Tillamook headlight., December 30, 1909, Image 5

TiLLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, DECEMBER 30. 1909.
CANINE JUSTICE.
MADE TOWNS.
,*ort< That Owe Their
parity to Authors,
remarkable example of a
own to Biskra, tbe oasla In
tbat Robert Hicbeus Ideal-
tbe name of Beni Mora In
"Tbe Garden of Allah."
Ite unknown in tbe past, la
i to Mr. Hlcbena. a faab-
ter resort. It Is rather odd
i world should know tbat
meant by Beni Mora in
o of Allah.” There Is a
Dear Biskra. a kind of
h a few clay huts aud a
o sticking up out of tbe
Iskra Itself to never men-
• book.
t. the north Devon wnter-
wes Its renown to Charles
■bo In bis novel of "West-
praises it.
r Devon watering places.
Lynmoutb. are book made,
i novel of "lx»rna Doone"
be public to them.
tl In "Pecbeur d lalande"
ery beautifully tbe Breton
I’afmpol. Many persons In
i bave visited Palmpcl In
passing the summer there.
Palmpol. with Its muddy,
river, is not quite an Ideal
•rt.- Exchange.
ensive steak .
■ of Beef That Sold For
>48 a Pound.
st price ever paid for beef-
■ as Is known was at Circle
t. Tbe first beefsteak that
d that town sold for $48 a
rdlng to tbe newspapers of
■skims Dogs 8eem to Have Laws of
Thoir Own.
In his voyage ot polar exploration
t'liiuuiaoder Fla la observed among his
dugs a sort ot government quite inde­
pendent of tbnt of tbelr keepers. 'lYtey
were of tbe Eskimo variety and were
framed to work, lu teams. In tbelr
geueral conduct. however, they acted
as a eonimuulty. and tbelr rulea bad
reference to tbe common good. There
wav no |H-ualty less ihau that ot death.
During the period of darkness we
lost eight dogs. Three ot them, splen­
did large animals, were killed by tbelr
coiii|Hiuioiia. Tbe other five either wan­
dered off on tbe young Ice and were
blown away or were killed by tbe pack
at a dlsiauee from camp. Every dog
was known by name.
It Is a curious fact that when one
dog has autagoulzed tbe otbers the
ouly way to save blm from destruction
later ou Is to chain blm. Then tbe
other dogs let bliu alone. Unfortunate­
ly for us. tbe dogs tbat seemed to In­
cur the enmity of tbelr fellows were
the large, strong animals, tbe bullies
aud tigbiers.
There seemed to be a degree of jus­
tice In their judgments. From close
observation I fouud that the dogs gen­
erally forgave a bite on tbe bead or
Issly. but that an attack on tbe legs
seemed to be considered foul play and
must be paid for by tbe life of tbe of-
feuding canine. Tbe whole pack unit­
ed lu bls execution.—Toutb's Compan­
ion.
VIRTUE IN SMOKING.
On* Man Who Now Has an Argument
Handy For His Wife.
Tbe wife of a Topeka man objects
re ten pounds of tbe steak, strenuously because ber busband is a
shipped 250 miles to Circle confirmed smoker. He is uever happy
without a cigar or a pipe. Tbe other
owner of the precious bit morning sbe gave biro a ten dollar bill
icbed the camp the miners and told blm to buy several things for
In a body to see It. It was ber. He pushed tbe bill Into bls coat
»xhlbltlon and attracted as pocket and rushed out of the bouse to
tlon as an elephant. Every- catch a car.
He fouud tbat be had to wait a few
ed a piece of It. and the
pd were such as would have minutes at tbe corner, for tbe cars
a mining camp quarrel if it were off schedule tbat morning, and
een decided to raffle tbe tbeu lie proceeded to light a cigar. But
»r tbe benefit of a hospital be found no nmtebea—all of bls pock­
op Rowe was trying to es- ets were bare of them. Suddenly be
happened to think tbat be also missed
the miners at Circle City.
> started at $5 a pound and the ten dollar bill. A hurried search
■ to $35. Finally in order Io disclosed tbat it was gone.’
He turned right about and retraced
ideations It was decided to
i at prices from 50 cents to bis ste|>s. Just as be got in front of
he privilege of drawing for his home be happened to look luto tbe
I ” tum-
fter $480 worth of tickets street, and there was tbat “ ten
old tbe drawing tiegnn. and bling around lu tbe wind, Hls wife
rt of those In charge of tbe saw biro go and pick it up. and sbe de­
manded an explanation. He promptly
uble resulted.
told ber bow lookiug for a match bad
caused him to discover tbat be bad
Sin Eaters.
>rs" of the old days, like lost tbe bill.
"Now tell me there Isn't any virtue
F quite recent times, were
raters at funerals. In con- In smoking!" be snorted as be puffed
of sixpence In money, a out bis chest.—Kansas City Journal.
>r and a crust of bread these
Where Women Do All the Work.
ey were called—"long. lean,
The smallest de|>endency ot France
■ntable rascals"-wonld by
r the body take upon them- is tbe He d'Hoedle. situated at tbe east
:he sins of tbe deceased and of Belle Isle. Its population Is 200.
tn from afterward walking Tliey do not speak French, except the
as a ghost, so that his soul cure mid the schoolmaster, but Celtic,
In peace. This custom pre- and I hey are provided with food at an
over Wales and the adjolu- Ilin managed by the women. Flabiug
h counties and was observed is tbe principal industry. The profits
I to 1080. Tbe usage Is said are shared out each year among tbe
Isen from a mistaken Inter- inhabitants. The men live ou soup
»f Hosea Iv. 8. 'They eat up and fish and smoke pipes witb lobster
m.v people." The more llke- claws for stems. The women do all
if Ibis strange custom Is the the hard work-get In the harvest, look
capegoat. A much later retn- out for wreckage and gather seaweed,
la obtained at Amersden. Oi- from which they extract soda. Tbe
,where. after every funeral. town bus uo st reel a. The bouses are
a flagon of ale were brought of mud. Tbe Islanders bave a yearly
lister In tbe church porch.— feast in the early part of October. Tbe
J8laud possesses a good water supply.
pods rd.
The governing laxly Is composed ot
the ten nucleins of tbe place under
Stone Cake.
nnuzunl seasons tbe [>eople tbe direct loo of tbe cure.
in. In India, are deprived of
succulent roots of grasses,
The Villain’s Teeth.
ue very adverse conditions
Tbe two sets of tn Ise teeth looked
of trees and even ground up Just alike, hut one set cost $10 more
resorted to principally to than Hie oilier. "There is a lot ot
ithe scanty meal and Hiere- extra work ou those expensive teeth,'*
tbe pangs of hunger for a said the dentist. "They are made for
. A soft stone found on the an actor who always plays the part of
twar border of Jalpua Is heavy villain In melodrama, and be
I io that part of tbe coun- has to have teeth tbat be can hiss
bulk to tbe meager meal. with. I experimented on tbree dif­
la friable and easily ground ferent sets ot teeth before I got tbe
lev it contains an oleagi­ combluatiou. Somehow tbe ulce. even
ro which baa some nutrl- teeth tbat I usually turn ont wouldu't
l and tbe people base permit tbe sibilant 'ss-sses' tbat be
when finely ground and drals tn to escape with sufficient ven­
Hoot of about one-fourth om. You wouldu't believe bow much
s of flour It does not I ro­ tlukerlng It takes to lick teeth luto
tor a considerable time.
shape for tbe ’«’deaths’ aud ’od'«
bloods' to sound just right. Of all tbe
Mtic Repartee.
people I ever made teeth for tbe heavy
-Are tbe stars shining. stage villain is hardest to fit’*—New
Fldgett-Did you ever York Press.
n to do anything else
alert Mr. Fklgett-ls tbe
What Is a Gentleman?
Ing down. Bessie? Mrs.
i'll bave to give you toe real detlnl-
you ever know It to do ti*>o ot a real geutlemao: “A mao
i Itos come down. John? that's cleau luskle and out; wbo neither
Tee. 1 have known It to ka>ks up to the rlcb nor down on tbe
poor; wbo can lose without squealing
and wbo can win without bragging;
who la considerate of women, cbll-
dteu aud old people: wbo Is too brave
to lie. loo generous to cheat and wbo
lakes his share of I be world and irta
other people have their«.”—New York
Fun.
*•»*>• Handed.
I Mag you s fort. sir. Tbe
- What tor? John — The
'. Th» Chrtomer-A fork’s
••tog a revolver —Lxjodo*1
He Was Wise.
"It seems queer that she ever took
a fancy tn him. He moi at all tbe
klixl of mao otie would expect her to
admire.’*
”1 know, but be always had a way
of noticing It when she happened to
have on a new bat or a gown that bad
Ju«t come from the dressmaker's."—
’.'hlcago Record-Herald.
Tommy’s Question.
Tommy-I’spa. when a thing to
bought it goes to I be buyer, doesn't M?
I
Tommy’s Papu-Vew, my eon. Tommy
- Then bow H It that when you buy
crei It goes to tbe cellar?
JI
WE DO BIG THINGS.
THE BISHOP STAYED.
Sews of ths Masterful Achievements He Riske,! a Row, but Didn't Have to
of Americans.
Laavo His Bad.
Americans founded tbe first govern­
Tbe bishop of a southern diocese was
ment uuder which all rneu were equal once making a missionary journey
before tbe law. Siuce tbe Declaration through Arkansas and the Indian Ter­
of Independence was published to tbe ritory. and on his arrival at Natchez
world tbe democratic Ideu has hourly be said to tbe landlord of a hotel. "I
received new Impulse until uow its have been traveling for a week, day
march seems irresistible.
and night, in a mail wagon, and I want
Americana were the first to demon­ a comfortable room."
strate tbe feasibility of relying ou a
“Sorry." said tbe landlord, "but I
citizen soldiery to defend tbe land aud don't believe there's a vacant room In
its Institutions against foreign aud Natchez.
There's a borse race. a
domestic attack.
Met bodist conference and a polit leal
Americans were tbe first to abolish convention In tbe city, and every house
titular distinctions aud to deprive so­ Is full up. The only thing 1 enn give
cial eminence of any support save you is a shakedown.” Then, observing
Character or tbe consensus of ,uose the bishop’s tired face, he added: "The
who cboose to consider themselves as best room in m,> house Is rented to a
socially elect.
noted gambler, who usually remains
It was au American wbo Invented out all night and seldom gets In Itefore
tbe steamship. Au American Invent­ breakfast. If you will take tbe risk
ed tbe telegraph. An American In­ you shall have his room, but If he
vented tbe telephone. An American should come In there'll be a row. I'll
Invented tbe electric light Au Ameri­ promise yon that."
can Invented tbe reaper, which makes
The bishop decided to take the risk
It possible to feed tbe billion and more About 4 o’clock In the morning the
people on this planet. It was an Amer­ gambler returned and promptly shook
ican. too, wbo Invented the sewing the bishop b.v the arm.
maebine.
Americans also were tbe
"Get out of here or I'll put you ont!"
conquerors of pain when they discov­ he shouted.
ered how. by the use of sulphuric ether,
The bishop, the gentlest of men. rais­
tbe tenderest human nerve could be ed himself on one ell>ow so that It
made Insensible to tbe surgeou's steel. brought the muscles of his arm Into
—Boston Globe.
full relief.
“My friend." he began quietly, “be­
fore you put me out will you have the
a curious fly
kindness to feel of m.v arm?"
The gambler put his hand on tbe
This Wasplike New Zealand Insect
bishop's arm.
Feeds on Spiders.
“Stranger.” be then said respectfully,
New Zealand boasts of a fly that "you can stay."—Youth's Compaulon.
feeds on spiders.
This fly Is black and waspllke and.
KEENLY INTERESTED.
like tbe wasp. Ilves In a nest of clay
built In a crevice, preferably In the up­
per folds of heavy window curtains. Lincoln's Question After the Commit­
teeman Had Finished.
This to one of tbe great annoyances of
Just after the second battle of Bull
the tidy housekeeper In New Zealand.
Try as sbe will. It Is almost Impossible Run the Boston chamber of commerce
for ber to keep tbese flies from setting decided that President Lincoln was
up tbelr homes at tbe tops of ber cur­ not prosecuting the war with enough
celerity to conserve the' Interests of
tains.
Tbese nests of clay are made up of a business, and so It appointed a com­
series of separate cells, usually from mittee to go to Washington and re­
five to eight in number. When tbe nest monstrate with him upon his dilatory
tactics. Tbe committee was beaded by
is built tbe fly goes after spiders.
It has no trouble In conquering the a Mr. Pierce.
"We found." he said, “n man wbo
spinners of silky webs. They succumb
more easily than do tbe American files looked as If be had lost nil the friends
wblcb are so unfortunate as to get tan­ he ever had In the work!, wbo Invited
us to take seats and inquired our busi­
gled In a spider's weaving.
The fly carries tbe spiders to Its ness. As I was the spokesman. I open-
home and Imprisons each one in a cell. ed our case, and as I proceeded the
Here the fly lays a single egg. and president's face relaxed. By and by he
when tbe grub batches out It eats the smiled and betrayed actual Interest,
spider that has been provided for It. and by the time I concluded he was al­
When Its food Is all gone tbe mother most in a broad grin. After I had fin­
fly goes out and catches another spi­ ished be Inquired If that was all I had
der. and she keeps this up until tbe to say. and on my saying that I
young fly Is old enough to catcb spi­ thought It was he asked If some of the
other gentlemen wouldn't like to say
ders for Itself.—New York Telegram.
something. They, replied that they
thought
I had fully covered tbe
Emerson’s Courtesy.
ground.
And then.” continued Mr.
When Mrs. Mary A. Livermore was
Pierce, "what do you suppose this sol­
a little girl she was monitor at the
emn man did? Well, he Just moved bls
Hancock school In Boston, and it was
her duty to answer tbe door. One chair over to mine, smoothed his trou­
sers over his knee, then reached over
rainy day tbe bell rang, and she found
and smoothed mine down. too. and
at tbe door a tall, tbln man. with a
dripping umbrella, wbo Inquired for then, with a queer look, which none of
us will ever forget, be said. 'Mr.
tbe principal. She was just at tbe
Pierce, did you ever notice what n
holdenlsb and disrespectful age. but
difference there is in legs?'
there was something about this visitor
"lVIint did we do? We grabbed our
which so Impressed her that she led
bats and took I he first train for Bos­
biro In as politely as If be had been a
ton. and we never dnred to report I'*—
prince, placed a chair for him by tbe
Ladles’ Home Journal.
fire, relieved him of bls wet coat and
umbrella and after she bad started to
The Carbuncle.
leave the room came back to draw a
Carbuncles, to w hich the ancients at­
fire screen between him and tbe blaze
for fear be would find It too hot. She tributed fantastic proitertles. were In
reality rubles. They served. It was
afterward expressed to ber teacher
said, to give light to large serpents or
some surprise at tbe unwooted civili­
dragons whose sight had l>een en-
ties she bad felt Impelled to show the
feebled by age. Tbey Imre them con-
stranger. He answered: “Ab. that was
ata ally lietween tbelr teeth and laid
Ralph Waldo Emerson, and that Is tbe
them down only for eating and drink-
eflfect be has upon everybody. He la
Ing. It was even claimed that the car­
so courteous himself that It calls ont
buncle emitted light In darkness and
tbe latent courtesy In all other«.“
that the thickest clothing could not
stop Its rays. Without all the exag­
Bandages and Red Tape.
geration of such legends It was be­
During lite South African war Rud
lieved for a long time that rubles con­
yard Kipling discovered at Cape Town tained luminous rays. The truth Is
a hospital witbout bandages and in that they have double refraction and
desperate need of them. This. too. was send out the red rays with unequaled
In a city where bandages were for sale brilliancy. Traversed In a vacuum by
in many shops. He told an acquaint­ no electric current, they are Illuminat­
ance tbat be was going to meet tbat ed with a red fire of extreme inten­
want, and tbe gentleman at once of­ sity.
The greatest heat does not
fered to pay for all tbe bandages that change tbelr form or their color.
Mr. Kipling would buy and take to tbe
hospital. A cart was quickly loaded,
Old Days on ths Stags.
and then tbe author was Informed that
1 have known a dress coat banded
under army rules tbe hospital authori­ from one to another In tbe wings sev­
ties could not receive supplies from a eral times during a [terformuuce. It
private Individual.
was a current Idea that white cotton
"Well.” said he. “I will dump tbe stockings assumed tbe appearance of
packages on tbe pavement before tbe silk from the froot by making a heavy
dsot and then tell them to come out line of white chalk ou tbe sblu bone.
and clear up the litter. Perhap« they A white tie wns easily made from a
can get them Into the building In that strip of note paper, and even a shirt
way without tearing any red tape.”
front could be managed from highly
He drove off with tbe bandages, and glazed note paper. White cotton gloves
the supplies were somehow smuggled were de rigueur In place of tbe more
Into tbe hospital.
expensive kid ones. A comedian, hav­
ing no black stockings, once blacked
Just the Same.
bls legs. After tbe sbow be asked tbe
“Wbnl Is your name?" asked the stage manager. “Do we play this
Jvdg< of tbe prisoner.
piece again?"
“Yes; next week.”
“Casey, yer honor," answered the "Ob. then I need not wash my legs!"
prisoner.
— From "Ramblings of an Old Mum­
“Tour full name?' asked I be Judge.
mer,’’ by Russell Craufurd.
“Just tbe same, yer honor." answer­
ed tbe prisoner, “full or sober.“—la­
Might Have Boon Worse.
dles’ Home Journal.
"Poor b'ye.1" exclaimed O'Hara, con­
doling with Cassidy, wbo bad been In­
The Outcome.
jured by a blast “ ’Tto tough luck
Jack-Wbere la the pretty girl you to bar yer band blowrd off.”
were making love to a year ego?
“Orb!
..........................
Faltb. It might
'ave bln
Tom-Ob. sbe'a married long sgs.
"Suppose
worse." replied Oasaidy.
“Jilted you. ehr
Ol d bad me week's wages In It al the
,. “No; worse than that She married tolme."
me."
His Specialty.
"Tbat clerk of yours seems to be a
hard worker.” “Yes. that'« bl« spe-
"No.
clalty.“ , “What — working?"
Aeernlng to
Boston Transcript
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to to
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YOUR EYES or YOUR TEETH?
Your eyes can be looked after front $1.00 to altotil $8.00,
and thia will be the total expense for about 3to
5 years, and often a greut deai longer.
Remember you can get NEW TEETH but not NEW
EYES What VALUE do you place on YOUR
EYES ? What per cent of insurance would you
pay to keep them aa good as at present ?
Make yourself a 'Xmas, present of a pair of glasses?
All work guaranteed to be satisfactory in every respect.
Dr. Henry E. Morris.
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to to
to to
to to
to to
to to
Bargains in Canned Goods,
Dried Fruits and Rasins.
omatoes,
Corn
Peas
Beans.
Peaehes
Pears .
Cherries
.
One Difference.
Examiner-Now. children, what to
.be difference l>etween "pro" sod
Von?” Bright Boy-Lieser sir. they’re
.pell different.-Loodoo Punch.
V
EYES AND T EBT h T
You spend from $5.1») to $2". 00 per year on your teeth
and think nothing of it.
Which Would vou prefer to loose .
50
50
25
25
25
25
lbs,,
lbs.,
lbs.,
lbs.,
lbs.,
lbs.,
$1.90 a case
2.20 a case
2.50 a case
2.10
3.30
Cans
3.75
3 CROWN RASINS
FANCY f
’
DRIED APPLES
FANCY PEACHES ....
FANCY APRICOTS
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SMALL ITALIAN PRUNES
$3.00
5.60
2.15
3.40
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