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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06
AN EMBARGO ON ARMS DOWN.
RIGHT UNPATROTIC AND
FOOLHARDY.

The United States government has
not in cold storage half million
machine guns-and never will have
The United States government has
not hundred thousand large caliber
cannon in cold, calculating storage
and never will have!
The United States government
hasn't vast warehouses jammed full
of shrapnel shetland never will
have!
The United States is not prepared
for war lasting years-and never will
be!
That's the way we are built. 1t
isn't in us to think, live and eat war
during a quarter of century of pro-
found peace.
Therefore, what fine, patriotic
thing it would be-what rare fore
sight it would be on our part-to put
an embargo on war munitions at this
time, prohibiting export to other ma
tions that also were not prepared for
war;
When our hour Of need comes
when we are attacked by military
nation picking a quarrel with us
and We rush out in frantic haste to
buy the munitions with which to de-
fend ourselves against our enemy
having a thousand warehouses full of
cannon, shot and powder, what will
the cold world bitterly say to us?
do the best you can. You set the
example for the first time in history
of neutral nation refusing to sell
munitions to belligerents. Begone!
We have nothing to sell you!"
We will never give in to an in,
vader, not at any cost. But an en-
barge now, to help one of the bellig-
erents to victory, will mean the use
less sacrifice of the lives of million
boys later on, sure as fate!
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06
THAT "CHIVALRY" BUBBLE.
portland Telegram.)

Ex-Governor Slaton probably
means what he says when he gives
out the opinion that at the back
ground of the Frank assassination
there is the admirable human at
tribute of chivalry. But. in that state
ment the ex-governor ia more gener-
Gus than just.
No word in the English language
has been more terribly abused than
has been that word "chivalry" in the
south. 1t has been made mere
bubble of rhetoric, filled for the
most part with the bombast of vio-
lence. The worst possible use to
which it could be put is to present
it as an apology for unreasoning
blood lust.
In organized industry more women
and more children are employed in
Georgia than in any other southern
state; and Georgia public sentiment
as it has found expression in Georgia
law is notoriously reluctant to grant
to those women and those children
the rights they enjoy in many another
state. 1t is not the fact that in pro-
portion to the population less num-
ber of lazy men live largely by the
labor of wives and other women folk
in the state of Georgia than in any
other state. People who are at all
familiar with Georgia from an ex-
tended residence there know very
we'll that in the matter of genuine
chivalry which governs the everyday
conduct of men toward the everyday
interests, comfort and welfare of
women and children, Georgians are
no whit advanced over the people of
other states. And in that statement
the Georgians are given a shade the
best of it.
There are good people in Georgia,
lots of them, just as fine people as
ever drew the breath of life-chival-
rous, generous folk-but none of the
attributes Of that class can |
in any manner serve as extenuation
Or apology for the brutishness that !
pursued young Frank until it gained |
is end in assassination.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06
A BIG INTEREST RETURN.

Six per cent is considered mighty
good interest today. Many people, in
order to get six per cent on their
money, will take quite little chance
of losing the principal. Yet there is
one way in which one can get not
six, but sometimes sixty per cent, on
considerable sums of money.
That way is particularly open at
this season of the year. 1t is by
watching closely what retail dealers
are selling out summer goods cheap
to avoid carrying them over until an
other season. Dealers with live and
active stocks always do that late in
the season. They tell the public
about it in the Tidings.
One can buy for 50 today many
articles of clothing or house furnish
ings that are sure 10 be wanted in
a few months, and which another
year will cost SO or more. If per-
son is living absolutely hand to
mouth, with not a dollar ahead, he
can be excused for not taking these
chances that come along every year.
Such cases are illustrations of the
fact that the poor pay the highest
prices for everything.
But If one has money ahead, even
if 1t be only few dollars, it seems
folly not to take profit of, SO, S. or
more on a $40 purchase. Some peo-
pie will decline to do it in certain
lines on the ground that styles may
change. Yet such changes are, after
all, rather gradual and in these high
cost of living times few people at
tempt any longer to keep absolutely
even with the latest Paris and New
York fashions The game costs too
much. individuality in dress, both
with women and men, grows from
year to year. 1t is the only economl-
cal way to live.
In most cases the reason for not
taking advantage of the special bar
gains advertised at this season is
pure laziness and inertia. People put
it off until tomorrow. When tomor-
row comes, more thrifty buyers have
seen the chance and snapped 1t UP.
1t is something to repeat over and
over again, that any family can make
a great reduction in its living costs
by watching for bargains and picking
them up promptly, the day after they
are advertised.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06
Your Health Depends
Upon Your Food
Eat What Nature Has Prepared
For You

Some people, three times a day,
load their stomachs with the worst
kind of indigestible food and still ex-
pect to keep in Al condition. I'm
proper foods sooner or later bring i'll
health.
Good, wholesome food such as
whole wheat will not only nourish
you but will keep you "fit" without
the aid of medicine.
Eat whole wheat and lots of it
that's what Nature intended bread
should be made of-not made from
white flour. the part of the wheat
that contains the least vital nourish-
ment. The best part of the grainris
the outer side which contains the glu-
ten.
There is a prepared food, made
from whole wheat, called FORCE"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06
THE CARE OF OLD ANIMALS.

An interesting news dispatch th
past week reports the death of Name!
Hanks, champion trotter from 1S9.
to 1894. She breathed her last a
the estate of J. E. Madden of Lex
ington, KY, who bought the horse
several years ago to pension her.
There is so much thoughtlessnes'
in the care of aged animals that il
is pleasant to see this notice of con-
sideration. Too many faithful beasts
of every day life are pushed ahead
until they drop. No halo of the race
track follows their heads.
There are all extremes of senti-
ment in this matter. Some people
are so sensitive that they will not
take the life of an aged horse or dog,
even where the animal has passed
any enjoyment of existence. They
feel keenly the individuality of ami
mails, and putting them out of the
way with chloroform seems almost
like taking the life of child. This
oversensitiveness of animal life is
rare.
The faithful horse who has drawn
family's burdens for a lifetime
should be something more than
, mere drudge. If ne has been treated
with kindness he makes known Mis-
affection for his masters, and well
comes their approach with the cheer
full neigh.
He has contributed his share to
the household labors, in return for a
meager wage of hay and grain. He
has toiled through heat and cold and
storm and has got no satisfaction out
of life beyond the bare pleasure of
good digestion. It seems one of the
anomalies of existence, that so mucn
can be given so willingly and faith
fully for so small a return.
He ought to have something COM
ing to him in his twilight, by way of
rest; some free seasons in a good
grassy pasture where he can kick up
his heels and enjoy sleep and food,
untroubled by heavy loads, chatting
harness and the toll of the road. The
pensioned horses should not include
merely famous racers and family
pets.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06
THE VALUE OF INVESTIGATIONS.

There is a pretty general agree
ment that the 100000 spent by tht
Industrial Relations Commission, IL
its study of the labor problem, has
been wasted With nearly every
member of the board presenting his
own individual report, congress and
the country will be as wise as before
but no wiser.
There is great tendency in the
state legislatures as well as in con-
gress to sidestep big questions by
handing them over to investigating
commissions. When members don't
know how to vote, or are afraid to
vote their convictions, it is a great
help to refer matters to commission
for study. The confiding public are
made to feel that there is something
doing, and the weakened member
has escaped responsibility.
The libraries are full of material
for study of problem like the labor
question. A legislator who does not
know his own mind can find endless
studies of such subjects by the
brightest people in the country, who
know quite as much about them as
any politically appointed committee
would ever learn.
Many legislators take little pains
to make themselves intelligent on
great public questions. They vote
the way the party whips tell them,
and spend their time getting plums
for constituents, attending to their
own private business, or enjoying
sports and social life.
The really conscientious legislator
will find a world of material await
ng his attention of pending prob
ems. 1t will make his term of serv-
ce a working one, but his life will
,e enriched and his sympathies en-
arged. While technical subjects oc-
.asionally need the service of special
committees, proposals
or such investigations are all to be
'iewed with suspicion. They are too
,ften a means of relieving legislators
rom tasks they should perform
themselves.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

George Fitch, the creator or Good
Old Siwash," has written 49," cast
up for final accounts, and gone to
join Bob Burdette, Bill Nye and Mark
Twain. The world owed Fitch lot
when he died, because he furnished
handsome entertainment with a
brand of philosophy much needed in
America. His nonsense was of the
sensible sort and yet refreshing and
OF very high order He contributed
regularly to the brighter side of life,
and his work was not only well done,
but we'll worth the doing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

This is a pretty well balanced old
world, after all. The same wind that
swishes the lady's skirts blows dust
in the observing mans eye. The
same summer heat that makes a
woman hot enough to explode brings
out the perspiration that vets the
powder.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

which is not only an excellent substi-
tute for bread, but also takes the
place of meat to a great extent.
If you want to start right, and
keep right throughout the day, try
FORCE" for breakfast. Eaten with
fruit or berries, it beats bacon and
eggs all hollow. At all good grocers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06
ASHLAND UP TO DATE.
(From the Sacramento Bee.)

NTlOIu Tue OdNl diuCHtO DOSD
Ashland, Ore, has camp ground
which is free to all who desire to
make use of it. Individual camping
places, with plenty of room to park
cars and erect tents, private tables,
where one may have the privacy OF
home, have been provided.
Facilities for cooking with gas and
private lockers for food are among
the accommodation Ashland has
obtained great deal of desirable
publicity during the last few months
in this respect.
The same thing can be done in Sac
ramento, and it is not too late to
make some provision for the remain
der OF this season.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

The eagle on the American dollar
is doubtless put there to demonstrate
money has wings.
The real picnic lover doesn't care
whether the black specks in the cake
are raisins or ants.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

II is believed that directors of rail
roads. banks and corporations should
at least show enough interest to go
to the annual meeting and vote the
insiders ticket with their eyes shut.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

II automobile lights are so bright
that they dazzle your eyes and other
machines are liable to run into you,
most people get back by putting on
still brighter lights so that other
people may run into them.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

There seems to be an agreement
among the greatest power sof Europe
that if they had not started the war
when they did, Belgium and Switzer-
land would have attacked them and
reduced them to subjection.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

The time which the old-fashioned
girl used to spend in putting up fruits
in fall seems to be spent by the mod
ern maiden in putting down ice cream
soda.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

II you wouldn't walk across the
street to buy goods at low prices, and
would Just as soon pay high figures
later, don't bother to read the an
nouncements of special inducements
by our advertisers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

For the best and deepest enjoy
ments that come to, little we realize
how much is due to smiles. Savages
do not smile; coarse, brutal, cruel
men may laugh, but they seldom
smile. The affluence, the benedic-
ton, the radiance which fills the
silence like a speech" is the smile Of
full appreciative heart.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

What 40 you want? A Tidings
Cant ad tells 1t to more than two
thousand people in a day. Twenty
five cents does the business.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

If the central girl would only an
swer '"hello" little quicker, the
mere man at the other end wouldn't
have to reverse it SO often.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

On their eastern battle line at least
the Germans seem to be doing Rus
sian business.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

The Germans must have fine di-
gestion to hold all they have taken.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

The trouble with the average pop
ular song is it is so frequently mur-
dered without being killed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

The best reason for pushing your
business is to prevent your business
pushing you.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06

A mother of seventeen children at
Kansas City wants to adopt two more.
Carry the news to Roosevelt!
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-06
TELEPHONE 80

No subscriptions for less than three
months. All subscriptions dropped at
expiration unless renewal is received.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05
BLUEHIL1-

Mrs. Mary A. Conary died at the home
of her son Charles April 20. aged seventy
nine years. Mrs. Conary had been in
poor health for years, but was able to be
about until four weeks before her death,
when she was Frustrated by an attack of
grip. Everything that loving hands
could do was done for her. She leaves
two sons = Charles Conary, OF Bluehill,
and Edwin, OF East Bluehill; also several
grandchildren, the oldest being Mrs.
Walter r. Butter, OF Bluehill. She was
loving and devoted mother, kind and
helpful neighbor, always ready to lend q
hand in sickness or trouble. She was the
widow of vespacian Z. Conary, who died
nine years ago. The funeral was held at
the home Of her son Charles. Interment
at Seaside cemetery.
May 3. SPEC.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05
NORTH BRooKsvILLE.

Mrs. Harry Slower is ct work in Bangor.
E. E. Dodge is At work for c. Roy Tap
ley.
Edythe Gray is visiting her aunt. Maud
Conners
Matte Grindle visited friends at Dark
Hsrbor last week.
Lillian and Jessie Slower are boarding
at Mrs. Richard Grindle's.
Mrs. Seymour Perkins is at DR.. Web
ster's hospital for treatment.
Bernice Perkins is home from the hos
pitsl, much improved in health.
Fred Mackie, OF Mackie Bros, Brock
ton, Mass, is getting his mill here ready
for business.
N. F. Dow, master OF Bagaduce lodge,
F. and A. NJ, left this morning for Port
land to attend the meeting of the grand
lodge.
Mays c.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05
Milady's
Mirror
F,ui. and Vegetable. Beauty.

Fruit Is indeed the keynote OF spring
diet which shall help to improve the
complexion. Apples, raw and cooked,
baked or as sauce; any of the whole
some citrus family, in itself whole
pharmacopoeia OF goodness: the lemon,
the orange and the grapefruit these
eaten lavishly and freely are indeed
health and beauty at any time OF the
year, as well as the springtime. Then,
to augment all of this, such things as
spring onions, chives and parsley are
helpful. with crisp salads of romaine,
endive or escarole. always with plenty
OF lemon JUICE and olive oil. These
things, not forgetting plenty Of water.
taken between meals should obviate all
necessity for physic. Internal medi-
cines are not as essential as exercise,
proper diet, rest, water drinking. All
Of these, as said above. win help to
secure that improved and regenerated
complexion so much desired when win
ter is thing Of the past
Then il must not be overlooked that
q course of facial treatment is well
worth Its cost and very necessary II
such course Is taken In reputable es-
adjustments, where knowledge and
long experience have resulted in real
" helpful methods, Personal advice
as to proper local as well as constitu-
tional treatment is given. and the pa
tient is sure of benefit from such a
course. When later on that pretty
chapeau. that dainty dress. are donned
the wearer shall look into her mirror
and have nothing to regret as she scru-
tinizes her reflection. for her complex
ion shall he as fresh aud as fiawless as
her costume. and the ensemble will be
entirely satisfactory.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05

table Compound, and now feel like a
different person believe there is
nothing like Lydia E. Pinkhsm's vege-
table Compound for weak women and
young girls, and would be glad if /
could influence anyone to try the medi-
cine, for know it will do all and much
more than it is claimed to do. - Mrs.
CLARA FRANKS, r. F. D. No. /, Maple
crest Farm, Kasota, MINI.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
be convinced of the ability of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
store their health by the many genuine
and truthful testimonials we are con-
stantly publishing in the newspapers.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia f. Pink ham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad :
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05
ONE THING AT a TINE.

ONE THING AT A TIME
One day at timel That's all 1t can be;
No faster than that is the hardest fate;
And days have their limits, however we
Begin them too early and stretch them late.
One day at timel Every heart that aches
Knows only too well how long that can
But it's never to-day that the spirit breaks;
It's the darkened future without a CLEAN.
One day at a time. burden too great
To be borne for two can be borne for one;
Who knows what will enter to-morrows gates
while yet we are speaking all may be done.
Ore day at a timel-but n single day,
Whatever its load, whatever its length;
And there's a bit Of precious Scripture to say
That according to each shall be his strength.
One day at q time!
It's wholesome rhyme
A good one to live by;
day at a time.
-Bvitish Weekly.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05
To Aliay Pain Of Burns.

Burns on the hands and arms are of
frequent occurrence to the housewife.
Aside from the pain caused. they do
rot add to ones charms. In case of a
burn at once apply linseed or sweet
oil to the parts affected and then thick
ly cover with baking soda and bind
with soft linen cloth. In ordinary
cases of burn this will shortly relieve
the pain. Equal parts of limewater
and linseed oil applied to the burn
several times day will keep it soft,
allay pain and hasten healing.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05
NEWS
NORTH oRLANp.

Mark CHM and wife visited relative. !.
Bluehiil last week. ~
John Houston and wife, Of East pn.,-
port, spent Sunday With their dsn.S.A'
Mrs. B. 8. johnson.
Mrs. Brenda Soper and two cbi,s,n-
who have been visiting her old home h...
have returned to Lynn, Mass.
Mr.. Frank Alley has Joined her hn.
band, who has been with his father n
Alley, for some time, in very poor beath
Miss Edes, OF Psssadumkeas, is yi.;,,,.
her sister, Miss Bernice Edes, who ts..h.s
in distict No. IS, and boards vi tb Mrs
l.. CHM.
Mrs. Esteila Trundy, who visited he.
son John In Bangor the first OF last val
returned home Thursday, very i'll. sbs :
now better.
Mrs. Ne,tie Gray accompanied h..
daughter, Mrs. Fred Dunham, to he,
home in Ellsworth Falls, Monday. for an
extended visit.
A large gathering assem- bled at the Dead
River house last Thursday night and an.
joyed an old-fashioned kitchen breat.
down. Dancing, music and games were
in order. Refreshments we're served bv
the host and hostess, Lorenzo Biaisdei,
and wife. II was the most snccesstp,
socisl event OF the season.
Mav2 N
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05
For Brittle N.ils.

You can't make your hands look nice
II your nails are very brittle, because
they always break OF and show rough,
jagged edges. Brittle nails are often
constitutional, or a sign Of poor health.
You can do great deal toward curing
them In the following way:
Rub some pure cold cream or white
vasefine all over the nails aud well
into the base at night. Once or twice
week apply little olive oil. and
never wash the hands In hard water
or put them In strong soda water. for
this aegravates the condition. The
treatment described is a remedy for
hang nails also, for it keeps the skin
round the base Of the nails pliable and
soft.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05

We were especially eager to arrive In Foo
chow on Christmas day, but found that would
not be possible. The customs mad Just been
notified by cable that President Yuan Shi
Kai had proclaimed Wednesday. the Chinese
feast OF the winter solstice, national holi-
day for the worship Of heaven. This meant
that the Chinese in Swallow would not work
unloading cargo, and we must be over . day
there Then Friday. in Annoy. would be
Christmas, and we would have an extra day
there, making as two days late to Foo-chow.
There was no help for it.
The captain said 1t was customary for him
to invite his officers to dine with him Christ
mas day, so we three (Misses Ward. Cook and
Perkins) and six Englishmen had dinner to-
gether. 1t was interesting, though rather
hard, to keep up conversation with these
men whom one did not know and whose in
terests were all SO different. However, the
captain and first officer did most of the talk
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-05-05

ing. about England, her history, the war,
and such things. We tried to be properly
appreciative of her greatness, and behave as
Englishmen think women should. The roast
sucking-pig and flaming Christmas pudding
were distinctive features Of the table. After
two hours at table we withdrew, leaving the
gentlemen to their cigars and wines.
All my fine plans for arriving on Christ
mas day and playing Santa Claus to Irene and
Helen were quite upset. for we did not arrive
till Sunday evening. number Of friends
were waiting TO greer MS. Little George. who
Is just beginning to talk. Was introduced TO q
new baby brother a few days ago, and named
him at once Teddy. evidently considering
the new conner another kind of Teddy bear.