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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, NOVEMBER I THE PYGMY EARTH, Going Up In a Balloon and Com ing Down In a Parachute. THE AGONY OF A FIRST TRIP Experience »nd Eensationa cf an Ac rebat Who Took the Place of a Pro fessional Aeronaut In an emergency. The Dash Through Space. I once went up In a balloon nml came down l.i a parachute. Something went wrong, and all the mouey In the world doubled would not Induce me to make the experiment again. One grows strangely accustomed to dangers as an ucrobat, and when It was suggested that I should earn |23 In as many minutes by taking the place of a parachutist who had fallen ill at the Inst minute 1 Jumped at the chance. It was at a large country fair. The laughing crowd bad probably never seen a balloon go up. As the great silk big gradually swelled u silence fell upon tile onlookers. The sick parachutist*» manager pat ted me on the back and said It was money easily earned. I agreed—then. “Keep cool. " be said, “and. whatever you do, don’t look down except to judge your distance from the earth. You see that tower? It Is about n thousand yards away. When you are that dlstauce up pull the check string and shut your eyes." A dull murmur rose as the ropes were cast off and I felt my feet leave the ground. The upward movement was gentle, and a great cheer came up to me until the band drowned It. I hardly heard the cheering or the band. The Involuntary murmur still rang In m.v ears Perhaps my nerve: were upset, possibly It was Intuition but from the moment I was drawn up from the ground I felt the conviction that grim trouble lay ahead. ignoring the oft repeated Instruc tions, I looked down How slowly the balloon went up! Could It be possible that 1 had not gone more than a bun dred yards? The giant overhead be came a living thing. Intent on tortur ing the puny mortal who had trusted his life to it. I knew I dared unt leap before I was h!;;h enough, for the par achute takes 100 feet sometimes to open. I shut my eyes and tried to count to kill time, but the figures beanie Jum bled. and I looked down again A swallow skimmed past underneath Far below there was a sea of upturned faces. and the music floated up dis tlnctly. The balloon seemed to have stopped rising, and for un eternity I tried to gauge the height. Again the band stopped, mil 1 was In a allent world The crowd ol breathless specks far beneath was get ting full value for Its mouey. Tin- only noise I heard was the beating oi the blood through my head. I wn afraid. It was the first real fear I hart ever felt lu my work When the supreme moment came I pulled the string without realizing what I was dolug. What years I lived lu those next few seconds. An appalling nausea and a wild desire to lhe came with the first terrible rush, mid my heart stood still as I looked eagerly aloft. The ropes of the parachute had twisted, and 1 was falling to Instant dea.li Grasping the ropes lu a clutch of steel. 1 shook them frantically Half the huge parachute bellied out with a noise like a pistol shot, and the speed of the fall was lessened with a Jar Again I shook the death trap, The ropes were sliding at a snail s pace, and bit by bit the parachute was open- Ing. Still I fell far too fast. I could not breathe, and my hands seemed to be refusing to hold on Rang! The last fold had opened out. and I was saved. Dizzy and uumb with fear. I belli on tightly, wonder ing whether 1 should faint before I touched the ground. That, and that only, was m.v thought a« I Railed through the space. I had almost lost consciousness when my feet touched the ground gently. And then I col lapsed- Buffalo Times. i A Drawback. "My!" exclaimed little Billy as he gazed at the lithograph. "I'd like to be a giraffe Just think how easily you could 'rubber’ over the basebail fence." "That’s all right." replied Tommy, "but there Is another time when you wouldn't want to have a neck like « giraffe." “When la that?" "Why, In the mornings when your ma begins to scrub your ne<’li with soap and water."—Chicago News. Objaetionabla. "I don't see why Goodley should be so unpopular with you all He never «peaks III of any one." "No, but he'» one of those very smug tallows who can say 'Oh. yes Jones seemed very happy when I saw him last.' and say It In such a way as to give the Impression that Jones was horribly drunk."-Philadelphia Pres» A Spoiled Compliment. I Ittle Elmer Mamma says you are a duck of a do'tor Pompous M D 'greatly pleased Indeed! How did «he come to sa.v that? Little Elmer- Oh, she didn't say It Just that way, but I beard her tell pap» yon were ■ quack.-Chicago News Ruskin's Injunction to bls servants. Call me from my study whenever there Is a beautiful sunset or any un- nstial appearance tn the rky or land scape Vast Dimensions of the Sun as Com pared With the World. A dime held at arm's length from the eye will much more than cover the entire disk of the sun. If It were placed at the exact point of colueiden -e and Its diameter and dlstauce from the eye accurately measured, it might be used as a mean» of determining the sun’s diameter, his distance being known. The foremost philosophers of long ago would have been appalled at the true statement of both the sun’s distance and Its size. The sun's diameter is about 8B6.000 miles. It Is bewildering to be assured that It would take 1.300.000 earth» to equal the sun In volume. If the In terior of that truly gigantic globe were hollow and the earth were placed at Its center with the moon revolving about it at Its usual mean distance of nearly 240.000 miles, there would still exist a vacuity tietween the moon and the In closing shell of the sun of nearly 200.- 000 miles. This Is perhaps the most graphic and impressive Illustration pos sible of the sun's colossal bulk. We must note, however, that the density of the sun is only about one-quarter that of the earth, so that It would weigh only as much as 330.000 earths In very round numbers the sun's weight may be stated at two octillion tons, which if expressed In figures would require almost as many ciphers as a newspaper line can accommodate. A very comprehensive Illustration of the pygmean dimensions of the earth as compared with the sun is to repre sent the latter by a globe two feet In diameter and the earth by a dainty pea. And yet the little pea weighs more than Blx quintillion tons, As to the solar surface, It is some 12.000 times that of our planet, Yet the sun when compared with Its true peers, the stars. Is not only of extraordinary size, but In all probability is only to be ranked among the medium self lu minous bodies which sparkle In “heav en's ebon vault." And because of its spottedness It has a place, although a bumble one. among the “variable" stars. FATE AND A NAME. NOT IN A HURRY. A Royal Funeral and an Embarrassed Blundering Official. Tbe Comtesse de Bolgne's memoirs contain an Interesting account of the departure from life of Louis XXl’.L. an event which the king himself bad long been anticipating: ‘ lie was a great stickler for eti quette and gave tbe most minute In structions about his obsequies. Ail the ceremonials observed at the de parture of the kings of France were to be respected, and as be bad aa ex traordinary memory be settle! the procedure down to the smallest details. At the last the royal almonei made a mistake In reading the prayer» for those in extremis. Louis XVIII inter rupted him and corrected the mistake with a presence of mind and calmness which never left him for a moment. The family was assembled at the end of the room and was deeply affected The doctors, the attendants on duty and the clergy were around tbe bed The first gentleman of the chamber held the curtain. When the chief physician gave the sign that all was O"er. he let it fall and. turning around, bowed to tbe princes. Monsieur left the room sobbing, and madarne pre pared to follow him. Hitherto she bail always taken precedence of her hus band as the king's daughter. When she reached the door, she suddenly stopped, a.nd through the heartfelt tears with which her face was stream ing she said with dlfliculty. 'Take pre cedence, Dauphin!' He immediately obeyed without any hesitation or re mark. The first gentleman announced ‘the king.’ The courtiers repeated 'the king,' and Charles X. reached his rooms. “The master of ceremonies made some slight blunders over the royal funeral. Cbaries X. overlooked them and spoke kindly to the embarrassed official. ‘Oh, sire, your majesty is very kind, but there were many de fects. Next time we will do better. ‘Thank you. Breze,' replied the king, with a smile, ‘but I am not in a hur ry.’ Thereupon M. de Breze col lapsed” TOMB OF THE MINGS, It Is a Risky Place For a Traveler to John, When Borne by Royalty, Seems Visit Alone. Linked With Misfortune. Every traveler In China goes to th» It Is Interesting and somewhat curi tomb of the Mings if he stays more ous to note the persistence with which than a few days In Shanghai. The misfortune has dogged the name of Chinese consider the Mings the great “John" when borne by royal persons, est rulers of the ancient kingdom, and although no 111 omen seems to attach they rank second only to Confucius. to It in the case of ordinary citizens. The tomb Is composed of two colossal For Instance, King John of England figures facing each other and elabo has always been regarded, whether al rately carved In the style affected by together justly or not, as a most Infa Chinese artists centuries ago. Seen In mous prince. John of France was Central park or Versailles they would taken captive by the Black Prince, and look grotesque enough, but standing as John RalUol of Scotland was most they do among bleak and lonely hills, thoroughly despised by his country men on account of his fawning atti outlined against the clear blue oriental tude toward the English. Robert III. sky. they have a rude grandeur and of Scotland changed hfs name from Imposing simplicity which make them John, but this did not save him from seem fit guardians of imperial dust. It is not an easy Journey the tourist his destiny. He himself was a cripple and died of a broken heart, the most must take If he wishes to pay his re tragic fates having overtaken all most spects to the stone giants, nor Is It a trip advisable for a woman to under dear to him. John I. of Bohemia was blind. The take, as it Iles through a region where Tope John I. was imprisoned by the hatred of the “white devils" Is consid king of the Goths, and Pope John X. ered as much a part of the Chinaman’s was driven from Rome by the Duke of religion as the worship of his ances Tuscany. Pope John XI. was Impris tors. A donkey and a guide are neces oned by his brother and is supposed to sary. and it is also wise to get a party have been poisoned, a fate similar to of sightseers together for the excur thnt of Pope John XIV. Pope John sion if possible and to go well armed, XV. was forced to flee from Rome and for once a foolhardy traveler started died of fever In Tuscany. John XVI.. forth alone from the hotel on the Bub dubbed the "antipope," after a troubled bling Well road. Shanghai, to ilsit tbe caiwr. was brutally tortured and con tomb of the Mings, and he was never signed to a dungeon for the brief re heard of ugafn. There are many places In the purlieus of Shanghai even where mainder of his life. John 1. of Constantinople was poison It is imprudent for a white man to ven ed; John II was killed while hunting ture alone in broad daylight. An ex wild tioar. and John III. was dethroned, tra donkey Is also needed to carry his eyes put out and left to die In pris visions as well as the cameras, on John I. of Castile was killed by a most tourists want a picture towering Images which have fall from his horse. This is not by any means a complete eessfully withstood the wear list of the unlucky Johns, but It serves j centuries.-New York Press. to show the fatality which seems to Odd North German Custom. cling about the name In so far as roy alty Is concerned.—Chicago Record In northern Germany a familiar Herald. ure of the rural districts Is a quaint old gentleman whose hat Is very much decorated with flowers and particol Dough. Dough is made out of wheat. real ored ribbons and who carries a staff estate, oil, literature and magazine ar to the top of which is tied a huge ticles. But dough made of wheat la no bunch of real or artificial Bowers knot stickler than any other Dough Is the ted to it by long streamers of similar prior fact to bread, motor cars, steam ribbons. According to the district, his yachts and collections of old books It costume also is old fashioned and un Is the staff of high life It lmbltters usual In other way». He Is the “lioch- matrimony and purveys the lovely zeltbltter," or person employed among scandals we read about. It gets girls the country folk to go from house to sent off to college and fitted to be bouse and Invite guests to attend u something more spectacular than mere wedding. He delivers himself of a set wives and mothers. It cursetb them speech In an old ‘‘Platt Deutsch" that go In for It. but not unto tbe third rhyme when he arrives at each place, and fourth generations. We are too accompanying It with wagging of the good spenders for that. It Is from head and stamping of the staff, and Is dough that the dowdy, the dull and generally In rather a Jovial condition the dotty derive distinction otherwise by the time his day's labors are ended. deuled—Puck Milton's Retort. An Orkney Prayer. John Milton was nol a wit, yet he Is The brevity of the Orkney »utnmer reported to have made a crushing re precluding the raising of hardly any ply to a question from Charles II. thing except oats ("ait»") and barley, "Do you not think.” said the king, the elders had requested the minister "that your blindness Is a judgment on to pray for good harvaat weather He you for having written In Jnstiflcatlon compiled as follows: "‘Lord, gle us of my father's murder?" braw weather and a wea bit saugh of "Sir," replied the poet. "It Is true I ■ breeze that will dree the straw and have lost my eyesight, but If all the will nae harm the heads, but If ye calamitous providences are to be re blaw us sic a bletherin', rlvln', fearin' garded as divine Judgments your maj blast as we has been ha'ln' ye'll play esty should remember that your father the rare ml»chl»f wl' the alts and fair lost ' hie ‘ ‘ heed. ly »poll a'l." All That Didn't Sink. Ill Bred. "I suppose yon have considerable "Mamma, the acenery abroad must floatlug population here?" inquired the be very ill bred ” visitor •'Scenery 111 bred, my child! What do “Yep." replied the native of the little you mean?** river town, "specially durin’ the rainy Thia book on Alpine climbing says, season"—Puck A terrible abyss yawned before them *"-London Tit Bit» Plenty of Advice. •Whst are you doing for your cold!” We never find that the same soil pro. •Nothing My friends are looting daces dsllcadea sod bsroes Hseiod ifter IL'*-Barper'a Weekly. 2 Why We Ask for a Po tion of Your Trade The reason why we ask for a portion of your trade is— BINCKUTY CLOTBM Copjri^bt, 1Í08 BECAUSE— First Class Goods a< Honest Prices is our motto. We don’t buy bank rupt stocks or shop worn goods at any price, but the best goods possi ble in every line. BECAUSE— We don’t mark our goods up for the benefit of our sales. BECAUSE— We know your money will go far ther here and give better satisfaction than elsewhere. BECAUSE- We are willing at all times to make good anything that goes wrong. The Wise Shopper. More Style and More Wear tin any same Price Shoes. It takes some cleverness for the average buyer to determine values, and some experience to be able to pass by a bargain article. If yuu are not apt to be misled by prices you will find the bar gain article at this store. When you buy shoes here you payoili the quality and the wear. The Style is thrown in. The cost of ing good shoes is in the material and worf ship. Try a pair of our shoes and you pleased. We are giving CLEARANCE PRICES on lines and kindly ask you to visit our Store get our prices before buying. Mason’s Departm’t Stor ORINO Cures Eiliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and c Laxative Fruit Syrup Cleanses the thoroughly and sallow complexion! pimples and b It is guarantee J- S. 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