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.”
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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
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insurance
Let Me Write you a Policy, ROLLIE WATSON
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We Have a Good Supply of Hard
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THE RHINOCEROS.
STARCHED CLOTHES.
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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.
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I
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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
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