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

ton to the weak Work is one Of the
best educators of the practical charac-
ter Labor may be a burden. but IL Is
also an honor. Moral courage charac-
terizes the highest order of man.
= There Is much in life that we can
never comprehend-a great deal of
mystery through which we have to
pass and in which each individual
forms a part. We have each to do our
duty In the sphere of life in which
we have been placed. Duty alone Is
true. 1t is the end and aim of the
highest life. the best pleasure Of all Is
with the consciousness of its fulfill
ment- OF all others IL is the one that
is most thoroughly satisfying, and the
least accompanied by regret or disap-
pointment. In the words OF George
Herbert. '.the consciousness OF duty
performed gives us Emusic at midnight"
"The Written and the Unwritten," BY
rr Lillian whiting.
In the book OF time are recorded the
lives of men who have toiled for a no
bic purpose. who have endured many
hardships and oftentimes suffered de-
feat. yet they possessed a nobleness of
nature that enabled them to meet
their failures bravely. and although
Kingdoms have fallen and nations been
destroyeds yet from their ashes have
arisen nobler aspirations. better laws
and wiser rules. Truth comes down
to US from the past, as gold dust Is
washed down from the mountains OF
the Sierra Nevada, In minute but prec-
ious PARTICLES" and from these frag-
ments we may draw many useful les
sons II we but penetrate deep into the
facts.
Every nation offers some claim to ad-
miration and emulation Every page
of history points apparently discordant
events which blend into harmonious
n.
unwritten lives. Though some may
have never received the applause OF the
people. their names may have never
been penned in the nations history,
their praises may never have been pro-
claimed before the world. yet there Is
a Great Historian who keeps a careful
record of every life. who has placed us
here with a special work to do, and
|, who is never unjust in his rewards.
Those who have succeeded best have
followed for years some slim thread
I which has once and awhile broadened
| out and disclosed some treasure worth
n lifelong search. In a world like this
there Is much to be accomplished and
| we each should do without might the
work we have to do. For each act and
word of our short sojourn will infiu-
ence to a certain extent the lives of
those who succeed us.
sour Foremothers," Elizabeth Il. TonIin.
The welfare of all countries has de-
pended upon the influence OF woman.
Madame Laetitia Bonaparte was con-
stantly with her great son Napoleon,
both in his glory on the throne and ex-
| lie on Elba. Queen Louise was the
most beautiful woman in Germany.
| Her great son Frederick William w,
when he became king, said: THE unity
4 of Germany concerns me deeply; IL Is
| an inheritance from my mother"
America owes her all TO Queen Isa-
bella of CASTLE. In the traits of many
OF the heroines OF the earlier days OF
the revolution we. md a remarkable
union of strength. simplicity. courage
and refinement, the fruit of patriotic
\ sentiments. Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Warren
| Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Schuyler are OF
this class of women. America must
too lay tribute OF appreciation at the
feet OF the royal-hearted mother OF
George Washington. and to the mother
of Abraham Lincoln.