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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11

first to draw the attention OF the Ital
ian government to the treasures which
the sands of Ostia were concealing.
Some authorities on archaeology al.
most discouraged Professor Lanciani
in his first attempts, but short work
was quite sufficient to prove what an
important page of history Osta would
disclose to the world If its ruins were
brought to light.
The excavations at Ostia have now
uncovered the two main thorough
fares of the town, the "decumanus"
and the "cardo," which, according to
Roman Topography. marked the first
foundations of the city. The decu-
manus, the street leading to the sea,
was hanked by porticoes leading to
shops or private houses. Some of the
porticoes have been found in excellent
condition and most of the walls are
also we'll preserved. These walls are,
as usual in Roman architecture, rath-
er thick, thus showing that the heat
must have been considerable in the
town, especially as almost every house
bears traces of an open space or
veranda which opens toward the sea
and is sheltered from the suns rays.
The theater, which lies close to the
decumanus, still bears its original
form and some Of its columns, its stat
ues and it's mosaics are beautifully
preserved. The capitals Of the col
umns are of remarkable workman.
ship and judging by their height and
by the size of the statues which adorn-
ed the entrance of the theater the lat
ter must have been an exceedingly
large building to hold several thou
sand people. 1t was founded by
Agrippa and restored by Caracalla at
the end of the fourth century. In
this theater was found large statue
of Venus which is now at the Lateran
Museum in Rome, while another, the
Venus Of the Sea, has been found bur
led underneath the stage.
A great part of the decumanus has
yet to be unearthed, the greatest
and perhaps the most interesting part.
as this is the portion approaching the
sea, where the famous port is sup
posed to have been in existence
Professor Vaglieri-who, in succession
to Lanciani, is now in charge of the
excavations-thinks that he may not
only come across the walls of the
port and its docks, but that he may
also find the remains of ancient ships
and at any rate archaeological mate
rial Of the greatest Importance for the
reconstruction OF this old port
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11

more than red hot as it sweeps past
while in other cases the comet at Its
nearest approach to the sun is far out
side the orbit of the earth. From a
statistical study Of these orbits, 1t
appears probable that those comets
that are discovered and observed from
the earth constitute only small frac-
ton of the total number that enter
or belong to the solar system. To be
discovered at all. a comet either must
be unusually big and bright or 1t must
come near the earth. an, with due
reference to these conditions and to
the average number of comets that
are found year by year. 1t appears that
for every comet that ever comes in
side the orbit of the earth there must
be some IS or SO that never come so
near the sun and which must therefore
in great part remain undiscovered. An
even more striking conclusion along
these lines is that if we count the or.
bit OF the most distant planet, Nep-
tune, as fixing the boundary of the sol.
ar system. there are at all times pres
ent within this spherical domain sew.
eral thousand comets, the average
number being trife under 5000. but
of these thousand there are visible
from the earth at any one time hardly
more than one or two. 1t must not
be inferred, however. that comets are
less numerous near the earth than
| elsewhere. for quite the contrary is
true, the number OF comets per billion
cubic miles OF space is greater near
the sun and diminishes somewhat rap.
idly to the outermost confines of the
system and it is only the immense
expanse of the solar system beyond
the earths orbit that makes the to-
tai number of comets SO great. 1t is
this same great space available 10,
them to move in that makes
the chance Of collision between comets
and planets so extremely small. There
is no known instance OF a head-on col
lision between such bodies, or of the
falling of a comet into the sun, al.
though the mathematical chapter of ac
cidents contemplates as probable the
occurrence of about one suck event as
the latter In every century.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
APOLOGY At ALTAR COSTLY
Young Men Take the Wrong Place to-
Force an Explanation from
e. N. Harness,

Walla Walla.-Gallantry is all right
in its place. but church isn't the
place.
So at least have learned William
Thompson and Ned O. wike, two At.
talfa young men, who have just paid
$25 each for beating a man and then
making him apologize publicly for
what he had done.
They pleaded guilty to the charge an
drawn up by Judge Lewis of Alfalfa
of committing the crime Of disturb.
ing the peace and fighting at the
schoolhouse during Christian services.
then leading their victim. bleeding,
into the church and presenting him ia
the congregation during services"
e. N. Harness was the victim.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
Aviator Easily Detects Animal. sovoht
by Members Of California
Rifle Club.

Santa Clara, Cal.-Swooping over
the foothills recently. Glenn Martins
biplane scared all the coyotes in sight
and hearing. The occasion was the
coyote hunt Of the Santa Ana Rifle
club, OF which Martin is member,
and the result Of the hunt was the
capture of one coyote, big fellow
The carcass was strapped to the aero
plane and was taken as passenger to
Santa Ana
The hunters had hoped to bring in
half dozen of the pests, but were
unable to begin their hunt until after
seven O'Clock. 1t had been planned
to begin at 4:30 o'clock. in order to
catch the sneaking animals before
they got back into the brushy hills.
BY an oversight the gate Of the pas
ture in which the foothills are located
was left locked. and it was seven
o'clock before the hunters could pro-
ceed. The hunters covered ground
from the old San Joaquin ranch house
to the hills directly back of Corona
Del Mar
Martin waited until after the fog
| alGSO USlOIS VVutuTluK 10 ny. he OlO
not like the .dea of going through the
fog sixty miles an hour with the pos
sibility that he would suddenly find a
high hill in front of him. too late to
rise over it. After the fog lifted
Martin. with a passenger, secuted
along the range of foothills, using the.
biplane in which he made his trip
from Newport bay to Avalon. The air
craft was driven low. and it was with
ease that moving objects IN the brush
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11

FTER being buried under
sand for fifteen centuries,
the remains of Ostia. the
Newport of the ancient
Romans, have now been
largely unearthed. This
years American visitors to
the Eternal City will find
them almost as interesting
to visit as Pompeii itself.
OCtia ic o1dar too than
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11

the behavior of comets while within
the range Of our vision suggests that.
for the most part, they recede from the
sun to distances prodigious enough
when measured in miles. but very
small indeed when compared with the
distance of the stars, and that soon-
er or later most, il not all of these
comets, will be found coming back
again over the same path as before.
again to be seen for a time and again
to disappear for another absence that
may be measured in centuries.
The grounds for decision between
these rival views are simple enough in
theory, although hard to realize in
practice. 1t is wholly a question Of
the kind Of orbit in which the comets
travel, and the law Of gravitation de-
termines that these orbits must be
either oval or v-shaped. with the sun
inside the curve. No other form is
possible. The oval is closed curve
and however big it may be, the comet
that travels along It must some time
return to the place where 1t was first
seen; but the "v' has projecting arms
that never meet and the comet that
has once swept around the bend of the
curve, which is always the part near
the sun and earth, can never return to
1t and them.
When comet is discovered it is
the business Of the astronomer to find.
as promptly as may be. the path it is
pursuing, whether 1t is oval or "
shaped, and hero he encounters the
real difficulties of the problem. He
must rely upon observations made
while the comet is visible, and this pc
riod is so short compared with the
time taken to move over the whole or.
bit, that it is almost impossible to de.
eide from the little section of the or.
bit covered by observations whether
it belongs to the one type or the 9th.
er. In former days 1t was the gHneral
opinion that the v-shaped orbit was
| the one natural to comets.
Whether the orbits be prevailing oi
one kind or the other, 1t Is clear tina,
they are of very different sizes. some
of them approaching SO close to the
IN that the comet is literally made
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11

been given ten-year agreements with
regularly increasing salaries. The
chemists Office staff from office boy
up, are each promised handsome
bonus when success is achieved.
The Germans, on learning that the
Anglo-French syndicate had secured
the priority patents, endeavored to
persuade the syndicate to sell, but
were unsuccessful. Overtures from
big plantation rubber companies. d.
rected by leading London merchants,
were more favorably received, and 1t is
likely that an agreement will be made
to not sell rubber below so cents a
pound, m which case only Brazilian
Para rubber collectors will suffer.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
Precautions Are Taken to Pre-
serve Recipe for New Rubber.
Safe Where Formula Is Kept Is Pre-.
teeted by Steam That Would De-
stroy the Bacteria-Would
Lower Price Of Product.

London.-Extraordin precautions
are being taken to prevent theft Of
the secret of the new process of man
ufacturing synthetic rubber, announce
ment of the discovery of which by
Prof. Perkin was made recently. Four
millionaires, including Stuart Coats,
member Of the famous family of thread
makers, are financing the expert
ments. which already have cost $780,
900.
The works are situated in lonely
peninsula river near Rainham, in Es-
Sex. and they are patrolled night and
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
WHERE DO COMETS
COME FROM TO US?
BY GEORGE c. coMsrocK.
Professor Of Astronomy, University Of
Wisconsin,.


The popular interest in comets is
doubtless due to their transitory char
acter, associated with the common be-
lief that they are rare and unusual ap-
pearances. Great comets certainly are
unusual and not more than once or
twice in a lifetime are there to be
seen such types as the beautiful comet
of 1882, which was visible in broad
daylight, and whose tail was long
enough to bridge the space between
earth and sun. But little comets are
plentiful as great ones are rare
as numerous as fishes in the sea"
was Kepler's phrases three centuries
;ago-and with the systematic use of
the telescope in searching for comets.
their number has grown, until now
there is scarce a night in the year
upon which one or more Of these bod
As brief and within few weeks. or at
most few months. they are gone
never to reappear," as is often said
OF them. 1t is we'll known. however
shat some Of them do come
back after time, as Hal
1ey's comet only two years ago
and Shere are more than half hun.
.dred others which appear and disap
pear, time after time, upon schedules
we'll known and regular.
Nevertheless the great majority OF
.coEasts do disappear and have not
come back, and astronomers are di
vided in opinion as to whether they
ever will return, one school holding
that they come to us from the depths
of the interstellar spaces. drawn in by
the attractive powers of the suns
gravitation. and BY that same power
are thrown out again ito stay" Anoth
ser school o! astronomers. while ad
uniting that tho process here de
sscribed is possible, and consistent witt
known mechanic laws. contends tha
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
Divorce Pays to Wed italian.

Baltimore.-Mrs. Hulda Justice
Steel, divorced wife of prominent
citizen, is about to become the bride
OF Alberto Tutino, of Rome member
OF an old Italian family. Following
the ceremony Mrs. Steel agrees to
insure her life for $4,000, payable to
the bridegroom. and also agrees to
give him an allowance Of $1,000 for
life. Mrs. Steel Is worth million.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
PLANE TO HUNT COYOTES

could be detected. Martin is thorough
ly satisfied with the efficiency of the
aeroplane as means OF scouting for
wild animals. He thinks 1t has great
possibilities as means of driving
game into the open.
To William Jeffrey, from whose
ranch the start was made, belongs the
honor of the hunt.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11

to visit as Pompeii itself.
Ostia is older, too, than
either Pompeii or Herculaneum, older
than Rome itself, whose seaport as
Well as fashionable watering place.
the long buried city used to bs.
The work of unearthing Ostia has
now been going on for some years.
OF late, thanks to the interest that has
been taken in it by King Victor EN-
manuel and the parliament-the latter
eXcavations-it has made rapid head
way. The two principal streets of the
city, as well as it's splendid theater.
having been brought to light. This an
cient town, the greatest center of COM
merce and of amusement of Ruman
times, with it's splendid buildings and
magnificent monuments, has been bur-
led since the fall of the Roman EN-
plre in grave of mingled sand,
stones and rubbish, which in places is
30 and even 30 feet deep.
Tho upper ten of Rome had their
summer homes at Ostia, which is only
thirteen miles from the capital. and
used to go there in April and stay un.
I'll September, during all of which
time there was a lot doing. The
Maiumae, or May festival, was cele-
hrated at Ostia with great pomp by
the emperor and his court, who drove
all the way from Rome in their gor-
seous state coaches, followed, say the
records, by the notables, which means
the 400 of the day, and the matronea,
which may mean the chaperones,
though they had little use of these in
those rapid days, and accompanied by
crowds of people cheering to Castor
and Pollux, the presiding divinities of
the place. These festivals lasted sew
eral weeks, during which there were
constant libations, which is Roman
for rounds of drinks, and sacrifices to
1'acchus and Venus, the gods of wine
and love.
Plutarch, Livy and Cicero speak of
Ostia as having been place of de-
light" and 1.-The favorite town of en-
perors and nobility for several hun
Ared years." Nero had special fond.
ness for the Roman Newport, which
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
Berry Measured Four inches.

Marysville. GAIA strawberry meas
uring four inches In circumference
was displayed by T. spafIord, who has
half acre patch planted to vines
eight miles north Of this city. spaf.
ford has installed private irrigatios
plant on his plaza,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
SUPPOSED DEAD MAN REvIvEs
Veterinary Surgeon Signs Certificate,
and Deceased" Registers
Protest.

VIENNA wealthy landowner nam
ed Masny had narrow escape from
being buried alive at Zuravica, in
Galicia. He had fallen in fit. and
as there is no doctor in the neighbor
hood. veterinary surgeon was called
in, who pronounced hirn dead, and
gave a certificate nf daath from apo
Dlexy.
A large number of his relatives
We're present at the funeral and, in
accordance with the local custom, aft
er the Coffin had been lowered into
the grave and the final blessing given
by the priest. they began themselves
to shovel in the hrst spadefuls Of
earth.
This apparently rounsed the CUP
posed dead man from his trance, for
faint cries for help were heard from
the coffin. Most Of the bystandes
ran away in panic, but the more
sensibic Immediately helped the priest
to open the coffin. Masny was quite
conscious, and. after he had been
given restorative and been helped
out of the coffin. was able to walk
home with borrowed overcoat over
his grave clothes.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11
Groom Asleep; Wedding lie Postponed

Groom Asleep; Wedding is Postponed.
Wabash. Ind.-The wedding Of
Lloyd Keich and Miss Florence Myers
was unavoidably postponed because
the groom was asleep at the hour set
for the ceremony. He had taken a
dose of morphine for illness, and could
not be awakened. They were married
the following morning when he was
restored to consciousness.
The Washington times., 1912-08-02
Steel Report Is Basis
Of Union Attempt to
Organize Workers

On the heels of the Stanley steel COM
mittee's report attacking the revolving
conditions under which they say. the
underpafd, overworked employees OF the
Steel trust toll. the American Fedora
ton OF Labor today Issued a call to arms
70 these workers to organize themselves
INTO unions. A circular sent broadcast
ana printed In many languages, signed
by President Samuel Gompers and Sec
retary Frank Morrison, OF the Fedora
uon, announces that plan for organi-
alton has been formulated, which
only needs the support of the workers
to insure its success"
The proclamation is designated circu-
lar No. /. This will be followed by No.
=. which Will be an expose Of the condi.
tons OF the mill workers. No. 8 will
announce the dates and places of meet
lngs to be held In every town and city
where an iron or steel plant is located.
All VIII be held on the same day.
:, The object Of having the meetings on
the same day." says circular No. ], "is
to effectually prevent discrimination. II
you are true to yourselves and to each
other, you will be In attendance at these
meetings.
you could render much assistance u
the circular continues, Ito this move.
ment, started in your own interest, r.
when writing to your relatives and
friends across the water, you advise
them that IL would be to their advan-
tage II they did not come to America
for a year or two"
The Washington times., 1912-08-02
SECOND CLOUDBURST
HITS NEVADA TOWNS
Residents OF Mazuma and Seven
Troughs Again Flee to
Hills.

RENO, Aug. 2--The little towns Of
Mazuma and Seven Troughs just re-
covering from cloudburst disaster
that overwhelmed them recently, were
again struck last night by flood.
Survivors Of the recent disaster fed
to the hillside in their night clothes TO
escape q second cloudburst.
At last reports Mazuma was under
water. A dispatch received shortly
before communication was cut Off said
refugees were on thee hillside in a
state Of utmost hysteria. Relief parties
which set out turned back through
fear OF being swept away by the flood.
The Washington times., 1912-08-02
F FRECKLES
New Drug That Quickly Removes
These Homely Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your freckies, as a new
drug. 6thine-double strength. has been dis
covered that positively removes these home
ly spots.
Simply get one ounce Of othine--double
strength, from any druggist In the city Of
Washington and apply a little Of II at night,
and In the morning you will see that even
the worst freckles have begun to disappear.
while the lighter ones have vanished en-
tirely. II is seldom that more than an ounce
is needed to completely clear the skin and
gain beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
money back II It falls to remove freckles.
The Washington times., 1912-08-02
MEAT PRICES NOW
HIGHEST KNOWN IN
LOCAL MARKET
Sensational Advance This
Week Cannot Be Explain
ed BY Retailers.

Whatever may be the Developments
in the month Of August In political
matters. this month has ushered In
state of affairs on the meat market
that will affect the American people in
another but equally as vital way. The
beef market has jumped again--about
10 per cent. So has the veal market.
So has the pork market. In fact, lamb
ana poultry are the only fresh meats
that have not taken an ascension
within the last couple OF days.
The rise In the price OF beef 10 Of
course the most sensational feature.
Already the highest on record, the
Jump in beef prices marks the greatest
perienced in many year 1t was free
ly predicted last month that beef would
drop-a deduction based on the fact
that the demand Is not half as great
supply would remain steady. No one
attempts ito explain what has hap
pened to cause such reversal of what
was expected, and all the retailers
nave to say is that something IL
bound to happen"
Prices All Go Up.
Beef has risen $3.50 a hundred on the
wholesale market. The best grade of
cattle Is now bringing 14c and 14h
Genus. Inc result on the retall market
is that prime roast. quoted last week at
20 to 25 cents, is in demand at % and
2s cents; sirloin steaks that brought Is
cents last week sell for 30 cents today;
porter house roast that was rs cents
last week is 30 cents now; round steak.
quoted at % cents last week, is now
worth 25 cents. And SO on through all
the beef products.
Pork is also on the boom. and while
prices keep going UP in this line, sales
are falling off rapidly. A prominent
pork retailer said today that he was not
selling half as much pork now as he
did this time last year when prices were
more reasonable. Pork chops that were
worth 20 cents last week are now bring
ing % and rs cents. Ham has risen one
cent. bacon three or four cents. and
lard one cent
The veal market shows slight in
crease In nearly all parts, though not
as great as pork and beef. No change
of Importance is noted in the vegetable
or poultry market, the latter having
dropped a cent or two.
List of Average Prices.
Following is a list of average prices
on the market today:
The Washington times., 1912-08-02

business of the whole. or any portion
of the South"
The Washington times., 1912-08-02
STEAMER CHARLES MACALESTER
TWO TRIPS DAILY TO
MOUNT VERNON

Leaving Seventh Street wharf ft n . -
returnins At ,:l6 p. m: leaving y a:3s p n y
at sl6 p. m Houno ZIP: -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-26

RESULTOF INJURY
j. B. Joseph, Horse Radish Man
ufacturer, Victim of Acct
dent This Morning.

AS the result of an accident this
morning. J. B. Joseph, formerly Of
Sears, who Operates a horse radish
factory at 1915 Twelfth street, is
threatened with the loss of his eye
sight and is now confined to his home
under a physicians care.
While working over the grinding
machine this morning about 10
o'clock the emery wheel suddenly
broke and few of, striking Joseph in
the head with terrific force. The un.
fortunate man was wearing glasses al
the time, and the lenses were shat
tered and particles of glass lodged in
his eyes. This noon he was unable tc
See. When the emery wheel came off
a number of the CRATES flew up mang
ling Joseph's hands. He sustained q
deep cash over the left eye, his liz
was split in two by a cut an inch lone
and his nose was mashed. Joseph was
taken to a physicians Office for atten
ton and then removed to his home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-26
DR.. MARQUIS ASSISTS
IN CHURCH'S JUBILEE

DR.. w. S. Marquis has returned from
Princeton, Ill, where he took part in
services concentrating the estab-
lishment of the First Presbyterian
church of that city rs years ago. DR..
Marquis Thursday evening conveyed
the greetings Of the Rock River pres
bytery to the church and delivered
a missionary address. Last evening
was a fellowship meeting when the
pastors of the community joined In
the celebration of the 18th anniver
sary. This evening all living former
pastors will be present and deliver
addresses and tomorrow former pas
tors, will again assist in the services
The church was established in 1881
at the same time as the organization
of Bureau county and 1t had as 1t:
members the old Puritan stock who
came west In 1880 from Northampton
Among its members was ]. H. Bryant
a brother of the poet William Cutler
Bryant and his descendants are still
members of the congregation.