T1LLAMÖOK HEADLIGHT, MAY 13, 1909
PLUCK OF A MAGICIAN
Naudin's Experience Among the
■Marabouts of Algeria.
AM^RAB TRAP THAT FAILED.
The treat French Conjurer Stocd the
Test End Then by Ancther Trick
Cowed His Infuriated Antagonists.
The Story of Palmer's Curse.
There are some points of resem
blance between the story of the great
French conjurer, Robert Houdln, and
the marabouts and the story of Palm
art BBrse
The first named tale Is.
asking. Incredible only when
from the orieutal point ct
In the fifties the administrates of
the French African empire were scrl-
ouslytampered by the fanatical mar
■bouts, who by their tricks of Juggling
persuaded their followers of tlielr own
supernatural powers and used ibis be
lief to fan the spirit of Insurrection.
Houdln was sent officially on a French
warship to Algeria to confouud them.
AVhllfl his task proved easy, the trip
was not without its dangers.
In Algiers he had allowed himself
to bo1 shin at with pistols loaded by
the Ofiarabouts. But once In the inte
rior, When he was absolutely without
the tools of his profession, be wa
forced to repeat the experiment. He
waa lightened. but he did not allow
bls fears to be perceived. He persuad
ed hla audience to postpone the test
until taext morning In order that he
might pass the night In prayer, us he
was svithont the talisman that lie
needed If the feat was to lie perform
ed fm^nedlately.
That night he devoted not to prayer,
but to insuring bis invulnerability. and
tbs next day before a great horde of
Arab* lie submitted to the test. The
French conjurer Insisted that In the
sight of every one the pistols should
be loaded by bls enemies themselves
Then he calmly took his place and
gave the signal. The sound of the pis
tol had not died away when Houdln
opened his lips, showing the bullet
held firmly between his teeth.
HU Infuriated adversary reached fcr
the other pistol, but the conjurer wi-
too quick. “You could not linriu me,"
be said “but now see how much great
er my powers are thau yours, Behold
the wall.” He fired, and out on tin
whitewash at the exact spot of hl
alni there crept slowly a great splotch
of Hood
The marabouts. In terror,
co Wared before the prowess of the Eu
ropefin magician.
Less fortunate In his fate than Hou
din was the English orientalist E. II
Palmer. He fell a victim to fauatl
clam, but the story of bls terrible curse
will lo ng be repeated and cause sliud
dera to run round Bedouin campfires
Only Upon the theory of metempsycho
sis ean be explained bis extraordinary
powers of assimilating the languages
■nd Ideas of the east.
He was brought up In the eonreu
tlonal atmosphere of Englaud. but
when be turned hls attention to orien
tal subjects he did not merely learn;
ha «imply absorbed. Not only were
Persian. Hlndoostanee and Arable per
fectly familiar to him, but he knew
•vary obscurity of the slaug of the
camel drivers, aud during bis long
voyages in the east bls European ori
gin Kras never suspected.
Just as
Houdln had been officially employed
by the French government, so Palmer
wag by the English, but in a more
Intimate capacity.
Before the exploit that proved fata)
he had many dangerous adventures.
Once he was led away by a treachcr-
•Un guide and betrayed to an Arab
gong who meant to rob and kill him.
Iflginessed their Intentions, and when
thaw began to Inflict upon him petty
■nnflyaiu'es be pretended not to notice
them. Finally, however, the abuse be-
came too obvious to be longer ignored.
He Sprang to bls feet and drew out a
latter that he bad received from nn
M£Msh lady. “This to me! Down on
y<MT knees, you dogs, and kiss the
BjNhvrltlng of the sultan!" Down on
thgm knees, cowed and groveling, fell
MfiSBOO captors.
M 1882 Palmer wns sent on a secret
gggVtce mission among the Bedouin
ttHtet to persuade them against join
tag the rebellion of Arabi Pasha. He
wool betrayed and shot. But Just be-
fora bls death be laid upon bls assas
IHLthe weight of his terrible curse.
Naw, in the east a curse is something
Mt to be regarded lightly, and Palm-
or'a wns one of particular awfulness.
Rj was his last means of defense,
Mfi>while It did not save him. it bln st
ud the hearing and destroyed the lives
•<. those upon whom It fell. They
■¡■Bk away from one another In hor
Some of them confessed their
ggfas and were executed: all of them
fiMfan a few months came to violent
¿oaths Palmer s curse Is still remem-
MMd with terror In the east.—Book-
A POISON EPISODE
When a Famous Chemist Was Silenoad
In Court by a Judge.
There was a famous poisoulng case
! in England many years ago In which
tee strong point of the defense was to
show that the accused, who was an
expert chemist, would not have used a
poison which could be so easily found
after it bad been taken into the hu
man system. Sir Robert Chrlsteson.
professor in Edinburgh university, a
famous expert on toxicology, whose
works are still standard on that sub
ject. was put on the stand to prove
this point. When he declared that a
chemist would certainly use some poi
son which would leave no trace, the
prosecuting attorney asked him if be
meant to say that there were such
poisons.
Sir Robert replied In the affirmative.
The prosecutor asked, "Name them!”
‘‘Nof shouted the judge. "I forbid
you to answer that question!”
In spite of the protests of the prose
cutor tbe Judge would not allow the
expert publicly to give the name of a
poison which would leave no trace.
and tbe question remained unan-
swered.
Now comes tbe curious part of the
atory. During tbe next two years Sir
Robert received more thaD 4.000 let
ters from all parts of tbe world ask
ing. begging, offering to buy. tbe name
of tbe untraceable poison alluded to lu
bis testimony. Many of these be kept
ns curiosities, showing them to bls
friends as evidence of the depravity of
human nature. Some of tbe excuses
for wanting tbe name of the poison
were very ingenious. One man was
writing a novel based on a poison plot
and wanted to make use of tbe un
traceable poison idea.
He did not
want to give tbe name of tbe poison in
bls book, but just wanted to have it
by him In case any scientific critic
should deny the possibility of such poi
sons, when he could send him tbe
name In a private letter and quote tbe
“distinguished authority” from whom
It came. etc. Several persons profess
ed to be studying chemistry and asked
for the information on tbe ground of
professional courtesy. To all such Sir
Robert would send the advice to pur
sue their studies and they would soon
know as much about It as he did.
Many offered large sums of money for
the secret, usually pretending they
had bet still larger amounts that they
could dud It out in a given time and
were willing to share their profits lib
erally with Sir Robert.
The thing which most Impressed Sir
Robert was the number of persons all
over the world who seemed desirous
of possessing tbe secret of on agent
that would kill, but leave no trace, and
tbe amazing falsehoods to which they
would subscribe their names in order
to obtain tbe Information. It Is said
that whatever poison Sir Robert hud
In mind at tbe trial he never mention
ed it, not even to bls classes, so strong
ly was he impressed with the danger
of letting such a thing become matter
of public knowledge.
Washington's Spring
The first thing that greets the eyes
of a stranger alighting from the train
at Cold Spring, a village resting suug-
ly in the highlands of lhe Hudson, is
Washington's spring, Inclosed by three
bowlders in the rough, which, as one
approaches, are seen to contain a tiny
pool of apoutlug water. An Inscrip
tion in relief upon the bronze plate
announces that “General George Wash
ington. In frequent visits to the Ameri
can troops encamped near by during
the war of the Revolution, drank of
this spring aDd gave it Its name, Cold
spring.”
The encampments referred to were
principally upon the famous Constitu
tion island. Just below, to which was
attached one end of the great chain
which was stretched across the river
to West Point and checked navigation
by the British warships during the
Revolution.
Nietzsche and the Invalid.
An Invalid lady who often met
Nietzsche found him the gentlest, kind
est and most sypmathetfc of men. He
“Implored her with tears In bls eyes
not to read his books.” Such was his
knowledge of women that he was
thunderstruck to find shortly after
ward that the lady at once proceeded
to read them all.
He was furthei
stupefied by the discovery that, hav
ing read them, she was utterly un
moved by the philosopher’s unanswer
able demonstrations that feeble per
sons like herself bad no right to live
and that women were distinguished by
this, that and the other objectionable
attribute. It must have been a blow
to him.—London News.
Synopsis of the annual statement of the
FARMERS' FIRE RELIEF AS
SOCIATION. of HcrrEviLu-:.
OREGON, a Mutual Fire Insurance
Association, of Bulterville, in the
State of Oregon, oo the Slot day of
December. 1908. made to llm In
so re nee Commissioner of the Stale of
Oregon pursuant to law:
DAIRYMEN’ AND
S SUPPLIES
STOVES & RANCES
ASSETS.
Stocks and bonds owned . ..$
Value of real estate and
mortgagee..............................
Loans on bonds and mort
gages............................
Cash on hand and in banks.
Premiums in course of col
lection and transmission .
Amount of all other assets .
Total admitted asseta . |
Noue.
769 25
We carry a Large Stock of
None.
Hardware, Tinware, Glass
and China,
95,56
None.
None.
864 81
Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors, Window
Sashes,
liabilities .
Gross amount <•( losses re
ported and unpaid ...........$
Amount of unearned pre
miums
on outstanding
rinks............................ ..
Amount of all other liabili
ties ..................................
Total liabilities ..........
*
2,000.00
Fine Line of Choice
GROCERIES
None.
1,700 00
8.700.00
Agents for the Great Western Saw.
I ncome .
Amount of cash received
with applications for in
surance during the year. $
Amount of cash received
from assessments levied . .
Amount of cash received
from all o: her sources....
Total income..
...$
McNAIR CO.
1,018.02
The Most
3,071 88
1.802 24
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Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County.
•JI'
a
5.892.14
EXPENDITURF.S
Amount paid for
losses
during the year................ $
Amount paid officers, direc
tors and office help ........
Amount of all other expen
ditures ..................................
Total expenditures .. $
6,081.70
1,026 34
666 72
7.774.76
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A Church Without a Preacher.
[To THE EDITOR TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT.*]
The Independent Church is dedicated
to the one proposition. The light and
liberty of concience.
On the notable day of Penticost there
was no preacher, no rights, or cere
monies.
The impulse within due to the in
spiralion of the Spirit characterized the
whole scene. No preacher with a lingo,
no creed, or formula, no more perception
than the wind that blows, yet the
greatest event that ever transpired in
the history of the world.
No man ever came to himself until he
was left absolutely to himself, and the
momenta man subscribes to the dictates
or conscience he is forever free from the
law of sin and death, and beyond the
preacher’s jurisdiction.
It is natural for a man to break
restraint. If you want a cow to eat up
a stiaw pile, set the dog on her
drive her away until she thinks
ought not have it, and then let
alone, and she will lick up the
straw. There are many roan who
»dieted to strong drink, and other
viscious habits, against their own good
judgment, prompted by the desire to
break restraint.
The prodigal son had no restraint.
There was no preacher or policeman to
look after his morals, he was left to
himself, with nothing but his
horse sense to prompt him.
The Independent chnrcli is for men
We do not claim that women and
children should be left to themselves,
or that they are capable of sellgovern-
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