But remember the pay clay of reck
o ling is coaling. And unless there is
a s pjare c!e :1 out put of the
centrnluing of brains and cash there
will be an uncovering as complete
as the exposi g of Achin of old and a
penalty inflicte .1 ar severe.
r^ti -» toonm; .•*» ^•OTwa*u r^ioas
Kthel Lillis, teacher at Si auk writes
an interesting letter concerning that
point from which we glean the follow
ing “I was just getting things in shape
when the floo 1 came which drove us
all to the tundra with our personal
effects, where we staid two days and
two nights and for 36 hours we were
without food, For some time the
whole village was floo.le 1. Many of
the natives lost every thi :g.
The water came to the windows of
the first story of the school house.
Doors were crushed in and a large
tree floated into the school buikli :g.
We lost our winter’s supply of co
also. The Mission here is in charge
of two agree able and accomplished
young ladies. One is a school teacher
and the other a physician. Withs ich
pleasant friends we are, in spite of
the damage of tiie flood, e :pecti::ga
pleasant winter’s work
WISE
AND
) OTHERWISE
1 difference of oppin
ION.A negro resting under a
l magnolia tree fell asleep with
his mouth open and tongue protrud
ing. A doctor longing for practice in
duced a lad to place some quinine on
the linguistic member. Soon the ne
gro yawned, smacked his lips and
with horror onhis face rushed to the docor who
told him |his heart was very weak.Whereup
on tfie negio replied, “Now doctor vo knows
I has a powerful lot of confidence in yo.
But Ize de ’pinion in.' ga!i is busted.”
<bt.'us«kb rwmrmmmmm r»"sp»^ i/«
So univcrs.il is this Christ tint where
ever the Gospel is pre '.che 1 He finds
a home,and is at home not only i 1
the heart of the learned of Hcidleburg
and Leipsie but as much at home i \
the heart of the Hottentot or the
Indian. Oriental you maysiy. Yes,
but as truly Occidental for not oulv
I does he meet the needs of him who
plods beneath India’s srorchi g sun,
but brings pe ice also to him who
j seeks in Florida’s Sun: y Clime
Of all the holidays of riartli the e
| is none so universally kept as that
day when the manger of 1 ethlehe a
gave to the world the Chris..
4
SCHOOL NEWS
vvm Ro:k tool- charge of the primary
oom while the regular te icher was
: sick.
Mr. Kva: s is he e again from
i Yukon Poi .ts. He will soon leave
tor the Kuskokwina.
Pupils who misspell words have to
write them from 25 to 100 times.
Arithmetic is awful—for some of
11s.
We pupils set all the type in this
issue.
We are going to have a Christmas
tree—Hurrah!
HASH
Mr. Wilison went to Shaktolik a
few days ago to get some reindeer.
The herders from Iglotalik passed
thru here with a herd of reindeer for
Marslial city.
Mr. Reason went to St.Michc.nl.
Mr. Gustafson is busy with Christ
mas preperation.
Walter Shields,Supt.of the North
ern district avrites that he is more
tlnn busy looking after the field.