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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
a The RepnnIIc Tomorrow.

Miss Gail Kane, whose fame on the
speaking stage extends from coast TO
coast and centers in Broadway, and
whose motion picture successes are
highly flattering to her versatility, is
at her best in new production. a
Game of Wits. in which she is given
opportunity TO introduce the light
comedy that made her beloved Of
Gotham,
In the new play, which viii he the
attraction at the Republic tomorrow,
Miss Kane is cast az the daughter of q
specializing miniolpire who gets him
self all tied up with market shark
and is st the latter's mercy. The
msn who holds the young girls father
at his mercy wants to marry the girl,
but he is sixty years old and she is
nineteen, SO, of course, the fSther re-
iects the proposition with scorn.
Not so the girl, who has overheard
the proposal She courts the old
financier, over-feeds him, over. eXer-
cises him in long wslks through the
mountains and nc last drives MIN to
the extremity Of running away to es-
cape her athletic demands She
makes MIN pay 500, 600 indemnity
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Jack PickfOrd at Colonial Tomorrow

As basis for The Spirit of IT,
in which Jack Pickford is starred, and
which will be the extremely enjoyable
attraction at the Colonial Theatre to,
morrow evening, Judge Willis Brown,
the author, has employed an exceed
ingly timely theme, dealing with the
labor agitstions that are now causing
so much trouble throughout the
country.
Judge Willis Brown of the Chicago
Juvenile Court is a keen student of
human nature and particularly child
nature and he has constructed this
Paramount Photoplay for Jack Flick
ford which has proved an overwhelm.
ing success and which also brings out
the very best work Of the clever young
star
THE Spirit Of ~ is a timely
and unusual story and q dandy picture
You'll be delighted by the effervesceut
spirit of this story Of patriotism in
the little home town" BE sure 70
see this "red- white. and-blue-story for
it is Jack Jack Pickford at bis best.
Holmes Travel0gue also.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
ZIG MACKiN g. i772
Had Wooden Mouth WISH ti~- q Soft
Leather, sad Was inv>a..sa of
Erasmus Darwin.

That someone was pulling over the
idea of making a photograph as early
as 1TI2 is proved by an extract from
hitherto unpublished letter by Or.
Erasmus Darwin tgrandfather of
Charles Darwin) to Benjamin Frank
lin. quoted by DR.. L. HusSakof in Sci
ence. 81 have heard" Wrote DR. Oar
win of somebody ,,H3t attempted to
make Il speaking machine. Pray, was
there any truth in any such repcrts?'
And DR.. L. L. Woodruff Of Yale uni
versity quotes the following interesting
paragraph from note in the Temple
Of Nature" published by Erasmus Oar
win in 1902:
y have treated with greater conf
dence on the formation of articuiate
sounds, as 1 many years ago gave CON
siderable attention 10 this subject for
the purpose of improving shorthand;
at that time 1 conUEad wooden
mouth with lips of soft leather, and
with valve over the back part of il
for nostrils. both of which could be
quickly opened or closed 10y the pres
sure of the fingers, the vocality was
given by silk ribbon about an inch
long and quarter of an inch wide
stretched between two bits of smooth
wood a little followed; so that when
a gentle current of air from bellows
was blown on the edge of the ribbon
ii gave an agreeable tone, as it Vi
brated between the wooden sides.
much like a human voice. This head
pronounced the p, h, m and the vowel
with so great nicely as to deceive
all who heard 1t unseen, when it pro-
nounced mamma, papa, map and pam;
and had a most plaintive tone when
the lips were gradually closed"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
LIVING on Galleries.

The cheapest eating in the world is
rice and peanuts, measured by the
calories, which constitute the only real
test. The former costs cents per
1000 calories and the latter z cents.
So that, If a person would eat a good
helping of rice and wind up by plen-
tiful dessert of peanuts, he would get
more muscle, brain, nerve and bone out
of it than he would out of a diet of
roast beef and potatoes. There is no
attention paid to the value of food in
practical living. Our sole guide Is
what hits our appetite. We want what
wed ruther," as the poor woman told
Jane Adams. 1t Is going in and buy
ing potatoes by the pile, without re-
gard to the bushels or pecks. There is
twice as much living in some kinds Of
foods as in others, and yet we pass up
our plate perfectly unconcerned
whether it comes back with 500 or l.
600 calories. That is one reason we
are poor-Columbus (O.) Journal.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
HOT DJ. 10 Gg!F.3E
ay-~-l Professor E~2iodeS tae
- r- That tisav.. C,l:.GonaGiag Of
Titles Causes Precipitation.

Prof. alexander Meade OF Harvard
n sea interestiaE things 20 say re
rsiiug the posi- 'ities Of man to
I, at.I the water vspers in the air.
re eXplodcs the popular theory that
tla Is-avy cannon1Iiug OF isaldes pro-
J..ces rain. HeretoEOre . great many
Ivop'e have firmly believed that the
scussion of the heavy guns in firing
ac!is shock down the raindrops. Il is
ne that volcanic eruuiions may cause
r liz. hur it IS not thc noise but the
s,s HAT is responsible. The dust par
c.cs are cast high into the upper cur
,..s of the air and borne around the
earth at that height. They facilitate
condensation of ySVor and consequent
Precipitation.
The volcano Krs katOa burst forth
cnce with particular intensity and I'M
C0ubtedly caused rain in remote parts
Of the globe.
"Guniire would have to be on vast
IL greater scale than is at present the
case to cause rain. And rs for the at
tempts which have been made to pro-
duce rain by bomboriing the clouds, it
is enough to say that the claims and
statements made by the expeFimenters,
or shall we call them exploiters, are
not supported by facts. 1t is not es-
tablished that rain follows heavy bat
ties and excessive firing.
"Still it would be unwise to assert
that rain production is beyond the pow
er of man. Furthermore, so much that
appeared to be fundamental and basic
in physics a few years ago has gone
by the board that the physicist is, to
speak frankly, at sea regarding the
structure of the atom. We may not
shut our eyes to the possibility Of cleo
trical action IL controlling the
combination or agglOmeration of mi
mute particles. Stranger things have
happened than that man should find
a way to master the water vapor in
the free air; and, for example, to dis
sipate clouds and fogs."
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
MOVING PICTURE ATTRACTIONS.
AZ The Colonial Theatre Tonight,

49, S'AN-AA--A y h0NtAE ANAAEMta
Beautiful Catherine Calvert. IN an
appealing story, Behind the Mask"
will be the extremely pleasing attrac-
ton at the Colonial. this evening.
After Stanton's ruin and death at
the hands Of Mark Harold, Margaret.
his daughter, seeks employment as
secretary TO Helen Harold. In this
way she meets Lord Strsthmore who
is engaged to Helen. Discovering
that the only way she can avenge her-
self against Harold is through his
daughter, Margaret begins a fiirfat-
ion with Strathmore which develops
into love on his part. Lost in the
woods, the Lord and Margaret are
forced to spend the night Ii 3 lone
some cabin. The next morning they
are married, but shortly after mar
riage bate for her husband springs in
20 the girls heart, which the husband
soon learns. Margaret leaves him for
places unknown and after TIE birth Of
her child she develops blindness.
Strathmore learns Of her whereabouts,
and masquerading as someone else,
offers her help See the picture for
full story
Tomorrow, Jack Pickford, in 1.-THE
Spirit OF II"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
MYSTERY OF EEL EXPLAINED
Science Extracts Tale of Its Birth in
the Cold, Silent Depths of the
Midocean.

Throughout the ages, wherever men
have Speared or trapped that hard
dying, slippery eater of carrion, the
eel. it has formed the nucleus of much
superstitiouS lore. Until a few decades
ago even men Of science admitted that
the eel embodied one of natures most
puzZling mysteries, because they had
been utterly unable TO discover when
or where or how it mated and multi
piled. Today the mystery is solved,
and in its place we have another myS-
terry. For such are the strange elu-
sive ways Of life that her one reason
for permitting us to extend our lmowl-
edge seems to be a desire to reveal stiIl
more clearly the immensely of our ig-
norance, writes Edwin Bjorkman in
the Century Magazine.
eff on your map of the North Allan
tic you draw a triangle connecting the
Farce islands, the Azores and Bermu-
da with one another. the sides of 1t will
pass through the principal breeding
grounds of the common eel. 1t is born
far down in those silent, cold and BIT
ter midsea deeps, where the pressure
is like that of hundreds of steel safes
on top of one another; where dwell
some of the most monstrous and some
of the most exquisite organisms known
to man, and where the only light ever
seen is a pale phosphorescence that
flashes from some shadowy hunter or
some equally Shadowy prey.
"For half a century American, Ital-
ian and Danish men of science have
been at work coaXing this wonderful
tale from the reluctant lips of life,
taking down a letter or n word at
time, and reconstructing every passage
a score of times before they dared to
grant 1t final acceptance. Even now
the tale is not complete, but one needs
have no fear; it will be finished some
day-up to a certain point"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Alaska Women Pretty.

A visitor remarked about the good
looks of Alaskan women, and the fact
that they dress with taste. OF course,
our Northern women are pretty. "Why
shouldn't they be-" queries the Anchor
age Times. They enjoy absolutely
pure air, drink water as fresh as that
from a mountain spring, get plenty of
exercise, and take an active part in
community affairs. They are cosmo-
politan the same as the men are, and
well-read and well-informed. AS every
one knows, there is nothing so beauti-
full as good health. 1t is a Joy even
to see an Alaskan girl swinging along
with a free, firm tread instead of the
mincing step of her sister in the states,
who gives the impression she is step
ping on eggs. The Alaskan girl looks
you squarely in the eye, gives you a
frank hand-clasp and is sure of herself
at all times.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Cures for Sore Throat.

One teaspoonful of pulverized sui
phur ana two teaspoonfuls of granu-
lated sugar (taking one teaspoonful
once in four hours) will cure a sore
throat.
Spreading a cloth with lard and
sprinkling it with turpentine will also
cure a sore throat or a cold in the
chest.
Burn sulphur on an old shovel or
dust pan and carry it through the
rooms in home and this will prevent
others from catching cold or sore
threats off one who has them.
Gargle salt and tartar for sore
throat.
Use mustard paste made of one part
mustard to three or four parts flour
for a cold or any form of larynx or
throat or chest colds.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Chinese Labor for English Plants.

British consuls in Shantung province
have been instructed by their home
government to recruit 10000 Chinese
laborers at Tslngtau, Chefoo and other
ports in their province within the next
three months. These laborers are to
be sent to England for work In manu-
featuring plants. They are to be paid
a monthly wage Of $12 silver, together
with a monthly allowance of SO silver
for their families. Passage money will
be betrayed by the British government,
and the terms of service is to be three
years.
British army officers have been re-
cruidng laborers at Weihaiwei for
some time. Barracks have been erect
ed there for the accommodation Of the
laborers, and that port will also be
used as a point from which the Chi
uese coolies will embark for England.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Cardiff Is PROSPEROUS.

the Pittsburgh of the British Isles. Like
the American city, the coal mines are
largely responsible for its boom, al
though shipping has played no small
part. Some men who were shipping
clerks two years ago now own string
of ships and coal miners are making
500 week.
Just to show that it has made lot
of money. Cardiff invested $50, 100000
in the last British war loan. This
works out at the rate of more than $3.50
n head of the population and is the
most remarkable of all the contribu-
tons that came from any one city in
the British Isles.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Encouraue stammerinu child.

Never laugh at a child who STAN
mers. Rather, seriously try to help him
while he is a child. for the habit grows.
Make him stop and rest a moment,
then have him repeat what he was say
ing, very slowly, even resting between
words. This alone often corrects the
trouble. When you see that your child
Is embarrassed, do not hurt him, but
walt, smiling encouragement, and when
he is more at his ease. say. softly. ''now
I am ready to Ilsten," just as If you,
and not he, were the cause of the de-
lay.-Buffalo News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13

The whole toy industry of the world
is undergoing readjustment because Of
the war, and countries that formerly
imported their stocks from the coun-
tries of the present belligerents are
now either looking to new sources Of
supply or are making their own toys.
Spain has been-among the first to take
advantage of the altered demand and
is making strong bid for the markets
of Latin-America.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
10 cIose london churehes.

The City of London will have forty
or fifty of its churches closed in the
near future, till after the war. as re
suit of the bishops scheme for releas-
ing clergy for national war work
There are now only about 10000 peo-
pie resident In the city (the central
portion of the whole municipality, and
if present plans go through. only eight
churches will be kept open for their
use,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Poor John!

"Hellol Is this you, mother dear"
Eyes, Sue. What is it? Something
awful must have happened for you to
call me up at this"
Its not so awful. But John, dear,
hasn't been feeling well, and the doc
tor gave him pills to take every four
hours. I've been sitting up to give
them to him, and now it's about time
Tor his medicine, but John has fallen
asleep. Should l wake him?"
ST wouldn't if / were you. What is
he suffering fromT'
"Insomnia. Pittsburgh Telegraph
Chronicle.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Make oIeo From Whale Eat.

A committee of experts appointed
by the Norwegian government to en-
deavor to find a method Of obtaining
edible fats and oils from whale blub-
Der and fish reports that its expert
ments have been successful. Whale
fat with a mixture of other fats can
also. 1T is believed, be used for making
margarine. Norway has already two
whale oil refineries, and the state has
begun negotiations for the purchase of
one Of these.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Woman Carpenters in France.

A few women are being employed as
carpenters in France as an experiment
tai measure. They are housed in army
huts built by the contractor for them,
and work under forewoman. who is
herself directly under French mana
ger. A housekeeper-cooka and q woman
supervisor have been engaged. Their
output and their Pay is about half that
of men. They do lighter work of car
pentry.~
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
Ereshet Preceding Drought.

There seemed TO be general rejoic-
ing over prohibition in Crimson
Gulch.'
Yes" replied Broncho Bob; ''the
boys looked forward TO it with great
ca .Iusiasm. They figured that there'd
H. Il tremendous amount OF liquor that
the saloans woulil have to give away
,us: bcsoFe tllcy closed"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-13
70 Explain Russian Mineral Deposits.

An important geological expedition
is to be undertaken By Russian sci
entists into the mountainous region
OF Julian. South Caucasus, for the ex-
plOration of mineral beds there. 1t
is hoped that the expedition win be
able to recommend the exploitation Of
extensive beds of coal and certain
rare minerals. The expedition viii be
led by ". Androussoy. a well-known
2Ds ian geologist.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18
SHY sl840

Below will be found the new names added to the honor roll yes treday and in yesterdays paper was the announcement from wash ington that the Fourth Liberty Loan was two and one half billion dollars short. It is Up to every citizen. no matter whether Ameri- can citizen or citizen Of any other country who is for freedom and lib ertv to tax his resources to the ut most to see that the boys at the iron. are furnished with every thing necessary to carry On this great fight.
 Alaska in general and Skagway in particular has done great things in tn, way of subscriptions to the seF eral Liberty Loans, but why stop at that? Let us do better antf let avery one who has not yet sup- scrioed see if they cannot taea out at least one bond and then let those who have already done 50 e1- anime their poke and see if they cannot do a little more.
 It takes s1S5O,OO to make up the amount subscribed to the other t~o loans and there Is only one oay left Your money in invest ea in the best security on EARTH and will bring you interest at the same time it feeds, clothes aHa furnishes our brave boys.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18
MRS. HATCHER's
 TALK PLEAsES

A fairly good sized audience gree ed Mrs. Cornelia T. Hatcher at the Presbyterian church last night and every one went home feeling that he had been more than repaid for coming out on such stormy night. The program opened with a beau tiful organ selection by MT. Gurden Farwell which received an enthusi- astic encore.
 The school children under the di- rection of Miss Stone then sang two loyalty choruses which Drought down the house. The children showed that they had had good training and their voices rang out 9s they sang stand by the Flag" Miss Falconer of Klukwan played the accompaniment and did it well.
 Mrs. T. A. Shorthill then read from the bible and gave a short talk which was much appreciated ana many Of the audience enjoyed hear ing Mrs. Shorthill again as this is the first time she has addressed an audience in Skagway since her return after an absence of many years. Mrs. G. V. Zinkan then in troduced the speaker Of the eve ming and in brief talk sketched the work done by the local w. C. T. U. in helping make Alaska dry.
 Mrs. Hatcher is no stranger to Skagwav as she has spoken nere several times and she was greeted with applause when she took the platform. The subject of her ad- dress was staying by the Stuff and to the surprise of many of her hearers was taken from the Bible First Samuel and referred to the people who remained at home when David went forth to meet the Phillistines. He exhorted those remaining to stand by the stuff which meant to take care of the am intuition and supplies.
 Mrs. Hatcher has had much eX- perience in Red Cross work as well ss in the prohibition field and this has put her in touch With many of the prominent public men and women of the United states and other countries ana her first hand information was told in a manner that held the attention of her listeners as well as gained their sympathy with her subject and it is safe 10 say that not one of the au- diencs went home without firmer resolve to stand by the government in the winning Of the war and the determination to stand for nothing but unconditional surrender" if it takes every man and every dollar in the country to gain that end. Mrs. Hatcher's recital of the atrocities oi the Germans in Belgium, Poland and Seryia brought tears to the eyes of many and brought home to all how fortunate We are to be so far sway from the Seat of the war and how much We owe to those who are standing the brunt ovreseas.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18

A the close of CT lecture a bai tliotic selection rendered by Professor selmer, violin; Gurden Farwell organ, adn P. H. Ganty piano, was thoroughly enjoyed af- ter which the audience stood and sang America. T gIstIlaaI
 Ms. Hatcher will speak again in stagway if her boat does not arrive befole Sunday night.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18

At meeting of the hospital Do"ru no1, .ooort1v Mrs Owsn was elect
 a.r ot tho White Pass Hos ,I.o, d interim Mrs owen Is Q trained nurse with much experience and the board is fortunate to os .'lc 70 secure her services.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18

On Tuesday night there will De an entertainment at the Popular FIG tur. Palace which will be out oi .ha ordinary. The people of skss- way are asked to watch the cd OF tho P F. P. for the special program ths. will be put on that night.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18
HONOR ROLL

Mrs. L. Broadway Orren Brann , Mrs. Catherine Hukill Cecil R. Hukill James M. Miller Frank Murray II. F. Seeman Florence M. Vandewall Charles o. Walker Mrs. F. E. Webster.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18

FOUND-Child's glove. Owner may have by calling at Alaskan or flee. zt
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18
PHONE 19

< If your paper is not deliver ' < promptly, or you are missed, . < hone 19. The Daily Alas ' + kan goes to press after receipt ; < of the days cables, between !
 i and Q. m.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-18

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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
Lawyers Meet Registrars.

Judge G. ID. Thompson issued II
call to all attorneys in Webster City
to meet at the court house this
morning at o'clock, at which time Il
schedule will be made out under which
the attorneys will hold Il continuous
session throughout this week for the
purpose of assisting rcgiStrants to
make out their qucstiOnnaircs.
The advisory board. composed of
local attorneys. will be in session ut
the court room from 9 o'clock in the
morning until noon and from l to 1
p. m. every day this week. The serv-
ices of the attorneys will be given free
and all rcgiStrantS needing assistance
in answering their questionnaircS are
invited to call ut the court house for
advice.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
Raid Melon Patch.

In the good old days it seemed to be;
legitimate to steal watermclons. But
times have changed and it's now as
crime. And so the grand jury, which,
will convene in this city Sept. 3Oth, will
investigate the charge that some five
auto loads of Ellsworth young men the
other evening swOoped down on the
II. J. Bourne melon patch, where it is
alleged they did $3.50 worth of damage.
Complaint of the depredations at the
Bourne farm have reached County At
tOrney J. Z. Burnstedt. The Bourne
place is three miles southeast Of ELS
worth and it is charged that five auto
loads of young melon eaters rode out
there i'll the night and fairly RACED the
melon patch. 'r1iey ioaRA up their
ears, after having eaten ALI they want.
cd One auto was so heavily loaded, so
it is said, that it broke down and the
kids in it threw their melons over in
to corn field to tighten the car and
get it back to town.
The county attorney will lay the
matter before the grand jury. The
names of most of those implicated are
well known in Ellsworth and vicinity.