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i THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, JANUARY 12, 1899. Then there was the young man and his ahttr. They liked the connecting rooms upstairs, lie worked on a morn ing paper and she was a sti ncgrap.'u r By Kenneth Herford. 1’he ast exposure he thought would not pn nut of his sleeping lute in the morning, and it would be cold in win ter for Ins sister during the day uud COURSE we can do it. Why ■arly evening. No. the rooms upstairs (J not?" wouldn’t do for them, and us for those What could I «ay to that? on tlie ground floor they had no furni Simau had made up her mind and that j ture. vas the end of it. A'.iout noon there came a man with c "But.” 1 ventured, “the work. Think little boy. cf the work." He was a widower, but he looked as "That is why 1 favorthe plan. It will though it were not owing to any fault f ive me something to do when you are of his own. While he talked with Susar nw ay." his fob dug nice little nicks in the win This with a certain cutting tone, ns dow sill with a new jack-knife. IB ivuch as to say. "and you are away liked tlie rooms very much, but his wife most of the time.’’ had left on his hands a lot of dishes nnc "Very well,” I agreed, “it shall be there appeared to be no place to hang as you say. We’ll take the house and them or arrange them at all. Susar you can rent the four rooms if you told him of our large woodshed, bu* ht want to.” said that be could never think of “the "And just think.” she went on. "We’ll light of his life’s” things being put ou* pet ail the rent back. Thin we will in the woodshed, so he didn’t take iht get our shelter for nothing.” rooms. "Please don’t call our home ‘shelter? " Then there were two ancient school 1 begged, whereat she ottered: "Well, teachers. They liked the rooms up what else is it? We are sure of food. stairs. but could not sec how their You make enough a week to get that— piano could be moved there. Susar. s nne weeks; and the shelter is all tliat couldn't either, so they went away. 1 "mains for me to think of." About four in the afternoon a young “Very well,” said I, “we’ll move.” man and his wife came up the from And we did. steps and rang the bell. Three days later, after the carpets They wanted two unfurnished rooms hud been cut over and matting had and wanted them right away. Thev been bought for (lie hall bedroom up wanted running water, a stationary stairs, we were snugly—or, at least wash-stand, a mantel, and a gas grate pleasantly—housed at 231 Sunny street. Thosecharacteristieswere of our rooms Hanging the pictures and learning exactly. From behind the curtains 1 the ins and outs of the gas furnace had saw Susan’s color grow flush with in tiled Susan.so we agreed to put off plac terest as she thought: “Well, they’rt ing the advertisement in the paper un gone this time, sure.” She talked with this couple a long til the following Sunday. The Satur day night before, we walked down to time. She came down a dollar i the otlice and gave tlie young man be month when they faltered, and finally hind the counter 5S cents in exchange when they went out the front doorand for n slip saying that we had taken she had siammed it after them, she about an eighth of an inch of space for came into the parlor and sank into a one day—in the paper of the following chair near the table. “What was the matter with them?”] morning, Susan went about it all enthusiast asked. “They didn’t like the ceiling chande ically, and she was up at the first cry of the newsboys the next morn liers. They wanted wall brackets ing mid into my pocket for a They said if it were not for those nickel to buy tliQt paper. She chandeliers they would take the roems locked through it twice by the fain' at our own price.” 1 saw tlie careworn look in Susan’s bght of the north window before she found the advertisement we had placed eyes and began to feel real pity for her Poor little girl. I thought, it’s a shame the night before, and when she did she appeared as pleased with herself, with for her to run up and down those stairs i., ami with the world in general, as a so much. And it was in the midst of my pity child in the second grade with a new unexpressed that the bell rang again. slate. This time it was a man and his wife "But it’s awfully little, don’t you desiring unfurnished apartments. tlnuk. Reuben?” she asked. I looked at the three lines. It did Susan trudged down the hall again look little, but 1 would not have dis She opened the doors, turned on the gas couraged Susan for the world. “Oh, in the grate, raised the shades and lighted the jets. The couple were de there'll some one see it," 1 ventured. “But 1 want n great many to see it,” lighted from the outset. They talked she went on. "I want a great many to of every thing. They wanted to know in come so that we can select from them. if Susan would put down mat;’ I wouldn't have ordinary people in the little bed chamber. Of course Susan would. Any thing to choke off the re tlie house for the world.” To tell the truth. I had no idea that sults of that advertisement of three in the city of Detroit there would be lines. Well, they would go out and figure it very many people who would see those three lines advertising the rooms we nil up and would they be given the re had to rent, but I held my opinion to fusal of the rooms until the next noon'. And this time when Susan came intc myself, only venturing to remark to Susan, standing there by the window in tlie parlor her face beamed. “They’re coming to-morrow noon?' the half light: "You’ll see.” Aud she did, and that before the day she said, "and theu there only remains ti e two upstairs. Oh, Reuben, I de was out. We were at breakfast. The chops hope—” She did not finish. The bell had tink v ere excellent, the rolls done to a turn, and the coffee nearer like mother's than led again. "An upstairs room,” I heard her say. any Susan ever before had made. The doorbell rang. “Now. whoin lhe world “Yes.” They came back down after about <tn that be?” exclaimed Susan, drop ping her fork ou the plate before het ten minutes. Again I heard words, this with a clatter. time spoken ir------ by . n masculine voice of "It may be your brother,” I sug singular gentleness. “Very well, shall move in to-morrow afternoon. I gested. “It isn’t either.” she disagreed expect my wife here in a week and if Whereat I suggested that one of ths t'. second room upstairs is not rented best means of learning who it was I shall probably take that also." Susan could hardly wait to close the would be to answer the bell. The ide« seemed to impress itself door after tlie second real renter. She upon Susan’s mind favorably, for sht came bounding into the parlor, her , ves as bright as two stars. “Oh. Reu did as I suggested. I listened, a mouthful of choppoisec ben!" she exclaimed. "I’ve reitted them lie says he will move in to-morrow on the tip of my fork in mid air. “Yes." I h-ard Susan say to the per afternoon, and, with those in the down son at fnt door, “we have rooms to rent. stairs rooms at noon, that leaves only Do you desire to look at the furnished the one hall bedroom on the second itoor. And lean rent that, too, I know.’ ones or the unfurnished ones?” "Did they leave any money to hold I smiled. Apparently the person wished the latter, for Susan took him the rooms?" I asked. Her face feS for a moment. “No." or her along the hall to the door at the she replied. “I never thought to ask end. Theie was silence fora moment followed by a confusion of voices, it them.” And then with more eager- .ltss- “Butl know they’ll come, forthe seemed to me. and then the front (loot people who looked at the rooms down closed and Susan came back into the stairs measured for the carpets and diningroom. talked about where they would slant! Site sat down near the register, not their table and all that, and the man at the table, though I wanted another for upstairs wanted to know al>«u’ cup of coffee. the bathroom and the closets and if I "What, is it?” I asked. wouldn't even take him to meals. Oh. "It was rt man.” was her reply. ’ know they will come to-morrow That being a bit unsatisfactory I con right.” tinued: “What did he want?" "To-morrow” came. “Rooms." At noon Susan was in a high pitch of “Didn't he like ours?” excitement. “He did until I told him they were No one rang the bell. heated with natural gas. and then he Half-past twelve. started for the door, lie said his wife's Still no one for those unfurnished cousin was asphyxiated by natural gas . once and that his wife wouldn't live in looms. One two and three, yes. even four, a house where it was used." five and fix »truck on the bras* clock. “Did be toy anything else?” And nt that last hour Susan would eat “Yes; he asked if this was a boarding . house? 1 wouldn’t have had him any nothing. All I heard her say was: Oh, what way, he seemed so snappy and never bars people are.” said one thing about the pretty shades Discouragement was written on her we put up in there.” face and little tears were beginning "Well, there will be others," I said, to crowd their way into her eyes. encouragingly, and poured a second The reaction had cotne and with it a ?up of <' fire for myself. bitter, crushing disappointment. And there were. They began com And at irregular intervals peopie are ing steadily nt nine o'clock and kept it looking at onr rooms and going away up ail day. Susan didn't want to go to nirain still. That three line adsertise- church for fear that she would miss memt must have been seen by everyone some one. and she knew that I could who is considering renting a room with not answer the bell if it should ring. in the next ten year«. Its mighty The-c was. first, a woman w-ith a •trength Fa« crushed Susan. She i« not whittled nose and crescent earrings the Susan of a week ago. She has aged She wanted ’he unfurnished rooms tc 13 sears answering bells and “«hi « a S open a palmistry parlcr. and Sm an people up." And now I am only wait said she was not in the office-renting ing for a month to expire to move her business. The woman with the nose .-■nd all the effects of the Throttle fam and the crescents left the house tn a ily into a six-room cottage, the rental huff, remarking, as she passed Susan r f which is small enough to warrant me in the hall, that she wouldn’t live un in a«sumicg it all myself.—Detroit Free der the same roof with her. Tresa. TO RENT-ROOMS • I T imber L amo , A ct THE DRUKKEN MAN. /yien [louse. And the M>ater, ut How He Keep. 1ÜM Feet und Steer« Clear of lianner. “Drunken men, of course, do fall down cellarways and that sort of thing,” said Mr. Nozzleby. according to the New York Sun. “We read about it occasionally in the papers, but still such mishaps are comparatively rare. Men seem to stagger up to the very verge of such places, and then .beer oh in safety. Probably everybody that has lived in a city has at one time or another followed some drunken man with his eye and seen him as he pur sued his zigzag course along the side walk, lurch up to and fairly lean over the top step of some basement stairs, seen him still leaning, as though he must inevitably topple over and go smashing down to the bottom, only to observe him finally sway back, away from the steps, to start again on h’is devious course and bring up a moment later on the curbstone hanging in the same manner and in the same danger of falling, now into the gutter. “But he doesn't fall, and orfe won ders what preserves him. lie staggers on his way, and stumbles sometimes, but recovers himself and never quite goes down. Again he skims smooth and straight along the very edge of some danger spot, but keeps right on into safety. And so he pursues his crooked and dangerous way with a dip cr a dive now and then that brings the heart into the mouth of some pass er-by who chances upon him suddenly, and at times it seems as though ne must go down, but something keeps him up, and some instinct, apparently independent of himself, turns him back from the brink. With such glim mering of sense as he has left, if he has any, he struggles hard to keep up. ! He may not realize it himself, but in stinct makes known to him that if i once he goes down he can’t get up. “Pursuing a straight course you i soon come up with and pass the stag- ' grrer going criss-cross, steering out. perhaps, as you pass, to avoid collision with him.” ALLEN, Proprietor. First class accommodation at second class rate. MEALS IX Tl CITY. Tillamook, Ore n WELL, WE’VE GOT IT AND MORE TOO If 37-c-CL Want to ZDxiTze -¿Ù. TToio Œerxtl© Horse To n TTioe JOuLgrgW, Come to Our StaAole axxd. G-et it. \'V I al v rx\ r $ 6.00 HOUND TRIP. 3.50 ONE WAY. LOATHED CIDER ASTORIA AND TILLAMOOK. Two Knight* of the Itond Who Hud No l'»e for Anything That Worked. A farmer named L. C. Hamer, who makes frequent trips to this« city with produce, and whose place is near Mount Repose, O.. a little settlement WILL RUN THE jusit north of Madisonville, is responsi ble for the following sitory: lie was HARRISON Steamer driving toward the city the other morn ing with a load of cider in barrels, when ELMORE. he met two specimens* of the hobo va riety trudging along the pike. They Will make tripe every live days, the weather permitting, between Astoria and sit opped before his wagon, one politely Tillamook City, carrying freight and paNsengerH. lifted his hat and asked: “What’s the nearest town?” Z'AJ z J a ’ZT, SANBOKN CO., ASTOK/A ; or CO//N A CO.t “Mount Repose,” answered the farmer. TILLAMOOK, AGENTS. “Ah! sweet name!” answered the tramp. “I think we’ll jus*t stop for the rest of our lives when we reach there. Couldst proffer us a drink from one of the barrels?” The farmer immediately drew a quart cup full o*f cider and offered it to the pair. They drank it, each made a wry face, and the one of grandiloquent speech, who must have at some time been a member of a variety troupe, drew himself up and said: “Dost know that thou hast insulted us in offering cider? We have a holy horror that amounts to a loathing for cider.” “Why?” asked the farmer. FOELOl/'\'G /S OUR LIST OF PRICES : “Because,” answered the tramp, with a farewell wave of the band. “Because COJIMCN ROUGH LUMBER at $8 <19 ;ier thousand feet. SlIll’LAP at $!• .0'1 |>er thousand feet, it works.” SIZED LUMBER at 9 00 per thousand feet, 2, al $12.00 jier thouaand feet. FLOORING. No. f, TREASURE OF TEXAS MATRON FLOORING. No. 1, al $16.0(1 pertlioiiHaud feet, RUSTIC, No. 2, at $12 oo |ier thousand feet. RUSTIC. No. 1. al $111.000 |ier thousand feet. No. t. FINISH, at $15.00 per thousand feet, MOULDINGS, i.jc ta r fisit, per inch in w ALL 8IN. PLANKING at $7 per 1000 On the 27th of November Mr. and Mrs. W. A. King, of Nacogdoches, l ex., celebrated their wedding anniversary. On that occasion Mr. King wore the identical shirt in which he was mar ried in 1866. The ancient garment was in good condition, haring been treas ured carefully by Mrs. King all these years aud only brought out on wed ding anniversaries. She launders it herself, no one else being allowed to lay a finger on it. Mr. King, who is a native Texan, served in the confed erate army, and at the close of the civil war settled near Nacogdoches, where he has lived ever since. In 1866 he was married to Miss Mary Jane Maroney, a niece of Gen. Thomas J. l.’usk. In those days dress shirt« were rare in that part of the county. The garment which Mr. King wore at his wedding is home-made and hand-made of white cotton goods, it lias a bosom after tlie mode of negligee shirts, with Freight handled with pispatch rind at lowest rates. Fruit delivered in good order. transverse plaits. Mrs. King says it Best Accommodations and Cheapest Rutile to or Iront 1 illamook. w ill last for many a year yet, anil her Every attention p-tid to wants and conveniences of passenger. Firet-clnse table set. husband declares he will last as long WILL SAIL FROM SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT OCTOBER doth AND as the shirt._______________ EVERY 10 DAYS AFTER. Lake Waler Hnlseil by Storms. For further particulars apply to The tidelike effects of gales on lakes having no ordinary 'ides is very con "W- siderable. In the Caspian a gale will raise the water on either aide six feet, No. 14 C«Liro«xu S tuket , S ax F kasciso ; or to T mcckhî L i miii -. k C o . causing a total difference of level of 12 feet, aud in Lake Erie heavy gales oc casionally cause a difference ot level of more than 15 feet. When you me in town «ml want to atop at a nice hotel, the place to go in to Itos a Wasp tor a Pet. Perhaps the strangest pet ever kept by a man was a wasp, w hich Sir John Lubbock caught in the Pyrenees and resolved to tame, lie began by teach ing it to take its meals on his band, E0\M. G. E. WIST Proprietor. and in a very short space of time it grew- to expect to be fed in that way. This Hotel has just been newly furnished and put in W. H. or R. P. WHEN YOU WANT LUMBER, Remember that we kee pthe best of everything in Steck and at prices as low as the lowest- Tillamook Lumbering Co \XI EK Direct From S. F. to Tillamook. Oo., THE TILLAMOOK Siberian Swnshlne. The Russian meteorologist, Prof. Woetkof. calls attention to the almost uninterrupted sunshine that prevails in winter in the Irutsk region of Mi 1-eria. He thinks it wonld lie an ideal I lace for consumptives and for raisin; plants under glass. first class repair and is new by far the best In th', city E verything C omfortaele and H omelike - Tariat Reaxcuabli, Tillamook Ore j , i S,8.— N otick tor T imber L ax ». A ct J cnk 3. IS78.— N otice F or P ublication . United states Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon, October nth, 1898/ ' Notice is heicby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3rd, 1878, entitled “An act for the sale of timber lamia :n the S ales of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory,” as extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892, URIS T. STARR, of Dayton, 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 s'.j of Section No. 32 in Township No. 1 s. Range No. 6 w , ami will offer proof to show that the land sought is more valuable for its timber or stonethau for agricultural purposes, ami to es tablish his claim to said laud before the Register and Receiver of this office at Oiegon City. Ore , on Saturday, the 281 h day of January, I899. He names as witnesses: Nathaniel Stretch, of Dayton. Ore , Rilv G. Smith, of Pay ton, Ore , John Glen, of Dayton Ore., Albert E. Cook, of McMinnville Ore." Any and all persons claiming adversely the above-nescribed lands art* requested to fib- their claims in this office on or before said 20th day of December, 1898. C har . U. M oorks , Register. T imber L and . A ct J i nk 3, 1878.—N otkk for 1’VBI.ICATION. Uuited Siates Land Offfce, Oregon City, Oregon, . October nth, 189X. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress ot Jiiim Bid, 1878, entitled “An act for the sab- of t niber lands in the States of Califor nia, Oregon, Nevada, ami Washington Territo ry,” as extended to all the Public Land States by act ot August 4, 1892, LUTHER .1. FLETCHER, of Dayton, c Minty of Y .mhih, State of Oregon, has this day filed in this office his sworn state ment No 3050, for Die purchase of the id » '3 ot 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 thrill tor agricultural purposes, and to « stnblisli Ids claim t<> said land before the Register mid Receiver of this office at Oregon City, Oregon, on Saturday, the 28th day of January, 1899. He names as witnesses: Albert E. Cook, of McMinnville. Yamhill county, Oregon, Riley G. Smith, of Dayton. Yamhill county, Oregon, James B. Mellott, of Davton, Yamhill county, Oregon, John W. Fislibnrn, of Dayton, Yamhill county, Oregon. Any and nil persons claiming adversely the above-described lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 21st day of December, tK98. C has . B. M oores . Register. Reduced Fares ! ,k J cmk Pl'HI 11' AVION. A I 11» NT Pl ’BI.H United States Land Office, Oreg. hi City. Oregon. Octoberiith, 1898. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with lhe provisions of the act of Congress of June 31 d, 1878, entitled, “An act for the sale of I niber lands in the Stales of California, Oregon, Nevada anti Washington Territory” as extended to all lhe Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892. GEORGE IT. BAXTER. of Dayton, county of Yamhill, state of Oregon, has this day filed ill this office his sworn state ment No. 5055, tor lhe purchase of e’.a of w ’of Section No 26 in Townsnip No. 2 s, Ran e No. 7 w . ami will offer pi oof to show that the land sought is more valuable tor its timber or stone than for ngiicnltural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land betore the Register ami Receiver of this iffii e nt Oregon City, Oiegon. on Satin day, the 28th day of January, 1899, lie names as witnesses Rib v G. Smith, of l>a\ton, Yamhill county, Oregon, John Starr, ot Davton, Yamhill countv Oregon. William H. Fletcher. of McMinnville'. Yamhill county, Oregon, Albe t K lock, of McMinnville, Yamhill county, Oregon. Any ami all prisons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested lo file their claims in this office on or befoie said 20th day of December, I898. C ham . B. M oorks , Register. T imber L an », A ct J pnk 3, 1878.—N otice F or P ublication . United StateH Land Office, Oregon City Oregon, November Kth, 1R98. Notice Is hereby given that in compli ance with the provisions of the act of Con gress of June Bid, 1878. entitled “An act foi the sale of timbci ’.amis in the States ol Califor nia, Oregon, Nevada and Washington T'errl- tory,” «»extended to all the Public Land States bvactof August 4. 1R92, JOHN GLEN. of Dayton, county of Yamliill, State of Oregon, has this day fih d in this office his sworn state ment No. .{078, fin the purchase of the w’7of \v>2 ol Section No 8 in Township No. 2 s, Range No. 7 w, and will offer proof lo show flint the land sought is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, ami to establish his claim to said land b< foie the Register and Receiver of this office at Oregon City, Oregon, on Siiltirduy, the 28th day of January, 1*99. He names as witnesses: Albeit !•. Cook, of McMinnville, Oregon ; William Cain, of Dayton, Oregon; Rilv G. Smith, <d Dayton, Ore.; J. W. Coffin, of Dayton, Oregon. Any ami all persons claiming ndversely the above described lands me requvste<l to file their claims in Ibis office on or beioie said 2AII1 day of Ja.iuary, 1899. (' ham . B. Moores Register. NOTICE I OR PI BLICATION I,ami Office at Oregon City, Ore , December 9th, i H<> n . Notice is hereby given that tlie following named settler I. iih filed notice of his intention lo m like II mil proof in support of h I a cl aim .mid that said proof w ill be imide bcioic the Comity Clerk of Tillamook co , at Tillamook, Oregon, on February ist. i X«> h . viz : .1 IIN WILLIAM STEINMETZ, It I I I - :j. Im I he I <>' 9, 1 I "I N W 1 I "I'd E hr of Sw % of Her. 4, Tp. 2 N, R H W. lie names the following witnesses to prove his coiitiiiiioiia tevidence upon and cultivation of mb id land, viz: Join» Conklin, James Wiley, Gustav Kunze, EdwardG. E West, of Tilliimook, Oregon. (.' has . II. M hikes , Register. NOTICE FOR iH’BI.ICATfON. Land onice at O k - r - mi < ily, Or<- , !><•<•» nibur SMiid 1M98. Notice i<* hereby given (liât the following named Mettler lia» filed notice of I i I m intention . to make firmi proof in Niipport of bin claim, and that «aid proof will be made before I’ I». Newell, U S. »‘oininisaioiier, at Nehalem, Ore., on Febiuary tsth, 1899 viz J ASTER N LESLEY If. E. No. in *»7, for the B'v of Ne ai d N'I of Se >' of Me r 26. Tn. 3 N , R V W. lie name» the following wltne»»e» to prove hh continuous residence upon mid cultivât ion of » id bind, viz Louis Nystrom, John Bolin, William Balter* s-.n, C. W. Schilling, of Nchaleni, Ore C hah . b . M oore * Register. A DMJNIHTIIATOIUH MALE. NOTICK H IIEHKBY l’.IVIÌN, Timi by virtue <d sii order of the County Court of the Mate of Oiegon for the < otinly of Tillamook, sitting in piobate, made mill enieted ill the recor«!» of said Court 00 the 20th <Uy of May, iK,> th" adminUtrntor of the estate of J c. HAIJ.. deceased, will, from ami after the 20th day of January, 1*9. proceed to sell at privato sah- foi cmh, the following described real pro- p< rty belonging to »¡«id estate, to wit The W of the Sw 1 » of mt , 27 ami the Ne of the S< 1 4, and the Sr *4 of the Ne % of sec, >8, containing !<o acres in Tp 3 H. R. !» W of the Willamette Meridian in Oregon, save and except all of that portion of the Se «4 of the Ne % of sec 28 lying North of the Big N- stucca River and containfng is acres more or less, d>-r«l«-<| bv W A Manor mid wife to R O. Richards, November nth, 1R9I, also saving and » •.<< pinig all of that portion of the Nw of tor sw ol -< i‘ 27, -aid Tp ami kmige lirie- tofor«- dredr I by W. A. Ilaiior and wife to James Ihight-y ami wFie. 1 nving a ludame conveyed het <in of 140 act ex more or h -s. Dateti at Tillamook, hi lillmmxik county, Oregon, this I2th <lnv of December A.D., i«>R ( IIARI,EM E. HALL Admin)"t rator of the Estate of J. C. Hall, <!<■ censed. APMINI5I R ITÍMPH NALB. Tb'1 tindprMgiied bfiving been on the 3rd day <»f J »nuarv, IMfM», duly appointed by the Hon. < ouiity Court of Tillamook county, Or* gon. Administrator of the Es tate of NEHALEM S< <>TT. <1, all per* n- hiving ’ I.AIMS ntalnat the Mid E»late, ar«* hereby notified to present the name, duly verified to me within six month» from the date hereof, at theofll e of Handley A Handley, at Tilllaruook, Oregon. fitted thia “th day of January. 1*1». H arry MirciiKtL. Adminhtrator. I