Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-14
tinct trades. The institution enters into contracts for furnishing all the materials ex-

tinct trades The institution enters into
 contracts for furnishing all the materials ex- cept iron which are employed in building a house; and next year iron will be added to
 the list of materials supplied, except in the l smaller forms of locks, keys, etc. l went through the splendid sawmill which does an l annual business of about $50, 900. Logs are l brought from North Carolina by way of the 1 Great Dismal Swamp canal. The sawdust is i used in furnace which furnishes heat to l several adjoining br.ildingsin summer. And 1 here young colored men were working all l day, and girls were similarly working all day I in the large laundry, so that they might at l tend the might school'' connected with the l institute. Think of it, you people at the North who make sweeping condemnation of 1 the whole negro race,-think that here alone there about two hundred young men and l women of that despised race working all day so that they may learn by lamp light how to read and writel
 sEIs there any branch of work that isn't represented here?' I inquired after going through the tailoring, boot and shoe, har- ness, tinsmithing and many other depart ments. Perhaps you have horse-shoeing departments" '3Yes, here it is," said MT.
 Frissell. I had submitted my question in
 hippant spirit, but sure enough there was the
 blacksmith shop-a fine brick one, too.
 There were also immense barns full of corn
 and hay and long rows of fat cattle. The in
 
 with milk from it's dairy. Last year the stu
 dents earned S41 ,838. 75 in these various de-
 partments, and that at the rate of from five to eight cents hour compensation! Two million feet of logs were sawed into lumber and sold or worked into building material by students who needed help; large shipments of early farm produce were made to northern markets; many carts and wagons, half million bricks, 1, roo garments and 12,0o0 dozen pairs of mittens were manufactured; and three monthly papers and many pam phlets and advertisements were printed at the big printing house. This manual labor sys- tenn is to my mind the wanting jewel supplied in the educational crown of the emancipated race. While many might stop with educating the mind and the heart, these Hampton workers link together these two considerations and then add thlrd-the hand
 Most of the Indians are of course em- ployed in agricultural pursuits or the manu facture of Indian curios.
 You know the scholars are educated by scholarship system. The institute furnishes instruction free, and some northern Sunday school or church, or band of friends or sin l gle philanthropjst, donates the seventy dol lars per year which represents the actual cost of a child's tuition. Each child being thus ! protege Of some person of persons at the I North it is customary for him or her to | 'Trite at least annual letter to their u1- known benefactor. This is the tiro of the | year when these letters written, and ] l have been much interested in the original | draueyhts Of few that have seen. l shali ! copy some extracts just they were -origi- | nally composed by these ignorant negroes | and Indians, believing that they will let you into the inner life of the progressive ele- ment in both classes. Of course most of the letters are very long and it seems pity to condense them, inasmuch as they are actual of the lives of veritable hu- man beings not the device of some authors imagination. To begin with here is a mea- gre synopsis of rather verbose effort:
 Dear Friend: Perhaps you will hardly believe ne when say it is a very pleasant duty to write tc whom hare never seen CT known; but then | nR ERe1 past lTG WftR 0W what Rope to make my future itink you will no longer doubt that am more than ,f iye there MtS oy short while after the ,ation- My mother with two small children then uoved Newber,y, S. C., where we have lived ever ince. I have father. My mother found 1t very | ,ard to support herself and children in those hard ;ing up and down the streets and roads, with no l where to shelter themselves nor 1iiouthftti of food o1nd home where she sewed. cooked, washed ! roned, and in fact did everything for the small sum avs she paid for little home with her eyesght fany nights have I heard my mother ironing all light after hard days work sewing or washing: l consequence she is almost blind now; Stll 1I she olow descriptions of what brutality her mother 1 T 6 ! tudies and work in the industrial department) i rant do something for my race and in the mean pened up the way that your sacrifices were not in ain. am sure can never. never tell yot! how } make such iise of my chances that you any ther friend who has helped me would feel that our money was thrown away Yours respectfully, 2
 ALICE SIMMo25s-" q Does it pay, this educational work? The cart Of the next writer is in the right place, ut the African fondness for picturesque | hetoric appears: : ''l5ear Friend: As look upon this golden oppqr I lany prayers my forefathers prayed for ell these I f saFpP GaS 9at or ss 6rs Fs 5 e may call 6 golden dawn. I am P years old t ne so ia far ,t even i if t havent had parp have ot seen him in many years9 From a ehiid M had ard and pick up blts of paper and strain my eyes yer lines trying to make them out. If could only o ought To want m to P be a usefH to my m! race in every 2od way can and think m k every d4y of the vast vast y part with Gods help. Willie l, feel that I ] y y hanEs o You rope can MAGGIE STEVENS F This from the Indian sister of Bright yes:"
 Dear Friend: When I heard of your kind E oughtfulness in giving both my, sister and my h If the benefit of your scholarship it made me l st st than then anything an else could have done wIsh ore of the Indians could have the benefit of the aiming that is given here It is just what we In 1 ans need. May God help each one of us to make @ best of the chance he has given us expect to , with my work my return home if God is filing. We indian girls have prayer meetings by l lrselves. Almost every girl is anxious to work for 1T people. and some of the talks in meeting are 1 ally beautiful. MARGUERITE LA fLEsCH.' 1 These are extracts from the first three let IFS on top of large pile, reproduced even
 orthography and punctuation. Does the ork pay? EMILE
 Wait For It. e Bolton 6 Neely's great clearing sale begins thursday at a. m. Look out for bargains. | I.