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not be judged by It's movements when out
Of Its element. Look In its own dominion
and you will see II hanging on the limbs
Of a tree. the long claws OF the feet serv .,,
Ing admirably for that purpose. It VIII
pass along rapidly. both up and down and
from tree to tree. When asleep It supports
itself from branch parallel to the earth.
In wild state the sloth spends all its time
in the trees; there 1t lives and there 1t dies.
y *
Even to get drink the sloth is not ac-
customed to leave the trees. but will dex-
trously descend toward the outer end Of a
carefully selected branch until 1t bends
down to the waters edge. whereupon 1t
quenches its thirst, still hanging to the UNI
derside of the limb. It should be described
In It's native haunts and not In a situation
In which nature never intended 1t to cut a
figure. The chameleon I placed on Sec
ton OF bright red cloth did not turn that
color, for there Is In nature no object OF
that hue sufficiently large for 1t to rest on.
It turned notified green. ground, and bark
cclor, but 1t was never made to satisfy the
desires OF novelty-loving travellers, nor to
display antics for their amusement. Now
to declare from the red. cloth experiment
that the creature fails to change color ac-
cording to what 1t rests upon might be a
very misleading statement and unfair to the
animal. Charles Waterton says: THE
SlOtH 10 DIS luuCh at q iOoS " picSGSd Ofi ilS
journey upon a smooth and level floor, as
man would be had he to walk a mile in
stills upon a line of feather beds"
The Polynesian Is not to be judged fairly
Ill less in his native element. Let him be
among his cocoanuts, yams, bananas and
chimneyless homes and churches; give him
the advantage of his accustomed environ
ment and he will be found active and in
dustrious. To transplant him to Wall street
snd then hesitate to recommend him be-
cause he fails to arouse enthusiasm for
his stock gambling qualities. Is to be what
Carlyle terms an entire blockhead." Let
none have the insolent address to assert
the Tongans. Samoans or Fijians lazy.
They are modest, sober. affable, domes-
tic folk. not tardy in hospitality, but in the
lavishment of which they suggest the vir-
tue as displayed by the Romans In the
early days, before the love Of gambling and
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Special Correspondents of The Star.

Special Correspondents OF The Star.
CHAUTAUQUA. July 10. 1906.
With music week. July 22-2S. the Chau-
tauqua assembly of 1906 moves step near
er the climax, which comes Immediately
following recognition week. August 12-17.
Among the lecturers of music week are
Rev. Newell Dwight Hills. Mr.. Booker 7.
Washington; Mr.. N. ]. Corey, while dra-
matte readings will be given by Mr.. Mar
shall Darrach, the well-known Interpreter
of Shakespeare, and Mrs Ernest Vosburg,
who will present a series of studies from
George Eliot. The special musical events
to be given under the direction of Alfred
Hallam of New York, including Rossini's
cantata .Stabat Mater" Memberships ora
toria 1.-The Elijah" Handels oratoria '"The
Messiah and grand musical festival and
choral competition on July II, In which
four large choruses representing north.
south, east and west, viii compete, together
with numerous Quartets and smaller Choir
uses.
One OF the most formidable undertakings
in the history of American music will be
that of Friday, August 8. the climax of
music week, when Director Hallam, the
Chautauqua choir orchestra, soloists and
chorus, will sing Rossni's oratorio Moses
In Egypt" While this Is one OF the great
est oratories It's production has never been
undertaken in the United States, 1t Is said,
although II is occasionally sung by the
great choral organizations OF Europe. Nine
soloists will take part. Director Hallam has
arranged for the participation of both the
July and August Quartets. The oratorio
will be sung in two parts, the first part will
begin at Pm, with brief intermission
for supper. The second part will begin at
pm.
benefited q great deal by the legislative
act rigidly restricting the winter spearing
Many good catches Of bass are reported al
most every day and not infrequently the
lone fisherman brings IN a muscaiionge or
two. Old fishermen say that fishing Is the
best this summer 1t has been ia twenty
years.
The Chautauqua woman's Club has
resumed Its daily sessions, again under the
direction of the popular Mrs. B. T. Vim
cent. who has been at the head of the club
almost since its founding
Bowling. boating, bathing and base ball
are In charge of the athletic club this year,
and the spacious club house Is more than
ever the headquarters where men delight
to meet A bowling league has been organ
lied, and the alleys are In use morning.
afternoon and evening.
The speakers for National Army day at
Chautauqua. July D. win be Gen. o. o.
Howard and Gtw. Frank w. Higgins of
the state of New York. The speaker for
Recognition day win be Edward Howard
GrifgB. who also gives q course OF lectures
dung the week OF August 6-l1 The
Gra>sse day orator win be Sir cheutung
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subiect "Animosity." He spoke of the bit
terness that sometimes creeps into the
church through factional fights. and said
that when animosity entered into Chris
tan work Goodness walked out" He de-
plored the seeking of pomp and power by
mission workers, and added that this,
coupled with the formation of cliques, had
been the undoing of many churches and
missions.
Capt. Valiant advised those engaged In
Christian effort to tbe meek and lowly, like
the Saviour" and to leave their ambitions
TO be greater than others and their ami
mosities outside the pale of the church
or mission. His lecture was we'll received
by the large audience that braved the OPP
pressive atmospheric conditions to so to
the mission to hear him.
The meeting was opened by the audience
Joining In singing the gospel song. you
May Hear the JOY Bells" There was
prayer by Mrs. Haslan. followed by the
rendition of the hymn. Down Where the
Healing Waters Flow" The benediction
was by Mr.. Mortimer.
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porary home. We drove to several villages
hunting for a chief and finally found one
at Nakolo, who very graciously received
US.
His henchmen cared for our animal and
after the precious baggage had been In
serted In the brown hut OF the great chief
tain asked for water to wash my hands
and face, but was told Il was too precious
instead cocoanut oil. but declined it. The
interpreter and myself hastened OF to the
sea with brown boys and brown girls, a
Jolly crowd, running after US to- the shore.
They were in various stages OF being
clothed. 1t was merry crowd that ac-
companied the big white chief, as I was
called. down to the shore OF the Southern
sea. The dash Of the surf upon the coral
reef. laundering the rolling waves upward
into blue and then green. but to break in
sublime!
On cove high above the water is a
cemetery with its graves OF pure white
sand, wee place OF sepulchre, lonely.
beautiful and sad. Here they lie, these
brown people, as peacefully under the
populous north. These kind islanders. re-
volying In their little orbits, live and die
In the village OF their fathers, knowing but
the trackless woods. the coming and going
OF the birds, the best fishing grounds, the
psalms OF David. and their dual daily fam
lily prayer. They are brown, their huts are
brown. their cocOanuts are brown, but their
SOUS are quite as white as the more liter
airy mortals of a different skin In the Wig
oreus north lands. Let them live peace
fully on their coral island in the midst of
the southern sea- Let them have their
vans. taro and the bath every other day in
the tide. Let them die in the faith of Jesus
and be buried in the little cove cemetery,
aleft on the shore of the nearby sea; and
II mo paper notices the exodus of the hum
BILE, kind hearted child of the tropics, never
mind.
Caesar was ambitious and fell FROM, q
lofty height. 1t will not be so with the
Friendly islanders. That place of the sand
tombs Is quiet spot. save only for the sad
requiem of the milk-white waters on the
coral reef. AS the daylight dies into moon
light we hasten from the sand mounds or
death to the huts OF our host After a
square meal and family worship conducted
by the great chief, we safely slept.
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Sunday Morning Talk
When a Mans or DUTY.

When do we truly know a man7 When
| he is hard at his task. with the eye Of a
superior constantly upon him, with the
whip Of competition or ambition snurrfno
him on to do his level best? Yes. In mart
but we must see him also under other cir
cumstances in order to size him up truly.
We must notice how he behaves when he
Is on duty, when the usual restraints are
relaxed, when his own. personality can be
allowed free play. VIII he be the gentle
man and the Christian Them
Evening after evening he returns to his
nome? When man gets dressing sack and
slippers on and Tolls back in an easy chair
on ms own piazza, surely he ought to have
little liberty. Must man forever be
saying, yes, ma'am" and no sir. and .4f
you please? Is there no place ON 20 ri,
where he can forego his company smile?
Yes. indeed. that's all right; home shoI,id
pc happy haven for the hard-pressed
bread winner. But because he throws OF
business cares and responsibilities he ought
not to shirk all his home obligatfons 70
be polite and civil to the people with whom
snariing to your own people. when YOU
como home at night. Is an Insult to them
and wrong to yourself.
When the college boys and girls come
home Tor their vacation, It is q testing dime
for character. have known youths Of
both sexes who found It harder to live .
steady, true life at home than when away
at school, the reason being that at school
they were helped by the regular oncnirc
Of events and by the standards to Which
they were expected to advance whereas 81
home the tendency is TO let down the bars
will be lenient with little SHORTCOMINGS.
When man joins an excursion party for
day OF weeks outing the way he be-
acter. Why win fairly good people do things
IN crowd which they would be ashamed
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on checks as a means Of guarding against
forgery and preventing dishonest persons
from raising the figures on them Is one OK
the latest novelties in business. There Is q
possibility that It Will become more than .
the idea to business affairs is merchant
Of PIainfeld, N. :. After writing check
he places an Ink impression OF his thumb
not CELEBRATING them. 1t Is manifestly Inn
possible to raise the figures without making
the interference obvious on the thumbmark.
His banker has an Ink impression OF his
mark on the check would instantly reveal
any forgery.
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MISSIONARIES IN THE SOUTH
SEAS-THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS

BY WILLIAM EDGAR GEL, r. n. q. 3.
Copyright, 1905 By the Church News Association.t
nesfans has led the vicious and careless to
give erroneous accounts OF them.
Look at that singular South American
animal. the sioth. r venture to conjecture
1t would never have been given that name
had 1t been properly observed In Its native
element f1rst But, taken from the trees
where nature insists 1t shall live and die,
and placed upon the ground, 1t makes but
slow and tedious progress ard cries out
constantly with pain. Having no soles to
its feet. its limbs not formed to support
the body on It's feet, the belly drags on the
ground. In that unnatural attitude the
poor thing is In constant misery. Like the
albatross the legs OF which bled on the
deck when brought aboard the "Monowaf
crossing the Tasman sea, 10 the sloth cam
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sufficient one-is to remember that after all
we are never really on duty. We may
relax physically all we please. but we must
never let the sentineis OF our souls get
drowsy. We do well now and then TO de-
NIT for q time certain duties and tasks
but there are some duties which can never
be eyaded. We can never be excused from
the efEort to maintain purity. cheerfulness
and dignity OF life, and from the simple,
elemental obligations Of kindness and help
flluess. THE PARSON.
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ANIMosITY.
Sermon J riday Night by Capt. 1heo-
dore Valiant,

The Friday evening lectur by Capt
Theodore Valiant at the Homeward Bound
Mission, I19 Pennsylvania avenue. have
become quite feature OF the services of
that institution. Last night he had for his
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The Friendly Islanders belong to the fair
Poiynesian race and surpass all other Pa
cific islanders in mental development. They
are the most mathematical OF all dark
skinned native races and hence are difficult
to deceive. Az might be expected. they are
fond OF children and give them the best of
care For cleanliness these peanut-colored
natives remind me Of the Hollanders. They
endorse the old English proverb ''cleanli-
ness Is the elegance Of the poor and hold
with Count Rumford that virtue never
dwelt long with f1lth and nastiness." They
are not only clean in their huts and persons.
but also clean in their dress The Tongans
bring up their children. Mark Twain says
the most difficult time to bring up child
Is in the morning. and suggests II the scalp
and hair be strong the child can be brought
up by seizing the hair and pulling on 1t.
This advice could not be followed in Tonga,
because Of the curious custom which pre-
walls OF shaving on a child's hair and
amounting the head with cocoanut OIL
scented with sandal wood or some pleasant
odor of flowers.
I am often asked, are the Friendly Is
landers lazy. Some people have an idoIa-
trous love for money. The Israelites had
a golden calf, the Greeks a golden Jupi-
ter, but not SO the Tongans. Men often
go on toiling and moiling. eager to get
rich and then as ardent to get richer, but
the Tongan will sell his surplus cocoanuts,
fish, vans, bananas, the result or honest
toll not simply for sufficient coin. to pro-
vide for his personal requirements, but he
will work hard to give to charity. These
%, 900 islanders have given as much as
100000 year for Christian work, and they
regularly give about $4,000 per annum. The
elder Cato made money by buying young
half-fed slaves at low price, fattening
and training them and then selling them.
Brutus In the Isle OF Cypress loaned money
at 4 per cent, but these Tongans give. give,
Americans who love the almighty dollar?
We of whom 1t is truthfully said:
'sMammon has led them on,
Mammon the least erect of all the spirits
That fell from heaven
When the native has enough for needs
and gifts he stops and sings. He surely
does not get drunk to use up his leisure
hours, ne is not that big a fool. There is
little doubt but that the processing Of
Christianity by the majority Of the Poly
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Thumbprint Safeguard for Checks
From the Cleveland Leader.
The nss Of fngermarks or thumbmarkl
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II
Among all the days spent by this scribe
on the largest OF the Friendly islands, one
stands out as distinctly az hy on baby's
nose. All day we had driven through the
most luxurious tropical vegetation, except
when in the bad lands. which are not un-
like the alkali plains. save only in size and
surrounding foliage. The shades Of night
were falling fast and. az in western Asia,
there Is little II any twilight, but fortunate
~ plenty of moon. The horse was tired and
We were many miles away from our tenn
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We often call people friends by mistake.
That's how the inhabitants of the Tongan
archipelago happen to be 80 named. Tho
great navigator. Captain Cook, on one OF
the voyages, remained among the islands
from April to August, and, because OF the
apparently friendly disposition OF the ma
tives. named the group 'The Friendly Is
lands As matter Of fact the savages
were secretly. plotting his murder. Cook
had been lying becalmed for some days.
The savages had invited him to attend
banquet. but in the afternoon previous
to the feast a breeze sprung up and he at
once seized the opportunity to continue his
voyage. He ordered his men to lay aloft,
to unclue and unfurl the sails. and. HIM
SELL setting the helm hard to starboard, put
ont away from the coral reef into the open
sea. never knowing that on the coming
evcring. at the banquet which he had ex-
pected to attend. the cannibals purposed
to have him as the chief dish.
The islands, about 100 in number, lie
generally along the north and south chain.
Tfey were discovered by Tasman, the cele-
brated Dutch navigator. in 1643. These Is
lands lie in the great hurricane belt. Par
tioulars of 1876 cyclonic storms which have
swept over this belt have been obtained,
and seventy-four Of these passed through
Tonga The wind Of these storms In the
southern hemisphere revolves with the
hand OF q watch. It does not ~revoive In
circles, but has spiral movement in to-
ward the center. The rate OF the movement
of the cyclonic storms Is about 800 miles
day. / arrived on the island of vavan soon
after one OF these devastating winds had
passed through. Cocoanut groves had been
demolished and the cross Of the Catholic
church had been blown some miles away.
At such times the natives express their
kindness In a liberal and material fashion.
I found large quantities of food supplies
arriving from the other islands OF the
archipelago.
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inordinate show started and finally con-
spmmated the decay OF the nation.
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Summer Outings.
Education.

By Rev J. Gilbert American Society of Religious
alton.
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"cme ye yourselves apart
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-01
DRAGGED BY HER HAIR.
Woman Severely Injured in Runaway
Accident.

Miss Eta Smith, daughter of Mrs.
Lew Merriman, who lives nine miles
north of Mitchell, has lost her leg in a
nose distressing accident. Miss Smith
had been to Loomis and had started
home in buggy.
When crossing the railroad track
she got out to fasten tug which had
become loosened. The horse started
and she endeavored to get into the
buggy, but her foot caught between
the spokes of the front wheel. Her
leg was twisted and the bone broken
squarely off, and the leg hung by a
shred Of flesh. Her hair became
twined around the axle of the rear
wheel, and in this position she was
dragged for over mile when the
horse was stopped.
In order to release the young
woman her hair had to be cut. SO
tightly was it wound about the wheel.
She was bruised and cut, and was only
partially conscious when released 1t
was necessary to amputate her leg at
the knee.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-01
FARM WORK FOR PUPILS.
South Dakota County Superintendent
Has Promising Scheme.

In order to give her pupils some
definite occupation during the long
summer vacations, Miss Myrtle B.
Farmer Chamberlain, county superin-
tendent of schools, has devised a plan
for the interesting of pupils and teach
ers in work pertaining to the duties
of the home and farm. She proposes
to establish, in addition to the regular
course, a study of agricultural pur-
suits, poultry raising, gardening, cook
ing, sewing and other branches Of do
nestle science. She has secured the
cooperation of Senator Gamble, who
has promised to have quantity of
seeds of various kinds scllt to her for
distribution among the pupils, who in
the spring will plant them. 1t is
planned during the next county fair to
have an exhibit of the productions of
the pupils, including grain, vegetables,
grasses sewing, cooking, poultry ETC.,
and suitable prizes will be awarded.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-01
NO TRACE or SON.
~. y. Dockstader Pays Boys Debts
and VIII Forgive Him.

1t is now more than month since
the disappearance of Grant Docksta-
der, a well-known resident of the
northern part Of Minnehaha county,
and not the slightest trace of the miss
ing man can be found. His father, w.
Il. Dockstader, is one of the richest
men in the county, and has made per-
sistent efforts to ascertain the where
abouts of his son, but without success.
The old man has now completed the
work of paying claims against his son
to the amount of about $4,000. and
expresses himself as willing to let by
cones be bygones if his son will return
and resume his place in the family
circle. He bears his financial loss
philosophically, and states that he
would not mind that part of the affair
If he could have his son back and set
tied down to business as formerly. He
expresses himself as being quite hope
full that his boy will eventually come
back.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-01
Mrs. E. Bagot Harte.

est degree for the adverse opinion of
the world. After all, what is it worth?
In return for the disbursement of
handful of gold, seven persons out of
every ten become at once your friends.
And what measure of happiness would
be mine if knew you were hundreds
of miles away from me- and suffering
bitter pangs of loneliness? No / will
not be separated for ever and ever
from you. Love binds our lives to-
gether."
For heavens sake, Audrey, don't
tempt me to give in. Don't you know
what it has cost me to break off the
engagement? Cruel to relate, it was
only few minutes after you had ac-
cepted me that I CHANGED to find the
very knife with which the crime was
committed"
That explains why our engagement
was SO brief. But, Reggie, not word
that you have said, not word that
you can ever say, will break down my
determination to remain engaged to-
you. Who is there that will sympa-
thize with you like I can when that
terrible day in your life-to-day week
comes? Yesterday, when I read
that there was to be no reprieve, l
vowed to myself that on that terrible
day l would be at your side to comfort
you"
ooh, don't, Audrey-don't for PHYS
sake, don't! Leave me to face alone
my CHASTITY and lonely misery. My
quitting England is all arranged. l sail
for South America on the eleventh.
Goodbye, darling!" AS he said the
last word he clasped her to him with
frantic strength.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-02-01
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