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The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
A REMARKABLE RECOVERY.
Young Mans Back, Broken at . Dance, Operated On Success-
 fully by a Surgeon.

While dancing at Glendale, l.. l., last August Joseph Lennon fell from the platform and injured his back. He was sent to the hospital at Ja- maica, where three vertebrae of his spinal column were operated on. Len non rallied after the operation, but while he could read and talk he had no control over either his arms or legs. Before Dr. Herbert K. Noble performed the operation he per formed similar one on a dead body. It took him four hours to remove the broken portions of bone from Len. non's spine.
 A few weeks after the operation Lennon was able to sit up in bed, and in February he was able to move his toes little. Gradually he has recov- cred the use of all his limbs, and about the middle of March he was able to stand up. Gradually he gained until he could stand alone, and last Monday he took four steps alone. Since then he has walked the entire length Of the ward alone.
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
A PERPETUAL CONTRACT.
The ChirOpodist Acknowledged That Hia Work Was only Tenn
 pOrary.

''Did you ever hear of a corn con- tract?" said Arthur Campbell, man. ager of downtown hotel, to a com municative guest, who had just put his name down on the register, ac- cording to the Chicago Chronicle
 What do you mean, another Letter deal?' asked the new arrival.
 No, l mean one of those corn con- tracts which Il chiropodist enters into," said the manager of the hostel ry. ''4%
 Such contract as chiropodist makes?" inquired the guest. Why, can't understand what you are driv- ing at"
 Well, I'll explain. then" said Camp bell. II had an exceedingly bad pain in my left foot last week. It hurt so that doctor stopping at my home and others could do nothing to allevi- the result of large corn that had been on my toe for a month.
 Il determined to have it eradicated by a chiropodist I passed down Wells street one afternoon and spied the sign of a German doctor, which said something about 'huehnerau- gem
 II went in, investigated, and found he was willing 10 relieve me of my troubles by removing the growth.
 He proceeded to perform the oper- alton, and when eyerything was fin ished he asked me to sign a contract for the work of removing the corn right along. He said it was likely to come back again and that such pacts were made occasionally, but l did not want to think anything more about it and refused. 1 never heard of such a thing before"
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
WILL LAST TWENTY YEARS.
New Kind of Fabric to be Manufac- fured by the Mills h
 England,

If the plans of certain English cap. italists do not miscarry it will be pos.
 sible ere long for the economical par
 ent to purchase suit of clothes which may be passed along among his sons for fifth of century, says the Chi cago Chronicle. Mills are now being built in England for the manufacture of this kind of long-wearing material, which can be turned out in almost any color wanted. Think of getting suit of clothes that will last for 20 years; that will cost only a third more than a suit costs now, and that will be abso- lutely waterproof without appearing to be so. Revolutionize is rather an overworked word, but it fits this case exactly. Instead of singing "Papa's Pants Will Soon Fit Johnnie," the re- frain will run Johnnie Soon Will Wear Pas Pants" for when pa once begins to wear these extremely useful articles before Johnnie has got out of dresses he may continue to wear them for the next 20 years, and by that time Johnnie will have grown up to the m. The same with little Mary and her mothers skirts. Instead of cutting down the garments for the girl, the mother will wear them for a genera tion or so and then turn them over to her daughter.
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
THE FUR SEAL
 INDUSTRY
[Continued from third page.

hood of the rOokeries. If unabated it would have meant the eXtermination of the fur seals in Alaskan waters in short order. To suppress it the United States government ordered the seizure and forfeiture of all vessels found with freshly killed seal skins aboard in Ber- ing sea. Their right to do so was dis puted by England, and the controversy was on.
 Before the Paris tribunal the United States contended that, as the fur seals were born ard bred on American soil, they were the property of the United States, wherever they might wander, and that, therefore, pelagic sealing, especially in Boring sea, was piratical This contention was not upheld by the arbitration commission, and the United States had to pay damages to the owners of seized vessels, but the right Of the United States with regard to the preservation of the fur seals was recog- nized, and restrictions were placed on pelagic sealing, which have tended to make the business improbable for the Canadians. CONRAD SEM.
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27

SAM ARCHER is not candidate S for the council. A good deal of
 pressure was brought to bear upon him, but he declined to enter the race. But there will be a general election next spring, and Mir. Archer is nominated here and now.
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
CHINESE IN PHILIPPINES.
Why Their Wholesale IMmigra ten
 to the Islands Should Be r EneOurnGea. ~

"The Chinese immigration question is one of the most serious with which congress will have to deal in deter mining the future of the Philippines" said Henry Clay Thackery, of Cali fornia. Mr. Thackery recently re- turned from Manila, where he went to study conditions as the representative of number of Pacific coast capital ists who are negotiating for large tract of land in Luzon, which they ex- pect to develop says the Washington Post. "Everyone is familiar. of course with the controversy as to whether Chinese can be admitted to the Phil ippines and yet kept out of the Unit ed States, and we people on the Pa citic coast are keenly alive to the dan ger that threatens this country should the door be thrown open to Chinese immigration by way of the Philip pines. But. as one who is interested in the development of our new island possessions in the Pacific, am much in favor of admitting as many Chi nese there as care to or can be in thNSd 'o So.
 Though the Spanish conquered the islands some 300 years ago, the Philippines are, to all intents and pur- poses, a new country, and no new country can be developed without la- Dor. Work the Filipinos will not. They would rather beg or steal five cents n day than earn dollar by la- bor. Some one other than the Fili- pino, therefore, must do the work that is to be done. Americans, or white men from other countries, could never be persuaded to go there in any considerable numbers, so it would seem that practically the only hope of the islands lies in the Chinese. If congress can devise way to suspend the Chinese exclusion act with refer ence to the Philippines and yet keep the bars up so far as the rest of the country is concerned, it will confer upon the Philippine islands the great est boon that could bcfall them."
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
FOR SALE. TOO TENTS

Nearly every passerby told Smith his orthography was faulty. He couldn't see it, but the objections to his system of spelling were so many that he at last concluded that he might have made a mistake. He called in Volney Hog gait one day and asked his opinion. Hoggatt told him his method of spell ing ''too' was out of sight, but when a numerical adjective with two similar letters, like ''oo," preceded noun, the noun, too, must have double final letters. Denver Ed saw the point at once. Then he seized his marking pot and brush, and then the sign thereafter read:
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
Gro be continued. ]
VARIOUS MATTERS.

The total value of the produce o1 the forest exported from Canada last year was S20,954,6s9.
 If the Nicaragua canal is finished Melborne will be 1850 miles nearer to New York than to Liverpool by all. sea route.
 The worst banking crisis of the last century was in 1899, when the Bank of England was saved from failure by the Bank of France.
 Taking the population of Italy as 100, that of the United Kingdom is 12s, of Germany, 172; of the United States, 234, and of Russia 406.
 A recent test of saltwater fire serv- ice gave satisfaction. Salt water ex- tinguishes fire much more rapidly than the same amount of fresh.
 The heaviest precious stone is the zircon, which is AZ times heavier than an equal quantity of water. The lightest is the opal, only twice as heavy as water.
 The balloon record has been beaten .ately by balloon sent up from Paris with automatic instruments. It rose 56,000 feet, or 10H miles, and met with a temperature of 1o2 degrees below zero.
 The state of Montana owns more than one-eighteenth of its area, for the government granted to the state two sections in each township for the benefit of the public schools and an aggregate of 68s,000 acres for the va rious state institutions.
 It is a,peculiar fact that, although. American roads are infinitely more wearing upon motor vehicles than are French highways, the automobile builders of France make their ma chimes much heavier and stancher than are the majority of self-propelled vehicles of American manufacture.
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
THE MAN
 ON THE DUMP
~HE announced determination of
 A City Treasurer Solner to pay no

~HE announced determination of A City Treasurer Solner to pay no
 warrants drawn on the school fund, unless authorized so to do by the city council, or ordered to do so by the district court, puts 8 new phase on school and municipal affairs, and it lcoks as though the school board are up against it," temporarily at least. Six thousand dollars has already been paid on account of the new school house, but there still remains the sum of $3.6OO to be paid, besides the cost of painting and papering the building. Just what shall be the outcome of the matter is hard to determine at this time, but there are not few people who believe that the school board are responsible to the council for their acts. And among these is City At torney Hoggatt, who has been active in his efforts to secure portion of the scheol fund for the city beiore che board. succeeds in playing ducks and drakes with the whole thing.
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
Italy Wants . National Hvm.

According to Rome correspondent there is strong movement on foot to induce Verdi to write national an- them for Italy. At present nothing of the kind exists, and Signor Boiro has written to Verdi asking him if he will undertake to furnish his countrymen with hymn embodying their tradi- tions, their ideals and their aspirations, as he alone can embody them. Upon re- ceipt of his reply the legislature will be asked by solemn vote to intrust the master with the task.
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
feelings by judicius use of ferule and

TIT IS NOT at all likely that any
 bad blood" will be engendered
 by reason of the impending municipal election.
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27

{ 70 THE candidates: Remember this-"Ever where the fight is thickest, thou art either licked or lickeet."
 rx a~ -. AIRY GORDON probably knows more about politics than almost
 any other man in Nome, save snd except United States Marshal Richards. Gordon, too. has been Dedagogue in his time. and no doubt Aas often relieved his pent up
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
TOO TENTSS FOR SALE

In the next three days he licked three men because they interposed ob- jections to his amended spelling. That's the way big Colorado lawyer spells,' said Ed, and you ornery cusses thinks you know more than him. Well, you don't see? And Denver's sign StOOd
The Nome nugget., 1901-11-27
>E7N THE spring of 1900, among the
 fotsam and ietsam that was cast

upon the shores of Nome, was "Denver Ed" Smith, once well-known pug, but whose star has set. "Denver Ed" spared around long time for an opening, and presently he found it by opening up secondhand joint. Times were rocky with Smith and, to save expenses, was his own sign writer. Denver's education had been neglected in his early youth, and, like many a better lettered man. he was a poor speller. So one day he hung out sign like this:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
OF FOREIGN INTEREST.

Every British parish with popula-
ton of 800 or over is compelled by law
to erect a parish council.
Norway, Servia, Greece and Bulgaria
are the only European nations which
have but one house of parliament.
In many of the perfume factories of
south Europe only the purest olive oil
is used in fixing the perfumes of flow
ers.
As late as ITO the journey from Liv-
erpool to London was dangerous on ac-
count of the bad condition of the
roads.
The total daily circulation of news
papers in the United Kingdom was only
10000 in 1901; 100000 in 1851; and is
now s,75O.0oo.
Great Britain now spends 6 $500. 900
a year on imported vegetables. Near
~ half this is spent on potatoes, and
E 7s0.o00 on onions.
Seventeen hundred and twenty-six
dies were used in the English mint last
year. On an average 1924 pieces were
made with each die.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
A SONS DEVOTION.

Wallace, Mich, August 26th:-A
striking example of a mans dutiful
and attentive care of his mother is
seen in Mr.. Oscar Swanson of this
place.
Mr.. Swanson's mother has suffered
much with Kidney and Urinal Trouble
and Female Weakness. Her son has
sought out and procured for her
everything that he thought could pos
sibly benefit her.
She did not improve, till at last, he
bought her box of Dodd's Kidney
Fills. In few days, she was com
pletely cured, and her faithful son
has the reward for his loving efforts
in the knowledge that she is now
strong and well.
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SATISFIED.

While You are here to love me. dear,
Why should care to gaze
Upon the tombs of kings who ruled
And loved In former days?
I envy not the ones who fare
In search Of other scenes and air,
And stroll in pleasant ways,
For you are here, my love, and so
This is the fairest place know
And worthiest of praise.
While you can love me as / am,
Why should i turn my gaze
On lofty prizes for the sake
OF winning public praise?
Why should long for riches or
Such glory as men win in war
When, through the blissful days.
You let me lead you from the throng,
And all the roads we fare along
Become celestial ways?
81. e. Kiser. in Chicago Record Herald.
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The Why of 1t.

Mrs. mith-Katie-Katie, this wa
ternelon isn't cold at all.
Katie-Well, faint no fault O. mine,
mum; Mr.. Smith he got SIGH big
one that when put it in tn ice chist
I had ter take tn ice out.-Clricago
Record Herald
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A Scholarly Retort.

a famous scholar, whose hobby was the
derivation of words, had occasion to store
his furniture while proceeding to the CONT
nent in quest of the origin of the term
lin he received from the warehouse COM
pany the following letter: "Sir-We have
the honor to inform you that the mattrass
you sent to our store had the moth in it.
Since. the epidemic would expose the goods
Of other clients to injury, we have caused
your mattrass to be destroyed"
The scholar replied: Dear Sir-My mat.
tress may, as you say, have had moth in it,
but / am confident that it had an e in il
also. London King.
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The Outlook.

"Will you still love me, Clara, if,
after we are married, you discover me
TO be full of faults?''
"Of course, Clarence, I'm terribly
proud; and I never could bring myself
to admit-even to you-that I had
made the mistake of my Chi
cago Record-Herald.
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Equal to the Occasion.

Miss Jones-Professor, do you dare
to look ne in the face, and then say
that originally sprang from a
monkey?
Professor "a little taken back, but
equal to the occasion)-Well,r really, it
must have been very charming
monkey.-Tit-Bi Bits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

As the steamer pitched and rolled in the
waves the traveller heard through the thin
partition waiting voice in the next state
room exclaim:
oh, mamma, it's coming on again, worse
than everi''
Then he heard sleepy voice in reply:
Marie, why don't you follow the direc-
tions You told me about before we came on
board?',
Because I've forgotten whether ought
to breathe in as the vessel rises and let
the breath go out as it moves downward,
or whether it ought to be the other way,
and o! o! O! wish was dead!"-Chicago
Tribune
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Seeking to solve . Mystery.

The little East end girl who had hash
for breakfast the other morning looked at
the last mouthful of her share long and
earnestly as she poised it on her fork. Then
she passed it out of sight. But the mys-
terry still engrossed her mind.
Daddy" she said, what was hash when
it was alive? "-Recollsction of Mrs. Min
ME E. Leo. in What to Eat.
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No Harm Done,

Chappie-I'd just like to know what
you mean by being engaged to both
Cholly and me at once?
Miss Pinkie-Why, bless me. there
is no harm done; you can't either
of you afford to marry me, you know
N. Y. Weekly.
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Objectionable in Either Case.

"Why did she break the engage
nent?"
HE told her that she was the only
girl he had ever kissed"
What of it?''
"Why, she naturally reasoned that
he was either untruthful or absurdly
foolish, and he was hardly worth hav-
ing in either Chicago Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
Even That Fails.

There is only one sure cure for
smoking" remarked the physician,
land that is DEATH"
''They tell me-" rejoined the drug
gist who attends church occasionally,
seven that fails in some cases" Chi
cago Daily News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
Shooting tine shute.

English Lord aw-can twace my de-
scent diwect from King Edward l., doncher
know?
American Belle-Gee, What long time
you have been on the downward path.lChi-
cago Daily News.
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Then and Now.

When Father Adam, years ago,
Started out to set the pace,
He little dreamed that we to-day
Would be an automobile race.
Chicago Daily News
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
Entirely with the Lera.

The pastor of a negro church In Q
rural district put up this petition re-
Gently:
"Lawd, eff you thinks we hez had
rain enough, please tell de rain ter
quit rainin', but eff you don't think
Yves had enough, please forgive us feI
lookin' grum, en- growlin'!"-Atlanta
Constitution
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
A Marked Man.

Maude-I don't see how you recog.
nized Mr.. Fhader. He has changed Sc
very much.
Emily-Well, 1 shouldn't have known
hi m if he hadn't had on one of his last
years shirt waists.-Brooklyn Life.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
Force of Habit.
Drummer, isn't he?"

Drummer, isn't hep" I.
Yes; confirmed. Why, he has been
on the road SO long that when he
gets home and his wife hands him the
biscuits at the dinner table he i'm
mediately begins to fiirt with her!"
Puck,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
An Answer for the ANXIOUS.

Marie B., of Waverly-No. Marie, just be-
cause the young man writes you a letter on
fly paper, you need not jump at the corciu-
sion that he is stuck on you. No, indeed
Baltimore American.
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Remeaiea the Defect.

Mother-I wonder how this new
book got in such horrible condition7
Little Maxi heard papa say IL VAS
too dry for him, 30 I poured water 81
Glasgow Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

1t is because only the first step counts
that the following ones are so easy.-Town
Topics
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Not "Burke's Peerage' WHATS the
name of that book that shows the social
standing of the aristocratic families?" in.
quired the seeker after knowledge. Brad
Streets" promptly replied the man who
knew.-Philadelph Press
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
Ar Norumbeu. P.rk

First Monkey-What is that standing out
there with its hair parted in the middle and
sucking a cane?
Second Monkey-That's a man.
Just to think that such looking thing
as that should have descended from us!"-
Boston Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

ct seems strange to hear you speak so
bitterly of him. You used to say you add
mred him for the enemies he had made"
Yes, but I'm one of them w."--Phladel-
phia Press.
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Nothing Left to Do.

If every man fulfilled his plan
'Twould work extreme distress,
For he would doom posterity
To utter idleness.
WASHINGTON Star
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So Timely.

thing at the boarding house table during
a labor discussion, that the men can have
their strikes during the hot months, when
they would be wanting vacations, anyway"
Baltimore American.
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Cheap In.omnia Cure.

Jags-Doctor, my wife has insom-
MIA very bad. She very often remains
awake until two or three o'clock in
the morning. What shall I do for
her?
Doctor-Go home earlier.-Balti-
more World.
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The Lost Kiss.

He. bashful. did not ask of her
Loves token when he should
And now. regretful, he recalls
She looked as If she would.
--Pl1ok
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Poor Girls!

He-What do you girls call that club
of yours?
She-The Analytical.
He-H'm! What do you analyze?
She - Other peoples ! regulations
chiehy.-N. Y. World
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Recreant Member Of -br FIocL

81 trust, Brudder Eph'm," said the pas
tor, "you is still walkin' in de straight an
narrer PATH"
Else sorry to say, pahsun," replied Uncle
Eph'm, deeply penitent, Use backslode a
good deal ately."-Chicago Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Mrs. Bingo-"I wonder who sent us thi:
book: What can be done with a chafine
dish?'' Bingo-'I guess the doctor did. .
Town and Country
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The Gay Deceiyers.

Little grains of powder,
Little drops of paint,
Make the ladies' freckles
Look as though they amt
IN. Y. Times.
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On the safe Side

II will not drink ice water,
'TiS dangerous, they say,
And ice cream soda's sweeter, too"
Said little Robert Ray.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Far from sumcient,

Her Admirer-You know would do any.
thing in reason to please you.
She-Anything in reason? l knew you
only imagined yourself in lovei-Puck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Sorrow in a Side Show.-'How did the
bearded woman take it when the manager
discharged herr" "She faced it like mar
till she went in the dressing-room, and got
her false whiskers off, then she broke down
and cried like woman. "-Phladelphia
Evening Bulletin.
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The FntaI ~hirteen.

A Barnstormer-Are You supersti
tious?
Manager Footlights = No, but I
know it's bad luck when there are
but Is persons in the theater.-N. Y.
Times.