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& THE, COOS BAY TIMES, 'MARSHFIELD, OREGOW; WEDNESDAY, 10GT0BER 20, 1915--EV.ENING EDITION fj.11" ' SY SBBfiBEfS PvWH Bfl.,yfKK.viiMrT!3gieR W Q7 AA2V.K.3S&Bflr BSBBBBBIBR OctM8to23fBra.'l Steel Cut. Full Weight V V vL&Jj Golden West Coffee w Specially Priced to Feature w3B National Coffee Week W& (to F $& 1m Pound 4$)z$h w I Five tffl gA If Pounds l9U . Order This Delightful yM I Fresh Roast Coffee or m T ST . your Dea,er I jtaOtes I , Closset & I t -if 1 ! I k UCV&&3 M MVteaifiAr--, .. . .,., hi inmiDf Hr-rTMc7-ir'iRii -i i m kv arK"t CoffnB WW lf5jJS Sf I 1 f Kgiittorn 1 n tlir VbAVj S55rHSJf S it 1 btoLTT sieel;W -wf (Jet Your Golden West Hoguhuly sells for 10 rents per pi mills, lmt which N sell- Ins at icd'H-cd prices this ueelc from Farmer's Exchange Ono-poiiml enn Jj? ,:J5 Thtoc-pound inn . . .'. ..ijll.oo live-pound cjiii 91, no Phono 7o Central and Waterfront 1 'times m i- T- AGAZI MR PAGE 'BUILDERS TO MEET 1 AT SAN FRANCISCO ELECTR.CJT BULBS. A TABLE OF LOGARITHMS. A PAR 0F SHOESTRINGS. Why tho Delicate Filament Docomes Heated to Incandescence In tho bulb of tho ordinary electric lamp useil chiefly for house light thcro Is n tliln fllntnout of iuc(nl wound on wlmt la called nil nrbor. This filament Is so prepnrcd thnt It offers high leslstunco to the passage of Its Uso In Working Out Complex Mathematical Problemt. A logarithm Is nn exponent, and nn exponent Is a number showlug how miiny times another number has been ( used In any multiplication. Ton times 10 equals 100. It was used twice, and Tho Matter of Length and How to Tla i Dowknot That Will Hold. A shoestring Is "six-fourths" long when 0110 does not specify thu length required. "Six-fourths of wlmtr Is likely to bb the question put by tho I to this city to tako part In American IllB Gathering Next Week Will lie First of tho Kind Kcr Held In Country SAN FRANCISCO, October 20. 'More than 50,000 builders, represent ing orory department of construction work from excavating to roofing and all tho lines of business dopondont upon building operations, aro coming i(Mwvat-lllV.a4tlU.I-. . .a ... . . .. ... 1- m -..t. ' i mvmim. uuiHiers wnuit. (icuouur k in an. tho current of electilclty. nndVbecuuso 1 1.000. nnd lis ntnimnnf rt. i.ii.. m h a limn buys a new pair of From tho oponinir day to tho last, tho of this It Is heated to Iiieiunlescencu ) to exponent -1 emlals 10.000. and so on H,10'!a tl10 "'"'K" them nro Just long celebration of tho nchlovomonts of wnen a current pusses through It. All I out toward Indnltv. nut sunnosn thnt ' cuougii. iien ho Dnys the next jmlr Mia iifH 1titilftt. I.... ..ulb..i...l m .. - . . . k . rr nlt4alkft mm ftlu.it . J Z WESTERN LOAN' AND i x r? nirjr. m Assets $2,340,000.00 Pays 8 per cent on savings I. S. KAUFMAN & CO. J Local Treasurer J SOUTH COOS HIVKIt 110AT SRItVICH LAUNCH KXPItESS I I leaves Mnrshflcldrfovery clny o a. in. j.envcs iiena 01 river nt H:lft p. in, STI2A.M13U HAIMiow leaves licrnl of river dally nt 7 n. in. Leaves Maiblifleld nt - p. 111. I'7)r charter apply on board. HOdKIlS . SMITH Proprietors 1 tho nlr having been extracted from tho bulb In Its milking, this prevents tho metal from burning up, us It would do If oxygen were present. Vegetable tlber wus used for tho Ilia inont of tlio flrt Incandescent lamps. The next development was tho cellu lose .process, which Is still used In car bon and mctnllrcd lamps, although n number of processes nro used now to Improvo tho filament. Tho discovery thnt tungaten metal could be ised for this fllnmcnt In Incandescent lamps was made as recently ns 1000, nnd tho ' will find tho logarithm of 8 to bo wo wish to use 10, any lVi times or 1 I of 8llC9trlngs they are too long. T; times Instead of twice. Then tho ex- 1 B,rlK9 that cdme with the shoes a poucnt must bo computed, and expo nents thus, computed nro always print ed lu tables. Thus, ns I mil now writing, tho pn per. ns nlwnys, by doy nnd by night, Is very near a precious book, n tablo of logarithms for nil numbers from 1 to 10S.000, computed out to seven deci mal places. To give etnmplcs of their f crs will not wear so loug, but will use. suppose that you wish to multiply 8 by 11. Look In tho tnblo and you Tho nro four-fourths long, tho next pair will bo six-fourths unless tho tnirchasor asks for and can get four-fourths. Tljeso lengths lmvo to do with men's high shoes, There Is not tho tin mo troublo lu tho case of low shoes. Some shoestrings, will wear a long time, but they will become brown. Oth first tungsten lamp was mndo In this country In 1007. At first tho tungsten filaments were composed of wlmt was called tungsten pasto Hint mado nn extremely fragile wire. Tho now process now used pro duces a Btrong wire under pressure, finer than tho finest human hair. They mil tip to 0,000 cnndlo power.-Uoston Herald. A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET Tho W00DI WOOD! Kindling wood, por load 9J.73 to i?2 Alder wood, 1C to 24 Inrhen - to 92.no Free- Delivery W. 11. LINflO 27-J. North FIrBt St. I - I'hono HIV AOrit (SOLI)HN' WKST COIT'i:K rilOM GT!!NG'S' CASH "GROCER t ,1 HHIUQVAIITKIIS FOIt (!Ot)I (MOCIillllCS "WE SAVE' YD0 koNEY" i J'UV. - .JyK jil- V.' BRING YOUR JOB PRINTING TO THE COOS BAY TIMES ' " UIUWltMimmmrm..-.- TT.I.... m-,:..n., 1 CIFTSW1TH ffw Tra ir1 1r ffi f IFv 1? A pDUNGAN M m UNDERTAKING I II PARLORSB UH Mill ho kept H m OI'UN 'JO Till! PUIILIQ fm Tcgmar stato iiren.scu K vSt undortalcrr will bo In H RM chnrgo Vm v IS gH Phono 10.VJ 1 1 iiiwwiwiiiiiiwwm Lcgond From Which the Well Known Sttylng Wao Tnkon. Tho origin of thnt singular and wide ly quoted saying, "A skeleton In tho closet," which Is found In almost every languago In Hurope, is found lu one of thoso curious collections of stories that have come down from tho mlddlu tigcs lu 0110 of these collections, compiled by tin unknown hand about tho middle of the tenth century, there Is n story of u wealthy lady who. Jiavlug 11 Beerct grief, confided It to 11 friend who was apparently a perfectly happy woman. She was the wife of a nobleman who lived lu his castle lu tho south of France. Sho and her husband were outwardly on tho indst loving teruiB. Not u euro cloud seemed to cast a nhndow an her path. After hearing thu Ntory of her mulct ed f 1 lend tho noble lady tool; her by , the hand nnd led her to a secret cham ber adjoining her bedroom, there opeu ed tho door of 11 closet ami exposed n skeleton. "Know, my f rlL'iid," silo said, ( "no 0110 Is happy. Kvcry Hay I am forced by my husband to kiss this . grinning death head, which Is thnt of ' ll fAtf tlArilftit tvliA tt'nu ttit littatkrtiwVu rival and whom I would have married had, not my parents willed otherwise." On tho Moon. Tho question "Could n mnn llvo on tho moon?'' has been put to an cml nont astronomer, who replied: "1 tun afraid not. I A man transplanted to tho moon would find himself the lone In habitant of n perfectly lifeless orb In which eternal silence reigns. Io would have, to inauago without air, water or lire, .0030900. and tho logarithm of 11 to bo 1.011392". Add theso and tho sum will bo 1.0II4S27. Look along tho column nnd It win bo seen thnt this Is tho logarithm of S3. L'nsy. Hut suppose you wish to mul tiply two strings of figures of from B to a dozen. In tho great utnndnrd mntho mntlcal sciences, such ns nstronomy, physics nnd chemistry, tho multiplica tion and division of Immense numbers aro required. Thus, lot us square tho number MKiSHO-thnt is. multiply It self by Itself, n tedious Job. Hut this toll can bo saved by the uso of loga rithms. Thus, tho logarithm of 31538110 retain their original blackness. Tho strong strings that turn brown nro oi1 linen or ui'y strung cotton. Tho oth ers nro of mixed libers that hold their color. Many peoplo prefer tho less durnblo shoestring, not only becnuso It holds Its color, but becnuso being of n less hard fiber It stays tied better than tho other. A few of tho millions of shoestring wearers know how to tio a bowknot that won't como untied. Tho method can bo explained without a dia gram. Instead of tucking tho bow onco over beforo drawing tho knot tight, tuck It twice over. A flddlo string used for a shoestring would not como un tied If tho knot wcro mado In that tho modern builders will contlnuo without Interruption. It will bo the first gathering of Its kind over hold and builders aro coming from tho Atlantic coast, from tho states 0. tho south, from tho Northwest nnd middle west to (nko part In tho mammoth demonstration. Special trains will begin to nrrlvo on Octobor 17 bringing delegations from nil pnrta of tho country nnd nearly ovory visiting builder has rcscrvod iotol accomodations for tho entlro week. PREVENT PEERAGES FROM EXTINCTION . - - -.,-...- ,v IIVT4 Ik IIIU IttiUk IIUU UUMtU 111 tUtlb IS 7.401)1280, tnkon directly from the I wnw Thla knot rnn lx. untlnl In thn tnblo. Then, to squnro nn.v number I m,m wnv n. (i, nii.m- i.t- nniiin.r f . 11. , ....... .... .. .. . ... ' w "' " -" - "' "v multiply Its logarithm by 2. nnd this logarithm multiplied by 2 equals 14.1)982.-78. Now. by looking In tho table, the number of which this Is tho logarithm Is 00.-9100(12090051. Hours of work p'e performed In n few min utes. Kdgnr Luclen Lnrkln In Now York American. tho ends. Philadelphia Itecord, STONE 'MEASURE. There Is No Regular Unit, nnd It Fairly RoveU In Variety. Owing to tho variety of uses to which btono Is put, there Is no regu lar unit of measurement employed by 'the quurrymcu, tho stouo being sold by tho cubic yard, cubic foot, ton, cord, porcli, rod, sqimro foot, square yard, 8ipmre, etc. Itulldlng nnd mouuuicntul 'stone, especially tho dressed product. Is usually sold by tho cubic Toot or tho cubic yard, although tills unit varies lth tho class of stone nnd with tho locality; 11 largo quantity of rough )itono Is sold by the porch, cord or ton. 1 1. TRAPPED A SEAGULL Queer Conteet of Strength Detwten Dlrd and a Dlvalvo. At first thought It Is hard to Imnglnc how 11 clam could endanger tho llfo of n bird. That such a strange circum stance In not Impossible is shown by the following Incident: A settler 011.0110 of the small islands near Vancouver wan returning to his homo by way of a bench of hard sand when 'lie beheld an unusually largo Hock of seagulls gathered lu n compact mass nnd beating with beaks nnd wings upon tho sand. Evidently they were nttncklng sumo enemy. Over head dozens of trulls wheeled nnd screnmed In evident excitement. Thu settler was almost upon tho fighting birds beforo they burst apart nml llowchattorltig, iwnrd tho clouds. One, however, lay tlnpplng upon tho ground, and ,the mnn saw ,tlint 11 ihon ster clam held thu gull's ben lu 11 vhtu- like grip". ' It was tod heavy' for tho' A ) inauago wituout air, Ho wKild not need to LITY m M irfBSrv v -"V'" '?!!.. tJT'Jlil"i-i THOUGHTFUL people begin considering their Christmas gifts and the loved ones they want to remember long. iv advance. They plan'gtfts that have their personality in them Perhaps it is a picture, a bit of lace, a piece of em broidery, jewelry, some bead work, an odd bit of lumishi plants and ampor mllls-nro sold by tho long ton.' Flngstono nnd curbstouo nro sold by the squnro yard or tho pqunro foot, tho thickness being vnrl liblo and dependent on tho orders ro- put windows In his house, for there li fdV(iU aM IvIiib blocks aro bold no wind, no rain, ilo dust, upon tho moon, It bus been truly and practical ly observed thnt the moon Is apparent ly ubii Mloued to death, nourishing 110 Inhabitants, producing nothing resem bling trees, flowers or beautiful things of any klud useless, In short, except as n mass of extinct volcanic rubbish, which drags tho sea Into tides nnd re flects tho sunbeam's lu moonlight" Hubblo nnd riprap. Including stono Tor such heavy masonry ns bronkwntor bird to lly nwny with, and for all tho 'mul Jetty work, nro generally sold by guM'H frantic struggled It could not the cord or ton. Fluxing stono nnd loosen tho clam's tenacious grip, stone for chemical use as for nlknll With, his hunting knife tho man works, Biigur factories, carbonic ncld lined open tho shells nnd freed tho cap- Baked Mon. Workers In porcelain fnclorles nro literally baked, but by hoiuo mirnclo ,thoy. remain (nitllcleiitly undone to llvo. At least If they 'nro not qultb bilked they eudiiro n stronger heut than that which browns the .Sunday sirloin. The furnaces wherein procelalu Is finished nro kept nt tho fiercest hent used In f- Inny Industry. A chain of workmen, tholr heads mid bodies swathed lu lire proof garments, tako tho finished pieced from tho firo 0110 at a tlmo and pass them to tho cooling room. Tho man nt tho head of this chain ho who stands. nearest the furnnco enn only work lu llvo minute shifts. In bis Interims of rest ho lies on a mattress, drinking glass nftcr glass of Ico water from tho hands of n small boy. Invariably by number, but tho blocks aro not of uniform sle, the value do landing on tho size of thu block nnd the labor necessary to cut Into tho shape desired. Other paving material Is sold by various units, such as ton or cubic yard. Crushed stono Is usually sold by tho cubic yard or ton, tho short tou be ing more generally used. Tho weight of n cubic yard of crushed stono varies from 2,1100 to 11,000 pounds, the average weight being about 2,500 pounds. In certain localities crushed stono Is sold by tho "squaro" of 100 nquuro feet by 1 foot, or 10Q cubic feet. Crushed Btono Is also sold by tho bushel. 21i bushels representing n cubic yard of nbout 2,700 pounds. Geological Survey Dul- let In. tlvo. Tho gull was exhausted from Its dcxpornto efforts nml nt first could only ' 1 1 . 13 Ntuggcr like a drunken sailor toward tho water. Finally, however, It Hew nwny and soon returned lu tho van of 11 cloud of gulls como to Inspect tho en emy that had trapped 0110 of tholr tribe. St. AiidrawH Heacon. Lip Reading Detectives, In n Vienna school for tho denf nnd dumb, where lip rending Is tnught, a course has been established fur tho spe cial purpose of teaching tho nrt to de tect Ives. Tho possibilities jif lip rend ing, snys tho nuthor of tho account In the Volt a Itevluw, hnVo been exagger ated. Hut they nro sufficient to cauno authorities to think tho Instnictlon of Title Is to Pass to Xonrcst Mnlo Itcln- tto In Cnso All Sons Aro Dead Illjr AinoclttM r-iTM to Coo Il; Tlmci.) LONDON, Oct. 20 Means nro to ho ndoptcd to provont peornges from becoming extinct In enscs whom tho only mnlo heir has given his llfo to his country. In tho ordinary course, succession to a pocrngo Is limited to direct mnlo descendants of tho last or of a former holder of tho tltlo, daugh ters being oxcludod. Hut by "spec ial remainder", un tho provision Is called, tho nearest of othor mnlo rel atives will now bo glvon tho tltlo. Thcro nro now nt Icnst 200 holrs to pcorngos In tho nrmy nnd nnvy, nnd a number hnvo nlrendy fallen. Among tho dead nro Lord Wondoyor, tho boIo heir of tho Marquis of Lin colnshire, Captain Drlggo, who wnn tho only son and heir of Lord Slam fordham, tho King's prlvato secreta ry, nnd tho H0n. Clnudo Morsoy Thompson, tho solo holr of Knnros borough, Lord Hlbbcsdnlo Is among thoso who hnvo lost nn only son In ac tion but ho lino grandsons by his daughters. Titles nro allowed to descend by tho mnlo lino by special remainder In a number of existing cases, nolah )y lu tho enso or Lord Iloborts, whose only mnlo heir was klllod In tho Uoer Wnr. Of courso, thoro aro no lack of direct malo holrH of former tltlo holders In cnno of tho historic peer ages, but tho recontly bestowed titles lack this ndvnntngo. Lord Kltchonor'a holr Is, by sp6c Inl ronmlndor, his oldor brothor, Cok C. Kltdhonor. Lord Strath- conn's tltlo pnssed to his daughter. thu Haroness Strathconn. ENGLAND STILL HAS THE FASTEST TRAINS Transportation Kept Up On Tlmo IH Hplto of Many Wartime Kconomlott Observed l-n? AuKlUfcl ITw lo Com lu TIbm.) LONDON, Oct. 20. In Bplto of wartime economies and alterations In railway tlmo tables, England still has tho fastest trains, tho longest non stop runs, and tho lowest fares In tno world, according to tho Dally Ghron. dolectlveH worth wlillo. When n do- tectlvo becomes proficient, ho Is nblo lclo. to learn something of tho conversation I Tho fastest train "for a fair din. wngs. They make the gift in whole or in part, them wes, Andnow is the time to select the needed Materials, . . " r i "I 1; II 1 "3 ' ggesibSoinis socln as yM seek will toe fouind from ftninnie to timme in the columns f The. Coos Bay Times t& Lfcfc -sww&(- -', Jf I , ) m Km.-mmw 1 B:b xi' mm (f. . . JL .- -- - - - Dean Swift's Complaint. It Is no now thing, this complaint which 0110 hears of tho high cost of living. Writing to Stella from Lou don In tho year 1710, Denn Swift re mnrks: "I lodgo In Hury street, St. Jnmes, whoro I removed a week ngo. I hnvo tho first Jloor, tho dining room nnd bedchamber nt 8 shillings n week; plaguy deep, but I hpond nothing for eating, nover go to a tavern and very seldom In n conch, yet, after nil, It will bo expensive" Making Him Pay. Lawyer (to kicking client) Well, hnvo you at last decided to tako my nd;vico and pay this bill of tnluo? Client Yes. Lawyer Very well. 1T0 clerk) "William, ndd $5 to Mr. Smlth'H bill for further ndvJco." Hoston Tran script Opportunity Calls. , "Opportunity Is nt your door." "What is it?" Inquired tho pcsslmls- I tic citizen. "Opportunity to subscrlbo I to somo worthy cause, or 11 clmnco to Invest?" Louisville Courler-Jouranl. Tho Senate Barber Shop, .. Hero's nn odd thing nbout tho Unit ed States senate barber whop: Although .the number of senators has hardly in creased tit nil. tho number of shaves has increased ut n surprising into In recent years. Tho renson Is tluiply that tho scunto Is now inhabited large ly by comparatively young men with smooth faces or wearing mustaches nt most, nnd they nro obliged to get shaved every little while, whereas tho old Btylo senntor with n riot of whLsk ors nover had occasion to visit a barber shop except every few months to got his hulr trimmed. Cincinnati Enquirer. Dlsaueted. One day wlillo her grandfather was paying n visit to Florence's homo tho I little girl said to him: Gran'pn, your tnlk nbout 'persovep- Janco winning' Is, nil iimsonso." f, "Well, well, child!'' cried tho grnnd- father. "Why do you say that?" jMWhy," wild tho llttlo girl, "I've worked oil the afternoon blowing-soap bubbles and trying to pin them on !' mother's hut," New 1 ork Times. between peoplo who nro visible, but out of earshot. Tho article says thnt at from 50 to 100 feet It Is pwslblo for an expert to get tho gonornl run of n con versation. Somo reading has been dono with glasses nt n dlstnnco of 125 feet. Instruction nnd practice in tho nrt must bo very thorough if tho detectlvo Is to uso It to real ndvnntngo lu hla work. Transforming Clothoillne Potts. A suburban resident grow tired of tho wooden clothesllno posts In his back yard. lie Incased them In chicken wlro netting and planted sprouts of houeysucklo around tho posts. Ho then nailed 11 llttlo bird house to thu top of each. In 11 short tlmo tho houeysucklo had completely covered tho unsightly posts nnd n pair of bluebirds built u nest lu 0110 of tho housos. Many of this man's neighbors took up thu Men, and houeysucklo vines nnd bird houses now innku tho clothesllno posts of his locality 11 prldo to their owners. House nnd Garden. A Llttlo Ambiguous. lt,u4Aln,i Vaii .It.l.t'r rrat npmm.l in ... '- -v -" '7 my recital insi nigai. rneuu o. i fuul n splitting hcudncho. Iloworcr, (everybody told mo 1 should hnvo gone, DCCtiuse you uiiu uinu uiuuu uiu iui- get all other sulTerlng. Itichinoud Tlme-Dlspntch. How They Do It. Stovo Tlipy Bay thot woyors con al i ways size n mnn up. Lillian 1 sup pose they mcasuro him from tip to tip. Judgo. Wealth Is not his that has It, but his AlTJMkmmmmc Heard on the Train, "What book Is that yon aro reading, Jim?" "'The Sorrows of Satan."' "Well, I'll fcay this for you, Jim; you always do take considerable Interest lo tho tioubles tu your friends." Hos ton Transcript. Her Other Half, Society Piiine-Oh, doctor, I'm no sorely troubled with eiinuL Doctor Il'ml Why don't you Interest your self in finding out how tho other hnlf lives? Society Dnmo Grnelous! Why, I'm not looking for a divorce. Chicago News. Time Something Started. "nnvo you noticed tho clock?" ho asked nt tho hour of midnight. "Yes, 1 have," sho replied, with a yawn. "It hasn't been going for three hours." "Neither lmvo you." Yonkera Stntes-mnn. Wise men sny nothing In flnngerous tlnics.-fleldeu. Deserved Tribute. "You see, wo hnvo dono everything posslblo to preserve Plymouth Iloekv" "And I don't blamo yo. New Eng land owes n heap to that breed of hen." Kansas City Journal. Some mothers tench their Imhlea to talk -mid then expect them to keep HtlU,- Indianapolis. Htjir, tnnco," it Is oxplalnod, Is tho morn Ing express from London to Bristol, which makos this run of 119 1-2 miles dally In 120 minutes. A spec ial tost trip over this routo was made sovornl yours ngo in oxnetly 84 min utes, The longest non-stop run is by the Cornish Express, London to Exeter, 171 miles in 180 minutes. Tho chenpost fnro Is tho round trip ex curslun rnto butweon London nnd Skognoss, which offors a 203 mile trip -for 7C cents, or about 1-4 cents per mllo. SUMMONS j, In tho Circuit Court of the State of Orjgon in and for Coos County: Radio Hair, Plaintiff, vs. Dale Hair, dofondant. To Dalo Balr, tho above named defendant: In tho narqo of the State of Oregon. You nro required to ap pear and answer the complaint filed against you herein on or before the 20th day of October, 1915, If you should fall to appear and answer said complaint as above re quired, the Plaintiff will apply to tho Court heroin for the roller d.e- munded In her complaint, a succinct statement of which Is: That she bo granted a decree of illvorce from you: That sho bo permitted to assume the nanio of "Sadlo Loudon." I Servlco of this summons Is made j by publication pursuant to an order imado by Hon, Q. P. Sklpworth, Clr Icult Judgo of Coos County, Oregon, 'dlroctlng publication hereof in the Coos Hay Times onco each week for tho period of Six Weeks beginning on tho 8th day of September, 1915. Graves and Mclnturff, Attorneys for Plaintiff, First publication, Sept. 8, 1915;, last publication Oct. 20, 1915, - I if