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Evening star., 1939-06-04
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
A POCKETFUL OF DIAMONDS
Continued from
Continued from pose nine

God" He swayed, and saw the pro-
jcctIons from his pocket
Give me the Jewels ordered
For one moment he seemed as
though courage had fiared up within
HIM. He made spring forward, but
caught him and swung hun round. He
was, after all. only d youth. | gripped
him by the throat and emptied his
pockets. Such diamonds as had never
seen before in my life streamed through
my fingers. There was still no one IN
sight, there was still the increasing
roar of voices as people ascended by
the lifts and stalrCases on the other
side of the mansion to the roof garden.
Then the girl caught hold Of my shoul-
ders and pluCked Intellectually at the
arm which held the young man.
DO as | tell you she begged.
Throw the diamonds back into the
lift" she SAID.
Take them out of my pockets
YOURSELF" | directed. retaining my
clutch.
She emptied my pockets and threw
the jewels in a gltterlng shower onto
the half-unconscious woman. Nov
let him CO.
looked at her stupetied.
The fellow nearly committed mul-
der" | protested Lord knows when
that woman will recover her senses -
If ever she does.
Let him 60" she repeated.
relaxed my grasp of him. He stag
gered away. We saw him open door
a few yards down the corridor and dis
appear The girl leaned forward and
looked INTO the lift
Are all the Jewels there" she
asked.
Il believe so. answered. "All that
were in his pockets are there.
She slammed the gate closed and
grlpped at my arm. Come she
ordered.
With the closing of the gate the lift
glldcd upwards, the carpeted floor
strewn with Jewels. the woman lying
there unconscious. My companion led
me away. We passed along passages
and up stalrways until we came in
SIGHT of the seethlng mob OF guests
crowdlng INTO the root garden. She
Evening star., 1939-06-04
STRANGER THAN MAN

enemies to it, enabling old boy gecko
to get away safely If the tail is bitten
in fight, the lizard just snaps 1t of
and goes about growing new one.
lHE water spider has hindsight as
we'll as foresight Two OF its eyes see
everything ahead while a third one
looks rearward.
CARL kULBERG
Evening star., 1939-06-04

CoEDUCK CLANS are the biggest
rubber necks" in the world. Often
weighing several pounds each. they
have necks three to four feet long
kHE gecko. lizard with adhesive
toes, has the astounding ability to
break off its tail if it is about to be
attacked. After the tail has fallen OFT.
it continues to move and attracts
Evening star., 1939-06-04
(which Way Would You Bet?" Answers
Fron page si1)

Z. No Mlrages are not seen only IN
the desert 1T a mlragel embraces
the phenomena of the visionary ap-
pearance OF lakes in arid deserts, the
images OF ships or lcebergs IN the
atmosphere of the Polar regions
Encyclopedia Britannica.
s. No. Swans do not sing before they
die. The ancient fable that swans
sing most sweetly before their death
did not survive the age which in
vented II" says c. A. Johns in British
Birds in Then HQnnts Although the
assertion may have been resuscltated
from time to time as poetic fiction,
1t has found no place in works on
natural history. The swan IS not
musical
g. Yes The fur of the ermne is white
during the winter months only. The
fur of the ermlne IN summer is reddish
brown above and white underneath,
changing in the winter OF the northern
latitudes to snowy whlteness except
at the tip of the tail. which at all times
is black" Encyclopedia Britannica.
The quoted work goes on to point out
that this is Natures method of en-
dowing this animal with protective
coloring so that it may better escape
from its natural enemies and capture
its food.
10. No. Hot water does not freeze
quicker than cold. The fallacy Of this
belief is almost too apparent Tor argu-
ment. 1t must be clear that before hot
water can freeze it must first reach.
through a cooling process which takes
time, the temperature at which the
colder water already is.
Evening star., 1939-06-04

had taken hold of me. Besides, my
companion was SO thrillingly beau
tiiul. | found myself, like her, leaning
forward, listening for the sound of the
lift Nevertheless, kept my senses to
some extent.
Which SIDE of the fence are we?'
demanded. Are you trying to make
a uper-detectlve of me or a super
thief"
Suddenly down below we heard the
changing OF an iron gate. Almost I'M
mediatelv the lift bell rang twice. The
girl grabbed my arm and drew me on
one side.
You may know in few seconds
she whispered. Listen, the lift IS
coming up If it stops here act accord
ing to your impulse. If it passes up,
nothing is gong to happen. Just a
chance, a ten to one chance, MAJOR
1flt stops here -
She probably mlscalculated the time
that it took to reach our floor. Before
she had finished her sentence there
was click, and the lift stopped level
with us. For moment no one ap-
pearcd. ] stepped forward. Very eau
tlously, with wild, terrified eyes a
Young man dressed IN a magnificent
foreign uniform, breast covered with
decorations, pushed open the gate ana
stepped out
He saw me standing there and he
was speechless. SO was |. There
was a smashed bottle upon the floor
~ the lift. an overpowerlng odor OF
anaesthet1c, and woman lying dou-
bled up as though she had slipped from
the seat - woman with bare neck
and arms, ghastly pale, her eyes
closed, her fingers clutching at the air
- a woman without a doubt suffering
from some sudden and violently ap-
Piled narcotic stood face to face with
her escort, foot or so away from the
fumes which were escaping from that
broken bottle - fumes which were
beginning to stupefy me and were, |
could see, having CHASTITY effect upon
HIM.
"What's wrong" | demanded.
Don't try to pass me must know
what has happened.
"A damn silly business the man
sasped Badly managed. badly
thought out Rotten stuff that - My
Evening star., 1939-06-04

|. Yes Owing principally to the large
proportion of chloride and bromide OF
magnesla, no animal life can exist IN
its waters" EncrciOpSdi0 Britannia.
=. Yes. A persons sense OF balance is
located IN the ears. Seml-ClrCular
canals of the internal ear, says Doc
tor Morris Fishbeln IN Modem Home
Eedic0l Adviser. give the human
being sense of his position IN space
3. No. Wearing rubbers inside the
house is not bad for the eyes. That
these various articles (rubberS, rubber
boots and gaioshes| when worn IN
doors often cause sore eyes is a popu-
lar mlsconceptlon." says Doctor A. A.
Thomen in Don't Beliere II. There
is. of course, no truth whatever IN the
notion.
a. Yes Alcohol is considered an
excellent antiseptiC. Among the best
of the antlseptlCS is alcohol, says
Doctor Morris FlShbeIn IN ModfTh
Home Medical Adriser.
5. No. A PERSONS hair does not grow
after death: The lengthening of the
hairs observed in a dead person is
merely the result of the contraction
of the skin towards their roots, says
Erasmus Wilson in On Healthy Skim.
land not a vital process continuing
after the death of the individual
s. No. 1t does not matter if a person
goes in bathing while warm. 1t is
quite safe to go in bathing when one
is warm" says Doctor A. A. Thomen
in Don't Beifere II, "and any unusual
happening is to be regarded as due to
some other cause.
Evening star., 1939-06-04

your forehead and your hair. There
are toilette rooms on your left. go to
the right One minute - that's all you
can have"
There was no one in the toilette
room. obeyed orders. | plunged my
head first into cold water then used the
perfume freely. found her waiting for
me. She passed her arm through NINE.
Now we have to make our way along
this corridor.
"Why?' | asked.
I'VE are going to have supper
We drank champagne, ate delicious
food, and watched the electric thrill
which IN a few minutes seemed to pass
around the room. A hubbub of voices
brought peoples heads together, set
everyone talking loudly. We heard
fragments of many disconnected
phrases.
His Majesty, the King of Morania,
and Mrs Stanley Flower have been
attacked while entering the lift, a
young man shouted to some friends at
a neighboring table.
The whole of Mrs Stanley Flowers
jewels have been stolenp'
The King has been killed, they say.
fighting with the thieves" came from
another breathless entrant of the room.
Rubbish The whole of the jewels
were lying about in the lift and have
been recovered" the latest arrival
reported.
| had eaten and drunk, | smelt like
scent factory but | was feeling man
again. do you mind telling me your
IDEA of what has happened?" | asked
Henrletta.
She patted my hand. leaned across
to me and dropped her voice. You
were marvellous" she whispered. Lis
ten. | was once a governess in this
house. | know every inch of it. The
man whom you thought was the King
of Morania was an lmpostor. Don't
ask me any questions as to who he
was or how got to know about what
was going to happen. Malcolm -
YOU remember Malcolm?"
DO II" asked feebly
Silly! Malcolm is my elder brother
who frightened you into coming here
with me tonight He is one of Lloyd's
Underwriters - only started business
three weeks ago. They took five
hundred thousand dollar risk on the
insurance of Mrs. Stanley Flowers
Jewels If they had been stolen his
firm would have been bankrupt"
We'll, they were not stolen" | VEN
tured. Don't you hear everyone say
ing so?"
She held my hand for a moment
shamelessly.
Thanks to you. my dear friend.
she said, and her eyes were more Won
derful than ever
But why? Why come to me? What
made your brother pay me that extra
ordinary visit? Why did he pack me
off here with you? Why the mischief,
if you knew anything about it, didn't
you 60 to Scotland Yard?'
She waited until the waiter had
filled our glasses, she even sent HIM
away tor more chicken pie. All the
time she was listening lntently to the
murlnur of talk around, Presently she
leaned forward.
Dear Major Tyson" she began.
Charles Tyson, isn't it?'
Yes" admitted,
We'll, dear Charles, then. | have
two brothers. One is good - Malcolm
- and he has been saved from ruin.
One is bad and he was a secretary in
this house and our hostess great
favorite for years. He is the bad
brother. Do not ask me how We got to
know at the last moment what was
going to happen. cannot tell you
that. The denouement you saw. Look
across the ROOM.
| obeyed and there, to my surprise,
,,u, , ,,n,,r,0 ,,,ar if1ropt
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09
Local Chamber to Issue Information Folder

Tomorrow noon, the Board of Directors of the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce will hold their regular business session and luncheon at the New ada Grill.
 The Board of Directors at a special meeting decided to print twelve page folder which will fit into a 4x912 envelope for mail ing purposes, and Ralph Lomen has been appointed by the Board to attend to the details of having same printed by the Nome Mug get.
 Pictures have already been sell ected and were dispatched to Fairbanks where they will be made into halftones and sent back to Nome for printing in the folder. Work of preparing the des criptive articles is already near ing completion, and the work of setting the type and printing will be rushed to completion for mail ing at an early date.
 The folder will contain useful information covering practically all subjects of life, business and industry in this section of North western Alaska, including num- erous photograph reproductions, illustrating and depicting condi- tions.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09
Warmer Weather in Sight

The coldest temperature last night as ' below zero and at noon today the temperature had gone Up to 5 above, which would in- dicate that we are heading for little warmer weather with pos sibly little snow. Last night the sky to the north was alive with Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), which some old timers say is an indication of change to milder weather. We all hope the Sourdoughs are right, be cause it will be lot more com
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09
NEWS ITEMS
Funeral Otto Hunter
 Held Sunday

Funeral services for the late Otto Hunter were held Sunday afternoon at the Federated Church, the Rev. Vincent C. Widney officiating. A number of friends of the deceased attended. Following the services the re- mains were taken to the morgue to await favorable weather for digging a grave for his burial.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09
N o T c E

Begin the New Year right by subscribing for your HOME TOWN newspaper, delivered by carrier right to your door. It will enable you to thoroughly under stand the news of the world as well as what local news there is that is fit to print. Scandal has no room in this paper.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09
PAA ACTIVITIES

The PAA mail plane scheduled to leave Fairbanks today for Nome was cancelled out on &C., count of bad flying weather. Out going passengers from Nome scheduled for the next trip are Curly Ballenger and Gust John son.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09

Pilot Jack Jefford returned to Nome last evening from Unala- kleet and eastward points, where he has been engaged the past week making mail flights. Alma Arrick was flown from Unala- kleet to Haycock.
 Jefford is scheduled to take off again from here tomorrow morn ing for Unalakleet, St. Michael, Kaltag and Nulato with mail.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09
POLET STORES
 HOLD DRAWING

At the appointed hour of 700 pm. Saturday evening, a com mittee composed of Chas. Berg, Max Rappe, and Herman Fergens in the presence of a large crowd, drew out the following numbers; the holders of which were de- clared the winners of the $100.00 given away during the Polet Stor es holiday drawing.
 Numbers Drawn
 1st 1419 Geo. Modini ........ $ LOO 2nd 6451 Mrs. Emma Lyle 200 3rd 1869 Paul Amaroak ..... 300 4th 4145 E. H Mahan ........ 400 5th 6814 w. Slack, ST. .... 500 9th 6941 M. J. Walsh .......... 1000 7th 1l72 Stanley Martin . 25.00 9th 7156 Calvin Pool ........ 5000 Subscribe for The Nome Nugget
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JANUARY

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Sims Funeral Tuesday

Funeral services for Charley Sims will be held Tuesday morn ing at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at g o'clock. Father J. F. McElmeel, s. J., officiating. Bur ial will be at Belmont Point cemetery following the services.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09

Pilot Morris King of the Fer guson Airways of Kotzebue, flew into Nome today and immediate ly hopped off again, after gassing up He took aboard a load of mail for northern points. No passen- gers were carried.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09

Save $2 by paying in advance for your subscription.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09
SILK VENDING

Have you been unfortunate enough to get a snag or run in your silk hose? If SO, send them to Mrs. P. C. Sthay, 3rd Ave, Lanes Way.
 Women's' and Mems Silk hos iery mended by the new
 INVISIBLE-NO-MEND
 System-as good as new. Other Silk Mending also handled
 MRS. P. c. STHAY
 3rd Ave, Lanes Way
 Nome, Alaska
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Newspaper advertising will develop new business for you.
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fortable and take less fuel to keep the homes and cabins warm.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09

Sunday, Pilot Wien left Nome for Fairbanks with Mrs. Bob Pherrin as passenger. The plane encountered a snow storm and stopped at Ruby where wea- ther is still holding the plane on the ground
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09

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MirOw Air Service Activities

Pilot Hans Mirow is expected to return to his Nome base as soon as weather conditions will permit him to leave Fairbanks.
The Nome nugget., 1939-01-09
Air'plane News
 Nome Airport
Wien Alaska Airlines

Pilot Sig Wien made the round trip to Buckland River section, Saturday, having as passengers Ross Kinney of the ARC and Sid ney Rood of the Reindeer Ser vice.
Evening star., 1939-07-16

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW'S first years
in London were spent in desperate
want. MY clothes turned greer" he
says. And | trimmed my cuffs to the
quick with scissors, and wore my tall
hat with the back part in front. so that
the brim should not bend double when
took it off to an acquaintance
Ar THE time of his death Rembrandt's
personal property consisted of his
painting materials and few linen and
woolen garments. In recent years as
much as one-half million dollars has
been paid for one of his pictures.
In HIS youthful days Napoleon lived
chiefly on dry bread and wore shoes
with pasteboard soles.
BALBOA had so many creditors in
Santo Domingo he found it necessary
to get out of town to escape them and
did so by smuggling himself on board
ship and joining an expedition to the
Isthmus of Darien.
WHEN the Civil War broke out
ULYSSES S. Grant was so hard up he
couldn't afford to buy uniform and
thus had to have someone else conduct
the dress parades for him.
WALr WHITMAN'S last years were
spent in apparent want. The poet.
carrying a basket of books. wandered
about the streets trying to make few
sales. Friends gave benefit lectures for
him and loaned him generous sums OF
money. After his death, however. it was
revealed he had over Sc, 600 in the bank.
Ar ONE time in his career Jean Millet,
French painter, was reduced to such
poverty that he traded six beautiful
drawings for one pair of shoes.
In HIS early days when he was
member of string quartet, Alexander
Borodin, Russian composer, lacking
cab fare, would walk seven miles to
rehearsal, lugging his cello with him.
DURING her early days in Paris
Evening star., 1939-07-16
us WEEK MAGAZINE
NO MONEY? WHAT OF IT?

Madame Curie lived alone in an attic
room, cooking her scanty meals over a
little alcohol lamp and carrying scut-
ties of coal up six flights of stairs.
AT Ia Irving Berlin sang songs for
pennies in a Bowery saloon. always
hoping that he would take in at least
ten cents so he could pay for room
to sleep in for the night.
-KArhLEek MAsIERsoN
Evening star., 1939-07-16
MAIZE ELECTRICITY Is BETTER
1bv u. Il. Ax1saSlxonQ

thrifty settlers got around the lighting
problem by using "Betty-lamps" in
which they burned the ever-abundant
fish oil. Generally of pewter, this
primitive lamp was little other than a
small shallow covered pan equipped
with a spout After it was filled with
the thick fish oil a coarse rag wick was
stuffed into the spout. These Betty
lamps" smoked fearfully and the evil
smell they generated was their chief
reason for unpopularity.
As the amount of livestock increased
every particle of tallow was boarded
for candlemaking. Within few short
years candlemaking became one of the
major household arts. Candle wicks
were made of coarsely spun cotton or
hemp, and from the "silk-down" of
the milkweed plant. After bayberries
were found to yield an ideal wax a
superior and far more pleasant-smell-
ing candle was the result
Travelling candlemakers soon ap-
peared on the scene. They toured
the settlements with their assortment
of candle molds and frequently con-
tracted to prepare the households
yearly supply of candles.
Evening star., 1939-07-16

lHE next time you have to inter-
rupt your reading to replace a
burned-out electric-light bulb it
might be we'll to remember some of the
crude lighting methods of those hardy
souls the first-comers to these shores.
Pine knots gathered in the forest
yielded the candlewood that was used
80 extensively for illumination by the
colonists. They we're scarcely more
than torches, for the practice was SIM
ply to split the wood so the content OF
pitch and turpentine might burn more
freely and clearly. This candlewood.
of course, smoked terribly and exuded
a heavy pungent odor. Despite these
disadvantages many misslve was
written and many household task
was completed by the dancing light OF
its jittery fame. No prudent house
holder would have dreamed of facing
the long winter without great supply
of these light-furnishing pine knots IN
his barn.
Because at first they had to be i'm
ported from England, candles were
not plentiful. Due to the sparsity OF
domestic animals tallow was rarely
available for candlemaking. Some
Evening star., 1939-07-16

ever had before from one pair Of
stockings-367 miles,!
TRY THIS YoURsElFi SAVE MONEY!
Why take a chance on piling up your
soiled stockings and then washing
them with any old soap??? Try these
two money-saving rules for more
miles from your stockings.
!. Buy good stockings, like Gotham.
z. Wash them every night soith pure,
gentle Ieory Flakes.
START TONIGHT Get the habit of
washing your stockings with pure,
gentle Ivory Flakes every night be-
fore you go to bed. 1t pays! Get a big
blue box of Ivory Flakes today.
Evening star., 1939-07-16

Mrs. Edmund B. Allen is supervisor
of Aliens Infirmary in Murfreesbcro,
Tennessee. She says: "I'm on my
feet constantly. And besides my reg
ular work, l do my daily dozen =
walk about q blocks day and caddy
for my young daughters golf game.
II wore my one pair of beautiful
Gotham Gold Stripe Stockings
through day after day of this,
with my pedometer clocking
every step. But one thing
l made sure of l
washed these stockings
every night with Ivory
Flakes. And they
gave me longer
- wear than I've
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-02
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.

Herman, Mr.. Albert Peterson and
Orville Martin visited at the
home of Mrs. Christina Blair Mon
day evening.
Miss Tillie Martin returned
home Tuesday from Palisade,
Mimi, after having spent month
with her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Delwin Burr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schaefer
called at Wesley Martins Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Trumble and
daughter called at Jesse Martins
Thursday.
Charles Gordon, Fay Martin and
Fern Lyons called at Wesley Mar
tins Sunday.
Herman and Gordon Holmes,
Gerald Thornbloom and Wesley
Martin are helping Angus
Loegering put up ice this week.
Norbert Gartner, Rich Schaefer
and Fred Loegering are among
those to enjoy the ice carnival in
st. Paul this week.
Fay Martin called at Wesley
Martins Monday evening.
Melvina Cummings, of Sank
Centre, spent from Sunday until
Saturday at the Wesley Martin
home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-02
Getty Grove

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gritzmacher
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Botzz.
George Essler called at Hubert
Rouslang's Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Fiddler and son
and Mrs. Tillie Ritter and family
visited Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Wiener.
Irene Rouslang is on the sick list.
Mildred Ritter returned home
Tuesday after spending two weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Langen-
berger at st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Miller and
family visited Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Math Jennissen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Wiener visit
ed Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Imdieke.
Hubert Wiener was a caller at
Hubert Rouslang's Monday evening.
Herman Wiener and Leonard
were Elrosa callers Monday.
Ed Waltes, of Elrosa, was busy
grinding feed for Joe Jennissen on
Monday.
Albert and Sylvester Schieffer
were callers at Hubert Rouslang's
Friday evening.