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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, NOVEMBER 10. 1910. ITS, SALT SEA YARNS. rney - at -L aw . of Abstract Books axes paid for non esidents. ¿XPORT BEER, site Post Office. KAISER BLUME, Sion» and Omen» to Which the Sailor Grimly Clings. A JOKE THAT PROVED FATAL Unsurpassed. Non-Intoxicating. >th photic». MALT TEA. Sup»rstlti»n and a Guilty Consti»nc» Fr»vad T h Much For th» Nor»« m»n — A Buck»t »f Watar That Stopped a Mysterious Wailing. aberlach , Beer, RN’EY AT-LAW, er ^buofuit, It Is a well kuown fact tbat In tbe pawt the Hutlot waa urnuug tbe mo«i superstitious of mortal.1«, mid even In these enlightened days there sre a goodly number of old salts who cling tenaciously to their belief lu certain slgus aud |N>rtents. Some, uo doubt, of tlo*se HU|H-rstltlons have vanished altogether Into the llmlm of forgot ten things, but there will always tn* a »-reduluus few who will shake their beads solemnly and prophesy dismally If a knife is stuck In tbe must or uu ulbutruus or a stormy petrel is cap-, lured and brought on board. The orlplu uf some of the«e xu|H*rxtîtV»us culimit be traced. Muu.v of t betu have lu*eu bHtided down from father to son for a great uumlier of years, with a touch prolmbly added here mid there, turulug a eomiairutlvely ordlimry sto ry Into a weird aud mysterious legend Tbe b'tun Is tbe most suiierstltlous of ull sailors. There are many of this race who still itelleve lu tbe ominous portent of the phantom ubl|>. the folly of sturtlug a voyage on a Friday ia no tion by no means confined to seafaring mem. tbe low hunting blue lights which are ghost spirits hovering near to give warning of approaching dlsas ter uud many otber things, all of which Special Brew street and north iron BOTTLED HÏ Post Office. E WILLETT, rney - at -L aw . Tillamook County Bank, T1IE Columbia Bottling Co., Astoria, Oregon- Soda Waters. Sipthons, Bnrtlelt Mineral Water. O regon . » GOYNE, rney - at L aw . Steamer posite Court House, O regon , mook , í i BOALS, ND., (CAPT P. SCHRADER) AN & SURGEON, LAMOOK. aun Building. re. Wrist’ houae, west of Mrs. Walker's. KERRON, SURGEON, AN & Sue H. Elmore” MOTOR STEAMER OSHKOSH Fill th« sailor’s mind with murmurtnn And speaa to him ot wracks. (CAP. T. LATHAM). Tillamook & Portland. B uilding . rete Oregon. > . M. SMITH, IAN & SURGEON, Sail Every Tuesday and Saturday. 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Force la I a was discovered by aa al- The youlhful oewa(>aper report«» ch»tulst whp waa seeking a mixture of who baa vlsjons of Itelttg a fatuous au- eurtha that would make tbe most dura- tbor Is «till wocderlug over the epi bl» cruclblea. grain utiide by a *u< <-em>ful i-oiifeer« when the latter iHrted his disappoint ment over the return of a manuscript, The Tsath. One of the commonest censes of bad "I thought sure." ssld the reporter; teeth la that of taking very hot food with s sigh, “that that confounded »to. If you take a cup ot very hot tea or ry would »tell. It's good stuff. If I did Coffee tbe enamel ou the teeth ex|>aiids write It. and I sm certainly surprised and brealhlug the cold air afterward tbat II came hack.“ The suveesHful writer grinned and causes It to contract Thia alternate expansion and sbrinktug of the enauiei then placed bla hand on tbe other work havoc with II. and when It man's shoulder. "My dear boy." b» said, semewh -t cracks, an It s < n > u d<«-s. tne Inner part of tbe tooth crumbles away Io oo time grimly, "tber» ar» only two stages in tbe Ufe of a writer On» is when ha la kurprlaed at getting hie etorlee bm-k Tacitus. Hume Mid ttinl Tarline ms the aud tbe eecoud wben he la »urprl»"<l You're in a blent writer that ever lived and huu at not getting them Uai’k self tried to model Ids style uu that of tbe first; I'm In tbe second And there you are." the Ituuiau historian. But tbe reporter is still wooderlug - Pbiladelpbla Times. To Color Mahogany. The nHtnral color ot mahognnv when Escorted Her Anyway. It la too Hulu may I«* dceiH-ued liv ap While Roliert* Browning and bit* «on plying a mixture coui | h >« h < i of a bull gallon of waler, tour ounces ot madder Barrett were living alone In Florence and two ouuces ot fustic. Bull and up- tbe «on gate oue afieruoou an exblhl- ply while hot While it 1» wet «1 reals tlon of his new lailntings In tbe fumlly the grain with black Thia will give drawiug room To Mr. Browning wan new uiuboguuy quite tile culuriug ut assigned Ibe task of meellug the guests. Lute In tlie afternoon, when old. the room was w ell tilled, there appeared at the drawing room door a womau Rice. Yet Mr. Itl<-e ban been lite «tuff of life for whuas face p-«» familiar Browning cguld not recall her name, more than halt the |e>pulatloii of tilt* aud he Judged from ber appeuruu.e world eiii>.* lieyund the liegiuuuig of that she waa not an Invited guest recorded lime. There was embarrassment on both sides for a moment, and thim the wo The Town of Mothers. man said eagerly: "Oh. please. Mr The town of Leonberg. In Wurttem Browning. I'm the cook Mr Barrett berg. Is known io* the "town of inoili aald a» I was to come and see bl» pret ere.” for I here the Hint her« of Shlller ty plctur'a” aud Kepler lived Ou the walk of the Whereupon Mr Browning, offering old ensile where the Mugiia Clinrtn of bls arm. showed her alwul tbe natta Württemberg lllx-rile« was signed by with all tbe »ttentlon tbat he could Clrtr b. tbe well beloved, tablets have have bestowed u|>ou a relgulug queen been plin-ed In bouor uf tbe mothers of the |met nud the astronomer. Ths Rat and ths Bulbs. According to tbe French natnrallat Ths Tsrrapin. De I’arvllle. a gardener planted one The terrapin live« largely upon crabs afternoou 250 tulip bulbs on a terrace, He never eats his food. but bolts It and ueit luorulug he noticed that tha Ills favorite tidbit Is the crabs claw, ground had. iieen dieturlied and that which be swallows whole with I Lie tbe bulbs tied ull been taken away. greatest relish. He was coiifldeut that rata had done the work and. taking a spade, be be Dismal 8wamp. gan to dig In the hope of discovering The Dismal swamp la u bird»' para their neat. Soon he unearthed a large dlse. 11 houae« eiery cooi-elvable kind, female rat. which he killed and after and they all alng. pf|»e or whistle all digging a few more mlnntea lte dis tbe time at the top of their lungs. In covered an underground < hoinlier lined mini place« vou are only on*a«looally with hay and leave« and i-ounected by aware of tbe uiultlludluoiia life going a corridor with two holes whl< b were oo In the tree» lo ttie ewuuip you evidently used as alorrhouaea. for In never forget It. them he found the 260 tulip bulbs Thia was remarkable, but more re Breton and Welsh. markable was the fact that thev were Armorican, the old Inogiiace of Brit neatly arranged In two rows and that tuny, tbe nin-leut Cornish and Welsh — not one of I hem had been gnawed or sod. for that matter. Erar and Gaelic— otherwise Injured. are all clone I y allied languages. meni hers of tbe Celtic group Hi »too and Tha Rhodum Sldua. Welsh are vey much alike. Ati amusing story told by Hood de A story la told of a brigantine which nuinltert-d several extremely supersti tious meu among ber crew One nlgltt wlteu there was no moon and a slight grouud swell whs running tbe wutcti. who bup|a*ned to be tbe must suiter slltious of tbetn all. heard an ttueurtb ly wallhig coming apparently from tbe very surface of the sea. The mute mid the beltnsntuu also heurd It. but tbe former lacked Imagination, and. al though be was certainly Interested, he nearly blew the watch's head off when he ventured to suggest mermnlds. The helmsman did nut feel quite bttppy. but he had to stick to the wheel. The watclt was pale with terror, hut be kept silence owing to the mmr’s com plimentary reference« to his courage and nbllltles. Slowly the sound l>egnn to move nlong the ship’s side, bisoiu Ing more and more agonised as It ap proached Till« annoyed th« mate. and. going to tbe side of the vesael. be wait ed until be had loented tbe sound and then emptied n bucket of water over The Art of Dyeing. tbe rail. There waa a gasp, then dead Dyeing was practh-ed In F.gynt ne sllem-e. nnd nothing mor» was heard tar bnck ■■ issai Il C-. anti H may in* tbat night asan med flint II wiin practiced In mill When the watch went off duty be of more remote times among the Indino», course gave a detailed and lurid ac tbe 1‘ersiaun nud proltabljr tbe Chinese count of the lucldeut to tils shipmates, who listened, aa he thought, lu awed A Fearful Poison. silence and th»-n culled on one of the A single drop of hydrocyanic add audience for bls version of tbe matter placed on I he longue of n big dog This man. a Tym*-sider. who dearly caused lustaul dcaili A half tea«|M«'U loved a Joke nnd had no re»|a*ct at fnl lakeu lly a mau will cause him to all for hoary superstition», had con drop as If strut k by lightning There »plred with bls fellows to play a trick la no antidote. uu tbe watch. On Ibe night In quea- tlou be bad crept over tbe bows with The Chinese King. out a sound, carrying wHh him th« The king 1« the favorite musical In ship's cat secured in a bug Cruwb- atrument In Chinese templea In Its Ing under tbe stays, tbe Joker let tbe most (lerfect form It consists of a num cat's beud out of tbe Img. which be tied ber ot large flat Slones of different round tbe animal's neck so that It sbai«*« sod tooe« The sound 1« that could not esca|>e. He then applied bls of a chime of bells and is singularly teeth to Ibe unfortuunte enlOMl's tall. clear and munirai Tbe stun«» are said Everybody knows tbe fearsome sounds to be a iws-ullar variety of laiealt found an angry ••at Is capable of preductug. In Ibe mouuialua to tbe north uf China and (hose to wbl< b a cat whose tall Is being bitten gives vent are among tbe Formosa. must balr raising The auuud was The produetlveuenn ut Formoea I» an more or less regulated by aqueexlug greet that II I« believed that the pre« tbe luckless beast's body. Tlw mate » ent population of 2.f»<).<»»> nxild be bucket of waler waa as un»el<«>me as rained to lO.lltAUMll without agbauattug unexpected and cans,«! lb» lype-alder the fertility ut the toll lo beat a hurried retreat. ■ Not only la the origin of many sea Infant Marriages. auperstltloua “vrrupt In mystery." tun Turkey perliai* offers more facili also any logical explanation of cans» ties t«<e the marriage of luíanla Ilian and effect. It would pttxxle any on» to any other European country. Ottoman say why It »bould be tintoMkj for the requirements are met If bride sud ship's boy to whistle on tbe weather bridegroom are old enough to mddle bow. except tbat It 1» geuerully nn- from tha cradle to tbe altar and to pleasnnt from a music lover's polul uf understand fb* mean lug of the cere- view for a boy lo wblatl* uo any l~w mooy of marriage. at all. Ou oue orf’nwlon BUfienifitioti «nd ■ guilty <-oo»cl«rK-» caused a prarltoal Joke to have fatal conae<|Uenccs The IncMcnt ana* through one of tbe aall ora. a Nnrwegtan. boxing tb» ears of the ship's t«»y f«r the afurewnikmed crime of whistling <»n the weather bow ,X»rt unnaturally the bny wag saooycl and determli«-J to pay the Norwegian out. Akled by two other sailor» a white ablrv and aom» string, a very presentable ' ghost" *•» arranged lu the fur ale •« the night th» Norseman wan «m wab b. H» ••• to be sllu.ed only • gHtni««» of the •spirit" oo «titer ing th» foc'ste and It was thro to ran |>h from view, beinr Jerked by meaua of a atrinx ai.deroe.tb tbe trank of .me ttoe Jabers gr cry thing was ready, and the three crastHrstor» lay tb 'b»tr tranks «waiting 'heir vtoflm «»f * tanatrty they all tell a«l»rp 1« be »nd 4,„|, a.akeoed by a k>ud cry fro« tbe No»» rtf*«» »«• «•«'“« •* tbe -gboat ' tbe dim light ab«d by tb» lamp fatting on bla gbs«'ly ™ three »»oct to call »»' '• b«™ „fcjn be spake "Na. no." be cried. "I did ■« meet» •• F* Mnr»ao' ■jrrf ««»cyr Aud be n.strad »»sdly ft.,« tb« meal» TeertBed bK ship mates fbltowed him. hat «« they reach •d tbe deck -bey saw th« Nocw^a tbrww hltaaetf l»U the ««a-Leedoa Tha Coffee Plant. Abyaalola la Ibe original borne of rof far. and tbe filant la alili grown ibera In If« native Insortane» and primitive abundan* e J »pansas Beaks. Japanese b*«>bs all begin al what we should mil tbe «od and flol»li up Where one would esfiect tbe liti» page to t* Footmrt««. If any. err placed at the top of 'be page, and the reader Inserts bls b.s*Km»rkrr al th» bottom fft range.! >*f •» ■ '«rg» •'««’ la placed al th« l«>glnulug of each para graph ___________ _____ Tha Stag» aa a Bch»»t Th. elder lift liked ghake«t«rar». Imi «,« fi» tabue »f reading playa He enpried bearing item end urne said, tirai I« bad learned m..re F.ii«ll-h hta •ury al th» theater iban at ih» univa» •I'» acribss bow a country ouraerymstl msde " liirge sum out of sal»» of a almpl» little flower which he «old US der the ng me of the Hbndum aldna Tbl» charming name proved quite an attraction Io tbe Indi»» and the flower became th» rage of the aenaoti It wan one of tboae freak» of fashion for which there la no accounting At length a botanist who found that th* plant waa not an uncommon weed re quested to know where the nursery man got the name from lie elicited tbe following reply: "I found thia flow, er In th» road tieside us. so chrlaiened It th» Rboo *m »Idu» " The Fur 1st Lest a Sale. “I*»e Juat happened lo remembet that my wife told me lo get a tin pan tbat will go under tbe Icebua Have you any?” "No. sir. but we hav» some that can b» ebov»d under tbo Icebox Won’t tbat do Just aa well?" "I think oot. young man Uy wife to ■ Ml particular about my getting tbo exact thing tbat abe tell» me to get I presume I can find It at soma other atora Good day. air Chicago Tri bone. | ■ ■ •— Hara» Sense. During a heavy downpour of rain an Irish farmer eenl ble boy to a distant Held to bring borne a horse Some time elapsed, and tbe messenger returned witbout th» boras Esther—Didn't Ot send ye for tbe boroe. ye gauiuch? Is your brad In your brogues? Little Boy (drenched to the sklni — Bure, be was etaudln lo shelter as dry as ye lolke. liednd. bo knows mure than tbo two ut us. Ta# Vnpty. Buona; (morning ot tha aacood day ant)—Com», old boy. let's •» ,n" •>“ grrk Breakfast won t b» served f«r half an hour yet. and a brisk walk uo aa amply atoms. b will do y*ra gu<«l ■ Mbl-er (fr»bly trying to amila» - Taka a walk on yours. It you Hka. rUapple Mln» I»-*» aotirtrly tuu amply - Chkago Tribuna In Ari Cirsio» "That pto ture to* by an old master.“ tbe owner «tated fwumdiy “C'mpb ■-!mirti, »«nnmenied the crit ical vMlue -Wtal wee be master efr-l’bllad«l|rtiia ledger bra What ________________ . as 4" I