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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1911)
Humor and Philosophy My Sympathetic THE HARDWARE MAN Sx DVAC.<jV M. SMITH By SUSAN YOUNG PALMER PERT PARAGRAPHS. Copyright, 1'JIO. by American Press Association. My father and mother both died when I was so ybuug that I have no remembrance of them, anti 1 was sent to an orphan asylum When 1 .was eighteen the matron one moruing call ed me into her room and said to me: “You have been very useful to us here since you passed out of child hood. hut I aiii expected by the mumigers to get on without help. You are now old enough to be self supporting ami must either work for yourself alone or in a home. I oc casionally receive a letter from some man desiring one of our grown girls for a wife. I had one of these let ters this morning from a young mini in the west, who says that lie has u good farm on which iie lives alone, uud lie wishes me to semi him some one for a helpmeet whom 1 can rec ommend. and lie has forwarded let ters recommending him. I.et me know if you wish the position." The matron was used to condensing everything she said Just as she had spoken these words. She was a good woman, but was so intimately connect ed witli the world’s troubles that she could not give much attention to these of any one person. She turned to oth er duties, and i left room to think The result of my tearful delibera- tions was that I was a few days later handed a ticket and what money I o would ueed on the journey and took a train for the west. M.v leaving was telegrriihed to m.v future busband, who was to meet me at the station, marry me and drive me twenty miles to bls farm. , 1 bad no money with which to returu or go anywhere else in case he should prove disagreeable. Indeed. I felt as though 1 bud been pitched over a precipice. The train had left Chicago and we were bowling along toward the Missis sippi. I noticed a young man sitting near me who was looking at me, I thought, sympathetically. 1 mast have showu my despondency in ray face, for his own reflected it or. rather, be spoke commiseration. Presently he came over to me and said, with an en couraging smile: “You look troubled. Is there any thing I can do or say to make you feel happier.” There was that iu liis honest face and eyes that invited confidence. 1 told him uiy story. He listened to it attentively and respectfully and when I had finished said: “Has it occurred to you that the man who is to marry you is in the same position with regard to you that you ure with regard to him?” “I never thought of that.” “And do you know that many so called love matches turn out very un happily?” "I supposed.” 1 replied, “that it was the forced marriages such as the one I am about to make that are failures.” “There is no truer saying than that marriage Is a lottery. 1 think you have a better clinuce in yours than those peopie who. blinded by love, see no fault until a number of them are plainly visible after marriage. Un biassed persons have recommended this man to you and you to him. You both trust to them Instead of your own Judgment biassed by love. The chances are iurgely in your favor.” “What you say.” I replied, “sounds encouraging, but it seems to me that 1 would rather begin with love even if I must end with disappoint- ment.” "Spoken like a woman.” Ue rejoined. “And I would rather begin without love and end with love.” What a treasure are these people who have the faculty of lifting the cloud that baugs over us and showing us the sun shining behind. This young man seemed to have only an ordinary education, but any deficiency was made up by comuiou sense. Then. too. It was easy to see that, he had a kind heart He was constantly looking at me out of those sympathetic eyes of his. which said. “Poor child, how I pity you!" He was with me most of the morning and all the afternoon. He soon ceased to talk about my trou ble. leading me into other paths, though be told me many instances of persons who had made tnnrria ge a matter of business and found tt matter of affection. M.v lover—1 was certainly thinking the word, mockery that it was—had written that my train would land me in the night at the last principal town on thy route, and I was to remain there, taking another train the next morning When I parted with my newly made friend I relapsed into the same miserable condition as before. But I was tired, and that night, though I went to sleep In tears. I got a fairly good rest. This and a bright morning kept me up the next day till I ap proached the Inst station, where I was to meet “my lover." when it was all I could do to resist a temptation to throw myself from the train I per mitted every one to go out before me and wished there were more of them Then when alone I nerved myself for the ordeal and 'eft the car My lover was there waiting for me. extending hl« hand to assist me down the steps A sudden wonder mixed with a wild fluttering of my heart caused me to pause Was I In a dream or with I waking from sleep? The man waiting to hand me down was my sympathetic friend. BRIDGE BEAU I Stoves, Ranges and 1 (raters have in them so,many excellencies that they air now acknowledged the greatest sellers on the coast and they are grow in*,* VOTH1NG thrills a boy to the ends of his toes like the thought of getting tlie name of being tough. Il strengthens tlii-m either in very hot water or Iu very « old. Better yet is to take a piece of ubsorbei-t cotton rounded and made fillo a iitile pad to fit llit- «-yes. dip them in ice water and place them on the ¡ids. changing them as they be come hot. After a few minutes of such trentmciit tin- eyes will feel com forted and relieved to a great degree. Tills is specially grateful to the eyes after riding in tin- wind or after hav ing been subjected to the dust and cinders of a railway or tlie glare of bright retie-tlnns on the water when on a bout. Those who have a tend ency to weak eyes should daily use an eyeejip in which is placed a boraclc a« id solution. Tlie saturated solution diluted one half is generally the best uud should be made fresh for each eye. Tin- eye should lie opened and shut in file solution half a dozen times or more so that it will thor oughly bathe the eyeball as well as the lids. Lines or wrinkles under the eyes may be relieved by the use of a good pure skin food. Steam tlie parts af fected by laying hot wet cloths on them for fifteen minutes, then dipping the fingers into the skin food. Mas sage gently along the line taken by tlie wrinkles for ten or fifteen min utes. Give this treatment twice daily «Illi steady persistence, and after a month or so’s treatment an improve ment should lie noticeable The Bride Beautiful. in l.ivor every year. We have the exclusive agency in Bandon for these household and office necessities, anil prices range exceedingly modest in either case. TINNING AND DUMBING A SPECIALTY. When kings lose their jolts they sei dom have to seek the free lunch counter. Uur \ssortinenl oí Hardware, Tinware and Edged Too' is Most Complete. CLOSING GUI We would be truly grateful if the person who does us a favor could have the grace to forget it. certain lines of There are people who would rather be sandbagged titan laid under an obli gation. S am S ay : Goods The devil finds much amusement in looking over the list of things of which we mortals are proud. It doesn’t take a very upright man to be square when some one is looking. Í hose cold damp winds are easily Watch It takes so much of our time con sidering how shamed we should lie in the other fellow’s place that we haven’t time to check up our own acts. Our Windows Most of us find it mighty hard to get easy money. for Tlie man who makes two pork chops grow where only one grew before is more useful than lie who wins a cup race. kept om by our No. I Rustic and O. G. Battens Special Bargains GEO. W. MOORE LUMBER CO Some folks are so slow that they drop behind mid get out of sight of old Father Time himself. BANDON DRUG CO Foiled. Don Peilro was a pirate Who sailed the Spanish main With cutlass bright to dare and tight For wliat might bring him gain If. following ills calling, He plo»ed the raging wave When down he ran a merchantman, Oh, how he did behave! A touch of color in tlie cheeks on the wedding day is to be desired, and if it can t>e obtained in no oilier way a dust of roUge is quite excusable, for the bride who is a wan ghost is anything but good to look upon. But before re sorting to tills subterfuge try washing the face at tlie last moment with pip ing hot and then very cold water and then patting the cheeks, the lingers wet with cologne diluted with rose water. But to secure a real look of health, which is necessary for the chili white frock, a cupful of orange juice every morning before breakfast or half the quantity of pineapple juice taken at the same time will very likely pro- mote a natural color oil tlie wedding day, for both of these juices act upon the liver, whose renewed health Is im mediately shown In tlie freshening of the skin. As to foods, carrots contain the iron necessary for color, and when accom panied witli rare beefsteak no better food could lie offered the bride who fears pallor on tier day of days. The girl who is likely to lie red should ent only white meats and fish fur a month before her marriage and then see to it as well that her collar, sleeves and slippers are not too tight. “In a former incarnation,” exclaim ed the proud beauty ordering a couple of dollars’ worth more of food. "I feel that I was Cleopatra.” “Indeed!” said the man who was paying for the dinner ami rapidly los ing interest iu the conversation. “Yes, I know it. Ami who were you?” “I guess I was a goat.” A Hair Hint. T ook No Chances, Where the hair is inclined to lie un becomingly close to the head a little Huffing out in the new coiffure is ad visable, though It need by no means attain Hie proportions of a large pom padour. If one has enough hair she may make it into puffs, but most, of the hairdressings are made with false puffs or braids, pinned on These may be made of your own combings or bought in a shade matching your own hair. When the hair is thin a pompa dour to wear under it is to be pre ferred to a roll. A roll may be pinned at tlie back to form a support for tlie knot, i which may lie composed of pinned on puffs, or a switch may be twisted I into a Psyche knot and pinned to your ■ own hair. "Where you going. Bill, witli such deliberation?” “Looking fer work, ye might know. "Ain’t yer taking awful chances "Naw. I got a list of places that didn't want no one before starting out.” Ills voice resembled thunder, Ills arm was like a flash, And there was gore besprinkled o’er His bright and yellow sash. And timid traders trembled \\ hen lie was at tils best And handed o’er their bulky store Without a faint protest. / One day when out for plunder He met a skipper dude. Who heard his cry and made reply: “My goodness, you are rude' You cannot have my money. And, sir, if you Insist I’ll have to slip aboard your ship And slap you on the wrist.” M. G. POHL, Optometerist or /;./.\/x i ioiadoa It IXIMtX Capital Stock $50,000 Saturdays at Gallier Hotel BANDON. OREGON A general banking biuine . ; Irar/actccl and customers given every accommodation cun- si dent with safe and conservative banking Clarence ) . I The haughty pirate trembled. What was there he could say? As ho recoiled liu n^uttered, "Foiled!" And slowly sailed away. The moral of this story Is here and plain enough: When pirates brash demand your cash Just simply call the bluff. CORRESPONDEN PS: O r ic . on BANDON Ih tt ggist ttml .'1 The American National Bank, oi San Francisco. Calif; Merchants National Bank, Portland, Oregon: Hie Chase National Brink, of New York. pij : Drugs and Chemicals, Patent and Propiietary Pieparatic-ns, Toilet Ar ticles. Drug Sundries, Perfumes, Brushes, Sponges, Soap, Nuts an«1 Candies, Cigars. Tobaccos and ( ig- arettes, Paints, Oils, Glass Painter's Supplies.. THE COQ, U1LLE RIVER LIN E He Felt it. Twin Screw, New and Fast A 11rea l 1st Class Passage, Up Freight. Clubbing Olía $10.00 & $7.50 3.00 Our interests are your interests. Fair rates and good service our motto Semi-Weekly Oregon Journal, one year__ ___ ________ Semi - Weekly Face Preparation. L. L. BRANDENBURG, Agent, Randon, Oregon Of Course. “Thon* aro women who would really i rather be married than not.” “Are there?” “Yes.” “What do they do about It?” “They’ marry. From Experienca. “Tell inc the •ay to go to The Semi Weekly Oregon .1 o u r 11 a i Publishes A Perspiration Cur*. If "you suffer from pe rspiration try tuixibg an ounce of common baking powder and the same amount of on- «rented talcum powder. Keep in air tight bottle and use freely after wash uig A little ammonia in the bathing wa fer Is excellent Then dust with the powdered mixture. the latent and mort complete tele graphic news oi market reports, as it is publi lied at Portland the wotld; where the reeled io dale for each is ue. of Lome, market news enn he and is eor special matter an gives reliable It al-o hn for lire (arm a and interesting -lory pajn and a pap," or more of comic ea. Ii week, end tt go. s to lite .ufucrifrer twice caclt wcek---IO4 lim. a Wall street.” “Tlie only safe way is to there broke." I he Semi Weekly Bandon Recorder Gives all the local news and happening* »nd Which Kind? “I know a beautiful girl. ‘•Honest?’’ “Honest "Is she really pretty or just rich father?” French Powder Puff. American women are usually con tent to carry a mouclmlr and a fan in their theater bags, but tlie women of France often add. as a necessary to their well Ix-lng. a |>owder puff and a Mun I! bonbonnierre filled with some fa vorite confection. As soon as n Frenchwoman Is com fortably seated In a theater she takes out the powder puff, sewed perhaps in the center of a miniature handker chief, and dusts It lightly o^r the face. Recorder A. F. Estabrook Co., 245 Cal. St., San Francisco page A nice preparation for l|je face is eau de cologne with glycerin, hut while the glycerin is softening ami nourishing and tlie eau de cologne is stimulating tlie latter dries too quick ly and lias a tendency to rob the glycerin of Its good effects. So that v ' lie a face lotion may I h » helped in s ue instances it is just as apt to be injurious in others. Iu Paris at pres ent all the women are trying to get. tlieir faces to look like paste seeming Jy. They use Ivory powder and a great deal of it. The blonds remind one of the dead white colorings of the Flem ish lieautles reproduced by Rubens. Bandon Overseasoned. “Ito you believe in flirting?” "It is the salt of life.” "But can’t it be overdone?” •’Sure, You can get anything salty.” should l»f in every home in tin; vicinity. I he two paper; make a •plendtd combination and you can »ave $1 by tions to I he sending your Bandon also give our ful c.il.cr fer for lh<* Daily and ukjerip- We can t good clubbing of Recorder. or . urday, Sunday | Hirnal in connrtliun With the SennAA 'efkly Bandon Recorder. 60 YEARS- EXPERIEN.CE Unappreciated. 1 try to reed the ancient poets. Who tore off stanxie by the yard. But..truth confer •«•«I. I turn for rest To modern arid more flippant I,ar<la “When is n "When?" “Yes.” “When lte is nothing but n go«*! fei low." Wise Youth. “Tt I* a r<x»l tlifntr to In ugh.” “Mwytx*. but don’t let thx I mxr ratrh you when he think* h**’s furnishing either the time or th»* material.” xzz t'lAr.r.3 DC9I<~NS CORXniGHT-. Ac. Anyone wnnrtlng m «kHeh Rud rVi'rij-f i -n n.<y nnlrkly H-'t-riom our opu i* tt free her rn in*.I« pr«>bnbly J ”*“” '* '* ' 7‘ i!oH«Rtricilr»-<»nnd*i't f»l. HANOBOOK <»♦» I ii< ■» ’3 9 ;:»t free. «»Meat aven y t r- unrig i-''<. I*.itenta fuaori »nr« '- l ’ i Munn & * >. r» » v® pe al n/itu-e. without ewer no, Iu the Harness Shop ’T aint no u<>e to sit and blink If you really nerd a drink, I till line oi Harness, Sad dles, Bridles, Halters, Blankets and everything usually kept in a first class harness shop. Repairing a Specialty f Ju t make a nvn or ring a Ix-ll, And you 1x1 they’ll treat von fight Down at the Fagk Scientific American. A hendenmelr llhMmtM wuetrly. in»ton t>f any arMUtlM*** V»orrial ., 11 r .in nio'ith»», fl. Gotti uy •<» VäiNN & Co.’c’u IM auch OHIO®. CX ► I.er- r»r. T - n»«- i . a <*•■ ’• r . New Elk WaahlMKiun. D. C. Alvin Munck. Prop. BANDON. OPF.OON I VV. J. SABIN, Prop 0