“RESOURCES OF ALASKA. NOT THE ICY WASTZ IT WAS SUP. POSED TO BE WHEN BOUGHT. It HasRich Cold Mines, Magnificent FOr. ests, Waters Teeming with Fish and Other Sources of Wealth, in 1867 when Alaska Wi that ve had vhite elephant, Sumner, The general impression the United from tié Russians been saddled with a and Messrs, Seward through whose reg gain had, in a large me: made, came | or a of abuse, As time went and magni and understood, popular prejudice People b quired States purchas and 1¥ons the bar isure, been round share however, Inmber better er ' 004G on its fleent ral, mie fishing resources became wis gradually overcome, wan to appreciate til tory, and that the apathetic 1x I Newiy-nd wonder should administration ¢ t the only government in is Alaska tO has not ‘itory, dmply a ju governed laws only Alask Judge oO, cable te left to termine, Alaska | a thousand ferent Ton thie in every chose ulation of Ores and are « ast, came the E The ng per Ost All the lowe land call speak a rath ty River, with taking some blem, bear or totemie brothers an The erful in have their tribe are n such as whale hok-wat either badge eagle man mg ildren and 1 3 to be t and sible. may uncle's pl: praperty uncle's w a lad of six be seen with years. The o proud of her theory man should rife; he trade and erally; she sistent her own perience, he usually tiful obtain thro diplomacy. The wom position a nearly al ing the sale The Thlinkit probable that idols, Their anism. Tl their tong born he had I3 pernatural sign that he apart to perform the olices of His hair was never eat clams, upon to be an ordeal of an absolute fast for days, and if would possessed by pirit calles a sake Hereafter this spirit would be to him than ever Ariel was to Prospero. Before or during the fast he made up a wonderful paraphernalia of masks, necklaces, headdresses, rattles, buckskin aprons and charms carved out of ivory, bone and horn, each piece having a deep significance, At the end of his fast gave a performance around the of the larg: communal houses, would work himself up to frenzy and violence, whereby the onlookers would be inspired with a sense of awe and fear. He was looked upon as the home and temple of the spirits which had entered into him. Al of his knowledge and power was hereafter completely under the control of the familiar, or yake, Up to the advent of the mission- power It i 1:1 a ) with teacher fund joys an exalted wonle Th One an mong re 1a ways “rn Or object. in was was cut: he was not fol gather oe grew crabs, nor the bead tit fi strong nds reo OT ore © he fire in one He a state of never to have been called in question | mor doubted by any native, gratuitously. It is only the well-to-do who seek the aid of the icht If, for instance, a chief is sick and he sends for the sorcerer a fee 1s tendered, but usually the yake tells him it is not enough, for he knows how much pro- perty the chief has, After the yake is satisfied with the increase of the fee the icht, making careful preparations, then begins his incantation to over come and drive out the evil spirits or influences which are overpowering and destroying the sick man These per formances are weird in the extreme, The teht may continue for hours, until he is exhausted. If it is some ab dominal complaint he may clap the head of a hideously carved monster upon the sore place, then begin to pull and get others to help him haul out the demon. Then the leht will give a loud puff upon birds’ down which he has | ready and will command the sick one | to arise for he is cured, | The more we Know of mental | fluence over bodily functions the | there Is room to doubt that these men wrought astonishing cures in certain kinds of complaints; and doubtless faith in thelr power was fostered by the fact that the of healing would he talked about and remembered, while the fatlures would be thought of in si. lence and after a while forgotten The yake is almost but pot quite all powerful, It right here that his ability to de mischief comes in. In an aggravated ¢ instance, con stttaption, he cannot counteract inti These and no torture rely dealt in- loss CHUNES Is use, for the ences of witches be sinister malignant ’ orf punishment ean be too seve to them, They to dead he 1184 1 ont casses of tnd dogs to get hoy secretly put into the food of rsons, final thelr death tells sing who the to the vake “Pp one hes little all ade fhe wif 1 £: New manuf are nicely wit th ¢ vf Hels of ills are 1 re several turers wi wills on p Hines Lf et take tits oryt ¢ Hipinen i Y Mail who n thd pe ors an press, wrkabile case of ‘sev wer Knew.” sal stand Rapids, at Ai i« that of John Mich There gaining eyes are but ty YOars ¢ was bald, and He can ne ver could, and The are Was eigh 3 were if we a fae he nearly peveral new grown out dark brown ough he was glimpse he would taken for a man of forty years, But a I¥tle closer look makes him seem even older than he really although now nearly ninety. The brown hair and bright eyes seem to emphasize the wrinkles and his skin looks like parch. ment, He has an idea that pew skin will come, and the wrinkles disappear, but, of course, that would be impossi. ble."