JPAOK EIGHT
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS.
Thy May Be In Captivity, but Thay
Ara Navar In Subjection.
Far many reasons the chsse of the
elephant stands at the apex of sport
At a man killer In open combat be
ranks with the lion and the African
buffalo. He Is the only benst that fears
' no other. While he will almost Invari
ably run from the scent of man he Is
as Invariably ready to attack on the
slightest provocation. Fear does not
exist for him. Ills overwhelming bulk,
power, speed and intelligence make
him supreme beyond the range of ri
valry. As though this were not enough to
establish his pre-eminence, be alone
carries a trophy which Is one of the
atnple products of the Industrial world.
The value of Ivory rises. It never fluc
tuates. Nor is this alL In the mind
of the east the elephant is intimately
associated with dignity, pomp, pageant
ry and kingship. But in the mind of
the native African he is king a king
In hia own right
In this regard let It be affirmed that
no elephant born In Africa has ever do
cilely paced a hlppodromed stage, trun
dled a circus wagon or taken children
for a ride In the park. Those sleep
walking cattle known to the American
public as elephants come from India
and are mere distant cousins to the
king. You may have seen the African
elephant in captivity, but never in sub
jection. Chain him to the floor behind
Iron bars, and after ten years be Is
sttn quick to throw muck in the face
of the man that Jeers at hlm.-George
Agnew Chamberlln In Century.
CHLOROFORM IN SURGERY.
Tha Horror That Ware Stopptd by Its
Usa at an Antithetic
Sir James Simpson, who was con
nected with the medical department of
Edinburgh university, if not actually
the discoverer of chloroform, wns nt
any rate the first to Introduce Its em
ployment as an anaesthetic Into sur
gical practice. This was In 1848.
Previously all operations were per
formed without anaesthetics, the pa
tient being drugged with whisky and
held down by strong men while the op
eration was performed. No medical
discovery ever did more to alleviate
human suffering.
Sir James Is generally given credit for
the actual discovery of chloroform, but
It is stated In some works that It was
discovered some years previous to bis
first experiments by an American doc
tor named Guthrie and by a French
physician named Souberlan. In any
case, It was Dr. Simpson who proved
Its great value as an anaesthetic, and
the room In which be made bis first ex
periments still exists in Edinburgh.
The story goes that be tried the
chloroform on himself and two medical
friends. They proved its efficacy by
' simultaneously falling beneath the
table. Sir James bad considerable
prejudice to overcome before chloro
form was adopted generally by the
medical profession, It being denounced
at one time as dangerous to health,
morals and religion. Pearson's
Weekly.
Tha Sal Ring.
The seal ring dates back to the days
of the Old Testament and products of
the glyptic art, as gem engraving was
called, were known In the most remote
times. In Exodus xxvlil, 17-20, men
tion Is made of the following stones,
upon which the names of the twelve
children of Israel were engraved: The
aardlus, the topai, the carbuncle, the
' emerald, the sapphire, the diamond,
the llgure, the agate, the amethyst
beryl, onyx and Jasper. 1a verse 2
ef the same chapter we find mention
of the engraving of signets upon the
hardest stones. It is believed that the
Egyptians Instructed the Israelites In
the art of stone engraving. The Egyp
tians used the lapidary's wheel and
emery powder and knew the use of
the diamond in engraving other hard
tones. Among the Assyrian and
Babylonian ruins were found fine spec
imens of signets on gems, many of
then set in ring,
Dublin Cattle, ' f
Dublin castle has a history of over
even centuries, for It was King John
who In 1201 ordered It to be built, "well
fortified, with good fosses aud thick
walls strong enough to defend or con
trol the city." Henry III., when about
to visit Ireland in 1243, ordered the ad
dition of a hall, "with sufficient win
dows and glass casements," and other
Improvements were made In succeed
ing reigns, particularly by the Duke of
Clarence, son of Edward HI., who as
viceroy spent much money on me cas
tle to make it convenient (as bis father
complained when called upon to pay)
"for hit sports and other pleasures.
London Standard.
Raaliitio Pity.
"Cant you children play without con
tinually ringing the doorbelir asked
mother, who had been trying in vain to
get an afternoon nap.
"No, mother," said Alice, "ifa quite
Impossible. You see, Edith and I are
playing house, and Freddie is the col
lector." St Louis Post Dispatch.
Long Tim Betwttn Showtrt.
In 1912 rain fell in the nitrate terri
tory of Chile for the Orst time in near
ly half a century, and for the first
time In man's memory the coast towns
were free from dust
Enough Said.
"Thrifty, to she?"
"Thrlf tyl I won't go Into a long dis
course. I merely tell yon that she
tanks money In December."
Jost at yu are pleaced at finding
faults you are displeased at finding
perfection. La v a ter.
Pacb Broa,
HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS.
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.
Two futile Invasions of Mexico and
six separate and distinct policies on
the question of permitting arms and
ammunition to be sent into that coun
try are included in the performance
of tho WUhou administration In its
dealings with our southern neighbors
In less than three years. It Is this
characteristic Instability of the gov
ernment that makes people want a
change.
Bryan reiterates that he Is out for
Wilson. "Hark from the tomb a dole
ful sound." Philadelphia Inquirer.
The stopping of Governor Hughes'
auto by a Cunadlan soldier will not
matter, inasmuch as the band wagon's
progress Is not to be Interrupted.
Democrats who harbored hopes that
Joscphus would catch the virus from
the Bryan and Garrison resignations
are still nursing their disappointment.
Nothing remains for them but to re
sign to a realization that Joscphus will
not resign.
"Inadequate" aptly characterizes the
Wilson administration, but almost any
synonym of unsatisfactory will do.
When Charles E. nughes said: "The
dealings of the administration with
Mexico constitute a confused chapter
of blunders," he gave an explicit char
acterization of the Wilson administra
tion's policy In one sentence.
Just as It Is now obstinately shut
ting Its eyes to the need of industrial
preparedness, for three years the Wil
son administration refused to see the
need of adequate military prepared
ness. With wur on our southern bor
der It was content to rely on a regular
army that could only muster 40,000
available men and refused to continue
the established policy of building up
our navy. When the time came for ac
tion the country had not sufllclent
troops to police the border, and tills
force has been supplemented by a trifle
more than one-third the war strength
of the national guard. If the national
administration had had the ability to
interpret the signs of the time military
preparedness would have been well un
der way Instead of barely begun.
Charles E. nughes, the Republican
candldute, recognizes an important
fact that Woodrow Wilson, the Demo
cratic president appears to have over-looked-that
the United States Is big
enough to help Mexico out of tho con
dition of anarchy In which that coun
try is plunged and, by securing order
in Mexico, Insure peace on our border.
The Insuperable handicap of the
Democratic party in this campaign is
its record.
If the Democratic national adminis
tration had left on the statute books In
1894 the federal corrupt practices act
placed there by the Republicans there
would be no occasion for the present
administration's campaign publicity
measure, which at best Is a very poor
substitute for the law repealed.
President Wilson's campaign man
agers are entitled to all the comfort
they can get out of calling the roll of
Progressives who are going to vote for
him. It would be an endless task to
call the roll of Progressives who are
pot going to votefor bira.
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For every reason that can be ad
vanced why Progressives should vote
for Wilson ten can be advanced why
they should vote for Hughes, and the
beauty of it is that they know the rea
sons without having to be told.
The Wilson administration went Into
Mexico to punish Villa for his out
rage on American soil. The only pun
ishment Inflicted has been on American
soldiers, who were shot down at Car
rlzal by order of First Chief Carranza.
"Franklin Roosevelt, assistant secre
tary of the navy, sees a strong trend
for Wilson In Maine." News Dispatch.
Who can blame a man who for three
years has been assistant to Joscphus
Daniels for "seeing things?"
Even Woodrow Wilson could not
save the Infamous Clarke amendment
to the Philippines bill, ne lost the
ablest member of his cabinet. Secre
tary Garrison, because of his advocacy
of the policy of scuttle, but even the
sacrifice of Garrison could not save It.
WILSON'S POLICIES BLOWN UP.
Charles Evans nughes did have ex
plosives with him when his motorcar
was searched by a Canadian soldier,
but they were under the candidate's
hat Mr. nughes will set them off on
his western tour, and some of Mr. Wil
son's policies will be blown up New
York Sun.
ASHLAND
FUTURE OF ALASKA.
A Companion of Our Territory With
tht Scandinavian Countries.
Alaska has the same lutltude as Den
mark, Norway, Sweden and. Finland
and similar climatic conditions. The
same development may be expected In
Alaska that has obtained In those
Scandinavian countries, Increased and
intensified by her enormously great
latent resources.
The Scandinavian countries have 10,
000 square miles under cultivation and
75,000 square miles In grazing. Our de
partment of agriculture has classified
00,000 square miles in Alaska as suit
able for cultivation, located mostly In
the Susltwa, Tanana and Kuskokwln
valleys, with an additional 100,000 suit
able for hay and grazing, and another
100.000 square miles of reindeer range.
This estimate makes available for ag
ricultural purposes 200,000 square
miles nf the 500.440 square miles which
constitute Alaska's total area.
Alaska's annual output of gold Is
$20,000,000. Fisheries produce nearly
as much; it has the richest and largest
topper deposits in the world; it has
coal deposits equaling those of Penn
sylvania and West Virginia In quality
and surpassing them in volume.
The Scandinavian countries have 12,
000,000 population and 14,000,000 bead
of live stock. Applying the same ratio
to the available lands of Alaska would
give her a population of 30,000,000.
with 50,000,000 live stock. Hon. A
Barton Hepburn in Leslie's.
SHAPE OF THE SHOE.
It la Radically Wrong, and All on Ao
' count of the Latt
In the American Magazine Dr. Ar
thur B, Reynolds, former health com
missioner of Chicago, tells of the many
troubles that can make life miserable
and that come from feet that were
neglected In childhood. Among other
things he says:
Children should go barefooted at all
times while Indoors and through the
summer. They should never wear any
foot covering at any time that in any
way distorts the toes or any part of
the foot or that Interferes In any way
with Its normal growth and develop
ment The same may be said of adults.
"Any reform In the shape of shoes
must begin with the shoemaker'a last
Shoemakers do not seem to be able to
get away from form and beauty in
shaping it It is shaped largely by
guess and is pointed and turned np at
the toe. No normal foot Is so shaped.
"The only rational last Is made from
a plaster cast of the foot while bearing
weight, and the mold can be made only
of some semi-solid material that bard
ens when cool or dry. There is little
hope of getting a rationally shaped
shoe until the wooden last is totally
discarded. It Is safe to assert that
good looking and nondeformlng shoes
can be made without it"
Tha Magio 8have.
The man with a retreating chin may
grow a beard and bide it or he may
frankly shave the exiguous offender,
careless whether it recedes or not The
utmost candor may be seen in a shaven
chin, and of all the manly, valorous
qualities that of candor, downright
ness, may be ranked first The. weak
ness attributed to a retreating chin
may be canceled by shaving it The
man who accepts his face as nature
gave it to him, braving it to the world
without concealment or decoration,
must be classed among those with the
manly quality. Cartoonists and novel
ists have waived the weak chin to the
limbo of the inefficient and Inept Let
the man without the masterful Jaw
take heart; be has but to shave to
show the qualities desired. Atlantic.
Too 8tntltive.
It was the first night after the show
The leading woman's mother was
downcast
"What's the trouble, dear?" asked
the leading woman in surprises fl
made a brilliant hit tonight"
The old lady was surprised.
"Did you, Sophie? I heard the audi
ence shouting 'Play right! Play right!'
and 1 thought yon had failed."
And the leading woman laughed In
amusement
Why, my dear, they were shouting
Playwrightl Play wrightl "-Chicago
Tribune. -----
Oil Weill In tht Ocean.
One of the most novel and Interest
ing sights along the California coast
especially to tourists, are the oil wella
in the ocean at Summerfleld. southern
Santa Barbara county. Long wharfs
carry the scores of derricks which
mark the location of these unique
wells. The field Is small, covering
about 125 acres. Argonaut
No Gam.
Pat and I were watching a game of
chess. Suddenly I turned to him.
"nave you the time?" I asked, glanc
ing at bis watch pocket
"Sure," replied Pat "I have the time,
but not the inclination." Princeton Ti
ger. 8omttimtt.
Winis-Wbat is it called when two
people are thinking of the same thing
at the same time mental telepathy?
Gillls Sometimes; other times Just
plain embarrassment Judge.
How1 It Was.
Landlady (sympathetically) - Why,
how did you fall downstairs, Mr.
Lanks? Boarder (with dlgnlty)-UneX-pectedly,
ma'am. Pall Mall Gazette.
Fine.
"Telephone girls are not allowed to
talk bark." . .
"What a field from which to select a
j wife." Louisville Courier-Journal
TIDINGS
STATE NEWS IN GENERAL.
Work Is going forward on nitrate
plant at Vale.
Astoria has a large new hotel near
ly completed.
Marshfleld is making plans for
$50,000 armory. I
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Coquille river open shop stevedore
company is organized.
Steel bridge is being built across
Bear creek at Wallowa. I
Ontario Episcopalians purchase site
and will erect a church.
i
Big developments under way in
Greenhorn district near Baker. i
Pendleton gets new garage and
motorist rest room, 100x135. I
North Bend B'uehner Lumber Co. ,
Is erecting fine office building. I
Pentleton $75,000 health resort
hotel to go up at Lehman springs.
Six modern dwellings are being
rushed to completion at Astoria.
Enterprise High power transmls-l
sion line to be built to Joseph lake.
Waters creek station Is shipping
ore and lumber out of Curry county.
Florence Shlnglemill company of
Monroe, Wash., to build plant here. .
Heirs of late W. F. Jewett present '
city of Gardiner with $15,000 school
building.
Florence $6000 electric fog and.
signal station to be built at mouth
of Coquille. I
Springfield Southern Pacific Co.
is putting 50 carloads of gravel bal
last daily on Coos Bay line. I
Nine shipbuildings plants are
either in operation or building on
the Columbia and Willamette rivers.
Albany Democrat: The celebration
of the opening of the railroad to
Marshfleld is one deserving the atten
tion it Is receiving. It is a state
affair, a part of a great program In
progress to give the state a network
of railroads, reaching all sections.
WThatevefhelps one section, helps all
sections.
EH Eushwood and Nate Natstead
are on a prospecting trip into Siski
you county.
djO THE YEAR
fDd Strictly In Advance
$2
Southern Oregon's Big Twice-a-Week
newspaper
THE Ashland Tidings
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
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The Ford factory turns out a completed
car for every car built by all the other
manufacturers combined. And not even
this enormous production can keep pace
with the demand for Ford cars. The big
reason is that everywhere, every day,
Ford cars are demonstrating their utility
and reliability. Touring Car $3G0; Run
about $345; Coupelet $505; Town Car
$595; Sedan $G45; Chassis $325, f.o.b.
Detroit. Add freight $53.25. On sale at
F. L Camps' Garage
Classified Advertisements
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FRUIT WANTED We want 25
quarts of canned pears and 25
quarts of canned peaches. We will
furnish the cans. Telephone 408-J.
28-2t
FOR SALE Pure cider vinegar the
kind you want for pickles. Thirty
cents per gallon, delivered. Phone
411-R. fit
IF YOU WANT a room, apartment or
house in the finest location in
town, call up Barber's and see If
anything is vacant. Phone 411-R.
It
FOR SALE CHEAP Five-passenger
Ford. Good running order. En
gine just overhauled. Call 715
North Main. 28-lmo.
FOUND Cap and pair field glasses.
Call at Tidings office, prove prop
erty and pay for ad. 28-tf
TTv
oaece
lit
Immediately After
the Band Concert
3 AT
liipldw
Monday, August 28, 1916
WANTED The Tidings will pay 6r
per pound for big clean rags. 28-tf
FORSAl7eAT A PROFIT Forty
acre orchard, hay land, Improve
ments, etc. If you want it coma
and see it. No time to answer
questions. Three miles southeast
from A&hland, Route 1, Box 102.
28-2t
FOR SALE One good 4-year-old.
miloh cow, one 2 -Inch lumber
wagon. Will sell or trade for
lighter one. Insqulre Sam King,
east end Siskiyou Boulevard..
101-A. 28-2t
The second half taxes In Jackson
county become delinquent on October
5. Taxpayers should see to It that
their taxes for the year are cleared up
by this time In order to avoid paying;
the delinquency penalty.
Supreme courts upholds Chambers
Power Co., of Eugene, in Its fight for
the right to widen its ditch to 50 feet.
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