Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1884 — A Great Dodge. [ARTICLE]

A Great Dodge.

Jones —I see that the government is educating 10,000 Indian children at its own expense. Smith—Yes; great dodge, isn’t it ? Jones- —Great dodge I How so ? Smith—Why, yon see, the coppercolored youngsters are put through the same kind of a cramming process that white children are subjected to, and even if they live to grow up they won’t have strength enough left to go on a warpath. —Philadelphia Call. Tiw soldiers of the salvation army sing the device; “If you cannot get in at the golden pate, climb over the garden walL” This looks like beating the devil around the stump. Apart from the awkwardness of the undertaking the salvation lassies had better look ont that St. Refer does not pepper them with bird shot -