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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. APRIL 1, 1909. A FLOWER LEGEND. MAILED LETTERS. A DEADLY CONTEST. Owned by ths 8onder Until Delivered te the Address«». Many persons are under tbe Impres sion that a letter once mailed to no longer tbe property of the sender, but belongs to the person to whom It Is addressed, This la an error. Under tbe postal regulations of the United States and tbs rulings of the highest courts In the land, a letter does not belong to the addressee until It Is de- llvered to him. The writer has a right to reclaim and regain possession of It provided he can prove to tbe satisfaction of the postmaster at the office from which It was sent that be was tbe writer of It. Even after tbe letter has arrived at the office which la Its destination and before It has been delivered to the addressee It may be recalled by the writer by telegraph through the mall- Ing office. Tbe regulations of the postofflee de partment require, of course, that ut most care shall be taken by tbe post master st the office of mailing to as certain that tbe person who desires to withdraw the letter Is really tbe oue wbo le entitled to do so, and tbe post master Is responsible for bls error If be delivers tbe letter to an Impostor or to an unauthorized person. Tbe vital principle In our political system Iles at tbe bottom of this mat ter In this country the state Is the servant or agent of tbe citizen, not Ills master It remains merely his agent throughout the transmission of a let ter The state may prescribe regula tlone under which Its servants may carry a mea«age for tbe citizen, but It cannot shirk Its responsibility to him — Washington Star. Tragic Climax of a Bicycle Rocs In Australia. One of tbe most singular events j tbe annals of athletics occurred a few The years ago at 8yduey. Australia. occasion was a great electric light bicycle race, and tbe attendance was not less than 10.000 people There were fifty entries, two of whom. James Somerville and Percy Cliff, wen not only professional rivals, but deadly enemies. Both were considered ex pert riders. From tbe start of tbe race Somer vllle led. wltb Cliff a close second Somerville kept the lend throughout and came Into the last lap with Cliff only a few feet behind blm. When about twenty-five yards from the fin lah Somerville put on a terrific burst of speed and drew away from hh rival. Suddenly at this point bls grip on tbe handle bar relaxed, and he fell forward. Tbe machine, however, un der tbe tremendous Impulse It hud re reived, rnci-d ahead like tin arrow, the rider banging limply over the bundle bar. Four yards from the tape the ma chine slowed down a little. At this point the front wheel of Cliff's inn chine st nr k the hind wheel of Sont ervllle's, sanding both wheel ned rldet across the tape, Somerville won the race, hut he was dend several second* before he crossed the tape.—Chicago Record-Herald. TUNING A PIANO. A Professional's Experience With Irri- table Von Bulow. "Plano tuners nre for the most part graduated from piano factories." sa .vs one of them "While tbe piano tuner to required to know every part In tbe makeup of a piano, he Is not ueces sarlly a phi no repairer. Nor can the average piano maker or repairer tune a piano There are hundreds of expert makers and repairers of pianos who wouldn't be able to tell one tune from another. "The piano tuner Is born, not made. His acute sense of the vibrations of sound Is given to him ut his birth, and the man who hnsn't got thia sense can't become a piano tuner "Quite a itumlier of yenra ago, when nans von Bulow was In America. 1 tuned the piano upon which he played. He wouldn't allow the instrument to be tuned In the wareroom, one of his whims being that even a short removal of a piano knocks It all out of tune something In that theory at that. So I tuned It upon the platform upon which be waa to perform. He stood over me all tbe time, letting out ago nlzed whoops and German cuss words until I couldn't help but laugh In his face. "Finally, when 1 had tbe piano al most tuned, he gave a few more shrieks and. grabbing the wrench, be gan doing tbe Job all over again. I let blm go ahead, and Inside of three minutes he had tbe piano so hoitelessly out of tune that It took me three hours to get It Into shape again. Ilerr von Rulow had to pay double for tills little exhibition of temper.”—8pokane Sports man Review. Hsw Dicksns Learned to Writs. When asked by one of those wise acres who are convinced Ihnt In order to write good English n man must be taught to write bad Latin where his oon was educated, Mr. John Dickens replied with considerable aplomb that him eon -er- well, bls son-er might be almost said. In a sense, to have edu rated himself. The street, the ware house. Mr. Creakle. an attorney's of ten. the reporters’ gallery slid post- chaise—such was the education that equipped a young mnn of twenty four to preside at the banquet of literature at an unprecedented age, to make the Iteat a|>eeches In London, to go Into the best society, to set the table In a roar, to lend every company In which he mixed, to travel, acquire French and Italian with ease and write the most animated letters known to the modern world.— I-ondon Times I ANCIENT DOCTORS. Some of the Things They Knew Twelve Hundred Years Ago. The Russian Academy of Medicine after examining a Tiliettin ''Hand book of Medicine." flrst published 1.2IIO years ago. acknowledges that it con talu3 many truths discovered or redis covered by modem physicians. Here are some extracts from tbe aucleut volume: "Number of bones In the human body. 3C0; number of nerves. 'JU; num ber of pores. 11.000.000. “The heart Is the king of the organs and the staff of life The lungs ent brace It as a mother does ber child Sicknesses are due to man's malice, ip norance and Inability to curb the pas slons. for these tilings Interfere with the proper nourishment of the human organs All unkind thoughts react upon the heart and liver." The methods for ascertaining th state of a person's health were ver similar to those methods employed to day—looking at tbe tongue, feeling th. pulse, etc. Vegetable medicines ar. advocated; also baths, compresses, mas sage, bloodletting, etc. Fines were ln> posed upon physicians who did no keep their Instruments clean. A Fearless Prince. Victor Emmanuel when prince royal held the rank of colonel In a regiment of artillery, and Humbert 1 was on the throne. A new explosive had been Invented, and the youug prince was in vlted to be present at some experl ments that were to be made wltb it At the flrst shot the cannon being used burst wltb terrific force, scattering pieces of metal In every direction, but luckily not seriously Injuring any one Nevertheless the natural Impulse to fl.i from danger seized officers and experts alike, and off they rushed with more unanimity thnn dignity. Only Vk-toi Emmanuel remained at bls post He watched them for a moment and then In a quiet tone of kingly tenor, called them back. “No use running now," be said, wltb a ghost of a smile playing about bls lips. "All danger Is over.” ------- ,50.’.V.’.*.*.*.*.*r OH.V.V.V.. .>11 H«w th« Myoaotis Cam« te Be Called Terrible Peet to Traveler» and Nstivee Forgetmenot In th« Northland. Dr. A. F. Thomson communicated to No account of travel In Labradorean Mills' “History of Chivalry” tbe fol I- | be complete without some mention of lowing romantic account of tbe origin “ the terrible |>est of mosquitoes. These Can you afford to be without of tbe popular name, forgetmenot. of 1 were always present In Immense I fire the favorite little flower myoaotis: swarms frora tbe beginning of our trip “Two lovers were loitering on tbe mar to tbe end, and sometimes they made aud the Heavy Loss to you. gin of a lake on a fine summer's even life almost unbearable. Ing when tbe maiden espied some of Nothing could be beard but tbelr the flowers of myoaotis growing oo tbe buzzing. Whenever we attempted to water close to tbe bank of so Island eat they were down our throats and at some distance from tbe shore. She In our eyes and faces, and In spite of expressed a desire to ix.ssess them, our head nets and fly dope we were when the knight, in tbe true spirit of always badly bitten. The natives chivalry, plunged into the water and. seemed to mind them almost as much swimming to the spot, cropped the as we did, their remedy being rancid wished for plant, but bls strength was seal oil. I am satisfied that were one unable to fulfill tbe object of his so unfortunate as to be caught out at achievement, and, feeling that he could night without protection he would be not regain tbe abore. although very either crazy or dead by morning. near it. be threw tbe flowers upon tbe Our tents were provided with a flue bank, and, casting a last affectionate mesh bobbinet Inner tent, but some look upon bls ladylove, he cried ‘For would always find tbelr way Inside or get me not!* and was burled In tbe come up from tbe ground, At times waters. As the world insists upou a our light so attracted them we went reason, this story Is as good as another, outside to see if It were not raining, but tbe worthy knight must have been for tbe constant tapping of the mos sadly out of bls element not to have quitoes against tbe canvas sounded so been able to return from a bank on exactly like rain that It was Impossible which bls mistress could discern so to tell the difference. minute a blossom, unless. Indeed, We On many nights I bad to give up tbe suppose blm to have been dad In observation of stars for latitude and armor, which was a habiliment 111 longitude because a candle could not adapted for a lover by land or water be kept lit long enough to adjust tbe artificial horizon. * We unfortunately had no chimney, and the mosquitoes swarmed so thickly that without this This Malicious Bruts Is ths Assassin protection the flame was quickly smothered. There were but few nights of ths Jungls. If tbe genius of bell used up nil bls cool enough to afford us any relief. mental energy making a devil for the We found that It required a tempera animal kingdom, be could not bare ere ture within a few degrees of actual Buhl Milk Cans $2.50. ated a more uncertain, malicious and freezing to subdue them.—Forest and ugly brute than tbe rhinoceros. This Stream. animal has buried more hunters than all other big game combined It seems to be tbe hired assassin of the jungle. Its success as a homicide Is not due Th« Fashion Was Started In England to tbe fact that ft seeks Its victim, bul by Queen Elizabeth. because Its victim falls over It. If the The practice of starching linen is rblno knows that there Is an enemy at least 400 years old. It Is said about. It will try to get away wit bout to have originated under Queen being seen. If. on the other hand. It Elizabeth. Its Inventor was a Dutch thinks that by keeping still It will be woman, the wife of a Mr. Gullbeem. passed unnoticed. It stays as silent and who was driver at the royal court motionless as Gibraltar, Its little bog Mrs. Gullbeem understood so well bow eyes watching tbe direction of the to improve a small deficiency In tbe noise and Its nose sniffing tbe air. bust of ber royal mistress by means of Should an enemy show up suddenly stiffened collars, frills and laces that In the jungle tbe rhino charges like n Elizabeth overwhelmed ber wltb fa flash, nose down and horns leveled like vors and privileges and finally elevated swords for the thrust. Its huge bulk her to the rank of chief inspectress of crushing through tbe brush like an ex the court linen. press train. It Is always a tight to the The fashion introduced by tbe queen death, for a rhinoceros, once In a tight, was of course soon followed by all wins or dies, and It mostly wins If It the women of rank. Tbe fad for this Is not confronted with an express rifle new “art” finally degenerated Into a In the hands of a cool, good shot.— veritable mania for starching, ironing, Hampton’s Magazlue. plaiting, etc. Later special “profess ors” of tbe art of starching estab Th« Old Time Album. lished themselves In London, among "The terrors of the autograph •i- whom a Flemish woman of the name bum" must have been more general In of Dlngben van der Plasse seems to the middle of the last century than have occupied the highest rank. Those they are now. The volume bad em privileged to be Initiated by her In tbe CHEESE, Tillamook to Portland bossed pages of various colors and art bad to pay no less than £5 for a showed alternate literature and art— lesson. Tuiins, 121 Cents per Case. original verses and drawings of ruins Later they began to add blue color to and bridges heightened wltb white the starch. Queen Elizabeth, who was Trips, 15 chalk. Girls presented It for contribu • 9 very anxious about her questionable tions so universally that Charles Dick beauty, found that tbe addition of blue ens was on one occasion mueb aston gave a green hue to ber complexion. ished to find none forthcoming. He She therefore prohibited ber subjects had actually brought wltb him some wearing any other than pure white F. P. BAUMGARTNER, Agent Couch Street Dock, Portland, Oregon. verses addressed to a beautiful maid starched linen, claiming that blue B. C. LAMB, Agent, Tillamook, Oregon. en. on whose parents be was calling, washed linen was injurious to health. and he carried them away again But fashion proved superior even to Sending them to her by post, be wrote. “good Queen Bess.” They continued "I bad meant to put these Hues Into merrily to use blue starch, though one your album, but you. who do nothing woman after tbe other bad to go to like anybody else, did not produce prison for transgressing the "blue one.”—London Standard. law.”—Boston Post Come in and See Me About Insurance, insurance Let Me Write you a Policy, ROLLIE WATSON SAFETY, RELIABILITY and QUICK ADJUSTMENT. Flour Has Advanced in Price We Have a Good Supply of Hard Wheat Flour on hand, our friends and customers get the benefit. H ard wheat flour . Lighthouse Brand $5.10 a bl, $1.30 sk. Flour, Best on Earth. Snow Drift Flour$5.65 a bbl, $1.45 ask 100 lbs. Best Granu ated SUGAR, $5.40 ask. THE RHINOCEROS. STARCHED CLOTHES. WM. CURTISS, The Grain Man, Tyler Building. Pacific Navigation Co’s. STEAMER SUE H. ELMORE. The ONLY Freight ancl PASSENGER Boat making regular trips between TILLAMOOK AND PORTLAND FREIGHT, $3.00 PER TON Now is the timz to invest in Tillamook property. Values will double in a few years. In Morocco. In Morocco tbe prevailing tone la P«t Names. grayish white, men’s clothes and Every one likes to see husband and bouses, towns, bushes, tall umbelll- wife on affectionate terms, but Knagga ferae. nodding like ghosts In autumn — by, the toyshop keeper, rnther over all are white; white sands upon tbe did tbe thing Little Johnny Bl-^gs shore and in the Sahara and over all had slx|>ence. and he hud bought a a white and saddening light, as If the toy. but little Jobnny'a fancy Is way sun was tired of shining down for ward, aud he discovered tlmt a clock ever ou tbe uncbaugtng Ilfs, in no work railway engine was poor fun part of Morocco I have visited does compared wltb a borse and cart, after tbe phrase “gorgeous east" have tbe all. Therefore he went to change least meaning, and thlk Is always noted the railway engine. “You say you by the wandering easterners, who And bought this here yesterday?" said the country dull and lacking In color Snaggsby dubiously. "Who served compared wltb Asia, or, as tbe Arabs you?" "The-goosey gander. sir!” said call It, "Blad Ea Scbark.”—“A Journey Johnny, pointlug to Mra. S Aud when to Morocco." Snaggsby remembered that be bad so addressed Ills wife In the presence of Russian Vengeance. the boy on tbe day previous he flushed The Russian revlutlonarles bare Crusty Old Gentleman. « pretty pink and changed tbe toy.- absolutely no mercy on those w bo be "Rome people are so queer." said the London Sphere. tray them. It Is well known that In young mother, with a pout "Now. I tbe year 1903 a traitor caugbt at think there 1s nothing (bat should be The Sight of ths Pigton. Odessa waa bricked up alive In a cel more appreciated than a generous A friend of mine ridicules the Idea lar. child" that In tbe carrier pigeon It can he Regnier, a French spy In tbe pay of “What are you referring to. my sight which guides It on Its home tbe Russian police, for a long time dear?" asked her uelghta.r. ward trail, But my friend should eluded tbe vengeance of the revolu "Why. tbe baby I had him In tbe really study the mechanism of the eye tionaries. But they caught blm at last ear yesterday, and right In front sat a of the bird before he skeptlclzes. I and that just at the moment when be crusty old gentleman with aide wblsk am sure that from heights at which It fancied himself safe. His body was ere. Four (linee tbe baby offerts! blm la Itself Invisible the falcon can note found In bls cabin on a ship which a ath-k of candy, and each time he only •ts prey, and Its eye Is simply a self reached Antwerp He bad been suffo frowued. When the soft candy got adjusting telescope The careful dis cated by fumes of sulphurated hydro stuck In his side whiskers he became section of the eye of tbe bird of prey gen. How this was done was never very 8ery and told the conductor. Is sn absolute revelation as to creative discovered. Wasn't be rude?”—New York l liuea Ingenuity.—Dr Dabbs In Fry’s London Magazine. Tha Considerate Clock. Why He Wn Popular. “Ona kiss!" pleaded a departing "How do you know your busband la Deen 8wlft's Retert. lover not a good inker p'ayerF- A young advocate as Id to Dean Swin. "Nonsense!" exclaimed his fiancee In "Because.” answered young Mrs Tor- "Supposing, doctor, thst the parsons a teasing mood. “Some one might see kina. “no good inker player could be and the devil should litigate a cause, US." so popular as be Is with other poker which party would you think would "Wbor players."-Washington Star. gain It?" "The devil, no doubt." was “Why, the clock; It has a face." tbe dean's reply, “as be would bare all "Yea. but It keepa Its bands In front Either Would Oo. tbe lawyen on hto elds." of It!" Tbs Dear Glri-Ho bad tbe Imps denes to ask me for a kiss! Her I tear Tha Aristocrats When He Missed It Friend-The Meat What cheek! The "Ara there degrees of rank la the The haldheaded man waa asked tf Daar Girl (blushing)-Ho wasn't par- servants' hall?" be missed bls hair much. Ocular which.-Judge. "Only when some fool question ma bra tbe so mad I want to pall It," “ Insandssosnl Lamas. be replied pleasantly. - Philadelphia Incandescent lamps can be colored Ledger. “To be sure Mehls who have charts by dipping them In a solution of white dogs won't with maids obelise Io denatured alcohol to which of Honesty la the associate best policy altboarb who may look have after the children. ”-LoutoelDe has been added aniline dys of tbe de It deferred dividend | tat the latter^arly^lwVy^Lr^'tbs . Courier Journal. sired bus I elaare attachment-Qudg.- 1 former . utubrellns. to to t LABRADOR MOSQUITOES. Fraternity Pin». Fraternity plus are seldom lost, and when they do disappear they often turn up again, sometimes years after ward, in tbe most out of the way places. As they always bear tbe own er's name and chapter engraved on the back It is not a difficult matter to return them. One “old grad" who lost his pin shortly after be left college and bought another now has two. the original emblem having been returned In a singular manner. A "brother” had observed the familiar token re posing upon the bandanna of an old colored mammy In a little town In Vir ginia. Upon questioning her be learned that she bad come by It "tak ing tn washing.” After much persua sion she was prevailed upon to sur render tbe trophy.—New York Post. CATTERLIN & SHARP, Real Estate Agents. Main Street, 1 illamook City, op. Larsen House. LODGE, MASONIC No. 57, meets on third Satur- of day each month I.OOF. Hall, at 7 ;30 p.m. E rwin H arrison , Sec. Badly Named. There Is a man tn a midland town whose name to Burst It to a misfor tune that would not bare attracted much attention if be bad not called hto two children Annie May and a*—— Will —London Scrape. a- SEE - W. C TROMBLEY. BAY CITY. OREGON. " DR A. D. PERKINS, RESIDENT DENTIST. Office iu Sturgeon's Building. Alt Work Guaranteed. What He Meant. “It's fortunate that Professor Laa* ley baa a cold tonight" “What do you mean? If It hadn't been for tbe cold tbe professor would bare sung.” "Yes.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. For Real Estate, in F rank S everance , W.M. Easily Satisfied. A countryman who was "doing Lon don" went to a concert ball and in quired tbe prices of seats. “Front seats, 2 shillings; back. 1 shilling; programs, a penny.” aald tbe attendant "Oh. well, then," the visitor re- marked blandly, "I'll take a program seat!” TILLAMOOK. OREGON. J. R. HARTER, Real Estate and Financial Agent Insurance. OFFICE: TILLAMOOK HOTEL. S' Vierick's Bakery, I ' Z7 ¡£ Harty Sharp. W. E. Catterlin. OPPOSITE THE ALLEN HOUSE. THE POET SAYS “ He»uty draw« or by a Kinxle hair.” This seems like something of an exagsmtion on the part of the poet, if at least does not apply to men. The man with a single hair would not draw worth a cent, unless as a curiosity. People to look their beet need hair, they need all they ever have. If the hair begins to go it is time to use IMPERIAL HAIR TONIC. Thi« preparation saves hair. It stimnlateethe hair bulhs, cleans the scalp of dandruff or eruptions, and promotes new growth. Try it now. Price 50c. and $1 00 a bottle. Especially this Week. ORDER YOUR Colors Bern by candlelight will Mt look tbe same by day. - Mrs. Browsi^. MAPLE CREAM LAYER CAKES. Everything;, a tks Bak in« Line. CH AS. I. CLOUGH CO., Reliable Druggists aud Prescription Experts.
