TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT.
FINE PRINTS.
A Curious Cipher Cods.
Prisoners confined In different parti
of Jail often use cipher codes In com
Cars With Which They Are Treated municating with one another. In tne
by Amateurs and Collectors.
Kansan City Jail some years ago the
IIow careful collectors and amateurs officials came across a bard one
A
of fine engravings are of their treas fellow named Turner. In for forgery,
ures la Illustrated by a written agree invented the puzzle. The writing was
ment that a local firm of dealers lit on long narrow strips of paper, on the
such things had to sign recently when edge of which were letters and parts
they wanted to borrow several particu of letters that apparently had no con
larly rare engravings for an exhibition nectlon and from which no words
they were to have in their galleries. could be formed. One day a deputy
The owner of the prints Insisted that who waa passing the cell of a prisoner
from the time the box In which the saw him pauslug a loug atrip of paper
prints were sent to the dealers was around an uctagon lead pencil. He
opened lu the shop no bands but those took the paper away, and on It were
of the Junior partner of the firm were the mysterious scrawls that had wor
to touch them. The owner stipulated ried the keepera. But the deputy got
expressly that the member of the firm an Idea from thia. and. going back tn
was to take them out of the box. frame the office, he wrapped the atrip around
them himself, hang them on the walls an octagon aba|>ed lead pencil and
and when the show was over follow after several triala adjusted It so that
the prints back through these various the parts of the letters tilted together
stages until a porter was ready to and made a sentence, though the writ
screw the cover of the packing box on ing was very tine. The writer bad
again. The prints were so rare and adopted the simple but Ingenious plan
fine that the junior partner cheerfully of covering the pencil with paper and
agreed to all of these conditions for had then written along one of the flat
sides On unrolling It the writing was
the sake of showing the engravings.
That the prints were extremely rare as mystical as a cryptogram, but when
may be appreciated from the fact that put around the i-encll as It was origl
before two of them In particular came nally It could la* easily understood.
Into the private collector’s possession
he made a special Journey to Stuttgart.
Why.
Germany, to see them, and when he
There Is something almost plaintive
looked at them he left an open order to In the truly English word "why ” It
a dealer In that city to buy them, no may be Indefinitely prolonged U|«)n the
matter wbat they cost. He got them lips. “Why" Is almost poetical In it
but he paid the highest price ever self and fitly Introduces the best hex
known for such engravings to bring.— ameter lu the language;
New York Press.
"Why do the heathen rage and the
people Imagine a vain thing?”
Its uses In poetry are almoat Infinite
CRANKY METAL
and one modern writer makes almost a
Moods and Mystery That Ara Em- line of It alone;
bodied In a Piece of Steel.
A cutlery company will make a hun-
•dred razors from the same piece of
steel by the same process, and part of
the razors will lie good and part of
them bad. It may lie fifty of one kind
or seventy-five or twenty-five—nobody
knows. The maker doesn’t know; the
buyer doesn’t know. Barbers Bay that
even the price doesn't seem to make
much difference. You may get a good
razor for a quarter or a bad one for $5.
And the same razor will get a contrary
edge today, so that you can hardly
shave with it. and tomorrow, without
additional sharpening, it will work like
a charm.
line tap will go on a bolt easily and
stay there. Another tap will hardly go
on at all. A third may be screwed on
tight and snug and yet keep coming
off in spite of all that can be done.
Sometimes men that work with ma
chines have a premonition of coming
disaster, as do the men that sail on the
seas or thread the winding paths of
the big woods. Nature as well as
pieces of mechanism seems able to com
municate to man why they are in a
calamitous and threatening mood. —
Chicago Tribune.
I
Why do the night winds sigh.
The sea birds wildly cry.
The summer clouds rase by.
The lilies droop and die.
The light fade from the sky?
Why—oh. whyt
To most of the whys there Is not
good because. Tbe Inquiring mind Is
puzzled to account for many things
Iteeldns Its owu existence. Hundreds
of such questions occur to us at every
step, and no satisfactory reply can be
expected. Life la too short. Socrates
was always saying “Why." and we
have all beard of the man who called
Pope the "little crooked thing that
asked questions.*'—Exchange.
Th. Man Who Told th. Tala.
A LESSON IN GERMAN.
MARCH 19. 1908
Fuses Ara Mad. to B iw Out.
Talk la cheap, but sHenre costa yo»
a great deal Ire» St LouU Glob»
Chiefly the mold of a man's ft Hunt
» fa hla own band*.-B*.om
KILL the couch
and
.h
Follow It Closoly and You Will Soo
How Really Simple It Is.
Among the Hottentots (Ilottentoten
In German* tbe kangaroos (Beulelrattel
are found in great uumbers. Many of
them wander over the country free
aud uumolested; others, less fortunate,
are takeu by hunters and put into
cages (Kotteri provided with covers
(Lattengltteri to keep out tbe rain
Tbe,e cages are called In German Lat-
tenglltei wetterkotter. and the kanga
roo after his Imprisonment takes th«
name of Lattengltterwetterkotterbeu-
teiratte One day an assassin (Atten-
tateri was arrested who had killed a
Hottentot woman. Hottentotmutter.
the mother of two stupid and stutter
lug children In Btraettertrottel. This
woman in the German language Is en
titled Hottentotenstraettertrottelmut-
ter. and her assassin takes the name
Hottentotenstraettermuttertaeter The
murderer was confined lu a kangaroos
raK(> _ Beutelrattenlatteugltterwetter-
kotter—when a few days later he es
caped. but fortunately he was recap
tured by a Hottentot, who presented
himself at the mayors office with
beaming face.
"I have captured the Attentaeter."
said he
“Which one?” replied tbe mayor
"We have several."
“The Attentaeterlattengitterwetter-
kotterbeu teiratte."
“Which Attentaeter are you talking
about?’
"About the Hottentotenstraetter
trottelmutterattentaeter."
■‘Then why don’t you say nt once the
Hottentotenstrattelmuttera t tentaerlat
tengltterwetterkotterbeutelratte?”
The Hottentot fled in dismay.
THE AWKWARD “MRS.”
Single as Well as Married Women
Once Carried This Title.
A curiously awkward word. If it be
a word. Is "Mrs.” It Is not spelled as
it Is pronounced—no one but a Welsh
man or a Pole would be equal to pro
nouncing it as It is spelled—and ita pro
nunciation la a clumsy contraction of
the good old English designation “mis
tress.”
In the days of old. when leisure bad
not become, as It is now, almost a tor-
gotten luxury and people were less
anxious to clip their speech, the full
pronunciation was often used, and
“mistress” was not altogether elbowed
out of existence by the vulgar ‘‘missis.”
But nowadays “mistress” has drop
ped out. and consequently the con
tracted pronunciation of "Mrs." has
prevailed and holds tbe field.
Another point worth noting In the
history of the designation Is that about
150 years ago and earlier "Mrs.” was
applied quite Impartially to unmarried
as well as married ladies. Eveu chil
dren were sometimes styled "Mrs.”
The burial of an Infant daughter of
John Milton, who died at the age of
five months, Is recorded In the parish
register of St Margaret. Westminster,
and her name Is entered as “Mrs. Kath
erine Milton.” followed by a small “c,"
to Indicate that a child la meant. But
this may be regarded as an exceptional
use of the title.—St. Janies’ Gazette.
w mi,- to fail Into a senseless panic
quite another.
To blow out Is the duty and destiny
of fusre. ami when they have done It
such danger as there was Is all over
Nothing worse than delay can follow,
unless the passengers proceed to make
wild rushes for which there Is no need
whatever Travelers should keep these
facts eurefully In mlnd.-New iork
1 illlt».
It Was His Friend.
A little story in German and Eng
llsb. accompanied by a1’ Interpreter
drifted Into the Indianapolis News of
fire Here It Is: Two Germans stepped
into an auction limise where a sale of
wut< lies was going on. 'I hey occupied
front sea's ..ml soou attracted the at
tention of the auctioneer. As be dwelt
upon the nie. its of a watch be was of
fering for sale to tbe bigbest bidde-
the auctioneer turned to the Germans
from time to time as tbe price mount
As the auc
ed—$6, $6.50 $7.
I he Germans
ttoneer nodded at
there came an ai
he took to be a bii
“That feller ki
German to tbe nt!
“Yes. sure.” said tbe other.
Tbe nodding kept ou. Finally
auctioneer extended tbe watch to
nodders. “It’s yours.” be said. “
dollars You're th«» buyer.”
“Ach. nelu.” said the German. ‘‘I’m
tbe Schwob (Suablan); mein freund
heir 1st der Bayer (Bavarian).”
CURE THE LUNGS
WITH
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of the fact that tbe blowing 01 ofj sale by ali D-uggi»«*
tusre Is nothing to excite alarm.
l u be
tied to "Jump.
“ I
be’ Ida,
ata,tied
"Jump,
The Lucky Quar.er
„.ling t la
Is — when
when thl.
l- baPtsns 1»
prblloge
Ot
all
«repi
tbe
Professional
¡fi
’srjssK-r
.ge of «H •»'*
electrician», The latter ale bound by . n*> 1.1. tl it’s nere preci >ut- than
;. Io show
perfect Im-
profesri-mal pride
si
passibillty even when
v-... the sudden flash
singes their fingers and
..... It Is delight
fll| to si-.- how many of them bale
tulli refunded at Vims. I. (. luugu » di ug
tained to this command "f then store.
‘ erves. To Jump Is one thing, however
New Discovery
for C8^ shs
.¿Sa.
AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLE»,
GUARAN TEED SATISFAd'ORy
OR MONEY REFUNDED.
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The Tillamook Lumbering Co. having
a large amount of Fur Logs on hand, made
arrangements with Frank Long to saw the
same, the Company is now in a position to
sell and take orders for Lumber. Leave
orders at the Company’s office.
F. S. WHITEHOUSE
Opened Up for Business.
Talked to tho Wrong Man.
One day an Important looking gen
tieman took a seat beside a quiet man
in an Arkansas railway carriage and
began a conversation.
"I’m going up to Little Rock,” he
sail, “to get a pardon for a convicted
thief I'm not ix-rsoually acquainted
with the governor. but he can't afford
to refuse me."
"Is the fellow guilty?” asked the
man.
“Of course he Is. But that makes no
difference. His friends have agreed to
give me $500 If I get him out. and the
thermometer is very low when 1 can’t
put up a good talk. Where are you
traveling?"
"Going to Little Rock."
“Do you live there?"
“Yes.”
"Perhaps yon might be of some serv
ice to me. What business are you in?"
"I am the governor.”-SL Louis Re
public.
It happened on a Pullman car be-
tween New York and Chicago. Dinner I
having tieen finished, the gentlemen
assembled in tbe smoking room to eu
Joy their cigars.
“During the time I was In the war."
said tbe quiet man. "I saw a very-
wonderful thing In the line of surgical
operations. A friend of mine was shot
through the right breast, tbe bullet
passing clear through him. Tbe pre»
ence of mind of bls companion un
doubtedly saved bls life He wrapped
bls handkerchief around tho ramrod of
Madrid and Its Climate.
bls gun and, pushing It through the
Along the Mediterranean shore Spain path made by tlie bullet, cleared the
presents n narrow ribbon of fertile, wound of all poisonous lead. 1 know
delightful country. The region la often ft is hard to believe, but. gentlemen,
called "the garden of Spain."
the man still Ilves to tell the tale.”
It Is n great contrast to pass from
Too Much For General Butler.
“Which man?" Inquired the slim pas
these tropical shores to the wind swept senger on tbe other seat quietly.
After the battle of Chickamauga an
plains of Interior Spain. The level
eotbualastle Confederate went about
"The wounded one. of course." ex
country Inclosed by the Guadarrama claimed tbe old soldier scornfully.
the streets of New Orleans accosting
A Sabbatarian Dog.
and the Cantabrian mountains forms
“Tip was an Irish setter—his name every man who wore the blue with.
“Oh. I l>eg your pardon. I thought It
In the west an extensive wheat grow might be the other.”
was really Tipperary and Tip for "Didn’t Stonewall Jackson give you
ing region. Toward the east as the
short,” said a New York clubman blazes at Chickamauga?” General But
rainfall decreases pasturage encroaches
“He knew when It was Sunday, and he ler called the exultant Confederate be
The Mania For Shopping.
upon arable culture. In New Castile,
One phase of the feminine mania for kept the day. He was the only Sab fore him and told him he could either
on the south of the Guadarrama and In
batarian dog I ever knew. He used take the oath of allegiance or go to
alioiit the center of Spain, the political shopping Is Illustrated In Johu Poster to sleep on a rug In my room. I had Ship Island for two years. The Con
capital has been placed The level coun Fraser's “America at Work." Speaking to keep early hours In those days, and federate deliberated, but finally agreed
try In which It has been dropped, as of the C. O. D. method of shopping ani every morning at 7 o’clock Tip would to take tho oath. When he had sworn
if by accident, la for the moat part a of the way In which It appeals to the put hia cold nose against my face and I
waterless plain, swept In winter by the woman with the Blender puree, he remind me that It was time to go to to support the constitution, he turned
to General Butler and exclaimed.
piercing winds from the naked moun says:
"If she has no dollars, that doos not work. Then while I was dressing he “Now we are both loyal clttzeus. ain’t
tains of the north, sweltering In sum
we. general?”
luer under the effect of tho sun’s rays deprive her of the pleasure of shop would go to the village postoffive ami
“Well. I trust so." said General But
ping. She will walk Into a big stole, bring home the mall. On Sunday
on bare rock and soil.
ler.
Th« climate of Madrid has been look oier n dosen gowus and try on morning be never stirred off bis rug
“Then." sai l the Jubilant Confeder
tersely described by Its Inhabitants M several before deciding. Then she will until I was good and ready to get up.
“three months of winter and nine of get a C O D. card and. visiting other which was usually quite late, and noth ate. "I want to ask you jf Stonewall
departments, will buy a bat. ri. h un Ing could induce him to go to the post- Jackson dl .tit give us blazes at Ch'ck-
hades."
derwear and a parasol She will give office on that day. And the best part a lu a uga ?”—Argonaut
Honey Ants.
a fine order When the goods are d< of the story is It is absolutely true.”—
Certain Mexican ants are selected
llvered at the address she mentioned New York Tribune.
Terrapin In London.
their kindred as storehouses of honey. It Is found there Is no such person as
A smart American, one of the fresh
They are fed with honey until the ab Mrs. Walker. True, she has put the
No Plot.
kind, drifted into the Hotel Cecil ’n
domen s|>eedlly becomes smooth and store to a lot of trouble Yet think of
The actor, rounded up in Russia London with a party of five and or-
i
round and so filled with honey that the morning of womanly delight »he with a bunch of qthers. retained his dered with pomposity a la d >s arrogant
th« r'.ln is transparent These anta are B m bad In her shopping.'*
composure while bls companions In Atuern.- ns. a la Paris “Say. waiter 1
<bHoned to pass the remainder of their
misfortune were giving way to despair.
-”.1* 1l’"ri,nl” ,,f -'Ian land tei4a-
Ilves as mere honey cells, from which
“I can prove my Innocence of com pins, an* I want ’em served
The Hight Place.
with the
their kindred extract the honey when
A dlgnlflM ehterly gentleman riding pllclty tn any conspiracy to the com lames llo you understand?"
It Is required. There are several speci on a train waa annoyed by a tmy sit plete satisfaction of the authorities," Oi’ four minutes the waiter In three
reported,
mens of these ants In the British mu ting aero«« the aisle The bo.v hail lust he said.
•Str. we have the pleasure
“How can you do that?” one of bls terrapin with grand sherry, to serve
seum with the honey still within their finished bls breakfast and waa amu»
transparent bodies. The Mexicans raid Ing himself by laughing at the old companions asked “You will always with the bones.” “What In but not
the nests of these ants for the sake of gentleman. Presently the latter lean be suapected of being connected with chief did you do with tbe the oils-
Lones?"
a plot”
the honey that their bodies contain, ed over and said to the boy’s mother
uk If you
He smiled confidently
and the anta are eaten raw aa sweet
"Madam, that child should lie spank
wish." "Never mind
meats.
"Not when I tell them that for years sorus eu brochette."-:
sd.”
"I know It." said she. "hut I don’t I have been playing In musical come
The Full Particulars.
believe In spanking a child <>u a full dies."—Baltimore American.
Extravagance.
The other day a lady who Ilves tn stomach "
t heard a story lately -f „ h| .
our town entered a grocery store and
"Neither do I." said he. “Turn him
Golfing Sarcasm.
a.iked to tie shown a.good kind of over."
“Caddy, bow many strokes Is ibst lander who ha I lWn ,1-reua.ied to buy
breakfast cereal.
,be
for this bole?” asked the golfer with rrire , T 41r!'? “e
The clerk took down a package and
Appropriate.
the plaid cap.
h,s eo. I r .
* °n U’lng ,011’
said;
himreif wire
The Monument Man (after several
“I can’t say. air.”
himself B|th d,n ht
"Madam, thia la a predigested food." abortive engeretlonai How aould atm
“Can’t aayT*
rbut'a
J —•
"Ob. la that so?" she returned. "And ply "Gone borne" dot Mre. Newweeda
"1*
two tickets
“No, sir; I can only count up to wtuo yin wa.i
don/ I*
by whom T*—Woman's Home Com pa n- — I gueea that would be all right It twelve, air."—rtck-Me-Vp.
wasted
’
-Dundee
reople-a
’j"^
pence
*
*
*
was alwaya the laat place be ever
feal.
thought of going — Puck.
Self Reliance.
Good For an Appetite.
It is easy In this world to live after
"You must hare a gissi appetite.” re
Force ,f Hibit.
Winning Her Attention.
the world's oplnlor. It Is easy In soil-
marked the thin man enviously
"What ■D* you In such r. great hurry
"My wife never pays any attention to tilde to live after our own. but the for'
”
"What do you take for It?"
what I say "
great man is be who In the midst of
"In all my experience." replied ths
"I am Kdlng to th. funeral of mr
"Mine doe» sometimes."
the crowds keeps with perfect sweet chief, and
plump one. "I have found nothing more
"How do you manage It?”
' ’ho'» '« nothing he hates
ness the Independence of solitude — Xb.unpunc,u,
suitable than food." — Philadelphia
“'y-"
"I talk lu my sleep.*—London Opln- Emerson.
km.
Easily Denied.
Get What He Liked.
Nur»»- Doctor, a sponge to m twain«
Hoet Why <M> earth did yon pnt
I'oMlbly you aewed It up Inside the
l>atlrnt Eminent Surge..» Thank yon Jenkins between two such chatter-
Hem I nd nw to add »10 to the Nil for boxea at the table? Hoateew Why.
dear, you know be la so food of tongue
material.—Puck.
sandwiches'
Lame Shoulder.
Whether rre.tit.ng
¡'"r“‘ CrhouM-r
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Ready For Business.
m
Prevent th. Slip.,
A tragedian playing Richard HI. . In
a small town waa waited on after I the
__ bis bXr’sM,hi’ kl^^ve.
show by an honest farmer, who said
that "if the gen'l’m who wanted a
horse waa still of the same mind be
would like to do business with him."
No better masters than poverty and «.OOP tolanX^Tm.
want-Dutch rroveru__________ Thl* *" “ore than at y
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