The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-17

who figured prominently in his time,
VINO endeavored to make virtue the
leading spirit of the age and who
taught not only by precept but by ex-
ample. His teaching had it's focus in
Athens and its rays everywhere. Who
is this person? 1t is Socrates, united
with the monk of the desert and the
martyr of the arena
According to his theory those who
suffer for righteousness sake are not
unhappy, his own attitude being a
fore-shadow of his sad end.
1T was his desire also to investigate
the real meaning of words and things.
Nothing could be more informal than
his method, known as the 'Dialectic,
which implies not a monologue, but a
conversation conducted by means Of
questions and answers; it is more eff
fective than the monologue in that it
not only postulates but proclaims ev-
cry assent in the process.
socrates was teacher, but not by
profession; he practiced as an amateur,
receiving no compensation. save the
good result it would occasion and the
pleasure 1T afforded him. He did not
lecture to audiences assembled in
grand auditoriums, but ITO those he en-
countered on the street or hillside,
whose only canopy was the azure dome
of heaven.
Socrates, thy closing life was a no.
Bile one and it's mission nobly and con-
scientiously performed. Thy work and
myself We're fncomprehensib to many,
but not to Him who made the earth.
sun and stars. He is a just Judge and
will cheerfully and generously reward
the martyrs of truth and Justice"
Miss Emelen Trewen read the fol-
lowing interesting paper in practical
chemistry:
In the realm of natural philosophy
all research tends toward the practical.
The invention or discovery affording
the most probable points in practice is
judged the best worthy of existence.
The science which adds it's mite to-
ward the solution of the worlds flu
ture means of existence will last as
one affording the best commercial
means will ever be the one toward
which civilization turns. In this brief
discussion 1t is our aim to point out
a few possible Illustrations in the do
main of chemical sceince and by these
the future may be easily predicted.
1t has been stated by men who have
spent many years in scientific research
that some day the oxygen of the air,
the main support of animal life, will
become so rare that no living animal
will be able to exist. This statement
If true, Is serious one, and if we wish
to perpetuate the race in centuries to
come it must be solved But the So
luton becomes simple in the hands of
the chemist. Nature has furnished us
with an abundance of water, which
by electrolysis may be reduced to its
constituents, hydrogen and oxygen.
Thus the oxygen may be liberated and
supplied if it is ever needed. In Italy,
at the present time, oxygen is being
obtained by this process, and doubtless
it is made and used for many different
purposes in different parts of the
world.
Sugar is another substance which
may also be dealt with by this science.
And if at any time it's supply became
limited the chemist, by treating glycer-
inc with mild oxidiZing agents, as bro
mine or sodium hydroXide, could pro-
duce this much sought after nutrment
Chemistry is as yet in its infancy
and it may probably never reach this
height. But if the population contin-
ues to multiply SO rapidly in many cen
turtles the country will be as thickly in
habited as the towns are to-day, and
there will be no room for the rails
ing of different vegetables. Thus they
will have to be produced by some other
process.