a religious meeting. The
result showed 435 for temperance to 131 for liquor--more than three to
one. The victory was complete, and the district stands as the banner
temperance district of the State.

BEREA COLLEGE REPORTER.

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"BECCA MUST GO!"

Say "Becca must go," Yes, "Becca must go,"
I don't hardly see why it needs to be so,
She's nice--very quiet. She's no trouble at all,
She couldn't hurt any one, Becca's so small.

She don't understand it--the poor little child--
When I seat her alone she looks strange and wild,
And when I dismiss her she never looks 'round,
But she goes off alone looking down to the ground.

Her mother's afflicted, her home life is bad,
When I see little Becca I always feel sad.
She learns very quickly, she sings like a lark,
But Becca must go, for her skin is so dark.

I am asked to "dismiss her," and "send her away,"
She must not study here and with others play,
I don't like to do it, but then, don't you know,
There are some who won't like it, so "Becca must go."

Not many stand up for poor Becca down here,
They talk very strangely, and act very queer,
Her skin's not much darker than mine, but, you know,
Her hair curls a little, so "Becca must go."

Now Preacher and Teacher from East and from West,
If you would succeed you must do like the rest;
Be partial to white folk or take the disgrace,
Of showing regard for a down-trodden race.

E.N. RUDDOCK.

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THE INDIANS.

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STREAKS OF LIGHT.

REV. C.L. HALL, FORT BERTHOLD, NORTH DAKOTA.

A girl about seventeen years of age writes the following to her teacher
while she is away from school for a short vacation among her people:

"DEAR FRIEND:--I will now try to write a few lines to-night to tell you
all about what we are doing now; first I tell you when first we came
home we told the girls to come to our house that we would have prayer
meeting the first thing; I tell you they are real good girls, L----,
M----, A---- and M----; we did not expect them to come; it is far away
and they were so tired yet they did not mind, they come right away
before we saw them. We went upon the hills, Mary and I, we prayed, and
when we came back we was surprise to see the girls coming. So we had
prayer meeting; that was the first time that L---- ever prayed; we
thought we w