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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1907)
V THE CAMPHOR LAUREL. JIow tho Drnpr la Extracted Fron the Wood of the Tree. Tlio camphor Inurcl, from which tho greater part of tho camphor of com incrco Is produced, Is n native of Chlua, Japan, Formosa and Cochin China. It Is a hardy, long lived tree nnd sometimes grows to a great size It has evergreen leaves, ycllowlsl white flowers lu panicles and Is a very ornamental tree, tho trunk run ning up to a height of twenty 01 thirty feet before branching. The fruit Is very much like n black cur rant. In tho extraction of camphor (ho wood Is first cut Into small chips, and the chips are put Into water In a still und steamed. The head of the Mill is filled with straw, and as tho steam carries off tho camphor In vapor It Is deposited In little grains nround the straw. The crude camphor Is then heated In a vessel, from which the steam Is allowed to escape through a small aperture. The camphor sublimes In n semltrausparent cake. In tho man ufacture of camphor the treo Is nec essarily destroyed, but by a rigid law of the lands In which the tree grows another Is plnnted In the place of ever' one that Is cut down The wool I highly valued for carpenter's woik. Camphor was iinkuown to the Greeks nnd Itomans mid was flrsi brought to Europe by tho Arabs. DR. ALFREDO ZAYAS. Loader of tho Liberal party in Cuba and leading spirit in the ovorthrow of Palma. Restoring Tarnished Metal. To restore plated cruet stands when the silver is worn off get 5 cents' worth of mercury and 1 cent's worth of prepared chalk; mix them well together, making them into a paste with a little water. Rub the paste on the tarnished article with a small piece of leather until it is bright again. Rinsing Clothes. Competent laundresses assert that the first rinsing water should bo tepid, for the reason that there is etill more or less soap on the clothes, und soap in uniting with tho dirt makes a dirty, gummy solution. Kinsc in hard water, say the', using un ample supply. Purifying tho Cellar. To purify the air of tho cellar and destroy parasitical growth place some roll brimstone in a pan, set fire to it, close tbs doors and win dows as tightly as possible for two or three hours; repeat every three months. Polishing Brass. To clean very dirty bras3 scrub With a nailbrush dipped in powder ed bath brick dust and paraffin. Even the most tarnished brass can be cleaned in this way. Polish with the dry dust and a soft duster. Bleaching Almonds. A new method of bleaching alm onds is to soak them overnight in cold water. This is said to bo an improvement on tho usual method of throwing them into boiling water. Her Judgment. "I tell you my wif o is n woman of Buperior judgment." "Uml Did she marry you be cause her parents took a fancy to you?" Chicago Record-Herald. Dead Eggs. Yeagt Did you ever try to dye eggs? ,., Crimsonbeak No, I never did, but I've tried 'em after they were dead. Yonkors Statesman. ' Relieved. "George, I have one very disagree able habit. I walk in my sleep." "Oh, that's all right. I wbb afraid you were going to say you talked." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gtilnj; unil Itecclvinv. Ilall Porter (to person soliciting a fa vor at a ministry) Tho minister re ceives from 10 o'clock to mldday "All right," says the other, "but at what hour does ho give?" Paris Figaro. THE DAILY Health and 8tupJdlty. Commenting on a recent debate at the Iouth education council, the Rev. T. 0. Simmond3, vicar of Grninthorpcjays, "I drew attention to the ve'.y urge number of people distintriliflhpd fnr nm7m KnIK. constitutions and stupidity, also tM o.ciui xiiunus oi mine distinguish ed for high mental attainments coupled with weak health, and con cluded therefrom that health and Btupidity go together." London Chronicle. Classified. lp England elementary schools are organized for "girls" or for "in fants Of late years the "mixed" system has been introduced, and many of the schools have been or ganized as "senior" or "junior" mix ed. An inspector recently met on the school stairs a little nondescript in a pinafore and asked: "Come, what are you doing here? Are you in the boys' or the girls' ?" "No, sir," said tho small one; "I'm a junior mixed 1" Horse That Eats Goslings. Not to be outdone by tho stories from the northern part of the stato about a cow that eats chickens in stead of corn, K. D. II. Reap of Co lumbus, 0., says his father has a horse that cats goslings with evident relish. Tho horse does not seem to have a fondness for corn and hay, and it cara little for grass, but let it get to a nice young gosling nnd its cup of happiness overflows. In dianapolis News. Sponge Grades. A largo quantity of sponges is gathered in the Bahamas, which is the chief industry of the colony. There ars seven dHIerent kinds oi sponges viz, woo, ranging from 80 cents to $2 per pound; velvet, from 48 cents to $2.25; reef, from 50 cents to $1.20; glove, from 24 to 48 cents; hardhead, from 35 to 70 cents; grass, rom 25 to 50 cents, and 3'ellow, from 25 to GO cents per pound. His Finish. A lady clergyman tells us that in twenty-nvo years women have in creased in stature two and a half inches, and men haro decreased in the same degree. If the sexes are thus getting apart fivo inches in twenty-five yeare it is not difficult to calculate how long it will be bef ow man will be utilized by woman mere ly as a lapdog or as a bangle for hex bracelet, Louisville Courier-Jotti ual. Compensated, The epigrams of Voltaire, the French philosopher, were often ruthlessly sarcastic and severe. Ho could, however, exercise tact and gentleness, and, as is usually the case with brilliant persons, those quali ties became him wonderfully well. He met the famous statesman Turgot and cordially inquired about his health. "It is as you see," replied Turgot, "I am tormented with gout. I can hardly drag my feet about." "You remind me of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar, II. Turgot." "Yes," assented tho. invalid sad ly, "you are right, poet; the statue had feet of clay." "And a hend of gold," cried Vol taire warmly; "remember that, head of gold." What She Saw. Mme. de Cornucl went to Ver sailles to see the French court, when M. de Torey and 11. de Seignelay, both very young, had just been ap pointed "ministers. She saw them as well as Mme. de Maintcnon, who had then grown old. When she re turned to PariB, some one asked her what remarkable things she had 6een. "I have seen," she said, "what I never expected to see there. 1 have seen love in its tomb and th ministry in its cradle." .4)44$'$'$'4'$$4'rr$'!''tl 4 .X, MAltSHFIELD DETECTIVE AGENCY. W. H. Davis, Manager. Will take up any kind of do- tectlve work entrusted to me by those desiring first- 4. plnRfl work. All corresnond- ence confidential and prompt- ly attenaea to. My wont alwayssatlBfactory and terms right. Correspondence so- llclted. Address all matters to , W. II. DAVIS, Marshflcld, - - - Oregon. $. $ $ 4 4 $ 4 4 $ F. J. HAYES RESIDENT OPTOMETRIST Eyes tested Free, Broken Lena Replaced. Work Guaranteed. North Front Street. COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFLED, Where Rain Never Palls. There is perhaps no moro curious flaco on the Pacific seaboard than nuiquc. It stands in a region where rain has never been known to fall and where, as wns remarked by Dar win when he visited Iquique in 1835, Uie inhabitants live like people on board ship. These number about 14,000, nearly all connected with the staple industry of the port, due to the development of the nitrite in dustiy on the adjacent pampas. The rain gauges at Lima, close to the Pacific, record absolutely no rain? fall. There are several parts of tho earth where rain never falls. Such are the Sahara, or great desert of Africa, and considerable tracts of Arabia, Syria, Persia, Tibet and Mongolia in the old world, while in South America tho rainless districts comprise narrow strips on the shorec of Peru, Bolivia and Chile and on the coasts of Mexico and Guatema la, with a small district between Trinidad and Panama on the coast of Venezuela. A Little Too Leisurely. "Some people are as leisurely in grappling with an emergency as was the farmer in northern Pennsylva nia," snid a Philadelphia lawyer "This farmer called on a neighbor very early one morning. The latter, although much surprised at receiv ing such an early call, did not for get his hospitality. yum ill, irouc, uuu oil uunu, he Eaid cordially. "'1 don't know's I ought,' said Jake. But after a little persuasion he went in. About fifteen minut were consumed in miscellaneous dis cussion of crops, when breakfast was ready. " 'Sit by, Jake, and hev a bite ter eat,' invited the still hospitable farmer. "'Now, act'ly, Silas, I don't know's I orter stay so long. Ye see, 'taint's though I didn't 'prcciate yer kindness, but my roof's afire, wid I cum over ter borrer n ladder " The King and His Valet. Louis XV., king of France, had for his valet a worthy individual, though of grave disposition and bin little given to jesting. One evening as he was leaning over a balcony and waiting till his majesty should retire to rest, Louis X"V. came our of his room, and, being in a frolic some mood, ill becoming his dignitv, but tempted by the favorable atti tude of the valet, he dealt him a vio lent slap on the back. Tho man turned around to return tho blow, but on seeing the king he said, "Ilong it, sire, why don't you go and play jokes on your equals ?" Scared Him. "So young Richley Kladd isn't to marry Goldie Stiels after all." "No : he got scared." "And I understand they had even gone so far as to rehearse for tho wedding." "Yes; that was the real trouble. They had rehearsed five times, and Richley ' said the preparations for matrimony were such hard work ho was nfraid he coaldnt stand the real thing," A Better Use. "Tie's handy with his fists." "A good boxer, eh ?" "No. His mother makes him knead the bread." Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Bacteriological Nightmare. Microbes In tho water. Microbes In the air, Microbes In the pie and cake, Microbes everywhere! Laying for you In tho cold, Likewise in the heat. Every time you draw your breath Or stop to drink or eat. In horrid consternation, I vainly try to sleep; I know that through the casement Bacilli strive to creep. Though as creation's mighty lords "We swagger and pretend. The microbe seems to be the one Who triumphs In the and. Washington Btarv J. W. Rlggs will close his studio. for several days beginning Saturday, Set. 7th, for the purpose of renovat ing and refitting with new back grounds and other accessories. For announcement of re-opening watch these columns, J. W. Rlggs, Artist. i Wholesale liquor dealer? Cigars and saloon sup plies. TRY A TIMES WANT AD. AND GET THE BEST RESUIT8. I McPherson Ginser Co. i California Wines a Specialty I I Front St., Mnrshfiold I OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1907. Call for those screw top cans. 3 lbs. mZF&&7Zke - v v-y ir ri -v ess H I W j&hu LlljaiiMiiBit.ik.li i'v&svl), ) H jt JIlUllS; A 1 Ual llJhs 1 above all things wish I WIB m , la A 5UPEMOK I I l MfCINGPOWBER I B5g? Made from a Superior grade of Rure Cream of Tartar I Sold and recommended by the following Grocers: MARSUFIEM): THE BAZAR HERBERT LOCKHART & P. A. SACCHI CHAS STAUFF JAS. B. HIBBARD FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE CO. FRANK MARHOFFER Cures Coughs, Colds, and Lung Troubles. Use Bayslde Paint and Baysldo Pure White Lead, and get tho best. BANK BY MAIL This strong bank with assets of over TWELVE MILLION D OLLJUIS solicits your account. We pay Ajo interest on Savings Accounts. Send for our booklet on Banking by Mail it will interest you and show you how to make more money. CALIFORNIA SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY California and Montgomery Sts. SAH FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 1 Coos Bay Steam Laundry ..-Of MARSHFIEL0 and NORTH BEND All work now done at the North Bend Plant Edgar Mauzcy Agent, Marshfield North Bend Phone 1031 Marshflcld Phone 180 &m?lch-&'' MblM n '&zjgu Lirp ' to give their children pure, healthful food. Indigestion sufferings are caused by the use of cheap, unwholesome baking powders. Don't risk health to save a) few cents in price. That is not economy. You cannot have good, healthful food unless you use pure baking powder. NORTH BEND: COOS BAY GROCERY CO. GRIMES & COMPANY RUSSELI BROTHERS AUG. HOELING EMMIE: J. VIRGIL PUGH SOUTHERN OREGON CO. TATRONIZE THESE GROCERS. 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