TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, APRIL 2. 19C_g^ A TARDY RECOGNITION. I Did H« R«fu»85. No other case Is met with board. Tbe night before we docked tally two numbers, each of which con graph offices on Sunday between the for some centuries. Rudolfus Agríc­ was a beautiful one. though Intensely tallied UK) figures, it took him eight hours of 9 and 4. On May 10. 1857. ola of Heidelberg makes mention of dark, and It was evidently on this and three-quarters hour» to perform as the operator at Delhi was about to an educated deaf mute In bls “Dialéc­ night that they left the ship. No one this feat, which stands In a class by close hla station he received a message tica." 1480. It was not until 1020 that saw them after 10 o’clock. The look­ Itself, as no other arithmetical prodigy from the Meerut office announcing an Instruction for tbe deaf and dumb be­ out reported nothing. No splash was Is known to have lieen able to multiply uprising tn that section. At 4 o'clock, gan to be general. -New York Amer­ heard, no cry. But lu the morning mentally two numbers each consisting when the office was reopened, connec­ ican. they had vanished as silently and mys­ of more than thirty-nine figures. Two tions with Meerut were found to be teriously as the darkness, leaving no forty-figure numbers Dase was able Interrupted. word behind. Frederick the Great. to multiply In forty minutes, while he “A strange thing happened once The telegraph force at Delhi consist­ Frederick William I.. fa:her of Fred­ would multiply two elglit-tiguie num ed of the chief and two young asaist- erick the Great, was a most brutal old when we were two days from New hers lu less than one mluute. ants. Brendlsh and rtlklngton. The fellow, treating bls son almost as badly York barlwr. There was an American What Is most surprising about this office was situated outside of the city as they treat the exiles In Siberia. Un­ on board wbo seemed to possess many greatest calculator on record is that he about a mile from the gates. able to endure such barbarity on the friends and who apparently was ex­ was stupid In mathematics, retersen On discovering the break tn tbe part of bls father, Frederick resolved tremely popular. He spent half his Is said to have tried In vuln for six nectlons the chief sent tbe two to run away and seek refuge at the lime In the smoking room, standing weeks to get tbe first elements of to test the cable across the river. They court of his uncle. George II. of Eng­ drinks to any one and every one and mathematics Into his head, and other found that they could signal to Delhi, land. Ready to assist blm In bls at­ Imbibing rather more than was good eminent mathematicians found that be but not to Meerut, and reported the tempt were his two young friends. for himself. Well, almut 4 o'clock In had very little mathematical ability fact on their return. It was too late Lieutenants Katte and Keith. By the lb- afternoon he was with several Fortunately he was advised by some to do anything that night, but the next Imprudence of Katte the secret was other men ou the promenade deck—the of the leading mathematicians of bls morning Mr. Todd, the chief, went out found out. and Frederick was placed weather was glorious and the sen with day to turn bls extraordinary ability himself to Investigate the line. He nnder arrest. Keith escaped, but Katte scarcely a rlpple-when. throwing off to scientific uses Instead of going never returned, and. although his fate was tried by court martial, sentenced his coat, he exelaimed, 'Here goes for around the country giving public exbl- la unknown, there is little doubt that to death and executed. Frederick also a swim!’ and disappeared over the Idtlons. n career upon which be bad be was murdered. was sentenced to death and would side. entered at the age of fifteen. He cal The office was thus left In charge of have been shot but for the earnest ex- “There was a yell which almost put culatad many useful tables and was tbe two Inds. Signs of trouble began postulations of the kings of Sweden the wireless out of business, and the __ engaged on an extensive factor table to be evident close at hand. Brendlsh. and Poland. captain, who had witnessed the affair. st the time of Ills death. Tlie ease and stepping from the door, met a wounded Stopped the ship almost In her own speed with which he could count the officer, who cried out to him, “For length. Boats were lowered, and will­ A Powerful Combination. numbers of Ixsika in a case, the num­ God's sake get inside and close your Tim was a protege of Mr. Blank, a ing arms pulled to where the man was ber of sheep In a herd, etc., were al doors!” well known Boston lawyer. He was supposed to be fightlug for bis life. most more surprising that his extruor The revolt crept doser and closer often In trouble, but by personal Influ­ Instead of any struggle, however.' he dlnary ability as a mental calculator. The boys felt that their Ilves were In ence with the courts Mr. Blank man­ was taking long, easy strokes and evi­ Another well known mental calcula­ danger Roon they became sure of It. aged to have him let down easy, no It dently thoroughly enjoying hhuself. tor. having eieu less mathematical But before they fled to a place of com­ became a matter of talk, the Green When pulled into one of the twats he ability than Hase, is Buxton, who re- parative safety they waited to send out Bag says, that he did not suffer greatly ejaculated the single word. 'Grand!1 nmlred Illiterate through life, although to tbe Indian world tbe new» of tbe tn being arrested. and almost immediately fell Into a his fa'her had some education, lie had revolt. “How Is It. Tim." some one asked kind of comatose state. He was put a wonderful memory for uumliers uud Brendlsh ticked out the message one day. “that you are arrested very to bed In hot blankets and soon re­ could call off long numbers from right which caused Sir Edward to say: often, but never go to Jail or pay any covered. After an interview with the to left or from left to right with equal "Ixtok at the courage and sense of fines ?" captain he was allowed hla liberty, facility. On one occasion lie squared that little boy! With shot falling all ’Tt’a Just thia way." Tim replied. “I though a strict watch was kept on mentally a thirty-nine figure numtier round him. he stayed to manipulate have Mr. Blank for me lawyer, anl him during the rest of the voyage. In two and a half months He Ax as ex the message that waa ths means of what he doesn't know about the law I “A tragic occurrence took place about tremely slow and In thia respect re saving the runjab.” tells him." four years ago, the facts of which you aei'ibled a negro of the name of The government rewarded Brendlsh Will perhaps recall. It was during a Tom Fuller, who Is known as the Vir­ for hla services by giving blm ■ Ufa Didn’t Want te Bs Left. voj age east, and we had among the ginia calculator. Although entirely II pension, and as an old man be died In Mias Vere— Mr. Desmond, why did ■econd cabin passengers a widow and literate, he was able to reduce mentally the India be had helped to preserve. i you go to the dining doom before you her three young children-two boys years and months to seconds and codld greeted tbe hostess? Mr Desmond- snd a girl. The woman appeared to tie multiply tw o nine figure nnmhers. Fans In ths Eighteenth Century. Well. tbe hostess will keep, but the re­ much depressed, though the youngsters Darboux has called attention to an A letter In the Ixtndon Spectator freshments seemed to be getting away. were as lively and merry as chl:d-en Infant prodigy. Joseph Bertrand was dated May. 1711. give» a moat Interest­ —London Telegraph. gonsrally are on board. The woman. It horn In Faris In 1822 and was such a ing description of an academy where a'lpears, spoke to n me of the other pis- delicate child that his parents did not ladle« could be drilled In tbe proper Water. sengers. and for her aloofness she was expect him to aril,«' at manh.sxi. and u«e of their fans and Initiated Into tbe "Water." said tbe scientific person. regarded with some suspicion. How­ hence his early education was partly mysteries of “the angry flutter, tbe ’Ta IPO " ever. she was very quiet and. as she neglected. At the age of four he was mn»r- text should he be allowed to do any of fan« on the part of tbe gentlemen ' The Tattlers. XlM. ■" 'hratgh some In- work Roawell. Steele and Pope found some Billing» A man never learns to real re t«T7 'bpm The manner In which he learned ele thing tn My about the fan. and Olj,j ly know bls wife nnttl after they are Af Arter tiro . hn. * m th* rnr 80nrrn wag riren mentary algebra and elementary geom enlarging open tbe efforte nf hl« peed» married, no matter how long they may nP and the fh^ etry Is still more extraordinary We ceoaors, wrote s long poem In praloa of have been engaged. Darrow—You're Another secret had heen hequeathed to reproduce hla own account tbe fan. attributing Its Invention to wrong there Rometime« the girls have At the Mrs of nine I had the great Venus | lift!« brothers Some Wonderful Feats of Boys Who Became Famous. Queer Things That Happen on Atlantic Liners. GAUSS WAS A RARE GENIUS. THE LURE OF THE DEEP SEA. THE DEED OF A HERO. I I I Th. Ab-ntmin^ Arsi.««»; and Most Intelligent Woman. It was I a Fontaine, the fable writer, whom blsson's absence during sever.1 years in pursuit of an nation quite forgot him aud was not remmded of his existence until a frieml arranged a surprise meeting The father was pleased with the manners and wit of tbe young man presented to him. but failed to recog­ nize him and as soon as they parted promptly forgot him again. La Fontaine was a genius and a kindly man. but one can hardly dis­ sever absentmindeduess of such a sort from shallow heartedness. Neverthe­ less In the case of Professor, let us say. Jones, who failed to recognize h » daughter after a year's separation, the bond of affection was both strong aud d Mary his only daughter, married and went abroad with her busband. Their return was a week or two before the date appointed, and owing to a series of misunderstandings and errors the professor was not Informed, was not at home when they arrived and met them first at tbe house of a neighbor, where they bad gone to Inquire about Whar« Idols Are Eat«», At certain seasons iu sotn, ludia it 1» the duty of tvtrr * person to eat a special sort ot lioiiery. Every confectioner in oer. for instance, has a poi« about in feet high at his door, and to nailed a great book about a foot |«J aud thick in proportion. oD oot ¿J of this is » brisk fire, with a bui earthen pan on It. Before the man may be seen sitting, for not»/ stands when be can sit. with a kind » wooden ladle, and with this be brisk stirs a quautity of bubbling, biack looking sugar till It liecu01e, tough. Be then scrapes It Gtgathw and put» it on a piece of board to cm a little, aud then, getting up and d«. teroualy throwing It on tbe larg« book he begins to pull out the tough tub stance. He draws It out to th« l«U(tk of four or five feet at a time aud tbm«i •t back and elongate» It again, and ro ■e manipulate« It till tbe mass becooq a» white as «now. This composltloa m treated la manufactured in all aorta of sacred form«—figures of little Idolamd gods—and l> e" gerly* bought for sumption.—Strand Magazine. Ink Frose on ths Psn. Tlie wlnt .r of 1(183-4 tu Europe mi ■old* its place as one of tbe most «■ ere and reiuarkuble ou record. So remendous was tbe cold that tm» him. .. _ pill asunder wltb deafening repom. A reception was In progress there, he strangest sight of all was on the and he arrived some time after them 'humes. Here on more than a foot as a guest aud still unaware of their □ Ickness of Ice a thoroughgoing toro return. Strolling Into his friend's li­ if streets was erected There rrro brary. away from the crowd, he be­ lallors' shops, butchers' shops, tobu- came aware, as he was Inspecting the onlsts. printers and. Indeed, mauretk- books, of some ladies In conversation •r businesses all lielng carried on all on the other side of a portiere, one of hey had stood there for years. whom displayed an astonishing amount Writing anywhere but uear a lirp of knowledge of his own particular lire w as 1. possible, as the Ink froze la hobby. He was surprised aud de­ pot and on tbe pen. wbole barrel! ot lighted. liquids were froren solid and wine wu "There's a lady In the next room old In one pound blocks New brpil you must positively present me to,” he >n being taken out of the oven «obld said eagerly to his host, who had Join­ Immediately stlffeu and become Mild ed him—“a most Intelligent woman! here were hundreds of death! frout She's been talking of tbe prehistoric he cold, and throughout tbe frost th« races In a surprisingly discriminating uoor suffered miserably. — i’eaiMu'i manner. Who is she ?” Weekly. "A Mrs. Smith, I believe,” replied the host, much amused, sluce he knew Liitle Great Men. who the lady was. "Come—I will pre­ A Chiuei c v. ho had long studied the sent you now." -.vorka of Confucius. who knew the They passed the curtain, and the pro­ liaruc.ers of 14.000 words and could fessor. who had failed to connect the read u gr at part of every book Ulti name of Mrs. Smith with bis Mary, ■ame In his way once took It Into Uli was duly introduced, for the ladles had head to travel luto Eurojie. l'|>on bls overheard Ills inquiry aud the reply arrival at Amsterdam hts passion for and were disposed to keep up the joke. letters naturally led him to a book­ Peering shortsightedly through bls big seller's shop, uud as he could speak t glasses, which, by his usual mistake, little Dutch he civilly asked the Iwiok- were his reading glasses when they seller for the works of the lumiortil should have been his object glasses, he Xlxofou. Tbe bookseller assured hla did not recognize Mary when be saw he had never heard the book mention­ her, and tbe father and d lugliter actu­ ed before. "Alaa,” cried our traveler, ally opened a conversation on prehis­ ■to what purpose, then, has he fasted toric man and carried It on for several o death to gain a renowu which bu minutes before the strain proved, too ¡ever traveled beyond tbe precinct» of much. I'hlua?" There Is scarce a village 1» Then tbe listeners broke down in Europe and not one University that 1» Inughter. and Mary, with a cry that she not thus furnished with Its little great could not keep It up any longer, caught men.—Oliver Goldsmith. the old gentleman around the neck and kissed him. First American Play. "Bless my soul, Mrs. Smith!” he The first play written by an Ameri­ gasped, bewildered. "Why— Mary!”— can produced in this country, according Youth's Companion. to the Philadelphia Public I-edger. wu the tragedy. ”Tbe Prince of Parthta." Reticence or Ignorance? by Thomas Godfrey, which wu The inhabitants of Chinese villages brought out at th« Southwark tbeatN are very Ignorant of the places In in the Quaker City in April. 1797. bf their own neighborhood, according to I-ewls Hallam’s company, the drat or an interview with W. J. Garnett, the guulzatlou of players to visit Phila­ third secretary of the British legation delphia. Godfrew was an ambition» at Peking, which the Manchester young poet, who died at an early age. Guardian prints. Mr. Garnett return­ His play was above mediocrity and an ed a little while ago from a journey Important purt of tbe volume of bi» through the provinces of Shantung works publlslied tn 1705. and Klangsu, and a s-ample of the conversation that took place when he A Un Far HI» Obituary. asked the way from one village to an­ A well meaning and cousclentlom other Is below: editor on being shown by the m*» "Is this the way to Tsouhseln?” most Interested that the death of tbe “Are you going to Tsouhseln?” commandant was falsely reported I" “Yes. Is this the way?” his pai»er. apologized profusely and of­ “Oh. you are going to Tsouhseln. are fered to make It all right. you? Where do you come from?” “We’ll print a correction at one«." b* “From Chiningchow. Please, Is this said. the way to Tsouhseln?" “Well." said tbe man wbo <»»>'• ‘Oh. you've come from Chiningchow. ■lead, “perhaps It w ould be better to Id have you? Are you going Into the city It stand I’ll show It to my friend» walls of Tsouhse'n?” when they want to borrow money." Finally the native would admit that he did not know the way to Tsouhseln. Painful Etiquette. At the entrance to another village an The royal court ot France used to be ancient villager was asked what the a great place for etiquette Louis XIV. name of the place was. After asking once caught a severe cold owing te In turn who Mr. Garnett was, where he the fact that on his arising from bi» had come from, where he was going l>ed oue cold morning tbe lord of tbe and why he wanted an Inn, he consid­ chain Iter, whose duty It was to band ered the original question when repeat­ him bls shirt, happened to be absent ed by the patient Inquirer and finally Not one of the numerous courtier» closed the conversation by saying: present had the courage to trangre* "How should I know? I 8m not a etiquette by banding tbe garment to learned man.” the shivering monarch.—London Scrap Book. Whin Children Went to War. Among other Improvements In the Indifferent. «rt of war as attained by the world In “I can't give you an opinion on these later days is the abolition of the question.” the statesman replied. ”1» practice of sending children to sea as cause it’s a question I pay no attention was the case when the midshipmen of to. I am Indifferent to It—a» Indiffer­ wre ¿'“‘r of EnKlan