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The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07
THE BUILDING OF bitches.

From many sections of Seward peninsula
come the same stories, the burden of which
is the hope of the miner and prospector,
when they shall secure ditch systems to
carry water to work the ground which can
in this way only be made to yield the har-
vest for which they are laboring. This
want, however, will in time be filled. The
advantages of bitches has been already
demonstrated in the Nome section, and
there is fair promise that the era of ditch
building has just commenced. A new and
strong company will this year supply water
to hitherto unproductive region-unpro-
ductive simply because of the lack of water.
This company will open up the Hastings
creek section, an extensive one in itself and
one which is destined to produce a large
amount of gold The Gold Run country,
which for the past four years has been
handicapped for similar reason, will also
be opened up largely the coming season by
a ditch which is certain to be built. The
same is true of section of the promising
Solomon river country and of the Kou-
garok, while in Council district the Wild
Goose Mining & Trading Co. will continue
the work of ditch building which was in
augurated couple of years ago and which
has proved such great success. The Mo
Gene Ditch Co., the pioneers of Seward Pc
ninsula in ditch building, will also extend
their already large system, and thus an
other extensive area of gold bearing ground
will be made fruitful. In country where
the climatic conditions are as severe as thew
are here, and the means of transportation
limited, the wonder only is that such pro-
gress has been made The outlook for this
entire section was never so promising and
it is an absolutely safe prediction to make
that the output of gold from the placers of
Seward peninsula will steadily increase for
many years to come.
The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07

If the United States government would
make some provision for the care of the
Eskimo of this section, there probably
would be no need to expend several thou
sands of dollars annually in trying them for
high crimes and misdemeanors. One day
the government may be brought face to
face with this fact
The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07

Single Baths 75c. Six Baths for o. 90
Open Day and Night.
6Q Front Street, Nome, Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07

Mr.. E. S. Harrison, who announces his
intention to publish book, historical and
descriptive, of Seward peninsula, is we'll
qualified for the work He is a writer of
ability, and his four years residence in this
section has enabled him to inform himself
thoroughly upon all subjects of which he
will write.
The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07

The NOME NUGGT is preparing a grand
"Clean-Up Edition." which we have reasons
to believe, is going to be hummer. THE
NUGGET does nothing by halves, and we
anxiously look forward to an exceptionally
bright creation. City News.
The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07
NOTICE OF nARShAL'S SALE.

United States OF America
District Of Alaska ISIS
Second Division
Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue
q writ OF attachment, issued out Of the u
9lstrlct court for the district of Alaska, at the
instance OF the plaintiff, in the cause entitled A.
M Dlckey, plaintiff VS.. Selma Bergstrand, de-
ieo ,nH,ad nave. on the 18th day Of September
estate; situated In the city Of Nome, Cape Nome
heCordlng District District of Alaska to-wit:-
T., mat certain lot of land on the north line of
irony street In Nome, being Is feet in width and
fronting on said street and running back north.
erly therefrom Of an even width 20 feet being
aD0nt 6OO feet westerly from Claflin Bros store
on 'FRONT.' street, said property being now known
vs. Ine United States Lodging House." together
Win .ne improvements thereon:
AND that by virtue Of writ Of execution,
dated April Is, 1904, issued out of said court on
Judgment rendered in said court and cause on
me Sth Day OF April 1904. in favor Of said plain
I'm, a. M. Dickey. and against said defendant,
Selma bergstrand have, on the 36th day OF
Aprl. 1901, levied upon the following described
real estate, situated In the city of Nome, Cape
wit: ~
That certain lot Or parcel of land known n
Lot y In Block g. In said city Of Nome, situate
at the southwest corner Of street and Second
avenue In said city, together with the Improve
ments thereon;
said defendant, Selma Bergstrand, in and to the
real estate above described for sale, st public
vendue TO the highest and best bidder for cash
on tuesday, the 3lst day of May, 1904. ct
o'clock pm In front Of the United States dis
trict courthouse, at Nome, Alaska.
Dated this 2sth day Of April, 1904.
FRANK H. RICHARDS,
United States Marshal.
S4'SUot by GEO. A. LEEKLEY, Deputy.
The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07

THE NUGGETS "Spring Cleanup and
Worlds Fair Edition. is meeting with
great encouragement. Do you wish to be
represented in it !? 1t will be of great benefit
to you and this entire section.
The Nome nugget., 1904-05-07

The toot of the first steamer" will no
doubt be followed by other toots.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-17
CHAPTER XXI.
MEssAsEBE.

The boat, now lacking its propelling
power, drifted on and out into the
clear tide of the mighty stream. The
Faddlers were idle, and silence had
fallen upon all. The rush of this ma
:sstic flood, steady, mysterious, Sc
cret-keeping, created feeling of awe
Ind wonder. They gazed and gazed
again, up the great waterway. across
to its farther shore, along its rolling
course below, and still each man for
got his paddle, and still the little ship
Of New France drifted on. just rocking
gently in the mimic waves which ruff
fled the face of the mighty Father Of
the Waters
BY our Lady," cried Du Mesne, at
length, and tears stood in his tan
framed eyes as he turned. tbs true.
all that has been said! Here it is,
Messasebe, more ghty than any
story could have toi0s Monsieur Las.
it's big enough to carry ships.
e Twill carry fleets of them one day.
Du Mesne.' replied John Law. g It's
a roadway fit for nation All, Du
Mesne! our st. Lawrence, our New
France they dwindle when compared
to this new land.
Aye! and It's all our own cried
Du Mesne. Look: for the last ten
days we have scarce seen even the
smoke Of a wigwan1, and. so far as +
can tell, there is not in all this valley
now the home of single white man.
My friend Du L'hut-he may be far
north Of the Superior to-day for aught
we know, or somewhere among the
Sauteur people. II there be man below
US. let some one else tell who that
may be. Sir, ] promise you, when Z
see this big water going on so fast and
heading so far away from home well,
i admit it causes me to shiveri'
9 'Tis much the same, said Law.
where home may be for me.
"Ah, but It's different on the lakes.
said Du Mesne, for there we always
knew the way back, and knew that
twas down stream
He says WE'LL broke in Mary Con-
nynge. There is something in this
big river that chiIls me. am afraid. =
And what say you, Tete Girls. and
you. Pierre Noir?" asked Law.
Why, myself replied the former.
II am with the captain. It matters
not. There must always be one trail
from which one does not return.
Continued ON seventh Page.
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Continued ON seventh Page.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-17
tcopyright. 1902. BY Emersoi. Hough.i
CHAPTER XIX
AU LARGE.

1t was weeks after the night OF the
great storm, and the camp Of the vox-
ageurs still held its place ON the shore
of the. great Green bay The wild
game and the abundant fishes Of the
lake gave ample proyender for the
party, and the little bivouac had been
rendered more comfortable in many
ways best known to those dwellers
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
LADY Of SKIBO IS
BECOMING A SCOT
Wants Scottish Atmosphere
About Her Houses and
Loves Golf.
Special Foreign Service.

Special Foreign Service.
/ ONDON, May 14.-Mrs. Andrew
- Carnegie sat, quite recently, for
the accompanying photograph, which
her friends consider one of the best
she has ever had taken. Sharing her
::sashand's tastes for country life, and
aiming in all things to be a companion
to him, Mrs. Carnegie cares little for
the allurements of society, and, save
when dispensing the generous hospital
ity of Skibo castle to it's fortunate
guests, is little seen by those who fig
ure most conspicuously in the London
Whirl of wealth and fashion.
Probably few persons, apart from
the Carnegie intimates, realize how
much the Laird of SEibo is assisted by
his wife in working out the details Of
his various schemes. Some of them
are said to be suggested in the first
instance by her. Before her marriage
the former Miss Louise Whitfield was,
Of course. personally concerned with
many New York philanthropic societies
and we'll known worker among the
poor of American cities.
Although an American woman, Mrs
Carnegie is almost as enthusiastic as
her husband in her admiration for
Scotland and things Scottish, and finds
an outlet for her artistic tastes in en-
bellishing her residences here and in
America with those decorative schemes
and ornamental devices which impart
to them a distinctive Scottish atmos-
phere.
Among the recreations in which she
delights almost equally with Mr.. Car
negie is golf, and the vigorous exer-
else she thus obtains accounts in no
small measure for the excellent health
she enjoys. The Carnegie golfing box
at Chauncey, near the famous links
of the St. Andrews Golf club, in Scot
land, was designed by her. and first
led to the discovery that she possessed
rare architectural talents, which she
has since been at some pains to culti-
vate.
Mrs. Carnegie is an ardent believer
in her husbands doctrines that the
possession of wealth carries with it an
obligation to help others rise above the
obstacles of poverty to careers Of USE
fulness and happiness. Probably, how
ever, she would hardly subscribe to his
declaration, made, by the way, before
he was married, that "tne man who
dies rich dies disgraced," for it is Ger
tain that their one child, Margaret.
will never be left dependent on her
own exertions for a living. But it is
well known that Mrs. Carnegie has
more than once avowed her purpose
Of doing her best to train her daughter
to spend money wisely that others NAV
profit by it, and not devote it to In
duigence in selfish luxuries. Apart
from participation in her husbands
charities, Mrs. Carnegie devotes much
OF her private purse to beneficent OBJ
Jects, both here and in America. but
this is done so unostentatiously that
the world hears nothing of it.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

trying now with palette and with clay
dogs, horses and other animals still
holding his preference as models. Then
he and his father came to Paris. the
rest Of the family remaining in Poland.
Jan Styka had grown used to his sons
companionship, grown used to his pres
ence in his studio, and so brought him
with him.
In Paris the reproach was made to
Styka that the boys education (save
the mark) was being neglected. so the
father, as he thought in duty bound,
as much against his own will as his
sons, sent him to the Jesuit Fathers
in the Rue de Vaugirard. 1t is to be
feared that in science and mathematics
Tada was considered inattentiye; but
ne brought back the gold medal for
drawing.
Another development followed. One
day the boy brought to his father a
life-size canvas depicting his concep-
tlOn of SilenuS, the rubicund Baccha-
nalian with the vine leaves in his hair
1t was impossible to dispute further;
the boy at eleven years of age had de-
clared himself born painter.
Yet even then the father was not
quite sure. They were living in that
great block of studios on the Place
Pfgalle, which Puvis de Chavannes and
so many others have rendered Illus
next door, and Styka went to see them
and ask them to judge the work. The
reply was decisive. The Jesuit fathers
saw Tada Styka no more; he came to
live with his father-two comrades Git
is his fathers own expression) work.
ing together in their art.
Thenceforward they abided together,
fellow artists sharing one studio, but
certainly equals. 1t was with the Quo
Vadis' pictures that they inaugurated
their partnership-for the boy is re-
SponSible for no inconSiderable part Of
them. All the animals are his, the lions
and tigers in the arena, the swans at
Agrippa's feast, Lygta's greyhound and
the galloping horse Of Vinicius And
his is not only the execution, but even
the conception and design, sketched
from nature or created from imagina-
ton.
The boy next did his portrait of Toll
stoy, which was hung in the Paris
salon of last year and created no little
attention. But he still worked on,
never taking lessons, never having TAX
en- lessons, offering, on the contrary,
advice to his father which might easily
have emanated from a veteran in the
art. Heller, their next door neighbOr,
came in occasionally, and gave him
valuable hints; but there were never
any lessons, or semblanee of them, for
the reason lit is Jan Styka again who
speaks) that this boy Of thirteen had
already acquired his art by natural
gift.
He has just sent in two canvases to the
Salon. which were instantly accepted: A
portrait of his father and-strange and
difficult introspection-a portrait of him
self. In the studio, among other works.
there hang two studies of "Ecce Homo"
and study Of the Flight Of Icarus," not
yet finished. There are, too innumerable
drawings, as well as several works of
sculpture, including one of long-haired
greyhound, which is wonderfully clever.
This last manifestation Of his genius, for
genius it must be called, is perhaps the
most striking of all. The father is not
sculptor, and so could not have taught
Tada had he wished~ The boy somehow
got hold of handful Of clay. and when
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
Observation-Disclosures
Young American Woman Is Driving Hard Bargains
With London Sharks.

not her intention to set up a London
establishment for some time, and when
she has occasion to come to London
she VIII stay at one of the fashionable
family hotels. She is getting tired of
the increasing excitement of the Lon
don season and her intention is to
live more In the country in the fu-
ture. If she had her choice she would
prefer Lord Craven's other place iu
Berkshire, but his lordship's connec-
tion with the Berkshire yeomanry
makes it necessary for him to reside
there during a portion Of the year.
Coombe Abbey is an expensive place
to maintain, and as it Is the intention
of the Martins to live quietly for some
time it is not expected that they will
spend much of their time there. The
fact that the servants, except. those
who will be transferred to Chesterfield
house, are about to be discharged, is
taken as an indication that Coombe
Abbey Will not see many social func-
tons for some time. Whatever enter
tanning the Martins may do during the
present year will be done during the
shooting season at their Scotch home
in Invernesshire.
The Hon. John Lee Carroll, of Mary
land. has been since his arrival in
England a constant visitor to the
house of commons, where he has been
taking much interest in the debates.
He appears to have friends among all
sections of politicians. One evening he
was the guest of John Redmond, the
leader of the Irish party, the next day
he was escorted by Mai Seeley, who
is in revolt against the Tories on the
subject of Chinese labor in South
Africa and the fiscal policy of Joseph
Chamberlain. while later on in the
evening he was the guest of the prime
minister at the Carlton club. He is
going to Ireland about the end of April
with the intention of seeing how the
Irish people will receive the king and
viii do" Killarney and the south of
Ireland before he returns to the UnfteN
States.
If King Edward had his own way
he would divide his time about equally
between sport and science. It is not
generally known that he is an e1thusf-
astlc weather prophet, and wh&n he
had the time he was a devoted student
of geology. Since he came to the throne
he has had each of the royal resi-
dences fitted up with an observatory.
ana on clear nights he occupies some
hours on the roofs studying and OBJ
serving the heavens. For a private
observatory, the one at F'rogmore is
one of the most scientifically eouipped
in Europe. When his majesty is not In
residence there, he insists that a couy
tions be sent to HIN each day. and
these he carefully cofapares with cor
responding periods dNring previous
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15
G|F TED BOY ARTIST COMES FROM POLAND
fad Ska Whose Work Has Made Age Thirteen Is ComO
to
Special Foreign Service.
II ARTS Nav 1A-Tba,

Special Foreign Service.
ID ARIS, May 14.-There soon viii
arrive In New York, en- route for
st. Louis and the exposition, a painter
of the age of thirteen, with an estab-.
lished European reputation already at
the back of him. A strange boy, as
may be imagined; an anomaly in every
sense of the word; with nothing Of the
characteristics of his years, gifted with
a talent marvelously mature His name
is Tada (Thaddeus) Styka.
The little prodigy's father IS Jan
Styka, a painter known the world over
as the illustrator of Sienkiewicz's Quo
Vadis." He is an Austrian subject,
born at Lemberg (Poland); and, left
an orphan at an early age, was soon
studying art, and earning his living at
it meanwhile in Vienna and Rome. He
returned hom in $780, and there painted
his magnificent composition Of Polo
nia'-his motherland personified by
tortured woman, around her the great
ones among her children protesting in
the face of heaven. This excited such
admiration that public subscription
was set on foot to purchase it, and it
now hangs in the place of honor in the
town hall of Styka's~ native city Of
Lemberg. Any reproduction OF the
painting is forbidden in Russia. A
friend Of the artist at Warsaw was
discovered with a print Of it in his
possession and is still in prison per-
haps in Siberia, for this dire offense.
Jan Styka next accepted a commits
sion from Paderewsl<i to paint the
(NPIIRifivfnTN nj
of 1894 in the Holy Land; the result
was his "Golgotha, the Place OF
Skulls which was first shown in Pad
erewski's palace at Warsaw, but is
now on its way to ST. Louis. He was
also the painter Of that huge pano-
rama Of "Nero's Circus" which was
one of the features of the Paris expo
sition of 1900.
The work, however, which has es-
tablished his international reputa atfon.
must be held to be the pictures to "Quo
Nad1s." In a series of fifteen gigantic
canyases he has portrayed the prin-
elpaI scenes of that famous book with
an accuracy, detail and an emotional
effect that none but a genius could at
tain to.
1t was during the progress Of these
Quo Vadis" pictures that his son.
little Tada, manifested his talent and
finished by convincing his father Of Ii,
sternest and most exacting critic Of.
them all. M. Styka has five sons; the
other four played with their toys or
indulged in rough-and- tumble; but
Tada, the eldest, remained in his ia
Tiers studio, looking with wondering,
reflective eyes at the work going on
around him. Then he would pick up a
pencil lying near, and without a word
begin to sketch the objects that caught
his notice. Still life. or parts Of his
fathers paintings; but principally, first
Of all, animals, commencing with the
domestic cat lying sleeping upon a
cushion.
The father at first paid no heed,
busy in his own work, and thinking
nothing Of these boyish fancies; but
his friends and visitors began to ques-
ton and to prophesy. For the boy was
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-15

years. His medical advisers know
that his meteorological enthusiasm has
cost him many a severe cold
The promised arrival Of the artist
Jan van Beers from Paris comes as
most welcome news to many of the
beautiful American society women in
London, who have hopes of persuad-
ing the master to let them give him
Sittings for their portrait For, all this
artists most notable successes have
been with the portraits of the fair
ones from the United States His
great patron in England is Lily, Dow
ager Duchess of Marlborough, and it
was as mark Of gratitude to her and
her husband that Jan van Beers gave
the famous supper a few years ago
to the Continental gallery, when the
late Duke of Marlborough was the
guest Of honor. and John Aird, the
great engineer of Nile fame, was also
special guest. The table around
which the guests sat was of crystal,
lit up from beneath by electric lights.
The menu was no less than a foot long
and the dinner itself one series of sur
prises. pie was brought in and
placed before Jan van Beers, and when
this was cut, out came flight of
Java sparrows. Magic lantern views
were thrown upon the ceiling, and for
the entertainment of the guest artists
so varied in methods as Melba and
Florence st. John, the musical comedy
favorite, warbled from behind a. screen.
One point always to be remembered
was the profusely befrilled shirt worn
on this occasion by Jan van Beers
who was the host to some forty to
fifty men, leading representatives Of
all the arts and professions.
This protege of the Americans in
London and on the continent is COM
Ing to England, however, not in his
capacity as a great portrait painter,
put, on the contrary, to hold an exhi-
bition of his landscape work at the
Dowdeswel galleries in May, for he is
most anxious to prove that the man
who is portrait painter can also be a
landscapist
1t looks now as If the mueh-desired
visit Of the king and queen to the
Duke and Duchess of Manchester at
kylemore castle early in May will be
called off after all-not on account of
any royal disposition to snub the Gin
cinnati duchess, but because the Irish
Workmen engaged to turn the -beauti-
fut castle inside out have not made
very rapid progress. There are 100
workmen in the place now, and much
yet remains to be done The castle is
to be decorated mostly in white and
gold, but there is to be a royal suites'
especially designed for the use of the
king and queen, which is to be done
up in white and pink. After much eIab-
crate arrangements for the greatest
social honor that can be achieved by
British host and hostess. the Man
cheSterS are feeling rather cut I'D at
the prospect, and it is said that the
king, in order to show that there is no
in-feeling, is going to try run. over to
Kylemore for few days fishing when
he gets to the west of Ireland. All
newspaper men are now rigidIy ex-
cluded from the castle.
Lady Mary. 4