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NOME, ALASKA, MARCH 29, 1917.
In the old days whatever washed
ashore belonged to the man who
found it—if the king or the neighbor
ing chief did not happen to take it
away from him.
"Jetsam, flotsam and ligan," tilings
thrown into the water, or lying on or
below tho water, were supposed to
remain in the possession of the orig-,'
inal owner while that owner lived.
n,“ onvfhinf that came ashore be
promptly seized by whoever found it
first.
A stormy night on a rocky coast
was a night of rich harvest. All fixed
lights, bonfires, etc., were carefully
extinguished. l’’or the man at sea
would keep away from those fixed
lights, knowing that they meant solid
land, lock and destruction.
It was then thought desirable, al
most "good business sense," to do
everything to encourage wrecks.
It was the custom to take a calf,
fasten a light on his head, and lead
him along the shore, allowing him to
eat grass as he was led.
Tho calf, moving along, raising and
lowering his head with the light upon
it, gave a good imitation of a ligtit
on a ship.
Tho light on the calf's head was
supposed to be the light of the ship.
Tho lowering and raising of tho head
was supposed to be caused by tho
movement of the water. The unfor
tunato sailor, seeing this light, be
lieving himself (headed toward an
other ship, went straight on, toward
the calf, the rocks and wreck.
Everything that came ashore was
seized eagerly by the barbarians, who
looked upon wrecks, death ami de
struction as a merciful gift from
heaven to them.
Often the unhappy sailors, if any
Happened to survive and reach the
shore, were killed, that they might
not tell what happened, or reveal the
fact that wreckage belonging tj the
King had been taken by the oweni
of the calf with a light on its head.
.Not Jong ago tiiis calf and other
devices of the same sort wore busy
on many a coast, particularly on the
lirltlsh islands, where there was much
ingenuity and much profit from
wrecks.
It seems to us horrible, almost un
believable, that human be.ings like
ourselves, our own ancestors in Eng
land, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and on
the Continent, should have been guilty
of such savagery.
"How," we ask ourselves, “could they
have taken and used property that
Professional Garde
Dr. A. P. Heimlich
OVER HILL’S DRUG STORE.
Hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Phan* Main 7.
! came to them so horribly? Their first,
I thought should have been with the i
| miserable, unhappy sailors, struggling.
I for their lives."
Well what is our United States 1
attitude toward those wrecks In Eu
rope? And what is our national at- !
litude toward the gold that comes j
Heating to our shore from the wreck?
What about the Wall street man
| who the other day asked perfectly
I seriously ‘‘Do you think there is any
danger that the war will end in throe
: months?"
J He was a man worth millions,, plau
j nine to taka millions more from the
: European wreck. lie wanted to know
] —and there are many like him, al
t though they do not express them
selves so crudely whether there was
any danger that the wreckage would
j stop coming In from Europe within1
I three months.
Thus a half-naked peasant on the
rocks in the old days might have
asked: "Do you think there is any
danger of that ship getting by safe
ly, instead of coming here onto the
rocks?”
A shocking siglit to the modern man
would have presented itself along the
shore in the old day's, after two or
three big wrecks had come in.
He would have seen the bodies of
the dead sailors some murdered,
some drowned—their pockets turned
inside out, strewn along the shore.
He would have seen men and women
gat hero. I around barrels of rum and
brandy and violently drunk. He would
have seen the entire population at
intervals raising its eyes to heaven,
humbly giving thanks "for prosperity
and safely."
Would a being really Just, for in
stances an Angel Uabriel, sec such a
great difference between those wreck
ers of old and the United States of
today?
How piously we turn our eyes up
ward and express thanksgiving for
prosperity—although we know that
the gold that comes to our shore is
represented, every dollar of it, by
dead bodies rotting on the battlefields
in Europe.
And, observe this: We are in one
j way distinctly like the wreckers of
old. We are not .ontent to let the
thing take its course and rely upon
the storms and th wu for the pros
perity.
We lend money t" Europe that the
i fight may go on.
Our distinguished financiers who
arc making their hundreds of mil
der to Europe are anxious to get cash
for the murderous weapons they' sell.
So they take European bonds and
loans here, sell them to our people—
knowing well that they will probably
never be paid. And with the cash they
get for these bonds, that are so doubt
ful in value, they pay themselves first,
and send the balance over to Europe,
that the war and the war profits may
continue.
We ge t all that we can from that
bloody wreck in Europe. We haul the
gold fi shore, and roll our eye* to
heaven and thank God for the pros
perity that conies to us and the safe
ty that comes to us just as the an
cient men and women on the rocky
coast thanked God for their safety
and prosperity as they looked upon
the dead bodies along tho shore, and
the casks of rum, and the money from
tlie dead sailors' pockets.
Whoever says that it Is premature
to urge and demand peace and urge
peace now, has in him tho making of
a first-class ancient wrecker.
The fact is that wo are simply the
same old savages of the wrecking
days, with a little coat of varnish
that call humanity and civiliza
tion -but a very thin coat.
Let the wreckage he big enough and
the wreckage be fat and rich enough
and the old wrecker spirit comes out
^gain—and we are savages ftill.—
New York Journal.
FORCE OF HABIT.
The drug clerk was leaning listless
ly against the prescription counter,
the very picture of indolence.
"Haven’t you any ambition at all. |
my hoy?" ldwlly inquired a solicitous I
old gentleman.
"No", responded the clerk dreamily,
••fa,t I have something just as good"
“HE WHO FIGHTS—
AND PUNS AWAY."
"I hear you had some trouble at.
the picnic," said Fred.
“Yes," sighed Percy. "The girls
called me a coward because I
wouldn't gi t them a hornets’ nest.”
"Unhonored, eh?” chuckled Fred.
■■Yep.” said Percy, "but unstung."
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office
Office and Residence of J. F. McAl
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Baths. Phone Red 157.
H UK SIBNALS
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I IS.Carstens Cold Storage
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21.The Lobby
i 21.Pioneers Igloo
j 25.Catholic Church
31.Discovery Saloon
I 32. Yorkey's Cigar Store
H .opp. Webb's Market
i Engine House, Phone Main 97.
' 7 whistles water . 3 fire out
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days lesignated. The minus
sign before u number means below
*ero.
Li. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
March 1 . —14 30
March 2 . —11 30
March 3. —4 32
March 4 . —14 12
March 6 ... .*.—15 0
March 6.—19 —15
March 7.—19 — 8
March 8. —17 30
March 9 . —17 32
March 10. —17 16
March 11. —25 8
March 12 . —14 22
March 13 . —19 28
March 15.—14 19
March 16 . —8 8
March 17. 8 4
March 18.0 45
March 19.9< U
March 20. 10 16
March 21 7 3
March 22 ...—6 — 4
March 23..'.. 5 —20
March 24.0 • 27
March 25.—IS “20
March 20 . —26 26
March 27 . M
March 28 . 3 2
In the home tr in the camp, there
is no commodity so extensively used
as meat, therefore it ie upon thj»‘
commodity that you should look to
tor economical buying. Following ere
a few of our prioee:
Beef by the siue.$.19
Round steak. 25
Sirloin steak. “*0
Pot Roast. -22
Stew .■ •.. -20
Mutton by carcass .
Mutton chops, snoulder . 25
Mutton chops, loin and rib. 36
Mutton legs.. . •■.
Pork loin chops. ^0
Fresh Reindeer from the Lomsn
herd, drea*ed in a skillful and eani
tary manner.
Sweet Briar Butter 40c per pound
by the case.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
1 non* Whits 17.
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large or small at money saving prices.
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