TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, JANUARY 30, 1908.
I
WASHINGTON LETTER
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
NEW SHORT STORIES
A HANDSHAKE.
Story of a Parting Clasp by One Wh*
Observed It.
■Ä
WOMAN AND FASHION
A Study In Tan.
DANGEROUS FREIGHT.
'
Cargoes That Ar* a Source of Danger
to V mm I e
Th's practical house gown Is develop
When Landis Was Bowled OuL
Exhaustive experiment* by the N*w
The Connecticut avenue bridge, con
ed lu tan cashmere, with bauds of to
Congressman Charles B. Landis of
South
Wales government hava now
They
had
beeu
talking
about
vari
paz
velvet
and
yoke
aud
sleeves
of
ceded to be the handsomest one tn
One of the company gets himself Indiana tells a story of bow be was
Washington, Is completed. Pedestrians up to represent the old man of the bowled out at a political meeting be ous ways of shaking bands and bad Irish crochet In burnt Ivory tone. The proved—what has ail along been sus-
addressed during the campaign of pretty well gone over the ground cov skirt Is a five gored model, with a pret pected—that wool wlll under certain
have been using It for several weeks,
ered by all the philosophic writings on
conditions ignite spontaneously and
but it will not be formally opened to woods. The rest take the names of 1904. He was paying his respects to
Handshakes when one of the men In
traffic until the approaches are com various animals—such as lion, tiger, the Democrats In no uncertain terms,
that consequently It Is a dangerous
rhe
group
said:
ridiculing their principles and their
pleted.
leopard, and so on.
cargo to carry.
“
The
most
expressive
handshake
1
Thia big bridge, which carries the
The players 6eat themselves isms and placing their candidates in a ever saw was given by one man to
Probably, therefor*, it will be added
highway of Connecticut avenue across around the room, and the old man, ludicrous light
to the list of commodities which the
"Take even the places their candi another. There was no tie of kinship
Kock creek, is one of the grandest con
board of trade decrees must be stowed
crete structures in the country. Work standing in the center, tells them dates inhabit” he shouted. "Hill occu between them.
“Each was about forty. Both were
with extra care, commodities which in
on It was commenced in 1898, and that some of their number have pied Wolfert's Roost."
clude such diverse article« as matches,
since then the construction has been committed u crime and he is about
Jeers and bowls of derision from the In perfect health. One bad the pros
pects of many years of life. The other
carried on by yearly appropriations. to question them in order that he mob.
acids, gunpowder, coal, wheat and tim
to die within a minute, and the
The total eost 1» »850,000.
“Cleveland located bis home at Buz was
ber.
may discover the guilty ones. He
whose hand he held was to kill
man
zard's Bay.”
Dimensions of the Bridge.
This, however, will be but poor con
then
begins,
“
Now,
Mr.
Lion,
where
him.
Roars of laughter.
The bridge is described as fifty two
seemed
to
me
then
that
I
could
solation
to the harassed sea captain,
"It
“And uow Parker, he comes from
feet wide over all, and the maximum have you been hunting and what
since all these things have to be car
read the
— meaning
----------- of the bandshake
elevation of the floor above the ground have you eaten today ?” “1 hunted Esopus.”
ried anyhow, somehow. Besides, the
Hardly had the outburst caused by given by the man about to die to the
Is 130 feet. The bridge consists of five in the forest and caught an ante
man about to kill him. It seemed to
danger
frequently ilea not bo much in
150 foot arches, separated from each lope.” “Then you are twice guilty
say: 'You are a good man. and 1 like
cargoes known to be dangerous as In
other by twenty foot piers, and at and must pay two forfeits,” says the
you. I thank you for many acts of
those supposed to be safe.
each end of this series of arches there old man. And the lion must pay
kindness and especially for this friend
Thus a cargo of glass bottles came
is an arch of eighty-two feet. The his forfeit without being told the
ly grasp.’
within an ace of wrecking the sailing
smaller arches are separated from the crime he ha3 committed. The old
"Then, with a gently lingering cling,
others by an abutment having a width
ship Camel off the Isle of Wight a short
be let the other man's hand slip from
of thirty-seven feet. At the ends of the man passes on to a polar bear.
time ago, and a patent paint drying
his
own.
There
was
a
volume
of
mean
bridge proper there are two abutments “Where did you hunt and what
preparation sufficed to send to the bot
ing
In
that
motion.
have you eaten ?” he asks. “I hunt
about 136 feet lu length.
tom of the strait of Magellan the Do-
"It seemed to say that there were
The bridge is said to be the largest ed in the water and had a fine fish
terel and the 143 souls aboard her.
the morrow's sunrise and many more
structure of the sort that baa ever to eat.” The polar bear is pro
Potatoes that decayed into a putrid
for the man whose hand be was re
been built of concrete. In fact, it may nounced innocent. The secret of
pulp engendered a pestilence that a
leasing. but for blm a few moments
be said to be the pioneer in the use of the game is that no animal may
couple of years ago killed eleven out
more of life, and then— It seemed to
such material for a structure of its bring in the letter “o,” either in his
of twenty-seven of the crew of oue of
say that there was an age of human
SIMPLE HOUSE OOWN.
ningnlt, ie. its construction won start hunting ground or the food he eats.
the finest vessels lu the American mer
companionship In every instaDt during
flare
at
the
foot.
The
box
plaited
ed nearly ten years ago, when concrete
ty
, cantile marine and nearly caused her
which the two bands touched.
"Forest
”
and
“
antelo
jumper
Is
decorated
with
fabric
but
bad not the prominent place it has at
“It seemed to say that when the tons, and individuality is gained from total loss off Tenerife. This year in
in them, so t
tained In the last half dozen years.
one of the Liverpool docks the emana
clasp was broken he was forever cut
o
forfeits,
whil
the shaping of the neck and the ex tions from a cargo of soap blew a ship
The I ride Is finished with a concrete
off from the living and was as one
having no “o,”
parapet and metal railing of the fol
well nigh to bits and killed a number
dead. And many other tbiugs it seem tended armholes.
io» lug description:
Over the piers declared innocent. The fun is for
of men whe were working in her hold.
ed to say that I cannot translate Into
there Is a Bolld parapet, and between the old man to keep the secret of
Flat
Toque
In
Favor
Again.
The other day a bark put out from
words.
the piers every seventeen fort there “guilty” or “innocent” to himself
Though the toque never really went Cadiz with a huge block of granite
"Within a few seconds one of the
are concrete posts, each coming directly and let the player try to solve the
out
of
fashion,
for
there
are
many
wo
poised near her after hatch. This
men gave the signal that ended the
over Hie spandrel walls. Between these puzzle and where the catch comes
men who, like Queen Alexandra, found through some mismanagement fell into
life of the other.
concrete posts is an iron railing con
“It was a case,” the story teller con it becoming and refused to give It up. the hold, broke through her bottom and
sisting of vertical square balusters and in.—Philadelphia Record. .
tinued. “of the hanging of a man in It has not been generally worn In re sauk her there and then. Three huge
a top hand rail section of cast Iron.
Invisible Ink.
Connecticut for murder. While under cent days. The round toque, which vans filled with furniture caused the
The lamps are possibly the most orna
the influence of liquor with other men I fits close to the head and Is worn per Marie Roze to capsize and founder in
Every
now
and
then
a
boy
wants
mental "fixings" on the bridge aside
he had dealt one of them a blow that fectly flat with no upstanding trim Marseilles harbor.
to
know
how
to
make
invisible
ink.
from tlie lions. They are made of cast
ming, Is finding such wide favor that
resulted in his death.
Finally there is the extraordinary
Iron and are of tin artistic mid attrac The best preparation is based on
“The condemned man was not by it threatens the sovereignty of the case of the Southern Belle, lost last
five design There nre two sidewalks the use of cobalt, a reddish white
huge
picture
shape.
These
toques
fre
uature or Inclination a criminal. He
spring between TahlH and the New
on the bridge, each eight feet wide, metal of the iron group. The pe
had never been arrested before he was quently are made of velvet to match Hebrides, the cause of the wreck be
and there Is a roadway of thirty-six culiarity about ink made from this
"HELLO I MAT I ASK A QUESTION ?”
the gown with which they are worn ing officially described as due to “mon
feet. The roadway is temporary and base is that it may be made to dis this sally died nway when a tall Irish taken into custody for murder.
“The sheriff, who shook hands with and are bordered with fur or with the keys gnawing cordage.” — Bermuda
Is made of macadam. A permanent
appear and to reappear at pleas man in the rear of the crowd yelled: him on the gallows just before the feather trimming that has become pop Royal Gazette.
roadway will not be laid until the en
"Hello! May I ask a question?"
drop fell, had a genuine liking for ular again.
tire fill has had ampla opportunity to ure. To prepare it take zaffer,
"Certainly!” responded Mr. Landis.
him. He offered the condemned man
Excitement on the Sun.
settle. When ft has settled cement which is a crude cobalt oxide easily
White and Cream.
"What In thunder have you got to the usual merciful portion of liquor
obtainable at drug stores, and dis
There is now visible upon the sun’s
and asphalt will lai used.
It Is evident that as many lace
say about the places the Democrats before the execution, but the man re-
solve it in nitromuriatic acid until came from when you have a lobster
Liked the Old Pans.
waists on the burned ivory tone as disk a remarkable array of spots In
fused it.
which rapid changes are taking place.
Borne years ago a memlier of con the acid extracts from it the metal who hails from Oyster Bay?”
“By the way, I have seen several those made of white or cream are to The activity to which they are due Is
gross from Ohio took n fancy to the lic part of the cobalt, which gives
persons hanged, and I think this man be worn. Heretofore the lighter tones no doubt connected with the great sun
pens used by the members. When he the zaffer a blue color. Then dilute
was the only one I ever saw go to the have been the favorites for elaborate flame, shooting up to an elevation of
Why He Climbed.
retired to private life he bnd accumu the solution with common water. If
Max Goldberger, author of “The scaffold without being ‘doped’ with creations of this attractive adjunct to 325,000 miles, which was recently ob
lated a supply of penB which would you write with this liquid on paper,
liquor, and he was the steadiest In the well gowned woman's wardrobe.
last him the rest of his natural life, the characters will be invisible, but Land of Unlimited Possibility,” is a nerve of them all. His only betrayal The burned ivory laces are seen also served at the Radcliffe observatory,
firm believer in America's future and
Oxford. The entire length of the dis
bo thought. However, a few days ago
of weakness, if it was such, was his in combination with white, and heavy
Representative J. Warren Kelfer re when exposed to a sufficient degree has molded all Germany to bls opin noticeable clinging to the sheriff’s Russian effects are used with net, the turbed area, which lies practically
wived a letter from the ex-member of heat they will become green. ion.
parallel with the sun's equator, is not
“Mr. Goldberger made a thorough hand before releasing it.”—Washington net often embroidered. Tiny gold but less than 350,000 miles.
asking his aid in getting more of the When the paper has cooled they will
tons In clusters trim prettily In many
Post.
study
of
us
during
his
visit
here,"
said
disappear.
It
is
necessary
to
ex
old style liens.
Recent spectroscopic studies of great
cases, relieving the depth of color by
The writer stated lu the letter that pose the writing to the heat careful a Milwaukee banker. "At a dinner
a touch of brightness. A cerise era- sun spots have stimulated Interest in
In the Berth Below.
that
I
gave
him
he
expressed
the
great
he was now elghty-Rlx years old and ly, for if the paper be heated too
these wonderful phenomena by show
It Is asserted by some naturalists vatte is also one of the best color con
was using tbo last pen hs had. The much the characters will not dis est confidence in our financial, social
trasts to be worn with one of the ing that in the nature of the light giv
the
puma,
the
second
largest
of
that
and
political
stability.
particular style of pen in question has appear after once appearing.—Chi
en forth from them they bear a re
"He said that everything pointed up the big cats of South America, neither waists.
not been manufactured for several cago News.
semblance to certain red stars which
feared
man
nor
regarded
human
be
ward,
and
the
signs
of
prosperity
were
years, but General Kelfer had an ex
appear to be In a more or less ad
An Economical Evening Frock.
ings
as
its
prey,
but
ou
the
contrary
as
easy
to
read
in
America
as
the
haustlve search made of both the sen
King Caesar,
A ’design for a charming reception vanced stage of decadence. Thus they
sought
their
society.
The
following
signs
of
something
else
were
easy
to
ate and bouse stationery rooms.
This is an outdoor play for boys. read In Heinz Wlenerschnltzel.
anecdote from “Animal Artisans," by or dancing gown is shown here, to be serve as indications of the existence
Flually two boxes of the old pens
“Heinz Wlenerschnltzel, be explain Mr. C. J. Cornish, long a resident of made of pale blue tissue or silk mull of a tendency in our sun toward a
were found, which Mr. Kelfer linme Two bases, or homes, are marked
lace, taffeta and, ribbons. The wide change of state which will probably
dlately sent to the aged Ohioan, with out—one at each end of the field or ed, with a smile, was awakened by his British Guiana, supports the belief girdle and drooping sleeve caps are of end in its ultimate extinction.—Gar
seeks
the
society
of
that
the
puma
wife
in
the
dead
of
night.
playground.
Half
the
players
go
to
’
’
of
a
duty
well
a feeling, as be said,
“ 'Heinz! Heinz!" she whimpered, man instead of attacking or fearing taffeta. Ecru lace bands are above the rett P. Servlss in New York American.
each base—all but one, called “King
performed."
sleeve caps, and a flat emplecement of
'wake
up! There’s a burglar down him.
Caesar,” who stands between the
President Lincoln's Last Writing,
Pacific Coast Halibut.
When making an expedition up one
stairs! I bear him!'
two
bases.
The
others
run
to
and
of
Nevada
pass
Ex-Senator Stewart
That a large part of the eastern
“Heinz was out of bed In an Instant. of the large rivers in a steam launch
ed the main portico of the White fro, and it is the king’s business to
fresh halibut comes from the Pacific
“ ‘Hist!’ he said.
our friend gave a passage to an elder
House the other day on bls way to the catch them as they pass. When he
coast will probably surprise many of
"And slipping on shoes and trousers, ly Cornish miner who was anxious to
executive offices to see the president.
catches one he taps him on the he stole softly from the room.
the lovers of that huge fish. The busi
reach the gold fields. Not wishing to
Pointing to the historic steps of the head, saying, “I crown thee king.”
ness of western halibut is growing
“Some time passed. The wife, lis Intrude upon his hosts, be did not
White House, he said: "I saw Bresl The player thus caught joins in the tening Intently, heard nothing. Anxie sleep ou board the launch, but always
constantly, and the supply going to
dent Lincoln get Into bls carriage from
Boston comprises about all of the 25,-
ty overcame her at last. She crept ta swung his hammock tietween two trees
those steps the night be was killed. I capture of the others, helping to the stairway, leaned over the balus* on shore. As cllmbiug Into a high
000,000 pounds a year taken by the
was the last man to speak to hint al make more kings until all have been trade and called:
fishermen In Seattle and Alaska. The
slung hammock is not easy, he usually
the White House, He wrote me n caught. The last player caught is
“ ’Heinz!’
fish is carefully boxed and Iced down
fastened it rather low, aud his weight
note that night that I would give {1, the winner of the game and becomes
and then rushed to Boston by express
’“Well, what Is It?' her husband's probably brought it to within three
000 if I had now. It was this way: first king if the game begins again.
voice replied. It came not from below, feet of the ground at the bottom of the
freight and sold back again to New
Mr. Lincoln's calling hour for congres
but from above.
York, Chicago and other large centers
curve. Oue morulug. being asked how
alonal visitors was 7 o'clock In the
Puzzle Your Friends.
“ 'What on earth,' said Mrs. Wiener be had slept, be complaiued that "the
for distribution. Comparatively little
evening. 1 was In the senate and call
Ask them what number of three
‘are you doing up in the at frogs had made such a noise under
halibut Is taken to Boston in vessels.
ed nt the White House abortt 7.30 that figures multiplied by 8 will make schnitzel,
tic?1
—San Francisco Argonaut
neath bls hammock that they had kept
evening. The presidential offices were
exactly 10? Answer—1V4 or 1.25.
“ ‘Why,’ said Heinz, ‘didn't you say him awjike.”
tlieu located In the second story. From
Place three twos together so as to the burglar was downstairs?’”
Some Indians of the crew whp were
New Drowning Theory.
there 1 sent my card to the president,
folding up the hammock laughed a
An Illinois physician has revived the
who wrote upon it these words: '1 have make 24. Method—2? plus 2 equal
good deal when they beard this, and
Phonographic Proof.
idea of resuscitating drowned people
an engagement to take Mrs Lincoln to 24.
Lincoln Beachy, the well known bal being asked the reason, said, still
by first Immersing them In a hot bath
the theater, an engagement I never
Take 1 from 9 and make it 10.
laughlug,
"Oh,
'tiger
’
sleep
with
old
loonist,
was
talking
In
Toledo
about
for twenty minutes or longer and then
break. Call tomorrow morulug at 10 Method — IX; take away I and
man
last
night!
”
They
had
found
un
Henry Farman's recent marvelous
resorting to the old and ordinary meth
o'clock.' That. 1 believe, was the last leave X.
der the hammock the marks of where
flight with bls aeroplane In Paris.
ods of restoration. He says the lungs
line Mr. Lincoln ever wrote. On my
Add 1 to 9 and make it 20. Meth
“The aeroplane will some day rule a puma had lain. The noise which
of a drowned person do not contain
wny cut of the White House I met
od—IX; cross the 1 and we have the air," be said. "Modern invention! had kept the occupier of the hammock
water, a spasm of the larynx occur
President Lincoln In the lobby, going
XX.
makes this probable, particularly the awake was the purring of the puma,
to bls carriage with bls wife. He
ring which prevents the entrance of
Prove that 1 taken from 19 leaves Invention of motors that are at once pleased at occupying the "next berth
stop|>ed to shake bands and repented
water for a period of nine days.
below a man.
to me Hint he would like to hnve me 20. Method—Take the I from XIX very light and very powerful.
Drowning, so called. Is merely suspend
"What a useful thing modern inven ,
call the next morning. I stood there and we have XX. — Philadelphia
ed animation and not death. By this
tton
Is,"
said
Mr.
Beachy,
with
a
laugh
,
A Glimpse of Ouida.
until he helped Mrs. Lincoln In the Ledger.
process life may be saved If the body
"I know, for Instance, a Toledo man | Ouida (Louise de la Itamee), in green
carriage and got lu himself.”
has not been submerged more than six
who started the phonograph going sud silk, sinister clever face, hair down,
Playinfl Store.
hours.
The New Houea Office«.
denly the other night.
small hands and feet, voice like a
In the new honae office building each
"His wife looked up from her book. | carving knife; a>so her mother. At
A Year’s Crops. "
nieiulier of the bouse will occupy a
“ 'What kind of a record Is that?' diuner puus and Jokes; Ouida silent
According to the eleventh annual re
room Id by 20 fret, with large win
she cried. 'It sounds like a dog fight! isb. The ladles go to the drawing
port of the secretary of agriculture
down ut the end. The walla are fin
In a sawmill.'
room upstairs, and when, after an ln-
made public recently, the main crops
lulled lu u buff tinted plaster and the
” ‘It is your own record,1 said the ferval, we follow them we hear before
of the country are valued as follows:
celling lu white Ou a day last sum
husband triumphantly. ‘I set th* ma the door opens a voice going on inside
Corn, I8CO.OOO.OOO; hay, $675.000.000;
luer n '.eu Elliott Woo«la, superintend
rASHIONED VliOM THIN
chine on you last night In your sleep, like a saw and on entering find Ou Ida
cotton. »675,000,000; wheat. »500,000,-
ent of the capitol, was considering
the
lace
decorates
the
blouse.
The
lac*
Now
maybe
saying
In
loud,
harsh
tones,
“
Wom
you’ll believe that you
000; oats. $300.000,000; potatoes, »190.-
where he should find the material for
snore.' ”
en ate ungenerous, cruel, pitiless!” falls In points over the bust and Is em 000,000; barley. »115.000.000; tobacco,
a plaster for tliese rooms, one of his
pb.Tsfzed
by
long
ribbon
loops.
Bands
Blanche, taking refuge on an ottomau.
uieu suggested that he take a dredge,
»67,000.000; rice. »19.500,000; poultry
Th» Political Orator.
with a face expressing humorous of taffeta ar* on th* akirt, finished and eggs. »600.000.000; dairy prednets,
go down the river fifty miles and get
with
knots
of
pink
roses.
Estimated
There Is little telling what some men alarm: "God bless my soul! I think
a peculiar sand that when made Into
•800,000,000.
will »ay when making nominating I they’re angels. I adore them. They’re price:
plaster would turn to a tieautlful buff.
Ten yards of mull (50 cents yard)..
speeches tn political conventions, says the best half of th* world.”
n
Mr. Woods gave him permission, and
The Blue and the Gray.
Lace, two yards..................................
>
th* St. I.ouIs Boat-Dispatch. BUI Ir
Ouida, with severity: "I entirely dis Taffeta,
the walls nre the result.
ribbon, etc............................
I Missouri boasts a new society, the
win,
chief
clerk
in
the
secretary
of
agree.
The
woman
nearly
alwaya
The furniture Is of solid mahogany.
United Veterans of the Civil War.
state's office, who knows mor* anec leads the man astray," etc. “Women Total
no made up of Union and Confederate sol
Each member la provided with a large
dote»
probably
than
any
other
man
in
ran
t
be
impersonal.
”
roll top desk for bls own use. a small
diers. Missouri was on the border-
the state, tell* one concerning a noml
Mr. Cassell philosophizes on the sub
Th» Empire Slant
er roll top desk for his secretary, a
•nd between north and south, and
natlng
speech
by
George
Kleinpeter,
ject
rather
materialistically.
Ouida
The empire influence is »till percepti “brother against brother” was more
large heavy ceuter table, a comforts
•in
attorney
at
Carrollton.
teparts after Inviting Blanche and me ble In the shortening of the waist line than a figure of speech. The Mbweort
ble Turkish chair, two desk chairs and
"Gentlemen." be began. "Alexander to visit her at the Langham botnl. at the back of many of the newest tuciety
four reception chairs All the chair*
may lead to a united muad
U
m Great conquered th* world and where she la biding at present with her
ar* upholstered In leather. The C*
A customer arrives and inspects wept because there were no mon mother and an Immense dog. She car coat models, but on the wbol* th* »ray of blue and gray.—Youth’s Com-
square stole lines that suggest the gar fanion.
ment floor lu each room la covered the goods.—Youth’s Companion.
worlds to conquer. Caesar had his ries a portrait of the latter around her ments of ecclesiastical dignitaries are
with a twautlful rug. Some of the
Brutus and Charles I. bl» Cromwell neck In a locket, which ah* detached In the lead, and their flatness of effect
rooms will couueet, so that msmtvr*
English Net Wanted.
A Riddla Answered.
Napoleon overran Europe, remapped after dinner and banded around for In is relieved by trimmings of braids and
dealring offices together may have only
* Is an exceedingly significant and a
Can
anything
be
light
and
heavy
Asia,
divorced
his
beloved
wife.
Jo-
spection.
with
the
remark.
"Thia
la
my
cords disposed in an endless variety of iff no means Infrequent experience
a doorway between All the walls ar*
*o built that connecting doors can be at th* tame time? Why, of court*. »•phlue. and died an exU* upon th» hero" (perhaps the hero of one of her ways. Usually a wide braid empha aead advertisements In Canadian po-
lonely
»bores
of
8t
Helena
There
Didn't
you
ever
hear
of
“
heavy
books).
She
asked
somebody
present.
easily cut through.
sises the lines of the garments, and
for*. geutl«m»n. I nominal* Bam Clark 'Have you read my last book?” "Not the narrower braids or cording» gake ears that end up. “No English need ap-
l
CARL SCHOFIELD. | clouds of light gray?"
Mr ’ — Sidney Brooks in Harper’s
| tor proMcutlng attorn«/.”
■»t”—" William AUengbam, a Diary.“ the various curly cues.
I w«*kly.
(Special Correspondence.]
Old Man »f th» Wood* Gam» Has •
Flavor of Myitory.