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VOL. XXXIX . NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, NOYEMBER 25, 1905. No. 1 1 .

Res ignat ion .

CHARLES L . O ' D O N X E L L , ' 0 6 .

PvUSK trails a A-iolet robe, Night hath a cloak of stars;.

Dawn breaks with a rush of wind Throtigh orient CIOUCIA- bars.

And the white da}^ takes its course,-Before it a gold sea flows,

But there is darkness behind Where the chill spraA- blows.

So joy ctits bA like the day, And its sunsets sombre are.

Till the cassocked evening lights Peace's sanctuarv- star.

In the Valley of Virginia.

exception t o prove this rule he could find i t a t Harper 's Ferry. Nature has done the building there, and i ts inhabi tants have so lived into the t radi t ions of the place t h a t there is little likelihood of a change in place or people. Though seldom spoken of in guide-books as a place of interest t o the tourist , still there is much here for the curiosity seeker t o feed on, despite the hotel service.

Though b u t fifty miles, or so, firom Washington an occasional excursion is all t h a t leads the city folk t o visit these hidden pa r t s . Taking a t ra in from the capital you pass through rolling farm lands and rocky stretches, a constanth'- changing scene, far different from the unat t ract ive level wastes t h a t one finds th roughout Indiana or

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[ FTER slowly creeping along for nearly t w o hundred miles pas t

j battlefields and shrines of his-« \ - i ^ ^ "toiy? the Potomac River takes

vfi^^^^ a sudden t u rn and reaches a point where three s tates meet:

Maryland and the t w o Virginias. Here i t unites wi th the Shenandoah, the "Daughter of the S t a r s ; " timidly feeling her way through the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the one gaining strength from the other, they sweep on in majesty tow^ard the nat ion 's capital.

At the confluence of these t w o rivers and projecting far out firom the mountain side is a tongue of rock, Harper ' s Ferry. Under ordinary circumstances the . saying holds t rue t h a t things change, no t t o speak of the still more likely fact t h a t we change wi th them. If one were t o look- for an

Illinois. Soon the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains are reached and the scenery grows more wild. Suddenly the t ra in plunges into a tunnel eight hundred feet long, cut through the hear t of Maryland Heights. Here are a few moments of t ry ing darkness and then you rush forth again into sun­shine and light, wi th a glimpse of fairyland spread before y ou. West Virginia, cut off firom the "old Dominion" by the Shenandoah, whose banks are heaped wi th the Loudoun and Bolivar Heights ; Maryland crowned with her steep ridge of rocks and the Poto­mac a t her feet; and there, almost lost in the ' grandeur t h a t encompasses it, nestles little Harper 's Ferry w^here the first b low w a s struck a t the shackles of the black m a n ; w^here bi r th w a s given t o a struggle t h a t tore men's hear ts and set a nat ion weeping. Thomas Jefferson little dreamed these things as he sa t perched on a stone t h a t is still t o be seen near the little Catholic Church, and looking out over the picture before' him." added t o his "Notes ' on Virginia," "TMis

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scene is wor th a voyage across the Atlantic." Though existing since Vi^l^ wdien Robert

Harper, an Englishman, and his faniih- settled a t this point and estabhshed a ferrj- across the river, HarJ)ei-'s Ferxy knew no fame until 1794. -It^was.- then t h a t George Washington, recognizing the hidden securitA' of the place, built there the United States arsenal. With this came prosperit3'', and wdien the site of the present cit\^ of Washington. Avas still two- feet under wate r Harper 's Ferry bade well_to make, itself an. industrial centre in the. East . Then came the threats- of-a w a r w^ith France^ and,whi le men in buckskins s tood , about and . discussed the equalitA'- of men, President Adains had stationed here the readj^-made sxvay of the embrj'-o s ta te .

When peac.efiil times again took hold of the countr\'' the capital was removed from PhiladelxDhia t o Washington. Then i t was t h a t Harper 's ,Ferr\'- lost i ts right t o be called am'itliing bu t a t own . I ts people slowh-drifted into .the capital, and before long none were left but propertA^ holders and those connected AAdth the arsenal.

Thiis things continued to pass on, one daV as uneventful as the other. I t AA-as t rue t h a t the slaver\^ question Avas claiming a -great deal of tlie country^'s at tent ion. Several uprisings had taken place, and a t t imes eA'Cii" rumors' of w a r floated bA--. All th^se things are noted bu t little recked IDA"-the people of th"e.Ferr3^ Nor w-as. the CA en quiet of. the place . in : the least disturbed A\dien twentj^; men made their appearance in the neighboring mountains and began t o search foi: ore,;for prosjDectors were common in those days! . But there'AA' as a surprise in stoire for the to\A-n._ Earh'^ on the morning of "the", sixteenth .of. October, 1859, these same twentj^' nien , i iisheid upon . watchmen stationed, on'.the-Baltimore'and Ohio Bridge. T o knock dp.wii the;tAA'^P men and bind them securely t o o k b u t a few minutes, and then under the leadership, of .a long-bearded man of 'patriarchal air, they '• marched iii niilitarj'-fashion to ' ' the ^'centre of" the town. The sriiards in ' f ront , of-the" armory Were OA'er-powered ;and \ . the , armoo'^ enclosure' t aken possession bf.,\;. ; , , ! ( . : . .

Dky 'was n o w .breaking and a^ people begaJny.to move', abou t i',they .were t aken prisoners ''iii. ' twos ,.or. threes, '[ and marched off'tpjftHe;'arMOT Spbn, the improAased,

prison became OA^ercrowded, and as the greater p a r t of the a t tacking partA'- AA as needed t o Avatch the prisoners, but fcAA' Avere left on dutA'- in .the toAAai. The people took courage as the daA':greAA'' on, and seeing t h a t the iuA'-aders meant nothing good , offered some resistance. ScA'-eral of the leading citi­zens AA ere killed as a result, and those of the "army^ of the L o r d " AAdio AA-ere no t shot or taken prisoners, sought shelter in the arsenal. Towards noon the t r u t h of the situation leaked out. The people discoA-ered t h a t . t h e Isaac Smith and his felloA\'-miners AA'-ho had been prowding about the mountains for a month and who now held them in bondage Avere none others t han the notorious John BroAAm and his "followers of Kansas fame. Word AA'-as hurried t o Washington, and in a fcAA' hours tAA''o thousand t roops AA'Ci'e in the neighborhood of Harper 's Fer iy. And strange i t w^as,' too , t h a t the man in com­mand should be Colonel Robert E. Lee and AAdth him Lieutenant S tuar t . BrOA\ai saAA t h a t his jDOsition AAas becoming desperate, and after setting free all bu t nine of his prisoners, retreated t o an old lire engine house and prejDared t o fight. Lee made short w^ork of " John BrOAAai's F o r t , " as the place is now called, and before CA'-cning BroAvn and his armj ' AA'-ere in jail a t CharlestoAxai, Virginia, t o meet death on t h e . scaffold a few months later.

Some looked on this exploit as the AA'-ork of a hero; others condemned i t as treasonable. As old Emerson picked up his paper- tH'e morning followdng the raid he w^as. heard " t o grumble: ' ' A'la '- Ave haA-e health - enough no t t o : cry madman Avhen a hero passes,-" and LongfelloAA'- thoiight t h a t "This wnll be a grea t day in our h is tory: the da-te of a new revolution, quite as much needed as the old." Contrarj^ t o this the Republican -National Convention of 1860 characterized i t as "The greatest of crimes." Some rcAdled BroAvn as a t r a i t o r ; others praised him as a martj'-r. So the discussion Avent on even after AA'-ar times till the climax w a s capped by Mr. Ed Atkinson when, in . a speech delivered before a Southern audience in 1881, he adA'^pcated the erection of a s ta tue .to the: memory 'of John Brown, " I n token of the liberty he brotight t o the w^hite men of the South." .. !

The effect.on the people of Harper'^ Ferry

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was', more t han anything else, t o awaken and the 12,000 men, with the exception of them t o the fact t h a t their homes were a small body .of cavalry that escaped during endangered. Setting aside considerations of the night, became Southern hostages. the r ight or wrong of the case, they sought The Southerners were still rejoicing in their t o .protect, themselves against a similar victoiH^ wdien a horseman in grey was seen invasion. Nightty patrols were established; tearing madly t owards the place along the and until the outbreak of hostilities between na r row t o w pa th on the Maryland side. the North and South, brave-looking citizens, Rushing up t o Jackson he handed him ames-armed wi th long rifles, paraded the streets, sage signed by Lee. It w a s t o the effect that tak ing into custody^ all suspicious looking General McClellan had discovered his plans strangers. and -was now facing him w i th ninety-seven

At the outbreak of the w a r the sj'-mpathy thousand men near the Antietam Creek, five of the townspeople w a s largeh^ with the miles down the river. Leaving Hill behind South. Fo r several months the locality-was a wi th one division, Jackson hurried over the sort of rendezvous for the Southern soldiers rough mountain pa ths and drew up in of Virginia and the neighboring states, wi th position alongside the commander he loved. ' Lieutenant, afterwards General, Jackson a t Though no t strictly a part of the history of their head. Of a sudden came the rumor of Harper 's Ferry, still it was but one battle-a possible bat t le wi th the Union forces a t field, and va.a.n.y a heart grew faint that day Manasses, and Jackson led off wi th his among the.slender population as i t crowded t roops t o earn the title of "Stonewal l ." the Heights looking off to the North, Indeed i t might be said t h a t never during trembling as each boom of the cannon echoed the four j-ears of the w a r w a s Harper ' s down the river. The s tory of that dreadfiil Ferry free from militaiw laAV. Sometimes i t ba t t le is T;\ ell known; how the awfiil field w a s tiie Northern men who held swav ; then was four times won and lost. Four solid again the supporters of the South. As an miles of blue had Liberty written on their instance of this continuous unrest i t might banners, and arrayed against them -was a be mentioned t h a t nine times, between 1861 * host, as brave as ever trod a battlefield, and 1865, the bridge crossing the Potomac though blinded by the cause they loved. a t this point was.. destroy^ed by the hostile Libert^- and slavery were ever irreconcilable parties. enemies, and the issue of that day dregs'

>.§hortl3'-after Jackson's evacuation Colonel them farther apar t . Darkness fell on the Miles ,with 12,000 men was sent by the scene of carnage, and Lee, after a hurried government t o OCCUXDV- Harper 's Ferry, consultation with Longstreet, passed over The men, were distributed throughout the the Potomac in the stillness of the night. Heights overlooking the town. At last i t He had a possible chance of victory on the seemed as if the place were assured of peace,, mor row if he remained, but his heart was even though given hy those whom manj- large and soft, and he deemed no victory regarded as enemies. Thus were things a t wor th the price of another twelve thousand a standstill w^hen Generals Jackson and Hill of proud, young followers, appeared on. the scene wi th 9000 men, Sept. • Twenty_ thousand upturned faces met the 1-7,, 1862. Thej^ first, a t tacked Marj^land first rays of the morning sun on September Heights, and in, a few minutes the men in 19—all American soldiers. Neither side had blue-were scurrjnng over the bridge, t o join concjuered. The hand of death seemed t o their friends on the Virginia side. Jackson have fallen " with equal weight on Blue followed, and soon Loudoun Heights were and Grey. covered wi th grey. The entire Union army To-day, as you pass over the ground of w a s now cooped up on Bolivar Heights. The this bloody conflict you seem t o be in the Confederates lost no time in surrounding midst of a city of the dead, so peaceful i s . the,Heights, and though Miles had a vast ly the silence. Nothing has. been disturbed superior position, bu t tweht^r minutes of about the place. Familiar names come up fighting w^as needed t o convince him of before you as you move among the gov-Jackson's and Hill's capabilities. Miles was emment tablets : Lee, Longstreet, Jackson, . mortal ly wounded in the act of surrendering, S tua r t and others of the Confederates, and-

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the none less gal lant of McClellan, Hooker, Burnside, Hood, Mansfield and Meagher. These and many others are there. F rom an observation tower in the centre of the place you can look out over the batt leground and let the imagination run wild. With perfect ease you can follow the line of batt le, for the picture is the same as i t w a s on September IS , 1862. You can look wi th a shudder into the dark and gloomy Bloodj--Lane'.w^here the t w o forces crashed, and where a t the close of daj'- the Confederate dead lav piled five deep. Then off t o the west on the Hagers town Pike is the ancient Diankard church, riddled wi th shell, where the last s tand was made. And all about through conifield and pasture laud beautiful shafts are seen—the onh-- sentinels of the place.

As you take the road back t o Harper 's Ferrj?^ you pass through the Union Cemetery where the dead of Antietam lie sleeping. Row after r ow of small white stones, testifvina: t o the braverv of the soldiers of nearly every s ta te in the North, lie stretched before 3'ou. Not unfrequently j'-ou see carved a t i iw.shainrock to show t h a t the hear t pf some fearless • Celt had passed t o dust beneath. , ,

All looks br ight again as you stroll down the t o w pa th t h a t follows the canal. I t . makes,a pleasant walk wi th the picturesque moiintains of Maryland on 3' our left and tlie rugged old Po tomac cutt ing figures on your right. To see Harper 's Ferrj'- n o w is like'^ hearing t h e ' sequel of an interrupted sforyr'. There i t s tands as silent and peaceful as' onJthe morning John Brown touched off thie fuse t h a t igiiited sectional wra th . One bro^ad street about a quarter of a mile in lengtT^ makes up the main port ion of the t o w n ."^Houses, vphose foundations have been ffouged out of bottomless stone, are set along this highwaj'^^ in the niost irregular fashion imaginable. Old styled verandas and sqiiatty side chimneys sipeak a s tory of eafiie'r davs. Occasibnallv you see a stone building in iniiris wi th i-agged looking holes in the / remnants of i ts roof, such a wound as .you in igh t . loc )k for after the passage of..

a shell;:,;.. ^{,Otie''migliF think' thl ^ ^ times of J!&6i-6^_ would "ieaye in the, younger :gen-:. ffratiotn of {Harpe^^ some ra ther

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boisterous inclinations; quite the contrarj ' ' So deepty have thej'^ entered the quiescent-s ta te t h a t the maintenance of a police force has long since been deemed an unnecessary evil. An oflScious-looking old gentleman, wearing a wooden leg, is the sole arbiter in all mat te rs of dispute. In all cases his cane is law. Nor is there a fire department t o excite the dreams of the 3'-oung bo3''.

Taxes indeed must be light in this place as the mountains furnish spring wa te r and the electric p lant is the onl3^ sinking fund in the locality. Still the t o w n receives ofiicial recognition 133'- the government, as witnessed by the quasi post-office t h a t graces the place. Imposts are dull, so the postmaster sa3^s, but the export of souvenir cards is sufficient t o w a r r a n t his salaiy^

I t is interesting t o stroll over the heights t h a t hem in Harper ' s Ferr3'^ and read the stories t h a t the scattered ruins suggest. Bits of breastworks and occasionally some Tvell-preserved fortifications unfold a tale. With little difficult3'- one can pick up stra3'' bullets or scraps of shells. Now and then 3'-ou find but tons , some marked C. S. A., or the inscription from some soldier boy's cap. The beautiful view^ t o be obtained from these heights as 3' ou look down the historic Shenandoah A^alley is sufficient reward for the- bruises of the climb. Beautiful as it is a t day i t is grander still a t night, A sight long t o be remembered is t o mount Bolivar Heights on a moonlight night and look down on the little hamlet of Bolivar, a shor t distance firom Harper ' s Ferr3^ I t is there t h a t the colored folks have congregated, and there, as in a kingdom of their own, the banjo and the bones hold swa3^

As you listen to. the singing far below, you climb still higher t o obtain a better view. While picking your uncertain w^ay upward perchance you ma3'- stumble, and then again you examine the place and find, t h a t 3'ou are passing over a little grassy plot less wild t h a n the rest, and there side.by side are nine o r m o r e graves whose mounds have entrapped the foot of the unwary , you stand and think. The song of the darkies comes swelling over the mountain side, "All merry, all happy and br ight ." "Yes ," you say to . , yourself "perhaps . i t i s ." And, then as you^ look, a t the neglected heaps a t your feet " 'Twa . s ; dearly bought.:"

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V a r s i t y V e r s e . A Belated Witness.

IK WINTER.

MOW bare November with her winds Brings in the wintrj ' weather;

And leaves of gold and sanguine d3'e Go skipping off together.

The kitchen fire burns red and gold, And merr}' hearts sit 'round i t ;

The winter's praise rings jo^-fulh', For happ3' voices sound it.

The chubb}'- children, big-e^-ed, hear Long tales of warring redmen.

Of battles lost and battles won, Of fields all strewn with dead men.

Here in the rocker hj the fire Old grandmother is sitting,—

To hear again the well-known tales— J-Ier fingers nimblv knittinsr.

The rich ma3' wear the frown of power, And in their caps pride's feather,

But can not know the simple joA* That binds these hearts together.

E. P. B.

L I F E INSURANCE PHILANTHROPY.

McCurdA' dear, and did you hear The news that ' s going round ?

The people saj' t ha t night and da^-With grafters 3'ou are found.

You rob the poor of everj' cent Your room3' banks to fill

And when 3'our childer have the mumps The poor must stand the bill.

" 'Tis false, I sa3^; and tell me, pra3-, AVhoever told tha t joke?

I'd rather die than tell a lie. Than steal I'd rather choke.

I am a father to the poor, A mother to the ill;

The3''ll get rich when the compan3-Begins to make its will.

"You must agree a t present we Need just a little cliink,

For everj- soul on the pa3'-roll • Must have some food and drink.

There's Marj ' Mc, Bedelia Mc, And twelve tha t live in Cork,

Besides nineteen in Timbuctoo And fift3' in New York."

T. E. B.

A JIAIDEN IN DISTRESS.

There once was a maid from Cohoes Who was struck with a war t on the nose,

I t is growing in size, Though the poor maiden tries

EYer3' cure t h a t she knows on her nose.

J. F . S.

JOHN C. ilCGINN, ' 0 6 .

Niel Clarkin had lived in ' Matunuclc- for fift3'- 3-ears. Light gray hair, a \vrinkled forehead and piercing black eyes, -w'liich darted incessantly from side t o side, marked old Squire Clarkin as a person t o be approached only when business demanded it. The j-oimger generation, especially the boys, regarded the Squire wi th the same fear they were won t t o bestow upon the callage constable. F rom office bo3', Clarkin had worked himself along until he became -the sole owner of a vast plant of inills which made the northern border of Matnnnck. His onh-- assistants in the mana'gefhent'of these mills were his son and nephew. F rank Boucher, his nephew, w a s of' an" irritable disposition which often showed itself iii his dealings with the mill employees. "Boucher w a s disliked b3' all wi th whom he had t o deal. On the other h'and, 3'oung Tris Clarkiii Avas.liked by all. His jovial disposition and eas3^-going manner won for him 'a place in the hearts of the people with whom -he came in contact. I t was , in fact, on account of his nonchalant disposition t h a t y'oiirig Clarkin and his father often qtiairelled. The Squire frequenth' rebuked- him and advised a more serious code of principles to-guide him in future life. Tris, however, who W a s onh'- nineteen 3"ears old and h a d ' dreamed through t w o 3'ears of college life, w a s never much moved b3' his father's kindly'admoni­tions, on the cont-^ar3^, as the years-passed the m"oi*e careless he becaine.' ' ' "'•'•"

One evening while Tris wa'S" in' his rd'Qin whistling and preparing for a ba l l / he heard his father's angry "voice' summoning him t o the sitting-room. Replyirig'lh'at Ke would be down in a minute, Tiris continued his preparat ions. In a half houi: he presented himself all ready for the evening's amuse­ment. He had often' seen his father aiigry,

"but never before in such a mood as he w a s t h a t evening. Making a few preliminary remarks about Tris' absence from the office t h a t day, the Squire severely rebuked 'him for his careless a t t i tude towards 'bus iness . Finally he gavcr him his choice: either t o a t tend more punctually t o duty or quit

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the office entirety. Here was an opening for which Tris Clarkin had long looked. When he had gentty told his father t h a t he had long cherished the idea of giving up his office w^ork, the Squire grew pale wi th rage. F o r the pas t ten years his onh^ fond hope w a s t o see his son installed as head of the Clarkin Mills, and now as. he saw his hopes lay shattered before him he felt impelled t o upbraid his son. One word led t o another, until finally the old man trembling with excitement ordered his son out of the house wi th the w^arning never t o darken the threshold again.

The management of the mills w a s now-conducted by the Squire and his nephew whom he had taken t o live wi th him. T w o months passed wi thout any noticeable change. One morning the emxDloyees were startled t o hear of the sudden death of their old employer, Squire Clarkin, as they were w o n t "to call him. Ljang on the floor of his own room he was found shot th rough the head. Nothing in the room furnished the slightest clew. The*windows w^ere closed, the Squire's desk and papers were in perfect order, and there w a s no sign of a struggle. On a table close \yy w^as found a iiewlj'' made will in which young Boucher was made sole heir t o the Clarkin fortune. Near the will was the Squire's fountain pen, and a little farther a w a y an old phonograph. Such w a s the condition of the room into which the detectives of Matunuck were ushered \iy Boucher who w a s the first t o discover the crime. He had been in the house an hour, and no t hearing his uncle around he went t o his room where he found him dead. Upon close questioning Boucher, wath some reluctance, admitted t h a t he had met his cousin, Tris Clarkin, a little distance from the house an hour or so before he discovered the crime. More valuable testimony, however, was obtained from the housekeeper. She had left the house. only t w o hours before the murder w a s discovered, and a t t h a t time Mr. Clarkin w a s engaged in conversation with his son. Their t a lk w^as no t altogether friendly; and as the old gentleman's anger increased, she deemed i t best t o leave the house for a w^hile, because the Squire, she knew, would feel mortified if he knew she had overheard their little family quarrel.

This testimony furnished sufiicient evidence

for an arrest, and a search was immediatelv-instituted for Tris Clarkin. Upon inquiry a t his hotel i t was learned t h a t 3'oung Clarkin had left t h a t ver^^ morning. This caused n o t a little uneasiness, and the detec­tives became more diligent in their search. At noon of the following day Tris Clarkin was arrested as he w a s about t o leave the city. When accused of the murder, Clarkin stood as though fixed t o the ground. "Surety," he said, " the re is some,mistake." The police, however, were of another opinion, and Clarkin w a s immediatety arraigned on the' charge of murdering 'his. father. The chief witnesses aga ins t him Avere his cousin and the housekeeper. Clarkin. made but little defense. He admit ted. being in his father's room on the night of the murder, bu t said he had gone because his father 'wanted t o see him. He admitted, furthermore, t h a t angrj'- words were spoken and- t h a t his father finalty ordered him out of the house, threatening t o disown him. - His defense had little if any effect upon the jury who found him guilty of the murder. A plea for mercv was made, bu t in vain. Clarkin was sentenced t o die within three months.

Ten weeks had alread^^ passed, and the quiet people of Matunuck had almost for­got ten the Clarkin murder and the Aoung man whom the\'' Avere ^x^ont t o praise and who w a s ' now awai t ing execution. One morning of the eleventh v ' eek, however, thej'-were rudety reminded of the, murder \y^ the glaring headlines of the Matunuck Trior which heralded the dea th of F rank Boucher

w h o had been killed in an automobile accident the. previous evening. F o r the nonce the murder was on everj'-bodj^'s lips, and many a fervent wish was expressed for the deferment of youi ig . Clarkin's execution,

Boucher's accidental death had. revealed most s tar t l ing t ru ths . Not onty' w a s most of his uncle's fortune gone, bu t he had also used the many small savings intrusted t o him by the small savers . of, Matunuck. "Worthless notes began t o pour in, and even before his burial- i t . w a s generally known t h a t Boucher had died almost penniless.

i t was- the day after Boucher's funeral, and his former housekeeper, w h o ' h a d been connected' with the Clafkins a loner time, was. going abou t the house ar ranging the furniture apropos of her departure. She wa.s

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standing in .the ver\^ room where the Squire w a s nnirdered. Suddenh^ and quieth'- there stole in upon her thoughts of her first daj'-s in- the Clarkin household.

Tris ' mother had jus t died and he was left alone. Night after niolit his father bowed in sorrow would s i t . in his old arm-chair and sing little Tris t o sleep. Then losing himself in thoughts of earlier vears he too would soon nod himself into dreamland. Ah, she could see him now with the little golden-haired boj"" in' his lap, and both he and the boj^ fast asleep. With these fugitive thoughts in her mind she w a s about t o leave the room when her at tent ion was a t t rac ted bj'- the Squire's old phonograf)h. There i t s tood; not a soul had touched i t since the night of the murder. Manv a time she had heard the Squire making records w i th this olcl machine. Going nearer she was surprised t o find the usual hollow cone substituted hy a wax coyered one. In place of the style, she found a hard steel graver. Wha t held her a t tent ion more was the fact t h a t the graver was a t the extreme right of the cone. Replacing the graver with the ordinar\^ disc and st\de she pushed the lever t o the left and s tar ted the machine, for her curiosit}'- was now thoroughly aroused. With s tar ing CA es and face as pale as death she stood as she heard slowlv and distinctlv her old emploj-er's voice repeating the ver\^ words of the will which had been found on the table : "This day I disown mj'- son Tris Clarkin and bequeath mj entire fortune t o vny— No I can't , I w-on't."

Here there was a break immediately fol­lowed b j ' a sound as thotigh some one had quickl3^ and roughly opened a door. Then followed the \vords: . "Sign m3^ name to-t h a t paper or I.will,kill 3'-ou." A few ticks of the machine and then the old man w^as heard t o saj--. angrih'-: " W h a t ! you, Frank Boucher?" Immediately there followed a report and the words, " then I'll sign—" here the stjde. r an off the cone. In a second the housekeeper realized the situation. Donning her street apparel, she hastened to . the detective bureau and there told her story. Tw;o men were a t once dispatched t o the Clarkin house where the tale of the record w^as again rehearsed. There was . no need of. further testimony. In a . few hours Tris Clarkin w a s free.

A' Balcony Episode.

R.VY.MO>:D A. JICXALLY.

When Kathar ine came back t o the .dinner table after answering- the telephone .she looked so sober ; and pensive,, especially in marked contrast t o her previous high, spirits, t h a t the famih- immedia te^ resolved itself into an interrogation point . , . ' , : / ' ; :.

" H a r r \ ' can ' t come for me,";she slowly explained. • . .f. : . ; . ' . . . • . • ~ :'.t'

" Is • t h a t all ? Thought: i:herev :must • have been a death a t least,"-..interpolated her vounger sister. •-.. ' - ..:..: :\-'i

"No, t h a t ' s no t all. He has.<:very kindly offered t o provide me with, a n escort ; .and t h a t escort is none other, t han Randolpfi Paj^son." : ,.. '_ . : '

"Well, w h a t is the ma t t e r \ \4th;-Mr: PaA'"Son? I . thought he was .all right."i -:.*•

" T h a t ' s just , w h a t is the matterT-rhe-is'so invariabh^ and provokinglj- all r ight. i/He:-is a perfect paragon of propriety,, and I. shall be sure..to do something, t o shock .him.,.J,ye half a mind no t t o g o . " . -. .-. :,- ,.;£.->

"Oh Kathar ine ," interposed heir. motHeri' "3^ou must. Harr^' is .depending. pn-L-your solos." •-• , , -J . s .i: . , = - :

"Yes, t h a t ' s another thing. Some one.has failed him a t the last moment,.and he-wants me t o sing another t o .fill up the vacancyr I ha te these concerts for thebenefi t of some-, th ing or other; the\'-'re alwaA'S in- .some stuffv, crowded hall, and there is never.* a decent p iano." - -, .. • v . .-.1;;. ...

"Well, dear," said her .mother soothingly,' "3^ou must do your best abou t it; .--Lcan't imagine what makes voufeelso. -Most/girls .w^ould be delighted wi th Randolph .Payson for ?n escort.". " .. - , ^ - ' . .. i.-.:;!*..-

" M o s t girls are scared blue, of hiin j u s t , the same. I t is enough t o ,* rile ' anyone j i i ^ t o look a t him. He's so absolutely faultle^:"''-This ended the conversation., ;• ; -.•. -...i • ^^

Kathar ine repaired t o her room in . no ' amiable frame of mind, 'and after, seiveral minutes of perjDlexed deliberation, she decidSd^ t o waive the question <of Pa3^spn's extreme conventionalit3', and accept him as her escort t o the concert. AccordingU'; a t the, apppinted-time Kathar ine was read3'; She .was aloiic, the other •member^ of the familv havinfir-

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gone out for the afternoon. She was j)osi-tively^ nervous about meeting Mr. Pa3^son, and star ted when the bell announced his arrival. She picked up her gloves t o go, bu t t o her horror her room door would no t open. No, i t "«'-as no t locked, and the knob turned, bu t did no t unlatch. Alean while the bell r ang again. Wha t should she do? Of course she could no t make him hear her, bu t she rat t led the knob and tugged a t the door, b u t her efforts w-ere futile.

She lived in the lower flat of an apar tment house and her room had long windows opening upon a small balcon^'. She rushed out there only t o find she could no t see the front entrance, b u t she hailed a bov-passing by.

" B o y , " she called, "come here if 3''OU w a n t t o earn a quar ter ." The boj"- responded wi th 'alacritv. " I s there a carriasre in front of the house?" she asked.

"Yes ," said the hoy. "Then please go around t o the entrance

and tell the gentleman who is a t the door of this flat t h a t Miss Harrison can no t come t o the door jus t now, and ask him t o please w a i t a few minutes. Do you u n d e r s t a n d ? "

" Yes'm," answered the bo3' and he was off. "Oh, come back a minute," she said. " D o

you know where the j an i to r ' s ' rooms a r e ? " Then please go and ask him t o come a t once t o F l a t 1, and fix a door t h a t w^on't open. But don ' t tell the gentleman t h a t , " she added as she tossed him a quarter .

A moment or t w o later she heard steps, bu t she was shocked t o see no t the j an i to r or the boy bu t Mr. Paj^son himself coming t o w a r d the balcony. Her first impulse w a s t o hide, bu t she was in a conspicuous posi­t ion and he had already seen her. Lifting . his h a t he said:

"Good afternoon. Miss Harr ison," as calmly as if i t w^ere his usual w o n t t o greet from the l awn a young lady on a balcony.

" O h , " began Kathar ine, " I told the boy n o t t o tell you ."

" T h e boy ," said Payson gravely, " g a v e me a confused message abou t a door and a girl t h a t w^as w^aiting, and said he w a s going for the jani tor . I insisted on knowing "where I might find the young l a d y who w a s in distress, and following his d i r ec t ions , ! a m here."

" Y e s ? " said. Kathar ine, confused.

"Ma^'- I ask w h a t the trouble is, and if I can do anj^thing?" Kathar ine wanted t o tell him he might ask an3'thing"if he would oiilv- t ake off t h a t calm expression of dis­approval which made her feel like a naughtj'-five-year old child. Bu t she explained mat te rs in an embanrassed, hesitating way , which made her appear more charming even t h a n usual.

" I f v.' e onlj-- had a ladder. Miss Harr ison," said Paj'^son. " Oh, I have an idea. Excuse me; I'll be back in a minute," and he hurried awaj"-.

"Oh, w h a t will he think of me now," moaned Kathar ine. "This is awful," and she went into the room for another try a t the door, but t o no purpose.

The sound of returning steps called her back t o the balcom^ And w^hat a sight met her ej-es. The carriage wi th Mr. Paj'-son seated on the box w^as coming s t ra ight t oward the balconj'-. As i t stopped, Paj'^son stood up on the seat, from which he could jus t reach t o the balconj^. As he pulled himself up over the railing, he explained:

"We'll j u s t pretend I am the j an i to r for a while, and see if I can do an3''thing wi th t h a t refractor^' door," and he stepped into the room.

His entire manner had undergone a most surprising transformation, and Kathar ine gazed in amazement a t the sight of the heretofore ^Daragon of propriety in her o^^ii room on his knees before the door knob. Wha t w a s more he was babbling merrj'-nonsense the while, a th ing she could n o t have imagined possible. He w a s obliged t o give up the problem, however, and returned t o the balcony.

" I see bu t one way for you t o get out of this diflSculty, Miss Harr ison. I'll ask the coachman t o stand a t the horses' heads, and if you will no t mind climbing the rail— i t ' s n o t very high—^I'U s tand on the seat and help 3' ou down. Can 3' ou manage i t ? "

His eyes w^ere sparkling wi th inw^ard amusement as he looked in to hers.

"Could i t be t h a t the precise Randolph Payson was.enjoying this escapade?" she thought . . " l e a n do i t all r ight ," admitted Kathar ine,

"and—yes, I will. I can ' t disappoint H a r r y now." : - ;

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she easily climbed the railing, and they s tar ted for the concert hall, her face tlushing wi th the excitement of the moment and_ her mental equilibrium raore or less upset bj-Payson 's indifferent serenit3^

"Oh, s top him quick," she cried; " I ' ve forgotten .my music."

Paj-son ordered the driver t o tu rn back. " I don ' t wonder you forgot it. But I

guess I 'm equal t o another raid on your room."

" B u t i t is no t in my room. I t is in the music room. Oh, how will I get i t ? "

"You can ' t get along w^ithout it, can y o u ? "

" I could, bu t mj accompanis t—"The carriage stopped a t the entrance.

" I s there a balconv- off the music room, t o o ? " , "Yes ," replied Kathar ine .

"Then t h a t ' s dead easj'-, if the window is unfastened. If not, well, glass is bri t t le ."

They drove t o the side of the house, and there according t o her directions stopped.

" T h e music is in mj- music roll on top of the piano," said Kathar ine as he entered the window.

Payson returned directly wi th the music roll in his hand, which greatlv- reassured her. As they neared their destination, Pa3^son said:

"Suppose we keep the events of this after­noon t o ourselves. Miss H a r r i s o n ? " Not t h a t there is anv-thmg t o be ashamed of; bu t I know w h a t your life will be if H a r r y Thayer ever gets hold of w h a t has happened this afternoon."

" H e is an awful tease," agreed Kathar ine . " I never t hough t ; bu t I 'd have t o explain though. I t ' s very kind of you—^if we could avoid telling."

"Of course we can. I t ' s agreed then t h a t i t is a secret between u s ? "

H a r r y had no time t o Question Kathar ine as he hurried her into the dressing-room, saying:

" I ' ve had t o change the program now so as t o bring your first song later ."

" D o n ' t be , cross, Thayer ," said Payson, " o u r delay w a s absolutely unavoidable, on her p a r t a t least ."

" T h a t w a s generous," thought Ka thar ine ; " a n d almost as if he were t o blame."

She w a s a t her best t h a t evening. Many

told her they had never heard her smg s o well. " , .

Harr}^ and Payson were on their w a y t o her a t the conclusion of the "final number, when H a r r j ' s a i d : -

"Much obliged t o you,'Paj'-son, for escort­ing Miss Harrison safely here, bu t I'U relieve 3'-ou n o w ; I can take her home."

"Tha3^er," said Payson suddenly, "how-much claim have you on Miss Harrison ? "

"None a t all ," answered Harry , "only she's m3'- cousin and I like her immensely."

"Then I'll t ake her home," said Payson decisively. • ,

"Hope you w o n ' t be as long get t ing there as you were coming," laughed Harry , adding as Kathar ine came t o w a r d them, " M r . Payson insists on finishing up the escorting business, so I am out ."

As they left the carriage, Payson said: "Wh3'- did you seem so surprised when

Thayer said I w a s t o take 3^ou home, Miss Harrison ? "

"Why, I though t you must be disgusted wi th me, I've been so much trouble t o yoii ; and I knew you ^vere so par t icular about-^"

"Abou t the proprieties," finished Payson. " I have t h a t reputation, I know. I h a v e n o patience with girls who do all sorts of wild things unchaperoned. Such a thing- as you experienced to-day might have happened t o an3-one, and your distressing position proved t o me t h a t you were the kind of a'gtirl I had al\va3''S thought you ^'cre. Anyway, I shall be very glad if I ma3^ have the privilege of calling on vou and being admitted in the proper manner, n o t climbing up the balcony t o gain admittance. M a y I ? "

Kathar ine laughed her assent, and he continued impulsively: ,

" I heard you say as I left you- t o get the carriage, ' W h a t will he thiiik of m e ' ? Some time I shall.be glad t o tell you exactly w h a t I think of you," bu t his eyes when they met hers very eloquently betrayed something of his . thoughts , as she bade him good-bye:

" T R U T H is the food of the mind, love, t h a t of the heart , and when an insti tution does no t embody these t w o nutritive principles, i t falls t o ruin, since i t can n o t interest or hold men, w^hen i t has no t the power t o satisfy their deepest and most essential needs."

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Noti-e Dame, Indiana, November 25, 1905. .

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CHAS. L . O ' D O N N E L L , ' O G

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WESLEY J. DONAHUE, ' 0 7

'.—Thirty-five j'-ears after the enforcement of the'fifteenth amendment t w o prominent members of a republican president's cabinet have j u s t taken a \QXJ active p a r t in t w o s ta te elections, in'each of which the practical disfranchisement of "the negro w a s involved. Secretary ' Bonapar te led the ireptiblican opposition t o restricted suffrage in lAsxy-lahd, "while Secretary S h a w stumped Virginia in behalf of Judge Lewis who says t h a t the iiew restrictive l aw in his s ta te has been an emaiicipation of w h i t e men. This sharply defined difference 'of opinion between t w o members of the same political household on a . question involving the suffrage of thou­sands of citizens and amount ing t o a vir tual nullification of the fifteenth amendment, should make one iiorth of Mason and Dixon's line less cocksure t h a t the policy of restricting the,suffrage in vogue in so mahj'-

^ofthe "Southern states, is altogether iniqui-tous . . M a y no t *th6se . s t a t e s understand their own political and social problems better t h a n the best ' informed outsiders?

-^Football playing, especially t h a t of the .pas t t w o years, has aroused the. indignation of.lmany well-meaning people who just ly condemn this game onV account of the. tmnecessary fatalities accomjpanying i t .

Much, however, maA--be said on both sides of this question. F i rs t of all, the casual observer can not help but notice t h a t the deaths resulting from football have, in most cases, occurred, in high school and minor college teams where the p la j -e rsare not subjected t o a thorough s\'-stematic training. Is it no t a fact t h a t tlie teams representing the largest colleofcs and universites of the countr\^ have ^one throuofh the season wi thout so much as one fatalitj'-? The reason of this is obvious. ^y constant t raining the men composing these teams have become hardened and fit for the arame. Football is a strenuous and. merry game, bu t dangerous,,no ma t t e r how it is i^layed, t o those who are no t in almost perfect physical condition. Secpndh', among the teams made up of competent men, the injuries received during a game are, for the most par t , due t o " . s lugging" or ungentlemanh'- playing. H o w are we going t o eliminate this obnoxious playing? Follow.the example of the baseball leagues. Instead of having .a mere figure-head as referee, let us have a real referee wath power t o remove all obnoxious plaj^ers from the game. This.scheme has succeeded in baseball, whj'- no t in football,? Con­scientious training, and the eliminating of all unmanly'- playing will do much t o make football, the same enjoj'-able sport i t , used t o be, and a t the same time will prcA^ent anj^ unnecessary' application of the ".big stick."

— As t ime goes on we realize more and more t h a t the turkej;, as Franklin recom­mended, should be the nat ional bird, He is able t o sing, or a t . least make such sounds as m£iy bring up jojrful recollections of the pas t and dreams of. those t o come, t o walk with a stately trekd and to-become a pet, as a nat ional bird should.. The eagle has none of these qualities. The tuirkcA'-did no t staj'- like the eagle in the dis tant mountains when, civilization first. came t o this country, but carne t o meet i t . He adapted himself a t once t o his new sur­roundings; bu t the. eagle, even now, is only rarei3'-seen t o be cracked a t w^ith a hunter 's rifle regardless of his S3' mb61ical character.

Our coiintty is no longer- the wild experi­ment, once appropriately sj^mbolized bj- a bird on the wingj but i t is established upon

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firm foundations; and now the appropriate sjanbol is the " t e r r a firm a " bird. The tiirke3'-'s tiseftilness is no t even ended when

.his daj'-s are numbered. Unlike the'easrle who rots in an unknown mountain crevice he is still deaf t o those who have nourished and

•protected him. . They gather t o honor his end wi th relisrious rites and thankssiYinsr.

Band .Concert.

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—"The w i i t of habeas corpus, as a guarantee of American libertA^, is a myth in this S ta te , " recenth'- declared former United States Seiiator William E. Mason' before a iiidge in an Illinois • co t i r t ' o f law. This s tatement challenges at tention, and we ask ours'elf seriously, whether " t h a t corner-stone of our l iberties" is crumbling a w a y ? Is the planning and the patience and the pains of our forefathers t o come t o naugh t? Mr. Mason 's po in t of view would seem t o in-

. "dicate, and recent abuses t o confirm, an affimiative answer; But, despite the ap-parentl3'- alarming condition in Illinois, the pendulum must swing back; despite the disquieting utterances, confidence in the sta­bility of • our government and the' efficacy of our constitution will reassert itself." In Sinj event, Senator Mason is doing much t o w a r d consti tuting himself the obstreperous bull in the china shop.

—Like the proverbial small boy, who s t u b b o r n ^ refiised t o swallow his medicine, the Korean emperor was very much adverse t o swallowing the bit ter jaill which Jaj)anese success in the late w^ar concocted for ' hihi. Tjhe as tu te Japanese coated as much diplo­matic sugar on the pill as the^^ could, but the indignant, monarch still protested, and

. refiised. t o .accept • the inevitable. The. result ,was. much the same as .with the stubborn boy . ' . . , ' / , , , ..

.. With the . recalcitrant. emperor a show . of force . and a. little bribery produced the desired results. I n place, of :the lump of sugar

;U,sed to.appease, the. w r a t h of the indignant .youth, . the .pseudo monarch-wi l l have his outraged feelings solaced by a fat pension. Thus he will be,able t p indulge in all of his usual vices, except: t h a t . o f ruling,—which goes t o prove t h a t the .bitterest mediciiie is often the best. .

The appearance of the Royal .I talian/band las t Monday inaugura ted . a busy .week, of h^ceum at t ract ions a t the Universitv. And of the three-AHsiting companies Sign or- Rosati 's band w a s by no means the-least ppptdaiv/ '..In point • of effective interpretation -and

dj-namic detail the; "Fantais ie"; . firom .- 11 T r p v a t o r e " M^as._;perhaps the best of the ten selections rendered;_ thoughiin the-f Ppt -Pour r i " - f rom ;"Carmen,"--the chance.-^for some charming tonal,effects and characteri­zations. Avas certainly "riot neglected.- In .".William ..TeH'-' • the , : same -sympathy. ' in -treatment :and. exquisiteness;' of -technkfue were even m o r e evident. Nor is Miss Nellie Tumwal l :to be'- forgotten, for. Jier-tuneful soprano solos lent much charm as well as variet3^ to the .well-rounded program.- -. , This .is the ' f i rs t t ime the Royal , I ta l ians have visited Ivotre. Dame,- bu t t h e v ' h a v e

^Avon.the r ight- to. a heai:t>''.;welcome,should •thev dect t o return again. .' ;;,, .

i Hungarian Orchestra.

Las t ThursdaA'; morning .the students .had an oppbrtiinitv'.to,.hear.the-Royal Hungar ian Orchestra discourse,some:.yery; good music-The cpmparatiA':e feA\Tiess- of the plaA^ers and the exclusiA':e,use. of-stringiristrnriients^ are distinctive features, of this; . organization.

. Ab OA'-e.' all, the unique, CA-mbalom ; and • ;.the skilful -handling;. of .it proved:, a., pleasing rioA-elty, t o manv'; of t he ^audience..; v. .;:- , " .The miisical. program, of eight,' numbers Avas of a highV,order of"excellence;aridfgaLve "abundant; oppprtunitA'- ipr- a. well-nigh. .Hal"w less ensemble: and individual . display;.-- of artistic .interpretati\ 'e abili"t3r;."-the .solos;of Miss; Char lq t ta .Senescou"'and Mr . Charles Horwath. ; being especially :-nqteworthy for." their technical.proficiency and;fluent t rea t - . ment. .-.The' selected.• recitatipns • b y Miss.-Lorence.Munson, thpuglLnpt.yarious:enotigh t o show; .her triie .elqcutioriarA^^ caliber,, were yet pleasant ^throughout a n d satisfcing. Taken all in . all, t h e Royal .Htingariaji Orchestra is deservin g. of our hear tv • com-

.mend^itioii, for their excdlences ^a^e, many . arid their'.faiilts. few. . . . . . . : : . . '

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'Our Pastor."

"The pla^-'s the t h i n g ! " Tha t w a s the common verdict of all after the royal enter­ta inment on the night of the twenty-f i rs t when "Our P a s t o r " was presented in "Washington Hall. This comed3'-, wri t ten iDy Jerrold Shephard and portra3ang vividlj"-the life of a typical Idaho mining t o w n in the days of the "vigi lantes," savors largely^ of the familiar melodrama and has a promi­nent romantic element wi th a clearly^ defined purpose. The aim of the d rama seems t o be twofold: one to give the priest the honor which popular prejudice t o o often begrudges him; the other, t o impress the spectator w i th t h e force of t h a t love which only a sacramental marriage can hallow and preserve.

The play is well named and is fortunate m having the r ight actor in the r ight role. Mr. Daniel Sully in the impersonation of Fa the r Daly showed t h a t he had made a careful s tudy of the character and had acquired a finished naturalness from the performance of similar roles in the past . His acting in every detail was t rue t o life; his comedy w a s refined; his brogue rsjij; and throughout , his bearing, even in the most whimsical moments, exhibited an artistic •reserve which left the dignity of the priest­hood ever in the foreground. His heavy^ p a r t gave him ample opportunity t o display the mos t varied histrionic qualitieSj and in this respect he is especially t o be commended for the skilful contras t he effected in passing from the serious t o the humorous. Mr. Sully appeared a t his best in the bank-book scene w^hich w^as perhaps the most dramat ic si tuation in the play.

The remaining members of the cast were a t a slight disadvantage in so far as their characters were n o t equally well delineated; b u t never -was the action insipid or incon­sistent. The love scenes, for example, were, for the mos t par t , somewhat lacking in spirit save the juvenile coquetry of DoUie. In general, the actors w^ell merited t o be called natura l , for they, never "o'erstepped the modesty of na ture . "

Miss Ethel Carpenter por t rayed t h e ' Pas tor ' s youthful ward , and in this difficult

t ask acquitted herself with distinction; her effort w a s wholty successful in summoning together the spontaneit3'- and unfeigned outburs ts of childhood. Dollie's tricks and gambols, which in a maid of her age would be overlooked for their cuteness and cunning-ness, had in the actress a suggestion of premeditation. Her slang is, of coiu-se, an exaggeration of the influence of enYironment, and, in so far, is representative of a tj'pe, j u s t as the fop is caricatured b^^ Willie Beckman whom Mr. Edwin Belden imper­sonated wdth rare ability.

Jim Carter, the wealthy ranchman, was a conspicuous personage in the drama, and therefore a difiicult role t o essaj''. But Mr. Edwin Maynard w a s equal t o the emer-gencv. In his angrv dialogue with Arnold Leslie ( so commendabW plaj^ed by Mr. Daniel Bruce) he shows the keener passion, and in his final exit he displaj'^s equal power of pa thos . Mr. William F . Kohman, in the person of the half-lDreed, Piere Wolf, reached a high point of perfection.

Miss Mary Holmes, wi th her sad, quiet, reserved mien and her clear, slow, plead­ing voice, was w^ell suited for the p a r t of Silent Ann. Her supposed rival, Margare t Manning—splayed by Aliss Doroth3'^ Lamb— had less t o brave ; but w h a t she did have t o endure she suffered wi th a heroism t h a t made her wor thy of the dauntless miner. The role of the widow, Mrs. Miranda Wellington, as performed \yj Miss Pauline Harice, can excite scarcely an3' adverse criticism. On the other hand, her lover. Col. Fitzhugh Pot ter , U. S. A. (Mr. Claude Gourrand), exhibited a trifle too much of his quiet, military fearlessness in his courtship. However, he was a notable figure in this

admirable cast. . The drama-is so pregnant wi th the verities

of life, so illustrative of the fact t h a t "a l l the world 's a s tage," t h a t after seeing i t one can no t bu t expand the horizon of his mental universe and enter in to broader sympathies wi th his fellowmen. This is a gain w^ell wor th striving for, and. i t is nowhere secured wi th greater ease and pleasure than in witiiessing Mr. Sull3' pl^y the lovable p a r t of " O u r Pas tor"—words , t han which ( to paraphrase Leslie) there are few t h a t will: sound sweeter and ire-echo longer in our ears. ;

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Athle t ic Not e s .

NOTRE DAME, 2 2 ; BENNETT MEDICS, 0.

And we ^von another. Las t SaturdaA'" we tried t o get even, and in pa r t we did by-tr imming Bennett Medical College of Chicago by the score of 22 t o 0.

The "Medics" p u t up a much better game than was expected from them. Their line came very near being equal in weight t o ours, and w h a t the - lacked in weight they made up for in speed as their t w o ends were as fast as .an3'- seen here this ^'•ear.

The time Coach McGlew spent in t rying t o make his back-field stick together v^ as hj no means wasted, as McAvoj--,.Waldorf and Bracken staj'ed -vxath the man carr^ang the ball unti l he was downed. I t has been one of our greatest faults this year for the man carrjnng the ball t o be alwa3''S alone, and times when he had made good gains he would be pushed back because there w a s no one with him.

McNeniA'' go t a w a y with a long run which w^as the only thing .n the game which came anj' waA'-, near a sensation. Longacre was easil3'' the s ta r for the Medics, and his line-bucking and defensive work w^as as good as has been seen here this season.

FIRST H A L F .

Longacre kicked off t o McAvoj^ w^ho returned the ball ten j ' a rds . By a series of line, plaj-s and, an occasional shor t end run Notre Dame carried the ball t o the Medics' seventj^-five j'-ard line where they ;were held for downs. Longacre kicked t o McNernj'- who returned the ball fifteen.yards. Notre Dame then marched s t ra ight down the field for the.-first score; " B i l l " Downs going over.

Notre Dame received the kick-offi and cross bucks by McAvoj'- and Bracken p u t the ball on the Medics' fort3'-3'^ard line. On a quarter, back, run McNern3': g o t around r ight , end for a touchdown.

McAvoy received the kick-off and returned.. ten 3'-ards. Waldorf madefour through centre bu t on the next pla3' ^ w a s injured and went out. of the game,_ Bill.Downs went in.at full­back and M. Downs a t tackle. Line-bucks by. Downs,-by McAvoy, and now and then a s t ra ight buck by Bracken, p u t the ball on

the Medics' four-yard line, F u n k going over. McNemy received the next kick-off and returned twenty-yards. Downs, Funk and McAvoy carried ithe ball s t ra ight down the field, and " Bi l l" carried i t over for the fourth touchdown. The half ended wi th the. ball in Notre Dame's possession on the Medics' twenty-five yard line.

SECOND HAX-F.

McAvoy received the kick-off and returned the ball sixt5' yards by clever hurdling and dodging. McNemy made ten on a . quar ter -back run ; Silver added eight. The Medics held, t ak ing the ball on their OAvn fifteen-yard line. Longacre carried the ball twenty-five yards in fair plays. Driscoll g o t around end for t w o gains of twelve and eight: Time was called on account of .dark­ness with the ball on Notre Dame's fift3^-yard line, in possession of the Medics. . ; '; r. • Line-Up.

Notre Dame ' Bennett Med. College Callicrate Funk Beacom Sheehan Donovan, Joj-ce W. Downs, M. Downs Silver McNernv Bracken L, H Hnssar McAvoA' R H Morris Waldori", Draper F B Longacre

Touhdowns—W. Downs, 2 ; McNemy,* Fnnk. Goals-from touchdown—^Beacom, McNemy. Umpire-rStudet-. baker. Referee—^McDonald. Time of halves—^Twenty-five and seven minutes.

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NOTES.

Waldorf s injury has kept him out of practice all week and i t is doubtful if-he can get in the game against Purdue.

Driscoll came in for a share of the honors with his teammate, Longacre. His defensive playing being good, and his speed in gietting down under punts w a s especially noticeable.

McNemy and McAvoy made the longest runs of the game.

" B i l l " Downs pla3'-ed a t tackle.for thef i rs t , t ime in his life, and proved t h a t he,, is a,; valuable man for any team, as he has proven t h a t he can pla3^. full-back, half or tackle and ~ hold his. own.in any one of these positions,, .

The football season may n o t end with; the game> wi th Purdue, as Manager McGlew^, may arrange another game wi th the Michi-: gan "Aggies'. ' t o be played at.;Lansingsoiii, Thanksgiving Day. . Ri.:L:;,B>::,

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Jones; Cooper Smith Culley Bunch McCormick_ Langsdale Driscoll Brigham

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LAW- DEPARTMENT.

The regular'terra" of the receiitlv redrs^an-ized Universitv Moot-Court w^as inaugurated last . Saturdaj-after no on. with a spirited civil' siiit. Those w h o were present niight have not iced ' that the proceedings,did not pass off as smoothh* as. one could' wish, but consider­ing t h a t this was the-f irs t case pulled off th is -year the conduct -of i t Avas' verji- coni-niendable. -The-trial being.before the • ju iy , there wa"s~ abundant - opportuuit-\'. for telling testiniom'. oil' .the. pa r t ;of the witiiesses and skilful cross-exaiiiination, hy' t he ' attornej'-s. • Nbr; w a s the." plea. t o - the ^ j \xxy -slighted, t h a t of the leading counsel-for the^ defendant being especially noteworthy. -Subjoined is -a more detailed report, of the-facts <3f ther.case to­gether with the-verdict returned by the ju iy .

^BujRRpuGHS- Y. A N D R E W S ET,''A£.n.,:j "

(NOTRE DAME MOOT-COURT.)" • ' \ " '

A. B, Oberst and' Ernest Morris, for-plaintiff. ,. ' , ,,,

D. Ly.-Maddep- and- / . E. Valdes,- for-defendaiits.' ' •:

This w-as^^-an action brought ]Dy one, Benjamin 'Burroughs," who . charged iii 'his. coniplain t t h a t the., defendants had • wrong-, fully:"^..aiiji. rnaliciously.'inteffereci, wi th an.d prevented ^him -from.-obtaining- eraploAnnent for the period of four months, for w^hicli he

. clairaed/damages to the extent of $700. The case- opened; ^with • Judg^' Hojmes presiding, the is'siije.being, tried before' a.jurj'-, composed as ' follows:* George [.W'.-^Springer,[ foreman'; •; Lawrence, AVHjart, Robert ' .C.Saley, Francis J/Prypr,-jc)hh- HY.Rpgers, Howard : Gv.Davis. Fromr thc-evidefice'produced by tlie plaintiff andi^V'the^ defendaTrits^i.the followinsr facts ' •were elicited. • • " " - : " ' ,

•In . Aj)ril, 1903, several of. the. leading rnerchants'of Mishave:aka, St. Joseph County, Static pit Indiana,, fprmedjan-association for the :protectionof their common interests. Tt . w a s ^grieed-among: .-other, .thing^^^ t h a t any member , ijiighti be ex;cluded by. a ihajpritv Yote'of'ilie asspciatipn\ 'ItJ>Ya:s.'understood,;, althbiigh'-iiot formally agreed,. that no rriem-ber should ,take in to his employ w-ithin a Tear any/h^cledc discharged'^ by. another • member.. Amos Aiidrews,^ a meiji.bei: of the associationj discharged Benjamin Burrbuglis, lonejof his

clerks, on the 25th of June, 1904. Two weeks afterward Burroughs applied for 'work to - Cadmus Cjillahan, another member of the association, and w a s given employment. • On. leariiing of Callahan's action- in the mat te r Andrews became' very ' indignant. He openly charged Callahan wi th betraj^al of the interests of the association. Calling on the other members, he accused Callahan of treacheiy, and asked w^hether they-w-ould be \Yilling' to vote in favor of the exclusion of the t ra i to r from membership if lie did n o t forthwith discharge Burroughs. They agreed t o do' so. Nevertheless,- Callahan- hesitated-and protested, being of opinion t h a t '

, Andrews had acted capriciously • and with­out good reason in discharging the clerk;

• Andrews was ' inexorable, however, and seeing t h a t he and the other members were persistent in the purpose • t o expel him in • case of further delaj^ or resistance, Callahan reluctantlj'- discharged Burroughs, s ta t ing the reason and giving due notice. This was on the 10th of December, 1904.

The principal question then as submitted t o the jury was whether- or n o t Burroughs could-" recover as against Andrews and the other members of the association, Callahan-excep ted. The j ury. after an. extended deliber­at ion returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed the damages a t $240,.for wyhich amount together wi th costs judgment w a s entered aga ins t - the defendant.

.The case .of -Cass and MasoU: v. Browii is . t l ie i iext .on the docket, and will be tried in the .Moot-Cour t this .afternoon a t 4:30-p . m. The action, as made out bj--the plain­tiffs' counsel,. Messrs.-:Perce and -Mallpy, alleges .malicious, interference jn a contract by a third par ty , Tp this declaration the defendant's cpunsel,! Messrs. McCarthy and Cunningham, have filed a genera.1 demurrer, . which.will be x>leaded before the court wi th Jtidge Hoynes presiding. - ,

I t is - t o be. hoped t h a t this t r ia l and subsequent. pneslwill be virell a.ttended, as no labor has been spared t o . make- the Moot-Court proceediiigs; ptofitable t o collegiate as well as law. students!,

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ersonals Obi tuary .

=—John F . Daly, a former student of Notre Dame, and br.other of Walter A'l. Dah-(lyitt^ B. '04) is carving out a ver_Y successful • career for himself in Port land, Oregon, being n o w a prominent member of the Por t land Security'- Abstract and Trust Co.

—A recent- letter received b3'- Dean Hoynes from Francis J . Conboj^ (LL. B. '04) con­tains a pleasing account of success. Mr. Con-boy is permanenth'- established in Laporte , Indiana, where he is rapidly v^anning a' reputation as a clever legal advocate.

—Another Notre Dame gradua te ^vho is on the high road to success a s , a purve^'^or of legal lore is Ear l F . Gruber (LL. B. '05) . Mr. Gruber has entered into active practice in Frankfort , Indiana, and alreadj'- he has shown notewor thy abilit}' in handling cases. We take pleasure in extending a figiirative "gladThand" t o you . Earl .

—Mr. Virgilio Rayneri . (C. E. '05), a name inseparably connected with .last ^^ear's class, has made marvellous istrides t owards the goal of prosperity since the da^^ of -his graduat ion. AlreadA^ he is holding the high position of Qity Engineer in. the populous Alatanzas, Cuba; and hj the faithful dis­charge of his ^^eightj"- office he is meriting unstinted praise. Aiwone who had marked wi th Avhat earnestness Virgilio applied him­self to his books will no t be surprised, a t the cpmplimentarj'- reports of him Avhich come t o us from our insular neighbor.

"T^Brother Leander (Colonel McLain in-militarj'- parlance) lateh'- received a new honor. F o r many years he. has been com­mander of the local Grand Army Pos t and' aid-de-camp in the nat ion 's highest veteran corps. In this wise his name and. wor th were , b rought into prominence,; and accordingly the Indiana Headquarters decided recently t o make him: one of the few aid-de-camps in thd stated. The announcement was issued by Mr. J. M.Neeley, Assistant,Adjutant-General. With a l r e a d y heart , we. congra tu la te ; the good .Bro ther oh" his added: honor. . ^

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At Indianapolis, on, Tuesday, -Jfoyeniber 14th, Mrs. Mary Rhodiiis, a., well-lcnowii, resident of t h a t cit^^ passed awaj-.-Tii. her? 3^ounger day^s she frequently visited Notre Dame and w a s a steadfast friend of- the Universit\^ She was highly esteemed-by all: acquainted with her, and the ' late Fa:ther" General Sorin greath-- appreciated her loj-alfy and generosity in her pa t ronage ". of • the insti tution. Her son, ; and only suryiyihg heir, Mr. George. Rhodius, w a s a ,sttidehl:' here for manv- 3^ears and is, still well remem­bered for his cordial manners and kindlixiess of disposition. He has the sincere sympathy of all who are acquainted Avith him, and thej ' join in deploring the sad tidings of the-death of his good and devoted motTifer. ' * -

Local Items.

—Lost .^A pair of rimless 'spectacles i n case: Return t o . Room 68, Sorin Hall, and , receive reward.

—What i s . more, invigorating these da3'-s" t han a good half-hour's w a l k ? . -. ,,•,. ;.'r.

^-G3' m classes are being organized daih'. If: 3'-ou have i t on 3^our bill you should report a t once. - ' ',

-^Have you seen 'em? Who? Wh3'; the fresh air club. Thoj have now three rooins* under supervision, and an organization =is rumored. " . • . '» -;•,.:•.

—This evening a t 8 :00 p . fh. there AvaU-be.'-. a meeting of the Western Club in the Colum-: biian room of the Mmn Building: All s t uden t s ' whose homes are Avest bf the Mississippi . River are requested t o be present: •' ' ' ' ' .

—^Much of the students ' mail -is still no t ; properh'- addressed- In order that' ,letfers> ina3'- be promptly delivered, i t is requisite : t h a t the nanieof the respective HalPof every,, student should be included in the address!.

—Northern- Indiana is rioted. for i t s :fin'e. sunsets. At this time of:the vear.orie of: t h e most beautifuf sights t h a t can be seen.at" '

*Noti-e Dame is the sk3'' at.siihdovyri; anjd-its •. : reflection upon the surface of; St:VMary's., , Lake. .. ,. , . ,, "'" . '

—^Father Cavariaugh's opening sermon has^ been published b3'- request for distribution among the members of the University.: The .: students will do well t o keep on their desk -' J a cop3'- of the golden counsels contained i n . th i s beautiftil discourse. . -, .-

—Another s tar t l ing phenomenon ha s ' been ] . explained withotit the aid oif the famous^ sleuth. The black cross which has so ter--Torized the . Corbyites a t night i s none other t h a n the. cross arms of the iron pole w^hich.:^-is level wi th the . arc-light. r . . . ' . , .]>;

—^The favorite game.of our Filipino stuk'Tf

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dents is hand-ball. The pleasant weather of the pas t week afforded them an oppor-tunitj'^ t o pla^r i t a t everv- recreation period. Man3'' of those little men excel in the game, showing as much skill and cunning as their American athletic associates.

—It seems as though the light has gone out in the Corby Debating SocietA^. The com­mittee representing their members decided no t t o debate wi th the Brownson Society before Christmas. The St. Joseph committee acted immediately and arranged a debate wi th Bro^\mson for J anua iy 24-, t o be held in the Brownson studA^-hall.

— It w a s a wild duck, no t a wise duck. I t must have been a 3'oung duck too, or it w^ould not ' have flown so close t o the ground. Anywa3% i t is now a dead duck and .WAS t o feed a "stateh'- senior." But alas!—^how^ sad t o tell—^two villains plotted, and. there was no duck for the "stateh'-senior." Honk,—honk!

—In the many fine specimens of elms, maples and birches - a t Notre Dame, now bereft of their foliage, there raa-j be seen numerous nests of the Baltimore oriole or hang nest. This bird of brilliant plumage and pleasant piping song is verj'- abundant a t Notre Dame, first returning from the South the last.w^eek in April and remaining unti l early September.

—The sun had jus t risen over the eastern horizon and w^as preparing to mount over the pharmacy building, when a small, delicate figure w^as seen t o emerge from a wdndow on the second fiat and flit downward t o the roof of the xDorch. There was a death­like stillness for a moment, then wdth a little flutter-it chirruped, "Rah , Rah, Rah, Notre Dam.e, ea t 'em up. boys! " and then i t winged i ts w a v back to i ts nest..

^ H a v e you seen the little, snow^birds? Perhaps there are manj'^ students here w^ho have never seen, or a t Jeast never identified, this species. Notre Dame is a favorable place for^.the study of wild birds, and each season brings round i ts special varieties. The fol­lowing, are the markings of the junco or snowbird: "Above dark ash ; below t h r o a t and breast ash ; bellj'^ whi te ; wings and tai l da rk slate; many of the feathers gray^-edged, bu t the outermost ta i l feathers whi te ; bill pinkish , 'white; length, 6.25 inches; legs ruddy." ::;

—Near the site of the old log-cabin a pedestal twelve feet i n h e i g h t for a s ta tue of rSt. Joseph seven feet high is. being con­structed of iri^egular pieces of stone. There •wiillbe electric lights around i t for illuminaT t ion a t night. I t is quite fitting t h a t a s ta tue of St. Joseph, the pa t ron of the six Brothers w h o came here with: Fa ther Sorin,, should be close, t o the scene where . those heroic-

men " led laborious lives for God and men." —Owing t o the absence of the critic the

regular meeting of the Brownson Literary and Debating Societ}^, \vhich w a s t o be held last Thursda}-, • '•as postponed until the following SundaA^ The debate: "Resolved, T h a t football as pla3' ed in the colleges to-da3'' should be abolished," v ' as a T\' elcome surprise t o all the listeners. Fourteen men spoke, from ^\' hom three regulars and an al ternate were chosen for the Corb3'' debate. The fortunate speakers a r e : Mr. R. J. Blum, negative, first; G. W. Sprenger, affirmative, second; J. P . Young, affirmative, th i rd; and H. V. Donovan, negative, alternate. Although this was the first debate held in the societ3'- since its recent organization i t Avas of such a character as t o pu t confidence in all who are looking forward t o Brownson Hall 's success in the Inter-Hall debates.

—In debating the elocutionist has advan­tages over one w^ho does no t excel in declamation. The reason wh3'- this is so is t h a t the t raining one receives in elocution enables him t o use effectively in debate his powers of artistic expression. One of the essential qualities of a successful debater is his abilit3'' t o speak with great spirit, thereby impressing his hearers wi th the strength of his convictions. Had the members of the Brownson Debating Society know^n before­hand t h a t Mr. Ra3'^mond J. Blum had won a prize of sixty dollars in an elocution contest among thirteen high schools in New York State, perhaps they w^ould no t have been so surprised a t his get t ing first place in the preliminar3'- debate for choosing a team t o represent their hall. The other successful competitors for the hall t eam are also elocutionists.

—Last Thursday evening the senior class met in the Columbian room for the purpose of electing a class poet, orator , and historian. The ballot for class poet resulted in the selection of Charles L. O'Donnell whose abilit3'^ t o fill the position is beyond question. John C. McGinn veas the unanimous choice of the class for orator , and if his work in the pas t is accepted as a criterion the class will be well represented in the forensic line. The honor of class historian fell t o Alexander H. McFarland who will undertake t o im­mortalize his fellows. The desirability of procuring class pins w a s also discussed a t the meeting. I t was decided t o procure them as soon as possible, and Mr. BatUe w^as asked t o submit an original design. The present graduat ing class is one of the largest in the annals of the University. I t is rep­resented in every line of college activity, and its record so far gives assurance t h a t its senior 3' ear will be but a continuance of i ts past- excellent record and bring credit t o the University as well as t o ithe., class.

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