TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, SEP .EMBER 26. 1911
A WOMAN’S REVENGE.
M
sat onal Incident of the Civil War
In Mexico.
MYSTERIOUS MEKRAN,
WRECKED THE PIANO.
A Daaolata Land, Desiccated by Nature
and Shunned by Man.
Rubinstein Proved His Ability «nd Se
cured His Pass.
“A mysterious veil has always hung
^Mn tbe civil war In Mexico, which
When Rubinstein, the composer, was
In tbe downfall of Diaz, a over the land of Mekran,” says the a youth he left Russia, bls native
Hpsatlonal Incident took place-the London Times. “Mekran is the name country, to study music in France and
^Ezure of Colonel Cblapas by an given to the long coastal region Germany. He finished Ills studies when
r At the beginning of the ln- stretching almost from the Indus to be was twenty years old and then re
^Krro. t on < liiapas bad command for the entrance to the Persian gulf. Sail turned to St. Petersburg. Hut before
government of the Sonora district, ors have coasted along its white shores he could begin to give public recitals
K,| he quickly became known for hfs from time immemorial, but few In it was necessary that he should have
^■verity. Among those who suffered modern days have ever penetrated the a pass from the police authorities. It
Has a ri' h resident named Talamantes, ranges of hills which lie beyond. The was true he was a Russian subject and
Hhu. with Ills two sons, was arrested greater part of Meklan is desolate and a very inoffensive young man. but
K the charge of sympathizing with forsaken, a land desiccated by nature then he had been absent from bls na
and shunned by man. The few tribes
^Ke iusurrectos.
tive land some time. He might have
Hjfter a brief hearing the three wore which linger there are the jetsam of Imbibed revolutionary ideas when
Kndemned to death.
Mme. Tala- I history, stray wreckage which has abroad, and it was best not to take
H,ultes pleaded with Chiapas for the drifted Into this obscure corner of the any risks, but have him registered and
Ke of her husband and sons, offering world In the backwash of great events. kept under surveillance.
Kerythlng they possessed, but the It is even believed that the Dravidians
Rubinstein applied to the police for
Klonel replied to her entreaties only passed through Mekran on their way
a pass, but, probably because he was
Kfth sneers, refused her request, bad to southern India and left stragglers, shy and mild mannered every official
Ke three men taken to tbe grounds whose descendants have dwelt there bullied him and gruffly passed him
K their own hacienda, forced Mme. ever since. There are patches of Mon to another official equally rude nnd
Balamnntes to remain within hearing gols from the days of Jengblz Khan: overbearing. Finally he became so
colonels of half breed Arabs from the
■f the shots and had them executed.
tired of the indignities that he went
■ Tbe widow changed from a retiring, time when an Arab dynasty held Sind;
■ndemonstrative woman to a vigorous unmistakable Itajputs, who were there to see tbe governor general. He had
just begun to tell his story when that
■ conger. Having ample financial re- i before Alexander; African negroes, the
dignitary roared:
Maurces. she first offered $20.000 to any 1 offshoots of medieval slavery, and
“You a musician? Pah! I’ll put you
■tie who would deliver Chiapas alive traces of still older peoples whose
in Irons and send you to Siberia!
Kilo her hands. Then she organized origins are lost in the mists of time.
“Yet Mekran cannot always have That’s the only fit place for such as
■ troop of armed men, put herself at
■s head and joined the insurgent,. been either so dry or so deserted. you!”
Rubinstein nearly fainted from
Boon the Talamantes became one of | Many of its hills are closely covered
■he strongest uud most effective forces with little stone houses, mostly square fright, but he got away a, best he
luiong the rebels. Her avowed pur- I at the base, narrowing upward like could. The daj’s went by. and still uo
■fuse was to capture Chiapas When truncated pyramids, and with dome pass came to him. Some of his friends,
■ he federal, evacuated Agua Prieta shaped Interiors. They are tombs, and however, knew of tbe treatment he
■ he widow ambushed a detachment led among the rubbish found within them had received. One day Rubinstein was
Iv Chiapas, who in the fight was are fragments of light green pottery summoned to appear beore the chief
Louiid.-d nnd delivered to her. Within of fine quality, which no one seems of police. General Gallchoff. He had
|wn hours of Ills capture she compelled able to Identify. Then there are vast to wait three hours. At last he was
Liiu to dig his own grave. He stood at masonry dams, obviously built to catch called into the great man’s presence
Its edge, and she personally gave- the the water in the hills, Just as engi and addressed as follows:
“Well, young man. I have been
Lommaml to tire to her twelve troopers neers are making dams in the Indian
spoken to about you. I am told that
[who faced him. — Ixindon Family ghauts to-day.
"Sometimes the hills are terraced you are some sort of musician, but I
El era Id
for cultivation, after the fashion of don’t believe anything of the kind.
hills in southern Japan and elsewhere, Go to my chief secretary. Schesnok.
AFRICAN RHINOS.
only in Mekran the terraces are dry and play for him, so that we can tell
■ They Aro Nervous and Cowardly and bare, and not even a blade of if you really are a musician—that is. a
! grass remains. The crumbling ruins man who understands music.”
Rather Than Ferocious.
All this was said in a contemptuous
I Instead of being a savagely ferocious of whole cities, the very names of
■animal, the African rhluoceros is a which are forgotten, lie concealed be- tone. Rubinstein was taken to the sec
retary. who was the possessor of the
Brown i dly. shortsighted creature, ac- tween the serrated ridges.”
most wretched piano Rubinstein ever
|< i rding to John T. McCutcheon In
had beard, much less played on. He
■’’Hunting Adventures In tbe Big Game
FEATHERED POLICE.
was angry and disgusted, and a
■ Country." He says:
I "After the rhino has taken bls dirt Birds Do a Wonderful Amount of thought flashed across him. Here was
an opportunity to be revenged for the
■ wallow and looks flue in his new red
Work For the Farmer.
lco.it he then slowly and painstakingly
Birds work more in conjunction with Insults heaped upon him. He would
■ proceeds to kill time during tbe rest of man to help him than does any other vent his indignation on the piano.
I the day. If danger threatens be be form of outdoor life, according to an And so be did. He pounded and ham
ll owes exceedingly nervous and exclt- article in Success Magazine. They mered the poor instrument until it
led. His anxiety Is quite acute. In police the earth and air. and without seemed to shriek. The discordant
I vain be tries to locate the danger. their services tbe farmer would be notes which came from It, falling upon
I rushing one way for a few yards. helpless. Larks, wrens and thrushes his delicate ear. served but to increase
I then the other way and Anally all search tbe ground for grubs and In his rage and frenzy. It was as if a
I ways at once. His tall is up. and be is aects. The food of the meadow lark cyclone was at work. String after
I snorting like a steam engine.
Consist, of 75 per cent of injurious string snapped, and tbe unhappy sec
When lie rushes toward you in this Insects and 12 per cent of weed seed. retary stood by, expecting every min
attitude it looks very much a, though allowing it to be a bird of great eco ute that his beloved Instrument would
lie were charging you with the purpose nomic value. Sparrows, finches and fly into splinters. At last Rubinstein
of tramping you to flinders. As a mat quail eat a large amount of weed seed. stopped from sheer exhaustion.
ter or fact—or. rather, opinion—be 1»
Practically all the food of the tree
“Come with me,” said the secretary.
merely trying to locate where you are sparrow consists of seed. Examina
And the pianist followed him into
In order that be may run the other tions by Professor F. E. L. Beal of the the presence of tbe chief of police.
I way. He look, terrifying, but In real- biological survey of the department of
“It is true, your excellency.” be said.
' lty is probably badly terrified himself agriculture show that a single tree "Rubinstein is a great musician.”
He would give a good deal to know aparrow will eat a quarter of an ounce
"Then give him a pass.” replied
which way to ruu and flually becomes of weed seed daily. In a state the general.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
a > ejclted and nervous that lie start« size of Iowa tree sparrows alone will
frantl'-ally In some direction, hoping concume more than 800 tons of weed
Australia’s Flame Flower.
for the best, if the rush happens to be need annually. This, with the work
Waratah is the name of the national
in your direction you call it a charge of other seed eating birds, saves the flower of Australia. The traveler who
from an infuriated rhino: If not. you farmer an Immense amount of work.
Dasses through the Australian bush
say that be looked nasty and was about
Nuthatches and chickadees scan sometimes comes suddenly on a burned
to charge, but finally ran away in an every part of the trunks and limbs of out ridge, the undergrowth of which
other direction.
trees for Insect eggs. In a day’s time has been destroyed by tire. Among
In most rhino charges It I, my opin a chickadee has been known to eat the charred trees tongues of fire still
ion that the rhino I, too rattled to hundreds of insect eggs and worms seem to rise. These are the waratnbs.
know what he Is doing, and Instead of that are very harmful to our trees each stem of which is about six feet
charging maliciously he Is merely try and vegetables. Warblers and vireos high and bears a flame red flower,
ing t<> get away a, fast as possible bunt the leaves and bud, for moth, heart shaped and the size of a man a
And In such cases the hunter blazes and millers. Flycatchers, swallowsand
closed band. This flower is difficult to
away nt him. wounds him. and the night hawks are busy day and night
cultivate in a garden, but some people
rhino blindly charges the flash.
catching flies that bother man and
beast. Hawks and owl, are working have succeeded in growing plants from
silently in daylight and darkness to seed that has first been roasted
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No Making Up Ju«t Then.
The curtain lecture had finished and
Mrs. Garrlll. feeling that perhaps she
had overdone the matter, began to
read little Item, from the newspaper
••Fla!" she said. "That’s funny, isn't
It. George? Here's a man advertises for
a silent partner with a thousand dol
lars.”
"Yes.” said Garrlll. “It's terribly
funny. If he'd married yon he'd have
been darned glad to get a stleut part
uer even if she hadn't a cent”
Whereupon the thermometer got such
I sudden Jar that it fell from the mau
tdplo-e to the floor.—Harper’s Weekly
Explained Hie Mistake.
“Tbe more I think of it tbe more I
nm convinced that 1 made a mistake
when I married you." he exclaimed
She drew herself up proudly.
“Yon can undo IL" she replied.
“Alas, it I., too latef he «aid “I
•'■■'Pose the organist has already sfient
• he $10 I intended to give tbe minister
and tlie minister ha, excommunicated
me fur tbe $2 he got."—Exchange.
Truth Will Out.
The Candidate ibavlng quoted the
word« of an eminent statesman In
support of an argumenti—And mind
J°u. these are not my word* This
is nut merely my opinion. These are
the words of a man who knows what
** is talking about.—Ixmdon Kket< h.
catch moles, mice, gopher, and squir-
“I am a beggar, sir. and asked you
Mr alms!“
Making Sura
1. electric wire had fallen under its
■eavv weight of snow. Tbe linemen
found , crowd around the grounded
capper and an Inquisitive Irishman
nfUag one end from the ground
-Men. alive, don’t you know what
a risk you’re taking? That might be
a Bve wire”' be ejaculated
ffltare as’ Oi thought of that menelf.
a^ O! flit of tbe wire good before Oi
gflrhsd It up at aU.”-Everybody's
Above Water.
"The times are bard, my dear." aaM
• «>iu to his better half, “and I And It
extremely difficult to keep my iw-r
»bore water.“
“You could easily keep your nose
above water.” returned the lady. Tf
Ion didn't keep It «•> often above
brandy”-Ixwdon A nswerw
When Pain Wai Fett,
A «b ley—Putii the last 1 «ra« cooll
**vot that tbe palata*, dentW was ab
’■'lotety truthful Io «tying he would
*■«>»«• me on torture Ferm«iir-What
*W he do at the last’ Ashley-Oeve
Sailing a Boat.
Visitor—I would like to get you
teach me to sail a boat.
Insulted.
Boatman—Sail a boat? Why. lt’a
A traveler relates a story illustrative
of Ufe in Spain. Alighting at the door easy as swimmfn’. Jest grasp the
of an Inn. a man extended his hand, main sheet with one band an’ tbe tiller
and. naturally supposing him to be a with the other, an’ if a flaw strikes
porter, the traveler offered him his va ease up or bring ’er to an’ loose the
halyards, but look out fer the gaff an'
lise.
boom or the hull thing'll be in the
The man stepped back, tossed his water an' ye be upset, but if the wind
bead and frowned scornfully.
is steady y’r all right unless y'r too
“Do you take me for a porterF’ he slow in luffin. ’cause then ye’ll be up
demanded "I would have you under set sure. Jump right in an’ try it; but,
stand that I am no porter.“
remember. whatever ye do, don’t
“IndeedT said the traveler apologet Jibe!
lawny •‘Then may I ask. senor. what
yon areF'
M with
Dee peat Lake In the World.
The Great Sunken lake in the Cas
cade mountains, about seventy-lira
miles northeast of Jacksonville, Ore.,
Is thought to t>e the deepest lake in the
world. Its shores slope abrufitly down
an average of 2*0 feet on all sides be
fore the water is reached The depth
of the water la unknown, and Its sur
face is always smooth and unruffled
being ao far below the mountain rim
that winds cannot reach it.
A Model Husband.
“You appear pleased. my dear ” nd
her friend
“Indeed. I am You know while I
was away visiting mother Henry went
Ashing, and tbe neighbor« say he <am*
home with a beautiful skate.”
And 1« that why you are pleasedr
"Certainly, my dear
I looked la
the encyclopedia and found that a
■skate' ie a large Ash ' - Ht Paul Pio-
peer Pre««
Uw af Water.
"There'« no n«e ta iking.” ■
Oaattn Max. *thta corporation
will hare to dtaaoive."
-How will yaw go about HF*
“I don t know. Th»- '»oly «a» I
know of to dissolva thing« la ta Mt
patting plaoty of water Inte 1
Washington Mar.
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