davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1890-02-01

Permission was given to Miss NJ. L.. Won
Moth on 20 August to keep a private school
in Christiansted. The 3 private schools IN
Uhristiansted above referred to as having
been closed during the year are those which
were kept by Misses Carly b Jacobsen, Miss
Ella Hansen and Miss George. The school
closed in Frederiksted at the end of 1888
was Mr.. F. b. G.. Moore's high school for
boys, which, as already explained in the
Report for 1888, was closed on account of
its not being able to retain a sufficient num-
Der of pupils to entitle it to a grant from the
public.
The attendance at the Roman Catholic
School in the town of Frederiksted (St.
Patrick's) has been very nearly the same as
in 1888, namely an average per centage for
the year of II for the boys and 81 for the
girls. The annual examination, held IN
March, showed that the children were making
fair progress.
In Mr.. Stewards school the annual exami-
nation was held, as usual, in the month OF
May, & gave on the whole satisfactory results.
The grant to the school, which depends part
ly on the number of the pupils and partly On
the results of the annual examination amount
ed in 1889 to SS95.63 lin 1893 to S96O.7O
With regard to the other schools mentioned
in the foregoing list there is nothing special
to remark.
St. Croix School Board, the 23rd January
1890.
JOHN T. QUIN.
, 1890-02-01
Saturday lst February, 1890.
shipments of Produce in 1889.

Sugar. From Christiansted Sc, 255 bags,
1882 Hhds., and 3,272 barrels, nett weights
Of the whole IA, 445, 999 lbs, equal to $500
Hhds., of 1900 Danish lbs. each.
From Frederiksted /: 1905 bags, 1857
Hhds. and 1,7l7t barrels, nett weight
1904, 297 lbs, equal to 1864 Hhds. of
1900 lbs. each.
1t will thus be seen that the total quantity
Of sugar shipped from the island in 1889 was
1924 Hhds. That the greater part from
Christiansted was in bags is, of course, due
to the Factory, which shipped 1928 bags,
equal to about 6,S3l Hhds.
Molasses shipped was 51,628 gals. from
C~hristiansted, 219,777 from Frederiksted, in
all 27l 400 gals.
Rum, 1929 gals. from Christiansted,
Il, 679 gals. from Frederiksted, in all
1888 gals.
, 1890-02-01

the public examination in May, the pupils
being transferred to the younger classes of
the Free School. The GLASS, which contain
ed 80 pupils at the co nmencement in Novem-
Der, had increased to 81 by the end of Feb
ruary, when it became necessary to draft the
more advanced children into the Junior
classes, leaving 81 on the list. At the closing
of the class in May there were II pupils on
the list, most Of whom had made satisfactory
progress under Miss Jacobsen's instruction.
The class has not yet been re opened in the
present school year. as the pressure in the
lower classes of the school has not yet been
so great as to call for the relief which the
Preparatory Class was meant to afford.
The annual examinations were held in the
Christiansted Free School on the 9th and 7th
of May, in the Frederiksted Free School on
the 9th May, and in the Country Schools be-
tween the 28th of August and the 18th of Sep
TENDER. Besides the public examinations,
others were held in the Country Schools in
the months of February and August for fix
ing the monthly premiums to be paid to the
teachers. An examination was also held in
each of the town schools in the month Of
November for testing the progress of the
pupils during the preceding half year.
The progress of the children as shown by
these examinations must, on the whole, be
considered as satisfactory. The Free School
at Frederiksted made considerable progress
during the year, so that the classes there
may now be regarded as on about the same
footing as those in Christiansted. In the
Country Schools very fair results were shown,
except in arithmetic, which, as usual,
exhibited a lack of power to apply the rules,
even in the pupils in the highest classes.
Tl,a ID,c+ co4jrfo0tOru nyo~o;ooA.oz = IL
Country Schools was that at Annaly School,
which, however, labours under some special
disadvantages.
From the statistical table it will be seen
that the total number of children on the
school lists is nearly the same as in the
previous year. The reduction in the numbers
at Friedensfeld School may be partly ex.
planned by the transference in the month of
March of Big Fountain from the school dis
trict of that school to the Annaly School
district. The numbers at Friedensfeld School,
as we'll as at Diamond School, are, however,
still 700 large for the accommodation afforded.
The percentage of the total average attend.
ance in the schools has been, within q small
fraction, the same as in the previous year.
AS will be seen from the table, it has been,
as usual, best in the town schools. The
poorest attendance has been at Annaly &
La Princesse Country Schools.
With regard to school fines, it was stated
in the Report for 1888, that 1874 fines were
standing over unsettled at the close of that
year. Of these fines So, amounting to $1,000,
were ultim ately paid, 80 ware remitted an1
16 were expiated by Imprisonment. During
the year 1889, 2678 fines have been imposed,
Gin 1888, 2998), of which 1924 have been
remitted, 1I25 amounting to s173.35, have
been paid SO have been expiated and 135
stand over still unsettled.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
A Cunning DOG.

A good dog story is always appreciated
because canine sagacity seems inexhaustible
in its resources. A Glasgow gentleman
owned very intelligent Newfoundland dog,
who accompanied his master wherever he
went, and was his inseparable companion in
his visits and to church. One evening the
gentleman went to visit neighber. The
dog attended him. 1t was quite late when
the gentleman started for home. and, to his
surprise, his dog could not be found.
After the family had retired there was a
great noise in the kitchen. It was supposed
that burglars were robbing the house. Soon
breaking Of window, and then ali was still iii
The morning revealed the mystery. The
dog had fallen asleep under the table. He
had realized that his master had gone home
and the noise heard was the attempt of the
dog to make his escape. As there was no
other way Of getting out, the sagacious ami
glass and frame with him.
It was long time before his master WIS.,
tied that house again. When he did his
dog accompanied him, and the animal found
his way through the open door of the kitchen
to his old hiding place under the table.
When the master was about to start for
home neither his hat nor cane could be
covered fast asleep under the table; one paw
was on his masters hat, the other resting
on his stick. How the dog obtained pos
session of these articles no one could tell.
He remembered his last visit to the place.
and how scurvily he had been treated. The
saRacious creature resolved not to be left
behind next time. He knew that his mas
ter could not 20 homo without the hat and
stick, and that he would be awakened when
his owner got ready to start. His plans
were acutely laid, and if he had been human
Budget.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
CYCLING AND HEALTH.
The Bow-Legged Cyc1er and His Other
Dangers.

The Bow-Legged Cyc1er and His Othe,
Dangers.
DR.. B. W. Richardson, in The Asclepiad,
points out that unless certain essential con.
ditions are observed cycling is inevitably
injurious to health.
He thinks it is always best to delay the
commencement of cycling until the body ID
closely approaching to its maturity. Even
adult cyclists who are too much in the sad
die almost invariably acquire what may be
called the cyclists figure, which is NOT
graceful. and is not indicative Of the full
possession of perfectly balanced bodily
powers. Hence I should not recommend
should not favor it as an exercise, even
during holiday times from school, except
in the most moderate degree. The system
ATTIC pursuit of cycling should never be
commenced until the rider has arrived at
naturity-that 10 to say until the age of 81
years has been attained.
tremity Of the arm and forearm il to
sliahtly bend the limb, the deformity
taking place in the armbone and in the
fingers, and to bring about an unnatural
curve of the shoulders. On the lower limbs
cycling tells as markedly as it does ON the
spine; and. az the lower limbs perform the
the effects of it most distinctly. Riding
brings ont and exaggerates any deformity,
however slight. The pelvis Of the rider.
now practically part of the machine, ID
fixed to it, and is almost as rigid as itself.
In this position of things the thigh bone ia
muscles in the fore part of the thigh are
employed in extending or lifting up the leg
at great disadvantage of leverage. What
the strain is on these muscles every young
cyclist knows to his cost, and it is not UNI
til they get kind of extra-natural power
that riding is easy. The pressure upon the
thigh bone causes bow-legRedness.
We still maintain basic error in the ma
chine, by having it so constructed that the
pelvis of the rider becomes fixed part of
the machine. This is we'll shown when the
cyclist has to meet hill. In climbing we
push the machine or drag it. We want two
entire changes in construction of the ma.
chine, one by which we can bring the whole
weight of the body into the propulsion; the
other by which we can call forth all that
muscular power which is used with such ef-
feet in walking and running, but is lost in
cycling. II these two objects were attained.
and there is not the slightest reason whv
they should not be attained, climbing would
be Just as easy on tho machine as it Is of it:
while the degree of speed that would be
rendered applicable would, at least, be
that is to say, If now in ordinary
riding the four miles an hour of the pedes-
TRAN 10 changed into eight, it would then,
with the same amount of exertion, be turned
into sixteen; while the twenty miles an hour
Of the fastest rider would be turned into
forty, If that were a safe pace to travel.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
Forbes q Davis Special

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76o Copper Bell Treasury.
5000 o. Il. & N.
1850 and 1850 o. B. 6N
800 o. Il. d N.
1000 Am. Ruby.
200 or 1000 ArRenta G. & s., Dillon.
1000 and 900 Southern Cross.
1000 Hiawatha.
5000 Mountain Lion.
1900 Silver Arrow.
5000 Silver Arrow.
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Must be sold at once.
go Consolidated (Philipsburgh
1900 Union (Elkhorn).
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
To the Laboring Man.

To the laboring men who toll hard from
seven O'Clock Monday morning each and
every day until Saturday evening 6 O'Clock,
we hereby announce that our doors will he
kept open every Sunday from Z q. m. until
noon, unless otherwise notified. This viii
give them the opportunity to make their
purchases on Sunday, thus relieving them
OF the necessity OF rushing down town Sat-
urday night. We further announce that wa
will give them good, honest goods at q small
margin. LOEB d BRo.. Clothiers.
IS Main street.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
Very Latest,

Those contemplating reAttina and reno
waiting their homes should mot fail TO call
on Grossman q Co., Diamond block. They
have just received an elegant line Of vail
paper and borders. They are ali Of the
very latest patterns and none but the moet
artistic hands will be furnished 70 deoors1e
your hc0es. Give them call.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
Send for 1t.

A finely illustrated catalogue Of wood
workers tools will be sent on application to
any address BY enclosing cents in postage
stamps to
A. n. HoLTER HARDWARE Co.,
Helena, Mont.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
...-.~~,cu

a soft melancholia circles her brow,
A sort of localized Doleful;
Her manners ara charming: / freely avow
That,her eye41are exceedingly soulful.
Her infinite graces allure and entice;
There are those who consider her witty;
mice"
And the Falls Of Niagara pretty"
She dances. az angels in heaven might dance,
Were dancing adapted to their case:
Her fortunate partners delight to enhance
She consents to sit out on the staircase.
Her beauty was causing my pulse to go quick,
Without any occasion Whatever!
But then she informed me that Browning was
Chic"
And that Handels Messiah was ':clever."
They say she Is 'tcultured"-paints platters and
cards,
And therefore she can not be stupid;
She copies out verses from popular bards,
About Venus and Psyche and Cupid.
dote upon culture: I'd fall at her feet,
With lovers infatuate folly;
But. all che has told me that Wagner is sweet, "
And that Tennyson's lawfully Jolly"
st. James Gazette.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
To Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received until Wednes-
day evening, May 7th, for the grading of
the grounds of the Athletic association.
Specifications for the same may be seen at
the Office of Frank E. Read & Co., archi-
tects, COILS Power building. Bids to be ad-
dressed to the secretary Of the association.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
Call Down Street,

Norris Bros.' celebrated candies can here
after be found at Lookwood's drug store,
Hotter block.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
Used Last Evening.

The Capital City Music Co.'s elegant
plush piano was used last evening at the
carnival.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
Sold.

The Capital City NJ usic 20. has sold one of
their Aue sample Everett pianos to Mrs.
Mary g. Supple.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
To Whom It May Conc

To Whom It May Concern.
Conner & Brahan are building concrete
sidewalks for less money than any firm in
the business. Room 20, Bailey block.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
ANOTHER GIRL OF THE PERIOD.

ANOTHER GIRL OF THE PERIOD.
She talked to him of Plato and of Tacitus and
n Cato: spoke of HIsop and and Diogenes with
tears in her blue eyes.
Asked him what he thought Of Homer and Of
Resiod the roamer; how the Jokes Of old
~ H;erocles compared with William Nye's.
Her breath came short and scanty as she flew
along by Dante, but she pulled herself to-
gether and she got her second wind:
She mentioned old man Chaucer, Millions wife
4 and did he boss her; and dwelt on Burns
and Byron and the dreadful way they sinned.
He sat quite mum, though frowning, till she set
tied down on Browning: AMI deeming she
meant Peter, he sad he thought perhaps
She would like to hear of Ewing and what Broth
er Ward wa doing. recalcitrant old Arson,
and of KelIys tender taps.
He could talk base ball. he stated and with elo-
guence related the history of every game
down to the present year.
And when his tale was ended, she said he was Just
SPLENDID. as she got down upon her knees
TO adore him as her peer.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04

Ny Dear Fellah-Now what in the name
of all that ID dwivclingly insane tempted
you to put that dweadful editorial on edu-
cation in last Sundays paper? It's all vewy
we'll for the common people and that sort
of thing to 60 in education; poor beggars!
I'm sure have no objection to their having
all the education and culohah they want; but
vitha fellah wike me, it's quite diffewent,
don't You know? don't need to 60 in for
work. and I'm perfectly sure nature never
meant me to. So wong rs can have my
eiRswetts, a seat at the opswa now and then.
and fast saddle horse, 'pon my word I'm
contented, and I'm positive, You know, there
are not many fsllahs in my set that would
put mp with 10 little. Now, wook here, what
Is the earthwy use of Weading Homer and
SHAKESPEARE and all those dead old chsppies!
There's fellah on the Sporting Life could
give them all points.
And here's the pater been down ON me
vike-I don't know what, ever since he
vesd that beastly editowial; wants to know
il I'm good for nothing but loahng, and if
ann oontanted 70 20 through life a q
4ailor's dummy and all that sort of rot! He
positively dscwaEes shall go to tho uni
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-23
Republicans Attention!

The Republican County Committee
met Wednesday uight and decided to
hold the county convention to nominate
county officials and delegates to the con-
gressional convention III the Newmarket
theater, St. Paul, on Wednesday, Aug.
q, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The convention to nominate legisla-
tive and senatorial candidates will be-
held in the same place and day at 3
O'Clock P. NJ.
The primaries to elect delegates to
both these conventions will he held on
Tuesday, Aug. 26, between the hours OF
5 and 7P. NJ. The two sets OF delegates
will be elected in the same place ut the
same time. A.
The apportionment is the same as that
OF two yerrs ago, namely, on the basis of
one delegate for every 100 voters or
major fraction thereof.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-23
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The great object Of school should bo
to put the child in the way Of using
his own powers and stimulate him to
CONT nue to use them. j. "A. Cooper.
| "A correspondent, of the Manchester
Guardian says that while there are only
about fifty thousand Protestant native
Christians in China, there are 544,37O
Catholic native Christians.
There are no fewer than seventeen
different Presbyterian missionary soci-
cites, including the Reformed (Dutch)
Church, laboring in India. OF these,
eleven are American and Canadian, and
six are British.
The six Bibles of the world are: The
Koran of the Mohammedans; the Tri
Pitikes of the Buddhist; the Five Kings
OF the Chinese; the Three Vedas of the
Hindoos; the Zendavesta, and the Scrip
ture of the Christians. Beacon.
Even in Asia Minor and Persia there
have been revivals of religion, five hum
dred persons having been added to the
church in one place, and four hundred
in another. The gospel is thus the
power of God for salvation among all
people.
Mile. Virginie Mauvais, now in her
ninety-second year, has given nearly
half million dollars to her native
town, Nancy, to build new wing to the
hospital. Mile. Mauvais is noted edu-
:ationist, and her system of instruction
has been in vogue in numbers of schools
for more than fifty years.
The progress of the Harvard Annex,
reported by Mrs. Louis Agassiz, during
the ton years of it's existence, during
has increased from rs to $50, is record
of good work we'll done, and it deserves
the hearty support of the friends of a
higher education for both sexes every
where. Journal.
in 1885, in Ham burg, in shoemak-
er's shop seven men resolved to evangel~
i0e the territory about them. In twenty
years they had fifty churches and. in
them were ten thousand members, and
fifty millions had heard the gospel from
them. If each Christian should till the
end of the century bring one soul to
Christ each year, the whole world would
be Christian in 1900.
Two hundred progressive young
women of New Zealand are banded to.
gether in a Young Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, two years old, that
has already met with signal success in
connection with various philanthropic
undertakings. It does fower-mission
work, hospital visiting, work among
children, sailors and cabmen, holds
singing, sewing and Bible classes
Christian Weekly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-23
PERUVIAN couRTsHIP.

1t 10 Exceedingly Proper In Every Re-
spect But Worry Expensive.
Peruvian young ladies marry at four.
teen, and, like their sisters in the
United States, they look with favorable
eyes upon young man who has wealth.
If young man sees a girl who pleases
him, he haunts the street where she
lives, and if he finds her on the balcony,
where she spends half her time, he
raises his hat and bows to her.
If she smiles in return, he sees that
his advances are accepted and then he
applies to her father for an introduce
ton. Even if the father consents he
never can meet the young lady alone,
but always in the presence of the fam
lily.
If he invites her to concert or thea
ter, he must always invite her mother
and all the female mem bers of the fam
lily. During the courtship the couple
are never left alone, and frequently the
father or mother orders the daughter to
retire, when the young man has re-
manned long enough. ..
Every Peruvian must have god
AAOVAOA oAAA a SONAdOAOI WIZ OMCAdO0 dG
the baptism, at confirmation and at the
marriage. Tie same persons may act
in all the instances, or an entirely diff
ferent set may be elected.
The marriage must inevitably take
place in the church, and both parties
must go to confession and partake of
the communion before the ceremony.
Invitations are issued to the gentlemen
friends Of the contracting parties, who
attend the ceremony at the church and
afterward the reception at the house,
where the only ladies in attendance are
the bride and her female relatives.
Each guest is presented, with solid
silver medal, made at the mint, with the
name of the bride, bridegroom, god
father, godmother, and the date. The
medal is prettily tied with bow OF
ribbon. After the wedding congratu-
latory calls are in order, but the bride
makes no calls and remains secluded for
three months.-Chicago Journal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-23

nesday. Aug. "a. 25, 26 and o. They
everywhere present an entertainment
not less brilliant than that which has 10
frequently delighted the metropolis.
The company is composed of the leading
lights Of the minstrel profession, includ-
ing George II Primrose, William II.
West, Lew Dockstader, George Powers.
John Queen, the original big four, Smith
Waldron, Daily and Martin, and many
other famous comedians, vocalists and
specialists. There will be a grand
matinee on Wedne ,day afternoon for
ladies end children.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-23

I'm the mend
the consumptive who's not be-
reft of Judgment and good sense.
He's taking DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. If taken in
time and given a fair trial, it will
effect cure. Consumption is
Lung-scrofula. For Scrofula, in it's
myriad forms, and for all Liver,
Blood and Lung diseases, the "Dis-
covery" is an unequalled remedy.
It's the only guaranteed one. If
it doesn't benefit or cure, you get
your money back. You only pay
for the good you get.
"Discovery" strengthens Weak
Lungs, and cures Splitting of Blood,
Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis,
Severe Coughs, and kindred affec-
tions. Don't be fooled into taking
something else, said to be "just as
good" that the dealer may make a
larger profit. There's nothing at
all like the "Discovery." It con-
tains no alcohol to inebriate no
syrup or sugar to derange d.
gestion. AS peculiar in it's cura-
tive effects as in it's composition.
Equally good for adults or children.