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NOME, AL8KA, JAN. 10, 1818
one of the most outstanding exam
ples of that eternal optimism Inherent
in humanity la found in the radical
change of view concerning the prob
able effects of the great European war
Something over a year ago. sickened
"Itb horror at the dire calamity which
had so suddenly overtaken the world,
people of thought and perception
everywhere professed to *ee in the
swift descent from a condlton in which
culture and progress was the predom
inant feature to one of the most dis
gusting barbarity and savagery, a
shattering of all of the lofty Ideals upon
Winch mankind has built Its progress
since the dark ages. Many, indeed,
were fain to look upon the bloody orgy
"f death rind destruction as convincing
evidence that civilization was a farce
ind Christianity a failure and that
mankind was, after all, but little re
moved from the cruel and bloodthirsty
brutes from whom it sprang In the dim
and distant ages when the world wag
voung. Few, thinkers or otherwise,
drew from the savage spectacle other
v iew than that the world had somehow
gone back, had lost a vital something
the absence of which tended to nullify
and set aside much that had been
* gained in the struggle for enlighten
ment and culture carried or through
the centuries.
To many It seemed that, the specta
cle of the world’s most advanced and
progressive nations grappling at each
others throats with all of the cruelty
and blood lust of the beast, betoken
the blasting of all hope that man would
ever be retrieved from his bestial In
stincts and reach a plane of spiritual
development whero such things were
impossible. In tlio tone of tho press
and the comment of the general public
was visible a strong inclination toward
ihe view that It would require some
newer and moro potent Impulse than
any jdi uruugm. nun existence 10
place mankind on a plane where he
would forego hla brutish lusts and ac
quire a newer and more exalted idea
of his duty to his creator, humanity
and himself. P’essimism over the short
comings and the retrogressive tenden
t iso of humankind seemed the most
outstanding feature of tho view of the
period. This was a trifle more than
a year ago but already this view has
changed under Time’s resolving influ
ence to the degree that we now find
that a more cheerful outlook Is de
veloping. From the attitude of dole
ful pessimism Is even arising a belief
that the sanguinary struggle Is noi
without possibilities of hope that hu
manity may ^ultimately derive a
mighty benefit; that from the bloody
welter of war may arise a purified
humanity that will be prepared to
extend a stricter justice and a broader
liberty than has ever been known be
fore. In the light of a wider under
standing, coupled with that irrepressi
ble spirit of optimism referred to, wo
are commencing to even believe that
this titanic upheaval; this purging by
fire and sword, will result In a strong
er International sanity, a greater pur
ity of thought and a nobler view of
what Is man'* duty and obligation to
ward his fellows. In a word we are
commencing to think that things are
not so bad as we believed and that
from this gory cesspool of lust and
strife will arise a better world that
will recognize the highest principles
of brother hood—one which will frown
upon and deny the right of either men
or nations to abridge the Inherent
rights of others.
BOOSTING!.
Help your town along by boosting.
Wear a bright and hopeful face. Do
not be forever roosting somewhere near
he walling place. You can’t help your
own by knocking, If It’s In a back
ward groove, but some optimistic talk
‘ng does a lot to help things nova In
'he mud one town was sticking, evi
dently anchored there, for her people
ill were kicking, all were dishing up
lespalr. All were groaning o’er their
axes, shedding teardropj In a stream,
ill had hammers, dubs and axes ready
"or each helpful scheme. So the vll
age sat and rotted till a booster
'ended there; soon the trouble’s seat
he spotted, saw the fungus In the sir,
ind he Jarred the village croakers,
stirred them up to hump along, till the
Place was full of Jokers and the breeze
v ns full of song. Citizens forsook the
habit of bewailing this and that, and
the timid business rabbit rustled like
a tiger cat, and they all turned In ker
whooplng, singing forth the hamlet’s
praise, and that hamlet, lately droop
ing. filled Its neighbors with amaze.
Mow, this story, true as preaching,
shows what one lone man can do, if
instead of doleful screeching, he yells
"cockadoodledoo!” For you stimulate
your neighbors every time you give
three cheers, and the harvest of your
labors will be reaped In -coming years
—Walt Mason.
WI8E OLD SPIDER.
|When Mark Twain, In ,hls early
days, was editor of a Missouri paper,
a superstitious subscribed ,'wrote to
him saying that he had found a spider J
in his paper, and asked him whether
it was a sign of good or bad luck. The
humorist wrote him this answer and
printer It:
"Old Subscriber: Finding a spider
in your paper was neither good luck
nor bad luck for you. The spider wits
merely looking over our paper to see
which merchant is not advertising, so
that he can go to that store, spin his
web across the door and lead a life of
undisturbed peace ever afterward."
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JANGLING NATIONALITIES.
(October Metropolitan.)
The United States owes a duty to
other nations. We should so act as
to show that we are one In a com
munity of nations with common rights
and common duties, and that we are
tit by our own trained strength to do
our duty to others as well as to our
selves. This duty the .United States
can never perform until end unless
she acts purely as a nation, not as a
knot of Jangling nationalities. If Am
erica means nothing but a squabbling
congeries of German-Americans. Irlsh
Amerlcans. English-Americans, French
Americans. Jewlsh-Amerlcans, Itallan
Americans, Scandinavian-Americans,
then It Is not worth while to have it
a nation at all. Every man In ourj
country who seeks to divide himself
from his fellow-Americans along lines
of creed or national origin Is a bad
American. Every man In this country
who seeks to shape the policy of the ■
nation, not In accordance with the
interests of the United States and of
humanity at large, but In accordance
with the Interests of the nation from
which he or his ancestors sprang, Is a ;
thoroughly unworthy and unpatrtotlo
citizen and should leave the country,
tu whose welfare his mere presence Is
menace.—Theoodre Roosevelt
Calling cards printed at Nugget cfhee
ALASKA NOTES
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FAIRBANKS.—Arrival* from Betties
report that the season's output of the
northern camp will exceed three hun
dred million dollars. It la stated that
winter operations have started and that
more miners are working ontbe creeks
than at any time during the past flve^
years. Most of the gold this year camel
from Hammond river.
"Grandma" White’s roadhouse at
Mile 20 on the government railroad out
from Seward was destroyed by fire the
other night and her husband who is an
Invalid, narrowly escaped being burned
to death. Mrs. White, who is over 80
years of age, got her husband down
stairs alone and to a place of safety.
In the excitement Mrs. White over
looked |50 In change which she kept on
hand and about $25 In silver was found
melted together, but the gold coin was
uninjured. The couple were provided
with temporary quarters after the fire.
CORDOVA.—The Japanese residents
of Cordova, who have shown their loy
alty to the mother country by celebrat
ing the coronation of the emperor, are
not unmindful of the kindly feeling
that has existed here toward them, and
is an appreciation of that fact they
made a donation of $100, to be applied
to some useful public purpose. The
money was turned over to Mayor Sla
ter and It was urrangnd that It bo given
to the library fund of our schools, to be
used In tlu- purchase of additional
iooks
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The sport lovers of Anchorage have
about perfected the formation of a ken
nel club for the purpose of tnauBunvt
Ing dog races, and expects to secure
the co-operation of other Alaskan
towns. It is planned to hold races in
the different towns In order to deter
mine the better teams and then arrange
a grand championship event In which
the various towns will lw* pitted against
each other
FAIRBANKS.—Bob Vlning, the local
commission and theatrical man, is
considering the advisability of estab
lishing a movie picture -house in
Brooks, the new Tolovana town. He
is the owner of several theaters In the
north, as well as several In the states,
and if he makes up his mind that the
people of the new town need a theatre
he is sure to give them a good one as all
his houses are first-class
William O. Martin manager of the
Alaska Freo Gold Mining Company, of
the Willow creek, passed througli Sow-1
ard on the Admiral Farragut on hhti
way out to the states for the winter.
Mr. Martin states that the mining ' i
season was pretty fair this year. Ho '
will keep 20 men at the mine all winter J
and says that w-ork will commence Im-j i
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mediately for the hauling of coal from
Moose creek. In the Matanuska coal
Helds, to tits mines and will keep the
stamp mills going thlg^winter hv steam
—Seward < late way.
Messrs. McReynolds and Daxon. of
Porcupine village, went rabbit hunting
recently in the vicinity of Resurrec
tion river with a 22 and 25 calibet i
rifle When Mr. McReynolds. after!
shooting a rabbit was about to pick up
his game Sir Bruin, the brown bear,
awaited his arrival eagerly.^ Mr. Mc
Reynolds climbed the nearest tree and
comment ed hollering, when Mr. Daxon J
arrived to his rescue. Their united
voices so awed the beast that he took!
a hasty departure. The gentlemen saj !
the bear was an immense one, weigh
ing at least 1.000 pounds.
The Dawson News states a telegram
was received from Vancouver announc
ing the death In Vancouver of Mrs.
Robert Henderson, wife of the noted
Yukon pioneer who was the discoverer
of gold In the Klondike watershed. Mrs.
Henderson passed a way after having J
undergone an operath n recently at the,
general hospital in Vancouver.
A certain assistant prosecuting attor
ney of the first division Is reported
as very careful of the questions which
he asks women of the restricted dis
trict when they appear before the court
when he is a prosecutor. During the
recent term a Ketchikan woman was
before the court on a charge of main
taining a disorderly house, and when
the prosecutor asked her if she owned
the house, she replied: "You ought to
know, you’re there oftener than X am.
JUNEAU — Collector of Customs
Pugh of Juneau has Issued an order
preventing visitors from going on
board Canadian steamers while they
are In Alaskan ports. The order fol- '
lows the conviction of the captain of
the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess
Sophia for carrying two passengers
from Juneau to Ketchikan. The pas
sengers were Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner
■){ Juneau, who had boarded the
deatner at Juneau in the early morn
ng hours to visit with a Skagway lady,
who was a passenger south. The of
ficers of the steamer did not know
the couple were on board and carried
:hem to Ketchikan wheic they were
illowed to leave and take another
dearner back home. The Sophia was
fined $400 for violation of interna
ional law.
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AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fa
nous Atherton Bourbon whiskys, Dia
i 1 led spring 1904-1906, bought in bond
ind roduced *o 90 per cenL by U. 8. .
jevernment by the bottle or gallon,
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Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whiskys, Die
tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bond ,
and reduoed *o 90 per cent, by U. 8.
government by the bottle or gallon.
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