce ·que ~nnL les religieux, ·en emJgrassaile 1es vœux de religion, ·lés van1x de pau­VJ'été,. dé .ehasteté et d'•obéiss::ruce.

C'epemd;'l-nL s?il se reucont.rai-t cles peuptes assez enne­l'l'l'is de leurs propres intérêts :poqr chasser elu milieu d'•eax les ordt'es monastiqnes, o ma patrie, o généreuse Jté.pu'QLique, toi qui es déjà ouverte à tant d'intorttmes, a·t:cue.rne& ·e'Ncore êes nobles exilés, ces. malheureuses

' v.iç;thnes dé 1a tyrann1e! Qnr ôait? Ce sera peut-êt.re p~r . leu1: interl'l'lédiaire que t:ù en)èvems. mi vieux lJJ.Oncle le seep:tre dw la science et tles beaux arts qu'il a porté Jl!!s·ql'!'à cejour avec tant de gloire?

P0ur IWns, étudiants de eett.e. maison, que nous sotn­,l!Pes heareu.X, que uous som mes h()no:rés de po~séder, <;e s0ir, a-u milieu cle nous, uh des représentantsdl') (lés comrl'luH:aUtés qui furent persécutées par l'odieüsè Cc:>nHnuné dan~ l:t J>ersonne vénérée <ln d·igne Visiteur <tes .Gleres. de St. Viatenr: VeHlllez bien, Très Révérend P<1re, ngr&er l'hom muge de nos proft·>!Hles sympathies en même ~c•uùs qne l'e;x['ression rle notre sincère reconnais­~ a'·l.ce. J<~t ~ oy t 7, pcrsu::dj qne plus t:nd, ·lorsque nous ~<ero lft> eH L'Ut e : ul>: qrnges de la vie,, nous défendrons de toutes nos f<>!'CPS ees '.lévoués religieux à qui nous de-

. v ons notre édllc::ttion, notre avenir!

L'ORDRE.

n estici-bas un ordre parfait. Oh! qaelle harmonie entrr. toute chose!

Chaque être a sa fin, un but qu'' il connaît: 'I'erme de sa vie, éternelle pause.

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La fraîcheur de l'ombre est à la forêt, La chanson au nid où l'oiseau se pose,

LIJ divin sourire aux lèvres de rose, At1X perles des. me~s le brillant reilet.

An bleu firmament l'éclat de l'ét.oile, Aux vierges de Dien l'oml>re dè leur voile,

Le parfum aux ftelirs, l'encens à l'autel.

Le rayon de joie au ftont de l'enfance Le regret au.cœur où meu tt. l'espérance·,

Le ca.d:avre ·à la tombe, à l'âme le ciel!

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OUIBI L LET:E.S .

-crest le Ca!'ême-! ~ Bientôt P~que~. .._,.. Mr. Bartas est convalescent.

~Eugène Harbom est àrrîvé avec tarnhou.r, sinon ti·om pette. Il est g~ti comme pi uçon.

- Rév. P. Poulin est retolltné an Canada. Les vœux de SèS nombretlX at:nis t'accompagnent.

- Rév. J. LPgris a pris une petite vacancé depuis là semaine dernière. EspArons que éé repos bien mérité sera :Kworable à sa ~anté.

- Alex. fait une classe extra de français à MM. J. Bennett et EhriGb- Eravo! c'est ainsi qu'il faut faire pour se rendre maître d'une langne. ~ Le F. Champagne, <lont la santé inspire des crain­

tes est l'M.te d,u Rév. P. Bélanger. Nous serons heureux de revoir ce vieil OrégonierU ·

- Les azaléas, qui ont été achetés pour la chapelle, produisent un .superbe effet sur l'autel de St. Joseph.

- · L'orchestre et la fanfare préparent des inoi·c.eaux de choix pour la fête àe St. Patrice.

- l\1. L'abbé F. Ouimet remplace à l'église de St. John, Chicago, Ie Rév. P. O'Briell qui est présentement en Floride pour sa eanté. -Jaspar Brosseau nous a quittés pour entrer comme

commis d(ez Mr. Kerr. Il est à une honne école et nul âou te qu'il ne réussisse dans l\'l monde de la finance.

- Rév. J. LPsage, curé de St. Georges, alll_10IJçait dernièrement à sa p:troisse qu'elle,n'avait plus de dette. C'est nn succès dont tous doivent être fiers. Il, faut re­connaî' re aussi que le 'Pasteur et les ouailles :ont lutté de zèle et de générosité. •

- :\Ir. J oseph St. Louis'SOet ivrr. Mathieu '82 viennent d'ouvrir un magnifique magasin, à Kankakee. Ces deux Jeunes Mes~ ieurs ont bien fait leur chemin à venir jus­qu'ici et nul <loute que leur nouvelle entreprise ne i:!Oit couronnée d'un plein succès.

_W. Caron '85 est employé comme commis chez Mr. Bonûeld, Kankaokee et paraît se plaire à merveille au milietl des drogues. Succès .. ! ~ 68 d~grés cle éhaleur aujou>dhui! Il fil:ut ouvrir

les fenêtres. __.: Les abe illas entrent dnns la bouc be. de .John Bell

comme élans celle de St. Ambro:ise, avec cette seule différence que c'est pour le piquer.

- Mme. Marie-Anne Ulrich, née Hantberg d'Anjoùter, dépa1:tementdu Haut-Rhin, France, a ftlit ca<leau à l'égl:ise, canadienne de R(lcbester d'une magnifique propriété évaluée à $20,000. On pourrait dire de cette noble donatrice que ces œuvrés lui survivront et les généra­ti0ns futures qui devront le bienfait inappréciable d'une éducati0n catholique et soignée, béni·i'Ont sa mélil!\{)Îre.

:LE CERCLE FltANCAIS.

P uisse cet exemple encourager la générosité cle ceux que Dieu a f:Lvorisés des biens <l e la fortune.-" Le National" de P lattsburg, N. Y.

- Rev. Chs. Goulet, ancien m11ître cle discipline, est mai nLenant curé de E~tst Constab le, New Yo"rk. Nous espérons que les occtl pations du· Révérend Mons ieur lni perm et tront bientôt d e venir nous voir.

- P hil. Lesage est en vi site cbe:z son be tu-frère, P. I~éto ttrn ean M. D. à Chippewa Fall s.

- I l y a actuellem ent, a u bas mot,-dans ï es Etats cle New York, Connectic ut., elu Massaehusrtts, cl u Rhocl e­Islar, cl, du ;yfaine, <lu N ew H:nn pshire, du Vermont, 334, 775 Canadiens Catlwliqtws, 134 prêtres canadiens, e t 30 couvents dirigés par des Comrn nnantés ca t~:td iennes.

Ces el.liifres sont pl utôt au-dessous du chi ffre réel qu'au­desslis.

MEDITATION.

La mRtin ée était serein e, un léger nunge fuy ait fur­ti vem ent à l'hor izon nuré. Le ciel étnit l impide, un rayon dn soleil ràclieux effleurait la ci me des grands arbres, et se ca<: haît dans les fe ni lhges verdoyants.

Dans ces ombrflges mystérieux, l '< ·i seau bCLLi ssait son nid, et chantait ses amours. Une colombe roucoula it gai ement, stu le bord pit torc . .:;que d'un beau lac, etplon­ge"it son bec rose dans l'oncl e pure.

Des breb is crraien t dans les sentiers rocailleux · et lltissaient fLUX tai ll is des lambeaux · de leurs laines.

L:L ll:Ltnre, <:e vaste paysnge, ét:Lit le 1 erceau où som­me:J b it mon âme contempbtive. L'arti s te es t rêveur en reg:Œthtnt un p:111 <l e l' bori zon em pou rpré, un tro nc d'arb re ensole iil ~ , ou une fleur épanouie. Clwqae site lu i r évèle la gmnclenr cle Dir-:u ; son pi nceau esq nisse un fragment de la nil.tlln', pendant que s ~t pensée s'agenoui l­le dans cette ~oli Lud e embaum ée en priant l'Eternel.

J e me sonl'iens rl c m'être ap puy ée snr nn vieux pont rust ique ; l' l.lerbe croissait, arrosée pa r les vag ues ; et su r le ri vage langui ~saient. des fenilles jam ti cs.

L'm·uge avait brisé des branches, r ecouvertes de mo u~se, qui t r:1.Î naient sut· le g~zon , OLl b :l.l:w (1a icllt les dern iers cl éuri s d'un nid . L 'hirond elle s'enfu yfli t dans (l'autres climats, et mon rega rd attentif suivait le p:tpil­lon qui di sp:w::ti ssait dans l'azur.

Le mnrmnre de l'o!: <l e, le brui ssement de la feui ll ée, Je ramage th' l'oiseau, rempli ssaient l'espace d'une do uce

.m ûlodi c. L'e t, fant jouait E< Ur la ver te pelouse, et. m êlnit ses èTiE< de joie nu brn i t mystérieux rl e la nat m e éveill ée. Dans les buissons et les prés fl eur is j\tirne à r êver en contempl:tut le ciel <1. t ravers les branches pa rfu mées, et j'ai esquissé un paysage, qni me rappell e tonjOllrS l'eni­vrement, le bonheur de cette 1womcn~•de ~~ la ca Ill pagne.

M. Roussrn ..

On ann_o nce la mort de Paul Fé~Rl, eélèbre romancier. Ir naquit à Rennes et se fi t remarquer par i' ab~ndance de se.-; productions li ttérairns. Pendant les deux A~nées ~ 1858 et 1859, soix:otnte-<li::t-huit volunîes parl!re;t sous son nom. Il excelle à créer les intrigues et néglige quel­que :flJis le sLy le pour ne songer q u'à l' itwention. Ce­pendant que lqnes uns de ses ouvra u-es se distinguent

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par ben ucoup rl e g râce et de fraîcheur; ses rlia logues sont très rapides et d ' un naturel exquis.

Dans L es étapes cl'1me c:Jnvers{on, il a raconte clans qu elles ci rconstances Dieu lui,.fit trouver le "chemin de Dmn[ts." On i'avnit chargé d' écrire un ouvrage contre les J rés nites, mais les documen ts q11'on lui avait fournis lé décidèrent à publier un ounage en leur favem. De­pu is son retour ù la fo i, il ré visa tous ses romans qtü peu vent être ainsi placés eu tre les mains de t<)DS lecteurs.

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. AU CIMETIERE.

Le c irniti ère est un lieu où viennent se cacher dans la poussière toutes les ambitions hnm Rine:;: le savant repose pr.;:s de l'ignoranL; le riche près elu pauvre ; l ' ltomm e de lettres près 'cl e 1'a rtisnn. T ous gisent en un même lieu, tons ont la m l:me terre pom dem eure. Mais to us n'ont pas Clllpor té les même~ regrets; cllacun n'a

pas laissé rl erri ère !n i les mêmes sonvenirs. I ci, une femme en hnbits de deuil est agenouillée sur

la froid e pi erre d'un (o mbean, ses lè vres murmurent une [H'i 0re et de ses yeux s' échappent des larmes : c'est, lù qn e repose son en f:1 nt chéri, w n amom, Sil. g loire, le seu l espoir en levé ù son orgu eil maternel. La morL l'a ravi avil. nt qn' il rut approclté les lè vres du C>di ce rl•~ la vie, ct, eette mère a vu tons ses rêves cl'or s'évanouir dans un tombea u . .. .

Lil, c'es t nn e jenne fill e incli née s ur une tombe chérie. Elle jo int c,ntv u], iv emeut les mai ns, ses yeux son t tour­nés ve rs le c iel eunnne pou r y che rcher l'ange q 11 i y a pris so n esso r. F leu r toute frnkhe et toute pure ornée encore de lit perle cle l ' ~urore, elle regrette sa sœur qu' un soleil trop ~tnie n t a d éj .\ fl é tr ie. P ourquoila mort

· ~• -t - ell e en levé su r le seuil de la v ie une existence si chère!

A quelques pas plus loin s'élèvent une mocles te croix ct e bois. So us ce te ~t·e fr:·tÎchemen t remué repose un e mère hi en-aim ée. Nu l ornement pour son tombeau, sinon une fl enr nouvelle déposée chHque jour par ses enf:tnts. P auvres enf:tnts, ils ig norent ce que c'est que la vie, et ils n'ont pm; l'a il e d'nne mère pour s'abritet· quan d vi endra l'orage. J eun e,; bontons de rose, comm ent pourront-ils éclore sa n!> l'aicle d ' un rameau bienf.<tisant qui vienne les protéger! Pleurez, pau v res orphelins, pleurez et peiez: les lannes soulagent et la prière soutient.

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E\:ench, t lre b0ldbayonetchatg~s6ftheir infa.n'try, ina~e up forth~ iwdisputifble supel"iority Of the German Artillery.. Unfortunately about this tim~ Prince Frederick Cba.t:{es makes; a ·· desperate attack on a pbi:nt called the Tuilleries which, -eritru~ted as it was to "' division of Britten Soldiel's •a-ppeared . -entirely i'mpreghable. Suqdenly ·the shout ''Tr-eason" rises from their· tanks. Trying to use the muskets they ba1:l been given that same morning they miss fire and orr Close inspection find out that mo.st of them ha~e - unbored· r ippies. SuspeCting that they are the v•ictims M· an iiffern·a:t '· plot of the revolutionary government these brave men aband~n everytbing and seek for' safety in flight. The officers· try to stop the flight and ev-er;t shoot· a: few o£ the~ dead 'to prevent a general disbanding, ·hut all in vain: They have lost aU confi­dence and will not hear anything. Panic is conta:gious. Unable tu divilre tlle ·chuse of the fli_ght of the Brittoi1s whose .bravery fs proverbial, the other troo~Js im~gine that the Prus~ians must be :forcing the rear. Xn fact the Germans availing themselVes 6f thi's confusion, regain their lost ·groLmd, arid Chunzy prudently commands. the retreat. T o complete the misfortune a Ptussian Battery on the !wights :ot:Amour sw~:-eps the railroarl bridge from the river aud thus cheeks their only issue. General Gourgeaud, the successor of Sonnis, addressing the Zou­aves, mkes their leact. This example fires two battalions, Chasseuq·s a pied; they form together 'a thick column of 1,500 men aHd ad va11ce at a donbl~-quick pace to the thundering L.• tLery, making with their bnyonets wide h l oorly. ·g:tp~ .in Lh e· lines of the l'nemy, and finally silence the l.m~tery itse lf. Three fourths of their numliler were lying QI:l tl~e field / hut they bad saved the army.

THE D EAD ' ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.

The si-ght of an engagetnent is truly terr ible a~1d dis­tressing. Bu~ what must we sa.y of t ~ te aspect of a battle-

. field after the struggle. For my part I can not think of anything more drsmally painful than such a scene. I cannot without shuddering recn.ll that long night pass­ed on the battle-field of Le Mans. In the si lence of night, by a clea r moon of Jnn nary, in an atmosphere yet impregnated with the vapor and EilJ.ell of powder, imagine· 50,000 or 60,000 men lying dean or wounded ou the bare ground .. A. gloomy silence interrupted but by the groans of the dying, and t_hemoansofthe wound­ed succeeds t.he thunder of cannons and cries of bugle. Here and-t here a chaplain hearingacoi'lfession, some men searching among the corpses for a brother or a friend; every where the busy brancaTdiers ot both armies fri!')nd­ly helping •one another in their merciful office of pick­ing up 'the · wounded and carrying them to the tent hospitals in their'bloody barrows. Here arid there again the disgusting sight vf a thieving soldier plundering the dead and sometimes. the wounded yet living. You may easily understand that in srrch moments chaplains have

not much time . to consid,er the qetails:· of such.a scene. .They are busy answering the heart-rending calls o£ the dying. wounded.

It is while going on-such ~n , errand along the wide track &tll!mp.ed wit)) h~o9d 1}-.D,d death by· the heroic .col­umn of ~hi~h I was spi}aking,ll: whiJe ago, that I was called -by a Captain of Pont ifi.cal Zou~-ves who, badly ,wound&(l, appeared .. to 1pe ;to, be at his ,la«t. I . was about to seat myllelf.neat: him ... when, . pointing to one of his yo~ng soldiers Jy.ing b1;1t.a few steps fr,0m him amongst three orfoJlr dead. frussians, .he told . me to go first to thatl boy who seemed to sink rapidly. "HE IS . A , HERO"

he said to me; "he has received many wotmds, but by those .cm:pses ar.ound him you· will see that he ·ctid good worl} before falling."

I hastened to the boy in whom I recognized tblJ.t 14 years old Zouave, . ~he .brother of. that · };lero. I had anointed on the sorrow£ul.night of Pa,tay, who exclaim­ed on seeing me: I was expect.ing that you would. .col!le to assist me ~. you did my l)rother at Pa,tay : . I tbank you, I pe;:~,rd hi& confession. Then he asked me. to 9pen his kf~:apsack and .to ta\•e a letter, , wr.itten ·in adv.a,nce to his motber, and entrusting I!le· w;ith .the care of fonyat~d­ing i~ he asked me to inform her that -. he ·:W:!-S dying happy, conscious of hav,ing accompl-ished. his duty ·· and followed the example of his brothers.

-After ~hat I hastened to the Ca_pt~in, and while I was hearing his confession, holding his bleeding bead on my arm, one of those dead, . plundering Prussians I had al­ready noticed, seeing a gold chain on the chest· of the mR.n I was :1ttending, \ldvanced .. to take it. Tbat was more tThan I could pear with. Springing ·\lp I gave him a pnsh that caused him to fall violently .on a b.eap of corps<>s near by. Thinking that this would satisfy him and that he would depart, I was ;c.oming b,~ck. to the dy­ing captain. I had . nut time to· kneel when the 1;1,1ffian rushing wildly upon me, struck me in the chest wtth. hi~

bayonet before I had hat I time to seize ,the revolver which the Captain held out to me. Falling back I heard a pistol report and saw my aggressor sinkheavUy on tpe ground. My young hero of 14 years, whom I .!:)ad con­fessed a minute before, seeing the cowardly . at~empt .of the phm(lerer, had . muster.ed sufficient cour~ge to · t::tke his rev,olver from his belt and shoot the assassin before he could escape. As I was thanking him Jor the act, .he breathf;lrl his last with a smile of conten,tment.

I then finished the confession of the Captain who di,ed one or t:wo minutes after receiviQg ~bsol,t;ttion. Noticing that I was losing a_ great. deal of .blood I hast-ened to the field hospital. The dvctor loo!l:i1;1g at my wound exclaimed! '' It is a merE),scptch,.lJ. fine. button-hole, one and a half in.ch long; you have had a narrow ·escape the bayonet struck a rib and slid along it: one-eighth inch deviation and you were dead!" And taking a

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I have finished. You cannot expect, that I would be able to expose the last struggles of my unfortunate dying country, not· only against •the merciless exigencies of an implacable victorious enemy, but also against the ma- ' tricidal strokes of some of her unwoi'thy children, the Communists ofParis. Thank you· for your kind attention which makes me hope that if I have not inspired you with the love of my Bnhappy country, I may at least have gained for ·Frantle the esteem and respect she cer­tainly deserves.

LOCALS. - Eleglllnt badges! - "'What is a desk to the whole ht>me"!'' - "Ski ppcd by the light of the Sun,"· Griffin, Barry

aud Parker. -We regret to announce that owing to sickness our

classmate, Jrohn Golden, will be obliged to discontinue his stadies. Although we regret much to lose sueh an agreeabl!'l. companion we wish him success in any un­dertaki:d: · ; e ~ay ebgage in.

- Dtfffy~~s he is going to paint those wisk"'rs green for St .. ;J?~~1iidk's I>ay.

- Tire T·bes·pian's rehearsings announce that St. Pat­rick's day is not far.

- The Band has a fine medley for W o::dnesday even­ing, St. Patrick's 'eve.

- A delega:tfon of 20 from the Holy Name School is coming •to sptnd St. Patrick's day with us. They are most welcome.

,__ The "Select O.Jlhestra" is rapidly getting under its control the d iffi. .:: 'dft music for the next drama.

-The "Hand-Ball Allies'' have ' been repaired and now the old-time sport has bee111renewed.

- On account of "throat troubles" ·M;r. Wi!stach has been obliged to give up his part in the play.

- Bro. Gignac is becoming a first class artist and his last prorluction, a crayon portrait of Father Roy, is really a work of art. .

-Mr. Bernard Flood is the latest arr1val among the Seminarians .

..:...:. "Mike Conlan, give .me a match please.'' - Mr. Grano pre is now recorded as one of the mem­

bers of the ·orchestra. -The national game, Base ball; · was inaugurated

last Thursday for the season of 'R1. The · •'willor-wield­ers" anticrpate this season to be one of unusual life~

- Among the departures since our last issue are Thomas Murray, Thomas Whalen and Micnael Pren­dergast.

-The "Lecture on Rome" wil-t"no.t be dehv,e-re:d on account of the ~-!>ick~ess ~nd depa·tt~re . f0r 'P.!!~e · of Mr. Finn. ·1·, _,.,

- Resignations are now in order; two have tall::en ef,· •,\ feet in the Thespian !tnd two in.., St. Patrick's Sooiety,. -_, d ,,

- Being the feast of St .. Cy:riJ w~ epjoye(l a ,ple.~tsa:n·t · · -. day. ol' recreation on t.be ~8th . . ult. . - . ' -~ ·

- The visitors of the last two . ~eeks were Fathers. Chouinard, Berard, Le~age a,ng Fo.umi~r. · · '·

- The Tonsorial Pa,rlors of Mr. K Grandpn~ hav;e been refitted and he is nQw prep!l'red. to receive aU his friends.

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- L9st Thursrlay the "Quinquennites" visited · the photographic parlors of Mr. C. Kno.wlton . and h;:t:d .pic­tures taken. The group numbers ::.ixteen and makes a.n imposing appearance.

- ''St. Viateur's college c~p always be depended t]pon to furnish pleasant and profitable entertammert·t on every holiday. On Wednesday evening next, the eve of St. Patriek's day, the Thespian ~ociety will give the thrilling Irish drama "The Duke,'' to conclude with the grand chorus, '~Hail,. Glorivus: Apostle .. "

Kankakee Gazette All onr friends are corrlially invited. -We are very glad to hear that Messrs. Joseph Bt.

Louis and George Matllieu have started hus_iness:. toge­ther. They are located where the faJPoqs shoe store o.f Drolet Bros. us~.:.d to be~ Our best wishes-to the two o.td students of St. Viateur's.

- Last week we were honored. by the visit of Col. Stanhope, of Waldroll, Ills., who was introduced to tile students by Mr. A. Kerr, of E:ankakee. After- being shown through the building the .gentlemen we!·e con­ducted to the Music Hall where the Band saluted. them with one of their choice :;erenades. The Colonel in: a. neat address tlianked the sturlents foF tile lively plea­sure·t-heir courtesy ca.used him and encouraged them in their pursuits after knowledge-We !:)ope to be favored With frequent Calls from the genial anU alWiLJS WelCOme visitor.

.A. TA.LK GN WASHINGTON.

The excellent eulogy which y0u have already l;Jeard pronounced upon Washingto~, is evidently OJ1!l to which I can add nothing. · In fact, I feel myself v.ery sm~ll indeed, when I rise to praise W11-shington aftel· · having heard wh3;t Wll caq almost call the immortal tribute of. Grey. But as virtue, valor, and genius · aFe· ever worthy of our admiration, anq as ~t is always permitted to the lowe:?t to offer lai'l rr.i.te of prais!') tQ th!'l. '. great and deserving, perhaps, on thjs account, IQ.Y, (~~

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. ; simplewbr<is will not be entirely out of pt~ce, or wh()li-y _·· But. be loyed his country, and was willing, if needs oe, voict of int'ei'est. . t9 sacrifice for her his life and his fortune j so, nothing

·' Coming then to the subject propr.r, I would say that dau~ted, he hq.rried to the field, · aud with the judge­it. is natural to man to pre~;erve long a11d reverently the ment of a: ph'ilosopher and the foresight of a prophet led remem.bran·ce of.grea,t ilall;les. We iBst.iilctivelyand with · forward his hni.ve l.ittle band-now Oll the roaring Del-1en!lcity cling to t4e ·. memory of the il!ustrious: ct•ead, aware a)l'lid. the darknf'ss and cold of a stormy Christma'l

> and in QU!' seoret. SOtll ~ record' of all that is good and '' night; nOW shivering, hungty and naked during th~t great in them rema•i.ns, long after they have quit the long cruel winter Of 1777-78 at Yalley Forge, and stage of life and th.eir spirits gone to rest. finally, after five years of toil, exulting and vic~orious

Now ifthis be tn1e of all great and good men, with on the field of Yorktown, where the last solemn scene of how much stronger reason is it true of him-the father the war was enacted, where was struck the last blow of his country-him whos·e advent into this world we which felled the tyrant to the earth, and secured forev­cotnmemorate. to-night, and with whose natpe i~ associat- er the Independence of America. Swift through tbe land ed all that is ~ear and dear to us in this blesse<J land of the glad news was carried and Waobington's name was liberty-the Hln,strious George Washington, Let us on every lip. From Maine to Georgia, the whole nation pr(?p·ounce tiis nnme r~vevently for he is dear to us rose up and with one grand accord proclaimed him in!;le'ecl-'~(lea'r >l:S . the father to . whom we owe ·our life. "Father of his Country."

( C0ld and Iow t0-day, near hlsown Mount Vernon home, ( Eight years at the head of the infant Republic, Lard by the . maJestic Potomac, · and not far frolli th'e proved that his wisdow in peace was as great and as nation's Capitol, the nati-on's heart, his bones lie sbum- far-reaching as in war; and that his ability, as a states­bering in · peace; · but his memory lives.f:.it lfves to~ man, was in no way inferior to his genius as a soldier.

t night and, like an electric tla.sb, it fires our feeling.s and When his great work was finished, and he was satisfied fills our souls with sentiments of love Rnd reverenee-) that the ship of state whose keel he laid and whose ribs .

The great man, we ma.ysay, lives in his works-in the of steel he wrought, required no longer his directing hand, "'-. goorl he has done, ~n the victories he has achieved. The the hero in battle, and the shrewd genius in council, m~nsnre of his genius he fashions with his liwn ha11d, aml ; like Cincim1atus of old, bade farewell to public life, ' when we wi.sh to lmow. the man we turn instincti\' ely to and, retired to his plain but happy Virginia home, (),i;; wc;rks. Adopting this stnnd'ard of judgement, we there to pass in quietness and tranquility the remainder c:1.n welt pb;~ Washington high on 't'he list ofthe of his days. Bih the gratitude of the nation followed 'rorlrl'r; most illustrious. ' Of his achievements lliistory him, and when he closed his dying eyes forever on the furui :hes few equ nl ~ . ·-1;-Ie was the prime mover of that land of his love, viewing for the last time amid 'teats greatest and grandes~ r evolution which the ·modern of j oy the bright vision of his own dear Repu·blic peer-world has witnessed, its ruling for<;e, its directing hand.! · less and matchless among the nations of the earth, wll;~n B:e was· the fir.-;t to sound- tlw alm·m when our sacred he closr.n his tear-stained eyes for the lasttime .onJh:!s rights wer:e v.iobted, · the first to u11sheathe the sword bright vision, and when that great heart which throbbed when our grievances were . not redressed, and the first so long ·and true with the purest love for dear Ameri-in bloody bil>ttl•e )lntil the enemy was crushed, and the ca, had ceased to beat, a shudder, like an ekctric thrill, liberty of Am·edea established ft•rever. passed through the land, men looked mutely at one an-

( In the .brilliant COt\SteUation of geninses which shone other, tears filled every eye, and deep in the grave o~t in that wild night of storm and trial, 'Vashington where Washington's bones were J;>uried, the undying love was unquestionably the central star. _When placed ~s and veneration of the American people were buried commander-in-chief at the head of tlJf' army, the res- too.

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ponsibilities of a nation, the hopes. and fears of a whqle Few m'en enjoy, indeed,' the enviable fame ·of Washing_ people, rested in his hands. His soldiers were few, raw, ton. Few could have conducted that long and arduous undisciplined, withoutmusketorcannon. The enemywas war with the same success as he, and fewer still could .a powerful., flourishing country, tull of resources, With have done, it like him, without a stain upon his chnrac-

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. large well equipped fleets and armies; and stung more~ ter, without a· blot upon his resplendent manhood. To his over to the quick at t.he idea of Col0nial independence gre.at praise be it said, that whatever he did, he did for was dete~:mined_ ~ron a swift and merciless subjugation_) his country's good. He had no selfish motives, no ambi, Of all this, Washington was fully aware. He was aware, tious designs. When he was advised to declare hilnself . too, of his . own u~stable authority, of the only half- king, be spurned the idea. This entire disinterest.e(iness is:. organized state of the new government; and of the the brightest jewel in the crown that decks his brow. It is constant danger of disruption or disunion, which would the shining quality of his character, the one which raises bring ruin to the cause 'and swift death to his own door. him far above the level. of a mere soldier of fortune

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nnd invests bim wi t.h a di g ni ty a •1 d worth of which few conquerors can l>oast.

I t has been sa irl of hi m, too, that thou gh pl <tcerl at tlle head of a R•wol uii(ll1 in w hich ::t il wa~ cbaos, <lisorcl­cr a1ul confusion, his ju <lgemcnt, e ven unrl cr these cir­cnmst:1nC<"s, wns so tr ue and f:t r-reacbing that he nevC,Jr hi led to observe the poss ible, and ye t always hounued h is a~pirati01 1 S by t he possible,; t h11t is , llis minc1 was so judil'i onsly t r ue, a nd sv seeming ly proplletic thai in the m os t perple~"\:ing q uestions, wh ile other men, cn.rried nway by the excitem ent of t he moment , built up imftg­in:wy t h ~ories t hat coul d never he realized, Wll shing­ton, c1lm anJ rctlec Li ve , alwn.ys pointed out clearl y , tn common lnngn:1ge, witltout fl ou ri sh of rh etoric, the uL_ most uoulh-1n.rieo wi tllin whi ch success 1vas possible, and beyond wlli eb it was imposs ib le.

Ofltis $potl e~s integrity Bancroft says t hai a planet would ooncr h:we shot fro m her sphe re t han he hav e departed

ti·om hi s UlJJ · ig h tne~s. T o ]l('rfect inLPgr i1y l1e add ed a mil dness aml plc!isn ntne&sof temper, which won all; and a goodness and gC'nen~it y of l1enrt, whi ch l•e carried ~i th Lim to tl1e c~: mp nnfl til e ea b iDP.t, aml whicli mark­ed hi m distinctly among the men of his tim e. In morals be ~as stainlC'ss, ancl in r eligion , though JJ Ot sang uine for nny particula r cree<~ , y et, wns f<~r all that, profoun d ­lY rel ig ious. Tll rough the try ing sce n e ~ of th e R evolu­tion lte carried o ut to t.l.1e letter t. be fkst max im of re­lig ious life, "~e l f dis trust anJ t rust in God." He is said to have one time, severely reb uked his sold ie r~ for swear ing , rHl tling t bat t hey could never hope to ga in v ictories if tllcy cl a ily and hourly off'eml ed H im from whom all .-ictories came. AI ways calm therr.fore and iudiciuus, fear less in t!J e C:HJ Se Of ri ght, honest, mn g nan­imous, uuble in llis ends an d a irns, he was a p r rfect type of Ameriea n man hood, a nd , we cau acl cl with the poet, had " the elements so mixed in h im that I?atnre might ~tand up ami ~ay to all the world , 'This 1m s a man.'

T hese are a few of the shining trai ts oftbat character am1 genius whioh wo n f,r· \V'aobington tll fl foremo~t pl:lee among f!J e so ldi er~ and statesmen of Am eri cn, and th~ foremost place in the Jo \fc ft nd veneration of the A ­meri can people ; which in other wonls sccm·ed for bi m t hat beautifnl a n(l bigh ly dese!·vecl titl e of, "first in war, fi rs t in peace, and first in t he h<?.a r ts of hi s countrymen .' '

Looking tad(, th,cn , to-.night on the sufferings and privat ions whi cl, \Va~hi ngton end ured in the g reat strug­g le of tbe Revol ution, upon tlle br ight integri ty, the J1Ll l'e d isi nt.eres tccl ness which, throu gh the troubled scenes of his wh ole li fe, he ever displayed, anc1 at the same tim e glancing around us at the manifold blessings wl1ich we to-clay e njoy, an J which hav e cume tv us, in ft great measure, from ],is t oil a r:;d danger, from his l1eart and bra in , can I not s~y with truth, t !Jat in our hearts

and in the great heart of the Am Emi9an p~ople bit>.!'Pe$-' ory lives, and will <:~ver live fresh :arict green as the rfiow--~ ers that sum mer puts forth on his g rave. I n the heart ot

the nation ind eed he bas bnift bi1mself a vronmJ).ent, J which will stand as long as the nation stands, and long ~ · aft·er the nation wi lt have passed away, .long aftur the ~· earth will have been strewn with her rnins, ev·eQ. then,, it will stn.nd, and kind lips will tenderly l!.nd reverently )t pronounce his name. 1.:·,

He needs no tablr t of stone oi· marble, no si!j,tue or· ~'' ·~

b~l1s1t to ptwpet uatte ld1is memoryd; bfor mar.b11le andbs

1tone jP

w1. g row smoot 1 an stn•tue an ust Wl crqm · ~e to. i"· ·

the earth, whereas his name is imm?rtal. The m.arble on whi ch his name is wri tten is the land he has made free, .? and t he statt te which refl ects his imf1ge is one wbi.ch his ' own bands have f<Lshi onecl , it is the American natiOJq, t he peerless Ameri can Republic, which he himself mo ulderl, and into which be breathed the breath of life.

This g ran d Republi c "i th its spotless name and fame, its pure unsulli ed bnnnner , its g lowing bist0ry and noble destiny , is the i mnge of its found er, is a reflection, a true and perfect refie1!tion of the character find geniu~ · 1 ofWashington . Ifthenyou wish to know Washington, l study th e work of his !Ja nd , stur1y the bea'u ty ftD(l grand - .1 .,t_

em· ancl t be c>xcellence of the cou ntry for which, next :t.

to Gofl , we nre indebted to him. It' you wish to per­petuate bis memory, g nard j ea lonsly the stars fllld

stripes, and see tb:ct no rude hancl sh•dl ever tear dow11, shall in s1 1l t nr sul ly that fair b:1nner.

And this Joyn.lty to our conn try is indeed not a thing opti on ~ ] , but rather a serious du ty . Washington, like a kiud fat her, g1.ve ll S on hi s dea,th -bed a prec iOUS memor· ial. It is not a small ins ignili.c:tnt token of affection, hut a treasure o f priceless value ; it is our country's li­berty nn r1 uni on. T!1a t is the mem<:'nto which he has gi1'en u ~ , nnd it is our clut.y, as goocl ancl faithful chil­clt·eo, to 11·atch over i t, and to preserve it as the apple of our ey e. ·

Thank God, that treasm e tochy is bright and fair.

Thank Gocl , our country to-Cl ay enjoys peaC<l, happiness nnd prosperity; may she ever continue so. l\'Ifly she ever mount higher and higher the LJ.d, Jer of gre:~.tnes~, till on ils topmost round she stands an enthroned queen . Like the sun she rose with bright effnl gence, spread ing her sweet light a broad over the nations; like .the sun, too, she bas gradually risen higher ::tnd higher, illuminating and fruc. tifying t he world flS she proceeded. 0 mp.y she. ever con tinue! may she ever, like the tiUn, go on dispensing her pure light to all peoples, and pursuipg undeviating her brigl.!t pn.tb of splendor ,tnd glory, until the zenith of human greatness is read.'led, until the dawN. of etem ity breaks forth and the light of our country is lost in ti1c e thereal light of heaven. ) .

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Students especially invit ed .

HAND-MADE .l:'ure W>tx'C:mdles · per lb. 45 ets Moulded Wax Candle~ .. " " 38 cts ' Stearic 'Wax , " " 20 cts: ~pectal Price:; to· par ties 1Juy i11 g in large qua nti­t ies.

Catholi c Pmycr Books 2s .cts . upwards. '

CATHOLlC PUHLf BIBLES, WLth two la rge clasps a;-~,d Fancy E.clge $9.99 Seut free to an y pa rt of U. S. 011 r eceipt of price.

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