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The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25
BELIEVE KITCHNERS ARMY
 IS LANDED iN FRANCE

compelled to move frequently to escape the concentrated French fire. Minor gains are reported near Verdun and In the Nosges.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25
ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION.

All Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and their families are requested to attend sooisl dance Friday evening. Feb. 26. o'clock sharp.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25
STEAMER DEPTFoRD ToRPEDOED OFF WEST COAST OF ENGLAND.

LONDON, Feb. 25.-The British Deptford, bound for Liverpool was torpedoed off the west coast today. The meager advices received give no de tails.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25

For fresh peanut candies, sated peanuts and salted almons go to the Rose Candy Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25
FISHER SAYS ENGLAND'S SEA POWER SAFE.

LONDON, Feb 20 Lord Fisher say there is little danger of British Sea power being bruKeu hs th- carnnn <
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25

SWEET STRAINS OF MUSIC. Between acts, Down in Dixie; fur nished by Miss klondy Nelson and Henry Peterson.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25

Hot chocolate, hot beef tea, matted milk and fresb ies crsam and soda water at tic Rose Candy Store.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25

Strictly fresh eggs ana poultry at Prossers Harness Shop. Phone Black 2
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25

You get the most and all the very lAtt.at war news in he Nugget.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25

enabling the crew To escape in the life h ats must he discontinued
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25

the Allies are iu il position to strike decisive blow but general offensive
 movement against the Germans is being withheld until weather conditions are better Fighting continues at many points along the front with uniform success for the French forces. the Ger man attacks being generally ineffective and costly Artillery dueling in the vicinity of Reims has been slightly less owing to the German batteries being
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-02-25

PARIS. Feb.25.= Reports of the ar rival ef transports at various ports leads to the belief that the greater part of Kitchners neW armr has been landed in France Although the government maintains Il strict censorship of the ar rival and departure of the vessels pri- fate messages from maritime cities m- dieate that immense forces have been landed with all possible secrecy during the past few days. Ii is believed that
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
OESSTOKER'SW WORK
Ingenious Apparatus to Feed 10.
connective Furnace.
Claim 10 Made That Il Will % the
Work to Better Advantage and
Also Effect . Considerable
Saving In Coal.

Hereafter the locomotive fireman
will be fireman only in name. His
work will be to help the engineer
watch for signals and to put lubri.
cants In the oil cups. The reason is
that coal is to be put into the firebox
by a stoker. The Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy railroad already has 600
engines so equipped. Hence this is no
dream. A
By this simple change the railroads
will use a different size of coal. Be.
cause they will do SO, they will stop
competing with the householder for
the Jumps in the nations coal pile.
1t may be predicted, therefore, that
coal for house use will not cost so
much in future. But-that is getting
ahead of the story. -
From the efficiency viewpoint there
are two great drawbacks to the human
stoker. Because Of the strong draft
a locomotive furnace has a tendency
to draw small pieces of coal through
the stack. Also it was hard work for
a man, by the old method, to shovel
coal from the tender to the fireboX.
He made his work easier by shoveling
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
ODD CHINESE FAIR
Held Upon Ground That Was ID
tanned by Trick.
Christian Missionaries Take No'a
tan. Of Gathering TO Preach the
ccsp.l 70 Crowds That coliee'
70 Buy and Sell

pa-son. who find a delight in the
-couuty fair will appreciate h'tie
s,o-v by Miss Rose Alice Mace, in the
Womaus Missionary Friend. OF Inc
Mintsing Fair, held in Nintslnghsien'
China. On February 10, says the CHRIS
,iau Work This fair HIS the dlstihc.
ton of beng the only one OF It's KIM
held il China Il is held on the spot
where q temple once stood. a
wealthy old gentleman. who admired
the spC. and coveted it as a ouria'
place for his family. By clever ruse
got the temple moved, and tomps lot
his ancestors safely erected, when inc
deception he had employed was dis
covered. and the people Determined
upon revenge. There is superstition
prevalea.. there that if the grave Oh
an ancestor be trodden upon his de-
scendgnts will suffer through lie.
Tnereupon it was decided that OH
February OF each year the people OF
the surrounding neighborhood should
meet and tramp on the graves OF lhls
mans friends. Later they began tax
ing a few articles with them to eI-
change or sell. This gradually In
creased until now thousands OF peo-
PIE meet there and bring all kinds Oh
things for sale. The people seem to
have about forgotten the original pur'
pose of the gathering, and now think
of it only from a social and business
standpoint.
But the interesting thing to US is
that the missionaries have taken ad-
vantage of the opportunity of so large
a gathering for spreading the Gospel.
Benches with awnings are erected
near by. a large Chinese sign placed
in a conspicuous place extending a
cordial invitation to the people to
come and listen to preaching and sing
ing. Large Sunday school lesson pic
lures are exhibited and smaller ones
distributed containing the Scripture
texts in Chinese. and so interest is
maintained. The people in general.
says Miss Mace, seemed pleased to
have an opportunity of learning some
thing of our belief and doctrine. Many
seemed fayorably impressed, and sew
eral seemed really interested and anx.
ious to learn more about the great
truth presented to them"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
Bees Swarm on Bicycle.

A bicycle standing at the curb in
front OF a confectionery store on a
business thoroughfare in Whittier,
Cal, recently served as settling
place Tor large swarm of bees. For
more than two hours the insects sue
ceeded in turning shoppers to the op.
posite side of the street and crowding
vehicular traffic well into the middle
OF the pavement. Oddly enough, the
bees in settling chose the seat of the
cycle as a clustering place and piled
themselves nearly half.foot deep.
upon 1t. also thickly covering part of
the frame and rear Wheel Suisse.
quently hive was procured and the
bees transferred into it by a police,
man.-Popular Mechanics.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
Need for Vocational Traininn

OF the Importance Of vocational
training particularly at this crisis in
international affairs, Dr.. c. P. Stein.
metz, formerly president Of the Ma.
tional Association Of Corporation
Schools, says: Vocational training is
the most important industrial problem
in this country. The supply Of arti.
sans with broad training from Eu.
rope is now cut off and the training OF
'Workmen in this country is sof para.
mount interest. The superiority Of
America in the electrical industry over
all other countries is due largely to
educational development and to coop.
Grafton between manufacturing COM
panies and educational institutions"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
FACE DEATH TO
KEEP TELEPHONE
Lines WORKING
The lob Of the Soldier Lineman
Is Most Hazardous in Bat
tie Line.
DEATH CONSTANT COMPANION
Letter Describing Operations Of Arm
les "sor,ewhere in France" Tells
a Of Daring Work OF Men Who
Keep Telephone Lines
Open.

New York.--The following letter
from a soldier in the British army,
somewhere in France" has been re-
ceived in this city by the father of
the writer:
Il expect you are wondering what
we are doing up here for the past
week or SO? AS operations are con-
Guided now--or anyway those in which
our division has been concerned
think I'm at liberty to give you some
idea OF what's been done without fear
of falling foul OF the censor.
You'll recollect all the trouble q
short while back about a chateau.
its stables and crater-which we
have continually been disputing over
with the Boches-which they finally
kicked US out OF with liquid fire and
sundry other horrors? Well, the divi-
sion on that section got pretty badly
mauled and the position became most
uncomfortable. So about ten days ago
our division was told of to prepare
an attack and to restore the situation
II possible. ssars s,.F ta y. s;r&,fy
"We were we'll away to the left of
this zone, and as they did not propose
to move us until the last minute we
were busily employed In constant Jour-
neys over there to reconnoiter and
prepare the ground. ! was given the
Job of doing this for our battery and
the brigade. also had to range the
eight-inch and 92-inch howitZers. !
really had very heavy weeks work.
Firstly. this now zone was about a
four-mile walk and under fire all the
way. No horses could be used and
bicycle was harder work than walk
ing, owing to the mud. All the time
the weather has been vile--tons of
rain and very hot and muggy. | had
to get of each day about six a. M, and
dididn't get back till eight p. m or SO.
Always Getting Cut. 1s.a
I'VE had to run miles Of telephone
wire--and as this was always getting
cut by shell fire you can guess that
I and my telephonists had some pretty
hot times keeping our communicate
going. All observation had to be done
from our fortified trenches. These
were simply hopeless battered to
mere mud heaps and perpetually BON.
barded by the enemy-and the infan.
try holding them had frightful time
OF IT, These particular trenches run
along q crest Of a slope and have been
alternately held by US and the
Deutschers several times during the
last few weeks. It's almost impossi.
Bile to describe the confusion and
beastliness OF them--the soil Is very
loose indeed and the rain and the
Smelling have turned them into Z 81
gantic sort Of hog-wallow. like you
have In the center OF farm.
THE smell Is horrible and al over
the place are dead bodies. scattered
equipment. refuse. etc One feels It's
perfectly tdiotic 70 light over the ten.
ure Of such vile hole every tree II
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
Driving Out SwindIers.

Francis P. Gibson, secretary of the
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
says that $4,000 bona fde deaf persons
are working to drive swindlers, sup.
posedly deaf, into other lines OF bust.
ness and to uphold the reputation Of
dear persons for stunning charity. He
says that deaf persons have no need
OF charity because Of the numerous
schools, in almost every state where
trades are taught. In Chicago 1000
deaf persons are engaged in gainful
trades. @ -. z ''','-N-''
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
AboIishina Of Infected Wound.

The discovery by DR.. Alexis Carrel
OF the Rockefeller institute and DR..
Henry D. Dakin Of the Lister instt
tute OF safe way to use the most
powerful antiseptic known hypochlo-
ride OF lime-in treating wounds, 10
one Of the most important OF the re-
suits Of the European war. Hypo..
chlorite Of lime has not been used n.
the past because It injured the healthy
tissues and was liable to decompost
ton. But Doctors Carrel and Dakin5
md that the addition Of carbonate Of
lime and Dric acid to It does away1
with these defects. RI II s. NE \
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29

and sci about getting him on 10 the
casually clearing station itaiak ne u
recover all right. but he had rotten
time OF II. a#
Came THE Day"
There have been a good nans
wounded In the battery recently oa'
none killed. We have had t~o gun.
hit and knocked out as well. bat ieei
sure the enemy haven't really aocste1
ss. because they've never been abe
10 stop Gs firing. and only put over
half q dozen rounds during the Dig
show yesterday.
The other battery in cur brigade
has not been 60 lucky. They've ns'
two officers wounded and quite
number of men killed
We'll, to resume: ] eventually GOT
all our accommodating and regIs'ra-
ton done. but not until I'd spent sew
ersi days in this horrible zone and was
almost worn out Then. yesterday
morning at quarter OF three a m.
came. the day. 1t started with nail
an hours bombsrdment OF the Deutscn'
er's trenches by all our guns, and dur
ing this lime our infantry c.ept up
under cover of darkness. Next. at an
arranged moment. all guns were
turned TO the left. and onto other pre-
arranged points. go as to form fans-
ing wall OF fire while the infantry got
in. Finally we all switched on TO our
fnaI points and kept up several hours
bombarding of the enemys commnn'
cation and reserve trenches. while our
infantry consolidated the positions
gained. 1t was all perfectly success
full, and we accomplished everything
we were ordered to do
49,. Thanked for Their Work.
An through the day the Dsutschers
tried to .ouIter-attack. but we easily
beat them OF each time. Last night
was absolutely quiet and we all got
a good nights sleep. We have re-
ceiyed kilograms from the commander
of the Second army and also from the
commander in chief, thanking Us for
doing the Job so we'll and generally
buttering US up. Our corps command
er has also wired to US OF the artillery.
thanking US for the perfect co-opera-
ton afforded by the gunners So
we're all pleased. and the Sixth divi
sion is very bucked at having brought
oil the Job O. X. Furthermore, they
say that he .ouldn't have continued to
hold Ypres without taking the posi-
tons we've got. and better still. they
say that the division Ii now coming
out for rest.
Il suppose this has only been a
minor show, but there were a good
many thousand men engaged. and we
really had a battle with the Boches
and whacked them.
Il do wish the end would come In
sight, for I'm absolutely tired of the
whole thing, and want to get home.
It rather looks as II we're In for an
other winter out here.
I'VE had unlimited ammunition for
this little show, SO perhaps things are
bucking up in that direction. All the
same we didn't fire nearly as much
q we could have done, but specialized
in accuracy. They say that they found
all our registered Joints full Of dead
Boches and smashed-up machine
guns"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29


Coal to conveyors in the Two Side
Pipes, Whio, Deposit It on the Fire
by Means Of the Three chutes Hang.
ing From the Top Of the Device.
lot of coal and then taking a rest.
This resulted in fuel waste. Both
difficulties are met by the new stoker.
A small conveyor, set in a trough,
runs from the coal pile to the front
of the firebox. This scoops the coal
from underneath the pile and carries
it forward. At the front of the fire.
box the coal is forced into a pipe in.
side which runs another conveyor.
Its loaded buckets run up the left
hand side Of the furnace and drop
the coal into small pocket from
which it is fed down to the fire
through three spouts. The empty
buckets return to the floor through
the pipe down the right-hand side Of
the furnace.
Of the three spouts through which
the coal reaches the fire, two are near
the front to spread the coal over the
forward part of the CRATE. The third
is about in the center of the combus-
ton chamber to spread the coal over
the rear Of the CRATE.
BY means of pieces Of mechanism
these spouts spread coal upon the
fire at stated intervals. BY this means
the furnace fire is replenished as need
ed. The effect, in fact, is that Of the
most skillful hand firing, but done by
machinery. 3@.,
small-sized coal is used. This is
known in the East as slack and in the
West as screenings. 1t includes all
coal which passes through a screen
having openings an inch and half
wide. The use of small coal is com.
plete reversal of the old railroad prac.
tice.-lllustrated World.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
AFRO-AMER|CAN CU[L|NCS

unfaiiing good nature. his genial, KIND,
! ~ humor and his Versatility. Unsii
recently those Who engaged In this
work were for the most part Cd
trained musicians who relied On their
natural talents
In the last few years. however. a
new type OF Negro rorsieian has zp.
pesref t1 response 20 the demand fcT
dance music OF which the distinguish.
ing characteristic In ar eccsntrsr
tempo. Such music uSaai'y takes the
form Of highly syncopatet melody.
which in the early period OF its dsveE
opzent was known as ~ragtime
music. Since the dance Ia born oil
rnasic, IT is quite apparent that the
mcderu dance Ia creature OF the
syncopated melody. Thus new aelc
has been opened To Negro musicians
The Negroes success Ia due TO the fol-
lowing factg: He liz natural ETgt
clan and throws himself into the spirit
Of hls work With spontaneous entEv-
siaSm; 70 that the music rendered by
a Negro orchestra rarely has the me-
cianical quality which In fatal 10
dancing. He has superior gsnss OIL
rhythm, peculiarly adapting him Tor
dance music, The art Of playing The
modern syncocated music is TO him
natural gift.
He excela in the use Of the gujta-,
banjo and mandolin. Instruments
which are now being generally adopt
ed by orchestrgs playing dance Iausic
10 obtain the "thrum-thrum" effect and
the eccentric accentuated beat go de-
sirable In dance music; and he was
the first to discover the availability
OF these instruments for such purpose.
I'm addition TO his natural talent In
the above respects the modern Negro
musician is well trained in his art de
reads readily, memories marveiousiy
well. interprets naturally, and not only
understands the principles OF tech
niaue in the use OF his instruments,
but Ia remarkably skillfui in execn-
ton, al In 10 be expected when one
considers that the Negro possesses a
rare facility for arts requiring phys
zeal skill. go s. .E
Perhaps it is fair 10 say that the
Negro has contributed to American
music whatever distinctive quality 1t
possesses. Certainly he is the orig
inator OF the highly syncopated mel
ody 70 much in favor today. Some
years ago in Cole & Johnson's show.
OF which | was musical director, there
was a number containing a peculiarly
syncopated passage which not sin.
gle white orchestra ever succeeded
in playing correctly. while colored or
chestras played 1t without EFFORT, un'
conscious OF it's intr!cacies
Such preference as the Negro musi-
clan enjoys Is therefore due TO EN-
cheney which Is the result OF natural
inheritance and to his application to
the serious study OF his Music. Many
OF the members OF those orchestraa
whose success your correspondent 80
much deplores are arrangers and com
posers--James Reese Europe. In the
New York Sun.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
BIG BROWN BEAR IS BAGGED
Nevada stockmen While Out Hunting
for Cattle Tree and Shoot 800
49,. Pound eruin.

Nevada City.-A 300-pound brown
bear was killed by Albert Buck and
Henry Bever while hunting their
stock in the vicinity of Moores fiat.
The footprints Of the bear had been
seen for weeks. The dogs got the
scent and soon had the animal freed.
Buck took one shot and brought the
bear to earth. W.
There have been several bears seen
in the northern part of Nevada coun.
ty, and they, have been a menace %
the, stockmen.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
smokeIe,, Powder

smokeless powder dates back some
nfty years, but It was not until about
1855 that II attained its real eftlciency
and sprang into general use. t must
De understood that even the best o.
this power is not absolutely smoke.
less It y not smoky enough, how
ever, TO do any harm" and as @
pared with the old powder may well be
called "smokeless," "a = - =
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
Owl Causes Auto Smash.

Peru, Ind.-Marion Dillman took a
party OF friends automobiling and
when near Chilli an owl struck him in
the face. Dillman let 60 of the steer
ing wheel and the car ran down an
embankment and against fence.
None OF the occupants was hurt, but
Dillman's face was scratched by the
owls claws.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
! Blackstone. He ID ! young man with Z
family. TO forestail criticism, be m.
lnounced the news from his pulpit. s
] auraa " MAKO !. New an.

Eureka. Cal. Carl Harrington pos
sesses ! new ear. manufactured from
! piece OF his neck. Harrington lost
the ear In = wreck on the Northwest
sern railroad several months ago
Northwestern Pacific physicians 10
convention here performed the opsr-
alton. which Il declared to bean IN /
qualified success. Sss53 II:
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
he Fasts 10 Keen Weli.

Cleveland, Or. H. g. Huffman.
who tasted II days last year. has lust
completed another fast Of 81 days
His first fast was on bet with deatl
and be won. The doctors had tod
him he couldn't live. but he had q 40.
ton that he could II he quit eating 70,
q while. 5 55 HI q y, i8
ne says he intends to keep up the
practice az long as he lives. His pol.
Icy is:H"Eat nothing for one month I
year and feel as II you are In the
clouds during the other eleven
months. !: II "a 4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
ALARM CLOCK IS SOUNDLESS
Made in the Form of a Wrist Watch
and Guaranteed to Awake the
Soundest Sleeper.

Designed as silent alarm suitable
for use by deaf persons, wrist watch
which is capable of awakening a per.
son without disturbing the other occu.
pants of house. has been introduced.
1t has concentric dials, the inner of
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
Chilean commer !, ~ n,ov.. !.

ii &c.. 800 n. y. So 'unPtVXeS' ~
Commercial conditions Ia. Chile arsl
showing much more optimism now
tn man ior some time past. The great
quantities Of nitrate Of spda shipped
nave helped restore cheer. This mate
!: rial is used In the ms. lufacture OF powIl
ger. The United ststes Ii the child
purchaser. $s75 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29
RICH WIDOW ADOPTS PASTOR
Young Prsaahsr With Family An
ID NJ nouness FtsWs From Pulpit
Nj n ~ Ashland. Or. IL '35 VI:

s Ashland, Ore. The Rev. Arthur +.
:BlAckstons, pastor Of the Baptist
church here. has been adopted 81 :
wealthy widow. Mrs. Aurelia Fergu.H
ton, Who has mad him her he'll. HI
bone factfesss sstate - estimated ats
SjC0s III
ThS minlStSr rstAins me name 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29

The stings OF bees which attacked
him on the arm and wrist near his
pulse recently rendered a Burlington
line freight conductor unconscious.
The venom from these little insects
partially paralyzed the mans heart
He is expected to recover.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29

In England special colleges for WON
en- have been established at Cam
bridge and Oxford, affording the same
instructions and comforting equivalent
desrees to those given at the UNIVERSE
ty itself #v -,f,..~.E Z .,,z,s.. H.. 4 r.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-10-29

Health and prosperity threaten to
make US nation OF self-seekers. The
exaltation OF personal ease and com
fort menaces our permanent well.
being. In military service every able
bodied young man subordinates his
personal interests TO the welfare OF
his nation: II is an act OF faith by
which he recognizes that the endur-
ing life Of his people, with the
spiritual values It treasures. is OF
more Importance than his own per-
sonal happiness. and that one OF the
greatest sacrifices he can render by
his life is to promote the welfare OF
his nation. Likewise every woman
Who Is willing to forego personal
pleasure and comfort, and incur the
risk and effort Of rearing offspring,
subordinates her own personal inter.
est to her nation and her race.
America does not want Negro
army, irst, because It would pc IN
fair to ask OF any one race any more
than IT. Just proportion OF service.
Then. the white men OF American can.
not AFFORD to allow the benefits OF
universal service to slip from them.
Physical strength, alertness Of body,
ability TO engage with others IN group