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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1907)
B5BBwEB5da nrswW -W? 'Htfj 'ft" - "mmiQm!ir- - ? -W- ,s-f"- THk DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHF1ELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1907. - r ATTEMPTS TO LASSO WHALE icvlntlinn Hubs Against Keel Schooner Muriel nt Mouth of Ilivcr. of Determined to get tho barnacles off him at any cost, a whale rubbed against the bottom of tho schooner Muriel's hull so violently as to maie everyone on board believe the vessel liad struck a submerged snag and would bo badly disabled. The mon ster "shivered the timbers" of tho ship from stem to stern and from Keelson to tho tips of the masts. Tho olnjular incident occurred near tho Columbia River lightship, where a slop had boon made for a tug to ar rive to tow tho craft across the bar. When Captain Wllkander and crew were running about on deck trying to ascertain just what happened, the whale stuck his head above the sur face and looked at them. Then he leaped half out of the water and bar nacles half a foot long were seen protruding from his body. Ho look ed sick out of his eyes and presented about tho sorriest appearance imag inable. After gazing about him for -a. few moments, he dived into the sea and again began to rake the bottom of tho hull in an effort to get rid of the surplus of shells and seaweeds, which were evidently causing him tho greatest of pain. Fearing that lie might cause the ship to turn tur tle by his frantic plunges, it was about decided to put the vessel under sail and stand offshore. But before this plan could be exe cuted, tho leviathan again came to the surface and cast his pityirg glance in the direction of the tars. His looks plainly showed that he was dangerously ill. Writhing in the greatest agony he began to cough and then he tried to emit a load from his stomach. Tho most sickening odors arose and permeated the air to such an extent that the sailors searched for kerchiefs to put to their faces. One of them was sc overcome that he has not fully recov ered yet, although tho schooner has been in harbor for two days. Tho skipper says he believes tho whale -was trying to throw up ambergris. In no other way can ho account for tho foul smell. "He could give a professional con tortionist cards and spades," says Captain Wiklander. "I never saw anything to equal his turning about in the water. There is no question but that he was badly sick. And his condition was undoubtedly caused by tho thick growth of barnacles he was carrying around with him. He un doubtedly stood tho inconvenience of taking them about with him as long as possible and decided to get rid of tho collection by scraping against my iship. "When he had come to tho surface lor about the fourth time after lumping up against tho bottom of tho hull, I decided to capture him if possible, thinking that I might make a rich haul in ambergris. According ly I got a ropo and made a lasso of it. 1 know a little about 'roping,' and "hoped to bo able to throw the loop over his tall, make tho other end fast to the capstan and tow tho prize into tho Columbia River. Well, I got my lasso ready for business and waited for a good opportunity to use It. Tho chance I was looking for soon camo and I throw tho rope, but tho loop foil a trlflo short. I tried It again and again for moro than two liours, but In somo manner that old "barnacled creature managed to ovado capture. Finally a tugboat showed up and put a stop to further proceed ings. I was in hopes ho would follow us Into tho river and then ho would bo easily taken. I was about tho on ly one on board not badly affected by tho strong odor. Had I captured him I am suro I could havo brought him Into tho Columbia with Httlo difll-culty." Borderland of jfclenco and Mngic. Modern science Is coquetting with ancient magic. Tho first dogma of magic, as taught by Eliphas Levi, af firms tho existence of an imponder able medium or universal agent be yond tho piano of our normal sen sual perceptions, which interpene' trates and binds up tho material world. For this medium Levi used the term astral light. According to the doctrine of magic the astral light is a storehouse of forces more pow erful than those which we know upon tho physical plane. Intensely receptive, it provides that moral and Intellectual atmosphere of which many aro conscious, and also con stitutes tho cosmic memory in which the images of all beings and events are preserved in tho memory of men. Further, tho astral light is first cousin to tho ether of Sir Oliver Lodge, and is the vehlclo of clair voyance, and all those supernor mal phenomena which science has taken out of tho hands of tho occul tists and renamed mataphysic. It is tho first object of occult education to establish a conscious communion with this supersensual plane of ex perience, imposing upon its forces the directive force of tho will as easily as we impose that will upon the "material" things of sense. Henco tho second axiom of magic, which also has a curiously modern air, for it postulates simply the lim itless power of such a disciplined will. This dogma has lately been taken over without acknowledgment from occult philosophy to become the trump card of New Thought in all its phases, in essence tho magi cal initiation is a traditional form of mental discipline, strengthening and focusing the will by which these powers which ordinarily Ho below tho threshold of the consciousness are liberated and enabled to report their discoveries to tho active and senient mind. There is nothing supernatural about It. It is charac ter building with an object on an heroic scale. In magic the uprushes of thought, tho abrupt intuitions which reach us from the subliminal region, aro developed and controlled. FInnnco and health travel hand in hand as your finances improve you becomo moro buoyant, help along tho good feeling by lotting McAr thur's pharmacy take enro of your prescriptions. Tlronkivntcr Left Out Yesterday. Tho Ilreakwntcr left for Portland yesterday nt 11 o'clock. It was tho Jntontlon of Captain Mngonn to sail at 7, but somo delay occurred which postponed tho start until lator. ' Sfcnmer Alert Being Repaired Tho steamer Alert, which has beon lying at tho Holland Bros, boat build ing wharf this week undergoing re pairs, is being fixed up in first-class -.Bliapo and tho work of completion -will probably require- another week. Xoses nnd Beauty. Tho Frenchman who sain that nine-tenths of feminine beauty con sisted of complexion reserved the other tenth for the contour of the nose. Noses, indeed, make or mar beauty. In a drawing there will be an entire metamorphosis of the face if the nose only is changed. Mme. du Barry, the famous charmer of Louis XV., was indebted to her position at his side entirely to her adorable nez retrousse, which, It is averred, is a type of, nose admired by lovers of things picturesque, and has figured most conspicuously In latter day fic tion as a mark of beauty. The straight lined, symmetrical Grecian nose has usually been mark ed as the paragon of nose, but there Is no absolute criterion for nasal per fection. Aquiline noses, although they do not embolllsh the face, lend it a certain majesty, and while over largo noses have never been admired they express an admirable dignity and nobility, and generally charac ter. Although Lulginl of Undine in his treatise on feminine beauty said that tho nose must be small and graceful ly placed, tho Insignificant and dwarfed nose receives no homage today. Tho nose is extremely sensi tive to exhibitions of ill temper and bad habits, and with Its minute mus cles writes in the clearest of charac ters every snarling, discontented, or disdainful feeling, until at last, if much indulged, they becomo plain and lasting Imprints upon tho face. Perhaps tho most disfiguring blem ish to an otherwlso pleasant face Is a red nbso. It is generally Imagined that such a nose can be duo alone to tho disturbing influences of dissipa tion, while they aro actually often tho natural outcome- of daily neglect in tho caro of tho body. Tho red nose, tho bluo, shriveled skin, is caused neither by wintry wind nor undigested lobster salads. Tho wind and tho lobster merely betray the fact that tho daily caro Is not all that it should bo; that there is an ob structed artorial action, and that tho system, ns a whole, is not per forming Its dally function in tho way Intomled by Mother Nature. A red noso may bo caused by tight lacing or may be tho result of impur ities of tho stomach. A woman fa mous for her flno complexion takes sulphur about onco In six weeks, somotlmes oftoner. Sho takes a teaspoonful of powdered charcoal for thrco mornings, and tho threo follow ing mornings a teaspoonful of pow dered sulphur and cream of tartar in equal parts. All but a fortunato few of us know what it Is to havo tho noso shiny and oily. There Is a good remedy, but it takes several woeks of constant ap plication before taking effect. This is tho romedy: The Myers SLore North Bend, Ore. The Myers Store SUITABLE CLOTHING For the Rainy Season AT LOWEST PRICES These rains remind us of wearing clothing that is adapted to the weather. Our stocks of rain clothing were never more complete than at this season, and in giving us your business in this line, you are not only saving considerably, but what is of more im portance, you are assured of getting the best qualities. 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