TILLAMOOK 2HE Á.DLIGHT SEPTEMBER 6, 1917. death in its sting Fearful Effects of the Venom of the Dreaded Fer-de-lance. THE worst of all serpents Only Ins snt and Hsrolo Treatment Can Save Life After ■ Stab by Its Deadly y.ngi— A Bettie With Ite Enemy and Master, the Mongoo... invisible light . Only WhM, It Strike» th. R.tin. of th. Ey. Can It B. S..n, a‘ la «‘“Ple»t demonstration °ir?B iaCt tlat ia bivislble? The blackness of a midnight skv demonstrates this fact most readily We may see the planets brilliantly illu minated by the sun's rays, but the sur rounding apace dark although we know that Ught must be passing there. The passage of a beam of light through a darkened room is only visi ble on the dust in the air, and the cone , light seen when the sun shines through a small hole in a shutter is not visible, but only light reflected irom the motes In the beam. This cun lie easily and simp«,y demonstrated by placing in the beam a glass vessel from which the dust has been careful ly removed. The beam then may be seen before and behind the vessel' but is Invisible within. A Bunsen burner or a redhot poker held so as to destroy the motes will also render the beam invisible at that spot. Light Is only visible when It strikes cn the retina of the eye, and it can only do so when It reaches It In a di rect line or is turned by a reflection or refraction Into a direct line. Just as the bullets from a gun do a man no harm unless aimed or turned In their course toward bls body, so light is without effect unless it Is aimed or turned toward the retina.—Pearson’s Weekly. I THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT MAKES CLUBBING ARRANGEMENT WITH Here exist a large number of ven omous .-erpents-we have many of them in the United States—but prob- ably uo other spot In the known world bus such a death dealing snake as the lalsnd of Martinique, In the Caribbean aea. This Is the fer-de-lance, scientlf- lcelly known as Trigonocephalus lance- olatus, and it can, beyond the shadow of a doubt, lay claim to being the most deadly serpent of the earth. Its bite means death. There are eight distinct varieties, the i most common being a dark gray and black speckled, which coloring enables (t to conceal itself easily among roots and stumps of trees. Another variety Is a clear, bright yellow, and when bidden la the freshly cut caue it can scarcely be distinguished from the »talks. It also may be a dark yellow or coal black with a yellow belly. This is not a large snake, rarely ex ceeding five feet in length and In cir TICKET SPECULATORS. cumference approximately the sixe of a child's arm. To repeat, the bite Their Trad* Was Really Started by meaus almost certain death and should Duma. and His Barber. not the service of a physician, or pen- The practice of speculating In theater seur, is the natives call him, be ob tickets, strange as It n>av appear, was tained within a very short time the started by the elder Duinas. He pat renom does Its deadly work-the flesh ronised a Paris barber nanier Porcher, grows cold, softens, liecomoa pulpy, and one day this worthy while shaving changes In color, quickly begins to the novelist asked him why he did not spot, and a great chilliness creeps sell the tickets given him by the man through the blood. This lasts only a agers of the theaters where his plays t»w minutes, possibly half an hour- were produced. then death. “To whom could I sell them?” asked If tbs victim be fortunata enough to the author of the ‘Three Musketeers.” jet a physician upon the scene post “Why, to me. If you like,” replied Por baste and no artery or vein has been cher. “And what would you do with pierced there Is hope—Just a faint hope. them?” asked Dumas. ‘That's tny But even If life be saved the danger Is business,” replied the barber, continu not entirely removed, for in many ing to lather the bronzed face of the cases necrosis of the tissues follows— famous story teller. the flesh corrupts and falls from ths "But I give yon tickets whenever you bones, »nd the body molders as does a ask for them,” said Dumas. “Ah, one tree. or two are not suf!!,lent for my pur There is, however, a heroic method pose,” responded Porcher. ”1 must of treatment often brqBght into use by have all your tickets and every da? the Martinlqulans. It Is the Immedi too.” “And you will pay for them?" ate amputation of the leg or arm If said the dramatist. “Cash,” was the the bite happens to be In either. Even simple yet practical reply. this has to lie done at once and liefore Dumas at that moment was very the venom circulates through the sys badly in need of money, so he at once tem. There are to be aeon today upon concluded the bargain. Porcher, who the Island many natives with limbs shortly after this gave up shaving and missing, and In the majority of cases cutting hair, made similar bargains It Is the result of having the machete, with other authors and quickly be or cane knife, applied after an experi came rich. ence with a fer-de-lance. The fer-de-lance Is a fighter, and no Turner Had His Way. domestic animal, with the exception of The late J. M. TV. Turner, one of the cat, has any chance In a battle England's most famous artists, served with this serpent The cat, however, for gome time on the hanging commit In about nine cases out of ten will tee of the Royal academy, and one day come out of the fight with flying col when he strode Into the picture rooms ors because of the fact that It Is ap he was struck by a picture sent fn by parently quite as quick in movement nn unknown provincial artist of the and at the same time uses what might name of Bird. Turner took It Into his be termed ring generalship. bands and examined It this way and There is but one animal other than that. “A tine work!” be exclaimed. “It the cat that successfully wages war must be hung up mi l exhibited.” against the fer-de-lance. It Is the "Impossible.” ies|>' tided the other mongoose (Ichneumon), Imported from members of the committee. "The w-alls India a number of years ago for the are full, and the arrangements cannot •ole purpose of getting rid of the be disturbed.” makes In Martinique. "A fine work,” repeated Turner. "It Of the weasel family anil look In« must be hung up and exhibited.” And, ’err much like those creatures, this finding his colleagues to be as obsti little fellow Is absolutely fearless so nate as himself, lie hitched down one A! tar as reptiles are concerned anil will of his own pictures and hung up Bird’s Just as readily attack one five feet In In its place. length as one a foot long. From the mongoose the fer-de-lance « But She Liked It! will flee, but If cornered will put up a Very strong peppermints are grand Feat tight, using every trick at Its father's favorite confection. One day command, a useless sort of contest, ■ -. however, for within a short time It says the Christian Herald he gave one to four-year-old Marjorie and waited *111 b« stretched out lifeless. slyly to see what she would do when A battle between these two natural «emies Is well worth witnessing. It she should discover the pungent flavor tourer a limited fight, but to a finish of the candy. A few minutes later he »l»»ys, and probably the snakes by saw her take the partly eaten pepper- “fl* time have come to understand that mint from her mouth and place It on *hen they enter such a combat It Is a table beside an open window. “What's the matter?” he asked *lth the odds greatly against them. The mongoose Is quite as clever a "Don’t you like the candy?” "Oh, yea,” replied Marjorie, "I like flog general as the cat and uses that lift to advantage. Strategy more than It. but I thought I'd let it cool for a little while.’’—Youth's Companion. •trength is Its asset. When they meet and If the snake Sarcastic. **• no avenue of escape It prepares A young author, evidently desirous for battle as does the mongoose, but Oregon Council of Defence h • more leisurely manner. It takes of benefiting by the exiierience of an •bout one minute for them to get fully older brother craftsman, once asked Propared. There la no trifling, how- Richard Henty Stoddard bow he had The Women's Commitle of the w»r. acquired such a mastery of Anglo- Oregon Council of Defense, through its chairman, .Mrs. Charles H. Castner The moucooee circles about the rep- Saxon. "I don’t know how I ever did ft. of Hood River, has designated Satur always at a safe distance and ’rkwing flre," Inviting it by moWig replied the poet, who, after a moment s day, September 15th, as official regis flojer and closer, to dart out its head reflection, added, "I think, however. 1 tration day for the women of this Ull then quickly Jumping out of harm's must attribute It to the fact that I state. This registration is wholly volun *V- It torments in every possible never had any education. tary and is for the purpose of the ■kkanar, causing the snake to change federal government becoming famil A Medical Epitaph. P*ltlon time and tlmj» again without I can't lie«t “Tears cannot restore iar with the women power of the y* reaching ths objective point At state—listing all girls and women, awing its opponent at some par- him, therefore I weep,” says a corre both trained and untrained, for work iJi*r dl,aJvantage. the mongoose gponilent, but the following pithy epl in the government service of some Ek n fon'art quick as a bolt of taph on the tomb of a doctor (given me. capacity, should it be found necessary Jlb'htag, catches the serpent firmly I hasten to say. by a medical mam for the nation to call upon the women the teeth liehind the triangular comes near it: of the country to take the places of n "He survived all hie patients. Man men in industry in order that men ’■ • shake, possibly two—no more— ma\ be released to join the color:. It J ln ***s ,lme than 11 fakeg to ,el1 chester Guardian. is also essential so that trained female fer-de-lance Is dead, its rerte- help may be secured for government levered.—Los Angeles Times. Commercial Facility. "Jones Is a regular golden mouthed positions and positions directly con nected with military affairs that can . . Aviation and War. ”^1* never noticed be was so much of be filled by women. G». ,h* BaMle ot the Wilderness A properly printed card to be filled ^er»l Sberidan spent three weeks an orator. What made him golden out bv every woman and on the day J’*®' UP many thousand men and mouthed—perseverance?” of the registration all assistance will “No; hla dentist."-Baltimore Amer ¡be rendered in filling the card. Local ¿•• in making raid«, the sole pur- •tom r W||*ch A® Information lean. ______ I .committees cunini1“'-*" have --- , »•L« teft “AI1 th,t he accom 'nearly all localities of ne state Different With Trouble. •the purpose of caring for this s , work tsys a modern commentator. I (»wens—People talk about borrow ng on September 15th and Governor ct>txl<l have done In a flight."—Youth’s Companion. trouble. "Borrow" d'£“^pmnot? Withycombe. appreciating the impor tance of this undertaking, ha, issued right word to me Oke-WbF no »■’’ wl>at you owe, and you’ll know Owens—When I borrow moW I ean the following proclamation: forget about It right away. Ton owu -Franklin. THE OR *- ** Offers Unusua[ Opportuni^ To Its Readers MONG our large circle of readers there are a great many who are interested directly or indirectly in fruit growing, dairying and other branches of farming. 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Let all Industries Live. ; continue without equipment; if oil Salem, Sept. 1. 1917. ----- -o------ | prices arc to be fixed when wells can l "Live and let live and let everybady Whereas, the women of America, as not fill orders, taxes will fall back on well as the men who are giving them live” is a good American motto, first | the small people. selves to our Nation's cause, can now coined by The Manufacturer. President Wilson has publicly de It is a good slogan as applied to in manded: "A just price for everything perform a great and timely public dustries, from the bootblack stand to the government buys, a price which service; and Whereas, The Women’s Committee the steamship line or transcontinen l will sustain the industries in a high of the Council of National Defense tal railroad. state of efficiency, provide a living While we might live without a rail for those who conduct them, enable is organizing local councils in every community fn this State with the road or the Standard Oil Co., we them to pay good wages, and make purpose of systematizing and making would not live so well and there possible the expansions of their en effective women’s patriotic services; would be other things to trouble us. terprises.” ___________ The industry-killing I. W. W. is and That is good sound sense and not the only foe of industries. In Whereas, The Oregon Division of ought ta be the policy of legislative the Women's Committee of the dustries arc killed by competition, bodies and public service commis are legislated, regulated, taxed to Council of National Defense desires sions. that Saturday, September 15, 1917, death. It is foolish to believe that the be set aside as the day for the regis SICK WIFE’S STORY SUR tration of women in this State for President or his cabinet want to des PRISES TILLAMOOK troy business or industries. They service; want shops open and workmen busy. Now, therefrre, in view of the fore i The President has aummoned the going premises and by virtue of The following hai surprised Tilla- . the i I Big Brains of business to Washing- authority in me vested, I, J - They cannot all be mistaken. We mook : A business man’s wife suffer- Withycombe, Governor of the Cot. State * ' 1 ■ ,on should listen to them and not suspect rd from dyspepsia and constipation of Oregon, do hereby proclaim Sat- | for years. Although she dieted she urday, September 15, 1917, as Worn- | them. We are not going to get the money was so bloated her clothes would not ens' Registration day, and I do ens* [to conduct the war if we kill business fit. ONE SPOONFUL buckthorn earnestly ask that all patriotic women i and industries. To raise taxes we bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in register on that day for patriotic ser must have things to tax. Senator Adler-i-ka relieved her INSTANTLY vice. ______ Lodge hit the nail on the head when Because Adler-i-ka empties BOTH In testimony whereof, I have here he-said. "Let private business make large and small intestines it relieves unto set my hand and caused the Seal all it can and then tax it.” ANY CASE constipation, sour stom of the State of Oregon to be hereunto i If copper mines are to be held ach or gas and orevents appendicitis, affixed this 1st day of September, A. ‘down to bare expense of production; it has QUICKEST action of any D 1917. if sugar factories are to return to the thing we ever sold. J. S. Lamar, drug James Withycombe, Governor. dividendleas era; if railroads arc to gist