TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, JULY 13. 1911
THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
1
'van th. World’* Most Anci.nt BoMi
Lament* That Th.y Hav. Fl.d.
A priceless manuscript of eighteen
ages, found In an Egyptian monu-
>eut and published in facsimile in
'rance ubout the year 1847. is thought
j be the oldest book in the world.
Procured at Thebes by Priaas
Aveunes and presented by him to
be national library at Paris, it to
sually called the “Papyrus I’rlsse.”
rom the name of the donor. As tb.
(innuscript was found In a monument
f the eleventh dynasty. It must be nn-
erlor to the shepherd kings and there-
ore older by many centuries than th.
line of Moses—older even than the
late usually assigned to Abraham —
nd so of all existing hooka It would
>e the moat ancient. The words of
•very page, though believed to have
een written 4.000 years ago. are In
t-nsely black to this day and In a bold,
■ound band.
By a curious Irony this echo from
he very childhood of the world la-
nents the good old times that bad
inxsed away. The author, who was a
■rince of the royal blood, gives warn-
ng to the young and declares that the
words of ancient wisdom should be the
lally food of children aud grown men
tllke. Humility and obedience he
makes to be the foundation of all Tir
lue.— Christian Science Monitor.
PATTI STOOD PAT.
Th. Diva Wouldn't Cut H.r Rate*. but
kugg.*t*d an Alternativa.
Patti once was waited upon nt her
hotel by a famous minstrel magnate.
Colonel J. H. Haverly. whose ambition
had been aroused to secure the diva
for a concert tour under tils direction.
Madame received blm most graciously,
nnd the two began discussing the de
tails.
"May 1 ask your terms for fifty
nights, Mme. Patti?" Haverly asked
"For convert or for opera?” the diva
asked.
"For concert," Haverly replied.
“Four thousand a night, or $200,000
J for fifty nights, one-half to be de pos
ited ou signlug the contract,” was
Patti’s deliberate response.
Haverly tried to appear composed,
but It was too much of an effort.
"Two hundred thousand for fifty
nights!
Heavens, mudame. that is
just four times as much as we pay our
president of th. United States!" he
cried.
“Well." the divine one answered,
‘•why don't you get the president to
sing for you?"
Haverly fl«>d.—Robert Grau lu Mu-
•leal America.
FRIED POTATOES»
"T
Sold on th. Str«.t* From Pushcart* l«a
Part* of Fran«.
i The street vending of pom mes trite*,
or French fried potatoes, is peculiar
to the northern part of France. Pou>-
mes frites take the place of peanuts
and popcorn and are sold in much the
. same fashion. Not only to this trad,
carried on in some Insta news as a regu
larly established business, but work
men wishing to Increase their earnings
come out on the streets in the evening
and sell these fried potatoes from
pushcarts. Their profits often exceed
j their day’s wages.
| The pushcarts are of the ordinary
(type, but covered. A coke brazier is
¡ Inserted through the flooring, over
which Is placed tb. large iron caldron
bolding the fat obtained from beef
suet. Raw potatoes, nfter being pared,
«re pressed through a special cutting
machine, coming out In long, narrow,
four sided pieces. These are immedi
ately put iuto the boiling fat and in
teveral minutes are thoroughly cooked.
They are then salted and sold in small
aaper cornucopias holding 1 or 2 cents'
wort h.
Pommes frites have the advantage
that they supply a satisfying and nu
tri tive meal for a few cents. This is
»specially appreciated by the mill em
ployees during the noon hour, as they
are thus enabled to have something
hot with their otherwise cold lunches.
Rather than go to the trouble of pre
paring the dish, to say nothing of fill
ing the bouse with the odor of boiling
fat, many families prefer to purchase
the freshly cooked tubers from the
nearest vender. These fried potatoes
are not sold merely at mealtimes, but
during the day. and are eaten like pop
corn.—Consular Reports.
BULL ANTS OF AFRICA.
El.phants, Lions and Ev.n Man Him-
••If Fl.. From Th.m In T error.
In the vast equatorial forests of
Africa the most dreaded of animals Is
the great bull ant. Unlike other ants.
It carries n.thlug away; everything Is
eateu on the spot. Every kind of beast
aud reptile—elephants, lions, gorillas,
snakes and man himself—flees before
this terrible Insect
These ants march through the for
ests lu a long thin column, two Inches
wide and mile* in length. If they come
to an open space where there are no
trees to shelter them from the sun
they burrow underground and form
tunnels, through which they march on
It often takes as long as twelve hours
for one of these armies to pass.
Any creature overtaken is at one.
attacked with irresistible fury and In
stantly devoured. The strongest and
the weakest, the most fierce and the
S.eing Is Doubting.
most timid of creatures are alike
Seeing is believing, ell?" said nn
their prey.
oculist. "Well, no saw win ever more
Natives overtaken by them seek
abaurd than that. You see a horse's
uge in the nearest river or j>ond.
head and a flour barrel, and you he
even when the ants themselves ar«
ller. the barrel is longer than the
drowned their strong pincers refuse
horse's bead, don’t you? Well. It Isn't. to relax their hold upon any flesh they
The horse's head from the tips of hl* may have attached themselves to, and.
ears to the end of his nose la longer though their bodies are torn forcibly
than the burrel by a considerable away, their heads remain.
distance. Architects have to deceive
Certain barbarous tribes, when a
the eye in order to make It appear man I* condemned for witchcraft,
that their buildings are symmetrical. fasten him to a tree- and leave him to
They make walls lean In that they the ants. When they have passed a
may appear vertical. They make win skeleton alone is left to tell the tai..—
dows wider at the top They make 1'earBou's.
columns thicker In the middle thnn
at the summit or base. And the top
Spoiled H.r Romance.
lines of a building, in order to appear
I was blessed with a romantic brain,
plumb to the silly eye of man, mnst lie
Rnd a quiet, even state of things could
raised up quite a lot In the center.
not satisfy me for long. So the thought
"Seeing Is belle« Ing. Indeed!"—Ctn
suddenly entered my bead to have my
cluuatl Enquirer.
husband madly In love with me. One i
evening as we were promenading the
Appl. Pi. Without Apple*.
bank of the Vistula, under those ven
A guest at an old fnshluiied home erable trees which shaded the less un
dinner was eulogising apple pie and
sophisticated loves of the beautiful I
her hoatess when Knottier gUMt who
Nlarle d'Arquln. I brought round the
had been a California pioneer, recalled
conversation to eentlment. I main
the “apple" pl. glveu the cblldreu of
tained that no happiness was possible
1SO2 to appease their homesick crav
on this earth except In a reciprocal
ings wheu apples were a dollar a I
attachment, both lively and enduring
|K>und It was made by breaking four
My husband, after listening to ma In
soda crackers into an earthern bowl
dulgently for a little while. looked at
and pouring over them a pint of cold
waler rendered v.ry tart by citric his watch, called my attention to the
lateness of the hour, otieerved that our
field.
When soft the crackers were
laid on a pl. plat, on the undercrust. cousins were becoming very tiresome
and that It was time to go tn I— From
Over them were sifted two table
I
spoonfuls of light brown sugar and a Counteea I'otocka'a Memoirs.
little allaplc. and cinnamon A pretty
l>erforated top crust was added, nnd In
a few mluutes a perfect apple pie was
taken from the oven to delight young
and old.—New York Suu
STOPPING A NOSEBLEED.
By This M.thod It I* Simply a Matter
ef Imagination.
In many experiments carried on dur
ing the last few years it has been as
certained that the mind controls to a
wonderful extent the flow of blood to
any particular part of the body. The
following experiment has been tried
as many as ten times by me and has
not failed one*.
When the nose start* to bleed. Im
mediately persuade yourself to believe
that you are running with all your
mlgbt up the steeliest flight of steps
you can think of or up a high bill;
that Is, just think of doing either of
these things and doing It fast Think
at the same time that you are carry
ing a heavy piece of baggage with
both hands and add thoughts of any
other bodily exertion You will be sur
prised at the quickness with which
your trouble ends.
The explanation to that when we
really start to run more blood is given
to the arteries supplying the muscles
of the legs than they were receiving
while at rest. This has been proved.
As the same thoughts in the mind pro
duce approximately the same bodily
effects, if one merely thinks to run.
but does not run. the blood will go to
the legs anyhow and away from the
head, as desired.
There are many common experiences
of secretions started by thoughts. If
one look* at a lemon and thinks of
sucking It hto mouth immediately
waters, and I have no doubt that many
people who read this will have their
mouths watering from the simple
reading—La wrenc. Hodges in Chicago
Record-Herald.
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BUFFALO TONGUES.
Th. Blackfret Indians Used te Turn
Th.m Into Hairbrush»*.
“Walrus whisker toothpicks and buf
falo tongue hairbrush«!" the explorer
cried.
And he displayed a packet of black
toothpicks tied with a strip of red raw
hide and a flat black hairbrush that
seemed molded out of rubber.
"These two articles,” said the ex
plorer, "are of strictly native man
ufacture-native American manufac
ture. Take the toothpicks first. They
are made by the Indians of Alaska.
The Indians, whenever they kill a wal
rus. pluck from his face his long and
stiff whiskers, cure them and ship
them to the Chinese. At every fash
ionable Chinese dinner you will see
the stately mandarins between each
course picking their teeth with these
walrus whisker toothpicks.
“It's the Blackfoot Indians who use
buffalo tongue hairbrushes. A buf
falo’s tongue 1» rough. The spines on
It make very good hairbrush bristles.
And these bristles in a Blackfoot brush
don't come out. for the Blackfoot sim
ply skins his buffalo tongue, cuts It in
hairbrush shape, cures it, aud there
you are.
Every Blackfoot in the past had his
buffalo hairbrush. But those days are
gone—gone with the buffalo herds—
and where In the fifties you could buy
a good buffalo tongue brush ou the
plains for a ladle of puppy dog Rtew 1
doubt If you could get one now for a
keg of flrewater.”-Waxhlngton Post.
When Empress Eugeni. Was Young.
I was so lost In admiration of tills
wonderful Empress Eugenie that In
dancing In the royal quadrille with the
Russian consul I forgot to make the
usual steps. Everytblug was symmet
rically perfect In her, the slender,
graceful figure with the beautifully
modeled shoulders, which were en
hsneed by tb. white dress she wore,
profusely embroidered with pearls and
silver. Her exquisite shape attracted
me perhap. even more than did the
classically beautiful head, with the
noble regular features and the auburn
hair, upon which sparkled a royal
diadem. Her charming smile bewitch
ed me as much as did the few friendly
words abe addressed to me In her me
lodious voice —Princes, von Racowit’s
Autobiography.
Th. Tsrp.do Fish.
The torpedo fish, known to scientists
as the Torpedo elect rlcuR, are the elec
tric catfish of th. Nile. They can give
an electric Miock similar to that of nn
electric Leyden jar This Is useful to
the fish In stunning prey and In con
founding their enemies
Thia shock.
Ilk. any other electricity, may l>e eon
ducted through a metallic subatanc
and Is often unpleasant, though not
dangerous. It is conveyed through nn
Iron spear or knife, so that the person
bolding either of these Implements
may receive a shock when It comes
contact with the fish.—St. Nicholas.
Explained In Italian.
A woman approached a pollreman ♦
on Fourth avnnne the other day and
•aid. pointing to • wlsetied. forlorn
looking Italian. “This mao ha. asked
me the way to Fourteenth street, but
The Difference In Speed.
The professor of shorthand In a local I I can’t mak. him understand bow to
get there”
business college adduced this unnn
“Sure. I'll explain to him In l-taUas.” I
swerable argument In au address to a
said th. polto.n*an
“Look-a here.
new class the other day:
I
“We are told that it took Gray, au Michaels. you walk-a right on-a thia
thor of the well known 'Elegy In a ■treot a two block-a tlll-a you com. a
Country Churchyard.' seven years to to a beeg a. wide street-a. and that to
write that famous poem. If be bad ret."
Giving Th.m Th.lr Du..
known stenography he could have done
"Grail.!” acknowledge th. Italian
"It was simply a question of verse-
It in seven minute*. W. bar. gradu gratefully
"M. find* bremr-Naw
Ity between us," «id tb. oldest In hah
ate. who have done that same poem York Pre«.
Itant “H. said I was a liar. and I
In that length of time"—Cleveland
«Id be waa ou«.“
rialn Dealer
Th. S.n.itlv. J.«t»e.
I "Humph"' rejoined th. village post
"Ito Woos, .«-.med to get msd be
master That's th. first time I ever
H. Would Indwd.
esua. 1 didn't laugh at that wreaered hen rd of either of you telling the
W bat's this word, paY" asked jok. of hl«“
truth."- London Mall.
Willi*, pointing It out Io bls Iwok
“Humor him when you can. Too are.
"Pbroomenou." replied p.
|>.- Woos. I* tb. sort of humortot that
Th.:r View, .f It
“Wall, what to thatY'
ripwta somebody to smash tb. bans
Hff—IHd you see the plvnsed ex pre
“That, my son, to visctly what res drum every time h. chert to* a pun“—
•ton oo her fare when I told her sb*
would b. If you oov.r disturbed y«BT Cleveland Plain I to. tor
I
dldu’t look any older than her daugh
father with quretlooa," — CitMb
ter’ Rhe—No; I was looking at tb*
Standard and flute.
exprwwIon on her daughter* face -
Detroit Pre. Prena.
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