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The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-16

Gulf.
 The day was a big event to river habitues but the general public knew nothing about it.
 Each craft was in command of naval officer and crew.
 Where tourists once sat on the up- craft enpoying the scenery of the Thames soldiers and war material to- :, nrv IT al>ing the little boat .. ice st;,,IS War oufpoSe.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-16
ALASKA OPERATOR TO TRY FOR W0RlD'S
 RECORD

naments, and Gilpin's record for re- ceivng was 47.S words, of five let ters each, per minute. The copy that he turned out was faultless, without ensure or inaccuracy of any kind. As the standard efficiency rec ord of the system is 35 wards, he beat this by almost 13 words. The worlds record is 51.6 words per min ute.
 Regarding his contemplated try for the worlds record MT. Gilpin says that he has every confidence that he will be able to beat it, as he had no difficulty in getting" AIS words per minute, and could have got it faster if Mr Motyka had been able to send faster.
 In the last test Motyka's sending spaced that other operators listening declared it as perfect as a musical
 ''i'' ''o'sh h"' "Ho To III hi9 early 2O's, according to Mir. Gilpin, has the making of a world beater and within a few years will be heard of far and wide.
 The date of the test for record time will be announced later. It will take place shortly after MT. Motyka starts doing duty at Valdez.-News Miner
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-16
NOME TAILORING co,

You can keep your friends outside posted by having the Nugget mailed .a them for 50 cents per month.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
He-I hear you are lucky at golf.
She-Well, l met each of my first
three husbands in a golf game.
CLEAN FACTORY.

A cigar company has located its
new factory in the residence district
Of Benton Harbor.
The manager explains: "There
are several reasons why / want the
factory to be homelike. / intend to
construct recreation grounds, tennis
courts and the like for employees. /
want them to enjoy their work in a
clean factory. / have located my
factory where the air is good, and
this means more to me than the
money | would save by closer prox-
unity to the center of industry. |
have my factory In the residence dis
trict SO that my people can build
their homes around it. 1 want them
to have their W homes. I intend
doing everything for their happiness
and comfort, knowing that work is
better done if happily done. / am
glad to pay out $500 each year to a
health custodian in order that my
factory be kept clean. 1t will be
thoroughly cleaned every day."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
EURoPE's QUEER WEATHER.

Next to the war the abnormal
weather which has harassed England
so far this year is the most-talked-ot
thing in the country, says the Pitts
burgh Dispatch. A sunny day SO far
this season is an event. The same
helds true of all northern Europe,
where weather of the kind resem-
bling March has prevailed through
out June and July. In Prussia
there has been an unusual amount OF
rain and excessive cold. In Moscow
up to the middle of July there had
been no sign of summer or of the
hot weather which generally sets in
before. June. In Scandinavia the
weather has been cherries and very
similar to that in England. In
southern Germany violent rains have
fallen, and Lake Constance is abnor-
mally high, while in Austria there
lave been tremendous storms. South
of the Alps excessively hot weather
has been reported for many weeks.
In Sardinia there has been a heat
wave which has been followed by
forest fires.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
LoNDoN'S TAXI DRIVERS.

London taxi drivers have a diff
cult task to perform before they can
obtain a license to run their cabs.
One old busman and hackney car
rage driver, too old to join the col
ors, and too rheumatic to stick to the
board, thought he would acquire a
knowledge of the taxi, and make a
living at that. After his second days
examination he said to the inspea-
tor, "Why guvnor it is easier to pass
through the eye of a needle than an
swer them questions"-there we're
400 Of them. "Take your time, dad"
said the inspector encouragingly.
"You never lost a horse" you have
been saying. "You will manage the
wheel yet" In three weeks the old
driver vas on the road, and a statis-
tician says that there arc now 1000
old busmen running their own taxis
III London-the other fellows have
done and r doing their bit at the
front.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
FORCE OF HABIT.

1t is a habit of theatrical peo-
pie foregathering con the road" to-
greet one another with the name Of
the theater and town where they last
met. A story is now going about
which concerns a music hall come,
dian who listened to his countrysI
call and joined the army. Sent ont
to the front, he took part in a desl
perate charge upon some enemy
trenches. Nearly mad with blood
lust, he was about to drive his bayo-'
net into a c~rouching figure in field
gray, when a dimly remembered face
looked up at him. The old habit
held. "Hullo, Karl! !" exclaimed the
former comedian, dropping his rife,
"1ppodrome, Wigant" London
Globe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
ACTIVITIES OF M

The munition industries in
France employ over 100000 women.
The clubwomen of Louisiana,
Georgia and Alabama are working
for compulsory education laws.
New York city has 500 mother po-
lice who act as unpaid assistants to
the regular police force.
Miss Eta M. Burkhart of Sheri-
dan, Wyo., is conceded to be the
queen of potato growers" in the
United States. She has a record of
raising GAO bushels to the acre.
The labor reserves in America to
supply the existing demands are
women. Many thousands Of them
have already been drawn into indus
try for the first time without ade-
quate provisions for housing and
protection being made for them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
RECOGNIZE VALUE OF MILK
French Authorities Regard II as Most
Powerful Stimulant That
Can BE Employed.

Milk is one of the most powerful
stimulants that can be taken into
the human system. The Pasteur in
stitute of Paris has announced this
fact after many months of expert
mentation.
According to the institute, milk
has been literally used to stimulate
the French soldiers before they go
into battle, and the general effect
noted has been such hat the sale of
milk has been urged by the French
government in preference to any
other beverages to the men in the
trenches.
In the ordinary acceptance there
is a sharp distinction between foods
and stimulants. Alcohol, for in
stance, is recognized as a powerful
stimulant but its food value is neg
ligible. 1t is commonly spoken OF
as a stimulant, and is not regarded
as having the properties of food.
Similarly, the articles that are
classed as foods are not spoken of
as stimulants, although anything in
the nature of food naturally has a
stimulative effect upon the physical
and mental organism. In that sense,
milk, being among the highest lii
value of all foods, might be viewed
as one Of the most valuable of slim
ulants.
Perhaps, after all, the best food is
the best stimulant. Anyway, our
notion of the meaning of "stimu-
liant" must be considerably modified
by this new French Characterization
of milk, and the word may hereafter
need to be treated with a greater re-
spect than it has received in some
quarters.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
NEW lDEt. IN ENDOWMENTs
Philanthropict,. About at the End OF
His cope, Struck With a
Brilliant Thought.

The philanthropist paced his
study, his brows knitted in thought,
his fingers crocheted in vexation, his
hair, where there was any, standing
upright on his head like bristles on
the back of a scared tomcat just hit
by a brickbat.
81 have come to the end of my
rope" he muttered, tearing up a
dunning letter and throwing it spite
fully out of the window. 81 have
given to every charity under the sun
and some over it, such as the plan to
communicate with the planet Bibble.
| have endowed libraries, soup kit
chens, hospitals, free saloons for the
relief of wives Of drunkards, every
thing anybody else ever endowed,
and thousands of my own invention.
l am still worth ten cents in cash
and millions in dreams, and every
charity has been attended tor
And he burst into tears of the
scalding variety. 1t was a hot day
and no ice supply in sight because
there was no beer in the refrigera-
tor for the iceman.
Suddenly he started up, and a
wild light of joy came into his old
eyes, the original pair he had when
born many years before Ia q
humble log cabin.
81 have it" he cried. 81 will en-
dow a fund for INDECENT philanthro-
pists who have wasted their sub
stance on endowing charities"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
HAD NO BITTER FEELINGS
In Fact, Discarded Lover Was Think.
ING Only of How He Might
Aid His Rival.

1t was to be his last call. They
stood on the porch in the moonlight.
"You are determined" he said
finally.
eyes, George, | think it is for the
best hat we do not see each other
again."
"Do you love another?"
81 do, George. / have promised
my heart to Harold Updyke."
There was a moments silence.
George stepped back and drew from
his pocket a revolver, which glis-
tened in the pale light.
George, George!" shrieked the
girl. "What do you intend to do?'
She took hold of his hand.
"Not a great DEAL" replied George
calmly. 81 have been calling on you
for the last six months, Evelyn, and
/ have only exterminated about hall
the dogs in the neighborhood.
want you to take this gun and give
it to Updyke. he may want to fin
ish the rest of them."-Puck. +,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
PUSHING COAL FROM THRONE
Monarch Has No Longer undisputed'
Sway In Fields Where Once He
Had No Rival.

King Coal is very much harassed
in his former undisputed fields. The
electrifying Of steam plants, mines,
factories, and even railroads is going
ahead at a steadily increasing rate,
but while coal may, imperceptibly so
far, lose some business in the domes-
tic market, export sales are increas-
ing. Byproduct plants are being
erected, and operators are looking
forward to the time when the waste
full and costly methods of coal trans
~portation viii be done away with
and electricity will be produced right
at the mine and be transported
cheaply and quickly to the consumer,
cooking your dinner, heating your
house, running your factory, or car-
rying you across the continent, un-
troubled from SCOT and cinders.
What change such a transforms
ton may make is best demonstrated
by what it has done for the Pacific
coast, and especially for San Fran
cisco. However, electricity had less
to do with this change than OIL
which has supplanted coal to an ex-
tent at first ~unthought Of. All har-
Dor and coastwise, as well as all
transpacific shipping is using oil for
fuel. Gas is made from oil, and the
residue is pressed into briquettes.
The factories use oil, and the oil
stove warns the house in the rainy
season.-Wall Street Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
NOT A PLEASANT POSSESSION
Artistic Temperament Hardly a Thing
to Be Desired-Really Means
Intensive ~Selfishness.

The artistic temperament is GER
tainly not strongly hereditary, and ii
may be doubted whether it is heredi-
tary at all. 1t may appear sproradi-
cally in one member of a large fam
lily, the rest of whom are normal il
may appear in children in whose
parents it is absent, and may be
absent in children of a father who
possesses it in high degree. 1t is more
frequent in men than in women
but, whatever its origin, it is a ca
lamity to the family of its p~ossessor,
though it is not necessarily a calam-
ity to the possessor himself. II
does often bring him to irretrievasle
disaster, it is true, but it does not
necessarily do SO; and the very self
ishneSs which is an integral and con-
spicuous element in it, may, if COM
bined with a moderate share OF pru-
dence, secure for its possessor that
ease and comfort for which he most
Graves, and make his life, if not
prosperous or successful, at least en-
joyable. He does not always wreck
his own life, but. if the temperament
is highly developed he will infallibly
wreck the lives of others.-London
Hospital.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
S~QUELCHING A DEALER.

"Can 1 sell you some antiques,
sir?"
"What have you in stock?"
Give got a chair George Washing
ton sat in, "a cradle Jenny Lind was
rocked In, a mirror used by Cath
crime the Great of Russia and"
"Say no more. Those things are
comparatively modern"
"But, consider, sir"
II want some real antiques. In
fact, / am anxious to acquire the set
of tools used by Noah in building
the ark."-Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
TASTE or VARIOUS MUSIC
These who Arc Made Glad by Sweet
Sounds Might Compile q Long y
List of Fiavors.

Dispatches from Chicago say that
Robert w. Stevens, music professor
at Chicago university, has discovered
that music has taste as well as
charm. According to Stevens, a
flute tastes like crystal sugar, an
oboe like a lemon, a cello like good
coffee, and a clarinet like grape
fruit. A Columbus (Ind.) musician,
who withholds his name because he
dislikes ~notoriety, has added consid-
erably to the list. He calls attention
to the fact hat while Professor Ste
yens may think Chopin tastes like
brook trout, Irving Berlin would
taste like chill con carne with an ex-
ira application of tabasco sauce
Nevin, he thinks, tastes like weak
tea, and Mcdowell like salt water.
His list of tastes applied to musical
instruments follows: Piccolo, like
pickles; trombone, like castor oil;
photograph, like hash: tuba, like
apple dumpliags; cornet, like a
green apple with a worm in it snare
drum, like breakfast bacon; parlor
organ, like stale boiled cabbage; cal
Hope, like an old-fashioned Hoosier
country dinner with nine kinds Of
preserves on the table. And, of
course, a French harp tastes like a
roasting ear. AT least both are
played in the same way.-Indianap-
oils News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
TELEPHONE GIRL KNEW LATIN
How Operator In Paris Helped Out
Priests Who Found Themselves
In Linguistic Difficulties.

That the telephone operators of
Paris are well versed in foreign Ian
guages is a thing which many Wis
itors to this city have found occa-
sion to discover, but a most striking
proof of their versatility is told by a
Swedish Catholic priest now visiting
there.
The priest, who does not speak a
word of French, was received at the
station by O French colleague
who did not know Swedish, but
who was to be his guide, SO
the two priests arranged to
carry on their conversation in
Latin. The following morning
the visitor, who lives at a hotel,
was called up on the telephone by his
colleague.
He had barely started speaking
when he was interrupted by the op-
orator at the exchange, who told him,
that because of the war he must not
use a foreign language. The French
priest explained the circumstances
to her and she assured him that
matters might be arranged. In a
moment the two priests heard a new
young voice in the phone, addressing
them in the most perfect Latin.
What she said, translated into Eng
lish, meant that although it was for
hidden to use foreign tongue the OPP
orator would be very pleased if the
two fathers would speak in Latin
and it would then be her duty to lis
ten to their conversation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
HER CHAP, BUT NO "LoAFER"
Housemaid's Good Grounds for De-
nying She Had Disobeyed the
Orders Of Her Employer.

A few months ago a landlady liv-
ing in the Midlands engaged a new
servant, and having views on the
question of followers" she ex-
pounded them to the girl upon her
arrival.
mind you, jane" she said, seri-
ously, 81 will have no loafers about
the place. You quite understand?
Eyes, ma'am," replied Jane.
Within the short period of a week,
however, the lady had grounds for
~suspecting that her orders had been
disobeyed, and Jane was promptly
Intercepted.
did | not make it a stipulation
of your engagement that no follow
ers to be allowed?"
"No, ma'am. You said 1oafers.' "
"Well, you may have it that way
if you wish. You were talking to a
man for ten minutes at the area gate
last night"
eyes, ma'am, That's my chap!"
said Jane, unblushingly.
Glow dare you disobey my ex-
press orders in this way?"
81 amt disobeyed 'em, ma'am! p
persisted Jane. "George-that's my
young man-is a baker, sure enough,
but e amt a loafer. FPS a biscuit
hand, e s."-London Tit-Bits.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
WHERE THE DEBT LIES.

II observe" said the fend, shat
Mr.. Roosevelt says he owes much Of
his success to golf"
st was my notion" said the low
brow, "that most men owe much of
their golf to success ."-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
THE BRUTE.

Mrs. Willis-Wake up, John |
Wake up!
Mr.. Willis-What's the matter?
Mrs. Willis--I hear a harsh, graf
ing noise. | think someone is trying
the door.
Mr.. Willis-Nonsense. It's some
rat trying that cake you made to-
day.-Life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
APooR RETRIEVER.

Wigg-I hear you've sold your
bird dog. He was a good retriever,
wasn't he?
Wagg-It thought SO, but he didn't
bring much when I sold him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
METHOD.

"You shouldn't lose your temper
and say harsh things in debate"
"I'm not losing my temper" re-
piled Senator Sorghum. "a man
who loses HIS temper is at a disad-
vantage. I'm saying the harsh
things so as to persuade the other
fellow to lose his"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
GOT A FROST.

Loye-making goes better under
anspicious conditions. I wooed my
wife under a tropical moon."
@That's where | made my mistake.
/ proposed at Glacier lake.o-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
CYNICAL

Mrs. Bilter-Shall We get a detec-
tice to guard Clara's wedding pres
ents?
Bitter Cooking over them)-You
don't need a detective; all you need
y a tinsmith.-Life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
THE REASON OF IT.

"Did you know there was a sud-
den rise the other day in gas and
real estate?"
"No; how was that?"
"a gas pipe blew up and took part
of the street with it."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
NONE LEFT.

"This is a delightful atmosphere,
Julia, but we will have to look out
for another place."
ooh, John, why?"
II heard the trust magnate who
came yesterday say he was going out
early this morning to take the air"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
HIS JEWEL.

Hell saw a splendid diamond to-
day!
she-Oh, George-did--you buy
it?
He-Buy i'll Why, no, Pm speak
ing Of the new ball grounds.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
NOT LIKELY.

"Can | have another plate Of ice
cream, mother?"
mo, Freddie. Too much ice
cream isn't coed for little boys"
Chow do you know it isn't moth
er? Did you ever hear of a little boy
having too much ice creams"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
UNFAILlNc SIGN.

II have discovered the secret of
Jones' wonderful accuracy in pre-
dictions Of rain"
"What is it,"
"He just looks up the date Of
church and Sunday school picnics
and fetes."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
NO EXCEPTION.

at is an ill wind that blows no
body good"
1Doesn't it blow some good to the
doctors?"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
ONE ON FATHER.

Pa-What does the teacher say
about your poor arithmetic work?
.Willie-She said she'd rather you
didn't meddle with it.-Stray Sto-
ries.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
DOUBTFUL soBRIETY.

"There's Jaggs. They say there's
no better judge Of good liquor in the
state"
"He looks it. | wouldn't are to
be as sober as that judge"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02

"Did the new chauffeur fill the
bill?"
mo; but he came near filling the
hospital. drowning Magazine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
SILLY FELLOW.

"You are the only girl that a
make me happy"
"Are you sure?"
eyes, | have tried all the Others"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
A HINT.

Scene-Church.
Three Michigan Men-Each do
nate FIVE cents.
Collector Cleaning forward, whis-
pers)-Transfers, sir?-Gargoyle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02

dad, what do they mean by a
checkered ~career?"
"Always on the move, ! reckon"
Louisville Courler-Joprnai.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
THE PRISONER.

Knicker-The egoist never escapes
from himself.
Bocker-No, at best he merely
hides somewhere in himself.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
u

Pa ~(reading his paper)--I see the
antis are beating just now.
Little Wiilie-Who are the aun-
ties beating, pa. the unclss?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
NATURAL QUERY.

II ran across a few friends he
first time ! went out in my new
auto"
"Any of them leave a family?"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
IT'S SORT.

Here's a bad mistake in that
story of yours about the escape of
Mr.. Jones' pigs"
ooh, merely a slip Of the PEN"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
WRONG COLOR.

Tittle-She told me she was go-
ing to bleach her hair.
Tattle - How indiscreet. She
really ought to keep it dark.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
WORSE THAN VAR.

notwithstanding is the most
destructive force Of modern times?
Girl without hcsitation)The
laundry.-New York Sun:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
WELL P~rAcTicEp.

81 wonder if hat old farmer host
of YOURS could take me in ?"
'Tf he cart it won be for lack Of
ability and experience il that line
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
NO STRAIN.

"She believes everything he tells
Ter.
eyes, but / understand he doesn't
tell her very much."--Detroit Free
Press.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02
POOR CONSOLATION.

"Your dog always howls when he
Bees me coming"
Yes, he is rude enough to ex-
press what most people feel"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02

Bronson = Have you narrowed
your vegetable plot, Woodson?
Woodson-No; but l have my
feelings.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-10
HUNDREDS AWAIT
SATURDAYS GAME
Biggest Game of Season to be
Played Between South
Bend and MiShaWaka.

Hundreds of students OF the Misb-
awake and South Bend high schools
anxiously await the start of the
football game between their elevens
Saturday afternoon on the north
side grounds. Both teams have been
coached diligently for the contest
and feel confident of victory. AL
though South Bend has an edge on
the Mishawaka players, it does not
lessen the prospects Of Coach Sem
ler's aggregation. who hope 10 sur
prise the Benders with a bucket
full" Of trick plays and possibly win
the game.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for a mammoth automobile
parade. which will wend its way
through the city streets Saturday af-
ternoon. ending at the rounds. snake
dances. school yells and other stunts
Will feature the demonstration. a
parade viii be held tonight. adver-
Using the game.
More than 400 tickets have been
sold i'm MiShawaka South Bend is
expected 10 bring over at least that
many rOOters. Officials anticipate
the largest crowd that ever attend
ed any athletic event in the city.