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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
TORNADO DISASTROUS.
Canadian City Scene of Devastating
Storm.

Regina, Sask-Every downtown
building which afforded sufficient
room has been turned into a mOrgue,
hospital or refuge for survivors,
while volunteers work to clear away
the wreckage caused by the cyclone
which exacted toll of at least a
hundred lives and from s., ,0O0,00 to
$40, 100000 worth of property Sun
day night.
Warehouses left standing by the
storm, freight sheds and st. Paul's
church were filled with refugees.
Rich and poor alike are being shell
tered in the school houses and other
buildings.
Many of the homes on the north
side were wrecked. A path about
two blocks wide through the whole
sale and retail business districts was
cleared of buildings. Mounted con-
stables who galloped into the city
early Monday from the barracks took
charge of the situation at the request
of the city authorities. Assisted by
the mounted police and 100 special
constables, they took up the work of
patrolling the streets and directing
the work of rescue. Bodies are still
being uncovered in the ruins and the
list of injured has grown until it now
includes 800 persons.
The storm played freakish tricks
on some of the houses, tearing out
one side of many buildings, leaving
the interior undisturbed Many OF
the houses were twisted so that they
will have to be torn down. In the
district of the best residences about
400 houses were demolished. Among
these the cries of girls and women
caught in the wreckage urged the
volunteer workers to increased eff.
forts in the work of rescue.
Central Park, the city's prettiest
park, was filled with wreckage
Every tree was leveled. Great pieces
of timber were carried nearly a mile
The Y. NJ. c. A. building, where ii
was reported many lives were lost
and the 100000 Metropolitan
Methodist church were but a mass OF
twisted steel and of broken stone and
bricks.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
Apes and Boards.

Almost all apes have boards, Oar
win says that gorlllas, chimpanzees
and orang outangs have also stiff and
bristly hairs upon their upper lips, re-
sembling cats whiskers The boards
Of apes possess a remarkable resem.
bance to those of men In being al
most invariably lighter in color than
the hair of the head In apes the chin
growth is most frequently yellow or
red, becoming white in age. 1t ~
common to both sexes. although more
strongly developed in the male. Apes
and monkeys also have eyebrows as
well. which do not grow thickly to-
gether as in human beings, but ar
scattered through the hair. covering
the part Of the face which would be
called the forehead in man.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
SHOW SPLENDID RECORD.
Pacific Has Few Accidents
On Its Lines.

In the last three years and ten
months no passenger has been killed
through collision or derailment on
the Southern Pacific, according to the
accident statistics of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, recently
made public. During this period the
road carried 150,4O0,O0O passengers
an average distance of AZ miles. In
the last three years and four months
but one passenger was killed through
derailment or collision on the Union
Pacific. There were 27,900,000 pas
sengers carried during that time.
Rail breakage has been reduced to
minimum by the introduction of
the standard rail. Steel cars are re-
placing wooden cars over the entire
Hartman system, and automatic
block signals will soon be in opera
tion over every part of the lines The
inspection of the rails as they are
manufactured, originally inaugurated
by the Hartman lines, has had much
to do with the making of this safety
record, and several other roads in
this country have recently started
similar inspection methods. There is
one way to reduce the fatality record
on American railroads, and that is tn
pass laws that will prevent trespass-
ing on the rights of way. Fifty-three
pc cent of the people killed on our
railroads annually lose their lives be-
cause of trespassing. large major
ity of those killed are hoboes and
others, stealing rides.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
The weddino Cake

The custom of having IL special cake
at weddings was introduced into Eng.
land by the Romans. This cake. or.
rather. biscuit. signifed fruitfulness,
hospitality and prosperity. The rice
that was showered upon bride had a
similar meaning. For many centuries
after the Romans left the custom was
to break the biscuit over the brides
head. and then the fragments were
picked up and piled before her'for dis
tribution to her friends. At the resto-
ration Charles ii. returned with a
small army of French cooks, who
speedily converted the ancient biscuit
into delicious piece of confectionery.
iced it with sugar and gradually adorn-
ed it with emblematical devices till it
lowered into the amazing structure
which the luxury of later times has de-
veloped.-London Chronicle.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
OUR UNCLE SAM.
His Nickname. It Is Claimed, orisi-
mated In Troy, NJ. Y.

His Nickname, II Is Claimed, oriai-
mated In Troy, N. Y.
Troy, n. Y. is said to be the place
where the name Uncle Sam" origi-
mated, says the New York Sun. After
the last declaration Of war with Eng
land by the colonies a New York con-
tractor, Ebert Anderson, visited Troy
and made it his headquarters for the
purchase of provisions for the Cont
DentaI army. The supplies were duly
Inspected before shipment. One of the
inspectors was Samuel Wilson. brother
of Ebenezer, also an inspector and
known as Uncle Sam to the workmen
whom he superintended.
The casks in which the beef and pork
were packed were marked with the in
itials of Ebert Anderson, the con-
tractor, and the United States, thus:
"E. A.-U. s." The first pair of in
itials were of course familiar to the
men, but the "U. s." stumped them.
The fact was that the name United
States was then so new to these coun-
trymen that its initials were com
plete puzzle. They turned to the near
est explanation, a humorous one and
intended as a joke on their boss. If
"E. A" stood for Ebert Anderson,
then, they opined, ~. s." must stand
for Uncle Sam" Wilson. The joke
spread to the continental army. which
carried it to every part of the country.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
Cuttinn a Hailstnrm.

During severe hailstorm in TIE Him
alayas our native gardener brought cut
a hatchet and placed it edge upward
in the garden to cut the storm" as he
said. Catlin in his North American
Indians" describes a ceremony Of the
Mandan Indians in which hatchets and
edged tools are sacrificed to the "spirits
Of the waters" to avert recurrence of
the great deuGe. Of which the tribe
has the tradltion.-London Notes and
Queries.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
Belmont School for BOYS
BELMONT, CAL.

(25 miles south of San Francisco.D
Is trying, and we believe success
fully trying, to do for the moral, the
intellectual and the physical welfare
of its boys what thoughtful parents
most wish to have done. Contribu-
tive to this end are the location of
the school, removed from the tempta-
tions and distractions of town or city,
the fineness of its climate, the excel
lence of its buildings and other equip
ment, and the beauty and extent Of
its grounds, with. the wide range of
foothills surrounding them. We are
glad to have our patrons and gradu-
ates consulted. For catalogue and
other specific information address
the Head Master.
w. 7. REID (Harvard),
Head Master.
G. n. BRINK (Pomona),
Assistant Head Master.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

Assistant - As we've given up our
music department, may as well throw
away this sign reading. '"rake Thi
Home and Try 1t on Your Piano"
Manager-Throw It away? Certainly
mott Stick It up on the furniture polish
COUNTER Boston Transcript
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
Good Paint and Poor Paint.

If dealer tells you he sells the
best paint in town, ask him for
written guarantee. If he says
thing and refuses to give it to you
in writing, it looks bad We cheer
fully furnish you written guaran-
tee with GOLD SEAL PAINT because
we know that it is the best wearing
paint in the market Swenson & Nc
Rae.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
a Partnership

my father and | know everything
in the world" said small boy to his
companion
"All right" said the latter. "Where's
Asia?"
1t was stiff question. but the little
fellow answered coolly. THAT is one
Of the questions my father Knows
Ladies' Home Journal
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

John Heath, Michigan Bar, Calf,
had kidney and bladder trouble and
was confined to his bed, unable to
turn without help. Il commenced
using Foley Kidney Pills and can
truly say | was relieved at once" His
example is worth following if you
wish to attain good health. East
Side Pharmacy,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

M. d. Boardman, 573 West Main
street, Helena, Mont, after giving a
detail account of his case, says: 81
am almost 79 years old and have
spent hundreds of dollars for medi-
cines, but find that have received
more benefit from Foley Kidney Pills
than from all other medicines" East
Side Pharmacy.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
PARSONS PRIVATE SCHOOL

Boarding school for boys under
twelve and girls all ages. Careful
home environment. Primary, Gram
mar, College Preparatory. Special
to nealth. Terms, $40 to
$40 per month. Permanent board
ers taken to mountains in the long
summer vacation.
$50 ThirtyfOurth ST., Oakland, California
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

Place for sale? House for rent?
Want anything? A few lines in the
Tidings' want columns will do the
business.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

Get the habit" Senu your social
news to Miss Hawley. Phone 80.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS

One cent per word, first insertion;
Y cent per word for each insertion
thereafter; 80 words or less 81 per
month. No advertisement inserted
for less than 25 cents.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

Star Laundry and French Dry
Cleaning Company. Phone Ga.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

A great man IL made up OF qualities
that meet Or make great OCCASIONS
Lowell
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
Beaver Realty Co,
REAL ESTATE.-LOANS-.INSURANCE
TALENT. OREGON.

108-acre farm, woodland, partly
good for orchard when cleared, in
good orchard location, stream of wa
ter, small buildings; ~ miles from
railroad. Wood enough to pay for
the place. Price, $35 per acre.
120 acres of land in southwest
Texas. under ditch, no buildings, to
trade for Ashland home.
Wanted to list-Good ranches,
large and small, to trade for Ashland
property.
Lots for sale in choice addition to
town, from SIS up.
Wood ranch for sale. Down hill
pull to market. Good terms.
Exchange made nall kinds of real
estate, Have places in different
parts of Oregon and in California to
trade for Ashland property.
City property for sale; also farms,
large and small, improved and unim-
proved. Easy terms.
For particulars inquire of
Beaver Realty Company
ASHLAND. OREGON.
211 E. MAIN ST.
Phones: Pacific 6S, Home 81.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
FOR sALE-Continued.

FOR SALE-First class milk COW
(fresh) and registered Guernsey
bull, Ruda's MaximO, two years
old. Very best of breeding. In
quire Bagley ranch, Talent, Ore.
9-4t
FOR SALE-Good bearing orchard,
up the canyon. Peaches, apples,
cherries and berries, some timber,
running water, fine trout stream
near. Ed A. Estes, Phone 487-J.
S-tf
FOR SALE-Single harness 81 and
up; with collar and names, $40.
Made in Ashland; our own make
Don't buy factory made harness.
Eastern Supply Co., 104 North
Main. 77-tf
FOR SALE-Kale plants, % cents
per 100, $500 per 1000. Makes
hens lay and cows give milk in
winter. Easy to raise, ii set from
now to August l. R. D. Sanford
extreme north end Laurel street,
Ashland. 7-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Acreage located on the
Boulevard, near railroad. Call on
or address Mrs. c. w. McKibben,
Route /, Ashland. 82-tf
FOR SALE-20 ACRES on Pacific
Highway; joins Talent on the
south. For sale at bargain. Ed
A. Estes, phone 487-J. 8tf
HOMESTEAD FOR SALE-If you
want a homestead with so acres
good, level, open land near rail-
road, call 129 Fourth ST., orr ad-
dress Ashland, Ore. 11-6t*
TIDINGS WANT ADS are little real
estate statesmen. A 5O-cent want
ad will put you in touch with
somebody who wants the property
you have for sale. Try it.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE for
wood-Strong buggy with long
bed and brake. Price $40. r. D.
Sanford, lower Helman St, Ash
land. S-tf
CLEARANCE SALE OF FORE
CLOSED CHATTELS-One heavy
spring wagon, 1 two seated buggy,
l light buggy, l set heavy hack
double harness, 1 set light double
harness, l set breast single har-
ness, set collar single harness
Call at Trefren's, 43S North Main,
telephone 226-R, and examine the
property Aft
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

Mexican rebels declare that if de-
feated at the coming battle at Bach
imba, they will divide into. small
bands and wage an incessant guerilla
warfare.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

FOR RENT-New house, four rooms,
all modern; four acres; fine place
to raise chickens. $500 per
month, or $500 and cut your fuel
from the place. 564 South Lib
erty st. 11-2t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

BICYCLES FOR RENT-New and
secondhand bicycles for sale
cheap. Bicycle repairing, prompt
service, good work, low prices. All
kinds of tires and supplies at cut
prices. Eastern Supply Co., 104
North Main. TIT
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

General Edward s. Bragg, com
mander of the famous iron brigade"
during the Civil War, is dead.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Furnished housekeep-
ing rooms; ground floor; hot and
cold water; bath. Call at mil
/ linery store, Second street, near
Hargadine. 56-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

LOSTEJune 6, five-year-Old brown
horse branded on right shoulder
XII; weight about LOO pounds.
Reward. Address c. F. Shepherd,
65S Boulevard, Ashland, Ore.
10-4t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
STRAYED-Bay horse. right ear

STRAYED-Bay horse, right ear
split, branded Xxx and lazy Y on
hip; has bell on and shod all
round. Anyone knowing where
abouts, please notify w. S. Cou-
tant, Grants Pass, Ore. 113t
- TRADE-For Ashland property
or vicinity, 5-acre suburban home,
10-room house, water and lights,
barn, hen house, ETC., in a good
Kansas town. Price 5000. Write
or inquire at 1872 Church st. 9-4t
PORTLAND RESIDENCE PROPER
TY to exchange for Ashland prop
erty. Estimates cheerfully fur
nished on building and general
carpenter work. Phone c. S. John
son. 61-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS

CHAIR DOCTOR-R. H. Stanley ex-
pert furniture repairer and up
holsterer, carpets beat, relaid and
repaired-bed springs restretched,
chairs wired, rubber tires for baby
buggies. 248 Fifth. Both phones.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

WANTED-A good secondhand
wheel, lady's or. gentleman S.
Phone 365-J. 10-3t%
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

Telephone your social items to
Miss Hawley between a. m. and
p. m. each day. Call phone 80.
Star Laundry and French Dry
Cleaning Company. Phone GA.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-08

120 acres of land in southwest
Texas. under ditch, no buildings, to
trade for Ashland home.
Connecticut western news., 1912-07-04
In Lanan the Rich Pay More.

A common complaint made by tour ists in Japan is that they are obliged to pay for everything far higher prices than the natives are charged. or, in other words, that because they are for eigners they are being heeced, but a glance at the social conditions by which the people have been educated would reveal the curious fact that throughout Japan's long period of isolation 1t was an accepted principle that the rich must live for the sake of the poor, and prices have always been based upon the purchasers rank in society or upon his presumed ability to pay. This un- derstanding remains largely in force today, being fully recognized and acted upon by all favored classes throughout the empire.
 The occidental, coming from lands where the reverse practically holds good-the poor living for the sake of the rich-naturally complains of being robbed, as from his point of view he really is, but 1t is not because he is a foreigner, but because, being tourist. he is presumably wealthy.-Arthur May Knapp In the Atlantic.
Connecticut western news., 1912-07-04
Old parmkitiona.

It is only when we begin to investi gate the origin of certain old customs and supers1dons that we gain any real idea of how deeply rooted In mems minds during the dark and mid dle ages was the fear of the supernatu' ral and particularly of evil spirits. To this day in a certain country the cot tagers after the Saturday morning scrubbing take a piece of chalk. and draw a rough geometr1cal pattern round the edge of the threshold stone. This they do. not knowing that their ances. tors thought it a sure way of keeping the devil from entering the house. An. other custom. often noticeable in coun- try parishes. Is the reluctance to bury the dead on the north side of the churchyard. This is because evil, spir. it's were always supposed to lurk on that side of the church precincts London Spectator.
Connecticut western news., 1912-07-04
Ancient InoouIakion.

The practice of inoculation against smallpox Is usually supposed to belong to the eighteenth century. The suppo- sition is true enough so far as Europe is concerned. but 1t was no more than rediscovery of facts well known ages ago. Inoculation was practiced by the ancient Brahmans, and their method is fully described in the Vedas. They rubbed the skin Of the patient until it was red, then scratched it with a sharp instrument and laid upon 1t a piece of cotton soaked in the vari- olous pus obtained from smallpox vesicles of the previous year. Such re- appearances of ancient knowledge are common enough. indeed far more com mon than is usnally admitted. Among the major scientific theories and dis coveries of today there Is scarcely one that can sustain a claim to originality in the face of our increasing knowl- edge of oriental literature.
Connecticut western news., 1912-07-04
Mininu Camp Fare.

Those who cannot eat without a cor. rectly folded napkin, spotless china and silver will do we'll to avoid the spreads described by E. Ecob in Out ing. The author says:
 Eating at temporary mining camp isn't altogether attractive. The array of blackened lard pails steaming about the hearth and the ribs of beef, picked nearly bare, on the table, may not at first sight seem allurtng. But you'll find that the fri1oles (strong red Mexi- can beans) and the cold sour doughs, naked with black from the pan. and the strong tea don't taste so bad, after all. Maybe you think you couldn't eat from battered tin plates with battered black forks that taint the food amid a litter of saddles, soiled mattresses, H. nes and tobacco juice. But, then. per haps you thought you couldn't eat the girup from which you had picked out flies and ants. All that's really neces- sary for perfect enjoyment is a good appetite"
Connecticut western news., 1912-07-04
A Curious Punishment.

The DutChfsettlers in the early days of what is now New York city admin tstered u curious punishment to disor. derly persons. In the records of the colony there appears the following item:
 "Oct. IA. 1888, for drawing his knife upon person. Guysbert van Rogers lard Is sentenced to throw himself three times from the sailyard of the yacht Hope and to receive from each sailor three lashes at the ringing of the bell"
 Those Dutchmen were believers in the efficacy of cold water and counter irritation to cool the angry passions. The bell was rung every morning and evening to call persons to and from their labors and at Q o'clock at night to announce the hour for going to bed. Guysbert, therefore, received not only three duckings, but also three lashings, and doubtless ever after that kept his knife in its sheath when his temper was bad. The bellringer was a not able man. He was the court messen- ger, the grave digger, the chorister, and Sometimes the schoolmaster. When the minister was absent he read a sermon to the congregation.-Har per's,
Connecticut western news., 1912-07-04
A Modaw1 Antiuue,

A story told of Pistrucci has its point for collectors. Pistrucci was an Italian and chief engraver at the mint. It is, by the way, to him that English Is indebted for the fine group of St. George and the dragon on the reverse of the sovereign. He insisted that mod ern work in cameo should be quite as fine as ancient work. A "potbOiler' head of Flora which he engraved and sold to a dealer for f5 was afterward sold as an antique to Richard Payne Knight for f5OO. Knight took tie cameo in triumph to Pistrucci.
 Where can you get modern work like that?" he asked.
 Pistrucci smiled and claimed the an tique for his own. Knight would not believe him.
 Examine the roses" said the artist, 'and you will see that they are mod ern flowers"
 The point was admitted by others. but never by Knight, who bequeathed the gem and the rest of his collection to the nation. But for the roses an eX- pert would undoubtedly pronounce Pistrucci's cameo a fine antique.
Connecticut western news., 1912-07-04
Panyruw Bookm.

Eariy writers made use of linen or cotton fabrics, of skins and even of scales of fishes for writing. For long period papyrus was used, the books be- ing made in rolls, being about one and ona-half feet wide and sometimes fifty feet long. Papyrus was a flag or bull rush, growing eight or ten feet high, found in the marshes of Egypt; from it's inner pith the form of paper called papyrus was made. Papyrus sheets were neatly joined, attached to a stick ana rolled upon it (whence we have our word volume" from the Latin volvere, to rolD. The titles were writ ten on tags attached to the sticks or inscribed on the outside of the rolls. The rolls were kept in round wooden boxes resembling the old fashioned bandboxes and could easily be carried AhOnt
Connecticut western news., 1912-07-04
When Suns Collide.

There is good reason to believe that the bodies in space-both luminous and dead-occasionally fall together, and his conception of such an event was given by Professor A. W. Bickerton in a Royal institution lecture in England. The collisions do not come at random. Gravity and other agencies are at work, and before two srns collide they come into each others influence for hundreds of years, being drawn to- ward each other with constantly in- creasing speed. As the velocity would be proportionate to size, the collision would take place in the same time about three-fourths of an hour-for all bodies. With the collision, the two stars become new one, the tremen- dous speed is suddenly converted into heat, and the explosive force expands the new star at the rate of millions of miles an hour. This, Professor Bicker- ton believes, explains the origin of Nova Persei, which suddenly flashed out in 1901 with 10000 times the bril- liancy of our sun. This star became the brightest in the heavens except Sirius and was the most brilliant new star that has appeared in 300 years.