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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1911)
An Interval By F. A MITCHEL Copyright by American Press Asso ciation. 1911. Ussd An»th«r Sr*»n*a Ue^», In the bull ut tlie huu.w rel.rv~» :.t allies there is a painting ot Gi>u,;o Wattliiugluu. He looks u most uiiii- mundiug persou. with tlie stature of a giant unti a faultless pby-..¡uc Put looking at tlie portrait recently a pul» lie man comincuted: “Ti.it Is a good dent of a sham. George Washington never looked like licit, though I've no doubt he would have btHii proud to appear so magnifi cent "Nolice tlie legs." the speaker con tinued. "They are perfect beauties, but they are not Washington's. They are file legs of General Smith of Now Jersey, a soldier of tlie Revolution. "H happened Illis wry." he explain ed in conclusion: "Washington bad quite unimpressive logs, and the artist who painted that picture was so dis satisfied with their shape that be per- si ‘I it General Smith to lend his fnuliicss members as models. So. . ... while we have the face and torso of our great first president, the support ing legs are those of one of Ills gen erals. Long may they stand!"— Wash I ington Post. "it's queer bow little difference ten yours will make in the look of persons when you're with em all the time and how much difference it makes when you don't see 'em And if you don't see 'em tor a mutter of twenty year. why. you don't kuow 'em ut all.'’ The words were spoken by Joshua Sparks to Ills friend. Muhuldn Stickler. “Yes. Mr. Sparks, uud that's the reason I don't lake stock in the idee that love is anything more'n livin' to gether" “1 knew of a case of that kind onct. it came under my own observation. Vou know Martha Wrinkles, don't you?" “Yes. 1 kuow lier; she's a skinny old maid ” "Waal, when Murtha was a gal she was as purty as any on 'em. I was a leetle soft on her myself then. But I didn't have uo chance. She was sot on Ben Higgins, as fine a lookin' young man us ever handled a pitch fork. And Ben was sot on her They was the lovenest couple 1 ever see. They was goln' to git married when Ben was tuk sick. He was sick a long while, and when he got well tlie doc tor said he’d better go off somewhere else to git a change of air. “Ben. he went to Colorado, where tlie air is dry and pure. He tuk a pictur' of Martha with him. and they both said their love was the itndyin’ kind It didn’t matter how long they .might lie separated, neither of ’em would marry any one else, and they would marry each other when they come together ag'ln. “Beu was twenty when lie went away and Martha was nineteen. Tlie separation was longer than either of ’em had any idee of when they parted. Ben was live years glttln* back Ins Twist of the Pretzel. health By that time lie tliort he'd Tile pretzel is capable of infinite pos come to au age when tie’ll like to have a little souiepin laid up before lie got sibilities in tlie matter of shape. It married Ko lie worked and worked, shows almost as many forms as do the but somehow riches didn't come, it was leaves of trees. The construction 'of tlie pretzel may lie not inaptly describ twenty one years before lie got back “Neither he nor Martha was much at ed, in sailor terms, its peculiar shape writin', even when he went away. is attained in this way: A bight is First off they wrote onct a month, taken in a roll of dough, and tlie ends then onct a year, and after that it are given a half twist and brought was onct in five years. But they was back upon I lie opposite sides of the bight. 'I llis process gives to till* pretzel true to each other all these years "Ben was forty-two years old when a heart shaped appearance, but no one be come hack. He come to ine fust ever ventured to hint that any senti before seein’ Martha at all. 1 didn't mental reason existed for assigning know him. Some men looks purty this shape to Shell a prosaic thing as young at forty-two, and some looks a pretzel. When tlie pretzel has been Ben was one o’ tlie old duii- “varnished” it is subjected to a purty old lookin' kind, He wore specs, his head process of salting, and tlie tiling Is was smooth as a billiard ball, and complete. Harper's. wbat hair there was on Hie sides was grizzly gray. “'Don't y'kuow me. Josh?' he said. under certain conditions. Theright •I’m Ben Higgins' "tVaal. to lie perlite I told Ill in I d medicine- must be taken before the bad trouble with my eyes disease lias progressed too far. Air. "He told me that he’d come home to marry Martini He’d made some moil Petry A. Pitman, Dale, lex., says: e.v during tlie last few years and was “I was down in bed for four months lookin' forward to tlie ree'llzation of ■vitlt kidney and bladder trouble and the dream of his life He tuk the ple- gall stone One bottle of Foley’s tur’ of Martha out of bis pocket anil showed it to me. My sakes, bow far K idney Remedy cured me well and away it seemed! There sat a purty sound. ’ ’ Ask for it. youug gal that I’d known twenty years before. Now she was gray in Bandon Drug Co. the front of her head, and the wrinkles she’s got now was beglnnln* to spread Not So Easy as It Sesmed. over tier face and neck and arms nlid Twelve persons decided to lunch bands I guess it makes a woman sour get her every day and agreed not to sit lookin' to waft for 11 lover Anyway, twice In the same order. One of the she looked just ns If she could bit«' number, a mathematician, surprised off a tenpenny nail. his associates by informing them that “ 'Beu.' says I. 'Martha's changed a their decision meant that one and one- I bit since that was taken.' third million years must elapse before " 'Melihe.' he said, 'she might have they would again be seated in the changed somewhat. I'm gotn' to see original order. Two men can sit to her tonight, and i'll see how much gether only in two different ways, she's altered. three in six’ ways, four in twenty-four, " 'Come round to my bouse to sup five in 120. six It! "20. seven in 5.040, per.’ I said. 'You can go to see Martha eight in 40.320. nine in 362.S8R. ten In afterwards.' 3.02S.S00. eleven in 39.91C.S00 and “ 'All right.' he answered; 'I will. twelve in 479.1OO.C0O.—Pilch fur Alle. “I asked Martha to come to supper, not fellin' her she was to meet her old lover. I wanted to see 'em when they first saw each other. I didn't go to s etlcctivc ler coughs and colds in do trouble of Introducin’ 'em. as city cither children or grown persons. folks do Martha she sot at one end In of the tnblo-by my wife, and Ben sot No opiates, no harmful drugs. by me. tlie yunkers tietween, Cotise the yellow packagi Refustf sub quence was that Ben and Martha i stitutes. I didn't have nothin' to say to each Co. Fact Is they didn’t appear to other take no Interest Into each other. When Hen and I got up from the tn- tile I asked him if he wouldn't like to "Von are going the pace too rn go out and look al the stock, ile said ly. old man." he would, and we went to the barn. “Yes: my wife has draggl'd "After nwhlle Ben said he guessed through London. Paris, California he'd go and see his old love, Then 1 Florida.” told him Mart hn Imd been setfln' at “Isn't it about time for yott to the other end of the table nt supfier divorced and settle down?'—Exchange. "Yon ought to seen the way he look ed at me. There was a pained expres For summer di arrhoea in . -hlldren slon. ns though fie bad built a tiennti- fill structure over him away up Into llw.iis give Chamberlain's Coli< , tlie sky and It had collapsed and come down on Ids head The first thing he : Choicta and Diarrhoea Remedy and I castor oil, in»l a speedy .tire is cer- said was: ’•'Did she know who I wnsT 1 tain For sale by C. V Lowe. “'No inn mj wife tins told her by thf« time •'1 xnw he'd hotter not go to see MY CLOTHES ARI; AT THE Martha right off. and I told him so He agreed with me When my wife told Martha that she had set nt the same table with her old lover she acted about the same way as Bon did She didn't go home that evenin', fear In' he would go fo see her. "Ben stayed nroiui<1 here for awhile. He and Martha used to meet onct In awhile, hut they fiertend<>d not to know each other for what they was Where Yours Ought to he when young. Blmeby Ben went back to Colorado, and Martha said she cou’d Prop, A. F. DERINGER breath» free onct more." KIDNEY DISEASES ARE CURA8LE \ MILL WOO! > 1 I I Investments Phone John F. Bar'? at Geo. W. Mooro Lbr. Co.’s office, or 6£ i residence, for ail kinds of mill wood. CLiick delivery and satisfaction guarantee / i in nidus 1 en Acre Tracts-close to Bandon. Stump land $30 and $40 per acre, as good fruit and berij land as there is in the county. few choice lots in Waterman’s Park Addition, two blocks west of school house, cleared and ready to build on. House and two lots in Woodland Addition. Fine view and in good condition. This is a snap. If taken quick, $1000. House end large lot in West Bandon. $1250. Look this up if you are looking for a nice home. have property listed in all parts of Bandon, besides some fine farm, fruit end stock raising land; see me before invt. tii. ' n Coos County I. .id of any kind. Always l ' tg to sl ow what I hav^ for sale and will treat you right. 11 ate-<-* mi B7’ will sell you a lot '/• Timmons’ Waler/rout Ad dition. now being filled by the Dovcmment Dredge, Oregon, at prices so low as to astonish you. You can have terms if you leant them on any lot in the addition. We give an abstract with each lol. showing a title that has been pro nounced by one of the ablest attorneys in Oregon to be pci- Ject. Warranty deeds only. Lots in this addition wi‘!: its present prospects arc the b 'st investment to be hud in Coos county to-day. BANDON I N V I : ST N ! IC NT CO IÎ ! ’( ) I f A T ! O N />. /.'A (>/■ il.l.NDON ( I RAMION ei’.K.to Capital Stock $50,000 BOARD OF Is e most inexpensive siding in the locai market Its popularity in- creases every clay. Five out of every six builders ate using it - . Vice A genera! banking business trar-.-ach’d .»nd customers given every accommodation con- sistent with safe and conservative banking CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco, Calif; *■ I | Merchants National Bank, Portland, Oregon; The ( hase National Bank, of New York. I MH Í.2 icsskbub It so, you will want Building Hardware. You cun get it here and on better terms than anywhere else in Coos County. Are you going to malic your new home modern? // so. let us figure on your plumbing, can give you satisfaction. LUMBER CO iaaHaä23US& u££í22KiS££^Jh&KaS£t DIRECTORS: J I.. Kroncr.lcy. i’reside,1. J. Denholm, President; F. J. Fahy, Cashier; Frank Flam, I. P. Hanly. xt A. McNAIP. The Hardware Man FANCY PRINTING Bandon Light & Power Co All Kinds of Electrical Supplies. Estimates Furnished on Wiring and Electric Lighting. Office in New Oakes Bldg. ■ THE RECORDER OFFICE has recently ■ added a lot of new type of the latest faces, especially for Fine Job Printing, and we are now prepared io print al! kinds of Fancy Invitations, Announce ments, Calling Cards, Letter Heads and in fact all kinds of modern printing done in a Modern Office. S. ELLIOTT, Manager Gatchell Bros/ T ransfer Line GATCHELL BROS., Prop». kinds of heavy anil light draying. Phone orders given prompt attention. Barn Timmons' Gid Cannery PHONIC <141 Fancy Wedding invitations a Sedali y last anti Commodious S. S. BREAKWATER RECORDER PUBLISHING CO Bandon, Oregon Leaves Coot Bay July 2, 7, 12. 17, 22. 27. Confirm Sailing» Through C, M. SPENCER, Agent Bandon FOLEY’S HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND BANDON- STEAM LAUNDRY I Four lots and three houses on Columbia Ave., near At water Street. An excellent in vestment. §2,000 w11 • handle it Twc nice litte home places §550 each. Cash. We also have many others equally as good and will be glad to show property at any time. S S. EL ZABE-1 11 Large Two Berth Outside State Houma with Running Waler FIRE INSURANCE.--We represent a number of the best Fire Insurance Companies in the country and can insure your property against loss. Eight Day Service Between the Coquille River and San i rar.cit.co u B. W. Charlesworth I t f Opposite ( rand Theatre aOI E ib I First Class Passenger Fare, - S7.5Ü Freight Rates, - $3 on Up Fre'J.t .1 E. WA LSTIIOW , Atfent, B hip I o t. Oregon. E. At E. T. Krnv, owners and managers, 24 California St., San Francisco. Reservation«. Point. Fuhrman’« Pharmacy, Coquille; Perkins’ Pharmacy, Myrtle
