Tillamook headlight., April 15, 1909, Image 5

T illamook
TIDES IN THE EARTH.
ections
CARPET SEWER,
A
Machins That Does the
k of Twenty Women.
hndred dollars for a sewing
Mid suggest to the average
__________ I a silver mounted, gilt
eased, jewel Incrusted piece of mech­
anism which ordinarily would have a
show, place in a front parlor of the
mUllonalro’s granite residence on the
boulevard.
▲a a matter of fact, this $1,200 sew­
ing machine proper isn't bigger than
the crown of an opera hat. and It's
fully as bsmely. It resembles a sew­
ing machine about as much as It does
a gas range, it costs $1.200 Inr-rd.v
n that it romps up and
ms of a carpet or sewed
about twenty of the old
n carpet sewers perma­
nently out of business in every shop
in which the machine is used. Inci­
dentally it does the work far better
and moremccunitely than the women
workers over did it.
However, this framework of the ma­
chine is ^formidable bit of engineer­ I
ing work altogether. Stretching thir­
ty-eight feet down the wall of a long
room in a;8tate street store, this frame
and canter structure is not unlike a
model for demonstrating the monorail
car for the newest thing In transporta­
tion.
In the main this superstructure is
not unlike the slide bar of a type­
writer, with Its parallel ratchet bar, on
a large scale, suspended about four
feet above the floor by steel supports
fastened down securely. At Intervals
of about four feet are miniature “sta-
tions," .’■»responding to those of an
elevatetj fallrond. and at which the'
traveling > sewing machine may be
stopped automatically or past which 1
it may, go on an express schedule, at
the wifi of the operator. The traction
power Is '"delivered from a series of
one inc^ round belts that travel from
one end of the framework to the other,
driven by a small motor and against
which Various pulleys of the machine ,
Impinge.— Chicago Tribune.
Old Putnam.
Old Futnnm. the eigliteen-yoar-old
pet bone of Battery C, Fifth United
State« artillery, died at Fort William '
McKinley, near Manila. Dec. 12. Old
Putnam, who had been enjoying well
earned ease on the retired list after ¡
his naefnl life, first went to the Philip
pine Hands In 1808 with the Astor
battery. He was later assigned to
Captain; Reilly's battery, F. Fifth field
I
artillery, with that battery in China.
When the allied armies arrived at
Pekin, Putnam and another horse of
the name of Corregidor were pulling
the tint of the American light field
guns. Just as they had started up a
hill to gain one of the positions over­
looking the city Corregidoras traces
broke, and a moment later, after that
bone had been cut away from the
gun, Putnam, straining every muscle.
Started up the hill, arriving there In
time fbr the American gun to open the
tint fire In the storming of Pekin —
Chicago News. •
] Poet Southey’s Grandson.
At Bbnp. in Westmorland. Charles
Boutbey. son of the late vicar of Ask-
ham and grandson of the poet Robert
Boathay. has been sent to jail for a
week 'for begging at Patterdale Hall
Bondgy night. He told the bench a
pathetic story. His father, he said,
gave ’him a good education, but no
trade, so he took up literature. He got
married and had a comfortable home,
hot Ala wife left him years ago, and
he bad to sell his home. Afterward
he Stole half a sovereign, for which be
waa sent to prison. He had since
been unable to pursue literary work,
jearance being against him.
ive not known what it is to have
er meal for a long time,” added
Isoner, “but have had to subsist
best of times on fish and chips
mon lodging houses.”—London
French Artillery Invention.
nel Deport, the well known
h expert, has just Invented an
Htovement in the three inch field
■ that will enable the battery to be
Hked by five men Instead of six.
M* will free 2.400 men in the French
toy. enough to serve twenty-four
tw batteries. The colonel"« system
fkalsts in employing the recoil to
Ma the breechblock, which then shuts
Somatically on the cartridge being
Kvduced. There Is also an ingenious
Mtrlvance for obviating the necessity
K lowering the gun, and the total
■ght la reduced by six bundred-
Egbt for the gun and almost as
■ch for the ammunition wagon.
Ech thus makes the new model es-
jelr.lly fit for use in the artillery at-
■hed to Independent cavalry dlvi-
headlight , april ib , 1000
COLOR WORDS.
Tha Moon Pulls Our Solid Globo Out Rad 8csms to Bs ths Favorite With
Most of ths Groat Writers.
of Shape Twice a Day.
That the attraction of the sun and ) Upon tabulating the words used by
moon not only causes tides In the Shakespeare referring to colors it is
ocean, but bas a corresponding Influ­ revealed that out of every hundred
color words thirty may be classed as
ence on the solid earth Itself, has
red. Next follow twenty two white,
now beeD definitely proved by Dr. O. twenty black, seventeen yellow, seven
Hecker, a Prussian physicist A quar­ green and only four blue. Thus Shake­
ter of a century ago Professor O. H. speare's favorite color word was red,
Darwin concluded that there must be and investigation will show that this
tides in the solid earth as well as In is the characteristic color of nearly
the fiuld seas, but he was unable to all great writers. For instance, it U
detect them, and bls only conclusion the color word most ofteu employed by
was that the earth’s mass was very Tennyson.
In all great works of human Interest
rigid—at least as rigid as ster'
Dr.
red predominates, as it is the color of
Hecker now confirms this contusion,
the very strongest of our passions aud
but with his improved instruments
Impulses—the color of hot blood. There
and methods he bas been able to de­
Is no color so warm, so full of joy and
tect aud measure the amount by which
life, so overflowing with vitality.
the moon pulls the solid earth out of I
Red Is the color of glowing Iron—of
shape twice a day. Dr. Hecker’s meas­
heat and passion. In nature red has­
urements, which lasted continuously
tens the growth of trees, while at the
more than two years, were to ascer­
same time It quickens all rotting and
tain the lunar Influence on the earth's decay. Tians grown under red glass
gravity by observing the oscillations
will grow four times as quickly as
of a delicate pendulum. It was by
under white light, aud grow to four
comparing his results with the figures
times their usual height.
as calculated for a rigid earth that
Red in excess has an evil effect. For
he was able to detect the tidal de­ example, an excess of red light makes
formation caused by the pull of both one irritable and nervous. In excess
moon and sun. Dr. Hecker’s pendu­ red produces homicidal mania—the de­
lums were a complicated series of sire to kill. The effect of red upon
bars joined together, and they were
various animals is well known. It hav­
installed in a specially designed brick
ing the power of enraging the bull, the
lined room seventy-five feet below the tiger and the turkey.—London Scraps.
surface of the ground, where the tem­
perature remained practically constant
at about 12 degrees centigrade, or 54
ONE BUSINESS REFORM.
degrees F. A continuous record of
Brought
About by Frank Statements
their position was kept by means of
From Former Employees.
photography.
Working here dally
from December. 1902. to May. 1905.
If the mauager of a business Insti­
Hecker carried on the laborious series tution knew all that his employees
of observations that have now estab­ know about the details of the business
lished the existence of lunar and solar many tilings would be different. The
tidal waves in tile solid but flexible manager of a large mercantile bouse
mass of the globe.—New York Her­ recently coucelved the idea of v.rl.lng
ald.
a personal letter to every employee
who had left the house during tile last
Lost—A French Colony.
five years. Inviting a frank statement
The government of France has mis of the reason for leaving. The former
laid a colony, and the government of employees, now expecting neither cen­
Mexico bas found it. It Is Clipperton sure nor favor, were very frank aud
Island, a little isle in the Pacific ocean. explicit aud. as a rule, wrote letters
10 degrees north and 109 degrees longi­ that could uot fall to command re­
tude west. It is one of a large group spectful attention. One man told how
of Islands which are visited periodical­ bard he had worked to support bls
ly by a French warship. Some time mother and bow, when lie asked for
ago. when the warship visited the is­ an Increase, he was shifted back and
land, the French sailors found sol­ forth between different superiors for
diers there in Mexican uniform and several weeks without having his re­
the Mexican flag floating serenely over quest rejected or acceded to ai.d be
the island. The island is directly east grew tired and sought another posi­
of the mouth of the Panama canal, tion. Another told of the Impositions
which gives it a certain amount of im­ of the department manager and of lit.)
portance. The matter has been placed Inability to get relief from a nagging
in the hands of the French foreign of­ disposition which was taking the
fice, and “communications are pend heart out of hundreds cf other men tn
Ing." The warship discovered that his department. Many points of obvi­
the French government had mislaid ous mismanagement were brought to
the island two years ago.—Harper’s.
light which had virtually driven away
good men who had been educated to
the business. The manager bas been
Saving an Ancient Fresco.
It is not only in England that busy ever since Instituting reforms
church restorers are allowed to do based upon the Information be re­
much as they like. An interesting ceived.—Collier’s Weekly.
story comes from Hal. The church is
under restoration, and the workmen
A Barber and Poet.
came across traces of a fresco. Its
Jasmin, the Gascon poet, who was
existence bad been unknown, and, ac­ also a barber, was once visiting the
cording to the plans, the plaster was mayor of a French town and had
to come away. Fortunately a towns­ promised to give an informal recita­
man knew a process by which the tion to the townspeople. The hour ar­
plaster could be taken off intact on rived, but his host did not appear.
ennvas. He obtained permission to Several Important personages assem­
make the experiment, and It baa been bled to accompany them to the hall,
carried out with success. He is said but the mayor remained invisible, bus-
to be now the possessor of a valuable led with bls toilet. Finally, fearing
fifteenth century painting. The Brus­ the impatience of bls guests, be open­
sels museum authorities have learned ed the door of Ills chamber to apolo­
of the existence of the painting, and gize and showed bls face covered with
they are endeavoring to prevent the lather.
alienation of this Interesting work of
“Just a moment,” said he. “1 am
the middle ages.—London Globe.
finishing my shaving.”
“Oh,” said Jasmin, “let me help
you.”
What Becomes of the Corn.
He at once doffed his coat, gave a
People often wonder, particularly
those who have traveled for hundreds finishing touch to the razor and shaved
of miles through the corn belt what the mayor in n twinkling with wbat
becomes of the corn which is grown he called his “hand of velvet.” In a
every year. In the year 1908, when few minutes he was In the ball receiv­
the total crop was 2.600.000,000 bush­ ing tumultuous applause for bls splen­
els, 241,000,000 bushels were consum­ did recitations.
ed in flour and grist mill products,
8,000,000 bushels in the manufacture
Modest Goldsmith.
of starch. 9,000,000 for malt liquors,
Oliver Goldsmith was an underpaid
17,000,000 in the production of dis­ man from start to finish. Two hun­
tilled liquors. 40,000,000 for glucose, dred and fifty dollars for “The Vicar
190.000,000 for export and 13.000.000 of Wakefield" was bad enough, yet
for seed, making a total of 518,000.- for "The Traveler” he got but $100
000 bushels, or 19.3 per cent of the en­ and $25 for his “English Grammar.”
tire crop. The remaining 80.7 per cent, For “The Deserted Village," however,
or 2.148.000,000 bushels, seems to have his publisher sent him $500. This he
been used almost entirely for feeding at once returned, with the message:
“It is too much. It is near 5 shillings
purposes.—Corn Reporter.
a couplet, which is more than any
book owner can afford or. Indeed, any
Eliminating Fog.
All navigators will be interested in modern poetry is worth.” So be died
the news which comes from Liverpool with $10,000 worth of debts. “Was
that Sir Oliver Lodge recently suc­ ever poet so trusted before?" said Dr. |
ceeded in completely clearing away Johnson.
for a radius of sixty feet a thick fog
Ths Hissing.
by means of electrical discharges. The
“I frequently experience a hissing
Marine Journal states that the Lodge
system consists of driving electricity sound in my ears." remarked a pa­
into a fog laden atmosphere at a very tient to a doctor. "What would you
high voltage from a series of disks at advise me to do?"
“What is your occupation?" asked
the top of poles. The current acts di­
rectly upon the constituents of the the medico.
“I'm an actor."
fog, the electric influence • whirling
“Then I'd advise you to adopt some
these hither and thither, causing them
gradually to fall to the ground. A test other vocation.”
la soon to be made of the apparatus in
In Doubt.
London.
Hairdresser (while gh Ing lady a vig­
Thousands of Woman's Clubs.
orous shampool—Will you have any­
Nobody knows how many women’s thing on your head when I am finish­
clubs there are in the United States. ed, madam? She—I am sure I don't
The General Federation of Women's know. I was in hopes you would leave
Clubs was registered in the almanacs
of 1908 as having over 3,000 clubs In
its tn«ml>ershlp. with 150,000 women
Very Convenient.
on their rolls. But that was In Janu­
Caretaker (to prospective tenant!—
ary. 1908, and the federation grows Yes, this ’ouse is most conveniently I
every year amazingly.
It contain«, situated. There's a music ’all close ;
too, only a few out of the uumberleaa and 'andy. and there’s a pub just over i
women's club« In the land, since there the way. and a pawnbroker's round
are small dubs, societies and circle« the corner.—London Tit-Bits.
everywhere which do not affiliate
themselves with any state or nation«!
When a king creates an office Provi­
organization, but exist simply for the dence at once creates a fool to buy it.
pleasure and profit of their own metn- -Colbert
Racing on Bnowaho««.
By traveling ninety miles across an
tknown country and mostly in the
irk In fifteen hour« the winner of
e military skee race in the Swedish
Irthern games has splendidly shown
e possibilities of snowshoes as a
eans of locomotion. In a former
utest some years ago over a dis-
ace of 138 miles the start waa made
> 8 o'eroek one morning, and the ma
rity of the competitors completed
« journey early in the afternoon of
« following day. while in a more re­
nt race the first man home, a Finn,
tvered the distance, forty miles, at
I average speed of eight and a half
t-crshlp
lies an hour - Westminster Oaaette
Harper’s Bazar
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FIRE
FIRE
FIRE.
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The Entire Stock of
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 Bools and Shoes.
Remember the place: The Red Front Shoe Store.
F. BROWNE, Salesman.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
DAIRYMEN’ AND
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STEEL STOVES & RANCES
We carry a Large Steck of
Hardware,
Tinware, Cl
Agents for the Great Western Saw
McNAIR CO.
ALEX.
The Most
Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County.
T ikT O
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Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom-
ach, Torpid Liver and
II fl I FM I I
Cleanses the system
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions of
Laxative Fruit Syrup PT'“X™“
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J. S. Lamar, Tillamook, and Hawk & Miller, Bay City.
THE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACHINE
TODD & CO.,
Clothiers and Furnishers
The Store That
Makes Good.
New Year.
We are now entering upon
a New Year.
If you want either» Vibrating Shuttle, Rotary
Let us make this the most
proiperous year Tillamook
County has ever enjoyed.
Shuttle or a Mingle Thread f Chain
H< wlug Machine write to
THE DEW HOME IEWINO MACHINE COMPANY
Orenge, M sm .
Many sewin« machine* are made to tell regardIcM
Quality, but the Krw Home i> made to wees.
Our guaranty never run« out.
Bold
We should all encourage,
aid
and assist all industries
by authorised dealer« oal?«
and enterprises, and not play
FOB ULI BY
E. T. HAcTOM, Agent. freeze out with what we have.
We are going to do our part
by boosting.
We will also try to do even
better than we have hereto­
fore in keeping up with our
stock of goods in every line
and furnish the best goods pos­
sible for as little money.
The cleanest -
lightest. - and
most comfortable
SLICKER
at the same time
cheapest in the
end because it
wears longest
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