Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
ELIors WORK win viii Ii INDIANS 4
New : -Enslander's Efforts euecsSd00
tor . Time, but Conversion
:. Was Not Permanent.

JOIN Eliot vas, a clergyman tSh-
was 'idqntlneds with the early. hfslory
OF Boston: He was b6rn In 1904 and
died in 1890. His birthplace We
Nazing. Essex, England. He was edw
Gated at Jesus college. Cambridge,
and took orders in ,sthe. Church g
England.
Az "a pioneer in the work of the
church In America. Eliot came to b
sknown as The Apostle to the In
sd4ans. 49, He was a non-conformist In
the: church, and refused to believe
one. .......:--. =. =.
~ will christianize the red brothsr,
and teach him the laws Of civilixa.
tion," said: the sturdy clergyman; and
ne thereupon set o4t. to aceompiIshih his
purpose at Nonantum, now. Brighton,
about ave miles west OF Boston. It
may be eaid safely shat there are no
Indians there worth !, mentoninE al
this time. ~ -: .ra..g
Eliot made translations of the bible
into"the' Indian language, and his II
dian Grammar Begun" was printed
In cambridge. in 1866, The only com:
pletee copy. OF his! famous. Indian
Ffliher. which appeared the following
year. Is now III the library Of tlaC
+ University Of Edinburgh. 60 ~. .
The pioneer clergyman made SOME,
progress toward the conversion of the
tribes In Massachusetts after he had
become proficient: in their languages.
He. organized his converts into what
came to be called communities Of
Praying Indians" the best known one
OF these settlements being at Natick
hlhg Philip'a war. IN. 1875, however.
gave his work a setback from which
It never recovered. Ills praying In
dians returned to- tho pastime Of ia
king colonial scalps With remarkably
lacillty. and war. paint and the dog
tooth necklace once mere became the
regulation costume among the tribes
Oh massachusetts. 1. . |;'': ',- -
Chocolate as a stimuIant.
Chocolate, according to Balzac Is
even more dangerous. as aistimulant
than tea or coffee. The decline -,
Spain from the, proud position II unce
held he ascrfhes to the Introduction
OF chocolate, and its speedy adoption nv
all classes. as an .habitual drink ~
deafness Is further proved by an, ex.
pertinent recorded in the ''Traite des
Excitants Modernes." and apparently
nowhere else. The British govern.
ment, Balzac tells us, reprieyed three
criminals condemned to death, with 81
view to seeing how long a man could
live nourished exclusively on tea. COT.
fee or, chocolate, The Chocolate
drinker died after eight months and
/ the coffee. drinker at the end Of two
years., while the man condemned to
subsist on tea survived three years.
The experiment was promoted, the
author adds; by the British East In:
dia company, with view to pushing
the sale OF tea, and they had every
reason to be satisfied with the result.
80. Education and the Child.
We talk much OF education Inn,
make little real progress, WIN g..
th's! 1t Is because we are taking
our cue for education from without in'
stead of from within. Scheme follows
scheme. subject follows sutf,etAGt lint
the development of any NATURAL bent
the child may possess is alnoat or
imposstbility. Conferences with tho
teachers with a view to taking theI-
opinions UPON how best to introduca
a system more truly educational and
giving them power to CLASSIFY fbe,r
scholars into sections with the AN.
proval Of parents or guardians sbonid
go a long way toward attaining a more
desirable state Of AFFAIRS. This se.
quent upon or concurrent with more
attention Of the right kind to the
child in the home, wherein much az.
slstaance can be. obtained from the
wonderful books for children, written
oy the Few who understand them well
may oring hope where" at present
reisIs someIning not unlike despair
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