Tillamook Headlight, February ’5, 1912
ROUTED THE “ROGUE.”
PAPER MONEY.
PERPETUAL MOTION IDEAS.
A Bad Elephant. a Lighted Lamp and a
Lucky Blow.
An odd experience roll to the lot of
three men who were on a tiger hunt
ing ex (»edition tn India.
To preveut the invasion of moaqul
toes nnd other inxecta that would be
attracted by the light tn their quar
ters the heavy cotton curtain which
formed the door of the tent was closed,
and the three friends were chatting
across the table when suddenly the
whole tent shook, and as they looked
round to see the cause the heavy cur
tain was roughly snatched away, and
in the open doorway appeared the
head of a big elephant.
The men bad no time to catch up
1
their rifles. They knew by the ap I
pearance of the animal that be meant
mischief. Lifting up the roof of the
tent with bls bead he threateningly
swung out bls trunk at the man near
•
est him.
At this the hunter sprang to bls feet ,
and. seizing the lighted lamp from the
table, burled it with all bls strength
against tbe animal's forehead. The
glass broke at the blow, and tbe blaz
ing oil covered tbe animal's trunk with
a sheet of flame.
With a cry of terror tbe beast drew
frantically back, ebook off tbe curtain
and fled across tbe country, vanquish
ed by a single blow from an oil lamp
It was a fortunate act. for tbe animal
was no doubt a "rogue” and would
probably have killed one or more of
the men.—Exchange.
it Was First Issued by Count ds Tow-
dills at Alhambra.
The Count de Teudllla. while liesleg-
rd by tbe Moore in tbe fortroax of Al
liambra. was destitute of gold aud di
ver wherewith to pay bis soldiers, who
began to murmur, aa they had not the
means of purchasing the necessaries
of life from the people of tbe towu
“In this dilemma.” says the historian,
"wbat does this most sagaclons com
mander? He takes a number of little
morsels of paper on whlcb he Inscribes
various sums, large and small, and
signs them with bls own band and
name. These did be give to tbe sol
dlery in earnest of their pay. 'How.
you will say. 'are soldiers to be paid
with scraps of paper?' Even so. and
well said. too. as I will presently make
manifest, for tbe good count issued a
proclamation ordering tbe inhabitants
to take these morsels of paper for tbe
rull amount Inscribed, promising to re
deem them at a future time wltb gold
and silver. Thus by subtle and most
miraculous alchemy did this cavalier
turn worthless paper luto precious gold
aud silver and make bls late Impover
Ixhed tirmv abound In money.”
The historian adds. "The Count de
Tend) Ila redeemed bls promises like a
loyal knight, and this miracle, as It ap-
[•eared In tbe eyes of the worthy Aga-
pidit. is tbe tirst instance on record of
paper cuouey.”
Efforts ef Inventors Who Strain After
the Unattairlabls.
Perpetual motion, like tbe philoso
pher's Slone, la one of tb<>»e toms» reg
ularly sought after. Years ago It was
proved that tbe Idea was absurd, yet
only a week or so ago another Invetitor
came forward with a new perpetual
motion notion.
Some of tbese perpetual motion ma.
chines are certainly extremely Ingen
ious. One man thought be bad disco«
ered a way to run omnibuses by them
selves.
He bsd cylinders of water
placed juat above rhe axles, and oo
these cylinders was supported tbe
whole weight of the bus and passes
gers. Pipes led from this water to
the back of tbe bus. curved round and
ended io tbe back board of the bus
The more passengers tbere were the
greater the pressure on the cylinders
of water and tbe faster tbe flow of
tbe water to tbe back of tbe bus. The
faster, too. will tbe bus rush forward:
At least, so said tbe inventor, who ac
tually took out a patent for his Idea
Needless to say. no sucb buses are
running
Another Ingenious idea was a wheel
wltb narrow shelves Instead of spokes.
On each shelf was a lead ball, and tbe
Inventor claimed that once the wheel
was started tbe balls on tbe falling
side kept running toward tbe circum
ference and so outweighed tbose on
the rising side, which ran toward tbe
center. Once started the wheel should
keep on forever. Unfortunately It al
ways stopped after a tew turns —
Pearson’s Weekly.
MODES OF TRAVEL
From ths Jaunting Car to the Modern
Electrio Railway.
Tbe first jaunting car was establish
ed in Ireland In 1815 by a Milanese.
Carlo Blanconi. who settled in Dublin
and drove every day to Caher and
back, charging twopence a mile. From
this small beginning In 1837 be bad
established sixty-seven conveyances,
drawn by 900 horses.
The extension of modern manufac
turing towns and cities demanded still
greater conveniences, which were sup
plied at first by the omnibus lines,
which up to 1860 were the chief means
of urban and Interurban transporta
tion. To these succeeded tbe street
railroad, traversed by cars drawn by
one or more horses, and these in turn
became wholly Inadequate to meet tbe
demand of tbe suburban districts.
Tbe cable car. drawn by underground
cable, was tbe next Innovation, but
this about 1880 to 1890 was supplanted
by the electric trolley lines, and tbese
again were supplemented In many cit
ies by elevated and subway lines In
which the cars were propelled by elec
tricity supplied by a third rail. This
latter device has already been applied
to extended lines of railroads, and it
is not unlikely that tbe present cen
tury will witness tbe electrification of
most of tbe railroad lines in thickly
settled countries.—National Magazine
GETTING UP STEAM.
A Young Engineer's Answer to a Gruff
and Persistent Examiner.
A bright young fellow came up for
i the cadet engineers' examluatlon at
. Annapolis one day. and the judges
asked him tbe usual questions, which
be answered readily enough until one
gruff old fellow frowned at him and
demanded:
"How do you say you proceed to get
up steam?”
The cadet glibly described the proc
ess of building tbe fires, testing tbe wa
ter in tbe boilers and all that
| "And then?” snapped tbe examiner.
Tbe young fellow twisted bls dap in
bis banda and thought up a few more
details.
“And then?” rasped tbe examiner
' once more, pursing his lips and looking
as if something important had been
missed.
Tbe cadet did tbe best he could, slyly
adding sucb details as that be would
shut tbe furnace doors after putting
, tbe coal tn. Tbe moment be stopped
tbe same old question bunt out:
I “And then ?'
"And then,” repeated the cadet slow
ly. raising his cap to his breast and
gazing at the ceiling, "and then 1
should look up to beaven and think I
am ready to go home if the boiler front
comes out.”—New York Sun.
Hoaxed the Book Collectors.
Some yeurs ago a cruel hoax was
played on tbe ardent devourers of
booksellers' catalogues A number of
well knowu book lovers in France and
Belgium received a catalogue of a li
brary to be sold at Binche. a small
towu near Mons. There were only 252
items in tbe catalogue, but all these
were unique examples. Tor. it was an
nounced. "the late owner. M. de Fort-
sas. would destroy any book In bls
collec tion if be ascertained that anoth
er copy existed.” The catalogue, as
may be Imagined, caqxed a sensation
in the book world. Ou the day ap-
|x>lnted for the sale swarms of collec
tors. including representatives of sev
eral national libraries, descended on
Binche. only to find that both De Fort
sax and bls bluebird library were
myths.—London Chronicle.
Moral—Don’t Bo a Goat.
The goat while out browsing thought
lessly stopped and rubbed hie bead
in the way that goats have—against
the side of the bouse of the wolf Out
rushed tbe tenant and fiercely upbraid
ed the hairy butter.
"But I'm quite sure.” said tbe latter,
“that I've done your house no harm.
Besides. I saw the elephant stop here
only yesterday and scratch bls back
against your dwelling in a way that
almost overturned IL And yon didn't
say a word to him. Why should tbere
Ue any difference In your treatment of
us ?"
Tbe wolf licked his chops.
“There Is a marked difference.” he
said, "even if it is only a simple one.
I can eat a goat, but I can't eat an ele
phant”
Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other.
Whereupon be fell to and made a i One of tbe most discouraging fea
quick and satisfying meal of the un - tures of life In Tripoli, aa In other
happy creature.—Cleveland Plain Deal- I Mohammedan countries. Is tbe condl
' tlon of tbe veiled, fatalistic women
! Those of tbe richer classes live in un
Gold Filled.
totored idleness, tbe poor in even more
A gold filled tooth and your gold fill
Ignorance nnd constant, ill directed
ed watch case may be said to be in
versely analogous—that Is to say, your drudgery. A missionary for whom tbe
wife of a muleteer was preparing sup
gold filled tooth bas more or less of tbe
tooth structure of enamel on tbe out per noticed that she set aside in a
| furtive way a small part of tbe tea
side with gold on a core filling tbe cen
ter. Your gold filled watch case con and sugar.
sists of two sheets of gold, having be | "Why do you do that?" wgs asked
“Oh." said the woman. ”1 nmst pro
tween each sheet some baser meial to
which tbe gold Is soldered. As to the vide against tbe day when my husband
'
gold In tbe case, it may be of any flue may divorce me.”
nces and any thickness commensurate | She then made tbe startling an-
with the term "gold filled.” A jeweler , nouncement that she was her bua-
will tell you that 10 carat gold is not | band's sixth wife and that be was her
gold, having too great an admixture of , sixth busband.—Christian Herald.
baser metals Many persons have the
Idea that tbe gold filled case is au
Courage In Elephants.
amalgam of tbe kind instead of a ! An elephant with a good mabont
••sandwich" of gold treated in the In i gives perhaps tbe best Instance of
side with tbe base metals
disciplined conf age—courage, that la.
which persists In tbe face of knowl
edge and dlstns llnatioo—to be seen In
Our Queer Language.
Isn't It a queer language? A New the animal was Id. They will submit
York policeman saw a woman In the day after (bay Io have painful wound»
dressed tn obedience to tbelr keeper
street with a carpet aud a stick
snd m<HW dang er Io obedleoce to or
"Beat It,” be harshly commanded
Wbereopuu the woman struck the ders. though tbelr Intelligence Is sulfl
earjiet with tbe stick and Ibe poll>-e- elect to itndvrstand tbe peril and far
man arrested her for violating a street too groat for man to trick them Into a
ordinance.
belief that It tar nonexistent. No ani
Tbe judge beard tbe woman's story mal will faor danger more readily at
and smiled
man's blddU«.--London Spectator.
"Best IL" be said to her. and this
time she understood and hurried away.
Careful.'
—Cleveland Plats Dealer.
He would bava- gathered her In a
warm embrace, but sbw waved bin»
Right In Hie Line.
hack.
"Tee." remarked the sad looking
"Nor xbe- said imperlo only
stranger; "I bare- seen tbe mat of
“You crus n my heartr .be protested.
many a goad man”
Better 'tby beati.' elie answered,
"lloetor or undertaker T' queried tbe “than my gown.”—London. Ttt-BIta
man behind tbe white apron
(
"Neither.* replied be of tbe sad
•kin of the TurlreL
ks»ka. “I'm a shoemaker *
Tbe ekto gf tbe tarbwL denned.
•tTOtcbt-d and dried, ie iwd by tbe
Ta Prevent Brain BMd.
It men roulai inn castes ar tbe
wheels tn tbelr Mud« aa they do OU
tbetr sutomoMtee N might save them
■ let ef skidding -Off City Bltmard
LUMBER PRICES SLAUGHTERED
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Shiplap $13.50
No. i Kiln Dried Lap Siding $20.
Other Prices in Proportion.
In order to clean up our yard and make room for our great sum
mer stock of lumber, during the month of February we will sell
at greatly reduced prices.
We Have no
Corner in Lumber
of the common kind but we
come pretty nearly having one
in that of the highest class. If
you are seeking lumber.that is
sound, straight grained, accu
rately cut and thoroughly seas
oned, the surest way of getting
it is to come here.
BIRDS’ NEST SOUP.
Getting the Material and Preparing It
For the Feast.
Uninitiated people are apt to think
of birds' nest soup as a most disgust
ing stew of twigs, feathers and wbat
not. As a matter of fact, tbe nest
used by tbe Chinese Is a very delicate,
semitransparent, gelantinous substance
built by tbe swallow-like birds known
as the salangane. Tbe nests are found
In the Islands about Siam and tbe Ma
lay archipelago, and the harvest in a
year will be about 18.000 pounds, val
ued at over $100.000
It used to be
thought that tbe nest was formed of
inspissated saliva secreted by tbe high
ly developed glands of tbe bird. Now
It is known that the nest la made of a
species of alga gathered by the bird.
The season for harvesting the nests
lasts from April until September. It
takes three months to build the first
nest, and just before tbe eggs are laid
the nest is stolen by the collector. Tbe
bird Immediately sets about tbe build
ing of a second nest, taking thirty days
for the work. This is also stolen be
fore the eggs are laid. The third neat,
however. Is unmolested, and the birds
are permitted to raise t^ielr young,
after whlcb the neat Is taken and sold
In preparing birds' nest soup the nest
Is washed In cold water and then cook
ed for eight hours in a closed vessel,
after which It is mixed with chicken
broth, seasoned and boiled for a quar
ter of an hour. Occidentals who have
tried tbe soup find It palatable and
much resembling chicken soup.—Chi
cago News.
Wooden Ammunition.
Rome years ago civil war win raging
between two Afghan tribes, the All
Khel and tbe Mala Khel. Tbe latter
tribe built groat hopes of success on a
cannon of sucb a size that 160 men
were required to draw it
A Sikh
trained in a British battery wax en
gaged to work the gun on the under
standing that he received 20 rupees
every time be bit the village fort of
the foe. This did nut prove Vemuner-
attve, for. according to an eyewitness,
tbe ammunition consisted of “olive
wood balls bound with lrofi bands,
whlcb have a highly eccentric flight
and are calculated to du about equal
damage to friend and foe.” After a
three days' bombardment. In which
the fort was hit only three times, the
hostilities came to an end.—Ixrndon
Standard.
A Surprise For Her.
He returned to tbe automobile in tri
umph. bearing a big pitcher of sweet
milk and two glasses, says tbe Cleve
land Leader. It was more than tbe
party was able to consume. When be
returned tbe glassware and asked for
bis bill tbe good woman wbo seemed
to boss the place said. “Oh. bout a
nickel will be enough. I reckon.” But
the urbanite figured that a quarter was
much more commensurate with tbe
service and prodoced tbe coin in evi
dence of his sentiment. Tbe woman
took it not without some hesitancy
"Land sake«!” she exclaimed. "Did
it taste that good?"
We are the only mill hav
ing a pay roll in Tillamook
City, thereby supporting;
twenty fami 1 ies.
Why
not give us a chance at
your business beforegoing
to outside institutions.
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FuVtlng lt Mildly.
"Tbat man scema to be proud of
bis stupldlty.” aald tbe Impetuone per
eoa
"1 wouldn't put lt tbat way.” re
piled tbe conservative friend
“l'd
«eroly suggeat tbat wben lt comes
to a thirwt for wladom be'« a prohlbl-
ttonlaL”—Baltimore American
Why Raia* It Oatf
At tbe art museum tbe sign “Hands
Off” waa conspicuously displayed be
fore tbe statue of Venus de Milo
A small child looked from tbe sign to
the statue
"Anybody eooid see that” she said
dryly -Ladies Hoax Journal
Chas. I. Clough, Tillamook.
Bow Cold Affect« the Kidneys.
Avoid taking cold if your kidney«
Giv*
Take
I are «ensitive. Cold congest« the
Bowel)—Does be take things philo- kidney«, throw« too much work
SD0Mc*Uy? PowoB-Tea. bat be dosen t I upon them, and weaken« their
part with them philosophically.-Wo- I action. Seri oil. kidney trouble and
even Bright’« di«ea«e may resu'iL
Strengthen your kidnef «, get rid of
the pain and eoreneea build them
True merit la like a rive»-tbe deep
up by the timely use of Foley Kid
or B la tbe tana setae K OMkes -Hao ney Pill«. Tonic in action, quick in
results.—Cha«. I Clough Co.
( k Wurning Against Wet Feet.
Wet and chilled feet uxually affect
the mit-rcoua niembruwe of the
now. throat and lung«, and la
grippe, bronchitis or pneumonia
may result. Watch carefully, par
ticularlv the children, nnd tor the
racking ' stubborn
cough
give
Foley'a Hooey nnd Tar Compound,
it «noth« tbe ififlamel membrane«,
and haul«1 th* cough quickly. Take
no subetii axte -Cha«. I. Clough Co.
Foley Kidney Pill« will cure any
esse of kidney or l»la<l<ler trouble
not beyond the reach of medicine.
No medicine can do more.—Chan. I.
Clough Co.
D.<iry Farm Want'd.
Wanted by an experienced dairy
man, a dairy farm to rent, with
2U to 39 cow«. Apply to thia office.