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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-03-17
BABY's SACQUE.

Materials: Two ounces of white vest
wool and one-half OF. of pale pink; a
pair of long bone knitting needles (No. s.
and long bone crochet hook (NO. 81
one and one-half yards of pale pink rib
bon to match the pink wool.
For the left front cast on forty stitches
with the white wool, and knit one plain
row. Lay aside the second knitting
needle and take up the crochet hook.
LIST Row (crochet)-l double into the first
stitch, Il double into two stitches taken
together), single into part of the forego-
ing stitch after it has been slipped off the
needle, and repeat from to within the
last stitch; l double. This leaves the
original number of stitches undisturbed.
I'd Row (knitting)-Slip l; = knit (the
back of the stitch, purl l, and repeat
from to within the last stitch; knit l.
Sd Row-Same as the second row, but is
worked with the second knitting needle.
Repeat these three rows thirteen
times more, making forty-two
rows in all. 43d Row (crochet)-1 double;
double into 2, single in part of the
same stitch. and repeat five times more
from =; double. Turn (knitting)-Slip
l, knit 1.-THE back of the stitch), purl /,
and repeat from .; knit the last stitch.
45th Row (knitting)-Same as the 44th
row. Repeat these three rows six times
more. Cast off in the usual manner.
Cast off the remaining stitches. For the
right front cast on 40 stitches, and pro-
coed as before explained until the AID
row is worked. 43d Row-Cast off 20
stitches, then take up the crochet hook,
l double, double into 2, single into
part of the same stitch, and repeat from
=; double. 44th Row (knitting)-Slip
/, knit 1.-THE back of the stitch), purl
], and repeat from =; knit the last stitch.
45th Row.-Same as the 44th row. Re-
peat these three rows six times more,
and then cast off. The back is knitted
without shoulder straps, and is therefore
straight piece of work. Cast on 80
stitches, and work plain row of loose
knitting. Then work the three pattern
rows already described until AZ rows
have been accomplished, when cast off.
The sleeves are knitted with small
ribbed cuff. Cast on SO stitches, LIST
Row.-Knit l, purl 2, and repeat. I'd
Row.-Knit 2, purl !, and repeat. Work
these rows five times more. 18th Row.
Knit 8, make (by picking up and knit
ting the thread), knit 3, and repeat.
There are now AZ stitches on the needle.
Lay aside the second knitting needle,
take up the crochet hook, and commence
working the three pattern rows. Con-
tinue the pattern rows until "a of them
have been completed; then cast off.
Work a second sleeve to correspond.
Join the fronts to the back at the side
seams and also along the shoulder-straps;
sew up the sleeves, and insert them in
the jacket. Work the following crochet
edge all the way round the little gar
ment; First Row-(white wool IS treble
in the first stitch, miss l, and repeat.
Second Row pink wool)-S single into
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-03-17

No. 26.-Crossword: Dryden.
No. 27.-Easy Word Squares:
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

Alaska is a part of America, and is proud of it. She asks for noth. ing better than to be recognized as part of the greatest nation or earth and to have at least meas ure of the self-government accorded to other parts of the country Alaska is settled by Americans who wish to remain Americans and to be recognized as such. Alaska objects to being on the same basis as the Philippines, and THE NUGGET is sure that when con. gress knows what the Americans o Alaska want she will be only toe glad to gratify her. Meanwhile the question arises, what are ", after ? Let the people get together on what they wish and ask for it. that's the only way to get any thing.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22
NOME MAKING PROGRESS.

Workingmen have not fared as we'll as usual on the Seward peninsula this year They came up from Seattle in squads and droves this spring and landed here in very large numbers. The result that there were more men than jobs in Nome and in the creeks outside. The ice and snow kept the ground frozen and many claims could not be opened up this year, causing serious drawback. Then, too, many companies have brought in much new machinery, as machinery is cheaper than wages and food, and that was a very serious drawback. Where many men were previously worked only few required Moreover the question of water the most serious matter in these parts, is not yet fully solved Many ditcles not yet dug, at least only partially completed. These ditches will next year and the year following carry quantities of water to the hills and valleys that could not be worked this year. It
 is delightful prospect, but it did not supply the necessary work this year. Then, too, lots of men wanted jobs, but tucked when they their way. They were looking for work but wanted it in the abstract. Making due allowance for all these mat ters in transition, Nome had but few idle men this season, and the cause of the idleness of the few will be soon removed. Next year Nome ought to handle many more men than she did this year. This season was late in many places that only the best camps, like Nome did any business at a and it speaks vol umes for the enterprise of this region that so many men used.
 It is to be hoped that the Seward peninsula will not have many such late the one this year and that the many ditches now being dug will supply work for hundreds of in another season. The output of gold for the from the camp of Nome will be very large, the late and the unfinished dtches being considered.
 Next season Nome promises much larger and bet ter results. Water will be plentiful frost and snow, let hope will not be as abundant and much new machinery will be in place. Nome is doing very well, thank you, and will be able to handle lots more men next year than this. green hand in a mining camp is not much, and it takes at least season to be able to work to advantage. The report of Nome's prosperity and increased output in the face of the late season. has made an impression elsewhere, as can be seen from the editorial comment of the Daw- son papers.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

asking no favors from any one and getting ruling prices.
 "lf there Treadgold concession here there would be many ditch or other water companies as at NOme bitches and restraining dams would be built rapidly that this thing of waiting for the government to furnish tho water would be entirely forgotten.
 Several reports have reached here this spring that Nome at present is better camp than the Klon- dike. This may be true from the standpoint of the amount of business going In natural wealth everybody knows that this is the better country.
 If Nome is a better camp it is because of no ex- elusive privileges and the better price allowed for golddust"
 The record is right. Nome has troubles of her own, but many of her citizens and investor. build ing wiser than they know. This country will soon be net work of ditches, and water will be abundant Thi. means machinery, better methods the best of results. It is knocking out the working. for the time being, as improved machinery and better methods always does do, but it will make mining in Seward peninsula better paying proposition and a safer investment and so will attract outside capital, and thus in the end be better for the workingmen.
 This neck of woods is doing business now, MT. Record, but its main business is to get ready to do more and better business in the future. Every day brings reports of ditches projected and be- gun These ditches mean water and water is the one key to successful mining in these parts.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

"The dredging of Snake river is hobby that naturally appeals to our friends in Nome, but is hardly practical one. Dredging Snake river is a feasible task, but it would be useless expenditure of public money. Appropriations would have to be made yearly to keep the mouth of Snake river open, and does the future of Nome justify the expenditure ?"-Council City News.
 Useless-that is good, when there are more small river boats landing here and in trouble than can be found anywhere north of Seattle. Will not Uncle Sam be justified in spending a little money for the most important freight pointin this region?
 Nome wants but little here below nor wants that little long.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To T. St. Clair Jones, co-owner in the Pinto Mining Claim or No on the left limit of Hol yoke gulch, F. B. Williams, co-owner in the Rainbow claim or No. 1, in the left limit :of Hoyoke gulch, and Louis Bernstein, co-owner in bench claim No on the left limit of Holyoke gulch.
 You and each of you are hereby notified that l, the undersigned co-owner in the above placer mining claims, have expended one hundred dollars in labor upon each of the following placer mining claims, to.wit: Pinto, or No. 2, left limit of Hoyokc gulch; Rainbow or No. 1, left limit Holyoke Rulch, and No. ,, left limit Holyoke gulch, in Cape Nome recording district. district of Alaska, in order to hold said claims under the provisions of Section .32i of the Re- viSed Statutes of the United States and the amendment thereto approved January 22nd 1880, concerning annual labor upcn mining claims, being the amount required to be done on said locations during the year ending on the 3lst day of December, 1902, to hold said locations: and you and each of you and all persons interested in said locations are notified that if within ninety G0) days after the date of the final pub lication of this notice you or any of you faii or refuse to contribute your proportion of such cx- penditufe as co-OwnerS, your interests in the said claims, or the interest or interests of those so failing or refusing, will become the property or the subscriber your co-ownor who has made the expenditure required by the terms of said Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes, and the amendment thereto.
 Date Of first publication July {, 1903.
 D. W. LEACH.
 Co-owner of aforesaid property.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22
THE PAST OF SEWARD PENINSULA

There are strikes and rumors of strikes A strike up the Yukon, down at Kadiak and up in the Arctic region. Strikes of coal in Siberia and at Cape Lis burne, of tin at York; graphite in large quantities, and peat in the tundra. The country, as Prof. c. A. Hollick of the United States geological survey says gives every evidence of having been at some time in tho past semi-tropical one. The presence of min- erals in large quantities we'll as the story of plant and animal life revealed in the rocks is the story of country tropical or ssmi-tropical. resembling the climate, animal and vegetable life of Southern Cali fornia. -a@.~
 There is every evidence that the snow and ice of
 the tropics was not in evidence in this region few hundred thousand years ago. In place of it there were large forests and magnificent flower beds. Ba- nanas, oranges and lemons probably grew in abund- ance The desert probably bossomed as the rose and the hillsdes were covered with vines. The glacial period covered the earth and changed everything, with the result that whenever prospecting .can be done life in this region is continual round of excitement and strikes. It would not surprise men who region to hear of diamonds being found Scores of meals other than gold are here. Strikes will probably be more common five years from now than they are now. The ground is full of surprises and it needs only more prospecting to reveal them
 Something of the history of the world is revealed
 in these strikes. The presence of great beds of coal as we'll the presence of large number and variety of minerals tells of age in the past when men and women were singing, "Oh, how would you like to be the ice man ?" In the good old summer time in those days. Nome must have boiled and sizzled. That is the why strikes and more strikes can be looked for. From the Arctic 10 the Pacific is one vast bed of minerals that must be found as the prospector does his work.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22
PROFESS AL.
PHYSICIANS
DR. F.. NJ. RININGER

Ofice and Residence, White Drug Store. O1 flee hours to 3 and to D. m, Calls answered promptly day or night. Telephone No. l.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

"Why should Nomeites try to fight against fate? Golovin bay is the future port of Seward peninsula and opens the way to a free water course to the interior where the great mining interests are being centered. Appropriations to dredge Fish river and the Neukluk would be money spent usefully, and would not have to be repeated annually. Dame Nature has had her say, and it is useless for the people of Nome to fight against her. ."-Council City News.
 Nome isn't fighting against fate, she is simply fighting for Nome We have nothing against Golovin bay or Fish river or even against the News, but here is Nome-on the greatest roadway of the world with freight enough to keep Seattle steamers busy all the season. Ire mendous quantities of freight are hauled to Nome and distributed and will be for many years to come.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22
BRINGS FULL VALUE AT NOME.

"Tbe price of colddust at Nome in cash or trade averages but five to ten cents below the assay value at the Seattle assay office. At the same time and under no other legal obstacles than 2t per cent port tax the discrepancy in Dawson is from $l03 to SIPS per ounce to the most conservative and accurate figures possible.
 "Is it any wonder that the miners strenuously objecting to this condition of things?
 "Some thoughtlcss people will say that this country is inaccessible flor all kinds of traffic that there is great difficulty in shipping golddust to the outside, and hence the difference.
 That difference is all imag nation and a nig ght- mare. There is no such thing. Dawson is quite as accessible to all parts of the world as Nome. It is safer place to travel to and from and with far less risk both to life and property.
 "It is . wonderful thing that even with people liv- ing in h. country there is that frequently recurrin remark, based on an illusion haucination, that Dawson is up tree somewhere and cannot be reached without wings other means of locomoton not pes ssssed by human beings.
 "The voyage from Nome is fraught with ten times the danger of any part the whole of the voy- age from Dawson to Vancouver. man does not have to walk fifty feet of the distance and even for that at the Whiehor.e dock could ride on ware house truck.
 "Then why is this nightmare of the difficulties of coming and going constantly thrown up to inure Dawson As a fact, travel to Nome is far more safe and generally about quick to come via Dawson, and not much longer in time by returning this way
 "Al this has less to do with the case than the flow that bloom in the spring. The trouble is that the export tax is discrimination against the miners the merchants, and in favor of the banks. Its existence is ithout excuse. It is blight upon the country of the kind that gives life to species of cor pus pedicuous.
 "Golddust in Dawson should bring as near it's in. tIinsic value it does at Nome. The Record defes any gold buyer to show to the contrary barring 37t cents per ounce for the export tax The people here are just as deserving the miners are as honest and industrious, they have committed no crime and their presence here is to be encouraged.
 "Let not the efforts of right and justice end until this gold trust dead and the miners get their rights
 It would appear from the avove editorial from the Bonanza Record that Dawson has its troubles too, apd when they are lined up against those of Nome, Nome has nothing to fear in the comparison Nome people would certainly kick if they have water privi- lsges given to only one firm had to pay any such p1ice on exchange of golddust. Nome is a pretty good place to live and do business in, and the more people of methods in" other mining camps the moro they appreciate it. But why don't Dawson business men combine and get up new bank?
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22
WHY NOME IS PROSPEROUS.

Under the above title the Bonanza Record of Aug 6gves utterance to the following wise lines of observ stion:-
 "A person cannot pick up Nome newspape, without reading of ,ths construction of some one or more big dtches to convey water the various placer mining districts of that vast and rich country The ditches under construction are numerous and still unNEe are contemplated. Every one of them is by private enterprise.
 ''These things cause a person to wonder for a ,nNmsnt why the same kind of concerns ditch com panies are not in existence here. Then Treadgoh comes to mind and that is all there is to. wonder about. The explanation is obvious.
 'Noms is,not tied,up by any concession All men there have equal chances and none of these ditch conpanies have exclusive privileges. Even at that more than of these private construct ing ditchss from twenty to fifty miles in length and
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

When Nome has rains she has rains, but there never is any ques- tion about it when the sun shines. The atmosphere of Nome in the sunshine is certainly all right. Il Nome could only distribute her storms and send them out to the creeks, and get more sunshine for herself, she would be the gainer by it. Anyway there is sunshine when the sun shines here.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE.

In the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Second Division.
 Jeremiah Cousby, plaintiff vs. Alfred Nilima, defendant
 Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an execution duly issued on the 9th day of August, 1903, in the above entitled action. and directed to me, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash, at the Court House door, in the city of Nome, in the said di- vision and district, on the 9th day of Septem- Der, 1903 at the hour of 10 o'clock in the fore noon of said day all of the estate, right. title and interest of the said defendant, Alfred Niiima, in and to that certain mining claim known as and called the "Columba" bench claim, No l below Snow gulch, second tier, on the northerly side of Glacier creek, in the Cape Nome recording district, District Of Alaska be- longing to him on the 17th day of June l1g03 or at any time thereafter, or sufficient thereof to satisfy the plaintiffs judgment herein for the sum of s650, and interest and costs.
 Dated at Nome Alaska, this 7th day of Au- gust, 1903.
 FRANK II. RICHARDS,
 U. s. Marshal for the District of Alaska
 Second Division.
 By Geo. A. Leekley. Deputy Marshal.
 First publication August s, 1903. s-s 5wS
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

he NOME NUGGET hereby guarantees circulation double the combined circulation of all other papers published in Northwestern Alaska. Adve tsing contracts
 will be made subject this guarantee.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

It is sad that the district central committee appointed three years ago, has decided to issue a call for a convention early in October. It is proposed to call for a reasonable and fair representation and to secure a representative body. Care should be taken to make it body that will represent the people oi Alaska; otherwise the convention may as well not be called. Let the people speak through their repre-. sentation.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22
Alaskans have displayed

Alaskans have displayed the proper American spirit for many years. The very existence of many of the towns of this section is a dis play of the Alaskan spirit. The Alaskan spirit never gives up. It surmounts obstacles. It accom-. plishes' the impossible. It keeps everlastingly at it. The Alaskan spirit is the spirit of American energy and push that succeeds where others fail.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

An eastern paper gives the fol- lowing infallible recipe for killing a town: Oppose public improve ments. Trade somewhere else. Ask two prices for your property. Don't, whatever else you do, subscribe for your home paper, but either stea. or borrsw it. Criticise everything you are not interested in."
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

A few hundred thousand years ago the cities of Seward peninsula were doubtless advertised as winter resorts. Now they are the finest summer resorts in the country. A trip from the coast to Nome means a season of cool, delightful weather, without a single hot day to disturb.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-22

Put fire escapes on the tall build- ings; also ladders.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-02
CHAPTER II.
A STRANGE PROCEEDING.


When Ruric came down in the
morning, he found the monk al
ready there and breakfast nearly
ready. But little was said during
the mealtime, for the monk seemed
busy with thoughts Of his own, and
Ruric was too much engaged in
studying the strange mans features
and pondering upon the various
doubts and surmises that had enter
ed his mind. After the meal was
over the monk accompanied the
gunmaker to his shop, and there he
spent some time in examining the
quaint articles of machinery that
we're used in the manufacture OF
arms.
Ruric was engaged in finishing
pair of pistols, and for some min
utes the monk had stood silently BY
his side watching his movements.
At length the Youth stopped in his
work and laid the pistol down.
excuse me, good father . he
said rather nervously, at the same
time gazing his visitor in the face,
'ebut | must ask you a question.
Where have l seen you before: :"
"How should | know: :" the monk
returned. with a smile.
"Why," resumed Ruric, with some
hesitancy, Il knew not but that you
might enlighten me. | have surely
seen you somewhere.
and are there not hundreds
whom YOU have seen in this gre;:
city, aye, thousands, whom yo::
might recognize as you recognN*
me ."
"Ah, it may be SO, but not E'f:;
this. There may be thousand
faces | would recoliect to have seen,
but not one Of them would excite
even passing emotion ii my soul.
But YOUR face calls up some power
full cmotiG:l. some startling memory
of the past, which bothcrs me. Who
are you, good father: What are
YOU: Where have we met before ::
Was it in Spain:
"No." said Vladimir. with a shake
of the head. And then. with Il
more serious shade upon his face,
he added: Let this pass now. l
will not deny to YOU that there may
be some grounds for your strange