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The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09
ALASKA PIONEER FARMERS.

As early as 1865 the Russians were suc- cessful in raising turnips, radishes and let tuce at St. Michael, Unalaklik, Nulato and other points along the Yukon. On the
 Yukon they also raised potatoes in consid- erable quantities. They tried to raise cab bage at St. Michael and potatoes as well,
 but they did not succeed. Potatoes were regularly planted at Fort Yukon for several years. They grew fairly we'll, though the tubers were small. The white, round tur- nips grown at St. Michael from European seed were particularly fine in quality and size, frequently attaining a weight of six or seven pounds. They were crisp and sweet
 The Russians preserved the tops also in vinegar for winter use. Potatoes have been cultivated in almost every Aleutian village since the beginning of the nineteenth cen
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

that Christianity is safe in the hands of University men:
 'I believe in one God present in nature as law in science as truth, in art as beauty, in history as justice, in society as sympathy, in conscience as duty, and supremely in Christ as our highest ideal.
 "I believe in the Bible as the expression of Gods will through men in prayer as the devotion of mans will to God and in the church as the fellowship of those who try to do Gods will in the world
 'I believe in worship as the highest in- spiration to work in sacrifice as the price we must pay to make right what is wrong in salvation as growth out of selfishness in to service in eternal life as the survival of what loves and is lovable in each individual and in judgment as the obvious fact that the condition of the gentle, the generous, the modest, the pure, and the true is always and everywhere preferable to that of the cruel, the sensual, the mean, the proud and the false"
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

Councilman Hoxsie, at the last meeting of the city council, stated in plain terms that there was some sort of ''monkey busi ness'' being practiced in the way of disI charging men accused of crime in the mu- nicipal court. He also intimated that this was done in order to "catch votes next April" And so "hop heads" and petty larcenists were turned loose to prey upon the public. The charge would be serious in any other community than Nome, and even as it is it would seem to demand investiga- tiOn of some kind.
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

There are men in every community who would swear that black is white and vice versa, in order to 'carry their point" This is apropos of the Silsby fire engine pur- chased last summer from Mr. Moses. The machine is not new, yet in all fairness it seems to us that it should be given credit for what it can do. The test made the other day, to any appropriated observer, was a fair one. It worked well, and threw one stream of water with great force. It is a one-stream machine, however, and in case of big fire one-stream machine would be found to be a godsend
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

In trying to make plea for economy a certain city councilman says that the chief of police should prosecute persons charged with crime in the municipal court. Yet the same councilman voted for an increase in the salary of the city attorney. And if the city attorney is not expected to attend to cases in the municipal court, pray what is expected of him? Drawing his salary and city ordinances
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09
CHRISTIANITY AND COLLEGES.

Centuries ago, in 1543, when COpernicus came along and said the earth was round, and that it's movements were controlled by natural laws and not directly by a Divine Being, the churchmen of the day did not like it. They liked it still less when Oar wln came forward later with his great law of evolution, asserting that all orders of life developed naturally from lower orders, and were not especially created or immediately influenced by any Supreme Power. They held that such theories belittled God and tended toward atheism. In 1883, because Calico knew more about science and astron- omy than his contemporaries and believed in the Copernican theory, he was forced to renounce his belief. This is only one in stance out of thousands that history has witnessed where science and religion have come into conflict. In more or less mOdi- fled form the breach still exists today. It has long been a prominent tendency among the rank and file of the Church to regard with shaking heads the attitude of scientific men and intellectualists toward religion. The feeling has been that the advance of learning meant the retreat of faith, that the teachings of science and religion could not be recOnciled, that the more one knows about the natural laws of the world the less one believes in God. Some have gone so far as to claim that college education pro- duces infidelity, or at least a strong element of skepticism.
 A valuable article in a recent number of the Outlook should go far toward helping matters in this direction. It ought to some what quiet the fears of those who imagine that scientific research breeds atheism, or that higher education destroys a mans re- ligion. It stands as strong evidence of it's kind that man can consistently be faithful to both his religious and his scientific in. stincts. The article referred to is entitled "The Creed of College Men" It contains a frank statement by Lord Kelvin, probably the most famous scientist living today, to the effect that the tenets of religion and science are recOncilable. This statement of Lord Kelvin, we believe, may be justly taken as representative of the views held by the highest scientists. "Do not be afraid' he writes, ''of being freethinkers." " If you think strongly enough you will be forced by science to the belief in God, which is the foundation of all religion.
 The special interest, however, that at taches itself to this article comes from the fact that at two typical American colleges, Dartmouth and Bowdoin, all the members of the graduating senior class were asked to define, individually, on a paper, as exactly as possible, what they believed and what they did not believe Out of their various replies a composite creed was made to which every man gave his unqualified assent This creed is herewith reprinted in full It should go far towards reassuring alarmists
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

Surveys for Patent, Estimates and Gradee for bitches and General Engineering. once: 2sO Front Street. opp. Bodegs Saloon
 Nome, Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09
THE MYSTERIOUS SALMON.

A correspondent writes THE NUGGET concerning the 'habits and habitat of the salmon" In reply we may say that it's habits and habitat are little known This much was the full sum of knowledge possessed up to within very recent period. At certain seasons of the year salmon appear in large numbers at the mouths of various streams and start on journey to the headwaters. Up various creeks and other tributaries the salmon proceed until shallow water is reached, and there they spawn and milt is deposited. Between the time when the salmon appeared at the mouth of the river on the way to the spawning ground, and their reappearance the next season, nothing was known of them. They are not caught in the waters of the ocean or seen there save at the commencement of the spawning season.
 It was an open question at one time whether the salmon returned to the sea after spawning. It is now generally be- lieved that they do not, and that all which ascend the rivers for spawning, perish there. Their life work is ended when they make provision for the preservation of their species. It was then found that the young spawn, after reaching certain age, de- seconded to the ocean, returning only when fully matured. By a series of exhaustive experiments it was determined to the satis- faction of many observers that the salmon which were spawned in one stream returned to that particular stream and to no other, when it came their time to spawn. The salmon from one stream debouching into the salt water directly generally differ in some particulars from those found in a stream not far distant. The Fraser river fish, for example, is never found in the riv- CTS emptying into Puget sound
 The whole theory of fish hatcheries is based upon this pecularity-or alleged pecularity-of the salmon. It has been urged on behalf of the establishment of hatcheries that the fish which are turned out of those hatcheries; in time, will return to their native waters, and thus that con- stant and inexhaustible supply of salmon for all time can be assured in any river by the simple process of protecting spawn and young fish until they are able to hold their own against their enemies in the battle of life
 Now come the scientific gentlemen, who have been Investigating the salmon ques- tion in Alaska and assert that both theories are incorrect that salmon do leave the stream after they have once entered it for spawning purposes, and they do not neces. sarily return to the parent stream in spawn in ic hot chor of present information about salmon consists of what isn't so, unless, indeed, these scien- tifc gentlemen have been misled by one in stance of abnormal conduct on the part of an individual and misguided salmon, into laying down an unfounded general law.
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

Matt board for mounting pictures for sale at THE NUGGET office.
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

NUGGET hereby guarantees circulation doubl combined circulation Of all other published in Northwestern Alaska. Advertising contracts
 will be made subject to this guarantee.
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

A Valdez man will send four ton cop per nugget to the Worlds Fair at St. Louis. It will be pretty fair specimen of Alaskas copper resources, and will without doubt attract deal of attention-a much better exhibit, by the way, than any number of totem poles and Hydah houses.
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

Notwithstanding the fact that up to this time but little snow has fallen on the Yukon and that the weather has been fine, the mail contractors for the Yukon route do not seem to be making any better time than last year. And there's no sufficient reason why they should not.
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

The corkscrew is mightier than the sword-in Council. Council City News.
 Come to think of it, we have heard it stated that experience is the best teacher, and our contemporary evidently knows whereof it writes.
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09

Every man must swallow peck of dirt before he dies, remarks a sage contempo- rary. We don't believe it; if the saying were true the Eskimo race would have died in early childhood
The Nome nugget., 1904-01-09
RUBBER sTAnPs

Of every description made to
 order on short notice. Pads, N0AaE NUGGET Ink and Full Line of Supplies 7O6 Feoat St. alweys on hand.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
SAID TO HAVE SUSTAINED TEN
THOUSAND CASUALTIES IN
PORT ARTHUR FIGHT.
RUSSIAN COMMANDER. .CHIEF
ESTIMATES HIS LOSSES At
Fifteen HUNDRED.
JAPS PREPARING FOR SlMULTA.
NEoUS ATTACK ON MUKDEN
AND LlAOYANG.

st. Petersburg, Aug. s.-Lieutenant
General Stoessel, commanding the
Russian military forces at Port Arthur
in an undated dispatch to the EN-
peror, says:
II am happy to report that the
troops repulsed all the Japanese at.
tacks of July &c, 81 and %, with enor.
mouse losses.
"The garrison's enthusiasm was ex.
traordinary.
"The fleet assisted in the defense
by bombarding the Japanese flank
"Our losses during the three days
were about 1900 men, and 40 officers
killed or wounded.
According to statements of Chinese
and prisoners, the Japanese lost as
many as 10000.
Their losses were SO great that the
enemy has not had time to remove
the dead and wounded"
a telegram from Chefoo, dated Aug
7, says that according to Chinese in
formation a fierce battle was fought
on the Land side of Port Arthur Aug. s.
The Japanese are reported to have
been repulsed with great loss, the kill
ed alone being estimated at 10000
while the Russians lost about 1000.
The telegram says that General
Stoessel was personally in command
and that the conduct of the Russian
troops was splendid.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
September DESIGNER.

No feminine taste has been disregard
ed in The Designer for September For
the lover of out-of-doors there is de-
lightful account of 1.-TWO Girl Camera
Gunners at Cape Cod;" for the woman
who has romantic streak in her nature
is given a charming love story, The
Governors Coup D'Etat;" for oAe fond
OF pictures are two pages Of most inter-
esting reproductions from life of The
Equipages of the World" not to speak
OF many artistic illustrations accompany
ing nearly every article presented this
month. "School Children of Many
Lands" by Laura b. Starr, presents boys
and girls from all manner of cut f-the-
way places, each bent on securing an
education, and gem for amateur talent
is the shadow pantomine "Arlctte and
Orabele," by Bertha f. Bush. The
three articles which deal solely with
fashions: "Fads and Fancies," Fash
ions and Fabrics and "Fashion Notes
for Men, are brimful of advance infor-
nation for the autumn season, and
should be read by every one who strives
to keep up with the constantly changing
modes.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
LOVE DIES.

Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says there
comes time in the course of married love
when "the thrill goes out of the hand
clasp and the kiss at times, and it is then
that husband and wife may be susceptible
to other magnetic personalities" The rea.
son for this condition of affairs is often the
fault of the husband, but how often Is It
not due to the wife's nervousness and irri.
liability due to some trouble with the or.
gans peculiarly fenlinine:-the. wife under
such circumstances feels lauguid aud .spir-
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and sleeplessness.
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ranted in offering to pay $500 in legal
money of the United States, for any case
of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolap.
sus, or Falling of Womb, which they can
not cure. All they ask is fair and rea-
sonable trial of their means Of cure.
A great deal of sickness may be saved by
keeping on hand a copy of DR.. Pierce's
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mon Sense Medical Adviser" Sent free,
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The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
japan After the War.

As to Japan, it is clear that she, too,
will emerge IRON her titanic struggle
with Russia in sadly enfeebled con-
dition, and this irrespective OF the ques
ton whether ultimately she will triumph
or be defeated. Japan, for all her mag
ni6cent courage and progressiveness, is
intrinsically poor country OF small nat
ural resources. To carry on this lengthy
and expensive war will tax, not only her
own forces, but her credit in the worlds
makets to the very utmost. 1t is true
that her first war loan of fifty million
dollars was raised by her own people,
and that her second one was vastly over
subscribed in London and New York.
But the latter fact, at least, was due to
the unusually enticing conditions, and to
meet the initial war expenses her Parlla-
ment had to create an income tax, raise
the land tax to high figure, and in
crease her tariff rates. She will need to
contract at least one or two additional
war loans, and these will impose heavy
burdens on her gallant but financially
rather impotent population. In a word,
Japan will issue from her great fight with
the northern Bear, despite her thorough
knowledge of jiu jitsu. greatly exhausted.
During the last couple of years, Japan
had become very determined and sue
cessful rival of ours in the China trade,
supplanting in many quarters our cotton
goods with her rougher and cheaper
ones. After the war, she will have her
hands full, in any event, filling up the
paps made, and she will be In no position
to dispute our commercial hegemony in
China. We will have the start OF her in
any case, probably for number of years,
and that means much nowadays.-From
"American Trade Interests in the War
Zone," by Wolf von Schierbrand, in the
American Monthly Review of Reviews
for August.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
EIGHT WADE OUT TO DEATH
Party Of Bathers at Alton, ILL.,, Perish
Hand.in.Hand,

Alton, Ill.,, Aug. 6.-While bathing in
the Mississippi river Michael Riley,
his daughter and six of the latter's
little girl friends were drowned. One
child who was in the party was res.
cucd.
Riley lived near the river in the
southern part of the city and was ac-
customed to bathe on the beach in
front of his home after his return
from work. His little daughter begged
to 60 with him and Riley took her and
seven of her little girl friends to the
beach with him.
When they entered the water Riley
bade the children join hands and they
all waded into the river and walked
along a sandbar which stretches out
into the stream at that point.
They had gone some distance from
j shore when suddenly the whole party
disappeared beneath the water, having
in the darkness stepped from the
sandbar into the deep channel.
The children struggled and screamed,
fighting desperately to reach the sand
bar, where the water was only foot
or SO in depth. Riley, who is said to
have been good swimmer, is thought
to have been made helpless by the
girls clinging to him and hampering
his efforts to save them.
The only one in the party to regain
the sandbar was Mary Timiny, eight
years old.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
JAPS ATTACK IN VAIN
ISLANDERS BEATEN BACK IN
DESPERATE FIGHTING At
PORT ARTHUR.

London, Aug. 10.-The only addition
al war news appearing in the London
newspapers this morning takes the
form of sensational rumors. For in
stance, it is reported from Shanghai
that the Russians are retreating north
ward from Anshanshan.
The Daily Telegraph's Chefoo cor
respondent reports that a great land
and sea fight occurred at Port Arthur
on Aug. 8 and that the Japanese were
repeatedly repulsed. Over 1000 Rus
SLAMS were killed, the correspondent
says. The Russian troops have now
been reinforced by the civilians who
remained at Port Arthur.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Koupangtze, cabling under date of
Aug. 8, states that 1000 coolies are
working on the new Japanese base at
Newchwang where the greatest activ-
ity prevails. The Japanese are land
Ing supplies and are building a light
railway,
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
Rules for Dipping Cattle.

The modified rules Of the department
regarding cattle dipping are as follows:
l. That the requirements of Il. A. |.
Order No. 123 be and they are hereby
modified TO allow shipment until No
venlber 80, 1904, as hereinafter specified
with the expectation that before said
date vigorous measures will be taken
by state authorities and stockmen to
eradicate the disease through dipping
all affected and exposed animals
z. That fat cattle designed for
slaughter originating in an infected
section may be shipped to market cen.
tiers or stock yards where this Depart
ment maintains inspection, without dip.
ping or placarding cars, provided they
have first been inspected by an officer
OF the Bureau OF Animal Industry and
found free from evidence Of scabies;
if it is decided afterwards to reship such
cattle for feeding purposes or for export
they must be dipped according to the
regulations of this Department before
leaving such stockyards.
3. That all cattle that are shipped
from an infected locality into another
state or territory for stocking or feeding
purposes must be inspected and dipped
twice if showing disease, and be dipped
once if not showing disease, on account
OF exposure to contagion.
4. That all cattle from infected 10.
calities must be accompanied by GER
titcate of inspection or be refused ship
ment.
5. That cattle from an infected Sec
ton shall not be trailed to other states
or territories without dipping and certi-
tication, and when trailed the inspector
shall designate the route to be taken in
each case.
6. That affected cattle may be dipped
once under the supervision of an en-
ployee of the Bureau Of Animal Industry
and shipped for stocking purposes, after
satisfactory arrangements have been
made Tor the second dipping enroute at
the required time after the first dipping
at point where there is an inspector
stationed and under his supervision.
In all cases the cars, waybills, conduct
ors manifests, and bills of ading must
be marked, showing the true condition
of the animals.
7. That inspectors in the field must
see all animals placed on board cars
after inspection and certifcation. IT.
however, the inspectors services are
Immediately required at another point,
such animals may be turned over to the
railroad agent and placed in the railroad
pens and locked up by the agent until
loaded. James Wilson,
Secretary.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13
PROMISE FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
Chicago Labor Unions Endorse Pack.
inqhouse Strike.

Chicago Labor Unions Endorse Pack.
nghouse Strike.
Chicago, Aug. S.-The strike of the
butcher Workmen in the packing
houses has been endorsed by the labor
uniohs of the city and the moral and
financial support of their 100000 mem
bers is pledged to the strikers.
Each member of the central body
will be assessed a small sum and sew
eral thousand dollars will be turned
over to the striking union every week
to help support the strikers and their
families during the struggle.
All the packing plants began opera.
tions here Monday with slightly in
creased forces of workmen, nearly 200
additional employees having been Sc
cured over Sunday. Nearly all the
new men who left the yards Saturday
night to spend Sunday at their homes
returned to work Monday. Among
those who reported for duty Monday
were a considerable number Of the
strikers, who, according to the pack
ers, had become tired Of being idle,
and applied for their old places.
The livestock receipts, consisting Of
10000 cattle, $4,000 hogs and 10000
sheep, were nearly all bought up by
the packers Monday. This fact the
packers claim is positive evidence that
they now have the situation we'll in
hand and are In such position that
1t is matter of little concern to them
how long the strikers hold out.
The Dickinson press., 1904-08-13

PrOureSS Of the War,

Inch by inch, hour by hour, the Japs
are closing in on Port Arthur; steadily,
warily, they are tightening the lines
around the Russian main army in the
north, at Liaoyang. Two hundred thou.
sand strong, under Kuroki, Oku and
Nodzu, with Count Oyama coming over
to take supreme command, they threaten
to capture or annihilate Kuropak;n's
army. The Russian leader mas
ST. Petersburg for 100000 r."
but the czar says no--he canno, -, ......
burdens on his people. Tokyo is saying
little or nothing for publication. The
Japs eat little, breath deep. keep clean,
sleep sound. shoot s:saight, WORK for love
Of it and fight like healthy patriots. The
Russians who came to scof have stayed
to praise.-National Magazine for Au.
gust.