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Tlie Stricken. Ash. Buccaneers.

Three ash trees, light and trim, "We doubt whether there has yet lived a school-boy •who For many years together has not in the height of his youthful ambition determined, Growing tall and slim, to become a pirate or buccaneer. It may not be to their Had cooled our summer weather. credit—but instinctively, almost, the youthful mind pic­ And maidens, •wistfully. tures to itself the glorious independence of the buccaneer, Would lift their wondrous lashes, aud imagines that life to be the most perfect on earth. And say, 'Twould pity be Aught harmed those graceful ashes. The name Buccaneer •was applied to those French and English pirates who in the seventeenth century committed, There, many a morn in May, all kinds of depredations on Spanish commerce along the High on the topmost branches, Spanish settlements in America. The first of these mea The thrush his roundelay were Frenchmen who attempted to settle in the Antilles Through all the valley launches. after the Spaniards had conquered these places. As it was While, tired upon the grass, the desire of the Spaniards to monopolize these posses­ Some trudging little sinner sions, they drove out the Frenchmen, who took refuge in. Sought rest in that sweet place, Hispaniola, where herds of cattle swarmed. These cattle When tugging papa's dinner. they hunted, selling their hides to the Dutch who traded, But once the cold too deep along the coast. The Spaniards however looked -with Into the heart did enter, jealousy upon these settlers, and lost no opportunity of And a fair ash numbed to sleep, " harassing them, hunting them down ftiroughout the island. Down to life's mystic centre. These Frenchmen—or Buccaneers, as they were called— And when the Spring was seen were forced to protect themselves, and to do this they To call her children cheery. united together and bound themselves by oath to render Two trees came forth in green. all assistance to each other, and to wreak vengeance upon While one stood gray and dreary. their foes, especially the Spaniards. Should one of their And the maidens sighed, Alas! number be killed, he was to be signally avenged; while And the thrush's note was mournful; those who were simply wounded and disabled were to re­ But the urchin on the grass ceive support and compensation from the others." They Looked up in manner scornful. were to share in the plunder which was taken from their But again the kindly heat enemies, but stealing from a Buccaneer was to be severely Went down with an August shower, punished. They drove the Spaniards from the island of And the stricken root did greet Tortugas, fortified it, and from it sent forth bands of fifty With its heaven-brought healing power. one hundred, and one hundred and fifty, to attack mer­ And life again did shout. chant vessels on their way from America to Europe. They And the sap went up in glory. seldom attacked a vessel coming to America, knowing that And the fluttering leaves came out it would be more difficult to dispose of its cargo. But all To tell the marvellous story. vessels returning would, if possible, be taken, because they And then the sister trees knew it was laden with gold and precious stones. The Grew deeper green for gladness. Spanish galleons, for safety, sailed in fleets. These were As they rustled every breeze followed by the Buccaneers, and if perchance one became In their ecstatic madness. separated from the fleet it was captured, and after being plundered the crew were thrown overboard and the ship And when the Spring was seen scuttled. To call her children cheery, Three trees came forth in green. The French Buccaneers established themselves at St. While none stood gray and dreary. Domingo, the English at Jamaica, and the booty which they captured was spent in the most licentious way. Drink­ The maidens clapped their hands, ing and gaming was the order of the day with them, and Trilled loud the peerless songster,— when they had run through their means and money, an­ But, gazing on the sands, Unconscious trudged the youngster. other marauding expedition was begun. To such a pitch M.C. did their depredations come, that Spanish commerce "visi- 146 THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

Wy declined, and scarcely a Spanish vessel -would venture a hall for musical and social purposes. Kaulbach received upon the seas near America. Then the Buccaneers changed commissions from the king to paint frescoes of Apollo and their tactics and began to fortify towns and inhabit them. the Muses in colossal proportions, and was appointed to Among the most distinguished ruffians who became Buc­ paint for the palace-garden arcades the four principal riv­ caneers "was a Frenchman named Monlbar, who sailed to ers of the kingdom and a "Bavaria" in colossal allegori­ St. Domingo, and, becoming an ordinary sea-robber, became cal figures in fresco, besides designing cartoons of the va-- celebrated in the annais of crime. The same day on which rious virtues of a sovereign. his services were accepted by the Buccaneers he fell in with Tbe architect of the new palace erected for the king en­ a vessel and attacked it with fury, scarcely leaving a Span­ gaged Kaulbach to paint the queen's trone-hall with iard alive. He displayed his usual cruelty on every twelve representations from Klopstock's Battle of Her­ occasion, and obtained the name of the Exterminator! An­ mann. He was also commissioned to paint for another other of the Buccaneers who obtained great notoriety was room in the palace a series of subjects from Goethe's poems, FrangoisL'OIonnais, who committed depredations on many partly in wax-color and partly in fresco. At the same of the Spanish settlements,—^and who even, such was his time he painted in the palace of Prince Maximilian a se­ impiety, carried off the treasures of a church to furnish an­ ries of frescoes with ".Cupid and Psj'che" for the subject. other which he intended to erect by way of thanks to It was from this period that the gradual estrangement of Heaven for his success I Kaulbach from many of his brother artists, and his diver­ The most notorious Buccaneer was a "Welshman named gence from the school of Cornelius, took place. It was the Henry Morgan. He fought many sea-fights, and battles on aim of Kaulbach to represent every contrasting aspect of land, and won all of them, causing terror to the Spanish humanity, not only on its grand heroic side, but also its colonists, and committing all kinds of depredations on the quiet, peacefnl, domestic capacity, and its fatal facility for settlements. Another Buccaneer was Van Horn, a native wandering into error and vice. To follow out this aspira­ of Osteud, who had spent .many years in the service of the tion, the dignified abstract manner of Cornelius did not Trench. He ravaged many of the settlements of the Span­ suffice him. He coveted a closer familiarity with life, de­ iards, and his cruelty and greed were insatiable. He cap­ siring among other things to become a_ truer colorist. His tured Vera Cruz, and plundered not only it but many brother artists, attached to the school of Cornelius, devoted other cities besides. all their work to the grand central thought in a picture In 1697 a squadron of seven ships, under the command and despised all anxiety over details. They he''d that of a Buccaneer named Pointis, attacked Carthagena and color as an important feature in art was of no moment, rifled it. Eight millions of dollars were seized, and the and looked upon Kaulbach as a renegade from their prin­ pirates left the place; but as the avaricious commander ciples. The latter, however, gave little heed to their con­ kept nearly all this sum to himself, the Buccaneers returned demnation, and set about his work. He repaired to Ven­ to the place and secured enough to repay them the share ice to study coloring more thoroughly, and afterwards denied by Pointis. However, on their return to Europe went to Rome. In the latter city he spent one year, and they were attacked by a fleet of Spaniards, English and obtained great success by the strange and weird picture, Dutch, and most of their ships were captured or sunk. the " Battle of the Spectres." This was founded upon a This was the last great exploit of the Buccaneers. As the story of a battle between Romans and Huns, in which all more remarkable of their leaders dropped off, no one was the combatants were killed, and which was renewed by the found to supply their places; and many of them being in­ spirits of the slain, to be continued through all time. duced to accept civil and military employments to draw Kaulbach's genius now became widely known. He was them from the piracy which Governments were unable to offered the directorship of the Dresden Academy, but suppress, the organizations gradually fell to pieces. King Ludwig appointed him his court painter. He was L.L. elected a member of the Academies of Munich, Vienna and Berlin, and became a correspondent member of the Paris Wiliielm von KaTilbaeh. Institute and Knight of the Order of St. Michael. For the king of Bavaria he painted the " Destruction of As Peter von Cornelius, a disciple of Overbeck, strayed Jerusalem," in which he displayed not only noble compo­ from the ideas and principles which actuated the illustri­ sition but also correctly-studied coloring. This picture ous leader of religious art, so it was his fortune that the obtained for him from the king of Prussia a commission to greatest pupil of Cornelius should diverge in his art-labors paint a series of representations from Jewish history. from the principles of his master. In his pictures, even in those painted whilst still under Wilhelm von Kaulbach was the greatest of Cornelius' the influence of Cornelius, Kaulbach showed great origi­ scholars. He first saw light in 1805, in a small Westpha- nality and vigor, and if he errs by loading his composition lian town. His father was an engraver, and not possessed with system and abstruse intention, his great genius of great means; hence it was with some difficulty that makes up for it. He deservedly stands among the first,o f • Kaulbach was entered at the Art Academy at Dusseldorf, the German painters of the century. L. J. C. which at that time, with Cornelius at its head, was attract­ ing the attention and admiration of Germany. He studied Vacation at College. faithfully under the great master, and when Cornelius went to Munich to fill the position of director of tbe Acad­ Summer vacation at college is not sojirksome and monot­ emy at that city, Kaulbach with many other pupils fol­ onous as many people suppose. The majority of those stu­ lowed their teacher. dents who leave their college home in the hope of finding At Munich the young Westphalian artist found an eager pleasure and enjoyment in return for the long, weary patron in King Ludwig, who was then erecting the Odeon, months of confinement at study, are in a manner disap- THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 147 pointed, and after a few weeks of rambling are as anxious wards those of his house, which he called his castle. We to return to the field of their labors as they were to abandon were delighted with both places, but more so by the jovial it for a few days of recreation. But the student who, not talk of the old man. He told us that he enjoyed the com­ having the convenience of visiting home, nor the advantage pany of young folks, and for that reason he asked us to of some kind friend's invitation to pass a few weeks away come again sometime when we should be at leisure. from coUeffe, resigns himself to the loneliness and seeming We left in the afternoon, well pleased both with the val­ wearisomeness of the summer days, finds much more en­ ley and the old man. I intend to visit him again as soon joyment than he had expected, much more time to recre­ as a good opportunity presents itself. R. J. M. ate and recuperate the mind for the fatigues of another year's study. Many may seem to think that there is noth­ De Iia Salle. ing passing, from day to day, to impart life to the sur­ roundings. It is true the neighboring walks and prome­ The Chevalier Eobert de La Salle was bom at Rouen, nades are not filled with the bustle and confusion which France, about the year 1635, and died in Texas, March, 1687. mark the busy thoroughfares of the city. There is no He received his education at a Jesuit seminary in France, atmosphere clouded with the smoke of numerous factories, which he left after ten years of study, crowned with honor nor is there the ceaseless tramp of business-men engaged in and success. Fired by the fame of such explorers as De the duties of their calling. Yet there is enough of that Soto and his own countryman Father Marquette, full of agreeable, animating noise of the many persons who come youth and beaming with intelligence, he left his country to visit, and some who come in search of rest from the cares and joined a band of emigrants for Canada to seek his for­ of worldly life, and others who come to enjoy the compara­ tune amid the adventures and explorations of the l^ew tive solitude of summer vacation. Buildings in the course World. of erection, the rattle of wagons occasionally, and now and He reached Canada about 1667, and immediately em­ then the rolling of a buggy over the grand walks, the barked in the fur-trade, hoping by this means to come in shrill whistle of neighboring factories and the roll of fleet- frequent contact with distant tribes, and so receive infor­ Qg cars which pass within a mile of the building, all this mation of the situation of different rivers. Often in the q;ives a semblance of life to the most dreary part of the day silence of the summer nights, as he carelessly pulled the oars •ind brings to the mind recollections of the city. But when of his little canoe, was he dreaming of a glorious name, one the shades of evening come, and the sun, inclined towards which should be inscribed in history beside that of Colum­ the western horizon, illumines nature with a peculiar pleas­ bus, as the great discoverer of the passage from Canada to ing light, when the evening breeze fans the verdure of the China—for this was his favorite project. Returning to garden and gently binds the boughs of large shade trees, France in 1675, he received letters patent granting him the when chirping birds seem to appreciate the beauty and command of Fort Frontenac, where now stands the city of loveliness of nature by warbling their melodious songs, Kingston, and gninting him other privileges besides, raising then it is that a pleasant evening walk is most enviable, him to the rank of a nobleman. He returned to America and that the stay at college is most relished. J. immediately, arriving in Canada just as Father Marquette and Joliet had returned with the news of the discovery of the Mississippi River. La Salle was one of the first to be A Valley ia Upper Michigan. convinced that the river so recently discovered hy Father Marquette was identical with that which had been discov­ One day last vacation one of my friends and I wfent out ered more than a century before by De Soto. on a hunt along the south shore of Lake Superior. When He soon set out again for France to submit a plan which about twenty-five miles from home, we unexpectedly came he had formed, to his sovereign, Louis XIV", who approved into a ver^"- beautiful valley; I say a very beautiful valley, of it very highly. Associating with himself Tonty, an because it was the most pleasant one that I ever laid my Italian veteran, as lieutenant, he enlisted thirty mechanics eyes upon, and 1 have seen many valleys famous for their and mariners for the enterprise, after which he sailed fi:om attractions. Rochelle, July 14,1678, for Fort Frontenac. He sent Tonty It had the outlines of a horse-shoe on a large scale; it is with several carpenters to the Niagara River to construct a on account of its shape that it is called Horse-Shoe Valley. bark, and he himself followed shortly afterwards; both had All arround its perimeter it was lined with tall oaks, from to return on foot, a distance of about three hundred miles. fifty to sixty feet high. Through it meandered a tranquil This, and other adventures of a similar nature, prove the- river, whose water was dazzling in the sun. On this small strong and persevering mind of La Salle, which surmounted river you could see here and there flocks of ducks, and in even the greatest obstacles. fact almost all sorts of water-birds. The silence of the The vessel was soon finished, and was called the " Grif­ valley was broken only by the songs of beautiful birds, and fin." La Salle and his companions embarked in it on by a fall of the river at the east side of the valley. Each August 7th, and after having ploughed the waves of Lakes bank of the river was covered with many species of flowers Erie and Huron they reached Green Bay on the 2d of Sep­ and plants, whose perfumes were most delicious. On the tember. Here La Salle loaded the Grifia with a rich cargo north side of the valley, and situated on a high cliff, was a of furs and sent it back to satisfy his creditors, whose sus­ fine building having the resemblance of a castle; from this picions his enemies were striving to arouse. point one could have a beautiful view of the country for La Salle and his men sailed over Lake Michigan in light miles around. The owner of this building, althnugh a rich canoes and at last reached the mour,h of St. Joseph's River, man, sat at the foot of the cliflF tending his sheep. He did which they ascended as far as the Kitnkakee. They con­ not do this through indigence, but for a pastime. We ap­ tinued their journey, sailing down to the Illinois, and the proached him, and after conversing with him for some time, Illinois as far as Lake Peoria, where they built a fort which he offered to show us the beauties of the valley, and after­ La Salle called Crevecceur (The Broken Heart) because 148 THE NOTKE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

here the nevrs reached him that the Griffin was buried in France he conceived the plan of approaching the river Lake ilichigan. He ordered his men to set about con­ from the south, and having received four vessels from the structing a new vessel, which, however; they could not Government for the expedition, he set sail on the 24th of finish for want of implements. La Salle, never discouraged, July, having a crew composed of vagabonds picked up in resolved to return the whole distance, from Lake Peoria to Rochelle—a great disadvantage, as it afterwards proved. Port Frontenac, on foot—a journey of about 1200 miles. Having reached the Gulf of Mexico, they found themselves He guided his course by the high land situated between the completely astray, and every fresh attempt to reach their basin of the Ohio and the Lakes. The history of the human destination only seemed to leave them farther from success. race records few enterprises so hardy, but the indomitable Finally, having lost all hope of reaching the Mississippi by spirit of La Salle did not hesitate for a moment. He ar­ sea. La Salle resolved to search for it" by land, in which he rived at Fort Frontenac only to learn of fresh disasters. was likewise unsuccessful. Seeing everything turning Almost heart-broken, he set out again on the 23d of July, against him, he proposed to travel as far as the Illinois 1680, and went back in a canoe, and to his great surprise country to receive help from the good and faithful Tonty. found the fort on the Illinois abandoned by Tonty. To follow up this plan, La Salle chose a few companions TVe may easily imagine what grief he must have felt on and set out on the 22d of April, 1686. They .crossed fiv­ seeing himself thus abandoned in his enterprises; but, firm ers, forests, prairies and marshes, enduring unheard of of purpose as ever, he set out in search of Tonty, whom he hardships and braving every species of danger. La Salle succeeded in rejoining in the harbor of Mackinaw, and both resolved to return to Fort St. Louis, for, having marched returned to Fort Frontenac to prepare anew for the great one hundred and fifty leagues, there still remained about expedition, which they resumed on the 28th of August, one thousand miles to travel. They arrived at the fort on 1681. This time they went by the Chicago Eiver, and af­ the 17th of October, and were welcomed by all. It was ter having endured many trials and hardships they found here that he received news of the destruction of his last themselves at last on the waters of the Great River, about vessel, and this accident completely disconcerted his plans. the 16th of January, 1682. Pressing on, they soon passed Bancroft says of him: " Heaven and man seemed his the mouths of the Missouri and the Ohio; they made peace enemies; and with the giant energy of an indomifaible with the Indians wherever they came, smoking with them will, having lost his hopes of fortune, bis hopes of fame; the calumet of peace, and instructing them as well as they with his colony reduced to about forty, among whom dis­ could in the Christian religion, telling them of the one true content had given birth to plans of crime; with no Ea- God, the Creator of heaven and earth. Bancroft, describ­ ropeans nearer than the River Pameo, no French nearer ing the descent of the Great River by our adventurers than Illinois, he resolved to travel on foot to his country­ says: "His sagacious eye discerned the magnificent re­ men at the North and return from Canada to renew his. sources of the country. As he floated down its flood; as colony in Texas." he framed a cabin on the first Chickasaw bluff; as he La Salle resolved a second time to go on foot to Illinois, raised the cross by the Arkansas; as he planted the arms of and, having selected twenty companions, he left on the France near the Gulf of Mexico, he anticipated the future 12th of January, 1687. This was the last effort of the cour­ affluence of the emigrants, and heard the footsteps of the ageous explorer, for dissensions arose on the way, to which advancing multitude that were coming to take possession he fell a victim. Father Donay, an eye-witness, gives the of the valley. They followed the stream and found them­ following account; "We proceeded a short distance along selves on the 6th of April where the river divides into the bank to the fatal spot, where two of these murderers three channels. La Salle took the western, hoping still were hidden in the grass, with guns cocked. One missed to find his imagined passage to China. Tonty took the his aim, but the other shot De la Salle in the head. He middle channel, and Dautry followed the eastern. About died an hour after, on the 19th of March, 1687. La Salle two leagues further down the water commenced to be­ pardoned his murderers, but Divine Justice overtook them. come salty, and lo ! . . . O glorious sight! In concluding this brief sketch of the life of La Salle, it " 'The sea! the sea! the open sea. may be well to remark that no writer has ever ventured to The blue, the fresh, the ever free.' cast the shadow of suspicion on his integrity or honor, and " On the 19th of April they took possession of the coun­ moreover, that all historians of the Jfew "World vie with try in the name of Zing Louis XIV. For this purpose one another in bestowing praise upon the good qualities, they erected a cross whilst chanting the VexiUa Begis and the indomitable energy and intrepid character of the the Te Deum, then they raised a column with the following Chevalier Robert de la Salle. A. M. K. inscription:' Louis the Great, King of France and Nayarre, XGigns; the 9th of April, 1G83." They soon retraced their steps, but La Salle fell sick dur­ A IToble Aim. ing the voyage and had to stop at Fort Prudhomme, which bad been built by him in remembrance of one of his com­ •W"e are rejoiced to see that our fellow-students are not panions who had been lost there in the downward voyage altogether lost to every sense of humanity and philanthropy. but who was found shortly afterwards. After forty days' At a meeting held among the better class the other day, rest he continued his journey as far as the Illinois country, the necessities of an indigent portion of our countrymen where he stopped for a month, strengthening the friendly formed the subject of earnest and anxious consideration, feeling of the Indians] and pushing forward the fur-trade. and the Secretary has furnished us with a synopsis of the He had the intention of commencing, the following spring, proceedings, which we are glad to be able to lay before a more thorough exploration, and also the colonization of our readers. the valley. For this reason he again returned to France to Mr. Plug was unanimously called to the chair, and Mr. ask for assistance from his sovereign, Louis XIV. He Parstickler appointed Secretary j?7-o tem., after which Mr. landed at Eochellc on the 23d of December, 1683. In Grubstruck arose and moved that this Association be THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 149 known under the style and title of the " Society for Pro­ organs. He had witnessed the performances of the Minims viding Tramps with Hand Organs." with velocipedes, and was free to say that no tramp who Mr. Snorter demurred to this on the ground that the had at heart the conscientious fulfilment of the duties and name was not comprehensive enough, and did not suffi­ responsibilities of his station in life would hesitate for a ciently indicate the enlarged spirit of philanthropy which moment to accept a velocipede if gratuitously offered. He he felt was destined to prevail throughout our midst. He should advocate the tricycle rather than the bicycle, as did not disparage the charms of music. He was aware safer and more commodious. In this again he was guided that this, like every well-constituted society, must originate by the experience of the Minims, and also upheld by the in harmouy—develop in harmony, and eventually culmi­ old proverb: " Taste and tri before you hi." Hand organs nate in harmony—what did the poet say?— - at best were a mere luxury— " From harmony—from heavenly harmony Mr. Mews here begged to interrupt. Let as take a This universal frame began ; rapid glance at the state of affairs and endeavor to estimate The hoopdedoodum closing full in man." the numerous and evermoving throng of fellow-beings now He could not positively swear that "hoopdedoodum" known as tramps at the proper figure, and let us reflect was the precise term, but it meant the same thing, and that if each one were supplied with a hand organ our what was the odds? If he could place a hand organ in the woods, our mountains, our rivers, our prairies, onr whole hand of every tramp in the University—he should have said land in short would resound with the harmonies of Lauter- the universe, but the tail slipped out unconsciously—if he bach and Beethoven I "What a grand—what an exalting could, he repeated, place a hand organ or proper substitute thought! And did not the honorable gentleman who had therefor— preceded him see clearly that the use of the velocipede jJIr. Mylde arose timidly and was ashamed to interrupt would destroy the very nature, essence, and quiddity of the the gentleman, but would like to be informed what he con­ tramp, whose tramphood consisted, as he understood it, in sidered a proper substitute for a hand organ. the act of tramping? Mr. Snorter savagely inquired whether the time of the Dr. Tonge Meddick said the views just expressed on the assembly was to be wasted in answering frivolous questions exalted character of the strains evoked from the hand or­ such as these ? gan indicated nothing more than a morbid state or con­ The Chair did not consider the question as frivolous. It dition of the auditory nerve. Just as the vitiated palate was a matter of doubt in his mind, and, he ventured to say, craved indigestible nutriment, so did the vulgar and de­ in that of every seriously thinking man also, as to what graded sensorium crave the titillations produced by irregu­ were the essential elements upon which the notion to lar and spasmodic atmospheric vibration. which we annexed the term "hand-organ" depended for Mr. Skandle here arose and asked whether, goodness its existence per se. "Was portability aloue sufficient, or gracious! we were going to sit here and listen calmly to was the idea of grinding necessarily involved ? This ques­ language such as those ? tion of Mr. Mylde he thought eminently well calculated to Mr. Sower Merrills said that he never liked to judge open up a train of thought in the right direction. any one too harshly, and for his part he did not claim to Mr. Smirke, prefacing his remarks with a " Te-he-he!" understand all the enormity of Dr. Meddick's licentious re­ said that any one would readily comprehend, after seeing marks. But where public decency was at stake we could the original model of the organ in class-room No. 4— not be too cautious, and besides, his maxim was omne ig- Mr. Ponderus begged leave to interrupt the speaker. notum pro oiscceno. The villainous expression of the doc­ Any allusion to class-room No. 4, or its ornaments, should tor's countenance too clearly indic:ited his real meaning, and be couched in terms indicative of admiration not unmixed there was therefore nothing left but to suggest that he be with awe. He thought that the last speaker should be removed as a nuisance. mulcted in the sum of fifty cents for unseemly levity. The Doctor here arose to explain, but was met by cries Voices on all sides exclaiming " Fine him," " Fine him," of " Down, down'." " Shame, shame," and the Chair di­ the Chair appointed Mr. Snatchyercash Treasurer 2??'o ton., rected his removal, which was immediately effected. and directed him to collect a fine of fifty cents from Mr. On the restoration of temporary serenity, Mr. Scurtz Smirke immediately. The amount not being discoverable Fluttering took the floor, and elegantly gesticulating with after a thorough search of his person, he was ignomini- perfumed handkerchief and lemon kids expressed his desire ously hustled out of the assembly. that the young ladies of St. 3Iary's Academy be invited Order being now restored, Mr. Cistum Attick arose and to cooperate with this Society in its benevolent object. said that the real question before the house was whether They needed no proof of the zeal and amiability of the this Society should have a name or not. He paused for a softer sex. He had read the inscription " Ladies Entrance " reply. over a door in South Bend. It was doubtless designed for Mr. Legsettle moved that it be called the association for the useful information of the world at large, but as for him, the promotion of Velocipedestrianarianationism. the entrancing capabilities of the fairer portion of humanity Mr. Mylde again arose and with some trepidation ven­ had been familiar to him from his tenderest years. Per­ tured to inquire if there was any more of that word, and if sons of delicate susceptibilities such as his needed not to' the speaker were merely stopping to take breath. be told that ladies entrance us by their loveliness,—their Mr. Legsettle disdained any such impertinent inter­ winning ways,—their— ference, and was not to be turned aside from the path of Mr. Cistum Attick was sorry to interrupt the gentleman, duty by a mere—here he confessed himself obliged to pause but he was entirely out of order. They were now engaged for an epithet of sufficient energy to convey his contempt in choosing a name for their Society. for the author of this interruption—but he would forbear Mr. Spunky said that as there was no chance of coming for the present, and simply state that in his opinion veloc­ to an agreement the Society had better adjourn. ipedes would be more serviceable to tramps than hand The chair doubted the power of the Society to adjourn. 150 THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

They had no name,—no object,—no constitution—no "bye- —Mr. George Cary Eseleston has written for the Put- laws,—no fixed powers or functions How could they do names a book entitled "Tlie Big Brother," which The Pub- Ushers^ Weekly is kind enough, to inform us is not a biog­ anything, then ? How could they adjourn ? raphy of his brother Edward. Mr. Goose said that was pretty rough, as the hour for —Amelia B. Edwards, whose fame as a writer of travels retiring was sounding, and he felt sleepy. bids fair to eclipse her reputation as a novelist, has in press Mr. Bogus then said he would take the responsibility of "A Journey of a Thousand Miles Through Egypt and going to bed on his own shoulders. Nubia to the Second Cataract of the Nile." And so they all went to bed. —The London Athenwum hails the appearance of a new book on the royal tiger of Bengal as "very opportune," because "the prince of Wales will soon be engaged in Art, Music and Literature. hunting this most fierce and dangerous of all wild animals." —^The colossal corner group of the Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, London, representing " America," is to be re­ —^Faijeon has written a Christmas story, "An Island produced in terra-cotta, under the direction of Mr. Bell, the Pearl." sculptor, especially for exhibition at the Philadelphia Cen­ —Taine hasnearly completed his "History of the French tennial. Revolution." —The people of Philadelphia have the object in view of —Theodore Thomas will bring out Liszt's "Prometheus" establishing an Industrial Art Museum in the Quaker City, this season in Boston. based upon a somewhat similar plan to that of the South Keusingtou Museum, London, to be placed in Memorial —^The library of Congress, Washington, Las 4,800 bound Hall, at the close of the Centennial Exposition next year. volumes of newspapers. —^The town of Dijon has just taken up the project, aban­ —^A new edition of the works of Walter Savage Landor doned some time since, of raising a statue to Romeau. are soon to be issued in London. Thanks to the efforts of two Dijon artists, it is possible that —Mr. Blanchard Jerrold's authorized "Life of Napoleon next summer the statue will be unveiled with similar fStes HE" has reached ita third volume. to those which took place this year at Rouen in honor of —"The Puritans and Queen Elizabeth," announced, Boieldieu. •with an introduction by ex-President Hopkins. —Carpeaus, the artist who died recently near Paris, had —^Liszt, before leaving for Italy, spent a few days at an intense admiration for Michael Angelo. A short time Leipzig, where he was the object of many ovations. befoi e his death he managed by a convulsive effort to sup­ —Ole Bull has been giving concerts in Stockholm re­ port himself on crutches for a few moments at the foot of £ cently. He is about to make a farewell tour of Europe. bust of Augelo, and then falling down exhausted he said. —^IMr. Ewing, sculptor, of Glasgow, has completed the " I, too, have kept his centenary." model for the Burns statue, which is to be placed in that —Prof. Bain will publish in November the third edition city. of his treatise on "The Emotions and the Will." The —^Dean Stanley is preparing for publication the third work has been to a great extent rewritten. It contains a series of his "Lectures on the History of the Jewish full discussion on the doctrine of evolution in its bearing Church." upon both emotion and volition, and embraces a novel handling of various matters connected with ethics. —Capt. Richard F. Burton has another African book in press, entitled "Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cata­ —M. Guichard, a French painter, is preparing a great racts of the Congo." practical and historical work on Decoration. He has ob­ tained permission from the administration of the Beaux- —^A new supplement to "McCulloch's Dictionary of Arts to install his studio at the Garde-Meuble, in the very Commerce," bringing the last edition of 1S69 up to 1875, is midst of the wealth of all kinds—furniture, tapestry, vases, in the press in London. etc.—belonging to that great national establishment. —The friends and admirers of the late Stephen C. Foster, —^The current price of the first edition of Shakspeare, whose ballads are still very popular, propose erecting a 1623, is not far from £500 for a perfect copy. An exact re­ monument to his memory. production of it by a photographic process, guaranteeing —A book of ghosts aud goblins will soon be given us, not only accuracy bat absolute identity with the original, entitled " History of the Supernatural," by Frederick Lee, will soon appear in a small octavo volume. This "is the Ticar of All Saints, Lambeth. third reproduction by some photographic process, the —^A Boston house is endeavoring to secure a copy of ths other two having been in folio and in quarto. small model of the Concord Minute-Man, to be duplicated —The son of Hugh Miller is treading ic his father's steps, and put upon the market before Christmas. both as a geologist and a writer. He has written a biography —A volume of recollections of fighting and hunting in of his father's life-long friend, Sir Roderick Murchisou, and South Africa, by Maj. Gen. Bissett, will be published in he is engaged on the geological survey of England. By a November under the title of " Sport and War." curious coincidence, he makes his debut as a writer in the Inverness Courier, the same paper as that in which his —The Academy actually praises Miss Braddon's last— father did, and under the same editor, Dr. Carruthers. "Hostages to Fortune"—as containing most studied and careful wriling, with characters skilfully handled. —A curious monograph is promised in England, on "Ecclesiastical and Academical Colors." The "first part —A new way of teaching music to the young is by means will give an explanation of the various colors used in the of a fairy-tale, recently published in London, " forming an services of the church, with tables of colors; and part sec­ allegorical and pictorial exposition of the elements of ond, "a list of hoods worn by graduates of Briiish and music." •colonial universities, and members of tlieological colleges, —An opera lovffe on an American subject is to be brought with a short account of those universities and colleges out at the famous Carl theatre, in Vienna, next month. It which grant hoods and confer degrees." is in three acts, and pictures life among the mountains in —Mr. James Grant Wilson has prepared a considerable Salt Lake City. work on "The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, from the —^It is proposed to erect a monument and statue, from a Earliest to the Present Time." It will comprise charac­ design by Sir Gilbert Scott, E. A., at Wisbech, to Thomas teristic selections, "with biographical and critical notices, Clarkson, a coadjutor of Wilberforce in the suppression of and portraits on steel. The first volume, from Thomas of the slave-traflic. the Rhymer, A. D. 1236, to Richard Gait, 1776, is an­ —^ilr. W. P. Fogg's "Arabistan, or the Land of the nounced for publication in Edinburgh next month. Arabian Nights," an important journal of travels through —Miss Foley's design for a fountain, which she intends Egypt, Arabia, and Persia to Bagdad, is in the press of to send to the Centennial Exhibition, is described as fol­ Low & Sons, London, ' lows : It is intended to represent children in the bath, and THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 151

it might, therefore, be appropriately terraetl " The Bath of sold by Leavitt & Co. for the benefit of his family. John. Beauty." The children are life-size, of the age of four, six Rogers has a new group of clay representing Shylock, and nine. The fountain consists of an artistic arrangement Portia, and Antonio in the court-scene. John Mulvany, of two basins, measuring about seven feet from the lip of formerly of Chicago, has just finished a large scene repre­ the upper basin to the base of the lower one. Tiie diameter senting the trial of a horse thief, and contains about twen­ of the lower basin is seven and a half or eight feet. The ty-five figures. The characters are all from life, and it is fountain is the first work of Miss Foley on a'large scale. intended for the Centennial Exposition. —^The artists throughout the country will be interested —Concerning the volume of Niebuhr's "Lectures on in knowing the names of the gentlemen composing the Roman History," the English publishers announce: "The- committee of selection required by the special regulations lectures of which a translation is now offered to the public of the art department of the Centennial Exhibition. The may be termed a posthumous work of Niebuhr's, inas­ list, just published, is composed of some of the most promi­ much as his family allowed fifteen years to pass after his nent artists of the country. The namps are as follows: death before committing to the press a careful collation of William Hunt, Daniel Huntineton, S. K. Gilford, Thomas the notes taken by his disciples at the time of their deliv­ Hicks, J. Q. Ward, Henry K. Brown, S. B. Waugh, Wil­ ery. Not only is their purpose and extent different from liam T. Richard, and Howard Roberts. From the high that of N.iebuhr's great work on Roman history, but they character and artistic standing of the members of this com­ also give his last opinions on many important points; and, mittee an impartial selection may be expected. having been addressed to an audience of young men to —In looking over the papers of a deceased client in a whom the illustrious professor was engleavoring to commu­ tD"wn of Pomerania, a lawj^er is said to have discovered nicate his own glowing enthusiasm for his subject, they at­ twenty-three manuscripts of the author of Bon G-iavanni, tract the interest of the general reader by all the charms namely; several Symphonies, composed at Salzburg, of a spirited conversational style." They were delivered Vienna, and Olmutz, and including one with the date at Bonn, and are translated from the German edition of 1667, for two violins, two violas "d'amore," two oboes, Dr. M. Isler. two horns, and three double basses; a concerto for or­ chestra and pianoforte (1774); and in the instrumental ac­ companiments for the interludes (13th May, 1766) in a Latin Books and Periodicals. comedy, entitled, AppoUo et Hyacintha. We are afraid that the report is loo good to be true.—WatsorVs Art .Journal. —^The November number of ^raina?-^* MudccH World— —Some of the American painters who have been resi­ a welcome visitor—has been received. In the miscellany ding at Rome and Paris during the last decade, says a we read: The Old Church Bell, (Poetry); Brought to morning contemporary, have returned home with the im­ Light; Hans Von Bulow; Young Bangs; Musical World pression that American cities afford better markets than Letters; The Hints; Hans Von Bulow, his visit to Amer­ all Europe—for them. The trouble with our artists is ica ; Monthly Musical Review; Musical Gossip; Comical that, after acquiring all that is good for them across the Cadences. The editorials are: Our Letter Box; The New water, they will persist in idling out of their element, Euclid Avenue Opera House; Ritter's Fourth Symphony; imitating Europeans, and copying Cupids and Angels, Our Centennial; Wagner's Festival; Lowermost Writers; Venuses and Madonnas, when by coming home they Hans Von Bulow; The Musical Academy; The Musical might strike an original vein and profit by it. Painting Season; The Temperance Piano; Our National Hymns; over the red brick houses of this continent would be bet­ Success; Editorial Chit-Chat; How to Make Money. The ter than being the millionth man to make the last and music of the number is good. The pieces are: Marching worst copy of a great Raphael or a famous church fresco. Thro' Georgia—G^rand March—E. Mack; Tho' Absent, —Watson's Art Journal. ever Dear—Amy Weddle; The Magic of Music—Transcrip­ —A collection of 250 choice paintings belonging to the tion—W. KuJie; Pretty Bird with Bosom 'Red—Joseph Ghas. estate of Jay Cooke were sold a few days since in Phila­ FranUin. Terms per annum, §l.oO. Single copies, 15 cts. delphia. They represented a cost of about §100,000, but Published by S. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland. were disposed of at about one-fourth that amount, among —Messrs. Hardy & Mahony, of Philadelphia, the ener­ 50 buyers. The prices realized on the large pictures were getic publishers of the Catholic Standard and the Catholic generally small. The " Night After the Battle," by I^ehlie, Becard, announce that they are making arrangements to six feet higli by nine feet in length, brought only §300. commence in January the publication of The American lis exhibition at the Sanitary Fair brought §30,000. " Sunset Catholic Quarterly Review, which they intend to serve on the Old Wreck," by.DeHaas, which cost 10,000, brouslit as a medium for the discussion of religious, philosophic, $520. The gem of the collection, by Bougereau, cost §8.000, scientific and other topics of interest to intelligent Cath­ brought §2,800. Landscape by Sonntag brought §855. olics. The Bemeio will be under the editorial control of " Paul Preucliing at Athens," by Bothermel, was sold for Very Rev. James A. Corcoran, D.D., assisted by Very Rev. $550. The smaller paintings commanded a better price in James O'Connor, D.D., and George D. Wolff, Esq. . In proportion to their cost. the first number of the Recieio, articles from the pens of Right Rev. P. N. Lynch, D.D., Bishop of Charleston; —Tlia Ifeio York Herald prophecies that Von Billow will Very Rev. James A. Corcoran, D.D.; Very Rev. James be attended upon his tour in this country by a ghastly pro­ O'Connor, D.D.; 0. A. Brownson, LL.D.; Rev. Edward cession of musictil critics, maddened by his playing. The McGlynn, D.D.; Rev. Joseph V. O'Conor and George Boston men discovered that he expressed the meaning of Dering Wolff, Editor Catholic Standard, will appear. The Chopin by bis gestures quite as clearly as by his perfor­ subscription price will be §5.00 per annum, payable in ad­ mances, and now he has wrecked the intellect of the critic vance. We cannot but hail with pleasure this new Cath­ of Ths Providence Press, who thus describes the extraordi­ olic literary enterprise, and wish the promoters of it every nary behavior of the piano: " He touched the piano and it success. We trust that the Catholics of the United States began to sing; sang as if it repented of a shallow and soul­ will give to the publishers material aid, by siibscribingfor it, less life;' Siing as if it saw new paths of melody and heights and that the career of the American GatJwlic Eeview may, in to be scaled: sang as if it would send out tendrils into ail both a literary and financial view, be a complete success. realms of sound and seize on ravishing chords it had not known before. Wonderful it was to hear this familiar in­ LIFE OF THE APOSTLE ST. JOHJJ. By JL L. Bannard. Trans­ strument thus taking on a new and lofty ambition." lated from the First French Edition. New York : The Cath­ olic Publication Society, 9 Warren S treet. 1875. Pp.417. —NEW YORK ART GOSSIP.—Mr. Page's bust of Shaks- peare is almost ready for casting, and will probably be outfor A very beautiful history of the life of St. John has Mr, the holidays. Samuel Colman, who has been travelling all Baunard written, and one worthy the perusal of all who over the eastern continent, has at length returned and has admire the disciple whom Jesus loved. We intend in the fitted up a studio on Fifth Avenue. J. D. Smillie still lingers next number of the SCHOLASTIC to print a very touching at Montrose, Pa. Louis Tiffany will return to the climate story related in this book. To young men particularly the of eastern topics in December. George Butler has gone to volume is of especial interest, and for them no better birth­ Italy to remain. Vaini's pictures and other effects will be day gift could be procured. 152 THENOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

upon literature as a pursuit, our magazines should be gen erously supported. Kone of our Catholic weekly press, we believe, unless we except a few Eastern papers of long %M ia standing and large subscription lists, pay writers for their articles. It is necessary then that there should be mag­ azines to utilize the talent of our Catholic writers and from OVotre I>arae, 3Vovenxl»ei* G, XHVS, the proprietors of which they can receive such remunera­ tion as wDl justify them for their labor. We want good Single Copies of THE SCHOLASTIC may now be pro­ magazine-writers as well as editors, and if the general public will give the publishers proper support, they in cured at the Tribune Store, South Bend, and at the Stu­ turn will be able to gather around them able reviewers and dents' Office, at Five Cents per copy. sprightly essayists. It is to be hoped, then, that this new venture, the Amer­ Tejrms, $1.50 I*er -Ajuaxun, IPostrpaid.. ican Catholic Quai'terly Bevieto,—may receive the proper en­ couragement from the public, so as to enable the propri­ etors to pay well for articles of merit, and thus secure the The "New Quarterly. best of writers for their Beview. We doubt not but that it is the intention of the Eev. Editor to draw around him the We are rejoiced to learn that in January the enterpris­ best talent the Catholics of America can furnish, and we ing publishers of the Catholic Becord will begin the publi­ wish him God-speed in his undertaking. cation of the American Catholic Quarterly Beview, which they intend to serve as a medium through which all ques­ Church. Music. tions of interest to the Catholics of the United Slates may be discussed. We wish the promoters of the Beview every ErainarWs Musical MontMy for Kovember, in an article success, not only in a literary but also in a pecuniary view on Catholic Church Music Keforms, says: " We know and trust that it may have a long and successful career. that the Catholic Church aims at unity in all things. Last year we called the attention of our readers to the While formerly she was satisfied to boast of the uniformity duty incumbent on them and on the Catholic public Of of forms, ceremonies, government and language, she now giving to such periodicals as Broionson^s Beview, the CaiJi^aim s also at uniformity of music. Hence she does away olic World, the GatJwlic Becord, and the Manhattan MontJily,wit h German music and supplants it with the Palestrins that support which their excellence deserved; and now style and the Gregorian chants, concerning the authen­ that Dr. Brownson has discontinued his Beview we call ticity of which we know after all but very little. It is npon them to subscribe for the American Catholic Beviexoeviden t that the music of the nineteenth century is to be and swell from the start its subscription list. At the same banished, and that the strains of 300, yes, of 1300 years ago, time that we urge them to do this, we trust that they will are to be used exclusively in the Church. This looks continue to give that aid to the World, the Becord and the more like a part of that great policy, that of bringing the Manhattan which they have heretofore extended to those people nearer to Bome and farther away from everything publications. else, than a mere art reform measure." Tliere is not a great deal of money made in publishing From the foregoing it is evident that the editor of the literary magazines, and unless the proprietors are able to Musical Montldy knows more about music as an art than do more than pay expenses they should not be expected he does about church music, or the part which music is to continue the publication, for there is no duty imposed intended to perform in the Catholic Church service. The upon them of losing money for the benefit of their co-re­ Church never did, nor does she now, aim at reforming ligionists. Were these magazines to suspend, we would music as an art; but what she does aim at is strict pro­ hear a great deal from people who have done nothing tow­ priety on the part of the music allowed in her solemn serv­ ards supporting them, crying out that the Catholic public ices. And as to supplanting modern music, and what the do not give that aid and encouragement to their magazines editor of the Musical Monthly is pleased to term " German which ought to be given. Let them show their sympathy music," this is not in any sense of the word true, for we see in the cause of Catholic Literature in the United States by her giving not only approbation but encouragement to subscribing, and then if the magazines fail they may com­ the works of many of the best composers of church music plain with a good grace. now in Germany,—men who are German to the manor It would be a great calamity to the Catholics to have born, and whose music is as much entitled to the appella­ any of these periodicals fail. They are able defenders of tion of " German music," as is that of Beethoven, Mozarl; the faith, and exponents of Catholic thought, and are or Haydn. If such men as Witt, Greith, Kaim, Stehle, therefore of the greatest importance to the Catholics of the Mettenleitcr, Oberhoffer, Kothe, Schweitzer, Benz, Uhl United States. Rampis, and such others, are not true Germans, then we Should they.by any chance suspend publication, other would like to know where the editor of Brainard's magazines would have to be started in order to give us Musiccd MontMy would have us look for Germans; representatives in the literary field. They may, it is true, and yet these men, some of the very best composers have their failings, but so have all Monthlies and Quarter­ that Germany has produced at the present day, are those lies. They should, then, receive every encouragement, and whose reformatory measures have received the highest ap­ it becomes the duty of every good Catholic to aid them at probation of the Church within the last few years, and least by subscribing for one or more of them according to whose splendid compositions, with all the embellishments his means. of harmony and counterpoint, are now being introduced In order to encourage young men of talent to enter in many places—and with episcopal sanction—to the ex- THE KOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 153 elusion of what tbe editor is pleased to call, tbotigh witb must, however, do tbe able journal in question the justice no intention to sligbt tbem, on bis part—the " trumpeting of saying that this was the only instance in which we dis­ and kettle-drum " kind. When the editor of the Monthly covered anything bitter against the Church, her liturgy or tries to dranV a line between what be imagines the " Eo- her discipline. The great Protestant "Writer Thibaut, in his man " and " German " in this respect, he is evidently at a work, " VT/er EeinJieit der Tonhunst" treats this matter at loss, and "We "would advise bim and others to study some­ some length, and, from among hundreds of paragraphs thing more of tbe spirit of tbe Church before attempting equally to tbe point, we will content ourselves with quot­ to set themselves up as judges of her actions. The inten­ ing tbe following: "The worshippers of modem ideas tion of tbe Church in giving music a part in her solemn {der NeuJieit) receive these opinions with a bad grace, and ritual is to draw the mind, and tbe heart, and the sense of especially is it considered a malicious depreciation not to the hearer to Heaven, and not to Eome or any other earthly make an exception in favor of the Masses of J. Haydn and city—to make music a form of prayer and a means of ele­ Mozart. I admit that those masses are pleasing, because vating tbe heart to God, instead of tickling the senses and they have something stirring and sensuous, but I insist on bringing one, as it were, into tbe midst of a concert room the fact that they are in tbe main voluptuous, worldly—in or military drill. And as to tbe " laces," and " gold," and a word, unworthy tbe noble ideal of the Church; and that tbe " richly decorated altar," and tbe " incense from tbe no person can find pleasure in them if he be acquainted golden vessels," and the "rich paintings"—if tbe writer witb older masterpieces in tbe pure church style, or even be a Protestant, and take the Bible as an article of faith, with the better class of oratorios." One word more from •we would simply refer bim for answer to a description of LudwigNohl, a pantheist, in his work"2>

—^The organization of the University Cornet Band dates the old log church which stood on the banks of the lower from 1846. A fine set of instruments belonging to the orig­ lake. He was a zealous priest who worked among the inal members are now on the bottom of the lake. Any­ poor Indians with a truly apostolic zeal. Rev. Father one may hiive them who can get them. Petit was also a missionary among the Indians, and lived —The Thespian Society was founded in 1861. Among in the old log hut near by the log church on the lower the charter-members were Orville T. Cliamberluin, Frank lake. He died in St. Louis, on his return from an expedi­ Cottin.Thos. Naughlon, John Lonergan, Frank C. Bigelow, tion to the far West. Rev. Father Cointet died in 1854. Jno. Schutt, Edward M. Brown, Thos. E. Lonergan, and He was the second Prefect of Studies at Notre Dame. Jos. E. Kelly. IVIr. William Phelan, the stepfather of the late Father Gil­ —^The way the young man laid in chicken last Tuesday lespie, was one of Notre Dame's greatest benefectors. is surprising. We hear it stated that not so much as a He died in the year 1855. bone was left after he had done. We were afraid that the —A friend in Watertown, Wis., writes : platter itself would be called into requisition to satisfy him ; " Knowing that you are pleased to hear from any of the but it wasn't. branch colleges of Notre Dame, I have undertaken the pleasant task of giving you an idea of the prosress and present condition —The " new departure " of the Philodemics promises to of the College of Oar Lady of the Sacred Heart. The College give more life to the Society. It serves to make the liter­ is situated on a beautiful elevation near the junction of the St. ary exercises more interesting by giving them more variety, "Paul & ililwautee. and Chicago, & Northwestern Railroads, besides adding to the fund of general knowledge which and overlooks the flourishing city of Watertown. Its site is a each member should possess. beautiful one. The buildings, though not very extensive, are siifficiently commodious for a large number of students. The —A new feature has been developed in Euclid: one study-hall, play-hall, dormitory and class-rooms are of ample of his devoted disciples has discovered that baseball can size and are well ventilated. The dwelling house occnpied by be played by pure geometrical demonstrations, such as, the Faculty is the finest, outside Chieasro, to be seen on the you must throw a ball from shortstop to first base, an Northwestern Eailroad. One of the many questions asked angle of forty-five degrees, etc. oonceming a college, is, "Is it situated in a healthy climate ?" In answer to that question I refer you to the health record, —The 9th regular meeting of the St. Cecilia Philoma- or to anyone who is acquainted with this part of Wisconsin. thean Association took place Nov. 1st. Mr. Hake, of Grand Amongst the inhabitants of this vicinity the paradoxical saying Rapids, Mich., and Mr. Meyer, of Wabash, lud., honored the is common that "if you wish to die in Watertown, you must meeting with their presence. Declamations were dcliTered leave it." By all it is admitted that the health of this location by Masters A. K. Schmidt, H.D. Faxon, E.F. Arnold, C. is unsurpassed in the United States, This instituton is yet in J. Whipple, J. French, N. Dryfoos. its infancy; its pro-rress is steady and sure. A young man can pursue as good a course of studies here as in any of the numer­ —The third regular meeting of the St. Aloysius Philo- ous colleges throughout the VVest. All our institutions of 'demic Society was held Tuesday, November 2nd, in their leaminsr, especially Catholic ones, have had to underiro trials ball. Messrs. Harkness, Hansard and Euans, were admitted and troubles, and such will be the case with all that strive to to membership. It was decided to hold a competition in attain eminence. I have not the slightest doubt but that this oratory for the "Boys" the second week in December. College will, in the course of a few years, be an honor not only to Wisconsin, but to the whole West. The attendance is not The literary exercises over, the Society adjourned. extraordinarily large this year but it is very fair, and the pros­ —The third regular meeting of the Columbian Literary pects of its increasing are very promising. We are not blest and Debating Club was held October 31st. Declamations with a great number of societies, yet those we have are good were delivered by Messrs. Herzog, Murphy and Obert; Mr. ones. The first is the Sc. Patrick's Literary Society, founded Loustorf read an Essay; Mr. J. H. Cooney was elected a under the directorship of Rev. P. J. Colovin, in the Spring of 1S73. It has for its object the cultivation of elocution and com­ member; an extempore debate took place, the subject position and the acquiring a correct knowledsje of history. At being; "Resolved that the use of Tobacco is more injurious present it is under the directorship of Rev. AL B. Brown, with to man than the use of Alcohol." The president reserved J. E. Shannahan as President. The next is the Cecilian Glee his decision. Club, under the directorship of Rev. E. Lilly. This Society is a promising one, and with such an able Director it cannot fail to —We had a visit from a queerly-built negro the other meet with s-iceess. The Circulating Library Association is the day. He had a double set of ribs, and could, by working next and last on the list, as I have named them in the order in himself, move them from under his arms and bring them which they were founded. It is under the joint direction of our down to encase his thighs. He was very strongly built President and Vice-President, Rev. P. W. Condon and Rev. M. and could take a good-sized iron bar, and by striking it B. Brown. This, Mr. Editor, though far from being a good ac­ against his arm easili'' bend it. It seems hard to believe, count, is suflicient to give you and your readers some idea of but it is a fiict. His arms, which are very large, were, when the College of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and its many ad­ he stretched them, as hard as stone. vantages. Respectfully, CHOROGRAPHOS." —Mr. J. Chirhart, living one mile north of Ifotre Dame, —^The games of baseball for championship have been is the happy possessor of a musical prodigy in the form of concluded—the final game being played last Monday. a mouse. Every evening at the lighting of the lamp this The Collegiate nine came out victorious, consequently musical quadruped gives a few selections from the difficult they are champions for this season. The following is the compositions executed by canary birds, and it shows by result of last Monday's game: its tact at imitation that the art of vocal music is not ex- clnsivel}'^ the property of the human animal and the fowl. COLLEGIATE. R.|0. UXIVERSITT. B.o. We think the Mendelssohn Club would be greatly bene­ Monohan, s. s.. McKinnon, 2d.. 3 fitted by the addition of this new debutant. Bosch, 2d Pilliod, s. s 3 —^The curator of the Museum has been made the reci­ Devoto, c Ruhl, c 5 pient of a large collection for the Cabinet, the past week. Otto, c f •McKernan, c. f. 4 Among the collection were upwards of four hundred and Ball, l.f Dwyer, p 3 Logan, 3rd Cooney, L f 3 fifty specimens of rock-formers; rocks of the different Campbell, r. f.. Campan, 1st..... 2 Geological Ages; ores; minerals used as gems; all the rare Graves, p Perea, 3rd 3 elementary bodies, besides more than one hundred and fifty Lonstorf, 1st .. Hertzog, r. f.— 3 species of fossils. A large number of specimens will be re­ ceived in the course of the coming month, and the curator Total 12.27 Total. 37' exptcts, now that large rooms have been given him, to make the Cabinet the most interesting place at j^otre tN'NINGS. Dame. The many scientific graduates are interesting them­ 1 2 3 4 5 6|7 s 9 selves in it, and are aiding him in many ways. 4 2 0 2 3 ilo 1 0 —1?. —The remains of Rev. Fathers Deseille, Petit, and Cointet, and of Mr. William Phelan, are being removed 3 7 3 0 0 ilo 0 0 — 7 from the vaults under the old church, where they rested for many years. Father Deseille, who was a missionary Umpire—George J. Gross. among the Indians in Northern Indiana, died in 1838, in ! Scorers—A. J. Mooney and G. Otero. 156 THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC.

Eoll of Honor. —On Friday the pupils had the privilege of visiting the Community Cemetery at Kotre Dame, to see the statue SENIOK DEPARTMENT. raised in memory of Rev. Father Lemonnier, 0. S. C. 3?. Atfield, J. Brown, V. Baca, W. Breen, D. Byrnes, J. Buckles, —^The Bulletins, which will be sent this week to the pa­ F. Bearss, VV. Ball, M. Blacki)urn, W. Canavan, P. Cooney, D. rents and guardians of the pupils, will give evidence of the Connors, J.'Connolly, R. Calkins. J. Cooney, H. Cassidy, T. Carroll, E. Dehner, J. Dwyer, W. Dechant, J. Dempsey, J. standing of each pupil in her classes and her success or Ewinp:, L. Evers, B. Euans, T. Flanagan, W. Fogarty, E. Graves, failure in observing the rules of the Institution. T. Gallagher, G. Gross, A. Hertzog, J. Hamlin, J. Harkin, J. —Not very long since, a few special friends had the Handley, T. Hansard, S. Kennedy, F. Keller, -P. Kennedy, J. privilege of hearing a private treat of artistical music, Kreutzer, J. Lipp, E. Monohan, P. Matthnore, P. J. Mattimore, given by the post-graduates of St. Mary's—'-Amite pour D. Murphy, H. Maguire, C. Myers, J. Monning, R. Maas, F. Amitie," by Mason—Meyerbeer's grand "Skating Scene"; Maas, W. Murdock,P. McCanley, G.McNulty, L. McCoUum, T. McGrath, R. McGnath, J. McHusch, W. McGorrisk, J. McEuiry, a transcription by Liszt—two of his famous "Rhapsodies" P. JlcCullough, P. Neill, J. Neidhart, H. O'Brien, Carl Otto, J. and one of Chopin's exquisite Ballads—formed the first O'Rourke, A. O'Brien, E. Pefferman, J. Perea, T. Quinn, part; "Birdies' Trill,"—"Hungarian Dances," by Brahms F. Rettig, "W. Smith, C. Saylor, G. Schweighardt, G. Sullivan, —and Chopin's great " Concerto," No. 3. Each of these F. Vander Vannet, R. White, F. White, C. Weher, T. Wendell. gems was performed in a masterly style. JUXIOK DEPAKTJIEXT. Tablet of Honor. W. J. Arnold, T. J. Byrnes, A. Burser, C. J. Clarke, ,T. J. Davis, W. Dodge, E. Davenport, H. Faxon, J. J. French, F. J. Flanagan, P. J. Frane, C. Gustine, S. Goldsberry, R. Golsen, C. SEXIOK DEPAKTMENT. Ham,^P. Hagan, W. Hake, F. Hoffman, B. Heeb, E. Hall, G. Misses A Clarke, H. Foote, M. Riley, J. Locke, E. Dennehey, Huck, A, Hamilton, M. Kantzauer, F. Klaner, J. Kinney, J. K. Joyce, A. St. Clair, L. Arnold, E. York, L Reynolds, K. Mc- Knight, M. Kauffman, C. Larkin L. Lacey, J. Mosal, M. ilc- Namara, L. Ritchie, A. Walsh, J. Bennett, J. Nunning, M.Faxon, Auliffe, W. Nicholas, D. Nelsou, M. A. Otero, C. Orsinger, J. F. Dilger, M. Dunbar, M. Julius, L. Johnson, M. Brady, M. O'Meara, E. F. RioDelle, F. Rosa, A. E.Ryan, S. Ryan, H. B. Walsh, C. Woodward, L. Henrotin, E. Mann, A. Byrne, A. Dun­ Scott, T. Schwuchow, W. A. Sheehan, A. K. Schmidt, P. F. can, S. Hole, M. Cravens, J. Pierce, P. Gavnor, M. Spier, E. O'- Sehnurrer. G. Strict, H. Sickel, G. F. Sugg, W. Taulby, P. Neil, R. Casey, A. Henneberry, H. Julius, "j. Kreigh, K. Hutch­ Tamble, H. Weber, C. J. Whipple, E. Woodward, E.Washburn, inson, A. Prettyman, C. Monran, H. Russeli; M. and E. Thomp­ M. Halley, J.English, W. Connelly, C. Ha'gan, 0. Myers. son, S. Moran, M. Gaynor, E. O'Connor, B. Slier, I. Maas, U. Goodell, S. and L Edes, N. Tuttle, M. Hutchinson, G. Youell, L. MINIM: DEFAHTJIEXT. Gustine, T. O'Brien, S. Swalley, M. Parker, L. Moran, N. King F.,P. McGrath, C. C. Campan, C. Faxon. O. W. Lindherg, F. A. E. Edes, G. Wells, M. Hooper, L. Tighe, M. Usselmann, M. Campau, A. J. Bushey, J. Nelson, P. P. Nelson, G. Lowery, F. Alarky, A. Sievers, M. Thelan, L. Schwass, A. Miller, F. Gnr- Plelns, R. Pleins, J. A. Dulfield, L. J. Frazee, T. A. Hooley, J. ney, C. Morrill, J. Darcy, M. Telford, M. Railton, C. Whitmore. Seeger, O. Stanton, Mortimer Gustine, G. Rhodius, W. Cool- R. Fllbeck, L. Weber. ' baugh. B. Morris, W. Cash, H. McDonald, C. Bushey, C. Long, E. Oatman. JUNIOR DEPAKTMEXT. Misses Fisk, O'Connor, Wilson, Cullen, Dryfoos,Lang, M.and A. Class Honors. Ewing, N. and M. McGrath, L. and A Kirchner, M. and E. Mul­ ligan, I. and A. Mann, J. Holladay, 2VL Hogan, L. Walsh, M. Redfield, McFadden, Derby, Koch, J. ]Morris. Chilton, N. Mor­ FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY NOV. 4, 1S75. gan, Merritt, Faulkner, Gordon, Mitchell, Jf. and C. Hughes Simpson, Smith, Davis, Feehan, Lamhin, Duffleld, Goldsberry' A. and L. Sehnurrer. PREFAKATORT COTTRSE. SEXIOKS—H. Maguire, T. Quinn, J. Quinn, D. Byrnes, D. Con­ nOXORABLT MENTIOXED FOR UrPROVEMEXT IX LESSOXS. nors, J. Hamlin, AV. Fowler, P. W. Mattimore, P. J. Mattimore, GEADUATIXG CLASS—Misses A. Clarke, H. Foote, M. Riley, J. F. Vander Vannet, W. Kreigh. J. Buckles, J. Lipp, G. Schweig- Locke, E. Dennehey, K. Joyce, A. St. Clau-, L. Arnold, E. York, hardt, C. Ely, B. Calkins, Jos. Connolly, J. Harkin, F. White, C. L Reynolds, K. McNamara. Robertson, A. Pefferman, F. Maas, E. Gramling, J. Dempsey. laT SR. CLASS—Misses L. Ritchie, A. Walsh, A. O'Connor, J. JnxiORs—F. Schwuchow, F. Ewing, H. Faxon, J. Davis, W. Bennett, J. Nunning, M. Faxon, F. Dilger, M. Juhus, M. Dun­ Sheehan, W". Heeb, P. Hasan, C Ham, D. Nelsou, W. Taulb3', bar, L. Johnson, M. Brady. F, Rosa,.F. McGrath, S. Goldsberry, E. Raymond, J. O'Mcai-a, 2D SR. CLASS—Jlisses M. Walsh, L. Kelley, C. Woodward, L. P. Frain, C. Larliin, P. Tamble, T. Byiues, G. Huck, C. Or- Henrotin, E. Mann, A. Byrne, A. Duncan, S. Hole, M. Cravens" singT, C. Peltier, H. Sickle, M. McAuiiffe, .J. McClorey. W. Ar­ P. Gaynor, A. Dennehey, .\L Spier, E. O'Neil, R. Casey, A. Hen­ nold, M. Otero, F. Hoffman, J. Knight, J. Kinney, J.Byrne, J. neberry, H. Julius, J. Kreigh, K. Hutchinson, A. Prettyman. French, C. Clarke, R. Golseu, W. Davis, W. Morris, W. Roelle. 3D SR. CLASS—Misses G. Morgan, H. Russell, M. and E MINIM DEPART.MEXT. Thompson, S. Moran, M. Gaynor7B. Siler, I. Mass, U. Goodell,' I. Edes, N. Tuttle, M. Hutchinson. M. Gustine, B. Morris, W. Coolbaugh, H. McDonald, J. 1ST PREP. CLASS—Misses L. Gustine, T. O'Brien, M. Parker Seeger, J. Stanton, C. Bushey, S. Bushey, G. Rhodius, W. G. Wells, M. Hooper. ' Smith, C Long, E. Oatman. 2D PREP. CLASS-Msses F. Gurney, C. Morrill, J. Darcy, M. -•-^ Thelan. 3D PREP. CLASS—blisses M. Railton, C. Whitmore, R. Filbeck List of Bxesllenee. L. Weber. ' [The students mentioned in this list are those who have been HONORABLY MSXTIOXED IX ENGLISH LESSONS. 2D SR. CLASS—Misses I. Fisk, M. O'Connor, B. Wilson, A. • the best in the classes of the course named—according to the Harris. competitions, which are held monthly.—DIRECTOK OF STUDIES.] 3D SR. CLASS—Misses A Cnlien, H. Dryfoos, L. Lang M COMMERCIAL COURSE. Ewing. • e>> - • A Hoag, E. Atfield, F. Keller, J. O'Rourke, P. Flanagan, 1ST PREP. CLASS—Misses N. McGrath, L. Kirchner, J. Holla- L. PiUiod, J. Retz, J. Foley. day, M. Mulligan. 2D PREP. CLASS—Misses M. Hogan, A. Koch, L. Walsh N. O'Meara, M. Derby, N. Jlann, A Ewing, M.Redfield. ' JR. PREP. CLASS—Misses J. ilorris, L. Chilton, L. Kinsella M. Bell, N. Morgan, L. Jlerritt, L. Faulkner, A. Kirchner M' McGrath,' D. Gordon, E. MuUiean, I. Mann, A. McGrath, J." Mitchell, E. Simpson, M. and C. Hnghes. 1ST JR. CLASS—Misses J. Smith, M. Davis, M. Feehan, M Lambin, R. Goldsberry, J. Dufiield, M. McFadden. —The fine days bring many visitors. Old friends and 2D JR. CLASS—Misses A. and L. Sehnurrer, A. Morris. new are always welcome. 1ST FRENCH CLASS—Misses K. Joyce, F. Dilger, J. Kreigh E —Several of the young ladies, baving only a few weeks Thompson, JL Thompson, N. McGrath, A Harris, B.Wilson since entered the classes, will not receive bulletin notes 2D CLASS—A. Clarke, M. Riley, L. Arnold, K Russel, P. Gaynor, K. Hutchinson, C. Woodward. till next month. 3RD CLASS—Misses L Reynolds, J. Bennett, T. Walsh M —^The uniform routine of quiet scbool duties is accom­ Walsh, M. Hutchinson, A. McGrath, L. Ritchie, U. Brady A! panied by such a lively interest in tliose duties that no one Dennehey, J. Pierce, L. Brownbridge, L Fisk, L. Khrchner. M. complains of monotony. Redfield, E. MuUigan, A. Sievers.

••X" THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 157

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Whilst t return my thanks to the patrons of Notre Bame and St. PHILADELPHIA BAZAR. Mary s, I heg leave 1o inform the public that I have, at the urgent request of many of my patrons, purchased SEVERAL NEW CAE- KIAtrEb and BUGGIES, and moved into the LIVERT STABLES 97 Michigan St., SOUTH BEND, IND. -AL.ttaclied to tlxe jVational Hotel, and Ad­ A new and complete assortment of Hosiery, Gloves, jacent to 1 lie X^alce Sliox-e and. Fancy Goods, White Goods, Embroideries, Laces, Ribbons, jVticliigan Soxitliei-n I>ei>ot. Artificials Parasals, Sun Umbrellas, etc. Agents for Do­ Now, that telegraphic communication has been made between mes: ic Patterns. Large stock of Zephyr Germantown \° 11®,™" ^"^ ™y oflice. throufrh Ihe Michigan Southern Depot, I shall be prompt to have passengers in time to meet all trains TP^orks' Tarns. For my attention to the pairons of Noire Dame and St. Mpiy's, I refer, by permission, to the Superiors of both Institutions. G-e&ts' FuTiaisliing Goo^s A Specialt7. P. SHICKET. THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC. 159 FOR SALE. In the immediate vicinity of Notre Dame, and very conveniently McDOMLD, located gregard to Church and Markets, a very desirable properte consisti^ ol three large enclosed lots, a good two story frame honys well arrnnged and linishei, good stable, carriage ihed. coal hoase, TECE I^S:OTO<3-I?.-A.:PS:Eie/, yonng irees.srapes, sh ubbTv e c, will he sold at reasonable figures Is still at his toa good buyer. For further information, address P. O. Box 35, No­ OLD STAND ON MICHIGAN STREET. tre Dame, Ind. Pittstiirgh, Fort Wayne Ss Chicago, LAKE SHORE AND lilCHI&AlT SOUTHEEIT AND PENNSYLVANIA E. R. LINE.

CO]VI>EJVSEI> TUSUE: T^333L.E. On and after Snnday, Slay 23,1875, trains will leave SonthBend as FEBRVAHT, 1875. follows: GOING EAST. TRAINS LEAVE CHICAGO BEPOT, 3 35 a. m.. Night Express, over JIain Line, arrives at Toledo Cor. Canal and. Madison Sts. (West Side). 10 30: Cleveland3 pm; Buffalo 9 15. 10 3 O am, iMail, over Main Line, arrives at Toledo, 5 35 p m: On arrival of trains from North and Southwest. Cleveland 10 15. 13 37 p m, Special NewYork Express, over Air Line; arrives O Trains with Through Cars to No. 3. jSro.6. No. 4. at Toledo 5 £0; Cleveland 10 li); Buffalo 4 05 am. O 1<> p m, Atlantic Express, over Air Line. Arrives at Toledo, ^ 3VE^v YOKE:. Daj- Ex. Pac. Exp. Ni«:ht Ex. 2 40; Cleveland, 7 (5; Buffalo. 1 lOp n . Ex. Snnd"y Daily. Ex Sa&Sn 53 p in, Tcle'do Express, 3Iain Line. Arrives at Toledo,2 30; Cleveland lu 55 a m., Buffalo 7 p m. Lv. CHICAGO 9 00 a.m. 5 15 p.m. 10 00 p.m. -dL p m, Local Freight. Ar. FT. WAYA^E 2 25 p.m. 11 35 " 5 20 a.m. " Lima 4 33 " 1 25 a.m. S 00 " GOING "WEST. " Forest 5 3i « 3 01 " 9 17 " 7 00 " 4 40 " 11 10 " Sam, Express. Arrives at Laporte 4 15 p m, Chicago 6 30 a m. " Mansfield 7 50 " 5 20 » 11 50 " 4: 53 am,Pacific Express. Arrives at Laporte5 45; Chicago 820 am. " Orrville 9 42 " 7 13 « 1 46 p.m. 3 II m. Evening Express. Arrives at LapcrteSSS; Chicago 6 30. " jMassillon 10 15 " 7 45 " 2 19 " 4r 50 p m. Special Chicago Express. Arrives at Laporte 5 45: " Canton 10 S3 " S 00 « 2 SS " ChicaK.i, 8 20. 11 15 " 8 40 " 3 20 " S 03 a m. Accommodation. Arrives at Laporte 9 am, CMcawo 1 IS a.m. 11 12 " 5 58 " 11 30 a. m. " , Pittsburgh 2 20 " 12 15 p.m. 7 05 " 8 33 am. Local Freight. 3 10 " 1 10 " 8 10 " J. W. GARY. Gen'l Ticket Agt., Cleveland. CHARLES PAINE. Gen'l Snpt. 7 30 " 5 55 " 13 10 a.m. " Harrisburg 13 05 p.m. 11 05 " 4 13 " 6 23 " 3 15 a.m. 7 43 " 9 10 " 6 20 " 9 07 " UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, " Philadelphia 4 15 " 3 10 « S 05 " " NewYork 7 33 " 6 50 " 11 13 " 11 10 " 10 49 " 3 36 p.m. i2srx)x.A.isr.A.- " Hartford 13 40 a.in. 12 23 « 3 .53 " Fonnded 1842. Chartered 1844. " Springfield 1 35 " 1 00 p.m. 7 03 " 4 25 " •3 4S " 7 40 " 5 50 " 4 30 « 05 " This Institution, incoiporated in 1844, enlarged in 1866, and fitted up with all the modern improvements, affords accom­ modation to five hundsed Students. Situated near the Lake THIS IS THE OlSTLY LIJSTE Shore and Miehiijan Southern, .Vlichi/^aa Centra], and the That runs the celebrated PULLMAN PALACE CARS from ChicnKO to Baltimore, Washinaton City, Philadelphia and New York without Peninsular Railroad, It is easy of access from all parts of the change. Through tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices at United States. the lowest current rates. TERMS. F. E. MYEES, &. P. & T. A. Matriculation Fee '. So GO Board, Bed and Bedding, and-Tuition (Latin and Greek included), "Washing- aud Meneing of Linens, per session of five months- • 1.50 00 French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew", each... 10 00 Instrumental Music 12 do (One JIUo 'West of Notre Dame University.) Useof Piano 10 00 Use of "V^iolin 2 50 CONDUCTED BF THE SISTERS OF HOLY CROSS. Telegraphy. 10 00 Vop-il Lessons i General Class Principles 10 00 This Insfitufion. situated on the beautiful and picturesque banks vocal Lessons, j Vocal Culture 15 00 of the St. Josepli River, is everyihing ihar could be desired as a lo­ cality for a female academy. All :he branches of a solid and com­ Elocution—Special Course " 5 00 plete education are taught here. Masic, both vocal and instru­ Use of Library (per session) 100 mental, and the modern languages, form prominent features in the Drawinff 15 00 course of instruction. Use of Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus 5 00 Particular attention is paid to thereligious instruction of Catho­ (Classical Course 10 00 lic pupils. Pupils of all denominations are received, and for the sake of order required to attend the public religious, exercises with Graduation Fee,-( Scientific Course 10 00 the members of tlie rn.«titution. (Commercial Course 5 00 The buildings are spacious and commodious, suited to th-i educa­ Students who spend their vacation at the University tional requireui nts of the day, and furnished with all modern im­ are charged extra 40 00 provements Every porilon of the building is heated by steam, and hot a-nd cold baths are attached to the sleeping apartments. Doctors' Fees and Medicines at Physician's charges. The gronuds are very extensive, bean ifully a'dorned, and situated Students received at anj' time, their Session beginning with in that charming seclusion which is so favorable to the healthful de­ date of entrance. velopment of moral, physical and intellectual power. The proximity of ttic two m«tiiut!ons to each other is a great con­ PATJIEXTS TO BE MADE IXVARIABLT IX ADTAXCE. venience to parents having children at both, when they visit their sons and daughters. Class-Books, Stationery, etc., at current prices. For further particulars coucerring this Institution, the public are The first session begins on the first Tuesday of September referred to the Pwentietli .\ntiual Uatiloicue of St. Mary's Academy the second on the first of February. for the yearlb74-7o, or address St. Mary's "Academy, For further particulars, address Notre Dame, Ind. Rev. P. J. Colovin, C. S. C, Preset. 160 THE NOTEE DAME SCHOLASTIC. THOMAS B. CLIFFORD, WcvmA "^^nivdX^ate i (Of the Class of '62) SOUTH BETSTD, TNU. ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC, AND NEWLY OPENED—FIRST CLASS IN ALL RESPECTS- COMMISSIO^^B FOB ALL STATIIS, 206 BROADWAY (Cor. Fulton), KEW YORK. HENRY C. KNILL, Prop. SpeciaULtrteiitioii Gri-vento IJepositions. NEW BOOKS. OLD BOOKS. A. O. SHIBE, C. M. GhlLBERT, •V7- sroXiES JLX.E DEALEE IK SS ALEE m H A7-A2TA CXG-ABS . lOl 3Iaii». Stx'eet, Books L Stationery, TWO Boors SOBtll or Ei Gillea'S, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 197 South Clark St., Chicago. [Brancb. of 184 E. TMadison, Chicago.] SCARCE BOOKS. RARE BOOKS. JANSEN, McCLURG & CO., HAIR-CUTTING, SHAVING, SHAMPOOiNG, ETC.

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