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THE WAY TO SMOKE.

q MOKING. according to DR.. Gaze a
well known French physician, is
- not an Injurious but a healthful
habit. However. you must smoke Ia the
proper way and according to rules.
There are eight Of the latter enumerated
by the doctor. The first two apply TO
cigars. The latter must be IN the first
place mild. and secondly. good. The third
rule is always to throw away your cigar
when nearing the end. The fourth states
that neither a cigar. nor q cigarette, if
Il has gone out. must be lighted a second
time The other rules are: Never remain
in a cloud Of smoke; never chew the
end Of a cigar or cigarette; use a holder
lined with cotton wool. to absorb the
nicotine. at home smoke a pipe with
q long stem, or preferably a narghileh
All these rules being duly observed.
y2u may smoke absolutely as much as
you Ike. and DR.. Gaze says that 1t VIII
rot Only do you no harm, but may do
you good.
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in 1862. and was detailed the same year
for service in the Adjutant Generals
Office. Francis B. Hoffman. chief of the
returns division, is the third chief in
point of service. While serving with
Company B. of the Third Infantry. he
was wounded at Malvern Hill After
he recovered he was detailed to the Office
in 1893 John w. Palmer. chief of the
orders and supply division, entered the
service In 1864. after serving with Min
nesota volunteers. H. S. Brinkerac9.
chief of a section composed of three
divisions. entered the Office In 1865 after
gallant service with California ana
New York volunteers, and Frederick Fl.
Stafford. chief of the rolls division,
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One Man Who Entered
the Service Nearly Half
a Century Ago, When
the Adjutant Generals
Office Employed Only
Seven Clerks, and Who
Has Been There Ever
Since---The Sole Sur
viyOr.


Frederick T. Wilson. chief of miscel-
laneous division. has been in the serv-
fee since 1872. and the assistant chief OF
this division, Sanford Bradbury. has
been in the service forty years, al
though only in the department for
thirty-one years. Mr.. Bradbury has tho
distinction of wearing medal Of
honor awarded him for gallant serv-
ices while an enlisted man in the resu-
lar army.
Spanish War Veterans.
Other chiefs in the office have had
shorter service. Richard J. DonneIiy.
chief Of the efficiency division. was IN
the Spanish war. and many Of the
clerks in less important positions were
engaged in the late war
With the enactment Of the general
stan law the Adjutant Generals Of
fee underwent many changes Clerks
and chiefs were transferred to the Of
fee OF Records and Pensions. which Sec
rotary Root decreed should be IN charge
of all past records. other employees OF
the Adjutant Generals Once were
placed directly under the chief Of staff.
Changes are still taking place, and
others are contemplated. When the
provisions Of the new law are fully
carried out, the Adjutant Generals Of
flee will be robbed Of much Of the au-
thority which made it such power in
4ta r,azf
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which has been transferred TO the Office
Of Records and Pensions. also entered
the Office in 1895.
Henry c. wood. chief of the Military
Academy division. served in the civil
war with New York volunteers, and
entered the Office in 1858. Charles
Brandt, chief of the mail and record
division. served with Maryland volun-
teers in the civil war and entered the
Office in 1869.
Harvey A. Kohr entered the Office in
1871. and has been chief OF the division
OF appointments. commissions. and per-
sonnet since 1894 This division is the
most important one in the Adjutant
Generals Office
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TT was not long until the Office force
increased. At times. when the confed-
crates came close to Washington. all
War Department clerks were ordere
out for duty The men in our Office
were organized and drilled, and We: e
ready at any minute TO step from the
office into active field service.
None of the clerks who was in the
Office when Mr.. Than was transferred
there is now in the service. After Mr..
THAN. Charles w. Shelton, chief OF the
recruiting division Of the Adjutant Cen
erals Office. comes next in length OF
service. While serving with the Thir-
teenth Massachusetts, he was wounded
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re became principal clerk at the head
STARTERS of the army in 1853. In 1861 he
was transferred to the Adjutant Cen
erals Office, where he became principal
clerk. At that time she office had only
seven clerks. Before tie civil war ended
it had COO clerks.
When ] entered the Office Gen. Lo-
reno Thomas was Adjutant General
said Mr.. THAN. THE War Department
was then in the old three-story building
corner Of the present building. In the
Adjutant Generals Office there were
then only seven clerks / was shown a
desk and a dry goods box full Of unan-
swered letters and told to go to work
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~ "St. Paul Dispatch" a few sug-
n gestions as TO the judicious
handling Of the mere micrObe-
man:
In jumping right away from the start,
remember that man with as many capt
la Ms IS the printer viii allow him)
reclSons that he knows everything under
the sun. from the BinOmial TheOrem TO
the way to dolly up a girls veil under
her chin. Pull out that 'know-all' stop
OF his. and let him play few variations
or -.Ch!lds Guide TO Knowledge" and
he win be as pleased as a barnyard
roos .er that has found a worm
That is why it is that when you want
men to think you are a girl in
thousand. all you have 70 do is 10 snug
gle up to him and ask his advice. 1t does
not matter two pins what about, nor is
there the smallest necessity even to con-
template such an absolutely suicidal
idea as acting upon the advice when Civ
en- But ask him for il. and you viii
hear him purr like a Cheshire cat in
deserted dairy.
The girl who fires off few judicious
questions, and then sets herself down
to think out a design for an autumn
hat. while the fiattered man clicks glibly
away like tape machine, gets reputa-
ton for being Charming and "girlie, %
and all the other adjectives that the
masculine mind deals in when his vanity
has been skillfully fabricated with the
oil OF (assumed) ignorance
Whereas. If the girl had let on at the
start that she knew quite as much about
the subject as he does. and a bit more.
he would have been calling her a
crank" and 'blue-stocking." and 9th
er uncomplimentary names devised for
pouring cold water upon any smoldering
signs Of desire for education on the
part OF the domestic squaw!
A girl who gets there every time with
a man is the girl who carefully steers
clear of harping on the obvious. For
instance. II man is VIGOROUSLY
''brainy" she is merely wasting time if
she starts the intellectual gambit, and
gives him to understand he is the clev-
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and Tenth Precincts, being called upon
10 watch closely all roads entering
washington. and 10 keep a lookout for
suspicious characters Of all sort, coming
into the city or going out of it. In adj
ditiOn 70 this they are the dread OF the
automobile scorcher. the bicycle scorch-
er, the fast driver or rider along the
speedWays and roads on the outskirts
Of the city. Even as they hold the
reckless in check, they act as defense
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THE AGE OF MOSES.

A READER of The Sunday Times
n asks: "Of all the patriarchs Of
"A the Old Testament who lived 70
such advanced ages, who was the
youngest at the time of his DEATH?
Moses. who is admittedly the granoest
character in Jewish history. as recorded
IN the Old Testament, was the youngest
OF the earlier great men OF the Bible
at the time of his death. which Is re-
corded as follows in Deuteronomy
xxxiv:7. And Moses was a hundred and
twenty years old when he died: his eye
was not dimmed. nor his natural force
abated.
A beautiful verse bearing upon Moses
departure from earth reads:
by NebOs' lonely mountain
on this side JOrdan's wave
In q vale in the land of Moab
There lies a lonely grave
And no man knows that Se2ulc
And no man saw IL @ en-
For the angels OF God upturne
And laid the dead man there.
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Veterans Who Have Done
Valiant Service for
Uncle Sam Behind the
Desks as Well as BE
hind the Guns "A
Gallant Company of
CivilianSoldierS Whose
Weapons Are Pens
and Pencils. =. =.

7 n his farewell letter to the officers
and employees OF the Adjutant Gen
i erals Office Mai. Gen. Henry C.
Corbin called the attention of the
world 10 a gallant company of workers.
''the men behind the desks" who have
labored overtime and given their lives
IN the country's service without the
plaudits which greet the hero who
plants the stars and stripes on an en-
eny's ramparts.
Through the trying months of the
Spanish War General Corbin knew the
heroism of the clerks and officers who
found few hours for sleep and did not
even leave their desks at meal time
He knew that the hardships were not
all endured by the men who were in
Cuba or the Philippines and his thought
Lfulness in giving praise to the army Of
workers whose faithfulness is seldom
lauded established him more firmly than
ever in the affections Of the employees
who assisted him so Loyalty in the years
he was at the head of the Adjutant
Generals Department.
Saw Service in the Field.
Many of the men whom General Cor
bin remembered IN mis- letter of com
mendation have not always been men
behind the desks" Some of them were
men behind the guns in the civil war
Others saw service in the war with
Spain. And the faithful women who
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- BE above picture shows the
mounted squad of the Metropoli-
tan police force drawn up for in
spection by Major Sylvester be-
fore taking part in last Wednesdays
parade one Of the features Of the
model police force Of the National Capt.
tai, the mounted squad, is one of the
most important branches OF the service.
The mounted men do duty in the
Third, Fifth. Seventh, Eighth, Ninth
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cinct. sergt. S. J. Harry, Privates J.
e Giles, James Law, G. B. Cornwall
z. c. Blake G. ". Neal. Augustus Hess
John Maher. c. c. Pearce. J. B. Lips
comb. H. NJ. Smith; Eighth precinct, Pri'
vate W. Z. Yellow; Ninth precinct. Pri-
Yates S. /. H Russell, J. Z. Joyce, Will
lam Ptley Rufus Nandecham, ". J.
Rogers, Robert Tapscott, E. NJ Jett
J. Il. Schuyler; Tenth precinct, Privates
arly, c. P n Lord, B. T Rhodes
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TO those whose ideas Of locomotion keep
them within conservative bounds. Many
a runaway horse that threatened death
TO the occupant or occupants OF the We
hicle to which he was hitched has been
stopped by the neTvy and efficient
mounted police and the lives Of those
in danger saved by their prompt and
courag eOus actions.
No small part of the achievements OF
the mounted police is the polite and
courteous attention they give TO those
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unfamiliar with the roads around the
city in setting them right when they are
unable to find their way, and Washing
ton has every reason TO be proud OF the
impression they invariably create upon
strangers visiting the city.
The following officers compose the
mounted squad: Third precinct. Private
P. Creagh. Fifth precinct, Privates J.
w. Mccormick. A W. Green. NJ. Ready,
NJ. e Hagan, Robert Dyer; Seventh pre-
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Against Her Principles.

What do You think of Keats Ode on a
Crecian Um?' - asked Mrs. old Castle as they
slipped their tee in the magnificent library.
Il think, her hostess replied, III he'd of
been a gentleman he'd Of paid il. Josiah says
people never ought to have Injuries that they
have TO get trusted for."-Chieago Record
Herald.
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were included in the men behind the
desks" have many OF them suffered the
horrors OF war through the loss OF
brothers and fathers and husbands in
the service. A desk is no protection
against the blight Of war and the life
histories OF the faithful clerks General
Corbin remembered would show that
in addition to the hard tasks war has
imposed on them in their omeial ca
pacity they have felt the misery it en-
tails
Oldest in Point Of Service.
Raphael p. THAN. chief clerk of the
Adjutant Generals Office. has been in
the office longer than any other enploye.
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An Illinois Toast.
Here's . ne elleees

Here's % the chicccg
That aiut any bigFr
Than the point 81 cood sized pin.
But Che bump that be raises
Itches ike bsazes.
And there's where tie rub comes IN.
quincy lilL) hhlg.
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LAST SURVIVOR OF
THE WAR OF 1872
n a small farm cleared by him

n small farm cleared by him
self more than seventy-fve
years ago, Hiram Silas Cronk.
the last pensioner Of the war
of 1872, is now living near Ava, y. Y.
attended by his daughter. Mrs.. Sarah
Crowley. now more than sixty years
old
Mr. Cronk was born on the 18th day
of April, 1900, at Frankfort. aerkiner
county. n. Y. and is now l03 years and
months old. His health IS moderately
good and he does not look 10 be rs old
as he is True II Is that the old SOL
dier's mind is growing weaker aad ne
takes but Nttle interest in present day
affairs. but he remembers vividly The
stirring times OF young manhood IN
like the average old soldier, however,
Mr. Cronk does not like 10 talk Of war
times" save to his own children. his
youngest son now being dfty-three and
the eldest seventy-nine-
My father has always been sweet
tempered and loving" said his daugh-
ter. Mrs Crowley. and now In his very
old days we children can detecL little or
no difference in his loving consideration
for US and his feelings for everyone He
is never out Of hunaor and petulant. but
is even tempered all the time. Through
out his life father has been an industri-
Gus, temperate and Christian man With
the sweet, chndlike faith that was in
stilled into him by pious mother when
he knelt at her knee IN childhood. he
never retires now without getting down
on his knees and Offering up that little
prayer:
Now lay me down to sleep.
I pray Thee, Lord my soul 70 keep;
And Il I should die before l wake.
l pray Thee, Lord my soul 10 take
For about five years father has not
slept at night, but remains awake. sing
ing. praying, talking. walking from his
bed TO his chair BY the stove, and from
the chair to the safe or cupboard: he
eats when he feels like it, but never
more than few bites at a time. OF
course, remain awake so that / can be
on constant watch to prevent any harm
Detailing him. II is generally about
O'Clock before he thinks It is time to go
10 bed. and then he says, Daughter, /
am ready TO go TO sleep After getting
ready for bed, he kneels down and says
his Now lay me down 10 sleep prayer.
and getting in bed, he IS soon fast
asleep, seldom waking up until along
toward noon"
Mr. Cronk, with his two brothers.
Casper. and John. and his father. James
Cronk. enlisted at Western. \. Z. on
August l. 1911. when he was just
little more than fourteen years old The
father and three sons served with Capt
Edmund Fuller. New York Volunteers.
in the defense Of Sackett's HarbOr, and
at the close Of the war the four were
honorabIy discharged. An error in the
records of the Pension Office in Wash
ington makes it appear that Hiram
Cronk served from October TO No
vember I6. 1914. neaIt<F two months less
than the veteran really served
For a number Of years Mr.. Cronk re-
ceived a pension of So per month, but
in February of last year Congress
passed an act increasing the pension 20
$25 per month.
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A BACHELOR GIRL" offers the
~ st Paul Dispatch" a few sug-
n gestions as TO the Judicious
handling of the mere microbe-
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-04
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To T. St. Clair Jones. co-owner in the Pinto Mining Claim or No. , on the left limit of Hol. yoke Rulch. F. E. Williams. co-owner in the Rainbow claim or No. I. in the left limit of Holyokc gulch. and Louis Bernstein. co-owner in bench claim No. on theleft limit of Holyok gulch.
 You and each of you are hereby notified that l, the undersigned. co owHer 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 Holyoke gulch: Rainbow. or No. l, left limit HolyoEe gulch, and No. ?, left limit Holyolie gulch, in Cape NoEe recording district district of Alaska. in order to hold said ciuims under the provisions of Section 2324 of the Re vised Statutes of the United States and the amendment thereto approved January 22nd lSS0 concerning annual labor upon 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 ninety (90) days after the date of the final pub lication of this notice you or any of you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such cx- penditure as co-ownerS, your interests in the said claims, or the interest or interests of those so failing or refusing will become the property of the subscriber, your co-owner, who has made the expenditure required by the terms of said Section 232i of the Revised Statutes, and the amendment thereto.
 Date Of first publication July 1. 1903.
 D. ". LEACH
 Co-owner of aforesaid property
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-04
AT COUNCIL
Fish River ChOCk Full of
 Freight Boats.

Edward Hansen came up from Coun- cil Thursday by way of Golovin. Fish river, he says. is Chock full of boats transporting freight, and besides 100 hor- es are in use towing the river boats. Four steamers are busy carry ing freight to White Mountain, and Nash X Co. will put on the Lucia in a day or two. Charlie Hoxsie and Jack Calvin had already made one trip to White Mountain with the Fortune Hunter. As soon as arriving they got q 500 charter, delivered the. goods safely and returned to Golovin.
 Work on the creeks had hardly started when Mir. Hansen left Council. The town was quite lively. Meals were dollar each, beds the same price.
 E. J. Idgley, d well-known roadhouse man of this coast. is now proprietor of the Travellers Home restaurant, and is just ''slashing things"
 Dell Clark has put in q stage in the Totem and is conducting vaudeville show.
 J. H. Dunn. the new commissioner, and his deputy, Otto Ioeckler, arrived in Council on Wednesday.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-04
NOTICE TO PAINTERS

SEALED BIDS for painting the exterior of the Nome school building and all wood work connected therewith;. also coal shed exterior and inside, and wood work of closets. will be re ceived at the Golden 4ate hotel not later than the 9th dny of July, tO3.
 The work shall be performed in thorough connection herewith shall be strictly pure white materials and colors8s are necessary for u first class job
 For exterior of building, one coat with boiled linseed oil and Carters white lead. fifteen U5 pounds to one q gallon of linseed oil.
 For wood work between building and ground three @ coats.
 For coal shed, exberior. roof and inside in cluding closets wood work
 Roof of wood shed one CD coat metallic paint: exterior two (3) coats with forfeit. One CD coat gallon boiled linseed oil to s pounds Car tcr's white lead. For second coat. exterior woodshed, with boiled linseed oil fifteen Q5) pounds Carter's white lead to one Q gallon of linseed oil. For inside woOdsled. two @ coats.
 For closet woodNG rk two @ coats.
 All nail holes and other imperfcctions to be well puttied.
 The color of the building. window sash. trimmings etc. to be deciecd by the Board of Education.
 Work to be completed not later than the thirteenth 03th) Of July, 1903, and the Board re- serves the right to reject any and all bids. By order Board of Education.
 L. I. SAWYER, Secretary. Dated Nome, Alaska. July ist, 1903.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-04
Council Is Promising.

Fred F. Meyer is in town from Coun- cil City. Mr. Meyer says that the season is unusually backward in that section. Freight on Fish river is being moved as rapidly as possible. He speaks highly of the De Soto Placer Mining company. which, he says, is one of the best organized mining companies in Alaska, and he would not be sur prised if they developed great mining enterprise. They are spending a lot of moneya and are spending it intelligently, and paying cash for everything. They have big mining proposition at Coun- cil, and if they meet with no drawbacks are bound to do we'll
 Mir. Meyer says that feature of the Council City situation at the present time is lack of supplies. Freight is going in slowly, but under present conditions it is hard for a miner to get q complete outfit, that is to say the assort- ment which he needs.
 The town looks fine: good buildings have been erected, and everyone is hopeful. Mir. Meyer speaks in praise of the Marks hotel at that place, which he says is a credit to the town.
The Nome nugget., 1903-07-04
Registers a Kick Over
 Official Treatment.

Editor of THE NUGGET:-Will you give us little space in your paper that we may get before the public our claims, which we think just and right. There are, in Nome, eight federal appointive offices, which employ from two to tif- teen people, and in only one of which the c. A. R. is represented, and that is the U. $. district attorney s office. And why is this? Is it because the old sol diers in this place are not worthy or qualified to fill these places: or is it be- cause they think we have outlived our usefulness? We claim that neither of these objections is applicable, for there are those within our ranks that have filled places of honor and trust in the army and also in civil affairs, as well.
 There is the postoifice which employs seven or eight helpers besides the prin- cipal himself, and not one of the old veterans is given place, although we know of our own personal knowledge that a place was applied for by one capable and worthy of the position. But he was turned down for q younger man, and he wore an A. B. button in the lapel of his coat.
 The marshal was applied to by one who had filled similar positions in the east: he had references by the dozens: but he had the wrong kind of button in his coat.
 The court was asked to lend some as sistance, but in that, as before, he failed. One old soldier remarked that it seemed to be disgrace to wear the C. A. R. button; but. old comrade. we got that button by doing honorable ser vice for our country. and l. for one, am pround of that button. It is second to none worn in this or any other place, and you will find them in all parts of the globe and worn by men filling the highest positions within the gift of a era.eful people. And our esteemed president. in his late visit to the Pacific coast, would condescend to step down from his car or from the speakers stand tn grasp the hand of the old gray haired veteran; and in the president we believe we have true friend.
 They tell us that there is a senatorial committee coming here this summer. and we intend to place this matter fairly before this committee and. if need be, to send petition direct to the president himself and see what can be done. The service we gave to our coun- try was free and voluntary, and we stand ready and willing to serve in . like manner at any time we may be needed, and we do not believe we would be required to wear a gold pan button on our coats to obtain position.
 A VETERAN.
 Nome, July l, 1903
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