TILLAMOOK
HEADLIGHT, FEBRUARY R. 1917
AN EMBROIDERED CEILING.
WONDER ISLAND OF HISTORY.
OLD KASSAN VILLAGE
bt One* Graced the Chinaee Imperial
Palace at Peking.
Ths Story of Sicily 1« a Compendium of
Medieval Romance.
Curious Alaskan Landmark In the Ten*
gave National Forest.
One of the most beautiful and elab-
•orato pieces of embroidery ever exhib­
ited in New York was the veiling of
-the council chamber of the imperial
jmlaee at Peking. This ceiling was
(formed of yellow silk of heavy quality
’that much resembled faille in the
weave. The back was of a greenish
blue, woven in a small diamond pat-
-tern. The total measurements of it
sail were twenty-one feet six inches
long and nineteen feet six inches wide.
The design with which it was em­
bellished was an imperial dragon in
the '-enter and four others, one in each
«corner. Encircling these a groundwork
-Was formed ef cloud pattern, and dis­
persed were small bats and other sym-
I Idols. The cloud effect was worked out
du blue and purple and the bats in
gilnk. The dragons were largely gold
•work, and a threefold line of gold snr-
iroundt-d each part of the design.
The story of this ceiling aud how it
•came to New York includes a small
;part of Chinese history and custom,
lit was* In the Imperial council chamber
at Peking that the envoys of the va­
rious natious met in 1902 to settle the
. Boxer difficulties. At the close of the
■«session a representative of the etuper-
•or courteously informed them that the
Kcoiitents of the chamber were consid­
ered profaned by the presence of for­
eigners and that they were therefore
«at liberty to divide among themselves
(the chamber's furnishings, in this
manner the celling fell to the share of
(the American envoy.—St. Louis Post-
, «Dispatch.
Sicily's history is as vivid aud pic­
turesque, as ferocious and creative and
destructive, as mythical and Intensely
. practical as the stories of all the rest
of the world put together And In
beauty of nature. of climate, or man.
and of beast, the island is a paradise
today, whether or not It was ever the
. worklcss, painless, passhiidess elysinm
I where our first an-estors enjoyed all
! the good things of life without having
I to toll.
Nature Itself, now in the guise of the
misunderstood g<sls of old, now In con­
vulsions or in quiet fertility that sci­
ence has made plain to us, weaves
its mysterious shuttle through and
through the highly colored fabric.
Aud men—such men!—tower above
their fellows In the story like Titans—
Pindar, Aeschylus. Theocritus, Thucy­
dides. Archimedes, the two great Hle-
rons, Cicero, Verres. Diodorus, Hauill-
■.•ar and Hannibal, ltoger the Count and
Koger the King, Belisarius, the great
crusaders Richard of the Lien Heart
»nd Louis the Saint of France. Charles
of Anjou, Frederick 11., the “wonder
of the world." aud Garibaldi Even
this partial list reads like a compendi­
um of ancient and medieval romance
and chivalry.—National Geographic
Magazine.
A TREE AND A DISEASE
Malaria and the Effect Produced
Planting a Blue Gum.
by
During the latter decades of the nine­
No other locality is quite like “Old
Ku -an National Monument,” a unique teenth '■entury it was a common prac­
i ira t of land held by the United States tice to plant blue gum or eucalyptus
government. It consists of thirty-eight trees in districts infected by malarial
acres within the Tongass national for­ fever. It was held that the essential
est. Alaska, and the tract embraces the oil produced by the leaves combated
well kuowu abandoned Haida Indian tbe harmful vapors rising fnm the
village of Old Kassan, situated on swamps laden with tile poison of the
A friend just back from Southern
Priace of Wales Island, in southeastern disease. The discovery that the ma­
California »aye :
“The weather was
Alaska, about thirty tulles west of larial germ is Introduced into the blood
fine, in fact too warm for betivy
by a mosquito has settled on<*e and for
rhe city of Ketchikan.
clothe*. Many were bathing at the
The village was abandoned by tbe ail the origin of the disease.
beaches. Orange# were ripe in tbe
Tbe theory that the eucalyptus tree
Indians about ten years ago. Among
valleys, while the mountains nearby
the ti'ihs which remain there areabout neutralized the poison vapors is luni
were covered with snow.’’
lifty Indian totem poles, five or six of sense, yet the fact remjifns that where
with !) are classed as exceedingly good blue gums were f ready planted there
With warm sunimy weather it will
qiecimens. In the deserted village was always a notable decline in tbe
there arc also eight large square build­ amount of malaria.
not be long before the blossoms on
ings wld li were originally construct­
the trees will be everwhere announ­
What is the explanation of this cur-
ed n<-cording to tbe peculiar plan of the cumstanee? It has been demonstrated
cing that spring time is here.
Haida Indians and which, it is stated that, of nearly all trees, the eucalyptus
by those liest qualified to know, repre­ absorbs the greatest amount of water.
sent the best specimens of Halda ar­ Two seedlings—a blue gum and a plum
chitecture that now exist. The largest — were placed with their roo»s In wa­
of these buildings is approximately 40 ter, and the height of the water was
by t; < feet in size and is made entirely carefully marked.- Tbe plants were
of round and enrred timbers.
kept in a warm atmosphere and ex­
different February.
There also remain a number of In amined at the end of twenty-four
dlan graves, with the typical small hours. Tbe little enealyptus had dis­
grave bouses erected by the Alaskan posed of four times the water that the
Indians "Kassan" is said to be the
Indian word widen means "a pretty plum had been able to take up.
Seeing that blue gums increase in
’own." and all reports agree that the
village «as well named. The fact height with great rapidity, often grow
will take you there in comfort.
that the village was occupied by the Ing many inches a day In a hot posi­
Ask the agent.
ludinns for many years explains the tion, tbe amount of moisture taken up
CURIOUS FRENCH DUEL.
Increases
on
a
greatly
progressive
JOHN
M.
SCOTT,
General Passenger Agent,
local name, "Old" Kassan, by which
it is widely known. Since tbe village scale. And this is Just wbat brings
PORTLAND,
ORE.
Wh«n Man and Wife Tried to Settle a
| was abandoned by the Indians the about the downfall of the malarial
Dispute With Swords.
h’.lldings have been rapidly falling mosquito. To complete Its life cycle it
Charles Coypeau. Sieur d'Assoucl, a I iuio a state of dilapidation aud decay. is necessary that this insect should
French poet and musician of the sev­ - Exchange.
pass its larval stage iu pools of water.
enteenth century, relates in one of
With the coming of the eucalypti these
his "Adventures" that his father and
HE KNEW A GOOD PLAY.
pools and indeed all marshy places dis-
AMERICA
VESPUCCI.
mother were one day engaged lu a dis­
appear, the breeding spots of the mos­
The Sagacious Canine Didn’t Even cussion upon questions of Jaw when
quitoes are gone, and in time the In­
siia Asked Congress For Citizenship
a dispute arose between them with
Have to Read It
sects vanish altogether.
and
"a
Corner
of
Land.
’
’
I One day 1 brought to my rooms in regard to the precise signification and
A de Ided sensation was created at
/Twenty-third street a box of old mau- bearing of a provision in Justinian's
THE MIDDLE WEST.
»Id ugton during the Van Buren ad
Kusi-ripts. Death and Trap, a bulldog code witli respect to the rights of
•liins. atiou by the appearance there
■and fox terrier, stood l>y and looked brot hers.
Can Any One Really Tell Juet Where It
Ultimately the quarrel waxed so furi­ •1 a handsome and well dressed Italian
B&ou idly while 1 as idly looked over the
Is Located?
\
•v
null
i
who
called
herself
America
ous
that
tl'.e
disputants
lost
all
control
Etolays. Suddenly Trap flew at a heap
The east retains it somewhat con­
'.'i
>u
-i
and
claimed
descent
from
the
of
themselves,
defied
each
other
to
' '«of manuscripts ami seized a printed
descending attitude toward tbe middle
^»ttiook. We tried to get it from him. single combat and proceeded to settle nn- l ::;or who gave his name to the west, and in .its friendliest moments
It’s all power
ale dashed about the room. under and their difference and determine the i oidliu.-nt F.x-I’resldent Adams and sia-aks of the plainsmen as "first rate
mind of the ancient legislator by a
‘iniel Webster became her especial
¡Sever the bed.
because it’s all re­
raw
material,"
as
if
the
middle
west
<Is. ai.u site soon was a welcome
| he landlady opened the door. Out tight with swords.
fined gasoline—not
This singular duel took place in their gin -t In the best society. In a few existed and had somehow a local habi­
Hxvcut Trait, nearly upsetting my land-
a mixture.
tation
and
a
name.
■ady. My brother Sum and 1 rushed son's presence. Coypeau pere was an .'.'ee':s alter her arrival she presented ii
The
middle
west
itself
is
by
no
means
«after the dog. Trap beaded down advocate by profession and a mem­ • • inn to congress asking, first to be so sure about- that. .Although the prai­
^Twenty-third street direct to the I.y ber of one of the French parliaments. ill .¡tied to the rights of citizenship ries begin nt Batavia. N. Y., Buffalo-
iv^ceum theater, play in mouth, lu and Madame was exceedingly diminutive •ir: -ci i niily, to he given "a corner of nians resent being termed middle west­
•out among cabs and cars, pede-tri nils and had to wear exceptionally high in
out :>f the public domain of the erners. Omaha 1 should tiescribe as
land Jehus, that wonderful dog went pattens to approach the ordinary stat­ ■ouiilrr which bore the name of her unquestionably middle western, yet
Ksluirectly to the box office of tile theater. ure of women, but she was tierce and at l usior. An adverse report, which there are middle westerners who repu­
I l-'rauk Lluucc. the business manager domineering iu temper. The combat > hi was marie. is one of tbe curiosi­ diate Nebraskn and only tepidly ac­
■beheld him. “What has he got there?' appears to have been a drawn battle, ties
congressional literature. It eu- cept Kansas, while St.. Lotus anti Kan­
•Biti'l he. “A play," said I. "Does he and the sense at Justinian remained io: i ed the petitioner as "a young, dig- sas City belong to the middle west ac­
as
obscure
and
debatable
as
ever.
«ffvaut me to read it?" said Bunce. "If
allied and graceful lady, with a mind cording to some authorities, to the
jnu please." 1 replied. Take it up
of the highest Intellectual culture and south according to others as vociferous.
tBtairg to Mr. Frolimau." said the busi-
As Blind as Love.
a heart beating with nil our own en­
By general consent Minnesota belongs
siess manager.
As the German army approached thusiasm in the cause of American and to the northwest. However, if you go
i 'Twas done. Frohman read it. He Brussels in August, 1014. it was re­ humuii liberty." The reasons why the halfway from Portland, Me., to Port­
«accepted and produced it. The play ported that the Invaders might shell prayer of the petitioner could not be land, Ore., all of Minnesota lies behind
Bind been written twenty years before the city. In a high state of alarm the granted were given, but she was com­ you. In Chicago they say: “Why, man.
Cor my father by Madison Morton and Chinese minister went to see our min­ mended to the generosity of the Amer­ alire, there's nothing western about us!
liobert Reece. They called it “Trade." ister, Brand Whitlock, to see what ican people.
This is the interior." A dear soul in
Crohman christened it "The Highest Whitlock meant to do in the event ef
"The name of America, our country's Montana remarked to me: “How Jolly
Bidder." The play was a great suc- bomlrardmeut.
nnine. should be honored, respected and to bear that you came from tbe eust!
4cess and started both I'an Frohmaa
"1 do uot believe there will be tiny cherkdied in the interesting exile from I'm an easterner myself. 1 lived In
and myself on the waters of prosper­ assault," said Whitlock. "My infor­ whose ancestor we derive the great Iowa.”
ity.—Edward H. Sotbern's “The Mel­ mation is that the authorities will sur­ and glorious title."
Whore, then, is the middle west? In
ancholy Tale of 'Me.'"
render Brussels to avoid say possibil­
Later it was discovered that the wo- the words of the immortal Artemus, I
ity of damage. But if there should be I man was an Impostor.—'Tesley'a Rem answer, "Nowhere -nor anywheres
..........
an engagement, and the Germans | InlBceneBS.”
A Useful Storm.
else.”—Rollin Lyude Hartt tn Ceutury
I Professor Cleveland Abbe, the Amer­ should use their heavy guns, I shall
Magazine.
heist
the
flag
of
my
country
over
this
ican meteorologist, was generally cred­
Genius and Hair
A!I the convenien­
ited with being the father of scientific building, and I shall call upon my fel
Charlea Kasral has carefully review­
Tho Haight ef Traee.
Bakes, broils, roasts,
ces
of gas — better
'Weather forecasting The possibility low countrymen to come here for safe­ ed the biographies of most of the emi­
When one is out for a wit Ik it is a
toasts. More efficient
cooking and a
«Of predicting the weather was first ty and protection. I advise y«>« to do nent men of the world and has tabulat­ very camtnon thing to wish to know
than your wood or coal
«considered at an international confer the same thing with regard te your ed the results of bls work, no far as the height of a particular tree which
cleaner
•once at Brussels in 1853. but the nec- people.''
the color of the hair la concerned. Dark i happens to catch the eye. When the
stove, and costs less to
cooler
"But. Mr. Whftlsck," murmured the brown to black Is the prevailing hneen j sun Is shining it is ¡lOHsible accurately
■asary impetus to the movement was
operate. Your cooking
kitchen
«i ven in 1854, during the Crimean war. Chinaman tn his [wllte but labored the bauds ef great men. A list of fifty I to measure th» height of tlie tree from
is better, too, because
4>y a violent storm in the Black sea. English, "the cannon-he has ns eyes!" names has been compiled in which the . tbe shallow It < asts on the ground. In
you have heat-control
■Which caused havoc among the allied —Saturday Evening Post.
color of tbe hair ia given by biogra­ order to do so a stick must He set up­
British and French vessels. One French
s
like a gas stove.
phers, and 90 per «rent are dark brown 1 right In tbe ground so that its shadow
warship was wrecked, and in conae-
Castle Garden.
or blaek. The structure of the hair— j falls beside the shadow of the tree.
•qiience of this disaster the astronomer
Castle Garden was built by the Unit­ whether straight or curly—Is given on | Then, as the length of th« »tick's shad,
Terrier (the co-diseoverer of Nep ed States in 1807 from the plane of twenty-six of Mr. Kassel's list of ge­ ow to tbe stick's height, s«> is the
<uue. appropriately enough) was com- Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Williams. niuses, and of these all but four jmh «- length of the tree's shadow to tbe
missioned by the French government C. E., and was called Fort Clinton. In sessed curly or wavy hair. It is ex- ‘ tree's height. For example, suppose a
to Investigate the meteorological con­ 1822 It was ceded to New York city; tremely notable that, of the remaining two and a half foot stick shows a
ditions at the time of the storms.— in 1824 It became a place of amuse­ four, Napoleon and President Jackson shadow three feet long and the tree's
Westminster Gazette.
ment and about 1828 got its present were the two remarkable for “wiry shadow Is eighteen feet long. There­
The New Perfection
name; In 1845 there were Ethiopian hair,” and that James Russell Lowell fore the tree is six tiin«*s as high as
gives a clean, cdoileas.
minstrels there; in 1847-1» theatrical and Grieg were those having lank, the stick, which shows that tbe height
Than He Drifted.
Bootless flame because of
of tile tree will be tlfte«-n feet.
—Mildred.” said the companies played there; in 1850 Jenny straight hair.
the long blue chimneys.
K gh'-T
“m1m but Uppson
otherwise honest ami ambi­ Lind sang there; in 1855 it was closed
Cuts out the drudgery of
Bat
wood or coaL
Keepa
Ha Was Short.
Clous young man. "1 have paddled my as a place of amusement, and the com­
Why He Got “Licked.”
R t ¡ulti
your hltehtn cool. In
«•wn canoe for years and feel sure 1 missioner of emigration took it as an
Early one evening a frail little girt ’
“I understand you were punished in
1,2,3 and 4-burner sisee,
Uu
Can support you. Will yon be mv emigrant depot; in 1870 it suffered school yesterday, Thomas,” said Mr. entered a candy store and asked for I
ovens separate. Also
Biarl Oil
from fire, and <m July 9. 1876. it was Bacon to ilia twelve-year-old boy.
Wife?"
a cake of chocolate. After she had
cabinet models with Fire-
■ “Nothing doing iu the canoe line." burned to the ground. It was rebuilt
"Yes, sir," promptly replied tbe tru»h the candy she put four pentde» on the '
lesa Cooking Ovens.
replied the haughty maid. "If you at once, in 1892 the depot was moved ful Thomas. “It was for telling the counter and started out.
Ask your dealer today.
Tile storekeeper, though averse to
Siad sailed your own yacht for years I to Ellis islsnil, and Castle Garden re- ' truth, sir.”
Standard Oil Co.
*lght have consid«re«l your proposal." verted to the city, which in 1896 open- ' "Your teacher said it was for some frightening the little thing, ch I led aft- .
(California)
ed an aquarium there.
er her in a gentle voice:
hM.'bieago News.
reflection on her age."
"You're a penny short.”
“That's the way she took It father.
~-i
“No; you r« a penny short." she call- I
Anxious to Sava Him.
Our First Battleship.
You see, she drew a picture of a basket
■ "What are you doing there?”
The first American battleship was of eggs on tbe blackboard, ai d while ed back as she disappeared.
M “Figuring on the upkeep of an
t auto- the old Texas of Spanish-American she was out of the room I Just wrote
Wall Named.
aaohile.”
war fame. She was authorize by con­ under them. "Tbe hen that made these
"A wonderful man is my uncle,” »aid
Mr” You can’t afford te buv uu automo- gress in 1886 ami was completed six eggs isn't any chicken.’
Pittsburgh
little Binka. "so very original and
Wile”
years later. The original battleship Chronicle-Telegraph.
witty."
* “1 know it. I'm just getting up
i Botile was little over Soo feet long and had »
He says he called his dog "Sausage"
Only Way te Know Dogs.
data with which to convince a t friend displacement of <1.315 tons. The pres­
The only true end thorough straight be-a use ft was half bread, bls goat
af mine that he can't afford to buy one ent day Texas Is 554 feet long and has
Astounding Report for Tillamook.
a tonnage of 27.000 tons, f he old Tex­ way to know the «log is to own one. A “Nearly” because It was "ali butt" ami
dither.’'—Birmingham Age-Herald.
as ended her da.vs as a target for navy common residence under the same roof­ his prize ««wkerel “RoMnsoo” because
Exclinnge
tree, be it animals or humans, is the It '•Crns<ie
1 he wife of a merchant had stomach
Weather er No.
practice.—Exchange.
sure test of personality. To own the
“Now tell us." sternly demanded the
trouble so bad she couhl rat nothing
A Sure W.oner.
<log is to comprehend him in hie faults
lung legal luminary, whose brow
Lata Repentance.
Txit toast, fruit and hot water. Ev$ry-
"I've I h »- ii stuck at «iifferent tim«qi on
lerbung like the back of a snapping I “You should ne'er take anything and virtues, to protect his weaknesses,
thing else would »our or ferment
cot'on.
tobacco,
oranges
and
corn.
’
gtle. addressing the cowering wit- that doesn't agree with you.” adnion he anxious at his vagrancies, to atch
fine spoonful buckthorn bark, glycer­
"Well?”
the contagion of his love and to agonize
■s. “what was the weather. If any. isbed the physician.
ine,
etc., as mixed in A<)1<-r-i-ka l>en-
“
Now
1
think
I
’
ll
Invest
in
a
coni
if
ft
so
be
that
he
die.
—
Our
Dumb
An
­
km the afternoon in question?”— I Tbe patient glance«1 around ruefully
mine. That crop is never a failure, and «•fitcil her instantly. Because A<ller-i-
imals.
at bis wife.
h'don Saturday Journal
there’s always a <l*-mniwl for the out­ ka find««-» the entire elementary tract
“If I bad always followed that rule.
Not Becoming.
put.”—Kansas City Journal.
Lizzie, where would you be?”—Chicago
it relieves any case constipation, »our
Doubts Heredity.
“
You
used
to
say
that
girl
was
an
I Herald
rh> you believe in heredity?”
I
stomach or gas and prevents appen­
tngel.”
Bitter.
To.’’
dicitis. It has quickest action of any­
“
Who
Is
that
fooli«h
man
that
Is
In
•Tea.
And
I'm
sorry
I
said
IL
She
Plenty ef Practice.
Why not?”
thing we ever sold. J. S. I.arnar, drug
"Have you any special qualification got intere«to<| In flying, and. after see­ love with you?”
/*>k at the cheep skates that had
gist.
“How do you know he Is foolish?"
ing
her
in
her
aviation
costume,
I
must
for
this
Job
you
are
asking
for
la
our
it ancestors.''—Detroit Free Press
DONE RIGHT
"He is in love with you."- Houston
any she doesn't look the part. '— Wash­
establishment as floorwalker?”
O. I. C Swine.
Post.
,
“Oh. y«nt. sir! My twins hare Just ington Star.
Tao Leng.
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1th— Haven't you and Jack been I hern teething "—Baltimore American.
I have «ome choice fall hoar» for
Vessela large winy venture more, but
Show nie a man without a ajax, and
ged long enough to get married?
•a! . \1 ro somr nice spring pigs to
tkt1» l> >»»s should keep near shore
I
’
ll
show
yon
a
maid
without
a
fault
-
Panama te rising three feet In each
-iliTt ”<»•, both »cxe».
bel—Too long! He hasn't got a
Frnnklln.
RIGHT PRICES.
Proverb.
Io< D<>ndd<on R F D. Tillamook.
century.
left—St. I.ouK Pogt-Diapatch.
the Golden State
Take a vacation trip now where
life is different; where climate
surroundings and amusements
are out of tne ordinary. Spend
a
Three Trains Daily
Scenic Shasta Route
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LINES.
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STANDARD
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of a match
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