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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. APRIL 1 HE READ HIS MAN. Cause of Several Hard Fought Legal Battles. SITE WORTH MILLIONS. the Lawyer« Never Have Been • to Break Through the Phalanx Legal Enactments That Preserve Old Landmark In Cheapside. re is a tree lu Cheapside. Lon that may be descrilced as the ¡expensive of its kind on earth dollar gold pieces filled tbeeutire and five dollar bills iluttered in of every one of the leaves It not buy the terra Cruia it uccu for the land on which it stands lorthwest corner of Wood street jbeapslde, is worth $4.500.000 nti The tree has stood on tbe spot tore thau 206 years, while Its site ngmented in value to almost fab proportions. re have been sever:!! bal’d fought lits over this plot of ground, the having been carried even to the of lords, But so fur the lawyers have been able to break through halanx of legal enactments which rve the tree. In the first place, is a law in England which pro- l builders from putting up a ture which, shall keep out the | from windows which bear the ierious words' "ancient lights.' tree In Cheupside literally is stir deci by a number of "uucian! Is" proprietors whose consent nev las been obtained when it came ^■tutting down the tree and putting ■kxlern structure on its site. F< ( same reason the storekeeper wl> B the tiny two story structure on (corner Just in front of the tret r has been able to put Ills build iip beyond its present height. le years ago one builder, wh- tit himself more "cute" than the Ira, started to tnke the law into his hands and put up a building, king to "arrange” with the owners the “ancient lights" afterward. I;ut ' was met with a perfect shower injunctions, proceedings, writs and ^■ictments. more than would have fevered the tree In Its full sprit: m. and It is said be never has been e to pay the thousands of dollars of costs which his little experiment Ited in. few years ago some gardener ordered to lop off certain limbs of tree which hung over Cheapside was done really to save the life of tree and with the consent of the sh clerk and churchwardens of St er's, Cbeapside, the ancient little man church In Foster lane, near by o guard this tree from the vandals tches. When tbe men began t- rk on the tree, however, ft create:’ big sensation In Cbeapside. “The. chopping down our tree." went u; m a thousand angry throats in the strict. Policemen were called, and btless there would have been an MSbther shower of writs, injunctions and ‘^proceedings bad not the minister of le parish explained the real reason «• the lopping operations. Another almost Impassable barrio: hich protects the tree in Its position the fact that it grows in sacred round. There is a law in London that » building can be erected on sacred round without special act of parli 1 lent, and woe betide the unhappy tan who dares to put up even a shnn ' within the sacred precincts of a raveyard in England. This particular corner of Cheapside is been immortalized by Words worth : t the corner ot Wood street when day light appears here's a thrush that sings aloud; It has sung for three years. This bird was wont to perch in the ow famous tree, and it attracted the ttentlon of Wordsworth, wbo used to reakfast in a little shop near by. As ar back as the year 1392—Just a hun- [red years before Mr. Columbus dis- ■overed America—another tree stood in this graveyard and is spoken of by Chaucer: That whosoever ploynes It away. He shall have ChryBtls' curse for aye The tree Is therefore n direct de scendant of perhaps the oldest tree on record In England, and it may almost be described as an English institution This particular portion of Cheapside Is back of tbe general postoffice and is one of tbe finest piec es of real es tate in the world. With the tremen dous difficulties that stand In the way of Its being built over—the sanctity of tbe laud Itself and the power of tbe “ancient lights" statute-It Is prob able that this piece of ground will re main "unimproved" for another cen tury or two. In a recent interview the manager of the real estate agents who control nearly all the land in the dis trict declared that "tbe old tree in Cheapside occupies a position which is likely never be built ujton.” There would be a perfect bowl of execration from all sides If any one were to at tempt to put up a modern building there, for Wood street Itself Is so narrow that the people on both side« of tbe street have a right to claim “ancient lights.” and the builder wbo went In for Improving thia property would have to "square" no many peo ple that be would never be able to get any profit out of tbe building.—New York Press. Th« Fraction. “Tbe average family In America com prise« 4.8 person«." “1 guess I'm tbe .6 of thia family.” murmured Paw Hoptoad, a trifle acridly.- Louisville Ctrarier-Journal. KING Lincoln’s Rebuke to a Visitor Who Would Net Meet His Gaze. While He Lives Hi« Thran« It Flxsd In th« United States. As 1 came up to the railing tn front of the president he was reading a pa- per that had Just been presented to blm by a man wbo sat in the chair opposite blm and wbo seemed by his restlessness and unsteady eyes to be of a uervous disposition or under great excitement Mr. Lincoln, still holding tbe paper up and without movement of any kind, paused and. raising hla eyes, looked for a long time at this man's face and seemed to be looking down into his very soul. Then, resuming hl> reading for a few moments, be again paused and cast tbe same piercing look upon bls visitor. Suddenly, without warning, he drop ped the paper, and. stretching out bis long arm. he pointed his Anger directly In the face of his vis-a-vis and said. “What's tbe matter with you?" The man stammered aud finally re plied. “Nothing." “Yes. there is,” said Lincoln. "You can't look me in the face! You have not looked me In the face since you sat there! Even now you are looking out that window aud cannot look me In tile eye!" Then, flinging the paper tn the man's lap. he cried: "Take it back! There is something wrong about this! 1 will have nothing to do with It!” And the discomfited Individual retired.—T. B Bancroft In McClure's Magazine. Tbe part played by coal in tbe world's affairs can well tçe Illustrated by assuming tbe available supply to be suddenly cut off. The huge rail road systems of America would stop at once. So also would tbe electric power and lighting in all cities and suburbs. Steamship service would cease everywhere Transit facilities would be dead. Factories, manufac tories and shops would close down. Vast Industries like steel, Iron, copper, etc., would cease. Armies of laborer« would be thrown out of work. Malls, schools, tbe navy, newspapers, foreign and Internal trade—all would cease to exist. Tbe trilogy governing commer cial advance, beat, light aud power, except a negligible amount of water, oil, etc., would be annihilated—all this until some other form of power Could be developed. The possibility of such a cataclysm Is not Imminent, for coal will reign for some time yet uud is destined to become a power whose ca pabilities have as yet been compara tively felt only more faintly than would a feather on the hide of an elephant. The world needs coal. Tile Enltcd States has that coal to deliver it will be wholly natural that so potent a ne cessity will make for continued peace and understanding among tbe powers of the world. The coal mines of Europe are sunk about 3.000 feet deep. Coal Is still being quarried on the banks of the Ohio, and the mines of Europe are nearIng the limit of commercial possi bility. Tbe manufacturing supremacy of the old world is passing to the new. Coal is king, and while be lives bis throne is fixed forever in the Lulled States.—Metropolitan Magazine. ORIENTAL PARAGONS. Japan’s Four and Twenty tylodels of Filial Piety. Filial piety, as Is well known, is the special virtue of China and Japan. From It springs loyalty to the emperor, who Is regarded as "the father and mother of his people.” There are no greater favorites with the Japanese than the “four and twenty paragons of filial piety,” whose acts of virtue arc the subjects of Chinese legend. One of the paragons bad a cruel stepmother, wbo was very fond of fish. Never repining at her cruel treat ment of him, be lay down on the fro- zen surface of a lake. The warmth of bls body melted n hole in the Ice, at which two carp came up to breathe, These he caught and took home to bls stepmother. Another paragon, who was of the female sex. clung to tbe Jaws of a tl- ger that was about to devour her fa- tlier until tbe latter escaped. Tbe drollest of all these stories is that of Itorasbl. This paragon, though seventy years old. used to dress in ba by's clothes and crawl about on the floor, his object being to delude his parents, who were really over ninety years of age. Into tbe idea that they could not be so very old. after all, as they had such an exceedingly infantile son.—Sunday Magazine. Caught Them All Around. A Moslem ruler spoke to bis people one Friday from the pulpit in the mar- ket place. “People, what shall I preach to you about today?” “We do not know,” they replied. “Well, If you don’t know I shall not tell you." And down be enme from the pulpit. There was bo sermon that Sabbath. Tbe next week tbe old Inquiry was made, and tbe people rejoined. “We know.” When the royal preacher said. “If you know you do not need me to tell you.” And again an abrupt close to the services. The third week the people were more wary and replied. “Some of us know, and some do not know.” Aud now they expected to trap the man, but he was wiser than they thought. “Let those who know tell those who do not know,” came bls utterance, and the people were trapped Instead. — Boston Post. A Rat's Tail. A rat's tall is a wonderful thing Tbe great naturalist Cuvier says that there are more muscles In this curious appendage than are to be found In that part of the human anatomy wbicb is moat admired for its Ingenious struc ture—namely. the hand. To tbe rat. In fact, its tail serves as a sort of band, by means of which tbe animal is en abled to crawl along narrow ledges or other difficult passages, using It to bal ance wllh or to gain a'bold. It is pre hensile, like tbe tails of some mon keys. By mean« of It the little beast can Jump up heights otherwise inac cessible. employing It as s projectile spring. Hurt Worse Than ths Razor. The Barber—You've got a nasty, deep lot of crow’s feet. sir. and them lines runnln* down from th? corners of tbe mouth Is somethin' fierce. A mas sage— Tbe Patient (fiercely)—You've got a bump like a camel and a chest like a doughnut, and I don't believe, with legs like those, you conld stop an elephant up an alley, let alone a pig. But. hang IL man, do you want to be reminded of It every time you get a shave?—New Orleans Times-Democrat. BOTTS, COAL I have just opened up the most com piete line of STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES iu Tillamook, all new and Fresh. The prices are no higher than others. We most cordially invite you to come and look at what we have and get our prices, whether you buy or not. W. M. MILLS, Opposite the Post Offiee. A ttorney - at -L aw ■ Complete set of Abstract Books Taxes paid for non- Residents. Office opposite Post Office, in office. Both phones. W.H COOPER, A ttorney - at -L aw , T illamook , O regon C arl haberlach , ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, gieutechvr ¿Kbvokat, Office across the street and north from the Post Office. "Jp H. GOYNE, The Best Hotel THE ALLEN HOUSE, A ttorney - at L aw . J. P. ALiLiEN, Proprietor. Office : Opposite Court House, Headquarters for Travelling Men T illamook , O regon . Special Attention paid to Tourists. A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation. A. W. SEVERANCE, A ttorney - at -L aw , EARLY CARICATURES. PURITY Quai nt Art and Hlimor of the Ancient Egyptians. The fables of Aesop prove that the ancients were not without a liking for fun, and the remains of ancient urt tell the same story. Examples of ar- tlsllc humor are more common than is generally supposed. A drawing on a tile in tbe New York museum represents a cat dressed as an Egyptian woman of fashion. She is seated lauguidly on a chair, sipping wine out of a small bowl aud being fanned and offered dainties by an ab ject looking tomcat with his tall be tween Ills legs. 'ihe cat figures largely fu tbe ancient comic groups of animal life. in a papyrus in the British museum a thick of geese are being driven by a cat and a herd of goats by two wolves with crooks and wallets. One of the wolves is playing a double pipe. There is In Turin n papyrus roll that displays a whole series of such comical scenes. In the first place, a lion, a crocodile and an ape are giving a vo cal and instrumental concert. Next comes an ass dressed, nrmed and scep- tered like a pharaoh. With majestic swagger be receives tbe gifts present ed to him by a cat of bigb degree, to which a bull acts as proud conductor. A lion and a gazelle are playing at draughts, a hippopotamus is perched In a tree, and a hawk has climbed Into tbe tree aud Is trying to dislodge blm. Another picture shows a pharaoh in the shape of a rat drawn In a carriage by prancing greyhounds. He is pro ceeding to storm a fort garrisoned by cats baring no arms, but teeth and daws, whereas the rats have battle- axes, shields and bows and arrows.— St. Louis Republic. above everything T illamook distinguished WEINHARD’S BEER From the Common O regon T. BOALS, M.D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, TILLAMOOK. Used on the family table it turns a dry lunch into an enjoyable sustaining meal, makes home cheerful, keep the men at home and offers effective aid to real temperance. Orders should be Sent to the Columbia Bottling Co., Astoria, Oregon. Agents for the H. Weinhard Brewery, Manufacturers of the Tillamook Rock Brand Carbonated Beverages. Agents for the Bartlett Spring Mineral water. Office' Olson Building. Residence : Mrs. Weiss’ house, west o Mrs. Wnlker’r. R. T. M. SMITH, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Office over J. A. Todd & Co.. Tillamook, Ore. c - hawk , PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, BAY CITY, OREGON. The Oregon Cheese Co., Incorported, is prepared to buy all the first class cheese that comes along. Spot cash and highest price. Factory men will do well to see R. Robinson, the mana ger, before selling. He will be in Tillamook a good part of the time dur Only the best stock ing the season wanted. An Elixir of Life. “An annuity is the best elixir of life I know of." said the examining physi cian of an insurance company. “It sometimes seems ns if annuitants never die. We have lots on our books wbo top eighty, ninety and even nine ty-five years. I have passed many a sickly and decrepit old fellow as a good annuity risk—the sicklier they are, you know, the better risk they 126 make—and tbe next year be has tnrn- ed up to collect his annuity rejuvenat ed, rosy, spry ns a boy. The secret? Tbe secret is that financial worry, fear of tbe poorbouse, ages and kills off more people than all tbe deadly dis Centrally Located. eases combined. Release an old man by mean* of sd annuity from all this worry, and be throws off his year» and walks erect and happy and fearleasly young.” THF OREGON CHEESE COMPANY, Fifth Street, Portland R. BEALS, REAL ESTATE, F inancial A gent , Tillamook, Oregon, j~^R. P. J. SHARP, RESIDENT DENTIST, Office across the street from the Court House. Dr. Wise’s office. '’I'* SARCHET, t- . The Fashionable Tailor. Cleaning, Pressing and Repair ing a Specialty. First Class Rooms HOTEL RAMSEY, Store in Heins Photographic Gallery. Tillamook. Oregon. The Only First Class Hotel in Tillamook, Ore. J^OBERT A. MILLER, A Modern Hotel. Hatmaking In ths Esst Indies. The making of bamboo bate Is one of tbe chief Industries of the natives of the East Indies, and quite often tbe Children are more expert than their mothers In weaving tbe strips together and forming the designs, their fingers being younger and more supple. In transporting tbe long stalks of bamboo to the factory tbe natives tie the ends of two stalks together, spread them apart a abort distance forward of tbe center, tie a crosspiece between and carry tbem on tbelr shoulders.—Popu lar Mechanics. Tourists’ Headquarters. F. RAMSEY, Pro. HARNESS, COLLARS, etc. Yon Use Them. We Sell Them. W. A. WILLIAMS & CO., Evils of Tobacco. Wife—My husband came borne from An Illustration of tbe evils resulting tbe club last nlgbt with such a swelled from tbe use of tobacco Is found In tbe bead that 1 haven't been able to arouse life of a Georgia man of eighty-two him today. Neighbor—Why don't you years wbo has chewed since he was try pouring a pitcher of waler over bla eleven and Is now tbe father of twen bead? Wlfe— I did that very thing, ty-five children. Cut out tobacco, but tbe only thing be did waa to call young man.—Clio (Ala.) Free Preae. out for an umbrella.—Fl lege nde Blat ter. Willing to Try It. "A fool and bis money are soon part Levs Tsps. ed." quoted the pessimist Mrs. Jawback—1 suppose you consid "Yes." rejoined tbe optimist, “but It’s er your Judgment far superior to mine. worth while being a fool to hare tbe Mr. Jawback—No, my dear. We proved money to pan with."—Chicago News. tbe contrary when we chose to marry each other.—Cleveland leader. Family Freed, nee. Nearly every family picks the wrong member for the fool.—Life. Traveling Men’s Home. Next Door to Tillamook County Bank. A ttorney - at -L aw , Land Titles, Land Office Busi ness and Mining Law. PORTLAND, OREGON. Room, 306 Commercici! Building. L and O fficb B osínbss a S frcialty . Phone A. Io09. OWING & COWINC LAWYERS KOOM 334 WoNCBSTBR BV IL INM, T hird and O ak htrbbts . Room Next to the U-B. Land Office. PORTLAND, OREGON. I Tillamook Iron Works I General Machinists & Blacksmiths. Boiler Work, Logger’a Work and Heavy Forging Fine Machine Work a Specialty. TILLAMOOK OREGON New Discovery F0RC8ï8r *110 ALL THROAT AND LUNfl TROUBLE«. GUARANTEED RATISFAXrrORY OB MONEY BEFUND ED.
