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few Hawaiians are illiterate. The indica-
tons are that in Il few years there Will be
very few natives who cannct read and
write English in fact. to-day the ma jority
of such are foreigners in the islands.
The Hawaiian school system is not yet
perfect. but it enables those who have its
advantages to read and write English
quite perfectly. ] was surprised that part
Hawaiian girls spoke English. and i'll
many instances German, French and
Spanish beside. also their own language,
and quite often could carry on a conversa-
ton in Chinese OF japanese.
Over 26 per cent. of Hawaiians and
e9.:SS per cent. part-HawaiianS are able TO
read and write English.
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.
Until 1920 the natives had no written
language. (See Grammar of the Hawaiian
Language, Andrews, 1S54.) 1t was then
introduced by missionaries. The language
is soft and harmonious, as every word
must end with vowel, and there are only
five conSonantS in the alphabet. and five
ivowels. with n and W. Although the New
ZeaIanders and Hawaiians are thousands
OF miles apart. yet their languages are so
stand each other. | found the native lam
guage very easy 10 learn, and quite as easy
10 speak.
One rule Of their language is of great help
to the foreigner who wishes to master the
language each letter has one distinct
sound and very seldom deviates from this
tone. Exception To this rule is when
two voweis are joined together. The most
difficult part ! found in the language was
the mode Of accent. One word may mean
good-by, lover, or a greeting, according as
il is accented. For the orator or writer this
is one of the most beautiful of languages;
as, like the Indian tongues, it is filled with
words of the most significance. For in
stance, the word for policeman literally
means zone who is all eyes" The word for
God literally is He who is overseeing and
all-powerful." Every Kanaka word has a
deep and practical literal meaning for its
foundation.
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HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Visit to Our New Possessions
in the Pacific.
By OSCAR F. SAMPSON,
1st N. Y. Vols, Spanish War.

All advancement by the kanaka in
civilization, religion and government has
been made since 1888, when Christianity
was permanently established in the Islands
by American missionaries. Superstition
gradually disappeared, and then the native
was ready TO begin his scholastic education,
and by his rapid advancement has proven
himself worthy of the efforts of these earlier
missionaries. To-day public schools and
institutions of learning are found through
out the islands.
All common schools are supported at
public expense, while schools for higher
education have been established by cities
or benevolent people.
Capt c.. Z. Dutton, Z. S. A, says it is
much easier for a foreigner to learn TO speak
the Hawaiian language than for a native
tolearn English. He also says: "Unfortun-
ately the natives have never been taught
the English language, and this has been
serious obstacle in the way of their intellec-
tual advancement"
This obstacle is now overcome by the
teaching of English among Hawaiians by
teachers from the States. Every native
who now attends school in the islands must
study the English branches.
KANEHAMEIIA MILITARY SCHOOL.
While in the Islands visited the Kane
hameha Military School at Honolulu.
This college is supported partly by the city
and partly by Mr.. Bishop, whose wife. a
relative of Kamehameha, founded the
school. Only Hawaiian or part Hawaiian
students are admitted
The school has 30 buildings. including
girls building, primary department (where
English must be learned). main building,
class-rooms, Jail. gymnasium. dormitorics,
dining-halls. and chapel. These buildings
are constructed of lava rock and cement.
These make structure both pretty aud
permanent. Mr.. Bishop recently expended
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suburbs to take the place of those worn
out The city of Berlin takes 100000
new horses every year. A large number of
the horses used in omnibuses and on tram
lines both in England and on tine continent
are imported from the United States The
horses from the United States are shipped
from the ports of New York and Boston to
the ports of London, Liverpool, and Glas-
gov. and quite a large number are trans
shipped at London for the ports of Ant
werp and Havre. The ocean rates on
horses from New York and Boston are
from SO to $50 per head, including feed
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Cities Wear Out Horses.

Horses wear much out faster in the large
cities than they do in country districts.
says tie Chicago Chronicle. immense
numbers of these animals annually sue
cumb TO hard usage. combined with the
inevitable labor OF hauling heavy loads
the city supply becomes exhausted it must
be replenshed by horses from the country
or from foreign parts. 1t is stated that
in the suburbs of London alone there are
100000 horses in use. and that 100 600
horses must every year be sent into these
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boy was transformed into soldier will march
with him over mountains and across rivers; will
camp on the hillside and stand guard in the moon
vdet in the lonely forest. and again in the wild
charge. when, in the mountain-passes, he came
face to face with the horsemen Of the South.
The humorous, the pathetic, the preposterous,
the eXtravagant phases of war are all told with
the pen of a master. Finally comes grim battle.
the defeat the surrender the travelling through the
South as prisoner of war; the experiences IN
Richmond prisons and at ghastly Belle Isle; then
comes the climax in the prison stockade at Ander-
sonville itself, with its 10000 men, its poverty. its
starvation, its DEATH All these things are told
with the dramatic power of truth. and they are
told as only they can be told by who was there
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nearly 81 100000 in q new Art Museum
and Assembly Hall.
The school furnishes board for all stu
dents, and they are under military disci-
pline. Services are held in the chapel each
Sunday, and all are compelled 10 attend.
No one is allowed off the grounds without a
pass.
SCHOOLS OF HONOLULU.
In Honolulu there is a well-organized
school system. This includes free public
schools, high school modelled after our
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enforcement quite effective. Very few
children of school age fail to attend.
| am informed by history of these
Islands that the public schools are under
control of an unpaid board of five persons
appointed by the President. The Consti-
tuition provides for the appropriation of
public funds for sectarian or public schools.
The public schools expenditure for 1867
amounted to S454,4 AL. School year begins
Sept. 1.
1t is very encouraging TO note that very
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w may have these two volumes for his trou-
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will receive both volumes, or, if he prefers,
two volumes from the other list of books.)
This is positively very easy way for present
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this page and he will be glad to subscribe.
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Lucky Escape.
j Judge.

Jones-They say Smiths three daugh-
ters all got engaged to foreign noblemen
while at the shore" and that Smith is
tickled to death about it.
Brownies. He's Just found ont that
they are all dry-goods clerks, and self.
supporting.
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and attendance, insurance for the voyage,
and for 10 days after landing and dock
charges.
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T is impossible. briefly. to give
an adequate description of the
scope and character of this i'm
mortal chapter in the history of
the civil war. 1t deals with a
great subject, and one little un.
derstood, because it was a tragedy
enacted behind the scenes, OBJ
scured by the smoke of battle
in front. While the public. was
kent daily Informed of march and
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siege and desperate attack and repulse, fixing the
attention upon the ever-changing panorama of
active warfare the voice of heroes dying in prison
pens was lost. Nonews came from the men herded
like cattle beyond the mountains of the South. The
Nation knew little of the horrors behind the Sockade
The author of Andersonville has told a thrilling
story. thas horrors they not of his invention.
The book however. will be found to treat not
only of prison life. but to abound in incidents of
the camp, the march, and the battlefield. In fact,
there is better narrative cxtant of the stirring
experiences of a cavaryman than there is to be
found in this story The reader of these pages will
go with the author into his life and see how the
Address THE
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schools, in which The English language is
also taught. also several boarding schools.
and schools ranking with our high schools
in the United States.
The public school wear in the islands is
eight months. and all children between six
wears and IA years are compelled 10 attend,
unless physically unable 10 do so. The
law Is very severe, and their system for
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l54 spirited illustrations.
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LANGUAGE OF THE ESKIMO.


Spoken by the Inhabitants of More Thas
Ten Thousand Miles of Coast Land.
The Eskimo language, which Is
spoken at the extreme north of this
hemisphere, is also found in the
north of Asia. The people have been
called Orarians-that is, jewellers
on the shore" They inhabit mar
row strip of country around the
margin of Greenland, and TO the
west of Baffin's bay, around all the
great islands and down the coast TO
the gulf of ST. Lawrence, on the
western shore of Hudson bay, and
about the bays and straits to the
north; then 10 the west around
Alaska, and still further along the
arctic shores of the eastern CONT
nent- They thus extend along the
winding island and mainland coast
for more than 10, COO miles, inhabit-
ing narrow fringe of country by
the sea, and obtaining their lyeli-
hood therefronl- More than 10, 600
miles of coast land are occupied by a
people who speak one language
But in Newfoundland there are
tribes which speak another tongue
mixed with the Eskimo. while On
the southwest coast there are other
tribes speaking mixed tongues. and
the same is true of tribes inhabiting
the northern coast of Asia If we
call all these tongues Eskimo.
then the principal tongue is still
homogeneous and a common mesii-
um for the communication of tribes
occupying. as ! have said, more than
10000 miles Of the most difficult
coast known 10 mankind While
there is intercommunication. it il
infrequent becsuse Of the dificulties
and perils Of aIci;o naviszti0n
nus e IN that stretch q country
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The story is told Of a green hand
on board a coasting vessel who
could not learn TO steer by the
mariners compass 1t was clear,
starlight night, and the captain told
him to head the vessel toward a
particular bright star which he
pointed out.
This was done, and for short
time all was right. But before long
she was yeering wildly from her
true course and rushing rapidly be
fore the wind.
.'Ahoy there at the wheell' reared
the excited captain. Port your
helml What do you meant Where's
the stari''
Its awl right, captain" timildy
replied the nervous helmsman. 81
lost the star. but found another
brighter and better than the one
you showed me" - London An.
swers-
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AT certain seasons in some parts
of India IT is the duty of every de-
vout person to eat special sort of
confectionery. Every confectioner
in October. for instance, has pole
about feet high al his door, and to
this is nailed a great hook about Q
foot long and thick in proportion
On one side of this is brisk fire
with a huge earthen pan on it Be
fore the pan man may be seen sit
ting-for nobody stands when he
can sit-with kind of wooden ladle,
and with this he briskly stirs a
quantity of bubbling, black looking
sugar till il becomes quite tough. He
then scrapes it together and puts il
ON a piece of board to cool little,
and then getting mp and dexterously
throwing it ON the large hook he
begins to pull out the tough sub
stance.
He draws it out TO the length of
or feet at a time and throws it
back and elongates it again and SO
he manipulates it till the mass be-
comes as white as snow.
This composition, so treated, is
manufactured in all sorts of sacred
forms - figures of little idols and
gods-and is eagerly bought foI
CONSUMPTION. strand Magazine.
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A Popular Excursion.

The NJ, 4. s T. excursion to San
Antonio. leaving here Wednesday
morning at 4:la is not available north
OF VInIta. But 10 take advantage OF
it several persons are coming down
from Chetopa and 0swego. probably
Tuesday night The offer Of such
an exceptionally long trip-sI0 for the
round trip-to say nothing OF the de-
lightfnl spot to be visited At this sea
son OF the year. is an opportunity
which should not be neglected.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17
IE UNITED STATES CRUISER RALEIGH,
New Candidates.

Burnett, Fulp s. Co. is the style of the
new grocery firm, having bought out
Chandler s. Cos. store. and they are in
the race for business. Birch Burnett is too
we'll known in vinita 10 need any intro
duciion. Mr. A. Fulp is from Sapnl-
pa, and comes to us highly recommended
as young man of sterling qualities and
good business ability. They will put IN
soda fountain, fine line of confechon-
ery, and make all needed improvements
and run a first class grocery and expect
to merit a first class patronage We
wish them success.
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A RemarkabIe Story.

Deputy Clerk John c. Anderson re-
lates = remarkable coincidence about
the death OF two calves and two roos-
ters at his west side home The story
is that about a year ago the
xirst calf died with 1T. The animal
was apparently in good health,all Of
sudden it reared up and fell dead Sun
day the calf of the same COW died in
precisely the same manner. At the
death of the FIRST calf q rooster cew
upon the fence, Hoped his wings and
crew. then fell on dead. Sunday i large
BvNbms cock immediately lymounted the
fcncs and IN like manner also fell
dad 4 few ,linutes after che calf
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17
there il but one language.

there Is but one language
What are the conditions under
which this language has been pre-
served in its integrity and homoge-
neityl Simply these: The territory
occupied by the people speaking this
language is cut off from the interior
by an uninhabitable belt of glacial
land, so that the means Of commu-
nication are to be found mainly on
the seaward side. The inhabitants,
having been distributed over this
enormous belt of coast from a priini-
tive tribe having one language, have
preserved that language through all
their vicissitudes and stages of cul-
ture, while in the southeast. where
the Eskimoan territory joins terri
tory occupied by tribes having other
tongues, we find mixed languages
The same facts appear on the south
ern coast of Alaska, in languages
differentiated from the main stock
by admixture with other languages
With the exception pointed out. the
Eskimoan language is the purest
language known on this hemisphere.
So far as they have, been studied, all
other languages are compounded OF
at least two and usually of many
Forum.
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nThe next day l saw the child
again, and it was perceptibly dark
er; the hands ami feet were reddish.
Ten days later the main TINT Of the
body correspondea 10 No ~ Of the
Broca scale, which Is that Of a light
tanned leather the extrcmities were
brick red. The baby shortly fell ill
and was taken to the hospital, |
saw il again when it was Is days
old. and by that time it, color had
deepened to chocolate.
In the second case DR. Collignon
did not see the newborn child until
II hours after birth, when it was
the color of chamois skin. The
third and fourth cases were prac-
tically like the first. In subsequent
cases the peculiarities of the first
were confirmed. From all of these
data the investigator felt justified
in saying:
1.-The negro baby comes into the
world tender pink color; the sec
ond day it is lilac; 10 days after
ward il is the color of tanned leather
and at is days it is chocolate The
human epidermis, or outer layer OF
skin, is composed of three films su-
perimposed one upon the other, and
holding between them, IN the case
of the negro, the coloring matter
which makes him brown or black.
This pigment is semihuid or in the
form of fine granulations; In the In
dian it is red and in the MongoEan
yellow. Freckles are made OF this
pigment. Ii is influenced not only
by sun and by climate, but by GER
tain maladies, aud the negro changes
in tint just as the white person
does. New York Sun.
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COLOR OF NEGRO BABIES,
A French Physicians Inquiry Into the SHc
cessiye Tints They Show After Birth

A French Physicians Inquiry Into the Sue
eessive Tints They Show After Birth
Several years ago DIR. Farabeut,
professor of histology at the Faculty
of Medicine. stated in a public lee
ture that negro babies at the time
of birth were Of exactly the same
color as white ltabies, and that they
showed signs of color only after an
interval. usually Of several days.
but often extending to many weeks;
finally, that the skin never attained
its darkest tint until the age of pu-
berty.
This assertion caused good deal
of discussion al the time. One physi-
clan, DIR. Florain, who had spent
some years in Africa. denied it en-
phatically. He declared that the
children of black parents were in
Fariably born black and that they
were as black at the age OF 2 months
as they ever would be. To this i'm
peachment DIR. Farabeuf made a
single response, BLACK babies are
born white.
Last summer there was on exhibit
ton at the Champ de Mars a Su-
danese village. the colony of which
numbered several hundred persons
as black as ever born. Another in
yestigator, Dr. Collignon, saw there
an opportunity TO settle the contro-
versy. He set TO work scientifically.
using the Broca ciirOmatic scale TO
verify his tints. This scale is made
up of "a gradations, the gamut be-
ginning with cream white and end
ing with ebon black, the intervening
shades giving all the grades that
one could obtain. say. By pouring
milk into cup of black coffee. The
first case that DIR. Collignon had a
chance at was the birth of boy on
Sept Is. The parents were coal
black.
Il arrived at the moment Of
birth. says DR.. Collignon- Arm
ed with my scale. ! examined the
child the instant it had been wash
ed Its skin was of a very light
pink, somewhat lighter than the
No. "A OF Broca- Within, a very
short time the skin was saffusei
with deeper tinge, which gradual
" became delicate lilac Certain
parts OF the body were darker; bui.
on the other hand. the feet ard
hands vere Of = beautiful rosy
tinga The hair was very fne and
abundant, not czrly. and perhsps
6ree oentimeters u lehEth
81
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17
HOW sir Henry Irving Takes Pains

During the Merchant" Sir Henry
would coach me up in my part in
1.-The Bells, which we played on
Saturday nights TO give Miss Terry
a rest. The anomaly of Shylock
conversing with servant of Portia
did not matter, as the act drop was
down. II genius be the faculty of
taking pains, Irving must be gen.
Jus, for if it were The last perform
ance Of play and he saw something
that would improve it he would
adopt it. Months after we had been
playing the Merchant" he called
me and said, 1t would be better,
Ganthony, if your spurs jingled a
little more as you entered and cross.
ed the stage . l accordingly had
two metal disks put in each, the
sound from which should have sat-
isfed all the requirements of dra-
matte art. The company was very
prone to say, Look at the men the
guv' nor has TO work for him, F" for
getting that men must be selected
like anything else, and what they
do must be criticised by a superior
intelligence, or superlative pre-
sentiment of stage plays is impossi-
BILE.
When poacher's hut was set for
the first time. with all the windows
beautifully painted. Irving rammed
a piece of straw into one of them
and said, That's better" The bro
ken window gave character. as did
the ornate furniture ip the following
"set" of the interior of a mansion,
the appropriateness of which was
as critically examined. Random
Recollections. "
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II don't say all women are alike, 7"
remarked Mr.. Meekton, with sigh,
'.but Elizabeth hasn't changed
much. Before we were married she
was what they call q .willowy' sort
of girl She is now a pronounced
willowy sort of a woman Chica-
20 Tribune.
Eastern roofs ara generally ia;
for comfort during the summer sea-
Eon- The roofs of houses IN the east
are oftsn used as outdoor gardens
The Greeks save the roof q slight
elevation IN the middle. The Ro.
mans increased II TO one- eth Of the
sr1n. The high pointed roofs of mod.
ern kines are q German oxizin
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17

Jim Blackwell aud John Britt have
opened up feed store in the old tin
shop lately vacated by Rruce Gamer
on. W. W. Miller's timer.
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Are Raising Sroo 900.

J, w. Jump was in the city yester-
day. AS member OF the executive
committee OF the commercial mems
organization OF ST. Louis be has been
quite active in raising their c0ntribu-
tion OF $4,000 for the St. Louis
worlds fair. They have already got
81. 600.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17
Looks Badly.

There is very nice boy in this city
who persists in smoking in the COM
pany Of ladies. BY dropping this
practice he will probably rise in the
estimation ofthe ladies and certainly
will in the esteem Of those Of older
years who have an interest in his well
fare.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17
Harness stolen.

Some one entered the barn at the
Tom Bracket farm Saturday night
and stole a set OF harness. the prop
erty of George Cook. The tracks OF
two horses aud a mule were detected
in the vicinity next morning, but no
other clue has vet been discovered.
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To Be Tried at Grove.

J. B. Burckhalter went 70 Grove
this afternoon to prosecute Or. L. d.
Crawford before the mayors court
there charged with the larceny Of some
corn. The defense will be represent
ed by Lake Moore. J. B. Turner aid
Blue & Wilson.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17
Pairs Formed.

The Wagoner court having taking
quite a number of voters out Of town
today, several sets of pairs were
formed-a person Of one party agree
ing not to vote, as his colleague or
friend of the other party was absent
and could not do so.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17

uNed Shanahan, f. G. Cowan and
wife and Mrs. J, A. Thompson, are
among those who are going on the
san Antonio excursion.