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„ T illamook headlight , D ecember ? 24. 1909 I Color Serves as an Index to Their Ace. T MAKES THEM TWINKLE? Theeriea Th»t Deal Witti Tota «nemicai Enfflma—Tbe taterven- et Fragtaents «¡f Disrupted Ida or ths Effect of Air Currents. i |> “ questiou Ihiit bau exrn-is«! Ululi >>tie gentleman <>f *ciem e. ,ur>i- il i* kiuiwu liuti ouly the iwiukle. tbe plunrt* givitig out uly tight. Timi I* tbe way we «tur troni a plauel siili tbe l-rye. wliy does thè «tur I wlnkle «I m H'; newi-r to Ibi. «vili» t” In* oli He- «>t tlie greillvl distaine* ol tlie thè ueureul tixed star lieing *ev- boli «imi lime* turtlier troll) u* tlie fari licei piane!. So il mu lui i a siarting |H>iiit lui ve lieeti Imilt linerie*. Due I* tliat a* thè «ligie, or «ligie «ublelided liy ir frolli tlie eye. in mi very minili ery «mali l*«lie» in apnee coni- »■serti thè star unii tlie eye gite tbe effect «>f twiliklhig. il» legarli* illuse simili 1**11«-* y lieiug In s|*iee a» h.i |*(the< at re I* HO doiibt. tur there are mil- f friigineiits of disrupled workl* uriiiind hi orlili* m I ioiii ohi - siili, lly «piesiioii la wlietlier there are /in emise tlie eternili twllikling i observed. Science cniinot say Miugb ilo hot exist. for she cali- reelve thè existeiue ot thè sniall- guu'iits timi ai tually «-0111,1 cause !«4rt. eveu wltb ber tluest nmtrii- Illustrate, then, my meaning as » this covering of lhe visual suppose you tMke a «lime lie- your thumb Mini linger mid hold i rtfen your eye ami the iikmhi Uli- pit cover* tbe imam. It will lie 4 Is* quite cluse to the eye. Now Luarter mid hold It so that It ifers tbe nmol), its distance I* 'seen to Is- Hlxml tour limes the from lhe eye. Thus It Is seen e farther outward the object I* tbe larger the object necessary. :|n acconl with what Is known hw of Inverse square*. ¡<iw lake a dime or even a pin lul no matter how tar you hold I the eye It will easily cover the star in tin- heavens. This is nut of the enormous distmice ot tlie Hues drawn from It* side* ye Inclosing an angle so minute most anything will till ft. Ho ; nee that this theory is not Im- '. though |*-rhapa somewhat iin- tiler theory bases Its argument air current*. Air current* nre by light and beuietl air rising 1 «nd heavy air taking it* place, rben light gm-* from a heavy bt gas. or vice versa, it I* bent y or the other. So this would y happen to the light from all iretily bodies. Tbe reason It is fred In the case of the planets ■on I* that they send us ninny y* us compiired to the stars. reasous are put forward to e tnttli of this theory. A star l more ou tbe horizon than It the zeulth. for its light lias to irvugfa a greater tlilektie** of ere; also greater twinkling io I In winter than In summer, a rapid and brllllniit twinkling It Is a very gisai prophecy ol k > w . as it show* tbe upper re- file air to be In a state of tlon of varying air current», «■old currents meeting, cum- a nil rotatlng proba lily. u accounts for the changes Muras of a star, for at times 1 not all of Its light Is l*-m a the eye. It has lieeii n<e ' that a star's color lias some- do with Its twinkling oil a<- tbe different refnictlvltles of “tot colors. A white or blue i as tbe Dog star, twinkles t comes the yellow and hist If one carra to l<sik for a red Hgeui is one ami can lie nur corner of tbe constella- ' Interesting tbing has lieen In astnaioiny as regards 1 between the color of a star f- The white or blue stars «Xi young or In the prime li ninny more million years r»t*er. while n red star, as i.I*'« tbe wane and will grnd- In the next few million ** If It doesn't! The yellow "suse come between the blue 1» point of age. It Is en- 1,1 dud that ottr own sun Is ” a white star. - A. I- '«•vlnmitl Com men lai Trlb- Diamonds and Go'd. y "f til-inmnd« and other •« pressed In carats, narier grain*. They are ’ °f which Is equal to • troy grain. Pour quar- one grain and four 2***; the fineness of gold T*”1 ,n 'Trata. Pure gold ^mt. fine Tbe car l>dt,'»te tbe proportion. T* n' "•* gold used by *** fourteen carat. Boe. "rta of alloy. PLAYING THE STOCKS. ARAB FASHIONS. He Who Has Knowledge and He Who Gambles on Gossip. Of tbe many popular delusions touch ing Wall street and Its people none la more i>erslstent or more dangerous to the outsider tban tbe belief that from nothing great permanent fortunes bare been made by 'hrewd and lucky apec- ultttlon In prices. It isn't true. We differentiate here between speculation In prices only and tbe kind of legiti mate speculation which seeks to antici pate great economic changes. Legiti mate speculation has its translation into prices, too. but it takes, flrst, origi nal capital In some reasonable propor tion to tbe profits expected and. sec ondly. tbe treatment of exceptional opportunity with correct Imagination. Its risks at best are very large. Among our Wall street acquaintances are sev eral bard beaded men who succeed In making *25.000 a year by speculation. Not one of them has a capital of less than *250.000. They make it earn about 10 per cent. Take Rlank. one of the ablest specu lators we know. He has made half a million dollars during tbe past five years. Very handsome return, you say. T.et us look at Blank. He was the chief accountant of one of tbe big railway systems when an uncle, dying, left him *20.000. Mind you. he was au expert railway statistician and an ex ceptionally able young man to boot. He knew his own road like a book, as well as some other things that only the directors were aware of. Tbe stock of the system looked cheap to him. and he used Ills *20.000 to margin 4.000 shares. A bull market was beginning, and within a month or two Blank's capital bad Increased to *60.000. He was content with a ten point rise, though the stock advanced ten points more, That was tbe first of Blank's deals, Twelve months later be won again. He thought that the stock of a certain western system was selling below Its value an* set about an In vestigation to find the facts. He hired a first class engineer and a retired traf fic manager to travel from one end of that railroad to the other, and be him self analyzed lhe accounts. When all tbe reports were In It seemed to him that the system was earning enough money to justify an increase of Its dividend, and be plunged once more. He waited six months for his point tills time, and bls Investigation bad cost hint #5.000. ne made *50.000. Good Interest, yon say. but think of Blank's s|>eclal equipment for the game and the trouble be took to be right. You. Mr. Thlnmarglnlst. after reading tbe Wall street gossip In your dally pai>er. adventure your thousand or two thousand dollars and expect to double your money. Mark tbe differ ence.—John Tarr In Everybody's Mag azine. Cloths« ths Natives W.sr an* ths Tailor. Who Maks Th.m. Conservative In all matter*, tbe Arab Is especially averse to change In tbe matter of clothes. Not only do tbe fashions of tbe Arabs never change, writes Graham Tetrie in "Tunis. Kai rouan and Carthage," but they are very restricted. Although every’ Arab wears a gandoura more or less richly embroidered. It is always worked in one of three accepted patterns, from which no deviation nor any comblna tlon is permitted. The only matter in which personal taste la allowed to show itself is lu the choice of color. In this respect entire freedom is permitted and taken full advantage of. although It Is curious to note that tbe more delicate shades of pink, yellow and mauve ure generally worn by elderly men. while rich red and brown are In favor with their jun iors. The souk-el-trouk is the souk of the tailors in Tunis, and here tn numerous little shops the sartorial needs of the Arab population are fashioned and temptingly displayed. 1 call them shops for want of a better word, but they are as unlike the European shop as anything one can Imagine. They are •really recesses separated from each other by coupled columns painted with stripes of red and green, which sup port a continuous cornice, richly carv ed and colored. There are no windows or doors, and lhe Bbop Is rafsecl some four feet above tbe ground. To ibis elevation the tailor nimbly vaults, for there are no steps to assfst him. Sit ting crosslegged In orthodox fashion, be there cuts out. pieces together and embellishes tbe gay silk waistcoats, gandouras and other garments beloved of tbe Arab. Tennyson's First Poems. The wind came sweeping through tbe garden of an old Lincolnshire rectory one morning in the beginning of last century and blew upon a child of five years old. who opened bls arms to tbe blast and let It carry him along, cry ing as he traveled. “I hear a voice that's calling In the wind.” That was Tennyson's first line of poetry. Tbe first poem he ever composed was writ ten tipou a slate one Sunday morning at Louth. The subject, set him by bls brother Charles, was "Flowers.” and little Alfred covered his slate with blank verse after tbe model of Thom son's "Seasons.' Ills next attempt was an elegy upon his grandmother, who had Just died, written at the request of bis grandfather. When It was writ ten ibe old man put 10 shillings Into the Imy's hand and said. “There, that is lhe first money you have ever earn ed by your poetry, and. take my word for It. It will be the last."—Westmin ster Gazette. Opsning an Oystsr. “The Cook'* Oracle.” a book which was never tar from tbe kitchens of our great-grandmothers. Is very precise in Its directions as to tbe proper manner of preserving and eating oysters, says an English journal. "Tbe true lover of an oyster." writes tbe author, “will have some regard for the feelirgs of his little favorite and will never aban don It Io tbe mercies of a bungling op erator. but will open it himself and contrive to detach tbe fish from tbe shell so dexterously that tbe oyster la hardly conscious be has been ejected from bls lodging till be feels the teeth of the piscivorous gourmand tickling him to death.” This Was In Denmark. An Englishman having business In a certain Danish town arrived at th« railway station. He inquired of a group of men standing near the way to the IsHise he wanted, whereupon one of tliem offered to go wltb blm and show him. With recollect Iona of what such a service meant In England be said. “I don't want a guide.” “But surely you asked us to show you tbe way." aald one of them. "Tea. but I don'r want a guide." "My dear air, I am not a guide; I am tbe biabop.” Romance In High Life. “3o that heiress Is engaged to • no bleman.” "Tea.” "And you say tbe sffalr was roman tier “Oh. very. Why. tbe duke was even loo poor to hire a lawyer.”— Kansas City Journal. Afraid of Coneoquonaea. png Hater (tremulously)—See. bsra. sir! Will that dog Mte toe? Da> Owner (scornfully)—Do you suppoee be has no Instinct of eelf prsssrvsttatal Baltimore American * the wisest man wbo ta *~Wortawortb NE W HOME FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT. The PACIFIC SALVAGE CO Nou, open for Business^ the Mason Building cn 2nd Avenue East, carrying a line of Parlor, Library, Dining Room, Bed Room and Kitchen Furnishings, Pictures Stoves, Ranges, etc. NoTE-We are experienced auctioaer» and appraisers. Will buy you out or sell you out. P^ C t E BR OS., Proprietors HEADQUARTERS FOR DAIRYMEN’ AND S SUPPLIES STEEL STOVES & RANCES We carry a Large Stock of Hardware, Tinware, Glass and China, Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors. Window Sashes, MAINE SPOOKS. A Ghost House, • Phantom Light a Mystic Woodchuck. Bowdoinham boasts a veritable ghost bouse where it is said tbe chairs refuse to stay quietly in tbeir places, but in tbe middi? of tbe night walk out and draw together in groups Just as If guided by visible bands. Then there is a spirit cane that goes walk ing all by Itself just at midnight, tap ping Its way along from room to roorp and dually taking up Its abode in tbe chamber where a member of tbe fami ly sleeps. That this statement is true Is affirmed by those who have seen the phenomena and who are not at all afraid of ghosts. At another bouse In the village Is a phantom light that shines each night no matter wbetber It be moonlight or darkness just above the closet door in tbe upper chamber. Eor years this light bas disturbed tbe people who at different tlui^s bave occupied the room, and Borne have been much afraid of tbe flickering gleam. Krom time to time different explanations have1 been offered, but none has proved satisfac tory. Tbe light continues to shine, and no one can account for the mystery. IX)wn at Lazy O camp Is a spook woodchuck wblcb every evening. Just at tbe sunset hour, comes out of an old family tomb, halfway between tbe camp aud tbe borne farm. There ou the tomb be sits quietly, watching tbe sunset lights on tbe waters of Merry- meeting. Just as the sun sinks below ibe borizou be disappears. Tbe tomb swallows bim up. and he Is seeu no more until tbe sunset hour comes round again.—Kennebec Journal. Arab Buttermaking. Among tbe Arabs au iuterestlug de partmeut of womau's duty Is dairy work. This, like all other o|>eratl«ns. is carried out on au old fashioned and patriarchal plan. To make butter, for Instance, a small sheepskin Is tilled with milk and tied to a ring In tbe wall. Tbe woman then sits flat on tbe floor and rocks It to and fro till little balls of butter begin to form witbiu. These grow larger and larger and ac cumulate and are finally brought out as one big lump. The remaining milk is then boiled on the tire with bits of meat. Tbe male members of the fam ily now come together. A large dish of cooked rice la placed before them and tbe boiled milk poured over It. Then, making bails of tbe mixture with bis baDds. each member quickly swallows bls share and rises to wash bis bands. This done, tbe girls and motber sit down and eat what tbe men are pleased to leave. Hats and Old Ag*. In opening tbe service* one Sunday recently the pastor of one of tbe fash ionable churches said: "For thr«-e Kun- days I bare asked tbe women lu this church to remove tbeir hats during service. My appeal bas beet) unheed ed. and now I see wherein 1 waa wrong. I was lucoosklerate of the comforts of tbe aged and infirm, so I bave made a new rule. Hereafter all women of forty years of age or over will be permitted to wear their bats during tbe service.” Within tweoty seconds every woman In tbe church was bareheaded-La dies' Home Journal. His Last Place. "But." said tbe merchant to the ap plica nt. "you don't furnish any refer ence from your la at place.” "You needn't worry about that” re plied tbe mao with tbe close cropped head and strange pallor: "I wouldn't be here now If It hadn't been for my good behavior In my laat place. — Catholic Standard and Times. A Gr»»t Cars. Celia-Her Hair turned P*»’**’» white Io one night from trouble. Delta -Really! « bat was tbe nature of tbe trouble? Celia—Chemical-Judges U bear*- _________ •—. Fine Line of Choice GROCERIES Agents for the Great Western Saw. ALEX McNAIR CO The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County. rillamook Lumber Manufacturing Compy. Manufacturers of FIR, SPRUCE and •z >1 KILN DRY FLOORING, CEILING. RUSTIC AND FINISHED LUMBER. 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