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P R IN T E D E V E R Y F R ID A Y B Y A P P R E N T IC E S A T T H E IN D IA N IN D U S T R IA L SCH OO L, C A R L IS L E , PA.

T H E KEI» M AN. This is th e num ber 1

S e v e n t e e n t h Y e a r , or Vol. X V II , No. 7 . {17 -7 ) FR ID A Y , AUGUST 16, 1901. EouhoI HI uteri Keri Man and Hel|>«t Vol. I I , Num ber t hree

AUGUST.

TJGCJST, m onth w hen sum m er lies S leeping u n d e r sapph ire skies.Open a ll th e w indows wide,

D rink th e o rc h a rd ’s f ra g ra n t tide.A ugust, m onth w hen everyw here Music floats upon th e a ir From th e h a rp s of m in stre l gales P lay ing down th e hills and dales.A ugust, m on th w hen sleepy cows Seek th e shade of sp read in g boughs W here th e robin q u irk s his head, C o n tem pla ting cherrie s red.A ugust, m onth of tw iligh ts, w hen Day h a lf goes an d comes aga in ;A ugust days a re gu ard s who Keep W atch w hile sum m er lies asleep.

F rank Demster Sherm an . in St. N icholas.

THE SERVANT PROBLEM IN THE SOUTH.

The possib ilities of the negro (as of any) race are to be gauged by its h ighest p rod­ucts.

A m ong the d istingu ished colored m en w hom we have been priv ileged to know personally , D ouglass, B ruce, W ash ing ton , and o thers, none have been tru e r to the race nor h igher exem plars of its possib il­ities th an Prof, W . H . Councill, c reator and for tw enty-seven years p residen t of the A g ricu ltu ra l College for N egroes a t N orm al, A labam a. The noble, and a t the sam e tim e p a th e tic appeals he has m ade for the wom en of h is race w ill im press every tru e -h ea rted A m erican as being the u tte rances of a h igh and sanctified m anhood.

No one can read the follow ing ex trac ts culled from his speeches and fail to re ­alize th a t they are the in sp ira tion and asp ira tions of a g rea t leader:

E xtracts From S p eech es by Prof. W. H.Councill, P resident A. & M.

College for N egroes, Norm al,Alabam a.

Professor C ouncill said in his speech before the S ou thern In d u s tr ia l A ssocia­tion a t H u n tsv ille , A labam a, October 12th 1899:

“ P e rm it m e to call your a tten tio n to an e lem en t of N egro labor w hich is alw ays le ft ou t of these d iscussions—T H E N E ­GRO W OM AN.

She is the strong -elem ent in N egro charac ter, no tw ith s tan d in g her poverty , w eakness, tem p ta tio n s—naked and bare to a t ta c k —w ith no th ing b u t th e sublim e exam ple of the S ou thern w hite w om an’s c h a s tity held up a fa r off before her—th is w om an is figh ting a b a ttle for life w hich m u st en lis t your sym path ies.

H alf a m illion N egro wom en are in tro ­duced to the p rivacy of ha lf a m illion bedcham bers, and hold in th e ir pure or im pure arm s half a m illion w hite c h il­dren, who in some m easure are pure or im pure as th e ir nurses affect them .

H ere is a problem in a problem , w hich concerns the h ighest w elfare of the w hite South .

I pay no com plim ent, I pronounce no fulsom e encom ium , w hen I s ta te a fac t as c lear as the sun in the blue heavens, th a t the w hite w om an of the South is one of the h ighest types of pure, spotless w om ­anhood in the recorded h is to ry of m an.

T his exam ple is the rich property of the N egro w om an of the South.

B u t I p lead for m ore th an exam ple.I w an t th is w h ite w om an to b rea the

her pure spotless soul in to these half m il­lion N egro m aids who hold in th e ir arm s

h alf a m illion sunny haired A nglo-Saxon ch ild ren .

D raw n ear to these girls.I w an t th e ir hom es in the w h ite w om ­

a n ’s hom e.I w an t them by n ig h t and by day un ­

der her C hristian influence, to be lifted as only w om an can lift.

W ill the w hite w om an in self pro tection be forced to do th is?

Do no t delude yourselves by prom ises of b e tte r and m ore m oral se rvan ts from any o th er race.

The N egro is true to his tru st.H as he ever deceived you?As bad ly as he w anted freedom , he

would to-day be in slavery before he w ould have betrayed your confidence in those dark days w hen you could no t pro­tec t your w ives and ch ild ren .

T h a t N egro ch a rac te r is s till here.C u ltiv a te it.As we recover from the sudden shock

of lib e rty i t w ill assert itse lf in us, and if you w ill d raw n ear to us, the U ncle Jim s, and B lack M am m ies of freedom w ill be even n earer and d earer to you th a n those of slavery d ay s .”

In his speech in C hattanooga, F eb ru ary 14th, 1901, he s a id :

“ There are two sides to the se rvan t problem .

L e t us reason together on it.I hold th a t i t is our d u ty to p repare

ourselves to do com petent, fa ith fu l, sa tis ­fac to ry service of every ch a rac te r in the S o u th ; to deport ourselves w ith a ll be­com ing d ign ity , good behav io r and re­spect tow ard our em ployers, to go clean and nea t, to grow in in te lligence and p ro ­ficiency in the d ischarge of our du ties.

On the o ther hand , such service de­m ands the k indness and pro tection of the em ployers, com fortable q u arte rs for our g irls under the protection of th e ir m is­tress ; sufficient pay to encourage the se r­v a n t and to enable the se rv an t to get out of His rags and patches and p resen t th a t personal appearance so necessary to the d ign ity and m ake up of the se rv a n t class of the South.

W hen the rig h ts and du ties of both classes are properly considered in the lig h t of justice and fairness, and each class resolves to do its du ty , com plain t w ill van ish and confidence betw een m aste r and se rv an t w ill be estab lished , honesty w ill be cu ltiva ted , roguery w ill d isappear, and the peace and tra n q u ility of Southern hom es w ill be as “ the dew of H erm o n .”

In his speech a t Roger W illiam s U n i­versity , M ay 15, 1901, and a t P h ilad e lp h ia Ju n e 18, 1901, he sa id :

“ E v ery N egro boy and g irl should be ta u g h t to w ork and to work hard a ll the tim e.

W hip idlers from am ong us as the bee stings ou t the drone.

Id lers produce crim e and crim inals.W e m u st ask no th ing , b u t a chance to

work and to be paid for our work.E n v y no m an.Take no th ing from any m an.E very honest N egro d raym an , se rv an t-

g irl, w ash-w om an, m echanic, hotel boy, barber who does his d u ty in an in te lligen t, com petent, tru s tw o rth y m anner is a queen or prince am ong m en.

No honest labor is dishonorable.I t is m ore blessed to serve than to be

served in any w alk of life.The se rv an t g ir l’s hood and apron above

an honest h e a r t and educated b ra in are as honorable as the college cap and gown.

L et the N egro race ca rry the pick in one hand and the olive b ranch of peace in the o th e r.”

MISS SENSENEV KEEPS COOL.

D e a r M. O. T. B. S.Since I w rote you la s t I have seen

m uch of th is beau tifu l n o rth e rn coun­try .

I f you have never been here you can scarce ly realize the difference in c lim ate , betw een Illino is and M ichigan

W hile it has been so w arm in Chicago th a t even the the rm om ete r persp ired ,here it is cold enough for w in te r flannels and heavy golf capes; w hile a t n ig h t we can see the n o rth e rn lig h ts and the s ta rs look so w hite and cold.

E v e ry th in g in th is p a r t of the coun try is associa ted w ith the Ind ians.

In com ing here from Chicago, you trav e l a lm ost the en tire leng th of L ake M ichigan to T raverse B ay , and then th rough L ittle T raverse B ay, to “ W eque- to n sin g ,” w hich m eans a “ B ay w ith in a b ay .”

A cross the bays lies the lit tle town of Petoskey , nam ed a fte r old C hief Potos- key, and all the places of in te re s t are nam ed a fte r the In d ian s w ho once owned the land.

A ll the stores are filled w ith bead-w ork and sw eet g rass In d ian baskets, b irch bark canoes, and various o th e r souvenirs.

The In d ian s you m eet on th e s tree ts do no t look like our own fine-looking, h ea lth y C arlisle studen ts, and scarcely one w hom I have questioned, can answ er m e in E ng lish .

W e had a fine trip the o th er day across the bay to Petoskey, then by tra in to W alloon, and then up B ear L ake in a sm all s team er to the hom e of a friend , w ho has a big log cabin, on the edge of th e w ate r am ong the pine trees.

F rom there our host took us in a steam launch fourteen m iles, up to the head of B ear L ake, w hich w as all so w ild and p ic tu resque th a t I w ou ldn’t have been su rp rised a t any m om ent to have seen deer or bears; in fac t I w as d isappoin ted th a t I d id n ’t, as they rea lly are seen qu ite often.

C om ing back we w ere cau g h t in a squa ll—were in no danger a t a ll, because a launch is safe—b u t we did get w et enough to have to s it around th e fire and d ry off w hen we reached the cabin.

My cousin ’s hom e is called “ L ockehav- en ” and she is the ow ner of the fam ous “ L ockehaven K en n e ls .”

She has the m ost beau tifu l ca ts I have ever seen, and I often wish our sm all boys who love th e ir old grey “ P a tr ic k ,” could see th e cages of ra re and beau tifu l oats, th a t are a lm ost like lovely little babies.

There are dozens of snow w h ite Persian A ngoras, and lovely blue pussies, and one funny lit tle ca t th a t T had to look a t tw ice before I found i t w as no t a sm all pug dog.

I ts nam e w as “ S iam ,” and i t w as tan colored, w ith a b lack nose and funny l i t ­tle yellow eyes, and the m ost im p u d en t don ’t-care look im aginable.

T his M adam Puss cam e from “ S iam ,” b u t h asn ’t been hom esick a m om ent since she reached A m erica. In fac t she told m e she preferred th is coun try , or a t least she said som eth ing th a t sounded very m uch like it.

A fter hav ing beau tifu l c lear days for m y en tire v is it, I w as obliged to leave d ear W equetonsing in a pouring rain , or perhaps the m is t w as in m y own eyes, as I saw the la s t of the lit tle town.

A bout an hour ago, the big steam er cam e up to the lit tle w harf, the passen­gers w en t aboard , and then ju s t as the ropes w ere th row n aboard and the gang p lank d raw n in, th e lit tle bugler, w ay up on the top deck, blew a farew ell, and

ju s t because one passenger w as lonely , be­cause she w as on a b ig s team er a ll by h er­self, she th o u g h t she w ould send a line to the M. O. T. B. S., and to -n ig h t w hen the lit t le bugler m oun ts h is deck an d sounds “ T ap s,” she w ill close h e r eyes and send a good n ig h t to C arlisle , for a f te r a ll th e bes t place in the w orld is the old C u m b er­land V alley. J e a n n e S e n h e n e y .

A ugust, 1901.

A NOTABLE WEDDING.

A few w eeks since T h e R e d m a n & H e l p e r pub lished a notice of th e w ed­d ing described below , and th e follow ing p articu la rs from The In d ia n ’s F riend w ill be of in te re s t to m a n y :

W e are indebted to M rs. N . M. M iller, p rinc ipa l teach er of th e A rapaho B o ard ­ing School, for the follow ing sketch : .

“ A m em orable even t occurred on th e evening of Ju n e 25th, a t D arling ton , O kla., w hen Miss E d n a E ag le fea th er w as m arried to Mr. P au l G oodbear a t the residence of IT. S. In d ian A gent, M ajor George W . H . S touch.

B oth of the parties are fu ll blood I n ­d ians, the bride an Osage and the groom a Cheyenne.

Both are educated , Miss E ag lefea ther being a g rad u a te of the L incoln In s t i tu ­tion and Mr. G oodbear of C arlisle .

B oth are em ployed in th e governm en t schools on the C heyenne and A rapaho reserva tion , the bride as a teacher, and the groom as a fa rm er, and each lias ach ieved unusual success in work.

On th e occasion of th e w edding the lovely hom e of M ajor and M rs. S touch w as la v ish ly decorated , v ines w andering everyw here over w indow s, doors, p ic t­ures, and arches.

The d in ing tab le w as beau tifu lly ad o rn ­ed w ith flowers and vines, w hile ribbons passed from the hang ing lam p to the co r­ners of the table, and the parlo rs w ere banked w ith flowers.

As the s tra in s of the b rid a l m arch from L ohengrin w ere heard two lit t le g irls ap ­peared , strew in g th e ir floral trea su res be­fore the b rid a l p a ir w ho advanced th rough the leng th of the parlo rs and paused b e­n ea th a b ea u tifu l m arriage bell, before a floral nook in w hich the officiating c le r­gym an, R ev. I . S. Ross, stood aw a itin g them . H ere they responded to the im ­pressive service w hich un ited th e ir des­tin ies.

The b rid e ’s dress w as of w h ite silk , trim m ed w ith lace, her veil w as fastened w ith w h ite roses, and she ca rried L a F rance roses.

The refreshm en ts w ere e leg an t and the evening sped m e rrily u n til th e b ride and groom departed am id show ers of rice and good w ishes.

The p resen ts w ere num erous and b eau ­tifu l. l iv e I nd ian schools w ere rep resen t­ed by these tokens, and Col. and Mrs. P ra t t of C arlisle , M rs. Cox of L incoln, and C hap la in R ittn e r of P h ilad e lp h ia , w ere am ong the donors.

I t w ould no doub t have aston ished those who consider the case of th e In d ian s hopeless, if th ey could have seen the dignified, gracefu l behav io r of these two, w hose p aren ts w ere n o t educated , b u t who have them selves adopted c iv iliza tion and resolved to devote th e ir energies to tra in in g the ch ild ren of th e ir own race in th e princip les w hich have done so m uch for them selves.

A ll the guests freely sa id th a t th is w as one of the p re tt ie s t w eddings th ey had ever seen, and Mr. and M rs. G oodbear as w ell as th e In d ian s p resen t, expressed deep g ra titu d e to M ajor and M rs. S touch for th e ir unw earied efforts in th e ir be­half.

T H E R E D M A N A N D H E L P E R —F R ID A Y , A U G U ST 16, 1901.

THE RED MAN AND HELPER*PUBLISHED W EEKLY IN THE

INTERESTS OF THE RISING INDIAN

The M echanical Worfc on this Paper Is Bone by In d ian A pp ren tice .

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ARE EDUCATED INDIANS ALL LIARS AND THIEVES?

Prof. F red erick S ta rr of the d e p a rt­m e n t of an th ropo logy a t the U n iv ersity of Chicago, w ho is an a u th o rity on the A m erican aborig ines, is firm ly convinced th a t th e In d ian s canno t be C hristian ized . H e sa y s: “ I t is im possible to convert th e rea lly good In d ian to the w h ite m a n ’s relig ion . H e w ill pay no a tten tio n to the m issionary , b u t s tick s to h is pagan ideas of life and m ora lity . The In d ian s who have been ‘C h ris tian ized ’ are a ll lia rs , th ieves , and knaves. The rea lly good C h ris tian In d ia n does no t ex ist. H e is an im possib ility . People in th e E a s t are beg inn ing to realize th is now from th e ir experience w ith In d ian s w ho have been converted to C h ris tian ity in the In d ian Schools. I t is bes t to le t the In d ian s alone, as th e ir m oral n a tu re s and v irtues th r iv e b es t under th e ir own pagan be­lie fs .” The In d ia n can see c lea rly th a t th e tr iu m p h of C h ris tian ity m eans the ex te rm in a tio n of h is race ; he know s w h a t th e C h ris tian relig ion has done for h im : he know s th a t i t has b rough t, no t peace, b u t the sword. Can we w onder a t h is re luc tance to p a r t w ith his own pagan beliefs?—[T ru th Seeker.

Prof. S ta rr, the alleged au th o r of the foregoing, is, and has been for m any years, engaged in u n ea rth in g the p as t of h is ideal, the old red m an, and every now and then fires a sh o t a t the new red m an, who, because no t odd nor spectacu­la r is n o t h is ideal.

W e read i t tw ice to m ake sure th a t one of the item s from T ru th S eeker’s h u m o r­ous colum ns had no t been m isplaced and tick e ted w ith th is sc ie n tis t’s nam e.

W e p refer to assum e th a t h is “ convic­tio n s” have a t le as t no t been co rrec tly repo rted , or th a t som e over-am bitious re ­p o rte r has asp ired to afflict the m uch suffering pub lic w ith som eth ing s ta r tlin g and b izarre .

Suppose, how ever, i t w ere the “ convic­tio n ” of th e em inen t au th o rity to w hom i t is a ttr ib u te d , w h a t then? I t does no t follow th a t h is being “ conv ic ted ,” nec­essarily re legates the m any ac tu a l C h ris­tia n m en and wom en belonging to th is race to th e position of “ lia rs, th ieves, k n av es and im possible C h ris tian s .” The fac ts in th e case w a rra n t an y th in g b u t such a sw eeping conclusion.Who s te a ls m y purse, s te a ls t r a s h ; ’T is som e­

th in g , n o th ing ;'T w as m ine, ’tis his, and h as been th e slav e to

th o u sa n d s .B u t he th a t filches from m e m y good nam e Robs me of th a t which no t enriches him,

A nd m akes me poor indeed .”W e have know n in tim a te ly m any

h u n d red s of these people for years, th e ir d a ily w alk and conversation , th e ir deep­es t th o u g h t and convictions. W e have found them noble, G od-fearing, true , fu l­ly as good C hris tian s, as ed ito rs, profes­sors and an th ropo log ists we have m et, and we are proud to say we have know n som e em in en t m en in these professions. I t is u n ju s t to pass unqualified ju d g m en t on an en tire race, and th u s w ith one b rief

sen tence p rejud ice the read ing public ag a in s t them and hold every ind iv idual of th a t race up to ignom iny and scorn, as v ile and w orth less before the world.

These s ta te m en ts are p a r t and parcel of th e position so often taken by a ce rta in class of ethnological s tu d e n ts ,“ These b a r ­baric races are so p ic tu resque in th e ir life and custom s, th a t th e G overnm ent ought to p erp e tu a te th e m .” To our m ind the In d ian never appeared so gruesom ely p ic­tu resque as w hen on th e w ar p a th , and in the m id s t of the horrors of a m id n ig h t ra id . W hy no t p erp e tu a te these delec­tab le spectacles along w ith a ll the d iab ­olism the best forces in the world have g rad u a lly e lim inated .

There is as good a proportion of tru th , honesty and honor in the red race, as th e re is in the h au g h ty w h ite race, and i t is no t a ll pagan e ith er, Prof. S ta rr to the co n tra ry no tw ith s tan d in g .

OUR FRIEND AND NATIVE MISSIONARY.

F rom the N o rth ern L ig h t published a t F t. W rangel, A laska, we see th a t Rev. E d w ard M arsden is s till in ac tive m is­s ionary w ork. H e says in a le tte r dated Ju n e 7:

W e are m oving along th ree lines p rin c i­pally , nam ely the conversion of the peo­ple, the bu ild ing up of the tow n of Sax- m an, and the es tab lish m en t of industries w ith w hich to m a in ta in the ex istence of th is com m unity . B y no m eans do we claim any success in these undertak ings.

Our fa ith , love and energy in the w ork are unshaken .

R egard ing the first, we beg to say th a t S axm an is a C h ris tian com m unity .

Some of the people here are v ery sincere in th e ir C h ris tian life.

O thers of them are y e t easily sw ayed back and fo rth .

B u t th ey are C h ris tian s for th e reason th a t th ey have d iscarded m any of th e ir old beliefs and c u s to m s; they have pro­fessed C h ris tian ity and try a ll th ey can to lead C h ris tian lives, and they come to all our services regu larly .

The word of God is fa ith fu lly stud ied here.

W e realize the necessity of a good tow n w here the influences are up lifting .

A cting on the rea liza tion , we are en­deavoring to help these people bu ild up th e ir tow n.

T hey have a lread y erected some good and com fortable houses, and have o rgan­ized the place in to a governm ent of its own.

T hey frequen tly get toge ther to discuss town affairs.

W e try to m ake th is place o rderly and enjoyable.

The people recen tly bough t a se t of b rass band in stru m en ts , and th e ir young m en are being d rilled in th e ir proper use.

W ere i t n o t for th e dem ora liz ing in ­fluences. of the m any liquor dens of our neighboring tow n our people w ould be e n tire ly safe.

W e have a large steam saw m ill here, and a t an y hour of the day and n ig h t its s team puffs are heard .

I t em ploys som e th ir ty m en, and no o thers b u t the n a tiv es are ow ners and m anagers of it.

The m ill tu rn s ou t as good lum ber -as can be purchased on P u g e t Sound.

S team ers call here to get m anufac tu red lum ber, and its trad e is large.

O rders for lum ber co n tin u ally com e to the office of the m ill, and these orders are alw ays p rom ptly filled.

Is n o t th is som eth ing w orth noticing?W e th in k th a t th is is only a beg inning.

W e believe in p rac tica l C h ris tian ity .

E d w ard is one of those C h ris tian I n ­d ians a ll of w hom (accord ing to the em ­in e n t sc ien tis t quoted in an o th er colum n) are lia rs , th ieves and knaves. Too bad, isn ’t it? W h a t a p ity th a t he w ent th rough the S itk a school, and then w ork­ed h is way th rough M arie tta College, and th rough the T heological S em inary and M edical- C o llege! (?)

NEWS FROM KODIAK ALASKA.

From the O rphanage N ew s L etter.The R evenue C u tte r “ G ra n t” is m a k ­

ing a su rvey of the w aters a t the S outh end of K odiak Is lan d . T his is an im por­ta n t service, as the n av ig a tin g ch a rts for A laska are fa r from reliab le .

Mr. C. E . B unnell is m ak ing a flying trip to the E a s t du ring vacation . H e took w ith h im eleven young people to a tten d the C arlisle In d ia n School. K a te S hep­herd , A n a s ta tia P errin , John L olchesnek- off, Theodore Schclikoff, S ash k a A lex an d ­er, George C alaktinoff, and M ichael C ha- b itnoy w en t from the O rphanage; O lsena S perbaek, P ariscov ia Feoderoff and N ik i- fer Shouchuk , from W ood Is lan d : and P e­te r D ebrow olsky from K odiak . W e w ill tak e i t as a personal favor if friends in the v ic in ity of C arlisle w ill ca ll upon these young people. W e sh a ll expect good reports from them . T hey have our bes t w ishes and p rayers.

A bout s ix ty five barre ls of red sa lm on is the record our boys have m ade th is sum m er. The n e x t run of fish now is the hum pback salm on for w hich th e re is l i t ­tle dem and a lthough th ey are the best fish for tab le use. The difficulty is they are no t so p re tty as the reds, being p ink instead of b rig h t red. W e hope to dry som e of these for dog feed to be sen t to N om e. The la s t run is the silver sa lm on , the la rg est k ind we have here, w hich come in the la te fall.

Don’t N eglect th e Home People.Some of our s tu d en ts here and in the

coun try are able to and love to w rite long le tte rs to friends in various p a rts of the land , b u t say th ey can th in k of no th in g to w rite to the H O M E friends.

Some say they do no t receive -answers to th e ir le tte rs is the reason th ey d o n ’t w an t to w rite hom e.

T h a t is a sm all excuse w hen they know th a t some of the hom e people can n o t read or w rite , and i t is often inconven ien t to h u n t up an in te rp re te r or a friend to w rite for them .

A nd y e t the hom e people are longing to h ea r from th e ir C arlisle sons and d au g h ­te rs or th e ir nieces and nephew s.

I t is unkind to say you have no th in g to w rite to those on the reserva tion , w ho are cu t off from m uch th a t you are seeing and enjoying.

W rite to them and help them by te lling them w h a t you see and hear!

I t is easie r for them to get som e one to read the le tte rs th a n it is to find som e one w ho w ill s it down and w rite for them .

A single page w ith a very few w ords on i t is too sho rt a le tte r. Such a le tte r is no t w orth the postage it takes to ca rry i t to its destina tion , and does no one any good afte r i t gets there . W rite som e­th in g th a t is w orth read ing—th a t w ill I N ­T E R E S T them .

Our stu d en ts m ay w rite hom e as often as they w ish, and th e ir le tte rs are allow ­ed to go w ith o u t being inspected , and they m ay w rite w h a t th ey please, b u t there is one le tte r in the m onth th a t they are R E Q U IR E D to w rite , and th a t le t­te r passes th rough the S u p e rin te n d en t’s office.

W e have com plain ts from a coun try m other, w ho says she has d ifficulty in g e t­tin g a hom e le tte r w ritten , w hen in every o th er p a rticu la r the s tu d e n t is sa tis fa c ­tory , and w rites long le tte rs to o the r friends.

I t seem s s trange to the M an-on-the- band-stand th a t an y one should have to be forced to w rite to the H O M E friends. H e w ould th in k the force-w ork w ould be in keeping them from w ritin g too often.

W rite ! A nd T E L L som eth ing!

E vidently a Good Storehouse.The new storehouse, ground for w hich

w as broken M arch 12, is now so n ear ready for occupancy th a t supplies as they a r ­rive are being un loaded in to it. The s tru c tu re is well ad ap ted to its in tended use, and its floor scales, e leva to r and o ther conveniences w ill g rea tly fac ilita te the h and ling of goods.—[Chilocco Beacon.

ANNA GOYITNEV EXPRESSES GRATITUDE.

A n n a G oyitney , class 1901, has been in a tten d an ce upon the B loom sburg N o rm al fo r a few m onths, and th is sum m er is liv ing in a coun try hom e a t B loom sburg to earn the m eans to bear her expenses for the com ing school te rm .

She says by le tte r :“ I have no t fo rgo tten m y C arlisle

friends, as m y h e a r t goes ou t to d ear C arlisle , for i t has been m y crad le for a long tim e.

I th a n k C arlisle for w h a t i t has done for m e. W e s tu d en ts w ho have le ft the school and w ho have been benefited fo r h av in g been there , can w ell join in a strong chorus and sh o u t:

“ L ong live dear old C arlisle and a ll its w orkers .”

C arlisle is a G odsend to the In d ia n race.I t is beyond m e to express m y g ra titu d e

for w h a t you people have done for me.I am also th a n k fu l th a t I am a t the

B loom sburg N orm al. W e have a fine chance to im prove ourselves in every w ay. W e find our school-life very p leas­a n t and alsb our vacation life. W e have n o t had tim e to be lazy , so far, and hope we w ill a lw ays find w ork for our hands to do.

D uring school te rm I m ade m any friends am ong the studen ts. T hey w ere a ll v ery nice studen ts.

I am liv ing in a fine fam ily , and am trea ted as one of the fam ily , and I am g lad I cam e to th is p lace .”

NELLIE LILLARD TAKES A SENSIBLE VIEW.

N ellie , w ho w orked in the p r in tin g of­fice, w rites th a t she has a p le asa n t coun­try hom e, and is g e ttin g out of the ex p eri­ence, a ll th a t she can.

“ The fam ily ,” she says, “ w ith o u t any exceptions are very good to m e, a lthough I have w orked h ard e r th is sum m er th a n I have ever before, y e t ev e ry th in g has been p leasan t. I can w ork and rejoice in m y w ork w hen people are k ind to m e, a lthough I m ig h t do as w ell and perhaps b e tte r w ere they m ean to m e . The ta lk s g iven before the s tu d e n t body abou t the fa ilu re of some of the s tu d en ts in coun try hom es m ade m e w ish to do m y w ork to th e bes t of m y ab ility .

The lit tle leaflet abou t doing our w ork the bes t we know how desp ite sm all sa laries,w as received, and I sh a ll be g u id ­ed by i t as m uch as possible.

I have seen and learned a good deal since com ing east, b u t the g ran d est s ig h t of a ll w as the ocean.

I am glad I cam e to the coun try , I have learned so m u c h .”

CLAIMANTS SUING FOR LAND.

Jo h n L. W ebster w ho has been a p ­poin ted special counsel for the U nited S ta te s on behalf of the O m aha tribe of In d ian s is in tow n looking up evidence in the cases of half-breed c la im an ts who are suing for land n ear P ender.

T here are abou t 24 cases w hich involve abou t 2500 acres of land on the O m aha reserva tion .

M ost of th e c la im an ts are in possession being p ro tec ted by in junction from in te r ­ference by the In d ia n agen t or o ther gov­e rn m en t officers.

The in junc tion orders w ere g ran ted by H on. O. P. S hires, U nited S ta tes D istric t Ju d g e for the N o rth ern d is tr ic t of Iow a who has heard a ll the legal questions th a t have been raised a t d iffe ren t h ea r­ings in the la s t four years.

The firs t case was filed in Ja n . 1891 since w hich tim e th e re have been m any law argum en ts.

I t is only now th a t the cases have reached an issue of fact.

Thos. L . S loan of P ender has charge of the cases on behalf of the c la im an ts .

—[P en d er T im es, N ebr.Thos. S loan is a H am pton g radua te .

C onductor E ttin g e r w rites of the B and a t Buffalo, th a t “ ev e ry th in g is going sm ooth ly and the boys are behav ing w ell. W hile there are good B ands here our boys are the m ost ta lked of, and I am plied w ith questions of a ll sorts and from a ll k in d s of people.”

T H E R ED M A N A N D H E L P E R —F R ID A Y, A tTG tTSf 16, 1901.

P a n - o n t b f ftaw a

N o ego tist ever has weak I ’s The store-room an n ex is ha lf up.On M onday evening Susie F ish er left

for h er hom e.Rev. K ingsbu ry preached a good ser­

m on to us on S unday.A w agon-load of ice was dum ped into

the g ir ls ’ q u arte rs c iste rn la s t week.Miss R ichenda Pratt/, sang acceptab ly

a t th e la s t S unday afternoon service.Mrs. R um sport, cook a t the te ac h e rs’

club, has re tu rn ed from her vacation .P erfectly d readfu l isn ’t i t th a t we sim -

p ly H A V E to save some of our m oney?On S a tu rd ay last, fo rty -tw o boxes of

tin -w are for various agencies were sh ipped.

The ta lk s of P rofessor C ouncill, first page, are fu ll of eloquence and jheart-stir- ring sen tim en ts.

D irectness, earnestness and am bition to some degree are qualitie s m ost people need to cu ltiva te .

A t the S unday evening service Mr. Miro spoke to th e P orto R ican studen ts in th e ir own language.

Miss C arte r is am ong the firsc vacation ­ers to re tu rn , she hav ing a rriv ed T uesday evening, looking w ell and rested .

G. H . W ebber, of the S ta te N orm al School, a t B loom sburg, P a ., is spending p a r t of his vacation w ith Prof. B akeless.

In days like these ’tis well to th in k w hen every one perspires, how soon we w ill be called upon to m ake the furnace fires.

R ev. K ingsbu ry and Mr. T errance spent M onday a t G etty sbu rg , and le ft for th e ir hom es in N orthern N ew Y ork in the evening.

The te ac h e rs’ d in ing h a ll is receiv ing a going over, the vestibu le partitio n hav ing been rem oved and new linoleum la id upon the floor.

The S t.Jam es L u th e ran Sunday School, a t G ettysburg , p icnicked a t Mt. H olly , W ednesday , stopping off a t the school to see the In d ian s.

W hen we ask for som eth ing and it is no t allow ed, inqu ire honestly W IT H IN , and we generally w ill be able to find the cause in ourselves.

Miss B arr w as the rec ip ien t of a b ea u ti­ful silver chafing-dish th is week from Mrs. M abel P ra tt , of S teelton , for cour­tesies ex tended in sickness.

P earl H a rtle y presides a t the p iano w ith grace and sk ill, these vacation days, and w hen she gets beh ind a broom in the office bu ild ing she m akes m usic there th a t te lls as m uch.

Mr. T hom as W . P o tter, S uperin tenden t of the C hem aw a In d ian School, Oregon, w ho has been v isiting h is old hom e and friends in H am ilton , C anada, w rites th a t he w as to s ta r t w est yesterday .

One of our boys who has a ttended o ther Ind ian schools m ade the rem ark the o ther day th a t in no o th er th a t he knew a n y ­th in g ab o u t had he ever seen the T R IB E so com pletely lost as a t C arlisle.

Miss Rebecca H enderson , across the w ay, w ith Miss H elen W . P ark er and Mrs. L am er, of W ashington , I). C., were ca ll­ers on F rid ay . Miss H enderson alw ays brings in te rested people and alw ays sees th a t th ey subscribe.

L aw rence M itchell, w hom Miss Ban- b rough t from Buffalo, ill, la s t w eek has re tu rn ed to the Rainbow C ity to tak e his p lace in the B and. B en jam in W alker, who cam e a t the sam etim e is to go to his hom e in the W est.

M urreill Carson has come in from her coun try hom e happy a t w h a t the sum m er has done for her, and w an ts to go back to an o th e r place, the fam ily w ith w hom she lived hav ing m oved to th e city . She is loud in her praises of coun try life.

Prof. B akeless has ju s t re tu rned from N ew Y ork C ity w here he has been v is it­ing the A m erican M useum of N atu ra l H isto ry , m ak ing a s tudy of Professor B ickm ore’s stereopticon slides, w ith the view of p rocuring a collection for the school.

C atherine B akeless w as tw o years old on S unday , and asked to have h er h a ir com bed cu rly to celebrate the event.

Miss N oble, m atron of the te ac h e rs’ club, le ft W ednesday n ig h t for Buffalo, to see the P an-A m erican . She took w ith her Sophia A m ericanhorse, w ho w ill spend a few days there and re tu rn .

Men and boys are a t w ork upon the addition to the d in ing-ha ll. Jo is ts for the floor are going down a t th is w riting . The bu ild ing w ill be an im m ense af­fa ir w hen com pleted, and th e hall w ill sea t our full num ber com fortably .

A few copies of “ S tiy a ” were sold th is week. T his is a th rillin g sto ry of an I n ­d ian g irl w ho re tu rned to her people a fte r she had received an education , and the tr ia ls she passed th rough in her a tte m p t to live up to w h at she had learned was rig h t. I t is a hard fight a t best. S tiy a ’s p luck is w orthy of em ulation . P rice, post paid , fifty cents.

A bram H ill,w ith h is le ft hand on w hich he can use only two fingers, beats his opponents a t croquet w hen they p lay le ft handed . The firs t th in g we know he w ill be doing m ore w ith th a t one arm and hand th a n m any of us do w ith two hands. One arm w ith lots of pluck and am bition beh ind it w ill do m ore th an two arm s on a lazy, lis tless person. I t is a ll in the W IL L .

Miss A lice F le tc h e r’s In d ian S tory and Song from N orth A m erica, con ta in ing notes and descrip tions of the na tive songs of the In d ian s , we have on sale. The m usic p layed on the piano is w eird, b u t i t is a tru e rep resen ta tion . The book w ill m ake a good C hristm as p resen t. P u b lish e r’s price $1.25 cents. We sell i t for $1.00; by m ail, $1.08. The book is also on sale a t P ip e r’s on H igh s tree t. Call and see it!

A na tive subscriber in S axm an, A laska, says: “ I w ould h ea rtily com m end your paper to any class of people, both young and old, who like m yself are fond of read ­ing. The paper no t only gives in fo rm a­tion b u t also tells how to be successful in th is life. I som etim es hand your papers to m y neighbors w hom I th in k apprecia te and w ill subscribe. I t is fu ll of m any useful artic les w hich the people ough t to read in th is generation . M ay God g ran t you ab u n d an t success in your good w ork .”

Joseph Saunooke, a form er s tu d e n t a t C arlisle , is fa rm er a t the P onca School, O klahom a. Since he le ft C arlisle he has been A ssis tan t In d u s tr ia l teacher a t H aske ll.and was transferred and prom ot­ed to his p resen t position. Joseph a t the close of his le tte r ask ing for the R e d m a n AND H r l p e k s a y s : “ I am proud of w h a t the O uting S ystem a t C arlisle did for m e. I t is of g rea t advan tage to a young m an who in tends to gain his own liv ing and no t depend on the G overnm ent for suppo rt.”

T w enty-n ine St. Regis, N ew Y ork, boys and g irls escorted by Rev. W. C. K ings­bury , M ethodist M issionary a t H ogans- burg, N ew Y ork, and Mr. T errance, a S t. Regis Ind ian , arrived la s t F rid ay . Some of them although surrounded by civ iliza­tion can n o tsp eak a word of E ng lish . Mr. K ingsbury says the St. Regis In d ian s are g rea t b ask e t m akers. 11 is es tim ated th a t they m anufactu red $100,000 w orth th is la s t season. The tribe th a t these people rep resen t is in the ex trem e n o rtheaste rn corner of New York S ta te on the S t. L aw ­rence R iver. Mr. T errance has th ree child ren here.

Certain Num bers of the Red Man W anted.T he L ib ra ry .of Congress has requested

the com plete files of the R ed M a n . W e can fu rn ish only an incom plete file. Should any of our readers have the fol­low ing num bers k ind ly forw ard th e m to us if you can spare th e m :

The num bers needed a re—

THE STEVICK FAMILY HAVE RETURNED TO DENVER.

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 11.“ 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12.“ 3, “ 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11“ 4, “ 4, 6.“ 5, “ 2, 3, 7, 11.“ 6, a 3, 4, 5 (i, 7, 9, 10, 11,“ 7, u 1, 2, 4, 5, 11.“ 8, u 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11“ 9, u 2, 8, 9, 12.“ 11, u 5.“ 12, u 10.“ 14, u 2, 12,

V olum e 1-8 sty led “ The M orning S ta r .” W e w ill give a y e a r ’s subscrip tion , for

any five num bers in the above list.

C arlisle S tudents Commended.A prom inen t field-w orker who has been

in the In d ian service as m issionary and G overnm ent em ployee for m any years says th is w eek by p riv a te le tte r :

“ I find the re tu rn ed stu d en ts from C ar­lisle u sua lly the m ost p rac tica l all-round w orkers of any who re tu rn to th e ir hom es. Some of them , girls especially , are ex ­h ib iting a patience and fo rtitude under conditions w hich are a severe te s t of ch a rac ter, and if they w ere w h ite women th ey w ould be called heroines. The peo­ple w ho are the m ost progressive and clean ly are those who have had the g re a t­est num ber of ch ild ren educated a t C ar­lis le .”

On W ednesday evening, our w estern v isito rs, who have g iven so m uch p leas­ure to those a t the school th is sum m er, departed for th e ir hom e in D enver, Colo­rado.

G rea t w ill be the vacuum fe lt in the im m ed ia te fam ily circ le a t C arlisle , b u t none w ill m iss the p ra ttle of the jo lly lit t le folks m ore th an the M an-on-the- band-stand .

M innie R eid goes w ith the fam ily to ta k e care of G erald , th e sm allest. She has w orked herself in to an excellen t posi­tion by her fa ith fu ln ess and th ough tfu l care. She in tends to m ake i t th e m eans for a h ig h e r course of study .

P a tie n t and ever-w illing Je a n e tte w ill m iss her D oro thy and T heron , and we believe the lit tle ones w ill m iss th e ir fa ith fu l and loving Ind ian nurse.

L au ra , so th ough tfu l, M ary, full of ques­tions, LeR oy, so m uch like g randpa , and Nana, w ith energy ru n n in g over, a ll have m ade m any friends in th e E ast, w ho w ill give them a w arm w elcom e should th ey com e soon on an o th er v isit. Mr. and Mrs. S tev ick are ever w elcom e guests am ong th e ir m any friends in the C um ­berland V alley .

On M onday afternoon , M r. and Mrs. M ason P ra tt, and th e ir five ch ild ren cam e over from S teelton and w ere ph o to ­g raphed by Mr. C hoate w ith Colonel P r a t t ’s and Mr. S tev ic k ’s fam ily , m ak in g a s tr ik in g fam ily group, rep resen ting th ree generations.

Need not be Out of Em ploym ent.“ Boys w ith w ill, d e term ina tion and

d ispatch and an ea rn est desire to succeed are ra re r to-day th an ever before. No boy possessing these q u alitie s need be ou t of em ploym ent to -day ,” says E lla W heeler W ilcox.

The trouble is, m any a one th in k s he has A L L of these qualitie s w hen he H A S N ’T, so he b lind ly w onders W H Y he ca n ’t get a position when o thers “ no b e tte r fitted th an I ” find places. In q u ire w ith in , friend! In q u ire w ith in .

Keep up the Screens.A subscriber who read the item la s t

week abou t th e bug (no t the k iss ing bug) w hich m u ltip lie s so rap id ly , began to figure on flies—th a t o th e r pest-breed ing nu isance. H e has i t down to these fig­ures, in form ation being ob ta ined from scientific sources, and says: One fly w ill produce 120 eggs, consequently th e six th generation of flies w ill num ber 5,474,304,- 000,000. T here are; 12 generations in one season.

Another Institute.The Pacific C oast In d ian In s titu te , to

be held a t T acom a A ugust 20-24, under the supervision of N atio n al S u p erin ten ­d en t of Ind ian Schools, Miss E ste lle Reel has arranged qu ite an e laborate program , and a good tim e is expected .

W e are requested to announce in con­nection w ith th is , th a t the N orthern Pacific, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and G rea t N orthern w ill give a reduced ra te of one and tw o-th irds fare for round tr ip from Chicago.

“ Doing m uch w ith b its and sc raps,” as per sh o rt sto ry p rin ted outside has the r ig h t ring, b u t even in th a t m a tte r we m u st use judgm ent. Tf i t takes two m inu tes of tim e w orth ten cen ts a m inu te to save a b it of paper or str in g no t w orth a hun d red th p a r t of a cent, i t does no t take long to decide th a t i t w ould be b e tte r no t to try to save the paper or string , b u t to a tten d to business. I t happens how ­ever, th a t the tim e of school boys and g irls is h a rd ly w orth ten cents a m inu te, hence i t w ould be wise and it w ould show an econom ical sp irit to be com m ended, if they w ould save the odds and ends of w riting paper, and every th in g w orth sav ­ing . W e are too w asteful.

N ancy W heelock ,now of the W orcester C ity , M assachusetts, H osp ita l, arrived on T hursday for a two w eeks’ vacation . She has since gone to v is it friends in M ary­land . W hen a chosen profession, w ith a strong purpose to succeed, m akes such a change for im provem ent as the busy life of a nurse has m ade in N ancy , i t speaks well for said calling . There is no t only m oney in the nu rsing profession, b u t d ig ­n ity , though tfu l bearing, earnestness, k ind ly sym pathy , gentleness and a ll th a t go to m ake a strong, w om anly ch a rac te r . W e have o thers who are looking for­w ard to the sam e ca lling , and there are a num ber of our g irls in various sections of the coun try p rac tic in g th is honorable and responsible profession, in the m ost successful m anner.

The Band at Buffalo.L a s t Sunday afternoon and evening, our

B and p layed in the T em ple of M usic, a t the P an-A m erican , and those in a t te n ­dance said th ey scored a g rand tr iu m p h .

E v ery num ber was round ly applauded and an encore w as dem anded to every num ber they p layed.

M rs. E ttin g e r w as on bo th program s, and was also sp lend id ly received, respond­ing w ith encores to a ll h e r num bers.

R obert B ruce was th e in s tru m e n ta l solo ist and the idol of the crowd.

The en thusiasm of th e people seem ed to show th a t the B and was m ak ing a g rea t h it.

The follow ing c lipp ing from the Buffalo E xp ress te lls the re s t:

O nly a m usician can fu lly ap p rec ia te w h a t a v as t am o u n t of labor and patience m u st have been expended in th e tra in in g of en tire ly crude m a te ria l to such a de­gree of perfection as th a t a tta in ed by the C arlisle In d ian School B and.

The m em bers are a ll Ind ians, s tu d en ts o r em ployees of the school,and abso lu te ly w ith o u t any heritage of m usical cu ltu re , therefore, w ith c ruder ears and ta ste th a n the average m usical s tu d en t.

Col. P ra tt, su p e rin ten d e n t of th e C a r­lisle School, has u n lim ited fa ith in the possib ilities of th e In d ia n , and it c e r ta in ­ly seem s justified in view of the rap id a d ­v an cem en t along m usical lines.

L ieu t. Jo e l Bernice E ttin g er, the p res­e n t conductor of th e B and , has had them in charge only since la s t Ja n u a ry .

They have an ex ce llen t reperto ire from stan d ard com posers.

T hey have given here w orks from W eber, W agner, G ounod, Suppe, B izet, F lo tow , V erdi and o th e r m aste rs. T hey like to p lay m usic of th is class b e tte r th a n popu lar se lections, W agner being an es­pecial favorite w ith them .

They also p lay som e c h a rac te ris tic In ­dian m elodies.

T hey are loyal and devoted to L ieu t. E ttin g e r , w ho is very p a tie n t w ith them .

T heir p lay in g is m arked by a dash and sp ir it th a t is very s tirr in g .

Shipped to A gencies.A spring-w agon w as sh ipped to F o rt

A pache, A rizona, la s t w eek. W e have m anufac tu red and sh ipped since Ja n u a ry 1st, 1900:

13 buggies,1() sp ring wagons,5 su rreys,5 buckboards.T his work is done un d er th e d irec tion

of Mr. H a rris , b la ck sm ith , M r. L au , c a r­riage b u ild e r ,a n d Mr. N orm an , p a in ter.

T H E R E D M AN A N D H E L P E R —F R ID A Y , A U G U ST 16, 1901.

THE MONKEY AND THE LOOKING GLASS.

W hen our boys and g irls v is it an a n i­m a l show th e re is n o th in g th a t a t tra c ts m ore in te re s t th a n the m onkey cage.

In d ia n boys an d g irls are like w h ite boys and g irls in th is . The lit t le c rea­tu re s a re so h um an in appearance, m ay be th e reason.

T here is an in te res tin g m onkey a t the Zoo a t P h ilad e lp h ia th a t has caused con­side rab le am usem ent.

Som e v is ito r gave h im a looking-glass.I t is a sm a ll round glass, and the m on­

key is v ery proud of it.T he o th e r m onkeys in h is cage have

tr ie d by every possible m eans to get i t aw ay from h im , b u t have failed .

H e guards the looking-glass v ery ca re­fu lly .

F o r hours a t a tim e he w ill s it gazing a t h im self in the m irro r, and acts as though he w as proud of h is new friend th a t gazes back a t h im .

Som etim es he w ill place it to h is ea r as though he th o u g h t the person in the g lass w ould speak to h im .

A t o th e r tim es he w ill look a t the back of th e g lass and s tudy i t as though he w ere try in g to find ou t w here the im age in th e g lass can keep him self.

T hen som etim es he gets ang ry and tr ie s to figh t the im age, and he w ill b ite th e glass fu riously , b u t he has never broken th e glass.

M onkeys, as a ru le are fickle.T hey forget th ings qu ick ly , and they

often th row aw ay a p la y th in g as soon as an o th er is g iven them .

B u t the looking-glass is d ifferent.T he m onkey th a t has the looking-glass

show s no d isposition to p a r t w ith it.H e even goes to sleep w ith i t firm ly

clasped in h is paw , or else he p u ts i t in h is m ou th . H e c a n ’t g e t i t a ll in h is m o u th , b u t he holds i t in h is m outh w hile he sleeps.

On one occasion th e o th e r m onkeys in th e cage held a council,and p u t up a p lan how to ge t th e glass aw ay from him w hile he w as asleep.

T hey th o u g h t if th ey could h u r t h im and m ake h im scream , the glass w ould fa ll from h is m outh .

One m onkey w en t below th e perch on w hich the looking-glass m onkey sa t sleeping, and th e re he w aited till the o thers w ere ready .

A n o th er sw ung by h is ta il from a bar and the th ird m onkey sneaked to the rear, and seized the sleeping m onkey ’s ta il w ith h is tee th .

B u t the sleeping m onkey did n o t scream as th ey th o u g h t he w ould. H e u n d er­stood th e s itu a tio n a t once, so he d id no t drop the m irro r, b u t took i t ou t of h is m ou th w ith h is le ft paw and chased the o th e r m onkeys to a fa r corner.

T hen re tu rn in g to h is own perch he sa t and held the looking-glass in fro n t of h is face, and looked in to it, in a very self- satisfied m anner.

THE NATIVE ALASKAN “ OUTING SYSTEM .”

The n a tiv e of A laska has h is pecu lia r tra its .

One, w hich in te rferes very m uch w ith h is ad v an cem en t along the lines of C h ris­tia n education , in h is love of roving.

Before the w in te r is fa irly broken he be­com es restless and a t once com m ences to p lan for h is su m m er’s cam paign.

A bou t the la s t of M arch he packs his effects, inc lud ing fam ily , even to the baby , w h ich m ay be suck ing a t the m o th ­e r ’s b reast, in to h is canoe, and off he goes to som e fam ilia r cam ping ground.

H av in g fulfilled h is purpose there , w h ich m ay be to g a th e r th e h e rrin g egg, o r seaw eed, or h u n t, he str ik es h is te n t an d padd les off to som e o th e r q u arte r. So th a t, in the course of a sum m er, he w ill have v isited as m any as six or m ore d if­fe re n t cam ps.

H e h as one p lace w here he ga th ers his seaw eed, th e In d ia n ’s le ttu c e ; ano ther w here he ca tches s a lm o n ; an o th er w here he g a th e rs fish eggs, h is m ost re lishab le d is h ; an o th e r w here he hun ts .

A nd so he spends one sum m er, or r a th ­

er season, from M arch to O ctober, roving from place to p lace, engaged in procuring his n ex t w in te r’s supply of food.

D uring th is tim e you w ill see very l i t ­tle of h im in h is v illage or rea l hom e.

H e m ay come in once or tw ice, b u t only to rem ain a day or so—long enough to provide h im self w ith some necessary artic les from the store, w hen he is off again .

L ike our rich c ity cousins in the S ta tes, he boards the doors and w indows of his m ansion and hies h im self in to the coun­try for the season.

B ut, un like them , he provides h im self w ith n e ith e r purse nor scrip (and scarcely coat), and goes fo rth to fish and h u n t for a livelihood and no t for fun.

H ow ever, he gets fun ou t of it, as w ell as profit.

T his sum m er “ ou ting sy s tem ,” long p rac ticed by the aborig inees of our fa ir no rth laud . accounts for our deserted n a ­tive v illages and chu rches in the sum m er tim e .—[L. F . J o n e s , in The N o rth ern L ight.

COMMENTS ON LAST WEEK’S ISSUE.

R ev. J . H . L eiper, F ie ld S ecre tary of the P en n sy lv an ia S abbath A ssociation says by le t t e r :

“ I very m uch enjoy the w eekly issues of the H e l p e r . The le tte r of Jean n e Ben- seney in th is w eek ’s issue is very in te re s t­ing.

The N o rth W est or a n y th in g in th a t d irec tion cap tu res m e w ith its lakes and pure a ir, and n o t le a s t th e rem ain ing m em oria ls of its ea rly h isto ry .

I th in k i t w as from the acciden ta l cross­ing of B ering S tra it th a t the fa th e rs and m others of a ll the In d ian s w ere in tro ­duced in to N orth A m erica .(?)

T his lit tle poem in th is w eek ’s issueW hat brings us to debt?To delay an d forget!W hat m akes us succeed?Decision w ith speed!How to fam e to ascend?O ne’s se lf to defend!

m ig h t be im proved in se n tim en t by m a k ­ing the la s t line to r e a d : “ On God and self d ep en d !”

H ow sw eet th a t sen tence in the le tte r of the ‘R e tu rn S tu d e n t:’ ‘M ost of the In d ian s are civ ilized since I le ft hom e. I am try in g to read m y B ible every day. I a lw ays knew th a t ‘God is love .’

M ay I add these lines of m y own to help m y red b ro th ers and sisters?

W hat is i t th a t m akes a m an?N ot h is boots of b lack or ta n ;N ot h is h a t of S tetson b ran d ;N ot h is d e lica te w hite han d ;N ot h is m oney in th e b an k ;N ot h is p lace of social ra n k ;N ot th e s ta tu r e of his he igh t;N ot alone his m usc le’s m igh t;W hat is i t th e n th a t m akes a m an?’T is th is : I f he in 'G od’s g re a t p lan Does a ll he can an d ta k e s his p a r t ;A nd t ru s ts in C hrist w ith a ll his h ea rt.

V ery S incerely Y ours,J . H . L e i p e r .”

PASSED THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE.

Dr. Sheldon Jackson , A la sk a ’s pioneer m issionary , has recen tly gone to the no rth w ard in the in te re s t of education in A laska, and also to d irec t in the G overn­m e n t re indeer experim en ts, says the N o rth ern L ig h t:

In fac t th is p h ilan th ro p ic en terp rise has passed the experim en ta l stage, since th e re a re now m ore th a n 3,500 an im als in th e A lask an herd , and th e increase is a t the ra te of 40 per cen t a year.

T his p lan to provide a food supply for the E sk im os, w hose n a tu ra l resources have been destroyed by w hite h un te rs , fisherm en and w halers, is one w hich is no t p roperly apprecia ted .

I t ran k s w ith the g rea t h um ane schem es of the day, and w ill prove to have been a tru ly p h ila n th ro p ic as w ell as feasib le p lan for the relief and up lifting of a people who w ere being sad ly w ronged by the ad ­vances and destruc tion of civ ilization .

Fond M other—Tom m ie, you don’t seem very w ell.

T om m y—No, m aw , I a in ’t ; I w ish I had le t s is te r e a t th a t th ird piece uv pie.

—[C olum bus (Ohio) S ta te Jo u rn a l.

THE WAY THE OSAGE CHILDREN ARECOMPELLED TO GO TO SCHOOL.

The Osage Jo u rn a l pub lishes a la te or­der of A gen t M itscher regard ing the p ay ­m en t of the Osage A n n u ity F und for the p resen t q u arte r. In the order is found th is ru lin g regard ing school ch ild ren :

P aren ts or g u ard ian s of Osage ch ild ren of school age m u st p resen t a t the pay tab le, a certifica te from the superin ­ten d en t or teach er of som e school, th a t the ch ild ren of the one p resen ting the certifica te have been enrolled and a t ­tended regu la rly , g iv ing the nam e of the p a re n t or guard ian and pupils.

The school m u s t be one th a t is recog­nized by the C om m issioner of In d ian A f­fa irs as a proper school for In d ia n ch il­d ren to a tten d .

I f the certifica te m entioned above is n o t p resen ted a t the pay tab le, the a n n u ­ity due the fam ily w ill be w ith h e ld u n til the ch ild ren are placed in school and a certifica te p resen ted to the A gent, unless th e re is a good and sufficient reason w hy the ch ild does no t a tten d school.

DOING MUCH WITH BITS AND SCRAPS.

W e canno t have ev e ry th in g on a large scale, nor m ake ev e ry th in g ou t of the choicest and m ost expensive m a te ria l.

W e m u st do our best w ith w h a t we have, and we can even use b its and refuse to advan tage, if we are b en t on sav ing b its and refuse,

In bu ild ing a E u ropean ca th ed ra l, a w orkm an saved b its of sta ined g lass, and m ade a new w indow of them .

T h a t w indow was the choicest in the ca th ed ra l.

I t w as the ad m ira tio n of all.H e then fe lt th a t i t w as w ell to save

and use the bits.I t is often so.Do no t le t us feel th a t, because we are

lim ited in our m eans, we can do no th in g w orth doing.

N o t w h a t we have, b u t w h a t we do w ith it, se ttle s the question of our success in doing it .—[Sunday School T im es.

LEAVE SOME THINGS TO GOD.

The follow ing in c id en t is good to read w hen one is fu ll of w orry and no t satisfied w ith the w ay th ings are going:

As Dr. B eecher w as on his w ay to the post-office one m orning, a parish ioner g reeted h im th u s:

“ W h a t’s happened , dom inie? I never saw you look so ch eerfu l.”

To w hich he re p lie d :“ I had a vision la s t n igh t. An angel

cam e to m e, saying, ‘D r. B eecher, you have been m ak ing yourself a lo t of unnecessary trouble la te ly . You w an t to m anage the un iverse . W hy no t leave som eth ing to God?’

I ’m a good deal happ ier now th a t I find H e ’s looking afte r th in g s .”

NO FAMILY QUARRELS,

Three S trik er, an In d ian w ho canno t speak a word of E n g lish , w as recen tly m arried a t P aw h u sk a to a w h ite w om an w ho does no t know the first rud im en ts of Osage lingo.

I t requ ired an in te rp re te r to assis t the m in is te r in solem nizing the cerem ony.

This pecu lia r and ap p a ren tly inconven­ie n t fea tu re re la tin g to the con trac ting p arties m ay no t be w ith o u t its redeem ing fea tu res, b u t th e re ce rta in ly w ill be no fam ily quarre ls .

In the even t of any d isag reem en t i t w ill p robab ly be th ree str ik es and out.

—[C edar V ale C om m ercial.

W ent W ithout P erm ission .“ Tom m ie, is your m am m a a t hom e?”

asked a lady ca lle r com ing up the gravel w alk .

Tom m ie, who w as peeping around the corner of the house, gave a g u ilty s ta r t and then rep lied m e e k ly :

“ T h a t’s j is t w ot I wuz try in ’ t ’ find out, I ’ve bin sw im m in .”

PLUCK WINS.

Tom John so n , the m ayor of C leveland , w en t to school til l he w as 16 and th en had to go to w ork as an erran d boy in L ou is­v ille , K y.

H is a le rtn ess b rough t h im rap id prom o­tion and in 3 y ears he was su p e rin ten d en t of the L ouisv ille s tre e t ra ilw ay .

H e w as m arried w hen abou t 20 years of age.

“ W h a t have you w ith w hich to suppo rt a w ife?” h is prospective fa th e r-in -law asked.

“ These two h an d s ,” w as the rep ly .I t w as ch a rac te ris tic , and i t won h im

h is wife.

HARD ON TEACHERS.

A t the closing session of th e sum m er school a t th e U n iv ersity of C alifo rn ia Prof. Ja s . E . R ussell, dean of th e te ac h ­e rs ’ college and professor of h is to ry and education a t C olum bia U niversity , de­clared th a t teachers are the m ost narrow and bigoted se t of people on ea rth .

H e said they w ere pusillan im ous and cring ing and as a class to ta lly unfit and unprepared for the w ork they w ere p re ­tend ing to do.

A lthough the h a ll was filled w ith teachers, the professor’s rem arks were w ell received, because he spoke of h im ­self as of the teach ing profession.

MUST TALK ENGLISH,

A n order w hich causes considerable am usem en t to the L ehigh V alley shifting- crews of A llen tow n w as issued M onday.

I t provides th a t h ereafte r the crews sh a ll speak E n g lish exc lusively w hile on d u ty and under no circum stances shall P en n sy lv an ia G erm an be spoken,

Some m em bers of th e crew s are w on­dering w h e th e r the order w ill be ex ten d ­ed to the I ta l ia n s and H u n g arian s a t w ork on d iffe ren t con tracts , who are com ­m anded m a in ly by signs.—[The S lating - ton N ew s.

The U nlucky A pplicants.A fter th e 13,000 lucky num bers in the

O klahom a land and lo tte ry w ere d raw n , th e re s till rem ained 154,000 nam es of u n ­lucky ap p lican ts in the boxes.

These have been d raw n a t the ra te of 20,000 a day and all ap p lican ts w ill be notified of th e ir place on the lis t, though th ey w ill get no land.

O verw ork k ills few er m en th a n exces­sive le isu re .—[Chicago D aily N ew s.

W hen a g irl has a voice like a calliope she is n o t m uch liked.

Enigm a.I am m ade of 12 le tte rs.M y 12, 10, 9 is how we are a p t to feel

w hen bad new s comes.My 5, T, 11 a ch ild p lays w ith .My 1,4, 6, 8 is how some people grow

w hen p raised too m uch.My 2, 3, 5 is w h a t we should do a t once

w hen we know th a t som eth ing ough t to be done.

My w hole is w h a t w ill be over soon a t C arlisle.

A n s w e r To L ast W e e k ’s E n ig m a : Sour paste.

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