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T illamook
headlight ,
D ecember
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24. 1909
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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
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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
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"But." said tbe merchant to the ap
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"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
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