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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-01-02

This inn must be very DID," re-
marked the tourist.
Very DID," assented the landlord.
would you like to hear some of the
legends connected with the place."
81 would, indeed" said the tour
ist. Tell me the legend of this
curious old mince pie. / notice II
every time l come. Washington
Herald.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-01-02
Johnny's Sian.

The front door bell was out Of re-
pair. Mother instructed boyish John
to put up some sort of notice to the
effect. John is better at athletic games
than in regard to punctuation He
finally evolved this sign. which star
tied neighbor presently brought in to
the mother:
"Please Knock the Door-Bell Out OF
Order"
Heaven from all creatures hides the
book of fate.-Swift.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-01-02

TO know the disease is the COM
mencement of the cure.-Don Quixote-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
MERCHANT IS INDICTED
FOR CONCEALING ASSETS
Over $4,000 Of Merchandise
Thus Located

Macon, Ga, Jan. 20--W. E. BeachaD
of Pinehurst, who went into involun-
tary bankruptcy last year on petition
of the Macon Grocery company and the
Dunlap Hardware company, was in
dicted by the United States grand jury
under a charge of violating the bank
ruptcy laws by concealing assets from
a trustee. The amount of merchandise
which it is charged Beacham hid out
amounts to $6,31629, and is listed out
i'll the Indictment.
The defendant Beacham was given a
preliminary hearing last fall before a
United States commissioner and allowed
to go free under bond to await the az
ton of the grand jury. The same bond
given for the commissioner has been
retained for him to answer to trial
court. Hugh Chambers was elected
trustee for the bankrupt and it is from
him the assets are alleged to have been
kept.
Detectives last fall went to Pinehurst
where Beacham had been conducting
his business, and succeeded in locating
out in the woods the merchandise al
legged to have been kept away from thu
trustee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
-A<@--
a TRIBUTARY OF" TIE Al1AzON

time as the collections can be con-
veniently embarked at Manaos for
shipment to New York and Philadelp-
phia.
Brazil to Cooperate.
1t is proposed that while the ex-
ploring parties are engaged with the
natives in their distant haunts, the
party in charge of the steamer will
conduct photographic surveys of the
rivers and their tributaries. In this
way a great deal of geographical In
formation will be obtained which will
be useful from a scientific stand
point, as we'll as from practical con
siderations.
The government OF Brazil, always
interested in whatever pertains to
scientific investigation, has indicated
its readiness to cooperate with the
University of Pennsylvania in order
to secure the success of the expedi-
ton and to make its labors most effec-
tive. The important results which
may be expected from this underta-
king will bring as much credit to Bra
I'll as to the University of Pennsyl'
vania, and will secure for both scien-
tific and practical results of the very
greatest permanent value.
The valley of the Amazon is one
vast forest, where modern civilization
has never penetrated and where the
only industry connected with modern
life that has taken root is the extrac'
ton of rubber from the native forests
Neither agriculture nor mineral
wealth has attracted the white man
enterprise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
REPORT ON ALBANY fIRE
Is MADE BY MARSHALL
Looks Like the Work of
FiFGbugS

Albany, Jan. 2O-That the recent
fire in the fruit store, on Broad street,
was Of incendiary origin, and that the
scock and fixtures were heavily over
insured, is the statement made by Capt
w. R. Joyner, state fire marshal, who
came from Atlanta at the request i
Fire Chief D. W. Brosnan, to invest
gate the fire.
Capt. Joyner stated that in his re-
port to the state insurance commits
sioner he would set forth the fact, as
disclosed in his investigation, that
there were two fires in the store, with
large quantities of gasoline near the
starting point of each.
One fire was in a large refrigerator,
g II feet, in which a large quantity
Of gasoline was stored and which eX-
ploded while the firemen were fighting
the fire, endangering their lives and
making their escape difficult. The
other fire was on the stairway leading
to the cellar, where there was also a
quantity of gasoline stored. The stock
and fixtures, according to Capt. Joyner,
were not worth anything like the sum
of $4,000, for which they were insured
This is the first job of the kind the new
state fire marshal has been called upon
to perform.
What action, if any, will be taken by
the authorities following the report OF
Capt Joyner in this case, is not known
and the outcome will be awaited with
interest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
Big PLANT At VALDOSTA
TO UTILIZE PINE Waste
Half Million Dollar Invest.
meDt There

Valdosta, Ga, January 20.-A Toledo
concern has been awarded the con-
tract for the erection of the plant Of
the American Chemical Company in
this city, and the complete plant calls
for nexpenditure of 100000 The
contract was let today, and work upon
the plant will begin about the first of
February.
The concern will be located just
south of the Georgia Southern shops,
on lands which was acquired for that
purpose two or three years ago.
The American Chemical Company IS
composed of capitalists of Toledo,
Cleveland and Springfield, Ohio, and
, the plant which they are to erect is
, going to utilize pine stumpage and
waste from the forests and mills in
making about twenty-nine different
products, including paints, oils, etc.
The plant to be erected in Valdosta
will me the most modern of its kind
in the world, as it will include every
Improvement up to the present time
! 1t will also be one of the largest in
existence and will employ about 200
laborers. Seventy-five of them will be
skilled workmen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
WHAT Is CRUELTY
IN MARRIED LIFE!
Court Seeks to Define the Term In It's
Entirety.

Atlanta, Jan. 20-Here is a sure
test for all Georgia brides and wives
ii apply to their husbands to see
whether they are treating them
cruelty or not. The supreme court
of Georgia has just handed down a
defining what cruelty means with ref
erence to the marital relation. The
supreme court says:
Cruel treatment within the mean
ing ofcivil code section 2946, which
provides that such treatment shall be
a ground for divorce, is the wilful in
Fiction of pain, bodily or mental, upon
the complaining party such as reason
ably justifies an apprehension of dam
age to life, limb or health
So, it is made clear, husband does
not have to whip his wife or stick pins
in her in order to be cruel within the
meaning of the law. If he sneers at
her biscuits or neglects her for the
charms of other women, or stays
down town at night while she sits az
home and weeps, it is cruelty just the
same as if he knocked her in the
head with a poker.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
HAS NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE
Seal once Harpooned by Eskimo
Hunter Cannot Fail to Become
His Prey.

When once he has gone to the
trouble of splicing fine spear han
die the Eskimo does not wish to
break it, 30 the point is put on with
toggle or joint. When a seal or
walrus is harpooned the sudden strug-
gle 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 can
not escape, for with thongs of skin
the point is connected with the spear
shaft. The animal merely swims
away or dives deep into the sea, car
rying with him the spear. The long
leather thong which is attached to 1t
uncoils from the deck of the kyack
and plays out 1t carries with 1t a
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 framework.
When the line is all played out 1t is
seen to be attached to a 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 a buoy so that
the Eskimo can follow the animal
and find it after 1t gives up its strug
gle and dies. Then. too, the float keeps
the catch from sinking and being lost
in the oceans depths.-Southerr
Workman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
TEETH OF CHILD DRIVEN
IN HEAD OF ANOTHER
Strange Accident Which May Re.
suit Seriously.

Moultrie, Ga, January 2O.-Hilda De-
Vaughn, 7-year-old daughter of a me =
chant of Weldon, is in critical condi-
ton as a result of the most unusual
accident known here.
She, with several other children,
was playing and running about the
school yard, when she and another
girl, slightly taller than Hilda, col
lided.
The girl was laughing, and as their
heads bumped together, four of her
teeth were imbedded in the forehead
Of Hilda, and broken off.
The little Devaughn girl remained
unconscious several hours from the
impact Medical aid was summoned
and two of the teeth were removed,
but it is impossible to get the others
out.
1t is not known how serious the ac-
cident will prove, as the teeth are
deeply imbedded.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21

"a PREPARATIONS are being made
by the University of Pennsyl-
vania to send an expedition to
the Amazon valley for the pur-
pose of collecting information
relative to the aboriginal inhabitants
and to explore the forests where these
primitive peoples still roam untouched
by civilization.
It is expected that the expedition
win be one of the best equipped that
has ever left the United States for
scientific purposes. A steam yacht
has been provided and furnished with
all the apparatus which can contrib
ute either to the comfort and safety OF
the members of the expedition or to
the prosecution of the scientific in
uuiTies for which the expedition was
organized. This steamer is 1872 feet
In length and, drawing only six and
one-half feet of water, is designed to
navigate even the smaller tributaries
of the great main basin of the Anna
zon for many thousand Of miles.
Explore Tributaries First.
A definite plan of campaign has
been mapped out for the expedition
and the itinerary of the steamer has
been determined up to a certain
point Leaving Philadelphia in Jan
uRry, the steamer will proceed to
Para and there make final prepare
tiens for an extended cruise on the
great river system. 1t Is proposed,
first, to explore the tributaries which
flow from the north and which have
their sources in the mountains on
the borders of Brazil and the Guianas.
In these almost unknown regions live
representatives of the great Carib
stock. of whom practically nothing is
known, as well as representatives OF
the equally important Arawak stock.
The next region to be explored is that
which is drained by the Rio Negro
with its affluents, the Rio Branco and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21

the Uaupes. Finally, an effort will be
made to reach the isolated tribes that
inhabit the vast unexplored forests
between the Rio Madeira, the Rio Tap
ajos and the Rio Purus. In each case
the steamer will proceed as far as
possible up the affuents and canoes
will be used to reach the less acces-
sIbIe headwaters Since the tribes, as
q rule, live some distance from the
rivers. it will be necessary for the
members Of the expedition to pene-
trate into the forests and to remain
in the native villages long enough tc
make the necessary observations and
to make collections to illustrate the
condition of the native arts. These
collections will then be carried by
whatever means Of conveyance the M
tives can provide, to the steamer.
which will thus become q stoTehouee
] of chronological material untn g0aA
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21

- PREPARATIONS are being made
by the University Of Pennsyl-
vania to send an expedition to
the Amazon valley for the pur-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
IS YOUR
MONEY
INVESTED
WELL?

Next to having money the most Inn
portant thing is how to take care of
lt-how best to invest it.
A Banking Institution OF this kind
cannot only care for your Financial
interests in a careful, conservative
way-giving you abundant banking
facilities In every department Of
6nLnce-but can also give you valus-
bic aid and advice about investments
and securities. Open an account with
the
gtjX OF SOUTHWESTERN GE0R.
6IA'S saving DEPARTMENT.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
What He Would Do

What would you do" asked the
lieutenant who was instructing the
class in aviation. III you were up a
thousand feet in the air and the steer
ing gear should go wrong or the en-
CINE should fail?"
I'D hit the earth in about twinty
seconds. I'm thinkin'," replied Ser
geant McManus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21

why do you want a new trial?"
"Oh the ground of newly discovered
evidence, Your Honor. My client dug
up $500 that | didn't know he had"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-21
Prepared for Peril,

Have you made your will, John?'
Yes, mother"
Have you oiled and loaded your re,
volver?"
Yes"
And put on your bulet-proot
jacket?"
Yes"
rs your prayer-book In the pocket
over your hearth"
Yes
Then go where duty calls you,
dear"
There we're no tears in that brave
mothers eyes as she watched her
son march away on his business trip
to New York city. The women OF
the suburbs learn Spartan sternness
IN these wild, murderous days-New.
ark News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
ECHOES LOUDER THAN SOUND
Probably Hard Thing to Imagine, But
Science Has Proved 1t q Fact
Beyond Doubt. -

To most persons it would seem i'm.
possible for an echo to; be louder than
the sound that produced the echo, but
under certain rather peculiar condi
tons this ia really true. 49,.
When revolver is fired from bal
loon the report is sharp, but not SO
loud as 1t would be If the gun were
fred on the surface of the earth.
If the balloon is up something like
1000 feet or higher, there will be a
few seconds silence after the revolver
shot and then a roar or deep rumble
will rise up from the earth.
If an explosive is lowered from the
basket of the balloon until it hangs a
few hundred feet below, and it is dis
charged with an electric spark from
battery in the hands of one Of the
aeronauts, there will come to the
ears of those above a report like re.
volver shot and then a few seconds
of silence, followed by peal Of the
loudest thunder ever heard.
There is no solid background about
Or above the balloonists to produce a
rebound Of the atmospheric sound.
wave and the air. is more dense below.
Thus, when the sound-waves pene
trate the denser lower strata Of air
and then the solid earth, the echo pro-
duced seems to the ears of the occu.
pants of the balloon far louder than
the original sOund.-Harper's Weekly
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
ACHIEVE SUCCESS BY STAGES
Elevation to keadership 10 On a Basis
Of Prestige, and Must Be -.
Z Maintained.

AS soon as certain number of liv.
Ing beings are gathered together,
whether they be animals or men, they
place. themselves >instinctively under
the authority OF chief.
As enthusiasm becomes infiamed, it
happens most, often that the then lead
or 10 he who started as one of the led.
He has himself been hypnotized by
the idea whose: apostle he has since
become. It has taken possession OF
him to such a degree that everything
outside it vanishes, and every con.
trary opinion appears to him an error
Or q superstition. In time by affrma.
ton, repetition and contagion great
power is given to his ideas, and he &C.
quires that mysterious force known as
prestige. Every successful man,
every idea that forces itself into recog.
milton, ceases .ipso facto to be called
In question. r. " ~
The proof that success is one of the
principal stepping stones to prestige
Is that the disappearance of one is al
most always followed by the disap.
pearance of the other. The hero whom
the crowd acclaimed yesterday is in
suited today should he be overtaken
by failure. The reaction indeed will
be the stronger, in proportion as the
prestige has been great.-LeBon. in
bis book upon "'The Crowd"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
HAVE MADE NAME TN HISTORY
History OF Cavalry Known @ 1Hus-
sars" Datss Back TO the Year
1853 n Hungary.

4 Hussars originally were scarcely re-
spectacle enough to include the
prince OF Wales among their numbers.
For the word "hussar" is akin to
"corsair," and the first hussars were
freebooters. AS part of regular
army, the hussar appeared in Hun
gary In: 1853. when King Matthias Cor
yinus raised corps Of light horse un-
der the name to fight the Turks.
Name and fame Of the Hungarian hus-
sars spread throughout Europe, and
Frederick the Great of Prussia was
not above dispatching an officer to
study their work The British hus-
sar dates from 1865, when the Sew
enth regiment was converted from
light dragons into hussars.
In Prussia the Red Hussars, under
their famous leader, Gen. Won Zie-
than, showed their valor in the seven
years war waged by Frederick the
Great against Maria Theresa, and the
Black Hussars, called the Dead
heads" because Of the skull and cross
bones on the ''tshakos," were veritable
daredeyils in the darkest days Of
Prussia during the Napoleonic days
Luetzow mildes, verwegene jagd).
In Austria the hussars of, Badetzki and
of Prince Eugene have been among
the worlds most heroic troops.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
A an Owner Should Be.

Whilst It ls each mans interest that
not only ease and convenience Of liv-
Ing, but also wealth or surplus prod
ucts should exist somewhere, it need
not be in his hands Often it is very
undesirable to him. Goethe baid well:
Nobody should be rich but. those who
understand it, Some men: are born
to own, and can animate all their
possessions. Others cannot; their
owning is not graceful seems to be
compromise Of their character;
they seem to steal their own divi'
dends.. They should own who can ad'
minister, not they who hoard and con.
ceal; not they who; the great pro-
prietors they are. are only the great
er beggars, but they whose, work
caryes out work for more, opens a
path for all. For he is the rich man
In whom the people are rich; ana he
is the poor man in whom the people
are poor.-Emerson. y 49, $500
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BEST
Pretty Good Path to Travel If Ono 10
Sure He Has Selected tho
Right Highway =.

In spite of all the talk, most of US
would still rather travel on a rail.
road than in an aeroplane or sub.
marine boat. You don't have to get
clear off OF the road to keep out OF
rut. You have known those who
would give up position and make an
entire change in business for "a lot
more money" They would come
around at noon, all rugged out like the
flags of all nations, and tell you about
the SNAP" Then they would disap.
pear, and the next you would hear OF
them they would be needing plugs for
the holes in their shoes or wearing a
straw hat in October.
1t is pretty safe guess that it will
pay you to 90 to the end of the road
that you are on if you keep in the cen.
ter of it. II it is straight enough and
wide enough for you to see those who
have reached the end of it; If you
care to go the way the best of them
went, for the best they got for the go
ing, keep going.-Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
COULDN'T ENTHUsE OVER nj
colored Man Had Distinct ldsa About
What Happened to Person Ia the
Electric Chair. 3.ss

Two negroes who were arrested
when caught In the act Of numbering
another, we're lodged In the same cell
In jail, They had discussed the posi-
bflities, Of their case when they would
be brought to trial on the murder
charge, and each was convinced that
nothing but verdict Of guilty could
be returned, as they had been caught
with the goods on them" 4.
They discussed also the possible
penalties they would be called on by
the etate to pay for their crime.
Prison terms from one year to life
sentences We're thought Of, when one
of the two happened to think that
both might be condemned to die.
Gee, Sam, ives liable to be execut-
ed To- dis job" he exclaimed.
Oats So" said the other.
"Sam, If we is gotta die. how does
you want to kick otf?" continued the
first. Il " 4''Sl.l ~. @
"Ah dunno" said Sam. "Ah Ger
tainly CANT see much in dat hang.
In stun. All alre doan wan 'em to
stretch nah neck, do your"
mo, SIR replied the other. "Ah
b'lieve Aid rather take chaince on
dat 'lectric chair. Deyf doan do much
to yo dere: jes put straps round yo'
feet and laigs and haid and q sponge
on top yo' head and den turn on de
current" -
NO." said Sam, "dey doan do much
to you; jes' ruin you, OATS list
Louis Republic 4
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
When the Boy Il 4 Problem.

When the Boy 70 q Problem.
The high school period-including
the years from fourteen to eighteen
lis the most critical period in the
life Of the boy. President G. Stanley
Hall Of Clark college calls 1t the age
OF temporary insanity: others style
1t the fool period, the anti-domestic.
era, the hateful period, the era of the
birth of the will. At this time, says
q teacher, an active fermentation oc.
ours that may produce either wine OF
vinegar. It is q time of restlessness
Of egotism, of unbelief; in short, OF
This broad-shouldered
husky lad, with the strength and pas
sions of q man and the Judgment Of
boy, scorns all advice from his
elders, although never In his life did
he stand in such need of it. The
Germans have q way of expressing
the period from fourteen to eighteen.
They call it the Wander-Jahre. And
truly for many OF the three million Of
American boys at the age of adde's.
cence, these: years are literally wan.
der years.-Suburban Life. ~ .f
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
Oyster Shell Building.

A flve-story concrete building, the
concrete being made of oyster shell
from the reefs Of Galveston bay, has
been erected at Galveston, Tex. The
owners of the building and it's con.
structors, Mic Bohn and G.. Tietze,
claim this material is better and
cheaper than concrete made with
gravel. Shell concrete built into a
wall three feet high and 1886 feet long
in 1882 withstood the severe test of
fire and water and is today as sound
as when built 1t is estimated that
the shells of 5.896,0OO oysters are i'm.
bedded in the walls Of this building.
This is said to be the only building
Of it's kind in the world. s,ss~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
END POLITICAL GUsH
English suffragIsts Protest Against
the EffusIons Put Out About
the Sex by Men. ~ --

1T Is people who write poetry about
as who prevent us women getting the
vote" The sentence arrested me in
reading Violet Hunts story of the
"Celebrity's Daughter" at weekend,
with the smashing of windows, the
cutting up Of golf green's, the spoil
ing of letters and the threats of other
horrors in my ears and eyes, says a
writer in the London Chronicle. For
men persist in writing poetry about
women, to their amazement, and no
women are writing poetry about men.
Man is the poetic sex. He goes
about may tell you-with snippets
from the papers in his pocketbook.
and takes them now and again as q