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W' f&hvnawa mericat.
H. L. Lovri.acs,
Managbr,
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The BMrtay mornin division er
favored Willi n short address by Inspector
Jenkins, who 1 1 at the faculty of saying a
it eat deal In a few Word, and etriKing II. e
M -irk aimed at withmiL -vasteof I mguage.
li is excellent practical, business-like ad
vice will prove exceedingly henenVial to
t i.h pupils am) employes of this school. .
A leading busings id hi in Portland
has lhl motto printed in dig letit-rs over
his desk, DO IT NOW." Thai is Hie
key note of his -uuewe. Many who a
miserable 'allures la ld'e tmiay wjuld hut.
cted if ihey would not put off doing things
Until some mole convenient lime. Many
employes in the Indian titrvlCH Would U
more t-fttaient and succesaiul if they did
things i igbt now and i ol put ihenn H till to
morrow or next wek. Pupils hi sciu-ol
would alsnat-c-ompiiah a grea deal mme if
they carried om thin grand inottoanrt never
slighted or poutp I iMng a wmk winch
should be done at oner. "lJi.it Now," u
a great big sermon m. itself and it would
AMERICAN.
pay everyone to practice as well as .reach
it.
There are 90,527 Indians In Oatiadu; 290
schools for Indians, 40 of which are unde
nominational; sohnol enrollment 9,576; av
erage attendance 6,117. In the older prov
inces some Indian children attend the
white schools. The government of Canada
o'rtH$a,941,S98 In trust for the Indians.
Of this Minj $129,000 was ml lectori on land
Babs, timber and store dues, etc., and legis
lative grants were made to the amount of
$102,007. It will be seen that Canada is
not fo guild lo Us Indian people as Uncle
Sum is tit hts. Uncle Ham holds millions
of dollar in trust for his Indian wards he-side-
expending about $14,000,000 per year
foi their support and education.
A Lincoln Letter.
One nf ibe many beautiful things wrd
ten by the great President is the following
letter, a copy of which was found in I iN cor
respondence after his death:
"Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21,18(it.
To Mrs. Bixby, Botmi, Mass.: I Iihvs
been shown in the rile or the wr d pit
ment a stiteine.it ..f the Adliltanl General
0l MaSHachiiietts, that yoU are Ui mother
ofrlvesonn who have died gloriously on
the field of battle.
I feel how weak and fruitless must I
eny woid . f mine which nlionid attempt t
beguile jitti tr-.m the grief nf a lo r.i over
whelming. But I cannot refrain fr -m ien
riering ynu the consolation that may be
found in the thanks of the republic thev
died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Fa
ther tnay assuage the anguish of your be
reavement and leave only t he cherisherf
memory of loved aud lost ami the solemn
prize that must he yours to have laid no
costly a sacrlrtc upoti the altar of Ireednm
Yours very sincerely and respec fully,
A, LINCOLN."