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The Washington times., 1908-04-29
HOtspurs Nearly Caught.

1T first IL was supposed that the
President might not Ike the idea OF
having a SIGHT made on the Senate floor.
Indeed. some Of the opponents Of the
four-ship plan insisted, IN their early
efforts 10 pull or the contest. that they
really didn't want 10 have 10 fight the
President: they were afraid # would
iujure him to have the record OF being
so badly defeated, in a pitched battle,
as he was sure to be in this They
ardeutly hoped that the young Hotspurs
would not drag the thing along TO a
place where II would appear that the
PreSidert had been sOundly beaten IN
the Senate.
The young HOtspurs thought about
that for a Jew moments. They We're q.
bit suTDrl sed at these elders appearing
suddenly as the guardians and pro-
tectors cf the Presidential prestige.
They couldn't Just recouect when Sena-
tor Hale for instance. has previously
appeared IN that capacity. They
guessed they would find out whether
the President felt in need Of being pro-
teC-ed
President Ready to Fight.
So II was that the fight really was
fairly in progress before anybody knew
whether the President wanted Il made
or not. Then the young Hotspurs called
The Washington times., 1908-04-29

Mr. and Mrs StiIson Hutchfns. who
recently returned from Europe. are the
guests tor the remainder OF the week
in Baltimore
The Washington times., 1908-04-29

Mrs Post Wheeled IS spending a few
days in Washington. a guest az the New
Willard Hotel
The Washington times., 1908-04-29

Miss Mary NcCeney entertained a.
luncheon at the Chevy Chase Club YES
tefoay, and Mrs Scott. wife OF Senator
Scott. was hostess at luncheon ar fbe
Willard.
The Washington times., 1908-04-29

Miss Nina BOskowttz. OF Portland
Ore. IS the guest Of Miss Rickie Cans
for several weeks
The Washington times., 1908-04-29

Mr. and MIS- Nicholas Luquer were
among the dinner hosts last evening.
Among their guests were Senator d,
Representative Washburn.
The Washington times., 1908-04-29

Mr. ard Mrs. I. Adler, Of Fairmoni
street. accompanied by Miss Dora
Straus. OF Cincinnati. left during the
week for a several months trip abroad
The Washington times., 1908-04-29

A wedding Of interest 10 many Wash
ington people took place in Baltimore
last Monday. when Miss Fannie NJ
VVeisenfeld was married 70 Henry
Friedman, Of New York.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16

a plantation in the Buford's Bridge
section. The Brabhams, Kirklands,
Kearses, Ayers, Ritters, Brelands,
and old man Moye were the leading
farmers of the Buford's Bridge coun-
try. My experience as farmer was
rather limited, so l had to watch
and follow and gain what informa-
tion I could from these old gentle
men. I soon found out that they
bought no provisions, having plenty
of every description to supply the
wants of their people. I then fell in
to line with them, and after the first
years experience I bought no corn
or bacon, but on the contrary had a
well-filled barn and smoke house,
both with corn and bacon, and made
money every year, that I gave it my
own personal attention for twenty
years.
These people all lived in day of
superabundance, with no mortgages
or liens to contend with. They look
ed first after the provision crop and
then the cotton crop. They planted
theirscorn usually five feet square on
TSSISQ lduu dltcIudISly, WILL LIZ A1e@
nure, making usually from ten to
twenty bushels to the acre. They
composted their cotton seed with
stable and lot manure in quantities
sufficient to run over the entire cot
ton crop. BY this system they made
plenty of provisions, and when the
crop, both corn and cotton, was
housed and the cotton sold they had
well-flled barns and plenty more to
pay up all Indebtedness mostly for
iron, salt, sugar, coffee, taxes, and
doctors bill and then had money left
for investments of land or other good
property should they desire to do So.
These are facts beyond successful
contradiction, and facts Of my own
observation. No hearsay.
Farmers, make your provisions,
and when you do it, day will dawn up
on you for a better and more pros
porous time for you and your chill
dren. Take up your line of march in
the tracks of the good old people of
Buford's Bridge and success will
crown your every effort.
T. J. COUNTS.
Bamberg, S. c., July II, 1908.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
COL. COUNTS ON FARMING NOW
AND IN THE OLDEN TIMES.
Gives Farmers Some Good Advice in
Saying Make Provision
Crops First.

Editor The Bamberg Herald: The
outlook for a crop in every section OF
the county seems to be, good, and
very much better than the crops of
the last two, years; with some excep-
tons, however, as to the corn crop.
While some report fine corn crops,
others say that the sandy lands are
not doing so well and are already
showing signs of heavy falling off
in the yield, according to the out
look thirty days ago. Mr.. George
H. Smoak, very reliable farmer,
says thirty days ago the outlook for
a corn crop on his plantation was
fine, with promise of thirty bushels
to the acre, but, from the damage
done him by one washing rain, he
did not believe that he could now
get over five bushels to the acre.
This may be an exception to the
general average crop, but from what
1 have seen and know of my own
knowledge Mr.. Smoak will have some
company when the crop is harvested.
If a people ever did need provision
crop in this world they need it now.
Even with the fine prospect before
us we have but little to hope for on
account of the almost universal lack
of provisions. The cotton crop may
be as good as it is claimed for it, and
even with a twenty-five per cent. bet
ter crop, when the fertilizers, the
corn, hay, bacon, -four, and other pro-
visions coupled with the cost of Ia
bor and other incidental expenses,
are all IL, paid for-then where are
BY the first of next April two
thirds of the laboring class of people
will begin to haul provisions of every
description, and in fact many OF
them will not go that long. Ad-
mitting, however, that this crop will
be better than last years but for the
reason of having to begin feeding on
it so soon, it must necessarily be
consumed by or before April next.
Hence the only salvation for this
country is a strict rule of economy
on the whole line of agricultural in
terests. Let the hog and hominy
crop be the first consideration, and
let the cotton crop come in as a side
crop as did our forefathers. This
done, the end for which we are
struggling so hard will be accom-
plished, and we can then dictate the
price of cotton and other produce.
NV word for it, this country will
never be on a solid foundation until
a sufficient quantity of provisions are
made at home to supply the entire
diamond necocsarV to make the crOD
Even with Bryan president and all
the E. D. Smiths and Harvey Jordans
at our backs, we have got to work
out our own redemption, and this
can only be done by hard blows, good
MANAGEMENT, and strict economy.
At the age of thirty years bought
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16
DIAMOND RING IN CHEESE.
Woman Finds $1,000 Circlet and In
tends to Get Vacation Money.

New York, July S.-Fritz Weber,
grocer in Bloomfield, N. j., sold
eleven cents worth of cheese to a
woman customer. A few hours later
the woman returned to the store and
asked Mr.. Weber if he had lost a
diamond ring. He replied that he
had not, for he had never owned one.
The woman then produced ring
set with three glistening stones,
which she said she had found en-
bedded in the cheese he had sold her.
She was happy when told that the
grocer did not own her find, which
She said she would enable her to take
needed vacation.
It is believed the ring, which is
valued at 1000, got into the cheese
at the factory. Weber could not be
induced to give the name of his lucky
customer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-07-16
PERSONAL MENTION:
People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.

Mrs. J. R. Owens, of Denmark
was in the city Tuesday.
Miss Leila Bryan, Of Allendale
is visiting the Misses Easterlln.
Mrs. Anna Alexander, Of Colum'
bia, is visiting relatives in the city.
Mrs. Willie Stokes, of Branch
Vile, is visiting relatives in the CITY
Miss Kate Jenkins, OF Kline, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. c. B. Free
Mr.. S. w. Clayton, of the Coils
ton section, was in the city last Sat
urday.
Miss Blanche Hair returned last
Friday from a two weeks visit IN Au-
gusta.
Mr.. J. D. O'Hern, of Lakeland,
Fla, is visiting his family here this
week.
Mrs. Jones Williams and little
daughter, Mary, left Tuesday for
( Asheville.
Miss KAMA Easterlin has re-
turned from visit to relatives IN
Florence.
Mrs. J. A. Murdaugh and Mrs.
w. D. Rhoad spent Monday IN
Orangeburg.
Miss Evelyn Free returned Sat
urday afternoon from visit to rela-
tives in Denmark.
-Messrs. c.. H. Brabham and w.
B. Chitty, of the Olar section, were
in the city last Friday.
Mrs. W. Paul Riley and Miss
Julian Easterlin left for Henderson
vile Monday afternoon.
5 Mrs. w. J. Faulkner, of Angus
ia, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jno. R. Bellinger.
Mrs. G. w. Garland and grand
daughter, Lucille Hunter, are spend
ing some time in Hampton with Mrs.
G. B. Hoover.
Deputy Sheriff c. C. Rowell re-
turned Tuesday from stay at West
Springs, Union county. His health
is much improved.
e. T. LaFitte, Esq, returned
last week from Hot Springs, Ark
where he had been for several weeks
benefit of his health.
Mr.. w. ]. May, formerly Oh Cope
but who is now in the truck business
att Anthony, Fla, has recently been
ON a visit to his old home.
Mrs. H. H. Wyman and Miss
Lallah Wyman, of Aiken, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. wy
man, returned home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham and
daughter, Miss GeDelle, left yester-
day morning for Asheville, N. c.,
where they will spend a month.
Mrs. A. w. knight left Tuesday
for Manning, where she goes to
bring the children home. They have
been spending some weeks there with
relatives.
Mrs. Mary Ann Bamberg, and
Misses Hattie Bamberg and Llew-
ellyn Cleckley have gone to Chase
City, Va, where they will spend
some time.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Co11ntu of Ramherp.
Purchases Made by Baberg County Dspensa Board July 6 1905
FROM WHOM PURCHASED

FROM WHOM PURCHASED
VIM. Lanahan & Son, Baltimore. e.............
S. Grabfelder & Co., Louisville. ..............
Peoples Distilling Co., Cincinnati. ............
Falls City Distilling Co., Louisville. ..........
w. P. Iues & Co., Norfolk ..::...............
Chesapeake Distilling Co., Baltimore :......
Robert Portner Brewing Co., Alexandra. ......
S. Leibman's Sons, New York. 49,; :.....
Consumers B. B. Establishment, Charleston.
Consumers B. B. Establishment, Charleston. =.
Rosskam, Gerstley Co., Philadelphia.
Rosskam. Gerstley Co., Philadelphia ..........
Rosskam. Gerstley Co., PHILADELPHIA .........
Rosskam. Gerstley Co., Philadelphia. ..........
Rosskam, Gerstley Co., Philadelphia. ..........
Rosskam, Gerstley Co., Philadelphia .....
Strauss, Pritz & Co., Cincinnati. .............
Strauss, Pritz & Co., Cincinnati. ..............
Strauss, Pritz & Co., Cincinnati. ..............
The I. Trager Co., Cincinnati. .......... ......
The l. Trager Co., Cincinnati i..................
The l. TRACER Co., Cincinnati: ..:,;.............
Falls City Distilling Co., Louisville ...........
Falls City Distilling Co., Louisville ............
Falls City Dstilling Co., Louisville :::::::::::
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Sc and lG Counter

Big line of extra values in our new
sc and 1Oc Department just opened
for this sale. You cannot afford to
miss such values as the chance does
not come often to buy goods at such
prices. =. -: -: -: -: =:
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Gum anSenfea nm ben 80, Suli 1898.

Dor 8ebn Sobren mars. Gin
truber Sulitag neigte iid ieinem
gnoe gu. @llf gang 9euti6lano laa
pie ein Ilb Die Grmartung, Die @r-
nartung elmer grauerfunoe. Bis
mart tpolte iterben. Mnfalles par
Die Na6ridt nit unglGubigem 2ds
deln al1fgenomnten morben. IS mar
mabreno oes leBten Sabres Idon per-
ifieoentlih Die 8otidaft eefonlmen,
Der Ilte i'm Sadienpaloe liege tot
franf oarnieoer uno lei Dem Sterben
nabe, aber INNER NOR Die Nad=
ridt mioerrufen moroen. Somit
glaltbte mon es all6 oiesmal niht.
4ber Die Nahrihten mltrben INNER
beitimmter uno gegen Mittdg on ie-
mem 80. Suli oa 3neifelte man ni6t
nlebr, oaB es ernlt lei. Sn Srieori6s-
rube ltromte ales m6glihe 8olf Slt-
iammen. @erihteritatter aus aaer
5erren 2anoer, 2eute, sic benz Siir-
item nabegeltanben batte1, 8eamte,
gertreter Der offi5iellen @elt, einfode
0eugierige. Dos ShloB NOR UNI
lagert. aber Riemonb erfubr etfpas;
Sdfpeninger, Der 2eibar3t, 5eigte nod
am Nadmittag cine 5uperiidilide
Wiene. Gnolid, mad elf ll6r abenos
fam Die offi5ieIe anfiinoisune: Ser
Shirt lit geitorben. ltno iofort blibte
Der telegraph Die 9otidoft bis IN
Die entfernteiten @infel Ser @elt.
9as Gnoe tpar leift getpeien, aber
idmer5bafte Stunoeit iporen i6nl
borauf9egongen. @eiidtsr6eumoti5-
mus. @enenent3iinoung, 5ulett nod
Die 9ooesongit botten Dem 4(tell
piel llngemah bereitet. l~leberboupt
fporen Die lebten Wonote l6or
redt tribe getuelen, man erfubr ous
aaes 10 na6 uno nof, Der Shirt
bate forperlid uro ieeliid gelitten.
Gin trauriger Gag mar iein letter
@%eburstog geipeien, nod triiter ge-
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500 geIopnnna. o

Sic 2efer DteTer 3ettling tperpen ffd
t@relett. .5n erfabren, 6aB g tpenisftens
cine gefir6tete &ranfbeit giebt, fpeIde
pie 8iGenf9aft in an i6ren Gtufen su
beten imftaroe lit; San's &atarrbsaHr
TT bic ein5ise Jest Der drstliden 8rii6ers
lc1aft betannte po}itibe &lr. &dtnrrb ers
foroert ais cine &onftitutionsfranfbeii
cine fonititutioneue g~ebanbIllma. SaG'a
&atarrb.&nr tpir6 innerIi6 genommen
i1r1o ..oirft brett a1if bas 8Imf nro Die
l1letn1i9en Oberfld6en BEG Sbitems, bas
onr1 Die @rinoIage Der &ranfbeit 5ers
ltoreto nno benz Rattenten Strait geberb,
troem tie pie &%onftitutipn beg &orpers
aiitbalt nno ber Nattr All ibrem 8erfe
btlft. Sie gigentiimer loben 10 bieI 8ers
traller an ibren S~eiIfrGften, 6aB iie 100
Souars 8elobnun8 fir ieben SOIL ans
6letsn, pen lie gu turieren berfebIen. 2aBi
SnH cine 2ifte bon 3erautfen fontinen.
Ran Gbrefiere:
s. S. Gbeneh& g o., EoIeoo, o.
8erfaift bon alien upotbefern Toe.
9aUs aamtIiensginen fino bic beiten.
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IS idmimmt mallder gegeu
Den Strom, nur mn SIT 5eigell ooB
er idpimmen fam.
@rfiiIte Gflihten begliiden
mebr, ais erfiiate @iini6e.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

or an avenue OF these trees along the
pathway leading TO his grave But he
would have to be q great man 10 de-
serve so sublime q tribute. and good
man. a man whose works would carry
blessings down the ages"
That's going some for man who
SAYS the story OF Eve and the apple II
ali moonshine. and furnishes ground
for his skepticism by proving that IN
the climate OF Eden apples could not
have grown On any subject but the
white barked pine Meyer Is coldly SCI
entifc- Some day. he says. he IS going
to write 9 prose poem on the topic. IL
Illustrated with photographs OF some OF
the rare old veterans that he encoua-
tered on his travels.
After two years IN China Meyer set
out for Manchuria- but japanese in
sistence that he keep TO the main trav-
eied roads curfailed his opportunities
TO find new things there. The journey
begun at Peking ended at v1adivostok.
He traversed the forests OF northern
Korea
He was attacked by bandits IN
Siberia. and this story would not have
been written but for a very sharp and
convenient dagger that the explorer
wore In his belt and which he drove 10
the hilt into the abdominal region Of
the outlaw who was searching his
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

salad. the beans themselves being as
palatable and nourishing as the kind
they bake in Boston.
A giant wistaria, with a trunk larger
than a mans body.
Flat peaches.
Pears that will keep for Is months
giant persimmon, seedless and
guaranteed not 70 pucker the lips when
eaten
Numerous trees, ornamental and use
ful. and the aforesaid bamboo
Mr.. Meyer Is first OF all scientist and
everything he brought lived in its ma
tive land under conditions OF heat and
cold so much more trying than any
thing they will encounter here that
any part OF the United States VIII be
a mild and fertile Eden for them and
growing to iusty maturity N easy
task Familiar with the conditions
here, Mr. Meyer brought nothing that
his knowledge OF plant life told him
could not be expatriated safely and
naturalized without deterioration. His
most picturesque triumph was the
odorless cabbage. From his point of
view his collection of bamboos may
mean most to the America of tornor-
row. but the real pride OF the ex-
plorer's heart are the 20 specimens OF
white barked pine, tree of purely
esthetic value. in talking OF which
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

pockets while another OF the band was
trying TO strangle him
He suffered from heat. cold and hun
ger At times he was compelled 10
seek shelter in filthy hrts- He was
stormhound IN one crude dOmicAe On
the Amur river that was 50 infested
with vermin that the explorer was COM
PEELED TO boil his clothes three times
in one day For the last three weeks
OF his wanderings he lived on boiled
oats and reached vladivost0k a living
skeleton
Meyer and his plants crossed the Pa
cifc on the Standard oil steamer Ash
tabula After his plans- had bean ex-
amined for dangerous parasites cy Ed
ward NJ Ehrh0rn- quarantine oIcer o.
the state board OF hOrricEltE-e. and his
assistant. o. z Bremner. they ware re-
moved 10 Chico. where they are now
a-growing and a-hlowing IN ira
grounds OF Uncle Sans experiment
station Their distribution viii be a
detail for future arrangement Before
they are distributed. however, Enrhor1
and Bremner. who examined each leaf
OF every plant under the microscope
and gave the whole collection a bath
in hydrocyanfc acid gas. VIII make a
few more Inspections 70 make sure
that the new things TO eat did not
bring to California soma nav huGs that
would hare 20 be fought
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

IN process Of cooking, conveys no hint
10 the nostrils that the boiling pot
contains anything stronger than water.
The complete story Of Mr.. Meyers
three years search for new things to
eat viii be told some day IN q bulletin
published by the department OF agri-
culture, but q meeting with the ex-
plorer on board the steamer that
brought him home enables me TO an
ticipate generally and unscientihcaIly
something OF that interesting story.
Odorless cabbage was not the only
new thing he found. OF everything he
encountered that he considered might
be OF value 10 the people OF this coun-
try 1fr. Meyer brought home enough
seed or q sufficient number OF healthy.
sturdy saplings or roots 10 insure by
reproduction a permanent supply. He
brought home a great many baby bam-
boo trees OF species most likely TO
be OF practical use in this country.
where the lumber problem is growing
more serious every year.
). HIS collection includes:
Two monkeys. immune against con-
sumption. and expert whistlers.
Rice that grows without water.
Toy beans. from which the house
keeper can make oil. cheese and vernf-
celli. the tops Of which, cooked. make a
dish or delicate flavor or a dainty
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ODORLESP CABDAGE T 1hST $$$SE.Ess: $$s:SE s 8:

The most interesting discovery that
Explorer Meyer made in China was that
men. plants and animals there are
harder than the men. plants and ami
mails found in any other part OF the
world. Neither children. plants nor
animals are protected In early life in
China as they are in other lands, and
as a result only the fit survive. In
parts of China the climate is fearfully
rigorous, pitiless heat in the summer
giving way to arctic cold in the win
ter And 1t was here that the explorer
sought for new things to eat and met
with gratifying success The object Of
his search was not the rare specimen
of something that could only be grown
IN this country where the conditions OF
its native soil and temperature could
be simulated He sought new things,
but devoted his attention only 10 such
as would be useful additions to Ameri-
cas- bill OF fare and could be grown
anywhere with no more than ordinary
care. Wherever he found q harder
member of some we'll known branch Of
the vegetable Kingdom he brought il
along in the hope that by grating
the Chinese cousin to the Yankee stock
the vitality of the latter would be
intensified. For instance. Mr.. Meyer
brought home Chinese pear that viii
keep sound and fresh for Is months
Its flavor is nothing remarkable. but
he hopes by grating this decay defy
ing fruit with the more perishable
kinds in our orchards to improve the
keeping quality Of the latter.
In the bamboo tree the explorer sees
the solution OF the problem that the
present stupendous slaughter OF the
forests Will soon compel Us TO face.
OF the specimens he brought some
grow 100 feet tall and from six to
eight inches in diameter The ham
boo grows with great rapidity and
would relieve the demand now made
on slower maturing woods for fence
material, stakes and numerous other
uses. In China the bamboo supplies
houses and an innumerable variety Of
every day needs. The sprout Of the
bamboo Is edible and boiled or fried
is preferable, thinks Mr.. Meyer. TO
asparagus, which IL resembles IN flavor.
A bamboo grove Is one OF the. most
beautiful things in nature 1t forms
a veritable fairy screen, affording shell
ter from the wind, but is sufficiently
transparent to permit q view through
IL OF the landscape beyond.
The white barked pine, q tree re-
garded in the interior OF China with
almost superstitfous reverence and OF
which the explorer brought home about
20 plants, is the object OF his greatest
enthusiasm. Its growth is as slow
as that of the oak and there Is no
limit to it's age.
IF you ask me-" said Mr.. Meyer
what is the most beautiful tree IN al
the world 1 would tell you the white
barked pine. Commercially its wood Il
OF little or no value The man who
has seen full grown white barked
pine is not surprised TO find that IN its
shadow priests have set up a shrine
It is ever green. It attains q great
height. Z saw several that were from
IL to 16 centuries old Their beauty
is sublime. and they are as rare al
beautiful 1 know of no more majestic
tribute that could be paid 10 the mem
ory of great man than the planting
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highest point and suddenly began 20
swing his arms and gestscuiats wildly
All except tia captain Bprang ont upon
the Ice and ran to where tho native
was having his 1t. and were ovsr3oyed
TO see Al oomiak (native boat made
OF skins) coming toward rs n was
being padded along by seven Eski-
mos. Thsy would skim rapidly over
the open spaces of water and than
Jump out upon the Ice and drag their
light boat over the doeg into the water
again. They must have repeatsd the
performances q dozen tfmss before they
reached the opposfts side of the tee
cake We wers upon. They had seen
our boat enter the pack and, not zee
ing Us emerge again. concluded We
were fast IN the Ice. as indeed ws Were.
and scent1ng . reward had cocne n
search OF Us
The captain advised n 60 80 hsck
with the natives and he w1uld stay
with ths launch. He said We could rot
be OF any RaEtseAnce 90 him and that
he hoped 70 save her. and H he could
not dc 50 he would take 70 no Ice HIM
self so our party climbed into the
fraH bark OF the EskiEos. and sfrsr
two hours hard work made cur way
through Grd ovsr the Ice neld and
were landed upon the beach. VT and
cold about nine miles north Of Eorne.
The oomiak was started back az once
to the launch and We learned "a hours
later that the captain had exfricated
her from the Ice Jam without serious
damage. hut the natives secured the
wzIrus heads-and kept them.
Nome. June -. 1905