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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
BAkkE CONFIRMED,

After weeks of patiently waiting for the confirmation of ;. J. Bakke. for the postmastership here in Nome. We have been rewarded by the welcome news the senate has performed it's duty and confirmed the nomination of President Taft.
 The appointment of Bakke to the position of postmaster is a popular one, he Is one of our prominent citi- zens- ha has stayed with the camp. has proved he Is man of executive abil- ity. and well endowed to fill the posi- tion to which he has recently been appointed.
 Bakke We know has made d success in handling the Moonlight Water Com pany, we also know 1t never did pay cent in dividends until he assumed the management He has been a willing worker in the ranks of the re. publican party, and of all the rewards handed out to date, We know of none other being moree properly placed than in granting 10 Mir Bakke, the position of postmaster. He Is capable of attending 10 the duties of the of fee, and we have every reason to be- lieve he will maintain the efficient service Nome has enjoyed in the past during the regime of the retiring post master. Frank Kolash.
 When Mir. Bakke comes to take over the reins of management. after his commission arrives and his bond has been approved. Nomeites will realize no change. outside of the fact a changel has been made in the official head, and perhaps in the office force, but the same service will be given the public and all We ask is a continuance of the same efficient work in the handling of our malls.
 NIT. Kolash. the retiring postmaster, is deserving of much credit, also the members of his staff. they have eyerl been willing to attend to the wants of the public. and have excelled in being courteous. obliging and painstaking officials.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

Hanna was doing all In his power to crowd him to one side. and tuck him away safely upon the political shelf labeled has beens."
 The public knows there are a num- Der of political rodents gnawing away at the very reputation this fellow Roosevelt has acquired while a public servant, and during rather strenuous times, when the country was in the throes of a moneyed panic. Scr.pS and suspension of payments were very popular for a while; but the ship of State weathered the storm, with Ted dy at the helm, and even his enemies must admit he took the vessel through the breakers out into the deep water Tn a masterful manner. If the Ship of State did ship a number of seas, it was not his fault. although his enc spray that dampened the rigging. and the few seas that washed the deck, while the vessel was passing over the bar into the deep and safe waters be- yond.
 The enemies of Roosevelt will con- tinue to gnaw. and it Is quite noticea- suing forth. in the attacks do not con- tain the ring of true metal. they re- semble the sound of a saw running over a knot when the teeth refuse to take hold. All are familiar with the sound, the sharp rasping noise which always gets upon ones nerves.
 Teddy comes under the heading of great men who won't be bought .'t neither can they be fought or, and with all that we believe he Is Tar nom perfect. We believe he made seyral grave mistakes while president. btu in so doing he was not one bit worse than other executives. We also know he was and is a man of action. and such man the American people Iiinire Roosevelt Is one of those fellows who will thrive so long as he Is alive. he will never give even his enenisc a chance to say he Is a dead one. He win play the game through to the very finish. and after the players have all been pulled from the scrimmage pile, they will find the ball tucked away safely under Teddy's arm, either upon or across the goal line.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
CAN THEY DOWN TEDDY?

During the present closing days of congress. when all is excitement and members are working away urde er pressure to try and finish in tina to return home to close up. or repair :reif political fences. We notice there are number of politicians finding. ime to get after Theodore Roosevelt. and they are trying to belittle this favor ite of the American people.
 The question Is. can they knock this one time idol of the American people from off the foundation. he Is so firm- ly planted upon. We remember 1t withstood the pressure to which 1t was subjected during the time Mark
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
Special Nugget Service.

SALEM. Ore, Aug. Ex-Governor oswald West stated yesterday he would use the state militia If needed to improve the moral condition of the city of Portland.
 "The city authorities of POrtlaul have been given my ultimatum In She matter of improving their city and compelling the people to be m)ce law abiding. and unlss they enforce the law improving the moral con lit:on of their town. I will employ the troo IS to do 1t myself
 "I care not If the move defeats my
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

President Tatf Is getting peeved domecrats are claiming the country Is getting peeved over the actions of Taft so one can take their choice; but If the republicans do not watch their as and p's they are liable to wake up Wednesday morning, November 6, and find they have been pusehd aside, and a Woodrow has been reared In front of their position.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
WEST WILL EMPLOY
 TROOPS IF NEEDED

candidacy for reelection as giyernor but so long as I am the exec tu'e I this state shall endeavor to have the laws enforced. and when cities like Portland Haunt their crimes ani 'icfs in the very faces of respectable 'lw abiding citizens. 1t Is time to see that the laws are enforced and I pr pose te enforce them"
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

Uncle Sam is kept rather busy of late looking after his subjects in the little republics to the South. A fe < weeks ago 1t was Cuba. and for sev- now 1t is Nicaragua.
 The little Latin republics appear te be afflicted with the political measles end there Is no telling whe'; they will break out down beyond our south- bo-ds-S
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
GENUINE icG CREAM.

For ice cream made frem ssnv'"' ers.n,, instead ef seanosd cream" e' milk go to Toby's-
 We mako . speciality Of ;es srssm and gre making the sams srem ss"' uins eow's cream. Te sst the esss e> sure 10 ask for Teby'a
 ToeYs CANDY KITCHEN.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

The statement that the emperor o
 Germany Is a courageous man can r' longer be doubed. While he was 1T London recenly he bough some new has for his wife without consulting her
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

It has been suggested by a brilliant statesman that we knock down our tariff walls entirely anl merely place an export duty on our helresses as a means of raising revenue.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
KEEP AWAIT STAY AWAY.

f you come you surs have to stay, they all go homo late (poor wifs), none but the dsaf can break away from such music. BOB.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

Many of the towns and cites of the United States boast of fine streets but the best of them make poor edu- cational institutions for the boys of the country.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

The king of AbyssinIa offers to sell his title and job for s20O.000. Don't all speak at once for this great bar gain.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

The presidential candidates this year will all be subjected to a new and try Ing ordeal. that of being featured" in moving pictures by the amusement men who deal in this class of attrac- tiOns
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
OFFICIAL PAPER.
NOME. ALASKA, AUGUST 24 ,isi:
FiRs ALARM SIGNALS.

i2. Standard Oil Go. ia. Csrstsns Cold Storage i4. John ]. sssnoa Co. office. 10. tssdqusrtsrs Saloon. 2l. Recorders Office. A. Lawrence hotsl. 25. Fire Department si. Discovery saloen. sl Yorksy's Cigar sters. 4i. Pacific Cold Storage Co, sandspit -2 Third Ave. and Lance Way.
 Engine Houss Phone Main 97. Seven Whistiss. Water. Three Fire GU,
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

The great reformer Thomas W Lawson is no more. He Is just ar ordinary stock gambler again.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
PLUMs FOR CANNING.

PIums g per crate, or 5oe per bas- ket. Just the fruit for canning. Nov is the time to lay in your winters .uopIy. ROYAL FRUIT STORE.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

No eclipse of the sun this year. Nevertheless several "favorite sons'' are quite sure to be eclipsed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24
SEND YOUR LAUNDRY

To the Peoples Laundry where you will receive good work executed by none but white employees. who receive the standard wages.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

If a man cant make good at the bottom he cant make good at the top
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

The homo paper is the Nome oail, Nugget
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

Copy fer regular advertisements must be in by 10 o'clock on the day of pubIiestion-
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

Entered as second class matter, Feb. u, IsO'. al the Postoiics at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of Congress of March 5. ls1s.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

OUR CIRCULATION.
 The Daily and Weekly Nugget has . guaranteed circulation greater than any other paper published in AIasks Our circulation books are open for in. spestion to our ssvsrtissrs-
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-24

Nugget
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exceptions such changes have never be-
come national. The whole world knows
that the metric system is the ideal system
speaking people continue to use the old
system. The only successful reform In
the matter OF units Of measurement that
has ever taken place In the United States.
with the single exception of our monetary
system, has been the standard time
change, which came about nearly a quar-
ter of a century ago. This was made be-
cause of the movement of railroad trains.
Furthermore. it involved nothing in the
way of additional knowledge on the part
Of the masses. The railroads simply began
to set their time according to this sys-
TEN, and the watchmakers and public
clock keepers followed suit. and all the
masses had to do was to set their watches
according to the town clock, and not ac-
cording to the sun.
Those who would revise the calendar
believe that its advantages would be so
obvious that mankind at large would be
quick to accept the change. They point
out that while there might be some little
difficulty during a single generation fol-
lowing the change, there would be little
thereafter. 1t Is urged by those who do
not believe that calendar revision will
succeed in changing the method of reck-
oning time used by the masses OF the
people. that only recently the American
people rejected what would evidently DO
a boon to them, a boon perhaps as great
as the revision Of the calendar--simplified
spelling. Even with the prestige Of Theo-
United States, spelling reform fell
through. The opponents of revised
calendar predict the same fate for calcn.
dar reform.
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DEATH Of v. GILES SHINE
Remains Of Actor Will BE
Brought Here for Burial
Next Sunday.

NEW YORK, March 1.-Giles Shine, a
we'll known character actor, is dead at
the Graduate Hospital here of kid
ney disease, after an illness of a month
He was fifty two years old. Burial will
be In Washington, D. G.
MI. Shine was a native Of Washington
and started his theatrical career there.
He played with Booth and Barrett and
Modjeska in Shakespearean roles, and
later in various Frohman companies His
wife is Lavinia Shannon, the actress.
w. Giles Shine was prominent in the
atrical circles many years ago. For sew
eral years he was the leading man with
Rose Stahl, having toured Europe ana
this country with that company.
Mr.. Shine spent his summers in this
city at the home of his sister, Mrs. John
G. Moore. 1O2 4th street southeast. He
was a member of the local lodge OF Elks
and the Players Club of New York.
r. A. OBrieen, secretary of Washing
ton Lodge Of Elks. received a message
from the New York lodge today telling
him the body Of the actor will reach here
this afternoon at o'clock.
Funeral services will probably be sun
day afternoon at st. Peters Church.
Burial will be In Mount Olivet.
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Is 355 days long. while the intercaiary
year is 1888 days in length. The new
Chinese republic will adopt the Gregorian
calendar, as was done several years ago
by the japanese. With this change
nearly three-fourths Of the people OF the
world will reckon time as we do.
The Mohammedan calendar dates from
flight Of Mohammed from Mecca and
Medina. The years of the Hegtra are
purely lunar without any INTERPOLATION
Consequently the New Year retrogrades
through all of the seasons SO that IN
thirty two and one-half years the MO-
hammedan New Year has occurred in
every one of the four seasons. They
them common and eleven intercalary.
Their error in harmonizing their calendar
with the movements of the moon amounts
to one day in twenty-four years. Inc
Mohammedan era is now In its forty-hfth
cycle. The next New Year Will fall on
December II, 1912. and will begin the
year 1881.
tons OF the different systems OF limerick
onine of the present and of the East, that
however much in need of Improvement Is
the Georgian calendar, 1t is much better
and simpler than that of any other sys-
tenn. A revision Of our system OF time
reckoning would be vastly more difficult
today than any Of the revisions of the
calendars were revised heretofore the
masses Of the people have been
wholly ienoront. They had to depend
tpon the educated few for their informa-
ton on all subjects, the calendar not
excepted When q revision took place IL
afrected only the few who were edu-
Gated.
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THE COURTS
United States Supreme Court.

Present-The Chief Justice, Mr.. Justice
McKenna, Mr.. Justice Holmes, MI. Jus
tice Day, Mr.. Justice Lurton. Mr. justice
Hughes, Mr.. Justice Van Devanter ana
Herman H. Nettelroth Of Louisville,
KY: Bernard H. Arnold of New York
city, Keith L. Bulltt of Louisville. KY;
Arthur s. Barnes of New York city, Roger
B. Wood Of New oYrk city, w. c. Reeves
of Oklahoma City, Okla. and Clarence
Homer Higley Of Rockford, ILL.,. were ad-
mitted to practice.
No 1856. The Washington Water Power
Company. plaintiff in error. agt. Walter
S. Gaskill; in error to the supreme court
Of the state of Idaho; dismissed with costs
pursuant to the tenth rule.
No. lit. George r. Plummer. appellant,
agt. the United States: argument con-
tinued by Mr.. George A. King. for the ap-
pellant, and continued by Mr.. FREDERICK
De Courcy Faust, for the appellee.
Proceedings after The Star went to
press yesterday:
No. 16s. Cedar Rapids Gas Light COM
pany, plaintiff in error, agt. city or CEDAR
Rapids ct al: argued by Mr.. James n.
Mr.. James W. Jamison and Mr.. William
Chamberlain for the defendants in error.
No. 173. j. NJ. Graham ct al, plaintiffs
in error. agt. Charles H. Gill: submitted
by Mr.. Hilary A. Herbert Mr.; BENJAMIN
Micou and Mr.. Richard P. Whitley for
the plaintiffs in error and by Mr.. John W..
Burton for the defendant in error.
No. 49, Lewis p. Wingert, appellant.
agt. the First National Bank of Hagers-
town ct al: argued by Mr.. Henry F.
Wingert for the appellant and by Mr.. c..
A. Little and Mr.. George r. Gather for
the defendants in error.
No. 1T. George r. Plummer, appellant,
agt. the United States; argument COM
menced by Mr.. George A. King for the
appellant.
Adjourned until today at IL o'clock.
The day call for Friday. March 1, is as
follows: Nos. III. 179, $50, ISL. 1873, 1874,
1SJ, 1S6, 1877 and 1SS.
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WILL BE SMOKED IN FRANCE.
Government Agents Contracting fo1
the States Tobacco Supnlv.

NEW YORK. March 1.-The French ma
ton will smoke practically the entire to-
bacco crop of the state of Maryland this
year, according to the report of two
agents of the French government, who
have been here for. several weeks con-
tracing with growers and dealers.
French tobacco experts, after expert
menting with all the tobaccos grown in
the United States, found that French
smokers preferred that grown in Mary
land and for several years they have pur-
chased about half of the crop of that
state.
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Rows Act as Pallbearers.

Playmates Of Charles Gardner. the
four-year-old boy who was accidentally
shot and killed by his cousin Monday
afternoon, acted as pallbearers at his
funeral, which was held yesterday after
noon from the home Of his parents. 1916
N street northwest. Rev. Thomas 8.
Lee, pastor of st. Matthews Church.
oniciated. Interment was in Glenwood
cemetery.
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Await Boys Brigade Case Ruling.

Justice Bundy Of the Municipal Court
will at noon tomorrow render decision In
the suit Of Frederick C. Kerby and others
against James Berry, a vestryrnan OF
Christ Church, which was heard yester-
day, to determine title to q number OF
rifles used by a company Of the United
Boys Brigades Of America, which was
formerly connected with that church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-01

Joshua RaineS was placed on trial
Thursday in the circuit court of Roanoke
county. at Salem, Va, for the murder Of
Miss Eva Chambers, the county school
teacher who was killed the morning of
January "a.
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time. They divided every day and every
night each into twelve equal parts. wmcn
they called hours AS the length OF time
between sunrise and sunset and between
sunset and sunrise is variable 1t naturally
follows that the Greek hour was not q
constant measure. When the days were ere
longest and the nights shortest the
Greek hour Of night was very much
shorter than the hour OF day: This
variation continued practically through
out the entire year
The Chinese were early interested in
the calendar, and records disclose the
fact that their studies for ascertaining the
true length Of the solar year were fairly
cotemporaneous with those which took
place in other parts of the world. About
26O8 b. C. the Chinese emperor. Hoang-
I'll, built an observatory to correct the
calendar, which was then out OF harmony
with the seasons. Some two hundred
years later two great Chinese astrono.
mers, Ho and HI. were beheaded by royal
edict because they failed to predict an
eclipse This demonstrates that the
Chinese had by that time ascertained the
length Of the solar year. because 1t would
have been impossible to have correctly
predicted an eclipse without knowledge
of it's length.
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wife-They called me a shining mark
at the ball last night.
Brutal husband-Thats because YEN
forgot 70 powder your ndse.-Satin.
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REVISING THE
CALENDAR.
V Other Time Systems.
By Frederic J. Haskin.,
In All Sizes Up to 20 Years
By Frederic J. Haskin.'

A study Of the known story Of the pre-
historic peoples Of Europe shows that
they in common with all Of the other
nations Of antiquity, sought to ascertain
| the length Of the solar year. Such knowl-
edge was absolutely essential to the
proper observations of seed time and the
necessary outstanding of food supplies
until the ensuing harvest Without such
knowledge large population would al
ways be in imminent danger Of famine
and nations crops in danger Of being
soWn out of season.
It is thought to have been the necessity
for ascertaining the true tropical year
that was responsible for the building Of
the great Silbury hill, by the Druids Of
early England. This hill contains 1,1OO,-
GOO tons of artificially placed material,
Likewise, it was this desire to keep track
of the procession of the equinoxes which
led to the construction of the works
which now constitute the present ruins
of Stonehenge. Sir Norman Lockyer of
the Solar Physics Observatory of Eng
land some years ago made an extensive
investigation of the ruins at Stonehenge.
la great Druidical observatory. He found
what is believed to have been the date
of the construction of this observatory by
la very refined astronomical calculation.
The observatory was evidently so ar
ranged that upon the eighth day Of the
year the rays of the sun would pass be-
tween two stones and throw light upon
a certain spot. When Sir Norman made
his examination he found that the sun
was then about two diameters away frorl
the position it had been at the time the
observatory was constructed. He was
able to make q calculation which would
show the number of years it would re-
quire for this changed position of the
sun to come about From this he ascer-
tanned that In the year 1850 BIC. the pO-
sition of the sun would have conceded
with the equipment of the Druidical OBJ
servatory. There are many evidences
that the Druids of early England and
France had fairly accurate system Of
time reckoning. Although their civil
years may not always have conceded
with the solar years, their knowledge of
the length OF the latter was such as to
permit them to make the necessary al
lowances.
X
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-01
TIMELY ADVICE

Never walt for a cold to wear ofs-It
wears away the lungs instead. Father
Johns Medicine gives prompt relief from
colds and throat and lung troubles. Free
from alcohol and nerve destroying drugs
upon which many medicines depend for
their temporary effect. and which are dan
oerous, because they weaken the body and
allow the disease 70 get q deeper hold.
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60 College Girls,

One of the important of the Greater Paais Royals
departments the devoted exclusively clothing
college gr-for young ladies years of age While this
department dates back last November only sufficient time
has elapsed prove eminent The
earned for the department quite army young ladies
who have promised select their spring clothing here
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More Difficult Today
Than in Former Years.

vised. This makes reform much more
difficult. since to be most useful 1t must
be universally adopted. That modern
people are slow to adopt changes Of this
kind il shown by the fact that with few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-01
Greeks Got Calendar
From the Egyptians.

divided into twelve lunar months, fixed
on the actual changes Of the moon. The
middle of the month fell on the date OF
the full moon. Therefore some months
had twenty-ni days, while others had
thirty. The Greek year was four and
interpoiated an intercalary month Of
twenty-nine or thirty days every other
wear to adjust the civil to the solar year.
This interpolated month made the year
about seven and half days too long, SO
the extra month was from time to time
omitted to rectify the error. Instead of
using our week of seven days the early
Grecians subdivided their months into
ten-day periods.
The early Grecian calendar was very
much like the present Hebrew calendar.
The embolismic year was the one In
which the extra month was added from
time to time. The Grecians not only had
q system of reckoning years which made
them all different lengths. but its
measurement Of the day was different
from that which we use ct the present
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The Chinese observe the lunar month
and shape their year so that their lunar
time may be
Chinese Have System adjusted TO
of Shaping the Year. with solar
time In order to have their civil year
approximately in harmony with the. solar
year, they add one month to each thirty,
which keeps it from being as radically
out of harmony with the solar year as it
would DE il this intercalary month were
not added. As il Is, the Chinese New
Year. may begin on any date between
the 21st of January and the end OF Feb
ruary. The Chinese celebrate their
New Year by three days Of festivity,
during which work is suspended. debts
are paid and insolvents are declared
free from their obligations II they then
aver that they have no money with which
to meet them. The common Chinese year
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A revision today would involve prac
ticaIly every man, woman and child LIVING