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IN THE WHEELHOUSE.
MAN AND HIS BELIEFS.
THE “HOLY HOUSE.”
11 la There Thai All Ike Force» of a
Greet Vesael Are Dlreeietl.
The Srvrn Great Religion. Rodles of
the World.
Legend nt the Home or Marr and the
Saviour.
On entering the wheelhouse of an
ocean liner a landsman Is likely to tie
awed by the group of Instruments und
musses of complicated machinery on
every hand. Your eye will first- be
caught by the wheel or wheels, for of
ten there are two or more of them, one
directly In line with the other. The
first of these Is nn Insignificant look
Ing affair perhaps a foot or so In diam
eter, which seems out of all proportion
to the work It must accomplish. Di
rectly in front of it stands the ship's
compass, while back of It are massed
many complicated wheels nnd levers
which transform the slightest motion
of the wheel Into the great force which
guides the ship.
All the great steamers nre steered
nowadays by the aid of steam or elec
tricity. In the old days half a dozen
men at times would struggle with the
wheel in high seas, and sailors have
been killed by the rapid revolving of
the projecting spoke handles. The
modern steering gear makes It possl
ble to guide these great ships with the
slightest pressure. The rudder, weigh
ing many tons, Is perhaps 500 feet
astern, yet with a touch of the polish
ed wheel the great 700 foot ship will
swing from side to side with almost
the delicacy of a compass needle. The
wheel Hint the steersman operntes
merely governs the steering engine,
which, In turn, moves the great rud-
dor.
The most astonishing thing nbout
the bridge le to find the wheelhouse
with nil Its curtalnB tightly drawn, as
often happens, nnd the man nt the
helm steering the boat without see
ing ahead at all. At night or even by
day If the light of the binnacle Is con
fusing the wheelhouse In often com
pletely shut In. The man at the wheel.
It Is explained, does not need to look
abend. The lookout high up In the
"crow's nest" amt the officer on watch
on the bridge will keep him Informed
If any object Is sighted. The duty of
the man nt the wheel is to keep the
ship on her course. Throughout his
watch of four hours he must keep his
eyes on the compass and nowhere else.
On one side of the wheelhouse are
posted the sailing directions, which i
give the wheelsman explicit orders. i
The course to be followed for the day I
Is placed In a neat little rack called
the compass control. It suggests the I
rack In church nt the side of the pul
pit which announces the number of
the hymns nnd psalins for the day's
service. The compass control will nn
nounce, for Instance, N, 7, R. W, or
some such formula, The wheelsman
glances nt this ns he takes lila watch
nt the wheel nnd holds the great ship
exactly on this course until he In re
Moved.—Francis Arnold Collins In St.
Nicholas.
The population of the earth at the
death of the Emperor Augustus was
estimated nt 50,000,000. Today It Is
calculated that this globe has a popu
lation of 1,603,150,000. Out of this vast
number of more than a billion and a
half of human beings It Is asserted that
all but nn Infinitesimal fraction of 1
per cent believe In and worship 111
some degree a supreme ruler of the
universe.
There are seven great religions In the
world. The Christian religion has the
greatest number of adherents, 563.000,-
000. Of this number 350.000.000 are
Catholics and 213.000.000 Protestants.
These two great divisions nre sulsllvid
cd Into Innumerable sects differing
from one another on some point of
dogma or cliurih government. Next In
Importance comes the worship of an
cestors and Confucianism, whose fol
lowers are 283,000,000 In number. This
belief Is confined almost exclusively to
the Chinese and Jupanese. In India
there are 223.000,000 Brahmans. This
form of religion has decreased some
whnt during recent years, owing per
haps to the continual ravages of plague
nnd famine U> that country. But It still
holds the third place among the seven
great religions. Brahmanism Is hard
pressed, however, by the faith of Is
lam. There are 222,000,000 of these fol
lowers of the doctrines of Mohammed.
The fifth on the list are the Polytheists,
the believers In many gods, who num
her 130,000,000. The devotees of Bud
dha come next, 107,000,000 strong
These, too, have their stronghold In
India. The smallest of the seven great
religions of the world Is Taoism, with
44.000,000 adherents In the Chinese em
pire nnd In Tibet.
The next greatest religion. In point
of numbers, to Taoism Is the belief of
Japan, Shintoism. This has but 18.
000,000 believers. The Jewish faith
now counts but half that number of
adherents. But, unlike the other great
religions, the followers of the teachings
of Moses nre not centered In any par
ticular country, but are scattered all
about the world. Compared with the
foregoing, the religions of the Parsces,
while one of the most benutlful the
oretlcally, has about the smallest fol-
lowing of any distinct belief In the
world, 150.000. This sect has its home
In India and Is beat known to the out-
side world by Its curious burial cus
toms, the famed “towers of silence.'
—Exchange.
Ix-t me give the main outlines of the
leg.-od. At Nazareth was preserved
with pious care the house of Our
Lady. The dwelling place In which
she received the gracious message of
the Incarnation, the lowly home which
sheltered the holy family for so many
years, was a very precious sanctuary.
On May 10, 1291. a month after the
taking of Tripoli and Ptolemals. this
holy house was carried by the bands
of angels from Nazareth to a place In
Dalmatia tietween Flume and Tersntz
on the Adriatic shore.
It was a one roomed edifice, built of
red square stones, fastened with ce
ment, and bore proof of age and ori
ental design. It stood without auy
foundations and had a wooden deco
rated celling. The walls were covered
with frescoes; there were a door and
a narrow window; Inside were an
altar of stone, an ancient crucifix, a
small cupboard, containing a few ves
sels of common use; a chimney and
hearth, above which was a cedar
statue of Our Lady with the Holy
Child In her arms. The pastor of the
place learned In a vision that the build
ing was the house of Our Lady, the
stone altar that at which St. Peter
celebrated mass and the statue the
work of St. Luke the Evangelist. In
proof of the vision he was cured of a
serious illness. A deputation of four
responsible persons forthwith were
sent to Nazareth to Investigate the
mystery, and they found that the
house was no longer to be found.
Measurement and otner means taken
proved that the house that had sud
denly appeared In Dalmatia was in
deed none other than that which had
ns suddenly left Palestine. Three years
after, on Dec. 10, 1294, the holy
house again dlsappeard and under
the pontificate of Celestine V. came to
Recanatl, a little town In the march
of Ancona, when It fixed Itself in a
laurel grove belonging to a pious lady
called Loreto. It was discovered by
some shepherds nnd soon became rec
ognized and was henceforth a much
frequented place of pilgrimage. Eight
months afterward the house removed
to a small hill, three miles from Re
canatl, to land belonging to two broth
ers, who, however, fell out shortly aft
erward over the division of wealth
which liegan to flow to the new shrine.
To save strife between the brothers
the house was suddenly lifted once
more nnd this time settled down final
ly In the midst of the public way,
which had to lie diverted In conse
quence. Here. too. In the course o'
time n chapel was built, which gave
way In time to the present basilica.
The famous pilgrimage of I sire to goes
on today. Popes, kings and princes
have visited this shrine nnd left great
gifts. Later on a festival with litur
gical rites was Instituted, nnd In time
the feast of tlie translation of the holy
house was extended to many countries.
—Fortnightly Review.
IDEAS OF HEAVEN.
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The Homans believed In the Elysian
fields of the Greeks.
The Haitians locate heaven 111 one ot
the beautiful valleys of their Island.
The Assyrians believe heaven la In
the Imwels of the earth or far away In
the oast.
Some natives of the south Pacific
think heaven a place where they will
be white.
The Greek belief, according to Socrn
tea. was that the pious went to heaven.
Ilk" prisoners set free, to dwell In un
clouded peace.
According to the auclent aatrono
mere, lieaven was seven or eight solid
spheres, with a planet for the center of
each. Rome even ran the number up to
seventy.
The Egyptians thought heaven to be
on ninny Islands at the foot of the
Milky way. Those worthy spent the
time harvesting beans and In feasting,
singing and playing.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
You hnven’t as long to live as^jioii
used to have.
Some people are so agreeable that
they are disagreeable.
Heroism Is generally a foolish act
with a successful termination.
Some people not only Insist upon glv
Ing advice, but asking questions Ht the
same time.
When a married woman hear* about
women who are working on salaries
she Is Hable to say, "Well, I earn all 1
get.”
The surest way to tame n man I n to
take his money away from him. When
a man has no money even a woman
can run over him.
People talk of nursing their wrath as
If they are blo.xlthlrsty for revenge,
but leave an angry man alone and In
two days he will have forgotten what
he got angry about Atchison (llolie.
No Cure For Innoninla,
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I believe the stolidity of tlie English
character and its Implicit acceptance
of authority are due In a large measure
to the fact that long before It leaves
the s|>elllug class It Is ready to believe
anything And this unquestioning at
titude of mind Is only rendered the
more hopeless when It comes to learn
that In one case twelve ounces make a
pound. In another case It requires six
teen. Indeed, If we had set ourselves
deliberately to stamp out rational In
stincts and the habit ot logical aud
thoughtful Inquiry In the child mind,
we probably could not have devised
two more fiendish Instruments than
our scheme of spelling on the one hand
and of weights and measures on the
other.—London Mall.
A sufferer from Insomnia may work
I hard at physical and mental labor, yet
the night cometh when no man can
work. The Insomniac, utterly fatigued,
falls Into a slumlier not n sound, re
freshing, dreamless slumber, but a
coma, lethargy, a torpor, born of fa
tlgue. In a few hours the demon says
Cnatamped Letters In England.
"Awake!" nnd the Insomniac starts In
Many people nre unaware of the fact
stantly Into waking, with bright, star that the sender of an unstamped let
Etiquette.
Ing, winkless, sleepless eyes. Is there ter can lie proceeded against for the
"Etiquette" la n French word which no cure? None. Insomnia comes with postage The moment a person posts
originally meant a lalwl Indicating the ago You cannot cure your years. Vw an unpaid letter he becomes a debtor
price or quality, the English “ticket." used to sleep yesterday when you wen- to the postoffice. If It Is refused by the
and In old French was usually special young "Not poppy nor mandrngora addressee the sender Is liable for the
Iced to moan a soldier's billet. The nor all the drowsy sirups of the world postage. An enormous number of (in
phrase "that's the ticket" shows the can medicine thee to that sweet sleep stamped letters are posted every year.
change to the present meaning of man which yestenlay thou hadst.” San No record Is kept of the exact number.
tiers according to code. Burke solemn Francisco Argonaut.
Many large firms give Instructions at
ly explained that "etiquette had Its
the poetoffice that unstamped letters
original application to those ceremon
East and West.
are not to l e delivered to them. They
les and formal observances practiced
The chief distinction between tlie are then returned to the senders, and
at court» Tlie term came afterward genius of the eastern civilization and In the case of frequent offenders legal
to signify certain formal methods used that of the west, according to an ori steps are taken. -London Ijidy.
In the transactions lietween sovereign ental, Ilea III thia: With you the Indi
»tales."
vidual Is the hub of the universe even
Her SlmalleHr.
charity liegins at home with you
A silly little lady had a husband, a
A Widow's llonb'e Grief.
while with us of the east It la the lover of gayety. who was Inclined to
A clergyman who recently called whole, the state, not the Individual, neglect his wife. This Indy while
upon a young widow to condole with that we emphasize. An Individual Is spending the winter In Devonshire said
Iler U|sm the loss of her husband nothing; the state, the whole. Is every one dsy at the country pystoffice:
placed considerable emphasis upon the thing We sacrifice thousands of In
"Dear me, what a silly mistake you
proposition that the separation was dtvlduala, we sacrifice our children postofflee people have made."
merely tem|>or«l and painted In vivid and our wives upon the altar of na
"How, madam?" asked the clerk.
colors the happiness of friends reunlt tlonal honor, without hesitation, with
"Why.” she explained, with a titter,
«1 after death. When lie stopped for out regret.—Forum.
"here I have Just got a letter from my
breath the sorrowing one heaved a
husband, who Is working bard In Ism-
deep algh and quietly remarked, "Well,
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Grief.
don. and the envelope Is postmarked
I suppose his first wife has got him
Visitor I do hope that poor .Tack, Monte Carlo."- London Queen.
again then ” Saturday Review.
your brother, does not grieve too much
The Sweet Girl*. Way.
at my having broken our engagement.
I'm. eg I«.
I feel sur»» lie must bo very unhappy.
After a girl has worked for six
Rjones Why tlie grouch? Psnilth— What did be say. dear? The Sister
months to get a young man, lying
ptlm -x-if.. called me a fool. Hjoneg— Oh. he said what a lucky thing It was awake nights to think up new schemes
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•P It may not be true IS ml lb you broke It off thia week Instead of of fascination. It la amaslng to witness
Jeff
Is. She proved It. Wont and next, a* It saved him from having to the coolneaa with which she can look
Lem
a bunch nf my old love letter« buy yoi> a birthday present!
up Intn bls eyetogfter he tins finally
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'em to met <leveland Lead
proposed and mnrmur tenderly' "You
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duct
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hypnotist!" Somerville Journal.
vain
Little Elsie Mamma how much <1.
wait
lettere.
The llwrglar'a Jlwamr.
people pay a pound for bables? Mam
^’Hhawer a letter the day It le received ma Rabies are not sold by the pound,
Why does the burglar call tlie tool
windows •ml
and you will experience a sense of my dear. Little Elsie Then why de with which he
fluty well done Delay It. and after too they always weigh them as soon aa doors a "Jimmy F' No one seems to be
long a time has elapsed shame will put they are born? 8t. lxmls Post Dia sure Perhaps It 1« merely a pot name
a stop to Its scknowledgment alto patch.
The French burglar calls bls Jlmmy
gather
"Frere Jacques," which Is first cousin
Utcamr.
to "Jimmy."
While Europe has 107 peof.le to the
Efile Tapa, a man who has a wife
••■-a mile, kata haa but fifty eight,' too much la a bigamist, le he noti
în prosperity the proud man
deven and Australia one an* s rapa (thoughtfully) Not always, dear. nobody. In adversity nobody
—Illustrated Bits
him Duquoln Call.
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The M or«1 Part.
A professor of Triulty college. Dub
lin. overhearing an undergraduate mak
ing use of profane language, rushed at
him frantically, exclaiming. “Are you
aware, sir, that yon are Imperiling
your Immortal soul amt. what la worse.
Incurring a fine of 5 shillings?”
Proof.
Kdle- We-v you taken by surpriM
when he proponed, dear? Ella-Good
ties«, yea! Why, I hadn't even looked
up hts financial «t»ndlng’Ally filopar.
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Thèse arrivals miking our Waist Department
brim full of the Choicest Bargains.
$800 Worth of Men’s and Boy’s Suits
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In the Latest Styles and Patterns, m iking our already
large stock of Clothing the finest in the County.
Nice line of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes
Rubber Boots and Requapel Clothing.
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CONSISTING OF
Ladies’ Shott and Long Ccats,
Misses Short Coats,
Ladies’ Skedrane Coats,
Tailored Suits and Skirts in Voile,
Panama and Serge.
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We also have the Butterick Patterns and the
Delineator for Sale.
Don’t Forget the Silverware is FREE.
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The Oregon Cheese Co., Incorported,
is prepared to buy all the first class
cheese that conies along. Spot cash
and highest price. Factory men will
do well to see R. Robinson, the mana
ger, before selling.
lie will be in
Tillamook a good part of the time dur
ing the season. Only the best stock
wanted.
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THE OREGON CHEESE COMPANY,
126 Fifth Street, Portland.
Reference, Tillamook County Bank.
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CORDON HATS!
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But there is nothing like the GORDON HAT for
style and durability.
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The GORDON HAT is manufactured by Gordon and
Fergnson, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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FfaKGUSON $2.50, and many other cheaper
grades in different brands, but all are good values
for the price.
There are no better Hats made
for the Money.
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TODD & CO,
The Clothers and
Furnishers, Oregon.
Tillamook,
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I will receive on the next boat a
fine assortment of Shoes, consist
ing of Men’s, Boy’s, Youth’s and
Little Gent.’s Shoes.
Mv Ladies’ Sho6s are of the
latest styles and best quality.
Misses and Children’s School
Shoes, solid sole leather insoles and
counters constantly kept in stock.
Our old friends keep buying our
shoes, knowing that they will get
their money’s worth.
People will trade with a mer
chant whose store has a reputation
for reliability.
You can find just what you want
THE RED FRONT SHOE
STORE.
P. F. BROWNE, Agent
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1 here are many kinds of HATS worn by many kinds
kinds of people.
Harlem In New York.
Dogs vary greatly In their appetites,
and occasionally we find a dainty feed
er who will nose over a mixed dish of
food, picking out n bit here and there
and showing but little relish for wbat
be does eat. This Is nn evident sign
that something Is wrong. Changing
his teeth. If a puppy, thus disturbing
his system, may lie the cause, and In
this case a little cooling medicine
should lie given.
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1 Large Assortment of Spring Garments,
Votes have beeu purchased sliame-
lessly and on a huge scale In Britlsh
elections. An arrangement was once
made lu the borough of Wendover by
which two candidates were to be elect
ed after a distribution of £0,000 ($30,-
000) among the voters. The account
reads: "This being settled, a gentleman
was employed to go down, when he
was met according to previous ap
pointment by the electors about a mile
from the town. The electors asked
the stranger where he came from. He
replied, ‘From the moon.’ They then
asked, ‘What news from the moon?'
He answered that he had brought from
thence £6,000 to be distributed among
them. The electors, being thus satis
fied with the golden news from the
moon, chose the candidates and receiv
ed their reward.”
At Hlndon a man dressed fantastic
ally as the dancing Punch called nt the
houses of the voters and left liehlnd
him sums of 5 to 10 guineas ($25
to $50). Another device was to collect
the citizens at the Inns and hand them
their reward through a hole In the
door. For these offenses the house of
commons passed a resolution that Hln
don should be disfranchised, but so lax
were the morals of the time—the close
of the eighteenth century—that tlie res
olution was never acted upon.
Again In 1859 the "man In the moon”
turned up In Wakefield. He went
about openly distributing money nnd
did not appear to be In the least
ashamed of his occupation. At Dub
lin In 1868 a hole In the wall served
the purpose of a distributing center for
five pound notes, while at Shaftes
bury an aiderman paid through a hole
In the door of his office a sum of 20
guineas ($100) to each elector.—Chicago
News.
Care of the Dow.
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In bauia, Dottad Scuiss, Madras Colth,
Freneh Uauun, India bauin and Batiste.
Ori tilth Electors Got Golden
Newii From the Moon.
In 1636 there was a settlement at
the foot of a little hill on Manhattan
Island which the settlers called Slang
Berge, or Snake Hill, but which Is
now called Mount Morris. As the set
tlenient grew each Dutchman who liv
ed there wanted to name It after his
native town. But as each one bad
come from a different place In Holland
they could not agree. Governor Stuy
vesant made careful Inquiries, and.
finding that no one bad come from
Haarlem, be nipped all neighborly Jeal
ousies In the bud by naming It Nleuw
Haarlem.
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BUYING VOTES.
When
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Danger to drhero of automobiles
grows rapidly greater with each new-
burst of speed. A correspondent of I
the Scientific American develops tbe
theme as follows: “The danger 111 ull
eases Increases as the square of tlie
speed. Take three machines of the
same make, one going five miles ail
hour, one twenty miles an hour and
one forty miles an hour. The second
lias stored up In It. due to its rapidity
of motion, sixteen times as much
energy as tlie first, and If it leaves the
road and runs Into nn obstacle, sucli
ns a tree, a stone wall or a ditch, it
will strike with sixteen times as great
force. In going around n curve or
turning a corner It Is sixteen times ns
likely to upset, skid into the ditch or
strip a tire. When the power Is shut
off and the brakes applied It will go
sixteen times as far before It can be
brought to a stop. If It comes upon a
pedestrian suddenly the latter will have
to exert sixteen times ns much energy
to get out of the way In time and If
struck will be struck with sixteen times
the force. The third machine will be
slxty-four times as likely to get Into
trouble In going around a curve as the
first.
"An object going five miles an hour
Is moving with the same speed as It
would have attained In falling ten
Inches. In moving ten miles an hour
It is going ns fast ns though It had
fallen three and a half feet. Twenty
miles an hour is generally considered
a very conservative speed. Now, twen
ty miles an hour is the same speed
that would be obtained were the ma
chine to fall thirteen feet through the
air, thirty miles an hour Is equivalent
to a fall of thirty feet, forty miles an
hour to a fall of fifty-two feet, sixty
miles an hour to a fall of 120 feet and
120 miles an hour to a fall of 480 feet.
"A person struck by an automobile
going twenty-five miles nn hour re
ceives the same jar as though he him
self had fallen from a height of twenty-
one feet, or, say, from a second story
window; by one going forty miles an
hour, ns though he had fallen fifty-
two feet, or. say, from the top of a lofty
tree; by one going 120 miles an hour, as
though he himself had fallen from the
top of the Washington monument.”
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