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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. FEBRUARY 17. 1-10. What Happened at Night and th« Passengsr Was Told. igs That Happen When a Big orm Breaks Loose There. INDIAN HURRICANE ill Leap Out of a Clear Sky and rel Almost Everything In Ite •h t Then Comes a Torrential wnpour That Ends In a Flood. ave you ever been through a West iu hurricane?" said a mail who lived in tbe tropics on and off for m tier of years. “Do you want to V wlint tile experience is like? hurricane will leap out of a clear swoop down on a city, blow ev- biug lu its iiatli flat and |mss on. u follows tbe tail of tbe hurricane, eady breeze blowing in the same Ftiou. but at a much lower veloct- Tbls lx likely to continue for i.v hours, sometimes for mauy days. I m always accompanied by a tor- lai downpour of rain. was iu Klugstou. Jamaica, at the i of the liurricaue of 1903. At 3 >ck lu the afternoon I was in my e on tbe top Boor of a rickety den buildlug. A h suddenly as a of thunder tbe room went dark, had a pretty good Idea of what about to hapiieu and. going to tbe dow. looked out across the roofs, luck cloud had whirled up out of southwest, obscuring the sun. but mountains limk of tbe city were goldeu with light. n less than a quarter of an hour wind reached us. Tlie Brat struc- I that went was a woodeu watch er about 20O feet high that had It used In tbe old days to locate is appruachlug the bartair It bad ithered all previous hurricanes, but time It went down like a house of is. Spars of lumber from that er were carried as far as twenty •ks before they cnine to tbe ground Then the spire of tbe church went, roofs of a good many residences e torn off. aud some fine palm trees be public gardens snapped off atsiut ’way from tbe ground Buildings in Jgstou. however, are calculated to nd a pretty severe blow. They are lit only a few stories high, and the ifs present a broad and compara- ely fiat surface to tbe wind. Uousid- ug the velocity at which that burri- be was traveling, tbe damage was 1 great. Even my crazy office bulld- [ withstood it. But the tail of the ng followed, with a heavier rain in I bare ever seeu before or sluce say that It came down In bucket- a would tie mild. It was as if tbe rk of the weather bad taken the ig out of some huge rat suspended >ve our beads aud allowed tbe wa- to plump straight down ou us. In three hours tbe macadam on tbe eets had been washed iuto tbe har- r. The street outside my window s • rushing river as much as four t deep in places. I saw a cart try cross IL but with the water above > axle of tbe wheel and tlie horse's » being washed away from under It was an imiiossible task, and the Iver turned back. Big casks and eking cases were dancing ou tbe sur- i-e like corks. “As you can Imagine. I did not get >me to supper that evening. It was 8 'clock before tbe rain stopped aud tbe a ter in tbe streets bad drained Into ie harbor. Eveu then traffic bad not »gun to reorganize Itself. “Tbe trolley car tracks had been ashed out. and no cars were run- ng Cabs, however, were doing a «ring business. and eventually I got cabman to drive me borne fur three mes his customary charge. "’l'be damage to property In King- ou mounted up to hundreds of tbou- Itids of dollars, but tbe real dewtruc- on was wrought In tbe country dIs lets. Floods wiped out tuimy a negro fllage and scut the flimsy houses oatlug down the rlrers. Tbe railroads rere tied up for nearly a week Every anann tree In the path of tbe burri- ane was uprooted. Oh. yes. a West nd la n hurricane can do a lot of datn- ige when It getR busy. "Low of life, did you say? Of course there was. Nearly 200 people were killed throughout the island on that oc casion. but we grow accustomed to that In tbe West I tidies We expect a hurricane every once in awhile, and we know that It will take Its toll of human life when It cornea. If yon had been telling tbe story you would prob ably bare mentioned that first of all. but sudden death Is so comusiti below the tropic of Cancer that we get cal kiua. I auppuue.”—New tort Sun What It was a dirty night. <<» u-e a sailor's phrase, aud tbe lit Ik in one <*«>ruer of tbe siut’kiug twin urlfled lu event* at sea and tbe < bildlike tahb tiuit iwisseu- gers repose iu ua \ igium s. Said the scientist win» bad lieen col lecting sj»e<»mens ou a <<»rui reef; -pve ofieu beard men and women say they felt so sale with Captain So- and-so. ai:d I've wondered, it*», wbetb er tbelr sense <>t security would still be retained if these tavorwi travelers knew exu< tly what happened on snij»- board during a voyage. For my «»wu part. I have more <-mitideu< e man evei iu a captain of my av<piaii>ian«*e since I learned that be could tell u white lie when It was ue« essary to calm the fears of a nervous traveler. It so hap peued that one fuggy night I was awakeued by I he sudiieu stoppage ami reversal of the engines. I Jumped mu of my bunk, went oil dv«-k ami was told by the swond officer that we had bud a narrow s«|i:eeze. It appeared that we had nearly run down a s* hooi> er as she slleiitly cr»mseil our bows and (lisap|»cart'd into tbe haze “Next morning a woman passetigvi who sat nt the capialn s table asked him whether the engines had been stop|»ed mid reversed, ami lie replied ‘Yes; we souietlines do (his to le-l th« engineer’s watt h and see If our ma chinery is in projker order. We do it at night so as to create uo exebement. Then he got the woman to descrllie what she had heard and nsketi her *L>id yon find much time betuecu the stopping aud reversing?* •* *No.‘ she refilled. “‘Then.’ mild the skipper.‘that show ed how well everything was working did It not?* “When I got the skipjier’s ear I told him confidentially that I didn't think the Rcbtxmer’s engines had worked ns well as ours, aud he remarked that it might have been worse. Whether he meant rhe lie or the Incident I didn't Inquire, but I suspect it wasn’t the lie.”—New York Post. LAW OF GRAVITY VIOLATED. Conditions Under Which Wstsr tually Flows Upward. Ac “Water seeks Its level" Is an ex pression heard so frequently as to l,e almost trite, and yet the law has It* exceptions. There are conditions un der which water actually flows up ward and rises above Its source If a glass tube be dipped Into water the column inside will be alsive the level of the surrounding surface. Moreover, if a tube of half the diameter lie sub stituted tbe column doubles Its height The water creeps along the Inside of the tube, owing to the adhesiou. end forms a cup shaped depression nt tbe top. An expinnation is not difficult. It can be proved mathematically that if the diameter of a circle lie diminished one-half the circumference Is also re duced to that extent, while the area Is one-fourth of Its former value Tbe circumference of the column of water being reduced one-half. Its contact with the glass, and hence the adhesive force. Is also diminished to that extent, while tbe cross section, and hence the weight. Is decreased to a fourth of what It was before. Therefore the sec ond column can be twice the height of tbe first without exceeding the lifting power. Remarkable as the underlying prin ciples of this phenomenon undoubtedly are. nature made use ,»f them long tie fore man made their discovery Every tree and flower adds its testimony Tbe core of a tree or p'aut. instead of beiug a single open channel, «insist« of a spongelike sulmtnnce containing many mfulature tunnels, through which tbe sap and moisture collected by tbe roots flow upward In small riv ulets« rising higher and higher In sheer1 defiance of the great law of gravity.—St. Louis Republic. Sense of Danger. Dr. Waldo of Ixmdoti holds that peo ple should develop a sixth sense to Inform them of the approach of dxn- ger in tbe streets, Mfcndlo ilesru once said: “While In a crowd I seldom look at faces. My Intuition is almost Infallible, like that blind faculty by which In absolute darkness one be come« aware of the proximity of bulky objects without touching them. If 1 hesitate to obey It a collision Is the Inevitable consequence. What pllota one quickly and safely through a thick press Is not conscious observation at all. but unreasoning Intuitiv» pervpp- tton.” A Sight Warth Paying Far. The mb. drawn by a tveary looking horse, came to a standstill opposite a public bon«e. As the driver was pre paring to d< a r end a small hoy ran op with. - Old yer 'ome. guvnor?" “'Old my orse? Look ere. my lad. Abll give yer a bob if It runs away."— Manchester Guardian T. SPECULATING ON MARGIN. THE SKIPPER’S WHITE LIE. 1 "Have you ever done anything for the good <>f the community*' asked the solid cttlnen. “Tee.” replied I he weary wayfarer; "I've Just done thirty dsya"-FhUa delpbia Record • EYES AND TEETH. American and English Ways of Doing It Are Very Different. You spend from $5.011 to $20.00 per year on and think nothing of it. Which would you prefer to loose . In America a speculator's capital (with an exception to be noted below» la necessarily at least the siae of his margin in his broker's hands, though It la to be feared that In only too many instances It is just this and nothing more. On the London Stock Exchange an other method prevails which, says Moody's Ma»ptzine, It is probable baa done more In tbe long ago past to give stock s[>eculatlou Its bad name than ail tbe episodes of an unsavory nature which halve ever occurred on Ameri can exchanges, in London after tbe Inevltaide Introduction to a broker tbe new customer »fives bls order, but makes no deposit at all. The broker Is supposed to learn something of bls new client's means and how far he should Is* allowed to commit hltnself. Twice n month tbe English have what they call their set tlement days. A customer long of a stock whose cc.minitment bas »pine somewhat against him Is then required to pn.v the differences, its they are called, between bis purchase prlceand tbe current quotation lie must also pay a charge culled a coutnngo for bolding file settlement over into tbe next fortnightly period if lie does not wish to close the com- tnitment. As n consequence of this way of doing business a speculator may lie trading on a few |s>tuts mar gin lu reality or. in fact, on no margin at all. He may be utterly peuiiiless without tbe broker knowing IL That this method works out with fewer losses In England than It would do here Is due to the fact that tbe social ntid economic strata to which an Englishman belongs are much easier to determine than the corresponding facts ntiiong us, and also that an Intro duction means more there than here, as the lutroducer is regarded as to a certain extent responsible morally for the business deportment of his friend. It Is worth while observing (and thia is the exception referred to above» that in certain Instances tbe methods pursued in American stock exchange bouses are tbe same as those obtaining in Londou. Little as tbe fact is known, it is not au unfrequent custom for very wealthy speculators to have no fixed margin or eveu no margin at all with their brokers. if a man of this sort loses on a com- mitment be sends his broker a check for tbe loss. If be wins his brokers remit to him for his gains. Tbe bro ker dislikes to offend a very powerful client by troubling him for funds, and hence takes risks with his account which be would not dream of taking with the account of smaller men. in stances of this sort sometimes become public in cases where tbe broker is forced Into bankruptcy, whether owing to this cause or not in office. Your eyes can be looked after from $1.00 to about $8.00. and this will be the total expense for about 3 to 5 years, and often a great deal 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 as good as at present ? Make yourself a 'Xmas, present of a pair of glasses? All work guaranteed to be satisfactory in every respect. BO1T-S A ttornky - at -L aw . Complete set of Abstract Book« your teeth YOUR EYBS or YOUR TEETH ? I I Taxes paid for non Residents. Office opposite Post Office. . Both phones. CARL HABERI.ACH, Dr. Henry E. Morris. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, tocher ¿tbuohnt, OSk-c acroaa the street and north Iron» the Post OF mx H. GOYNE, Butterfat Alfalfa Meal A ttornky - at L aw . We have a good supply on hand and will sell our friend» and customer» while it last». MAKES MORE MII.K, MORE BUTTERFAT, MORE CHEESE and MORE MONEY For the ¿farmer than any other leed. Try a sack. Office : Opposite Court House, T illamook , O regon . B o ALS, M.D., ONLY 90c. PBR SACK. Star Brand Process Rolled Barley, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, TLLLAMuOK.j Office- OliKin Building. THE BEST ON THE MARKET. Retidenct* : Mrs. Weiss' honte, wett of Mn. Walker’». 751b. lb. sack ........................................................ $ 1.50 Per Ton, ....................................................................... 57.SO- Lighthouse, Flour ........... 8ack, $1.60, per bbl 6.00 Snow Drift, . ................................................... bbl. $6.50 Snow Drift Flour.................................... a Sk 1.70 M. KERRON, g PHYSICIAN & Come and see us thie week. XiTUT W JVL. r'TT'D'I'TQ Tne Grain Mad LUKI IO TYLER BLDG. SURGEON, C oncrete B uilding . Tillamook, .. Oregon. D R. 1. M. SMITH, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Office over J. A. Todd & Co., Tillamook, Ore. w. c. hawk , PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, BAY CITY, OREGON. R. BEALS, REAL ESTATE, Could Do For Herself. F inancial A gent , She was a very delightful but a very aged lady—over ninety—and her friends and relatives and even chance ac quaintances, drawn by her exquisite personality, all did her homage and. as the saying is, "waited on her hand and fooL” She accepted It all very graciously, but with some Inward rebellion, for to a very old and close mouthed friend she once said, with a quaint | pucker of lips and brows: the "1 am reminded sometimes of i old lines: Tillamook, Oregon. D R. A. D. PERKINS, RESIDENT DENTIST. Office in Sturgeon’s Building. r "Twa were biowin' at her nose. And three were bucklin' at her «boon. —Youth's Companion. All Work Guaranteed. _ phrase, "liquid money.' It meat's that part of the family income which Is used for the necessities and luxuriea of life. It is quite apart from and kept apart from the more serious, sub stantial part of the income, which is the saved part. In America the entire Income is "liquid, and the man who at tempts to make part of it solid is called a “tightwad.” A "tightwad” Is really a man who creates a princi pal—a capital. In other words—and he Is the living example of wbnt every private business must be and of bow the country's resources should be han dled.—Argonaut 1 « TO 1 V* «9 General Machinists & Blacksmiths Roller Work, Logger’» Work and Heary Forging Fine Machine Work a Specialty. HLLAMOOK P. J. SHARP, RESIDENT DENTIST, Office across the street from the Court House. Dr. Wise’s office. 1- . The Fashionable Tailor. W. A. WILLIAMS & CO., Nrxt Door to Tillamook County Bank. Cleaning, Pressing and Repair, iug a Specialty. Store in Heins Photographic Gallery. J^OBERT A. MILLER OREGON. Room, 306 Comnerciul Building. Laau ovvie a B uvihum a ivacuiTr, The Best Hotel THE ALLEN HOUSE, c R oom W oicwtir Hun. dim «*, T ribu and oak mtb U mt « «J. P. AUüEN, Proprietor. A First Class Table. Room Nail to tha U M Land ORr*. ” PORTLAND. ORKHON. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation WATERPROOF CLOTHING CLEANING A PRESSING neatly dona at tha ly." aaid Ml TOGGERY I Did You Ever Try HARRI NN NEW FEED AND LIVERY HARN, win give you Ml value fcrewy Mir spent and keep you dry In the wetfest wither. If not, give him a call. Everything first-daaa. Second block South of P.O. W. G. fbosv A. lui*. OWING * COW INC LAWYERS. Special Attention paid to Tourists. I » A ttornky - at -L aw , r^tnd Titles, Land Office Busi ness and Mining Law. PORTLAND, Headquarters for Travelling Men. A nouveau riche recently attended a picture sale. A friend who bad noticed him at tbe sale asked afterward. "I’M you pick op anything at that picture sale. Jorttne*' and tbe other respond ed: "Uh. yes; a couple of landscapes, itne of 'em was a basket ot fruit and the other a Morn» at sea.” D R. 8ARCHET, OREGON HARNESS, COLLARS, etc. You Use Them. We Sell Them. Voting In Spain. Voting In Spain is held to be a duty to the community, not merely a priv ilege of the individual, and neglect of civic obligations carries Its own pen alty. Male adults of legal »K* and un der seventy. with the exception of priests, notaries and Judges, are re quired to rote io municipal elections. Failure to cast a ballot Is punishable by baring one's name pobllsbed as censure for neglect, by lisrlng taxes increased 2 per cent by suffering a deduction of 1 per cent In salary if employed In the public service and for I the second offense the loos of right to hold elective or appointive office. OREGON. TILLAMOOK. Tillamook Iron Works i A Word For the Tightwad. In France they have au expressive His Landscapes. Hie Contribution. * H HARRIS, Prop AJ.Towrn
