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V (JB SIX ASHLAND TIDINGS Thursday, July 23, 19U NEGOTIABLE PAPER Bills of Exchange, Bank Checks and Promissory Notes. IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES. These Convenient Substitutes For Specie, Which May Pas From Hand to Hand at Readily at Coin, Differ Radically From Other Contracts. We ni.ijr eimak truthfully of the strength of paper, yet how like a para dox it sounds! I'rom childhood we have been uccustoiued to take frequent lllvcrtli's with the flimsy miiteriul, to fold and rend it ucordiug to our light est whim, uud uow to speak of it as mrong: Hut strong it is. and the busi ness world of America U bound into a cotiesive whole by tbe fibers of mil lion of Dotes, checks and drafts which pledge the honor uud credit of its citt erns In this brief article we shall attempt to define three kinds of commercial pa perbills of exchange, promissory notes and bank checks that are all business contracts. They are con tracts, however, us to which business convenience decrees that the form shall be just us Important as the sub tii nee. If I am hiring Regun the contractor to build my bouse and we fall out over our agreement the court 'will consider every possible point connected with tbe transaction in order to determine rbat our mutual Intentions really were, but if I employ Uegun to do the work and give him a promissory note In payment of his services, our rights, so far as that note Is concerned, are large ly determined by tbe exact form In which I Issued It. taken in connection of course with the subsequent Indorse ments that Is, whatever written ad ditions were afterward made to It In the course of business. The vital feature of bills of escbange or drafts, as tbey are generally called ruilKtHry notes and bank checks is their negotiability that Is to say, they re a special class of contracts which re so framed and so favored by the law that if certain rules are adhered to tbey can he passed from man to roan )uite as freely and far more conven iently than actual cash. An ordinary contract may be assign ed or transferred from one to another. Thus If I have agreed to furnish a la r ire factory with knitting machines I may assign my right to be paid for doing ho to Itogardus for a valuable enuslderatlnn. Huptiose, though, that I misrepresented some Important feature or my knitting machines to tbe Suc cess Textile company, which ordered tmm. and after 1 have transferred my rights In the contract to Itogardus tbey find It out Under such circumstances tue textile company chu employ the de-te-im f misrepresentation against Bo rirlns Just as readily as they could amaliiKt me. for he has simply stepped ti lo my shoes and Is in no better posi tion than I would he hud 1 remained a pMrty to the eoutract Now. this Is Just where drafts, notes nd bills, or, as they are often called roiie lively, negotiable Instruments or rommerclal paer, differ radically from itner contracts. While still In tbe r.snds if the original parties who gave tl'eui utrtb they ate subject to uny de lenwH which one may have against the other, so that If Cumin gives a prom tHMr.v note for f 100, due In sixty days, to I'lalsted nnd then finds that through DMituai denliugs I'lalsted really owes l.im i be may at the end of the six tv uxvh refuse to pay Plulsted the note and demand instead $400 from him. -tipMM however, that Plulsted has nw hile sold the note to Hmgely. wtro knows nothing of bis debt to Cur J"'ii. mn rurzou still set off Plntsted's debt Hiid refuse to pay Rougely the H'teV rijilonhtedly he cannot do so. Such i) rase Illustrates the distin guishing characteristic of commercial juiimt Like a Mrd which has flown fintii the parent nest. It is freed from ny defenses which the original parties t. it may have, just as soon as it has twii iur'tixHeil. It good faith and for a t.'iiii.iiiie -inskJeriitlciu, by some third Is-rxi'ii in ffy other form of contract the niie is otherwise; land bears Its bur-ih-ns fmin owner to owner, the as Mrn"l mortgage conveys no better title tn tlo- ptin haser thnn the assignor bad lo uive: hut for the purely practical rritwm that In trade there must be some convenient representative of spe riK. which may pass from baud to hand Ms r.-;idily as actual coin, a general grwmeiit and strength of custom UMims merchants lued the three forms r i-fdit paper Ihe Mil of exchange, trie promisHory mile uud the bank' check nil of which travel. In the words of a -creiii Jurist, as couriers without lug f.in. nud to all of which an Innocent I'lin hnser. for value, gets an absolutely lenr title -Saturday Evening Post Deceptive. Ttie Pastor's Wife What1 peculiar eynt young Ashley lias. They always m-tii half cloned. The Pastor Yes, he t.t uie guessing. I'm Inclined to think l iiM sll through ray sermons, but f mut catch him at It Cleveland I iMn Ifctifer. At the Game. itactHloustyt Fonlf I don't see iu fathers, tie Well, yon could i l to lu this came, yon ieo P'e are lacked olues. Phils !i'tii i i Iger. I'lirTio iisucms In rendering a ktnd uiiM. Iki- iiosrae n4ce, man the mo vie f tin' oiig -FHthsst. TRAPPING ELEPHANTS. In India Tarns Animals Aid In Captur ing the Wild Ones. In view of the vast strength pos sessed by full grown elephants. It seems at first sight almost Incredible , Hint Hiev onn ha f.uotiimrl In horrta ' and quickly subdued to tbe will of their masters. At tbe present time, in Mysore, the regular method of capturing wild elephants is for a large number of natives to go into the Jungle, some mounted on tamed elephants and many on foot, and to make a great noise and hullabaloo, which results In driving herds of the wild elephants Into stock ades, or often tuto ponds of water, which have previously been surround ed on all sides, except at tbe ap proaches, by Immensely strong pali sades. As soon as tbe herd is corner ed tbe passages that had been left open are securely closed, and then tiie trained elephants are brought Into play to cajole and subdue tbe perplexed prisoners. In India elephants are no longer ruptured, as tbey 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 tbe African and differs fiom it 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 eral, also, tbe tusks of African ele phants are nearly twice ns large as those of their Indian relatives, a sin gle pair sometimes weighing as much as 250 or 300 pounds. Spokane Spokesman-Review. WAGNER'S "PARSIFAL." Its Cold Riceotion at First Moved Hans baens to Fury, When Wagner's "Parsifal" was first performed In Bulreutb. tbe critic Elans Sucns was almost the only one of all tbe writing fraternity to welcome It as a great work of genius. To the ears of the others its rude realism sounded tnmuslcaL Tbey wanted melody like that Verdi was turning out in Italy, Bizet in Paris and a few minor composers in their own Berlin. But Sachs was a man of broader mold. He heard the great music of "Parsifal" with unprejudiced ears and recognized tbe genius of tbe man. He shouted It abroad In bis writings and became furious at a world that would not. perhaps could not. find pleasure in tbe dramatic voices of the orchestra. Its vivid emotionalism and marvelous appeal to the aesthetical nature that is In every man and woman. He knew that tbe Germans were merely refusing to listen, save for melody, aud finally be told tbem that even In tbe melodic field Wagner was the greatest of them all. Snchs baa written eloquently of Wag ner's melody, beside which the melody of the Italians is pallid, anaemic. In significant. Only now and then, he said, were tbe Italian melodists other than artificial. Wagner's melody was the spontaneous sons of a musical heart The "Good Friday Spell" was the most exquisite song of praise ever written by any man. no less a song because It n-as wordless, sung only by the violin and woodwinds. Detroit Free Press. Tht Trained Voles. Lawyers, clergymen und doctors all fail to secure the Influence with tbe people with whom they come In con tact because of Inability to express their thoughts In an Impressive way. Hud the voice been trained tbe same as tbe eye and tbe Intellect, bad tbe exterior qualities been trained to ex press like tho voice tbe best and the clearest facts, tbey would all have been successes. The melodious voice of Henry Clay alwnys charmed bis au dience everywhere. Wherever he went people flocked to bear him, while the heavy buss toues of Daniel Webster failed to attract and actually drove people away. They preferred to read what be bad to say, but wanted per Oually to hear Clay's pleasing voice Medical Record. Fuller's Great Memory. Thomas Fuller, the author of "Tbe Worthies of England," possessed the useful accomplishment for a clergyman of being able to repeat a sermon verba tim after hearing It only once. Fuller once succeeded lu naming backward and forward and without a single omis sion every shop slgu on both sides of the way from Temple Bar to the east ern extremity of Cheapside. This ap pears a remarkable feat when It is re membered that Fuller lived before the practice of numbering houses was adopted, so that every shop be passed bore a sign. London Chronicle. Savage Game In India. Id the province of Stud, India, there are more than 3.513.000 people, and yet there are occasional tigers, pan thers, leopards, wolves and hyenas. Tbe gad. or wild sheep, tbe Ibex, tbe ebiuker. tbe black buck and the bog deer are comparatively common. Still Possibts. "Uncle, can't I be a pirate when I grow up?" "Sure yon can. son. What do you want to pirate books or plays T Louisville Courier-Journal. Transposed. Griggs Tbe doctor said I must throw up everything and take a sea voyage. Brlggs Got the cart before tbe horse, didn't net-Boston Tran script If ws bare done our beat to do and to bs, wt can rest In peace. Sir John Lubbock. HANDLING BAGGAGE. A System That Simplifies Matter For the Railroad Man. Like most other mysteries, that of handling the thousauds of pieces of luggage that come to a great railroad station has a simple solution. It seems to tbe layman that there must be con fusion when incoming trains dump hundreds of trunks und bund bogs into tbe baggage rooms for distribution to nil quarters of the city. System, which has come to play an important part in all business nowadays, has made bug gage handling a rather 6linple matter for tbe railroads. It is tbe use of a key number that does the trick. Travelers have noticed thot their check numbers run Into six figures, if they pay attention to tbe figures on their checks at all. It Is the third of these units, counting back from tbe final number, that Is tbe key to the whole system of distribution. Tbe ex pressman who handles the baggage tor Its home distribution bands In to the baggage agent bis mass of collected checks, all sorted on that basis, und the baggage baudlers hustle the stuff out with very little delay,-; j '7 ; Suppose he has only a few checks from an incoming local train. Tbey may read 384741. 384201. 384599, 384 735. 384812. 38187. 384(R;2. 384250. 3S4 739. 384747. 384050 aud 384123. In each case the first three figures are Identical -384. The first variation begins with the fourth, or hundreds, unit By means of this uult he separates his checks all the 7's in one bunch, all the 5's In another, and so on. In the baggage room the trunks and bags are distributed us soon as receiv ed In ten apartments, each bearing a unit numler, from 0 to 0. That num. ber invariably represents tbe hundreds unit of tbe claimant's check. Tbe trunk with a 384543 check would go to tbe same compartmeut as one number ed 385543 or 383543 or 12543 or 087543. Tbe figure S Is the key figure, with the result that there is never any confu sion or trouble in locating- the baggage desired. ' It would be In tbe compart ment numbered 5. Tbls simple plan solves the mystery as to the prompt location of a piece of hand baggage when a passenger rolls up to tbe baggage room door in a taxi to get the piece of luggage be bus had checked and has to wait but a moment to obtain It It Is a very simple solu tion of tbe trouble that a few years ago annoyed all travelers who bad to wait for baggage to be transferred from one terminal to another in their own con veyances. New York Sun, It Was Lincoln's Knife. Lincoln was always ready to Join In a laugh at his own expense and used to tell tbe following story with Intense enjoyment: "In tbe days, when 1 used to be on tbe circuit I was accosted In tbe cars by a stranger, who said, 'Ex cuse me. sir. hut I bare an article in my possession which belongs to you.' How Is that?' I asked, considerably astonished. The stranger took a Jack- knife from his pocket. 'This knife.' said he. 'was placed in my huuds some years ago with tbe injunction that I wus to keep it until 1 found a man uglier than myself. I have carried It from that time to this. Allow me to say. sir. that 1 think you are fairly en titled to tbe property.' ""Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln." Greatest 8ong Writers. The Immortal quartet, of song' writ ers are Goethe. Heine. Burns and Beranger. Of the four Burns Is by far the most popular. Goethe was at heart an "Olympian" and In all tilings a critic; Heine was in his deepest soul a pessimist and cynic; Beranger. while much more human, was a little bit too critical, while Burns, democratic to tbe core and of Immense sympathy, threw himself Into tbe commou human life of the world with a whole heart and wrote tbe songs that will live and be loved while humanity endures. New York Amerlcun. Weight of a Gallon of Milk. "Whut Is the standard weight for sweet milk?" A quart of milk weighs 2.153 pounds and a gallon 8.012 pounds, or a quart 2.15 pounds and a gallon 8.0 pounds. It is understood that the temperature of the milk und the relative propor tions of tbe butter fat aud solids not butter fat cause the weight ot milk to vary, but tbe weights stated above are those generally used. Progressive Farmer. Different Ideas. "I'm paying ail my debts. I believe the end of the world will come next month." '1 don't understand your logic. If 1 thought the end of the world was com ing next month I'd order -n lot of Btuff. on credit uuw." Pittsburgh Post Self Denial. Teacher What do you understand by the words "self denial?" Pupil It is when some one comes to borrow money from father and be says be is not at borne. Fllegende Blatter. ' Tht Answer. "They say the Joneses are a bappy couple." very "But Jones Is a traveling man aud la very seldom at home." "Exactly." Cleveland Leader. New Classification, Tbe Census Taker How many are there In that bunch of Portuguese? The Landlady-Six. A Portugoose. a I'or tugander and four little Portugoillugs. Chicago News. In adversity It Is easy to despise Ufa. Tbe true, brave man la be who can eO dure to be miserable. ManJal. Campbell and His Poem. At a dinner where Thomas Campbell and Lord Nugent were present the coo versa tlon drifted from the use of Latin words In English to monosyllabic verse. Some one expressed a doubt whether two consecutive Hues compos ed of words of oue syllable could be found In our luuguage. Lord Nugent at once quoted: "By that dread nnme we wave the sword on high And swear with her to live, with her to die." Campbell said he did not believe in the lines and asked where they came from. Lord Nugent said, "From your own 'Pleasure of Hope. How do you know that?" asked the poet "I know It all by heart," replied Nugent "I'll bet you a guinea you can't repeat It" said Campbell. The bet was taken and Nugent started declaiming. The poet soon got tired and said: "I see you know the poem. Don't go any further." The other insisted upon re peating the whole poem or claiming double stakes, and Campbell paid the extra guinea In order to be spared the recital of the poem which had made him famous which be hud forgotten. The World a Looking Glass. Anatole France, in one of those de lightful monologues of bis 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 M. France, told us one day about his mother. "She used to sacrifice my father to me a little." he sold. "I always came first She taught me all day long, aud her lessons have been my guide ever since. 1 remember one day she show ed tne some little faces over u door way. 'You see they are laughing,' she said. A few duys afterward, when we passed them again, she told me to look. 'They nre 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. It will always be like this. Whenever you do wrong everything will look re proachful. Tbe leaves, the sun, tbe moon, will look unhappy when you have misbehaved. The world Is a looking glass, my boy.' "John N. Ra phael in. London Globe. The Last Speaker of Cornish. In the little village of St Paul, near Penzance, there Is a monument erected to the memory of Doll, or Dolly, Pent reath, who attained the age of 102 aud was the lust womun who spoke the Cornish tongue. This is the Inscrip tion: "Here lleth interred Dorothy Pentreath, who died in 1777, said to have been the last person who con versed in tbe ancient Cornish, the pe culiar language of this country from the earliest times till it expired In the eighteenth century in this parish of St Paul. Tbls stone is erected by the Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte. In un ion with the Rev. John Garnett vicar of St Paul, June, 1800. 'Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon tbe land which tbe Lord thy God glvetb thee' (Exodus xx, 12)." Loudon News. Keep Your Temper. Which of all the domestic virtues Is most essential to a happy married life? Tbe ability to keep one's temper, be yond all question. There Is nothing which lends more to misery, not only for its possessor, hut also for those about him. than an ungovernable and unreasonable' tem per. No one Is worse to live with than an 111 tempered man. except perhaps nn 111 tempered woman. Bad tempered people completely spoil tbe lives of those who associate with them. Tbe feeling of strain is ever present One never knows Just when the storm will break, although appar ently tbe weather, metaphorically. Is "set fair." Life In these circumstances Is a burden almost beyond hearing. Ironical. "Don't knock on the gluss with your hand you might hurt it. Use u sledge hammer." That's the Ironic notice to be read on the window of a Bronx vermin exterminator's shop. Inside the window are three or four ferrets, trained to hunt rats. Before the shop owuer put the sign on tbe window tap plug on the gluss to arouse the ferrets was one of the favorite sports of tbe neighborhood. New York Tribune. Not a Regular. The tall blond bus Mrs. Mslaprop backed off tbe map when it comes to reckless bandliug of the queen's Eng lish. "My cousin. Ignatz, has Joined the navy," she confided to her friend. "Is be a regular sailor?" asked tbe short brunette. "Not yet." replied the tall blond, "ne Is Just a sub marine. I guess." Youngstown Telegram. What Might Have Been. First Suburbanite Do you enjoy go ing Into Newcome's wonderful garden? Second Suburbanite No; everything in It is so exasperatlngly perfect that I can't have the fun of saying. "If you had followed my advice It would have been better."-Exchange. Taking Walk. "I took a long walk yesterday," said Boreman as he collapsed Into seat at Busyman's desk. "Take another, old man." suggested Busyman. "It'll do us both good." Made -His Mark. "Well, young Dr. SHcer baa made bis mark already, hasn't he?" -Yes; did It on his first case." "Great Scott: What did be dor "Vaccinated him." Talk not or a good lire, but let thy good lire talk -Schiller. wherever it is llaradon's Slip mil O SotlUS 1(1 cents -at your ilc.ilcu A Surprise Won. Free I Collect 12 ends from six packages of "Supreme" crackers or cakes of any kind, and if your dealer cannot supply you with a surprise box of "Supreme" below), mail them direct to by parcel post, absolutely r. Y. HA RADON A ruK ri.ANu. UkUCUN 1- J."'- 'J -v. y a FASHION HINT By JUDIC CHOLLET Girls' dresses always follow the ten dencies of the season. Here is oue with broad, flaring skirt aud drooping shoulders. In the picture it is mudc of two ma terials, but the model can. of course, GIRL'S DBESS. be used for one material throughout, and if a simpler dress is wanted the flounce or upper skirt may be omitted. Both skirts are circular, and they are Joined to the long witisted blouse by means of a belt Tbe dress is closed at the center back. For the twelve-year-old size three yards of plain material twenty-seven inches wide will be required, with three yards of fancy material thirty-six inches wide and two yards of embroid ery four inches wide for collar und cuffs. This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes for girls from ten to fourteen years. Send 10 cents to this office, Riving number, K2C2, and it will be promptly forwarded to you by mail. If in haste send an additional two cent stamp for letter postage. When ordering use coupon. No. 8ize. Name ... Addresa Jtli VACATION IN THE SHASTA MOUNTAINS The Shasta Region offers to the lover of outdoor life an ideal place to spend a, vacation. Mountain climbing, fishing, hunting or enjoying the mineral springs with which this region abounds. Low Round Trip Excursion Fares on sale daily to Delta Sweet Briar Castle Crags Shasta Retreat Slsson Lamoine Castella Dunsmulr Shasta Springs WEEK END FARES to several of the above points from Gleudale to Ashland inclusive. Call on nearest Southern Pacific Agent for specific information as to fares to any of the above points. I I SUNItT f (A bCOIN M AST I dm I Tkt EibmIIIm Lies ltd ve. known among all classes and all ages Baked Dainties (illustrated us and a will be sent at once free. tON LOCAL S. P. TIME CARD. Northbound. Leave No. 14 7:50 a.m. Grants Pass motor (main line depot) 9:30 a.m. Grants Pass motor (city depot) 8:40 a.m. Grants Pass motor (main line depot) 3:40 p.m. Grants Pass motor (city depot) 3:50 p.m. No. 16 4:30 p.m. Southbound. Arrive. Grants Pass motor (city depot) 9:20 a.m. Grants Pass motor (main line depot) 9:30 a,m. No. 13 11:35 a.m. Grants Pass motor (city depot) 3:10 p.m. Grants Pass motor (main line depot) 3:20 p.m. No. 15 4:50 p.m. Under Auspices Episcopal Diocese of Oregon FALL TEItM OPENS SEPTEMBER, 23, 1914 Grammar School and College pre paratory courses. School estate com. prixes 100 acres of fertile land. Com plete gymnasium, swimming pool, in door and outdoor athletics. Library, study halls, competent instruction in all branches. Send for rates and booklet, "Where Koys Are Trained to Think." Address Bishop Scott School, Yamhill, Ore. ll-13t-Thursday8 $2 THE YEHR $2 Strictly in Advance Southern Oregon's Big Twice-a-Weelt newspaper Gfce Ashland Tidings STRICTLY IN AJJVANCE. Simms Castle Rock Upper Soda Springs Mott ShaBta Mountain Home JOHN M. SCOn, General Passenger Agent . Portland, Oregon 4