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
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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
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