TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, DECEMBER PROVED A POET. Bvlrt««f Revenge. “Once when I was a small lad on my j father's farm tn Ohio." said a Judge. ' a peddler got me to help him make I seme repairs to his wagon. 1 did so without any thought of pay. but when the vehicle was mended as he drove off be told me the next time he came by our bouse on bis rounds be won 11 bring me a gift In tbe shape of a copy it ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ a book I bad long coveted, flow I waited for him t" come again and how my heart fell when he failed to bring me the vol­ nme! Again and again he promised, hut never made good his word. Years passed, and I grew to manhood, but the memory of that cruel disappoint­ ment never vanished from my mind. I was made a school trustee of my dlstrl t. and one day a man applied frr a position as teacher. In him I recognized tbe peddler who had blast cd my youthful hopes. There was an­ other candidate for the Job. and mine was the deciding vote. Nothing in life ever gave me more pleasure than in voting against the ex-peddler, who for his deception on a boy lost a good place. If was perhaps carrying the spirit of revenge too far. but there are not many who would hare done other- wls;e.”—Baltimore American. AN AMUSING CUSTOM. 3. 1908 vpuisnco in oignv. "Well," demanded the man who was having his fortune told, “what do you Spaniards Trick Themselves Into see?” A Ycjthful Experience of John Green­ Wanting a Glass of Water. “You are married." «aid the lady leaf Whittier. I Writing of experiences with Spanish who was examining hli palm. John Greenleaf Whittier used to de hospitality, Ellen Maury Slayden lu “Yes. But I knew that before 1 came Clare that at a very early age be knew the Century says: ' here.” himself to be a real poet aud would The cafes were always crowded to I "You have always had to fight your often relate, writes Mrs Abby J. Wood suJocatlun. aud yet we lingered past way ahead—that Is. you hare pro­ man lu her Tiemluls« eu< es of Whit the small hours, tbe men smoking doz­ gressed by bard work. You have never tiers Life at Oak Knoll." an amusing ens of cigarettes and tbe women dip­ been favored much by luck.” »r.perience wbeu be was a student at ping bits of wafer into chocolate us | "Very true. Still, that isn't exactly the Haverhill academy. Mrs. Wood leisurely as if they bad the uight in­ ’ what 1 came here to find out. Can't man gives it in Mr. Whittier’s own stead of the day before them. A fa­ 1 yon tell me something about the fu­ words: vorite drink was a thin almond milk ture?" There is but little doubt that nt the “Yes. You are going to live long. which looked like something for tbe are of twenty I felt myself to ue u complexion and which, after tasting. I Your life line is very strong. And here ,«41 poet, somewhat unknown to fame would have much preferred applying I see something very Important—some­ but » :ftl lently acknowledged as such externally. There was a refreshing ab­ thing that will encourage you. Your I, the lominlttee directing the de II. a sence of tbe highball and cocktail ele­ salary is going to be increased." th n of the new a-adetuy for them t< ment. and no one ever seemed to take "Good. Tiiat's the kind of new» I Invite me to read an original poem on want. You're sure about It. are you?" too much to drink. II. it «xiaslon. “Yes. You wlil get It before long." It is always amusing to see these Robert Dins’-iore. an old S otcli "And Is there anything to Indicate most temperate people tricking them­ farmer In Windham ard a writer of selves into wanting a glass of water l about h w mu h It is to be Increased?" rhyme and doggerel verse, was also in They recommend certain dishes and I "It will be much larger than It is cited to do the same The honor o! enjoy their eternal chocolate chiefly • now Let me see. Yes. It will be as I' idlng the procession which marcbe' because “It makes one so thirsty.” ' large as your wife trie» to make her t'.ir« tub the streets of Haverhill to th Visiting a country house once, we were | friends think It Is at present.” new academy was given to the two Invited into the dining room and 1 i He icu'd ask no mere. With a feel p: ets Now let us all hoped for tea Tbe table was elabo­ , Ing ef «curare In his breast he banded I often Hugh when 1 recall the seen to nu :nory. The b ile > Id S ot«htmi rately spread. We were seated and ent $2 nod went away to the triumph and boost for Tin each helped to a delicious conserved that awaited him. — Chicago Record short n"d pl“t!iori«- his nn ertalu ate A comtnUDity , peach and tenderly urged to ent ft to Herald nn I lienrlng sllylitly er.hllirated hr A Skater’s Daring. by working anij ge’icr^o« draft of eld Shot« b whisk, Few feats of skating have ever ex­ make us want some water. When we gether, not talkiag, Menacing Small Sailboats. l •f« rc we s> irted. was somewhat o' celled the exploit of one of Napoleon’s had eaten the peach and drunk the It i <|Ul.e n trick to lower a main­ ing. n «<>t ’rn"t to me, n rather toll and slen officers performed shortly after the water the ceremony was complete. lu tbe first place, tbe sail properly the I II. Neugate because her busband did not unnamed rich American woman who cusation. affirming emphatically that ard If proper care be observed the ver come to avow (own) the bread." Are had selected him to make a statue of he did not drink. One evening the edges of the blowholes may be safe’ Used on the family table it turns a dry lua we to assume that In the absence of herself, full length and so far as pos­ colonel met Uncle Eph In a condition explored. the husbands the bread was merely sible a portrait, She had posed ten which made it plainly evident that into an enjoyable sustaining meal, makes ha Sonii* Id«.» of tbe strength of the ml times in antique costume when Rodin the darky was "caught with the goods saturated water of this l ike inn y h- forfeited without the Infliction of a cheerful, keep the men at home and oil told her that he did not need her any on.” fine? An indication of the Importance gathered from the fact that a bolt al more and that he would finish tbe "Eph." began the colonel seriously. of the breadmaking business is also effective aid to real temperance. most dropped to pices after all tl passengers had been landed n< th- found In an enactment of the reign of work at his leisure. When the Ameri­ "1 thought you told me that you had rivets had corroded under the Infiueu«« Iieury III. to the effect that “every can came again she found to her given up drink?" "Ah sho' did. Massa Kern'l; Ah sho' cart of Bremble (Brombley-by-Bow) or amazement that the heed of the statue of the acids. Stevenhethe (Stepney) that comes Into bore no resemblance whatever to her. did." replied Eph. "But lately Ah dun the city with bread shall pay each She complained bitterly that no one took up drinkin' an’ gib up lyin'.”— Strange R'.ce of Ancient Briton«. day a halfpenny."—St. James' Gazette would even recognize her. "It is true." Harper's Weekly. Amon? the races of humankln« said the great sculptor dreamily. “Your which rnvny hack of bb’torv’» recon! head did not inspire me nt all. At first The Crab In the Oyster. A Tardy Act of Justice. I»as*-od like clouds over various part “The little crab found In the oyster." Marriages between English actresses I thought I would not put any head on «»f the earth one of tbe most puzzlin the statue, as I have been accustomed s.-ild a dealer. "Is not. as supposed to ethnoloelHts Is that of the ettrl; and men of a high social position be­ to do of late, but after 1 had thought by two-thirds of the oyster eaters Agents for the H. Weinhard Brewing Manufacture!! bronze age men who dwelt In Aber gan In tbe eighteenth century, If no dcenshlre. S» « tlHnd. and are KUppoMM earlier. There was Lavinla Fenton, It over carefully In order not to offend the young of the blue crab, but ts a vou I put In place of your face that of Tillamook Rock Brand Carbonated Beverages. distinct spe les. It Is a messmate of to have constru< ted the Rpeclnl form1 tbe Polly Peachum of Gay's "Beggar’» of stone < lr leg whose remains are nov Opera," who became Duchess of Bol­ Mme. de R. She had ordered hers of and caterer to the wants of the oyster ton; there was Miss Farren, who mar­ me. but never paid for It. At any rate, being, therefore a benefit Instead’ of a found there These men dlTer d st- detriment to the latter In return for n I flea nt Iv. says ,J. Cray, fr m all th« ried laird Derby; also Miss Brunton you will gain much by this change!” the oyster's kindness In protecting It prohb torl racial types prvvloivly de became Lady Craven not long before The Earth's Visibility. against Its enemies the little crab termlned In Britain They were re Lord Thurlow married Miss Bolton. As we look up tbrouib the trans­ catches and mushes food which In Its ruirkahly broad headed, and their nr Earliest of the list, though, comes the rrn-o Nlatwrv wan only five foot tbre» Earl of Peterborough, who married parent atmosphere on a clear night entire state could not be taken by the l’v lies, hr shown by skeletons. The Anastasia Roblusou, the singer, ard and see the moon beaming brilliantly oyster A singular thing In connection British neolithic race was markedly kept the marriage secret until a few down upon us we may think. "What with them Ls that all found Inside of Ion? headed, and the bronze age nre days before his death in St. James' a wonderful sight the continents and the oyster are females. The male of t whl: h Imllt ’he round tumuli, was also palace, when he assembled his relatives oceans of the earth would present If the same variety has a hard shell." and friends and publicly acknowledged we could view tbeat from the moon!" long bended and tall A Story For Papa. the woman "to whom he owed the But. according to the conclusions of best and happiest hours of his life,” a the director of the astrophysical ob­ There Is a moral In this little story W. E.- CatterUn. M>a and V.’orcn Either Vin-hin of London. preach tardy act of Justice that caused the servatory of the Smithsonian Institu­ of < hUd life. tion. a man on the moon would catch "Mamma." asked little three-year-old Int on marris e. remarked that a wo lady to swoon away. but fleeting glimpses of the outlines of Freddie, "are we going to heaven some n. in s.-tlil to hlnr "When you hare our continents. "The true radiating day?" seen one mail you have seen them all Hew Ledgers Got Their Name. "Yes. dear; 1 hope so." was the reply In ihelr mords and tenses They are r* the authority of the best lexi­ surface of the earth as a planet." "1 wish papa could go. too," contin all alike" H im reply was: "It may be cographers ledger" la an adaptation says the scientist. “Is chiefly the wa­ so. tint woman Is like an Irregular of a once common word, “lfgger," sig­ ter vapor at an elevation of 4.000 ued the little fellow. "Well, and don’t you think he will?" French verb. a"d unless a man studies nifying any large book suited better meters (13.000 feeti or more above the her In all her peculiar moods and for lying on a desk than for carrying sen level.” In consequence the man asked his mother. "Oh. no." replied Freddie; “he could tenses he will misconstrue and misIn about Sometimes this was applied to In the moon would see the features of terpret her. much to bis diandra a a large account book, cartulary, or the the earth dimly outlined In the glare not leave his business!” tage.” like, frequently a great breviary for of light reflected from the atmosphere —Youth's Companion. use in church, as distinct from a "por Not of That Nationality. An Ov»rdre.„d Drama. fas." or small one. carried by a "book A gentleman was much annoyed by It Is only In the last fifty years that bosom priest." "Coucher” fa another having bW head pinched during the op Camels »nd Campbells. the true purpo e of the theater, the rid synonym for "llgger." tbe foregoer An Irishman and a Scotchman were eration of hair cutting. The barber decent Interpretation of the drama, of the now general "ledger." discussing tbe horrors of living In a apologized and explained that there has been utterly obscured Today prohibition state, when the Irishman was an unusual bump there. remarked: carpenters, matnmers and wigmakers "Are you a phrenologist?” asked tbe Old Theory Confirmed. throw the humble plavwrlght Into the "Sure, an' ye might get used to It patient Tommy, whose nose was out of Joint shade. National Review had been permitted to see the new after awhile. Ye know they say a "No. sir." answered tbe barber. 'Tn from the baby In Its bath. camel can go eight days without R Swede."—London Globe. Painful Memories ' Where'» bls other leg?” he asked, drinkin'.” Nature. Mr. Jerkins I wish he wouldn't sing •ylng the infant with strong disfavor. "Hoot, mon!" retorted the other. “It'» that song about "Falling Dew " Mr» Nature Is Just toward men. It rec "It'» doubled up under him," ex­ little ye know about the Campbells Jerkins Why not? Mr Jorklns-It re­ plained the nurse When ye »ay that There 1» nn one o' ompenses them for their sufferings; It minds me ( mu, h of the bouse rent "Ye«"' he snorted "Jes‘ like de them could go eight hour» wl'out » renders them laborious, because to the drap o' somethin'I” —Baltimore American. blamed »fork what brung 'lmf—Puck greatest toils It attaches tbe greatest Which ended tbe discussion.-New rewards.—Montesquieu. York Times. Saved Her Life. Reprieve Charge«, Rl«g«-Hear about Mr». Tltewadd? "What, divorced already? Why. my Your lawyer made some pretty se­ dear fellow I supposed you were up Told her husband she would kill her­ Gotfthalmia. against It tor life" self If he didn't buy her a new hat. Golfthalmla Is a poisonous and In vere charges against tbe other fellow "No; I got time allowance for bad Jig«« What did Tltewadd do? Riggs •Idlous bacterium which, tn my dreams didn't be?” Splendid Quality of -Got estimates on funerals, found be under the powerful lens of my heated “Y e-e-s. but you ought to see bow hs b.