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Tillamook Headlight, November 14, i©ig SYRIA’S HUGE MONOLITH ‘ It takes five different aged whiskies to make Cyrus Noble—each one good in itself. But it takes blend ing and re-ageing to bring out the best in each to a round-out” the flavor. Why punish yourself with rough, high-proof, strong whiskey when you can get Cyrus Noble everywhere F W. J. Van Schuyver Co., Portland, Or P L E who are accustomed to the best of everything prefer our plumbing. They know that ’^Uodard” plumbing fix tures and our service give lasting satisfaction. May we have an opportu nity to convince you ? Our estimates on new plumbing will cost you nothing. A. S. FAIR Telephone Main 1314. O ne and ROUND Tn TRIP * U O ne -T hird F are PORTLAND VIA THE PACIFIC RY. & NAV. CO and /su N S ET\ W iogoeh & shasta I I ROUTES J Account Pacific International Dairy Show and SALE DATES from all points on the Pacific Railway & Navi gation Co. Nov. is. 1». 20 and 21, with final return limit of Nov. 26. Pacific Land Products Show A Dutch Nsw Quins* Dainty. A strauge food forms oue of tb» Largest Stons Ever Quarried Is a Rail«, articles of diet among tbe natives of Dutch New Guinea, of whom A. F. R. of Antiquity. One of tbe most interesting proofs at Wollaston writes in Cornhill aa "The the wonderful civilization of tbe an Moat Primitive People:” "The search for food furnishes occa cients is afforded by tbe great slab of •tone at Baalbec. In Syria. This huge sionally some very curious scenes. monolith Is slxty-nine feet long, four One of tbe most remarkable occur» teen feet broad and seventeen feet 1« wheu the river io flood brings down a depth. It is said to be tbe largest piece tree trunk In a suitable stage of de of stone ever quarried and its estimat cay. A canoe is seut out with men to secure It and tow it to tbe bank ed weight is 1.500 tons. It is thought by archaeological schol When It baa been left stranded by tbe ars that this huge stone was intended falling water tbe t>eople—men. women by the ancient builders to adorn the and children—come out and swan» Temple of the Sun near by—now. of around It like tH>ea about a honey pot, course, in ruins. Here In one of the and you wonder what they can be do walls which still stand are to be seen ing. When you go close you tlud that huge slabs of stone, wblcb careful some are splitting up the log with measurements show to be sixty-three tbelr stone axes, anil others are cut ting up the fragments with sharpened feet long and thirteen feet high. And, more remarkable still, they ar» shells In the same way that thefr an placed in position nineteen feet above cestors—and perhaps ours, too—dM the ground level. Moreover, although centuries ago. The objects of their no sign of any cementing mixture Is to search are the large white larvae of a lieetle. about the size of a mana be found In these ancient buildings, the stones have been squared and pol thumb. I have seen natives eat them Just a* they cut them out of the wood, ished so evenly tbnt only after th» but usually they roast them In the Bra most minute search can the Joints be and consider them ■ great delicacy." found and when traced It Is impossible to thrust tbe blade of a pocket knife Why He Balked, between them! A young and husky college man who How these things were done Is a standing mystery to the scientist— was traveling on a steamer across the Atlantic was asked to box five rounds Wide World Magazine. with an equally husky cbap. who was a fellow passenger, as part of a series THROWING THE DISCUS. of athletic games which were to be held for the amusement of tbe passen Methods of the Grecian Athletes In gers. Next day tbe young man came Homeric Times. to tbe chairman of tbe sport» commit Discus throwing was a refined form tee nnd asked that bls name be with of hurling the stone. In Homeric drawn. “What’s the matter? Ar» yon times, and even at Olympia, a stone or afraid?” said tbe chairman, somewhat mass of Iron was first used for the piqued. "You bet your life I’m afraid." purpose. This was held by a leathern said the collegian. ”Thnt fellow you thong, swung in a circle and burled as picked for my opponent sits at my ta tar as possible. A circular or lentic ble. and at dinner Inst night he leaned ular disk of bronze was used at least over to nie and said. ‘What's this as early as the beginning of the fifth thing "demltasse" I see on the century. menu?* 1 knew right away that he A standard weight must of course, was a Tougb guy’ who had lived all be assumed for the great games. A his life tn tbe open. If you want me discus now In the British museum, to fight you've got to find a man that which seems to have been used, weighs knows a demltasse when be eeee it" 11 pounds 9 ounces, but whether this —New York Tribune. was the standard weight or not Is not definitely known. Neapolitan Diehee. The thrower took his stand upon a In the matter of curious dishes that alight elevation of limited circumfer Neapolitan favorite, the polyp, should ence. where be could have a secure be mentioned. The beautiful bay foothold and was prevented from run abounds with them, and the flabermen ning. Then, with a swing of the arm who make the little harbor of Santa and a corresponding movement of the Lucia their beadquarters spend moat whole body, he hurled the discus as of the day and night catching them. far as possible. They are served whole and are not so The value of the body movement repulsive as might be supposed. turn was recognized by the Bculptor Myorn ing up In the “mixed fish fry" a nice In his famous statue, "The Discobo golden brown. The Neapolitans have lus.” and is understood by the modern strong teeth and digestion. Polyps are athlete when be swings the hammer or tough, and I have always limited my- self to the tentacles, which are crisp even when he makes a drive at golf. and tasty, They are usually accom- pan led by rings cut from the cuttle- The Guest House In Asia Minor. These are tougher still, but The guest bouse Is a real Institution fish. In Asia Minor. It Is sometimes owned what, with butterfly fish, gurnets, mul by an Individual, but is usually the lets and other unknown varieties, a common property of the village. To frit to misto pesebe at Naples Is not to this guest house, like the travelers’ be despised —London Standard. bungalow In India, every traveler has a right, but as all have the same rights one may have more company than he desires. However, the bead man of the village will usually ar range matters for the foreign traveler, and the native guest will often courte ously make way for him. In the guest house Is one large room. In one part of which our horses munch their hay. with the drivers lying beside them, while In the other part we spread our rugs and set up our beds and unllmber onr cooking apparatus. Some guest houses have two rooms connected by a wide opening, without a door. In one of which the animals and animal driv ers sleep and In the other the pamper ed guests from abroad.—Dr. Francis E. Clark In National Magazine. November 18° 23 Proposed by Accident. Mr. Spooner, the clergyman who be came famous for those humorous mis placements of Initial consonants that have become known as “Spoonerisms," For further details as to fares from any specific Is said to have owed bls marriage to a station, train schedule, etc., call on nearest P. R. & characterlatlc allp of the tongue. He N. Agent or write * was very shy and would never have bad the courage to ask a woman to be John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon bls wife, but one afternoon In a friend’s drawing room he was requested to ask one of tbe ladles present to make tea. In doing so he blundered as usual. “Will you take meT' he said. Instead of “There could be no better medi "Will you make tear Blushing, tb» cine than Chambertain’B Cough Remedy. My children were all lady “took him.” and thus he “blun sick with whooping cough. One dered” into a happy marriage. of them was in bed, had a high fever and was coughing up blood Evident. Our doctor gave them Chamber “This car," said tbe demonstrator, lain's Cough Remedy eased them, “I* almost human. Perhaps you hav» and three bottles cured them,” says Mrs. R A. Donaldson, of Lexing noticed”— “Yes. I have," said Binks dryly. "It ton, Miss. For sale by all dealers Don’t waste your money buying strengthening plasters. Chamber Iain's Liniment is cheaper and better Dampen a piece of flannel with it and bind it over the affected partsand it will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all dealers. reminds me of several men I know- been smoking ever since we left th» garage, and the last hill we climbed It puffed like a porpoise. Haven't yon something that Is less human and mot» generally satisfactory T’ - Harper’s Weekly. The boy’s appetite is often the Why Shs Thought do. source of amazement. If you would “Mamma.” said tbe little gtrt. slstw have such an appetite take Cham doesn't tell tbe troth.” berlain’s Tablets. They not only "Why. Jennie." said the mother, create a healthy appetite, but strengthen the stomach and enable •you mustn't say such things ” "Well, last night I heard her eay. it to do its work naturally, For •Charlie, if you do that again I'll call »ale by all dealers . Latest Prices on Tungsten (Mazda LAMPS. 15 watta....................... $ .45 25 watts.......... . ........................ .45 Fl XI»«»........................................ .50 *n watta..................................... • fifi un watt»..................................... 1.00 Fronted Lamp» fire cent» extra. WHective October llth. T illamook E uctric L ight and F vm . C ompany Mamma' And he did It twice mor» and she didn’t «OIL”-Ladles’ Hom» Joorna I. Tho Gamy Bluefish. Tbe blnettsh Is oue of the gamcat I R»h that swim Take him on ligM I tackle, and you have doue soinetm^ I to be proud of; take him on the roeor nized hand line, and you have perform fd a feat that will give you a tbrUI *f I pleasure when memory takes you bi«». fishing. He is a fighter from Bulldog vllle and. being free from all restrfc- tioua, makes uo distinction af ctaaa, but furnishes rich and poor alike «ttk real snjoymeut For a time it t* giuM aport to haul lu bluefish at tbe md *ff a 300 foot line, but if tbe fish at* tar»x, weighing from ten to Ufteeu tbe recruit from the city is doo* after bls struggle with three or toar gte»I Bab. Hauling aboard a big bluefia* t* like pusblng a freight car with Ute •boulder. If the fish run small tbe city angler will find bis limit ut or befoa» be has lauded fifty of them and will ts glad to quit, ivltb tbe sensation that every bone in his body has been smash e<L For hours he can scarcely rata* bls arms, and tbe a< ties In a p***» will continue tor several daya.-N»w York fiuu. Rssksning Tim«. From ttc best tuformatlon »• ba«« tbe calendar eat»* Into use 2330 B. LX, with a week of seven day» uud a yaar of twelve month*, named after zodiacal signs. Th* year consisted of 300 days, which probably suggested th* dlvisto« of tbe circle Into degrees. Astronomi cal chronology was divided Into cycia» of GO years, «00 year* and the star, oe 3.600 years Tbe "Observation of Bel." tbe great Babylonian work on astron omy aud astrology, gave a record of ecllpsra of tbe sun and moon, conjunc tions and phases of some of the plan ets. tbe time of tbe new year aud many other scientific problems. Many of tbs calculations made In this ancient as tronomy are of the utmost Importance even In our day. and to It is due th» era of Nabonassar. on» of the most famous tn the »minis of chronology. Hie basis of all the computations of I’tolcmy, and the dates ia cotfnectlon with Alexander and Aristotle. Since Its epoch. Fell 2«. T47 B. C.. It main talneil its ground till after tbe com. meneement of tbe vulgar era—Ex change Diplomati« American official was once tbs guest of I.l iluug Chang la when there was a great demonstratio« In honor of the raiu god. Noises ______ atrt dent and fearful in tbe err» of tb» foreigners came from Instrument» a«* human throats. The keen old Chinese statenmhn. conscious of the effect that thia «ras probably producing upon tbe A«>»rt can spectator, turned to him and nnM. “This seems atrauge and useleou M your The American, striving to be polite without too great a sacrifice of tnrtb. Made an evasive answer. "You never pray for rain 1« yoer country?" pressed the Cbiuese atatew True Ari. “Critics had praised me. academies bad granted tile exhibition space." snld the artist; “still I was modest enough to think Hint I wasn't any great shakes as a painter The thing that Unaily convinced ine that maybe I wan no dub. after nil. was the remark of 'a Nnnnan who knew a good deal more about bar gain counters than she knew about art She studied n picture that had m de critics overwork their vocabulary tn praising It. and her otilv comment was: 'My! I’ll bet the cloth In that w <m- au's tea gown cost every cent of 50 a yard.' Just as a matter of curiosity I looked up my model and found that tbe dress she wore hnd cost Just that a yard. Then I knew that 1 had been gifted with the divine tire. To depict values so faithfully that experienced shoppers can tell the cost of tbe cloth you paint seems to be hitting old art up at a pretty lively gait."—New York Press. “Oh. yes. we do." “And you always get HI" •No.” “Just the same as In China,” tb» »M ■an remarked complacently. Moot Trees in the provluclul charter of IBM, ««- der which the Plymouth colony and the province of Maine were united with Massachusetts. It was provided that all trees of the diameter of twenty-fear Inches and upward, twelve inches from the ground, growing upon land not heretofore granted to any private per son. should be reserved to the crown for the furnishing of masts for the roy al navy. A surveyor general of wood* was appointed to see that thia provi sion of the charter was carried Into ef feet. Near the coast all white pin«« of suitable dimensions were marked with the "broad arrow’’-three cut» through the bark with an ax. like the track of a crow This was the king’s mark. Long after the Revolution had obliter ated the royal authority men who Bad been taught In boyhood to respect the king’s mark hesltuted to cut so<-b trees Harpers Weekly. An Appealing Greek Oish. Qrsat Men Who Drank. Cato was a hard drinker, while, IO tbe language of one writer, old Beu Jonson was constantly “pickled.” The poet Savage used to go on the hardest kinds of "tears.’’ and Rogers observed after seeing his own statue. “It la tbe first time I have seen him stand straight for many years." Byron says of Porson. the great classical scholar, “I can never recollect him except a* drunk or brutal and generally both.” Keats was on a spree once that lasted six months Horace. Plato. Aristopb anes. Euripides. Alcaeus. Socrates and Tasso of the old timers and Goethe. Schiller. Addison. Pitt. Fox. Black stone. Fielding. Sterne and Steele wet» all hard drinkers at Intervals.—Law doo Times. Roman Masons and Their Toole. The excavations at Pompeii and Her culaneum have, unearthed masons' tools much resembling those in nee today and demonstrated the freer nee of large tiles, the employment of Iron to tie together brick and stone work and the use of a kind of concrete of which lime was the binding medium and finely broken brick a favorite ma terial The dome of the Pantheon, bollt In the Brat century of the Chris tian era. still testifies to the enduring nature of coocrete superstructure. al beit bound with lime and not with <w ment—Cbarlee Winslow Hall in Na Onaal Mag*line Time Was Made For Steve*." Whistlers disregard for time wee perfect Here Is an Instance given by Mr. T. R Way In bis "Memorise of James McNeill Whistler:” "At one of his Sunday morning breakfasts, which were so fnmous. a |>arty of ladle* and gentlemen bad gathered ib hie stodt* with the arranged intention of making an excursion together Whistler, bow- ever, had prepared In his own iniMI another entertainment and. posing one of the Indies, started h full length pointing of her After some time the other members of the party showed signs of restlessness and wanted to know when they were going to start <M the expedition Whistler expressed hl* displeasure, adding, 'By Jove. It s art before every one that 1 would paint a gtrturo" An Ancient English Lew- There was a time when most foreign ere traveling to England had to vtblt a tailor on arriving In order to have their buttons changed. According to a law passed In the eighteenth century, •“? person in Englaud wearlug teMtona made of cloth, serge, drugget or frtaai was liable to a Hue. The foreigner wearing a coat with cloth tuitions made In bls own country la not hued when first charged with this brrac* rt tbe law He must, however, haste« to obtain profier buttons, or lie may be ar rested on the follow ing day.- London Ute txlsixl Whsn Oiarsell Forget. Wanted Them Matehod Dtarueli was s|a*itkliig In support rt A homesteader received from tbe de partment of agriculture a quantity of (xwd Lytton’» motion coodemnlog lb» My »»rd« dwarf milo maize seed, with a request evacuation of K a oda liar to plant It and report the result Here tw said, "the kev of Indi* l* not Mat « is bls report: "Mr Secretary: Dear or Herat or' here came ■ »Hi» (*U*a and rather natural anxiety I» the *odl Sir—1 planted your dwarf maize, and It did fine It was the dwarfest mat»» I eut» end then the quiet resumíalo» rt tbe thread. it !» '•“< in* piace ”* ever saw But tbe Jack rabbit* ate It which I cannot recall tin- liante tb» aa fast a* It got ripe Plea«* send an key of India Is IHindun "‘»ne !>••* other lot of seed and send along a lot Back,” by tbe IllgUt Hou G W. * of dwarf Jack rabbits to match tbe R «.serti Maize. " Qualified. Baron—Ton have cal led to seenra tbe position of porter? Applicant- Ye» »Ir Bsron-Was there not some <*• In tbe anteroom yon came tn? ar pllcsnt— Th»re was. sir There was • man with • bill »galoot yon Heer Baron, bnt I tltew him out-Fllegvnd» -beta rm» She KnSW. d«nr Mid Tbv Lady »nd th* Oa»K Tbe lawyer <to tbe ladyi— Yo» •» derotand tbe nature of an oath <5o*'t you? Tbe Lady <a flurried»-1 beg voor pardon Tbe lawyer <’•* Up-What la tb» naturo of an oatb? Tbe lady (triumphantly! - Frcfaoa. too l It?—Cleveland Pial* Dealer. Whatever may have been the secret of auelent Greek culture. It seems prob able nt least that It did not lie In the cuisine of the race. If the detail* of It Hint have been discovered by modern scholars are to la* taken a* ac curate A writer In Frazer’s Mngaxlne recently told of one <l|sh that might have provoked a warrior to ttesperiite deeds. tint would hardly have inspired nn artist or a i>oet He says they mix ed ling's In rd and milk with thick gruel, making n paste of It and adding fresh < liet—e. yolks of eggs and beef lirs'ns. The mixture was wrapped in a tig leaf and boiled In the gravy of a chicken or kid Then they took off the tig leaf and soused the morsel In a pot of Istll- lng honey, then ate It-Hteward. A Hundred Million Sun*. A peep Into the heavens throuirh a modern teiewope Is a |s,ep Into th» iery depths of mystery With such an Instrument ona may gaze upon 1UO.- i am. non stars, each of them a burning, blazing sun From wbnt lltt'a we know of creation we cannot but be lieve that each of those sun* to g”. light and heat to a train of planets. Just In the same Planner that our sun gives light and life to tils Utile flock of worlds Iteyond those lUU.«» <WI> suns there cisy tie hundred* of nit ">n* more Thus they may rontlnne «ya- tem after system and world* without end." Th« It I m r*<orr1w1 tliai nxHbrr do the rnrnmritf of rôtir ( Ihie Mit, ‘fx*ve one snottmr? "Why. of ouïr««' I <to. mamma.” sbv raplhnt “It umana that I m'ist a»»» you and you <mi*t to’* m» Im and you'ro another" fhi-ago New« n.wt they try to Paw Ka*ws Everything Willi»-Paw. »hat I» tart? 1 Tart I* thinking that a man is t •her. you are afraid to toll »•» Id««. N«|w»lwm. w » i « q Hskwl to MiiiuiiiMrize the art of war. «>’- «wervd brlWly ’The ^rt of <•<>»• m I m I m In t'Hntf Ktronge*! at a givei, point at a irlreri time Hila aiiawer wua fer««r mid true. i. MM that born lull un taiiKht llL'titer General Kommt. •«* tile -ail»« Idea, vet more briefly When the grim old and f«»r<Hull? Confederate WII* asked how to win I« battle he refilled. 'Get litar fuet with tbe mostest uiru Her First Thought. Kits •Miter Strange Yeuth. Doctor—What makes yon think t*e hey hmt normal? Mother — Every thing He was sixteen years old laM Month and yet be doesn't think hb thews more than hie father — Htllads* phta Record Ths Firs Eating Trick. The first known tire breather was a Syrian slave iinimxkEimiis. a leader tn the servile war In Hielly, 130 B. C. Ha pretended to have immediate communi cation with the gods When dusiroii* of Inspiring his followers with ecu a be breathed flames and sparks from ul* mouth In order to perform thia mar vel Eiinus pierced a nutshell at both ends, and. having tilled It with Rome burning suhutance. he put It In hla mouth mid hreailxsl through It Th* siiine trick Is |H‘rform<“d today tn an The Juggler rolls Improved milliner together some flax while It Is still burning P.y this means the (Ire is re tallied tn tile bull tor a long time He slips tni« hall Into his mouth unper ceivixl and brent he- through It 111* breath revives the tile, and he sust <n* no Injury so long ns lie Inhales through his nostrils only What a dreamer eh» la! d’eli« -I »pooid mu ••’ When I told ær »t-ut an a< i aient I» «huh ■ l»onr f*** Io* lost t«th of hiéleos «h» said that was ba> laid, a* he «'«IM mH stile to leave any foot|»rtnt* lAe •and* of time -Jinlg» Th* D.ffsrsn«». Ito J»* k'» coing to marry her! WTV. abes a mere nobody, and his grsadf*» • I,or rw o<er with the MsyBowor' "That* nothing Hers rimi uv« »Uh |t«>ni»i "-Philadelphia Beroed Mrs Benham - 1» '»metnhw that I gav» you n« •WW «nswar tb» Brat tlm» you proposed? Benham-I remeta lief that yo» *»• t»a4s«i **»(••«»•'J »dM* _ _ , —