Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-07-11
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen

n AoN y III a COul IOOll Cdll
a man a liar, scoundrel, villain or
thief, and no one makes complaint
when court adjourns. If newspa-
per prints such a reflection on a
mans character there is a libel suit
or a dead editor. The people believe
what an editor says.
A tin peddler cheats a farmer wife
out of IL cents on her rags and II
cents on a calfskin, while she works
off two dozen eggs on him at IA
cents, and stuffs a pound of hens
feathers into sack of geese feathers
she sells him at 40 cents a pound.
Wonder how much the tin peddler is
ahead.
Who weeps with you when you are
sad, and laughs at you when you are
mad-the editor. Who has to be
both kind and wise and never (hard-
ly ever lies, and when he does Gre
ates surprise-the editor Who owns
a heart as well as cheek, possessed
of spirit proud yet meek, and lives on
40 cents a week-the editor.
Put some men in petty office and
ehSy use up IlC IlOSl VI In6lT
working out their petty grudges
against some one whom they imagine
did not support them at the polls.
They may be the worst hoboes on
earth, but that cuts no ice. You
must say nothing but take your med
icine and shout their greatness or
you are victim of their spleen. Did
you ever notice this?
Hanging Pictures.
Did you ever realize that hanging
pictures in your home was quite an
art? The manner in which they are
hung makes great difference in the
appearance of room. We made the
above remark to one of our decora-
tors the other day and this is what
he said in reply:
That fact is thrust upon me near
ly every day | go into some parlors
where the pictures are hung so high
that all perspective is lost. and the
ceiling seems to be hopelessly high.
Other folks hang theirs so low that
1t hurts your spine to look at them,
in addition to straining your eyes,
spelling the beauty of the room anu
taking from the value of the picture.
'All pictures should not be hung
on the same level, as they so often
are, yet all should be as nearly on
the leved with the eyes as possible.
If square and oblong pictures are al
ternated irregularly with round and
oval ones the best possible effect is
gained
Booze Advertising.
An Illinois editor recently was
called to task because he inserted an
advertisement for booze" palace
in his town. In his next issue of his
paper he replied to his critics in the
following style:
He says he confesses to the act,
but assigns two reasons therefor:
First, because he needed the money,
and he got I5 cents a line for it,
Second, he desired to ascertain
whether his esteemed brothers and
sisters read his paper. Both his Curl
osity and cupidity have been salts
fled. He had talked of the evils of
intemperance, devoted much space to
the religious and temperance organ
izations, given the preachers compli-
mentary notices, but no intimation
had ever been given that his efforts
were appreciated or even read Now
he knows that they are and concludes
that while all classes of business
men are permitted without criticism
to do business with a saloonkeeper,
the country editor isn't. He must be
holy" undefiled, separate from sin
ners and keep himself from the
world.
Can You Answer?
Here is a list of questions for the
wide-awake boys. Can you answer
all of them? You can any day see
white horse. Why do you never
see white colt? How many differ
ent kinds of trees grow in your
neighborhood, and what are they
good for? Why does a horse eat
grass backward and COW forward
Why does hop vine always wind one
way, and a bean vine another?
Where should the inside of a chin
ney be the bigger; at the top or bot
tom, and why? Can you tell why a
horse, when tethered with a rope. al
ways unravels it, while a COW always
twists it into kinky knots? Why do
leaves turn upside down just before
a rain? What is the length of a
horses heads it as long as flour
barrel? What animals have no up
per teeth in front, and why? Why
does the young man who rides BIZ
cycle double himself up like a home
made doughnut the minute he begins
to work the pedals? Yes. and why
does fellow when he goes to throw
a ball first have to screw it into the
palm of his right hand with his left
then hop on his right foot, while
he bumps his chin with his knee be-
fore he throws it? And why does a
man when he gets a raw-boned plug
and a ten-dollar cart have to rein
the poor crowbait up like a turtle
treading water, till it can't see the
ground before it, and goes stumbling
along as if trying to read the answer
in the stars? Why does a girl whom
nature has given a clear and healthy
complexion have to paint it till she
can't wink for fear of breaking the
enamel? Why does she bang hel
hair like spitz poodle and make her
head look like window mop? There
are great many other queer things
we would like to know, but will wait
until another time.