TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. MAY 5. 1910
Fourth Brightest Star In All
the Heavens.
EALITY A MONSTER SUN
Thought to Be at Least a Hun-
I Timas Larger Than Our Sun In
mster and Is About Nina Hun-
I and Fifty Million Miles Distant.
HOUSES OF SCUTARI
THE POKER.
A Possible Reason Why Their Win
dows Are Iron Barred.
Of all villainous roads those outside
of Scutari are tbe most depraved.
They are not roads at all. but just
washes and wallows and ditches and
stone gullies. I have seen bad roads
in parts of our own country, roads
surveyed by George Washington aud
never touched since, but they were a
dream of luxury as compared wltn
these of Turkey. Our carriages bil
lowed aud bobbed aud pitched and
bumped themselves until 1 got out aud
walked to koep from being lamed for
life.
Aud then the bouses—tbe villas I
had expected to see—dear me. how can
I picture those cheap, ugly, uupainted.
overdecorated architectural crimes?
They are wooden and belong to the
Jigsaw period gone mad. They sug
gest an owner who has been too busy
saving money for a home to acquire
any taste, who lias spent his savings
for lumber and trimmings and had
nothing left for paiut. Still he man
aged to reserve enough to put iron
bars on his windows—that is. on part
of the bouse, the harem—every man
becoming Us own Jailer, as it were. I
remarked:
“I suppose that is to keep the neigh
bors from stealing their wives.”
But the horse doctor, wiser aud
more observaut. said:
“No; It is to keep a neighbor from
breaking in and leaving another.”—
Albert Bigelow Paine in Outing Maga
zine.
Hard.; Changed Since the Daye of lh<
Early Metal Worker*.
As the first tirepin«-» was a viri le of
stou.-s at the nioiiib of a <-a«e. so Hi-
first poker »«as a plm-e of green stick
It was u.-cessary to have something l-
knock the logs together with whet:
they began to burn tUrougli Hie mat
die. and as primitive mail did not «vein
boots be could uot use ihein to ka k
tbe hot embers Into place, as some oi
us do to this day. That was a refine
inent. if It can l.e so call.-d. »vlii. l
came later The given sri-k last..! in.
til tbe age of iron anil was then >upei
sei I e«l by a handy pie.-e.if iiietal iiltiil
|»>ssesse«l Hie advantage ot belli-
stronger aud of um burning imai
But since the days of the varl.i .ioi.
ers in metal ue have made no a.I
vauce
Tbe poker inis hardly, if
changed through Hie ages li
always lias beeil. .simple Utili s
outline Il lends Itself h» im
and to liilie ormi ment :ii ion I
ot tbe few lliinus uliit ti no
ever patenli-<l. Issause n ma.i 1.«' -i
to have l**ap.‘<l from Hie tir*t t- 'll»*
perfect ami complete in eH-ri resfs
The mill notable nltvii.pt nt iiupi--
meui has l»-en to malm the |».|..-i
brass with a twisted --.iiiiiiui l.tit ei
then the iron |»iker nirks .it tin- si
and is know n ns the . unite, because
does all the rough u<-rk. I h» ..ru
mental poker Is u -l a |><>ker m all. lui
a sham, an upstart llllisqll.-. aduni >u
der nu auvlein and houoreil unii*«- an-
gaining credit for ilintes w III. li II I
unable to perform. - Imudi-u i;|.-Ue.
It of us are prone to think of our
is being tbe largest body In the
■us. ibe grand high lord of nil tbe
planets aud tbe twinkling stars,
is very far from being the case,
Ically all of tbe fixed and twin-
stars are as large as. aud some
larger than, our owu sun. They
r small only because of tlielr great
ice. for they are just as truly
with families of planets flying
d theip as Is our central orb.
re Is oDe of these stars lu par-
r that has attracted tbe atten-
it astronomers, uot only on ac-
of its great size, but also its
ious distance from our solar sys-
Tbls Is the star Arcturus. To
tome conception of tbe almost lu-
vable distance that separates It
us tbe astronomical standard of
iring distance must lie cornpre-
d. Now. light does not come
i luminous body Instantaneously
r eyes. It
I takes time to come,
ie it is a wave motion in a
in. The velocity of light as
AMOY’S GRAVEYARDS.
recently determined Is about
1 miles a seeoud. Multiply this Th. City and th. Cemeteries Ar. Hope
A GREAT BATTLE.
lessly Intermingled.
> number of seconds in a year
e have a distance known In as-
The city of Amoy Is on an island of Th. On. Known In Hittory as th
ty as a light year, Therefore the same name. For upward of 1,000
“Victory of Victo. >«
a star Is. say. six trillion miles years It has been an important trading
The battle which I h known in t>l>
we say It Is one light year off. place. Tbe population of tbe island tory as the "Victory of I Ido. -».» loo.
means that the light from the is estimated at over 400.000. and it has place at Nehavend. In l'.< h.it. iii .- i
Illi
ikes oue year to reach us. It been said that there nre something like
e of some Interest to know that 5.000.000 dead lxxlies packed in its soil. was fought between tile new Mnsieii
is no fixed star less than ten For many centuries the billsides of the power In «13. and III.- empire ->t I'.-
years away, or sixty trillion city have been used as a burytug sia. then one of the most |»>wcrfiil <
This Is tbe one known as Alpha ground. Now the city aud tbe ceme the easiern monarchies it » mis me .
irl. Most of tbe stars are much tery are hopelessly mixed. Tbe graves tbe most absolutely <le< Isive bull, is i.
■ even than that. Arcturus being touch oue another at every point and tbe history of war. and it was an th.
more amazing by reason <>t the hi.-
thest one measured to date.
form a solid white surface of 'rock,
>ru* is thought to be at least brick, porcelain and cement, covering tbat it was won by a fwopie wti
Ired times larger than tbe sun more than 1.000.000 sqnnre feet. Near Iwt-nty years la-fore had be.-n in
meter.
That would make it one of the joss houses 30,000 bodies are known bartmrhiiis. lost lu the il.-aeri
times larger in surface, or the buried vertically to save space. They of Arabia
Arabian historians place the rvi«l.:
ion tliat Is ordinarily compared, stand on a plot of ground of as many
loss in a single day at Uausai -•-»•
ins oMhe photometer its bright- feet square.
killed. This may la- and pi.i'.al.li I
jas been determined to be G.200
The wells from which the city drnws
that of tbe sun. It is the fourth Its water supply are shnllow and arc an exaggeration, but the fact renin lit
■st star In all the heavens. Siri- sunk on the edge of graveyards and Hint the Pershin dynasty came tu in
dog star, beiug first In brigbt- even among the tombs themselves. elid «vlien tbe battle was over and I Im
As regards tbe distance from The water Is muddy and Is colored by Zoroastrianism, which Imd bet'll (lie r-
llgk.il of Persia for over a Ibousiind
ns lieeu found to be a little over
tbe perpetual turning up of the soil. years, was at once snppliiiite.1 liv I-
bt years, or 950 trillion miles.
It has no sewers, and the streets vary lain. Ila ni.Mlern rrpreseiilnlln-s. a« I
Ilstance. of course, caunot be
ed by mortal man. It is so stu- from two feet to six feet In width. No well known, are now the Pars.-es oi
s and amazing. However, one wheeled vehicles can use them. Here India.
The victory was so absolutely <|e
t a slight idea of it by means of and there Is an open place or plaza,
rydny analogy. Think of the dug out so as to be n huge receptacle cislve that It extended the Arabian do
express train going at tbe rate Into which the streets discharge their minimis over the whole of the regfob
miles au hour toward such a refuse. Filth abounds, and its twin lying between the Caspian «en and th.
id compute the time it would sister, disease, nourishes. The atmos Indian ocean With the ec.-eptioii per
It Is found to be In round nuui- phere Is laden with noxious smells, haps of Hie battle of Tour», no sitigt.'
xactly 120 000.000 years! Now. and the bnrlal of the dead goes on at fight ever made such a differem e
tbe after history of the world
know tbat It bus taken Its light an alarming rate.
t to come to us and as there are
She Knew the R-aron
The Zulu Diamond Miner.
it many stars whose distance
He was smoking and niil«liiu
As showing the loyalty of the Zuln
ver been measured exactly, but
have been computed to be np- diamond miners Sir William Crookes tbe ways of the world. “Odd. .sui II.'
iately several million light years described nn amusing Incident which he salii al Inst, "lion t.-n ...... i l» hi
we have absolute proof of the came to Ills knowledge w hen at Klip tain tlielr Ideals In Illis world?"
"In wlint wayT ilniultv<| Illa wlh
ige of tbe world aud tbe stellar dam. The Zulu had l>eeu superintend
ing a gang of natives on a small claim suspiciously, for she was um a nomili
dements composing tbe sun Arc- at the river washings. It yielded but to l>e caught off li.-r guard.
"Well.’' he rvf.li.-d slowly. "I nn
are. peculiarly enough, very few stones. and the owner sold the
tbe Raine as our sun. As it Is claim, handing over the plant and the thinking of Wilmer n lien I ap<it:i-. II
the most wouderful and as- small staff, the Zulu remaining to look bad an Ideal woman that he was al
ig things that a scientist can after the business till the new owner ways talking alami when in- «va» I'
jat a star so far away Is com- took possession. In the course of a college Klie «Vila lall mid »liitvlv i
of, a small explanation of tbe few months tbe ¡nirchaser became dis his dreams, and he »reined to bave li.
operaudl would not come amiss satisfied with bls bargain, not a single place In Ills heart for a small woman
It is done by means of a small diamond having turned np since the aud yet—aud yet"—
"Well?"
lent known as the spectroscope, transfer. One night the Zulu came to
“Why. he finally married n little
consists of glass prisms so ar- his old master in a mysterious manner
as to split up tbe light falling and. laying a handful of diamonds on thing nl»> hardly -wine» io his -li-nu
an Into Its constituent parts tbe table, said: "There, boss, are your der. I wonder why II was"
"Perhapa. Fred." she said very alow
»very substance has the power diamonds. I was not going to let tbe
ly and distiui-ily. "lie la like Ills mu
le a certain color or line In the new rngn have any of them!"
jority of other men mid was ufrx h I
scope If It is In s luminous con-
to take any our of his size."
King and Commons.
so this instrument is simply
Ila cbauged lite sui.Je.-t.
King James I. of England, although
I at the star whose composition
bt. and If any line is found that keenly alive to his own divine right,
A Shocking Tree.
^onda to a substance that we yet recognized the power of the bouse
There la n |ie< uliiir I rev In the f«»r
about we assume that this sub- of commons. Hlr Robert Cottou was
h found In tbe star examiued. one of tbe twelve members to carry eats of central India whlch has nmol
her Interesting thing Is tbe metb- the famous declaration against monop curious Clianivlrrieth a. Tile Innes of
rsued In determining tbe great olies to tbe king of Newmarket. When tbe tree are of a highly arnalthr tin
re of tbe stars. This is done the king caught sight of them he call ture and so full of vie. trh-ily tluii
ermlnliig their parallax or angle ed out. "Oh. cbalra. cbalra, here I* whoever touche» m.e of Ihriti re-rite»
at tbe star between two rays twal' kynges cornin'.” Hla majesty an electric sb.s k It lias a very slngn
tbe star striking at two differ- mounted hla borne on one occaaloa to lar effect uia.n a inagiink- i.enll. i <i
Inta In space. As tbe great-at find his usually quiet stood in a restive will iulluriice it at a di«tmi e ut even
e that we can measure off In mood 'The de'il I' my sanl. sirrah," seventy feet The rlr tn- < «tr.-ii Hi
ay and still take tbe angle is said tbe king to tbe [awnciug brute, of tbe trees rarle« wm.ntiu.« l-> I li
meter of tbe earth's orbit, that "and yoa be no quiet Vs send you to time of da>. Il la-lug »lr--ucd ât inni
al mulmglii I il w ei
e is invariably used. It Is al- tbe 500 kings In tbe bouse of com day aud ateakaw
»ember Ila power» ill-aisiriir allo
MMMUMM mllsa. but that, as la mons. They'll quickly tame you.”
gather, Birds ne« er nppr--»--h It)«*
i vary small compared with tbe
tree, nor Lave iuao'ta r«er bren *Wi
Croisroad* Burials.
us distance of tbe star. Now.
upon It.
Formerly
It
was
a
general
custom
to
_gle thus measured from Arc
is only two-bund red the of a sec- erect crosses at tbe junction of four
Oid Enjlizl F’.rs
Wbeti It is remembered that roads on a place self crmaecrated ac
Fair» and feiiat« w< rr fnrmeriy h«*l f
are <1> seconds In a minute. 00 cording to tbe piety of tbe age. Kill In churvliyanla m tum.-r ><f il»- amili
w In a degree and 300 degrees ■ .-Wes and notori..Italy bad characters to wbom ilio vhnr.-h wa. <l.-dl<ati<l
trcle. It la at once seen what a were frequently buried near to these, In CMiar.|Urwr uf llirar |aqmtar gali,
angle I lie parallax is and bow j not with the notion of Indignity, but rrlnga hrlng inwll almml II»-) lia.l
I tbe astmoomer has to be In In a spirit of charity, tbat. being ex- to la" siif»prosa.«I lu IIr- Ihlrfeviiih yeat
awrvath.na. Indeed, for a long rluded from holy riles, they by being nf file rrlgn <d King Fxt«»rd III as
I ■«•fore modern delicately roes» buried at ernssroeda might be tn 1 Pia-ara hy Ilio f'.le-whig eitisct.-|m-t
I listm merit« were Indented, no placea next In sanctity to ground ar tu- ni l.y Apetali. •« "Ami Ilio Kyt.gr .«.in
d la lance could be found, for •lly consecrated - Westminster Ga- marxletl. and fxl.Mfdet h liuti froiu
was *enrtngly no angle formed. ante
benceforth nel« ber Taira alai market a
job the oM w lent tats bad to as
shall I* kepi In < har-tir anta f.w tbe
the star to he at Infinity - Pitta
hotiottr ut «he t'h.ir- fa Gben al West
f .tapetch
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