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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
The World a LOOKING Glass.

Anatole France, in one Of those de-
hghtful monologues of his which, when
he receives his friends and all who
care to visit him at the Villa Said, go
by the name of conversation" though
nobody ever talks but NJ, France, told
us one day about his mother.
"She used to sacrifice my father to
me little" he said II always came
first She taught ME all day long, and
her lessons have been my guide ever
since. l remember one day she show
ed me some little faces over u door
way. You see they are laughing she
said. A few days afterward, when we
passed them again. she told me to look.
They are not laughing today she said.
They cannot know you've been naugh-
ty. you think. and yet you can see
they're not pleased with you. 1t will
always be like this. Whenever you
do wrong everything will look re-
proachful. The leaves. the sun. the
moon, will look unhappy when you
have misbehaved. The world is q
looking glass. my boy.'"-John N. Ra-
phael in, London Globe.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
TRAPPING ELEPHANTS.
In India Tame Animals Aid In captur.
inu the Wild Ones,

In view of the vast strength pos
sessed by full grown elephants. it
seems at first sight almost incredible
that they can be captured in herds
and quickly subdued to the will Of
their masters.
At the present time. in Mysore. the
regular method of capturing wild
elephants is for large number of
natives to go into the jungle. some
mounted on tanned elephants and many
on foot, and to make a great noise and
hullabaloo, which results In driving
herds of the wild elephants into stock
AIDES, or often into ponds of water.
which have previously been surround
ed on all sides. except at the ap-
proaches. by immensely strong pail
sades. AS soon as the herd is corner
ed the passages that had been left
open are securely closed. and then
the trained elephants are brought into
play to cajole and subdue the perplexed
prisoners.
In India elephants are no longer
captured. as they still are in Africa,
by means of huge pitfalls In the
ground. In these traps they are often
seriously injured or killed. The In
dian elephant is somewhat smaller
than the African and differs from 1t
In other ways-as, for instance, in the
fact that tusks are possessed only by
the males. while both sexes are pro-
vided with them in Africa. In gen.
erai. also. the tusks Of African ele-
plants are nearly twice as large as
those Of their Indian relatives. sin.
gle pair sometimes weighing as much
as $50 or 300 pounds.-Spokane Spokes-
man.Review.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Keen Your Tanner.

Which of all the domestic virtues is
most essential to happy married life?
The ability to keep ones temper. be-
yond all question.
There is nothing which lends more
to misery. not only for its possessor.
but also for those about him. than an
ungovernable and unreasonable tenn
per- No one is worse to live with than
an i'll tempered man. except perhaps
an i'll tempered woman.
Bad tempered people completely spoil
the lives of those who associate with
them. The feeling Of strain is ever
present One never knows just when
the storm will break. although appar
emily the weather. metaphorically, is
"set fair" Life In these circumstances
Is burden almost beyond bearing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Greatest Sonq Writers.

The immortal quartet OF song writ
ers are Goethe. Heine. Burns and
BeraDger OF the four Burns Is by far
the most popular. Goethe was at
heart an "Olympian" and in all things
critic; Heine was In his deepest sonl
a pessimist and cynic; Beranger. while
much more human. was a little bit
too critical. while Burns. democratic
to the core and of immense sympathy.
threw himself into the common human
life of the world with a whole hea IT
and wrote the songs that will live and
be loved while humanity endures.-
New York American.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
The Trained Voice,

Lawyers. clergymen and doctors all
fail to secure the influence with the
people with whom they come in con-
tact because of inability to express
their thoughts In an impressive way.
Had the voice been trained the same
as the eye and the intellect, had the
exterior qualities been trained to ex.
press like the voice the best and the
clearest facts. they would all have been
successes The melodious voice of
Henry Clay always charmed his au.
dience everywhere. Wherever he went
people dOcked to hear him. while the
heavy bass tones Of Daniel Webster
failed to attract and actually drove
people away. They preferred to read
what he had to say. but wanted per.
sOnally to hear Clay's pleasing voice.
Medical Record
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Euller,s Great Memory.

Thomas Fuller. the author of "The
Worthless Of England" possessed the
useful accomplishment for clergyman
Of being able to repeat sermon verba-
tim after hearing 1t only once. Fuller
once succeeded In naming backward
and forward and without single omis-
sion every shop sign ON both sides of
the way from Temple Bar to the east
ern extremity Of Cheapside. This ap-
pears remarkable feat when it is re-
membered that Fuller lived before the
practice Of numbering houses was
adopted. 50 that every shop he passed
bore a sign.-London Chronicle.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
The Last Sneaker of Cornish.

In the little village of st. Paul. near
Penzance, there is u monument erected
to the memory of Doll. or Dolly, Pent-
reath, who attained the age of 102 and
was the last woman who spoke the
Cornish tongue. This is the inscrip-
ton: Here lieth inferred Dorothy
Pentreath. who died in 1777. said to
have been the last person who con-
versed in the ancient Cornish. the pc
culiar language Of this country from
the earliest times till it expired in the
eighteenth century in this parish Of
St Paul. This stone is erected by the
Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte. in un-
ion with the Rev. John Garnett, vicar
of st. Paul, June. 1860. Honor thy
father and thy mother that thy days
may be long upon the land which the
Lord thy God givetb thee Exodus XIX,
12)."-London News.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
IL Was Lincoln's Knife.

Lincoln was always ready to join in
laugh at his own expense and used
to tell the following story with intense
enjoyment: I'm the days when 1 used
to be on the circuit was accosted In
the cars by stranger. who said, 'Ex-
cuse me. sir. but | have an article in
my possession which belongs to you.
How is that?' | asked, considerably
astonished. The stranger took jack
knife from his pocket. This knife,
said he. was placed in my hands some
years ago with the injunction that |
was to keep it until | found man
ugler than myself. | have carried 1t
from that time to this. Allow me tC
say. sir, that think yOu are fairly en-
titled to the property '"-"Everyday
Life of Abraham Lincoln"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
lronicai.

Don't knock ON the glass with your
hand-you might hurt it. Use sledge
hammer" That's the irOnic notice to
be read on the window Of Bronx
vermin exterminator's shop. Inside
the window are three or four ferrets.
trained to hunt rats. Before the shop
owner put the sign on the window tap
ping OH the glass to arouse the ferrets
was one of the favOrite sports of the
neighborhood.-New York Tribune.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
What Miaht Have Been.

First Suburbanlte--Do you enjoy 60
ing into Newcomers wonderful garden?
Second Suburbanite-No: everything
in 1t is so exasperatingly perfect that
can't have the fun Of saying. "If you
had followed my advice 1t would have
been "-Exchange.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Weiaht of a Gallon of Milk.

WoIpht OF q OaIIon OF WIIK.
"What IL the standard weight for
sweet milkT'
A quart of milk weighs 2.153 pounds
and a gallon S.6l2 pounds. or a quart
2.l5 pounds and gallon S6 pounds.
It is understood that the temperature
Of the milk and the relative propor-
tons OF the butter fat and solids not
butter fat cause the weight OF milk to
vary. but the weights stated above are
those generally used.-Progressiv .
Farmer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Not a Regular.

The tall blond has Mrs. Malaprop
backed Off the map when 1t comes to
reckless handling Of the queens Eng.
lish.
MY cousin. Ignatz. has Joined the
navy" she contided to her friend.
"Is he Il regular sailor?" asked the
short brunette.
Not yet" replied the tall blond.
"He is just sub marine. ! guess."-
Youngstown Telegram.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
LOCAL s. p. TIME CARD.
NOrthbOund.

NorthbOund. Leave
No. IA 1850 am.
Grants Pass motor (main
line depot .......... $3.50 am.
Grants Pass motor Getty
depot .............. 9:40 am.
Grants Pass motor (main
line depot .......... 3:40 pm.
Grants Pass motor Getty
depot) .............. $3.50 pm.
No. 16 4:30 pm.
SouthbOund. Arrive.
Grants Pass motor (city
depot ............. $50 am.
Grants Pass motor (main
line depot ......... 9:30 am.
No. 13 .11:35 am.
Grants Pass motor (city
depot) ............. $40 pm.
Grants Pass motor (main
line depot) .......... 1920 pm.
No. Is 4:5O pm.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Different Ideas.

I'm paying all my debts. believe
the end Of the world will come next
month"
Il don't understand your logic. II
thought the end of the world was corn.
ing next month I'D order II lot Of stuff
ON credit now."-Plttsburgh Post
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23

In the province of Sind. India. there
are more than 3.5l3.OO0 people. and
yet there are occasional tigers. pan.
theirs, leopards. wolves and hyenas.
The CAD, or wild sheep, the ibex. the
chinker. the black buck aud the hog
deer are comparatively common.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Decentive.

The PASTORS Wife-What peculiar
eyes young Ashley hus. They always
ssr-n half closed. The Pastor-Yes, he
has me guessing. I'm inclined to think
h- si'+1~ ail through my sermons. but
ran't catch him at it-Cleveland
,.ialn Il.4iitr.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
New Classification.

The Census 1Nker--HOw many are
there In that bunch Of Portuguese? The
Landlady Six. A Portuguese. a FOR
tugander and four little Portugosliugs.
Chicago News.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Self Denial.

Teacher-What do you understand
by the words self deniai?" Pupll-it
is when some one comes to borrow
money from father and he says he Is
not at home.-Fliegende Blatter.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Made His Mark.

"well. young DIR. Slicer has made
his mark already. hasn't he7"
"Yes; did It on his first case"
"Great Scott. What did he do?"
"Vaccinated him."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Takjnu a Walk.

~ took long walk yesterday" said
Boreman as he collapsed into seat at
Busymans desk.
Take another, old man." suggested
Busyman. It'll do us both good"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23

"'rhey say the Joneses are a very
happy couple"
"But Jones In travelling man ano
In very seldom at home"
"Exactly."-Cleveland Leader.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23

In adversely II is easy to despise life.
The true. brave man is be who can IN
dure 10 be misern BILE. Martial.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23

i'Bgra" nsnesa In rendering q kind
u,'~~ ikr hosrae voice. mars the mo
sic ~ The cong. -FeitbaA.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
At the Cana.

She dacatiOus,y'-Eoulf don't see
IA, feathers. Tie - Well. you could
- -dn -xpect 60 In this game. you
sn"o rhSSe ARE picked nInes.-Phiia
'ialI,t'n iger.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23
Still Possible.

Uncle. can't | be pirate when !
grow up?'
Sure You can. son. What do you
want to pirate-books or playsr'-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23

Griggs-The doctor said must
throw up everything and take sea
voyage. Briggs-Got the cart before
the horse. didn't hel-Boston Tran
script.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23

lf we have done our best to do and
to be-. we can rest In peace.-sir John
Lubbock. %
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23

be used for one material throughout.
and If a simpler dress is wanted the
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Both skirts are circular. and they are
Joined to the long wasted blouse by
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For the twelve-year-old size three
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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-07-23

Talk not Of a good hfe. but let thy
good life talk Schiller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
DR. OATES OBJECTS
 ID MESH SCREENS
Declares They Serve No Other Purpose Than to
 Accumulate Dust

Montgomery. May 12.-(SpecialD When the attention of Dr. w. H. Oates, state prison inspector. was called to a news story in Tuesdays Birmingham Age Herald to the effect that he had prohibited the use of screens in the Southside city prison of Birmingham, he declared
 q am thoroughly of the opinion that every house in the southland should be screened against flies and mosquitoes. and if it were in my power to do so, II would have every prison in this state screened against these pests, IS 1t Is a we'll known fact that flies are fre- quent carriers Of typhoid fever. and other communicable diseases. and like wise it is well known that mosquitoes convey malarial fever. The law in ref erence to prisons requires that the kitchens be screened against flies, but makes no reference to the rest of the prison.
 The screens that I objected to the commissioners installing in this prison, and still objct to. are is inch mesh screens they wanted to install to pre- vent people from passing articles in and out of the windows. These screens serve no purpose other than to accu- mulate dust, dirt and cobwebs; they do not stop mosquitoes or flies, and can be easily cut or broken thus all lowing articles 10 be passed through. would be delighted if the commits sioners would screen every opening Tn this building against flies and mosqui- toes''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
AMERICA WINS OUT IN OPEN TEST WITH EUROPEAN NATIONS Arsenal Equipment Supplied to Australia is Recent
 Striking Example
WON COMPETITION
 ON HIGHER PRICES
Perfection of Workmanship and Speed In Delivery Were Both Con- alterations Which Had Great
 Weight
Ny HOLLAND

New York, May 12.-tSpecial.)- )-Not least among the influences which for a few days have inspired a better feeling in business circles than the one which has prevailed for more than a year was the report which came from Hartford, Conn, telling of the award of a highly i'm portant contract by the Chinese govern ment to American industry. The Hartford corporation in whose name the award was made is the Platt X Whitney company long recognized an industry from which has come some of the most highly perfected apparatus made anywhere in the world
 This company is a subsidiary of the Niles-B -Bement-Pond corporation, which has gained worldwide reputation not only for its products, but also for the ability with which it has captured foreign markets. Its apparatus has triumphed over competition in South America, in Australia and re- gently in China. The incident demon strated the capacity of American manu- facturers to meet very high grade compe- tition, especially that which Germany of fers. This is not competition which is based upon the cutting of prices or secret bonuses or persuasive inducements which are sometimes made to those who have authority to award big contracts, but is based wholly upon the very high grade of American artisanship and the ability of American inventors to perfect machinery which sometimes seems almost to think and which requires no more than a moder- ate amount of labor to operate.
 Connection of this kind made if DOS- sible for this American industry to tri- umph over the lxeenest kind of competition about two years ago. It was competi- tion behind which stood considera ble polit- ical influence skillfully exerted by some of the leaders of affairs in Great Brit ain.
 The Australian government, having com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
BLEASE STAFF
 MEMBER KILLED

Graycourt. s. C.. May 12-John NJ. Can non, an attorney of Laurens s. C.. and judge advocate on the staff of Governor Blease. was today shot and instantly killed by Joseph G. Sullivan, a farmer. A dispute arose during the trial of SuIi- vans brother, which led to the killing.
 Cannon was chairman of the Laurens county democratic executive committee and one of the political leaders of his section
 Cannon and Sullivan walked from the courtroom to the railway station where dispute arose. when Sullivan drew a revolver and fired five times, four shots
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
COMMENCEMENT AT
 7THD|STR|CT SCHOOL
Exercises at Albertville Are Being Held-Dr. Lips
 comb Delivers Sermon

Albertvile May 12.-tSpecial) )-The com mencement exercises. of the Seventh Dis triet Agricultural school are being helc this week. The commencement sermon was preached by Dr. A. B. Lipscomb oi Nashville. He addressed the Young Wom ans Christian association and the Young Mems Christian association at night Mon day was senior class day. Miss Geoi sia Lee Goodwin. secretary of the class, an nounced the following programme. whicf was carried out in an interesting and en- tertaining manner:
 Welcome address. Sheffield borden.
 Class history. Miss Kitty Atkins.
 Piano solo, Miss Gustie Daniel.
 Class prophecy, Miss Grace Harmes,
 Class poem, Fred Dendy.
 Vocal solo. Miss Vesper Dendy
 Reading. Miss Georgia Lee Goodwin.
 Piano solo, Miss Blackeye Williams.
 oration by class orator, Luther lid We'll
 Class song
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
DECISIONS IN THE
 SUPREME COURT

The list of supreme court decisions to- day Is follows: Anderson, c. J., Louisville and Nash vile Railroad company vs. National Park bank of New York; appeal from
 Morgan law and equity court reversed and remanded Mayfeld, J., Elk Parte Jim Kirk pe-
 tttion for certiorari to court of app peals i; certforari denied. Sayre. J.. Perry Mackey, alias etc. vs.
 state of Alabama; appeal from Bibb circuit court: affirmed.
 DeGraffenried, J.. Elk Parte Mary
 OHourke Colvert. petition for manda-
 mus; mandamus denied and petition dismissed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13

there was also demonstration of the fact that the American industry could delive, at the arsenal in Australia the required number of machines in far less time than the manufacturers of Great Britain oi Germany could do That showed the celer- ity with which the skilled artisans of the United States are able to assemble the parts of an important apparatus so as thereby to establish a perfect machine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
COMPANY
 DENIES CHARGE

Washington. May 12.-Formal denial by officials of the Panama Railroad com pany that the company was a member or the steamship conference that fixed rates from coast to coast. irrespective of competition was made today in letter presented oy Senator Walsh and read in the senate. The officials asserted that the company was represented at yearly conference of steamship lines to protest against relating to those who shipped ex- cuisively by conference lines" and to agree on the conditions under which Mexican co1fee would be carried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
DEPLORE HIGH DEATH
 RATE AMONG NEGROES

Decatur, May 12- l)-Deploring the high death rate in this state among the negroes and the listlessness of the negro doctors regarding the work of the Alabama Medical association, composed of negro practitioners, Dr. E. T. Belsaw, president, in his annual address vester-
 day, declared himself in favor of peti- tionng the legislature to make 1t com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
GAINS FREEDOM
 BY HUNGER STRIKE

Leeds. England. May 12.-A hunger and thirst strike brought about the re- lease today of Lillian Lenton. a militant suffragette, sentenced on May to a years imprisonment for setting fire to iWesttield house. Doncaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
YOUNG MAN KILLED
 BY TRAIN IN DEKALb
Horribly Mutilated Body Is Found Between Rails
 Near COllinsville

Colinsville. May 2-(Special)-A man was killed about five miles south of Col linsville this morning by an Alabama Great Southern train. probably freight train in the early morning. Parties on train No. about S:30 claim they saw something on the track between the rails. but could not tell whether or not 1t was man. A little later a man on the rear of local southbound passenger train No. 0 claims he saw the body of the man after the train had passed over it. The body was picked up by northbound local freight and brought to Collinsville and turned over to an undertaken
 The body was horribly mangled as per haps three or four trains had passed over it. Practically all the head was torn away but the face, one foot was cut off, both arms were crushed one of the legs was damned up into the body. From the appearance of the unshaven face he was about IS years of age and was dressed in blue overalls and jumper. wore gray cap the body to identify it except little ioan Wire Fence company. which had the name of Brewster Bros, Holywood 9 on the back, and the book contained what seemed to be store account of $5. .5s and memorandum that he had worked six days at Sl day. Efforts are being made to find clew to his identity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13

taking effect. He was immediately ar rested and taken to the Laurens county jail Sullivan was defeated two years ago for the house of representatives. Cannon was recently appointed re- gent of the state hospital