Tillamook’ Haadlignt, August T, 1912
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Did His Work loo Well,
fhlle It to no easy matter foe a
Hu maker to rival tbe tamoaa
udlvartus Instruments, an America*
ker once did thia, and did It In os
-ctlve a manner that experts pro
need bis violin a genuine Stradlva-
Tbe successful man was Georgs
aunder. who died some years ago.
remarkable ability as a maker of
lDS was known to many a dlstln-
ihed player, such as Ole Bull, Re
lyl. and Wllbelmj, but be achieved
. runs the story-hls greatest sue-
i at tbe last Paris exposition. Tn
t exhibition he sent an imitation
adivarlus and to test Its merits
I it placed on exhibition as tbe
mine article. A committee of ex-
ts carefully examined the Instru
ct and pronounced it a Stradlvarlus.
far Gemunder's triumph was com-
te. but now came a difficulty. When
claimed that it was not an old vio-
but a new one. made by himself,
committee would not believe Mm.
>y declared that be bad never made
Instrument and pronounced him an
>ostor. He had done his work ton
IL
Moon Blindness. ■
, naval correspondent bad written
m Port of Spain. Trinidad, stating
t In his travels he had come across
ny cases of moon blindness, caused
men sleeping with tbe moon shining
m them, such cases occurring prln-
ally In the tropics and the Medlter-
lean. Strange to say. adds tbe Trtnl-
I correspondent, men so affected can
In daylight, but cannot do so when
ik sets in. Mr. Elgie further quotes
m a communication made by a New
Hand correspondent to a weekly
■ntlflc journal. This correspondent
i many years ago an apprentice on
Liverpool ship Langdale, an East
Ila trader. Once when the ship was
ween St. Helena and the line some
the crew slept on deck fully ex-
ed to the glare of the brilliant moon,
len they awoke three of them were
te moon blind They had to be led
>ut at night and the ropes put into
ilr bands.—London Standard.
A Theodore Thomas Retort
. characteristic story Is told of one
the first rehearsals of the college
>lr (of the Cincinnati College of Mu
I. at which Theodore Thomns had
irlmanded some of tbe sopranos
irply for Inattention, "fie treats us
If we were members of his orches-
r exclaimed an Indignant singer to
■ next neighbor. Thomas overheard
i remark and let It pass for the mo
nt, but at the close of the rehearsal.
the performers were leaving the
ge. he passed the lady tn question
1. turning to her. said very quietly.
: with that bttlng sarcasm which
se who knew him did not care to
■Ite. "Mndnm. you will have to sing
treat deal better than you do now
'ore I shall treat you as 1 treat tbe
mbers of my orchestral”—“Memoirs
Theodore Thomas.”
Close Relationship.
'he Duke of Norfolk once gave a
•at dinner party to a number of his
gbbors Tbe duke was nt the head
the table, and a man seated near
n called out to one of his neighbors
tbe other end of the table:
Mr. Howard, will you drink a glass
wine with me? There was a coo
“tlon between our families.”
With a great deal of pleasure.” re
sd Mr. Howard, “though I don't
>w exactly whst tbe connection Is.
In this county there have been nev
I marriages between neighbors "
Why. sir," resumed the gentleman,
mr ancestor. Ixird William Howard,
lg up twenty-three out of twenty
en of my family, and yon must own
t was a tie.”—Kansas City Star.
Right to the Point.
o do even the most bumble work
*tblly and well something more tban
id mechanical service must be
en. A yonng mistress once asked
' cook about a certain recipe. “Just
r much flour do you put In. Mary Y'
iw. mum. you don't follow any rule;
i just use your Jedgment!" “But
pose you don’t bare any Judg-
ntF' returned tbe puzzled mistress.
>en don't cook." was tbe reply, sue.
st and to tbe point
Depraved.
What la your Idea of classical
■leF
Well." replied Mr. Cumrox. "1
>'t profess to know much about It
t It always seems to me that when
lan writes classical music be simply
ea a tune and seen how much be
i muss It up.”—Washington Star
An Invitation.
'That's tbe difference between ■
inted bonne and a handsome man
”>t to ktos you?" naked abe cwyly.
I rive It up," be murmored. growing
muted.
Why. yon cant let a haunted
toe."—Princeton Tiger.
Carlyle Corrected.
At a Royal academy dinner tn Lon-
dou ou one occasion several artists
were expressing their enthusiasm
about Titian. Carlyle and Thackeray
were among the guests.
“His glorious coloring Is a fact about
Titian.” said one man. striking the ta
ble to give emphasis to the remark.
“Aud his glorious drawing Is another
fact about Titian!" cried another artist
And so they went on until Carlyle.
Who bad been listening in silence to
their rhapsodies. Interrupted them by
saying, with a slow deliberation which
had its own Impressive emphasis:
“And here 1 ait, a man made in the
image of God. who knows nothing
about Titian and cares nothing about
Titian, and that's another fact about
Titian."
Thackeray was sipping claret at the
moment. He paused and bowed cour
teously to Carlyle. "Pardon me.” he
said; “that appears to me to be not a
fact about Titian, but a fact, and a
lamentable one. about Carlyle."
Legend of the Death of Komth.
I The death of Kenith. the half mytb-
k.-ai klug of Scotlaud, was one of tbe
moot remarkable in all history—that
la. If It can consistently be called a
historical fact According to tbe story.
Keultb had killed a son and brother
of the warlike Fenuella. She for re
venge caused Wlltus. tbe most in
genious artist of tbe time, to fashion
an automatic death dealing machine, a
wonderful statue tilled with bidden
tprlngs. levers, etc. When finished
and set up thia “brazen image” was
an admirable work of art in its right
, hand It held a basin and in tbe left an
apple of pure gold, both set with dia
monds and other precious stones. To
touch this apple was to dare death. It
being so arranged that one guilty of
.such vandalism would be Immediately
riddled by poisoned arrows shot from
loopholes tn the body of tbe statue.
Kenith was invited to come and In
spect the wouder, and. kinglike and
just as Fennells had hoped, he tried to
I Muck tbe precious Imitation fruit. The
, moment bls band touched tbe In
Washington Monument.
crusted Jewel he was filled with poi
The cornerstone of tbe Washington soned arrows, dying where be fell.
monument was laid on its fine site,
which overlooks Washington. George
When Folks Feared Gas.
town. Arlington and Mount Vernon, by
In the early days of tbe last century,
President Folk July 4. 1848. Its mar when Illuminating gas was first used
ble shaft rises in all tbe dignity of un In London, timorous people talked of
adorned simplicity to tbe height of 555 tbe dangers of suffocation and of ex
feet. The base of the shaft is fifty-five plosions to which the gas. which was
feet square, and it gradually tapers still imperfectly purified, exposed the
until at the 500 foot point it has dimin , citizens.
Scientists confirmed these
ished to less tban thirty-five feet This assertions, and tbe first gasometers
monument is said to contain 18.000 erected In London by Samuel Clegg so
blocks of marble, each two feet thick. terrified the people that no workman
They were lifted on an elevator run by would venture to light tbe gas jets
steam, suspended in an inner frame which bad been placed on Westmin
work of iron, which was built up at ster bridge. But Clegg soon overcame
intervals, thirty or forty feet at a time, this difficulty by lighting a torcb and
in advance of tbe surrounding mason applying it to tbe burners with bls
ry. Tbe aluminium capstone, nine own hands. On another occasion be
inches high, was set in position Dec. 6. fore a committee of tbe Royal society
1884. thirty-six years and a half after of London be bored a bole in tbe gas
bolder and put a lighted candle to it.
the cornerstone was laid.
to the great alarm of tbe spectators,
but without causing the sllghest acci
The Actor’s Clothes.
Our principal actor of whims was dent. Gradually tbe eyes even of the
Mr. Manafield, as has been made most prejudiced were opened to tbe
known variously. One whim of bls Is truth.
related by Fritz Schoultz. the costumer.
What Shs Overlooked.
When it came to the staging of “Tbe
"That’s queer.” said tbe landlord.
First Violin" Mansfield was keen to
"Wbat's tbe matter?"
get garments with "character” in them
'T’ve Just collected the rent for that
and found that of all places Scboultz's
was the one that could supply him with bouse."
“What's queer about It? Didn't the
redlngotes. He was delighted with
them. Introduced them and at the end lady ask you to paper the parlor?"
"Oh. yes. aud the dining room and
of tbe Chlcagp engagement absolutely
the t>edrooms. and she also asked me
declined to return them.
The matter of getting stage clothes to paint the front and back porches
with character is interesting in itself. and build another outdoor sleeping
Secondhand shops supply the most, al apartment on the rear”
“And she threatened to move, of
though on occasions an actor has
been known to approach a laborer on course, if you refused?"
“Yea "
the street and make him an offer for
"Well. I don’t see anything queer
his weather beaten coat—Chicago Post
about that."
"Yon don’t? Well, she didn't Impress
Gladstone’! Speech For Irving.
Gladstone was a great admirer of upon my mind wlmt good tenants they
Sir Henry Irving, and this admiration have always lieeu and advise me thnt
was shown one day tn tbe bouse of I couldn't afford to lose them I can't
commons. Irving was nnder the gal see how sbe overlooked that speech”—
lery In the house when suddenly, with Detroit Free Press.
out apparent reason. Gladstone leaped
Remarkable Luck.
to his feet and delivered an Im
In Gold Hill. Nev.. In 1877. one of
passioned speech, set off with all the
expression and dramatic gesture for tbe mining bosses—Tole by name—had
which he was so famous. Tbe house trouble with some of the lalsirers In
seemed surprised. Members looked at his mine One night three of them at
one another and murmured. “What is tacked him In a barroom. Two ot
the old man now up to?”
They them pinned him down, while a third
thought It was some deep political stood over him with a revolver. The
game.
But a week or two later a muzzle almost touched his stomach
friend of Irving’s, encountering Mr. Once, twice, tbrlce. a fourth nnda fifth
Gladstone, mentioned the actor’s visit time the wea|>on suap|»-d. lole closed
to the house, and Gladstone eagerly bis eyes. Each moment he expected
inquired: "Wbat did be think of my to be Ills last. Tbe disgusted niffinn
threw bis dlsap[>otDtlng weapon on the
speech? I made It for him.”
floor with an oath and. Joined by his
aids, left the place Tole wljied the
Name For the Species.
A Texas statesman, who knows ss cold sweat from bis brow, mechani
much about poker as he does about pol cally picked up the discarded weapon
itics and aa much about politics as be went to the door and fired off every
does about poker, sat In a little game tn charge, remarking that It was just bls
New York one evening and became ex luck.
tremely annoyed, not to say peeved,
Odd Marriage Ceremony.
by the lamentations of a man who was
Polynesia Is probably the only place
losing. Finally one of tbe other play
era. also Irritated by the constant wail, In the world where the marriage feast
takes place without the presence of the
told the loser:
"You are one of tbe greatest monol- bridegroom For some unexplained rea
oglsts 1 ever listened to outside of a son the young man la "sent Into the
bush" when negotiations are o|x-ned
theater.”
"He’s not a monologlst." said the with tbe family of bls bride, and lie
Texan tartly. “He’s a moan-ologlst.”— remains there during the subsequent
festivities It Is only when tbe gne-ts
Popular Magazine.
have departed and tbe girl Is left alone
with his parents that messengers are
The Snail.
dispatched
for bim
Tbe slowest creatures tn creation are
snails and certain small beetles. Some
of them habitually move only a foot or
two tn an hour, but this slowness Is
partly due to the fact that they remain
motionless at Intervals By measuring
tbe distances covered by snails when
they were kept going constantly It has
been found that tbe maximum speed
of a good healthy snail to live and a
half feet an hour.
Needed Them All.
A well known authoress was once
talking with a dilapidated bachelor,
who retained little but hl* conceit
“It to time now." he said pomismsly
-for me to settle down as a married
man. bat I want so mnch
I want
youth, health, wealth, of course; t>esu
ty. grace’'—
“Yea." said hto fair listener sympa
tbetlcal'.y. “you poor man. you do wnnt
them alL"________________
Plenty ef Exeroiae.
Physician (at watering place te ps
dent's husbaodt—And. after all ths
•lowly Mending.
great thing for yoor wife to exercise
Rhe - And bow to yonr bachelor
Does she take any? Patient Husband
friend? He- When I saw him last be
—Take any! I should say she did.
waa mending vary slowly
She- In
Why. doctor, she changes her drees at
deed! I didn't know bed been III
least six times a day.—London Mall.
He—Ho hasn't bean. He waa sewing
trash buttons on ble noderweer!
Doubtful.
New York Man (In Boston restau
Toe For.
rant Walter. bring me some of what
Tbe fresh roo ng man seated himself
that man has over there
Walter I
don't rblok there will be any left. Mr. beside a handsome girl on tbe train
“Gota« far?" be inquired
when be gets through - Fue.
"You are. str; moch too far." was tbe
eMillog retort.-Boston Tra ser ri pt
•tunned Him.
-Ok. Effie yoer new gown end bet
Trouble and Worry.
are stunning"'
Walt tai trouble remes before worry
-les
Alfred hasn't recovered yet
from the shock the bill gave Mm.”— IM about K. If yon worry before It
romee M tony never come at all and
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you wM bave tout health and spirits
ever a •toentom
Broke» Pledgee.
He—Madam, yoo promised la otoey
Duty pwbs • clear sky over every
me
Do von do It? Xbe—Rtr. yea
promtaed me yoer worldly gnoBa. De
I get em? HaitMoore Aaeertcaa.
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Clarke's Pure Rve, bottled in bond ..
Per bottle,
Echo Spring, bottled in bond...............
Per bottle,
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Hermitage, bottled in bond, per bottle,
Cyrus Noble, 3 Crown ...........................
O.T.O., bottled in bond, per bottle,
Kentucky Dew, i gal., bottled in bond
Kentucky Dew, full pint,
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Gordon Sloe Gin.................... Per bottle
Gordon Dry Gin....................... Per bottle
Rock and Rye..................
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El Bart Gin...................................................
Virginia Dare Wine............ Per bottle
Port Wine.................. *........ Per quart
Sherry Wine...............................................
Angelica Wine...................... Per quart
Zenfendel Wine ..................... Per quart
Tokey.......................................... Per quart
Claret..........................................Per quart
White Grape Juice.....................................
Local Beer, quart . Three bottles for
Domestic Beer, quart.Three bottles for
Special Prices for
Family Trade.
$1.50
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Keg Beer.................................. 15 gallons $5.75
Keg Beer.................................. 10 gallons 4.00
Local bottle Beer
6 dozen quarts 10,00
Local bottle Beer.......... 10 dozen pinta 11.00
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Domestic Beers.
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Sherry
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Claret
1.00 (»er gal.
Angelica .
1.25 per gal,
Zenfendel
1.25 per gal.
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White Corn Whiskey...................per gal.
Harvester Old Style ..................per gal.
McBrayer, 13 years old.............. per gal.
Echo Spring ............................. per gal.
Chestnut Grove Rye ................. per gul.
Kentuckey Dew........................ per gal.
Alcohol ....................................... per gal.
Cornet Dry Gin.............................per gal.
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