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We take tide opportunity to
express to all the people of
at the
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Coquille and vicinity our deep
day the
appreciation of the support
and patronage given us dur
ing the past year and to wish
you all a Merry Christmas
and a happy, prosperous New
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COAL
$8.00 a ton from the Peart mine
delivered in Coquille
of-
Geo. Wippert
333 W. First St.
empire from Turkestan. The two
•craps of paper Io question are tat
tered fragments, one about as big ax
a street car ticket, rhe other twice ae
big. Parts of two sentences of Chinese
characters are legible ou one—“ . . .
making a profound aaiutatlou (kow
tow)
says ..."
and “ . . .
hoping that Mr. Hsieh Yun- hsu tnaj
under all circumstances enjoy good , #
health ..." Ou the second frag
meat are the words “ .
as soon
as the foot soldiers strived, he sent
. • " The other pieces were found
tn different parts of China One of
these, thought to be 14») years old.
seems to have been written by a wife
complaining of the Shortcomings of her
husband who. she says, has ruined a
bright career by Ills debauchery.
Raining Fi»h and Frog»
w.
c- 4.
of the
A gentleman visiting u> the East
some years ago tells a remarkable
story of a rainfall of grown frogs, tad
poles and Hsli of all sort, including
varieties hitherto unknown In (bai
neighborhood. He «ays: “Vne. more
lively than the rest, drew my attsn
Uon and I picked It up. only to re
Unqnleh it Immediately, aa I expert
•»red what felt tike an electric shock
Naturally, we discussed tlie matter.
My explanation of this phenomenon
was that the Osh and frog» had beeu
drawn up by •whirlwinds.' which drew
their contents from the open sea and
from the tracts of fresh water at the
D/"u,h’the ttangee and Brnhmapu
<•>«. The terrific force of tlir appri
current, of air had swept the living
freight through tbe skies and deposited
£
>» U>e heart
•< th* jungle. The odd thing about
the matter was that
frogs ami
fob were alive."