n i ssionar ie* ,,t mimin' imhijis and
town*'. I'.11 »tCts . c rep. rseiitcd in
ail Alaska hy only two stations one
at Copper Center, under Ives t». S.
Ce\ .11401 o! i he \ . i I. M. S.; and
one under the \V. \ i. II. M.S.at
Wo. «i 1 • '.,1111. C »r a te w months, and
until » month . missiotia; ies were
st ‘i mod at Sew :d .. so. hut a sifter
1 ha * h h . oci upied th.e tield li: st.
. • 1«! ' the vt owth of th.e town is mi
te i:i. it w.is thought best to with
draw
Six I; uni red fifty miles due west
from Sitka lies Kadiak Island whhh
• in 1 e found on any map. Two
mi'i seast of the no. th east corner of
this island is what was formerly « ail
ed I.csnoi, hut now Wood Island.
Ton ists. sailors, and miners who
DEATHS.
Austin Topping C'oMwell, infunt
s<-n of Mr. ami Mrs. S. A. Coldwell,
was called home, October 16. Wo
sympathize with the tiereaveil pa
rents.
(ln>‘ /I, iieen/y Father sent
. I tit/ii• vr one if,iy. (love.
'/V i7t sent among our hearts fo
' 7 a 'it 5 n’t vru but not to stay,
For ere its pearly petals
Were opened to the tight,
’ liras taken from our vision
Into a world more bright.
Its mission on the earth tea done.
(tod took it home in tore.
Our Saviour has a mansion
Prepared for sueh above.
I’tvebe Coe.
Olga Archamandatoff, our oiliest
mission girl, after many months of
weakness anil wasting, fell asleep,
< )ctober 19. We rejoice that she died
in the faith of the Sun of God.
!'.:i\'t* so. ‘i vi. 11■* i - ts tin* v < nntry
of: *ii have declared tic c is no place
mine beautiful, ainl few to compare
with it. This beauty consists in the
toll sptcading -pnu >-s; l'lt' l,,ve'.v '**
tie lakt-s; the smooth sandy sea
beaches; the shade dolls; tile ferny
grottos; the mossy woods; and the
tuagnim mt outlook upon the glassy
or raging sea. the suit heaten rocks,
the )mi p'e heather grow n islands,
and the rugged snow capped mount
aim..
Mail f: urn tiu-stales comes to its,
1»wav of Kotliak, twice a month.
The "Portland”, owned l v the Alo
ha c -last Company. leaves Se. ’tie on
the tenth of e. eh month, arriving at
Kodiak idiont the twenty-fourth, and
then ret urn ini; at on e to Seattle.
A p.u ty dosi, ing to visit Wood Island
11 nld. no doulit, arrange a delay of
seve al lion;s. The "Dora” . of the
Northwestern Steamship Company,
cornier ting at Yahie/, with vessels
fro.it . ml to Seattle, arrives at out the
thirteenth and returns in two week-.
The Orphanage is now in its four
teenth year a short time in the life
of a man or of an institution that is
designed to lay the foundations for
citizenship, manhood, and iharacter.
However, much has already been
done to justify the opening of the
heme in this region.
Children have been gathered from
near and far 124 all told- and there
are now sixty. If means and room
permitted the number could be readi
ly doubled. Notwithstanding the ad
verse criticisms of mission work by
those not in sympathy with it, these
children compare favorably with
many of whom more might be ex
pected.
Would you like to go thru the Or
phanage? Come with me. This
is the original building and it is call
ed "the Mission". Kutering by the