The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-18

STATES government has always been
foremost IN selecting a suitable route
aud la clearing the way. regarding the
building Of this canal as It's own peco-
10 Americans the benefits and ad-
vontnGeD arising from this work are
incolculable. far exceeding those OF any
other nation, and therefore the cana |
should Be built and controlleql ~
Americans. Moreover. the growtn o.
The united States has been unparaiieieo
IL The history of the world and herf
voSt commercial interests demand thai
me canal shall be speedily built; IT. I
reo,,ieito TO our national dignity ano
bower and to our industrial advance-f
u1ent and Is the one great work wn,en
remains for the United States to ac-'
I'm view of the enormous advantages
70 our country, Americans have duty
to perform, which compel them to take
q decisive part in this. greatest work
OF human hands. From every point OF
New ve see the practical necessity OF
the Nicaragua canal as an instrument
or the better government OF our ma
tion,i and every true and loyal. Amerl-I
can. when he understands the subject,
will be warned by his conviction that
| X would be dangerous. unpatrioic ana
cowardly to allow any European power.
to usurp our national place toward TINS
highway of commerce strt,
i'~rhs Elmo Arts" BY Lucy J. Kemper.
The artistic instinct Is one OF the
earliest developed in man. Among the'
relics left by prehistoric man. the
| Erandest and most mysterious are the
| Rough Stone Monuments Atnougn
| they are not In a technical sense the
| beginning OF architecture and scuip,
| ture. yet all great architecture ana
| sculpture borrow something or the
| spell that works here so potentiy
In the power of conveying the I'M
straightened. the graphic arts stand
quite alone. II the architect wants 70
give us the impression OF something
vast and massive, he must pile stone
upon stone into a structure. both ioity
and broad; and the sculptor can only
efrcct as by molding an actual solid
shape: but on the painters canvas a
few strokes of the brush will create IN
| our minds the. impression OF buiidlng
Ak grand or a form as beautiful. But
in producing sublimity ana sohoity Oh
form, painting can only represent IL IN
a faint way compared with their VIVID
Representation in architecture ana
sculpture.
|, Art is the mask, the performance. the
/ festival itself. behind which are hid
dan the truths OF nature and OF human
life. In the representation, these truths
are beautiful and TRANSPORTED But
then. art acknowledges beauty as her
jown first law of truth. Her structures
are based upon the rock; her wiides'
flights are upon reasons wings. .icrl
\ rProgress of Humanity" BY Minnie l.
10 Oswald. a
Long AFRO. before we had made sc
much progress, when we were mereiy
little wigglers In the mud, were essayt
| written? she asked. We have no au.
theutic record Of Ewes commencement
essay. do not believe she wrote one
! much less read II afterward. imagine
her audience, not a very extensive one
yet she played her little part anf
!, I passed beyond. Blessed days, befors
the invention of ink and paper. 10,
we're not expected to discourse learned
: 4 " on what no one cared to write, muci
less to hear read. Though mankind
STARTED presumably with the same ca
pacities and at the same time, tner'
now exist such wide differences In so
cial development. Progress Will Deepen.
| upon the exertions of each rms WI
: he lessened by the expenditure of fore
required to go to yonder point an,
: nluck that flower: or, again, In quarrel
: Ing among yourselves, or in wide de
: tours from the path where progress
!, rests. r,t., n,no.
: non-progressive purposes in which mer
: TAI mower is consumed may be as man
I tenar,ce and conflict. By maintenance
= As meant, not only the supper
of existence, but the keeping
: Of social conditions ana tnc nol Jun,
/, Of advances already gained. The whol
! power OF man is required to maintai
existence; and mental power Is set IRE
e only for the higher uses by the associs
: ton of men in communities. Whc
permits the division of labor. and a
: the economies which with cooperate
E of numbers. Association Is the hr'
: essential of progress. improvement
becomes possible as men come u
q gether in peaceful association, and n
y wider and closer the association n
= greater the possibilities for Improve
= ment.
= .swomen, as Scholars" BY Emily
!. The validity of high education II
Il women is a subject that has long bee
e disputed. What is meant by high edl
a cation for women? for In our times u
Ie opinions of people in regard 10 tn
n matter are far from being harmoniou
Il On no subject Is there more disagree
% ment, and there is no subject whis
= provokes more bitter and hostile cor
n ! ments. The whole question OF woman
II II education is decided by physical lin
=. j tations, concerning which there is
u dispute. The question Is; is IL WI
n i for boys and girls to pursue the san
= studies In the more difficult branch
le of learningr
q 1t is an insult to withhold any stuC
= from a woman on the ground OF a
4 | stunned intellectual inferiority. A wor
,e an can grasp a subject as well as
In man. so far and so long as her phys
m II cal strength will permit. There a
n some studies which task the physic
n strength of man to its utmost tensio
q II any woman has equal physical pow
re with man to master certain subjec
D. let her pursue them. for success. ev
- de A
durance as well as brain power.
vi Americas uncrowned queen. Nj
or Frances Z. Willard once said: 1T
I'd greatest discovery of the nineteen
Is century is the discovery of woman
ns herself" Women arc now members
te the county and city school boards
tn Chicago. They have the ballot on I
a~hooi otestion I'm % states.