TILLAMOOK HEADLTGHT, AUGUST 19, 1909.
THE CUCKOO.
57
modern TROGLODYTES.
Curious Superstitions That Ars Con­
th. Matmat... th. Cav. Dw.U.r. ,f
nected With the Bird.
Tunisia, Africa.
There Is a popular belief that what-
One of the strangest of capital cities
Frer one Is doing when first one hears
the cuckoo that will be what one will Is that of the troglodytes, or Matins-
most frequently do during the year.
las, the cave dwellers of Tunisia. At-
lu niauy parts of Scotland and in the riea. It contaius about 3.000 Inhabit
northern counties of England people auts. and the principle of Its architec­
turn their money in their pockets on ture is to dig Into the earth rather
hearing the first call of the cuckoo, as
this, they say. insures a lucky year. In than to build upon It These troglo­
the counties bordering In Wales not dytes are to be tound between the town
ouly do they do this, but they also of Gabes, on the Tunisian coast, and
have a wish nt the same time, this the sand hills of the Sahara. The
wish being kept secret, of course. To country Is a high, rocky plateau, bar­
have ¡1 gold coin in one's pocket when ren, sun baked and swept by the si­
the cm koo's call Is first heard Insures moom. When a Matmata wants a new
good luck for the rest of the year. dwelling be chooses bls spot, traces a
The German peasants declare that aft­ circle and then digs until he bus
er st. -lotm's day the bird changes Into reached the desired depth, w bl. b va­
ries according to the number of stories
a sparrow hawk.
he requires.
The Dunes have a curious legend re­
The rooms consist of caves hollowed
garding this bird. When the village
girls hear its first call they kiss their out In the sides of the circular pit. the
hands and repent, “Cuckoo, cuckoo, bottom of which forms a patio, or I
when shall I be married?” As mnny courtyard, which is the usual feature
times as the IJrd calls “cuckoo” In an­ of a Moorish bouse. Besides the rooms,
swer. so many years will the maiden a passage is also dug. communicating
have to wait. The old folk, bent and with the outside world, and a door is
bowed with rheumatism and age. ask made at the outer end.
Instead. "Cuckoo. cuckoo, when slmll | ^iThp 80"' wh,ch ,s a kind of mallea-
] he rt leased from thia world's cares?" ble I lay. Is easily cut and lends Itself
well to excavation, the roof of each
and the answer comes In the same room requiring no support as long ns
way So occupied Is the poor bird In
Is arched. These underground dwell­
answering these questions, say the It
ings are not damp.-Chicago News.
Danes, that she never has time to build
her uest. so is forced to lay her eggs
In the Dest of another bird.—Planet
POSITION FOR SLEEP.
A GREWSOME BEQUEST.
A Variety of Opinions Among Emi­
nent French Medical Men.
A number of eminent French med-
I leal men have given their oplulon to !
I the Matin of Paris on what they con­
sider the healthiest position for sleep.
I Dr. Delorme, army medical Inspect­
or. declares that the natural position Is
to lie flat on one's back. Professor De­
bone and Dr. Daveniere of the School
of Hygiene are of the same opinion
and point out that lying ou either side
causes pressure of the arm. which
may eventually bring about paralysis.
Dr. Landouzy of the medical faculty
says that the best position is the most
comfortable position, and this Is ac­
quired by habit It would be well,
however, to accustom oneself to sleep
on the right side. Dr. Letulle of the
Medical academy maintains emphatic­
ally that the sleeper should always lie
on the right side and thus avoid indi­
gestion and heart troubles.
In startling contradiction comes a
statement from a heart specialist. Dr.
Huchard: "I always sleep on my left I
side, and I think it Is quite Immaterial
whether you lie on your left or right
side. The Idea, however, that those
who cannot lie on the left side suffer
from heart affection Is quite errune-
ous."
xBEARS GENERALLY JOLLY.
tut Sometime On« Com«« Along With
a Settled Grouch.
Rarely ar«.» bears boro ill tempered.
I bey may show some resentment at
the time of tbeir capture when but
two months old. but this feeling soon
disappears, leaving a jolly rogue ever
willing to box and wrestle. 1 ouce
knew a cub that was a regular ter­
ror.” says a writer in Collier’s, ’’and
be never reformed. He would attack
anything regardless of its size or
streugth.
“At the age of three months he
would charge at me. snorting, sniffing
and striking with his tiny paws, and
when I did not protect myself he
seized my trousers leg between bis
teeth and shook it violently.
“At first I thought that be bad been
abused by his former owner and that
by kind treatment be would soon out­
grow his temper; but, no. he just had it
in him, and he became more and more
dangerous as time sped by.
“Finally he grew large enough to be
put In with the mature bears without
danger of his squeezing between the
bars and escaping, and to the surprise
of every one he Immediately took
charge of the den. Old bears twenty
times his size, possibly from some
senfe cf honor, if animals have honor,
submitted to cuffs and slaps In the
face and actually allowed him to
snatch food from their mouths with­
out resenting the insult.**
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The Best Hotel.
THE ALLEN HOUSE,
J. P. ALiUEN. Proprietor.
Headquarters for Travelling Men.
Special Attention paid to Tourists.
A First Class Table.
A ttorney - at -L aw .
•
Complete set of Abstract Books
Taxes paid for non-
Residents.
Office opposite Post Office.
in office.
Both phones.
Comfortable Beds and Accommodation
^^7 H COOPER,
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
SUGAR always advances before berry season.
T illamook ,
O regon .
We have a good supply on hand and will aell
our friends and customers while it last.
C arl
haberlach ,
100 lbs. st. PURE CANE SUGAR
attorney - at - law ,
C. A H. Berry Sagar, $5.80 a sk.
Extra Fine Dry Granulated Sugar, $5.60 a sk.
Star brand process Rolled Barley,
JUuUchrr
Office across the street and north from
the Post Office.
The best on the market.
H. GOYNE,
75 lbs. Sack. $1.60
$40 a Ton.
A ttorney - at L aw .
Office : Opposite Court House,
A CLEVER SWINDLE.
T illamook , O regon .
Ingenious Scheme Worked by a Pa-
Extraordinary Legacy by the Father
rlsian
Vagabond.
of Lord Audley.
The manager of a fashionable Paris
Probably the most grewsome be­
restaurant fell Into a neat trap not
A. W. SEVERANCE,
quest ever named 1» a will was that
very long ago. A man named Daval.
made by Philip Tblcknesse. a dissipat­
who had only recently been released
ed English man. who died In 1792. Some
from prison, called a cab and told the
years before his death he bad quarrel­
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
driver that he was the Count d'Abbe­
ed bitterly with bls son. Lord Audley.
ville
and
that
he
bad
bet
a
friend
a
and to spite him had placed on the
large snm of money that dressed In a
T illamook
O regon .
outside of the family mansion a board
tramp’s rags, he would eat a dinner at
bearing this Inscription in large black
one
of
the
most
exclusive
hotels.
If
letters:
the cabman would arrange the matter
“Boots and shoes mended, carpets
T. BOALS, M.D.,
for him with the manager of the hotel
boat. etc., etc., by P. Tblcknesse, fa­
the count would pay him handsomely.
ther of Lord Audley.”
The cabman drove up to a luxurious
Finding be was about to die. he sent
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
restaurant took the manager aside
for his lawyer and drew up a will con­
ar.d whispered the Information that
taining the following extraordinary
TILLAMOOK.]
his disreputable looking fare was real­
(CAPT. P. SCHRADER).
clause: "I leave my right band, to be
ly a count In disguise and then related
Office- Olson Building.
cut off after my death, to my son. Lord
the story of the bet The manager fell
Audley. I desire It may be sent to him
Residence : Mrs. Weiss' house, west of
Into the trap, and the ex-prisoner was
In hopes that such a sight may remind
Mrs. Walker's.
served with an excellent dinner with
him of bls duty to God after having
many wines.
so long abandoned the duty lie owed
The meal over, the man declared
to a fatb.r who once so affectionately
|~^R. I. M. SMITH,
that be was no count and that he had
loved him.”
no money. The manager laughed heart­
The dead man's wishes were scrupu­
ily at the splendid way his guest play­
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
lously carried out. and his severed
ed his part, but by aDd by the truth
band. Inclosed In a hermeti. ally sealed
dawned on him. A policeman was
Office over J. A. Todd & Co.,
leaden casket, was forwarded to his
called In. and the Ingenious swindler
sou. There Is no record as to bow
wns led away. Imperturbably smoking
Tillamook, Ore.
Lord Audley received Ills unwelcome
a fivo franc cigar.—New York Sun.
What Brown Did.
FREIGHT, 13.00 PER TON
legacy or how lie disposed of It.—New
Mrs. and Mr. Brown—that Isn't the
York Press.
usual way of putting It. but it was
Th. Lion’s Rush.
C. HAWK,
the way they ranked—had been in­ The wisest and most experienced can
Brggars of Bombay.
vited to a party where. Mrs. Brown never tell what a lion will do. Lion Sails from Couch st. Wharf, Portland, Oregon,
The nuisance caused by beggars In understood, there was to be a host of hunting, to my mind, has a charm all
Bombay lias assumed unbearable pro­ literary lions. Mrs. Brown Is an ex­ Its own. Nothing compares with it,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
portions. The orientals practice chari­ tremely handsome woman and just and no driving of ravines or swamps
EVERY
TUESDAY
men
ty as a religious obligation and relieve enough of a coquette to attract
or catching the great cat at his kill Is
BAY CITY, OREGON.
comparable to the joy and steady ex­
poverty where they find It. Recitals about her wherever she goes.
from Keblt and Mil raba I never fall to
Not long after they had arrived Mrs. citement of tracklug him down. He
THAT’S ALL.
touch the innermost chords of the na­ Brown had four men around her. chooses the ground. You follow him
tives with tbclr innate revereuce for while Brown was pretending to be Into It You pit yourself against him.
R. BEAUS,
spiritualism, and the faker bneks up Interested In some books scattered Crouching flat against the yellow
bls appeal for aims with profuse quo­ around on a corner table. Mrs. Brown i earth, perhaps covered only by a few
tations from the poets. Then there Inquired of the men In turn as to just Inches of grass, be Is almost unbeliev­
REAL ESTATE,
are lay beggars and religious beggars, what sort of literature they produced. ably hard to see. His rush and spring
from
a
few
yards
distance
Is
the
fast
­
One
confessed
he
was
a
coffee
broker,
the ash besmeured ascetics who prac­
F inancial A gent ,
tice mendicancy as a hereditary pro­ another was a doctor, the third was a est thing I d the world. No animal can
it,
much
less
clumsy,
slow
foot
­
escape
fession. Iatst aud not least are the un­ machinery salesman. The fourth man
Tillamook, Oregon.
fortunate sufferers whom the loss of admitted cheerfully that his only serv- ed man. He has a chance to pay off on
man.
the
universal
lord
and
master,
limbs or eyes or some fell disease dis­ Ice to literature was reading book«
J2)R. P. J. SHARP,
able« for work and drives them to beg­ and uewspapers. At this point Brown the wrongs of the animal world, and
gary ns the last resource. These lat­ joined the group, and the coffee broker here In East Africa the lion's revenge
ter have a genuine claim on our chari­ suggested to the lady that she might ful toll taken on human life and limb
mounts high.—Rev. Dr. W. S. Ralns-
RESIDENT DENTIST,
ty. but as there are so few asylums In ask the newcomer what be did.
"Oh,” remarked Mrs. Brown, placing ford In World’s Work.
India for the bait the malm and the
Office across the street from the
blind the streets and byways of towns B. at once In the discard, “he's my
The Rubber Tree.
Next Door to Tillamook County Bank.
Court House.
are flooded with beggars, pitiful type« husband.’’—Exchange.
The "India rubber" plant—Ficus
of suffering humanity.—Rash Gaftar.
elastlcus—is a great tree In the tropical
Dr. Wise’s office.
Extinct.
_______ in which It flourishes, often Centrally Located.
"Bessie," said the teacher of the countries
First Class Itooma
Th. Lace Curtain.
I—In I reaching as much as a hundred feet
Just why there must be lace curtains class which taught all about birds .,, i™,
SARCHET,
_
I.
Imposing.
Indeed,
It
looks
in
high
even where there Is no piano or rubber the school prospectus It was called the , such
conditions, with a vast leafy
"ornithological
dlvlslon"-"glve
me
the
—
->•
.
The Fashionable Tailor.
plant or gilt chair has never been ex­
crown extending over forty or fifty
Tillamook. Oregon.
plained to the entire satisfaction of name of one bird which Is now ex­ feet outward od each side of the mas­
unn. He only knows that there must tinct"
sive trunk and with Immense buttress­ The Only First Class Hotel in Tillamook, Ore. Cleaning, Pressing and Repair­
Bessie wrinkled her brows.
and lets It go at that. It often seems
A Modern Hotel.
Traveling Men's Home.
Tourists' Headquarters.
"tVhat's extinct, please?” sbe asked. ing roots twisting and winding along
ing a Specialty.
to him that If be could have his way,
“No longer existent." explained the above the ground in such a way as to
which Is out of the question, of course,
J.
F.
RAMSEY,
Pro.
lead the natives of India and Ceylon to
teacher.
"Can
you
name
one?
’
there wouldn't be lace curtains, at
Store in Heins Photographic
“Yes.” piped Bessie readily. "Dick .” call It the "snake tree." Sometimes
least above the cellar floor. They are
these roots grow up Into the trees and
“
Dick
—
Dick?'
repeated
the
teacher.
Gallery.
l'i the way when windows are to be
make the free look like the banyan, to
lowered or raised; they are apt to blow "And what kind of bird Is a ‘DLk, which, it may be mentioned, it Is bo-
Into the gas and burn down the house, please?'
“Our canary." answered Bessie. ' The tanically related.
J^OBERT A. MILLER,
and alarm Is constantly sounded for
cat
extlncted him.”
fonr the man will soil or tear them.
Ths Usual Rises.
They do not serve to keep out th«
“Can you swim, Corporal Brown?”
A ttorney - at -L aw ,
Marquis.
light when there Is too much of It, and
The designation marquis Is the sec­ asked an elderly major.
Land
Titles, Land Office Busi­
the dog can't toast himself In the sun
ond In the five orders of English nobil­ “Yes. sir.”
without getting tangled In them.
ness
and Mining Law.
ity The term originally Indicated per­ "You can? Where on earth did you
Still, there are lace curtains every­ i
sons who had the care of the marches learn?"
where. and that Is all there Is to it.— of a country. The word marches Is
PORTLAND,
OREGON,
"Not on any earth, sir. I learned in
Providence Tribune.
Room, 30t; Commerciul Building.
the plural of mark, which in Its politi­ the water!"—London Tlt-BIts.
cal sense signifies boundaries. Such
Paet Tenses.
Suspension Bridges.
L and O fficb H uxinb ««
Phon« A lfjUV
were the lands on the borders of Eng­
A »PBC1ALTY.
There Is no doubt that the first Idea land and Scotland and of England and
“It ees. however." said the distin­
guished foreigner as he concluded his
°f a suspension bridge was suggested
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to primitive man by the Interlacing of Walea.
story, "simply a matter of heardsald.”
tree branches and parasitical plants
"You mean 'hearsay.’ of course,
Early Football Players.
LAWYERS.
" toss rivers. Probably monkeys used
Football was for many years the na­ count?”
R oom 334 W obcbstkii B vilding ,
them before men did. In very tnoun- tional game of Florence. The season
"Ah. but sis was told me some time
T hoii ano O ak ütbbbt «
•ilnous conntrles. such as Tibet and was from January to March, and the ago!”—New York Journal.
Room Next to the U H Land Office.
Peru, they have apparently been used ladles and gentlemen of Florence and
PORTLAND. OREGON,
Tactful,
"Ince the dawn of history, possibly the populace as well were wont to as­
earlier.
semble on the Piazxa Santa Gioce( to "Whatever made you make Bracking
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witness the game, which was called a present of a pocket comb? He's ss
Who Tsught Her Caution?
"calcic.” from the word meaning -to bald as a billiard ball ”
I’xbeL aged four, was talking to an kick.” The last game wax played in
•That's Just It. I want to make him
MO CURE TH! LUNC8
Imaginary friend over the telephone. 1739.
think I never noticed it”
__________ .
’’ !)-n her mot tier hea rd her say: "Walt
a minute. Rocksy. My brother Is right
Corrected.
Th« Only Difficulty.
WITH
Sails every SATURDAY from Tillamook,
her» listening to all you aay. and my Employer (angrllp-Young man. what
•The world owes me a living"
ni 'ther la i t'le room too. Don’t tell do vou mean by sitting there doing
"That's all right, old man. as long "»
nothing for the last h.l hour’ L«n you cao get somebody to stake you rain or shine.
about Jt uow.~-Dellneator.
you know better than to waste your while you are trying to collect the
Both freight and passenger.
time In that way?
Boy-ljln‘ blU."—Boston Herald.
Careless.
°f
Visitor-«« that's Miss Overton wastin' my time. «
Few things are Impoesfble lu them-
D"t't yen think she carries her age yours.—Chicago News.
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j^n.irknt.lv well? Artlst-No. I don't
OU1KAMTI1D
8ATI1FACT0KY
Re not arrogant when fortune «mH«
tbit Is wanting to bring
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