TiLLAMOGK HEADLIGHT, DECEMBER 10, 1908.
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Ringing ths Breakfast Bell.
Philanthropic Missrs.
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An American family who had expe
In several remarkabla cases real phi
rienced the difficulty of obtaining and
Climpse of the Daye When Living Was lanthropy has been a miser's motive
l In spending and saving to a grotesque retaining the services of a reliable
Cheap In England.
' degree Thus when the first Pasteur kitchen girl while on a visit to Ireland
Old time hotel rates In England were
I d Paris to became acquainted wltb a promising
low. For Instance, in the days of Institute was suggested
keep green tbe memory of tbe world young gtrl aud brought her back home
Queen Elizabeth the charge at the
famous scientist a poor wretch who with them.
George Inn for a feather bed per
In a few weeks she was Installed In
j lived In utter misery came forward
night was a penny. Dinner coat six
with a subscription of $500.
And her uew home and made acquainted
pence (12 cents» and offered choice of
I when the city officials called upon bim with her new duties. Among other
"beef, mutton or plgge or fish.” In
' with a message of thanks they found things she was told that It was cus
Stuart times each room owned a name
him In an evil smelling slum tiebind tomary when breakfast was ready to
instead of a number, chiefly those of
the Cathedral of Notre Dame. When be served to ring the breakfast bell.
Inn signa, such as the Cross Keys
tbe door was opened tbe miser phllaD- Her “all right, mum," came I d such a
room, the Bell chamber, the Adam and
i throplst was found quarreling violent confident tone that her mistress gave
Eve room, and so forth.
Formerly the custom in Important ly with his miserable looking serv the matter no further thought.
The following morning at 6 o'clock
cities during festival times was to lim ant for throwing away a match that
it the price of food and lodging by ' had not been burned at both ends. A the family were rudely awakened by
statute. In Canterbury during the cel- similar case, but on a much larger the violent ringing of the front door
ebrstlon of the bicentenary of Becket's scale, was that of Jacques Gurgot of bell. Thinking that a messenger must
translation (1372) the price of bread Marseilles. Every one in the city knew tie waiting with some unusual mes
was fixed at two loaves for a penny 1 and hated him for his Incredibly sor- sage. the gentleman of the bouse did
<2 cental, a fairly high figure consid 1 did life, yet when the old miser's will not stop to dress, but hurried down In
was proved all France was amazed to his night robe and opened the door.
ering the comparative value of money 1 1 find
he had left $250.000 to his native The new kitchen girl awaited him. her
then and now. and wine brought 16
j city especially to furnish the poor face beaming with a tieautlful smile
cents a gallon.
A century or so later the scale of with a good and cheap water supply. of triumph Bowing Inw. she said In
prices In Edinburgh all the year round “I know," the old man wrote, “that her rich Irish brogue. "Breakfast is
was equally moderate, sheep being sold 50,000 of our citizens died of the realy, sor.”—Los Angeles Times.
at prices ranging from 12 cents to 20 plague during the epidemic of 1720.
Diamond Cutting.
t ents, according to quality, “lu-st bens" which was generated by tbe noxious
It Is said that before the fourteenth
nt I cent each and Rochelle wine at 1 i effluvia arising from filthy streets that
York century no one knew how to cut and
cent a pint. Any vender departing were never cleansed." — New
polish diamonds. They were esteemed
fr.ru tb»se prices ran the risk of for Tribune.
for their marvelous hardness, but not
feiture of bls goods.—Chicago News.
The Poor Ensign.
greatly admired for benut.v. There Is
The following story of German mill- a tradition that a Journeyman Jeweler
tary officialism Is published In Lon in Flanders. Louis Van Berghem. dis
QUEER CRABS. *
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don: One Ensign Flugge claimed com- covered the art of cutting diamond
The Ingenious Manner In Which They pensatlon for damage to kit caused by wi’h diamond. But It Is probable that
Disguise Themselves.
a mouse having gnawed a hole In bls he only made some notable advance In
Some species of crabs disguise them best tunic. The officer who had to de the art since associations of diamond
selves In an Ingenious manner. They cide the point dismissed the claim and cutters had existed In France and
deliberately bite up seaweeds and ordered the ensign to be severely pun- Flanders from the fourteenth century.
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plant them on their backs, very soon lsued on the ground that, contrary to Louts Van Berghem'a most famous
establishing a growth which harmo orders, he had hung his best tunic on achievement was the cutting and pol
nizes perfectly with the surroundings a nail when going on guard at night ishing of a huge diamond belonging to
and deceives many an enemy. Should in au Inferior garment instead of pack Charles the Bold. Charles was so de
the needs grow too vigorously the ing It in his knapsack, thus enabling a lighted with the result that he reward
crab Industriously prunes them with mouse to gnaw a hole In It "without ed the artist liberally and declared
his claws and every now and then having to overcome the slightest im that the diamond would now serve him
scrapes the whole lot off and starts a pediment." Ensign Flugge appealed, for a bedroom lamp.
This Jewel,
fresh garden on bls roof, so to speak.
and on further bearing It appeared whi-h was found on Charles' body aft
The sponge crab behaves In a simi that the officer who first dealt with er the battle of Nancy. Is still In ex
lar manner, nipping off little bits of the case was mistaken in the facts, istence and celebrated under the name
lb Ing sponge and sticking them on Ills the tunic having been stowed In a of tbe Fancy diamond —Youth's Com
back, where they grow vigorously. knapsack at the time when the mouse panion.
The same end Is served ns In the other defaced it aud not hung upon a nail.
case. It Is very amusing to keep crabs The first decision was therefore set
He Gave Them Latin.
of one or other of these kinds In an aside by higher authority, and Ensign
Once, before he was president, An-
aquarium and deprive them of the Flugge was ordered to be severely drew Jackson was making a political V
usual means of concealment.
punished for having stowed his tunic speech tn some obscure campaign In a
They get very nervous and agitated in his knapsack Instead of hanging It backwoods Tennessee district. His ad-
nrd try to cover themselves with bits on a nail, thereby giving opportunity dross was ■ very well received, but iI
of paper or anything else that may be to the mouse to knaw a hole In It "un somehow there did not seem to be ex-
provided. One such captive Is said der cover of the darkness." The senti actly the enthusiasm wanted for the
to have had a little greatcoat made ments of Ensign Flugge are not re- occasion. Having vainly tried to
for him, which he put on in a hurry corded.
“warm up” his bearers, the general
as soon ns It was handed to him.—
was Just going to sit down when the
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Loudon Sphere.
The Arab Mare.
chairman of the meeting plucked him
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The Arab Is regarded as the first of by the coattail. “For the Lord's sake,
horsemen and the Arab mare as the general, give 'em some Latin!” be hur
Queer Taliamana In Malta.
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The Arab’s Idea of riedly whispered In the speaker's ear.
There are still to be found in Malta perfect steed.
a number of small stones shaped and horse taming Is of tbe simplest. Tbe “They won't think you know anything
colored like the eyes, tongues and other colt is treated from the first as a at all If you quit like this. Smith, the
parts of serpents. The superstitious member of the family. It goes in and opposition candidate, talked Latin to
among the Maltese connect these with out of the tents and is so familiarized 'em half tbe evening.”
the tradition that St. Paul when ship with the doings of that extraordinary
Old Hickory rose to the situation.
wrecked was cast on their Island, and creature, man. that there is never any Advancing to the edge of the platform,
It was there that while lighting a bun need of breaking It tn. The Bedouin he extended hfs arm and thundered
dle of sticks for a fire a viper fastened Is very careful of his mare. Lie does out: “E pluribus unum! Sic semper
on the aimstle's hand. St Paul calmly not mount her when he sets out to tyrannls! Habeas corpus!"
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shook the reptile off Into the flames, play bls usual tricks upon travelers.
The audience roared with applause.
and no harm followed. The natives He rides a camel to which the mare The credit of the orator was saved,
wear these stones as talismans, in Is tethered. Not until the caravan is and the Jackson ticket won out In that
which character they suppose them In sight does he mount the mare and county.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Cures Backache
serviceable In warding off dangers give chase. There Is, by the way. an
from snake bites and poisons. They impression that the Bedouin Is a
A Spoiled Scene.
Corrects
are found In St. Paul's cave, imbed bloody minded person who would as
E. H. Sothern once found his wit fall
Irregularities
ded In clay, and are set In rings and lief take your life as not. This ts un him In time of need. It was In the
bracelets and when found to be In the fair to bim. He is a thief of very fourth act of "The Lady of Lyons."
Do not risk havinf
shape of a tongue or liver or heart are peaceful Inclinations and much pre
Bright’s Diseatt
Sothern played Claude Melnotte. and
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hung around the neck. They are also fers to effect any necessary transfer of Virginia Harned was cast as Pauline.
or Diabetes
taken Internally, dissolved in wine, property with ng little bother as pos
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Benusant. the villain, was pursuing
which method la attended, according sible.—London Graphic.
raultne, and she cried loudly for help.
to some people, by more Immediate re
Claude Is supposed to dash to her res
sults.
A Poor Bath.
cue and catch the fainting raullne In
A Frenchman was talking In New his arms. Sothern dashed on to the
Islands In New York City.
York about tbe excellent bathing stage, but slipped and slid, sitting
“1 was showing an Englishman our benches of America.
down near the footlights. Losing his
city a week or two ago." aald a New
“There are no such beaches In Eu presence of mind, he declaimed the
Yorker, "and was surprised to hear rope." said be. "And the sea over
line: “Look up, Pauline. There is no
him express astonishment at the num there is not so pleasant to bathe In.
ber of Islands within our municipal Frequently, you know, great pipes danger.” As Virginia Hamed was
boundaries. 'Is this entire Island a empty sewage into It. They who stay standing, this was, of course, an Im
part of New York city?' be asked as I late for the bathing In Nice, for In possibility. By this time the audience
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took him on several trolley rides over stance, swim about among lemon peel, was In an uproar, and when Arthur
on Staten Island.
And all these Is orange skins, melon rinds, soaked but Ln wrecce. who played Beausant. scorn
lands. too. are they New York city?' be still buoyant newspapers—fearful rub fully said. “You are beneath me." tbe
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Inquired another day as he went up bish. I once bathed In Nice. Tbe Med amusement of the audience knew no
bounds.
the East river HI* remarks put me to iterranean was warm and pleasant,
thinking, and I've discovered that not but It resembled soup or something
The Stick For Wives.
•<ue of the really great cities of the worse. I heard an American after
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In the old Anglo-Norman marriage
»or.,' has so many Islands within Its coming out say to the bathing master:
ceremony the gentlewoman used to
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IxniiiUrb - as New York. Staten Is
" 'Look here, friend, where do stran promise her husband to be buxom
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land tu L.-el* would make a good sized ger» go for a wash after bathing
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"unto my gentll manne." The wont
city. Some i>? «he other Islands, of here?1"
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buxom corresponds to the modern Ger
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course, are bau’.ly more than specks,
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man blegsam. meaning bending or pli
but they belong to Naw York city Just
How We Fall Asleep.
ant. and the old English was "busk-
the same.”
It Is not generally known that the atn. all of which goes to show that
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body falls asleep In sections. Tbe mus things must have been very pleasantly
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The Darkest Hour.
cles of the legs and arms lose tbelr
The proverb which tells us that "the power long before those which sup- ordered In the good old days that are
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darkest hour Is that before dawn” U port the head and these last sooner dead and gone. According to the old
inaccurate, for light Increases in the than tbe muscles which sustain tbs English law. which Is still ttnrescfnded
looming as gradually as ft decreasea back. The sense of sight sleeps first. in the statute book, the "gentll maune"
it the evening The saying should be then the sense of taste, next the sense was allowed to beat his goode wife
"tie coldest hour." etc., which Is per of smell, next that of bearing and last- with a stick the diameter of which did
fectly true and la owing to causes ly that of touch. These are the results not exceed a quarter of an Inch.-New
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connw-ted with the deposit of dew. of careful and lengthy Investigation by York World.
IToarfrwts. too. usually take place a French scientist. M Cabanis.
What She Wanted to See.
just before daylight and are an addi
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Th» chauffeur was taking his load of
tional muse of the peculiar chilliness
Making Practics
tourists for a ride through the resi
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of this time London Scraps.
'These mere vassals of the town dence portion of the metropolis and
have the audacity to say my poems pointing out to them the state man
Th» S«lt In the Sea.
make them alck." said the proud bard.
A «ctentiat has calculated, after ex "You don't object to them, do you, sions ef the nabob "I've often beard."
said the portly dowager with the dia
tensive tests of the density and salt- sir?”
monds. “of these Oliver Wendel homes.
nee» of the ocean In all parts of the
"No, Indeed." answered the stranger
Would you mind showing us one of
BAY CITY
world, that there Is lhe equivalent of
I Mr». Wm. Elliott w»»nt to Tillamook, i Saturday. It is helping a
■'And may I ask who you are?”
'em?”- -San Francisco Argonaut.
3601.342 cubic geographical miles of
help" 1«
"Why, I am the town physician.”—
Chee. Willman and Arch Provoo«t. Saturday, to visit her parents, Mr. and "round. Firstly, it help*
common salt in all lhe known seas Chicago News
and secondly, il hell* the h<**
from Bremerton. Wash., bare opened up M r». Bowler.
Sensitive.
'litis Is more than five times the mass
a lior«e»boeing and blsckemith shop on
The Bay City people are elated at the i out who are *<» busy with their
"1 hear vou Is out of a Job. Willie*”
of the mountains In the entire Alpins
I tha county road east of Provoosl's store. idea of another boat running between work, can now depend on
Virtue
of
Hospitality.
"Yes
I
may
tie
a
little
too
sensitive,
range.
Hospitality solves snd annuls eren but when the boss set ‘Git to blazes We aie glad to welcome them, as this Portland and Ray Citi, and the Argo wholeaome things for their S“
the mysterious antagonisms that exist cut of her» before I kick you nutr •hop was badly needed.
ner. Here is a good »ish fot *
will be wr)' patronized bv «11 here.
Th» Resemblance,
between races. This glorious snd beau
Rev. P J Jonas will conduct a pre ich Aid.
"The buckwheat cakes at my board
board* tifnl and sacred rite makes all men then I got mad and resigned me posi
D I.. Van <•• Wlele. of Portland, is In
Inrdt'A
tlon."—Illustrated Bits.
Last Thursday night Virgil J- ■
l"g bouse always remind me of a base- brothers.—Casspirs Saturday Journal.
the city and intends to join hia brother, ingserviee, Sunday. 13th December, at
ball game.”
a partv for a run to the San' .
in-law, Homer Provooet in husineae. D. 7:30 p.m. All are invited to attend.
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He Knew.
'How so?"
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b ick. They enjoy, d ths trip.
Poor Evo.
L.
Van
de
Wiele
ia
a
well
known
Port
Rev
p
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Jonas
will
conduct
a
preach
Teacher
Now.
Johnny,
what
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The batter doesn't always make a
Eve (In the garden)-Adam. Pre got Washington a farewell address? John land man, having been traveller for the ing service at Garibaldi cn Sunday. was fine.
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hit" Puck,
The Rev A. B C‘l,l,r „ L ,W
to have another dress. Adam—Eve. ny Heaven New York Sun.
I German American Coffee Co. We need December 12 at 11 a m Mr Bvron has
you're the moat resolute woman Pro
more of this kind of )ierson. in our kindlv consented to allow the u-e of hie •erVice, in lhe .M E Church.
Per the noblest man that lives tbers ever known. You're always turning
hotel
13th December. st 11 • ™• ^.„Sr
Conscience
and
wealth
are
net
al
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midst to build up snd care for the in-
still remains a conflict. <1 arti eld
over a naw leaf.-London Tatler.
The Lad eV Aid have arranged to have als > a» Foley at 8 p m All «•
ways neighbors. Messenger.
ervaaing business.
a sale of cook id foods at Nelson's every, invited.
OLD TIME PRICES.”- »
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FIRE
FIRE
FIRE
The Entire Stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES
of the
Red Front Shoe Store
Is offered for Sale at COST.
Owing to the damaged condition of the store building I|
& am compelled to dispose of my stock at a sacrifice on accounts
of the ¡ate fire. The public is invited to come and get lots|
of Bargains from a well selected stock of Boots and Shoes. |
Renmmber the place: The Red Front Shoe Store.
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P
HI
&
BROWNE,
Salesman.
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