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WASHINGTON.

Where peaceful Potomac is seeking the sea, Its waters cnressing the shore, ·waves gently ebbing in sweet melody, Like leaflets the wind passing o'er, 'Neath the green branches that gracefully trail, And dark pensive shadows forth fling, F loats in the even, steals o'er the vale

·The song which Freedom doth sing.

She sings o'er the grave of earth's truest, best, Who sleeps his last sleep 'neath the sod, Her voice is as. fresh as the breeze ti:om the West, Or first beam of sunshine abroad : Her echoing words would fain again wake Our Country's great Father-the One, Who of us bondsmen, freemen did make­The immortal, the pure Washington!

This young Republic from tyranny sprung, Like Minerva the daughter of Sea, Mid the boast of. a Briton haughtily flung, "These rebels must perish, or flee !" When this son of Virginia, of sages the first, Arose with his sworrl girded on,

He struck down the Lion, that life's blood did thirst, Our gallant, our brave Washington!

When our Ship of State was wildly tossed high, When breakers around her did roar, He was the meteor that lit up the sky, The helm his strong arm bore: Her rigging all shattered by whirlwinds torn, A wreck almost strewn o'er the main, Into the harbor of pea.ce she was borne By Washington-glorious name!

Christmas night as joy,bells did peal O'er Delaware's broad bosom, cold, As anthems of peace did merrily steal Proclaiming contentment untold, The ice and the waters both treacherous, deep, He passed with his brave, chosen, few, He captured the Hessians ·in slumbers, in sleep-­Our Washington dauntless and true!

As long as wide oceans encircle this land, And rivers are seeking their rest, His name with all freemen shall always outstand Honored, loved, cherished and blest- . As the rays of the sunshine e'er warl$11Y play On Vernon his tomb and his grave, The Goddess of Freedom shall lovingly say­"He lived fair Columbia to sav~."

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THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION

ON LITERATURE.

The injury done to literature by divorcing it from religion is a topic worthy of discussion. Literature has .thus lost power and permament interest. It has become, in a great measure, superficial, an image of transient modes of thought and of arbitrary forms of life, not the organ and expression of immutable truth and of deep workings of the soul. We beg not to be misunderstood. We have no desire that literature should confine itself · wholly or chiefly to religions topics, and we hardly know a greater calamity it could incur than by degen-

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crating into religious cm!t. Next to profi..meness we dread t.he affectation of piety and the mechanicalrepe­ti tinn of sacred phraseology. l Ye only lament that li ter­t lll'e h:1s so generally been 1;hc prod net ancl utterance of minds which have not li ved, thought, and w ritten un­<lel' the light of n rational and sublime faith. Severecf Jrom t his it wants the prine:iple of immortali ty. i ve do not speak lightly wbeu we say that a ll works of the intellect, which have not in some mens nre been quick­cued by the spirit of religion, are doomed to perish or to lose their power ; and tlmt genius il' preparing ·for itse lf a sepulchre when it disjoins itself fi·om the De­vine TrutlJ. Religion .is now beginning to be viewed more generously by the AmericanP than heretofore. It is gr:tclually attracting to itsdf superior umlerst:md ings. A new era, we t.rnst, is opening upon the world nn cl a ll literature will feel its power. In proportion as the true and sulJlime conception of God shall unfold itse lf in the soul a11cl shall become there a central sun , shccl­<ling its buams on all objects of thought, there will be n. want of sympathy with all works which have not been quickened by this heavenly influcmce. It w"ill be felt that the poet has known li ttle of nature, that he has seen i t only nncler clouds, if he hnve Dt t ECCn it under this celestial light. It will be fel t th rtt man, t be great su bjcct of literfl.t nre, when vi ewecl i u ~cper:t t. ion ti·om his Maker and his end, can be as little nmlerstoo<l and portrnye<l as a plant torn from the soil in which it grew and cut off from communicatiou with the clouds and sun.

We are aware tl!nt olljections wi ll spriilg up to the doetrinc tlwt all li temture shoulu be produced .nndcr the infiuence of religion. ' Ve shall be told t llat iu thi s way literature wi ll lose all variety ami spirit lhnt a monotonousnnd solemn lllle wi ll spre:1.d itself onr writ_ ing, and that a li brary will have the air of a tomb. W e do not wonder at this fear. Religion has ccrt:1inly been . accustomed to speak in scpulclm1.l tones and to wea r llJ)Y aspect but a br ight and glowing one. Let us not l.lowevcr nscriLe to its nn.tlne what has be t~t!len it from adverse circumstances. The truth is that religion, justly · v iewefl smpaSSl'S nll other principles in g iving a ti·ee and manifold nction to the mind. It recognises in every ihc nlty and sentim ent the workmanship of Gocl and assigns a sphere of agency to each. It takes our whole n:tture under its guardianship, and with a pnrental love ministers to its inferior as well as to its higlJer gratific:t­tions.False religion mutilates the soul, sees evil in our sensibi lities, and rules with a tyrant's frown and rod. · True religion is a mild nnd lawful sovereign governing to protect, to give strenght, to unfol(1 all om inward reso nrces. 'Vc believe that, under its influence, literatu­r e is to pass its present limits and to put itself forth in ori giu ~ tl forms ur e01uposition. Religion is, of :1ll ·

principles most fruitful and unconfined. It is sympathy­with that Being who seems to delight in diversify ing t he modes of this agency and the p roduct of their wisdom anrl power. It does not ch:~,in u.s to a few essential duties or express itself in a few unchanging modes of writting It has the liberality and munificence of nature which not only produces the necessary root and g t·ain, bu~ poms forth fruits and flowers. lL has the bold contTasts of nature whi ch, at the foot of the awful mountains, scoops out the freshes t, sweetest valleys and embosoms in the wild , troublerl ocean, islands whose vern:1.l airs, and lovdiness, and teeming fruitfulness almost breathe the joys of P .tr:td ise. Religion will acccomplish for literature what it most ueedil- will g ive )t depth at the same t ime that i t hightens its grace and be~~uty. The union of the attributes is most to be desired. 011r litera­tu re i;; hmentnbly superficial, and to some beautiful ancl the superficial seem to be naturally conjoined· Let not be1.uty be so wronged. It resides chiefly in profonn1l thoughts and feelings. It overflows chiefly in the writing . .; of poets, giftecl with a sublime and pier­cing vi~ion. A beautiful literature springs from the cleplh a nd fulness of intellectu: tl n.nd moral life, fi·om an energy of thought and feeling, to which nothing, we believe, ministers so largely as enlightened religio•1. So f:t r from a monotonous solemaity outsprE'ading literatu­t 'C in consequence of the all-per;rardiug influence of religion, we beli eve th:1.t the sportive and comic forms of compositions, instea<l of being abandoned, will only be refi ned and improved. ' Ye know thnt t lJPse are sn p­pm,erl to he ti·ownecl upon by piety; bnt they h:we l'oo t in the conbtitntion which God has given us anrl ought not therefore to be indiscriminately condemner!. The propensity to wit nne! laughter (locs indeerl, through excc~sive indnlgence, often issue in a ch:<mcter of heartless levity, low mimi cry, or unfeeling riclien le. lf often seeks gmtification in regions of impurity, throws n gaiety around vice, and sometimes even pours contempt on virtue. But, though often and mournfully perverted it is sti ll :1. gift of God, and may and ought to minister, not only to innocent pleasu re, but to the intellect and the hc:~rt. ~hn was m:u:le for rela~tion as truly as for bbor; and by a law of his nature, which has not re­cei vcd the attention it deserves, he finds perhaps no rcl:lxtionso restorative as that in which he reverts to his childhood, seems to forget his wisdom, leaves the imngin:<tion t.o exhilerntc itself by sportive inventions, t:1.lks of am using incongruities in conduct and events, smiles at the innc•ccnt excentricities and mistakes of. those whom be most esteems, allows himself in rich illusions or kind hearted satire, and transports himself into a world of ludicrous combination. We have said, that, on these OGcasions, the mind seems to put off its wis­dom; hut the truth is, th~t in a pme mind, wisclom

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retreats, if we may so say, to its centre, and, there un­seen, )i:eeps guard over this transient folly, clra"lls deli­cate lines which are riever to be passed in the first mo­ments, and, like a jndic!ons parent watchi1Jg the sports of childhood, preserv(ls a stainless innocence of soul in ·the very exuberance of gaiety. This combination of moral power wiLh wit and humor, wit, comic concep­tions and irrepressible laughter; this union of mirth :md virtue belongs to an advanced stnge of the charr1cter ; aHd we believe tll~tt, in the proportion to tlle diffusion of an enlightci;ecl religion, this action of the mind will increase and w~ll overflow in com po~ition whicll, Join­ing innocence to sporti Yeness, will communicate un­mixed delight. Religion is not at vari:tncc with occa­sional mirth. In the same clw.raeter the solemn tho nght and the subl ime emotions of the improved Christ i:m rna~ be joined with the unn.nxious freedom, buoyancy, and gn iety of enrly year. \Ye will ndd but one more illustration of our Yi cws. \Ye believe that the union of religion with gcnins will favor that species of composi­tion to which it mny seem at first to be least propi ­tiop~. We refer to tuat department of litcmtnrc which h ns for i ts vl;ject the clelir:ention of the sh·m1ger nnd more terrible and guilty P'lSSions. Strange as it m<ty ap­pear, these g loomy and nppalling feature~ of our nr1t.ure may be be l1est comprellen<led :mt1 ·portr11yed by the pmrst lll1d noblest miJJcli'. The commo11 idea is thnt ·OV<'nvhclming ·emotion:::, the more they are experienced <.:~!11 1 !te more e[ectnally be described.

\Ve ktve one stmng presumption 11gainst this doctrine Trn.dit.ion lea(]s H~ to believe tlmt Shnkspcnre, tho' he p:linted so f,tithfully ::mel Jearfully the c.torm:> of passions w:1s a cn.lm and cbccrfnl man . The pnssions arc too mn cil engro~setl by their objects t.o m'edit::.te on them­selves; anr1none nre more ignorai1 t of their growth aud subtle IYOrkings tllan their own victims. Nothing reveals to us the secrets of our own souls like rcligio~; and in disclosil'g to us, in ourselv~s, the tendency ofp:l'Ssion to absorb every energy nnd to spread its hues over every thought, it gi vcs us a key to all our souls; for in all, human nature is essentially one, ha ving the S[lme ~pi ri­tual elements and the same gr~tnd tkttures. No m~n, it is believed, nuderstanrls the wilc1 nml irregulnr motives of the miud like him in whom a principle of (livi ne or rlcr bas begun to establish pence. Xo •ufln kncnY;:; the horror of thick darkness which gathers over the sbves of vehement passion l ike him who is rising iuto the light and JLerty of virtue. There is indeed a sc lfi sll shrel\·clness whieh is thongh t•J give a peculiar an<l (1eep insight into human nature. nut the knowle<lge ofwhich it boasts is partial, distorted, vulgnr, and wholly unfit for the pur­poses of literature.

We value it little. We believe that no qualification avails so.rouch to a knowle<lge ofhuman nature in all its

tol'ms, in its good and evil m:tnifestations, as that en­lightened, celestial charity which religion alone inspires for this establishes sympathies between us and all men, n~d thus makes them intelligible to us. A man, imbued with t.his spirit, alone contemplates vice ns it really e:i­ists and as it ought a.ln-ays to be desctibed . In the most deprnved fellow beings be sees partnkers of his own mtme. Amidst the terrible nwnges of the passions he sec- conscience, though prostrate, not destroyed nor wholly powerles::. He 5ees the proofs of an uncxtinguish­e(l moral life in inwanl struggles, in occnsional relcnt­iugs in :;ighings for lost innocence, in reviving throbs of er11: ly affections, in the sophistry by which the guil ty mind would become reconci led to itself, in remorse, in anxious fvrcbodings, in despair, perhaps in studied recklessness and cherished self forgetfu lness. These .con­flicts between the p:tssions anc1 the moral n:--.ture arr tlle· most interesting subjects in the b t:anch of li terature to whi e;b 11e refer, and we believe that to portra.y them with truth ·nnd power the man of genius can find in nothing such effectual aid as in the developement ofthe moral ancl religious principles in his own breast.

This is but a superficial view of a great sub ject. The connection of religion with intellect a.nd literature is yet to by pointed out. 'iVe conclude by expressing our strong conviction that the human mind will become more · various, piercing, and all comprehending, more cnpa blc ot unclcrstanding and expressing the solemn and tbe sportive, the terrible and the beautitul, the profound nncl the tender in proportion as it shall be illumined and penetrated, by tbe true knowledge of God. Genius, in­tellect, irrwginntion, taste, and sensibi li ty must all be bnptized into religion, or they will never know and never make known their renl glory and immortal power.

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EFFECTS OF RELIGION IN THE WORLD

The won1 religion is derived from the Latin word religare to bind, hence to bind man to his Creator. We n-ho now enjoy the blessings of peace, civilization, and the great progress "'hich society has made since the era ot Chriskmity, scarcely lend a. fleeting thought to the re:tl cause of this progress and refinement of society. The cause will become more evident if we consider the condition of society before t.he era of Christianity. Pre­vious to the intro(Jnction ofChristianty the greater part of the human race consisted ofsla ves; society was destitute of manners and man withoutreligion, havingno idea of the infinite Being, was a profound my:;tery to himself ; in flue the ·whole world presented a dark pi.cture without ·

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a ray of light or a consoling thought of ever raising itself 1

from that corruption into which it h~d sunk. What then, in such a state of things, could have r'l­

moved error, reformed and improved manner~, abolished slavery, corrected the vices of legislation, imposed a check on power and organized the family and society? Was it not religion? Was it not Catholicity? It is evi­dent that slavery was one of the greatest evils of those timPs and the number of slaves :was immense. "In a cen­sus of Athens there were reckoned ·20.000 citizens and 40.000 slave~.'' This we learn from Thucydides. At R0me the public S3-fety wJ.s often rndangered by the slnves rebelling against their masters. Cresar in his com­mentaries ( rle Bello Gaul. lib. VJ) bears witne~s to the multitude of slaves in Gane. These miserable creatures were treated by their masters merely as brutes, for slaves were considered as a men.n race tar below the dignity of freemen: a race stamped by Jupiter himself with a mark of humiliation nnd predestined for that abject state of debasement. Such was the condition of society. Such was the darkness that encompassed the world when Catholicity appeared ringing a twofold salvation to man by calling him to the path of eternal felicity, but at the same time boun­tifully supplying him with the only means of preserva­tion from social dissolution with the germs of regenera. tivn slow and pncific, but grand, immense and lasting and secure from the revolution ofage; and this preservative was a pure and lofty doctrine, diffused among all man­kind, without exception of age, sex, or conditiOn, as the rain which falls like a mild dew on an arid and thirsty soiL It teaches the human race the causes of things and whence they nre, why man is sent into the world, what he ought to do, how miserable is the term of his existence what bounds he ought to prescribe to himself in the pur­suit of riches, and what use he ought to make of them. This she does by the rules of the purest doctrines not communicated to a chosen number of disciples in hidden and mysterious instructions but with a loud voice and a generous boldness which is the inseparable companion of Truth.

Thus Christianity gave light to the world, gave a death blow to Paganism, broke the chains ot · slavery, fostered manners, organized the family and societ.y not alone by her teaching but also by her laws. This we shall prove by positive facts and historical documents. Let us hear the Apostle. " Masters do to your servants that which is just and equal knowing also that you haveaMasterinheaven" (IV.) and again he says: "forbid threatenings (to your servants) knowing that the Lord of both them and you is in heaven and there is no res­pect ofpersons with Him.'' (Eph. VI. 5-6)

Tbe diffusion of such doctrine necessarily tended to improve the condition of the slaves by softening the vigor of their cruel masters. The Church never forgot

the noble lessons taught by the Apostle, for we read that in the C~nncil of Elvira, };leld in the beginning of the fourth century she subjbcts the woman wbo sluUl have beaten her slave 80 as to cause her death within three days to many ye!tt'S of penance. The CoiUloil of Orleans held in 548 orders that if a slave guilty of a. fault t.ake refuge in a church l.ie is to be restored to his master, but not without exacting from the lAtter a promise, confirmed by o:.tth that he willtli>t do him ~ny · harm; that if the master in violation of his oath . mal~ treat the slave, he shall be separated from the commu~ nion of the faithful and deprived of the sacraments.

This fuvol' and protection which the Church granted to slaves rapidly increased and a love for humanity commenced to be cherished. Christian pdnciples soon sprung up every where and both slave and master, pagan and barbarian bent their necks to the gentle ynkc of Christ. But why does not Christhnity civilize the barbarous nations of the present age who sit in darkness and under the shadow of death? It is because they re­ject her teachings prefering their own evil ways, and so long as they r~:;ject the prineiplcs they reject the con­dition of their civilization and happiness. Even nations civilized, and once living within the bosom of the Church but torn away from her by heresies or schisms, having forgotten those Christian truths soon relapse in­to their former miseries. Thus as th~> laws ofgr:lvitation hold wan to the earth so does religion elevate him to heaven.

Hte!la Maris.

'\V.Uen ocean's waves are tossed on high And lightning rend the rna t, To thee, with prayers the sailors hie To calm the stormy blast.

T. L.

Their prayers are heard at thy bright throne And zephyrs fan the sea, As sailor's Yoice, with joyous tone P ours forth his lauds to thee.

When sin and guile have marred the henrt Anrl man f1·om God bath strayed From Rea ven 's bright and happy goal, By luring falsehood swayed.

With loving care thou watche'st o'er Thy frail and erring child, From soil to guard him evermore By counsel sweet and mild.

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L'HIVER.

{.Ju:mt à la pluie eufm s;tcclld3 la gelée, Que sous le soull:ie des hivers La tene est toute •>oustellée, Cumrr.e élJlouis~aute ü 'écla i rs,

Quand le verglas à l 'arbre a tendu ses dentelles, Oh! comme tout est \irginaJ Et que nos campagnes sont belles t>ous leur parure de cri stal!

Ja-mais marbn's polis, marlJres où l'on se mire, 1\'oat éclipsé le pur miroir De nos glaces Olt viennent luire Les blanches étoiles du soir!

J~es forêts au soleil paraissent e11chantées Reneanlt u·out pas de bois plus b~aux Que ces ramures argentées Qu'incline le poids des joyaux.

0 r,oraison de gine Olt perlent les rosées, Cllastes <tigrettes de saphir A l'aurore tout irisées Quel suufile vous a fait Heurir?

L'œil ébloui prendrait, é!incelants trophées, Y os prismes pour les colliers Que, surprises, de jeun!'s fées Aurai eut. !aisés sur nos halliers.

Canada, ma patrie, 0 riante cou trée, L'hiver ainsi que le printemps Te voit. également parée Ou de fleurs ou de ùiamauts!

Qmllid les charmants buissons où gazouillent les merles P erdent leur fralcheur, le frimas Suspend des chapelets de perles A nos ro iers, :\nos lilas.

Qu'elle est riche la terre où germent tant de cho~es! La brise n 'est que pureté, So11 haleineembawue les roses, Fai t épanollÎl' la l>eauté !

Pom fouler le tapis de claires étincelles Qui, le jour, étoile nos champs Il nous f:\udr:üt de blanches aiks Ou l'innoccnr.e ùes eufants.

0 to i, quins si !Jean cc petit coin de terrP., Donne encore à ses fils, Seigneur, La noblesse de caractère Et la virginité du eœur.

Ah! que les funcs soient pures comme la neige Qui couroune nos hauts glaciers Et que l'honneur toujours protR.ge La sainteté de nos foyers!

"Le TRAVAILLEUR"

C'est avec plaisir que nous reproduisons l'entrefilet suivant qui a paru clans L e Travaûleur. Mr. Fred. Gag­non s'est fait le champion de nos droits aux Etats-Unis. Son expérience, son désintéressement et son ardent p:1triotisme ont placé son .Journal à la tête de toutes les pu blirations canadiennes du pays. Ses bonD, es paroles sont bien propres àenconrager nos humbles efforts; et il està espérer que parmi ceux qui commencent à manier la plume dans le "Cercle" il s'en trou vera qui imiteront les nob les exemples des Gagnon et des Mallet, ces deux types parhitsde notre nationalité à l'étranger.

"Nous avons devant nous deux charmantes petites revues: les AnnaJes Thérésimmes pnb liées par les élèves du sém inaire de Ste. Thérèse, et leSt. Viateur's College Journal, publié par les élèves du collège ISt. Viateur, à

Bourbonnais Grove, Illinois. Ce dernier journal con- · tient quatre pages en langue franç..'tise sous le titre: Le Cercle Français; l'édition anglaise est hebdomadaire, et le supplément français est mensuel. Nous lisons dans ces journaux de bien jolis articles et leur publication nous rappellent les temps heureux de notre vie collégiale, alors que moins fortuné que les élèves d'aujourd'hui, nous avions un journ:.l calligraphié, à un seul exem­plaire, que les abonnés se passaient de mains en mains. Nous nous permettrons de faire des extraits de ces in­tércsi'ant€s publications."

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BII3LIOGRAl'HIE.

Nous venons de r~cevoir uu c copie d'un discours de Mr. Thil>cault intitulé : " L a croix, l'(lp~e et la charrne" et accompngné d'une biographiedel'oratenr. Cc cli scom s fut prononc.; aux fêtes des n oces d'or de la St. Jean Bnptiste, sur l'île de Ste. H~lène, l 'émeraude de notre heau fl euve. Placé su r cc s ite enchan teur, entouré d ' une multitude enLhousiaste, en lace d11 Mont Hoya l où D e Maiscnneu ve plautn. h cwix, l'orateu!· n (t(,

réellement in ~p i ré. Sou discours est un résum é émou vaut de l'histoire de b civ ilization e t il fait étinceler :'i nos · r egards les trois grandes ormes q ui ét;tblire'l t son r .;gne parmi ~ es p11nples.

L:t croix, qui soutint nn j o ur dans ses brns ie poids pr.;cie ux de notre rançon d evint l'étendard d es nntiot)S chrétiennes. L e sang des martyrs, comm e un fieu \·e cl uborclé, la porta d u Calvair e au sommet du Cnpitole, et d epuis elle bril le sur les tours lle nos temples, su r les couronne'' ll es roi:o eth poi tr ine des lmwrs . A wu ombre, Je droit s'est :fi,nd é, b lil>ert0 est n6c, les arts se sont épanouis. C'est elle qui a gu idé la vo ile de Ch r i ~ ­

tophe Colombe vei's un monde nouveau et refou lé ln barbarie jusqu'aux derniers co nfins cl e la terre. E lle a

m arq ué r;lmqne conqnète de nos p t res sur Je ~ol de l'Amérique et a é té le refuge et Je o-outient d ,! Jenrs espérmlcc:s nu s: j om s c1 es plu s sombres d ésastres Ve~Jila

regis pmcle'tm t. L'Eglise a b én i l'épée ct l'a r emiôe à ses héros pour

la défense de la cause de Dieu et de la jnFtice. Comme elle fl.fun boic clans la main de Charles Martel , des Gode­froi de Bouillon et des Sobi e.:;ki lorsqu'ils sa uvent l'Europe de Eislnmisme et avec elle b civilisation! Comme elle j ette cle g lorieu x rn y ons quand elle sort du fùntTeau pour venger notre b.on rwnr su r les cb. :1mps d e bataille de Cm·i!lon, et ùe Monongahéla! Pourquoi, lorsque nos aïeux la brnnrlissaient avec tnnt de vn il­lance, s' est-elle hrisée COl!tre Je nombre! A u moins, nons, leurs ftl s, pouvons-nous d i re qu'il s ne la renc1i ­ren t qu'avec leur vi c.

Ln chanue, voit<\ l'arme dn travail. T,e soc lln bbon­r cm a défriché l'Europe et labom6 les ph ines cl Ll

Nouv eau Monde. Les mqissons ont t;üt phce aux: fortt~

et claus l e~ sill ons arrosés de suen rs ont germ :l h ric:hcsse et le bonheur, l'honn0teté et la pmetu <1C's mœms.

L es premiers colons de la Nouvelle Fr~1 n cc fn rent~old :1ts

et htbom·em'S. lls avaient une main sur ht chnnne ponr ouvrir le sol et nnc autre su r le fusil pour sc • d.:::-fen ­dre cm1tre les lnc1 icns. C'est ::t;nsi qn'ils ont d1:mgé la face du Canada ct ont fidr. les rh·es dn St. L·1nrent ce qu' ell es sont anjourcl;hni, les plns belles du monde. L:t cbsse agricole a t o ujours étj la plus co:1scrv:tt rice nu point de v ue de l'ordre et de la ruor:1lc, et plus son

influence est for te, plns une nation est a l'abri cles c:üastropb.es qui ont ébranl8 les vieilles sociét ts.

Tel est le c:tdre qne s'est trac:3 l'ort:tteur, cadre peut­&tre trop I.Stcndu, form~lllt une btude qui semble vou loir épn iser le sujet, ruais le tout w utenu par les idt::es de la plus h:lllte philosophie, an imés par de nobles flans, coloré par des images cm pruntées à Ia nature grandiose· clc notre patrie.

CU .E [ LI~ETTES.

- One - On respire enfin. - L'examùn est fiui. - Alex se b. :1te d'user son lu bit militaire et pom·

ca n8e, dit-on . La presse elu Crmada annouee ltt puLlic<ttiou pro­

chniue d'un J o urnal au collégc Joliette. No us saluons <1 'nvance son npp;nission, certR ins qu'en lui rev i vra L(t

Fot x cle l' l!,èolier, que nons lisk•ns n\'rc til nt d'intfTi't.. -Le Rev. 1:'. Chouinnn1, qni est p.trti pour l:t Lon i­

sinnr; en comp:1gnie des RR. Bc'lndoin, ·Bergeron et Le­gri~, ttons n promis des notes de voynge. Nous le r eme t·­cions au uom de nos lecteurs qni verront a ~·ec plaisir tout ce q ui vient ll c leur viel nmi. - l\Ioi·se prép:1re un d élicieux mvrccBn <1e musique ponr' lc proclmi n c:mwert. -Ln. neige! L·1 belle neige~ L'l Llnnehe neige: Elle a.

fil illi nous emnelir wus son fi·oi<l linccuil. Elle ei't tomb:e pouss(e par nn vent qui l'a amoucelée dtws h';; chem ins et a interrompu tvute communicatjons dept1is lundi jusqu'à mercredi dans h nuit. Ou a jamais rien vu cle pnreil encore. JI fa ut remonter ù l 'cJfroya!Jle hi ver cle 1 77Q- f::O qui fit mo m ir tous les butncs qni jusqu'alors pcüssaicat en grnml ;:ombre cl:xns les prairies c1c l 'Illinois.

- On écrit à une dèYe t1e Cbi<.:ngo que si lü neig~

continue;\ tOJnber. il Ün1clra sortir par la cheminée. - Le P ère Sup2ricnr q ni sétait ren<1n :i Stc. l\Iarie

ponr l' office dn clim:mebc a (tü retenu par la t<'mpête ju;;q u':'t Jl'urli midi. ·

- Les tonristcs de la I\ouyeJle Orléans qni devnient prcu rlre le train cle lnudi soi r n'ont pu partir qne mer­cred i d :ms b nuit. X nus a urions (té j:llonx de les voil· éch:1pper à une pareille a'·:~lanehe de neige. Jl:\ seront ù m<!me mninten:lllt de jngct· mieux de h diff.:Orence de clim:1t @tre l'OnPst ct le i:iud.

- M1·. Soum is ne peut su ti! re :l entretenir les allés. (~uelle mur:1i1Ie de ueige c:b.nquc e:Jté des promenades! On dirait les mm-:> lJhllCti <le G~ncs, la cité de marbre.

- LI? Chr~pitre quinquennal de la Comrnll!lauté est conYoqué pom le 18 Aout. Le llcv . C. Beaudry et le :Fr. Des.mnrl'hais représenteront le Cnu:\d:.J . Le Hev. P. Bea n-

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dry dont la santé laisse beaucoup à désirer accompagne­ra peut-être Mr. le Supérieur.

- James Cusack, qui a eu le plaisir de rencontrer les RR. Clermont, Gos8elin et Thos. Kehoc, nous a rappor té le' meilleures !JOU velles de nos bous amis du Kentucky.

LES ZOUAVES PO~TIFICAUX. (Su ite etfin.)

Meschmes et Messieurs, ceux qui étaient partis avec tant d'eu tbousi:1.sme et :m bruit de si éclatantes accla­mations ne furent pas les seuls; pen dant trois ::mnées consécutives, ils furent suivis par de nombreux compa­triotes j n.lonx du p5rilleux honneur de les rempla.ccr ù

la garde du Vatican. Pendant ce court espace de temps, plus de cinq cent<> traversèrent les mE'rs et les cuntinents animés du même désir, et toujours ils montr8rent une bravoure, une obéiss:mce, un d évouement à tont épreu­v e. Quoiqu'il n'y eût g utre que deux cent cle nos compatriotes qui virent le feu à la fin de leur séjour en Italie, il ne fant pas croire qu e clepuis le 1er. Février 1868 jusqu'an 2 1 Septembre 1870, ils n 'e urent qu'à p:mt rl er dans les ru es de Rome, qn' <l ad mirer ses in­nombrables merveille~, qu'ù jouir des douceurs du repos et de 1:1. p~ti x . Non ! Si l'on P.Onnaît le cortége inév itable de fatigues, d 'ennuis, cle privation qui accomp:1gne inc<-s­Sfi mmcut le mi litaire flans sac 1rrière, on ne s:tit peut­ft re p!ls que l'armée cln pape étai t une de celles qui ont le plus à f:tire en temps rle p~ix. Il faut se rappeler que les fronti2res du dom:üne de St. Pierre n' étrtieut défend nes par nucnne iortific:1tion, que ses mo!ltl'lgnes, quoique moins qn':ù lleur~, étaient iufcst.~es de brigands, que Rome etait le principal point d'attaque cle b part des révoln tionnni res qui d:ms l' ombre ne cessaien t d 'ourdir d es complots, de '\u:;citcr des instJrrcctions; on corn prend qu'un semblab le ét:ü cl e cbose exigeait cles post es nombreux, des patrouilles de j onr et rle nuit, nne snr­veillance active et incessante. Mais ni les exercices mili­t aires, ni les b:\trrilles sim ulée~, ni l ~s marches forcées ni les m:mœn v res de tontes sort!:'s ne re hu taient le zoun. ve Canadien. Ne murmurant jamaü, toujours g:li, poli envers tout le monrle, bon camarade, excellent soldat, il gagnait lerespectll eses comp·1gnonsd'nrm es etl'est irr.c de ses chets. C'est ainsi que se formant à la d iscipline, s'exerçant à l'attnque, il nttendnit, avec Mtc le moment oit il. lui serait donné de se mesurer avec .les enr c1r.is de l'Eglise fl.vec les inf imes spoliateurs de son fi ls.

11 arriva enfin ce moment <lésirt1 de tous. Le 10 Sep­tembre 1870, Victor Emmanuel, ce Judas couronné, sans aucnne raison, sans aucun prétexte, lança sur le territoire papal une armée de 80.000 bommes. L'armée pontificale, forte seulement de 10.000. hommes se concentra snr Rome pùnr faire un dernier rempart au Vicaire rlu

Christ, contre les violences de ces brigands plus féroces que les hordes d'Attila. La petite, mais vaillante armée du Pape, comme la légion Thébéenne, se prépara au combat par la prière et la communion: la pa! x du ciel dans 1\îme elle ne craindra pas d 'affronter le danger. Mais voilà que l'heure décisive est venue, l'heure de vaincre ou de mourir! l\Iille bronzes embrasés vomissent ~ur Rome le feu, la mitraille et la mort. Le zouave est partout où il y :;t du péril, déployant la bravoure et le sang froid des vieux guerriers, accompl issant mi lle prouesses, mille beaux faits d' armes. Là les Canadiens se montrent braves entre les braves, ici c· e~ t le sergent Désilets qui brave les projectiles meurtriers des Pied­montais pour éteindre les flammes qui consument la Porte de St .. J ean; l.l c'est le S<:rgent McGown qui, pl::lc~ suT les murs, tient en échec toute uno batterie ennem ie ; plus loin, c'est le caporallYicKenzie, qui, ivre rlecourage et de bonheur, tire plus de cinquante cartouches à l'beure et à ch::~que ennemi qu'il abat, il crie : Vive Pie IX! enfin le zouave Sauvé, atteint ù. la t ête ·par un éclat d'obus et tout cou\·ert de s:wg, se rt-jonit de la t:<wenr d'avoir été frappé le premier entre ses compatriotes.

C'est ainsi qu'ou combattait depuis plus de cinq Leurcs, lorsq u'à dix heures et demie on s'aperç.oi.t que le fen de::; bat.tcries cesse; on se demande ce que signifie ce si lence. "Serait-ce, s'écrient les zouaves, avec une joie frdnétique, sernit-ce le signal de l'attaque à la baYonnette." IIél:ls ! non, c'était l'ordre de cesser le feu, le clrapPau blanc était hissé ; on capitu lait. LeSt. Père, clans la défense national•\ n'avait voulu qu'opposer une protestation à l:t violence qui lui était fa ite: alors que deux grandes nations de l'Europe s'entregorgenient sur les ch:.>.m ps cl e batnille, il ne voulait pas qu'il fut j am ais dit qu e le Vicaire de J ésus-Christ, injustement attaqu é, eût consenti ù. nne granrle eff'us'ion de sang.

La nouvf'll e ~le cette capitulation lut comme un coup de fondre pour les zouaves. Dans le premier instant, dit un t émoin oc11 laire, il y eut parmi ces jeunes homm es un mouvement sulJlime de col t:::re, suivi d 'un acte ad­mimùle d'obéissance. C'étnit donc à une capitulation qu'allait aboutir trois années d' études, d'exercice, de patience, cl e dés irs généreux de comùat! On capitulait en face de la brèche, où les Piémontrris n'avaient pas cu le comnge d 'entrer; au moment où il ne s'agissait plus cle bombes et cle canons, mais de la vnleur personnelle des zouaves voulant. se mesurer avec les s::1criléges envahis­seurs! Ah! quels nccentsassez déchirants pourraient redire les angoisses de ces cœurs héroïques auxquels on refusait le plaisir de mourir ponr la cause de Dieu ! Quelle voix assez pleine d'indignation ponrra fnire sentir les ti·émis­sements qui remuèrent ces preux jusqu'au fond de leur être, lorsqu'il fallut sé séparer cle ces armes qui leur étaient si chères, de ces nrmes qui leur avaient été confiées pour la défense de leur bien-aimé Pie IX. Mais

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le St P ère le voulait; on ob6ïit sn11 S mnrmnrer. Ils ont ét6 v1dncus, ml'Lis non par 1111 ennemi dix fois plus nüm­breu:s: qu'eux , mnis vaincus par le cleYoir, pnr l'oùéi&­sance l A h! consolez-vous, jeunes ~Jraves, calmez cette noùle rage qni vous arr.ncbe des htrm es : les v ni ncns de Home sont clignes des ~r n i nc us de Cn steHiclarclo. Vous

. n'avez pas fa illi ù l'hon!J etlr: et vos frC:·res, qui ·se sont couverts de huriers à Ol'léans, ont prouvé :l. l'Europe incroy:tnte que si la France Hvnit eu encore des m·mt:es de croisc!s, elle n' n.ur:1it jamais vu s:t t l-te superbe (<.:rasée sous le talon ll'un org ueilleux vainqueur!

lVbi.nte.nn.nt, MM. voyons quels se rvi ces le mouvement clcs zomtves Canadiens a rend us :1 h C<cnse cl c notre patr ie, et ;\ la ,smnde cause de Lt soeiété. D'abord qnd le ic1 Ge ont-ils (lonnée cl e notre uaticmalité 1 :~ où ils on t pa.::-sé, Ll oü leur nom a retenti? P:Prtont ils 0 11t été salués p::tr rl\manimes et éclatantes ucelamations ; leu r dévonemrnt a excité une adm iration universelle. Nvs voisins les Am(riéaius, pour l' ordil~!ti r e , sensil;lcs f[u' aux appil.ts de la fortun e, ont été J'rnppés <1'n n comnge si v rai, de ::;acrificcs si nobles. lls ne sou]x;on­naient pHs tant de vitalité chez le petit peuple canacli e1~.

Gr:î.ce à nos zouaves, non s nous sommes révf ll-s à cnx sons un tont nouveau jour. La Fmnce, la vraie F ranc:e, a trcssail1i au bruit de lenrs )ll'IS : ù leur fi er té,:\ leur noblesse, elle a reconnu ses enf:mts, les héritiers de ses nnciennes v ert us, et elle a g(,mi de ne pouvoir ret ron­ver le sang ct llardeur cl e sa j eunesse. Rome, Rome sm ­tout, qui a ét6 le théi:Ure <le lenr h t: roïsrrie, les a comlMs d'hommages : le peuple Romain, surpris de tnn t d<· mnr­ques de distinction accord ~es ù. nos compatriotes se <le­mandait: Ce;; Canad iens sont-il s des nobles on des princes ? L'aim~ble Pie I X les afl"ectionna it tout parii­culi&rement: il les appeb1ient: S es Ganacliens! il leur a prodigué c1es faveurs telles, qu 'ell es firent pin s d ' nu jalou x . L'illustre Card!Id, ministre d'Et:1t, <lisait ù un de nos évèqnes : v ons savez qne ce qu'i l y n. de mieux dans l'arm Ge du St. Père, c' est le ~· égimcnt cl es zonaves, or cl ans le r égiment <Ï es zouaves les meilleurs sont le:s Canadiens ; tons, depuis le g.:néral en chef jufq u'au dernier oflicier sont nn::tnimes ù leur r endre cc témoi­gnage. Le Comte cle '\Varren, <hns son ouvrnge sur l'Italie, parlnnt cle l'armée pontifica,le, cite en première ligne la j eun esse canadienne. E lle appartient :1jonküt-il, presque sans exception r,nx clnSSP-S élevées c1c ln. soc iét6. Lem piété est exemplaire. La régularité de leur con cl ni te et la pureté de leurs mœurs mériterait q u'on leur donna le nom de SAmTs nu CAi-TADA, comme on nppe­lnit en Vend ée les gt:néraux Lescnre et CHthcli m1 u, le SAI NT D'ANJOU et le SAll'IT nu PoiTou. Pouriom-no u désirer pom le nom Cnnnclicn des t(moi gn:~ges plus fl;üteurs? Lem généreuse <1 t marcbe a plus contribné ù

:thire connaître notre pays qne t ont ce qui nvnit Gté :t:tit prée6demment chez nous. Jl n été :1 lors plus pm·lé

de notre chère partie qu'il ne l'av()it ét é depuis sa dé­cou ye rte. Oui, ;M:esdames et Messieurs, remercions hautement nos jeunes guerriers d'avoir fhit connaître à

l 'Enrope notre nom comme l 'expressi ofl_~,~ la bravourè et cie h vertu. Ils ont nlors marché snr les tr-aoea glori­euses de nos pères, soltlnts et mart.n :s sur ce continent; p:l r Ll ils ont ajouté à notre j eune histoire une page à

j :rrnais m&morable, et se sont montrés pr-~ r lenr vaillance les <lesccnrlnnt.s des croisés et les fils de h France!

Pour hien appr6cier l'expédition de nos zouaves, au. point clc v ue cl es intérêts socüwx, ill ne fl:int pas les con­Sidérer isulément; il fu.nt les r éunir à b v aleuren,se petite r,rm ée dont ils t:dsaient lXtrtie. Cette légior. chrétienne a 11ssur6 ù l'Eglise dix ans cle paix; c'est ell e a nss i qui a rnainten n l'ordre néeessnire aux déliùériltions <lu Concile lin Vatic:1n, cet événeme11t qt1i ckmeurera comme le plu s haut wmmet à la cime des siècles ; c'est sous sa grll'<le qn'a, eulien la procbm:1t ion (1Ll dogme cle l'infail­libil ité , qni :.>.. t11nt f:IÏt pour néha,bilite r le principe cle l'au torité d ivine et huuntine dont l'absence est la, cause <1e c·es maux éponvantables qui fondent sur l'Europe. 1\I:l.i ;; elle s'est dévou Ée surto ut à déjoner les conjurati­ons infernnles <le ln, R6v-olntion qui est la n(ga,tion ra(1ic:lle de l'orrlre divin et social Cette poigné-e de bra ves n'a pu réltssir: elle a ét8 écrasGe sou.s le nombre. Ah! Mes<lames et Mcss ieur::; , les g .;n:,n,tions fut ures seront ~ tonn(~·es de voir qne les peuples modrmes r1e· se son t p~1s lev(<', ccmme nn scnl homme, ponr reponsfcr le t orrelit ,d f' b Révoh1 ti on cJ ont les flots destrudems re1wersait to.nt snr son paEs,1ge : et les dynasties et les hommes et les insti tution s. Elles r,cc useront surtnn t ce:; rois mnlh curr> ux qui se fvnt les protcctcnrs des soci (: t:·s secrè t e~, [leh11mées contre la puissnnce des Sou vcraius P ontife8. Les insensés! ils ne S;t vent donc JXlS qne lors­qn 'on touche tt l::t Papnn té, t ons les trônes sont ébranlé.s!

Les zo nn.ves, et1x, ces cœurs si fortement trempés, ont com pns qne la cn nse de la P:lp:wté ~st la }Jlus belle, la plus g r:lmle, la plus sainte ti cs ca uses, qn'elle est la cause <1es EO <'i ét és et <l es n:ct :ons. Aussi il s n'ont rien épflr gné pour b d ~·feudre. Ils :wnient fhits vœ{l de monri r pon r ell e ~ 0 dix-neuvième siède, tu as créé cl es merveilles! Ta m:1in a enlev(: l::t fomlre nu ciel et dompté ln vnpeur ! So us tes pi el1s dévorants, les mont~gnes ont co~ubé leurs somm ets orgueillcnx et les mers unies ont dCconv ert leurs abîrne8! Eh bien ! dans les siècles à venir, cc qui fera t:1. re nommée, ce ne sera p::ts ces progrès , ces cr éations sans pareilles, ce sera "la li": gende, immor­tell e ct ùénie," cl e ces cœurs hérmqncs qui offrirent lenr s:tng pour la j nstice et pour Dieu! Hom1eur impérissa­lJle clone :\ nos zounvcs C:madi lns qui sont h gloire toute pt:trticuli l: re du Cannela ! Honneur étt>rnel aux zonaYes Pontificaux qu i sont b. gloire commune de l'Eglise, la gloire du monde!

V. B.

ST. VIATEUR'S COLLEGE JOURNAL. 224

LOCALS.

-Nix! - Blizzards! - Snow-drift! - Everybody and everything snowbound. - St. Valentine's day is knocking at the door. - The examinations over new session begins-Cou-

rage- let us pull together and pull hard- vacation is c9ming.

- Ja8. Quinlan is on bis leg again and sports a cane­Try another ride before snow goes off, to neutralize effect of the first.

- At his examination Henry B. made us the revela­tion that the "world is square 1" of course it is round too!

- Dude was home for repairs. - Jim R. came back to the fold like a good boy.-

Stay yet a while! - Dan. mortuus est-we' will keep your grave green l - Rob. is not a street car, no; nor is he a treight car;

-be i!, but he is that, a sleeping Car! - Mr. Quinlan from Chicago visited his brothers here

last week and made us spend an agreeable afternoon with music and songs.

A youth came iuto our sanc~urn,

And he appeared very crank-t1tm

About a manuscript lank-tum;

But our devil rather prank-tum, Rushed him out of our sanctum.

Poeyteeque.

-In the absence of Fr. Legris, Fr. Mainville surveys our class work.

- Rev. C. P. Foster in company with Rev. Fr. Ma­honey paid us a short visit last week.

- 1st. person-Dude! 2nd. " " -Stafford ! ! 3rd. '' " -.Boudreau !!!

- Day sare getting longer: it's daylight when we get up!

- Dynamite and roller-skates are the two very po­pular institutions of our age.

- Come, gentle Spring, etc. - Last Tuesday our mail came from Kankakee on

snow-shoes. It seemed very Canada-like to see the snow shoed traveller traverse snow-banks mid blizzards and

. blinding snow-drift. Oh! that we had Montreal's slides and tobaggous! What fine fun we would take out of our abundant supply of snow.

- Eugene Caton is spending some time at Dr. E. D. SetgeroD for the bene4t of his heal~h.

-James C_usack returns to us with the sad news of his Father's death. James has all our sympathy.

- The debating Society have elected Contestant-s for the Hagan medal; already the subject is chosen and time the debate will take place fixed. In the first week of May the question: "Resolve that Cardinal Ximenes was a greater churchman; statesman, and patron of learning than Cardi~al Richelieu'' will be resolved~ Messrs. John Meagher ancl Alex. Granger will hold the affirmative while Messrs. Edward Kniery and Joseph Kelley will defend the negative.

- How will we celebrate Washington's birth-day? - Company, right!. . . . All Company wrong! - The Re\f. Dire-::tor and Prefect of Studies express-

ed their satisfactions of the results of the examinations and strongly urged thestudent..q to renew their labors and conscientiously the precious time now unfurling before . them and thereby win for themselves bright laurels tor the crowning day.

-Dr. Monast is going to the World Exposition . . - Tuesday morning, that cold morning, Joseph Mar-

cotte (Bon-hom me's brother) was married to Miss Maria Granger. Rev. Fr. J. Legris performed the ceremony­Happiness and every blessing for the new couple!

- Among the late promotions are the following· Pat Kelly to Fifth-Reader, Chas. Ball to Second Rhetoric.

- The members of St. Patrick's Society speak of buying gold badges; Bobby Carr very appropriately suggests this style: a harp with shamrock round its chords entwined! Society hangs in suspense.

Telephone to Father Jupiter. Jam satis terris nivis atque dirre

Grandinis misit pateo. 0. K. 0. K.

ODE TO A MUSTACHE.

To J: P. 1\f.

Fashioned so slenderly Care for it tenderly, Curving so gracefully, Parted so tastefully-

Checish it ever.

Colored so charmingly Tinged so alarmingly; Now termed, golden, Which in times olden-

Simply was red.

Frail as the leaflet Adown by the brooklet, Fair as the moon beam Bright as the sunbeam

May it never need dJJe. H.

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- Do not send any valentines to our sanctum as such contributions won' t be put on t he paper.

- Fr. 'iValsh in llis late v isit to the College left the generous dcn1at iou of $10.00 fQr the Jo t;RNAL-JO"L'RNAL sineerely thankful. ..

- Another theolog ical doubt arose among the mi­n ims. Will a v enial sin not confessed ever g r o1Y to be a mortal sin? .... probabilius ·neg. seems to lJe the ~enti­

m ent. - F athers Be:Lud o in , Chouinard, Bergc· ronan c1 Legris

are on their way to New Orleans and to t he \ Vorld '::; E xposition. Tlley also intend to v isit Cuba. F :. th c>l' Bea udoin will assist at· the Ec1ucntior,al convention to · which he hns been invited. In t heir company is a di stin­g uif· he i member of the Cnnadi an press , Mr. Clws. Th i­bault who was om am using g uest for some d::cys. He is deputed to the World's Exposition by 011e of tile lea<hng Canndian p;:;pers. May o ur travellers enj oy a ilappy and healti1ful excur:3ion.

- Of all the runny thingll in this funny world of ours, the fu nny :tttempts to be funny of the funny ed itors of of' tile funny college papers are the fun niest. E x . -Last week the Nov ices were given a sle igh ride.

They halted at l\lau,·eno where they were cord ially r eceived and m1te1't::tined by Re v. Fr. Chouinnrc1. They say ~be roacl was a little holey but it was the refore only the more nmusing.

EXTRA LOCAL made to orc1er.

- Prof. J oseph P. Mmphy has just written a co rned,v which will be produced on the stage by the Thespian A ssociation at their next entertainment on the 17th. of March. vVe are anxious to see. it as is likely to be some­thing highly farcical.

PERSONALS.

Rev. John F. W alsh '79 is chaplnin of Mercy H ospi­t al, Chicago.

George Bernard '81 is tilling the soil in til r viciuity of M ontreal, Canada.

Rd. 1\'IeGoe '81 has a position in the em- ncconntant's offi ce of the North \Vestern R. R.

Rev. Henry Boeckelm a,m1 '75 b;:.s lately been :1ppoint­ec1 to D elphi, Indiann. H e is a zealous worlw r and will, undoubtedly, do mnch good in his new mission.

Notllwithstand iug hnrd times, 1'hos. H ogan "{!) has embarked on a new busine. s enterprise. Judg ing from the p ::tst we have no d onut that he will m:.tke his mark.

Rev. John B. McKnue '77, tho generous donor of the "McKune Composition Medal" has b een changed fr om Leav enworth , K nnsns, to Osage. \Ve congratulate lli s nevv p:uishioners and wbl! ev ery success to th e p:1stor.

CATHOLIC KOT ES.

M iss H :wri et Prrscott, \n•ll known in literary circles, hn s LecQnte n. Cn.tbolie. .

The vni·'ious confrnt emi t ie;; of tile Holy N11me Society in New Yo rk number ·Jw,trly ;;o,OO{). · ·

Rev. F~ttl!er Cvnw:;y, Vicar G (m ern.l, left Chicago on Tuesda y, th e 3rd i nst: fur K 8W Orleans, on n. lew week's vac~tti ou. ·

H.ev. Father Ilor1nett, of St. 1i1!1l:tchy'li!, Chicngo, will start fo r the So nth inn few cb yl' for tl10 improvement of his h•Jnltl'.

A m ovement Ins already Leen made t o celebrate the fir ;;t ccnten::~ ry of t bP. c1eat.h of St. Alpllonsus Lig uori, wh ich will occur in 1887.

It lus been en lcubt.cr1 th~t t in Prnss i:·•·, where the population is cxc1 u~ive ly Protest :1J1t, the nnmuer of suicid es is t!Jree or four tim es as great ns in the provin­ces exclusively Catholic and subj eet to tbe 5:Jme·laws of ex istence,- t he merli um bei11g :250 fvr Protestant and 70 for Catholic. provinoes . .

In t he de~tth of MoD&ignor Iu ,l it, Y icr.r C H ; <' J n 1: ( •f1l. P.

Diocese o f Fort IV:tyne, wh ich occnn' rl o u the :2() nH. .r,l1otl1 er of those vene rab le priests whose e:n·1y ye:u·;;; ot' m·issionnry l ife were ~ pent under the gu idance of B ishop Brute, on e 1-vllo Jwave l.Y l.Jore ~bt:: burden nn<1!re::t t ofthe day en tered upo n th e S:LblJ~tll of everb sting- rest., le:lv­ing n. memory or <1 evoter1ness and every s:we rdc.;b l vir­tue which a centnry will not di:u. He w:1s p. c,?nfr.)·e o f' Father Surin C. 1:-1. C., the fonn :1er or J'\otre D1m:e.

A .wonder rut reviv:d of adivity n1 arkeil nrnong the Catholi c Slav". T he ;5th. of April next will Lc tbc tbo nsan<1 th :Hmivrrs:ny o f' the cleatb oftbch• great npo:;: ­t le, St. lVIetllod ius, n r,d extraordin:1ry prep::tr:ttions are being m flde for t he great'Kationnl SID. v l' ilg ri m:1ge ::~t

" Telehm d in 1\ior:t.vh, whid1 n·as annou nced some months :tgo. One fentme of the progrmnhtc will be :t .

meeting of both the Greek an<1 L"'tin C" tholi c Bishops in the :1neient See of St. 1\lethodi n,., Tihich bas n0w

dwindled to tl1e proporti m1s of a smn ll vil l:lge.· The Fe:1st ofthe ccnwer~ion of St. l'aul the Apostle­

Sunchy, J nn. 2.S-1·;itnessecl t!n·ce not:tblc events rn the history of t.he Chureh of lhc Unitec1 St:1tes,-e:tch of the three occurring ir, widely c1istant parts of . the conn­try. The first of .thvsr, in importnnee, was the couseem­

.tion of a succesWt' to the hmellte<1 Bishop Tubbe, of Covi ngLon, Ky., iu t he person of the very Rev. C:unil ­lus P. J\Iaes, of D etro it; .thc second, tbe couferring v f the p!1 11 imn upon A rchbishop Lerny , of New Orle~ms;.

the third tlte <1e<'lieittion of t he grand new church of St. P:tnl tlte Apo~t le, in New York city, next t.o the Cntbeclral the lnrgest nn<1 most imposing chn rch edifice in the Unitl!r1 St!1tes, :~ nd capahle of seating 5,000 per- · sons.

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ST. V1ATEUH'S COLLEGE JOUHNAL. 220 X NO CROSS, NO CROWN.

. "flumau strength an~ human greatness Sp'ring not from IiH:~·s sum1y side; Heroes must be more th::Jll ~;lriftw,ood, Floating on a waveless tide.''

Joys ·and sorrows, crosses and crowns make up the .snm of our life here on earth. From the cradle to the g-rave, life is but a struggle and be, who considers it in this llgbt is best p1'epared for its duties. Since the dread­ful fiat ot G:o.cl was uttered in Parad ise ngainst man, sorrow bas been the insepartl:Jle lnnrl maid of j oy. Even as the ivy twines around the oak, so does misery and misfortune encompass the happiness of man, for felici­ty, pure and unalloyed, is not a plant of earthly gl'Owth, he1-· gardens are in the sky.

Nature herselt bears the impress of this truth, if we but tarry awhile read to her ever open book. With every line of b~auty written on earth's face, there is a line of gloom Hmning parallel with it and they that read the lustrous syllables of the one and seek not decipher the worn and fltdecl inscri ption of the othllr obtain but half the 1esson, that earth has to give-that joy and sorrow, lights and sh:tdows w.tl!r hand in h:md tlwough this vale of tears. After Winter's bitter winds and gloom clays come Summer's balmy breezes and gladsome ' hours. Side by side stand th~ parched and snm'l_y desert and the green meadow, dotted with the fajrest flowers. At the foot of the lofty ·mountain with its peak clad in

· a suowy shroud, reposes the lowly valley bright with Snmmt>r's exnberent vegetation. The still and solemn night gives way to tile glorrous and happy d~ty and the moon's pale and mystic beams fade in the golden and effulgent rays of the sun . The dark and tltre:tthening clouds that, at times, hide· heaven's az.ure dome have . their silvery lining, and all is fair above. Storms, wilcl and fierce seem about to despoil f.':tir earth when, behold! a ray of brightness flashes through the gloom anrl nature smiles through her tears. Such is the lesson of nature-a teneb1·is ad lucem.

The p:.tst b!·ing~ home to us the very same lesson. Sorrows and trials have givens birth to some of the grand­e;-t thoughts and noblest deeds. Many of our greatest !'Ong_s are but the out-p0uring of a grief laden heart. The sweetest poetry has its low wail of sorrow. Those very work.;, that will live as l<>ng as language exists ate inSeJ!larably connected with tribulation and suffering. Milton, the author of our grand epic, " Paradise Lost," was l;>lind. Fr. So nth well wrote his poems, while in prison awaiting ·the sentence of death. Pope was an invalid all his life. From the sorrows and disappointments ofYoung origil!l.ated his sublime "Night Thoughts." Collins wrote

1 his famous "'Ode on the Passions" to p1·ocure means of sustenance. Goldsmith, of whom it it -said,

"NuH~1m quod tetigit :non ornavit."

, was the unhappiest of men. The sorrows of Ireland gave the wotld Moore's be;mtiful melodies. Paine- the author of ';Home Sweet Home'' was a wanderer all his lifcandc1ied ahme in a foreignland. Joy is beautiful, b lilt fleeting; sorrow consecrates a spot or a nation and t enders them imm'ortal. Betlllehem, Gethsemane and Calvery lie deepest in the human heart. The . Coliseum and the Catacombs will be pointed to with veneration when the very si te of Neto's golden pnhee shall be forgotten. Lines of sovereigns, on whom the bright sun of prosperity shone and seemed to pro­mise durabitity, have passed away; while the Papacy, around who~e cradle was gathered, for its destruction, all the power of mighty Rom e, still lives strong and worlcl wide. After seven centuries qf suffering Ireland wears to clay a noble crown-a crown won through ter­rible crosses. Her sanctuaries were despoiled and her children martyred, clecimate-1 and exiled, until her fair bosom became a land of wreck and tombs. But these became hPr glory, as the poet so truthfully has said.

"Give me the land of the wreck and the tomb; There is gnmduer in graves-there is glory in gloom;

For out of the gloom future brightness is born, As after the night comes the sunrise of morn."

And the dawn has come, for Ireland's people form to­day a grand unstoled order of the Church- a nation ot missionaries, upon whose labors the sun nev-er sets.

Thus the lesson taught by all about us is that there is no crown without its cross; there is no pleasure with­out its pain; there is no triumph without its pang of bitterness. This is a law of human life and the more ful­ly we realize this the better we are prepared. The every day cares and trials, which some call drudgery are but the weights of the clock of time, giving to its pendnlum a true vibration and to its hands a regular motion. Without effort nothing can be gained. We can not dream ourselves into a noble character; we must achieve it by cleligent effort. Emoton, poured out over the hero <•f fiction , no rriatter how noble he may be, will not ele­vate ns or improve our lives, unless W6! acquire for our­selves strength of will, self denial and preserving effort. After all, our trials are not insupportable; their sharpest sting comes from our impatience and hence the great secret of success is contained in · these three words, ''Learn to wait.''

"Learn to wait-hope's slow fruition; Faint not though the way seems long There's a j oy in each condition; Heart's though 8tlifering, may grow strong.''

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ST. VIATEUU'S COLLEGE JOURNAL.

l!EADQUAUTERS FOR LUMBER AND COAL~

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nard Woo(l Wagon· Stook a Specialty.

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Kankakee Planing Mill. Blinds, Mouldings.

Sash, Doors,

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A large aud complet~ assortment or Lumber , Lath, Shingles, Posts, Sash, Doors, Blinds and Moulcli~s always on hand . F illing large orders for Dimension Lnmber a Speci11 lty. Yards, on East Avenue, Kankakee, Ills., ~nd Yard north Court Sti·eet, and at Momen ce, between C. & L. I. and River. Acldress , J. K. EAGLE, KANKAKEE, JLL.

J. A, LANCLAIS, Bookseller Stutiouer and Wiue Merchant.

I 7 7 :>t Joseph :>trect, St. Roell (Quebec) Proprietm: of the cclebmt.ed French Classics

by E. ROBEln', and also of" A New Com·se of Canadian Penmanship" in 9 Nos. (Freucl1 a n<! Engli sh) ~10. 50 a gross- of "La, Selll u.i ne Saint~" Wltb musw, l So, half bound, $c.oo ~?d z .-of " Le P aroiss ien not.C," l 8o full cloth: $10.80 iJ dz; half bound $12.00 'Ill clz.

Has <tlwa.ys on hand, and at the lowestpr ices. all kinds of French !tncl E nglish elassical goods.

J3ROPHY BR.OS:~ _ Publishers of

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Fresh Wood-burned Lime always on hand.

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S. ALPINER, l\fanufa.cturer of j!INE CIGARS, and dealer in Smolcing and Chewing Tobaccos and All Kinds of Smokers·• Articles. No. 22 East Ave. Kanlm](ee, Ill.

GREG. VIGEANT,

ARCHITECT, Rooms 5 and 11,

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Warsaw, Hancock Co., Ill. REFERENCES.

Rt. Rev. JOS. MELCHOR, Bishop of Green Bny. Itt. l tev. M. Fiulc, Bishop of Le;wenwortll.

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All work done on short notice And gu;iranteed.

Ncar thebmlge; K ANKAKEE, ILL.

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Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats, Sausage, Poultry, Etc.

Market, North Siclc Court St. Kankakee, Ill

WILLIAM DARCI-IE,

Groceries,

Dry Goocls,

Yankee Notions.

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In Lumber, Lath, Shingl~ Post.!, 111

WINODWS, DOORS.BLIRDS ARD SALT.

KANKAKEE ILL.

Opp. Til. Central ·B. B. Depot.

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