A WEEKLY LETTER—FROM T H E—

Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.

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V O L . IX. —F R ID A Y , JU N E 22, 1894.— NO- 39

Q U EST IO N S.

SSjTj, O ships have eyes w hen they go to sea? ia jp A re there sirrings in th e ocean bed? Jiyj! Does a “ jo lly ta r ’’ ooze from a tree?'- 't Can a riv er lose its head ?

W h a t k ind of food is w a tch m an ’s bea t?Can an old loom sing its lay?

Can a poem tr ip w ith o u tits feet?W h a t notes does a gam bler p lay?

W ill a b lack sm ith ’s vise condem n h is soul?Can a book be w hite and red ?

To whom does a church bell pay its to ll? W ho shingles a w ater shed ?

If a m instre l boy can sing h is lay?Can a sh ip sing her “ la y -to ? ’’

Do tigers ask for grace when they prey ?Can a bugle no te come due ?

I s “ F a th e r T im e” a noted th ie f F o r stea’ing th e hours away ?

Can you give a window pane relief?Can you m end the break of day?

W ill a foreign clim e m ake any one tired ?Is a m ountain clim b like M ay?

C an a haul of fish for balls be h ired?Can a donkey feed on a brae?

Is a purchase m ade w hen shoes are soled?Can an axe th e rainbow hew ?

If I keep on tw isting the tale I ’ve told,P ra y w hat will you readers do?

A CO M A N CH E C H IE F ON H IS W A Y TO T H E EA ST.

Q uanah P ark er, of the C om anche tribe, is one of the w ealth iest m en of the great South W est.

In personal appearance when in c iv ili­zation Q uanah is scrupulously n ea t; he is up to the la tes t sty le in civilized dress, wears spotless linen and dons all the accoutrem ents of a c ity gentlem an.

B u t for his long braided h a ir and scalp- lock he would scarcely be taken for an In ­d ian of the plains.

H e is half w hite, being th e sou of a w hile

w om an who was cap tured w hen a ch ild by h is tribe, then on the w ar p a th in Texas.

H is m other grew up in the tribe , m arried a chief, bore several ch ild ren of w hom Q uanah w as one. Then w hen her people discovered her w hereabouts and cam e and took h er to her old hom e, she did n o t w ish to rem ain w ith h er own people bu t preferred th e people w ith w hom she had lived all h e r life—th e Cam p In d ian s . The G overnor of T exas and h er people would n«t le t her go back, how ever and she soon died. T his show s th a t the w hite w om an can be Ind ian ized as su rely by env i­ro n m en t as M r. A rizona S m ith ’s half-educated In d ian g irl who re tu rn s to her tribe from school can be, and as w ell as the In d ian s can be civilized by th row ing them in to the env i­ronm ent of civ ilization and keeping them there .

Q uanah can speak some E ng lish .F o r instance w hen he was here w ith tw o

o ther notable chiefs of the South W est in. a t­tendance upon our C om m encem ent exercises la s t M ay a conversation arose one day between h im and Capt. P ra tt, and one of Q uanah’s re­m arks was taken down by the M an-on-the- band-stand as he spoke it, so as to preserve his sty le of E ng lish .

H e .sa id :“ I got 200 acres land , 100 cattle , 100 horses,

200 hogs, 250 sheep, 1000 acres to herd m y cattle . Me w an t m an to keep m y books, te ll m e how m uch me spend, how m uch m e pay m y m en for work. Me got good boy, w an t h im keep my books. Got th ree ch ild ren , me w an t them come C arlisle school, e tc .”

The M an-on-tbe-band-stand also noticed th a t o ften tim es w hen Q uanah was ap p a ren tly absorbed in w hat he w as doing a t th e tim e say a t the table, he w as ta k in g in w ith one eye a ll th a t was going on around h im . So Q uanah wa« a close observer of the w ays of the w hite m an.

As an illu stra tion of th is , an am using stm-y

( Continued onthe Fourth P a g o .)

_ P R IN T E D E V E R Y F R ID A Y—AT THE—

I n d ia n I n d u s tr ia l S ch ool, C a r lis le , I* a .,

J " h E J m D I A N j ' i e i L P E R

« rT H K INDIAN iiELTEB is PKINTKD by Indian boys, but EDITED by The man-on-the-band-stand, who is NOT an Indian

P R I C E l—1 0 C E N T S A Y E A R -

A ddress I n d i a n H e l p e r , C arlisle, Pa.M iss M. B urgess , M anager.

E ntered in the P. O. a t Carlisle as second class m a il m atter.

Do not hesita te to take the H e l p e r from the Post Office, for if you have n o t paid for it, som e one else has. I t is paid for in advance.

H askell C om m encem ent exercises took place th is week.

Ben M arshall, of (Jhoska, w as in tow n the first of the w eek .—[Muscogee P hoenix.

M r. D eavor spen t W ednesday evening at M t. H o lly Springs, th e guest of h is b ro ther who is p reach ing there.

The p rin te rs have reorganized th e ir base­ball team , and are ready to accept challenges. F red W ilson is th e m anager.

T here are several cases of sm all-pox in the neighborhood, bu t we have lit tle cause for fea r as every precau tion is being taken to pre­v en t its spread.

A n old C arlisle w orker who is now in the Pueblo coun try w rites: “ I would no t choosea residence on these a lka li p la in s w here su n ­sh ine is perpe tual, d itto w ind, and sm all fru its only for the bloated bond-holder.”

M rs. H a rrie t H yde Shiverick , w ho served acceptab ly as M atron a t the Sm all B oys’ Q u arte rs for a long tim e, was m arried last M onday to M r. George W . B ailey, a t Lee, Mass. W e ex tend congratu lations.

M r. Guy S tevick , Capt. P ra tt 's son-in-law of D enver, m et w ith a bad accident the o ther day. W hile r id ing h is wheel, he fe ll and was dragged .th ir ty feet by a cable car. H e w as taken in to a d rug store and finally recovered sufficiently to be taken home. W e are glad to say he is rap id ly recovering.

M iss C lara A nthonv has left our school to live a less arduous life a t h e r com ­fortab le hom e on N. W est St Miss A nthony has been assis tan t a t the H ospita l for several years and will be greatly missed by her co­w orkers and o thers a t the school, as well as by the Sunday school in w hich she has taken an active part. She does no t expect to go into her new house im m ediate ly but will first v isit friends a t a d istance and in the vi­cin ity of town.

Since the last issue of the H e l p e r , W illiam D om inick, Thom as L eC lair, Jo h n LeC lair, E m m aline C lark , E s th e r C lark , S arah Moore, L ettie C onnelly , Cora Poor Bear, Eliza, Jo h n ­son, Jam es W aldo, S tan ley Edge, G ilm ore H ock, Jo sep h B lack B ear, D arw in H aves, Jacob L ittlem a u , H a rry M ann, F ran k H a t ' ring ton , C harles D eB rae, S arah V anaey , Mal- pass Cloud, Ju lia S haycaw , E a rn e s t Peters, E dw ard P ete rs ,Jo h n so n A dam s, M arian F ish ­er, L uke Pequongay , W illiam Denomie, J u lia W illiam s, Ju lia E dw ards, M ary Ja n e S ilas, M ay Jackson , M arth a Isaacs, Isabe lla W illis , A nnie T abasash , M artha W alker, K a tr in e Sm oke, D aniel Jackson , E nos Pego, Levi Pego, S m ith Shaw egans, F ra n k Cam- peau, Solomon Collins, L azarus W illis, Jo n a h Red B ird , D aniel Taylor, C harles Green, and Jo n as Sm oke, 47 in a ll’ have gone to th e ir hom es in various parts of th e west. Of these, W illiam D enom ie is the on ly graduate Som e of them expect to re tu rn to the school to continue th e ir studies.

M isses A lice J . K ester, E d ith Eves, M abel Eves, C arrie Leggott, M innie K isner, S tan ley Eves, LeR ue Ev< s, Geo. R ichards, W illie Eck- m a 'i, and B enj. F R ich, all of M illv ille, Co- um bia Co,, v isited th e school on S atu rd ay , stopping on on th e ir way hom e from G etty s­burg w here as delegates they were in a t te n d ­ance upon the Loyal T em perance Legion Con­vention. They were a jo lly com pany of young people and appeared to practice no tem perance in en joym ent. Miss K e s te r 's fa th e r was one of the first farm fa th e rs of the school, Joe V et­te r and F ra n k Twiss having lived there . She recen tly hea rd from Joe who is liv ing in Sacram ento , Cal , and doing well.

Mr. D rum and a delegation of large boys w en t to th e low er farm on M onday and picked several bushels of cherries for th e p u p ils’ tables. On the n ex t day a deta il of sm all boys was sen t to p ick po ta to bugs I t is said th a t the large boys w ere selected for the cherry trees because th’ey w ould not be so ap t to eat the delicious f ru it as they p icked,but from the looks of some of the m ouths w hen th ey re­tu rned the M an-on-the-band-staud dares to say th a t they m a y have eaten perhaps one or two. One th in g ce rta in there was uoevidence of any ea ting of the fru it of the ‘‘green potato v in e” afte r the n ex t d a y ’s picking.

A dam Spring who has difficulty in pronounc­ing som e words correctly , som etim es sta tions h im self on top of the back-stop w hile a gam e of base ball is in progress and between strikes constitu tes him self a veritab le bureau of in ­form ation th rough his various announcem ents in te rp re ta tions and ejacu la tions, often tim es causing a m erry laugh from the by-stauders. On M onday evening w hen a w hizzing foul was sen t s tra ig h t up in air and every body was bo ld ing th e ir b rea th to see if i t would be caught, or not, th e youthfu l wag called from h is high perch, “ There goes a ball to fizik (visit,) V enus.”_______________

Mr. S am uel H osner, of C arlisle , w hile p laste rin g a t the school last F rid ay , had the m isfortune to run a needle in to his hand . C onsiderable difficulty was had in ex tra c tin g it, b u t tbe w ound lias healed nicely and he is again at. work.

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Peas!V ac a tio n !V acc in a tio n !P ersp iration!E lec tric show ers!Lem onade treats!R aspberries, soon!R oasting-ears, nex t!School closed on F riday last.The picnic.season is now a t hand .M etzgar C om m encem ent th is week.H arv es tin g has com m enced a t th e lower

farm .The school n ine p lays a t W illiam stow n to­

morrow'.T here is a good study upon th e p lay of

w ords in th e poem on first page.L u th e r Dahhafa has gone to H u n te rs R un in

the South M ountain to spend a few weeks for h is hea lth .

M iss Isabella W olfe re tu rned to P h ila ­delph ia on S atu rday afte r a p leasan t two w eeks’ stay am ong us.

A lit t le son has come to live in th e p retty hom e of M r. and Mrs. W eber back am ong the trees in the W est corner of the grounds.

Prof, and Mrs. B akeless are spending S un­day w ith friends near S unbury . They w ent to a tten d the w edding of Prof. B akeless’s sis­ter.

Miss C u tter has gone to h e r A m herst hom e, M ass., for h er sum m er vacation. She will a t­tend the S um m er school the re a p a rt of the tim e.

The T ally -h o coach, ‘‘V a lia n t,” from H a r­risburg , created qu ite a sensation as it drove th rough the grounds last T hursday evening, w ith a m erry load of passengers.

M iss Jam eson, who has been assisting in the sew ing room for the past year, left last w eek for B altim ore, w here sire w ill m ake her hom e w ith her b rother.

D avid A braham and W esson M urdock take th e places of Jos. B lack B ear and W illiam Carefeil, as m ail-carriers for the school. W illia m has gone to the country.

F red Wilson-, W illiam Denom ie, P h ilip La- v a tta , George W arren and H u g h Sowcea spent Tuesday a t G ettysburg . T hey w en t over the battlefield and had th e ir photo taken a t Dev­il’s Den.

F red W ilson, overcom e by the h ea t or too m uch blow ing upon h is ho rn too soon afte r d inner, fell in a swoon in th e olhce on S a t­urday, tint was soon resuscitated by the aid of w ater and vigorous m assage.

Mrs. Thom pson has re tu rned from N ew J e r ­sey w here,she w ent to see a sick sister. She b rough t hack her little nephew , M aster Brew­ster. H is m am m a, M rs. G allup, has since joined him and is v isiting Mr. and Mrs. Thom pson.

M r. D ennison W heelock and b ro ther Jam es re tu rn ed yesterday from a two m o n th s’ v isit to the ir hom e in Oneida, Wis. They brought w ith them th ree boys " h o will en ter the school. D ennison’s m ustache is the w onder of everybody.

C oa l-dust!B lack faces!Potato-bugs!M oonlight nights!V isiting p len tifu l!W eeds in the lane!The hom e going parties have m ade a busy

tim e for some of us.Miss Burgess is a tten d in g the F rie n d s ’

Y early M eeting a t M illville, th is state.Miss Bow ersox’ youngest b ro ther R ollin is

v is itin g th e school, a guest of h is sister.Delos Lone W olf addressed th ree different

audiences, in the v ic in ity of M an ad aH ill, last week in the in te rest of th e Y. M. C. A. and had a p leasan t tim e.

Miss M argaret B Longshore, of the Sw arth- m ore G ram m ar School, Mrs. Tbos. K now les and M iss W orsta ll, of Y ardley, w ere am ong the v isitors, th is week.

M r. Spray w ho has been teach ing in Noi 11 for a p art of the year has gone to jo in h is wife in W aynesville, N C.

The exh ib it of school w ork for th e S tate T eachers’C onvention to be held at M edia n ex t m onth is pu t up in good shape an d from the M au-on-the-band-stand’s po in t of view will m ake a cred itab le showing.

The gam e of ball between the F irs t and Second n ines on Tuesday even ing was close and exciting . The score by inn ings was as follows:

F irs t........................ 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0—3Second................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—1‘‘Mr. Goodyear has telephoned ou t for a

p itc h e r ,” said the telephone m an ipu la to r.“ A ch ina or porcelain p itc h e r? ” was asked

by one near.‘‘No, flesh and bones.”“ Oh, base-ball, U ndines! I see!”“ H ave a caram el ?” asked one of the teachers

of a young gentlem an caller th e o ther even- ■ ing as he was about leaving.

“ C arry ’em up w h ere?” he' asked, tak in g the whole dish, w hile th e teacher stood aghast.

D avid Tipsico was tu rn in g a large w heel in the b lacksm ith shop the o ther day w hen some v isito rs called.

“ W here’s your steam en g in e?” asked the escort.

“ I ’m steam in ju n enough, ” he rep lied as the persp ira tion poured down his m an ly face.

The last exh ib itio n of th e school year was held last T hu rsday nigh t, and it was in te re s t­ing from beginning to end. W hile not per­haps the best of the year, i t was creditable to the perform ers, and those young m en whose tongues are s till unused to all the tw ists necessary to good E ng lisn speaking, deserve special cred it for the effort m ade.

Prof. A dolphus Cote^sat, who has been ca rry ing on classes in F rench a t our school, in Carlisle, and in York for a year or tw o is about to leave on a v is it to h is hom e in P aris. H is b ro ther Prof. H en ry w ill rem ain in tow n and possibly give lessons to a lim ited num ber d u r­ing the heated term.. The form er expects to re tu rn in S eptem ber and continue h is suc­cessful work. They teach th e B erlitz m ethod.

(Continued from, the F irst Page )

is told of an in c id e n t w h ic h o ccu rred on th e tra in as he was ccmiDg E ast.

A tow nsw om an of C arlisle happened to occupy the sam e coach w ith Q uanah and his expensively dressed In d ia n wife. Q uanah generally trave ls w ith th e youngest and handsom est of several wives, and dresses her on such occasions in silks and jew elry .

The new sboy cam e th rough the car, w ith those convenient little silver or n ickel tags for valises, w hich we have all seen. I t w ill be rem em bered th e y have slo ts in w hich a sm all card , on w hich m ay be w ritten the nam e of the ow ner, can be slipped.

The boy, being no respecter of persons, stopped a t the C hief’s seat and show ed his wares.

“ W h a t fo r? ” asked Q uanah.“ See ?” said the boy as he a ttached the nam e­

less tag to th e valise.“ Oli, y es ,” rep lied Q uanah, know ing ly ra is ­

ing his brows.H e did no t catch the idea th a t i t was for h is

nam e, but the though t th a t it was an or- am en t and th e th in g for a civilized m an to possess, was qu ite sufficient.

“ H ow m uch ?”“ T w enty-five ce n ts ,” answered th e boy.H ad he said ten do llars i t would have been

all the sam e to Q uanah afte r he had d e ter­m ined to have one.

“ A ll r ig h t ,” he replied, and paid for th e one a lready on h is valise, w hile th e boy passed on.

“ T h en ,” said the w itness of the episode, “ I t was very am using to w atch Q uanah as he glanced w ith co m p 'a isan t a ir occasionally a t b is valise fu lly satisfied th a t he h ad done ju s t the rig h t th in g .”

A V E R Y G E N T E E L L IT T L E M IS T A K E .

Some of the In d ian boys som etim es hes ita te to accept an inv itation to tea or d in u e r w ith a teacher, fearing th e y w ill m ake som e little m istake a t tab 'e .

They need have no such fears, for being such a close ob»erver of m anner and custom s of associates, the In d ia n seem s to catch the tr ick s of etiquette , w ithou t effort and w ithou t m uch teach ing . I t is often rem arked th a t “ such and such an one has very n ice m an ­ners, and w here did he get th e m ? ”

B ut an am using little inc iden t occurred some tim e ago, which will be read w ith as m uch in terest by the boys and g irls now a t the school as by the rest of our readers.

A n Ind ian boy had been inv ited to d ine w ith a friend in town.

The d in n e r progressed n icely , and the lad,

who was not long from cam p, did no th ing un ­seem ly. I t w as observed, how ever, th a t he noticed every m ove a t the table, and w hat bis friend did, th a t be did.

W hen his friend a te w ith a fork , he ate w ith a fork.

W hen h is friend sipped his coffee w ith a spoon, he did likew ise.

I f his friend m ashed h is potatoes w ith his fork and p u t b u tte r on th em , he d id also.

A lively conversation w as k ep t up all th rough , so as to m ake the In d ian boy as com ­fortable as possible.

B u t w hen oranges cam e for dessert the boy was a t a loss to know how to hand le the fru it.

H is friend had an orange w hich was de­cayed on one side, so he took the knife, cu t it in half and on ly ate the good part, leav ing the o ther a t th e side of h is plate.

The boy believing th a t w hat his friend did was undoub ted ly good m anners followed suit, took h is kn ife , and as sk ilfu lly cu t h is great fine orange in ha lf and ate one h a lf only, leav ing the o ther h a lf by the side of h is plate.

The boy liked oranges, but he did n o t m ean to com m it an y breach of e tiquette .

Our boys and girls were disappointed be­cause th e M an-on-the-band-stand , h is chief clerk and his fo rem an were prevented by floods and w ashouts from being p resen t at our C om m encem ent. W e s till hope to see the old gen tlem an a t some fu tu re tim e .—[Talks a n d Thoughts, H am pton , Va.

E n i g m a .I am m ade of 10 le tters.My 7, 9, 1 is a niece of old clo th .My 2, 3, 10, 5 is the ou tside of a w ater-m elon. My 8, 6,4, 8 is w h a t some hotels use for

m eal-call.My whole is w hat some of th e litlle Ind ian

girl» do not easily tire of.

A n s w e r to L a s t W e e k ’s K n i g m a : C her­ries.

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