considerably elevated, and beautifully wooded. | useful and peaceful citizens. All those who Another isle once stood west of this, but spoke upon the subject at the convention about the commencement of this century, it agreed that schools would be more powerful suddenly sank far down beneath the surface than standing armies in conquering the Inof the lake. This event is not doubtful, being dian. The unanimity with which this within the recollection of the oldest inhabi- opinion was held shows that the public is tant yet living. It is said that the tops of slowly understanding the Indian evil and large trees can now be seen, still standing its remedy, and augurs that in the future erect, far down in the transparent waters. Congress, which always seems to be the last to feel and do the will of the people, will not dare to shun its responsibility as it has done in the past. Says the tradition: "A famous healing Indian prophet once dwelt upon a beautiful island in the midst of Canadaraga Lake, to whom all the invalids from all the Iroquois came to leave their maladies. At midnight he would glide softly away in his canoe, penetrate the dark forest to the fountains, and then return with his vessels filled with magic waters. "By his great success he became proud and powerful, and at length called himself the twin brother of the great Great Spirit. This blasphemy kindled the anger of the Manitou, and it consumed the boaster. One morning when a bridal party went thither to receive the prophet's blessing, the island had disappeared. The Great Spirit in his wrath, had thrust it with the proud prophet so deep into the earth, that the waters where it stood are now unfathomable by human measure""* A solemn warning to quack doctors: ment.' The Sunken Island!-Ah, 'twere well If only legends wild could tell The tale. On Life's broad sea Such things as these there often be; ; Bright spots that softly shine and gleam, So moralizes Ethel Lynn, a poet of local HOW TO CONQUER THE INDIANS. The National Educational Convention discussed the Indian problem, recently, when some old truths were repeated with great emphasis. The solution of this problemlike that of the Negro race-is education. This is the agent which will convert semibarbarous and dangerous national wards into Other statements in regard to the Sunken Isle are current. One is that one winter, very heavy ice formed on the lake. This broke up suddenly, and a fierce wind caused a rush and jamb of ice which piled itself up against the Isle, which had a layer of soil over its rock foundations The force was so great as to force off the whole surface, forest and all, and it was seen floating down the lake amid the packed ice. At length it sank to the bottom, and its trees are some of them yet to be seen, standing upright, far down amid the pure waters. This I have on the authority of a gentleman whose father saw the islet floating down the lake. The Indian record of the United States no honorable man can point to with satisfaction. Even in cases where by dint of tremendous pressure the government has been forced towards doing its duty, as soon as the pressure was relaxed that duty has been evaded. Take for instance the appropriations which ought to have been made and compare them with the sums actually appropriated. Mr. J. W. Haworth, Superintendent of the National Indian Schools, stated in an able paper read before the Convention that between 1877 and 1881, $2,049,250 were needed by the Indian Commission to carry out the treaties with the various tribes while only $219,900 were appropriated. Thus the Government discharged only about one-tenth of its indebtedness towards the red men. It naturally follows that schools which ought to have been built were rot, and that five years of educational influence were lost. In 1868 the Indian population of Kansas and Indian Territory was estimated at 168,000. There were only 4 schools with an average attendance of 144 pupils. Since that time the condition of affairs has steadily improved. It is calculated that nearly eleven thousand of the aborigines can now read English, and schools with a combined capacity of about there are 75 boarding-schools and 72 day9,600 pupils. At a rough guess, about one Indian child in four receives some instruction. But why should the average be so low? Why should not every Indian child have a chance of being educated? That is the problem which lies in the way of progress. The answer is that the Government fails to do right, and it rests with the people to say how long a and it rests with the people to say how long a Congress which systematically shirks its duty will be tolerated. laid down a scheme of appropriations for the do do 1885, at $200 each......... do do do $2,500,000 $6,000,000 $5,000,000 $6,000,000 $5,000,000 By this plan, at the end of 1888 twenty thousand children will have been discharged at a cost, for the whole number taken into the schools, of $22,500,000. What is this sum compared to the greater amounts spent on Indian wars? The Secretary says that "since 1872, a period of only ten years, the cost of Indian hostilities and military protection against the Indian is estimated by the military authorities at $223,891,264,50, or an annual expense of $22,389,126,45. To this must be added the yearly appropriation for subsistence, which averages $5,000,000 a year. To this must also be added the loss of life and the horrors of Indian wars, only to be understood by those who have had the misfortune to be participants in or witnesses of them. These cannot be computed in dollars, but ought to be considered in determining the policy of the Government in its dealing with the Indians." It should further be borne in mind that the Indian War solves nothing. It cost five or ten million dollars and several hundred lives and only secures the temporary quiescence of a single hostile tribe, but the money spent in education is far-reaching in its influence. The young Indian who has been taught to read and write, and the rudiments of civilized labor, whether it be agriculture or a trade, is a refining agent upon all those members of his family and tribe with whom he comes in contact. He brings the leaven which will ultimately raise his race. As the effect is encouraging in the first generation, we may be sure that in the second and third the Indian will go on improving and become a valuable member of society, requiring no more police than the pale face conquerors. Education has never failed to push the barbarian upward in the scales of humanity.-Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. A TORNADO. It is not often that we have the detailed personal experience of one who has encountered a tornado, given with such graphic simplicity, as the following. It is that of a pastor who was about to establish a liberal Church in the West, and who appeals to his brethren of the same faith through the columns of Unity. We copy it as a sample of the experience of many who live where they are liable to such visitations, whose sad tale is never written.-EDs. To-day I have to bring you the sad tidings, that our new chapel and my summer residence are swept away in the tornado, that struck this country, (Minnesota) on the 21st of July. Now, when the day of horror is over, I can calmly tell you all the details about it. We had built two wings on the church, you, know, as a summer resort for me and my family, and we had just moved in. The church itself was not yet finished, the doors and windows not put in, and the carpenters and joiners busy at their work, when the misfortune happened. The weather had been turbulent for many days, every night lightning and thunder and violent showers. It was in the morning on the 21st. We had just taken our breakfast, and had gathered out on the porch to look at the grand play of the elements performed before us. Round in the horizon there flashed lightning on lightning, and it thickened and darkened more and more. We foresaw a violent tempest. It seemed as if the storm moved away from us in the direction of New Ulm, and we wondered if that poor town should be drowned to death for the second time. It was swept away by a cyclone two years ago, you remember. A cloud, black as the raven's wing, appeared in the west. Suddenly it split, and between the two black trains expanded the most fearful, dismal sky The color was green-gray— I ever saw. yellow, and it darkened the sun, so it became dim as in twilight. The carpenters had by and by gathered together with us on the porch. "This must be a hail-storm," one of them said; "now we will pretty soon hear of disasters. Suddenly the cleft widened between the two black cloud-wings, and the upper one came with a terrible speed hurring back twards us. "Let us walk in," I said. "It seems as if we too shall get a taste of it." We went in, and our parlor looked quite dark. We had scarcely locked the door, before we heard the roaring of the storm coming. In a moment we were surrounded by a white cloud, and the wind and rain lashed the house, which groaned and shivered all through. It was not rain, it was furious torrents of water mixed with heavy hails, which poured down from heaven. The storm tried to burst open the door, but five men pressed against it with all their might. The wall seemed to give way and stood in a bow, the building shook as in convulsions. I felt like a tightening of my heart every time the house seemed to be lifted from the ground and dropped down again. Twice we had these terrible shocks, then in a moment, house, men, furniture were hurled through the air one hundred feet away. I do not remember anything before I found self on the ground crawling among the debris of my new home. The first I discovered was my wife with a child in each arm lying at my side. Men and chidren were scattered round among lumber and sidings, whether alive or dead nobody could tell. A table and a staircase came flying though the air; some men met them and pushed them away, so they did not kill my wife and children; bits of wall and roof whirled round us, here it my was impossible to remain. We crept and crawled and ran for our lives down to the forest. As we found each other there, we were only six; a friend of ours, a farmer, had one of the small girls in his arms, my wife another, and one of my sons clung to me. But where were the rest of the children? I had myself seen one of the carpenters run with my third little girl-but the eldest and youngest boy? Killed, perhaps, or lying mutilated among the ruins and impossible to look for them. The hurricane would have swept us away as soon as we had moved from the wood. The only thing to do was to press the children to us and give them so much shelter as we could with our broader backs. The rain and the hail lashed us, the oak shrubs were blown flat to the ground and their limbs struck our heads and shoulders like whips. We were obliged to change place twice to get more shelter deeper into the brush. Four other men came to us in the wood. They could tell that my eldest son was seen following the man who carried my little girl, but the youngest boy nobody had seen. One of the men-it was the contractor of the building -said that he had been out in the other wing of the church, the kitchen, when the storm carried that wing away, and he had just saved his life by jumping into the cellar. From this his shelter he had seen his pride-the church -been splittered. It was lifted from the ground, twice and sailed like a ship down hill, till the roof burst, and then it was torn to pieces. The lips of the children became quite blue, and they shivered all through; we must try to escape to the nearest farm down in the larger forest. Two of the men carried the two small girls, then followed I myself with my son and one of the carpenters, hand in hand, and at last came my wife, supported by two other men. We waded through the grass and underbrush and mud, while the wind howled, and the rain lashed and chilled us. We saw at a distance the house of our nearest neighbor, the man who had made his escape with my little girl; it was moved from its ground but not tipped over, but it was impossible to stop and investigate whether the rest of the children were there or not; we must run all could. I shall never forget the calm but pale face of my wife with her hair whirling round. her head in wet tatters, and with the water streaming from face, hands and dress, dragged along between the two men. long as we had shelter in the wood it went on pretty well, but soon we had to pass a shelterless road. Then came a lightning and a thunder-crash, so that I believed the heaven would crack, and I bowed down; I did not dare to look back, whether my wife was As struck or not. At last we reached the farm. God be praised! saved, and with unbroken limbs! But the rest of the children! As soon as possible the men went out to search for them. In less then half an hour they came back with them all alive; they were found on the neighbor's farm. My little girl had got some slight wounds round the eye from hails; she had cried on her mother the whole time, and the man who saved her was compelled to take her by the neck and keep her to the ground. The youngest boy had laid down, grasped the grass and cried: "I shall die! I shall die!" As soon as possible our neighbor had moved from his shelter among the shrubs and tried to reach his farm. He had not moved far away before the roof of the church came flying and dropped down just where he had been with the children. The kitchen wing had been ground to small peices. We were sixteen together in the house, and nobody is seriously hurt; it sounds like a miracle. I have also suffered a heavy loss. I will not mention a hundred and fifty dollars cash, which are strewn out over the prairie, I guess (we have found some ten and five and one dollar bills under tree-roots and among the grass), neither our furniture, clothing and all chattels broken and spoiled, but I have lost many of my manuscripts. Perhaps I can get some of my papers restored, because we find every day pages apread out over the fields like wet, muddy balls, but how much will be readable or not I cannot yet tell. Our clothing we find hanging round about on trees, or among the grass. But we have saved our lives, and we ought to be grateful. ACQUIESCENCE. We sometimes wonder why our Lord doth place us Within a sphere so narrow, so obscure, That nothing we call work can find an entrance, There's only room to suffer, to endure. Well, God loves patience! Souls that dwell in stillness, May just as perfectly fulfill their mission, Be just as pleasing in the Father's sight As they who grapple with some giant evil, Clearing a path that every eye may see. The Saviour cares for cheerful acquiescence Rather than for a busy ministry. Then seek to please Him; whatsoe'er He bids thee Whether to do, to suffer, to lie still; It matters little by what path He leads us, If, in it all, we seek to do His will. -Selected. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. WORDS AND DEEDS. BY JAMES H. HOADLEY. They do the least Who talk the most; They do the most Whose lives possess And if the heart Be pure and good, The life will be Just what it should- New York, 1883. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. An industrial establishment in Cleveland is pursuing an excellent and creditable system, by which boys are given a thorough mechanical training. The course lasts four years, but no one is obliged to remain if unwilling to do so. Wages gradually rise, and at the end of the four years the graduates are given certificates of proficiency, with which they can generally secure employment in shops and factories. One of the proprietors hopes to see the same plan tried in all prominent Western establishments. New England has already given the experiment a thorough and satisfactory test. This is a step in the right direction, and deserves outspoken commendation. Beyond a doubt, technical education is one of the great needs of the Union. In many localities it is almost impossible for an American boy to learn a trade; and many a youth, possessing genuine mechanical aptitude, finds no opportunity to develop his talents. Yet every year, month and week brings with it a fresh influx of foreign-born artisans, who crowd into the posts that the rising generation of Americans should fill. If the present condition of affairs last for thirty years more, a tariff will, in many parts of the country, mean protection to native capital and foreign labor. All movements tending to promote the cause of industrial education deserve and should receive generous and unflagging port.-Philadelphia Inquirer. SARDINES. and suspended over a hot fire to broil. The boxes are prepared with attractive French labels indicating olive oil, but this is false, as the oil is cottonseed. The packing is another operation at which little people are expert. A fish is seized in each hand and laid lengthwise in the box, first a head at the outer end and then a tail. After the boxes are full a small quantity of oil is poured in, and then they are passed to men who solder them tightly. They are next thrown into an immense caldron, where they are boiled two hours, thus completing the cooking process. and dissolving the bones of the fish. One of the establishments in Lubec prepares about 4,000 boxes daily, and there are nineteen such places in Eastport, besides many others at seaport towns. The actual cost per box, including all expenses, is said to be five cents. New York Sun. NATURAL HISTORY STUDIES. The Intelligence of the Elephant.—A contributor in Popular Science Monthly for last month, writing of the "Mental Capacity of the Elephant," from actual observation of the animal, “both in a wild state and under various conditions of captivity," gives it as his belief that the elephant has power of independent observation and reasoning, or of reasoning from cause to effect." the On one occasion a herd which the writer was designing to attack, and had approached to within forty yards on one side, as they were feeding in some thick bushes, discovered his presence and retreated so silently, that they had been gone five minutes before he discovered what their quietude really meant, the alarm was communicated by sign signals, or sign language. Tame elephants are never known to tread on the feet of their attendants or knock them down by accident. Their feet are very large, and the range of vision very circumscribed and their extreme and wholly voluntary solicitude for the safety of their human attendants he asserts" can not be due to anything else than independent reasoning. sup-master by planting a pair of dirty paws on The most intelligent dog is apt to greet his Nearly all the fish eaten in America as sardines come from Maine. They are small herring. Sometimes only a bushel or two are taken at a time, and at others so many as to endanger the net. The degree of dexterity with which they are cleaned is astonishing, especially as it is done by very young children. After this they are placed on large gridirons his coat or He says further "All who have witnessed the tying of captives one by one in a keddah, wherein a whole wild herd have been entrapped, testify to the human-like quality of intelligence displayed by all the tame elephants who assist in the tying and leading out and subjugation of the captives. They enter into the business with both spirit and understanding, and as occasion requires will deceitfully cajole or vigorously punish a troublesome captive." Sir Emerson Tennent asserts that "the tame elephants display the most perfect conception of every movement both of the object to be attained and the means to accomplish it." This our writer thinks may probably exceed the exact truth "but it truthfully conveys the impression made upon the beholder." Of the memory of the elephant, he thinks the acomplishments of the performing animals leave no room for doubt of the entire ability of each individual to understand the meaning of the commands and to remember them all accurately without confusion. The performances of Barnum's or Forepaugh's elephants are cited as examples. The most astonishing feature of which, aside from the perfect obedience of the huge beasts being, their power of harmony, which is without a parallel in the history of trained animals. The accomplishments.of working elephants are equally wonderful. An African elephant considerably larger and older than Jumbo, was seen at work loading timbers into a ship, and he performed his task with surprising intelligence and precision, though the elephants of Africa are not conceded to be as capable of training as are the Asiatics. This our writer thinks is due more to the savage condition of the natives of Africa, who capture them mainly for their tusks, than to any lack of intelligence in the animals. An elephant is not in working condition until about eighteen years of age, and it takes 400 pounds of green fodder per day to satisfy his hunger. The moral qualities of this animal are not to be overlooked. The most striking feature of his education is the suddenness of his transition from a wild, lawless denizen of the forest to the quiet, plodding, good-tempered and cheerful beast of draught or burden. There is a mighty struggle in the keddah, but when he finds his strength utterly overcome by man's intelligence, seconded by a few tame animals, he yields to the inevitable and accepts the situation philosophically. The time required for the training of newly captured elephants, and fitting them for all kinds of work, is from four to six months, though instances are known of their working in harness two months after cap ture. In India he bears a spotless reputation for patience, amiability and obedience, except in cases when individuals have been afflicted with insanity, either temporary or permanent. It is the misfortune of the elephant that in advanced age and by want of necessary exercise he is liable to be so afflicted. In this country he is often placed under the care of brutal masters, and is driven to acts of vengeance; our writer believes he can be rendered insane by ill treatment. The Hindoo is kind and gentle with him, and is rewarded by gentleness in return. So highly does our writer regard the intelligence and capability of the elephant, that he believes he might be taught to read written characters, and that it would be a simple matter to prepare suitable appliances by which the sagacious animal could hold a crayon in his trunk and mark upon a surface adapted to his convenience. In conclusion he says it wants only an investigator, like Darwin, or an educator, like Dr. Howe, to take it in hand, to develope the mind of the elephant to the highest possible degree. L. J. R. From a zoological paper by M. Michaud on the material collected and observations made by him in the valley of the Ogoone, in Central Africa, some interesting facts are given. The temperature is nearly constant at about 90° Fahrenheit. Maize, manioc and tobacco are grown. Although the people are peaceable, they are very brave. The sheep the forests there is a dark. fierce species of have no wool, and but very little hair. cattle found in great abundance, probably because the fear with which the natives regard them allows those animals to multiply without the restraint of the chase. There are no indigenous horses in the region. In Do NOT be thinking how much more of this or that you might have done. We should do what we can for the sake of obeying God, not for our pleasure; and, acting from this motive, we may learn to be willing even to be useless, "if it be his will." This may seem more than God requires; but I believe, if we knew ourselves thoroughly, we should ever be suspicious of all feelings which look to personal comparisons. We should be thankful for the one talent, not dissatisfiep that we have not the many, knowing that we may please God and accomplish the end of onr being in the one case as well as the other. And as it regards the good we may do, do we not often see him using feeble means to effect great ends? At all events, it |