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R. I.SHINE, V .-F re s.
A J. SHERWOOD Prss.
K. Halverson
h a s in sta lle d a m odern S te a m P re s
sin g m achine, and is p re p a re d to
M rv e h is tr a d e b e tte r th a n ever.
B rin g m e y o u r w ork.
SPRING SAMPLES ARE READY
See m y display o f su itin g s fo r sp rin g
an d su m m er. New and nobby p a t
te r n s a t low est prices.
B ring y o u r R e p air W ork to m e.
L. H. HAZARD, CaiHler
H e Left a C lew
Behind Him
P r e s id e n t W ils o n a t H is D esk,
Facing D u t ie s o f H is P o sitio n
By GROVER | GRIFFIN
1 w as dow n on my luck and a lto
g e th e r d iscouraged. 1 had com e to the
K. H A L V E R SO N
city six m onths before w ith $400 In
F ro n t S tre e t
my pocket to look fo r a position. All
b ut $7 w as gone, a n d 1 hud not found
the position. B esides, I ow ed a board
bill w hich 1 cou ld u ’t pay. 1 decided
GARDEN
to go hom e, b u t d id n ’t like to rem ove
my b aggage w ith o u t paying my in
F E R T IL IZ E R S
d eb ted n ess, so 1 left my tru n k an d ull
my clo th e s ex cep t w h a t I absolutely
SUPERPH O SPH A TE
needed. T h e se f rolled in a bundle
F o r G en eral G ardening
and c u rrie d o u t u n d e r my arm .
1
S U L P H A T E O F PO T A SH
would w rite my lan d lad y from borne
F o r P o tato es
th a t 1 b ad le ft and w a s n o t com ing
N IT R A T E O F SODA
back.
F o r S pecial P urposes
On m y w ay to th e sta tio n , p assin g a
tru n k sto re, I th o u g h t 1 would go In
j T e . q u ic k
and buy u cheap bag in w hich to c a r
C O Q U IL L E
O R E G O N ry my belongings. My tic k e t to my
hom e w ould be $5.50, so 1 h a d n ’t m uch
to sp a re for th e lu x u ry of a satch el
I found a m an in th e sto re looking a t
som e s u it cases. H e bought one an d
tra n s fe rre d som e clo th in g au d a p ack
age to it from a s u it ca se th a t i th o u g h t
R egular as th e Clock
as good a s th e one he p u rch ase d an d
asked th e sto re k e e p e r to th ro w th e
la tte r aw ay . As soon a s he w as gone
I ask ed th e sto re k e e p e r w h a t he would
ta k e fo r th e case th a t h ad been left,
and w hen he said 50 c e n ts I bought it.
*7.50
F irst-class iare only.
I did not no tice till I w as b oarding
3.00
U p freight, per ton
th e tr a in th a t it w a s m ark ed on one
end w ith th e le tte rs “ E. R. N.,” and
th en m y atte n tio n w a s called to them
by a m an sta n d in g n e a r th e c a r ste p s
E. & E. T. Kruse
looking a t them w ith co n sid erab le a t
24 C alifornia S treet, San F rancisco
tentlon. H e follow ed m e in. took a
se a t d irectly behind me an d . pulling
o ut a new spaper, began to read. It
F o r R eservations
w us not till w e had le ft th e city lim its
th a t he leaned fo rw a rd a n d said:
NOSLER & NORTON
“H ow a re you. N a y le r? ”
A gents, Coquille, O regon
“ My nam e is n o t N ayler,” I said.
“ You a r e m istak en in y o u r m an.”
“ You a re E d w a rd N ayler, alias Bill
S hanks, alias P e te Devon, a n d you
don’t w nnt to deny it w ith your Initials
on th e end of y o u r su it case. T h e only
th in g th a t puzzles m e Is th a t you
should a tte m p t to g e t aw ay w ith th e
P ly in g B etw een
sw a g w ith such a d e a d g iv e a w a y a b o u t
you.”
I told th e m an how I had com e to
buy th e suit case an d , o p en in g it. sh o w
ed him th a t it co n tain ed n o th in g b u t
clothes. H e believed m y story an d ut
once asked me If 1 w ould know the
F irst-claas fare only
$7.50
m an to whom th e c a s e had belonged.
U p freig h t, |»er to n ............... 3.00
I to ld him I w oukl. T h en he said th a t
O
the fellow h ad been a v a le t in an Im
m ensely w ealth y fa m ily an d h ad w alk
Sudden & Christiansen
ed off w ith som e $80.000 w orth o f Jew
A gents, San F rancisco, C alifornia
els. A m aid in th e sa m e service who
w as Im plicated in th e th e f t had con
fessed to m y in fo rm a n t th a t N ayler
F or R eservations
w as to leave th e c ity on th a t train , b u t
NOSLER & NORTON
he w ould do u b tless be disguised. “ H e
will probably w e a r th e sa m e clothes
A gents, Coquille, O regon
a n d m ake up os w hen you saw him in
th e tr a n k sto re .” ad d e d th e m an behind
me, “ for he w o u ld n ’t have had tim e to
m ake a change. I w ish you would go
th ro u g h the tra in an d sp o t him .”
“ W h a t is th e re in it fo r m e?” I asked.
T h e m an w ho w as w orking fo r a To
CLA U D E C. MOON, P rop.
w ard of $20,000 offered fo r th e recov
e ry o f th e je w e ls dickered w ith me for
som e tim e, offering me am o u n ts ra n g
ing betw een a te n th an d a h a lf o f all
he w as to g e t o u t o f I t I closed w ith
Fishing Tackle
him on a half, an d , going rapidly
th ro u g h th e tra in to th e baggage car, 1
Fishing T ackle
tu rn e d and w alked back slow ly, look
in g ca re fu lly a t ev ery one. I recog
nized m y m an in th e n e x t c a r ahead of
Fishing Tackle
th e one I h a d been rid in g In.
Fishing Tackle
My frie n d —D aw son w as his n am e—
w as d elig h ted , and, ta k in g som e p ap er
an d a fo u n tain pen fro m his p o c k e t he
w ro te an a g re e m e n t to pay me w h a t
he h a d verbally ag reed to pay in case
of success. T h en w e changed o u r se a ts
In to th e n e x t c a r fo rw a rd , w here w e
CLA U D E C. MOON, P rop.
could keep an ey e on Mr. N ayler.
D aw son w ro te a teleg ram to th e ch ief
o f police a t th e first la rg e place on ou r
ro u te to h a v e a force a t th e sta tio n to
a r r e s t a m an, an d a t our first sto p I
g ot o u t an d s e n t it, h a v in g first a rra n g
D o n 't
w ait I
ed w ith th e c o n d u cto r to hold th e train
i u n til y o u d r o p
for me.
1 y o u r e y e ija ss -
On a p p ro ach in g th e place w h ere th e
' es a b d b re a k
a r re s t w as to be m ad e I stood a t th e
f th e m b e fo re y o u
fro n t door an d D aw son a t th e rear, so
th a t from w h ich ev er door he w e n t o u t
r fin d o u t a b o u t
w e could keep tra c k of him. T h a t he
w ould leave th e tr a in a t th a t point w e
felt confident, for th e conductor had
C o m e i n a n d l e t us s h o w y o u h o w I
in fo rm ed us th a t his tic k e t w ould c a r
I c o m f o r t a b l e t h e y a r e a n d h o w f irm ly
ry him no fa rth e r. If he did not w e
I they h o l d w i t h o u t p in c h in g .
w ere to hail a policem an from th e p la t
form .
O u r m an le ft th e c a r by th e fro n t
door. I follow ed him a n d saw several
V . R. W I L S O N , o . D. m en in police u niform looking up a t
th e train . I beckoned one o f them an d
E rro rs o f Vision S cientifically
pointed out Mr. N ayler. H e w as th e
C o rrected
C O Q U IL L E
;
OREG O N m ost su rp rised m an l e v er saw . H e
tu rn e d ns w h ite ns a sh e et, an d w hen
N e x t door to S k e c ls’ S to re
one o f th e policem en took his s u it case
from his hand I th o u g h t he w ould drop.
We took him to a police sta tio n , w h ere
Ills su it case w as opened, an d I sa w
YOUR LACE CURTAINS th e package lie had tra n s fe rre d In th e
tru n k sto re T h e o u tsid e w ra p p e r be
ing tak en off disclosed a box an d Inside
the box a display o f Jew elry w o rth y
of th e w indow o f n high g rad e Jew el
will need laundering this
er’s shop.
W ell, w e all re tu rn e d to th e city to
spring. Send them to
pother, w here o u r c a p tiv e w as landed
us. We wash Quilts at
In Jail. 1 w ent b ack to my b o ard in g
house aud said n o th in g ab o u t hav in g
15 cents, Comforts at 25
utarted for hom e
In d u e t i a e th e re
cents. We will wash
w ard w as paid—h a lf to D aw son and
h a lf to me T hen 1 s ta rte d for hom e
your Wool Blankets for
ugaln. b ut th is tim e w ith my baggage.
you better than you can
W hen I retu rn ed to th e city 1 set up a
detective office an d h ave been since
do them and for the
reasonably successful.
San Francisco
and Bandon
The Sportsman
Fishing Tackle
Fishing Tackle
The Sportsman
S h u r= O n
COQUILLE LAUNDRY & ICE CO.
In c o rp o ra te d .
M a n u fa c tu re rs o f
The Celebrated Bergm ann 6 'hoe
OR C O Q U I l l U B , O R B Q O f l,
T r a n s a c t » a G e n e ra l B a n k in g H u sin e sh
l a i r * a f D lraa ta ra.
;
C a r ra a p a a d a a t a .
R .O . Dement,
A. J . Sherwood,
National Bank o Oonimeree, New York Cl
L. Harlocker,
L. H. Hazard,
Urocker Woolworth N 'lB ank, 8an F ranci
Tom B rink w a te r begun life a s a
Isaiah Hacker.
I t . K. Shine. First N at’l Bank of Portland,
Portland.
foum iry m an an d becam e a m u ltim il
lionaire. W hile m ak lu g his m oney he
m arried u w o m an w ith social a s p ira
tions.
Mrs. B rin k w a te r’s d esires 1 b
R . 8. K n o w l t o n , P re s id e n t
G e o . A . R o b in s o n , V ic e -P re s.
th is resp ect w ere gratified in th e placB
R . H . M a s t , C a sh ier.
w h ere she lived, a w estern c ity , b u t
no sooner had sh e conquered In th a t
field th a n sh e grew am b itio u s fo r s
larg er an d m ore Im p o rtan t one.
Hut h er h u sb an d did not becom e a
m n tllm illio n aire till th e tw o had been
COQUILLE. OREGON
m arried long enough to h av e a d a u g h
te r se v en teen y e a rs old. To in tro d u c e
th is d a u g h te r. KoHitmond, into th e big
Opened lor Busines March. 1 8 9 0
gest, rich est an d a t th e sa m e tim e th e
m ost difficult social sw im in th e w est
ern w orld th en becam e Mrs. Brink-
correspondents :
w a te r’s am b itio n . As fo r R osam ond,
L add & T ilto n R ank, P o rtla n d
F ir s t N atio n al B an k , S an F ra n c isc o
she w as very well satisfied w ith th e
N a tio n a l P a rk , N ew Y ork
F ir s t T ru s t & S av in g s, Coos B ay
frien d s sh e hud and did not ca re to
e n te r a new field. She w as m uch be
loved by 'th o se w ho knew h er in tim u ts-
ly an d . th o u g h no one knew it b u t h er
self. w as v ery m uch p red isp o sed to a
ce rta in y o u n g m an. M acD onald S h er
)
O L D R E L IA B L E — E Q U IP P E D W IT H W IR E L E S S
° 1
m an. a y o u n g law y er, as a life p a r t
ner. N ot even Mr. S h erm an w as a w a re
th a t a h e a rt w as read y for him to
g ath er, an d ev en If he had been th e ra p
A L W A Y S O N T IM E
idly g ro w in g fo rtu n e of Mr. B riu k w a te r
would h av e m ade tho you n g m ao
Sails
from
Portland at 8 A. M.,
b ack w a rd In g a th e rin g it.
M arch 5, 12, 19, 26
T h e re w ere th re e g rad es of refine
m en t in th e B riu k w a te r fam ily. Tom
9
w as p re se n ta b le am o n g well b red p e r
Sails from Coos Bay at Service of Tide
sons, an d th a t w as all th a t can be said
M arch 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
of him
Mrs. B riu k w a te r had acq u ired
a good deal o f th e «avoir fa ire o f a so
W. L. K0LM, A g e n t
Phone M ain 181
ciety w om an. R osam ond w as a lovely
girl in h er ow n hom e an d am o n g her
In tim ate frien d s, but th e re w a s a n u n
d erly in g cold n ess a b o u t fash io n ab le so
ciety th a t repelled her.
F red V on P e g e rt
T h e finding th a t th e doors o f tho
C. I. Kim e
elect of New York society w ere closed
a g a in st h er only stim u lated Mrs. Brink
w a te r’s a m b itio n to effect an en tra n c e ,
an d sh e begau th e stu d y o f th e situ s
tion. U n lim ited m eans w ere a t h er d is
MECHANICAL
posal. but th e re w ere h u n d red s of
w ealthy fam ilies knocking a t th e s o
cial doors w ho w ere not ad m itted .
Mrs. B rink w a te r b u n ted th e dog m a r
ket fo r th e h ig h est bred poodle and
G e n e r a l B lack sm ith in g ,
bought one th a t took first prize In a
W agon M aking, M achine
dog show . In th is way sh e got som e
W ork, P a tte r n M aking and
C astin g , A u to m o b ile W ork.
free a d v e rtisin g in th e new spapers.
T hen a sp an of horses she bought a t
COQUILLE, OREGON
tracted sim ila r atte n tio n in th e an im al
horse show . By th ese tw o coups the
lady’s n am e w as becom ing so m ew hat
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know n, b u t sh e knew th a t If sh e re
laxed her effo rts it would soon lie lost
again. So she Joined th e su ffrag e tte s
an d g av e larg ely to th e cause.
T h is last move w as probably the
J. L. LAIRD, Proprietor
m ost effective o f all Mrs. B rin k w a te r’s
moves, sin ce it b rought her in touch
wy-
L eav es M ry tle P o in t d aily a t 7 o ’clock
with a n u m b er of New York’s social
leaders. B ut th is did not m ean a social
a m. A rriv e s a t R o seb u rg a t 2 o ’clock
acq u ain tan ce . T h e goal w as not yet
L eav es R o se b u ig d aily a t 7 a. m ., a r
even in sig h t. T he a s p ira n t had not
riv in g a t M y rtle P o in t a t 2 o ’clock.
-yet been In v ited to th e house o f a s in
gle fam ily p ro m in en t socially.
S p ecial rig s f o r p a r tie s a t a n y tim e .
One day w hile d iscu ssin g su ffra g e tte
b u sin ess w ith a lady who seem ed In
clined to be friendly Mrs. B riu k w a te r
told h er w h a t she had done to g et Into
society an d ask ed w h a t m ore sh e could
Carrying United States Mail and Passengers’ Baggage
do. T hen and th e re for th e first tim e
Office at Laird’s Livery Barn, Myrtle Point
tin* h u n te r for th e portal by w hich sh#
m ight e n te r had th e se cre t rev ealed to H o m e T e l e p h o n e 4 6 1
F a r m e r s T e le p h o n e 1 5 6
her. It w as th e touch of gold, b u t th e
gold m u st be expended In th e right
way. T h e in fo rm an t knew a fam ily
who had lieen l>om In th e sw im . T h eir
fo rtu n es had failed.
THE
T he sa m e ev ening w hen Mrs. Brink-
w a te r told h er h u sband th n t sh e had
found th e key to New York society and
th a t it w as money he replied, “ I’ll
d raw you a check for a h u n d red th o u
san d a s soon a s you w a n t it.”
“ Not so fast. T he w ay It is done is
more im p o rta n t th an th e m oney. You
a re a d irecto r In several co rp o ratio n s
is now fully equipped with modern
D oubtless som e one of them needs an
officer fo r a y e a r a t a sa la ry o f $50,-
faces of type and accessories
000.”
for the execution of
Not long a f te r th is Mr. Von G. re
ceived th e ap p o in tm en t. H e w as g iv
en a rosew ood desk a t th e office of
the B riu k w a te r M an u fac tu rin g com pn
ay. an d his sa la ry w as paid in a d
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vance. O ccasionally som e d u ty w as
assig n ed him. b u t he w as n o t req u ired
to p erfo rm it u nless he chose to do so.
T he B rink w a te rs w ere in v ited to
d in n er a t th e Von G ’s an d a t th e
houses o f se v era l o th e r fam ilies con
fleeted w ith th em , all in th e sw im
T h ese doors having been opened, o th
ers follow ed suit. W ithin h alf n y ear
W
uft«*r th e tu rn in g of th e golden key th e
a sp ira n t, h er h u sb an d and h e r d au g h
te r found th em se lv e s m em b ers of the
ch arm ed circle.
in a style unexcelled and at prices
But Tom B iink w afer spoiled th is so
cial ach iev em en t. O ne of his fo rm er
equally as inviting as can be
b u sin ess asso ciates, who had also
obtained from others
m ade his m illions, cam e from th e w est
w ith a s p ira tio n s sim ila r to th o se of
■ Mrs. R rin k w ater. Tom w a s asked
| how he did It an d let th e c a t o u t of
i the b ag
As soon a s It w a s o u t it ran
i m eow ing th ro u g h th e gilded parlors.
I T he B rink w a te rs w ere dropped.
| Mrs B rink w a te r w as fu rio u s. Tom
| w as c ru sh e d w ith rem orse a t w h a t he
had done. Only one of th e fam ily w as
not d isap p o in ted .
R osam ond Rrink-
I w a te r found th e co cktail d rin k in g and
c ig a re tte sm o k in g of th e w om en in
th e sw im not to her ta: te
She w en t
hack to h er fo rm er hom e on a visit
and did not re tu rn . W hile th e re Rhe
m arried th e young m an sh e w an ted
P R IN T E D P R O M P T L Y
and finds th e society o f h er n a tiv e
A .N D {A C C U R A TE LY
city f a r m ore refined th a n th a t h er fa
th er paid a sm all fo rtu n e to e n te r only
to be s h u t o u t a t th e b eg in n in g o f th «
first a c t.
^
Farmers
and
Merchants Bank
STEAMER BREAKWATER
San Francisco
an d Bandon
Str. B ro o k ly n
F IR S T N A T IO N A L B A N K
By ELSIE ß MATTESON
Str. Elizabeth
small charge of 25 cents.
Send the entire family
wash and be rid of the
hardest of the home
work. : : : : : :
THE GOLDEN
KEY
0. C SANFORD, A««t. Csskisr
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P hoto co p y rig h t, 1918. by A m erican P r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n .
E R E you see P re sid e n t W ilson a t his desk in the W hite H ouse office
ready fo r w ork a s th e first em ployee of th e land. H e has sa t ju st
like th is for d a y s sin c e his in a u g u ra tio n listening to the so licitatio n s
o f se n a to rs an d re p re se n ta tiv e s an d m en of note who urged him to
ap p o in t th is m an o r th a t to v ario u s im p o rta n t Jobs a t his disposal H u n d red s
• f office se e k e rs w ere b arre d from facin g th e p resid en t a t his desk by his own
o rd er issued rig h t a f te r he took hold, w hen he decreed th at lie would see no
Job h u n te r u nless personally s e n t fo r or recom m ended by heads of d e p a rtm e n ts
H
IT IS UP TO YOU!
I f e e f r e e b o r n c i ti z e n g e t s u p w h e n de w
Is on t h e g r a s s
A n d s e e s h i m s e l f r e f l e c te d in a t r u s t
m a d e l o o k i n g g la ss .
A t r u s t c o n t r o l s t h e s o a p h e finds at
le n g th upon the stand.
A n d t h r o u g h t h e f a v o r o f s o m e t r u s t he
t a k e s h is c o m b In h a n d .
H i s sh o es , s us pe nd «1 rs, s h i r t a n d s oc k s ,
t h e b u t t o n s on bis co a t.
H i s h a n d k o n ' i- f . his m.-oUtia a n d t h e c o l
la r ror.rd h s th ro a t
All c a m e f r o a f a c t o r i e s t h a t t r u s t s p e r
mi t to o; v, to:
A t r u s t a l b s h i m to h a v e coal to pile
u p o n tb<- g r a t e .
B y y ie l d i n g to t h e s u g a r t r u s t h e m a k e s
h i s cof fee s -v.-et;
B y b o w i n g to th e bee f t r u s t h e maj> h a v e
a s t e a k to e a t :
T h e c r a c k e r t r u s t , t h e flo ur t r u s t , t h e
coffee t r u s t , likewise.
T a k e t r i b u t e f r o m t h e m a n w h o d w e ll s
w h e r e f r e e d o m ' s b a n n e r flies.
H e r is e s f r o m t h e t a b l e w h i c h a t r u s t
l e a v e s in his c a r e
A n d on t h e t r u s t m a d e h a l l t r e e fin d s a
t r u s t m a d e h a t to w e a r .
N o w s ee th e f r e e b o r n ci tiz en u p o n t h e
tru st ow ned ca r;
By p a y i n g t r i b u t e h e m a y r i d e t o w h e r e
hN duties are
l ' e s i 1 s l.i f : e a t r u s t m a d e d e s k —a t r u s t
h a s ai I he m a y —
*i:d tu in . f r e e a n d e q u a l, h e to i ls fot
t • t.-ust al l d a y :
\ t rr ':t a t r u § t p r o v i d e s h is lig ht , a n d
w!i n h is p r a y e r s a r e s a id
The iitv r o w n e d k i n g d e v o u t l y k n e e l s be-
f i le i 1 1 us t m a d e bed.
T h u s all h fs t r u s t ' s b o u n d u p In t r u s t s
t h a t t r e a t h im a s t h e y pl ea se .
H e lives t h r o u g h f a v o r o f t h e t r u s t s : to
t h e m h e b e n d s h is k n e e s.
Ah. l e t u s t r u s t t h a t w h e n h e d i e s a n d
l e a v e s t h i s w or ld o f c a r e
S o m e t r u s t will w a f t h im t o t h e s k i e s and
g i v e h i m g l o r y th e r e .
Obsolete C u re s.
I t w a s fo rm e rly believed th a t ep ilep
HEREDITY AND THE EYES.
B lu e
or G r a y E ye d P a re n ts Can no t
H a v e B*«own E ye d C h ild re n .
S ince blu e an d probably g ray eyed
p a re n ts h a v e no brow n p igm ent in th e
m iter s u rfa c e of th e iris th ey c a n n o t
tr a n s m it b ro w n to th a t p ortion of th e ir
c h ild re n ’s eyes. T h is a b s e n t c h a r a c te r
istic m ay be one th a t h a s been lo st or
It m ay n e v e r have been acq u ired . I t
is kn o w n in h ered ity lan g u ag e a s a re
cessive. H ence, to re p eat, tw o reces-
Bives produce in th e ir o ffsp rin g only
th e ir recessive condition.
T h e h ered itary b eh av io r o f b ro w n eye
color, how ever, is v ery d ifferen t. In
b row n eyes actu al p ig m en t o ccu rs in
th e iris. H ere th e re is so m eth in g ac
cu m u lated to h an d o n dow n to su b se
q u e n t g en eratio n s. T h e am o u n t th a t
can be tran sm itted , h o w ev er, d ep en d s
on o n e’s ow n h e re d ita ry h isto ry a s w ell
a s th a t o f one’s co n so rt. I f bo th o f
S m ith ’s p aren ts belo n g to b ro w n eyed
stra in s , th en S m ith ca n h av e only
b ro w n eyes. And sin ce S m ith h a s been
giv en , as it w ere, a do u b le d o se of
b ro w n his eyes w ill be d a rk brow n.
S m ith will have, in his tu r n , only
b row n eyed children, w h a te v e r m ay be
th e color o f lus w ife’s eyes. In th e la n
g u ag e o f h ered itary , S m ith ’s b ro w n eye
color dom in ates o v er b lu e or gray.
W hen S m ith 's b ro w n eye color h m
been d eriv ed from o n e p a re n t only,
th e n his ow n eyes w ill te n d to b e lig h t
e r in color and only h a lf of h is germ
cells will h av e th e p o te n tia lity fo r m a k
in g b ro w n eyes. H en ce, i f he m a rrie s a
b lu e o r g ray eyed w ife, o n lj’ h a lf o f his
ch ild ren will have b ro w n eyes, a n d a
lig h t brow n, too, b e c a u se of tw o g e n
e ra tio n s of dilutio n . In case S m ith ’»
w ife also has b row n ey es d eriv ed from
one o f h e r p aren ts o n ly , th e n th re e o u t
of fo u r o f th e ir c h ild re n will h av e
b ro w n eyes, b u t only one of th e th re e
w ill g e t a don hie d o se o f b ro w n ; hence
S m ith 's brow n ey ed ch ild ren w ill not
all tra n s m it b row n In th e sa m e degree.
T h u s it is |H*ssible fo r a brow n eyed
p a re n t to have o n e-h alf o r o n e-q u arte r
o f his ch ildren blu e o r g ra y eyed. B u t
It is nev er j ssible fo r tw o blue or
g ray ey ed p a re n ts to h a v e browm eyed
ch ild ren .—In d ep en d en t.
sy could lie cured by w e a rin g a silver
rin g m ade front a coffin nail. Seven
d ro p s o f blood from th e ta il o f a cat
a n d blood from a re cen tly ex ecu ted
crim inal w e re said to be v alu ab le re m
edies fo r epilepsy. T o cu re a felon or
run a ro u n d hold th e finger in a c a t’s
e a r fo r h alf an hour. F o r to o th ach e
trim y o u r finger n a ils on F rid a y or e a t
bread th a t a m ouse has nibbled o r c a r
ry in y o u r pocket a tooth fro m a sol
d ier killed In b attle. F o r ra n u la of
The T reac h ero u s Lioness.
th e to n g u e s p it on a frog. F o r alco
“ Lionesses nr«* f a r m ore d an g ero u s
holism d ro w n an eel in b ra n d y an d
m ake th e d n in k a rd d rin k th e b ran d y . th a n lions,’’ said on an im al tra in e r.
To cu re w a rts rub th e w a r t w ith a po “T h e ir tem pers a r e m ore u n certain .
T h ey are more treach ero u s. T h ey are
ta to a n d feed th e p o ta to to a pig.
m ore wily, if a lion is In a h a d ’ h u
m or lie show s It.
H e gro w ls and
Easy S tre et.
sn a rls and lashes his sides. You know
“P a , w h ere Ik E asy s tre e t? ”
“ I t leads off H ard W ork avenue, my w h a t Is in tin* w in d a n d p rep are ac
cordingly. Hut o lioness In a bad h u
sou.” —B oston T ra nscriD t
m or Is ns affe ctio n a te ns a girl. She
No Use For th e Doctor.
b ru sh es, purring, a g n in s t y o u r leg. an d
“ W hy did you send th e d o cto r aw ay sh e m inds you w ith th e Joyous ala c
w ith o u t p e rm ittin g him to do a n y th in g rity o f a good fox te rrie r. T h en , as
for you?”
soon ns yo u r hack is tu rn e d , w h iz—s
“ H e sa id he could g e t me up an d out yellow stro ik sh o o ts th ro u g h th e air,
in th re e d ay s." th e su ffere r g roaned, an d you are on y o u r back, an d sh e Is
“an d my accid en t in su ra n c e am o u n ts a t y o u r th ro at. W ith all th e c a t trib e
to $50 a week m ore th a n my sa lary ns It Is th e sam e.”
long as I ’m d isa b le d .”—C hicago Rec
ord-H erald.
The S u itab le M aterial.
“T h e bride’s w ed d in g d ress w as
A B u sin e ss T ip .
m ad e of law n.”
She (looking a t photo proofs)—Do
“ A d elicate co m p lim en t to h er b rid e
you m ean to tell me th a t I h av e such g room ’s trad e.”
s u ugly nos-? ns th a t? P h o to g ra p h e r—
“ W h a t is he?”
My a p p a m tu a can n o t lie. m adam . She
"A g ard en er.” —B a ltim o re A m erican.
- T h e n for goodness' sa k e h av e enough
se n se to go and g et one th a t cau l—
Net a Bad Case.
Boston T ra n sc rip t.
“ So th n t Is \o tir a v u n c u la r relatio n .”
“ H e was. Hut th e new d o cto r we
got cured him ’’—B altim o re A m erican.
P e s s i m i s t i c T hought.
E very rose haa Its thorn. And th e
m ean p a r t o f it la th a t th e th o rn sta y s
FAILURE.
on th e Job w hen th e rose has w ithered.
Failure after long p erseverance
—C in cin n ati E nquirer.
ia much grander th an never to have
' The Strongest and Nearest Water
Proof shoe made for loggers, miners
Folly o ften goes beyond h e r bounds,
prospectors and mill men.
but im pudence know s none. —Ren Jo n
j ‘¿ 1 Thurm an S t r e e t
sou.
P o r t l a n d , O bboon .
a striving good enough to
a failure.- -George LLot.
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