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PERSONALS. 
Kate Field is on her way to Alaska. 
At.len G-. Thurman was a saddler when he 
studied law. 
Cambridge University. England, has re¬ 
cognized America’s greatest botanist by con¬ 
ferring an honorary degree on Prof. Asa 
Gray of Harvard. 
Mrs. Jacobus, the nurse of President 
Cleveland, died a few days ago at Caldwell, 
N. Y. She was born in 1805, and for over a 
year hud been helpless, being paralyzed and 
blind. 
Anna Dickinson has been prostrated with 
nervous troubles at Honesdale, Pa. The 
crisis of her illness is now over, but the doc¬ 
tors say it will need a year’s rest, and a change 
of climate to make her her old self again. 
Senator Sherman, who is already a con¬ 
siderable owner of real estate in East Washing¬ 
ton, has just purchased about 40 building lots 
in the northeast section of the city, and will 
soon commence improvements on this his 
latest purchase. 
When Jay Gould was in Washington, June 
7th, he visited Mount Vernon. He was shown 
a tract of land of 35,V acres adjoining the 
estate which the regents have wanted to pur¬ 
chase. Mr. Gould ofFeied to buy it for them 
and has done so. 
As an indication of the great popularity of 
the Buffalo Bill Combination at present in 
London it is raid that a finely painted fan 
with a sketch of “Redshirt,” in black and 
white, and the autograph of Buffalo Bill, was 
recently sold in London for $250. 
Charles Alden, the inventor of milk-con¬ 
densing, ti uit-evajioraling and other proces¬ 
ses, committed suicide at Randolph, Mass , 
Monday morning, by shooting. Alden, who 
was 70 years old, was at one time very 
wealthy, and owned au elegant resideuce at 
Newburg ou the Hudson. He served a num¬ 
ber of terms iu the New York Board of Alder¬ 
men. 
Miss Agnes Ramsay, 20 years old and 
very handsome, pupil at Girton College, a 
woman’s “annex” of Oxford University, Eng¬ 
land, the other day captured the highest 
honors in ( lassies over all the other students, 
male and female, ot the university, .She is the 
daughter of Sir James Ramsay, a Scotch bar¬ 
onet, who was a first classical man, and also a 
niece of Professor Ramsay, of Glasgow Uni¬ 
versity, who took similar honors. Her vic¬ 
tory was chivalrously cheered by all. 
LITERARY NOTES. 
The American Magazine tells a new story 
of Horace Greeley. It appears that some 
Western literary society wrote Mr. Greeley 
for his terms for delivering a lecture. Mr. G. 
replied that he must decline the invitation us 
he would be 00 years old the next February 
and needed some rest. Mr. Greeley was a 
dreadful writer, as is well knowu. The invi¬ 
tation committee puzzled for several days over 
the letter amt at lust wrote the following; 
“Dear Mu. Grkklby: Your recent letter 
bus been received and read with much inter¬ 
est. I am instructed to say iu reply that 
February is the very month in which we 
would prefer you to lecture for us, aud we all 
think your price, *«0, quite reasonable.” 
The Story ok Mktlakahtla, by Henry 
S. Wellcome (Saxon & Co., New York), is one 
of the most powerful books of modern times. 
Asu story, it has, alter the tirst three chap¬ 
ters, little that will hold the attention of the 
reader who reads simply for pleasure. As a 
powerful and pathetic apjnial for justice and 
liberty it ranks with Mrs. Hunt’s “Century of 
Dishonor.” it should have a wide sale. It 
deals with a question of vital importance to 
Northern civilization. Those who read Mrs. 
Fisher s story of her Alaskan cruise will re¬ 
member tar mention of Metlakahtla, the prom¬ 
ising ludian settlement in British Columbia In 
this book we have the history of the village 
aud the difficulties under wuich it now labors. 
It is the history ot a work of civilization 
winch is without parallel tu modern times. 
Iu 1857 Mr. W illaon Duncan, uu English 
missionary, wont to Fort Hiuipsou, a station 
of the Hudson’s Bay Company, some 50U miles 
north ot Vancouver’s island. Thu Indians iu 
the vicinity were the worst on the northeast 
coast. They practiced cannibalism and lived 
iu a state ot the most loathesotne and horrible 
depravity. The soldiers in ttie fort never 
(lured to go out alone. But oue Indian at 
a time was ever admitted to the fort for 
purposes of trade. Uuce a year the vessels 
of the company visited the place, brmgiug the 
the mail aud provisions for a year aud 
taking back thy furs, No white man could 
speak the Indian language. The officers of 
the fort tried to induce Mr. Duncan to give up 
bis project but he persisted. On the day of 
bis ariival he was obliged to pass by dpad 
bodies of Indians that had fallen in some 
fight. Shortly after he witnessed from the 
fort a party of cannibals at their licfrrible 
feasting. Who would not shrink from the 
thought of passing a life time among such 
creatures? Mr. Duucan’s first effort was to 
learn the Indian language. With a wonder¬ 
ful patience he succeeded iu mastering it at 
last. He secured the services of an intelligent 
ludian aud by means of signs, gestures, aud 
various objects induced him to give the vari¬ 
ous sounds which passed for words in the 
Indian language. These were written down 
phonetically, aud slowly made into sentences. 
At the end of eight months of this remark¬ 
able study, Mr. Duncan was able to write out 
a short address in the Indian tongue. When 
this was completed, in spite of the warnings 
of the officers of the fort he ventured out 
among the Indians and spoke to them. He 
persevered in spite of every obstacle. The 
cannibals tried to kill him, and the “ medicine 
men ” conspired against him in every way, 
yet such was his patience, earnestness, and 
simplicity of speech and manner that dozens 
of these rude Indians declared themselves 
ready to follow him wherever he might go. 
Mr. Duncan as last saw that he never could 
fully succeed while his people were under the 
influences that surround a. trading post. 
Drunkenness was the worst foe to progress. 
Ho decided to take such of the Indians as 
would follow him and found a new town, at a 
distance, where liquor would be excluded. 
He selected Metlakahtla, a place some 20 
miles away. When he proposed this plan, 50 
of these Indiaus, who so shortly before were 
heathens aud cannibals, wore ready to start 
atouce. Within a week 250 more followed 
aud the new town was at once liegun. Such 
was the beginning of Metlakahtla. Through 
the efforts of this brave and earnest man 
these wild savages became temperate, civilized 
and honest citizens The town became the 
headquarters for sobriety, industry aqd moral¬ 
ity for the long-barren coast. The world does 
not often hear of such tasks. They are shad¬ 
owed by the fame of the soldier who dyes his 
record in blood, yet iu all the brave deeds done 
in our generation none can stand above that 
of the patient, manly work of Win. Duncan. 
The American Government has a chance to 
aid in this work. The Church of England 
Missionary Society attempts to force these 
simple-minded Indians into the adoption of all 
its elaborate rites and ceremonies. Mr. Dun¬ 
can treated them like children; he made the 
truths he taught them as simple as possible. 
It was the only way they could be taught. 
But the bigoted and ignorant missionaries 
propose to compel them to go through all the 
forms of the English Church. Thus they seek 
to destroy all the good results of Mr. Duncan’s 
long work. The Missionary Society has done 
its best to cru'b out the independence of these 
Indians, but these men but a generation re¬ 
moved from healhanism will leave their 
homes before they will submit. Des[>ainugof 
relief oil British soil, they come to the United 
States Government for help. They ask for 
homestead land in Alaska—but 80 miles from 
their present abode to which they may remove, 
and where they may re-erect their buildings, re¬ 
establish their industries aud secure to their 
childreu full right and title to their homes and 
possessions. The India us have sent Mr. Duncan 
to this country w ith power toact in their behalf. 
They do not ask charity; they ouly ask from 
this Government the right to prove themselves 
worthy of American citizenship. 
In “Fiddle-Jobn,” the story which opens iu 
the July St. Nicholas, is a good illustration of 
the w ay a conceited immigrant must tulk of 
this country when he chances to go buck to 
bis old home. This young man who had been 
in America some dozen years wanted his old 
friends to understand that he was on intimate 
terms w ith all the notable people and that a 
line from him would influence the President 
iu a marked degree. The poor, simple peas¬ 
ants who heard his loud boasts were eager 
euougb to sell out and go at once to this won¬ 
derful America. Doubtless many immigrants 
are induced to come here by just such boast¬ 
ing talk. It is this loud-mouthed exaggera- 
tion that created much of the roving and dis- 
oouted spirit noticed in many young men. 
Persons with experience and common souse 
are not misled by boasting, but wo have un¬ 
fortunately a goodly portion of our people 
who have never had experience aud who keep 
their common sense out of sight. 
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