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The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
Notice of Forfeiture.

To H. c. Thompson. John NJ Estes and w. Il.
Lopp, your heirs, assigns and personal rep
reSentativeS:
You and each of you are hereby notified that
| have expended the sum of over two hundred
dollars in labor and improvements during the
years 1892 and 1903 upon the Arctic association
placer claim, 160-acre tract. located on Muck
lock creek, tributary to Hogum creek recorded
in vol |, page 493 in the Good Hope recording
district, now the Port Clarence recording dis
trct in the Second judicial division OF the Dis
trct of Alaska. in order to hold said claim under
provisions Of the laws Of the United States con-
corning annual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said claim for the
periods ending on the 3lst day of December, 1902,
and 3lSt day Of December 1903. and II, within
80 days after the last publication OF this notice,
you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditures. your interests in said
claim will become the property Of the under
signed your co-Owner. who has made the ex-
penditures required by the terms Of said laws.
First publication Jan. 30. 1901.
Last publication April 30. 1904.
+. M. LANG.
5 Co-owner in said law.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
Notice of Forfeiture.
q Edwald Becher and Hugo Becher:

To Edwald Becher and Hugo Becher:
You are hereby notified that /, the under
signed have caused to be performed work ser
vices and labor Of the value OF one hundred dol.
lars upon the following named placer CLAIM Tor
claim number above McQuillen's discovery on
Bluestone river. situated in Port Clarence re-
cording precinct, District OF Alaska, said claim
being duly recorded June 3D. 1900, in vol. pages
38 and 81 of the records Of said recording pre-
cinct. . 4.
not. within ninety 900 days from the aate OF
final duplication hereof, cause to be paid TO the
undersigned your proportionate share Of SAID
expenditures as co-owner, your interests IN SAID
claim will become the property OF the unoer-
signed under Section 1924 Revised Statutes OF
the United States. ., ,o.
Dateof first publication Nov. II, lgH.
Date Of last publication Feb, 10 ivH
9 Co.owner OF aforesaid parties
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
At The Northern Tonight.

The Northern Saloon, under its new
management, is meeting with great
success. Miss Clark, the celebrated
contortionist, will, this evening intro
duce her great speciality. Besides
other well known talent, including Con-
let and Nelson, will delight the North
ern's patrons.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
From BiSbee. Ariz.

w. B. Thompson, formerly well
known citizon of Nome, and Kotzebue
stampeder Of 1898, is now in Bisbee,
Ariz., where he is doing well. Charles
Brown recently received a letter from
Mr. Thompson. in which he speaks
highly of his new home. He also for.
warded Mr.. Brown copy OF the Daily
Review, of Bisbee, a prosperous, twelve.
page newspaper, up-to-date in every
particular.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
F|L|P|NOS
BREAK OUT
Fierce Fighting With the MOrOS
General Uprising is
Expected.

Washington. ID. c., Jan. 26.-There
has been some hard fighting lately in
the Philippines, between the American
forces and the Moros. Three hundred
Moros were killed. The losses on the
American side were one officer killed
and five men slightly wounded. A
general uprising of the natives is ex-
pected.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
YUKON
RAILROAD

Seattle, Jan. 26.-The prospectus of
the Naldez-Y ukon railroad has been
issued. 1t is proposed, according to
the prospectus, to begin active opera
tions next spring, and the road, it is
expected, will be completed within two
years. The stock has been placed on
the market at SO per share.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06

If you want to have your claim sur
veyed and plated 60 and see Otto
Halla. He will charge you from $40
up, according to location of claim. You
can see him at any time at Euls. Front
street.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
WILL INCREASE
ARMY FORCE

Washington, Jan. 24-The war de-
partment has decided to increase the
creasing them, as suggested by Briga-
der General Funston.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06

DR.. Smith, 3l6 Front street, Nome
over the Nalhalla, is prepared TO treat
Rheumatism and kindred diseases sue
cessfully: outside prices: consultation
free
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
Genuine Hunter Rye and Old Grow
Bourbon IS cents per quart bottle al
the Bodega.
White House Coffee, 40c. PEI
pound at GOggin's.
One of the Victims.

Seattle, Dec. TO-. Captain Sieberg
well known in Nome, lost his life on
the steamer Discovery.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06

If you want to hire horse and cutter
see G. l.. Norris 419 Front street.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06

Choice beef, mutton, pork, veal and
poultry at Pacific Cold Storage com
pany's markets.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06

Matt board for mounting pictures for
sale at THE NUGGET office.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
1nquiries...
and AnsWers

In this column questions of general interest
will be answered Address all communications
to j. Potter Whittren. care OF THE NUGGET)
Ques.-Will you please settle the fol-
lowing bet: | have bet with one of
the miners on the creek that the Unit
ed States built the first steamer that
crossed the Atlantic. He bets that
England has the honor. Please let us
know through The NUGGET, which
country built it, and the name, date
and particulars if you can find them.
KOBUK.
Ans.-The United States built the
first steamer that crossed the Atlantic
She was the Savannah of $50 tons bur-
den. In 1919 she sailed from New
York to Savannah, thence direct to
Liverpool, where she arrived in eigh-
teen days, seven of which she used
steam.
Ques.-DO you know why Pennsyl-
vania is called the Keystone State?
STUDENT.
Ans.-Because it was the central
state of the union at the time of the
formation of the constitution. If the
names of the thirteen original states
are arranged in the form of an arch,
Pennsylvania will occupy the place of
the keystone.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06

Wanted-Girl for general homework
Apply Hotel Sheldon
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06
STAMPS

OF every description nade
order on short notiee. PAd
Ink and q Full Lineo9 Suppl
always % hand $500.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06

In this column questions of general interest
will be answered Address all communications
to j. Potter Whittren, care OF THE NUGGET)
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-06

Ques.-Do you know why Pennsyl.
vania is called the Keystone State:
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-19
Softly Sarcastic.

There is a tone Of gentle irony in
this advertisement from a German
newspaper: 'To those kind friends
who during 1903 have shown such in
terest in the contents of my humble
garden. Take notice that in the fu-
ture the key can always be had on
application, even during the night, and
that to enter by the gate is much less
dangerous than climbing over the wall.
l shall be further deeply grateful if in
future you would be so generous as to
leave a little Of the produce for my
needs. The trees in the orchard, from
present appearances sen to promise a
fine crop, but when gathering the fruit
l should be obliged if in the future you
would do so without finding it neces-
sary to pull the trees down. 1t would
also insure you a larger selection in
time to come. For the same reason |
beg you to carry a lantern, so that you
do not destroy the greater part of the
vegetables in walking over the beds.
Thanking you warmly in advance.-H.
%Spengler."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-19
"SpeaiS for Yourself.

Lord Leicester of Holkham, nearly
G hundred years ago, was a widower,
and in the latter part of his life nearly
blind. He enjoyed an intimate friend
ship with his neighbor, Lord Abe
marie, and had, in his own mind, Sc
lected Lady Anne, one of Lord Abe
niarle's daughters, as the future wife
Of his nephew and the mistress of
Holkham.
One day Lady Anne came along to
join his morning ride, and Lord Leices-
ter seized the opportunity Of asking
her:
ANNE, my dear, how should you like
to be mistress of Holkham?"
There is nothing l should like bet.
ter" answered Lady Anne, drawing
herself up in her saddle.
"Then 1 shall send by nephew Will
lam to court you"
Lady Anne drew herself up still
more, and tightening her rein, replied
calmly but very gravely:
Il shall never be mistress Of Holk-
ham on those terms"
1t was then the old gentleman's turn
to rein in his horse. He looked his
companion hard in the face, and asked
her, "Why, you don't NEAR to say you
would marry me-"
Yes, indeed l would. And there is
nothing | should wish more"
This was a wooing that was not
long ADDING" and it led to a most
happy marriage.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-19
CHAPTER XVI.

The news of my dismissal from the
mine was received by my aunt with in
finite wailing. The poor soul, knowing
that for some time past l had been the
mainstay of the house, saw nothing be-
fore her but misery and starvation; in
deed, she was for going straight to Red
ruth House and appealing to the master,
but checked her.
Don't grieve, aunt" l said. at will
be all right by and by. Say I am dis
missed from the mine-what then? The
mine isn't all the world. l shall get
something, never fear. I'm going up to
London, aunt"
ITO Lunnon! And what for?"
Il am going up to see the company,
and tell them what's going on at the
mine. Keep your mind easy till | come
back, aunt. Twill, maybe, all be right
then"
When all was ready, I stepped down
to the village to tell John Rudd to call
for me on the morrow, when he was to
start before daybreak. Having done
my errand, l strolled slowly back to the
cottage.
1t was a splendid night. All the earth,
hardened by the keen touch of frost.
was flooded by the brilliant moonrays;
and the sky vas thick with stars. All
was so quiet and peaceful l could hear
the click clack of my footsteps on the
frosty road.
My mind was sorely troubled, l walked
up and down the road and turned to re-
enter the cottage, when l started back
with a half-suppressed cry. There, not
very far from me, standing in the shadow
of one of the laurel bushes in Annie's
garden, was the tall figure of a woman.
She came quickly toward me, and laid
her hand upon my arm.
"Madeline" l murmured, for 1t was
indeed she. dressed in her evening dress,
with her mantle th!own lightly oye- her
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-19
The Radium Atom.

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, the English
physicist, contends that radium has
not upset received scientific doctrines.
He says that those who thought it was
an ineXhaustible store of energy, or
was generating energy afresh which
had not previously existed, were mis-
taken. The radium atom had in it a
large store of energy, just as the sun
had. If they could see radium atoms
they would find them, as a rule, as
quiet as any other atoms; only one in
a million would be seen to be, as it
were, smashing up, throwing off bits Of
itself, and the whole property of ra-
dunn depended upon that. Everything
material was in a state of fux-there
was birth, elimination and decay; and
this was a characteristic Of the mate
rial universal universe which must
have had an origin. The birth of mat
ter as well as the death of matter was
what they were now looking for.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-19
CTo be c%ontinued.)
Answer His Own Prayers.

DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires, rector Of st.
Thomas Church, tells a story Of a
rich but parsimonious man who was
praying fervently, and in his prayer
mentioned by name several good works
in which he took special interest. His
little son listened with much atten-
ton and seemed moved. When the
prayer was finished the boy said:
Father, | wish l was you"
And why, my SOM" asked the good
man, busting his broadcloth knees.
Because" answered the little son,
"if l had your money I'd answer your
prayers for you."-New York Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-19
h Wins.

l have often met the fellow
$50 have YOU'D
Who proclaimed in accents mellow
What to do.
But whene'er we sought assistance
In a task that took persistence
He'd forgotten our existence
Sad, but true!
Many preach who never practice.
AS of old,
And the unpoetic fact is
We were sold"
Just dispense with airy graces;
In success-as other races
IT'S the plodder gets the places
And the gold!
New York Press,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-19
Been

You are from Boomtown, are you?"
said the passenger in the skull cap.
well, your town is to be congratulate,
ed. There doesn't seem to have been
any distress caused there by the
floods"
Doesn't, hey?' retorted the passen-
ger In the sweater. "Our baseball
ground has been under water for
more'n a week, L goshp
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03
Huge Animals.

No extinct land animal of former ages
had bigger body than has the biggest
African elephant of to-day, and not one,
so far as is known, exceeded or even
equaled, in total bulk the existing great
whales, which sometimes are all of 100
feet long. AS elephants, horses and
similar animals are traced backward
through the various strata they are
found to get smaller and smaller. Some
extinct elephants were no bigger than
Shetland ponies, while the horses of pre-
historic times were about the size of
large dogs. In almost every group of
hairy warm-blooded animals existing
specimens are bigger than those of by
gone times, and the notion that there
is any tendency in animal life to dwin-
die in size is entirely without founda-
ton. There are, of course, exceptions.
for the extinct sloths, kangaroos, lizards
and some others exceeded in bulk ex-
listing creatures of the same order.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03

for a proper care of wounded enemies
or prisoners.
The Geneva Red Cross treaty was
not adopted by the United States until
1882, and it remained fer this country
to organize the civil branch of the So
ciety and have it adopted as the Amer
lean amendment. This provides for the
extending of relief in cases of disaster
other than war, and of late years the
American Red Cross society has taken
the lead in work of this character, the
most important instance being that in
connection with the Martinique VOL
cano horror. An entirely new develop
ment of the work of the American na-
tional society is in the industrial field,
where organized effort is being made
to provide efficient means of render
ing instant emergency treatment in
case of accident occurring in factories,
mills, on the railroads, in stores,
schools, homes and wherever accident
is liable to occur
Ever since Florence Nightingale
rendered such noble and splendid serv-
ices in the hospital at Scutari during
the terrible Crimea war in 1886, the
power and efficiency of women in time
of war has been recognized. 1t is
through the Red Cross society now
mainly that they extend their services,
but during the civil war in this coun-
try and when there was no Red Cross
organization through which to work,
the women came by hundreds and
thousands Offering their service, ard
rendering aid on the battle field and in
the hospitals which brought many
poor fellow back to the land of the
living when he was just about to re-
spond to taps" Oh the other side. The
women did not have the uniform and
the insignia of the Red Cross then.
they did not have the splendid train
ing and organization to help them In
their work of mercy, but they did have
the same heroic, tender compassion
ate spirit which moves womanhood To-
and follow in gentle ministry in the
wake of the warning armies Then
there were the individuals moved by
one impulse of mercy and purpose Of
service searching the battlefelds for
the wounded and dying after the smoke
of conflict had passed and the still dark
night had settled down; to-day there
is the organized effort the uniformed
corps, the systematic service, the per-
feet equipment. There can be no hope
to improve over the noble spirit Of
self-sacri1ce and devotion OF the vo-
men Of the days gone by, but with that
same spirit moving womanhood to-day,
how vastly more effective become her
efforts through such an organization
as the Red Cross society
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03

alive to the probable needs for active
service on the battlefield and in the
army hospitals. Count Won Ontsoff-
dashkoff, who was one of the closest
friends of Emperor Alexander I'LL, the
father of the present car, is at the
head of the Russian Red Cross and will
work under the direct supervision and
patronage of the empress dowager. The
Golfers of the society have been filled
to carry on the work. To begin with it
will have $1,000 900, of which st. Pc
tersburg alone contributed $2,500,000.
In addition to this work of the Red
Cross society, Emperor Nicholas has
accepted the offer of the knightly or
ders Of Count and Livonia and Estho-
MIA, to equip medical corps for serv-
ice at the front, and this is only the be-
ginning of similar offers from other
royal orders and Russian societies.
Russia was the last of the European
powers to recognize the Red Cross
movement and enter into the treaty
known as the Geneva convention. The
movement was the outgrowth of the
experiences of a Swiss gentleman by
the name of Henri Durant, who wit
messed in 1859 the horrors of war on
the battlefield of Solferino, and was
aroused to the need of some organiza-
ton which would have for its object
the amelioration of the suffering of the
soldiers on the battlefields and in the
hospitals. AS result of his efforts an
international convention was called to
meet in Geneva in 1864, to which 16
governments responded. All the Eu-
ropean nations of Europe were repre-
sented but Russia. and it was not uu-
til three years after this convention,
in 1876, that she adopted the code of
the society, providing for the protec-
ton of the hospitals and people bear
ing the insignia of the Red Cross and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03
SNOWY CANDLEMAS.
Popular SuperstitiOns Concerning tn G
Day In This md other
Countries.

Forty days after Christmas comes
Candlemas, when, according to popu-
lar superstition, the wolf, the badger
and the bear ask no odds of the wealth.
er bureau, but come out of their holes
to do little prognosticating on their
own account, says the New York Her.
aid.
In Germany there are two proverbial
expressions to convey the common
idea, THE shepherd would rather
see the wolf enter his stable an Candle
mas Day than the sun" and The
badger peeps out of his hole on Candle
mas Day, and when he finds snow he
walks abroad but if he sees the sun
shining he draws back into his hole"
In this country the small boy, an apt
student of local folk lore and tradition,
adjusts his latest shoe string watch
fob and remarks, oracularly: well, eff
the woodchuck kin see his shadder to-
day when he comes out'n his hole an
looks aroun' that means long winter
yet. Pa says So"
Nor is this belief that good weather
on Candlemas Day is the index of a
continuance of winter and of bad crops
to follow, or that stormy day. is
the harbinger of early spring, a matter
of locality.
The same idea is expressed in a
Latin distich given by Sir Thomas
Brown in his Vulgar Errors"
81 Sol splendescat Maria purificante,
Major crit glacies past fistune guam fuit
ante,
while the Scotch embody their conclu-
sions in the following rhyme:
If Candlemas Day be dry and fair,
The half o winters to come and mair,
If Candlemas Day be wet and foul,
The half o winters gone at Yule.
Quite similar is the middle vests
rhymed version of the popular belief:
AS far as the sun shines out on Candlemas
day.
So will the snow blow in before May;
AS far as the snow blows on Candlemas
Day,
So will the sun shine out before May
The name Candlemas is supposed to
be derived from the blessing of the
candles by the Romish clergy and their
distribution among the congregation,
who afterward carry them in process
sion.
In England during Catholic times a
special meaning was attached to the
size of the candles and the manner in
which they burned during the process
sion. If any fragment was left over it
was believed to be possessed of strong
supernatural virtues
Scotland is especially rich in curious
customs relative to Candlemas, which
is also one of the four term days ap-
pointed for periodical annual payments
of money, interest and taxes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03

service of the American, English
French, Russian, German, Austrian and
Italian forces. The American and Eng
fish official reports of that campaign
frankly concede this fact. And in the
Japanese-Chinese war in 1S94-95, it
efficient, and did not break down dur
ing the rapid marches UP the Corean
peninsula and across Manchuria to
Port Arthur and Newchwang.
And an efficient auxiliary of the
army hospital service is the Red Cross
society. In every large city in Japan
there are schools for training nurses.
At Toxic the empress, who is the spe-
cial patroness of the Red Cross hos
pital and school, always presides at
the annual graduation exercises and
with her own hands distributes the di-
plomas to the white-capped graduates.
The fact that one of the imperial
princesses has taken the full course of
training, and other of the court ladies
have followed her example, has proved
d ,
of Japan to enter these training schools.
Every province in Japan has a
branch of the Red Cross and each year
a union meeting of all these branches
is held at Toxic. Often as many as
10000 members gather in the great
outdoor session in Uyeno park. The
insignia of the order is seen every
where at this time, and there seems
immediate prospect that this impor-
tant auxiliary to the hospital and med
ical service will have plenty to do.
Preparations for the war which was
believed to be coming have been going
on for months, and the local Red Cross
societies are in shape to render even
more efficient service than in the north
China campaign of 1900. Every year
has brought some flood, earthquake or
other disaster which has called forth
the efforts of the society, and the
prompt relief which has always been
extended is evidence of its preparedness
for service at all times. Baron Hashi-
noko is at the head of the Red Cross in
Japan.
1t may not be generally known that
a prominent physician of Chicago, DR..
Nicholas Sem, helped to organize the
Japanese Red Cross society, ard is also
one of it's directors. DR.. Sem has just
returned home from Japan. and it is
altogether likely that he will be sum-
moned to go back.
Russia, as we'll as all the other prin-
cipal powers of the world, has Red
Cross society, to supplement and
strengthen the work of the hospital
and medical service of the army, and
while it is not as well organized and
ready for work as the society of Japan,
vnd those of other countries, still it is