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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

more than red hot as Il sweeps past
while In other cases the comet at its
nearest approach to the sun 10 far out.
side the orbit OF the earth. From
statistical study OF these orbits. II
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 II 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, It appears that
for every comet that ever comes In
side the orbit OF the earth there must
be some Is OF 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 II we count the or.
bit Of the most distant planet, Nep-
tune. az 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 trifie under 5000. but
Of these thousand there are visible
from the earth at any one time hardly
more than one or two. II 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 1t Ia only the immense
expanse OF the solar system beyond
the earth's orbit that makes the to-
tai number Of comets SO great. II "a
this same great space available for
them to move in that makes
the chance Of collision between comets
and planets so extremely small. There
10 no known instance OF head-on col
lision between such bodies. or of the
falling Of comet into the sun, nj.
though the mathematical chapter of &C.
cidents contemplates as probable the
occurrence Of about one such event N
the latter In every century.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19
Helped a Little.

pinard one summer there was a
ful young countess, the wife of
lonaire, whose bathing dress
we'll
PupIe OF men about town we're
In shocked tones about the
fss bathing dress on the casino
shocking; It's most improper.
be first.
said the second, IT can't be-
Is any worse than the dinner
she wore at Mrs. Hughes-Hal.
phi last night.
WeIi, said the other. she had
iamonds on then."-Rochestcr
Pc Telegram.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

" largely unearthed. This
~ years American visitors TO
the Eternal City will find
$3.50. them almost as interesting
~" to visit as Pompeii itself.
Ostia IL 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 be.
The work OF unearthing Ostia has
now been going on for some years.
or late, thanks to the Interest that has
been taken In II by King Victor EN-
manuel and the parliament--the latter
having just voted $4,000 toward new
excavations-it has made rapid head
way. The two principal streets of the
city, as well as its splendid theater.
having been brought to light. This an.
cient town. the greatest center Of com.
merce and OF amusement OF Ruman
times. with its splendid buildings and
magnificent monuments, has been bur-
led since the fall OF the Roman EN-
pire in n grave OF mingled sand.
stones and rubbish, which I'm places is
20 and even so feet deep.
The upper ten OF Rome had their
summer homes ut 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-
brated at Ostia with great pomp by
the emperor and his court. who drove
all the way from Rome in their gor-
geous 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 PolluS. 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
Bacchus and Venus. the gods OF wine
and love.
Plutarch. Livy and Cicero speak OF
Ostia as having been a place OF de-
light" and "the favorite town of en-
perors and nobility for several hun
dred years" Nero had a special fond.
ness for the Roman Newport. which
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19
Same Purpose Accomplished.

"Oh. Georgia" exclaimed fond
mother. when she saw her small boy
considerably battered up and dirty.
you have been fighting again? How
often have told You that you
shouldn't fght?"
Well" said he. what are you go
ing 10 do when fellow hits you?"
why, keep out of his way" said
the mother.
Il bet" said the youngster. he'll
keep out OF mine after this"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19
Cheerful Outlook.

Father. DEAR" said Amarantn.
Willie Smithers is going to call at
your Office this morning to ask you
for my hand. Isn't there some little
hint can give him before he goes
SO as TO make II easier for him."
Yes" said Mr.. Blinks. tell him to
take ether before he comes. II will
save him much pain."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work antiseptically clean and free
from odors and disease germs, Paxtine
Is unequaled. At drug
kists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re.
ceipt OF price by The Paxton Toilet
Co. Boston, Mass.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19
Stern Call of Duty.

Reform is not joyous. but griev'
GUS; no single man can reform him.
self without stern suffering and stern
working: how much less can nation
OF men!-Carlyle.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19
Wall Defended.

He whose study is among the shad'
ows and lights OF nature has an un'
suspected coat OF mail defending him
among all the turmoil.--Mrs. Oliphant
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

Important II Is that the blood be kept pure.
Garfield Tea Is big enough for the Job.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

1 , reh md 1t cheaper to stny
'nan to pay alimony.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

| expects a man to think her
naturally curly even when she
mat he knows II isn't.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

mates and soulmates are not
synonymous.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

Co,s,ng power depends upon your
A'"eld Tea helps toward keeping IL.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19
important 20 Mothers

nan who falls out OF an airship
~ reels as badly hurt as the
Pagon.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

After they reach the age OF 40 wom-
en- laugh only when they feel like It.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19
Strictly Up 20 Date

hrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Chiidren
teething, softens the gums, reduces indammar
ton, allays pain. cures wind cole, sc bottle.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

The manufacturer OF artificial feet
II responsible for many q false step.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

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.
Oafia ia nldar fnn than
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03

port either the candidate or the
platform is a misnomer. If q
democrat cannot support Wood
row Wilson. in our way of think
ing, his democracy certainly has
gone to seed. The man that
would file on the democratic
ticket and not support Woodrow
Wilson would be like the man
forging check. He is getting
support under false pretenses
and he should be convicted by
public opinion of forgery. What
is a party? A party represents
its head and the platform on
which it stands. To say that
you are a republican and cannot
support the ticket is like saying
you are a Christian and refuse to
believe in Christ. The same
thing goes with a democrat that
cannot support the Baltimore
platform and Woodrow Wilson,
the choice of the party. Tacoma
Democrat.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03

In addition to our choice line of
candies and confections we serve
to order all kinds of soft drinks,
ices, oyster cocktails, as well as
hot cocoa, chocolate, coffee,
beef tea, buillons. Dorman's
Cafe and Confectionery Parlor.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03

So great is the number of help
needed by the fruit and hop
growers of the Yakima valley
that the railroads have been i'm
portuned to grant a fare and a
third rate on the certificate plan
to North Yakima. This rate has
been granted and the first date
for the sale of tickets will be
August 8. This will permit the
people to go there in time for the
heavy peach crop. Something
over 5, 600 people will be needed.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03
FOR SUPERIOR JUDGE

hereby announce my candidacy for nomination
as Judge Of the superior court for Stevens and
Pend Oreille counties at the September primary
election. on the bipartisan judiciary ticket.
w. II. JACKSON
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03
Aside from the
LOWneSS of
Price and the
Decided
Superiority

in the tailoring of our
suits there is one fea-
ture that stands out
above all others. It is
this-the fabrics con-
tain no cotton what
sOever-every thread
is pure wool, thus as
suring durability and
square and hOnest
values.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03
FOR COUNTY CLERK

hereby announce myself as q candidate for the
Office of county clerk on the democratic ticket.
subject to the September primaries
L. C. RICHARDSON. Bossburg.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03
FOR COUNTY ENGINEER

hereby announce myself as a candidate for the
Office Of county engineer. subject to to the demo-
cratic primaries to be held in September.
RICHARD B. THOMAS.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR.

hereby announce myself as a candidate for the
nomination for county auditor. subject to the
democratic primary election.
A. B. SANSBURN. Colville.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03
Political Announcements
PAID ADVERTISING
FOR CONGRESSMAN
THIRD DISTRICT
ROSCOE M DRUMHELLER
OF Dayton
Democratic candidate for Congress
from the Third District
FOR SUPERIOR JUDGE

hereby announce that am anon partisan can
didate for the nomination for judge Of the
perior court. subject to theSeptember primaries.
F. LEO GRINSTEAD.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03
FOR COUNTY CLERK

hereby announce myself candidate for the
nomination for county clerk. at the democratic
primary election Sept. 10.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03

We do not want to be consider
ed pertinent but we would like
to ask the republican candidates
where they stand. There has
been talk going around that GER
tain republican candidates who
wanted to see the rough rider
nominated for president, said
they were going to file on the
republican ticket under the Taft
electors and at the same time
support Roosevelt. This would
be like hanging on behind a
wagon, pulling backward and
hoping that same wagon would
pull you to your destination. If
you are for Roosevelt, it would
seem to an outsider that you
have no rights that any one
should respect in filing for a
republican nomination. Parties
are not sacred. They only mean
what they stand for. The re-
publican party in Washington
stands for Taft and the Chicago
platform. For a man to say that
he is republican yet cannot sup
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03
For COMMISSIONER SECOND DISTRICT

hereby announce myself as a candidate for the
republican nomination for commissioner for the
second district. FRANK POLLAk.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03

The democratic house voted to
take off all tariff on sugar. The
republican senate voted to cut the
tariff from 81. 80 to SLIGO.
If you paid two cents a pound
less for your sugar, would you
suffer from a democratic effort
to aid you?
If you pay two cents a pound
more for sugar than it is worth,
simply to keep up a republican
tariff, how much of this two
cents do YOU get?
Under Governor Hays benifi-
cent extravaganza, the people of
this state have been compelled to
pay into the state treasury enor-
nous sums of money to meet the
bills sanctioned by the governor.
Three millions in 1905, and six
millions in 1907 were sums large
enough for this state to pay, but
in 1909 it jumped to nine mil
lions, and in 1911 to over eleven
millions-an increase of five mil
lions under the administration of
Hay.
It is small wonder that the
grangers and the producers are
demanding that there shall be
no more Hay fever"
Miss Anna A. Maley, editor of
the Everett Commonwealth, and
socialist candidate for governor,
will speak at the Colville opera
house Sunday evening, Aug. II,
ats o'clock, on socialism. She
is known as a forceful writer
and an able speaker, and the lee
ture will be free.
In event a public service cor
poration of it's own accord in
stalls meters, the consumer can
not be charged for the same,
either outright or assessed a rem
tai, according to a formal ruling
made by the public service COM
mission. The question of who
should pay for a meter which
the consumer insists should be
installed has not yet been decid-
ed by the commission.
The Wall street protective
tariff prevents competition be-
tween domestic products and the
products of foreign labor, and so
makes high prices. But there is
no protective tariff to prevent
the foreign laborer from coming
to compete with the domestic
laborer for work-and that makes
low wages. A most acceptable
condition for the tariff-fed manu-
facturers. #.a..#.
The following statement to the
Examiner. from C. B. Kegley,
master of the State Grange, will
assist some of the ranchers of
this county in gaining light upon
the actions Of Governor M. E.
Hay, who wishes the Office again:
In a late issue of the daily
papers l see that there is an
effort to boost the idea that the
present administration is making
a special effort to supply grain
bags, 300, 900 having been sold
to the farmers of Washington
this season. What is 300, 600
when five times that amount
could as we'll have been made
and thus help to hold down the
price now robbing the farmers?
Over one year ago, yes, al
most two years ago we called
the attention of Governor Hay to
what was in store for the farmer
if he persisted on leaving the
machinery at Walla Walla stand
idle and thus make it more easy
for the bag trust to corner and
boost the price of bags. At the
1911 session of the legislature
the Cox bill introduced by Sena-
tor Cox and passed by both
houses, provided that the mills at
Walla Walla should be operated
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03

The Washington Standard,
published for the last fifty-two
years by John Miller Murphy,
dean of Washington newspaper
editors. is sold to J. H. Brown,
Eagle Freshwater and ]. K.
Brown, who will take charge i'm
mediately.
Associated with Mr.. Murphy
in the early history of the paper
was the elder Beriah Brown; as
sociated in the new management
of the Standard are a son and
grandson of this one-time part
ner. While retiring from the
active management of the week.
ly, Mr.. Murphy will continue
with the new owners as a con-
tributing editor so long as he
desires.
During the So years of it's his
tory the Standard has been an in
dependent democratic paper and
it will be continued as such by its
new owners. Its scope will be
broadened, the new owners de-
desiring to make it paper for
the democrats of the entire state,
published in the capital city, the
logical place for such a weekly.
The salt trust, the beef trust,
the steel trust, the sugar trust,
the spool cotton trust, the sew
ing machine trust, the leather
trust, the oil trust, the cotton
trust, the harvester trust and
numerous other trusts, each sell
in foreign markets at cheaper
rate than the manufacturers of
those foreign nations can sell at
home. The above trusts under
the Payne Aldrich tariff enjoy a
protection at our hands of from
45% to 1900.
The farmer in this country
pays more for these things than
the worker of England or Ger
many does for the same things
shipped from here across the
ocean. Who gets the difference?
Who ia protected?
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03

Clothing is to cost more next
year, the cloth men say, because
the wool clip is much smaller
this than last season. With little
or no wool in clothing it is not
apparent what the supply of that
article has to do with prices.
However, in these days of re-
publican tariff, almost anything
will pass current as an excuse
for price boosts.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1912-08-03

necessary. Why he sent his
warden to India after jute after
ne had vetoed that bill and the
warden returned with only 40
bales of jute. How much it is
costing the farmers now, all of
which is going into the pockets
OF the bag trust, that might have
been saved had the governor
operated the machinery as pro-
vided by the Cox bill.
Whitman. Walla Walla. Col
umbia, Garfield, Lincoln. Doug
las, Spokane, Stevens and Okan-.
ogan counties will pay out this
year in excess prices on sacks
alone almost a million dollars.
This would go a long way to-
ward building some of the much
discussed good roads, no part of
which will ever find it's way to
the road fund. Wonder if it all
went to the sack trust is the
question.
This much heralded talk about
making sacks when the harvest
is on is late to catch the voter.
Every farmer and taxpayer has
a right to demand an answer as
to why this machinery that has
cost the state 100000 should
stand idle during most of the
year and at a time when sacks
were advancing rapidly, and now
just on the eve of harvest when
jute has been cornered and sacks
being delivered all at once the
machinery is turned loose and a
great big noise made over the
sale of sacks at Walla Walla and
that at II cents per sack. &C. B.
Kegley."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
Sense About SiIos.

Corn belt stock farmers can much
better afford silos than to forego their
use, even though it be necessary to
borrow the money to cover their cost,
says the Breeders Gazette. Silos are
a form of insurance, protecting their
owners against drought, with its grass
less pastures, insuring the payment of
nutritious, palatable feed upon demand
to live stock, conserving in digestible
form practically the entire corn plant
and warranting the cash sale of hay
and grain when prices are particular
ly attractive. 1t is a wonderful grip
that silos give their owners on the diff
ficult situations that arise in unfavor-
able seasons They should be consid-
cred not as minor conveniences nor yet
as worth having only when a peculiar
set of conditions exist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
A SUCCESSFUL WIFE.

She needs a good temper, a
cheerful disposition and a knowl-
edge of how her husband should
be treated. She needs a capac-
ity of looking on the bright side
of things and refusing to be
worried by trifes. She needs a
secure grasp of such subjects as
are of interest to men and should
not be above studying even poll
ties in order to understand should
her husband speak of them She
needs a sympathetic nature that,
should sorrow fall upon them,
she may be able to give COM
fort to her husband. She needs
considerable tact and patience
the one to enable her to know
when to remain silent and vice
versa, and the other to put up
with him when his temper is ruff
ed.-Philadelphia Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-03-23
Witt the Short Story Writers
Medieval Justice
By ]. MURRAY READ

you say that you love the accused?'
81 do
"And will marry him if he is acquit-
tedT'
Yes, and if he is hanged"
"What! Marry him in prison on the
eve of execution"
Il will marry him at the foot of the
gallows."
The lawyer babe her go and tell the
prisoner that there was hope for him,
but that his escape from death, If at
all, would be by hairs breadth.
Dangerfield was tried, but the lawyer
did not appear to defend him. The
evidence against him was so strong,
the sheep having been found tethered
to his door, that he was pronounced
guilty and sentenced to be hanged. He
offered to decide the matter by combat
with Ricketts,, whom he suspected of
having brought the misfortune upon
him, but Ricketts, declined on the
ground that he was not the owner of
the sheep.
The day Of the execution was holt
day, as all such days were at that time,
though Dangerfield's neighbors were
plunged in grief, for he was much re-
spected among them, and they did not
sheep when he was the possessor of
several hundred Marjory went with
him to the gallows, and, seeing Tom
Ricketts, by the way among the lockers
on, she gave him a scowl of defiance
and hatred On arriving at the place
of execution she cast a glance over the
assembled multitude and was aston
ished to see among them the lawyer
Bleckstun.
When all was ready and the hang
man was about to adjust the moose
Marjory cried out:
al claim this man in marriager
There was the silence of surprise
among the spectators, then further as
constituent when Bleckstun arose
land 1 claim him as a free man"
sWho are your asked the sheriff.
ST am Edmond Bleckstun-"
ION what ground to you claim the
prisoner
Under an edict of his most gracious
majesty King Edward w. which COM
mands that when a man Is to be exc
cuted for crime If any woman shall de-
mand him in marriage he shall be
spared and given to the woman"
The sheriff had too great respect for
the learned councillors knowledge of
law to act counter to his opinion, and
the friends of Dangerdsld set up a
cry:
"a marriagei A marriager"
The priest then performed the wed
ding ceremony, the bride and bride
groom walked away, followed by the
acclamations of those who, having
come to see an execution, had looked
upon a wedding
Proof was afterward adduced that
Ricketts, had stolen the sheep, and he
was hanged for the crime