TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, MARCH 25, 1900
NAVAL DISCIPLINE
- ThAeA OU*« i.oi,ALAn
fl These Stray Sticks
I Is Perilous Work
SIGNBOARDS OF CHANNELS.
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How These Mariners' Guides Are An-
•hared and How They Sometimes
Break Away and Are Hunted Down
by the Lighthouse Service Tenders.
When tbe winter gales Legin to blow,
the tenders of the lighthouse service
turn their stems toward northern seas
to hunt »tray spar buoys. Of all tbe
work of the coast patrol this, perhaps,
la tbe most exposed to danger. Pulling
tbeae “signboards" out of the sea cr
putting them over side Is like "ynnk-
tag* spiles with a ton derrick on a
heaving platform.
Although passengers ln the boats
that ply the waters of New York bar
bor, Long Island sound and other wa
terways along tbe coast see many
spar buoys, they give them little
thought. With the man at tbe wheel
it is different. Color, shape and size
give him volumes of Information, and
he looks upon the spar buoy as an ln-
raluabla- guide.
In ths government Inventories they
ere listed as “sticks,” although they
are sometimes sixty feet long. They
are anchored In the bed of a river or
harbor channel, their “up ends" paint
ed In such a way as to Indicate to the
observer the formation of the bottom.
On the margin of government charts
explanatory notes tell one that vessels
nppgoachlag a harbor from the sea
flbave red buoys with even
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M on tbe right and black, with
odd numbers on tbe left side of chan
nels. Black and white striped buoys,
the’ stripes running perpendicularly,
mean an (obstruction In the channel,
with room to get by on either side.
If balls or cages ornament the "up
ends" lt means a turning point, the
color and number Indicating tbe course.
These eticks are put down with heavy
iron anchors nnd sometimes great
stone weights. One would suppose that
so fixed they never could get away, but
they do, and lt Is a Job to find them.
Ice floes break their cables and some
times crush the sticks; storms pull
them loose, and ships in tbe fog or
darkness foul them and tear them from
their hold i on tbe bottom. Not infre
quently Ship- use them as moorings,
iltfyough this Is forbidden.
There are instances where the an-
thora of a sp ar buoy have been secure
mough to hold against Ice pressure and
■ * narrow channel cause a dangerous
am. But such cases are few. for
vhe* this happens the weight of the
ce usually becomes so great ns to force
be buoy under, and the pack slides on.
If the ice pack gets under tbe buoy
o as to lift it there Is only one result—
be parting of the cable. Then off
tarts the Spar upon a Journey maybe
f thousands of miles, perhaps of only
ne or two. It may fetch up on the
earest shore, and lt may drift to the
vast of Zurope or Into the southern
*as. On the Irish coast today is one
hich traveled there in six weeks from
ew York' harbor. It was presented
i tbe British government by tbe Unlt-
l States and now floats off tbe coast
1 which it stopped after Its long At-
Ifhat the Sailor Will Do to Obtain
Shors Leava.
As uiufiraung
illustrating now
bow men respona
respond and
adjust themselves to reward, or, what
comes to the same thing, the maximum
satisfaction for a given amount of ef
fort, two instances that came under
my observation while in tbe navy are
very interesting. One cruise was made
on a vessel whose executive officer was
In most respects a very able man.
Discipline in general was admirable.
In arranging for shore leave of the
enlisted men, however, be managed so
to arrange matters, strange as it may
seem, that it was possible for a man
in an inferior conduct grade to get
more liberty than one of the best be
haved men. This was of course en
tirely unnatural and came about from
a combination of two separate systems
The reason was that naval regulations
compelled the giving of at least a cer
tain amount of shore leave to men In
the second grade, while tbe system he
was using actually allowed less to a
man In the first grade. The result was
that in a short time the bulk of the
men were tn the second conduct grade
where they could get the most liberty.
At a later date, on another ship, tbe
executive officer was an extremely
able man, who bad studied this ques
tion more carefully and was a great
believer in making it worth while for
the men to behave themselves and
keep In a high conduct grade. He so
arranged matters that if any man be
haved himself sufficiently well and
did all bls work with high efficiency
he could have an unusual amouut of
liberty. The result was that this ship
had more than half its crew In what
Is known ns tbe “special first class."
far and away tbe largest percentage
that ever came under my observation.
—Walter M. McFarland in Engineer
ing Magazine.
EXPERT PLAYERS.
A TURNER MASTERPIECE.
Origin of th. Painter's Fa-nous “Rain,
Steam and Speed.”
Of all pictures by the great English
color poet, Turner, none Is more popu
lar than that which now graces the
London National gallery under the
name of “Rain, Steam and Speed."
which was first exhibited in 1844. It
is impossible to reproduce this ade
quately.
Concerning the origin of this picture
Ruskin furnishes an interesting tale.
The story was told to him by a friend.
Lady Simon. It seems that she was
traveling one night in tbe early days
of the Great Western railway from
Exeter to London. “When I had taken
off my coat and smoothed my ruffled
plumes and generally settled myself,”
she tells, “I looked up to see the most
wonderful eyes I ever saw. steadily,
luminously, clalrvoyantly, kindly, pa
ternally looking at me. The hat was
over the forehead, the mouth and ebln
burled in the brown velvet coat collar
of the brown greatcoat. Well, we went
on. and the storm went on more and
more until we reached Bristol, where
we waited ten minutes. My old gen-
tleman rubbed the side window with
his coat cuff. In vain. He attacked the
center window. again In vain, so blur-
red anil blotted was lt with tbe tor
rents of rain. A moment's hesitation
and then, ‘Young lady, would you mind
my putting down this window?’
“ ‘Oh. no not at all.’
“ ‘You may be drenched, you know.’
“ ‘Never mind, sir.'
"Immediately down went the win
dow and out went the old gentleman's
head and shoulders, and I said. *Oh. I
please let me look.’
“ ‘Now, you will be drenched.' he re
monstrated. But he half opened the
wlrdow for me to see. Such a night!
Such a chaos of elemental and artificial
lights and noises I never saw nor
heard. He drew up the window as we
moved on. I leaned back for some
minutes with closed eves, then opened
them nnd said. ‘Well. I have been
drenched, but It was well worth It.'
"Ho nodded and smiled and again
took to his steady but Inoffensive pe
rusing of my face. The next year. I
think It was. going to the academy. I
turned at once, as I always did. to see
what Turners there wore. Imagine
my feelings! There stood written
'Rain, Steam nnd Speed. Great West
ern. June, 1843.’ I had found out
whom the seeing eyes belonged to. As
I stood looking at the picture I heard
n mawkish voice behind me say:
“ ‘There, now. Just look nt thnt!
Ain’t lt just like Turner? Who ever
saw such a ridiculous conglomeration?'
I turned very quietly round nnd said:
‘I did. I was in the train that night.
and It is perfectly and wonderfully
true.' After that I walked quietly
away."—Helen Zimmem In Metropol
itan Magazine.
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FIRE
FIRE
FIRE.
The Entire Stock of
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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 account
of the late fire. The public is invited to come and get lots
of Bargains from a well selected stock of Boots and Shoes.
Remember the place: The Red Front Shoe Store.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
DAIRYMEN’ AND
S SUPPLIES
STEEL STOVES & RANCES.
Four Ladies and an Interesting At-
tempt at Whist.
The following conversation was over
heard by a waiter at a ladies' club.
The man wns able to use his knowl
edge of shorthand to take notes, hav
ing once been a reporter:
n
"Jane," said Maria. "It Is your lead.”
Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors, Window
“Why. no,” answered Jane; "It Is
Ida’s.”
Sashes,
“No," .spoke up Ida; “it Is not my
lead. Susan dealt the cards."
Why. then, lt must be my lead,”
said Maria. “What’s trumps?”
“Hearts!” shouted three young voices
In unison.
"Well, there is my lead.” said Maria,
playing the deuce of clubs.
"But you must lead a trump card,
Agents for the Great Western Saw.
my dear.” cried Jane.
“Yes, and lead the biggest trump
you nave In your hand,” put in Ida.
Jane’s partner.
“Well. then, here Is the queen of
Kongo Natives and Their Dead.
The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County.
hearts,” said Marla.
“In the matter of preserving bodies
“Oh, you mean thing, you!" exclaim for burial Kongos. after tbe usual s
Ml«
ed Jane. “That takes my king.”
binding In cloth, keep them for two
“But I will take the trick, for I have or three months In their houses, where
the ace,” said Ida.
a fire is kept burning, but In Zombo
“But.” remarked Susan, “that is the they are suspended on two forked
ace of diamonds."
sticks In a dugout vault tn tbe ground,
"So lt Is," said Ida. “Well, here 1 b which is covered over with palm
tbe four of hearts.”
branches and earth,” says a mission
“I've got the ace of hearts,” purred ary. “Sometimes the body Is placed
Susan. “Does that take the trick?"
under a specially built grass roof In
“Of course It does,” answered Jane.
tbe open. This Is not considered a
It is guaranteed
“No, it doesn't,” said Ida. “A court burial, and some years ago they
card always tnkes another card."
brought out for a big funeral feast and
ntfc Journey
“Oh, let's stop playing!" cried Marla dance the body of an Important chief
J. S. Lamar,|.,Tillamook, and Hawk & Miller, Bay City.
If it la a long chase to find the stray wearily. “It’s no fun when there are
that had thus been preserved for over
toys it is even a more difficult task to no men to tell you bow to play.”— twenty years. In other districts the
cover the anchors left behind by the Pearson's Weekly.
dead are thrown away into a river or THE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACHINE
gltlve •finrs Tenders that sail out
Into the bush to he devoured by Jack
have a derrick and tackle
LIGHT RUNNING
Banks.
als and vultures."
it of the pilot house, with
It was In the City of Brotherly Love
fine to lift and pull. The that the first bank wns established In
Zoology and Flags.
ivery buoy Is marked on 1781. It was Incorporated by congress
Zoology figures very largely on
MBS a degree, so It is not dlffl- under tbe name of “The President. Di
flags of different nations. On
It to find the desired position. The rectors and Company of the Bank of
British royal standard Is tbe lion,
’ions buMness is dragging for the North America." Three years later the
Lion, by
hfter grappling with It to second bank In the country was opened was Richard Coeur de
way, who altered tbe device from
rd ship. Here the donkey in Boston and called tbe Massachu
leopards to lions on tbe king's stand-
B Into play. Another haz- setts bank.
ard. Tbe eagle nppears on the stand-
I a spar buoy aboard. If a
In tbe same year the Bank of New ards of both Russia nnd Germany
’to be running the captain York was founded.
and both the lion and the eagle on that
I has to use extreme care.
Tbe first United States bank was
| roller get under him and founded In 1785 and tbe second In of Spain. Bulgaria has a lion, China
fhten the lifting chains 1816. In which year the first savings a dragon and Mexico a bird quarreling
¡would give way or the banks were established, one in Phila with a snake. Taken together with
come up too fast, the delphia, the other In Boston —Scrap tbe animals that appear on nations'
arms, tbe royal unicorn and Austra
>r case being placed In Book.
lian emu and kangaroo, a fairly com
elr lives.
prehensive collection could be made
these men run Is all In
Inadvisable.
from national emblems.
'k. To them a job In a
During a snowstorm on tbe Highland
lee shore Is regarded as railway a train was held up for an
Going Too Far.
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onons task than repalnt- hour or two. The guard, a cheery
At a school exhibition a Juvenile
ys on land —New York Scot, passed along tbe carriages trying
elocutionist got up to recite the first
to keep up tbe spirits of tbe passen piece of bls life. He was ambitious.
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gers. An old gentleman angrily com He wished to make a great success of
vity of Ballarat.
plained that if the train didn't go on his piece, nnd be bad been told by ¡fron want either a VlhmtlngShuttle, IP-fary
Ilarat that Mark Twain he would “die of cold."
»buttle or a SI ride Thread 1Chain
his teacher that tbe secret of elocution
Hewing Machine write to
al language so puzzling
”Tak’ my advice an’ no' dae that," was the gesture—for every phrase Its THE HEW HOTI SEWING MACHINE COMPANY
people of the place replied the guard.
’Mln’ y’, we
Orange,
too short to dawdle In chalrge a shillin' a mile for corpses.”— fitting gesture. The opening line of Marr w»-inc macb n-i .re made tell r-K.rdleMCfl
the boy's selection was, “The comet
tauablr,
but
tlie New Kt Ollie is made to we*
Dundee Advertiser.
lifts ita tali of tire." The ovrrzealons
Oui guaranty never runs out
called on the American
boy.
to
fit
Its
proper
gesture
to
thla
Sold
by
autborized dealer* ouljr.
laconically said “K'm.”
Sour Milk.
line, lifted up thè tali of bis coat and
ark Twain gave him n
The milk was not of the desired held lt out In a borizontal posltlon.
E. T. HALTON, Agent.
said “Q."
Inquiry revealed that sweetnees one morning, and little El
Notice.
Inconsistent.
re Ballaratese for “wel- mer pushed bls glass away after tak
ing
a
sip.
Brown
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It's
curious
about
people
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G ive ».—That the
“tbank you."—London
“What's tbe matter with tbe milk. beliefs. They will give entire cre County Court of Tillamook County.
Elmer?” asked bls mother.
dence to the most absurd things and Oregon, will receive hid, for the con
“I guess the milkman baa been feed put no faith whatever in tbe most ob atruction of a Ceptic Tank, to be located
Hailed,
Come in and See Me About Insurance
ung woman hall from ing bis cow on pickles,” was tbe re vious truths. Black—Yes. I've noticed Ion the property now owned by the Till.
ply.—Exchange.
It There's Greene, now He hasn't ) amook Lumber A Manufacturing Co.,
near the outlet of the said Sewer, lead
the least confidence In bash, but he’ll Ing
red the western youth
from the Court House.
Can you affotd to be without
The Dual.
eat all tbe croquette« and mince pie i Said Ceptic Tank to be constructed of
bat expresses the Idea
Gaston burst like a whirlwind In you can set before him —Exchange. | cement and bidder to submit plan, and
halls from Boston. I
FIRE INSURANCE
j dimentione of tank with bid.
re overtaken by such upon bis friend Alphonse. “Will you
be my witness?” he cried.
All bid» must be filed tn the office of
Poor Excuse.
and the Heavy Loss to you.
11 of Intellectual ice.'*
“Going to fight?"
“Before we were married you said ' the County Clerk, of Tillamook County,
y»
“No: going to get married.”
you'd lay down your life for me,” she , on or before 9 o’clock a n,., Wrdnesday,
Poor Man!
the 7th day of April. 190».
Alphonse after a pause Inquired, sobbed
Mrs. Crabapple says
Let Me Write you a Policy, ROLLIE WATSON
County Court reserving the right to
“I know it” be returned solemnly, reject any and all bids
her good by every “Can’t you apologize?"—Argonaut
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SAFETY, RELIABILITY and QUICK
“but this confounded flat is so tiny
life. Mr. Flutter—I of-
By order of the Count; Court.
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ADJUSTMENT.
there’s no place to lay anything down."
Two Tragedies.
bat gave hlm that sour
J. A. H oldcm .
To a woman there are two trage- —Harper’s Bazar.
County Clerk.
rt Set.
tiles, One Is not getting tbe man she
Io essentials unity. In doubtful things
over thee while thou loves: tbe other Is getting him. The
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Is In thy power to be first Is resignation, tbe second distilo- liberty. In all things charity.—Melancb-
♦hnn
«Ion.—New York Herald
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We carry a Large Stock of
Hardware, Tinware,
and China,
Glass
Fine Line of Choice
GROCERIES
ALEX
McNAIR CO.
Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom-
ach, Torpid Liver and
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Laxative Fruit Syrup
Cleanses the system
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions of
pimples and blotches.
Flour Has Advanced
in Price
We Have a Good Supply of Hard
Wheat Flour on hand, our friends
and customers get the benefit.
hard wheat flour .
Lighthouse Brand $5.10 a bl, $1.30 sk.
Flour, Best on Earth.
Snow Drift Flour$5.65 a bbl,$1.45 a sk
100 lbs. Best Granu ated
SUGAR, $5.40 ask
WM. CURTISS, The Grain Man,
Tyler Iiuilding.
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