ANCIENT ATHENS
Supplement to
Bandon
■a«t»u«*ing la H»a Grecian City In
■aaa of Plato.
Recorder
In Profetis^T. <». Tucker's “Lift In
Ancient Athens” the author givaa thia
na a picture of a typical banquet In
that city in the time of Plato: “When
al) are in place the servunts come
round with a vetutel, from which they
(>onr water over the hands of the
guests There are brought In small
tabh*s, light and ornamental, one of
which is set down before each couch
for two persons, and on these are
placed the several dishes as they coiue
in order. The tables are lower than
the couches, so that the right hand
can reach down easily to them. Knives
and forks there are none The food is
taken up with the fingers. It is true
that in dealing with very soft foods
or gravies or in extracting tilings
from shells spoons were not unknown,
but usually the fingers were assisted
by pieces of bread hollowed out for
the purpose. It Is clear that there was
plenty of room for neatness and dainti
ness in handling food, and it was no
small advantage to have fingers not
too sensitive.
“There were no napkins. Portions
of soft bread, often especially prepared
for the purpose, were used for wiping
the fingers and were afterward thrown
to the d<>gs which might be present to
catch them; but, apart from the dogs,
it may tie something of a shock to
learn that the floor, which was, of
course, without a carpet, was the re
ceptacle for shells, bones, peelings and
other fragments, which were, however,
swept out at a given stage of the
proceedings < >>nversatlon meanwhile
must lie general. The first half of din
ner consists of substantia I a, partlcu
larly fish and birds, eels (If they could
be got), comparatively little meat (such
as beef, lamb and pork) and vegetables
dressed to a degree of which we should
hardly approve with oil, vinegar, honey
and sauces.
"During this part of the meal wine
Is not drunk The Athenians kept their
drinking as separate as possible from
their eating. Water is then brought
round again, hands are washed, the
tables are carried out, the floor is
swept, a chant is sung to the accom
paniment of the fluti>s, a libation of
wine is poured out to the words ‘to the
good genius’ or ’to good health,’ and
the second part of the banquet begins.
The tables are brought In again, and
what we call dessert was for this rea
son called by the Athenians ‘the sec
ond table.’ On these are placed fruits,
fresh and dried; salted almonds, sweet
meats. cheese and salt.”
June 13. 1907
OLD TIME
How would you like to be the ice
Magnetic Msd’ium*.
"You’ve gut a pretty bad headache, utanf The Bandou Market. Tall
air, haven’t you?" asked the barber, oa wbeu you waul good dry wood.
giving a dry shampoo.
“That’s just what's bothering me,”
replied the man In the chair. “But
how did you kuow?”
“Tell it by my wrists and bands,"
explained the barber. “You aud 1 are
what they'd call magnetic mediums
Aud the electricity In my Ungers takes
the pain out of your herd. But I get
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CALENDARS.
The 8axon Clogg, Whence Comet the
Name “Almanac.”
In these days, when printed cnlcndars
art* hi evidence everywhere, Hie que*
tien as to what device the elder folk
employed to help them mark the prog
resit of time Is not uninteresting.
“They,” says Verstegan, alluding t.>
the Saxons. “used to engrave upon
certaine squared ■ticks about a foot.fn
length, or shorter or longer, as they
pleasisl, the courses of tin- moolies of
the whole yeerc, whereby they could
ulwaies certainly tell when the new
moones, full moones aud changes
should Impiieu. as also their festivall
dales, and such a carved stick they
culled an al mon tight that is to say,
ul mon heed, to wit, the record or ob
nervation of all the moones, and hence
Ls derived the name almanac.”
An instrument of this kind was also
<'alied the clogg, from its form and
matter, and had a ring on the upper
end of It to hung on a nail somewhere
about the house. < Hi each of the four
Hides were three months, the days be
ing represented by notches. Every
seventh notch, being of a larger size.
represented Sunday
Issuing from
the right siile of the notches were In
scriptioiis and ligures marking the
festival days by some endowment of
the saints or illustrating the season of
the year by some work or sport char
acteristic of it.
Thus against June 29. St. Peter's day,
were carved his keys. On l’eb. 14 a
true lover’s knot appeared, and against
the notch designating t'hrlstmus day
was the old wasshalling or carousal
boni that the forefathers used to make
merry with.
The Danes, Swedes and Norwegians
used those almanacs under various
names, such ns Reinstocks, Runstocks,
Runstaffs, Annales. Staves, Stakes,
Cloggs, RunlcI, and so forth. Before
printing was introduced and when
manuscripts were rare and denr thiato
Runic almanacs were made the Instru
ments of instruction and regularity.
That they might be more serviceable
they were often carved on the tops of
pilgrims’ staves or stakes so as to
regulate their time of assembling nt
particular places. They were also cut
on sword scabbards and implements of
husbandry. These cloggs are not en
tirely unlike the Egyptian obelisks,
which have laam called fingers of the
sun and which may l>e regarded as a
species of almanac.
One of tlie first printed almanacs or
calendars was that of John Muller,
who opened a printing house and puti-
1 Is bed his almanac at Gureinburg in
the year 1472. It gave not only the
characters of each year and of the
months, but foretold the eclipses for
thirty years in alliance.
Ill England tin1 year liook of Henry
Til. gives the first recorded account of
almanacs Chicago Record-Herald.
C. W. DYGERT
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“Welir
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An Accomplished Youth.
“Well, Freddie, I suppose you have
learned to read by this time?”
“Yes,” said Freddie.
“Words of one syllable, eh?”
“Not yet, sir,” satd Freddie, "but I
can read words of oue letter with my
left eye.”
A Hard Lesson.
Bobby's Vncle—Well, Bobby, what
are you learning In school? Bobby—
I’m learnln’ what a chump I was for
•ver startin’ In.—New Orleans Times-
Deni ocrat.
A Difficulty.
Mistress—Why don’t you boll the
eggs? Cook- Sure, I’ve no clock tn
the kitchen to go by! Mistress—Oh.
yes; you have! Cook—What good Is It?
It’s ten minutes fast. Philadelphia In
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NOTICE Hilt PUBLICATION.
(Tilted States Laud Office, Roseburg Ore ,
March 16, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that in ooiupliauoe
with the provisions of the aot of Congress
of June 3, 1878, entitled “Au act for the
sale of timber lands iu the States of Cal
iforuia. Oregon, Nevada, and Washington
territory,” as extended to all the Public
Land States by act of August 4, 1892, George
E Wilson of Bandon, County of Coos, State
of Oregon, has this day tiled in this office
his sworn statement No. 7888, for the par
chase of the N54 of SWV4, SE*>4 of 8WV4,
NW1, of SE1, of Section No. 15 in Town
ship No. 29 S.. Range No. 14 W.. and will
otter proof to show that the land sought is
more valuable for its timber or stone than
for agricultural purposes, and to establish
bis claim to said land before the Conntv
Clerk and Clerk of the County Court of
Coos County, at bis office at Coquille, Or
egou, on Friday the 7th day of June, 1907.
He names as witnesses
Gleuu B. Cox.
Charles L. Cox, and Edward Obman of
Bandon, Oregon, and Cecil C. Cox of Co
quille, Oregon.
Any and all |iersons claiming adversely
the above described lands are requested to
tile their claims in this office on or before
said 7th day of June 1907.
B enjamin L. E ijdv , Register
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One of the most important lessons
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camera In the projier position during
ex|Hisur»>. Whenever there are corners
<>f buildings or other objects which
give vertical lines the camera must tie
held absolutely level. If this is not
done, the building in the picture will
appear to be falling either backward
or forward, according to the way tn
which the camera was tilted.
There are times, however, when the
camera may lie tilted to nn advantage.
In some cases it is nn absolute neces-
stty. For example, ln photographs of
clouds, waterfalls, balloons, etc., the
camera may point upward, while In
taking pictures of peoplo swimming
or bathing, children at work or play,
etc., it tuny lx poltitm! downward.
Very successful photographs of
prominent speakers parades, crowds,
etc, have been taken when the camera
was upside down. It makes no differ
ence in the negative whether the cam
era is right side up or not. By holding
the camera in the way suggested many
a photographer has secured good pic
tures, while others who tried to use
the camera In the usual way made ab
solute failures.
Often by holding the camera by the
side of the body and pointing it back
ward one may swiiit pictures of chil
dren at play and of older people in
natural poses without the knowledW
of any members of the group.
Another warning to Iwgtnnera is nec
essary. Do not try to take a time ex
posure while holding the camera in the
hand. Even If the camera is held
against the breast and respiration stop,
j c,l the action of the heart is sufficient
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General Repairing.
Pattern Shop in
To Inhale steam from a bowl of boil
Connection.
Ing water is very good for a sort)
throat. The sufferer should lean over
Lightning Superstition.
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The ancient Romans avoided places the steam, drawing it In both throat
For Sale.
struck by lightning. The bouses if and nostrils.
Many cases of indigestion, headache,
damaged, were pulled down or fenced
In so that no one could use the build neuralgia, cold hands and feet can be
I Lave a valuable ranch for sale,
ing on which the go<ls had sot the mark quickly cured by drinking slowly one suitable for dairying aud for diversi
of their displeasure. This feeling was or two pints of water so hot that It
tied farming, consisting of some 300
probably deepened by the fact that cer almost burns the throat.
Warts may 1« entirely removed by acres of highly productive land. Ie
tain localities are visited by thunder
storms more than others, the wrath of washing the hands two or three time« second to none in Coos county
Jove descending In white flame time a day with the water in which pota
Terms, 25 per cent in cash, ami any
and again In the same spot. And it toes have been boiled or by bathing
reasonable
time for balance will be
the
wart
several
times
with
potato
was the same superstition, lingering
given.
among Christians in a slightly different water.
form, which made it so difficult for
Addtess,
E M. F crmak .
A dwarf tu-es farther than the giant
Benjamin Franklin to Introduce the when he has the giant's shouiviera to
Bandon, Coquille City, or Marsh
lightning rod, for the pious Americans
mount on.—Colerldgp.
field, Oregon.
of that day declared that “it was ns
impious to erect rods to ward off heav
en's lightning as for a child to ward off
the chastening rod of its father.’’
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