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Show THE UEIi 8 the best teacher in Italy and when very young he had won such fame that the Pope sent for him to come to Rome to assist in decorating the walls of the Vatican. Four of the rooms Principal Normal Tralidnj; School. were decorated by him and he came to be the greatest of all the painters selected by' the Pope for. this work. In her state university, as it now is, He also did work in the famous a of Utah has more than the nucleus Sistine Chapel and saw and learned great school. It seems to lie with the much from the ceilings there, done present legislature whether the school by Michel Angelo. shall at once leap forward and take Besides the work of the Vatican he of institutions rank among higher finished other important pictures in the new meet a demand and thus learning, course of twelve years. He was also which is even now made upon it, or distinguished as a portrait painter. whether the destiny which certainly He became rich and famous as no awaits It must be postponed for almost other artist had ever dreamed of beanother generation. BDUCATIONAb- Conduct! You hear by J. K. McKNIUIIT, that boy laughing? You think he's all fun, But tho angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his coil,. And the poor roan that knows him laughs loudest of all. --O. V. HOLMES. cold snap Is better than no snap nt all, as was said by a teacher who didnt have to teach on Monday. A S s coming. e The Lndispenslble oil for the cruse of At the Washington school the other a great institution of learning Is that day, the writer visited the eighth grade, which can be pressed out of money. and listened to an informal discussion $ i j of a subject stated somewhat as folWhen ail three of our dally papers lows: Resolved, That the Indian Has agree that a thing is right, it must Been More Cruelly Treated In Our certainly be very good. Therefore, Mr. Country Than the Negro. The subLegislator, vote for the University bill. ject grew' directly out of the history S ? $ work the class has been doing, and its are teachers study- discussion involved not only a review' iny'Of the city that could have been given so well, pering French this winter. They are vacato spend the summer haps, in no other way, but interpreta-tio- n of historic facts and statements tion of 1900 at the Paris exposition. Thai is a capita! idea. that the ordinary recitation often loses get-tingjrea- dr ; Put the State University up on the site donated to it for that purpose by the national government, and then make of it, as it were, a great torch that is set on a hill that men may see it from afar, and that the children of men mav walk in its light. $ S sight of. It was an excellent exercise and the freedom with which those boys and girls volunteered to stand up and talk in the presence of strangers and they talked well, too was a deserved compliment to an uncommon teacher. If you have not already done so, try Mrs. Cassadys plan of having an informal discussion now and then in your history work, but manage it as skilfully as she does, or you will wraste very valuable time. . He painted two hundred Madonnas. The Sistine Madonna is in the Dresden Gallery and is the chief treasure of the art world. It is visited yearly by thousands of persons. Rich and poor, old and young, are entranced before this canvas. It seems to have been painted by him in a moment of Inspiration. It w'as done for a monastery in Italy, the monks selling it in 1794 to the King of Saxony, $5,000,000 was recently refused for this, the greatest picture in the wrorld. In the center stands the Madonna on a mass of clouds with the child Jesus. On either side a little below' the mother and child are the two figures, St. Barbara and St. Sextus. At the lower edge of the picture are two dimpled cherubs looking upward to the baby Jesus. Another Madonna, the gem of Flor4 Soflad' to tk An Austrian professor, who believes in the value of hygiene, declares that England largely owes her supremacy over other nations to the national bathtub, and that the only sure way U outstrip England is to beat her in tht Da use of water. r" Soup. Shell and carefully remove the skins from the peanuts. Put two cupfuls to 6oak over night In one quart of water. In the morning add two quarts of water and boil slowly an hour; then add an onion, a stock of celery, and boil until it Is soft enough to mash through a sieve. Return to the stove, add two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper, and serve at once. Proposed Txiitlon of Htrjcte llolne. In a revision cf the state revenuo laws of Georgia a bill has been brought before the legislature wherein a tax cf $200 Is imposed on every company selling or dealing in bicycles, by itself or Its agents. In that state, and all wholesalend retail dealers In bicycles manufactured by companies that have not paid the tax. The company or dealers are required to furnish the comptroller a list of agents authorized to sell bicycles of their manufacture, or under their control, and must pay the comptroller $5 for each agent for the fiscal year or fractional part thereof, for each county In which the agent doe3 business for tho company. The result of such a law in that state would, according to an objector to the proposed restrictions, be of the dealers would that be forced out of business. Citing Columbus as an example, he says ttiat two .of the prominent dealers would move their business to the adjoining Alabama towns, thereby avoiding the tax and still no doubt sell bicycles la two-thir- ds -- ence, is the Madonna of the Goldfinch; Columbus. it hangs in the Tribune of the Uffizi. It is painted on wood, and measures three feet, one inch high, by 2 feet, 5 inches wide. The Virgin is seated upon n. E. MULVEY, Manager. a rock, within a quiet landscape. The child Jesus, leaning against his ENTIRE MONDAY, mothers lap, has been reciting from a WEEK. book she holds, when he is interrupted Harry kartells Realistic Southern by his companion, the little St. John, Production who has caught a bird and panting, has come with it in glee to Jesus. He also painted the Madonna di Tempi, the Madonna Granduca, the Madonna of the Chair, the Cherubs, the Fall of Jericho, the Miraculous SEE The Cotton fields Draught of Fishes, Moses Receiving The Camp meetings on Frog the Two Tables of the Law, the TransIsland, St. the The Peter Cake Walk. Holy Family, figuration, The Steam boat Robert E. in Prison, and portraits of himself. Lee. Good Friday, Apr. 6, 1520. His death at the early age of thirty-sevemade by a profound sensation. He was buried with great pomp in the Parthenon. The scroll of February blazes with the names of great Americans. Some of their birthdays are a follows: Feb. 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln. Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington. Many of the teachers of the city have 1819 Lowell. James Rssell Feb. 22, done some beautiful work in connection Feb. 27, 1807 Henry W. Longfellow. with short studies of the great painters $ and their masterpieces. The sixth grade The next lecture in the University of pupils of Miss Jennie Cauffield of the of be Prof. will series that free public Oquirrh school have been particularly Geo. M. Marshall, on Monday evening, enthusiastic over this art work. Not Feb. 13. His subject is, Westminster only has it resulted in a tendency to Abbey, and it will be illustrated with collect and preserve good reprints of Prof. Marshall the worlds stereopticon views. great pictures and in the of interested full house should have a acquisition of an astonishing fund of deto be a sure is to what hear people information in regard to art and arlightful lecture. tists, but it has served as a means of $ securing some excellent written lanOne of the glories of Michigan per- guage work, as the following essay, haps it is her chief glory is the State written by one of Miss Caufflelds puUniversity at Ann Arbor. But Mich- pils, will show: RAPHAEL. igan, from the first, provided liberally of people NEVILLS. VERA in was born it is that and Urlino, Italy, why Raphael for that institution, Nfii the splendid school it is today. If Apr. 6, 14S3. One of the grandest entertaindraw' to when and a of school He to build began paint up Utah wishes ments to be seen. An examination of the newspapers old or seven under to six he be w'as must years her willing people that kind, shows that they are able to prove any MATINEES WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY, acwas who his the of the instruction father in old thing of George Washingtons fart-we- ll spend their money liberally Next attraction, Ott Bros, in All Aboard. address. complishment of so laudable a purpose. an artist. A fewr years later he had $$ tew Grand Theatre .14 South before the War. up-to-da- n, te Interpreted a company |