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A W K S S L Y L K T rS E . FEQ3S TREE G A 8 U S & S IS tB IA K E K B U S T E IA I. SCHOOL TO SOYS A K © G IR L S.

VO LU M E IV . C A E L IS L E , P a ., F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 15, 1889. N U M B E R 26

W A S T E not m om ents, no, nor words,/ In te lling w h a t you could do Some o ther tim e ; th e presen t is

F or doing w h a t you- should do.

D on’t do r ig h t unw illing ly ,A nd stop to plan and m easure; *

’Tis w ork ing w ith the heart andsou l T hat m akes our du ty pleasure.

“ W hen you feel a course is w rong,A nd conscience tells you so;

Though a friend should bid you err,Be firm , and answ er No!

Tim s, in every step of life,A g o o d exam ple show,

N or fear to speak th a t little w ord—No! No! N o !”

Only thyse lf th y se lf can harm .F orget it no t! A nd fu ll of peace,

As if the south w ind w hispered w arm ,W ait thou til! s to rm and tu m u lt cease.

“ The w ork of th e w orld is done by a few; God looks fo r a p a rt to be done by Y O U .”

i r TOOK EIGHT YEARS TO DISCOVER A MIS­TAKE.

To t h e M a n -o n -t h e -b a n d -s t a n d :D e a k sr it: T hough you were no t so

w idely know n in the ea rlie r years of C arlisle School as you are to-day, y e t I opine you have alw ays been in terested in every th ing , how ­ever sm all th a t was done there, and I wish to recall to your rem em brance a little occur­rence of 1881.

I t is th a t of the p rin tin g in th e E adle K e a t a ii T on <»f D ecem ber in th a t yea r a sh o rt artic le te lling of a P ic tu re G allery th a t had been opened a t the B arracks.

(The R e d M a n w as once ca l led “ E a d le K eatah Toll.” )

The w riter of the artic le expressed a d m ira ­

tion of the p ictures exh ib ited for tru th fu l rep ­resen ta tives of the objects pa in ted even ‘Though H ogarth m igh t have been disgusted a t th e absence of h is ‘L ine of B eau ty ,’ and T itian deplored th e lack of know ledge of the a r t of coloring, show n by the artis ts .

H ow tru e to real life w as th a t of th e chase of ja ck rabbits, the w rite r d id no t know till recen tly .

On read ing M rs. Lew W allace’s book en ­titled “ The L and of the P ueblos” she learned th a t the Pueblo boy (B ennie Thom as, w as it, not, m y friend?) who drew th a t p icture, was g iv ing a sketch of an am usem ent th a t had been his special de ligh t in h is hom e life, in ­stead of d raw ing upon his im ag ina tion as she had alw ays supposed.

T hat p ic ture w ith o thers described in the artic le m entioned lias been safely kep t in a portfolio and often draw n ou t lo prove the na tive ta len t for a r t possessed by C arlisle p u ­pils.

To-day, the chase of the Ja c k R abb itsfo r its h isto rical value stands forem ost and it is sug­gested, if Mrs. W allace brings out a new ed i­tion of lier “ L and of the Pueblos” she m igh t consider th e p ic tu re an add ition to its pages as an illu stra tion of th e ' sports she describes th a t people as en joy ing ,w ith those long-eared an im als. A-t e -k a .

H om e, in Iowa,Feb. 18, 18S9.

Jack Frost.

A n In d ian pupil w rites as a school exercise:Ja c k F rost w histle .H e ’s glad, I guess.H e dance I th in k .Nobody p lay Addle as he w histle for h im ­

self.Miss P atte rson w histle for boys—No—Ja c k

F rost deride h e r w histle . H is w histle j u 3t like it.

A t m y hom e th e w ind w histle ju s t th a t w ay .Poor fellow! H e c ry to com e in, th a t w hy

he m ake so m uch noise.

Now is alw ays the very best tim e if we m ake it so.

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f «5mn Jftelpec,PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY, AT THE INDIAN

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA., BY THE INDIAN PRINTER BOYS.

4Pg~ Th« I n d ia n H f.w f.b is PR IN T ED by Indian boy*, but SPIT E D bv The-man-on-the-band-etand, who is NOT an Iudian.

Price:—lO c e n ts a year.

Address I n d ia n H e l p e r , Carlisle, Pa.Miss M. Burgess, Manager.

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

T h e I n d i a n H e l p e r is paid for in advance, so do not hesita te to tak e tiie p ap e r from the P ost Office, for fear a bill w ill be presented .

A very p leasan t le tte r has been received from M r. R obert M cFadden,w ho w as a t Rome, I ta ly , a t th e tim e of h is w riting .

W e have since learned th a t he and the Rev. Dr. B uckley, w ith w hom he is tra v e llin g have arriv ed a t the g rea t E g y p tia n P yram ids.

Says th e C h am b ersb u rg S p 'r i t :“ A car sp rin g has been fastened to the floor

of the gym nasium and each even ing the Y. M. C. A. lug-of-w ar te am 'm a y be found tugging aw ay a t th e rope th a t is tied a t one end to the spring . The a rran g em en t is an ingenious one an d fu rn ishes excellen t p rac tice for th e team . The sp ring has been ch ris tened “ C heste r Cor­n e liu s” in honor of th e s ta lw art an ch o r of the C arlisle In d ian School team .

H onor toSvhom h o n o r is due—The anchor was P e te r instead of C hester C ornelius.

A m elia E lseeday ’s le tte r th is week from h e r coun try hom e is very n icely w ritten and well expressed . W hen we look back on ly a few years and rem em ber w hen A m elia could no t speak a word of E n g lish , we can n o t help b u t feel glad w ith her th a t she is able to ta lk and understand and do for herse lf. W e have fifty-seven girls out in co u n try hom es, ail do­ing for them selves, an d m ost of th em m ak ing very good records. H ow proud they should feel th a t they are able an d liav 1 a chance to take care of them selves.

“ Oh, I d o n ’t like F rid a y evenings, for I have n o th in g to do ,” one g irl was h ea rd to say to ano ther la s t F rid ay evening. The indus­trious g irls like an off evening very m uch. T h a t is the even ing they have for read ing one to an o th e r and doing th e ir crochet and k n it­tin g w ork for them selves. On F rid a y evenings in tTn« fWfls’ Qua? for*; a* mie passes thrtftfgin

the g irls m ay be seen in lit tle com panies to­gether really en joy ing them selves. T he g irl w ith no th ing to do is the one who does no t know how to m anage herself nor her tim e.

F u lly a h u n d red applications for ou r boys and g irls have been received from people in the coun try who w ish th e ir serv ices th is su m ­m er. T his speaks w ell. O ur fa rm boys and g irls are g iv ing m ost ex ce llen t sa tisfac tion , and w ould con tinue to do so a ll th e ir lives if allow ed the priv ilege of w ork ing for th e m ­selves w here w ork is honorable an d no t com ­pelled to go back to a reserva tion w here it is th o u g h t to be a d isgrace to w ork.

The In v in c ib le Society last week discussed the qu es tio n ; “ Resolved, T hat the G overn­m en t oug h t to stop issu ing rations to th e I n ­d ia n s .” T h is week they w ill discuBs: “ R e­solved, T h a t C ongress ough t to provide a w ay to p ro tect the rig h ts of the In d ian s who w ish to leave th e ir reserva tion life .” Isaac W il­liam s read an essay, subject, "W h isk ey and its effects.” A C om m ittee w as appo in ted to confer w itli like com m ittee of th e S tan d ard s to com pile jo in t ru les to regu la te th e adm ission of m em bers.

M r. S tan d in g ’s talk on P roh ib ition an d th e ac tion of P en n sy lv an ia and o ther S ta tes in th e m a tte r, m ust have been in te restin g to the m ore in te llig en t of our boys and g irls p resen t a t E n g lish S peak ing m eeting la s t S a tu rday n ig h t. D r. G iven closed th e m eeting by a m ost in te re s tin g ta lk on H en ry M. S tan ley and h is w onderfu l work. O nly th e m ore a d ­vanced p u p ils could understand , but i t is good to have such ta lks.

L ittle A pache B ruce, th e pat of the Sm all B oys’*Q uarters lias a pa ir of rubber boots of w hich he is very p ro u d .' H e is not expected to w ear them except w hen the w eather is snow y or very ra iny . One m orn ing w hen he spied one snow flake coining down lie ran to his school m o ther in high glee for th e boots, and of course got them .

I f it be true th a t the w ork ing of one se t of m uscles w ill m ake th a t 'p a r t of th e body strong and large, w on’t som e of us have te rrib le jaw s by-and-by if we keep up th is e te rn a l gum - chew ing . Chew, xdiew, chew , chew , chew , chew , chew , chew , chew , like a cow chew ing her cud.

M adam e Rum or sends word from Crow A gency, M ontana, th a t W illiam S teele is m arried .

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Did you get a v a len tin e?

Ju a n ita is the cham pion “ jack stone" p layer.

W e had a nice lis t of subscribers from the Crow A geucy th is week.

The w agon shop boys have la tely finished a good substan tia l wagon for farm use.

The wee girls ho ld n ig h tly singing-school in th e absence of th e o lder ones a t study-hour.

K ish H aw k in s led the S unday evening ser­vice, and gave a very ea rnest and im pressive ta lk .

A G rand piano and two cabin :t org :ns have arrived . The p iano has been placed in the new chapel.

The ca rpen te rs a re .m ak ing clo thes closets for the L arge B oys’ Q uarte rs and a d isplay case for the school-room .

The nrnm gem ent-nf h a ir of the older girls is m uch more w om anly than tu e ir fo rm er fash ­ion of b raid ing it down the hack.

P ain te rs are busily engaged upon the inside w ork of tin; gym nasium . Ii requires a - te a lv nerve and clear head to clim b w nere they are obliged to go to paint.

Tlie large new cistern was pum ped dry th is week b y U u c le S am ” the fire engine. Tw enty or th ir ty hoys pum ping th e strong arm s of th e engine 'eao m ake the w ater fly.

F ran k Lock took d in n e r w ith Mrs. Y ates on S unday and claim s hav ing an enjoyable tim- . l i e w ishes to th a n k her for tier kind in v ita ­tion and hosp itality .

The little g irls th in k it lots of fun when th e ir m other allows them an ex tra piece of bread or two w ith which to play tea-party . Yes, and they are high teas too, for they are generally up stairs.

Let us have a challenge from the G irls’ L it- j e ra ry Society to th a t of the B oys’ D ebating | C lub, o r vice versa, to pub lic ly discuss some question .

One o f the girls is tak in g and filling o rders for very p re tty th read-lace. A no ther m ade six ty -live cen ts la s t week by doing odds and ends of m ending.

M rs. Cam pbell re tu rned from P h ilade lph ia , on S atu rday . H er baby Irene is doing as well as can be expected and is contented and happy in her u n c le ’s home.

Is it so th a t our 1(17 girls m ake m ore ch a tte r aud noise a t supper titan 27k boys? The M an- j on-tlie-band-stand would ra th e r bear th a t th e ! g irls led in qu ie t orderliness.

P erhaps A -te-ka’s first-page story will lead our teachers to inqu ire about tlie d raw ings of th e ir pupils, and learn if they really are pic­tures of hom e life o r only fancy.

The boys who are th e best and fastest shoe­m akers and tlie good w ork the harness shop boys did in the absence of Mr. K em p, were noticed in the R td Man, ju s t out for F eb ru ­ary .

Some hoys are careless: W hat did th a t boy w ant who wr'fce “ h a te ” on one of th e request papers. A n o tiu 1* w anted “ Gen spa nee" an- i o ther “ J a i n t " ’a n o t h e r 1 Je an p a n s ;” an o th e r I “ J e a n ;" ano ther “ J e a n ;” another “ Gin er I p a n t.” W h a t in the world d id they w ant ?

By tlie tim e th a t the news of our cyclone reached the te legraph w ires in E ngland it read th a t th e storm occured w hile our pupils were in school and tn a t very few escaped serious I in ju ry . L ette rs from friends in E ng land have b e e n ' recen tly received m ak ing an x io u s in ­qu iry about us.

The t im e r s have been busy rep len ish ing the k itchen w ith cooking utensils, they are w aiting for good w eather to put up the spou t­ing on the Large Boys’ Q uarters, w hich was dem olished by the cyc lone.

Isn ’t it ridiculous th a t we can ’t keep step w ith tlie 11*ft- foot at th e righ t tim e in tlie m usic? I Guess we will leave to give it up. T hat coins l.o be one "of th e tilings we a le too stup i to learn .

H ave you noticed th a t the re are 15 faces in the new group of p rin te rs given for five sub­scribers? See ‘ S tand ing O il;:-.” The p icture now offered is a m uch better group than the old one.

CapL P ra tt has ju s t re tu rned from a w eek’s tr ip to New E ngland , New York and P h ilad e l­phia. In H artford he saw N ancy C ornelius, w ho is happy and contented w ith her new oc­cupation . She is doing well, and has the rA spect of all tier associates in th e school of n m - ing w here she is tak in g a course.

W e fire pleased to learn th a t our friend Lt. Geo. L cK o j Brown of the A rm y who as­sisted Capl. P ra tt soon afte r tlie C arlisle school first opened, over n ine years ago, has now received the appo in tm en t of Prof, of A rm y T actics a t D elaw are College, N ew ark ,\ Del.

Some th in k th a t the item anno u n c in g our exh ib ition on exhib ition n igh ts , a- to -n ig lit for instance, is a “ c h e s tn u t." The Man-oo- the-baud-stand heard a young lady s iv so. It is a part of the M an-on -the -band -stand 's news, however, and m ust be to id , of course. T he usual exh ib ition will not lie g iven to -n igh t, on account of o ther doitigs.

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A IKrl&iif Letter From a Aew I'.u&lautl Roy.

M y d e a r l i t t l e “ I n d i a n H e l p e r ” :—I Jive aw ay up here in C onnecticu t, am ong the beau tifu l N ew E ng land h ills, in the v illage of L itchfield , w hich is said to he one of the m ost p ic tu resque v illages in N ew E n g lan d .

AVe have not had as m uch snow th is w in ter as w edid last w in ter, w hen th e re was one snow d rift about th ir ty feet in h e ig h t w h ich en tire ­ly covered the roof to a house, so th a t one' could w alk up to the top of th e house and sit on the top of the ch im ney , w hich seem ed very q u eer.

T h a t d rift d id no t e n tire ly d isappear u n til th e second of Ju n e .

Y our paper com es so reg u la rly and is so in ­te re s tin g th a t I should feel q u ite lost w ith o u t it . C. B. 15., J r .

F rom H am ilton , N . Y ., com es th e following In d ian new s from a good friend to th e cause, M rs. D r. W . N . C larke. W e rem em ber Mrs. C larke’s v is it to our school a few years ago in com pany w ith M iss K ate Foote.

Mrs. C larke says:“ I am happy to repo rt to you th a t Mrs.

Q uinton has been here for a few day’s v is iting M rs. K am bout, the revered H o n o ra ry P resi­dent of the W om en’s N ational In d ia n Associ­ation , and yesterday we held a un ion m eet­in g inc lud ing various denom inations, and organized a b ranch association . M rs. Q u in ­ton spoke on S unday even ing to a large au d i­ence and aw akened m uch in te re s t iu the In- d ia n s .”

In speak ing of her re tu rn to th is co u n try a fte r a few years in C anada, Mrs. C larke says:

‘We have re tu rned to ou r na tive la n d m ore jealous for tlie honor of th e flag th an if we

^ h a d never left it, and m ore profoundly in te r­ested in the rig h t se ttlem en t of the Ind ian q u es tio n .”

The Hu Halo.

A ccording to the Chicago papers, one m an now ow ns all th e rem a in in g A m erican buf­faloes ou tside of zoological gardens. H e is to breed them in to producers of a h a ir “ w ith the soft, fine, pecu liar w aviness and iridescen t q u a lity charac teris tic of sea lsk in ,” and Chicago is to be the “ g rea test buffalo cen tre of th e e a r th .”

You m ay travel a good ways on w hiskey, and travel fast w hile you are going, but you c a n ’t get back when you w an t to.

T em perance is th e m odera te use of good th in g s and to ta l abstinence from had th in g s .

Ruin'll) a.Mv 1 is in hop, b u t not in run .M y 2 is iu top, b u t no t in fun .M y 3 is in lie, b u t not in tru th .M y 4 is in pie, h u t n o t in tooth .MyT 5 is in feet, b u t no t in w ax.My 6 is in w heat, bu t not in flax.M y 7 is in new, bu t n o t in old.My 8 is in sue, bu t not in sold.M y 9 is in snow , bu t n o t iu ra in .My7 10 is in slow , bu t no t in b ra in .My w hole is w hat i t pays to be To everybody th a t we see A nd the M. O. T. B. S. m uch enjoys To see it in h is g irls aud boys.

I am m ade of 11 le tters.M y 10, 5, 4 is w hat we all m u st do som etim e. M y G, 1, 2, is w h a t is used fo r lig h t and fuel

in som e places.M y 3, 9, 11 is w h a t George 'W ash ing ton

nev e r could tell.My’ 7, 1, 5, 8 is w h a t som e folks have on

th e top of tlie ir heads.M y w hole is w hat m any of our boys and

gil-ls are a lm ost dy ing to have.

I t is a wise person w ho know s w h a t to do nex t.

A n s w e r to l a s t w e e k ’s p i e d w o r d s : Vest, boots, overcoat, suspenders, cufts, w atch , neck tie , co llar-bu tton , m ufiler, sh irt, ov era lls .

Q T A N P IN G O FFER.—For F ivr now subscribers to th e INDIAN ^ H ELPER. wo w ill give the person sending them a photographic group o f th*» lf> Carlisle Indian P rin te r boys, on a card inches, worth 20 cents when sold by itself. Name ami tr i l o of each boy given.

(Persons wishing the abovo premium will please enclose a1- cent stamp to pay postage-)

For TEN, Two Pmotookaphs, one showing a group of Pueblos as they arrived i “i wild dress, and ano ther of the same pupils th ree years after; or, for the same num ber of names we give two photo- graphs showing still more m arked contrast between a Nav^joe as ho arrived in native dress, and as he m w looks, worth 20 cehts apiece

Persons wishing the above premiums will please enoloso a2- cent stamp to pay postage, i

For F I F T j .E N , wo offer a GB J l TP o r t h e w h ole school on 9x14 inch card. Faces show distinctly , worth six ty cents.

Persons wishing the above premium will please send 5 cents to -pay postage.

For TH FE E new subscribers we will give the picture of Apa­che baby- Eunice. Send a 1-cent 3tamp to pay postage-

Persons Pending elubs m u s t send t i l l the nam es tit once. Tf th e stam p to pay postage on prem ium does not accom pany the subscrip tion lis t we take it for g ran ted th a t th e prem ium is no t w anted.\ T thf>~ Carlisle Indian School, is published m onthly an eight-pane j / \ quarto of standard size, called T h e Red th em echatii cal part of which is dona entirely by Indian l>oys. This paper is valuable as a sum m ary of inform ation on Indian m atters

and contains w ritings by fu<Kan pupils, and local incidents of iho s* liool. Terms : F itly cents a year, in advance.

F o ri, 2, and 3. subscribers tor Tt«« Ret! Man we give t •unit* iip'iitimiu uffppwl iu Mtun*Hug Oiler f«*r tlie H RI.PRH.

A<h:roRH. T H U R K D M AM. C a r L H I I . P a .


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