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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Browning and Votes For Women,

Robert Browning was at one period
of his life an enthusiastic advocate of
votes for women. HE approved of
everything that had been done for the
higher instruction of women" writes
his biographer. Mrs. Sutherland Orr,
''and would. not very long before his
DEATH have supported their admission
to the franchise. But he was so much
displeased by the more recent action IF
some of the lady advocates Of women's
rights that during the last year of his
life. after various notifications of opin-
ion, he frankly pledged himself to the
opposite view" At one time. it ap-
pears. Browning contemplated writing
play in support Of the movement.
Had this design been carried into eff
feet Miss Elizabeth Robins would have
been anticipated by about twenty years.
Westminster Gazette.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Midnight, and in the smoking
room of the club sat a young man
huddled in a chair. A friend en-
tered.
Hello, Smith" he asked cheerful
ly, mot going home yet?"
NO." muttered the despairing one.
"I-I daren't"
"Why, what's the matter?"
Matter? It's the end of every
thing! 1t means ruin, grief and
spoiled life!"
The friend looked frightened.
Here, Smith, tell me what's up.
Perhaps l can help you"
b Smith clenched his fists till the
knuckles showed white.
mo one can help me-" he cried
in agony. II have come to the end
of all things! At s o'clock l tele-
phoned to my wife and gave her a
perfectly good excuse for not coming
straight home, and''-his voice sank
to whisper-"I've forgotten what l
saidl"-Philadelp Record.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
WARLIKE ALBANIANs.
Quick to Shoot and Have Blood Feuds
and Blood Fraternitiss.

Quick to Shoot and Have Blood Feuds
and Blood Fraternitiss.
Albania has been compared to the
highlands of Scotland in the sixteenth
century, when all the clans were in
constant feud one with another.
"Many a time" says Foster Frazer,
81 have thought of similarities between
Albania and Scotland. There are parts
Of the country reminiscent of the high
lands. The passionate love of country
is characteristic of both peoples. The
alertness of the highlander to resent
insult is eQualed only by the quickness
of the Albanian to shoot any one who
may disagree with him. The quilted
petticoat of the Albanian is certainly
similar to the highlander's kilt. and if
you hear the wall of Albanian music
in the hills you can without much
stretch of imagination fancy you are
listening to the skirl of the bagpipes."
The blood feud is the best known of
Albanian institutions. but there are
fraternities as well in which blood
also figures. Two young Albanians
Will take a vow to stand by each other
through life, and the relation estab-
lished is so sacred that the children of
the two may not marry. Among the
Mirdites, young men who take this
vow drink wine with which a few
drops of the blood of both have been
mingled.
Two such vowed friends, the story
goes. once discovered that they were
both in love with the same woman, a
Turk. Their solution of the difficulty
was peaceful-from their own point Of
view-fOr they drove their daggers to-
gether into her 'heart.-Chicago News.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
The Mediterranean of the North.

Hudson bay. described by some as
1.-THE Mediterranean of the north," is
the third largest "sea" in the world
The area of the Mediterranean is 977,-
600 square miles; of the Baltic. $780,
600: of Hudson bay. 355.O00 It's
length is 800 miles and breadth 500.
and, compared with the great lakes. it
is verita BILE ocean. for Lake Superior's
area is only $1,000 square miles. Lake
Huron's but $4,000, Lake Michigan's
a scant 22.500. Lake Erie's merely
9,960 and Lake Ontario's barely 7,240.
The outlet of Hudson bay to the At
lantic is Hudson strait, nearly 500
miles long. with an average breadth
of 100 miles, its narrOwest width be-
ing sixty miles.-American Review of
Reviews.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
ASKED BUT ONE FAVOR.
And Nine. Carnot Shunned Politics
While M. Carnot Was In Office.

And Nine. Carnot Shunnea Politics
While M. Carnot Was In Office.
Under the title The Women of the
Elysee" the Independence Beige in
recent issue relates number of stories
pertaining to the wives of various presi-
dents of the French republic and gives
to Nine. Sadi-Carnot the place of hon
or. She was twenty years old when
she married the young engineer, who
was then receiving salary of $500 a
year. She had been student and had
assisted Der father, Dupon-Withe, in
his economic researches.
Although she exercised great in
fuence over her husband" the writer
says. "she never asked political favor
and never was known to meddle with
affairs of state. Once in the course Of
her seven years residence at the Ely
see she asked favor at the hands of
cabinet minister. Delcasse was Sec
retary of colonial affairs. and after a
dinner at the palace Nine. Carnot told
him she had favor to ask. He was
surprised when he heard that she
wanted some postage stamps for a
poor boy collector in whom she had
become interested.
when after Carnot's tragic death a
fund was created for charity to bear
his name Nine. Carnot gave a large
sum and then sold the jewels which
she had worn on state occasions and
gave the proceeds also The govern
ments steps toward voting her pen
sion were halted by Nine. Carnot, who
said she would accept none."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
TOWNSEND CONVICTED
Jury Found Him Guilty of Forgery
in Circuit Court Thursday
of Last Week.

Cecil A. Townsend, erstwhile real
estate \promoter, was convicted of
forgery in the circuit court in Jack
sonville Thursday, Townsend, as
Tidings readers will remember, was
arrested on a charge of having
signed his wife's name to a note for
1925. The case went to the jury
Thursday afternoon, the verdict be-
ing returned the same evening.
His attorneys announce that they
will appeal the case.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
ESKIMO SEAL HUNTING.
Spears That Won't Break and Floats
That Bag the Game.

That Bag the Game.
When once he has gone to the trouble
of splicing a fine spear handle the Es-
kimo does not wish to break it, so the
point is put on with a toggle or joint.
When seal or walrus is harpooned the
sudden struggle of the animal does not
break the spear, but merely unjoints
the point. and the more the animal
struggles the more the point turns
crosswise in the wound and the firmer
the barbs take hold.
But the animal cannot escape, for
with thongs of skin the point is con-
nected with the spear shaft. The ami
NAL merely swims away or dives deep
into the sea, carrying with him the
spear The long leather thong which
is attached to ii uncoils from the deck
of the caique and pays out. 1t car
ries with it drag like a kite, which
retards the animal and exhausts him.
but does not pull hard enough to break
the line. Even this drag is made of
skin stretched over a spliced frame
work. When the line is all paid out
it is seen to be attached to float
which is also carried on the deck of
the boat. This is made of an inflated
skin. 1t has plugs and attachments
cleverly carved from ivory. for wood
is far too precious to be used in this
land of ivory so far from the forests.
The float serves as buoy so that the
Eskimo can follow the animal and find
it after it gives up its struggle and
dies. Then. too. the float keeps the
catch from sinking and being lost in
the oceans depths.-Southern Work
man.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
JAPAN'S WEDDING SHRINE.
Where Western Marriage Rites Are
Followed to Some Extent.


The Hibiya daijingu, or great god
shrine. near Hibiva park. Tokyo. is
the most famous place in the empire
for the celebration of marriages. A
dozen/or so years ago such custom,
that of performing wedding services
at shrines, was unheard of, and it was
DR.. Baron Takagi who established the
practice, following that Of the western
marriage rites in most respects. Since
this innovation the daijingu wedding
has become most popular, and it is
seldom nowadays, says the Far East,
that any bride or groom from a family
Of good standing is married in the old
fashioned manner with the ceremony
of three times three cups of sake.
When the bride and groom and the
relatives have assembled at the shrine
the head priest advances to the altar
of the gods and says prayer to the
ancestors Of the country and then
makes the couple promise that they
will never separate. The priest then
serves the gods with sake. after which
it is given to the bride and groom,
who make vow before the gods that
they will be constant to each other,
and to make such promise before
the gods is one that does not admit Of
any lapse on the part of either party
concerned. Then the sake is given to
the relatives, and the signal is made to
repair to western hotel for n foreign
banquet or perhaps to a restaurant,
where purely japanese menu will be
served
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
WITHOUT AN ANSWER.
An Old Proposition Treated From a
Scientific Standpoint.

Scientific Standpoint.
"To settle an argument kindly an.
swer the following question: If an ir-
resistible force were to come In con-
tact with an immovable body, what
would be the result?"
The answer cannot be thought in the
present limitation of the human mind.
We cannot even commence to think of
any infinity whatever.
An irresistible force is an infinite
force and cannot be thought of in any
property it may have by any phase of
mind functioning in any brain.
An immovable body is infinitely still
or its rest is absolute. and mind in
brain cannot think of the absolute
For body to be at absolute rest it
must be the only one in existence. for
If there are two in space attractions
will cause both to move.
But if one body only existed then
finite mind cannot know whether it is
immovable. because we cannot know
whether force is outside. Only crea-
tive mind can know this. With only
one body in infinite space. then finite
mind could not discover whether it is
at rest or in motion, having no other
object with which to compare it. The
two words rest and motion would be-
come meaningless. And humans can
not at present think of infinite space
nor two points in space. Impossible
unless matter occupies these two
points. Then the word space could
not apply to these points since they
are Occupied.-N York American.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Boston's State House.

The statehouse. located ON Beacon
hill, Boston. occupying the site of
John 'Hancock's COW pasture. which
was purchased by the town and pre-
sented to the state. Cornerstone laid
in l795 by Paul Revere. the grafton
being delivered by Governor Samuel
Adams. Original building completed
in l79S and cost $133.O0O. New extern
sion. completed in 1895, is four times
the size of the old building and cost
$1,000. Exchange.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
The Thrift of GLASGOW.

Glasgow sets splendid example of
thrift and enterprise to the other cities
and towns of Great Britain. 1t does
not even scorn to collect and sell it's
waste paper and to traffic in scrap
iron. thus adding many hundreds a
year to its exchequer. It's cleansing de-
partment does business with half the
counties Of Scotland. 1t owns nearly
1000 railroad cars and does wide
range of business from bog reclaiming
to market gardening and butchers
work.-London Tit-Bits.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Her Rnrtraik

The painstaking artist, anxious to
please, remarked to prospective GUS
toner:
Il can paint you portrait of your
wife which will be speaking like
ness"
Him. Couldn't you do it in what
they call still life"-Lippincott's.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Picturesque Newnort.

Through the courtesy of Elmer
Patrick, former Ashland business
man and now one of the most sue
cessful merchants of Newport, the
Commercial Club has recently re-
ceived panoramic view of Oregon S
noted ocean resort. The picture is
of heroic proportions and vividly de-
picts both land and sea surround
ings in that locality.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Newton,s Fearful crims.

At the end of meal at Haydon's
house Keats proposed toast in these
terms: "Dishonor to the memory of
Newton"
The guests stared at him In question
ing surprise. and Wordsworth asked
for an explanation.
ut is" answered Keats. because he
destroyed the poetry Of the rainbow by
reducing 1t to a prism" And the art
lists all drank. with one consent, con-
fusion to the savant.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Happv Thouoht.

Anxious MOther-There's look about
that young mans eyes that | don't
like. He looks at me out Of their cor
ners as II trying to conceal something.
Observation-Disclosures he Is trying to con-
ceal his admiration for you, ma. Moth.
er (much relieved,-Oh. | didn't think
Of that!-London Express.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
News to Him.

Here is a story of woman who
says that present marriage laws make
woman the slave of man." said the
square jawed matron as she looked up
from the newspaper.
why don't they enforce the law.
then?'' meekly asked Mr. Henpecke.-
Buffalo Express.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
A Fellow Eeel;no

Rector-l hope you didn't find my
lecture dry last night?
Old Cargo Well. zur. wouldn't go
so far as to say that zur, but when
you stops in the middle to ave swig.
though it was only water, sees TO me-
self. Ear. 'earr'-London Taller.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
A Reminder.

Mr.. Oldbeau Miss Ethel, may not
hope 10 er some day call you my
wife? Miss Ethel Have you spoken
to mamma on the subject? Mr.. Old
beau Why er yes. ! believe did
some twenty years ago. Boston Tran
script.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Sun Destroys odor of Flowers.

1t is asserted by French scientist
that flowers give off more perfume
when shaded than when the sun
shines on them, because the suns
heat lessons the water pressure in
the plant cells, this pressure driving
out the oils that cause the odors.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
All Stars.

Wiseguy-l want a dramatic slse. ch
with forty heroines in it Sketch Writ
er-Forty herotnes? Wiseguy-Y
sir We have forty young ladies' in our
dramatic club. and they all want to
play the lead. = New Orleans Times
Democrat
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Prickly Pear for Stock Feed.

The Texas owner of a large dairy
herd believes he is the only man in
the United States who cultivates
the prickly' pear, laising a 600-acre
field of it annually and feeding his
stock the pads after removing the
thorns.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
The Stronger influence.

(which do you think appeals mere
generally. art or literature"
Art. Almost anybody would rather
send a picture postcard than write a
letter. = Washington Star.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

The first tunnel under the Pyren-
ees, recently pierced for a Franco
Spanish railroad, has a total length
of about five miles
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Instructive TransIation

Mother. John. had very touching
letter from our boy Frank today.
Father How much did he touch you
for?- Baltimore American.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Discarding the queues in Canton.
China, has glutted the local market
for human hair.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Utah mines yielded nearly one
fifth more metals last year than
the year before.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Nothing Is difficult. 1t is only we
who are indolent. Benjamin r. Hay
don.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
EruaalitY.

"John. dear, it's too bad that we
have to pinch and save and economize
on everything we buy. Isis there
such thing asa money trust?'
"Yes. love; | think there is"
Pause.l
John. dear, why don't you join itr'
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

Jamaica yearly exports about
three billion three hundred million
bananas.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

--latest things in wall paper at
Oickerson's.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

FOR SALE-Wagon, mower, har-
ness, etc. Will trade for good
COW. L. w. Rogers, 9S3 Oak st.
90-2t*
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

FOR RENT-Full-bearing apple and
peach orchard. In city. See F. G.
McWilliams, 175 East Main st.
90-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

FOR SALE-Fine seed and table po-
tatoes (Burbank). rs cents per
100 pounds. John A. May, phone
S02-F-5. GOATS
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

FOR SALE-Cheap, or will trade
17-room hotel in Ashland. Ad-
dress c. F., care Tidings. 90-tf
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
PROMINENT YOUNG COUPLE
MARRIED AT BARLOW

Last week Miss Johnnie Ley and
DR.. Waller, we'll known young Ar
cadia couple. stole march on their
friends by slipping over TO Barlow.
where they were very quietly mar
ried.
The bride is q daughter of Rev. E.
F. Ley. a we'll known Methodist min
lister. and the groom is a son of a
Presbyterian minister. The young
couple had been engaged for. some
time, and there was no objection to
the match. out the young people de-
cided to slip quietly away and be mar
ried without any OF the usual dem
onstrations.
The bride is a niece OF Rev. j. B.
Ley of this city, and is well known in
many parts of the state She had
taught several years in the Duval
High School in Jacksonville and FOL
couple of years has been teaching
at Arcadia. Friends over the state
viii be interested in learning OF the
marriage of DR.. Waller and Miss Ley
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
CARD CLUB ENTER
TANNED

At the regular weekly meeting OF
the young ladies' auction club yester-
day AFTERNOON Miss Betty McIver
was the hostess The meetings or
this club are always exceedingly en-
joyable, and Miss McIver's party was
no exception. the young girls enjoy
ing their informal afternoon together
as only young girls can
After playing cards until dark Miss
McIver served a salad course. hot
tea. etc.
Playing with the card club mem
bers at Miss MeIver's yesterday were
Misses Edith Williams. Janet Wealth
ers. Victoria Raysor. Josephine Bull
lock, Mrs. Eta Hood Robinson and
Mrs. Jack Rentz. :
Mrs. Clara Johnson won the club
prize. a pair of silk stockings, and
the guest prize. pack Of cards. was
won by Miss Weathers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
OF LITTLE BLACK
BOOK" ARE MADE PUBLIC
lBy Associated p-ess. !

New York. Nov. 1.-The contents OF
Investigator John Hennessy's Little
Black Book" were made public today,
but reveals no exposure of Tammany
by Stephen ]. Stillwell. the convicted
state senator.
1t was said that Stillwell offered 10
reveal Tammany methods to Sulzer's
agent in return for his pardon.
This little book was placed in evil
dence in the investigation OF Tam
many. The name of Charles F. Muir
ply, with several others. was men,
toned. but Stillwell refused to accuse
anybody fatty.
The book shows an interview in
Sing Sing prison. with a stenographer
as eavesdropper, which continued for
several hours. Ii also shows that
Stiliwell had demanded his pardon be
fore exposing anything.
The dialogue contained in the lit
tie Black Book" shows that Hennessy
was seeking TO obtain a statement
from Stillwell which might help Gov
ernor Sulzer in his fight against his
Impeachment
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
rNNls CLUB SPENDS MOST Dc.
llSHTEuL EVENING

saturday night Miss Anna Mellow
gave the member of the TT. king
'hnis club an auction party. which
Il the first OF a number of enjcya.
4 evenings which these young folks
The members OF this
liz are Misses Anna Mcdowell,
hsehud Robinson, Adele Bittinger,
kMe Gottlieb. Annie Laurie Perry,
Is 6eorge Bitch and Mrs. Fred
kly. Enjoying the evening with
Use seven young ladies were Miss
|arv Mcdowell and Messrs, ]. H,
|orkman. Holmes Walters. T. n. Ian,
|s,er clifford Peabody, Bert Dosh,
Iired Beck. G. ], Bitch and ?. J,
kny.
the greater part OF the evening was
|ent DlSying cards, and after the
lines 3 supper OF chicken salad,
|ndwsehes, olives. etc, and coffee
IA cake was enjoyed by the players,
The rooms in which the young peo-
II we're entertained were simply and
|euisy adorned with vases Q. yellow
bwers. No prizes were given, Snd
Is AFFAIR was most informal and de-
khtfal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
GILMAN WILLIAMS

Gilman Williams was horn ~ Tan
!. Fla, February II. 1855, and died
4 hemorrhagic fever October -.
klS. at Crystal River, he married
'inerva Lyman. January Il, 1909.
.h0. with I'VE children. TWO sisters
hd one D@osaer are left &C mourn
Is death.
Rev. FatAe~ Angus ne Of 81. Leo
|eld services az TIE cemetery. whore
large crowd had gathered 70 pay
heir last respects The floral gifts
! love and sympathy we're numerous
Mr.. Williams had been sick for
bme time, but his death was very
hidden. and came as great sAocS
his many frie11S Crystal River
fews.
Mr.. Wl'iams WAS 4 sen ot the late
rs. Mary wnEev,s Alssa Of Crystal
liver, who was well known in oeala
kd who made her home here fOr a
hort time, he was also known IL
halls, anu aI>,ec'ls VIE De sorry -
harm Of his eeS,A,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
YOUNG MEMS DEMOCRATIC CLUB

II is given out that the young mems
democratic club has endorsed the
following candidates for municipal Of
fees.
Mayor-John d. Robertson
Alderman Ist ward-W- A. knight.
Alderman 2nd Ward-E- E Robin
son.
Alderman srd Ward. c. Smith,
H. A. Fausett.
Alderman 18th Ward. " Tolar.
The club viii make an endorsement
for alderman at large al its next
meeting
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07

Mr.. and Mrs ]. ]. Williams and lit
tie daughter of Crystal River were
Thursday visitors Mr.. Williams says
that the little son who was so badly
bitten By bulldog some two weeks
ago. is very much better. but his arm
has not vet healed. He is still in a
hospital in Jacksonville. Mr.. VIII
lams is chairman of the board Of
county commissioners of Citrus coun-
". and is one of her most prominent
business men,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07
INCOME TAX LAW CAUSES MUCH
IRRITATION IN WALL STREET

New York. Nov. The inaugGrs-
ton OF the income tax law has caused
much confusion in the financial dis
trics. This morning Wall street was
greatly irTitzgec over the whole mat
Yer. The in feeling results largely
from the attitude OF the treasury de-
pSrtmsnS. which. according 10 Wall
street. has reversed itself several
times IN IS regulations.