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

and greatly lesSened the time ucttctt
for the acquiring OF knowledge.
Much OF the learning OF modern times
Is derived from the ancient world
Aristotle gave to deductive logic the
form which II still retains. In maine
mates. aside from geometry, and IN
the sciences of nature, however. com
paratively little Is due the ancients. al
tronomy and natural history. which.
for centuries were authoritative. Were
written by men like Strabo. Ptolemy,
Aristotle and Pliny.
Time alone can tell whether this
present age OF the scholar 10 not great
er than any previous time. ana ma ~ =,
ages to come 1t will be remembered II
Is always
"A Century of Colonisation." BY Lsls Ne
The essayist considered that nature
has endowed this region with all the
physical conditions for unity. Its most
distant parts are bound together py
great waterways, and II has ali tne
resources necessary for national pros
perity- The colonization OF the seven even
tenth century was outlined. the story
of the Mayfiower told, the early settle
ments in Virginia, Pennsylvania. Con-
nect3cut and other colonies reviewed
and the assay concluded as follows:
II has been truly said. The eastern
nations sink. their glory ENDS. Inen
westward the star Of empire takes tts
way" And 90 with our nation. when
the king Of England lost his control
over Il they went toward the settin9
sun to establish q free country. Amer
ico In her highest estate II the emoooA-
ment OF all that 10 best and NOBLE.
Marching steadily onward she has
gathered to herself all that IL good.
casting aside that which il evil. until.
at last, she has become the pride OF All
the world. But, after all. the worth OF
nation is the worth Of the individuals
composing 1t.
step by step. year by year. until 1t
shall reach that goal OF happiness. a
dim conception in the m inds Of Ameri-
cas- first people. q vivid realization 10
an independent, freedom-loving ma
ton. ~
"The Times" by j. Il. Higgins.
The world to-day shows progress In
all its glory. In the sciences new dis
coveries are frequently being made, In
the face of which the greatest or dis
coverers OF past ages fade into insignih-
canoe. In the branches of medicine,
miraculous cures are being erected
every day. The arts are becoming In
every way more advanced. There was
time when goods of American manu-
| facture were inferior to goods OF Eu-
ropean manufacture. but to-day Amer
| lean goods are equal IL not superior to
| any in the world. Yet to-day the ques-
| ton of politics. which ought to be or
greatly inferior Importance, Is creating
! attention of more people than the
| greatest wonders that minds can ac-
| complish. Our country has just passed
| through one of the greatest hnanciai
| crisises in history. For years before the
crash came there was a period OF won
L cd
| This paradise was overturned py the
| creation of a money famine. When the
| sale of silver was stopped and the bal
ance Of trade had to be paid In gold, a
crash was unavoidable. The reason
that the business of the country is IN
such a poor condition is an INSULT
| cheney of currency. 1t would be as
prosperous as ever II the minis were
/ thrown open for the free coinage OF
silver into standard dollars: All
thoughtful men will agree that the
present aspect OF society Is portentous
Of great changes. 1t is the hope and
steadfast purpose of true Americans
united by common blood, common his
tory and common glory OF great men
of which this country Is the ricnes,
shrine, that we show to the civilized
world not only the magnincent spec.a
| Gle of human happiness. but the SUI
more magnificent spectacle OF a peopis
Loving righteousness and hating iniqui
~. infiexibly faithful TO the principles
OF Justice which are the unchangine
laws of God.
"No Idler's Brow the Laurel "esrs' %
Bella II. Crangie.
An idler Is a person OF no account.
lazy. good-for-nothing person, one wn'
| IL opposed to work of any kind, and !
he does work he Is so shiftless that nj
| labor brings him little or no reward
The object of the idler In the grea
| drama of life is to obtain the mer'
necessities by the least possible ef1ort
A person is not an idler merely be
cause he is not working, but becaus
| he will not work. A laurel Is som
noble end for which we strive, and
when gained. will be a beneft 10 al
mankind. II all were oilers Their
would be no real history. Life Is pro
gressive and fortunately the world
not filled with idlers. Industry an
| perseverance are the prevailing ele
ments which insure success In all un
dertakings. II a nation Is progressiv
the individuals who compose II mus
be Industrious, energetic and upright
Our laurels may be very great, the
may be very small. IT'S not the gain
ing of a name alone for something on
has done for man. It's not some gold
en- treasure which we may strive I
win that will make the brightest iaui
Ell wreath. The most precious laurt
crowns are those woven with choices
flowers, tokens of honest efforts an
adorned with gems whose radiance
: scattered far and wide. The brow upo
which this bright wreath rests mus
surely be equally bright fair SIX
: can no more rest over dark an
dreary day than an honest crown upo
an idle brow.
.University Extension" BY Nellie #. Hine
over a thousand years ago IL occur
; red to a great conqueror that learnin
| was not Intended exclusively for I'll
I clergy, for. II 1t benefited the churc
J that learning should prevail in III
r lcloisters, 1t would equally benefit III
' | state that education should preva
, among the masses The first consciot
EFFORT to Introduce university extensio
{ in this country was In 1887. when
= was publicly presented by DIR. Herbe
1 Adams at the meeting OF the America
: Library association. The motto OF II
D American Society for the Extension
q | Trntvsx~ftv Tea ching Ia sstO helm tho: