I « J. SHERW000 Prat.
R i.lffitt, V.-Prea.
"Beneath that, eh?” muttered Willy
AN EXPENSIVE ROAD.
H o u n o f Retired Wives. ’
Blake, drawing a long breath.
l.H. HAZARD, Csatls»
0. C S'HFGRO A «»t.C attiti
One of the most interesting houses
Highway Through Mountains of Nor
1 think eo,” said John proudly.
we saw in Algiers wag the “ House of
way 3,715 Foot Above Sea Level.
“ What’s your plan now?" growled
Tom.
Ill some parts of the United States the Retired Wives.**
It stands directly opposite the Cath
“ You two slide out. while I remain the geographical conditions make the
Op COQUllihb, Ok jO;1
behind. 1 can conceal myself In one building and maintenance of good olic cathpdruL which was once the pal
ace
of
the
bey;
and
the
House
o
f
the
of tbe anterooms until dusk. Then roads almost au Impossibility. To con
T r a n s a c t s a G e n e r a l Un »k . >^ B u s i n e b e
you two return with tools, and I'll let struct a good highway through certain Retired Wives is now occupied by the
archbishop.
l !
--
o
you In. We can remove tbe altar In a
,.
«
sections o f tbe mountains Is a stu
■•art af Olraalart.
|
C irro ;,
When the bey wns supreme In Al
! Jiffy and have the treasure out and
pendous task. But lu many sections giers, before the intervention of France, K. O. Dement,
I away In no time.”
A n d Its W o n d e r fu l
A . J. Sherwood,
j |v i
,lllu k
■ '
.ercr. N r* T o rt Oi
L. liar linker,
"How about tbe guard? Isn't there even short stretches of roads have been the pulace contained several hundred
L . H . Hazard, I '< ’
kei W .»olv.it
'b an k , San Fran c!
Secret
;;
wives.
And
as
new
ones
were
fre
Isaiah Hacker,
some kind of a watchman on duty built at an enormous outlay of money.
R . E . Shine. I j : ,t v .t Hat - f J ’ (Hand, Portland.
I *
_
< >
One of the most difficult roads to quently added, old ones had to be re
.i
< ► here?”
-
tired.
So
as
a
wife
became
superflu
“ Hardly. The priests have trouble build—one that perhaps cost us much
-
:
By C LA R IS S A M A C K IE
J » — » ********************.
A le x so n Building
ous
or
undeslred,
for
any
reason,
she
enough In rounding up the sinners In as any other In tbe world—was con
was
sent
across
the
street,
where
she
********** ****************
-
R. 8. K no w i . t o n , President
East End F iis t 81.
.V ) A Hi.
i,V ice*P res.
tbe daytime. No danger of tbe ras structed through the deep July snow
had much more freedom than in the
cals haunting the mosque at night.
R . H. M a si
The three young men gloated over Most of them are drinking sweet cof
bey’s pulace; for there she was sup
the beautiful, silky carpet from Tabriz
posed to keep to her own apartments
fee In some cafe until morning.”
«
John Fleming had spread It on the
and not wander about at will. In the
“ Very well, John. Pick out your hid
House
of
the
Retired
Wives
she
could
floor of hls studio, and bis two friends ing place. Tom and 1 will go now.
PRO PR IE TO R
move about ut will.
sat cross legged In the middle of Its There, behind that carved screen In
She left all jewels and valuable pres
rich expanse while John pointed out the corner So long, old chap.”
COQUILLE, OREGON
ents
which the bey hat* bestowed upon
When John Fleming had dodged be
Its remarkable pattern.
her in the palace for her successors,
"It's exactly as Billy translated from hind hls screen and tbe footsteps of
but she was fed und clothed until she
the old I'ershiD manuscript,” said John hls friends bad died away on the stone
Opened for B u sm es M arch. 1890
died in her uew home.—National Muga-
excitedly. "Here Is the body of the floor he saw a shaft of golden light
aine.
mosque. All these little squsres are pierce the gloom of the mosque and
Keep the Flie* Out of
the prayer rugs of the worshipers. Here then vanish. He knew that the door
CORRESPONDENTS '
Whirlpool Suggested Silencer.
I In the niche facing the east Is the altar. had opened and closed behind the
Your House by putting
\
l.add & Tilton Bank, Portland
First National Bank, San Francisco
forms
o
f
hls
friends.
Mr.
Maxim
had
been
working
on
the
This mixture of peacock tints repre
in Screen Doors and
National Park, New York
First Trust & Savings, Coos Bay
Hours passed
People came and
development of uutomohile engine muf „
sents the altar Itself, and beneath the
flers for some time before he thought
Windows.
He makes
altar, so the manuscript says, lie burled went, and at the hour of sunset tbe
g a.' #-• <-• d a t i t i
a a a a
& a
;
of a silencer in connection with a gun.
these famous emeralds of the great place was crowded. A priest went up
them to order
Into
tbe
tower,
end
far
below
In
hls
In
addition
to
this
wns
the
luventor’B
| shah.”
Also’ Screen Safe«, Ironing Boards,
desire to enjoy target practice without
"W ho has been dust these 200 years,” place of concealment Fleming beard
Bread Boards and Step Lad
the whining musical chant of tbe
creating a disturbance.
Experiment
solemnly added Billy Blake.
ders o f any size
OLD R E L IA B L E — EQ UIPPED W IT H W IRELESS
ensued, covering a couple of years and
| "Fence to hls ashes,” piously eon- muezzin call to prayer.
SCREEN DOOR FACTO R Y j eluded Tom Pike "B y the way, John.
After that all was quiet He was
all kinds o f valves, vents, bypasses, ex
entirely alone.
pansion chambers, etc., but without
J. E. Q U I C K
When It was dark, the thick, velvety
success. One morning after hls bath
C O Q U ILLE
OREGON
blackness of an Asiatic night, be step
the inventor noticed the small whirl
A L W A Y S ON TIM E
ped softly to tbe outer door and, open
pool over the drain hole, the action
Sails
from
Portland at 8 A. M.,
lng It gently, whistled softly.
of which retards the egress o f the wa
Sept. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 29
A dark figure glided toward him
ter. It does not silence it (as this
I.ean Angers gripped hls throat and
phenomenon is usually accompanied
Sails from Coos Bay at Service of Tide
choked him Into silence. He struggled
by a more or less pronounced sucking
Sept. 4, 9. 14, 19, 2.1
has installed a modern Steam Pres
and
tried
to
cry
out
but
he
was
pow
sound), but iu a gun the noise of tiring
sing machine, and is prepared to
Tickets on sale to all Eastern points and information as to routes
erless
In
the
grip
of
a
giant
is caused by the sudden egress of the
serve his trade better than ever.
and rateb cheerfully furnished
He was borne back Into the mosque,
gases, and If these could In the same
Bring me your work.
and far away from tbe entrance In s
W.
L.
K0LM,
Agent
Phone Main 181
way be glowed down the noise would
SPRING SAMPLES ARE READY
tiny niche he wns set down, and hls
In proportion be decreased. Acting on
See my display of suitings for spring
captor produced a vile smelling oil Ian
this suggestion, a little tube was then
and summer. New and nobby pat
tern.
made, constructed so as to Induce a
terns at lowest prices.
Then It was that Fleming saw hls
whirlpool in the escaping gases from
Bring your Repair Work to me.
captor was a tall, fanatical looking In
the gun. This, when tried, wag a suc
dividual, with a wisp of dirty greeu
cess.—American Machinist
K. H A L V E R S O N
C. I. Kime
silk
wound
around
hls
disordered
head.
Front Street
"Come to the altar!” hissed the man
An Unworthy Peer.
In French. "You will show me and I
In "The Memoirs of William Hickey,
will dig for the emeralds of the great
1749 to 1775,” we read that Lord Lit
shah.”
He pressed the blade of a
tleton was a professed gamester and
M E C H A N I C A L
knife suggestively against Fleming's
“ the meanest wretch lu existence.” *‘I
throat and there was nothing to do
was attending an appeal in the house
save to obey
of lords,” says the author, "when I^ord
With ill grace John Fleming consent
Littleton, passing through the lobby,
Regular as the Clock
ed and. going to the altar, directed its
said to the head doorkeeper, ’Can you
G e n e r a l I’.lacksmithing
removal as well as the displacement
lend me a cambric handkerchief? My
Wagon Mailing, Machine
of the great block of stone upon which
rascal has neglected to put one iu my
Work, Pattern Making and
It stood.
pocket.’ The man abruptly refused
Casting, Automobile Work.
Together they worked In silence, us • 1 b y U n d erw o od & U nderw ood.
and added, in the strong language of
ing the rough tools the man bad
COQUILLE, OREGON
the day, ‘I ’ll be ---- if your lord-
RO AD ON D Y R E S K A U D TABS, NO RW AY.
First-class fare only.............$7.50
brought with him. When the altar
ship shall rob me of any more; you have
V p freight, per ton_________ 3.00
had been removed from Its bed of drifts upon Dyreskuril pass, in Nor- had two already.’ Another time Lord
cement they pried up the stone slab wuy. This road Is 3,715 feet ubuve the Littleton grossly abused hls coachman
LE A N FINO EH S G R IP P E D H IS T H R O A T AMD
C H O KED H IM IN TO blLEXC'E.
beneath It and found nothing but a level of the sea, and tbe workmen were for being ten minutes late with the
E. & E. T . Kruse
compelled to dig through snow, soil carriage. ‘You scoundrel,’ said he. aft
what Is your Idea about discovering solid bed of cement
Then It was that the fanatical priest and rock In order to make it passable.
er a volley of oaths, ’did 1 not order you
24 California Street, San FrancUco
these emeralds? You’ve claimed that
In certain sections of the United to be ut the Savoir Vivre a quarter be
the purchase of this rug was only the flew madly at John Fleming and
States roads have been built through fore 7?* ’Yes, my lord,’ said the man.
would
have
killed
him
had
he
not
been
first step toward making the three of
the mountains, but In most Instances ‘and I was not ten minutes after the
Via Coquille and Myrtle Point
For Rezervation»
us rich. We’ve put all our available the swifter o f the two and managed
to outrun hls enemy In the dark cor they are poor and impassable, espe time.’ ‘Blank — blank — blank — blank,
coin
Into
It.
What
next?”
NOSLER & N O R T O N
ners of the mosque. Happily at this cially in severe weather.
you rascal. In those ten minutes I lost
“ Well, the manuscript says that this
Leav* b Marshfield...... 5 a. m.
The roads In the mountains of North 2,000 guineas T **
Agents, Coquille, Oregon
famous rug Is u replica o f the floor of moment Billy Blnke and Tom Pike
Arrives Roseburg
1 p. m.
Carolina are perhaps the poorest, but
appenred,
and
while
.
John
Fleming
the rose mosque In Tabriz. Unfor
Leaves Roseburg..... 0 a. m.
are being Improved. This section Is
A Fine Flow of Speech.
tunately, there Is much discussion as snntcbed up bis precious roll of rugs
sparsely populated, and the Inhabitants
Arrives Marshfield afternoon.
A native lawyer was defending a
to which of the modem mosques was they covered bis esenpe to the street
are no longer willing to put up with Indy client in one of the Madras courts.
A U C T IO N E E R
built upon the old foundation and floor and followed him to the hotel.
Make
reservations in advance at Owl
"Dished!” said Billy Blnke, disgust the poor roads anil live shut up In the The lady was accused of assault, but
ing of the ancient rose mosque. Now
Drug Store, M arse field.
great mountains, frequently having the man of law endeavored to show
edly
thumping
the
bundle
of
rugs.
When you get one, get one o f exper that we have the floor plan It is my
every approach to the nearest town cut that she herself had been assaulted
"Say
anything
you
like;
I'll
take
It
suggestion that we take the rug to
ience—20 years at the business
Stages, Myrtle Point lo Roseburg, Carrying Baggage and United Stales Mail
off by absolutely impassable roads.
and had suffered damage on the most
Tabriz with us, and when we find the nilP* groaned John, sitting on the edge
o f hls lumpy bed In grim despair.
conspicuous feature of her counte
J. L . L A I R D , P r o p r ie to r
E. G. C A S S ID Y
BAND O N . ORE. mosque floor plan that matches up with
Tom Pike, wbo said little, but In bis
nance.
INDIANA IN THE LEAD.
It. why, we will find some way to
Office
at
Laird’s
Livery Barn, My rile Point, Both Phones
slow
and
cautious
way
did
much
“ My learned friend,” he said, "with
burrow down and get those Jewels.
We'll have to pay something to the thinking, removed hls pipe from bis Hoosier State Haa More Miles of Im mere wind from a teapot thinks to
lips and dragged out hls suit case.
browbeat me from my legs. He runs
proved Roads Than Any Other.
government, I suppose.”
'T ’ve got Inside Information that the
Rhode Island may huve fewer square amuck upon the sheet anchors of my
"Suppose we fall. We will be out
emeralds
of
the
great
shah
will
be
In
My poor client has been de
miles than any of her sister states; case
our money nud the trip we planned.”
"Be a sport," said Tom disgustedly. America when we get there,” he said but, according to the Good Rouds Year prived of some of her valuable leath
THE
mysteriously.
“
I
f
you
want
to
be
In
at
Book, she is the only state in the Un er (skin), the leather of her nose. Un
" I f we wlu we can take holidays and
holidays. John, I’m with you. Whan the finish come with me and catch tbe ion whose improved rouds amount to til we are told what became of my
next steamer for home.”
half o f her total roads. Delaware, her client’s leather nose the witness can
do we sail?”
It wns significant of the subdued closest rival for smallness, has only 6 not be believed. lie cannot be allow
"The 22d—Prince Joachim,” said John
mood
of
tbe
two
younger
enthusiastic
per cent o f Inr roads improved. Mas ed to raise a castle in the air by beat
promptly.
Will Accept
"Engage my passage, too," groaned treasure seekers that they merely fol sachusetts presses her tiny neighbor in ing upon a bush.” —Londou Mail.
lowed
hls
suggestion.
this respect by making a showing of
Billy.
During the homeward voyage John 49 per cent of her roads improved.
Highbrows.
"Done," said John Fleming, rolling
Flemlug
did
not
display
the
same
so
Naturally other states try to discount
Will Irwin, the magazine writer, is
up the rug. "Now, you chaps, clear out
is now fully equipped with modern
licitous
care
concerning
tbe
Tabriz
car
this primacy of Rhode Island. An In credited with the invention of the
I’ ve got a lot to do In the next three
pet.
For
him
It
had
lost
Its
value.
faces of type and accessories
diana journal accounts for it on the word “ highbrow.” It was coined to
days."
When they landed In New York Tom ground that the state is in reality express a blend of “ snob” and “ aea- j
Fourteen days later the three friends
for the execution of
nothing but Providence and Newport demic.” He first used it when, as a |
and the Tabriz carpet landed In the Pike showed signs of excitement
“ Fellows,” he said cautiously, “ soon and their suburbs.
reporter, he hod occasion to describe i
Persian city and put up at a very In
It then disposes o f Massachusetts by the proceedings of societies who talk
different hotel. John Fleming had as we’re through the customs get a
the remark that, except for some hills ed about the betterment of the drama
gained for himself the reputation of tnxt and bent It to John’s studio.”
Tw
o
hours
later
three
excited
young
through which only state roads run, He thinks that the word will be assim
being eccentric, for he traveled no
where without a rolled and strapped men flung themselves from a taxicab that conimonwealth Is practically one ilated by the dictionaries.
and
dashed
up
the
stairs
to
Fleming's
big town. This process o f elimination
steamer rug In hls hand. He even ap
studio Once there, they locked the door leaves Indiana at the top in the per
peared at the captain's table with It
Cheerful.
and
opened
wide
the
closed
windows.
centage o f improved roads. But the
during the passage, and his plea that
Professor of Chemistry—I f anything i
"W ell, Tom, what Is It?” demanded Iloosier State already has honor enough
he needed It for a foot rest was not
should go wrong in this experiment
Fleming and Blake In the same in the fact that It possesses more miles
entirely acceptable to hls table com
which is a particularly dangerous one. \
breath.
of Improved roads than any other state, we and the laboratory with us might
panions.
"Unroll your precious rug,” said the although its 25.D00 miles exceed Ohio’s be blown sky high. Come closer, gen- j
They did not know that carefolly
supply of improved highways by only tlemen, so that you may be better able j
sewed between two steamer mgs waa silent one.
They obeyed, spreading the silky a few hundred miles. These two states to follow me without difficulty.—Lon- j
the carpet from Tabriz.
are far ahead of the rest. Next to don Telegraph.
The morning after their arrival In oblong on the dusty floor.
----- O N-----
"Find the peacock altar,” went on them come New York, with 15,000
the city they set forth on their search
miles; Washington, with 12.000; Wis
for the rose mosque, whose Identity Tom.
in a style unexcelled and at prices
Bad Oversight
“ Here It Is,” said John, hls finger on consin and Kentucky, with 10.000 each.
hn<l been lost In many a pillaging and
"W hy these pouts?”
equally as inviting as can be
—New York Evening Post.
sacking of the city by Infidels. Some the rich mass o f color.
“ Look at this press notice I” stormed
"Take your knife and dig there.
where In the street of Sweet Incense
obtained from others
the actress.
A New Road Material.
was a rebuilt mosque whose floor John, and 1 reckon you'll find the em
"Tiie critic speaks highly of your
With a view of obtaining a road sur genius.”
would correspond with the pattern of eralds! That's my Interpretation of
the manuscript.”
face which will give a better resistance
the Tabriz carpet.
“ And never mentions my gowns.” —
Every Part of the Art of
Ten minutes later three awed young to automobile traffle, experiments are Washington Herald.
It was not until tbe second day that
they stood In a small mosque wedged men sat bark on their heels and gazed l>eing made again in France with a
In between dark gray buildings. John at a handful of large uncut emeralds roadbed material consisting of an inti
Two Ways.
Fleming did not unroll hls rug It was which they had released from the enre- mate mixture of "iron straw,” or iron
"Be mine” is the proper form when
has had Our Careful
not tiecessaiy, for even to the unstud fnlly lied knots of the peacock threads In the shape of a wiry or fibrous mass. proposing to a girl because you love
Fucli ns Is commonly used for cleaning her "Be my mine” Is all right if she’s
ied eyes of Billy Blnke and Tom Pike j of the rug.
Attention
It was quite true. Beneath the skill and scraping purposes in tills country, rich, but slur the pronoun carefully.—
Hie floor of the edifice was similar In
arrangement to tlint of the silky rug. fully woven pattern of the altar of the together with cement mortar and sand. IjoulsvUle Courier-Journal.
As lliey stood there gazing. John Flem rose mosque the great ahnh had hid- Such material Is called “ ferro-eement.”
ing pointing here and there through ilen hls Jewels. It had remnlned for and It appears that tests as to Its fit
Wifely Cheer.
ness for road surfaces are giving good
the gloom
there became visible, Tom Pike to discover them
It is our business, so it
"I haven’t a pull with any one.” said
results.
But
the
Iron
Is
not
the
usual
John
Fleming
arose
and.
lifting
a
through the wear of centuries and the
the unsuccessful man
is necessary that we use
pressure of countless feet, traces of bronze laurel wreath from Its hook oa kind found in commerce, being prepar
"Oh. yes. you have, dear,” said bis
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specially
for
the
purpose
by
suita
the
wall,
carefully
placed
It
on
Tom's
the beautiful marble flour. The altar,
wife encouragingly, “ with the fool kill
the very best and latest
AND
ACCURATELY
ble
machines
of
appropriate
design.
It
tow
colored
hair.
which might once have been that fa
er “ -L ife -
Is claimed that the resulting material
methods to turn out the
"W hat next?" he naked gnyly
mous gem of peacock coloring, had
” 1 want to make plans for a kurt- will not be an overexpenslve one.—
been In a later day of restoration over
We feel most lonely when we feel
best work possible
•ng trip," said Tom Pike mildly.
Scientific American
laid with gold leaf, but It waa there.
most selfish.
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