VOL. X 'l F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 26, 1897. N O -20

“ T H E GOOD T IM E C O M IN G .”

T * . OLL on, O slow w heeled years , an d b rin g th e day Wln-n men sh a ll g a th e r w ealth to g iv e a w a y ;

■MIL A nd sp rin g to help when tem pted n a tu re fa lls , sw A nd w hen a bu ilder d rops from c ity w alls

W hen to do good alone, m en sha ll be bold,A nd seek o u t suffering a s th ey seek for gold;W hen C hristian women sh a ll no t wipe th e ir fee t U pon th e ir fa llen s is te rs In th e s tr e e t;A nd ca lu m n y sh a ll be a crim e unknow n.A nd each sh a ll m ak e th e ir n e ighbor's w rong th e i r

ow n—Be gone! O h a te , a n d wrong, an d w ar, begone!Boll on th is w ay, O Golden Age. roll on!W hen m en an d ang e ls face to face sh a ll ta lk .A nd e a r th an d heav en a rm In arm sh a ll w alk ;W hen love sh a ll reign, an d ov er sea and shore T he peace o f God sh a ll re s t fo rev e r m ore.

—Dn. A. P. Miller.

B E T T E R TO STA Y A W A Y .

A m em ber of the first class th a t g raduated from Carlisle , (1881) w en t home, and af te r su p ­porting herself for a time, m arried and settled down, not on the reservation, b u t near her old home. She has a good husband and a family of li t t le ch ild ren growing up around her.

H ad we the opportunity to ta lk with her, th e following in terview would probably re ­sult . W e will a sk the questions aud take the answ ers from a recent, full and in teresting letter, using her very words:

“ W h a t do you th in k of the reservation as a field of la b o r? ”

“ I t is a broad field, bu t i t seems th a t every­one is too busy with his or her own affairs to care w hat becomes of the In d ian s .”

“ W h a t do the Ind ians d o ? ”“ O, so m a n y of th e m dance, race, d r in k ,

carouse ana do li t t le else.”“ How do they l iv e ?”“ T hey arb leasing n e a r ly all their land, and

live on the ir r en t m oney .”“ H ow do the re tu rned s tudents fare?“ There are so m a n y odds aga inst re turned

s tuden ts . F r iends back E a s t do not have the sligh test idea of the tem pta tions su rround ing th e m .”

“ Do you aavise s tudents from Carlisle re­tu rn in g to the rese rv a t io n ?”

“ If they only could be b rought toapprec ia te how infinitely m uch be t te r i t is for them to re - m ain E a s t ! ”

“ Do you th in k a F ield M atron could do good am ong the I n d ia n s? ”

“ W e live close to the agency, and I can see how m uch good a field m atron m igh t accom ­plish, if her h e a i t were really in h e r w ork .”

“ W h y do you th ink so ?”“ M any Iu d ia n wom ep come to m y house

asking m y advice about Hewing, cooking, etc., and I have been m uch s truck with the eager m a n n e r in which they try to learn ”

“ Is there no way to help returned s tu d e n ts? ” “ I have though t of m any p lans to help them ,

bu t m y life is such a busy one with my house­hold duties and m y lit t le ch ild ren th a t I have li t t le opportun ity for looking them up, and only occasionally do I meet any of th e m .”

“ Do you try to get the young people to go ofl to school ?”

“ I persuaded th e f a t h e r o f a b righ t In d ian boy who lived with us al l sum m er to allow h im to go to Carlisle. W e found m uch good in h im , an d I th in k if he stays at school he will m ake a splendid mau- We received a th ir teen page le tter from him last week te l l ­ing all about the C hris tm as holiday sports. I can see im provem ent in every le t te r .”

E A G L E F E A T H E R S .

I t used to be true of the In d ia n and the M an on the-band-s tand presumes it is t ru e to-day of some, th a t if he wears five eagle fea thers in his hair, i t m eans th a t he has been in five battles and has slain one or more en ­emies in each battle. B u t if he has been in battle and lias slain no foe he is not entitled to wear any.

H o w A b o u t I t , B o ya r

A n E x ch a n g e says:The Ind ians seem to th in k of today and to­

day only. They know absolutely no th ing of eoonotay, .

N D i A N K L P K R

P R I N T E D E V E R Y F R ID A Y— A T T H E —

Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.,m 2 & T M M 28<E>78.

O T T H I IN D IA N H E L P E /i is P E IN T E l) by Ind ian boys, b u t RDITKD by T he M »n-on-the-band-etand, w ho is NOT an Ind ian

P R I C E : —1 0 G E N T S A T E A R

piano solo, l>y E d i th S m ith , displayed her pleasing touch to good advantage. No. 13 p u ­pils rendered a h ap p y li t t le song, and Thad- deus Red w ate r spoke w ith excel len t em phasis . M ary B a ra d a was ea rnes t in her recitation, and could be heard , w hile Mitchell B arada, the m ost advanced of the speakers, gave “ The C harac te r of W a sh in g to n , ’’ with feeling. The singing by the whole school was very g ood ,v bu t would have been better had the corne t led, as on Sundays, and had the small boys been given p rogram s on w hich th e songs w ere prin ted . _______________

E ntered in the P. O. a t C arlisle as second class m a il m a tter.

Address I n d i a n H b l p k k , Carlisle, Pa.M iss M a ria n n a B u rg ess , M anager.

Do not hesitate to take the HELPER from the Post Office forif you have not paid for it some one else has- I t is paid for in aurance.

R obert Jackson , ’96, is still a t Lower Brule , South Dakota , teaching, and be writes th a t he enjoys h is w ork very m uch .

As we go to press notification is received of a $2,000 legacy left our school by S arah M ar­tin , of Pittsfield, M assachusetts .

E x -S u p erv iso r of In d ia n Schools, A. H. H e inem ann is a t H aske l l Ins t i tu te ,Law rence , K ansas, as A ssis tan t S u p e r in te n d e n t .

B e n ja m in Green,is l iv in g a t hom e in V inita , In d ian Terr itory , and a t tend ing C la rk e ’s Business College. H e says he is still s tr iv ing hafd to complete his education.

The sad news comes from J e m im a W hee- lock Cornelius, class ’90, of the dea th of her husband , P e te r Cornelius, (ex-pupil,) a t the ir hom e in Oneida, W isconsin, F ebruary 19.

Realizing th a t labor is the on ly way to suc­ceed, the Susans have determ ined io work harde r for the promotion of the society’s in ­terests th a n they have done before. Their last m eeting was of an unusua lly good character . The debate was upoh the question, Resolved: T ha t the Ind ian is harder to civilize th a n any other nation. A S u s a n .

on M onday n igh t savored of W A S H I N G I O N throughout, as it was in ­tended. The decorations were in his honor, a po r tra i t and bus t occupying conspicuous places, sm a ll paper h a tch e ts of red, white and blue colors were scattered here and there- che rry trees w ith very na tu ra l looking blos­soms served as r ig h t and left decorations and “ Old G lory” was gracefully draped in the background. The exercises consisted of speaking and singing, the re being an unusua l n u m b e r of speakers from the lower grades, who d id the ir best. W e were favored w ith two very fine violin selections by Miss Crosby, violin instructress a t Wilson College, she be i f g a gues t of Miss Senseney. The Band played well, especially the 20tb cen tu ry band, Who impressed the audience w ith the grave possibility of the ir p lay ing un t i l the 20th cen­tu ry arr ived . The tableau—Columbia and B r i­ta n n ia (Peace A rb i tra t ion ) was beautiful, and the P a tr io tic selections given by Miss W eek- fey s school, were w orthy of m ention . Maggie T rom bly sang with good effect “ Robin and B lu eb ird ,” and “ R e m em b ran ce o f H o m e ,” a

Fourteen boys from our Young M e n ’s Chris­t ian Association at tended the S ta te Young M en’s C hr is t ian Association C onvention a t Reading. I t is needless to say a p leasant tim e was enjoyed, else it would be reflecting upon the hospita li ty of the “ P ennsy lvan ia D u tch .” E v e ry th ing tended to m ake this the m ost successful and profitable Convention y e t held. Over six h und red delegates were in a t tend- anee. Men of business, railroad m en, simp m en, s tudents , Raders in C hris t ian work, men full of zeal and en th u s ia sm ,—ttiese were th e m en who comprised th is num ber. A m ong the p rom inen t speakers were Dr. Reed, of D ickinson College, D r C. I. Scofield, of E a s t North field, Mass., E x G -v e ru o r B eaver, of Bellefonte, Dr. J . W ilbur C hapm an of P h i la ­delphia, and others. A ll the m eetings were characterized by the earnestness of a l l present. The s ing ing was impressive and spirited. The speakers spoke with sincerity and purpose. Yet, nobody wore a “ long face.” E v e ry body was pleasant, aud jovial The closing scene was impressive. For tiiree days had ttie dele­gates been together, an d m a n y of them -had term ed warm" friendships. E v e ry body w as sorry the Convention was abou t to close. More th a n once the h y m n “ W h e n the Roll is Called up Yonder, I ' l l lie T h ere ," w as sung. A fter the old and fam ilia r h y m n “ B lest be the Tie that Binds, Our hear ts ifr C h r is t ian L ove ,” The C onvention of ’97 w en t into history.

A D e l e g a t e .Class ’97:—Mabel M. Buck, B rigm an Cor­

nelius, R obert DePoe, S am uel Gruett, Lizzie M. H ill , F ra n k O. Jones, J u l i a Jonas, A nn ie K ow uni, H e n ry Redkettle , Charles M ishler, Louis Mishler. Mary M. Miller, Olive D Mil­ler, A lber t H . N ash , M a r th a Owl, Grace Red- eagle, Edw-ard L. Rogers, N ancy R Seneca, F ra n k S. S h ively , W ill iam S Sherril l , E d i th M. Sm ith , Sara E . Sm ith , C lark S m ith , Alex. B U pshaw , Clarence W h i te th u n d e r , Chris t ine W irth . J u l i a W ill iam s

General Jo h n E aton is to deli ver the lecture on Tuesday even ing of C om m encem ent week. H is sub ject “ My Personal M emories of L in ­coln and G ra n t ,” promises to he exceedingly, in teresting , and the lecture one of the best we have ever had. I t will be rem em bered th a t General E a ton was for years Com missioner of E duca tion a t W ash ing ion , and was P res iden t of M arie t ta College, Ohio. H e was a General in the A rm y ,h a s been a life long friend of the Ind ian and a special friend of our School. Adm ission to the lec tu ie wili be 25 cents

Do you ever go in to the L a u n d ry ? I t is a busy and in teresting (sight. I t is pleasant to see how easily and nicely the sh ir ts and col­lars are ironed by A n n e t te with the new m a ­chine. 7

Good-bye, snow.Forw ard , M a r c h !Keep off the grass.Spring, gentle Spring.Oh, for a nice day on the 4th of March.Mr. S tC yr lias taken to c lar ine t playing.The rains of Sunday m ade floods in the

meadow.Miss M ary Bailey Seonia is try ing the wheel

a t odd mdments.Miss Irene Daniel has completely recovered

from the measles.In v i ta t io n s for Com m encem ent are filling

the m ail bags these days.Delos Bonewolf spen t a few days in New

York and Philadelphia , last week.“ The Red M a n ” for F eb ru a ry is pr in ting ,

and will be in the mailbags by Monday next.W e canno t use all the enigm as kindly sent

to us, hence select those especially ap p rop r i­ate. t

Miss B arr spen t W ednesday afternoon with Miss A n th o n y and sister on E as t College Street.

Mr. D arkness , bur tinner, lias been called to A ltoona, for a few days, by the dea th of his father.

The painters have been doing some practice work in lettering, lately, with good results, show ing progress.

Mrs. W atts and Mrs. E llen P arker of Car­lisle, were am ong the guests a t the en te r ta in ­m en t on Monday.

E d w a rd Marsden will jo in our boys in pa­rade on tiie 4th of March, and will play one of i lie cornets of the band.

Miss Bowersox was over to the club d in in g ­room for d inner, on W ednesday, the first since tier illness.

The Carpenters a re build ing a platform in the rear end of the Assembly H all for the use of ilie band at C om m encem ent time.

Mrs Guy Be Roy Steviok, and her l i t tle son, LeRoy, of Denver, Colorado, are visl ing M rs S tev ic k ’s parents, Capt. and Mrs. P ra tt .

The holiday, last Monday, was a disagree­able one as far as weather was concern* d, but a fine day for reading. W h a t book did you s ta r t ?

M r Choate was out, on W ednesday, w ith his big cam era to catch a view' of the boys in line as they w ill probably appear in the in ­augural parade.

C om m encem ent so nea r a t hand, and the in au g u ra l parade, in which 'about. 260 of our boys will take part, m ake lively steps these days for those who are preparing for the same.

Did we ever have a w inter with so li t tle com pla in t about the hea t in the buildings? W e do not rem em ber it, and appreciate the fa i th fu lness of our engineering force, in keep­ing th ings up so well.

Twelve of tire basketba lle rs were e n te r ta in ­ed by Mr. and Mrs. Thom pson last F riday eve'ning. Parobeesi, crokinole, “ W fia t wouldyou be if -------- ice-cream, most deliciouscake, a n d the genial tact of y e l io s ta u d hostess entered heart i ly into the good,time.

Only the N A M E on visi ting eaids, 25 for ten cents; for each additional line ten cents m u s t be added.

F ra n k H udson, P'rank Jones and V in cen t N ah ta ilsh are help ing with the add ress ingo f C om m encem ent iuvilations.

Mr. S tand ing has been appointed by the De­p ar tm en t to have charge of the Ind ian exh ib it a t the N ashville exposition.

A re you reading the papers nbw and ta k in g note of the events happen ing in Greece anil Cuba? Do not fail to keep posted!

Mrs. Bower-ox, who was v is i ting h erco n v a- leseing daughter , was so uh fo rtuna te last F r id a y evening as to sprain her ankle

A com pany of singers f rom the Wilberforce U niversity , Xenia, Ohio, en te r ta ined the school very acceptably on Saturday evening.

Miss L ida S tand ing and Miss Senseney ac­companied the Band to Hhippensburg, the form er being an a lum ni of the N orm al School.

Mr. Ned Thompson, a s tuden t at Chambers- bu ig Academy, uu.der Professor A le x a n d e r ’s care, was a guest of Professor Bakeless on Sunday.

Miep L inney left for W ashington , on S a tu r ­day, to be with her i’aiher , who is a mem ber »f ttie H om e of Re preseutalives from N o rth Carolina.

S IX T Y views of the school for 25 cen ts ; or tin- souvenir contain ing th*m will be sen t F R E E for ten sub-cripiions and 2 cents ex t ra

#for postage.Miss Bourassa spent W a sh ing ton ’s b ir thday

at Wellesville, wit 11 Mr. and Mrs. Barre tt , w ith whom she lived for some time, a fewyears since.

Mi-ses ShalTner and Miles took a business fly to A dam s County on W ednesday. I t was not the same one th a t Miss E ly and Mrs. Given took to H arrisburg .

Sometimes we have heard about the bread being not quite up to the standard . No such rem arks la tely; it is first class bread and creditable to ttie bakers.

The harness m akers are now w ork ing on a fine set of double harness w ith rubber m o u n t­ing—an agreeable change lrorn the usual heavy work of the shop

The Teachers will finish G uyo t’s “E a r th and M in ” i his week in tin ir teachers’ meeting, and ilieu the Indian School T eachers’ Reading Course will he taken up in earnest.

The prin ting office had a pleasant little call from E m m a Seowiisa, who has been confined to the hospital for some weeks. W e are glad to see her im prov ingand able to walk around.

Joe Spanish , ex-Carlisle pupil, lias been employed a t the hospital, Piegan Agency, M on tana He is building for h im self a new stone house and lias horses and cattle. I t looks as though he was g t t i in g ready to settle down in life.

P rom otion lists in the A cadem ic D epart­m ent are being considered witn care. E v e ry effort will be m ade to raise the s tandard of scholarship in ev*ry grade. The work of the Ju n io r grade w ill he raised a half year, if possible. Good E n g l i sh , spoken and written will count for much. Pupils watcli your speech! No slang; no “ pigeon-Indio-Eu- U«h” . . . . .

A D R E A D F U L B U S I N E S S —T H E S A L O O N - K E E P E R H I M S E L F

K N O W S IT.

F o llow ing the e loquent tem perance lecture, last S u n d ay evening, by Professor W h ite , of the W ilberforce, U n iversity , of Ohio, on "T h e T y ra n t of the R epub lic ," th is i l lu s tra ­tion is apropos:

A M inister once said to a saloon-keeper:“ Does your conscience never trouble you

abou t y ou r b usiness?”I t was in the m iddle of the d a y ; and none of

the usua l cus tom ers were around .“ Come in, s i r ,” said the w h iskey seller.T he m in is te r w en t in, and the saloon-kee er

w ent beh ind the bar. H e leaned over th e bar , and said these words to the m in is te r :

“ Reverend sir , there are t im es w hen I s ta n d behind th is bar and look a t the m en who fill th is room.

I h ea r th e ir b lasphem y and th e ir lewd songs.I see the ir fighting and the ir awful m iscon­

duct.A n d I often say to myself: ‘I f th e re is a

pic ture of H E L L on our ea r th , i t is in places like th is . ’ ”

I N D I A N S I N T E R E S T E D I N C H R IS T IA N W O R K .

A W ash ing ton , D. C., subscriber k ind ly sends the following items taken from the “ E n d ea v o re r ’s D aily C om pan ion ,” which speak for them se lves :

The S ta te of W a sh in g to n is proud of its four In d ia n Societies.—[Chris tian E ndeavor.

A t Id a h o ’s S ta te Convention one of th e best papers was read by a C hris t ian In d ian .

T h is year th e D ako ta C hris t ian E ndeavor Union of In d ia n societies he ld a m eeting a t which near ly a thousand persons were in a t tendance , and m ost of the exercises were in the D ako ta language.

A Cherokee I n d ia n had to travel nea r ly e igh t h u n d red m iles to reach the Colorado S tate Convention.

H E A P .“ H e a p ” is a g rea t word for th e older In d ia n

In t ry in g to learn English .I t is said th a t long years ago w hen th e In d -

ian first heard a pistol fired an d saw its dead­ly effect he sa id :

"He heap little; heap loud; heap go quick and heap hit bard.”

The A com a In d ia n s of N ew Mexico, and the Moquis of A rizona are com ing down from th e ir h igh rock lodges and p la teaus and se ttl ing on th e pla ins below. T hey are ereot- iog bouee* and are engag ing in fa rm in g

POOR C H IL D .

Litt le V erne Van V ranken , lives in Tabor Iowa. She is a w h ite child and is ill with rh eu m a t ism and paralysis, b u t she writes th u s cheerfu lly , from w hich we m a y all take a lesson of patience and e n d u r a n c e :

“ I a m t a k i n g th e l i t t l e I n d i a n H e l p e r ,an d in th i s w a y h a v e b eco m e q u i te in te r e s te d in th e In d ia n s .

I have been sick in bed over th^ee m onths , and have no t been able to lif t m y head or to move m y limbs. I have rh eu m a tism and para lysis .

I know Mrs. P la t t v e ry well, for we live in the sam e y ard . She is about o u r nea res t neighbor. I like to h e a r Mrs. P la t t te ll abou t the Ind ians .

I h a v e a g re a t t im e t r y in g to w o rk o u t th e e n ig m a s in th e H e l p e r .

I am eleven years old and will be tw elve the fifteenth of Novem ber.

I m u s t no t w ri te any more for I am get t ing very t i red ; I will w ri te aga in w hen I feel be t te r .”

M O R E PI.

L av in ia V an A rn u m , w ho lives in a coun try home, has m ade a li t t le pi. She did not say w hethe r i t is m ince-p ie or w h a t . L e t who can, s tra igh ten it out into a p re t ty verse with good sound se n t im e n t:

S ti le lw ot law k htw i a rheecluf ehart, W eerhv re uro seunorft a i d ,W th i a d fnyrie l agnelc nda n a enpo nhda , A dn a tgnele dwor rfo lai.

Tribal v is i t ing has been frequently c la im ed as one of the greatest h indrances to th e I n ­d ian work on reservations.

Poor li t t le mouse! H ow would the boy who was w hipp ing a weak li t t le mouse over the snow the o ther day as though he enjoyed th e fun, l ike it if a g rea t g ian t as ta ll as the flag s ta ff w ith a whip as long as the flag rope took h im out in the snow and whipped h im (as the boys do t heir tops! til l he died. Sucti t r e a t ­m e n t of innocen t l it tle an im als a lways comes back on the cruel person who does th e h e a r t ­less th ing W e feel sorry for th a t boy, for sometime, we fear, he will be m ade to "suffer as m uch as he m ade th e lit tle mouse suffer.

E d lam a .I am m ade of 13 le tters.My 11, 2, 3, 12 is a n am e for cows.M y 7, 1, 4 is reverence.My 13, 7, 5, 3 comes from th e clouds.My 6, 6, 10, 11 is no t well.M y 8, 9, 1 fa rm ers do in th e sum m er.My whole is a proverb to be heeded by all.

Answer To Last WEEk’s Enigma: In­auguration Parade.