A WEEKLY LETTER *—FROM T H E —

Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.

V O L. IX- -F R ID A Y , A U G U ST 17, 1894.- NO. 4 7

A L IT T L E STREAM .

fie. L IT T L E stream had lost its way,Ip A m id the grass and fern,

% A passing stranger scooped a well, W here w eary men m igh t tu rn .

H e walled it in , and hu n g w ith care A ladle a t th e b rink ;

H e thought not of th e deed he did,B ut judged th a t all m ig h t d rink ;

H e passed aga in ; and Io! the well,By sum m er never dried,

H ad cooled ten thousand parch ing tongues A nd saved a life beside.

A nam eless m an, am id the crowd T h a t th ronged the daily m art,

L et fall a word of hope and love,U nstudied , from the heart,

A w hisper on the tu m u lt th row n,A transito ry breath,

I t raised a brother from the dust.I t saved a soul from death.

O g erm ! () fount! O word of love!O though t a t random c a s t!

Ye w ere bu t little a t the first,B u t m igh ty at the la s t.—{E x-

W A ST ED T IM E AND O PP O R T U N IT IE S .T im e slips by u« alm ost unheeded, never to

re tu rn . I t cannot be saved like m oney, to be used afte r a w hile, or stored as in a reservoir. E ach m om ent is given to us bu t once. We m ust m ake use of it or it will pass aw ay, never to re tu rn .

This is one of the serious d isadvantages u n ­der w hich the w age-w orker labors in a strike ag a in st cap ita l. H is em ployer m ay h a .e stored up resources w ith w hich he can mail - ta in h im self for some tim e though id le ; the w age-w orker has little oppo rtu n ity to save, and every day of idleness is a dead loss to him of so m uch tim e and so m uch wages.

The em ployer m ay even suffer no lo es d u rin g a strike , th e increased value of tiis stock on hand m ak ing up for the enforced idleness of h is works.

To the w age-w orker especially tim e is of very g rea t value. H e canno t afford to waste an y of it.

This does not m ean th a t he should never be idle. On the con trary , he w ill m ake a g rea t m istake if by overtask ing h im self he cripples h is powers of work.

Tim e is wasted unless it is used so as to keep a sound m ind in a sound body. T here m ust be an adequate allow ance of tim e for rest and tim e for recreation , or th e tim e for w ork canno t be fu lly utilized.

The g rea test w aste of tim e and opportun ities however, is com m itted by young m en and women. They do not realize th e value of tim e u n til years have ro lled aw ay and they find them selves bound dow n to hard labor th a t they m igh t have escaped if they had only (aken tim e to im prove the ir m iuds or develop some k ind of special sk ill th a t would put the ir services in dem and.

M uch of the d istress of the world falls upon the w orkers of little sk ill, whose place can easily be filled from a g reat th rong of o ther incom petents, alw ays seeking a job. V ery m any of these (not all, perhaps) have wasted the ir tim e and opportunities in th e ir youth .

They have sought recreation and am use­m en t w hen they should have been s tu d y in g ; they have refused to w ork a t any calling th a t required them to soil th e ir hands or the ir clo thes; th ey have accepted easy s itua tions and have reached m anhood or w om anhood ignorant, lazy and incapable of g iv ing useful service to th e ir em ployers.

B u t th ey canno t recall one m inu te of the wasted hours and days of th e ir youth . No re­pentance w ill bring back to them lost oppor­tunities.

They are doomed as by fate, for which (hey a ie them selves in part responsible, to a life of ill paid toil or of snam e.

This lesson cannot be too often held up be­fore the young, for they are thoughtless and always more or less indifferent to the lessons of experience.

(Continued on the fourth page-)

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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 t r ia l S ch oo l, C a r lis le , P a . ,

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PRI CE ;—i 0 GENTS A YEAR-

Address I n iiia n K e e p e r , C arlisle, Pa.M iss M . B urgess , M a n a g er .

Entered in the P. O. a t Carlisle as second class m a il m a tter.

Do not hesita te to tak e the H e l p e r from the Post Office, for if you have no t paid for it, som e one else has. I t is paid for in advance.

“ W hat m en w an t is not ta len t, it is purpose ; in oilier words, no t the power to achieve, but th e will to labor.”—[Lytton .

Mrs. B ow erm au w rites th a t A lice L ong Polo sleeps well and is b righ ter. H er appetite is good and she seem s to be m ending .

W e hear th a t M organ Toprock was for a tim e in te rp re te r a t San C arlos A gency, A ri­zona, but is now serv ing as ch ief scout.

The last of the series of In d ian School con­ventions was held in S t. P au l, M inn., th is week. Capt. P ra tt and fam ily are expected hom e nex t week.

Jo h n Low ry has sen t for tw en ty “ S tiy as ,” hav in g a lready disposed of the ten we sent h im a short tim e ago. Jo h n seem s to be w ork ing up qu ite a dem and for them .

W e learn from an exchange th a t R obert J . H am ilton delivered an address at the In d ian In s titu te at P o rt Shaw , M ontana, en titled , “ How to E d u ca te and C ivilize the In d ia n P e rp e tu a lly .”

The R ed M an is a valuable m o n th ly paper of eight large pages, haudsom ely p rin ted at the In d ian In d u stria l School, C arlisle, Pa. F ifty cents a y ea r .—[The H ousekeeper , M in­neapolis, M inn.

The school team m et the C arlisle club on S atu rday afternoon a t the A th le tic g rounds in town and were defeated in an in te resting gam e by a score of 6 to 4. The C arlisiers won in the first in n in g on a com bination of h its and errors, scoring 5 runs. After th a t our boys settled down and kep t th e ir opponents hustling . The features of th e gam e on our side were th e p itch ing and batting of Jam ison and the ca tch ing of P a rk h u rs t. The In d ian s m ade n ine Hits to C arlisle’s live. A ppended is the score by inn ings:Carlisle...........................5 0 0 0 9 I 0 0 x—6In d ia n s .......................... 0 0 (I F t 0 0 (I 0—4

Miss Isabellu Cornelius of H artford tile Winner

In our issue of J u ly 6th, we published an E n igm a, for the best so lu tion of w hich a prize of one do lla r w as offered, answ ers to be ac­com panied by one new subscrip tion . In (he E n ig m a w ere h idden six teen fam iliar cities and tow ns, and th e person sending th e correct lis t of these h idden cities and tow ns m ost n e a t­ly w ritten and w ith the least num ber of m is­takes w ith regard to spe lling and cap ita l le t­te rs was to receive the prize. Q uite a num ber of answ ers were sen t in . M any got the c o r­rec t lis t, but on account of o ther m istakes were ru led out. The first one received fu lfilling all th e above conditions was sen t by Miss Isab e l­la C ornelius, of H artfo rd , Conn., and to her we have sen t th e dollar. W e congratu late her upon h er success. To all w ho sen t a n ­sw ers we extend our th a n k s and hope th e ir in te rest in us w ill con tinue. W e w ould call the atteni ion of them and all our readers to our p rem ium photographs, a list of w hich w ill be sen t Upon receip t of a 1 cen t stam p. F ollow ing is the answ er to th e E n ig m a : A u ­gusta, H elena, Troy, A ustin , N ew por', IJiiea, Dover, Salem , A ltoona, D allas, Reading, E rie , E lm ira , Ithaca , D enver and Concord.

S arah K ennedy and S y lvan ia Cooper send the following le tte r to th e M ati-on-the-band- s ta n d : “ It is a g reat p leasu re to us to informyou th a t we the In d ian g irls are en joy ing o u r­selves in our co u n try hom es. W e had the In ­d ian picnic on the n in th of A ugust a t Miss R u sse ll’s g ran d m o th er’s woods. We gathered prom ptly in the forenoon. The re freshm en ts were served. M r. Shaw , a p reacher, of th e P resby terian chu rch , m ade an address and Miss J u lia D orris sang a solo. W e enjoyed very m uch seeing M iss R ussell and h er friends. We consider they are the best peo­ple try in g to belli the In d ia n s .”

V acation a t th e school is no t vacation as the w hile hoy understands it. D uring Ju ly and A ugust w hen the school d ep artm en t is closed, the pupils work all day w ith an occas­ional outing and the usual S a tu rd ay h a lf holi­day. Id leness is no t encouraged here and in an in stitu tion of th is k ind it is better to keep the m ind occupied thau to allow opportun ities for m ischief.

The In d ian s are rap id ly acqu iring c.ivjlized no tions, even about strikes. W e learn from an exchauge th a t som e In d ian s in N orthern W isconsin , who have been p ick ing blueberries for th e neighboring farm ers, have gone on a s trike . They say th a t the pay received is too sm all and decline to go hack u n til it is in ­creased.

One of our subse tibers who celebrates Inn- seventy seventh b irthday to-day w rites in re­new ing her su b sc rip tio n : “T here is no paper th a t conies to our bouse that I read w ith m ore av id ity th a n you r spicy little paper. May God con tinue to bless the C arlisle S c h o o l , and increase the m eans of educating and C h ris tian ­izing and th u s e leva ting th a t m uch abased and too long neglected people.”

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Pt aches TA nother cool w ave!S trangs A ugust w eather!Thom as Peleoya is in from th e country .Miss B arr is expected hom e tom orrow .Susie F arew ell leaves for the coun try to-day.A lpha Scott is in from a sh o rt v is it to the

con n try .M r. W alker was on the sick lis t for several

days this week.The base hall w ill soon give way to th e foot

hall in t i e m inds of the boys.The “ frozen id ea” wagon d raw n by a goat

a ttracted som e a tten tio n th is week.C lark S m ith ’s big glove is a regu la r s tone

w aif a t Short stop. In size it is a m in ia tu re barn door.

Mrs. Dr. T aylor of Johnstow n , and Miss jsfusie K link , of N ew viile, v isited the school W ednesday.

The parade ground never looked m ore beau­tifu l than a t presen t. The recen t ra ins have brightened, it w onderfully .

Several of the boys have visited the encam p­m e n t oiMhe N ational.G uard of P ennsy lvan ia a t G ettysburg th is week.

Messis. Jeff'. C. Koch, E d ito r K utztow n Patriot and W illiam D ieber,of K utztow n, th is state, were am ong the visitors last week.

I rene C am p b e l l w rites t h a t sh e is h a v in g a d e l ig h tfu l t im e a t A slniry P ark . She says tire

ople ui?xt door made so m uch noise the ot her n igh t she could not say her prayers.

f n , he absence of the first n ine Tuesday, the «Mcoud and th ird n ines played a gam e, w hich «T„a,.|os« and exciting a t first, bu t ended in a victor? f° r th e ^ ec,md by a score of 11 to 6.

Oregon, b u t eisew hete

Arrs W o r th in g to n , w h o w e n t to M anns pa ., for h e r h e a l th , becam e,so ill th e re

, h’e liad to he b ro u g h t to her h o m e in I ’m lisle on S atu rday . W e are glad to say th a t at th is w rit in g sh e is im p ro v in g .

p C harles M anchester, E d ito r and „ , hJiifi- of the M issionary S ia n a l, Barke.vs- i l l ’ n R ev . D B. Shoop, of M echanics- 7 ' ’ «nd Rev. C. D Risliel of C arlisle, were•r 'trh ’' of m in is te ria l v isitors on M onday.

mt.e t ailors w hp have been tem poral ily wot k- n Vi c c lo th ing room of the L arge B oys’

l’S have retu rned to th e ir room winchiu a r ’ rem odeled and enlarged. The ear- m 8, o , r e s till a t w ork on th e pain t shop.

-r Donhepe, S idney B u rr, ( lark o im tii,Loui.x. Susie Moon, M ollie E lm ore,

M ary N apoleon, N ellie O’DellJu lia EW ij,r i ’ M a tthew B row n, Ed warn

c ra n k A ndrew and F ra n k Thom as b P°ti,,« nam es of the pupils b rought in by “ I” , , , lit, last week. T hey are a nice look-lu 'f and in te llig en t lo t of pupils.

T he law n m ow er is getting in its line w ork.The base-baJl grounds have been ro lled and

re-m arked .W ho said th a t the cistern was blow n over,

m ean ing the pum p?Miss W iest le ft for her hom e in N ew viile on

S atu rd ay evening.Dr. M ontezum a is vaccinating those pupils ,

on w hom it d id not ta k e before.W illiam C arrefell lias re tu rned from T rust

w here he has been v is iting friends.Sam uel Dion sends a lis t of 10 subscrip tions

from his co u n try hom e a t A lauder, Mass.Mr. G iven, who is v isiting th e farm boys,,

reports th ings in general very satisfactory .T hresh ing has been com pleted at the near

farm and is now going on a t the low er farm .Miss E ly is a tten d in g th e yearly ga thering

of the E ly fam ily in B ucks C ounty th is week.Mr. Beitzel was a t M ont A lto P a rk y es te r­

day, a tten d in g the C hristian E ndeavo r p icn ic.W hen you have done a w rong act, don ’t lie

about i t or ru n aw ay. Be a m an and face the m usic.

Mr. W beelock m ade a flying tr ip to E lm ira , N . Y ., Tuesday on business connected w ith th e school.

The read ing room in the Large B oys’ Q uar­ters, w hich has been closed tem porarily , w ill be open tom orrow.

Jd lia L adeaux in w riting for a “ S tiy a ,” says she d o n ’t see w hy some of the s tuden ts like to stay aw ay from dear C arlisle.

A sub-criber says: “ Y our paper is w orth m ore to us than m any we pay ten tim es its price tor.' The local page is well ed ited .-”

The school team W'll play a gam e of ball w ith the H oltzm an n ine of H arrisb u rg a t th a t place tom orrow afternoon. This w ill prob- abiv be the last m atch gam e of the Season.

A num ber of the boys and g irls attended i th e C atholic picnic on W ednesday, a t P ine

Grove. A n ine com posed ol In d ian hoys de- j feated a n ine of w hites by a score of 16 to 5.i . The race between Miss B ourassa on the \ bicycle and the Doctor on foot had qu ite all f exciting ending w hen they collided on the

home stre tch anti a general sp ill took place. F o rtu n a te ly there w ere no in juries.

The w ind an d ra in storm of W ednesday evening was qu ite a furious one, though it lasted only a l'ew m inutes. A couple of trees were blown dow n a t the near farm . A heavy iron steam er cha ir on the balcony of the office build ing w as upset and tossed in to a corner.

The school n ine w ent to H anover on T ues­day to play a gam e of ball w ith the team of th a t place and were defeated by a score of JO to 3 . The boys could not hit the H anover p itch ­er, H u tch in son being the only m an who could connect w ith his curves to any ex ten t. H e had four safe h its to his cred it out of four tim es a t the hat. Mr. Thom pson accom panied the team . A bout lo<>0 people w itnessed the gam e.

{C ontinued fro m the first page.)

H ere and there , how ever, one m ay be found •who w ill lis ten to the w arn ing and guard against th e w aste of tim e.

In doing so he need not sacrifice th e ra tio n ­al en joym ents of life. T here is abundan t tim e for p lay , as well as for s tudy and w ork and rest, if one w ill m ake a proper d ivision.

A nd the re w ill be no w aste of tim e if each hour is m ade to help bu ild up th e physical, m en ta l or m oral qualities or to develop some special sk ill th a t w ill be useful in the b read ­w inn ing contests of th e fu tu re .—[Balto. Sun .

AN E A SY JO B .

The fam ilia r term , “ a soft sn ap ,” has a very a llu rin g sound to m ost young m en. B u t i t is a s iren ’s song th a t leads to des truc tion . E asy positions are usually e ith e r really poor ones in p o in t of com pensation or dem oralizing ones in th e ir effect upon th e m en occupying them .

I t is the la tte r sort w hich w ill bear d iscus­sion because of th e ir seductiveness. The average young m an looks no fu rth e r ahead th a n the present. So long as h is “ soft sn a p ” continues he is con ten t.

B u t w hen it comes to an end—w hat th en ? The n ex t position offered m ay be one of hard w ork and responsibility .

B u t his easy job d id no t require application , and he has no t been stren g th en ed by bearing responsib ility . H e is unfitted for th e new position—or any position of tru s t th a t would ten d to m ake h im a m an lie r m an and rea lly a better busifiess m an.

A nd if he does not a t once begin a refo rm ­ation and buckle down to hard w ork, he will be doomed to the “ easy jo b " w hich m eans for h im the poor pay and the sm all honors.

The m an who w ill “ tack le an y th in g ” is th e m an w ho w ill grow in an ility to do th in g s in ­creasing in d ifficulty as the days and years pass by.

JU D G E NOT.

W e have no rig h t to judge o thers un til we know all of the circum stances th a t influence the ir conduct. In m any cases we m ig h t act like ^.hose we condem n under like c ircum ­stances.

A young m an em ployed in a p rin tin g office in one of our large cities incurred th e ridicule of the o ther com positors on accoun t of h is poor clothes and uusocial behavior. On sever­al occasions, subscrip tion papers were p re ­

sented lo h im for various objects, b u t he re ­fused to give h is m oney.

One day a com positor asked h im to co n tri bute for a p icnic p a rty , b u t was politely re­fused.

“ You are th e m ost n iggard ly m an ever em ­ployed in th is office,” said th e com positor, angrily .

“ S top ,” said the yoftng m an, choking w ith feeling. “ You have insu lted m e .”

The o ther com positors gathered around the excited m an. T he young m an looked a t th em for a few m inu tes w ith a fam ished look and a strange fire in h is large eyes.

“ You little k n o w ,” he said, “ how u n ju s tly you have been trea tin g m e and accusing me. F o r m ore than a year I have been s ta rv in g m yself to save enough m oney to send m y poor blind sister to P aris to be trea ted by a physic ian w ho has cured m any cases of b lin d ­ness sim ila r to hers. I have alw ays done m y du ty in th is office, and have m inded m y o^ n business. I am sacrificing ev e ry th in g in life for ano ther. W ould e ither of you do as m uch? Could any one do m o re?”

H e had been judged w ithou t a know ledge of circum stances.

Be slow to censure and condem n. W e ca n ­no t read the h ea rt of o thers, and, in m any cases, to know is to forgive all.

“ Ju d g e not, th a t ye be no t ju d g e d .”

KnlKina.

I am m ade of 13 le tte rs.My 6, 7, 5, 9, 12 is the opposite of d irty .My 4, 11, 10, 13 is w hat som e birds do.My 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 is som eth ing b u ilt by c iv il­

ized m an.My whole is w hat is tak in g place a t the

school now.

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