The National tribune., 1885-09-17

begins 20 sink in his own estimation he is sure to
fall in the estimation of others.
Looking ut education iE the light we have AT
tempted TO throw upon it, il is surely one OF the
best Investments of capital labor and time The
grandest results in labor achieved by the proper
union OF hand and head.
By this means sclf-dcpendence will be gradually
developed. and with all of its associations VIII be
looked upon with a new light. We must 10. uiths
that seif-cu,ture always ends in eninenee. great
majority of persons no matter how well eniight-
ened must necessarily a. some time engage IN tue
ordinary ayocatiCns of life.
Ii has been said, "Al work and no play makes
Jack dull boy; but all play and no work makes
him something infinitely worse than duiiard'
Why should any one say that in All TINS worlo
there is no employment for all mindsY II there
moi field within the reach of all OF MS! EVery
employ his life no5ly. it Is effort not case,
and difficulty, not facility, that makes men.
1t must not be supposed that there is any station IN
life in which difficulties not TO be pet ana con-
Quered before decisive success can be achlcNea.
Mistakes form our experience, and diiiicultcs are
best instructors. We do not obtain rs much
wisdom from success do from failure we
discover the positive by first finding the ncgatiFe.
The most successful battles of life are fought up
hill yet we have no honor if we win them without
struggles. Nv
The school Of difficulty is the best school for Ma
tons as well individuals. To read a history OF
the acts and achievements of men would be to reaa
a history of difficulties. When we have passed
through this school of difficulty we come ont bet
ter worse 1t has tested our strength, and II we
are triumphant, il encourages us To go Oh 70 nc"
conquests and more glorious victories.
The Curious Corner.
PATIENT CLEANERS.
A. L. Tweedy Iincolnyille Ind, !; J. w. Under
wood. Dillon, Mont, 6.
/. When the Smithsonian Institute estah-
lshed? Where. by whom and for wha; purpose? :?
2. Who was the second King of Rome anc who
succeeded him? B. Who was the first Queen on
record? T. In what State did women vote 80 years
ago? 3. Who We're the Seven Wise Men of Greece? !?
6. What President presented petition 10 Congress
for the dissolution of the Union Carrie WIilians.
Who was the " Rock of ChickamauSa Irving
II Jackson, Bailey's Harbor, Wis.
How MANY cities are there in the United states
beginning wiih"J"? Who was routed and put to
flight by a scolding farm-wfe, whose setting hens
his horses had disturbed, and what did he say
Who was Rnber; Bruce? Who was Dido and wi hat
caused her death? Where Is the Queen OF the An
titles? What animal sleeps with Its eyes open!-
j. w. Underwood, Dillon, Montana.
Who was Undne? What was known AS the nat
tie of the Spurs? Who tried to abolish the English
language? Whowas called The Glorious Arbiters
of Engamd's Peace Who was called The En-
glish .'ustinian" "? OF whom was il spoken. " Here
is good man for you. He has given three King
doms for u mass" Bert Dedrick, Pittsburg, Kan.
DELAYED ANSWERS
Gen. John C. Fremont was tie Rocky Mountain
Pathfinder.
Illinois is the Prairie State.
Baltimore is named from Lord Baltimore, its
founder. Jan. II, 1850.
Diego Carols the discover, named the Rio de In
Plata River.
andrew jackson was known as :" Old Hickory"
ST Louis is the Mound City, from the rehes oi
mound builders.
Virginia WAS long known the Mother OF
Presidents" five born there.
The imaginary head of the U. s. is known rs
Brother Jonathan term first applied to Jona han
Trumbull. Governor of Connecticut
The island Of Key West is the key to the Gulf Of
Mexico.
Behring's Strait was named from Capt. vitas
Dchlipg, the discovercr by Capt. Cook.
Brooklyn is the City OF Churches.
Connecticut is called the Freestone State from Its
fine Quarres Ii is called the Nutmeg State because
OF its Thrift. some having ironically said heI
people lived by making wooden nutmegs"
The latitude of the Virgin Islands is between IL
60 and lSo so north.
The fret newspaper advertisement was of books
in the Mericurirls i'oiiicus," 1862
The first balloon was sent up June $. 1873. at An
neau, near Lyons, Franco. by Stephen and JOS
Montgolfier, paper manufacturers.
The parents OF Queen Anne were James Second
and Anne Hyde.
Mark Antony died 80 B. c.. by falling on his
sword
The frs. army was organized in Egypt under
Australia was discovered by the Dutch in 1906
The first bank was founded In Europe at Venice
HI.
The first bayonet was invented at Bayonne
France; hence the name.
Tho5. a-Deck ct died II10.
The Tzar of kolokol, or King of Bells. weighs
443,712 pounds, is the largest in the world. Tht
great bell at Moscow weighs 1872 tons.
Cypress subdued 10y the Turks, 1871.
Moscow burned Oct. l9, 1872.
Grace Dariing was born Nov "a, isio; dauehte'
of liglIthouse-keeper; WAS noted for her hero
ism in the shipwreck off Forfarslire. Died Of con
sumption Oct. 20. lSi9.
France lost 35O.oG0 men in six months i'm tht
Franco Russian war under Napoleon Bonaparte.
Gladstone, OF England, and Bismarck, of Ger
many, are the greatest European statesmen.
. WiiamI known as sKaiserTiihem isthe present
Emperor of Germany.
Peter the Great died in I7a5, of fever
The battle of Graveotte, fought by the French
and Germans, was the most decisive modern battit