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The Nome nugget., 1903-10-24
J. w. BIundOn Suicides.

J. w. Blundon, formerly a well known carpenter and contractor in Nome shielded in Oakland. Cal, on Oct 9 by plunging knife in his neck Blundon came to Nome in 1899. and had a shop on Hunter Way.
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MCBeth Departs.

William McBeth, the man who, last Wednesday, punched hole through the floor of the Reception saloon with a bullet from revolver, explained to the court that the act was entirely unintentional, and, on promising to leave on the Portland for the outside he was permitted to do so
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Notice to Taxpayers.

Notice is hereby given that the municipal taxes for the present year are now due and owing. Any taxes remaining unpaid at twelve o'clock noon on the first day of November l9O3 will be delinquent. and thereafter an additional one per cent of the assessed valuation will be added to the regular tax as a penalty for the non-payment of said taxes before becoming de linquent, towit, before twelve o'clock noon on the first day of November Iana
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Suter, the Jeweler, has just arrived from New York and Chicago markets with the finest line of up-to date jew elry, cut glass and sterling silver ware ever shown in Alaska.
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Frozen Foot Amputated.

J. J. Mckenzie, the Council City miner, whose foot was frozen ten days ago, while sleeping in the open air, has been compelled to undergo surgical operation by which the greater portion of his right foot was mputated.
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Notice

Mr. C. E.. Hoxsie has purchased the interest of Mir. J. B. Murphy in the EldoradO saloon, and will collect all bills due and pay all outstanding ac. counts of the above firm.
 J. B. MURPHY. Nome, Oct. 24, 1903
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DONATIONS. Rank Bros, sacks flour. Beau Mercantile Company. sacks flour. Ames Mercantile Company, ? sacks flour. Mir. Goggin, ? sacks flour. Fish & Co., sacks flour. Blue Front Grocery, 1 sack flour. Rev. August Anderson, 200 pounds oatmeal. knuppe & Brown, Yukon stove and fittings. Numerous donations of cast-off cloth ing have been received. For all this kind assistance 1 wish to heartily thank the above donors.
 C. F.. RYBERG.
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The Alaska Dairy Co. received fresh milch COWS on the steamer Senator. Now is the time to get your fresh milk, delivered to your home every day for p cents quart.
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season

If you want to have your claim sur veyed and plated go and see Otto Halla. He will charge you from Sl0 up, according to location of claim. You can see him at any time at Eul's, Front at
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Go to the North Pole

Bakery for the best bread and pastry The only coffee house in town.
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Fresh cows milk. 25 cents quart delivered, or leave orders at W. G. Evans, Steadman ave. Alaska Dairy COmpanV
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The Nome Trading Co. received by the Oregon a Mocha and Java coffee that is perfection.
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Shasta Cream, II cans for $1, al q. l.. Fish & Co.'s.

J. C. Gaffney X Co have received a full line of felt shoes for men, women and children.
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Quartz Creek Mission.

Rev. c. E. Ryberg acknowledges the following subscriptions and donations to the Quartz creek mission:
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For delicious cup of coffee use Old Government Java and Arabian Mocha sold at GOggin's.
The Nome nugget., 1903-10-24

We have special shipment of cedar lapsiding at $50 per thousand. Tanner X Clark.
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Just take look in the window at Suter's the Jeweler. and see his up- to-date line of goods.
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4O2 FRONT STREET

Pool and billiard tables at the Board of Trade saloon.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19

Of the trap had come together-just
been gnawed off as nice as ever a rail-
road train could cut OF a mans leg.
And such leg as 1t was,
Upon me soul. had caught the big
gest rat that ever lived, judging from the
size OF the leg, and the spalpeen had de-
liberately Bit of his leg and skinned out.
leaving me that leg as a sort OF SOU
venir."
Nav. sir: It was not a trophy" This
to the bald-headed Plumber who had
butted in with an amendment. Twas
no victory had gained. and no trophy
had won. That rat had beat me fair
and square. even II It did cost him leg.
Sorry for His Victim.
THAT rat was on me mind for a week.
was sorry for the duffer, and yet
somehow wanted to get even with him.
for 1 knew that the creature had never
crawled off and died. No. sir! A man
or a dog or a rat with the nerve TO get
free at the cost OF a leg will die OF old
age. Powder and shot no more nor steel
traps will put him out of commission.
Them that's game lives to play out the
string. whether Il do be long or short.
We'll, I was smoking me pipe before
candle light one evening when / heard
hump-thump-thump on the steps go
ing to the garrett and wonders what IT
is. A creepy sort OF feeling comes over
me for you know the Little Folk has
got out of Erin. and they'll put the
spell on you good and strong II you do
ANYTHING against them. And then
thought that maybe the rat what eat
himself out of my steel trap might be
one of the Little Folk II II was. It was
all up with me. l could almost hear the
banshee wailing-
Il crept softly to the steps and behold
There was a three-legged rat as big as al
/ eight-pound terrier going up the steps
| and in its mouth was a stick about thre'
inches long, which the poor duffer was
using as a crutch,
WAS l startled? Is a fox frightened
when he hears the hound give tongue?
dinnaw; only did what the fox does
turned tail and made of. And IT tool
three jiggers of potheen 10 get my nerves
steady enough to think.
And so il went on from day to day
could hear that rat upstairs all the tim
thump-t hump- thump. looking AROUND
for something 10 eat. and / felt s.
badly about 1t that used to put chess
and bacon around for him to feed on.
zone morning / heard a funny nois
In me kitchen and l goes out and he
hold! There was my thres-legged rat Il
The Washington times., 1903-07-19

practiced since the earliest days OF the
human race. To learn 1t properly you
have to be a boy. He is as natural a
swimmer as a FISH. His muscles are sup
pie, his limbs loose Jointed. he has yet
10 discover that there are things in the
world he cannot do, but may be called
upon to perform.
Let these little fellows learn to swim.
o mothers with long and exceedingly
anxious apron string, 1t will make boy
ish boys OF them, giving them self-con-
fdence. quickness of hand and eye and
a voracious appetite.
Some day thy son will be called upon
10 save a life in danger in the water.
Think OF the humiliation OF saying IN
such a crisis. In such an opportunity TO
come out strong, II can't swim"
The man who cannot swim is only hall
man at best. even though he were a
marvel IN brain and Drawn A tenor
voice. ability to play the mandolin. TO
turn music at the piano quietly and with
expedition as well, all these parlor ac-
oomplisbments are good, but TO the man
skilled in outdoor handicraft belongs by
every right the prize in life.
Loosen the maternal apron string
then, let the youngster follow his bent
and swim to the end that he may becomf
a man. which is several degrees bette;
than becoming belted earl.
Scenes at the Beach
Next time you have half an hour Il
spare and don't care TO waste ii alto
gether. 20 down 70 the bathing beach anS
spend II there. Watch the small boy en-
Joy himself after his own fashion YOU
can hear the rogue's shrill and merrl
whistling from afsr-
Oh. Mister Dooley; oh. Mister Dooley,
De creates man de country ever saw
"Oh. Mr. Dooley. oh-sa-ay. Mike
| goin' to de beach?'
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THE ALMOST TRUTHFUL TALE OF THE RAT WITH A WOODEN LIZ

those that Jimmy Galvin's rooster wore
the night say. how long does the
statute Of limitations run in the matter
OF cockfghting?
How the Undoing Came About
yet them spikes was his undOingl He
could lick all the cats that ever come
down the pike. But when he saw ter
rier-an Irish terrier-he'd break for
cover. But one day while the rat was
in the forge a looking at the rat-ta1
files in comes q man TO have his horse
shoed. and right behind him was his two
dogs-terriers, Irish terriers. The rat
makes a break for cover. but the spikes
on his wooden leg gets caught In pile
OF scrap and both dogs reaches him at
once. He gets one by the throat and
fixes his business: while he was doing II.
though. the other breaks the poor rats
back. but in doing so the wooden leg
is released and them spikes gets In their.
work on the other dog. and there's three
deaths in the forge-two Irish terriers
and three-legged rat pieced out with q
game leg pretty we'll spiked"
An eloquent silence fell upon the Cory
Corner. 10 the Boss beat a hasty re-
treat. Jawn the head bartender once
more tapped the key OF Holland
schaapps. the bald-headed plumber put
his cigar in his mouth lit end foremost.
the champion fishermen clasped hands in
silent woe. and the blacksmith's fiery,
bristIing pugnacious moustache was red
der than ever, and bristled so dehantiy
that all lacked heart TO comment upon
the Tale of the Rat With the Wooden
Leg
And then those weirdly long arms.
Isn't it singular that long-armed pre-
varicator is seldom cOntradicted?
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Being Symposium the Coy Corner Which Is Related thu
Remarkable Story Of How Rat Transformed Bolt
Of Linen Into Valuable Lace.

talk. and It wasn't for naught she was
the daughter OF an Irish. coast guard
who knew how to turn an honest penny.
4" Well, says the Dago. the laws of
Italy don't figger in this here game, it's
other laws. SAYS he. for Mary Ken
nelly's shot had gone home, an says
he, I'm here to ask ye about some stuff
I'm told ye brought over, which the
same ye forgot to declare.
L" Forgot to declare says Mary.
Nothing did 1 bring with me save a bolt
OF Irish linen that was a dream before
rats got to It, bad cess to thin; they's
worse nor coast guards
" Maybe twas the linen. then, mad
! am. says the Dago. as I hears Of. Did
you declare that?'
Did L. says Mary; give four and
six the yard for 1t in Limerick, and paid
three and four duty on IT In New York.
and hope ye'vo come to give me bach
! the same, for twas robbery, an that
was what IT was?'
Do We mind my seeing it,? asks the
Dago. polite like.
'Tis spoiled says Mary; the rats
| has gnawed IL full OF holes
e Show it to me. says the Dago, and
save trouble
The Amazing Work of Rodent.
ITO make a long story short, Mary
showed that bolt OF linen TO the Dago,
and sure enough, the rats had eat holes
in II in the most anna "a -zing way.
And the Dago laughed kinder easy like
and says to Mary: Them rats is real
Irish lace makers And then he went
away and tried 10 have the law on Mary.
But sure. he couldn't prove anything.
and Mary got her linen back. and it was
gnawed into such a fine bolt of lac,
that she sold 1t for enough TO buy that
house that Jimmy Kennedy sold to the
railroad company the other day for
eight thousand dollars"
There followed few moments OF re-
Election. the silence being broken only
by the sound of ice tinkllng against
glass. But what sweeter sound in tor
rid weather? We were too full for ut
terance. A bolt of four and six Irish
linen transformed into lace worth five
pounds the yard by the teeth OF rat
while hidden in a bureau drawer But
10 the Boss had seen the resultant lace
and you couldn't gainsay 10 the Boss
and feel comfortable at the Coy Corner
no matter how we'll you stood with
Jawn. the head bartender.
At last the Blacksmith from the Low
lands broke the silence-and the record
II II was impolitic to dispute 10 the
| Boss, IL was unwise II not dangerous L
The Washington times., 1903-07-19

for the big key-boards are VinceDt-Sim-
mons, Edmund Cooke. and Ray Mills.
At the beach for colored people the
guards are Charles sayles and Eugene
Green; Edward Bolden is key boy.
On Monday, Wednesday. and Friday
mornings from o'clock until 10, the
beach Is opened for women; the rest OF
the week. from 10 O'Clock until sun
down. it Is opened for both sexes.
Every bather before entering the
water is required to fill out a registry
slip, which gives the age, name, and
residence, and tells whether the bather
is white or colored. male or female
The slip is a precaution in case Of
any accident or mishap to the bather
The sum of them shows the beach
master Just how many people are IN the
water. and therefore how many are
under his care.
Ideal Place for the Youngster.
theoretically. the bathing beach is for
/ old and young alike. Practically the
small boy is the fellow who enjoys il
to the fullest. Many and glorious are
the hours he spends there. diving. float
| ing. splashing about in this delightful
| inland Lake.
Stand near the entrance to the beach
| grounds, or better still. sit on one OF
those comfortable benches near the wa
er's edge, and watch them come from all
directions. Never a boy without the
blue roll of his swimming clothes in his
| hand
Hire a suit? Not on your loife kOny
mollycoddles do that" II is a point o.
honor with the gamin TO own a suit OF
tights. He scorns to swim in hired
clothes. Indeed. experts say that e is
impossible to swim at all in them.
Very often. too. II is a point of neces
sity for the gamIn 10 have his own suit
True. "oyeralls" may be hired for the
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I'm course" growls the surly Mike
Where else'd l be goin' dis weather?'
Il dunno. thought yer might be goin'
In ter interview de President. Don't
yer try no squarin of at me-"
Jaw. We all knows youse has got
Jeffries beat Say. Jem. ys got any
swimmin' togs?'
mo. jes' go in in me pants and
shirt. What's de use O. havin' swimmin'
clothes2 ia like ter know1 Now. you
tell me that Mike Ready?'
BET yer. I can SWIM out to DO fots
before youse gets inter de water
BET ger
We'll; git yer key and come on
don't take no dares nohow."
Overheard They Go.
With many a gamin Jest and bit OF
delicate repartee, the two get q dressing
room, and enter the water with Wild
"hurrah." Can they swim? Literally
like ducks.
Huh. bet yer can't do It agin." says
Mike, who reached the float last.
ddc, Il II w II
We'll; les see yer dive fust-" Flop
plop. they shoot into the water and come
to the top slowly in full sight of the ad-
miring boy on the shore who canpot
swim. Then they take a fendish glee in
breathing hard under water TO the terror
OF the new boy. who is learning how to
swim
"sa-ay, Mike; that bloke is learning
how ter foat IN de water. He thinks this
is hot water Never been in bathtub
before. KIDD
Hey. Mike; he's gone under agin. Ny
aunt. dig out. Here comes his old
man"
The father of the small boy, unable to
stand the fire OF criticism on his swim
ming and personal appearance. comes af-
ter the pair. intending to duck them
"Oh; please, mister We didn't do II.
Please. mister, he did it."
Don't duck US; it's murder; we can't
swim. Blubbssstt. Please done do it
agin."
Now, clear out OF here. you; or III
duck you again. says the father, who
is a good father, for he is teaching his
boy how TO swim.
Yah" howIs Mike. from the safe dis
lance of the float He can't swim his
self. Old bald head. Old badly. Come
on buddy. les play We wuz pirates and
tn old tug Is our boat; come on?''
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as well as his more fortunate brother.
He gets a dressing room. hangs his hat
up by way OF showing the right of pro-
prietorship, aud walks boldly forth into
the water. He wears but a shirt and
pair Of pants held up by one suspender.
What cares he if both are wet through
and through? He is already barefooted
and can enjoy the water as well as the
next boz.
When he has had his swim out. the
urchin goes 10 his dressing room and
wrings out his shirt and pants. Then he
dons them again and sits in a sunny
corner to dry. guying the other bathers
the while with the utmost impartiality
and luency of language marvellous In
one so young.
Riff-Raff at the Beach.
chi look at de bloke trying to dive.
Aw, put him outer de beach. Mister
White. He'll drown and den us kids
can't come here an swim no more. Good
fer yer. Chimmie. Youse1l be able to
swim most as good as me some day. ei
yer keep at It. What do yer tink o.
dat? Putin me out Just because I'm
settin' here ter dry? All right, put me
! out. yousell see what youse1I get when
speaks to me fren'. Teddy Roosevent.
This boy has no embroidered or silker
swimming tights. but he has enjoyed his
swim fully as well as Lionel has AT
| Newport.
| "Let the Boy Swim, Matilda"
! 1t is a treat to sit on the benches al
the waters edge and watch the urchini
swim and enjoy water as boys viii. j
makes the old fellow feel as IL twent!
years had been lifted of his shoulders
and he goes home refreshed even though
he has not even wet his finger.
Swimming is an art as old as th'
eternal hills themselves. 1t has beer
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x TAWN,' said 10, the Boss, =" tbs
a new key Of Holland schnapps
we have laid in. Do We mind
what happened to We when the last key
was laid IMP
do 1 mind what happened to me?
do thot. And by the same token I mind
what ye said happened 70 me. and never
will we agree as TO what did happen. IS
rejoined Jawn. the head bartender OF
the Cory Corner. where we were wont
TO gather and swap inventions of tho
lighter sort until the coterie came 10
be known az the Liars C1ub-until, alas,
this night came TO pass and the Black
smith of the Lowlands capped the eli
max OF the season with his Tale OF the
Rat With the Wooden Leg"
Blacksmith Not to Blame.
Not that we blamed the Blacksmith
Far from IT, He merely possessed the
greatest native ability in the direction.
for what preceded the work of art which
gave him the mantle OF Ananias was
provocation to any artist in the line o.
prevarication.
Aud this is what it was:
"Sorry's the day. Jawn,'' said 10 the
Boss, when ye tried to put the lleg o
schnapps out of business; IL is as mucf
as ye can do TO handle the red liquor
Sure" said the Boss, turning to the Pre-
varieating Group. "Jawn took two dogs
who followed me across the room one
time for rats. and he swears to this
good day that they was rats as big-as
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T HE boy who can swim is the only
resident of Washington who can
stay in the city all summer and
yet enjoy himself hugely. other folks
may be sweltering. aud marveling at the
warmness Of the weather with many a
strenuous damn" they will envy their
friends who have left for Europe or
hurried of to some retreat in the cool
hill air; they may even be struck down
with heat apoplexy in the hot streets. as
they cross the soft carpet of concrete,
but the small boy in jersey and abbrevi-
ated swimming tights is enjoying life
and the warmth of the summer to the
fullest. For, is 1t not in this season
that the bathing beach is in its full
glory? Is not this the time of all others
when Tom. Dick. and Harry spend the
day skylarking at that beach and get
ting the worth of the good dollars their
fathers spend in taxes7 OF course. and
most emphatically it is; therefore the
small boy is more than usually filed
with animal spirits and the desire for
"a good time"
The City's Bathing Facilities.
And let It be said, Washington has
splendid opportunities for the aforesaid
small boy to swim and to "lern" g
swim. as the captain puts IT, Washing
toms bathing beach was thrown open to
the people on May 81. When It was
decided last fall that the old beach
would have to be removed to make room
for the improvements in that section OF
the city. a howl Of dismay arose from
bathers and non bathers alike. II was
felt that the city would lose one of-itf
most important parts, second only il
vaIue-as the small boy saw ito tbs
Monument or the White House
Advantages of the New Beach.
But from the ruins Of the old beacl
another and a better one has arisen
New bath houses have been provides
for beth white and colored bathers. ans
bathing boxes. so called, an innovation
at Washington's beach, have been moor
ed in the outer basin. In other cities
the floating bath house must accommo
date the dressings rooms and the bath
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:: HALF AN HOUR WITH THE BOYS AT THE BATHING BEACH :

Privacy Of the Floating Baths
and the Precautions I sken
for the Safety of the Bather.
The Washington Youths
Knack Of Delicate Repartee
and His Unbounded Adnli-
ration for the Life Guard
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Amusing Antics Of the IRE
pressible Youngstcr When
IN the Water, as Witnessed
From a Seat on the Shore.
His Phenomenal Ability to
Swim and the Pleasure He
Takes in the Invigoratins
Exercise. :. :. :. = =
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sum of dime. 10 cents. and a suit OF
regular swimming tights costs only a
nickel more. but Is cents Is often more
than the urchin has TO expend upon a
single swim.
II a boy doesn't have a suit or have
the money TO hire one. he is not to be
deprived of the pleasure Of a swim just
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By ]. L. RoDIER.

doubt the veracity Of the Blacksmith.
The doughty wiclder OF the sledge is a
scant five foot six-but he's almost that
broad across the shoulders. And in the
matte. Of arms, Wore he boots. = he
could reach the strap thereof without
crooking the pregnant hinges Of the
knee. as Baconspeare puts it. And that
moustache, 1t is the reddest. bristling-
est, and most pugnacious moustache
that ever came over Phyllis Hill in o
month of June Sundays.
The Capacity Of Rats.
let never a man doubt that a we'll
intentioned rat could take a bolt OF linen
and make lace of II between the going
down or the sun and the rising thereof, -
he proclaimed defantly.
Note that none of us had-at least
acknowledgements the story of 10 the
Boss IN form or essence.
The proclamation called for no re-
joinder. and the Blacksmith got none.
whereupon he recited the Tale Of the
Rat With the Wooden Leg" which broke
the spirit OF each and every member OF
''Ae LIARS Ciup, II IL mas not indeed
destroyed entirely the spirit of friendly
emulation which had heretofore existed
among its members.
Rats is got more sense than most
men. brake forth the Blacksmith.
rs that an observation or a confess
sicn." put in Eddie the BrickIayer. with
a brave attempt at sarcasm.
1T is neither" responded the Black
smith. with whitening glance. "'Tis
telling tales out OF school," glaring sig
nificantly at the daring man who had in
terrupted him, but who Immediately
I subsidized
/ Il mind one time when I was bothered
/ with rats until l got altogether out OF
| patience with EN-, albeit they do be
| friends Of mine most I'm generally. So !
set trap after trap at night only 10 find
out in the morning that they had been
robbed of the cheese or bacon with which
| they were baited.