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EDITORIALS.

AGAIN A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

* * * DO NOT LOOK BEHIND the plough-look ahead. See you in the dist'lnce that hugely dr'ifted ~nowbank?

'Tis the February examination 1 D(les it chill you so? .. Take· heart, I warrant you it will be collifortably warm; the nearer you appmach it the warmer. In the mean time, walk fast through reviews, dig a goodly pile of the· med-icinal (Greek) root; arm yourself cap-a-pie with conjugations, your theorems,·your dates; adjust well, in a word, your whole scientific apparatus, the safe hel­met o'fa clear u-nderstanding of all your matters, a brave heart, your breastpla-te; and do not forget the shield of di~tinetiOI:J s, your distinguo j with this armor you '11 be invulnerable and yon will leave the arena-a plumed knight. But look not behind. Your musings on the irrev­ocable past will only cause you to stumble. Hark! you. must seek the infirmary 1 Oh! pray lay that grey­be!!itded old: trick on the shelf. Be manly. Look ahead. Seize the moment. Prepare for the best.

* * * IN THE REVERIE OF THE YEARS the Catholic Union and:· Times b~a1,1tifully exclaims: "Oh Youth, the year is pi~ \Vita fate for thee 1 Thou boldest in thy hands

the keys that throw wide the portals of two fortunes, two lives and two eternities. The one reve~:~.ls a .narrow out aspiring path, a way that leads over jagged rocks to fame to virtue and t o everlas~ing joy. The other in its broad descent hurrie.s to the quagmires of deteat, the fens of sin and the obii;ion of the tomb. Oh Youth, what is thy choice?"

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FROM THE CHICAGO HERALD'S Omnibus we wring this merry, merry, graceful Xmas chime: "0 Deep toned senti-nel of the belfry, sound yom sweetest notes, for .'tis Christmas morn-the natal day of Him who dwells. far above the throbbing melody of your golden throat: Ring out before the morning stars shall have melted away, for 'twas they who sang together over sleeping Bethlehel)l, when the babe of Mary and Joseph was but a few hours old. Wag your tongue, oh metal minstrel, until your cheeks shall tingle as they never did before. Make your spiral, cross-tipped home tremble with your ceaseless clatter. Thund~r a joyous acclaim to all mankind, and when the somber garments of night trail over the moonlit earth, and heaven hangs out its twinkling lamps, to!l::J;s softly as you do at vespers or when man is borne to the tomb. 'Tis Christmas morn. May it be a merry and a happy one to all. Ring on."

* .• . * "I ASSURE YOU," says Longfellow writing from

Italy to one of his sisters, "that by every language you learn a new world is opened before you." He was studying Italian at the time .... Yo1,1 who Columbus­like are merely setting out on linguistic expeditions, be not dismayed at the mists a:td fogs of conjugations, the mutinying of irregular verbs-look to the ,vastness of your reward, a ne-w world 1

* * * " WE SINCERELY THANK such suscribers as have so promptly and properly answered the bills sent out by the Business Manager. By this and like assistance we

. may hope to be enabled to make "Cmr JouRNAL better looking in the near futme.

* * * "OVER NOW a New Leaf Turn," a set of smooth stanzas by our old genial Prof. Murphy will plessurably recall the Prof and a useful lesson.

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OVER NOW A NEW LEAF TURN.

Over now a new leaf turn

Upon, tllis gladsome New Year,

,.. The past you. now can truly spurn

Tho' not perha1~s without a teat,

Before you lies tile cold, rough world,

Your aru10ur buckle on anew

Go then forth witp flag unftul'd

To do well whaMer you do.

Over now a new len£ turn,

As you stand upon the shore

Of a new Sea whose constant mourn,

W'"hose ceaseless, wild and weary roar

Sing:;, if the, phantom Rest you'Pe alter,

In vain you'll sail billows o'er-

. Yoar eifor·ts shall be met with laugn'ter

Ot'Ecbo ringing out "no more:''

Ov~r now a new }eaf turn

Whilst you've plenty time and day

For dismal night o'er silent bourne

Shall SOOll becloud your merry way:

For truth and right do always battle

Tho' the contest be severe,

Iflost amid the cannon's ' rattle,

·"If to sight, to memory dear."

Over now a new lear turn

Grasp the hours fast fleeting by

Seek those treasures tliat ne'er burn,

Nor rust consumeth-in the sky-

Pluck the flmvers that deck the way ;;ide

Flowers of virtue rich and pure

"\Vhich at Autumn's closing evetide

Shall perpetual joy secure.

J.P. M.

, CHRONICLING THE VA CATION.

Walt Whitman writes this opening sentence in the article "My book and 1'' in Lippincott's Magazine for January 1887: "Perhaps the best of a song heard, or of any and all true love, or life's fairest episodes, or sail­ors, soldiers'trying scenes on lan<l or sea, is the floating

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1'e~umg of th~m~. or any ofith~ro ~ lfimg af~r:ward~; ~. i~g after the actual[ti!)s away baok past, with all their pra~tic,al excit~tion,s gone~ {I,qVI; t~.e .. §oulloves to Mver over such reminiscen; es !'; ... In this s!Jort sketch ofthe SP,ent vacation we will cast oue of th..ese la§t, fond; . .Jinget­ing looks on the' lately glowing, thongh now flie'k.ering, camp, fires of our sC'h0lal'ly warfaie, ·our• b.oi1i•days. ••• • -••••••• ••• • .) • .• •-. ~ '·' . ~ . ••••••••• .••• . ••• ~ • .• !'~ !.;'; •••• ··.~ , .

'Wnrri 1 left the front steps of St. Viaten1·'s on the 22:n·d. offJecember 18M "out genilll'' Edltor-i.u:Ohief, ' lighting an old ·saactum clgat, told me with his. index gestUFe; "Tom, remember you'll furnish the next issue with your iP'!p>res1?iOns of ·the: hoU4-lay!:l. ' 80, pnt this pencil in your pocket~and here; is a lnOte book. Keep your ·eyes open-Enjoy yourself; etc." ... Me'b:~rcle! it doesn't seem at all an age ago tuat I was taking this official trust, ·pencil and Mte ·book '! · .Already tbe: time is spent! The.pencil worn to ·a very '· stub and the note book full of alarmingly undescipherab1e hieroglyphics'. However, in square type it may be reHda,bJe. Wlll it interest yon? I don't . kn<•W . . Perhaps, for my ~acattion bas been the average student''S. HjQlly time" at home and aromtd.

I was of the "Special car Company" n.ud not being disposed to grumble, ~bared with my fellows most good­bnmoredly the profit and loss of the embarkation .. You kn,ow how cheeringly we Sang and gladly chattered' of things co;J;n}ng and tbipgs gone. _ On .. the .whole thet•.e are but few things I can record more boyishly gay, uncon­cernedly happy than that hilarious ·bevy of .us home­ward-bound •On the ftyi11g train. By turns the whistliJ'I'g steam wafted us each t0 his own door steps and thus with successive warm handsllakes did w;e well-wish oue another unto anotller "happy new year." vVith this parting I too left my comrades and the fl.eet-winged steed, and soon was gladly saluting my father who longingly awaited .his Tommie at the "day-pot" snre enough, at the town of Tarry. w·e too were n1utually all eyes- an ittter"interrogation.point company, as .if settling lortg pending accounts. While we wended our way to the sleigh hard by I notice<l many of the familiar faces of my U<ttive Tarry . waving me their welcome, and what a deluge ofjingli~:~g harmony floated all around!

Soon we jingled it, pa and I, merrily .and fast to our old homestead some miles out. Here my youngest brother, Ned, fuH of beaming expectancy opened us the gate. 'Twas he I kissed ~he fu·&t. How he had been anxious for my coming! The first thing he told me was that his twin little sister Nell had put on her best dress and smile to see Tommie home from College. I took Neddie in my arms and reached the door while he told me all about Ellen baking pies and Ma buying me a gold watch to surprise roe etc., etc. The door opened

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ere i liad the: snow shaken from my feet and my :Mother., sisters, brothers, all were in waiting for a first glarrce, .a:;kiss, a shake-a .welcome to give. This mo­ment, the meeting of brothers, sisters, Mother and

; Rather after even a short absence, is ever for me-and for all, I believe, something deliciously pleasureable. Itself, that instant, repays th<e ,months of tloilsome ab­sence, of ennui. How happy they were and I too how hal'PY! how thoroughly content th::t.t I was home am0ngst my• own, only to enjoy and make enjoy .... What a singularly happy role in truth that ot the stu­dent, he:re at least !

I need -not tell you that everything was in its bright­est about home: a cheerful fire, my own little room the. cosiest corner of all, a new carpet in the parlor, the piano. newly tuned,-and on the table t.he fatted turkey in becoming attitude. We gathert<d around him and after a few loose remarks by the collegian on hash, by way oran appetizer, we all did our duty valiantly by the animal, myself signally so. Those family suppers and dinners set with the mother's attention and sisterly ministerings ~tre incomparably more pleasure-yielding, more hnart-tilling than the grand banquets with their lustrous glitterings, their flavorous fumes and gay -music. Of .enjGyments give me tile home joys that our sweet poet of the hearth our "laureate of home-life" sang so charmingly.

"Therefore I hope, as no unwelcome gue.:;t, At your warm fireside, when the lamps are lighte l ·To have my place reserved among the res t, Nor stand as one unsought and nninvited."

Oftentimes had I before transported myself on the fairy, fl eet wings of imagination, or in my dream found myself sitting at that cheering fire, the domestic fireside; now it was no more an idle imagining, a de­ceiving dream; all that premeditated fun, the beatific vision of my home with its dear angels, those long fa­mily chats in Lhe evenings, an interest.ing game, a quiet hour to read, an 11ppetizing menu, reunions ofthe friends and relatives, all these were mine, my own- yours too, I hope. This exhilarating, vivifying and Oh ! deliciously sweet nectar-already I have quaffed it all. (At present writing I am relapsed-to "bread and water regime.")

Nothing of telling consequence for the college world occured immediately after mv advent home, or for that matter during my wholu va"ation, only that I en­j oyed myself to my heart's content and atn consequently braced for a. good six month's vigorous work. One <.of my most frequent, sometimes therefore onerous, but always pleasant occupations, was giving audiences to the mapy callers, cousins, uncles, and aunts, friends a~d neighbors from all sides. The time I freely gave to these, however, I am far from grudging, or regret-

ting in the least. It has served to strenghten many a link of friendship's chain somet-imes, often, rusting from absence and the corroding mist of years.

Now for Christmas Day! Oh ! that all this ineffably grand, religiously elevating, inspiring, so universally merry, and merrily glorious fete, should hav~ p!lssed so soon and so heaven like, yet ss things of earth be gone ! Like all things sublimely transporting even so <loes tLis soleiLnity pa~s us by .. . . Bnt I must be brief. 1\fidnight Mass was solemnized in all pomp, musical and ceremonial. This favor is a privilege yearly accorded our parish in consideration of the Canadian factor of our congregation- it being a dear custom of

-their motherland to all to assist at Midnight 1\olass. How many beautiful reflexions coulu be made here on this singularly beautiful scene, the Midnight Mass! The glad chants of "Nowel ! Nowel ! Nowel!" breaking in upon the peaceful silentness of the hour, the bell gladsomely heralding the_ "tidings of great joy," the manger, and all the associations that connected with the feast, all fill the mind, the heart, the soul with con­solation, and peace, and joy.

With thoughts such as these and others suggested by theeloquentsermon we-I, brother Jim, and twosisters,­returned home in glad glee. We found the stockings hung; the little ones had gone to dream of Santa Claus whom we actually caught in the act of filling the stock­ings and arlorning the Christmas tree pretty well to the answer of the letters directed by credulous, confi­dant little hands to this good old, old, but never-failing old grand papa, or great-grand uncle perhaps. Fatper and Mother were both at it. As, by a p~ternal wink we un­derstood our services were not required, we sought our pillows which softly whispered of gold watches, rings etc., all the time. At 5.20, according to the college rule, we were up-but smiles instead of kerosine lamps, il­lumined the bright faces who all gathered unto our fa­ther and mother for the greeting. They led us to the presentable Xmas tree. On a lower bough hung con­spicuous-liLtle brother Ned's first boots, with red tops; skates there were, bonnets, real live fruit and sweeties­and a gold watch, sure enough! How we were :.~.ll made happy! I am sure they did not have more fun in unveil­ing the Statue of Liberty than we in plucking that croppy little tree. The dinner and the evening party were of a kind. Melody and laughter and good cheer beat our measures gay.

On the "Monday T arrier" we read the sad news of General John A. ·Logan's death. This was the subject of much multifarious comment from uncle Alex., an old soldier, who served under the command of the General at Vicksburg. We listened to many entertaining war stories, daring deeds of his General etc. etc. I took co-

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pious notes of this recital and may at some future day 1 vigil of Exodus, wJ1ic)1 m~eans "a g.<;>irrg 8.{w~,}f.~~Jt w.as dress them up for the Journal. They can array a fine not a fast day, thougb.; nor yet was it- slow. a goilng. column. My uncle remained very perceptibly affecte~ · The last. came and, tba~ day broug~t me Jiither in the for some clays at the loss of this intrepid soldier, elo- land of promise, in room 2, or Sandtwrn of St. Viateur's quent and able man and good citizen; he read the daily Ool.!ege Journal, where I've been writiFig as I liad papers till his eyes smarted, attended ·.the soldier's re- promised the Editor I would. And now union and voted. the resolutioms and funds largely. "My tllisk is doJ'Je-my :song hath cell.sed~my theme

Our almost daily visits to t.he city where gray-beard- Has died into an echo; it is fit ed Santa Claus hung conspicuous in shop winclows, and The spell should hreak of this protracted dream/' tb.e motely crowd from these temples, carrying hobby Respectfully to the Editor and Readers "VacatioQcchron-horses, paii1ted .dolls, brandishing. j'Hgs, choosing an icled by-" · evergreen, all indicated with how much enthusiasm the good people of Tarry entered in·to the spirit of the ,season. And ·if "the proper study of mankind is man" the, market ·place ia the holiday season is an excellent text book. So is the evening party, o;r any ·impromptu gathering of kin folks, wher,e a shy, oh so shy, reserved bashful, utterly confounded rural .boy mnkes a. first appearance in a new suit; the forwaro, almost dashing, would"be soc iety-son of some parvenu, the bien-rnis young man of good solid. common s~nse, and his sister who plays the piano when asked, and sings too; the good old folks, the little folks, et.c., etc., etc. I reckon these must be, are in fact,. the favorite fields ot observa­tion for authors. And how minutely . they observe and how exactly, truthfully; accurately tlwy paint!

I will not tell you the ~tory of a poor tramp who begged a place near the stove, a glass of water, and dinner on that cold day-two days before New Year's. I made the fello.w tell bis story, a very peculiar one which would i11terest you, I'm sure. I'll keep that too for some future day., When he had gone I rocked me in tbe parlor reading "Evange!ine," a premium I received for Greek in '84,! yes for Greek, now 'alas of pretty delapidated memory! I was just between sympathy and nodding when little Nell came in with a big ball of pop­ped corn and a plate of molasses candy and her best, cutest little smile and little dimple. I made her sit by me; c.another came, and another, and another-,so we tvld stories and <.:hatted away the rest. of the afternoon as we did many other clays, afternoons, and evenings.

We did not stay up to see the old year out, beiug weary with much previous vigil; but we saluted the new 1887, as the early dawn began to softly streak the sky. Very many and hearty goo<1 wishes and qlessings were interchanged. Again the home wa<. resonant on ly · with gladness and we all said "if the year rolls along as merrily ancl auspic iou sJy as it commenced it will be as we wished it, "a happy new year." .Attending mass, and family reunions, etc; spent the clay. The next day was Sun<ht:V. It bad snowed and the roads were almost fill ed by drifts. 15 and 20 below 0 all day. Very few people could leave their houses. The next .day was Monday, as a beautiful a winter day as ever shines; it was the

Tom. P. S. Ye Mo1~arch of the editorial throne says this .closes a svmewhat abruptly. I should ha¥e said a word of .my arrival, how glad I was to see my Alma Mater and all my Professors and fe!Jows, and how our dear dh,e.ctor welcomed us so graciously to the blessings of another year; how is the outlook, etc ;-he 'even wanted me to notice the new boards in the study-hall floor-I argued that this would be ot1t of good taste, that I hadn't time to say all we ,said after our arrival a:ud la(ltly tbat our contract ·was for "vaction"only

-"and what is writ is writ­would it were worthier."

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-New Snow! - New. boys, welcome!

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- What is the regulation s1ze to be a senior, F~ :her?

- The minims, it appears, mu ch amused that news boy by telling him to be generous with his samples.

-Was not the special car big enough for Dannie, Bi)lie, and Jimmie? Oh!

- Four year.s from now, sa:ys Pedi, something will happen.

- Were you aching to come back, Wallie? asl•s George B.

- It is asserted by Dr. G. that Shakespeare's h:mds were cured by Dr. Water with the application of three plasters of castile soap,

- Paul Wilstach, after enjoying a visit with his father to Dr. MI'Lean's in Pullman, returns to-day with every indication of a happily spent vacation. Seat 159 please.

-The Villnge Bann played at the Manteno fair Thurs(lay evening. The fair closes this evening with dramatic representations by the "Home Club.' '

-St. Patricks Society returns thanks to Rev. M. A. Doolino- 0. S. V. for a handsome donation to be applied . . . . as subscriptions for reading matter. Many thanks.

-We now have two Bands amongst the ' students, the Junior Ba.nd and the Select Band. We will giye . the names in . the next number. The Select Band is

. practicing "Capisculus" a piece of choice taste.

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-BOURBONNAIS, ILL. Samedi, 15 Jan. 1887. No2. -~~-~ .. ---40"'''"'"'~-~~~,- .... ~-~--...... ~-·.·...,":y,~oo

.MON ALBUM. '.

. C'est lè premier de l'a.n·: .et je suis loi~ des miens t

· · ·' 'Cortm1e aujourd'hui ~ers eux~ 'envolent mes pensées, .

.PÎus vite que !;oiseau qui brise sès ·uenst

' ~~ i que né pui!!-J!l ().ulr leurs tendres entretiens,

8entir leurs t!œurs émtis, vo1r leurs làtmès versées! ;. 'L •' •

Mais pendant qu'au foy~r les réunit l'amour,

Je feuillette l'albUtll ofi sourit leur iinag,e:

Du parent à l'ami, je passe tour à tour

Et Je cause avec eUJÇ •. les rev~is, tout le Jour,

Et mon plus_ doux baiser s'imprim" .. à. éhaqu!l page.

. '.Je tourne la ptemière : ô père, c'est bien voust

A. vos pieds vos enfants. accourent à .éette heure:

Bénissez votre .ainé, je tombe à vos genoux!

Qui .s'attacne à vos bras aVflC des yeux si doux? . ' ' . .

· Ah! c·•est ma mère qui, songeant .aux .. aosents,. pleure . ..

Vous êtiez jeune alors, couple qu~ Dieu bénit,

I.c.s rides sur YOS (ronts depuis se sont creusées.

8i la blancbem;du lis au feu du jour ternit; ;

Votre ll.~e à nos reg;~.rds toujows·se rajeunit

E$ s'épanouit sous d'éternelles x:oséès.

Mais qui dans ce vallon SO!!s.l'arbre a fredonné .

Et ~oule ll.l'~s léger~ la pelO\ISe fleuri e, •

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· ~g!tant son chapeau de feui!Jes C~ttronné?

. •J,A>ui&! roon frère, l!l s!l.ul q,ue le ciel rn 'ait donné

Ëtqui tut)e premier ame suivre en la viel ,

Avec )ui que de fois~ sut le inême oreiller,

Las de courses, de j ~ux, alors que le jour tombe,

L'ange des cabnes nuits nous prit à SOlJlmeiller! ' . . .

,Ré,!~! qui Mnc pourra maintenl!<nt l'éveiller,

Depuis qu'il ru~a laissé pour <j.ormh; d;ms la tombe? • ·-.~ • • • 1 .•

, A ta page qtù suit, voici venir mes sœurs : 1· t·<-· . •

, y~l1Îil\.8 ,!llles d'al>ord, puis une flanllée.

Ah 1 Je -vous reconnais sous vos fralchescoWeul'lj

• ~~ vqs jlhé.V:eulç' au ~elit, CO !lime un bouq11.et de fleurs,

V gus tenant tendrement, l'une à l'autre enlacée.

Votre douce image est celle de mon printemps.

Vous souvient-il de cette fralche aurore,

·QI)and tout nous souriait, que nous èti'ons enfants,

Qu'aux champs, dans le jardin, nous courions tout le temps?

Dans ces j~yeux sentiers, repasserai-je encore?

Pourquoi sous le4lot clair faut-Il frapper l'écueil?

Pourquoi ies jours de joie ont-ils lèurs nuits d'épreuve?

0 ma sœur, je te vois pleurer sur un cercueil

Ton long voile de noce, est un voile de deuil,

Et l'épouse aujourd'hui, hélas! est une veuve!

Assez de deuil! il faut un rayon ds ooleil

A mon cœur attristé: le voilà! je feuillette

Et tout à coup .survient, souriant et vermeil,

Un blond groupe d'enfants à mes sœurs si pareil:

Viens, ô dowi chérubin, viens rieuse fillette!

Ernest et Lionel comme V<lus v1lilàgrands!

Vous l'avez oublié, mais je me le rappelle,

Le moment QÙ ma main guidait vos pas tremblant.!.

Lorette, Yvonne, bien! levez vos voiles blancs

Que je vois vos beaux .yeux et v<>tre ame plus belle.

Que me 'Véwi-tu, Bernard, avec ton œil surpris,

Ta bouche rose ouverte? Appelles-tu ton père?

Et toi moqueur d'Yvon comme toujours tu risl

, Ne V<lUS envoiez pas, même au ciel, mes chéris,

Attendez-moi: bientôt j'frai vous voir, j 'espèr!l.

. J'ai fermé le _volume, et je me ressouviens, .. •

Ainis, je vous ·re'liois en· mon ll.me ravie

Aussi fidèlement qu'au livre que je tiens,

Et, renouant ainsi les plus tendres liens,

Je revis le passé, les beaux jours de ma vie!

A l'horizon doré. comme un navire en fe·\lj

Le soleil disparatt; de pourpre nuancée,

La première journée au monde dit adieu:

Puisse un de ses rayons porter mes chants à Dieu,

A ceux qui me sont cher.s, ma dernière pellSéel ·

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Un nouvel im vient d'éclore et le monde semble . : -c·e:; p~rson~riés qqi ont t'enu les tâbles ai(lSi que ceux dater d 'au jourd'hui. L'année .qui corll mence est;- ·plêine q_!li"" ont bien voulu les encourager de. leurs efforts~ de fraîcheur et de jeunesse : e lle nppl'ljl'f\Î~t à,: n!)S Jf'!J.~qu.il' m~rJte,nt l,es ,P.lu~,grands remerciments .

. Pè nâ'an t l~s ~ ~;é/nces du jour de l'an ÏlOuS avons s'éveillen t, eo~n _m~. la ~e!T\'l . !HJ.JJ~ tQIJLQR roa titl .. T QU.L .ce . . qui est passé est enseveli dans l'abîm!'l Çle l'oubli . Le e'u·re p!aisft"ae 'r eéèvôlrïâ:- visite . e pfiiSiëurs ancien~s .devoir est accompl i ; des emur s: orit 'été commisés <peut - :élt':ve~i i:J,aq n' ' lesq:l!els :l\{.1\l. V. et T . Grandpré) ff.Jiéttg~­.être : l'heurE: d'hier <m i'é'Poaclm.· Des -lannes · .. ont --·Até ron,J~t:Jg:_ et _~_d. Ç~q·o_n_, _fl, .J),e~~a.t!J.M~ :..ii.Qll$..de..:.clûc.3gQ... versées; la m~t i n de l'espérance les a essuyées. 'Le baume de la nuit a mir:tt:uleusement guéri les blessures que le cœ ur a reçues.

Le passé n'est plus : il est en tré dans l'éterni té: Nous ne reverrons jamais ses jours de félicité et de deuil, Dieu lesa comptés, bons et mauvais. Puisse sa: miséricor­de nous donner en reto ur récompense et pardon !

Auj ourd'h ui seulement est à nous. Le éiel nous en rait p résell t·. Comm e l'azur brille radieusement•! La terre semble renaître. Une nouvelle éncFgie anime le corps et le cœur s'ouvre aux plus r iants espoirs.

0 mon âme reçois avec gratitude ce don divin, le temps! Avec lui, t u peux tout accomplir : faire le bien, conquérir l' immortitli té, gagner le ciel. Elève-toi au­dessus des misèrE-s q~li clouent l'homme à la poussière de ce moncte et grav i les cimes de la v~rtu , du dévoue­ment et de l ' héroïsm e ~ ·

Ecou te les gais refrains de l'avenir et ferme ton œil aux séductions dE>s plaisirs. Dieu, et tout ce qui t'aime comptent sur toi. Prends courage, ô mon âme, et com-mence de nouveau ! ·

J. G.

CUEILLETT ES.

- 37 . - Bonne. - Et heureuse année ! - Mille bons souhaits . - A tous nos. bienveillants lecteurs. - L es minimes ont élevé un beau fort de neige. - On a~tend le temp3 doux pour en faire l'assaut. - La neige n'a p:•s encm~e peloté depuis Noël. - A bientôt un tour en t ra îneau ! - A. Fort in, A. Grandpré, V. Rivard, A. Besse, G.

et P. Dan durand sont entrés au collège après les vacances rt e N oël : b ienvenue <:\ t ous.

- Justin Ricon a gagné au bazar un cabaret avec j olis v erres en coulenr.

- Voici les différentes sommes réalisées pendant le bazar annuel du collège': Table de Dame A. Bergeron: $224.75. Table de Dl le. Marcotte : $212.50. Table 'de Dlle. Danduranù : $73.25. Table de Dame Houde: $44.50

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.J_,A LANGUE :MATERNELLE.

Nous som~es-no.us . q_uelquefoi~ arrêF~ ' à p~ser cette expressiOJ'! qui dit tant et si bi1m ;)a lang:u~ tpa,terneUe ~ c'est-à~dire la ia~gue d~ nos m~res, de n,Q~ tpères, d~ : nos ancêtres, . de notr~ pr~rniè~· e p~t~ie. Ce ~~~,gage qui s' identifie tellement avec les premières lueurs de nos jeu­nPs intÎ:lllig~iJèèS, les p~emiCl;S sentiments de' DO'S CœUrS;

que nous ne sa~rions nous les rap,peler' dansa\l,cune au-.· tre langue qui ne pourrait ê'tre quali~ée ~e I,Dq.ternelle? . N'est-ce pas clans cetté langue qu'ont été grayés dans ·. nos intelligeuces ét dahs nos 'cœurs ces noms 'de mère, de père, de frère, de sœ ur, de famiÜe, de patriè', d 'ami : . ces mots aussi doux et àu~si aimables. que les c)loses_. qu'ils expriment nous paraissent moins . hàrmonieux dans toute autre langue que notre langue . D;l ::tter~elle dont les àccerits mélodieux fi·appèrent les prem'iers nos oreilles. C'est par elle qu'arri vêrent jusqu'au fo~d de nos cœurs les premières expressions de l'amour maternel. · C'est ellé qui nous àppbrta les pr{'mières not i.ons de no~re origine et de notre fin , qui nous faisant· connaître · notre créateur nous permit de prononcer son nom, plus · sublime d:.tns la langue· de notre enfance que dan~ toute autre langue. De là vient que presque toujours, le r f;'s­pect et l'amour de ta · langue mat.emeUe . s' identifient avec le respect et l'amour de la foi des .anc.êt-res.

Ils l'ont compris les sectaires· OrangL:.tes q1,1i, . n'osant s'attaquer directement à cette religion· qu'une fidéli té et une pratique plusieurs fois séculaires ont incrustée dans le cœ ur des Canadiens, essaient de leur ravir ce qui leur semble le plus les séparer de leurs préjugés et de leurs erreurs : la langue ~aternelle, le Français. ·

Ils ne se trompent pas: En effet qu'.est d evenue la foi de ces fi1.milles Canadiennes qui, s' isolant (le leurs compatriotes au milieu des populations de .!angue An­glaise, ont oublié là langue ae la patne? Une triste expérience nous apprend qu'avec le Françaîs ~Is ont oublié le catéchisme et le chèmin de l'église.

Un peuple. une nation se caractérise clans sa langue ; en la perdant il perd son autonomie, c'est-à-dire ·le ca­ract!lre spécial qui le disting}le des àutres peuple's: c'est un fait d'expérience historique;

Or ce qui distingue le peuple Canadien c'est cette foi

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<'pure, cet att!\chenrént inalterable à l'Eglise, 5acré d~pot c:;que-lui confia la vieille Ftance chrétienne en l'euvoy­t~t fQnder. une nouvelle France qu'elle voulaitchtétien­~Wl· C\?mme ~Ile-même. Ce dépot jusqu'ici il l'a gardé ~pur et intact comme la lângiie qu'il emporta avec 'la

·· foi. .I;.e soutfie e!Jlpoisonné de l'impiété philosophique dudix-huitième siècle, et de l'esprit révolutionairè qui en fut la suite -ne l'a pas ericore flétrie; il est encore dans toute la force de sa sève printanière.

.Mais prenons garde, restons fidèles à nos . traditions qui sont essentiellement françaises et qui pour nous Canadiens, ne sauraient se tra;nsniettre qu'en Français.­L' Anglais peut être ici la langue des affaires; mais le Rrançais doit rester pour nous la langue de la famille, la langne nationale, la langue religieuse, parce qu'elle E'st poilr·nous un drapeau de ralliment, une sauvegarde.

Et 'Certe noùs n'avons pas à en rougir; c'est elle qui nous distingue encore comme un peuple providentiel dâns 'l'Amérique du Nord; c'est elle qui a promené la civilization chrétfe nne à travers le monde, c'est elle qui a produit les chefs-d'œuvre littéraires. Elle fut la langue des Fénélon, des Bossuet, des Massillon, des Racine; des Corneille, des Chateau briand, des Lamartine, des Gerbet, des Veuillot etc. Des savants, même étrangers, écrivant pour le moncie entier, comme HumbJldt, l'ont souvent employée. EÙe reste encore aujourd'hui la langue d·iplomatique universelle. Sans présomption nous pouvons rappeler la plus belle des langues.

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LES FELIBRES.

'On appdle ainsi les poètes et les prosateurs en langue d' Oequi se sont donné pour mission de travailler au succès de la repais~ance provençale. On racor:.te que :Mistral, réoitant une poésie populaire où f élibre s'emploie dans le sens de docteur, ce mot plut aux convives qui J'adoptèreHt. En souvenir de sept troubadours de Tou­louse, Je félibrige porte une étoile à sept rayons.

Ce mouvement, qui est conduit par Mistral et Rouma­nille,-a produit une éclosion de bl"illants talents, et c'est parmi eux qu'il faut chercher aujourd'hui le génie poéti­que· de la: Franc.e chrétienne et èhevaleresq ue. Quelle terre merveilleuse que la Provence! Les esprits semblent em­prullter quelque chose à la limpidité de son firmament, A la· chaleur de son soleil radieux, aux parfums de ses amandiers en fleurs.

La veine poétique y est intarissable comme l'huilede ses oliviers. Au roi Réné et à Clémence ont succédé Mistml, Aubanel èt ut:Je foule d'autres poètes qui se répondent pomme les oiseaux au printemps.

Chaque année, l'almanach provençal est publié et contient le's. plus ·délicieuses productions littéraites. La grâce,. la .fraîcheur et un éclat parfois ébloui~ant ca-

ractérisent le style des troubadours modernes. Plüs d'un parmi eux manient admirablement la langue française, mais la langue d'Oc les ravit avec ses ressour­ces inépuisables, ses exquises naïvetés, ses nuances in­finies et surtout ses sons harmonieux qui sont toute une musique.

La plupa1t des œuvres des poètes provençaux ont été traduites èn français et peuvent êt-re étudiées avec le plus grand prt>fi.t. Elles seraient pour nos poètes, si blasés et épuisés, un autre fontaine de Jouvence où ils retrou­veraient la jeunesse intellectuelle: des idées neuves, des imRges fraîches, des tours inattend us, une suave candeur unie à une exuhérance étonnante.

Pour le plaisir aussi bien que pour l'utilité de nos lecteurs, nous donnons deux ext.raits des poètes de la Pt·ovence: l'un de Roumanille, l'auteur de Li Mm·gari­deto, et l'autre de Mistral, l'autem· de Miréw et de Nano.

NOEL.

C'était le jour si beau où une vierge enfantait à Bethléem, et ~on fruit béni tremhlait de froid sur un peu de paille; les anges dans les hauteurs à peine achevaient leur Glo1·ia, et de toutes parts dans!l'étable, pasteurs et pastourelles allaient ·s'agenouiller.

On dit· qu'en ce jom de grande allégresse une pauvre enfant, une doleute jeune fille, aveugle de naissance, en pleurant disait: Mère, pourquoi voulez-vous que seule j~ reste ici? Je languirai. Pendant que vous dorlo­terez l'enfant, je pleurerai, moi.

-Tes larmes, ô mon sang! lui répondit sa mère, me font pitié. Nous t'emmènerions assurém(lnt, mais que viendrais-tu faire? tu n'y vois pas! A la vêprée, demain, comme tu vas être contente quand nou's serons de retour! car tout ce que nous aurons· vu, ô ma pauvre dolente, nous te le dirons. -Je le sais,jusqn'au tombeau, dans les noires ténèbres, ·

j e marcherai. 0 belle faee d'or, créature divine, j e ne te verrai point. Mais qu'est-il besoin d'yeux, bonne mère; pour croire, pour adorer? Ma main, ô enfant de Dieu, si je ne puis te voir, te touchera.

L'aveugle pleura tant, tant elle pria, pauvrette! à ses genoux; tant elle lui déchira le cœur, · que sa mère ne put plus lui dire: nou! Et puis quand dans l' étable ar­riva la jeune fille, elle tressaillit. Elle mit la petite main de ,Jésus sur son cœur et ses yeux virent!

LES TROIS MARIES.

Trois femmes de beauté divine par un sentier de fines étoiles, descenclaient du ciel; et, comme à l'heure clujour, un troupeau se disperse, les hauts piliers de !a chapelle avec l'arceau qui en soutient la voûte pour leur ouvrir chemin, s'écartaient devant elles.

Et blanches dans l 'air limpide, les trois Maries lumi­neus~::s descendaient du ciel; l'une contre son sein tenait serré -un vase d'albâtre; et, d!tns l e~; nuits sereines, l'astre qui doucement éclaire les bergers peut seul rappeler

son front paradis1en. · Au gré du vent, la seconde laisse aller ses den x tresses

blondes, et chemine, modeste, une palme à la mRin; la troisième, jeunette encore, de sa blanche mantille clai­re cachant un peu son bnm visage, et ses noires pru­nelles luisaient plus que le diamant.

Vers la dolente, quand elles fnrent au dessus d'elle, elle~ se tinnmt immobiles et elles lui parlaient. Si doux et clair était leur dire, et leur sourire si affable, que les épines du martyre fleurissait dans Mireille en charmes abondants. Lua.

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MADEMOISELLE DE VERCHERES.~

L'~ge héroïque do l'Histoire <lu Can::tda offre plusieurs exemp!E.s d'un courl'lge chevalereFque . clonn~s par les femmes. Pnrm i ces hauts fnits, il en est tin q'ui fut · ad­compli pr~r un e jeune ft! le de quatorze ans, connue dans les anna l e~ cie Lt N <•u velle France sous la non1 de l' ''Hé­roïne de Vcrc h <'- re~.''

l\:Iarie M:lg('\cleine <le Verchères étai t la treiz .i êm~ en­fa-nt rle François J arret, Sieur de Verchèt'es et de Marie P eiTot, et nnql<! t dans la SE•igneurie <1a son père qui const itne mnintenant le ft ori~sant village cle Verch&res sit~1é snr l:t r ive sud du St. L8.men t., vingt-cinq milles en ba,; de MontréaL Elle fut bapt isée à S:1rel , le. 17- Avrü, 1678; son parrain et sa marraine furPn~ le Sieur de ~t.

Ours et 1\laclame cle Contrecœur. Le Sieur Coulon de Villiers, le vaili<wt officier Canaclirn qui fit ."\\rashington prisonnier au fort Nécessité, rlescenda;t de sa sœu r Angélique. Elle clevi11 t elle-mêne la mère de plnsieurs fils qui se disti nguèrent comme ofllciers et hommes d' ét:J.t. L'un d'eLlX, le Sieur de La.na·e1cl ière, qui accompa­gna Célaron cle Blainville dans sa célèbre expédit ion à travers la vallée d'Ollio poUL' renouveler la prise de

· possession-au nom du roi et y planter des plaqu es d e plomb en témoignage de la clécou verte de cette con trP.e par les Fran çai~, fut tué en combattant près rlu fort Duquesne, mninten:1nt Pittsburg.

Le Sieur <le Verchères vinl au Cana .:~a en qualité rle porte-drapeau, elu régiment de Carignan et reçut après avoir servi clan~:' plusieurs brillantes camp~gnes, une con­cession de t erre su r laq uelle i l bittit lefort de Verchères r>our protéger s::! petite colonie contre les assauts des féroces I roquois.

Un jour dans l'antomne de 1692, le Sieur de Verchères était à Québec et s:t femme à Montré!l.l. "Mademoiselle Magdelon," a insi que l'appelait le peuple, se trouvait sur les bords elu fl euve, ,\ quelque clist:1nce elu fort cle son père, quand elle entend it soudai n tirer plusieurs coups et aperçut les s::w vnges qui tu:tient et fa isaient prisonniers les colons occupés à la 'cul ture des champs. Un des serv iteurs lui cria de se sauver. ' 'A ce moment," dit Mad emoiselle de Verchères, clans son récit écrit à la demande elu gouvernP ur du Canada," jè me retournai et découvrit quarante-cinq Iroquois sc pr0cipitant sur moL Résolue cie mourir plutflt qne de tomber d:1.ns leurs main~, j e cherchai le s:üut dans la fuite. J e courus vers le fort en me recommandant à la Sailite V ierge et, lui elisant elu fond de mon cœur : Sainte Vierge, Mère de Die•1, vous savez que j e v ons ai toujours :ai mée et honorée comme ma mère; ne m'abandonnez pns dans le danger où je me trouve." Quarante balles ~iffient <l ses oreilles sans lui fit. ire aucun maL "An-; armes! Aux armes!" cria-t-elle en atteignant la porte elu fort qu'elle tenna contre les ennem is.

Il y avait rlans le fort, •l ce moment, rien que deux

sold<ttll, 1J ll ,viei_!la ·d .·qte ,qu.atr}l~v;ingtShî\.tts; !les .·denlJ[ petits frère13 de .Phét:o'in!i<flt qqelqq,es:femmés .et. ·. er:~fimpS qui ~e lameutaien:t{à la :vue du 4et;'Ùl'lte•!l,P Qéadè don li ·i'•ls venai.mt d'être·les. témo.ins: l\iacleutois.ell.e1 de Venchères, tTop V (!ln t les deus: · -;oldats . ~omplètewérrt démoralisé~,

pbçl!o t!nde lé.u rs cas.quessur sn. tête, s.aisit ·uu?!•ttsilet,tavè.c Ja br<t:i'oure, chH1 :~. m ::tzô il'e, c.omman<d'l\ à •tou:s · de:-- ·prént. cJre leqr place pour défendre le fort et par· 'U·n·· feu ,.bien no uni donna l'alarme aux plaees eJll. vironn!J,ntes • . Elle plaça ses de~t:)l:jeunesfrères-ils avaient ·douze .an's et d\e quàtorze-sllr les . rl eux bastions en Jeur disant : "combattons ju6qu'A . la mort; pous .combattons ·pout notre pays ct. HOtrereligjo.n, Souvenez~ vou;; des leç·ons que mon .père vous a rlonnées · si . souveJ1t..,....qu'ttlil gentilhoJTime. ntl naît que pour verser son .s.aHg ari service de Dieu et .du roi.'' C'étaien.L . d'at~ ssi nob·les sentiments qui donnèrent tant. de héros. eL d'héroïnes à

la Nouvelle Fran~,;('. La défense du trois ièh .. e bastion: fut confiée <tU vieil.­

larcl et elle se cba;·gea du quatrième nprès a voit placé· l ~s sold~•ts, les ferp mes et les enfants dans une Ie.doute qui servait de corps de gucle. En parlant de ce qui' elle avait éprouvé, lorsqu 'elle se èli spociait à xepousser les· ennemis, l'i1éroïne . elit: Je seJ~tis que quand Dien ddnne la force, rien .n'est.impossible. Les Iroquois répétère)l.t lf'nrs assauts contre le tort., mais ils furent contmintsr<de rester à distancE' et fin alement repoussés. avec de gmn­des pertes. Pendant l' attaque, quelqu'un proposa qu'on tentât de se rendre au fort de Contrecœnr. Macle­IU'Ois·eae rle- Verchères s' éleva: .l:!Ufftrë"l''itl~ê 'd i:d'ei"id'i'e ~~le­for t, nonseulement par motifs cl~ J?.I'Udenc:e, mais aussi par sentiments du plus pur patriotisme. "Je répondis,'' dit-elle, "que je préférerais mourir plutôt que de le ren­ctre à l'ennemi ; qu'il était de la plus haute importance que les Sauvages n'entrassent pas dans un fort françftÎs; qu'ils jugeraient des autres par celui-ci. s'ils réussis­saient à le prendre et qu'une . pareHie ·ccmnais5ance ne servirait qu'à accroître leur insolence et leur courage.'' ·

"Je puis düe avec vérité," continue le récit, "que je fus deux fois pendant vingt-quatre heures sans dormir ou manger. J e ne voulus pas entrer du toùt clans la maison de mon père . • Je restais sur le bastion d'où j':H­lais voir comm ent se comportaient ceux qui étaieiii dans la redoute. J'apparaissais toujou·rs avec tine con­tenance gaie et souri ante poùr enc6uraget_ ma petite troupe par l'espérance d'un prompt seeours." .

J.e siège dura deux jours et ce ne füt qu'après huit jours c1'alarmes que le gouverneur de Montréal envoya un officier ayec quarante hommes pom aller au secours elu fort de Verchères. ·

Mademoiselle de Verchères maria Pierre Thomas Tari en de LanauclJère, Sieur .de la P é!ade un des plus beaux hommes et des plus valeureux officiers du Cana~ da. Cependant l'historien aussi bien que le poète ~e plaisent toujours à l'appeler "Héroïne de Verc,hêres. ·

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- ~-·~, ~~~======~~~========~======~ - Durtng the holidays many or the former students

now in business visit~d the College, among others ·Messrs. Eug. Caron, J. Bergeron, T. urandpre, V· Gra.ndpre, Eri. Caron, all of Chicago.

- The French comeoy ''Le Divorce du~Tailleur" ren­dered on Christmas eve was a grand success. Mr. Grand­champ gave new pi·oof of his ability as an actor, and Emile Rajotte made such a debut as promises bdght

· success in the future. Masters Dennis Ricou and Pitou 'Legris also entertained the audience with their charming recitations. The music and songs were much applauded.

___:_ Midnight Mass was ceiebrated in the College chapel which bad donned its best, gayest attire for the occasion. Rev. Chas. Pet>orde D. D. officiated as celebrant, Rev. E. L. Rivard C. S. V. assisted as deacon, Rev. J. Dum.• as subdeacon. Rev. M. J. Marsile C. S. V. gave a s1ort

· and beautiful sermon. - Prof. M. A. Roy played an instrumental ~olo at a

late conceh at Ulrich's Hall for theb.enefit of Assumption church, Chicago.

THE CHAPEL. Come, reader, to the chapel, 'tis the sixth to day, the

anniversary of the three King's visit to the humble straw of B.ftblehem. The little grotto that pious hands carved out of paper rluring the holidays to commernorat~ the Great Day is still t.here, illumined with watchful

. tapers. You ~ill love to se~ it ~nd the chapel too. L'lst night after relurning from home, being told the chapel was much improved; I went up, I must own much through curiosity, to see; but vh how I was abundantly rewarded! not ouly by wh:1t I s:1w but by what I felt. Let us see it all again. It w:ts not long after night prayers. The full chandeliers were slill lighting the sa.nctua.ry making every thing reflect gleams of brilliancy ... Some think the clla.pel looks better by night than by day.,But I don't know; I like well its sombered, quiet, devotional aspect of the day; and when the sunshine at ti~es slant­ingly peeps in through the he,a,v.en folus of these superb durnasks !3-Ud is lost, absorbe((~n - no not all, for see there a stealthy ray descends, makes its way to the ~)W.inlet that supports the folding, there it sits for a time and looks all around-then with that soft, mellow light which alone enters, sifted sunshine as it were, I thinkou~ iittie otatory has its most impressiveness.

These Stations ofthe Cross too, circling like a chaplet of gold the whole contour, how rich they are! How full of eloquent meekness, and suppliance to do right! Every­thing inspires piety and makes one feel that" it is good to be here."

While we thus rightly extol the b.ecoming comeliness o£ our chapel, its grace, its em belishments, we must not forg~,t thQ!!e whose generosity enabled us to make it such. Our hell.rtfelt thanks then to Rev. M. Letellier. of

Menominee, Mich., donor of th~se rich and beautiful curtains. We are also much indebted to the following former students for th~ir kindness in raising funds to purchase the Stations of the Cross. Rev. Fr. R. Clancy of Woodstock, Ill., Rev. A. Lauzon, of Osseo, Minn., Rev. Z. Berard, of St. Anne, Ill., Rev. G. E. Griffin, of Chicago, Ill., Rev. P. J. Hickey, of Chicago, Ill., Rev. F. O'Reilly, of Gilman, Ill., Rev. J. Gibbons, ofLead­ville, Colorado, Rev. Dunnion, of Davenport, I owa, Rev. J. Moysant, of Chicago, Ill., Rev. J. Soumis, of Beardsley, Minn., Rev. J. Shannon, of Monmoth, Ill., J. Maher, Esq., B. A., of Chicago, Ill., F. Marcotte, M. D., of Concordia, Ka.nsas. Besides these also a,hanclsome donation by a friend. For all your liberal contributions, Friends, you have our best, sincerest thanks and our prayers. When you visit the Grove, fail not to be shown to the College chapeL

0£ course the chapel is not perfect yet-I did not say anything of the new altars; it is because they are yet to be. But when they come. oh won't our little oratory be a g.em! ... Let us however, in the;meantime, thank God and our good friends for what we have and trust to Providence for what is t.o come and will no doubt come.

Tom.

ANOTHER CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER.

Under the guidance of P. V. Hickey, the well-known Editor of the Catholic Review, a new Catholic paper has just been started in New York which is to be semi­weekly with the Catholic Review itself and which bears the beautiful name: The Catholic American.

Considering the ability of Mr. Hickey and of his splendid staff, and the amount of good effected by his older paper, we welcome the new Catl10lic Amer~can and hope in all sincerity that it will be encouraged by the Catholics of the country at large and live a gloriou.s life. Its subscription price, only $1.00 !'. year, is suffi­ciently low to enable any family to subscribe and there­by possess a good, s:-tfe paper that can intrusted into the hands of all the mellibers of th~ household without scruple. The Catholic American is of eight pages, ordi­nary form, and proposes to produce supplements now and then if properly encouraged by the public. We confidently recommend the newspaper to our readers and to their friends, for whom they would perform an act of c!larity by letti~g them know of the new paper

. just startecl It is evident to all that it is quite a pleas­ure to receive a paper from its very beginning and thus be enabled to follow its march gradually as it · ad­vances in age and prosperity. Address : The Catholic American, 13 Barclay Street, (or P. 0. Box 3166,) New York City, New York.

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McMASTER DEAD.

"A great hero of Catholic Journalism has departed. A•pure,· good and brainy man lia? gone. One of the a­blest defenders of Catholicity ii1 America has la,Jd dqwn his pen forever. This will be a f!ad New Year'storiu~n.r.

FOI'tunate it is that his best friends have the consolations of religion and of hope beyond the grave to eomfort them in thi$ trying hour."

'Thus speaks the Brooklyn .Examiner of th~ great m11n · whom we have just riow lost. After such eulogiup;1 we would try in vain to add our expression of esteem and respect. We will simply give a few words of the life of the great journalist in order to make him better known· t'o our college friends. The example o.t such a man should not leave us un.:uoved. ·

"Lives of great men all remind us We can malre our lives sublime,

And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sand:l of tune;-"

We quote from the same paper :-''Mr. McMaster was born in 1819, in the upper part of York State, his father, the late Rev. Gilhert McMaster being a noted Scotch Presby terian minister of the time, ·who traced his ~ncestry back to the stern Covenanter, Claverhouse. Brought up m the iron tenets· of his f11:ther's ·creed·,· Mr. McMaster was .sent to Union College, where under the presidency of the celebrated Eliphalet Knott, he made his studies, but did not graduate. After leaving the college his active mind turned much to controversial re­search, and, becoming dissatisfied witli his old creed, he was receivec! into the Catholic Church about forty-six years ago, and wished to study for the priestbhod. For that purpose be joined the Redemptori st Order, but found after a year or so that his vocation d(d not lie in thaL direction, and left to re-enter the world again and became a journalist.

"The New York CatlwlicReg1ster was commenced in · 1839 ami the Freeman's J 'Jurnal in 1840. Both were combined in Jannnry, 1841, under a united . title and editorial con trol of the late James W. White. He was succeeded by Eugene Casserly, nft.erwa.rd United .States Senator from California and son of the faiDous classicnl schoolmaster of New York, Pntrick Sarsfield Casserly. In 1842 the paper came into the hands of Bishop Hugh­es, who, in 1847 sold it to Mr. McMaster, and he has been its ed itor and proprietor ever since.

"He invested it'> columns with the vigor and fire of his own individunlity, and, when in his prime, and be­fore the era of telegraphs and other modern accessories of journalism, it was one of the influences and features of meti'opolltan life, and the recognized official organ of Catholicity in America. Mr. McMaster was always an

UltramQJ?:t8tl.l~ .of Vl~ra,woP,~qes, !J.n.d :Q~ . otlfp peen called t~e Louis Veui)lo~ of 4-tJ:leric.ajl, ·Journa.lisrp. ~n fPersonat tenwe~ament a.nd in t~js l.i~mry ~~yle he ;. v~y much resembled Carlyle, and f~w Co\}1~ eq.ual tl:~t~v~n~ t.Y or pene~atiop of hjs iuvec~i"v;e whep )le ~2se to hnr!' it !J.t the unfortunate objec~ of his ire. ,B;11 r~l'J,~d high~ ··a th~ologi.~n ., but was utterly l,a.((l}i~ in Jll~ . ,t~e lighter qua,litie.s· that ~o to make up t]:Je vers.:ttil~ty ,of the .modem jop~nalis,t, and h~pc1;1 )lis loe_nt would PW­bab'ly ·have had more scope i11 a . }'eview or p~mpblet thdn in the editor's chair. . · "ln American politic;; ~1r. McMaster wa& an uncom-. ~ . . . '

promising Democr;tt and strict eons•.ructionist of the Constitution. He was a follo,wer of Doug la,s j.n th.e :;torwy time before ,~he rebellion, and ou th.e death of the "little giant" driftedt with the opening oftb.e war, into a. fierce State Rights ad vocate. In this course he ca.me into co.n­flict with the Administration. Tbe Freerrw,n was sup­

, p~essed by Ser.~etary Seward in 1862, an(i Mr. McMas­ter was locked up in Fort La1ayette, where he remained for some time. On his release he resumed his editorial

-chair, which he f1its f:\eid u~interruptedly ever . since.' •·He married early in h1s career; but his wife has been

dead some years. lie has four children living, three of whom are in religion, one a Si~ter in a Philadelphia convent, and two are Carmelite nuns in Baltimore; the fourth, a son, about twenty-two years of age, is engiig­ed in the Freeman officll. Mr. McMaster has been a resi­dent of Brooklyn for

1 several y ears, living near liis

great friend Major J.D. Kieley, on Clermont Ave. He had assodated with him in the editorial management of the Freeman's J ournal another Brooll:lynite, Mr. Ma nrice F. Egan, who has, in .faet, been its conductor for several years, since Mr. McMaster's health bE:g~n to fail, and who in all probability will now succeed to the control of the paper."

Mr. McMaster died on the 29th. ult. , at ::it. Mary':l hospital, Brooklyn, where be had been det~tined for a number of days by a sickness occasioned by a fall. May his g1·eat soul res·t in peane. N.B.-We see by other p~tpers that Mr . .llcMa.ster was never fond of being compared to Carly le in regard to his style. He considered this Englishman a colos.salsA~n and used to say of himself that he had no style.

EXCHANGES.

We had indulged irr jt1::1t a sweet little bit of honest conceit, one of those many, airy, harmless cogirntions the wisest of men will sometimes find ftitting across their sober imaQiuations. It was with us this: that our little

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all dpring tl:le ,btilidays when we had nothing else to tb_ink of and ennui would coart us. We were enticed to come; back Oil' time by the hobby (a mere hobby 'must I now call it-, oh profanation !) that St. Viateur' s J ournal was a first class paper, and so hither we rode on that very train of thought .... .Again o h why, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? ... Entering our sanctum wP find our iaitest .air castle burned to the very ground. The incendiary . is a famished, soe~tking, pox-ma:rked individ~al who carries Messag(;s for a livelihood ·and is would·be-gallant, or a;ttacM, to the Index, of Don Qui­xote fame. So cOllege Message, you too are piqned? Could not endure a liltle fair CTiticism?You must feel deeply, for you know, "how hard it is to critlcis~ welL "Very bard ... To pass time, then, and to amuse ourselves, not by way of satisfaction, ('twere mi. empty contest at best) but just t;:> practice this rusty steel we will pre­sently mnke answers to your untrue, and we believe, not responsible notice. In the first pi ace, believe us, in all fraternal truthfu lness, we are really quite satisfied, eh,ted to sit on your second shelf. You have no top shelf. Second ly, we would counsel you, do pray come off from that too well shaken old bough- " You fire sleeping." You borrowed that chestnut from your first cousin of Ningara who has been feeding it to the world these las ~ three years aod iH no do~bt chanting it still. Know, then, by keeping your own eyes open, that these our •' le:J,r.necl criticisims" are fortnightly. Can you read Italics? . .. L <>t rrs agree that it is condescension on our

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L.' pleaAure . . . Here, Message, (you'ye cerblinly mane a mess cf this Rll) here is verbatim what we sa id of you on page 137 of our J ow·nal dated Nov. 13, 188fi : " The essay on Moore in the College Message is written with

• some gusto and winds up gracefully; but it is not a \ complete view of Moore, (And why? ) What you say ( Me., on tte

1 rabpturous flow of the '' M~lodf iehs " is all

true enong 1; nt are you so enamouren o · t ese as to see nothing abjectionable in his Epistles, Odes aurl 01 her

1 ' P oems? ( This ~'B the reason you?' Moore is JWt complete <tnd thP:rejore) You might have judiciously EpeDt " "half hour" in cauti0ning your fellow members against his looseness in a moral point of view. Understand? .. . "Criticism concluded." "The Novel Chap. V. ;' We w ere not tempted t.o read . Continued stories, articles, etc., should not, as much as possible, find place in College

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where you liP.? You are ubiquiwusly lying, or lying all over, if you prefer the commonplace . . . . Did you no­tice, Message, that in your criticism of almost a full column you never give the least appreciation of any article in our JouRNAL French or English?. . . On the whole ~e consider your false expose of our " learned criticism " far from the magnanimous, at the antipodes from the ~ruth, in a word .. . .As for the sentence "some_ what obscure " address to the wide awake Illini gentle­men, rest assured that it was abundantly clear to the par ties concerned. As a Christmas number, which by its date it seems intended for, the Message in question contains not a note which partakes of the joyou:- spirit of the time~ so happily impressed inside and outside our many college excha:uges. You failed here miserably. Your Messa.r;es, besides, are always ·abominable slangy; obis t ime exceptionally so - low-t0ned. We must come to your coup de grace. Be it this: That you hav.e our forebe1rance tor your past mistaking, and if you have not yet arrived there, our wishes of a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Many of our exchanges deserve commendation for their gay Christmas attire . .Among others are e1>pecially noticeable the Fo1·dh ccm Monthly, The Stylus, whose frontispiece is very suggestive; the Hamilton College rnonthly with its ''Angel's Wish" as happily conceived ~s the "Builder of Ages" of a year ago; The Catholic Home, and Catlwlic Jlltlstrated American illustrations were also quite appropriate and full of christian tho,ught. In all the:>e and our other visitors the words are an -ac­companiment to the Christmas chimes, an explanation of glad scenes.

The St. MaTy's Sentinel in soldier-like rig!dity does not seem to notice more than by a mere nod,· the ad ­vent or passing of the Cllristmas Visitor and the dying Old year. The veteran bodies forks his whoh: sentimeu­talitv to his readers in the old four-line formula "A hearty Christmas and N ewyear and many returns of the same,'' or about so, and in two other editorials of equal­ly poor taste. The rest of the paper is of average merit.

The Catholic Manito?", of Columbus Ohio, boru De­cember 24, 1886, pays us a first visit. It is full of in­struction, particularly well chosen advices to boys from Bishop Dupanloup. The articles are short and spicy, such as boys will read with profit. Come again Monitor.

The Jaster Academy R eview and The Stucleni from Tenn., and the Oritic of New York, revisits us after a long la.y-uff . . Come oftener, you are welcome always.

L e Progres, of Los Angels, California, gave a r epro­duction of "Le Sourire'' by M*, which appeared in our French supplement some time ago, but failed to credit the author for it. This may be some at1vanced form of French liberty, Progress, but it is not etiquette, you

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CATHOLIC NOTES.

T)le Ave :M:ariu fund for Father Damien, the apostle of the lepers of Molokai, amou nts to $946.60.

A code of rules with regard to ecclesiastical disci­pline in the United States bas been completed by the Propaganda and submitted to the Pope.

The Foreign Miss ions of Pr.ris and of Lyons register­ed in the past year the baptism of 19,705 adult pagans; of 205 heretics, and of 180,966 children, in danger of death, in pagan lands.

On December 16 ult., Rt. Rev. Bisl10p Machebeu£ of Denver, Col., celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. The venerable prelate received many letters of congratulation.

The Rev. Bermrd J. Mc:'v'Ianus of St. John's, Balti­mort?, has been raised to the dignity of monsignor. The new monsignor was born m Roscommon County, Ire­land, in 1819, and is therefore sixty-seven years old.

In '86 the French Academy gave its chief prize "for virtue," $600, to the Abbe Lemoine, who bas brought up 750 Alsatian orphans and attended 336 hospital penitents.

The 15th centen:1ry of the conversion of the great St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, will oc­cur on the 5th of May of this year 1887. The Augustin­ian Fathers, the world over, are preparing to celebrate the feast properly . .

Cardinal Jacobini, Secretary of State to his Holiness Leo XIII, has been compelled through ill-health, to seek relief from the duties of his high office. His resignation is very painful to the Pope who appreciated his won­derful ability as a statesman and diplomat.

Cardinal Geovanni Battiste Franzelin died lately . He was seventy years of r.ge and a very well known Theologian. He was born in Altino, Italy, became a Jesuit and a professor of Phi losophy at Rome and was created Cardinal in 1876 by Pius IX.

Mr. L. W. Rielly has resigned the editorship of the Catholic Colum bian to accept a position on the staff of the Catholic Review and Catholic American. Mr. Rielly is one of the most accomplished Journalists in New York. He is cav::tble of cond ucting any department of a paper with rliscretion, talent, and good taste. (St. Louis Catholic World.)

A Washington City letter-writer says, there is a large Catholic church in Washington attended exclusively by colored people, with black saints in the niches and other things to correspond: It is attended by a colored aristocracy, and a membership in it is considered a sign of tone by some. There is a fine choir of negro voices, and the masses are sung quite as well as those attended by the whites. (Catholic Columbian.)

The triumph of the Catholics of Germany over the

tyrannical laws of the Culturkampf is indeed someth'~ admirable and consoling. The kindly disp~ition of ~ Emperor and of Bismarck to.wa.rd\ the Holy See contfn~ ues to draw the attention of all the world, and if noth­ing: happens to change these charming sentiments, we ~ay safely bope that Germany will soon again enjoy the bJessings of religious peace.

The Bishops of Belgium have founded at Louvain, under the patronage of St. Albert of the Congo, a semi­nary tor priests destined to bear the glad tidings of Christianity to the thirty million souls now sitting in the darkness of heathenism in the Independent Congo. The missionaries will learn th<:>re the Congo dialects and thus be prepared to meet these poor peoples. While exercising the ministry they will remain secular priests and be under the direction of the Sacred Col.lege of the Propaganda.

Sister Lol)ise the head and founder of the 27 houses o£ the Order of Notre Dame in this Country, with their 700 sisters and 23,000 girl pupils, died on Dec. 3rd. ult., in Cincinnati. Six ho.uses of Notre Dame on the P acific

·Slope also lose in her one of their principal founders. J osephine Susannah Vanderschreck was born on Nov­ember 14, 1813, in Bolland. Her father was a rich mer­chant in Antwerp. She came to America in 1836. In 1845 she became superior over all the sisters in this country and remained s~ until her death.

An idea of the pitiful condition ·of the South in re­gard to the Catholic Faith will be had by reflecting on the following figures which we clip from an artiCle in the Catholic Standard of Philadelphia. "The diocese of Richmond comprising the whole State ot Virginia. al­most equalling in extent the State o£ P ennsylvania, with an aggregate population ofa1lout one million and a half, has only 33 priests. The Vicariate Apo<~tolic of North Carolina has only 9. The diocese ot Charleston 18. The Diocese of Savannah, 28. That of St. Augustine 16. That of Mobile, 40. The diocese of Nashville bas 25. That of Natchez, 30. Natchitoches, 18. Little Rock, 24. Galveston has 44, Brownsville, 16. San Alltonio, 43." Throughout the eight States of Virginia, the two Caro­linas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, ex­tending from the Potomac to the Mississippi, ther·e are but 205 Catholic p1·iests. Is the South with its 8,000,000 negroes to become infidel, unbelieving, or Catholic? There is the question to be solved. The scarcity of es­tablished missjons and the poverty of the dioceses would seem to allow for the present of none hut itin~rant missionaries. Where will they be found i'

The Pope ha$ given permission to continue with the examination of the English martyrs, beginning with Thomas More and Cardinal Fisher, . for beat.ification. The announcement of such a step has rejoiced all the friends of the Church.

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

FRED ZIPP . . The oldest Boot & Shoe House In the. CitY,

Customers will alwa.y,s have good .Bargams. · No. 17 Conrtst~eet, Kankakee, Ill.

FAR.l!J.[ERS, -Buy- your Coal of and sell your

Hay to

._A •. ; F. MEYERS. bffice ~an:d Yard's at Bourbonnais Cros&mll of

L I. & I. R. R. Telephon.e No. 131, KANKAKEE, ILL.

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J. J. SCHUBERT. PROPRIETOR OF THE

German, French and American Pharmacy. Cor. East. Ave. & Merchant St. KANKAKE~,,m.

Keeps constan tly on hand a !ullline ott · DRUOS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS ETC, ETC, .

.Also a fine line o! Toilet Articles of all kip'dl, · }?inc Cigars and Tobacco.

i2!rCAI,L AND SRR M.E.~ .:

Merchant Tailor,

READY-MADE Clothing

Hats and Caps.-Gent's underwear.

Trunks, Valises, Furnishing Goods.

Wfrson Bros' Fine Shirts.

Buy the Emery $3 Shoe -AT-

DROLET BROTHERS. 25 Court St., Kankakee, Ill.

C. WOLFE. Barller Shop. .

Under Umbach 's Harness ·store, Kankakee, Ill. First Class Work guarant_eed. S~udents e-specia:lly invited.

CATH·o LI c~FA-MlLY.,.BIBLES, , I ~

Groceries,

Dry·: Go.ods)

· · · Yanke-e N6~ions. · • ' •' ~ r. ~ • tj ) "!. r -!'

BOURBON;N,AIS GROVE, ILL.

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