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■llLLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, NOVEMBER 10- 1910 CLICK OF THE KEY The Reading of Telegraph Mes Tiger Meat. Tbe tiger Is eaten in many parts of India not only for Its edible qualities, but also because 11 is supposed to 1D»- part strength and cuuuiug. Lake Superior. sages by Sound. take I m 391) miles long, f re longest of tbe great lake«. STORY OF THE FIRST TRIAL Paris Ragpickers. fk Lack of Tape Caused Alonzo 3. Cor nell to Attempt interpretating the Morse Code by Ear—The Discovery That Abolished the Use of ths Ì apo. The ragpickers of Paris In most In- Stances Inherit their m-cupntlon. and It la passed from father to son for gen erations. Kaeb ragpicker family I1HH Its own district, which is Inherited »y the children and grandchildren. Ezra Cornell Is known In history as tile father of Cornell university, as Drugged Through a Keyhole. ■>ne of the men who helped to build By pumping sleep inducing fumes tbe first telegraph line amt as an ar through the keyhole of a lis ked door dent organizer of telegraph systems In Belgian bui'ghirs were able to stupefy the early days, being Instrumental In the guardian of a Jeweler’s shop In the formation of the uow faun us Brussels and to steul Jewels worth Western I'lilou 'Telegraph company. (3U.U0U. Ills sou. Alonzo B. Cornell, became ultimately vice president ot the West The Microtome. ern I'nlon and governor of New York Splitting a hair Is bungling work state—high commercial and political compared with wliut can lie m com honors. pllshed by the microtome, a remark Yet he once confessed to me that he able instrii'uent which cuts a sta tion felt lie should be credited with the one t wenly dve-lhiiiisiiudl h ot nil Inch additional honor of luiving made the In thickness. discovery that telegraph messages could be read by ear. and he seemed Forests of Quebeo. to take more pride In his part in bring Qtiobee’M foresi lands cover an area ing this about than tie did in any <f of over a hundred million acre*. his other achievements. •‘I was trained iis n telegraph opera Soldier* In Banks. tor." said .Mr. Cornell In telling me the I.lke the Bunk of England, the Bank story. "I suppose 1 took to telegraphy of France Is now guarded every night naturally bei ause of my father's deep by soldiers, who do sentry duty out- and large Interests in the then new able I lie building, a watch being like mode of communication. Anyway. I wise kept Insldt Its preciuets. learned the Morse key easily, and I was. in fact, very fond of telegraphing Iceland'a Great Volcano. from both the prai ticnl and the scien In 1873 111» Skaptar-Joktill. one of tific standpoints. ’’tine afternoon, sometime In the ear tlie must redoiibliilile volcunoes III Ice ly fifties, when I was stationed nt Al land, selli forili two rivera ot tire, one bany. N. Y . there was an unusual In of whieb ran nlong u volley for elglity its depth «long the entire diH- rush of netvapaper dispatches I was tulle*, III charge of file press key mid In the I il lice tM'ing thirty yards. midst of the tusk of receiving them 1 Lic.-s and Tigsrs. found to my consternation tlist 1 was The H oiim and tigers wash them- out of tnpe. Before taking my seat before the key I had neglected to re selves In exactly tbe same manner as the cat. welting the dark, rubberlike plenish the tape reel. i "There was a bountiful supply of ball of tile fore f<su and Inner toe and tape in the cellar of the building, but passing It over I lie face and behind tile The Coot Is thus at the same it was a long trip then*—there were ears no elevators Iti those days-and I knew time n face sponge and brush, and the that to go there I would waste pre rough longue combs the rest of th# cious time. And there were those anx body. ious newspaper men banging over my Coke Making, shoulder. Coke milking is tirai re.^onled I In "Suddenly, as I fished about mental i Im ly for the quickest way out of my July. 11150. by Sir John Evelyn, w dilemma, this thought popped Into my writes lu his diary ot a •’new project head: ‘You don't need any tape. Half of charring sen coal to burn <>ui t im the time you don't look nt It when the sulphur and render It sweet.” dlspntehcs lire coming In before you Tha Chinese Lady. write them out. You trust to your No Chinese lady got*s any w here with ears to tell what the Instrument says. Why not do so now?’ Instantly I de out her isiwder box or falls io touch termined to see whether or not I could tier face » II h powder w henever she ciilcties sight ot herself In the bit of take the dispatches by Hound alone. "I put my fingers on the key mid mirror In the lid ot her tsix. When broke In on New York, whence the she Is going out for a formal call or a dispatches were coming. 'Send rather wedding party or a dinner she Is apt slowly and very distinctly.’ I asked the to palm her face wllh a paste made of man lit the other end of the wire. He wet rice tlour. al once begun to do so not without | Pulse Beats. some curiosity as to my reason. 1 , The pulse ot u newborn Infaal lionta found out later "But I didn't think of that at the 1341 or Ilo times a minute; ot n imiti I time, for I was glowing nil over with from twenty-one Io sixty 70 or 75 a the knowledge that 1 could write out minute; lu old age between 75 and So. tbe dispatches mid write them cor Tha Nearest Fixed Star. rectly, for they made sense by simply If all the factories In Lancashire listening to the sounds that the key should work day mid night, pruductng mude. "Thus I continued taking the dis 155.IMK1.IN al miles ot thread every patches to the very end. Then tile twelve hours Bile usual output of one New York o|ierntor called me. Whiit dayi. It would take them 2tkt years to are you doing up there?* lie naked, xp.n a thread long enough to reach ’Why did you want me to send slowly* from the curili to the nearest ot th» Axed slurs. and distinctly?' “1 answered thnt I hud gnodby to the telegraph tape forever mid told him of the discovery I had made, lie was Immediately interested. ’Send me slowly and very distinctly fifteen or twenty words, mid I’ll see whether or nut I can do the same ttilug,' he re quested. ”1 did ao, full of coutideuce. and a little later there came to me thia mes sage: 'I've done It too. Soule of tbe oilier boys say they can. I predict that within a mouth there won't be an inch of tape used In the New York oltice.’ "Years later," added .Mr. Cornell, "I was told that about the time that I discovered for myself a new and revo lutionary method of receiving tele graph mesHiiges the same method was also discovered by mi operator In the main office in Pittsburg, I have no doubt that this Is true. S,Hiner or later the discovery wa* bound to be made not only In one. but several offices. But I have alway* felt that I was the first to make the discovery and aliouhl lie credited with It In trim graphic hlatory."- Boaton Glob*. Watering tha Hora* It I h allowable when n bora«* lx hot to let him have three or four hwu II owh of cool water, but no mor*. The few ■wallow* will help cool him. mid an other limited drink may t*e given every few minute* for four or five time*, after whkh be may drtuk hl* fill with out danger In carries* or Inexpe rienced baud*. boweter. the only safe way la to let the home ataml for half an hour or more with uo water until he la fairly cooled off —Country life in America Deacnptiva. The eye of a little mt** waa attract rd by the *|iarkle of dew at early morning "Mamma.’’ »he exclaimed. "It a hotter'n I thought It waa.” "What do you lueanY' "tank here, the graaa la all covered with per*plralloa.“~S1. taula Star. Failures are with heroic mluda tha MepVUg atone, to *uccae*. Ualllbur I Dynamite. Dynamite Incomes more dangerous to handle In cold weather I m ih use he nitroglycerin <-o.ifent free ten at from 42 to 4t’ degree* I4’. Ths Title of Doctor. The term "dovtor" was Invented in the twelfth eeumry. nts>ul the lime of thu Ill’s! establlsliiiietit ot universities Hie Urst |n-r*oi) U|ain whom this title was conferred was Irnerlus. a profeu- aor of law at llologua unlveralty. Halifax Harbor. The hnriMM ot llailfux. Nova Scoila, coven» ten a«|ii;ira inllea. Lofty Tibet. Tlliet lira iH.iweeti Ihv Istlt’.ide of Ilonw sod Cairo. yet. owing to UH* fact tli.-it II Is nesrly nil one series ot lofty isblelnuds. Its cllinste la purely urvtli-. There la hardly auy rain, nod tilting, dry winds send dust or dry snow Morins forever raging across Ils luhos- pliable uplands. Halibut. In the lM*ginnliig of the last century hullbiit emigrated to ueeper and deep er water until they nrv now caught In depihs» of tftO to 330 fathoms In deep •ea “ ralleya. “ Shakespeare Improved, A theater company which la touring In Ualniutla, fearing ______ that lb* title "Hamlet" wmild uot attract a large audience, altered It to ”How tbe Step- falber Was Bald Otti." Finest Engraved Gem. Tbe Dural *|>erlmen* ot en (travel gem now lu ex latence I* a head ot Nero carved on a tirai water diamond _______ by tbe brother* Caatanal In tbe year 17W. C*r>* Chair Aaata. To clrao aixl tight.-a can« chair »rat* tnru th« chair upahl« down ami with hot water *| x > uk * tb* caua work till li I I* thoraiiMhl, aoaked |f cane lw dlrtj ua* a llttl* aoap Let dr, In ih* *lr or liefer* * fir*, and It llw <’*n* be merely atr*«cti*d. not wi ru. It wilt FIRE INSURANCE STATEMENT of Facts. I [n fire insurance as in everything else, the purchaser should have the best that their money will We are the Tillamook County representatives of the Leading Old Line Fire Insurance Companies represeS in Oregon and in taking out a Fire Insurance policy your property is well protected in case of disaster In this statement of facts we wish to refer to the effect of losses upon the various companies repres<.nW in the great San Francisco conflagration of April 18th to 21st, 1906, and the manner in which theseob|J lions were met, Taken as a whole the Old Line Companies met their heavy losses remarkably well J. which we wish to refer is to the companies that failed to make good when dire calamity had befallentlm thatjiad faith in the insurance carried, which, in many instances, were the only asset that they had left afte this“disastrous tire and earthquake. The methods of the various companies in settling their losses appt, to us of the first importance to buyers of fire insurance policies. Insurance is pre-eminently a busing founded upon good faith, and a policy to be worth anything MUST BE GOOD under any and all circun stances. An insurance company which meets its obligations under ordinary conditions, but which in ft face of extraordinarylosses endeavors in every way to evade its just obligations,is not the company wliichft thoughtful and conservative business man will choose to indemnify him against loss. Business men shoo» remember that in practically all the larger cities of this country the fire hazard is a real and imminent llD( The policy holder in any one of the score of cities may find himself to-night or to-morrow in the same pre dicament as the business man of San Francisco found themselves after the great fire, with their Insura^ Policy their ONLY ASSET.”—Best’s Report. T COMPANIES THAT PAID OVER $46,000,000 This Office Represents the Best. The Fire Insurance Companies that are represented through /tel office and their settlements in the San Francisco Great Eorrt- quake and Fire, are as follows : BEST’S REPORT. Jefferson Fire, Philadelphia, Pa. AETNA, HARTFORD, CONN. The Aetna paid all claims in full upon ad justment, without even cash discount. Treatment of claiments courteous and entirely satisfactory. Only four other companies settled on this basis, except a few whose losses were nominal.” Loss over $4,CXX),000. Fire Association, Philadelphia, Pa. Most of the claims paid at a discount of 5 per cent to 15 percent, A few claims were settled at even larger discounts. 'l'he early efforts of this company to settle at a 75 per cent basis caused considerable criticism. A strong company and able to pay in full. Loss over $2,000,000. Fireman’s Fund, San Francisco, Cal. T his company was made insolvent by the fire and settled with creditors by an agreement to pay in installments, 50 per cent in cash, the balance in stock of the company to be taken at $500 per share. Settlement was accepted by practically all of the claimants. The settlement was practically on a 65 per cent basis, pins any future profits which may be derived from the stock holdings. Losses of this company were very heavy, and the settlement under the circumstances were satisfactory. Loss over $8,000,(XX). Franklin Fire, Philadelphia, Pa. Most of the claims of this company were settled at a discount of 10 per cent ; some at 7% per eeut. Other losses are reported where a greater discount was exacted without explanation furnished as to reasons therefor. Others were paid at a discount of only 2 per cent or 5 percent. It claimed that its funds did not jierinit payment of the heavy losses in lull Settlement in most instances satisfactory to policy holders. Loss over $2,000,(XX). Of two losses of this company reported settle ment as made at 95 and (X) per cent. Loss small Settlement entirely satisfactory. Loss over $25,000. Niagara, New York, N.Y. Paid in full less 1 per cent or 2 per cent for auk,] Treatment of claimants entirely satisfactory. $2,000,000. Phoenix, Brooklyn, N.Y., Now the Fidelity-Phoenix. This company’s losses were heavy, offered"» per cent in some instances, but paid numerous claims in full at expiration of time limit, or les?l percent, to 5 per cent cash discount. Many other claims reported to us as settled at 90 per cent and various intermediate figures, some as low as 85 per cent. Practice seems to have been to secure largest discount obtainable. Its loss was very heavy.ki its sworn statement as published in the New York insurance department show that it could have paid: in full. Loss over 5,000,000. Phoenix, Hartford, Conn. Paid in full less 2 per cent for cash in practi cally all cases. A few settled for 5 per cent discount where earthquake damage was alleged. General record good ; no complaints. Figures show higk average of settlement. Loss over $2,000,000. Queen Insurance Co. of America, New York, N.Y Paid all claims in full, immediately on adjust ment, without discount. Record of the best- Ofi^ four other companies (other than those whose low was nominal) settled as liberally. Treatment of claimants courteous and entirely satisfactory. L* over $2,000,000. Royal Insurance Co., Liverpool, Eng. German American, New York, N.Y. This company paid all of its claims at a cash discount of 2 per cent. In some cases a larger dis count was exacted, but always for some state reason, such as loss of books or earth quake damage. Settlement entirely satisfactory. Loss over $4,000,- ooo, Globe & Rutgers, New York, N.Y. This company endeavored to compromise gene rally at 75 per cent and did settle a large number of claims on that liasis. In many instances settle settle- ment was made at 90 per cent. Company able to pay in full all claims. Loss over $1,000,000. Paid all claims in full immediately upon adji»’1. ment without even cash discount. Treatment » claimants courteous and entirely satisfactory. W: four other companies settle'! on this basis, except3 few whose loss was nominal. Loss over$6,000,<W'' Springfield Fire & Marine, Springfield, Mass. Settled practically all claims in full less 1 "r • per cent for cash. In rare instances 5 per centca* discount reported. Treatment of claimants »* formally excellent. Its average of payment was icff high. Loss over $2,000,000. Washington Fire, Seattle, Wn. Home, New York, N.Y. This company settled promptly and in full all claims, small discounts (usually 1 per cent) for cash. 1 reatment of claimants was in every respect satis factory. Loss over $3,000.000. 1 his company was very heavily' involved company of its size. Partly through Lj partly through re-insurance business- .w promptly and in full ; record excellant and <■ highest. Loss over $1,000,000. J Let us write you a policy. Having it may be your only Asset in case, of. Disaster^ Rates and information on application. J. S. STEPHENS. ROLLIE W. WATSON-