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ryoenaltaiity 4 Christ in The home.


Life lies deeper than its leaves.
Enthusiasm Is the fountain OF per-
petual youth
II you are certain that you are I'M
certain, how great Is your uncertainty
The doubt that is AN Interrogation
may be a blessing, but If 1t Is de-
termination, 1t Is a curse.
Adversely Is the grindistone or
which we lose enough to put An edge
of usefulness on our lives.
The present needs patriots as well
as the past.
A creed works better as an engine
than as a track.
The man who says the Bible Is too
otherworldly Is afraid to use it In his
Office in this world.
Christ Is the centre of the circle o.
our lives.
The upright character needs down
right sense.
Mud-slingers usually scrnpe it OF
themselves.
It Is no. history alone that has room
Cor the heroic.
The room for improvement is u.s.
unlly a spacious one
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As the employer of large number
traders, hunters, boatmen and agents
and the owner of number of virtual
slaves, Princess Tom 10 kept reasona.
bly, busy looking after her affairs. Her
husbands, OF which there are five,
are graded in her estimation. The
Oldest does no work, those of the mid
dle-aged men who possess sufficient in
telligence assist her in managing her
affairs. The youngest and latest is be-
ing raised pet" and he seems to
realize that he has good position.
had several interpreted talks with
Princess Tom and found her to be an
unusually intelligent Indian woman as
well as good American. Her obser-
vations about American affairs, and
particularly those relating or Of inter
est to Alaska, showed good sense and
mora information than one would sus-
psct. She hoped. she said, to see the
timo when Alaska would be more
closely covered and the vast interests
OF the territory opened to intelligen.
trade. She knows intimately the de.
tails Of hunting fur:bearing animals,
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Princess Tom has enough kayaks and
blankets for an Alaskan king ransom,
il there wero such person. Some OF
the Alaskan blankets are very beauti-
full, and Princess Tom owns only the
choicest, which she keeps in piles in
her treasure room.
The Yakutat Indians of Alaska are
the most expert basket makers of the
North. They weave them of grasses
and tender willow wood split into long
silky strips. Their decorative methods,
when they forsake totems, a1e very
similar to those of the Yaqui and other
Southern Indians. Some of their bas
kets are go closely woven that they
will hold water. Princess Tom, being
Yakutat, has a passion for baskets,
and is the owner of some of the finest
specimens it has been my fortune to
see. The mark of the totem is over
oil OF Princess Toms treasures,
whether blankets, baskets, furs, chests
or ships that go down to the sea.
Princess Tom was young woman
when abe began to trade. The trading
instinct was rs strong in her as ever it
was in Jay Gould or in Russell Sage.
She began by peddling the furs taken
by her husband, and finding that che
was skilled in trade she also made deals
for the husbands of her friends and
neighbors. Then she saw good
chance to make good trades for her
eelf, and bought furs from other In
dians and took them to the trading
posts. Meanwhile, she became o col
lector OF blankets, copper kettles and
that sort of thing. In the course of O
| few years she amassed o vast amount
of Indian wealth, but learned that
white mans wealth was better. So,
as soon as possible, she sold her Indian
stuff for silver money. Later it came
to her knowledge that gold was better
| than silver, and she traded her silver
for gold, OF which she now owns about
$l5, 900 worth in $40 pieces. Besides
these she has 1nnumerable bangles,
| bracelets, necklaces and other orna-
ments made from tho shining yellow
coin of the United States. Some OF
her bracelets have as many as fifteen
$40 gold pieces in them, and when
Princess Tom decks herself out in her
golden coin jewelry she is a person of
weight. Her golden treasure is hid
den away in variety of places, and.
as she never spends any of it. it is
getting to be burden, especially MS
she cannot look OF it very often for
fear of attracting covetous eyes to its
resting places.
Princess Toms mail is something
enormous, considering all things. I'm
pecunious persons who have heard OF
her and rely upon her being simple
Indian maiden with o lot of money she
does not know how to spend. write
begging letters. Miss Campbell reads
these to her whenever q sufficient num-
Der have accumulatedto mako it worth
while. After the fashion OF writer's of
begging letters, most of these begin by
stating that the person who writes has
heard of the good and boneicent Prin-
cess Tom, and ndlnires her for her
ability and wealth. This sort of thing
the princess enjoys, because she really
believes in human nature, but as soon
as the reader comes 10 that portion OF
the letter which begs or demands
money the princess flies into rage
and will hear no moro of it, for the
old lady loves her wealth exceedingly.
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Times of Trouble and Sorrow.

There are periods in life, years and
years, when no great trouble visits US.
Then the storms of sorrow fall, then
we are apt to say, I have passed
through the fire and may hope for an
immunity for the future. 1t is not so.
The troubles may come back again,
they may come back again worse. As
has been said our Pharaohs are seldom
drowned in the Red Sea, and We do
not often behold their corpses stretched
upon the sand. The bitterness of death
may come again. What then? At the
very worst the memory Of the past
will help u.s.. We shall retrace the
slow, difficult way to peace; our trust
in God will be deepened, and we shall
realize that, after all, the range OF
sins and sorrows is limited, though the
sea Of troubles may roll its white-crest-
ed pillows shoreward as far as the hor-
lion. What are truly numberless are
Gods mercies. What is truly infinite
is Gods love.-W. Robertson Nicoll, D.
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DYeHE AND HIS sHEEP-uUNTING EXPEDITION IN CAMP.

the town. Her house, very comfort.
able frame structure, modeinly built,
is full of every description OF Indian
treasure, blankets, skins, baskets OF
wonderful workmanship, copper ket-
Ties and domestic utensils fashioned
by the Russians in the days before
American possession. Her choicest
treasure. besides the good American
$40 gold piecer, arc her sea otter
films. The sen otter fur ia the court
fur of both Russia and China, and is
therefore in great demand at ruinous
prices. The sea otter has been so
essiduously hunted and is now SO
wary that good skins, rough dried,
are worth anywhere from 500 to $500
each. In ono room of her houee this
Alaskan Process has piles of cedar
chests full of sea otter skins, of which
she is IA 10 hurry to dispose. In oil
he must own about eco skins, and
the has largo number of native
hunters DOT in her sloops constantly
locking fsr moro. 50 Unsuitable is her
desire fo1 them.
n "a AIaskan Indian blanket is
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The Blessedness of Work.

II you would have sunlight in your
homo see that you have work in 1t.
Nothing makes moroseness and heavy
heartedness in house so fast as Idle
ness. The very children gloom and
sulk II they are left with nothing to
do. If all have their work they have
not only their own JOY In creating
thought, in making thought into form,
In driving On something to completion,
but they have the Joy Of ministering to
the movement Of the whole house when
they feel that what they do is part of
living whole. That in itself is sun
shine. The morning is bright with
the knowledge of how much has to be
done. The midday walk is looked for
ward to. The hour of rest or play Is
true Joy; the evening hour, when all
that has been done is talked over. is
delightful; and sleep. sore labor's
bath" is only another piece Of pleasant
work. All eyes in that household look
forward, all its members are bright,
all honor one another. Every day there
is the light of something conquering in
the eyes Of those who work. Time, the
gray shadow, takes substance, walks
as friend with those who work. and
he is charming companion when we
make him out Of ghost into a reality.
In such a house, II there be also the
good temper of love, sunshine never
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In the hurry Of OUT feverish age our
ears full OF the din that wearies us
and makes us old, do we not more than
ever need this calm and strength OF
God? Where else than in the thought
OF the eternal shall we find 1t? THE
depth saith, 1t is not In me; and the
sea saith, it is not in me-" Only in
the name that is changeless, the Fa-
therhood, the Faithfulness, the Love
that ages have not wearied Is ade>
quate refuge. To some 1t may seem
weakness, but there was one Son Of
Man who was not weak, and who was
the strength of every one who leaned
on Him, who has taught the world the
sublimest powers that dwell in human
souls. And He used to go, night after
night, to mountain sides and lonely
glens, to be lifted there into the In
finite calm Of the eternal spaces, and
the unspeakable peace of God. It was
the thought of God that made that life
Of power; that clothed Him with mai
esty as He went to make His last fu-
tile appeal to slumberipg souls in Je-
rusalem; that made the victory Of Geth-
semane and the grandeur OF Calvary.
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College Bred Conyicts.

There are fifteen college graduates in
prison stripes on Blackwell's Island.
This fact was learned by clergyman of
this city, who recently conducted a
Sunday morning service at the peni-
tertiary, and it was elected by his
remarking to one of the keepers that
there were great many intelligent
faces in the group of prisoners con-
fronting him. The clergyman made
mental notes of some OF the faces, and
after the service he pointed them out
to the keeper and asked if they were
not college graduates. Out of the five
men indicated by him only one was a
college graduate, and, to the clergy
mans dismay. the keeper designated
as college men three of the most re-
pulsive and vicious looking prisoners
in the group. One of the most intel
ligent faces in the throng was described
by the matter of fact keeper ss be.
longing to "a tough 'un, who's sbeer
on the island of and on ever since be
was o New York Times.
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though she owns good deal of jew
elry, seldom wears any of it. Her
clothes she has made in the American
fashion, as nearly as Alaskan seams
tresses can copy it.
/ asked her if she intended visiting
tho United States, and described to
her the ease of travelling across the
great stretches of country lying be-
tween the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
She said that she knew all about that,
and had heard of Chicago and New
York and Washington, and knew their
populations, but she was now too old.
When younger travel was not SO easily
accomplished, and she was not so rich,
but now she could not leave her bust
ness and the East must get along with
out her.
She does not make friendships cas-
lily with white men, and has never al
lowed anyone to photograph her.
Through the good offices OF Miss
Campbell, however, was enabled to
establish such confidence that she
readily granted my request to photo
graph her, and grew quite interested
in it, although she insisted on looking
into the camera as soon as had taken
it, and could not or would not under
stand why this was not possible until
after the plate had been developed.
At juneau I made the acquaintance
of two Indian chiefs who are great adj
mirers and friends of Princess Tom.
One of these, Chief Tlan-Tech, of the
Kah-wan-tan clan, was q most inter
esting old chap, who wore high silk
hat and store clothes with great deal
of iauntiness. He is as naturally born
to politics as an Irishman, and lives in
good pine house with his numerous
wives and progeny. Another chief
was quite amusing with his preten'
sions of fashionable manners, creased
trousers and other evidences Of opu-
lence, to say nothing of the gold
headed cane he always carried: His
house was furnished very comfortably.
and in his parlor hung picture cards
and little gimcracks. besides innumer'
able colored prints of saints and the
Christ, presented to him by the priest
of the Russian. Greek church, of which
he is devout member.
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The Christian, of all men, should be
in earnest as to properly enlightened
conscience. He who accepts the rev.
elation Of Gods will confesses that his
conscience is no safe guide until it has
been trained and instructed in that
word, and that his own will is thing
of uncertain and spasmodic energy,
wilfulness rather than will, until it has
been regenerated by the Holy Ghost.
He cannot, If he be in earnest at all.
be satisfied that he is doing Gods will
unless he has taken as much pains to
know it, understand it, resolve It into
rules OF action. as he has the calling
which he follows for his bodily support
or social standing, in word. he will
not only be conscientious, but In a
much strieter sense he will be con-
scient: BUS about his conscience.
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services of Miss Campbell to interpret

services of Miss Campbell to interpret
my expressions of regard.
Princess Tom is short and squat and
about sixty years old. She is keen in
her Judgment of mon, and took quito
fancy to me. although she could not
understand why I had journeyed co
far for few paltry sheepskins, while
/ might have taken back the much
more valuable peltry OF sea offers and
blue foxes. When Miss Campbell ex-
planned to her that ] was impellcd
more by scientific interest and lovo Of
hunting than tho lovo OF dollars, she
marveled still more, because tho white
men she had met were hunters of dol
lars.
''See, buy man." said Princess
Tom to me through Miss Campbell.
81 pay 500 blankets for him to marry."
She pointed to o grinning, fat-faced
young fellow, who was her fifth hus-
band. 'She says she will buy you.
too, if you are for sale," said Miss
Campbell. laughing. And when I said
was not for sale, she took from her
finger o silver ring, shaped like q
snake, wonderfully chased in the
Alaska fashion and set with tur.
quoise, and placed it on my finger as
token OF good will. Then she set
about to show me her treasures and
allowed me to photograph her. She
desired me to photograph her fat
young husband also. but he ran off
like bash!ul boy and hid himself in
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PRINCESS TOM.
RICHEST AND MOST REMARK
AULE WOMAN IN ALASKA.
She Built Up Her Wealth by Sue
ccssful Business Ventures-Her
House is Filled With
Valuables.

"YHE orvus DALI, the Rocky
~ Mountain white sheep, is one
II of the rarest of North Ameri-
can mammalia, writes PROBES
sor Lewis S. Dyche in the Chicago
Times Herald. 1t is go rare that not
ono specimen of it is to be found IN
museum in the world. These sheep
have been described by Government
scientists and named in honor OF Dr.
William H. Dali. OF the Smithsonian
Institution, and fragmentary speci-
mems have been brought to civillza-
ton by Indians and hunters, but o
complete and perfect specimen was
not seen, save on it's native heights In
the mountains of Alaska, until L
brought back seventeen last fall.
left Lawrence June l last for
Alaska, where I hoped to find the
white sheep. I went from Seattle to
Sitks, and thence to Juneau, where L
had the pleasure Of meeting the most
remarkable woman in Alaska, Princess
Tom, the Hetty Green of the North,
who welcomed me to her home and
showed me her manifold treasures, as
well rs her latest husband.
/ was introduced to Princess Tom
by Miss Florence Campbell, q teacher
md missionary at juneau, who was
,,aduatcd at the Haskell Institute for
Indians at Lawrence. Princess Tom
speaks only commercial English, and
only enough of that to enoble her to
drive trade, at which she is very OK
pert. Therefore ! had to enlist the
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Alaska derives its name from the In
dian word Al-ay-ek-sa, meaning a
"great country. "and the name hits it
off exactly. 1t is one of the greatest
possessions of the United States, and
the most interesting aud wonderful.
But it is only half made. 1t is tumbled
up into volcanoes that belch vapors
almost constantly, glaciers that cut
paths across it, and it is the greenest
spot en- earth, where vegetation grows
rankly and grass in the swamps and on
the islands is six feet high, and berries,
the most delicious I ever ate, may be
picked by the ton. 1t is rich IN tim
Ter, in gold, in fish and in furs. 1t
presents wonderful possibilities in the
way of cultivating fur bearing animals.
which am inclined to believe can be
made paying industry. The tides in
Cooks Inlet rise to height of thirty
feet. making it one of the most dan
gerous bodies of navlgable water in
the country. This season twenty-five
men lost their lives in it, and probably
hundreds more before them.
The sands Of Alaska carry gold
richly. In the Yukon country are vast
coal beds SO soft that they can be
whitfield with o knife. The country
is SO big and the extent of it to the
westward SO great that if one draws a
line exactly midway between the coast
of Maine and Attn, the most westerly
of the Alentian Islands. it would strike
out in the ocean 500 miles west of San
Francisco. 1t is possession worthy
of better government, and should re-
ceive the earnest attention of Congress.
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= VI "a / Thsmpson's Eye Water

Now. wholly apart from its religious
or from its ethical value, the Bible Is
the one book that no intelligent per-
con who desires to come into contact
with )he world Of thought and to share
the IDEAS Of the great minds OF tho
Christian era can afford to be ignorant
OF. All modern literature and all art
are permcated with it. There Is scarce
~ a great work in the language that
can be fully understood and enjoyed
without this knowledge, so full Is It
Of illusions and illustrations from the
Bible. This Is true of fiction. OF poe
try. of economic and Of philosophic
works, and also Of the scientific and
even agnostio treatises. 1t is not at
all question of religion, or theology,
or Of dogma; 1t is question Of general
intelIigence.-C. D. Warner.
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1irinr Clese to cAriaA

The clouds that for us nortais haunt
the land of Righteousness nDI truth
may long hang SO thick and lcw that
living close to Christ the soul may
still fail to see Him; but some day
certainly the fog shall rise, the cloud
shall scatter, and, in the perfect en-
iightenment of the outer iifs the soul
shall see it's Lord and be thankful for
every darkest step that 1t took towards
Him here.-Phillipps Brooks
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A nelirious Llfs q Hsme.

Dcws and showers and sunlight aed
complish in the Natural Yorld what
the grace of God does In the feligiou4
life Of the family and homo. It Is q
great blessing In favor OF child, when
the Lord plants 1t in the bosom Of 9
pious household. A religious family ID
blessing to itself and all ts>mem.
bers. and Its reflex influence reached
far abroad. The world and the church
is benefited when the power Of the
Christian religion rules in the home
life Of the family.
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and ! Judge that she could not b
easily fooled by her agents and mid
dlemen. She brought some OF hef
choicest sea otter skins out for my In
spection, and displayed an intimate
knowledge of their use in other coun.
tries and their value. She also insisted
that her photograph be taken with one
of her sea otter skins hanging over hei
arm. She carries gold watch, OF
which she well knows the uses, and al
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Sympathy.

God pities the poor sinner. Pity 10
what is given by the superior to the
inferior. This Is what comes from .
lofty plane to the man on the low
plane. 1t was not so with Jesus Christ.
He did not simply pity the poor sim
ner while he remained in heaven, bus
he came down to earth and gave the
sinner sympathy. sympathy Is what
we give when we place ourselves In the
place occupied by the one with whom
we sympathize.-Rev. w. W. Landrum.
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Facing to-m6rrow's trials 70 turning
our back on to-dey's duties.
n.tx q, Church Membership.

The duty of church membership Is
plain, and is an obligation OF gratitude
and love and life service. The Joy OF
1t is the Joy of pardon and peace and
hope of glory; the Joy Of salvation and
loving devotion. To confess Christ be-
fore men in His church should be the
very first desire of new disciple. The
church is His spiritual home and
Christians are its brethren. and its
work is Christ service.
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tangible token of wealth as a pony is
to a prairie Indian. Warmth and food
is the end of successful existence to
the fat Alaskan, hence blanket means
something to him. Passage over the
great stretches of unavailable prairie
is necessary to the Indian farther east,
and to him wealth is best represented
by pony. A blanket and o pony
blanket and kyak, o skin canoe, IS
the acme OF wealth to both types.
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How bravely man can walk the
earth. bear the heaviest burdens, per-
form the severest duties, and look all
men In the face IL he only bears within
his breast a clear conscience. void OF
offense. There Is no spring, no in
sniration like thls-to feel that we have
omitted no tasl, and left no obligation
undischarged. This fills the heart with
satisfaction and the soul with strength.