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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. JUNE 2 I** VESTAL VIRGINS. They Kept th« Sacred Fires Alight In Ancisnt Rom«. Ovid tolls us that tbe first temple of Vesta at Rome was constructed of wattled walla and roofed with thatch, like the primitive huts of the Inhabit ants. It was little other than a cir cular covered fireplace and was tend ed by tbe unmarried girls of the com munity. It served as tbe public hearth of Rome, and on It glowed, unextin- gulsbed throughout the year, the sa cred fire which was supposed to have been brought from Troy and tbe con tinuance of which was thought to be linked with tbe fortunes of tbe city. The name Vesta Is believed to be de rived from tbe same root as tbe San skrit was. which means "to dwell, to inhabit,” and shows that she was tbe goddess of home, and borne bad tbe hearth as Its focus. A town, a state, Is but a large family, and wbat tbe domestic hearth was to tbe bouse the temple of the perpetual tire be came to tbe city. Every town bad Its vesta, or common hearth, nnd tbe col onies derived their fire from tbe moth er hearth. Should o vestnl maiden allow the sa cred tire to become extinguished she was beaten till Iter blood flowed. and tbe new tire was solemnly rekindled by rubbing together of dry wood or b.v focuHlug of sun’s rays. The circu lar form and domed roof of tbe tem ple of Vesta were survivals of tbe pre historic huts of tbe aborigines, which were Invariably round.—Cornbill Mag azine. RAIN FORMATION. Cold Air Squeezes ths Moisture Out of Warm Air. Warm air Is capable of holding more moisture In susitenslon than to cold air. When by any means a layer or current of warm air which is saturated with moisture Is suddenly ciailed a portion of tbe vapor must fttll as rain. Cold slirluks the heated nlr as pressure docs a wet sjioiige and with precisely tbe same results, lu mountainous coun tries this cooling down of the warm and damp air Is most commonly pro duced by the air being brought Into the neighborhood of mountain to|>s. which are cold. It is ba- this reason that In such countries the showers mostly orlginute a moug tbe mountains and come through tlie valleys out upon tbe plains. It will be eoRlIy understood (but the higher tlie mountain tbe more striking will be tbe effects produced. If It be a snow capped peak in a tropical re gion a cloud will lie formed such as to conceal tbe summit all the time. This cloud will be constantly growing on tbe side of the mountain toward which the currents of warm and moist air are set. for on that side the ulr la being cooled down, but after It has been driveu over tbe peak It will waste away as rapidly, for It Is then coming in contact with warmer air again. From such high iieaks the cloud rare ly breaks away as a shower. All tbe surplus moisture of tbe air Is depos ited In tbe form of rniu or snow upon the ¡leaks over which the air pusses. The Jellyfish. The bay of Naples abounds In me dusae, or Jellyfish, ofteu growing as large as two feet iu dinmeter and weighing fifty and sixty pounds. Some of them shiue at night with u greenish light and are knowu as noctilucs (night lanterns) by the natives. Tbe Jellyfish sometimes make migrations in great grout*, sometimes so large ■nd so thick ■■ to Impede the naviga tion of vessels, like the floating plants In tbe Sargasso sea of the tropics. These shoals of medusae, as they are called, may be so deuse (but a piece of timber plunged In among them will be held upright as If stuck in tbe mud. and ordinary rowboats cannot force their way through them. Their migrations have never been explained. They are Irregular and occur at no particular aeasou of the year and un der no particular Influences. ECCENTRIC BRIGNOLI. FLIGHT OF THE EARTH. Asm« of th« Peculiarities of th« One« Famous Tenor. Brignoli. tbe great tenor, was so careful of ItN voice when be bad to sing that be would not speak at all at/d wus iu tbe habit of writing bis sixties on a piece of paper During tbe last years of bls life he lived at the Everett House. New York, wben not on tbe road. It took bint at least three-quarters of au hour to go from bls room to tbe sidewalk. He must get used to tbe changes very gradual ly Leaving tbe room, he would pace up and down tbe ball for teu or fifteen minutes until thoroughly "acclimatiz ed." as be himself would say, and from there would go to tbe lobby to experi ence for twenty minutes a slightly lower degree of temperature At tbe end of half an hour he usual ly reached tbe vestibule, where he would puss another quarter, opening the outer door occasionally to get a taste of tbe fresh air When thor oughly acclimatized here he buttoned hla greatcoat close about him aud stepped out on tbe pavement. Brignoil never was known to be ready to go ou the stage to sing bls part. He bad to wait one mltiute or several minutes before appearing, lu this lie was a great trouble to maua- pent. "Just give me oue minute more." I be would beg. aud when that was up be would plead for another mid an other till all patient e was exhausted. Rushing Through Space at th« Rat« of a Million Milos a Day. Our dear old earth, which a«-etns Im movable aud solid as we go about our daily work or travel over its furruwi-d surface. Is yet spiuulug aud rolling and swaying In complex but orderly motion, lu axial rotation gives us day aud night. Its circuit round the ■uu Lrings the seasons aud tbe year Tbe circling of tbe poles produces the procession of tbe equinoxes. Tbe planets perturb lu Its courses. The plane of Its orbit sways up uud dowu. aud Its perihelion is slowly shifted Tbe moou swings round a center of gravity common to both, while tbe sun aud all our system spet“d ouward to some far distant goal. And. if the bright star lu tbe constellation Taurus Is tbe central point round which this vast orbit swreps. then Alcyone is the center of the universe for us. As far as astronomers <uu Judge, this motion through the vast abyss ot Interstellar spaca is at the rate of about a million utiles a day. anil It Is in the direction of the constellation Hercules. The motion through space Is lielieved to bi away from Argus uud toward Hercules. Some have thought that Alcyone lu the Pleiades Is some where near the center of the vast < lr cult swept over by tbe sun and Ills at tendant worlds. If this Is true, that beautiful star ns it silently twinkles In the constellation Taunts Ixs-onies of surpassing Interest to mankind. Chicago Tribune. THE’GREEN FIEND. Absinth Wat Originally a Harmless Medical Remedy. Absinth, the green tiend that satu rates tushlonable France. was origi nally au extremely harmless tnedlcul remedy. It was a French physician who first um-d H<11N name was Ordinaire, and be was living ns a refugee nt Couvet. lu Switzerland, at tbe dose of tlie eighteenth century, Like many other country doctors at that time, be whs also u druggist, and his favorite reme* d.v wus a certain elixir of ubsiutb of which be alone bad the secret. At bls death he bequeathed tbe for mula to Ills tmuxekeeper. Mlle. Grand* pierre. titiil she sold It to the daughters of Lieuteuant Iletiriod. They cultivat ed lu their little garden tbe herbs nec essary for concocting it. and after they bad distilled a certain quuutlty of the liquid they sold it ou commlsslou to Itinerant neddlent. who qu<-kly dis posed of it In tbe adjacent towns and villages. Finally, during tbe first decade of the nineteenth century, a wealthy dis tiller purchased the formula, uud very soou afterward he placed on tbe mar ket the modern nbslutb. which differs greatly from tbe old medical remedy, since the lutter contained uo alcohol and very little ubslntb. A Paint.r*a Troubles. Tbe desire of tbe Hauk of England officials to discover forgers has some times led to curious mistakes. On oue occasion tbe painter. George Morland. In bis eiigerness to avoid bls duns, retired to an obscure hiding place In Hackney, where his auxious looks and secluded manner of life luduced some of bis neighbors to believe him ■ for ger of notes then iu existence. Tbe directors, ou being fuformed. dispatch ed some dexterous detectives to tbe resilience, but Morland's suspicious were uroused by tbelr movements tn front of the bouse and. tbluktng them bailiffs, escaped from the back to Lon don. Mrs. Morland Informed tbe vis itors of ber husband's name uud show ed them some unfinished pictures. Tbe fuels were reported to tbe directors, who presented Morland with two twen ty-pound notes by wuy of com|iensa- tlon for tbe alarm. 8 he Didn't Dane*. In 1730 a gentleman living In Hamp shire. Eugland. named Samuel Bald win. died after a rather stormy and most unhappy married life. In hla will be directed that all bls vast «-state be given bis wife ou coudltiou that site should dance upon his grave from time to time. As the will further Instructed that hla remulna should be taken by boat to tbe Needle« nod from there cast Into tbe sea. tills, of course, pre vented tils widow from fulfilling tbe conditions of tbe arill and thua lost her tbe property, lie, however, hud bls revenge for tbe various tempers abe bad exhibited during tbelr life to- gather and for the remarks she often made that she "would yet dance uptin his grave.*'- Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. The Record of Raindrops. It la by carefully notlug small ■nd apparently inalgitlfleaut things ■ nd facts that men of scleucs are enabled to reach some of tbelr most surprising and Interesting conclusions, lu many places the surfscs of rocks, which mil lions of years ago must bft» formed sandy or muddy seabeaches, la found to be pitted with tbe Impreaaloua of raindrops Iu England It baa been noticed that lu many cases tbe eastern ■Idee of these depressions are tbe more deeply pitted. Indicating that tbe rain drops which formed them were driven before a west wind. From thia tbe Hia Jeb. Joe—I have got a good Job st last, coucluslou to drawn that In tbe remote epoch when the pits were formed tbe Ben. me boy. Ben—What lie dolo'T majority of tbe storma In England Joe—Oh. I'm a cashier In a p'Hce rants from tbe weet. Just as tbay do orfls. aud ■ rattlin' good Job It Is. today.—Harper's Weekly. Beu—A cashier In a p'llce orfls. Joe Wbst's that? I never 'sard of that * Tree In a Thunderstorm. Every oue to aware that It to__ not afore What's yer dootyf Joe— Duty! I counts tbe coppara as wl> r seek a tree'« shelter In a than deretorm. but If you must take ref they come lu. - London Answers uge there thru climb to tbe topwoet branches It baa been proved that the Pretty lay. upper boughs of trees during a storm "So «he treated you roklly T would be the safest position and It Is "Coldly! Sa|. I d have ba<! to have said that birds lu tbe branches ars a aertant and ao artificial boriaon to seldom killed When tbe tree to struck be able to find out what latitud« I by lightning It to tbe trank which, pre via 1* if 1 bad been tb«ro for that pur etraiably from Its greater dryness, to poow’-Chk-sgo Record Herald ■ bad conductor and which therefore suffers tbe most •ad ThnegM He-Why are you so sad darling J •be—I was Jsat thinking, dearest, that tbto to tbe last ereuing we can be to gether tUI tomorrow -Chicago News rillamook Lumber Manufacturing Conipv, *♦ FIR, at KILN DRY FLOORING, CEILING, RUSTIC AND FINISHED LUMBER. ALL KINDS OF We Make the Best CHEESE BOXES for Tillamook County’s Most Famous Cheese. The Best Equipped Saw Mill in the County, 1 New Machinery, Experienced Workmen and 1 First Class Lumber of the Best Quality. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR LUMBER BILLi HE WAS NOT IMMORTAL. A Test That Proved It Wn Possible to Kill a Spaniard. Early In the sixteenth century the natives of Porto Rico plotted to kill the Spaniards on the island, Tiler.' was ntueb doubt, however, its to whether or uot It wns possible to kill a Spaniard. Many of the natives In sisted that It was not. Finally It was decided to make an experiment. A young Spaniard who was passing through tin Indian village whs hospltn bly received and fed. nnd then u num ber of natives accompanied him on his journey. When he arrived at a river his companions offered to carry him across. The young man accepted and wns taken up by two men and carried Into tbe water on their shoulders. Arriv ing near the middle of the river, they threw bint In and held him down until he ceased to struggle. Then they carried him ashore with profane apologies, loudly proclaiming that they stumbled by accident and calling upon him to arise and continue bls journey. But the young man did not move, and finally the natives were convinced that be was actually dead. Having secured the proof they want ed. the leaders of the reltellion at once began a general attack upon tlie Span iards.—Blackwood's Magazine. Unearned Gratitude. A sample of .the late Dr. William Everett's caustic repartee: "1 always experience a sense of deep obligation to you whenever I meet you or hear of you.” sold George Babbitt to Dr. Everett one morning when they found themselves pacing tlie deck of an ocean steamer together. "Why so?" piped tlie doctor. "Because.” said Mr. Babbitt. “I re call that I was once so fortunate as to win the Boylston prize for oratory at Harvard, and you were chairman of tbe board of Judges.” “I remember It |>erfectly well.“ re joined the brusque doctor. "Tbe Judges were five In number. At tlie conclusion of the speaking we retire,! to consider tbe merits of tlie contest ants. It was moved that you be awarded a first prize On that motion the vote was 3 to 2 iu your favor. I was one of the two.”—Boston Tran script. Bleeding by Bowshct. Tint all diseases can la- cured bv bleeding Is still firmly believed b.v sev eral savage tribes and especially by tbe rnpu.au uegroes. Wbeu one of their physicians becomes convinced that It 1s necessary to bleed a laitleiit be goes several feet in front of him. and then, drawing Ills bow. he fits a ■harp pointed arrow to it and. after careful aim. fires the arrow Into tbe velu which he desires to open. The ’ arrow. It Is said. Invariably goes straight to the mark, and the thorn or splluter of glass with, which It Is tip ped does the work as successfully as a lancet. Moreover, tbe patients never show tbe slightest fear, since they are couvluce«! that from tbe moment the arrows pierce tbelr veins they will be gin to recover. MOULDINGS, HEADQUARTERS FOR DAIRYMEN’ AND S SUPPLIES STEEL STOVES & RANCES We carry a Large Stock of HardwarA, Tinware, Glass and China, Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors, Window Sashes, Agents for the Great Western Saw ALEX McNAIR CO The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County S KIDNEY PILLS sm, kidney or bladder trouble, and urinary irregulariti«. ify the blood, restore lost vitality and vigor. Refuse substitutes Sold by Chas. I. Clough. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy I I Steamer During the past 36 years no rem edy has proven more prompt or more effectual in its cures of f Sue H. Elmore" Coughs. Colds and Croup (CAPT P. SCHRADER). than Cbamberlaln'a Cough Remedy. In many bom«« It Is railed upon is im plicitly se th« family physician. It con tains no opium or other narcotic, and , m*y be given as confidently to a baby aato an adult. Price Jfic; large else 60c MOTOR STEAMER OSHKOSH Did You Ever Try I (CAP. T. LATHAM). HARRIS’S NEW FEED AND LIVERY BARN, If not, give him a call. Everything first-class. I Tillamook & Portland. Second' block South of P.O Th« Producer. "It must be annoying to have to ask your husband for money." aald the in trusive wornau "I would nt think of doing no," re plied Mrs. Cumrox "We Insist ou family games of bridge and In that way avoid being under tbe slightest obligations for wbat be contribute«.'' —Washington Star Encouraged. OM IJdy-I want you to take back that parrot yon «old me | fl mi that It swears very badly. Bird Dealer- Well. madam. It's a very young bird. It’ll leant to swear better when It's • bit older -Human Uf» A Good Oral e< a Change. A man who scut us a p,»ra begin ning "When twilight dew« are failing fast upoo th« rosy lea" has since mar- rtod Roas Le«, and sow th* weekly dues art falling faster upon him w. g . H arris , Prop, KILL thk and CURE couch Couch St. Wharf. Portland. tmb lungs That’s WITH All New Discovery F0RC8ffir» .¿Sis. 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