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Evening star., 1919-09-21

leVel Stra1ghtaWay Stretch, turns 10
mount the hill. and, following 1t. you
soon come to the garden in which the
house stands. The brick OF the house
are laid so that there is an alterna-
tton of brick set lengthwise and cross
wise. the butt of each crosswise brick
being glazed. This may be Flemish
bond"-the Rambler does not know.
He believes that brick masons call
this style runner and header" or
'stringer and header" 1t Is a very
old style of laying brick. and q good
many modern colonial" houses are
being built that way. The window
frames are painted white and for
much longer than q century they
have been painted that way. The
and many Of these. marked by q wavy
formation OF the glass, have been
letting light into the big rooms ever
since the house was built. Many.
many years ago a pretty girl scratch
ed her name on one of the panes Of
glass In one Of the parlor windows.
Perhaps the diamond was set in her
engagement ring. That is another
thing the Rambler does not know.
The name is there today. It is
Sylvia Contee" The door IL ivory
white and deeply and gracefully
carved, with a pointed arch above 1t.
Over the old walls grow trumpet
creeper, Virginia creeper and English
ivy. on to the northeast side Of the
house is a grove Of venerable locust
trees, gnarled and rough. as 1t is
their habit to be. and much broken by
the winds that have swept over that
hilltop. In front OF the house grow
red cedars and a catalpa. At one
side of the house-the south, unless
the Rambler's sense of direction has
become addled-is formal English
box garden, or, rather. a colonial
American garden Of box bushes. The
rooms in the house are big. some
Of them as big as a whole floor in
unpretentious city homes. The tall
white mantels above the broad, deep
fireplaces are either Adams or
Adamsesque, and so also Is the hand
rail Of the staircase which leads from
the wide lower hallway to the upper
hallway. In the dining room is a
capacious china closet built In the
wall and which is the admiration Of
many visitors. Architects and artists
come to this old house to sketch it's
doors, windows, mantels. stairway and
that china closet. and no doubt in
many splendid new homes are repro
ductions Of architectural features and
interior decorations Of this ancient
Maryland home.
The old house which the Rambler
saw on the hill is the mansion house
OF Oakland. first a home of the Snow
den family and later Of the Contee
family, and still in possession of de-
scendants Of the Snowdens. The rail-
road station at the foot Of the hill
near the brick piers that mark the en-
trance to the lane is Contee 1t is
in Prince Georges county, between
Muirkirk and Laurel, west of Bowie
and less than two miles west Of the
Patuxent river. which flows along the
northeast and eastern boundary of
Prince Georges. dividing It from Anne
Arundel county. There were three
great Snowden mansions in this vi
cinity. The oldest was Birmingham
Manor, built early in the seventeenth
and which stood on the Anne
Arundel side OF the river. 1t IL q ruin
now. Another Of the mansions was
Non liar a m awnifl0Ank, strsseturn
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
1I|aZEl 1zI|aZSEl SElQK52{&&a2 6

ing Desmond mounted on the steer Curley vaulted into the saddle and the fun began.
 The steer had ideas of his own He didn't think the small pen gave him a fair chance to show his fighting ability, and like some temperamental artists he changed the script to sui; himself. Through the pen tore the long horn and into the frightened crowd it charged, Curley still stuck without pulling leather"
 To say that the steer bucked would be putting it mildly With bawls and snorts, leaps and plunges the frightened beast '~0t to the hills and when the TriaAre cow-punch CTS finally corralled it, there was Cur ley still holding his seat.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17

CHICAGO, Oct 17.-Manager Kid" Gleason of the White Sox, said he was sick at heart" over the way his men had played the game.
 "I donx know what's the matter" said Gleason, but I do know that something was wrong with my team. The team I had fighting in August for the pennant would have trimmed the Reds without a struggle. The bunch I finished with couldn't beat a high school team. We hit some. thing over .280 for the season in the American League pennant race Now that's the best hitting any ball club ever did in the history of baseball The way those 2S0 hitters acted against Filler, they couldn't make a place on high school team.
 'I am convinced that had the best ball club that ever was put to- gether I certainly have been dis. appointed in 1t in this series. It hasn't played baseball in a single game.
 You know it d6esn't seem pnssi ble that this team that worked so great for me all summer could fall down like this. I tell you am ab. solutely sick at heart. thought all of them were my boys. I felt like school teacher might feel to. ward his pupils. loved those boys for the way they fought for me this summer"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
COLISEUM TO SHOW COMEDY DRAMA FOR TONIGHT ONLY FEATURING BESSIE LOVE.

Everybody likes to laugh, and after seeing this show you will congratu- late yourself on seeing one of the best pictures yet shown in Juneau. This picture has shown to capacity houses wherever shown and you will we'll understand during it's showing at the Coliseum tonight. This is the kind of production that the people talk about. Bessie Love as "The Lit tie Reformer,"S will give you some real honest-to-goodness laughs "The Little Reformer" has been construct ed with strict attention paid to en. tertainment values, and much time and money has been expended in producing this picture. Thus giving you your moneys worth when you see it. Don't forget, tonight only.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17

stars company. Aside from it's ele-
 gance in production and acting this
 latest vehicle of the talented star
 who has "come back" so strongly in
 her own productions is entirely diff ferent from Both of it's predecessors an out of the ordinary entertainment during the screening of this big First National" feature, and Mme. Petrova's admirers will see their fav orite in role which permits of some | of the best work of her career
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
STEER CHANGES MOVIE

During the filming of Fighting Back" in which William Desmond is starred, he had to ride a steer Des. mond wanted to ride his own COW. but Director Wells refused to take Q chance of his star being injured and a cowboy known as Curley drew the assignment This will be an exclusive feature at the Coliseum theatre for Saturday night only
 A small three-cornered pen was constructed, the camera set up at the far end and the long horn saddled with care. After the close-ups, show
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
RITA JOlIVET,
 WORLD RENOWNED, AT COLISEUM SUNDAY.

Rita Jolivet, star of Metros big screen spectacle of international events, Lest We Forget" coming to the Coliseum theatre Sunday, is a native of France Born and brought up in that country she commenced her stage career as a child Show ing great talent, she was encouraged to proceed in her theatrical career by the great Coqulin Making her stage debut in London as Beatrice, in Much Ado About Nothing" she later appeared in many other Shake sperian productions and is now as equally famous hero as abroad for her superb dramatic ability
 IL was her actu@f presence on board the Lusitania when that ill fated vessel was torpedoed by tho Germans, that made Miss Jolivet the logical star for this tremendous production Her vivid recollections of the details of the tragedy en- abled her to give great deal of material help to Director Leoncc Ferret when the picture was in course of production. Tragic scenes that occurred as the great ship went to her doom were faithfully re-en- acted under her vivid recollections.
 It was in Italy that Rita Jolivei first entered the motion picture field, playing with the Ambrosio Company of Italy. In this work she became we'll known in Europe. Later she came to America where she joined the Lasky forces and played in The Unafraid," and with the Ivan in One Law for Both" She also played with
 (Cnnfinupd on Page SeYenl
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
M ME. PETROVA
 SATURDAY ONLY AT THE PALACE.

Mime. Petrova comes to the Palace theatre next Saturday in ''The Life Mask" mystery story in which the beautiful heroine suspects herself of having taken the life of her own ob
 noxious husband. As in her first two Petrova pictures, Thomas Holding is the principal support. The cast in cludes Wyndham Standing and number of other artists well known to filmdom but new in the famous
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17

i. Kid Gleason, manager; ?, Ed. die Cieotte, D.; 3, Claude Williams, D.; 4, Dick Kerr, D.; 5, Bill" James, D.; 6, Irving Faber, D.; ', Ray Schalk. C.; 8, Bird" Lynn, C.; g, Chick Gendii, 1b; Eddie" Collins, 3b.; II. "Swede" Risberg. ss.; 12, "Buck" Weaver. 3b.; 13. Fred McMullin, in fielder; IA, Joe Jackson, outfielder; Is, Jack Fclsch. outfielder; 1G, 'Nomo" Liebold outfieider; IF John Collins, outfielder; IS, Eddie" Mur- phy, outfelder.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
IS SHOT IN BACK AND sa
 BODY PARTLY BURNED


 PRESCOTT, Ariz.. Oct. 15.-The partly burned body Of a man who had been shot in the back, officers asserted. was brought here recently by Sheriff Davis and Coroner Me Lane from point on the Santa Fe railroad main line near Yampai aboht 130 miles northeast of here.
 The body was clothed in the uni form of the Canadian army and in signia indicated the dead man might have been a member of a company in the 20th. Canadian Infantry, The smoke of the fire into which the body had been cast attracted the attention of sheep herder who fohnd 1t.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
POLICE JUDGE IS se
 BUSY IN ONE DAY

ABERDEEN. Wash. Oct. 17.-- The police judge here collected $685. in fines and forfeited bail, setting a new one-day record. The offenders included trunks. gamblers. bootleggers and traffic violaters. A drunk who has been frequent of- fender was fined 3100 and sentenc- ed to thirty days In jail.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
LAST TIME TONIGHT TO SEE CHARLOTTE GIN FROZEN WARNlNG."

Charlotte in "The Frozen Warn ing" and Charlie Chaplin in "Whc Got Stung" will be seen for the last time tonight at the Palace thea. tre. The patrons who crowded the Palace last evening declare that the bill offered is one of exceptional mer it. The skating of Charlotte alone the worlds champion ice skater, was said to be worth the price of admis sion
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
TURN ON
 THE.
 LIGHT

A business man who does not advertise in The Alaska Daily Empire is, like a man who winks at a pretty girl in the dark. The man knows what he is doing-but the girl doesn't. .s,.a
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17

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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17
NO EVIDENCE OF ~
 BOARDING IS FOUND

TACOMA. Wash. Oct 17-That thorough investigations by the Gov ernment has failed to show any evidence of boarding on the part of individuals or dealers in Western Washington was the report Of the Federal Grand Jury.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17

tonight only, a comedy-drama, something to laugh at, Bessie Love in "The Little Re. former"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-17

time tonight to see Charlotte in "The Frozen Warning" and Charlie Chaplin in Who Got Stuns."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23

latter have since been obts.n many
Of the, finest existing sapphires. As.sis
from this deposit, the most important
source Of fine gem-stones Of the kind
is a district insCeylon.
Our own country is far from con.
s%picuous as a producer Of gems. But
the upper Missouri River has yielded
from its gravel bars large numbers
Of small, bright and beautiful sap.
phires. They are not big enough or
dark enough to fetch high prices.
Nevertheless, the finest green san.
phire Oriental emerald) in the world
was found in Macon County, North
Carolina, and at last ccoun was q
feature of the collection of a citizen Of
Observation-Disclosures S. Bement. Il
is a transparent nodule of crystal, re-.
markably pure and would yield in cut.
u1ls a gem of thirty carats. ST.
A yellow sapphire two inches ian,
forms the apex of one Of the Russia,,
crowns. preserved until recently at the
kremlln. in Moscow.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23

sooner or later break up or take flight
to other heavenly regions. Nobody
knows. whence they come or whittier
they go; they do not seem to be gov
erned by ordinary laws. Hence, and
owing to the mystery of their make
up, a weird sort of interest attaches,
to them.
In November Of each year the earth
passes through a swarm of meteors.
and in August it encounters another
swarm-the happening in both cases
being made manifest to the everyday
observer by many shooting stars"
1t is thought likely that these
meteoric swarms are. the debris OF
smashed.up comets. In 1872 we had a
very spectacular star shower" due
apparently to the passage Of the earth
through the remains of Biela's comet.
which had "busted." Fragments SUI
posed to be derived from that comet
were picked up in Mexico.
Seemingly a comet is composed OF
meteorlc particles. Its brightness 10
q mere reflection from the sun. No.
body can guess how or why such
aggregations Of particles should
gather themselves together and wan.
der aimlessly through space. But. one
should realize that the cosrnic void IL
full Of this sort Of star dust, which Ia
we know from pieces Of It that fall
upon our planet are commonly Of
iron, often OF stony stuff. and in many
Instances containing nickel.
The void" Of space IS not after ali
90 empty. It would seem to be fairly
.nsled with Tying particles Of matter
Q vsritabls star dust, the origin a
which no astronomers has evsr Ct.
temptsd to explain
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crystals Of this same substance afford
material for gems Of high value, their
different colors being Cue to metallic
oxides.
Fine sapphires are rocre valuable
tina diamonds Of equal weight and
quality. only rubies being mor9 pre-
cious. But ruby crystals lin the rough
are rarely more than half an inch
long, whereas those of sapphire &C.
casUnaily reach three inches. Most
priced are the velvet bide'' sapphires
and those Of 'cornfiowe::" tint. :
One Of the most famous gems Of
this variety is lie "w%oodeh.spoon sap
phire." whi:h GETS it's s:ame from the
circumstance that it was picked up by
a Ceylo..ese dealer in wooden O.
A while g It was in the Hope col.
lection. It's violet by da, but red by
artificial light. =.
In 1882 there occurred in.the Sinda
Pass Of the Himalayas'a great land.
side, which uncovered a wonderful
sapphire-beari;,g deposit. From the
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Biggest OF the SQpphnes

A NEWS dispatch apeaks OF tba ,o,.
OF the largest sapphire in the
world" by Countess Barnicka, who
was robbed Of it on a train while
escaping from B~olshevi:x: after the de-
struction of her house near KisY. =
The size Of the gem <is not men.
toned. But probably it did not equal
in this respect the sapphire two inches
long which adorns the top of the Ger
man imperial crown and which dating
back to the tenth century, was pre-.
sumably brought home as a piece Of
loot by pious crusaders.
The stone familiar to US as sap.
phire is blue corundum. Ruby is red
corundum. Transparent crystals Of
green corundum are "O-!ental emer-
add" II purple, they ere Oriental
amethyst" the ordinary amethyst
being pink quartz crystal. If yellow,
they are I"Oriental topaz" or yellow
sapphire"
We are well acquainted with corun-
dunn as an abrasive. But transparent
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FOE or 7HE TOBACCO USER

is now so widely scattered
out the country that it is often touns
in the storage rooms. showcases ANA
hum;dors of cigar stores.
Much success is understood't c have
been obtained with a machine pssenteo
BY a Philadelphia inventor. Franklin
S. Smith. by which the beetles are
destroyed land their larvae and eggs
as welD with the X-ray; boxes OF g.
CARS and cigarettes being carried ~
an endless belt through the apparatus.
to be delivered in a sterilized condl.
ton at the further end. 1t ID not
necessary even to open the containers
in order to accomplish the work.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23

White mice and white rat, ar,
manly farm products. Farmers b ",
"feec them and sell them to civ
Z e"a'ers. whose agents 60 abou, in All.
."'nooiles. collect them and ship them
II. BOXES from the most convenient =. n.
read station. '"''
one constantly sees these dea,er..
advertisements in the newsnan ar, -,
ierlng to sell or to buy tn, it'll.
looents ! n quantities. Under normal
conditions there is a verv act,v..
Market. - good many are sold nv
lanciers as pets. selected pairs"
tetensng as much as a dollar.
They are not bred in til. c,4,..
market. Dealers merely handle .hen,
az stock. like any other m~erc,.ord,s.
keeping them in big boxes with ,r,.s
net fronts or tops.
White rats and white mice. a.
course, are typical albtno.. Tbsv
: nave e bred so long dnder ID.
"~estication as to be quite tam, J
This is one reason why hosn,t.,.
I medical laboratories prefer them :, =. ,ha
wild varieties; they +. m,,as
easier to handle. Another mue n
ina. they are less likely to be afn,c..s
with diseases OF their own. '''S
rabbits and guinea pigs =. s,.a
for the same market on arm. ~
Dough- ana handled in the ~.
medical laboratories and ho.n,,.,s VIZ
curing great numbers of them M.
arelfed by the,dealers on oats 10y
whatever fresh vegetables m.v ~
cheapest. ~s o.
The author Of Pigs l. p,r,. !.
4 not mue.i exagserate the rsproduc,,v.
powers Of guinea pigs. Trulv. ~.
] are not advocates Of ace suicid. -.
one pair might conceiyably h...
seventyisve descendants in va a.s
time-an outside limit not liks,v =
attained. Rabbits are Tar mo-. -
!, iitie' tho mother bunny producins - ~.
eight 70 twelve young Ia ~ i,,,su
whereas the lady guinss sptr ,s.t.sSa ~.
hsr maternal ambitions With aS.
stz y g
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23
Costume in australia

'INHE primitive Australian gentleman
<-has n notable advantage over hi.
raore civilized brethren. Dressmakers'
bills do not bottle, him.
The explanation is simple; his
womenfolk wear no clothes at Ill.
Neither does he. So the tailor never
calls upon him for the settlement OF
his little. bill.
This simplifies the problems of life
greatly. Cit out the clothing: pick up
your own subsistence from day to
day-fat grubs from decayed tree
trunks will supply It at a pinch-and
the anxteties Of existence are reduced
70 Q minimum. i
For fashions sake. 1T is the custom
among native Australians to cut long
and, deep gashes.in the skin Of chest
and stomach, rubbing earth into them
70 prevent quick healing. Thus most
decorative sears arg preserved.
This applies to both ssxes This
man paint their bodies In fsarsoms
patterns Tor ceremonial occasions.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23
Star = Whence and Whu?

IF THE hand Of omnipotence were
to reach out and remove the sun
from the sky, what would happen
to the earth7.
It IL q question easily answered. The
earth would promptly succumb to tho
powerful attraction Of Jupiter, and
would become q moon Of that hu9o
planet, revolving about 1t. Jupiter 10
80. times as big as the earth, and
one Of its four principal moons 70
actually large" than Mercury.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23

THE sudden ending Of the war
caused a panic in the mouse mar.
ket, One large dealer, findin. him.
self long" $4,000 white mice. offered
the whole lot for sale at half a cent
apiece.
How cheap was this price may DO
Judged from the fact that white mice
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23

A DEADLY enemy of the smoker is
the cigarette beetle" an insect
.ne-fourth Of an inch long that has a
passion for tobacco. It bores holes
through cigarettes, converts the to-
bacco into dusty refuse and discolors
the wrappers.
1t is not less fond CT cigars, often
destroying the inside works thereof al.
most. entirely without disturbing the
outer coat Of leaf. When the uti-
mate consumer has lighted such a
weed" he finds that it does not draw
we'll and burns unevenly. The flavor
leaves much to be desired, and dust Is
drawn into the mouth with every pun.
To make the matter worse. high
grade cigars. in which the more en-
pensive leaf is usen> as wrapper or
filler, are far more liable to attack
Ly thu beetle than brands made from
heavier, stronger and inferior grades
OF tobacco.
with cigarettes 1t is the same way.
The beetle is a .coanoisseur in to-
baccos and prefers the sweeter. rnisder
types Of leaf, such as are used in the
manufacture Of the more expensive
grades, Fine Turkish cigarettes are
specially liable to attack, holes being
bored ever through the cork tips.
Most of the damage is done by the
worm" or larva, Of the beetle. though
the latter continues to be a tobacco
eater through its adult life. Plug to.
bacco is by no means despised by the
insect, which riddles it with galleries.
The same thing happens to pressed
and sliced smoking tobacco.
The quantity actually eaten by the
bug is of far less importance than
tile injury done by the refuse it leaves
behind, including the remains of dead
beetles. eXcrement, ETC., which render
the manufactured product unstable.
r This highly objectionable insect is
supposed to have been originally a
native Of the warm ATTITUDES Of Amer
lea. 1t has been distributed by COM.
merce to all parts of the world. In,
warm tobacco.producing countries.
such as Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines. where the beetles breed
continuously throughout the year,
they are being constantly exported in
shipments Of cigars and bales Of ciga.
tobacco.
Within recent years there has been
a noticeable increase and spread of the
beetle in tobacco factories in tho
United States. It's attributed BY man.
u%facturers to the general use Of steam
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23

for the heating of their plants. the
higher and uniform temperature
thus maintained rendering conditions
more favorable for breeding.
In warm weathels generations of the
beetles succeed each other very rapid
ly; thus hogsheads Of export leaf. con-
tanning only a few Of the insects when
shipped. may become heavily infested
en- route and almost worthless after
a long sea voyage, the high tenn.
perature and moisture in the hold Of
a vessel creating conditions ideal for
reproduction. &
Tobacco may also become infested in
the, hands of the retailer. The beetle
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-23

GeopnOne
was Importantly supplemented BIZ q
wholly different instrument. which
was a long.distance microphone. 1t
could be used for either underground
OF surface listening, and was Of ut.
most value in the trenches.
Provided with OF these micro.
phones, the observer, in a safe place
a mile behind the front line, could hear
what was going on in No Mans
Land. If an enemy patrol was silently
crawling across that dangerous ter.
ritory, he could give warning. Small
noises unlleard in the trenches were
audible to him.
Whereas the mar with the geo.
nhone" was obliged for detection Of
enemy mining operations) to place
himself in the sap.head, the micro.
n,,one operator need not enter the tun.
mel at all. With the help Of wires
suitably strung, he might be a mile
awav and listen to what was going on
in the neighborhood Of half.a'dozen
tunnels.
When we entered the war, the
United States Bureau of Mines offered
for the governments use itS expert
mental mine," twelve miles from Pitts
burgh, which was already equipped with
delicate instruments for listening
through the earth-their object being
to provide means whereby miners i'm.
prisoned as a result of explosion or
other disaster might give notice Of
their whereabouts and OF the TACT that
they were alive.
It was found that these instruments
could be adapted for war purposes,
and hence the development Of the re.
markable c~ontrivances here described.