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T1L.LAMOOK HEADLIGHT. DECEMBER 22. 15 iQ. Red Tape and Matrimony. Lucky Ho Stuck to Hit Opinion. Pride of opinlou la perhaps the most common fault of us fairly educated and Intelligent moderns. IVe form our Judgments and then, as It were, defy any one to change them. It Is said that no one has ever been converted by abstract argument. At the lime of the grent disaster In Martinique the Italian bark Orsollna was taking on a cargo of sugar there. Her captain was accustomed to volca noes. mid be did not like the appenr- nnce of Mont Pelee. Not half his cargo was on board, but he decided to ■all for home. "The volcano Is all right," argued the »kipper*. “Flulsli your loading.” “I dou’t know anything about Moul Felee.” said the captain, "but If Veeu- vlus looked that way I’d get out of Naples, and I’m going to get right out of here.” The shippers threatened him with arrest. They sent customs officers to detain hlrn, but the captain jierslsted In leaving. Twenty-four hours later the shippers and the customs officers lay dead In the rulus of St. Pierre.— Christian Herald. I Mistaken Modesty. HEADQUARTERS FOR The lesson aud aigiiificuiice of an Rome of the reasons why a French ex|ierleuce incorporat»si by Mr. Miu- man may not marry nre given by a rice Baring in his book. "Russiau Es correspondent of a Purls newspaper. says and Stories.” are undoubtedly the He lias been trying to get married for mistake of uuderratiug oue’s wares. three years mid has net yet succeeded. One is likely to be taken nt one’s French marriage law Is a tricky thing word. Once when Mr. Baring was to deal with. If the prospective bride competing in a civil service examlua- groom has not lived more than six tion and appeared as a candidate lu mouths at his address nt the time of the German viva voce the German ex I the u. .i lage he must get a certificate aminer asked him If he could speak signed by the landlord mid concierge German. of every bouse where he has lived pre "Yes. a little,” he answered mode.st- viously till he gets buck to one where iy- he did live for six months. Birth cer “Oh,” said the examiner, I will tificates are required uud the written then wish you good morning, 1 will consent of parents. no doubt have tbe pleusure of seelug As no paper must bear a date more you again the next time there is au than two months old. It often happens examination.” that the marriage must be postponed Tbe next time there was an exami to get the papers renewed. The man nation Mr. Baring presented himself who hud been foiled for three years again. The German examiner, who on e succeeded In making nil Ills pa happened to be a different man. asked pers correct, when he was called up Mr. Barlug If be could speak German, Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors, Window for bls periodical term of military lie replied: service, and this threw Ills papers out Sashes. "Yes. I speak It as well as Bismarck of date. spoke II. and mv written style com Another time he arrived before the bines tbe solidity of Lessing's, the mayor with his bride, but the cere limpidity of Goethe’s and the lightness mony was not performed, ns ti certi f- of touch of Hellie’s, as you have no Agents for the Great WesternSaw. lente of his first wife’s death was not doubt observed from my written pa A Miser’s Luxury. forthcoming. There was a Middlesex couple once pers." "Then I need not trouble you any who lived on a sum to shock the most reckless of our correspondents. Daniel further.” said the examiner. Fascination of the Thiro Rail. That time Mr. Baring got full marks. “You can talk all you want about Dancer was the man. He looked o:i The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County the way some people want to Jump off saving ns an art and saved for art’s tall buildings, but the men who walk sake. His father left him a farm and A Camel’s Stomach. the elevated tracks cau sympathize eighty acres, and bls sister helped him The stomach of a camel Is divided with them.” said a man the other day carry out bls scheme of life. He let into four compartments, and the walls whose business It Is to work along the the laud He fallow, says tbe Loudon of one of these are lined with large elevated railroad lines and see that Gest. It costs money to cultivate laud cells, every one of which can be opened For food the couple lielieved iu one and closed at will by means of power everything Is hi good condition. "Truckwalkers often have the same day. oue meal. The batch of dump ful muscles. When a camel drinks It Impulse to step ou the third rail that lings baked ou a Saturday lasted out drinks a very great deal. Indeed, it i climbers have to Jump. You wulk the week. For clothing be depended goes drinking on for such a very long along mid see that shilling rod of steel on bay bands "swathed round his feet time that really you would think that and watch the sunlight glisten on ft. for boots mid round his body for n It never meant to leave off. But the n ml then the thought comes to you. cont.” But Daniel had a weakness fact is that it is not only satisfying •If I step on that It will kill me.* and He would buy a clean shirt each year Its thirst, but Is filling up Its cistern then you wonder how It would feel to And out of this arose the tragedy of as well. One after another the cells Just put your toe ou it. Of course a Ills life—a lost lawsuit over three fellow slink vs those Ideas off Ills mind, pence which, in Daniel's Judgment, the In Its stomach are filled with the water, I but they keep coming buck, uud I shirt seller had wrongfully pocketed and as soon ag each is quite full It Is tightly closed. Then when the animal Manufacturers of hine known more than one man who He died in 1794 worth X3.000 a year. becomes thirsty a few hours later all has quit his Job been use lie was afraid that it has to do is to open one of that he couldn't tight off much longer Gypsy Wordless Language. the Impulse to stand on the track mid To communicate with one another the cells and allow the water to flow put (lie other foot on the third rail, gypsies now use letters—and they use I out. Next day It opens one or two and when I hear of a trackwalker the telegraph, too. when necessary— more cells, and so It goes on day after being killisl by the third rail I won especially In this country. But the day .until the whole supply Is ex der If the fascination of the third rail modern Romany also follows the "pat- hausted. In this curious way a camel got the better of him.’’—New York reran," tracing the footsteps or wagon can live five or even six days without Hun. tracks of his friends on the road by drinking at all atid so is able to travel the same method employed by liis an quite easily through the desert, where Ths Title "Esquire.” dent prototype, rending directions the wells are often hundreds of miles The title “esqulle” Is derived from where no words are written ns clearly apart. the French word ocuyer (a shield bear as the gorglo does a roadside algu- A Bit Too Clover. er> mid originated In the old days of board, But the pntteran can be rend noIman Hunt used to tell how u car chivalry, when, ns is well known, by the gypsy only—It Is hidden and each knight appointed one or more secret. although It may be In plain penter saved one of Ills best known persons of gentle birth to carry his sight, as a* slgnliourd Is open mid pub pictures from a serious error. The shield mid perform other honorable lic. The pm tern n may be formed of man was doing some odd Jobs about services. These persons were known as sticks or stones or gruss placed cross the house mid was found frowning at squires, or. more accurately, esquires fashion at the parting of roads In such •‘The Shadow of the Cross" in the mid were of su< h birth ns would per manner that only n gypsy would lu- studio—the picture in which Christ, mit of tbelr being In their turn ere stautly notice and understand. To him who has been sawing a plank in the nted knights when they should have It meuns much—first of ull. the direc workshop, rises to his full height anil merited the distinct Ion by deeds of tion taken by Romany predecessors.— stretches, his shadow forming a cruci The Best Equipped Saw Mill in the County. fix. valor or otherwise, lu the reign of Century Magazine. New Machinery, Experienced Workmen and "Well?” asked the artist interroga Bil liard H. the status of an esquire tively. wus granted for the first time by let The Hungarian Crown. Birst Class Lumber of the Best Quality. "Don't think much of it, mister,” ters patent ns a title of honor merely, The Iluugarlan crown worn at their no duties being attached. Tills meth accession by the emperors of Austria was the blunt comment. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR LUMBER BILL od of creation Is now obsolete, but It as kings of Hungary Is the Identical "Why?" demanded Hunt, amused, marks mi advanced singe In the de one imide for Stephen anil used at Ills but a trifle nettled. cay of chivalry, which decay resulted coronation over 800 years ago. The “Any one that can saw wood with In the titles "knight" mid "esquire" whole Is of pure gold, except the set out making any sawdust is a sight becoming wholly honorary.— Pull Mull tings. mid weighs almost exactly four ciever'n any 1 ever seed.’’ was the Gazette. teen pounds The settings above allud answer. ed to consist of fifty-three sapphires, It was true—the floor was clean be A Lazy Man. fifty rubies, one emerald and 338 neath the bench! A worthy old citizen of Newport pearls. It will be noticed that there who hud the reputation of being the are uo diamonds among these precious Some Nautical Facts. laziest man alive among "them hil adornments. This Is accounted for by A knot is 0.080 feet long. The dis locks." so lazy. Indeed, that he used to the oft quoted story of Stephen’s aver tance from New York to Liverpool is weed Ills garden hi a rocking chair sion to such gems liecause he cousld 3.004 nautical miles by the northern ■ or a stomach troubles—indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, gas in the stomach, bit by rocking for»aid to take hold of the ered them "unlucky.” track and 3.139 by the southern track. * breath,sick headache,torpid liver, biliousness and habituel constipation. Pleasant to tike. weed mid backward Io uproot It. lind The former course is taken by vessels n way of fishing peculiarly Ills own Battle of tho Herrings. bound for New York, the latter by ves Sold by Chas. I. Clough — He used to drive his old white facial The battle of the herrings was the sels bound for IJveriiool. From Liver Inure to the spot where the fulling . ..... leal name given to a tight between pool to New York the distances ere Notice iblni ktlslil might be depended on i for an English force and a Freueb detach respectively 3.039 and 3.109 miles. N otice is H ereby G iven ,—That any weight, from two to I welve ment not far from Orleans iu 1429 Ju estimating records the |>olnts tak pounds. Iiacked Ills gig down to I the The English were conveying a large en ou either side are Sandy Ilook and within sixty days from the date of water side, put out Ills line mid 1 when quantity of supplies, mainly herrlugs. Haunt’s rock. Queenstowu harbor. said notice irwill be unlawful for the tautog was safely hooked start for It was Lent, to the army that was The first light sighted on the British stock to run at large, under penalty I cd the old mare mid pullial him i out. besieging Orleans. The English had coast is the Bull. Cow aud Calf, Ire of Ten dollars for the first offence 1 l.ikJO men. the French 0.009. The for land. and on the American coast ei and Twenty dollars for each and j A Slight Diffsrsncs. mer repulsed the assailants and saved ther Nantucket or Fire island. every subsequent offence, in the 1'ndue rapidity of speech or Indi** the herrings, so the battle was named EXPORT BEER, Precinct of Carnahan for Tillamook tlnct utterance often leads to curious lu honor of the supplies. He Was Cautious. County, State of Oregon, according misunderstandings Au Install e of Frederick the Great was always fond KAISER BLUME. tills Is given by Walter Seymour In Willing to Taka Them Back. of disputations, but as he generally to a vote taken at a General Election his "l!pa uud Downs of n Wandering A letter came from the ckthlng firm terminated the discussion by collaring duly held on the Sth day of Novem Unsurpassed. Non-Intoxicating- Life." "A clergyuinn.” he says, "was saying that the cloth that bad been his antagonist aud kicking bis shins ber. 1910. scut for by a sick old parishioner win, sent them was full of moths. Waa the few of his guests were disposed for In witness whereof I have here MALT TEA. was not a churchgoer uud who was wholesale house taken aback? Not It. an argument. He asked one of his unto set my hand and seal of said deaf. The clergy mail said What In By return ( km I went a missive to this suit w hy he did not venture to give county this 17th day of November, STAR BREWERY duced you to send for me f 'tV hn t effect: bis opinion on some particular ques 1910. does be sa.» ?’ said the num to Ills "On looking over your order we find tion. "It is impossible, your majesty,” J. C. H olukx , County Clerk. wife. ’lie says why the deuce did you that you did not order any moths. It was the reply, "to express an opinion ■end for hluir- Notice. wus our error, und you will please re before u sovereign who has such con- Special Brew turn them at uuce at our expense.**— vlct ions aud wears such very thick N otice is H ereby G iven ,—That A Patron. Argonaut. boots"’ within sixty dava from the date of! "Mr, I'arrlmnn U very busy now,” BOTTLED BÏ THE said notice it will tie unlawful for j Couldn't Help Himaalf. nald the private secretary of the rail Live Table Talk. stock to run at large, under penalty “He lived next door to a man for road president. "Is there iiuytliiug I “I hope you will be interested In can d«< for you?" teu years without even learning his yonder gentleman," said the hostess, “I of Ten dollat s for the first offence' “Oh." replied the pou>|sius visitor, neighbor’s name." have assigned him to take you out to and Twenty dollars for each and ‘ "just a friendly call. I thought bed • t’an you Imagine anybody being so diu tier.’ every subsequent offence,in the Pre- . llke tv kuow that I ride on Ida subur unsociable I" ”1 shall be,” resjionded the lady ad cinctof Helio for Tillamook County, I hau brau. h now I’m t't.louel Nu ”<>h. yes. You see. the warden dressed. “That gentleman was for State of Oregon, according to a vote Mich." Catholic Standard ami Tim» wouldn’t let them talk."—Birmingham merly my husband, and be’a behind taken at a General Election duly held Noda Waters. Sipthons, Bartlett Mineral H«ter. Age-Herald with his alimonyLouis v Hie Courier- on the 8th day.of November,!1910. " Similari ty. Journal In witness whereof I have here “Whnt a nolsy tbliig thst basi Orimi Ono Consolation. unto set my hand and seal of said i la!" remarked lite i larluet «llscuatedly. It Oftan Is. "My wife la suing me for divorce." County this 17th dav of Novemt>er • “Tee." rapii M thè troni lame: just sighed the man. "I wish I were dead." “I was In hope« when I married that 1910. llke a hutuau tielng. Isti t li?" “cheer Up. old boy. It’s a whole lot I could give my wife everything she J. C. H olden , County Clerk. “Lite a humnu helng?” better Io have your wife spending ali wanted." "Well?” "Yes. It’s tlie Olle a Itti thè big bt>ad mony than life Insurance.”— Detroit Want* To Help Some One. thnt mak<*M thè must uo|se." laminili Free I'rises “I didn't think her yearning capac For 30 years J. F Hoyer, of Fer Tvlegruph ity would be eo much greater than my tile, Mo.. needed help a’nd couldn’t earning capacity.”-Washington H*r- j hnd it. That’s why he wants tohelp Close Mouthed. Shaking Hands. Caller So your sister and her fiance aid someone now Suffering so long Few people know how to thake are tery clow mouthed over tbelr en I himself he feels for all distress from banda well. The rooeraI ran <»f fol« vagvinent? l ittle Ethel -Chaae naiutb- Give* Him Na Ch »nee. | Rachacbe, Nervousness. I oms of 4 either gbe a limp imw mul allow It to etl’ I on ought Io see them together* "Were you quarreling with yoOT Appetite. lassitude and Kidnev 4 le sinken or el-e cr.isp vuiirs wife when I came In? 1 heard you disorders. He shows that Electric 4 «It* Auckland News. Bitters work wonders for such Iron- «ad nearly disks ate It with thetr »Io talking loud " Five bottles.’’ he writes. teni e - Lombo tVorhl. "No. When we're quarreling she a , . ,**• ..... . cured Boiler Work. Loir’ll Work «ad Heavy !'•«»•<• wholly me and now I am well the one that talk* "-Cleveland Lead and'hearty.' sight. ehT It’s also ixMitn-elv The wise are |v»i|te all tbe o-.i-IJ Flu« Machine Work a Specialty. ; guaranteed for Liver Trouble. Ova- fir«t time be I over; hails are |s.ttte only »I In w Ipep-ia. Blood Disorders. Female slw n .«■ an »•ilef Is crowned with coasolatwa -i Complaints ----- and *■«.«»•.,. Malaria Trv Bacon ary Shakespeare. . | them. ®®c. U •» - t has. * 1. — Clough’s. 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