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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1913)
L IB B Y 'S MILK “Libby’s Evaporated Milk is positively the very best canned milk on the market” That's what all our customers say who haue tried it ASK Y O l’K GROCER FOR IT Nosier &. Norton niSTR IIlU TO R S Coquille, Oregon Phone Home 111 Farmers 483 It L o o k a d L ik a a S u r a L oaar, b u t W a a R e a lly E a a y M o n a y . There was a queer bet, one that seemed somewhat foolhardy, made by a politician a few weeks before the election In 1900, when it was apparent that McKinley would sweep the coun try. He had been approached by a man who offered to make a "fuajority" waiter. "I'll tell you what I ’ ll do,” the politician replied. “ I ’ll bet you $50 that 1 can write down the names of thirty stales that McKinley will curry.” The man snapped up the bet eagerly, and the politician wrote the list of names and gave them to a friend to keep, sealed, until the day after elec tion. “ Now,” he said, “ Just to show yon how big a cinch McKinley has, I will bet you $500 thnt I can name ten ad ditional stages that he will carry." The man who took the first bet Jump ed at the second chance, feeling cer tain that forty states would not go Republican. When the election was over and the votes counted the envelopes were open ed. In the list of thirty states the politician had named all the solid south and the doubtful states. lie lost $50. Hut In the Hat of ten he nnmed states that did not go Democratic In twenty years until the election of 1912. —Louisville Times. LAID THE THE T h e S t o r y of a G H oat W it h , a T ro u b le d C o n sc ie n ce . Coquille Herald is now fully equipped with modern faces of type and accessories for the execution of J 1 1 0 Vi in a style unexcelled and at prices equally as inviting as can be obtained from others SPECTER. n The following well authenticated ghostly happening is recorded in Jessie Adelaide Middleton's “ The Grey Ghost Book:” A lady had taken a furnished house in Suffolk. England, from a widow who had lately lost her son. One day she was sitting in the drawing room when the figure of a boy of about thirteen walked across the room, halted oppo site a table on which was some china and began to weep bitterly. When she got up and hastened toward the boy to comfort him he at once vanished. As the same thing occurred repeatedly, the lady wrote to the owner of the house, seeking for some explanation. This was her answer: “ Will you kindly search the table with the china ornaments on it, and if you find sixpence in any of them put it into the poor bag in church? 1 gave him sixpence to put in the bag the last Sunday he went to church, and Instead of putting It In he kept it to spend. He told me about It before he died, but I did not know' where he had hidden it.” The tenant searched and found the sixpence in a little china jug. She put it into the poor bag—and was never again visited by the apparition. “ Paying T h r o u g h th e N o s e ." “ Paying through the nose” Is to be Indirectly swindled in a transaction or to pay an exorbitant price for a thing In consideration of long credit. A variant Is “ to be bored through the nose,” “ bored” here having the mean ing of cheated, deceived: S aw Ir ir fs P R IN T E D PR O M P T LY AND A C C U R A TE LY E3 W ork entrusted to us will receive the personal supervision of a pradtical printer who takes pride in the proper execution of every detail El Give Us a Trial Order A t this Instant he bores me with some trick. “ H enry V I I I . 1. 1, 128. One that hath gulled you, that hath bored you, sir.—“ L ife o f T. Crom well," 1U02, II. 11, 103. COOS COUNTY STATISTICS C o u g h in g In L ie u o f O r a to ry . A singular fashion which prevailed among the preachers of Cromwell’s time was that o f coughing or hemming in the middle of a sentence in order to attract the attention of the con gregation. The necessity of continually attracting the attention of the listeners could not have argued well for the brilliance of the sermons. Some au thorities say thnt the preachers cough ed merely as an ornament to speech. At any rate, when the sermons were printed, ns many of them were, the coughs and hems were always Indicat ed on the margin of the page. — St. Louis Republic. LOST BY AN EYELASH.— BIRSHS - DEATHS, JANUARY a number of community in located. Re out his hold ings and departed hastily on the steamer Breakwater, but the authori ties traced him. Fred Withrow, a special agent for the District Attor ney’s office has gone fo Curry coun ty to get him. Deputy District Attorney Jones and Detective Lillis have secured incriminating state ments from several girls. Per A cre I. H. HAZARD, C a tM tr E d ib le F lo w e r s of B u t t e r T re e s. By far the most remarkable o f edi ble flowers is that culled from the but ter tree of India. The blossoms of this singular tree are the chief means of subsistence with the Bhils and other Indian hill tribes. An average -tree yields from 200 to 350 pounds of pulpy, bell shaped flowers that, when they drop off during March and April, the hot months of the Indian year, are eagerly gathered by the natives. They have when fresh a peculiar and lus cious taste, but the fragrance of them is not pleasant and is best and most briefly described as “ mousy.” Usually they are cured in the sun, shrivel to one-fourth of their size and then re semble nothing so much as raisins. The natives prepare them for food by boiling or using them in sweetmeats.— Suburban Life Magazine. 0 . C SANFORO, A s it . C ashier FIRST NATIONAL BANK W h e n J a m e s R. K e e n e L a id F o r H lr * a B ig B e t o n B e so m . Although James R. Keene was known ns the nerviest of Wall street oi»era- tors. he was anything but a betting man on the race tracks. He dearly loved to win valuable stakes, and he won nearly everything In this line ex cept the classic English Derby. UU horses rarely carried anything but an infinitesimal wager. Big wagers were Thirteen Births and Eight few and far between with 1dm. Deaths W e re Reported to One day when his Ben Brush colt Besom was making his racing debut Dr. W alrer Culin, County at Sheepshead Mr. Keene visited the paddock in company with Ids trainer. Health Officer. .Jimmy Rowe, and Inspected the colt minutely. Keene was very fond of According to the statistics o f Dr. Noonday, the colt’s dam, and he talked proudly of his expectations of Besom. Walter Culin, health otheor, the The colt had worked exceptionally month of January did not see the fast, and the race looked as sure as usual Dumber o f happy dads in sure things can be regarded on a race track. Coos County, the birthrate fa llin g The result of the conference with to a low figure, as will be seen be Rowe was that Mr. Keene decided to make one of his rare large bets on low. Besom to win. The news of the Keene BIRTHS wager created almost a sensation in Jan. 1—To the w ife of Burns Long, the ring, and the price against the colt went tumbling. Myrtle Point, a daughter. The race was run, and Besom lost 5— To the w ife o f Albert J. Hag- emeister, Marshfield, a son. by an eyelash, lie went out with Ber Maid, and the two raced stride for 6— To the wife of Dennis M ry cl’ar- stride like a team. When it was Be thy, Marshfield, a daughter. som’s turn to stride Ids nose showed 7— To the wife of Jas. D. Rob in front, and when it was Berry Maid’s erts, Marshfield, a son. turn she showed a scant advantage. 7—To the w ife of Win. Ramsey, So it was all the way, Mr. Keene Myrtle Point, a son. watching the contest through his fielfl- glnsses without a murmur. The crowd 12— To the w ife of J. S. Clinton, was on its toes. As they passed the Lee, a son. 10—To the w ife of Henry P. Belloni, judges it was Berry Maid’s turn to stride. Then t|ie apple of Mr. Keene’s Coquille, a daughter. 17—To the w ife of C. R. Peck, eye at the time lost the verdict, and the vice chairman of the Jockey club Marshfield, a daughter. lost one o f his few wagers on the turf. 24—To the wife of John S. Cham —New York World. bers, Marshfield a daughter. 27— To the w ife of Adolph Crook, A PEEP AT IRELAND. Marshfield, a son. 28— To the w ife of Siles Clark, W Lee h e r e th e W e a t h e r P la g u e s Y o u O n ly a daughter. to F a s c in a te Y o u L a te r. 29— To the wife of Walter C. Smith I must allow that it sometimes rains Coaledo, a daughter. in Ireland, but lush rain Is not quite 30— To the w ife of Forest I. Del- like other rain. It Is. as a rule, softer lard, Coquille, a son. than rain elsewhere, and If the truth must be told I like rain so long as one DEATHS has not to say, “ For the rain it raineth Jan. 7—Harry J. Thompson, Myrtle every day.” Point, aged oOyears, 2 months Irish weather Is not so much cap- pricious as coquettish. It likes to and 15 days. you, i f but to prepare you to 13— Lewis E. Erwin, Bandon. plague 35 enjoy the more its sunny, melting years. 23—Stewart J. Miller, Coquille, mood. It will weep and wail all night, and, lo, the next morning Ireland Is aged 00 years, 3 months and one sweet smile and seems to say: “ Is 23 days. it raining I was yesterday? Ah, then. 23—Zelpha E. Neely, Coquille, 71 I'll rain no more.” years, and 2 months. And the runnels leap and laugh, and 26— Ellen Peperdine, Myrtle Point, the pastures and very stone walls aged 40 years and 28 days. glisten; the larks carol on their celes tial journey: there Is a pungent, healthy 27— Fay Williams, Marshfield, aged smell of drying peat; the mountains 4 months and 23 days. 28— James Dolan,¡North Bend, age are all dimpled with the joy of life and sunshine; the lake lies perfectly still, unknown. content to retleet the overhanging face of heaven, and just won’t your honor Faces Serious Charges buy the stoutest pair of homemade hose from a barefoot, bareheaded daughter of dethroned kings with eyes The Portland Telegram says: like dewdrops and a voice that would W. C. Kuttson, formerly a grocer charm the coin out o f the most churl ish purse? in the Albina district, is under ar If on such mornings as these you rest in Curry County on a warrant do not lose your heart to Ireland it telegraphed to the authorities by must be made of stern, unimpression able stuff Indeed.—Blackwood’s Maga Sheriff Word. He is charged with zine. And Howell In his “ Instruction For Forreu Travel!” (1050), page 59, “ had known divers Dutch gentlemen grosly guld by this cheat (the selling of forged misconduct toward manuscripts to young travelers in Italy), and som English bor’d also young girls of the through the nose this way by paying which his store was excessive prices for them.” —Loudon cently Kurtson sold Notes and Queries. R. I. SH IN E. V.-Pres. A J. SHERW OOD P rtt. - O R C O Ç U IL L iB , O R E G O N . T r a r m a e t s a G e n e r a l H a n k in g B u a in e a b B „ r d , f Director«. nte. I R. O. Dement, A. J. Sherwood, 1 National Bank o Commerce, New York Cl L. Harlocker, L. H. Hazard, j Crocker Woolworth N'lBauk, San Franc! Iaaiah Hacker. R. K. Shine. Firat Nat'l Bank of Portland, Portland. R. S. K nowi . ton , President G eo . A. R ohinson , Vice-Pres. R. H .. M ast , Cashier. £ 1 g. 1 $ Or % i | Farmers and Merchants Bank 1 | COQUILLE. OREGON $ Opened for Busines March, 1 9 0 9 § a A CUNNING WAGlRT CORRKSPONDENTS: Ladd & Tilton Bank, Portland National Park, New York First National Bank, San Francisco First Trust & Savings, Coos Bay % • (O ■ u ± i- Or«2fS*»-e>-£S-C J «S-sCl. O LD R E L IA B L E — EQUIPPED W IT H W IRELESS STEAMER BREAKWATER A L W A Y S ON T IM E Sails from Portland Tuesday Eveningof Each W eek 8 P. M. Sails from Coos Bay February 8, 15 and 22. PAUL L. STERLING, Agent w •—^ w » « » fT w in i 8 New i i i V i Phone Mam 181 mitili..I . . H ' ■inn...... Il l i n i «y w t w Line of Cakes and Pastry ■ y ^ E A R E P U T T I N G OUT A C A K E S and P A S T R Y D IF F E R E N T from former management of this bakery. them, call and see if you don’ t thnt If find carried you LIN E under have something OF not I the tried exactly to your taste. I C ITY B A K E R Y 8 COOK BROS., Props. I i I Roseburg-Myrtle Point Auto Line J. L. LAIRD, Proprietor Leaves Mrytle Point daily at 7 o ’clock a. m. Arrives at Roseburg at 2 o’ clock Leaves Roseburg daily at 7 a. m., ar riving at Myrtle Point at 2 o’clock. Special rigs for parties at any time. S t a g e R u n n i n g in C o n n e c t i o n Carrying United States Mail and Passengers’ Baggage Office at Laird’ s Livery Barn, Myrtle Point H o m e T e le p h o n e 4 6 1 F a r m e r s T e le p h o n e 15 6 T h e Potato. S t r a n g e B e q u e sts. Whoever may have introduced the In his will Stephen Swain of the potato into England, according to Dr. parish of St. Olave, Southwark, gave Doran's “ Table Traits,” it was not T H E BE ST B U Y to Johu Abbott and Mary, his wife, known in North America in 158G, when sixpence each “ to buy for each of them Raleigh’s colonists there are said to In Coos County a halter for fear the sheriffs should have sent it over to us. But the Span not be provided,” and John Aylett ish “ batata," or sweet potato, from Stow left the sum of 5 guineas for the which the vegetable derives its name, purchase o f the picture of a viper bit was brought to Ireland many years be ing the hand of his rescuer to be pre fore by Captain Hawkins from Santa sented to an eminent K. C. as a re Fe, in South America. This is prob minder of “ his ingratitude and inso ably the potato of Shakespeare’s time. lence.” —London Mail. “ Let the sky rain potatoes. I will re Three million feet oftim b er— Sufficient main here!” cries Sir John Falstnff, to pay for the land A lt o g e t h e r D iffe re n t. embracing Mrs. Ford.—London Tele “ After all, life is a good deal like graph. __________________ One-fourth mile to sawmill Wall street” Church, school and postoffice within a K n e w W h a t H e W a s D o in g . “ In what way?” half mile Tom—You spend altogether too much “ It is all a gamble, you know.” Good neighbors, splendid county road money on that girl. Don’t you know “ But thnt doesn’t make It like Wall through place. Fine stream o f girls always accept everything a man street. In life nlmost every one has a water on premises, and river gives them and then marry the fellow chance.” —Chicago Record-II era Id. within one-fourth mile. who saves his money? Jack—Sure I 12 miles to Myrtle Point do. That’s the reason I ’m blowing in T w o P h a se ». “ I detest that Mr*. Jones. She al 1 A small houso and some improvements mine —Boston Transcript ways tells what all her clothes cost.” | An ideal place for stock and the best "W ell, l detest Mrs. Brown. She H e r E a r F o r M u s ic . Kind of land for fruit never will tell what she pays for any “ What Is that tune your daughter Is J One-half cash; balance to it purchase thing.” —Detroit Free Press. playing?” A money-maker for a man of energy • Which daughter?” asked Mrs. Cum- rnx. " I f It Is the older girl It's Liszt’s A P in e r o C lu b E p ig r a m . Hungarian rhapsody, and If It's the An epigram from Sir Arthur Flnero: Call on or address younger one it’s exercise 27.” —Wash | “ Indian clubs are good for the liver, i London clnbs are not."—London Stand- ington Star. 160 A C R E S BENCH LAND CLEANLINESS Is an important factor in a Grocery Business of the first class. 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