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THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 27, 1898._______________________________
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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.
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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
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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.
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Leigh Jones, Manager Store and Mill,
Principal Office.
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No. 3 C»l. St. San Francisco, Cal
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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.
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Tuition Fee for one pupil for a term of eleven
weeks in the Primary Department, Two D ol
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G rammar G rade , F our D ollars ; S enior I
G rade , F ive D ollars .
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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
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T en D ollars .
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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.
Those who finish a complete course in the
Academic or the Commercial Department and
pass a satisfactory examinaition in the brauches
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You are frequently
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You have cold
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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.
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