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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1913)
Q9 ! Semi-Weekly Bandon Recorder DecemW 12, 1913 O Christ So mas BP Ot3 estions It is always hard to decide what to buy for Christmas Presents for your friends and relatives, consequently we will offer a few suggestions. Slippers We have a fine line of felt bed room slippers just the thing for the ' ladies. . Silk Hose .Ranging from 50c to $2.00 per pair. Large Variety of Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Waists, Neck wear, Hand Bags, Silk Underwear, Sweater. All make desirable presents. Remnant Day Every Thursday will be Remnant Day in this store, at which time all short will be made into remnants and sold at cost or below. We haean exceptional ly Jline assortment for next Thursday. New Goods Arriving Daily B1M DRV GOODS (0. FREE! With every dollar cash purchase, or every dollar paid on account, a tick et on our new $80.00 White Ro tary Sewing Machine which we will Give Away January 10th to, the person holding the lucky number. -andon Hdwe. Co. DO YOU USE YOUR TELEPHONE TO ADVANTAGE WHY NOT It is cheaper to talkjhan to travel. We have toll stations in Coos and Currj' counties and connect with the Hell system at Rosehurg. COOS BAY HOME TELEPHONE CO. NOTE YOUR BALANCE SEMI-WEEKLY . o BAND ON RECORDER Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the "Recorder Publishing Company. Entered at the Postoflice at IVuulon, Oregon, as Mail Matter of the Sccuuil Class C. E. KOPF A. W. STUART Subscription $1.50 per Year in Advance. Advertising rates made known on application OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF BANDON Bank of England Salaries. Tii enter till' service of the Bank of England a eandidate must lie nominat ed by a director, lit; of good moral character, pass a qualifying (not com petitive! examination and lie lietwoen eighteen and twenty-two years old. Tito first year his salary Is $."()(), and then It rises at the rate of $50 a year. At the end of the llfth year he pro ceeds to tho fourth class or else leaves the service of the hank. According to ligurcs furnished by one or the hank's oUlcluls. the average pay at the end of ten years Is ?1,(M'.0. At fifteen years it Is $!,:), twenty years Sl.f.ir.. thirty years $l.!)lr: after tliat tne sen lor clerks pass to .f.J.i.r0. The staff and special posts, numbering about 100, are won by meritorious service. The highest salary Is paid the chief enshler and Is SJIi.OOO. The ehlel tie- counlant draws SlS.fiOO. and there are several appointments ranging I mm .fi. 500 to !f:!.riO). Agents of branches re ceive no to Sl'MKX). There Is a pen sion system to which the clerk does not contribute, but for which lie qtinliried after ten years' service. Moody's Magazine. RVNK BANK JO THE BANK on hand and your Thanks giving Day w ill he the anni versa ry of the date you open cd iwi account here and com menced to think twice before spending once, as drawing iti i check always makes one And the .sooner that account is started the sooner you wil have cause.., to be thankful Why not today. OF BANDON Is Orinin of the Dsad Lc.Ui- 0...cj. "What was the reason lor our mine coltlng Its name of Hit' dead letter of lice, as It Is ollen called'" s.il.l an nlll clal In the returned letter oiilie. " el. It was originally stal led In order to le turn to the senders all letters, etc. nd dressed'to people who turned out to It. dead. The need for such an arrange ment became evident from the mini her of valuable luelosurcs continued In Hitch missives, and that the old trinll tion still lingers In the ilep.iltmeut b evident from the fact that the bap containing returiied let tern ate bla. U' In color. "Yes, there me people who Imagine us to be mysteriously connected Willi death Itself, and some time back we received a peculiar letter from one ol them. Within n week of having a let ter returned to her a certain person living In the same house had died, and consequently the writer, evidently as sociatlng her friend's death directly with us. boused us In future never to send back letters matin, but to burn them Instead." London Answers. SOM E Of OUR EXCLUSIVE LINES a Swifts Premium Bacon and Lard S. & W. Canned Goods . Famous Tillman-Bendel Line Shillings Best Coffee, Baking Powder and Extracts CITY GROCERY CO. "HOUSE OF QUALITY" Didn't Wait For the "Thank You." .Inlm Hull, tbe scene imintor. tells a story of an occasion when he delivered some scenery for an entertainment In u liinittlc asylum. He was watching his men getting the stuff In when It beirnn to rain. A bin man with a pleasant smile appeared and offenM to he). They got on ruinously. Mr. Hull and his volunteer Were Just sotting down the last load when an attendant arrived, caught the bis man n tie mentions blow on the side of the head and scut him sprawling on his back. Mr. Hull was speechless wltn liitiignn tlnn at this attack, but the victim got up. smiling more than cvrr. and walk ed away. "Von can tliank your stars I've been watching you. tlie attend- nut explained. "I suppose when you hud the hist lot In you'd have said. 'Thank you: I'm much obliged.' Well, that's tills fellow's trouble, sir. The moment you say 'Thank you' to 'lm VII wring your neck." London Stund-nrd. Placing the Goat. An anecdote of President Hayes is told by an Kngllshmun who formed one of a party of his compatriots while the ores hlent and his family were til Clark's ranch, near Yosemlte. The two parties were assembled In the rude kitchen awaiting the coming meal. A certain stiffness prevailed at llrst. At lnst n muster of tho curemonles and Introducer nppeared In the shape of a small and elegant quadruped, evident ly n family pet, which trotted into the kitchen to be caressed. A lady of the English pa'rty gently stroked Its stem, thu president Its stern. Presently they met, nbout the center of the animal, and tho interchange of a few remarks became Inevitable. "This Is a very pretty goat." from the English lady. "Mv nmi is nutelone. madam." from the president. It need scarcely be said that both ends were antelope, but tn reply was very neat. The Brv Butterfly. Hero Is an unorthodox story of King Solomon: One day n butterfly sat on the king's temple and boasted to his wife. "If I choso I could lift my wing and shiver this building to tho ground," he swaggered. Solomon, overhearing, Bent for tho boaster. "How dare you?" ho thundered. The butterfly groveled. "I did It to Impress my wife," he pleaded. The grtmt monarch was in staidly appeased and let him go "What did Solomon say to you?" gasii ed n quivering wifo five minutes Inter". "Oh, ho begged me not to do it," said tho butterfly airily. And Solomon again overbearing, smiled. Red Flannel. " Ited flannel ns a euro for rhouma tlfltn has many adherents. No doubt tho flannel keeps wnrm and protects tho stiff joint and soro muscles, but ns far ns tho color goes any other In tho spectrum would be fully as effective. Like many of our boy and girl super stitious, the notion has becomo so deeply grounded ns to have an un doubtedly fnvorablo mental effect. Per ish the Iconoclast who would destroy lt!-Boston Herald. The Magnet. Magnet is derived from tho name of the city of Magnesln. In Asia Minor where tho properties of tho lodestonc are said to have been discovered. It has, however, been asserted that the name cpmeH from Mngnes, tho nnmo of a shepherd who discovered mngnetle power by being held on Mount Ida, In Greece, by Its attraction for the nails In his sIioch. . Modernized Companion. The rn," remarked the ready made philosopher, "1& mightier than the sword." "Yes," rcjilled the man who writes able articles on tcilvernil peace, "but I'm Giot sure that the typewriter is mightier than tho battleship." Waul) lagton Star. ... The Bridal Veil. The bridal veil Is evidently of east cm orlglh, being a relic of tho bridal canopy held over the heads of tin bride and bridegroom. Among the An glo-Saxons a similar custom existed. but 11' the bride was a widow It was dispensed with. According to intnim usage, a line linen cloth was laid upon the heads ' the bride and bridegroom and was not removed until the bene diction had been said. The old British custom was to use nature's veil un adorned-that Is. the long hair of the bride, which was so worn by all brides, royal, noble and simple. Only then did every one behold the tresses ot maidenhood In their entirety and lor tho last time, as after marriage they were neatly dressed on the head Among some the tresses were cut and carefully stowed away on a woman becoming a wife. It was customary in Uussla for village brides to shear their locks on returning from church. Family Doctor. , Trees and the Soil. The soli Is a resource of priceless value. Its formation on rooks Is ex ceedlngly slow. According to Profes sor ."1. Bowman, many glachil scratches that were made on rock during the lust glacial period, between r.0,000 and 75, 000 vears ago, are still as fresh as if they had, been made only yesterday Yet since the glaciers thus recorded themselves man has come up froii the cave and the stone hammer. Seventy thousand years Is a very short time for tho development ol a soil cover For man It means n period so great (hat the mind can hardly grasp, it. Tho cutting off of the trees exposes the soli so that the rain beats upon It, and since It has lost the projection that tho roots and the litter on tho ground affonknrtho soil Is soon washed away. In fifty years n single lumber mer chant can deprive the raco pf soli that required 10,000 yeurs to form. Youth's Companion. Hotel Gallier Rates $1.00 to $2.00 per day. Special rates by week ormonth Sample room in connection Bandon t Oregon We want you For our customer not jul today, but tomor row and for all time to come, if Right Goods Right Prices. Courteous Treatment and prompt delivery is what you want WE HAVE YOU SPARK'S GROCERY Succetior to A. E. White pox n Premium Upon Babies. Augustus, emperor of Home, mado babies i passport to olllce. By thu Lex Papla Pop'paca, passed in A. D. 0, definite preference ns regards olllco was given to the fathers of satisfacto rily largo families. Such fathers were eligible for olllco before twenty-live. They took precedence of colleagues with no children or fewer limn three and were preferred all round. Tho privilege was called the "Jus trlum lib erorum" (three children privilege), but the qualifying number, three In Home, was four in Italy, live In the prov inces. Tho system, however, never worked well. A Snow Hurricane Tho buran. or snow hurrleano of the Pamirs, Is n meteorological phenome non of great Interest. Even in mid summer tho temin'ruturo during a snow buran frequently falls to 1-1 de grees F., whllo In one winter It drop ped to -in degrees Mow zero at the end of January. Tho buran comes with startling suddenness, the atmos phere growing dark with whirling snowllakes where scarcely a inlnnto before the sky was perfectly clear. Very Sad. First 'Salesman A woman was nr rested downstairs this morning. Sec ond Salesman What for? First Sales man She was. caught In the act of concealing a hand mirror. Second Salesman Poor woman! That's what comes of taking a glass too much. Chicago Netrs. The Indicting Instinct. "Do you think wuien ought to I19UI public olllco''" "Well, In some cases. Hut, Judging from the way they talked about every body In the community, I'd hate to have those who met at my house yes terday 00 grand Jury." Washington Star. ,, W. E. 8THINOFF '.Tfcllfl HAKNJflSS MAN A new supply of suit cases, trunks, shopping bags, robes. etc.,J etc. Got Any Time To Spare? Use electric appliances for the household work and yon w ill have time for other things. Let us demonstrate them to yon BANDON POWER COM PAN Y Equipped with Wireless S. S. BR EA.KWATER ALWAYS ON TIME SAILINGS From Portland Every Tuesday at r P. M. From Coos Bay Every Saturday at Serr vice of the Tide, A ConfiOn Sailing Through B. V. SHOEMAKER, Agent BaodUll , o a o Pbxofy 142 - 0- O o o O o