TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, JUNE 22, 1911, BOUNDARY MARKS L imits a Fiery Orator Once Gave the United States. THE CANADIAN LINE FENCE. Monuments That Claava th« Twa Countries West From the Lake of the Woods—Irregularitiea in State and County Boundaries. The fates of empires and of dynas ties have been Involved in the struggle for boundaries. Tbe figment that tbe Rhine was tbe natural frontier of France ended in the downfall of tbe Bonapartes and the exaltation of tbe Hohenzollerns, thus rearing the neo German empire upon the ruins of tbe upstart French empire. In our own country the cry of “Fif- ty-fuur-forty or fight!” held a threat of the mighty conflict that eventually proved Irrepressible. And in our own day the dispute over tbe Venezuelan lamndary nearly precipitated a war between the two greatest nations of tbe earth. It was a startling figure of speech, that of tbe western orator who. mount ing higher and higher to a climax of buncombe, described tbe United States as bounded on the east by the Atlantic ocean, on the north by the aurora bo realis. on the west by the setting sun and on the south by the gates of bell. Still. It was only a figure of speech. Canada lies between us and the boreal aurora. The Latin American states to the south hardly deserve tbe lnfer- nal comparison. As to tbe oceans to tbe east and tbe west of us, they may be left to themselves. Not mine tbe task of determining what the wild waves are saying. The Canadian boundary presents its idiosyncrasies and eccentricities. The eastern part of it follows naturally and spontaneously tbe regular water line formed by the great lakes and their outlets. Thence from tbe Lake of the Woods on the north of Minne sota a more direct course, man made and mechanical, Is taken through tbe wilderness and over the mountains of the west to the Pacific coast. Nor has this course been suffered to remain a mere Imaginary line. Man, having made It, has marked it well. Between the Lake of tbe Woods and the Red river cast iron pillars have been placed one mile apart alternately by the English and the American govern ments. These are hollow castings In pyramidal form eight feet high, with a base eight Inches square, an octa gon flange one Inch thick and a top four Inches square surmounted by a solid cap. Into these hollow posts are fitted well seasoned cedar joists, with spikes driven through boles made In the cast ing. Tbe pillars are firmly Imbedded in the ground. Inscriptions In raised letters face north and south. Tbe north side reads, “Convention of Lon don;” tbe other. •‘October 20. 1818.' Beyond the Red river tbe boundary line Is generally denoted by earth mounds and stone cairns 7 by 8 feet, though these are occasionally diversi fied by wooden posts of the same height as the Iron pillars and painted red above ground. Through forests clearings have been made a rod wide. Where bodies of water are crossed monuments of atone rise several feet above high tide. Over the mountains shafts of granite supersede the pillars, mounds and calms. There are eccentricities in state lines as well as In those which limit tbe confines of tbe United States. Thus tbe line that separates Delaware from Pennsylvania (Newcastle and Chester counties respectively) sudden ly curves upward and forms a semi circle just above tbe ancient town of Newcastle. The explanation may be found in history. At tbe time Delaware was •et out there were few points of latl- •ude and longitude definitely estab lished in tbe colonies, so that bound aries were generally expressed not by latitude and longitude, but by refer euce to some known location. In the •teed by which Delaware was trans ferred there was ceded all tbe land for twelve miles round Newcastle, togeth er with certain other areas, in estab lishing tbe boundaries of the present state of Delaware this description was taken literally, and part of a circle, with tbe center at Newcastle, was sur veyed upon a twelve mile radius. No other state has an arc tn Ito 1 boundary line, but many of tbe ceun- tiea of Kentucky and Tennessee do. : Warren county. Tenn.. Is almost a com ilete circle. In many instances coun- •les formerly circular have been ex- 1«tided Into Irregular polygons.-Wil liam 8. Walsh to New York Tribune. Th* Diminutive. At tbe age of three Janet waa aa ea- thuklaatlc student of entomology. O m Bay «be discovered a caterpillar for (lienelf. a very tiny ooa. “Oh. come Bera!" abe called. “Hare'» a caterpil iJir. the cutest little tiny thing! 1 ba- Beve It’a a kltteapillar!” - Woima’a Borne Cotnpaafoo. MUMMERY IN THE COMMONS. “Black Rod" and His Antios In the English Parliament. Many an American visiting tbe Brit ish bouse of commons hat beard with astonishment the cry “Black Rod is coming!" and wondered . what was happening. "Black Rod” is simply an indication of tbe persistency with which our oversea cousins cling to a bit of an tique mummery. Whenever in tbe house this cry 1» uttered the sergeant- at-arms springs to bis feet, closes tbe doors leading into the lobby and turns the key in the lock. Having thus dra matically Insured tbe commons against an attack, tbe sergeant-at-arms takes bis positlou In frout of a small win dow, where be listens to three raps on the door. Sergeant-at-arms then po litely asks what is wanted and learns that Black Rod has a message to be delivered to tbe speaker and the com mons. Then when the door is opened an old gentleman in black Is seen to come slowly Into the chamber. On his queer old coat are three black rows; he wears black silk stockings and trunks; a black coat is held under one arm. and a short black rod. with a gold button at tbe end. is in bis other hand. Black Rod Is most ceremonious. He bows three times to tbe speaker and delivers his message, while the mem bers of the commons put on their hats. Mr. Speaker and tbe commons are re quested to enter the house of lords to listen to tbe king's assent to an act which has passed both bouses of par liament. Black Rod then bows to tbe speaker, walks backward step by step to tbe center of tbe bouse and repeats tbe salutation. At the door he pauses again and bows even lower. Sergeant-at-arms swings bls mace on bls shoulder and follows Black Rod. Behind comes the speaker In bls offi cial robes. The members on tbe benches take off their bats and rise in their places. About half a dozen of them follow tbe speaker into tbe bouse of lords. The speaker raises his cock ed bat thrice and salutes the lord chan cellor. The message of royal assent is read and there Is a further exchange of salutes. Tbe speaker returns to tbe house In solemn state, and tbe mace Is laid on tbe table. The business of tbe com mons Is resumed without further In terruption from tbe polite old gentle man In black. This ceremony Is, of course, a surviv al of the middle ages, when tbe house of commons found It necessary to pro tect Itself against crown and lords. The door closed in tbe face of Black Rod, the negotiations at the wicket and the hats on the members’ heads were signs of the jealousy with which the commons defended their legislative rights. The courtesies exchanged be tween Black Rod and the speaker im plied tbe willingness of tbe two bouses to confer peaceably together.—Harper’s Weekly. Corrected. A sandwich man who paraded Wall street bore aloft the legend, “Eat your lunch at Stuffem's and Surprise your Palet.” "There’s something wrong with that sign." said a broker to a bsaker. “What ia ltr “He’s got tbe last word spelt wrong,” replied the other. “Pity sign painters can’t learn bow to spell or consult a dictionary. Hey, there, you with the Surprise! Yonr palate’s spelt wrong. Have It fixed up!” The next day the same sandwich man shuffled along and. sure enough, he bad reported the error. The last word of tbe sign bad been carefully scraped out and In Its place tbe word stood proudly forth with an extra “1.” thus: "Eat yonr lunch at Stuffem's and Surprise your Pallet.”—New York Press. A Parisian Patriot. There are other things in Paris be side architecture, heroes and history. At Duval’s tbe wandering one can get a soup which is truly a triumph of genius, or be may sit at a little table and sip coffee "as black as night, as sweet as love and as hot as hades.” the Frenchman's approved recipe. Du val, it may be remembered, refused to raise prices during the siege of Paris in 1870, giving freely of bls stock as long as It lasted. Here was a true patriot who disdained to profit by tbe high cost of living and tbe misfortune of tbe patrons who bad enriched him. He divided bls loaf.-National Maga zine. Psychelsgy of Store Planning. The basement of a store was former ly regarded merely as a cellar, fit fot storage, packing boxes, etc. Then came a merchant of tbe present day. gifted with an Imagination to an ut> usual degree, who recognized—though perhaps, not in these terma-that the customer was guided by subconscious control and argued that the lack ot effort In going downstairs would ap peal to tbe subconsciousness and that I the gllmpne of displays seen at the foot ot tbe stairs would lend customers to tbe basement, notwithstanding the i low celling, tbe Imperfect ventilation i and the absence of daylight This merchant has lived to see not only a dally attendance on a basement floor I ten or a dozen times greater tban that on tbe average floor above the first, but also to see his discovery copied by practlcslly every store I d tbe land Tbe real gist of his discovery was that aubconaclous control leads us to do tbe easy thing first—namely, go downstairs—without reckoning with the next problem, which was. of course, getting out of the basement.— Cassler’s Magazine. Ths Kangaroo’s Defense. In tbe kangaroo bunts of Australia capture la sufficiently easy, but some times the kangaroo makes an original defense. If possible tbe kangaroo directa bis flight toward a river. If be reaches It be enters. and. tbaDka to his great height, be is able to go on foot to a depth where tbe dogs are obliged to swim. There be plants himself on bls two bind legs and bls tail and. up to bls shoulders in tbe water, awaits the arrival of the pack. With bis fore paws be seizes by tbe bead tbe first dog that approaches, and as be to more solidly balanced tban bis assailant he bolds tbe dog’s noee beneath tbe wa ter as long as be can Unless a second dog speedily comes to tbe rescue tbe first one to Inevitably drowned. If a companion arrives and sets him free be is glad to regain tbe bank as quick ly as possible A strong and cour ageous old kangaroo will bold his own against twenty or thirty dogs, drown Ur: some and frightening others, and ! the hunter to obliged to Intervene with a ballet.— New York Press. Straining th« Keg. Rufe Blevins, a giant woodchopper, whose good nature and ready wit made him a welcome addition to tbe store circle, entered the village gro cery. The loafers moved a little closer together to make room for Rufe on a soap box, but be marched past tbe friendly circle, plumped an empty mo lasses keg down on the counter and drew a atained bill from his pocket, which be held out to tbe proprietor of tbe store. An expectant grin went round the circle, for Storekeeper Jones had the reputation of never wrong!no himself by overweighing or under charging. The merchant adjusted bls glasses and looked expectantly from the bill to the woodchopper. “Notice you charged me for five gal Ions o’ molasses last time I had this four gallon keg filled,” drawled Rufe. “I don't mind payin’ for tbe extra gal lon, Mr. Jones, but I do kinder bate to have a good keg strained to pieces.” —Youth’s Companion. The Samurai*« Servant. Here to an interesting legend about an ofuda which appears as tbe badge of a family at Mataue. The story, as Hearn tella IL ia that: “Once a serv ant of tbe family went to Ise, In de spite of bls masters orders to remain to tbe bouse. When be came back tbe samurai flew into a rage and kill ed him. Then tbe murderer felt sorry and buried tbe body In the garden or bamboo patch. Tbe day after tbe servant came back again and apolo gized for hie absence at Ise. You csd guess tbe rest of tbe legend. When tbe grave was opened there was no dead body there—only an ofu da cut In two. as if by a aword slash." Never Suffered From Bath. There are quarters in London in which tbe uselessness of tbe bath to no novel proposition, a district nurse called at a house where there was a case of Infectious disease. “Have you a bath In the bouseT" asked tbe practical visitor. “Yen, mom." was the reply; “but. thank God. we've never 'ad to use it" —London Chronicle. Atmoephorie Resistance. Tbe resistance of oor atmosphere ma tertolly retards raindrops, hailstones, aerolites and all other bodies which tail through IL and were It not for tbe A Thoughtful Office Boy. resistance it preaenta every rainstorm The office boy. says a writer to tbe would be disastrous to tbe human London Sketch, looked at tbe pentet- race, as each drop would tall with a ent lady artist, who calls six times a velocity great enough to penetrate tbe week, and »aid firmly: full length of a full grown min i body “Tbe editor’s still engaged.'* “Tell him that doesn't matter I don’t want to marry him” “I haven't tbe heart to tell him. miss He’s bad several disappointments to day." T. BOTTS, A ttorney - at -L aw We Sell Them. Complete set of Abstract Books in office. Taxes paid for non Residents. Tillamook Block. Both phones. W. A. WILLIAMS & CO Nexl Door to Tillamook County Bank. c ARL HABERLACH, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, gkittecher ¿Kbvohnt, Tillamook Block GOLDEN GATE EORGE WILLETT, A ttorney - at -L aw . Sailing Days for of JUNE fDonth T illamook FOR TILLAMOOK, BAY CITY, GARIBALDI, HOB SON VILLE, And all points on Next to Tillamook Couuty Bank, Tillamook Bay O regon . HA H. GOYNE, -f. • A ttorney - at L aw . Office : Opposite Court House, T illamook , O regon . FROM T. BO ALS, M.D., PORTLAND, JUNE 1, 6, 10, 15, 20 and 26th PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, TILLAMOOK Tillamook Block Freight Received Daily at Dock Foot of Washington Street. J. R. GLADDEN, Agent, Tillamook M. KERRON, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Tillamook Block, Tillatncok, Nom IN TIbURmOOK COUNTY Two of the Highest Classed and Best Bred Stallions in Oregon. MAJOR WEITZEL, Registered No. 33271, and Oregon J ^R. I. M. SMITH, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Office over J. A. Toild & Co., Tilluinook. Ore. w C. HAWK, LORD REX, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Registered No. 48862. BAY CITY, OREGON. They are at present filling the promise of return to the South end of the County, and are located at W. H. Wilson’s Feed Barn, in Hebo, and will remain until the 12th or 15th of June, then will come to Tillamook City and remain there to August 1st, and then go to Nehalem for a month, that will fulfill my obligations for this season, and from the present prospects will be at the same stands next season. R. BEALS, REAL ESTATE, F inancial A gent , Tillamook, Oregon It is a pleasure to meet satisfied customers, each one thinking j^R 1’. J. SHARP, their colts are best. This is Major Weitzel’s patrons. RESIDENT DENTIST, Dr. E. F. ROGERS, V.S Office across the street iron* tbe Court House. Dr. Wise’s office. Reliable Route Steamer The it Sue H. Elmore” (CAPT P. SCHRADER) Tillamook & Portland. Leaves Portland, Couch St. Dock Every Tuesday, Arrives Tillamook Wednesdays. 8ARCHET, *- . The Fashionable Tailor, Cleaning, Pressing and Repair ing a Specialty. Store in Heins Photographic Gallery. L ami » O ppio B uiiiin a alti . fliooe A luuv braci QOWIMG & COW INC LAWYERS K« n » m 884 W*>*. arrak H i ilmm .. T hirl ani _ ______ ______ . O ik MrakaT. Room Nest to the II M. Lund Office. I’ORTLANl), OREGON. Sailing for Portland, every Thursday or Ftiday according to Tides. 2^JRS. ALICIA FUEL S PACIFIC NAVIGATION COMPANY. GRADUATE NURSE, B. C. LAMB, Agent. S. ELMORE A CO, La mb* a Dock, Tillamook, Ore. Agenta, Aatoria, Ore I. W. W. BROWN, Agent, Couch Street Dock, Portland, Oregon. MRS. PAGE’S HOUSE, TILLAMOOK, ORE J. CLAUSSEN, LAWYER, Urutechcr -Abuohnt The Best Hotel. y be to THE ALLEN HOUSE, J. P. ALLEN. Proprietor Headquarters for Travelling Men. Special Attention paid to Tonriata. A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation. 213 Tillamook Block, T illamook O regon . John B. Langley TEAMING AND HAULING GRA EL SCREENED OR UNSCREENED. WOOD FOR SALE