THE HARDWARE MAN
Fires In Bamboo Forests Are the
Fiercest Known.
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SWEEP ON A MILE A MINUTE
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and office necessities, and price* range exceedingly modest in either case.
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Like the Rear, the Roll and the Rattle
of a Great Battle Is the Noise of th*
Exploding Stalks That Sometimes
Shoot High Into the Air.
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YOUNG & PARKER
Parkersburgjand Bandon, Manufacturers’of
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Fir«t Class Launiry Work Guaranteed.
Special
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Cleaning* anil pressing Mens’ Suits and Ladies’ fine skirts given
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You can't expect to get $2 worth
for $1, but you can get your
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B REUE K’S
When the forests are afire, when
(lie smoke makes dusk at noon and
reddens tlie harvest moon a thousand
miles away, there Is the measure of a
■ oiifl.'igraticn. When tlie prairies burn,
is they us.st to before farms had crept
In ti|Hin tlie endless miles of grass,
there was 11 flic which ran like mad
and left behind It a blackened trail of
death. If one could combine the speed
of tlie prairie fire with the tumult of
tlie blazing forest, that would lit* n
lire indeed.
Such a combination Is effected wt i
he bamboo groves catch fire, The
bamboo Is but a grass, a grass with
1 he height of a tree, swaying steins
reaching lfio. even 150. feet in air
In Cambodia, where the bamboo
roves along the rivers cover the space
f forests, it is no unusual tiling for
tires to break out and sweep all before
them for niimv miles. If the summer
lias been dry tin* bamboo turns sear
and inflammable as any grass.
All that is needed is a spark; then
ruin runs red. It fs not necessary to
rely upon the carelessness of the
woodsman to start the blaze. The
bamboo can kkidle Itself.
I.et two swayirg stalks of dry bam
boo be set In motion by the breeze, let
one rub across tlie ottier long enough,
and the friction will set tlie spark, and
the long dry leaves will feed the flame.
It Is known that many tires of tlie
bamboo forests thus originate. Per
haps ft was from observing such a
sight that primitive man learned the
Promethean secret. That theory has
been advanced.
As soon as a flame In the bamboos
has crept to the level of the tossing
tips it spreads like wildfire. The wind
curries a sheet of flame along the grove
at tremendous speed. Some observers
say that such tires have been seen to
move forward at tlie rate of more than
a mile, a minute. Seen from below, it
looks as if she sky had burst into an
instant flash of flame.
From such a burst of fire there could
be no escape. Fortunately it passes
high overhead at the tops of. the bam
boos. It serves as a warning to the
traveler who tnay be making his way
along some one of the water courses
by which the forest is Intersected. The
bamboo itself is almost an obstacle to
travel of any sort. It fs well nigh im
possible to force a way through it ex
cept by tlie slow and toilsome labor of
hew ing out a path.
Tlie tire in tlie great trunks moves
more slowly, and if warning be taken
ft may be possible to sink one's boat
and throw up wet herbage nnd clay
against tlie bank of file stream to pro
vide abetter until tlie furnace blast
has blown by. Such a fire in the bam
boo lias uot only tlie speed of tlie prai
rie fire on its sweep overhead, but It
has the same volume of fuel as Is
found in any forest Are. It combines
the two types.
Bamboo forest fires have another
quality which 13 all their own. They
bang and rattle with thunderous
crashes, as of artillery fire, without
cessation.
Tlie stalks of these tree bamboos are
frequently more than a foot in diame
ter. Near tlie ground tlie joints are
close together; in tlie younger grow-th
the nodes may be several feet apart.
But, long or short as they may be, each
joint of the sun dried bamboo is a
tightly sealed chamber filled with air.
The partitions between the cavities are
singularly tough; the outside rind of
the stalks is almost pure flint.
When thi' blast of the flame sweeps
onward the afr in the stalks upon
which it is driven is suddenly heated
to a very high temperature. The resid
num of moisture which may lie in the
stems is immediately transformed into
steam and at once subjected to super
heating, thus becoming a violent explo
sive. As the hot breath of the flame
becomes hotter these joints burst with
loud cannon discharges.
Sometimes the force of the explosion
near tlie roots is so great as to shoot
the stalk like a Javelin high Into the
air, where it flashes Into torchlike
flame and Is carried by the wind to
spread wider disaster. Tlie bursting
of the smaller Joints is like the roll and
rattle of rifles and mac hlne guns. The
effect is that of a battle hotly coutest
e<l. Washington Post.
Rasmussen Bros., Props.
W1NE5,
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Dealer in Boot* and Shoe«.
Repairing neatly and prompt
ly done at lowest liv
ing prices
Bandon
CIGAR. 5
AND
One day a ship was lying at anchor
at Boca Grande when the crew ole
served a dolphin chasing a flying fish,
both coming directly toward the ship
On nearing the vessel the flier arose
in the air and passed over the bow
just abaft the foremast. As it did so
the dolphin went tinder the ship and,
coming up on the other side, sprang
from the water ami caught the flying
fish on “the fly” just as it was curving
gracefully down in its descent to the
water I’unta Gerda Herald.
Missing Opportunities.
"I have no patience with a man who
makes the same mistake twice," said
Armes, rather severely, in speaking of
an unfortunate friend.
“Neither have I," agreed his wife,
“when there are so many other mis
takes to make."—Youth's Companion.
He that studieth revenge keepeth his
own wounds green.—Bacon.
The Shillalah.
The shillalah owes its name to the
fact that the tin *st s|ieeluM*us there .
used to be grown tn tin* pleasant
groves of trees that formerly tloiiri-li
ed in the barony of Sllilliihigli. i 1
County Wicklow. Tlie lest shillalah
must lie a root sprung sapling, for oar
taken from tlie brandies of a full
grown tree' would lack the ms< -
toughness.
Being
trimmed
and
“brought to hand." tlie young sth 1
undergoes preparatory discipline b
being placed in the chimney to n i et
thus becoming earl) ueelimntizcd 1
tlie hot work In store for il This pari
of tin* curriculum finished, it is rub
bed until completely saturated will,
oil, after wtii h it Is securely wrapped
In a stout sheet of brown paper and
burieel in a convenient hot lied.
At
this stage of its development it is an
object of unceasing watchful Hess on
the part of its proprietor, who to fore
stull any detrimental warp in the ob
ject of Ills care visits it daily, correct
ing any youthful tendency to depart
fr< >111 a st might line anil ultimately se
curing ns straight a lilt of timber ns
heart could desire. New York Trib
une.
Oakes Real Estate Co
BBBWT3
Sä ari.,- on tlit> (’ quille river, clou» to
1! n.don. w itli 1 4 tnile 1 iver front, a
snap for
70 acre-adj 1 in** the town of
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01,000
O £•.(
Bari
Kit Here« south of I’ond u. ('.in be ent
lip into 5 and 10 acre traits. A
bargain for
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10 acres of film fruit anil berry laud
300
W •• have nine lots that must lie sold in the next 30
davn at SIBO. We have a tin" list of city and country
J l< •pct X to
Insure vonr
fit ill
home
or
Unsinoon
Your choice of
Hot Scotch.
The young wife dipped the ladle Into
the porridge and smiled inquiringly nt
the overnight guest.
"Will you have some hot Scotch.
Dash?” she asked
Dash laughed.
“Hot Scotch? Where Is it
“Why. here, of course.’
young wife In a perplexed
“Didn’t you know that oatmeal
called hot Scotch?"
“Er—I”— Dash stammered, and then
the young busband taught bls eye. and
he Wils silent.
“1 didn't know It myself till Inst
year." she explnlmsl. "I heard Georre
Inviting Ills coti-in over the telepliom
■ o meet him at the ottii e ami have a
hot Scot, h
I didn’t know what hot
-tcoteh was till you told mo, did I.
Jeorge?"
Georse, very red. answered huskily:
“No, my dear."
Laughing at her own ignorance, the
lady proceeded to serve the thick, pale
hot Scotch. New <»rlenns Tinies Dem
ocrat.
Edward E. Oakes,
Manager
::ssar
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Vicissitudes of a Picture.
The vicissitudes of Leonardo
Vinci’s piit tire, “I.nst Supper,”
minds a correspondent of tlie strange
experiences of Holbein's “Field of the
Cloth of Gold,” which may lie seen
anj- day at Hampton Court palace
After the downfall of Charles I., Crom
well in order to raise funds proposed
the sale of certain pictures, this among
the number The bargain was already
made, but when the would be pur
chaser came to inspect Holbein's mas
terpiece he discovered that the head
of Henry VI11. had been cut front the
canvas. He naturally withdrew his
offer, and the picture was preserved
to the nation. On the restoration a
nobleman confessed to having com
mitted the theft for love of art and bis
country, and he returned the missing
head, which now occupies its original
The circle
position In tlie canvas
made by the knife is still plainly visi-
tile. - London Chronicle.
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Cold Storage Rats.
The attendant came out of tlie cold
storage room with an awed look.
“Rats are wonderful.” he said, “We
thought modern plumbing would abol
ish them, lint they live In the $loan
light and dryness of the best modern
plumbing more comfortably than they
did in tlie damp and tilth and darkness
of (lie past. We thought (lie modern
ship would abolish them, but the
sltanin has as many rats as had
Columbus caravels. And here”—
He made an awed gesture.
“And hero I find rats In our COld
storage rooms at temperatures that
freeze the breath and cause it to fall
In the form of snow. To nnd fro they
prowl. Their coats are thick and warm
like fur. nnd. with frost on their
whiskers, they feed heartily on meat
nnd gatin' frozen to rocklike hardness.
—Exchange.
MEATS. PRODLK 'I
Fire Terms in Japan.
Fires hi Japan arc so common that
this destructive agency has established
Itself ns a national institution, and ¡1
whole vocabulary has grown up to ex
press every shade of meaning in mat
ters fiery. Tlie Japanese language lias
special terms for an tlx endlary fire, nu
accidental fire, fires starting from one’s
own house, n fire caught from next
door, a fire which one shares with oth
ers, a tire which is burning to an end,
the flame of a fire, anything for in
stance, a brazier, from which a fire
may arise; the side from which to at-
tnek n fire in order to extinguish it; a
visit of condolence after a fire.
More Wheat to Come.
A Chinese doctor, as a punishment
for causing his patient's death. had to
pay ton loads of wheat While carry
ing the grain he was met by a man
who asked Idin Io come anil treat a
sick member of Ids family “All right."
said the doctor, "I will lie there short
ly. but In tlie meantime you may tie
getting your barn cleaned out." Scrap
Book.
7X oig ntocf. ci v/ell oxiilled. meats
New ol< ?an ventilated rooms. tree
from odors
SMITH BROS
The New Laird & Lowe Building. Bandon
JOHN L. LITZENBERGER
PAINTER & DECORATOR
In Oil and Water Colors
Also House Painting. Estimates given on
kinds of
Job and o ntract work. AH work done in the
latest designs at a very low figure and posi
tively guaranteed. Give me a trial.
Leave order» with Judge Geo. P. Topping
Nothing.
“Nature plans well for mankind’s
needs.”
“T should say so What c< uid lie
more convenient than ears to hook
«pectacles fiver?"- Wnslungtob Herald
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