The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-30
THE PASSING THRON.


Mrs. Emmons from Alaska and il eppp!ns at
the Rainier, has been principal OF ths academic
department of the Presbyterian n<sssion at
sitka Tor the past three years. Tbs mission
was started ten years ago by Rev. A.. Austin
and is in prosperous condition" sai.a Mrs De
Wore yesterday. Besides the acaden1sc there 10
an industrial department, in which carpentry,
shoemaktng, cooperage, engineerin aga general
usefulness according to civilized eas are
taught, there being one teacher assgr:sd TO each
branch. In all there are ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
seven men and fourteen women, twoasf the lat
ter being natives. There are at p.Asent 1a0
pupils in the mission-eighty five ssoys and
forty-fve girls-ranging in age froiss to 80
years One of the native teachers - . most
talented and accomplished worNn who
received her primary training in thy mission
and finished her education in t. United
States. She has been doing excellents.vork as =
teacher for the past two years, and Il, splen.
did illustration Of the refinement of t.,1ich the
Alaskan natives are capable. The Other native
teacher Ii most capable woman and has
charge OF the boys hospital The ins1tution is
supported by donations from Chrstiss1s in the
United States, although the governmes. defrays
the expense of the raw materials Consumed in
the industrial department. All the w<11k of the
institution Is done by the pupila Theshpils are
obtained in various wsys. Some are fought TO
the mission by their parents, because..they are
unable to support or care for them or account
OF one Of the parents being dead; ONE are
wholly orphaned, and others come fc. protec-,
ton against parental coercion-the Ii ger part
OF the latter being girls who object to carrying
the man chosen for them by their pa:sntA In
the case OF children seeking to avoiesparental
control. there il generally contest n court
over the custody of the child which
the mission authorities eudeavor to Cow that
the parents are unfit to have chaisae OF the
child. and if successful the court averds the
custody to the mission. That is, sOu1times il
does, because It depends upon the judtI Some
judges have ruled that the court had@O power
to take q child away from its mothGs even II
she be unfit, while other judges decide .ontrari-
wise. Parents often bring their chitdt- a TO the
mission at the approach of winter, ext. cting to
take them out again in summer dNing the
fishing season, but this is not alleged, the
minimum period of detention being H.; years."
Speaking of the traits of the native children,
Mrs. De Wore said: "The aptitude of e ;se chill.
dren is surprising, and l think they acceptable
OF the very highest cultivation. Mana people
believe them stupid, but they are rsaiaa bright
and are born artists. They have Q rat taste
for music, have beautiful VOICE., and
sing and play with ease. They ESQ are
very expert at drawing and carving an in all
the arts display surprising talent aud T. ste. In
very fond ofjokes and not at all qua, :,slsome.
In fact amiability is their weakness sand We
have great difficulty in restraining the >uorous
tendencies OF some of the pupils This Is
largely due, however, to q vicious olass of
whites, who have not scrupled to abuseehs con-
idence OF these simpie-minded peoples Mrs.
Dr. Wore IL on the way to her home in CRY. Pa
Frank Cryder, an old miner of AspeA Colo,
came down yesterday morning fromc uneau,
Alaska, and left the same day. His m! aentoes
OF the trip were large and very ougSnugget
weighing one ounce and very comcaG.ookiug
and playful Alaska Indian pup. He ieeery en-.
thusiastic about that territory. Hiss lace Of
operating was the Sheep creek basi which
empties into Salt river right at june $50
far from Alaska having been overr&ld," he
says, 81 believe the half has not been to- tits
the richest place in the world in mines,H Az far
az have noticed on the Coast, the pE. .vailing
veins are of true assure description. Sme can
be traced for thirty miles. The ore appe..ss to be
of mixed type, partly free, partly base. SIN the
Sheep creek basin think l shall DO Astifed
In putting in smelters to break the ore 4om my
own claims. In the Silver Bow basir. about
three miles inland from juneau, thu have
some rich free milling ore and placeriru IL car
ried on too. When supplies can be flxsly OBJ
tanned in the interior, q month In sprrt and .
month in the fall will BE- added to ths-jresent
season and that means good deal in SUI rich
prospects. OF course ON the coast thiseaoesn't
count, since there work can be doneyeie year
round. The climate is foggy and da Up. but
good nevertheless. The fact II that do not
care to tell all think of Alaska: do MT want
to be taken to be boomer or enthusiast
E. E Jones, of Everett, was at the Alsska ho-
tel yesterday on his way to San JaciEto, San
Diego county. CAL, where he and his associates
are to inaugurste cooperative land aid fruit
ranch. to be known as the Live Oak Colony.
"This IL not O strict community In the sense in
which the word Is used at Oneida, n. Y, and
ECONOMY, Pa In our colony the intention is
that each man shall own his own homestead
tract III severalty. We have tract OF go acres
and will lay 1t or 50 that each individual hold
ing shall front on big central park. Ia other
respects, however, the results of work will go
into a common fund. At present we number
but ten, and are mostly old soldiers. We have
every confidence in the success of the enter.
prise"
X. G. Faegre, ex-fre commissioner esid yes
terday: "Both Seattle and Tacoma infend to
have pictures of their cities and surrounding
scenery for advertising purposes at the state
building of the Worlds fair. Mount Rainier
will figure very prominently on all the Seattle
maps and pictures while Mount Tacoma will be
the towering attraction on all the Tacorla pic
lures and the Northern Pacific maps. AS the
government has officially decided that there 10
no Mount Tacoma in this state, the question
naturally arises will our Worlds fair commits
sioncrs allow the walls of our state builsing at
Chicago to be dishgured by incorrect ald un.
authorized nomenclature for the benefit of the
City of Destiny"
Hard Lines for tho Anti-Caual Organ.
Mount Vernon News.
II appears that the Seattle telegraph is IN hard