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rhy mll,u drop lr l,mp. raur, Tuesday night leads one to trl.,y, that The day~ have began tu Ianptnrn 'nr tne cold gtnrlm strength 10 gr al -aap-
 This h ta. inst r.ai cold snap tor
 a winter and In the past il has come aorc often m November than in be- emher and vr have been blessed with H mld winter q, date if Such can b. alI,l a blessing
 This country being situated as it is md th, shadow of tho Aurora should he a cold place during the winter months. aut thr most natural and IsalIn' conditions should hr found hen ,h. weather is cold This must r. i.. a-e for th,r. ass been more
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The Nome daily nugget., 1910-12-08
OFFICIAL PAPER
NOME. ALASKA. DEC. 8. 1910.
COMING EVENTS.

A 8 Dance. Saturday. Dec. 10. A D. Hail
 uazaar at Congregational Church. Del. l6.
 Pioneer Roof Garden Dee. r. Eagle Hal.
 Grand CarnNa. Eagle Hall. New Wears eve.
 Rae,ator.s banquet early lu January Red Mems Masquerade. Jan. :. 1911
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HEROISM REWARDED.

Tn" navy department hl. addressed th, following letter Co the commandslg "fhcer. r. $ S North Da.,ota.
 Washington, D e.. Sort 2~. 1910
 Sh. You vuI please extend to ,h. following named m.u the Geraltue1t. hearty cnmmendatiou of their aaanr conduct a' tho time ps ta. fir. ,u ho"rd nf the Norrh Dakota. S pt.nb.r I> l'lo. Thomas Davis chief va..r tender John J Qunlan water tender: 1""rg" r EUi~. water tender. Arn'It T Smith. fireman. second class
 According to your report. t,.. above men went into N" Grrroom hAxv<e f'r" of such intense heat tat tba In lSs had [" he p'a',1 "n them and hauled on fires in 'he f.ruacc- of ,ha boilers in 'hat Hrernnm. and took an rrecaa- lions 'a prcyeu, boiler explosion. they .al." cudavorrd to rmy tro hos an The settling reu.~ in No. 9 Hr-roam. and con 'h. nHehrd al nua G., t.a 'Hr"r frsraoins and 8
 R.~rentfaIle
 PEEKArNN wINrHRop
 Nruur Secretary of tb- Nats .
 The department has also awarded - each "f 'hn aoIaWing named men n meda af honor and lHufty ar slae. Thomas stanton. ehief nachinfzr- mat.. kau wc-ta chief lnacnnist- mat. Patrick Reid chief water tender. August Holtz chief water tender. Cha~. G. Roberts machinist's mate. first sl5s~: lIarrs Lipscomb. water tender
 These men hauled fires in the fur .nae"s "f hailars in No Greraom while the ail was burning on tar of boiler L and took an prcautions to prgvcnt boiler explosion They search.d for and assisted in carrying out the bodies of the three men who lost their lives This work was done in water mp to their waists. in dense smoke. heat and fumes from burning oil. and the gas and steam arising from the hot coal- and coke floating on the water. and while the water was pouring down from the hose above. Roberts was overcome bv fumes and gases. and was himself carried oo deck. ITa was subsequently sent to the hospital ship.
 Thomas Davis. chief water tender has boo min tho navy over ton wears. he is from Brooklyn N. r. and is about yoars or age John ]. Quinlan. water tender has been in Tho navy over eighteen years. he is from Charias- town. Mas. and + uhoat forty three years ai age George r EHis. water
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LNNlEs nRENNEN.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
Coming Events.

Sept. 2S29-SO-State w. C. T. U. Conven-
ton, Portland.
Sept. 3O-Meeting of Governor and
Council.
Oct. Hancock Pomona Grange, Pc
nobscot.
Oct. /, Fifteenth annual convention
Maine State Spritualist Association, Bel
fast.
Oct. 4, S, 8,-Annual meeting Of Maine
State League of the National League Of
Postmasters of the United States. Au-
gusta.
Oct. 4-5-6-Mane Baptist Missionary
Convention, Augusta.
Oct. 6-1-S-Maine Music Festival, Ban
gor.
Oct. 11-Somerset Pomona Grange, Nor
ridgewock.
Oct. 1O-11-12 - Maine Music Festival.
Portland
Oct. n-12-Kenebec valley Grange Fair.
Madison. - -~r5 .,.a .
Oct. 12-KennebecS Pomona Grange.
Manchester.
Oct. 13-Sem-Annual Session Grand
Lodge, l. o. G. T., Biddeford.
Oct. l4-17-State Sunday School COnvsn-
ton, Portland.
Oct. 19--Maine Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation Convention. Portland.
Oct. 21-2S-Mane Teachers Association,
Bangor.
OCT. 26-2S-Fourth Annual Meeting OF
Maine State Conference Of Charities and
Correction Portland.
Nov. S-10-Annual Exhibition of Maine
Psychological Society. Auburn.
Nov. 15-16-Maine State Breeders Asso-
citation, Waterville.
Dec. 20-24-Stats Grange Augusta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
225 Bushels Corn to the Acre.

Inc Washington Post recently pub
lished the following, telling of the 70.
markable achievements of South
ern farmer:
The south is as good a corn country
as the west. The greatest Weld per
acre of that grain ever recorded was
grown on North Carolina farm. and
1t Is an established fact that last year
Farmer Bats, young man of 30, till
ing the soil within IS miles of Raleigh,
N. c.. gathered crop of corn the
yield of which was the enormous
quantit.5 of 225 bushels per acre. where
as the average of the country over
isonly &c bushels. This story of the
yield on Mr.. Bats plantation would
be incredible if it were not established
by testimony above challenge. Nor
should it be forgotten that his is no
river bottom" farm. but "uplands."
that he made as rich as Goshen nv
intelligent and thrifty farming. Other
farmers in the states named can be
as successful as Mr., Bats If they will
There are thousands of Farmer Bats
throughout the country who have not
been reported, but there are oppor
tunities for thousands more who have
a necessary mixture of brains and
Willingness to work which enabled
Farmer Bats to break all American
records in the corn yield. If 225 BUSH
els to the acre can be produced in
the Carolinas or in Georgia. it is safe
10 say that more than so bushels to the
acre may be comfortably and profita-
DIV produced on Maine acres.
We may not be able to compete with
the west. or even the South, in corn
culture, but We believe that when
farmers turn to greater variety of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
Need of jury Of Solomons.

New York City is about to establish
tribunal called THE Court of Dom
este Relations At first glance, IT,
would appear that the functions of
such a court would be more difficult
than those practiced at The Hague
peace conference, and whose presiding
Judge must have the collective wisdom
of half dozen Solomons. The pur-
pose of the court, as planned, will
be to reconcile, not divorce, warning
husbands and wives. The theory on
which it is to be operated is that nine
tenths of all the applications for di-
vorce arise in such trivial and rem
ediable causes as might yield to ar
Ditration of horse sense and consider
able firmness.
Now if disagreeing husbands and
wives will come forward and ventilate
their grievances, it will cost less than
divorce proceedings and hunting up
new partners. The court will apply
the skill of the trained analyst in dis
entangling their life skeins and see
if it cannot be again woven into a
presentahle pattern.
The scheme looks we'll from the out
side, and it is to be hoped that it will
prove of real assistance to little Dan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
THE ISLAND OF BATANES.
Customs in Northernmost Province
Of the Philippines.

1.-THE capital of our northernmost
the island of Batanes. is an interest
ing place. The route of our transports
lies few hours steaming west of the
group, passing between them and the
Island of FormCsa on their way to
Nagasaki, yet comparatively few Am
ericans have visited this group of is
lands" said DR.. Louis Ottofy. who has
recently returned from this part Of the
archipelago.
"Santo Domingo has a population
of about 1000 and is entirely differ
ent from any other town in the Phil
ippires. In the first place all the
buildings are of stone and white
washed The roofs are made of cogon
grass, closely trimmed so as to afford
no purchase to the severe typhoons
which sweep over the islands.
"Thc streets gre about twelve feet
wide, many Of them paved with stone.
SOM walls extend along both sides
OF the streets their full length. giving
them the appearance of lanes. The
walls are about three to five feet in
height. broken at intervals for en-
trance to the yards. which in turn are
separated from each other by stone
walls. Most Of the yards We're clean
and exceptionally neat and attractive
"The provincial building. presiden-
cia, school house church and the pa
rochial school are all built Of stone,
neatly whitewashed. and the grass
covered plaza, fenced by a low stone
wall. was the acme of neatness
"Unlike most Filipino towns there
were no pigs or goats at large; they
We're confined to walled in sections
below the level of the streets. I no
ticed but few dogs and they seemed
to be we'll fed. There is not single
Chiraman in the town: in fact for
that matter not one on any of the is
LANDS among a population Of about
5000. There We're but five white men
there. the priest who had been there
for twenty-seven wears: the governor.
who. 7 was told. is Spaniard. two
Spaniards who are cattle buyers, and
one American connected with the bu-
raau Of public works.
"There is not single store in the
town. The sole industry is the raising
of cattle which are called for by
steamers from Apart or Marila
When one of the steamers anchors
there the cattle are paid for in cash
ranging from SIS to $40 a head. Some
of the residents then take the steamer
for the first port on the island of
LuZon. bring some onions and garlic
with them and do the purchasing for
themselves and their friends.
1.-THE women wear a peculiar head
dress made of cogon grass to protect
them from the sun and rain and with
out one exception each one lifted II
in salutation. For three months of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
A "Mothers' Day" Every Day.

We have noticed of late some agita-
Mothers Day" OF course. the set
ting aside of such a day would be ac-
tuated by the most touching senti-
ments. OF necessity there Would be
much discussion of the day to be set
aside, and a good many people would
doubt the wisdom of ssuch axcourse,
At the head of the movement to in
stitute such national mothers day
is Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia,
whose mother happened to have died
on the second Sunday I'm May, there
fore she has selected this day as the
one in which all the other people in
the United States shall pay respect to
the dead and living mothers of the
land. Probably there are thousands
of other people in the country who
would like to especially respect the
day when their mothers died, and
they would not care to devote more
IMAM passing dtteIllOn 10 lnlS second
Sunday in May. The third Sunday
and the fourth Sunday in any other
month would be just as dear to them
and they would pay the respect due to
the most exalted in ones affections
with just as good grace on one day
of the week as on another. Almost
every adult person holds at least one
day in the year particularly sacred,
AS concentrating the death of a
mother or some other beloved rela-
tive. Thus, many will ask the ques-
ton, why should all the land be
called upon to commemorate the death
of Miss Jarvis mother any more than
the death of other mothers?'
To our mind, every day should be
mothers day, not to those who have
gone before and whose memories are
held sacred, but to those who are here,
and to whom we may pay a tribute
of the kindly word or the kindly deed
every day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
Editorial Comment.
Rum Did It.
portland PreSS.)

Now we know what did it, at least
in part. K was rum-the same old de-
mon who has had much to do first
and last with politics in other states
as well as this. During the recent
campaign, the source of the Democrat
ic campaign fund was a mystery and
source of speculation. That there
were funds in plenty was evident, for
printers ink, halls, bands, automobiles,
entertainment and other items of ex-
pense cost money. The Democratic
managers spared no expense, how
ever. and they put up a very energetic
campaign from one end of the State to
| the other. Now a great light has
shone in.
| There is a man by the name of
Fred ]. Taber, who is the president
of a Massachusetts distillling company
and who claims a residence in Rock
land, Maine. He also claims to be
secretary of the Peoples Associa-
| ton for More Just and Liberal Laws
| in Maine" whatever and wherever
that may be. But the biggest claim
advanced by Mr.. Taber is in the form
of an advertisement offered for pub
| LEGATION to Maine papers, in which the
assertion is made that he probably
did as much ii not more to bring
about the results in the Maine cleo
ton than anyone else;" that his or
ganization extended all over the State,
into every nook and corner of coun-
| ties, cities and towns" and that The
worked night and day to defeat the
Outrageous Miliken bill and convince
the people that Governor who would
approve such a drastic unjust and
uncalled for bill ought not to be re-
|elected'
| OF this peoples Association for
More Just and Liberal Laws in
Maine" little had been heard before.
For obvious reasons it seems to have
been a sort of secret society But
Mr.. Taber appears to be a real and
| VOuched for person. The Rockland
Courier Gazette prints his portrait
and says he still retains a voting
-esidence in ward of that city. Her
cules can be told by his foot. If the
head of q single liquor concern took
| such an active part in the Maine
lcampaign, what must the allied
lwhiskey interests have done@ 1t
would be worth much to them to
break down the Maine law: it would
| increase their business many thou
sand dollars a year for an indefinite
time to come. Mr. Taber has given
the snap away. 1t may not have been
shrewd of him to make the boast,
| but now that it has been made, there
can be little moral doubt as to the
source of the Democratic campaign
fund. How do the people like it?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
sUNFLoWER PHILOSOPHY.

No old fashioned woman believes
that a steam laundry washes the
clothes clean.
To naturally impolite person
polite man is nothing more nor less
than a hypocrite
One trouble with arbitration is that
you have to whip some men before
they will accept it.
When you do thing you shouldn't
do, what a lot of people just happen
along, and catch you at 1t.
Here is a confession | have long
wanted to make: | think | am better
than the men who are always trying
to reform me.''-Parson Irvine.
When man says he is looking
around" and has not yet quite decided
what he will engage in. we know
what is on his mind: An automobile
agency.
When a man brings his baby down
town. and does the best he can for it,
it makes him feel funny when the
baby sets UP yell and says: Il want
mammal"
Women who abuse men great deal
are always the sort of women men do
not care for.
When a man goes hunting, and does
MT get anything. he says on his return
that he didn't go.
If you engage in something that Is
wrong and are not whipped for it,
how bold you become in following your
wrong course,
What has become of the old-fash-
toned boy who, when he killed a snake
lighted a match and held it close to
the snakes body to make it stick its
legs out?
The king bee does not work; he at
tends to nothing but social affairs
But his life has this disadvantage: As
soon as he becomes a little old the la
dies jump on him and kill him.
When the circumstances justify 1T a
woman may quote to her second hus-
band her first husbands opinion of
her jam and jelly, but under no cir
cumstances should She refer to her
first husbands deathbed. Men do dis
like that kind of precedence.
A baseball club will fight as hard
as it can, and lose, and then the base
ball editor will say: They gave the
game away" O, the injustice of
critics who never play ball!-Atchi-
son (kan) Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
Maine Gossip
The Better Way.

Who serves his country best?
Not he who for a brief and stormy space
Leads forth her armies to the fierce al
ray.
Short is the time of turmoil and unrest;
Long years of peace succeed 1t and re-
There is a better way.
Who serves his country best?
Not he who guides her senates in debate
And makes the laws which are her prop
and stay;
Not he who wears the poets purple vest.
And sings her songs of love and grief and
There is a better way.
He serves his country best
Who joins the tide that lifts her nobly
on;
For speech has myriad tongues for every
day,
And song but one and lay within the
Is stronger than the craven law on stone.
There is better way.
He serves his country best?
Who lives pure life and doeth righteous
And walks straight paths, however others
stray,
And leaves his sons as uttermost bequest
a stainless record which all men may
This is a better way.
No drop but serves the slowly lifting tide
No dew but has an errand to some flower
No smaller star but sheds some helpful
ray,
Makes the firm bulwark of the country :
There is no better way.
Susan Coolidge
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
Governments Mad Dog Warning.

In a recent public health bulletin, A
dates certain mad dog fallacies, and
gives advice to those who are skepti-
cal of the findings of scientific labo-
ratores Surgeon General Wyman'
bureau admits that rabies may not be
uniformly fatal, though it is almost
so. report from this department
saws that it is doubtful if artificial i'm
munty can be conferred during the
usual incubation period. The posi-
bilties of anti-rabies serum have not
been exhausted by trial, but present
data do not warrant expecting very
much benefit from this source. The
report goes on to point out that mad
dogs are not always wild-eyed and
frothing at the mouth. and contends
that when the attack first begins dogs
are frequently more playfully inclined.
The rabid dog is sick, and not neces-
sarily running wild and furious. A
dog is frequently obedient up to this
late stage, it often seems to have a
bone in its throat or to have sustained
an injury TO its back.
The sum and substance of the bull
etin is that no preventive measures
have been discovered for rabies. The
government experts point out the flu
tilty of the use of the mad stone and
other immunity notions, but admit
that serum experiments are thus far
a failure. That one should expect to
secure immunity from such a disease
by use of the mad stone or chicken
breasts, seems the height of folly. 1t
is more than that, for while depending
upon such remedies people frequently
neglect to seek more efficient ones.
The average period of incubation is a
little over ten weeks, but in some
persons the effect of mad dogs bite
is not manifested for more than a
year.
The first and best remedy of all is to
avoid the dog. The next is, to eau
terize the slightest injury from any
dogs tooth. at once, whether the dog
Is mad or playful
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
Misnamed Children.

Russell Sage Montgomery
Spent his coin in Pommery.
Nothing did his assets yield.
And he lies in Potter's field.
Adelina Patti Maher
Never sang a single bar:
In her judgment you'd rejoice
If you ever heard her voice.
Waldo Emerson O'Toole
Never went to any school.
He was plainly marked by Fate
For the champion welterweight.
The Widow
j. P. Morgan Butterworth
Had no wish to run the EARTH
Never caused a Wall street slump
He works by the day, the chump.
John d. Rockefeller Doyle
Couldn't stand the smell of Oil;
Plays a fiddle now, somewhere,
And Is busy raising hair.
William Howard Taft McCOmb
Always liked to stay at home;
Never learned to wear a grin
And is very, very thin.
Chicago Record Herald
AND A Postscript.
William Jennings Bryan Hearn
OF all men is most taciturn;
Likes to stay home with his wife,
Ne'er ran for office in his life.
Exchange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28

The pension committee of the Grand
Army displayed excellent Judgment in
reporting adversely on a proposal to
grant each Union veteran of the Civil
War a pension of at least dollar a
day for life. To fix the minimum al
lowance for ANY veteran at three hun
dred and sixty-five dollars a year. or
n little more than thirty dollars u
month. would involve an enormous in
crease in pension appropriations A
flat rate of pension is subject to criti
cism in more ways than one. perhaps
of first Importance because it does not
make allowance for increasing infirm-
tiles and disability. A pensioner of
sixty-two years has less claim on the
government than a pensioner of seven
ty-five years. the disability of each
being taken for granted. 1t seems
fairer to grade age pensions. The
government has been very generous
in providing for its war veterans and
will continue to be 50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Marshmallows or dividends, they
just get eaten up.
A bald head will go around pluming
himself that he isn't owlegged.
A wife will stand more fault-findng
than the cook. because she is more
used to it.
If Woman's mother comes to tea
on Sunday evening, she can call it a
week end house party.
A few men are so lucky that when
they ask a girl to marry them she re-
jectS them.
If a man hasn't any morals he'd bet
ter have a tidy sum Of money if he
wants a good reputation.
There may be red-headed angels in
heaven, but how does it help things to
have such tempers there?
The trouble with getting your salary
raised by any amount is you raise your
expense twice as much.-New York
Press.