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About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1903)
'"piwsf" .-.f . V 'n jr' V) fwfxr"r wautfjv?,vw,ir .. j. ..- , SV ,v.V' s B v IjT & Our Monthly Publication will keep you posted on our work and methods. Hailed Free to tho ADVERTISING MAN of any responsible house. S m m s COAST MAIL. SATURDAY, : : : : JAN 3. 1902 Published Every Saturday by the Mail Publishing Co. SUBSCRIPTION RATEi One year, (in advance), $1.5 Six months... i.eo Three months 50 a.oa will be charge! wli-n not pa'! ta idfai NEW YEAR GREETINGS With tbli number the Dailt Coast Mail commencas tba Eecond year of its distance. Oar readers will pleaso ran over in tholr minds the column of staff which ia usually published on such occasions and has been repeated so of ten that all mast know it by heart. The with oar friend as prosperous a year aa we hope for ourselves, and to the others as little bad lack as wo ask for the li'.tlo daily. "Tho nicest and pleasantest medicine I hare used for indigestion and constipa tion is Chamberlain's Stomach and Llvor Tablets," aya Melard F. Crafc, of Middlegrove, N. Y. "They work Uko a charm and do not gripe or have any un pleasant effact." For sale by John Prcuss "LOOKING A LEEDtE OUT." (Salem Statesmen) Never in Oregon before, and perhaps in no other state, has there been :uch squirming exhibited by a combination of politicians to find some way to ig noro or in some way to get around wha t is known to be the popular will. Hav ing themselves provided a way to give tho people a chance ts vote on United States Senatore, they are nor? engaged in a desperate effort to convince tLe members of tho Legislature that tboy did not moan that tho Mays law was to bo takon eerionely unless it worked ont in favor of eomo particular man they bcd in view In other words, they wanted a popu lar vote for Senator provided it went their way. But who should be supreme in matters of this kind, the politicians with their preconceived plans, or tho .people who havo plans of their own? If any man who (wanted to go to the United States Senate saw proper to rofuBo to place his name before the people, where, tho opportunity was open to everybody, what right has h j to "butt in" and claim a right to be heard aftor ,tho people havo spoken? r In ot'ior words, what reaeon can cny man who now wants to bo elected to (he United States Senate, and who believes that the people should bo heard in the f matter, gtvo for not complying with the law last JunoT , TjIb is a Jfair question for those to'answer who aro not? en deavoring to porsuadethe Legislators that a popular voto does not mean any thing and can be trifled with at will. It ia not now b Question of politics nor of particulaFpersonality, but it is ono of popularjdrjareij::, and-when mem. here of the) Legislature, who havo been instructed by the" people under the pro visions of a Mate law, " da to tho elec tion of United States Senators," aro bring ndvirod to ignoro tlio law and the voto, it is time, to use tho lanoua&a ol the Lebanon Criterion, to "look a licdlo out." For a bad taste in tlio mouth tnko n few dotes of OhnmberUin's Stomach nml Liver Tablets. Price 1T cents. War ranted to euro. For tnlo by John Prcuss. r Tbe Scientific American publishes nn Jntcrcjtlng account of Stanley Spen cer's recent thirty mile flight from tho .Crystal palace, London, nml also gives n description of tho new ntrshtp In Jwhlch tho Englishman's ascent was successfully made. Tho balloon fol lows tbe torpedo shaped construction mailo famlllnr by Snutos-Dumont, but bns more blunted ends. Consequently It has not tho graceful lines of Its French predecessor. The frame which bears tho aeronaut nml tho uinchluery Is constructed of bamboo held taut by piano wire. Ab seen In the air, It bears some resemblanco In Its proportions to a skeleton canoe. Three Ions strips of bnihboo nm tho length of tho frnrao nnd nre kept In position by struts bound triangularly, tho base- of tho triangle being hori zontal. Tho frame Is slung from tho bag by floe ropes. Tho principal fen- BXAKLST btzxcxus Amsmr. tnro of the construction Is the position of tho propeller, which Is placed at the bow of the ship Instead of, as Is nsuaL at the stern. The Inventor con siders that tbe effect of thin Innova tion will be to enable tho ship to hold a mora even course Tho motive power Is nupplled by a email petroleum motor swung In tho forward end of tho frame and firmly bound In position by piano wire. A small cylinder to feed the engine's wa ter jacket Is fastened Just over the en gine. Directly below the engine Is the condenser. Tho fuel tank Is Qxcd to tbe upper bamboo, but farther aft to shield It from the motor flames. A thin rod of uteel, the engine's shaft, runs forward to a gear wheel, tbe axis of which Is tho propeller shaft. Toward tho stem of tho balloon Is tho aeronaut's stand, Inclosed In net ting. Behind him is tho rudder, a large quadrilateral sail suspended by ropes between tho ends of tho balloon and the frame. Tbe construction places all tbe mechanism except tbe rudder directly In front of tho navigator, an obvious advantage In cases of sudden emergency. The -propeller Itself Is tho design of Sir niram Maxim, who Is an enthusi astic follower of aeronautics. It Is doable bladcd, built of thin strips of carefully selected pine, weighs twenty eight pound?, In nearly uluo feet long over all and a full four feet at Its broadest part How to Write on (jlaea. To write on glaBs moisten tbe sur face with strong vlnogar1 and write with an aluminium point. Small par ticles of the soft metal are left ad hering to the glafis, nnd the writing lo fairly permanent Or take one to two parts of sllloato of ooda mixed with eleven parts of liquid Ink, using a steel pen. Tlio pen should be wiped after using. rne snlclde PrnbleAi. The prevalent belief that suicide Is a product of the higher civilization hi contradicted by tho fact that In India suicides by opium nre committed by tho iiutlves for tho moot trivial rea sons, even children destroying them selves after being scolded and wives because husbands complain of their dinners. Thero nro no regulations for tlio sale of poison, nnd anybody can go into a bazaar and buy as much ua ho wants. , , ,' ', r,otiK niatniuxj Treatment. 116 died In town laut summer. During his last illness Ida wife nursed him .over tho telophone from Newport his doctor rented him by telegraph from linr HarUor,.and-fl,laUej,ywruten from the top of the Alps by his clergyman, Was read over hhn at hisf unorah tetm T Cano of Vice. Vice Is due chiefly to Inattention; not Ignorance, but thoughtlessness. "1 M U10 better nml npproye, yet I pursuo tho worse," In this case knowledge Is not absent, but defective. It Is on tho margin Instead of in tho focus of con sciousness. In the laugungo of physio logical psychology a present appotlto presents Its claims on great billows of nerve commotion which eomo rolling In with nil the tang nnd pungency which Is tho characteristic, mark of linmedhtto' peripheral excitation. Tho future con icquonecs of tho gratification of tlmt appetite, on tho contrary, nre represent ed by the tiny, fnlut, feeble waves which flow over from Bomo other brain center, excited long ngo, when tho con nection of this particular catmo with Its natural effect was first experienced. In such nn unequal contest between powerful vibrations shot swift and itralght along the tingling nerves from tho peat of Immediate peripheral com motion and tho meager, measured flow of faded impressions whoso Initial ve locity nnd force were long since spent what wonder that tho remote effect teems dim, vnguo nml unreal, nud that the Immediate- gratification of the In sistent, clamorous appetite or passion wins the dayl William Do Witt llyde In Atlantic The Womtn nnd the Iloap. A traveler stopped nt n llttlo cabin In the Georgia woods, llo wore n whito roso on his coat, one that a llttlo girl had plucked nnd pinned there as bo was leaving home. A woman entered the cabin. She stood and gazed at the rwc n moment Then, darting forward, she toro It from the stranger's coat nnd stamped It on the rude floor. "Why did you do that?" asked the stranger, leaping to his feet "Ilushr Raid n man who wns sitting near. "That's tny wife, an' nn' sho ain't right here," tapping his forehead. "Wo had n llttlo girl onco with bluo eyes an hnlr llko a sunset 8he wan dered off nmong the roses ono day, lost lost an' when wo found her sho was wbero the roses grow, an they waa crcepln' over her, an the wlfo thero went mad, an now she says the rosea stole the child an hid her away from as forever, an she goes about an' tram ples thorn. Justr like cho did the row J thero oa the floor." 9 naff and a Crook. Robert Plnkerton onco told n Btory of his father, the founder of the dctectlvo agency, which Illustrates tbe elder Plnkcrton's caution. A noted criminal was detained in Plnkcrton's Chicago office. Tho elder Plnkerton left the room anit Mihnn lift nt.itiu! tnfr tltft rtfwflll. tlon of holding a revolver In front of hlin ready for use. Ho saw the criminal standing by tbe door with a snuffbox he had picked up from Plnkcrton's desk In his hand. , This Is good snuff," affably re marked tho crook as be took a sniff. "for the eyes or the nose?" nsked Plnkerton, who knew that the crook had lutended to blind him in an effort to escape. "WelL" remarked tho criminal. "I'm Eorry to say that the nose gets it this ! time." HORSES AND HORSEMEN. Rhythmic has recovered his confi dence and has Increased his speed. Six of the get of Kremlin, 2.07. bavo entered the list bo far this sea son. Tim Murnane, tho former caretaker of CresccuB, Is now In the employ of Judge E. A. Colburn, Denver. 0. K. G. Billings has purchased the Frank Rockefeller barn at tho Glen vlllo race track and will take an active part In tho Cleveland matinees next ear. Jere L. Tarlton of Lexington, Ky., has sold to 0. J. Carney of Lowell, Mass., the fast three-year-old black pacing Ally Peachcrina, by ISettcrton, dam of Alcyone, at a long price. A. li. Gwathraey recently sold his ' crack trotting mare, Louise Mc, 2:00. to Harry Darlington of Pittsburg for a long price, ner new owner will use bcr for amateur harness racing. It Is said that Rlgby park, Portland, Me., will bo reopened next year. This track, In condition, .la one of tho fast est In tho world, and It was here that John It Gentry paced to his record of i!:OOH. Thumb .Vail IMctarra. In collections, centuries old, to be seen In both China uud Japan aro specimens of the most remarkable drawings In tho world, pictures of ull kinds drawn with tho thumb nalL Tbe nails of the thumbs oa the left hand of tho artists of these aro nllowed to grow to an enormous. length, Bomo- tlmcfl to a foot or eighteen inches, and are then pared down to a pen shaped , point. Dipping this oddly constructed pen In beautiful vermilion or sky bluo Ink, tho only kinds of Ink used in tbetio snered thuinb null drawings, tho artist gracefully outlines his work. Occasionally- the bold touches from tho Btudlo of a master In this depart ment of "high art" are life size and ara.49ketcbcd by a ow swoops of,, tho arijlf.s arm. Like other pictures and Bkotcboo ojC.tPCifJenthoso sacred thumb nail pictures aro mounted an rolled up like scrolls. - ELEdANT ENGLISH." Jfwt oon pay mo In trooleoiui or plarJHL If you want to touch rat, simply pull tty kg. W as soou be up ntrohut It as to gt It ta tho neck, rd as well bo on tho bum aa have (A t. I If It's oft wtlh you, you're certain to bo It H you blink your ptcpn, you must cloeo your In mini. Nobody dors a thing to you ntn you nro rent to Bra. I If you mnko mo tlrtd, you're apt to give mo cramps. 1 If you're dotty or you'ro off, you muot have wheel. Cvery four tlnio winner! uro to trot th cream. You're n mug or mnrk or cove or iruy ol bloke, Junt txs you plcaoe. That In right, straight itoodn, nnd nl it's no drciun. Tou can pipe rnc oft or merely slio mo up. It you'ru nloppy, you nre luohwl or ori'lde. It you're on tho water wnnonn, you must put tho nmittcrs up. Tou can brnco or bono mc. Just as you decide. If you won't pull down your vest, thon tnke 11 brace. It )ou wiutt to drop me, simply cut m out. . Try to tumble or to savvy or get net or bo put wlic, Or you'll never twtjc what thbi ta all about. I'ortlnnd Orefionlan. Truth of the Matter, Before nud after taking. Chicago News. Knrvr Somctlilnc Abont IIIiu. The man who knew him happened In while he was trying to give n good lm prcsHlou of his Industrial value. "Yes, sir," be wbb saying, "I guess I baye the reputation of llmr n br1 w.n. n;, eir, in miner work than ont." The man who happened In touched him on the shoulder. Mf that Is really your condition now," suggested the now arrlvnl, "you hail better seo a doctor and get some thing for your appetite beforo you tnrve to death." Chicago Pout Another Chrerfat So 11 1. "Hanks nlwnyn looks on tho bright side of thlugs. Do you know what ho said when he lost his Job the other day?" "I haven't heard." "He ceemed to be qulto cheerful over It. 'Vou see,' bu explained, 'I ap plied for a raise of salary nearly tlx months ngo nud didn't get It. Think how much more I would have bad to lese If they'd given me the Increase.' " Chicago Record-Herald. Ho Weed I'or Ilimtle, A gentleman who had business In n rniall towu "out west" had ordered wma Important lotters Mnt there, and &n bis arrival went to thu postotllco to Inquire for them. "No letters hero for you," tald tho postmaster. "They ought to havo been here yes terday." "Couldn't have got here ywborday. Old Brown, who carries the mnll, was drunk und didn't go over to Iosco after ." "And how nbout today?" "Well, he's sober enough today, but bis old woman has cut her foot." "But there will bo mall tomorrow?" "Skasaly, sir. Wo don't have any mall tin Thursdays." "Then how about next day?" "Friday 1h sort of off day with tho Iosco postmaster, and ho generally goes fulling. If ho doit, ho fiends the boy over, I never count on It however." "You r,eem to have n slipshod way of running postal affairs out lu this coun try." "Waal, I dunno but wo bnve," bo ad mlttod, n he looked over tho top of his poctncles, "but as long as nolwdy but Uncle Bill Simpson ever gets any mall, ond that's only 11 clrculur ulout how to kill cockrouchcfl, we kinder tnke things easy and lot tho United Htnteu run along without busting bcr b'ller." Bal timore Herald. The Flrnt Steiim Crulner, It. Is generally known that tho first itcam driven vessel to cross tho Atlan tic was built. In Canada. Tho Informa tion Is not 00 general, however, that this same craft was subsequently con verted Into a cruiser nnd was tho llrst iteamshlp engaged In actual war. The facts In tho caso nro stated In "Johnson's Alphabet of First Things In Canada." Tho ship was tho Royal Wil liam. Sho was built at tho Cove, Que bec, In tljo winter of 1830-31 and tjurlng the iKfaisbn of i832-38 plied between 'Que bec and Hallfaxv In tho latter Beasoir h(5 .waa sent to London and there chtu. ;' ; j rerea tiy tuo iVirtrfguprto government to transport troops Intended for tho sory. Ico of tlio Into I)oin Pedro to llrnell. He turning to London, sho was sold to tliu Spanish government, by tho latter con verted Into a cruiser nud employed igalnst Don Carlos In tho civil win of I Kit), thus being tho first steamer to are u hostile shot Thu Orlulunt AVcddlnir CnUe. Our wedding cako In jllio remains of n custom whereby it Itoiimn brldn held In bcr loft hand thnvi wheat ears, nnd many centuries later nn Kugllsh brldo woro on her head 11 chaplot of wheat. Tho nttondant girls throw corn, either lu grains or lu small hits of biscuit or cake, upon tho heads of tho newly mar ried couple, und the guestrt picked up tho pieces nud ate them. Such was thu beginning of tho wedding cake, which did not como Into general use until the eighteenth century and was then com posed of solid blocks laid together and Iced nil over with sugar, so that when tho outer crust wan broken over tho brldo'n head tho caken Initldo fell 011 tho floor, and they were then distrib uted among tho company. tTnpnrnllelc-d 2cncrilly. Town Councilor Havo you heard, Mr. Skinflint, that our generous towns man, Mr. Muller. Is defraying the cost of n new nromen.-idn all round tho town? We think a wealthy man llko yourself might also do something for us. Sklnfllnt-Well, what do you my to my giving you n park of oak trecs7 Town Councilor Oh, you noble heart ed philanthropist! Whyi do you really mean to Sklnillnt-Yes, yes; I'll mnko tho town n present of nn onk forest. You have only to And the laud, nud I will supply you with as many ucorn.t us you inuy want for seed. Chronlk dcr Zcit NEW TRIMMINGS. tUecementu of Ilrnld I.liuna Clotk. ('rualiril Velvet. Embroidered plecements of braid nro Inlet Into heavy wool guwns nfter tho fashion of lace. Thu woolen fabric Is cut away and tho edges bordered with cut scrolls of velvet buttonholed nt tho edges. Damn sack coats in n pnlo putty nhado nre finished off with humls of plain stitched cloth and broad collura DI-ACK AND WIIITK C'OMIIINATIO.V. The material Is n rival to (ho r.lh'.-llni cloths, having a waved surface much resembling broadtail. Crushed velvets and even plunbos will bo favorite materials this wliiU-r both for day and evening we.'ir. Velvet thlB season has a very Impor tant place In fushlon, uud pin spotted velvets me very dressy. One of tho latest things Is u dark green corduroy. This Is very smart mudo up with deep russet Irtcot Tho Illustration shows n street dress. Tho material Is bluck broadcloth trim med with punne velvet having nn em broidered dot of white. Tho waist Is mndo with u soft front of chiffon aud lace, JUDIG OIIOLLBT. Iiiconulxtrney. Waggsby I nolo that lloldum, proni dent of tlio Old Bettlerx' uHboclntlon, has lx)cn suuu. Nnggsby What for? Waggsby For refusing to ucttla-" Los Angeled Herald. Sincerity Is tho hauls of nl). true friendship. Without sincerity. It lo Ilka ft-ehhwjthc'blaat ,.' v I li fin 1 1 l I I II 1 1 II. m . 1 1 Wt Cornered lint I'lotnre' Mil I littery, r Tho Ihroo cornered lint In again In voguo. It cornea well down on tho hnlr ut tlio buck of tliu lionil uml In olovnted by n Istiulenu in front, taking i pecul iarly bcnutlftit lino when tliu but In oquully wll understood by Iwth tlio dotdgnor n ml tlio wearer. Homo very mart examples of this nro In green nml In black braver. KitHhlon decroos that tlio iallor iiiudo hat shall mutch tlio gown with which tmmmmrammmamtaaBtutn0B)'m IlhAUi: l'AM.Ni: HAT. It Is worn, but thero Is Mill n great lik ing for black, and with beM gowns particularly pletuio lints ran Ih very pretty nud smart wlwn all black. , Tho fashion of wearing headgear Is also undergoing u change, and the tend ency Is to wenr the lint much uiuru off the face, so that It shows a great den) of tho hair. The desired effect Is gnlned by means of u high headband; other wise tho lints nro Hat, ami the mcwLi chic aro Uioko with very llttlo trim ming. Theso hats with little lu the way of decoration must bo perfect In curve, with lold outlines. In fact tunny of them tiro ropluH of the liatu seen In Itomuey and Gntnriborough paintings. Thu cut shown n tniar hnl of blnck pAtino. with a lining or tucked chiffon. It Is trimmed with a ruche of satin ribbon uud a lout:, drooping oMrlcb plumo. JUD1O01I0LL1.T. DAINTY TOUCHES. Llttlo Tli I ti km 'Wlilrli Trannfarru a (J mi it. Thero Is n pretty notion In Paris Just now to take away tho straight appear unco of tl.x collar by llttlo clusters of velvet rlhhu.i on onch i.lile toward tho front It la enMcr to remodel nn old coitumo this nenson than ever before. For In stance, an old slievo may ho mndv quite iwmIIhIi by cutting It at the elbow I und putting In n puff of silk or Ince. The wide collars so universally Up coming are u little out of date, but practically tho sumo effect can bo gain ed by strappings of velvet; across the ahouldeni and a wldb efVeet In trim ming. High collars nro tlio regulation tiling, and ouly a few collarlwa Wod 1 1 -.- ymmou house aowN. ri i f