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BANDON RECORDER
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BANDON
OREGON
In the midst of life we nre in debt.
The more a man doesn't know the
less he doubts.
Many a wise-looking man Is unable to
deliver the goods.
A pretty woman’s smile often wrin­
kles u man's purse.
The experience a man buys Is always
delivered a little too late.
When n sailor falls overboard he
feels as if be were all In.
Go to a tuilor for a wedding suit and
to a lawyer tor a divorce suit.
Some men get out of practice because
they spend all their time preaching.
A woman never asks a man if he
loves her unless she is sure of the an­
swer.
Did you ever meet a successful man
who told you what he was going to do
uext?
Almost every day the average man
wonders why he did such a foolish
thing.
This is undoubtedly a dirty-looking
old world to the man who is too lazy
to clean his spectacles.
Rev. Billy Sunday says Hell Is full of
What u
f udge-ea ting mol 1 ycoddles.
sticky place it must be.
If you would have a peaceful home,
all you have to do Is to pay the freight
and let your wife run It.
Once In a great while a woman actu-
ally believes that her husband knows
as much as he thinks he knows.
Elinor Glyn thinks Mark Twain Is
our greatest man. Mark gallantly re­
frains from saying what he thinks of
Elinor.
A bitter contest over the will of Wil­
liam B. Leeds Is predicted. Fifteen
million dollars ought to keep the law­
yers going a long time.
A Michigan farmer has cured a snake
bite with coal oil. We hope he is prop­
erly grateful to Mr. Rockefeller for the
fact that he could buy the necessary oil.
A Paterson (N. J.) woman who pre­
dicted that she would die on June 14
Is still alive and In good health. Her
husband Is said to have become one of
Paterson's worst pessimists.
“Why shouldn't Prof. Bell succeed In
making monkeys talk intelligently?”
asks the Atlanta Constitution. Don’t
know, unless it Is because that is more
than he or any one else can do with a
good many men.
A magazine has offered President
Roosevelt $1 a word for Ills literary ef­
forts, but no farmer has tried to hire
him to work In the hayfield for $1.75
a day. There are times when even a
President's versatility Is not appre­
ciated.
It is probable that in 1912 an entire
day will be set n[»irt for the cheering,
and In 1910 it may be necessary for
each convention to devote a wreck at
least to the purpose of beating all pre­
vious records. We nre a great jieople
and we do some wonderful things.
Contracts for furnishing single ami
double teams to the city of Boston were
recently awarded to a woman. Her
blds, tendered In open competition with
men. were by far the lowest submit­
ted, and she demonstrated her ability
to fulfill the obligations. The award
was popular, for the uniformity of the
figures submitted by the men gave color
to the charge that an agreement had
been made among them to maintain a
certain price. The woman made her
own figures Independently, and won.
It Is the title that appeals to certain
women. To be called a princess or a
countess, or even a baroness, they will
cast their all Into a foreign venture.
The prince may tie a miserable rnke,
the count not half so high as a Ken­
tucky colonel and the baron of abso­
lutely no Importance, and yet the glam­
our catches the title-seeking female and
she turns over her money to a person
who could not make $10 a week In hon­
est work if his life depended u|s>n It.
But why bother? There will always be
such women, and there will always tie
such men so long as there Is tndney to
be won in the game of international
marriage.
which the whole nation has an in*
tercet, whether they belong to private
citizens or not. It is that sort of sen-
timeiit which will lie a guarantee
against want and barrenness in the dis
tant future.
Leading physicians have declared at
international congresses on consumption
that really effective warfare on the
great white plague involves compulsory
notification and registration laws or or­
dinances. Much can be done, not a lit­
tle lias been done in the last two or
three years, by education and "moral
suasion," but, ufter all, contend these
experts, the world must come to the
use of the same degree of compulsion
In its fight on tuberculosis tivat has
been found necessary in the handling of
other dreaded infectious and communi­
cable diseases. In other words, the
health authorities and the medical pro­
fession must have the courage of their
opinion and work for the adoption of
drastic measures of prevention. It is
significant that the New York legis­
lature has passed a bill—which Gov­
ernor Hughes has signed—«inbodying at
least the principle of compulsion. The
new act marks a step forward. It pro­
vides that every physician in the State
shall report to the local authorities the
name, age, occupation, place of employ­
ment and address of every person
known by him to have consumption. The
report must be made within twenty-
four hours, and the record is to be kept
secret. In case of the vacation of any
premises by a i>erson suffering from
consumption, or of the death of such a
patient, the physician in charge or the
owner or occuiwint of the premises must
notify the health board of the fact, and
the premises ore not to be occupied
again until they have been disinfected
and cleansed. In case the orders of th“
health board are disobeyed that body­
may post a placard on the premises con­
taining the following notice: "Tuber­
culosls is a communicable disease,
These apartments have been occupied
by a consumptive and may be infected.
They must not be occupied until the or­
der of the health officer directing their
disinfection or renovation has been com
plied with. This notice must not be
removed under the penalty of the law
except by the health, officer or others
duly authorized.” There are other pro­
visions In the act for the prevention of
Infection through careless habits, noti­
fication of the recovery of persons, etc.
A certain amount of discretion is
lodged in the health officers, but none
in those whose duty It Is made to re­
port cases of tuberculosis In any stage.
Considerable difficulty Is apprehended
In the enforcement of the act, and there
are those who fear that some sufferers
will heqjtate to consult a physician and
be “reported,” lest the secrecy of the
records be violated In some way. Ex­
perience should throw light on such
questions as these. Meantime an edu­
cational campaign will doubtless be
necessary to remove opposition to the
compulsory notification feature among
the more Ignorant elements of the popu­
lation.
Tlie Sorrowful Tree.
There is a tree In Persia to which
the name “the sorrowful tree” is given,
perhnps because it blossoms only In
the evening. When the first star ap­
pears in the heavens the first bud of
the sorrowful tree opens, and as the
shades of night advance and the stars
thickly stud the sky the buds continue
gradually opening until the whole tree
looks like an immense white flower.
On the approach of dawn, when the
brilliancy of the stars gradually fades
In the light of day, the sorrowful tree
closes Its flowers, and ere the sun Is
fully risen not a single blossom is vis­
ible. A slitet of flower dust as white
as snow covers the ground around the
foot of the tree, which seems blighted
and withered during the day, while,
however, ft is actively preparing for
the next nocturnal festival, The fra-
grance of the blossoms Is llke that of
the evening primrose.
If the tree Is cut down close to the
roots a new plant shoots up and at-
tains maturity in an Incredibly short
time.
In the vicinity of tilts singular tree
there usually grows another which Is
nlmost an exact counterpart of the sor­
rowful tree, but less beautiful, and.
strange to say, it blooms only in the
daytime.
Not
How
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Three hundred years ago Samuel de Champlain, the
French explorer, founded the settlement of Quebec. In
commemoration of its tercentenary the city of Quebec
recently had the greatest celebration lit its history, and
one of the greatest ever held In the New World. The
City gave Itself up to festivities for ten days, and Ca-
nadians of both British and French ancestry Joined In
making the event one to bo remembered, The celebration
was attended by the Prince of Wales, by representatives
from all the principal governments and by the greatest
collection of warships, comprising English, French and
American vessels that ever gathered in the St. Lawrence
river. The United States was represented by Vice Pres­
ident Fairbanks and Rear Adimral W. S. Cowles, brother-
in-law of the President
Civil, religious, military and naval authorities par­
ticipated in the various ceremonies and festivities. There
were huge and costly pageants, fetes, military parades
and naval reviews to charm both eye and ear. The cele­
bration was attended by nearly all Canada, and thou­
sands of expatriated Canadians gathered from the va-
rious foreign countries in which they have made their
homes. The landing of Champlain on the shore of the
St. Lawrence and his selection of the *i>ot on which Que­
bec. the oldest French settlement In Canada, is built, were
reproduced. A great historical pageant was given. Illumi­
nated floats representing different events In the history
of Quebec. There were parades in which the various
cr.uk Canadian regiments took part. Premier Laurier
and other noted speakers made addresses. There was a
review of the English, French and United States vessels
in the St. Lawrence river. Thanksgiving mass was held
on the Plains of Abraham by the Catholics of the city,
headed by the Canadian primate, and thanksgiving serv­
ices were held In the Episcopal cathedra). There was a
great shore parade and a scene enacted representing the
landing of Wolfe’s force, the ascent up the heights and
the battle of the Plains of Abraham. Then farewells
were exchanged and the British squadron took Its depar­
ture. The next day the French vessels followed suit, and
finally the New Hampshire heaved anchor and hade fare­
well to Quebec.
Evolution of
the Street Car
Three hundred years ago an English
coal miner laid some wooden beams in
the muddy road leading from his col­
liery, for the wheels of his coal carts
to run on; the other day a coal mine
owner from the same country boarded
an electric car in New York and made
a tour of the subway. Ttie boards in
the muddy road were the ancestors of
‘hat street car. writes B. It. Wilson.
The little expedient of the English
miner, which made heavy hauling light,
marked the beginning of the “tri’-ui-
way," the great-grandfather of the
railway, the thing which made street
cars possible. These wooden beams
served their purpose very well until
they began to wear out. Inventive
genius was equal to the occasion; the
wooden beams were plated with iron.
Thin iron bands were fastened to the
top of the beam to take the wear of the
cart wheels. Tills was all right as far
as the top was concerned, but the wood­
en beams rotted on the bottom ; so they
made them out of Iron entirely and laid
them on short pieces of wood which
could be cheaply replaced when they
rotted. To keep the wheels of the coal
carts from running off the rails was
the next problem, and they solved It
by putting flanges on the outer sides of
the rail. In 1789 William Jessop, the
father of the street railway, took the
flanges off the rails and put them on
the cart wheels and the real evolution
of the street car began.
A clumsy omnibus car drawn
IN THE OLD DAYS THE PASSENGER WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING
OFF.
The most popular of these Improve­
ments were the "dummies," steam en­
gines mounted on wheels and boxed up
to make them attractive. Their [s>pu-
larity was short-lived in the cities,
however, but suburbanites consented to
ride behind them long after they had
disappeared from the city streets. But,
Sprague’s electric railway, however,
was about twenty years wide, and it
was tilled with numerous attempts to
help the eager passengers to hurry.
The first cable road was laid In San
Francisco In 1873 by Andrew S. Halil-
die, Henry Root, Asa E. Hoevy and
William Eppelslieimer. The originator
of the Idea, however, was E. 8. Gar­
diner, of Philadelphia, who suggested
the plan some time prior to the actual
building.
The cable served its useful purpose
for eighteen years, when It was electri­
fied by the motor car promoters; that
is, electric conductor rails were strung
in the cable conduit and the wire rope
hauled out. The dynamo had been per­
fected and electricity was a commer­
cial «notice power; therefore, the elec­
tric street railway of 1888 was a suc­
cess. Before that, attempts had been
made to operate street cars by various
kinds of magnetic engines. In 1.835
Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith, built
n railway lti Springfield, Mass., over
which he ojierated a car driven by an
electric magnet motor, and twelve
years later Prof Moses Farmer brought
out another electro-magnetic motor, but
they never passed beyond the experi­
mental stage.
PROPOSED NEW
DOUBLE-DECK ID “L" ROAD IN NEW YORK CITY.
horsts made trips over this railway,
carrying passengers. The car was a
big stage coach, or rather three stage
couches in one, for there were three
compartments, each of which resell)
bled a small stage coach, and it had
the name "John Mason" painted above
the center door.
About twenty years later the Sixth
avenue street railway was built and
the street car craze began. It really
amounted to a craze, for thirty street
car companies began business during
the next live years, During the ten
years from 1.800 to 1870 eighty-five
street railways were built, The census
twenty years later showed 700 street
railways In operation. In two years
this number Increased to 987.
The street railway was a success,
therefore It was the object of various
attempts at Improvement, for in Amer­
ica, whatever is a success must be Im­
proved
People wanted to go faster
than the one poor horse could pull the
car. and so many were satisfied to go
slow that the little car the one horse
pulled would not hold them all, They
made larger cars and hitched two
I iotm < to them, but two .horses COUld
not go any f '»ter thim one h tso since
they hud doubled fheslge of the far;
so Invent!' g. nrtls Ir pt ' the- patent
«»file,. up nights »’xattilniuj their claims
(of luipfvKiucut» In «mat tali way*.
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Tills is a real true dog story
He is a pug and a great |>et of ills
mlstrqss, who Is very fond of his fine
pedigree, line day she discovered that
Teddy could not see as well as usual.
She felt ns sad as if he were a brother
or sister and a famous ocifiist was con­
sulted, who told her to bring her pet
dog to him.
They started, l>ut a great obstacle
presented itself, Conductor after con-
ductor Insisted that the dog should not
ride on his ear, says the Portland Ore­
gonian; so that It was only after get­
ting on and off about a dozen times
»hat the doctor's office was reaclusl.
Teddy was as quiet as he could be
while having his eyes examined, and
his mistress was told she must bring
him every day for a mouthy and all
would be ■ done for him that was [a»sl-
hie. So Teddy’s mistress went to a
neighbor who had a small baby and
borrowed I an outfit that was not too
dainty. ' Teddy kept very quiet while
being dressed in the long white dress,
then a cloak and muslin cap, and over
he face a long white veil.
Thus they started. Immediately upon
entering a ear, if It was filled, up
would Jump a man to give the woman
carrying a little baby a good seat.
Teddy never wagged his little eurled-
’ip tall once, neither did he bark.
Each day the trip was taken with
the same, result—a good seat and a
very quiet baby.
One day the doctor's olfipc was filled
with people waiting their turn, when a
woman turned politely to Teddy’s mis­
tress and said: “Aly turn comes next
and 1 will wait for you on account of
your baby. It Is so very tiresome to
wait with a baby.”
The doctor opened his door at that
moment and called them both In his
private office. He said. “I will show
you the very best patient I have,” and
took Teddy carefully In his arms. He
threw back the white veil and dis­
closed the dog's little pug nose and a
pert little face looking out cutely from
.nder the frills of the cap.
Teddy can see pretty well out of one
eye now. Ills mistress expected a huge
bill for the expert's service, but In­
stead she received a receipted bill from
the good doctor with a note saying that,
as Teddy was the first patient he had
ever treated of royal dog blood, he
esteemed It a grent honor to have been
the means of helping him.
BL 1 NOW 11E CAN HARDLY GET OFF WHEN HE WANTS TO.
Natural.
To the studio of an artist who had
Just finished a portrait of a distin­
guished resident of a neighboring city a
friend of the sitter came to look at the
newly painted canvas.
The visitor was nearsighted and not
particularly well acquainted with stu­
dios. He wanted to see bow good a
likeness had been made of Ills friend,
lie kept walking nearer and nearer to
the painting and finally put out his
finger as if to touch It.
The artist was getting nervous at
the approach of the finger to the paint
and he asked the visitor not to touch
the portrait, as It was not dry. •The
near-sighted man put down his hand
The conference of Governors
jvernors to coi
con-
and walked to the door, turning only to
«Ider the preservation of the national
say: "If It Isn't dry it Isn't my friend."
resources has already brought forth
And he walked out.
fruit. The Governors suggested that
More ('ontrnried.
the President appoint a national con-
Towne—I hear Marryat and his bride
nervation committee to ndvlse him and
to co-operate with similar bodies in nre no longer living at that boarding
the States. Acting on this suggestion, house of yours.
Browne—No; they've gone to house
Mr. Roosevelt has reappointed his com­
mission on Inland waterways, with keeping.
Towne—Ah! their home life now will
some new members to fill vacancies.
He has also constituted commissions on bring them .much closer together, and—
Browne—You bet it will; they've
forests, on lands and on minerals, and
an executive committee to harmonize taken a flat—Philadelphia Press.
the work of all four bodies. Now we
The something you get for nothing
may expect to see the growth of the
■entinienf that the minerals, lands, for­ Is seldom worth any mpre than that.
Most people wouldn’t belleye a Can
ests and waters of the country are na­
tional wealth. In the conservation oi didate tor office under Oath
tt
lirnrird
until Lieut. Frank G. Sprague, U. 8. N.
(resigned), built the first successful
electric railway in 1888, the "dummies"
were the only things the suburbanites
had to ride behind.
The Cable System.
The gap between the "dummies’’ and
The real beginning of the American
electric street railway system was the
Union Passenger Railway of Richmond.
Va., equipped by Lieut. Sprague and
opened for service on the first day of
February. 1888. It was a “troller" line
—“trolley" Is the word in use now. City
ollicnls soon saw the danger of over­
headwires In the crowded city, and their
precautions led to the underground sys­
tem, a system that Is familiar to all.
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< BKUC VF BYGQ.NE DAYS LN CHICAGO
Advertising, says Lily Herald Frost
In the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Is
the lance with which the modern cru­
sader, known as the business agent,
invades the world of commerce. And
an extraordinarily effective weapon it
Is, us the breakfast food people and
the patent medicine houses well know.
The man woh doesn't advertise Is
soon a derelict, ns idle and useless as
a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
When the advertiser ceases his labor
it Is then that the receiver gets busy.
It is when advertising dominates
literature that one feels like protest­
ing. The commercial spirit rules the
reading world and thrusts its volumes
upon It with a wealth of encomiums
and a persistency that usually win.
By such judicious exploitation l>ookk
are sold by the thousands. Their
names are seen everywhere, in shop
windows, on billboards,placarded along
with brands of cigars or some superior
make of whisky. And they are accord­
ed such high sounding phrases of mer­
it, of cleverness, of dramatic possibili­
ties. that, backed by the author's name
and the illustrators art, they present
such visions of ('"light that ever curi­
ous mortals must buy them just to
satisfy their curiosity.
On
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New
Footing.
Absalom Foote, an eccentric old gen­
tleman who had grown tired of life In
the city, decided to move to some small­
er town, free from the road of traffic,
the bustle and confusion of the throng­
ing multitude, where he could end his
days tranquilly, ns became a man of
his age. In casting about for a loca­
tion, his eye chanced to light upon the
advertisement In n village paper of one
Thomas R. I'oote, who wanted to dif»-
js»se of his boot and shoe store nt a
bargain, having made up his mind to
remove to the city.
“That's the very thing," he said.
"Selling shoes Is a nice, easy occupa­
tion. It will give mo Just enough to
do to keep me from stagnating, and it
won't wear mo out with overwork. I’ll
investigate It. it's queer, though, that
his name is Foote, my name Is Foote,
he wants to come to the city and 1 want
‘o go to the country.”
A visit to the little town decided hftn.
He liked its ainpenrance and location.
He was pleased, moreover, with
“Foote's Shoe Store" and bought It,
•rood will and nil. nt n bargain.
“Well:" said the other Mr. Foote,
you won't have to change the sign.”
“No." he answered. slowly. “I’ll Just
add n little to it.”
The next day he added this, Just be­
low the sign: “This place has changed
feet.”
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When a man moves into A western
town, the thing that surprlM-s him m< art
is the grent numlsr of men who do
nothing ail- day but stand on street
“urnerB and exchange ¿owl opinion^
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