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T illamook headlight , may NOT RELIGION. —e— YANKEE WIT. Why They Moved. The Bingses. mother and daughter, lad long outstayed their welcome at their country friend's house. More over, they evinced no sign of going away nor did the mother seem to be in any way affected by the strong hints to go which the overtaxed hostess threw out from time to time. Finally, forbearance exhausted, the entertain er decided to reach the mother through her daughter. So oue day, calling the little visitor to her. sbe said. “Matmie. p ben do you expect to go home?” “Oh, I'm sure I don't know,” was the careless reply. “We've several other places to stop at yet.” “Well, when do you go on to the next place?” “Can't even tell that. Mamma says it's immaterial to her Just when she'll leave here.” “But, my dear child.” exclaimed the exasperated hostess, "doesn't your mother realize bow costly living Is these days?” “Oh. yes. sbe knows fow dear It Is That's why we left the city.” "Well. Malmle. I cannot afford to en tertain visitors any longer, and I wish you'd tell your mother that at once!" "Is that an Insult?’ rejoined the child, turning haughtily to the si>eaker “Why do you ask that child?" “Because when we’re Insulted we go on to the next place!"—London Week 1>. 27, 1909. 3 Wfil ■ r F- 7 DAIRYMEN’ AND S SUPPLIES 8 g STEEL STOVES & RANCES. I HEADQUARTERS for Lirecla Said Ha Always Admired and Coveted It. Alban Jasper Conant, the artist. In tellLug of bis experience In painting a portrait of Lincoln said: “Yankee wit was mentioned at one of the sittings, and Lincoln said, 'That is something I always admired and coveted.’ Some one said. ‘Why, you certainly have the credit of possessing It In large measure.' 'No,* said Lin coln, ‘uot the genuine. I don't remem ber that 1 ever got credit for It but once.' Then he told bow, hurrying once through a courtroom, be was or dered by the Judge to defend a prison er accused of assault and battery. A witness was Just testifying that the Paint, Doors. complainant bad been fought all over a field. ‘On cross examination,' said Sashes, Lincoln. ‘1 asked him, “How large was that field—twenty acres?” "No." he replied. "Ten acres?” "No." "Were there two acres?” 1 persisted. "Yes, Just about two,” he agreed. “And you saw him fight this man all over the field?” pointing to the prisoner. “Yes, sir.” "Well, sir,” I said, “did you ever see a fight before that turned out so little to the acre?” The witness ad Agents for Western mitted. with a grin, that he had not, dat Liza she goes now.“ there room for both of the Judge smiled, and the Jury snick ered. So. saying that as this crop was lì so poor It did not seem worth further ain’t" The County. '■ pent-up indignation em- cultivation, I submitted the case. Some of my friends said it was Yan pbaaiaad tbe answer. Unanswerable. “’Cause. Miss Mary, dat Liza she kee wit, but that was the only time I VA’A “Vicious circle” Is a term often used jet* goes ter spite me. No sooner 1 ever got credit for It. 1 wish I had In the medical world. An example of gits up to go to de mo’ners’ bench dan It.’ ’’—McClure’s Magazine. its psychological use applied to argu Ltsa aha toilers me and sets down ORIGINAL ment may be found in Joseph A. Sco dost beside me, and befo’ I lias a HIS VOCABULARY. ville's book, “ Old Merchants of New cbanat ter git 'llglou Liza she begins LAXATIVE ter girate «round and shout ‘Glory hal It Was Real Literary, According to the York City.” Tom, the son of a wealthy man. was leluiah? and she out wid her fists and and Wily Stenographer. a great favorite with all who knew hits me him In de Jaw. and she out The beautiful typewriter girl puffed hlm, but he heartily detested business. Cures La Asthma, in the wid hea Stootses and kicks me spang out her golden pompadour nervously, in he shin. But. I tell you, ’taln’t ’llg- says the Philadelphia Bulletin. “My A merchant of New York bad hired Lung Troubles. Prevents Pneumonia Consumption YELI.OW PACKAGE him as a bookkeeper at n high salary lon Lisa's got. Miss Mary; hit's debll- speed 'll increase. Mr. Meer—excuse Nevertheless Tom got Into tile habit S. Lamar, Tillamook, Hawk & Miller, City try.”—New York Times. me, Wellington—my speed '11 Increase of reaching the office later and later, 30 to 40 per cent every day.” r until finally he got there about 2 In I Broker Wellington frowned. The the afternoon. When this state of af MONTAGNAIS INDIANS. I girl had taken bls dictation slowly. fairs bad gone on for a week, the mer Tlwy Are Hunters In ths Strictest And In a stern, skeptical voice be said, chant remonstrated. “How so?” toenso of the Word. “But. my dear sir,” returned Tom, "It's your new vocabulary that puts “bow can I come any earlier? I don’t During nine months of the year— toll, winter and spring—the Monta- me out.” sbe explained. "I had Mr. get my breakfast until 1." "But get your breakfast earlier.” gnala Indians of Canada spend their Meer’s vocabulary very pat—‘as per.’ “How can I? I don't get up till 12.” Uvea to the "bush,” hunting and trap ‘contents noted.’ ’the same’—he only “Then get up earlier." ping for pelts and meats. Then In used about 300 words.” Her flatter “How can I,’.’ pleaded Tom. “when Jun. they rendezvous at the particular ing smile warmed the man like a sun Hudson Bay company post where they beam. "But you, sir, have a real lit I don’t go to bed until daylight?" In the face of such convincing argu belong, trade off their hunt and settle erary style. ‘Beg to submit,’ ‘our best down for rest aud recreation until the attention,' ‘slump,’ ‘bullish,’ ‘hypothe ment there was nothing to be said. middle of August, when they are off cate’—they're all new words to me, again for the «Inter They liaveal.so and of course 1 can't rattle them off The Drill In the Pearl. MMvSathlng to do with the cultiva very fast at first. But Just you wait, The pale, bent workmen were, most say, till day after tomorrow. Then tion Of the soil, being hunters in the of them, drilling costly pearls, but ““k aense of the word. The In- you'll see.” here a man in kid gloves performed "All business men have different vo ho hunt about Lake Mistassini the operation of skinning—the opera •ubtrlbe by themselves, hav- cabularies that their stenographers tion of removing a pearl's outer, dis aame name as the lake, and must get accustomed to, eb?” said the colored coat, so as to give it again Its ■tmer rendezvous is at the broker. original luster. And by the window “Yes, sir; some large, some small.” another man shook Industriously three I Bay company post on the Again her smile flattered him. "Yours lose wbo bunt south of Mls- pearls in a bottle. An the shores and tributaries Is larger than most. I Bbould say it “It Is a secret of the trade—of the was thirty or forty words larger. Real ‘‘Ashuapmoncbouan river bear pearl driller’s trade.” be said—“this literary, I call it ” tot of that stream. Those on bottle shaking. You see. In pearl drill "Miss Hoskins, If there's—er—any ing a drill point often breaks off In a knnba river bear Its name, and supplies you need all you ’ ve got to do Ko hunt nearer Lake St. John pearl, and to get it out may take a Am by the Indian name of that Is ask,” said the literary broker fatu whole day's work—that Is. If you don’t Ukonagaml. AU of these bands ously. know the secret.” rendonvous on the west shore of Lake He looked closely at the bottom of Early Psychotherapy. Bt.Joba, at Pointe Bleue, where the the glass bottle, and then, continuing In the Epistle of James we find the bls shaking, he resumed: “But If you government has set aside a reserve and attempted to colonize the hunters early Christian rule of psychotherapy. put your pearl In a bottle aud shake It was adopted by the early church it up the drill point In a few minutes ■ad tench them to become farmers. East of Lake St. John Is the Chleoutl- and for many centuries was a rule of will fall out of Itself. Look! There's ■d totoad, now much reduced, and faith and practice in the Christian another out already. The third will tototot of them the Tadousac band, church In all Its branches. It is still come soon now.”—Exchange. of which are to be found dlstrib- a rule of conduct in some of the older churches, and some leaders In church the French Canadian dls- Lunar Rainbows. es where the rule has lapsed begin to :he same names. There are Lunar rainbows are seldom ob her bands farther down to- plead for its revival and for the as served In the temperate zone. Very sumption by the church of what are gulf of St. Lawrence.—South called Its legitimate powers. St. James likely the physical phenomenon occurs ern. said: “Is any sick among you, let him frequently, but Is invisible because of call for the elders of the church, and the faintness of the moon’s light. In Bridled Brides. let them pray over him, anointing him the tropics, where moonlight is more brides have an easier time with oil In the name of the Lord. And Intense, says the Scientific American, Abyssinian sisters. On the the prayer of faith shall save the sick, lunar rainbows are more frequently of her marriage an Abys- and the Lord shall raise him up. and observed. They are by no means rare de has to change her skin, if he have committed sins they shall at Reunion island. At all places the uy she has to become cafe be forgiven him.”—Christian Register. phenomenon la moat frequently seen To accomplish this the ex at full moon when the moon's light is bride Is shut up In a room for highest, but It has been seen in various A Sad Casa. tonths. She is covered with phases of the moon. It was first ob An Atchison man has lain in an un Ruff, with the exception of her served by Aristotle. A lunar rainbow conscious state ever since 10 o ’ clock ben they burn certain green is produced at full moon by the spray grant branches. The fumes last night. Everything has been done of the great Victoria falls of the Yguaa- to arouse him today, but all efforts are bey produce destroy the ortgi- su In BrazlL U and In Its place comes the unavailing. His friends are greatly alarmed. They fear he may never re n. soft and clear as a baby's, The Dot Over th* “i.” lers of the family feed the gain consciousness. It seemed that The small letter "1” was formerly woman with nutritive force- yesterday evening right after dinner written without the dot The dot was the man picked up bls hat, put on bls ills.—Cape Colony Argus. overcoat and. although bis wife was Introduced in the fourteenth century sitting right in the room, she did not to distinguish “1” from ”’e” In hasty Dangerous Eggs, and Indistinct writing. The letter “I” tain well known actor Is al- say, "Where are you going?” He was originally used where the letter mdy to assert that there are walked out of the house. At 10 o’clock “J” is now employed. The distinction ■toward possibilities In his pro- in the evening the man returned. He between “1” and “J” was introduced by "Really the public doesn't walked into the room where his wife the Dutch printers at a comparatively ite the vicissitudes of an ac sat and took off bls hat and overcoat recent date, and the “J" was dotted ts,” be said recently. "Now, Sbe smiled at him pleasantly and did because the “L" from which it was de as Wisbam Brown, who went not say. “Where have yon been?’ The rived, was written with a doL In South Africa. I met Wish- man fell unconscious to the floor.— main recently. ’Well, how is Atchison Globe. Blue Laws. Mid I. ‘Wish?’ said the cotu- The name “blue laws” was given to African Elephants. hy, man, Wlsbam’s dead? In portions of Africa the natives be the first collection of laws framed for 1 cried. 'How did be die? the government of the New Haven to death with eggs at Cape lieve when a herd of elephants Is colony. They were published In col the cousin answered. 'But eggs alarmed and runs awsy the bulls, if lective form in 1850. the volume being ,' said I. He smiled sadly necessary, pick up and carry on their tusks the little ones which may not be In a blue cover, which gave rise to the lured, 'Ostrich eggs do.’ ” able to keep up with the herd. Tbeee name that has clung to the laws ever little ones when first born weigh not since. Financial. more than 200 pounds and of course r. bow big must I grow to be Hee Chance. might readily be carried, as stated. L like uncle?' asked the small “Do you.” Mid the notary, “swear We do n<ft know that any white man has ever seen this, but the natives in that you will tell the truth, the whole very much," said bls father, sist that It ts done.—Forest snd Stream. truth and”— have often seen In the papers “Oh. bow lovely F the fair witness ashlers are abort." — Spokane interrupted. “Shall 1 really be allowed During tbe peat 86 years no rem The Similarity. man-Revlew. edy has proven more prompt or Blobbs—Why do you liken Harduppe to talk all afternoon If I want to?” more effectual In Ita cures of OPPOSITE THE ALLEN HOUSE. to the busy bee? lie Isn't particularly UaelsSS. Short «nd Ugly For Him. Industrious, is be? Slobbe — Oh, no; It Colds Croup murmured a fashionable -ito: »>.” Mid Plodding Pete, “1 Ban, sinking on one knee, "for Isn't that, but needy every one be would not stop another minute to talk than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. In touches gets stung -Philadelphia Bee Irtbday gift I offer—myself." to dem folks. Dey passed me out a SPECIALTY IN ALL KINO OF CAKES. many homes It la relied upon as Im ak you,” was the cold reply, ord. plicitly as the family physician. It con short an’ ugly word.” tains no opium or other narcotic, and only accept useful presents?’— ALL KINO OF BREAD. “ What was itf Often the Caos. maybe gi ven as confidently to a baby rtpbla Inquirer. “ 'Work. ’ " — Washington Star. “My wife believes that what Is to be as to an adult. Frloe J6c; large alas OOo is contagious, and whatever will be.” Hope la a flatterer, bvt tbe moot up “Weiir us think or feel strongly adds “And she hellevee it wlU aU be my right of ail parasites, for sbe frequents power and enlarges our field oi tbe poor man's hut as well as the pal fault.”-Kausas City Journal. 1 Owea OaUai Pravaata Paaanocla | Hake a Kidney« and BiMktor ftlf hi ace of bls superiors.—Sbenstona. ■«•thing Vary Different That I Animated Elisa. of New Orleans has for IS beeu faithfully served by • women who, although the tie of common devotion ■tress, yet detest each other ■o that the kitchen is the fntinuous battle. the cook, Is a leading light »rch. At revival meetings Irays the first to occupy the bench, the first to shout t!” and to fall into those I of body and outfllnglng of that to the African mean “get- ton." Eliza, the maid of all toe other hand, had always «generate heathen, scoffing Jeering at Martha and de power on earth could In to go inside a church. Great, ,was Mrs. S.’s surprise on the of the last revival to find ts Eliza and not Martha who Idlng the meetings. Martha,’’ she exclaimed, going to church?’ aswered Martha sullenly. 1 We carry a Large Stock of Hardware, Tinware, Glass and China, Window Varnish, Oils, Fine Line of Choice GROCERIES Saw. the Great ALEX. McNAIR CO. Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook THE HONEY Coughs, Colds, Croup, and TAR Throat Grippe, and J. and Bay Red Front Shoe Store Has received a fine assortment of Summer foot wear, consisting of Men’s, Woman’s, Misses’ and Children Shoes. We believe in selling honest goods at fair prices. Our Stock is fresh. All Goods sold by me is warranted. No charge made for sewing rips on Shoes purchased of me. Please call and examine my goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere. F. BROWNE, Salesman. 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