The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-26
NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
a Feeling That Il Common 90 All
Glasses Of People.

Glasses Of People.
Andrew Carnegie in the North Ameri-
can Review: One Of the great satisfac-
tions IN travelling around the world Is in
learning that God has made an peoples
happy IN their own homes. We nnd no
people IN any part Of the world desirOus
Of exchanging their lot with any other
My own experience has impressed this
truth very strongly upon me. Upon our
journey to the North cape We stopped in
the Arctic circle to visit camp OF lap
landers I'm the interior, guide IS pro-
vided with instructions to keep IN the rear
OF the hindmost Of the party going and
returning. 20 guard against any being left
behind. Returning from the camp 4
walked with this guide. who spoke Eng
lish and had Travelled the world round iu
his earlier years as a sailor, and was
proud to speak Of bis knowing New York
Boston. New Orleans and other ports Of
ours. Reaching the edge Of the ford
and looking down upon H. we saw a ham
let upon the opposite side. and one two
story house under construction. with a
grass plot surrounding IT, a house so much
larger than any OF the adjacent huts that
Il betokened great wealth. Our guide ex-
planned that "a man had made a great
fortune He was their mulu-mlliOnaire
and his fortune was reported 10 reach no
less a figure than 10000 kroner tS7 .JOOl
and he had returned 20 his native place
OF Troms0 10 build this palace" and
spend his days there. Strange preference
for night six months long. But ii was
home J asked the guide which place IN
all the world he would select II ever he
made such q tOrtune-with a lingering
hope that he would name some place IN
our own favored land. How could he
help its But his face beamed with pleas
ure at the idea OF ever being rich. and he
said finally. "Ah, there Is no place like
Tromsor'
Travelling IN Southern India. one day 7
was taken into the country TO see tapioca
roots gathered and ground for use. The
adults working In the grove men and
women. had each a rag around the l0ins.
but the boys and girls, with their black,
glossy skins. were free OF all incum-
branee Our guide explained TO these peo-
pie that we were from a country so FAR
away. and so different from theirs that
the waters were sometimes made solid by
the extreme cold. and we could walk upon
them. that sometimes it was so intensely
cold that the rain was frozen into purti
clee and lay on the earth SO deep that
people could not walk through IL. and
that three and four layers OF heavy
clothes had to be worn. This happy peo
pie as our guide told us. wondered why
we stayed there. why we did not come
and enjoy life IN their favored CLINE.
il Is Just 80 Win the Fmlipplhes TO-DAY
as one can see from Mr. Bray's account
OF them 1t IS astonishing how much all
human beings the world round are alike
in their essentials. These people love
their homes and their country. their wivei
and children, as we do. and they have
their pleasures. IT. in our Humanitarian
efforts and longing TO benefit them, undei
the call Of duty or destiny. We should
bring hundred TO New York. give then
fine residences on Fifth avenue, FORTUNE
conditioned upon their remaining. and trl
/ to -civilize' them as we should say. tnel
I would all run away Il not watched. an,
risk their lives in an attempt to get bacl
to their own civilization. which God hal
thought best to provide for them IN thl
/ Ph-frpines. They have just the sam
feelings as we have not excluding low
/ Of country. for which. ike ourselves, a
we see. they are willing 70 die.