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PRATT & PERSHBAKER
The Firm of
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General Merchandise and Genfs Furnishing
"Th<to w« must h*»» it by th» out
HIGHEST PRICE FOR FARM PRODUCE
Prosper
Oregon
A. McNair, The Hardware Man
M»>Gf • nrat tt Stoves, B.tngi's anti Heritors hat« »• them s«» ma»". »■ <*f»||enri<-s
that they are now ack now l«i Red the R*reut «S i sellers on . ht*»-««a.~ »
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ing in favorevery year. We have the exclusive auenuy in Bar.1L.11 • >' iae.se house­
hold and office necessities, and prices ranRe exceedingly mode- .. m eithei i use.
TINNING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY
Our AiMrtuwrt of Harhware. Tinware and Edged Tools is Most Complete
Chaa.
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
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High Classea of Work Solicit«!
McCulloch
Bandon
Oregon
HOTEL GALLIER
Rates $1 to $2 per Day
by the Week or Month,
in Connection
Special Rates
Sample Room
Oregon
Bandon
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SHIELDS & KENNEDY,
Blacksmiths and Wagon Makers
Wagons of All Kinds Made to Order
Horseshoeing a Specialty
Job Work attended to promptly and all work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
onable. Shop on Atwater Street, Bandon, Oregon.
ank of
Prices reas­
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BANDON, OREGON
Capital, $25,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
J. L. Kronenberir. President; J Denholm Vice President
F. J. Fahy, Cashier; Frank Flam. T. P. Hanley
A general banking business transacted and customers given every accommodation con­
sistent with safe and conservative hanking
CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco. Cal.: Merch­
ants National Bank. Portland, Oregon: The Chase National Bank, of New York.
Bank is open from 9 a. in. to 12 m.. and 1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
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This steamer is new. is strongly built and fitted with th«» latest improvements and will
give a regular 8 day service, for passengers ami freight. b«»tw<»«*n th«’ Co<iuilie river. Oregon,
and San Francisco. E. T. KRUSE. managing agent. 2.‘> Market. St.. San Francisco.
J. E. WALSTROM, Agent, Bandon, Oregon.
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WEEKLY TRIPS
GEO. D. GRAY & CO., Gen. Agents
L. W. SHAW, Agent
421 Market Street, San Francisco
Marshfield. Phone 441
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The New Modern Oil Burning Steamer
ANDON
On Regular Schedule Between Bandon and
San Francisco
A, F. ESTABROOK & CO., 901 Merchants' Exchange Building, San
Francisco, Owners and General Agents.
BANDON COMMERCIAL CO.. Agents for Bandon and Coquille Valley
W. IN. WRIGHT
Successor to HOOVER & MONDAY'
BANDON MEAT MARKET
Dealer in All Kinds of
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Harm ind - Silt - Meats, - Vegetables, Lard Etc.
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Having purchased this old and well established business, and moved the same to the
Marshall buildin», «ast «ide Main street, we solicit a continuance of pa .. nero
iru»ranteemg honesi vosi«, fan puces arai courteous treatment to all
Portland & Coos Bdy S. S. Line
BREAKWATER
Sail« from Coos Bay Saturdays at Service of Tide
Sails From Portland Wednesday at 8 p. m.
C. r. McCOLLUM, Agl
Phone Main 34
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Steamer Alliance
A St. Dock
girt«money, t'ould wo «ot get tow t»m-
»prary «n><» of 1»?”
!• h»s Bithe*»^swered With
• oigh. “Jt ja •<» t «4 up ia the will that
sho rannot • «» if »«-a» ft<to»elf lantil she
ecu»» o? ■«« 'i’laera .a no wag st touch-
ai» if S»eey» hj,
mafria^o <«
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death.”
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Bandon Foundry
& Machine Shop
"It will aepen* upon youraelvee. tt
you prove yourself to be a tuan of honor
in this matter I ¡pay be inclined to s.i>c-
tion your addresses. In the meantime,
you must give me your wor4 to let it rest,
and neither to attempt to speak to M.ss
I llarston nor to see her. nor to allow your
parents to ci^imunicate with her. The
GARFIELp 4 VON FEGEliT
lust condition may seem to you to be
hard, but, in my eyes, it to a ve*y impor­
tant one. Unless you can bring yourself
to promise all this, my duty will compel
me to remove my ward entirely out of
your reach, a course which would be pain­
ful to her and inconvenient to myself."
“But I must let her know of this ar­
rangement. 1 must tell her that you hold Special Machines Built ts Orear
out hopes to us on condition that we keep
Turned Shafting, Cap and Set
apart for a ti^ie.”
Screws, Machine Bolts, Pip®
"It woud be cruel not to allow you to
and Fittings, Brasa Work
do that,” Girdlestone answered. “You
may send her one letter, but, remember,
there shall be no reply to it."
GENERAL REPAItlNG
’Thank you, sir; thank you!” Tom
cried, fervently. “I have something to
live for now. This separation will but
make our hearts grow fonder.
What
change can time make in either of us?”
‘‘Quite ao," said John Girdlestone, with
a smile. "Remember, there must be no
more walking through the square, You
BEN SCHUYLER. Proprietor
must remain absolutely a;>art if you w eh
to gain my consent.”
"It ia hard, very, very hard, But I will
promise to do it. What would I not
promise which would lead to our earlier
un ion?"
Near the Boat I endings, Baastoa
“That Is settled then. In the meantime.
I should be obliged if you would go down
to the docks and look after the loading of
the transferable corrugated iron house»
for New Calabar.”
< ’hole« Brand® of
"All right, sir, and thank you for your
kindness," said Toni, bowing himself out.
He hardly knew whether to be pleased or
grieved over the result <vf his interview;
but on the whole, satisfaction prevailed,
since at the worst it was but to wait for
a year or so, while there seemed to be
some hopes of gaining the guardian s con­ Weinhard’s Steam Beer on Tap
sent before that. On the other hand, he
had pledged himseTT to separate from
Kate, but that would, he reflected, only
make their reunion the sweeter.
When the hour of luncheon arrived no Good Treatment Call and See Me
thought of food was in the lad s head,
but, burying himself in the back parlor
of a little Blackwall public house, he call-
el for pen. ink and paper, and proceeded
to indite a letter to his sweetheart. Never
was so much love and comfort and ad­
vice and hope compressed into the limit»
Formerly ANCHOR BAR
of four sheets of paper or contained in
ALVIN MUNCK. Proprietor
the narrow boundary of-a single envelope.
Tom read it over after he had finished,
and felt that it feebly expressed his
hi» thoughts; but then, what lover ever I Is Now Located in Fine New Quarter»
yet did succeed in getting his thought»
East of the Postoffice
satisfactorily reprpsentp(i upon paper.
Having posted this effusion, in which he
had carefully explained the conditions im­
posed upon him, Tom felt considerably Choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars
more light hearted, and returned with re­
newed vigor to the loading of the corru­
gated iron. He would hardly have felt
so satisfied hail he seen John Girdlestone
Billiard and Pool Tables
receiving that same letter from the hands
of the footman, and reading it afterward»
in the privacy of his bedroom with a sar­
donic smile upon his face. Still leas con­
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
tented would he have been had he beheld
the merchant tearing it into small frag­
ments and making a bonfire of it in his
Call and See Munck
capacious grate. Next morning Kate look­
ed in vain out of the accustomed win­
dow, and was sore at heart when no tall
figure appeared in sight, and no frieudlf
hand waved a morning salutation.
(To be continued.)
n.»pvis opon ts u». ’
" 4 id that .is?*
"I must marry her”
"You will?”
”f shall. Hero is me haed oa ?« ”
"Then we ara saved," eric® the qld man.
throwing np Ina tremulous hands. “Gir­
dles;. me .a Son will weather the storm
yet."
• CONAN DOYLI
“But Girdlestono become« a Sleepln.t
partner," sh I<1 Ezra. "It’s tor my own
A ♦»•»»» WWîmWWWW
»ike I ,1<» it ttn(j not for yours;” with
which frank remark he drew his hat down
over his brows and set off for Eccleston
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CllAlTER X.
One day, as Thomas Dimsdal» was
During the months which Ezra Girdle-
I «tone had spent in Africa the affairs of making his way cityward, at a rtthrr
the firm in Fenchurcb street had been earlier hour than was customary with
exceedingly prosperous. Trade upon tho him. he missed the usual npparition at th.'
coast had been brisker than usual, and window, Ijooking round blankly in search
three of the company's ships had come in of some explanation of this absence, he
i «1. short intervals with excellent cargoes. perceived in the garden • pretty white
Among these was the Black Eagle, which, bonnet which glinted among the leaves,
. ' > the astonishment of Captain Hamilton and on closet? Inspection a pair of bright
■ Miggs and the disgust of his etnploy-r, eyes, which surveyed him merrily from
had weathered a severe gale in the Chan­ underneath it. The gate was open, it
nel, and had arrived safe and sound once may be imagined that he was somewhat
more. This run of luck, supplemented ’>y late at the office that morning and on
the business capacity of the old merchant ninny subsequent mornings. until the
and the indomitable energy of young clerks began to think that their new eni-
Dimsdale, made the concern look so flour­ pioyer was losing the enthusiasm for
ishing that the former felt more than ever business which had possessed him.
convinced that if fie could but stave off
It chanced that one morning the Inter­
the immediate danger things would soon view between the lovers had lasted rather
right themselves. Hence he read with longer than usual, and had been concluded
delight the letters from Africa, in which by Kate's returning to the house, while
his son narrated the success of the con- Tom remained sitting upon the garden
«piracy and the manner in which the min seat lost in such a reverie as affects men
ers had been hoodwinked. The old man’.) in his position. While thus pleasantly
figure grew straighter and hi» step more employed, his thoughts were suddenly re­
firm as the conviction grew upon him called to earth by the appearance of a
that the company would soon return once dark shadow on the gTavel in front of
again to its former condition of atfiuence. him. and looking up he saw the senior
Tt mey be imagined, therefor*, that partner standing a short distance awav
when the rumors of a bona fide diamond and regarding him with anything but an
find in the Grange Free State came to ariilable expression upon his face. Ho
I his ears John Girdlestone was much agi- had himself been having a morning stroll
, tated and distressed. On the same <lay in the garden, and had overseen the whole
that he saw the announcement in ths of the recent interview without the pre­
papers he received a letter from hi» son occupied lovers being aware of his pres­
announcing the failure of their enterprise. ence.
After narrating the robbery, the pursuit,
“Are you coming to the office?" he
j the death of Farintosh and the announee- asked sternly, “rf so. we can go together.”
I ment of the new discovery, it gave an ae-
Tom rose and followed him out of the
i count of his subsequent movements.
gardens without a word. He knew from
“As to our speculation, the letter said, the other's expression that all was known
It is, of course, all tip. Even when the to him, and In bis heart he was not sorry.
Russian business proves to be a hoax, the His only fear was that the old man’s
price of stones will remain very low on anger might fall upon his ward, and this
account of these new fields. It is possi­ he determined to prevent. They walked
ble that we may sell our lot at some small side by side as far as the station In com­
profit, but it won't be the royal road to a plete silence, but on reaching Fenchurch
fortune that you prophesied, nor will it street Girdlestone naked his young part-
help the firm out of the rut into which nei to step into his private sanctum.
you have shoved it. My only regret in
"Now, sir," he said, as he closed the
leaving Africa like this to that Williams door behind him, “I think that I have a
will have no one to prosecute him.”
right to inquire what the meaning may
Thi» letter was a rude shock to the be of the scene of which I was an invol-
African merchant. Within a week of the untary witness this morning?
receipt of it hto son Ezra, gloomy and
"It means,” Tom answered firmly but
travel stained, walked into the sanctum ge’ntly, “that I am engaged to i Miss Hnr-
at Fenchurch street and confirmed a'l «ton, and have been for some time."
the evil tidings by word of mouth. The
“Oh, indeed,” Girdlestone answered
old man was of too tough a fiber to break coldly, sitting down at his desk and turn-
down completely, but hto bony hand« clot- ing over the pile of letters.
ed convulsively upon the arms of tne
During the long silent walk the mar­
chair, and a cold perspiration broke out . chant had been revolving in his mimi
upon his wrinkled forehead as he listened what course he should pursue, and he nad
to such details as his son vouchsafed to come to the conclusion that It was more
afford'him.
easy to guide this impetuous stream of
"You have your atones all «afe, youth than to attempt to stem it. He did
HOW TO WIN BATTLES.
not realize the strength of the tie that
•hough?” he stammered out at last.
"They are in my box at home,” said bound these two young people together, Men Who lilt What they snoot
Ezra, gloomy and morose, leaning against and imagined that with Judgment and pa
the Deter ni I nt me Factor In War.
the white marble mantelpiece. “We'll ne tience it might yet be snapped. It was,
Cither things being equal, good shoot­
lucky if we clear a» much as they cost therefore, with as good an imitation of ing Is the determining factor in war.
and a margin for my expenses and Lang­ geniality as his angular visage would per­ Poorly drilled and hastily organized
worthy's, A broken head is all that I mit of that he answered his companion's bodies of men »•an give a good account
confession.
have got from your fine scheme.”
"You can hardly wonder at my being of themselves If they know, liow to
"Who could foresee such a thing?” the
old man said, plaintively. "The fall in surprised,” he said, ‘.’Such a thing never shoot and hit what they shoot at.
In our war for independence, says
entered my mind for a moment, You
pi ices is slire to be permanent?’’
"It will last for some years, anyway,” would have done better to have confided Army and Navy Life, the colonist»
They carried and
"'I’lio Jagorsfontein ■ in me before."
Ezra answered.
were woodsmen,
“I must ask your pardon for not hav­ used their arms to supply their homes
gravel is very rich, and there seems to lie
ing done so.”
plenty of it.”
with food and to protect them from the
“As far as you are concerned.” said savage. As marksmen they vastly out­
"And within a few months we must re­
pay both capital and interest. We uro John Girdlestone affably, ”1’ believe you- classed the British, and that more than
ruined!" The old merchant «poke in a to be hardworking and right principled. anything else gave Washington th»
broken voice, and his head «ank upon hto Your conduct since you joined the firm
breast “When that day come»,” he con­ has been everything that I could .desire.” final victory.
ztgaln. in our grant Civil War mark
Tom bowed his acknowledements, much
tinued, "the firm which has been for thir­
the effect of a general knowledge of
ty year» above reproach, and a model to pleased by the preamble.
"With regard to my ward." continued firearms. In the South were sporting
the whole city, will be proclaimed as a
bankrupt concern. Worse still, it will be the senior partner, speaking very slowly people. They were fond of riding and
shown to have been kept afloat for years and evidently weighing his Words. “I hunting
Shooting at tarket and at
j by means which will be deemed fraudu- could not wish for her to have a better game entered into their s|iorts and
I lent. I tell you, my dear »»on. that 'f husband. In considering such a question pastimes. The North was commercial.
any means could be devised which would I have, however, as you may imagine, to
Its men knew little or nothing of
avert this—any mean*—I should not hes­ consult above everything eles the wishes firearms save the flintlocks of their
of
my
dead
friend,
Mr.
John
Hareton.
the
itate to adopt them. I am a frail old
man, and 1 feel f?iat the short balance of father of the young lady to whom you say grandfathers, objects of curiosity In
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my life «otild be a small thing for me to you are engaged, A trust has been repos­ their shops or homes, except In the far
give in return for the assurance that the ed in me, and that trust must, of course, West, where the life of 177« was still
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being lived. The result was that in
work which I have built up should not be be fulfilled to the letter.”
“Certainly,” said Tom. wondering in his the East the southern troops were gen­
altogether thrown away.”
"Your life cannot affect the matter on«* own mind how he could ever have brought erally victorious for a couple of year»
way or the other unlees it were more himself for one moment to think evil of until the northern troops learned to
’ heavily insured than it is," Ezra said. this kindly old man.
"It was one of Mr. Harston’s most shoot. What little success the North
, callously, though somewhat moved by hto
clearly
expressed wishes that no words or had was In the West, where they wer»
father's Intensity of manner. "Perhaps
little better than a standoff
there to some way out of the wood yet,” even thoughts of such matters should be
allowed
to
come
in
his
daughter
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way
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he added, in a more cheerful tone.
til she had attained maturity, by which
Had Reformed.
"It's so paying, so prosperous—that's he meant the age of one-and-twenty.”
Askltt—What kind of a man h
what goes to my heart. If it had ruined
"But he could not foresee the circum­
Itself it would be easier to bear it, out stances," Tom pleaded. “I am sure that Hyker?
it is sacrificed to outside speculations — a year or so will make no difference in
Noltt—Oh, I guess he’s all right
my wretched, wretched speculations. That her sentiments in th s matter.”
now. but he was engaged In a ahndy
is what makes it so hard.” He touched
“My duty to to carry out his instruc­ business a few years ago.
the bell, and Gilray answered the sum­ tions to the letter. I won’t say, however,”
Askltt What was the nature of the
mons. “Listen to this, Ezra. What was continued Mr. Girdlestone, ‘'that circum­
business?
our turn over last month, Gilray?”
stances might not arise which might in­
Noltt He manufactured awning».
"Fifteen thousand pounds, air," said the duce mg to shorten th.s probationary pe­
little clerk, bobbing up and down like a riod. If my further acquaintance with
Helpful SucKestton.
buoy in a gale in his delight at seeing the you confirms the high Impression which I
junior partner once again.
Miss
May
Dupp—I just can’t be»/ to
new have of your commercial ability, that
"And the expenses?"
of course would have weight with me; walk out In the wind; it roughens uiy
“Nine thousand three hundred. Uncom­
and again. If I find that M.ss Harston’s complexion ao.
mon brown you look. .Mr. Ezra, to be
Mias Pert—Mabe your complexion’»
mind
is made up upon the point, that also
sure, uncommon brown and well. I hop's
too thick ; If you'd put it on thinner if
as you enjoyed yourself in Africa, sir, and would ¡»fluence my judgment.”
"And what are we to do in the mean­ might not do that.
was too much for them Hottentots and
Roars.” With .this profound ethnological time?” asked the junior partner anxious­
If They Old.
remark Mr. Oilray bobbed himself out of ly.
“In the meantime neither you nor your Twould be a blessing without »rid
the room and went back rwdiantly to his
people must write to her. or speijk to her,
The lesson thus to teach.
'nk-stamed desk.
or hold any • communication with her If all the folks who give advice
"Ixx>k at that,” the old man »%ld. when whatever, if I find you or them doing
Would practice what they preach,
the click of the outer <|oor showed that so, I shall be compelled, in justice to Mr.
•he clerk was ouf of earshot. "Over five Harston’s last* request, to send her to —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
thousand progt in a month. Is it not ter­ some *stahlishiji»nt abroad where she
Ito's f Insalflcatlon.
rible tfcat su»h a business should go to shall be entirely out of your way. »My
Little Willie—Say, pa, Is It pn>pe9
min? What a fortune it would hav» mind is Irrevocably made up upon that
been for you I”
|Aint. It is not a matter of peiwotial in­ to refer to an airship as an aerial
greyhound!
"It must be saved!” cried HBra with clination, but of conscience.”
I’a—No. my son; the airship to la
meditative brows and hands plunged deep
And how loua ia ibii t» ÀMt|” «ie4
ia his trouser pock ita. "There U that
aky taarier elusa.
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