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ASHLAND TIDINGS
Monday. Angant 18. tgtn
Ashland Tidings
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"HEALLY LIVING.
Comes now a Chicago society wom
an who, after a flight in an airship
graciously supplied by John D.'s son-in-law,
says that she "never really
lived" until she took the trip in the
contrivance with mechanical wings.
Time was when women were con
tent to sit in stiff-necked pews and
sing "I want to be an angel" and
dream of wafting about on wings of
their own, earned by usefulness,
goodness and sacrifice.
Those women "really lived," don't
you think they did? Their days
were filled with the happy satisfac
tion of caring for their chihldren, of
seeing that the kitchen was scrupu
lously clean and that the furniture
In the parlor was free from dust.
? They put patches on the pants of
the boys and braided the hair of the
small daughter, sending 'em trudg
ing to school with faces clean and
. hearts brave and pure.
They ministered to the sick, were
kindly to neighbors, made pets of
dumb animals and filled their homes
with a radiance of love and care
which made it a mighty pleasant
place to go after school or work.
They, too, at times wanted to fly,
and so they sang about it on Sun
day. But not because they felt they
weren't Teally living. They were
not just tired with nothing to do or
from a surfeit of frivolity such as
dancing in pajamas until dawn, as
in Newport the other day.
They had their moments of moodi
ness and their times when throbbing
nerves cried out for the Bolace of
strange adventure. They got "blue"
and sometimes, mayhap, they scolded
and grew pettish and fretful and
cross. But it didn't take a $6,000
aeroplane to bring back to them the
joy of living.
Not that we've anything against
the flying machine or against wom
en flying in it if they haven't more
important things to do.
Sport is great and we all need
more of it. But the best sport of all
is to find useful, stimulating, ere
ative work. The Chicago society
woman ought to try that before she
pronounces final judgment on what
constitutes "real living."
THE KITCHEN CUBE FOB THE
HAMMOCK HABIT.
You've no doubt seen the type of
girl who sits in the hammock and
reads dippy novels while ma washes
the dishes or mends daughter's
clothes.
Well, there's one family in an east
ern city where that won't happen
Its a wealthy family, pa being a
lucky manufacturer who got into the
tariff trough while the getting in
was good. They employ three maids
But the other day, as daughter got
back home from finishing school,
one of the maids gave notice and
ma said to the Sweet Girl Graduate:
"Here, my child, is a chance for
you. Pa and I have been spending
a lot of money to get you educated
The prime purpose of education for
a woman Is to qualify her to be the
administrator of a home. You've
had a good training in the theory of
housekeeping, but you've not had the
chance to put that theory under the
test of practice. We can afford to
hire another third maid, all right;
but we aren't going to. You are to
be the new third maid."
And, being a sensible girl, albeit
fashionably "finished," daughter saw
the point, "donned a wrapper, rolled
tip her sleeves and went to work.
When your daughter gets into the
hammock and novel habit, try the
kitchen cure.
From the character of the stuff
the magazines print in summer now
adays, the old-time love story seems
to be rejected as heavy literature,
If some men were half as big as
they think they are, the world would
have to be enlarged.
A man never wants to be an angel
as long as be can make a living at
Anything else.
History in
Peace Plans and Warlike Acts.
The white-winged dove of peace is
having a bard time of it these days,
despite the fact that Secretary of
State Bryan is having some success
in forwarding his plan of consum
mating arbitration treaties. The
first of the series was signed on
Thursday last, the republic of Sal
vador having the distinction of lead
ing the list. It is officially given
out at Washington that 26 countries,
including most of the great powers,
have approved the plan in principle,
and other signatures were expected
to follow that of the Central Ameri
can state. Meanwhile the irrepressi
ble Castro has again descended on
Venezuela and that unhappy coun
try is in the throes of another revo
lution, the arch intriguer having se
cured a large following. In the sis
ter republic of Mexico the provisional
government of Huerta is still being
hammered by rebels, but they are
making no headway. Wilson, the
American ambassador to Mexico,
who was called to Washington to
confer respecting the posture of af
fairs in the distracted republic, re
igned last week, presumably by re
quest, and a special agent has been
sent by Preisdent Wilson to make
Inquiries, and, it is said, to inform
the Mexicans that they must choose
some other man to head them than
Huerta if they desire American rec
ognition. The intimation has result
ed in a great deal of adverse criti
cism and it is freely predicted that
the effect of President Wilson's atti
tude will be to rally over the ene
mies of Huerta to his support. In
China there is a great deal of resist
ance to the new government, much
of which seems to be due to the ma
chinations of countries desirous of
cutting up the republic and dividing
it among themselves. There have
been serious fights, in which the
casualties were great, and the pros
pects of peace are poos. The Balkan
troubles seem to be at an end for the
present. The Bulgarians have ap
parently come to the end of their
tether or have been persuaded to
listen to reason, so all is quiet in
Europe at present, and the only
cloud on the horizon is that caused
by the increase of the armies of Ger
many and France and the continued
expansion of the British navy.
Fuel Oil for Battleships.
Americans have been prompt to
recognize the superiority of oil for
fuel purposes, and it is largely em
ployed on merchant ships plying on
the Pacific, but the United States
navy has been slow to adopt it.
Some experiments have been made
with small craft, but thus far Ameri
can battleships have not been
equipped to burn oil. The attitude
toward oil fuel is wholly indifferent
in Great Britain. Naval experts be
lieve it is in every respect more de
sirable than coal. It is urged in its
favor that a given tonnage of oil as
against an equal tonnage of coal will
enable the same ship to steam much
faster, to get up speed quicker, and
to travel 40 per cent farther, and
In addition it is pointed out that the
supply can be replenished in a much
briefer Bpace of time than is required
to coal a ship. These are the argu
ments employed by British naval ex
perts who advocate the equipment
of all battleships with oil steam-producing
plants, but there is consider
able opposition to pursuing such a
course made by owners of coal
mines, who, like the shipbuilders of
Great Britain, have come to believe
that the maintenance of a big Brit
ish navy is as much a matter of
contributing to the prosperity of
home industries as it is to defend
the island and the commerce of the
nation.
Foreign Governments and the 1915
Exposition.
The 1915 exposition during the
week was the subject of international
discussion provoked by the commun-
icat'on of the British secretary of
foreign affairs, in which the an
nouncement was made that Great
Britain would not make an exhibit I
or be represented. The announce
ment was the signal for sharp ad
verse comment by a large number
of American papers, which attribut
ed the action of the British govern
ment to a desire to get even with
the United States for Its action in
the matter of canal tolls. These in
timations resulted In stirring up the
British press, the columns of which
were filled with explanations and
disclaimers and expressions of the
hope that Sir Edward Grey's action
would not result in creating unpleas
ant relations between the two coun
tries. In all probability the caustic
American criticism and the urgent
appeals of leading English papers
will cause the government to change
its attitude. Germany has also in
timated, but not formally, that she
will not exhibit; but the fact that
France means to make an exception
al display, and observation of the
the Making
effect produced by the British atti
tude, will result in the Germans rec
ognizing that they cannot afford to
be unrepresented in San Francisco
in 1915.
State Highway Commission Building
Poor I loads.
The disclosures made during the
week that the State Highway Com
mission of California was deliber
ately evading the promise made that
the roads to be built under the $18,
000,000 bond act were to be first
class, and that Instead the policy of
trying to make the money stretch
out over a great deal of territory by
building inferior roads has been
adopted, has created a sensation.
Some of the road already built has
been so poorly constructed that it is
already going to pieces. In Santa
Clara and San Mateo counties, where
the people have gone to much ex
pense to create good roads with con
crete beds to connect with the state
highway, there is much dissatisfac
tion and vigorous protests are being
made against the attempt of the ad
ministration to favor by substituting
quantity for quality.
I'rogress of Modern Invention.
The accident to the steering gear
of the big Atlantic liner Imperator,
which caused the vessel to become
utterly helpless for a time, has di
rected attention anew to the remark
able progress made in ocean naviga
tion during recent years. The acci
dent in question, while it greatly
alarmed the few passengers who hap
pened to be awake when it occurred,
caused no damage and only resulted
in the ship describing great circles
before she could be stopped. The
steering gear which gave the trou
ble is a very delicate bit of mechan
ism. It has been devised with so
exquisite a nicety that the slightest
pressure of a button on the bridge
effects a responsive reversal of en
gines below, but perfect as it was
supposed to be, it has exhibited de
fects which will probably be correct
ed. Meanwhile one may wonder at
the marvelous ingenuity displayed in
the creation of machinery which by
the simple touching of a button will
control the enormous mass of 80,000
tons which is said to be the weight
of the Imperator when loaded.
Around the World in 35 Days.
Jules Verne wrote and published
his novel "A Tour of the World in
Eighty Days" in 1872. It was
thought at the time that he had djs
played great Ingenuity in handling
his time tables in such a fashion as
to impart artistic verisimilitude to a
very improbable narrative. It is a
little over forty years since Verne's
noved was written, but marvelous
Improvements In transportation have
been effected during the interval, as
may be inferred from the fact that
the time of the imaginary voyager
has actually been more than cut In
half by a real traveler who girdled
the globe in 35 days, 21 hours, 33
minutes and 4-5 of a second. John
Menry Mears, a reporter of the New
York Sun, was the man who accom
plished the 'eat, and he can proba
bly tell a story of what he experi
enced In his hurry-up journey which
will equal in interest that related by
the ingenious Frenchman. It may
be said that the mad rush of Mears
did not really demonstrate that the
ordinary traveler can make the tour
in 36 or even 48 days, and is there
fore of no value, but such a criticism
overlooks the fact that it enables us
to institute a comparison which for
all practical purposes is nearly as
valuable as though the fictitious
Phineas Fogg and the real Mears had
performed their respective feats as
if they were merely business men
bent on errands that required them
to make the best time possible.
The Wheatland Hop Fields Labor
Biots.
The labor trouble in the hop fields
of Wheatland, Yolo county, Califor
nia, was speedily terminated by the
militia. As soon as the soldiers ap
peared on the scene the I. W. W.'s
who had instigated the riots made
themselves scarce. The killing of
the four men by the rioters made a
profound impression throughout the
coast, and the opinion was freely
expressed that the trouble was in'
vited by the failure to seriously re
gard the difficulties created in San
Diego and other places by the an
archistic utterances and defiant atti
tude of the band who proclaim their
enmity to honest toil and preach the
gospel of syndicalism. It will prob
ably be some time before the I. W.
W.'s exhibit as much brazenness as
they have during the past year or
so, for they have not failed to note
the general outburst of Indignation
created by the murderous affair, at
Wheatland. But If future tragedies
of the same kind are to be avoided
It will be necessary to keep a strict
watch on the mischief-makers, and
incidentally make the coast -as inhos
pitable to their kind as possible.
Work of Extra Session of Congress.
Congress made little progress dur
ing the week with the tariff bill. It
had been announced on behalf of the
republicans that there would be no
filibustering to prevent the measure
being put on its final passage at as
early a date as possible, but senators
show no inclination to abandon their
right to criticise the schedules and
to express their opinion of the prob
able consequences of striking at the
protective system. There were some
scraps, which enlivened the proceed
ings, but on the whole the debate is
proceeding in an orderly and entire
ly unexciting manner.
The fever for investigation still
rages, and numerous witnesses have
been examined, with the object of
eliciting proof that there have been
corrupt lobbying practices. It is
doubtful, however, whether any im
pression has been made on the pub
lic, as most of the testimony points
me looDying complained of being
confined to attempts to convince
congressmen that this, that or the
Other policy is the nroner nnn to
ursue, and that failure to pursue it
'ill be followed by unpopularity and
defeat at the polls.
The prospects of currency legisla
tion during the extra session have
visibly declined and the probabilities
favor the belief that a great part
of the regular session may be con-
umed before any result is achieved.
THE ONLY SUBE METHOD.
Ordinary folks sometimes wonder
why, if the railroad business is as
bad as the railroad managers claim.
the people who invest in railroad
stocks don't weary of it and sell out.
They overlook that the money in
railroading is only incidentally rail-
roading. Chiefly it seems to be in
what might be called note shaving.
August 22 holders of New Haven
stock are to vote on an issue of $67,-
552,400 six per cent, twenty-year
debenture bonds, convertible after
five years into common stock. The
issue, it is announced, has been over
subscribed. The asserted purpose of this new
issue Is to lift a lot of short term
notes and also to supply cash for
needed improvements. But as likely
as not It is to enable the bond ped
dlers to make another fat "divvy."
For If it were- merely to pay debts
couldn't it be more easily done by
the New Haven selling some of the
excess property with which it is
overloaded?
To buy debentures at par, hold
them five years, exchange them for
stock which under normal conditions
ought to be worth at least 200, and
then rig the market for the sale of
the stock at or above that figure
offers a pretty little adventure to
inside finance.
We don't say this is going to be
done, but it is of a piece with what
has been done and It is what must
be expected so long as-our railroads
are run, not for public service, but
for private gain through whatever
form of speculation most conduces
to private gain for those on the in
side. It is amusing to read the cries set
up by such men as Senator Smoot of
Utah. He is saying that the beet
sugar industry, which is one of the
greatest industries of the desert
state, will go to smash when sugar is
placed on the free list. We cannot
understand why . "Apostle Smoot
should be worrying about the tariff.
It looks to us as if the tithing of the
Mormon church will continue, tariff
or no tariff, and the income from
tithings is said to amount to three
millions of dollars a year. Apsotle
Smoot will still have a shot at this
enormous fund. We cannot under
stand why he should be worrying
about tariff.
To the credit of President Wilson
It is said that he promptly squelched
the movement of raising a large sum
of money by public contribution for
buying a wedding gift for his daugh
ter, Miss Jessie, who is to be mc
ried in the White House early in the
fall. A very enthusiastic person in
Baltimore started out to raise, by
public subscription a fund with
which to buy Miss Jessie a wedding
gift which should represent the
tribute of the American people, but
Mr. Wilson refused to stand for it.
NOTICE.
riease get your items for the Tid
ings in the day before date of publi
cation, if possible. AH matter must
hereafter by in type by noon on pub
lication day.
It is the general feeling among
the Sunday school children that they
are being very kind to the teachers
in going with them on the annual
picnic.
The only difference between the
saint and the sinner is that every
saint has a past and every sinner has
a future.
W!
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tog," think of "First National?" H We grant every ac
commodation consistent with a safe and conservative
yet progressive business policy.
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ty of Jackson and City of Ashland.
BIBXIXG PEOPLE.
It is amazing what a practice we
Ambericans have of burning people
to death. In one day recently 35
convicts in Mississippi and about 60
factory hands in New York were
burned up, undoubtedly the result of
carelessness or thrift. The manu
factory owners are willing to take a
shot at burning up a few persons
rather than go to the expense of pro
viding reasonable protection against
occurrence of fires or suitable pro
tection for the rescue in case of a
fire. The "shirtwaist factory fire"
of New York, less than two years
ago, the burning of the big excursion
boat in New York harbor a few years
ago and the Iroquois theatre horror
of Chicago are still fresh in mind.
When it comes to housing people in
tinder boxes where they are bound
to be roasted, if but the tinder gets
on fire, seems to be a practice ex
tremely American and it should be
done away with.
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GBEATEB DEAD.
It is reported that when the moth
er of Robert Burns looked upon his
monument she exclaimed, "Ah, Rah,
ye asked for bread, and they ha"
given ye a stane." The poor poet
went hungry many and many a day
in his lifetime, but after he was dead
his admirers put up thousands of
pounds for a monument t his mem
ory. Very recently a manuscript of
his production was sold to a million
aire American for $25,000, more
money than the poor fellow saw hi
his entire life. Yet such seems to bo
the fate of almost every great man.
Few men who are recognized as great
during their lifetime have continued
to be great through any considerable
period after death. Burns was not
alone in suffering this awful tragedy
of non-appreciation.
The home of Charles Scribner, the
publisher, has been broken into by
"burglars. Had they broken into the
office they might have captured soma
poetry.
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