Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1895, Page 10

STOUT-HEARTED MESSENGER General 0, 0. Howard Tolls of a Ride Into | the Camp of Hestile Indians, DARII G EXPLOIT GF A FRONTIZRSMAN | Thrilling Story Incident of 1878 Against aud Banhocks w0 o fostile Plates in Ure 1dalio Territorios, (Copyrightad, 1505, 1 During the. spring had combi n and Bannocks, va m:thods I h upon us in Orog India in a ou some 500 more from bla from goix I had hardly ret the last Indtan battl g on th me that north side inhabitants peoplo ad and Mrs, Perking, wh by some of the yet u had crossed they were nidden in the “Father” Wilbur, on the Simcoe an of far been the gr and robbed, Yakima country. T that war was coming; called by m prime of life, who ha man of great physic strong, an head of the moveme: he sympathized with utes; that fie had r the Perkins’ family lie_ still kept them he reports agren with strong , mi Raplds in Oct denied the char pledged me lis word Iis power to restra they did not all yi chief. I confirmed tc all the'old promises i about his land beyor promisad to do_wl tribes with the Wa moaths after my ret at Vancouver on ti that region on both Priest’s Rapil worse. While men m and formed voluntes themselves, the council and puiting c nan ahd Moses as an access at Yakima undertake 3 concerned, white acknowled aftel with oithreak kil the rive slain brush, 1 the Indians' rescrve, from alarmed settlers in the Ellensburg and settlers said Mo mad: Brew Indizns s of the murderers had “ad been indicted, as well as they The sherift an was nd summe n and ns, mainly th warfare until Oct tive nl warpatl 1 from the field brou when word wa feared by near, 1t 1—p o were met neaptured wa at river r above and had near Yi ima that n Moses, 1 1ed in al vigor, 1ged chief, They d the Bannoc slved the murd th open arms, protection not to t r they did used me 1 o against that he nothe 1d_obedienc \ade by my pr il Priest’s at 1 on and ticularly was lared and to s met me in council, him, would do all in Indians, o > him as far as uldfor sorlous Piutes by | But the north of the ¢ upon the at a Umatilla, thelr reports great kima, in at and that at Pric 1ough him I could lecossors Raplds, and the T i 1 authoritios, urn_to my headquar matters abo rse and we forts and barricades companies and armed gathering The > Columbia i overy were on the r the fact. armed of the river day w the finding and arrest of the par war paint. cen aseertained, JIAL MESSENGER TO CHIBF M( ch appeared to people on the the friend Y woull be war, and forced into it whether deavored to got Father Wilbur, ing. In or scout to send to of his covenant wit known frontiersman, met in our religion: of French birth nook (a_common and had, like most northwest, been alw dians’ friend. Dreau #Ned Chambreau. His experien man. He was a without his_horze. as to glve him a w vations, vet healthy and capable of prolor now earless and full of As T locked into cyes, after 1 outfit and promise to speed to the Indian fident that he would, with God's ble: messengers to but they looking around tongue His name miliarly called had given instructions, undertake a st lumb) belie Moscs be the upper ¢ akima that r he would or Lim for a fit Moses and h me whom, mee in Fronch reputed ameng o made him a good wimmer, make-up frame, though in His d cndurance, a Christian man, quick of apprehen expedient his bright, him_ his and Journey stronghold n remind 1 found fact, 1 gs, and who He could speak the Chi- mong _the settlers as the is Edward Cham- settlers fon, I en- through accomblished noth: enger him well had vas a tr in received with 1 folt con- ing, nc My complish the grand object of his visit. own heart went proaching war. stantly coming! 10 the tales. Pair end the settlers fa tho nearest settlemen Wh Chambreau, speaking plea quickly changed horses and went on Simeoe mount: the Every with him. Tho first dittlo town that he struck beyond the Dalles of the Columbla was Goldendale. The people were much excited, holding meet- ings, “forting up,” and arming for the ap- con- added t exciting new ns, ne arrival ted Indians had been seen nd mear were moving to ntly to all the Cnmpaign the whit some Mr. on a road ors who and bodies from friend and a certain Indian then an early war, a handsome the the that and rs o} and . includ 1 there would ot be: the In- ital horse- with such used to pri- middle life, He was coal-black necessary his in- By 10 o'clg me night, having made forty-five mil he was on a northern slope of the mountains, when he ran upon a band of Indians seamed at first alarmed as he rode in among it was old were better con- them, but tented. These Indians wer but were all against both whites and conflict. them if they joined FAMILIBS IN FLI Barly next mounted & fresh toward Yakima thirty-five miles frc that they tad dispa ghowing that war by and come to families. A the man to a meeting. Here men with their hor: companies to go to hatred. plstol or Chambreau, seeing direction of a little Flve milos out he me back riding very fa path? ment warning the i “‘Where are the Indians?" our scout asked, “Well, sir, you may meet them anywhere; s S0on as Pa-sa-uks (Frenchman) th Indians morning City, sps, they saw e divided about So he were expecting a He told them that he was a govern- ment messenger; that it would go hard with the whites ho hostiles. GHT the horse and clearing om his night e ad a bringing and there try the front. the ex place called t a white man st, who, as soon was near enough to speak, cried, Don't you know the Indians are on the war- I have gone from sattlement to settle- nhabitants. cited and yorable temper of the people, concluded not o speak of the obfect of his getting another good horse he rode off in the Nachess. n horse. as he Stop! stop! They Moses, saw ple who in tramping the n street ringing a bell and calling the citizens were grouped ng to unite All the turned on Chief Moses, the object of especial 'ry man was armed elther with o cating rifle. mission, sToP most of them are v back or you'll be k The scout kept on At th me of Nelson said to the war and that for Yakima Cily, an to venture no further, A little beyond the at great speed QESD Sttt e e - R Nachess river an t STOPY ar Driest’s Rapids old man that Lis sons had gone he himself would start Ly the il FROM INDIANS, tireless pushed probably bivoua when he met two white men who told him for General Howard ctually begun. Yakima City he met numbers of pe had deserted their farms in the existing panie town, was man theiy but Tarn o strauger. iess & wagon with id his wif2 end children was driving | Our messenger caused a balt. The woman and children were erylng, partly from fright aud pardy, uo doubt, from the | eral Howard and I spoke together, hurts they received by the severa jolts of the wagon “There Is no immediate danger,” said he. “Driva slowly or you'll kill your family HOUSES DESERTED. As he passed on through the Wenass val ley he found all the farm houses already de ed. Botween W and swift_rider upon divide' encountered two Indians. They rods to intercept him He, instead of trying to avold gal loped straight to them. He showsd them t he was a Frenchman from Kii-Soth-Qua (Vancouver) and from Que-ta-quin; L. e., “‘arm cut off” (General Howard) seat to have a alk with them and Priest's Raplds. After a little they him pass without harm. On reaching Eilensburg, aching from fati Ch rest and sleep. He had upwards of sixty mil Rt he around, The the store somo sheriff, Mr. S—, 1d, hungry and w longed for ridden that day first looked or six thered thirty men, with the ho was organizing a company for the war, There was great ex citement and loud talking. In the morning he, to his astonishment, ran upon some In dians not far from the town were gambling, An old one, he n kept watching him as well as the g after he came near them, After a few words it wa plain that the old man knew the French scout. Tegether they stepped aside, An offer of reward brought this from the In- dian “There will be trouble; bad heart. Councils now going on by mouth of the Wenatchee, where it em into the Columbi Quickly the scout mounted and galloped to- ward the Wenatchea valley. The country houses enroute wero everywhere vacated Ten miles out he met somo more Indians. They secmed friendly, but said those in coun- cil were going down the Columbia toward Priest's Rapids. He then, to make himself sure, turned more eastward and after awhile entered Johnston's canyon dangerous defile, he sudder of Moses' Indian outs, Bim end said thal he must not go t at way. But he, showing who he was, pleasanily persisted One of them turned back and became his com- panicn, Shortly ten warriors met the two tiders. These he could not bluff. They asked him to dismount But he said: ““No; we can talk on our horse He gave them his name and bu showed them that st see M Indians have a the pties had to face two They tried to stop siness and s and the | 1owea Bilenburg our | In the canyon, a | THHE O ATIA DAILY Trno BER: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1895 24, Howard and are laughing at you' The around us have taken bad of the Indians. They 1y to come and kill my people d to talk strong to bad medieine, Bostons General all ghe white men all heart because are getting re The Indians have no fre | the great father at Washington. Does he know how we are to be pitied? Are not | the white man’s blozd and the Indian's blood | both red? Do we not all turn our faces to | the sun? Frenchman, my heart is sick and heavy. Ol men and old women cry to Moses. Mothers look for places to hide the littls Yo Indians have lost their wits; they have become as wolves; they want | to tear with their teeth the Swhite man's flesh and drink his blcod. Now, help me to talk strong to my pedple, that they may teke the right road.” THE SCOUT REPLIES. Hers 1s our messenger's prompt reply: ““Yes, Moses, you have many troubles and your grievances are great, But you must keep the peace! By war you will lose every thing and gain nothing.” He showed them then In some detail the results of every Iniian | war againet the government since 1847 | “You love your wife and chilffen, and you ro for your old men and women. What in ar will hecome of them? The settlers, some whom will be slain, will kilx many of your young men, and the rest will at last, ‘lik Joseph and his people, be carried into a far-oft untry. You ask the government for a rvation, By beginning a war you make General Howard your enemy, and he must fight you. Now, 1 say before all these In- | dians,” that if you do not follow my advice, you will not have land enough to stand upon. Moses rejoined: toers) are coming v What shall 1 do?" Chambreau quickly replied: “If the set- tlers come here lay down your arms. Do not fire a gun, even if they make you a prisoner and tako you away." Moses demurred: “I don’t beileve my peo- plo will consent to that." The scout cricd: “The I shall stay till they do.” He then pleaded with his savage auditors | for hours; sometimes out of doors and some. times inside. Some agreed; some were vexed and sulky, but the “wa-wa" went on all the night. About mes “The Bostons (the volun- soon to attack me, must! They must! midday following Moses called my nger and sald: “Peace Is made.” | There would have been a horrible slaughter, | o that of preceding troubles of this kina, | but for the brave and timely visit, for there other chiefs. They thereupon demanded the messago pnd declared that they would bear it for hirfr. No,” hie answered, “it concerns all the Indians sad I must deliver it myself to the chiey. They forbade his going to camp; but he declare/ that ha would go, even if he had to fight jor it; but “mind me, if I am killed, it will 40 hard with every Indtun in this part of the country.” At this, after a short parley, they sent him on with two braves for escort. Moro Indians still were met, but the braves satisfia] their objections, and they kept along tho valleys till they came to the Colum TIE MESSENGER REACHES CAMP. The little parly went over in a canoe not far above Pricst’s Rapids. At the landing east of the river, for its course there is south, some hundred Indians met them. The two braves had become friendly and consented to guard bLim further still into the main Indian camp. They did not have far to go when the site of the camp came into full view and at first startled our brave scout. He £gw a company of perhaps 100 Indians, in soma order mounted on their horses, all painted as for war. An Indlan harder lock- ing if possible than the rest was riding around among them, and with gestizuiations making a flery speech. No women were at that place. All the men were in paint, some bared to the waist, with their bodies tinted Not far off from the mounted group vins an- other crowd, who were unceasingly beating | drums and singing. Thers seemad to be 400 or 500 all together. It was a wild spectacle, With all the firmness our good scout could muster at once to Moses' lodge. It was not done too soon, for curlous crowd of rough ready began to gather annovingly avound him. Here dismounting, he essayed to enter, It was a_council lodge and si in length, rough enongh, but spacious, There were fifty or more principal Indians pathered in a circle about Moses. They doubtless came from his own and numerous tribes that belonged near the Columbia river. Bjaculations from all sides manifesting astonishment to sce a white man step in among them were heard. Chambreau, of course, from experience unwilling to inter- rupt_an Indian council, crept around as quietly as ho could behind the Indians to the head of the group and sat down beside Moses, He was hardly seated when Moses turned toward him in anger and said “Frenchman, what do you want hers He told him that when he, Mo finished his speech he would tell him ho came. Moses then procceded with talk. look on. In the heart of our scout, Chris- tian though he svas, danger seemed 100 im- minent to leave him unaffected. Great anxiety and fear and apprehension of out rage and perhaps death made his heart beat fast, for he well knew what Indians had dono and could do again. With abundant beads around the necks of some, with arms in their hands, or near by, with faces and necks brilliant from fresh paint, and with feathers or wings of birds for ornaments, as on dress occasions, some with knives, some with tomahawls, some with repeating rifles, muz- zles toward the ceiling; with bright colored blankets everywhere on shoulders or arownd thelr walsts or used as cushions; the group- ing was pleturesque indeed, enough to im- press even the precccupled stranger. At last the grim Moses sald Frenchman, speak He answered promptly: be your friend. in times of trouble and of peace. I have come to see what Is wrong with you and your people. My chief, Que-ta-quin, has sent me. He loves God and loves you. CHIEF MOSES MAKES A SPEECH, Moses replied: “The Nez Perces had al- ways been the friends of the whites. At the time of the Whitman massacre one white man ran to them for protection and got it. “They gloried in never having killed a white man, General Howard fought the Nea Perces. 1 -did not take a bad heart then; 1 did not go to war again when the Bannocks and Piutes fought him, but kept out of it all. “A long time ago General Palmer told me and my people tuat we could always dwell about White Bluffs, Moses Lake, Mosen Coulee, Grand Coulee and Wenatchee. We were thien strong and there were few Bostons (white settlers); they were poor and afraid ol us. Now the Bostons are strong and don't want the Indians to live. What shall we do? We loak upon this land as upon the sun. It is our father and mother. I take a bad heart had why “Now, You know me to | becausg they want our land, and my peop say: “To part with my land is like parting with wmy flesh.’ It is two months since Gen. Has he talked straight talked crooked to me? “My people say: “You are an old woman; or has he you will never get any land. You havo swal- he told the two braves to take Lim | y feet or more | his | It was a little trying to sit there and | I have before been with you | | were 500 or 600 warriors against thirty or | forty armed volunteers that first came with- | out “support to Moses' vicinity near Priest's Rapids. He, without striking a blow or firing | & saot, let nimsell be taken prisoner by the iff, who was at the head of the small company, just as tae scout had advised him. What follows was awfully humillating to the {Indians, Moses, a prisoner, was taken to | Yakima City and confined in jail till “Father Wilbur" interposed and was allowed by the sheriff or judge to keep him a close prisoner at the Simcoe ngency, (Il I came, examined the whole matter, and caused him to be ro- leased. My conyiction was then strong, and is now, that Moses never broke his word to me, | Chambreau at once, after shaking hands | with the I , began another phenomenal | ride. "By the route he took on his return he made to The Dalles over 220 miles in forty- eight hours. As soon as ho arrived at that city he telegraphed me, then at Vancouver, the success of his mission, and I hastencd to confirm the promises that he ad made. I love to record such heroism displayed In | the interest of pence and good will to men. ——— IVPIRIIES, | Here s an extract from a letter of E. Fitzgerald, to Fanny Kemble, describing a scene in a country church, and published in Temple Bar: Good old parson, not at all meaning | rhyme: ““The light has grown so very dim, I scarce can tee to read the hymn!" Congregation, taking It up w the first half of the Old Hundredth: The light has grown so very dim, can see to read the hymn, as usual; parson, mildly impa did not mean to read a hymn; I only meant my eyes were dim.” Congregation, to second part of Old Hun- dredth:” I did not mean to read a hymn; 1 only meant my eyes were dim, Parzon, out of patience, etc, [ didnet mean a hymn at all— I think the devil's in you all, In one of Doston’s suburbs a few Suadays | ago a priest of one of the churches an- | nounced that a collection woutd be taken up (o defray the cost of coal for heating the church. Everybody chipped in but Tim— well, never mind his other nmme—who gave a sly wink as the plate was presented to him, but nothing else. The priest noticed Tim's dereliction, but surmised that he might heve left ‘his money at home. Not quite enough money having been realized, a similar contribution was levied the following Sunday. ~ As before, every one gave but Tim who looked mighty sly, and the priest won dered thereat, Meeting Tim after the service he took him to task for his conduct. *Now, | Tim, why didn't you give someching, If only | & penny?" “Faith, father, {'m onto yez. | i “Yes, father.” ' “What do you | mean?’ “‘Oh, nothing, father, Just that I'm onto yez; that's all.” ““Tim, your words are disrespectful and require an explanation, What do you mean?’ “‘Oh, faith, father, a-thryin’ to pull the wool over mi eyes. A-thryin to make us believe yez wants the money to buy coal to heat the chureh, an' yer riverence knows It's heated by steam.” Rev. M. H. Houghton of Bradford, | having been lambasted by a traveling e | gelist, thus responded: *'If, as Mr. Shiverea remarked in this house, there is no quicker | way to go to hell than behind the tail of a fast horse, then I am on the road and mean to stay there. If a man who goes to a race course {s not fit to preach I want to find it out and quit. I went to the race course be- fore Mr. Shiverea came here and I mean to B0 after he is gone. God made the fast horse, and it is no more a mn to ride be- hind a horse at a fast gait than behind a m engine. I think it would advance all our churches if more ministers would get enthusiastic over a fast horse and get out and hitch up a good one and take a drive.” Pa, A kind of influenza had struck the com- munity all of a heap, relates the Chicago Tribune, but Rev. Dr. Goodman's congrega- tion turned out as usual and was composing itsel?, though with much coughing and sneezing, to listen to the regular Sunday morning sermon. “If the—n'm brethren. h'm—will be as qulet as possibie,” sald the faithful pastor, making another heroic effort to clear his throat, “I will—k-choo! h'm— offer a few coughs this morning suggested by the twenty-seventh verse of the sixteenth chapter,” ete. e Cleveland Plain Dealor colonel is & great militacy n A perfect hero! What's his record?" cventeen oaths a minute.” u tay the TRAINING. THE YOUNG IDEA Varions Reforms Proposed in the Public fohaol System. DIVORCING PCLIT.CS FROM EDUCATION Chicago School Tdachers Seek to Establish a Py Systgm—The Military Drill ~Women! In the School Honrds—Notes, Innumerable measures are pending in state legisiatures and in congress designed to im- prove the public schools. The demand for reform is widespread, not alone in removing the schools from the demoralizing influence of partisan politics, but also in simplifying the system 0 as to make, it a more effective educational agent for the masses. A measure of great interest to teachers In general, and of Hlinols in particular, proposes a system of pensions for school teachers. The bill was introduced in the lilinols legislature recently and was accompanied by a petition from 3,113 teachers in the public schools of Chicago. Its provisions are as follows: That the Board of Education in cities hav- ing a population exceeding 100,000 inhabi- tants shall have power and it shall be the duty of sald board to create a public school teachers’ and public school employes’ pen- sion and retirement fund, and for that pur- pose set apart the following mc to-wit: 1, All moneys, pay, conpensation or sal- ary, or any part thereof forfeited, deducted or withheld from any teacher or &chool em- ploye for absence from duty or for any cau whatsoever, In accordance with the provi- sions of the rules of said Board of Education. “2. An amount not exceeding 1 per cent per annum of the respective salaries paid to teachers and school employes in the em- ployment of said Board of Education, which amount shall ba deducted in equal install- meats at the regular times for the payment of said salaries, All_moneys recelved from donations, legacies, gifts, bequests or otherwise, on ac- count of such fund. “4. All moneys which may be derived from such method of increment as may be duly land legally advised for the Increase of said fund. The Board of Education, together with the superintendent of schools and two represen- tatives to be elected by the teachers and em- ployes of the public schools under control of said board, shall form a board of trustees, a majo of whom shall determine the amount to be deducted from the salaries pald to teachers and employes as aforesaid, and shall have charge of and administer said fund, and shall have power to invest the same as shall be deemed most beneficial to said fund, and shall have power to make pay- ments from said fund of annuities granted in pursuance of this act, and shall from time to time make and establish such rules and regulations for the administration of said fund as they shall deem best. “The Board of Bducation shall have power, by a majority vote of all its members, to re- tire any female teacher or other female school employe who“ghall have taught in public schools or renflorgd service therein for a period aggregatifig} twenty years, and any teacher or male school employe who have taught or rendered service for a period aggregating/ twenty-five years, and such teachier or sghool employe ‘shall have the right after sald term of service to retire and become a beneflciary under this act, pro- vided, however, that three-fifths of said term ‘of service shall have been rendered by sald beneficiary within the limits of the mu- nicipality where said Board of Education has Jurisdiction. “Each teacher and school employe so re- tired shall thereafter be entitled to recelve as an annuity one-half the usual salary paid to eaid teacher or school employe at the date of such retirement, provided, however, that such annuity shall not exceed the sum of $1,000, which shall ba paid by said Board of Education out of the fund created in accord- ance with this act in the manner provided by law for the payment of salaries. 3 “The board of trustees is hereby given the power to use both the principal and incoma of said fund for the payment of annuities here- inbefore mentioned, and to manage, invest and accumulate and otherwise control said fund as it may provide by its rules and regu- lations, and shall have power to reduce from time to time any or all annuities as pro- vided, only that such reducticn shall be at the same rato in all cases ““The president and secretary cf such Board of Education shall certify monthly to the city treasurer all amounts deducted from the salaries of special teachers and employes of the Board of Education, in accordance with the provisions of this act, which amounts, as vell as all other moneys contributed to sald be set apart and held by said asurer as a spectal fund, for the purpose hereinbefcre provided, subject to the order of sald Board of Education, superintendent of schools and two representatives, as afore- aid, and shall be paid out upon warrants signed by the pres'dent and secretary of said Board of Educat'on.” NEEDLEWORK IN THE SCHOOL. Tho question of sewing In the public schools in England is a topic of considera- ble interest among women intercsted in ed- ucational matters. Sewing Is obligatory among the girls to the extent of three hours weekly, and, further than this, the school inspectors are instructed to take a low standard of arithmetic from girls on ac- count of time spent In sewing. It is claimed by those secking a discontinuance of the teaching of sewing that the training in the exact science would be of much more bene- fit to the girls than skill with the needie. A epealer on the subject recently polated out that American educationalists distinctly rec- ognizo that sewing is not educational and do not usually teach it. In the case of those who will work for a living, and it is from this class that English board schools are largely recruited, it is shown that they are cbliged to unlearn what they have learned at school when they go into shops, as machine sewing I8 needed there. It is to be presamed that women are going to learn sewing less and less as the years go on. Many women now do not take a needle into ‘heir hands from January to December, Some do this on principle, that those who sew for a living may be provided with work, and others because thelr time is fully occupied with work that cannot be done for them, as thelr sewing can. It Is Mrs. Sangster, the most feminine of women, who sees no more reason why a girl should loarn to sew than a boy. A boy should know how to sew on buttons quite as much as a girl, sho thinks, and any dexterity in the use of the hands that Is to be gained through the use of the needle is as neces- sary o one as to the other. “If a girl likes to sew, why very well” is Mrs. Sangster's opinion, “but if, she dislikes to use a needle, as many do, I sce no reason why, when garments aro to be purchased so reasonably, she shovld not buy them, and not worry over making them." TOO MUCH HASTE. OMAHA, Feb. 21.—To the Editor of The Bee: On the assumption that the public school system of the state of Nebraska is as efficlent as it can be made, if any fault may be found and pointed out In regard to the city schools of Omaha the defect is not at- tributable to the system, but to the work In the school room. And that there exists ocea- sion for eriticiym {s no more than might be expected where, 50, many are employed and the number of patfons 5o large But 15 it not true that the schools and the discipline in all of them are under the man- agement almost solely of the superintendent and the principals, without interferenc any other parties? If this latter point shall be admitted, then any fault that may be found attaches to the above named officers, As a matter of course, the Board of Educa- tion is in a sense held responsible for any want of efficiency in the gchools, but , shall tion are left in the hands and brains of those who work in the school room by the advice and consent of the superintendent There s no intention of objecting to the course of study pursued, but the purpose is ouly to mention that the methods of instruc- tion fall of accomplishing some. thirigs that | patrons wish were otherwise. And time be taken to designate a very few such defects. In the first piace dependence Is placed in oral instruction, leaving the pupils without guides, except such as they receive from the instructor's lips, which are likely to be scon forgotten. Par- ticularly is this true concerning the rudi- mentary branches of study, which, If passed will only of too much | contribution to the endowment the | course of study and the methods of instruc- | over without mastering, the pupil all his lifo will be suspected of a_defective education. Hence, the result of such mistake falls hea fly on the student, and is a continual em- barrassment In the next place, the apparent haste ma Ing to advance pupils towards the higher and even the highest grades, that they may the carlier be admitted to the high schools, is inexcusable, for the reason that a high scheol student is made sensible of his failure to acquit himeelf as he might if his earlier studies had been gone over moré thoroughly English speaking young people should be prepared as well as can be to spell, read write and correct false syntax in their ver- nacular, and any failure to acquire such a complishments rests in a measure with their instructors! J. . DRILL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. snator Hawley of Connecticut has duced in the national senate a bill provil ing for the detail of army and navy officers to instruct pupils of the public schools In the manual of arms. It {s in line with a similar measure introduced in the house of repre sentatives, The bill makes 300 the minimum number of pupils to be taught, in order t permit the detall of an officer, an als limits to fifty the number of officers that can be so detalled under the provisions of this net It allows the issue of ordnance and ordnance stores to public schools that adopt military Instruction, and it permits noncom- misioned, a8 well a8 commissioned, officers to be detailed. These safeguards secom to be sufficlent to avoid the danger of injuring the army by drawing off too large a proportion of its officers, and of using these officers for schools in which the number of I ol enough for instruction Is insuficiont to justify the detail. Another good feature is the pro- vision for taking officers from posts in the noighborhood of the schools that are to be instructed, Tlhe main object in the measure is to edu cate the youth for possible service to the country in case of the cutbreak of war, In this re: the system supplements that of the state militig forces, o that it becomes of less consequence whether the schools are direct feeders of the militia. WOMEN ON SCHOOL BOARDS, The reform mayor of New York has de- cided to introduce an innovation in the school board of that city by appointing threc or four women commissioners, The Board of Bducation consists of twenty-one comuis- sioners who serve without pay. veral year ago women were appointed commissig but their work on the board did not meet the approval of practical politician and the practi was abandoned. Commenting on the purpose of Mayor Strong, the Sun says “The argament for their appointment to the Board of Bducation is that the women sche teachers and girl pupils ought to have women to supervise them and guard their special in- terests, But the majority of this community generally are women, and hence there is abunda son why women should have a share in the legislation and goveranment of the state.” NEW YORK REFORMS. A bill for the reorganizaticn of the schools of New York. drafted by the Committee of Seventy, has been introduced in the legisl: ture. Its provision e not revolutionar but they are thoroug nd businesslike. It recognizes the existence of two entirely sep arate branches of schocl management—that relating to the teaching and that relating to buildings and supplies. It puts each of these under the charge of responsble office s, and it places the Board of 1 from the exceutive duties for which its neither time nor training, over all, with gen- cral legislative and admini pow makes of the board a board of dircetion. In thig way both of the general branches of the school work—teaching and business—may be in the hands of exper( and competent persons, who can be held to a strict account, since they have the power to prevent or remedy abuses. The local trustees are retained, with powers of visitation and inspection, but with no share in or responsibility for the actual conduct of the schools. For_the business administration the New York Dill makes provision for a superintend- ent of buildings, who is to be subordinate to the Doard of Education. The Brooklyn bill, following the well known Cleveland plan, glves this officer larger powers and makes him a commissioner of education, co-ordinate with the Board of Education. In Brooklyn he is to be appointed by the mayor, and is a city official. In New York he is to be elected by the Board of Education. SHUT OUT THE POLITICIANS, The spirit of school reform is taking hold of Baltimore, and an earnest cffort is being made to drive politics out of the management of the schools. “A public school system,” says the Baltimore Sun, “that is dominated by political influences and which rests to a considerable extent upon political foundaticns, must neeessarily fail to produce the best r sults. That our schools should have been affected In thelr work by the unfavorab cond’tions surrounding them was absolutely unavoldable, and that they have been able, on whole, to give a fairiy good account of Ives has been due to the energy and gilance of true friends of public education in and out of the schools, who hav struggled bravely and carnestly to make them what they should be. It is believed that the ma- jority of our teachers are zealous and con- belentious in their work, as well as compe- tent. But ft Is charged, and there is good ground for bel'eving that the charge is true, that present methods of administration afford opportunities for favoritism and the employ- ment of injurious personal and political influ- ences. The people have a right to demand that they shall have the very bost service that can be obtained, and that ihe work o schools shall not be Impaired in the manner indicated. What is absolutely essential to the highest development of public education and to its best results is its complete emancipa- tlon from politics and politiclans. Any re- form which fgnores this requirement will be simply & sham and a delusion. The pro- fessional politician and the ward boss should not be permitted to make the public schools stepping stones to political or pecuniary ad vantage. Politics and public education should be divorced and the management of the schools should be placed in the ands of rep- resentative men and women of education and ability, who will take pride and interest in their duties, and who will discharge them without fear, favor or affection, with an eye single to the best interests of the whole com- munity intro EDUCATIONAL NOTES. Plans have been completed for the Haskell Orlental museum and lecture hall, a_gift to the city of Chicago by Mrs, Caroline E. I kell as a memorial to her husband. Besides the $100,000 given to defray the cost of the building, Mrs. Haskell has contributed $10,- 000 for a lectureship in comparative religion at the Chicago university, and the same amount for a course to be given in Bombay or Calcutta, In Germany women have access neither to lectures nor to examinations, During the years 1871-80 a few women were certainly admitted to lectures at the Leipsic university, but the permission was afterwards with: drawn, the same being the case at about the same time in Bavaria, he trustees of Barnard college have an- nownced that they need aboute $150,000 to purchase the lots selected for the new site of the college and to qualify them to accept the conditional anonymous gift of $100,000, the first important donation in the history of the Institution. Dr. Willlam R. Harper, president of the University of Chicago, appears (0 possess some of the characteristics of a prodigy. He entered Muskingum college, in Ohio, at the tender age of 10, and graduated at 14, Then he went to Yale, and was only 19 when he re- celved his Ph. D. from the college—an age at which most students are sophomores. Dr. Harper is now 39. The university of which he Is the head has an endowment of $4,000,- | 000, and has $600,000 to spend this year. The treasurer of Roanoke college, Salem, Va., has received a check for $5,000 in pay- ment of the bequest of Mrs. George K Crackett of Springfield, Mass., and also, as a fund, $2,000, already well invested in first-class mortgage bonds, the gift of Morris K. Jesup of New York, who has been a generous friend of the college for a number of year: The directors of the Yale Alumni university fund have called attention to the necessity of the alumni contributing to this fund They make the following announcement in a notice just Issued: “The receipts to date amount to $38,110.29. This amount has been contributed by less than 900 members, . while the living alumni number nearly 8,000. The fund is applicable to any uses of the univer- sity. Every one who has been a student in any department is asked to contribute. Any amount, large or small, will be gladly r celved at any time. The board of director applied as income in 1892 $5,000, in 1593 $12,600, and in 1894 $12,600. Without these moneys the necessary expenses of the unl- versity would have exceeded its avaflable in- come."* The University of the State of New York | has instituted a system of traveling libraries teresting number. Publishing company, Boston Commenting on the recent sudden change in the presidency of the French republio, the The Arena by which any existing collection of books or | editor of the Review of Reviews in the Febe any munity desiring it and willing to conform to certain specified and casy condi- tions may obtain a loan for six months of 100 se 4 volumes from the duplicate col lection of the university, or from books &pe clally bought or given for the purpose. to October, 1894, of these been sent out from Albany, 11,000 volumes, of which 7 turncd without loss or injury, 4,400 were still out and only one single volume was missing, for which, with exemplary probity, the sum of 70 cents had been covered into the university tre aggregating had been re BOOKS AND PERIODICALS. The Philadelphia Times Annual for 1595 i cram full of valualde data, useful information and interesting statistics, those pertaining to sporting and to local events being mgst con spicuous. “Politieal Cec American Laws for Its Pr title of a paper read bef: the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences and Arts and Letters and now presented to the public in pamphlet form, A handsome seed catalogue for 1805 beara the title “Northern Grown Tested Seeds’ A hails from the firm of Northrup-Braslan- dwin company, Minneapolis, Minn, A description of the brilliant New Year's reception at the white house is one of the features In the February number of the Jen- Miller Montaly. Its various depart , such as “Law, Order and Art in “Household Science Department” and “‘Afternoon Tea' possess a distinctive merit, after its kind. The number contains lso an excellent kindergarten departiment an a most practical one known as ‘‘Occupationa for Women.” Bits of choice fiction and poetry adorn the pages, The editorial 1s vel and entertaining, but the most char tic feature of it all, perhaps, I8 paper, which is designated y Philosophy About Clothes. this the writer gives expression to n teresting ideas, all of which are from the principles taught by the Miller system, the keynotes to which boauty, Individuality, hygiene and gene well-being. Jenness Miller Monthly, 114 Fifth avenue, ew York. The New York Tribunc revised, rearranged, and enriche by the addition of new features. The hook contains an almost un limited array of statistics on every concelv able subject which concerns the whole peo- ple, with much which interests only the po litleal parties or large bodies of men or women. The results of the phenomenal elec tions of 1894 are fully reported, partisanship in the contents of The Tribun ilmanac, and every one can accept with con fidence its etatistics of colnage, circulation, foreign trade, elections, population, p fons revenues, banking, divorce, marriage, legal holidays, and the hundreds of other things treated of. The facts about prominent socletics in the United States are given m space than usual, and the constitutional amendments in New York state are given. It is indexed thoroughl. well. Price, 25 cents a copy. The Tr New York “My Blue-Eyed Bonnle Bel!” is the of a new song. and “Private Johnnie Atkin that of a march ju:t published by the White- Smith Music Publishing company, Chicago. ‘Should the Government Retire from Bank- ing?" is the title under which Banker W. C. Cornwell in the February Forum discusscs the currency question, urging an affirmative reply. His position, however, is not very well taken, as the elasticity given by bank control is liable to extremes in the wrong direction as well as in the right The Pro- gram of German Soclalism,” by Wilhelm Liebknecht, leader of the social democrats in the German Reichstag, is a striking paper that will ba read with much interest. Henr Holt in discussing “The Social Discontent argues off the lino in introducing the em- ployer as the real party in conflict with the workingman, when in fact it is the institu- tion of capital behind the employer that is the real antagonist. Colonel Carroll D. Wright contributes a timely paper on “‘Steps Toward Government Control of Railroads, alluding to the Chicago strike, the pooling bill, and attempts at regulating freight rates. Other topics treated are: “Why Gold is Exported;” ““Has the Law Become Commer- clalized?” “The Outlook for Decorative Art he Religions Study in a Baptist Town;" *“Colorado’s Experiment with Populism;” “The Great Realists and the Empty Story Tellers;” *Student-Honor Colleg Examinations;”” “True Amerl Ideals,” and “The Barnacles of Fire Insur ance.” The Forum Publishing company New York. The concentrated essence of recent cvent together with thousands of facts of general importance, grouped and indexed so as to be adily accessible, will be found in the Brook- lyn Bagle Almanac, The tariff bill, the income tax result of the late el subjects mi- nutely miniature library of up-to-date knowledge. Maps, strcet guide: and much local information relating to the city of Brooklyn are also incorporated in the volume, and all for the small sum of Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brook English ventton™ is the rruption and and thy me almanac for 1 cor freshened up 1o date, nd yn, Among the favorite contributors to_the February number of Short Storles are Rud- vard Kipling, Florence Warden and George Boughton, in additfon to which appears a most noteworthy contribution in the shape of a careful and interesting study of the Russian Jew in New York, by Abraham Cahan, which shows In an amusing way the transformation of the dirty, unkempt fin- m'grant into a would-be lady-killer. Current Literature Publishing company, New York. General Lord Wolseley wal a most im- portant contributions to the literature of the China-Japan w In an article for the February Cosmopolitan he discusses the situation and does not mince matters in ng what China must do in this emer- geney. Two other noted foreign authors con- tribute interesting articles to this numbe Kosita Mauzl, the famous Parisian danseuse, gives the history of the ballet, and Emile Ollivier tells the story of the fall of Louis Phillippe. From every part of the world drawings and photographs have been ob- tained of the instruments used to torture poor humanity and appear as illustrations for a clever article, by Jullan Hawthorne, entitled, “Salvation via the Rack.” — Mr Reginald De Koven, Anatole France,. W. Clark Russell, Albicn W. Tourgee and William Dean Howells are among the story tellers for this number. The Cosmopolitan, New York, Young People’s Magazine for February is very handsome and attractive, and wili be sure to please the little ones In whose behalf it is designed. Its illustrations, and other features, besides being fArst class in style and workmanship, are exceedingly Intercsting. Baton-Dunlap company, Bo: The January number of The Or Index 13 an attractive sheet. Besides a number of apt and pertinent editorials it con- tains a valuable paper on “The Ideal Cliy” by Rev. J. P. D. Liwyd, The Index Pub- lishing company, Omaha. Part twenty-three of the Book of the Fair is mainly devoted to forelgn exhibits, the ac- counts of which are full of innumerable de- tafls,most highly entertaining and instructive. Magnificent samples of architectural design are displayed in full page reproductions and the high rank of the preceding number is in every respect fully maintained. Every num- ber of this series is an art gallery on paper a most valuable study and an admirable medium through which to learn to know th world, The Bancroft company, Auditorium bullding, Chicago. Among the interesting topics discussed in the February Arena may be noted *Penalogy in Europe and America,”” by Rev. Samuel J Burrows, D. D.; “The Dynamics of Mind by Henry Wood, and “The-Populist Campalgn in Chicago,” by Willis J. Abbot; Congress- man William J. Bryan punctures “Presl dent Cleveland’s Currency Plan," advocating instead, as might be expected, the doption of free coinage of silver. Mr. Bryan's fear of gold monometallism completely annihilates his own position as a free trader. George W. Pepperill severely scores Senator John Sherman (n an open letter to the ex-secre- tary of the treasur; the Countess of Aber- deen contributes a paper on ‘“The Coming Triennial Meeting of the Council of Women of the United States at Washington . Bel- langee considers “Sexual Purlly and the Double Standard.” C. 8. Thomas writes on “Bimetallism and Leglslation,” a striking historical study. Wil Allen Dromgoole has e story entitled “Aunt Angeline's Triumph.” The Union Symposium for the month is on gambling, and it deals with every form of it, and contains a moat valuable bibliography. The Books of the Day wind up a very io- titlo | sketches | Up | Hawaii and Jo Iibraries had | the troubles in Newfoundland, and many othet There fs no | ports, | | {road ruary number suggest as a desirable Im- provement in the French system the separts tion of the legislative and executive departs ments of government The editor, In the | samo _department, discusses recent events in n, the condition ot Armenia, | topies of world wide interest. In tho field of Lnglish politics, such subjects as the reve enue returns, the London municipal elec« tions, and tho fortunes of the liberal party are treated, while continental affairs of the day receive due consideration. On the Amers fcan side, the editor presents a_ timely sum mary of the present condition of the natfonal treasury, and demands that some means to secure revenue bo devised by congress before | a_plan of currency reform is permanently pted; the changes in the composition of senate are noted, and state and munlels | pal matters receive attention; numerous por traits accompany the crisp editorial para: graphs of whic The Progress of the World' 18 made up. The Review of Reviews come pany, 13 Astor Place w Yor (11 77 99 ~FOR= GRIP FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS APPROVE. France, I lies Uni zIl and the Argentine Repube © In Endorstog Dr. Hum= phreys' Specifies. Approval of Dr. Humphrey's Prep been hestowed by the medical authorities of dies ferent American Republics. 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