THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 30,
NO POUND WEIGHTS IN TROY.
BULKY POST CARDS.
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IS A FROG FISH OR GAME?
Twin Family Medicines C.
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WILL
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Ping-Pong Bails and Other Articles
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“Did it ever occur to you,’ said a
college professor to a Chicago gold
smith, “that you have no such thing
as a pound weight?**
It had; but the professor is willing
to bet that not one graduate of a
high school out of twenty has an idea
that there is not a metal weight of 12
ounces to represent the Troy pound.
But there is no such thing. Twelve
Troy ounces make a pound, but there
is no such material unit of measure
ment. There are the grain, the scru
ple, the drachm, and the ounce weights,
but nothing more. The man who has
ten pounds of gold in reality has only
120 ounces, and for him to go into
the gold market and speak of gold as
by the pound would be for him to be
laughed at.
Incidentally these units of measure
ment in the Troy scale look a good
deal more like Greek or Chinese coins
than they look like weights, says the
Chicago Tribune.
For the average
high school graduate to pick up a set
of these weights would be to bewilder
him.
It is the contemplation of such ab
surdities of the English tables of
weights and measurements that bring
the student to the njetric system as
the sane solution of it all.
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»«■knote« Rmployegi •• Writing
by Ktxtravairnnt or KrwUsh
Prr«OM-The WMaage of a
Dyl«« Saldier.
The use of ping-pong balls as post
cards is the latest freak of seekers
for novelty.
It started in Liverpool quite recent
ly, and despite its obvious disadvan
tages. is spreading in England. The
principal result is much unhappiness
to the postman and a recent new reg
ulation in some places forbidding all
such unhandy missives.
The balls were stamped, an address
written under the stamp, and the mes
sage scrawled on the rest of the sur
face. These clumsy and bulky post
cards were posted in Liverpool by the
thousands and gave the post office au
thorities an immense amount of extra
work, says Hearst’s Chicago American.
A mp ng those idle people who from
time to time have wasted their super
fluous energies in testing the forbear
ance of the postal officials, is a man in
Southampton, England, whose favor
ite form of missive used to be a postage
stamp. But as he wrote the address
on the face of the stamps, the author
ities decided that they were not bound
to deliver them. It was probably the
same person who afterward posted a
complete pack of playing cards, each
neatly addressed on the back, but with
no message whatever on the colored
■ide. *
Another very peculiar letter found
in a London pillar-box last autumn
was a green apple on one side of which
was cut an address, and on the other
the simple, but expressive message:
“Sour—like you."
Bank notes have been employed as
a writing paper more than once by
extravagant or foolish persons. Among
the effects of an English miser who
died about 15years ago was found a £5
note on which the deceased had writ
ten directions as to the disposal of his
property. At Hampstead there Lived
until recently a wealthy bachelor of
whom it was said that he once wrote
a proposal of marriage to a lady on
the back of a $50 note, and because it
was sent back without a word of com
ment by the recipient, refused ever
afterward to have anything to do with
the fair sex.
Whiting paper, or, indeed, paper of
any kind, is usually at a premium
among soldiers on active service. Many
very curious substitutes came from
Jhe British soldiers in South Africa.
One of the commonest has been
mealie leaves. “Mealie” is the South
African name for maize. Round the
maize cob grow a number of strong
enveloping sheaths, which, when dry,
turn, to a pale yellow color and can
then be written upon.
After Colenso there was found
grasped in the stiffened handsofadead
soldier a piece of leather with a dying
message scrawled upon it with a stump
of pencil. It was a layer of the sole
of the dead man’s boot, which had
probably been loosened with much
marching, and which he had contrived
to rip off. It safely reached the poor
fellow’s family in England.
From the Philippines, too. some cu
rious letters have been received by
the friends of American soldiers fight
ing in those islands. One of the most
ingenious was a piece of native bam
boo, about a foot long, on which an ad
dress had been carved with pen
knife. The letter was inside this hol
low tube, and held there by wooden
pins at each end. The writer ex
plained that he had found it impossible
to get an envelope or to find any gum
to make one, so had had recourse to
this expedient.
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The ceiling of a room is, as a rule,
so far out of ordinary reach that the
idea of using it for writing on seems
strange. But in a case tried last year
in England it transpired that a land
lady had been in the habit of using her
ceiling in lien of a rent-book. Upon it
wrre inscribed the various amounts
received from her lodgers. As it was,
of course, impossible to bring this
strange rent book into court, a certi
fied copy had to be made for the use
of the judge.
WOMEN VOTERS.
An Australian newspaper tells of
some curious facts shown by the new
electoral rolls of South Australia. The
number of men on the rolls has shrunk
in a little over three years from 83,640
to 76,767. On the other hand the wom
en voters have increased during the
same period from 68,375 to 71.682. In
the three chief metropolitan districts
the men voters have dropped from 36,-
587 to 30,484. a reduction of nearly 16
per cent. Women voters in the same
district have slightly increased their
numbers, and now count nox— is than
32.SOI. The women seem to be grow
ing more conscientious in the fulfill
ment of their political duties and the
men more careless.
When equal suffrage was granted in
New Zealand the estimated number of
adult women in the country was 139,-
915. Of these. 109.461 registered to
vote. Of the women who registered,
83 per cent, voted; of the men who reg
istered, only 67 per cent.
According to the report of the
Wyoming secretary of state, 90 per
cent, of the women vote. In Denver,
at the election last November, 31,780
men voted and 23,449 women.
HUMAN BEINGS NOT IMMUNE
Records Show That Contactons Dis
eases Frequently Attach People
a Second Time.
It is a fallacy, widespread but
nevertheless a fallacy, for anyone to
suppose that a person who has once
had smallpox, measles, scarlet fever
or other contagious disease is there
by made immune to that particular
disease for the rest of his life. A
Swiss physician has been examining
the records of such diseases, and in
the statistics at his disposal—which
are very defective, as comparatively
few physicians take the trouble to
report such observations to the med
ical journals—he finds no less than
528 persons who have had smallpox
twice, nine who have had it three
times and one who has had it seven
times. For scarlet fever he finds 144
double and seven triple attacks. A
hundred and three persons had two
and three had seven attacks of
measles; 203 had typhus twice, five
thrice, one four times, and even
cholera shows 29 second and three
third attacks. The natural inference
is th.it during the prevalence of an
epidemic one should not rashly ex
pose himself to contagion even if ha
has already had the disease.
MAKE BEGGING A BUSINESS.
The Wry at five Frsstler.
The way of civilization in a new
land passes comprehension. Its mot
to seems to be: min first; there is
time afterward to save.
Civilization
kV«.
is a good deal like a wild, full-blood
ed boy; it must first sow wild oat*,
waste its patrimony, disgrace its an
tecedents; then it is ready to begin
the ser’^us work of life. That has
been the history of the range coun
try; swift ruin for 30 or 40 years,
with a resulting wreck that it will
require a century of hard work, per
severance and self-control to save.—
Century.
Wte Meatlty.
Bunco Steerer (snarely)— Pardon
me. but aren’t you my old friend Farm
er Mossbarker. of Goshkononf?
Farmer llnnilhead (mysteriously)
—No; I am oM Nick Sleuth, the fa
mous defective. di>rwwed
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thing; * but don’t gimme away, young
man Pnrk.
Barkley Poynter'» rrejbmwA waa
awarded a priar ul SlOfor perfect form
at the <!<< »bow.
Barker-Yea; and then the Inrtiea*
humane aoriely hail Poynter arrerted.
and he wa* ttard *3> for «bapiaff bu
doff with coraeta__ Judffe.
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The dominion of Canada has anoth
er and peculiar grievance against this
country. Canada is a land in which
frogs multiply and grow fat because of
the immense stretches of waste places,
yet because of the enormous uemand
tor their legs in the United Elates the
Canucks are feariul that unless re
strictions are placed upon the killing
of their native croakers there will be
none left in the country.
The dominion department of marine
and fisheries can du nothing prac
tical, it appears, to stop this destruc
tive e»port of frogs’ legs until they
determine whether the frog is fish or
game. If a frog is a fish the depart
ment at Ottawa has the power to in
stitute a clofee season for it. If, how-*
ever, it should be decided that the
frog comes under the category of game
the question of a close season must
be settled by the provincial authori
ties.
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If the law officers of the different
governments interested fail to come
to an agreement on the subject the
matter will probably be submitted to
a committee of experts. Everybody
agrees that something must be done
to prevent the total destruction of a
valuable article of both food and com
merce., If it should be decided that the
frog is neither fish nor game, it may
be necessary, in order to secure a law
for its protection, to obtain from the
imperial parliament the passage of an
amendment to the act of British North
America.
General Banking and Exchange buai-
neas.
Exchangeon England, Belgium. Gee
OREGON LIVER REGULATOR hits the point. For a sick headache, the kind
that is caused from a deranged stomach, diszitiess, nervousness, dyspepsia, consti many, Sweden, and all foreign coniiiriea
pation or any ailment of the stomach, liver or bowles, there is no medicine that
will relieve you so quickly and permanently as OREGON LIVER REGULATOR.
Regular size, 25c. and 1.
D. J. Fry, Salem, Oregon.
Star, Idaho.
Dear Sir,—Enclosed find 25c. for a package of Oregon
Liver Regulator. We used the medicine when we lived in Salem and
found it superior to anything weever tried tor headache and bilious
ness.
Yours truly,
R ev . A nson C ox .
A FEW WORDS MORE.
Professional Cards.
FRY'S
L. EDDY,
FRYS H e L aler N,SG
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
O regon
T illamook
ROBERT STURGEON, Tillamook, Oregon.
W. H. COOPER.
H.
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T. HOTTS.
BOTTS,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
M F. LEACH,
Tillamook Meat Market
Office upstairs, North of Tillamook
County Bank.
OF
PROPRIETOR
DEALER
Complete set of abstracts.
TILLAMOOK
IN
OREGON.
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H. GOYNE,
Fresh and Cured Meats, Hides, Wool, etc,
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
Shop next door to Larsen's Hotel, Tillamook,
Office : Opposite Court House,
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T illamook
L. N BARNES,
O regon .
(“ALAUDE THAYER,
-A.t tixe
MEAT MARKET,
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
T illamook
O regon .
Is still here and expects to remain.
Thanking you for past favors and a continuance of your trade J^OBERT A. MILLER,
Cash paid for HIDES and PELTS and FURS, Etc.
A ttorney - at -L aw .
FAT HOGS WANTED right away to pack down.
Oregon City, Oregon.
Land Titles and Land Office
Business a Specialty.
Steamer Geo. R. Vosburg
Will Run Between
SEVERANCE,
Tillamook and Astoria.
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
T illamook
Freight in 5-ton lots and over $3.50 per ton.
Freight in less than 5-ton lots, $4.00 per ton.
Passenger rate, $3.50.
P hysician , S urgeon
A ccoucheur .
T illamook
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P hysician and S urgeon .
Office in T odd ’ s Building.
STEAMERS—SUE II. ELMORE, W. II. HARRISON.
ONLY LINE—ASTOTIA TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBALDI,
BAY CITY, HOBSONVILLE.
y ^R. O. II. DAVENPORT,
D entist .
Makes a Specialty of Crown and
Bridge Work,
Tillamook City .. Oregon.
Agents j v & c |{ R Co porlland
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I have the largest and best assorted stock of old ’
Wines and Liquors that has ever been imported into]
this City.
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S. STEPHENS,
Agent for the
HOME MUTUAL AND LONDON St
LIVERPOOL GLOIIE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT.]
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T illamook
CotinectihK at Astoria with th«1 Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. and
also the Astoria & Columbia River R. R foi Nan Francisco, Portland
and all pointe east. For freight and passenger rates apply to
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO. General Agents. ASTORIA. OR
B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon.
... , JO. R & N. R R. Co . Portland.
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M. SMITH, M.D.,
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Pacific Navigation Co.
Rafail»®®
and
All calls promptly attended to.
NEHALEM TRANS. CO.
Prophecies, even when the prophet,
are politicians, sometimes come true,
says the St. James Gazette. Here is
a notable Gladstone utterance which
we can now loak back upon a* quite
prophetic. Speaking or writing 25
year.“ago of the “menace which, in
the prospective development of her
resources, America offers to the com
mercial pre-eminence of England,” the
grand old man predicted that Amer
ica, and America alone, “can, and prob
ably will, wrest from us that commer
cial primacy. We have no title. I have
no inclination, to murmur at the pros
pect. If she acquires it, she will make
the acquisition by the right of the
strongest; but, in this instancs. the
strongest means the beat. She will
probably become what we are now,
the head servant in the great house
hold of the world, the employer of all
employed; because her service will be
the most and ablest. We have nomore
title against her than Venice, Genoa
or Holland has liad against us.”
O regon
AVID WII.EY, M.D.,
Ship Freight by A. & C. Railroad in Care of
. R. Vosburg.
PROPHECY OF GLADSTONE.
Two of the most energetic and
stM'ceasful young men of Philadelphia
follow the odd business of petition
ing in >ney for charities, says th«
Record of that city.
You, for instance, are interested
in an orphan asylum that ha« a
deficit this year of $8,000. You go to
Draw for Part«tra.
the young men and tell them you
Parisian hoatesnea have invented
want tite money.
a new method of dealing with one
“Leave us,’ they make answer, “all
of the principal difficulties incident
your literature—your catalogues, re to dinner par tic« that of pairing off
ports,
announcements — everything
the guests. On arriving in the draw
you have ever published.**
ing-room the guest« find two baskets
And they roaster that literature
of flowers. Hidden in the blossoms
and then they visit the asylum and
are numbered tickets. The men are
inspect it thoroughly. By this time
requested to shut their eyes, put a
they acquaint themselves with the
hand into one Itasket. adorned with
character of the institution in ques I forget-me-nnta or nome other blue*
tion, icarning whether or not th«
flower, and pull out a card. The la
!irnev«dent rich would he likely to
dle« perform a like ceremony, draw
help it if its case were laid before
ing their tickets from a Lower of
them. According to that likelihood
pink biosaoma. generally mm The
they set their price, saying
they I corresponding ntinben then look for
will “beg” for the place if they are
each other; and. having sorted them-
given ten, twenty, or thirty per cent,
selvss out, pair off and go ui to <fin-
of all the money they «»licit.
n/r.
They make, it is sali ma ted, $3, Mb
Oreaf Rrltala 1« *a«ll.
a year a piece.
Great Britain is only half as big
WeaSerfal Ma rk««aa web Ip.
m Bu rna ira, and double the sis« «>f
The
narve.’ows »h it in th«
Newfoundland. It stands fifth
in
w»<rW is M. Gaston Dordeverry. Tak
point of size in the list of the world’s
ing several repeating carbines, and
in La nds. England. without Wale«. 1«
standing ten vanta from a piano,
alnM«( identical m point of size with
he “pia ya.” of . tn .pv.k strictly, be
Roa ma n ia. It is less than one-quar
shoots in very brilliant style, a com
ter a* big as France or <>ermany The
plicated selection from “(arsile ria
who)« British isle« orrnpy roily one-
L‘«tstirana.~ The piano is “armored”
si stem th part of the snrfare of th«
for its novel experience.
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TILLAMOOK.
Meaning Best, Quick Cure, A new remedy for ail aches and pains. It is the justly
celebrated Pain Killer—guaranteed or money hack, Try ii for an ache or pain, ex-
ternal or internal. Regular size, 50c.
B enjamin W heeler , residence Highland Addition. Salem, Or.,
a sufferer from rheumatism, says : “Pry’s Lightning Healer is the
l»est and t he only medicitfe that ever gave inc relief. I believe it will
do all that is claimed for it.”
Above medicines for sale by
FOUND IN A LETTUCE HEAD.
There is really such a thing as get
ting too much for one's money, as, for
instance, when one buys lettuce at
five cent* a bunch and has a menagerie
and a flower garden throw n in.
Even the casual consumer of salads
occasionally haa a temporary loss of
appetite from the discovery Tif a large
white scale or a small green worm
among the crisp crinkles of his lettuce.
But these discoveries are only a faint
suggestion of the glories of annual life
whieh lurk undetected it. those same
inviting leaves. A man by the name of
Ceresole, having found more than the
usual number of insects pasturing
upon his piate of salad, went out into
the market place and bought samples
of lettuce, andive, radishes, celery and
the like.
The wily Ceresole washed his mar
keting in sterilized water and exam
ined the sediment. A simple micro
scopical survey revealed a luxuriant,
if not pleasing, fauna of 52 species,
comprising amoelae and anguillulae,
along with the eggs of the Toenia, Oxy-
uria axarides and Ankylostoma.
Not content with these pleasing
revelations, the curious Ceresole un
dertook a bacteriological investigation
and added to his previous discoveries
a rich menagerie of microbes, includ
ing micrococci, staphylococci, strep
tococci, sarcinae.
There were other». But why enlarge
upon the matter. Enough is enough.
And the moral of this is you can’t be
too careful about washing your sal
ads.
& E. Thayer
Save a Doctor Bill anti may be Your Life.
how is ' your ~1 jver ~F ii;g:rass“i"tir1.q„T'
Agent for North West School Supply
Company, Notary Public.
TILLAMOOK.
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OREGON
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Z'ALAUDE THAYER,
Agent for Fireman’s
Fund and London and Lanca
shire Fire Insurance
Companies.
Tillamook .. Oregon.
? Whisky, $2.25 to $8.00 per gal. 5'
... Wines, $1.00 to $3.00 per gal. 4 ■
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Don’t drink cheap doctored stuff when you can]
buy it pure and unadulterated from me.
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Boiler Work. Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging
Fine Machine Work a Specialty.
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B. L. E ddy , Sec.
GII.HRST !.. HRDGRS.
EDGES & GALLOWAY
ATT< lK.NBYS.AT.LAW.
Make a specialty of Land Office Business,
OFFICK IN WKINHASIl Nt ll.DINt,,
Room 1 and 2,
OKKGON CITY. ORE.
LATIMER,BROS.,
Centrally Lioeated.
Rates, $1 Per Day
tllltl 111 llllllESttl
LARSEN HOUSE,
M. H. LtARSEN, Proprietor.
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TILLAMOOK,
The B«M H o UI in tb« city.
OREGON
Wo Cbinm fxn;!oy»d.
SHAVING,
HAIR
shampooing ,
CVTT1NG
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I Electric Batha nicely fitted up (local foe
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persona au Hering with rlwumatiam.