■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
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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
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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-