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.
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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.
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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.
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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