TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. JUNE 27, 1918.
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“OH, NEVER AGAIN!”
British Visitor Has Sworn Off
Mint Juleps.
According to Hi« Story He Had an
Idea It Was a “Soft Drink,** and
His Disillusionment Was
Complete.
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BARN’S PART IN SOCIAL LIFE WHEN CITY WAS “HARD UP”
Small Boy Whose Father Possessed
One Used to Be a Good Deal
of an Autocrat.
A hitherto unpublished letter of De­
Witt Clinton, written In 1809 to John
Flnturd, clerk of the common council
while Mr. Clinton was in the New
York state senate, on legislative bills
regarding city improvements, was re­
cently discovered in an Interesting
way during the editing of the New
York common council minutes from
1784 to 1831. The chief topic of in- I
terest in the letter Is a reference to a
bill Introduced at the request of the
common council asking that the leg­
islature authorize a lottery for $100,-
000 for the purpose of raising suffi­
cient funds for the completion of the
present city hall.
Dr. A. Everett Peterson,, editor of
the common council minutes, found a
reference to the letter In the minutes
of the period and Instituted a search
for it. His hunt was rewarded by
finding it among a mass of loose pa­
pers in the custody of the city clerk
and it has been reproduced in fac­
simile with the minutes of 1809, pub­
lished In the fifth volume of the print­
ed minutes. The letter is dated from
Albany, March 12, 1809. Mr. Clinton
was mayor of New York city and also
a state senator, the mayor then being
appointed by the governor, and Mr. |
Clinton held the office several years.
On the subject of the lottery for com­
pleting the city hall, Mr. Clinton said:
"There appears to be a determina­
tion in the legislature not to grant any
more lotteries. The memorial of the
common council praying for one Bias
AMONG WORST OF BAD HABITS been committed in the assembly, and
a bill has been Introduced, but there
Procrastination, When One Has Work Is no hope of its passing.”
That Must Be Done, Bound to
Result In Failure.
PEANUT PUT TO MANY USES
In simpler times, and in parts of the
United States where simple customs
prevailed, the popular smnll boy of
the neighborhood was not necessarily
tlie soli of the richest or most proml-
<-nt family, but, more likely, the boy­
in whose yard there was a good rain
barrel, a smooth cellar door, or a barn.
The boy who would now and then,
from pure favor, or in return for mar­
bles, or some other valuable consid-
erattou, permit other boys to "holler”
down his rain bariwl, or slide down
his cellar door, or, greatest privilege
of all, play in his father's barn, was
the boy whose friendship was best
worth cultivating.
Some boy, in the small community
of a generation ago, was sure to have
a father who possessed a barn, and,
generally speaking, he intuitively felt
hW power, and exercised it over the
other boys on his street or in his part
of the town. Wherever he went, the
barn stood back of him and gave him
support and Influence. He could say
and do things to the other boys that
they would not dare say or do to one
another, simply because the boy Be
said or did tilings to could see the
barn door behind him, open or closed,
as the case might be.
To be one of those entitled to ad-
tuission to the barn was to be in the
right set; to be denied the privilege of
playing in the barn was to suffer so­
cial ostracism.
Lieut. Hector MacQuarrle. whose
book, "Over Here,” was recently pub­
lished, had an experience with an
American beverage that surprised him.
While waiting for a midnight train in
a Philadelphia hotel on a hot night he
became thirsty and sought the enfe,
where he told the waiter to bring him
a large Iced drink and suggested or­
angeade. The; waiter mentioned mint
julep. “The drink was unfamiliar,”
says the lieutenant, “but it sounded
good and American people make the
most wonderful soft drinks in the
world. The very word ‘mint’ suggest­
ed coolness, and the fragrant smell of
the upper river at Cambridge on a
summer’s day came back to tny mind
as I sat behind a large column In the
cafe. Hence, I said : ‘Kight O! Bring
me a mint julep.’ He did. curse him !
With a large chicken sandwich, it ar-
rived. The glass was all frosted,
filled with mushy Ice, while a dainty
little bunch of green mint, with Its
stems piercing the Ice, floated on the
top. I was more thirsty than hungry,
and I was very hungry.
“I drank the julep at once. It was
delicious. For a soft drink the effect
was decidedly Interesting. My first
sensation was a nice singing, advanc­
ing sound in my head. I felt myself
to be drifting along a smooth stream
with overhanging willows and masses
of mint growing on the banks. I felt
that delightful sensation that one feels
He was nn excellent workman. Few
when a tooth has been removed with
Nutritious Oil and Palatable Butter
the aid of gas and one Is Just return­ things were In his specialty which he
Derived From the Humble “Goob­
could not do better than his mates.
ing to consciousness.
er," Beloved of Childhood.
But
he
was
not
a
success.
Others
who
“This pleasing feeling continued for
had
worked
at
their
calling
much
less
a little while and then I could see the
The peanut Isn't a nut at all. but
paneled walls of the room, and I heard time passed him in the upward climb a member of the pea, bean and clover
of
progress.
His
fault,
his
crime,
lay
what seemed a still, small voice talk­
family. It Is a legume and gathers
ing In extremely bad French to the in one thing—he had the “tomorrow” nitrogen from the air. Peanuts do not
waiter who answered in what must habit.
When he had three days in which to grow from roots, but on shoots which
have been good French. The voice
grow out from the plant ahove ground,
using the bad French was very famil­ do a piece of work, he squandered the bear a little sterile yellow blossom and
iar and then I realised that It was my first two in idle speculation as to the then shoot directly Into the ground,
own. I promptly switched to Eng­ amount of time absolutely necessary to where they “peg," that is, where pea­
lish, but the voice was still far dis­ complete his task. If he decided that, nuts begin to grow on them. The pea­
tant. Finally, full consciousness re­ by hurrying, he could perform that nuts »re pulled from the vines or roots,
returned, also a realization of the situ­ task In six hours, he temporized until and the roots are then plowed back
ation. Then the voice In the distance the beginning of the six-hour period. Into the ground to allow the nitrogen
said: ‘Walter, your d----- mint Julep He was eternally loafing and hurrying, to feed the soli. The peanuts are then
has gone to my head and I must catch eternally wasting time and making taken to peanut factories. In these
a train in exactly half an hour.’ The time do double service. His work be­ buildings the peanuts are cleaned and
waiter’s voice expressed Borrow and came more and more slovenly. Other sorted. The largest are saved and put
suggested much water and more sand­ workmen surpassed him. Before long through a rumbier, which polishes the
wiches. I drank water and I ate sand­ he was superannuated.
If you find yourself figuring on the shells. These are sold In the shells.
wiches, and the vision of Mr. Pick­
Other first grades are shelled and sold
wick in the wheelbarrow came upon amount of time you can loaf and still for salting; and one big packing com­
-me with full force. I was thankful get your work done, watch out. If you pany buys only first grades for peanut
that in spite of all I could see my do not, the tomorrow habit will get butter.
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watch, but If the waiter had not been you.—Milwaukee Journal.
If the peanuts are pulled roots and
firm I should have missed my train.
all, the peanuts are dried out by stack­
The water and the sandwiches were
New Kind of Honeymoon.
ing on poles, then pulled off and sold.
successful. A faint knowledge of
A domestic long in the service of a Broken peanuts are pressed and the oil
Christian Science picked up from my well-known Alabama family recently
extracted. Much of this oil Is sold as
chief in New York helped me, and ' gave “notice” of two weeks, explain­ “pure olive oil.” In fact, it is quite
In a perfectly stately manner I walked ing that she desired to get married. as rich and nutritious as olive oil. The
out of the hotel nnd along the road The mistress mnnaged to secure a refuse Is pressed Into cakes and sold
end caught my train.
successor, but was dismayed to dis­ as oil cakes for feeding stock and
“I would advise all foreigners ar­
i riving In America,” Lieutenant Mac- cover that the new servant could not especially dairy cows.—St. Nicholas.
( report for duty until a week subse­
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Quarrle concludes, “to avoid mint ju­ quent to the time fixed for the wed-
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Origin of Scottish Festival.
leps. It was extremely pleasant, al­ | ding of her predecessor. So the pres-
The origin of “hogmanay,” which
most delightful, but a mint julep taken ; ent Incumbent was asked whether
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several hours after a meal when one she would not agree to postpone the used to be so dear to the youth of Scot­
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drinks but little at any time. Is ex­ i happy event for a week. This the do- land, ay, and to the auld folks, too,
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tremely potent. I have been told , mestlc declined to do. However, she has given rise to endless discussion.
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since that just after a meal a mint I snld that she didn't In the least mind The following correspondence has ap­
r julep is comparatively harmless, and
peared In the Scotsman as to the
r that It is not a soft drink. Frank­ ' getting married and continuing the origin of the custom and the name:
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household
duties
till
her
successor
tl ly, I will never touch one again as
"The derivation Hagfa-mene, the
tl long as I live. There are too many could put in an appearance. The hus­ holy moon, has been suggested, the
band-elect
offering
no
objections.
i> possibilities in Its Icy depths.“
period of which corresponded to our
I this arrangement was agreed upon, December. Some, with consldertible
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and an hour or so after the marriage plausibility, derive It from the Latin,
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Something to Worry About.
ceremony the domestic was perform­ Hoc in Anno, a persuasive to charity
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As if we haven’t already enough to ing her duties Just as before.
keep our minds busy, with war and the
"I presume your husband has re­ which reminded well-to-do patrons that
high cost of living! And our friends, turned to his work, as you have done,” the year had all but run Its course, but
that there was still time to relieve
the learned astrbnomers, who study the mistress chanced casually to re­
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their needy supplicants. It is not im­
the heavens just as carefully as the mark.
probable that the term Is of Teutonic
average fellow does the Innermost re­
“No’m," responded the girl, In a origin. It • may be connected with
Pi cesses of his pocketbook day before matter-of-fact tone; “Joe, he done
Hoegtid. a name applied to Christmas
tp
pay, are Intent upon adding to our load gone on his honeymoon."
end (or) other festivities. Hoeg-tlde
W)
of worry burdens. They—some of
day would thus mean the laettlssimus
R<
them—believe the sun Is going to ex­
Historié Totem Pole« Vanishing.
dies, or gladdest season of the year.”
wi
plode.
One
of
them,
writing
In
Pop
­
The totem poles are going. These
pe
ular Astronomy, points to the fact that quaint monuments of a vanishing race
Lily*« Rapid Growth.
our sun is of advanced age, and pre­ that have made the coast of British
xh
The great water lily of the botanic
dicts
its
finish
as
the
leading
figure
Columbia
and
southern
Alaska
famous
bn
In our solar system. He finds that our are fast wasting under the Influence gardens in London usually has a long
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season. In the spring it disappears
sun
has contracted 93,000.000 miles of wind and weather.
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beneath the water of its tank.
from
each
side,
thus
giving
its
hot
Once the designing and constructing
bei
center 186.000,000 miles less of room. of totem poles flourished among the How the lily vanishes and is re­
pl*
So you see the sun’s center Is rather Haldas and to a lesser extent among produced is explained by Mr. North,
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crowded
for space. Something like the the Tslmpsean Indians. This was long the curator. The thick root stock
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three-room
apartment couple when vis­ before» the white nmn Invaded the Pa­ gradually rots away and the fruits,
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iting relatives begin their summer va­ cific Northwest. Reni totem poles with which are about the size of a baseball,
PM
remain at the bottom of the tank.
the history of tribes and families They are fished up in the spring and
poi cation drives.—Syracuse Journal.
carved Into their odd structures are the seeds are extracted. A single seed,
«Ul*
no longer made and each year sees though no larger than a pea, will in
Different Species.
Our little three-year-old spends his some of the older ones disappear. four months produce a plant that will
Some are still standing in their origi­
1 mornings out of doors always, even nal positions In the village of Kltwan- cover an area of 1.000 feet. In its na­
though
he
has
no
playmates
near
and
tive district, the Amazon, the Victoria
the
ga. on the Skeena river. Some of
sali has to play alone. He calls to us once these are said to be two hundred years Regia is largely used by the natives as
food. It grow« on the lagoons and is
con In awhile, and the other day informed old.
perennial.
torj our maid he was fixing nuts for the
squirrel.
To
tease
him
and
also
to
belt
help
him
differentiate,
she
asked
him
Astronomer Sees Sun's Finish.
Jan
Purpose In Her Song.
Our friends, the learned astrono­
T why he didn’t give the squirrel spin­
Betty was spending the summer at
ach
or
beans,
for
instance.
“
Oh.
no.
”
mers.
says
the
Syracuse
Journal,
are
how
Aunt Kate’s, where Mary, the eldest
orde was the Instant protest, “he Isn’t an Intent upon adding to our load of wor­ daughter, was her special favorite.
Inside
bird.
Laura.
”
—
Chicago
Tribune.
1
ry
burdens.
They
—
some
of
them
—
be
­
emp
When Mary announced one day that
lieve the sun is going to explode. One she was going away for a visit Betty
peai
Fireman’s Bravery Lauded.
of them, writing In Popular Astrono­ was quite Inconsolable, and as the time
Phil
John Harvey Stacks, fireman, third my points to the fact that our sun Is drew near for her departure she went
the •
any rlaas. United States navy, has been of advanced age, and predicts its fin­ about looking sad and doleful. How­
T» commended for courage displayed dur­ ish as the leading figure In our solar ever, just as the car drove up to the
teon ing a Are on board a patrol boat. system. He finds that our sun has door to take Msry to the station Betty
anch Stacks attached a line to himself and contracted 93.000.000 miles from each began to sing at the top of her vole«.
•tTM went down the port ventilator with a side, thus giving its hot center 186,- Mary turnad laughingly to her and
fire hose to help quench the flames, 060.000 miles less room. So you nee said. “I don’t believe you feel so very
though the fire was then at Its height | the sun's center Is rather crowded for bad. after all, that I am going away.
and smoke and steam were pouring space. Something like the three-room- If you can sing like that.” Said Betty.
from the ventilator. Stacks enlisted | apartment couple when visiting rela­ In the moat pathetic way, ‘T«e just
tive« begin tbefr summer vacation
AM- ia< 19ia* *t Dallas, Tex.
ringing to keep the tears away.”
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drives.
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July
New York Ones Sought Legislative
Authority to Run Lottery to
Secure Needed Funds.
Dressmaking
Fourth
Department
Celebration
Plans for a wonderful
patriotic Fourth of J'uly
Celebration are well trader
way with hundreds of sold­
iers participating. Spend
the 4tb in Tillamook, you'll
have a splendid time.
TILLAMOOK. ORE.
We have made arrange­
ments whereby customers
can now have all their
dressmaking done in the
store by a competent work
er.
'file Department i>
now open and we invite
you to take advantage of
this service
The Store that Sells for Cash Only—and Selling for Cash Sells for Less.
The June Economy
c_^lre You a Saver ?
SALES
Buy?
Will be Continued Up to and Including
Thursday, July 4th.
AHESE Sales afforded wonderful oppor­
tunities for securing new seasonable
goods at remarkably reduced prices
in every department Plan to ¿io your
pre-holiday shopping here and save
money on every purchase.
Brief mention of the Bargains available
follows : —
Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear
Half-Price.
Actual $21.85 to $35.00 Suits
1
Actual $21.50 to $24.85 Coats
Actual $31.50 to $35.00 Coats
Actual $9.45 to $11.00 Sport Skirts
Actual $12.75 to $16.45 Sport Skirts
Actual $8.97 to $9.65 Silk Skirts-
$19.85
$29.45
$ 8.40
$11.35
$ 7.65
War Saving
Stamps.
President
Wilson
asks
eVerv man,
woman
and
buy, as regularly as possi­
ble, War Saving
298
4.47
One Special Lot priced at
They offer the Irest secu­
rity in the world.
Join the Limit Club to-
day..
W.S.S
Ladies’ Pure Thread
Silk
Lovely New Silks.
$
$
$
$
$
40 inch Crepes de Chine
36 inch Chiffon Taffetas
36 inch Novelty Taffetas
Sport Pongees andjTussahs
36 inch Gingham Silks
1.93
1.93
1.93
193
1.93
Stamps
and Certificates.
Our Entire Stock of Trimmed ^JAdillinety
Is included in the following two prices : —
One Special Lot priced at
f
child to pledge themselves
on or before June 2bth to
Stockings,
$2.00
Pure Silk Stockings in
Black, White, Champagne
Wash Fabrics.
25c.
39c.
59c.
Actual 35c. to 50c. Fabrics
Actual 48c. to 75c. Fabrics
Actual’75c. to 98c. Fabrics
New Skirtings.
69c.
$ 1.48
$ 1.98
Actual 75c. to $1.00 Skirtings
Actual $1.75 Wool Skirtings
Actual $2.50 Wool Skirtings
____ June Economy Sale of
Ladies Shoes
Actual $8.00, 19.00, $10.00 Red Cross,
jQueen Quality and Sherwood Shoes in
fall the newest styles colors and
'combinations, Military, Cuban
nnd Louis Cuban heels.............
and
Pearl Grey.
Perfect
fitting, perfect sizes 8|—9
—9j—10.
Owing to
the
scarcity of this class
of
merchandise we urge you
to secure the size and col­
ors you need at the very
first opportunity
Price Per Pair.. .
$2.00
June Economy Sale of
cJ/Men’s Dress Shoes.
Gunmetal Button and Blucher Shoes
for Men in all sizes.
A Splendid Bargain at the
low price of...................
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S3 oS
l|ru«VvJ
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For the
4th
Here 'you will find all
your July 4th needs.
Shopfas early as possible
please. You will receive
better^ service and inci­
dentally have a larger se­
lection to choose from.
Patriotic Pina.
Silk Flags.
Cotton Flags.
Tri-Color Bunting.
Tri-Color R^ibbon.
New Neckwear.
New Sport Veils.
New ty^lilitarj) Caps.
White Cotton Hats.
New Trench Hats.
Wirthtnor $1.00 Waists.
Welworth $1.00 Waists.
Silk Georgette Waists.
Crepe de Chine Waists.
Envelope Purees.
“Rjain-Shine” Umbrellas.
Service
Flags
We have just received a
large stock of new silk
service flags with one, two,
three and four stars.to
Price each.............
Also others at|j25c., 50c.
up to $1.95.
'Che Very Latest Styles in
Ladies' Bathing Attire
ç_ylt Vety çyModest Prices.
We show a complete line of Beach wear
for Men, Women and Children and in
order that'you may not be disappointed
we urge you to make selections now while
the line is at its best. Note the prices.
$2.93
Ladies’ Knitted Wool Suits
$6.85
Ladies' Bathing Shoes, to
yr no a « qs
Oxfords anjj high tops. *»OC., IOC., «JOC., «pl.Zb
Ladies’ Knitted Suits
Ladies’ Bathing Caps, Plain, Patriotic and Novelty
Styles in all colors to
match Suits............................
5U c ., o OC.
or. ar rn
JDC., 4DC.,
Swimming Wings, Ayvad’s Famous
48c.
Complete Selection of Men’s and Boys’ Bath
in# Trunks, Suits, Caps and Shoes, also a
splendid showing of Turkish
Towels in White or Brown.
cJAfunsing
Underwear.
Keep cool thia summer
in Munsing Union Suits
—the kind that fit, wear,
wash and give satisfac­
tion every day. Styles
for
and sizes
Men,
Women, Boys and Girls
at economical prices.
La Cette
For Camisoles.
Here is a new Camisole
Lace, It comes in.li yard
Ribbon lengths and only
requires top and bottom
and on shoulder straps to
complete.
a « nn
Price per length .
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