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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-01
English History In schools.

"Is this an independent nation. or
was the war of the revolution only
dream?" is a qestion asked by a great
many parents in Spokane these days.
For remarkable as IL may seem. the
course of study i'm the public schools
Of this city puts the pupil into English
history before the history Of the United
States Is taught The result Is that
hundreds Of Spokane pupils know a
great deal more about William the
Norman. the Black Prince. and Oliver
Cromwell than they know of Washing
ton. Franklin. Hamilton. jackson. JEFF
ferson. Lincoln and Grant: and can tell
more about Hastings Greasy and Ruuy-
mede than of Bunker Hill. Trenton
Yorktown, New Orleans. Chepultepcc
and Gettysburg This is sacrificing pa
triotsm and practical education To a
mistaken theory.
The idea responsible for this order is
that since English history lies back OF
American history, the child should be
gin across the Atlantic. But Roman
history lies back of English. and
Egyptian history lies back of Roman.
and If the American child is to be tax
en- back to the beginning. the road
will be so long that the pupil will never
be able to catch up with the procession
on the American continent. This is
precisely what is happening with some
children. Those who drop out before
the eighth grade is reached carry with
them a notion that England IS every
thing and the United States OF small
concern.
So far as American citizenship IS
oo~oerned. history began with the cor
onization OF America. There is the
the beginning. After the American
boy and girl have learned something
Of the stirring story Of the struggle
for independence. something Of the ma
tons growth and glory. and the deeds
Of it's great men. and the sacrifices %
it's patriots-afttr these have been
learned and the colds Of the flag be-
gin To suggest something more than
mere formalism-then. and not till
then. should a text book upon English
history be placed iu the pupils hand
This is not a jir@o view OF the case.
England does NOT teach Norman ur
Saxon history I'm her schools before In
Gllsh history. Every nation which pre-
tends TO nationality insists that patri-
otism and its own history shall he
early inculcated iu the youthful minds
af Us children Tn. average child can
not study the history of two nations
and DO justice O. The history of his ma
tive land Amer..a first. and then Il
there is opportunity. England after
should be the guiding priuciTle.-Sp1-
Kane SpokesmaU-Aevi
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-01
TIME SCHEDULE

TRAINS ARRIVE.
10. :. From 50. Pau. Chicago and all
Eastern points. arrives NartAera
fac.3c Local Depot daily NJ. $40 n n
No. : From Spokane Tacoma
Seattle, Portland. and al Coass
points, arrives Montana Union De-
poi. daily A.. ....................I0. . n
TRAINS DEPART
No. . For Spokane. Tacoma
seattle. Portland and al Coas. All
NalEornlA points. leave Montana
Union ltep0t daily At . SJoau
No. ; For -. Pam. Chicago. ana an
ta>teIa. southern and Canadian
points leaves Northegn Pacific 10.
cal Depot daily ~ .............. 10. % D n
Pullman Sleeping Cars. between butts AMI
s.. Paul. upholstered Tourist sleepers; ele-aas
day coaches and dining ear service on al
through trains.
For iasoriaation. time ca-ds. maps ana ticSsa
ca. on or wits w. NJ. TUouY. Gen Az, a
EAss broadway. Butte. Mont. or
CHARLES ;. FEE
Ge1eral Passenger Agent
-. Paul NiaA
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-01
Montana Union.
Northern Pacific.

TRAINS ARRIVE AT BUTTE
so. From 81. Paul. Chicago and AL
Eastern points, arrives Northern
Pacific Local Depot daily AL. s:iOa -
II L. No. From spokane, Tacoma
Seattle Portland and all Coass
points arrives Montana Union De-
pot daily at. ..............-......- ..iO'o n
TRAINS LEAVE BUTTE.
N u No. I For Spokane. Tacoma
Seattle, Portland and all Coast and
California points, ieave Montana
Union Depot. daily az .............. $50 n
No 8 For ST. Paul. Chicago and all
Eastern, Southern and Canadian
points leaves Northern Pacinc Lo-
ca Depot daily AZ .i0:2o n
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-01
Park Hotel
GREAT FALLS, MONT.
PARK HOTEL COMFY.
WANTED HELP.


ATANTED-Maitresse table girls. dining
w room girls. wages So and SO; Ilmuy girls,
homework girls. family COOKS. kitchen girls.
women cooks for private and min rs boarding
houses. Can to Peoples Employment Rureau "a
floor Owsey block. Butte. Take elevator.
w ANTED-First-clas chambermad and
w laundr.ss: must have good references,
at the residence OF Marcus Day.
NITANTED-First-cla.s help Tor hrst-ciass
w y aces in aud out OF town. dining room
girls, house girls; women and men cooks and
all classes Of laborng people furnished Wlth ST.
nations at once particular attention pad 10
on. OF town situations. g. East Broadway.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

\ AIDES: Madam kistner's powders Tor
l. monthly iTregutdfi les can be had a. Is y.
Academy street, opposite Library building.
lutte. Mont.
NINE ROSS formerly % Walker Bros Of
vi -alt Lake. has opeued ladies' fine tappr-
ing parlOrs Al 3iis West Granite street, Butte;
dress made from $40 ".
NNyANTED-A soda fountain complete at
w city Drug store. 80 Z -. PARK street.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-01

WANTED situation. a. dishwasher or
w chambermaid. Address y. NJ. Pickett.
Standard, Anaconda.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-01
DOCTOR SWEANY,
SPECIALIST,

OF Philadelphia. Pa. who for a
number OF years has had permanent offices
at san Francisco. Cal. where the sick and
afflicted can receive treatment I'm the future
a. they have In the past from the ablest and
most successful specialist OF the age.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
Taxpayer Don't Like Davidson.

MR.. EDITOR "A very close call for
one of our city fathers, who voted to
fool away 81, 500 of hard earned taxes,
in employing j. B. Davidson city en-
gineer for another year. The en-
ployees of one of our large manufac-
tories pitched onto the city father, and
it looked at one time as though he
would not be able to move to recon
slider that vote at next regular meeting,
which he must do if he ever expects to
get within sight of the Kingdom OF
Heaven. Now is it not passing strange
that the present council was in such an
awful hurry to hire an engineer for the
next mayor and council, perhaps our
next mayor will not want the city to
hire an assistant for him and pay him
So per day and use him part of the
time for a hitching post.
A TAX PAYER
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
JURY PLAYED CARDS
Remarkable Discovery Made by a Chi
cagO Judge.

Il have a mind to send you all to
jail" said Judge Goggin to the dozen
jurors who recently sat during the trial
of damage suit brought by Mrs. Mae
McLeroth against the De La Verne Re-
frigerator company for $25, 600 She was
injured in an accident on the ice rail-
way at the Worlds Fair The remark
of the judge was due to the fact that
when bailif went to the jury room
to inquire whether a verdict was posi-
bic before adjournment of the court he
found the twelve men playing s'pedro, .
and so reported to the court Judge
Goggin sent for the jury, and asked if
1t was true that the members were
playing cards instead of endeavoring
to arrive at verdict. Upon being in
formed by a juror that it was So he
gave vent to his anger with the above
threat. He ordered the men to go back
and attend to their duties as jurors.
and cease their high five" deliberations.
The twelve left the court room in de-
jected way, with instructions to seal
their verdict.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
TEMPERING ALUMINIUM.
A Recent Discovery That May Greatly
Increase Its Usefulness.

Increase Its Usefulness.
The successful tempering of aluminium
so as to give it the consistency of iron
is the latest triumph of F. Allard, the
! Lewis blacksmith, whose rediscovery of
the lost Egyptian art Of hardening cop
per startled the mechanical world some
three or four years ago and only failed
to make the fortune of it's author be-
cause of the eXpenSiVenesS of the proc
ess. A recent trial of Al1arC,'s tempered
aluminium has proved the success of
his new method in Quebec and the prac-
teal purposes to which it can be ap-
piled. He has made and hardened can
non, which has just been tested in pres
ence of Col. Spence, the American con-
sul with the greatest success. This
cannon is twenty-six inches long and
five inches in diameter, the metal of the
gun outside the bore being only a quar-
ter of an inch thick. A charge consist
ing of a pound of powder, has been sue
ceSSfully fired out of this little piece of
ordnance without having any appreci-
able effect upon it. A new and more
scientific trial of the cannon has been
ordered by the Canadian military au-
thoritieS, to be held Immediately at the
Quebec citadel by the artillery experts
there, and the United States CONSUL in
view of this move, is understood to
have encouraged Mr.. Allard to manu-
facture, as speedily as possible, a can
non twelve feet in length for shipment
to Washington, but whether this is to
be at Allard's risk or by instructions
from the United States government is
not known and can not be learned here
The great advantage of cannons made
OF aluminium, everything else being
equal, lies Of course in the lightness of
the metal. The cannon just tested here
weighs fourteen pounds. If it were of
iron and the same dimensions it would
weigh $50 pounds. Allard's friends here
and military enthusiasts over the pro-
Ject, assert that if the tempered alumni
mum SuperSedes iron for the making, of
big guns field artillerymen, instead of
being dependent upon horses and gun
carriages for dragging their weapons
over rough country, will be able to
shoulder them like muskets In ap-
pearance the finished specimen looks
as though it were made of FURNISHED
silver
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
THE GREATNESS OF INDIA.
Something of It's Population, Religion,
Crops and Beasts.

Something of Its Population, Religion,
Crops and Beasts.
There are some big figures in recent
blue book upon Indian affairs that has
just been published in England, says
the New York Evening Post. The grand
total of the population, including Brit
ish India and native states, according
to the census of 1891, was 2S7, 223, 431, as
compared with 253, 793, 514 at the census
of 1881, the males numbering 146, 727, 296
and the females numbering 146 1876, 135.
Taking the distribution of population
according to religion there was in 1891
c07, 731, 727 Hinooos, 81. 81, 1854 Moham-
medans, 9,S20,467 aborig@sals, 7,131, 361
Buddhists, 2,2S4 $50 Christians, 1,907, 1888
Sikhs, LAG, 638 jams, $500 Parsees, IT,
1874 Jews and ,763 of other religions.
OF the Christian population, 1875, 1868
were certified to be Roman Catholics
and 295,016 Church of England. The to-
tai number of police offenses reported
during 1892 was 1876, 639, as against 124, $50
in 1891 and 115,723 in 1890, the police be-
ing composed of 100, SIG officers and men.
The opium revenue in 1928 was Rx.
7,993,18O and the expenditure Rx i ,602,-
496, giving as the net receipts on opium
Rx. $780, 1884. In the last ten years the
net receipts on opium have been Rx
81, 1897, while the average annual
number of chests of Bengal opium sold
for export during the last ten years has
been 53, 1874. The actual area on which
crops of various kinds were grown in
India in 1928 was 1876, 1897, 1889 acres, of
which 65,743,812 were devoted to rice,
q, 484, 889 to wheat and 92,927, 655 to other
food grains, including pulse. The area
devoted to cotton was 8,940,24 acres, to
1ute 2,181, 1884, to oil seeds 1855, OPS, to
tobacco ], 149,548, to sugar cane 2,798, 637,
to tea 360,4 63 and to coffee 122, 1888. The
length of railway lines open to traffic
in 1893 was 18,459 miles, the number of
passengers conveyed was 134, 700, 469, the
goods and minerals carried represented
20, 727, 1856 tons, the gross receipts were
Rx. 20, 955, 1853 and the net earnings Rx.
1858, 200. In 1892 II, 1888 human beings
and 1868 head of cattle were killed by
snakes and wild beasts, the chief HUI
man mortality Q9,025) having been due
to snake bite. Tigers claimed 947 hui
man victims, leopards 260, wolves 1872,
bears 145 and elephants Y. On the other
hand, whereas only 4,498 cattle weEe
killed by snake bite, no fewer than Co.
500 were devoured by tigers, 30,013 by
leOpards and 6,758 by wolves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
An Anti-Cigarette League.

| MIR. EDITOR:-Some few weeks AGO
noticed an article in your paper advo
eating the forming Of an Anti Cigarette
/ league in this city. The purpose OF
such club when organized, | believe,
is to suppress the habit of cigarette
smoking, especially among the pupils
of the school; and the members Of said
club are expected not only to abstain
/ from the evil practice themselves, but
/ but to use all means in their power to
Influence others. The article referred
to stated that this plan has been tried
ii New York city and proved quite a
successful undertaking. Now, the
reason why | make a special note OF
this subject, is because | am not a to-
bacco slave myself, and observing daily
the dire results of the habit on others,
have made it point to use my inau-
ence in behalf of the welfare of others.
But returning again to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of forming this league in
our schools, will say through convers-
ing with persons, who, like myself, are
interested in this subject, | lind many
who do not think that such an organi-
cation would prosper in Kenosha. And
from what | have already seen since my
entrance to the city school as to the
strength of this pernicious habit, | am
inclined to hold the same opinion.
1t takes very strong motives to band
our pupils together in any kind of soci-
ETY., and we fear that the craving for a
smoke would overcome all love for
league privileges. How much do any
Of our pupils care for badge, a mere
symbol that they belong to club which
opposes the use of cigarettes We
have had what consider a fair proof
of how much the high school pupils
care for pledge of this nature they;
affixed their signatures to the constitu-
ton and by laws of the Athletic club
when this document contained clause
forbidding it's members to use tobacco.
Did each and every member stand by
his agreement ? Certainly not They
signed the pledge, but that was all; the
demand for cigarettes was just as
strong as before. Enter our high school
today and if you are good judge you
may detect at once on the faces of
many young pupils plain traces of the
effects of this slow, but sure poison.
Young men who have undermined their
constitutions and doubtless, in many
cases, injured their prospects for life.
Now, all these facts are true, but
then comes the question, what can be
done about it? An article on this same
subject, but somewhat shorter, was
presented to our school paper, but
failed to receive publication. | trust
there is nothing written herein which
the editor Of this paper will hesitate to
publish.
HIGH SCHOOL WRITER.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
THE CRADLE.

BOrn-TO Mr. and Mrs. H. Ell. Timme
Thursday, March q, girl.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
Nothing Can be Proven.
Racine Journal.

Maude Waters, the Kenosha girl
found at hotel in this city, and who it
was supposed left her home with Ra-
cine man, was taken home by her
father yesterday afternoon. Lydia
Jeanette, the girl who was with her,
is still in the city. 1t is understood
that when the Waters girl left her home
she leaped from a window, and that
her father followed her with horse
and buggy. To avoid him she and her
companion walked to this city and
they also walked to South Milwaukee
and came back on a train. Nothing
could be proven against the Racine
man, and the case has been dropped.
The father of the Waters girl was
armed with revolver and was ready
to use it if the occasion had presented
itself
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
They Say.

That the person who is always pick
ing flaws with everything in general is
to be avoided. Finding evil in every
thing indicates how little good there is
in himself.
That the person who wants to tell
part of your story is very disagreeable.
That the fellow who constantly pa
rades his education before us is an
abOminatiOn.
That the person who knows so much
he cannot refrain from correcting other
people is simply uncomfortable.
That the fellow who looks with di-
vine pity upon one who does not see
things as he does is almost beyond
liberation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
About Elephants, Tongues.

"Only few Of the many people who
have thrown peanuts into the ele-
plants mouths said Head Keeper
Manley Of the Geological gardens to a
Philadelphia Record man, have no.
ticed that the tongue is hung at both
ends. A tongue hung in the middle is
human complaint, but elephants
have monopoly on those hung at both
ends. The trunk suff1ces to put the
food just where it ought to be, and the
tongue simply keeps it moving from
side to side over the grinders. When a
peanut gets stuck on the elephants
tongue he raises it in the middle, like a
moving caterpillar. and the shell cracks
against the roof of the mouth, to then
disappear down a capacious throat"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
(From Thursdays Daily.)
BITS OF HISTORY.
Some Facts Dug UP in Relation to Public
Library Movements

Library Movements.
The following essay was one entered
for the prize in the NEWS contest. Al
though it did not win the prize it con
tains so many good points we desire tf
reproduce:
A PUBLIC LIBRARY.
"Do we need public Tbrary?'
Almost every day we hear this ques-
| ton; and We make reply in most en-.
phatic tones, We do"
About twenty-five years ago a gener-
GUS hearted daughter Of Kenosha be-
queathed to the city fund for the
founding of a public library. But hel
will was contested, we lost the bequest
and today stand bereft of our rightful
inheritance.
Now the question is, how otherwise
are we to secure the building and the
books. As taxes are already high, the
average citizen does not feel like hay
ing additional burdens imposed, how
ever desirable library may be.
We must then depend on a general
subscription or on the generous NUM-
fcence Of some of our public spirited
men of wealth, of whom Kenosha has
her share. One such man has already
offered on favorable conditions to erect
soldiers monument.
Perhaps this gentleman will not
treat with scOrn suggestion from one
of the youthful competitors for the
EVENING News prize.
In very many large and small New
England towns are found Memorial
halls, so-called, which serve the man
fold purpose of public library, a de-
pository for records pertaining to the
history of the town and it's leading citi
zens, a museum for the relics of the
late war and as a memorial to the par
Elephants in that historic struggle; also
as memorial to the founder or some
cherished member of his family, or for
all these purposes combined. Would
not the endowment Of such an institu-
ton be more in keeping with present
age Of "utility in everything" Than
would be the erection of a shaft Of in
animate stone?
In the building there could be pro-
vided a room for the meeting of the old
soldiers who are organized into the
Grand Army Of the Republic, for whom
the gentleman in question has mani
tested an undying friendship. AS the
size and scope of the library increases
the ranks of the veterans will become
thinned by death until they will have
evacuated their quarters in favor of
succeeding generations for whom they
fought the glorious fight in the mo-
mentous period extending from Sumter
to AppOmatOX.
The home being provided the inter-
est of the general public would be en-
listed to raise money by subscription
and by giving entertainments for the
purchase of books. Feeling assured of
a safe depository, requests of private
libraries or of money to buy books on
special subjects would naturally follow.
Kenosha would thus in time have a
public library in keeping with her
natural beauty and with the intelli-
gence of her people.
ROSALIE B. LYMAN.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
Southwark Ho!

Farmers who are seeking to bertel
themselves should go South The
Queen and Crescent Route offers a mil
lion acres Of farms at So and S. an acre,
ION easy terms); and monthly half-rate
excursions to go and see for yourself
No billiards.. No cold waves. Fine
schools and churches. Hospitable peo-
pie. Send for books and information
to W. A. Becker, Mn Ps.ss'r Agt., Ill
Adams St., Chicago, H., or to w G.
Rinearson G. p. A.. Cincinnati. @. IA
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
A Humorous Fact.

About Hoods Sarsaparilla- expels
bad humor and creates good humor. A
battle for blood is what Hoods Sarsa-
parilla vigorously fights, and it is al
ways victorious in expelling foul taints
and giving the vital fluid the quality
and quantity of perfect health. 1t
cures scrofula, salt rheum, boils and
other blood diseases.
Hoods pills act easily, yet promptly
and efficiently on the bowels and liver.
Price 25c.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
They Say.

That the fellow with opinions so pos
tive that he knows dissenting human
ity to be fools is just about insuffer-
able.
That persons who know truth only il
what they think is right and see error
in all else, are to be abhored.
That persons who have tasted the
waters of culture and have little intel
lect to cultivate are almost invariable
too silly to associate with.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
A swindler has been going aroun

II SWIllultI HIS UoeH going around
the country districts in Wisconsin SELL
ing an alleged magic preparation to
cast out evil spirits and has met with
more fools than could be imagined lived
in the whole country. Such people de-
serve to be swindled. Another swindle
that is being perpetrated on farmers is
a man purporting to be piano agent
getting permission to store piano at a
house while he canvasses for purchas-
ers. As compensation he promises to
give the farmers daughters lessons on
the instrument. The farmer signs a
receipt for the piano and next day he
finds note for $3.50 in the hands of a
disinterested party with his signature
attached to it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
Dates of Auction Sales.

We have arranged with the auction
eer, E. r. Wilson, whereby we keep on
file the dates for which he is engaged
for the crying of sales. Bring your sale
bills to the TELEGRAPH COURIER office
for prompt ard careful service.