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•r T illamook headlight , N ovember MAGNETISM. JUST IN TIME. I Reco all tl. and , bout 3uar a. ii of wt Wills the H by th tract the J> mook guani mooli •ale», nr rat* o after riattai 25, 1QQ0- Tho Squire Wasn't Actually Nigh, but Some of the Peculier Properties of This Strange Force. Ha Was a Little Close. The true nature of waguetlsm as They were discussing the salient Little Known of the Real Origin of traits of old Squire Gregson's cbarae* such, of course, is not known. All ter. tbe funerul being a titlug of die that we can be sure of is that mag the Instrument. past. "Some way or 'uolher. betwn'U netic attraction does not radiate out hls goin' an' tbe buryin*. nobody felt ward In all dlrctlons as does light, free to s|H-ak." Abel Nutting bad said but simply acts along lines consisting ITS USE BY THE CHINESE. as an Introduction to bis remarks, "it of closed curves and called lines of seemed more'n likely he'd come to force, lliese lines connecting tbe two poles and not extending very far out This Wonderful People Knew of the agnlu an* gall us to account, same as ward between them. These curves Magnetic Needle Long - Before the usual.” "He was free to give to phi lanthropy may tie found very nicely by placing a Christian Era—The Claims of Gioia, an’ the church." said Barton Sedgwick horseshoe magnet under a thin sheet the Pilot, and the Credit Due Him. when his turu cauie. "but lu tbe fam’- of paper anti sprinkling Iron tilings on Much Interest must forever attach to ly circle I called him kind o' close. I top. Tbe filings will collect along the tbe discovery of that valuable instru won't go so fur’s to say he whs aetu’l- lines. Now. as to the different kinds of ment tbe mariner's compass, and yet ly uigh. but be cert’uly was kind o' magnets, there are natural, artificial there are few subjects concerning close.” "As bow?” iuqulr«*d three voices In and electro magnets. The natural ones which less Is known. For a period tbe bouor of tbe invention was ascribed to unison. They all bad plenty of in are found as magnetic ore in tbe earth, Gioia, a pilot, born at fasitano, a stances of the old squire's "closeness.” the artificial ones are made by stroking ■mall village situated near Amalfi, but it was Barton's privilege to S|H*nk a piece of iron or steel with a mag about tbe end of tbe thirteenth ceu- first, be being a cousin once removed. net. and the electro magnets are caus “Well, 1 was there to a Sunday din ed by the action of an electric current. tury. Hls claims, however, have been Some peculiar things have been no ner with him last becetuber." said disputed. Much learning and labor have been Barton slowly. "He invited Sally an' ticed In regard to magnetism, among which are the following facts: bestowed upon the subject of tbe dis me. saute ns always, once tl year. it has been observed that fire Irons "Well. Sally bad one o' those stuffy covery. It has been maintained by one class that eveu tbe Phoenicians were colds that make you feel worse'll If that have rested In one position dur tbe inventors, by another that the you had pueuuiony. tin' she vowed she ing the summer months are often high Greeks sud Romans bad a knowledge wouldn't go. She said she couldn't ly magnetized, no doubt having been of It. Such uotlons, however, have taste anything anyway, an' the mere caused by tile magnetism of the earth thoughts o' his cold pork an" boiled Itself b.v the process known as induc been completely refuted. Oue passage, nevertheless, of a re potatoes went agniust her. Blit she tion. Other Iron articles that stay lri markable character occurs lit tbe works wanted I should go for policy, same as one position and do not come in con tact with fire or other heat are often of Curdlnal de Vitty. bUbop of Ptole- all us relations went, an' 1 did. "Well, when I got there an' told found in tbe same condition, such as mals. In Syria. He went to Palestine during tbe fourth crusade, about tbe squire be said. 'Sally not coinin'!’ an' iron bars to jail windows aud iron year 1204. He returned afterward to clipped It right out Into the kitchen, railings in front of houses. The most peculiar observation made, Europe and subsequently back to tbe leavin' the doors open all the way. "'Here.' be said to old Jaue Wills, however, was that the upper part of Holy Land, where be wrote bls work eutltleu "Hlatorla Orieutalls.” as near that cooked an' done for him. 'have the steel tire of a carriage wheel at ly us can be determined, between tbe those potatoes boiled soft yet? That's tracts tbe north pole of a magnet, yeurs 1215 and 1220. In chapter 91 good. You lift out Mis' Sedgwick's while tbe bottom part, or part in con of that work be bus this singular pas potato, an' it’ll be Just right to fry for tact with the earth, attracts tbe south my breakfast tomorrow.' he said, 'for pole. This Is in the northern hemi sage: "Tbe Iron needle, after contact with Mis' Sedgwick is kep' at home with a sphere only arid is fully in accord with tbe loadstone, constantly turus to tbe cold. Lift It out careful! That’s right! the theory of induced magnetism. Of “An’ when he come back to me he course in the southern hemisphere, north stur. which, at tbe axis of tbe flrmaiueut. remains Immovable while was all creased up with smiles, he was where the earth Is under the Influence tbe others revolve, and hence It is es so pleased with himself.” — Youth's of the south magnetic pole, tbe condi tions are reversed. sentially ueeessary to those navigat Companion. A magnet dipp«*d Into boiling water ing ou tbe ocean.” loses a great part of its magnetism, These words are as explicit as they SEEING UNDER WATER which is miraculously restored to it on are extraordinary. They state a fact and announce a use. Tbe thing, there Ths Refraction of Light and the Lim becoming cool again. A sharp blow given to a magnet will fore, which essentlully constitutes the iting Angle of Vision. cause it to lose Its magnetism. Also compass must buve been kuowu long One of the most peculiar things in tbe application of heat will have a before tbe birth of Gioia, lu ndditlou connection with life under water Is to tbU fact, there U another equally wbat is kuowu as the limiting angle <>f like effect. if a magnetic needle be placed over fatal to bls claim us tbe origiuul dis vision. This applies to fishes, divers, a rapidly revolving plate of copper, al coverer. submarine crews and. In fact, any tie though it be separated from it by a It Is now settled beyond a doubt ing possessing the power of sight and tbut the Cbiuese were acquainted with desiring to look through tbe water at thick plate of glass, the needle will tbe compass long before tbe Europe objects In tbe air. The effect is uot revolve In tbe same direction as tbe ans. It Is certain that there are allu due to a defect In vision, but to tbe re- plate.—Exchange. sions to tbe magnetic ueedle In tbe fractlou or bending of light, and no traditionary period of Cblin-se history, telescope or other optical instrument THE ELEPHANT IN BATTLE. about 2.000 years before Christ, and a can get around It. ■till more credible account of It Is The effect consists of the impossibil Most Docile Yet Courageous and Faith found In tbe reign of Chlngwang of the ity of seeing anything on tbe dntslde ful of Animals. Chow dyuasty. before Christ 1114. Of tbe docility of the elephant there unless the observer directs his line of All this, however, may l>e grunted sight within forty-eight degrees of the Is no need to multiply examples. It is without in the leust liupuirltig the Just vertical. If a forty-nine degree angle or said that lu India native women some claims of Glohi to the grutllude of man over Is taken, the surface, no matter times when called away Intrust their kind. The truth appears to be that how clear the water la. acts as a per babies to the care of "the bunded one.” tbe position of Glolu In relation to tbe feet mirror and reflects objects at the confident that they will be sate and compass whs precisely tbut of Watt lu bottom of tbe water, thus not allowing tenderly bandied. relation to tbe steam engine—the ele anything on the outside to be seen. But of all elephant stories surely the ment existed; be augment«*d Its utility. The consequence of this property is finest Is that which tells bow the The compass used by tbe mariners the most startling of all. for everything standard bearing elephant of tbe Pelsh- In the Mediterranean during the ou the outside can lie seeu aud thus wa won a great victory for its Mah- twelfth and thirteenth centuries was has to lie seen In the cone described ratta lord. At tbe moment wheu tbe a very uncertain ntul unsatisfactory by tbe fortv-elgbt degree angle front elephant bad beeu told to halt its ma apparatus. It couslsted only of a mag the eye. This shows all outside ob hout was killed. The shock of battle netic needle floating In a vase or basin jects buddled together and ap|>earlng closed around It. and tbe Mabratta by means of two straws on a bit of high tn air. Thus, if one dives Into the forces were borne back, but still the cork supporting It ou tbe surface of middle of a wide river, on looking up elepbaut stood, and tbe standard which the water. the banks will appear close together, It carried still flew, so that the I’eisb- The compass lined by the Arabians but. nt a great dlstauce from tbe ob wa's soldiers could not believe that In tbe thirteenth century wna an In server. high In air. they were indeed being overcome and. strument of exactly th«* snnte descrip This angle Is «■ailed the “critical" an rallying, in their turn drove tbe enemy tion. Now. the Inconvenience and In gle and of course varies with the two backward till tbe tide swept past the efficiency of such nn apparatus are ob media In contact. rooted elephant and left it towering vious. The agitation of tbe ocean and if one desires to make the experiment colossal among tbe slain. Tbe tight the tossing of the vessel might render a square glass latx or an aquarium will was over and won. and then they It useless In a monieut. answer very well. Suspend tills from would have bad tbe elephant move But Gioia placed the magnetized the celling or support it on a wall from the battlefield, brt it waited still ntu-dle on a pivot, which permits It Io bracket and look under It nt an angle for the dead ninn’s voice. turn to all aides with facility. After The phenomenon will Is1 observed a* For three days and uights it remain ward It was attached to a card divided Indicated. The clearer the water and ed where It had beeu told to remain, lulo thlrty-two points, called rose de tbe stronger the light the more clearly and neither bribe nor threat wouM vent*, and then tbe box containing It will things nppenr.-Cbicago liecord- move It till they sent to tbe village on wan suspended In such a manner that, Herald. the Nerbudda. a hundred tulles away, however tbe vessel might t>e tossed. and fetched the mabout's little son. a It would always remain horizontal.— Why He Wes a Heathen. round eyed, lisping child, and then at Electrical Engineer. Sir Arthur F hiis I iiiw related an amtts last tbe hero of that victorious day. Ing story of a Mohammedan servant remembering bow Its master had often who when asked bls religion replied: •lung. tn brief absence delegated authority to "Beg pardon, snr. I'm a heathen " The old gentlemaii went Into the par the child, confessed its allegiance ard When aak«*d by hls master wbat he with the shattered battle harness lor tbe other night at tbe witching hour of 10:30 and found tbe lights out meant by a heathen tbe man answer clanging at each stately stride swung and Ma daughter and a dear friend ed: slowly along the road behind the boy. “Beg pardon, snr, a worshiper of —London Times. enjoying a tete-a tete In a corner by stocks and stones " tbe window. "Confound It," remarked the master, Evangeline." aald tbe old man stern- A Little Crowded. “I can't keep a man like that In my “thia la acandhloua!" A backwoodsman went to New York Yes. papa.” she answered sweetly service." city for tbe first time, says tbe Satur "It la candleless because times are To which came the Immediate re day Evening Post. He stopped at a hard. Lights coat so much Ferdinand joinder: Broadway hotel which was pretty well “Beg pardon, snr. In your highness' downtown. Next morning bls nephew, and I Mid we would get along with service no time to worship anything!" tbe starlight.” who Ilves In New York, came to take And papa turned about In speech- — Loudon News. him out and show him the sights. They less amazement and triad to walk ont walked down Broadway until they got of tbe room through a panel In tbe He Spoke Too Soon. to Canal street. Tbe backwoodsman wall paper.-Exchange. A well known business man attended stopped and contemplated tbe great bls daughter's commencement exer congestion of traffic there, hundreds of Ths Diffsrenes. cises at nn eastern college. He had trucks going every way. said little Rollo, "what la been greatly pleased with the beauty "8on," he said to hls nephew, “you tfio difference between farming anti and dignity of the exercises nn<1 was have a nice city here, but It ’pears to discoursing to hls wife U| m > u th«* refin me that your folks Is a bull passel be agriculture?". "Well, my eon. for farming you necl ing Influence« of college life Sudden hind lu their haulin'.'* a plow and a harrow aud a lot of other ly Ills Impressive monologue was <-ut Implemeuta. and tor agriculture all short A girl In cap and gown came Must Suit All Tastes. you need Is a pencil ami a piece of dashing down the atepa of G m > main "My wife wonders why tbe papers paper.**- Washington Star. hall waving her diploma and shout waste so much space on mere news." ing. "Edueat<*d, by gosh!"-La «lies' “What does she read?" Home Journal. The Mese ln the Ovan. “Ob. she reads tbe weather probabil "How cama auch a greasy mea" ln ities. tbe bargain probabilities, the tBe oven?" aald a fidgetr okl aplnater Not Anxious. marriage notices and tbe lore story "Yon bare quit* a number of the Rut an Item about a big tmttle or tbe tto her mald of aU work V'Wby." lypllcd tt>a glri..',tbe caadlea poets," said Goodhy. who was Inspect fall of a dynasty looks piffling to her** fell lato i he water, and 1 put them luto Ina Wmalhy's library. “Ab. there’s — Louisville Courier-Journal ib* ovyn to dry ”— London Tatlar Browning! Do you understand him" “No: I don't.' ," aalti Woodby. Animals Ha Had Met. ■ • \ Mildsw. "Ah." said Gotxlby. contlnulng bla Little Harr; win visiting In the coun try and while there became very much An easy method of removing mil examination. "bave you Fraed?" "Certainly noi Wbat's thè use of attached to hla cousin's pet dog dew is to place the article In a warm oven for a few moments and then praying'1 I alni anxlous to undar- "Haven't yon any animals at bonier* stand him.”—Philadelphia Record be was asked brush It. < . ■ . ■ "Ob. yes." replied the little fellow. When you forget there nre others True honor leaven no dhmu for heal- 1 "We have roaches and flies."—Chicago you are nearing a burned bridge. I tat ion or d«>ubt. -i'luurcb. New*. I NEW HOME FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT. The PACIFIC SALVAGE CO .0] Plow open for Business in the Mason Building on 2nd Avenue East, carrying a line of Parlor LibraryDining Room. Bed Room and Kitchen Furnishings. Pictures. N otb -' w X’ exp""««d Owners .nd appraisers. Will buy you out or sell you out. PAGE BROS., Proprietors DAIRYMEN’ AND S SUPPLIES STEEL STOVES & RANCES We carry a Large Stock of Hardware, Tinware, Glass and China, Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors. 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