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consider their introduction one of the bes:
things that has been dorc for our schools.
LITER teaching n child how to read, often
placing the child in possession Of the power
of apprcprating other mems thoughts
through literature, the next thing to do is
to feed the newly awakened faculty on
appropriate mental food-to provide the
right kind of reading matter. This Is nee
essary both as a condition of mental
growth and as a means of forming right
habits of thinking ana the acquisition of "A
taste for our best literature-and "A liking
FOR the right sort of books. Regular school
readers, however excellent as far as they
20. are necessarily narrow I'm SCOPE ana
soon become dry and repellant by repeti-
ton. What Is wanted. In addition Is a
collection Of masterpieces. American and
English literature, so selected as 10 an
peal strongly TO young minds and hearts
ana STIR both the intellect ana the emotion
OF our children, \ right beginning in this
direction is the hest anti1oto TO the vast
mass Of vicious literature, low class pa
pers and periodicals, with which the news
stands are loaded ana which are TO the
NINA what alcohol Is to the body. Those
VINO nave experienced the pure delights
or our best literature VIII turn with dis
gust from the depraved contents OF tho
cline novel, Tho benefit Of this early nc.
inAintance with the best thoughts al the
go - MINUS NNFS not tnl with the child
nut reacts on the teacher and on the cbild's
family The teacher is required to cNpIair
the important passages as To bring out the
chiei beauties Of style and dictlou and tho
moral and intellectual lessons they sur-
sest. In doing this. the teachers nlan RI
thought and feeling IS necessarily r,ised
emo reared with 1t the thoughts and feel
lhsS o. mr. audience. And when tne chill
dren get home they will speak of this ar
that incident IN Evangeline or INC I ,crond
OF sleepy Hollow. and ask each momber
OF the family II they have read this or
that' mus exciting a wholesome intellect-
ual curiosity and eventually bringing about
common intellectual interest in tho fa7n-
ny one must visit the schools and wit
hess ms reading to appreciate it. 'rbe
truth is that such practices as these In o,,.
public schools are calculated to ,rouse e,,
thrsiasm and develop The best that Is -,
an human beings, ana the capacity ON tho
part or tha teacher TO work i'm this limo Go
worth iar more than all the mechanicsI
apPlances and formal requirements wnich
ale usually exclusively thought of in con.
nection with school work. - e'''-
III
IN lesl-N me school board had under. ,ts
NO'N'i 'he copper institute. a substan,I,,
r, prlck structure. but even then
THE II was too small end an .i,t
~ ioOl. ton was earnestly rocor,
HOUSES mended by superintandnr,
Foute. a two-roomed franz
t Uuliuihs IN The Second ward. two Others
me II III me Fourth ward, TWO builain.,
one in the Third ward ana one in ,ha iH,,.,'
ana rented room on travis street. a.,
eoiored pupils there wero iive buIs,,, ~
,hree belonging to the board and w.
IL VIII thus be seen that the hoar1 -,
'ha' ume owned nine buildings, one of
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brick and eight frame. The average num-
| Der OF pupils to the room: White, 1919;
colored 5a5
me buildings which the school hoard
originally controlled have all been replaced
with modern school houses. some of them
frame, it Is true, but all of them built es-
peclaily for school purposes and with an
eye TO suitability for that onlv
Inc hlEh school building Is, of course
the one which ranks above the others
ana II ranks nigh up, even in this country
uotled win school buildings from ocean to
ocean, ana whore local pride ccnters in the
educational facilities of every hamlet and
village as wen as the towns and cities
II Is OF red pressed brick and stone. three
Stefies ana a basement. well heated. llsht-
Ed ana ventilated, having thirty-two
'ouns' inc office of the superintendent
nitu po"iu rooms are located in the build
The study and recitation rooms are fitted
WIN the most approved styles OF school
furniture the laboratory Is stumbled with
an necessary paraphernalia and the library
II wen stocked, additions being constaptE,
made to H.
The Houston avenue Eiysian street and
Cascara schools are of rod messed Mil,
ana brown stone, each having six rooms
Wa't az situngs for each of the first and
Sto Tor the latter They are well heated
nsn'eq ana ventilated and are well mr.
ranged for school purposes.
tohgleliow. Taylor, Dow and Hamilton
9uet' Scncols are two-story frame struc-
lures, but the same attention has been maid
10 details as in the more substantial
oulid'hHs. The first three have six rnons
Gaeh ana Hamilton street eight rooms.
LcohgIe!low has 1856 sittings, TAYLOR 40
Low dVp ana Hamilton $50.
IN ADDITION to the above. all of which
are owned by the city, house on Fannin
street Is rented; it has six rooms ana sOi
$4,000 '0f'''s "o'ap is over
, mere arc fve frame buildings and ono
pI ii ana stone building deyoted 10 rerro
on'oren' all of them commodious ana 6t1ed
"s wen as the other BUILDINGS Their
value is about $50 O5O i"e'
heh SUPERINTENDENT Sutton took charge
o ~, ,nv schools In 1857 the value of the nrop-
ri'S controlled by the board of trustees
was Ss'-oo' value today 1850 900 Thai g.
as sood an index to the growth and nro,..
V ~ u me city as 1t Is possible TO give
ne attendance IN 1887 was qo06 ybi.s
,ho nero during the present term. 5Ois
one percentage of children of the scholastic
"se not enrolled being about the same.
H.TW.
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INTERMEDIATE.


Forth Grade-Same as the third. Text
books; Fourth Reader word lessons, inter
mediate arithmetic, elementary geography
lessons In English, drawing book No. 4
and second music reader.
Firth Grade-Same as fourth. with his
tory taking the place OF the reader, map
drawing takes place of drawing book
Text books: First book In American his
tory, third music reader. Other text books
the same as in fourth grade. the reader
excepted. Instead of the reader the fol-
lowing are used: Tales from Shakespeare,
Evangelne, Rip Van Wrinkle. Hawthorne's
Biographical stories. Giffip's Civlcs and
selections from Fourth Reader.
sixth Giade-Same as NTH grade. Text
books: Miles Standish, Hawthorne's True
Stories from New England History" Tales
from Shakespeare, Glfnn's Civcs, Word
Less 1ns. higher book of arithmetic.
Marry's manual Of geography (Texas edi-
tom, elementary lessons In English (part
ID, history OF the United States, history
Of Texas. third music reader
Seventh Grade--Geometry taken up; 9TH
ar studies as in sixth grade Text books
Seven American Classics. Wcbster's First
Bunker Hill Grafton. Lncoln's Gettysburg
Speech and other Papers, Washngton's
Rules Of Conduct. Word Lessons, higher
book of arithmetic Maurys manual OF
geography (TeXas edition.. higher lessons
In English, lessons in geometry for begin
ucrs history Of the United states third
music reader.
German Is also taught from the fourth
grade. Music from the first grade. spe-
cial teacher Is employed for both studies.
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HOUSTON,s PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Short History Of Magnificent Educational System. Upbui BY
Hard, Patriotic Mork.

ousToNs PUBLIC SCHOOL everything
anap
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educ
work
~,
with schools colleges
viinl
best
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sands
mean O
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trsn. the building
with
apeeoleEe grady
rople 20 bring hs system its high
AN Is
years superintendent
progresses
popular Information or the Of acquiring
hothK
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o., E.NGRAyED VISITING CARDS.
, 'nr engraving department is comnlete
j., j. Pastoriza, Printing and I.ithosranh'
ing Company. Houston ap'''
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seen. It would appear that the length OF
time set for child to 20 through the pub
lie schools Is just right. though many
think another year would perhaps be bet
ter However. results have demonstrated
that the course serves the end sought ana
that graduate Is fitted either for course
in university or college or to take up the
active work OF life with enough practical
knowledge at his command to meet the
requirements OF business In general way:
he has also laid foundation for special
study. should he hnd II necessitated by the
work before him.
The high school IL also a normal school
and many % the graduates take up the
active work OF teaching In the schools.
This Is one of the best features OF the sys-
tenn as may easily be seen.
Appended is the course of study In the
schools:
PRIMARY.
First Grade-Reading embracing q sup
Elementary course). spelling numbers.
language, lessons, permanship. drawing
natural science. elementary lessons In
physiology and hygiene. Text books are
First Reader. drawing book and slate.
Second Gradc-As IN above with geog-
raphy added, Text books: Second Reader.
first music reader, drawing book No 9
primary arithmetic.
Third Grade--Arlthmetic replaces num-
hers and physiology is added. Text books:
Third Reader, second music reader ele-
mentary lessons in English, primary arith-
metic, drawing book No. g.
The geography deserves especial men,
ton The first thing taught is the geog-
rAphy OF Houston, Harris county and
Texas then foreign States and countries
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wo naia heads See Danderine. the most
For sale Inv ui si, very Of modern science,
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In IL Hob msAtRGE s, NINE-MoNTHs BABY
at Mnrdoek w get one dozen photos free
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panderine! See Bald Heads. ,hev INNS,
go. All druggistA -'eaus' 'hey must
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AhOWt WNV VUIIUVtT VIII DC tHIuIIVU IHIs
year-275 In the high school grades 800 In
the elementary grades.
High school books cost more than books
used In the lower classes. hut the asgre-
gate cost is small. because there are so
many fewer children In the high school
grades than In lower grades.
The books are adopted according to the
city ordinance; committee composed OF
the superintendent, the principal and
teachers of the high school select the text
books and makes report to the board OF
trustees, who make the final selection.
The course OF supplementary reading Is
a feature Of the schools. ono OF the trus-
tees said concerning this.
Concerning supplementary books, We
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RnARn "a TRrsTEEs.

John T. Browne president; term ex-
rireS May. iN6.
Il. Raphael, secretary; term expires
May, 1875
{. Lombard; term expires May, iS@
J. O. Carr. term expires May. 1888
T. 2. Harhlen; term expires May 1885,.
Rufus cage. tarn expires May, jS'7.
A. J. Jourde; term expires May. 1871.
W. $. Sutton, Superintendent.
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Does your head Itch? io9 .nrSsss
site disease of the scalp DAA'
cure you. All druggists.
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FELL DEAD OPPOSITE CAPITOL
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The course OF study extends over a period
OF eleven years, rine months Ia each year
This s shorter hy one year In
Col'i RISE the course than IN the major
OF ity OF the hes, schools OF the
STUDY. North, srn. Eastern ana CEN
trail cities but has been found
TO give good practical results Supcriu-
ttndcut Sutton has urged FOR some time
that the scholastic age he reduced so that
I-vegr-old child might enter but the
scholastic population has grown 50 rap
IDLY Il has been impossible TO do this as
yet And in this connection n part Of the
last school report might be quoted: "There
are fow boys and girls who Rrr above
me scholastic age, but who wish TO at
tend the high school. Those who wish the
advantages offered in the high school
should not be charged tuition fee. II
many cities and IN some states. the public
schools admir free Of charge pupils undcr
q years of age and ! do not consider It
unreasonable for the city OF Houston TO
cpen the doors OF her schools 20 students
~ or even 90 years OF age. | therefore
recommend that the city council be petit
toned to raise the scholastic age at least
one year"
The course Is designed 10 give the chill
dren or Houston the advantages of a first
class public school education and TO pre-
pare those who have opportunity to do SO
for entrance to the best colleges and uni
versitlcs The studies presc ribed are nee
essary 10 the ends TO be reached In either
case.
From opinions OF many OF the leading
educators of the country which i have
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"a popular government. without popu
X. Is a farce, or a tragedy. or both n
people who mean 70 be their own govern
which knowledge gives. "-James Madison
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i S - T29 II %; nw1i Sell
OF sw4 S 81 L 30 X 50, wiz OF
nwM S 10 r 30 X sc, contain
ing Gi0 Hcres, SlG0; improve
ments, 5000; 30 stock horses,
$500; 80 milch COWS, $3.50; O.
stock cattle, S620; wagon, SO;
total value, Sl,S0o; general tax,
S2S SS; ten per cent, 81 .SS; nd-
verrising, 90; Auditors certiii-
cate, 81 %; total tax. S35 oil
Unknown Owner, Mardis-
Ono ten stamp mill and ma
chinery situated in Mardis Min.
ing District on what is known
us Badger Creek, about 2miles
from Bruneau river, and about
one and one-hnlf miles below
the head of Badger creek, So
600, total value, $1,000; general
tax, $50; ten per cent, $500; ad-
vertis;ng. 81; Auditors certifi-
cote, Sl.25; total tax. .... sol -
NOTICE is further given that ten per
cent on the amount OF each item OF
original tax, together with Sl.25 Aud
ltor's fees, HnCS > cost OF advertising
for each item will be collected in ad.
dItion TO the amount OF original tax
II chFH VI sull CubeS DI uellnQuGnCS,
and il said original taxes, penalties
and Gusts be not sooner collected or
paid To me that / will Mt II o'clock III.
on Monday, the Goth day OF January,
1896, at the front door of the Court
house OF said county, at the town Of
Elko, therein, sell each and every par
Gel OF said described property for the
total amount OF the original tax pen
nitJ and costs set opposite to each
parcel thereof respectively, TO the per-
son or persons who will paw the
amount OF the original tax, penalties
and costs for the smallest parcel of
the propert! described opposite there
To respectively, in each case of delin-
quency, and that all property sold ut
such sale and each parcel thereof, is
subject To redemption within six
months after the date OF sale by pay
ment Of all OF said sums against the
same, or each parcel thereof respec-
lively. with per cent per month
Ihereon, from the date OF said sale
until paid.
JOHN HENDERSON,,
County Treasurer and ex-Oilicio Tax
Receiver.
Elko, New, Dec. TO- 1906.
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Blue Bell Mining Co. NJ Rein
hart, Agent, EIko-BIue Bell
Mining Co's furnace building
on north side OF Main street,
Bullion, New, 500; total value,
300; general tax, IS ten per
cent, : so; advertising, 81; Au.
ditor's certificate, 81 %; tota,
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Diana Mining Co, Tuscnrorr
An old building formerly
used as hosting works, ruscn-
rora Mining District, $50; total
value, $50; general tax, $50;
ten per cent, sos; advertising,
s2; Auditors certificate, Sl.25;
total tax. 1 l3
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rREAsuRrg's p,LAscE SHEET.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1866 4
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Barrett J NJ, Tuscarora-
Lots and improvements in Tus.
carora, 10 and lG, block G and
lots and improvements in Tus.
carora, 81 and %, block ID, $500;
total value, 1900; general tax,
al SO; ten per cent, S.4S; adver-
tising, 81; Auditors certificate,
81 %; total tax. s q
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Total disbursements. ,sl2, ,l95 II

Balance in troasury. 80 5,lGi lG
The above balance stands to the
credit OF the various funds ns pcr
Treasurcr's Balance Sheet, dated
Sent 80, 1895:
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NOTICE..

The undersigned owners ofihc Standing Elk,
Hoffman. OlCNClLnl. TfipOli and last ffipoii
mines located vt Railroad Mining District, HI
County, Sovadi. having leased or bonded The
urincs tn Jts. ". lNCke,ts aud John r. Donne-
lIn. Of Salt Lake City, Utah. hereby give notice
thn, VIC viii not " responsible FOR any deb,s
incurred by the said nnes aiter this date.
HORACE X. THuNnEp,
JEETERSnS HGsDrs ssoE.
Elko. July ~. iSoS
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SUMMARY.

Total receipts. s.............Sl1,G 600 81
Paid from county funds. G,Gl7 AZ
Paid from school funds. 5,i00 Gj
Paid from road funds. 3iS o.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-24
BUILDING THE TEMPLE.
INTRODUCTION.

Lesson v.-November 1, 1896.
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We can scarcely measure the i'm
portance of the Temple to Israel. At
the time it was built the nation was en-
crying from the nomadic state. Booths
and tents were giving place to perma-
nent homes for the people. But grand
building to stand before all else as
both the political and religious capitol
of the nation, was essential to the COM
plete rising of the Abrahamic tribe into
civilized ationality.--What would
our America be to us il we had no per-
manent church edifices, no capitol at
Washington, no public buildings what.
ever to symbolic to us and to all our
religion or our patriotism? Would we
in that undeveloped state be content
Yet even in that state, we recall the
aboriginal Americans. like the ancient
Bedouins, were content. But we, as as
piring sons of God, could not be salts
fed until we had at least begun to ex-
press our ideals in architeciure.-
Old Israel showed itself prophetic
and progressive when it embodied it's
ideal in the best temple it had learned
how to build.
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LESSON STORY.

The building of the temple is one Of
the important facts in Israels history.
Truly does Dean Stanley say Of the tenn
pie: at was far more than mere ar
chitectural display. 1t supplied the
framework of the history of the king
dom of Judah. As in the Grecian trag-
edies we always see in the background
the gate of Mycen@, 80 in the story
which we are now to traverse we must
always have in view the temple of Solo
mon. There is hardly any reign which
is not iii someway connected with it's
construction or it's changes. In front Of
the great church of the Escurial in
Spain-in the eyes of Spaniards itself a
likeness of the temple-overlooking the
court called from them the Court of the
Kings, are six colossal statues Of the kings
Judah who bore the chief part in the
Temple Of Jerusalem; David the propos-
or; Solomon, the founder; Jehosaphat,
Hezekiah, Josiah, Manasseh, the success
sive purifiers and restorers. The idea
there 80 impressively craven in stone
runs through the history which we have
henceforward to consider"
Our lesson-passage suggests the pro-
cess Of the building Of the temple.
1. Solomon sOlicits Aid OF Hi
ram King OfTyre,-vs. 1-6.
We have seen in former lesson that
David. after having been himself denied
the privilege of building the temple be-
cause he was man Of war, made prep
arations on large scale for the work
which he committed to his son Solomon.
He charged his son and likewise a par
lament of the nation, that the temple
should be built as soon as Israel reached
a state of peace; and that the building
should be made after the pattern of the
tabernacle; and that it should 10 cost and
splendor correspond to the utmost abili-
ty of the favored Israelites.
Solomon had now been the sole occu-
pant of 1srael's throne for four years.
1t was time for him to carry his fathers
legacy into execution.
We remember that when David, al.
most forty years before, had been raised
to the throne of Israel, Hiram of Tyre
was foremost with royal congratulations.
By the aid of Hiram's skilled masons
and carpenters, and with cedar from
Hiram's royal forests at Lebanon.
splendid palace was built for David in
Jerusalem. q Sam. Bill: Chron. IA l.
The Hebrews at this period. having been
so recently tent-dwellers. were unskilled
in stonework and architecture.
1t is again Hiram King of Tyre, a
grandson Of Dayid's contemporary. who
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SCHOLARS STUDY.

TIME.-B. G. 1912 zoos.
PLACE. Mount Moriah in Jeruea-
lem.
GOLDEN TEXT "E1cept the
Lord build the house, they labor in cain
that build it.'-Ps. 1871.
ERSALIST CATE
CHS M.-XLIV. What becomes of
man at death? HIS body dies and
acastes aaoay; has spirit lives on.-EoCL.
1877,
G e N Il II A l. SURVEY.-Soon
after Solomon became the sole king of
Israel he began preparations for build
ing the temple. according to the desire
of his father David, and it's foundation
was laid in the fourth year of his reign.
1t was Israel's desire, and shared by
both David and Solomon, that the tenn
pie should be as splendid and costly as
it was possible for the nation in it's sea.
son of prosperity to build. While the
building, when erected, was not of great
oiHO, IL Woo hoS uihCOAt O0yOuQ
the power Of the imagination to con-
ceive. Careful scholars estimate that
it's cost was not less than five hundred
million of dollars. The size of this out
lay on building may be reckoned when
it is recalled that the original cost of the
American capitol at Washington. built
when money had far less purchasing
power than in Solomon's day. was about
sixteen and half millions.-Our les
son passage touches upon some Incl
dents attending the building of the tenn
pie. 1t was seven years in process of
construction. The number of Israel's
workmen engaged upon it during this
period was more than one hundred and
fifty three thousand.