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| first to draw the attention OF the Ital.
ian government to the treasures which
the sands of Ostia were concealing.
Some authorities on archaeology al
most discouraged Professor Lanciani
in his first attempts. but short work
was quite SUFFICIENT to prove what an
important page of history Ostia would
disclose to the world II its ruins were
brought to light
The excavations at Ostia have now
uncovered the two main thorough.
fares of the town. the 'decumanus"
and the "cardo." which. according to
Roman topography. marked the nrst
foundations of the city. The decu-
manus, the street leading to the sea.
was hanked by porticoes leading to
shops or private houses. Some Of tho
porticoes have been found in excellent
condition and most Of the walls are
also well preserved. These wallis are.
as usual In Roman architecture. rath-
or thick, thus showing that the heat
must have been considerable in the
town, especially as almost every house
bears traces of an open space or
veranda which opens toward the sea
and is sheltered from the SUMS rays.
The theater, which lies close to the
decumanus. still bears its original
form and some of its columns. its stat
ues and its mosaics are beautifully
preserved. The capitals Of the col
'umns are of remarkable workman
ship and Judging by their height and
by the size of the statues which adorn-
ed the entrance of the theater the lat
ter must have been an exceedingly
large building to hold several thou
sand people. Il was founded BY
Agrippa and restored by Caracalla at
the end Of the fourth century. In
this theater was found large statue
of Venus which 10 now at the Lateran
Museum in Rome. while another. the
Venus Of the Sea. has been found bur-
led underneath the stage.
A great part of the decumanus has
yet to be unearthed. the greatest
and perhaps the most interesting part.
as this is the portion approaching the
sea, where the famous port Is sup
posed to have been in existence.
Professor vaglieri-who. In succession
to Lanciani. IL now In charge of the
excavations-thinks that he may not
only come across the walls of the
port and its docks. but that he may
also find the remains of ancient ships
and at any rate archaeological mate
rial of the greatest importance for the
reconstruction of this old port.
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vrsts. stating the facts q ~ sass,
dsaisd having bssn within three Milss
Of his once. aad asked hin % q.
plain how he cane In posseasioa u
the ring. They did not go each 9TH
or. because Miss Carbsrry vas -
angry over his reply to her note that
she refused to SEQ him.
Renewal Of Aflalrs Nest Curious.
That quarrel was 70 serious that II
was more than year before they
spoke again. and the manner Of the ~
nswal Of their love AFFAIR was more Gu
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more than red hot as It sweeps past,
while in other. cases the comet at Its
nearest approach to the sun 10 far out.
side the orbit Of the earth. From q
statistical study of these orbits, It
appears probabble that those comets
that are discovered and observed from
the earth constitute only q small frac-
ton of the total number that enter
or belong to the solar system. To be
discovered at all. comet either must
be unusually big and bright or 1t must
come near the earth. an, with due
reference to these conditions and to
the average number Of comets that
are found year by year. It appears that
for every comet that ever comes in
side the orbit OF the earth there must
be some Is or 80 that never come SC
near the sun and which must therefore
In great part remain undiscovered. An
even more striking conclusion alous
these lines il that II We count the or.
bit Of the most distant planet, Nep
tune. a. fixing the boundary of the sol.
ar system. there are at all times pres
ent within this spherical domain sew.
eral thousand comets, the average
number being . tribe under 5000. but
Of these thousand there are visible
from the earth at any one time hardly
more than one or two. It must not
be inferred. however. that comets arc
less numerous near the earth than
elsewhere. for quite the contrary IL
true. the number Of comets per billion
cubic miles Of space 10 greater near
the sun and diminishes somewhat ran.
Idly to the outsrmost confines OF the
system and II 10 only the immeuSS
expanse Of the solar system beyond
the sarth's orbit that makes the to.
tai number Of comets % great. n u
this same great space available for
them to move in that makes
the chance Of collision between comets
and planets 20 extremely small. There
10 no known instance Of . hsad-on col
lision between such bodies. q Of the
falling Of comet into the sun, a
though the mathematical chapter Of 10
cidents contsmplatss - probable the
occurrence Of about one suck event -
the latter in every century
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OBtI2 - Ol06Is lou. tuAu
either Pompeii or Herculaneum. older
than Rome itself. whose seaport. n
we'll A. fashionable watering place.
the long-buried city used to b.
Tho work of unearthing Ostia has
now been going ON for some years.
OF late. thanks to the interest that has
been taken In II by King Victor EN-
manuel and the parliament-the latter
having Just voted $4,000 toward new
excavations-it has made rapid head
way. The two principal streets Of the
city. ~ well as its splendid theater.
having been brought to light. This an.
cient town, the greatest center Of com.
merce and OF amusement Of Ruman
times, with Its splendid buildings and
magnificent monuments. has been bur-
led since the fall Of the Roman EN-
pire In a grave Of mingled sand,
stones and rubbish. which In places Il
20 and even 80 feet deep.
The upper ten Of Rome had their
summer homes at Ostia. which IL only
thirteen miles from the capital. and
used to 90 there in April and stay un-
til September, during all Of which
time there was . lot doing. The
Naiumas. or May festival, was csle-
brated It ostiA with. great pomp By
the emperor and his court. who drove
all the way from Rome in their sor-
gsous state coaches. followed. say the
records. BY the notables. which means
the 400 Of the day. and the matronea,
which may mean the chaperones,
though they had little use Of these In
those rapid days, and accompanied BY
crowds Of people cheering to Castor
and Pollux. the presiding ,divinities Of
the place. These festivals lasted sew.
eral weeks, during which there were
constant libations. which IL Roman
for rounds Of drinks, and sacrifices to
Bacchus and Venus. the gods Of wine
and love.
Plutarch. Livy and Cicero speak OF
ostia a. having been place Of de.
light" and "the favorite town Of EN-
perors and nobility for several hun.
dred years" Nero had q special fond.
ness for the Roman Newport. which
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rious than anything else. The details
are not complete. because Mr.. Ladd IL
rather reticent in regard to the inter
mission In their courtship. 1t 10
known. however, that he met Miss
Mat MacCallum Of Albany, that they
became engaged, and that he gave her
the engagement ring.
Probably he became engaged to
Miss MacCallum while piqued over
losing Miss Carberry At any rate,
Miss MacCallum wore the ring for
nearly q month. Then 1t disappeared
az mysteriously as 1t had done before.
The girl either was deceitful or
rather frightened over the loss, and
instead Of contrasting 1t she wrote
and broke the engagement and stated
that she never had cared enough for
him to marry him and that their en-
gagement had been a mistake. She
did not mention the ring.
Ring Returns to Owner.
Three days after he received the
letter from Miss NacCallum 10 ~
ceived nice little note from lg1es
Carbsrry. She thanked him fsf -
ing the ring, showing her that N
spite Of Misunderstanding no stiil
trusted her. The ring. she said. was
left ON her desk In the once whore
she was employed. without messass.
but she understood 1t to mean that he
was weary Of their foolish quarrel.
Puzzled and upset over the a6aar.
Ladd called upon her. and after h.
ing convinced that there was no
danger he confessed everything and
was forgiven. They agreed to BE-
married In three weeks and LAdd
jokingly insisted that = wedding ring
was necessary to hold that engage
ment ring on her finger.
Ring Found on Ladd's Desk.
Two nights sfterward the ring dis
appeared again. while she slept, Miss
Carberry insisted. and the following
day Ladd found 1t circling twisted
Spite of paper on his desk. On The
paper were two words, "Ha! Hal"
written in large. bold hand. and
those two words furnish the ohly
clew to the mystery.
Instead of writing Ladd went direct
to the home of his hancee and de-
manded to know whether she were
trifiing With him. The result was
another quarrel and separation
more tears. and they parted. Miss
Carbsrry declaring she never wanted
to see his face again. He stood II .
month. then wrote. begging forgive
ness. After proper time he was per-
mitted to call to explain"
Ladd proved resourceful that time.
He brought q new engagement ring.
and he pledged himself to throw the
other away II she would accept him
again. She agreed that II the new
ring would remain on her finger for
two months she would marry him and
they would know that the other ring
was hoodooed.
For two months the new ring
sparkled on the third finger Of her
left hand. Then the date was set
and q short time ago they ran down
to Atlantic City for . little outing and
threw away the hoodooed ring that
had caused them 10 much trouble.
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mother searched for several ho1rs in
vain. Miss Carberry returned from
The o1lcs and together they searched
the entire house. The girl was NOR.
ti1sA and distressed.
Instead Of telling Mr.. Ladd. she tel
sphontd him that she was sick and for
hin to come the following night. She
fsaained at home from the once and
searched the house again. That eve
ming Ladd came. She hoped - would
noe observe The fact that the ring WAS
0isGias. but ~ lack would have II
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Laid stood ON the end Of the
iron pier ut Atlantic City the
other day with Miss Jeanette
Carberry and threw carat
and half solitaire diamond ring ~
far ~ he could into the waters OF
the Atlantic some Of the spectators
thought him insane. But % the ring
flashed and sank Ladd turned and
said. Thank heaven it's gone" and
Miss Carberry sighed happily.
The act probably dispensed for all
time with the hoodooed engagement
ring that four times caused Mr.. Ladd
to figure In broken engagements and
which fve times he placed upon the
finger Of Miss Carberry. where now
q new cut diamond flashes. Unless
some luckless loving couple dallying
in the sand at Atlantic City some time
dig up the solitaire the hoodoo Will re-
main with the mermaids.
The story Of the III luck that has
followed the ring and its peculiar ad-
ventures leads toward the realm OF
uncanny mysteries. No explanation
yet has been offered. no theory
evolved beyond that tho whole thing
must have been the work Of some hui
man enemy Of either LAdd or his
Aancee.
Nothing Extraordinary In Principals.
Mr.. Ladd IL New Yorker; that IL,
he has business In New York but
resides In Brooklyn, down in the Pros
pect park south district. Miss Car
berry lives In the same neighborhood
with her parents, and until two years
ago was assistant buyer for big New
York Wholesale millinery establish
ment.
Nj. LAdd has . small apartment and
takes breakfast with q family named
Brescher, consisting Of the father.
mother, and one child. q boy Of
twelve. While on friendly terms with
the Breschers. 1t cannot BE- said that
Ladd IL at all intimate with them. He
sees them at breakfast. but seldom at
any other time. a. he lunches in New
York and usually dimes In town and
returns to his apartment during the
evening.
Their First Meeting. ~
Ladd met Miss Carberry in the fall
Of 1909. They fell in love with each
other. and their engagement was an
nounced in January. the date Of their
marriage being set for June n. Eyi.
IDENTIFY Ladd felt tolerably certain that
he would be accepted even before he
made the formal proposal. ~ he ad-
mits that the week before they be-
came engaged he gave an order for .
pure white dianond solitaire and Or
lered II ct n high f1ns 1t old red
0uinsa gold. e~''9 r ~ 9
Miss Carberry flrst put ON the ring
the evening Of January when she &C.
copied Mr.. LAdd's proposal. She was
much pleased with tie ring itself. BE-
sides she seemed unusually happy and
wore the ring proudly. The following
Friday Mr.. Ladd called to take her
to the theater. She wore the ring
and distinctly remembered that after
Mr.. Ladd kissed her goodnight and
started away she turned out the light.
and a. she started to her boudoir she
stopped ON the staircase and kissed
the ring. The following morning the
ring was missing. ~
The Ring oisappears. g
Miss Carbsfry made . Aasty search
Of her room and her bed. then sum
moned her mother. informed her Of
the loss, and told her 10 take svefy-
thing In the room and hallway to
pieces and md tie ring, a. Mr.. LAdd
was going to cali that evening and
she would not want him to know. ,Her
,st 80 ; pseise y. s.Ss Pm s'as a.isf -
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FTER being buried. under
sand for fifteen centuries.
the remains of Ostia. the
Newport Of the ancient
Romans. have now been
largely unearthed. This
years American visitors to
tho Eternal City will md
them almost as interesting
to visit a. Pompeii itself.
Ostia 10 older, too. than
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HOODOO RING /
that PARTED
FOND HEARTS

Ew YoRK-Whsn Frank n.
Laid stood ON the end Of the
iron pier ut Atlantic City the
other day with Miss Jeanette
rorhoyrv snA thrAw n carat
Evening star., 1912-07-08
WESTERN AUTO EDITOR SIZES
/. UP AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE
- @>>'~-~
Boston Leads in Vehicle Built for Speed.
If Griff's Tires Last He Will Be
There in the Long Stretch Home.

his Cleveland car on the road. The car
has been acting Queerly since the start
of the race. At times the Nap roadster
showed great bursts of speed. but again
and again the gasoline feed pipe sprung
leak. keeping the manager busy with
the tool kit.
Manager Jennings can't get his accel-
orator to work properly, and the big CYL
indars will not hit regularly. Besides. the
Detroit torpedo broke a tire and threw a
wheel early in the race. The series of
accidents has kept the car back in the
race. although in previous races the same
car has shown Itself capable of develop
ing wonderful speed.
New York and St. Louis entries are
holding up vehicle traffic on the road.
Both cars have been experiencing all the
trouble that could possibly happen to u
seccnd-hand touring car on the road.
Early in the race st. Louis blew all
four tires, broke connecting rod and
dropped a few cotter pins that allowed
parts of the motor to shake out of place
Stovall has ordered new parts and Is still
hopeful OF finishing within the time limit.
Wolverton Is driving a poor race with
his New York car. The car has been
unable to develop any speed for the
smooth stretches and has not the horse
power to pull through the heavy places.
Besides. the gaskets have worked out OF
the joints.
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nERTINENT @f1ZE:ENT
IN EssHappenin&$Sr &$SrSPortdom

season has Wolverton had anything that
resembled his regular team on the field.
From the time the bell sounded for the
opening to date Wolverton has had from
two to five players on his hospital list.
1t Is therefore no wonder that his team
is last. This season has failed to prove
whether Woiverton is capable or not as
q major league manager. As yet he has
not had a chance to show. and every
lover Of the game will pull for him to
get another chance and have better luck
from this out.
Whether the New York Giants are 20
repeat and win the pennant will probably
be definitely decided during the next few
weeks, when the team will be on its
second invasion of the west. Unless the
Giants take slump there is not a chance
to overcome the lead TIE team has gain
ed. The western teams as a whole APP
pear to be in much better share now than
they were when the Giants visited the
west. Chicago and Pittsburgh are going
better and Cincinnati and st. Louis have
not gone back. McGraN will have to
cinch hts hold while on the present trip
and 1t remains to be, seen If he can ac-
complish this. AS road team the Giants
have been wonderful performers, and II
is not likely that they will change. now
that they are almost assured of the PEN
nant. ~ft
Evening star., 1912-07-08
JOHNSON Wins OUT
Takes Middle States Tennis
Title From W. N. Hall.
HE LOSES FIRST, TWO SETS
Strokes Along Side Lines Prove I'm
doing Of Young Hall in Chal-
lenge Match.
HE LOSES FIRST. TWO SETS

NEW YORK, July S.-After five-set
match yesterday in which the winner was
forced to make an uphill battle, the cup
the Middle States tennis
championship passed into the hands Of
Wallace F. johnson. who defeated Walter
NJ Hall, the holder. in the challenge round
by the score of 1912. Ia, I'd. 6-1, 6-3.
Most Of the tennis enthusiasts Of the
Oranges, including Senator Austen Col
gate, were present at the Orange Field
Club courts to see the decisive battle for
the trophy. which has to be won three
times The Middle States championship
has been a yearly fixture since 1895, such
noted players as Malcolm d. Whitman
and w. A. Larned having won previous
trophies outright. The present cup has
been in play since 1908 and had been
scored for twice by E. p. Larned and once
each by N. W. Niles and Walter M. Hall.
Careful grooming by Groupdsman Ellis
had put the star court In such good con-
Evening star., 1912-07-08
From the Detroit News.

From the Detroit News.
Boston. in the lead. is approaching the
halfway post in the 1872 American
T earue race, and the other seven con-
tending teams are beating 1T on a dusty
circuit.
July 4 is always locked upon as the
midway station In the race, but en- ac-
count Of the bal start last spring many
of the clubs are little behind their
scheduled time yet
In a vehicle built for speed Boston IS
setting a lively pace. Unless heavy
roads are encountered. before the long
race is ended the other crews will have
a hard time heading the Red Sox.
After tinkering with the motor. Grif-
fifth has developed unusual speed in his
Washington car. II his tires last the tri-
colored car will be here in the stretch.
Connie Mack is driving his high-pow-
cred 1911 model-winner Of last years
race-with great care. He Is nursing the
car over the rough roads, preparing to
send 1t over the tape with grand burst
of speed at the finish
The Chicago racer has developed
mysterious knock In the motor. The
team dropped from the lead position
when Callahan slowed down for tenn
porary repairs, and unless the engine
trouble fs overcome pretty soon the White
Sox car will be badly distancea.
Davis 10 having hard tine keeping
Evening star., 1912-07-08
BY J. ED GRILLo.

Luck in base ball shows itself in
more ways than one. Not only may
team have the breaks in the playing
Of Its games, but it may be fortunate
to have it's team remain intact during
a season. Injuries have affected many
pennant race. and fortunate indeed
is the team which can go through
season without having some of its i'm
portant players out of the lineup.
To date things have been breaking
well for the Boston Red Sox. Not a
player has been on the hospital list
since the season got under way. Stahl
was out of the game for while. but
his absence was not serious blow
Barring this, the team has been intact
continuously since the season opened.
Today the Red Sox have a splendid
lead in the race. Barring accidents,
slump is not apt to overtake that
team, but il is seldom indeed that q
team goes through the season with
out having its slump Boston may yet
encounter one. and If it does 1t is sure
TO lose some of the ground it has
gained.
John B. Foster, the New York critic.
takes exception to statement made
by Eddie Collins that Clark Grifnth
built up the Washington team, and
bestows the credit, for the charge on
Jim McAleer. Here Is what Foster
saws:
when Eddie Collins dipped his pen into
th, ink well the other day he stated that
when Griffith found the Washington club
was weak he sent out his scouts and
dug UP some material to take the places
OF men who were not filling the bill
According to the versatile second pase,
man of the Athletics. the scouts secuted
and found Gandil, Shanks and Morgan.
Prior to this information II had gem
orally been believed that Shanks and
Morgan were secured for the Washing
tons last season. Shanks was farmed out
and Morgan played with Washington oc-
.cassonally. McAleer discovered both
players,
I presumably in the stress of other duties
Collins overlooked this fact. While all
credit is due to Clarke Griffith for the
success which he has enjoyed in Wash
ington this year, it is a fact that he
received the team. except Gandil and
Knight. practically as II stands now. and
that the, players were obtained by Nc
Aleer, who was the manager of the
WashingtOnS in 1911.
Possibly McAleer would not have had
the same success in Washington this
haps he might have had. 1t Is some-
thing which no one will ever be able to
solve satisfactorily.
"McAleer had grown tired of the man.
agerial duties Of a base ball club. but
while he was with Washington he never
overlooked an opportunity to obtain q
player who he thought might be of adj
vantage to the team, and the men who
were gathered by him are those who
have been instrumental in placing WASH
ington on the base ball map this year"
If ever a manager is deserving of SYM
pathy 1t is Harry Wolverton of the High
landers. 1t is questionable IL an instance
can be recalled in base ball history where
a team has suffered SO severely from ac-
cideuts to Its players. At no time this
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ham. who defeated Mrs. r. B. Neff and
Spencer Miller, jr., 6-3. 3-6, 6-4.
The score by points in the challenge
match follows:
FIRST SET.
W. F. Johnson Pts. ems.
l24124471 24341 3 43326I-l0
244 44Ol 24O5 % 2 8 4-66-1c
SECOND SET.
W. F. johnson. o Z 2-1l-
VI. NJ Hall ll 4 80 q
THIRD SET.
W F. Johnson 0 ) : 4 q % 4-35-
W. NJ HaIl. 5 :, 5 4 4 ! 40 ! 1-3:- ,
FOURTH SET.
". +. johnson. 80 y
W. H. Hail . I a-1.-
FIFTH SET.
" = Johnson o @ +26- 6
". 81. Hall 80. / 424 l 1-a2- 3
Umpire Robert Baird Linesmen.J z; Niles.
Robert Miles. Graham H. Brewer. Frank p Bar
tow Stewart Brown, G. +. Watson Jr.; spencer
Miller, jr.; George H. Miles.