Tillamook headlight., July 16, 1908, Image 3

TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT,
» GREAT EOLO SCARE
CHURCH TOWERS.
They Are a Distinctive Feature of the
Mexican View.
There Is no country better worth via
When the Yellow Metal Was ■ting
than Mexico. It Is very striking
in crossing the border from the United
First Found In Australia.
AFRAID
OF
THE
CONVICTS,
Th« English Government Tried to and
Did For a Timo Suppreeo the News
Because It Feared a General Upria*
ing In the Colony of Criminals.
States to note how completely evecy-
’hing cbanges.
Here there hardly
seems anything man has constructed
which harmonizes with Its surround-
Ings; there everything seems to be en­
tirely a part of the country. It is
more foreign than Europe is now and»
constantly reminds oue of the east.
Biding In some of the little traveled
districts, 1 could hardly believe that 1
was not In India. The dust in the
road, the thorn scrub on both sides,
with that pungent smell of the blos­
soms. all reminded me of the country
about Ahmedabad. The plateau lu
»Inter, the dry season. Is very much
Jke the desert—long stretches of coun
try. with purple mountains In the dis­
tance. without a tree lu sight except
where there Is a town or where Irri­
gation has kept n little greeu aud a
few trees have been planted. OfteD
‘he horizon Is so dhtaut that the
mountains melt Into the sky, aud |>er
taps oue catches a glimpse of the snow
on one of the volcanoes The color Is
¡bat of Its own Mexican opal—greens,
'»lues and reds.
Everywhere the distinctive features
are the church towers and tiled domes
rising above the towns The exteriors
of these churches are always pictur­
esque and Interesting. but the Interiors
are usually disappointing, for tln».v
have suffered much during many revo­
lutions and perhaps even more from
senseless renovations. There are a
few still untouched, where one can see
them as nearly all were once, eutirely
covered with richly carved wood heav­
ily gilded. Gold was used thickly ev­
erywhere till the carving looked like
solid metal. I have seen much gold In
churches, but none to equal that In
Mexico. —Lockwood de Forest In Cen­
tury.
JULY
TROTTING STALLION.
Tomba of the Patriarohs.
No spot in all Palestine is so Jealous­
ly guarded as the haram or sacred
area built above the cave where, ac­
cording to tradition, lie buried the
bodies of Abraham ami Sarah. '-je
and Rebecca. Jacob and Leah. This
haram Is inclosed within a double
wall, an outer one of Aral» workman­
ship. dating from the fourteenth ecu
tury. and an Inner very massive oue
with many buttresses, which compe­
tent autho’tMea ascribe Io the days of
Che HerodB. No Christian or Jew Is,
except by very special permission, al
lowed within these walls. The most
the “unbelievers” may ordinarily do I-
to ascend from the street to the sev­
enth step on one of the staircases be
tween the wa+ls. At a spot near t!?'»
stair Is a stone with a bole In It. down
which, it Is said, a long Bedouin Innc.
can be thrust Its whole leugth without
reachlug any obstruction. This, th
.lews believe, reaches to the sat re,!
cave Itself, and in Its nelg'jborlr 1
they assemble every Friday to moor;
and pray, as they do before the v
of that other haram—the temple are
—In Jerusalem. —Philadelphia Ledger
Gold In Australia was discovered-
one might almost be pardoned for say­
ing first discovered—many times. But
the news of the earliest discoveries was
Jealously kept from spreading. The se
cret of this reticence lay in the pres­
ence of the army of convicts which
then composed the balance of the pop­
ulation. Had a gold panic broken out
It was feared that a general uprising
of the prisoners would take place.
Nevertheless the first gold found lu
Australia was by convicts. In 1814.
Proving His Honrsty.
near Bathurst. New South Wales. The
“You say you have iouCdeuce til tu
discoverers gathered together a quan
plaintiff. Mr. Smith?”
tlty quite sutilcient to lead them to be
"Yes. sir."
lieve that they had found a gold mine,
"State to the court, if you plow-
but when they reported what they con­
what caused this confidence."
sidered their good fortune to the keep
“Why. you see. sir. there's alien* re
er he. insteail of undertaking to rec­
ports 'bout eatin' house men. and
ommend them for pardon or easing
used to think"—
their hard labors In any way. threat
“Never mlutl what you thought,
ened to give them all a sound flogging
ns what you know.”
if they ventured again to say a word
"Well, sir. one day I gx*s down t
about the matter or to spend any more
Cooken’s shop and sez to the wait
time picking up gold. The next And
‘Walter.’ sez I. 'give's a weal pie
was made on the Fish river In 1823.
Well. Just then Mr. Cooken come.-» rp
not far from the spot where the con­
and sez he: 'How do Mr. Smith? Wh i
victs bad come across it nine years be­
ye going to have?’
“ ‘Weal pie,’ says I ‘Good,’ rays he
fore. This news, being reported to the
authorities, was also ordered sup­
■I’ll have one tu.' So he sets down an
eats one of his own weal pies rig'r
pressed. Within the course of the next
afore me.'
two years finds were so frequent that
“Did that cause your confldeni'e ii
the London government began to take
him?"
great interest In the affair. But the
“Yes, indeed, sir; when an ealln
fact that another region of the yellow
NO ALTERNATIVE.
house keeper sets down afore his eu
metal might be at the disposal of such
tomers ail’ deliberately eats oue of h.
as might seek was kept rigidly secret
The Jury Had to Teach the Pompous own weal pies no man can refn e 1
until in 1825 a dramatic Incident pre­
Judge a Leeton.
feel confidence. It shows him to be a:
cluded all possibility of further se­
A certain trial judge In a certain honest man.’’—London Scraps.
crecy.
A convict was discovered with a nug­ state became so unpopular that the
A Philosopher In a Cyclone.
get of gold In his possession. When only way he could get a verdict for the
“I believe in optimism.” sal»
asked how he had come by the metal, state was to make bis charge in favor
of
the
prisoner.
When
matters
had
cheerful citizen, "but there is a ll:»»
he said that be had picked It up In the
bush. He was cautioned and told that reached this stage a famous feud fight­ even to that. I saw a man the o.h
er
was
arrested
on
a
charge
of
murder
day whose house had been carrl.
the authorities had no doubt that be
had stolen the gold, but the prisoner and brought to trial. The case, which away by cyclone, and lie was th? mo
was
the
Judge's
first
murder
trial,
at
cheerful citizen In towu. ’Why.' I sal '
stoutly held to his original tale. At
I thought you had lost your bouse?-
length he was taken out and severely tracted much attention, and the Judge
whose
unpopularity
arose
from
his
‘“I did lose It.' he replied, 'but t'l ■
flogged In public as a thief. There Is
vanity
and
pomposity,
greatly
enjoyed
wus nobody In It but me at the ti.m
now no doubt that the man told the
his
role
as
umpire
of
the
law.
The
an' thar wuzn’t a hair o' m.v lieu 1 hurt
truth. After this, although the public
waa every now and then keyed up to case was a clear one against the de The cyclone lifted the house lilg'i. al
great expectations by some reported fendaDt. and bls guilt was so conclu­ but the ground floor where I was sleep
find, no further veins were discovered sively proved that the Judge even pre­ In' peaceful lu m.v bed. an' I tilin'
until 1830, when a Russian nobleman sumed to charge accordingly. The never seen uor beam o' that hoi1 i
found a rich deposit in the Blue moun­ Jury retired, aud when they filed back sence! An’, anyhow. 1 didn't have an.
tains. The British government again Into court it was noticed that they fire Insurance ou It an' wuzn't able t
avoided the prisoner's eye and looked put up a llghtnln' rod. an' ef the v. hi J
became fearful of the consequence of
hadn’t took It away who knows bn
such news upon a colony of convicts unusually solemn.
"Gentlemen." said the Judge, waving llghtnln' would 'a' hit It. an' I've go'
and ordered the matter suppressed.
you
the
clerk
into
silence,
“
have
the rheumatism so bad I couldn't ru»
Yet sufficient people had beard of It to
In case o' Are.' ”—Atlauta Constitution
keep the story alive and give credence reached a verdict?"
“
We
have,
”
said
the
foreman.
to such rumors as arose from time to
The judge opened a paper bag and
time. So matters drifted on. Time
Dream Troubles.
Im
and time again busbmen. shepherds, drew out a black cap. With an
“Once when 1 was blue." said a bnsl
portant look around the courtroom he
convicts and surveyors picked up small
placed this on bis head and pulled It ness man. “a friend told me 1 was ivor
nuggets and brought them to the cen­
rylng over Imaginary troubles. He
down until It met his ears.
ters of population, but at that day peo­
“Prisoner.” be said, “arise aud look cheered me up with a yarn about hi
ple were nothing like so keen on gold
at the Jury. Jury, arise and look at the little nephew. This little fellow’s sis
mining as they subsequently became,
prisoner. Gentlemen, what Is your ter said one mortiiug:
and the subject of gold In Australia
“ ‘Ob. Gussle, I had such u lovcl;
verdict?
”
was not pursued as one would expect
The jurymen, who bad been whisper­ dream last night! 1 dreamed I was at
it to be. \
ing to each other, nodded cheerfully a cake shop, anil I hail such loads of
The discovery of gold In California
good things—Ice cream, pie. strawberry,
at the prisoner.
changed all that Those rich fields,
shortcake, chocolates. Jelly m.icarojiis
“Not guilty.” said the foreman.
panning out their golden store and till­
“Of course." he said later, when ev kisses and lots of other things besides.'
ing the coffers of lucky Individuals
"The little boy'B eyes glistened. 1.
ery one bad shaken the innocent man's
and governments at a rate never hand, “he was guilty all right, and smiled with delight.
dreamed of, awakened a thirst for that was goirg to be our verdict, but
“’And what was I eatl g'f lie askec
prospecting all the world over. In when the little Judge put that black eagerly.
every part of the earth men went out cap on bls bead and pulled it down
“ ‘Oh. you wasn't there. Gussle.'
with pick and pan. hoping to come over his ears like that there was only
“Then, overwhelmed with sorrow, lit
across the precious metal.
one thing for us to do, and we did it.” tie Gussle lild bls face In Ills bands and
When the news of California's for­ —New York 6un.
wept bitterly."
tune reached Australia, many took
ship to America's shores, and among
Hercules’ Labors.
Graveyard Neighbors.
these was Hammond Hargreaves, an
The twelve labor« of Hercules were
The
ageut
for
a
cemetery
company
Englishman, native of Gosport, who
was expatiating on the good points of To slay the Nemean lion; to kill the
bad emigrated to New South Wales In
Lernean hydra: to catch aud bold the
1832.
In Australia be engaged In a certain lot. Presently the prospec Arcadian stag; to destroy the Eryuziu
the
purchaser
Interrupted
with
the
farming without much profit and was
enumeration of several prominent fam­ thian boar; to cleanee the stables ol
among the first to rush for California.
King Augeas; to destroy the cannllinl
On reaching the auriferous region the ilies owning property there.
birds of Lake Stympbalus; to cuptur»
“Is this lot near tbelrs?" she asked.
first thing that struck him was the
The ageut admitted that It was quite the Cretan bull; to catch the horses ol
similarity of the geological formation
Dlomedes; to get possession of the
distance off.
a
In California and Bathurst, Australia,
“Then." said the woman, "I don't girdle of Hlppolyte. queen of the Am.i
and there and then be made up his
want It. I'd rather pay more and get zone; to capture the oxeu of the mon
mind to Inquire Into the subject should
ster Geryon; to get possession of th»
In a good neighborhood.”
he ever return to Australia. He work­
apples of the Hesperldes and to brluz
The agent collapsed.
ed for something like a .couple of years
“Has It come to the point." he said, up from the Infernal regious the tli re»'
in California and then set sail for New "where people consider their next door beaded dog Cerberus.
South Wales. Returning, he of »purse neighbors even in a graveyard?”—New
carried In bis mind the thought that York Sun.
The Irresponsible Child.
perhaps there might be gold in Batb­
Small Boy (noticing the I hl Beta
urst, and when he landed he set to
Kappa key hanging from the mill
Business Sense.
work to make a thorough search.
In new lines of goods Is where the ter's watch chainH-DIJ you fii.d It
Before this, however, he had made profits lie. The old standbys that ev­ again, or Is this another?
the acquaintance of William and James ery dealer keeps have the price« all cut
Minister- Why. my little man, what
Toma and J. H. O. Lister, who were to pieces on them Get the new things do you mean? I never lost It.
anxious to prospect for gold. Har­ ahead of the other fellow» und make
Small Boy—Ob. mother said you had
greaves taught them how to use pick money on them. Frequent chauge of lost the charm you had When you were
and pan. the dish and the cradle—In the arrangement of your show cases young—Judge.
fact, gave them a practical If rough gives the effect of new goods received
Saw Thing«.
education Into the mysteries of gold The same old arrangement month In
Oculist (trying various glHssesi-IIow
and gold bearing rocks and gravel, and month out. no matter bow many
These men struck out. and In April. new goods, looks like the same old do they look now? See them any bet­
ter? Mr. Wunmore Well, the green
1851, the three pupils returned to their stock.—Printers’ Ink.
giraffe I can she? firsb rate, but that
old master, and, lo. In their pockets
red el’pbant an' the purple 'potamus
they carrl«! gold to the amount of
Persuaaive.
four ounces! Hargreaves knowing the
“Your wife Is somewhat strong mind­ still look kinder- kinder blurred.—
ruck.
ropes. took this gold snd full direc­ ed. isn't she. Littlejohn'?'
tions to the proper quarter. The news
“Strong minded? A furniture polish
Sympathy.
went forth, the rush began, rich finds peddler came here yesterday aud in
"What made you kick Jlmpson?"
were made, and Hargreaves was hstl Are minutes she soid him some po uh
"He called me an ass.”
ed ns the discoverer of gold In Aus­ she had made b«reelf."—Ix>n Ion Tele-
"Oh. well. kickiDg Is a characteristic
tralia. In reality he had won the title, graph.
of asses, but I shouldn't think you’d
for It was his knowledge tbst first ed­
want to confirm Jlmpson'a statement
ucated the Tomses and Lister, snd ft
An-Cesv Way.
was his knowledge again that sent
One of the easiest and most effectlva so quickly."—London Telegraph.
them In the right direction.
way« of escaping the hardships of
Why It Wee There.
prison abuses la found In the «tm^le
Aunty—Tommy. I put three pies In
Duty la what goes roost against the aid proceaa of keeping out of prison —
here yesterday, and now there In only
grain, because In doing that we do Chicago Record Herald.
one How Is that? Tommy--Please, It
only what we are strictly obliged to
and are seldom much praised for it.—
Honor the trae tb.it gives you ibettes was so dark, aunty. I dldn t see that
one!—Punch.
La Bruyere
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