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The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
Notice of Forfeiture,

To Silvey Boldrini, S. Albasini, l.. Pogniante ]. MaiOla, G. Nallio, you and each of your heirs and assigns
 You and each of you are hereby notified that L the undersigned, have caused to be performed work labor and services of at least S20U upon the following placer mining claim for the yeurN 1902 and 1903. flO1 worth of work being per formed by me, and at my expense, during each of said years. to-wit Placer mining claim No < above discovery on Nenczia creek. d tributary of EldoradO creek in the Cape Nome recording district, District of Alaska.
 And you are further notified that if you dc not, within ninety days from the date of the final publication hereof, cause to be paid to the undersigned your propOrtiOnate share of such expenditure as cO-ownerS, your interest in said claim will become the property of the under signed. under Section 2324. Revised Statutes of the United States.
 Date of first publication, Feb 2O lg0i
 Date of final publication May 2l lg04.
 BARNEY ROLANnO. CO-Owner of the Aforesaid Property.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
Notice of Forfeiture,

To F. w. Wilmans. Francis Perinnet Samuel
 Y Conkln:
 You and each Of you are hereby notified that we, the undersigned. have caused to be perform ed work services and labor of tbe value of al least one hundred dollars on the following de Scribed placer mining claim, for each of the years ending Dec. 3l, 1902. and 1903 to-wit Placer claim No. above Hayden'S discovery or Gold Run, in Port Clarence recording district District of Alaska.
 And you are further notified that if you dc not, within ninety (9O) days from the date oi final publication hereof, cause to be paid to the undersigned your propOrtionate share of SaiC expenditure as co-ownerS, your interests in sait claim will become the property of the under signed under section 232i Revised Statutes o the United States.
 Date Of first publication March ,, 1904 Date of final publication June {, l90i
 F. C. SULLIVAN, 5 EMILY LEE GRICE.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
Notice of Forfeiture.

To |. M. Thompson, l.. A. Thompson. ChaS RusSel and Finlay Mcintosh, your heirs, as signs and personal representatives:
 You and each of you are hereby notified that l have expended the sum of at least one hun dred dollars in labor and improvem eutS during the year 1903 upon the placer mining claim known and recorded as No. below discovery on Bourbon creek, u tributary of Dry creek. it the Cape Nome recording district in the Second division of the District of Alaska in order tC hold said claim under the provisions of the laws of the United States concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said claim for the period end ing on the 3St day of December, 1903; and if within ninety days after the last publication of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditures your interest in said claim will become the property of the undersigned. your co-uwucr, who has made the expenditure required by the terms of said law Dated Nome, Alaska, Jan g 1901
 FRANK NJ. LANG.
 Co-DWncr in Said Claim. First publication, Jan. 23. 1904.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Henry K. Hill. Margarette kittlewcl. MilC
 Waldron. C. w. Turner, Jasper Doane. Sid
 ney Barbee. Charles Williams and Franl
 Herbert.
 You and each Of YOn are hereby notified tha l, the undersigned, have caused to be performed and have performed, work, labor and services o the value of at least one hundred dollars or each of the following placer mining claims. to wit: Right limit bench claim No Seventeen OJ right limit bench claim No Twcnty-fOur CD situated on Osborn creek. q tributary of Nome river. and the Planet group of placer mining claims. situated on Irish Hill. being in the Cape Nome mining and recording district, District of Alaska.
 And you are further notified that unless you within ninety days after the date of services on you Of this notice, by publication, contribute your proportionate shares of the expenditures so made as aforesaid as co owner. your interests in said claims will become the property of the undersigned under section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amend ment thereto.
 Date Of first publication Feb. 6, 1904
 F.. C. LEHFELDT. CO-OWnpr.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
AmeS Co.'S Steamer.

II. G. Martens, local manager of the Ames Mercantile Co. is in receipt of information from San Francisco to the effect that the company will charter a steamer on which they will bring their own supplies to Nome this year. This company handles annually 6OOO or more tons of goods, and the steamer will probably make at least three trips dur ing the season.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
"SPRING CLEANUP" EDITION
"

IAN NUGGET a SPRING CLEANUP NV
 ceen paper. For past representatives NUGGET visiting mining securing data for publication.
 The information which will be published will possible make this edition of THE disseminating Seward peninsula thousands
 will Louis where will building edition therefore will furnish information this mineral will medium Alaska articles published concerning and the which for the investment
 THE NUGGETS facilities for printing edition in Alaska it's will will ncacuable the mining of the peninsula
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
Dry Goods Stock Sold.

The Ames Mercantile Co.,, have pur- chesed, at d nominal price the dry goods, gents furnishings, and clothing stocks of the x. A. T. X T. Co.,, and are offering the goods regardless of
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
Notice of Forfeiture.

To ihaS. k lttrldge. A. J. Montgomery, Fred
 Moss. George Lamar, S M. HumeS ChaS
 Ru>>cl, your heirs, assigns and personal rep
 rcStuIaliNtS.
 You and each of you are hereby notified that l have expended the sum of over two hun dred dollars in labor and improvements during the years 1902 and 1903 upon the Washington placer mining claim, l6O-acre tract located on MuCklOck creek, a tributary to Hogum creek, recorded in vol. 1, page igl, in the Good Hope recording district. now the Port Ciareucc re cOrdng district in the second judicial division of the District of Alaska in order to hold said claim. under provisions of the laws of the Unit ed states concerning annual labor upon mining claims. being the amount required to hold said claim for the periods ending on the 3lSt day of December. lSO2. and 3l>t day of December, 1903 and if within Ho days after the last publication of this notice, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion Of such expenditures, your in tercSt in said claim will become the property of the uudrr~igned, your cO-OWncr. who has made the expenditures required by the terms of said laws.
 First publication Jan 3o 1904
 Last publication April 3U 1901.
 r. NJ LANG. S tO-OWnCr in said claim
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23

If you want to have your claim sur veyed and plated go and see Otto dalla. He will charge you from BIO up, according to location of claim. You can see him at any time at Eul's, Front street.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23

Dr. Smith, 3l6 Front street, Nome, over the Valhalla, is prepared to treat Rheumatism and kindred diseases suc- cessfully: outside prices; consultation | free
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23

hundred pounds, according to fineness. Before the artificial graphite was in- troduced the mineral found pure in a natural state brought as high as $40 a pound. believe a ledge or large body of graphite, if easy of access. would be worth holding on to. The uses of graphite are numerous, such as for ''lead" pencils, reducing or diminish ing the friction of machinery, for mak- ing crucibles. polish for stoves, and in electrotyping.
 Ques.-ls there an instrument that will give the elevation of land above sea level, without the aid of measure ments? If so, would like to know the name of the same. BIO.
 Ans.-Yes, there is such an instru- ment, but conditions are so exacting to insure success with the same that it is very little used. The instrument is called a barometer.
 %uOS' hO PoPCiS dic Hdh luS HluCn ado about the discovery of pitch blende in the vicinity of Dawson. Now I would like to know if there is any way to recognize the mineral? Is pitch blende and uranium one and the same |?
 SUBSCRIBER.
 Ans.-Pitch-b up to within the last two or three years had no attrac- tion for people not interested in min- sralogy. For this reason very little has been written about the mineral. Oxide of uranium and pitch-blende are one and the same, in the same sense as cinnabar and mercury. Pitch -blende occurs massive, sometimes takes on a crystal-like form, and is also found in grains. It is quite heavy, has spe- cific gravity equal to the ores of tin, and is nearly as heavy as pure tin. It is sometimes magnetic, and will be- come magnetic if heated in the reduc- ing flame of blowpipe. The best way to recognize the mineral is by its physical characteristics. The luster is sub-metallic to pitch-like and dull; color, grayish, greenish, brownish to velvet-black. It is also very brittle.
 J. POTTER WHITTREN.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23

Ques.-I would like to know the weight of the largest steel rails used in the construction of railroads. Will you please give the weight in pounds per running foot? M.
 Ans.-I have been out of touch with railroad work for some time, but in 1896 the largest rail used on the East ern roads weighed 90 pounds per yard, or 30 pounds to the running foot. I believe that during the past two years steel rails have been laid weighing in the neighborhood of 50 pounds to the running foot. The standard length of steel rails is 30 feet. In the West 9O- pound steel ito the yard) is the largest laid. In the East, where the schedule running time is mile minute, heavy rails and rock ballast roadbeds are es- sential.
 Ques.-Will you please tell me through the columns of THE NUGGET lttic uuouu graphite WOulu ilho to know if it has any value? Would a ledge of it be worth holding on to, and what use is made of it?
 SALT LAKE.
 Ans.-Graphite is form of carbon, often called black lead or plumbago. The name comes from the Greek word ''grapho," meaning ito write" It has very nearly the same chemical com position as anthracite coal, and is found in beds or masses, and some. times in lodges. A very large per cent of commercial graphite is made arti- ficially from by-product in the mak- ing of coal gas. It has very high melting point, and is not acted upon by acids.
 Pure graphite has a certain market value, which varies from Sl to slO per
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-23
1nquiries...
 and AnsWers

Un this column questions of general interest will be answered. Address all communications to J. Potter Whittren, care of THE NUGGET)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15
H0tO Toung'S Men
Ue1t to Chapel

When General Young was i'll com
mand Of the northern forces in Luz
zon, with his headquarters i'll Vigan,
the chaplain came to him one day and
complained:
General, the cavalrymen won't at-
tend chapel at ALL I feel quite dis
couraged about them Couldn't YOU
use your influence with them?"
II will post an order at once" re-
piled the General.
NO" protested the chaplain. III
don't want men to be compelled to
come to my services. Lit must be vol
untary. But you might post an or
der excusing the cavalry men from in
fantry drill on Sunday who attend
services"
But we don't have drill on Sundays,
and don't want To begin now"
Il know" smiled the chaplain, but
you won't need To have any drills If
you word the order as say
The order was tried, and next Sun
day the chapel was crowded BY the
cavalrymen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15

and found him deep in work. On the
easel was canvas most carefully
worked out in coloring and design.
On the broad wall there was the
rough sketch for a cathedral window
in stained glass, and each detail of
this was as carefully planned as
though it were in place in the church
which it will help to decorate when
the time comes.
But Mr.. LaFarge was not inter
ested just then, either in the little pic
ture Or the great cartoon for the ca
thedral window. | found him sur
rounded by litter of books-and all
of them relating to the work of
Michael Angelo. | asked him why he
wanted so many Of these books. L
am writing bit Of an essay on the
work of Michael Angelo he replied,
and I am hunting for the right adjec-
tive to describe one of his pictures
"And that is the attitude Of the
man. He will hunt for days to find
the right adjective to use in one of
his sentences, just as he hunts for the
right color to use in his pictures. But
then, after it is all finished, Mr.. La
Fargo let's it 60 He has no further
use for the thing which he considers
the best that he can do And that is
why I say he is a fine example Of the
man who is absolutely accurate-and
inconsequent. He forgets his own
work, but the rest Of US enjoy it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15
John LdFarge, Uriter and Painter

TN ALL the writings about Japan
and its people, there is one
IL sentence in English which
stands out as a gen." said one
whose business it is to know good
English when he sees it. ct is a bit
of dedicatory sentence which John
LaFarge made at the beginning of his
book, An Artists Letters From
Japan
"'And you, too, Okakura San;
| wish to put your name before
these notes, written at the time
when | first met you, because the
memories of your talks are con-
nected with my liking of your
country and of its story
TN his works." said the speaker,
Mr.. LaFarge presents the best ex-
ample of the absolutely accurate,
combined with the inconsequent.
don't know that | make the meaning
exactly clear, but what | mean to
say is that Mr. LaFarge is one Of the
most nearly perfect workmen in the
art of writing good English, and the
painting of good pictures, that we
have to-day.
Il was in his studio the other day
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15

Ramsgate, the principal fishing town
in Kent, once told me that month
rarely passed without an inquest on
drowned woman.
There is no limit to the bravery and
self-sacrifice of these daughters of the
sea. Their husbands are often life
boatmen, who are called upon a score
OF times every winter to face what
looks like certain death in the forlorn
hope Of saving a shipwrecked crew.
In my boyhood days at Ramsgate |
saw these men hang back more than
once, thinking of their families; but
their wives always sent them to the
boat, and smiled to hide their unshed
tears.
One terrible December day in 1885
the worst storm known in years ragged
along the Kentish coast, and large
schooner was driven on the sands
within hundred feet of the great
stone pier that encloses Ramsgate
harbor. Thousands Of people watched
the waves breaking over the doomed
vessel and could see the men in the
rigging stretching Out their hands and
imploring rescue The lifeboat had
gone out to another wreck on the fatal
Goodwin Sands, many miles away.
The wind was blowing furiously in
shore, and in its teeth the defective
rocket apparatus could not propel
life line to the ship Two boats were
launched to go to the rescue. but they
capsized in the terrible sea as soon as
they got outside the harbor, and three
men Of their crews were drowned.
No man seemed anxious to make
another trial, but two fsher-women
got into a yawl and called for volun-
teers to go with them. Other wo-
men responded, but the men had been
shamed into action. A dozen Of them
manned the yawl and saved the crew
of the wrecked schooner after des-
perate struggle with the wind and
waves.
WILLIAM THORP.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15

watching him while busy at play.
suppose SO" she replied, looking
at her son with the patient, unfathom-
able sadness that abides always with
the women of the fsher-folk. "You
know that the sea claims all Of us.
He cares for nothing else now, and
it is Of no use for me to try to put
him to any other trade. He will be a
fisherman, like his father and his
grandfather, and perhaps be drowned
like them"
The women toilers Of the sea follow
many vocations besides that Of fish
ing in deep waters They draw the
seine along the shore, gather bait on
the beach, wade waist-deep on the
mud fats with a shrimp net as the
tide comes in, climb precipitous cliffs
to pluck samphire and other sea
flowers for which there is a ready sale
in the neighboring towns, and unload
and pack in fish trunks the silverv
cargoes brought into port by the fish
ing fleets.
The sea takes its toll of many of
these women. Often they are caught
by the treacherous tide and drowned
on desolate shore long before they
can be rescued by the boats which al
ways put out from their native ham
let when they are late in returning.
Sometimes they fall from the cliffs
while collecting sampiire, and are
crushed almost out of human likeness
on the rocks below, or-most terrible
fate of all--await with broken limbs
inevitable death from the slowly adj
vancing tide. Every community Of
fisher-folk has tragedies of that ma
ture in its annals. The coroner OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15
A Characteristic Rockefeller Trait.

A Characteristic Rockefeller Trait.
When John D. Rockefeller is at his
Pocantico Hills estate his chief com
panions are the three young sons Of a
New York broker who lives a mile
or SO distant. Three or four evenings
week Mr. Rockefeller sends his car
riage down for the youngsters. Then
he plays games with them, such as par
chest and dominoes, at which Mr.
Rockefeller invariably wins.
The eldest Of the boys-he is about
I2-was asked by his father not long
ago why it was their host always
came off victorious.
well, I'll tell you father" said the
diplomatic youth, "Mr. Rockefeller, he
gets cross if we beat him, so we just
let him win"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15
Stoddard's Modestv.

AS is not the case with many pres
et1t day celebrities, no one could justly
accuse Richard I'll. Stoddard with Be-
ing pulled up with an exaggerated idea
of his own greatness.
well, said friend to him several
years before his death, the papers
will say lot about you when you
die"
my friend" was the poets quiet
reply, II will scarcely be mentioned"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15

HE women work, as well as
weep, in hundreds of fisher
Is towns and villages on the
coasts Of England and Scot
land, from the Forelands to the DIRK
neys. They do not merely trim their
lamps and look out on the storm and
wiring their hands FOR those who will
never come home to the town." They
are toilers of the sea, like their hus-
bands and brothers and sweethearts,
Injured to the same hardships, often
exposed to the same perils, and dis
tinguishing themselves by the same
heroic deeds.
Years ago, at the fishing hamlet Of
Receivers, in Kent, | knew two wo-
men whose life work and life story
were typical-mother and daugh-
ter. Their ages were about thirty
and sixty. They owned a small yawl,
in which they went out fishing every
day, supporting themselves by sell
ing the fish in the neighboring town
of Herne Bay.
The husband of the old woman had
been fisherman. Soon after his
daughters marriage he was drowned
in terrible storm that overwhelmed
the Yarmouth trawling feet, to which
his fishing smack was attached. Scores
of ships went down in that storm, and
hundreds of fishermen persisted. 1t
happened over twenty years ago, but
it is still the most vivid of all mem
cries to the jewellers along the coasts
of Kent, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.
You can hardly go into a fisher town
or village there without meeting wo-
men who were widowed by that storm
and children who were made orphans.
The daughters husband, a strapping
young lifeboatman, gave a home to
his mother-in-law; but, after two sons
had been born to him, he also was
drowned while out in the lifeboat
trying to save the crew of stranded
bark.
The sad case of the women, left
alone with two helpless babies, ex
cited much sympathy and money was
subscribed with the idea of setting
them UP in some small business. But
the salt of the sea ran in their blood.
Their ancestors had been isher-folk
for generations, and they could hardly
conceive Of any way of living except
by the sea. They bought yawl with
the money, and the grandmother went
fishing, hiring boy to help her. In
a few years, when the children could
be left alone, the daughter took the
place of this boy Sometimes she al
lowed her elder child, youngster of
eight, to accompany her.
rs he going to be a fisherman,
too?" I asked her one day, as we were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15

DRAKE Coat Of Arms. hand painted, for fran
Oi"''N- ing. q. Joos Aston Library. New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-15

Three fishers went sailing away TO
the West,
Away to the West as the sun went
down;
Each thought on the woman who
loved him the best,
And the children stood watching
them out of the town;
For men must work, and women must
weep,
And there's little to earn, and many
to keep,
Though the harbor bar be moaning
Charles Kingsley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

ing and experience of the armies of Rus sia and Japan, expressed his amusement at the popular impression that as soon as the scene of'th war in the East shift ed from sea to land there would be a corresponding change in the favor or fortune.
 Why" he said, q knew the makeup of both armies. Whatever may be said of the officers, the line of the Russian land forces is made up of badly paid,
 badly housed, badly fed men of low grade of intelligence. They are in poor mental and physical condition, and they are not personally interested one way or the other in the outcome of any war
 in which they may be ordered to engage.
 ''On the other hand, it Is hard to u1- derstand the amazing qualifications of the Japanese rank and file. These little
 brown men-in strong contrast to their enemies-have all Aeen we'll taken care of. They are well paid, well housed, and full of intelligence. Every one of these little brown fellows Is trained like an athlete, and the army is always kept,
 even individually, in the best of condi- tlons. From the highest officer down to and through the men behind the guns they are all enthusiasts, and all have studied and become familiar with the topography of the country in which they are now called upon to fight. Far from matters changing when naval fights give place to land battles, I expect to see the
 real surprise come when the Japs meet the Russians ashore"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
HopEFIT1, AND 1NsPrRrNo.

The Advertiser thoroughly agrees with The Chattanooga Times that the article written by MT. Cleveland for The satur- day Evening Post is 'the most hopeful and inspiring utterance we have read in many long day; and all Democrats who read 1t, whether they approve MT. Cleve- land as a candidate or not, must have been immensely encouraged by its true ring of enthusiasm. MT. Cleveland was most hapy in the choice of language with which he expressed himself, and every thing he said had most significant point. It was the keynote of the cam paign and indicates the course we will have to pursue If we expect to win. Mir. Cleveland does not write like an ambi- tious candidate with a grievance; he | talks like a Democrat, breathing the l spirit of devotion to his country and loyalty to his party's principles. He is
 not candidate and does not write as man who wants office; he tells us what
 he believes we ought to do as a party
 bury our differences, get together on the
 old-tirhe principles and policies upon
 which we can all agree. and then we can win."