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THE BLACK BEAR.
Th* Saxon Clogg, Wiest« Cea«*
Name "Almanac."
Tb« Old Pastor Building ha« been Remodeled for
Gambrinus Brewing Company
Rob’t Marsden, Agent
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BARKER
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& CO, Coquille,
Successor to V. R. WILSON
1
«ii4 soiitk it to ■»•■< Be*tc«Y aa4"tto
<uoe<t:uus Ik. so* rias
SK, height la
Which the ssusm ar* etflad by gran
deur. now to tlwuw found so near the
equator that maged-xas or gixein of
■ulemnlty wtileb to uae toatura of tte*
JLo'kisa It la a beauty of more human
type, which csd be enjoyed meat When
we know that a«u baa Lia abode there
The And«® the A lye or th* Rockies
•re bold and austere. They need no
life Life is not meant for them. But
such contrast* aufl change* as ar* con
stantly presented to the eye in these
•oftened landscapes are mare exquisite
when man is pottering about on the
surface trying to Imagine that be is of
•ome real Importance on the earth.— I
Reader Magazine.
In these days, when printed calen.lSSto
ere Ln evidence everywhere, the yuSto
tlon aS to what device tbe eifler fo*
employed to help tkfiu mark tbe pn*
res* of time la not uniuterestUi®
"They,” aays Veretegau, alluding St
the Saxons, "used to engrave upd®
certain* squared sticks about a foot *
length, or shorter or longer, a* they
pleased, tbe courses of tbe mootie* flt
tbe whole yeere. whereby they could
alwaiea certainly tell when the new
moouee, full moones abd change*
should bapi>eu, as also their festival!
dales, and such a carved stick they
called an al mon aght—that Is to say,
almon-heed, to wit. the record or ob
servation of all the moones, and hence
MARVELS OF WORKMANSHIP.
la derived the name almanac."
An Instrument of this kind was also The Violin. That Were Made by the
tailed tbe clogg, from Its form and
Fimoui Old Masters.
matter, and had a ring on the upper
The old masters used such care la
end of it to hang on a nail somewhere
the Mieetion of the woods for their
about the bouse, on each of tbe four instruments that, having found a piece
•ides were three mouths, the days be of wood of proper fiber and vibrational
ing represented by notches. Every powers, the, treasured ever, fragment,
seventh notch, being of a larger size. no matter how small, and rather than
represented Sunday,
Issuing from waste even a particle of such a strip
the right side of tbe notches were lu- the, frequently constructed the backs
acriptious and figures marking the and bellies of patches so delicate), put
festival days by some endowment of together that "the seams are only dis
the saints w illustrating the season of coverable by microscope. so perfect is
the year by some work or sport char the cabinetwork." It was ever the
acteristic of it
alm of the old masters to "marry" the
Thus against June 29, St. Teter’s day, back of hard sycamore, which produces
were carved his keys. On Feb. 14 a the quick vibrations, and the belly of
true lover’s knot appeared, and against •oft wood, producing the slower sound
the notch designating Christmas day waves, in such a manner as to give
was the old wassballing or carousal the mellow but reedy timbre of the
horn that the forefathers used to make perfect instrument Anatomically a
merry with.
violin made by an old master la a
The Danes, Swedes and Norwegians miracle of construction. It can be tak
used these almanacs under various en to pieces, patched, put together, re
names, such as Reinstocks, Runstocks, paired indefinitely and is almost inde
Runstaffs, Annales, Staves, Stakes, structible. Repairing has been the
Cloggs, Runlci, and so forth. Before means of exposing many clever forger
printing was introduced and when ies. The inside of a violin made by
manuscripts were rare and dear these Stradivari, Guarnerius or other old
Runic almanacs were made the instru masters is as perfectly finished Inside
ments of Instruction and regularity. as outside, and the clumsy interior
That they might be more serviceable work of a forgery betrays an imita-
they were often carved on the tops of *ion at once.—Circle Magazine.
pilgrims' staves or stakes so as to
regulate their time of assembling at
Late and Early Easters.
particular places. They were also cut
The earliest date on which Easter
on sword scabbards and Implements of ran fall is March 22. The moon must
husbandry. These cloggs are not en then be full on March 21. and that
tirely unlike the Egyptian obelisks, date must be Saturday. Such a com
which have lieen called fingers of the bination of circumstances Is extremely
sun and which may be regarded as a rare. Easter Sunday has fallen as
species of almanac.
early as March 22 In 1093, In 1761 and
One of the first printed almanacs or In 1817, and it will fall on March 22
calendars was that of John Muller, again In 1090, 2076 and 2144. The lab
w ho opened a printing house and pub est date on which Easter can fall Is
lished his almanac at Guremburg in April 25. That happened In 1666, In
the year 1472. It gave not only the 1734 and In 1886. It will happen again
characters of each year and of tbe In 1943.
months, but foretold the eclipses for
thirty years In advance.
To Be Exact.
In England the year book of Henry
“Jane,” asked Mrs. Hiram Offen,
▼II. gives the first recorded acoount of ‘are the eggs boiling?"
almanac«.—Chicago Record-Herald.
“Most assuredly not, madam,” re
plied the new servant, lately from Bos
Lightning Superstition.
ton. "but I may safely say the water
The ancient Romans avoided places In which the eggs are Immersed Is."—
struck by lightning. The houses If Philadelphia Press.
’amaged were pulled down or fenced
Th* Impresaion He Gave.
In so that no one could use the build
His honor Judge Willis, on one occa
ing on which the go<ls had set the mark
of their displeasure. This feeling was sion going home In an omnibus which
probably deepened by the fact that cer landed him at an inn known as tbe
tain localities are visited by thunder Green Man, as usual passed the time
storms more than others, the wrath of In friendly discourse with the passen
Jove descending in white flame time gers. To one housewife who bad been
and again In the same spot And It marketing he remarked that, owing to
was the same superstition, lingering free trade, she was enabled to buy
among Christians In a slightly different much more for her money than if sb*
form, which made It so difficult for lived In a tariff country. To others be
Benjamin Franklin to introduce the talked freely and dispensed counsel
lightning rod, for the pious Americans and advice indiscriminately. Arrived
of that day declared that “it was as at his destination, he intimated to the
Impious to erect rods to ward off heav conductor, “I want to get out at the
en’s lightning as for a child to ward off Green Man.” Accordingly the omnibus
slowed down, but as he was leaving
the chasten! ug rod of Its father.”
his seat a lady touched him on the
■leeve and earnestly inquired, "My
SHORTHAND
good man, don't you think you've had
enough?”—London Tit Bits.
The Quality That Appears to Be Lack
ing In All System*.
The fatality of all systems of short
hand Is that what seems easy to tbe
eye of filial piety may t»e terribly diffi
cult to the cold gaze of a stranger.
Of the Innumerable systems of short
hand that were tbe vogue a century
ago how many survive today? asks a
London writer. Fame and fortune still
await tbe man or woman who can In
vent a system that will appeal to the
reader as effectively as to the original
writer, rerhaps If we were to redis
cover the lost shorthand writing of the
ancient Romans we might find our
selves on ths road toward a solution
of the problem.
For the Romans were on affectionate
terms with shorthand. Did not Sue
tonius, speaking of Caligula, express
surprise that an emperor of so many
promising parts should nevertheless be
an Ignoramus in shorthand, and did
not Titus Vespaslanus pride himself on
his facility In the use of stenography
both for business and amusement? 8o
fond was he of the sport that be de-,
lighted to gather his amanuenses 1
around him in order that they should
tilt against each other in the steno
graphic field. It may be that but for
the rediscovery of the art In England I
toward the end of ths sixteenth cen
tury the curious Pepys would not have
been moved to writs his diary.
ri LTT j ri li
-A. Full Lin.® of Confectionery, Fruit
Cigars Tobaooo, Soft Drinks, etc
K®w-a
Stand
in
Connection.
Next to
Cafe
Backing Hi* Theory.
“Do you
still 1 believe In inherited
------
weaknesses ?”
"Yes."
“How do you account for the fact
that little Mary Ringler cries so easy
and so often?”
"Her mother worked In an onion can
nery and her grandmother was an emo
tional actress.' —Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
Time's Changes.
“You." said she ns she came down
the stairs leisurely pulling on her
gloves—"you used to say I was worth
my weight In gold.”
“Well, what If I dl<l?” be a sired,
looking at bls watch for the third time
In fifteen minutes.
"And now you don't think I’m worth
a wait of two minutes.”
They Qo Together.
“Any bottles? Any rags?”
“Queer combination yon deal in, my
friend.”
"Not so queer. People as has bottles
generally has rag»."—Washington Har
ald.
Real Estate List.
Large lot and new bouse in Ban
don $650, good location.
3 lots and nice bouse, good lo
cation in Bandon $650.
C.
A.
40 acre ranch 6| miles iron
Ion has 400 curd* ot cut
ou it $750.
Vn-
I
1G2 acre ranch >n Curry
near Langlois $800.
Flue residence block. 200 ■
ftoni with laudiug full bei.
cb*rd, large dwellings 8 oth< i
mgs, with iurniture and fiilm
location for a store or ratoon.
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Several tine business lots i
business part of Baudot! from
upwards.
,--t
500
1080 acre* of raueb Ian
deuce building, seven bundre
of bottom land, balauce numiei
bench land, tine lake fishing
bunting. Price $33,000.
5 acres jnst outside of the co
atiou good level land. $750.
2 one acre tracts, adjoining
cheap.
280 acres improved ranch, tine
ii.g orchard, 90 tier r button
10 nnles from
Bandot),
amoout of
white cedar <
price
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House and 2 lots in town. g< •
ca'ion, land set out iu straw•
$55( >.
River front ranch. 1 mil-
front on deep water. 177 1 3
coal laud $350 ).
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Houses to rei t, Coos and < arry
property for sale, ranches of all
in both counties for sale.
Store room to rent cheap
•bo
best part of Bandon, np atri • 'WO
stairs.
V l<0
General merchandise st •
Hi
stock and fixtures with buil
large lot. doing a buslueHs <>'
, nIU
to $30.001) per year, well l<. .
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long established business, .v
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HB.
be doubled by the tignt
Price $9000.
Manufacturing
plain 1
Good paying bnsinrss. Big
on deep water. First class
proposition ou Coquille river
ater
A number of first class deep
front mill sites for sale cheap.
5 timber claims, cruise 3,t
tidy
feet each, mostly white cedar,
500
to roads auu easy to log. Pi
each.
i all
Lots $15 and up, local,
ali
parts of town and surroundii
ght
dition. Property of all kind:-
and sold at living prices.
.■od
We are an old estHblisbeo t
>i ie
\\ e are not <•• i
are reliable,
UH
real estate sgeuts. Call an
you
and if we do not have wo
want we will get it.
T he B andon R eal E state 5 ■'AN
C ompany , Room» 2 »m. 3,
New Denbolm Bld g. Bandon, Ore.
JACK
JAMISON
BROWN
The Arcade Saloon,
Choicest of Wines, Liqours an
Cigar s .
They Handle The Famous
Weinh ard’s
eers
In The New Green Building
Real Estate Bargains
a
Woolen Mill Addition in the east pari of Bandon. The best
residence property iu the Town of Bandon, close to all the
mannfactnriog plants and the new ship yard. No need ef
carrying your dinner pail when you can go home and get a
warm dinner and have plenty of time for a romp with the
babe. Prices have almost doubled in tbe last six months
and they will double again in the next six months More
homes have been bcilt in this Addition than in any other
part of BandoD. Lots range in price from $3o to $200.
Get one or two before they are all gone.
Breakwater Addition in tbe west part o5 Bandon. Prices
from $30 np.
Lots and scree in all parts of Bandon. Farms. Ranches
and Timber Claims Give us a call and get pnces^nd.a
square deal.
VENEZUELA.
The beauty of th* country Is the first
•nd th* most lasting Impression. To
catch glimpses at every turn la th*
valley* of cloudy peaks, or wb*n on |
th* mountain side to see through the
limpid air valley after valley between
the protecting bills, to breath* this
pure air, to know that summer to al>
mo*t perpetual— h* Is only half a man
who doe* not for a moment forget th*
need* of ctvllintlon in the Intoxication
of primitive nature. The k>velln«as-of
Fiv* Months' Sleep.
The black bear ba* her cubs, from
one to thr««. In her den during the
mouths of March and April. an<l it 1*
an Interesting thing to know that she
has tbe power to gtve birth to bar
young at least two week* before the
proper time If driven from her den.
She will return to her cub* If let alone.
In tbe den she care* for her young un
til the snow* of tbe north country have
• ufficlently melted la permit of her get
ting about, when she "htta the trail”
•gain. She eats nothing during th*
fire mouths that ah* hibernates, ex
cept that from time to time ahe will
lap th* Icicle which la made by th*
freezing of her breath on her paws.
She ventures forth a* soon as th* snow
has sufficiently melted to permit of her
getting about and for several days will
eat nothing but hemlock bark and cer
tain roots, which act a* a physic.
When in her normal state of health
again she Is ravenously hungry and
will diligently fish the brooks and
stream* In search of a dinner of trout,
will hunt up the carcasses of deer or
moose which have been overcome by
the severity of the winter or will prey
upon porcupines by quickly putting her
paw under the stomach and rolling the
porcupine on its back, then with a slap
tear out the entrails and escape the
quills.—Field and Stream.
‘rom
“Old Hundredth.“
“Old Hundredth” has been variously
ascribed to Martin Luther, Dr. John
Dowland and William Franck. Dr.
Lowell Mason wrote quite a treatise
on the old tune In 1852. saying em
phatically that it was written by Guil
laume (William) Franck In 1548. But
later musical historians and antiqua
rians who have investigated more close
ly say It was composed by Louis Bour
geois, born about 1500 and died about
1572—some say in the massacre of St
Bartholomew, in 1551-52.—Musical Mil
lion.
Beauty of th* Country and th* Im
pression It L*av**.
VA R NE Ï
Her Phytto and H*r Food Aft*r Her
1 ranch 196 seres 4’. oul-
Bandou' well stocked ready 1
ness, tine orchard, 75 acres oi
land $ 1X018J
OAKES REAL ESTATE CO.
Room 3 in the Laird Building
Veneanela Is somctMlag diBsreat from
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