The Chemawa American., February 15, 1898, Image 1

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Chem awa,Oregon, February 15, 1893.
N umber 13
and. 16, for the eighth examples, worked and definable Nuancts nt voiee and manner that
explained correctly.)
indicate good breeding and refinement are
True worth is not in being, not seeming,—
in danger of being largely Curtailed. So keen
In doing, each day th at goes by,
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Leading Events o f 1898.
Some little good.—n o t in dreaming
is the rivalry, so intense the «train, so bitter
BY A . K ID .
Of great things to do by and by.
the losses and disappointments, that the sav­
For w hatever men say in their blindness,
Here are some of the most remarkable things age elements' seein - to come into play, aud
And spite of the fancies of youth,
that were done in the year, 1897, just closed: most o f us have neither the time nor the
There’s nothing so kingly as Kindne»»,.
And nothing so royal as Truth.—A. caby . i Atidree sailed in a balcxm for the North Pole temptation to attend to graces o f behavior.
The word, the tone, the gesture betray the
and has not been heard from .....D iscovery
CHEMAWA’S QUARTERLY EXAMINA-
man or woman of refinement. The true gen-
of
the
Klondike
gold
fields....
Dedication
of
1 , TION.
the Grant monument at New Y ork.... .U nit­ tleman, for instance, is even-tempered, never
ing three cities into Greater New York. . . . . loud speech or dress. He possesses the quali­
For 8th. and 9th. Grade Pupils.
The famine in India.. . . Discovery of the ty of self-con trol.H e is hot boastful or vain.
arithm etic .
H e will not prate nf himself. H e will not
“X-Ray” . . . . . .War between Turkey and
insist, always upon his rights, but can grace­
Greece,
and
Spain
and
Cuba.
Greece
was
1. The equatorial diameter of the earth is
fully waive his privileges. He will respect
13.948,880 yards, and the polar diameter 2,527- whipped, but Cuba was not. . . . . .Rebellion in. his neighbor’s convictions. He will bescrup-
I
the
Manilla
Island
put
down
by
Spain,
but
in
. 769 ««-da. By fow Riat-î niilés ahd rods. is.
India the English have not yet succeeded.
tbp «quatorial diameter greater than tbe
The German ship “ Kaiser Wilhelm Der careful to avoid offense, but not “a mush o f
.polar?,
,
«
1 Grosse” also broke the world’s record in cross­ concession.” * * * There, is no, religion
2, I f $2.061 buy 7} lbs; of tea, how uiauy J ing the Atlantic; besides being the-largest without gentleness. Thekftidly temper, the
lbs. call be bought for $3.711? ‘
: /.' < passenger steamer ever built. N o one can thoughtfu1’ act, the courteous deed, the gentie
1 3Ù F iid the simple interest, oil $1387 at say the year 1897 was not a year of great manner, are as much part and parcel of
religion as the mechanical repetition of
*51 j-er cent, per annum from March 81st, 1896, inventions.
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t< June 29th, 1897.
‘ „ All the countries in what is called the prayer and listening to a sermon.,, What
wretched hypocrisy to be soft voiced in our
4. A farmer sold a load.of four-foot wood, postal union are to have green one-cent stamps
petition to God aud cruel-tongued iu our
7 ft. long by 4 it. high, to a grocer, at the aud blue five^cent stamps.*-Have you ever intercourse with our - neighbors!—Jewish Mer-
thought
what
a
two-cent
will
do?
It
will
rate of $3.60 per eord, recei ving in exchange
8 lbs. tea, 371 M P£L,l±-'> 5 lbs- rieeatôiçts. carry a one-cent letter from Key West, Fla., a e n g e r . 5#
per lb.; and the remainder of the price in to Alaska. There it will be carried up the
Strength of Short Words.
granulated sugar at the rate of 22 lbs. for Yukon river by steamer or on the ice to
.one dollar. How mauy lbs., of sugar did he Circle City; then 300 miles to Dawson; then
Not long ago a group of writers were dis-
265 miles to McCormack’s post; then over­
receive?
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5. A produce dealer bought 833 lbs. oats land 300 miles to Chilkat; 5000 miles by rail; cussiug the secret charm of short words, say
at 24 ets. per bushel; 1572 1 b8. barley at 36 cts. 3000 miles by water; 865 miles by ice, snow, oneof our exchanges. No one can be master
per bushel; 1995 lbs. pease at 44 cts; per bu. dog-sledge,packing, aud sliding down the; of the English tongue who has not learned
H e mixed them aud had thé mixture ground sides of glaciers—all this Uncle 8am does. the force that lies iu words of one syllable.
The secret is plain enough. Short words have
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into feed without loss of -weight at à cost of [ for two-cente.
But the greatest invention of the year is strength because" the chief acts, thoughtsaud
5 cts. per cwt. and then retailed the feed at
ho dqhbt the submarine boat that was tried* emotions of human life are expressed in short
$24.50 per ton. Find his entire gain. ‘
at Bali iftiore the other day. It was kept words. They tell of life and death, of grief and
. 6. Find the cost of gilding the entire out­
under .y r .ter four hours with quite a party joy, of care and woe. The five senses are named
side surface of a covered box, 3 ft. long, 2 ft.
on board and explored the bottom of the, in short words. We see, hear, smell, feel and
6 in. wide, a n d 1 ft. 9 in, deep, at $1. 20 per
JPatapsco river with a 400-power seach light. taste. We think, work, walk, run, sit, lie, eat
square foot;
There is no doubt but that millions of dollars sleep, laugh aud weep. We go and comp.
, 7. A retail dealer sold a suit of clothes worth of property can be saved with this boat Mau has legs, arms, a heart, face, mouth, eyes,
lor $29.40, making a profit of 20 percent. and it will soon be constructed on a larger ears,tongue, nose, chin, brow, brains, mind and
I f the cloth and trimmings cost six times as 'plan.' }
soul.
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, much as th e m a k in g , find how much ' the
A flying machine operated by steam . Around us we feel the air, see the sea, the
tailor whd made the shit received. -
power whs also made to go, -ft raised itself lauds, the sky, the clouds, the trees, the grass,
7, 40) Fiud the H. G F. of 1573 and 689. and flew through the air without the help of the streams, and the rocks. One syllable
names divinity.
any kind of gas.—JftftrnaliT, ■
;6) Divide .766064 by .0052.
The illustration could be carried on at leng-
(c) M ultiply .0362 by 5.23.
Gentle Manners.
. th, but enough has been listed here to convey
(cl) Simplify ya of
three-
twentieths.
There is no doubt that in this pushing the thought. It is a point which should be
(12 marks allowed for each of the first seven, world of <-u re the. courtesies of life, those in­ taught in all the schools.— The Statesman.
KindneM» and Trulli.
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