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THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY; JULY 14, 1911 -EVENING EDITION. at & f)nali'lna a Crown. What curious old records ono comes across Bomotlm-B In unexpected wnyst Hero la ono which tins reference to Edward III. and Phlllppu of Ilnlunult and la kopt with other 'documents." ut Harwich, their majesties having had at the tlmo n pojaeo at KollxHtowo. It rum thus: "Kor repairing yo queon'B crown which yo king throw Into ye Ore. Item Ub. Od." The points which strike ono In this momoruudum aro tho violenco of tho king's tempor and tho cheopness of tho mcudlng process. London Graphic. On Good In flimsy Houeea. Tho Jnpaneao havo an easier time than thoir confreros In Europe. Orimo In tho land of tho cbryBaqthomum s almost limited to theft and cases of bodily bartn resulting from street brawls. It Is next to impossible, the chlof of tho Tokyo police says, for a murder to bo commlttod without somo one, hearing of it nt tho moment. This is duo to tho fact that tho houses aro composod of paper and bamboo, so any nolso in A house occasioned by robbers or nmasstns would not fall to attract tho attention of neighbors. Dundee Advertiser. Antiquity of the Be, The boo has boon man's companion and friend from the very dawn of his toric time. As far back as wo can go wo And tbo busy boo working for man's dcligjit Tbo oldcct writings of tho Hebrews. Greeks and Romans are full of references to honey and its in terestlng makers. Tho "honey of Hy mottus" wob noted for its delightful flavor, and from tbo bees that mado It tho most Illustrious of tho Greek writers and orators took some of their most telling similes and Illustrations. Now York American. Stories of "Old Q." Tho "wickedness" of "Old Q." (tho Duko of Quccnsbcrry) has paasod Into a proverb, but two talcB of his othor Can You Beat This? $12.50 Cash Buys a Real Up-to-date Satin Finished Brass Bed Tomorrow Then we have another real beauty that goes for only $18.00 Cash We Say We Save You Money and We Mean It, Going 8fc Harvey Co. Baseball Fire Boys' Benefit Game traits may bo quoted from Mrs. Jor rold's "The Beaux and tho Dandlos." Ono is that ho "paid a doctor to kcop him well, doductlng fees when bo was ill, and thus when ho died loft his phy sician his creditor for 10,000, and tho other that "thero was a popular proju dlco against drinking milk in London at this tlmo bocauso It was bcllovcd that tho duko bathed each morning in milk, which was subsequently sold to consumers." An Obliging Model. A Wall strcot man was giving advlco to young mon. "Novcr undertake." ho said, "to do too much. In applying for a position it Is almost bettor to promlso too little than too much. Remember tho model. "An old chap, you know, applied to a Now York artist fur tho post of model. " 'Well,' sold tbo artist, 'what do you sit for? "'Oh, anything, sir,' said tho model, lingering his board nervously, 'any thing you like, sir landsc&po if noces sary.' " Contemporary Opinion of Beethoven. When tho First Trios and the First Symphony appoarod the conservative critics doclarod that they wero "the confused explosions of a talcntod young man's overweening conceit" Tho Bocond Symphony was called a monster, a dragon wounded' to death and unable to die, thrashing around with ItA tall In impotent rugo! Later Von Weber declared of tho subllmo Sovcnth Symphony that "tho extrava gances of this genius havo reached their no plus ultra, and Beethoven is Quito ripo for tho madhouROI" Dolo In "Famous Coinposors." Tho Result of a Drink. Such n slight circumstance ns a glass of wlno chunged tho history of Franco for nearly twenty years. Louis Phi llppo, king of tho French, had a son, tho Duko of Orleans and heir to Uio throno,. who nlwuys drauk.only. a cer COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHING Marshfield Fire Department North Bend Fire Department AT DEPOT BALL GROUNDS Sunday, July 16th at 2:30 P. M. Show your appreciation of tho fire boys by attending this game. It is for benefit of tjio two departments. tain number of glasses of wlno, tfo causo oven ono mora mado him tipsy. On a memorable morning ho forgot to count tho number of his glasses and took ono mora than usual. When en tering his carriage ho stumbled, fright ening tho horses and causing them to run. In attempting to leap from, tho carriage his head struck tho pavement, and ho Boon died. That glass of wino overthrew tho Orleans rulo, confiscat ed tholr property of $100,000,000 and sending the wholo family into exile. Jaokstanet. Most girls and somo boys hnvo play ed in their tlmo tho gamo of dibs or knucklebones or jackstoncs, but fow of thorn know that tho gamo has exist ed slnco tbo third century B. O. and is probably still older, now It was play ed in ancient days no ono can tell, but tho unklo Joint bono of tho sheep, or, deer and pig were used, and tho gamo was called "astragal." from tho Latin word for tho ankle Joint In Scotland pebbles nro often employed, wbonco the namo "chuckles." Even precious etoncs and gold and bronxo"stonoe" havo boon used, and in soma countries tho bones wero marked with num bers and colored to roprcsont kings, querns, knaves and pawns. USE TODAY. Today U the tlmo to pursue for tune. The hour at hand it the one to make use of and the chances within our grasp those we should seize. "Tomorrow" is never here, and putting off the good we may have for a questionable future is not the best wisdom. Therefore use today. Do the kindness before yon, the duty nearest you, and to morrow will take care of itself. READ THE TJMK8' WANT ADS. vs. The Ignoblo George IV. Then there was tbo precious regent What n crcaturo) Good men and bad men unlto In saying that bo was abso lutely without a vlrtuo. The shrewd, calculating Grovlllo described him In words that burn; tho great duke, his chief subject, uses languago of dry scorn, "Tho king could only act the putt of n gentleman for ten minutes nt n tlmo." and wo find tho common est satellites of tho court despised tho wicked frlbblo who woro tho crown of Cngland. Faithless to women, faith less to men, a coward, a liar, a mean and grovollngcheut, George Iv. smver thclcss clung to n belief In his owe virtues, and if wo study the account of his farcical progress through Scot land we And that ho Imagined himself to bo a useful and genuinely kingly peraonngo. No man. except perhaps Philippe Egailte, was ovor so con temned and hated, and until his doath bo imagined himself to bo a good man. Runclman "Sidelights." Hep 8plendld Economy. Their dlnnor for two cost $115, but tho man's wlfo argued that In tho end It was economy to dlno at an expen slro restaurant bocauso It gavo bor a chanco to study tho fashions. "If wo ate In Bomo cheap placo pat ronized Only by dowdlly dressed wom en," sbo said, "I would havo to biro nn expenslvo woman to design my new dresses, but by eating hero 1 get a cbanco to study tho clothes worn by women of position and can design my own gowns." That sounded convincing. Thero was no blessing on earth, tho man reflected, equal to an economical, mannglng wife, and ho Bottled tho bill with com pnratlvo cheerfulness. Thrco weeks later ho was gtvon another bill to set tle. That called for $100. "What 13 this for?" ho domanded. "Oh," slio replied, "that Is tho cost of a dress I copied In tho restaurant tin other night" Now York Sun. Hotels as Hospitals. "Next to n bospltnl give mo nn up to ilnto botol in which to toko enro of a very sick patient," said n New York trained nurse. "I'vo nursed In most of tho big hotels here In Now York, nnd It's really wonderful the suppllr that enn be brought nt n moment's n tlco. Ice Imgs. hot wuti-r bottle crutches nnd wheel dialis nr nlwn on tap, there's ulwnvs some one aval nblo to help lift n pulont. uiul If in patient's u mm tlinre'i ulnv-s u l-u bor ut htitid to nlmvi hlin. ud thti' tho wonmn In thu howIiik iooiii Ii stitch n rapidly rut lilr-der. TIuti' nn operating room ut your dlxpoom i' surgery ban to Im rcxnrti'il to. ami thero's n protected roof In Hltiyntir patient to during convnlec'uci'. Al together tho modern hotel In the rival of n bospltnl when It mtuiM id i-oii vcnleucoB for the sick." New York Sun. Curious Transference of Heat. A workman in the obHcnutory at Toulouse haa Invited attention to a sin gular phenomenon. A bur of I run H taken by the end, uud (he other uinl is plunged Into n flro, heating It strong ly, but not so much that the hand cannot retain its hold. Tho heated end Is then plunged Into n pall of cold water. Immediately tho other cud bo comes so hot that It la impossible to hold It. This phenomenon, familiar to workmen in Iron, is ascribed by thorn to boiuo ropollent action they supposo tho Huddon cold exerts upon tho heat contalnod in tbo Iron, which Is thus driven to tho opposlto extremity. Chi cngo Rocord-IIorald. Bully. An Irishman and his English friend .wero out rabbit shooting. They bad been very unsuccessful and wen re turning downhearted when the saw a baro dart out of tho hedge, Mike, in aroaaemant failed to shoot, and tho hare escaped. "Why didn't you shoot itr asked the Englishman. "Shuro," said Mike. "I didn't see It till it was out of night" London Ideas. Clever Man, With a sigh sho laid down tho maga rino articlo upon Daniel O'ConnclL "Tho day of great men," sho sold, "is gono forever." "But tbo day of beautiful women Is not," ho responded. Sho smiled and blushed. "I was only joking,"' sho explained hurriedly. Western Christian Advocate, Didn't Need It A book canvasser went into a bar ber shop and asked tbo proprietor it be could sell him an encyclopedia, "What's that?' asked tho barber. "Ifs a book that contains Informa tion on every subject in tho world." Thero was a victim in tho chair, and ho put in feebly, "Uo doesn't need itr A TURKISH IJATH. will do you 3001. Phono 214-J. " Spaco and Time Unconquerable. No cheating or bargaining will over get a single thing out of nature's "es tablishment" nt half price. Do wo want to bo strong? Wo must work. Xo bo hungry? Wo must starve. To be happy? Wo must be kind. To bo wlso? Wo must look nnd think. No changing of place nt a hundred miles nn hour nor making of stuffs a thou sand yards a minuto will mnlto us ono whit stronger, happier or wiser. Thero was always more la tho world tbnn men could sec, walked they ever so slowly; thoy will see It no better for going fast And they will at last, and soon, too, And out that their grand Inventions for conquering (as they think) spaco and tlmo do in reality conquor nothing, for spaco and time aro in their own essence unconquor ablo and, besides, did not want any conquering they wnnted using. A fool always wants to shorton spaco and tlmo; a wlso man wants to lengthen both. A fool wants to kill space and kill tlmo; a wlso man, first to gain thorn, then to anlmnto tlicm. John Ituskln. The Crow That Wears a Fool's Cap. Tho following clever way of keeping crows away from a grulnllcld is used by tho farmer of Holland: Ho makes somo small caps of stout paper and smears around tho innor Bldo of tho mouth of each Bomo blrdllmo or other sticky stuff. In theso ho puts somo grains of corn and stands them about his fields by pressing their points Into soft earth. When tho crow finds ono of theso paper caps ho thinks himself in great luck until bo attempts to peck at tbo tempting grain, when, to bis astonishment ho finds tbo cap attach ed to his head a regular fool'B cap which will nt oven allow blm to boo what courso to tako if bo files up. nowovcr, ho succeeds In reaching somo coarso grass or bushes and nftcr much bewildered scrambling and flop ping about gets his head out of this undeslrablo cap nnd over aftcrwnrd avoids tho field- whero thero nro mora of them. Changing Tom Reed's Faco. Thomas B. Itccd was onco tho victim of n printer's error tho unusunl apt ness of which, uftcr tho first flush of Indignation had subsided, appealed so strongly to bis bcubo of the comic that ho novor failed to refer to tho matter with tho keenest gusto whonovcr ho met tho man whom he, with tho ut most mock solomnlty, always held re sponsible for It Tho Into Colonel John A. CockcriU's handwriting in tho heat of composition was sometimes Uablo to loso itself In nn almost lutcrmlnablo tangle, decipherable only with tho greatest difficulty. On ouo occasion bo undertook to say that "any ono can seo Tom Itccd has tho faco of nn hon est man," but was horrified when ho opened his papor tho following morn ing and found that tho types mndo blm any that "any ono can seo Tom Reed has a faco llko a harvest moon." The Feet of Chameleon. Chameleons, as no doubt readers aro awaro, all boloug to tho old world, and particularly to Africa. In their tongue, thoir feet and their eyes thoy differ ro maxkably from othor lizards, Tholr feet though possessing flvo toes, aro divided into two grasping groups, look ing llko a hand In mittens, nnd only by closo examination you pcrcolvo tho presenco of tho two or tho throo oppos ing respectively, but so close togcthor as to appear llko ono broad ouo. Ou tho paddod soles or palms of these grasping limbs you can fool and ceo tho small may one say palpi, which enable thorn to grasp so firmly that it Is difficult to detach a chameleon from its foothold. Theso dinging feet to gether with their prehcuslc tail, en able thorn to sustain themselves on tho branches In the strongest gala. Ha Was Paralysed. Tbo bell rang, and when she west to the door she found a sad faced wo man, "Please, mum, can you help wo somo? I got six children an' me hus band la paralyzed." "Why, certainly. Hero's a quarter. Whero la your husband?" "no's in Jail, mum," "In Jail I Why, what la ho In Jail for?" "For gittin' paralyzed, muml" Now York Journal. Figure It Out ' A farrnor takes somo pigs to market In a basket Do puts tho first in with its head polnlng ono way and tho noxt with its head In tho opposlto di rection, tho next with its bead point ing tho samo way as tho first and so on. no stops when bo has thrco heads pointing ono way and threo tails the othor. How many pigs does ho put in? Taken at His Word. , Uo (after marriage) Whatl You havo no fortuno? You said over and over again that you wore afraid soma ono would marry you for your mauey. Sho Yes, and you said ovor and over again that you would bo happy with mo If I hadn't a cent Well, I haven't a cent Your wlfo hjsrecuA somo audJ i nhok. .-Whit has rfentlened?" A The 8udden Shook. don shock. ---What has happened? "i aon't Know, aocior. i camo omo. early last night" "Ah, that presumably acco Vt" Washington Herald. Bad Enough. Magistrate Do you know thrtt drink flrlvea a man into bad comrwfnv.y'FrlsV oner Yes, your bonorIt broughrJri'oy boforo you. Philadelphia Tunes, yf ' i Ono of Thoeo Questlphe. -V It was bis third attempt at sul- cido." w "And didn't ho succeed at either of tho othcrs?'-Now York Press. BARS THE CROOKS Uncle Sam's Assay Office In Wall Street Not a "Fence." ON THE WATCH FOR THIEVES. Precautions Taken to Keep Jewelry and Gold and 8llver Articles, That May Have Been Stolen, Out of ths Government' Melting Pot Tho way in which tho United State assay office In Wall strcot keeps it self from becoming a "fenco" where thlovcs nnd crooks may bring their stolon wares to havo them melted nnd rocclve cash for tho oamo was recently explained by tho superintendent Tho federal statutes mako it difficult for thoso in cbargo to refuso any gold or Bllvor banded In. Tho stntuto reads in part that "any ownor of gold nnd sliver bullion shall bo entitled to do posit tho samo, and It shall bo melted and assayed Immediately." It does not designato that only tho rightful ownor may apply for servlco, and Inns much as possession ts nlno points of tho law of rightful ownership tho nssayor is not allowed to bo a doubting Thom as. "Several years ago," said tho super intendent "thero was a city detoctivo stationed in tho building to watch for Jowolry and gold nnd Bllvor pldccs thrft wero presented for assaying to doter avo whether or not thoy wero stolen ,, &. Uo remained hero for eighteen months, nnd during that tlmo ho did not catch a slnglo thtof. Tho reason was that tho nows undoubtedly went out to ovory 'fence,' crook and thief of every description in tho city thnt a guard was at tho assay ofilco and to watch out for him. "Aftor tho city dotcctlvo was with drawn It beenmo moro necessary to se cure somo othor means to prevent our offices from really bocomlng a 'fence' for stolen articles. "Tho ono provision wo finally incor porated Into our rules that has kept away from us tho greatest portion of stolen goods that might othorwlso bo headed in our direction was that wo re fused to accept any bullion that will assay less than $100. In this way wo aro nblo to refuso any ordinary quan tity of rings, watches and other trln kou that would bo stolen and which wo know will not contain puro metal to that amount Of courso somotlmcs wo will accept stuff nnd It will turn out to bo worth n fow dollars under tho amount, but wo caunot always guess correctly when looking at goods. "Wo havo many othor ways of deter mining whothor goods presented to us havo been stolon, but It would not bo wlso to lot ovcry crook In town know what thoy aro. SuUlclcnt to say that every tlmo wo havo Buspcctcd things woro not right wo hnvo secured imme diate corporation of tho Now York do tcctlvo bureau, and I bcllovo wo hav secured better results than when a man from tho central ofilco was con stantly on watch. Thon tho stuff did not appear. Slnco then wo havo been of asslstanco in tracing down several burglar mysteries. "When goods nro stolon that valua or would assay ovor $100 It is much' castor for us to keep tho lists of the samo which are furnished by tho po llco department and to bo on the look out for what is wanted. "Thon when tho value of the article Is over that amount we are hi much aafor position to put a few questions to our customer, to discover who be Is and why he wants to get money for the articles. If we. are still suspicious that all ts not as It should bo It is a simple matter' to make a few investiga tions before wo complete the transac tion, "I am perfectly aware that the idea Is prevalent In many quarters that the United States assay office is a fencf for thieves to bring their wares. This may havo been the enso In New York in the old days, and it may be so now in othor places, but X feel that it is a pity that such feeling still exists hi New York. It may bo that thoro nro cases whero stolon articles get by us, but wo aro constantly on the lookout for crooks and what thoy have looted, and I fool safo in saying that thero la leas jUBtico to tho term 'fence bclnjr applied to us now than at any other timo In tbo history of tho office." New York World. Benohnnd Bar. Sir Edward Carson is noted for his ready Irish wit On ono occasion in court when tbo Judgo, with whom ho bad bad moro than ono passago of arms, polntod out to him tho discrep ancy botwoen tho ovldonco of two of hut fitnesses, ono a carpenter and tho other a saloon keeper, ho answer ed: "That's so, my lord Yet another caso of dlfforenco between bench and bar," London M. A. P. Starting Badly. "Look ''hero," exclaimed young Mr. Cotter Tarter in desperation. "Is this - Mt hot a weddour?" "JWur. course snuppi snupped young MrsvaiT-., ''Ifs our wedding tour. WJiat onSorth did you think it was?" 'Wall, I'm beMnnlng to think ifs a bJcturq-tour. ""Now cut it out see?" ToledaJJladV-,. f,A...lu. lAl.L. Alu.tLn. ATwi.vvrwrvM tti.i, f-fciifciw, 3"N6yrthat you aro rich I supposo everybody mxious to sorvo you," jvrbnt's tho it seems. 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