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- - THE DAILY "- i iimmgmn llOEK, IN HOLLAND. I ,a to He lle Clennedt Town r in the World. .....not town la tho worl 1 la IL nrnnk. in Holland. It is only Ijulles from tbo capital, anil has famous for lib Ciunuuuusa mini r mnrinl. It Is nlso notnblu on t of tbo fanciful stylo of Its and yarus ami Euruuiis unu in timuali only peasants nro El to Jo, and nil fool a iirlrta In I. it socni3 to bo tbo ilmt t3 of tholr lives to keep their freshly palnteu, tneir gnruens in I ior nnd their ynrds nnd L - nionn ns n now oln. No carts owed In tbo streets, nnd no cattle. fcgh tbo raisins or stecit nnu mo El of butter and checso nro their fctlons, n Stranger wuuiu un u dint there were any cattle In Iglon, unices ho wont to tbo beau- preen meadows m uio uucis 01 uic '. . tiia stnblca out thoro. wlioro faw kept In stalls oerubbed nnd cd Hko ft kitchen. t streets nro too line and neat for . o tho nnlmnls to etcD on. All Cn. with nollsbcd stone. Inter- Bed with bricks of different colors, kept so scrupulously clean tnat a rwnM walk anywhero In white f slfppcrs. Pearson's Wcely. Ilnnllv Snnkcn. e deadliest of snakes Is said to bo inamba, an African cobra. It Hies Irerybody nnd everything; It goes Inf its wov to quarrel: It will oven e down from n tree to solicit an tvlew. Over in India tbere Is tbG It king cobra, or humndrynd, n size ELr nulto as fierce It has been Km tft chase a man on horseback. bad to ride for his life but bis Ion la a degree less virulent. Tlie fcrence, however, may be considered liioiMo nnd ceases to Interest the lent after n fow intnutcs. Among I Australian courns, tno pit vipers Hmerlca and the great weeV A-frlcan L tiiprn are sneclos with ovll renu- Ions, and tbo most alarming foaturo that the aggressive snaiica nro all atcly poisonous. Tho Slzo of Dollvlu. le area of Bolivia Is not accurate- Ikiiown, yet It Is probable that lta Lent area Is not fnr from 000,000 mre miles, which Is tbo equivalent tne area of Germany, l'ranee and lain combined. From the lowlands 1 the etiBt nnd southeast the Inud lea, sometimes by easy slope and netlmes by ubrupt uplut to tne ewcapped peak of Sorntu, with Its tltudc of near 25,000 feet nnd to tbo amid of Illimanl, which Is given ns feot in height. La Paz lies at elevation of 11,000 feet above sea M and PotosI nt nearly 14,000 feet. few miles west of Ln Paz lies tho Land sea of 'JL'ltlcaca, nt an elevation 13500 foot A CHESS VILLAGE. How ths Game Decamo tho Rullnj Passion of Strobeck. In n plna of the Hurz mountains, A few miles distant from the quaint old town of Ilalberstndt, Germany, lies the village of Strobed. Tin history of Strobeck and its people lias for hundreds of years been asso ciated with the game of chess. It is a veritable chess village, says the Uoyul Magazine, n nursery gardcii for thut undent game. From earliest childhood the bbyi and girls are made familiar with board and men. At school chess ii treated as un obligatory subject and is taught systematically. As soon ns pupils havo mastered the inovel and the rule3 of the game they nre encouraged to undertake the solu tion of chess problems and to in vent new ones, just as nn English Echoollxjy is set to making Latin verse. At Easter there arc chess exami nations and tournaments among the school children. Three awards oi honor of the shape of chessboards bearing the inscription, "The Re ward of Industry' are uiven bv the p village community. These tourna ments are attended by lovers ol chess from far and near. Durin the lust half century several chept congresses of wide interest have alb, been held lt Strobeck. From a very early time tho Stro beckcrs have had the nrivilceo oJ challenging to a game of chess any prince or nobleman or exalted per sonage who happens to pass through their village. In the year 1G51 the great elector of Brandenburg was challenged in this way and in mem ory of the event presented to the villagers a carved board and a sol of silver chessmen, still preserved. How chess became the ruling pas sion of Strobeck ha3 never been as certained, but the legend most gen erally believed sets forth that in the eleventh century a famous political prbsiter was confined in an ancieni tower which still stands in the centei of the village. Time hung heavy oi his hands, and, being a lover of chess, he begged for a 6ct of men. None was to be had. Then tho prisonei carved a set for himself. But he must have antagonists. One by one his warders learned the game. The peasants of the village were taking lurm to guard him. Soon thoy all knew how to play, am? all became enthusiasts. COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907. ES!Wsnrtm v tm vj.rjnsm&tNWM BcagtfTgraingjrjtijALi. 'i.wiwi Coos Bay Steam Laundry MARSHFIE JoF J ID andlNuR TH BEND All wowr nfcw done at the North Bend Plant cagai rviauz( Agent, MarsMeto North Bend Phone 1031 Marshfield Phone 180 TlSMmuxrrmmn His I'oftltion In tho Matter. raracJn'is!" sxclalmod tho fond wife, nlng in her busbnnd's den nnd find- ;hlm smoking his pipe nnd reading. Ibis room is thick with smoke. I Bn't see how you can stand to sit tn pre." "You can't?" responded tbo brutal isband. "Well, I don't stand to sit i here; I sit to sit ln hero. Did you nk you bad married a freak?" It h said that this was the first tlmo i their married life that sbo slammed (door on leaving him. AVIt. Wit, like every other power, nas Its loundaries. Its success depends on tbo Iptltudo of others to receive lmpres- pons, and that as some bodies, Indis soluble by beat can set the furnnco nd crucible at defiance, there nro pinds upon which tbo rays of fancy pay be pointed without effect and pica no firo of sentiment can ngltate Ireialt. Jouu33. A UTTLE NONSENSE."" Hit Defend of Women us Humorist Goes to Smash. A nartv rf sian. nmoncr whom was Colonel William Ji-.nnincrs Brvan. fere one night waiting for a train h a denot hotel in n small Missouri lown. The landlady wag tho only toman present. The ttilk turninc unon the aliened Itlnbilitv nf wnmnn tt enn I10 IVliflt If a joke as readily as do the men, Rir. uryan iook hio ground tnat a sense of humor was as much a toti i the feminine makeup as it wta that of mnn luif lmt if mnrftlv lacked opportunity for development, 'To illustrate." said ho. "take the otory of tho party of excursionisto lfl the Ji?,TPnn dki wVion nnnrftOfil ,ng the Grecian coast the party asK Bemblpfl nhnnf ilin Tnila in onintr tbfl woutiful scenery. One lady turned inquiringly to a gentlomaiv nt he? right and said: I " 'Whnt is tbnt wfttfl off therfi on I the horizon?' 'That is tho Rnow on the moun tains,' replied the gentleman ad-iressed. "'Well. fWfl fnnnv.' aht ronlind. ' husband said it was grenso " All of the men in tho nrotir laughed noisily at Mr Bryan's story, tut the landlady looked puzzled. Pi nally she saidf But. Mv. Brvan. how did th grease get on tho mountain?" Mr. Brvan nt nnnn dronnwl iha defense of women as born humor. ista. Lippincott'a Magazine. An Infallible Sign. "You left her very abruptly,' sld una woman. jgl 1. 1 .ii iaM-rar""r i ! f-tf.rant $?$'; ;: '--yisii mmm. Cream ripening is oiie of tbo most Important features of. buttermaking writes Mrs. 13. E. Rockwood In Na tional Stockman. Good butter cannot bo made from poor cream, nnd n great deal of cream is spoiled In the interim between skimming and churning. Cold (Weather ripening and1 hot weathex ripening nre two entirely different propositions. In winter, when bacterial growth is slow, cream must be warm ed artificially to induce these organ Isms to Increase sufficiently to ripen It When tho cream turns bitter, yet does not sour, the farmer's wife thinks it very strange, yet tho cause is merely tbo cold weather or tbo cold atmos phere of the milk room. Tbo cream should be brought into a warm room and kept nt a temperature of CO to 70 degrees for twenty-four hours before churning, when It will be found at about the right stage of ripen ing for best and most complete separa tion. Cream held too long before chum big becomes off flavored and bitter for the same reason. It Is a mistake to bold it more than three or four days. No matter if tho churning is small, keep tho regular intervals and do the churning twice a week. Tbo butter will be of finer quality than if it la held longer. In very cold weather It Is sometimes well to use a starter to induce proper ripening. A quart of buttermilk saved each time usually contains sufficient lactic acid to sour the batch of sweet cream nicely, or a glass can may bo filled with now milk and allowed to stand in a warm place until sour, this to bo used in tho same manner. Tho can must bo sterilized with boiling wa ter beforo filling. Nel6on Iron Works P. B. NELSON, Prop Wo repair nil kinds of llnchlncry, Blenm nnil Qas Engines, Guns und Bi cycles, llestof work our Spuolulty. : : Wo mttHUlacturlCaBtjigyni Iron and nioueo for SawMlllfijjfid Loggfng Camps. Wo majfu the Jest Sheaves nd llund Bpools forflx)gK TELKl'HOIK VM MARSHFIELD. 4 - OREGON I McPherson Giiiser fc. ! H Wholesaloliqiwr dealers m Cigars nd vloon tsup- I I California Wines n (SjciaHy Front St., Marshfield 1 MARSHFIELD GENERAL i HOSPITAL MISS M. BtACK. Matron Hospital Medical caj able. or jpunj rcs. Ka 991 Phon ;ical and tes reason- .6 Yas," answered tho other. a& Feeding Color Into Ilutter. The color of butter Is mainly deter mined by the breed or individuality of tiro cow, writes W. n. Jordan of the Geneva (N. Y.) experiment station in Kural New Yorker. So far as I havo observed, the butter from Guernseys carries tho highest natural color, with the Jerseys following ns a close sec ond, nnd tho uncolored butter from both of theso breed3 has a much higher color than that from either tho Uol eceins or Ayrshlres. Feed does havo some Influence. For Instance, the but ter fat from tbo samo individual cow carries a higher color when sho Is on good pasture than when she is eating dry feed ln tho barn. It is practically Impossible, In my judgment, so to feed certain Individual cows or tbo animals of certain breeds as to give their but ter fat tho depth of yellow color which has come to be regarded as desirable by tho American public. In fact, tha winter butter from such herds of Hot steins and Ayrshlres as I havo ob served would bo practically whlto, a matter what tho.ci-a-inlcbt be. Flanagan & Bennett Bank MARSHFIELD, OREGON. Capital Subscribed f&O.OOT Capital Paid Up mflOO Undivided Profits $35,000 Doefs a general bJukinglbusniQs and draws ou the Bank ot ral Calif,, First Natlcfcal National Ilank.osel tlonal Bank. Nfw Y Son, London, EglaBO. I Jv Also soU chnon ncJ ly all Wio prlnolpal cities of Europe. I f J Accounts kept subject 4 clieckl eafgf deposit lock boxes for rent nt cento BaeTontb. or $5. a year. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS ia. JRn Franclroo MCrthind Or., Firsl T)r., Hanover Na N. M. Uotbo&nd & DoftWcfrget the Kodak your outing a full lino supplies nt tbo Red Cross ARTISTIC- AND MECHANICAL DRAWING Cards Desigid anjnLcttcrltfcuds. General nKtov lVproduVUpyT OY E. LAWIIORNE. Phono 1511 Laimc hEjfora iularTs nfveijdrhll finzo Jt Hold a9 AVill make re. South Coos Leaving the and Marsh Sho will be ope between I a. ti mast; WYATT COFFELT. ss between Marshfield 7.00 a. m. 4:3QAn. m. for Jpliarter nd nf ia. Business Directory Doctors. E. B. STRAW, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DieeaBOS of the Eye, Ear, Lose and Throat a specialty. Offioo in Lockhart's Building. Marshfield, Oregon DR. HAYDON Office opposite Union Furnfturo Stove. Hoim 10 to land 2iOf Speolnl atumtfon paid to diseases ot the Jtl unnnry and dlgesllTa orgntii U. B'Penslo-n oxamliua Marshfield, Oregor DR. J. V. INSUA&l, jPhysIctni? naC burgeon. Ofllo-J over rJongstQcken'a Drug Storo Phones Office 1621; rcaldono TM Lawyers. Francis H. Clinic Jacob M. Blake Lnwrencd A. LUJcqvlst CLARKE, IILAKE & LILJEQVIST, ATTORNI l'S-AT-LAAV Times Buildiag, Marshfield, Ore. United States Colnmissioner's Ofilce. E. L. C. Parrin Goo. N. Farr.in FARRIN & FARIUN Attorneys nt Bmv City Attorney, Den. District Attorney Will practice In vl S. Courts and before too p. 3, Land Offlco. Lockhart Bullflinl, Alarshfield. Ore. PbJho llCin 41. L. A. LILJEQVI9' , LAWYER, United Slates Commissioner, U. 3. Ban Matters. Filings, Entries, Pgoofs, Contests, etc. J. XV. DENNETT, Ofilco ojr Flanagan & Bennett Bank, i f Marshfield, - - - - Oregon c f. Mcknight, Attorney at Law. Upstairs, Bennett & Walter Block Marshfield, .... Oregon COKE & COKE, Attorney at Law. Marshfield, .... Oregon PIXLEV & MAYBEE, Attorney at Law. y Offlco over Myers' Store. Phone 701 - - North Bond, Ore. BIUGHAM & BELL, Architects. North Bond, Oregon gt !rip;f with vj Real Estate Agents. DIER LAND CO.MPANY, Real Estate Brokers. North Bend. Oregon MR. ALBERT ABEL, Contractor for Teaming of all kinds. Phone 1884. ThcC.B.,R.&E.R.R. and Navigation Co. TRAIN SCHEDULE NO. 2. In Effect January 1, 1007. All previous schedules are void. Subject to change without notice. W. S. Chnndle, managor; F. A. Laise, freight asnt; general offices, Marshfield, Om;on. No. 1. t "Trains. Dally T Except Siftday. Stations. Leavo 9: pi a. nUl arsbfleld. 9:3l-a.nI. H. Junction. 9:45w?i. C pqullle. Arrlvol0:20 a.m. JtyrtlofPoInt. No-3' i Except Sunday. Leave 10:45 a. m.Myrtle Point. 10:30 a. m.jcoqullle. 12:00 m. B. H. Junction. Arrive 12:30 p. m.Marshfleld. Skating Rink D. L. Avery, Manager. Thursday and balance of the week "THE AMERICAN BIOSCOPE" Under the direction ouMr. G. A. Hagcr, Will present a long series f tho Latest and Timely . M0VIN THE EXCEEDLNGL "A V0YA Subjects nn jf yPKfFuRES VfumKw 6fT0 CO.MEDY FILM. THE MOON" Illustrated Sdrtgs Music by the Eminent Piano Soloist Prof. C. A. Ciuuliir. AJrefined entertainment for Ladies, Children and Gentlo men. One performance every evening. Change of pro gram Mbnday and Thursday. Box office opens at 8 p. m. Performance at 8:30. Admission Children 15c, Adulte25c. BL gu Are Yon Looking for REAL ESTATE We hata goo reasonable prices talk with you about tk xvA rties for sale at be pleased to T F. M. Rummell Jr. & Co. A Street. California and Oregon Coast Steamship Company. v i jk a bteameriuance B. W. COOS BAY ANI1JPOR.TLAND A Sails from Portland Saturdays, 8 p. m. Sails from Coos Bay Tuesdays, atervice of tide. F. P. Baumgartner, Agt. yW.lJIiaw, Agt. J Couch St. Dock, Portland, Ore, I Lrrshfield, Ore., Phono 441'. I minimtimttmntmtmmnmnmintxziii H 8 A nice line or .? n Souvenir NORTON JPustmSTof Marshfield tiorivT ITlMLiCl Portland & Coos Bay S S Line BREWXER ' i Sails for'Portland mflTTYstor iavery Thursday iT C. F. Mcdbllunl Ait. Phone Main 34 A. St. Dock Extra trains will run on dally special orders. Trains to nnd from Beaver HH1 dally. WHY DO PEOPLE BUY IN SENGSTAI2KEN ADDITION It is choice with alleys, is prices of lots are reasona BECAUSE inside residence vU-ahCltercfl hfe. B5 property, lots 50x100 withm good bay view and Particulars see TITLE GUARANTEE ABSTRACT CO, Henry Sengstacken, Manager. CONTAINS NO HARMFUL DRUGS Cures Coutrhs. Colds. CrouD. La Gwboe. JAsthma. Throat The Genuine 'is in 'tho- and Lung Troubles. Prevents Fneuihonia Hj) d Consumption yellow packaob H H MuL i i r? le tir Jc U (n & it U e ,u I1 b 91 y m m L "P t jl i i 1 1 i 4- 1 i