Newberg graphic., February 27, 1913, Page 2, Image 2

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THE NKW BPHO G R A PH IC
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for Only 2 Days at
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20 Per Cent O ff
T h e largest and best stock of Furniture and Fur­
nishings in the county. Nothing is Reserved
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500 First Street
it
T H E S T O R E O F Q U A LITY ”
SWAYING SKYSCRAPERS.
Cor. First & Howard
of Philadelphia, and Ore American
army, in none too good a plight, met against which the earth turns, and
their foe6 on this memorable day its effect is to increase the length
and sent them to the right about.— of the day.
By day or night a modern city is
Astronomical observations ex­
Boston Globe.
never wholly at rest. A hundred
tending over a period of 2,000 years
disturbing factors are constantly
have failed to show any sensible
• H ard to T oll.
setting up curious vibrations which
changes
in the day, but the influ­
“Old Bocks, the multimillionaire,
travel in every direction. The trac­
ence
of
the
tides must become evi­
is feeling awfully depressed.”
ing out of these vibrations and their
dent-after
the
lapse of a great many
“ What’s the m atter?”
accurate measurements is a new
years.
v
u c authority
a u u iv m y uao
cv u u c u
One
has u
declared
“ Why, he made a bad investment
problem among builders which has a
that
ths
day
may
lengthen
u
n
til?! I r
last summer and will lose $10,000.
peculiar interest for the layman as
at
last
fifty-five
times
as
long
aa it
It breaks, him all up. Says he
well. This problem of feeling the
is
at
present,
and
that
would
also
knows he’s on his way to the poor-
pulse of buildings is not limited to
be
the
period
of
the
revolution
of
house. I pointed out to hup that he
great cities, but often arises in com-
the
moon
about
the
earth.
A
day
of
could lose $10,000 a year for 1,500
pa r a t i f y .m ail towns throughout
wlth<mt comlng
lhe , nd „( 1,320 hours is not; however, likely
the country. Let a train r a h Mat his pile. And
A„,, „ what
,,» t do you
™„ .„„nose
suppose ■to come for some millions of years.
the foundations of a high building, !
— Harper’s Weekly.
he Baid ?”
or even a low one, or a powerful !
“Give it up.”
H er Head W a t Hot.
windstorm beat against its walls,
“He said, ‘And what will happen
■ Lady Dorothy Nevill in her remi­
and the entire structure may vibrate
to me then ?’ ” — Cleveland Plain
niscences tells this story of the two
like a giant tuning fork. Inciden­
Dealer.
Misses Walpole, her cousins: “On
tally the problem is so well under­
one Occasion, when both of the two
stood that accidents from excessive
R esp ect a t L ast.
were well over ninenty, Miss Fanny,
vibration are practically unheard
“Briefleigh is, I think, one of the
the younger, who had that day been
of. The cradle may rock, but it
greatest lawyers in this state.”
rather ill, only joined her sister in
never falls.
“ Why, I heard you say once that the sitting room before dinner. On
The measure of the pulselike vi­
you didn’t consider him any good.”
her arrival downstairs the latter
brations is made much the same as
“Oh, that was years ago. He
(Miss Charlotte by name) remarked :
th.it of an earthquake and almost
t£
_
i
as accurately.
The marvelously „«•d to give me poiDter, on legal ¡ ~ f .” j T f ^ g o _ " i i g ■ to Z ‘u
matters without charging me any- , feel
. . i . so
' V hot
. , about * 1 the . head. T.
It _ mnst
delicate instruments which are de­
thing because we happened to have
be apoplexy.’ ‘Nothing of the aortP
pended upon for these records trace
offices’ adjoining each other. Re­
ny, making a
exclaimed Miss Fanny,
curious pulsing lines, which show
cently he has been charging me a
dash at her sister’s head. ‘Yoour
at a glance just how wide an arc
stiff price every time I la v e gone
,, „„
and
in u p o tit
the building swings through and
to hrni for advice. -C h tc a g o Bee-
And s0 the b * „ e Bold ( [ w
how regular is the recurrence of the
ord-Herald.
....
d id 99
movement. These readings are ac­
cepted in court as absolutely con­
LENGTH OF THE DAY.
He Heard th e Cough.
clusive, and it is not uncommon for
damage suits involving immense I t May C h a n g * Som e T im a , b u t N et
“Muriel,” Baid the old gentleman
sums of money to be decided by
sharply, “that young man you had
F o r M illions o f Y e a rs.
these delicate tracings.
Scientists have indulged in some in tne parlor last night is dull of
Public opinion is all wrong, or interesting speculations as to the comprehension. All I had to do
nearly so, as to the amplitude of the possible increase in the length of was to cough when the other chaps
vibrations of buildings both large our day.
remained too late, and they would
and small. Every one has felt such
take
the hint and depart. Did this
I t is pointed out that when once
vibrations, but one’s sensations are the earth has Started in motion one say anything when I coughed
apt to be very misleading. It is a about an axis, no matter how the last night?”
surprise to many that the most vio­ motion came about, it must, of
“Y es,” replied the beautiful
lent vibrations are.not felt in the course, continue forever and at the daughter, “he said the next time he
extremely hitrh buildings, as is com­ same rate, thus making the day al­ called he was going to bring yon
monly supposed, but in the com­ ways the same length, unless some­ some cough drops.”
paratively low office buildings, and thing is happening or will happen
E norgy.
as a rule these of solid construction. to interfere with that motion. Now
Aubrey de Vere, an Irish poet
A vibration of three-sixteenths of there are several causes in opera­
an inch is extremely violent, for a tion that affect the period of the and gentleman, mentions in his
movement of one-hundredth of an earth’s rotation, some of which tend “ Recollections” that when ten years
inch is readily noticeable. As the to make the period less and others old he had a tutor who constantly
records show, there is a peculiar to make it greater. The influence inculcated in him rectitude, pur­
method or rhythm in these move­ of each of the causes is, of course, pose and energy.
The tutor’s praise o f energy was
ments, the building swaying back very small. They are generally easy
and forth through a given arc with to understand. A very simple ex­ expressed by the saying:
“There are three letters of more
the regularity of a pendulum.— periment illustrates one of them.
value
than all the rest in the alpha­
Christian Herald.
A stone is attached to one end of bet—pamely, N R G.”
a string, the other end of which is
Good R eason to H urry.
held in the hand. The stone is then
• The trials of a musical accom­ whirled around in a circle. When
“Steward, how long will it be be­
panist are many, if we may credit its speed has become nearly uniform
fore
we get into the harbor?”
all the stories told of them. A young the string is allowed to wind up on
“
About
an hour and a half,
professional recently played accom­ the finger. It is noticed that as the
ma’am.”
paniments for the performers at a string shortens the velocitv in­
“Oh. dear, I shall die before
private entertainment for a fash­ creases. In the same way, if the
then.”
ionable charity lasting for nearly matter forming the earth should in
“Very likelv, ma’am. But you’ll
two hours.
any way be drawn nearer the axis he all right npiin when you've been
“Here, you see, I have no chance of rotation, it would turn h ater and
on ^fc'Te ten minutes.”
to take a breath for ten bars,” said the day would be shorten«!.
the amateur flute player, indicating
VISION OF VULTURES.
By continual loss of heat a shrink-
to the accompanist a passage in hia j age“ of“the* eartVis mobaffi7in p r ^
opening solo “There are a num- rC8B( and aIthough the process is ex-, A m azing Se n se of S ig h t of These Koon
Eyed B ird * of Prey.
her of such places w my solos, and ; cee(W l y alow it certainly tends to
„
Ey,
,
eye-
if you 1! hurry the time whenever j dimini8h the period of rotation. On I .
w' t b , our , human
,
.
you come to them it will be a relief j the other hand
addition of 81gbL ,the
f b,Kl« f
“
to my wife, for all my fami y are , matter from the outaide wi]1 ^
marvelous, lhe bird student is of-
suhject to apoplexy and I ve already ! to increa8e that period and make :
«maze,! at the immense d.s-
had one slight attack.
f the day longer. There*seems to’ be tur'; 0K at whioti _hawk*. eagles and
l no question but that slight addi- ™'.ture* <*" ^ tm g n ish objects.
V alley Forgo R ew ritten .
I tions to the mass of the earth are "
" wo 1 '".thent.cated fact that
The record for inaccuracy about 'constantly made by the airest of vult,,r{>s do not find their food by
things American would seem to be­ meteoric bodies passing through the r,{*
Many years ago
long to T it-B its, a London weekly atmosphere. Their influence is op- ; harl,,,‘
experimented with
of large circulation. The following posed to and tends to neutralize
carrion birds of fcoutl, A marie*
startling statement appeared in an
that of any earth shrinkage that und found .tbai 80 lonK tt’i the food
article on Christmas day battles:
mav he taking place.
i ™ ‘;oncca1led «■•>"'
no matter
The famous battle of Valley
t h e most important interference ^ 1Pu,t n ? * nd ,n f ,nellinK * was,
Forge was fought during the War of witl, the rotation of the earth of i tb* b,rdt< fa,led ^ d e t e c t it. Other
American Independence on Christ­ which we have knowledge is that o f : "
' ' ' ' e reached the same
mas day in 1778. The Erigliah were the tidal waves, which are due l o : conclusion A correspondent writes:
preparing to enter Savannah. They the attraction of the sun and moon.! 1 * * * detailed for service with
had already confiscated moat of the
hut more largely of the latter. I t 1
trooP* thLat T5_n T ving tt,<?ng
good things in the neighboring city is easy to see that this is a resistance
ie
e* lcan borddr. One evening
E x tre m e ly H igh O nes Do N et H ave th e
G re a te s t V ib ra tio n s.
we camped near a small stream on
the western slope of the hills east j
from San Diego. During the night J
one of the wagon mules died. \yTe
took the body a ebort distance from ,
camp and partly concealed it in a
clump of willows. The next morn­
ing, after the column had resumed
We offer absolute security and good interest
its march, 1 rode to the summit of
V
the highest hill, some three mile?
rates
aa
an
inducement
for
your
savings ac­
from our camping ground, and
swept the country through a pair of
count You can ask no more—you should
powerful binoculars.
■
As the glasses moved along the
be satisfied with nothing less. $1 'starts an
horizon a vulture, a mere speck in
the distance, came into their field.
account
*
He was sailing in great circles in
the blue heavena, miles away far
beyond the ken of the unaided eve.
Suddenly he paused in hia flight,
turned sharply and headed directly
for our abandoned camp ground. 1
watched him until I was convinced
that he had discovered the dead
N C W SC R Q . OREGON
mule.
Then I recollected that years ago
I had read in one of Captain Mayne
Reid’s books something of the hab­
its of vultures, and I began to look
for others. In a few minutes an­
Cash For Old Iron
Executor’s Notice of Final Settle­
other appeared, a black speck in the
ment.
■ky, speeding in the wake of the
T o an y on e w e p ay cash fo r old
first Then another and another ca st-iro n .
B rin g in y o u r old Notlc« li hereby given that the undersigned a
came, from different points of the c a s tin g s. N ew berg Iro n W orks, Executor of the last will and teatament of
Nellie A. Miller, deceased, has filed his final
compass. Then more and more, all
account as said Executor of the laat will and
6 th and B lain e stre e ts, tf.
hurrying toward their loathsome
testament and estate of said decedent In the
county court of Yamhill County, Oregon, and
feast.
While I watched the gathering Pleasure and Picnic Parties a Specialty that said court has appointed, Monday, March
10th, ISIS, at 10 o’clock A. M. of said day aa the
Country Trips at Team Rates
vultures I made a little calculation.
day and hour for the hearing objections lo said
When the first vulture discovered
final account and settlemeut thereof.
A . M . DUNLAP
the carcass he was not visible to the MOTOR TRANSFER NO. 1 Now, therefore all persons Interested In the
estate of said decedent are hereby notified and
naked eye and was but a speck
required to appear at tfaa county Court roojn
through the binoculars. That is. W ill move baggag< e, freight or fu m i- at the Court Houae at McMinnville, said county
»arts o f the city or country.
ture to all parts
adding the three miles I had ridden
and state, at said time to then and there ahow
Phone Black 18
N ewberg, Oregon cause, if any there be, why said account should
from camp to eighteen, the range
not be settled, allowed and approved, and said
of the binoculars, the bird must
estate forever and finally settled and said Exe­
have been nearly twejnty-one miles
cutor discharged
ibttari rebutsi j »th, 191».---------
from the carcass. That the vulture
Ulysses S. O. Miller,
depended
upon
his
vision
alone
is
W r have m oney to loan on
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100% Safety
4% Interest
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United States National Bank
Farm Loans
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passed for any putrefactive changes
to taint the air.
Another interesting thing was
the promptness with which the
other vultures took the hint when
the first made his discovery. There
was only one in sight to begin with;
in ten minutes there were fifty.—
Youth’s Companion.
..
first m o rtg a g e
farm secu rity in
ty , from th ree
w ith a ttr a c tiv e
privileges.
j
on im proved
Y am hill coun­
to five y ears
repayment
A. H. BIRRELL & CO.,
2 0 2 M c K a y B ld g ., 3rd & S ta r k
P o rtla n d , Oregon
Executor of the last Will and Test­
ament of Nellie A. Miller, deceased.
Clarence Butt,
„
Attorney lor estate.
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