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The Ordway new era., 1909-10-15

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Appetite comes In eating" say the
French. And assuredly the talking
and writing indulged in on the subject
Of matrimonial Jars increases them to
an astonishing extent. The mere ack-
nowledgement Of the tiny pinpricks
magnifies them. to say nothing Of the
desecration OF the dear old loyalty
that washed III there was any to
wash) its dirty linen at home. and
turned smiling and unruffled face
toward the cold criticism Of the world.
Apart from nature having elected to
handicap the fairer sex In physical
sense-an injury that even the most
discontinued new woman must surely
recognize the futility Of railing
against. more especially since. with
out an effort on her own part. It OBJ
tains countless concessions from the
opposite sex-apart from this one i'm
mense superiority OF man-and where
In lies the best" that husbands in
general are said to enjoy?
Woman Often to elame7
A freer. more diversified life? I'm.
doubtedly; but. in nine cases out Of
ten. the woman who SO bitterly com.
plains OF the "monotony" Of her life
is largely herself to blame. She has
laid herself-a willing sacrifice-upon
the altar of home and children. and
then grumbles when the sacrifice is
unthinkingly accepted!
Paradoxical as 1t may sound. WON.
anly unselHshness Is at the root OF
much married trouble. The wife lays
upon her slender shoulders more than
any one pair can carry. and. when
she fails beneath the unreasonable
load. blames Providence and the mar
rage state. grows discontented. sharp
tempered. and is actually less desir-
able wife and mother than a more
commonsensical. II selfish. sister. who
lives up to the belief that all work
and no play makes jill an exceeding.
ly dull and morbid creature.
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BECAME cRUsoE FROM CHOICE
British Explorer Discovers Solitary
Tar Who Enjoys Life Ruling
Over Lonely Island.

The homeward voyage Of the MIN.
rod, the vessel Of the Shackleton ex.
pedition, has been marked by the dis.
covery on Macquaire island. nearly
900 miles northwest Of New Zealand.
of a modern Bobinson Crusoe-a soil
tary inhabitant with two dogs.
The Nimrod. under the command Of
Capt. J. X. Davis. left Sydney on May
8, and. says Reuter-. in accordance
with Lieut.. Shackleton's Instructions,
proceeded south in order to visit Mac.
quaire island and search for certain
charted groups of islands. the actual
existence Of which was doubtful. Mac.
quaire island was discovered in the
early part Of the last century by a
colonial sealing vessel. 1t is 81 miles
long and Ave miles broad and Is the
home of countless myriads Of PEN
gums. sea birds and seals.
A visit was paid to the southeast
point of the island and some speci-
mems collected. and then the Nimrod
proceeded along the coast northward.
AS she drew near Nugget point. from
which a reef Of rocks extends for
some distance seaward. two huts were
seen on the shore and also the wreck
Of q vessel high and dry on the beach.
In his report Capt. Davis says:
Suddenly. to our surprise. column
of smoke rose from the smaller Of tho
two huts. AZ we had heard nothing Of
anyone living on the island. this was
extraordinary. Presently. with the
glasses, we could make out the figure
OF a man standing at the door Of the
smaller OF the huts watching our ap-
proach. We came to anchor. and the
boat was lowered and headed for the
shore.
1.-THE man now walked down to the
beach, accompanied by two little dogs
There was a heavy surf, but our Cru
soe.like friend. after pointing out the
best landing place, walked into the
water and assisted in Bleaching the,
boat. IS
eve soon ascertained that his name
was william McKibben. and that he
had been member Of q party which
had visited the island In the previous
season b order To obtain seal and pen
ruin "a. when the aeasOn was over:
ana ~ palty's vessel wae nlled With
berrSia * IN, ~ hed Stecfed - rensair
: s'S;I's !; ~ \
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Is indicate that the husband Is 60
10 have to shoulder the greater
Of the blame.
Iundreds OF dusty records contain.
the details Of half-forgotten cases
being dug out OF the vaults of the
rthouscs in che big cities and the
kSoods county seats. Press dis.
ches from here and there over the
bntry Indicate that an epidemic Of
b descrtions. abandonments and
beral inRdelities is raging. st.
bis, Los Angeles. Waukegan. vii.
nsburg. Pittsburg. New York and
be Island answer to the roll when
list OF recent deiinquencies 's
led. The modern man seems to be
hing rapidly away from the old
als Of n wife. children. n home and
competency. says n writer in the
Louis Republic.
Aodern literature Is full OF erotic
seurotic tales OF clandestlne love
hirs: and the churches. courts and
lventionalities seem powerless 20
the husband to the time-honored
OF living. loving and dying. He
nt listen to the preacher. he is not
aid Of the court and he scorns
Ventionalities. The old ideals are
Ing their grip. The deeps Of the
iial order seem to be breaking up
casting their wreckage high and
at hundred places in this and
er countries. II looks as II the day
ehlValry was dead. the true chivalry
was rooted in something deeper
mere desire to appear at ones
In the complex wheels within
cells of the society Of to-day. For
nething seems to be the matter
the modern husband. Not that
modern wife Is always guiltless
aims against herself and others.
The husband seems to be the one
leads in abandonments. abuses.
delities and other sins against the
'riage state.
Old Bonds No Longer Bind.
may be that the bow Of Cupid is
q Its strength: that the arrows
!ae little god are becoming blunted
uH his right arm 10 losing its cum
At any rate. It seems that his
oss and darts are going astray and
ans more heart aches and don,es.
troubles than the efforts Of . ra-
little god ever should. Preach.
awyers, doctors, business men
miilionaires Of the multiple class
furnishing from their ranks the
examples Of the loosening and
nng away from the old bonds.
nities" came hrst; then all the
was for ''soul.mates," and now
BACK flag of the "love-pirate" has
run to the masthead by certain
.ae more interruptions buccaneers
0n sexes. And as q result hum
q homes In this and othencoun-
are flying the distress signal.
as thing has swept across the
uy like virulent epidemic. leav-
aere and there q plague spot OF es-
- malignancy. A few years ago
ust with the artistic tempera.
developed TO the point that ex.
- even the ecceptricities Of a
donna, decided that his mar
vas mistake, and stPalghtaway
ed to correct Il By taking to
~. an "afhnity Of the soul" The
was carried through with the.
!. stazen disregprd oe public opin.
vat Y is possible 70 Imagine. The
and the artists - Gnitys went
% the docls IN said Eood.by:
VIE when III. ~ r. fos Europe
- childfen ~ MI. he gsu.
paid the uSuf SSitv ~ the
aasEy mob ~ Z
a; !; 4
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M ~ = ] re
EI E!ER w
WI IL MODERN
V3RAMD$?

8 D Nj e THING
seems to be 60
ing wrong In the
usual even tenor
Of welded life in
the various parts
of the United
States. A sort OF
a frenzy seems
to be sweeping
many staid and
respected US
bands in the va.
rious professions
and positions In
the business world
into the troubled
waters W h ere
cruise the daring
love pirates OF
femininity. The
government b n 8
gone to the trou-
BILE Of sending out
a special commits
sion to tabulate
the causes Of d.
vorce and the
number granted
and the reasons
for their being
era n I g d !. The
commission b a 8
not finished its
work as yet. but
the earlier re.
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ciared to be rs idyllic as a poets
dream or an artists vision.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16

and vice-president, for the salaries
and contingent expenses Of the execu-
tive ONCE. and for the salaries and ex-
penses Of the civil service commits
sion. was s404,523.
Under the general heading Of ex-
ecutive disbursements are included
the disbursements for the mainte-
nance Of all the great executive de-
partments of the government, includ-
ing the war and navy departments.
but not including the cost of either
the military or naval establishments.
The state department required the
expenditure of $3,745.562 to pay sal
aries and expenses of It's officials resi-
dent in the United States and the de-
mands Of our foreign intercourse.
The treasury department. with all
its varied activities, expended $64, 201,-
526. This includes the cost of the
maintenance of the departmental Of
fees, of the mints and assay ofices,
Of the territorial governments, Of the
internal revenue service, Of the reve-
nue. cutter service, Of the public
health and marine hospital service.
Of the life saving service. of the bu-
reau Of printing and engraving. of the
interstate commerce commission, of
the national museum, and Of the
Smithsonian institution, not to meA-
ton host Of other less inconsequen-
tial lines Of activity.
For the Army and Navy.
The war department expended S.
180,436 on salaries and ONCE expenses,
and on the maintenance Of public
buildings and grounds. The navy de-
partment spent $743,136 on salaries
and ONCE expenses.
The department of the interior
spent S25.475.412. In addition to sal
aries and ONCE expenses this was ex.
pended for the public lands service,
the geological survey. the colleges If
agriculture. the reclamation fund, and
q number Of other fields Of federal
activity over which this department
exercises supervision.
The department of agriculture spent
13,460,764 for salaries and once ex.
penses, for meat inspection, for the
forest service, for the purchases Of
seeds. for the expenses of plant indus
try and the cotton boll-weevil investi-
for the agricultural expert
ment stations. and for the weather bu-
reau.
The department Of commerce and
labor expended $14.s5O,22s. This in
cludes salaries and once expenses,
and the cost of maintaining the bu-
reau Of labor. the bureau of standards,
the census bureau, the coast and geo
detic survey, the lighthouse establish
ment, the bureau of fisheries, the
inspection service, and the
service.
1t cost 3s.os3.s46 to run the judicial
This went for the salar-
les of Judges, district attorneys, mar
shais, clerks, ETC.: the fees of Jurors
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16
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PLANS SIGNALING TO MARS
Prot. David Todd Of Amherst to A.
esnd Ten Miles In Balloon to Oh.
serve N Mars 10 Inhabited.

II It were proposed to expend con-
siderable sums Of money in erecting
. powerful plant to send messages BY
wireless telegraphy to the inhabitants
Of unexplored regions Of Central Afri-
ca, we would doubtless hear sugges-
lions that the effort be at least post
poned until we should ascertain
whether there are any Inhabitants In
the locality indicated and also wheth-
er they could detect and comprehend
the messages when received, says the
Literary Digest. Considerations of
this kind do not seem to bother the
people who are planning to signal to
Mars. among whom apparently are
numbered a few well.known astron-
omers. 1t may be surmised. however.
that these gentlemen consider specu-
lation regarding methods of this ma
ture as legitimate amusement. When
money 10 subscribed to carry out any
of the proposed schemes. we may be
justified In protesting. but not before.
Some of the plans that have been
put forward are thus briefly summar-
lied in the Scientific American.
Prof. Pickering's idea Of signaling
to Mars by means Of huge system Of
mirrors. which will Hash the suns
Light rhythmically to our planetary
neighbor. seems to have attracted not
little attention. and to have called
forth other schemes from more Of
less eminent scientists.
Prof. Pickering believes that $780,
900 should be spent in preliminary
work before any attempt Is made to
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16
BITS OF SCIENCE.

Oklahoma is the only state which
requires the teaching OF agriculture
In all its country schools.
Russia is rich in asbestos and stead.
lily is increasing in the production Of
the Ural mountains.
A three-ton motor truck recently
was hitched to a pillow to open the
streets of Springfield. Mass, for gas
mains. +
An electric device for bakers allows
dough to rise to the limit, then sounds
an alarm when 1t begins to fall.
The tonnage of the United States
battleships and armored cruisers to-
tails 607.2 41 to Great Britain's 1885,
$780,
Soaking a cheap lead pencil in lin
seed oil will improve its writing quail
tiles and make It's sharpening more
easy. .-.-.........
Field telephones provided with .
specially light wire are to be added
to the equipment Of every infantry
subdivision Of the Austrian army.
Qualified authorities have estimated
the standing timber in the United
States all the way from $40, S62. 900. 900
to 1000. 900. oO0. 900 board feet.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16
Affrns Mad Stone Is a Fake

The absurdity Of going . week later
to some remote part Of the country
and applying the mad stone with q
view Of its absorbing the poison is
too evident to be worthy of further
comment.
About 20 per cent. Of the persons
bitten by dogs actually rabid will de.
velop the disease. II they have not
received treatment. About so DER
cent. Of the dogs bitten will develop
the disease. All warm blooded ami.
mails are liable to this disease or may
take 1t by incubation. The bite of q
rabid wolf or coyote is said to be
very dangerous.
Without going into a discussion of
the subject at this time here arc a
few things well worth remembering:
Rabid dogs are not afraid of water
(hydrophobia). Paralysis of the lower
jsw and the hind legs gradually de-
velops. Beware Of the dog that ap-
pears to have 4 bone In its throat
1t may be rabies. The eyes in this
disease are very sensitive to light;
hence the dog usually crawls under
the porch or some other dark place.
Skunks are subject to the disease and
when 50 affected do not hesitate to
enter houses and bite people.
II bitten BY = Suspicious acting dog,
cauterize the wound at once, but do
not kill the dog. II the dog develops
rabies within i've days, the person
bitten should start for treatment,
Don't get nervous and go into hys-
terics, even though you are sure you
have been bitten BY a-mad dog. You
will have plenty Of time to take treat.
ment before the disease DEVELOPS II
you start At once. Rabies 70 only
transmitted BY the bite Of . rabid AMI
mal--Chicago Inter Ocean
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16
IMMENSE SUM EXPENDED YEARLY
It Takes an Enormous Sum to Run the
United States Government for
One Year. War and Navy De-
partn,ents Are Especially
Costly to Taxpayers
Some Figures

The District Of Columbia turned into
the United States treasury the sum IT
5000, 970.96, which represents one
half of the amount appropriated by
congress for the maintenance Of the
District government. Under the sys-
tenn which prevails the United States
pays one-half of the cost of the Dis
trict government. The amount paid
BY the District includes all amounts
raised from taxation. license fees.
etc.
Fees Of all sorts. including consular,
letters patent, ETC., brought into the
treasury the sum of $5,222 .994.92.
There was received from the immigra-
ton fund the sum of $3.3ss.s94.57. The
Central Pacific railroad indebtedness
was partly liquidated by the payment
Of $5,09s.227.41. and the federal tag
on national banks brought in $685.
721.19.
There were numerous other items
which were classed under the general
head of miscellaneous receipts"
They included $1.177,752.70, which was
a payment Of interest by the Pacific
railways; $685. 91. received from the
sales of government property; $751;
97s. received from judicial fees, fines,
ETC.. In the federal courts: $607.004
received from customs fees. fines, pen.
alties. ETC.. and host of other items,
running down to one for 312,S64.
which was the amount received from
the proceeds Of town sites In the re.
clamation service.
How the Money 10 Paid Out.
The disbursements of the govern.
ment for the last fiscal year may be
bulked lnder the following general
headings:
Civil establishment ......... STE, 40. 4oe
Military establishment dnclud-
Ing Panama canaD ...,... l75. $40, AZ
Naval establishment ......, l18037 087
Fensions 163 S92. 467
Indian service ...................,. 14579, 755
Interest on the public deb. 49,. 2,42s,1ss
The general heading civil estab-
lishment" covers the cost of main.
tanning the three great branches of
the government. the Legislative, the
and the judicial.
During the last fiscal year there
was disbursed for the maintenance of
the legislative branch of the govern
ment the sum of S13.7ss. 1886. This In
cludes the salaries and mileage of
senators and representatives, the gen.
eral salary account of both the lower
and upper houses. the cost of main.
tanning the library of congress, the
botanic garden, and the capitol, and
the maintenance and cost of operat.
ing the government printing ONCE.
This last item is about one.half of
this general appropriation. the amount
disbursed on its account during the
year having been $6.394.s10.
Salaries Of High Officials.
The amount discussed for the exec.
utive department proper, that is to
say. for the salaries of the president
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16

flash signals. These preparations will
consist in the building Of = huge tele-
SCOPE, and In experimental observa-
tons made with the cooperation Of
the foremost astronomers OF the
world. The object of this preliminary
work IL to decide whether or not the
canals Of Mars are really artificial.
In all, three years time would be
consumed in these preliminaries.
"A correspondent of the New York
Sun. who states that he is a practical
heliograph man, calls attention to q
fact which seems to have been over
looked. Prof. Pickering proposes to
make mirrors of such q size that they
must necessarily be moved by ma
chinery. His idea appears to be that
II they were each ten feet across,
there would be about 500 of them to
the mile. The heliograph man points
out that pocket mirror two inches
square will do Just as much work as
mirror that is ten feet square. All
that any mirror can reflect is the
single image of the sun. He states
that 1t Is possible to flash from 6 to
4s miles with a shaving glass. This
seems to be borne out by the fact
that the standard size of an army
Photograph is less than four inches.
Hence, ten-foot mirrors would hardly
be any more serviceable than four
inch mirrors.
Prof. David Todd of Amherst col.
lege also intends to improve the op-
portunity offered by the earth's prox-
Unity to Mars next autumn to discover
whether or not the planet is really in
habited. He assumes that If Mars
has Inhabitants. and II they are as
intelligent az we are, they may pos
sibly attempt to communicate with
the earth at that time, and that they
may employ Hertzian waves for the
purpose. 1t is his plan to take the
most sensitive wireless telegraph re.
ceivers he can find up in a balloon,
in order to diminish any obstructive
influence that the atmosphere may ex-
ert. and listen for signals in space
We wonder how Prof. Todd can tell
whether his signals come from Mars,
or whether the receivers have not
simply responded to electrical waves
sent out from the SUM-
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16
Writer Discusses That and Other eu.
perstitIons In Connection
with Hydrophobla.

Rabies when affecting human beings
is called hydrophobia. AS this disease
has caused a considerable consterna-
ton in several sections Of the coun-
try recently. few comments in this
connection may not be amiss.
First, let US see about some of the
superstitions associated with this d.
sease. When a person has been Bit
ten by a mad dog, the killing Of the
dog does not prevent hydrophobia in
the person bitten. This Is joke and,
strange as 1t may seem. has been
taken seriously by many people who
should know better. Better lock up
the dog for few days and see II the
disease develops. In case the disease
does not develop the person bitten
need have no further anxiety. II the
disease develops in the dog. the per-
son win then have plenty Of time to
go to the Pasteur institute and take
treatment. which will positively pre-
vent the disease from developing.
Again, the common belief that .
mad dog will run with his tail between
his legs, and froth at the mouth IL .
mistake. The mad dog carries his
tail in quite q natural position, and
while the mouth may be open from
paralysis Of the lower jaw, yet he
can not truly be said to froth at the
mouth. The mad stone II fake. pure
and simple. 1t is nothing but piece
Of porous stone (like soap stoae)
which when dried and then placed ON
Q moist surface will absorb water o.
blood or anything Of q fluid nature.
Aftsr Q psrsoa 10 bitten b. . mad
doG the germs Of the disease afs
very soon absorbed into Tie system.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16
SUN AFFECTS EARTH's ORBIT.
Centrifugal Tendency Prevents Planet
from Being Drawn Directly To
ward the Cvrtsr Of Attraction.

The earth's motion is the resultant
OF component forces. These forces
are. first, gravitation. or the attrac'
ton of the sun for the earth; second,
the momentum Of the earth's mass,
which imparts to the earth the centri.
fulgal tendency or the tendency to
fly of its orbit in the direction Of the
tangent. The attraction of the sun
for the earth prevents the tangential
motion, while the centrifugal ten
dency prevents the earth from being
drawn directly toward the center Of
attraction.
In the Illustration reproduced here,
at the points b and d the suns At.
traction IL the same and the earth's
velocity ID the same, but the direc-
ton Of the earth's movement Is not
the same at both points; that ID to
say, the centrifugal tendencies at
these two points are different. At B.
owing to the action Of component
forces which have brought It to that
point, the resultant tendency is slight
" towards the sun with an increasing
velocity. At D. however. the direc.
ton of motion is slightly away from
the sun. and therefore. since the com.
ponent forces. namely. the attraction
of the sun and the centrifugal motion
at D are different from those at B.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-16

ASHINGTON.-In view
Of the fact that cong
ress has been strug-
Cling with the ques-
ton Of raising millions
of dollars Of additional