davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-12-03

You can take it for granted that he's got
his heart set on q Packard Lektro Shaver!
It's gift that will please him exactly 365
days year! 1t takes shaving out Of the
problem class and turns it into q neat trick!
No brush, no water, no blades, no Iother, no
nuisance! Aperfect mechanism that turns
out perfect shoves. It's SO gentle that it
gIides over the tenderest skins, so deft it
masters the toughest beords!
Put Lektro shaver at the head Of the list
for your "heod" man! And let us PERSONAL
ize it for you With his initials without extra
cost.
uxain Dept, Co,
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Reflected Light Used
in Matching Colors

Durham, N. C.-Housewives
with a piece of silk or skein of
yarn to match" hold the
sample against the piece they
are shopping for, and decide
whether or not the colors agree.
In the very much larger shop
ping jobs that industry has to
take care of, much more exact
matching processes are neces-
sary, and these are taken care
of by a scientific light-analyz-
ing and measuring device, the
spectrograph. How this oper-
ates was told before the meet
ing of the American Physical
society of Duke university, by
Prof. Arthur c. Hardy of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology.
With the spectrograph, light re-
fiected from the sample or stand
ard is split into its component spec
trail parts, and the exact wave
length of each of these portions is
determined, as well as a measure
of it's intensity. The result is nu-
merical formula exactly describing
all the parts of the light and tell
ing how it is put together.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03

betting on the races is conducted
with the use of pari-mutuel ma
chimes there has been 1924, 000, 900
wagered in a single year; this does
not include the five tracks in New
York state, where the take" is
enormous.
Four Irish Sweepstakes drew
about SIG, 500, 900 in American mon
ey, for which the Yanks received
in return some Sill 100000 in prize
money. In England the wagering
on sweepstakes, horses, greyhounds,
pools and the like totals more than
$25, 1000, 900 a year; Scotland Yard
and the British Home Office are
helping the churches to fight them.
Types of Gamblers.
Probably the most wide-open town
in the United States is Reno, Ne
vada, where state, city and county
realize a sizable revenue in taxes
upon the gambling houses. The lat
ter live off the idle hours and loose
purses of the hundreds who come
to Reno to live for few weeks that
they may obtain divorces; most of
such persons are pretty well to do,
and fond of gambling.
All banking games-faro, roulette,
etc.-are taxed $165 a quarter in
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he can get away with it. He sell
dom dies natural death.
Whatever class to which gam
bier belongs, he will sooner or later
make bad risk in the anticipation
of feeling the emotional stimulation
of seeing a ''long shot" come in.
He knows there is such a thing as
"loaded" dice, but thinks he is too
smart to be fooled with them. What
he forgets is that dice are mathe-
matically loaded against him, even
if they are perfect dice.
Prof. John Won Neumann, mathe-
matician of the Institute for Ad-
vanced Study at Princeton, warns
students in his lectures that it is
impossible to win over long period
in crap game. The magic "seven-
eleven" combination is by far the
most frequent throw, he says, but
if it doesn't turn up on the first cast
the chances are reversed. "That
leaves AGO winning average, so
the game is not fair" he explains.
In dice explicit hazards are in
troduced by the rules. Seven can
be thrown in six ways and II in
two, while 2, 3 and IL result from
only one or two combinations. The
conditions are favorable to win on
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Keeping Up
Whltl6Seien{fe
RScNnSSe els erNHe
Pagan Temple Found
in Transjordan Is
of Christ's Time
Place of Worship
of the Nabataeans

New Haven-An amazing"
pagan temple in the Holy Land,
rejecting light on the Bible
drama of John the Baptist,
Herodias, and Salome, has been
unearthed by joint efforts of
American and British archeolo-
gists.
Most of the ruins, which crown
a high hill in Transjordan, south
east of the River Jordan, now stand
revealed. The work is being done
by the American Schools of Oriental
Research at Jerusalem, led by DR..
Nelson Glueck, and the Transjordan
Department of Antiquities, led by
Lancaster Harding. The president
of the American Schools of Oriental
Research, Prof. Millar Burrows of
Yale, announced the find, here.
The temple is of great interest
because it stood in the time of John
the Baptist and of Christ, and be-
cause it was place of worship of
the Nabataeans. The spark which
touched off conflict between Herod
and John the Baptist was Herod' S
divorce of Nabataean princess in
order to marry his brothers. wife
Herodias, whom he preferred.
Little Known About Nabataeans.
Very little has been known about
the Nabataeans who figure in Bible
history, except that they were Arabs
who possessed a strong kingdom in
Transjordan and northeastern
Arabia. Gods worshiped by these
people are revealed in the temple
ruins. Sculptures have been found
of the powerful god Zeus-Hadad,
armed with his thunderbolt, and
of his consort, the goddess Atargatis,
wearing leaf-like decorations on her
forehead and shoulders. The Naba-
taeans also had a goddess of for
tune, Tyche, who is portrayed with
staring eyes and a crown on her
her head, and encircled by the fig
ures of the zodiac.
A sculptured eagle and snake en-
twined suggest to the psychologists
that these Arab people borrowed
Roman ideas in their religion, and
the other gods show that they bor-
rowed from Syria, Greece, and
Egypt also.
The temple, which was of gleam-
ing white limestone, consisted of a
small shrine, surrounded by an in
ner court with gateway to the
east. In front of the shrine have
been discovered receptacles contain
ing charred bones, wheat grains,
and other burnt material, possibly
offerings
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
GAMBLING ODDS ARE, AGAINST YOU
You Get the Short End When You Woo Lady Luck Whether You Play
Poker Bridge, Roulette, Dice Horses

the first throw. But if "seven-elev-
en-" is missed, repetition of the first
throw is unlikely, and the seven is
now working against the player and
the net effect is against him.
Even chess, generally accepted as
the most intellectual of all games,
depends upon chance, says Prof.
Won Neumann. He points out that
white" which has the first move,
can always win, although if "black"
is wise to the theory, he can play
defensively and tie white"
In poker the chances are one in
300, 1000 to obtain any certain COM
bination of five cards. Chance is
also introduced in this type of game
by the action of the opponent, and
intellectual reasoning is sometimes
needed. There is little chance of
improving the original hand in polk
er, so the most logical places for
the exercise of skill are in making
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superstitious gambler. He believes
implicitly that Luck is a sort of
supernatural power, god that can
decide his fate. He woos luck by
talking to his dice, or by carrying
a rabbits foot in his pocket. He
seldom thinks about the mathemat-
ical possibilities of winning or los
ing; if he wins, Lady Luck is with
him; if he loses, he is suffering a
LINK"
Another type is the seeker after
thrills. Usually this is person of
some means. 1t is largely this type
which frequents the fashionable
gambling houses of Palm Beach, or
those in the large cities where the
turnover may be half a million
dollars week for a single "club."
Craps Not Fair.
The third classification embraces
the professionals. They make their
living at gambling, and they know
the ropes. Usually they are figures
on the fringe of the underworld, and
not infrequently they become mixed
up in scrapes which have only a
minor relation to their gambling ac-
tivities. The professional, more like
ly than not, is fully capable of cheat
ing with marked cards, loaded dice
and other implements beyond the
pale, and will do so if he thinks
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1HI THERE, Mrs. Astorbilt,
Il where are you going in that
lovely summer gown"
''Not very far, Miss Junior Deb,
just down to the store to buy ma
terial for a play suit like yours. -
swell, Ma-mah, if you must copy
my style, you couldn't find a bet
ter model because these shorts
really fit, and the whole thing is
a tailored job"
A Stylist Speaks.
"May I as Susie Sew-Your-O Own
interrupt you two with the latest
word from my class in dress de-
sign? You, Sis, are a pre-vue
of Miss America in proper sports
wear while Ma-mah is modern to
the minute with her raised waist
line and fulled bodice. I, in this
morning frock, have what the
book calls classic simplicity. Be
that as it may, l couldn't get
along without it, because it's so
cool and comfortable"
Everyb0dy's Happy.
Thanks for the approval, SUI
sic. Your clever dress would be
bright spot in anybody's kitchen,
and new that you've got the swing
of this sewing business there will
be no stopping you. But even so,
must admit I'm a proud mother.
You can go just as far as you
like with this new hobby"
Gee, Ma-mah, isn't it swell to
be on such friendly terms with
Fashion? think good old Sew
Your-Own deserves most of the
credit for arranging the introduc-
ton. Spring means so much more
when ones clothes look the part"
you're quite right, dear, but
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Auto Trailer Real
Jekyn andHyde, Says
Science Writer
1t Can Bring the User
Benefit or Disaster
By JANE STAFFORD

AUTO trailers now Turing city
4 \ people out for a summers
gypsying on the highways of the
nation give to the casual observ-
er no hint of sinister deeds, but
they have a Jekyll-and-Hyde
personality. AS they travel the
highways they can roll up bene-
fit or disaster to health.
Acting as veritable DR.. Jekylls,
the trailers can increase the physi-
cal well being of a large part OF the
population by getting these people
outdoors and in sunshine much
more than would otherwise be pos
sible.
Acting as Mr.. Hydes, they can
jeopardize the health not only OF
those who ride and live in them but
of whole communities through
which the trailers pass. Here is
the picture of Mr.. Hyde in trailer
as worried health officers see him:
Communicable diseases-typhoid
fever, smallpox, influenza and all
the rest-are spread fastest by trav-
ell. With thousands of persons trav-
cling constantly, many of whom
never travelled before, the spread
of disease may be greatly accel-
Grated.
Milk and Water Problems.
Trailer tourists cannot depend on
the milkman or the city water
works to supply them with safe milk
and drinking water. They must find
these for themselves. Penalty for
not using a safe supply may be a
serious case of typhoid fever or
some other ailment that can come
from contaminated water or milk.
Gravest danger of all is the trail
er tourists garbage and other
waste. If this is not properly dis
posed of, it will scatter disease
along the highways and in tourist
camps, villages, farms and cities.
A recent conference of health of
ficers suggested many ways to meet
this danger. Among them was the
radical step of requiring health de-
partment approval of every trail
er's sanitary arrangements before
license is issued by the highway
authorities.
In the end, however, it is up to
the trailer tourist to make his trail
er a DR.. Jekyll instead of Mr..
Hyde. Specific directions for this
can be obtained from any health
department.
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now let's run along. We have work
to do"
The Patterns.
Pattern 1910 comes in sizes II
to 20 (32 to AZ bust.) Size 16 re-
quires 53s yards of 80 inch ma
terial.
Pattern 1872 is designed for
sizes IA to 20 (32 to AZ bust). Size
16 requires AS yards of 80 inch
material. 21a yards of ribbon are
required for the tie belt.
Pattern 1904 is for sizes "a to
46. Size SO requires 3A yards of
IS inch material plus " yard con-
trasting.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
oil w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, Is cents Gin
coins) each.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
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Fierce Worms Kill
Their Prey With
Hollow Spears

Honolulu.-"Dog eat dog" is
realized in the world of blind
life underground, in fierce at
tack of worm on worm. One
group of predatory worm kills
its kindred prey with hollow
spears that they carry in their
mouths, and then suck their vic
TINS body contents through the
hollow of the deadly weapon,
like a kid absorbing a matted
milk.
Scenes from these small but SAN
culinary dramas are described in
Science by Drs. M. B. Linford and
j. M. Oliveira of the Pineapple Ex-
pertinent station. These worms, be-
longing to the great group known
as nematodes, were found in soils
in Hawaii and other Pacific islands.
Victim Has No Chance.
One group of these spear-bearing
worms has big, heavy weapons with
large hollows. So quickly do they
suck in the flesh and blood of their
victims that the speared worm has
no time to struggle.
A second group has slender
spears. Their victims might con-
ceivably squirm around violently.
This, however, is prevented by the
paralyzing action of the slender
spears thrust, apparently due to
the saliva of the attacker injected
through the hollow shaft.
These strange hunter worms have
a certain amount of economic i'm
portance, because some of the spe-
cies that become their prey are
feeders on the roots of crop and
ornamental plants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Biggest Oyster Shell
Is Found in Texas

Alpine, Texas.-Biggest oys-
ter shell in the world, is the
distinction claimed for an enor-
nous fossil, four feet long and
three feet wide, dug up by ge-
ologists of the national park
service in the proposed Big
Bend National Park area in
western Texas. DR.. Charles N.
Gould, who has been working
in the rich fossil deposits of the
region, thinks there may even
be bigger shells waiting to be
eXcavated.
Another biggest" fossil discov-
cred in the Big Bend country is a
ten-foot petrified tree. No other
tree of that size, living or fossil,
has ever been found in Texas. The
region is also rich in fossils of dino
saurs and extinct elephants.
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It's probably the simplest mani
festation of the inclination to gam
BILE that seems to be born in most
of us. The toss of coin looks
fair enough, but even on "ffty-
fifty" break such as that you can't
be sure that in a given number OF
losses, say 100, half the losses will
be "heads" and half tails"
In all games of chance the prob
ability of winning is against the
player, even if he can be sure the
game is ION the level" Yet man
has gambled from time immemo-
rial. 1t makes little difference wheth-
er his purpose was to relieve the
monotony of everyday existence or
to get something for nothing; he has
always been willing to take q
chance.
Gambling was popular, even IA
nous, in ancient Babylonia, China
and India many centuries before
the birth of Christ. History tells us
many tales of games of chance
among the Greeks and Romans
Germans gambled in the first cen.
fury of the Christian era.
Monte Carlo "Wide Open"
Hundreds of years ago gambling
was recognized as menace to So
ciety. In England the first law
against it was enacted in 1861. Ir
1893 lotteries were made illegal;
gambling was further curtailed by
acts of Parliament in 1845, 1853 ano
1906. In 1888 France suppressed
gaming tables, and in 1872 Germany
closed gambling resorts, even the
world-famed ones at Baden-Bader
and Hamburg. Belgium clamped
down on gambling in 1902, and to-
day the only spot in Europe where
the resorts "run wide open" is al
Monte Carlo, in the tiny principally
of Monaco.
Roulette wheels, gaming houses,
faro, policy" rackets, bookmaking
lotteries and wheels of fortune are
pretty generally forbidden in civil
lied countries today. The laws OF
the different countries vary, how
ever, as do even the laws among
the states of the United States.
Inside or outside the law, gam
bling flourishes in every section OF
the country. Thousands upon thou
sands daily visit the race tracks.
Throngs invest in tickets on the
Irish sweepstakes. Crap games are
going on in big city alleys and in
the back rooms of stores. Apart
ment kitchens have their Saturday
night poker parties. Ladies gamble
at bridge in the afternoon.
Outside the Law.
1t is impossible to say exactly or
even approximately, how big the
gambling industry is in the United
States, for most of it is conducted
outside the law, just as saloons were
conducted during the prohibition
era. But a few representative fig
ures are at hand to show that the
total must be an enormous one.
In the twenty-five states where
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Birth-Ring Found
i'm Human Teeth by
Chicago Dentist

Chicago. - Discovery of a
birth-ring in human teeth, some
thing like the growth-ring of a
tree, was announced by DR..
Isaac Schour of the University
of Illinois College of Dentistry
here.
The birth-ring is said to be a
definite biological landmark in the
history of the Individual" Its dis
covery, DR.. Scheur believes, opens
the way for other new discoveries
in the history of the teeth and the
individual.
The birth-ring, or neo-natal ring,
to give it it's scientific name, is
found in the first or baby teeth. 1t
appears in both the dentin and en-
amel and makes it possible to COM
pare the amount and quality of each
of these substances in the teeth be-
fore and after birth.
Marked by BiolOgic Changes.
The teeth start to grow about
four months before the baby is born
and the last tooth has not COM
pleted its growth until the age of
twenty years is reached. During
this time several important biologic
changes take place, the most inn
portant of which is birth. One effect
of this experience, in which the
change from dependent to independ-
ent life is made, is loss of weight
which it takes the baby 10 days or
more to regain. 1t is not surprising,
DR.. Schour points out, that this ire
mendous experience should a Is o
leave it's mark on the teeth.
Other markings have been found
on the teeth but their significance
has not been understood. DR.. Schour
believes that these may mark other
biologic changes and is conducting
further investigations along these
lines.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
Messages by Kite

The Chinese are much given to
the pastime of kite flying and
some of the constructions are
marvellous to behold. The Chinese
kites often have two strings and
these enable the operator to make
the kite do some wonderful things.
It becomes an aerial messenger,
as it is possible to make the kite
form letters and characters by
which messages may be ex-
changed.
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the discards, and in deciding wheth-
er or not opponents are "bluffing"
in their bets.
Poker and Bridge Chances.
Here are some of the most sought
after hands in poker, and the pos
sibilities of their being obtained.
One pair IL
Two pairs 1-21
Three of a kind LAT
Flush 1909
Full house 1884
Four of a kind 14,165
Straight flush 1-72, 1893
Royal flush 1-649, 739
In game of bridge there are
635, 013, 559, 800 possible combina-
tions of hands. You have four
chances out of that many of getting
a perfect" hand-thirteen of one
suit. Here are the chances on some
other distributions:
12-1 2.O28 hands
11-2 73 OO8 hands
I'LL 1853. 1874 hands
After your cards have been OBJ
tanned there is still the element of
chance that those your partner
holds will not Ego well'' with them.
In gambling houses it is healthy
to remember that the odds are al
ways in favor of the house. If it
were not they could not afford to
stay in business very long. AS it
is, they make profit and pay enor-
nous taxes or, if they are operat-
ing illegally, they are forced to
''kick i'm handsomely to the syn
dictate" or gang which usually OPP
crates them as units in a chain, or
to politicians and police for "pro-
lection"
Roulette furnishes good example
of the manner in which the bank
always enjoys an advantage over
the player. Suppose a wager is
made on any part of the board, ex-
cept on given number, and the
zero appears. The player is re-
quired to give up half his stake or
let the wager stand for the next
play. The zero pays everything for
the house at Monte Carlo, if all the
wheels are in operation.
4,000,0 600 Sweepstakes Tickets.
Authorities consider lotteries or
sweepstakes, if they are conducted
honestly, as the fairest of all forms
of gambling. The losing player need
part with no more than the original
sum he invested. But the chances
of winning are mighty slim, because
there are usually millions of tickets
sold in the big lotteries.
In the Irish Sweepstakes, for in
stance, more than 1000, 600 tickets
are usually sold. For each ticket
held, the purchaser has one chance
in 1873, 1888 to win one of the grand
prizes-$150, 900, SIS, 900, or $4,000;
one chance in 6,667 to win a Sec
ondary prize of $500, and one
chance in 1000 to win small prize
of $500.
The most vicious of all gambling
rackets is the numbers" game
which flourishes in many of the big
cities, despite the honest efforts of
the law to stamp it out. In some
of these games the chance of win
ming is as small as one in l billion.
Slot machines may actually be set
so that the house takes in 80 per
cent of all the money played, and
they frequently are. Few slot ma
chimes pay the house as little as 60
per cent.
In addition, the games in gam
bling houses are not always honest,
as has been proved in raid after
raid It's well to keep in mind that
the gamblers rule since gambling
was invented has been: "Never give
a sucker an even break"
g Western Newspaper Union.
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Uncle Mi6
Says: ~
Beyond Their Power

Our ancestors wrote wise rules
for posterity, but could not pro-
vide a posterity wise enough to
heed them.
The test of good charity is in hui
man results.
Anyone who lives from night to
night instead of day to day is like
ly to die early.
1t isn't the anonymity of a letter
that makes it contemplate; it is
the lies in it.
Any friend of yours "who is
worth his weight in gold," as you
express it, is worth more than
that.
Some people we like, some we
don't; but the most joyous tri-
umph in life is to find that we like
those we thought we didn't.
If one slams things around in a
fit of temper, it shows one is not
yet quite grown up.
An unsuccessful marriage pro-
posal resembles an expected
sneeze that failed to develop.
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Nevada; slot machines, no matter
whether they operate on pennies,
nickels, dimes, quarters or half-dol-
lars, are licensed for $50 quarter.
Last year Reno gambling houses
paid taxes of 1874, 245. IL. Of this the
city received $38, 424.08, the state
and county $50, 232.76, and the mu-
nicipality of Sparks, three miles dis
tant, $3,588.30.
Gamblers fall into three main
types. There is, first of all, the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-06-03
By WILLIAM c. UTLEY

or tails whan you taks?" ,1 There , cant be
= that question at least And there are mighty
will refuse choose the other attempt
whether the the dance determine
who gets the extra pork chop on the platter.
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Neglected Ideas
Some ideas which have more
than once offered themselves to
the senses have yet been little
taken notice of.-Locke.