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Fers Iilaic[uette. Whose highest boast was that of being free,— And they, within the jewelled crown of State, Have set a gem of worth exceeding great, Suggested by a recent act of the Michigan liegislature A gem the pureness of whose brilliant rays ordering a costly bronze statue of the great Jesuit Mission­ Reflects upon the Nation highest praise,— ary to be placed in the new Capitol, They who reward the deeds that good men do Poetic justice, -while the world rolls round, Win for themselves renown and honor too. Is always lauded, though not often found; D. For men have lived to earn a kingly crown Who met but silence, or a cold world's frown. Not so, dear Father, thy unconscious acts; Alcliemy and the Alchemists. Thy noble, patient toil to-day exacts A tribute graceful from a grateful land, in.—ASTROLOGY AND ALCHEMISTIC EccENTRiCTnES. And justice crowns thee with a generous hand. But before going further, it would not, probably, be out 'Tis meet a statue should commemorate of place to say a word about that intimate connectioa The deeds of one who was so truly great,— which so long existed between those two kindred branches Of one whose soul was never lured by greed of mystic knowledge—astrology and alchemy—one of To the commission of a sinful deed,— which was by many regarded as the complementary part Whose soul saw nothing in this human clod ' Save the pure image of its Maker—God,— of the other. It is a notorious fact that the alchemists, a Whose mind was vital with a noble zeal few laudably excepted, attributed the failure or success of The treasures of the Gospel to reveal their operations to the influence of the heavenly bodies. To strangers dwelling on a distant shore,— They imagined a certain sympathy to exist between the Whose vast possessions were unknown before,— seven then-known metals and the seven planets, and ac> To follow in the path his Saviour trod. cordingly each of the metals was placed under the influence And preach the Gospel in a land devoid of a certain one of the planets, from which also it took its Of the home-comforts his dear France supplied. name. Gold was called the sun, then regarded as a planet; And in that wilderness he toiled and died, silver, Diana, or the moon, also counted among the planets; Among the children of his fostering care, Wliose " death-chant" swelling on the firostyair . quicksilver,Mercury, a name it still retains; iron, Maia; More eloiiuent than eulogies of bards, copper, Yenus; lead, Saturn; and tin, Jupiter. Proclaimed his greatness and his rich rewards. To carry on their work successfully, it was necessary to be guided by the position occupied by these heavenly Such was his mission and how well It was performed the records nobly tell. bodies at any given time. If the house of which one of the They tell of vigils by the mountain streams— planets was lord was in a certain part of the heavens, their Of perils where the morning's early beams' experiments would be successful, otherwise they would Burst in their grandeur over trackless floods prove fruitless. To each of the twelve houses into wMch. And purple ridges of surrounding woods. the heavens were divided, was assigned a peculiar virtue Where from the North the piercing Arctic breeze or influence. An operation, consequently, that would be Swept in its frenzy over frozen seas,— successful under the influence of one house while in Where Huron tosses in its mad unrest the ascendant, would ^il if attempted under the influence Or waves lie sleeping on its peaceful breast, of another house occupying the same position, although The "King of waters" rolls with sullen roar, Its surges breaking on a rugged shore,— an hour might not intervene between the happy conclusion Where summer bloomed upon a forest wild. of the operation in the first case and its ineffectual rei)eti- And Nature on a glorious landscape smiled. tion in the second. This connection between astrology The missionary fixed his rude abode and alchemy had its origin with the Arabs, and lasted And paved for Commerce and the Arts the road. until the introduction of chemistry, properly so called, ia A waiting race soon-thronged this vast domain the latter half of the 17th century. And cities reared'upon the fertile plain,— Before quitting this part of our subject, it may be of in­ And white-winged commerce came with equal ease terest to say a few words concerning some of the peculiar And plowed the waters of those " inland seas." customs in vogue among the cultivators of the Hermetic No tyrant emperors nor kmgs had they,— art. Before commencing their operations, the alchemists, No lying bronze nor marble to portray at least many of them, were accustomed to recite certain The fulsome flatteries of a fawning race. Whose praise or censure is alike—disgrace. special prayers or verses collected from various sources, in They were a race who worshipped liberty— order thereby to render the powers of Nature more faYor- 484 THE SCHOLASTIC.

able towards them and to obtain the necessary assistance numerous histories which have been written of them. to succeed in their great undertaking. A particular virtue The curious reader is also referred to Scott's " Antiquary " was attached to the recitation of a celebrated hymn the com­ and "Kenilworth," in which, in the picturesque account of position of which was attributed to Hermes Trismegistes. some of his characters, he gives a very correct idea of those The following is the beginning of the hymn, which is cunning impostors who have ever played such a conspicu­ throughout a sublime invocation of the Supreme Being .— ous part in the history of alchemy. "Universe be attentive to my prayer; Earth be thou [TO BE OONTINTJED.] opened and may all the mass of waters be disclosed to me. Trees shake not: I wish to praise the Lord of creation,— The One arid the AU—td pan Mi td ^n. Let the heavens be Amsricaa Artists. opened and the winds be hushed. Immortal cycle of God, hear my prayer. May all my faculties celebrate The One WASHINGTON ALLSTON. and the -4fl." Some also recited the following verse of the On a calm evening of July, 1843, a procession was seen Psalmist:—"As silver tried by the fire, purged from the wending its silent way through the deeply-shaded paths at earth, refined seven times: Argentuni igne examinatum, Mount Auburn. The procession was lighted on its way probatum terra, purgatum septuplum (Psalm, xi, 7), and by torches, which marked the whole line of mourners, they considered this to be proof positive that David had a friends and admirers of the greatest i>ainter which America knowledge of their art, if he was not its inventor. The can, as yet, claim—Washington Allston. The mourning following allegorical lines of a hymn formerly sung in cer­ train had come from the modest dwelling in which for sev­ tain churches was also in great repute among the alchem­ eral years he had fixed his alK)de on Auburn street, Cam­ ists, who took special pleasure in counting St. John among bridge—or, as this part of the city is more generally called, the adepts: "He gets a treasure inexhaustible, who from Cambridgeport—a spot which it should be the pride of ev­ sticks makes gold, gems from stones." ery American citizen to see preserved in its identity. To those who were privileged during his life-time to witness ^^ Jnexhaustumfert ihesawum, the charm ^thrown over those quiet rooms by his very Qui de virgisfacit aurum, presence,' the place seems to belong by right of association Oemmas de lapidibus" Basil Valentine recommends before commencing the to one whose name will not die; while to us, who became great work, the invocation of God, the Trinity, and the familiar with it after his death, the veneration for departed Saints; for, says he, "the entrails of the earth are not genius so natural to the human heart, gave an untold at­ opened to the godless; they are disclosed only to the holy traction to everything connected with Mr. Allston. and devout." "Intima viscera naturm nunquam impiopa- We were still in the midst of an academic course in one iefiunt; gum nisi pits et Sanctis viris manifestantur." of the most beautiful of New England villages when the Others, concealing their ignorance under the veil of ob­ news of Mr. Allston's death went over the land. The in­ scure mysticism, pretended to have in their service the telligence, with all the details of burial by torch-light, lost spirits of darkness and to be capable of evoking at will the nothing in being orally communicated by an accomplished dead and demons. (See Life of John Dee, Kelly, Albert classical and English scholar, in whom his pupils never Alaski, etc.) Even some who were really learned and men of saw a fault, instead of learning it through the columns of genius, as Paracelsus, were no better in this respect. They an illustrated newspaper, as people do nowadays. We had their laboratories, that is those who could aflford one, shall never forget the breathless hush in the large study- fitted up in the most fantastic manner imaginable. Near the hall when this description was given by a -teacher who entrance might be seen an androides—an automatic machine never lost an opportunity to impress a lesson in beauty of of human form, and capable, by means of ingeniously ar­ life and action on the minds of his pupils, and who chose ranged springs, of performing some of the actions of a liv­ the blameless career of Washington Allston as one prec­ ing man;—in some other conspicuous place a stuflFed croc­ ious beyond the ordinary course of even blameless lives, odile; here the skeleton of a full-grown man; there the for it was" exalted by genius. embalmed body of an infant; whilst in the midst of the Tears afterwards, when we became familiar with his room, on a stand ornamented with strange devices, might works, not only with those in public galleries, but in the be seen a book of spells; and near to it, probably, various homes o£ Boston; and not only with those, but with oth­ instruments of astrologic art, horoscopes, astrolabes, etc. ers, cherished by the friends he loved best on earth, how Hard by were several old tomes, treating of the Opus Mag­ near we seemed to come to the very artist himself! Es­ num, vmtten, it was said, by Hermes Trismegistes, Geber, pecially did this seem true when we saw, day after day, the fmd other noted adepts in the art. Everything was de­ youthful portrait of the artist, painted by his own hand, signed to strike the beholder with awe, and to induce in before he was twenty years of age. The likeness of his Ms mind a high opinion of the powers of the owner of this mother, also, with the fall of choice lace over a lovely mysterious place. The uncouth appearance and external brow; studied, too, the pictures they told us he cared most liabiliments of the alchemist himself corresponded perfectly for on the walls of his home; and, above all, when whole •with the strange appurtenances of the place in which he volumes of those wonderful outlines of some of his great­ (Siried on his great work of chrysopcea. For the uniniti­ est works were laid on our writing-table for weeks to­ ated to enter this sanctum unbidden, with a view of pry­ gether as an habitual companion, and as a constant incen­ ing into and divulging the secrets of the craft, was certain tive to study, by the gentle, appreciative woman who so death—the demon in the employ of the alchemist taking faithfully cherished his memory. These outlines were da- upon himself, in the absence of his master, the office of guerreotyped on plate, and then engraved, by those two punishing the rash intruder. {Vide Story of Cornelius artists worthy to stand among the artist-goldsmiths of Aggrippa). "But this en passant. Those desiring a more de­ Florence and of Siena—Seth and John Cheney. Still, tailed narrative of the alchemists are referred to any of the ' there was something in the pen-and-ink outlines traced by THE SCHOLASTIC 485x the hand of the master himself, which took a far deeper He gave God thanks; then, stooping, filled his flask hold on the imaginatioa and the heart. " Why do you this ? " Bessarion asked in haste. Afterwards we took pains to see every picture on this side of the water painted by Mr. Allston. And of what The youth replied, " Lest I again should thirat." homes were they not the precious treasures! Wo costly His master gazed at him with tender care; " God pardon thee, my son! Thou shouldat believe furniture was allowed to destroy the harmonious effects of He can provide sweet water anywhere!" those mellow tints, those softened lights, those ethereal ex­ -Bowdoin Orient. Z. Y. pressions ; and the testimony thus given to the esteem in which they were held had something touching in it, for which strangers to New England life and sentiment might Tli9 Enigflits Templars. not have been prepared. Fashion uncrowned herself in order to do homage to art There is not in all history a subject more deeply inter* Washington Allston was born at "Waccamaw, South esting and, at the same time more grossly misrepresented, Carolina, on his father's plantations, November 5, 1779. than that of the Templars, or Knights of the Temple; a His temperament was highly nervous, his mind quick and world-renowned order, whose ranks have so well served active, and his sensibility acute. His health, as might be the cause of Christendom. Their foundation dates from expected, was delicate, and while he was still very young, the year 1118, at which time Hugh de Payns, a nobleman it became evident that he needed a more bracing air than of Champagne, and other illustrious knights, meeting be­ that of his native State, while his mind required a greater fore the Holy Sepulchre, resolved to devote their swords variety and scope than was afforded by a plantation life. lo the defence of the true faith against the Saracens. The' Physician and teacher thus united in advising the removal order was guided by the sole object of protecting pilgrims of the gifted boy to a northern school. At that period against the arms and savage fury of the Mussalmen, and there was no town in New England which could boast of of guarding the roads that led to Jerusalem. Like the a more cultivated society than Newport, Rhode Island. Hospitallers, they followed the rule of St. Augustin^ Allston was sent there with a view to his health, at seven which consisted of the four vows—obedience, poverty, years of age; but he remained until he was seventeen, and chastity, and devotion to the defence of the pilgrims against attended a very excellent school kept by Mr. Ro bert Rogers. the unbelievers. The first house which they possessed Although the opportunities for enjoying or for practising was situated in the Holy City near the site of the Temple art in those days were very few in the States, yet Newport of Solomon; hence their name of Templars, which has enjoyed an unusual share of these opportunities, so attrac­ been made so variously celebrated by their military exploits tive to the Carolina boy whose school-days were passed and tragic end. They wore a peculiar dress, consisting of there. The first English painter of note who came to our a white mantle ornamented with a bright red cross. So shores in 1728 visited Newport, and"Gilbert Stuart, born long as the Templars observed the vow of poverty they in 1757, owed his first encouragement as a painter to New­ were as truly the ornament of reh'gion by their virtues as port friends. "While Allston was a schoolboy there, a they had been its bulwark by their valor, St. Bernard's manufacturer of quadrants and compasses, by the name of praise was but the expression of truth, when, in-the mid­ King, who had received the rudiments of an artistic educa­ dle of the twelfth century, he eulogized their piety, conr- tion, sometimes painted a portrait. " This man had an at­ age and devotion to the Church. "When, however, their traction for the boy-artist; and the boy gave him pleasure valor and exploits against the Saracens had gained for the in return. He soon discovered the genius of his young order an extraordinary reputation and immense riches, friend, and gave him essential help, by correcting his early the vices' which usually follow in the train of opulence attempts and giving him an idea of the best methods. found an easy entrance among them. Those men whose Long afterwards his casual pupil spoke of him with grat­ life should have been ruled by charity, were seen display­ itude. " It was a pleasant thing to me," he wrote, " to re­ ing a scandalous magnificence—and living, as it were, on mind the old man of those kindnesses." A portrait of terms of equality with kings. Thus did wealth gener­ this venerable friends—probably the earliest experiment ate among them a spirit of arrogance and independence made by Allston in oil—still exists at Newport. The head which exasperated both the civil and the ecclesiastical is noble in outline and the expression benign, while a dis­ authorities. "While the great struggle between the Chris­ criminating eye can also perceive distinct indications of tians and Mohammedans was raging in the East, the many that mellow tone and felicity in coloring which afterwards brilliant exploits of the Kiights and their signal services distinguished Mr. Allston's pictures. to the cause of religion were powerful palliatives to the * * * charges brought against their private life. So affairs stood while they retained the field; the public mind, dazzled by The Abbot Bessarion. their splendid feats of arms, would give no ear to the charges brought against them, and great indignation was excited The holy Abbot, in the burning noon. against the authors of what were then supposed to be Walked by the sea, in pious thought immersed; His worn disciple, faintly following, cried, calumnies. "When, however, the fall of Ptolemais, by clos­ " My father, help me, for I die of thirst!" ing the field of their glory, obliged them to return to the peaceful life of the convent, the un£, vorable reports' The Abbot turned, some holy thought within, circulated agamst them began to gain more and more As he made answer, shining through his face: credence, so much so indeed that it was thought advisable' " My son, drink of this water here, and find to make new inquiries, the result of which induced Philip How faith works miracles in every place." the Fair to have all the Templars of his kingdom arrested on the same day, the thirteenth of October (A. Dl 1307); His worn disciple drank; and lo ! the wave I This blow had been prepared with a degree of secresy that Was sweet as mountain streamlet to his taste. 488' THE SCHOLASTIC. is truly remarkable; for on the same day all the Templars, edgments of guilt, were delivered over to the secular au­ in Prance, not excepting the Grand Master, were arrested, thority to be treated according to the rigor of the law. confined in prisons and their property confiscated. When Fifty-nine were burned at the stake in Paris, near the Porte Clement V, who had received no intimation of the aflFair, Saint-Antoine. The Grand Master, James of Molay, who was informed of this encroachment upon ecclesiastical juris­ had repeatedly confessed the guilt of the Order, on hear­ diction, since the Templars were a religious order and de­ ing the sentence of perpetual imprisonment pronounced, pended upon the Holy See, he wrote to the king, in a tone suddenly exclaimed that the Order was innocent and had expressive of the deepest indignation: " You have over­ been calumniated. The officers of the Papal council, being stepped the bounds of your authority in constituting your­ unwilling to act hastily in this unexpected occurrence, sent self the judge of immediate subjects of the Church, and by Molay back into custody and prepared to deliberate on seizing upon their possessions." He accordingly called up the subject. Philip, having heard what had happened, and the whole case of the Templars before his own tribunal; being highly incensed, ordered, without consulting the and dispatched legates to Paris demanding from the king Pope, the execution of Molay. That very same day (March the surrender of the Knights, in order that he might treat 11,1314) he was burned alive on a small island of the the matter in due legal order. The^Pope by thus calling Seine. It is said that the Grand Master, as the flames en­ the case before his tribunal disconcerted the plans of wrapped him, summoned the Pope to appear before the Philip; still he submitted, and sent to Poitiers a report of tribunal of the Sovereign Judge within forty days and the all the examinations made by his order, with seventy-two king within a year. The story, although popularly be­ knights, who, without constraint or torture, confessed, be­ lieved, is without proof Thus fell that renowned Order fore the Pope, themselves guilty of the principal crimes of the Templars, the sufferings and final overthrow of laid to their charge. Struck at the unanimity that existed which are still a subject of deep interest, although between in the accusations, testimonies and free avowals of so many them and us a period of five centuries has elapsed. persons, several of whom he himself had examined, he Philip, it must be confessed, acted a little hastily in burn­ wrote to all the Christian princes in Europe that they ing the Templars; still, as regards the punishment, he might take proper measures against the evil. The world merely followed the jurisprudence commonly adopted in might well have stood aghast when a religious order, in­ those ages against heinous crimes. Nevertheless, the mem­ stituted for the defence of the faith, confessed, as a general ory of the Sovereign Pontiff should not, on that account, custom in their order," the horrible impiety of denying be blighted with the shadow-of a reproach; for the line Christ, of trampling upon the august sign of salvation, the between his conduct and that of Philip's is distinctly worship of obscene idols, the practice of the most shameful marked. The main portion of the transaction being thus disorders, and that an assent to all these impieties was a stated from authentic sources, it is impossible to consider necessary condition for admission into the order." the duration of the inquiries; the fair manner in which The inquiries about the Templars and their different they were conducted; the agreement in the avowals made trials having now occupied nearly five years, the Pope, with a by the accused in so many different places, and not be view to close this immense procedure, and to decide a ques­ fully convinced that the Templars deserved to be sup­ tion which held the world in suspense, convoked a general pressed, and that the sentence pronounced in the council council to be held at Yienne, in Prance, towards the close of of Vienne was just, proper, and of great service to religion the year 1311. From this council it became evident that and society. THOMAS CHiLDa. many individuals had been guilty of enormous crimes, but there was not equal evidence to implicate the whole order; Society ITotes. however, it was clear it had degenerated, and that, instead of being of any further utility, it was an object of scandal —^The St. Cecilia Philomathean Association held its 33rd to the Church. Some of the fathers in the Pope's Council regular meeting April 20th. The Moot Court occupied all were of the opinion that punishment should be inflicted the time of this meeting. The 34th regular meeting took place May 3rd. After the regular exercises were concluded only upon the individuals who were guilty, and not upon the members tendered an unanimous vote of thanks to the the Order in general; while the majority maintained the Editor of the SoHoiiASTic, Profs. T. O'Mahony, A. M., and necessity of suppressing an Order whose corruption was M. Foote, for valuable assistance rendered in the prepara­ proved by the united testimony of more than two thousand tion of the Moot Court. witnesses. Clement V, therefore, came to the conclusion —The St. Stanislaus Philopatrian Association held its 29th and 30th regular meetings respectively April 19th and that the Order of the Knights Templars could no longer May 1st. The fol lowing deserve mention for declamations: be tolerated with propriety, and he accordingly published L. Pilliod, H. Quan, W. Roelle, J. Del Vecchio, J. l*felson, the bull of suppression (April 3,1312.) In order to show E. Davis, J. Collon, J. French and C. R. Post. Master L. Pilliod was then elected second Vice-President, W. G. that the suppression was irrevocable, and that no one Morris Corresponding Secretary, T. Hoffman and E. Wasli- might afterwards enter the Order, wear its dress, or bear burn 3rd and 4th Censors. the name of Templar, he transferred the property of the —The 54th regular meeting of the Columbian Literary Order to the Knights Hospitallers, who, more faithful to and Debating Club was held May 2d. At this meeting the primitive rules of their noble vocation, were still fight­ Messrs. Crummey, Marks and Soule delivered declama­ ing the battles of Christendom against the infidels, from tions, and Messrs. Lyons, McNulty, Hunt and Ratigan read essays. The following subject was chosen for next debate: whose hands they had just received the island of Rhodes. Resolved "That the Indian has Suffered More than the Clemency was urged in favor of the knights who showed Negro from the "White man." The following are the de­ signs of repentance, and they were to receive, from the baters on the affirmative: Monahan, Hunt and Soule; on property of the suppressed Order, an honorable mainte­ the negative: Mooney, Campbell and O'Connell. After a few remarks by the President the meeting adjourned. nance to support and console their broken and branded ex­ —^The Scientific Association held its fifth regular meet­ istence. Those, however, who still obstinately asserted ing on Sunday evening, May 2, when Rev. Mr. Zahm con­ their innocence and even retracted their former acknowl­ cluded his pleasing lecture oa "Alchemy and the Alche- THE SCHOLASTIC. 48>

mists." The Bev. gentlemtin treated the subject in a very est tests by scientific men and experts of eveiy sort, and able and interesting manner. His lecture showed a vast has proved by its conduct that the only means of explod­ amount of research, and great depth of thought. He ing it is by a large and powerful percnssion-cap. In con­ showed the great benefits accruing to science from the tact with fire it bums to ashes like saltpetre paper. A lot seemingly blind, though unremitting labors of the alche­ of 8,000 pounds has been burned at once without explod­ mists, and how science in her steady march towards per­ ing. It may be poured upon a red-hot plate, or a red-hot fection might yet reveal facts which would confirm many poker may be thrust into it; a box of it may be thrown of the statements of the alrhemists. upon rocks from any height, so that the box is shattered; heavy weights may be thrown upon it; it may be beaten with a sledge-hammer; it may be held in the band and set Ssisntific ITotes. on fire, ana when half-consumed be extinguished with water; all this may be done and the powder will refuse to —^An interesting discovery has been made at Les Cor- explode." bieres, on the top of the mountain overhanging Padern, of —^The eminent Catholic astronomer, Mr. Richard Proc­ a grotto containing among other prehistoric relics pieces tor, has recently written to the Times as follows:—^'•Dean of shells carefully cut into hooks and pierced for suspen­ Stanley claims a higher position for Gralileo than can cor­ sion from the neck, which evidently were the knives used rectly be assigned to him. Apart from the indubitable in remote ages. position of Copernicus as the father of modem astronomy, —^At the Brighton (England) Aquarium a remarkable Galileo was neither the first Copemican nor the most circumstance connected with the breeding of octopus has successful of the early Copernicans in helping to place the taken place in tank 25. A female had deposited a quantity modern system on a sound scientific basis. His attention of eggs, but died, as these animals often do, in spawning. was first directed to the Copemican system by reports of The male has taken charge of the whole, and may be seen the lectures of "Wurteisen. In a letter to Kepler, dated constantly guarding them. 1597, Galileo mentions that he had adopted the new system —By the will of Sir Charles Lyell, the sum of £3.000 is several years before, though he continued to teach the bequeathed to the Geological Society for the purpose Ptolemaic system. Kepler himself had embraced the Co­ of founding a fund for promoting geological research. pemican doctrine in 1591 or 1592, his teacher being the The award is to be accompanied by a "Lyell Medal," and, celebrated Mostlin. So far as the modem system depends according to Sir Charles' will, is to be open to geologists on' discoveries,' Kepler and Newton must be regarded as of any nationality, or of either sex. its founders—the first by discovering the laws which bear his name, the second by discovering the law of gravitation. —An interesting numismatic discovery -was made the Galileo's discoveries with the telescope afforded more strik­ other day at Bourbonne-les-Bains, Department of Haute- ing popular evidence—that is, evidence more easily under­ Marne, in France. In making excavations for the public stood—in favor of the Copemican theory; but these dis­ baths and reservoirs now in course of construction, the coveries were an inevitable sequel of Jansen's invention workmen came upon a large number of Roman coins and of the telescope, as is shown by the fact that others in­ medals, respectively of bronze, silver, and gold. Between dependently discovered most of the phenomena noticed by 4,000 and 5,000 pieces in all have been already removed to Galileo. I mention these facts because the common error the museum—namely, 4,000 bronze, 300 silver, and a few respecting Florence's great natural philosopher detracts gold coins; the latter are in size equal to French pieces of unfairly from the credit due to Copernicus, Kepler, and forty francs, and bear the portraits of Nero, Hadrian, Hono- Newton, as the men whose conjoint labors establfehed the rius, and Faustina Senior, wife of Antoninus Pius. modem system of astronomy. It may be added that —^Mr. James Hartness, of Detroit, thinks he has in- Galileo's 'Systema Mundi,' the work which led to the Tented a balloon that, with a motive power, can be driven atrocious persecution whereby his name has been rendered through the air against a moderate wind, and steered in famous, was published in 1632; Kepler's 'Harmonia any desired direction. The balloon is to be in compart­ Mundi' (the key-stone of the Copemican system as a kin­ ments, exactly similar to the sections of an orange. etic explanation of the planetary motions) thirteen years Coiled steel springs are to turn wheels, and the steering earlier, in 1619. apparatus, which is in front of the boat, consists of fwo *-^^~^ pieces of framework covered with strong canvas crossing —^For one hundred and fifty years critics have disputed each other longitudinally and at right angles. This is over the correct way to spell the name of Shakespeare. attached to the front of the boat in such a way that it may The troy Times thinks that the reason that the Bard of be lowered, elevated, or swung to either side, at will. By Avon induced Juliet to enquire, " What's in a name ?'* lowering it, the wind strikes the broad iurface and sends was for the purpose of discovering the correct orthography the balloon downward; by elevating it, the balloon will, of his own name, and says that in some of the earlier edi­ on the same principle be sent upward; if turned to the tions of Shakespeare it reads " What's in his name ?'.' or, right or left, the baUoon will be directed in the same direc­ in plain languag, " How many letters are in his (Shakes­ tion. peare's) name?" The spelling of Shakespeare's name has —The Engineer has elaborated some curious statistics on been an orthographical puzzle that critics for a century the subject of the channel tunnel between France and and a half have labored over. Stevens, Drake, Dr. John­ England, and arrives at the conclusion that, having regard son, Reed, Hazlitt, Chateaubriand, Lamartine. Ulrich and to the number of trains sent through daily, it will be nec­ Bodenstedt spell the name with ten letters, thus—Shaks- essary, if ordinary locomotives are used, to reuew the air peare. Chidworth, Mason, Heath, Lord Campbell, White in the tunnel entirely every hour, and as the tunnel will Guizot and Horn insist on eleven letters, thus—Shakes­ " be twenty miles long, and all the air must be withdrawn peare; while still others, though less in number and ab-^ from one end or the other, a current of air must be passed ility' declare for only nine letters, thus—Sbakspere. through at the rate of twenty miles an hour. These re­ —^Five hundred volumes have been given to the Cath­ sults are of course arrived at on the supposition that the olic University College, England, by the Rev. J. O'Fallon air would be rendered irrespirable by the coke smoke Pope, an Oxford student recently converted, now a stndent evolved, and the obvious alternative is to apply motive in Rome. Three hundred volumes by Mr. John Leemin^. power by means other than those in use on ordinary rail­ In addition to the above, a large library of 10,000 volumes ways. It has, too, yet to be decided by the engineering is being treated for, together with an herbarium, the whole world whether the erection of a shaft or shafts in the being the frait of the labors of the late Dr. Shattleworth. channel is practicable. There has been secured the geological collection of Prof. —Dynamite, or giant-powder, may be transported by all Maurice, of the London University. Profl Mivart has ordinary means of conveyance in every climate and tem­ formed a typical museum for physiological and anatomical perature without danger of explosion. Several European purposes, which now forms an admirable teaching museum, Governments allow it to pass as common freight. The and Prof. Barff has directed the erection and fitting ap of secret of its safety lies in the fact that the absorbent is a complete chemical laboratory, affording accommodation soft, compressible, and elastic, and is no more affected by a for the practical instruction of twenty-five students.—Lon­ blow than is a cushion. It has been subjected to the sever­ don Begister. 4S8 THE SCHOLASTIC

gainst these very laws ? It was all very well as long as these laws were enforced against such noble and upright men as The Scbijlastix). Ledochowski and the Bishops and Priests throughout the Fublislved, evsry WeeJc during Term, Time atEmpire ; but now When these same laws work against the WOTBE DAME UWIVEESITT. Evangelicals it is quite another thing altogether. It is a different ox that is gored now, and complaints are all All communications shonld be sent to Editor SCHOLASTIC proper enough! Notre Dame, Indiana. ISBMS: We do not blame the Evangelicals for feeling aggrieved Oneyear $100 and for expressing. their opposition to the iniquitous Single copies (5 cts.) can be obtained at the Students' Office. laws. It is proper that they should complain. But at the The Scholastic for the 2nd. Session. same time does it not look very strange that the same The subscription price of the Scholastic for the 2nd session of 6 paper and the same party should have praised the legisla­ months iijlfly cents ; besides -vrhich all new subscribers are requested tion of the German Government so long as Catholics alone to send ten cents for postage, making in all sixty cents. were aggrieved by them? If they were just laws when Address: Editor of THE SCHOLASTIC, Notre Dame P. O., Ind. they were not enforced against the Evangelicals, why are they not still just? Have the Evangelicals any rights of —^There was a time when the Kreuz-zeUung of Berlin conscience which others have not ? was hand and glove with Bismarck in regard to his policy No! the laws were unjust when they were first passed lelating to Church-matters and religion in Prussia. It was and continue to be so. Were they changed now so as to the great and special organ of the German Chancellor and apply to the Evangelicals alone, we would still say they his party. Every act which they did, and every law which were unjust. The fact is that Bismarck is a tyrant, and the they passed, was upheld and praised by it. But a change Evangelicals are beginning to see this and to feel the effect has come over the spirit of its dreams, Bismarck and his of his tyranny. poli

The Dan Bryant Benefit night here was a great night at ground. Thousands of bushels of flour were then laid the theatres. The sum of §30,000 was taken in by the down in the park, and the Cuirassiers as they charged be­ managers, who will turn it over to the committee ap­ came enveloped in clouds of farina. The illusion was pointed to manage the fund. Yours, RAFAEL. complete, the studies admirable, and the finished picture sold for millions. In emulation of Meissonier's careful realism, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, in her efforts to obtain Art ITotes. accuracy in her new picture of a cavalry charge, had a field trodden down by horses so that she could draw the bruised grass. —^The Andrews collection of paintings in New York sold at auction for $31,000. —The eminent artist, distinguished traveller, and vener­ able patriarch, Baron Jean Fredrick de Waldeck whose —^The British Royal Academy this year has received death, in the 110th year of his age, took place a few days 6,006 pictures for exhibition. Some of these will of course since, was born in Rome, Italy. He was the descendant be rejected. of an ancient family of the Italian nobility. His family —Simmons, the sculptor, is completing his TJnited States attracting the enmity of his government, the famUy were naval monument, upon which he has been engaged for banished, and took refuge in Prance. Here De Waldeck four years. devoted himself to painting and music, and without attract­ —The late J. H. Foley is represented this year in the ing cosmopolitan fame to his name as an artist, earned a Royal Academy Exhibition by works in marble, bronze very comfortable livelihood. During the first years of and plaster. Marie Antoinette's sojourn in France he was her teacher —^Mr. Wra. Bradford has sailed for England, taking upon the harp, and she also studied Italian under his with him his recently completed picture, " The Polaris in tutelage. At the first outbreak of the French revolution Thank God Harbor." of 1693 he fled from France and travelled for a time in Germany, but becoming discontented he returned during —The municipality of Seville are preparing a testimo­ the First Empire and joined the ranks of the French army, nial to Mr. Schaus, the New York art dealer, for his serv­ fighting under Napoleon at Austerlitz and in several other " ices in procuring the restoration of the stolen Murillo preceding baltles. He was three times married and was " St. Anthony of Padua." the father of a numerous progeny, hia last son being bom —^M. Casimir de Balthasar, a painter of talent, died re­ after he had attained his eighty-fifth year. Of late years cently at Paris. His principal works were " Joan of Arc he has given much time to the study of modern languages, in Prison," "Philip de Valbis after his defeat at Grecy" for which he always posessed great aptitude, and he was and the "Death of Lora." said to be able to speak all the tongues of the leading na­ —^David Sinton has decided to erect on the Fifth Street tions of Europe fluently, and to have had a passable knowl­ Market space, Cincinnati, Ohio, a granite tower one hun- edge of twenty-one European and Asiatic languages. _ Even dred|and sixty feet high, surmounted by a colossal statue of in years just passed he manifested no indication of his very Cininnatus habited in a toga. The tower will cost $50,000. advanced age, being both physically and mentally in pos­ —The Chicago Typographical Union are to have a session of all his faculties, walking erect without a cane, painted portrait of the late A. M. Talley, the pioneer printer and conversing with great intelligence upon both past and of Chicago. "We hear it rumored that Prof. Gregori is to present, political, and social events. Altogether he was be the. artist selected to paint the picture. Mr. Talley was considered the most remarkable centenarian of the age, for 23 years the foreman of the Democrat office, under the and was always a welcome guest and great favorite in Hon. Jno. Wentworth. He was well known to the craft artistic, musical and dramatic circles in the French capital. as the " Franklin of Chicago." —Chicago Times. —Of the Centennial Monuments to he erected in Philadelphia —Meissonier's third picture in four years has just been the N. T. Tribune Correspondence says : ";The most important exhibited in Paris. It is less than a foot in height and of these monuments is the Catholic fountain, for which §40,000 barely more than a foot in width, and represents a halt has been raised by the Catholic Temperance Union of America. of horsemen in the days of the First Empire. It is praised In the centre of the fountain there will stand a colossal statue as a miracle of accuracy and of spirit; and has been of Moses smiting the rock, from which the water will flow into bought at the price of 130,000 francs, or $34,000 in gold, a marble basin, on the corners of which will be statues of Char­ les Carroll of CarroUton, Bishop Carroll'of Maryland; the by a private collector who ordered it three years ago. first American commissioner to Canada; Commodore Barry, —Gustav Dore, the distinguished French artist, will "the father of the American navy;" and Father Mathew. visit America, to be present at the Centennial. He will The central fl£:ure will be 15 feet high, and the other 9 feet. be the guest of our esteemed friend, the popular artist, All will be made of bronze. The artist is Hermann Kerns of Colonel John R. Johnston. It is the intention of the Col­ Philadelpha, who is now modelling the statue in the studio of Charles Steinhauser, his preceptor, at Carlsrnhe, Baden. . . . onel to get up an art excursion over the Baltimore and The statue of Toleration, which the Hebrews will erect, is Ohio Railroad, and through the far West. Mr. John W. being made in Rome by Ezekiel, a young Cincinnati sculptor. Garrett will furnish the art excursion party with a special It is a female figure in marble, 10 feet high, pointing to heaven car over all their connections of railroads, in compliment with one hand, and with the other holding a shield over the to the greatest artist iu designing that has ever lived. All fisrure of a hoy kneeling at her feet. Freedom protectina: reli- " the arrangements are completed, and only await the arri­ sion is the meaning of the group. The cost will be $25,000, val of the distinguished visitor, Gustav Dore. Colonel which is provided for by the'B'nai Birth Association. . . . The movement among the Presbyterians for a statue of Witherspoon Johnston is a personal friend of Dore, having known him has made such progress that there is no doubt of its success, in Paris. The excursion party will consist of some and I believe the order has already been given for a figure in twenty-five of the most prominent artists and literary men marble, 11 feet high, to cost §25,000, but I have not learned the of America. It is thought Dore will send some of his best name of the artist. . . . Last among the statues which have pictures to exhibit while he is here at the Centennial. some religious significance is that of William Penn. In this There is a great curiosity in this country to sec this cele­ case, however, the significance lies entirely in the man who is to brated painter and drauglitsman. be represented in bronze, and does not proceed from the people who seek to commemorate him. The statue is not the gift of —"To paint Cuirassiers," said Meissonier, "I must the Quakers. ... It is to the commissioners of the new Phil­ needs see them." He accordingly took a dozen of this adelphia public buildings that the people will he indebted corps to his country-house, where they were required to for the colossal figure of the founder, 30 feet high, which will charge down the park every morning; but the evolution crown George's Hill in the park. Eventually they intend to did not last long, and, before the artist had sketched an transfer it to the dome of the new city hall. The artist is outline of the group, the gallant fellows were out of sight. Mr. Bailey, of this city, and the casting will be done here at Wood's foundry. The German societies of Philadelphia have "Y'ou must follow them by train," said a friend. No subscribed §18,000 for a statue of Humboldt, which is being sooner said than done. An engineer was summoned, rails made by Prof. Drache of Berlin. It will be of marble, 7 feet •were laid down, rolling stock purchased, and for several in he.ght, and its unveilins will be made the occasion of a •weeks Meissonier accompanied the charge of his models distinctive German celebration. A statue of Columbus, in by train. But it was summer, and historical accuracy re­ marble, has been ordered in Rome by the Colnmbus Monument quired that the Cuirassiers should dash oyer snowy association, an organization of Italians formed in this city last 490 THE SCHOLASTIC.

year. The cost of the work will be -$12,000. Of Miss Harreit, Hosmer's statue of Emancipation very little is known. She is solemn and demure of men, he could not refrain from now engaged upon it in Kome, but according to report per­ laughing on beholding this strange sight." mits no one to see the model. It is a gift from herself and is —The Italian opera season at the Covent Garden Thea­ designed to commemorate the secon'd of the two greatest tre in London was opened on the 31st of March in a most evnets in the nation's histoiy. . . . The eighth monument is a national monument of Liberty, for which subscriptions are solic­ brilliant manner, according to the newspapers. The Ob­ ited by a society of which President Grant is the head, and a server is very enthusiastic in its review of the first week. number of prominent persons are directors. A model has been The first work sung was "William Tell," with Maurcl in prepared by W. W. Story and accepted by the directors, and the title part, which he sang in London list year; 5[arim enough of money has been subscribed to make it probable that again as Arnoldo, and Bagaglio, Sabata, Mile. Scalchi the enterprise will not miscarry. Of course the site for the Mile. Cottmo the less important characters. Mile. Bianchi monument is Independence Square." made her first appearance in the character of Matilda, and made a decided success. " She has," says the Observer " a bright, fresh voice, sings well and bids fair to take a high Husical 2Totes. rank in art. In the air 'Selva oraca' she elicited warm applause from an unusually apathetic audience. We are —A. new musical journal called the Concordia has ap­ pleased to chronicle the progress of this young artiste, who peared in Loudon. made her debut last season as the page Oscar, in Verdi's 'Ballo in 3Iaschera.'" " Der Freischutz" was the second —^]\Iadame Pleyel, the pianiste, has bequeathed 10,000 fr. opera. The most striking feature in the performance was to the Association of Artistes-Musiciens. the Agatha of Mile. D'Augeri. Verdi's " Masked Ball" —Liszt has been named bv the Emperor of Austria, introduced a new tenor—Signor De Sanctis—who was President of an Academy of Music now in process, of or­ highly praised. On Thursday, the 9th of April, Mile. ganization at Pesth. Thalberg was to have made her first appearance in " Don —A new five-act grand opera, of which M. Kowalski, Giovanni." . the pianist, is both composer and librettist, and of which the scene is laid in Brittanv, is, it is said, to be produced immediately at the Salle Ventadour, with the old troupe Literature. of M. Bagier. —^We have received from Fischer & Bro., Diyton, Ohio a copy of "School Festival Songs" a collection of excel­ —^Mr. Winwood Read, the author, is dead. lent trios and choruses for even voices. This volume of —^Miss Muloch is writing a novel illustrative of French music will answer well the increasing demand of teachers life and manners. for music for school-exhibitions. The price of the book is —Count Montalembert's unpublished work entitled "Les 75 cts., which is a very moderate price for songs by Abt Papes Moines " will appear next October. and Karl Merz. —A work on moral Theology by Rev. Dr. Rohling is —^The Von Humana for May, has original and instruc­ in press. So we learn from the Salesianum. tive articles on " True Harmony," " Old Folks Concerts," "Quartette Choirs," "Sound," etc., and the following very —^The Duke of Argyle is said to be engaged on a work valuable collection of music:—"Schubert's Serenade," a to appear shortly under the title of " Law and Theology." new arrangement of "Onward Christian Solders," —The French will this 3'^ear award, for the first time, "Pauvre Jacques," "Within a Mile," the Strauss "Phil'o- the triennial prize of 3,000 francs, founded by M Guizot, men Waltz," and Heller's "Slumber Song." Surely a for the best work on one of the great epochs of French great deal for ten cents, or §1 a year. Geo. Woods literature. & Co., Cambridgeport, Mass., are the publishers of this —Dr. John Meirs has printed for private circulation two able monthly musical journaL volumes, one consisting of " Religious and Moral Senti­ ments freely translated from Indian Writers," and the —Church's Musical Visitor for May has arrived, and is other of " Metrical Translations from the Hymns of the brighter and better than ever. The publishers of the Vis­ Veda." itor are making an earnest endeavor to give the art of music a journalistic representative worthy of its impor­ —Mr. Heneage Jesse, the author of " Memoirs of George tance. The principal contents of this number consist of III," and other works, left behind him a work entitled interesting articles on musical topics, by W. S. B. Mathews " Lives of Certain Eminent Etonians. Among these lives John Howard, Dr. Chomet, F. Crowest, and others. The are William Pitt, Gray the Poet, Horace Walpole, and correspondence is unusally full, and a prominent feature others. The work will be published in September. is the space given to information concerning the Cincin­ —^Learning that Messrs. Nicolay and John Hay contem­ nati May Musical Festival. plate a " Life of Abraham Lincoln," the New York Sun Thore are five pieces of music; two songs and choruses, advises them to don't. It has no doubt they were very one by Persley aud the other by Bliss; a waltz by Root; useful to the great man as secretaries, but fears they will and the overture to Wagner's " Lohengrin." This music not be equally useful as biographers. alone is worth much more than the price of subscription to —Mr. W. C. Hazlitt will issue this spring a new the Visitor, which is only §1.50 per year, including a handsome premium. Specimen copy will be sent to any " Shak'-'speare's Library," which will include, in five vol­ one on receipt of one stamp, by the publishers, John umes, all the novels, tales, poems and plays on Which the Church & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, immortal dramas of Shakespeare were founded, with, all the Lives in North's "Plutarch," which Shakespear used, —^In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries there were and passages from HoUinshed's " History of England." few public festivals, triumphal processions, or perambulat­ —The great work of the " Bollandists." as the compilers ing shows in which trained animals did not occupy a prom­ of the "Acta Sanctorum" are called, is slowly, but quietly inent position. A Spanish chionlcler gives an account of and surely progressing at Bru-sels. At present, says the a procession in Brussels, in 1540, organized for the en­ Times, this huge work consists of about sixty folio volumes, tertainment of King Philip 11. The bands were stationed which bring the student down to within three days of the on a large car; in the centre sat a huge bear playing on an end of the month of October; but a large store of materi­ organ; not consisting of reeds and pipe, but of a score of als is being utilized in order to complete that month forth­ cats, enclosed in separate boxes where they could not with, and farther stores have been accumulated towards move; the tail of each one was drawn out through an "The Lives of the Saints" for November and December, aperture, and tied to a string corresponding to one'of the about, 4,000 of such biographies being still to be actually keys the instrument, so that when the bear struck these written. Out of the six Jesuit Fathers whose names ap­ keys the cats' tails were jerked, and the poor creatures pear on the title-page of the last instalment of tlie work, howled in a most dismil manner. There were tenors and issued from the press in 1867, four are already dead, and basses, and they were trained to mew in concert. Poodles one more is disabled by illness. The editorial work is now and monkeys danced to the strange music, and, the chroni­ being carried out by the survivor. Father de Buck, a-sisted cler goes on to say, "although King Philip was the most by another Father, Dr. van Hoof, with whom others it is THE SCHOLASTIC. 491

expected will be associated. The Bookseller for the current month contains an account of a visit lately paid by an en­ Local Items. thusiastic correspondent to the College at Brussels, which serves as the "ofBcina" or workshop of this gigantic un­ —^^lay Devotions every evening. dertaking, which was commenced in the reign of our —^Tlie Exhibition takes place next Tuesdaynight. Charles I, and has since been issued at intervals as a serial —"We heard some talk of ordinations this month. publication. The Bookseller states that the" difficulty felt —The Band serenaded Father Frfire last Sunday. by the Fathers in the purchase of books for their work is —^The Scholasticate grounds are in very nice trim. greater than ever, since the Belgian Government, yielding —Our printers are " coming down " a little on visitors. to a party cry for retrenchment, withdrew its subsidy of —The "Rightful Heir " will be righted next Tuesday. £240, which it had for many years contributed in aid of —^We have a patent Bogardus Kicker in our office now. their labors." Other nations and private individuals, —Our Krbliczek is a real artist—a light under a bushel. however, have stepped in, and a set of the series of State —^Walking on Sundays and Wednesdays is again in Papers, published under the auspices of the Master of the vogue. Rolls, figures on their shelves. Still, the writer doubts —^Last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were Rogation whether, even if the work is allowed to proceed without Days. interruption, it can possibly be completed by A. D. 2000, —^Termites are white ants. Third termites are black and even in that case it is clear that a large supplement Grants. will have become necessary, as the process of beatification —^We hear some talk of a consolidation of some of our and canonization is going ou from time to time at Rome. baseball clubs. —^The Sepulchre at the Scholasticate was very nicely Bi^ Invention. arranged last Monday. —^Won't some one clean that rubbish away north of Lloyd, the famous map man, who made all the maps for Mr. Bonney's gallery? General Grant and the Union Army, certificates of which —23 mice were caught in one of the study halls in two he published, has just invented a way of getting a relief- days during the past week. plate from steel so as to print Lloyd's Map of the American Continent—showing from ocean to ocean—on one entire —^The carpenters have been at work for the past few sheet of bank-note paper, 40x50 inches large, on a lightning days at the Franciscans' Home. press, and colored, sized and varnished so as to stand wash­ —Can any of our mythological friends inform us whether ing and mailing, for 30 cents, and plain for tourists 25 Jupiter Eliacus was not the god of telegraphy? cents, or mounted with rollers ready for the wall, and de­ —John intends having the stable look a little nicer than livered post-paid anywhere in the world, on receipt of 50 it does, so he has planted some flowers in front. cents. This map shows the whole United States and T er —There will be a meeting of the Resident Alumni in ritories in a group, from surveys to 1875, with a million the President's office at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. places on it, such as towns, cities, villages, mountains, lakes, rivers, streams, gold mines, railway stations, etc. This —^The Circus which was in South Bend last Monday af­ map should be in every house. Send price to the Lloyd ternoon caused a little commotion amongst the Seniors. Map Company, Philadelphis, and you will get a copy by —Mr. Bonney will hereafter, besides Wednesdays, come rteurn mail. out to Notre Dame every Monday and Friday afternoon. —^When members of the Society of Friends address you in the second person singular, is it not an affectation of Personal. singularity ? —Our friend John every now and then delights the oc­ —^Rev. T. O'SuUivan, of'58, was here on the 4th. cupants of the printing-ofBce with his beautiful executions —^Mr. Walsh, of Chicago, spent last Sunday, at the Col­ on the flute. lege. —We are pleased to see with what taste the grave of the —Jno. Costello was at Notre Dame this last week, on a late Rev. Father Lemonnier has been ornamented by some visit. of his friends. —Judge Morris, of Jackson, Miss., was at Notre Dame —^A committee has visited Chicago to see about the new on Sunday last. steam house. Arrangements will be made to have excel­ —^Rev. Father O'Reilly, of '59, has declined taking the lent bath rooms. late Father Hamilton's parish in Lafayette. —What is the matter with our Societies ? Are they not —^Very Rev. Father Granger, whose illness we an­ going to have their photographs this year? If they are, nounced some time ago, is now happily recovering. now is their time. —Mr. Hammond, the gentlemanly agent of the Catholic —On Sunday mornings our friend John makes his toilet Publication Society, passed through Notre Dame last at four o'clock. It is hard enough to get Tom up at half- Tuesday. past six to make his. —^Rev. D. J. Spillard, C S. C, of Austin, Texas, made a —^The First Book-Keeping Class were a little afraid to sbort visit to Notre Dame this last week. He is looking start steamboating last Monday on account of the uncer­ hale and hearty. Texas air evidently agrees with him. tainty of the weather. He reports all friends in the Lone Star Slate as in the best —The porch on the east side of the Infirmary is pro­ of health. gressing slowly, but we hope surely. Now don't go and say —Tilr. Joseph F. Beegan, who left Notre Dame at the that we are inconsistent. end of the first session of this year on account of ill health, —South Bend is thawed completely out; we hope 'twill met with a severe accident at Monroeville, Ind. He was freeze no more, and the stand-pipe still is standing where playing baseball and while in the act of catching the ball, the stand-pipe stood before. fell backward. The whole weight of his body falling on —" Harvest Storm to-night" said last week's SCHOLASTIC. his arm, broke it at the wrist. It was immediately set and It was a regular snow storm that night; the "Harvest is doing well. Storm " will occur next Tuesday night. —Seely R. King, agent of the M. C. R. R. at this place —Don't put your overcoats in your trunks yet. Ac­ ever since the road was completed, has resigned his posi­ cording to our weather-prophet we are to have snow once tion and has left the employ of the company. He has ac­ more before the setting in of good weather. cepted a position with A. Coquillard. Mr. King made a most efficient officer, and the travelling public will regret —We understand that some students intended asking for his accommodating and genial manners; he will reflect rec. on Satur.lay last. They should understand that it is credit and honor upon his new position, as he would upon not customary here to give rec. on the 1st of March. auy profession in which he might engage.—*?. B. Begister. —The consolidation of Democrats and Republicans who 4D2 THE SCHOLASTIC.

form the present opposition party, may be conveniently —A Student writes us: " Again we hear complaints of known as the Dem-y-Reps, " y " being Spanish for " and." the reading in the Refectory, especially in the Seniors'— —^Three shinplasters, either all tens, or all twenty-fives, where, if education has anything to do with reading, there ought to be the best readers. ' In the beginning of the year or any combination of tens and twenty-fives, will buy Father Colovin told the readers several times how they three-cent postage stamps without leaving any odd cents should read, and showed them reasons for so doing. But, over—try it! as is generally the case in nearly everything, his advice —^Itfiss Mattie received a Valentine last February, com­ was put into practice for a while, and then—forgotten. mencing; Some read too fast, others too low and indistinct. The " Sweet Mat, the sweetest Mat e'er known I" students, according to the rules of the University, are ex­ " Adore Mat I" whispers everyone. pected to pay attention; but how are they going to do this when the readers cannot be understood, or even heard, —HT. Bonney has taken a large photograph of Very any distance from the stand ? It is true all are not so. Rev. Father General which we believe is the best ever There are some of that class or society—or whatever it is— taken of him. Persons desiring the photograph can pro­ who are good readers; in fact the majority are. But cure it of Mr. Bonney, price 50 cts. when the minority read they spoil the good effect that the —One of our oldest and most respected Literary Societies others made. A very interesting book is being now read is so afraid of having its motto interfered with by the sac­ —^Irving's Life of Washington—but, as the reading is good rilegious hands of its own members, that it exclaims, on all one day and poor another, no one cares about paying at­ its programmes, and on every other occasion of coming tention. This is too bad! Whose fault is it? Xsk anyone before the public: " Cecilians, let our motto be!" who has heard the reading for a month, and they will tell you that although some of the blame lies with the stu­ —"Mr. Goatsucker, are you of opinion that onions dents, the most of it is with the readers. If they all read dis­ planted on the twenty-fifth of Aprile would do as well as tinctly and loudly, the students would have, in spite of the same frewt when planted on the nineteenth of May? " themselves, to paj' more or less attention. We are not re­ " Quite so, my dear madam, in-fact cderis paribus, I should ferring to anyone in particular, but those whom the 'cap think they would even do better." " Set with asparagus! fits' may wear it." Tm not talking about asparagus—^I'm talking of onions." —^We are informed that Mr. F. G. Brown, the gentle­ —The following is the Programme of the Philopatriari manly Manager of the ^Yestern Union Telegraph oflice in Exhibition to be given May 11th: South Bend, has at length succeeded in his efforts to have PAKT FIEST. the Western Union Company run a wire from his oflBce to Grand Introductory March N. D. IT. C. B. Notre Dame, a distance of three miles. The connection is Overture—Tannfiaiiser—Wagner Orchestra to be made immediately. Mr. Brown has the thanks of Song T. M. O'Leary Ms many friends at ifotre Dame for his efforts in their be­ Address of the Evening H. W. (Juan half. Declamation J. Nelson Guitar Solo L. Pilliod —" She graduates with the close of the present term," Duet J. Del Vecchio and A. Burger read Mr. Perkins from the columns of a country paper, Recitations E. Davis and J. Del Vecchio expatiating on the educational expectations of a village Prologue C. J. Whipple favorite about to distinguish herself at a neighboring Music—^Song—Silver Threads N. D. TJ. C. B. boarding-school. "Dear me!" said Mrs. Smithers, who was knitting and listening,—graduates with the clothes of THE RUNAWAYS. the present term! Hovr cquinomical these hard times are A Farce in One Act. making folks. Why I alius had to get my gals new AbelGnimp L. Pilliod clothes to graduate in, and they ain't married yet. Oh Johnny Grnmp E. Washburn dear!" Charlie Black F. Ewing —^We don't believe in underhand work at all. In fact Solomon Doesticks J. S. Hayes we do all in our power, when an occasion presents itself, Overture—JFra Biavolo—Auber Orchestra to discourage it. If a student is not deserving of PART SECOKD. an honor it does not show a very good tra.it in his character to do all in his power by " waj's that are dark and tricks THE RIGHTFUL HEIR, OR THE BLIND BOY. that are vain" to gain that honor. If you do not deserve A Melodrama in Three Acts—Slightly Remodelled for the it yourself, do not endeavor to cheat those who do. We Occasion. know very well it will be useless for you to try to do so, as Stanislaus G. Bndd the Professors know who is worthy of honor and who is not, Edmont J. Del7ecch:o but we speak of it to show the ungentlemanliness of the Prince Rodolph H. W. Quan act. If you deserve honor, rest assured you will receive it; Oberto L. Pilliod but if you do not, all j'our underliand work, policy, or Elvino C.J.Whipple whatever you wish to call it, will be in vain. Starow W. G. Morris Kalig J. French —So many of our friends dead, dying, or living in a Molino W. Roelle valetudinarian state in the prime of life! It ought to ad­ Bonifacio F. Hoffman monish us not to neglect the physical for the mental. It Lino , O. Post seems to be a peculiarity of the American atmosphere ever Gilak A. Burger Roberto E. Washburn urging us beyond the bounds of moderation—whether he Giacomo G. Lonstorf eats or drinks, or whatsoever else he does, the American Edgar J. Nelson goes to the utmost limits of his capacity—he studies too Adil C. Larkiu much when he studies, and woiks too much when he Adolpho ; R. Pilliod works. But then he loafs too much when he loafs. He Ambrosio F. Rosa must either be a teetotaller or a drunkard. The maxim in Zares J. Colton medio Stat virtus, is practically unknown to him, and we Narscs E. Sugg speak not only of the American by birth, but of every Hydaspo , F. Kleiner dweller on American soil. It is in the atmosphere—this Dario J. A. Rice Simon C. Walsh spirit of immoderation—and no sooner does the emigrant Benjamin ;E. Davis land here than he becomes infected with it. There is so Utobal -. N. Dryfoos much work to do, and so much to be earned by working. Bataslia F. Ewlng The negroes are the only race among us who make any Josepho N. Van Namee approach to the savoir vivre. Of our dearest and best friends, Reginald J. Reinke all we can say, as we write epit^a ph after epitaph is, in Lonsjobardo ,J. S. Hayes travesty of the old Latin verse: Sanafuit ma mens, at non Frederico J. W. Crummey in corpore sano. Godfrey.. H. McGuire Music,Aria...•.••••••••••..••.«.«*••.•••.,«.,..,.N. D. U. C. B THE SCHOLASTIC. 493

PART THIKD. SAIITT ZSABT'S ACADS1C7. THE HARVEST STORM. A Domestic Drama in One Act—^by no means Remodelled for the —On Monday, the 26th nit., at the Distribution of Points Occasion. in the Junior Department, several recitations were given, and some pretty singing was done. Dramatis Personce: John Garner r J. A. Rice —The French Classes have received beautiful replies to Andrew Radford C. R. Post their correspondence addressed to Mother Superior. Their Micliael J. Colton pleasure was indeed great upon their reception. Samuel Lexicon H. W. Quau Mr. Lynx J. Nelson —On Sunday in the Seniors' Study Hall recitations were Dick Darrell J. Crummey given by N. McGrath, M. Ewing, B. "Wilson and L. Hutch­ Charlie Cooper C. Larkin inson. Two Compositions were also read; one iirom the Nat. Lovel G. Lonstorf First Senior Class, entitled " Who "Wrote it?" and read by Jack Ray N. Dryfoos Miss Foote, and the other from the Third Senior Class, on Barker, Nibbler and Catchem F.'.Kleiner, E. Sugg, R. Pilliod "A "Visit to the "World in 1976," read by Miss Faxon. Pompey E. Davis Judge Morris kindly praised the young ladies. Cffisar N. Van Namee Epilogue H. "W. Qnan and C. R. Post —Judge Morris, of Jackson, Mis3., was present at the.. Closing Remarks Distribution of Points on Sunday evening, and made re­ Grand March N. D. TJ. C. B. marks at the close which will be long remembered by the After Act Second of "The Rightful Heir" Music by N.D. D. youthful audience; and the beautiful eulogium bestowed O.B. upon the institution and its revered founder will be treas­ Bro. Leopold, Prof. Paul and M. Roulhac have kindly con­ ured up in many a grateful heart. The warmest sympa­ sented to furnish the music for the play of "The Rightful thies and condolence in their late sad afSiction are tendered Heir." to this distinguished gentleman and his beloved little group of bereaved ones from every heart at St. Mary's. Boll of Honor. —A spirited competition in the Second Senior Modem History Class took place on Saturday last, 23d nit., prepar­ SENIOR DEPARTMENT. atory to the approaching examination. The Prefect of V. Baca, F. Brady, J. Berringer, J. Brown, "W. Ball, L. Studies kindly accepted an invitation to be present. Great Berkey, T. Cochrane, J. Crummey, G. Crummey, J. Campbell, diligence and energy were exhibited in the preparation. J. Cuilen, T. Crelly, M. Clarke, W. Canavan, F. Devolo, R. Doherty, B. Euans, J. Ewing, M. Foley, C. Favey, J. Flaherty, The Misses M. Faxon, L. Ritchie, A. "Walsh, M. Dilger, M. E. Graves. T. Grier, T. Gallagher, J. Hogan, G. Hoyt, H. Daily and J. Bennett, did themselves great credit by their Hunt, T. Hansard, H. Hoffman, W. Hughes, A. Hertzog, J. prompt, intelligent and graceful recitations. Very Rev. Kennedy, S. Kennedy, J. Kopf, M. Keeler, J. Kelly, J. F. Larkin, Father General presided at the ceremonies of the opening P. Lawrence, J. Logsdon, G. McNulty, E. McPliarlin, W. Mc- of the Month of May, Benediction of the Blessed Sarcrament Gavin, E. McLaughlin, V. McKinnon, J. Marks, R. Maas, E. being preceded by one of his most excellent instructions. Maas, F. Montgomery, T. Murphy, N. Mooney, J. Mathews, E. The public act of consecration was read in a clear, distinct Monahan, Peter Maltimore, Patrick Mattimore, L. Moran, A. Mohan, E. Marshall, J. Ney, F. O'Brien, A. O'Brien, T. O'Leary, manner by Miss "Walker. C. Otto, J. Obert, C. Proctor, G. Roulhac, J. Retz, C. Robertson, —On Tuesday the final lecture of the Art course was de­ W. Ryan, E. Ratigan, J. Rudge, P. Skahill, F. Schlink, P. Shaul, livered in the Study Hall. The subject was Nicola Bisano, J."Soule, J. Thornton, F. Wilhelm, 0. Walters, R. White, C. that great sculptor worthy to be called the regenerator of "Welty, J. Whalen. art in Italy; and who deserved this title, not only before JUNIOR BEPARTMENT. Cimabue, who was his contemporary, but even before E. F. Arnold, W. Arnold, J. Buckels, A. Burger, J. "W. Con­ Giotto, who succeeded him. His only teachers were the nolly, J. Crummey, J. Dore, N. Dryfoos, R. Downey, F. Ewing, early Christian, or Bomanesque, sculptures and an ancient L. Evers, H. D. Faxon, F. E. Foxen, P. Fitzpatrick, G. J. sarcophagus, in his native city; but so far from a servile Frauenkriecht, F. Frazee, J. T. Foley, G.-J. Gross, J. Griffith, J. imitation of either, Nicola made even the pagan models of Golsen, E. Gramling, E. D. Gleason, J. S. Hayes, W. Hansard, C: Hake, H. Harvey, C. H. Hitchcock, M. Kramer, J. P. Kurtz, Greece and Rome subservient to Christian inspirations. M. Katzauer, H. Korty, F. Kleiner, A. Leitelt, J. Leitelt, C. E. Their mere natural perfection was made to aid in the per­ Leonhardt, G. J. Lonstorf,' J. Lynch, P. McBride, J. Mclntyre, fecting of his own supernatural conceptions; precisely as T. McNamara, R. McGrath, J. McHugh, H. McGuire, J. Minton, St. Thomas of Aquin used Aristotle's philosophy in mould­ W. G. Morris, M. J. Murphy, W. P. Nelson, G.Nestcr, J.Nelson, ing Christian philosophy; exactly as all the great Christian H. Newman, L. Pilliod, J. L. Perea, H. W. Quan, E.F. Riopelle, scholars have used the brick and the mortar of natural L. Smith, J. A. Smith, W. Smith, A. Schmidt, T. J. Solon, N. science and learning for supernatural ends.. The lecture Vanamee. H. Weber, C. J: Whipple, R. J. Walker, J. E. Wood, was illustrated by the exquisite model in alabaster of the F. J. Weisenburger, E. Washburn, F. Rosa, T. Quinn, F. Rollin, O. Meyer, G. R. Serrill, E. Hall, A. Pilliod, 0. Ludwig. Cathedral Baptistry' leaning Campanile and wonderful Campo Santo, of Pisa, which Very Rev. Father General MINIM DEPARTMENT. kindly lent for the occasion. Samuel Goldsberry, Michael McAuliffe, Francis Carlin, Ed­ ward Raymond, Colly Campau, Willie Campbell, Tommie ART NOTES. \ Hooley, Francis McGrath, Otto Lindberg, John O'Meara, John —"What the woods and glens are still too pmdent to Dnffield, Harry Ordway, Louis Goldsmith, Charlie Bushey, Willie Coolbaugh, Hugh Colton, Francis Campau. dispense for the May altars, the green-house supplies, and they are choice as to color, arrangement and perfume. —A charming design in water-colors, seven inches by Class Honors. ten, of the Good Shepherd, has been finished within a few days. Nothing could be more tender in tint than the dis­ FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY, MAT 6. tant mountains, and the leafless groves on the high, steep PKEPARATORT COURSE. bank, overlooking a stream too much like our own St. SENIOR CI,ASS—F. Bearss, G. Roulhac, G. Hoyt, V. McKin­ Joseph to be taken for any other. Over these prairie non, S. Kennedy, J. Campbell, R. White, P. Mattimore, P. J. stretches of pasture-land, just beginning to look green Mattimore. W. KuUerton, M. Clarke, A. Wisner, W. Wells, E. under the smiles of early spring, comes the Good Shepherd, Marshall, J. Reidy, A. Hertzog, J. Kopf. with the wandering, wounded sheep on His shoulder, and JUNIOR CLASS—J. Nelson, J. Del Vecchio, R. Walker, F. Rosa, held to the Divine cheek by one pierced hand, while the J. Hayes, G. Sugg, A. Beteher, J. Foley, J. Smith, F. Kleiner, other holds the pastoral staff. The whole figure has the H. Weber, R. McGrath. H. Kinson, J. Leitelt, A. Leitelt. F. springing step of the shepherd on the hills; and there is a Rollin, E. Gramlinsr, H. Harvey, J. Colton, W. Kreigh, J. Haffey, breeziness in the picture which belongs to early spring; W. Davis, T. Quinn, A. Pilliod. while the divine pathos of this little composition goes to MINIM DEPARTMENT. the very heart. Time and study alone are needed ta Colly Clarke, Ralph Golsen, Samuel Goldsberry, Francis give such inspirations an imperishable value. Carlin, Clement S. Moody, John Daflield, Francis McGrath, Golly Campau, Michael McAuliffe. —The processions on the Feast of St. Mark and now on 494 THE SCHOLASTIC.

the Rogation days, afford not only an inspiration to prayer, D. Cavenor, M. Siler, M. Ewing, E. Lange, M. Schulthies, but to artistic composition. It is precisely under the in­ A. Cullen, B. Golsen, M. Reynolds. fluence of such unusual combinations of morning light, 2ND PREP. CLASS—Misses J. Riopelle, S. Reising, M. waving lines of moving figures, the fliclser of tapers, the Anthony, L. Kirchner, E. Botsford, L. Gustine, F. and G. dew on the springing grass, the repose of the sleepers in Wells, M. Hooper, H. Peak, E. Pierce, N. King.'J. Brown, their cross-crowned graves, the budding of the closely S. Cash, N. McGrath. pruned vines, the chanted invocation and response, the 3RD PREP. CLASS.—Misses C. Maigrey, L. Bosch, L. inspiring Paschal anthem sung under the blue heavens at Brownbridge, L. Schwass, M. Railton, S. Swalley. the hour of Slatins or Prime, that the painters of other JR. PREP.—A. Goewey, C. Yates, M. Hoffman, E. Lappin. ages caught inspirations and worked them out. God, the A. Ewing, N". Mann, M. Hogan, L. Hutchinson, H. Kraus, Church, her festivals, nature herself, are the same as ages M. Redfield, and M. Derby. ago; and the hearts and imaginations of the faithful chil­ 1ST JR.—I. Mann, K. Hudson, C. Hughes, E. Simpson, dren of the Church, are they not the same, and will they A. McGrath, C. Trull, A. Peak, M. Bell, and M. Hughes. not kindle to enthusiasm, and give forth with the brush, 3ND JR.—C. Goldsberry and Y. Mier. the inspirations caught at such auspicious moments ? PLADf SEWING. ADDITIONAI, AEKITALS. Misses M. Walker, J. Kearney, L. Ritchie, A. Lloyd, E. Miss J. Andrews, Chicago, III. Haggerty, J. Locke, G. Walton, A. T. Clarke, J. Panning, Miss C. Trull, Chicago, 111. K. Joyce, J. Nunning, B. Wade, M. Dunbar, S. Harris, K. Jliss M. Hooper, Chiciigo, 111. Hutchinson, R. Canoll, A. Beyme, M. Roberts, B. Spen­ Miss R. Corddniea, Russia, Ohio. cer, K. Spencer, M. Bryson, E. Mann. Miss L. Dragoo, Buchanan, Mich. FANCY WORK. Miss J. A. Morris, Jackson, Miss. Misses S. Harris, L. Bosch, S. Reising, K. Greenleaf, A. Miss A. Morris, Jackson, Miss. Dilger, N. King, H. Parks, E. Botsford, E. Lange, K. Hudson. TABLET OP HONOR. Foii THE WEEK ENDIKG APKIL 26. —" Why," said a Troy gentleman to a young lady who SENIOR DEPARTMENT. refused to play on the piano, "yoa can play the 'Blue Por Politeness, Neatness, Order, Amiability, Correct Deportment and strict observance of academic rules, Danube Waltz, can't you ?" "No," said she, "but I caa the following young ladies are enrolled: play penny ante just like a little man." Misses M. "Walker, A. Curtin, M. "Wicker, L. Ritchie, E. Haggerty, A. Lloyd, J. Locke, J. Kearney, R. Green, A. Smith, L. Dragoo, G. Walton, J. Panning, K Poote, M. NATIOl^AJL: HOTEL Riley, E. Dennehey, K Joyce, L. Arnold, A. St. Clair, iSoix'tlx Send, Indiana. M. Daily, A. Walsh, L. Wyman, J. McGuire, A. and P. At the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Depot, opposite Dilger, J. Bennett, M. Paxon, J. Nuuning, L. Tinsley, M. Studehaliers' Wagon Works. Julius, M. Dunbar, M. Brady, S. Harris, C. Woodward, M. HOSE who patronize the Kational Hotel will find during their Walsh, K. Hutchinson, R. Neteler, K. Morris, P. Gaynor, stay at South Bend aU the comforts of home. Conveyances to L. Henrotin, E. Quinlan, A. Byrne, M. Roberts, J. Pierce| Tand from the College and St. Mary's can he procured at the Hotel. B. Spencer, K Spencer, M. Bryson, K Greenleaf, E. Mann, M. Poquette, A. .Duncan, S. Hole, M. Carlin, M. Shell, T. Michigan Central Railroad. Gaynor, M. O'Mahony, M. Thompson, E. Thompson, C. Morgan, H. Russel, S. Moran, M. Hutchinson, S. and I. WmTER ARRAlfGEMENT. Edes, M. McKay, K McFarlane, S. Cunningham, D. Cav- enor, J. Riopelle, S. Reising, L. Gustine, P. and G. "Wells, Taking effect December 27th, 1S74. L. Johnson, D. Allen, E. Pierce. N". King, C. Maigrey, L. Bosch, G. Hills, L. Schwass, M. Ruilton, S. Swalley, L. Ooins ZESast;. Trains. Leave Chicago. Leave Niles. Arrive at Detroit Ryan, R. Cordonica. Mail - - - 5 00 a m 9 02am 5 45 pm JTJNIOR DEPARTJIENT. Day Express - • 8 30 am 11 47 a m 6 30 pm Accommodation - 335pm 7 35pm 8 45am Misses B. Wilson, M. O'Connor, M. Ewing, E. Lange, Atlantic Express - 5 15 p m 8 65pm 3 50 am A. Cullen, M. and B. Siler, B. Golsen,!M. Reynolds, S. Cash,' Night Express - - 9 pm 1245pm 8 00 am N. McGrath, M Hooper, A. Goewey, M. Hogan, L. Kirch- Going 'West. ner, L. Hutchinson, M. Hoffman, E. Lappin, M. Derbv Trains. Leave Detroit. Leave Niles. Arrive at Chicago, K Hudson, M. Bell. Mail - - • 7 00 a m 4 05pm 8 05pm Day Express - - 10 20 am 5 20pm 9 00pm MINIM: DEPARTMENT. Accommodation - 150 p m 6 30am 10 35 am Misses N. Mann, A. Peak, M. and C. Hughes, E. Simp­ Evening Express - 5 40pm 230am 630am son, A. McGrath, C. Trull, R. Goldsberry, T. Mier. Pacific Express - - 1000pm 500am 830 am ACADEMIC COURSE. NILES AND SOUTH BEND DIVISION. HONORABLT MENTIONED IN LESSONS. Leave South Bend—8 am, 3 pm, 630 pm, *9 am, *7pm. Arrive at Niles—S 45 am, 3 55 pm, 71Upm *9 40 am,* 740 pm. GRADUATING CLASS—Misses M. Walker, A. Curtin, M. Leave Niles—C 30 a m, 9 20 a m, 5 10 p m, * 8 a m, 15 p m. Wicker, L. Ritchie, E. Haggerty, A. Lloyd, J. Locke, J. Arrive at South Bend—715 am, 10 am, 555pm,t840 am,t540pia Kearney, R. Green, A. Smith. 1ST SR. CLASS—Misses G. Walton, A. Clarke, J. Pan­ NOTEE DAME STATION. ning, H. Poote, M. RQey, E. Dennehey, K. Joyce, L. Arnold, A. St. Clair. . Gotjxe ^Eiast, via Wiles. 2ND SR. CLASS—Misses M. Daily, A. Walsh, L. Ritchie, Depart—807 am, 6.38 pm,+9 07 am,+7 07pm. L. Wyman, J. McGuire, A. and P. Dilger, J. Bennett, M. Arrive—7 07 am, 942 am, 546 pm, t832 am, t532pm Paxon, E. Dougherty, J. Nimning, L. Tinsley, B. Wade! Golns "West, -via Wiles. M. Dunbar, M. Brady. Depart—310 p m. Arrive—9 4S a m. H3RD SR. CLASS—Misses S. Harris, C. Woodward, M. AValsh, K. Hutchinson, R. Neteler, P. Gaynor, L. Hen­ Trains marked thus * t run Sunday •nly. rotin, A. Byrnes, J. Pierce, B. and K. Spencer. M. Bryson, C. D. WHITCOMB, General Ticket Agent, Detroit, Mich. K. Greenleaf, E. Maun, M. Poquette, A. Duncan, S. Hole, FRANK E. SNOW, Gen. Western Passenger Agent, Detroit, Mich. M. Carlin, M. Shiel, K. Casey, T. Gaynor, M. O'Mahony,' S. B. KING, Passenger and Freight Agent, South Bend, lad. M. Cravens, I. Pisk. B. CELESTINE, Ticket Agent, Notre Dame, Ind. 1ST PREP. CLASS—Misses E. Thompson, C. Morgan, H. H. C. WENTWOKTH, W. B. STRONG, Bussel, S. Moran, M. Hutchinson, H. Parks, S. and I. General Passenger Agent, General Superintendent, Edes, M. McKay, B. Siler, N. McFarlane, S. Cunningham, Chicago. Chicago. THE SCHOLASTIC 495 TH:E THE BLESSED YIRGN "AVE MARIA," A CATHOLIC JOTTRNAL Particularly Devoted to the Soly MotJier of God. ANB THE PtmusHED "WEEKLT AT NOTBE DAMB, INDIANA.

EI^COimAGED AKD APPROTED BT Translated from the Italian of Padre Pio Giuseppe Caprf, HIS HOLINESS POPE PIITS IX, OF 3>A.1VT3S. And Many Distinguished Prelates. 0. P., by Rev. D. Moyes. HIS Paper, the first estahlished in the Ke-w "World for the inter­ T ests of the Blessed Virgin, is addressed not to nominal Chris­ I'E.ICE 30 CEOSriS.! tians, but solely to such as love the Mother of Jesus and wish to see her honored throughout the land; commending itself not only to the various pious Associations in honor of Our Blessed Lady—such For Sale by THOMAS BUTLER, as the Livin? Rosary, Scapulars, hildren of Mary, Sodalities, etc— CATHOLIC BOOKSELLER, out tothe whole community. Fitchburg, Mass. _ It is hardly necessary to say that the " J.»« Maria" is not a polis ical paper; itwill ignore, absolutely, political strifes. Yet it will contain regularly a summary of recent events,—we mean snch at relate to religions interests: edifying and accredited Legends, Essays - criticisms upon late works, -nill find an appropriate place in its columns. Eyerything conducive to the interests of the hurch will BE.o"w-isrsoisr's be carefully sought after and recorded, for no child of the Church should be ignorant of the trials and triumphs of his mother. In order to secure the permanency of our paper, and to establish it on a successful material foundation, we propose creating a fund that will place it, from its inception, beyond the contingencies to which similar enterprises are so often liable. The method is as fol­ Quarterly Review, lows: A payment of Twenty Dollars constitutes a Life Subscription, and such subscriber will receive the journal regularly without being PUBLISHED BY liable to any further payment for subscription. The Holy Sacrifice of the JIass is celebrated every Saturday, at Fr. PUSTET FOR THE PROPRIETOR. Notre Dame, for Life Subscribers, and a certain number of om- munions offered for them. This Mass will be offered in requiem for them whenever it may please our lleavenly Father to call them from L. B. 5613. New York; and 204 Vine St., Cincinnati, Ohio- our midst. Subscribers for one year and upwards will share in the benefit of This work is devoted to Eeligion, Philosophy, Politics, and Gen­ Mass once a month. eral Literature. Each number contains 141 pages, and four num­ Life Subscriptions may be paid at once, or in four ins tallments bers make a volume of 576 pages, which is furnished to subscribers within the space of one year. at five dollars per annum in advance. Terms s One Tear, $3 Two Years, ------5 Five Tears, --..... 10 CHICAGO ALTON AND ST. LOUIS LINE- Life Subscription, - -\- - - - -20 All Subscriptions, Communications, Books or Periodicals, for RAINS leave "West Side Union Depot, Chicago, neat notice, etc, should be addressed to ® Madison Street Bridge, as follows: EDITOR OI- "AYE MARIA,' IXKTB. ABSTTX. Notre Dame, Indiana. St. Louis and Springfield ErpresB, via Main Line •9:40 ajn. *8:10 pjn. Kansas City aud Denver Fast Ex­ press, via, Jacksonville, HI., FOUNDED IN 1842. CHARTERED IN 1844. and Louisiana, Mo. * 12:00 noon *2 50 p a Wenona, Lacon and 'Washington Express (Western Division) •12:00 noon *2:50 p.m UNIVERSITY of NOTRE DIME, INDIANA. Joliet Accommodation, *4:30 p.m. •9si0 ajD, St. Louis, Springfield, Texas and Kew Orleans Lij^htning Ex­ rrVHIS Institution, incorporated in 1844, enlarged in 1866, and fitted press, via Main Line, 19:45 p.m. |7:30 a.nu. J. up with all the modern improvements, affords accommodation * Except Sunday. $ Except Saturday. I Daily. § Except Monday to five hundred students. Situated near the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, it is The only road running 3 Express Trains to St. Louis daily, and a Saturday !Night Train. easy of access from all parts of the United States. Terms s Pullman Palace Dining and Smoking Cars on all day Trains, Matriculation Pee, S 5 00 JAMES CHARLTON, J. C. MoMULLIN, Board, Bed and Bedding, and Tuition (Latin and Greek inclu­ ded), Washing aud Mending of Linens, per session of five- Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Gen'l Superintendent, months, • - - 150 00 CHICAGO. CH1CA(3» French, German, Italian, Spanish and Hebrew, each - - 10 (10 Instrumental Music, 12 50 Use of Piano, .....--- 10 00 Use of Violin, - . - ' - 2 50 .rr IT „„„ 5 General Class Principles, - - . 10 00 Vocal Lessons-jyogal Culture, *^- - . . 15 00 Elocution—Special Course, - . - - - 500 DOUBLE TBAOK EAILBOAD. Use of Library, (per session) . . - . 1 00 Drawing, ------15 00 Telegraphy 10 00 PITTSBURGH, FORT WAYNE AND CHICAGO. Tae of Philosophical andtemical Apparatus 5 00 Three daily Express Trains, with Pullman's Palace Cars, are run IT (Classical Course, . - - 10 00 between Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New radnation Fee, < Scientific Course, - . . 10 00 5 00 Fork iDithout Change. G (Commercial Course, 1st- train leaves Chicago 9.00 a. m. 1 Arrives at NewTork 7.35 a.m.* Doctors^ Fees and Medicines at Physician's Charges. 2d train " " 5.15 p. m. « " 6.50 a.m.*- Students who spend their Summer Vacation at the University 3rd train " " 10.00. p. m. | " " 11.15 p.m.* are charged extra, ------3500 Connections at Crestline with trains North and South, taxi Students received at any time, their Session beginning with date Mannsfield with trains on Atlantic and Great Western Bidlroad. of entrance. . ^, . , PavHients to be made invariably m advance. J. N. McCULLOUGU, Gen'l Manager, Pittsburgh. Cliss books, Stationery, etc., at current prices. J. M.C. CREIGHTUN, Assistant Superintendent Pittsburgh. The first Session begins on the 1st Tuesday of September; the D. M. BOYD, JR., Gen. Pass, and Ticket Ag't, Phielphi*. second on the 1st of February. F. R. MYBK», Gen'l Pass and aicket Ag't. Pittaturgh. For further particulars, addres W. C. CLELLAND, Ass't Gea'l Pass. Agent, Chicago. REV. P. J. COLOVIN, C. S. C. •Second day. 496 THE SCHOLASTIC.

•pALMER & VANWINKLE, piELAND & SON, PBOPEIETOES OF Dealers in LIVERY AlfD FEED STABLE, COnSTFECTIONERIES, ^io. 54. MIOSIGAJT St., • SOUTH BENB, INB., JIusical Instruments, Gold Pens, School and Miscellane (Opposite the Dwight House). ous Books, Stationery, Slates, Inks, JVewspapers, Periodicals) magazines, Etc. To and from all trains to the Dwight Hoase or any part of the City, and to the College and St. Mary's. i|o21-3m IS" Special attention paid to filling orders for Students. o24-tf "THE NIN'E CENT STORE I" •p DUBAIL, DROP IN AT BAEBEB AND HAIEDEESSEE, 71 Wa^Mtigton St., - - - SoutJi Bend, Ind. "THE MiVE CEAT STORE!" AND Mr. Dubail spares no pains to make his work satisfactory See the Curiosities. He will be in attendance every "Wednesday at the College, No. 114 MiCHiGVK STEEET, - South Bend, Indiana. Jgo24-tf. at 9 o'clodk A, M., to attend to all students desiring his services. - o24-tf THE OLD «RELIABLE» TTiK. C. H. MIDDLETOlf, DWIGHT HOUSE, DENTIST, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. "TV/TESSKS, KNIGHT and MILLS having hecome managers of the _LVL above popular and reliable House, renovated, repaired and 109 Michigan Street, - - South Bend, Indiana. furnished it with new, first-class furniture. The travelling public o24-tf may rely on finding the best accommodation. Ladies and Oentlemen visiting Notre Dame and St. Mary's will find here all the comforts of home during their stay. ~P]DWARD BUYSEE, JERKY KNIGHT, 1 r,,„„„-„t„,„ Dealer in CAPTAIN MILLS, Proprietors. o24-tf WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, Etc., 76 MICHIGAN STEEET, POPULAB CLOTHIITG HOUSE! South Bend, Indiana. Repairing promptly done, and all work warranted. J^-tf M. LIYINGTSTO]!!^ & CO.', A HANATJER, 94r 3£icIilga,iL St., Soxitli Send, Ind.., Nos. 32 & 34 MicHiGAK- 5TKEET, South Bend, Indiana. We invite the attention of the public to our large stock o Dealer in FALL AND WINTTER CLOTHING " READY-MADE CLOTHmC, —AKD— GENTS' FUROTSHING GOODS, FUIiNISBmsrG- G^OODS, STAPLE AND FANCY DKT GOODS. All goods sold are guaranteed. o24-tf UE stock is always large and carefully selected, and everything O you want in our Line will always be found on our shelves. Our Full DKESS SUITS show an amount of pains-taking scaacely BTJRICE'S ever seen in Heady-Made or Custom Work. The Prices are MUCH LESS than the same material would cost if made to measure. Money is scarce but Clotliiiig Is OIie£i>j>. If you don't EUROPEA]Sr HOTEL. believe it, drop in and see our Goods and Prices. Our MTercliant Tailoring I»epartin.ent is in full blast. We have a full Stock of Olol^lis, Oa

X4LO O/Xid. 14r3 ZMCadlson Street;. ICE CREAM! SODA WATER! OYSTERS! {Between Clark and LaSalle,^ For the Best Confectionery, go to CEDLC^OO, - - - TJLiHi. f63m. ED. GILLEN'S EESTAUEAlfT, J^ E. MATE, 99 MAIN STREET, - • • SOUTH BEND, INDIA2TA. Engrarer, Watchmaker and Jeweller, MEALS AT ALL HOURS! 105 Micldgan St., ... SOUTH BEND, IND. Fraits, fifats, Confectionery, and Choice Cigars^ ALWAYS ON HAND!; Special attention-given to FINE ENGKAYINGS, in Script and Old anglisb, on Watches, Sings and Badges. J^** JFiJESH CANDIES MADE DATLT. decl-Jjtf. • • J^o24-tf