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 aaatoaea«aMaMmwBMM«i»BawBM»aaMMMM_-wamMmMm«a«Maaa«WBMMaaBM,iMMMM««MMM«Mwf MMauatoMUtoUaaBtoMaaaagatoMaaBMBMS 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. ........ ——1-------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ A. G. Beals Lumber Company F_ fj HEADQUARTERS FOR DAIRYMEN'S SUPPLIES AND STEEL STOVES & RANCES We carry a Larve Stock of Hardware, Tinware, Glass and China, Oils. Paint, Varnish, Doors, Wincow Sashes, Agents for the Great Western Saw. ALEX McNAIR CO _ „ Merchants in Tillamook i iiiamook County uounty. The Most Reliable w I * w 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.