The Nome nugget., 1902-01-01

improved upon it certainly have added to its century. We have done more than that we have reegated to the orthographcal dust bin any number of words which are now marked in modern dction- aries "obsolete" We have reformed the spelling of words, much to the disgust, fear, of our English relatives but we have done it, sometimes we are free to confess well, but perhaps not wisely.
 Even our language, then, may be termed distinct lively American, since have improved, altered and reconstructed 1t to meet needs and de- mands. As nation heterogeneous mixture of many distinct nationa}ties. At the beginning we were distinctively Ango-Saxon, perhaps, as the Purtans who settled on the rugged New England coast peculiarly English, also those, among whom were numerous cavaliers of the Cronl- wellian era, who migrated further south. In the lapse of time, as the nation expanded, have been continually absorbing and assimilatng the different nationalites of European peoples who have sought homes for themselves and families in the great re public. Millions of the Celtic race have settled among us and have been lost among us by the pro of assimilation we have recruited from Scandi nava and Germany; from Italy, Russia, Poland and other lands. Among these are found excellent types of American citizenship, but three stand out dis
 
 the German. Of course, many of the former who have made their homes in the United States knew our language before they came hither, but conpara- lively few of the Scandinavans or Germans were ac- quanted with it. Some of the other nationalites we have mentioned are slower adopt our manners and .oms but thls be said of the Scandina van and German. Given one generation of either in the United States, and you have the real American citi- zen. who even orgets in many instances the language of his mother country. It is the Scandinavian Ger man and what may be called Anerican admixture of blood that is making and distinct nation aty, entirely different from any hitherto known. It is d wonderful mixture of blood when you think of it-hat which is slowly but surely forming distinct species of the human race Let us enumerate: Eng fish, Irish, scotch, Welsh, Scandinavian, German, Russian 10 small extent, Polish, Italian, Hun garan, French It is not to be wondered that i've surely being moulded into and cosmopolitan race. And It Is making people that will dominate the earth. It seems to be manifest destiny. The loyalty of the children born in the United States of foreign-born parents is will illustrated in story that is lated herewith: A Pennsylvania school composed of children whose parents were of German, Scandinavian, Polish and Italian birth. They had been taught each morning to salute the flag, and day the teacher determined to test their loyalty. So she sad "I want all the German children in school to stand up." Not one moved. ''Let all the Scand- navian children rise" Not one stirred in his seat. And so she went through her list of natonalities and met with no response Now let all the American children stand up" she said; and in the winkling of an eye every child in the was on its,feet.
 There is no danger of nation succumbing whose like this. And the hope of the nation is children in the little rcd school house"