THE OPIUM HABIT.
JOSH GAVE THE CUP.
A n Unfortunate
Encomium
IN BUYING
By EDWARD IGLEHART
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A De Laval
C o p y righ t b y A m e ric a n P ress A s s o
ciation , 1911.
Separator you
are taking
no chances, as
they have stood
the test and
r
are guaranteed
to give perfect
satisfaction.
T hen why buy
some other make
which some one
tries to make
you believe is as good as a De Laval?
M. Nosier, Agent, Coquille, O re .^
Feeds the Nerves and
Brain
Do you feel nearly down and out— physically and
mentally— lacking In energy and ambition— can't eat half
the time— do n’t care whether you do or not?
That’s just the time you need something to stimulate
that blood flow— Increase Its nourishing properties— some
thing that is a nerve and brain food as well.
Nyal’s Nutritive Hypophosphites
will do that and more, too
— It will put rich, red blood In your veins— brace up your
nerves— Increase yi ur appetite— nourish the body tissues—
strengthen the muscles and build up the entire system— fill
you with energy— g iv e you a buoyant step and make life
worth while.
The certain result is complete restoration to health.
A large bottle for one dollar.
Fuhrmon’s
Pharmacy
NOW AT HOME
In our new, up-to-date quarters
in the First National Bank Building,
and we will be pleased to have the
public generally call and inspect the
store.
We are proud o f our new
home, and believe it will be a gen
uine pleasure for our customers to
trade here.
We are headquarters for fresh
Groceries, Vegetables, Utz tfc Dunne
Shoes, Ladies' and Gentlemen’s Fur
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Merchandise.
LYONS & JONES
A Few Snaps
$4000, 160 acre hom e.,
House is worth $2000.
A |
snap.
A 7-room house and 3 lots
dose in city.
2 nice resident lots cleared
and fenced. $800.
1 lot and new 7-room
house 3 blocks from P. 0.
Only $1200.
2 resident lots in sightly
location and in cultivation
with small house. 51500.
1 lot and building 24x40,
2 stories in the center o f the
city, good for manufactur
ing purposes. Will be sold
cheap.
SE E J. E. QUICK.
But Ho Couldn’t Maks Good on tho
Boor Proposition.
Josh Billings, the gaunt, long haired
philosopher, was one of the most gen
ial of meu. Many of his 111 spelled
sayings were meaty, and one of them
at least was worthy of Solomon. It
was:
“ The best way for a father to train
his boy in the way he should go is to
go that way himself.”
Some years ago, when Josh was stay
ing in the White mountains, lie was
charmed by a beautiful spring of clear.
Icy cold water which bubbled up at
the side of the highway. He made the
carriage stop and, removing his slouch
hat. lay down on his face and drank
a deep, refreshing draft. In compli
ment to him the residents in the neigli
borhood named the fountain “Josh
Billings' spring,” and It has thus been
known ever since.
At the nearest village Josh l>ought
a huge tin cup nud scratched on its
side the warning:
1 uutrrieil an duooiim/iouH beauty.
Now, everybody knows that beauty
If it is iificonarloiiM Is a very nice
thing, but as soon as it becomes con-
si imiM it breeds vanity, and vanity 1»
the mother of a large brood of troubles.
M,\ wife uud myself—we are both
Yi ns belong to the older aristocracy
of New York. None of our ancestors
would have thought of associating
with the ancestors of persons who aro
now in the swim and to whose circle
we were not admitted.
They care
u« thing about our ancestors, though
many of them have heard of my fa
ther. who was a distinguished com-
W h o e v e r Bteal?» this fine big cup
' modore in the navy, a ml my w ife’s
B y a l*lg black bear w ill be eat up.
! grandmother, who was a celebrated
J O S H B IL L IN O S .
| New York belle. The places once oc-
This cup wus placed on a broad,
| < upied by these worthy people are
flat stone within convenient reach. A
now filled with the descendants of
few days later the humorist, having
| those who sold them oysters and fish
nursed a consuming thirst, walked all
| and whose wealth runs away up into
the way to the spring to quench the
the millions.
same. To his dismay and anger the
Rut my wife and 1 were happy un
utensil was gone, and on a sapling
til n certain remark was repeated to
near at haxd was tacked a bit of pa
her. One of our old family connec
per with the penciled words:
tions who owns a box in tie.* “ diamond D ea r Josh, yo u r cup is gone, I kn ow not
horseshoe” —so called from being that
where.
gallery of the Metropolitan Opera N o w . if you pi _*a*e, tro t out you r big
black bear.
House occupied by the multimillion
Fortunately for the poet he did not
aires-gave us the use of it for one
night. The favor nearly caused our sign his name or give any clew to his
min. Soon after that night at the Identity.—I^os Angeles Times.
opera Gertrude’s cousin, who gave us
the box, said to my wife:
He Meant Well.
“ The Karl of Cliapperton, recently ! When Earl Spencer was lord lieu
from London, asked me who was the tenant of Ireland the people of Dublin
lady In my box on Thursday night, j called the beautiful countess, one of
saying at the same time: 'She’s the the loveliest wotneni of her time,
most beautiful woman I ever sawl “ Spenser’s Faerie Queene.”
London could not furnish anything
But when their excellencies were
equal to her?’ ”
about to return to Euglaml Irish gal
The remark was not only repeated to lantry was shown in a characteristic
my wife, but was talked about at ev way. At the farewell banquet lu their
ery function held by the golden set. honor an Irish gentleman who was
It finally came to Gertrude, added to anxious to pay the beauliiul countess
in this vise: “ Wlint a pity that Mrs. a compliment got up and said, with
Van Valkenburg doesn’t take the po much fervor and many bows:
“ We all hope soon to see you back
sition in society that half a century
ogo was occupied by her grandmother, again, you and the work of art by
your side.”
the beautiful Betty Van Wyke.”
From that moment my dear wife got
Willing to Bo Fined.
the society bee In her bonnet. “ Our
There was an actor who worked for
family has always kept up In the
a
manager
who had n mania for fining
world till the present generation,” she
said. “ W e have $10,000 n year, :•:»«! the members of bis company. For a
on that we could get on in society. bad makeup, for lateness, for noise In
Connections o f ours in the swim would the wings, for a hundred things, the
introduce us, and our espe.ial ass- i players were bilked from a quarter
ates would be of the older aristocratic to $2. The worst of all the fines was
set who are not so rich ns these new one of 10 ceuts for failure to return
“ properties,” for this was a duty that
commercial people.”
“ My dear." I protested, “ our $10.1 XK) every one, and this actor in particular,
income would not keep us in the swim continually forgot.
In a financial drama one night the
a month.”
supply of stage money ran out. and
"Not with your management,” she
the manager loaned our actor $8 or $9
retorted, “ but a woman ran always
I d real bills to use in the next scene.
make money go further than a man.
The manager said sternly to the ac
Let me try. I will show you what I
tor the following Saturday:
can do.”
“ By Ihe way, Booth, you haven’t re
Like a fool I was persuaded. My turned that $9 I gave you in act three
wife had no trouble In penetrating the Monday night.”
society skirmish line because of the
“ Never mind,” said the actor. “ Just
remark o f the Karl of Cliapperton. fine me a dime and call It square.” —
which was on every one’s lips. She re Philadelphia Ledger.
ceived a number of Invitations, but
found that she must make consider
Took His Medicine.
able outlay for costumes before she
A fumous actor will never take med
could accept any of them. And since
icine, and his medical man was often
the costumes she must rival cost all
obliged to resort to stratagem to im
the way from several hundred to sev
pose a dose upon 1dm. There Is a
eral thousand dollars, and she must
play in which the hero Is sentenced
have a different costume for each
to drink a cup of poison. The actor
function, the amount soon ran up to a In question was playing this charac
third o f our total income. Since our
ter one night and had given directions
ordinary necessary expenditures re
quired the other two-tlilrds, it was evi
dent we would soon run upon the
rocks. But what Is the one matter of
a woman’s costumes, expensive though
they be, compared with the thousand
and one other luxuries that must be
provided by people of fashion. On:»
dinner alone we felt obliged to give
cost us $500. ami it was considered
plain at that.
W e permeated the outer social line
and were making some headway Into
the inner < iivle. We were both disap
pointed In discovering that we must l>e
civil to a number of the wives of young
multimillionaires who had married
actresses, and my wife had discovered
tin t so iety v. is not com posed o f such
persons as her grandmother had shone
among. Then something happened
that called a halt to our advance.
A certain Mrs. Van Valkenburg,
whose income was some $“ ,000,000 a
year and who was as homely ns a
W HEN H E CAME TO D IIIN K IT .
liedge fence, caused It to bo given out
to
have
the cup filled with port wine.
—for a consideration, the price being
invitations to certain social climbers to But when he came to drink It what
her soirees—that a mistake had been was his horror to find it contained a
made In reporting Karl Chapperton’s dose o f seuria! n o could not throw it
remark ns to the most beautiful wom away, ns he had to hold the goblet
upside down to show his persecutors
an In New York. The Mrs. Van Val
kenburg referred to was the lady he had <1 rained every drop of it. Our
hero drank the medicine, but he never
with the $2,000,000 income.
forgave his medical man, as was
Everybody sneered, but ns all un
derstood that to gainsay this edict proved nt his death, for he died with
out paying his bill.
would cost them the enmity of one
of the most |H»werful women in New
Merely a Dentist’s Job.
York society no one dared to lisp
MacDougnl - Dougal determined to
a word to the contrary. The earl
had returned to England and was not celebrate the christening of his first
to be even questioned on the subject. born In grand shape and Journoyed to
The moment his lordship’s compliment London to buy many thiugs for the
was appropriated by another my wife house, and especially a fine piano.
MacDougal-Dougal decided to have
roused to I k * an object of curiosity
and. as she had no other claim to be the piano sent < n in advance, n e
admitted to society, was dropped. Be \ didn’t want to take It up with him,
sides, any further attention to her was! for it was n somewhat bulky package,
sure to be resented by the other Mrs. j so he dispatched it Jubilantly before
he left town.
Van Valkenburg.
When he arrived in Scotland he was
When the battle was over I discov- j
ered that we had eaten upon our cap-' met by Ills trusty retainer.
“
Well, did the piano arrive safely?’
It’ll sufficiently to reduce our income j
o i k * half.
I was thankful that we were he asked.
beaten off before nil was exhausted. ( "Aw , weel,” replied Donald, “she's
When my wife grumbles at the hnlv ; ns weel as ye could expeck. She slip
lug of our Income ! never mention the i ped as she was ganging tae the hoose
cause. I have a regard for the tuft of nn’ broke a foo o f her front teeth, but
T dlnna think she’s roelly hurt.”
hair on the top o f my head
E T . REID SHOES
HOLE PROOF HOSIERY
IU Effects ae Described by Bill Nye In
Hi. M.m.ira.
I bare always bml a horror of opi
ate. of all kinds. They ure no aeductlve
and so still In tbelr operation.. They
ateal through the blood like a wolf on
the trail and they seise on the heart
with their white fanes till It I* s'lll
forever.
Up the Lurautie there I. a «luster of
ranches at the linse of the Medicine
Bow, near the north end of Sheep
mountain. Well, a young man whom
wo will call Curtis lived at one of
SHOES — bid you ever wear the E. P. R E ID
these muches years ago. and. tlnaiuli
a «luiet. nilnd-your-own-husluPB« fel
R H O E S for women?
If you have, you
low who had absolutely no enemies
among Ills companions, he had the
won’t need to by nr»;ed ta buy — you will get
misfortune to Incur the wrath of a
them anyhow. If you haven’t worn them,
tramp sheepherder. who waylaid Cur
tis one afternoon and shut lilnr dead
you are wasting inouey on shoes. Come in,
as he sat In his buggy. Curtis wasn't
try them oil and be satisfied
armed.
A rancher i-aute Into town and lolv-
grapbed to Curtis’ father, ant then
half n dozen citizens went out to help
capture the herder, who had tied to
Try 0 * r Children,» Shbes and Price»
the foothills.
They didn’ t get back till toward day
break. but they brought the herder
with them. 1 saw him In the gray of
Silks, Foulards. Enihroideiits, Flounciugs,
the morning, lying lu a coarse gray
Etc.
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blanket ou the floor of* the engine
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house. He wns deed
G ingham s galore.
Get our wash trim-
I asked, ns u reporter, how he came
. tilings to match.
to his death and they told me.
•’opium." The murderer had taken
Buy a dollar’s worth of merchandise on
poison when he found that e»c«|>e was
Impossible.
Tuesday
and get a free ticket to the Scenic
I was present nt the Imiuest so that
T heater.
I could report the case. There was
very little testimony, but all the evi
deuce seemed to |>olnt to the fact that
life was eztlnct. nud a verdict o f death
by Ills own hand was rendered.
It was the first opium work I had
ever seen, and It aroused my curiosity.
Death by opium, It seems, leaves a
O. H. C L E A V E S
dark ring around the neck. I did
not know this before. People who die
by opium also tie their hands together
before they die. This is one of the
STANDARD PATTERNS
JUST RITE CORSETS
eccentricities of opium poisoning that
I have never seen laid down In the
books. 1 bequeath It to medical
science. Whenever I run up against a
SYNOPSIS OF T H E A N N U A L S T A T E M E N T OF T H E
new scientific discovery I Just lmnd it
right over to the public without cost.
Ever since the above Incident 1 have
been very apprehensive about people
who seem to be likely to form the
opium habit. It Is one o f the most
deadly uarcotlcs, especially In a new-
countr.v.
of Wilm ington, In the State of Delaware, on the H a t day o f Decem
ber, 191U, made te the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Ore
Caught a Tartar.
gon, pnrsuant to law:
Senntor Theodore E. Bur.on o f Ohio,
CAPITAD .
who Is u bachelor and has never been
ensnared by the wiles of women, tells Amount of capital paid u p ....................................................J1,009,060.00
a story of a young lady and a Judge of
INCOME.
his acquaintance. The former was a Premiums received during tho year In cash $1,820,121.22
witness In the lolter’s court. The pros
dur
ecuting attorney had repeatedly put to Interest, dividends, and rents received
ing the y e a r .............................
113,459.05
her questions which she i>erslstently
evaded under the plea that she did not Income from other aourcea received
during
comprehend his meaning, whereupon
the y e a r ...................................................
807.75
his honor undertook to bring out the
Total in c o m e ............................
..................... ....
. . $1,934,888.12
proper responses. leaning oTer, he
DISBURSEMENTS.
said In a kindly nnd fatherly manner:
"Young woman, why Is It that you Doaaea paid during the y e a r ............................ $745,484.10
insist In refusing to understand the Dividends paid during the year on capital
questions o f counsel? You are a per
s t o c k .............. / . . . j . ...............................
50.000.00 '
son of charm, grace, beauty nnd more
Commissions and salaries paid during the
than average Intelligence and’’ —
"Thank you, your honor," Interrupt
y e a r ................................................................... «89,877.36
ed the young woman, "If it were not Taxes, Menses, and fees paid during the y e a r..
49,2(2.«5
for the fact, Judge, that I am under
Amount o f all other expenditures
...............
76,6 47.69
oath I would return the compliment.”
Total exp en d itu res.......................................- ................ $1,612,271.80
—National Monthly.
ASSETS.
“ The poorest way to face life Is to C o lla t e r a l......................................................... $ 217,626.00
face It with a nm er/’ -Thoodnre Roose Value of stocks and bonds owned . . . .
1,663,434.25
velt.
Doans on mortgages and collateral, etc. . . 566.850.00
Cash in banks and on h a n d .............................
15«,338.11
Premiums in coruse of collection and In trans
Remember, we are still selling
mission .........................................................
262,651.64
he finest bread in Coos county, 2 Interest and rents due and a c c r u e d ................
32,437.40
oaves for 5c. COquille Bakery and
lonfectionery.
T otal a s s e ts ................................................. $2,779.236.40
The Women’s and
Children’s Store
Velvet Shoes and Pumps
The Golden Rule
People’s National Fire
Insurance Go.
NO TICE TO CREDITORS.
.n the County Court of the State
of
Oregon,
for the County of
Total assets admitted in O r e g o n ..................................$2,779,236.40
DIABIDIT1ES.
Grose claims for losses u n p a id .........................$ 149,685.69
Amount of unearned premiums on all outstand
ing risks . . . ...........................................
1,217,809.61
Due for commission and brokerage .............
25,600.00
A ll other lia b ilit ie s ............................................
32,420.26
Total lia b ilit ie s .....................................
$1,424,915.56
Total Insurance In force December 31, 1 9 1 0 ....................$2,026,684.15
BUSINESS IN OREGON FOR TH E YE A R .
Total risks written during tlie y e a r ..................................$1,199,718.00
Gross premiums received during the y e a r ..........................
25,984.41
Premiums returned during
the y e a r .................................
7,460.60
I.ossss paid during the year
..............................................
5,007.95
Losses incurred during the y e a r .........................................
5,584.74
Total amount of risks outstanding lu Oregon December
31, 1 9 1 0 ...........................................................................$1,013,813.60
Coos.
In the matter of tho estate o f C.
M. Skeels, deceased-
Notice Is hereby given by the un-
lerslgned, administratrix of the es
tate of C. M. Skeels, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against, the said de
ceased, to exhibit such claims, with
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said adminis
tratrix at the office of C. R. Bar-
row, in Coquille, Coos county, Ore
PE O PLE S N A T IO N A L F IR E IN S U R A N C E CO.
gon, which said office the under-
By W. F. BRAUK, Assistant Secretary,
dgned has selected as the place for
-uiutorv resblent general agent aud attorney lor service:
the transaction of the business of
F R A N K E. D uO LEY.
said estate.
CLAUD E L. K ID D E R
lo - t
Ifjri
nt» t ' v , ( *qt i t , Ore.
NEDDIE J. BREEDS,
Administratrix
of the estate of C. M. Skeels, de
H U P M O B I LE:
ceased.
C. R. BARRO W .
Attorney for Administratrix.
Dated and first publication at Co
quille, on the 27th day of April,
1911.
G U A R A N T E E D FOR U F E
W
t5
ELECTIO N
NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that on
the 8th day of May, 1911, at the
City Hall In the City of Coqutlle,
in the County o f Coos. State of Ore
gon, the regular annual election of
said City of Coqutlle will be held
for,
C IT Y OFFICERS, N AM E LY,
A Recorder to serve for one year
How to Have Pins Handy.
Three Councilmen to serve
for
A pincushion on the wrist is a cou-
When a medicine must be given!
\'t
to young children It should I k » , venienct? to the small dressmaker. It two years each.
should be a small, soft cushion, at
Three councilmen to serve for one
pleasant
to
taka
Chamberlain's tached to an elastic baud Just snug
Cough Remedy is made fronj loaf enough to wear on the left wrist. No year each
Dated at Coquille this 27th day j
sugar, and the roots used In Its! stopping of work is then necessary to
of April, 1911.
preparation give It a flavor siinllir look for a pin.
A. W K E L L E Y .
to maple syrup, making it pleasant
Hew to Renovate Scratched Paint.
27t2
City Recorder.
to take
It has no superior for all
To remove scratches on paint made
Polls open from 8 a. m. to 5 p. j t
colds, croup and whooping sough. by scrati’ hlng matches nib with a cut
lemon.
For sale hy mil druggists
¡Í£
[insider 'he Hnpmobile life-long, "squar- -deal g'lsran-
tec to be the strongest element o< protection ever incorporated
in the manufacture of motor cars.
A dsnionatration will lie given you at yoar convenience.
Auto Gnrsgr and iterate room now open. Second t trevi
I. R. N osier
Coquille, Ore
STEAMER BREAKWATER
Sails from Ain-worth !V*;k, Portland, at 9 a.
tit.
«very W elrutlav.
bails from Coos 804
EVERY SATURDAY
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R serrations v ill not be held later than Kiidar noon, unless
ticket* aro purchased.
PAUL L. STERLING. Agent
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