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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1915)
COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1915. A PEEP INTO SPACE Can the Finite Mind of Man Measure the Universe? THE LIMITS OF THE VISIBLE. Solano Says the Bounda of the 8tallar System Ara Definabla and That th , Univaraa la aa an Island of Stara lij an Infinite Ocaan of Ether. To tbe Visible universe there are at tainable limits. It may be that tb greatest telescopes have not yet reach ed tbe bottom, or tbe boundaries, of tbe entire system, but they have al most done so. This lg shown by tbe thinning out of tbe fainter stars. These stars, as a whole, are the most distant; and If they were unlimited numerically every In crease In tbe panetratlng power of telescopes would bring previously un seen ones into view, In proportionately undiminished numbers. As a fact, however, there is a rapid falling off In the proportionate num bers at great distances. This Is shown by Kapteyn's "law of star density." Taking the "parsec" s the unit of measurement (a parsec Is equal to nineteen million million miles), the density of tbe stars at Increasing dis tances comes out as follows: At 0 dis tance, 1.00: at 60 parsecs, 0.90; at 135 parsecs, 0.80; at 213 parsecs, 0.07; at 640 parsecs, 0.30; at 830 parsels, 0.15. This does not mean that the absolute ' number of stars decreases with Increase of distance, but that the ratio of their number to the volume of space occu pied decreases in the proportion shown, 0 that at a distance of 850 parsecs there are only 15 per cent as muny stars as there should bo If there had . been no falling off in relative density. Various counts and estimates of the actual numbers Included within various limiting distances have been made, and these show that the total number of stars in the visible universe is numer able and probably does not exceed a thousand millions at an outside esti mate. The fact that a fairly definite shape or outline has been found for the visi ble universe is In Itself a proof that it Is not unlimited in extent. We are virtually certain that It expands around us in such a manner as to assume roughly the form of a flat. Irregular disk, the more distant parts or edges of which lie in the plane of the Milky way. It Is thus like a floating Island of stars in the ocean of space. Space itself may be infinite, although what we call the universe Is not As to other universes existing beyond the . limits of ours and Invisible to us, that Is purely a speculation, which appears more or less probable according to the manner in which one's mind approach es it ' 1 But at any rate, there Is no positive evidence of the existence of such outer star systems. From time to time one bears suggestions that this or that neb ula is an "outside universe," dimly sinning to us from its millions of crowded stars across Immeasurable tracts of intervening space. But It is far more probable that no nebula or other object visible In the mightiest telescope Is unconnected with the uni verse to which our sun and our earth belong. As to the continuance of the Crea tor's work In forming new suns and new planets, of that there can be no question. This work Is. in truth, visi bly going on before us In tbe heavens. There is the utmost variety of ages among the stars. Just as there is among tbe buman beings in a crowd. If our lives were lengthened so that a year would be but as a second to us we sbould see tbe stars around us dis appearing and new ones springing Into existence, as we see flowers fading and fresh ones blooming in the garden. To return for a moment to the ques tion of tbe infinitude of space, it Is well known that tbe .human mind can not conceive a limit to space, for the Instant yon attempt to fix or imagine such a limit your imagination flies be yond It Tou have got to tblnk of an outside as well as of an Inside. And If you fly to another imagined boundary instantly another outside ex panse stretches away before you! It is, then, perfectly legitimate to sup pose that while tbe visible universe Is limited, the invisible universe has no bounds. In comparison with that all that we see. or can ever see, is. truly. Infinitely less than as a grain of sand to a desert or a drop of water to an ocean. Garrett P. Serviss In New York Journal. THE MAN IN THE BOX. Ha 8tartled but Did Not Unnerve the Expreea Car Messenger. The messenger was alone in tbe ex press car, and the train was making fast time about 200 miles outside of San Francisco. At the last stop the messenger bad been very sorry to see an ordinary rough box loaded from tbe truck. Tbe experience was com mon enough, but It always depressed blm a little. Having set things to rights, he sat down near bis little writing desk and dropped into a doze. A sudden lurch of tbe train roused him. and. as be' stretched himself awake, what was his consternation at seeing that the lid of the rough box was lifted about three Inches! Express messengers live in daily ex pectation of train robbers, and tbe thought flashed through his mind in the twinkling of an eye that one of those gentry was in the box. - As be got up from bis chair be -was relieved to see the lid quietly drop Into its place. However, he knew that tbe bandit was no doubt, watching his every movement from a hole bored In the side of tbe box and that what be did be must do cautiously. Moving out of the hidden man's range of vision, he got his hands on a few nails and a hammer. Then he slowly worked bis way through tbe lofty pile or packages, wblcb he pretended to be rearranging, suddenly threw a heavy trunk on the lid of the rough box. Jumped astride it and nailed down tbe lid securely. Tbe Imprisoned robber roared and struggled, but to no avail, Tbe messenger rusbed to tbe rear of bis car and looked back through tbe coacbes. He could see the man's con federates "going through" the pas sengers, who held their hands aloff while a member of the gang "covered" them. The express car carried a valu able shipment and tbe messenger de termined to save it Grasping tbe lever that operated the automatic coupler, he put every ounce of strength he possessed into one ter rific Jerk. The drawbeads parted, and a gap almost instantly opened between tbe express car and tbe coaches. Run ning back through his car, barring tbe door as he went, the messenger reach ed tbe front door and shouted to the engineer to open bis throttle. Tbe en gine and tbe express car leaped for ward, but not a minute too soon. The bandits, emerging from the coacbes. were Insane with rage when they saw themselves foiled and pour ed volley after volley from their rifles into the fast fleeing car. From the next station a coach and engine with a posse armed to the teeth went back to the relief of tbe stalled train, from which tbe bandits bad long since fled. The express car and engine, under a heavy police guard, proceeded to San Francisco. Tbe bandit was un boxed at tbe police station, and an ugly looking customer be proved to be. He got a sentence of twenty years in the penitentiary. Wells-Fargo Messenger. HAMS OF WESTPHALIA. ' Processee by Whloh They Ara Cured and Flavored. Tbe famous Westphullan hams, which are eaten without cooking, are cured by an elaborate process that has been worked out patiently and skill fully by generations of expert work men. A writer In tbe New Yock Sun thus describes the propess: After being rubbed thoroughly with a solution in which there are 100 pounds of salt to one pound of salt peter, tbe hams are placed on cement floors, or lh vats, and thickly strewn with salt They lie under salt for two weeks and then pass to a vat that con tains a 22 per cent solution of brine. They remain in that solution for eight een days. Every day they are shift ed In tbe vat; tbe hams on the bottom are brought to the top, and vice versa. At tbe end of the eighteen days the bams are packed, one upon another, in a cool, dry cellar, where they re main for four weeks, in order to ripen that is, to take on color and become' tender. Then the salt Is washed off with a stiff brush dipped in lukewarm water, and the hams are put to soak for twelve hours in fresh water. After that they are ready for the smoke house. Tbe smokehouses are two or three stories high, with holes bored In the flooring. The fires are kindled on tbe ground floor, and the meat is bung on the second and tUlrd floors. The fires are made entirely of beech wood, but the workmen constantly throw Juniper berries and Juniper twigs on the em bers. The Are burns brightly. It is checked with beech wood sawdust whenever it burns too briskly. The smoking continues for about eight days. Under the ancient curing methods, however, the bams were of ten kept in the smoke rooms for six weeks, and It is by this latter method that the best bams are still made by. the country folk of Westphalia. Notice On March 20, 1915, C. W. Spring and I dissolved partnership ana 1 wui in no way be responsible ior any Dills made by him after that date. . E. B. PIKE, 67-2t. Monmouth, Oregon. FAIR EXCHANGE. A New Back for an Old One How a Dallas Resident Made a Bad Back Strong. The back aches, at times with a dull indescribable feeling, making you. weary and restless; piercing pains shoot across the region of the kidneys, and again the loins are so lame that to stoop Is agony. No use to rub or apply a plaster to the back if the kid neys are weak. Tou cannot reach the cause. Follow the example -of this Dallas citizen. Mrs. Mary E. Gilson, 614 Church street, Dallas, says; "J have used Doan's Kidney Pills and they have been taken by others In our family. We think they are the best kidney medicine to be had. Doan's Kidney "1118 act quickly on the system, rid ding one ot pain in a short time. They also strengthen and regulate the ae- tion of the kidneys." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Gilson had. Foster-Milburn Co, Props., Buffalo, N. Y. HORSE PASTURE First-class pas- lure, plenty water, good fences, on Jim Myer's place, Smithtield, Bring norses or write ueo. vv. Wicklander, R. F. D. 1, Dallas. Also want to buy 100 head goats. 67-3t. WANTED Machine, cast and otove plate iron, brass and copper, zinc and rubber, and rags of all kinds; In fact, Junk of all kinds. A. N. Halleck, Monmouth, Oregon. 8tf. olkjxmi j.u jUa.n un erood im proved real estate. Walter Wil liams, First National Bank. 62-tf. FOR SALE Summer cut oak and fir wood, 16 inch and 4 feet long, phone 1404. I. L. Smith 60-9t-x FOR SALE Duroc-Jersey pigs, four months old. Mrs. Anna Brock, Green 35. 60-tf. FOR SALE Sixty-acre dairy farm in Coos county; bottom land; half- mile from postoffice ; mile from school; on milk route; good winter road; good improvements. Will give terms. B. Folsom, Gail Hotel, Dallas. 52-tf. FOR SALE Beautiful piano for sals or trade. Left with us for quick sacrifice. R. S. care Observer. 58-tf FARM MORTGAGE LOANS Write to us about terms, stating amount wanted and character, location and value of farm, etc. Fear & Gray, Portland, Oregon. 65-8t FOR SALE Potato sacks cheap. Ew- lng Bros., Dallas; phone 19x15. FOR SALE Fine pigs, six wceka old J. U. Anderson, Dallas, Ore. 66-tf ERNEST HANSON Carpenter and Contractor, Wall-pa pering and Painting, Cement and Brick Work. 612 Orchard Ave. Phone West Bed 63 1 BULLETIN WHAT A MAN . READS. Compulsory Drinking. Compulsory abstinence would have seemed a complete Inversion of tbe natural order to some of our ancestors. They believed in compulsory drinking, and in some old county mansions may still be seen, I believe, a ring let into tbe wall of the dining ball for the pun ishment of tbe man who would not or could not drink bis allotted share of liquor. Tbe culprit's arm was fixed In tbe ring, and be was given choice of drink ing in tbe ordinary way or having the liquor be refused poured down his Bleeve: hence the medieval Jest "Leav tag's sleeving." London Standard. u- Aocurate Information. "We bad about tbe centurion In our Bible class today. Wbat'a a centurion, popr "A centurion, my son. la a man who has lived to be a hundred years old. I'm glad yon take after me and like to know things." Baltimore American. Warned. May Hand, dear, did yoo know that tbe last legislature passed a law pun ishing kidnaping very severely? Maud Ne. Bnt what of It? May Well. If yon aren't careful Cbolly Softlelgh'e relatives may cause yen tnrablev Pittsburgh Press. A Lang Drink. Extract from a sentimental U "Last night I sat In a gondola on Ire's grand canal, drinking It all i ud life never seemed so fall before." London Vail. Animated Scenery. Of sanctuaries for the eighteenth cen tury debtor tbe value of the theater must not be overlooked. As long as tbe actor was in tbe bounds of tbe playhouse be was safe. There was John Palmer, for Instance, who lived In bis dressing room at Drury Lane for months. But engagements, even at Drury Lane, come to an end. and at length Palmer was required at tbe Hay- market Tbe Journey was a dangerous one. Necessity, however, always fos ters invention. They packed him in a cabinet put the cabinet in a cart and called bim "scenery." It la a Big Factor In Determining Hia Course of Life. A certain low form of aquatic ani mal life anchors itself to a rock and feeds on whatever the current brings. The average man feeds his mind in mucb the same way. He falls Into line for current amusements. He reads only current literature. He listens to what happens to go by. He makes but little systematic attempt to shut out the unfit or to put himself In line for the fit The result is a defective grade of hu man life that rarely elevates society aud often degrades it If a man would make the most of himself, and that Is manifestly the supreme purpose for which he was put into tbe world, it is worth his while to do bis daily work where unclean things, mental and phys ical, are not made common. It makes a good deal of difference In the worth of the man today as to whether bis reading last night was Hamlet" and "Isaiah" or "Tbe Other Man's Wife," whether he went to the art institute or tbe burlesque show. An ancient teacher of well balanced mind gave this direction to his disci ples as to the topics to be selected for deliberate thought: "Finally, my brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are Just whatsoever things are pure, whatso ever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, If there be any virtue and If there be any praise, tbink on tbese things." To think on tbese things one must see and hear tbese things. To see and hear these things one must make an effort to do so. Minneapolis Journal. ONE CENT A WORD, 'PHONE 1. The charge tor advertise ments under this head is one cent per word for each in sertion. No discount for sue cessive Issues. - If you have anything for Bale or ex change; if you Want to rent or lease a house or business building If you want help or a Job of work; if you have lost or found anything; If you want publicity of any kind, try this column. You are sure to get results others do, why not you. Tel ephone your "want ads." or address ail communications to The Observer, Dallas, Oregon. Count the number of words to remit with order. Telephone No. 19. FOR SALE OR TRADE Improved ranch, 100 acres. Inquire G. W. Gardner, 918 Shelton. Phone 873. 67-3t. FOR SALE Home tanning outfit good as new for half of cost. Also some California rustic. Would take good workhouse on payment. 0. E. Dennis, phone Black 515, Dallas. BUY REV 0 WOVEN WIRE FENCING A CARLOAD OF THIS GREAT WIRE FENCING HERE NEXT WEEK 9 bar, 39 inch fence, 29c a rod 7 bar, 26 inch fence, 24c a rod THE HIGHEST GRADE OF STEEL WIRE FENC ING MADE FROM THE BEST QUALITY , OF HEAVY WIRE FENCE FOR FIELD AND DOOR YARD A STIFF STAY WIRE GIVES THE FENCE UPRIGHT RIG IDITY AND BACKBONE, AND WHEN ATTACHED WITH THE REV-O-NOC KNOT YOU HAVE AN IDEAL FENCE. LARGE SUPPLY OP EUREKA STUMPIMG POWDER. HIGH EFFICIENCY, SLOW ACTION, STABIL ITY AND SAFETY. THE BEST GIANT POWDER ON THE MAR KET. GUY BROTHERS DALLASOREGON Waant the Uniform. A sailor under the influence of liquor went to the main entrance of a New York theater recently and presented a ticket The manager refused to admit bim. telling him that bis money would be refunded at tbe box office. "Don't you respeo' y'r country's nnl form?" asked the btbulons one. "Sure." retorted the manager. "Take It off and I'll put It Id a stage box." Philadelphia Ledger. Infallible. "Do yon believe that there Is really something which can Invariably tell wben a man Is lying?" "I know It" "Ah. perhaps yoo have seen one of the instruments?" "Seen one? I married one." Hous ton Post - 8unlight and Vegetation. The early rays of the sun exercise a more powerful effect In promoting rapid vegetation than tbe sun's light during the later hours of tbe day. Tbe active little chlorophyll grains work faster and better In elaborating food for the plant under the action of the blue and yellow rays of the early morning than under the later violet and blue rays. Practical gardeners sbould make use of this fact by grow ing early produce as far as possible In a position where the plants will get the full benefit of the morning sun. London Mail. 8iberia. Siberia comprises 5,400,000 square miles, divided into tbe following re gions: western Siberia, comprising the governments of Tobolsk and Tomsk and tbe territories of Semlpalatlnsk, Akmollnskand Semlryechsbeusk; east ern Siberia, the governments of Ir kutsk and Yeniseisk and the territo ries of TransbalkaL Amur, Yakutsk, the littoral and one-half of the Island of Sakhalin. Dying Without a Will In the event of one's dying Intestate the heirs come In for their share of tbe estate as established by tbe laws of the particular state in whlcb tbe prop erty Is found. In tbe event of do will and no heirs tbe property goes to tbe state. New York American. - If we desire the flowers of paradise We Boat sow tbe seeds. Not Mercenary. Mr. Gottrox My daughters, yonng man. are both worth their weight in gold. Suitor Tbe fact that I am asking yon for the smaller one proves, st any rate, that I am not mercenary. Chi cago News, Ha Knew. "Aren't yon going to listen to the vox populL Senator Headstrong?" "Vox popolL nothtn'I What hare these here secret orders ever done for me?" Buffalo Express. Outclassed by a Lang Shot. tittle Wlfey Did yoo tell Mr. Blinks that the baby had cut bis first tooth? Big Hubby It's useless. Be has a ben which laid fourteen eggs in six days. Philadelphia Ledger. Time to Quit. Tilef Why did Bnmleer reform? 'The last aafe be drilled and . n only contained a picture post eau. '-e state prison. Judge. AM even disposition Is tbe best pillow WHAT'S DOING IT? Strange, isn't it? But it is true, isn't it? The way some of your old friends and customers send their money to folks they do not know and for goods they have never seen. Yon would naturally incline to the belief that people would prefer to buy goods after having had an opportunity to inspect them, and to make the purchase from people whom they know. There was a time when shopping was largely a matter of personal contact. Today the distant store and the mail order house get into close touch with thousands, who are made acquainted with their goods and' their methods of doing business. How is this done? Advertising con stant and effective advertising. Many arguments are used to make customers oat of the readers of advertising. These advertisements draw bnsiness from yon and the other local dealers. Consider the results obtained by the national magazine advertisers, and yoo will cease to wonder what is the magnet that draws to the city department store and the catalogue house, hundreds of miles away, the trads that you should enjoy. It is surprising that they do not take more dollars out of this community than they do. Now mind yon, The Observer is not talking Just for its business bnt for yours as well, and for your neighbor's. For if yon do not thrive, The Observer will not Naturally, and somewhat selfishly, The Observer is in terested in this community. V Ml He th.- eat tbe kernel sraat the sea of life, crack tbe rata Proverb. I