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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
DIED FOR HIS IDOL.
Heroism That Led to Napoleon's Title
of "The Little Corporal"

Heroism That Led to Napoleon's Title
of "The Little Corporal"
1t is related that Napoleon was once
badly defeated at Coblentz by the Cos
sacks. After the battle he was sur
rounded by enemies and would have
lost his life had be not been saved BY
the presence of mind of one of his SOL
diers, Corporal Spohn.
Realizing that Napoleon's only chance
for life was in getting off the battle
field unrecognized. the corporal begged
the emperor to change hats and horses
with him. The change was made ere
the smoke Of battle had cleared away,
and Napoleon. with his corporal's hat
and mounted on a poor steed. rode
away unnoticed, the Cossacks crowd
ing around the corporal. Taking him
prisoner. they led him in triumph to
the Russian general. There the mis-
take was soon discovered. and the cor
poral's brave act cost him his life.
According to the CoblentZ legend.
Napoleon. In remembrance OF Spohn's
self sacrifice. always after this pre-
ferred a corporal's uniform to any 9TH
er and wore II so often that his men
came to speak Of him familiarly as lie
Petit Caporal." The Rhine"
Translated by G. G. L. BARLEY.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
Mastery of Music.

The mastery of music never Just
"came naturally" to any human being
The world has never known a more
industrious worker than the illustri-
GUS Franz Schubert. Yet. II to any
one in the world music came natural
ly." 1t seemed to come so to him
When the school principal asked his
harmony teacher how young Franz
Schubert was progressing. the teacher
said: "He is wonder. Whenever
explain anything new to him. he al
ways seems already to know It He
must have received his knowledge
straight from heaven" Yet. in spite
of such superb gifts. there was never
a harder worker than he. And don't
you think that we with our lesser
gifts. should follow his example? II
he with all his heaven sent genius
could not succeed without strenuous
daily labor. how can we hope to ac-
complish anything worth while with
out ceaseless. patient and cOnscien.
tious toil?-Woman's World
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
Concernina Two Sounds.

When Joseph Henry Lumpkin was
chief justice Of Georgia case was
brought up from Columbus in which a
wealthy citizen asked for an injunc-
ton to prevent the construction of a
planning mill across the street very near
his palatial residence. His grounds for
complaint consisted chiefly in the propo-
sition that the noise of the mill would
wake him too early in the morning.
Let the mill be built" said the chief
justice in rendering his decision. Let
its wheels be put in motion. The prog
ress of machinery must not be stopped
to suit the whims or the fears of any
man. Compliments fears are imagi-
nary. The sound of the machinery will
not be a nuisance. On the contrary. II
will prove lullaby. Indeed, know
Of but two sounds In all nature that a
man cannot become reconciled to, and
they are the braying of an ass and the
tongue of a scolding woman."-Atlanta
Constitution.
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Luck.

Luck.
A king once said to a minister, "Do
you believe in luck?'
IL do" said the minister.
"Can you prove it?" asked the king.
"Yes, | can"
So one night he tied up to the cell
ing of room bag containing peas
mixed with diamonds and let in two
men. one of whom believed in luck
and the other in human effort alone.
The one who believed in luck quietly
laid himself down ON the ground on
his blanket: the other after a time
found the bag and. feeling in the dark
the peas and stones. ate the peas and
threw the diamonds to his companion,
saying, There are the stones for your
idleness."
The man below received them in his
blanket.
In the morning the king and the
minister came and told each man to
keep what he had found. The man who
believed in trying got the peas which
he had eaten; the other got the dia-
monds.
The minister then said. "Sire. there
may. you see. be luck, but 1t is as rare
as peas mixed with diamonds. so let
none hope to live by luck. Eastern
Fable.
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How Attraction Acts.

Attraction acts very curiously. Thus
If there were man in the moon and
II he were like the men ON the earth
be would be able to leap over a three
storied house with as much ease as
an ordinary jumper springs over a
three foot fence. in consequence Of the
forces of attraction being much less
at the moons surface than at the
earth's. An elephant there would be
as light footed as the deer here. A
boy throwing stones might easily land
them in an adjoining county. On the
other hand. the reverse of all this
would happen in Jupiter and Saturn.
They being so much greater than the
earth. their attraction would so i'm.
pede locOmotion that a man would
scarcely be able to crawl, and large
animals would be crushed by their
own weight.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09

"You are not very happy In this
house," friends remarked to the renter
No. ] can't say we are"
your ceilings are falling"
"They are. and that isn't all. Our
roof leaks. our cellar fills with water
every time it rains. our radiators
thump, our furnace is too small for the
house. its appetite is too large for our
income. our cutters have rusted away,
the porch says. the house hasn't had
new coat OF paint for seven years, the
wall paper hangs loose in every room.
and the chimney is shorter after every
wind Storm
why In the world don't you mover
Because we can't find another house
with hall Chat our long oriental run
ner will fit"-Newark News.
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INDIAN HOSPITALITY
A Brand of Their Own. Not "Stingy
Like the White Man."

A Brand of Their Own, Not "Stingy
Like the White Man."
The early experiences of the white
practitioner among reservation In
dians make chapter of encounters
with aboriginal prejudice not wholly
finished. Even .his own life was not
safe If the doctor ventured too near
the borderland of prejudice. and If a
death occurred at the beginning of his
practice he was likely to be avoided for
the rest Of his sojourb. Many an In
dian came for the first dose and was
never seen or heard of afterward-
whether death or distaste was the re-
know. Or an entire bottle Uf cough
sirup would be consumed at once, on
the theory that If teaspoonful was
good bottleful would be better.
The constant hospitality practiced by
Indians. and the custom of sharing the
last crumb. Is phase of the food
question difficult to be appreciated by
whites. AS long as an Indian has any
subsistence. his neighbors and friends
come a-visiting. to remain as long as
the food holds out. To be inhospitable
or ''stingy like the white man" is an
opprobrium which only the hardest In
dian can socially survive This Indian
virtue bars the way to an equalization
of any distribution of food. and is the
cause of many Of those cases of "ln-
dams starving. g."-Southern Workman.
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Your Castle of Thouoht.

Your Castle Of Thought is the most
sacred possession you have.
1t is your real estate. your house OF
prayer
You are the agent. Shall you let in
dlsorderly tenants?
. Shall you barbor Doubt. a sickly
tenant, to infect well meaning tenants
Doubt is about the worst tenant you
can admit Turn him out.
Doubling some one. any one. never
gets you anything.
II the one you doubt is unworthy.
then that is his problem. not yours.
Give him this TO read and let him come
and take treatment.
Come and get your thought changed.
and all things will be made new.-New
York Sun.
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An Odd Perquisite.

One OF the most curious perquisites
in connection with English coronations
is the right of one Of the peers to
claim the bed and bedding used by
the heir apparent on the night preced-
ing the coronation. In olden times this
was a perquisite of considerable value,
as the bedding usually consisted of
richly embroidered coverlids Of velvet
or silk. with priceless hangings Of
cloth of silver and gold.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
BY the Rules of the Cana,

Little Mary Lou was eager to get
back to her new doll and didn't know
there was going to be any dessert. She
slipped quietly from her chair. hoping
she would not be observed.
Out In the hall she met the cook with
the ice cream. and as quietly as she
had left 1t she slipped back to her ac-
customed place at the table.
MARY Lou." said her mother reprov-
ingly. II thought you had finished your
dinner. II isn't polite to come back"
"But I didn't excuse myself. moth
er." the little girl said quickly.-New
York Post.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
Insurance From Italy.

Insurance came from medieval Italy.
1t is believed to date from the six
teenth century, and at that time it was
known in Florence. The Romans did
not know insurance. The nearest they
came to it was the practice of a COM
pany supplying the army to require a
guarantee from the state against the
loss of ships. But this was soon aban.
doned, because damages had been col
lected for sunken ships too worthless
to font.
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Why rhsx worshinsd Cats.

w. J. Showalter explains In the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine why the
ancient Egyptians worshiped cats.
They noticed that where there were
cats there was no bubonlc plague. They
did not know, of course, that II was the
aeas on rats that spread the disease.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
warna Ratart

"Do you know. John, there are times
when you show signs of actual human
intelligence"
That's all right. Charles. IL you
knew twice as much as you do now
you'd be half witted. Minnesota Min
nehaha.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
Our LANGUAGE.

81 think your account has been run
ming long enough"
81 thought you said the other day II
was one OF long standing."-Floridn
Times. Onion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
No COMPLAINT.

"some day" cried the outraged poet.
"you editors will fight for my workr'
"All right" sighed the editor resign
edly. "I'll be a good sport If get
licked. PUCK.
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Easy For The Pin.

Instead OF driving pig to market
Chinese coolies tie II to a pole. cover II
with wrappIngs Of straw and marsh
grass and carry 1t. two bearers to a
pole.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09

when death has come II is never oul
tenderness we repent VI, bu, our sever
ity.-Eliot
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Cunningham Go.
To the Seller

THERE ARE FEW pieces property Ashland that have
been offered for less than they really They
been the market have been sold
The public has not been in buying mood
cut little figure
THE LAST TWO WEEKS show change. There a
people buying many making inquiries altogether
looks though there will
at the RIGHT PRICE The great many apt
at this time is to raise the price.
Now, unless want keep property put
price at this time Let the your place
the future price, changes
the premises here there will
DESIRE be able to sell at pays
you. This is right It's legitimate.
But because property starts looking
prosperous in Ashland your advancing
price Not you sell Better take
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09

One today Is worth two tomorrows- =
Franklin.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
To the Buyer
Below we quote you four city properties:


block above the Boulevard
splendid condition
the Ashland offering
terms son
blocks above Boulevard
all kinds
farm life within five blocks of blocks
blocks
barn she'd This good fine for
division We offering this $4700 Part cash.
Fifteen minutes walk from pofice 8 Granite House
years. nicely Good
timber There enough wood the For
the present we have price of $2,500 Part cash.
three land Packing
including about hreeourths
northwest the city 1t ine
in has all the
profitable place. We offer this place for $5o0 Part cash.
We have two or three good stock ranches for sale.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
DR.. w. w. Watkins

Naturopathic Physician.
use all modern drugless methods
light, heat, vibration, massage, ad-
justment, radio activity, arterial re-
juvenation, hygienic instruction, sci
entific use of mineral waters. Those
with acute, chronic or nervous all
ments rapidly regain and retain
health. Room Z, Masonic building,
Plaza.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-09
DIR. W. EARL BLAKE
DENTIST

First National Bank Bldg, Suite 8
and 10. Entrance First ave.
Phones: Office, 100; Res, 2sO-J.
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Continued on Fifteenth Page.
Brick COMPANY WILL QUIT
Exhaustion of Local Clay Beds Given
as Reason for steelton and Harris
burg Concerns Ceasing Operations

Announcement was made bv the Steel
ton Harrisburg Brick Company this
morning that owing to the scarcity of
clay in the vicinity of its plant, which
is located at the head of Myers street,
in the West Side, Steelton, the manu-
facture of brick will be. discontinued by
the company at the close of the present
season and that the company expects 10
quit business altogether about Janu-
ary 1.
This company and its immediate
predecessors have been engaged in the
manufacture of red brick for more than
a generation. This company has en-
joyed a lucrative trade and his consum-
ed practically all the clay beds located
in Cameron s field above the plant and
on Cameron s farm north of Harrisburg
street. For years it has been obtaining
clay from the White House, near Mid
dletown, but this supply also is about
exhausted and this fact has led to the
decision to get out of the business,
there being no other large local supply
of clay in view.
The company under its present name
was chartered in 1896. Prior to that
time the business was conducted under
the name of the Steelton Brick Com
pany. The making of red brick here
was started by several individuals and
who later formed a company. The plant
furnishes employment to about forty
five men when operating at full capac-
ity
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FIRE AGAIN IN HACERSTOWN
Becomes Menacing When Guards Are
Removed From the Flame.swept
Area of City
Especial to the star-Independept,

Especial to the ar-Independentl
Hagerstown, Nd, Oct. 30.-Fira
broke out anew early this morning in
the ruins of the Antietam hall and gar.
age, Summit avenue, which were swent
by flames last Wednesday when Ha.
gerstown suffered s40O, 900 loss. For
time to-day adjoining buildings were
in danger. The guards who had been
stationed to keep close watch on the
smouldering ruins were taken away
last evening, the authorities believing
all danger had passed.
George Packet, an employe of the
Morning Herald,' while on the way
to the postofice at O'Clock discovered
flames in three places. The high wind
was carrying sparks and burning EN-.
bers to the roofs of nearby buildings.
He sounded an alarm and the fremen
had difficulty in getting the fire under
control. When the engines arrived the
flames were fast eating their way to.
ward the building of the r. D. Keller
Marble X Granite Company.
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CENTRA! boys SUSPENDED
Special Committee Handles Case of
Students Who Broke Into High
School Building

The teachers committee of the Har-
risburg Board of School Directors meet.
ing, in special session last night dis
cussed the recent entrance of the Cen.
tral High school building during Sun.
day night by students who attempted
to steal examination papers, turning
the affair over to special committee.
Individual members of the commit
tee thought that the boys should be
shown the seriousness of the offense,
but no committee action on the matter
was taken. The special committee is
composed of City SuperintsHdent Fred
rick +. Downes, Secretary of the Board,
D. D. Hammelbaugh, President Harry
A. Boyer and Principal Steele, of the
Central High school,
"We have not had a meeting YETI
said Secretary Hammelbaugh, "and till
the committee reaches a decision. the
boys will remain under suspension.
Superintendent Downes presented his
recommendation that an eight-year
elementary course below the High
schools be adopted and after a lengthy
discussion action was deferred until
another meeting of the committee,
which will be held November 70. Chair
man Houtz was in the chair Directors
Bretz, Boil, Kennedy and Yates at
tended the meeting
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Witness in $4,000
Will Fight Testifies
in Favor of Alleged
Clairvoyant
HEARING BEFORE
REGISTER CLOSED
Decision in Contest Involving Estate of
Late Mrs. Martha Adams Will Be
Delayed Until Balky Testimony Is
Transcribed

Harrison Seiferd, alleged clairvoyant
and SplritualiSt, whose right to share
IN the $4,000 estate left by Mrs. Mar
tina Adams, late of this city, is ques-
toned in proceedings before Roy c.
Danner, Register of Wills. will not be
called to testify in his own behalf. John
Fox Weiss, his counsel, closed the de.
fenSe to-day without calling his client.
Thus James G. Hatz, counsel for the
eontesting heirs, did not have tine op.
portunity to question Seiferd as to his
notion of the value of the force
bags which witnesses had testified
Seiferd sold for sums ranging from 81
to $1,000. The ease was practically
closed this afternoon so far as the Reg
lister of Wills is concerned
Register Danner said he will not rem
der decision until all of the testi-
mony taken at this preliminary hearing
is transcribed. Counsel said an appeal
will be taken from the Registers de-
elsion, so that the ease may be taken
up before the Orphans court of this
county, no matter what he decides.
Samuel Burlington and his wife. of
oS2 PETER street. with whom Mrs. Ad-
ans lived during the two wears I'M
mediately preceding her death on Au-
gust 2S, last, were the chief witnesses
for the defense this morning. Counsel
for the contesting heirs declared during
the hearing that Burlington has been
one of DIR. Seiferd - patients and
as such received one or more of the
/" force bags. . The witness denied ever
having received a ''foree bag
A dozen or more times Hat put to
Burlington the question:
"What did you do with the force
bag Seiferd gave you2"
Each time Weiss directed Buffincton
to refuse to answer and the witness
either would make no reply or would
evade the question.
insist upon an answer. He must
answer said Hatz. "A man who
wears one of those bags and believes
IN such rot as that should not be per
mitted to take that witness stand. Now
what do you say TO that, Mr.. Weiss?'
asked Hatz heatedly.
Oh that 5 some more of your tom
toolery' the counsel for Seiferd re.
piled.
Eventually Burlington denied that he
ever received a force bag He said.
however, that Seiferd treated him "off
and on; that Seiferd visited the Buff
hngton house frequently and that he
also treated Mrs. Burlington.
The Butfingtons were not relatives
of the late Mrs. Adams although while
on the witness stand both referred to
her as "Auntie.' Mrs. Burlington.
with Mrs. Adams sisters, is to receive
$500 under the will terms.
Burlington said he received "electric
and other treatment for rheumatism
from Seiferd. The Register would
not permit HAITI to examine the witness
with respect to the details of ''the 9th
er treatment
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GOVERNOR AND MRS. TENER
CELEBRATES|LVER wedding
Hold Family Reunion This Afternoon
and win Have Reception for Their
Personal Friends at the Mansion
This Evening

john h. Tener. Governor of Penn.
sytvanla, and Harriet B. Day were mar
ried twenty years ago in Hav ~rhill,
Massachusetts, the Rev. John C. Snow
officiating, and the anniversary of the
occasion will be observeu Nv Governor
and Mrs. Tener in reception to their
immediate friends at the Executive
Mansion this evening. In the four
years of Governor and Mrs. Tener s res.
ioenee in Harrisburg they have made
many personal friends who esteem them
Mighty, and it was these particular
friends that the Governor and his wife
bid to assist them in rroper celebra.
ton of their silver wedding anniyer-
Sary. The guests will include men prom.
lheht IN the political. educational and
nnanclal world, as well as men and
women of social prominence from all
parts of the State.
Governor and Mrs. Tener will re, i've
thelr guests In the drawing room of
the Executive Mansion, which has been
oeautitully decorated in white and
green, masses of white chrvsanthemums
and feathery fern carrying out the
color scheme. In the dining room, where
buffet supper will be served, the same
color scheme will be employed. There
Will be silver vases of white flowers
and beautiful foliage tied with silver
ribbons. During the evening the =. A.
trueh orchestra from the Bellevue
Strattord, Philadelphia, will play and
Continued On Eleventh Page,
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HORACE P. KNIGHT is DEAD
Former Harrisburger a Victim of Pneu.
monia in Williamsburg, Pa.

Horace P. Knight, 3S years old, son
of the late Harry w. Knight who was
for many years a prominent resident of
this place, died yesterday at his home
in Williamsburg, Pa, after several
weeks illness from pneumonia.
Mr.. Knight, who was born in this
city and was a student of the Harris
burg Academy, lived here until his faith
er, Harry w. Knight, a salesman for
the Biddle Hardware Company, of
Philadelphia, and partner in the Da-
vid Mccormick Hardware Company, on
Third street, moved to Sedalia, Mis-
souri,. When his father moved Mr.
Knight, who was then twenty years
old, went along with him. Later, how.
ever, the son returned to Pennsylvania
and was in the employ of the Carnegie
Steel Company at Braddock when he
became i'll. His wife, mother and his
sister, Mrs. w. C. Baldwin, of 2027
North Second street, Harrisburg, were
with him when he died.
Mr.. Knight is survived also by two
brothers, Harry W., of Sedalia, Mis-,
and Joseph, who is employed in Eng
land.
Funeral services will be held Satur-
day afternoon at 2.3O O'Clock at the
home of his sister, Mrs Baldwin, in this
city. Burial will be in Harrisburg
cemetery.
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AMERICAN PROPERTY DAMAGED

Washington, Oct 3O.-Acting Secretary Lansing to-
day announced receipt of telegram from the American
charge daaires at Petrograd saying Odessa has been
bom6arded and some American property destroyed
The dispatch from Charge Wilson transmitted mes
sage from the American consul at Odessa who said he
would send fuller report later the extent of American
property damaged. He did not say by whom the bonn
bardmen was done but it is presumed here that was
Turkish ships.
Charge Wilson's dispatch dated Petrograd Octo
Der 18TH p m and spoke of the bombardment as having
taken place last night evidently meaning Wednesday
Secretary Lansing at once called on the American
embassy at Petrogad to report the exact nature of the
damage to American property If the usual "a hours
notice OF bombardment not given Americans will have
just claim for damage to all property which could have
oeen removed of houses buildings owned
by foreigners however not regarded as the subject
OF claims being cassed incidents of which aliens
country
The subject of claims resulting from bombardment has
been moot subject in American international law and
Mr. Lansing declined to comment on the merits of the
question.
Concerning American missionaries in Turkey Acting
Secretary Lansing said to-day the attitude of the Ottoman
ntinuedon