TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, M h RCH 30, 1911
1 ta'"*
HE WON THE HOUSE.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Their Effect In th« First Th«at«ri In
Which Th«/ W«r« Und.
first theater In the world to use
5
.1 Incandescent lamps was the Academy
of Music, on Hslstead street, Chicago,
i the plant being installed by the West-
■_ era Edison Light company. The the­
ater was wired for 150 sixteen candle
I power lamps. The lighting was con-
feed to the auditorium. No electric
lights were used ou the stage, as dim­
mers bad not been thought of at that
time. On the opening ulgbt, after the
new light« were installed, the actors
struck, claiming that it was impossible
to make up by gaslight aud play their
l>«rt« under the glare of the electric
lights. It was with difficulty that they
were persuaded to prix'eed with the
second act
The first theater to be completely
• lighted with Incandescent lamps was
the old llaverly theater, then located
ou Monroe street, where the Iuter
' Ocean building now stands.
Tills
plant cousisled of two dynamos with
s capacity of «37 lanqis Ou the open­
lug ulgbt only suffident lights were
started at first to enable the ushers to
■eat the audience. When the curtain
rose every light was turned on. caus­
ing a tremendous sensation among the
* audience and eliciting applause that
‘continued for fifteen minutes. The In­
novation was ao successful that Mc­
Vicker's theater and the Chicago Opera
House Immediately installed similar
plants— W. 0. Jenkins In National
Mngnzlue.
A DENTAL CURIOSITY.
Ned Harrigan's Plea at a Critical Paint Spkndid Horsemen, but They i ••
Their Spurs Without Mere/
In a Play.
'f in- | crfection of K)>mdsh horseman­
Edward Harrigan once said that the
most trying moment iu his theatrical ship 1» to be m-eu among the vaquerow.
career occurred in New Orleans soon gaundeniH »nd garro< histus. by whi' h
after the civil war. lie had gone south various names tlie mounted herdsmen
I with his company ami, yielding some- of the Audaliisiau plains nre Ltioviu—
what to popular request, put on "The in lirit f. what qe »hou'd »all a cow-
Blue and the Gray." The play had ls>y. Every farm »»'euis to uiaiutahi a
been a success up north, hut down large uuiuber of these, for eiu li herd,
south, with the air still full of the bit­ ’ til» k or drov»' has Its own heriisumu,
terness of the war. It was a dangerous l goatherd or swineherd, as the case
exjierlnient. Tony Hart was to repre­ I may lie. The vaqueros are a fine look­
sent the Confederate gray, so he bunt­ ing li t of men. Tall, tliiu. light and
ed up a uniform of the Louisiana Ti­ loosely made, they look Ideal horse­
gers, and when he came marching on. men. ns. in point of fact, they are.
young, stalwart, handsome, the typical though their mounts are poor.
The vnquero rld»*s very high on a
soldier boy in the beloved uniform, the
house, men and women, cheered and huge saddle, with a long stirrup ami
shouted and » Tied for all their heroes straight leg. using a single rein and
embodied in this boy. Harrigan, stand­ n very heavy curb, but lie has such
ing in tlie wings in Ills northern blue, beautiful hands that, although using
waiting to go on, had Just oue thought tills barbaroua bit. he never cuts his
—‘‘They'll kill me!" Then he stepped horse's mouth about. It is different
out, the embodiment of the enemy, and with the animal's sides, however, for
a cold, dead silence fell U|»>n the he uses his spurs without mercy, and
bouse. Not a hand moved for him. tlie white horses—of which there are a
Tlie audience was lense with emotion, large number—all have ominous red
and there was only an instant to act stains behind tho girths.
Ail the herdsmen who look after
If the play was to be saved. Harrigan,
big, kindly, good looking, came swiftly enttie carry a long lance, called a gar-
doivn to the front uud stepped over rocha, of thick mid heavy wood, which,
the footlight gutter, leaning dowu to except when standing still, they al­
them. "For the love of heaven, won’t ways curry “In rest” nnd not “at the
you give the Y’ankee a band?” he ex­ carry,” presumably on account of its
claimed. At once the bouse was caught great length and possibly its weight.
aud all the pentup feeling turned the With this weapon, in the use of which
right way. There was a yell of H|> he acquires amazing dexterity, the
garrochistu is able to control the most
plans«.
unruly brutes In the herd, not except­
ing tlie savage fighting bull.—Wide
RULE OF THE ROAD
World Magazine.
Decided Abroad by the Sword and
Here by the Gun.
Th. i 8et of Artificial Teeth That Wash­
ington Endured.
Several travelers were seated In til«
5 it may not be generally known that hotel lobby discussing Hie difference
_ Father of Hie Country whh one of
in customs of tlie various com.tries
ihlr
«the first Americans to wear nrtlflciii! I they had visited. "What struck me
teeth. By the time the wnr of th»' ■ as most peculiar abroad." said one,
Revolution hud endsd he luid parted l "is the custom of keeping to the left
'•otnpany with most of the outfit which instead of the right, as we do here.
anfure had given him An Ingenious Why Is the rule reversed?”
fihyslclan and dentist of New York city
"1 think I can explain that,” said a
liidertook the then uuusuul tusk of re reserved looking man In the coiner.
“squlpuient and produced at length a "In medieval mid later peri.sis abroad
'ull set of artlflclnl teeth. These lire men were In the custom of wearing
•.vow. of course, n dental curiosity mid swords. The sword was worn, ns It is
iffer an nddltloual proof of the heroism now, on the left side. Consequently
if our first president, for It Is u matter In drawing their weapon It was done
*f fact that General Washington wore with Hie right hand, and to get quick
hose teeth for many years nnd. so far ly upon guard a man had to have Ids
is we kuow, never complained of them. right side to his opponent; heuee the
custom of keeping to the left.
The teeth were carved from Ivory
I nd riveted, wired nnd clani|M'»l to a I "In America when every man carried
Ills life In his hand on account of sav­
«mewhat ponderous gold plate. Three
age Indians all men carried guns. The
ar.p clamps In particular figure con
easiest nnd most natural way to carry
picuously In the roof of tho mouth a gun. either afoot or mounted, is over
nd uiust have caused difficulty. If not the left Hi'tn with the muzzle pointed
aguish. There were au upper mid mi out will'd, nnd It takes blit n very slight
miler net. and the two were connected movement to throw the butt against
■itf held Iu position relatively by ii the right shoulder. For that reason
ong spiral spring on each side, suys the early settlers kept to ttie right of
Isriier's Weekly.
the road so their weapon could In­
Nevertheless Washington wore them stantly be brought to bear on any
>Ul aud well, a fact aufficleutly attest mark that was msesaury."—I'biladel
<1 iiy tho worn and dluted coudltlou of plila Times.
otli tooth and pinto.
At the last account these teeth were
Romane, of a Shadow.
ho property of a dental lustitutlon Iu
It Is hard to lielleve that a shadow
taltimore
I is probably the origin of all astronom­
ical, geometrical and gisigraphlcal eel
A U««ful Coffin.
enee. The first man who fixed bls
A writer In au English church maga
HtnlT perpendicularly iu the ground
tao once found Iu a collier's cottage nnd uieusured Its shadow was the ear­
1 Htatfordaldro a coffin used as a liest computer of time, and the Arab
rood and cii«*«»«e eu pie «a rd Not with
of today who plants his spear In the
landing Ids wife', remouatrance. lie an nd mid marks where the shadow
»Id the story of tho coffin as follows: falls is Ills direct descendant. It Is
Elghtoeu year« ago 1 ordered that from the shadow of a gnomon that the
tffin Tho wife and me used to iiave early Egyptians told the length of the
good many words. One day she year. It Is from the shadow of n guo
kid. 'I’ll never be coutent till I ace mon tlint the Inhabitants of upper
bee In thy cotfe.* ’Well, la»».’ I said, Egypt still mensure the hours of work
f that'll content tli«s* It’ll mmiii I»' for a water wlirel. In this can«’ the
gnomon I» a lliiirrn stalk suppirtisl on
MM»'
“Next day I pave directions to have forked uprights mid points north and
le thing made. In n few daya It aoiilli. East and west are liega In the
line home, to tho wife's horror I got ground evenly mnrklng th»* »pace of
»!■> It and Mid, 'Now, lass, are thee eartli between sunrise and sunset III
t-vntent?' Hh«' liegnn to cry mid wnnt- a Imid of constant sunshine a shadow
It
1 the ‘horrid thing' taken away. But was the primitive chronometer,
'tat I wouldn't allow Iu the end ali«> was also the primitive footrule.— 1.011
B»t aceuatomed to seeing It. mid as we don T. P.'s Weekly.
■anted to lurn It to some use we had
1 «me shelves put In mid mad« It Into n
rmd and ctotm« »upboitril We have
tar quarrvlcit «Ince It came.”
BIRTH OF A WING
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Evolution of the Aquatic Pupa Into the
Dragon Fly.
Rays n writer in the Scientific Amer
lean: “A wonderful ape» taele Is pre­
sented by the sudden apparition of
mi insect's wing nt the completion of
Its metamorphosis. The transforma­
tion of the grub into the butt« l ily,
though familiar, is none the less amaz­
ing. but tlie evolution of the active and
gossamer winged dragon fly from its
ugly mid sluggish aquatic pupa i< still
more Impressive. Early on a May morn
Ing the pupa emerges from Its cocoon
nt the bottom of ii ditch. swims on Its
back by paddling with Its long haired
paw» to the stem of mi nqmitic plant
nnd climbs up out of th»* water. Then,
after a momentary pause, the skin
suddenly bursts open mid tlie perfect
Insect appears, with closely folded
wings, »vlili h soon unfold mid assume
their lilial form.
"The older naturalists thought that
the Insect ‘swallowed air,' with which
the wings were Inflated. In reality
the air Is absorbed iu th»» dlgestltve
orguus, causing mi increase»! blood
pressure, which mechanically expands
the wings» The presence of dew Is
also necessary; hence tho first flight I k
always made at dawu.
“This spectacle of the birth of R
wing may lie obser»e«l In dragon flies
reared In an aquarium, the a tinos
phere of which should be moistened
with an atomizer when the pupa rises
to the surface.”
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Ego.
An ego Is a Latinized I. AllI men
are created egos and endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable ko
i me­
tilings of which neither statute, ukase,
edict. Injunction, lieggur, magnate,
book agent nor promoter can deprive
them. He who steals my purse steals
trash, but lie who filches from me tny
ego takes that of which he already
Ims enough and makes mo not at all.
Women without votes have egos
ami, strangely enough. would still
lune them If they secured the votes;
lienee egos are not a political Issue.
An ego Is what ii man is when b-
has nothing and is nothing else; that
Is to say. lit' Is then first person nliigti
tar and no |iarticulur gender.
Au ego 1.« neither soul. Isd.v, spirit,
family, country nor race It Is neither
moral nor laithologi al. A »ritnlnnl has
just us uiu< Ii ego ns u paraou mid nu
more. Some egos are better than
Olbera, chiefly our own. Life.
Men With Getan Hair.
“Copper I» sinne." said a broker,
"but there 1» still enough »if It left to
tnrii the copper worker's huir green "
"His hair green ?”
Circulating Libraries.
"I’reclselv In those copper districts
I »in« befor»' the Revolution a young where th,* ore I» of a low grad»- It I»
Cockney Chivalry.
llntar In Philadelphia when lie had
There was a crush in the pit, anil th*
roasted In open furimces to refine It
ken off Ills working apron at night
sml maki» it more marketable A gas anaemic looking girl »to.nl with th-*
Md to sit poring over his dozen of old emanates from the furnaces that turns hit«« coiner» l»*liln»l th«' Inst bench.
kluaieo by firelight. He won knew
the firemen’s hair a bright green, tills The young man iu front of her. core-
luut by heart aud hungered for more, sísenle green that
the ttrviuen’s huir fortnbly »«'atcd. was not too absortxHl
ut lawks w«rv costly, and be had but tikes ou.
In the musical comedy to note that
Cile moner
He bad eight or ten
"So If you ever see a man with the girl looked tinsl as »he dogged1)-
.fenlea, young meu who Ilk»* himself, gremii hair you van say, a la Shet hs k stood out the first a»t. lit' rose when
vrw eager for kuowledge Ranging Holme«:
the curtain fell. “Would you," lie asked,
Ai books ou a shelf, he Invited his
" ' liiere, my d»»ar Watson, Is a co | h pushing past her. “like to nilml my
tand» to do th« same, that each of |ier furnace tender ’ ”
seat while I go out for a drink?” Th"
r might have th» benefit of them
ag»i of t hlvalry is uot t*ast I-oudon
H«n Fraukllu thus laid the fouu
Chronicle
A
R«qu«st.
| tlon of the firat circulating library In
"I
shall
never
forget."
«ays
the
emi
­
la country
Individuality.
nent man of wealth during the course
—
To each Intellect Isdongs a s|ssial
of his litlle s|s»ech on "How to Become power We Iwlong to ourselves, and
y
On Pa.
an I Am." “I »hall never forget how 1 we Io»«' control of our own when we
I'My eon.” Mid Harker as he pointed sated my first hundred dollars."
try to lie some one else. The original
the Ivy in front of the . ottage, "al
At this juncture a weary Individual mind Is s magnetic »enter for the
^ys be like the »hu- .mt.
In the audience, who has heard this attraction of other minds. But the
The little bay wag thoughtful
story many times and has read It lodeetoiio low's nothing by attracton:
I «ou t think I'd want to lie like that many time» more. Interrupts
It remains the same
London New
le." he re»|»>iided seriously
"Well, if you cant forget It. for Age
Aud why not. Tommy?”
heaven's sake give the rest of u« a
t’ausa If I was I'd 1* a porch chance to.” t'hlcago Post.
A Gaal Ha Had Never R«ach«d.
nitier “-Chicago News.
“You are the greatest Inventor In the
A Fr««ndl, Tip.
world.’’ ex, l iliiusl a newspaper man
Me Gal ths Raise
Xaplelgh Would you er advise me to Vie Kinder Graham Bell.
'Ton want more money' Why. my to er marry a Iwautiful girl or a aeu
"Ob. no, my friend. I'm not." satel
r I worked three years for III a slide girl? Hammereley l'iu afraid 1‘rvifrssor Bell. "I've never lees a
•itti right la thia establtahmeiit and you'll never he able to marry ritteer rv|»>rter ”—l-adte»' Home Journal.
» I n owner of It “
ohl man Ssplvlgli Why not? ll« ni
Well, you see what happened to mersley Well, * Isreutlfiil girl et»lllil
Plain Talk.
ir tusa
No man who treat» hts do Iw-tler ami a amisible girl woukl
“Fhavo.” m I«I the «rusty icrson ■>*
P that way can bang ou to his bust kuow In-tter Kzchaugv
cmik-ally.
-i ' Chi. ago Itecoril llersl.l
•'t'lnw'" Inqiilrvxl the tvirber
All They Could Find.
“No I'm not » kme. but I'm m»t In
“What's all that m»tao Iu tho seat the habit nf giving tl|* If that's what
rvvem?”
y«»u're driving at.“
"My wife and three of b»*r «Irl
friamds aro trying to play whist «Ith
oui» fort) «even »stda la it« pack."—
Loulsv III« Courier Journal
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Special Attention paid to Tourists.
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Fine Machine Work a imperially.
TILLAMOOK
OREGON
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N
MEASLES
' » « « ■ a a i « « « ,a
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Alter having the M easi . es
have yottr eyes looked after, **
examined, before you try to
' do any close work with them. ■
It will save you the trouble B
' you M ay - otherwise have,
besides it will tost you
nothing to find out the truth
about them.
Measles very often leave
your eyes in a very bad con­
dition, halt of the trouble
with our eyes, or the eyes of
the peopie is caused by
M raslks .
Don’t risk your eyes when
they can be saved as well
■a not.
(
Dr. H. E. Morris,
eye specialist .
TILLAMOOK
OREGON
A Cold, LaGrippe. then Pneumonia
Is t. o «»(tan the fatal ee.|iience
b.»ley a lloney amt Tar ex|wls the
Kills n Murderer.
\ nici»'ilr«s inunlt-rer is Appen­
diciti« with many victims, but In-
King-a New Lite Pill« kill it Is-
prevention. They gently stimulate-
"tornarli, liver amt latweis. p-event
’ng that «logging th.it invites
appendicitis* . nring < o-i«tipation,
riemlacne. Bitionsnrse. Chill. 20c. at
<. has. I. dough.
v« ntw pneumonia
---- u. It iff m pronipt
»ml reliable < OMitfh uivtlicine that
<*<>ntains no naivotics.
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It iff ”
a«» «afe
b'r your children a» youraelf"
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Clough
John W
Sit-kelsmiHi. Greene
l>onx Pa., .**?*
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_ . chihtren,
.,.„„rn rnu
three
nd
ill!« nmot chiMre.1 they freMuent!v
lake »-Uhl.
We have tried several
A ttingrM.»f
kiwi« of >«»uVh mesticine." he sav«. veux cold you may know that von
hut have never fournl any vet thi.t «re not treatmg it |.n»,wrlv. There
• >li<l
Its! tlw'saa
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. —_-A- u « mm . 1 * i *
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Hwm a«
winch
* hum. h mg
tor week« ar 1 „ wiH not
»■er’ntn's tough Neuie«lv.‘
r«>r
* h
tin's t ough
»ule by Lamar's I »rug Sure.
» »>r oak- by Uuui ’ a l>u.K
A Morning Reminder.
- jMtein
Y°? the mouth, which
* n?e*n. nasty
remind,
JNM tttat your stomach is m a bad
comfafem. It should al« remind
you tha.there i, nothmg so good
V™”1"»1*»" »Stomach.nd Li