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La E5s ee Press An Evening Dally. J. A. CARBUTH, PUBLIBHXK. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Osk Yiae $6.00 Six Months 3.00 Pkb Wkkk 15 In advance. F.utered at tbe port office at Salt Las VegM for transmission as second clsss mall mattar. Saturday, July 2, 1892. Eipublicah Ticket. ' For President of the United States BENJAMIN HARRISON, OF INDIANA. For Vice President of the United State", WIIITELAW REID, OF NEW YORK. Public Scscol Wcbz. The two following papers, con taining statements as to the work of the public school for the past year, were read by two of the scholars yesterday, and are of such general interest that we reproduce them here. The first was by Chas, A. Thayer, jr.: Work of the Uppkb Grades. Ladies and Gentlemen: At the request of Prof. Doty the pupils of the higher grades have prepared the following statement of the work done by them during the year. We can do little more than present a brief outline of the subjects passed over, for to go into detail would oc cupy too much of your time and be of little interest to any one. The highest grade has completed the work as laid down in the course of study for the first year of a high school course. Grammar, American history, physical geography and arith metic have been completed. Arith metic, the study which has required our greatest effort, has proved to be the most interesting to the majority of students. We have met the same difficulties that all students meet, and have overcome them by the same means, namely, hard work. In per centage we discovered that it is much easier to calculate upon a standing of 100 per cent than to attain it. In capital stock many of us fell below par. Taxes taxed our best powers. Interest sometimes failed to hold the interest of all. Can you wonder, then, that our teachers are not satis. fied with our present worth? We cm not estimate it, but wo feel cer tain that it is greater than that of ten months ago. Success in arithme tic, perhaps more than in any other of our studies, has depended on the way we have prepared the previous work. Each step depends on the preceding, and one failure leads to more. Perhaps no portion proved as interesting as did analysis. Here pure reason and independence were necessary. After finishing the book a thorough review was taken and we now stand ready to movo on to higher mathematics Algebra, too, has had its attrac tions. We have mastered the fun damental operations, and have gone through tho subject of factoring, multiples, fractions and simple and fractional equations. We have been over, under and above, but not through submission, attraction, vo cation, condition and tribulations. The study of Reed it Kellogg's English grammar, as taken up at the beginning of the year by a class of 17 from the 8th and 9 th grades, lias ben continued to the present time, the subjects treated have been sen tential analysis, diagraming, parsing and the correction of sentences under the rules of syntax. Numerous class contests between the boys on one side and the girls on the other have given keenness and pleasure to our work. The year closed with a thorough review of technical gram mar and definitions. Reading was begun by taking up Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," one of his best stories, which is told in his wililly, playful manner. His descriptive powers are wonderful. The best of his essays are found in his ."Sketch Book." As we read an authors works we try to discover some of his peculiarities of style. Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn" were next read. Longfellow's best poems were found to be "Hiawatha," "The Psalm of Life," "Courtship of Miles Standish," and "Evangeline." Each member of the reading class reproduced one of Longfellow's poems, such as "The Bell of Atri" and "The Birds of Killingworth." Shakespeare, the greatest dramat ist the world has ever known, was next introduced to our class. His love for nature and the study of people whom he met, made him so express himself as to reflect his thoughts back on the reader. We have only read a few famous extracts and have committed them to memory for tho purpose of prac tice in speaking. The object ot the author of the work on American Citizen was to give the large class of boys and girls in the upper grades a good idea of what a good citizen is, and to teach him what goes to make a good cit izen. Only few scholars can be expected to go to college and take a thorough course in political economy and pol itics, but all must become citizens, with the responsibility of acting in private or public upon various grave and difficult problems. They ought not surely to meet these problems without some intelli gent and serious view of their mean ing, and no doubt all of our class will agree with me in saying that the au thor's intention has been fulfilled to the last point. Among the serious subjects treated by this author are Cities and Their Government, Voting, The Citizen's Duties to his Government, Capital, Credit and Interest, etc. As the class pursued their study, several discussions arose on impor tant political questions. Among these were a debate on Tariff, on Woman Suffrage, and Whether the Government Should Own and Con trol the Railroads or Not. Our study was completed the last of the winter's term by nine schola and a majority of them enjoyed the study to the full extent. American history was completed in the winter term by a class of eight students. By means of pictures, maps and books of reference,frequent reviews and contests, we succeeded in mastering the outlines of the sub ject and to some extent in under standing the philosophy of history. The history class had one phenom enon, a boy who seemed to have almost a complete knowledge of the subject. Physical geography was also completed this year by a class of six. The class in constitution, composed of seven, is said to have been the be.it class in the room. In tho final reviews the majority were able to answer any questions without a mis take. Every member of the class can give preamble, powers of con gress, restrictions on states, and qualifications of various ofiicials,word for word. The second paper is by Alf. Long: Ladies and gentlemen: You have soen from the preceding exercises what the pupils of the public school have done during the year. This paper is prepared to show how strong and constant has been the interest of the entire city in its wel fare, and to show how that interest has been manifested. The following gentlemen have shown their interest in us by visiting the school and by addressing us: Mr. Lawrence, who was formerly superintendent of the Nashville schools, said that he was like Wash ington living, in that his extreme modesty prevented him from making a speech. He thought that Irving bad the advantage of him, however, because Irving could at least write a speech, while he could do neither. Mr. Lawrence disproved his state ment by making a delightful ad dress. Rev. Mr. Lay ton was next to ad dress us. Rev. Mr. Hoffman chose for his subject the word "crank." He said that although Goodyear was called a crank when ho tried to invent a rub ber overshoe that would retain its shape in wititer and summer, be proved a benefacter to mankind by succeeding in his invention. Mr. Sporledcr gave us a history of his early days, and told ns to improve our time while we have the oppor tunity. Mr. Rudolph, the county superin tendent, congratulated us on our sur roundings. Rev. Mr. Skinner made a short ad dress, in which he spoke of attending to little things. President Hadley, of the Las Cruces university, gave a short talk on physical geography. Rev. Mr. Hyde spoke of the diffi culties he had to overcome when he was a boy, one being tho habit of stooping over, and the other not knowing how to study. Dr. Atkins visited our school and gave us a lecture on the circulation of tho blood. By means of a power ful microscope he was able to exhibit the circulation of the blood in the web of a frog's foot. Hon. Wm. Burger, of Santa Fe, urged the need of diligence and faithful study. Rev. Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Henry have addressed us several times. Bishop Kendrick and others have also addressed us. On Washington's birthday Dr. Gauld, Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Henry and Mr. Brush aided us in the celebration by delivering patriotic addresses. The public school building was erected in the year 1801, and school opened the 15th. day of September, since which time we have had many improvements upon the ground and in the building through the kindness of the school board. We have a piano, by which music is provided for singing and marching, and our exercises at the end of each term are improved by the use of that instru ment. We have had new carpets for the hall and rubber covering for the steps; also wire mats to place in front of the doors in rainy weather, and scrapers set in stone blocks. Being crowded for room in the building, the school board thought it prudent to fit up the two rooms in the basement, and has had them cleaned, lathed, plastered and floored. One of the rooms is furnished for a school room with new furniture, while the other room will bo furnished for, a museum. This we wish to make a publio institution for the benefit of Las Vegas a place where New Mex ican curiosites, mineralogic, geologic and historic, may be preserved, and would like to have the citizens donate anything they may think appropriate for this institution. Having finished the interior of the building, the grounds were then im proved by having the rock hauled away and the front part filled with earth. Then came the two red sand stone walks, one on each side of the building, leading to the street. Also a white sandstone walk extending to the rear street. Grass has been sown in the front yard, and hose and sprinklers furnished for watering the lawn. The total cost of these improve ments, together with school appara tus and necessary furniture, has been nearly 12,500. We are indebted to the Grand Army of the Republic for the handsome flag which has graced our building. And to the members of the school board, Messrs. T. W. Hayward, N. B. Rosebury, A. T. Rogers, Albert Lawrence, F. E. 01 ney and E. Henry, I wish to say in behalf of the school that we appre ciate your kindness to us in making these improvements for our benefit, and will try to manifest our apprecia tion by having first class records, and when we graduate by doing so with honor to you gentlemen and to the school in your charge. Baking (Mr Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years tlje Standard. A Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. Superior to every other known. Delicious Cake and Pastry, Light Flaky B'jcuit, Griddle Calces, Palatable and Wholesome. No other baking powder does such work. "'-' i Ons of QurLargestldustriss A few evenings since our report er's attention was called to the beau tifully illuminated buildings of the Smith Premier Typewriter works on Clinton street, and npon investiga tion found that owing to a large in crease in business they were obliged to run twelve hours a day, operating between 300 and 400 employes. Con sidering the rapid growth of the business referred to it is very appa rent to the proprietor that it will be absolutely necessary during the sum mer months to build another factory, and in fact the plans are nearly ar ranged for tho construction of a new building of dimensions 00x140 feet, seven stories high. This new struc ture, in addition to the present build ings, which have every nook and cor ner filled with operatives, will idmit of working at least 600 people, and if the business continues to increase in the future as it has in the past it is very certain that the company at no distant day will require all the type writers that 000 operatives can pro duce. We are informed that no other typewriter manufacturers in the state at present are pressed to fill their or ders to the extent that they are obliged to work overtime. Syracuse Journal, March 12. RAMSAY & HENRY, General Agents for Mew Mexico EAST LAS VEGAS. N. M. Eddy note: Mr. B.D.Thorner was in town during the week,and informs the Citizen that he has at present a force of 150 hands gathering canaigre root. Mr. Thorner has already ship ped to London about 300 tons. The demand for this root is largely in ex cess of the supply. Canaigre is fast taking the place of everything else in the tanning and dyeing business. The shrinkage of this root is so great that it takes three tons of it in the green state to make one when dried. But at the present price, 50,it would seem to us to bo about as profitable a crop as our farmers could raise. There is no question as to the yield it will give. The Albuquerque Democrat calls the Prohibitionists the "Agua Pura party." A full dress reception is called a ''blow out" in Albuquerque. Beatty's Pianos and Organs. Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, the great Organ and Piano man of Washing ton, N. J., is busier than ever. In 1870 Mr. Beatty left home a penni less plow boy, and by his indomita ble will he has worked Ins way up so as to sell so far nearly 100,000 of Beatty's Pianos and Organs since 1870. Nothing seems to dishearten him; obstacles laid in his way, that would have wrecked any ordinary man forever, he turns to an adver tisement and comes out of it brighter than ever. His instruments are in use everywhere. We are informed that during the next ten years he in tends to sell 200,000 more of his make; that means a business of 20,- 000,000 if we average them at 1 100 each. It is already tbe largest busi ness of its kind in existence. Read his advertisment. Poutiec ESTABLISHED 1S53. in s Of New Wholesale Grocers, LAS j VEGAS AND SOCORRO. El and Mining m Wool, Hides, Pelts and Grain, BEH-iIii Sc CO. Fancy and Staple Grocers, All classes of Canned and Bottled Goods, CIGARS, TOBACCO, ETC., ALWAYS KEPT IN STOCK. All kinds of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables received daily. 3ET Free Delivery. 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