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S . PETER'S SCHOOL V. OLT) BOYS. THE annual Old Boys' race, which was rowed on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 15th, seemed to have excited more than ordinary interest among the general public_ Quite a number of people appeared at the Boat House to watch the crews embark . The crowd which collected on and about Lendal Bridge to see the finish was said to have been much greater than on any previous occasion. The afternoon was dull and rainy, but there was no abnormal wind or current, and the river was in excellent condition . The race was fixed for z-3o, but it was after 2-45 before the School Boat, who followed the Old Boys, had arrived at the Waterworks . After some delay a start was erected : the Old Boys, who had won the toss, chose the far station, getting off from a somewhat unfavourable position . Aided by this, and the inside of the first corner, the School, rowing a faster stroke, soon drew ahead, and by the Ings Ditch were more than a third of a length in front . The Old Boys now felt the advantage of their station round the Scope corner, and steadily drawing up were almost half a length clear at the Ferry . The School, however, spurted gamely, swinging out longer, and aided no doubt by superior condition, gradually drew level again, the two boats racing almost abreast down the Boat House reach . At the white railing the Old Boys again began to draw away, and in spite of a determined effort on the part of the School Four, shot the Scarborough Railway Bridge with a distinct advantage . By every appearance, however, the race was by no means over yet, and Tomlinson made a series of gallant efforts to
get on terms with his opponents . Rowing at a considerably quicker stroke, the School made a series of spurts all the way from the Scarborough Bridge to the winning post, but Metcalfe, keeping his crew wonderfully well together, and rowing with admirable judgment, was not to he rowed down, and after an exciting finish brought his crew in first under half a length to the good. The Old Boys are to be complimented upon their victory. Their crew had been got somewhat hastily together, and their opportunities for practice, already circumscribed, had been cut into by various calls upon the time and energy of its members, to which they had to respond in the intervals of their more engrossing occupation . They were, of course, fortunate in being stroked by so capable and experienced an oar as Metcalfe . The School Boat, with the exception of "Tomlinson, were all new to lighter ships and longer courses, and although neither wind, waves, nor weather interfered, as they have so frequently done, with their practice, they hardly seem to have made the most of their opportunities in the earlier stages : apparently sufficient importance had not been attached to tubbing, a long and careful coarse of which is an absolute essential, before the amount of watermanship necessary for rowing in such boats as are now used for racing in can be acquired . Stroke was distinctly short, and addicted to washing out, but he deser v es the very greatest credit for the plucky and determined way in which hr rowed a long race right out from start to finish, especially whenlit is remembered that rather more than his due share of work often fell upon him . Three seemed to be slightly young and light for his place : his swing was short, and towards the end of a course he lost his body form . Two was a distinct weak spot in the crew. He had immense capacity and willingness for work, but he missed his beginning irrevocably, was short and clumsy, and couldn't keep his head . Bow, though light, worked all through hard and honestly . The School.
Wheelwright *Cr . 'Veld . 2. *B . 3[oiser . 3. *H .
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H . R . Tomlinson n .rti oke). J . Draper cos .) .
Ohl Boys. B . Scaraill (bolo). K . E . T . Wilkinson . 2. 1-i . M . Hancock . 3. H . G . Metcalfe sfrokeJ. H . Scargitl (cos .) .
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DAyBO'S IST. •T . F . Williams (boor).
*I-I . Wheelwright (bow).
B . Moiser.
J . E . Metcalfe.
L . H . :AIoiser. *G . Yeld (stroke'.
li . R . Tomlinson. H . B . Greeves (stroke).
J . Draper (cox) .
D . W . Roy (cox(
A fully representative Dayboys' boat had not beaten a representative House boat since 1886, and consequently this year ' s race was as usual considered a good thing for the House . Nor had a fully representative race been rowed since 1892, members of the school boat having been barred during the past four years. The Ilouse won the toss and chose the boat, so that the Dayboys took the far side . A good start was effected and the boarders went ahead ; they did not maintain this for long however for Yeld gradually gained and at the school boat-house was on even terms. Both crews were putting in all they knew, but the Dayboys stayed better and were well clear at Scarbro' Railway Bridge . The boarders boat then seemed to go to pieces and at the finish the Dayboys had won by four lengths. Yeld's long and well-sustained stroke had a great share in the victory, and lie was well hacked up by those behind him, his boat shewing both better combination and better staying power . Bow rowed best in the losing boat. It is due to the winning boat to say that three of what was then the school boat were rowing for the House. DAYBOYS 2ND.
HOUSE 2ND.
*E . J . Joicey (bow). *R . G . Bingham A . M . Sullivan. N . F . Roy (stroke). J . Garland (cox) .'',
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*J. M . Croft (bow). *R . T. Teasdale. *F . Pick. P . W . Thompson (stroke). R. K . Yeld (cox).
The House went away from the start and gradually increasing their lead were about (lye lengths clear at Scarbro' Bridge ; the race was now practically over, and the House drew out easy winners by several lengths .
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J . Draper (boor'). *\W . Newton. *E . Leaf. *C . Moiler (stroke) . R . K . Yeld (cox) . There had been a Chan )e in the Ditvboys boat as \loiser had gone stroke instead of Draper ; it seemed a pity the change had not been made earlier, as Jloiser rowed a good stroke . but the time throughout the boat was not as good as it had been in practice . A good start resulted in the boats rowing level for some time . The boarders gradually gained, and Walton got his boat well clear at the White Rose boat house. The boarders gained until there was two and a half lengths difference, and maintaining this position vvon as stated. * Have received their colours. *U . \W . Roy (b))ar ). *T . Longbotham. *C . Coning. *E . J . Walton (stroke). J . ('rarland (cox).
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Heat 1. G . G . Yeld (stroke). J . H . Metcalfe (bow). B . Draper (cox). The winners rowed in good style and eventually won easily by several lengths . SENIOR PAIRS,
H . R . Tomlinson (stroke) . H . B . Greeves (boar) . J . Garland (cox) .
HEAT 11. R . M . Nevile (stroke) . H . Wheelwright (bow) .
N . F. Roy (stroke). B . Moiler (bow). B . Draper (cox).
1. Garland (cox) . A splendid race . Roy had a slight lead at the start . but Nevile soon reversed the position, and kept ahead until the end, though never more than a length separated the boats . threequarters of a length was the difference at the finish. FINAL.
R . M . Nevile . H . R . Tomlinson. 1I . Wheelwright . H . B . Greeves. J . Draper (cox) . J . Garland (cox). Neither boat got a very good start but Greeves forged ahead and gained about half a length . Nevile gradually gained down the reach and at the White Rose boat house was just clear . Being then favoured by the side he increased this lead to a length and a half by the time the boats had reached Marygate . Here Tomlinson got into difficulties and Nevile eventually, well backed
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up by Wheelwright, drove his boat past the winning post with a length of daylight between them. SENIOR SCULLS.
B . ,Miser. R. M . Nevile . Nevile won in " go as you please " fashion. FINAL.
Nevile . H . B . Greeves. Nevile soon had the race in hand, and Lyon easily by a length and a half. R. M.
JUNIOR SCULLS.
G . Bingham . A . Bourne. Bingham led all the way, and Bourne had the misfortune to capsize near Scarbro ' Bridge. R.
SCRATCH FOURS.
E . M . Leaf. Rose . Croft . Metcalfe. Tomlinson . Roy. Greeves, stroke. Wilkinson, stroke. An even race to Todd's barge, when bow in Tomlinson ' s boat stopped rowing, and Wilkinson won by half a length. Scargill . Moiser 3. Veld . Walton. Moiser . Nevile. Hancock, stroke. Mr . Burrell, stroke . Alter a dead heat another grand race was won by the first-named by a quarter of a length. R'illiams . Longbotham. Sullivan . Thompson. Birk, . Moiser I. J . F . Leaf, stroke. Cotterell, stroke. An easy win for Cotterell's boat by z lengths. SEMI-FINAL.
Wilkinson's boat, 2. Cotterell's boat, 1 . Wilkinson ' s boat slightly led half-way down the course ; then Cotterell ' s boat drew level and won by a length and a-half. Mr . Burrell's boat a bye. FINAL.
Cutterell's boat . t . Mr . Burrell's boat, 2. Aided by the current, the latter boat was slightly ahead at first, but the current failing, the other boat drew level . Cotterell ' s boat. however, rowing the longer stroke, got ahead and won by a length .
SCHOOL LETTER. Since the issue of our last number, very little has happened to supply material for a school letter . Last term, on April 1st, the Rt . Rev . the Bishop of Beverley held our annual Confirmation in the School Chapel . Nineteen candidates offered themselves, and a large congregation was present. The late boating season was, as every one must admit, it fairly successful one . though attended with defeat . We must, itt the first place, congratulate the Old Boys on their victory, while we tend our sympathy to the School on their defeat . --Doubtless the merits of the crew will be discussed elsewhere, but we cannot omit to give them some word of praise for their line, though fruitless, efforts . As regards the House and Dayboys ' races . we heartily congratulate the first Day boys on their brilliant victory over the House, though it is possible that the side and stream aided them . The other two House boats proved successful, but could hardly balance the defeat of the first and representative boat. The senior pair races were somewhat surprising, especially the easy win of Wheelwright and Nevile in the final . Nevile also did great things iii the sculls . The junior laces were rather disappointing . In fact there were no pairs at idl, and only one heat in the sculls, which was evidently an arranged farce . This in itself does not say very much for the junior memb, rs. With reference to the ensuing cricket season, we have a bright prospect . Of last year' s colours eight remain, Nevile filling the place of captain . The batting ought to be rather above the average, while at present there seems to he a lack of bowlers. However, before the season is very old no doubt some new talent will be developed . The fixture card is almost the same as last year, and we are glad to see the insertion of Hynter ' s College and Bradford. We cannot begin the season without wishing Mitchell success as light blue captain, and express our hope that in his new position the same good fortune may attend him as he enjoyed when football captain .
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Mr . Lord has resigned his position as choir master, and Mr. Sample has again undertaken the post. In conclusion, we are glad to bring before your notice the fact that the School house is now quite full, and that 1\[r . Richards has considerably increased his number . We hope in the next number to be able to publish our balance sheet.
THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. The closeness of the struggle between Oxford and Cambridge this year, and the wonderful effort by which the former snatched a victory almost on the post, will make 1896 a year to be marked by all interested in University rowing, with a white stone . " There have been victories as sensational and finishes as close, but none that gave us a better exhibition of dogged English pluck in the face of difficulties . In 1877 there was a so-called dead-heat, but our interest in that race diminishes when we remember first, that one of the Oxford men broke his oar, and so enabled Cambridge to catch up again, when really beaten, and secondly, it was not a dead-heat at all, but a narrow win for Oxford . In those clays the judge was `Honest ' John Phelps . a much respected waterman, who on this occasion, seeing Cambridge coming up by leaps and bounds, quits-test—leis head and gave his decision as a dead-heat and then promptly absconded . Photographs taken on the spot and independent testimony establish the fact that, though Cambridge were ahead tav0 yards past the post, they were just behind as the boats crossed the line . Still the decision of an umpire was not to be disputed on a question of fact, and thus Oxford ' s narrow victory is recorded as the only dead-heat of the series . In 1886, however, there was a race that stands out even before this year' s for a sensational finish . In that year Oxford had secured a comfortable lead and were enabled to take Cambridge' s water a little below Barnes and so secure the advantage of the inside bend . At this point Fairbairn looked round and called on Pitman, the stroke, for a spurt : this was taken up by the whole boat and Cambridge succeeded in driving Oxford
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back to their own water and eventually won amidst terrific excitement by a short length . In this year's race the crews were never so widely separated ; in fact, for only a short period were Cambridge ever clear of their opponents . The day was an execrable one for racing ; the wind was nearly north and in consequence the course was terribly rough, while alternate rain and hail made the work still more trying . Still in spite of all this both crews never relaxed their efforts from start to finish and it was only in the terrible water at the end of the course that Cambridge faltered and were unable to answer to Gold ' s last desperate spurt . The paper criticisms during the last few days persisted in stating that both crews, though very fast for a short distance, were deficient in staying powers : the actual race conclusively shewed how false this idea was . With a strong wind against theta and a miniature sea to row in, the course w s compassed in 20 minutes i second, excellent time on the fh od tinder any circumstances, and on such a day truly remarkable. From start to finish one stroke was spurting against the other, and what that means over a course of four mile ; and a quarter, only those who have tried it know . One paper has the effrontery to repeat the statement after the race with regard to Cambridge, because they could not pick up Fernie's last effort at the end of the race in the wort water they had had to encounter . As a matter of fact they were both remarkably good stayers ; and if I had to pick out the best stayer of the lot, I should take Fernie, the Cambridge stroke . Gold may be as good,—on the face of it, it looks as though he were better,—but it must be remembered that he was backed up by a seven who was undoubtedly the best oar in the two crews, whereas Fernie had immediately behind him a man who has unmistakably fallen off, and who gave his stroke very poor support indeed . I know well, as any stroke must, by bitter experience the effect produced by having the whole weight of the boat on one ' s oar for some strokes until seven discovers that it is time for him to quicken . This was Fernie' s lot again and again through the race, and yet he never gave way, and was the one man ready to make an effort at the last fatal moment . No ; the battle
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was not won by the stroke but by the seven, and Crum may well look with pride and satisfaction on his presidency . Still if Crum was the hero of the boat to the educated eye, we must not forget Gold ' s performance . He is not yet twenty, and he rowed like a veteran,—never hurried, never flustered—and that wonderful Eton spurt we have so often seen at Henley, coming again and again till it landed him to victory . fancy a boy of nineteen, in his first ' Varsity Race, led from the start, in the worst water for 21 miles, keeping his head cool, never hurrying his men, nursing them through their bad time (and it was a bad time, while it lasted), and finally snatching a victory at the very last moment . There is little doubt that his name will go down as one of the great strokes, fit to rank with Goldie, Nest, Gardiner, Shafto, or Pitman . Oxford are indeed fortunate to have such a man to take the place of C . M. Pitman, and Cambridge are indeed unlucky to meet such a crew, at a time when there seemed every probability of their breaking the long run of defeats that have fallen to their lot during the last seven years. I still— 7ieve Cambridge to have been the better crew as a whole, and with Bell in his last year ' s form I feel convinced they would have won . However, he was not the man he was either in the spring or at Henley in 1895, and that is the secret of their defeat . We may congratulate Oxford on a glorious and unexpected victory ; we may congratulate Cambridge on a struggle that deserved a better end ; but most of all may we congratulate ourselves on having seen a race that will live in the minds of us all—a race that displayed the dogged pluck that refuses to know when it is beaten, a struggle of giants,—giants in resolution, determination, and indomitable purpose ; and we may pride ourselves on the thought that the men, who will fight such a battle, not for prizes, but for their ' Varsity's honour, will never fail their country in her hour of need . G . H . E.
CONFIRMATION. The Confirmation Service was held on April 1st in the School Chapel at half-past three . The Bishop of Beverley performed the
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ceremony . Many of the parents of the boys to be confirmed were present, and the chapel was fairly full. The Service commenced with the hymn " Soldiers of Christ, arise . " After the usual prayers, the Bishop of Beverley addressed the candidates . He said that in the rite of confirmation there was a promise both on the part of man and of God . On the part of man to do his best to walk as God would have him ; and on the part of God a promise to enable him by the help of the Holy Spirit to do so. He then put the question to them, after which the hymn " Our blest Redeemer " was sung . Then followed the ceremony of the laying on of hands . The Bishop of Beverley then proceeded to again address the candidates . He said that they must not suppose they could go through life without struggles for their religion ; as the first Apostles had persecution, so would they ; and it was at Confirmation that God promised to help them in these struggles. If a person rowed with one oar there would be motion, but no progress ; and so they must not rely on their own strength but on God ' s also . Nor must they make no effort of their own, but must shew they were making such effort, by their life, and by attending to those things which Christ had enjoined them to do in remembrance of Himself. The Service was then continued, after which the hymn " ° Fight the good fight " brought the ceremony to a close.
CORRESPONDENCE. METL.AKATLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA,
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DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS,
Last year I was in England and failed to write to you. I tried to meet you face to face but could not . In June, 1895, I returned to my diocese and for six months I was incessantly travelling so as to recover lost ground during my absence . I feel pretty sure that nothing I can write will so much interest you as some particular account of those journevings . Many of you would
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have enjoyed sharing some of my experiences but from others you would gladly be excused. Before, however, plunging into my wanderings how would you like Kodak views of my home lifer You will vote it humdrum of necessity and beg me to drop it . I have the casting vote and shall use my privilege. No one can be dull even if by nature a dullard who is in touch with Indians . They were my first love when I came among them 17 years ago and though I have no lack of paleface society now I am true to my first love. The Fenimore Cooper type of Indians has no real existence so far as my experience goes, but they are a very interesting people. Do not think of them as generally alike . The various Indian nations physically vary more than European nations do . People often think of them as they do of the people of India as of one type . Nine different Indian languages are spoken in this province. The Indians of the plains are tall and wiry, ever restless nomads, so that they can be educated only with great difficulty . Our coast Indians are short stout fellows though I often meet one tall enough for the Life Guards . The chiefs arc generally very stout and strong . Like the Brahmins of India they marry only women of their own status and so preserve their superior physique . There is no danger of degeneration, they excel in all manly exercises, are too often dare devils, and the last to adopt the advantages, as we say, of civilization . But I admire them and am treated as a chief by my fellow chiefs just as I treat them. The Indian world of thought and experience is more limited than ours, yet not less interesting either to them or to us. You would be surprized at their agility in grasping ideas presented imperfectly as they often are by us foreigners . _Abstract thought calls for an effort because they are accustomed to muse over the relationship of tangible things . If their thoughts are often crude their sprightliness keeps them fresh . There is in this crudeness an archness that attracts as we cannot but see from their totem poles outside their fine old houses to their carved
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spoons and platters inside ; in their songs, their legends and even their religion as christians. Some of you will remember the sensation in England caused by the massacre of missionaries in China last year . When the Indians here first heard the news it 'night have been natural for them to think of revenge . Not so . The same evening they heard it they met for prayer, and their temper will be gauged by such petitions as these : "Say again, dear Lord Jesus, `Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do .'' ' Oh gracious Spirit, Thou art not quenched in blood . Let it make Thy garden soil strong to grow Chinese believers in . " I assure you 1 often get new meanings of old truths as they conic moulded by these unconventional Indians ' way of handling them. Another peculiarity is the almost universal gift of ready speech. How some of you laugh as you remember the stuttering attempts of your seniors to propose a health or stand up to air their stupidity. Of course you could do it better ! An Indian would regard it as a physical infirmity, as they did in the case of a ley missionary who could not for the life of hits say /raun liar salmon, but auu ; or haul for standing, but alit . They told me he had a sick throat, nut knowing that the letter n too often sticks there. The wide spread gift of eloquence among Indians is not without its drawback to the listener . I often regard it unsympathetically without being envious. Here let me instance the inconvenience of eloquence in the morning. One day of this week, the weather being- clear and crisp, I should have delighted in a brisk walk, but just as I sat down to breakfast four of Sheuksh ' s Kitkiitla Indians walked in with a request from the chief Sheftksh (pronounced almost like Shakes), who had already embarked, for a lettci of introduction from me to a band of Indians away to the northward, and also to ask some questions as to how he should act under certain supposable conditions. I first listened, then answered the questions, and finally having written the letter sat down again at my breakfast table . 'l'he coffee was chilled, and the porridge had just the chill taken off it . As I
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tackled it afresh in came my churchwarden to ask how they could proceed with the church-roof repairs, now that the sheets of zinc had dropped into deep water between the steamer and the wharf. Another knock, and in walks the bride of the week, and the churchwarden withdraws . Before she had ended her statement in walked three Kitikshan Indians from the Skeena River, who had come to obtain my sanction to the formation of a branch of our Church Army among their people. 'I'o urge brevity seems to confuse their minds and produces a longer story . My plan is to listen patiently till all is said, unless after a question is put a slight interval allows me to give a laconic answer without a serious interruption. For instance . After a respectful preface, these Kitikshans thus began ; " Chief, the work of God is no light thing . All parts are weighty ; small things are parts of great things . Little things differ not from large in things of God . He makes no difference. We may not . If otherwise thou wilt explain . In our ignorance so we think, so we say ; but thou has seen more winters than we have, and know all the wisdom of the ancients . Whatever thou says' we will do . Now, Chief, listen !" Of course I must listen : what else is the paleface made for ? Among other matters of real importance such questions as these were asked : When praying in the street must we kneel if it is muddy ? " " Look out for the clean spots, " said I . `• We will never even look on strong shrink ; but nrusl we give up tobacco ? " " 1 do not smoke, " I replied ; when I became a man I put away childish things ; you are not children but free men . The Bible says no drunkard enters heaven ; there is silence about smokers ." Now, Chief, we ask no trivial questions . When we are inwardly bursting with great desire, may we find relief in crying out in church, 'Amen' or `Alleluia ?' " My answer was a question: Do you know the meaning of those strange words ? We do not . " " Then do not use words without meaning, for that would be merely sound . God looks for sense from men, and noise from dogs . Say the responses aloud, and so allow your feelings to find vent . "
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" May women preach on the streets in a loud voice . ? " Yes ; if they speak wisely ." " Why not then in church ?" " Because S . Paul says ' No . '" " Suppose men on the street laugh at us ? " "Pay no heed to them . " " Suppose they make a row in our house-prayer-meetings ? " " Turn them out . " " May we appoint men to do this ? " " Yes ; the strongest and best-tempered . " While this colloquy was going on a lady missionary came to me for consultation, and . before I had quite satisfied her, the doctor sought an interview about his Examination in the Indian language, which about an hour ago he successfully passed in. He was scared at first by the papers . As he departs, an Indian who had been waiting entered to explain that he had given his wife a black eye, but in play and unintentionally . The wife agreed, and I found it true. Only once, and then in the delirium of fever, have I ever known an Indian to strike a woman, and then, though blameless, his fellows degraded him from his chief-constableship. A widow has "only a very little word to say—only the least little thing—hardly worth mentioning," she says . " Well, what is it ? You know, boys, this is an heiress come to consult me about an affair of the heart . There she sits, with bent head, looking as coy as an English girl heart smitten . But she has all her wits about her, and comes to business thus : "Chief, do you know. Wishtamlaka (it means Thunder) has smiled, and wishes me to smile on him?" "Well, there is no harm in that, " I replied. " But, but, but he wants to marry me ! " " Oh, indeed . Does he know how much money you have ?" " I hardly know! " "Does he love you? " " I hardly know !" " Do you love him ?" " I hardly know ! " " Then—don ' t . " " Chief, I won ' t ." Then I asked how it was that Wishtamlaka (Thunder) and Liitkizampti (Lightning) wanted to espouse her . Her answer again was (yahoi) 1 hardly know! Perhaps she thought her personal charms had to do with it, but she has been a widow to my knowledge sixteen years !
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I then asked if she did not feel afraid . " Chief, why should I fear ; they are but men ! The meaning of the two names, so undesignedlv coincident, had not struck her. When I pointed this out she looked round the room as if a lunatic, and then burst into laughter, hid her face in her hands, and nearly rocked off her chair. When she had somewhat recovered her composure, she had to dash from her eyes the merry tears before she could see clearly. It was pretty to see and hear . She is a very true Christian, full of kindness and faith . I am always pleased to see the dear fat old favourite who is welcome in every house of sorrow, sickness, or poverty. At last my Chinese cook announced luncheon ; so up flies my window ; in blows the pure frosty air, while I hurry off for some minutes and return more ready to do justice to a bowl of steaming soup for the exercise taken. Now, after all, boys, tell out the truth, can a man be dull whose mornings are thus spent? We have here a number of diocesan institution :;—a free boarding school for Indian boys, with 32 youths receiving a fair English education ; a free girls' hoarding school, with only t+ pupils now on account of an epidemic ; a white girls' boarding school, requiring fees 8s . 4.d . a week,—a new institution recently opened, with only six pupils . These are dependent on me to make up deficits, and I am dependent on you . There is also the Hospital, free to the Indians and poor whites, with a special ward for Chinese and Japs . The Christian Knowledge Society rants 3o a year, and the Government [too towards its current expenses . I am responsible for raising contributions in the diocese for it . No English subscriptions are paid to it . We have a very large cedar church ; four good school rooms, with adjuncts for teaching the Indian boarders useful trades . Then comes [the lively Church Army, meeting in its barracks every night after our Evensong . I am its General, the doctor and clergyman its Colonels, and the other officers Indians, who really do the work. You will wonder why so many of the people come to me as
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described . Firstly, because they have known me for 17 years : and lastly, because I am very familiar with their language . The clergyman is yet a novice, and the doctor rarely found at home, so they come to me when I am not travelling. It is likely that I have written enough to he read at one time . I will devote the rest of my time to telling you something about my life away from home. About 5o miles northward is the mouth of the Nass River . The approach to it for 3o miles is by the Portland Channel, the boundary for the present between British and Alaskan territory. It is in dispute, and the British claim that the boundary is Oo miles to the westward . The Indians on the disputed land are very far behind those on British territory in civilization, though physically they are stronger, and in courage second to none . They were the only Indians to attack Capt . Vancouver, R .N ., in his explorations toz years ago along the coast of North America . They are still as drunken and dangerous a set of heathen as I ever met . They have had no teachers . One of them nearly killed me some years ago by striking me in the back with a heavy stone . It was nearly a week before I could stand . The poor wretch three years later sought me out, and was the only Indian who ever fell at my feet asking forgiveness . He became a Christian, almost the only one of his tribe, and until he died behaved himself, I have been told, as a Christian ought to. At Kincolith, the village at the mouth of the Nass, I spent several days . The missionary was in Ireland on furlough, and a layman was in charge . The news I took was that their missionary was not likely to return . At once the Council ordered the flag to be hoisted half-mast on the Town-hall, and the chief men came to me in great distress. " I shall claw the dust," said Pins :ida, the great chief, " if our white leader breaks his word . He promised to return after one year among his relatives, and he will return, I know . " I confirmed zz, baptized 3, and administered the Holy Communion to 5z Indians there . They begged me to remain among
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them, about goo Christians, but 1 had to push on to visit other stations on the upper river. At the head of canoe navigation we have had a station for a few years near a very large and vigorous tribe of heathen Nishga Indians . Since my last visit three years ago the missionary, Rev. J . B . 1\I'Cullagh, a splendid man all round, assisted the Indians to erect a small steam sawmill about two miles below their settlement across the river . There I found none but Indians running the mill, and doing it as well as white men . For Mr . M'Cullagh's help in building the mill the Indians promised to supply timber gratis to build a church, school, additions to the parsonage, and side walks for the new roads. They were loading a scow as I left the mill to sail to Aiyensh, but they all stopped work, and with a will got that scow with i o,000 feet of timber up to Aiyensh soon after me . When I last visited the place there were only }.o Indians resident (all Christians), and their little houses, rough but clean and orderly, stood about 3o feet from the bank of the river . There are only i zo Christians there now, but I stood in speechless amazement as I reached the top of the bank . I saw nothing of old Aiyensh . All things had become new . Instead of the old narrow trail in front of the row of houses I saw fine broad roads, with really beautiful cottages dotted about, set in the loveliest autumnal foliage, each with a large garden separating house from house so widely that a lire in one could not burn its neighbours. The little old parsonage, built and furnished by the labour of the missionary himself, was quite lost amidst the well planned additions. Inside and out it was a perfect model of a parsonage . My own house, though much larger, is inferior in comparison with this one, far away from civilization, but itself a bright civilizer like its master. It stands close to the bank of the river, which is about 3o feet below, at an average stage of water, but flush with it when in flood. Looking from the river northward, there is a stretch of about six miles of flat land with excellent soil, and bounded by a low range of mountains averaging 4,000 feel in height . "I'o the eastward the
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mountains are more lofty . It is a very lonely spot, that some day in the future will be the homes of busy white men, who are often too greedy to snatch good things from their original owners. But this transfer will not take place for very many years I hope. From the parsonage to the beautiful church, now being built, there is a line broad straight road . The women, at their own request, undertook its construction, and when finished it will be a fine piece of work . Do not think that the women would have done it if it had been expected of them . They are no mere drudges to the lords of creation . Not in the least . They are equally mistresses of creation and will be. On the east side of the church is a new school-house, well planned and prettily decorated. The interior arrangements and external decorations of all these new buildings, public and private, expressed the ideas of a single mind . It is a model village, planned by an artist ' s eye, and pleasing in every feature . The cross of the Redeemer is the tree bearing this fruit : His resurrection emits the spark of life producing this civilization, without which real growth is impossible. Not the least satisfactory part of this material advance is that the Indians themselves bear the entire cost of it . The only thing the Church Missionary Society did was to provide funds for the erection of the insignificant parsonage when Mr . M'Cullagh began his work there in 188 .} . Nor is this a singular instance : it is the rule throughout the diocese. When travelling on the river I visit every village, whether Christian or heathen . In the former one meets troops of healthy, well clad children, who run to meet us fearlessly . Their dwellings are either new or in good repair, and well provided with modern furniture ; their gardens fenced in and tidy ; their roadways not mere tracks . Everywhere there are signs of comfort, cleanliness, and a laudable ambition . One hears the school bell twice and church bell once five days in the week, and on Sundays more frequently . I hardly know which I prefer to hear, the whirr of the sewing machine or music right and left from various instrument :, until we approach the village hall, where the band practisings
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nearly every evening after prayers drown all other sounds. There is much more stir in such a place than iu an English village of equal population, and the moral and spiritual state is higher, in some places much higher. One of my lady missionaries soon after her arrival deplored the civilization of the Indians, and longed to see then) iii paint and feathers . I described the dirt and vermin that belong to that type of Indian life, and asked if she was prepared to settle among them as a pioneer of law and Gospel . I have waited in vain for an answer . (i, is iuuliuucd).
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TILE O .P. DINNER. The Old Peterite Dinner will be held in London on Thursday. the 2nd July (the first day of the University Cricket Match) . The Rev . Canon Elwyn will preside and will nominate the Chairman for 1897. O .P . ' s who wish to be present are requested to address the Hon . Sec . : C . H . Chadwick, 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln ' s Inn, W .C. The following are the Dinner Committee : Abbay, Rev . R. Haigh, Chas. Price, His Hon . Judge. Reinold, Professor. Allbutt, Professor. I-amberP . B. Stepney, Rt . Rev. Anderson, Y. McClellan, Rev . J . B. Atkinson, W . F. Mallinson, Rev . J . H. Bishop of Braithwaite, Mawdesley, E. Taylor, Rev . J . W. \V. Rev . P . R . I'. Meek, W . A. Turnbull, W . P. Close, C . A. Moss, Hugh Walker, Edward. Watson, C . W. Edmundson . Rev . G. Needharn, Dr. Newbury, H . J. Wharton, Hugh. Eyre, G . H. Gregory, Rev . T . H . Pollard, A . T .
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NOTES AND ITEMS. A new cricket shed has been built : half the expense has been borne by the Dean and Chapter, and for the other half we have to thank Mr . Lord. R . A . Draper has just passed his final Examinations at Royal College of Physicians, London, and the Royal College of Surgeons. C . B . Cotterell, Mathematical scholar of Baliol, has obtained 3rd class honours in Classical Moderations at Oxford. I . T. Malcolme attended the Coronation of the Czar as representative of Lord Salisbury : the is Lord Salisbury's private secretary. Major Buckle of the Yorkshire Regiment, on the 9th of April, gave up the Adjutancy of the 3rd Vol . Batt . W . Yorks . Regiment, his five years service with the volunteers then expiring ; Major Buckle will, it is understood, go to Ireland and take command of a company in the 1st Batt . Yorks . Regiment at Curragh Camp. Lieutenant Guy de Herriez Smith, .5th Sikhs, who has been selected for employment with the Egyptian Army by the Sirda has but lately returned from British Central Africa, where the distinguished himself in the war against the Arabs in Nyassaland . He was severely wounded at the capture of Mlozi's stockade, and was several times mentioned in despatches. We note a most interesting article on affairs in the Transvaal in the Conlemporar; Review for April, by 11Ir . Basil Worsfold (O .P.). Belowiwe notify the death of Rev . David Hill . Mr . Hill was in i86i appointed to the then newly opened mission in Central China . In 184 he sailed to China, which was then just recovering from the terrible Tai-ping Rebellion . Hankow was the scene of Mr . Hill ' slabours, and in 1877 he was engaged in distributing relief to the people suffering from the great famine of that year . In 1893 he made his last journey to China, where he died at the age of 56 .
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MARRIA(I1' :. FoR o—Scoarr .—On the t 8th inst ., at S . Mary :Abbot ' s, Kensington, by the Rev . Gerard 1 . Ford, U .A ., vicar of ldcford, South Devon (cousin of the bridegroom), assisted by the Rev . F . H. Ioscel)ne, M .A ., AV'iIiiam Pagan Ford, second son of John Ford, of Potters Bar, Middlesex and late of 'I'ancred, York, to Edith, youngest daughter of "Thomas Scott, S . Clement ' s Villa, "footing . OBITUARY. At Hankow, China, Rev David Hill died Saturday . April ISO), aged 56 . A member of this School some 4o years ago, and subsequently a devoted missionary in China . Mr . Hill ' s place will be hard to fill, and his loss is greatly lamented in the city of York, where he was universally beloved. At Langton Hall, Mallon, Rev . C . 13 . Norcliffe, aged 62 years. Rev . C . B Norcliffe was on, of the oldest members of the Surtees Society, being elected on the same day as the Rev . Chancellor Raine, Canon of York Minster, whose recent death has deprived the School of an old and esteemed friend .