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The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17
' AST night Gin the room just next to
 mine," I heard the pretty prattle

N AST night ''in the room just next to A mine," heard the pretty prattle
 of an infant, and ever an anon a woman's sob would mingle with the little one's playful mirth. My sym pathy as we'll as my curiosity was aroused, and hesitatingly knocked at my neighbours door to ascertain if l could render any assistance. "Come
 in, said low sad voice, and entered. A young mother, not more than nine- teen or twenty years of age, was sitting in dejected attitude, with her ten months old baby upon her knee. The tear drops were still on her lashes; one arm supported her head while the other clasped the child who was vainly en- deavoring in it's baby way to comfort her. "I am tired and half sick" she ex- plained Baby and came all the way from Teller, with sled and dog team, and reached here this afternoon, and you know it is a long hard trip. "My husband died suddenly week ago with indigestion. One cannot get the proper food in this country-no fresh vegeta- bles, and canned goods act as poison to Edelicate stOmachs. He was never a very robust man. We were engaged to be married back in the states, when he left home to seek hls fortune in Al aska. He was fairly successful, and less than two years ago he sent for me, and joined him and we were made man and wife,, We were so happy and when baby came our joy was complete. ,
 The little one reached its tiny hands toward me, and smiled into my face such sweet, pretty child. with great blue eyes, and curling lashes, that called up the image of another babe, o1 just its age, who for some years has been quietly sleeping in lonely hill
 side graveyard in sunny California, but the newly awakened old time heartache which the years have but partially healed, is soothed, as the child nestles to my bosom, and for one blissful mo- ment hold again my own. "1s your husband buried here or in Ieller?" a,
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17
NOTICE OF UNITED STATES TAR.
 SEALS SALE.

In the United States District Court for the Dis
 trict of Alaska, Second Division.
 T. EeraertS. plaintiff, vS. D. Il. Cahill and C. Niebuhr. defendants.
 Public notice is hereby given: That whereas under and by virtue of a writ of execution, iS sued out of the above entitled court ill the above entitled cause, in favor of the above named plaintiff and against the above named defcnduLts. dated May 27th. 1903. directed and delivered to me I. as United States marshal for the Second division of the District of Alas ka am required to sell all the right title and interest of the above named defendants in and to the real property hereinafter described, which said real property was heretofore, on the 2sth day of August. lg02. attached by me under and by virtue of writ of attachment duly issued in said cause. and to apply the proceeds of said sale to the settlement of Snid judgment:
 Now therefore, you are hereby notified, that 1, as said Cnited States marshal, will. on the '1th day Of June 1903 at , o'clock D. m. of said day. in front of the T.. $. district court house, at Nome. Alaska, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash all the right. title and interest of the above named defend ants in and to the following described real property, to-wit:
 Placer claim No. 6 above Discovery on Willow creek, in the Council City recording district, District of Alaska
 Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 27th day of May, 1905
 FRANK H. RICHARDS.
 United States Marshal. District of f-21-5t w Alaska, Second Division.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17
SUMMONS.
Tn the United State, District Court for {
 trict of Alaska, Second Division Marie Vctorlna Monde. plulntif, N,.

Tn the United State, District Court for the D.s
 trict of Alaska, Second Division. Marie Victorina Monde, plulntr, N,. Emile Louis Monde. defendant
 The president of the Cutcd States. Greeting To the above named Emile Louis Monde, de fcndant: You, the said Emile Louis Monde are hereby summoned and required to appear and answer the complaint in this action within thirty C50) days from the date of the expiration of service; and if you fail to answer the said complaint, the plaintiff above named will apply to the court for the relief demanded therein, namely, for a dissolution of the bonds of matri- mony existing between you and plaintiff upon the grounds of wilful assertion by you Of plain tiff for period of more than two years; and you shall appear and answer Suid complaint within thirty (30) days after the completion of this publication, namely the 2yth day of August, 1903. Service of summons by publication Wa, or dercd by the aforesaid court on the Eth day of June. 1908.
 Witness the Honorable Alfred S Moore Judge of the United States District Court for the Dis trict of Alaska, Second Judicial Division, and the seal of said court hereunto aiiXed at Nome, Alaska this sth day of June, 1903.
 GEO. Y. BORCHSENIIs.
 Clerk [. 5. District Court, District of W7t Alaska, Second Judicial Division
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Larry Gallagher, James Walsh and Joseph
 SliScoViCh:
 You are hereby notified that l. the under signed, have caused to be performed work. ser vices and labor of the value of one hundred GOl. lars upon the following placer mining claim for the year ending December 3l. i!02 to wit: The creek claim No. ,. from the mouth. situated on Coarse Gold creek. d tributary to the kOugaroll river in the Kougaroi recording precinct Dis trict of Alaska certificate of location being of record in the office of recorder for Suid recording precinct, And you are further notified that if you do not, within ninety (90) days from the date of final publication hereof. cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportionatt share of said expenditure ;lS cOoWucrS, your interests in said claim will become the property of the undersigned under Section 23!i Revised Statutes of the United States
 Date of first publication May t. 1903
 Date of final publication Aug. ., 1908. W WILLIAM F. P. ELLIS.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17
Notice of Forfeiture.

To M. H. Williams and J. w. Hendricks:
 You are hereby notified that l. the underSgn ed. have caused to be performed work. services and labor of the value of one hundred dollars upon the following placer mining claim for the year ending Dec. Fl. 1909. to wit: The creek claim No. r., situated on the right fork of Buck creek, Port Clarence mining district. Dis trct of Alaska, certificate of location being re corded in volume 3, page 6S, of the records of said recording district. And you are further notified that if you do not, within ninety G0) days from the date hereof. cause to he paid to the undersigned your proportOnate share of said work as co-owner. your interest in oaid claim will become the property of the under signed under section 232I Revised Statutes of the United States
 First publication March I, 1903.
 w k. 0. FuLLBROOk.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17
BOOM ON AT SOLOMON Owing to Building of Railroad, and Lot Stalking is a Lead.
 ing Industry.

G. H. Meyer, who came up from Solo, mon yesterday, states that lot locating and jumping are rife at that place, in anticipation of boom, owing to the building of the railroad. The sandspit has been entirely located, and every foot of land about the mouth of the river has been staked to the ocean.
 Grub is almost peluk at Bluff, little else than sugar and beans being obtain able.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17

Ranges all sizes, Family and Hotel, single and double ovens, at any price to snake room for new stock, at. hapgs.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17

Westover has arrived. Large Prin- cipe de Gales, Sanchez y Haya, Verdad, Stanford, Etc, , for 25c. IMPERIAL CIGAR COMPANY.-.E. J. DAILY.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17

Moonlight springs water at the Elite bath house. loot of Hunter way.
The Nome nugget., 1903-06-17

Water and Hydraulic hose at Lang's.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20

Der OF straight-backcd chairs and
benches, from which | judged that
the apartment had been used as dis
iecting room by the medical students.
"All this | discerned by the lurid
lashes of lightning, which OCCASION
ally lighted up the room from over.
head
After hasty survey. | wrapped
myself in my blankets, keeping on
my uniform and sword, and, lying
down on the floor, was soon in the
land of dreams.
Il had looked at my watch just
before lying down. 1t was then exact
ly eleven o'clock. How long | slept
know not suddenly awoke with
a strange feeling Of dread. My heart
was humping violently. and | could
feel my hair standing on end from
fright.
Raising myself on my elbow, |
glanced searchingly around the room.
The air was filled with a peculiar,
phosphorescent light, ~ which | was
enabled to clearly discern even the
smallest objects.
Presently, at the further end OF
the apartment door which | had
not before seen. swung open, and
four uniformed men entered, carrying
a nude body on stretcher, followed
by procession of about thirty.
Three times they marched. SOL
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20

There will be union TIanks-
givingeserviCes'On that m. mora
BILE day at the'.Baptist church,
the program of which appears
elsewhere IN, this issue of the
News. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend the service and
offer thanks to the Preserver of
Life for the showers of blessings
that has attended our land this
year. The.seryices will begin
promptly at TO- a. M, lasting one
hour.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20

what IS your ar-,Inc1t?" she said,
with q smile that ade the cvuic wish
that with his great mind he might
prove that he wGs where someone
else ought to be, and that if he was
not where he should be, he was rapid
ly evolving the elusive question of
where he might have been.
THE Dickens" he thought TO him
self, only one point can ! remember.
wonder why the argument that wom-
home and guide the various inhabi-
tants into the proper channel, and II
they drift astray, that she is the one
to blame; why is that the only thought
that comes 10 me?" To the girl he
seemed bewildered, and she readily
knew that he was lost
Never mind, Sir George, tell me
Of your travels, please" If the law
of gravitation keeps man from flying
off at tangent, woman's please
certainly overcomes this law.
of course he would; he had abun-
dant material here for speech. and
soon lost himself in descriptions of
wild lands and wilder people. with a
lack of boasting that fairly captivat-
ed the girl CHANGING 70 look up
from the alccve into which they had
hidden themselves, unconsciously, on
the mans part. at least, Sir George
beheld Lady Leighton's smiling face,
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20
Wrapped myself in my blankets.

wrapping them closely around me to
keep out the driving rain, and set out
for the old building. determined to
PASS the rest of the night there.
Cropping my way carefully in the
darkness, came TO stairway, as
cending which and passing through
an open doorway, | found myself in a
large, oblong-shaped room, with an
unusually high ceiling, fitted with sew
eral large skylights. evidently intend
ed to supplement the light afforded
by the somewhat narrow windows. To-
Gated at regular intervals along two
sides of the room.
"In the center Of the room stood a
long table. with marble slab for a
top. and ranged about il were a nun.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20
4 Winter Love SoaI.

Tho sad feds vcilo3 in failing snow
t'hcy are not sad To me:
Not chill to me the winds that blow.
However chill they he.
The eGdyirg flakes that speed away,
with music they drift down
Through myriad lacing branches gray,
on dead leaves crisp and brown.
No bloom upon the whining hill,
No leaf upon the tree;
The music Is sad music-still.
II is not sad 10 me
For song. with my hearts muffied might
Keeps measure blow for blow;
My loves sweet breast is warm and
white.
And softer than the snow.
Robert Burns Wilson.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20
Womaa's Weapon.

what Is a woman's weapon?"
l asked a charming girl.
She dropped her lashes shyly,
And stroked her lashes shyly.
And stroked vagrant curl.
Then consciously she murmured-
This rosebud newly out
Il have ~ strong suspicion
Her weapon is pout."
What is a woman's weaponr'
| asked lover true.
He turned him TO a maiden
With eyes of heavenly blue.
Her velvet lips were parted, :
All innocent OF guile, ~
And eagerly he answered. 7
"Hcr weapon is \ smile"
What is n woman's weapon?'
| asked poet then.
With sudden inspiration
He seized upon his pen.
"Oh, l could name thousands
He cried in accents clear:
But woman's surest weapon.
I grant YOU, is Il tear"
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20

suddenly come over him. This was
as near a compliment as he had ever
given and IL startled him. He felt
that he was fast losing ground. His
theories had suddenly become a
quaginire and he was foundering
helplessly around for some sound
thought. Repartee had always been
his strong point, and he knew every
thrust and parry, but somehow they
all eluded him and he involuntarily
admitted to himself that this girl had
broken down his guard, and that the
point of her attraction had very near
ly reached carte.
"You must admit that three-fourths
OF the sin of the world must be laid
at womans door" ne said, rather
hmely
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20

within six years.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20

A petition, with 2I2 signers, for
an election to determine whether
local option shall continue in pre-
cincts one and three of Potter
county, has been presented to the
commissioners court and without
doubt an election will be ordered
by the court toeay.- Livestock
Champion.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20
TIE Haunted College
Copyrighted, 1905, by The Author. Pub. Co.
Ey Ua 5. Gidlss

This is the tale told me by Hal
Burton. soldier, Bohemian, globetrot-
ter. ard good fellow generally, one
gloomy winter night when We sat,
snug and warm by the blazing hearth
of roadside inn, slipping our ale,
putting cur pipes and listening to the
bowling of the fierce blasts without.
ut was during the Franco-Prusslan
war thirty years ago" began Burton,
that the strange adventure which |
am about to relate took place.
when that memorable struggle be-
gan the United States was in state
Of profound peace, both at home and
abroad Alter the campaigns we had
passed through. life in the army was
insufferably dull firing of enforced
idleness. and some half dozen others
of the younger officers threw up our
commissions and set out together for
Europe in search of adventure
I'VE offered our services to the
French. They were Immediately ac-
cepted and we were sent to join the
army at the front.
we were encamped in lonely
spot in Alsace. Within our lines. near
the camp. was situated large build
! ing. formerly used as a medical col
| lege. At the opening of the war the
| services of the students had been
| brought into requsition. either as SOL
| diers or surgeons, and the forsaken
! building had been left TO care for it.
/ self.
Being so near the French camp, it
seemed strange that the chief officers
/ did not use TIE deserted college for
their headquarters, But the place had
a gloomy, forbidding look, and ] pre-
sumo none Of them cared to occupy
| it,
Il belonged to the skeptical ma
jority. One night when it was rain
ing and the ground was soaking wet,
| proposed to my terminate. a young
American officer like myself that we
should move into the college for the
night to shelter ourselves from the
storm
mo, thank you he replied; I'D
rather sleep on the wet ground under
a leaky tent than in a building ten.
anted by ghosts
"'Ghosts? Fiddlesticks!' | ex-
claimed. Do you mean to say you be-
lieye that nonsense?
Why shouldn't ~ he demanded
quickly. I have heard say that all
the medical students who have been
killed in the war come back there
at midnight to hold high revel, and
fully believe it. Why, came past
there late the other night and the
building fairly shook with their ghost
~ carousals.'
" Shook with the wind, more like
ly.'
"'All right; I've told you what
heard; if you think you can sleep
there, go ahead. prefer the tent
so saying, he rolled over on the
damp ground and was soon snoring
like one of the tabled Seven Sleep
ers.
The rain was streaming into the
tent and was standing in pools on the
ground, and / was bent on finding a
dryer and more comfortable couch, II
possible. | gathered up my blankets,
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20

which seemed to say to him, now
thoroughly abashed: How about the
mpenetrability of cynicism now?' He
remembered guiltily that, according
TO that physical law. but one thing
can occupy the same place at the
same time and wondered what had
taken the place Of his cynicism.
How does the argument go?" and
then gazing at the blushing. speech
less couple, and being gifted with the
ordinary womanly instinct, she did
not press the question.
Lady Isabelle. you were real I'M
kind ~ speak so of Sir Vartray. am
sure he is not guilty OF such crime as
YOU imputed to him" said Miss Weav-
CT regaining her self-control first, as
women invariably do.
Perhaps he has been absolved,"
was Lady Leighton's meaningless
comment.
And now Sir George somewhat
gladly. but not altogether free from
unwillingness. wrested himself from
the house which, in a single evening,
mad seen the destruction and subse-
quent evacuation Of his aerial man.
sions, which had taken years to erect.
Can it be possible?' he unused, as
he glanced around his den and ad-
joining apartments, that have been
barking up the wrong tree" And
then, as though from an inspiration:
How Internally lonesome this place
isl never noticed it before He
blushed, guiltily, and glanced inquir-
ingly around at the bust of Cicero
whose mouth, usually so firm and
stern, seemed to his heated imagina-
ton to take on a slight smile. Il
think I'd better retire, | must be los
ing my mind" Poor man, how often
you think you are losing your mind
when it is an altogether different part
Of your makeup.
He awoke the next morning feeling
very little refreshed, as the truth was
he had slept little and thought much.
Whether it was by chance or a nat
ural outg~owth Of that thought, that
afternoon found him with Miss Weav-
er. And whether it was the same in
conceivable chance, or the same hard
thinking or not, the afternoons for a
week found him at the same place.
Perhaps he was gaining points for his
argument.
This particular afternoon in June
,,rrt, ut a
with brotherly love and inspiration.
One felt like saying with Lowell, 20,
what so rare as a day in June 1t
found Sir George and Miss Lily on
rustic garden-seat, in small clump
Of trees between the Vartray and
Leighton estates.
why is it, Sir George, after all
have heard and read Of you. you con-
not refute a single argument OF mine
regarding this woman question:"
And then he told her: Can you not
see, Lily. why | cannot but have the
greatest respect for womankind, when
| love you? | admit | have been
blind, but will, with your help, en-
deavor to undo what | have done"
She said she did see, but how in
the world she did so when her head
was so close TO his shoulder, the robin
on a branch above. who had ceased
singing to listen, could not under
stand. So he began his song again
in sympathy with the two hearts be-
low.
And from that time on Sir George
Vartray was a different man. When
they first met. their theme had been:
He sings to the world, but she to her
nest" but now-ah, well, that is I'M
derstood. So perish all cynics.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-11-20

direction.
EMMY and slowly. around the room.
AS they passed me | perceived that
the corpse was stained ard bloody,
as if recently slain in battle. also
discovered, to my horror. that the
for men. were skeletons. They were
dressed in the regular French uni
form: but beneath each visor instead
of the bronzed face of soldier, there
was a grinning skull.
After the third circle of the room
| had been completed they deposited
their CHASTITY burden on the table pre-
viously mentioned
Then one Of the ghostly throng I'M
rolled a uniform which was strapped
to his knapsack, and. with the as
sistance Of his companions, dressed
| the body in it.
when this operation was complet-
ed, the leader of the spectral crew
stepped to the table, and, bending over
it, he made a number CT mystic signs;
then. whirling slowly around three
times. he stamped his right foot and
turned away. Immediately the form
arose from the table. gravely saluted
his leader then passed slowly down
the line of his comrades. ard took a
place at the foot of the ranks.
THE shadOwy throng took UP the
line of march toward the open door
by which they had entered the room.
At the threshold the leader paused
and turned his eyeleSs sockets in my
direction, and from them seemed to
emanate a baleful CLEAN that froZe
my very marrow. Silently he motioned
to his followers, and in obedience to
the signal they turned and faced me.
"a shudder crept over me and the
blood rushed back on my heart as
saw them reach for their scalpels.
Drawing them simultaneously, they
raised the cleaning blades aloft and
bore swiftly down on me like bayo-
net charge. Sprirging to my feet, |
drew my sword. and. swinging 1t in
a circle around my head. | rushed
among the shelton warriors and
forced a passage, though when
reached it | held in my right hand
nothing but the hilt Of my trusty
weapon.
With flying leap cleared the
stairs and hurried from the building.
fastening to the camp, | awoke my
terminate ard related my narrowing
experience; but he calmly remarked
that it served me right for not listen
ing to his advice, and then rolled over
and resumed his interrupted slumbers.
However, there was no further
slee,' for me that right. and | sat up.
| shivering from cold and from the
horrible experience had been
through, until morning.
"As soon as daylight appeared a
party of us visited the deserted col
lege, and found the broken blade OF
my sword near a badly-dented seat
| in the room where the strange events
had taken place. Ny blankets were
| found on the floor where | had aban-
doned them in my hurried fight from
| the building; but when we examined
the door through which | had seen
the skeleton band enter, much to my
| surprise it was found locked and
bolted; furthermore, there was no key
| in the rusty lock, and after careful
scrutiny we found no visible evidence
that the door had been recently OPP
ened. Neither had the accumulated
dust of weeks on the heavy marble
topped table been disturbed; yet moth
ing on earth can ever convince me
that the scenes which saw were not
real"