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VOL. VIII. BOURBONNAIS GROVE. ILL. APRIL. 1891. No.8

ADDRESS

TO

Ron. William J. Onaban, LL. D.

Hu.KORABLE f:3m: -

With cordial welcome, and with greeting kind, \V e bail thee here to-night, our honored guest,

Thy cheering presence and thy brilliant mind Aff~rd us pleasure which we deem our best.

Yes, thou art welcome to our quiet home, · H.emoved from cares and turmoil of the crowd,

And dou :1iv You, who plead the causr of Rome--\)£ truth__:so nobly 'gainst impostors proud.

A faithful son of .Mother Church to stand Forth for her .honor and fair fntuc assailed,

Of ·tate a servant h<'nest., trusty. grand, Thou art, and proof 'gainst which the bribe lm.'l failed.

How few. alas! how few, in this our age, Corrnption spurn, and hone~ty hold deai·.

How rare men patt.ern from ti1e shining page Thy life has writ. has pnblisheJ without fear.

Yonr glowing eloquence, your charming pen Are mach ,;ubservieut with 'pustolic zeal,

To cultivatfl and teach the minds o£ meu To value knowledge, to promote its weal.

vYe children of St. Viatcur·,; fe el plca:~ed To Rce him in our midst. who loves so \Vel!

'l'o foster learning, and from minds diseased With falsehood's bane the evil to di~pel.

In you we see the patriotic friend. Thr inspiration of good noble dPe1l~.

The watchful , active citizen whose end Is servi!'e in the path where houor lends.

We are but young, susceptible of mould, And taking shape and character we'd fain

Place you as type, by which to live, grow old, And leave a record shining without stain.

Before thy '!Visdom-crown'd, revered age We bow respectfully; the ear incline

To messages of truth, and be your wage Assimilation of our lives with thine.

Your love of youth we heartily applaud, And for it we esteem thee still the more,

Though great's thy strife 'gainst bigotry and fraud To serve the young th' occasion's ne'er passed o'er.

Once more welcome! and may thy words as dew Drunk in by the violet's leaves at morn,

Be treasured in our mind~ as wisdom true, To ·make u~ worthy, and onr lives adorn.

And may this land of freedom lUld renown Pos:less thee long her honored so11 to be,

May yet achievements great receive their crown From thee in union with sweet Liberty.

F. C.

YOUTHFUL OPPORTUNITIES. l3Y

REV. FRANCIS 0' REILLY.

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C:ontinued.

Here, of course, the less sanguine will say, what can we do? it is an idle thought for any of us to dream of such unreal things as you seem to think not only our privilege but our duty a:' w~ll. Only the few may ever hope to rise above meclwc~1ty. What ~ am pleading for is the yenius of u:ork,-1s that ment111 unfolding, which come:> to every young man, who~··•

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vocabulary contain:; no such words as de spair and idleness and to whom college life affords opportuni­ties not possible elsewhere. Marion Crawford sa.vs of writing, "There is, I believe, no greater fallacy than tn~sting to inspiration, except that of believing that n certain mood is necessary for writing. Ninety nme hundredths of the best litent>·y work is done by men who write to live and who know tht1t they must write, and who so write, whether the weather is fine or rainy, whether they like their breakfast or not, wheth er they are hot or cold, whether tllPy are in love hap­pily or unhappily: with women or with themselves· '.

Succe.>s comes to him who labor;;. A-; to heaven so to wisdom's shrine there leads !w royal roml. Ther e was Athens City of :W,OOO burghers. Small compared with our hundred cities, which would f eel the blight of decay if limited to that number of souls. Insig­nificant, indeed as regard:> number s it appears to us living under the spell of a Magic City on the plains whose million and a quarter of inhabitants entertain a hundred thousand sbangers daily . A city, toQ, univiting was Anthen s in many ways; no modern land speculator would hazanl any re<tl estate booms there rmd yet this is the city that has made ih; im­pre,;s UJlOll the intellect of th0 world and whithe~;

today turn lovers of wisdom \Yith tha-t · freshness and thanb;gil•ing <L'> when Hymettus, Pentelicu;; aml Par­nes, saw thousa nd \Yorkers at their feet.

'l.' here was Boeatia, with its ri<·h r.narsh lalltl s; Sparta the home of a ra~e of soldiers: Corinth he­tween her doubl e seas the qneen of Grecian com ­merce ; Arcadia, <11ltid whose gra1·es was wor;;}JipeJ pastoral Pan; tlw plain-; of Eli;; where met the Hr·l­lcues in their snereLl gn.me:o-yet at Athe11;; in the h :uren hill:; of .\ tti('a npgrew n love of wif>clonJ that has Hwde it;;; people the di,•iuest, the .J e11·s alone ex­c:eptcrl. ifs giYen n.-; yet to think of. Phidins allil Anaxagoras, Plato niH1 A ristotlc. Po1vgnotus. Sophocles or Aeschylus, L,vsias or Dcmo,;thl'Iw . .; were there. ThitlH•r went the yo nth of the western 11·or' d for 1UOO y(•a rs. ' ·'I'hE' political power of' ) .. t lwts w,tn E' <l nllll <lisappcnretl''- tu quote 1\ c11·nwn. ··Kin gel om,. ro"r <11Hl fp\1 : l'l'1Itnric:; ndh•tl nway,- -· thev ditl· hnt hring fn'sh triumphs to thP city of .the pt;E't nntl th~ sagr. TherE' at lrngth thE' swarthy Moor and Spaniard were seen tn lllE'E' t tlw hln E'-f'_)' etl (raul: nnd tlw C'ap­patloeian, late :>uhjed of l\Iithr iLlat1'"· gazed withont nlnrm at tlw hanghty eonLllll'l'ing Roman. HC'volntion aftpr rc ,·olutiou pa:osetl oYer the fa('t' of Eur1>]W. ;ts \\' Pll as of GreN:r. hut. still she \\'a,; tbt>rP.--Atlwns. the city (lf the mi11tl. a-< r:11liant. as ;;plentlid, a,; tlt•l­icate . a>< youug a,; e \·er :<liL' h<Hl bPt'n."

I In view, then gentlemen, of what I have been say­

ing o£_ the opportunities ?f youth of the select company to whwh student days mtroduced us, ·what further pradical word may I add to yon, who hy ybfu~

very presen ce have taken the first step toward com­paniollship with the noble living and the noble dead. A sturdy pioneer in the conquest o£' civilization.· is in my i11ind. He st ands alone in all hi.' rugged manliness, f eatures sharp, lines as deep set as tl1e billowy hills whieh reared eternal barriers. Yet there with purpose mistaken stands Pizarro. Drawing forth his sword, he traces a line with it on th e sand £rom east to west . 'I'hen, t'Jrning towards the ;;ont.h, "Friends and com­mdes !' ' h e snys. •·on that side are toil, hunger, naked­n es,;. the drem bing sturm, desertion , ancl death; on

/ t~1i s Hide. ease and plensm:e. There lies Peru with its nches; here Panama and tts r overt.y. Choose. each mam. whnt best becomes a brave Castilian. For my p art, I go to the sou th."

Th e world recognizes the worth of the manly Pizarro; P ern opens up h er treasures ; Spain i.s enriched. Snch danntless courage walk> in to t.he lire o£ every you n g mau to whom many \Yorlds rema-i-:H·- undis­c-overed lmt which nnseal tlu~ir '1\'e:Llth to him ,;;·ho Pi za~ro;-like hn,;; enl?rgy, p:ttiencc, perEe vemncc, r.:'SO·

lutiun 'un.shafce11: '· · · · ·.' ·, ' '

'l'o }'Oil the llll'llll)('rs of the srH'iety by whose kind invitat ion [ am h ere. may r ndd jm;f. tlia t word of cn eonmgemcnt. which mean,; renewed iuterc:;t in tlw work sol ioty litc r .. ry and debati ng of its n ntn re may be cxprdrtl to f,lrther. Emer~on in a most-. t'10l]11t:11t and beautiful passage 11f his e;;f'a_Y Oll Nature gives expret:-· ~ion to th e Yal ne of e:1rl.'· surronudin gs when argniug the :HhantagP of l'Olllltr,Y life. h e says: '·The poet, the orator, bred iu tltl' IYOU\ls. "·lw"e .~· emrs han• l.H:'E'll

uonrished by their fair :mel appea;:ing changes, year after year, with out design and \Yithon t heed, --~hall not lose t.heir less011 al togc~t b e r in the roar of cities nr the broil of politics. Long h(' l'l'after, amitht ugi­tat ion" aJHl terror in national council::;.~- in the lH;n r t)f' revolutinn.-these tiOkHm imag{·,.; ,.;hall rPnppPnr in their mumiug ]u,;tre, a,; tit ,.;ymbob: H!Hl wonh: of the thought. whid1 thr pas;:iug l' \'euts ;;;hall awake11. At. t lw l'<11l of a noble_ se1Jt imeJI t. again · the ~\'O()(b wave tl1e pine,; llllll'JJJUr. the ri n•r rol]:.; ii !Hl ~hint>:-;, anci th; cattle lnw lljloll the IIIOtllltains a~ he saw an d heard tlwm in his infancy. Awl with these forms the ,;pp]]s

I of JH'Pllwsion, the keys of ]HJW('l' an· pnt iuto his hands." ' The l' ~)et \\'lwse :;ung;: yon ;:ing :tgain or whose whisper_ I ings haYe aw;1keued weludy in your m\n ~>'on]; the

I ora to~· whn:-<t• Llee1_1-bH1ed 1oicc·. whn~'e ear111'~t pleading, Yt>ll n:<•' lH'o<poll"li'P to: tlw~P t>l' f'JJ Ill miniah1rr> wr~y.

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if your heart IS m your work, shall be "the call of a. noble sentiment" in the after-time.

Life cast in whatever sphere is monotonous. To g~t away from routine is the pleasure of all avocations. Travel, I think, furnishes not full~t pleasure so much in seeing unwonted things, not in going over scenes where have been enacted the great dramas of the human race and which put into narrative we us­ually call history: not indeed so much in this as in getting away from our accustomed occupations. The

same unceasing, recurring round of duties falls on us, grows tedious, dull. To be able to turn from these in the hour of leisure and hold commune with great minds, to stand mute in admiration at naturt>'s mountains, to hear her torrent in the rushing speech of waves in 'vild eager chase to the sea and watch the sinuous waving of her forest as if some unseen ' spirit hovered there; These are pleasures opened to him whose youthful days have found companionship with books:

"The aids to noble life are all within."

THE HEART--THROES OF ERIN.

Why have all these forms assembled; What has brought us here to-night;

Do not other pleasures call us, Scenes where linger joy and light?

Why to-night do they not tempt us; Why those tearful, sadd'ning eyes;

Why those sighs of tend'rest pity, Which from all o11r hearts arise?

Ahl to-night there kneels a mother, And her head is .beudinglow,

Bitter sobs her form are shaking, While the tears·of anguish flow.

Erin is that striken mother, Hers, that bowed and drooping form,

Hers, that heart, so pierced by sorrow, That of ev'ry hope seems shorn.

She is mourning in this silence, For a brave one who has gone,

And her pray'rs arise to heaven For her noble martyred son.

"lii there not one ray of sunshine,"

Cries she in her deep despair, "Round me? I see naught but darkness, Are there none my griefs to share ?"

Come, my friends, and offer pity, To that poor heart rent with pain;

Come and show her gleams of sun-light, Brightly shii).ing through the rain.

Rise up! dear old mother Erin, Needless are the tears yon shed,

For to-night a million patriots Offer tribute to your dead.

A hi full well we know, poor Erin, Thou hast stood the struggle long,

Time has never touched thee lightly, Care has E>ver been too strong.

Well we know thy dauntless courage E'er has stood the test of years

E'er has battled with the Tyrant, Crushing out all abject fears.

Will that courage now forsake thee, With sweet liberty in view,

With thy banner floating proudly, Over millions staunch and true?

i::loon shall rise the sun of Freedom, Over hosts of valiant men,

For the iron heel i8 forging That shall crush thy foes again.

Soon shall Emmett's tomb be honored, His epitaph shall written be;

Soon, Erin, thou shalt take thy station 'Mid the lordly nations free!

With true Irishmen for leaders, We will storm the Tyrant's walls;

We will hurl the stones of justice, Till Tyranny in ruins falls.

Then, shall we demand our birthright, Not as slaves who cringe and cower,

But as men free, in,dependent, U:>nsciou.s of our might and power.

Then, the hated links that bind us, Shall with scorn be cast away;

Erin! thou shalt bask forever In the light of Freedom's day.

March 4th. '91 A. T. Higgins.

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THE CATHOLIC STUDENT THE IDEAL OITIZI~N.

Under 1 he abo ve t itle w~s deli verrd a prt1ctieal ancl

en tertaning lecture by Ho n. "-'· .J. Onaban, C ity Comp­troller o f Cbicago, in our College Hnll; Sunday eve­ning April 5th . Tbe prese nce of so dist ingu ished a p erson, t li e aptness of the subject ch()Een HIHl the

foreibl e and convincing mllnner in w!licb the lectu re

was d eh vered tended great ly to m&ke Lllis evening one to be r emembered nt St. V iateur's.

Speaking ()£ t he future of ' yon ng men , the orator

showed well tbe impo~tanee of early training, to bring

out those qLH~lities necessary for future s u ccrs~. •·I am jus tifierl inasserti:1gthat the future ·ofthe United ~tates

d.,pends l::trgely on ·the influences now in school and

co ll f'g e-on the youth es1'lecially who are preparing themselveo for their re3pective parts in. tbe g reat d ram a of life".

Tne g reatest ot)porlunities are atforclerl our young men for advancement, provided they h:1 vc the nec­essary reqlllren~ents. "It is easy to see thn.t in . this

demoemtic n.ge anrl country, no place or lofty dr.:stiny i:, beyond the reach of the citizen- the aspiring

yo:1Lh, who possesses ed ueation, Utlents, energy and

above all, chw·ar:ter". The land is free to a ll ; · religious liberty is given to every c reerl. vVe are not a gorl less

people. That we recognize God is nn as~ nran ce of our safety. The nalions wbicli have rr:>jecterl Him, thongh once flou r ishing soon fell into decay . . But th ere nre

gross ev ils here, which are most destntctive,n nd which because lbey assume a virtuons • llnr'l .worthy a :; peet are most n.lluring. One esp ecially the ]()ve (>f wealth

hns taken a lnJ•Jst complete' possession of our ]Wo ple. '·\Ve Jiv e In a matc·rial m o ney- loving nge, when th e

greed f L)f gain-the pmsuit of we;~llh-secm .~ to h .<ve become the uuiversn. l a 11 d ovr>rmaslering ]Xtss ic n" .

To teachers and t.o institutions of lenrning m11st we

lou~< for a cure . of this- i 11 as much as tbese inst :·uc tors of youti1 have in their power Lo clirecL aright t.lle am­bitions of youth. Pass ion is a]w,(ys seltbh and t his love of wcn.lth is the most selfbll of all.

<Jur conntry is bvore d ofal l other na tions. Pos~css­

i11g as it docs the true spi rit of'libtrty. a good .eo11sti· tution; f:tvored by nature , ns to e li mate, resourc es ancl

all th<Lt goes to ·make a nation gre;Lt sr:cinlly, politic­

ally and financially, there seems indeed nothing more to b e desirect. But there is mueb to be desired- mueh to accomplish, if this fttVOrerl nation is to continue peace·

ably on its march of progress. Onr you ng men mu~t

know then Lbe wants 0f our country and be patriot-ic · ono ugh t o!relievcthem. Catholic. young m~n. ought to he forerro st in this work of rf'gel!lPration, ~<s '1heir

brother rcligioni5ts were forrmost in the ·diseovery ancl

settlement of tiJis counny. 'ro quote a.l!&;n: "Catholic·

students especi3l1y have e xceptional reasons .for de­light in thi s investigfltion . On e very p~ge Of' thfl history

of Americ~. fl'om 1492, will be fiJII n<l rr:>er1rdl'd t he

namrs. and serviees- the latter not fairly or ad­

r qq r. t e ly r s Lim::1t erl-r•f cathnli e explorers nncl mi Fs ion.

nr:Hs - Colnrnbu .o , Chnmplnin, J\.!fiJ·qtH·ttr. LnSnlle, It -ivns n cathol ic who first penetmtffl into Jllin.oi>:;

it. ~a s a cnthol ie governor who firs t. gave .the exnmple of 11eligous liberty in Amerira. These f:wt.s arr> stubborn anri selfassertinrr, in spito of prejniced on the !):;Jrt of some anrl suppression on the part of oLhers.

'Jj'he y0 ~1ng c a tholic will of CO;li'Se mef't oppOSitiOil,

for !which he must now w hoo l himself. He must pre!:>~

bis jwayonwnrd into prominence:>, not by' ' brute for('e,

lllllfOrthy of him nnrl his religion, but by his f!u lture nn d' refi11t' m ent, qnnltiir·s thilt 11re Pf>pre'ciated nne! respecter] by our Amt?ric:~n peop'r. Li~lcn again to the

Ho~. ~rcnker: "lt is lm 1 nr t ,lnt :hnt. tl :c ynn(h of t he co u\1tn· sLon ld have before their mir.d .. e le vnterl i rl en s,

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and, st •Jrl y n.nrl take t.o · heart the lessons and the inspi. · ra.tiion cl e riverl f rom lofty ~>x ·lmpl es . a ncl illustra1.ions of pat!·oLi~m :tncl public duty".

Catholi c yo1tn-g mr~n sho1drl stn"'y well th eir rl11tiP~

and shvulrl perf.>rm tllem conscientousJt·. Th e cl uLies arish1g from one do not c ln sh with those c•f the other.

Jn 6oncln~ i on the ~prn l\ er said: "Your er•nniry Ju1s n right to expect thn.t thr youth of . Amrricn will P' "''C W(nfthy of cvrry pnb]i., and soci:d rl-uty. nll(l .eq 1Hd to ev eiry lngh P/lrleavor. The t.enching~ nf oqr holy tait h

tlic ' training :1nrl difeiplinc ncqnirerllh·' I'C u nd er the

g ni dnnee ofot li cse profesmrs I sPc ~""nnd mP, g ivn

ass ~ranee that this confirlt nee wi l) not be mi .-plncerl , as far as you are cnncernetl , ~nrl that JO.u wiLl in due

time go forth f:·om th ~ institu•.ion to ti t ke .rolll' plnces, in :iffniro:, prt?pared mx l equ ip ped to llC !,:( me ideal citi~ens."

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1\ve r r:>grct. that space does not. allow us to wint in .fnll t!'Ji s prnfit:1hle lef!tmc•. Rt it wP trns't tlillt. tlds &hort

skr \ ch wil l give some idea r•f th r. t rend uf the cli~comse and t.be fell' qnntr~. tinn~ an insight into the possibl·~ anrl . r:>legn.nt lang nnge of the SJ,eaker. It is n trubm thnt the dharacter of the sycaker does mueh to impres~ hi s dis­

course on his a nditors Hpplying thi t; princile as well as judging from lh e at~ention given hy · stnrlents we em safi ly :lay that this lecture will leavt:l l::lsting impt·ssion as it will furnish m U(:h bclp to t;hose .who w.isll to :fmow ro ·v to become good Catholi cs and good eit.izens .•

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BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.

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We have reason to be grateful to Ron. W, J. Ouahan of Chicago for many remembrances in the way of ?ooks. We note the following kindly sent the College Library by Mr. Onahan:

*** '·M(lyor's Message and Reports of the City of Chi­

cago for the year 1891." All the imp~rtant acts passed by the City Council are c;ompiled in this handy and handsome volume. We noted e~pecially the description of the City Water Works of Chicago whi0h will ever be a monument to the engint>ering skill of Mayor C'regier.

* * * •·The Comptroller'" Report" for 1889 is a study fur

one who wishes to get a good clear idea of tile vast monetary system of a great city like Chicago. Here we find it staterl in concise way aud uetween the covers of as neat a book as we have seen. vV c felt a little dis­appoit,teci that this exLerior did not eover a Shakcspear or a Dickens

Another thoughtful remembrance came in the four beautiful volutnes, published by Wm. H. Hughes, Detroit Mich. commemorative of the late "Catholic Congress, held in Baltimore Nov. 1889", of which Mr· OtHJ.llan was the prime motor. T!Jis ollicial report Of

tlle Congress, is a real tre .. sure, containil1g as it dl•es so many txcelleut speecllcs dcltvered , as well as the numerous excellent paper5 read, by the foremost Cath­olics of this country. -~s tbe questiqns treated at thb Congress were living issues, many of wllich sti ll re­mained unsolved, this book must have a great value fur those would post themselves on t be principle ques­tions of the dny. The sounn reasoning, elevatiug thought a ad he au tiful style shown in many of tbe pa­pers containen in thiti work, give them an intrinsic value thnt will make them interesting and instructive lor•g yea rs hen<:£>.

THE HOLY FAMILY.

Tldti beautiful steel-engraving, ~iz:e 2!h23 inches is a line reproduction of the celebrated pninting by Raphael. Th" Holy Virgin holding witll both hancl s Our Lorrl Jesus, while Juhn the Baptist is kneeling by his side ]wlcling a mininture c:ross. In the back ·ground the Val.' icy of Hcbr•m, the T emple and the City ol Jerusalem .

It is engraved and printed in the highest style of art on heavy ena!Deled cardboard, every Catholic family shoulci have ont>. This picture is favorably recommend­ed by eminent Catholic clergymen, uncluding His EminenP.e James Cardin:1.l Gibbons of Baltimore, Md.; also by tLe leading Catholic newspapers of the country. By mail, ;)ost-paid of One Dollar, or one dozen for

Ten Dollars. Address: P . C. Kullman, 110 Canal Street, New York.

The Catholic Chzwch and The American Republic is a much needed pamphlet, by Wm. F. Markoe Esq. Secretary of the Catholic Tntth Society.

The writer addresses himself principally to the younger generation. He shows them how the true Catholic is the true citizen, the ideal American; proves that the church is the pedestal of our promising Re­.public as long as they work hand in hand. He explodes the fallacy that they are antagonistic and finally de­clares "that as God, in his Providence, creates a new soul for every human body that is born in the world, so the American Republic was no sooner born from. the womb of time than He, in like manner, created a spiritual repub.tic to be its companion, its protector, and its infallible guide through all the years of its • existence. As the soul can live without the body but the body cannot live without the soul; so the church can live without the republic but the republic cannot live without the church".

How to make the study of lit.erat ure interesting to the young, is always more or less trying to teachers. The books that do this are the ones to be sought and welc.omed. "Kellogg's edition of Sltakespcar's play 8

is about as near the ideal as one would wish. In the first place the editor has arranged a thourough plan tor ''perfect possession" by which methoci it is his dt:-­sign to lend the student of Shakespear to a knowledge of this great author by a path at once interesting anrl ea.si ly t.wd. There are notes critical and explanatory; plans for studying; examinations based on the English Ci vii service commision . But what makes this edition of Shakesp<'ar, the best is th:1.t the author took great pains to eradicate any passages w~ieh ought not to be pre_ senteLI to young studunts.

Tllis neat and practical edition mu5t meet all the re­quirements of beginners, for its merits arGJ at on8e ap­parent. The price is cheap 35cts. Each play is seperate and bound in cloth. Effingham Maynard and Co. New

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The second Annual Covention of the "Catholic Pre:"s A);sociati.on of the United t\tutes" will con­vene in New York City on May ()th. An invitation to attend has been sent us an.cl we regret that circum­stances will not permit us to be present. VI( e extend congratnbtions and hope t.he meeting will he produc­tive of much good to Catholic journalism.

'rHE WORK OF S'r. VIATOl=t'S NOltMAL

INS'l'ITUTE.

A movement which the students of St. Viateur's College nail with delight i;; the work lately under­taken uy the Rev. Alf. Belanger, C. S. V. of builJ.ing up the Viatorian Nonnal Institute at Irving Park, Chicago. This is a work which appeal;; to the gen­erous sympathy and hearty support of all lovers of yonth ;md friends of complete education. Father Hehmger, to whom was lately eommitted the office of soliciting the uece:;~ary funJ.s for this great and good pnrpo;;e, has receired large donations from prominent clergymen of the Archdiocese. God blesses . he good. work. We will be mu;;t happy to publiRh

the names of the patrons of this noble undertaking among whom will no doubt be found many an old student of this institution.

OUR FIUEKDSHIP WITH GREAT MINDS.

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There is scarcely any theme ''hich can more frequently and with more pront be brought before

tl1e minds of theyonngthan that of "books," i.e. the anthon> yonng peo ple form an acquaintance with, thereby leaming to love the noblest of mankind. JJoY:ing a <lignined, a noble, a snlJlime object en­nobles the Jo,·er. The mere contact with, or in­

troLl net ion into the company of, the Lest authors begets a higher ~ense of that \vhich is worthy of adxnimtivn, of :ove, of illlitation. It enlicrhtens the

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intellect and train:> the affections. One thus becomes

easily susceptibl e of the thrills of genei'Oll S enthusi­asm which genius awakens in sytnpat.hetic mi!1ds .

Thn s c:>nc 'rill readily fnnc·y himse:f in the

Ronntn Fonlttl li:;tening to the eloquent outhnrst& of Cicero; will l1imself lJe mOYed with the · Con-

script Fatltet·s, :md with the whole people lw wi II

Hpplaud the nohle dmtupiun of the common '"eal; with Dante he will pas" beyond the narrow l.Jonn ·­derics of this life allll explore the ,·a::;t and nuied

regiono of a life beyond ou t· totllbstones; h e will be transfixed with terror :~.s the magestic p0em draw;; the sable cnrta.ins frolll the darker recesses of hell where cri1ue suffers its me1·i ted pnnhdullent;

he will hal'e l'ealized hctter pedw.ps than fl'om philosophic deu1on tra.tion or religions dogttla the truth of a fntnre life and will mon~ clearly ap­prehend the f<limebs, the exc-ellence of a faith, a r eligiou, tliat lead::; to happiness unending. lie will then he no! only on r-peaking tem1s w·itb the

he"t min<l" the world lws seen, but be iu tlwit· intimaey, their particnlar friendo- qnit"' a dis ­

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will, of intuition into, the best thought of the world's best thinkers is in it>~self no mean accom­plishment. It marks a mind sufficiently broad and deep to take in that which is gTeat and not only that which is small and common, and a heart that can love more excellent things than the paltry matter in whose clutches we are lteld fast on all . sides. To seek to make oneself capable of these higher and better pleasures, I deem, should be the chief a.im of every student who studies not for filthy lucre alone, but for that completeness of knowledge, which makes the complete man.

* * * - \Vho that lays claim to an education can be

without the consolation of philol:lOIJhY and the pleasures of the imagination1 The solitary student, the contemplative in his cell, even the convict in his dungeon, people their solitude with living pres­ences conjured np from silent oblivion by the magic wand of an educated wilL And in \vhat pure delight do they not then revel? ·what ennui can be pos­sible "·ith a Milton unfolding before their wau­dering gaze the splendors and the honors o£ Par­adise Lost~ What perplexing doubt will not be cleared by the reasoning;; o£ an Aristoile and a Thomas Aq tlinas ~ \Vhat brooding melancholy will not mysteriously bnrst into laughter in the genial presence of a. Dickens or an Irving~ Truly none can do without these great comforts through life. Then, make your friends tltese rich and rare geninses-t!te best--and hy your friends the world Rhall know yon.

*** vVe C~tnnot in all tlliOj afford to remain Ull-

f•cquainted ,,-ith the best Cadwlic English lit­el·atnre. While we may read llf acanlay and Addison as masters of English style we must not refuse dne attention to oni· Catholic writers who to say the least, are ONLY A LITTJ.l': LESS THAN they. Why should we he more familiar with the spirit and style of Bryon, Thackery and Dean Swift than with the spirit and style o£ Aubrey DeVere, :Marion Crawford and Cardin at Newman?. _What a preporterous question! some one may exclaim. Let that one consider that he cannot love or admire that of which he knows nothing. Then let hi:n ask him-

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self how much of DeVere, Newman or any other Catholic writer he has ever read or studied .. I think we owe it to ourselves in justice, and in fairness to om· Catholic writers to read Catholic literature and become as thoroughly conversant with its excell­encies as we are acquainted with the merits and demerits o£ other English writers generally.

•*• Rarely do we ever find a friend so true, one that

so thoroughly sees us through, one that is so free from ill-timed modesty that he will dare tell us our faults and point out the right path. Because o£ the paucity of these true friends we must fly to books, which, as the Thomas a Kempis says, frankly speak out to us needed words of correction and encouraging advice. Often when following the questionable doings o£ a novel hero we will, after the vivid description of his misdeeds, spontaneously exclaim in self censure with the candid Celt of the temprance lecture: "That's me!" Then reflecting upon the disordinateness of our past course of life we will the more readily place our acts in harmony with the rules of right and honorable living, more heartily despise that which is vulgar, c:ourse, ill-mannered, false, unchristian.

*"'* Such books do we all want for our reading hours,

our honrs of leasure, of sweet solitude, of rest from there toiL Every man, how little soever he thinks, has his ideals. A man's ideas give color and tone to is life. In the forming of ideals much depends upon the books we read-the society we keep. I£ we have much time to invest in reading and wish to stand firm on our moral feet, we cannot be too select about U'hat we read. I£ the personal friendship of scoffers and cynics, of skt>ptics, o£ infidels and liars is unwhole­some, dangerous, if not always fatal, to fair virtue, then must the evil geniuses of Voltaire, Rabelais, Paine, and Ingersoll etc. not be admitted among our circle o£ friends. Wn must learn early to be discern­ing.

* * * Farrell says about books: "Almost my earliest play-

thing was a book; and probably a book shall be in my hand when the shadows deepen and it becomes too dark to read ever again. I have lived all my :ife amongst books: they became for me necessaries of life. I began to read early, and being to a great extent my own guide, I read indiscrminately. It is a wonderful pro­cess, that indiscriminate reading-but forced ~ruit is not always the most desirable."

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COHDEL·IA

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'l'he study of character must ever be a pleasant work. "Nbn know thyself" is a, counsel which will always clo more or less good to man.

We f-ind around us men differing in dispositions, habib, customs etc. and all the>:e facts leave their own peculi ar stamp upon man. To study these in their varying course is a work which many have tried, but one in which few have excelled.

To one alone has it been given in an eminent de­gree to write well of man whether as the examplar of noble deeds or the villian that feeds on man's mis­fortunes. With equal facility he calls to the £ron t good ancl b;1cl, rich ancl poor, st atesman ~ncl litera­teur, king, peasant, each, true to his role, unveils his character with a fidelity to natnre found in no other writer. This is -the Barel of A von-the irumortal­Shakespear.

It would be usele's to call up in detail the innummer­able specimens of character he gives us, showing as thr.y do the intricate workings of the human heart ; suffice that we choose one which illustrates that most beautiful of virtues- not too common in our clays-­namely, filial affection, as portrayeFl so admirably in the amiable daughter of King Lear, Corr'elia.

Wefincl ithard to realizethat sheis nota principal eharact~r. Her bean ties are ~o prominent that, although she appears in but afew scenes, thereismateria,l enouo·h 0

in them to make twenty heroes. Her greatest charm lie > in her ad of uniting humility with dignity which she coustant;y portrays in her passionate love £or her child­is'h father. Her every action wa~ the expression ·of clut.y. lt was her god before which she was in contin­ual worship; and her fa,ther, t,he altar on which she offered her sacrifices.

The first; time we meet her is at the. trial o£ profess­ions. 'With what hate sbe scorns the artful hypocrisy of her siHters. She knows the harmony of their rheb­ical speech with the hollowne' s of their love and she determines "to love and be silent." VVho other than the childish Lear would drink the sweetened poison 0 t her sisters speeches or he deceived by their '·oily art"? But Cordelia will not moe:k her father . Sensitive na­tures like hers, speak li ttle but. feel and act much They are noE living deceptions. Cordelia cannot speak wha t her l1 e11.rt cn,nn ot fee \ or rather, she cannot , peak what her heart £eels for it is too much, she can say nothing. Lear, who ever loveclhermost., enraged ather seeming ob­stinacy declares "nothing will come of nothing; :::peak

' again." With truth and simplicity she tell1$ him that she loves him as she loves duty and no more. She will not lie. Why do her sisters wed if they love their father all? Indeed her speech doth mar her fortune.

. S~e accept::: her doom and with inexpressible pain re­cmves her father's curse. Yet she loves him and without the hope of ever seeing him again, · weeping, she leaves him; she who had ever done him so much good, pra~ed for his every pleasure; was his . on ly comfort, JOy, and by her magnetic eharms made earth for him a heaven; now in being most true, seems un­true. and is by him abandoned, cursed, impoverished.

But virtue is rewarded. The king of France, struck by her angelic beauty, manifegts his love, declares her "most rich in being poor" and welcomes her to grace the throne of Frar1ce. His love being true, is taken. She is gone. ·

The depth of he'r sisters love soon pToves itself. Lea•·, thei r father, king, (what a mockery ) becomes their ~ester. : iVith the forces of flattery having strip­perll1lm of l11s power, and, after having purchased every blessing from him, and lHt Vino- no more to <rain

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the h1deousness of their true nature reveals itself. Robing themselves in the very colors of crime, with ungrateful an:d harcle11ed liearts, they laugh at :the watered eyes of him that gaYe them all . Refusing him. the l eas~ tok~m of kindness, much less of duty, they wn•ck Ius pamed hemt with Bonow, ancl fin al ly re­gardless of his grey hairs, turns his aged frame ~ut to the rough usage ot a stormy night.

Mean wl~ile Cordelia, the prized jewel of prond Franc(·, enJoys unbounded happiness marr~d only by the thcught of a father's curse. Unwelcome is themessen­g·er that tells her of his troubles, of her sisters deeds. Happiness is banished. Her father! He that stripped her of his benediction, gave Iwr rights to her stone­hearted sisters, banished her,-what grief it causes her to learn of his discomfort, much more of his distress!

"And 110'W and then an ample tear trill'd cown Her delicate cheek: it ~eemed she was a queen Over her passion, whu, most rebel like, Sought to be king o'er her. Faith once or twice she heaved the Dame of fathe·i· Pimtingly forth , as if it pressed her heart; Th ere she shook The holy water from her heavenly eyes And clm110r-moi tened, then away she started To deal with grief alone"--

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Kent, . ~ir.ected his steps to Dover, where arrived ~alf concious of the place, will not, through a burn­mg shame of his treatment of Cordelia, yield to see her.·

\'Lest his ungoverne<;l rage dissolve the life That wants the means to lead it,"

. Cordelia bids her courtiers seek him and imploring-ly yet almost hopelessly asks:

"What can man's wisdom In the restoring his bereaved sense? He that helps him take all my outward worth." ·

Soon there is brought before her the shadow of a king, a. piece of dried earth with life but not reason. How lovingly and patiently, like a ministering an­gel she hovers o'er her father's senseless head and begs the "kind gods" to cure bis sickness. She kisses him and when he wakes, finding some reason has re­turned, with her soul bursting with rapture and anguish joined, she kneels and prays him hold his hands in h>enedicti:on over her. 'rhe .action done she makes him master of her kingdom and her heart.

Fortune or rather fate i:s too changing. Strangdy al­tered is the scen.e when we meet them again: Lear buried in grief over dead Cordelia. Thus this briO'htest jewel o£ Shakespeare's workmanship, the living ~irttie Cordelia, has acted her part and what a notable im-' pression she leaves upon us! ·-we think we have seen a vision of something supernaturaL, some celestial spirit dressed in matter, endowr.d with virtues powers. Yet "every thing in her seei:ns to be beyond our view and affects us in such a mallner that we rather feel than perceive." 'rhe beauty, love, and majesty, o£ her: disposition ; the height of her pity and devotion, her fiery flashes of dignified determination; imd above all the heavenly sweetness she displays, when attacked ­with the devilish taunts o£ her ·sisters all are · in­evitable charms which strike fire of love in every brea~t. Shakespear-;- has indeed proved the magnitude of his powers in his creation of Cordelia which truly_ has the stamp of his unbounded genius and may be called his grandest lady character.

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BASE BALL.

The Shamro<:-ks played the first game of the season last Tuesday. Wilmington was the opposing team ·

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and they came more anxious than ever to win. Their new uniforms are very neat and attractive. The Sham­rocks anticipated new uniforms for the first game, but could not procure them. Perhaps we may have them in a short time. A large crowd was present for everybody knows the battles of the past between Wilmington and the Shamrocks. Many pronounced it the best game, save the memorable one of '89, that has been played on the college grounds. The score is far different ,but there was pretty playing and hard work from beginning to end. The Shamrocks win ma?y games by the earnest way they get at play whiCh is a very good mark for a ball team. From the beginning of the game the College team held the lead and played very steady ball for the nine innings. The field work was the bestthey have put up for three years. The errors cono;isted m faulty throwino· to baSeS•

· The batting also was something extraordina~y. Bisson­nette and Cannon did excellent work with the stick. In fact every man hit the ball well. The Wilmingtons play" eel a good game but were not equal to the Shamrocks either in batting or in fielding. Not until the seventh inning did they bat a ball into the out field. They hav.e good material and their presence in the race will he felt before the season i;; over. "Bud" Carroll pitqhecl a very fair game, but his "out dr;p" was not: the proper bait and he did not find many to bite Do11sey a new man in the Shamro<·ks pitched a great ga~e. All were anxious to see him in the box and every body is satisfied that he will do great work. He is a.hard worker and not one that can be easily excited, His, catch in the sixth inning was the feature of the ga~1e. All in all the Shamrocks are stronger this year than last,. and when they go to Wilimington they ex­pect to wm. The many games to be played this year will keep the interest up, and it is to be hoped that they will do a great deal of practicing. The materihl is there, work j_t up. H. Durkin umpired the game t~ the:satisfaction of all. The Shamrocks play in Kan­kakee Friday (May Day) and at the College Satur­day May 9 and in Wilimington May 14. The follow­ing! is the score:

Wilmington 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 - 8 . Shamrocks 1 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 - 11

Bas,e hits Shamrocks ( 12) Wilmington ( 5 )Double Plays Shamrocks ( 2.) Wild Pitches, Carroll ( 2. ) Struck out by Carroll ( 6. ) By Dorsey ( 3.) Batteries: Wilming­tons, Carroll and Keeley; Shamrocks, Dors~y and Condon.-Umpire H. Durkin--Time o£ game 2 hrs.

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THE POETS ON FLOWERS. Beauty is ever the song of poet. Real and ideal .each

in turn receives a tribute from his pen. Flower~ reach­ing so nearly the irleal, because containing s<• m:1ny qualities of the beautilul, ought, we should think, re­ceive tile poet's closest attention. And such is really the case. The beauty of flowers so apparent to even the casual observer cou ld not be lost on the poet whose life work is to ~earch out the beautiful.

Why should flowers attract man so much? The first answer lies deep in man's nature: because there is in the soul of every one a love of the heautifu I, not a mere fee li ng the result of study or cultivation, but a cleep­seatecl passion, implanterl in the soul hy its Creator; the first. fee ling that causes man to yearn for purer anrl holier things tl1an those of earth. Now flowers meet all or nearly all the reqnirements of the beautiful as they also appeal to the tenderer feelings in the human breast, consequently they not on ly suggest the most beautiful sayings of the poet but. these same sayings meet a most responsive chord in the human heart.

Let us hear the poet express himself on flowers find. ing SQmeti1ing in every flower to correspond with cer­tain emotions in the human heart. He dreams of Love and chooses the "Rose'' as it~ emblem:

"We plainly read the zephyr's stolen kiss In your sweet blu&h; so where's the use to seal Your lips so cunningly , when all thew~rld Calls you the flower of Jove?''

A tender tribute to love's emblem. But the cour~e of true love ·di<i never smoothy run; it is fickle, shortli ved :

"Love is like a rose, And a month it may not see Ere it withers where it grows."

Love's emblem is moclest withal; it bears not the rudt: glan<!.e of prying eyes:

••Ah! see the virgin rose how sweetly she Doth first peep forth with bashful modesty, That fairer-seems the less ye see her may."

And now in one burst of enthusiastic rapture the poet sums up the grandeur of the rose:

••Rose thou art the ~>Weetest flower 'l'hat ere drank the amber shower; Rose I thou the fondest child or dimpled spring, the wood-nymph wild!"

But sadness comes to man, though unsought .and never welcome,

•·Then 'willow garlands 'bout his head, Bedewed with tears are worn."

The "Marigold,'' as well us the w'eeping-willow, speaks of saduess

"She droops and mourns, Bedewed as 'twere with tears, till be returns;"

and in hours of Eadness recalling pleasanter days as is his 'Yont ,the poet addressing the "Harebell" sings:

''Thou ar t the flower of memory ; The pensive soul recalls in thee

The year's past pleasures; And led by kindred thoughts will flee:,-

Till bock to careles:J infancy The path she measureF.''

Then speaking of modesty the poet seeing its beauty finds its emblem in the "Violet," sweet flowel' "'-ortby of his sweetest lays,

••The violet is for modeilty ," anrl trulv it has called forth his most musical strains. The highest encomiums are not too much;

"Violets dim, But sweeter th!ln tbe lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cy tberea's breath."

Nut yet content the barf! continues: 'No fiowers grew in the vale,

Kisserl by the clew, wooed by the gale­Nolle by the clew of twilight wet. So &weet as the deep blue violet.''

And who can outdtl Byron\. tribute to the modest violet?

"The morning star of all the fiowe1s, The pleclge of dny light's Jength'd hours. Anrl mid the roses ne're forget The virgin, virgin violet."

Bu.t how recount al l that bas been said of flower<; M

types of virtues nncl of human frailties. Shnkespe.ue· speaks of the "Daisy."

•'Whose white investments figure innocence." •'The Snowdrop bringet.h Hope anrl spring.''

In Ham let, •Opbeli~,' sing~: "There's ''rosemary" fo,· yon: that's for renrembrrance''.

Wordsworth says ofthe "Li ly", the type of purity: A Lily flower,

The olrl Egyptian's emblemetic mark Of joy imm ortal 11nd of pure affection''.

Thus ma.n finds tmblems of every movement of the his heart, among the flowers; and the poet. weaves these into song. How nntural too! What more henutiful more angelic, more heaven-like thnn flowers. They come at earliest dawn of spring Lv cheet· man on hi~ weary pilgrimage. We cal l that sen~on ~pl'ing, which gives in the first flower. How anx iously we await the df.'parture of winter's gloom anfl the approncb ol nat.lll'e's first smile, the tender violet.

Providence ever kind is most profuse in His distrL bution of the beautiful. How natural too that He should give such eternal manife8tntion of thnt which makes Him so greatly desirerl hyman-His infinite beaut.y.

Do we wonder then that the poets finrl in flowers such apt comparisons and that they ~!honld have ex~ presserl themselves so beautifully in speaking of fiowers?

Then it is ours at all times to revel in the beauties of flowers, whether we feast om eyes ofi the realities; ot• our mi nel s on beauties of the poet's description!! wlleu tlowers are the object of his lays-

And now let tile poet close: ••When this I meditate, methinks the fi·•>Wers Have spirits f~Lr more generous than curs , And give us fair examples to despi"'e The servile fawnings and idolatries ·wherewith we c•)tlrt th"se earthly things below 1 Whrch merit not the service we bestow".

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Oidy,·.· Cupid. The Boss. Li brary . H ad it pnt.

- My br0the-r. H e!Jo Qscar. Y e b ig li g bt heads. I t ook '.'s ix" on him. Wl1atdo you think ? I il m a boss scorer. P ax tecum , Thank .yo u. Gl?o rgP was surprised. "0h the head I hav e o n me ." fT ere is ·yOUr t ll til b nHh. Ye~, I not ice(l th e ~ pur~ h ()w ing to me as I passe ,\

l' <J brenk t~~ e mnn in t wo if. I k11 cw who c1ir1 it . ·1\l y ,co l'l sci.ence is nt. <·no.r Fin ce,yo n nr" around . To mm ie nnrl the Dr . m·c, o nt .. , t.he l:tttc.r has been

i ,,r·,r!·r rrl 1 •.,,.,:;·y,'{mnfi'e · h,, ,_n:tt'i l!Jl'etl ron t)'. t o· ·he : 'a. bali

p laye r hence tl~ e spli t. ___: • Oh wn it e t' 'th~t nauii: i ~ r a in , iui cl t hen lie w~nt

in sirlP. Th i~ is fr om th tl soli .oqny o n " whitber" hy t be Col. .Gopy ri ght nppli ecl fo r. .

- ' V ill th e b 0.y who wr o te thi s ~tn lem ent, " th nt if .you ~m el] n. ·~ tn ellthn ts .mP," pl ense come np anrl receive

thi s cnke. J. G. t.nke noti0<'. - IV r hn v'e been rrq n r~ tcr l not to sny a:nythin g

nl1t•n t t.lJ (' " q no tat.ions' ' hea rd in tlw corridor 3 every

, ev Pn ina. - 1\.T nr . (·'.not om geni 'tl Ben.") bu t the learn er!

· l\f!'lr . i ~ ~ ho n t t.o oru·n ni r. e a ron.rclatiS fo r t.he fur therance of th e Shnk <" FpPnrnn ,;l rnmns. ' ' Il r re me for my caws"

is t he Q'rnn rl mu tlo . - Mr . .Tohn Cn rl on nt ln rl i nn n poli ~, v:~ i t:crl hi s

hroth ers .Joseph :.1 nrl Gro rge wlH> :~rP sl nrlyi pg a t t he c oll eQ'P . . J ohn wa s wP]C6lmP. rl ri Q. ht hrn r l. ily.

1..i .. - Tbn y:iiln g:e h oys r nm r. flV.P l' to pi ny th e "Shmn­rocl< ~'' tlH> ot.hAr rl:l y n.nrl wen~ gi v en ~ . ve ry w1.rm r e·­f•rp ti on. T wo in11in !!S WP re pl nvP<l nnrl nt, th e end th e -scorr. ~ t oor1 11 to 0 , in f~.v or o f t.hc - Shn mrock s.

- M r. ,John N n.wn v isited t';hi ca::r.n f•ll' a few clays,

b nL is nu:~ in wit.h ns. - I nm Yer~' sorry s i r that you cl o n r. t nnrl erstn nd

my ln.t.in. - If any h olly wa nts t o lil ngh lE:t t hem be take

m ent; cast his weather optic upon, The I-lon. J eremiah Elyoria G oode trying tv play ha ll if you d on't laugh well we will resign our position .

- W e respectfully call your attention to the fttCt that vacation is just; two m onths off, the commence­ment w ill t ake place on ,June 17 and 18 th 1890. This : b written parLi~ularly for Jenny.

. - vVe were en tertained la~ t we(~k by a l'ecture upon the evils of smoking by J ay Bird.

Dr. McCabe delivered a very eloq uent discourse the other ' a~.y in favotir of "~o bluffing the umpire on the ball a lley .'''

- Messrs. D"rand, and Burke visited their hom es

la tely. - L as t Tuesday a number of citizens · was piloted

o ver t o t he polling pl ace and. showed iww to ca.st their votes. The boy ' ~ votes counted, as their man was

elected. - Sev ernl ot the Juniors have cle1·eloped quite a

t alent for sprinting as was illus trated in a ra in storm . not long age .

- The great problem is bow shall we find tim e to work out our poll-tax. W e have to do the job.

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RIFLE SHOTS._ T he· ~v:1 1 :m weather does not se,em to eff:ect the good

earnest, work of til e compn.ni es. Wh oever wins the medals this year will certa inly be The T acti c c lass bas been changed from Sunday

morning to w ·edn esday Light.

Mnj or Gr:u~clcham p '89 has charge of a battalion in Vi' isconsin. He is v ery successlul and we wish our old

maj or every success. • T he rah ing of the Am erican flag will be conclucteq with

hono reu. !.1 the officers contes t there are about ten who are as near equal as it is possib le t0 have tbem. The same can be saicl of tbe pr iva tes.

13-lll u mas ter D <wduranrl d eserves mu ch p raise for t he mnnner in which he has trained tbe band . The ir pl>ty ing is very good a nd the marching is much im­

prov etJ . vVilh t he base ball scoson comr.s injured fing ers;

al reacly many hav e applied for an exc uBe, but sore fin­gers h:lve nothing to d o with marcbing a nd tha t i ~ what th e co mpanies need . The wint er montbs w ere spen t in rn nnual exerdse an!l part icula r att en tion

should now be g iv en to marching.

h imself to the plny ground :1nll there in ronce:1L

m iliLary ceremonies. A ncl it is most probable that m:1ny mi lit:q·_v men of note will be present. As y et t he day h:r s not been d ecid ed anrl the Colonel can not say d efi­nitely that t he competitive dr ills willtakeplace on tha t

Oucas ion.

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SPORTS. ARE YOU GOING TO NEW OR ..

Let us meet tbe Wilmingtons.

- The Sham rucks are still in tbe ring.

-- Til e Croq uet club, of this y ear will he exclusively for tLe members. N. B. Please rearl this twice.

- Tbe crtne to be ralllerl 1or tlle benefit <•f tbe Sham. roek Base B all club is :t beu~tty. Or in th e words of the m~rtal umpire '•i ts Je b oss cane I can tell yes" .

- Messrs, Durkin a nd L ane will alternat.c in the

(:apicity of umpires.

- The ba ne: hall alley.;; are by no means forgotten

notwithstlLnding the warm weather . iUe:;srs. Bowtnnn, L e nert. Bnms, Haytlcn, Hauser, and l\it;Cabe arc prom­inent a tnong tlte lead ers.

- H. ~L Stanl ey Durkin IS one of th e l• es t and

ii.tirest umpires that evt~r callerl rt ball or st rike. Tlis work bas been most satisEw.tory.

- Capts. Fenn ell ant! Bowman thou g b in the m ~1; n

nr1 ,·oc!\tes of h:tn rl b,.!J, tcstet~ th ei r powers as base bnl ­li s t.s anr\ wiLh eigltt m en beltintl each of tbem gave a lm-ge auJietJCe, (about fiv e hundred trees) somet.bing to murmur about.

- Tlw Shamrocks ha ve reorganiz ec1 for the sen son with the 1nllowing playe rs: J. H. Caunon, S. S.; J. Dnrccy, P.: J. Cond\ln, C. ; "\V. McCarthy, 1st. B.; P. Bissouettt' , 3r,l. B; F. Moody, 2nd. B.; r. Houde, H. F .; F . N ortol), L. F .; G. McCa nn , C. li'.; ~Ir . Cnn­uon Captni11s th e team and llev. J. J. Crega n, will nt.:t ns l\Jam1 ger.

- The le:tgues, Seni o r nttd Junior, org mizLd lllr tl tt

yc:~r attd IJ :tve already play ed se ve ral g:uues. 'l he ~e nior l0ngL1e is otticercd by the t;,I Iowi ug gc utlemt:n: Pres. Rev. J . F . Ryan ; Sec. A. F . .J[uurly ; Trens. \ V.

B. :UcCart.hy. As b ot year i t i" compo~ed of three clubs ullh:ered as follows.

Coluntbians: :'ll:ttJ. Yir .• l. Flyt :n ; Capt. P etP r Bi~souc f . t •~

Sec. E. A. Cbilder,s; Trc:<s. ,Joh n Howlan d ;

Etltelyns; l\fan . H.cv. J . F. Ryan; Capt. \\'. ll. l\Ic C:trthy; !;ec. Gcu.l\h·Can tt; T reas. A. Boylan;

Ed,•nias. !Ibn .. J. .J. C·mtlon; Capt. A. E. ,\Iuutly; Sec. (_i ,!o. ('arlt• IJ; T • ·c:~s. J . lh rcey . ·

Tltc ,Juutor leagu u though it t the lield i; n•Jt yet pre­par,,d lo plaGC thu n:uncs of its o t!L;ers hcf, >rc the public so we mn~t keep yuu in suspence a l:ttle lollge r.

LEANS OR FLORIDA~ H so, you can go by the MONON ROUTE viaLou:rs­

YTLLE and MAMMOTH CAVE, or CrNcmN ATI and CHAT­

TANOOGA, BIRMINGHAlf, MoNTGOMERY, .MoBILE and

the gulf coast for that will - take you through th~

dreary , uninhabited MISSISSIPPI SwAMPS; we are eonfi­

dent you cannot select another line to the SoUTH

enjoying halt' the advantages t.hat are possessed hy the MoNON Rol"TE and its southern connections.

No one should think o£ going south without

visiting the MAMMOTH CAVE, the g reat natural won-:­

der of this continent. So much has been written o£

thi> world famous wonder that it is impossible to say

• anything new in regard to it. It cannot be described;

its c·.averm; muat be explored, its darkness felt, its

beauties seem, to be appreciated or realized. It is the

greatest curiosity-NIAGARA not excepted. Or, FLOR­

IDA-"'-ARD pass en route over the old HISTORICAL

BATTLE FIELDS along the line of the \V. & A. or the

E. T. V. & G. Railways. From MoBILE to 1'\Ew On­

LEAN:; ( 1-ll miles) the ride along the gulf coa:,t is

alone worthy of the entire cost of the whole trip. In

full sight o£ the wuy, pnss OcEAN SPRINGS, Mrssrssrl'P1

CITY, P.~ss CHRISTIAN, BAY, ST. LouisandBE.ATvom

the home of Jeff. Davis.

\.Yheu you decide to go south mah up your mind

to tra.Yel over the line that passe:; thro11gh the best

eouutry and giYes you the best places to stop oYer

This is elllphatically the MoNON HorTE, in connec­

tion with the Lon::;nLLE and N AsHVILLE, and the

CrK<.:lNNATI Sot.THERN HAlLWAYs. PrLL:MAN }lalace

sleepers anu palnee cou.eh es, doubl e dail y t rains. The

best to CrNCLSNATI, LonsnLLE, NEw OnLEANt:!, or

Fr.ormu. For full informations, descriptives books,

pamphlets, etc:. adc1res;; James liarker , General Pas­

sengers Agent Monon Route. 183 Dearborn street ,

Chicago.

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a.n<l white hr:1rse.

No. 64 East Ave ...... Kankal\ eE', Ill.

J. W. BUTLER PAPER Co.

W holesale Pa per Dealer s. A lull line of C ards and Wedding goods

kept .. onstalltly 011 hand. Nos. H;;j & 185 Monroe Street,

Chicago, Ill.

1\anl<akee t;ton~ and Ume Company. I::<COUJ'OJtATED FEB. 2ard. 1867.

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''-"iO a .filH' \i1w of Toilet A•:tJclns ot all k ind s, FilH", Ciga.rs a.nd ' l 0lJ<t.C.: l~o:

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