Afogaak letter.
Afoosak, Mav 27.—In the April
nnmher of the Orphanage News
Letter appears the eleventh annual
report hy C. T. Coe, superintend
ent of the Baptist Orphanage on
Wood island, Alaska, from which
it is noted that affairs of the Or
phanage are becoming more pros
perous each year. There are 44
children in the Orphanage instead
of 33 as last year, and all are in
excellent health.
No notable improvements have
been made, except that an appro
priation is waiting for the installa
tion of telephones to connect main
buildings, and a new system of
water works to be installed in the
near future. The produce of the
children's industry consisting of
cattle, goats, poultry, garden truck,
etc., amply supply the needs of the
Orphanage.
The religious work, which is
claimed to he the chief end of the
institution, is not very gratifying;
however there were five converts
baptized instead of two as last year. I
And since the establishment of the
Orphanage fifteen converts were
added to the Baptist church.
The Orphanage if it will continue
to do its good work as it has in the
past, by providing homes for poor
little motherless orphans, bringing
them up as intelligent, industrious,
honest men and women, ready to
step into the ranks of patriotic
American citiienship, will earn not
only the everlasting gratitude of
its beneficiuries, but will command
the respect and admiration of all.
While the Baptist church is pro
gressing slowly.the Russian church,
an obstacle to Americanizing na
tives, is flourishing. Its growth is
not attributed to new converts
made amongst white men, (most
white men in Alaska are of above
average intelligence, and intelli
gent and thinking men will not
accept the biblical myths and tra
ditions of the holy fathers as truth),
but to natural growth of native
population, by whom it is sup
ported; and its most lucrative ad
herents are native women married
to white men.
White men induced to he mar
ried by Russian priest to native
women, must sign a contract to
the effect that offspring of such
marriages should be brought up in
the beliefs of the Russian church
Children are baptized as soon as
possible after birth. Baptism con
sists of dipping in the water,paint
ing crosses with oil on several por
tions of the infant, and after mum
tiling, passes, etc., all performed by
the priests, a cross is suspended
from the child’s neck; after which
the poor, innocent lamb is admit
ted among a flock of sheep and fed
with the milk of superstition very
effectively.
Upon entering their habitations
you will notice in a corner, under
the ceiling, about half dozen objects
which appear like pictures, they
are the holy “icons.” Natives will
not live in a house or barabara
without having one or more icons;
and sometimes while traveling car
ry one suspended from their neck.
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They believe that icons will bring
tliem gnrnl lack, protect them from
evil spirits, enemies, misfortune
anil cures sickness.
Icons are of various dimension*
and of diffcrem values. S mie of
them are executed creditably and
are examples of art. They are
paintings representing likenesses
of saints, devils, angels, spirits and
mother and son of God. Icons in
common use are coarsely executed
paintings on wood by a class of
artists in Russia called bogomaize
(Godsmcarers). Some of them are
are inlaid with silver and gold and
decorated with precious stones re
presenting considerable pecuniary
value.
The most valued and venerated
icons are those which have appear
ed supernaturally. performing mir
acles. Those icon executed by
artists, who, while engaged, supple
ment their work with fasting am'
prayer,and have holy myrrh(whicl
is oozing perpetually from skull
of dead saints.) or particles o.
corpses of dead saints uiixcd with
pigments are also very highly ven
erated.
At present the supply of icon
for Alaska are imported from Rus
sia. Although notwithstanding
the virtues attributed to holy icons
the Russian warships, which arc
lavishly supplied with tln-m. did
not escape destruction from tie
tuarkmanship of the liberal and
progressive government of Japan.
The present administration ne
glecting to provide efficient secular
education of natives in Alaska, hut
whose ]>olicy is protection to home
industries, should take notice that
the establishment in Philadelphia
manufacturing ing i lols for orient
al tiade could very well supply our
demand in Alaska. A. F.
Unga News Letter.
Mr. and Mrs C. A. Fletcher and I
son arriveil on June 3d, per S. Jv
Uora, and were welcomed hack by
their many friends. Mr. Fletcher j
comes to resume his old position of
accountant at the Apollo mine.
Mr. Bayley also arrived from
Kodiak. He comes to assume the
position of agent of the A. C. Co.
at their station here.
The 4-mnsted schooner Alex. T.
Brown arrived on May 25th, with j
a cargo of 1100 tons of coal and
some few tons of merchandise for
the Apollo mine. The schooner
expects to iinish discharging 'about
June 17th, when she will take on
a cargo of concentrates from thi
mine for Tjicoina. The captain re
ports having had a very rough,
trip up to these parts, having lost
the greater part of the deck load.
The brig Jo in D. Spreckles ar
rived at Keily’s Rock, and will
leave about June lOdi'with a car
igo of about 190,0(X) codfish.
A small placer deposit has Wen
'discovered lately on Popoff island,
| a few miles from Sand Point.
From 13.50 to 95.00 per day has
so far Wen made, but it is difficult
of access owing to the tide, as that
which has Wen worked so far is
entirely covered at high tide. The
creek, which is a small one, has
lieen all located, but so far has not
been worked.
JOINING THE FRENCH LEGION.
Ha Qarallaat AakMl av P rente aff
Ideality Repaired aff ItraatP
Applleaata.
Tt is well-known that no question*
are asked of persons wishing to join
the French Foreign Legion, and that
no proofs of identity are require:].
As a matter of fact, there hare been
cases of Frenchmen volunteering for
service In the legion, which is re
scried for foreign subjects, under a
false name and nationality, says a
London paper. A certain delay, never
theless. occurs between the applica
tion and its acceptance, and then
appears to be n belief current among
the working classes that in order t<
hasten the necessary formalities ilii
sufficient to get locked up, it being
supposed that the police aothoritiet
take the matter in hand and push it
forward. A bricklayer named Al
phonse Pade has found out to hb
cost that this belief has no seriou:
foundation. September 18 he calle<
at one of the Paris police station:
and requested the inspector on duty
to arro-t him for vagrancy. The re
que*st being re-fused. Pade smashed n
vvin'to-v and this had the desired ef
f ct. In the p* lice court he said thn
he had noted in this way in order t<
be admitted into the foreign legioi
more ra-i' ly. ns ho could get n
*vork in i aris. The judge asked how
i"n' an interval u.-is required to con
elude tile formalities, and on being
informed that the average was one
n^rth, smt Pade to prison for that
* imp.
EATING ACCORDING TO SEX.
Mas *eed« Mora Food and Air Than
Woman lleeao«e Nr Expends
Mura EnrrgT*
The layman will not be a little aston
ished at the claim ii.nie by li.e Loi.doi,
Lancet that ’he male human needs
more foeii than the innate; not only
on account «»f his Inrvrcr stature, lut
also liccnuse he is the more hitabf lit
of the two. The it a r t* nils to * \ fiend
•ncrirv. :md the w quint to «t< re it »:j
m the form of fat. h« burin t he faster;
this si x cal dilTe:*. • *how» i:> in
the veiy bloi.tl. tlu man !.• s a larger
perct niiiye of ehioi. wy :» * than the
tvoiuan. showing li..i hr needs a pro
ft* Mil) :er mil: >tv of oxy ircii
in or«l. r to maintain ti is .<ac?i\e
ccmbtis* ion. Moimvcr. v . iyht U r
weight. his pn nton iry capacity is
"renter ihac that • f the \\t n...n wI.i sm
s • a! er r. s; irntorv need !s fa ther
si. at!: 1; the facility with wh eh she
can wi h' tit disc o: fort d:::rn;*h her
brea: ..i.. ; >wtr ly »m un> of ti e cor
set. At;, n.ion may he drawn to the
fact tin.t nmi are apt to t>e buyer
meat eaters than wonu n. just as they
are. possibly in consequence of this
very fact, more prol e to drinking al
cohol and sniokin" tobacco.
t\ lieu nrrnnn W»>■ fruc,
Pat;crr- .» ctcr. i dreamed sente*
th n •■ri.uie >ast nignl. 1 saw my
it..,, '.i lur.
Luc tor—What did you eat for *u;>
per?
Patient—A mince pic. d« ov-r.
Iioc,..r My friend. if you i it two
mince ; : -nig:.- i v. ; yuu»
grandfather.— Le.ii \ Weekly.
The Ilcnl tier.soil.
“Gruet is so very attentive to hi<
wife that when he is with h* r he never
sees n.e."
"That Isn't the reason ho fail* to no
tice you.”
“What is it. then?”
"He doesn’t want his wife to know
what kind of men he associates with.”
—Urm.kljn Life.
T>» r.
“So ('holly Vitevie is Ruin# to be !
married?”
Sent in your congratulations?"
“yxt: fact is I don't know the girl,
so I can’t congrat dale him: and I
do know him. so ! • au't congratulate
her.”—Leslie's Weekly.
Tosffh ( i 1*r|iiprlng,
Minks—Lame n_ain. I .«•« e.
Winks—Yes; n>y feei are very ten
der. and sh« es always hurt.
Mink*—Mine are tough—tough as 1
pine knots. Why. 1 can even wear !
sh oes that are made to measure.—N. !
Y. Weekly.
C'oimollijjf.
The Leading Heavy (loftily)—My
only aversion to playing ’he villain*#
role U that rhe better one play« it the
more one is disliked by the audience.
The Light Man (reassuringly-—)e«.
but you don*t play It so very well, you
know.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Am E«»l UItIiIm.
“So they were divorced, eh?”
“Yes; (or incompatibility of tem
per."
"How did it come about?"
"Wei!, you see be had the incom
patibility and she had the temper."
—Leslie's Weekly.
Hie Faee.
The Visitor—You seem to be tnuchin
tereaied in me, my little girl. What ia
It?
The Little Girl—I don’t see how
your face can be so smooth and dear.
Papa says you have traveled ell over
the country on it.—Boston Transcript.
■itul Exrhaag*.
“Do you believe microboa are circu
lated on railroad*?"
“Ye*, in tunnels, especially."
“But why tunnel*T’
“Because they are the places where
lips meet* lip*."—Chicago Daily News.
Wo Slot* PUg.
7fce state of Missouri has no state
flag. “It has a great seal,” says me
of the state's papers. “and a c< at of
arms, with two bears U{>< u it, n ; a
splendid I.atin motto. Uut there is
Mo state flag."
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