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r THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 27, 1898._______________________________ i RUN LANGUAGE SPOKEN BYTHEC-TS OVER A SCARECROW. Eaflarer of a Fast Train Receives a Fright Which He Can't Forget. laveetigatlon Reveals They Have Unite aa Kxteosive Vocabulary. “The nervous strain on the engineer of a fast train ia something enormous,’’ said one of them the other day, reports the Detroit Free Pres». “Not only the lives of the passengers are at stake, but there is the constant fear of run ning over someone on the track. An accident, no matter how innocent the engineer, is always a kind of hoodoo. What was my first accident? I shall never forget it. tf it had been traced on my mind with a streak of lightning it couldn’t have made a more lasting impression. “It happened one bright moonlight night in November. We were spinning over the rails at full speed across the country where there were few people passing at that time of night, when I looked out and saw the figure of a man lying across the track not ten feet in front of the engine. I stopped quick as possible, but too late, of course. We had run over him. and the HfeleM body was under the wheels. We got out to look for him, and found his hat, a piece of his coat sleeve and ent of his shoes, but the rest seemed to be further back under the train. I barked up the en gine and got out to look again. There lay the body. I nearly fainted when I saw its distorted form. I felt like a murderer. Did I know the man? No. not personally. He was a scarecrow from a neighboring corn field.” Since the domestication of the animal there has never been a doubt that cats possessed a language that they some times employed with more liberality than the occasion seemed to demand. But it is a new theory that the smooth and liquid passage« in our poets arc founded primarily on the accents ot cats, and that the latter is the con»- pietest illustration of vocal and lingual harmony which nature affords. The popular idea has always been quite the contrary. But the notion is serious ly advanced by Prof. Marvin Clark, who is said to be a blind author, and argu?«l upon with feline emphasis and prolix ity. Cat language, he says, is rather like Chinese, “both being musical, mel iifluous and pleasing to the senses’*— a proposition which will command at tention on account of its novelty, and may be concurred in by the cats and the Chinese themselves, but is certain of indignant and spontaneous rejection by all other animals and men. In other respects the similarity between the two dialects may possess a higher degree of plausibility. For instance, the same word in Chinese means several hundred different things, according to the in flection, and Prof. Clark asserts that the same thing may be said of the various yowls through which the ca* endeavors to express its emotions. Sometimes they mean one thing, and sometimes another, according to their pitch and cadence, and in the case of an error of interpretation ou the part of the adjacent cat there is always the expedient of battle, giving rise to new vocal experiments and new misunder standings in a chain of unbroken suc cession since the first midnight cat ap peared upon the first back fence in history. So far as the inhabitants of the flowery kingdom have been ob served, their conversational habits par take of the same general character, and often lead to the same results, and there may be a plausible reason for tracing an analogy between them. Of the 600 primitive words which the professor claims to have traced home to the cat by far the larger proportion bea»* a noticeable similarity to those employed in the colloquies of the origi nal iaundrymen, and the light repartee of the fan-tan table. But it is not pos sible to concur in the theory that they form the ultimate basis of poetical lit erature, or that to unravel them is to untwist all the chords that tie the pris oned soul of harmony. Giving the cut note its proper value in the phonetic and lingual scale, it is possible to con reive nnother origin for their tongues and sounds. There is no evidence that it has materially influenced the devel opment of poetical literature in any fteriod. There is a trace of it here an»! there in verse to be seen, but it is n mere accidental similitude, a trifle more marked in the case of the new laureate thun in common, but in that, too, ’tis but a casual concord. It is not wise to claim for the animal more than prop erly belongs to it, and any judicious cat would reject the pretensions put forth in its behalf than a much louder yowl than belongs to it« usual vocabu lary.—Chicago Times-Herald. THE ORIGINAL HANDY MAN. He Lives la California an« Is a Jack of All Trades. In one of Frank R. Stockton’s amus ing stories there is a character of a jack- of-all-trades and general utility man, who is good at everything. He can do anything, from building a house to a hencoop, and is just as handy in most other lines as in that of carpenter. Mr. Stockton might have got the ma terial for this character from a man who lives in National City, Cal., says the Philadelphia Times. He is willing to do anything from nursing a sick person to building a church. There is no sort of work in which he will not engage if paid for it, and he is versatile enough to make himself useful in pretty nearly anything he undertakes. That he is alever, not only with his hands, but with his pen, is proved by the following advertisement, which he inserted in a newspaper in his town: THE ORIGINAL HANDY MAN? Still lives and loves to labor. Makes Door and Window Screens, Files Saws, Sharpens Cutlery and Fits Keys. Repairs and Polishes Furniture, Makes Store Fixtures and Does Gen eral Jobbing He is at homo in the sick room to offer consolation to those who mourn, and pa tiently nurses by day or night the sick in body. God bless the Handy man and keep him safe. He may be found at his old knoll on Street 8, near Avenue 2. N. H.—Makes a specialty of Church and Schoolhouse work. MARK TWAIN'S STUTTER. Joseph Hatton Dlacuaaea Hie Pleas ant Impediment. Joseph Hatton, in his “Cigarette Pa pera,’’ thus breezily write« of America's humorist: “Do you recall what a pleasant, tan talizing stutter Mark Twain ha«? It is really not a stutter, nor a stammer, but just a drawl and a hesitation. Charlea Lamb’s was a real stutter. Lord Dun dreary’s was a good imitation. “The most captivating impediment wa« that of Mr. Travers, of New York. ‘Why, Mr. Travers.’ said a lady, ‘you stammer more in New York than you did in Baltimore.* ‘Il—b—bigger place,’ stammered Travers. ‘A cheat nut!’ you say? Well, what of it? There are chest nut« and chestnuts. If you have heard Mark Twain lecture you know- wit h what effect he uses his little pe culiarity of speech. The point that broke the general titter into a hearty laugh when first he appeared in town was concerning that very cold moun tain in Fiji, where, he said, ‘it is so cold up there that people can’t speak the truth.’ When the audience had done smiling, he added: ‘I know because I have been there.’ The wit of a story should be in the tail; American humor has often the peculiar artfulness of a double-hinged tail; and you get two laughs instead of one.” —By actual measurement of 50 skele tons, the right arm and left leg have l>crn found to be longer in 23. the left arm and right leg iu six, the lindm on the right longer than those on the left in four, and in the remainder the in equality of the limits was varied. Only «even out of seventy skeletons meaa ured, or ten percent, had limb« of equal length. A MISTAKE. A tadpole sat on a cool, gray «tons. And sadly thought of his life: “Alas, must I live all alone!" said he, "Or shall 1 espouse me a wife?" A wise old frog on the brink of the stream. Leaned over and said, with a sigh: "Oh, wait till you’re older, my dear young friend. You'll have better taste by and by! "Girls change, you know, and the polly- wog slim. That takes your fancy to-day. May not be the polly at all you’d choose. When the summer has passed away!" Rut the tadpole rash thought ha better knew, And married a pollywog fair: And before the eumrfler wa« over he sat On the brink of that stream in deepair. | For. would you believe It? Hl« fair, young bride Proved to be but a stupid frog. With never a trace of beauty and grace Of young Miss Polly wog And although the tadpole himeelf had grown fltout «nd stupid, too! lie only saw the fault« of hla wife. As other« sometimes do. To all young tadpoles, my moral to this Before you settle In life, Be sure you know, without anv doubt. What you want In the way of a wife! ' —Mary H Olmstead, In Golden Days DEATH DUE TO FALLING WIRES. More Persons Killed by These Than by Railroad Aeeldents. We have recently had an opportunity to examine a batch of newspaper clip pings giving accounts of accidents due to the falling of electric wires. These clippings cover the months from May to September, inclusive, but it is not to I m » supposed that we have found in them reports of ail or nearly all the acci dents of that character which have taken place. We have found enough, however, to show that the matter is a very serious one. We find in the five months reports of 122 accidents due to falling trolley wires. In 11 of these accidents 12 per son« were killed, and in 28 of them 31 persons were injured and in 18 of them 24 horse« were killed. During the same the months we find report« of 40 ac cidents from falling electric light and telephone wires, showing that 9 per sons were killed in 9 accidents and 27 were injured in 22 accidents, and 7 horses were killed. The nature of the accidents is very familiar; that is, a broken live wire falls into the street and a passer-by steps on it or picks it up and gets a shock which is often fatal. We thus find, during this period, a total of 21 fatalities resulting from falling live wires of all kinds. At this rate of mor tality, if it were kept up, 50 person« would be killed in the year. In 1895 there were 38 passengers killed in train accidents on all the steam railroads of the I’nited states, so far as we have been able to as certain. It appears, therefore, that more perscus are killed by live wire accidents than are passengers in rail road train accidents, and the difference might l»e still greater if complete sta tistics of the former were obtained. There haw been widespread and per sistent efforts made by the public in va rious ways ami for many years to mini mize train accidents by legislation and by agitation in the press ami by inves tigations and recommendations on the part of railroad commissions, but the serious mortality due to lite wire acci dents does not appear to have attracted much attention from the public. There are simple and obvious means, which we suppose are not very expensive, for preventing accident« of this class; but until the public realises the serious ness of the situation «nd the practica bility of remedying it probably little will be done. We suggest thi« subject as an interesting one for the daily newspaper«.—Railroad Gazette. Salt Mnwatalna nf San In Hie island of Nan Domingo there is a remarkable salt mountain, nearly four miles long, ratimatedrio contain 90.000.- 000 tons, and «o clear that medium-sired print can be read through a block a foot thick. T imber L and , A ct J une 3, 187».—N otice for P ublication . United States Land Office, Oregon City, Or., October 11, 1898. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3. 1878, eutitled “An act for the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory," as extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4. 1892, JAMES B. MELLOTT, of Dayton, county of Yamhill, Stale of Oregon, has this day filed in this office his sworn state ment No 805a tor the purchase of the nsj4 of Section No xoin township No 2 S Range No 7 W. and will offer proof to show that the land sought is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish hisclaitii to said land before the Register and Re ceiver of this office nt Oregon City, ou Thursday, the December 22nd, I898. He name's as witness: Riley G. Smith, of Dayton, Oregon, Albert E. Cook, of McMinnville, Oregon, J. W Fishburn, of Dayton, Oregon, James L. Fletcher, of Mc Minnville, Oregon. Any ami all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 22ml day of December, 1898. C has . B. M oores , Register. V The man who whispers down a well About the goods he has to sell. Won’t reap the gleaming, golden dollars Like one who climbs a tree and hollers. It is not our intention to, nor do think it best to Holler (¡I Logger’s Suppies, Merchandise, Groceries, Dry Goods, etc. Just step into our store for a moment and let us convince you that what we say is true, that our stock is good and we sell it just as cheap as anyone T imber L and , A ct J une 3, 1878.—N otice for P ublication . United States Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon, October iltll, 1S98. 1 Notice ia hereby given that in compliance | with the provisions of the act of Congress . of June 3rd, 1878, eutitled "An act for the sale of t mber lands in the States of Califor nia, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territo-j ry,” as extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892, LUTHER J. FLETCHER, of Dayton, ouuty of Yamhili, State of Oregon, has this day filed In this office his sworn state- | ment No 3050, for the purchase of the e% ol e% of Section No 24 in Township No 2 S, Range No 7 i w, aud will offer proof to show that the land ' sought is more valuable for its timber or stone . than tor agricultural purposes, aud to establish | his claim t«> said land before tlie Register and i Receiver of this office at Oregon City, Oregon, i on Wednesday, the 21st day of December, 1898. He names as witnesses: Albert E. Cook, of McMinnville, Yamhill county. Oregon, Riley G. Smith, of Dayton, Yamhill county, Oregon, James B. Mellott, of Dayton, Yamhill county, Oregon, John W. Fishburn, of Dayton. Yamhill county. Oregon. Any and all persons claiming adversely the above-described lands are requested to tile their claims in this office on or before said 21st day of December, i898. C has . B. M oores . Register. CLASSES I ill And Save Money. (4 I The Truckee Lumber Company. Leigh Jones, Manager Store and Mill, Principal Office. Hobsonville, Oregon. No. 3 C»l. St. San Francisco, Cal St. Alphonsus ACADEMY, OREGON. TILLAMOOK, T imber L and , A ct J une 3, 1878.—N otice for P ublication . United States Laud Office, Oregon City, Oregon, October nth, 1898. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of tlie act of Congress of June 3rd, 1878, entitled, ‘‘An act for the sale of t mber lands in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada aud Washington Territory” as extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892, GEORGE H BAXTER, of Dayton, county of Yamhill, State of Oregon, has this day filed in this office his sworn state ment No. 3055, for the purchase of e*^ of w% of Section No 26 in Townsnip No. 2 s, Ran e No. 7 w. and will offer proof to show that the land sought is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land before the Register and Receiver of this office at Oregon City, Oiegon, on Tuesday, the 20th day of December, 1898. He names as witnesses. Riley G. Smith, of Dayton, Yamhill county, Oregon, John Starr, of Dayton, Yamhill county Oregon, William H Fletcher, of McMinnville, Yamhill county, Oregon, Albert E. Cook, of McMinnville, Yamhill county, Oregon. Any ami all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 20th day of December, I898. C has . B. M oorer , Register. T imberland , A ct J une 3, I878.—N0T1CE for P ublication . United States Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon, October 11th, 1898. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congtess of June 3rd, I878, entitled "An act for the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon. Nevada, and Washington Territory,” as extended to all the Public Land Stales by act of August 4, 1892, JOHN W. FLETCHER. of Dayton, county of Yamhill, State of Oregon, has this day Hied in this office his sworn state ment No. 3053. for the purchase of the ej< of wJZ of Section No. 24 in Township No. 2 S Range No. 7 w, and will offer proof to show that the land sought is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to es tablish his claim to said land before the Regis ter and Receiver of this office at Oregon City, on Thursday, the 22nd day of December 1898. He names as witnesses: Albert K. Cook, of McMinnville, Oregon, Ri ley G. Smith, of Dayton, Oregon, James B. Mellott, of Dayton Oregon, Luther J. Fletcher, of Dayton, Oregon. Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 22nd day of December, 1898. (’ has . B. M oores , Register. i i GRADED COURSE OF TION. INSTRUC weeks each. -14. loop. Alto a wmplete line of Fresh Fruits, Nuts, Cigars, Tobacco and Stationery. Best Meals in the city, from 15 cts up Frank- Wheeler. Prop. _____________ TUITION When you Are in town and want to stop at a nice hotel, tlie place to go is to FEE. Tuition Fee for one pupil for a term of eleven weeks in the Primary Department, Two D ol lars ; in the I ntermediate , T hree D ollars ; G rammar G rade , F our D ollars ; S enior I G rade , F ive D ollars . THE TILLAMOOK EOW. □. E. U/IST Proprietor. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. This Hotel has Just beEn newly furnished and put in first class repair and ia now by far the best in the city Instrumental Music on the Piano or the stringed instruments, fora term of eleven weeks, T en D ollars . ___________ VOCAL E verything C omfortable Terms Reasonable, MUSIC. Vocal Music, H ight D ollars . BUSINESS and H omelike - Tillamook Ore- DEPARTMENT. In the Business Department: Stenograph, Book-keeping, and Type-writing included, if desired. The common branches, T hirty - five D ollars for the whole course. Plain Sewing and Fancy Work free to the pupils on Saturday afternoon. Latin, French, and German included in the Senior Grade. Private lessons in those lan guages T en D ollars a term. Board and Tuition, including plain and fancy needle work, T hirteen D ollars a month. When there are four pupils in one family at tending, the last one is free. Sewing school, free to pupils, wi!l be resumed on the first Saturday in October. REGULATIONS. Students are entered at anv time during the Ses»ion. No deduction will be made in either the Academic or Music Department for the Christmas or Easter Holiday for withdrawal before the expiration of the term or absence, except in case of dismissal or prolonged Illness. 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ALPHONSUS ACACEMY is divided into four departments, viz : Primary, Intermediate | ' Grammar, and Senior. , 1 The year is divided into lour terms of eleven T imbkk L and , act J u »« j . IS;«.—N otic « F or P ublication . United States I^ mik I Office. Oregon City, Oregon, October nth, 1898. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3rd, 1878, entitled "An act for the sale of timber lands in the States of California. Oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory," an extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4. 1892. CRTS T STARR, of Davton. county of Yamhill. State of Oregon, has this day filed in this office his sworn state ment No. 3081, for the purchase ot the n% of s1^ of Section No. 32 in Township No. 1 s, Range No. 6 w, and will offer proof to show that the land sought is more valuable for its timber or stonethan for agricultural purposes, ami to es tablish hisclaim to said land before the Register and Receiver of this office at Oregon City. Ore . on Tuesday, the 20th day of December, I898. He names as witnesses Nathaniel Stretch, of Dayton Ore . Rilv G. Smith, of Dayton, Ore John Glen, of Da)ton Ore , Albert K. Cook, of McMinnville Ore. Any and all persons claiming adversely the above <iescdl»ed lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 20th day of December, 1898. C has . B M ixireh , Register. Always has on Hand WERE RESUMED ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER. T imber L and , A ct J une 3, 1878.—N otice for P ublication . United States Land office, Oregon t ity, Oregon, October 11, 1898. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3rd, 1878, entitled “ An act for the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon. Nevada, and Washington Territo ry." as extended to all Public Land States by act of August 4, 18 q 2, JOHN W FISHBURN, of Dayton, county of Yamhill, State of Oregon, has this day tiled in this office his sworn state ment No 304!», for the purchase of the w‘2 of eJ4 of Section No 24, in Towrahip No 2 S, Range No 7 w. ami will offer proof to show that ttie land sought is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim to «aid land before the Register and Receiver of this office at Oregon City. Oregon, on Thursday, the 22nd «lay ot December, I898. He names hs witnesses : A. E. Cook, of McMinnville, Yamhill county, Oregon. R’ley G. Smith, of Dayton, Yamhill county, Oregon, James L Fletcher, of McMinn ville, Yamhill county, Oregon. L J. Fletcher, of Davton, Yamhill county, Oregon. Any and all persons claiming adversely the above-described lands are requestad to file their claims in this office on or before said 22nd day of December, 1898. C has . B. M oores , Register. , till you’re tired out but we do want you to remember that we always keep 011 band a good fresh supply of all kinds of If you have neglected your case a long time, you had better take Hcr’s SarsiHrllU alab. It will remove all impurities that have been * accumulating in your Mood and will greatly atrengthen * your nervea. Ma-ar« r*w Omfar. Th er* «MJ l»r boiueti.lng about « y«»nr you 4«' not quite nt ifrr- 1 atan.l W rito tho doctor treaty tell * hint h»w you are laftriu. Y<>u j Will promptly leceive the beat < ■w4k«l »4»ire Addrvaa. ) Dr. J. C Ayer. Ix»wen. Maes. i You can have it All for PER... cn„ PER... MONTH OUU MONTH in The Evenintf Telegram, of larg- Portland, Oregon. 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