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t h e r e d m a n .S ix t e e n t h Y e a r , or Vol. X V I., N o. 28 { 1 6 2 8 ) F R ID A Y , JA N U A R Y 4, 1901. Coiidolltlated Kf<l K lin an d H e lp e r

F irs t j tu r , o r Vo l. I tVnnibcr 25.

THE NEW CENTURY.

»H EN in th e dim g ray E ast sh a ll rise T he m orn ing of th y b ir th ,

W hen th y first daw n steps from th e skies Upon th e h ills of ea rth ,

Shall w aiting n a tio n s b rea th less s ta n d Oppressed with h a u n tin g fears,

Of w hat th o u ho ldest in th y hand,T hou com ing H undred Y ears?

Or sh a ll a g lad world welcome thee W ith la u g h te r and a song.

T hou unborn child of D estiny Whose reign shall be so long?

Who knows? we only know that thou Shalt en ter like a king

In to th y co u rts—th a t we m ust bow,W hatever thou dost bring.

W hat m a tte r w hether w ar o r peace Thy hera lds shall proclaim —

The s to ry of the centuries Is ever m ore the sam e!

Thy ch ild ren -yea rs sha ll te ll abroad,T hrough a ll th y m igh ty span,

N aught b u t th e F atherhood of G od ,1 The B rotherhood of Man.

—J e n n ie B etts H artsw ick , in The Independent.

MR, STANDING IN OKLAHOMA.

L eaving W eatherford by the Choctaw , O klahom a and Gulf, R. R ., w hich I was surprised to find in roadbed and equ ip ­m en t a lm o st'lik e , an eastern railroad , I reached G eary, a station im m ediate ly no rth of th e C anadian R iver, about four o’clock P. M., and engaged a team tod rive to W atonga, en[route to C antonm ent, th a t n ig h t—a drive of abou t tw en ty m iles; and we should have m ade it by e igh t o ’clock, bu t m y d river got lost, and we were driv-

years ago. All the old stockade build ings had d isappeared, w hile a large new build­ing, barn , etc., for the G overnm ent school and a com fortable new p la n t for th e Men onite m ission, consisting of school-build ing, m issionary ’s residence, farm build ings and two churches—one for the Chey ennes and one for the A rapahoeshad been built.

I n connection w ith th e m ission the re was a cem etery, and m y atten tion was a t trac ted by two sm all graves, w ith a c h ild ’ express wagon stan d in g over each. This to any one fam ilia r w ith In d ian buria l custum s, told its own sto ry—the little wagon ta k in g the place of ponies th a t few years ago w ould have been killed over the graves.

A t the school I found 120 pupils under the care of S u p erin tenden t W ilson , and every th ing in good order.

P au l Goodbear is here em ployed as farm er, and A m elia C lark as laundress B o th are looking well, PauP s h ea lth well restored.

In the evening, the school was gathered and I m ade a ta lk to the ch ild ren , and then read m y paper on In d u s tr ia l E duca tion to the gathering of em ployees and residents.

D uring the evening some one had spread the report th a t I had come to take a lo t of ch ild ren aw ay to sc h o o l, and a num ber of old In d ian s flocked a ro u n d , m uch con cerned , u n til I assured them th a t I had no such in ten tion a t the presen t tim e, and would go aw ay alone.

C antonm ent is a subagency of the C heyenne and A rapahoe A gency and is in charge of Mr. W in terf» ir as clerk, whom I

IN D IA N LOG HOUSE AND T EN T.T hrough courtesy of th e Southern W orkm an.

ing around on a p rairie u n til nearly ten found to be a busy m an in a tten d in g to the o ’clock, w hen we cam e to a ranch and leasing business, looking afte r the sa les were pu t on to a r ig h t road to tow n, reach- of wood, etc., by the In d ian s of h is dis ing th e re about ten o’clock. We found tric t, a ll such transactions hav ing to be the en te rta in m en t m uch better th an the approved by the A gent, p ra irie afl’orded. L eaving in the m orning, I reached

I dism issed th is d river and team and W atonga by noon and G eary by n igh t took one who knew the coun try , and had w ith no tra in out u n til m orn ing , and a p leasan t ride to C antonm ent—25 m iles, th a t a fre ig h t.reach ing the re about noon. On the hom e drive by a d ifleren t route, the

O ur road lay th rough a section of the | sam e general features of the allo tm en tswere visible, viz , but lit tle im provem ent beyond the house, and I could bu t won­der how so m any cam e to be along the river am ong sand h ills and generally poor surroundings, when so m uch b e tte r land could be had.

I in u s t not of course app ly the rem arks to all the allo tm ents or n early all, but only in the d is tric t th a t I passed th rough , w here I was afte rw ards told th a t some hundreds were allo tted on paper w ithout the land being exam ined a t all.

G eary is qu ite a po in t for w heat sh ip ­ping, and w hen the fre igh t tra in cam e in it took ju s t one hour to do the sh ifting of cars needed, leav ing em pties and tak ing on those loaded w ith w heat, cotton and flour. W hen we finally get s ta rted , E l

coun try m ostly taken up w ith allo tm ents to C heyenne Ind ians, and I was a good deal d isappointed a t finding so little im ­provem ent on them . Some were im prov­ed, bu t generally by a w hite ren ter.

W here you could see a house off by i t­self w ith no th ing around it and bu t little if any break ing done, it ind icated an I n ­d ian allo tm ent.

O ften the houses were n o t occupied, the In d ian s being congregated in camp3 in bends of th e river.

O ccasionally th e re was a farm owned by a w hite se ttle r, w hich by its fine fields of w heat and corn, and general appear­ance of prosperity , gave abundan t evidence of w h at the country was capable of w hen properly cu ltivated .

A t C antonm ent th ings were m uch changed since my v isit of nearly th irteen

m e to D arling ton , the headquarte rs of the C heyenne and A rapahoe A gency.

E l Reno is a town of some 5000 people, has an elevator w ith 100,000 bushels storage cap ac ity besides o thers, and a com bined m illin g capacity of 1200 b a r­rels, daily . A. J . St a n d in g .

THE TONAWANDA SENECAS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.

As the New Y ork In d ian s are being pushed to the fro n t ju s t a t p resen t th rough the action of G overnor R oosevelt in ap ­poin ting a com m ission to investigate the condition of the In d ian s in the Em pire S ta te , w ith a view of th e ir becom ing c iti­zens, the follow ing from the pen of one of our New Y ork studen ts, who will g radu ­ate th is year, is apropos.

A m ong th e th rif ty , kind- hearted and in ­dustrious people of the D utch, E ng lish and Irish e lem en t of W estern N ew York, it would seem im possible th a t th e re should be a space le ft for an In d ian reservation , or if there were th a t any should long exist. Y et there are h a lf a dozen reservations situated am ong the m ost fe rtile sections of th is g rea t S tate. These reservations are inhab ited by the sam e tr ib e s th a t were found along the H udson by the D utch exp lo re is in 1609, and the fact th a t they s till rem ain in th e S tate shows th a t the w hite se ttlers dea lt ju s tly and fa irly w ith them .

The Seneca tribe occupies th ree of these reservations, and the Oneida, T uscarora O nondaga, St. Regis and Cayuga tribes occupy the o thers. The orig in of these nations is unknow n because they have no w ritten h istory , b u t there was a tim e when only th ree tribes lived along the Hudson B asin : the M ohawks, O nondagas and the Senecas, and from these, o ther branches form ed and received different nam es. The M ohawks moved in to C an­ada, and the Tuscaroras from N o rth C ar­o lina cam e and jo ined the N ew Y ork In d ians in th e ir place.

The six nations or tribes, led by the O n­ondagas form ed w h at is now know as the “ Iroquois L eague.” They becam e very pow erful and contro lled n early a ll th a t section know n as the M iddle A tlan tic S tates. The w hite se ttle rs found them u n ­der a very strong governm ent. They knew the value and advantages of u n ity : hence the form ation of the league. The law s w hich governed them were well ad a p t­ed to the people, and th e people respect­ed and obeyed them . A t the p resen t tim e, som e of those laws are s till in force. This fact, perhaps partly accounts for th e ir slow adoption of the w hite m a n ’s civ ilization .

E ach of these six reservations has a form of governm ent som ew hat d ifferent from the o thers, bu t they are closely allied in blood and in business in terests .

The Tonaw anda reserva tion is situated along the Tonaw anda C reek on both sides of the stream , and contains a lit tle m ore th an six thousand acres of land and a pop­u la tion of about five hundred . Today the hom elife of the In d ian s on th is rese rv a­tion is som ew hat sim ila r to th a t of the neighboring w hite fam ilies, w hom they im itate . B u t they lack the th r if t and en ­ergy w hich are charac teristic of th e ir

Y ankee” neighbors. This, how ever, is no t a t a ll su rp ris ing w hen th e circum ­stances are taken in to consideration . The fact th a t they live on a reserva tion is th e w hole exp lanation .

These In d ian s have been very slow in grasp ing the w ays of the w h ite m an , con-Reno was soon reached, and a good team , _ .

k ind ly sen t by M ajor Stouch, soon took sidering the fact th a t they have alw ays

been su rrounded by th e in te llig en t Y a n ­kees, and have been closely connected in business w ith them . B u t the law s as laid down by the G rea t Chief, or G re a t S p irit (th rough G a-neu-di-yu) were so deeply im prin ted in th e hearts of h is peo­ple th a t it has been very h a rd for th e m to give up th e ir fo rm er custom s. A t th e presen t tim e, how ever, th is lit tle band is m ak ing g ie a t strides in to c iv iliza tion .

The m a jo rity of the people follow ag ri­cu ltu ra l pursu its, and some are qu ite su c­cessful, though m any of them have n o t the convenien t farm ing im p lem en ts w hich th e ir w hite b ro thers possess. N early all can speak and understand th e E n g lish language, bu t the Seneca la n ­guage predom inates and th e ir dress, w ith ­out exception , is the sam e as th e w hites.

They have a school system of th e ir ow n, hav ing four school houses, and these a re supported by the S ta te . S om etim es these schools are ta u g h t by In d ia n teachers. B u t the “ d is tric t schools,” as th ey are called, are no t progressive enough to s a t ­isfy th e p aren ts who realize the value an d necessity of education . C onsequen tly some of the ch ild ren are sen t to non -reser­vation schools like the one a t C arlisle , P ennsy lvan ia , or the H am pton school in V irg in ia , w here they are given a fa ir education .

The people are classed, accord ing to th e ir religion, into P agans and C hristian s. The Pagans s till have th e an c ien t form of w orship, w hich consists of dances and o ther cerem onies. T heir dances, how ever, are now kep t up m ere ly for th e fun and exc item en t, as they have lost th e ir sacredness. The cerem onies, consisting of a yearly “ greencorn and h arv es t d an c e” w hich lasts th ree days, and th e “ N ew Y ears d an ce ,” w hich occurs five days afte r the first new moon in J a n u a ry and lastin g n ine days, are now alm ost w ho lly perform ed by the younger people for th e sport there is in it. I doub t w h e th e r th ey th in k of it as w orship. T hus, the v ir tu e s of the old custom s and tra d itio n s h av e given place to co rru p t p ractices, in stead of w orshiping, they g a th er to give v e n t to th e ir an im al passions on these occasions. They u sually come under th e influence of liquor and raise a d is tu rb an ce . These, like a ll evil practices, have th e ir ev il re ­sults. They have a tendency to m ake them lazy and un fit for useful w ork, an d I firm ly believe th a t n o th in g b u t fu ll c i t­izenship w ill save them from th is d eg ra­dation.

The C hristian s have estab lished c h u rc h ­es, and th e ir form of w orship is m odern in every p articu la r, b u t th ey lack pow er an d en th u siasm in th e ir w ork, w h ich is due to th e ir lim ited know ledge of th e B ible. T hey all belong to the P ro te s ta n t denom i­nation . T here are th ree chu rches on th e reserva tion . E ach ch u rch has its ow n of­ficials. One of them has its own pasto r, w hile th e o th e r tw o are under th e care of pastors from th e neigboring tow ns. The people, in general, are very fond of good m usic, and in some of the churches th e yhave fine choirs.

The governm en t is in the han d s of a p residen t, a c lerk , a tre a su re r and a m a r ­shall, elected yearly by the people. These officials w ith the chiefs of each c lan form the leg isla tive body. T here is also

cou rt of ju s tice presided o v e rb y th ree m en, called p e a c e m a k e rs . I t has ju r is ­d ic tion over civil cases and its decisions a re final. T he crim in a l cases are tu rn ed over to th e S ta te au th o ritie s .

The people as a w hole, are very peace­fu l and quiet, and the m ore educated ones are industrious and fu ll of am bition , and they are anx ious to have th e ir r ig h ts of citizensh ip , w h ich we hope w ill soon com e. T hen we shall no longer be a p ecu ­lia r people, liv in g in tribes, b u t as A m eri­cans. M y r o n M . M o s e s ,

in B oonville H era ld .C a r l i s l e , P a .

T H E B E D Ma n A N D J H E L P E R - F r l DAY, JA N U A R Y '4, 190i.

THE REDMAN AND HELPER

PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THEINTEREST OF THE RISING INDIAN.

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E n te red in th e P ost Office a t C arlisle, Pa., as Second-class m a tte r .

Do not hesitate to take this paper from the Post Office, for if you have not paid for it some one else has.

D rop no th ing and take up one when you w rite your date—1901.

A good N ew Y ear resolution would be: “ I a m going to subscribe for the R e d m a n & H e l p e r . ”

Several people had an ea t com plim ent paid them th is year w hen they were in ­vited to dine.

W hy is I residen t M cK inley stronger th an Sam son? Because he carried the U nited States.

F rom the Osage Jo u rn a l we see th a t the In d ian s of th a t v ic in ity have held dances galore recently .

To the H askell In s titu te , Law rence, K ansas, belongs the honor of hav ing the best football team in M issouri and K an ­sas, says the K ansas City Tim es.

The late ra in s gave the Sacaton I n ­d ians a ru n of irriga ting w ater and placed th e ir land in good condition for w in ter crops. —[The N ative A m erican .

T eacher E dw in M inor, of Sau Jac in to , C alifornia, says “ I keep the R e d m a n & H e l p e r on our school read ing table and our In d ian s are anx ious to read i t . ”

R ecent sto rm s have m ade g rea t w ash­outs in E n g lan d , so th e papers say. In G erm any they m ig h t need them more, for they do n ’t have th e ir w ashes ou t in- th a t country b u t once in th ree m onths or so.

The G reat F a lls Sunday L eader of the 23rd. u lt., cam e out in an illu s tra te d a r ti­cle descrip tive of the F t. Shaw In d ian School, M ontana, w hich is in te resting to read . T he p icture of the F t. Shaw foot­ball team shows some plucky looking m en, 'with a Mr. Grove as coach and cap ta in of th e team .

C arlisle cam e out w ith a new daily a t the beg inn ing of the ce n tu ry —The C arlisle E ven ing V olunteer. I t is in clean, read ­able dress, and bids fair to become one of the lead ing papers of the town for live, crisp news. M essrs. J . K irk Rosier and A. M. G her are its en terp rising proprie­tors. The R e d m a n & H e l p e r welcomes th e new paper, congra tu lates i t on its good appearance and w ishes for the en ter­prise unbounded success.

The H askell L eader publishes the recent m arriage of Louis B ayhy lle and Maud E cho H aw k at the B ayhy lle hom e on the P aw nee reservation . The M an-on-the- band-stand rem em bers th e contracting parties w hen they were sm all child ren a t C arlisle. They have been home or a t o th e r schools for m any years. Both a t­tended day school, w hen wee bits of ch il­d ren 25 years ago, and the w riter was the ir teacher.

T h a t was a desecration of the tim e and season for a lot of m en and boys on C hristm as m orn in a back lot not far from the school to le t loose innocent little pig eons, one a t a tim e, to shoot a t for sport. Poor lit tle th in g s! The M an-on- the -band -stand w ished he had th e power to fasten a lo t of those m en up in a bag. and h ire a dozen or two big g ian ts to fling them in the a ir one a t a tim e for som e o ther g ian ts to shoot a t for sport. W o u ld n ’t they have a M erry C hristm as?

THE INDIAN SITUATION.

The A m erican V olunteer, a w eekly , p rin ted in C arlisle since 1814, began to is­sue a da ily on January 1st, w hich con­tained the fo llow ing:

C a r l i s l e , P a ., Dec. 31, 1900. To t h e E d i t o r o f “T h e V o l u n t e e r .”

C a r l i s l e , P a .D e a r S i r :—

You ask m e to w rite som eth ing for your in itia l issue of a daily , ou tlin ing the prospect for th e C arlisle school and the In d ian a t the beginning of the new cen tu ry .

I am sorry to say th a t I do no t fee* especially confident of the In d ia n ’s fu ­tu re. The in d u ra ted In d ian policy is a l­ways doing those th ings to th e In d ian and for the In d ian th a t s treng then him in his trib a l re la tio n and relieve h im of la ­bor, sending ev e ry th in g to h im in h is tribe and reserva tion—food, clothing, m oney, religion, education—and thus h in d e rin g h im from the invaluable exper­ience of going aw ay from the tribe for an y th in g . H olding h im to h is tribe keeps h im from any general association w ith the citizens of th e republic. H is know l­edge and experience therefore are so lim ­ited th a t uo am bition to becom e of the people and an independen t citizen can possibly grow w ith in him . The p ern i­cious system of g iv ing h im ra tions for a long series of years and issu ing clothing, d is trib u tin g m oney, land to lease, etc., has borne the n a tu ra l f ru it of idleness; hence w orthlessness, disease and death . These, a lthough in tended benevolence, have been the w orst crim e com m itted ag a in st the In d ian , The present Com m is­sioner of In d ian Affairs, declared recently in a public address th a t the In d ian and our co u n try would now be better off had the In d ian tribes never been recognized, had there been no trea ties m ade w ith them , an d had there never been an I n ­d ian B ureau . The tr ib e , the trea ty con­ditions, and B ureau con tro l are th e h in d ­rances, and u n til they can be done away w ith th e re w ill con tinue to be little chance for th e ind iv idual Indian.,

T hrough a m u ltitu d e of experiences I know now b e tte r th a n ever, and have know n for tw enty-five years, th a t it is perfectly p rac ticab le to qu ickly and eco­nom ically equip the average In d ia n w ith all th a t is necessary to m ake h im a use­ful citizen. This includes the language of the coun try , capacity and in d u stry to com pete, and the courage to enable h im to s tr ik e out for him self. Being sepa­ra ted from all pressure of necessity for them , these th ings are no t usab ly ac­quired on In d ian reservations nor in purely In d ia n schools, though In d ian schools p roperly situated and m anaged w ith the in ten tio n to accom plish them m ay be m ost im portan t help tow ards passing h im on to com pleting influences. In d ian schools on reservations only inv ite and help the. In d ian to rem ain in h is trib a l capacity , and unlim ited experience shows th a t no courage to en ter our civilized life or ab ility to com pete for its goodthings are acquired in such schools. In d ian schools located in our industria l centers and required to send th e ir stu ­dents out in to the public schools and in to our in d u stria l life, if generally a d o p ted , would be good beginn ing . The young of th e In d ian race, like the young of all o ther races th a t m ake up our heteroge­neous population, w ill successfully ac­qu ire the p rim ary qualities to m ake them ind iv idual citizens in th e public schools th rough a sso c ia tin g and m easuring the ir b ra in and braw n w ith our own children , and these w ill s ta r t them righ t, on the h ighw ay to com petent, com peting citizen­ship. No purely In d ia n school can pos­sibly do th is for them . A ll public schools and h igher educational in stitu tio n s are wide open for the In d ian s . A ssociating w ith the language of the country w ill best give the language and save the expense of special schools for th a t purpose, and a s ­sociating w ith our in d u stria l and m oral forces w ill best give m oral and industria l force and save the expense of theoretical special schools for these purposes. These

qualities thus acquired bring true In d ian em ancipation .

My form ula for solv ing th is problem has for m any years be. n , “ To civilize the In d ian get h im into c i\ illz \tion ; to keep him so, let h im s ta y .” Yne In d ian tribe, the Ind ian B ureau, the In d ian trea ty do no t favor the plan . If it be resolved to close the influence of these h indrances and to give the young Ind ians full chance to get out into our national life, the Car lisle school has a hopeful but lim ited fu ­ture of continued usefulness. I f it be se t­tled to keep on building up purely Ind ian , triba l, and reservation schools as p a ra ­m ount, and th u s cap tu re and utilize the suprem e influence of schools to continue ho ld ing the In d ian s in trib a l m asses sepa­rate from our o ther peoples, the C arlisle school w ill necessarily be dragged down in the fa ilu re of all the rest. A ll Ind ian schools should be ten ta tive , should be lim ited to the one d u ty of fitting young In d ian s and sending them o u t.in to the general life of the country . T his d u ty per­form ed, special schools for In d ian s should disappear, else they become pernicious h indrances because class and race-separa­tion [hence hatred] builders.

R H . P r a t t .

Capt. Applegate.

Capt. O. C. A pplegate, agent of the K lam a th In d ian s of Oregon, was one of the in te restin g v isito rs of th is week. The C aptain is an old-tim er in the In d ia n ser­vice and was a w arrior before he becam e agent. H is fa the r was one of the leaders of the em igration party th a t A m erican­ized Oregon, in 1843. C alifornia was then Mexico Oregon is the m other of all the Pacific Coast S ta tes. Out of Oregon came C alifornia, W ash ing ton , and the border­ing SStates. The C aptain has been in the In d ia n service for 35 years,is an O regonian by b ir th and was Secretary of the Modoc Peace Com m ission in 1872. I t was no doubt th rough his ex trao rd in ary influence over those w ar-like Ind ians at th a t tim e th a t a general ou tb reak was prevented. H e was p resen t a t the M eachem m assacre and escaped as by a m iracle. H is I n ­d ians now—the IClamatb, Modoc, P itt R iv­er and P iu tes are progressing in civilized ways, w onderful changes hav ing been w rought in the la s t few years. They have th e ir lands in severally , and are follow ing peaceful pu rsu its . Capt. A p­plegate is a very in te re s tin g ta 'k e r and we hope he will com e th is way again be­fore long.

i Professor Bacon.Professor E. F. Bacon en terta in ed th e

school w ith la n te rn slides on M onday n igh t, giving B ible scenes and views of the P assion P lay a t Ober A m m ergau. The Professor was an en thusiastic stu d en t of the In d ia n w hile here and said to the E d ito r of the R e d m a n & H e l p e r :

“ I have learn ed a g reat deal during the th ree days th a t I have been here. The best th in g th a t I have learned is th a t the In d ian is no t a c rea tu re a ltogether dif fe ren t from the w hite m an, but is so much like h im th a t the only difference seems to be th a t he is a shade d arker and w ith darker hair. A ll the teachers te ll me th a t he differs in conduct only where h is circum stances are different.

The best th in g I have heard here was said by Rev. Jesse K irk , a K lam ath In ­d ian v isitor, in h is serm on Sunday even­ing. H e said people told the In d ian s to live like the w hite people, bu t there were a good m any w hite people th a t he would no t like to im itate . H e only w anted to live like a C hristian and a good citizen. I th in k the pupils here are m ak ing a good p reparation to do th is .” '

I t is ra the r la te to publish football news, bu t the inform ation ju s t reached us of a gam e th a t was played on T hanksgiv ing day a t D oylestow n betw een our boys of th a t v ic in ity and the D oylestow n eleven. K arl Y ukkaniD a cap ta ined the team and did the k icking, w hile Thom as Daw saylah did splendid w ork as full-back. Our in ­fo rm an t says the In d ian boys had had no previous p ractice to g e th er,b u t the Doyles­town boys had been p lay ing all the F all. The score was d o se —6 to 5 in favor of the Ind ians.

A Gift from the Susans.

Many were the gladsom e greetings th a t m ade th is C hristm as tim e am ong us a m ost happy one. The “ S u san s,” a nam e sym bolic of ind u stry , gave a beau tifu l ex ­am ple of the ir th o u g h tfu l love to M ajor and Mrs P ra tt—a lovely silk q u ilt—th a t m ust be seen to u n d erstan d its beauty. F ifteen hundred pieces of silk , tw o inches square, all d ifferen t colors—left-overs from h a ir-rib b o n s and neckties ( the S usans’ b ro thers and cousins ( ? ) help ing to furn ish sam ples of neck ties) all put together so a rtis tic a lly th a t th e q u ilt looks tike a sw eet-pea bed in fu ll bloom. The q u ilt is lined w ith yellow sa tin , th e caval­ry m an ’s color, and the edge finished w ith heavy silk cord, also yellow . T his g ree t­ing cam e as a perfect surprise, and is fu l­ly apprecia ted as a token of love, and w illc o m f o r t t h e M ajor and M rs P ra tt for m any years.

Two dea ths have occurred since our la s t paper was issued—D ella A ikens and Rob­e rt Scott. The form er died w ith a tu ­m or on the brain , she h av ing been w ith us bu t a very short tim e ; in fact she was taken to the hospital the n ex t day a fte r her a rriv a l from N evada and it is though t th a t she had begun w ith the grow th be­fore s ta rtin g on h er jou rney ,and the t r a v ­elling uo doubt aggravated the trouble. R obert Scott was a good, qu ie t boy. H e was ta k en suddenly ill and died w ith v a l­vu la r h ea rt disease. W hile it is a fact th a t m any hun d red s of In d ian s are juBt now dy ing in th e ir reservation hom es, through various causes, and th a t our fac il­ities enable us to save m any a sick boy or girl who at hom e w ould be lost, ye t the d ea th of schoolm ates casts a gloom over the school th a t is fe lt th rough and th rough . ^

tion of hea lth , and goes to her na tive ai in W isconsin . T his is alm ost her nativ( a ir, how ever, as she has been a t Carlisl, as a studen t and em ployee for th irtee i years. She expects to m ake her horn, for a tim e w ith Mr. D ennison W heelock form er band director, w ho now resides ii DePere, W isconsin . Miss S ara has : host of friends a t C arlisle who w ish he well, and who w ill m iss her. F o r th< past few m on ths she has been th e Presi den t of the Susan L ongstre th L i te r a l Society, w hich position she served w iti ab ility and d ign ity .

A very in te resting le tte r from H enrie tb C atolst ’99, from her hom e in N orth Caro lina speaksof the sou thern breezes havini done her good. She apprecia tes nov m ore th a n ever the m any advan tages af forded the studen ts a t C arlisle . “ There i a g rea t deal to learn ou ts id e of your n a tiv S ta te ,” she says, bu t she feels regretfu th a t “ the paren ts w ill no t consent to th ch ild ren going from hom e to sohool ! They are in the m idst of m istle toe an. holly, laden w ith berries, bu t “ the peopl don’t m ake so m uch of those th in g s dowi here as they do up no rth w here th ey hav to buy it. W e do not have to go to am expense, we ju s t go and pull i t off th tree s .

The g ir ls ’ C hristm as eve celebration was m arked by a big tim e as usual. There was a handsom e tree more th a n fu ll of presents, and the floor and tables around th e tree were packed. Old S an ta Claus and Mrs. S an ta Claus d istribu ted the gifts, and the hearts and eyes of the crowd spoke volum es for p leasure and happiness. The boys had rem em bered th e ir cousins and sisters, and the g irls had done the sam e w ith th e ir boy cousins(?). The in ­terchange of gifts m ade happy tim es. No boy or girl but received some lit tle th in e w hile some were favored w ith m anv presents. ■

Jam es Johnson , who g radua tes th is year and is attend ing D ickinson P repar­atory , won th e prize of fifty do llars for securing th e m ost subscribers for the R e d m a n & H e l p e r before C hristm as. H e got 637 nam es. M yron Moses ranked h im n ex t w ith 191 nam es. W e secured 1041 nam es in all, and th a n k the patrons of the paper who subscribed. W e had hoped to get 5000, but were handicapped by qu aran tin e and o ther obstacles.

THE RED MAN AND HELPER—FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1901.

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H a il 1901!School began again on M onday.M iss Jones v isited friends in B altim ore

la s t week.C hristm as was ushered in by a lovely

crescent moon.The boy now who has no ska tes cuts no

figure on the ice.The old C entury had a noisy bu ria l a t

the In d ia n School.The band p layed the old C en tu ry out

and the new one in.Some of the farm boys cam e in for a few

days the past week.The C entury shooters on M onday n igh t

began early in town.Miss R oberts w ent to S la ting ton for her

C hristm as vacation .Miss W ood had a good week in P h ila ­

delph ia w ith friends.S a tu rd ay instead of New Y ears D ay

w as a ho liday, th is year.I s n ’t it fu n n y ? N early every g irl e n ­

joys being a sleigh belle?M iss C lara S m ith v isited her hom e in

E rie d u rin g the holidays.Miss N ew com er spent the ho lidays w ith

frie n d s a t Shippeneburg.The sk a tin g in the Jastfew days, bu tone,

h a s been dangerously th in .Mr. W eber and fam ily have been v is it­

in g in R eading for a few days.Miss Robins w en t to her hom e in w est­

ern P en n sy lv an ia for th e holidays.W hen one of the lit tle g irls in quarte rs

cries it m ig h t be called a cri-sis, eh?Miss D utton spent her holidays w ith

her b ro th er’s fam ily a t Buffalo, N . Y.The H arrisbu rg stores were well p a t­

ronized by the school, before C hristm as.H aw ley P ierce re tu rned from h is hom e

in N ew York, w here he paid a short visit.R em em ber the m otto : As the days be­

gin to leng then th e cold begins to s tren g th ­en.

M isses H ill and Bowersox took in the sights of P h ilade lph ia th e early p a rt of la s t week.

Isaac Seneca, 1900, stopped off on his w ay to P h ilad e lp h ia from h is hom e in N ew Y ork.

Miss C am pbell an d Mr. H aw kins of S teelton were S a tu rday guests of Miss N an a P ra tt.

Mr. S tan d in g ’s a rriv a l from the west w as the g ift m ost apprecia ted in the S tand­ing household.

Several teachers and studen ts rendered a fine m usical program in Sunday school on the S unday before C hristm as.

Miss C laire and M aster P aul Bowersox, of M iddleburg, have been v isiting th e ir a u n t a t our school for a few days.

M ajor and Mrs. P ra tt, Misses N ana and R ichenda ate C hristm as d inner a t Steel- ton, guests of Mr. and Mrs. M ason P ra tt.

Jo h n W arren, 1900, now in attendance upon the S tate N orm al School, a t In d ian a th is S tate , was am ong the C hristm as guests.

Miss N an a P ra tt has been hom e from P ra tt In s titu te , B rooklyn, for her C h ris t­m as vacation , and left for B rooklyn Tues­day night.

Mr. F ra n k H udson, of P ittsburg , was am ong the C hristm as visitors, and re ­ceived a w arm welcom e by his old school­m ates and friends.

Our boys are accustom ed to the call “ F a ll i n !” from the officers in charge, but w hen th e ice said the sam e th in g last week tfiey d id no t like it. I n fact it was top th}n.

M any of Miss E ricso n ’s friends received un ique lit tle rem em brances from Porto Rico, also gifts pecu liar to th a t land from M iss W eekley.

Miss E ste lle Reel, S uperin tenden t of U n ited S tates In d ian Schools, has been here for a fo rtn igh t. She left for W ash ­ing ton on M onday. Miss Reel expects to m ake an extended tour th rough the west, very shortly .

Miss G ostin, of W ashington , was a guest of her sister A lm a G ostin, C hristm as week.

The C hristm as services in tow n at the C atholic and o ther churches were largely a ttended by our students.

On inv itation of farm patrons a num ber of stu d en ts visited friends in the co u n ­try d u rin g the holidays.

A com pany of g irls m ade the early m orn ing joyous by th e ir sing ing of C h ris t­m as carols on the 25th.

Some of the speakers a t the m onth ly en te rta in m en ts d raw th e ir w ords 1-i-k-e t-h-i-s. Then others ju m b le ’em uplike th is.

M aster R ichard H en ry P ra tt, J r . of S teelton, spent part of the holidays a t the school and had a royal good tim e, he th in k s .

Professor B akeless asked w hat p a rt of tow n M r. Snyder, our baker, lives in, when he resides w ith us in th e d in ing- hall bu ild ing . T h a t is a good one on the Professor.

E ven some of th e older people were young about m id n ig h t la s t M onday. Quite aston ish ing! I t is enough to m ake any one feel young to face a whole cen­tury.

We w onder w hat Miss M ary N ary , of F lo ra D ale, who v isited th e school w ith M argaret S hou lder th in k s of a type louse. M argaret is looking rem arkab ly w ell, and she says she en joys her coun try hom e very m uch.

Mrs. S enseney a te C hristm as d inner w ith us and the fo llow ing day Miss S en­seney accom panied her m other to Cham - beisburg, w here she spent the rest of the holidays.

Miss P auli ate C hristm as and N ew Y ears d inners w ith hom e friends at B lairsv ille . Miss Jessie P au li cam e th is way from W ernersv ille , to accom pany her s is ter home.

Miss F orster has not yet re tu rned from her holiday vacation a t home. H er father has been very ill, and she herself was on the sick lis t a t la s t accounts. H er hom e is in H arrisburg .

The an n u a l ho liday sociable w here can ­dy, apples, oranges and nu ts form the re fresh m °n ts) was held on T hursday night. I t never need be sai 1 th a t all en ­joy these occasions.

T o-n igh t Miss P eter and Miss R obert­son v isit th e luv inc ib les, Miss Sense­ney and some one iu Miss S arah S m ith ’s place the S tandards, Mrs W alte r and Miss P au li the Susans.

The sayings th a t were passed around ho liday w eek—little m em ory gem s as it were—of M ajor’s recen t forceful speeches before the stu d en t body w ere: “ Are you pressing b r ic k ? ” “ Don’t dodge.”

There were im prom ptu cake w alks not in the fu llest dress, and all sorts of ca rry ­ings on, on various balconies around, to help celebrate the departu re of th e old cen tu ry and to welcome the new.

Rev. Jesse K irk , of the K lam ath reser­vation , Oregon, has been here w ith Capt A pplegate for a few days. Mr. K irk has two sons a t the school. He has addressed the student body on several occasions w ith te llin g effect.

The T eachers’ Club C hristm as d in n e r was a m ost excellen t spread of seasonable dishes, a rtistica lly and appetiz ing ly a r ­ranged by Miss N oble and Mrs. Rum sport, who deserve m any th an k s for th e ir a rd u ­ous labors for o thers.

The p rin ters gave the M an-on-the-band­stand an electric bell; now h is ch ief clerk can sit a t the desk and ring for ice-wa- ter or an y th in g she w ants. She hopes they will give the old m an a copy grinder nex t year, then life will be less of a bur­den.

I t was a green C hristm as, and a ll the h ea lth ie r and happier. As it happens, how ever, we are ju s t getting over an epidem ic of colds, bu t the old theory th a t the m ercury m ust be down around zero to be h ea lthy has been exploded by science. More people are sick w hen the w eather is very cold th a n w hen it is m oderate. A little below freezing is good w inter w eather for th is clim ate.

The usual C h ristm as services w as held in A ssem bly H all, M ajor P ra tt and P ro ­fessor B akeless officiating. The sing ing was good and service im pressive.

The cats a t th e H ilton farm have a C h ris tm as tree provided for th e m each year. On the tree a re tied dead mice, pop corn and o th er th ings th a t cats enjoy, and w hen they see tbe tree th ey become as w ild as sm all ch ild ren .

The s tu d e n ts’ C hristm as d in n e r was no t qu ite so elaborate as th e ir T hanksg iv ing rep ast,b u t i t w as a full occasion a ll around, and th e roast ch icken w ith accom panying vegetables and good th ings m ade happy hearts as well as fu ll stom achs.

Those stock ings th a t h ung by Miss S tew art’s fire place S au ta C laus rem em ­bered in a way th a t b rough t m uch m e rri­m ent. The old folks received g ifts m ost app rop ria te and the rh y m in g for the occasion w as qu ite rem arkab le .

A C h ris tm as tu rkey in a ttem p tin g to get aw ay from its crue l w ould-be devour- erers flew to the tro lley wires, and had to be sho t to be brought low. I t w as a tow n tu rkey . The In d ia n school tu rk ey s are too civilized to ac t in any such way as tha t.

The hosp ita l force has been m ore th an busy w ith coughs and colds, pneum onia and diseases th a t com e from colds. I f each studen t would take ju s t a l i t t ie care of h im self or herself there w ould uot be so m uch sickness every tim e th e re is a chance to get dam p fee t.

Miss E d ith M cH. Steele, of G eneva, New Y ork, h as been in s ta lled as lib ra rian of our school, vice Miss S m ith resigned. Miss S teele com es to us w ith th e ex p e ri­ence of a g rad u a te lib ra rian , h av in g a t ­tended P ra t t In s titu te , B rook lyn , and served a t her profession in several places.

Miss C u tte r had a m ost en joyable tim e in W ash ing ton du ring the holidays. She saw Mr. S tu rm , Mrs. Thom as, M rs. B u t­ler, Miss C um m ins, and o ther old C ar­lisle w orkers. Miss H ulm e, she learned , has a position in the Post-Office d ep a rt­m ent. Mr. Sowerby is also in W ash ing ­ton.

M aster H o b art Cook has been sharing in th e disposal of a lo t of C h ris tm as pi in the printing-office. S trange to say he and the o ther p rin te rs ea t up th is pi w ith th e ir fingers. H o b art though t i t w ise to pu t in a p a r t of h is vacation a t the case, and before he know s it he w ill be a p rin ter.

O ur office has been the rec ip ien t of handsom e calendars from Real E sta te A gent, C harles F. H u m rich , C arlisle , New Y ork L ife In su ra n ce A gen t, R ev Mr. K istle r of C arlisle , the P rice P aper C om pany, P h ilade lph ia , and the B ennett, Rosenberger and S tead P aper Co., P h ila ­delphia.

The B achelors of B ache lo rs’ H all in shop bu ild ing gave a party on M onday evening in honor of Miss S ara S m ith , Messrs. Jo h n W arren and Isaac S en­eca, visitors. The social g a th e rin g was held in th e teach ers’ club parlo r and the hour was well filled w ith en joyable en te r­ta inm en t.

P h ilip R abb it has en tered the p rin ting - office. I t was h a rd to keep th e boys from using the shooting stick on h im , but h is qu ie t d ig n ity soon told them he was only a rabb it by nam e. P h ilip w in soon learn tb e a r ts and tricks of the trade, and there is no reason w hy he should not become a first class typo.

One of the m ost apprecia ted p resen ts by some of the girls was a g ift by Miss Jack - son of th e ir ta rdy m arks. W hen th e M an­ager of the G irls’ D epartm en t announced “ W e w ill begin w ith a clean record to-m orrow , and all m arks ag a in st girls for being la te in ran k s w ill be e ra sed ,” a cheer of g ra titu d e filled the air.

One of th e m ost in te resting e n te r ta in ­m ents of th e week was one given by a Japanese m agician last S a tu rday n igh t. Mr. Soro S unataro was a larger m an th an the rep resen ta tive of Ja p an u su a lly is, and his tricks were done w ith a grace and d ign ity th a t p leased all. H is costly robe was no t tbe least in te resting p a r t of the entertainment*

A n in te res tin g le tte r from C harlesB uck , of B row ning M ontana, triv s encouraging news of th e ir doings. The fam ily is well and his wife, S pyna D evereaux B uck jo ins in love and C hrisl mas greeti ngs to friend s a t C arlisle .

D r. B radford of the In d ian Office and his son M r. H a rry B radfo rd were recen t v isitors. The la tte r gave an e n te rta in in g cha lk ta lk to th e s tu d en t body on S a tu r ­day n ig h t before C hristm as. D r. Bradford spoke upon several occasions to the s tu ­d en t body, expressing anx ie ty as to th e ir future w elfare and g iv iug helpful i l lu s tra ­tions as to th e correct m an n er of liv ing .

Some very choice gifts have been re ­ceived by teachers and officers. A m ong o thers, Mr. T hom pson’s officers gave h im a trav e llin g to ile t se t; Professor B akeless received a C hina set from the stu d en ts , Miss Wood a handsom e volum e of S hakes­peare from h e r class, Miss H ill a fine chair, the g ift of the wom en under her charge.

W h ile so m any of our friends and re la ­tives are reported dy ing a t th e ir hom es on the w estern rese rv a tio n s w ith diseases of all k inds th is w in te r, le t us be th a n k ­ful th a t we have a hosp ita l, a tra in ed nurse and a good doctor to do for us a ll th a t can be done to keep us w ell, even w hen we do no t take good care of ou r­selves. B u t our firs t d u ty should be to tak e care of ourselves.

Miss M innie C ornelius, of O neida, W is­consin, who is a t p resen t liv in g w ith Miss E dge, D ow ningtow n, and p reparing for B ryn M awr and Radcliffe, cam e to see us du rin g the holidays. M iss M innie is a sis ter of our form er s tu d en t C hester C or­nelius and sisters, who w ere s tu d en ts in form er years. She seem s to have a brave and noble purpose in life, and we w ish h e r the greatest success possible.

Mr. S. W . Thom pson iB th e new ly a p ­pointed agent for v is itin g boys in coun try hom es, w hose fam ily has ta k en up resi­dence in the no rth end of th e B akeless cottage, dow n sta irs . W e now have two M r. Thom psons, w hich m ay lead to som e confusion if we are no t carefu l. L e t us ca ll the new com er by h is jin itia ls—Mr. S. W ., n o t because he happens to live in th e 8 . W . p art of the grounds, how ever.

The sm all boys were up a t five o’clock on C hristm as m orn ing to g ree t M r. and Mrs. S an ta C laus. Old M rs. S an ta C laus w ould bo ther h er husband in h is a tte m p ts a t speechifying, b u t ta k in g a ll in a ll th e y had a glorious hour. A tree in the m idd le of the room surrounded w ith g ifts a s to u n d ­ed m any a lit tle eye w ho never before had seen such a sigh t. T he officers decorated the room very handsom ely in g reen t r im ­m ings.

M r G ardner and h is boys took no h o li­day on S atu rd ay w hen all th e re s t w ere a t rest. They w ere anx ious to get th e new cage or play-house under roof. T h a t is going to m ake a deligh tfu l p lace in w hich to practice base-ball, football, and o th er gam es, and for th e sm all boys to rom p and play in w hen th e w eather is bad. T he teachers, too, will spend m an y an ho u r th e re p lay ing tenn is and croquet. T he place w ill be heated ju s te u o u g h to take off the ch ille s t of the ch ill.

Miss Iren e B estor, of N ew R ochelle , N ew Y ork, has been sp en d in g the C hristm as vacation w ith h e r cousin , Miss C arter. Iren e is a young Miss of m any a ttrac tio n s, and has won th e h ea rts of all who have becom e ac q u a in ted w ith her. She is a system atic lit tle v is ito r, an d has p lans d raw n of th e place an d d esc rip ­tions w ritten out to te ll th em a t hom e abou t w h a t she h as seen an d heard . S he left for hom e y es terd ay , an d we hope Bhe w ill come again .

The boys and g irls on farm s w ere re ­m em bered by S an ta C laus. Je m im a Schenandore w ho lives a t Je n k in to w n says “ I an d F rances an d G eorge th e h ired boy h u n g up our stock ings and S an ta C laus filled them w ith oranges, nu ts, cand ies and pop-corn, and in m y stock ing was a paper w ith a s ilv er n a il- file in it. I also got several o th e r nice presents. I was so happy th a t I d id n o t know w h at to do. W e had a good C h r is t­m as d inner and I en joyed a very m erry C h ris tm as .”

MISS WEEKLEY IN PORTO RICO.

Miss W eekley, who is teach ing in Ponce, says in addition to her school w ork, “ I have two p rivate classes everyday, and could have m ore if there were tim e. I enjoy th e girls in m y p riva te classes and am sorry th a t I could no t teach th e o thers th a t applied.

1 have a class in a m ission Sunday School, and find it a p leasu re to teach A m erican ch ild ren on S unday w hen I have ta u g h t P orto R icans all the o ther days of the week.

Some of the scenery around here is beau tifu l.

I f S pain and h e r system of colonization caused tb e m isery here, then th a n k God for the A m erican flag.

W hen I asked m y pupils on T hanks­giving Day w hat th ey had to be th a n k fu l for, these were some of the answ ers I re­ceived.

‘The A m erican flag, th e free A m erican school, the A m erican teachers, th e v ic ­to ry of the R epublican p arty , th a t the S pan iards have le ft,’ and so on.

E a rn es t w orkers, relig ious and educa­tional, are com ing in , and five years w ill m ake m any changes even in slow m ov­ing P orto Rico.

D r. B rum baugh is a host w ith in h im ­self and we feel m uch confidence in h is ab ility to steer the educational sh ip of P orto Rico clear of m any of the dangers th a t th rea ten i t . ”

Miss W eekley has been elected trea su re r of th e Ponce B ranch of th e L ad ies’ Aid Society of Porto Rico. “ The m oney for the O rphanage is secure,” she says, “ and tbe society th in k s of buying a hosp ita l here th a t has been closed for lack of funds, and opening an o rphan asy lum in th a t. The only draw back is the m oney to keep the in s titu tio n run n in g , once it is opened, as the 'society has only th ree or four h u n ­d red do llars on hand for th a t purpose.

I have recen tly heard th a t ano ther society here has been given ten thousand do llars by a Boston party to open an in ­d u stria l school. T h a t m ade m y h ea rt re­joice, for I firm ly believe th a t the In d u s ­tr ia l school w ill be the sa lvation of P o r­to Rico, a t least th e sa lvation of the c h il­d ren .

I w ish the U n ited S tates G overnm ent w ould estab lish a t least one in every educational d is tric t of the Is lan d . T hat w ould give us six teen.

To m e it seems w rong to teach these people to read and w rite w ith o u t te ac h ­ing them to use th e ir hands. I f a ll goes well I w ant to organize a K in g ’s D au g h te rs’ circle am ong the senioritas. I have spoken w ith several and th ey seem pleased w ith th e idea .”

Two New Books About Indians.

“ A n A l p h a b e t o f I n d i a n s ” is an effect­ive gift-book, one of the la tes t develop­m en ts of the p resen t In d ian fash ion in lite ra tu re and art. I t consists of a n u m ­ber of fu ll-page w ash draw ings and m any head and ta il pieces by E m ery L evere tt W illiam s, explo iting the red m en of v a ­rious tribes under the several le tte rs of the a lp h ab e t, from A pache to Zuni.

The accom panying te x t,w ritte n by Mrs. W illiam s, sets fo rth a few of th e ir sa lien t tra i ts in very sim ple language.

I t is said th a t the young a rtis t, who spen t some m o n th s on the In d ian reserva­tions study ing h is sub jects, died soon afte r h is w ork was com pleted. I t m ay t r u th ­fu lly be said th a t h is poses are ra th e r forced and th e faces unfin ished as to fea tu res; b u t the sty le is no th ing if no t m odern, and d isp lay s a certain vigor and charm . The vo lum e is a rtis tica lly gotten up by R. H

R ussell, and sells for $2.00 “ R e d J a c k e t , t h e L a s t o f t h e S e n ­

e c a s , ” by Col. H . R. G ordon, who has w ritte n several s im ila r books is a fra n k im ­ita tio n of Cooper in sty le as w ell as in sub­jec t, b u t is nevertheless a sto ry of adven­tu re w hich holds the in te rest, and in w hich th e adm irab le scout and g a llan t boy soldier p lay a decidedly m ore heroic p a r t th a n th e “ noble” red m an. The fam ous Red J a c k e t is here represen ted as an o rato r of w onderfu l pow er, bu t a tra ito r and a cow­ard . (E. P . D u tton & Co. $1.50)

E . G. E .

THE RED MAN AND HELPER—FRIDAY, JANUARY, 4, 1901.

Stolen Smiles Worked Over.

“ S tum bled is the m ost dangerous word in the E n g lish language ,” said a sm art studen t.

“ W h y ? ” asked h is p laym ate .“ Because you are sure to get a tum ble

betw een th e firs t and la st le tte r.“ I know th e longest word. Do y o u ?” “ In co m p reh en sib ility .”“ No, s ir .”“ W h a t th e n ? ”“ I t is ‘sm iles’, because the re is a whole

m ile betw een the first and the la s t le tte r .” “ I know one longer th a n th a t ,” said

ano ther boy.“ W ell, out w ith i t .”“ B eleaguered. T here are th ree m iles

between the beg inn ing and end of th a t word.

I t w asn ’t our l it tle Jo h n n y b u t ano ther who, on seeing the orchestra leader sw ing­ing h is baton w hile beating tim e, could no t u n d erstan d w hat he was doing. T here was a w om an singing one of those operatic selections keyed up to tb e skies. I t was a painfu l effort for her to reach the h igh notes.

“ W hy does th a t m an h it a t the w om an w ith h is s t ic k ? ” asked Jo h n n y .

J o h n n y ’s m am m a: “ H e is no t h itt in g a t her. K eep q u ie t.”

Jo h n n y : “ W ell, then w hat is she ho l­le r in ’ so fo r?”

E verybody looked aghast w hen the re­p o rt cam e in th a t th e s laugh ter-house m an dropped six ty-feet.

“ W as he k ille d ?”“ N o! They w ere pigs’ fee t.”

“ W as it a bad acc id en t?” asked a friend of h is bicycle b ro ther.

“ W ell, I was knocked speechless, and m y w heel was knocked spokeless.”

I t m ay have been one of our professors who w ent in to the tow n barber shop and a sk e d :

“ W hich is the head b a rb e r? ”“ W e are a l l h e a d barbers. W h a t do

you suppose we are, corn docto rs?”

A m ong o ther am using th in g s of the sea­son is the sigh t of m en liv ing in K a la m a ­zoo, O shkosh, K ankakee , Oconom owac, and Passam aquoddy, sneering a t the o u t­land ish nam es th e Chinese give to th e ir towns.

CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS IN THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FOR

NOVEMBER, 1900.

F ra n k W. W ood, P hysic ian , A lbuquer­que, N. M .; M argaret A. E yres, T eacher, C arson, N e v .; Cora B. Dobbs, Seam stress, Colorado R iver, A. T. ; A ugust M enke, Shoe and H arnessm aker, Chi- locco, O k la .; M argaret G lover, M usic Teacher, F laud reau , S. D . ; H erm an K R ussell, C arpenter, H askell, K a n s .; F lo ra J . Gregg, A ssistan t Teacher, H ack- berry, A. T . ; M yrtle F reeland , teacher, P erris , C a l . ; R a lph C haplin , D airym an , P hoen ix , A T . ; Lucy E. M orris, N urse, P im a, A. T . ; A lta L . H and ley , Teacher K ickapoo, K a n s .; L u ther E . H offm an, P rin te r , P hoen ix , A. T . ; Jam es M itchel, A ssistan t E ng ineer, Salem , O re.; M ar- guerita M. V ornholz, Seam stress, Carson, N ev .; W illiam O. B u tler, T eacher, W alker R iv er,D ay , N ev .; S a ra h E . K ier- stead, N urse, F o rt Shaw , M o n t.; L ou isa E. G ates, L aundress, G rand Ju n c tio n , Colo.; C harles W. H igham , Teacher M oqui, A. T ; Jessie R anson, Seam stress, F o rt A pache, A. T. Lizzie Moore, Cook and L aundress, L em hi, Id a h o .; W illiamH. Ross, D isc ip linarian , Rosebud, 8. D. , Joseph ine P arker, Cook, V erm illion L ake, M in n .; A daline Crane, Seam stress, Rice S ta tion , A .T .; G ertrude E . B ates, Seam stress, S iletz, O re .; Cora M. Combs, L aundress, U m atilla , O re.; A nna C. Gooder, A ssistan t M atron, B laekfeet, M ont.

Indians Appointed in the Classified Service.

N ellie B arada, A ssis tan t M atron, Chey­enne R iver, S. D. D aisy Rice, A ssist­

an t Seam stress, Cbilocco, O k la .; S ara A. Rice, A ssis tan t C lerk, Phoenix , A. T . ; M arion L am bert, A ssistan t M atron, C ol­ville, W a sh in g to n .: W illiam Lego, F a r ­m er, Red L ake, M inn.

Changes.A m ong the changes in em ployees a t the

various In d ian A gencies approved by the D epartm en t d u ring the m on th of N ovem ­ber 1900, appear the fo llow ing:

Sam uel D avid , Ja n ito r , R osebud, 8. D. in place of E dw ard L B. E ag le; Amos W a lk e r , A ssis tan t F arm er, R osebud, S.D. in place of F red B ig H o rse ; H orace W arrio r, C arpenter, Ponca, O klahom a, in place of F rancis Roy; W ach-ke-row , T eam ster, Colorado R iver, A riz , in place of W illiam T e l l ; F rancis C orbett, A ssist­a n t B lacksm ith , K iow a, Okla., in place of A bner K a z in e ; O liver T u rn in g B ear, L a ­borer, Rosebud, S. D., in place of Silicon R oubideau ; D ick W ashakie, Judge , S ho­shone, W yo.,in place of U te ;Clifford Geboe B lacksm ith , Chey., and A rap ., Okla., in place of F ran cis C orbett; M aurice Joe, Laborer, T u la lip .W ash ., in place of Geo. W yakes, (P ro m o ted ): F rank B lack, Carp. A ppren tice, Crow Creek, S. D., in place of Jo h n C harg ing H aw k; Jam es F ire Cloud, In te rp re te r, Crow C reek, S. D , in place of Jo h n W . W iz i; E tta R. C raw ­ford, In te rp re te r , Sieseton, S. D .; Gro­ver Y. Boy, L aborer, P ine Ridge, S. D in place C laude B. N eck lace; John Red

F ea th er, Laborer, P ine Ridge, S D., in place of J a s H airy B ird; A ugust Lucier, F arm er, Hot pa V alley , Cal , m place of R obinson S hoem aker; Sw ift Dog, A sst., B lacksm ith , C heyenne R iver, S. D , in place of Louis R a ttlin g R ib ; John H uns- berger, A sst. M echanic, B laekfeet Mont., in place of A lex G uard ipee; Jesse Sky, Laborer, Osage, Okla., Moses M. S t Cvr, T eam ster, O m aha & W innebago, N eb , in place of B en jam in L ow ry; C has. H . P rophet, C arpenter, O m aha & W innebago, Neb., in place of George B row n; W m . B ean, J r ., C arpenter, Y ank ton , S. D , in place of Jo s . T. Cook; R ichard B enedict, Asst. F a rm er, F t Peck, M ont., in place of Rufus R icker; S idney S m ith , L aborer, San Carlos, Ariz., in place of W m. K onn ; Thos. Spotted B ear, H erder, P ine Ridge,S. D., in place of F ran k B oggoge; E dw ard E vans, Judge, Siletz, Ore., in place of Scott L ane; Jo h n K ick ing W om an, Laborer, B laekfeet, M ont., in place of Jo h n M or­gan ; Joseph S tew art, A pprentice, Crow, M ont., in place of W alk -w ith -a w olf; Long N e c k , L aborer, Crow, M ont., in place of Ben Long E a r ; George No H eart, M es­senger, C heyenne R iver, S. D ., in place of Amos B lack B ird ; Chas. D ickens, I n ­te rp reter, San C arlos, A riz ., in place of M artin T ie tha; F in ley W ilson, S tockm an, K lam ath , Ore., in place of Jesse K irk ; F red F ox, A ppren tice, F t. B ertho ld , N. D., in place of Isaac, F o x ; C has. S m ith Asst. B lacksm ith , W hite E a rth , M inn,, W h itley T ravereie, A sst. B la c k sm ith C heyenne R iver, S. D ., in place of Joseph W h ite Dog; Red H orse, Judge , Y ank ton ,S. D., in place of R obert C larkson.

The P onca C ity C ourier says, there is a s trong opposing sen tim en t all over the In d ian T errito ry aga in st any im m ediate single statehood m ovem ent although , n ea rly every m an adm its th a t such ac­tion m u st come.

As Vaccination Prevents Smallpox So Train­ing to Work Prevents Crime.

“ W h a t per cen t of th e prisoners under your care have received any m anual tra in ­ing beyond some acquain tance w ith fa rm ­ing, ” a no rth ern m an asked th e w arden of a sou thern pen iten tiary .

“ N ot O N E per ce n t,” rep lied th e w ar­den.

“ H ave you no m echanics in p riso n ?” “ Only one m echan ic—th a t is, one m an

who claim s to be a house p a in te r .”“ H ave you any shoem akers?” asked

the v isito r.“ N ever had a shoem aker.”“ H ave you any ta ilo rs” ?“ N ever had a ta ilo r .”“ A ny p r in te rs? ”“ N ever had a p r in te r .”“ A ny ca rp en te rs?”“ N ever had a m an in th is prison th a t

could draw a s tra ig h t lin e .”“ These fac ts ,” says th e w rite r in the

N o rth A m erican Review, w ho te lls the inc iden t,” seem to show th a t m an u a l tra in ing is alm ost as good a p reven tive of crim e as vaccination of sm all-pox .”

Good for Whites and Indians.

W h a t Booker T. W ash ing ton urges up ­on h is people is good for all classes who indulge in the sam e th ings th a t h in d e r progress. H e would have h is people:

“ Raise chickens and q u it stealing them .H ave m ore hogs and cows, few er dogs

and cats.A hom e before a piano.Good, plain clo thes before finery.P len ty of good, w holesom e v ic tuals be­

fore so m any ‘fancy fix ings.’More solid food and less fro licking.More read ing and less gadding.More saviDg-banks and less m ortgages.More learn ing and less laziness.More vegetables and fru its , and less

weeds and underbrush .More flowers on the m ark e t sta lls and

fewer on th e ir bonnets.”

Enigma of 8 Letters.My first is in cat b u t never in mouse.My 2 is in dog as well as in house.My 3 is in school bu t never in b o o k ;My 4 is in lard bu t never in cook.My 5 is th e first in tbe w ave to thejseaMy 6 is in boat, bu t never in me. ’ ’My 7 is the knave who would steal from

a f r ie n d ;My last is the first or beginning of end.My whoU is w h«t holiday ska ters did

wish, but it w ent fa rth e r north to freeze up the fLh.

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N ew N n b s c r ip t t o n s can com m ence a t any tim e du ring th e year.

P a y m e n t for th e B edm an & He l p e r , w hen se n t by m ail should be made by P ost Office Money Order, or by registered le tte r , to insure sa fe ty in transm ission , bu t tw o-cen t s tam ps in sm all am oun ts a re accep tab le ; and s ilv er q u a r te rs if im bedded in cardboard and pasted in on both sides, o r if well w rapped so as no t to m ake a bunch, ca rry nicely. All such transm iss ions of m oney, how ever, a re a t th e sen d er’s risk . B u t be i t said, th a t in our six teen y ea rs of B edm an ex ­perience, we do n o t rem em ber to h av e lo st a cen t th rough th e m ails. S till it is b e tte r to be on the sa fe side.

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I t is th e R E D M A N Volume and N um ber in le f t end of d a te line on first page th a t o u r tim e cred its re fe r to . We p r in t th e C onsolidated B edm an & He l p e r Volume and N um ber on th e r ig h t only because requ ired to do so by law .

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A ddress all business correspondence toMiss M. Bur g ess , Supt. of P rin ting ,

In d ian School, Carlisle, Pa.