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THE SCHOLASTIC. r ~ . I .. , —_ .—__—. •.» !• .. - ^_ DEVOTED TO THE TNTEI\ESTS OF THE STUDENTS. I 1—• •^—' . .— ••— • r^i- » I>isce q.xiasi semper -victnirns; "vive q^ixasi eras moriturvts. Volume VIII. NOTBE DAME, INDIANA, JUNE, 5, 1875. Ntunber 37. JNO. HAGERTT, L. G. TONG, NICAR & Co., CITY JUDGE. • NOTABT PUBLIO. E •ppAGERTY & TONG, HARDWARE MERCHANTS, X±S MXCEIGANSt., - - - SOUTHBENDy IHTDIASA- HEABQUABTEES TOR HEAL ESTATE^AND INSURANCE AGENTS, Cntlery, Skates, Cartridg^es, Fisbin^-Tackle, Etc. Agents for Steamship Lines. DESK-LOCKS, PADLOCKS, JAPANNED BOXES, ETC., o31-tf COIiECTIONS SOLICITED. 9 OddlFellows' Block, - South Bend, Indiana. ^ NICAR, o24r-ly DEALER IN HARDWARE, Before going elsewhere, go to 9X MICHIGAN St., - •- SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. Ali SOKIS OP E S. PECKS, ^ , . Catlery, ¥ale Desk-Loeks, Fisbing-Tackle, Etc . ' Dealer m —Also— SKATES, CARTEIDGES, TIN TRUNKS, ETC. HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS, o2*-tf Boys' Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods. "COR. MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON STS., A J. STACE, o24-tf South Bend, Indiana. COUNTY SURVEYOR, P) J. HOLLAIO), & CO., Is now prepared to execute work in the Departments o "WTholesale Manufactarers of HAVANA AND DOMESTIC CIGARS, Land Saryeying, Grading) Hydraalics, etc. —^ALSO— ^"Orders expeditiously attended to.„^ WEOLESALE JOBBEBS and GENEBAL DEALEBS OiRce -with M. Stover, :Rooin. S3, over Wills & Stems m SMOKEBS' ABTIGLES. Washington St., South Bend, Indiana. ILOO IIIOEIGAN St., - SOUTH BEND im)., o24-tf. noT28-}5tf. lyi RS. C. S. STOVER, pv- E. CUMMINS, MILLINER, DENTIST, 129 Michigan Street, South IBend, Indiana.' DEAIiEB m ITo. 96 MieMgan Street, - - South Bend, Indiana. Millinery Goods, Hats, ^Bonnets, Laces, «S:c. (Over Wyman's.) o24-3m ^TPhe young ladies at St. Mary's Academy-will find it to their advanta£;e to give her a call. apllT DO you -want a drive ? Go to Q.EORGE HEHR, r>EN COQUILLARD'S FASHIONABLE TAILOR, LIVERY STJ^JBLES AND OEKEBAi; II£A£EB IK Comer of Michigan and Je^er&mi Streets, Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings. South Bend, Indiana. No. Ill MICHIGAN STBEET, . SOUTH BEND, IND. o2i-2m. (Up Stairs.) HoM-tf THE BOND HOUSE The students' Office! Niles, ----- Michigan. Wholesale and RetaU Dealer in Cigars, Tohaccos, Pipes, etc. &z BIcKlY, Proprietor. No, 54. TTaslilnstori St., Free Hack to and from all trains, for guests of the house. SOTJTH: BEITID, IISTX). nov2S-}^tf, . apl34 - 546 THE SCHOLASTIC. TsTATIONAL HOTEL BUZBY & GALLAGHER. SoixtilL Send, Indiana/ CLOTHIERS, At the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern EaUway Depot, opposite Stndebakers' Wagon Works. FTTHOSE -who patronize the National Hotel will find during their Merchant Tailors, JL stay at South Bend all the comforts of home. Conveyances to and from the College and St. Mary's can be procured at the Hotel. AKD DEAIiEKS ES" Gents' Furnishing Goods, IBiats, Caps, 3Elto., 109 :]v^iOH:ia-.Ai<r STI?.EET, THE CLOTHIER, SOUTH BEIVO, EVX*. Invites your attention to his HAIR-CUTTING, SHAVING, Merchant Tailoring Establishment, SHAMPOOING, ETC. Wo. 90 aiiclilgaix Sti'eet, H:E2srE."Z" siPETs:, SOUTH BEisrr), i]srr>iA]srA. Corner "Wasliiiigtoii. and MacJilgaii Sts., [Under Coonley's Drug Store] SOUTH BEND, IN^DIANA. Only First Class Work Made Up iny-22 At Very Reasonable Prices. OLOTSIIIsra- EIOTJSE. Garments "Warranted in all Respects. MEYER LIVINGSTON, <JO "Wasliiiigtoia Stx'eet, . HEADY-MADE OLOTHING- [Three Doors "West of Blum's Cigar Store] In Pine Selection, Very Cheap. SOTJTIH: EElSrX), Z35rX)IA.D^.A.. ^^Keeps on hand a large stock of Hats, Caps, Clothing, and Gents' Fui'nishing Goods. All the Students should give nim a Call. al7 If Desired, V/ill Bring Samples and Take Measures at the College. A. KLINGEL & SONS, 69 T^asliington Street, "We keep constantly on hand a full line of SOTrTEC B:E335rX), n^nDIJ^lSTA.. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Keep constantly on hand a complete assortment of WEN'S AND BOYS' FINE BOOTS AND SHO.ES OF THE Celebrated BUKT, MACDONALD, LILLY YOUNG PEATT THE I^'SIOTOa-S.^I'IIEK,, and BKACKET & BorDEN*' Is still at Ms Hand and Machine OLD STAND ON MICHIGAN STREET. Sewed Goods. THE LAB&EST STOCZ XJ. E. i^/LjLrT:Eb, m THE CITY. Give us a Call and See the Nobby Styles, SEAIiEB IK X.A.X>IES, "We would call year attention to our immense stock of FINE SHOES ofall the standard makes. al7 AND SILVERWARE. Clilcaso, Koelc IslazLd.and PacJLfic K. It. 'Depot, corner Van Buren and STierman sis. Ticket-office, Grand Pacific Hotel. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, JEWELER AND TRAINS. MIATE. AKBITE. Omaha, Leavenworth and ENGRAVER. Atchison Express, 10.13 a m 3.30 p m No. 105 l»i:ic]iigaix St., Soutli Send, Xad. Peru Accommodation, 5.00 p m 9.30 a m (tight Exp;rcss, 10.30 p m 6.15 a m THE ScHOLASTid p EYOTED TO THE TNTEI\ESTS OP THE PpTUDENTS . I>isee q.Tiasi semper vlctnrTis; "vi^ve q.riasi eras morlturiis. Volume VIII. WOTEE DAME, ITTDIANA, JTTITE, 5, 1875. Number 37. Evening Sliado'Trs. stars with all their attendant planets, are the result of the condensation of a very attenuated, self-luminous, homogene BT FLO. ous form of matter,—a theory which, with certain limita tions, accounts quite satisfactorily for the different degrees Softly, as ttie eve approaclies. of density and incandescence exhibited by the stars, planets And the sun recedes from view,— and nebuljB. S"ow if this hypothesis has any foundation When the day with lingering footsteps Follows in its pathway too,— in fact, the spectroscope should show it; nebuljB of the "When all Nature dons a mantle. same age and in a like state of condensation should give And prepares to gi-eefc the night— the same or at least very similar spectra. The same should Come the hesitating shadows. also hold good for the planets and stars. Observation now Creeping forward in their fright. leaves this no longer a matter of conjecture. Father Secchi, the illustrious Jesuit astronomer, has, after an ex Some recline upon the hillside, Others fall upon the plain ; tended series of spectroscopic observations, divided the Whilst a number of the deepest stars into three classes—^viz.: yellow, white, and what he On the quiet lake remain :— calls colored stars. In the white stars, which are supposed Then again within the forests, to be the youngest and hottest, the spectrum consists of Shadows deepen, thick and fast, only a few lines, revealing the presence of only a small num Some remain in hollows buried— ber of elements, hydrogen predominating. The yellow Others still go sweeping past. stars, which are older than the white, disclose spectra of Thus o'er village, town, and country, the metals; whilst the spectra of the colored stars all give In the meadows, fields and hills, characteristic metallic lines, and exhibit certain channelled Everything the evening monarch spaces which would seem to indicate the presence of com With his sombre shadows fills. pounds, the existence of which, at least some of the more Soft they come, and slowly deepen. staple, are rendered quite possible, owing to the compara Till in murky darkness grow. tively low temperature of this class of stars. J. Norman When the heavy veil of midnight Lockyer, who has made a special study of the sun, com Drops her folds on all below. menting on the above mentioned di^sion of Father Secchi, and observing that the elements with the lowest atomic Alcliemy and tlie Alcliemists. weights are found in the hottest stars, whilst the metals [CONCL-DSION.] of higher atomic weights are found only in stars of lower temperature, asks himself the question: "Are not the first YTI.—THEOET OP THE TJNITT OF MATTER. elements the result of a decomposition brought about by But although we have many reasons for believing in the the extreme temperatures to which the latter are exposed; diversity of matter—that what are now called elements, and taking them all together, are they not the product of are, when exposed to a sufficiently intense heat, or sub the condensation of very light atoms of an unknown pri jected to any of the other powerful forces of nature, ca mordial matter which is perhaps ether?" The same con pable of being resolved into still simpler forms of mat clusion, by different processes of reasoning, has been ar ter, and consequently that the number of these elementary rived at by other investigators, notably Dumas and Hin- bodies will be thereby increased (though should it be richs, justly celebrated for their important contributions to found that some of the elements, as above stated, are only science, but it would be too long to give their arguments modifications of the same substance, the number would be in support of this view—a view which is at most a mere proportionally decreased), still there are also grounds for hypothesis—an hypothesis, however, which seems to gain believing in the unity of matter, scarcely less substantial ground as science advances. than those which favor its diversity. According to the The fact is, we know little or nothing of the ultimate theory of the unity of matter, all its various modifications constitution of matter, and continued observation only now known to us were originally derived from one only serves to show how much more we have to learn concerning primordial form of matter, or ZTrstoff as the Germans call things of which we imagined ourselves to possess a pretty it. The existence of this hypothetical Urstoff is rendered accurate knowledge. Indeed, however much we may probable by recent astronomical investigations—and partic pride ourselves on our detailed knowledge of the properties ularly by the surprising results of observations with the of bodies, and the various affinities which they manifest spectroscope. The celebrated nebular hypothesis of Sir for each other, the peculiar phenomena they exhibit un William Herschel assumes that all-'the heavenly bodies, the der certain ciicumstances, how they are affected by the 548 THE SCHOLASTIC different manifestations of force, heat, magnetism, light, ]l^aniifacture .and Composition of Gunpowder.