The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, November 29, 1916, Section Two, Image 15

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Newspaper Page TextUMut Tin: iiKXD nn.urriN, ijknd, obij., Wednesday, November an. inio. PAOB IB ILD BOSTON LIGHT rtie First Mariners' Beacon to Be Kindled In America, fWICE BURNED AND REBUILT. ,Thtn It Was D.ttroy.d by Ih. British , Revolutionary Naval Forest and I Again Rsbullt Through ths Efforts of Govsrnor John Hancock. Tlio first lighthouse of which thcro Is any record was built by Ptolemy II. on tho island of Pharos, at the en trance to the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. Probably the most famous lighthouse il modern times Is the Eddystone light, which was one of the first built lti Britain and which has been famous because of Its dangerous situation nud of Its having been four times destroy ed by tho angry waters of tho English -cliuuucl. Mluots Ledge light, at tho cntrunco to Boston batbor, U among tho most note woi thy of American lighthouses ii ml shares with Old Boston light the Interest of every voyager who enters the tortuous channel to the city of Boston. lioston light Is famous in Its way. It was the first lighthouse built In America. It Is one of the most Impor tant lighthouse stations on the north Atlantic coast, livery sallorman and ueagocr knows Boston light. Every Mi-hool boy and girl has read the many tales of shipwreck In which Boston light figures. It was eaptuied and re oapturcd several times In the early days of the Botolutlou. On the evening of Friday, Sept 14, -1710. tho light was first "kindled," to nine the expression of tho chronicler of the day. For some years the shipowners nnd inerchantH of Boston agitated the proj ect of establishing u lighthouse at the eutrunco to tho hurbor. The general court took the matter up on petition of John George and- others. The town olnelals of Boston iil&o considered tho Iiroposltloit nud urged the colonial au thorities to mako an appropriation to .iect a suitable light. At last fa vorable action was taken by tho au thorities, nud the building of tho light on tho outer Bicwstcr began. When tho light was ready to put Into commission (Seorgo Worthylaku was appointed keeper. Ho and his wife and daughter were drowned two yenrs later. Iicnjamln Franklin wrote a ballad on the drowning of the family. The Hillary of the (list keepers of tho light i!-wh $2."0 a year. On tho death of Wortuylake Captain John Hayes, a shipmaster, was ap pointed. The early llghtkccper had many oth er duties to perform besides looklu;; after the light. He hnd to net us pilot or vessels and discharge the duties of lienlth olllccr of the port. In tho cane -of it vessel being In distress It was Jili duty to go to Its tescue. In IT'JO the lighthouse was burned -and rebuilt. Again In lT.'.l the light, house and other buildings were burned and were again rebuilt. Itobert Ball, the keeper who succeed ed Captain Hayes, remained until the British licet walled from Boston to Hal ifax during tho Itevolutlonury war. Ac cording to tho stories at that time, Ball nailed n way with the Heet and netur returned. Tho British wantonly destroyed the harbor property. Including tho light, before they sailed away when they evacuated Boston. Thus It Is that the Island on which Boston light stands Is tliu last soil lu Massachusetts occu pied by BiltNh armed forces. Tho destiuctlon of the light was a great loss to mariners mid the mer chants, nnd shipping Interests Induced Governor John Hancock to send n ie. clal message to the MassachUtcttB leg islature recommending an appropria tion for the lebulldlug of tho light With commendable promptitude the legislature compiled with the request of tiovernor Hiinrock, and plans were made for one of the finest mid largest lights ou tho coast. This was lu I'M). Tho new structure was of btone. Oil lamps furnished the light. Then the XO eminent took over tho lighthouses nnd assigned their cure and uialute nauco to the treasury department, tin ler whose Jurisdiction they still re- malu. The Island nud the light were formally ceded to tho United Stutes got eruu.eut in 1700. The treasury department has always Kit en Boston light a gieat deul of at tention because of Its Importance and because It Is the most widely known landmark to the entrance to tho sec ond port In America. It has been Improved nud enlarged from time to time, and the accomuio slatlous for tho Leeers and their funi yllles are all that could bo desired. Be M'ito its age the light station is, for all practical purpose, essentially mod ru and up to date. It displays an lueuhaesceHt oil vapor light. Biting a white llasb of 11)0,000 caudle power ev-.-ry thirty seconds, t Islblo sixteen nillei in clear weather, nud as tin auxiliary aid in foggy weather sounds a power ful first class siren, with a double blast of flvo sucomls each every minute. Bostou Glttbe. BAGPIPES ARE ANCIENT. 8cotlnd Didn't Adopt Thsm Till ths Fifteenth Century, Neither Scotlaud nor Ireland can clnlm to havo Invented tho bagpipes. Greeks, Itomaus, Assyrians and Chi neso all played bagpipes of sorts long before the time of Christ, and tho in strument actually figures on ono of the coins of Nero, who may have played It. The Brc'in blgnon, the Calabrlan zam- J pogno, the German sackpfclfe and the i rencu corncnicuse are an uagpipcs unuer uiucrcnt names. It was actually a Scotsman nnd no less a man than the lord advocate of tho time who publicly declared fifty years ago that "the bagplpo Is an Eng lish Instrument, essentially Eugllsh. The English were the otlglnnl bag pipers." He pointed out that, while Shakespeare often speaks of bagpipes, ho never does so In "Macbeth" nnd that It is in Lincolnshire, and York shire that he localizes the pipes. To Chnucer and Spenser also they are English. James IV. and other Scot tish kings paid for "Inglls pyparls" at their court, while Edwnrd L, Edward III., Henry VI. nnd Henry VIII. seem to have had native pipers. Tho highbinders never used the pipes In war before Hie fifteenth century. The harp was Scotland's Instrument. London Chronicle. v 'Soma Exception. -It must be bard to see people 1 4 scramble for a meal." American. Accept nothing that I unreasonable; discard nothing as unreasonable with out proper examination. Buddha. WEIGHING A PIG. It Was a Perplexing Problem) but the Farm Lad Solved It. A Massachusetts boy has solved a problem which ought to bo of interest to all fnrnt youngsters. If you hnd n pig and wanted to weigh him, but own ed a pair of scales recording only twelve pounds, what would you do nbout it? This eastern farmer boy had enter ed a pig In a contest conducted by the agricultural department nnd had to keep monthly records of guilts In weight, but he suffered the handicap described above. Ills solution was a credit to his Ingenuity. Tho boy notched a high board fence, put n long po: evenly across It, resting lu tho notch, and fastened a crate to ouo end of the polo nnd u box to the other. Ho put sand In the box until tho polo was exactly bnlnnccd. Theu ho enticed the pig Into the crnto by means of corn, fastened him nnd put smnll stones Into tho box until the polo again balanced. These atones ho neighed on his little scales, load after load, nnd their total gnvo him the weight of tho pig. Thut boy when he grows up may In vent tho much talked of substitute for Gasoline. Pes Moines Iteglstcr and Leader. A Profitable Reduction. Tho capitalist knew that tho new company was spending too much money; also be knew that In some way they had got to put a stop to It. So anxious was ho to reduce expenses that ho offered his private secretary $23 a month extra if he could Hnd a way to cut down current expenses. The young man overhauled his ac counts, but ho failed to find n alnglo expense that could he Judiciously cut down. Just us he was about to glvo up the promised lucreaso In salary It occurred to him that he was ulready getting $80 a mouth, llrlnimtug over with enthusiasm, ho sought tho capi talist. "I have found a way," ho said. "You can savo $10 a mouth on me. I have taken that amount off my salary." It took tho capitalist Just about a tenth of it second tosce that the young man was still $1." n mouth ahead, but. tho bargulu stood. New York Times. Wrong Interpretation. A city otllclul tells of u conversation ho and a Spanish maiden hud when he was a fccrgcant with troops stationed on tho Island of Poito ltlco. "The senorltn," said tho olllclal, "had become Infatuated with a certain sol dier named Harry, nud she had learned his name. One morning alio approached mo and asked: "Where Harry? "Ho was asleep, nud I laid my heud on my hand nnd closed my eyes to tell tho girl. Shu mlsuiidei stood the slgus and, with a cry, pointed to heaven. 1 shook my heud and pointed down. The eiiorltn nilsed her hands lu silent sup. plication. Later Hairy vwis teen on guard, and tho girl looked at mo re proachfully." Indianapolis News, His Wail. "Shu's like nil the other women." "In what wayi" "Slio Imagines all a man has to do to get his salary raised Is to ask for It" "Well J" "And I can't convince her that the boss won't give me more money un less I earn It. Slio insists on. blaming nie because we're poor." Detrolc Free Press. Scrambled. "No," she said to tho grocer, "we got some eggs tho other day by par cel post." "How many?" ventured the grocer. "Well. I don't know how many, but ( would say about a gallon and a half of "em." Farm Ufe. RocVcs. ni.l,l. TT hn made nulfe a study of geology, hasn't he? Slobbs I be item so. At anv rate he Is going to marry a girl with the rocks.-Phlladel- phla Record. A wound Inflicted by firearms can still be healed, but oue Inflicted by tongue will never heal up. Persian Proverb, HER GIFT OF MIMICRY. Ctssle Loftus Could Imitate Irving and Bernhardt Equally Well. Walter Prlchard Eaton In the Amer ican Magazine says lu an article about famous mimics: "In the days when Clssle Loftus was delighting vaudeville audiences with her Imitations she used to give an imi tation of Mttlan Ittissell. MNs Bus sell coiiutcicd by giving au Imitation of Miss Loftus' imitation of her. But to an artist like Miss Loftus that pre sented no dllltcultles. She merely came hack with an Imitation of Miss Rus sell's Imitation of her Imitation of. Miss Ilusscll! The fair Lillian theieupon retired from an tineipinl contest. "C'lsslc Loftus could Imitate any body. Tho present writer once heard her In the course of a cnsunl conversa tion Imitate most thrllllngly Hlr Hen ry Irving lu n blank verse death scene. Then an Imaginary curtain descended, and you heard Sir Henry, In n totally different voice (no less unmistakably his), Inquiring lu very Saxon prose, where the deuco-wcre tho red lights? "Standing on the stage of n theater, without change of costume, with tho dicker of a smile on her rather wistful fuce, she would range from Sarah Bernhurdt to Ethel llurrymore, so that j on almost gasped at the uncanny elcvertiess of It, nud If you shut your eyes you could hardly believe Hint the actual persons w ere not present. "Ileis of course was an extraordi nary gift of mimicry, and It brought her lu $1,000 n week, much inoro prob ably than she could command as au actress." Zulu Songsters. The nrrlial of n European In n Zulu village, the opening of n tallway, a war, n famine, n phiguo of locusts, n pestilence may become topics forseml public songs thut are soon circulated among the people. Songs lire used nt tho public functions of chiefs, such as the fenst of tho tirst fruits and nt roy al marriages. War nnd tribal songs are possessed by every chief nud ttlhc. At marriages and other public ceremo nies. It Is the Zulu custom lo render not only the songs of the living chief, but those made famous by his father nud grandfather. Waiting For Him to Start Something. "I'm JiiHt wnltltiR for my husband to complain about my extravagance this mouth." "Heady to ghe him uu argument, eh?" "You bet I nin. By inlstuko his golf club checks came to the house, and I've got 'em." Detroit Free Press. Tho Masked Hail of tho season. At the Hippodrome, Novombor 29. Avd, 38c. Took the Hurt Out of Her Back. Mrs. Anna Byrd, Tuscumbla, Ala., writes: "I was down with my back so I could not stand up moro than half tho time. Foloy Kidney Pills took all tho hurt out." Rheumatic pains, swollen nnklcs, backncho, Btlff Joints nnd sleep disturbing blnddor ailments lndlcnto disordered kidneys and bladder trouble. Adv. FOB YOUR NEXT SUIT See DICK TEe Tailor AU Kinds of CLEANING AND PRESSING Phone Black 1481 HAVE YOU TRIED THE Wet Wash foundry One Day Delivery Service 20 Lbs. 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