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pANCER I f IN WOMAN’S BREAST ^ ^ F I u w a YS BEGINS a SMALL LUMP LIKE THIS and ALWAYS P O I S O N S DEEP GLANDS M THE ARMPIT AND K I L L S Q U I C K L Y I IF I WILL GIVE $1000 FAIL TO CURE any CANCER or TUMOR A PRACTICAL JOKE Perpetrated on Hal loween I TREAT BEFORE it Poisons Bona orDaep Glands No KNIFE or PAIN By ESTHER VANDEVEER Ho Pay Until N o X Kay or other swindle. An island plant makes tho cure ABSOLUTE 6UARAN TEE A n y TUMOR. LUMP or' Sore on the lip„faco o r body long is Cancer It Never Pains until last •tage. 120-PAGE BOOK •ent free; testimonials of thousands cured &; home , W t t I T t TO S U M S ANY LUMP IN WOMAN’S BREAST la C A N C E R . Came Too Late. W e refuse thousands D yin g* W e have cured 10,000 in 20 yre. Address DR. & MRS. DR. CHAMLEY& CO. A 436 VALENCIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL KINDLY MAIL this to some one with CANCER SKOOKU M RESTAURANT Rooms iu Connetion Clarence Rudd ns a boy was full of fancies. He loved pictures, music, story. He was a voracious reader, bit favorites being the “Arabian Nights* Entertainments" and "The Wonder Book." One day in autumn, when Clarence was about sixteen years old, be beard bis sisters talking ubout Halloween. He asked them what it was. and it was explained to him. Bess told him that she was Intending when she went to bed to look into a mirror and ex pected to see there the face of the man she would marry looking over her shoulder. There is something attrac tive In the idea, especially to a very young person. It seized upon Clar ence's wonder loving disposition and would not let go. There was one feature about it that he could not un derstand—if a girl might see the Im age* of her future husband looking ever her shoulder iu a mirror, why might not a boy see his future wife? There is no reason why a sensitive boy should not be a manly boy, and Clarence was both. He would not for r- — —li Alexaon Building E a s t E n d F irs t S t. ' g e o . C. 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If foil are not already a customer we would be glad to add you to our boat of satisfied patrons. CLARENCE, SAW A LIC E S REFLECTION TIIE MIRROR. the world, let his sisters know that he would do a girlish thing. Indeed, he would not do u girlish thing. He would not look In a mirror to see the face of a sweetheart simply because that >vas a girl’s prerogative. But be fore thinking he gave expression to the Idea that there was no more reason why a boy should not see his sweet heart than that a girl should see her lover. Then as soon as be had spoken the words he blushed Ills sister Kate, two years younger than Clarence, saw the blush, and it gave her an idea Kate was full of mischief, and nothing so delighted her ns playing a prank. If she could only arrange to have her brother see a girl’s face In a mirror on the coming H al loween! She clapped her hands in glee at the thought Once the idea had taken root in Kate’s head she fell to planning the details. At first she thought as to which of her girl friends she would prefer for Clarence’s sweetheart. She passed them all in review and at last decided that not one of them was good enough for him. Besides, the effect upon him would be more pronounced and he would more likely be deceived If he should see one he had never seen before. Then Alice Arche, whom Kate had met at boarding school and ad mired very much, occurred to her. Clarence had never seen Alice. Ivate would ask her friend to visit her on the 31st of October But she must con trive that Clarence should not saw Alice before seeing her reflection in the mirror. This would be difficult to arrange. It might be easier If she took Alice into her plan, but this she did not wish to do If she could help it After much thought she concluded that alone she would not be equal to the task. Indeed, it seemed that the whole family must be in the secret or it would be given away. She went to her mother and begged her assistance. Mrs Rudd smiled at her daughter’« plan and at first pronounced it Im possible. but finally, converted by Kate’s pleading, she gave way and promised her aid She said It would be best for the plan to take no notice of Halloween as it approached. Alice’s coming could be kept from the rest of the family, and it might he possible for them to spring their trap without any one except themselves being In the secret Alice Arche received the Invitation and accepted It Bessie Rudd, four years Kate’s senior, was admitted to the secret since her assistance was necessary. Alice arrived after dark on Halloween, and Kate was driv en to the station to meet her. Oa tier return with the guest all the chil dren younger thin herself were safe BUTTER W RAPPERS A T THE COQUILLE LAUNDRY 8 ICE CO. IN h e r a l d o f f ic e in bed. Bess was In Clarence’s room with him. She had gone there to make berself useful In currying out the plan. She knew of Kate and Alice’s arrival and had dined her visit accordingly. The door of the room was open. She had continued to get her brother with his buck to It and his face toward the cuiror of his dresser. In this position he remained while chatting with her “Tread softly," said Kate to Alice as they went upstairs "The children are asleep." Kate led the way to a corri dor leading pust Clarence’s room und. pausing. Bald; "You will find your room at the end of this hall. The door is ajar, and the light is turned low. I am going for some toilet articles that I had forgot ten. I will be with you in a few min ute»." Alice proceeded as directed. Pass ing the room In which Bess and Clar ence were she naturally gave It a quick glance. That Clarence saw Alice’s re flection in the mirror was evident to Bess from the expression on his face, but she paid no attention to It. chatting on as if she had seen nothing. What she was saying her brother did not heed. He was thinking of the girl's glance he had seen in the mirror be fore him. "Some one—a stranger—Just passed the door. Did you see anything?" "See anything? What do you mean?" Now. Halloween was in Clarence’s mind, and for a moment the idea that he hud seen his future wife dominated him. But fear of being rallied for such a fancy deterred him from fol lowing the mutter further. Bess proceeded with what she had been saying und knew that Kate’s scheme had been successful. Soon aft c*r this she went to Kate’s room, where she found both Kate and their mother and the conspirators, especially Kate, listened engerly to what she had to re port concerning Clarence and the re flection and what he had said about it "So far so good," exclaimed Kate, after listening to what her sister said "N ow what?" "There is nothing more to be done," said the mother. "Clarence will meet your friend at breakfast and"— “And what?” "It won’t be easy to explain the mat ter, will it?" Mrs. Rudd finished thoughtfully. "Indeed It won’t " Bess remarked " I ’m afraid, mother, we've got into a muddle in consenting to aid Kate.” " I ’ll keep Alice In her room in the morning." said Kate. "That will give us time to make up a story or some thing." "W e ’ll simply make a joke of It, as was intended," said Mrs. Rudd. "Come, girls; go to bed." Clarence Rudd was as sure that he had seen a girl’s face in the mirror on Halloween as he was of his ex istence. But why had not Bess, who was sitting with her face to the open door, seen the flesh and blood as he had seen the image? He was puz zled, but his mind clung to the correct solution that the girl had been in the house. Would she be there tomorrow? lie expected to see her at breukfust. But when morning came and the stranger did not appear at the break fast table, no member of the fumily making any reference to her. Clarence was staggered. He studied the face of each of the older members of the family, but gained no satisfaction. After breakfast he went out, and after ;i conference of the conspirators, at which it was decided that the guest must be informed of the prank that had been played. Kate carried a break fast up to Alice and while it was being oaten told the whole story. If there was any fear that Alice would be displeased it was allayed ut once. "There’s but one way to carry out your scheme to its proper end, Kate," she said. "I must go away from here without your brother seeing me." “And then?” "And then—let me see-It would be a good plan for you to visit me and ar range that he should come, too, while you are with me." Mrs. Rudd endeavored to get the girls to bring the matter to an end without ns she expressed it, running any more risk, but Alice was obdurate und insisted on having her way. "You put me into it," she said, "w ith out consulting me. There’s lots of fun In it and I don’t wish to see it spoil ed. I think you should permit me to handle it from now on." It was decided to let her have her way. She left at once, and it was ar ranged that Kate should visit her witb- iu a few weeks. Clarence’s natural reticence prevent ed his saying anything about the face he had seen on Halloween, and the secret of the conspiracy w as kept from him. In time Kate wTent to visit Alice Arche and when about to return wrote her brother that she had "picked out" her friend for him. at the same time suggesting that he come for his sister and escort her home. Alice Arche and Kate Budd agreed that when Clarence appeared they would keep up their game. But when his sister Introduced him to the girl w hose image he had seen in his mirror his expression was too much for them Neither girl succeeded In keeping a straight face. Kate burst out laugh ing. and Alice, seeing that the end had come, followed suit. "I knew there was a prank being played on me!” exclaimed Clareuee, prevaricating, for he knew nothing of the kind. "Come; out with It I must have an explanation at once." The explanation was made, and Miss Arche treated the affair ns the Joke It was. but it had made an Impression on the impressible Clnreifce. lie had for weeks been dreaming of the face he had seen on Halloween, nnd It was not destined to fade. Years after his sister hnd played her prank upon him he married Alice Arche. P O L K ’ S' Business Directory BAD ROADS CAUSE HEAVY EXPENSE Farmers and Merchants Are Equally the Losers. RESULT OF INVESTIGATION. Figures Obtained by Minneapolis Com* mission 6how How Thousands of Dollars Could Be Saved Annually by Improving the Highways of a State. Farmer Loses $170 For Each Acre. The farmer and the business man as well has at last come to realize the loss he suffers from bad roads, and the magnitude of the movement for better conditions is little appreciated by those whose interests have not brought them in contact with it. The cost of bad roads has long been known iu a vague way, but recent scientific investiga tions have brought the matter home in tangible form to those who suffer from them, says the Review of Reviews. One of the most thorough investiga tions of the subject ever conducted, the results of which are used as a text wherever the doctrine of good roads is preached, was made by the Minneapo lis Civic and Commerce association. While the conditions investigated were those of territory tributary to Minne apolis, they are undoubtedly typical to a greater or less degree of those ex isting elsewhere. A committee of the association se lected for investigation the farming district, 750 square miles in area, the trade of which is tributary to Minne apolis. From a thorough canvass of the conditions existing there it was found that the 4,009 farmers in the dis trict hauled 560.000 tons of farm prod uce to market in 1911 nnd sold it for $0,005,080. To do this they had to make 305,000 trips, the time spent in hauling equaling 800 years of eight hour days and the distance covered eighty-eight times the circumference of the world. Bad road conditions caused losses in time, partly due to slow progress, part ly to the necessity of taking less direct routes and partly because smaller loads had to be carried. Detailed in vestigations showed that the losses in time were as follows: Due to not tak ing the shortest route, $02.^00; due to slower progress. $75,000; due to extra trips necessary by smaller loads. $159,- 000, a total loss of $290,000. Losses from inability to reach the best mar ket, from the spoiling of produce and from injury to horses and wagons were found to aggregate $221,000: from restricted ability to haul manure, $91.- 000. The total loss caused by bad reads was placed at $008.728. The committee made the following deductions: On account of bad roads each farmer lost for the year $1.70 for every acre that he farmed: 13 cents every time he carried a ton of farm produce over one mile of bad road; 9 per cent of his total crop. He paid as much for bad roads as for labor, more than for feed for his stock, twenty- five times as much as for fertilizer. The total loss to the farmers in this district for tin» year from this cause would have bought all the corn pro duced in it, or all tho wheat, or the oat crop twice over, or all but 10 per cent of the potatoes, or all the barley, rye, flaxseed, timothy seed, hay and forage combined. The losses would replace the farm implements or the cattle ev ery three years, the horses every four years, and would pay off all the mort gages in the district in three years, with $100,000 to spare. The farmers, moreover, were not the only losers from had roads. The com mittee found that the worst sections of the roads they had to travel be tween their farms nnd market were within the city limits; th.at there were approximately 3,000 business houses In Minneapolis, employing 5,000 wag ons, whose loss from bad roads was $910,000 for the year. The combined loss of the farmers, merchants nnd manufacturers for one year was $1.518,000. As there are about 3.000 miles of roads in the dis trict, which would have been kept in good condition for $3.000 a year, If properly constructed, in order to ascer tain what amount could profitably be Invested in good roads, the committee deducted thl amount from the total loss, leaving $1,200,000. Capitalized at 4% per cent, or 5 per cent, which Is more than bonds would cost, the prin cipal is $22,000.000. If this amount were invested in good highways at $7,- 000 a mile the district would still break even on the investment. Sand and Stabls Mulch Produce E x cellent Highway. A. M. Mitchell, a farmer near Ileela, In Brown comity, S. D., is a good roads enthusiast who puts his enthusiasm to practical use. Mr. Mitchell has built a road in front of his farm which Wi pronounced excellent by automobillsts nnd good roads experts. First he placed sand to n depth of several Inches over the roadway. Then he spread stable mulch over the sand to a depth of three Inches. On top of this he placed gravel to a considerable depth. The mulch acted ns n binder for the sand mid gravel, with the re suit that the half ndle of road is as hard as a pavement. Mr. Mitchell grades a mile of road In his township annually. Hnve you paid Perjury Penalties. Perjury, besides being one of the oldest of offenses in the catalogue of crime, has always been very severely punished. In the days of the Roman empire any one who committed per jury was thrown from a precipice, while the ( ’.reeks branded their false swearers. It Is interesting to note that when the latter embraced tlie Christian religion the punishment was altered to that of having the tongue cut out, a sort of punishment which was considered to fit the crime In tin1 early centuries. In the middle ages some countries adopted the system of giving tlie perjurer the punishment for the crime he falsely accused an other of. Thus If lie swore a neigh bor hnd committed murder and the charge was disproved the perjurer would be sentenced to death, and the other penalties of the penal code were exacted for the particular crime al leged. ^ Ladles! A»k m r hr*r ;|.e r/ A t'hl <-lira-te.-*» TlriiM/AX 1*111« la Red ami Uold <r»l»<l «ith Blue Ri w V yj l Take »«• no other etHrr \V / ■n. R Roy wt » o f f »our »nur V / * T nr l>rns>l.t. A kf >r< lli.rui *-TFR S l>l\*T »N l* B R A N I» P IL I *, f r t A rea»» known as Best. Safe.!. \, * • SOLD Bï DRLûfiiSl S UlRl UHU? w u M t M w im n o w lt o n , President R. H. m w M a st , w A. Cashier. G eo . w fM w w w R o b in s o n * i Vice-Pres, , Farmers and Merchants Bank COQUILLE, OREGON Opmed for Busines March. 1890 CORKKSPONDENTS: Ladd Ca3d & Tilton Bank, Portland Nat ii National Park, New York First National Bank, San Francisco First Trust & Savings, Coos Bay « « « « « « « « OLD R E L IA B L E — EQ UIPPED W IT H W IRELESS tjj STEAMER BREAKWATER Sails from Portland at 8 P. M., Kvery Tuesday SaJs from Cooa Bay at Service of Tide Every Saturday Tickets on sale to all Eastern |M)ints and information as to routes and rate* cheerfully furnished W. L. KCLM. Agent \ i » 4 Phone Main 181 >oc*x 'oooooocoeooooooooooi; * Fred Von Pegert C. I. Stime * KIRIE & VON PEGERT £ ME C H A N I C A L S H O r P G e n e r a l "lacksmithing, Wagon .Making, Machine Work, Pattern Making and Casting, Automobile Work. COQUILLE, OREGON V riosburge-M rshfie d uto Stag Via Coquille and Myrtle Point I- chv . « Maisbfield 5 a. ni. Arr.ves Rose burg 1 p. m. Leaves Roteburg..... 0 a. m. Arrives Marshfield afternoon. Make reservations in advance at Owl Drug Store, Mansfield. Stages, Myrtle Point lo Roseburg, Carrying Baggage and United Stales Mail J. L. LA IR D , Proprietjr Office at Laird's Livery Barn, Myrtle Poiut, Both Phones 0 F IR S T N A T IO N A L B A N K THE He Who Spare* Vice. He who spares vice or apologizes fo~ it in the places of the world wrong* virtue In every place. He helps th * good to look upon it leniently, and thin to lower the tone of morality within themselves. He assists the bad to make it respectable, nnd thus to give the warrant and license in its imita tion. and even In Its emulation. He discourages virtue in the humble and poor—the great masses, who form the real basis of society, and upon whose goodness and truth the state must rely for Its character before the world nnd its stability In the world —Dr. J. O. Holland. Time and Money. The counterfeiter was In prison for ten years. "W hat are you doing there?’* aske<) a visitor. "Passing time.” "Ah! What for?" "Passing money " And the vUritoi passed on.—Exchange. Coquille Herad is now fully equipped with modern r faces of type and accessories for the execution of L. ■\ 0 ui 0 0 j in a style unexcelled and at prices equally as inviting as can be obtained from others Things In Keeping. "Can you build me a piano nnd leav»- the bark on the wood?" "I guess so." opined the piano sales- j man. "I want it for my hunting lodge \ W e rough It up there, you k n o w ."- j Judge. Reverse. "I always go by the motto. ‘I f y«m want n thing well done do it your- 1 self.’ ” "Yes, but suppose you want a hair cut?’’—Boston Record. Firet Aid to Cupid. When a bachelor makes up his mint to got married oil he has to do I» to atop dodging.—Chicago Record Herald. The Strongest and N earest W ater P ro of shoe made for log g ers , miners prospectors and m ill men. 21 ThurtnaD Street p i ’HTLAND IG a tu I m f a P R IN T E D ¡P R O M P T L Y AND A C C U R A TE L Y E) W ork entrusted to us will receive the personal supervision of a pradical printer who takes pride in the proper execution of every detail CHICHESTER S FILLS The Celebrated Bergm ann 6 ’hoe Til K IH A *<»> !* nn\ n :». a — K « J. SHERWOOD Pm. R E. SHINE, V.-Pr eB. The Stone Age. The stone age still exists among I. H. HAZARD, C«»m«r . C SANFORD, A«,t. Cashier some of the Islanders of the south Pa cific nnd the Eskimos of the extreme north as well as in a few other spots here and there on earth The progress O P C O Q U IliL iE , O R E G O N . of early culture in Europe seems to have been from th south and east to T r a n s a c t s a G e n e r a l B a n k i n g B u s i n e « ^ ward the north ai d west, so that the emergence of the different peoples from Board of Director«. i Correspondent» their age of stone was accomplished much earlier in southern and eastern R . 0. Dement, A . J. Sherwood, National Bank o f ’ oniinerce. N *v York ('■ Europe than in the north and west. L. Rarloclcer, L . H. Hazard, j Crocker Woolworth N ’ lBank, San F ra u d But. while the stone age of different Iaaiah Hacker. R .E .S h in *. ! First N at’l l ank of Portland, Portland. areas Is thus not necessarily synchro nous. It seeins to he true of nil Euro pean areas that this Is the earliest con ditlon In which man has appeared upon them. This holds for all other areas as well, evidences of the stone ag<* having*" been fully established In In dia. China, Japan. Africa and tb>* Americas. Incorporated. Manufacturers of K M B R. S, A L W A Y S ON TIM E Power of a Song. Mine. Marches!, speaking of the po w er of song, said: “ I was singing »t Edinburgh, where I have very go d friends in the head master of a l « public school and his wife, nnd It vv *s arrauged that ! should have supp t with them after the concert. One >f my songs was Landou Ronald’s T ea *e and Rest,’ the idea of which is tv o lovers not separated by death, hut lv- ing together iu the same tomb. Wh n I came to supper with my friends my host said to me: ‘Ah, Mme. Marche i. that song you sang. "Peace aud Res had a great effect upon me. I no\ >r thought before of my wife and 1 being separated by death’—I did not wond t at this, for he is a most happy man. full of joy of life—‘but since I hea d you sing that song I have been think ing hard, and tomorrow l am going ro buy a family vault.’ I scarcely kn< v whether to laugh or to cry. but in tl:e end we all laughed. And surely this would be hard to heat for au exam; o of ‘what a song can do.’ ’* Tlieo.15erfiiiiiDSioeMI.Co. the printtr? W W M t m • FARMER BUILDS MODEL ROAD. OREGON and W A SH IN G TO N A D irectory o f each City, Tow n ami V illage, givin g descriptive sketch o f each place, location, population, tele* graph, shipping and banking point; also Classified Directory, com piled by business and professlon- K. I.. P O L K * CO.. 8 R A T T L E Bear Baiting I.i Olden Days. j 8# popular was bull baiting iu » *n ^ days iu England that riots followed the attempt to suppress It In the Inigo j tow 119 . Bear baiting was more popular still. If that could be. In various places, Liverpool, especially. It mmte part of the festivities at the election of the mayor, being held before his worship started for church. Ladies commonly attended In great numbers. There was a famous bear at Liver pool which showed such grand sport in 1782 that certain full- admirers pre sented it with a garland, decked It with ribbons aud carried It to the the ater. where a special entertainment had been "commanded." which bri.iu I sat out In tho front of their box. But of gossip about bull and bear baiti *g j there is no end. Enthusiastic lovers of Shakespeare read with Interest Lie petition of the royal bear warden. ; «1 dressed to Queen Elizabeth In 15! 5. complaining that his licensed perfor > ances had been neglected of late l e cause every one went to the theater O t :E ï *ON. El G iv e U s a T r ia l O r d e r