Image provided by: Tillamook County Library
About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1911)
♦ TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, OCTOBER 5, 1811. MOVING PICTURES Ingenious Methods of Producing Startling Effects. TRICKS OF THE CAMERA MEN. Expedient« by Which Puzzling Situa tion« and Incident« That Seem to Contradict the Law» of Nature Aro Recorded on the Finished Film. RED TAPE IN GERMANY. ART IN ICE. Wonderful Palaeo That Was Built by Czarina Anne of Russia. The use of Ice for architectural pur poses is an art that has been carried to a high stat» of perfection In north ern countries, and some almost Incred ible feats have been accomplished In this curious branch of Industry. Probably the most remarkable build ing constructed wholly of Ice was the palace built on the Neva by Czarina Anne of Russia in 1731). Tbe first at tempt to construct this building was unsuccessful, as tbe slabs of ice were too thin and the building collapsed lu the first thaw. Subsequently large blocks of ice were cut and squared with great care and laid on one an other by skillful masons, who cement ed tbe joints with water, which Imme diately froze. Tbe building when com pleted was fifty-six feet long, seven teen and a half broud and twenty-one high. It was of but one story. The facade contained a door surmounted by an ornamental pediment and six windows, the frames and panes of which were all of ice. An elaborate balustrade, adorned with statues, ran along the top of the facade, and au otber balustrade surrounded the build ing at tbe level of tbe ground. Tbe side entrances to the Inclosure were flanked with pillars supporting urns, the lat ter containing orange trees, whose branches, leaves and flowers were all of Ice. Hollow pyramids of Ice on each side of tbe building contained lights by night. Tbe grounds were further adorned with a life size figure of an elephant, with bis mahout on bls back. A stream of water was thrown from the elephant’s trunk by day and a flame of naphtha by night. A tent of ice contained a hot bath. In which persons actually bathed. There were also several cannons and mortars of Ice, which were loaded with bullets of ice and iron and discharged. The Interior of the building was com pletely furnished with tables, chairs, statues, looking glasses, a clock, a com THE GUESTS PAY. plete tea service, etc., all made of ice and painted to Imitate tbe real objects. Demanded Tip« For the 8srv«nts at A bedchamber contained a state bed the Court of Napoleon III. with curtains, a dressing table with a "Before we left Compiegne at the mirror, pillows, bedclothes, slippers and conclusion of our visit at the court of nightcaps, all made of Ice. There Napoleon Ill..’’ writes Mme. de Heger were Ice candles, burning naphtha and. mann-I.indencrone In Harper's, "when most wonderful of all, an ice flreplace we were taking our morning tea we containing burning Ice logs—1. e.. blocks were interrupted by the coming In of of Ice smeared with naphtha and then ihe major doiuo, who handed us a pa kindled.—Scientific American. per. We were not unprepared for this visit, ns we had been told by one of the The Doctor’s Fee. guests who hnd been here before that There came a letup in tbe rush of pa every one was expected to remain In tients. and the doctor opened two small their rooms until this Important per envelopes lying on his desk. sonage had made bls rounds In order “It’s all right,” he said. "1 wasn't to collect the pourbolre. I say pour- sure. Without offending I couldn’t bolre because what one generally gives open the envelopes In tbe presence of separately Is lumped Into one sum. the persons who gave them to me. This paper, which he handed to us al They contain the fees left by two most at the jxilnt of his hallebarde, Englishmen who called close on each proved to be a gin scritto receipt for other’s heels. English etiquette is tXX) francs—our [>out-bolre! rather embarrassing for a physician "We were rather a subdued party in who is used to patients who hand the train. The conversation mostly over their money with the denomina turned ou the subject of pourbolres. tion right on top. American fashion. The pussier decided the exact amount In England it would be considered an that each ought to give. For Instance, insult to give a physician bls fee un he knows an umbassador ought to give wrapped. You can't insult an Ameri ".000 francs. For a minister of state can physician that way. but newcom ’.000 francs suffice. Unofficial people ers credit him with an excess of sen like ourselves eunuot be ex[>ected to be sibility and give him a good many un- out of pocket more than 000 francs. easy moments wondering if he hasn't As for the poor nobility of France, been underpaid.”—New York Sun. they escape with 600! Some were of opinion that It was pleasanter to give Penn Vary Much ■ Londoner. en masse In one big sum than to give William Penn, tbe founder of Penn In driblets, others thought It more satis fuctory to baud one's offering person sylvania, was born on Tower Hill on ally to the different servants, but we Oct. 14. 1044. was christened In All Hallows church, became a studeut all with one voice voted the officious of Lincoln's Inn. and then. Joining the lieadle an Imjiosltlou.” Quakers, he abandoned the law aud preached along with George Fox In a The Stickleback Legend. The stickleback Is one of the specie« meeting house off Lombard street. He of fish that build nests. There Is a once occupied a bouse In Norfolk legend that the stickleback builds a street. Strand, chosen on account of its nest because during the deluge It closeness to the river, which facilitat pulled the tow out of the bilge bole of ed escape from duus. and he was im the ark. and If It bad uot been for tbe prisoned both at Newgate aud in the hedgehog, who plugged up tbe leak Fleet. So Penn was. after all, very with his own laaiy. Noah and his sons much ■ Loudouer — London Standard. A Railway Ticket, a Controversy and a Delayed Train. Io an account of the duchy of Teck and its Inhabitants by the Bev. 8. Bar ing-Gould an amusing experience Is thus described by the author: “We are wont, we Englishmen, to grumble at red taplsrn. but with us It does not go beyond the government offices. In Germany It Is everywhere. 1 had an instance of It between Ober Lenningen and Owen. 1 had asked nt tie former place for a third class ti ket to Owen and had stepped into a third class carriage. On these branch 11:.es nearly every one travels fourth , I i-ounted twelve compartments fourth. I cine third and three second. These was no first class compartment. Be fore reaching the next station—In fact, a mile from Ober Lenningen-the In spector came round. "'Hah. you have a fourth class ticket and are In a third class com partment! The tine Is ti marks.' "I explained and offered at once to pass Into an Inferior carriage or pay the difference. " •That will not do. You have In fringed the law and must pay 6 marks.' “1 get out at Owen and will explain mutters to the station master. “1 did so. “ 'The flue Is fl marks.' said this lat ter peremptorily. “ 'But.' said 1. '1 demanded a third class ticket and was given one for which 1 had not asked. This was an oversight of the clerk.' “ 'You should have examined your ticket.’ “The train was delayed five minutes while the matter was thrashed out on the platform, the travelers craning their necks out of the windows of their res|>vctlre carriages, looking on and listening with lively Interest. At last reluctantly the station master yielded. 1 must pay the difference. “'What Is it?’ “ ‘One penny!’" The Ingenuity of man la exercised to a wonderful degree In the creation of novel and seemingly Impossible situations and episodes for production In tile rnovlug picture shows, and audi ences are ofleu bewildered In try lug to decide how the curious effects, which nt times aeetu to contradict the laws of nature, are secured. Yet. like the conjurer s tricks, it Is all very alm pie when the veil Is lifted. There are some scenes depicted which, while amazing enough In their way, do not puzzle the critical be- Jolder in solving the ways and means of their making. There are the railroad uccident. obtained by means of chil dren'» toys; the warships and the aeroplanes, which are also photo graphs of playthings; the burglar In his unheard of performance of climb ing the front of a house, and—last, but not least—the man clinging to the cell ing of a room. The pictures explain themselves. But when we see a man Jumping out of a fourth story window, see him fall fifty feet to the ground and then get up and run away unhurt, we ask. How is this possible? The origin of the picture Is very simple. The fugi tive jumps out of a low window In the studio, which ts fitted up In the style of the desired room. Then the photographing process Is interrupted. The next picture is taken in the street in front of a real house. A life sized puppet Is dropped from one of the windows. When It has reached the ground the machine stops, the actor puts himself In the place of the figure. Hie reel la started again, the man gets up and runs away. In like manner auto accidents and similar episodes are arranged. Another Impossibility—a man swims through a river nud on the other side he climbs a ten foot wall without dif ficulty. Origin of the pictures: The man is photographed sliding from the wall Into the water, but In taking the picture the reel Is turned wrong way, n the motion Is reversed when the picture Is reeled off In the right direc tion. t he last obstacle in representing the seemingly imtsisslble was cleared away whim some clever mind conceiv ed the Idea of stopping the photograph ing process, not after a series of pic tures, but after each single picture or after each two or three of them. The work Involved was enormous, as eighteen pictures are tnkeu every sec- oud that Is to say, about 50,000 pic tures are required for a reel, which Is to nniuse the public only ten minutes! Hut human perseverance has accom plished the task, and the results ob- t- .tied are extraordinary. The follow ing examples will prove It: \ pile of small stones Is put on a black table, and the apparatus is fas tened vertically above the stones. Then a short turn of the crank, and a few Identical pictures of the stone pile are taken One of the stones Is then ' removed from the pile; another short turn, which gives two or three pictures showing the first stones separate from the pile The process is repeated un til the stones laid aside by hand show the writing, “Good Night!" The fin ished film does not show the blind that removed one atone after auotber, loit creates the Impression that the ■tones arrange themselves In the form of magic writing. Instead of the stones, a lump of clay may lie placed on the table and «ome kluu of a figure Is gradually modeled would have had an exciting time bal from it by hand: but. this hand being ing out their tioat Wheu Noah found Invisible. It seems as If the figure out who bed done the deed he ordered formed Itself. us a punishment that tbe culprit In the same way a herring can grad should tie com|»>ll«*d each year to build ually be sent back Into the tin can a neat, while ether fishes would have from which It was taken. — Garten- au easy time of IL laube. Iz-lpxlg. Her Act. "Well, have you hoard the news.” A Trifl» Withered. In his native tongue no one could asked a friend brightly. “My wife have made more graceful speeches and 1 are going on the vaudeville than M Blanc, but when he essayed stage. A clever friend h-is written un compliments In English he was not act for ns and we are going to put It ou next week " quite so successful. “Good work, old man." we exclaimed "Have 1 changed In the five years since we met In I’sriar asked an enthusiastically. “What Is IV—n song elderly woman who desired above all and dance act or a society sketi lit" things to l>e thought younger, much "Neither—It 1» a monologue.'* younger than she was. “A monologue? 1 thought you and “Madame.“ said the courtier, his your wife were I m I h In tbe act." "We are. But—do you know my ■ hand ou his heart, “you look like a rose of twenty jr vers!"-Youth's Com- wife?*'—Cleveland Plain Dealer. p:l ulou. • Physical Difficulty. "Is It anything aerioua, doctor?* A Drain sn th» Company. tin his way home from th« theater, asked a youth of a doctor after the • where he had seen a performance of latter bad examined him. “t>t hello," Robby was unusually quiet. “No. no; not at all." replied the med ■Didn't you enjoy the play?” grand •cal man. “Nothing serious— Just s ; frther asked, at laat. little stiffness In the back of your neck Oh. yes. very much.“ replied Bobby. my lad. But you must keep an eye on ' "Rut. grand|«pa. th»r»'« one thing I IL"—Ixmdou Telegraph «lou t quite understand. Ihtea th» black t au kill a lady every ulgbtr*-Youth's Came Partly Tree. ('em pa ulou. "Before marriage I used to dream of life In a fine tiume. with itxteen serv anta.” Twe »f a Kind. "Dreams never come true." You fondi» that pug puppy," com •They do. parttally. We live tn a fiat plained the lover, “until 1 am actually lea loue of him." ■•tend of a house, but we've bad tbe “You're all alike." answered the girl. •Ixteeu servants. "-Washington Her “This puppy la Jealous of yeu "-Cleve land ruin Dealer. A Sure Sign. Range—Are you ■ good weather lie who conceals a useful truth Is <“pi»lly guilty with the propagator of prophet? Binge—Only when tbe baby •wallows a safety pin Tbeu I know an lajurtoue falsehood-Augustine there « to bn a equalL MADE A Cruet Stand. Several villagers were discussing a departed sister, who had been given to good deeds, but was rather too fond of dispensing sharp spoken advice. "She was an excellent woman.“ tbe deceased lady's pastor. "She constantly In tbe homes of tbe and afflicted. In fact, she was the salt of tbe earth." "She was more than that" remarked a villager. "She was the vinegar, the pepjier and the mustard as well. She was a perfect cruet stand of virtues."— ■ London Tit Bits. Street Through a Church. One of tbe best known Instances of churches with streets through them Is that of St John the Baptist's church tn Bristol. England. The church Is ait- uated right over tbe ancient gateway Into tbe city on tbe Avon, and tbe tow ering spire, standing high above tbe neighboring bouses and streets, te a re markable sight as one surveys It from the roadway below. Mommsen’s Peculiarity. On his eightieth birthday Theodor Mommsen, the historian, received a visit from a great delegation of stu dents. who marched out to his borne, but he could not bo Induced to leave ble work to greet them "They «ee me •very day at the university." be said. “Why do they want to disturb mo ■Mrr Inquisitive. '"That fellow is a positive Joke." “Relative of yo^r wtf,-, or }ob than nwr’-Dotrolt Free t t A p // YAMHILL & TILLAMOOK Daily Stage Line. Shortest and Quiekest Route to Portland. LEAVES TILLAMOOK .................................. 4 p.ui. ARRIVE YAMHILL ........................................ 3 p.m. Connecting with PORTLAND ¿TRAIN. FARE, $5.00 MRS. J. C. HOLDEN, Agent, Tillamook. Hotel Royal, Agent, Yamhill. fÇ HEADQUARTERS FOR DAIRYMEN’ AND S SUPPLIES STOVES & RANCES. I■ I We carry a Large Stock of 1 ! Hardware, Tinware, Glass I and China, Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors. Window Sashes Agents for the Great Western Saw. ALEX McNAIR CO The Most Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County. ’OLEY KIDNEY PILIS for backache, rheumatism, kidney or bladder trouble, and urinary irregularities Foley Kidney I ills are tonic in action, quick in results. Refuse substitute Chas. I. Clough, Tillamook HARVESTER OLDSTYLE WHISKEY the highest type of a pure straight whiskey hlend. aged in wood, complying with both the United States and State Pure Food Laws straight whiskey—all whiskey—old whiskey AMERICAN IMPORTING CO San Francisco Distributers Astor»1 — . W. J. STEPHENS, Distributer for Tillamook. Ort* A